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-no r uuuuu in --u- 'i retired early on tho evening of the third day and soon fell auleep. III A_..I.L L- A.-II _-_ `M I LL-.. Lggl Ulaou II III. Ilvvnn awn: CI-avv .._, .. ,.. I ought to tell you that I then had--' I still have, in !aot-the habit of using I night lamp. Icannot bear to 1001 my- iolf in total darkness for an inltant. Q at Uvwun Inn-nxnnv-w ova ox-wu--w "V-That night-it is u-u'i'y a singular thing, and I have never been able `to think of it without a strange sensation -that night I-was awakened by a sharp. cracking sound in the great silence. I have never known what that noise was -doubtless the night lamp going out, for it was perfectly dark. At nrst a feel- ing of awful anguish oppressed me, a feeling Ialways have when in the dark, and before I had time to fully awaken I heard-yes, my friend, I actually heard-the "effect of nervousness, you say?-it matters not--I heard a voice, which whispered very low, `Jacques Lerminier. ' IUVO IIZIQ UVVQA QVIJJCQ-via A `Poor Jacques-"had killed himself at midnight two days before, at the mo- ment when my sleep was interrupted by /a sharp oraok-that sharp oraok like the report `of a pistol." - i,-X-.--n- -A-:nI-`J -nI:nn'nL`-u `an A`A$ Qnawcannnnnnvn A cold ehiver ran through my whole body, though I new no reason for it. In 3 second I had risen, lighted a candle and reread the letter from Baden-Baden. Why had I not deoiphered it before? It was perfectly plain. dCI'---.I_I..-n-e--g :4`-ha` have A|u`:a vvuu .aVnAvvImJ radiance Lerminier was a rened boy, oblig- lng, but a little wild, `whom I had loved much when we were young togesher, Ioon lont from sight, then found again in than momentary encounters where a rapid olarp of the hand and an earnest `Do you remember? in all, and than Ieparation, perhaps for years. I!D_--. T .... An` 'InnL `nu; -II`-an` III; A`. Q V on wnnv-3 . "vlvlooked at the clock. It was past midnight. Nothing could be done until morning. Immediately I wrote a letter to Baden-Baden, excnsing myself. ex-V plaining all. I placed the Toney in it and sealed it. And while did this I remembered that the whisper which I had heard erewhile was exactly like the voice of J acquea when deeply moved. ((3-: _L_-._.-cg npu L`-A jg-uh A` --A-u-gnu: VVOUU `IQ Ia$V\1I-V-I VI Davao Iavvr-J nnavvvunu How strange in the work of memory ` in our brains, I said to myself, andhow `was it possible for me to recall at the same time and while yet asleep the name and the voice of `poor Jacques. nu-nu_-_ 1- _.._s u__-1.. a.- s.'...s -..-:.. ...-s.:.. DXUQVX, `FWD it" Q .`TPoor Jacques! TB}; 1-'v'hat we :1- ways called him at the school of St. IIIQ TIII\I UK? V\lIY D `l\I\ID $Z\l\PC$I "Then Iwent back to had again, satis- ed and calm. I did not dream any more of the whispering voice in the blackness of my silent chamber. No, indeed. I thought no more of it until two days la ter,Awhen. I received a dis- patch from Baden-Baden. My registered letter had been remailed to me. I I `,,!`I_ 1| I, J___ _A`` `fl positively insist that my child shall write a legible hand,`he said, with a sad smile.\f'rom the French For Short Stories. V ' '_ i ' aoth Bryant. Seth Bryant, who has juat -died at l his home in Aahmont, Mass., at the age `of 97 years, was the oldest and bent known Democrat in Maaaachaaettn, hav-v lng", been a delegate to all the recent con- ventions oi the; party. `}He loved, says the Springeld Republican, tc occupy ` a front. aeatonthe platform and with Ml ailverear trumpet turned toward each speaker eagerly abacrb the party , i 1 doctrines upon which he had `acted, since 1 Jackson": ti'me`. Duringthe war `he did ; V a large ~ husineaa with the _ I and nut auggeated that each manufac- turer be compelled to put hla name on ; `alt :hoar~nold,"to* theltovernmmw-_ mg-aw m=`+rribun . government ` W On boins asked what latte: oomcl A, was; Both; replied quickly. `g `_f.'I'bo on that Icing: manna. "--New i!':`!=%'Pr9!'-% ~` , -u LU Uh II rnuvvou '-;3;t':ao coughed slightly to clear his thgpgc. - ' 9 A LI,_j_ __,;__ _I_!`_I Vila He should certainly have had his 1.000 francs. ' :1! I--I_-.1 _L LL- -'l--I_ TL ..__.. ..-.L guy :6 ran. FA M:fLAND TOWN Pnurum % "FOB SL2. BARR: U Feud. St. West-Brick House, 7 rooms, stable, etc. 4 A - Francis St. Caste: Building Lot. iacre. ` Mary St.-The nest Manson in Barrie. :6 rooms, coach house. stable. etc. Roughcast House, :1 rooms. summer kitchen, hard and soft water, stable, em. ` - , wwomley St.-Nwf Rou hcast Holxse. 8 rooms. "Bradford St.--Brick muse.` 6 rooms. Brick House. 8 rooms. Double Dwelling, 2 Tenemqnts. Cnlllnr Sf,_.F:nA pno:Jnnnn 0" vnr\t`nInn 3-unmuua, nqusq. 6 rooms. Uouoge Uwellmg. '1`eneme_nts. Collier St.--Fine Rcsxdence, all modern improve- ments. 90 acres. 1 Charlotte St. Fine Residence 13 rooms and base- ment, Garden Fruit. All modern improvements. Dunlop St.-2 Brick dwellings. 2 storeys. Owen St.-Two Lots. } acres each. Kempenfeldt St --Bnck House, boat house. stables, etc., rooms, } acre. . Penetang t.-Frame House. 5 room-=. On Owen and Sophia Sts.-Brick House, all modern im rovements. `nu-taknf c :`D4-I--I-`AA----` '-'A---- - ------ -*-L'- lizabeth bvt-Roghcast House, 5 rooms. Brick Store and Dwelling.` _ LANDS IN NORTH omu.u.-Lot 14 Con. to, :55 ac. Mxrcuxnasn -Lot :7, Con. x. Lot :5, Con. 2. Lot .12. Con. 10. VEsPRA.-Lot 3. Con. 6. no Acres. Part of Lot 22. Cun. 6,18 Acres. N. i Lot 14, Con. 14. Ynvnvunnvoob C `I? I 1 __ ,_ 41.. _ A7, _... V---.. ',-' ...--v.-. --u- on, `nun nu : INNISI-`IL.--S. W. }."L<:r 25, Con. 9. mo Acres. N. `Part Lot 25. Con. 11, 80 Acres. N. Lot 26. Con. u. too Acres. MEDONTE.-Lots 2. 4, 5, 6, 7, Con. 4. Lots 3. 6, 7. Con. 5. , A ` .TowNs!m> or Cnorr (Parry Sound) Lot 10. mo acres, Lot 20, 88 acres, Con. q, beautifullv situated on the N. shore of Lake Ahmic. noted for its sh. MAHITADA _gAl-arc` nkn:nn .1 en:-O:nne I`I\ Ann-on 0" me LV. SIIOTC 0| LABKC IIHITHC. FOICC. TOT IE5 FISH. >MANl1`oBA.-Se\-era] choice } Sectnons. 160 Acres each. Two ne Ranches. x6oo and x28o Acres each. BRAmro1_u).-6 Acres. Dwelling, etc, ToRON'ro.-a Choice Lots in Toronto. BENJAMIHN &%Co.I THE lllD BEl|ABlE AUBTIUNEER . G. R. FORD I Are a specialty, and parties intending to have sales, will consult their own interests by placing theix sales in his hands. , l8'Orders left at THE ADVANCE ofce will be 3ttddt`- 35- G. R. FORD. HANDLES ALL KINDS "ow AUCTION I SALES. PQNO. I and No. 2 sold in Barrie at Seagers Drug Store. la mans Cahadian Branch omce, Head Olce. MnN'l`!2`RA`l., IHONDON 'l'c`.NGl.A l1_\lI'Il'III\II- &\rlvII U'II` I 0 Ca ital, $6,000,000. ' * ' Founded 1808 pplication forms furnished and rates quoted by GEO`RGE PLAXTON, AGENT. mgln `Ranch: (`-10- (`$043 :11 RAH-Iuvnlrn Rlnr I Mysa1znvE s Busmmss ndI_.LEaE.` No boasting, but. Sohd. sogina. Genuine Wotk. Shorthangl thoroughlv taught in three months. Bookkeeping in all its branhes. Business Course 4 (I_.___I-;- -l`!____I-_. l'_-_ 'E..I.}T.":.V'.A'E:.m.n.-...-" '5 "R2" ' so-ly J-J [Cross-Cut saws] \ "'-- vv--'- --"- V`--;' ` ` Is successfully used monthly by over ` 0,000Lad1es. 8a.fe,e ectual. Ladies ask ; `our dru st for cook : cotton loot Con- 1 rail. is no 0 er_as all Mixtures, pills and ` mltations are dangerous. Price, No. 1, 81 get ; box, No. 3, 10 degrees strongenss per box. 0. } 1 or {mailed on receipt of price and two 8-cent stsm s. The cook Company Windsor Ont. ` 3` 0s. 1 and 2 sold and recommended ivy all ` rmmnnnlhln hrnxnrlntn in Canada. 1 TN 03. 1 BBQ `J 3010 8110. l'8C0llllll' responsjble Drngglsts in Canada. CUT FLOWERS-Roses, Carnations, Violets, 511- Frank nvnru (lav Rn:unn|ntc_Ru1ttnn- J, 01 El! III son s Block) DU 1 1' LU VV I'4l.\D- ROSES, LIEFUBLIOHS, V IOICIS, etc, fresh every day, Bouquets-Button- `hole, HandorCcrsagc. Funeral Tokens in any desi ns. VEGETAB ES-Celery, Crisp and Tender: Lettuce. Cabbage, Parsnips, Beets. Carrogs. tc. SEIDS-Flower Seeds, Vegetable seeds, Plants and Bulbs. WM. TAYLOR; SEED STORE _ FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN, Telephone :5. :55 Dunlop-St.. Barrie THE KEELEY lNS l`l'l'U'l`E (0. OF_ ONTARIO. Limited. 580 SHERBOURNE ` ST.. TORONTO, omnmo. SEND FOR KEELEY CURE CATE-` CHISM, FREE. TELLS ALL ABOUT _HOW TO Lot- :';e'ai-ie'n; --tre. A 1T c s. was. LEY .` ` PP", 26:1. - vr. Cox. 4Cou.m3~ S-r.suur`r AND Smnnu Avn'ivn,_ ' Tonom-o. aanaatan Drancn Umce, neaa umce. VMONTREAL. LONDON. ENGLAND M. C HINSHAW. SA.\v!.J. PIPKIN, Roan.-In Mannanr Nlnnsnrnr. [gih7eaT FARM STOCK SALES` Tana:-: Mums DESIGNS Copvmeu-rrs &c. Anyone sending a sketch and descrigtion may quickly ascertain our opinion free w ether an invention is probably patentable. Communica- tions strictly con dentiul. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest a vency for securing atents. Patents taken t rough Mann 8: 0. receive special notice, without charge, in the Q -2 - AAA: 4. AAA AAAXAAAA 7TC7Cvv_$CV y----v-----_ A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir- culation of any scientic ournal. Terms. $3 a year: four months, 31. 80 d by all newadealers. llllllll o n- --... __ . _ ll-... V-..l. four months, 81. 5010 by an newauealers. MUNN &0o.36'B~mav- ggwjgrk A Branch Omce. 625 1-` St.. Washm on, . H. K; l1.l1VDI'Il|VVg I Dtll. Jo -l'l.I.'l\ Branch Manager Manager. COD 0 Aeennunnlhr nnncuuuv pecuu nouce, Wltuoun cuurgu, us Luv Scientific Hmerican. n 1.... ._ -1- nI....A_..A-.I -u...1.`I.-p `I nun-nu} nt- a|;m.nIN`~Lo=r "FO:3ALE. `r us via mail hauvylll lJI.5njJJl M Ill)!-I5Cp ill '1: abe St.-Roughcast House,,5 rooms. stabie, R03 .1. Jqrnvo ASSURANCE coMP7\'Nv. ._-I oz . _ A . ,. l?.......l.A Ghmtiieri Vand Trned it Es 33 and 34. T 3, 31 and 32. n-n n Hi-'iv:' i=6]i[1- _BA;RlE.' lo; ` `"iaa`1'.j'.;.a a....r.1 1:;.,.-.;.sx.;,...~ BARI_l_3. .3. Drinking 30001: : Cotton Root Oompounl. `In nun.-Anna`-all-u uurIA4` can-u6`In11v `:1: Annu LIBERAL _ TERMS LUKUB rung: Um, nunu 1. Barpje Ont. Oice in Bothwclfs Blgck I l GO TO THE NEVV J. J. MUSGROVE. The Ontario Permanent Building. ` and Loan Association Special Facilities ojrered to Investors amlBo'r'rowers. 5 g3`;-"V |-vvny pay rent. wnen, on such as month! pa. ments. you can become your own . lord ? nu ve the choice of repayinxilat a monthly rate of $1.20, $1.50, or $1.90 for can $zoo.oo bor- rowed. Q THE PuBL|c-why spend-an our cam money? 6oc. a month placed with the . P. . and Loan Association will yield you in about 8 year: A PRESENT of $xoo.oo, or a.,prot of $41.40 over your monthly pavmrnts. TH E INVESTO R-Why not place your $100.00 with the 0. P. B. & L. Asa'n, `and have it doubled in in years. beside receiving during the in- terva.I 6 Z per annum paid to you every six months? In other words, for your $100.00 you will receive as interest $66 and a lump sum of $200, making a grand total of $266. vvv... .. v-vv- An investment safe a::- government securities _and much more protable, realizing the investor an equiva- .lent to :5 per cent. per annum. simple interest. For printed matter and further information call on (At office of McCarthy, Pepler 81 McCarthy) SEC.- TREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. 1:-tf 95 Dunlap-St., Ross Block, Barrie. Conveyancing Blanks per dozen 15 Cents. 0.1-I.L,YON, Assignment of Chattel Mort- \ gag . . ` aRe1ease of Equlty of Redemp- ti011 per dozen Deeds, heavy paper. Printed Letterand Note Heads in Linen, Bond, Laid and wove papers, padded, very cheap. Envelopes, printed per 1000 Chattel Mortgage Statutory Lease House Lease Farm Lease Assignment of Mortgage I per dozen 25 Cents. ?Bill Heads and Statements 4 per 1000 $1.00 T jliet our prioes'and see our stock "'9 Mvance P,_|-Illng ~ Agreement for Sale of Land per dozen 35 Cents. wooDs'rocK, ONTARIO, Calls attention to the TEN A NT'-Why pay rent. When, such . nonthlv navments. vou become vnnr nu... I his iecovegy, , (man In a Evenings ab residence, 67 Owen-St. 20 Cents. E. DONNELL, AND UPWARDS AND UPWARDS v too much all do all I hers. cerelv, , 11' but Avuvv very stable. (with dwell- d 41. and 6. httawasvt ; I" Term int. Lot 12; . 9th, 1385, 5 acres. TEN, tors, &c.,-: :1 uni i 22 I5,6,7.` yous:-can The first step was to obtain the con- fidence of the Bouselds. To get this! `An introduction. How? To forgo it. |'I1:o'l...u-.t -uvunnn nan Ln -It-unt; Q gala--nL v-v- and can vvnvv Va Alla LUIIUUUIIII I It was a bitterly cold day, and a bit- ing east wind made them shiver in spite of their coats and wraps-so much so that they mutually regretted that the operation of securing a reservedoarriage left them no time to pay a visit to_ the refreshment room. ' I They had just seated themselves oom- tortably and the train was already in motion when an elderly gentleman, `with a jovial red face and black. bushy twhiekers, opened the door and bundled Ihirnselt in. \ I`. Bonsneld was annoyed end Lainorook duguted, but as the intruder we: pro- fuse in hit apologies and it was taoolate -;to mend matter: they had to accept. the `situation with the beat grace they could; `kn: `JAIL A. 1. --_._LA-n -` n- --.....- uuuv uuuupuull " my '1 ?'" The jolly faced intruder was hot *0 5 ' `outdone in hospitality. Ho Opend M handbag and with 8 13"? `nk pm" lduood a flank of ouxfaool. W1,1,19`l .`39.:a"d dense cold made ps'1'tioul|rl!}AAbl,_WfP.; 9. to -them all g __ __ __ '.~, A I`--- -- ' ' ' " - J When` the great pink diamond of Guznee reached Europe, it created widespread interest and took immediate rank with the historical stones of the world. It was compared with the nest gems in the royal and imperial regalia, savants wrote learned disquieitions upon its beauties and its peculiarities, and the magazines and newspapers spoke of its value in a way that made one a mouth water. - -LVDBI. -I JJU LII-lUl\L III U5: Dun Sms-As a client of ours desires to in- spect your pink diamond knownas The Light of Guznee," with a view to purchase, we should feel obliged if you would send it to us. Our Mr. Lamorock will call upon you in a few g hours after you receive this letter and will bear a note vouching for his identity. We shall be happy to undertake all risk and responsi- ` bility for the stone from the time it is intrust- ed to the custody of our representative, and we beg to remain yours faithfully, . Couonnrrox & 00. When this production of his pen and brain had been carefully scrutinized, our caligraphist composed another short letter, which stated that thy bearer was Mr. Lamorock, the representative of Gongleton & 00. He then went out and bought half a dozen Havana cigars, four of which he `steamed open and unrolled. smearing the interior portion over with a dark, treacly liquid, he rolled them up again with expert ngers and put them into his case. ' uv an-IUIII II: .7- Lamotook, indoednund the liquor I0- slolioions that he took two glallol. 30' toro th t halt throillh .`i"v`3a"_-' jho notieoyolgvvith utiII0_3 { poqvu-utton both to an: ana1'ovuuuvu-v.a- nu-.v vv cw -vnav IUD Without "more ado he wrote a short note to Congleton & Go.. the celebrated diamond merchants! of Hutton Garden, asking them if they would care to buy some old family jewels and received a reply expressing their willingness to in-: spect them. After studiously examining the oaligraphy of their letter with a magnifying lens he set himself to prac- ticing a number of curves and ourishes on a sheet of paper. An hour's work seemed to satisfy him, and he then in- dited the following epistle: --v.____,Iu.___-_ v |""""Vll VVIUII UIIU HWFU 'IUU UII9"V`JI\IO . After the lapse ot a quarter of an- hour he had talked their reserve away. `Ind proved himself so amusing a cem- Jlanion that they all became quite friendly, and than Lamcrock, who had `own suddenly amiable, "proceed. the- othere into accepting a cigar apgaoa. T118 `innit fungal `nit!!!-uinll man I-int I-1| Ina - gnaw---_ .-____- Among others ` whose envy` was aroused by the descriptions of tllb stone was a Mr. Lamorook, a gentleman who had passed under many aliases in his career and who had only recently been released from Portland, where he had been sequestered for mistaking the pro- -prietorship of a check. An kn moat` nf flan Hanoi: H33-nanny` R8: LIUVUA no-nor we vu As he read of the great diamond his eyes sparkled at the thought of its worth. There it was-100,000-and you could put it in your waistcoat pocket. A But how to get it? The ex-convict as he pondered over the subject knew the task was not an easy one. The papers imparted the con- denoe that it was in Messrs. Bouseld Bros. safe at Bristol. But burglary was {not in his line. There are grades of re- nement in all professions, and` he looked upon burglary as vulgar; besides which night watchmen, strong rooms and electric alarms made such work hazardous and only t for people better supplied with physical strength than brains. A Lalllll Messrs. Bouseld Bros. : T\- . v: Q--.- A- ._ -Il..._L The ret letter he had written he sent by registered post, going down to Bris- tol by the same train that took the mail. But on his arrival there he waited-for three hours so as to allow of it being delivered before calling. He then went to their office and presented his creden- tials, the genuinenessof which were not for a moment suspected. TL; 'D_-L-I A-.. ._I._ ..-L-.I -ulbk -v. \I II 1 r\IUUCIU Th:-B.r`i`etol" firm, who acted with great caution in all their business trans- actions, though it safer that the stone should be under the custody of their own representative and determined that one of their partner, young Harry Bouseld, should accompany Lamorock up to London, taking it with him, This, however, was a contingency pro- vided for both by Lamorock e cigars and by a neat little revolver that nes- tled in the pocket of his greatcoat. `la. ....... - I...'d.L.._1- ....I.1 .1..- -._.1 - Lu. not letter came today- . 7 ' A tiny. oriuorouod thin: And full of I__suoy_ nn.d nub, V mid girlish i on and glee. .\ ' She told of t e lut new play. ? of the songs she'd learned to ting. , 0! how she'd. declined with thank? A lord 0! high decree. j She sent a apple 9: her (own, _ A marvel in garnet and brown." She wrote of talk! ' ` T And moonlight walk: . Beside some um-o water: _ Of dances tome one taught her. And so the pageu. interlinod, Ban on--and then in haste" Ihegignea, Meet truly your:-your daughter." 0 0 Q 0 0` 0 But in a corner she had writ. "I love you, mother. every bit- I love, and love and love you! -Julia Neely Finch in Times-Domoonut. en my boy kvas able `to ...... -1-I--- Apgu. 28,` 1893. SHEER LUCK. tirin . % H:'r'r.ox GARDEN. Jan. 4. nun`: I 3 nova nvbuunn vv JV-cu -Then a shower of pins tired from rub- ber: on the ngers of the neweboyn` rained down upon the audience. One ' boy threw an apple. It struck a lady on the head. The lady screamed, and then the newsboye yelled with delight. Grains. of corn, programmes, cigarette boxel and dirt were` lent. ying down upon the person: in the pit. " IIVLA -4-LI4.u.-an -hing I..'..:I Lanna loan.-um- to feel sleepy himself. He fought against the eeneetnon by getuy up ` to admin the colored photograph: beneath the hut -rails and by h.-yin; to x his attention `P011 the peeling scenery. I : H3".-.........-.1 L8- ..l_......_- -__'_.A-.I ....j .-`Iva! Iqljl ~ yililll-I` JUIlUl',o more in:-omroa-xe. exdminedt eoontentl and sled`. ,-He was apparently this; he hudnot given himnelf onetot the ' drugged cigars, for. he pued vigozouly away at his stump. hoping that it would help. to heap him awake. Be one!) thought that the lumen of hi: compan- 1on a cigars might be aeoting him and opened both windows. But he found the cold. air had no effect. III`. - 1_ L_, Swimmers are generally very suspi- l oious with regard to life belts, for un- less these eontrivances are `well made and properly adjusted they are positively dangerous in use. Some are so bulky that they impede all action. This de- tect certainly applies to the cork waist- coats adopted by the National Lifeboat institution, and `it will: be remembered that in the recent fatal eapsizing of a liteboatsat-Margate the men use `not donned their corks on this very ground. A new kind of belt-'-known as the Louiton oat-is described and illus-- trated in a Frenchjournal, and it has `the appearance of aconger eplewith con- ical ends. Madeo! sheet rubber. it passes round the neck`, across the and round the waist, and can be inated in one .minute_-by the mouth, and its weight is about one gpouii. This life- ebqnt; treat. xi-etI~ ==i&Ie,s3liti;ht e-any fin pcsiticn?f- Vltfbdwcrn with=-e- "out ihconve ni]noe.. and; f iuideiisnod. among Aother._:-.:pufrpoIII;";19l'i=~'!!' nu 0! e In DIV UIIUUUI V `V-'.|-3.1.1-oin};uder also began to look no if he would soon follow Bouaeld`a unm- ple. I-Io vainly tried to look ` wide awake, but his lid: would droop heav- ily, hi: head-would sink down upon his chin and he would then pull himself to- gether by a supreme effort uId'try_ to sit up straight. ` ' ' "'%6i;.3"'ho train arrived- at Swindon Junction, the guard discovered them all asleep, and after trying in vain to rouse them up, the conviction dawned upon `him that it was a case of foul play. The three patient were taken out and re- moved _to the hospital, arrangements being made by the police that on their recovery all three should be detained in custody pending investigations. So `when they had been brought round to consciousness they were taken to the police station. `C'.u.__ '[).......A-`I.'l ..-_3I_-..L...I.I:_I...J L3- Pi Building. VVCICIV UXU \lIlIl\lO 1'13 gllldvu The jovial gentleman, like Lamorock, had had his imagination red by the 3 accounts that the newspapers gave of A the great pink diamond. He had wormed 1 it out of a clerk in Messrs. Bouse1di' omce that the junior partner wa taking it up to town, and he thought that the opportunity for which he had waited so` long_ha_d at length arrived. fn n - n - _ g A j --u LA In:n 'au:ou:vuIun Ina .....,_...... .. .....,.... ........... Tearing away to his lodgings, he had provided himself with his ask and a revolver and was Just intlme to catch the train. When the whole facts were revealed in the police court, the mutual astonishment of Lamorcol: and the jolly gentleman was past description. It beat even that of Harry Bouseld. All the three actors in this scene are now rmly -convinced that one of the incaloulahle elements controlling man : destiny in i sheer luck.-London Sun. . - 3 "'.l.`-l;-e'i~z-";e'epeotlve struggles to keep } awake. however, grew more and more i feeble until the stair nally collapsed in i their comers an slept an if they would T never wake again. ~ N `III.-- LL- A....:._ -_...|_-.i -4. a__..:__-I-.. ZCCUCII UOIKC KHIA 'S\IH\J\1$\JIIlU YVII V IVUCVII Scotland Yard keeps the ask as a on: riosity, for it has two compartments from which the contents can be drawn at the will of the owner _by a light` pressure on a`seoret spring. Both com- _ partments contained curacoa, but what was left of one sample was found to be dragged while the other was pure. nu.- .'-_.1-I ..-..u........... 1:1-.. l'...............l. $r\llnl Ul-IV rvowqnlw OOH Thegentleman who had been ln|trn- Inentol in bringing the boys to the the- ater rushed to the gallery. He b688ied them to be quiet. They gave him the laugh. Oioers were nally called in, and the boys were made to form a line and march out.- They made as much noise in leaving an a band of Indiana on the werpath would have -done. The boy: have now logt one admirer. _ There in a certain generous hearted gentleman in Atlanta who until a few nights ago hadgan excellent opinion of all neweboye. He has changed now. says The Journal. - LII Q ,. ........... ... Harry Bousiield easily established his identity and was set at liberty, but the information that the police obtained about his companions, the revolvers they found in both their overccats, two telltale cigars and two equally damning cigar stumps, the remnants of curacoa in the ask and avery suspicious false beard-'-all these incidents led to their arrest, trial andsuhsequent conviction. -AL`-_J `7'_Q..I I_..a.._n LL- ll...-.l.. an - nun ill? 3 UIDGIITIO When he saw the etereopticon exhibi- tion Miss Jerry advertised to appear at the Grand, he decided to give the newl- bcya a treat. Every one that could be round was given a ticket of admission to the gallery. The boy: formed into two companies -and marched to the the- ater. ' . J, ` L Cllve When the performance begah, all the lights in the house were turned out. This was absolutely necessary. The rst picture shown was greeted with cheers by the newsboys. The man who had brought_ them` there smiled. He only smiled once, however. The picture dis- appeared at the proper time, and before another could be shown the boys in the gallery began to yell. ' IIIL-.. - .L-:n.n. .` -nl-an `mg; `-A-an -1`\, undirected Philanthropy. 3 D-uuu $0 21 and 22. j nd 17 g 14, 15 " about .7 seq `git new Lu. non. A blossom plmhsd 1-`om tha hawthorn hedge, 1 leaf from tho Bough above. ` A ribbon-{arc or-a tn-`ass of hair. A kiss from the lips of love. . T A moth_sr's-step on a chambar oor. ` .'.l.`hc catch of a childish phrase. A crass grown sod and a prayer to God. A song of the svcrydays. Oh, am; no a song of the alda and hllll. A song of the sea and land, That shall ring again in the hearts of men And the least shall understand. Nohlnt of the scholar's classic lots or the cynic sbittcr lays, But a song to rest in a pcasant s breast- A long of the sverydays. .__TnA Tnnnln In T. A W R-Hahn- um I mud.-mo: "u awmunosuus-no ` ` Inn mcuunglcu. tangled chain. Iun wary otVnight"I`*.iri'tliTtho in-olgodl. Thstonlythoavinmliptdu. - > I mt, thg mum-`an no ofiarth.` _AQl}j0!thOI!'_yd1|. 1 song to lighten to"1iv3s of then Whom lube: has onllod its own. _ A On RA-L on -un.Ag`uA -on-AA`. ICUUS j XII III IIWIIQ ,A notoo but u urooho sweet 01 the world that has known. A bu-one tlio{mnuntgjin?a cull ! $00!. A wuss from the wooglnnd wan. _ A neck 01 team trqm the hush at homo, A long of tho ova:-ydnyl. C-vrv `A charming man is Brignac. Former- ly an omcer in the light cavalry, he is a man of majestic chest. large face, a trie too ushed, with an immense white board and square features. Born at that period when the empire was at its height, he had taken pleasure as it came to him, and it must be said that the advent of -the republic seemed to him-an insumoient reason for renounc- ing the pleasures of this world. He amused himself under M. Thierl. under MaoMahon_ and even under N. Grevy. It was only seven years ago that the gout thought best to interfere. Brignao was then-4but why disclose the age of a gallant man whose friendship is true and whose cool: is without equal? He was advised to try the baths. It was there, near a spring, whence bubbled up a hot liquid which smelled likea bad egg, that he mint a youngllnglish girl, straight and slender as a pretty bamboo stalk. He had still a gallant air _and quite a fortune, she very little. The next winter the pretty English woman married the former cavalry om- oer. They have one child. They are happy- n..1_ n..s....-- L..- ........1 .. ......-s. '.'I..-I - "6`.'1}, Brignac has aged a great deal and has become horribly serious." He in a good comrade for me. He" gave me when I was very young that practical advice which in never forgotten, and I am happy from time to time to be with hjx3_-for an hour or two. Q n no. It wad about '15 days ago, at the oountry home of Brignao, on one of those `exquisite afternoon: when, al- though one shivers at the thought of the % approaching autumn, the sun throws here and there `mild though already paler rays. ' -'1-nu-u_ __._.n..:__._ LL- |_-__. n-_` .I._I__:__. ' "While" awaiting the hour for taking up the nets inthe pretty bend of the , Marne; a river which loitore indolently along the meadows, winding like a great silver` snake, we were talking on the wide veranda, which was lled with the heavy, intoxicating odor or helio- tropes. -1._......|.... ...-.. ':.. n_:......- 'm.......... ` While talking, as we passed by a lit- tle room opening `on the conservatory, I saw in the corner of the room-, soberly seated before a table, my host : son, Gaston, a pretty, dark child.` He had let his pen roll across the table, and with a glance that seemed to me full of` melancholy he followed the rustling ight of the swallows that were skim- ming close to the lawn, ying through the swarms of gnats. - l\_' _._-l. - L-.._Lll_I J--. 3.. LL2- Ullv IiVv$oX- \I& annuit- On` such a beautiful day, in this room, which, in contrast to the sunny veranda. seemed more gloomy than _a dungeon in the palace of the (loses, the eight of this child prisoner gave me pain, and ;I could not refrain from say- ing to my friend: ' 43.... I. . _ A - -- LL- L--.'L L- -L-L -- W"-:T.l1:;n1'ight indeed be 3`:-eason. '6-Ve ` should endeavor to help our children to j avoid such of our fault: as have trou- `bled us in_ our own cares:---and be- ` IidOS , . llIl'__ 2--.. '5_.!....__ f .1- _-L I______ QlUCIn nu Q-1:1 vi: uvouuvuanu -n\~Uu . ,. My dear Brignao, I do not know whether it is because you live too much in theoountry, but it seems to me that you are becoming very much of n Prud- homme. He interrupted me with some spirit: Perhaps V I am like Prudhomme. Prudhomme` was an individual who paddled his `own canoe very well; be- sides-- Doyou wish me to. tell you why I am I0 anxious, that my little eeamp should write well? . ,Q' ll, -_L LQ_., - __,,I, ,_, ?f'o-v;Jh;v:;-;eu the heart to shut up this child at such a time? And Brignao answered: to-In Iv vovin 0 My dear friend, when he knows how to write I will leave him alone, for he is not yet 5 years` old and very intelligent; but he muit learn to write, and write well, I mean. - llII1l._A. 3.. .__2LI. __L .`l-._LA. I__.._.._ .._.A._. ""7-u5i}a"v}}}L8E'ES&be because your own handwriting is likqoat scratches. 4u'nL-;. .._.-_.|_;. .2...-|--.1 1.- - ___..-_ nv- onvv I van: ` -_:ituie'fa etoi-yo! that time when you 2 would not have called me Prudhomme. t It was along time `ago, in 1863. `At that time Baden-Baden wae Baden-Ba- "den, and Monte Carlo nothing but a lit- tle shing village. Every one who was in the swim or considered himself so hurried to Baden-Baden as econ as July came around. At `that time the club- rooms were empty-'-not more so than now. dring the week of the races at -Deijiuville. That year! had remained at Perisnvhere, in my little suit on at ground oor -in the.Rue Taitbout, I had not been I0 frightfully dull, when one morning a_ letter wail` brought to me; The letter7 was o -*a demand `for money- not one of vulgar, begging letters, heapingupcn one reoitali `of ill luck, swearing eternal gratitude andeverleet-, ing devotion. No, it want short and to `tl_;:6?- point, `without any beating about QQJL , ' ,,p,, .,u- I- w '1-u-,. -i-, ', ` "` `I have `not-a single can. Send me immediately 1.000 francs that I may pay my hotel bill and return _to France Lo enligt. ` - ` ;L,,, 'n ,, can , ,.__,,_o ,u '1`;-&_-_;;'~`r"`ltter; horribly adriwiod. wu N CLARK. L d on merit, E, opposite hnr.ru&'- mu. .: :- "AM 36353 bi?"-`H-if *E`vEnvbAs." A SIGNATURE. UL IJIIU UVUFJUI -Joe Lincoln i"L. A. w. ngnotm. THE HORTHERN ADVANCE. A % Bunch-luau`; Ana the iig-% nature. It wugmpoqdblp it. L `'1' mad. gin!-0 . `fhhhi .-nrnnninu it "1 undo ovnrynttonipt,--cxardining it 1ctt9r , by ldttor, gyarching among my . for tho unis of the person who 1 @9914 hm. wilt! of thin mo 1 ucrnwl. It was nblolqtcly jxnpoulblo to % 1 dilcoverjny claw which would put me onthe right trick; At Baden"-Baden? I had 800 friendagt Baden-Baden.` But this unlucky ua'mo-`-still, I` must nd out what it was `For two days I did nothing but turn it our in mymind, soaking tho solution, giving every one whom` I Iactthia signature to decipher. Absolutely ucelcu. Each beracn gave 0 dioront opinion. ' lII1'-_ --_ 3_.-...!...- I-5- ._.L-L - 1-....- tn... v-v V:-9-v-no this had `thrown me. At the time I was `full of a great many nation. I imagined that to refuse money to a friend was meenneu. We are all eimpletons when young. But what canned me the great- elt annoyance was the thought that per- hepe this note was from . some one tor V whom I entertained a real friendship. III L-I--_.._L-.I J... In An. 15'] S-ad-3.......L.. -"fun can ix_ne'gine'into whet H a fever`. `V -IV`-C -' V3"-V"-IV `U -V,"' U--"F"-"i-01'! `fl telegraphed to 10 or 12 intimate lriends. None was the_ author of the note. Then I ' betook myself to experts in chirography. One said the name was Oasernier--had no doubt of it, was willing to swear to it. The second said \ that be challenged any one to read the name otherwise than Sntinais and was willing to swear to that name, and nally a third declared it was not a name at all, but a word. Inhis opinion it was `Civilities..' `I Ins ,_ 9,_. _#_,,, _IgI,_ IV 1! an \al I one UAVIIO. Sutinais and Casernier were alike unknown to me. I turned over the club directories. I again reviewed my book of addresses, name by name. Nothing. I could discover nothing. I was almost crazy, you may imagine, and I had even lost sight, to some extent, of the original reason for all this trouble: thihking less now of obliging a friend than of discov- ering this name` so carefully concealed. COIN.` LL- LI.2..J .'l..- __ :_..-._-LI-_ --...- v--- uc-u-.- -uu--v :- On the third day an inspiration came to me, no simple that it had occurred to me only after all the other attempts had tailed. I wrote to Baden-Baden for a list of the Frenchmen staying at the hotel of the unfortunate aorlbbler. I would need only to write to all whom I knew in the place. This calmed me. And. in truth, I needed it, for I had conceived an inexplicable rage against all this, as if aoxnething mysterious and fatal pursued me. - M1 _..`L:_-.`I --_I_ -.. LL- ......I.. .1 LL- an-v----J vvvvvvvv \-U km; 26. d .10.