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 orFi LDINGS, â-  )LLOW BA1 and SliW :Jers Prompt^ Jlfi^d iln ix-ople of M«rkd»le ,.«^t. aiia hope, by elo*rJ^^J*%J ..,! v.iU ill future keep, (ajg. '•-^ BE D AND UNDRBl^. ,.. I.unil r nn.l Lath fro,, „ ' i.HPiii 1 li.iui lu a few lUja. "*•%! tr!ua maimer. •^y Tiph, :hcs. Mcne^i •ii:M.' I'a hiuuiible and StapU K ood^ • iT,T at uced Pricei $H0] '.. !!i .Mrv line. I'K [x^ckery, and Glas.n ' uiiil valuL'R salisfaciorj W [v'^D SAVE MONEY! il ll:c ' Trironto Uou-t." \Vm BROWN LE^M. • ^/J*i(^' cfCBV U FBIDAY WOBlflMO In tiiBO to m«e« the ••rly mtilB. u-rtain» the Utert rorei«t .^ ProrincUl B**J^ Intellirneo. County Bwinees, "!n»a»a«e.»1.5« in three month., r** 1^8Continiie4 ntil aJl arr-gee •»• "*, .n «c^t »» the eption of «! paWidi- " ,i ta Mel J responJwe for the ye«i iub- **" »AIKS OF AUVSMISIMO ^T,rt«r i" *o •••• " "" lighih io do CMI " •.• •• (jii lines and onder, first inaertion.. Zmch ^ab-i«queat innortioa- /-uin sii .n t«n lines, first insertion.. Kuril »!ibsii]uent insertion I Ovi-r ie:i linfs, tirst inaertion per line E«ch sabsepnent ioKertion. I Tbr u amber of lines to be reckoned b}- the J il«»e' "ccapied measured by a acale of ""hu LrefirtT. .MTBTtiseniPutB withont !Ploeific liri^tions wiU be publiibftd tUl forbui and |,„.r^ %ecordiii«lv. All transitory »d-crtis^ UtalD an^-t be inthe o«ee of pablieaUonhy In .d-wk on tb*- Til iT«aaymornii»«pr«x*«- fionssnwAL busmem, DIRECTORY. 8 00 4 00 60 15 75 2r. 8 2 E. "b' WIIiCOI, MARKDALC. ' TT 3^S3^^7 lifc â- g^ VOJL.JLr.%N^ 7. ' yw W t a 1^1 Im. Lgcu Co., BANKERS, MABKDALS T X Kood 8«curuy Ioiiey Leaned ^„!:T*-!^'???»*-' •» -n ti-«, oo endoKMd BotM, «r on «oUitt«sl Meat for All â- '•"•â-  â-  â- ^.â- . .. h W. B. Saijenf s. WATCHES, CLOCKS, MARKDALErjPCTQBJER 28, 1881. I â-  â-  WJ "WHOLE No. 5" TW to tlMU- MABEDAlii: INTEREn AT 6 PQ ttMT. AUow*i oo 8*Tiag. Depo«u. Pra. Spraale '«rter, I Plivnciane, Surgeon- .Accoucheur oKFICii Medical Hall; resideuee at IHuV.Ui" H..n». tfif"'*-' "â- l" 17,1H«0. 1-Y gegaL t'ba«. R. Wilkes, |ji»rn»ter at Law, Oweo Sound. VyyiCEâ€" '^i^erx'H baildiug. OT«r Bobin- -•, iiof*. "uJet SUoet. l-y J. .nASSOiV, jillKlSTKit. MASTKB A.VnDEP. KEU. 5 in Cii»n" ry. Notary Public, Conveyan- ilia-, Oi- n Sounl, in Vickcr's Block, h(,aliU M-; and in .Markdulr, over MeFur- uiJ* .Smrc. on Kriday and Saturday every -k. 57.1 J •U poiati. at jOTnat ntM. itioM â- mda «â-  WlCLQOftS* 1 00. INSURANCE AND UNO ABEKT, LIOBMBSO iffCTIONEEB 'or U« Oouty of anj. Ammt lor lh« bUowinR reliaUo Coaqwaiaa arOZSNS' of Mootiml, â-²QBICnLTUBAL, of Watertown, and tBADB St COM MMBCB. (Mntwl) «f Toronto. Choice Farms for aale. also Fravt A Fro9t, ij\KlllSli:US, AND ATTOUNRYS-AT I) L»w. S^lnitors in C'liaiiarrv, C'onity *. .tc. "vni SoiinJ, have renamed at vftcn, ilrticc Djieu every TUursday, as ^.r.wf'ire. ifuu KnsT. J. W. FaosT, LL. B. Coaiitv (V.rwii Attorney. 1 A Bomber of Tillage Lota Auction H«l««eondaeted in Towner Coun- try on Shortest Notioe. Charges moderate, UiUa, Blank Mote*, and stamps provided. GEO. NOBLE. 1881. 86-ty Mabkda^ Mat Oth. P^ntUtrji. t t! •â-  lif.st Viiliie f.ir vimtHaatj,*. ULE SALE,; jl;] STORl :;ETON. iti'MW n"W arriving ilailv. I ' ;. c-.-.l and ii-s..n.a -trckol ^, FURS, MILLII .3 Clotixine-, :;â-  3HOBS. :ad Grocerif 0!NI POSSIBLE, ,1..'.., 1 Under COJ THIRTY DAYl^ " ...... ill tl.oa:tenti..n 'I the*^ I, «,n.iv Me..-l'l»ll'-- f ""V^i ,p „:;,h ,«uu '""--^^^"^n ,.,.i,.r t.. "â- l-""""'*,!«||ilJ ,,...1 arnw cut.m bo«"" j.«' .1-1 Lave al*ava tea " !,.e..imoaentlv I ran •*'•** ;sible Pf'C^ir IrUvi PBODUC a.., a Inrge qniuility of D GBA£ ...lurvarietic* of SpnP«^( ;,v ...id Clover oe***'^!, ^t ,.\v eU.»u=*eed. yonwuâ€" ' iiticle. •f qiiniities of „ -1^ l^T n, E3 „/T,.w,^i.ipH;i'"^^V« .-• '»*•• P^** i^it^, :«ca"h at Bottom Pri* nr; Jnnir« J. While. (..i.liiMl 111 l)r. Crtiniror, Owen Sound. ii'ii.i. n' \T THi; iii;vk!;k house. iV' lu«.lile. on-t'ie la-it \Vi.i||i.'~:'l«y in iii.i::tli. aiu'ii he will 1«? vr-'jian-l tnjiir rail! lii rr.iiiiis n'.jnirr.l n;iOM the ni'uitii li!iL' lu.i t iti.(in;tor ra:iMiier, an' upon i.ji.i. t.riii.' I y rtUfliCllancoaa. W'.u. ISruwu, ril! dK MMiltlMlK r.iCKNSKS.Ae. â-  1111 â-  !•â-  ';. " â- ' •- • i:;Ma in ;!!! i'..; (.. i.i-ii^« rriini|t'j 1. :i. ' â- â€¢â€¢r.-fii!.;.- ..v.. -it..!. ' Ml. I ;•. i..-.: .1,. i;. â- i' I'strUe se- S. â- Â». ,r. -.I. i.v John H. Hsard, Manafactorer and dealer iu Cntters,Sleighs,Buggi5S, WAGGONS, CULTIVATORS, HORSE RAKES, PLOUGHS, M.IKBOW AND A llkindsof Jarmtnglmpletnents Manufdctnry and Depository, Durham and Hill strents I- L E S H K R T O N .1...1:.' â- â€¢'â-  ' '.f 'fti 'â-  I.ici.-'ne.i, l-'irr :i;.I I |i .|i.i!. A:.'-iil. C'liiimiMsioiii'i a.:. :â- â- .' I'.r •â- .•;.â-  iMenr mil !m'!-mii ;ed •.'i'l'M ••â- " • ••• .IV of WM'V. I',iri!lL-IS, • .1 I..M-I .S.iles, I'viictKal'v at- .1 • • s r i.l.i verv m.),lei:it" â-  'â-  17 .1^ ' 1-v ;i. *!. V- •VrH:l! 1 â- -JIT.!' w.i liK.Ni-'.ii.'.T, LAN';) .\,'"i. ..: ^i" â-  i:.| S'titi HI. Art 1.1 Ji :.;i ;i I I • !1 I'lrt- tif tu(! l'»Jiltv. i, -n! f .1-1 t*'.irini '.A-l. K»*M 'M.I l"l*lt,' «." 1:1^. Ill I S.viii;.! M;;. '.lines; al.-o !.:stiiln. :ii ;,. iii.i. T.e.-. Viiie^. Ai;ricnl- i tinjiliiu' lit' mill Machinery of ail kiniib If. fnu-a^r.ri. j.i-i. -n. /ist. To MY Pathons. â€" 41wa.Ts ahead of an? iu my tritde, \d\ haying the iargext and most CO uveiiieut Factory in this locality, I am prepared to selt Carriages and ImplenieutH of every de^criptroa ia tlie best style of any in the Hiiirkct, aud at itjees as low as any oc- cosilln^ to (he qiialily .vf the work. H:ivi«i; npw.wds of twenty years' experi- ;i .•' I .-.-.a 1 ..uuJ 'Ut that puicUaser.s will j;et ill;. m!v»ii,:»., 1(1 liiiviiif; the vc'ry iH-stniado. I'ui t;e iu -..lilt of It ckzrib)s'e or Implement will do w.-ll to 'ivp isie a chI!, as there are nolle in '.Uv 111 -Vet .v'tieh v 'I eojTi;.r. .vith t!, ill iu ijiiHlity, hljle aud ljai.h tor t'ln prito. 11 -It and rioiiiity for thairlibaial pBtrona«« dar- ing th« paot fhre yars, udbeKato remind tlMMtkiah* ispraiMrad to MMly their «Baa in hia liiMi •» 4 OH h7^ lP ar any one norUt of ^ofoatto. M ui Coati IbIi AWmUPilHUL V. «»MBiipt«f SAUSAGE BTPOUETRY^ •Iwari kept in their SeBMn. the Shop on Mill B«rere Hotel." â- "eett, oppoaite KS'Casli paid fur Fat Cat- tle and Sheep Acain thanking yon for paat ttir^m he tnuta by faithfol attention toyovr WButs to merit a eontinnanee of yoor nippoft. Nonce. â€" Farmers having fat aheep or est- tle to dispoee of will lesve their Mkhreas at Sargeent's W. B. SABJEANT. Uarkdale. Sept. 17th 1880. 1 W. BENSON HAS NOW ON HAND i M Snjpl; of li^iurs WIUCB CAMIIOT BB IXOLLBD. INGROCERIES! Our stock is Fieeh, having jast been par- chased from Uie'beA desSers in the Eaatem markets, Tc'a.s n, Specialt-jv' IscellaneoQS Articles! IpchidinR Lemons, Oranges, acd Fruits of all desciipttoiiH, limy be had ou very ren.son. able terms. ,.MlNliiS A.M I'UDVlNriAL L^"C) .•iir«u\..r. I'r.^iiirhtbinati and Valvater, '"rl nil 1 "' 1 Ulale. Hriviiii^ purclia-'ed • ufinl I,;iii.| .Surveyor Ch.irles ItaiikinV tof rt.«ii iif .11 ii;iual Field Notes, Plaxs, fn.1, luKiru-tiiiiis, lie. .of all hi.s Sui-w?* •il'iiii Mir l^ht lifty-tivi years, I am 'luiiu.l,,. Surveys in strict aecord- ibi-rrw ii I'rotiles and Ebtimate.' lijriliu:; M 1I-, l'i;iiis an. I Speciticatinns |ihi!l:ii_' iir i '1-.., (iiriiihlied on applica- 1..iirt '.. l...:iii at " [ler cent intere-t. Ierl,vl..;u.i...r leh with li. J. BLYFII, kkiilf. will u. promptly attended to. Vw. IT. Kri. l-v T. E. D.4 VI ». i^'^W'Elt ,\ CO.NTUaCTOR, (RU.ne and I Ki.-^teriii^' and Country Jobs. "I*.' ticu le.l to. Stoneeuttint; a 8p»- iinai.-i on all work. free. SatiK- " Foxtxn.-.-i, •^« liesideiiee eonerOf »aJ .S|,r.. .;,. Streets, Maixdalb. "l"' *1. liJiO. 16-5 I'-)EhAi. ai.h;nt and deafeb in 1 .Niirsev â- M.i.k, WUUamsford Station. â- 17. l-*o. 1 AVM. FOX, ' t Ornaaienlal Plasisrsr i:es for sto'ie and brickwork on ap- SatisfaetioP Ouranteed. Uesi- f-ijui'er Street, Markdalo. fUl. Sept. 17. 18»0. 1-T i^trU. HOTEL, ^i%KU.U%l.E. SPBOULiE/- Proprietor. |i"l ul.:!' Hotel has had a liu^e ad- l*^'"!! 1.1 1, 1 to il. tliorou«bly refilled, " «' MiMii.lto none inthe Msnty. "^\iw iuil attentive ostler. Finit- f^mtuhi.ition for commercial traval- r«rnis :$ i.o» per 4ar. l7-ljr ^AFORD, Ont. PaoraiBTSB*. imate that my atS^' !*'Wiuodatiou for the travelling 1 ^. ' IS well stocked with the ^me-i and Li-iuors and the best ,^ u uud from all truns. "1 1*W. l-y lORT [ned ont and show of A| U0CK8e»«'«'y 1 the past, «4 *«,•*' ^^ Mercial hotel *^RlCEVIl,l_iE. Ont. ly^'J oxmmodions Sample Booms IT» aouui ,vc. The Bar and larder rw^l with the best the market »f I T.',*"'"'t »'iJ attentive HosUer'e- mos. ATIUNSON, Proprietor. fictort^ House, OWEN SOUND. """".__- Pbobbibtob. ,^.80 long the especial favorite of ^r^;?"""^*?- i^w been refitted P t ini..«' "' " "' "P*" '" tiie "»- lao,^"' i " "hiu e»«y reach of the K" Ui^ i, " "»" »JT»utage of being „.V!l"' !f^"^« =ito«te on U»ion ec-ij _^^, a a, I'^TISIIES to tender to his nnmerons » V eusti'iiiwrs kin since' thanks for their v.^ry liberal patrai«i(;o d^nn^ the 15 ycnrs ho has lieen in the Harness Business in Mark- lUle. an would respectfully solicit a continu- ance of the satae, feeing oonfiident 'that he can give Kiiiire KatUfactUm. Kverythinf; usn:illy kept in a 1** I WL SHTo^LAS^ HIHXE33 ESTAaLISMSIEML always on band, and »cAi a. moderate rates. laCNoue but ^ood workman employed and the best of materiala used. Markdale, Kar. 18. 18do- lo SH70PI HOW YOU VAS! T MULAKKE^, (|Cr£BM STUEET Keeps constantly on hand CHURNS, BUHER-TUBS WASfi-TUBS, c., Ac. Rrpairiii§ Dont teilk Seatneu and Ditpatek. AtiEJVT FOB I M: A X: 'WELL'S CZLF.BBATBD reap:bb, MOWER, and RAKE, Pl wg^ g, Harrows, CfMig, Drills Etc. Etc. I Mhrklofe. June U. 1881. 89 It ProY'wce Ontario Directory For 18818it, TO BE PDBU8HED INNOVEMBEB, '81, Price S5.00. MB. LOVELIi, at the reqnest of several Merehants and others of the Province of Ontario, uf the City of Montreal, Ac, begs o annonnoe that his firm will pnblish a FBOVIBCK OF ONTABIU DIBECTOBY. in November next, eontaining an Alphaboticai Diroctory ABD A TBOBOOOOa OliASSIFIBP Business Directry of theBoainess and Piof o e ei enaJ men in the Cities, Towns and Villagee of Ontario, with • ' CIlASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY CITT OF MOMTBEAL. The same care and attention bestowed on the Dominion and Provuieial Direetoriea of 1H71 will be rflren to this work. Sabaeriber* ismea mspeetfolly soUeited. Tenaa of Ad- rertisln g made kitowa npoo apvlieatioa. JOHN LOVKLL A SON. PnhUahan. Montreal. Oeeamher, 1880. HAJR CUniNQ AND SHAVIN € oa 1 I WtinnJay Md Sahardajfi, P. S. â€" Tiime iii-lel^^efi lo too undersi.'^ieu woalil do vii 11 to eelile nt onre «rd SITP furlli: r troi:!i" .is Ar\ in need of luonny. beie;^ iii-w c:»p^^i»d I»i llie ivoctkir! of a new brJcV. iu:idiug and ri'ti-iire the money. Wlison Benson. J. Markdale. Anfr. 10th, 1 881 5 ly. THE SubscHboT, in returning thanks to the inhabitants of Markdale and sur- rounding; cooiitry for their patronage during the past eight years, be^s to intimate to them be iu how prepared to supply the Public with FRUIT, POUND PLUM CAKES, either plain, or Iced and Omainepted, anda large Variety of Other Cakes' always on hand. Also, Z 3 C TT Z T of every description, from tlie bOAt mann- factAerson Ontario. Also, a large and va'ied assortment of the CHOICEST C ONf E C T iONERT i BRIDES' CAKES. •uppliod OB the ahorteet notiee, and got np in the beet etyle that ia done this nde of Toronto. Tn Ue%, Socials, OTHER PARTIES, snpphed on the shtntest notice and on mostreaaonable temui. the »y fTOin "iit *oeatb Stoaee. 'X'boiiicia JOHN MONTaOMEBT. Markdale. Nov. 18. a 181 8 lo-ty ROBT. ASKIL., Hm- opened out a Fint-Claas Furniture UNDERAKIN6 ESTABLISHMENT, And therefore has rappli«d a want long felt, espeeiaUy iu the Undertaking Line. OOrFINB. OdBKBTS, 8HB0UD8. aadaO FUNERAL FURNISBINaS, â- nppUed oa the alKirteB Splendid IBearse larhitaaiaiodento ftm. lUrkdAto, Jtily 31, IWL 46-aai, P 1 FUENITUBllI From lite toau«aa«»iila aiii Ulitt Stfit, ia •tWTthiac^ tkW a^- 3.01 anl we lor yo ui e rtw t tx| iKtfM«aV\ ROBT. ASKIN. 4 tif*.- •SaehanuMcaUaaiacaiocl KThal • wretch f mut lodt Mips ^t Captab DeTere paid me eomplijsenta last Diffbt; JeO u lere witiime, I bf lieveâ€" at least m maeh in love ^sa heayy draoon ean ever fikll. If he sawmenowl* I belieye 111 go to bed, after kll.' Mrs. yanuor went to bed, and her eyes closed in gratefol slamber befuTe her heed wee fairly on the pillow. And M die lood-Toiced elook over the stables chimed the qnartet past ten she eame floating down the atiin in a rose eashaoeie rott d» mttn, and all bar feathery Uaok naglflte dloai. 4 'Aai I finA, I wander r she seid, Bfftos in. 'Ah, ad dear fiir John, what an aarly riser yon always were. YoQ don't forget yoor military habits, tbongfayoa sr» one of the richest bar- onet* in Sussex. ' She held out iter slender white band, all aglitter with rings. But as she had reAiaed it last night, so the baron- •* '%?^ **** proffered baud clasp this mommj}. He stood tall and stem, and grim as Badaaiiuithus himself, drawn np to his fall height. 'We are quite alone, Mrs. Vaya- sor, since you have chosen to call your- self by that name, and we can afford to drop privaie theatricals. I fancied yon would be down before Katherine, and J have been waiting lor you here for the past hour. liaiTiet Ilarmau, you must leave Bcerswoud, and at once.' Sir John's guest Lad taken a tea- rose from a glass n{ flowers ou the breakfast table, and was ulaborately fMteaiog it amid the luxuriance of her blaek hair. She laughed as hor host ceased speaking, and n:ade the rose secure ere she turned from the mirror. 'That's an improvemsut, I think â€" yellow roses always look well in black hair. What did yon say. Sir John? Excuse my inattention, buttbe toilette before everytbiug with us Pariuiennes. I must leave Scarswood at once I Now, really, my dear baronet, that is a pbaso of hcspituliry it strikes menot strictly Arabian. Why mus*. I go, and why at onco ' 'Why I 1'.-;. aik that question ' 'Ccrtaiuly I ask it. Why am I not to remain at Scarswood as long us 1 please ' 'Becsuse.' the Indian officer said, frigidly, '^ou are not .fit to dwell an bour, a miuuto, under the same roof withâ€" with my daughter. If yon had I'osseRsed a woman s heart, a shadow ol heart, one spark of womanly feeling, yon would never have crossed Kather- lues path.' 'Aiiaiu 1 ask, why ?* 1 huTC givnu you your answer .i.!- rvjady. Yn .-ire i;ot ftt^ â€" you uro r.i. ab5^ci;iie ff^r my yoonj^ ^irl. I know the lifj you led at Hoinburg.' "You dp .\ud what do you know uf luy life to iuy tlisciedit ' Mrs. Vj. v;isci;- demaiideil, in her cprightliest lunuucr. 'I sadly fear some malicious person has 'leeii poisouinjj your aim- pie miud, my dctir Sif John. I re ceived a saliiry at Hombnrg, 1 adiuii; I lured a few wejik-niiiidcd â-  victims, '.vilh more money than brtius, to the Kersall; I gamliled ever so UiUe per- haps myself. But what would you have? i'jor little women must live, jieuuiless widows must earn tlieir bread and butter, and I laboured ac- cording to my light. Who can blame me Agsmbler's decoy is not a very reputable profession, but I did not se- lect it because I hked it. Ae'you say here in England, it was "Hobsou's choice." To work I was not able, to beg I was ashamed. Amf I gave it up, when I heard of your good fortune â€" for ever, I hope. I said t«» myself, "Harriet, child, why lead this naughty life any longer ?â€" why not give it up, pack your it unks, go back to England, and become virtuous and happy Here is your old friend â€" well, ac- quaintance, then â€" Colonel Danger- field, a baronet now, with a magnifi- cent estate ia Sussex, and eight thou- sand a year. Yon did him good ser- vice once â€" he is not the man to forget past favours; hs will never see you hungry or cold any more. And a;; tiu is there â€" the UtUe Katherine, whom fifteen years ago yon were so fond of â€" a young Isdy, and a great heiress now. To see her occu more, grown to a iQvely English miss â€" wliat rapture I' She clapped her Uttle hands with a ver} foreign gestuie, and lifted two great imploring eyes to niit iMc. The baronet sighed heavily. 'Heaven help you, Harriet!' Yoo might have been a hotter woman if you had loved the child or anything else. Butyou never loyed any humau creature in the world bat yourself, and never will. I suppose it is nut in your nature.' Have you ever soen the swift pallor of sudden strong emotion show aud'r rouge and pearl powder It is not a pleafiant sight. After the baronet's last words there was a dead pause, and m the dull, chill light he saw that ghastly change come over her. 'Meyer loyed any human creature in this world ' She repeated his words slowly after him, then broke suddenly into a shrill hingh. Sir Johfi IHiogerfieId.afler half a|ccntary of this life's yicisaitades, the power to Je astonished at anything earthly shonld have left all women, but you are sixty odd, are you not? and if I obose 1 could givs yon a glimpse of my past Ufe that would rather take yon by surpriw. But I don't ehoose â€" at least not at present. Think me heartless, unprincipled, without oyta- nsienee or wouitmh fceliuo'-^what you will â€" what docs anything in thi£ low-^ er world signify except costly draues, good wines, and eomfortable inoomee And that Iwiags me bAek to the point, and I tell yoa eooUy, and deliberately, and determinedly, that I wont atir one sten from Seaavood Park ittttfl I ^«e fit. '.I^ie folded her hands dfiid over the 'other, and looked up in his set, stem fltoe, with an aggravating smile on "bei TSr^A "H^iM dear baraost, U »] do no good. I vaat go. Bat ycai acs toomneh a soUisraad a gentleman fi even try to MDy a poor Uttle womao Iik me. I havwao olgeet ia view in ooming to beacawood; wfaaa that objeot is at- tained, I shall 4eave â€" not one instant btien,' •Andyoarob}eetis 'A seerst at present. Sir John. As ioQ joor daa^ter' â€" w^ aneerina em phasisâ€" r should be the best jnoiga, I think, as to whether or no I am a fit associate for bar. Miss Dui^arfield appears to be a yoaaglady iaayary way qualified to ti^e «ai« of herself. And now. Sir John, as we thoroughly understand each other, suppose we take breakst. It is past ten, and I am bongry.' •I aavn tasakfssl vitiwnl Kathar- ine.' tiv^"battesk »s»iiad aoldl|y. 'lbs. Ilaniiaa I'â€" abrapttyâ€" they say eteiy man has Us fries â€" will yon name years, and leaye Bearswood tat everf 'Now, wbatan indelioate way of pat- ting itâ€" my price I' She laughed. 'Well, yes, Sir John. I don't mind own- ing as much. I have a price. Do you know what I said t3 myself last night when I first entered Bearswood 7 I said, 'I wonder if Sir John would marry me if I asked him ' And, Sir, John, Ivronder if you wooldu't?' 'Mrs. Herman,' the Indian officer answered, with a look of disgust and oontempt, 'let us keep to the subjeet in hand, if you please. I am in no humour for witticisms this morning.' 'Which, translated, means, I sup- pose, yon would not marry me. It's not leap-year, I am aware, and my proposal may be a Uttle ont ot place. But just think a moment, Sir John â€" what if the telling of your secret de- pended on it, and I should really Uke to be my lady â€" what then ' 'Mrs. Herman, if you say auather word of this kind I will turn you ont of tlie house. Am I to understand, then, it is to tell yon have come hither ' His voice broke a little the strong, sinewy hand that lay upon the broad window-sill clenched. He bore him self bravely before her, but there was mortal fear and mortal angnish in the old soldier's blue eyes. 'For God's sake tell me the truth ' he said. 'What have you come to do? 1 saw yon in the coneervatory last night alone with my nephew â€" do you mean to tell him ' Thcr was an easy chair close to the window the widow sank down in its silken cushions â€" all this time they had been standipg â€" and she flung back her Uttle, dainty, ringleted head. 'As this conversation wiU be pro- longed, no doubt, until Miss Danger- field appears, we may as weh take a seat. So yon saw me in the conserva- tory last eight witli your upphow I did uiit kiiow you ;lid me the honour to w.'vtch me, t3ir J. iiu. AVcIl, yer;, 1 was i.i tha coi;st'rvi".torv 'yst night with Mr. I'eter Dangoi fiold." '.\.i)d you told liiia all"' 'I told hi.nâ€" not'iir' My dear old baronet, wiiit an i-i;'-;'c:le 3'.n lua-^t tLiuk inp. Y/hy shou"d I tell him?â€" apoorlitllo pet!ifijj;;xing attorney. I only diow liiiu oui, there â€" read him, you know â€" and he ia very largo print, indeed. \Vce lo the luau or woman that btauils lu his path to fortune! â€" Letter for them they had never been born. He never f.dt a touch of pity or mercy in his lifo for any living Ihinit, and never will.' •I know it ' the baronet said with a groan. '1 know it t; a'ell. My life has been a life of terror eince this iu- heiitauce fell to me â€" fearing him, fearing yon. If he bad been any otlier kind of a man (i-su the kind he is, I â€" think â€" I know I would have braved all consequences, and told him the truth, and threw myself ou his gener- osity. My Iif has been one vt pro- louired misery since we camo to Scars- wood. I knew if you were alive, yon would huni^ mo down as 3'ou have. It would be better for me I were a beg- gar ou tli£ streets.' Mrs. Vayasor listened to this pas- sionate tirade with airiest indifference. 'Then go and bi a beggar on the streets,' she responded 'nothing is easier. Throw yourself opou your nephew's generosity â€" lell him that Ut- tle episode io both our Uves that hap- peneii in Paris hospital fifteen years ago â€" tell him, and see how generous, how magnanimous he can be. You saw me talking to bim, yon say, in tiie conservatMy last nigb|y Would you like to know what we we were talking about? Wellâ€" of Katherine ' He stood and looked down at the small mocking face, and the derisive black eyes, gnawing the ends of Ids gray moustache, 'Of Katherine,' l^s. Vavasor said. 'He told me he remoabered her an in- fant here â€" ^in this very honee, that she was two years old when she left England with papa and mamma. I asked him if he recalled her looks fif- teen yean ago, but naturaUy he did not.' Mrs. Vayasor laughed at some in- ward joke. 'Do yon know. Sir J hn, he is in love with the huireseof Soarswcod, and would mar^ her if she would let him? He proposed last night â€" ' 'What ' the bfcrouet cried eagerly 'he adrad Katherine to marry him And she â€" what did she say 7' 'Called bim a rickety dwarf â€" tmtli- ful, hot nuploasant and said no as your taigh-B{urited daughter knows bow to say it. Hs's not handsome, and Miss Daogerfiaid dearly loves oeanty. BhoreaemUeefaer mother in many thingsâ€" in that among the rest She rafosedMr. Daagerfieli last night â€" st31 1 think, ^y dear baronet, I shall harve the pleasote yf eons^ratu- Uting JM b)|«p t)M«#eaasiun of a son- in-hhr.'^* 'What no Ton mean?' ,. 'Ezanse me; oar hangbty Utile Katherine might not Ibank me for flieddlmf with ber MfMrm i* eaitr. And I wish so mMi to stead VsU with the dear ehild. 80 sflsetiowits a dao^jhter can have no seerels from yon â€" shs will teU you aU abc nt it her- s^, no doubt, biefore (he day ends. (Sit iete, I eitf iafsl jr pnmjse 1 shall 'IsBVaflaarsr ytm DllUtetjng!:ir day, to nSom no moie.' jon shonM feel inoUned that way. my ' He looked at her in painfnl, sn^ioas sOflMa. He felt that bebud her words a eovert throat Uy. 'Before her wedding iij. The duld is bat sewentean, and not likely to a«z7 Car three or Jour yean yet. I don't know what yoa maan, Hamst. I'or pt\y sake ^laak ^ainlyâ€" let ns .ondantand s«eb other if we can. I don't want to be hard on yxii Heaven knows. I would poor oat money Uke water to sseare my daughter's happi- ness â€" and yon â€" oh surely I of aU the creatures ou earth, you should be the last to harm her. IJkm't betray meâ€" dont betr^ bter â€" don't ruin her life. I know I ooght to tell honour, truth, with all the mstincts of my.life, urge me to speak, bat I know bO weU what the rasaR wooll be, and t daiaaoti' A stiflal sob shook the oldMldisr-s voiaar"' 'I ioaa hsc iMMar jpaa «lar taitit lovad a eUld blb«^-beM« I think tfian aver, if that ««ta poaaibto. iteca lfa» ssw daagar threatened. If yon keep sdenee there is nothing to fearJn Heaven's name, Harriet, men- tion any som yon Hke, however exor- bitant, and leave this house at onee and for ever.' She sat and listened, without one touch of pity for the love she could not fathom; she sat and watohed him without one sftonia|p'f|ance of the hard eyes. There was an unpleas- ant tightness about the thin lips, an almost diaboUeal maUce rn her fnrtive gaze. 'I will take ten thoosand pounds, and I will leave Scarswood a week pteceeding Miss Dngerfield's wed- ding day. The sooner the day is named the better. That is my uUi- wiatum.' 'A week before her wedding day I do yon harp on that? ^I tell you she has no idea of being married for years â€" a child of seventeen I' 'And I tell you she has. Childrbu of seventeen in this year oi grace have very grown up notions. Miss Danger- field had two proposals of marriage last night one she reinsed, one she accepted, if you have patience, your future son -in law wiU be here for his answer before dinner. As Katherme will be ou his side, yonr anjwer will be "Yes," of course, tliough i»e were the vilest blackguard in England. If that tall slip of a girl told you to swear black was white, you would swear it, and half believe you were not perjuring yourself. Yon are too old to Iciirii wi*iom now, my poor Sir John; Lut if you were a younger man, I would try and convince you of the fol- ly of loving, with such blind, dog-like devotion, any creature on this earth. No one alive is worthy of it â€" least of all a woman. You would die to make her happy more, the sonl of honour, by traiuing and instinct, you are yet ready to commit (//jhouonr for her sake. And she â€" if you stand between Lor and this good-looking gd venturer, only seen ioi tbe firpt time a few weeks !vg- s'lc will satyoii doVu as a tynvnt and monster, and run away to Scot- land the instant he asks her. Oh, yes, slio wi-l I'm a woman, and I know ruy ssx. They're like cats; stroke them the right way an^^hsw-i) par for ever stroKe them itee^bBfir way, and their sharp c)aa4 wenja^e your flesh, though yours the hand that li.as fed and caressed them all their life. Katherine is no worse than the the rest, and Wmq she leaves you and runs away witli him, she is ot-ly true to ber felme nature. I will take ten thousand pounds, cash down, one week before the day fis.od for Kathie's wedding, and I'll leave Scarswood, and yon, and ber, for ever â€" with the se- cret untold. The sooner tlie day is fixed, the sooner you are rid of me. And I'll never come back â€" I'll never ask you for another stiver. Now we understand each other, and we'll get along comfortably, I hope. Don't let as talk any more on this subjeet it isn't a pleasant one and Sir John, do, do try and look a little less like a mar- tyr on the rack! Don't wear your heart on your sleeve, for the davB cf society to peck at. You know that tiresome story of the Spartan boy and the fox, or wolf â€" which was it The anitnal gnawed at his vitals, but he kept his cloak well over it and bore the agony with a smiling face. I think the horrible little brute lays hold of all mankind, sooner or later only some suffer and make no sign, and others go through the world howUng aloud over the pain. I have hid my wolf for tlie last umeteen years â€" you would not thuik it, would you Don't let everybody see yon have a secret, in your face, or they may find it out for themselves, if you do. Here oomes our little truant at last and JJieu wttrci, for I am absolutely famished ' Clearing the last three steps with a jump, aoeordiug to custom, all flutter- iii crisp white muslin, and lit up with bright ribbons, Katherine came into the room, her happy face sunshiny enough to illnmiuate aU Sussex. 'Late again, papa,' throwing ber arms around him after her impetuous fashion and giving liim a sounding kiss 'but laot night was an exception- al oeoasiun in one's life one was pri- vileged to oversleep sne's self this morning. Oh, papa I' with a little flattering sigh, 'what a perfectly doli- eions party it was!' 'My dear,' her father said in a eon- strained voice, 'don't yoa aeo Mrs. Va- vasor ' Pihe liad not tmtil that momoaW In her .own happiness she had forgotten the very existence of lier fisther's guest. Her face clouded ever so sliffbtiv now as shb turned to meet the Uule wo- man's gashing greeting. 'Dearest Katharine â€" oh, I really call poo Katharineâ€" how well, how bright yoa are looking this morning. Look at that radiant faoe. Sir John, and teU would you think tiiia ehild had danced twenty-fonr cnnaacntive times last night r I eouiited, my pet,' with her tinkling laugh â€" â- danced until broad day this morning. Ah, how daUghtfal to be sweet seaentesa and able to kxk Kke this irflar along night's staNly WBltnm' Bha .wonir hf^ve kisaed her, bat Kaihecine's crystal alear aiesdete^ed the range on her li|«, aad Kalfasriaa, feresse ws riiall bemat friendsâ€" dont yoQ Monk so, Hir #ofan?â€" if oriy for her mother's sake.' 'Mjr mother's sake " Kathetine re- peated. 'Ton knew mj melher f 'Vesy weU, indeed, ay dearâ€" I was her moat intiiiiato friend. Aad yoa are Ifte her â€" like her every wa y i n faoe, in manner, in voice. I UHttild have been fond of yon m any ease, but sinoa^nfsiahta yoorawlbaaalrong- ly, think bow I mast love yoo now T CflAFTEBVi BBpalseinher whole 4*9. rii^ik haek pMp^diiv. il 'JPyifer iMia.jy^«^ «^«to«ne4 gayly 'yoa won't kiss me, you prwad Jittia English gitl 7 Never mind, 1 Mn. Vavasor ndght ha naiar ao vieaeioaa, bat it waa a very deot, net to say gloomy, HMst. Sir John sakmoadity, sating Uttta* aad vateh- ia^hia iaaghtof with smoga sew iatMsltohia^aa. Hia seoiMd thkfesBad onHmdhba.' It awdjr bad eno«f b to hava Ihia obiio«- iooa visitor OB his faaads, wilhool an ohjactionaUa â- on.in-law Hong in his faoe wiUy-nilly 1^. Whooan the man be f He had. not, if yoa wil be- lieve it, the remotest idea. He had been so oom^etely absorbed by his espionage over that Uttle widow all night ho hadscaroely once remarked his daughter. Who can that man be 7 He thoaght over the list of his unmar- ried masculine gnests, and Ut upon Captain De Vers, ot the plongei 8, as the man. 'And if it be he,'the baronet thoaght with an inward groan, 'there is noth- ing for it but to make a clean breast of it before ttao wedding. And how wUl it be then He is a very heavy swell, De Yere, and wUl one day write his name high in the peerage. He may be in love with Katiterine now â€" how will it be when he knows the truth Heaven help me was eyer man so badgered as I am ' Katherine was very sdent, too even her hearty girl's morning apetite seemed to have failed her. She trifl- ed with what lay on her plate.a tender half-smile on her Ups and in her eyes. Liove had taken away appetite. How handsome he had looked I the meQow lamp-light of the conservatory stream- ing across his dark, southern beauty. How nobly he had spoken I And he had feared refusal â€" this darling of the gods I He had thought himself un- worthy the heiress of Scarswood â€" he who was worthy the heiress of a throne. 'I am glad I am an heiress for his sake,' she thought 'I only wish my thonsacds were millious. 'Oh. Gaston to think that proverty would be an obstacle to me. I am glad you are poor â€" yes, glad, that I may give you all that 1 may be in every way the good angle of jour life.' Mrs. Vavasor chattering cheerfully on all imaginable subjects, asked her a question. It had to be repeated nro it reached her ear, dulled by her b'is- ful trance. She Ufted her dreamy ejcs. 'What did you says, madame ' Mrs. Vavasor's rather shrill laugh chimed forth. 'What did I say, maJame I and I have asked her thee times. No, my dear, I'll not repeat my -question as to wljether you'll drive me to Castlcford if it clears up, as 1 see it is going to do, being quite certain you \nll liave other and pleasanter company. Look M that abiitracted f.ice. Sir John, and tell me what you think.' The baronet's answer was a sort of growl, as be arose abruptly from the ta'jle. 'I am going to my study, Katherine and I want to speak to you â€" will yoi^ come ' 'Speak to me, papa ' Katherine repeated, faintly, her colour coming and going nervously for the first time in h rlife. 'Yes.' He offered her his arm,look- ing grimmer than she had ever seen him in all her experience. 'Mrs. Va- vasor will find some other means of amusing herself besidas that drive to Gastlefurd. My carriage aud coach- man are at her service if she reaUy desire it.' Verv well, papa,' Miss Dangorficld responded, with a meekness venr dif- ferent from her usual manner of frank impertinence wbieh sat so weU upon her. Gould he know?' she was think- ing in some trepidation. 'Can he know so aooL 7 Did he sea us in the conservatory together 7 and, oh I what wiU he aay ' Mrs. Vavasor watclied the Stalwart soUUerly fiigure, and the slight girlish form on hu arm from sight, with a hard, cold gUtter in her black eyes. 'Your coachman is at my servioer Sir John, but your daughter is not. And her Royal Highness the Frinoess of Scarswood, would not let me kiss her this morning. Like her mother agaiu â€" very much Uke her mother, indeed. And I liave a good memory for all sights, UtUe and great.' Bu: John's study was a ooey room, on the same floor with the breakfast parlour,and oommauding a view of the entrance avenue with its arching elms He placed a chair for his daughter, still in grim sdenee, and Katherine sank into it iu a little flutter of appre- henaioa. Fear was a weakness that perhaps had sever troubled the girl in ber Ute. Whatever the blood iu her veins, it was at least thoroughly brave And womitn like, it was more for her lover than hwself she troubled now. 'Papa won't like it,' she t'i}agbt 'Gaston's proverty will be a drawback to him. He will forget he was poor himself only half a year ago. and re- fuse his consent. No, he won't do that lie woald eonsent to anythins, I thmk, sooner than see me miser- able.' •K«thscine.'ber father begaa abrupt- ly, 'Patar Dangerfield propoaed last night.' Katharine looked up with a start. Nothing waa farther from her thoaght at that momaat than her eeosin Petar â€" shs h*d anting lurgotte* liim. and their-faarral of last night. -Peter 7 Oh, yea. papa.1 tocgo* aaahoalit.' 'Hjuapfa I highly «ompUmaatry to Peter I seed hardly aak if yoa lef ased him. Miss DamMksld r 'Qarteinlyl rafassd hkar Mias iPa^lgprfield retorted. Jmt ing.'now«he;had fewid hir 'and his declaration endad in ao of a tow.' 'i'he lieinws of Ste w w o od 4«Val8gind.Mt I-kaow ball Vevar ht- galanifitfvaths afr a at He's oaa of yoor aiea, -^oiei, inoflbnsive peoplo ^boig^%lfaMi«k Atfee tones every Papa's yiaioe wiMitepibly steiftr- (or him. Miss DanferftsUlinug har- head in deserve! ecatMoa. 'Fapa, yoa know what an abomiO' able **"mfl I've got aud sliU more aboi^hiaBa longa»-.-i called hi« a ru^aty dwarf.' •gertsrtw* V 'I'm sorry, papa,' Katherine r«pa«t- ed solleaty, and not teoking op. *I apnlngiiwd jitiaaUI eande it^aahid aad eaa't ha fMBlM so jMI^ vOI do no good DOW,* Tbare was Anm lbs a moment. A Pituar Uiat even her wiaked words ossmed too trifling to eall thera aver* spread his face. •A bad business,' ht ao^Mrad. 'Petar Dangerfie^will never fo«aet or forgive your insult as long as he lives. Heaven help yoo now,ehi]d, if fon ar« ever in hia power/' 'Id hia powerl :• Peters I' Kather- ine said, hfttng her head haoghtily. 'What nonsense, papa I of oourse I shall nsrer be hi bis power. And he pcevokad me into saying it, if M eomsatolhai. What bcsiaess had he to speak as he did, to hmltâ€" ' lOmDMitvflsld palM h«saU or ?5»»"t with a Ml, and looked apt 'laaut whom, my daaghtar T miDd, p^a â€" a lUaad of mine.' 'Awl a rival of hia. Ww it 0^ tainDeVere, Sathie7' 'Captain De Yere Ob, dear, no. papa I C^tains Qp Vere can %li» his own battles â€" he's big enoogh and old enough. He has nothing to do with m«.' 'Then somebody has. Yoa ara keepini; something from me, and fiiat isnot Ukeyon, Kathie. You had an- otlier piDposal last night.' Katherine looked at her father ia sheer amaze. Why, papa, you must be a wisaid how do you findtbose things out Did â€" you Bee me in the conservatory 7' 'I did not â€" I did not deem it was necessary to plaoe Katherine Danger- field under snrveillanee at her first party.' 'Papa r •Ob, child I You compel me to say cruel things. The world will watch yon if I do not, and report all ehort- somings.' 'The world may,' said Katherine proudly. I nave done nothing wrong â€" I know who told you â€" yon would never play the spy it was that odira 4 woman in the breakfast room. Who is she, papa, and what does she do here, and how long is she going to stay I don't know anything about her, I hate her already. Who is she T 'She is Mtb. Vavasor. Never mind her at present, my dear â€" yon are the subject under discussion. We have not come to this other lover yet â€" let us come to him at once. Two lovers I and yesterday I thought yon a child. Well, weU 1 it is the way of the world â€" the female portion ot it at least. Katherine, who is tiio man ' She lookeil up â€" grow very palo â€" • met her father's s^m, aomiwta\ eyes, and looked down. 'It is papa, papa t don't be amrry He can't help being poor â€" and 'Iâ€" I like him â€" so,' wiih little gasps. 'Oh, papa, please You never were cruel to your little Kathio in all your life â€" please don't bejriu now.' lie stood very still, listening to this outburst with a face that grew every moment grayer. 'Aud it Deeds such a preface n.? this You have lo plead for him before even you toll his name. Who ia ho, Ka- thie ?• Siiogot up, flung her arms around him, and hid hoi t.icc on his shoulder. 'It is â€" papa, p-p-plcaso don't be angry. It is Gaston Dantree Y The murder was out Of all tJio men ho had thonglit of, he had never onco tiionght of him. Gsstou Dan- tree An utter stranger â€" a singer of songs â€" his voice giving him the entrte into houses whore else ho h«d never set his foit. A schemor probably â€" an adventurer certainly â€" a foreigner alsaâ€" and Sir John Daugerfield Lad all your true blue Briton'e hearty detestation of foreigners. 'Kathie.' he oould iust exolaim. 'that man I' [to BK CONTINnED.] "Don't kmow half thkib' V*h;e. â€" Ihey cured me of Agne, Billiousness and Kidney Complaint, as recom- mend. I bad a half bottle left which I used for my two little girls, who the Doctors and neigfaboors said eonid not be cured. I woald have lost both of them one night if I had not given them Hop Bittors. They did them so mnch good I oontinued their use until they were cured. That is why I nay yon do not know half the vala«of Hop Bitters, and do not reconimend them high enough." â€" B., Rochester, N. Y. â€" A'»«ricin Rural Home. ABOUND THE WORLD. Tlie hiiiiding frade of Toronto foots up to $1.802,250 â€" a decrease iu value this year ot $292,000 Bible is the name of a man recently nominated for offi'.:e in the State of rennsylyania. •IT NEVER FAILS. Dr. Fowler's Extractof Wild Straw- berry is an unfailing remedy for all kindi. of bowel complaint, Wdliam and Robert Donnolly have been eonuaitted for trial ou the charge of firing Stanley's mill. Pere Hyacintho has been leetoring in Paris oa the htto Pres i d e nt Garfield to crowded audiesces. GET THE BEST. Dr. Powler'a Extract of Wild Straw, berry is the bost,m(ist prompt and saf- est care for Cholera Morbusâ€" Jysen- tery â€" Sick Suom-och â€" Crampa â€" 1 Oholie and CboJeri lufautam that has yot been diseovored. Its popalanty is ondimmed by age. AU maneina dealers sell it. Stri/e to be rich in knowtedga. A man gets more than tbo valneofwhat- ever he givM in axohauge for leaia. iog. Of those wiio bOely nb^ the Ark- ansas laaia, lao waawd moaay that they might get married aad aot aa boose keeping. By denymg tbemsolvoa t«baeeo, aad by tlie sale cf triuketM of their own mauufaetare, the ecmvists ia tha Ohto PsnitaiMary. have besM abiA to oaad f 100 tm the ro'^f f tin Mifhb gau bofiirt^s. i 'il i i 1^1 U 3(i U\'}\ â- M /« ' J -*«