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Oh,`yes;I don't doubt`_it; I nu:-`T riedly .i,nten-upto'd, but-a--there I same mistake about it- II III..._ _4'l, ,, `B1-iv.en to a sort of frenzy, I dragged 'AIvnv Grammar : Igl-I-nu 0...... ...._ _--I_-:. v -A--I-at UV IV -::Do you mean that you don't believo can n-vn VJ vwo '"":2-I-I:-Bolton," said she, you may IDQIIA Q1` `\I`n an n ---`nu R-4; `AI..- L_L "How can I believe you?" retortod 'Ylotor Hugo fa Exile. , ;;;;1xf" demanded my lady- lmemse in "Imnvnut:."l I g7.0U1;rE1zW15LI/s Halrcutting} and Shaving F % j % Pa"rl]0r , ` 4 OPPOB!'l'l"BABRtE )_`1o'rEL.` ~ ` 4 BARBIE- ` Bduon `lnonnd and Ieton short` ` ',` M`: I . v 1 ". Compjote, . free. No bonding, out So;l,_Sound, Genuine Work. Shorthhnd thotoughlv taught in three months. Bookkeeping inoll nu branches. Business Course I v--..- Poor old Nora," murmured Betty sympathetically while she can furtivo glances at the clock. u\r.._ __._ , L --~ `I ' ` nucvnnljva \I\llIll'I\I`I- Canital. `$6,900,000. Founded x808 Application torn}: furnished and rates quoted by GEORGE P XTON. AGENT. no-Iv ' Barrio Ocp in Bothwelfs Block Mgag[3js_ Busmngs l}I..LEGE.-, END. I and No. 2 Drug Store. sold in Barrie at Seagers Canadian Branch Head Olce. MONTREAL- I Lnnnmu 'l'`\Tl`.t . a special , and parties intending to have sales, will consult their own interests by placing their sales in his hands, &`OI-darn left at Tan Anvmcn oice will be Go RI 0,0wLadles. Bufmeifectusl. Lad esusk ourdru t for cock`: cum lest Cen- iyuke no 0 er, as all Mixtures, pills and lmltstious are dangerous. Price, No. 1. 81 r } box; No. I. 10 degrees strange:-.88 per box. 0. l 1 or 3. nailed on 10.001 3 of price end two I-sent stem 3. `line cook xppnny Windsor Out. on. 1 and 2 sold and recommended ivy all responsible Drngglsts in Canada. _ --__ .. vv-uv1 -vvvv vvjwj Q` Is successfully used monthly over THE 0|." RElMB|.E IUCTIUNEEH HANDLES ALL KINDS OF AUCTION nLT' LATE OF ORO, Has purchased the premuses occupxed bv Chas. Mc- Guire, Just out or the Victoria Hotel, and has 9 ed up businessvin all kinds of Black- Jmithing. ` orseshoein . etc All work will be done DIOIHDIIV at the `Owl: uni-9. Rnmnmk-- H-A -"M-= ...;;:.;;:.g.*H:.'.`..i5.;;i 2EZ `Knf$v.;}':123a`b2if`; promptly the lowest gure. Remember the place. 14-tf W. MCLA RTY. v-v v---nu "Explain!" exclaimed Nero, imp- tiently. I don't know that there eh anything to explain except that you've put yourself and me in a most ridien- p lens position. " Nora! I wish I'd never had anything to do with it. I never felt so uncomfortable in my life as I have done since you dragged me into this precious scheme 0! yours. III)--- -Ij `T-._.- II , - - -- S1-an-r mm Smnuu Avnuus, 'I"4- ....__ muaumn nrzncn umce, Head Office. MONTREAL. LONDON, ENGLAND M. C. `HINSHAW, SAM. J. PIPKIN, Branch Manure: Mannonr FARM STOCK SALES 0111' Motto : sl-IAw BROS. SHAW BR08., MAKERS OF PORTRAITS FROM THE SMALLESI` MINIATURE TO LIFE SIZE. U. IIIIVBKIAW , Manager [ .1` Pl`? A SAM. J. PIPK Manager. I} uvuu Alva. UIIJUBD l.Ul' IUIJIIIIHK Patents taken tgro )1 Mann A: C opecialnotlco, without c ago, in the `4_ AAA`.,.,4 AAA -4- . JV- yv J..-v\.. -cgnno "I certainly don : expect you to put it in that way." replied Miss Oakhnrst, with a little laugh, "butl em quite certain that you would explain it to the poor fellow much better than any one else." True: Mamas ' Onions col-vmoms &c. Anyone sending a sketch and deacrlgtlon may quickly ascertain our opinion free w ether an Invention In probably &alL.tenta.ble. Communica- tions st:-lot! ant Handbookon Patents aentfree. dent` fox-securing stenta. t ro receive mmnlalnntm. vlthnnt 1-. Anna. In tho 4v-v-vv---v y----v--vvv-V7 A{andaomely week] . Largest cu. -culauon of my sclentulo om-nay]. Terms. 83 a year: four months. 81. so a bynll newmmlm. -uluuuuu on. an Icluuunu uurnal. '1'e1'1n 66 B moor: mo1,1ths. 81. 80 d byull newadeahers. mm o.3m-I-v- 319;; M Branch Omoa. % F BL. Wash ll " """U I manager. ...ATLAS... ASSURANCE COMPANY. P2`. '3` nan nan `l1-._.._I_j WIIZDOIIB CIIIKQO, 111 `I110 ""ti"?itic Hmcrican. K I---nl-A-mu.`-p l'II...L_.A.A.I ---I.I_ 9 -__-_A _n_ ll IIII all 9 { "IIUII lllll 1'3'nncn 0loe?626 F 81*... Washington. D. c. Which shall it be-the Pan Dried `Rolled Oats that Tillson mdkee (elem, health- ful, rich delicate) or the nameless sort-, that cost your lgrdcer less to buy `I ' The Rolled Oats that your grocer-t WANTS to sell do not of necessity suit yoix. V You pay your money, why not have your choice if even, only for a trial. Near Market Square. 'r'n. |V|cLa rty, "I don't see that at all, " returned Betty quietly as she drew away from her companion. I am sure that 11.41 you"- She paused tentatively. "You don't mean to say that you 33. pesos me to tell N ed Markham that you've jilted him? HI` nnutninl-u a:I\ng -__-.'- .__-,, Photogtaphcn and Crayon Artists. :Oook n Cotton Boot compound A In mmnenhfnllv nmul InAnI>Jn'I- 1.. .....- 2 The Tillson Co'y, Limited. Tvsonburgh Ont. Quality, Style, and Fine Art, at low prices. J. nguscnovn. The Advance `etvour prices and seeour stoci `Bill Heads and Statements .per 1000 x.. M $1.00 wbra, how:v;r, caught her arm. "Nonsense. Betty! You'd much better tell him straight out now. and get is, over. It will be ever so much more awkward for you if the news reache him from outside. " T `__L . no -- Printing % ` Envelopes, printed per 1000 0 $10-40 Deeds, heairy paper. Printed Letterand Note Heads in Linen, Bond, Laid and wove papers, padded, very cheap. Agreement for Sale of Land per dozen ' ` 35 Cents. Chattel Mortgage Statutory Lease House Lease Farm Lease Assignment of Mortgage per dozen 25 Cents. Rele;s;:)f Equity of Redemp- tion per dozen Assignment of Chattel Mort- 95 Dunlop-St., Boss Block, Barri` Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. Conveyancing Blanks? per dozen V 15 Cents. an nu u , to yo every s'x months? In other/wl:>crliisa,uf!:>|i-myicgiixlrfl $100.0: you reeeive as interest $66 and a lump sum of $200, making a. grand total of $266. An investment safe as government securities and much more protable, realizing the investor an equiva- lent to :5 per cent. per annum. simple interest. For printed matter and further information call on Vu Byaueu Anywhere out of thin." cried the girl, laughing nervously as an to kiss her friend. 8 stooped IMARRI xnnonxjt OI 1oo.oo, 0|` 8. pl your monthlv pavments. THE lNVE$TOR-Wh $100.00 with the O. P. B. & L. doubled in :2 yeap. beside receiw Carnal K '/ as... -u__..... --3J A- - ynvv-UU nun ulo u. 1. . D. cl 1:. ASCD, and IIIVO if receiving during the in- terval 6 }: per annum paid to you six _In other words. for your $xoo.oo vnu will u-..:... .. I alvl-II` I `WHY P3) 1'91: W133": 03 `"313 monthlpa ents, you gan become your own lord ? on we the choice of rcpayin . at 3 monthly rate of $1.20, $1.50, or $1.90 for $100.01: bot- rowod. THE PUBLIC-Why spend sin our use money? 6oc. a month placed with the P. . and L931: Association will yield van in about 9 m... A u-rnz. runuuv-"HY `Pena an hot with . Loan yield you in about 8 year: A Of $100.00, 0| DI`Ot of `LI-A nugg- Loan nuocnatxon mu yield in about 1 PRESENT $100.00, prot of $41.4 pavmcnts. - Special Facilities b'ered to Investors and Bdrrowers. 0. H.LYON. The Ontario Permanent Building and Loan Association E. DONNELL," SEC.TREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. yyuu--'v"' aa."' "Why waste our time in supposition? He'll be here most likely this afternoon, ma you will be able to judge for your. self. Betty Oukhurat sprang to her feet. Ted is coming here this afternoon? Why on earth didn't you tell me he.- tore? And she dgeted nervously with her hat before the glass as she spoke. unnr vnn lrnnnv Dal-in -..l...._- _..- TENANT-Why pay 1-enbt. when, such 4 OM51 P3 )'0L|I__a_II_l;ecome_ I. n-o` 9 .g.. --._ AL- _ WooDs'r6cK, ONTARIO, HJLELLEENS is Calls attention to the AND UPWARDS AND UPWARDS E."i.3%'. .`. n`7:s..3:1 :civin:r dunnr Ha. S..- yo; nun. Ilvaovnv in-V an-ow an lulu ByUl8U.. But you know. Betty. where are you going?" H Anvwhnrn nnl: nf held. '0 ....I...'| LL- --no you think he'll take it very-bad-V U Nora? Nora Helmaley shrugged her shoulders. ....- , 3--.. 13-43;.-. _-.. A._..I_; 4- L; uuuu-u---- -- - ~ "But wha; dc} you `think he'll do?" what do you auppoue"- ..vvvI,__ ._.-_L- ..._'_ LI...` 2.. -._A 0.. _ """ "`-` VI-IIIIJOL UH _|aU HUI.` UlUUUo _{\n attractive heiress was a responsi- bility little to her taste, and the girl lt that, ineligible as most mothers `Dd responsible people would have termed Ted Markham, with his postin `he foreign omoe and his meager per- flonal fortune, Lady Hewitt would open 61: arms to him gladly if he would but relieve her of her onerous duties. of {watchdog and would declare that Nora a lid money enough for them both.- ` Nora sighed as she stood at the wine JV. It was a topsy. turvy world, and-_ the `"008 people were always being fflzn tlogather. If only- m stu . come in hem urbing you? I was told to V b Nora started. and the color rushedto a 8!` face. - _ no 911. I hadn tgheard you domsln. 1` '0 81% down. Aunt;isn st well; I am so - any you should have had-jthsitroubls ` be "1n8 for nothing, but -she hoped ;to able in` an .....a.u.-51.- 1-... -'_~..=.-:.=`g..u. '3 u ....... -- "My dear Betty, you ought to know more about Mr. Markham : power; of endurance than I. ' ` ..l'I,L _.l...5 .1- _-.. 4.L.1_L n__nn V. -' WWIIIVFU 7 7- ' . " ' "_'_*'\""'_V-""':"' o to 3 II I 5' : 51,, fading In tho somewhat tour was. no the color cultured critic :g dun A_ di 10- - ` ` L .. .1-guscphalt no good 3 sunset on uAqtal'dIY. '1 I l - vg`|Il1'i uuu. -v ....,_ _ _ ' _-` esteI"`: ~ ` `re .% "'T'_ '`'Wu` onder w y ha ; ` ' turned aw'a!- manna in mi "The sunset-s can't ha | ' - -Charlotte Perkins St.et::g!" BREAKING THE NEWS my arm 107C the .nu_Iuot uvtlho uxbdr- tul T: t.o tn}. `.1 OCTOBER l3_, 1898, cnmcas:M. A Iuookpr (Mount Lilo. ` So cruel were some of the punch- mente meted out to criminals` in Eng- land centuries ago. that it uwcmuncll wonder the poor wrotchea claimed the right of unctuury. If they re chad 5 church or aomiother privilkod I00. the law could not touch them. A curi- ouc rclic in connection with thlacultom oxiatctcday in _thc_tc1A-m of; the quaint ,, hooker` on Ilwdoor of Durh`smcu_th-'- dul. '!_.`_ho applicant. havins hammori at the portal, `one of tho: prictazinaidu, mum in__upoot;.-hhllj through-'.~tho:oyu-_'cf - the coppcrinquk above ikuockol` _ ..` 2? : ' 35`9 AXII Arlun "AI The considerate Mules. General Banks was besieging Port `Hudson. 1a.. the southern gateway to the control of thehiississippi river. A body of troops -had marched into the back country to lock for hovering Gon- federate cavalry and were ` sleeping one moonlessnight behind stacked ries in readiness for a night attack. The attack came in an unexpected form. Somersix .. or `eight army niules, getting somehow detached from the wagon wheels to which they were tied at night, were seized by a panic and came charging down almost the entire line of the Fifty- seoond Massachusetts volunteers. Every man lay covered with a shelter tent, a piece of white cotton cloth about five feet" square. A V . As the mules rushed over each one of us he woke suddenly with a cry and sprang up, raising his shelter tent in one hand or upon his-front,` so that he seemed like a sheeted and gibbering ghost. This successive rising of over 400 apparitions added wildnessito the panic of _the mules, and they fairly ew down the line. Now, the remarkable thing is that while many a man had his side rubbed hard or his scalp abraded by . the hoof or the leg of a mule not a '-man was really stepped on or badly hurt. It was for months a subject or comment- with us that the mules in their in-tensi- e ed panic should nevertheless have been ` . able tcsee where to` step. ishoul-` ..m p cared wherethey stepped. `-and in their speed should have been` able always to ` step enthe ground. -_-.SP*&_t0r. I v ""----a nu: uuwnlng, DEF I00 nopeu `I30 3303310 156 so "IlntfthO1IU9 `moment. t you let me give you some 09:7? 3 inch with `nervous sou-only uungrmg T Iitl` I o . , . Iv: lnl - `v ` Q ~ -Q` '; I "'---- `'3' V . The voicel of the chaperone were loud in condemnation when the engage- ment was announced, and the mother or younger son: and nngilt titles de- clared that Lady Hewitt had allowed \ her niece to throw herselr away, while ` Betty Oakhurst shook her pretty head and reeoted sadly that men were ckle creatures. and that feminine friendship was but a broken reed.-London World. Q1 V01 0 She covered her-taco with her hands. Oh, if you were not in love with Betty, didn't you nee--didn t you guns: weeks ago- vm.- _.a.... .3 LL- _L__`_-,-__ took 5 step after him. Are you going. she asked in 1 trembling voice, because you want to make your tortuno or because-I-beoauuo I am too rich? --v ov-v unnalvlv VlcIUl\V|Jo Don't you know that I almost :- pauper? he said bitterly, as he tnrnod ..v uuugpvu ULUGIIIJ I! III! l'UIUc ` '&VUg I must not explain`. Goodby. " ` - She looked uput him with startled eyes. A You hard on Betty. 8ho - . .0n Betty? Don t you know that I haven't thought of her tor weeka-that I found out long ago that we had mode I mistake? `g`.'].`hon why are you going?" She managed to keep. her eyuupon his face. though her cheeks burned and the felt almost choked. III'\.__ I; _ , I :'-.-,"I.*.'{ ""9 `ll. conscious otihia xed . . "".'_ s .-ililiib. on. In A, only denim sh: glance. . 5.3.1` nnwtlninn 161.". ...-LL--|| u-v-.:vn V` w-But+haven t yotimade up your mind rather hurriedly? the o'bjooted'timidly. Hun.-i_edly? Why.;I put things in. train weeks ago! H\I7..-I.- --A III -I.- -__I-l_,, , L n.`-u ; V..- v\n, uugau " She left the entenoe unnished. Ted Markham : demeanor puzzledher. He was quite white, `and-. there was a. look r in his eyes which troubled her. What ` was there in her uy;heired.lhlne-..eyed' little -friend to move ~a-man Io? ;~`I`hat her companion had taken tome great resolution`, and that `a eingulerly `dim- cult one. it wee eaey enough to perceive. - Ara van gfjjcp Inn kn nu-1uL- Ip.__III V`.-: V-V9 Av VVIII uni] ULIUIIBII -I60 pB_],'0]VQ_ A_1'~F0|1 80.108 to be away long?" % she asked awkwardly. '91- man, u-, ` you going far?" _ I CC` LL.l_I. -1 .__j, ; . . .- ' v- avail. AI} 6 I think of` going to have dlookhat the nntipodes. My father. has game in- brqlt. and {hope toast stint on to Mel- ".."'.;`: '.' " -'v " '7. "U`. '.V'.' "."`7. "',"." , I ' ~ "Ul-I7-h-m% u..a..:. 51...; E, vv v-_IV vv vsau su l-IUIUIQH . "Betty has behaved abominahlm ? put in N on. indignanjzly. Tod Markham smiled; `- - "I think, on the contrary`, that rho has shown remarkably good sense. I: `am going to leave London. I really cjaxne. this afternoon to any goodby. [ Nora hit her lips. L I am very sorry, the -rbagan hesi- tatingly. "I -am afraid I wusrathdr to blame, but I thought Betty really cared, and- $I__ I_n. nu f7'5z;?.?7v'\ v`: `V Helmaley. " ` ~"& .??ix'? Lx. ;f..`.. _.N__o? Nora felt the. color godout at herfiace. ' "It isn't fair to you, and beside: `I-Q 'thhi"gI have ohanged- Yon mean-thntd.Betty"- . A Miss Oakhurat is going to be mar- ried. Noragasped, but did not speak. She is engaged to Lord ' Barthorpe; I met Lady Oakhnrat just now; and she was overowing with loving kindness to the world in general. Ra-so L-.. |_..|.___-.a -- - -' -3--,v-vuu uxrull l 818309. . ' . : '91: anything 't11'e'mutt_erP b Ifhe uqkpd In D`-!1iht!y=a1arn1,dtl-!oi*c9. V It [was sure- ly not: -'p'_oIs_iblo ;_that~i iqkaquld a jdy' have learnbd Beecv~s.;'m.-.3... - . :.1'V0rgpa V -I XIII Wren ; ...... ...._.. ......,.......... . Going to be married, eh," old chap? laid Bill West, a utookbrokeif, familiarly thrusting his elbbw into my side, as I arolled 1nto.Gatti s for my _ lunch that No! said I, taking-up the bill of la, oping, don't deny the soft im- ' paqohn_1on,t, ? west, with` a wink. ) "`-_W!:at__h:qu_-gpit isuclxfdn idea as cm Minto your hgqdlf dbnxnnd6di'I. lame- "W`hiiil:dii(.ilI3?.. l ' ` V " ` ' u A...1 I.-- ..-...-o.. n-|-.. n .._.i.s in`__; "'--V IIUII DI! I-IUI ULUuHUlo . V Nora was conscious that this was a neat pretext for giving the young man the chance of a tete-a-tete with herself. Lady Hewitt was too indolent natural- ly not to be heartily weary of her du- nes as chaps:-on `to her niece. An nl-4-....-1.:__ L_:._-_.. ____ , -.-; --- -l V1 IIUIV C170"; CIJ T .,And. her an a Iie1en.sa:a west. with in !d`lotic`[lgglo. Waiter, I half . bottle at Munun I Lat : her health, 30N.=0n."~VVhIlI.- -'- . _ . ' 'AHht1ItIgo 19roi'ndodto`_|poIoz`:_u I muttered some not particularly complimentary answer, and went out of the ghop',_ closing the door behind me with somenmphaail. ' ' u n..z-`..... 4.4 1.- ...-....:-.-n -u_- 4.: .. , ... v---w vurrio v-nun-III-0 I` What? ejaculated I. . '1`okeep house or take apartments? reiterated Mr. Silverman. Because in the ;tormer_ case we should esteem it a favor to supply the silver and. table 9 ~ 0 iv-- vv V-v Il*l\lII 1300 Very pretty name, " eirnpered J ones as he wrote down the order. Any par-V tioular style? - 1 Simple and solid, said I; --om. on." o r Yes, air, It shall attended to at once. Shall I` send it to your reei- dance`, . or- "rn call for it tomorrow, said I. "Pardon me, Mr. Belton, cried Mr. lve1 m'an,'who had overheard a por- " on of our colloquy, but if it wouldn't be taking '1; liberty, might I inquire whether you intend to keep house or take apartments?" V A ll1I;-u.olI` -.! ...__1_;.'.u 9 . ` - \- n-on vino IIBBIBII `I-IIU I-IV!-`ll-Isl V '-`-`Hel'en, "I, bowled out, painfully conscious . that the eyes of the `three pretty girls who were at the counter be- yond ware upon me. ll"T..-up -.-..J.L'_ .._...- II __9_,,,, I I- -a ---r v- r-1-W" - W Any inscription, sir? questioned t Jones`, assuming a) preternaturally knowing an aspect that I could cheer- fully have pitched him in among the plated ware in the big-glass showcase behind him. Helen, said `I brusqnely, 1896. Emma, sir? Jones put his hand he- hind hisear to assist his hearing. "H nl'nn " `I Hanrin ....; ....:..a..n- 1 '7 '-UH- -9111 \IO VUIIVCO -:We`i'c`iing rings, ii! you please," said % I, plunging at once into the object of my visit. Here : the nine. producing my slip of paper. A `mun luau-A-S-pd]-.. _l._aII .___ _ _,;s , u Dun Bnuron-I claim your congratulations. I in to be married next wiser to the sweetest girl the sun ever shone upon. There : enr- griee Ne. 1 for you. Jud 1 wish you'd go to iiverman. the Jeweler, and get the wedding ring`. size ineloeed on a bit of paper. There : eurpriee No. I. seriously. old fellow. it will do me a t favor. forbusineee matters here are eemp oated in such a way that I cannot . hope toitet to the city a day before the event. and of course I know that I can trust your taste and judgment eqhaily with my own. Have the -wordsHe1en. 1&6." engraved on the inside. end please eend by post without delay. Ever yours fsithtully. - pnncv Onusnn. P. 8.-,-Ihe Is an angel. - Well, and 1 to man. laying ` down myeld chnm s rsptnrbus letter, here's a pretty commission for a baoh`-~ elor. An angel, in she? I don't believe eh'e'e any more angelic than Pauline Brooke. But every man thinks his own gooee a swan. I pity the poor fellow, I'm "sure. He's olearlyin e etate of glamour that makes him see everything oouleur de rose. But I'm not one to de- sort a friend at a pinch. I ll. buy his mieerable wedding ring with the great- est pleaeure in life. Q- 'I' I--I.-.I ._._. .I-..l_ .__L ,7 Jonel wan hehiud the counter. I knew Jones. I had" bought a gold braoeiet of ` him for Pauline Brooke six months ago. Jones was a dapper little fellow, with atimy waxed mustache, a cameo scarf- pin and hair bedewed with some am- hrosial perfume or other. lCI17-.1J:__. __-.._._ 1; , , I - g. -- x CCU PC1315`! IX CI` 0 So I looked myzleak, put on my ovar- oont and wont straightway to Silver- . man a. ` ..... ___v- -a J van octave \JUV|ll-I -e And before Nora could stop her she had darted through the door and was on her way down stairs. She let her go. After all, it never was of any use to ar- gue with Betty. She was one of those delightfully irresponsible creatures who always manage to shift the blame of their shortcomings on to other people : shoulders and whom no one`--no'm`an, at any rate-ever dreams of judging by ordinary standards. Nora wondered, as she stood there idly looking into the street, how she could ever have -been j foolish enough to take Betty's love trou- bles seriously. Meantime that same folly of hers was going to bear some very unpalatable ruit. In les than ten minutes young Markham would be there. He had ar- ranged to call for Miss Helmsley and her aunt. Lady Hewitt, to escort them to an afternoon concert. The elder lady had declared at luncheon that the weather was far too depressing for it not to be madness to risk the probability of a further fall in one s moral barom- eter by a couple of hours of orchestral music and that Nora must give him some tea and her excuses. KT--- _._-_ . M V -- v---vv- -an-vv-tuna-n rvuio O_n_e Iran a card from my tailor to noti- ty me of his removal; one from Louis Durande to tell me that he `could not keep a certain engagement with me, and a letter tron: Percy Oreemer, who had warmed hiallippers at the same college re wlthme scarcely three years ago. "His epistle ran thue: . I\_._I\___-__ C I n.ve'.':.i. 3': 35 '.I`2i.I..'?'" i'a"i.`3 went down utaire, tossing her_ head like v an enraged Shetland pony. f\..--5.--- --..J 1..-... ....._ A.-.lI___ 4.. .__u vvvv v--J uni U: `vvwvvuv-`nu In a few moments more she arrived gt my landing, on the second oor, and gave tome a letter, two postcards and a newspaper. ` M`I .A.L_....I.L A.I.-L _-._ _-.__ x__.._--;.:_-__ "'i?l'I"<')vl;ght that you were inspecting -`my corroapondexioe. I "said sarcastic- ally. ' ~ - . V What! 1? Oh, Mr. Bolton, I would ..-...-.. A.L':..L -1 .._-l. - LL.!_.. n` L_._1 _.|_- vvuuuvvu Coming, Iir-- tooming! replied Ma.- -tilda, her `daughter, as the latter slowly ucended the stairs. gazing very inter- estedly at a postcard. In a `A: vnnunnnnlra uninnnnn clan I had just heard the whistle of the postman at thadodr. and leaned over the bnniutert to inquire-of my landlady if n `there were any lgtegs 19: me, ` ` ` lh|.....- .__.. ..- -......;.1:-l.- ._-___.__- L- :J.".l:-a"o.'|; .is'_;;%"<:"f~.t;'1;'-;"peoliafity of landlujdies daughtgra, as people `who are compelled to board _w_el1' know,- LAg`uA_in"1uked: I . u| :__ -u--L-_|n'.` - __ u.-__- -_.__ 1;..__,,- --vii-r;. -='l~Eovt'<':;\lf6, irefhero-any ltters' forms? I oxpqot a letter of some impor-' `cabana ' to my query, and I inferred from'-the.sua- `pinion; lilenoe that "either" Mrs. Met- ealfe or her daughter wen inspecting my letters, probably reading "the" post- cards, .i! there wereany, ' -. fI'|L-I..l.. _-.._ ..lJ.-_ _ _-._u-._.u._ -1 Two WEDDING" RLNGS va--na-v in`! n-Iva BAUV 030 ``I'm awfully sorry, N am. Abuse me as much as you like. Goodby. All!` '\A'l\IA nun lbl\U|" g-LA-. I.-- -I-- _ wt was at was may would not tell. : 5.-mu:-. I-think. they oonldynot beer ` Oeuperlnon with one so lair." ' touching thee; whose fragrant bloom Ontbreued their ownnthey met their doom. So when the little lamp is lit -The blazing an doth yanqulah it, And when` they cannot face the no The store, ore blinded every one! -Percy L. Osborn in Fortnightly Review. saw-UII-`FIX IUFIIIUQ roots that! sent to the r on than-.diht1noo1vo my pods they still run, V and still we:-o-nuuV. oortu`1`ooh!d`nevei- new A gronthlou.._guot&o; to.ny"!x-len_d. Vhi whim fhou hndut them. did they lose Their Icept; qt} 11138 lth `Inhixed their huel 1 ,l',ho reason true I know not well. whnt it was they would not tell, . i QIHIIH-k than nnulpl uni Is`.- `o..A~'Lu `.13;-.. JKTS |'|\)d'0- {mm uonmnmz ADTVANGE. vwypvvu vnuo - .1011 mine. it in `Juan I , Growing Old.` [ > ` Ho-Oarrie,- you don't seem to one aomuoh for [me as youdid when we were nrstma_n`ied.` ` . ' _ - She--Aq_1'br that mittor. .I don't think so much` of my hat.-as I did when I `got 1; jun baton .V-. in --nu` -L *5 gut 1;}: % !`ran|_ox-ipt. -vac UV` -and _.._- ,_ vu as nausea: uaaxadsu uuu a horse. ' My pecuniary circumstances, which had been brought to a irery low ebb by the coup d etat, have been some- what "improved by my book Les Miser- ables. I get up early, Igo to bed. early, I work all day, I walk by. the sea, I have a sort of natural armchair in a 1.'Ok_ for writing at a'.beautiiu1 depot called Firmain buy. `I do not smoke, I out roast beef like an Englishman and_ I ` drink beer like a- German, which does not prevent the Eapana, a clerical news`- paper of Madrid, from inserting that Victor Hugo does not exist and that the real author of Les `Miserables ? in `calleid`eaa_tan.--Letter: of, Victor Hugo. J-v VV "'i"he sound of a bell broke in upon Miss Helms'1ey s eloquence; and Betty - caught upher gloves. lC'l|-.. -:_11._ ..-_._ l A--- l ' ---o -van nvuunvw U8 Villvs 1 live a retired life herewith my wife, my daughter and my two sons,` Charles and Francois. A few exiles have joined me, and we make a family party. Every Tuesday I give a dinner to 15 little children, chosen from among the most poverty stricken of the island, and `my family and I wait on them. I try by this means to `give this feudal country an idea of equality and frater- nity. Every now and then a friend crosses the sea and pays `me a visit. '.['hese,are our gala days. I have some dogs, some birds, some owers. I hope next year to. have a small carriage and I. ' MI! nnnnninuu Al-an-u..-L`.v....-... _---_ _..--- -1 I live near the seain a house built 00 years ago by an English privateer and called Hauteville House. I, erepresent- etive of the people and an exiled sol- dier of the French republic, pa; droit do poulage every year to the queen of ,_ England, sovereign lady of the Channel islands, as Duchess of Normandy and my feudal suzerein. . This is one of the curious results of exile. _ , _'__ V T I2_.. 7 -7 Say yes. ".. I ordered the duplicate wedding ring that very night. Pauline said it was too soon, but I quoted the ancient prov- erb, Delays are dangerous. And we are to be married in a month: And if it hadn't been for the providential oom- mission of Oresmer s wedding ring I might still have been shivering on the brink of an unspoken proposal. Bless- ed be wedding rings, say I.-Spare Moments. -vv For you. I have loved you for a long time, but I never had the courage to avow my love before, dear Pauline. Hush! said Pauline. We mustn t stand talking here. - ` I won't stir a step until you answer me. - What shall I ssy? hesitated Paul- `sun Poor follow I" said she. He's very much in love, isn't he? .NoI:` half as much as} am, said I. And then in the smiles: bordered shadow at the or-int : shop I pressed my suit. II"\-_.. I\___I.!__- I,L , C _`:`i)`e.;x' Pauline, let me order `another wedding ring._ V , For whom?" demanded you-uuv. a comma uvau Lu] pounce. _ -- -, A Pauline, said I, read that, and you will have a eolution of the mystery of the wedding ring. Her face cleared up as she glanced over the contents of poor Creamer : eoatatio miaaive. T 4411, ,, A on an: .- . --__ - mg???` regard-"al-l".ti:i:as aT3ry"n3o ;g;0,u;J; t surely it in notnocessary to addyany more insult to it '_--:- _ So it has, remarked Betty sotto voce. It's only a question of point of view. Nora ashed an indignant look at her. I think you might be serious now. and at least pretend that you're ashamed of yourself. You begged me to help you to get my aunt to ask him here, to act as screen in fact, so that your people might imagine it was all over and that you had both changed your minds, and now-now- vvu no an aunt vu usury, L ullsll Po-17; Creamer : letter from my pocket. `CDa`hu`g T annual Llngl. __J 'v--. as `nu-no annual Auuavu ' nline, said I, Miss Brooks, hear mo. There is only one -woman in the world I would care to marry, and she atandabofore me now. " `l!I__1:_, -I_ 12;, _ , - "i>I."1`{.`Z~`'"`1":}.`3 "1u'i'v".'I-'ea_tn. can sparkled in her eyes. H11`- n..n..... ll ..-:.1 _I_- n_..__ _..___ r """"" V -' . . Oh. excuse me, pray. Gentlemen do not usually buy wedding rings with`- out a purpose, lntgrpoled Pauline. Only I ahould think you might have paideeuch old friends as weare the com- 1 pliment at some alight intimation of your impending marriage; ' HD.....`II.... H .._.I.1 1' nuts-.. n__--1__ "T".-B'nt Pin not oing to be `mu-tied, " protested I. ` A lIA'\L -..-._..- _. -__._ n__u-,' Dear me; 111-. Bolton, is it you? said Panlins. "I congratulate you, I am sure. . _ Upon what?"_ I demanded, growing desperate. ` V Upon your approaching marriage, to be sure," said Pauline, with a `smile like auroral lights hovering over a snow- U iv an: ullnbnlv-B V -.--a ----a B ""'-_ ' . I crossed the . park and -hurried up ` `Regent street, mentally gnashing my teeth; `and inmy impetucu haste had nearly stumbled over Pauline herself just coming dint of a florist : with a tiny boutonniere. of violets in her hand. Pauline! cried I rapturously. But Pauline drew back the least little distance in. the world, thereby putting an invisible barrier between us that froze me like an icicle. ` .oQwII\IA-I `II-I IIVII I . 4 I could have torn my hair with rage. V Mr. ,JeIan`p wau Pauline Brooke : uncle` and guardian, and. I knew `that my chance: in that .(_1_iraoti_on would be. all of! it once tho fatal story of the wed- ding ring got to Paulina :-earn. `I .... ..-.I LL- _-..I.. _...1 1___'.__x-=..n ___ "Miss vi_hat.di_d you say? said old Hr. Jesmp. beauningly. Gall round this evening and tell us all abontit.` There`: 3 good fellow. Iha.von t time to listen just now P. - - `I .._.!J I.-._- 1.-.. _._ L-1_ _,sn x......mou.:. and acrodCtho`-,1'oom. . - - Old-(Hr. Jouup-wu trotting om-on ~ Hyde pork when I nnupootedly' cum` face to with him. - . "Eo'll6l aid Mr.` `Jump, turning upon Inc the moony glare of two spoo- etaclod `oyea, What's this I hear about you, my ddaryonng -friend? Accept my . congratulations; Matrimony is always a. blessed condition, and"- (lI'\I. 4.--- I` S_<._IA. .I__.I_L J; In 1! 1,, --.-~.v- --v Ira-I`! vuvvano You came here and shed any num- ber of tears; declared that you adored Ted Markham; that your father would not hear of an engagement, but that if you only had a little time before you you were sure everything would come right. ll(\_. _.L L In I - i