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i1 k s{ Queer fellow ! _ commented his late companions, and then, as often before, they fell to speculating on Bart‘s probâ€" able history. Aside from conjecture, they knew little or nothing about him; he had only been in their camp for the past six weeks, and concerning himâ€" self, he was the soul of reticence. He walked a good five miles that night beâ€" fore he once more came in sight of the swoke of the campâ€"fire. ha O for he tone. of a vanised hand And the sound of a vo ce tha is stn . Mors than one unshaven f.co turned tow ird him to divinc, if possible, wheâ€" tuer the tremor and pathos were mere elocutrionary acting or caused by real emotion, but the speaker‘s countenance was in the shadow. B it the tolul n=â€"race of a in tPAt in duad ‘Fool that I was to attempt that, and on New Year Eve, too,‘ he mutâ€" tered fiercely, as he strode off across the frozen ground. Wilnever come back to me. The next minute Bart Rodgers had suatched his pipe and cap and was out in the moonlicht. ‘Suppose they‘re all asleep; hope so, any way,‘ he soliloquized ; then uttered a low exclamation of annoyance. Silâ€" bkouetted against a background of snow stood Tom Riley, waiting for him. minteke,‘ Tom sagely commented, "b ;t,wug-m,&nm On cthy eold, gtoy s nes, 0 Seu! His voice was strong and even until he came to the words ; Ba O for he tone. of a vanisled hand And the sounmt of a vo cathi is am o ‘Glad ye‘ve come, I‘m gittin‘ cold,‘ said the latter, stepping briskly forâ€" ward. ‘Come now,‘ said Tom, ‘don‘t be grouty jest because a fellow shows a little feelin‘ fer ye. I‘ve allers liked ye, Bart, ‘nd somehow I feel terâ€"night es if ye wa‘n‘t right down comfertable in yer mind.‘ ‘Tis good to have a friend. You‘re a good fellow, Tom, to think of me and stand out here till you‘reâ€"half frozen. No, I ain‘t comfortable in my mind, and probably never shall be. Imadea blamed fool of myself just one year ‘Did you want to see me? The question was asked with scant civility. Rodgers laughed now, slipping his ha.n({ through bis companion‘s arm. Rodzers considered a minute, laid down his pipe, shifted his position that the ftirelight might not shine in his face, and began : "%EvET rupted B yarses,‘ ‘The pinery is no place fer such as ye, Bart Rodgers, another old logger, John Cain, cried. ‘Why, ye‘ve talent, man; talent, I say.‘ Bart gave a careless halfâ€"grunt, half laugh, and resumed his pipe. By and by Tom Riley said : ‘Give us another, Bart ; I just feel blue enough ter like ter hear what that blasted old Tennerâ€" son, er whatever his name is, hez ter S&V Bart was a born elocutionist, and so efféctive was his rendering that Dennis Larry involuntarily shivered and cast an awesome glance toward the door, at the words : (One and another made some brief remark ; then silence reigned again until broken by the deep, musical voice of Bart Rodgers, reciting Tennyson‘s ‘Death of the Old Year.‘ ‘Yes, one can‘t quite forget he was born among folks,‘ goodâ€"naturedly laughed a grayâ€"haired logger, but there was no mirth in either face or voice. longing most for his pr-eity Nannie, down in one of the cities on Lake Michâ€" igam. ‘Stuft, Larry, yer a soft one,‘ snapâ€" ped ‘LFom Riley, but this bit of bluff misleads no one ; they knew that when Tom was extra snappish, he was _ _‘Tell ye what it is, boys,‘ cried Denâ€" nis Larry, suddenly breaking in upon & prolonged silence. ‘I don‘t go in much on this sort 0‘ way o‘ livin‘. It may do for work days, but when it comes ter Sundays ‘nd hollerdays, I fer one, would like ter be with Maggie ‘nd the boys.‘ The man who prefers to live apart from family and civilization is the exâ€" ception, not the rule and the rough:â€" looking fellows, grouped in the flickerâ€" ing firelight that last night of the vear, felt dissatisfied and homesick. It was New Year‘s Eve. The wind whistled through the pine forest surâ€" rounding a logger‘s camp in northern Wisconsin, and the moonlight caused long shadows to dance over the bardâ€" frozen®snow. ‘Who‘s the soft one now, reered Larry. Wil never A â€" *# Mis face is zroxing sharp and this Alack ! our triend 1+ gone, C. se up his eyes ; tie up the chin : ;: p trom *h (gs pse, a;d 26 him IiQ te k. b uk hy cld, VELMA CALDWELL MELYVILLE. mind, boys,‘ quickly interâ€" )b Whitehall, ‘‘let‘sthave the ©GcEr‘s broRry o on‘the »», my fri‘id, at e dor, my triâ€"od, :d or. Liy that is dead itey,‘ Had Nannie been less confused and selfâ€"conscious herself, she must have seen th t her companion turned red and white by turns, and that her great blue eyes were wide open, and full of strange excitement. ‘Rodgers, I think, but mebby I‘m wrong ; I‘ll see,‘ said Nannie, drawing the precious letter from her bosom. ‘Let me see. _ It‘s Bâ€"aâ€"râ€"t, Bart Rodâ€" gers; yes, that‘s it Tom ain‘t no great scholar, neither be I, but we manage to make out.‘ ‘Thank you, Nannie; now I‘ll get out of the way.‘ ‘Better do as he asks you, Nannie.‘ Orpha steadied her voice to say. ‘What did you say the name of the man who has quarreled with somebody is T ‘And did he say he tried to make up withâ€"with the lady P _‘Yes, but she wouldn‘t, and he didâ€" m®t blame her.‘ ‘Oh, it ain‘t no love story, only Tom‘s been nagging about ‘settlin‘,‘ as he calls it, fer almost two years, but I‘ve got to help the folks at home ‘nd thought ez we‘d better wait till he had more money. Of late he‘s been kind o‘ huffy; said ez I must be gittin‘ tired of him; but this letter sounds just like Tom. He says ez there‘s such a nice fellow there in the campâ€" Rodgers, he calls himâ€"who‘s quarreled with his sweetheart ‘na‘s most brokenâ€" bearted; and this man says to ‘Tom, ‘Take my advice, and trust a woman ! Hle says ez he made a fool of himsolf a year last New Year‘s and that when he tried to make up, she wouldn‘t, and he didn‘t blame her. _ I see this sort 0‘ scairt Tom, and he‘s tryin‘ to have me set the day, promisin‘ to work for our folks too.‘ With swift steps and a wildlyâ€"beatâ€" ing heart, Orpha Smith gained her room. Could there ‘bave been any mistake? Had Bart sent her some message that she had failed to receive! Bhe hadt looked for one so long. It had never seemed to her that he could utterly disbelieve her protestations of fidelity, even though some one had tried to do her an injury. He had gone away soon after, without even saying goodâ€"bye or seeing ber again, But what could her Bart Rodgers be doing in a logger‘s camp? Possibly seeking forgetfuiness in <change and hardships. The thougbt made hber heart bound, and sent a wave of color to her pale cheeks. But suppose . her imaginings were ccrrect, howâ€"could she ever rmanage to let him know! At this juncture there was a gan;n rap on the doi:.x Th | ‘Please, Miss Orh,you seemed so taken up like with ‘the story of the tleman ith :&fl;!bfidféi ue Soaa in ron his girl‘s goin‘. to ‘be| mart Orpha Swmith smothered a sigh to say : ‘If you can trust me tell me all about it, Nannie. I like to hear love stories,.‘ ‘Yes, I am here, Nannie, and glad that you are so happy. I +strongly surmise that that letter fathér tossed you at breakfast has something to do with it.‘ ‘I didn‘t know as ye was here, Miss Orke,‘ the maid stammered, ‘Yer right, Miss, it was from my beau in the pinery, andâ€"andâ€"‘ Here she broke off, redder than ever. A few days later the blooming maidâ€" ofâ€"allâ€"work, in Dr. Smith‘s pretty vilâ€" lage home, tripped into the study, duster in hand, singing : ‘When my lover comes home.‘ She stopped, howâ€" ever, blushing rosier than ever when the pale, dainty daughter of the house arose from her father‘s desk. Half an hour later Tom Riley sat laboriously scrawling a ‘line to Nanâ€" nie,‘ while Bart Rogers tossed unessily beneath his coarse blankets. Thus the Old Year left and the New Year found them. â€" !‘I‘ll profit by what ye say. And could ye lend me a sheet of paper ; that purp chewed mine all up, ."3 know. I think I‘ll write Nannie a line toâ€"night ; Cain talks of going to town in the morning.‘ ‘Then take my advice, old boy, and don‘t jump at conclusions or let jealâ€" ousy get a start. I think most women can be trusted, even though they may do unaccountable things.‘ Upon my soul I wont, but. I‘m mighty sorry for ye. I think if anyâ€" thing should come betwixt Nannie ‘nd me I‘d let a tree fall on me.‘ ‘Ob,‘ it min‘t much to tell,‘ answered Bart, touched in spite of himself at the queer fellow‘s evident sincerity. ‘As I said, I made a fool of myself, thereby ruining my chances for earthly happiness. _ I measured and judged one of the grandest women God ever made, by my own n#arrow,pusillanimous self ; that is all. She bore it like the angel she is, but justly refused my ovâ€" ertures of peace, when I came to myâ€" seif. It was just one year ago toâ€" night that I spoke with her last ; it has been an eternity to me ; and last. week I received a letter from a mutual friend, saying she is to be married soon. Well, I suppose it doesn‘t matter. You won‘t speak of this, Riley P ‘Mebby, if ye could jest sort of hint at yer trouble, I could think o‘ some thin‘ somforten,‘ suggested Riley, | _ xw 46 waterloo County C The warship Blenheim, containing the remains of Premier Thompson, arâ€" rved at Halifax Tuesday morning. The greatest preparations for a state funeral ever witnessed in Canada have been made for the state funeral ‘on Thursday, ‘The whole city seems to be in mourning and prominent Canaâ€" dians from all parts of the Dominion are there to take part. 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The widow was thunderstruck at reâ€" ceiving a reply so different from that which she expected, but dare not negaâ€" tive the cobbler‘s will for fear of losing the whole of the property ; while the old rogue in bed, who was himself the poor old shoemaker living opposite, laughed im his sleeve, and divided with her the fruits of a project which the widow had intended for hur sole benefit. I & y The incessant wasting of a conâ€" $sumptive can only h« overcome by a powerful concentraged nourishâ€" ment like Scott‘s Emulsion, If this wasting is checked and the system is supplied with strength to combat the disease there is hope of recovery. ~~ ® er who lives opposite is deserving the other half, for he‘ has always been a good neighbor.‘ â€" â€" The cobbler grogned aloud, and lookâ€" ing as much like person going to give up the ghost as possible, feebly answerâ€" ed : ! ‘I intend to leave you halt of my es: tate, and I think the poor old shoemakâ€" Many years ago the husband of an old lady died without making his will, for the want of which necessary preâ€" caution his estate would have passed away from his widow had she not reâ€" sorted to the following expedient to avert the loss ‘of her property. She concealed the den:i: of her husband and prevailed on ar old cobbler, her neighbor, who was in person someâ€" what like the deceased, to go to bed at her house and personate him, in which character it was agreed that he shouid dictate a will leaving the widow the estate in question. An attorney was sent to draw up the writings. The widow, who on his arrival apâ€" peared in great affliction at her good man‘s danger, began to ask questions of the pretended husbhand calculated to eliâ€" cit the answers she expected and deâ€" sired. s Consuwmotion. ‘Mighty glad yer told me yer story now, ain‘t ye, Rodgers? Tom often queries. B 6 ‘Yes ; it all happened before you came, and I never received any messâ€" age; and he went off without even saying goodâ€"bye.‘ ; ‘¥e‘ll write him to onct T ‘I will,‘ she said. _ Ten days later Bart Rodgers, in conâ€" ventional costume, bounded up the steps of the Smith residence ; the door seemed to open of itself andâ€"all we know further is that there is to be a wedding soon; that somebody‘s perfidy is strongly suspected, but for lick of evidence nothing is said; and that, beâ€" tween Dr. Smith and "Bart Rodgers, Attorney at Law," Tom Riley and his Naunie will never want for friends and remunerative employment. /~~ _ ‘Ye don‘t mean that ye be this Mr. Bart Rodgers‘ sweetheart!‘ she gasped, at length, _ _ 1 n 1 _ must not think so! Ddun‘t you see am the girl, Nannie? _ What can do ? ‘Bless you !‘ Bart replies. A Cunning Cobbler. Arrived At Halifax. The New Year, .more: &0 cure Conâ€" | ; i. 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