THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

A CLOSE SHAVE. i C CHAPTER X. j. From London to Folkestone, from < Folkstone to Paris, and from Dans, i to whatever place our fancy might < suggest—such was the plan of the i vacation outing which John Lloyd and ! I proposed to ourselves. John Lloyd was a “ rising barrister,” aged forty, a • member of the Outer Temp.e, and I—l was what I am now, the publics very obedient servant. Tired of work, tired of London, o. Lon doners, of London streets and London associations, we resolved to shake the dust of the city from off our feet, and to fare forth in search of recreation for mind and body. . ' „ „ John was a curious fellow. He was a bachelor. Circumstances, for which he had the most honorable regard, prevented his marriage, and his affection, diverted from a sphere in which it Would have shone admirably, found occupation in strange channels. Old china, prints, out of-the-way books, plants, all dumb ani mals, and the sick, maimed, and halt of the human kind, divided among them the love which a family would have monopo lised. The older dramatists, too, were Lloyd’s familiars,the well worn leaves of his dramatic library, as well as his able ciiticisms in the daily papers on current theatrical art, testifying to the intimacy subsisting between him and his models. He was a member of ever so many socie ties for doing good to other people ; many and grateful were the men and women he had “unostentatious'y helped; genuine distress ever found a friend in him, while a cheat quailed before h;m, and told other cheats about him, so that in the end hum bugs agreed they would have nothing to do with that righteous max. He was strong, too, physically as well as morally, took keen delight in sports of all kinds, and was even known in summer months, when resident in the Temple, to spend two morning hours on the river before the steamboats were awake, pulling about in a wherry he hired from Essex Stairs. He used to say I could have no idea of the beauty of the London river in early morn ing, and chicled me that, being an incor rigibly late riser, I was so content to take his assertion on trust. In his pro fession be was also a hard worker, though lack of connection among attorneys, and a certain look and manner which repelled strangers caused his business to be small. Some chance briefs on circuit had brought into notice his really great foren sic and oratorial powers. One case espe cially, in which he had been employed about a month before we started away to gether, had made him rather notorious; the judge of the assize had handsomely commended him, his very rivals had praised him, and attorneys were beginning to think that in case anything happened to ]y£ r- ” who had done their circuit business for years, they might find an eminently worthy successor in Mr. Lloyd. The case was a remarkable one. A man named William Fother, of Preston, who up to that time had e ijoyed a good reputation in the town, was accused, on vehement suspicion, of having garrotted and robbed a Liverpool banker. There was no moral doubt of the prisoner’s guilt, but the evidence was wholly cir c inistantial, and those who were in terested for the prosecution despaii ed of getting a conviction. The absence of the counsel retained for the prosecution gave occasion for the employment of John Lloyd, who handled the case with such power and ability, that to the sur prise of all concerned, the prisoner in cluded, William Fother was convicted, and sentenced to fifteen years’ penal ser vitude. The prisoner, who had been loud in protesting his innocence while a chance still remained to him, was furious at the conviction, and swore if ever he got free again to be revenged on the jury and the judge, and especially on that ‘‘ugly, big mouthed fellow ” who had caused him to be sentenced. The man had to be secured in the dock, so violent was he ; but the threats to which he had given utterance only served, so far as J ohn Lloyd was concerned, to form the subject of some jokes at John’s expense that night at the bar mess. CHAPTER IX. From the the train to the boat at Folk stone is but a step. We marched our selves and our baggage over the interval, and, consigning the latte to the slippery p’ank down which all luggage must find its way to the steamer, John Lloyd and I crossed the gangway, and took our places on the deck of the Dolphin. There were many passengers. Some of them wore that resigned expression which is peculiar to travellers by sea, and which is an outward visible sign of great stomach tribulation to come ; others had that look of forced self-complacency, that appear ance of extravagant ease which is so pro voking to the postulants of sickness. There were men who, pending the un mooring of the steamer, smoked cheap cigars and talked of their sea-legs ; there were Frenchmen and Frenchwomen com porting themselves after their kind ; there were tourists in strange guises and accoutrements bagmen with their wares; several parsons each with ‘ 4 a damsel or two ; ” and a few seafaring folk who were going over to join their ships. There was but one passenger who drew our special attention, a woman about thirty years old, half shabbily dressed, who came on board by herself. She had a sharp-featured face, with small grey eyes, that seemed to take stock of every one they gazed on. The face was pale and wistful-looking, with hard lines scored on it, and there was an expression of haughty disdain which, in spite of the wistfulnes,s rather checked than encour aged the approach of sympathy. A black leather bag was her only baggage, and seemed to be her only care. She packed it away, almost tenderly, at the back of the seat on which she was sitting, and then built herself comfortably into the place in front of it, taking no notice of anybody. She had no hook, no newspaper, but, seeming to be wholly occupied with her thoughts, kept her eyes intently fixed on the deck, her mouth moving now and then as if she spoke of some one not present. Even the porters engaged in loading the steamer found time to observe her, and to jerk their thumbs over the shoulder at her, winking to one another and uttering something about her being a “ rum ’nn,” whatever that might mean. Lloyd was greatly in terested in her, and began to weave all sorts of stories to account for hor appear ance and her solitariness. It so happened that when the boat got under weigh we were seated by the paddle-box, and directly in front of the place where the interesting stranger sat. Out of the basin, cut of the harbor, clear of the pier and landing-stage the Dolphin steamed. The sea was just a , little agitated, and soon from many throats exacted her due ; the cheap cigar men were nowhere ; the strutters of the 1 deck and the whilom owner of “ sea-legs ” i were as though they were not, and a 1 quietness that was full of anguish reigned i supreme over the passengers. i Lloyd and I, not over-bold and not ] fearful, sat and talked, and watched the ] solitary woman. She was immovable; J neither the agitation of the sea nor the i sufferings of her fellow creatures seemed ] to affect her ; with her eyes fixed on the £ deck, and with her hand resting on her s bag, she was seemingly indifferent to all a that was going on around her. After the t lapse of a short time it happened that I , a took from my pocket a newspaper, which t

D ring Escape of a Convict.—Two ± days ago Wi-li-un Fother, who was sentenced ( at lb; list as iz_s for Barnborough to iiftten , penal serv’tude, mule his efcape from , the county gaol, where he was awaiting orcieis , to proceed to Portland. The prisoner, whose convicten the public will lemembcr was mainly due to the exertions of our talented 1 townsman Mr. John L'oyd, of the New (_ i cu t, had been very violent ever since his trial, and it was found necessary to set a special warder over him. On Saturday Fother sprang suddenly on his guard, felled him to the ground, and, leaving him half dead, having first taken the man’s coat, trousers, and hat as a disguise, fi r himself, made his way out of the prison. One hundreds pounds have been offered as a reward for his re-capture. Nothing is at present krown of his whereabouts. — Barnborough Courant. “ How does our talented townsman like that ? ” 1 asked. “ Not too much,” replied John gravely. “Why not?” “For obvious reasons. Did not the fellow promise only a month ago to pay me some special attention in return for my services to him ? ” “ Many a prisoner has done that, and what has come of it ? ” said I. “Has many a prisoner had the same opportunity of carrying out his threat so soon after making it?” said John, his logical mind keeping him close to the rules of evidence. “ Unless you can show that, your many prisoners’ cases are not in point. ” “ Perhaps he’s on board this boat. , You’d better look out, old man. Look at | that hardened criminal by the paddle ■ box,” I said, pointing John’s attention to an elderly gentleman who was exceedingly . s : ck, and was holding on by the bul warks. „ ~ , , “ Don’t be an idiot,” was the only j response vouchsafed ; and then we > sat down in the most amicable manner on , a pile of luggage, and discussed the trial ; of William Fother ani the reputation , John had gained by it. We talked 5 “ shop,” as lawyers are wont, conned the merit of extradition treaties, and joined ’ in a hearty expression of hope that by ’ their aid William Fother, late of Barn ’ borough gaol, and now no one knew 3 where might be returned to the place , whence he came out. , The place where we sat was in full view ( of the bench on which the remarkable I female passenger was seated, and I noticed once or twice she looked up in our ’ direction as John and I continued to talk. But that might have been accident, might have been curiosity to see the men who talked so glibly and indifferently upon j topics that had a keen personal interest for so many. j CHAPTER 111. The steamer Dolphin ran into Bou logne, the “douaniers” came on board, \ the passengers were beseiged by clamor ous and importunate porters, who fought ' for their luggage, while hotel-touters ’ wrangled for their persons ; gendarmes j looked severe and field-marshal-liko at their posts on the quay ; the railway hell 0 began to ring, the engines to scream from ? afar, and a man with a loud voice bade the Dolphin’s living cargo disembark, and II exhibit their passports (it was before the ( Abolition Act) to whomsoever it might concern to see them. There was much 1 shouting from sailors on board the Dol phin to quaymen on the wharf, on the q subject of warps and holdfasts ; there was 1 some swearing on the part of the irrascible 6 Britons at the stupidity of the French, s who “did not understand their own lan guage,” and some muttered expressions r of disgust on the part of the Fi cnch at I the awkwardness of the Englishmen. There was a great confusion. 1 John Lloyd and I being in no hurry— i we were not “ going about our business,” 1 but our pleasure—stood back with our portmanteaus beside us, and waited for a clearance of the. deck before we.biidged. ’ We saw all that went on, and everybody j who went off. The remarkable female * passenger followed our example, and re -3 mained with her black leather bag on the 3 bench. She had gathered herself together, 3 donned shawl and wraps, and was ready “ for a start. “ Queer old girl that,” said John. “I , wonder what she’s after ? ” * “You’d better inquire. Go and offer 3 to carry her bag ashore for her. ” 3 “ And get rim through by jealous hus- band of the period, who will be on board 3 directly to meet her? No thank you,” 3 said John. The stranger at this moment turned her eyes up the wharf, and scanned the crowd. ■ Without any hesitation or embarrasment, ' she quitted her place, and, coming across i to where we stood, said to John, in a r quiet, thorough self-possessed way— I “ May I take the liberty of asking you [ to pass my luggage through the Custom J House? There is no one here to meet me, and I am not accustomed to the ways of f the place. If you will kindly treat the 1 luggage as your own, and give it me after -1 wards, 1 shall feel yery much obliged.” 1 “ How much luggage have you ? ” asked t John, who was quite taken aback by the * request. “ There is only this bag,” said the stranger. “ Here is the key. Very * likely they won’t look at it.” > There was something so singular, and * withal so fascinating in the woman’s manner and appearance, that there was 1 no refusing her ; and in three minutes’ time John Lloyd the cautious, the jealous I husband-fearer, the woman scorner, was ■ marching up the plank leading to the > shore with a strange and remarkable-look ing female in tow, and with her bag, which, for aught he knew, might be ■ crammed with treason against the French Majesty of the day, in his hand. I followed with our two portmanteaus. Our passports were scrutinised, so was our companion’s. They were quite correct. We were allowed to pass. The officer who examined our luggage professed him self satisfied with a search of the trunks, and, much to John’s disappointment, did not offer to overhaul the black bag. At the entrance to the railway station the stranger, who had a ticket for Paris, re lieved John of his burden, and thanking him for his kindness, tripped off some what unceremoniously, and was lost in the throng. We were not going to Paris till the next morning, so, having left our luggage at the Hotel de la Lune, we sauntered about the town and suburbs, the little incident in the morning’s ex perience furnishing us with food for talk and speculation. [to be continued.]

CHTSPA’S LETTER.

“I am not yet so bald that you can see my brains. ” —Longfellow. (From Ashburton Herald, June 12.) The most noticeable feature in the lite rary line during the past week has been an inundation of an issue of the Fatea Mail, which, by its con tents, appears to have been expressly printed for the edification of Ash burton readers, and the proprietor evi dently intended it for our'special reading, as he distributed the copies wholesale to nearly every one of our burgesses, includ ing his old friend and crony, “ Chispa.” There is nothing particularly fresh or startling in this new fixture of Joe’s. There is the usual amount of dirt thrown upon those who differ from him, and the stock vainglorious encomiums on the rag planter himself. But for these I should have easily mistaken this issue of the Fatea Mail for an Ashburton Ditto of three months old. One small local, however, caught my eagle eye, and that was to the effect that an English barrister was about to start in Ashburton, with a view to putting the present barristers’ noses out of joint, and the said local went on to say that a talented gentleman who was known in

Ashburton in another sphere would also offer himself and his services to the public, in the pettifogging business, so as to give them a fair show of getting - fairly skinned. Well, it cost me a consi derable amount of deliberation to ferret • out who those two promising limbs of the law were to be, and I think I can pro phesy the advent of the talented Loudon editor —“the cultivated writer”—the hesitating witness—as the English Bar rister ; and our old friend Joe himself a? the sucking aspirant to the wool sack. lam happy to announce that he intends doing Ashburton the honor of visiting it next week with a view to looking up his “ personal and p.litical interests,” and he also has in view the establishment of a good connec tion as a lawyer. Well, Joe, if I go to law, and want lots of jaw, I will give you your first brief. Elongated physiognomies among the publicans are fashionable since the Financial Statement came out. This six pence a-gallon on the beer is the best thing that ever happened to the Good Templars, and it is a move they never tried. The effect will be of far more service to their cause than they may at first sight imagine. The brewers, as a rule, hold the whip hand over the retail dealers and will never consent, if they can help it, to any reduction on their profits, and the burden will con sequently fall on the pub. He, poor man, if lie draws a hogshead of swines per day, will have to pay to the revenue something like L ( J or LlO per week, and I am told that it is in contemplation to abolish pints, or to adopt Jack Cade’s tactics and alter the measurement. I recollect a similar instance some 20 years ago, when the Government raised the duty on spirits from 10s. to 12s. per gallon. The pubs in a town up north made the advance in the tariff an excuse to raise the price of all ■ nips from 3d. to 6d. These patriot? at the ! time made a saving clause in favor of 1 colonial beer, which x’emained at the church contribution figure of 3d. They will now ‘ have a good chance of charging the regula tion “tanner” for swipes. My obese ! friend Mr. Wood don’t seem to look upon the 6d. a gallon tax as a personal favor to ' himself. ; Some classical writer —Tom Paine, Car ’ lyle, or Vincent Pyke—has said that “ one man’s as good as another, and ’ sometimes a good deal better.” This may ’ be very true, you know, when both men [ are of the same nationality ; but it is a “ matter open to doubt when one of the parties is a “son of Brin” and the other “a canny Scot.” Under ordinary circum stances, one would not hesitate to lay odds ’ against Pat where a bargain was to be struck, or where burgoo was the “bone” ' or mess of contention. A case has, how -3 ever, come under my notice, in which an 3 Irish boy euchered a Scotch “ laddie” properly. In a busy, thriving part of the 1 Empire City, a shrewd Scotchman, who 1 is in that part of the colony looked upon 3 as a very Holloway in his advertising pro | clivities, has succeeded, by dint of perse -3 verance, natural smaxtness, and adver c tisiny, to establish one of the largest 1 drapery establishments in the colony. The ’ soft goods man, however, reckons to give 3 no 4 ‘ tick”—a fact which, perhaps, ac ’ counts for his present exalted position in 3 commercial circles. But the cutest of 9 mortals is prone to be euchred sometimes, and report saith that even the big draper 3 was victimised the other day. A son of Caxton, a native of the Emerald Isle, got into such financial embarrassments, not by inability to wipe off his debts, but by un ] willingness, and as the duns were becom ing extremely troublesome, Pat deter ■ mined to leave his sorrowing friends be -1 hind, and seek other victims in other climes. But as the voyage to his desired ’ destination was lengthy, and wishing to 3 present a smart appearance to his future ’ acquaintances, this cunning dog inter ! viewed the “no tick” draper one Saturday ’ evening, and did not ask for credit— r no, no ; but would Mr. allow r him to take a suit home for each of his L boys, and one for himself for approval, to be returned on Monday if they did not suit ; and if they were a perfect fit, of course, the cash would be forthcoming. The un ’ suspecting Scot was quite agreeable that , such a course should be taken; and early next morning our Caxtonian friend was on board a steamer with his family ploughing across the ocean to a far-off distant country. Neither the “ duds ” 1 nor money being forthcoming on the * Monday, and waiting patiently until noon 1 on Tuesday, a porter was sent up to the house for either the articles or their value 1 in money. But lo ! to the astonishment 1 of the porter, there was no one in the t habitation,and his suspicions were aroused by seeing three loaves of bread, a leg of ! mutton, and sundry other articles on the window-sill, which the sly debtor had , ordered the previous Saturday, so as to draw a red-herring across the scent. ! When that porter made known the result of his visit, the naturally calm face of the ; prosperous draper grew terrible in ap pearance, and the counter-jumpers felt it to be to their interests to give their employer a wide berth for the next twenty | four hours. “Lambing down” is a time honored 1 institution in the Australasian colonies, and the lamb is usually looked upon as a victim of misplaced confidence, and is consequently duly sympathised with. A case came under my notice lately where the innocent deliberately made tip his mind beforehand how long his cheque ought to last. The circumstances are as follows. A laboring man, well known in the district, and usually in receipt of 255. per week was fortunate (?) enough to have a relative shuffle off his mortal coil in the old country, and Ned (we will call him) had about LI, 100 left him, most of which was in shares, and not at once realisable. The first remiit mce was L 65, and when Ned handled the cash he looked at it with a puzzled expression of counten ance. On being asked if anything was wrong, he said, “ Yes ; don’t you see, to day is Tuesday ; there’s too much money to last out till Monday next, and not enough for the Monday week, ancll’m bound to start work oh the farm on a Monday.” Sure enough by the Thursday week after the receipt of the money the lamb was flyblown. After this who can blame the purveyors of chain lightening for easing such customers of their cheques as soon as possible. Chispa.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, iB6O.

Printed and published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at -their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton, Tuesday, June 15, 1880.



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I always find a single dose gives * immediate relief, and a small bottle effects a J perfect cure.” r pOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED.— T I The effects of one teaspoonful taken in a > little water before going to bed is extraordinary. > No family should be without it in the winter. 3 Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World, is I and 2s 3d per per bottle; a great saving in taking family - bottles, ns each. Established over 50 years. B Prepared only by THOMAS POWELL, . Blackfriars Road, London. 7 3 r ASK for POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED SOLD by all CHEMISTS and STORE KEEPERS. Observe the Trade Mario “Lion, Net, and Mouse.” Wholesale Agents in the Australian and 1 New Zealand Colonies -Elliot Brothers; 1 Evers & Solomon ; Felton, Grimwalde, 3 & Co. 1 P. and S. Falk, Faulding & Co. , Rocke, Tompsit, & Co.; Rosenthall & Co. ; Kempthorne, Prosser, & Co.; S. I IIOFFENUNG & Co. ; H EMMONS, LAWS, & 3 Co.; Berkley, Taylor, & Co.; and all * other wholesale houses. Proprietor-— Thomas Powell, Blackfriars Road London. KEATINGS COUGH LOZENGES, COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM. Composed of the purest articles. These Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate can take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial s effect is speedy and certain. This old un failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent Physicians. (In use nearly 60 years). MEDICAL TESTIMONY. July 25th, 1877. 22, Cold Harbour Lane, London. Sir, —Your Lozenges are excellent, and their beneficial effect most reliable. I strongly recommend them in cases of cough and asthma. You are at liberty to state this as my opinion, formed from many years experience. J. Bringloe, M.R.C.S.L., L.S.A., L.M. Mr. T. Keating, Indian Medical Service. Dear Sir, —Having tried your Lozenges in India, I have much pleasure in testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of incipient 1 consumption, asthma and bronchial affections, i I have prescribed them largely, with the best , results. W. B.- G, , Apothecary. H.M.S. KEATINGS COUGH LOZENGES are sold by all Chemists, in tins of various sizes, each having the words, “Keatings’s Cough Lozenges ” engrrvenon the government stamp. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, ooth in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL; or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted tor childien. Sold in tins by all Chemists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London, Export Chemist and Druggist. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS’S COCOA. BREAKFAST. ’ BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws ivhich govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided out breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctor’s bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every ten dency to di&eaae. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floaiSfig around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.— See article in the Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets or tins, labelled : I JAMES EPPS AND CO., homoeopathic chemist, LONDON. 912 a