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 rFa ct •â- f IGS, W BATTOHs. ITomptly Pm^ "â-  .r Iple of MarkrUle -j In fntUT, ke..pa fnu g^ I Ben â-ºrth Shore. IND UNDRESS^ ii Lt-r. .shionabie aod SupU 'A| -r »t ' *^ d Prices. P $80«$! everv line. lery, and Glarni I i; iu» -i'.Mfaciorj IB nai SAVE MONEY I m BROWN f ttu '., Town ' r Viilaf«Proyatf,ji,j rV \MD FOR ]ataloi nd to Let. o.u^uil :n». Sure Sal« •" is Alll-U AlI' U Hotel, 7larkU*le,wi»f»l ,^ .1 !..• [.i-.pari-il t.' oitettM I»«A I' i.ii tint- iit» â- ! i"y bii3in««i- II V nii.uo 11 Tkorough- iiig. ii iKti:s row. or VIS. LY BLOBE Weekliei. IentTwantu IN BVBBT OHREPRESEKTED BS* HOtJ rB, P^^P .rJ9*" T^^^" „ rCUJMBB ' l.t,,t Koreipj and PronneW [^ M^r. .nd w In.traetaT. hSthreon.plr-.ththTnl-. f^TSSOFAl'VEBTISINO: •5000 S7 60 15 00 8 00 4 00 (0 io i° ,io f ,io "^^ do ,nJ an-ler, first innertion.. J, ,ub«'I'"'n' insertion.. J, ten lines, firtt insertion. Ifn rabseqii'"' insertion Une" "'â- â€¢' in'ertion per Una UK iob««p"en« insertion. r.«oer of lines to b« reckoned by the „p ei rn»«»iired by a Kale of »olid Acltertnimente without specific ,i;! },« publi»hea till forbid and r^o'JiDKlv. AlUrangitory ad-ertiw- I 3,t k« '""»"« off'" " publication oy '"t'oBiLe Tbnmday morniDK preyed "c W HI-TLEDGE. Proprietor. FESSIONAL BUSMEM DIRECTORY. VOL. 2.-N0. 19. ^1 Vi \r:^. BTTIIiPEB AMI COMTUACTOB. aod brick), naaterii^ partiaiiJariy attended to ia town or eoontiy. Eatimatâ€" on work free. Doadalk. iUpteBbar Sad. im. I Mi^c*Uatu0m», Wm. Lucas Co., BANKERS, Money I^oaned IN large or nnkU aiBonaU, at *U tiaMa, wa good andorMd aotM, or oa aoUateni â- acttriiy. i^roule Charter, U"li.t ijurgeuii' .Accoucheur c. kri V»J;«»i Hall; reaideuea at tejal- L,,(^BriM"'"II'ITOR, IS NOW ,j, /,r «ii.n lii.g to all kind! of I»w ' offi*; »' **» ' MoUl. \;,. l-fo. «iiJ. l*"*!- 64. J. Ti4«»»o:*, jsTKr.. .MA TKItANDDEP. BEC. r*.li»aeery, Notary Public, ConTeyan- L-Ow"' t^uui'd, in Vieker"i Block Si.: tt.ti 11. Mark'lale. oTer MeFar- bwre. on J-'mlay anJ Saturday CTery 57. ly Fro«t A Frost, kp.lsrKKS, AND ATTOUNF.TS-AT Sr,l I iors 111 I'lmiirtrT, Convey if5. 0*-ii Siiuiid, have resumed at r.'!i. uUice 'jpaii every Thuraday, ai INTEKST AT 6 rai CENT. AUowad on SfiTiaca Dopoaite. i^Drafta iaaaed and CoUoatiena 1 all points, at lowest ratoa. K. O. LDCAS, Manaoer. Dnndalk, 8«pt. 1, 1881. i-lr Meat Marketl "VT^^T Door to Hanbnry'i Boot and Shoe li Store, Dundalk. Beef, Pork, Mutton, and Santage alwavt on hand. Fiah and Poultry in their «eaaon. Ueat deliTerad to any part of the Town. N. U. â€" Farmer* having Fat Cattlt or. Sheep to dispose of. would do well to let me know, ai I will pay Cash for sneh. 16 ly. W, BUNDLE, E. HUMPHRIES, J. W. Fbost,LL. B. vrn .\ttnriiov. 1 |.»nr A Ro«t-e, IrLSIIKS, solicitors, amp CON- El VcKi.'laii Is block. f 10 Ifii J. uu Farm Security, at 6 per Uft. Q- (â-  J. W. Rowa. 9«nti«tr]t. m. Jniiit-^ â- !• White, I'.tiii I" I'l. !«iiiltoii, Uwru Sound, u. BK \r rii;; ukvkue iiou.se, U«rt 111' "II ll"'" la^t Wednesday in holii. wli'ii lie «ill bei-repareil to per- .|i,rs'..'"id ri'.|'iiri"i upuu the mouth riDi.ir i.i::'liictirt -manner, and upon ;,,:. ly 9!iocrllanria«. \% III. Urowu, •! MMlliUdELICENSBS.Jte. ami!«»H'ii-r â- . li. U. lie. Kinniik' HI all il8 branches promptly ll"sni :arefiillv executmi. l-Uuiitv I'l I.eu j on Real Estate se »d»:« Sept-lT. 18S0. ly .4lrtand?r Browa. nU. â- â- ! M.irr.n^v l,.,en!t.fl, Fire and lii-iirniH'i' .V^i-iit. Cuniinissionei I R .v. ii'Mvi'vaiicer autl Liceimod art! fi.r liiit'.iiiiitv ii( tiri-y. Partners, i:!-! iih.l l.iM.t Sali-s, I'uuctually at- ii'itiil rii.iiri'S innile very moderate. â- â€¢. S.|,i. 1;.. 1MH(I. ' 1-T R. n. «iilbrnilh liTlr'Nlll: AM) (iKNKBAL LAND ueiii. W,:l .ini-fril Slatiuin. Auction lili-'iirit- 1 III itll purl* of tli« County. t'vi n I"MinisM in. Kate, moderate. "r,-.'i«. :tid S.-*iim MKt'fiiiies alio |i3il')rM»iiiBn;.^i Trees, Vme«. .\grieul- •tutois.atid Machinery of all kinds Aaif.rl. Jan IT. HSl. Undertaker AND CABINETMAKER, Has now on hand a full stock of COFFINS of all sizes and prices. Shr.uds, Uloves, Crape, and Coffin Trimminirs, constantlv kept on hand for sale. Also a full stock of Hoasehold Furnitiire. Picture Framing s specialty. a STOCK or Watches and Clocks which will be'sold very cheap for cash. A call is solicited. OuaJalk.Sept. 3n.l. im. l-4t F. F. TEEPLE'8 CARRIAGE WORKS, DIIKDALK, 0.\T. The snbsciiber is prepared to supply the public with WAGGONS, DEMOCRATS. BUGGIES. single or double, SLEIGHS. CUTTER 3, BOBSLEIGHS, Tofielher with all kinds of repairs in wood or iron on short notice, at rehsonable rates. F. F. TEEPLE. Dnndalk. Sept. 2nd, iSdi. i-lT REMOVED, REMOVED. J. ti. AiiiK, pili:M:iN-ANI' IMIOVINCIAI. LAND |9J:»Tnr. Irii i^htsman and Valuator, kUvJ MirlvUlc. Ilaviiii; puraliased h:«il.»n.l .Surveyor 'harlen Rankin's l--i..f iii:([;iial Field Notes, Plans, laiinir-tjMiiM. iVr.of all liis Surveys • â- .h.n ili» lasi ftft.v -five years, I am k»lUi:ujke .siirvevH in ftricl accord- h-»T'!V;iii. rrotiies and Estimates fr»ls;iljiU. Plans stid Specifications IIJ:nk' 1'.! '^r^, fiirnialiej on applica- Mi.v t l,..o'i at H per cent interest. 7H'.i»r. ,.r left »itli (1. J. BLYTH, '• *.!1 i.» promptly attended to. IT. IXHO. l.y T. E. DAViii. 'II'Kl; ,4 1 oNTHaCTOU, (Stone and Aft«-r cmpletiii){ 13 buildings »oii It •ti;i on the track and ia still f-iU' 1.. nil kinds of stone and brick "i" liii.; and tuck pointing. Those h^'iii'iti bud'liii}; will find it to their ' ^i\f liim a call. corner oi Brown and Spronle ' Mtiai^ii.a. 16-y ^V. Il.fritfr'inhofl, ' ksK SKiN.A CAHKl.XUE P.UNTEB. *-';in;rn-ts taken in town orcountrj' 'viy «'».'., Oci. l-J, I8»l. |i)AVEYOUR_COMBINGS. " M 'r!.';wi, logs to announce to *1 â-  v[ M irkdalo and vicinity that she ^r«fri t • K,.rk up hair combinps into ilf^ :iiiil ourl^. terms uioderatr 'â-  'iid. Uiideiice corner 4f Mur t'^fu streatt, opposite Mr. Bowes' e-. 'â- " by y.iii |,iomptlv attended to. *««»!â- â€¢. Sej.t. 1. IMsl.' Qotel*. I^VERE HOTEL, n kKKUALE. [SPROUIiE, Proprietor. "â- " F'upular Hotel ha.s had a large ad- P'"ii S.1.W.I to It. thoroughly refitted, I now â- kToiiit to none in the euunty. r**tlitig and attentive ostler. First- P •JwmmiHLitioii for commercial travel- LferiBa 91.00 per dar. 17-Iy MEAFORD. Ont. M. McblUU, PaoPBinoBs. »Mommod«tion for the traraUilig UiB bar IS well stocked with the '„,,. '"" »nd Liquors and the '01 Cigars. '•i',188t. baet 1-7 '•"IfRClAL HOTEL. li.J^^«»--liou^ Sample Booms â- Q*. ;. The Bti and lard* 'HOS. ^TKIKSOW, Ptt ' "iBnbJ "*â-  "^- Abe Bar '"""â- ^^tabU^"'" best the rnarkat at « sou attanUTe Uoatiar't J. C. ATKINSON, TAILOR, Having removed to Main Street, is now pre- pared to fill all orders ou the shortest possible notice. -LATEST- Fashion Plates RECEIVED REGULABIiT. CHARGES MODERATE. Satisfaction Guaranteed Itemember* tlie Place NEXT DOOR TO NELSON'S STORE, MAIN STREET. Dundalk, Nov.. 1881. 13-6m. THOS. MATHEWS, WISHES to tender to hi* nnmerons eust- -merx his sincere thanks for their very liberal patronage during the 15 years he has been in the Harness Business in Mark- dtlq. an would re«peetfuUy solicit a eontinn« ance of the same, feeing eonfiident 'that he aan give £ntire Sati^i/actioii. Krcrything nsoally kept in a FIRST. CLA 8S HARNESS ESTAiUSHIENT, always on band, and sold a., moderata rates. erNone bat good workman employed and the beet of matariala used. Mai^dale Mar. 18. 188o- lo HAIR GUniNG AND SHAVING oa Every Worlsii'g Day. Oy Tltoinaci Smitlk. txept Fridays and Satardaya antil aooa whan ha win ba ia jrlnh«tMi. tar Oidai AUod for Toenh My St. IML MABKDAUS, ONT ., JA^AJIY 2©, 1882. Mtmfmigm, Sciatica, Lumiaga, taokaelm, taramtt •/ Hm Chatf, $aat, Qimtt/, Sara Ttroat, iwll- kgt «W SfrulM, Banm atd MaaUt, Baiiaral taiilf Hint, TmM, £«/• ni Mamiaek; FraaM Ft* aaJ Ban, a»d aU atkf PaJiu aiif Mahat. 9» fiMsisilus «â-  wrtk steils a. Jieaas Ob ss a imfi, amrt, a t wm l aa4 ekeap â- aiwiul » «a n y A IrW «ts tat as ssssfsieMnlj MaUc aaUar of M Caats, •» »nrfm»mM»i»a Ptrw M sasIn MLC XT ALL OXQSOim AXD OBAUU nf KCDIODB. â-². TOOEXsER A CO.. ^li^^^i^t^^ BOBT. ASKI^., Has opened out a Firat-Class Furniture â€" AHBâ€" UNDERAKIN6 ESTABIISHMENT, And therefore has supplied a want long felt, especially in the Undertaking Line. COFFINS, C-ISKETS, SHROUDS, and all FUNERAL FURNISHINeS, supplied on the shortes notice. JL. Si^lenclicl Hcovwe tur hire at moderate rates. fubnTtuke! From the Common to the I Best and Latest Styles, in everything in the Una. Call and sei for yoarselvej. ROBT. ASKIK. cums m SLB! IN CREAT TARIETT. THE CHEAPEST! BECAUSE THET ABE THE BEST, IN THE JlARKET. Any number or Style Promptly supplied from stock on the shortest notice. All mantifaetured by skilled me- chanics, with good material in tha Latest and most improved Stdle. Special attention is also directed to the large and very superior stock of second growth HICKORY AND WHITE OAK' purchased from one of the best factories in Canada, sufficient to manufacture over fifty Waggons and Carriages for the coming sea- son. Intending purchasers should not fail to make an inspection of my stock and save money. SPECAL ATTEDTION TO IE- PAIRINQ A H0RSESHOEIN8. l^i'Kcmember the place â€" eeeond, door to Butter Rae's. D. J. SHAJSTAHAN, Proprietor. Mrkdle. Dec. Sod, 1861. M. A MERRY CHRISTMAS ana a Happy New Year. THE Subscriber desires ta call the atten- tion of those about to eommit matri- mony, that be is prepared to famish WEDDING CAKES. and every other article of eonfectinneiy suitable for such oeeaaiooa. in ttia Most Artistic Style, and of a flavor and quality, that cannot be snrpassad. SOIREE H, AHD Surprise Parties Snppliad with wary dasiiaUa artida of Oon- leetionaiy on the shottest aotfea, and at raaaoaabla WHOLE No. 71. iwinniLfliH, Tba nuta alM had lor^ r h* lukl treated her bmtaUj â€" von* than mam ever treated wooun befon, but then waa BO aofcr ip bar tam or hai^ There waa oo aoRDw, 'iet« vaf not even pitj, all faeliiif eeemad damb aod dead within her. She ontr atood and looked at him with a tort of wearj wonder. Three hoora ago he t'H been lo foil ol life,of yoath,ef etrengtb of Leantj, and now be lnj man halp- leaa than a new-born child. What a narrow etep dirided drath from life« The (bur men atood eilent, awe- elrieken. She neither aeemed to heed or eea them. Ifr. Otis anmmoned covraee at laat to approach and mmmm IS TBI Article of Bread T I DEFT COMFETITIOM. And win daiirar H at Iha reaidMaeof en who may faTor me with thsir pat w aga. A DtJNLOr. • ^-^a' *«- sr •MiM Dangerfidd.' he eaid with ffrav# reepeot, yon abonld not be here. This is no sight for too. Let air. Dangerfield lead Toa baok to your father.' She lilted her beary eyeSiaLd seem- ed to see him for tite first t me. 'Will be die ' 'I hope not -I tnist not. Bat yon mnai not be h«re when he reoovers oonssiousDess.' 'What do you mean to do with him she asked in the same low monotone. He oaunot stay here. We will take bim awny V He looked at ber doabtfally. •Take him â€" where To the Hos- pitiai do yoa mean ' 'No, not to the Dospital. I should rather you did not take h'mi there. Can he be removed without much danger ' 'Well â€" yes if he is removed at once.' â- Then â€" Mr. Otis, will you do me a favour ' 'Aoytlunf; in my power, Miss Dan- gerfield.' 'TLen take him to your own house. It is a great favour I ask, but you will do it, I know. The expense shall be miue. I don't want bim to die.' A slight shudder passed over her as she said it 'and there is no one else I can ask. Will you do this for me ' She laid ber band on his arm and looked at him. A gr»at compassion filled bis heart for this girl, so cruelly bereaved through no fsult of her owu. be could not refuse. 'It shbll be dune. I will have bim removed immediately^ and if he dies it will be DO fault of mine.' 'I knew I might trust you. If it is p.ossible, I will go there and see liini. He must nut die, Mr. Otis, h« must not.' A sudden, swift gleam came m to her dead eyes. 'He must recover, and be must leave here. Take bin. at once, and tbauk Vou yer.v much.' Then the tall white figure flitted away and was gouei and the four men stood confounded, and looked blankly into each other's startled eyes, 'What does she mean ' De Yere asked. 'What docs she want the scoundrel to recover for Egad the ouly creditable thmg in the worll will be Lis loaving it.' 'It is for her father's sake, doubt- less,' suggested Sqjiro Talbott. 'Nothing of the sort,' interrupted Peter Daugerfiold. 'iSbe wants Dan- tree to recover for hor own. If she has done with bim I'm greatly mistaken, I wouldn t stand in Dantree's shoes when he recovers for the crown ol England. She is in an unnatural state just now â€" she'll awake after a little and be all the more terrible for her present calm. What will your mother say, Otis, when you turn her house into a private hospital ' 'Whatever I do is brave and admir- able in my mother's eyes. I will trouble you, Mr. Dangerfield, to order the oarriaga and the quietest borsa in the stable. Every moment we loose now is of vital importauee.' ^.t. Dangerfield obeyed. The ear- liiace was brought round, the woand- 'act man carefully eoverad from the edfd, raw night air, carried ont, and laid among the cushions. Sqmre 'Ti^t, with little love for tha atriek- 'eif bian, yet accompanied the assist- ant into Castleford. Gaston Dantree Vad leen his guest, and thought, after hh baseband dastaidly oondnct to- night, ba could never again eroea the ffhtesbold of Morecambe, ha atill felt bound to see him safely to bis daati- iialion. Captain De Yere remained behind at Scars wood, at the aolioiation of Mr. Dangerfield. Be ocnid not retorn to hu lodgings while things were in this uncertain atate, neither could be re- miin alone. How would ttiis night end Would 8ir John recover again or would the New Year morniDg,break ing already, see him lord of this noble domain And upstairs, in the sick chamber, the dim nivbt lamp flickered, and the ticking of the clock sotmded in the dead huab. Sir John lay motiouless, Dr. Graves sat beside him, bis wrist between his fingers counting the beat ing of that sinkicg pulse. An emin- ent physician had;been tdecraphad for to London, but it waa more than donbtfal if be would find the baronet alive upon his arrival. And if Qaston Dantree died, would it not be as well so? Beside him, at the foot of tha bed, looking like a ghost of some dead bride in khat specteral light, Katberina sat. She sat quite motionless, bar ayee rarely leaving the faoe upon the pillow ber bands clasped opon hor lap. bar face like marble. 'Atone fell swoop,' she had loat allâ€" all I home, frianda, fnrtnne, lover, father, name and T*t It is doubtful if in theaa first boors she suffered much. She could not realise it â€" the suddanoess aod horror of the blow had atonofd bar hyater- ioa and tsara of woiaaQ'a ottarmoat affooy might eoma ba i eatl w now aba sat stiU and aaliB. Bar baarf ktylika a atoiaa in bar booaom. a doll liaavy pain tlmritba^ eaaaalaaahr in her liaad, hot bar miaacy waa taarkaa and domb. Dr Oravaa, watebiog bar oaaaaOj aod fkrtiwriy. wosidatad what kiW «f woman tba giri waa. Bo nnlika aB othara ba bad erar kaowa.sittiaf tap witiiotit 0M ceopliiBft. OM aaj «7 otfMfcwnaaar andsg^oovt ti1i*rll^M*aaiiU,lha -ft loat ^wk^t||tiii«lrt light fl and tlM two pala MtAhars aat iMlal} than, tba Ik^wiatiy s«o wn^^ to Uifm faw f aarhad iMgnr. As ilB trat njk slola in^iliraaii tha ek» dl MiUiM. tbm dek tMtt*B a^ opan •d.'aiidflM(vdIia4slitde. HngiabM IbB itp0h XaAKtmr, a awiii gtwrn oi mtelli««n«a lit Ma syaa, bia b«« mor- ad, aMl' ttm initbosfrDt worai aama forth. tnltoiuteatabawosiMBdidg oyer bim. bar aw Id fata U|^ ' i^artiiigpnt. yea. whet kitr Ra strdva hard to speak, bot agoia only that -mottared ineohOTOOr aoond. Bottbacirl'sqoiakaar «w^^ ttraa words .^ ,IndiatteabuMtâ€" wfll.' His ihiek- aning voiee failed. Jus (tim ayaa kxAad with ightnaoM' apsnehleaa agedT o^ m bar's. -^ 'A win in tha Indian e«hiiiat,is thai it, vapa T lie nodded eagerly â€" a flatfi of light crosaed his dead like faoa. 'And yon want ma to gat it for yon f ' lie nodded again. 'Quick ' ba said, hastily, and she aroa* and left the ro^m. The Indian cabinet was in tha lib- rary. There the lights still burned brightly, and there on the hearth mg her lover had stood â€" the lover to whom she had been ready to give up the world and all its glory â€" aud wbo mercile.sly casi her off. She looked darkly that way once. 'He will live,' she said to her self under ber breath. 'And I will remember it.' Then sue crossed te the tall cabinet, opened one drawr afterr another, and searched among the papers there for the paier she wanted. She fouud i^ without much trouble, closed and reloakad the cabinet, and returned to the sick r,x)m. Sir John still lay, breathing laboriously, with a hungry, eager light in his gleaming eyes. 'Shall I read it papaâ€" ia that what you mean ' He nodded once more. She open ed the paper â€" it was very short â€" she read clearly and distinctly its contents. It bequeathed to his beloved adopted daugliler Katheriue the sum of three thousand ]K)unds â€" I he portion of his late wife, aud was unsi;;ned. She un- derstood instantly what it was he wished. 'You want to sign this, do yon not ' Another eager nod, another hnsky 'Quick I' She laid tne document upon the biottiug book before hifm on the bed, and placed tie pen in his hand. Dr. Graves hastily summoned Captain De Yere, and the two men stood by as witnesses while the stricken man es- sayed to sigD, Essayed in vain I The pen drop- ped useless from his fingers. Agiun Katherine lifted it aud placed it in his hand â€" again he strove. The effort was futile it fell |from his fingesr, aud with a low moan of agony, his nerveless arm dropped by bis side. 'It it no use \. all vital power is |oiie. He never will sign his name again,' Dr. Graves said 'he is excit- ing bimielf dangerously and uselessly.* I'he dying man beard, and under- stood. Uis eyes turned on Katherine with a speechless auguish terrible to see. -Too late 1 too late I' they heard him groan. 'Ob, my God I too late I' Katherine's arms encircled him she pressed ber cold face to his. 'Papa, darling)* she said sottly and swaetly, 'I don't want you to grieve for me to think of me even. You are very, vary ill very ill, papa, and had we better not send for a clergy- man ' Ha made a feeble motion of assent, tibe looked at Captain Dsvera.- ' Y^ u will go f she said. Ha want at once. Than she bent close to bim agam, whispering gently and soothingly into his car. But it is donbtfal if ba heard br. A stupor â€" the stupor which proceeds death â€" was gathering over him hu dull eyes elosed, his pale lips mutteied, he moaned ceaselessly the great last chauge was veiy near. The sun was high in the blue Jan- uary sky now, the whole world jubi- lant with the glad sunlight of the New Year. And in the town of Castleford people talked with bated breath of the strange, drutd tragedy at Scarswood, aud of nothing else. In a little cot- tage at the remotest suburbs of the town, Gaston Dantrie lay, senseless and still, wbile life and death fought there aiiarp battle above bis pillow. â€" And in that stately and spacious chamber at Scarswood ita lord lay dy- ing, while degyman and physicians stoop by useless and in vain. She neyer left him she neither slept uor lite. As she had been from the fiitt, tearless, noiseless, so she was to tbn last. The peifunieil laces, the dead wliita silk of ber trilipg robu.still swept their rwbBees of the carpet on arms aud neck l«rg« pearls still shone, on bar head the orange wreath and veil still remuned. She had remov- ed nothing out her gloves what did it a atter wbat she wore now bKe sat beside tba dying man, wbile the slow ghostly bours dragged on an awful sight if aeemed to the men wbo mutely watehed ber. Her Wedding day I anl ahe sat their bereaved mora cmelly, men bitterly, than aver wid- ow in the world before. Mommg aaoM and paasad.- Tha abort Jaunary sftamoon wore on Tin ani dialed low, tha Una tin- light ahavdows wwa gathacing onoa aonr That ealabratadpfayneiaD from LoDdbn h«cl arrived, bat aU tba ptay- â- ieiaaa m tba giaat Babyb» wan of ' little avail now. Lowot uid lower tba wintry aia dropped, floahing aarlh tM. afar *ith ran light, and ar ita laatndtv "** and died aiud tha Iraaa of fla aw wo o d Pajkr Uir John Phagarfiald paaaed from BeaMwood aod all earthly p o aase ei ana for ever. Withoat sign or atmggla tba ihadow Ihlil fM haforo oapt npr and abot aat tta light of life or ooa qoiat m- riMt from all tha iMa. Up aad Amrft;- 1^ «an' down in Am ^â- impoB nlaodoora of that Kaw Tear PM« Dangei«aM]^a|hd nndar MB. And thk w*a •• »â€" iihgdiylHopâ€" g «f filr V M tow* of noMra* 4MM h â- to: it waaaot hia vaton to |m1 awbar. Ha ooly waOail ih Ibvar af lamatianaa fur tba aad. â-  Uaona. Aa ha «toei Ibr mi fa. ahnt^hkaMo fbadMl thalxadn- diaaw ia tha wast, tlmluag hoar lur and atat^y Saannroad kmkad baaeath Ua fight. Dr. Oravas aparoaobed him. One look at Ids fbea w«a ammglr. Hia baart gava • graM leap. At laat I at katl Lahan' ' •Sir Peter Dangocfiald,' tha phyai- «iaa gmaaly aaid. •year aaal* ia Tha Uta Sir Jo!a had baaa hia friend: butaUvadogishattar thaaa dead lioa. Sir John waa dead, and Sur Pater rsigaad. It eoold ha ao hana to ba tha AnI ta pAy^aMrt te tba now aovariga. ' Sir Patar.' Ha tnrnad taint and giddy for a moment with great joy, aud leaned sp c ec bl aaa ly against a tree. Than ha started np, his fisoe flusluDC dark red, and made baatily iat tba honaa. Never before bad the old baronial hall look half so noble, half so grand never before had the fair domain spread aronnd him aeemed half ao stately an inheritanoa aa now, when be stood there in tb* first Jana- ary aunaat, maater of Scarswood. CHAPTER XV. "OBAO oa ALIVB." Tbe funeral was over, and a very grand and stately ceremonial it bad been. There hsid beeu profusion of mutes, of black velvet and ostrich fea- thers, a large procession of the car- riages of the county families a whole army, it eesmed of the Dangerfield tenantry and the trades people of Castleford. For the hte Sir John, durmg his brief reign, Lad made many friends, and over his death a halo of delicious romance hung. Miss Dan- gerfield was not Miss Dangerfield bis daughter was not his daui;hter,and over in that httle cottage on the out- skirts of the tswn, a young man lay â€" dymK it might be â€" slain by the out- raged barou^t whom they were burying to-day. It was a very solemn pageant. The bells of the town aud of tbe hamlets atout tolled all the day long. Scars- wood Park had been alive from morn- ing until night with people in car- riages coming to leave cards. The prioinpal shops in Castleford were shut, the principal church hung in black. And 'ashi-s to ashes, and dust,* had been spoken, and they laid Sir John with the dozens of other dead Danger- fields, under the chancel, whore tha sturdy Sir Ronald Dangerfield, knight, had knelt, in stone, for a hundred years, opposite his wife Elizabeth with a stone cushion between them. The funeral was over, and in the pale yellow glimmer oi the January sunset the mourumg coaches and fami- ly carriages went their »ay, and the dead man's adopted daughter was riven back home. Home 1 what an utter mockery that word must have sounded in her ears as ^h6 lay back among the sable cushions 'n her trail- ing crape and bombaziiin, and know- ing that of all the homeless, houseless wretches adrift on the world, there was not one more homeless than she, Tbe pale yellow glow of tbe sunset was merging into the glocmy gray of the evening as they reached Scars- wood. Her faithful friend, Edith Talbot, wbo had been with her from the first, was with her still. The blinds were drawn up, the shutters unbarred. Searsweod looked much the same as ever, only there was a hatchment over the great dining-room window, and in the house the servants clad in deepest mourning, moved about tba house Uke gboets, with bat- ed breath and hushed voiees, as though the lord of the manor still lay in state ta these silent upper rooms. It all struck with a dritary ohiU on tbe heart of Miaa Talbot, the gloom, the silence, tbe monrnmg robes, the deso- lation. She shuddered a little and clang eloser to Katherine's arm as they went up the wide, black slippery oaken stair case, down which Gaston Dantree had been hurled. But there wafftfaftt in her friend's face that made her very heart stand atdl with awe and expectation. She was as white as death. At all times she bad been pale, but not like this never before like this. As she had been from the first hour the blow fell, so she was still,- silent, tearless, rigid. All Miosa days and nights when Sir John Dhngerfield ha^ lam stark and dead efore her, she had sat im- moveable in tha big carved oaken chair at bis head, her clasped hands lyig still, her faoe whiter than snow, white almost as the dead, here eyes fixed struight before her in a fixed unseeing stare. Of what was she thinking as she sat there of all that was passel of all that was to come No one knsw. People wbo had thoncht they had known her best, lxked at her in wonder and distrust, and be- can to realize they had never known her at all. Friends oama ud friends weut, she never heeded they spoke to her soothingly, compassionately, and she answered in briefest mom-sylablas and eloeed ber lips more reeolutely than before. The only one of them all ahr addresaed directly was Mr. Otis, and then only in one short phraae. 'How is h«f' Tbe answer in- variably waa. 'Maoh tbe same; no worse, no better.' Mr. Otis, with bis keen, thm faea and ataal-bhia ayee, wateiiad thia smgolar aort of gnl with •yea mon tntaraa^ tiKn tha reat of the eoriooa. He waa a yonng man who thoogbt mmw tlian ha qpoka, and who stodied hnnum natora. Women at beat ara inoonprahansOite enatnraa. eoarosly to ba treated as rational orea- toiaa in tha trying hoar of hfe, hot beytmdall of aas thia gill warn aphinx. Shatad hiat kw* fathar^ Maaa, home, aad nana all in ona hbor, and aha had aavar abed ona tear, aovar nttaredmieooaphtfait: (AfaUfwomaa's baarta woold haw hnh«i fcf half, aad aha, a ohUdsif aavsotaaa. boft all lika a Saartan. Waa it th it aha did notiHirtdl. or, thai At Wt too f Woald thia fr»«n laat hor his, or aoald tha iea break all at asiaa. aaddanly aad terribly, and IM ttjbta«kMlatl«,|,|«ki^n.fa 'If 3 atv doaa, than «oa t3 tbon who havar nioad har,' th(^n|(ht Mr. Otia. 'Thia giri ia no ooflupon gal, aad aott6 ha jodtad by foqinon ra. i ttoocht 80 trooi tha ftnt jin* I mw her banpT aad hopafal, Ittainh ao morr tbaa aror bow.'in bar daaolotion aad daapair. She ]Epvad flia man die haa loat: with apaaaioa aad abandon •h)eh.thaak baavan, fiwgttia of aar- entaaa ever leal. She loved tha fath- tfr ,«h0)ia daad. tha name and rank aha boea, tha aoihla inharitttnoa that waa to tva, bam bars. And all haa jp«tta froto bar; iann aba ^ta thin Uka JhiaJ Let Mra. Thv^ titke eare, ii«rMarnang«flal4 b^,wanMd. and mast ofidl. hit Gasaon Dantkaa die Jbr ,9mMsP»l bdiavaaday of terrible rMdbing will come.' Bat Chtston Dantree waa not going to die that matter wu satllad b^ocd a possibility of dorlbt before tba day of foueral. Ha told hv ao now, as she asked the qoaatioa and m Henry Otia spoke the words, his ayes were fixed npoB her with a keen, powerful look. She did not seem even to see him her eyes looked ont of tbe win- dow at tbe gray shadows veiling the wintry landscape, a slight, iodeeorib- able smile oawned for a saoohd over bei white faoe. 'He will live," she replied softly I am glad of that.' She looked Op and met tbe surgeon's level, saarohm« gazs. 'I am gUd of that,' she said again slowly, 'If such a lost wretch as I am has a right to be glad at all.â€" You have been very kind Mr. Otis,' She gave him hw hand with some of her old frank grace. 'I will repay you some day if I aan.' He took the sUm fingers in his, more moved than shs knew. How could those wan little fingers work how deadly white the yonng face I An infinite compassisn moved him, and instant there dawned within him a love and pity that never left him. He longed with manhood's strong com- passion to take this poor hitle wonan- ly martyr in his sheltering arms, and hold her there from sorrow, and suf- ferings and aiu, it might be. in the dark days to come. The only hours in which life and their old fire had come to the large, weary eyes of the girl, had been the hours when Peter Dangerfield had come into the death chamber, then a curious egression would set her lips hard, atfd kindle het furtive, ceaseless gleam in ber eyes. Sir Peter I He was that now beyond a shadow of a doubt the legal forms which would prove his right presently were only forms. Sir Peter wore the weeds of woe well. He was pale and restless, his deep black made him look ghastly; his small, pale, near-sighted eyes blinked away uneasily from that ata- tuesque figore sitting m tha tgreat arm chair. ^r. Otia noticed this, too what did not those sharp eyes of his see? 'I am a poor man,' he said one ev- ening, uuder his breath, as he watch- ed the dark glance with which Kathe- rine followed the new baronet out of the room 'I am a poor man, and I would like to be a neb one but for all your prospective baronetcy, all your eight thousand a year, Sir Peter Dangerfield, I would not stand in your shoes to-night.' And now it was all over, and Kath- erine, trailing her black robes behind her was back at Scarswood. For the last time,. Edith, she said softly to her companion, for the last time. 'Katherine,' her friend faltered, 'what do you mean Oh, Kathie. don't look so don't smile like that for pity sake. Ycu make me afraid of you. For a smile, strange and ominous, had dawned over Ki^erine's face as she met her friend's piteous glance. 'Afraid of me,' she repeated. 'Well, I am a hideons object, I dare say, by this time, and I don't dare to look in the glass for fear I shouH grow afraid of my self. Afraid of myself I That's just it I am afraid of myself â€" horri- bly afraid; afrUd, afraid, afraid. â€" Edith,' she caught ber friend's arm vntb suddelif strength, 'yon like me a little now, feff, yes, I know you do and in' fht yters that are to come I know that you will hate me hate and aibd A)faof me I Edith I loved my father, dearly, dearly but I tell you I am glad he is dead and buried to- night.' »'• ' 'Oh, Katherine, Katherine.' ' I am only seventeen,' Katherine Dangerfield went steadily on, 'and I am strong and healthy, and likely to live for fifty years to come. What sort of a woman do- yon think I will be half or quarter of a century firom now Think of me as I am to-night, £ditb' Talbpt, when the time comes for yon to shrink at the scund of my name â€" an orphan, wbo had no father to lose, a widow in her wedding hour, a house- less, frendless wretch, trained to think herself a baronet's dangbter and heiress. [to BB COHTIHtrBD.l " ' ' '• WORSE THAN WAR. The throat has destroyed more hves than tba sword," by imprudenee in eating and intemperance in drinking the but when health beoomee im- paired the miserable dispeptio may find rdief in Burdock Bloed Bit- ter*. It ragnlates the bowels, aeU upon tha livar and kidneya. porifies tlie blood, and atimolatea all the saore- tions to a healthy aetion. Mon than one hnndrad men and bovs have been killed by banting ac- eioenta in the laat atx waaks. The only aais way is to hunt with a dinner horn, and even that aaay axploda in a aM)«» «OflTEO; THE L9CAL_LEfcl8UTUR§. F THE HOUsW SUT.-OOYERMOB. OPEiflNdoF THE HOUsW vi TfrELlEl Fataaa n Obttim Wblc.â€" My daaghtan ah/, "How mbefa batter Cathar ia ainee he ntoJ Hop Bitten." Ha irirttiag well after hie kag enf- luiag: froitf a di m m daelaiod ineir raUa. aod ««i fta tfb^ad Oiat ha aaad mar HittarC-^l lady of Bti o h M w W. â-  ef^i.':^^; '"-J^-ii* â- ' iX-. :-K »; H 'S\ ran oaaBMONias AmNOBD ara lisn AseBMBi^uta; Mr. dpeakif aai OtrntUm^^AtLtali: iatiea Amtmbtf. It ia with itti^h plaaaon that I^naa mon bid yon wa^ama,to tha metro poUaoftbaProTipea. aadthati eoa- gratolafa yov apoa, tba aoeonagi^ cirenmataneee nu^*r., Irhicb yoa aa- aamble foi^ fire pArforinance of tba ta- spoosibTe dotiaa iHtb which, as tha rapreeentctiiea of tbe people, ♦oo have been pift in eh«f-i[e. The ptfblie revenue fortheyei^ has been coander- ably exceeded the amount eetimatad; the year has bea^ one of general proa* perity, the result of tbe lato abondant harvest, the genersj. revival of trade in other contries, aud this oonsequeat demand for the products of our fields, forests, and mmas and the reeant census has sbojrn tbat tbe popnlation of tbe province has in Cf*t !»ft dttjadf increased by nearly 800,000, and a- monnts to nearly two milUons, not- withstanding the number of our M^-, pie who, from various panftt,' have during eeveral yettrf ^ast left the Prov ince. I rtf^ret that since your last aeesipii no progreee has been made toV'i'rds recognition of the tltJUi of tba ptoviuee to that extensive portion of ita tarrit ory, oar title to which, uotwithstand-. ing the award of tha ffsttncnished. arbitators appointed by flf«f two Gov- ernments, the iederal authorities have, continued to dispute. The grave prao-^ tical evils resulticg from tt^s dispute have, since you Isst met, been gre^C ly increased by an Act of th4 Federal Parliament transfering to th' ^rov-. ince of Msnitoba, so far as relatea to provincial jurisdiction, tbe claim oi, the Dominion to the most valuable part of the disputed territory, iLclod- iug our organized municipalities south and east of tbe Height of Land. While the bill was before the House of Commons, I addressed to the Federal Government a despatch protesting, q|s' behalf of Ontario, against this part of tbe intended Act. A copy of nrf despatch, with other papers relating to the territory, will be laid before yon. I regret that I haVe to refer also to the disallpwanee of the Act of Ifst aea- sion for protecting tbe public intereet in nven, streams and creeis. The competency of the Legislature ipftA the Act was not questiouied, a9d tbe Act WAS disallowsd mainly upon the ground, that the Minister of Juetiee did not approve of tbe mode or extent' of the compensation which the Aet' gave to ownerp of propartr «ffcted by. the Act. The correspondence on the. subject will be laid before you. Tba object of tbe Act is of ^ucb ritfpb^f- ance as well to those engaged iu the* lumber trade as to the ProvTuQe m' general, and the duty of asserting fttv' right of tbe Legislature to deal a«- cording to its own judgment with all matter, within Provincial jurisdietioo, is so urgent, that .a bill 'or tba same' purpose as the disallowed Act will' without delay be submitted for y»ar renewed consideration. I congratulate you tbat reoeot dad.' sions of the Judicial CommiHe^ oif tWr Privy Council have set at rest all quea'-j tioD as to the right fit Wti Provinoiar Legislature to le^slats as dor iu^j ests may from time to time require,' on matters on mternal trade, and in particular on the law of insnranoa. S3rae further pr9visiODS seem now np^ cessary in order to render efiFsel^l! tbe legislation which bad fir ita objiMt the securing of uniform conditions in fire policies and I invite yoor attaa- tion to the subject. I regret that tha right of the Pro' vince to propeftylescoeafad fqt ^iiat of heirs â€" unauimcusly maintained by the highest courts in Ontario aud^ Quebec, aod acquiesced in by the Pel- eral Government fur several y«'ars â€" has, on a recent appeal to tbe Ho- preme Court of Canada by that Gov ernment ii the name c»f the diSteHiit- ants in a well-known case, been nega- tived by a majority of the judgee of tbe oourt. Tbe caee in litnratioa ia, but one of several cases cf the same kind which have occurred sipoe Con-, federation and tbe constitatioaal. question inyolved is so importautaad' some of the grounds on which tb^ dt-' sion proceeds are of such far reaching application, that I have lost no time in taking the neftessary steps for ob-' tainiug a review, ef the judgment by. her Msjeety's Privy Council. Then' is strong reasons for expecting' a fa- vorable result. j I congratulate you on tbe fftntrm favor with which the AapOVt oftb«; Commissioners appointed to inqom into the Agrioulturol fesotar6s aad' requiremaute of the Provihoe, fa^a baao, received by all ilastfea intaraated ia, agrienltare. I have auxiouely aon- sidered what farther mntns may be employed to aid this vreat indaatry.' and to promote 'die welfare of tbe po- pulation engaged in it. Dqnng raeeot years in Great Bntaia and other. European eonutries, and alao in the, Uniteil btatee of America, and-Artbf Australian wloniee of Great Britain, great advantage has baeo faaad te re- sult from the eolleetion of rdiable orop reporte and other agrienltaral etatutiea. A maaonia t^ aaeara like advantage tc thit f^vmea will be sobmitted for yoofr ounaidaratioa; I have also* to reoommend to yoor' acmndenttibh' soob ohanges in tha Jaw raqieoting the Agricniturl and Arta' Aaaooiatioa aa tAy increase the naa fabaaaa of that acsani»atifi, andbrin'r. itrc^ 'aU b atf into h^nlUtf-tm Hw preaant naada and ajnamataaeaa at tba eoaotry. ffVli raapeetinT market 4saa wot i^aia ba anbosittad for fBfek ntti*«. •V X 1 .1