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ea" nm FR. ef a a. m. ani 7.20 9. PAL MERSTON AND KINCAR- DINE--For Palmerston : Passenge 7.44 a. m ; passenger 1205p m _ pas- ee: 3H .™m. Por Kincardine Pamonzer.t ian passenger 1.17 p. m., and 8.15 o. me FR. s leaves Listowe! 8 032. m., 92a m. and To- leaves Listo- Ww 43) p m. Se al m., arriving st Listow ections carte at Linwood Junc- jon with trains for Goderich. H. B. MORPHY, K. C. BARRISTER, SOI. ICITOR, ETC, Solicitor for se Bank of Hamilton, a A gaaaia d Commissioner. Mon- GEORGE BRAY BARRISTER, - SOLICITOR. NoTARY PUBLIC, ETC. | LISTOWEL, - - OnT. F.R. BLEWETT, K.C. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, ca Gordon Block, Upposite Post Office, onr. -_ = STRATFORD 3). Cecil Hamilton, B. A. Barriste , Conveyancer. Solicitor for Imperial Bank of Canada MONEY To LOAN. Ogee Medes Grvateond Woy: Welbon afternoon. LOUIS GABEL. LICENSED AUCTIONSER, LISTOWEL, ONT. oo Sales conducted in any part of Perth ounty at rererese charges. Satisfac- on gu ara Sales may te arranged for at ant: ard office FRED. VANDRICK, _LIGENSED "AUGTION EER For the Ocun'ies of Perth, Huron and us Township of Maryboroagh, a. an peeeeres handle all kinds of aslee lass m Orders left A. eH "Vandrick's stora, Lis owel, will be given prompt attention ENTIRELY NEW 8sTNCk OF Pure Drugs and Chemicals. R. A. HUNTER having acquired the sole interest, will in future attend to the want st his Customers personally Family recipes a specialty. _ Be: my tne Hunter sta, CENTAAL 77 (Cf, Uisthides Mie A Large sheets ms A Good School, This school has a 9: Siete Pad for high grade work and the success of its students. Commercial, Shorthand and Telegraphy Ambitious young men should send at once tne pt e free catalogue. Write for it ak ones and see what our amt ¢ Wates are doing. hig Lager ime of the me for to enter our classes, Students are entering each week. Commence your course at once. D. A. MCLACHLAN, cee We have Three departments, t Mrs. Winslow s ap ried has ' -- giz i S = ally saw one of our hetresses to a member of the British aristoc- ra Since that time marriages of have been {nterested in keeping up their family traditions hare continued to come to the American market for wives. Those foterested in making ducks and drakes of their family for- tunes have selected tbeir partners from those on the stage, principally of the London music halls. The fol- lowing story flustrntes wh: t serious complications are now resultant from these unequal marriages Miss Mildred phrase. | 'an American, an orphan ond o prospectite beireas to the estate of her- maternal crandfa- ther, visited Tondon during the social Season. Stranc was oot her real name. Her mother bad been divorced from her father and resumed her maiden name This resulted In the daughter being similarly known. The separation between the parents had occurred a few months before Mildred was born, ond ber father's name was bever mentioned to her. Indeed, when she went obrond he bad so long ago lost oll connection with bis wife that very few persons knew anything about bim or what bad become of him. Miss Strang, ootwithstanding that there was no cloud overhanging ber on ber father's account, wes totroduced Into tbe first circles of London society. She was so besutiful, so accomplished and withal so to the manner born that she soon became a favorite. The gam- bling habit which prevafled among we- men during the nineteenth century and which was revived by the Introduction of a game called "bridge" at the be ginning of the present century, was In full blast in England during Miss Btrang's advent. There seemed to be a weak spot in ber {n this respect, and it wns not long before she was heavily In debt for money lost at cards. She wes but nineteen years old and on sa alliownnce from ber guardian not suff- ™~ PROPOSED TO MILDRED. clent to meet thes> demands, Further- more, sbe wag not to receive ber estate until she married, and if she did not to the chofce of a husband comply with certain provisions in the will the es- tate was to be used for chéritable pur- poses. Miss Strang was busily engaged in staving off gambling debts when she met young Herbert Badmanton. whose title, earl of Tweeterdale, was one of the oldest in Engiand. His father sat In the house of lords when {it was abolished by the English people. Young Tweezerdsle was as poor as a church mouse, but bad such talents for enter- taining people that he retained his so: cial position. He could sing a comic soug better than any man in London and gave infirite delight at fashionable functions by the revival of a dance popular tn the early year® of the nine teenth century called the highland fing. In the gurb of a Scotsman he representations with difficulty main- taining himself in the London drawing rooms, while Mildred Strang was en- denvoring to arrange for putting off ber gambling debts until] her marriage or when she should receive her Inberit- ance. They met, and the result was a ease of Jove at first sight. uncle, Jobn Foster, 'should object to Mildred , debts, and these a concealed from oe eoull be relied on to win E Ege EE hey ie Hib : f | i ! ous importance their atten- tfon--Mildred's gambling debts. serdale o plan for putting note was due in Paris be would meet It with one on New York. The New York matter would be arranged by one on London. 'Thus he would keep chas- ing it around lke a dog running efter bis tall till the day of the wedding. The draft baving been sent out on its first journey, Tweezerdale went to bis uncle and annotnced bls proposed marriage with an American beiress, to be followed by bis settling down--no more comic songs, no more highland fling. Miss Strang was without re proach in London society, and ber for- tune woukl be forthcoming on the nup- tial day. Mr. Foster, who wag a busi- ess man, told bls nepbew that he would look Into the matter and Jet him know. "There are certain reasons," the old gentleman added, "why | shall feel @ best to Impose conditions in reference to this union. I shall not consent to your marriage with any girl whose family record is not perfectly clear. I don't mean to restrict you to marrying a girl of noble family, for the Ameri- cans have no onvbility. But I shall ex- pect that her progenitors shall be or have been bonorable people, standing well In their own community." - The preliminaries to this marriage in high life led to an attorney traveling from America to London. He brought with him a copy of the will of Edward Strang and met Mr. Foster, who was to make settlements for Tweezerdale. "Before you mention the contents of the will," sald Mr. Foster, "I will state my nephew's case, which I admit is somewhat peculiar. You will then be able to say at once whetber this match can be made. The mother of the groom wns a variety actress and was met by the boy's fatber, the last Lord Twee- rerdale, when she was singing and dancing at a London music hall. He wasted half his fortune on ber before their mrrriage, and she got away with the otber balf after marriage; divorced him, or be ber--it doesn't matter which --and tbeir son was born into the world inheriting a title with nothing to support it "It Is on account of thie misalliance ond its results that I am not willing to settle on my nephew a fortune un- less he marries a giri on whose there is bo such talnt Now that you have heard the only condition essential on my part | shall be happy to hear those made in tbe wiIL" The attorney smiled a grim smile and sald: "Miss Strang's father, George Ches- ter, like that of her proposed husband, comes from the British aristocracy. At the thme of ber marrtia to the daughter of the testator in the will be was heir to the Varjuls of Butter- minster. But the marquis, who was & widower with no children, married 4 second wife, who bore him children to inherit the title. At the time that he was heir to the marquisate be went to America for an belress wife and mar- ried the testator's daughter, Mildred Strang's mother. Like others of your British aristocracy, be turned out bad- ty. He gambled away the settlements, drank hard and i!! treated his wife. She dirorced him, and after the birth of an belr to the title be had expected be weot to the then wilder part of America, where he sank lower and lower till be became lost to his former acquaintances. He met his death at the end of a rope thrown over a branch of a tree." The attorney paused; the two men sat for a few moments looking at each other; then the former resumed: "The testntor has provided that his granddaughter shall inberit only tn case she marries one who can show a record for steadiness, sobriety and in- trinsic worth above the average man of his age; otherwise his property goes to charity." After ea tow moments' silence Mr. Foster, said: "I regret, sir, that you bavo taken so Pie eat "Iam well paid," bid adieu to each other. They to be married and trust to luck for Buiden - "and Contractors balding" Plane od api | "SASH, DUOR FRAMES, : BLIN NOS short notice: Planirg Urveryikine im the puild- incline wil be rea prompt attention and First class Workmanship guaranteed, Charges Moderate Bamferd Bros. ee CANADIAN PACIFIC J. GABEL. HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS To Mberta Special Tenise leave Torents 2.00 pum. on APRIL 44, 18 MARV 2,18, UWE 13, 77 WYt,2 Min SEPT. 5, 18 = ota " LOW ROUND-TRIP RATES ate tae #1 Eyal TOURIST SLEEPING C CARS sis. ee late y eahoy ASK FOR [ot eete ated Tow PAMPHLET eae? Se ONLY DIREST LIE =--s«s BS CRARGE GF Gans J. 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