THE ABHBURTON GDAKBIAN: THDBSDAY, JONI 1, 1899

Printed Mid published by Rant Wiun. • Peter Street, Aahburtot, for Uu Proprit ton, »t their Printing Office, BariMt> Street, Aahbartm, THURSDAY, Jane X, 1199



WANTKD KKO«"N —Mchoias * Pickfoud haye in Stock a Choice Selection of Ladies*' snd Gentlemen's Dancing Shoes. fITANJEDKWOWN,—ThstKicH. xas IT & PiCKFotD have just Lauded a Big Line of Men's Shooters of Goarantecd Quality.- WANTED KNOWN.—That Nicbo n a & Pickford's is the only shop in Ash bur ton where the famous Adapted Boot can be obtained. WANTED KNOWN.-Ladles In want of a F.rbb-cl*M Walkiug [ Shoe should try the famous Bosbock Brand i at Nicholas & Picxfjkd s, WANTED KNOWN.- Nlchulas * Pickfokd have jast Landed a large Line of Warm Slippers for Winter. Oall and Inspect. WANTED KNOWN. -Nmoui A Pioki-okb, Boot Makers, East Street, make a Specialty of Boot Repairs* and make Boots and Shoes to order. All work Guaranteed. WANTED KNOWN.—When In doubt as to where to take yoor Repairs, remember that NiCHOiAS & Picktokd always Guarantee Bath-faction. 4 166 DRINK DELICIOUS PERFECT IN IQUAUTY, FLAVOR AND BLEND. Packed *n Tins, the delicate Aroma Absolntely Pteserred. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL GROOKRS ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE IS ONK'OF THB perfect: investments OinMXD BYjTHB MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA. EXAMPLE of Nonforfeiture Conditions. At Age 30 next Birthday, under Table C 20, Assurance of £1000 will oort £31 10a per annum for 20 yean. In event of discontinuance of payments the Policy becomes Paid up for £150 AFTER 3 YEARS. £250 AFTER 5 YjfiARS. £500 AFTER 10 YEARS. And so on. When the 20 yean' Premiums hare been paid, the Assurance is not duly Paid up for £1000, bnt is increased by the Accumulated Bonuses. WALTER SCALES, j Superintendent of New Business* HUGO FRIEDLANDER. District Agent, Ashbnrton "T LOOK ~" CHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT BOMERS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the last . twelve months. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE, This Coal Is the Best and Cheapest Steam tnd Household Goal in the market. Used in the Woollen Faotery aad Oentef bury Floor Mills, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES g. t.^park, MOUNT SO ME RS. J...L HIGGS, PAINTER, SICNWRITER, GLAZIER. ETC. TF YOU WANT A BEAUTIFUL ROOM, IF YOU WANT A GOOD SIGN. IF YOU WANT A WINDOW GL&ZBD IF YOU WANT YOURHOUSEPAINTED Consult J. L. HIGG& IF YOU WANT a"tiN QF PAINT, IF YOU WANT A SQUARE OF GLASS, IF YOU WANT A ROLL OF PAPER, ; IF YOU WANT ARTISTS' MATERIAL TRY J. L HIGGS, TANORBD BTRBBT. SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Fluff Tobacco. SHE CELEBRATED A BEST BRAN sumrtAonnuo wmou OHQiCESS VIBGINIA LEAf POISONED ! '• A. report comei from tha dlstztat ot Wscaavak W.8.W., ot a Mttlar and Us family exhlbitta* wry serious symptom of potanlnf aflw parfaUv « their evening msal. In smmWiig for tha owuaj sus picion fel! on the te» they had nsed. A mmjih fakaa from a one pound tin ia use was atuuysed and fautA to contain strong traces of at«rl»tie awsM* tlia presence of which is caved by the use of spiriu «l s«3u in weldioi the partSof tin together. Theanalyst warns consumers that tea packed in smalt tins, owiag to its very absorbent natura, Is rary liable to taoome impregnated with this add, and therefore daßgerow for human consumption, and adrisas that the wary safest package to purchase to that paotosd id lead with an inside Hung of vegetaUe parchment. This style of packet is quite imptrriovs to the air, and tea ia packed has been known to rttata al Its anna aat streogih for a period of firs yew** WOTm.-KOZn 2XAi« packed in had whhajl aataelinintiot Yegatakk Parohmwit. w



J. SEALY AND CO. IN compliance with the request or many Friends and valued Clients, I h-*v« decided to CONTINUE THE BBED BUSINESS in the old premises, as heretofore, where Friends and the Public generally wilt find me ready to supply their wants, from an ENTIRELY NEW STOCK of FARM, VEGETABLE, AND FLOWER SEEDS, AND GAEDEN REQUISITES. I shall use my best endeavours to still maintain that confidence which the Public has reposed in me during the last twenty-four years. I also beg to intimate that I have taken into Partnership G, A. DICKINSON, my nephew, who has been my assistant for the last six years, The business will be carried on as formerly under th* style of J. SEALY|& CO, WE ABE PURCHASERS OF PRIME SAMPLES OF PEAS, TABES, JtiYfiGBASS, COCKSFOOT, AND CLOVER SEEDS. J. SEALY~AND CO. BELFAST FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST T^OR TURNIP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be made for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. Orders received by FIf,II£DUAINr>ISR JLSMOH., J^lmtted., DAVID THOMAS, IJKK JN.56. FABMERfei) CO-UFEKATITB A S»OOIATIUN OF 1 CANTERBURY, Limited,, oa ALBEHT ROBELMS, A.GJfcf.NTL', i\«liburtou. CANTEBBUBY FEOZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PBODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED 8 80 F. WAYMOUTH Secretary. INCANDESCENT GAS-LIGHT. (WELSBAOH PATENTS). • fox , ■ ■ w GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. . HAVING made Special mnd more Advantageous Terms with the Aus tralasian Incandescent Gas Light Company, limited., and being ap pointed Sole Agent for Ashburton, I uin now able to offer you these burners at the following reduced prices :— 0 Burners, Plain, Complete, 12i Each. 0 Burners, "Avon," with Bye-pa?a, 15s EacK Mantleß for above are now Reduced to 2* Each, No Householder can afford to be any longer without the Incandescent Light. The 0 Burner gives FIVE TIMES the light of an ordinary gas burner with consumption of less than TWO THIRDS of the gas. For Full Particular* apply to W. J. ADAMS, PLUMBER AND GASFITTEE, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. SOLE AGENT FOR ASHBURTON. 5 157 ~n= 22,000 -3zr ORION" COOKING RANCHES IN USE IN THIS COLONY THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE GOAL OB WOOD UP TO 24in no setting°~required. With Stove Pipe can be worked out in the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Out Iron or Copper Boilers. The Oopper Boilers are Urge and Tinned inalde. REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made in all sizes, single or double ovens. High or low presiure boilers Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, or from the maker, H. E. SHAGKLOCK. 80UTHEND FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN. SSI



I • • DUNLQP'JS • • I D«e* «ot attempt to compete with inferior I brands sold at cheaper prices. | -^ m _ -wmi—i ■ i~7i7i ■ —jT|7~ —= The *att thalfc ft {las a-'ar£er 1 1 ftMHii I B M J sa'e than amy other Tobacco § J J 1 % I 1 I imported into Australasia is Z^-JJ ~* A . " * aufficient evidence that its I superb smoking qualities have hit the public taste. .........



NOTICE OF BEMGVAL. ASBBURTON No S INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SOOIE'IY. THE Society haß REMOVED ita Office from The Post Office Buildings, Cameron Street To ARCADE CHAMBERS, Burnett Street, in the Old Bank Building. Office Hours : From 9 30 to 12, and 2 to 4 p.m., and 7 to 8.30 every pay night. FRED. MAKEIG, 5 100 Secretary. LA WES' Dips & Manures. THE Public Dipß at the Ashburton and Tinwald Sale Yards are now open for the SEASON. For terms and particulars apply to Care taker. Lawes' Superphosphate — Best Turnip Manure in the world. Also poisonous and non-poi§onotJß Sheep Dip in stock. EDWABD S^UNDJSBS, LOCAL AGENT. 11 16 81-CHLCRIDE [F GOLD CURE. DRINK HAD NEARLY DESTROYED IT I SUFFERED from an Insatiable Appe tite for Liquor. The Bi-Ohloridb tv Gold Treatment cured me permanently. It Eradicates ALL Desire for Intoxicants. The de»ire will never return unless you re cultivate it. No cure—no pay. Address : 81-CHLORIDE OF GOLD INSTITUTE Ashly House, Rattray Street, Dunedin, NOTICE. A NY Person or persons found Trespassing on the Rivertdale Estate in pursuit of game or otherwise will be prosecuted. 8 W. ' S. STRA GE. CHEAP MONEY! CHEAP MONjSY OHEAP MONEY IN SUMS JF £100 ™ £10,000, ON COUNTRY, CITY, Sand JUiURBAN FREEHOLD, At exceptionally low rates of interest. FOR FORMS OF APPLICATION AN FULL INFORMATION, Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER, Cbristohurch, J. H. RICHARDSON, Government Insurance Commissioner. FRANK CURTIS, THE Leading Practical Watchmaker^ Jeweller, and Optician, East Street. FULL STOCK OF— ROTHB,RHAMS ROTHERHAMS NICKEL WATCHES NIOKBfc WATCHES WATERBURYS WATERBURYS NOVELTIES & JEWELLERY. THE PLACE FOR ! Spectacles- Spectacles.\ (Correct fit guaranteed.) BEPAIBS. BEPAIBS. No waiting, all work done to time. WEDDING PBESENTS, Very choice assortment in Plateware. etc WE WANT FABMEBS TO KNOW mHAT WE HAVE IN STOCK | R&NSOMES & HORNSBY PLOUGH SHARES, all uizflfl. ALSO castor;oil, oylindrine oil, root pdlpers, corn crushers, horse hoes, excelsior garden tools, lever harrows, STEEL HORSE COLLARS LITTLE WONDERS, EASY CHAIRS TOR LAWN AHD VERANDAH, AND THE FAMOUS DAISY OARTS, WE ARE ALSO AGENTS FOR ' i McCormick AND BXEKJL.IBIO BIOYOJL.KB Morrow, Bas sett & Co., ASHBURTON, M. PRIEST, Manager.



THE PEOPLE'S IRONMONGER," BURNETT STREET, OPPOSITE^AROADJ?, FNVITES his many friends and acquaintances to inspect stock of the following rpecla L linen, without being pressed to buy. GUNS! GUNS ! ! GUN*! ; ! On Sale or hire. CARTRIDGES AND AMMUNITION. , The'Jiesb selected Stock in Ashburton, at very low prices LAMPS ! LAMPS ! ! LAMPS 1 ! To Suit the Million. Horse Clippers, Horse Covers, Sheep Netting, Fowl Netting, Gorue Knives, Spades, Forks, etc., Ranges, Register Grates, Fenders, Fire Irons, General Household Requisites, Table and Pocket Cutlery, The Uelebrated "1 Wilson" Butcher's Kn ye?» CARPENTERS' TOOLS.—The Cheapsst, Largest and Greatest Variety in .Stock in the County. * — ■ G. MEDDINS (Successor to W. Ooogreve.) ANDREW ORR OPENING NEW GOODS DAILY FOR THE PRESENT AND COMING SEASON SPECIAL VJALUE IN— OAPES AND JACKETS from 10s 6d. New Costume Cloths.^Stylish Tweeds, Serges, Robes, Millinery in good Style and Finish, Trimmed Sailors, Lace Curtans, Umbrellas and Corsets. 1502 Pieces New [FLANNELETTE, in all Shades and Patterns. Sp'endid value, from 3£d upwards. 10 Pieces New HEALTH FLANNEL, acts like r a charm for Rheumatism, thoroughly shrunk, 36 inches wide. 130 Pairs Best Colored] Small 'BLAMKETS, at Wholesale Prices. MEU'S AND BOYS' SUITS, Every Style and Make, Equal to Tailor Made. MiWMMiiin # Q,i«nmii-iiiii DKESHMAUING —A Pronounced £v c ;ss. A trial order will Convince i- r \ mmm;limmmmm . ANDREW OR R. ESA.BI? STREET H. M, JONES. FREE INSURANCE Against Accident or Death. 1 POLICIES OURRENT from "T* X>«yw to IS Montliw, according to Value Purchased. dESi per Week for Total Disablement up to Ten Weeks. for Death from Accident. Special Concessions to Purchasers of Pianos, Organs, and Cycles. Ca^h purchasers from 10a will receive a Policy good for Seven Days. CHEAP STATIONERY AND ACCOUNT BOOKS. Bcxed Stationery, 6d and Is lines, top value; specially put up in London for my own trade. Fancy and Tintpd Note Paper and Envelopes. AGENTS FOR MILNER AND THOMPSONS -PIANOai- By Brinemead and Scne, Hopkinson, Goss and TIT A "\T/"\Q Kftllman, Wagner, Collard and Collard, Broad- X JLA.JIN vJO wood, Haake, Spaethe, Channell and Son, Lipp -PIANOS- and Sohn. -ORGANS- By Bell and Co, Smith, and the Needham Gompiny, /~\T>/~^ A I\TG Willcox and White, Mason and Hamlin, the Chicago Com \J JtiVJT-tX.xN O pany, Palace Organ Company, and other makers. -OItGAWS- From jSB lOs to dSSO. ORGANS From ,~ 1O» per month PIAINOH „ - SOs „ „ LALL INSTRUMENTS GUARANTEED. — Best Cash Valtjh Obtainable Latest Books by every Mail, at Published Prices for Cash. Magazines and Periodicals. at LOWEST CASH PRICES in ail Departments. Equal to Chrjstchurch and Dune din Houses. Do your Business here and keep the Trade in the District INSPECTION INVITED. h. m."Tones. JUST LANDED— \y^\ GUNS SOLD FOR CASH OR TERMS A FIRST-CLASS \\^\ at the Supply of \V^ \ | AMMUNITION, GDNS, Etc , V^\ LOWEST ™™*™ PRICE. ! forth. Coming \^X GUNS, Eto repaired on the Fremira „„ _„.„-.„■ . \v 1\ by a Practical Gunsmith, at the SHOOTING SEASON. \ __,_,—-, .^ \ \ Shortest Notice. CAJRTJtCJI><^E» \>^A\ "— \Ota\ All Kinds of Plumbing done. |Of all M*k<n.! \^j\ - « .^, \ V"\ ESTIMATES GIVBN. EIFLES from 12s|6d. \GA i \fl'\ I TA&KS fromlSOs. V. | JUST A REMINDER THAT V|7E DEAL FOR TEE|PEOPLE We want the People'[toßDeal t witk Ms. Wo can Deepatih Promptly. We are Up-to-Date. So are our Goods, We want your Otders, And we mean to ge 1) I hem. OUK PRICES ARE THE LOWEST, IN COMPETITION . OUR PLACE IS FIRST, AND OUR ADDRESS IS W. H. COLLINS & CO., IRONMONGERS, (TIMBER k COAL MERCHANTS, \ BAST STREET, ASHBURTON. I — IX! !' Westport Coa! Company. Shag Point Coal Company. Royal Insurance Company, Ltd,



Bicycle Harvest. LANDELLS & SON, ENGINEERS & BIOYOLE MAKERS, BORKKTT STREET, Next the Club. TO the Farmers and General Public Ashbarton, —We beg to state that we have reaped a harvest in 'Bicycles, havirg just landed a big consignment of firat'c'ass jiggers at £14 lOai We are the oldest bicycle firm in Aehburton and intend to uphold our reputation. Agents for White Flyers, Rudge-WhiU wnrth, Waverleye, Cyclops, The Parrot, etc Repairs by expert?. All work guaran



HBNRY STEPHENSON, (successor bo Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni ture, eta., a» per arrangement, in any par of She county. Advances made on Goods placed in m\ bands for Sale* Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown •nd leian<i Fruit sold privately through the week, and at Auction on SATURDAYS. Agbstt: Norwich Ouson Fire Insurance Company ft Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agenoy Company. PJANOS »nd ORGANS oa time pay menta from SsJOs per month. HENRY STEPSENBGN, AUOTIONEER Established 1880. Tkiephonk No 69 BAKE It BRO8" CVRNTRIUNO TTNDFRTAK¥;Rb r URKisHiWG Undertakers DIRKOT Importers of Best and L*tes Dosigm in FUNERAL FURMSHINfcK FU^ERILS condaoted with the greatest care and satisfaction, at most reasonable charges. Corner of Wakanni Road and Casf Streets, and Baiter »ud Brown's Coach F'ltitory. SPECIAL VALUE m gn 33 inch wide, from 4£d per yard j 33 inch wide, grand heavy cloth, jS at I\\ per yard. j Blouse Cloths. X'■ All Wool iiSerge, from Is 4^3 per S yard f4 All Wool Serge, very speoial value gG in Navy and Black in better 3 goods CO QQ W 63 Colonial, at our Usual Low Prices < 2 —ia Grey or White 4 a' to m. PS H Department under the supervision < of MISB LOWRY. oo Usual price 10s 6d, _g ASHBURTON DRAPBBY COMPANY. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. rfiHE SOCIETY is now taking MONEY DEPOSIT Fixed Twelve Months % per eeiifc. Full particulars on application. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager * Office : Taocred Street NOTICE. "IUrRS PEURIN (late of Wanganui, Nor Islaud), Monthly Nurse, ia prepared to a commodate Ladj Patients Terms moderate. Address—Tiawald, near Railway Station. 4 141 J



SA2fT>Tl+* &n v*r*m.» Euca ' Under the distinguished patronage of Him Majesty the King of Italy, as per communica tioo made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs through the Consul-General for Italy, at. Melbourae, &Uroh 14, 1878. Aw*rdml diploma at 6!ie Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883 Acknowledged by Medical Clinics aud Universities all over the Globe. There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in tb« market, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. la order that these crude oik may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, which is recognised by the medical division of the PrusstenGovernment to be of perfectly pure origin, aa per information forwarded to us through the Ct*n*n\ at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, we »b.« ufuved by basts by the Me^icil CHnlca of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Pfttasis, and reported by Dr. Sehulz, Professor of Parmaoology, at Bon, and Professor Dr* Mossier, Director the Medical Clinics at Gteifawatd, that only products that are saturated with oxygen aad freed of acidg, rosmous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the sanative qualities proper to the plant All crude oits, or so called Eucalypti Extract? *re to be classed according to the named wthorities, among the~ turponoinee, whioh «re abandoned long Biuoe as an internal medicament. These crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible :— 1 By their deficiency in pungent odour— whioh our product, the only genuine Eutiii^pti Extract develops most freely through its surplus oxygen. 2 By their *looholio thin and mobile appear anoe being reduced in speoifio density through tae presenoe of aoids. 3 By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resins and fceanatos. If these crude oila, so-called eucalypti extracts, are applied By mistake m cases of croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal nlamitiOßß, dysentery, etc., the con sequences are moot appalling. For safety ake aa k always for SANDER & SON'S ECFGALYPTI EXTRACT. — Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDEK & SONS.



discolored and the covers warped by a wetting in salt water. Mrs. Whitcumb took it and turned to the fly leaf. "It's got your sister Angelina's name in it,* she said, "and I guess you'd have to respect an oath if you took it on this book." The captain was standing before her with his hands in his pockets glowering, and knitting his brows in Ms effort to understand. "An oath," said he aston ished; "what do you mean?", "I mean there's a secret weighing on my mind, and if it does look bad for me I've got to tell it," "Keep your secrets for all me," said he, turning abruptly on his heel; "I've no doubt it's some d—d piece of foolishness." "I can't keep it and I won't, George Bligh. It's Mllin me by inches. My legs are all a-tremble after a sleepless night —when something comes and stands by my bed and says, 'You've got to do it. It's about you and me and Vinie and them old times." The captain looked startled and his keen eye rested suspiciously for a mo ment on the woman's agitated face. "Well," said he, laying his hand lightly on the book, "I'll promise not to tell, as you make such a point of it." She stood up and faced him, putting herself between him and the door; eying him, too, much as a mouse eyes a big cat that is on the point of a spring. "Well, George," her speech flowed on with many hesitations and breaks, "you remember that picnic up at Burns' Mill, when you asked Vinie to go and Mother Mayhew kep' her at home on the pre tense that she had a bad cold 8 and you was pipin mad and looked black as a thundercloud because you could see right through it all. Mother Mayhew was always against you, George. She hadn't no faith in seafarin men. She said they mostly all had a wife and family in every port they frequented, and weren't hardly ever known to be pious. She wanted Vinie to marry a minister. She sent Josiah and me off in , a buggy, and when we got to the Mills you was there wanderin 'round, lookin glum and disconsolate. So you kind of made up to me because you wanted to talk about Vinie, and you asked me to be your friend and her friend, and to tell her to keep up her courage and to believe in your truth and constancy. You were going next day to join your ship for a three months' voyage to the West Indies, and you promised to write to Vinie from the first port you touched. You gave me so many messages for Vinie I couldn't charge my memory with them all. I didn't so much as look at Josiah all that day, and he was hoppin mad and never spoke to me once going home." The captain was holding her with his wary eye. A kind of ashen hue had overspread his dark cheek. "Well," he said under Ms breath. "You went away," she resumed slow ly, quailing and dropping her eyes un der his look, "and I guess the devil must have entered into me with seven other spirits. I forgot all them messages you sent to Vinie, partly because I argyed it out that it would be wrong to go against Mother Mayhew. I never breathed a word about that letter you promised to write, and the wild notion got hold of me that mebbe you would take up with me if Vinie was out of your reach. I guess I was half crazy, and I treated Josiah like the dirt under my feet. But it didn't seem to make any difference with him in the end—he was almost too stupid to know it. Well, Vinis was looking for that letter. I hadn't breathed a word, but she knew you would write. I could see it in her face as she went every day to the post office with a light step and then came dragging home with her eyes glassy and her face kind of pinched and withered. She grew whiter and whiter every day, 'most as if you could look right through her body. But she would drag herself to the postoffice and come back disap pointed, and I could not help exulting. I don't know whether I wanted her to die or not. I was wicked enough to. But finally she broke down in the first of her hysterical spells, poor weakly thing that she was, and she would make me go to the postoffice, and the letter came that very day. I couldn't bear she should have it. I thought I'd rather be tore limb from limb. I didn't know what I was about, I guess, for I walked around a long time in a kind of daze, and at last I found myself down by the river at the old red bridge, and I took the letter out of my pocket and tore it in little strips and threw them out on the water, and I can see them now go bob bing up and down on the current." Every particle of color had left the captain's face, and his eyes were blazing like balefires. He gave a wildcat spring and seized her two wrists in a grasp of iron. "And it was you that spread that damnable story all over the town that I had a wife and cliildren in Saint Kitt's, and was trying to commit bigamy. And when I came home her mother met me and told me the report, and said her daughter hated me and would never willingly see me again." "Let me go," shrieked Sister Martha, as the vicelike grasp tightened on her wrists. "I'd have took you if you'd had forty wives in all the ports, but you treated me as if I'd been a toothless , thing. You spurned me, George Bligh. and forced me to marry Josiah Whit eumb. Let me go, or I'll screech bloody murder. You look as if you meant to kill me. I tell you Mother Mayhew lied. She was a good Christian woman, but she lied. Vinie loved you; she always has, poor shadow, sitting at her window year in and year out to see you pass, without so much as ever turning your head, watchin nights the light in your house as if her life hung on it" The captain let go her wrists. There waa a horrible look in Ms face. His fingers crooked as if ready to seize the woman's throat. She had gradually backed into a corner, whence there was I no deliverance. At that moment the old parrot awoke on his perch and called out in a sleepy, ratxceus voice, "Don't be a fool, George." The captain stumbled back and fell into his chair. He was terrified at the murderous impulse that had come over Itim. There was a long,



To be Continued,