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EDWARDS Postmaster llllll, uuu lIVll1g`5 DIHLK QUPUBLBB 1'00! tween the hours of 9 a.. In. and 4 p. m. Rmrintm-ed Lntfnr-A mnnt he hnndpd i` *"'u ' - ` ` ' ' - V -"1 J! In I-vvl-Av T- . `fSmi1ey s a -- fool, interrupted a gloomy voxce. L V 7 WANTED IMMEDIATELY! (V A M17 A GGDDQ rxr rntr-1-as . vl\I'7\vn-:19 Olce hours. 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. and for 20' minutes after the distribution of 'I`oront.o night 1na1l---S_unda s excepted. Mono 0 ers ted on an Mone Order Omees Canada, nited States, Great ritain Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and India, and Savings Bank deposits received be- tween the hnnm nf 9 n._ m. and 4 n. m. DAUTION. MYRTLE NAVY uouI.ngv_vouu.... Coll1ngwood.......-.... Drlllln .......... __'. . Uruuu, . . . . . ..' . . . . . . . . . . ... . . - . . . . . . -. Hil1gfi1e,Craighurst.Da1ston,Crown 1 nlu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 R by. Edgarsteele 1-`-lndhurst. Monday. and F`:-Mnv _ . . . rulern uuuwuy uw uruu. . . . . ax`- and Trunk \Tnv-thorn Rnllwnv Rnnthl, , , , P*A:I%NJ1f~Em ........................ .. Northern Railway North .......... .. ; Meatord Branch Railway.......... ; 0. Craighurat, Dalston and .CrownH1ll ......... .... ' b," d , ' ` nRs.nt....:':u.:.%1:-_??*P??%?!`_? . . _ - _ -. 1 A particular -- skunk, added _o.nother ` in sepulchral accents. A..'__,, DAILY MAUILS bun: zinc-in Totem)!!!OIIOIIUIOIQOIOIOCIIIOOI Tnnnnfn , , _ j . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 _ _ _ Rugbv; Edgar Steele, Mitchell's ~ Square and tOro.. .......... .. : :--Grenfell. Tnesda _and Fr1da.y.... ; :-Midhux-3&1 Mon ay, Wednesday and-Fri ay.. ............ .... .. : British Mails. ma (N. Y..) Monday. Tuesda and Thursda ........ .. ma(Ha x.) Wedn ay ...... .. [BAR am 1>o'r 093103] uuun ILITUD. El` ' and Frida.v.. - uuu - -1 --uuuvutjil I it I CANVASSERS IN THIS UOUN TY _ FOR. THE a01f\?E:i:1`1\f!ER;lv - v ` Unappro;dd for "f-_- *4 ` Tone and Quality. IOATALOGUIS FREE. EACH PLUG OF THE nuu` gums ton f` BE LL mountain, and shook in the blast. . As night shut down on the settlement a few lights gleamed through the mist from the windows or cabins on either side otthe high- way now crossed and" gullied by lawless streams and swept by marauding. winds. Happily most of the population were gath- ered at Thompson s store, clustered around a red hot stove," at which they" silently spat in some accepted sense of social communion that, perhaps, rendered conversation unnec- essary. a-Indeed, most methods of diversion had long since been exhausted at Simpso'n s Bar; high water had suspended the regular occupations on gulch and on river, and a con- sequent lack of money and whisky had taken ' the zest from 3 most illegitimate recreation. Even Mr. Hamlin was fuin to leave the Bar with $50 in his pock_et--the only amount i actually realized of the large,` sums won by him in the successful exercise of his arduous profession. Ef I was asked, he remarked - somewhat later, ef I was asked to pint out a purty little village where a retired sport as didn't care for money could exercise hisself,` frequent and lively,` I`d say Simpsoirs Bar; but for a young man with a large family de- pending on his exertions, it don't pay. As Mr. l`Iamlin`s family ' mn.~.istvd mainly of female adults, this remark is quoted rather to show the breadth of his humor than the exact extent of his re- sponsibility. ' tJA--.l.A:- 4| uv .n.LJ.'lLV JJLZLI wa?re Store.` IS MARKED IHHGANS 1158 3- ml |1o58`l 400pm ___- __._.-- ..-.v vanv\4l\\A9 It was a gure familiar enough t_othe coin- pany, and known in Simpson s Bar &S_ThO.; Old Man; .A man of perhaps 50 years; grizzled and scant of hair, but still fresh and Z youthful of complexion. A face full of ready, but not very powerful sympathy, with a chamelion like aptitude for` taking on the shade and color of contiguous moods and feel- ings. He `had-evidently just left some hilari- ous companions, and did not at rst notice the gravity of the group, but slapped the shoulder of the nearest man jocularly, and threw himself into a vacant chair. u`l __L| I cposn ' ll -.. 36-1) u-j-7 I Illhthhlingthe nblio t Barrie and vicinity for the liberal pgxtronage bestowed upon him in I9 D883. begs to state that he has at con- Iiderable expense increased his baking facili- ties and is now prepared to do a larger business thanevor. . _ j BREAD _:i -4 `_" _ Madbmtrhl van t 1 d my the beat -neuvmm .1i"?.7.e3 &%`i.`_u`v`3;1. 1:-evahv var; `do; A W" I_vro9gx-`_tor tghegn and 33a will use no other. - pm-mcmumns socuns & WEDDINGS supplied at short notice and on reasonable ham-rm, "-' r---- vwv--3 u n v gucuu, v.Au .4-__. W. J`. VTAELEAU Barrie. Sent.1. 1885. Ticket Ascent- nx was anu raomc Express, marxea ' run y including Sunday. '1`. G. AND B. DIVISION. Cardwoll Junotion.-Going North-9.07 3.111; 30 pan. Going South-9.07 a.m.: 6.30 D-111- 6. 7.}vL`n:?i:3ii" " ' Inklewood Junction.-Going -North 10.13 a.m.: 29 D-In. Going South 9.23 a.m.; 6.17 pm- *'??T'%"FAc--no--%A'!"I" 11.11:. N From the West.-Limited Express. 8.45 a.m.: Atlantic E ress, 5.05 p.m.; Montreal Express. 8.15 p.m.; ixed 11.20. ' St. Louis Exgress Limited Express. Montreal d aol man an o E ked ' run Y inoludimz Sundn.v-xpreBB mar ----w- u unru- - Nor was the weather any better in the foot- hills. The mud lay deep on the mountain road; wagons that neither physical force nor moral objurgation could move from tlieevil ways into which they had fallen encumbered :. the track, and the way to Simpson s_Bar was indicated by broken down te'e.ms and hard- swearing. And>te.rther on, cut of! and inac- cessible, rained upon and bedraggled. smitten by lgh-winds and threatened by high water, Simpson s Bar, on the eve of Christmas day, . 1862, clung like a swallow : nest to the rocky entablature and splintered capitals of Table inouiitghx, and shook in the blast. 1-.-12.1.4. _I,._L ;,',, Ault` IJIA` Q0 (All trains unless otherwise spovicd arrive and depart from Union Station, l'01'out0*. DEPAR.'I`URlS.--Going West. St. Louis Ex- reas at *8.10 a;m.; Pacic Express. 1.0:. p.m.: xpress. 4.15 p.m. Going Ea.st.- Limited Express. 8.2.3 3. mi Mixed (for Havclock a.ndintcrmedi:1te pointsv. _4.25-p.m.; Montreal Express, "8.00 .m. IVALS--Frnm fhn W.nnt_.Qf ' nniu F.\'nn`,SS -3.2.0-p.n1.; montretu Jsxvresa, `$.00 ` ARRIVALS-_-From the East-St.' uis.}.xprc9S *8.30 a.m.- Mnxed (from Havelock and mtermo_- diate stations). 11 50 3.111.; Toronto Express. 9.1-` mm. EVERYtone that has seen the I. F. and H. A. Singer Sewing Machine. pronounces it the best sewing machine in America for all sorts of war Thea. or light. and easiest operated. simp oityo construction, noiseless in its mo- tion, and can be run up to 2,000 stitches er minute. Our agent Mr. William Campbell. just sold eleven machines in the 3st two weeks, and at: s its the ood merits o the nia- ohine.above others. hat makes it so easlly sold. Intending purchasers should call at our olce, next door to J. J. Brown's, and exsmme the best machine. ' Wu W. BANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. ONTARIO DIVISION. nummlou mm EASILY SOLD! u. tux 11LVlJI14l 1., ` Chief Superintendent. Railwav Otoe. Moncton. N.B.. May 1885. ugrpuxnns 1n uanaaa apu me Weste;'n States. xckets may be obtamed and also mformation about the route and about freight and passen- ger rates from - ROBERT B. MOODIE. . VVestern Freight and Passcn er Agenf. 93 Rossin House Block, Yo_r st.. Toronto. D. POTTINGER. '(`.hinf Runny-infannn` us we uwxesn xn pom: or ume, and the rates are as ilow as by any other. Through freight is forwarded by fast special trains, and exper- ience has proved the intercolonial route to be the quickest for European freight to and from all oints in Canada and the Western xcketa mav be obtained and Alan anen...m.;... Jllclllu, 13.13.. wunout cnanze. ' ose connections made at Point Le " -` . the Grand_Trunk Railway and vthc 1 :i::Sh:1ilg7 and Ontano Navi ation Company's ateamere` from Montreal, an at Levis with the Non] ` . Shore Railway. ` EI9Qnhtmf.nlnaa 'Dn"vnnn1-u.(`..o .....) __, . `paused in the act of scraping out his pipe, ..l.v-....~......y . Howbeit,` the unconscious objects of this satire sat that evening in the listless `apathy begotten of A idleness and lack of exvitement. Even the sudden splashing of hoofs ,bel'mfe the door did not arouse them. Dick Bullen alone ` and lifted his head, but no one of the group indicategi any interest in, or recognition `of, the man who entered. ' V mg_cu.rs on an tnrougn tI'a.1DS. Fzrst-class refreshment rooms at . distances. IIIII C I guy p-[.13 gnfun I ;no will find it advantageous to use this route, as iv. is the uickest in point of time, and ow by anv other. 'l`h1-nnoh fr-nnl>.~ ;. sure resorts or uanaua. are along this line ' Pullman cars leaving Montreal on Moda Wednesday and Fr'd th I - F.` and on Tuesday, Tu?a`"an53L%?{f% John, N.B.. without change. Clone nnnhnntinnn rnnn o+ D.-.:..s 7 .._z_ , . . ouurc rcuuwuy ' Elegant m-at/class. Pullman buff t a . 1ng_ca.rs on all through trains. e ' an amok F`ll'St-(318.88 Pefrnhmnnt rnnrnc: at nnn......:... . -- ---u:U lI.w|= ~ From the West for all points in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prim-e ' Edward Island, Cape Breton ana. Newfoundland. All the popular sea bathing, fishing and plgg. sure resorts of C9.na. along this line. leavmg Mnnmun M. nn.J.._. Barrie. Marcn"13th. 1886.4 uumu BUUTH. ' "` Leave Barrie at 7.07 a.m. Arrive at Hamilton 11.40 n.m.. 'gi'.41%:'.$ Trina leave Barrie for Toronto at 2.53 3,3, M I 7.95 5.311.. 10.17 can. and 4.42 n m o cI)gnXRn ......`l Aa.I-_a:- rs .--v -u---' -705! Ann; Ilnll-I 2316 [1,1]]. ( ..; I ow. ` db 6rg'vissuu%.nox' ' in. 1"- ` Bracebridge ...................... f g3- Arat Gravenhurst. ...... 1.35...:1-3'59 Dep. Gra.venhurst_..A..\z.. .. 6.20.... 2,45... 1'09 LeaveOrlllia,...... 6.20.... 8.30.... 3_55.__` gm Ari-ivea.t Barrie. ..7.07.. .. 9.45.... 4.42.._,' 5:53 _ NORTH SIMCOE--GOING NORTH, Leave Barrie at 11.09 a..m. come SOUTH. Loa.voPone.tan uishene at 6.15a..m., 2. Arrive at Barr e 7.23 a.m,, 5 3' \A an; uuv uuvn, DLIU IILIVT SVVLI-Illlllll` (:1: An area, remarked Th Sierra. Avalanche, with ` pensiveajlqcal `pride, aa _ large as the state or is now; under water. '1' * `aw-ow Leave Hamilton at Arrive at Barrip. 1-` r\O\ . . A.M. p,M_ Lure Barrie, . . . . ..11.28. . .. 3,39 p.m. Arrive at 0111115.. .12.17. . . . 5_25 Arat Gravenhurst. 1.25.. .. 7,uu'_'. Dep. Gravenhux-st..1.5o Bracebridge ...... Huntsville .... .. 4.15 ......... .. Sundridge.-.` .... 6.42 .......... ., North Bay ....... ..10.00 ......... .. GOING SOUTH. nruuuunuge . . . . . . . . Ar at . Dep. Gravenhurst. . A Leo.ve0r1llia,.. .. :.t Arrive a.t_Ba.1-rie, ..7 T.HE DIREET ROUTE From the Went for all nrnn. :.. A.M. Loavecolllngwood 6.00`. . .. Leave Barrio, .... . . 7.25.. . . Arrive at Toronto. .1030. . MUSKOKA BRANCH- Leave North Bay. Sundri e ..... .. Huntsyl Ve ..... .. B1-acebridvge ... Ar at GPVPhhlI;aI |NTE'?!`e9_lWW `INC lanave T01-onto.. . . . 8.10.. Ari`. at Barrie, ....11.27 At an Collimzwood 12.35.: l'lI\I \Yr\ nA-.....__ LE AD8_'l'_l-l_E VAN. _'.".%_;I".;J31=Lo17V_ ..__v-. IMPOIITERS AND EXPOBTRS find it advanfam-n11n tn nan this m\..o,. It had, been raining in the. valley of the Sacramento. The North Fork " had over- ovyed its banks and Rattlesnake creek was impassable. '-The few bowlders that had marked the summer ford at Simpeonfe. Cross- ing were obliterated by a vast sheet of w,ater qtmching to the foothills. The up-stae;wes?` stopped at Grangers; the last mail had-been abandoned inthe mice, the rider swimming for his: HP`. (6 An among 1: .......-..I.-.a mI...; u'a-.__- iv--uq vvvvu 15.00 GOING SOUTH: _3!S_GUlT_S RAILWAY. Imnnuniox J BROWN December 30, 1886. ___ j---~ -u- Inn I`I "I GOING NORTH. L... _g * --- Ll..J blna scum. at 'Inn MAIN LINE. THE V [Copyrighted by Iloughton. Mimln & Co., gnd published by arrangement with them.) 1\[A.\'ACv.E#I`1. . 8.20.. . 9.45.. HOW smwa DLAUS oA. :LTo 4 SI-MPSON S BAR`: I V __ ..--- wag-vuuavvo lietore he calla reply._Joe Dimmlck sug- gested with great dirqctueu that it was the Old Man ; house, that. invoking the diving an be roll ; convenielf. .51, ` c o . n -. . with BY 3331*. HABTE. 1ir{;} precise _- ...1.. ..v v--`, -._oc\. -won There was an ennparraseinc silence. The men looked at eechjothefr, andet the re; Even with the agpetidngrhanquet hbetore" them itseex'ned as '1: .'th6y'm1gut` eighth ran into the despondency or fl`hompeon s grocery, when the -voioeotn; the Old Men, iuqautiously ; lifted, came dep1'ecatingly from the kitchen :_ : `Certain}'y!'- `There -do. In course the`y'l's.* A gang 0 lazy, drltu.l_:ei1`1'0aLfers;`engi that er Diqk .Bu1len mhef.9rP9st hot 411.. .D.idn7.t: h .e,v_!i?-mr?`~'b9 themo 9n,!9t.r9un.d3 yi. w1tu su;k ne_ss`.iu"th.e; hiad99:df1df(`n`pr.o v1sxd;z Th 1; me:-9:3: 7,L.;t {aY;iili.`!'i3i9`':5b,,t9bl3?' -I~~iTP9-;.*!i!i!`-?? * nch: thlngxtwfstqdeudzl )on;.4.he:yonauman '4g`J.'QQK[;L,l) .ug.:.+..;v a:L;rr..'.`a'I...u'l:.fx.wr=.~.r'..r.tz;v .Lu_=: I Ie 111811!) magn and a tural santi terial origin the mate staii bodil- V any weig subs is a mac A displ with neck W011 philo net_is ft :3] ---,.,. .--.- ..-- -.------wv -q-u -cw.-nu-an @131! W14 I;. ,..-tJ.I!;vmv.oI1,1d~. 1-'1`h9?a..g.not:Tfh%: must ` ;_~a'I-`neg: V ;.n i 'lay'-rotind "tag I hznx: .;: . WQW1 In $3 ?-`I3 2. ' ` "V1.4" ` e 3 yum - ,x '4- Ma _-. IIL annual` Yes, I are,_respog1ded Johnny; decidedly. Why, wot s up, old f_e1low?t "`I m sick. ' T Him sick? V Pve, got a. tevier. And chilblgiins. And 3 roomatiz, returned Johnny, and ,Jva`;`11ahed ` within. After a. moment : pause beadded in the dark; apparntly n-`om ` underthe bed ` 1 clothes, And biles." ~ 1111;... _:__, my -vp.u He had is-t ei3`pe'c'1"to the thresheld of` a smali room, scarcely larger than a -closet, and hold -_ i inginits dim recess gamallj bed. < He stood there a moment looking "at the company, his bare feet peeping [mm the blanket, and \ nodded. ` ' - \ 'Hell'o, Johnny! You aint gain to turn in 3 agin, _a.re ye? said Dick. V _ _ are!_respo}d9d decidedly. ; flfhus adjured, Dick Bullen lowered Johnny to the ground with a smothered laugh, while the men, entering quietly, ranged themselves" around a long table, of rough -boards which occupied the center of the `: room. Johnny then gravely pro-r ceeded to a cupboard and brought out several a1'ticles which he deposited on the table. 'l`har s whisky. 1 And crackers. And red herons. And cheese. He took a bite of the latter on his way to thetahle. And sugar. He scooped up a mouthful en route with a small and very dirty hand. And terbacker. Tha.r s dried appils,_too, on the she1f4,but"I don't admire em. Appils is swellin . Thar, he concluded, now wade in, and don t be afeard. I don t mind the old woman. She ` don't b long to me. S long. `E - L-.`I _A.-_...- J A A- vuu \I uuv "OU- The voice was neither that of the ,Old Man nor of hiswite; It was the voice of a small boy, its weak treble broken by that preter- natural hoarseness which only vagabondage and the habit of premature self assertion can give. It Was the face of ta small boy that looked ;up at theirs-- a face that might have been pretty and even rened but that it was darkened by evil knowledge from within and _dirt and hard experiencefrom without. He, had a blanket around his shoulders and had evidently just ` risen from his bed, Come in, he repeated, and' don t make no noise. , The Old Man s in there talking to mar, he continued, pointing to an adjacent room which seemed to be a kitchen, from which the Old Man s voice came in deprecating accents. Let me be, he added, querulously, to Dick Bullen, who had caught him up, blanket and all, and was affecting to toss him into the fire, let go o me, you d--d old fool, _d ye ye hear? ! For a few moinents there was no sound but ythe dripping of water from the eaves, and the V stir and rustle of wrestling bnughs above them. Then "the men became uneasy, `and whispered suggestion and suspicion passed from the one` to the other. -Reckon she's caved in" his head the tirst lick! Decoyed him inter _`the_ tunnel and bari'ed_ him up, likely. Got him down and sittin on him. Prob iy bilin suthin to heave ofi us; stand clear the doo_1_j, boys! -For`_just then the _latch ciic.ked,;`the_ door "slowly. opened, and a voice said`; Come IIVLA _--_-- __,, , in out 0 the wet. " r"' ---9 --.-v. v-v --vvw vs. .u.w vvulpuunuua, Well, I don t know, responded Tom Flynn with some cheerfulnea. Pu- gpg`w. may. But how about your wife,.Old Mam i What does she say to it? Z ` The Old Man -hesitated. His conjugal ex. perience had not been a happy one, and um "1303 W88 kn0Wn`to Simpson s Bar. His g-gt 1119 n t`n`|'nnGn uxuntd... I)LL`I_ _,, 1 P r aps ye d betteshold on a second out yer, -whilst I go [11 mid see then things is _all xiight, said the Old` Man, with an indiffer- ehce he was fat` from "feeling. The sugges- tiqg was gru(,-iously :msepted,`t:he door opened and closed on the llU.~"f., and the (-rmvd, lean- ing thui1"bucksug'a.1u:al; me wall and cower- 1 ing under the eaves, .\vaited and listened. U __- - .. ---- v-vn- vvnuayvn Ian J VIII vulva VVVI U exting1_z`ished, and only thered br'aiV1dst.danc- ing` and itting in the gloom like drunken` will-'0-the-wisps indicated _theirwhereabouts.' Their way led Anp.Piue Tree canyon, at the ' head of which a broa,d, low, bark thatched cabin burrowed in the mountain side. It was the home of the Old Man, and the en- trance to the tunnel in which he worked when he worked at all. Here the_ crowd, paused for a. moment, out of delicate defer- ence to their host, who came up -' panting in the rear. V ' ' C` --- on vuv Iva VI. IIU WILD IIUKT: \ -"'l:he father, evidently touched not only by this pathetic picture of J ohnny e deprivation, but by the considerate delicacy of the speaker, hastened to assure him that Johnny was better- and that a little fun might `liven him up. Whereupon Dick arose, shook himself, and saying,,I m ready. Lead the way, Old Man; here goes, himself led the way with a leap, a characteristic howl, and darted out into the . night. As he passed through the outer room he caught up a blaming brand from the hearth. V The action was repeated by the rest of the party: closely following and elbowing each other, and before the astonished proprietor of Thompeon s grocery was aware of the in_ten'-. , tion of his guests, the room was ' deserted. 'l`l.n ...:...LA. -_--._ ;.u._I._ .I--,L __- -_-_- gust of wind "t:;nveir temporary tqrches were not-.m.n`:..l....A ....,I ..._I-- 4.1.- --_-.| .__, _ -.4.-.v.-J may-nan; `an `ant? IAIDV ....i ` , - _T"`* "."Jd`t.he Old `Man with a sympathetic frown. Thgj- g i no tronple ehout that, It s my own house, builtevei-y stick on it myself. i Don't you 5.. I.feIl`d:0' 1199!`: 13073 She may cut `upe trie 1-ough_-eI Wimmin do--hut _ehe ll come ` round. A Secretly the on Man trusted to` the exaltstion of `liquor. and the power or ` courigoousenmple to sustain him in such an emergency. . ' T As yet,-_iDick Builen, the oracle and leacr of Simpson's Bar, had not spoken. He now took his pipe. from his lips. Old Man, `how's that yer" `Johnny gettinonf Seems ;to me he didn t look so peart last time I seed him on the bluif heavin `rocks at Chinamen. Didn t seem to take much interest in it. me: BULLEN. The; was a gang of em by yar. yesterday-drownd'ed outup` the river-and I kinder thought 0` A Johnny, - and how he d miss `em! Maybe now, we d be in the way of he wus sicki ? . 7"]..- l4n.I..-.. --_lJ'-~" withatex-sane: in this mead-= 1!!!! 03.:-nnninl-inn ' ___ __ _-.. an; -3.. uuv nvuaan vvua IAVDUL VG: The night Hv;a.s pitchy dark. In the first .....4- no ...:..A n..:- --------A---- A-~- . .._ ---.- .. vv uuuuywuu D Hal . Q15 Ilrsli ;iie, a delicate, pretty little woman, had differed keezxvlyvend secretly grong. the ` jealous. "suspicions other husband, until one day .he `invited the whole Bar to his house to expose: her indelity... On arrivingrthe party: found tho ckv .nn'fifn nrnnhn-n .....a..n.. ......_'....x'-. 2`.'_. ~ ma. ;ithem.gns-m " was _aobs a,nd tears? The t.e Itdo `hung, 1115 f1;idt"Chiistq1ag`;_evb_. f L _ _ing we Remap.-zwi th.1f9iah5>.ri*.#97. A 3outgrpw-it? Vbye~and byo,- or-get: need? to it ; butthin in` tlie ne; Christmas w6= ,ha::`e had' to live tlirough sincd 5the" baby HI V . _ . . I7 , vv viulnnu `. am` .3FZn2"6`v11`3"'c' riZ." 32 ` ou'.` `lamb: in His bosom, that greater love gthan mine wen around him, a love ' that ;c_ould tome: shieldhim front all 'a.nd sorrows; hut I cenld not help crying out: i . _ _ - . ' iMy"baby, my`:`oy,,'I want you my- ee '.- - ' ' T The curtain of put paor iwaqzup a. few inches, and Lcould see my. wife .. on ;her '|:nees, and what did'_ she have in her- 9` .`|n-\:I- .-nu.-:-n -u-J:--.1-.;I- ._LI. }iI:'. 4, : `.z .A-,_ _.,:` sf.` -, `.' 3' ,- 1 . ' ; My car. mu. mi in her `D00kQt . zf` ,..- "-2 .1 . "We oh'the;fl_>dnks_ _o`- the River Utjivg -. f `And dvv'e1l.onitio u;1t`ia,' " ' :And~one of tlievjoyhfd Jyoiii` hH_oa.v`c.'-:|"will be` A I The little boytm di`od." .* V ~ IIIIILIIJ This year 3 we rode Home elone it: the car. We sat silently in our little parlor.` My wife tried toeread a new copy of `her favorite magazine, but I could see that her eyes were closed behindits pages. I I951 ! I @0111!` (111 All` t\I'I ii:-nun`-I IIUIA uvn. viva Iv VIC vxuuuu IlUl.Il.ll\l.-IUD uugua I said I would go out on the `porch. and smoke. But my cigar was not lighted. in the whole hour I remained withoet. l'l1L__ __.__.,1_ _._g,, ,. _ rn, ,,- . II suu VVIIUIV IIUUL .1 Lutuuuluu Wl.II.U|.|IIa They were having a._Chriatmas' tree for my ne1ghbor s little _boy in the house acrossthe street. I could see the tree `with the pretty `boy dancing around it. I Imus .9"! can 44...; 1... .... ....c.. z.. 4.1.- I lab you papa. V And after we had coaxed p him into his night clothes that night, and after we had heard his little prayers with Che nal God bless papa and mamma, we put him to bed and filled the two little .blue `stockings so full and piled high the chair. on which they hung. We could hardly sleep for thinking of what he would do and say when _the Christmas morning came. . ~ ` ' man did not` easily re`cov_er~ from she excraoraips;-yf shogk " of` this s outrage. It was `ifvitlf dilulty she regained her equanimltysutciently to release her lover from the closet in which he was conedled -.'..: `.....-..... ....-4.1. 1.]... am. 1.34 - yawn: avl. vuv IJMLLDIIILIDB ll,- . .I cannot keep my own lips from trem- bling, noximyvtear-'di1`nm:edeyes from gaz- ing wistfully at that dear little fellow with the blue eyes and xzolden -curls, perched high on his father's shoulder. so that he can look over the heads of the crowd standing in front of the gay toy store. I held my own boy so last year. He walk- ed these same gay streets with his little hand held in his mother s._ ' 1 1___.1_-n,,,, - -0 `- "$12 `333 `032 "5;""Efy' lap in the horse cars that day before Christmas. He climbed up and put his around my neck to whisper to me a wonderful sekit., This secret always was: Ah!` Qgfn Inn `ans: nnu-nu: tn:-um :..L;. L}. gnaw Jvua. vuvsw Q19 MVLIU IIU uaug UP. Last year we haunted toy stores and oonfectioners for the newest and nicest things for our boy." This year we pass the gay windows with bowed heads and aching hearts. I see tears in wife : blue eyes as we pass some. he py mother with 1; blue or white gnittpn little hand held tightly inher own, while the merry little led by her sidelooks lsughingly up in her face and tells her of all his hopes and plans for the Christmas day. `I .r... ....`..L 1.-.... ..... -_._ 1:... .'.-.._ 1.--... . A Lonely , There was a pair bf; stockings to hang up at our house last Christmas, a. pan of stockings with a. hole worn in one little foot and the heel worn thin in the other. This year there no none to hang up. Tnlllf. IYAAF EA Lnnnn `hi! nnnnn anal Being completely broken down in health. I was indued to try that veluable remedy, Burdock T Blood Bitters. One bottle ' made me feel like a new man, restoring me com- gletely to health. Geo. _V. Detlor, Napanee. nt. - V The time for a. young man to `pop the question is 10 o'clock in the morning, in the full glare of the morning sun, with the inuence of coffee and rolls still lingering about them and with every fieckle plainly- visible. .. ___.__.Y. Chilblains; frosted feet, and all frost bites cured b a few as plicatibns of West : World : onder or` amily. Liniment, the magic cure. Try it. 25c. and 50c. All druggists. ' __._ ..-._ "--.----I---v-c `.555 unualilfo :Ma, ,wh_a.t is this coal pool I read about in the papers 2 asked little "Johnny.. I mwsure I donft know,_. . was the reply. unless.it-is where miners go in swimming 7 7 IV! `II I 0 Woi-lid-w'ide is the leputstion of West a Ooughesyrup, the truly marvelous remedy for coughs, colds, croup, whooping.-cough, asthma and consumption. All drnggmts. Hill`- _L-L :_ ;|_:_ _,,I , 1 `I- J. D. Cameron, % or wuagke; land `Bum V .. h`n?d.innnnI`nlo1-`v "I-hnnmnL1:im _.. -..- .-v v_..--. --- ---ov and escape `with him. she'i.;:"; IJ"Z years to comfort her bereaved husband. The } Old Man s present _wife had been his cock, She was large, loyal and aggressive. 13.0.... I... ......|.:| ......|.'- 1-- mu----._,. . ._ for .o;)'n'1- l.a.;;1"t,' c`lM5";p;p':i`aw and aiok. heache. 30 sugar}: 25. All duggiata. ` ___ _ I. - .. _,_ .__ _F.._--v- A conundrum : My first means com- pany, my second shuns company, my; third summons company and my whole is given to company. Answer, conundrum. `;i:e17'_i renriet6r+-V6 e don't allow games of chance here. Gambler--'1`his isn t a.a.ne of chance. My friend here has no chance. ` A ir5t's Iiver fills, the siandua mfueay liver com 1 ' d ' ' djga} ' and sick in sag aE.?.?.s.1:L.P:.;1 ..g2.n rith tl1'e'pre'tty'boy dancihg;1:ouii}1'it." {V 1 know and felt that he wan safe in th .....- `.1 1.1.- n_`. _1_. .___g._- u__ _4___,, _, "3"" "' The smallest. bonnet: ever seen V at all are coming into fashion. The prices how-. ever are still perceptible to the ordinary V union. 1 HV_V;e-s-t a :Con:h Syrup, the most 1-eliable` medy for a.ll"th1-out and lung For Bafetv lman if. nlwnvn :.. 4-1.. 1...... AH uzuuy 1.U1'ul.l"Il'0Ili 8110. lung F0!` safety keep it always in the house. All drncminh, ffhe fasli-ionsble overcoat: end. `their wesrers remind one of the seashore--oepes snd heavy swells. ,. People awho. trsvel in sleeping cars should provide themselves with woollen nightdressea. "Itmay save their lives. 'I'\I.- :_-_-_-2-- -- " ` :i`he ivn-o_reaam"_.' g-<-le-I-z;:nd for West's` Cough Syrup is evidence of its great virtue in all throat and lung diseases. Three sizes. All drnggiats. " | -..._J --- . WA" -.v -qua vvl Iv avI_-I IbllAlV|L `vcntsuuu 9) . .Y1"P3` peering into, the faces of his companions. I r`nnNr ...-.. vv-5.. u;nup, 3 sun: cure I01` cronp_a.nd consumption. It is np trouble to meet a bill; but to get out of the way of it is most difcult. ` _} West's Gong}; Syri1,"a certain and speedy cure fer coug , -00 and all throst and lung diseases. - `h It ie no sign that stock: feverish ` they absorb so freely. Went : Cough Syrup, I sure cure for Collh- IIJVIIIII -n nnnnn-an-uL:-- of. Peace.. 1 .1__.'-`II -.. W` -vw vu-cu Ho! 410- 331` }1ik,%;;!931,r;; Broken 3 v '" :1:-If I Jr-J + .1 . ills ; ` '53 `. ' F ". . g} We. call attention -to our large and cbmplete assortment of all kinds of Boogtg, Shoes; . S1ippers,- R.ubber_s, Overshoes, Moccasins .Truhk9$% Bags. .Uhi:l2dren s% Strong `Leather Boot's_from 30 cents up. - -.---..,.. -.- s/JAAAAJI/AS58103: There was a movement among the men at this announcement, but whether of satisfac- tion or disgust was not plain. Yes, con- tinued the Old Man in the luguhrious tone he _hsd, within the last few moments, un- consciously adopted--`yes,. Christmas, and , to~night s Christmas eve. oi Ye see, boys, I ` kinder thought---that is, I sorter had an idea, jest passin like, you know--that may be ye d all like to come over to my house to-night and have a sort of tear round. ' But I sup- pose, now, you wouldn t? Don t feel like it, maybe? he added with anxious. ympathy, | nearing intn the fun: nf Mn 1mmm...:....`.. ` V Perhaps we talk strong but.` our stock will permit of it.` We talk to the point with a determination to have it known that you will stand. in your own light if you fail to see our goods`. ' Ladies Leather Laced and Button Boots at 85c., worth $11.00 and $1.25. g We want you to feel ithaht our store is unquestionably the place for you to trade; and we are just now in a position to offer great` inducements to gain that feeling. Men s Felt Long Boots frm % $-2.O0Va pair up`. . X % 1 Believing large? sales must! necessarily follow the offering of our stock at slight advances above cost, we are turning our goods. quickly on very `small margins. ' TWe consider that a failure` On the part of our 1`eaders_to see our wonderful bargains, will be a grand opportunity lost.` !EI.lABl.ll Sllllll IIIIMHSI Men s Solid Leathef`. Long Boots, good value for $1.50. We wish ' our friends, '_pat- rons and the public gnerally, a_ Bright Chritma's and A a Prosperous New Year. % ,` __ ,__-..- wvvv-.. silence follo wedwthese positive statements. `The Old Man glanced quickly around the group. Then his face slowly changed. That's so, he saidreectively, after a pause, l "eertingly a sort of a skunk and suthin of a fool. In course. He was silent for a mo- ment as in painful contemplation of the un- savoriness and folly of the unpopular Smiley. Disnu_1lA weather, aiu t~ it? he added, now fully embarked on the c111'1'e11t of prevailing sentiment. Mighty rough papers on the boys, and no show for money this season. And to-morrow s _(3hx'ist111{1s. lI'\I Ladies Kid#Button Boots at { $1.00, $1.25, $1 50 and $175, 1 worth 25 per cent. more V. . I Remeuibre nuutoost.,sAnms, -1-an - -76! K!" . ,, 4`, : > I38 IR OIUAIHRIAKQHI OUIIOI LI-'lII- < GEO. iou%DLE%vT H0`USE,SIC11\'7 4 F1; 5300 -llJ|LLll3- . O. BLAGKETT ROBINSON, 5 Jordon St., TORONTO. 37-10 Publisher. __._ v . _--_-.... II -u v uyvlwnov vuilllu Jest heard the best" thing out, boys! Ya know Smiley, over yar--Jim Smiley-tun- niest man in the Bar? 'Well, Jim was jest telling the richest yarn about--- no...-1..--s- - A--. n,- . V . `- -