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 •"TTT^W^g^â€" iTP ^mm ipa ^m -^^ "fff^ "W fi}_ :fm-^}. 4 Jt^.Mwnw^ iu^j^j!i(i,u i,j^,,.,,jijij||ppjp!fP^^ ' :!â-  I' ' Wi 5' r â-  " i^.d ^^ik^^.lti im jiut • ywr ago •od »lmly re- ins' ^; I WM to dokth tiikt 4Qt u I can noir look ^ink I wiii«tef1t,ji«n1ti -•II who may naa tftimutufm camaUaicea, hopit^, vitbiffi the nnmber may be few. In th»rt ^Msoi my muae ia Fradeiiek Patnam. I mA, and have bem for the kst te» years, the jforeman' end bookkeeper of the Iai;ge Inmberiag estaUiduiMBt of William Winston Co., and ho|ie to be for.another decade, onleaa aomething better toms op. Mr. Winston is the rMidsnt partner, and â- manager of the mrumfaotgring part of tfte business. The other members of the finn, â- of which tiiere aire two, live in the city, at Uie foot of tiie lake, and attend to the sales of lamber, which we send them by tosboIs. This is by far the latg^ share of what the mill cots, although the amoont of omr sales directly from ue mill, to supply the conntry to the west of nu, is quite urge. Well, one cold December evening' just as I was preparing for home, I heard footsteps tn the creaking snow outaide, and presently the office door flew open, aa though some xne in haste had given it a push, admitting « tall, stout, well-dressed man, with a smaU traveling-bag in one hand and a shawl thrown over one arm. I was alone â€" Mr. Winston having gone to the bouse some half an hour before, ucking the safe, in which we kept our books and papers, and taking the key with him, as usuaL I had already closed the damper to the stove, put on my overcoat, and was just in the act of tuniing down ^e lampâ€" but, of course, I waited. " Good evening, sir," said the man, bust- ling up to the stove, and kicking the damper open with his right foot. " Has Winslon gone to the house " J answered that he had. •*»When? I was afraid of it." He drew out his watch â€" a very fine one, I thought. " I shall not have time to go up^" he said. MThe train is due in fifteen minutes." " Is there anything can do " I asked. " I wanted to leave some money with Winston. I intended to stop in town a day or two^bnt^I have just got a despatch that calls me home." " What name, sir " ""Anderson, of Anderson ville." I knew him then, though 1 4iad seen him but once before. He had been one of our best Western customers. I say Juid been, for the reason that during tiie past year his -payments had not been so prompt. In fact, he was considerably behind, and Winston liad that very day told me to write hiin^ and 'punch him up a little," as he expressed it. The letter was then in the breast-pocket of 3iy overcoat. "' Yon can leave the money with me, sir, and I will give you a receipt." He seemed to hesitate, which nettled me somewhat. I have n0ver blamed anybody since, however. " How much is my bill " he asked, eyer intr me sharply. I answered promptly, for I had struck the balance not more than half an hour before ' Kleven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars and twenty-three cents." " Humph less thtm I supposed. Write out a receipt for that amount." He left the stove, and came and looked over my shoulder while I .wrote. "It is all right, Mr. Putnam. I know -you tiow. You've been with Winston a long time. I can tell your signature any- â- where." He drew from an inside pocket a large black wallet, very round and full, and counting out eleven different piles of bank- notes, he told, me to run them over. It was a short and easy task, for each pile contain- ed just ten, one hundred dollar bills. The balance was in fives, tens, and twenties, and it took more time to count them but at last we got it, so that both were satisfied. At this moment we heard the whistle for the station. Anderson sprung for his traveling-bag, and giving me a hasty hand- shake, was off on the run. ' I closed the door, and counted the money again. Finding it all rieht, I wrapped a piece of newspaper around it, and slipped it jnto my overcoat pocket. I did not feel quite easy to have so much money about me; but as Winston's house was at least a mile distant, I concluded to keep it until mornini; when I could deposit it in the bank. I closed the damper again, drew on my gloves, took the office key from the nail just over the door, and stepped up to put out the light. As I did so, I saw a bit of paper on the floor, which, oi^ picking up, I saw was the receipt I wrote for Mr. Ander- son. He had dropped it in his hurry. I put it in my -pocket, and thought no more about it, only that I would mail it to him. I would haVe done it then, but as the last mail for that day had gone out on the train whidi took Mr. Anderson, I could do it just as well in the jnoming. Then, too, I was in something of a hurry that night, for I had an appointtnent andl may as well vtate here that it was ' with a young lady, who, I hoped, would be my wife before many -months. I hastened to my boarding-place, ate my aupper, and then went ov«r to Mr. Warner's wearins the overcoat with the money in it, as I did not feel easy about leaving it in my room. Carrie was at hom^ of course, as she was «Kpct«^ig.me, jiad, leaviiw my ooat «nd hat m tlie hall, I went into t£e parlor. I do not think at repetition of our oonver- -would be very iatalreating, so I will pass over it, merely remarking tiiat nothing oc- currcA to distaxb me onl I aroiw to take mylaavB. • Carrie went into the entry forn^ ooat uid hat, diat I might pat tmsm on im the warm fire, bat die came back with miy my -hat. ' " Why,. Fred, yon oeitaiidy dML aoiTes* tore out onanch a night atola witihoat an «verooa(?" " No coatr I exdaimed, in a d«wd aort of a way, fw the thcosht of tiia laimaf, • flashing Bpoa meao aoMenly, had alatoat etnniiw me. The next momeot I tore paat her^Hke a â- aaduHS, aa I waa. The ooat waa gMi 1 Tbeii I MM vuarvad. I graa|ied at 4a â- taiTwril, and canght it jwat in tftâ€" 1» aa^ portiMdC. Carrie eaBerannfacaert^lMr kosfiSa^iMiateBi. "Oh. Fred 1 are iroadde? L^ â- â€¢ oali J- .J Yea are a« iHafc I tiftndlwaabaMar. 1 WMatoo^, all at irioe â€" daaperOaly atrong. And wbat WMj^t aboot tiiia eha«ga? The aimple reoahpt which I had ia mj podiet. Andar- MB had notUag to diow. that Ae money 'fid been paid and waa not my nnaided word aa good aa hiat I waa fofdirii enoog^ to believe thatl oonld brave it throng and I grew oimfid- ent and quite easy at moe. " There, Carrie, I am mneh better now. The room waa too warm, I gneaa. So aome Well, let it go. I^Wft an old oaa, and 111 have a better (me."' " " But waa tbitii Aotlmig in tba pockets f aaked Carrie. It is strange how Mpiciona jmilt will make ns. I really tfaipght that Carrie sus^ pected me, and an angry reply was on the end of my tongue. ':I #Dppreued it, how- ever, and uttered a fialsehood instead "Nothing of/ consequence, Carrie. A good pair of gloves .andaome otiier trifling notioni:*^; " I aftr^ad it is no worse, Fred. Now, if you wiU wait just a moment, I will get you one o|;father*s ooate to wear home." Thus equipped I left her. You may guess that my slnmbera that night were not very sound, nor very refresh- ing. I never passed a more miserable night and in the morning my haggard looks were, the subject of remark. " Why, Fred, yon look as though yon had met a legion of ghosts last night I" said Win- ston. ' What n the matter " "Iliad "a bad night of i^" I answered, with a sickly smile. " And you'll have ano^er, if you're not carefuL You Had better keep quiet to-divy 6y-the-way, did you jnittto Anderson " I do not know how I managed to reply, for the question set m» to sMverine frgm head to foot, and I was so weak tliat I could scvcely sit in my chair. I must have .answered in the\ffirmative, however, for heaaid " Then we may look for something from him to-morrow, or next day " Immediately after he added " Why, Fred,' you ahiver as though you had the ai^e, and you are sweating like a butcher You're sick, man I Come jump into my eutter, and I'll take you home." I was glad of the chance to get away, and reaching m} room, I locked myself in. Wilton sent a doctor round, but I re- fused' to see him. Then Winston came himself, but I woald not open the door. Then my landlady came, then aome of my fellow-boarders, but I turned ,them aU aw^y. Ah those were terrible hours that I passed, and the night coming on brought me no relief. Can you not guess What I was meditating Coward that I was, I had at last resolved upon self-destruction. I commenced my preparatitms with the same calmness and deliberation that I would have used in the most common transaction. I wrote a short explanation for Carrie, an- other for Mr. Winston, a third for my poor mother and I sealed them all. In a fourth envelope I enclosed the receipt to Mr, Anderson. AU this accomplished,* I went to my secretary and took out the weapon of d^th. It was simply a revolver, small and insig- nificant enough in appearance, but all suffi- cient. Having exapiined the cartridges, to make sure that there would be no failure, I sat down before the fire, a£d placed the cold muzzle to my forehead. In another second £ should have been life- less but just as my finger began to press the trigger, there came a tap on my door. It startled me, and hastily concealing my weapon, 1 called out that I could admit no one. "Not me, Fred!" I knew Carrie's voice, and a yearning to look on her loved face got the mast^fy of me. Quietly slipping we tell-tale letters, which I bad left on the table, into my poc- ket, I opened the door. " Oh, Fred, you are real sick 1" exclaimed Carrie, the mamint the light fell on my face. " Why did you not send for me Aren't you better " " Worse," I answered huskily Carrie â€" good heavens 1" As I uttered this exclamation, I started back, and then forward and then â€" ^I hardly know tBh(U,yioT, hanging across Carrie's arm, was my overcoat 1 Recovering from my astonishment, I snatched it nrom her, and thrust my hand into the pocket. I drew out deven thouaand seven hundred and fifty doUara and tvoenty- tkree cetUs. Y'ou have heard about, and perhaps seen, the singular capers of a madman, or the wild antics of those crazed with rum, or the gro- tesque dancing of savages. Well, judging from what Carrie told me, and from the ap- pearance of my apartment i^ter it was all over, I am led to believe that, were it pos- sible to concentrate the three above-men- tioned species of demons into one, their capering and dancing would appear tame in comparison with mine tiiatsKht. But I cooled down after awmlc^ and just in time to save Carrie's head » tnnnnt fibm the chair or the washstand, which I had se- lected as parteers in my craay waltz. Then I asked for aa explanation. It waa the simplest thing imaginable. I do not knew why I had not ^oi^t of it befrae. It was suaply a blunder of. Garrie'a .father. He hi^ wiiafaikm lif ooatcfitrUa'awis and worn it down town, new dreaming tiiat a small fortune waa lying icBy in the^pocket. Well, I didn't have the pnin tevet over theaffisir, bntlwastheaafxtdew t»it. I made a clean brwt of the whole tl^^n g ex- oeptiiw ray attempt, or,' lAtnr, nfy feiid:ve, at seudestructien. No one ever gneaaed thai ]^art of it, and I tell ii to-day for the first time. I sent Mr. Anderson his receipt, handed over the momiaf ta Mr. Winatdn, and wint rigfatoirwithmy^ddaea, a'wiaer and a better man, I hope. Andto-morraw, God wil^ig. I shaU lead Carrie to " FTttBHWBMp mm W I SIW ^OWI ;; B a i|ttf nl and stwag, n»iH^..ir' ttOaiag thnrngh saoh Unity vein, ' CMsMiBf nstramwraar. '"f rrMadfeh^^ is a bMoon^ight On Ute's looky Shan. Frktadsbip is aa iron ihieid ' ' When the erael dsH Sver may be foRsed to yM^ V: 1 Ki*tt wounds thslisatt. ^; " ratudMpi/ttbMgutotooi ' Aeely to na given. As the floweis that gam the sodi ' Orthalight ofhesvcBl •Sol. 70b. sad tt A orSSUaba. fiUOHMI vfi'/r Ui".ai fflS!#|gJ5g»srTf *5??l\.T 'but. BtO^I^. iite,Wliitiiit. icftlie liai^' Poison's NerviGne ia a moat p^ent pain reliev^ ^^_ to mcoioal adenoab *1^ rfliMfawt nuijiiaii madem titia d^artr ' '" ' "5^^ upward and onwaid. developmait in *!«â-  mi ieatiielataBt diacoveriai. raaa^a. )pilu ia ilM 1mm nal. and tecalâ€" HenrOlBe pnd Ideerti |i ike iiiiiiifcMa «i««MI XMt»^ boMi^TMiti, at aAdti Jesos Ghiist tp Me- ' tji ST L. A. MoaaisoK, TOBOsm. â- ]' Jaaoa Chriat to me, Since His predona blood ' Ia all lay plea At the tlirone ol Ood, â€" Takei away the niarht, and the bitter pain ;. ' Bcinga Hia blessed light ts my aool again. Jesna Christ to me, ..' ' By His grace abut in So safe, and trae From the guilt of ain, ' Is a faithful friend, who with watchful canr Doth in lore attend to each whi^peiiwl prayer. Jeans Christ to Qia, Hath sach powerto blaaa, ' i Kf aoal doth flee â- ^â- : Ineachsondiatress To His loving breast, where mv heart-aohas oaaae For He gireth reat, and aodi perfect peace. Jesus Chriat to uml ' K f ^T, ..£ TriawMJiBd tferihsfHwrejl' ai3i «--^ I know that He Can redeem and aare And though far away, by Hia blood brought n gfa, I ahall aome glad day, reign with Him on high. '.-;• A-;. Jeana Chriat to me lathe aweeteat name In apeeoh can be. Or that toDgoe can frame ' Aad ita potent charm, by the Si^rit led, Keeps aecure from harm, or can raise the dead. Jeaoa Chriat to me l4 the King of Kings. "â- â- â- â- â-  "Eternity" My Spirit ainga " ynil be far too abort, in the realms abov«L TO serve Him well, or to teU Hislsve." TINGLEY STEWART M'FGCa, TOlEBOaBTTO, OiSTT: mention tnia Paiier waisn writintr. I FIi MAY BLOOD Weakness ao4 Lung Trouble TH8 tfteUSat dl^ ooveryotthapia- -«nt«^for n^t- nr the Bowelo, and Coring all BI^od.Liv- r aad Kidhey Com- tlainta. A perftet LUood Purifler. A tern f .n Hamilton who have een benefited by its I ite Hra M. Keenan^ .92*Bobert St, ciired I f KrysipeUn of 2 y rs. J«tandiog; Bobt '^or- lieU/'St South S^, llaasrhter cured of iBpileptic Fita after 6 reanr auffarinar Jan- -.„,, riieBhreil. 66Wal.,THE ittt St, cured of John Wood, OS Catb- m oithtflnSSSJ^a logb.in.o,» te " "'jK'ine lories and Wooyil*^il «e« on ih," *H S^M 'or JLb *e medicin, vj-j oditwuibei. counterfat it FACSIMILE ""« "Pf. J«rt or* ««o or Or. juQ-a "' T? "w WEDicms. «"'""f.J^ Vi ... tion. 4th n; " wiU be ubl to re. oKn ize t once that theviL the genuii. articte, a. there is no oOi^^ JUG MEDICINE Co" Torwito WKl'stiK^I ALBANY STEAM TW .^jeart St. cured of Liver Complaint and Biliousness, «|i«aedonhrSflfty-centbotaea; M la. J. Deal, 8 Angoata St, trooblad for years with Nervous Proatrstion, two small bottlea gave her great relief. Sold at 60c s 91. F. F. lULUST A CD.;!Ph4iriet0ra. J.L.JONES WOOD ENGRAVER 10 King S' East TORONTO. " Let There be Light." f\r-:\- BT S. P. P0ai M. D. "T waa Omnipotence that spoke,- And instuitly there broke Through the chaotic gloom " -V That wrappel this jiew world round, I Those wondrous complex raya, Oflshoots from Heaven's blase. Making barrepneaa to bloom. And the earth with U^dng beantv to abound. Through the turbulence and tears Of the intervening years. And the long and gloomy nig^t That has brooded o'er mankind. Oftentimes that sovereign word .,'-, '.! Hath been spoken and been heard, ' ' Pointing always to the right. And removiaar error'a blindness from the mind. To Uie aoul aatiay f rom Ood, Overweighted with the load Of his Bin, and grief, and care. Too grievous to be borne, Tliat word luts given peace. And broo^t a sweet, suroeaae On the win«8 of faith and praj-er. And has naherad in a^rlad aad glorions motto- Is there da rltnea s anywhere Is thsis ain, or dpnbt. Of cais Is aome weary,' ansdons aoul Groping blindly for the light ' Then forever be it known That 'tie Ood, and 6oudone,â€" He who makes the placets roll â€" Tliat cancfaase away thsdarknes of the {night. Gkilatea aad the Water Symph- iCa| B^ B. HSaSBRT STAFFOSD. â-  -â-  f â-  â-  â-  At purple risiag of the mom. Before the » arm-eyed day, a Sweet mtid stood on the shore forlorn, Her name was Galatea. With bathing dressof sable blue. And imwonnd golden tretaea. And white feet allempearled withdew. The sweet one onward preasea. The willing waves grow higher now. She still advances forwani, f^^^ When from a blue wave's foam-white brow A face peers, looking shoreward. .... k And thus a tender voice beapeikiug â€" Fond maiden tell me, prithee. What is it now that thou art seeking. That 'mid the waves I see thee 7 But Galatea, with a shriek. Tamed from the watery duam; Twaa but the shore thit she did seekâ€" With aome enthosiiam. MORAL. Maiden be thou plain or fair, Sylvan maidea of Lome Fm, Notemyveraes debonair. And their aubtUe lesson mark. Gonotina-bathingeariy, ' Never dare go in alone, « It nereids shonld meet thee fairiy. Just ohaae them with a atone. â€"LorMParkOazttte, m Irfnu^eritT of Miiwiffnarifes. It is stated that the average life of miaaion- ariea in foreign lands ia ratlier more t*»*n eighteen yews. In tropical climates, usually regarded aa leaa favorable to health, the averacm time of service varieafromseventeen and a half to twenty-three and three-quarter years. The ^poportiMiof deatha among female miaaion a r iea ia not greater, Imt aomewhat leaa than among men and the average of of both oompaiea favorably with that of ministers and their wives in thia oonntiy. ArWziiilte A Uind min^ta in tin «gilMr' elt a doM way, and wben tar hean tiie^^^ footttoD of a In^ ht^tnkaneghin hifSTbewa^ li head, covered witii the anowa of seventy Wmters. wnpag, Oh: I UkaAaai, take pil^: onapoOTbund man who ia dgnived oftiie ^earare ti aeefng yuaT Jpott fetchea I CURE f ITS 2 Wkn I â- Â« eon I do not mMa m*r*ly ta stop tbm •» a OBtaiid thui liav* ttwmntDrn«nln. ImMBandleV •5*. I hanBato ttmMHâ€"matTm. KTIUCFST utWAUi MO SIOKKBSS a liPlonc MBdy. I wairaat mr imadf lacaratkawontcawa. Baeaaw ettan hav* fatM toa* NMoBfer aetnov neatvlDca eara. Bead at ooea for • toMlssaadarrMBotUaaf mrtafalUlilarasMdr. «Ha niiiiM aad FoatOfllea. It eaata Ton notUSc for atrial. udlwUliaMJna. Addiw.DB.H.O. BOOT, .... BraflOfiMce, 37 TiDie 81, TOroiti^ REIW] cocklMpinrto,," O^Gieabaa'iAgi i^MorriM?ua FeedLabSI ers* 8appliii 4 « deacriptioii. Serij circnlan. JAMES M as 7S77Adelni(iu] TOROSW^' Baby'8 Birthday] A BLautifnl Imported BirUidar(M« to any baby whose mother will ndii names of two or more other l)tUei,iti| parents' addresses Also s hudHoiD t mond Dye Sample Oard to tta* i mneh Tamable inf oimatioa '^^eUa. KIcbardsea ft Ca., Famous Diamond Wood Cool The LEADma WOOD COOKI THE T0R0N1D STOVE AND MANUFACTURING CO., (LTIL) 017B lykST NOTICE In this ptuger referred to the Annaal Meeting of the Associa- tion. TMs meeting (leinK the 15th since the Company was organized) took place on Tuesday, the l^tli April, when the foUowing gratuylng tnereiifeias were announced i PREMIUM INCOME INGREASEB FOR YEAR, MT»IEST AND RENTS, ASSETS, $260,420 It aSeomt: 1,: must have been the experience m the â-¼aa* najet^y of men thati when tiiqrwwe aoved to ooofide a aeoret wliieli ahoddnot haveprooeeded beymd two,awoinanwaatiie jTrmwr aitft'aafn iiitiliiiliaii We wilaaaMd onoe a nddiaM laatanoa of exmiiaitaomfi- denee ia • yopngMtd iBaooent n^ ii aone ^oiied a* a. wttaeis in at »" " ' %a»;$lnftl«aMB*-«aiaMldt Ik tel I «Mii M* r or «a«iiM, lib WM joii.iwi w«di te mSimi m- $358,375. SURPLUS, I3,02!l. 80,234. Poller Were allocated as Profits to Holders. Profits payable on and afier Blay 1st. J. I. MAGDONALD, Imging Director. ITO BQTr. A Ti PMGSSTOSDITALLDBilB' THE "BOYNTON," :^'HARBIS," „ -^ MAMMOTH "** MONABCH.^ ». tor: n^£iatand Dlnstrated ^^'^JJL _- „.^_ OCNNFANY, iV^' rmnm^f^ nimiLrmm MOirnutM, and winnip^' â-  â- J ^SmT^w every wo 5S^ IA* to the h« ♦fctaTl b«ld dear, every th *25^k|BB/th»»I*oped t j^57^h5^^ugh.i â- "' •• He paused a mom ^fgsnatieni in his t •j^JJ^fc^BiaavepT â- ^radj^itmnaaserto he fS,niaad htt h*^^.***: "lad looked at him with Jar atamped on every fei Task liorrbr-wrickMJ. Sd heavew," h« burst -to do *U our Uvea?" ihad meant to lead him t VTlth thia one object i |rfv«n*l»««ony and fury V n win J irtA bariing impatiei Iftff it through all her cob Now she answered eagei Ilwffltell yon what we ca i passionately. We can boi Sarw» b«^ n*^^^ beer n of itbut Bobâ€" no one Wi ing the books in the chur Let it be fra«otten. Oh iaaay way! We shaU bo py. »otent let it be forgot ever, Glynn I"â€" and she I together and bent entr ,.' a moment he looked at _ned by the audacity of h [tiian he cried out â€" 'It is impossibleâ€" utterly ot delude yourself with. St 1 are mine â€" ^we cannot part- mpping his voice to a whia [despairâ€" not quiteâ€" yet " ]oh, yes, I know thatâ€" I k lanswered bitterly, ignoring I his last (Words. " I am yoj a bird you have locked i J. Yes, the law gives me I the ahiinkina maiden from wealthy Turk and " before him, with burnin lipa â€" " yon can tal me, until the face that f â- â-  worn and wrinkled, unti Lt you love now, until you ffeel what I feel now 1" â€" anc j head again upon the top of t [her face. pere was silence then â€" a sili [girl's fierce rebdlious spiri for hours. She had ma^e 1 I all the despair, vehemenct had lain pent up within h t know what her marriage hi and now she could only wai Dg and yet hopeless, for hia he night was ndling the su red some time a cool gray [about the little red .chu under the hanging lilacs I it waa quite dark theref o ^nsband and wife â€" could i I other's face as they kept Dce. At laat Hyacinth spob bear the torture of waiting •' V^ell," she aaked slowly ave you decided t ' le lost.aU hope then her "ed vdce was more painful t the passionate utterances Dti before, and he answerec pken tones â€" "Hyacinth, if I could do hoi this marriage, believe n guy case L will relieve you pwce until you yourself c*; I Setiiiient, sentiment, sen WauMd, falsing her bowe K|^ her foot upon That do I care whether yoi • « our uncle's will, and of t ban up from all benefit u 1 »kinHynn"â€" moyinB ^1. " Will you do as"!* P^â„¢ge be forgotten, and ea PiC**^ o* me old man's w root it cannot be forgoti pwiber it and take it into a fc«."hosaid. Lloidflntand yon, she am FfacaaHvejuataa it pleat pubve in parity and honour f*â„¢f that I ahall." did know it That cold ' aaver walk thvneh .^•â- "••way at onoe. 2L*fS*» «»ething kT" We am married, I?*** the nioB^_4t wo ^tW?'l don't ^«*^ beginning to aob I ^J2*» •â- Â«Â» « we act aa "»a 'd3iL^^ aey takei P« cl •SJ?? *»«"#ty rf nb ' thafa •rjAs cried. .v,|e"e thoofffa t»i"waathe t"i iiiittitt^iiiiiiiiyiii ^misei^Uiii^ass^i^^^ I A'h-,,' t ^^ «-L_«*C ' ^(,tlt^-^