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44 THE | Dominion Life Assurance (o‘y, Head Office, + Waterloo, Ont. !; Authorized Capital $1,000,000, Lov‘t Deposit at Ottawa $50,000 JAMES INNE®, M. P., CHR. KUMPF Esgq., PRESIDENT Vie kâ€"b Ribs1DEN Who formery r who DoW resiues lu wif foarse TILL THE YALUE I§ EXHAUSTED â€" Ager‘a Tair that It is 1. Eastrop, TeX Liey 1R the 1 AYER‘S HAIR YVICOR j un stt Equality ecuredl by i PHOS. HILLIARID, MaNAGING DIRECTOR, LoA T16 Your chowe of all sonunud plans o werance viered, no other. AIEXNTX® WAXNTED. Apply now r choice of territory to T/«e I’U“t aight pr 1/7' u/nu; refror. Of Wher tn The KA LES Cure SICK WEADACME and Neuralgia in 20 mINUTES, also Coated Tongue, Diz/â€" ness, lilicusness, Pain in the Side, Constipation, Torpid Livet, Bbad Breath, To stay cured and formation concerning Patents and how to obâ€" tain thtim semt tron. A1so‘s pateiogne of mechas regulate the b su bseribed Capital A Centleman _/ AN 0LD MAID‘S MARRIAGE | {laye you Catarrh > This remedy ie guaran. troed to curs you, Price,Mcta. Injectorfrea, Price 25 CenTs ar uiners, i/ Sold by Nimon Snyder, Waterloo HILOYX‘SAACATARRH POWDERS THOS. HILLIARD it possibhle. between‘ policyâ€"holders is insuring in three claussesâ€" eneral and womenâ€"giring pofits the true benefit of its y of the Dominion Life is a imise, to ]myâ€"-/ike a bank t nunconditiomal. No reâ€" travel or occupation. ) ur three years in force i6 itable, evemn for failure to \preminims, remaining in Yizor, ind very soon, it now c fusther loss of hair, but L uisely new groavth, which has if t and glossy to this day. d ths preparation to all in sune haimrestorer. | It is all ned to Le."â€"Antonio Alarrup, Puaid up Capital $64,400 r'/v/ a legacy certain instead led in Connecticut, but Honolnls, writes; "For 21 yeurs past, my wile puc l hive used Aper‘s I‘air Vigor, and WO Managing. Director ; verr NICE TO TAKE. ar Oruga SroR«s, aLPA favorably with REMEDY, day. 1 in d uced her to use ‘Miss Mattie was in a dilemma. A chill gleam of April sunshine shot across the table and lit dancingly on Miss Mattie‘s face. Miss Mattie was not averse to sunsbine oraivarily, but this intrusive and irresponsible beam annoyâ€" ed her ; bsides it mage the flame of the tire look sickly, and disturbea maiden meditations. She put on her spectacles, . carefully adjusted her cap, and prepared for the worst. Then she rang the bell for Prudence, her handmaiden, who apâ€" pâ€"ared in Quaker gray and a snowy cap. Little rebetlious curls danced out from beneath the cap in a frivolous £, shion, } which nothing could restrsin. Even now as she came in she made an attempt to reduce themm to order, but in vain, ‘Prudence,‘ said Miss Mattie, ‘what did the doctor‘s boy say P * l ‘He said, mistress, that he was to take l back an answer.‘ Miss M ttie looked perplexedly at the grave, sereneâ€"eyed little Quaker maig. ‘How old are you, child ¢? she asked ‘Twenty, mistress,‘ said Prudence. Miss Mattie gazed at the unopened letter on the table and then at Prudence, ‘Prudence, you <are young,‘ she said, ‘but wiser than your years. Have you â€"have you ever had a sweetheart? Prudence looked a little unprepared for this rewark. But she was conscienâ€" tious. ‘Truly,‘ she said, ‘there is one stalwart youth, & carpenter, who has fiattered me many times when going to meeting, but to whom I have not been dra wn.‘ ‘Ob, youâ€"you wereu‘t drawn to him?P asked Miss Mattie. ‘Nay, mistress ; whereat he is much provoked, ind threatened toâ€"‘ ‘To what P asked Miss Mattie. ‘To fare torth to foteign lands and forget me,‘ placidly answered the little maid. Miss Mattie still struggled with a certain shameful consciousness that she had wavered, What a tower of strength P. udence was ! _ ‘Did youâ€"did youâ€"â€" did he ever kiss you? she asked, in a whisper. A faint color stole over the pretty little m: id‘s face,. â€" Sbhe looked distressâ€" fully at the carpet. ‘The youth was strong and [ but slight,‘ she answered, in coufusion ; ‘and he was about to deâ€" part, andâ€"and â€" tie Prudence sat down. Miss Mattie regarded her as a daughter, although Miss Mattie herself was only fortyâ€"five. But people in little Bingleton rather prided themselves on looking old. It was thought to savor of flightiness if folks adopted modern fashions or traâ€" velled often to town. Miss Mattie was the only daughter of the iate Dr sewell, Ever since her father‘s death, which had happened about ten years »go, she had lived in her own pretty <little cotâ€" tage on the outskirts of the town. Peoâ€" ple who remembered her fifteen years back said that Miss Mattie was very ple who remembered her fifteen years back said that Miss Mattie was very handsome. She was stiil a sweetâ€"faced womman, with rich auburn hair, and plaâ€" cid blue eyes. There had been whispers of a girlish romance a long time ago ; but by and by people looked upon her as a confirned old maid. The years passed, and stuill Miss Mattie lived her quiet, uneventful days, until Dr Slurke, the one practitioner in the place, sudâ€" denly discovered that Miss Mattie was wasting her life. _ ‘You‘ve a mission to fultil,‘ be bad said, ‘What is it ? plaâ€" cidly demanded Miss Mattie, ‘I will go bome and write is to you,‘ retorted the doctor, attacked by a sudden fit of shyness, â€"His manner has occasioned Miss Mattie some misgivings, but she had concealed them under her usual placid exterior‘until the arrival of the fatal letter. The letter lay upon the table Miss Mattie dared not open it. It seemed as if the occasion demanded a soleman and fortoal ceremony of some sortâ€"a cereâ€" mony with witnesses. ‘Open it, Pruâ€" dence,‘ she said, suddenly, turning to the little maid. ) Even Prudence could not conceal something which approached to worldly curiosity. She took the letter in ber band and opened it with her usual deâ€" liberation. ‘The roan has to concern to marry thee, mistress,‘ she said, after a steady perusal of the letter, No wowan likes to have a proposal of marriâ€"ge put before her in so baldly prosaic & manner as in this instance, Miss Mattie félt that the occasion was not being treated with sufficient solemnâ€" ity. ‘Read it nloud, please, Prudence,‘ she said ; and Prudence read it : Dear Mavpax,â€"I never proposed to any one beforeâ€"haven‘t had either the time or the inclinationâ€"aod I have vainly consulted all the literasture on the subject. _ Most of it seems to me to be rubbish. You are a sweet, amiable woman, of rather a melancholy dispoâ€" sition ; I am bustling, savage, writable, loud and overbearing,. Don‘t you think we sach have what the other lacks t I‘m tired ofâ€"living alone ; g£o muast you be ‘also. Couldn‘t vqcr forces and traâ€" sition ; I am bustling, savage, writable, | little portal, as be followed Miss Matâ€"| feeling comforted by the stranger‘s vast loud and overbearing. |Don‘t you think | tie into her s mitingâ€"room, fali{of | balk. ‘Iâ€"â€"I kept him waiting for an we sach have what the other lacksi#I‘m | delicate china ‘and gay with samplers W"‘WI delicate matter tired ofâ€"living alone ; g£o must you be | and quaint mirrors on the walls. | thisg evening, andâ€"and he‘s croks with also. Couldn‘t we joi forces and traâ€"| The jet sat down in an artm:|me.‘ °â€") 0 000 0 oo t. 0. ~~ j velâ€"togethcrr?| \You must be very soliâ€" | chair .by the fit ,ml::-oedh"wdl mfld’lfil nfln tary, and it is always 30 comforting to | over the‘sidea of it. . The cat |jumped | arimchair. *Now, you sit anm,‘ buve a man in the house in caseof burâ€" | upon his |coldssal knee and went‘to| he said fu bis gentle, ‘kindly way.~ ‘I‘ll glars or fire, Will you mwa ‘Sit down, Prudence,‘ said Miss Mat warcy me ? {1f so. to h*q-lhl want renueing ; ea e L. W hich snali e be? Yes or uu?â€" J shail be walking impatiently up and|down my gardenâ€" an exceedingly rash thing to do in this east windâ€" until T‘receive your reply. Yours very faithfally. mms 9 Bs 4 Sinas SLURKE. ‘Is that all P demanded Miss Mattie, who hid faint hopes that the missive would be couched if all the longâ€"winded eloquence of Miss Austin‘s heroines. 1 _ 1 I M i SCs Apesiie e nes a C Even Prudence ;Pemed to have found it disappointing. (She imwardly conâ€" trasted it with cer‘nin vain but impasâ€" sioned utterances of the young carpenâ€" _ ‘Is there no'hiné more in the letter, Prudence ? Nothing about love T‘ ‘The letter lacketh worldliness of that kind,‘ answered |Prudence, seriously scanning the page, FMiss Mattie had inotlostal! sentiment. | it She rscalled that episode of her vanish | te ed youth when Réuben Rountree had | y declared that he worshipped her. Reu-isl ben was only a farmer‘s sonâ€"a stragâ€"| t gling farmerâ€"anud Miss Mattie‘s exaltâ€" | b «d positiou had been declared & fatal | 0 obstacle to _ Reuben‘s _ pretersions. ‘ h Whereupon Reuben had uttered decidâ€" | t ed words to Mattie‘s whiteâ€"haired father, l and departed toi Jlands unknown in | s search of fortuna, He had taken & |s lock of Miss Mattie‘s fair nair with him, ‘ and she still cherighed in secret a little | a daguerreotype of the departed swain.‘ All this had happened a quarter of a c century ago. _ At first the faith of love ‘l) bad kept Miss Muttie‘s hart warm. But ; t bearts grew cold and taith wavers and | dies when the years pass and &bsent\g lovers make no sign, _ \ Miss Mattie drifted placidly adown the stream of titme, distributing little gifts to her neighbors on the banks and winning the lovejof all. _ But she found life rather dull. |Her old schoolfellows had Jarge facmilies, who called Miss Matilda ‘Aunt Mattie,‘ and confided all their troubles to her sympathetic ears. Miss Mattie also found, to her very great surprise, that meo rather disturbâ€" ed her. She liked ber little nap after dinner, her game of bac«gammon with Prudence in the |evening, her regular, quiet life. _ If shg had married Reuben, all these things wou!d have become imâ€" possible. [ Miss Mattie did not like to be hurâ€" ried,. And yetâ€"â€"and yet. As she sat there holding Dr, Slurke‘s letter in her hand, her youth jcame back. How the the poor boy had loved her! She reâ€" called his foolish speeches, his fondness for her yellow locks and blue eyes, and all the thousand| and one little tricks and jests with which be had beguiled her into loving him. â€" Dr. Slurke‘s let: ter had unsettled her. Though she felt sbe could not marry.a man who never wiped his boots on the mat and believâ€" ed that a congested liver was answerâ€" able for all the sorrow in the worldâ€" yet there might be hidden depths of love within him. He was & doctor, too. That was another recommendaâ€" tion. her band Miss Mattie temporized. ‘Iâ€"I will ask him to tes, Prudence,‘ she said as she sat down to her desk and wrote in an elegant Italian hand that she must have further time in which to consider Dr, Slurke‘s flattering proposal. ‘And, Prudence,‘ she said, as she sealed the letterâ€"Miss Mattie always used a seal â€"‘see that your pikelets are plentiful and of the best. Nothing comforts a man so imuch as & good tea.‘ Miss Mattie was a little bit ruffled by the events of the day. She went upstairs and looked long and lovingly at a certain little portrait. Then she put on her best lavender silk dress, reâ€" moved her cap, and went down stairs to her cosygsitting room. A man‘s step scrunched the gravel outside, and the next moment an unâ€" known voice detoanded if Miss Matilda Sewell lived there. Miss Mattie thrust the daguerreo type into her bosom and went out. ‘What is it, Prudence ?‘ she asked. ‘A wayfarer from over the seas who would have spéech with thee, mistress,‘ said Prodence, quietly, as she went back to her pikelets. 1 Miss Mattie felt an old sensation at her heart. It fluttered and leaped. What if this burly stranger brought her news from the unforgotten Reuâ€" ben 1 | The stranger held a letter in his hand. ‘I‘ve just come down on the cars with a letter from an old friend,‘ he said. ols ‘On the what ? asked Miss Mattie,in bewilderment. | ‘On the cars. Ob, ‘I forgot. You call them trains. Can I come in ? ‘With plgnjre,' saic a flattered, odd little t fer you a dish of tea T The stranger took of his hat and coat and carefuily bung them on a peg in the hall, The e seemed to shrink, when he walked aloug it, and the low Prudence still waited, the letter in Ob, ‘I forgot. You call Jan I come in ? re,‘ ‘said Miss Mattie, in little tone. ‘May I ofâ€" . _ Which shall it ‘ing her @ letter. ‘Won‘t you‘ rea 1 this shail be walkiog first and then we‘ll talk,‘" own my gardenâ€"., _ Hospitality was a sacred rite with hing to do in this Miss Mattie. ‘I trust that you will ceive your reply. ‘parukfl of my poor hospitality first, Mâ€" s Mr.â€" T she said with a atately bend of Stras SLURKE. \her head. . ‘ You‘re right, ma‘am,‘ said the stranâ€" \ger, surveying the little dish. ‘I was \|just thinking I could eat the whole of \ those cunning little cakes.‘ ‘Alphsus P. Winterbottom. I‘d to be sorry to go away without doing so,‘ answeréd the stranger heartily, as Pruâ€" dence appeared with the pikelets, ‘Prudenze,‘ said Miss Mattie, soiemnâ€" Iv, ‘make some more.‘ ' | ‘ Dr. Slurke opened the door and re:â€" eniled in amazewent. â€" There was Miss :.\[-\ttieâ€"â€"his Matilda, as he was wont \to call her in dreamsâ€"when he did ‘\ dream, which was but seldomâ€"chatting genially away with some foreign ruffian whom he had nevér before heard of or known to exist, It was indezorous ; it was unfeeling ; it was aggravating ; it 1wa.s unprofessional, and the kind of |thing which be (Dr. Slurke) was not going to put upâ€" with from any lady, |however nice she may be under ordinâ€" |ary circumstances. So he pulled his ]stubby beard and glared at the stranâ€" |ger. _ But unfortunately for the doctor, | Mr. Alphieus P. Winterbottom was not _ overwhelwed. And Miss Mattie actually Iaughed. Her tea parties were usually very solâ€" einn and stately affwirs. Mrs. Penniâ€" father, the rector‘s wife, alwave came in a copperâ€"colored silk. Missâ€"Twinkleâ€" ton, ton, invariably donned her best old yellow lace ruffies for the occasion. The stranger, however, wore garmerts of & transalantic cut, and bhad a pointed beard. He was a fine, handsome man of about fortyâ€"five. As Miss Mattie handed him a fragile cup, the last of the pikelets had disappeared. _ Miss Mattie laughed again. Another step sounded on the gravel path outâ€" side. _ It‘s Dr. Slurke,‘ she said, uncomfortâ€" ably. ‘Iâ€"I had forgotten him.‘ Miss Mattie half arose from her chair, ‘Good evening, Dr. Slurke. Won‘t you come in ? she enquired, with the sugar tongs poised in her white hand,. This was another insult, She was pouring out her best tea and giving it to the man in the chair. Dr. Slurke did a very foolish thingâ€"a thing he had often done before, but never withâ€" out experiencing disastrous results. He lost his temper. He drew himself up to his fall heightâ€"5 feet 3â€"and scowâ€" led on the Pirate King, in the armchair â€"this ruffian who stole people‘s heart by objectionable old Persian cats. _ ‘Won‘t you come in ?‘ tremulously re peated Miss Mattie. TR Mo onnd 1 & Coal wl in _ Dr. Slurke bowed sarcastically. ‘I thank you ; no, madam,‘ he said. ‘I only came in to inform you that I had caught a cold in my garden while awaitâ€" ing your pleasare.‘ _ The other man looked quietly up. ‘I guess you ought to be proud of it,‘ he said, in his objectionable American Dr. Slurke bowed to him with withâ€" ering irony. ‘I â€"ehâ€"was not aware that I was asking a conundrum,‘ he said. ‘May I enquire whom I have the pleasure of addressing P C ns a e Sn ues W&Z. Miss Mattie let £ .11 the sugar from the tongs. ‘Ob, Dr. Slurke,‘ she said, with tears in her voice, ‘I am sorry ! You see, it was rather a difficult quesâ€" tion to answer, andâ€"‘ | ~â€"The stranger amiled. ‘My name‘s Winterbottomâ€"Alph:eus P. Winterâ€" bottom.,‘ _ ‘I will thank you to be good enough not to discuss it before this gentleman,‘ the doctor ejaculated at a white heat. Mr. Winterbottom was nmioved by Miss Mattie‘s distress. ‘Shail I make him sbut the door from the outside ?‘ he asked quietly caressing the cat. ‘I think, madam, you‘d feel more comfortable if this turkeyâ€"cock sort of a person had gone home to roost.‘ s _ ‘But Iâ€"1I reallyâ€"‘ And poor Miss Mattie felt inclined to cry. o _ ‘I was not apeaking to you sir,‘ said the doctor, ‘My remarks.were meant for the lady.‘ _ __ L y ‘I could :iust drop him into a nice soft flower bed, If you‘d only say the word, madam,‘ quictly continued Mr. Winterbottom. â€" ‘Not professionally, I hope,‘ said the imperturbable stranger, ‘Don‘t disâ€" tress this lady aay more, or T‘ll really have to come and reason with you.‘ The doctor withdrew speechless with ‘Madam, I take my leave,‘ said the augry doctor. ‘As for you, Mr. Winterâ€" beans, you shall here from me.‘ es 0 & Ne en e q enc# d 41. rege. Poor Miss Mattie began to cry softly over the teapot. e The stranger put the cat down ana gently approached the table. ‘Madam,‘ he said, ‘that extromely illâ€"tempered person will be better toâ€"morrow. If he ain‘t,[ guess 1‘ll have to reason with himâ€"near a pond.‘ o ‘Ob, please don‘t,‘ said Miss Mattie, feeling comforted by the stranger‘s vast ~_<And the Cream F said the stranger, bolding up the dainty little ereani« wer adwiringly. ‘My ! Ain‘t that little pitcher pretty ! And the fire! Beats our stoves hollow.‘ He handled the dain‘y equipage with jealous care, and waited ou Miss Mattie so nicely that all her fears vanished. ‘A gentle lady like you didn‘t ought to be bothered,‘ the stranger: said reâ€" flectively, when Prudence hed cleared away the thingsâ€"‘did‘t ought to be bothered by a grasshopper like that. I dare say he means well, but he didn‘t colluscitate worth a cent. That‘s what‘s the matter with him. Now just te‘l me if you feel downright chipper agxin, and, if so, we‘ll go into this business,or, if you prefer it, I‘ll come sgain to morâ€" row.‘ ‘I thank you, Mr. Winterbottom ,‘ said Miss Mattie, in her simple, friendâ€" ly way. ‘Itâ€"it was foolish of me toâ€" to be so frightened. The doctor has been very kind to me.‘ ‘Then I‘ll let him off the pond,‘ said Mr. Winterbottom, as if making a conâ€" cession to sentiment. _ ‘You‘re like one in our countryâ€"you want sheltering from all the storms that blow. Miss Mattie smiled a pleased smile. She had never beeu compared to a wind flower before. Mr. Winterbottom took up the letâ€" ter with his customary deliberation, ‘Now, madamw,‘ he said, ‘I‘ll read it for you, and, when I‘m bumping over a cahot, you tell me to pull up, and T‘ll drive quietly !‘ Miss Mattie did not understand what a cabot was The stranger explained that is was a hole in the road in winter, and that a sleigh had to glide gently over and not take it fiying, for fear of bumping the bottom out. ‘Isâ€"is the letter from Mr. Rountree? asked Miss Mattie, with quivering lips. The stranger looked at hber admiringâ€" ly. ‘Now, madam,‘ be said, ‘I never did see your like for coming straight to the point. You‘ve fine instincts. That‘s what the widower said when he was telling me about it.‘ ‘I‘d better read this letter,‘ said Mr. Winterbottom. ‘(His wife wished it you know.‘ . _ . ‘Theâ€"theâ€". Did I understand you to say widower? Toâ€"allude to Mr. Rountree ? enquired Miss Mattie. She felt crushed. Reuben had not been true to her ; he had forgotten his youthâ€" ful love ; all‘these years she had allow ed her heart to remain in the keeping of a man who did not want it. ‘Iâ€"â€"I doun‘t know said Miss Mattie, trembling ; ‘I don‘t know. But, oh, Mr. Winterbottom, you have been so kind to me that I would rather hear it in your own words, please.‘ _ Mr. Winterbottom Jooked gratified. So you shall, madam,‘ he saidâ€"‘so you shall. You see, Reuben settled down in Ontario five and twenty years ago.‘ 80 _‘Yes,‘ said Miss Mattie. ‘And then, when he was doing pret: ty well, he married old Deacon Tucker‘s oldest.‘ Miss Mattie was but human. ‘Was â€"was Miss Tucker comely ? _ she askâ€" ‘Sort of appleâ€"cheeked,‘said Mr. Winâ€" terbottom. ‘The girls are more like Reuben.‘ ‘Theâ€"the what ?‘ gasped Miss Matâ€" tie. ‘The girls ? â€" _ O _ Mr. Winterbottom reflected. ‘Well, there‘s Samanthy, and Delia, and Leloâ€" ta, and Theresa, and the twins.‘ Every fresh name made the matter worse. The strangor saw it, ‘I can‘t remember the names of the others,‘ he said, comfortingly ; ‘but there aren‘t manyâ€"seven or eight, maybe.‘ ‘Is he happy 9 enquired Miss Mattie, still clinging to her romance, as only a woman can. She wonld not be harsh or unjust to Reuben. While she stayâ€" ed at home and dreamed her life away, he had gone into that vast new country and won a lividg from the soil. He had worked out the grief from his heart, andâ€"and forgotten her. She might bave known that his strong, loyal naâ€" ture could not fail to find an appreciaâ€" tive helpmate, The Canadian girl who had loved him had not staved to think of social position ; she had grasped the substance instead of the shadow. Poor Miss Mattie‘s tears fowed freely. Perâ€" haps Reuben‘s grief when his wife had to think of her, Miss Mattie. ‘Whâ€"what is his message to me ?‘ she enquired. _ _ â€" Mr. Winterbottom came a little nearer to Miss Mattie. ‘Well, you see,‘ he said, gently, ‘she was kind of jealous of you, madam. Reuben told her you‘d always be first in his hsart,and so, when she was called away, she asked him to to send for you toâ€"to look after him.‘ ‘Aundâ€"and what did he say ?‘ asked Miss Mattie. ‘Well, you: see, Reuben hadn‘t the heart to tear you from your old surâ€" roundings, even if you‘d be willing to come. SBo he sent me. ‘Tell her,‘ he said, ‘tell her all my life I‘ve turned to her in sorrow and joy alike ; all my life i rrocgor to tis Murerite of rok down her cheeks. "Please stop, â€" Mr. Winterbottom â€"stop ! _ To say this to me meaus that he was disloyal to her. Don‘t let me think that the man I lov ed all my life could bhave been false to us both. â€" Please leave me that. Don‘t take that away from me,. Itâ€"it has been the only thing which has sustain ed me in my loneliness _ I hbave lived a quiet, faithful, uneventful life, keep: ing and guarding the love which God put into our hearts _ It must be some dreadful mistake"â€"in her excitement sbe laid her hand on Mr. Winterbottâ€" ora‘s armâ€""some dreadful mistake ! It is natural that he should turn to me now but he must have loved her while she lived. It is only his sorrow which makes him seem to forget. _ Tell him I will be a mother to his childrenâ€"go to themâ€"cherish them ; but unsay those words which have destroyed my / ideal, the ideal which I have takeu to my beart all these years. The sacreduess of love must not be broken iike this. Tell me!| tell me ! Ob ! I would ratâ€" her be the humblest beggar that ever claimed charity than believe the man I loved could win some other woman‘s heart and profess to have loved me Mr. Winterbottom gently took her hand. "My dear madam," he saidâ€" "my dear madam, I know he never loved any woinan but you." Miss Mattie buried her face in her hands. Disillusioned by both the men who had loved herâ€"aisfllusioned in one evening ! _ Well she had had fiveâ€" andâ€"twenty years of trustful, loving faith and hope, and now she must hide ber grief and try to live it down. She wanted to get away to her own roomâ€"â€" to be aloneâ€"to think over this shock. And all the time she grieved the strauâ€" ger‘s gentle pressure grew firmer still. It comforted her. Sbe experienced a strange thrillâ€"a thriill which she had never expected to feel again, and then she strove to withdraw her hand, and accused herself of immodesty. "Mattie!" the strangers voice soundâ€" ed in her earsâ€""Mattie, don‘t you know me? I am Reuben ! I have never marriedâ€"never loved anyone but you, und I‘ve come home to ‘stay, to comfort your life, to give you back the years you have spent without me, to guard and love you with the firm,strong love of manhood, and to atone to you for all the sorrow of the past. Look up, dear, look up ! Say to meâ€"‘ She looked up through a mist of bappy tears, as he caught her to his breast. ‘What can I say to you " she whispered. ‘Ohb, Reuben, Reuben, I have waited so long ! I have dgubted the goodness of God. And no# He brings you back to meâ€"He brings you back.‘ Reuben put bis strong arm round her. ‘Dear, forgive me. I wanted to know if you still cared for me. I could| not come until I had made enough‘ money to give you a higher ~position | than that of a farmer‘s wife. And now | let us be happy.‘ $¢ | She put her band in his. *A Aleuâ€"‘ ben,‘ she said, ‘how often our pride| places before it every thing else nndl robs us of the years. I am noti&he girl| you knew and lovedâ€"I‘m only + an old' maid.‘ _ . I But he gazed into her truthful, jovâ€" ing eyes, blue with the blue of heaven, and then he kissed her. ‘They will call it an old maid‘s marâ€" riage,‘ she whispered, with a smile upon her lips.â€"Chambers‘ Journal. Joseph Hartlisy, porteriin a Winniâ€" peg hotel has fallen heir to $35,000. Derby Plug The Coolest And . Most _ Enjoyable Bmoke Ever Produced. Extensive,additions are being made to the Napanee cement mills, 4 o. ® °S VOUR_CHILD_â€" § UNAGCOUNTABLY LOSING FLESH IS rerusine to take its roon me LISTLESS AND DEBILITATED WHY DONT F7Ze~â€" YoU TRY w â€"EBMULSIONq IT WILL HELP WONDERFULLY Jo §OAP Lady Aberdeen advocates a fe inspector of factories. The Thorold Council cut its cet salary from £$400 to ¢200. Listowel will bonus two indust establishmenes with ~4.500. A drill master will be sent t sor to drill the 21st battalion. 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Read proofs below ; OF THE Smoking Toba 5 cent plu 10 cent plu. z20cent plU be sure that the retail does not induce y94, buy any other i ord that he may 14 larger profit. BLUCEPOINT, L. L., N.Y., Jan. 15 i\ BMR As the strength 0f a The Wrong Nam When you **MoNTR SmcuBY, Mici., Dec. 16 K Has provef by its enormous sale that it is s liked the rosy f rirl. One day ha n errand | to tof n usual, and M porch as she Katvleen was h yiu Kd. M. x for 3. 1 ask for S. Narsom if 1 ut hat «ast popolal W Last Friday night between 'npetob\l assessinent. ol 1.iston ar is §761,405 and the populat 9: last year the populatcon wa ) cA sc i od, in defence, it is believe » of the young m*U named it with a stone or somethi "hlch knocked him iusert § then taken as qguickly n his home, where ne lived 1 ort time. The polic» found his residence and took hi pék while « younsg mni N"!"< w'@d wee returning fron :",fl‘g lbdy home he was a a mob on the north side of t which pelted him with stou« his Seven years ago Mr. W,1+. t ter now living in Galt but tawa, stamped his name â€" o! we, Subsequently he paid : out in & confectioner‘s sto: y and beard no further of 1 ort time ago. when one of th s in one of our churchs on aiter and subseauently tol r that he bad seen it and w to see his name upon 1t. _A ; did ngt retain it, lc s at the thought did not 0o lfil nfwrvnrds. Ht;vu'\o {4 .ppesred again, but strans istomer from Branckton w» ir stores last Saturday and i yment for some goods,hand. e other money the identica dthegentieman who orizl!« lit has it now in his posse>> The Municip«l Council rip of Woolwich met at : e 8th day of May A. | rmant to adjournment fro: All the members preser The Reeve in the chait The minutes of the pr ere read and adopted A com munication was : bhe President of the 1 tock Association aloug . etition to the House of cean Fl‘?ig’lt on catt! tion was signed by t! thers and the Cierck rard the same to Mr. solidity of its foundatior in the condition of the ities and cause the \}t; orous and lifeâ€"giving. A ) most powerful and cf The@eommittee appoint m to interview Mr. J. |. .'gurd to having the gat n road leading to .A dat rm, reported that Mr. | 00 if the road remaine present and ©300 if aightened, and recomno tion be taken in the ma (sgd.) D S. Snyder | Aaron Weber C C. 8. Weber| The foregoing report w e Council. Aiter issuing a number : rs orders, the council a< e hour at noon. The Council met again rs present. William Schaefer was :; aster for road division \~ 3G“”'Ke Pfeifier, who ref The Reeve and Mr. |} w of the Waterl nty District Gleaned From Exchanges finted a Committee t ler with the Jiceve â€" rmship in regard to stat Town line between W a olwich and make suc! J see fit. Weoelwich Towuship Co:U “!ing accounts w‘ m Aries for sheep kil> rank Baider, for snow :: :: gi' Meldroro & ~:: t &’)O TO(A, m AND DISTRICT. Tb Reers, Amron Wen: t were appointed a C: ‘the Bridge mt Willin m on the Conestogo | atever repairs made t ment of a new ~ch< in said section this M '.‘nflted to the = Sor gravel and 0t\ F‘rustees of School ~ wred before the Cou: hvin& Debentures i assessiment. of ] &t 2 O‘clock P. M & Jomx L. Wioi\ May 8th 1894 Pact $50. Tota! > eil then adjouri.ed to lseet the 29th day of V s\ 1~ +. u The Court of lie: to be held on the man named Har took him ted For Qua And 20 cen! 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