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â€" «_ **You bélieve all this?""‘ criedâ€"Craâ€" \‘ven Black. ‘"You think I am clumsy ‘ J enough to permit myself to be trackâ€" . wed? How little you know me! I w.~< defy all the deteciives in the world >‘ to trace me. I did not buy the U‘‘ ‘yacht,. A friend bought it in his ‘ . / own name, and provisioned it, The ‘ â€"\/ three sailors on board the yacht [‘ will never sce a newspaper, will not w _ atir out bf the loth, and will see no _ _‘ .;ome.. I have attached them to me hâ€"fby a free use of moncy, and I have " _‘ "a hold upon them in knowing their _ _ past. If the officers of the law were \\ _ to trace you to the loch below ‘us, \ . the men . would not dare to reveal M a‘rwh-mbo«u. for fear of being ‘ .. held as conspirators agninst . your mâ€"~ libertys The iwo womes servanis in _ this house never stir off the plaâ€" ‘ C tead. The cabman I hired to esz us _ from the Lonâ€" . _ don railway station to: _ Gravesâ€" \"*~ end, I discovered, in my conversation l ~ ® him, was omployed for that day _ \_alono, to take the place of the cabâ€" |\ . man who was ill. The fellow told ‘‘ _ me he was a navvy, bound for a 6x o the next day, and he wished "‘* WRe could sail our yacht instead . of #fi“- roing out to Australia in a steamer, \.~. You see how my tracks are covered? on help must come from yourself, *».mot from Lord Towyn. 1 have no ‘‘ more to say at prosent, 1 you _\ ghanss to come to terms. Â¥ou can s ols ae w;o plunge into -ur&vlfl, tch, I have brought you here. the relation of a parent to nd use a parent‘s authority, 1 u right. â€"I have other deâ€" igng you. _A worthy and acâ€" atom[\l‘llfi young . man, the son of my present husâ€" band, *has ~ solicited _ your hand in marriage, and I am anxious that you should enter the same famâ€" lly with myself.. We will not coerce you; but I am sure, after & residence more or less prolonged at this Wilâ€" derness, you will be glad to marry Rufus Black and go back into soâ€" ‘ciety. You shall have sufficient time ‘for consideration. I am ready to sacrifice mysclf and remain here al} winter, if necessary to bring you to the desired wiew of the subject.‘‘ ‘"I have said upon what terms I am will to keep your villainy seâ€" eret," / said "Neva baughtily. . ‘"My co is that‘I am immediately wallowed ‘to go free. ~I shall not reâ€" peat that offer after toâ€"sight. 4 thall never mgree to your terms, .$ shall never marry Rufus Black: I % betrothed to a‘noble and honora& gentleman, and I regard my promise to him as sacred as my oath. In &hort, Mr, and Mrs, Craven Black, I ;wfll stay â€" here until I die before I _ will yield to your dominion, or perâ€" jure myself by aâ€"cowardly oath." ‘Very well,‘"" said Black, . "‘It only remains to see which will hold out the longest, . beseigers or besciged. Octavig, let us go. . A night of ..reâ€" flection mayâ€" bring <our young lady to terms,".. 5 5 "‘One thing: we may as well make Euin.“ said Craven Black deliberateâ€" . â€" ‘"When . . you leave this house, gm Wynde, it will be as the promâ€" bride of my son.‘" Neva‘s eyes flashed mutiny. 5 â€" ‘‘Is Rufus ~Black a party to this scheine?"* she demanded. ‘"‘No,"* said Mr. Black promptly. *‘He knows nothing of my designs. I have told him to hope that you will relont, and he thinks that his step~ mother has unbounded influence over _-nn. which she will use in his beâ€" if. Rufus is a poor, weak young {ellow, with aR his desirable qualiâ€" ties, and he would sooner cut his throat . than force you into a marâ€" riage with \him.‘. No; Rufus is at Hawkhurst, where I have â€" ordered him to remain until our return, _ or until he hears from me. He . supâ€" poses us to be ‘in Yorkshire. We are ready to start for your home with you any day whenm you shall have given us your oath that this visit to the Highlands shall be kept secret by you, and that you will marry Ruâ€" fus on % return to Hawkhurst, These are terms.‘* 4 "I have a last word to say,"" exâ€" ¢laimed . Neva, â€"arising, her young face full of a bitter and passipnate rebellion agsinst her eneinics. ‘‘You have not fairly ‘counted the cost of your present undortaking, Mr. and Mrs. Black. ‘The hciress of Hawkâ€" hurst, the only child of the late Sir Harold Wyndo, the betrothedâ€"wife. of the wealthiest young nobleman _ in Great Britain, cannot disappear 4n ‘a manner so mystcrious without exâ€" citing attention. I shall be sought after far and wide, My three guar« ‘dians will set the officers of the law upon my track. Even now it is _quite possible my friends may be on ‘their way to this place. I shall b8 "fi‘“‘ from your hands, and you will be rewarded _ with the punishâ€" ~ment and ignominy you deserve," f"' a “u’l.ib‘. M:I;' E BY MRS. HARRIET LEWIS Weichel & 1s fhboe <I.'ov‘ers‘ it *A rfref * Pad PP on "ag oo AalPPaPP s PPA | Socinas Lo hetepedeb® Lerer €HB WX. BUCK STOVE C€0., Limited, % % Brantford ‘"I have it,‘" said Coleste at last. "I have a sister who lives in Brusâ€". sels, and who works in a milliner‘s shop . in the . Rue Montague de ln Cour.. You shall write a letter for 1 fi-m Mr. . Black, in her handwriting, > and date the letter ) Drussels, 3‘ I will send it under ‘cover to sister to be posted ~At Brussels. Yes, my faith, we haveâ€"it. Ose of the sailors shall post my let» ‘ ter, with its inclosure, from Jnverâ€" ness. _It is well, is it not?"* The plan suited. Mr. and Mrs.. Black, who resolved to act â€"upon it. ‘The whole party adjourned to. the drawingâ€"room. Mrs. Craven Black brought forth several letters she had formerly received‘from Neva while at the Paris school, and whish she had preserved for possible use. Mr. Black still retained the envelope to theâ€"letâ€" ter Neva had addressed to her lover, and which he had intercepted. With. these materials, _ and his skill _ at counterfeiting, Craven Black set i. work to . write a letter in Neva‘s name, and dated at Brussels,. While he was thus engaged, Mrs. Black supplying him with . suitable paper and ink, the French maid wrote: to her sister at Brussels, requesting her to stamp and. forward the inclosed missive, Octavin Blackâ€"gave her atâ€" tendant a BAnK of England note ~to ‘inclose {h payment: of the service. . -umi'x‘!wu':?_-‘s- ment. m “ w goodâ€"night,"* _ .P. â€"3 .’ s ‘i&%’ ied her as it to shake hands. gethered up her effects ard retreated jinto her room. . ‘The nuxt instant a key was inserted in the lock, . and. the .boit was .shot hame. Nevs was in truth a prisonâ€" room,‘" saidâ€" Mrg. Black, ~ to _ ber maid, ‘‘and you must sleep with one eye open. â€" Miss Wynde is desperate, and may attempt to pick the lock, or to estape by "one : of her winâ€" ml) E "I ain not t pursuit," said ues youatt piraid ot gummiicc ult would ~like to throw thonp:nu- a wrong gcent,. I w could ?tfl.wd" '::vn over “med“: s-- sharpâ€"ey tking. ow td m Pifreiie io give them the impression that we have gone upon a Contineftal tour?"‘ _ v â€"~‘They ~pondered <the many. minutes. . ... _‘_“..'«m. o ‘The double letter was finished sind sealéd that night, and Craven Black Went to Inverness the next day in the yacht â€"and posted it, Shess ‘This then was. the letter which had been brought up to London to Lord ‘Towyn by his steward, and. which the young ‘emrl, having . read, so instantly and yvghemently pronounced a forgery, 6 4 But. the 1t Jniled of its object, and ‘did_ nu:"h Gdeceive the keenâ€"witted young lover as to its origin, it did not enlightes \him as to Nova‘s whereabouts, ... He© continued _ his search for her, calling in the ajd of professional . detectives, Mr. Atkins devoting his time also to the search, but they failed to find a clue to the missing young girl. And she, hidden in the farâ€"of Soottish wilds, Aw mountain pesks and in a seclud rocky wilderness, looked in vain #er her lover‘s coming, ErBiSd ;'h mm"‘;;:hbc’u to 'tpoor‘ eA dr 0 rown to love @ eccentric, but kM'_ofl lady with a daughter‘s â€" affection, She hurriedly dressed herself, and came down to Mrs. Wroat‘s chamber, pale and aweâ€"struck, with a horrible sense of desolation and misery. â€" It seemed as if a fatality attended herâ€"that those whom she loved were in some way doomed. Her parents were dead, her young husband had . been‘ taken from her, and nowâ€"her great» aunt had died, and she was again alone. Peters had by this time regaimed her. selfâ€"command. ‘There was much to do, and it developed upon her to do it, Her tears must wait for a more convenient season. She . was anxious that ‘‘all things should .be done â€" decently : and in order,‘"" and that due respect should be givenâ€" the dead mistress she had so loved. Her first act then, after arousing Lajly and _ the servants, was to dispatch the footman to the family physician, and â€" to Mr. Harris, Mrs.â€"Wroat‘s Write for an Mustratéd Pamphiet _‘The â€"physidian â€" came Arst. ~He showed no surprise at the summens, and udmowlodrd to Peters that he had expected it before. % could only confirm the discovery Peters that the old lady was dead.. > _ ‘The lawyer arrived whilse the Aoeâ€" tor was in the house. Mrs. Wroat had requested that Mr. Harris should wesumie control of her affairs after her death, and he proceeded to seal her desk and to take charge of her private papers, while he gavÂ¥e direc Coleste, you will occupy this They are manufactured by CHAPTER XXXVL The . sudden death of Mrs. Wroat .. the bell at the same . mo, .. _ ‘The footman hastened o them admittance. wee â€"by the morning‘s papors that my dear aunt is doad. Toppon ‘* waid . the Canterbury lawyer, . who W and detested by ‘Mrs, aat‘s ~sorvants. "Why was I not U.gl of her dangerous illness?" *« . Wroat died sudden, sir,‘ the man respecifully. e was I not tolegraphed to tely ufon her death?" *I don‘t know, sir. Mr. Harris, e maniges the funcral,â€" sir.‘‘ ‘‘Show us up to our reom, ‘Toppen. . NÂ¥ou are perhaps uware that I am the old lady‘s heir? I am the of her deceased husâ€" band, who left ther a good share of thail" Continue 200 in my service Toppen, ~when I a up to town to tive, which will be immediately, But, *‘Beg pardon, sir," he said, ‘"but I‘ll just speak to Mrs. Peters. Miss Wroat she can‘t be disturbed, and I don‘t â€" know 'uc:“room arackly Mrs. Poters intends you."‘ ‘"The amber r&d course,‘" said Mrs. ~Blight iMously, â€" We shall© have the best room in the house, whatever Mrs. Poters or any one slseâ€"may say.‘ "‘Miss Wroat has the amber chansâ€" ber," said Toppen. *‘Miss . Wroat!‘" repeated the law» yer.. "Andâ€" who â€" may Miss Wroat ‘"She h.lnmt'- young niece, sir, that she . home with her from Canterbury.‘ The Missus said we were to call the young lady Miss Wroat. It yo\b'll walk into the drawingâ€"room,â€"I‘l go for Mrs. Petâ€" The Blights went into the drawingâ€" room as desired, and there awaited Mrs. ~Poters‘ appearance with out« ward bravado and some inward ‘*You don‘t suppose the old woâ€" man can have made . a will giving Lally Dird her fortune?" w-{ the Canterbury lawyer‘s wife. 5i4 "‘No. I think she went off so sud«. denly at the last that she had no time to make a will. Dut if .she did. make one I stand as good a chance. «8 â€"any one of inhcriting her money, even after all that has come and e' between her and us. She got. money from her husband, who was my uncle. ‘The old woman had. @ stern sense of justicc, and she would never have left her entire for» tune away. from her . husband‘s mephew, who had, as one may say, & élaim. upon it. No doubt she left her great niecce m legacy, but you‘ll find that we come in for the best abare of her money.‘‘ _Mr, ~Blight did not reflect that Mre, Wroat‘s ‘‘stern sense of justice‘‘ Toppen hesitated. â€"*No matter whother she leaves the gir] fifty pounds a year or two hunâ€" away from him, instead of leaving. it of this house on the day after the funeral, ‘bag and baggage, the art» ful jade! I won‘t have her under my roof‘s night longer than I can ~*‘Quite right, Laura. We should have had the whole pile only for "I shall furnish the whols house now,"‘ said Mrs. Blight reflectively. ‘‘Aunt «Wroat had abominable taste, and the colors here quite ruin â€" my complexion., Why don‘t Peters or the heusekeeper come? I sball dis charge Potersâ€"* The last words were overheard by Poters herself, who came in in list alippers and a black gown, staid, *"Pappen . calls Miss Bird _ Miss Wroatâ€"ha, ha!"" laughed the Uanâ€" j lawyer. "A _ queer idea, TY is Perma! book the girl call with .a warm heart nearly bursting witk grief under her prim bodice. She courtesied to the selfâ€"invited guests, <her lips tightly compressed, and ~am ominous gleam in her tear« ‘‘Ah, Peters st last!‘"‘ said Mrs. Blight condescendingly. We want to go up to our room, Peters, before we see the remains of our dear aunt, Why were we not sent for yesterday, Poters?" "I suppose Mr. Harris forgot to gelegraph to you," said Peters grimâ€" ly.â€" ‘"He spoke of doing so. Your reom is ready, and T‘ll sendâ€" Butâ€" toms up to show you the way.‘" _ "Ah, yes," said Mr. Dlight. "By the by, Petors, hore‘s a sovercign for you. I ~always admired your sturdy independence, Peters. My aunt . loved you, ah, like a sister, and léaned wyon you, and all that, Peters. I hope she has remombered you at the last. It would be a pity if she had not loft some trifle,â€" to mark her appreciation of your fidelâ€" "I have no fault to find," safd Peters coldly, rejecting the coin. ‘‘My~dear lady remembered me genâ€" erously in her willâ€"*" "Her will?" _ interrupted . Mr. w eagerly. . ‘"She did make a then? I am glad to hear it. Mad she disd without a will,~ Miss Bird and _ Mrs, Wroat‘s other rela« tives would have divided the Wroat :m.-lhumd upon It. As is, Lâ€"am sure Mrs. Wroat has done me justice. She would not havs reâ€" any fault of ours in her , but would have seen to 1t Mr,. Wront‘s.naphaw had his FORX OVERâ€"FIFTY YEARS was my lady‘s wish," she sly, ‘‘she goes out =. I am not at libert; is @ontents of the will, be â€" read iminediately gull4u4 4* ‘The countenances of the ml{ tuneâ€"hunters _ glowed with deligh ‘They interpreted Mre. Peters‘ words to suit themselves. f km;.neh?“uuub the ‘bootâ€"boy, â€" and ordered him to conduct the guests to their chamber, and m‘:.nd to the room where her mistress was lying, ‘The boy led the way upstairs, Mr, and Mrs. Blight following, and ush» ered them into the red room, oppoâ€" site Lally‘s apartment, and next in béauty and convenience to Laily‘s aon‘t suit me at all. Aunt Wroat‘s rni.\ tastes were so horrid plain, shall clean out all the present serâ€" wants. \~I know . that ‘Toppen hates us both, but he was forced to be civil to theâ€"heir, you ksow, And, by the way, we must have mourning ¢lothes, Charles. â€"You must write to your tailor to send a man to take your â€" measure immediately, and . I b'lll drop a note to Jay‘s, and have them send a complete mourning qut» fit and a dressmaker to me." *‘Peters . goes out of this house when Miss . Bird goes,‘" cried Mrs. , . sinking into aâ€"chair and heavily.. ‘"Charles, I believe I take the: old lady‘s room for mine, .and save coming up stairs. It will be so convenient. ~And you must rum out & now dressingâ€"room and tethameis . shnse Sowy, ttair® aon‘t suit me at all. Aunt Wroat‘s personal tastes were so horrid plain, I shall clean out all the present serâ€" ‘The ~notes wre written in Mr. Blight‘s â€" most grundiloquent style, andâ€"although they were brief, they betrayed the complacency of a satisâ€" fied heir in every line. The tailor and dressmaker arrived in due time, and Mrs. Blight disâ€" cussed _ ribbons and shades of silk, and ‘the respective merits of French and English crape up stairs, â€" while the old lady was bollr robed for the grave below, and Lallyâ€"lay upon her own~ bed, weeping as though. her heart were breaking. Lally kept her own room until afâ€" ter the funeral. She could not cat nor sleep. Etiquette forbade her atâ€" tending her deceased relative to the grave, but she watched the departure of the funcral train from her window, her eyes almost blinded with her After the funeral, Mr. Blight and Mr. Harris the lawyer returned . to the mansion in Mount ‘street, and the â€" latter summoned Krl.fl‘ht, Lally and Peters, to hear will deepest mourning, her garments covâ€" ered deep with crape, a blackâ€"border.. ed handkerchief held at het eyes. Mr. Blight placed an armâ€"chair for her near the hearth, the October day beâ€" h:'ehm’,mdtookn-utu her side with quite an air of proprietorâ€" ship of the house. Lally, in _ deep mourning, «came next, with the faithful Peters, ‘also in deep mourning habiliments. . Mr. Harris placed a chair for Lally, and Poters sat near.her young mistress, to whose service she intended to deâ€" vote~ hersolf. * Mr. Harris then, with preparatory clearings of his throat, read the will. It commenced by declaring the tesâ€" tator of sound mind, being the usual formula, and proceeded with an enâ€" umeration of property at which the Blights grow inwardly radiant. + ‘"All this, my real and personal property,‘‘ read Mr. Harris, in effect, "I give ~and bequeath, absolutely and without resorve, toâ€"my beloved groatâ€"niece, _ Laily Bird, the daughâ€" ter of John Bird ind Clara Mulford Perey ~his â€"wife; â€"toâ€"herâ€"andâ€"6 his and assigns forover."‘ The Blights gasped for breath. Lally‘s countenance did not change. She knew that her days of poverty were over; that she would never again wander shelterless and forlorn, gind to fimd sheiter at night in a barn, and famished for food. All that _ distress . for her was forever past. Her comfort and prospority had been secured by the tenderness of her kindly and eccentric old relaâ€" tive, but Lally would willingly have gone back _ to her oldâ€"time poverty and toil, if by so doing she might have recalled her good friend from her grave. "I say, this is simply infamous!‘" gasped Mr. Blight, turning upon Mr. Harris _ fiercely. ‘‘Infamous,>. sit! Do you know whose money, sir, this wretched old dotard has willed away so lightly? I‘ll tell you, sir. It was my late uncle‘s. It should be mine â€"and, by Heaven, it shall be mine. I‘ll appeal to .the law.. I‘ll contest the will!" ‘‘Are you a lawyer? Why do you talk so childishly?" demanded Mr. Harris. ‘‘The property of which Mrs. Wroat has disposed was h@rs absolutely, to dispose of as she pleased. If your late uncle had wish= ed to provide for you, he would have done so. . You are no relative of Mrs, Wroat, and you ought to know that if you contest _ the will, you won‘t get a penny. The girl would get it just the sameâ€"at least a porâ€" tion of itâ€"even if you succeeded in breaking the will, which you can‘t. Mrs. Wroat was indisputably in sound mind when she dictated that will. â€"Under any circumstances, Mr. Blight, you can get nothing. With the onqn? of an annulty to be paidâ€" _ out the income to Poters during her lifetime, the remainder of the property is absolutely Miss Bird‘sâ€"or Miss Wroat‘s, as it was the wish of our deceased friend that the young lady should be called." Mrs. Blight swept in, clad in: the Mr. Blight sullenly recognized the truth . of ther words. :!;.M been left out in the ) gun was an: gty, ‘mtxl‘w. ""Oh, my new and ive mournâ€" i?l" said â€" Mrs. Ilct apitefully . "I wouldn‘t have r\ on black: for the old creature if I had known the hundrea poonts 4 have stpsaded. . "I bought t** e Laily rose to retire, and Mr. Harâ€" vis and Poters attended her from the room. Mr. Harris presently returnâ€" ad, and said gravaly: _ ‘ ‘‘Miss Wroat is fatigued, and Mra. Peters thinks her unequal to the task of ~entertaining guests, At the reâ€" mind a matter of five 1 S Blight lnsturiats Lke t0 know it my justice to me in her i you An unm'm liberty to betray will, which will but if l1 tell justice Mr. you you Eoi d 4.4 s 2t c analli <orn itc m ied nc And a ‘ ";;â€"vâ€"â€"â€" 2s (oniet the. Te yearce. | Rlipport Undortaking 00, | o7 m sns mm y e im ‘** | nowrished, when you are weak; runâ€" ® . ‘ "‘. down, MOQ% Paine‘s outfitons hundred pet semk Upon the morning after the burial of Ars. Wrmt..:.d &t utter :- comfture of t lotglrhnntb( + and Uu:- Blight, . Harris â€".the lawyer called upon Lally. His card, with a message writter upon it, was brought up to the young girl in her eown room â€" by ‘Toppen, and Lally came down to the drawingâ€"room, acâ€" companied by Peters. . â€". .. _ to re Mrs. looked m acl m her § I "fi.fi;;,: Â¥ o dolk mt n ns w : mt : the 0m-h;‘$:snp’lnr‘ B action again Mifcâ€"never. . . And now I â€" must 70 back to poverty, and scrimp to save what l‘ve spent in mourning, and we and our poor dear lambs nfay feich up at the union. white that treacherâ€" ous ‘cat Lally Bird lolls in wealth, ( dsart O dear!" ‘"Goodâ€"morning, Miss Wroat,"* the Jlawyer said, with paternal kindness, shaking her hand warmly. ‘‘Youâ€"are looking ill. Ought you not to seek change of air and scene?‘ "IL would rather remain here, sir,‘‘ said Lally, wearily; ‘‘that is, if I it just as she left. it. . Everything that she has loved or treasured will be sacred to ms." : Mr. Harris looked approval of the sentiment. Peters‘ . sour, sharpâ€"featurâ€" ed countenance actually beamed with a@n ‘unwonted> warmth and â€" pleasure. She had feared in her inmost soul that the massive, oldâ€"fashioned furâ€" niture with its odd carvings . and quaint designs was to be sent to an auction room, and to be replaced by modern upholstery. *T will stay here,‘" declared Lally. ‘"This . house seems . home to, me. Aunt Wroat loved it, and I will keep ‘SBhall â€" you retain the present housekeeper and servants?" inquired the lawyer. "Yes," . said Lally, ‘"the household t .0 Femahrâ€"eractly as it is. _ Mrs. Peters will also remain with me as a friend and attendant. She is the only friend I have now.‘‘ " oo e oR EC ‘‘Not the only one, Miss Wroat," said the lawyer warmly. ‘"I am your friend, if you will permit me to call myself so. I have now to exâ€" plain to you the amount of your inâ€" come. ‘When â€" the late Mr. Wroat died, many years ago, he bequeathed to his wife, !xo has . just died, the sum of fifty thousand pounds in seâ€" ourities and real estate. Mrs. Wroat had few expenses outside her own household, _ and did not expend her entire income, the balance. of which has been allowed to accumulate, beâ€" ing annually added to the principal. Thus Mrs. Wroat died possessed of over sixty thousand pounds, tenm thousand of which is in real estate. ‘This house is not included in â€"the estimate I have made, having _ beon settled upon Mrs. Wroat at her marâ€" riage, as her own‘property to do with as she pleased. In addition to the real estate, therefore, you have ffty thousand pounds, which is inâ€" wested in the three per cents., in forâ€" eign railway shares, in United Stutes bonds, and <in other perfectly . safe and reliable securities. ‘The interost upon these investments varies from thréee . to seven per cent., but avor ages five per cent., and I have to announce to you that you have therefore an annual income of twenâ€" tyâ€"five hundred pounds, of which, by your aunt‘s will, you will come into immediate possession. . Out of this twentyâ€"five hundred pounds per anâ€" num, one hundred pounds is to be paid each year toe Mrs. Poters, so long as she lives. . The rest is absoâ€" lutely your own! Have I made the matter perfectly plain to you?" . â€""‘It is a very fine income for a young lady," assented Mr. Harris, ‘‘very fine indeed. Your expendiâ€" © **Perfectly," said Lally. ‘‘It is a large fortune, is it not?" Y tures need not be limited, you see. All reasonable desires can find perâ€" fect gratification: upon your income., Miss Wroat. â€"Should you desire it, you can take a house at Rrighton for the season, or you might find an agreeable: change in visiting your country place, although this is scarcely the season.‘" "I like the country," said Lally, ""and I think it very pleasant in Oc *Yes, so it is in Kent and Surrey, and the south of England," said Mr. Harris, ‘‘but this is not a. fancy seat, Miss Wroat, and it‘s away off at the northâ€"in Scotlan® in fact, and on the sea coast. Tt‘s fearfully wild in winter, I‘m told, up there. ‘The snow falls early, and the winds rage, and the thermometer falls boâ€" low zero." "I was never in Scotland," said Laily, a _ little â€"flush of interest brightening her _ wan _ small face. ‘"And I own a place up theroâ€"a farm perhavs?. y mtvnmhllynw.flmmly your overy want as far as pure nd-«lh'lmmmn: cm and accurate family dispensing is our forte. 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Waterloo. w“'"'“‘ih the second Thursday and _ F 'hmnthy.ndhfludm l).m.hohldnl’.} O office will be closed every h from May 1st to November 1st of c ut ste m&.:nm.mhhh mfl&g V Painter and Paper Hanging. h: ;4 dertake contracts for printing and paper hang» * ing in Town and Oountry. . Firstâ€"clame guaranteed. Chargee reasonable. residence, Corner of Quesh and Princsas St Cnmorm WOLFEJm. Painter and Paper Has 7 . M. CRAM WATERLOO, HoNnBRer HaRNESS AT HONRAT ILLAR R8.‘D. 8. & G. H. BOWLBY *n Bestnt LDs., ntal Surgeons, D.D. IVERY AND EXCHANGE 8T, DENTIST. Ofice Open Daily. . Office: Canadian Block, Berlin. . HUGHES, Strebel‘s HARNESS SHOP _ dree en DENTAL EDIOAL LIVERIES Solicitor, 8e