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SIGX HEADACHE d â€"_~ Nix“"?’.{f"'.\fi. ";A"m ‘Absolutely,‘ said Bertha, firmly. ‘I waited, till yesterday to give him the chance to call and apolegize, and then I wrote and told him that all was over between us, and that 1 should return bis tmnu and that I didn‘t want to see him again. And,‘ she added, rockâ€" ing herself furiously with the exciteâ€" ment of the recollection, ‘I am very glad f did, because [ was able to get my letter off first, and to show him that I can be as independent ar be is, and I always said we should never suit each other, and I doao‘t care a bit for him now, and he‘s a horrid, hateful thing.‘ _ ‘Well,‘ persisted Berths, ‘it‘s his fault, ie began it. I shouldn‘t have said anything if he hadn‘t danced with Jessie Hamilton twice running. He coulda‘t dance with me all the evening, I know, but be needn‘t have gone out of his way to dance with her a second time when be knew my name wes on his programme.‘ _ Bertha and hâ€"r elder sister, Ella, were talking it aver. Berth«, with an open bouk in her lap, was rocking herâ€" self in the chair by the window with auppress»d emotion, and Kila was cavâ€" ering a piece of cauves with streaka of \'orf high colored woaal. ‘I always said,‘ Bortha remarked at ‘Aud so you have really broken off your engagement â€" for good? said Ella quietly, as sho gazed at her work, to see if a atreak of bright greep and bright yellow would harmonize with a similar streak of lurid blue. ‘Dear, dear,‘ rommented Ells, ss her sister paused from sbeer want of "I‘m glsd you said ‘tried,‘" sain Bertha derisively. ‘It was all arrangâ€" ed:beforshand. I told him so at the Brst opportunity.‘ â€" â€"V]éfiirJerblpl. he madea misteke, dear, You told we he tried to explain the matter afterward.‘ { â€"‘I always said,‘ Bortha remarked at length, ‘that we shouldn‘s get on well together. I knew this would happen ‘ for that. The wretched cabman was wflw the trapdoor al} the d...' e must havre hl.‘.“b-‘-uo when Froddie was r Tans follew sn it Web a gg Fragt hearts should fall out, and if it was bis _ ‘And then he said you had better scome back bome, sh¥‘ o Ella shrugged her shoulders and looked as it she were considering the a little, and that made him worse than w carelally before committing to a definite reply. ‘I told him about it in the hansom,‘ porsued Berths re sorselessly. ‘And it all upset me so I couldn‘t help uy_to; ever. And then he uidill:xtun like that he wou!d stop the t.l send me home alone. I told him it ‘was the best thing he could do,. And so it was,. â€" And what annoyed me most was his n.th!dludmu before the cabman. sbail never forgive him Breaking The Engagomont. mios bfuenty L akd (wk uied t al. he said it rery londlz, They a‘so reliexe Distress from Dyspepsin, Indigestion and ‘Foo Hworty Eatipg. A perâ€" fect remedy for Diuziness, Nausca, Drowsiâ€" ness, Bad Tastc in the Mouth, Coated Tongus Paia in th: Side, TORDID LIVER. â€" They Regulate the Bowels. Purcly Vegetable. $m._. Pill. Small Dose. _ _ Smail Prico. Substitution See you sct Carter‘s, rAsk for Carter‘s, Insist and Gemand Carter‘s Little Liver Pills, FPositively cured by these Little Pilis. the fraud of the day ‘Oh, yes,‘ said Bertha deliberstely, ‘Alter what has happened it is emey (o see that we can be nothing more to each other,‘ ‘Nothing,‘ said Barths, looking ferceâ€" ly into the fire stove. _ _ ‘ The situstion had become somewhat disquieting. Berths turned rather red and begen to contemplate mluuux the shape of her dainty boot, whi was m&&.g on the fender. Mr, Markâ€" ham brushed his hat pensively on hbis elbow and seemed to be bmb{d with a slight cough. ‘Erâ€"yes,! I suppose that is so,‘ said Mr, Markbom reflectively, as he conâ€" tinued to brush bis bat with extraorâ€" dinary dmz:l.. ‘And I daresay you are very giad to _ Aâ€"F E ‘fihfl"d‘ Ma, .w 'fl 1 coant! srgpd “‘M" ‘Oh, I quite understand that,‘ said Mr, Markham, still addressing Rilla. ‘But I hope g:u will believe that I am very sorry about it all, If you umrt my apology, Iâ€"erâ€"1I, think that is all. There is nothing more to be said.‘ And he arose from his chair. at length, be out of it,‘ said Berths lfllfnf' a big sigh of resignsation, as she left the mantelpiece and walked to the winâ€" h‘Oh. n[?l m W‘. Mr, Markâ€" ». ‘I‘m sorty in one w you know, kecause I \?" ‘I see you have back my presents,‘ . she naid y,. ‘Bat you needn‘t bave botbered, I‘m sure, I was to send yours M»‘lfi& I'n‘,:t.&a-lllpo“-f. ‘"Ob, d»z‘:u’c matter, I sssure you‘ Mr. Mark butuidbmz Thore was en awkward pause then to relieve the uuc‘hunu'db alyly ‘I have brought a few things with me which I must ask your sister to let me retura. I thought T ought to call personally, ae I quite underssand you may reasonably expect some apology from me forsending your sister home alone on Tuesday, and I beg you will the table and laid the brown paper per again F sugzested Elia quictly, as she looked out of the mo{‘hnqu +Oh, dear, uo " retorted Bertha, with .« naughty pouk. ‘It he likes to comâ€" wlee my leiter uhe last word to be said ~u the subject, he‘s welcome to for all 1 care." _ Aud she resumed ber seat and reopened her book, which she continu ed to read cosmmplacently for several w uut~s, in spite of the fact that she was boiding it upaide down. Ant presently the maid came into r*+e room with a card on a tray. t rtha smatched at it with a singular wâ€"zerucss avd then tossing it careless Iy back on the tray, romarked omphatâ€" Mr. Markh«m bowed politely as he enu;lred :lho room with his hat in one hand and a large brawn parcel in the other. Bertha, viu':‘l?:: foot on the fender avud her arm on the mantelâ€" rioee. acknowledged his how with a rigid inclination af the head, while Eila hucried forward and shook hands cordially, and hoped that Mr. Markham would be seated. Then she volunteered the suggeation that it was a nice day. Mr, Markham agreed that it was a vers nice day indeed. Then he added, studiously, addressing himsalf to Ella all the time : ‘I‘m afraid I‘ve thied up rather an o ramnaimneks up w & » J lhrum me in the middlo of He came in to know i I was going to the Fomlinson‘s dance, Ob, I‘wm not afraid to see him, if it comes to that,‘ said Bertha defiantly. . foryive him for that disgraceful acene, either. 1 wonder whether he‘ll have the manners to acknowledge uy let ically ‘Piease say I‘qa nos at home.‘ ‘Is that Freddie ? asked E‘la, lookâ€" iog up suddenl, and uqxti:u the maid by a gesture. Aud as her sister reâ€" plied with a sudden nod, she coctinued, ‘I think you nad bâ€" tter Â¥ee him, dear.‘ ‘Obh, it‘s ton late now,‘ interrupted Bertha, with fierce emphasis. _ ‘You‘l do the explaining, dear, won‘t you ? pleided Bertha, when they were wlone, as she darted to the rsr laea and critic‘zed herself anxiously. ‘%w can talk to him you know. Haw do I look ? Tell him that I have nothing to add to my letter, and all that. . la my hair all righs t Hush ! Hore he is‘ there was a dâ€"al of it Aud 1 shan‘t ‘Show Mr. Markham up, Mary,‘ said E‘la to the maid. ‘And I daresay you are very giad to T»a you do want to bear from bim think that is all,‘ bhe said . tA o. "op"" se mz I wmixed up the deneen=/ ~ _ “'z' L kept that one for you »apés es ; that‘s what I am so ut t d e n en ‘Iâ€"I dou‘s say you are altogether to hlame, becauseâ€"‘ ‘Oh, I‘m .:ll‘d you don‘s think I‘m ulmothor to blame !‘ she cried sarear tically. ‘Of course, you‘ve done nothâ€" ing to be ashamed of.‘ ‘I don‘s say that at all, I meanâ€"‘ ‘Woll.‘u(e{ Bertha, caldly, +3 don‘t think we can discuse the matter with advantage now, thank you, 1 underâ€" atand you desire to leave these‘â€"and she indicated the presents with a maâ€" j-l:t;lo aweep of the handâ€"‘and that is . door, ‘Oh, yes, you do,‘ she retorted, ‘De you think I sat oud that danee with my ayes shut! And all that time sho was puundinito be l:LlM. T‘}l never z:nk to her agsin as lopg as I live, horrid listle ont,‘ Mr, Markham put his bat down on the table with dn{“nudn, T nt‘l.l‘ can‘t imagine why you should th Miss Hamilton is u'ym-' to lw :oid. ‘Why, she ien‘t even good r ag.‘ ’Y”, she is 4 fon‘t h" said Berths, bom‘:’ flh’ a confidential tone, ‘And hair is red, fen‘t it § Bho tries to say it‘s a fashionable shade of art brown, Of sonurse, we‘ve been friends, and all m‘w hom but on can‘t al yoor {m whore ;" wabnt ‘fl and she never did come up to my Ides of a true eppaemrane we b you it in Hiteee ues ing comfortably on the table and ‘un J consciously ui-o'b,u the confiâ€" dentiel development of the interrio®s, ‘that was quite an aoÂ¥ident, It was, _ ‘Oh, it doesn‘t matter, thank you,‘ said Berths, with a tremendous d{ni- t«{.h t:'Y“ shall have yours back to nigat." _ _ ooo Jessie,‘ she said, in a tone of withering sarcasm. Mr, Markham paused in bis retzeat and came back to the teable pre pared to argue the matter, _ _ _ \essie who? be asked, with a beâ€" wildered look, ‘IL don‘s understand There was anothor pause Bertha gazed ducovsolately out of the wiodow, whale Mr. Markbham, in ordec to break the intolerable silence, desperately ont the string of his parcel and spread the contents oat on the table. Bertha hearing the noise, turaed, and, comidg nearer the table, warched the proceed logs with a badly alfccted indiference. ‘I think you‘ll &ad ther‘ve all there,‘ said Mr., Markhwo, indicating his pre sonts. ‘There‘s the smoking cap m worked for we. I‘m afraid w been used rather lmky. when my litele fox terrier gok of it and beâ€" gan cating the maid, and as 1 was getâ€" ting it away from bim we pulled the tassel off between us. There was uo body else in the way juat then, so 1 had to sew it on again myse!f, aadâ€"‘ Bortha lost her head completely for the moment. She barst out laughing as she snatched the cap out of his hand. ‘Why," she cried, glancing at his workâ€" u\:iuhi;\ ‘you‘re sewn it i“h,'ti: white cotton, and"â€"dangling it tassel before him doriuv;:â€"it ien‘t in the middle " Then she recallected hereelf all at ance and seemed angry at having been momentarily betrayed inâ€" to a show of intereat in the proceedâ€" iugs _ ‘But, really," she added* tossing the cap on the table and returning to the window, ‘I don‘t know why you should expect me to trouble my hsad about these thinga naw. 1Iâ€"‘ plainâ€"‘ ‘I really don‘t want them,‘ said Mr, Markham, backing a little towards the to go," staunmered Mc. Mackham, wi ‘On, I beg your pardos,‘ said Berthe, torhm a melancholy duty of this ind, and I thoughtâ€"‘ ‘Oh, you do think it melanchaly, then T _ And whose faultie is, 1 shoutd like to knaw ? And Bertha turned and advanced a atep taward the table, ‘Oh, qiiu u:"uid Mr. Markhaw, ‘I‘m sorry I mentioned it. Onunu see this is the firat time I have to ‘"Iâ€"erâ€"wasn‘t going toâ€"1 meanâ€"‘ :‘h-l)uh the compliment‘ sbe said wommailly, bowing at the same time with a mock empbasin UIâ€"I1 measâ€"I bavee‘s been aaked Wateriooe County Chronicls, Thursday, July 22, 18297â€"Page 7 ‘Oh, yes, you may want them for ‘Oaly as T say, T felt I ought to exâ€" ‘ ‘ fi. ?‘ 1 EOE P The regult was that Mr, Jones drave nfld){‘bom and astonished his wile by rushing into the kitshen where she was helding the o:{ln&hlby and washâ€" ing dishes, requesting her to put on her bonnpet and go with him to vete. He would listen to no objections, and ev affered to hold the baby while the de: posited her vote, Like the children of moét overworked mothers, Mrs, Janes m)y was mul‘lz orying, and when i6 nd Iteslf in the unscoustomed arms used to be autch # 'l’k‘m' J thaothe wBt nop live oi mortin sys that she will not lre six n#mmim reok.‘ ot live six P Mr, Jones udhlm as it he been ao bWind 1 lese and seifish, wile, ‘"r':f.-"'-'o"' sstonished Mrsa lmbh%fixl% # Germanp .S‘nuuw wile should Ro more work fot a yoor: _ _ _ _ ‘Why,‘ said the Iawyer‘s wife, ‘there in Mre. Jones. She works like a alave. With the exception of going into her neareek neighbor‘s once or twice, she has uot lefo home for two years, There iuwwn&;::bh'mow «he does ; but what will suffcage do her ! She has not the time to vote, and oven it she did, her voriing would nok‘make Mr. Jonese hire heip, uor make the baby stop orging‘ _ _ and Iteslf in the unseeustomed arms of its father, it did not fail to attract the attention of all passersby, ‘Well I never! exelaimed the rstn o ut o n ap Hind in his life, :‘;’.'3; T isvs! 1} woman‘s suflrage n:’(in Mrs, Jo:s ko Sis. 1e hold ues ror, 1 m r, Jones , 1 conâ€" tess J am m»fi?’ that women can not huilt where he wanted it, he would ba ebliged to drive half a mile out af his way every time he came to town, Of course Mrs, Jones would wish the bridge where it was most convenient ter her husband, What if he should lese the bridge by just one vete! _ AAnd so am I ! said the doetor, T esnt ... F, JQRAS W b’ M. '“'p %&’4' M i romeaicer im Le FAMATK, » i ns se i Taath. "Bhe This was considered convincing logic by those presenat. The dosto:‘s wite continued on the subject of Mre.Jones: Iy "is a shame that Mr. Jones does not hire help. tie is well able to do zo. He does not seem to realize that his wife has any fwreling. Icalied there a few days ago and she was irgaing with that orying ~aby cu oae aro, and he sat 'MM wevet »QMH“ ‘(\w the baby & wowme«t He sad he was obliged to 5> up staire to sleep nights so as not to be disturbed by its orying. I had a mind to tell hi that he had better take care of the baty himseif nights, and let his wife go upstairs and sleep. Aly husband says ho expectse every day to hear that Mre. Janes has either gone insane or dropped dead from averwark‘ Election day came. The location of a new bridge was to be settied. Mr. Jones was s‘eoply intereated in this question, ard watched the election earefully, The votes seemed equally divided. At length Mr. Smith, who agreed with Mr. Janesa concerning the location af the bridge declared that every vate conated, and that hae was going to bring his wife to vate, â€" Mr. Janes turned the matter aver in his mind, Bbould he bring his wife to vote! He did nat n‘g rave of women votmg. . Bus, thew, Uf fihe Lrhige was "I beg y:w.uh\h*.hu,' protested Eila, as she rebreated in con fusion ; ‘I did not keow you wereâ€"enâ€" gagdt ! â€"Pick Me U p. So people talked ; but no one wished ta tell My, Jaaes what was evident ta them : that his wife was working her self to death ; and he, like many other men, never dreamed that housewark and the care of a baby could under any ciroumatances cause a woman anyâ€" thing but pleasure, _ _ _ _ Mr. Musckham wes standing to Bertha winh bis smm un "heryy bietody k se &;»fim'w P* railway train several years ago when directly in front of bim sat a kindlyâ€" loozing, sno#yâ€"baired old wman, exideotâ€" ly usaccustomed to travelling, and a* wanifeatly in his "seconit childbood." He was very talkative, and be toh} me all about the journey be was taking ‘I‘m goi g out to lowe to see my son Jimmy and my daeghter Nellic. Just think ! I ain‘t seen either o‘ them children for most six years, and if they ain‘t tickled to see me T‘il be mistaken. Au‘ this train mwhn!,y"h.w I get so impationt o: it s at a station ! Wifih'i't% keep n.h:os m.‘uvcuosulfl we gek to Kâ€"â€"; that‘s where Jimmy and Neliie live‘ He began gathering up his few be longings when we m‘.fm an bour‘s ride from his destination. ‘I want to be ready to get off when we stop," he said. ‘\Jimmy avd Neliy‘ii both be at the depot to mees me, although they live nive miles in the country, and thera ain‘t need o‘ both o‘ them comia‘. But they‘ll be thereâ€" you sge if they ain‘t‘ _ _ When we reached Kâ€"â€"â€" the excited old man started to leave the car in eager haste. â€" But the train had not yet come to a staundetill when a great bearded giant of a man, fuily fifty yeare of age, hurried into the car. ‘Jimmy !‘ called out the old man eagerly. ‘Here | am, Jimwy" _ more common.‘â€"UxipexpiFiEp, Oareâ€"alls are out of the Question in Kidney Disordersâ€"A Liquid Sol: ventâ€"A Bpecifc Kidney Fonic is the Only Sefe Remedyâ€" Many Discover When It Is r.?fiu tbo! the kidneys have Ifhr ally been ground out W’%.flm solid particles whish sare contained in fimdohllnfimlm m ease, and which sccumulete "l;’tl m-mmm!mmw mnlxnmnnbt kidney 4 Bouth Kldm'nm sÂ¥â€" vent, Is has been in »lmg hopeless sases, and there is yet to wibetine ach giaf oi bntoon ds o se Aat Y Dook twike hoh o9 8b Daried Oil is a fatâ€"forming food ldly in weighs under $1s use and the whole body ressives J i ow Emddoa td It is »lways charming to see children parents, and this in atall more plessing wheno the " children " are themselves Father ! cried the son, and he took the little old man ris:t into his arms and hngged him, while tiars stood in ‘hry‘t‘oo:.h;l‘: y clad, middleâ€"aged stou n m woman at the car door, and oiA han s ‘ Then she turned and called to someâ€" oue on the pl#mm. ¢ Here he is ! Here‘s father ‘Nelly, my 56:1 I‘ said the ald man. The son an dm%l:m both had an arm around the father as he left the car. On the platform were seven or eight amnd-:i_ldm of from fire to twenty years of age. ‘Hera‘s your gran‘pa !‘ said Nelly jayfully, and :dqmt hugging and kissâ€" ing time ensued. Of course, the passen in the car and the h!::'nndogu mflm but I think that most of them agreed with a lady on the car who said ; > Tt is a beantifal :am to see u? old man loved and by his children and mndnbudm’. and I only wish that such exhibitinns of affection were view i mPled hlofe tas‘ BB wil} not do it as they are nob solvents, W A Touching Scene T anie on es > creooal fl:r 4 bpebind the heads and the ol ‘# f s mmom »upstairs, ten to lorky bn the .'.'."ng .”:,: * J S. ROOS â€" Sole Agent â€" Waterloo ___ She says: I was troubled with censtipation for man m e aiectihoasd itre Rosd “V;‘m fs." Â¥ !:i??rfimt{"sn wm_ !3.' P# m‘mm- Wfl: JW" m. ’m. 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