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 â- ^^- i 18 THJ ^•^^^i t»^ I esn »«bae(ik« ••^1 .-i »7'j?.|i»i^^ IS ?CBU8HX» J__ FRIDAY mOBWIHO ,.Hffle to meet the early m»ils. ' .(...Utest roreigo and PrtTTtncial *»l?V^n,^.««.e;antyBn^«. •â- ^ lUtm* and an Inatntetrta '" ^«nce 11.30 in ihrw months, f^ !eJ until all arreages ar« ^•"' It »t the option of the pablinh^ r" P*^:* u re ponHibirior the years sab- r'"'n»iiU.O' comply w'th tl»e ^le"' H'SoFADVEBTlSINO: »•* tno 00 U--.""*/" :: Ti^ (it* D. wHjCox, MARKOALE.^ And I hare WATCHES, CLOCKS, SUeiro Ptmtit Wmrtt "vBtiri^ VOL. S.-No. 5. i?.^'.*.i?«?2??^ ItiUttiUmnm*. Wnia Lnm Co., BANKERS, DUNDALK. do F AJ.L DISORIPnOS, Hand in H 00 4 00 50 15 75 25 8 o first innertion.. fIIi) H'l"-*" I""' '"â- *"tion. ^, to f 11 \ntv^. first insertion \^i, 4iit.st itnnt insertion „„lin.- rir^t instrti-w vT liuo 'r«li .iJ"l"'"t insi-rtlVifi ' .amWr ..( linoj to be reckoned by the ^rtUf!--.! meaflur.a by .i Kcal« of soli.l VlvrtHemeiitf. without speciflo »ill bcpilblihh.a till forbid and ,£-or.ln.ijlv. AlUra.i-ifTya.l-'^rli-;f- aan b^ in the olB.'e ..f pul.licatiou ..v kon the TlitiridaymoruinKpreceea- urililic,lti"Il. ... C. \Y. KCTLEDOE. P ropnotor. tflsSIONAL A BUSINESS â-  LIRdCTORY. Sproule «arlor, oiani.aurgeon .Accoucheurs resi-'-ince at tiicr. y- ttiK Hon- .fee. .|:c:il HeU; S.|.I I-.l-^-iO. 1 V d with nmitueu â- â- 4 4mmu i AtUM AND. 'S^CE, RKD ALE If you want lEADS, [TER HEADb, cmCULAJJS, NOTES, RECEIPTS, frgal. Lteri!:!^"" Owcu Souml. _.,'p _\l.i;.rs- biiiliUng. ov»T Roliin- 'liiair .vi»««M«it, Uri^tK.U .1 r TOliNI.Y AT-r,AW IT. l-"**' ..S..lrlt" V.Ml I lli-l ii.iuc'r\ Owen Sound. 1-y Fro«t. .\M ATTOltNF.YS-AT â- iv III Chaiiceiv, t'oiivtv Si:i;id, havi- reiiimod at ..pen 'Very Tliiir!biy, an .1. .wn \it(i FaosT, LL. 15 1 Money !L.oa,n«id IN large or small amoonU, at all timet, on 'uod endorsed notes, or on eollatenU securiiy. INTEREST AT 6 PER CENT. Allowed on SaringB Deposit*. 0* Drafts issued and Colleationa all points, at lowest rates. K. Dundalk, Sept. 1, 681. O. LUCA8, Manager " iiy GE0R6E NOBLE, INSURANCE AND LAND AGENT, LICENSED AUCTIONEER l-'or the County of Grey, AoEHT (or the following reliable Companies CITIZENS' i Montreal, AGBICULTUUAL, of Watertown, and TRADE i COMMkBCE, (Mutual) of Toronto. A number of Choice Farms for sale, also Village Lots Auction Riles conducted in Town or Coun- tr.v on Shortt-t Notice. Cbargee moderate. Bills, Blank Notes, and Stamps provided. GEO. NOBLE. Ma«kd.vlK. Mav 20th. 1981. 86-lv $lieei anrt CJattle. 2)cnti«tra. 'A*-' i|r. J)iiiH-« J. \V!iit« Ui,l !â- â-  1" ;uiii roil, 0», u Sound, AllWr Till' UKVEKK HorSK, Mirkhl. I'll t!i' liKtAV.'diiisdav in i.ai!..vWi, 11 !.•â-  will !«• pri-piirf.l toper l).-:i;;'iii r'-| iin',1 »|kjii tin- nioutli 1.-1 -â- ii.-(ni-l,r mannrr, and upon â- lit 1 V JtIi4rrlluitcoa«. Uiii. ISr«\\ii. |UoK MAUllI VI. r. I,I("';XSKS.Vc. ,1 Ml II. K.A" â-º,111'nr-' 111 ill! it» liraiii-Urs promptly 1. 1 .Mrtftiily 1 x.Tiit.,;. -M"U4y to Lend on lU-iil listute ao- ^.-).t. I" ,( Murritii L-; .il' IK s- IHSd. •r Bruit li. â- â€¢â€¢ I.iiMUsis, Fi 1-y BllJ^. lEAMEBS, DODGEBS, and ,ii-i' .AK-nt. MiiiiiiisriioiK'i r •liiryiuiri'r and liiccii^od r:ii.i'.«ti'itv "f (iri'^-. Fiiriiurs, 1 1...-I.I Sales, i'niictual'.y at- ' â- ' ?• iiiidt? very modLTute. â-  l!. 17. H-tll. " 1-v irur,;4 '.»r»i't« Jr., ;..i.\N .\NiM;i;N-Kit\r. AOGNT â-  ;v„i., 1 M..ii,v to I,o;iii nt low ',:*:. I'liiuip.ii p.ivabU^ at the r:u "iv, ir-,Miid iiil,ri-t liiilf year i,T |,riii':|,:il and iutcrvst repay- '.j iin'i;!,.. •i.i.. r iif â- li-'imbU' Improved Farms i-y ^, ;, \Mi i.KNI'.K.M. LAND 1 \V.ii!;iiii (.ir.l Stati.iii. .Auction li'lo. a!! p!irt~ of the Cnnuty. ,T! '.i!ii;ii i,,u. Ilitis mod'M'ate. r.'.tiii. mil Swiii^; Machines; al.so I'lm^mi, iit;il T.-ee.;, Vines. Auricul- i'm'ii'.-. uri'J Mi(rl,i!nTy of all kinds 171ABMEBS hiving good fat Sheep or Cattle to sell, will find it to their advant- age to leave there names and address at T. Sproule's Hotel, Bcvere Honse. Mai'kdale, as (he undersigned are still on the war path, and will poaitivuly pay the highest rices. C. W. dt A. SPEEBS. Sept. 17th, 1880. 1-V John H. Heard, Manufacturer and de:ileriu Gutters, Sleighs,Buggies, ^VAG(;io^•s, cultivators, HORSE RAKES, PLOUGHS, II iltlCOW A5tD A llkindsof J arming Implements Mauufactury and Depository, Durham and HiU streets FLESHERTON. Meat for All AT W. B. Saijent's. The iobaeriber returns thMike to tke in- habitants of MABKDAIjB) and ricinity for their liberal patronage dur- ing the past five years, and begs to remind them that he is prepared to supply theii wants in his line as as any one north of Toronto. HtbL ini Gorui Uiati delivered promptly on receipt of order*. SAUSAGE 4 Poultry always kept in their Season. IS* Shop on Mill m-eett, opposite the " Revere HoteL" 13-Cash paid for Fat Cat- tle and Sheep Again thanking yon for past favors he trusts by faithful attention to your wants to merit B oontinnance of your support. NoTics. â€" t'aroiet'S having (at sheep or cat- tle to dispose of will leave their address at Sargeaut's W. B. SARJEANT. Markdale, Sept. 17th 1880. 1 W. BENSON HAS NOW ON HAND A M Siip;lf of Lii[UR WaiCB CANNOT Bl KXCKLLBB. MAKKmtt I^Mp '•rl. .1:1 •1-. l^^\. HAND BILU- .ammes. SITING OABPft BUBINBSS CABBfir BALL XJlO^'l anj-thiog i»tb« l«*^l J. Minci â- N AMI |l;i)VIN(l.\L L.VND I'T. I'ri'iu'lil-;i! I'l and Valuator, |i"l M.irl,l il,-. lliiviiiK purchased tUmi Surv, \,.r CliniU's Rankin's "f rij.'tii:ll Kiel.l Notes, I'lanri, |!;«lii,ti-ii- ,T,'..of all his Suivpys l.il lifty-fivo years, I am il^aikf Sir\,ys in strict nccord- -^lii. I'roiiies and Kstnnatos t'l. iii.l-, ';.iiis and Sixciticntioiis I'tilit,-, (arnislioj ou applica- •'•'.•â- lii'.iii tl A jHrr cent intrt. t"w.Tl.ft wHh (i. J. BLYTU, â-  V iToniplly attended to. • 1-v r. v.. DAVi!«, [ii.i 1 iiNTHACTOli, (Stone and I'li-t, Tin:; and Country Jobs. '"1 ie| J.I Stoneculting a Spc- m^it. i.n all work, free. Satis- â-ºâ- inte,,!. ",• Ue^i.b'iice corner of p!|,iiHil, Streets, Maskhai-e. f il. I.s,i. 16-y M. F()X7~ Iknamental Plasterer ..toiii iiiid liriekwork vii ap- "n! -(a»'tio;i (iiiniiiteed. llesi- Mi.et, A^tukdale. 17. l.-^O. l-v To MT Patrons.â€" Always ahead of any in iny tra.lH, and having the larg-ft and in.ist ci'iivenient Factory in this locality, I am |irt pared t sell Carriages and Implements of every decri]trfin in the best style of any in the market, and at. prices as low a.s any oc- cordipg to the ((imlity of the work. Having upwards of twenty years' experi- ence, I am confident th.tt purchasers will get the advantage in haviiiR the very best made. Parties in want of a carritjie or Implement will do well to give me a call, as there are none in the market which will compaje with them iu quality, style and fini;di for the price. 11 -IV THOS. MATHEWS, IN GROCERIES! Our stock is Fresh, having just been pur- chased from the best dealers in the Kastem markets, Teas n. Specialty. ,n't fail to -a.*** i)otd«. n dard nto 8tte« RKI [ERE HOTEL, ^\iii4i.ki..e, ^GULE, Proprietor. ••" H.'ti ' has l.ud a large ad- -^1 to it. theroi^gUy r«tittcd, ^â- ^iin.li.. luBj. lu the eounty. wil tt- ti-.e ostler. First- '-^â- lit^t. f,.' eommercial travel- '91.VV pvr d»v- 17-iy ;^V^ ilOTlil^, AliUfoRD, Out. Al-^ PBOrBIETOBS. for the travelling Well stocked with the i Ltiuors and the best â- 'â- nm,.Jatu: ••r IS fW '"d from all trains. jo««rk^ 1-y prio**» •i4 ,1!^ PCIAL HOTEL f^CEviLi^E. Ont. '^mmodions Sample Booms: l*'.4c. The Bar and larder iJi '"' ***"le market af JPl'Dj? and .attentive HosUer's- '^^TKl-NSON, Proprietor. P^ING AND^MVING r""y» and Saturdays. *»«ma8 Smith, """rToomb stones. WISHES to tender to his nnmerons custt-niers his sincere thanks (or their very liberal patronage diuing the 15 years he has l«en in the Harness Easiness in Mark- dhle. an would respectfully solicit a continu- aiice of the same, (eelng confiident 'that he can give F.iitire Snlhfiictinn. Everything nsanlly kept in a F I K»T-CL,.4 S HARNESS ESTABLISHMENT, always on Land, and sold ac moderate rates. lis'Noiio but good workman employed and the bet of materials used. Markdale, Nav. 18. 188o- 10^ SHTOP! H0# YOU YAS! T.MULAEKE"Y, QUEEN STREET IVI ^^11 Iv I J-E Keeps constantly ou hand CHURNS, BUHER-TUBS WASH-TUBS, c., c. /.'c/ifl »« Dune u-ith yeatnesM and Dispatch. A«iE.\T FOR CELEBRATED BEAPER, MO"WER, and RAKE, ALSO Pl*airn»^ If «nrow8. Gang, DiilU etc. Etc Marklale, Jam '§. 1881- ^^ Proviice § Ontario Diredory For 1§81«9, TO ^E PUBUSHED IN NOYBKB^B, '81, Price fS.OO. MB. LOVELL, at the request of awreral Merchants and others of the Province of Ontario, of the City of Montreal, Ac, begs o announce that his firm M)ii publish a PBOVINCE OF ONTARIO plB*CTOBY. in Noveml^^r next, .oontaijoi^ an Alphabetietl Diracfory AXV A THOBOUOOH CLASSIFIBI* Business Directory of the Business and PiofeaaiOBal man in the Citjee, Towps and Yillacee of Ontario, witt » BUSINESS DIBECTOBT OF TBI CITY OP MONTBBAL. The uune care and attMitton bestowed on the Dominion and Vtonitiii DirMoriM of 1871 will be -iven to this work. Snbeonbers namwi rwepeetfully Mlieitod. TeriM «rf Ad- vertising made known apM apwlioafaoii. JOHN LOVMX A BON, PablW»er». If iintrekl, Deeember, 1880. Miscellaneons Articles! Including Lemons, Oranges, and Fmits of all descripttons, may be had on very reason- able terms. P. S. â€" Those indebted to the undersigned would do well to settle at onco and sa^-e further trouble as I am in need of money, lieing now engaged in the erection of a new brick building and require the money. Wlison B ensn. Markdale, Aug. lOth, 1681. 6 ly. J. MONTGOMERY, Tt A li E tt THE Subsc-ibcr, in returning thanks to the inhabitants of Afarkdale and sur- roundiuK country for their patronage during the past ei(!ht years, begs to intimate to them he is how prepared to sUppl:^ the Public with FRUIT. POUND PLUM CAKES, either plain, or Iced and Ornamented, and a. large Variety of Other Cakes always on hand, Also, I s c "cr I T 1 of every description, from the best manu- facturers in Ontario. Also, a large and va-^ed assortment of the CHOICEST C NF E T I ONERY i BRIDES^CAKES. supplied on the shortest notice, and got up in the best style that is done this side of Toronto. Tea Meeiis^, Social:, OTHER P ARTIE. and on the supplied on the shortest notice most reasonable terms. JOHN MONTGOMERY. Markdale. Nov. if s 181 8 lo-ly y*'/.}sg:^i:r^ â- " •n^ ANOIiBB'8 COM7E8SIOM. Tve mffiei in many wmt«gt On atany a snmaser's 4ij, By many a â- maaring river, In many •tu^adwayi AndtlMvoiMafthebtook lKlilev«r hoti its pathos and MM tor mef As h ripplee and rmu for aw To its home in the mighty toft. These were the days M the an^er, In the flush of innocent yonth. Told all his simple stoiy â€" Told nothing bnt the truth. " I fished the ftam near the »nin.ln. Hoar after honr in vain Fve not a trout in my basket^ To morrow 1*11 tty it agaifl. Bnt now, alas! this boAom Is shockingly ahangad I fear I've learned to lie4ike othen. In tho ansJing months of the year. "Fishing? I rather think so, A hmdred in half a day â€" Two potmders and strong â€" such monsters, Each took me an hour to play." I've learned to lie like others, I've gone to the stream and found A small boy fishing before me Then prone on the pleasant groond I've lain, and slumbered, and bid him Call me when he had caught Just enough to fill my baskM, And thus my fish were bought. Then over my nice clean stockings I've plastered the river mud, And the sleeves of my angUng jacket I've smeared with the fishes' blood And strolled to the ferry landing â- With a weary look in my eye. Then revelled for days succeeding In one long luxurious lie. How I fell from the massive boulder, Aow I swam the turbulent brook. How in pool fotir and twenty Speckled beauties I took. Men may rave 6t the joys of angling. But let them not despise The pure, the esthetic pleasure That dwells in such angUng lies. 0»EB 14, 1881. V '-y\ -*^,.^.^ :r^.krt WHOLE No. 57 iiiummim ROBT. ASKIL., M:ARKX A LE, Has opened out a First-Class Furniture â€" AND UNDERAKING ESTABLISHMENT, And therefore has supplied a want long felt, eapecdally in the Undertaking Line. CitS^TB, 8HE0XJDS, andaU FONEML rOMISIIIIS, «iip|dia4 op tb« sAortM nottee. A. Mplendid lBea3rae farUNtt FUBNITUEEI BttI m4 UtMt Sdtt, in •vecything in th* !»•• Oai m4 •^ « yomsol*««. ROBT. ASKIN. nwommwom. â€" lo: â€" ChaptiSB II. â€" Continued. *Yon voold not dare,' be said bunk- ily 'you wretcb I you would not dare â€" ' 'I would dnrc auytbing except being late for Miss Dangerfield's birtb-nigbt party. Jubt seveuteeu I a cbarming age, and an l;cirf 9s, and a beauty, no doubt Ab I wbat a contrast to my waning youtb. I grow melaacbolly wbeu 1 tbiiik of it. I was seveuteea once, too. Sir Jolin, tbougb to look at me DOW yon migbtn't believe it. Ring the bell, please, and let tbat nice old cretQre, your bousekeeper, show me to ny room. And when I'm ready â€" say, ten o'clock â€" you will come for me here, iiud present me to your guetits. No, really, baronet, not an- other word to-night ou iliat subject. These serioutt matters are so exhaust- mg ard remember, I've been travel- ling all day. Ring the bell.' He hesitated a moment, then obey- ed. The look of a hunted Ruimal was in bis eyes, and she stood there taoek- ing him to his face; It seemSd about as unequal a contest as a battle be- tween a buire Newfoundland and a little King Charles, and the King Charles had the victory this time. Mrs. Harrison answered the bell in the brief interval no word had be«n spoken. 'You will show Mrs. Vavasor to her Tiom,' Sir John said, shortly and sternly, turning to go. â- And I will be dressed by ten, and yon will call for me here,' said Mrs. Vavasor, gayly, over her shoulder. 'How f(?rtunate I have been iu not missing the opportunity of offering my congratulations to Miss Dangcifield.' And then humming a gay French air, Mrs. Vavasor followed the house- keeper up another broad oaken stair- way, along a carpeted corridor and into B telvet-huntt chamber, bright with firelight and waxligbt, luxuriant with cushions, chairs, and lounges, fragrant with hot- house flowers, and rich with pictures. ,Your trunks are in the wardrobe adjoining, ma'am,' Mrs. Uerrison said, 'and if there is anything 1 can do, or if Miss Ktttherine'9 maid â€" ' *You good creature I' Mrs. Vavasor answered. 'No, i am my own miifd '-I haven't eight thouBaud a 'year, yon knowi like your darling. Miss Katuerine, and can't afford luxuries. Thanks, very much; and â€" good-night; and then the door closed eentlv in tlie housekeeper's face, the key was tufhed and Sir John's guest was alone. She stood and looked around the room with a smile, tbat incesuuit smile tbat grew just a trifle weahBome after the first baJf honr or so. In the golden gleam of the light the tall muTors flashed, the carpet looked like green bank of June roses, the silken draperies shimmered, and the exotics iu (heir tall glasses perfumed the warm air. Outside the rain beat, and the wird blew, and the 'blackness of darkness' reigned. She listened to the wild beating of the storm in the park with a dehcions s'uiver. â- Is it like my life ' she said softly. â- Have I come out of the ram, and the night, to the roses, and waxlight8,aod muaio of existence. Or is the gypsy. vagabond instinct too strong iu me, and will the rcses fade, and their per- fume sicken, and the lights grow dim, and I throw it aU up some day, and go back to the old freedom and oat- lawiy onoe more f The cedar palaoe and porple robee of the king look very invitiBg, bnt I think 1 would rather have the tenU of Bobaaia, with their freedom, and the ataw diining tiutMigfa the eanvaa rocf.' An hoar later Otm» J UmkuIU H t tfaa ^kmg drawing-room, a kdr â€" a Btnofar to all there, tiif appeaaad in Aflir midat as nddenly ac tboa^ aba bad dropped from the rainT ikiea. a «^«'^i"(r bttia Tiakm, in amMr nlk uui Chantilly itonoeaa, and diamooda aad «r«tin7 roaaaiii her flMtting teth- eiy Uaak hair. A Utda Imij whoaa «baaks««MtaoeaUmMP|F)W •?«• ootflaabad her AmqmM*, and Bir J^iB introdooed hm RM^ llnbYftTMor. Who was Mn. Vavaaor Women looked at ha aakanoe â€" the etaiBp of adv«|itanae was on bar face and raitaeat. Tbanogawas artistio, bat ft waa RMga; tba amber silk waa shabby, the Cbaatill^/ a Vtfy clever imitation, the diamonds I'lSits Royal beyond doubt. And then Sir Joha was so pale, so gloomy â€" the old soldier, not used to society masks, showed bis troable all too plainly in bis perturbed faoe. A woman not of their order â€" and the ladies' 1owb were frigid and chil- ling as the baronet presented her. But Uie men â€" wbat did they know of shabby sillu aud brownish laoes. They saw a brilliant faury of â€" well, fiTe.and-tweat7 •ummers. perhaps â€" by lamplight â€" with the eyes and teeth of a goddess. 'Dot Miss Dangerfield, Sir John- Miss Dangerfield Miss Dancerfield t' Mrs. Vavasor cried, tappiu^him play- fully witblicr fan 'those people are not the rose, though they have come to-night t} do honor to that gorgeous flower: I'm dying to behold Miss Dangerfield.' The stormy blue eye of the Indian officer flashed he guaweil his mous- tache with an oath only heard by the lady on bis arm. Her shrill laugh answered it. â- For shame, Sir John I So ill-bred, too I And chat face I Yon look like the Death's-head the Eiryptians used to have at their banquets. Wbat will people say? There, 1 see her â€" I see her I tbat is Eatherine.' She stopi)ed short, still holding Sir John's arm, and a vivid ligLt came into her black eyes. The baronet's daughter was etd-^onclng on the arm of Mr. Gaston Dantree. â- Katberine,' her father said, bring- ing out every word with a husky ef- fort, 'this is Mrs. Vavasor, a very old fri â€" acquaintance.' If his life had been at stake, he could not have said 'friend.' 'You have heard me speak of her sho is cor guest for the pres- ent.' He turned abruptly and walked away. Katberine Dangerfield held out her baud â€" for the first and the last time â€" to her father's acquaintance. Their eyes met. and on the only occasion, perhaps, in all her seven-and thirty years of life, those of the elder woman fell. The bright gray eyes of the girl looked straight through her, and dis- trusted and disliked her with that first glance. 'My father's friends are always wel- come to Scarswood ' She said it very briefly and coldly. 'May I beg of you to excuse me now I am engaged for this waltz to Mr. Daniree.' Sne was looking her best to-night and almost pretty but then 'almost' is a very wide word. She wore pink tissue that floated about her like a rosy luiat, with here auJ^therc ato-jch of prieelese old peint, and a tin; cluster of fairy roseS. She had pearls on her ueck. and gleaming through her lovely anbuni iinir, a rich tea rose nestling in the Rilkeu biown. She looked graceful she looked un- speakably patrician she carried her- self like a young priuzess. And the viyid light m Mrs. Vavasor's black eyes grew bnghtcr as she watched her float away. 'She has her mother's face,' she whispered to herself; 'she has her mother's face I A homo in Scarswood for ever, the flcshwots of Egypt, the purple and fine liiieu high life, would be very plciisaut things, but revenue is pleasanter still.' One of the gentlemen to whom she had, at her own special request, been introduced, came np, as she stood, and solicited the pleasure of a waltis. 'I am suro von can waltz,' he said *1 can nhrays tell, by some sort ot Tcrpeieboreau instinct, I suppose, when a lady is,' 01- is not, a waltzer.' Mr. Peter Dangerfield was right at least iu this particular instance Mrs. Vavasor waltzed like a fairy â€" like a French fairy at that. She nud the baronet's daughter whirled past each other more than once â€" Katberine with hor brown hair floatin gin a porfumed cloud, her lips breathless and apart, and her bright eyes laughing in her partner's face. â- Is she in love with that very band- some young man, I wmdor?' Mrs. Vavasor thought 'and is he rich, and in lovo with hfr If so, then my plan of vengeance mav bo frustrated yet.' 'Mr. Dangerfield,' to her partner, 'please tell me the name of that gen- tleman with whom Miss Dangerfield is dancing. It strikes me I have somewhere seen liis face before.' 'Not uclikely, he's been everywhere. His name is Oaston Dautree, and he is, I believe, a native of the State of Louisiana.' â- An American He iB tery rich, then â€" all those Americans are very rich.' 'Dantree is not. By his oWn shdW ing, he is poor as a church mouse j his uly wealth is bis Grecian profile and hi4 tenor yoice.' The was just a tinge of hitteroess in bis toue as he looked after the handsome Soutliener and his partner. "My lace i« my {srtnne, air, she aaU. ' hummed gayly Mrs. Vavasor. 'How. then, comes monsieur to be here, and evidently first favonrite in the regards of Sir John's heiress ' •His handsome fase and masieal tenor again. Misa Dangerfield met him at a ooneert, not three weeks sgo, and behold the result I We poor danls, minas olassifl uoses, irohed ejelnuws, and ths voioes of arehangels, stand ont in the eold and gaae afar off at him in Paradiss.' •Does Sir J«hn like it?' •Btf JMt will like wbatsrer bis daogbtsi^'ldCaa. Any human ereatore persiatsiit sa wgb eaa do as they plaaaa w^kfiir John. Forbisdaagh- Ur ha is hat akjaat afeya.' Tha bitts rp sas waa bittssar than «var m Ut, Pster iaagerield'a..Toiee «ni«Btlj Hm heiress (rf H«arB«Mai and har^baMona Hoatbamer Ue was a fah fcsad witkfnj light hair li^thatbs« â- igfa t ad' and avaak, qaeraloiil yoiee. It was just a little bard to tea Bc aia wood slippia? oat of tbefsmil/ befute his Tsry eye** th/Oagh the head- strong whims of a novst-raadiag, heasity-leting (doi of a gift. He, too, waa poocâ€" poor aa Oastso Dantrae liimaeU â€" and at thir^. mam mon was the god of bis idtJataji and to r«gn one day atSoarswood, the perpetual longing of hia life. •And Miss Dangerfield is a yoOng lady whose slaveB must obey, 1 Utink and Scarswood will go out of the fam- ily. Such a pity. Mr. Dangerfield! Now, I should think yoa mi«ht pre- vent that.' She made this andaeions home throit laoiing fall in his pale, thin face, with her blaek, resolnte eyes. 'Ilh.e blood flashed redl^ to tba roots of his dnil ydlow hair. •II My dear madama,* â€" with a hard fatogti-â€" •! stand no eutaoe. I'm not a handsome man.' 'Miss Dagerfield â€" I am a woman, and may say so â€" is not a handsome girl.' •All the greater reason why she should wordiip beauty in^ others. Gascon Dantree, without a sou in his pocket, a foreigner, an adventurer, for all we know to the contrary, will one day reign lord of Scarswood. See them DOW I Could anything be more lover-like than they are.Mrs. Vavasor?' He spoke to her as though he had known ner for years. Some ravport had made those two friends at once. She looked where he pointed, her smile and glance at their brightest. The waits bad ended leaning on her handsome partner's arm, the last flutter of Miss Dangerfield's pink dress vanished in the conservatory. â- I see and in spite of appearances, Mr. Dangerfield. I wouldn't mind bet- ting â€" my diamonds, say, against that botanical specimen in yoi^ buttonhole â€" that Mr. Gaston Dantree, Grecian profile, tenor voice, and all, will reveb reign lord of Scarswood and for you â€" why yOu know the old rhyme " 'He either dreads his fate too much, Or his desserts are small. Who (ears to put it to the toneh. To win or lose it all.' " She walked away with her last words, her ever- mocking laugh com- ing back to him where he stood. What did the woman mean How oddly sho looked and spoke. Uow could shs previut Gaston Dantree marrying Eatherine? But the last advice was good â€" why despair before speaking 'To win oi lose it all I repealed Peter Dangerfield, stroking his feeble colourless moustache. 'By George I I will try. She can but say no.' There was a call for Mr. Dantree ou the instant â€" Mr. Dantree was wanted t3 sing. Mr. Dangerfield stood where he was, aDd saw the dark-ey^d teiior emerge leisurely from the eonservatory. and â€" alone, He sat down at the piano his slender, shapely hands flew over the keys in a brilhant prelude. Ev- erybody was listening -now was his time. Katberine was in the conserva- tory yet. He made his way slowly down tlie long vista of rooms to where, at the extreme end, the green bright- ness of tropic plants gleamed in the lamplight. She still stood where her late com- panion had left her, in the recess of a window,ber robe of pink tissue shming rosily, her jewels glancing softly. Tall tropic plants spread their fan-like leaves about her the air was ricU and faint with exotic odours and over all the soft, abundant light poured down. Gaston Dantree's song floated in â€" an Irish soug, half gay, half sad, whol- ly sweetâ€" and a brooding tenderness lay on the girl's face â€" a great happi- ness new and sweet â€" and made it al- most beautiful. The rain lashed the windows, the wind of the October night blew m long, lamentable blasts through the rocking trees but the storm and darkness without only made the contrast within the more brilliant. 'Eatherine I' She neither saw no beard him until he was close at her side. She lifted up her dreamy eyes, her trance of bliss was over. •Oh. you, Peter I Wbat an odious habit you hsve of stealing in upon one like a cat. I never heard you.' Yon never heard roe. Miss Danger- field I Yon Deed hardly tell me that. You were listening far too intently to Mr. Gaston Dautree to hear anything else.' •Was I ' retorted Eatherine. They rarely met. these two, except to quar- rel. 'Well, all I can say is that Mr. Gaston Dantree is very well worth listening to, which is more than I can say for you, cousin Peter.' 'You mean I'm not a singing man, I suppose, Eathie 7 Well, I admit my brains do not he in my throat add lungs.' 'Nor anywhere else, Mr. Dangerfield.' 'And when is it to be, Eathie ' Mr. Dangerfield demanded, folding his arms 'when are we all to offer bur congratulations Such a flirtation as youhi, my dear oousin, with this Apollo Belvidere from the Southern States, can have but one ending.' •And Busb a fiiftatioo as yours witli this pretty Mrs. V,«rator, from no- body knows where, can have but one ending, too, I suppose,' reqionded Eatherine, coming up to time, bravely. 'She is Rome five or six years your senior, I should think but where true love exiata, wbst doea a little disparity ai years signify A case of wve at sight was it not, eonstn T •Too night hare spared ma that taant, Katberine yon know very well who it is I am so onfortonate as to love.' •Upon my word, I don't. My little oooaiB Peter, bia lorea and bates are salgeets thattroobls me vary klightly. There I Mr. Dantiea's soag is done, and thfsy are phtying tba Laoeers. Bappoae w« laava off quarrsUing and go and have a ooaain|T yadriUa f Hat j9k, Kathia. Icau sodarothis ansp en aa no longer. Ho, yoa Aall not go I will ba baard I To wateh yoa aalbave witahsd yoa to-nigfat with ttp«tM» «ovldiiii^driTama •Waoidiir TiMivlff worth do 70a do it? I don't wwi tabs waleh- ad, and J don't snppoaa Mr, Dantraa does, either. Yon mean Mr. Dantree, don't yoa And, Peter, dou't pat on tbat tragic face it isn't yotur style, dear. You're too fair oosTplexianed. And what business is it of yoara, and why skonld it drive yon mad V •Little need to ask, Katfietina. Toa know only too well â€" beoanse I loye yoa. Satiiie, don't look like that I I loye yoo, and you know it well. I haven't had thoughts or eyes for any living creature bnt you since yoU §rM came here. Ah, Sattiie t Listen to me Don't Utigii, as I see yon are going to. I love you with all my heart â€" better than ever that fellow can do â€" and I ask yon to be my wife. Eath- erine, don't laugh at me, for Heaven's Baker Bnt the warning eatne too late. Katiierine broke ont into a ringing peal of langhter, that the maaio hap- pily drowned. Peter Dangerfield looked desperate- ly in earnest, very, very yellow, and with folded ai|;nB, stood glaring ti her in an uncommonly savage way for so tender a declutition. 'I beg your pardon, Peter, bnt I can't help it. The idea of marrying you â€" only five feet five inches, and an attorney, and my first cousin 1 First cousins should never marry, you know. What would papa say, you silly litUo boy, if be could hear this?' •My uncle knows,' the yonng man answered, with sullen anger 'I spoke to him a month ago.' Miss Dangerfield opened her big, gray eyes. ' Oh, you did t That's what he meant then, that morning after the concert. I remember; he tried to plead your cause. And you spoke to him first and you're a lawyer, and knew no better than that 1 No, Peter it is not possible. You're a nice little fellow, and I think a great deal of you and I woull do almost anything you wanted me except â€" marry you. â€" That's a little too much, even for such a good nature as mine.' ' Then I am to consider myself re- jected?' ' Now, Peter, don't put on tliat ill- tempered face; it quite epoila your good looks, and you have none to spoil â€" spare I mean. Well, yes, then I am afraid you must consider yoticself rejected. I shonld really like to obUge you in this matter, but you perceive I can't. Come, let us make it up â€" I am not angry â€" and take me back to the drawing-room for my dance. It is a sin to miss such music as that.' 'In one moment, Eatherine. Will you answer me this, please Is it for Gastott Dantree I am refused ' ' Cousin Peter, I shall lose my temper if you keep on. If there were no Mr. Dantree in tbe case I should reject you all tho earns. You are very well as a first cousin as a husband â€" excuse me 1 I would not marry you if you were the only man left in the world, and the penalty of refusing you bo to go to my grave an old maid. Is that answer decisive enough ' 'Very nearly I Thank you for plain speaking, Eathie.' He was white with suppressed anger. 'But lest we should misunderstand each other in the least won't you tell me whether or no Mr- Dantree is to be the future lord of Scarswood Park Because in that case for the honor of the family, I should endeavor to discover the gentle- man's antecedents. A classic profile and a fine voice for singing may be sufficient virtues iu the eyes of a young lady of seventeen, but I am afraid they will hardly satisfy the world or Sir John.' ' For the world I don't care that For Sir John, whatever makes me happy will satisfy him. I am trying to keep my temper, Peter, don't pro- voke me too far â€" it is not safe. Will you, or will you not, take me out for the dance. I am not aecustomed to ask favors twice..' How queenly she says it â€" the heir- ess of Scarswood Park. His passion is not to bfe restrained now. 'And it is for this Y^ankee sing- ing man â€" this needy advcnturei' â€" this negro minstrel in his own land, tbat I am cast Gff " She whirled round upon him in a storm of sudden fury, and made a step toward him; But rage lent bim cour- age he ertood his ground. ' You little wretch ' cried Miss Dangerfield, 'how dare you stand tliere and say such things to me â€" How dare you call Gaston Dantree on adventurer? You, who would not dare to caU your soul your own in his presence 1 Negro minstrel, indeed I You wretched little attorney I One should be a gentleman to judge gentle- men. That is why Mr. Dautree is beyond your judgment 1 Don't ever speak to me again. Your very offer is an insult. To think that I â€" would ever marry you, a little rickety dwarf.' And then dead silence fell. I don't uphold tliis heroine of mine â€" her temper is abominable, I allow but the moment the last words passed her Ups her heart smote her. Peter Dangerfield stood before her as wbite as death and trembled so that he wa? forced to gr'aap a gilded flower stand for support. •Oh, Peter t I am sorry I' she cried out; 'I didn't mean that 1 â€" I didn't I I didn't I â€" forgive it â€" forget it â€" my temper is horrible â€" I am awretch,bnt you Imow.' suffering a slight relapse, • it was all your own faolt. Shake hands, oousin and ohj doâ€" noâ€" io forget my wicked wrnds i' Bat be drew back from tlte ont-- stretched hands, smiliJig a ghastly Bteile enough. 'Vatgei th«m? Ctiiiainly Couain Eatherine! t airi notJUie 8(»t of a fellow to beai* ^nte. Yoa are very good and all that, bat if it Lb the same to yod, I'll not ihake bands. And I won't kaep yotl (torn daneidg that foadrille anylonger. t will not your nartner â€" I don't danee ao well as iizi DMitesa, and I see him Mnung this waj now. ExcQse ma tot having tiaaUed jaa with this pMam^itdoilB lore of mine I won't dd H again.' Then ba tonad away, aitd GastcM DMlMa.JoQUaC libs a paetdra in a Stood, ia tba xoae-mrMtbad ai anb. I am aony, and I ham a p otog ii ad,' KaUisdMMBd eoldy. •! eaa do no keep Hr, Dantree waiting, woold raO^ ha did not joat now/ â-  •Oome,XMye,' Ifr. Dwtria eaUad sofkfy^ Ithad eona to that, then it was ^Kathia* and ^OaatoB.' He saw binr draw her hand nnder his arm as one having fiis light; whiter sometbTng in her ear that ht her ea witii sms- shine, and kad ha« sM»mr ^. PMarDngertlld stood akfef/ It* watabad t b^t^fttltjl y of_ sipbtâ€" bia a took in bia snail ^es bad to see. *I have read oi men who sold their' sools tothadavttfcra ttfi«S/' ha said, between his teeth. 'I B t ipp ose th# days for such bargains are ovtf and aouls are ^entiful enough in the king- dom of bis dark m^esty, without pay- ing a itftting. Bnt if those day» eoald oome again, and Satan stood be- side me, I would sell my bouI now tat revenge on von.' •Are yoo sure yoa have one to acUf a dear abaip voioe eloee behind binf said, '1 tiever thonght lawyers wertf toombled with those inconvenient vp- p«tidage»â€" hearts and souls. Well, if yoa have, keep it it is of no use tw me. And I am not Satan, either, bat yet I think for a fair price I eon giv^ you your revenge." He wbiled round with a stifled ex- damatiou. and saw athis elbow â€" Mrs. VafTas*^^ .^'• CHAPTEB m. AMOIIO THS BOSKS.- 6he stood beside him^wMi Mir fleaae' less smile at fts brightest on her small face, looking like some female Mephis- tophles come to tempt a modem Fansf He put up his eye-glass too look at her. What a gorgeous httle creature she waa It was his fi^sttlionght. In the dim yellow light of the con- servatory, the amber silk glistened with its pristine lustre, the yellov* • i^sc'a f^io wo»e made such an admira- ble foil to her dead block hair. 'What the deuce brings me here Don't trouble yourself to ask the ques- tion, Mun ami, your face asks it for you. I've been eavesdropping,' iu her airieet tone 'not intcntionalty. yorf understand,' as the young man con- tinued to stare speechlessly at her tJirough his eye-glass. 'Entering tlio couser\atory by the merest chance, f overheard Miss Dangerfield's htst words to you "a little nKUfe than En, and loss thafflcind,' were they not Per- mit to congratulate you, Mr. Danger- field.' 'Congratulate me I' Mr. Dangerfield rophed, droppiiig his double-barrelled eye-glass and glowering vengefully at the fair creature by his side. 'In heavens name, on what ' 'On having escaped becoming the husband of a termagant. Believe not even Scarswood and eight thousand a year would counterbalance ao attroci- oub a temper as that.' 'Eight thousand a year would conn terbalance with me even a worse tem- per than that. Mrs. Vavasor,' the law- yer answered grimly. 'I am only sor- ry I am not to have the opjiortBuity of trying. Once my wife, I think t could correct the acidity of even Ka- therme Dangerfield's temper and toueue.' 'No you eouli not. Petrnehk) bim- self trould fail to tame this shrew. â€" â-  You see, Lr Mangerfield, I speak from past experience. I know what kicd of blood flows in our spirited Cather- ines-veins.' 'Very good blood, then, I am surrf â€" very pood tempered, too, in the main â€" at least, on the father's side.' 'Ah I on the father.s side I' Tho sneer with which this was said is in- discribable. May I a^k if you know her mother, Mr. Dangerfield.' ' Certainly I did â€" a ducedly fine • womau, too, aud as amiable as she was haudsomc. Cdoiiel Dangerfield â€" Sir John was colonol tljeu â€" married a Miss Lascelles. aud Katlterire wa«» born in this very l«oruse, while ihoy were making their Christmas visit â€" You muy have known her father and mother â€" you certainly seem to know Sir John suspiciously well â€" but dun't tell me Kathenne took her tantrums froa either of them â€" I know better.' Mrs. Vavasor hstcned quietly, ad- justing her bracelets, nud Durst out laughmg wbeu be ceased. 'I see you do â€" you know all about it. How old was Kdtherinc when her father aud mother left EngUnd fof India?' 'Two «n- three years, or thereabouts. It seems to meâ€" -being so well ac- quainted, and all that, as yotl say â€" you ought to know yourself. Was it in England or India you came to know the Governor sc well?' 'In neither, Mr. Dangerfield/' •Or does your acqnaintence extend only to the baronet Gad! bclook«l Uke an incarnate thunder cloud when presenting you. His pabt remeru- brances must be anooramonly pl«fMftrfi ones, I shonld say. I^id you know ilia late Mrs. Colonel Dangerfield, Mrs. Vuyasor ' •I knew the late Mrs. Colonol D:»i' gerfield, Mr. Ddugerfield.' •And yet you say Katherino takes her temper from her mother. My late aunt-iu-law must have greatly changed, then, from the time I saw her last.' 'i repeat it,' Mis. Vavasor said, tapping her fan. Katiiermc inheritH her most abominable temper from bei^ mother-^tlif only inlieritAiico her mother left her, And ehc looks like her â€" wonderfully hk" her-' 90 like.' Mr!^. Vavasor repeated fti a strange, suppressed voice, 'that eould almost take-hor for a ghost in pink gauze.' 'Like her mother I' cried Peter Dan- gerfield. 'I beg your pardon* Mrs. Vavasor, but yon must be dreaming. She is no more like her mother than 1 am. 'The late Mrs. Dangerfield was a handsome woman.' Ho BOM is neadad. fn$ imH luuoyB nru tut ri^ui,. buu x ui bb OS a man of 80, although I am^ td I hate no doubt it will do t^' n others ol my age. It is woinr IWFathof.) â€" '^iMitoy Ueftmt^' Bar BACK 42 Ybaxb. â€" I was tr'abl ed for many years with Kidney Com- plaint. Gravel, Ac. my blood became thin I was dull aud inactive eonld hardly crawl about w^i-s an old worn ont man all over cuuM got nothing to bolp mo, until I got Hop Bitters, and now i am a boy a^atii. My blood and kidneys are all right, aud I am as active OS a man of 80, although I 7a, ftud "" well for a trial'(Fatho«.) â€"fHudif Hbe iwodon World says thttt tbciM Who are fond of the heavy winas of tlie soath of France, the Tins "11 Bbomsi sadi as Ht. Qeorgee, Boos iUon« Oha toia Nealdn Pape. etc., viU be sorry to bear that the vinkge will be dill *} he grapei have been entir V/ ieattoftd t«y mseefs. It is the same in MMto i^Mrtsof thsBotdeaax diatsiolr Aeisordiog to the some jaarua',t:ie en- tire OIos 'vongsot yinta){e i* b'»ogUt and has been for mauy years, by tli# owtiar of the world rtipowoad baffjk aa I D^jon. i ' i â- ! V. i