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 « li\ eOLDEN BONDS. CHAPTER XXV.â€" CJoNTEiUED. "Cinght? Not in the least likely," an- swered Mr. Ravner decisively. "Why should they be They might be if they had their equals in wits pitted against them but they haven't. The crJirary detective has the common defect of vulgar minds, want cf resource. Tbe chief, if he is clever enough to be a snccessful jev.-el robbr, has the abilities of a generaL The bolder he is, the more certain he is of success. The detective, in spite of repeated failures, believes himself infallible. If I was a thief, I shruld commit robberies as ne^ rly as pos- sible under the detective's nose. That as- tat€ being would never suspect the man wti^ braved him to his face." "Ah, it's very fine to talk " said one acute villager, who thought Mr. Rayner was really going too far "but, when it came to the detective being there, you'd be as b^ld as the rest of us, I'm thinking." Mr. Raycer laughed good-humouredly enough, and ^aid perhaps he was right and I heard the acute villager bragging f having put down Mr. Rayr er, who, he sai was a bit bumptious for just a gentleman- fiddler, and wasn't so much cleverer than the rest of 'em he guessed, for all bis talk. At dinner Mr. Rayner tried again to in- duce his wife to go to Monaco, and encour- aged me to join my psrsuasions to his, which I did most heartily. Bat to all we said she only replied steadily and coldly that she disliked travelling, did not feel well enough to undertake a journey, and J referred remaining at the Alders. She added, in the same parrot-like tone, that she thought the change would do me and Hai- dee gocd, and that it was very kind of my mother to go. After dinner I ran up stairs to my room, and opening the door softly, found Haidee acz'.ng by the fire. So I sat down to write my scarcely-begun letter to Laurence. 1 first told him how happy his letter had nSide me, and then, obeying his injunction to tell him everything that happened at the Alders, I gave him a full account how Sarah had prevented our meeting on Wednesday evening, snd of her stealing my letter out of the bag on Thursday, of Mr. Carruther's visit to tell me about the robbery at Der- ham Court, of the accident to Sarah on Fri- day night, of her ravings about a bad iran named James Woodful!, cf Mr. Itiyners return, and of his intentions to take Hai- dee, my mother, and me to Monaco in a few days. Tne hope of seeing Laurence again soon had by this time swallowed up every other thought concerning the journey and I was eager for Fiiday to come, that we might start. Then I told him I had srma very grave suspicif ns about the robbery, that 1 had told Mr. Rajner, who did not think so seriously of teem as I did, but that he said I ought not repeat them to anybody until he nad thoroughly sifted the matter, and I had promibed not to do so, ' "So nov\- you are noi to be anx'ous about my safety ocy more, my dearest Liurence. For Saran, the only person who wished me harm, is too ill to move, and is in danger, poor woman, of los'ug, if not her life, at least her reason, the Djctor says. And Mr. Riyner has promised not to 'o away again for more than a day at a time, either on business or for pleasure. There seems a curious fatality about his absences, for bjth these dreai fal robberies that have frighten- ed everybody so^uch lately, the one at Lord Dalsioa's, and the one at Dcr.ham Court, have happened while he was away, with no man in the house to protect us against burglars or our fears of them, I think your prejudice against Mr. Rayner ought 10 trvak down now that through him we are to meet each other so soon for when we are at Monaco you will come over and see us, won't you? My mother is very anxious to n.ake your acquaintance, though she does not know of our engagement, frr I dar3 not tell her any secrsts. I think Mr. Rayner must have guessed it though, for he sajs little thirga to tease me and make iijc blusb. And ^ou see he does not try to prejudice me against you, as you thought he would. But he might try, and every- body in the world might try, for years and yesrj, but taey would never succeed in changing the heart of your own ever lov- ing "Violet." I hid said at dinner that day, in answer to Mr. lliyre's inquiries, that I was not going to afternoon service, but 1 had not mentioned that I was .?oing to the Vicarage. I felt Buie that I should blush if I did, and then Mr. Rayner would guess my visit had something to do with Laurence and I did not want to be teased any mrra. Sj, when five o'clock cime, and I knew that service must be ov^r, I put oa my outdoor things, kiesed Haidee, who was new awake, and slipped softly down stairs aud out by the srhoclrccm window. I was not afraid of leaving that unfastened, now that Mr. lUy- iier had come ta^k again, Mrs, Minnerj met me in the hall of the Vicarage, texjk me into the drawing-room, and gave me a packet of tracts, two cr three ot which had names slightly pencilled on them, as specially suitable to certain of the par shioners, as, "The Drunkard's Warning"â€" Mrs. Nabbits "The Cost of a Ribbon" â€" Lizzie Mojer. These 1 was to deliver to Miss Maud Reade for distribution in her district this week, "Tell her to notice that I have marked some specially," said Mrs. Manners, as she gave them to me and I rather wondered how the persons they were directed to woulu take the attention. I thought that, in spite of her hatred of subterfuge, Mrs. Manners seemed to enjoy the little mystery which bung over my en- gagement. She kissed me very kindly aa she sent me ofiF,' aod told me I was to let her know when Sarah was well enough to be lead to, and she would send something to be read wliicb might do her good. I promised that I would but 1 hope it was not impious of me to think, aa I could not help thinking, that she was too wicked for any of Mrs. Manner's good books to have much efifect upon her. I went throngh the side- gate of the Vicar- age garden, where I had run againat Laur- ence on that happy evening which seemed 80 long ago, although in truth only eight days had passed since then, and my heart beat fast, and I walked slowly, for it seem- ed to me that Laurence must be coming round the comer again to meet me but of course he did not and I quickened my pace as I crossed the park to the Hall. The mist was growing very thick, al- though it wai only a little past five and I knew I must make haste back, or I might ri»k losing my way, suort as the distajce was between the Hall end the Alders. I rang the bel and asked for Misa Maud Reade and the servant who opened the door, and who, I felt sure, was the William- son who was afraid of the blanderbuss, showed me into the drawing room. There was no one there, for they wir3 a'l at tea. This was my first entrance into Laurence's home and I was o much agitated between pleasure at being in the house be lived in, and shame at feeling that by some of the in habitants at least, if they knew all, I should be looked upon as an unwelcome intruder, that I sank into a chair and buried my face in my hands. It was a very comforting thought, though, that I was sitting on a chv'r that Laurence must certainly have sat upon and then I wondered which was his favorite, and tried one that I thought like- ly, to see if any instinct would tell me if I were right. I had not made up my mind on that point when the door opened and Miss Maud Reade came in. She was a girl of about sixteen, with a weak but not disagreeable face and she shook hands with me rather timidly, but not unkindly. "Mrs. Manners asked me to bring vou these few tracts for your district. Miss Reade. She has marked some for people she thinks them specially suitable for,' taid I, giving her the packet. "Thank you it is very kind of you to take so much trouble," said she. "Oh, it is no trouble at all " I answered. There was a pause or rather awkward constraint and then I said in a whis- per "Laurence â€" your brother â€" tcld me to come and see ou, and to ask you to put a â€" a letter from me to him inside yours. He said I was to tell you to remember your promise, aid he would remember his; he un- derlined that." Miss Reade's constraint broke up at once, and she grew as much excited ana mysteri- ous as I. ' Did he Then he hasn't forgotten " she sai'^, in a hissing whisper. "I suppose you know what it is it's about getting Mr. Reynolds to come here next winter. Oh, do keep him up to it. I'll do anything in the world for you â€" that won't get me into trouble with mamma or Alice â€" if you will ' ' I will. I'll remind him again in my next letter â€" or when I see him. Ill say, 'Don't forget to invite Mr. Reynolds in the wijter.' Will that do?" 'Oh, yes, that will do beautifully But it is a long time to wait," sighed the girl. I thought she was much too young to be in love, when she was still in short frocks, and wore her hair in a pigtail but I was obliged to help her, in return for the service I wanted her to do me. "I have brought my letter," said I mys- teriously. "Shall you be writing soon?" ' I have a letter ready now, and I will put yours inside and give it to a gentleman who is here, and who is going back to Lon- don directly after tea, and 1 will ask bim to post it at once." "Oh, thank you " said I and trembling- ly, with a fear least the dreaded Alice should get iiold of it, I put my letter into her hands, and soon afterwards I left the house. The fog was already so much thicker that I wondered whether the gentleman with our letter would be able to bnd his way back to London that night, and even whether I could find mine back to the Alders. I must be sure to keep to the drive in crossing the park. But, before I got to that, I lost my- self among the garden paths, and walked into a flower-bed and I began to think I should have to fiad my way back to the door and ask ignominiously to be led to the sate, when I heard voii ea on my left and I made my way recklessly in their direction across grass, flower-beds, and everything. I could not see the speakers yet, for there was a hedge or something between us but I could distinguish that they were the voices of a young man and a young woman of the lower class. Thinking one of them at least must be a servant at the Hall, and able to direct me, 1 wi s ji s" going to speak through the hedge, when a few wtrJs in the man's voice .s ;opped me. "I have had enouph of you Norfolk gir's you are too stand off fcr me." It wgs the voice of Tom Parke s. "Yes, to such weather cocks as you," an- stvered the girl with rough coquetry. "Why, you were keeping company with that ugly Sarah at Mr. Rayner s and, now that sne is ill, you want to take up with me. Oa, a fine ssveetheart you'd make " But she was not is obdurite as thesi wore, s promised. It seemed to me, with my suspicions concernirg Tom already strong, that in the talk whicn followed he managed with very little difficulty to find out a gjod deal about ;be ways of the household, and a'so that he spoke as if he had learit from her a good deal already. Presently 1 heard the sound of a kiss, and he promisad to come aud sse her again on Wedne.-day and then went away while I, seized by a sadden in- spiration, found my way not to the park, but back to the hous3, which was less diffi- cult. I asked for M ss Maud Raade agiin and this time she rushsd cut of the drawing-room and met me in the hall as soon as I was an- nounced, and whispered 'They are all in there. Come into the library." "May I have my letter back, just to put in something I have forgotten? ' siid I. 'Oh, yes here it it 1"â€" and she drew it from her pocket. "Write it here. I will give you a pen. Why, how white you look Has anything happened " "Oh, no, no, nothing, thank you 1" I wrote on a half sheet of paper, which I carefully folded inside my letter, these words â€" "A man who was at Denham Court, and about whom I have strong suspicions, is hang- ing about the Hall now. He is coming here sg.unon Wednesday night," I pat my letter into a fresh envelope, and put the torn one into my pocket that it might not be seen about en I begged Miss Reade earaestly to send the letter ofif at once, ss there was something in it of the ntmcsc importance and she whispered agun, "Rememberâ€" Mr. Reynolds, in the winter I"' and, having this time got William- sin to s'aow me as tar as the beginning of the drive acrcss the .park, I made my way in sifety, but slowly, and with much diffi- cuhy, back to the Alders. I s'ipped throngh the schoolroom window, whi.:h I had left unfastened snd, as sjon as I was inside, I hewd Mr. Rayner's study door open, and his voise and that of Tom Pirkes in the passigi leading from the hi^l] Mr Riyn- r was spakirg in b's rs lal kind and friendly way to him, and I thongnt to mj self that it would be useless for me to tell him what I had just heard, which, after all, was nothing in itsslf, and onlf became important in connection with the suspicions I had ilready of the manâ€" sospisions which Mr. R»yner himself refused to share. And, when Tom Parkes had said, "Well, gx)d n'ght, sir," and gon« in the direction ot tne Eer»aats' la^l, and Mr. Rayner had returned to his s udy, I ran up-^itairs and prepared for tea, at which meal I felt rather guilty, but Slid nothirg of my expedition or its re- sults That evenirg Mr. Rayner kept me in the drawing room accompanying his vi^ n, and talkitg, until Mrs Rayner had gone up to the room she now tsed on the upper floor. He described to me the beauties of the Mediterranean shore, aud siid that I should be happier there than I had ever been in my He â€" which I coull eas ly believe when I thought how near I should be to Laurence He asked me if I was not anxious to see the pretty dresses my wother had been com- mitsoued to get for me, and told me I should look liKe a little princess if I were good and did just what I was told. 'There is no fear of my not doing that, Mr. Rayner," said I smiling. "Bat you must not give me too handsome dresses, or I shall not teel at home in them." "You will sion get used to them," he said with a curions'y sharp smile. "There is nothing that women get used to sooner than fine clothes and beautiful jewels, and jretty idleness and â€" kissts." Certainly I liked Laurence's kisses but the tone in whicn Mr. Rayner said this grated upon me, and brought the hot blood to my cheeks uncomfortably. He saw the effect his words bad upon me, and he jump- ed up aod came towards me where I was staneiing ready to I'ght my candle, '•You look hurt, my child, but you have no reason for it. Don't you know that all those things are the liwful right of pretty women " "Then it is a right a gaod many of them are kept out of all their lives, Mr. Riyner," said I, smiling "Ooly the silly ones," he returned in a tone I did not understand. "Well, I will exfliin^to you en our journey to Monaco." He looked very much excited, as he often did after an evenirg spent with his violin and his blue eyes, lu which one seemed to see the very soulof music, flished and sparkl- ed as he held my hand. "Don't be surprissd at what 1 have said to you this evening. You have brought me luck, and you shall share it. This journey shall take you to the arms of a lover who will give you all the things I spoke of and moreâ€" a thousaui times niore " That was true indeed, I thought to my- self, (but did he mean wh4t I meant ?) as I tore mjs^jlf, laughing and bJusairg, away and ran up-stairs There was more delight in the mere fact that Laurence preferred ine to any other woman in the world than in all the beautiful gowns and jewels that ever princeEs3s wore. And I went to sleep that night with my hands under my p How clisp ing his letter. Haidee left my room next day for thefi'st time, and spent the afternoon by the din- ning-room tire. So after dinner Mr, Riy- ner came in with his riding boots on, and asked with a smile if I hau not a letter to s^nd to the pest. He was going to ride to BsacoEsbuTg, and, if I give it to him, it would go a post earlier than if I put it into the hag for the postman to fetch. "Xo, I have no letter, thank you, Mr. Rayner," said I, with a blush, "Not a line for â€" Nice, to tell â€" some one you are coming " said he. archly. "No," answered I, shaking my head. "You posted that one yesterday yourself, didn't you. Miss Christie? " wh-spered little Haidee, putting her arms round my neck. Mr. Rayner heard the whitp r. "Yesterday," ssked he quickly. "Iâ€" I gave aâ€" a note to Miss Reade to put with hers," stid I. A curious change passed over Mr, Rayner, The smile remained on his face, which had, however, in one second turned ashy white. He said, "All right, my dear," in his ts a al may be p-ide but perhaf s yon U f xouse it, mits. Would yon mind sendii g for her without saying it's her brother tnat wants her?" How could I break the fact of her illness to the poor man "Oh, please be prepared for bad m^a 1 I'm so sorry 1" a »id I gently. 'Sue is ill â€" very lU " To my Eurprise, he 1 H)ked more incredu- lous thaa unhappy. Ho said very s jdden- ly "She was quite well last\ Friday after- sid was Mr. voice, except that I fancied there was a sort of hard ring in it, and left the room. "Was it naughty of me to siy?" Haidee, feeling that SDmething wrong. "Oh, no, my darlirg " I answered. I too was a'raid 1 had displeased Rayner by going to the Hill, without say- ii g anything about it to any one, in what must seem a sly, underhand manner and I wish Laurence had not enjoined me to send my letter in that way. That evening, at tea-time, Mr. Rajner announced that he had found a letter wait- ing for him at the Beaconsburg post-office wuich obliged him to go to Monaco a day sooner. So Hiidee and I must be prepared to s'art on Thursday morning. CHAPIER XXVL On Tuesday afternoon, while I wai help- ing Haidee to dress tier doll in the dining- room, there was a ring at the front-door bell, and shortly afterwards Jane came in, looking rather frightened, saying that a gentleman was in the hall asking for Sarah. "And I've told him she is ill, Miss Chris- tie but he won't believe me and he won't go away, and Mr. Rayner is out and please will you speak to him " I got up, and, following her into the hall, found, not a gentleman, but a respectably- dressed man, who very civily apologised for disturbing nae. 'I beg your pardon, ma'am but are you iss Ravner^ ' Miss Rayner "Oh, no 1" "Mrs. Rayner?" "No. Mrs. Rayner is an invalid, and I am afraid you cannot see her. I atn the governess. If you have any message for Mr. Rayner, I will give it to him or, if yon like, you can write him a note, and it shall be given him when he returns." "Thank you, miss." Still he hesitated He will be back m about an hour " "Thank you. Could I speak to you in private for a few minutes, miss T" 'Oh yes certainly 1 Will you come in here V â€"and I openeii the door of the aohool- room. 'I am the brother of Sarah Gooch, miss, who IS a servant here." ' I nodded assent. noon. "Yes â€" an accident happmed to her on Friday nigW. She fell down a fl'g'it of stairs and injured hers If severely. If you will only wait till Mr. Rayner comes, he will speak to you. Saiah is a very cli ser- vant in this family, and much respected, and she has every possible care, I assure you." But he slill seemed more curious than anxious about her, I thonght. "She has been in the family a bng time then T Excuse me, miss, but I ve been away so long that she is almost like a stranijer to me, aud I had great difficulty in finding her out. But I'm very gl*d to hear she is thought so well of." "Oh, yes Mr. Rayner has the greatest confidence in her." I did not want to say anything disagree- able about the woman now that she was ill, especially to her* brother, whose affection did not seem very warm as it was. "Ah, that's the great thing I We've al- ways been a family to hold our hetds bii?h, and I couldn't hear anything to pleaie me more about her. But I expect it's little use my coming home and wanting her to keep house for me. She was a good-lookint; girl, and I've no doubt she's lewking for- ward to marrying on her savings, and then we shall be just as far apart as ever. Do you know, miss â€" if it's not troubling you too much, and you won't take it a liberty â€" if she's got a swee- heart?" I hesitated. The man's cold curiosity seemed so unlike the warm interest of a brother that I begun to wonder whether I was right in giving nim the information he wanted. My doubts were so vague and his questions so very harmlees, however, that, when he said "I beg your pardon, miss â€" of course it is not for a lady like you to interest yourself in the likes of us "' 1 broke out "Oh, pray don't think that Sarah has an admirer, I know " I stopped. I could not siy anything re- assuring about Tom Parkes. 'Ah! -An honest hard-working fellow, I hope, who'll make her a good husband." He was more interested now, and was looking at me very searchingly. "1 can't speak to a man's pt^judice be- hind bis back," said I slowly "but " He was very much interested at last, and was waiting impatiently for my next words, when Mr. Rayner quietly entered the room. There had been no ring at the Iront door. He looked inquiringly nt the man, whom I was just going to introduce as Sarah's brother, when the latter anticipated me by saying qaietly "From Scotland Yard, sir." "Scotland Yard?" echoed Mr. Rayner in- quiringly. But the name did not seem new to him, as it did to me. "Yes, sir I've been sent after a woman named Sarah Gocwh, from information re- ceived that she was in your sjrvice. Mr. Gervas Rayner, I believe, sir " Why did he not own that he was her brother I thought to myself. "Yes, that is my name. But what on earth do you want with my servant Sarah Gooch " The man glanced at me. Mr. Rayner said "Go on. Never mind this lady she is as much interested in the woman ss I am. What do you want with my old servant Sarah?" "Suspected of complicity in the Denham Court robbery, sir â€" some of the property truced to her." I started violently. This man, then, was not Sarah's brother at all, but a detective who had been trying to extract information from me by a trick! Mr. Riyner stared full in his face for a few moments, as if un- able to find words then he exclaimed, in a low voice "Impossible 1" "Sorry to shake your trust in an old ser- vant, sir but proof is proof." "But what proof have you?" asked Mr. Rayner earnestly. "L- St Friday afternoon, between half -past four and twenty minutes to five, your ser- vant, Sarah Gooch, was seen to give the contents of a Llick bag to a man in Beacons- burg. The fact excited no suspicion. The man took the next train to London, travel- ling second class. But south of Colchester he was seized wi'ih a fit; he was taken out at the next station, the bag he had with him examined for his address, jewels found in it, and the police at Sjotland Yard com- municated with. The man escaped but, on inquiries being mads, witnesses were found to prove conclusively that the biscuit- tin which contained the jewels had been handed to him in a street in Beaconsburg, on Friday afternoon, between half-past four and twenty minutes to five, by a woman who was identified as Sarah Gooch." I remembered seeing Sarah pass through the plantation oa Friday afternoon on her way to Beaconsburg, with the black bag. But I was too horror-striken to speak, even if I had not been, now that the blow had fallen, as anxious to screen her aa Mr. Riy- ner was to prove her innocence. "But I cannot believe it J" said Mr. Riy. ner. "She is a rough, harsh woman but I have always found her as honest as the day." (TO BE CONTINCKD SUN lAfE ASSURiXCE OP CaNADi. The following is a brief 8vn„ statements pteaented at the J P* of this Company lately hewM From even this brief summirvt? prosperous condition of thehn.- '^i ooce be teen. ""»«« SS Marrable's Nj ooce De f een. Tne li'eappMcatioDf. receive,! J year were 1411 ^r §2 3-8 9Qfl Si accident were 1 551 for S" qiq cJ" in all 2 962 for S5 248,590 Tn â- "« in fcroe are :-Life, 4 007 frr 'ifi'-o"' Acci.lent. 1,875 for §3 3ti7 050 " for $10,147,615. The malii year, both life and accident.'^andrt"' ances in force, both life and accident" larger than ever before in the liUtf,r!\'i Company. The fact that nearly ^^"" sons applied fr new assurance U,i possible evidence of the hioh pogii "Sun " occupies in public colifidec The progress made in the Ufe dem during the last ten yearj is well the following statement :â€" Applications HeceivtfL 1874 S 621,342 1876 1,154,:);(8 1878 1.606,301 1880 2,142,344 1882 1,962 4t;2 1883 ._ 2,328,990 Tne financial statements are brieflt lows â€" 1^0 CHAPTERS Uartba Marrable. i I»» ^!lr ^, tn« U-t o ' •? fh.r Mr. Clement ^^f Inddied t*eat â- "'Baden, whither he 1 l"»-^f- 'ndbertwos '-rtr^aUhough they i I r become midd^ag ,, Mana. after beco L,Dgt"n Lvk.pur, ot V nar aad Company, hi 'Jie^^Street. g«^ve birth ' gbter. ^vho was name nl Mr S.'Ptinnus All rifiotB-d, and Bet ' fske Lane, presented h eirls, of whom one oi iJAmy-^urvivedher therefore not la Ma family I.V'tn.MK. Premiums, Life ..„ " Accident '~:- Interest and rents "' J. Miscelliineous " IlI.SUritsK.MKNT^ Dividends on capital Re a.s3araacei Death claims Matured endowments Annuity pay un'Ut.s Accident claims Profits '.,',,[ Surrender values •-"I'.f.ol'j 10 t;,M5 So '.:iv (0 XMl 22 3,3^5 S3 Expense account. (J(jmmissions Medical ftea ASSKTS. Municipal and other del'eutun .5 ii];irket value Molsons Bank stock (at 112^ jjir cnt ,.'....." Montreal Loan and Mortjjaye Cj st ick iit 60 p. c.) Loans on bankstock (market viilui .-^li^"ii, Real estate " Loans on real estate, tirst iiiortfagi-a :, Cash on hand and in bank ' Loans on policies (within surri'iKinr vaiuej. ' Bills receivable and office furaiturt- Interesi and rents due and accria-il Set aside to cover death claim awaiting di- charge Agents' ba'auces ' Outstanding premium.s on policies in force ------- .-Sl.iilt.i 57 Less 10 per cent, for collection j.lOS i5 Commuted comn;ii=sions --.-.. Due f jr policy re-assun-d and .siindriej (-'apital stock Total :ih-cribed and iinpui I jtet.s l.IAIUI.ITIKS. Life reFerves, valued liy Dom- in on In.surance Dep:irtment Annuity Ke.^erves ------ on Policies re- AdS.iJi" S.124 23 62'V"5" 1.' 945 52 Less Reserves assured Unearned Accident Premiums ------ Death claims not yet due -â- --..-• Profits due Policy-holders • ------ Debenture .Sinking fund -------. Total liabilities to Policy-holders • Surplus to policy holders .------ Capital paid-up .$02,500 CO Surjilus over liabilities and Capital .Stock 21,417 3.j BStoii 'tha"MMTable, a well-t ties is « xceedi jhters of her two de ^Iv has them to stay â- ; a year, -once in the house iuGrobvenor fe- antumn at the seasn ither she goes occasion the great wonder of i inrier, a man servant, i and a green parrot, 'kind to htr nieces, Dg, it is not Burprisi M fend of her aj she ,i« Martha Marrable i hereas Miss Lucy Larksp l«rton are both youn?, i BO for some years to lerefore, to be .xpectcc ies should invariably tl all subjects. And inof that there are not roan â- eewith Miss Marrable although she is as goO insier as ever breathed, ly, a man-hater. " have looked into the it the verb "to hate" si lat it means "to despise, ely." Let it not, how _t tne word ' 'man-hater' bin ought to be applied t jrlam really not quite together strong enough, g inferior animals, and lem with lofty contpmpt. d to her niece Lucy, rorld upside down, filed nd unhappiness, and delu t is Man, Lucy. If w( ovemed the earth, we sb laesar Borgias, no Judge' partes, and no Nana S; [ijs Martha Marrable agarant betrging in tb3 str im alms. The truth is, eteets and despises man, lit as she pities the poo: ometimes sees grinning e wayside in Italy. These being her sentime las not, of course, many m She is on good, but not :r^i irith her widowed brot Lugton Larkspur and M t(Mi. She cnce a year mi •5i,i:;« l:t The assets and income were much than in any previous year. It was p3iii«' ,. t t. out that if the same rate of progress is k "i^ess, Mr. John Bones up for the next ten years as in tue pas; income will then be nearly ens and a millions and the assets four million?. The interest on mortgages Jae before 3Ist December, and still unpaid, has i^ â-  reduced to about S;500 or about one oneta " t^. f enimine dragen of one per cent, on the current mortga; Even this small amount is expected ii shortly paid. Tnis speaks volumes for: sound nature of the investments. Tie report is one which cinnot failt^ exramely gratifying to all friends oil company, and we cjmmendit to their aS tion. A? we have already given an aocouii! the proceedings at the annual meeting H unnecessary for us to refer to these agi It will be r membered that thev wer; ' harmonious andsatisfactory. â€" Toronloij: to dine with her and th Street and she is civil tc parish, add to the medic would call in to attend he fet Mr. Lirkspur once 1 "iVe been abroad and worked njvself In. to a good position, snd nowl JLTay ^. ter to leave service. And I don't want tte other lervants to know I'm her brottS. It "Deadmen tell no tales;" but this is not always true of dead politicians. f»ma/^^^Sr£i!attSlt'^J^IS.°'" '""** In a recent suit in Glasgow of a tenant from defective drainage, the JuSe made aS ofttl^fS^"" ^^^ plaintiflFflrpaymeS of the medical expenses incurred. w«t!*f'^^°"'*^'"-,'^8ricultral School cows Z1?J^ on ensilage for a week and on mixed food for a week. The milk wm analyzed and the butter weighed which h^ a^ost Identical, the experiments proving th^ensiiage was n* inferior to JdK Every one speaks highly of Dr Carson? .Stom ters as a Stomach, Liver and Kidney inedicine. best family medicine we ever u.-sed." say tluyaU- 'â-  bottle this Spring as a blood purifier. Onlookingjovera list of Americans abi«' we can only wonder who there is left at k" to keep house. lore-air when she was i AUerton â€" whoee connecti nible family is of much than that of Lucy's fathei ed that he could well be! ever, Miss Marrable did in her youth, I am rot in time ot day to cast it as toeth. Boys will be boys p«e, will be girls, thougfc see the error of their way worse for their follies, and that is, that at the for at least five-and-tweni ^lartha Marrable has ceas tender passion. She still vaguely of going up the the Yellowstone Regioi but she never conteir nbility cf getting believe that she would jUowbg a man to believe bim with anything but «be would think of goirg Bteeple-jack. and learniu 'eg on the top of the cross A pruriefsriner rcpDrts that a late m storui lifted about everything from his Is: except the mortgage. Don't Yoc no it. Don't wait an liour b£i buying a bottle of Putnam's Painless Cora tractor. Itissaf*, painless, prompt in act: never leaves Rore spots behind, and them' perfection itself. Substitutes are beinfironf for the genuine Putnam's Extractor, Seei the name of Poison Co, is on each wra: Sold by druggists and country dealers, oc. cents. The camel is the ideal temperance (•â- SC Pduf's Cathedrli vidual. He is not a strict tee^^taler, tboi ^^^j ^^^ ^^^^^ Martha he seldcm drinks. Jear the heroine of a ter: "ttny of her misanthropic oever s'nce been able to ber professions of hatred give liae to many whispe: 'Joderstand, guardedly al ^•i^rtuous deprecation The' most incredulous are forced to â-  ^« Romans 5t/#ro£fe /o mit that fcr perfection in colors the TM " "^PPVy rare instance Dyes have no equal. Ask for three cornsflv!" and frivokty package, and see that you get it. lOc. "To the pure." said the milkman t' sold a quart of milk to an innocent W girl, "all things are pure." One of the most necessary adjunct gentleman's attire, is a reliable and » fortable suspender, which will not H with a little slriin, cr rip off a buttc» an untoward moment. Such an ^^' to be found in the ' Common Sense pender" manufactured by H. X- "j. Co., 277 King St. W., Toronto, «1"' for ease, simplicity and durability, " tainly superior to all others. 1^" worn it we know whereof we write buttons are required on the pants, is no possibUity of any strain on sbot" or pants, and the cost is no mw' that cf the rriinary braces of the quality of web. They are a people cf gravity and I«'^| these Chinamen; they take their op""" ignitate. Pain Cannot Stay M-faere Poison'?:, yiLi-VK is used. Composed of the mo^' fri -...v/nvy and s never been told, I U -«r to teU it, and by tel Mairable from the «at have been made agai fepntation for good seni contempt of tho rougher s .,i°wards the end of Auj «a her two nieces left "Wes, and after a long i ««y. reached Aberraaw, «d took rooms at the t. were accompanied, J»o .maids aud the gree ^^tl '^^ **»« man ser •"W their ful pain subduing reme^s^known, Ne' cwmotfailto give prompt r«lief^in rn^ s* tlsm, neuralgia, camps, nain in the fs^jj^i side, and the host of painful affections, "Tti* or external, arising from inflammator^y ^. A lOcent sample botUe ot Nerviline w' efficient proof of its superiority '2«.Vl «iown remedy. Try Nerviline, ^fjK, 25 eents; trial botUrs only 10 cents. » gists and dealers in medlcin' t. -._ services not L?!"i. they were left hi**^" ^^^ Amy Wis 2*e her twenty .first; a » H^-'^been deterrr i„^*^*hanhercou Jdlf •* ^°^ g^^^Wjknewnotl *%tJL„ ,^* happened .. ^S* were stayii Sll sen imenti who. being ht ipcsition so arc S|«*,