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_-.'...-J -. on-I wvnnatluutunulvv GLIJALJQ When {told him that I was well` acquainted with the youths, one." of whom he had deprived of his attire, and that I had heard the story narrat- ed by them more than once. he laughed heartily and said: . ` 'II I._1_ .. LI. ___ Wondeitul. ' - ' Two sailors noticed thafa shark was following their ship. Not knowing how to -get rid of it, they threw a. chair overboard. r ' _'..-v u- The ` In-en seemed completely beaten tor a. moment what to do until one of them said that; those on board should draw I lots for who had to satisfy the shark. . ' - "1"t'i-211 to an 01d woman.` So the an- ors tossed her overboard, and the shark ate her at one bite. _ A ` `A ' --vv-u and sauna uwI.Iul\l-I Bring them to See `me some day, it you can, and I'll treat them as they de- serve, for they acted in a manly and considerate fashion."-Exchange. II V \a_L QVIELU The sha.rk swallowed this. but still tollowed._ _ i; 1 7 - "5-[:1v1'a"s;:ilors `then'th1-ew 8 box {of or- anges overboard -to' It. ` l`l1I._- _I_-_I`_ _.____II,, ,Q .q . - ---- _.._a-~ v v V... The sharlzws-'v:s'zza:l`io.v`I~red this and still tollow_ed.: _- - `On opening.` it they tound, to their surprise, the old woman sitting on the chair selling. oranges--three a penny.'?_ 5--Pearson's Weekly. V e This did 'n"o't whlent the sh, which still followed. 80 the sailors harpoon- ed it and dragged It on board. ~t\- -__..!_..- IA. `AI. __ 1--__. .1 A , A` I; -i'u`2".'Z`Iau?`e `.`3``w`.:I.?.`p1'.;`Z.:I`.i'r'x; V V The ame we strike; our own. tears quench the nnnrlro ` `INS noun: nu uv-on-up. vial vuu IGOAI usuuu spark: . " The wh1te.that we would pm-y we Our grimy print. upon. and we forget Thy my: and thoughts a.re`not'oun and nut `Toward Whit we.-uke,to be. some heavenly "mu-k And and we Iervrth devil toiubetg ` ' ' hen do thou blindul thntwe may not no ' The. measure oi our own futility ' Lest. seeing. we should ceue towwork and die, : 0: give up um tint we g`nny,Ij:no;v;;th.:.5y. , _ How though on labor, wnauaiud` it met._ - " yo mud no:dc.6o' T Whereto labor, 6urT sweat! mm. .....A .... ...... can &.......`I... I- 51.- `.1.'..1.. A SONNET OF WORK. I11 may wno nlvvyeu nu uauu . Khthnrlni Wmnn in Atlantis. ` IIBVABBIIIY.--lA5S"l'.WAAl`.D. Blake Street 14, 15,16, With excellent solid - 17, Collingwood St., brick. Residence, 11 7 and 8. Adjoining rooms, furnace and _ Collegiate Institute other modern con- grqunds. vemences. Blake Street: N S-Lots 48 and 49. Blake Street; S S-Lots 37 and 38. Cndrington Street, 8 S-Lots 23, 27, 28 and pt 26. Amelia Street, N and, S S--Lots 5, 6, 7. Eugenia Street,` S S---Lot 5. Theresa Street. N S--Lots 4, 5, 6, 7. I Bradford St, s S-Lot 11 and pt. Lot 12, with comfortable frame dwelling. Cumberland St., N B-Pt. of Lot 26. A Jacobs Terrace, 8 S--Lota 7 and 10. Marcus St, E S-Pt Lot 23. ; munn:-o1m'rnn wums. : Dunlap Street, 8 S-Large Brick Building. known as The Moore Block. . Collier Street, S S--Lots 40 and 41. , John Street, N S--Part Lots 5 and" 6. ' L. Bntterel&_ _ FoundryV1i'o'e1"t_};. ' " ' Bradford-Street, E S-Lots 22, , 31 and 32. L Bradford Street, E S-(Thompson s Block) `ot 8. 2 ' Charles Street, W S--Pt Lot 49. Ehzabeth Street, (Boys' Block) S S-Lot 25. Sanford Street, E S--Parts Lots 21 and 22. Bay Shore-S of John and E of `Ellen streets, 2oblocks of land, about? ac. s E g of 24 and s-vV of 25 in 8th Con. INNISFIIA Pt Lot 11 in 14th Con. This property in- cludes Minet Point, and has on it a number of beautiful building sites. Lulu uvvau, `J, U auu. _uu. 1:4 `fl Con., 21 acres. . V Park Lot 6 on 25 in'7th Com. 5 acres. Aulfuftn nun? gunsm We make a. feature of furnishing coal as you like it. Quantity to suit. ualitv .to suit, price to suit. If you want that which is a. little better or alittle more economical than can beiound elsewhere. vou'll be satised here. Heat-furnishing, cash-saving coal in any quantit desired and every particle of fuel worth more than e price asked. [Ii I'lHI.. Has purchased the premxaes occupied bv Chas. Mc- Guire, just east of the Victoria Hotel, and has oened up business in all kinds of Black- smithing. otseshoeib ' . etc. All work will be done , pfomptly at the lowest gure. Remember the place. Cnmmonn:--J. W. Holmes, of the R.C.I., arrived in town on Monday, mm tha Yukon, on` a. visit to his par- .enta; j He left `Dawgotp >oA_:_i:_ the 27th I. . DTCCIC 8I8 '0! rarm DFOCK ENG IUIPIBIHGHILB promptly attended to.;Fanns sold and bou ht on `Commisgion. MY TERMS AND RA ES. {MONEYJT0 LOAN. menise in "THE unmet." v n: -I T-VTw- -J' `l TT`.f.J {ll Works thousands or cures annually. Endorsodb the _ bestbreedera and -horsemen everywhere. Price. 8 ; six for $5. As a linimem: for family use it has no equal. Ixrnnofn-an nub--8- (V-.. n-.. 11 uonn west home, untano, Uan., Dec. 14, 1898. DR. B. J. `KENDALL CO. ' Dear Sirs:-A year ago I had avaluable horse which got lame. I took him to the Veterinary Surgeon who pronounced it Occult Soavin and g!t'V0 1119 "W10 11090. although he a. plied a sharp blister. This made matters only worse an the horse became so lame that it could not stand up. Aftertrylng everything in my power I went to a neighbor and told him about the case. He gave me one of your books and I studxed it carefully and be- ing resolved to do the utmost in favor ofmy beast, went to the nearest drug store and got a bottle of your Spavln Cure and applied it strictly according to directions. Be- fore the ilrst bottle was used I noticed an improvement, and when the seventh bottle was about half used. my horse was completely cured and without leaving a blemish on him. After ceasing treatment 1 gave the horse good care and did some light work with him,wish- ing to see if it had effected a mural then started to work the horse hard and to my entire satisfaction he never showed any more lameness through the whole summer. I can recommend Kendall's spavin Cure not only as an excellent, but as a sure remedy, to anyone that it may concern. Yours truly. SAMUEL TRITTEN. _"::an.tlae ong:l|tot:!`ol-:e.el.. gthueh<?:l:.f'r`e:.?>=" dgglo II. I. J. Iilllll COMPANY, EIIOSIIIIB FALLS, VT. ` . . Licensed Auctnoneer. Ap ram.-r. Valuator. etc.; Credit Sales -[of Farm tack and Implements nfnmntlv nttianded tn:FArmn gnld and hnupht nn A V Near Market Square. |VlcLart`y, _[GE`O. MCDONALDI Spavins,Bingbones,Splints nnmlmn and All Enunnc AC As YOU LIKE IT. 01?`?-ICIAEI 34 BAYFIELD STREET, BARRIE. - BAB.RAIE-WI`-8'1` WARD. B_ra Street, W S-Part Lot 34. L.Btter1F d rt. Bmdfnxfcli >-Sf:-A21-.d.'WA'. .Q_0El.:9-fyoty r())ge'21y.` vv--..vu n av.-a. Lot 12. S S 7th Street. Lots 41 angi 42 in 6th Con., Nottawasuga. Part'37 in 2nd Con., 85 acres. % SUNNIDALE. Pt E i 12 in 10th, W S R, about 85 acres. A ` vzspm. , P`: W}; 25 in 6th C6n., about 90 acres. W J, 5 in 6th Con. ` `Park Lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 _on E g 22 in 6th !nh `Z I :3 two: 14-lyV * I In: \ll_II.L V _ At Very ltow Prices and on Easy Terms. 0;lie;3. 97 Dunlap-Stu Barrie. 45-lv 7"""II` ""'7 I""' and All Forms 0 Lamenes jflilc`i to _ L} STRAT!-l Y 5. ESTEN, Solicitors, &c. , A Barrie. n.u`m_1n-- sxxm wum. ...,-..-.. - .V. ....._..J uuv av -w-9 -v V`-ans West Lorne, Ontario, C:m., Dec. 14. 1898. NDALL LATE or 0120, COLLINGWOQD. V um: or )h30, x.5o, or $1.90 tor each ;roo.oo\norh . rowed, THE PuaLIc-Why spend augogr l money? 60. a month placed with the Loan Association will yield you in about 8 year: A PRESENT of $100.00, or a prot of $41.40 over your monthlv pavments. TH E INVE3TOR-Wh 110` P1399 70? $300.00 with the O. P. B. & L. z ise'n, and have it doubled in :2 years, beside receiving during` the in- terval 67; per annun; paid to you every six months? In other words, for your $xoo.oo you will receive I.I_, interest $66 and a lump sum of $200, making a grand total of $266. TENANT-Why pay rent, when, luck > ` . monthlpa.t;1ents, you can become your own , lord ? nu ve the choice of at: monthly` rate of $1.30, $1.50, $1.90 for $100.00 bob 7 rowed. " An investment safe as government securities and much more protable, realizing the investor in equiva- lent to :5 per cent. per annum. simple inteteet. For printed matter and further information call on IIIGI, WUI COIIIUIIZ incur Uvvu uusvlvcbu U pg-uni . tales in his hands. - 30:69:: lo: at Tan Anvaxcz ooo; mended to. 35.` G. R. Pan T P.S.V--Darin my absence in tbcAN0rth-Wue,`f mongthu. r. John Waymonth lgvg f;*II.I3 bv,Iine_-I. 4 _ _ ~' _ 508.. Iv} 95 Dunlop-St., Ross _Block, Barrie. Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. Am pee...` 1: - a pitiful intending. '50 1: sales, w?ll'conmlt,;'h::own ix!u_reIuxby,phan|' t min: in his hnndl. ` u` ` 7`-_ 7 me onnana Building % i and Loan Association Special Facilities o"orei Investors andBm-rowers. I futuwntume AUOTIUNEEH `uANn'I.n:s ALL xmns or AUOTIQNV AQAQU-ti Blank Will Forms can be had at Irnendvance Office Will pay for Will Form and postage to any part of Canada. Make Your Will. ,1 Ti` SEC.TREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. 1145 _____.___.__.____________..j.__. `WOODSTOCK, O~TAaIo;%%}`};%f CUT FLOVVERS-Roses, Carnations`; Violets, etc, fresh every day, Bouquets-Buttom . hole, Band or Corsage. 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If it was any effect wreck, said Arthur Mason to htfully atthe replace. Forthet heels in love with Vera Fray end, what` one else, I wouldn t hesitate a mo-_ ment. ' Mason was a manor about 25 and as M10: passion and sentiment as,a man we}! could be. But he had been brought win orthodox English style. with many sharp lessons never to betray his" feelings. These lessons had been so hammered into him in his youth that .-.,....,1 nnnv 4410+ nvoh oooinuf his [],|_Ll1.LlCL\.u .....v ..._ ._ _.._ _,....-... .......- he found now that even against his own Wishes it was almost impossible to show what his real opinion was of anything that affected his likes or dis- likes. When he was most happy, peo-. ple thought him sad, and vice versa`. It was perhaps on account of the pe- culiar way he had of looking at things that he invariably saw the funny side rst, sometimes on the most serious oc- casions. ,___-__. A-.. 17...... -1. 1.:_.-.. -__.-1- Lumuuu. His passion for Vera at times made him laugh, and when on the verge of proposing to her the thought Would strike him how foolish he would look._ The truth of, it was he knew too much of the world, and the love affairs of his friends had appeared ridiculous to him. One of the chief attractions of Vera in his opinion was her passive nature; and itwas that perhaps which made him falter. The idea of her being` in love seemed absurd to him. . ' "Ti1"7e}.nI:"iiviQEEe- self com- muningsv just recorded he knew that Vera would be :11; a dinner party to which he had also been invited. and be determined, if an occasion arose for a serious talk. to have the matter set- tled. How he would manage it he did not dare to decide. Chance, he thought. i would have to be his guide. \f..,. `n.L:..L__-...)._ .1_.-_x_.._ __---_- .__- .,..._.. ...4 uv luv gnu Mrs. Fzii1'burn .s drawing room was packed on the night; of the dinner, oi much so that poor Mason s heart sank. If Vera did come. his opportimityifor a tete-a-tete with her appeared small. She was 3 popular person, and he knew she would be dragged `off to en- tertain some of the lions" of the even- mg.` ` v~.. .- - --__ .._ flue Fairburns house luckily boasted one of the nest gardens lnnsussex, and if he could persuade his idol to go` for a stroll in that garden he meant to do so. 4 At dinner Vera sat directly opposite - her. him, and he inwardly blessed his host- ess for not crowding the table with owers," ferns or ornaments, which would have hidden her charming. clear cut features from him. When looking at her, a calmealways came over him that he could not explain. Even when absent from her be generally pictured her as a limpid springs from Which- Deace was always owing. Nothing on earth, he imagined, could ever ruie 3.1-umga 1.: unu fmovovovovoo .l\UlJJBIlUUO Z .3 vovovovovovo The dinner passed off perectly. All seemed thoroughly pleased with them- selves and the world in general. Tf Tvno nn 1...... 1__;.__. -_.-| 1.- _.-.. -15 -"H-A: uuu LLIC VVUICIU 111 general. It was an hour later, and he was sit- 118 by Vera sv side in the drawing m- They were enjoying an anlmat-. ed discussion on some topic of public interest, and no -chance had so far pre- sented itself. At last, in pure despera-' n Anfhu-. 'k`l--..J...,J -__A. .1--__.l..`.. - -1];-Ia} "1003 gave alight that one could easily *'-` \u until. 11!. Hist. Ill pure uexspurzr T1011. Arthur blurted out during a slight fall in the tide of argument: This T00m is terribly close. Shall We nish V 0111: little controversy in the garden? Vera was nothing loath. . It Was a lovely night. The sky was ' 8 mass of twinkling stars, and the "W by. Such a moment seemed spe-' 11_1Y Ordained for lovemaking. Love h1SDe1-ed in the tvees and echoed in." the bushes. And yet these two still` Oontinued to disagree, as if such ro,-} mantic evenings were intended for the? battledore and shuttlecock of social j Opmxnonplaces. . T, _ ` " bThey bad by now wandered toan 11:11`. and without either of thex\;n_draw- d g attention to it they enteredfand `satfj vWn in the two deck chairsit boastedc. merit tried to continue the .s'11bJefct'-iat` thsille. but Arthur remained silefnt. `.19; ea 8 Wise the conversation toppeds'En_d;- uch became absorbed for ;the _r_ito-I: *9 in the beauty and -the sti11nes's;,o1:? the nlr'h+ T)....--._..1_ _u.1'-'".v..a.'.'a.a.Ia;.'.iu-'7' g": 1 (Q9 Deauty and `the stillness abe night. Presently. w1_th`st'a.rtllngg upgptness. the silence was t_>1ioke4I__I- i nv. rvuo he Vf}`a. said Arthur, tumln3.tOward',_;] 1 Ir. would you care to marry me?; ti t was not by a 1ongVway ..th`e_ me she had received _a es1mi1a_1g,re=1?r ;1)5t. for she had beeh vtifhly 5 the richest and Vhighestdneith-fcbuxjjlx; ~so vainly, indeed,'that"b_eo19.%W= Wen hAnInn.... ;.- 1.1-1.`-'..n 143.-.`. 4-Iy."AIC`:5$f :5 4301",." . 09,`? 9 5 petnafiiet $9905` 1:`? as` M ""'19` 5 ed '1. ti? 1906 V09`; .;{;s01;`*57` ,,u 19 g at y eve 2;%10` %?lt,3" 1 ' when he gagti pa? ,;,"` the P8 . `tor tsnilloag (og, .41 r `AM. AoAoAoAoAuA9 AoA A: Z , 4- . J This sort of game is all very well. .. 2.; 1na+Q mnhh lnn2`eI' I shall hp 5:` . The pro With eyes wncu: av; ,,__ _ And voice the sweetest" "`e'4`."~""".-e" H :11 the world were only ;:ee`e.:".-V``_",,.o'j-` nd this is how the came to ` ` `N This is hoxlvi she went away... . . With sti hands folded duh " so like a 1_itt1e child mightp,?yb`u`..,'t'.-, > with sxlent lips laid close '6' . . And smiling to me through her `"99? White lilies laid about he, ,, .'-`' mise of a further day 'e ' I And this if l1to\\\;flshe went aw:ay . - OS xeeler in New fork Preu 7 trc)UlUUD with ups that shook'uncerta,_Nn1y=V ' *- Mld breast that uttered like}, A with eyes where love was ell aogt ma mice sweetest evereheurd; `This is how she ct_\l`i1.e<\)V'-`8`.l"I'e'.-vs-V with tremu1ous'throbbiiigpg:j;yg,,: `V ....... Hm: that shook uncerfhinbi * Peri . his 15 n0\V,auc vvcuv IIWB o- . _.Post Wheeler York v ' Then, that`,se.ttles ;the.`~qnest}pn ;wl_t,-h-i 7.. . - ._ .1 . . ~ '4. -W:-\ -." % " ~%Atn1t!3in. .s1ir: ,o.u%. a-rt}. 'n'o1t.':1. out further t`roub_`l;"' "._said- "` .jt':1`1re'-`r: " vtully rearranging her.hawl-ai1d',fstnb{" lishlng herselt in a more comfortiible position, as if some knotty problemV had just been solved. 5517-4. -1. -n A '- _.... ,1--III uwv&I_DVlIUuo ' _Not at all, for you 'haven t answezfedf me. ~ Youjhavef answered yourself, though-. You would hardly , arry` a.__wo3nan who did not love you." urm....u... -.._ -- .. ' -- '71`-1-1:t .e:'<>`;1;v<;'t.` the 1-e`aso n`s` I'm alt- ing you," replied this cool diplomatlst, slowly lighting a cigarette. ` mhnn l\nJA..- _._..__-_, _ In . " -- ' ..-- >1 -9 V.-5`-Q9136 an \;15au:Lu:a .`-`_i`hen before Tan swering,". she`v_:suid,' appearing to be interested `in ithis strange species of .proposal.- let me question you. Do you love me? No, I`don t." ` Then why on earth do you talksuch rubbish? How can you wish to marry mm". `jiinply bechus` heltheh of; `is hih love with the other, which shows that we are `both mentallyand physically in _ sound health_. _ ' the}? 3 You c`o1;1.der,v then, that love is a. 1 disease; in fact, rsuppose, she added tsardonlcally, a kind or disordered | liver?!- , - "Vic-ziactiy. But let nae put the case before you properly," said Arthur, ris- ing and walking up and down in front .of her as he spoke. You and I` have % been friends for 12 years and by now 1 know each other thoroughly. I am ` nor, to. my knowledge. have you loved me, and it is these facts which .con- vince me we should make a thoroughly congenial and happy married couple. On these grounds I again ask you, Will you marry me? he concluded, stop- ping opposite Vyer`a s chair. `l\--..l_.. 1.1.3.. -,,\lv ' / ` thankful to say I have never loved you, _ r__.= vtrgavuunvna I you: no \pl-llclnll . During` this tcdtious m.onologue the moon had traveled somewhat on its 5 journey andinow cast a pale light into % the arbor-just enough to show Arthur 1 that his fair companion s eyes were i twinkling and that she was on the 9 verge of smiling. Looking straight at him, Vera composedly answered: - vnlun U-\`nl'IAnp.-"I..._ .I.._.. A ..LI--__ l_ -- ' _.-.._ -. \o\rA.nAy\lI~)\\.llJ GIL-IE IV Cl-Cl-lo ' Y ou; ghllosophy, dear Arthur, is ex-' cellent and your case apparently fully proved, but--e1f-it you would not mind sitting down here,"- nodding toward the empty chair at her side, .`_`hold my hand and look me full in the face and then tell me that you are not head over heels in love with me `I will believe that for the last ve` minutes you have % been speaking,'as they say in courts, 1 the truth, the whole truth and nothing ; but the tr1_1th_._ -v-v u-v vnu-yna Arthur felt dazed. -He sat down and took his pretty -companion s hand; He observed it was beautifully soft. He looked into her eyes. He noticed they had in them a light he had never `seen before and that on her face was a smile and an expression thatcould have but one interpretation, and he fal- tered._ ` And the silence of night wrapped the arbor in its embrace. `A bird moved in the ivy, a nightingale called to its mate. and the moon traveled farther on its journey, It sank, but not before it had witnessed what in the course of its considerable exp_erience it had often 1 seen before, but or which it never told. j --Mainly About People. . ' I ha! are less frequent visitors here than ' Fast sumac Over the Pacic. ` -The British bark Gaigate. Captain Grifths, a big four master. made a record breaking run on her voyage I 1 from Shanghai to the mouth of the Co- lumbia, covering the distance from buoy to buoy in 27 days. The nearest approach to this record is said to have been made by one of Benton. Holmes & Co. s tour masted schooners, which made the run from Shanghai to `the sound in 28 days. Vessels from Shang-' those from Yokohama andother Japan } ports, and the wonderful run of the Galgate, can be better understood when it is stated -that the pvoyage from Shanghai to the Columbia is generally conceded by shipmasters to be fully :51; week or ten days longer than the run from Yokohama.` The record passage from the latter part, to the `Columbia river is a fraction less than 22 days-tthe Selkirk making the record run about three years ago. * ; run. t'I-'I..-a..J.. I.:..........L `Inn-Jan nnnfnlw-n- bu; cc .1 cast: ugvo The Ga'1gate s biggest day _prtorm- ance was 295 miles, but In a ten day i run sho reeled of! over 2,600 miles, an 1 average of over 11 miles an hour and . ' a. speed which would bother most or the tramp steamers-to maintatxg-Port land Oregonian. 1 From themlure-`n Mouth. j sir Robert Finlay, like most counsel 1 with a. large practice, knows what it is L an apparently `guileless witness and tells a good story agalnsthlmself in il- lustratlon. -He was engaged ona case for breach of warranty of a. horse. the age of the animal belngthe` chief mat- ter ln dispute, and had to cross exam- ` to _rec_e_l_ve` a __dis4concertl'n g reply from ; Vine a hostler, -a yokel with every up-` pearance of, rustle slmpllclty. :41-1--.; ...1....4. ..+I`\';~.nI.+vAn vnn swim :- ECG! LIEU VI. A unto Nlllnarc-V0 -3 - Upon what authority do you swear to the` age o1.'.the mare?" he asked. . I m sure of it," was the reply. ' Half'a=.dozen more questions failed` to. t elicit from the witness enymore spe- \ cic answer. Au.-__A_ I.___ S; ._--a Ioncuoq c1c.answ.er. A \ V But how do you know?" 1:hI1 n``e'z-,_ed 815 Robert at last 1` T c A; A;._._. LR- -uun-n a ' A1511 `own yhere BIL` SNUUCII uh Luau V .. V g. I had 'It_ from the. mate's. own i mouth!" replied the hostler.-London ichronicle. ' . _ A Drink of Water. _ V A glass of cold water slowly sipped will produce `a `greater acceleration. of the pulse tor a time than will a glass ' of wine or spiritstaken at` a draft. :=*~In 1 this connection it. may not be out of 1 place to mention that sipping cold wa- _ ter, will often allay the cravingAp:;;o'r;?al-. cohol in _tl1o'sei:who"_,.l%iliie in-gizhe i scheme! *?1E`8ft -4~3 1i'l3l`9.`1%%. M, mv; .h9?=;;iF 3%!;9ti;nit` -ate hem s*vrob.ab1:laue T ' man .9; One day `two students `went to the river to `bathe, selecting a secluded _ [;spot"where the ` water` was overshadow- ed `with 'trees_ which formed the out- . skirts of a, wood extending south to- ward a line dwelling a mile or more in I the upland. -Atthe foot of one or these I trees `theyjeft their clothes and plung- ed from the bank." into the `cool. re-' freshing Hstijeam; The river was deep; aflording ample room for swimming and diving and for the exercise of all ~ those aquatic evolutions in which vig- orous young men are wont to indulge. 1 Having swam` some distance agalnt ; the stream whose ow was gentle. they )`turned to swim back with the ow. ` On looking toward the spot where they `had left their clothes they saw a man hastily disrobing.. - 1__--1__A_ -1..- ..-LLD__ ,. N, - I A -. -_- vuuiun v-our vo v-yuan: ;`Ye,s, "but it is deuced strange he should select just that spot,_ the other remarked. T ' - w._.w-- Keeping their eye on the intruder,- as they swam with a` somewhat quick- _er stroke,cthey beheld him cast down his last garment and expected to see him take a plunge; Imagine their sur- prise when, after turning toward them and evidentlyxing his gaze on them, they sov him coolly begin to invest himself in their raiment. Simultane- ously they raised an outcry and struck out vigorouly in order to intercept the depredator before he could escape. The ` distance between them and him was. however, too great, and be was too ex- pert on donning their attire. Before they reached the place he had disap- peared, and, on landing,` they found that he had appropriated the principal ` articles of dress of the larger of them. ;- They looked this way and that, but 3 nothing was to be seen of the thief. lI'\l__ -_ - *1- - -::S'.<;;11<;1;;;i:$*".;l';;a. getfing ready for a swim, `said one of them. ` ll? _ _. -v.---- vvvvnr -V _-we vvaun van saav unncv-0 The one whose clothes had evidently been rejected, because too small, dress- ed himself and hastened back to the village for an outt for his friend", On his return the other had `somewhat of Va surprise for him. (If __I_. ll _._l:l I,- _.,9_,:u_, 1, 3, , nu V" `"`f;():>-15` said 1;, pointing to av. pile of clothes on the ground. I found these a score of yards back in `the bush." ' v---- vuv- so trvio-n\J Inn unsuadavo {Dhepocketbook was not 5 such a. one as we are used to nowadays, It was 6 inches by 4, of coarse brown leather. well worn, and tied with 9. string. `I7I\vv #11:; Call`... 8.. - --1 L- .4.____._ 1--or OI-I\vlJJl ~1Z1BI17'k3F that}: was `the reply You see, `his plan was to keep out of sight. so long as he. wore clothes that would betray him, whereas if he could only get rid of them in the way hehas done his `chances of escape were far better, `even in stolen garments, than it he had worn his soldier s dress 01' attempted to buy new clothes.` 01 coursethere was the risk. of being fol- lowed and caught, but the fellow wa looking for just such a chance as we afforded him. Well, he has got off 1 with about 30 shillings in my clothes L and is therefore not without means of i clearing out. i ll`\-_J. L- --_.j._!__I_. _.___.-_.4l_J.-__J_3 A- The clothes were such as are known in the British army as fatigue dress. and the exclamation which came from each or the friends atthe same mo-A ment was: ' He's a deserter!' (`But that isn't all," said the larger youth. On - the ground, under the. clothes, was this pocketbook, and it! contains 18 Bank of England 5 notes and over a pound in change. /I"\:\ wsnnlvnl-`I-u.\..I- ........ _-L' _._'- _I.' - _._ - .. v-- y -- cc--ya any Ivonpnl BU I.`l|uLLA.I"o Wh}:,- the te1lo;v is a. fool ts turn `thief when he had al1'thls money in his Rocket, said one of them_. ' u-r .1-_u. 1...... 4v__. -- w-v-- --a V w v. But he certainly neverintended -to leave all this money behind him? A 1117- -4 -_-___- 1.- .-1.2.1-9; 1.--; a._ ;.1.- guns: -1 van. - -; --- upua pry---- --.-u flo, ot`c.ourse he didn't, but lnithe haste to be off he thought more or liberty than money and left this be- hindhlm. _t Vel1, I think you are entitled to what he has left, and in that case it is "not a bad bargain. In a sense you areright} I am no `doubt entitled to as muchot it as will replace the money and the clothes with V whlchihe has decamped." us-\'__!A. '__--_ .A_I.!..1_ .___ __;..LA. 1.. .l_-..Q.. ' V--o tured '3 ;- nu-\ CI-C`-I I Poor devil! Let him go. He ll have a hard time of it as it is to keep out of the clutches of the corpora1 s guard, who, you may be sure, are after him by this time." As to the money, I'll take care of it for him, for who knows that I may not come across him one of these days? ` n-11.--- .:'....;; Inl-nu I-Ina vrrn11!"""I"l'lnh" VI lll\uI-I .a\: -Anon: snvwunannrvuu Don't you think we ought to inform the authorities. so fhat he may be cap- ,, SII uaqn a Three days _ later the ,.young*`man" whose clothes were appropriated re- ceived a letter from the thief, brief and ` to the point, thanking him for the tem- porary aid afforded by the use of his` garments and asking him to accept the i contents of the pocketbook as only too 4.. ......l....I..nJ-' 0;-no -I-ha, ca.-nnvlng I-v-ya---~ '- small an rendered. ..-o I.. It is cl-llullo I-av II u-- _-...-_ ` your address? ' T He found one or my letters in the clothes. .. I was well - acquainted with both `these youxrg men and vouch for the facts-as narrated.` Furthermore, I can ; relate the `sequel. ---- -------. `nob..- "Hun nnnnrfnn renuereun ' - - _ He's. an educated beggar, whoever .?heIs,4" said the recipient of the letter. DEA 1.-.... '41.... Anlinti it` HA ltnw Ken: Lu uni nun` us... . A few years `after the occurrences herein narrated I met at 9. hotel in Bir- mingham` a very `sociable and agreeable egentlemgn about seven or eight year": V------ .....'..s.. . .- " `D ; annrno"l"n filk 8. EUUUI. EUIULI VA `via-low 9...... my senior. ` He seemed to take a lik- iizg to me and, after attending to his business during the earlier part of the 1 day. invited meta drive out_'with him. "Subsequently "I dined with him and "went to -the theater with him in the 'Ve7ening.V1_Whe_n we were-. parting. he m9It1 ahndesee him whenever 1 Asuortxyuterward, lO,lS,V"_ 88.10 U1? I'8Clpleul. UL Luc u;u.cu.. But how the deuce did he know `I. LUV pvunuuvvn uw.u.v--g ov- equivalent for the service aim nut: to `pass thfough R---. When I lnnnnn ca... .......- _____._. Io .._-- -nvnn-I vuu bUII\l auu Llllll. G Lune from" R--. When \we. reached that town, Idetermined to stay overnight and visit my friend the next day. _ I did so. `He received me" with the ut- most kindness, and If spent two very happy days with him. I visitedwith him the extensive" smelti1`1g'works in the neighborhood, _all of which he own- ed, and nally, on the night preceding the morning on which I was to depart, he told me his history. ' V `$1171.-.. 1 ._.-._ -I__,_L `now u ,,-9 -I9 ..- ..v-- ...u n.-qua A When '1"{s7as 18," he`_sa;id, .I` "wanted to go to college, -but my father, who was an austere , man, _bound up in workand rather desplsing bookmen, insisted, that I. should remain at home and acquire a thorough` knowledge of the business which he had established after much labor and expense. I con- sented, but he` placed. me under the severest restraint. I was the only son, and my three _ sisters, all older than I, were married. They and their hus-. bands _were'greatly disappointed at_ my father keeping me at home with the expressed purpose of leaving his busi- ness `to me, a small portion of the prots to go to my sisters and the main part of them to be invested in the business, for his ambition was that the business should vie with the largest in England of the kind. M\ 7..___._ __ I 4-- 1- 5.11 g__ u,,,_ _, 0-I .. -..s,. .u.y-_yuuu musuusu. J;s"""`,.- 1 VV men I "? lm'ncd' we: were Vappxfoaching that`. town, `I asked the coachman whether he knew where Mr. Blank lived. , ClI'_`I nId .. --- ____ ._..... u -u uusv 91.1.1. yluup Au._\ cu. ' 1 ,Half a 1_1_1_lle farther, on," was the re- | ply. I ll showyou. when we reach it." He pointed out the place. It was a lonely dwelling on a` hill ' about 300 [yards from the road and half 9. mile ` 6`:-nu. D I'YVI.-.. ..,e - l -_ a-uauQ`Q v-. u-u ..-.-u-u Eoung as 1- was, I fell in love with , a comparatively poor girl and married` r > her. As I had. given close attention ; to business and becameulmost as well Eacquainted with it as my father was, E I presumed upon his knowledge of that | fact and audaciously brought my wife here to this house and introduced her .to him. . - v.-v --ow nu titan.-vu\v V- us `nan:-5-av vs a...-vn-svu She was shortly to become a moth- E er, he continued, or I shouldn't have done it. My father grew frantic with `rage. _ He struck me. He seized a ' walking cane and showered blows I upon my head and body. I bore it all. ,> But when he foully `and brutally beat i my wife with his _cane;_and called her vile names I could stand it no longer. I knocked him down. and he lay at my feet bleeding. nj(_ ______ ___gn_ _____ ___A_r___a 1, - j The epeaker was deeply moved. and ; there was a pause of a minute or more. IIKVL- ___.. ..I--._L`I_ L- I___-___- A .~A~A`~ 5 My poor 'wife was removed to a ?room, and a doctor was summoned. i My wife was dead before daylight. I kept all the `circumstances to myself, the doctor alone guessing at what had occurred. 1 buried my wife. My fa- ther_ lay at death's door for a week, and then he began to recover slowly. V It L .. 3... ._._....IR 1 ----- ------ --!L`- _- w-v- .-- -`.=...._ -v nwvvnavirn -a-v 11:. - As for myself. I was crazy with grief. My sisters and their husbands" accused me of having attempted to murder my father and used threats. In a momentof despair I left home and enlisted. But thelife of the bar- racks was unbearable, and when I was informed by the parents of my dead wife that my father, overwhelmed with horror at having caused my wife s death, had committed suicide, I determined to desert. My wife's. fa- ther came to the barracks and gave me money. and the first opportunity I had ; I ed. Mind you, every exertion had been used ` by my wife's parents to. ; secure my dicharge. but one of my L brothers-in-law, who was a member. of parliament and in with the party In 3 i power, frustrated every effort to that j end. The excuse. was that a great war a , was pending and that not a man could i be spared." "I 1L-L A-II-j-j AI, _ , C -r w scrunch was What -followed the reader may an-, ticipate. My friend was the very man who appropriated the student's clothes, p as narrated above. After doing so he returned home and found that his fa- ther had carried out his original pur- pose with regard to him, leaving his sisters, however, amply provided for. The whole affair, he said, was almost ftorgotten, and.heand the rest of the family lived in comparative amity. Yuan I 4.1.: La... 4.1...a. 1 ._-_ _.-n