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wR Last PATIENT. "Not that man!" shouted the station master," "Teaping® "forward end frantically waving up his arm #5 an impromtu danger signal. "You're vending the down express off ou tion station--then breakage and f rending cries, shouts wild confasien for a few minutes 0 = horror. Then pleck and -headed- ness ooh ies usual sway and the work om the spot from the town; the doc- tore, as aftys, to the tone with their ome of the injured were car- Tied t> houses to be others, those who ac the most hort, were taken to the Cais gt not a Jarge one--and consigned to trained staff, now aided by two ps eee doctors from the town. Such accession of patients had etal filled every vacant bed in the wards, the matron had converted her chamber (on the ground fioor) into an extra howe and still yet another suf- irc laid his. own rough necker- chief over the youns face that might be the dead. As a nurse, called by the hall porter, paused for a second, perplexed what, to do with this last patient, the chick doctor himecif came striding thromgh the wide corridor, hurrying rom ene svard to another. at's this?" he said, scarcely Jnicsing. "Another poor creature? Put con&tious face, 20 Tall of suffering 2 a4 "No, nor' ~man's white * Lips breathed Tenth; an inténse relief--and > me back to find the doctor quietly await- ing ler. She also bro rOReS a -- dress from the ma 'in case needed, sir," nurse said, as the sie tor Was giving the patient some broth in the same way he had the brandy. "Thanks," he said, "just what If did want, for it will be days at last before this poor young creature can be mov There is nothing that can be done, but keep up, strength -- for some -- You ais he te bed, while again. help you.' *Thank you, sir.' He went away then to the otter sufferers. Several days past « lade With those responsible cares and anx- lety which aly doctors can know. Friends of the patients were commu- nicuuad with, of courses Two puor crea tures died their injuries, but tlie rest wetit on well, and within ten day= were all able to ieave or be re- moved to their several homes. Only the unknown patient in Dr. Hastings' owr room still lay UnCOLSCIOUS, though the signs of life daily iiaprov- cd--inoere pulse, the stronger and more HOSS it Almost entire ,cessntion of thos painful iOhgadra wit hbreaties need the ru a in another uurse to her in my eee lnrse, at once. Ii be there directly." His Spartoncat uve ou to this cor- rijor,. and.the--order was promptly obeyed. Woe betide anyone who did : not obey Dr. Hastings' orders at onee. ES No two words for himm--not a look of | adesHon or demur. Ther had ai) fouml that out tb 'Tors he hate been 2 | an charge of "the ospital--ia } > he had taken daring "the holi- % the regular resident .doctor imtaad of taking a lioliday himeelt-- | young Deane needed "" he said to the, didn i Little was known of Dr. Hasting< funiess by his frien!, Denanes, except : thet ite came from Lumion. bad pric. ! tieed there for some five years, but pre viously had, it wus thongist, au good deal abroad. He was ee or seven and thirty suine Man, with «a cc rowfal face in repose, | that was infinitely sweet ami ten-} "er dike his. soit "aheeenner He Wis a 'favorite. "It really is i. won- der." the inatron, an. elderly woman, | said, "that he is stili an unmarried | manu, "though neither thut, nor any | other inforination about himself, bad! ever come from his own lips. Not le: >} Whateever his troubles had been, he! kept the secret lorke! fast in his !- heurt that knew its own hitterness. In scarcely more than five minutes the doctor come iii 4 which tie nurse some restoratives, would be Called for. Whilst placing tubie matron, and he six | these on ys _wilet her back was Seward th H efore, tite NOT at the ane Bet : hie enterec caught sight of the lifeless form the bedi--that of «= young and TeeLy Voman--a tady ummistakably, whose fair, <lelicate fa stampet with suffering even deathlike stillness. In the second of thet first quick seurching glance of his toward the new patient the doc- tors dark eyes suddenly dilated, and wn oahen gray pallor swept over his breeived cheek. In the next instant * was inaster of himself anid was at ' bedside touching the slender form i Himbs tenderly--ah. how tenderly ! te astertgin if any were broken or barity injured, then he took the deli- cate hand, the left, a bore a wed- ding ring,>~and felt the pulse, stouped and laid his ear to the wo- mans, heart, then, with that peculiar- ly soft touch thoctors have, felt the hend, covered with soft golden curls, the purse watching him with a glass of diluted brandy ready in her hand. "What I thougii %," rai said the doctor, HOW zently the Concussion of the brain, bat. po other injuries, 1 think. Give at." and carefully. put it be- tween the Sacnmices lips, at the same tme speaking to her in & short dis- tinct way: "Swallow this, there's $a good girl." dro: berig heric of Laven | é after a suspeusion © of respiration, Whieh sumed like the jast grim strug- ite Agito. death Th 5 Pon's se, ured. of tit ae tis it: s clothes could find nut a vie to hor name or friends, and.no Siggy tes Were made fy anyone. 'oor the pood judy 'saiu pitwingria lfaistings. " Lerbaps alte 8S 2 widow, young though sie . afd she is pour, evidentis, aud ir er as bs Seri tr. = 3 te We CONeeS C1Q drs said the > Whete she luce re- "rather drs. tdov- Gown the blind shortiy, but in a low sGe is gradually coming and Jin anxious abour a6 too Strong a Nght PCP @yes open ayrain.' He dad been Sonstiinily--in---ene nut rs os name AT 257) @igeth the hour came for tise etull tu replace the day RUPEs, Hastings, after 'rtently watehing the patient 'Tor of i Ute, said in nnd an effeciual dixguise ty ; Would stmmons 2a nurse '4 aear by. And, cf course his vrder was autocratie-- ttmait doeetor's-tictum should he. , Wht gah Wes turned low within its hance and the doctor head rey it tit was a four-jointed wrill-lay np, tugh uP), that us he edeide, ip ptiiaerantes Nerhit the patient's f but. thres into deep shiz iow. deadly still it was without sul within the room! What torture f that silent watcher tinge finst two hours knew. Then there case : quivering breath, a one hand. and for «a second the tient's dark eyes opened wit!r a vacant stare. Hastings got up at onee--gave her some strong broth, and as he laid the pretty head back on the pillows, said in the quietly 'neisive way that reaches the half-numbed brain: "Now, sleep, my child,' For half an hour she lay still--not in that terrible lethargy, but at ia ri saw, in - king the poor, iong-clouded pathering ae life, if i fail consciousn Or when suddenly tose beautiful, but =. eves open- ed, ¥ went with a bewildered, wandering look about the reom, and -- to the deeply -shadowed form at bedside. * Who-is--that?" ee wtusperel v aguely, yet with a pained drawing of the brows, as even with such, half- mental light.bitter anguish reassert- ed its s nines elie pa- wide sway. ; "Only the doctor, my poor child"; still the deep, low tones. "Where am 1? It's--so--strange." "You are in my room--the doctor's: you were injured in the railway ac- cident." ** Accident, shook her. oh!" the 2 shudder "y |, Wiah it hed killed me. in- Am ee It was now hhearly 10 0% 'clock. ---- i at wateh nurse go te the kitchen and geta yo of beef tea warmed, and Healt Sc. thank God." He put|-- hand hts on hers with such a tender protecting touch. 'Is -- as A pause, as if the brain were strug- gling to regain its balance: then slow] 7 N-no: I was--to work tliere, you "Ts that how you have lived these last but nonett dh ny "Why didn't -- Tot me die ?"' she. rm as rwrildly a she looked : ; " it's one tem What if I have lived a in st and torto pmorse--I not 'or expiation! "Oh, if I could but die ri his feet--hear his voice once more, only cu nh ! Clafre, 't you know me-- said the doctor, "My God But as soe acta halr up with that rin his ger. Was it all true, or strange, cruelly deceiving dream ? she, who had so sinned, to be forgiven--gathered back into thls ee 4 faithfor b heart-- loved, cherishe«i, piness, ly band answered that Tobe as if "tt were word spoken. ak my own whe, the dead past shall b s dead forever, and from henceforth nly our lives shall count the days." The End. FRENCH ARBITRATION.' Successful Method of Meeting all Labor ' Difficulties, thuer a law, now three years old, luber troubles in France are ner- atiy satiefaciorily and rapidly adjust- eal. Kither purty to a difference br- tween employer und employee muy appeni to a clustice of the Veace, stut- ing the cise and requesting arbitra- tion. The other party to the dispute ix notified, and, failing: to re spond in given time, i adjudgrad to wr in wrong. "put this seldom fap . and each side selects nyo dele- 3 as a Br mard of Conciliation, the Justice heing the presiding officer. If the Board of Coniliantion fail to ef- feet an agrecgucnt it.selacte--2--cdisin=- terested Board of Arbitration. who decide the matter; although in case of a refusal to abide by the decision the ease may be taken to a higher tribunal. Bat as' public sentiment is atrong against the appealing this is very seldorn resort in over GOO cases thus adjudicated the workmen have in two ouly refused to abide by the decisions of thn Boards. HEART PAINS LEAVE IN A DAY. Wgakie to Attend to Her Daily Duties nd a Great er Fr te) ° it Proved a Wonder Worke There are the pes of Mrs. W. T. Rundle, of Dundalk, Ont.: "f- wus 2 great sufferer with severe pains in the region of my leart. For ., time I auite unable to attend to my hokd duties. I was induced to try. Dr Agnew's Cure for the Heart, and I must sny the result was wonderful. The pain immediately left me, and after the first day [I have hal neo pain_lor trouble: since." Fecundity cf the Sparrow. Sparrows are-the rabbite of the fea- thered world in point of- tp tion, froquently producing" more th. twenty young ones in a 6e; On, eres or four broods of six or seven onee be! usual. In «ix dence larming rapidity wi which 'the United States. s New Zealand and Australia are now infested, the number originally taken over by emi- grante being very emall. Itching. Burning Skin Diseases Cured r Thirty-five Cents Dr. PRt-: Ointment relieves in one day and cures Tetter, Salt Rheum, Seald Head, Eczema, Barbers' § Itch. Uleers, Blotches and 'all_e sTuptions of the skin. It. is soaking on F otetion and acts like ----- i the cure of all' baby tromors ; Nile River Not Destructive The River Nile has its rises, but th of the Nile, that of 1829, when 20,000 people were drowned Cora Sowing Is comlucted by tight boots. renping is best. conmdneted oy nam's Painless Corn Extractor. only safe, scare, prompt and painless eure. Beware or imitations. (ort BIRTH OF THE PANSY. The Christ in dark haprbint pada Went tears of bitte And where they fell anne the 'arth we sad, sweet pansy had its birth. --Arthuor Colfax Grissom in Leslie's & w 'Coon faaieaty "Crippled With Rheumatism. ------ Could Not Raise Hither Hand or Foot 'and Had to be Fed and Dressed--The Doctors Told Him a Cure was Impos- Pet neanaa to His Businéas (From the Millbrook Reporter.) Rheumatism has claimed many vic- tims and has probably caused more pain than any other iil affecting mankind. Among those who have beer its victims few 'have suffered more than Mr. G. W. Coon, now pro-" prietor of a flourishing bakery in Hous but for a number of years a resident of Pontypool, when his se- vere illness occurred. To a reporter who interviewed: him Mr. Coon gave the following particulars of his great suffering and ultimate cure: "Some seven or eight years ago," suid Mr. Coon, "I "felt a touch of rheumatism. At first I did not pay much 'ttens | tion to it, but as if was steadi¥ growing worse, I began to' doctor for it. but to no effect. The trouble went Trom bad to worse, until three year after tie first symptoms fad manifested themselves I became ut- terly helpless aud could do no more for \myself than a young -- child, 1 couid, not lift my, hands from my side, and™my Avife was obiiged to cut my food and feed me when { felt like eating, which we as not oftei: con- sidering the torture Was under- going. My hands were swoilen out of shape, and for we *ks were tightly banduged. My legs and feet. were sso swollen, and I could not lift ny foot two inches from the floor. 1 'could noi change my clothes and my wife bac te dress and wash me. ! so thin that 1 looked more like skeleton than anything else. The pai ane 1 got no rest either -dur .or night. I doctored with many doe tors, but they did me no gor xd, and some of them told me -- it was not possible for me to get bet- ter. I believe I took. besides aut everything that was reconumended for rheumatism, but instead of getting better was constantly getting worse, and I wished many a time that death would end my sufferings. One day Mr. Perrin, storekeeper at Vonty- pool gave me a box of Dr. Willianigs Pink ips and urged me te try them. f did se wT I suffered was almost past endurance | If I wen i talulboD an eae were I would burst from the cloud above And Ife on your breast in a rapture of And love you, lova you, love you. ee Sree © teow ben and ype were I would fly to you, love, nor miss. you ; I would sip and sip from your nectar And kiss you, kiss you, kiss you! If I were a doe, dear, and you were a Ab, what would I do then, think you? I would kneel by! your bank, in the y BTasses And drink you, drink you, drink you! Wheeler Wilcox: Aa A Brief Sies Fi Wanderer---Beeh settin' 'here Second Wanderer--Naw, not couple o' days er SHE'S UP TO TO SNUFF. he skips the columns that describe 'The horrors.of the day : She only meads the headlines oor What politicians say. She shows uo curiosity Apout affairs with Spain : She does not care w = bareball nine The victory may gals Sie skims the at Rese ay page With an indifferent' eye ; The details -of © Athletic Sports" In _hnste she prsses by. And so she turns page 'alter page TH with delight she inails And pins her fond attention The item, " Bargain Sales." very ; to His. Pevorite Hymn. "Is there any one hymn eee would prefer to havé "Sgt a at ceremonies 2" asked e kind ro *My favorite," maid whe dying: hotel- -keeper, " * Titus ilwaye been ' Abide Me. WINTER PLBASURES. The a of heaven their petals have 1e And Serpe now dead; The fragrant, green grinses thut lay 'neath our -feet. Are geal like the Pores, the roses of summer but memories eet. No longer the lark in the leafy branch In place of hiss soug is the 5S. Then who _¢ arte far jingle of 'aE Rot think any medicine could help mec. However, I used the pills, then | got another box and before they were gone I felt a trifling relief. Before a third box was finished there was m longer any doubt of the improvement they were making' in-my condition, and by the time i hia! used three bbxex more--+--began to feel, in view of my former condition. that Io was grow- ing ouite strong, and the rapidly subsiding. From there was 2 steady improvement, and for the first time in Jong weary venrs I was free from pain, and once more me to take my place among . the worki's workers. hive not now the slightest pain, and J feel be tter than I felt. for seven Years previous to tak- ing the™pills: "I thank God that Dr. Williams*.Pink Pills came in my way ax believ® they saved my life, and there is no doubt whatever that they escued me from years of torture. Dr. Williams' Pink Tills strike at the root of the disease, drivi ings it from © system and restoring the patient to hepltu and strength. In eases of paralysis, spinal troubles, locomotor ataxia, xclatica, rheumatism, ery<ipe- lax. scrofulous -- troubles, ete.,---these oie are-Ruperior to ail other treat- . ley are also a specific for the troubles Which make the lives of 60 many women a 'burden, and speed- ly restore the rich-glow of jeaith hn pale and sallow cheeks. Men broken Wa by overwork, worry or Oxcesses, = {Ul 'finel-in Pink Pills a certain cure. XOX Shes Dri Wil- liams' Medicine Company. Brockville, Ont., or Schenectady, N.Y. Beware of imitations and stihbstitutes 'lege d to be " fugt as good." A Business Farable. wee ct farmer had one thousand eight hundred bushels of wheat, which 3e sold, not to a single gra was not convenient then, but wodie pay later. A few months passed, and the man's bank account ran low. "How is this?" 'he said. "My one thousand eight hundred bushels of grain should > kept aa in affluence until. an- raised, but Ihave part- | > canis amit have instead only a vast number of accounts. so sinall and scattered that 1 cannot get arcund and collect it fast enough to pay expenses." So he f_ up 2 pabli¢ notice and asked all those who owed him to pay quickly. But few cume. The _rest said, "Mine is only a amali matter, and I will gO and pay vane of these days," forgetting tnat be very small, ethe. meant a large = or the man. Things went on thus: n-got to feeling so badly that het fell -- of ail se 2 gue thousand eight ftundred bushels of wheat still safe there. had only. been ming and, jindn't sold his wheat at all. Moral--The next day the man went to the re ie tie | his for nnd ye "Here, or your paper ; : Darts subdeription: Se they_|_ jleasures to-day An sweet as the ones thut have faded ° awa iy? The Inductive Process. Teacher--Of what is the ocean composed 7 Boy--Of salt doagete "Wh is the water of the ocean ause so many salt codfish ewe about in it, I suppose.' CURE FOR INSOMNIA. When poets burn the- niger oil Am! their lonely vigils The product of their kent "toll Puts other folk sleep. Heinous Ottence Mre. Figg--Tommy put a bent pin ii the minister's oo when he was calling pa afternoc Mr. Fige--Gimme "your slipper, quick. A boy who will play such a trick as that on a man who daresn't sWear, ne one of the best lickings that can be produced. The Only Appropriate' Motto. Peidler-- Wouldn't you-- THOTTORH for your house, nice motto on the wall when he comes hoine. Mrs. Dagg--You might sell me one it" you ye got one that says, " Better Late Than Never." A DIRGE. Littie slump in All the time. to beat. But the little lamblet Money still will bring. Taking chances on the "Other man's sure thing. Called Down. "Put that fellow in one of the base- ment rooms,"' remarked Satan, 'care- lessly < "Fellow! Bapementt peor tered the new arrival uld have y to know, sir, that. I was a prominent eitizen in my late home, sir. tan smiled. "That may have been," he said, "but you won't ent - any ice down here." A Courting Cali. HIM! He dressed hiaself froin top ter toc. Ter beat the ater fashion. He give his boots extra £¢ His dickey eitered: like ie ponte He slicked his hair exactly eo, An' all ter incicate "his pe He t on! his hull three ties afore He kep' the one en that he wore. - HER! An' fussed till But that'd make her They sot together in in the dark 'Tthout a. light, excep' their spark, - An' neither could have told een ca > 2