THE STORY-TELLER.

• ♦ THE LOST BANK NOTE. CONTINUED, ft&Zj&n recognising us, Mr. William .Wylde struck a dignified attitude, and burst, into * a quotation, after the manner of his Eyin" me sternly, and then lifting his eve-brows up to his hair, lie asked dia matically— • ‘ Came you from Padua, from Bei lario I ” “From both my lord ; Bellario greets your grace,” answered that; vimp Tom, readily.. ... . , , Mr. : Wylde smiled loftily,; and closed his eye 3." Which?” he enquired, “ which is the merchant here and which the Jew?” ! I .modestly replied that for myself I was inclined to mercantile pursuits in prefer >rence. , Mr. Wylde waved his hand. “Then must the Jew be merciful.” Whereupon he refreshment. It is unnecessary to relate by what degrees Mr. Wylde attained his ulterior { .,j .condition of intoxication, how he passed from the jubilant to the noisy stage, thence to the desponding stage, thence to the fiercely morose stage. Suffice it to say tliat -I kept him well supplied with his favorite refreshment and we grew confi dential. “I’ll tell you what my boy ” said Mr. Wylde, when he had reached the depths of melancholy; “if ever you think of embracing our profession, think well. Think twice. Its a sickening life. Genius , may starve in it. Gin—gin—l mean genius, is not patronised as it should be. Look at me. What keeps me down? -I’ve had experience enough; I know my business ; there's not another man in the company that can beat me at versatility. I’ve played Jeremy Diddler, Poriieo, and Long Tom Coffin in one bill. (- 1 I’m' not a fool, * What, then, keeps me • ? I’ll tell you. ; Its combinations. It’s professional jealousy. It’s cliques, u' That’s what it is, my boy.” Yet you have done well in your time,” I urged. For example, you married well.” Mr. Wylde shook his head mournfully. “I married, sir, a lady of family. She was not clever, but I waived that. She brightened my home for a spell ; but she ‘is gone. After life’s fitful fever she sleeps well.” ' r “ And your wife’s family ” “My wife’s family, sir,” broke out Wylde wrathfully, “ are not to be men tioned by friends of mine. A set of cur mudgeons—an ungrateful brood. Why, . .they are base, common, and popular.” “Did they never recognise your abili /ties ?.-” . ' “ Never. A set of arrogant, stuck-up, conceited But there. Pah ! ” “It’s said,” I remarked confidentially —“ it’s said in legal circles (you know how rumors get about among us law - s , u,yers) that after your wife’s death her father came down with something solid.” “ It’s a lie, then,” returned Wylde con cisely. D£d you ever get a remittance from i a year, oi\a year and a half -...ag0?” • ■ V ■ ,' “ Remittance egad ! I’d like to see the old screw coming down with even a post age-stamp. It wasn’t for the want of ask ing though. By Jupiter, I tried all I knew, but the old flint was not to be come over.” “ Then the rumor about your getting ifive hundred pounds was false ? ” “ False as—” “I thought so,” was my reply ; “I T , never gave it any credence myself. Good night, Wylde. I think you have been badly used ; but never mind, your pecu liar talents will find their due yet.” The eminent gentleman had a further stage which I did not wish to await—that .P. of blasphemy. I bade him farewell, and went my way thoroughly convinced of what I had guessed all along, that he had never received the money’s worth of dO- Number 07,482. ...Next morning I »vrote an urgent letter to Kate, praying her to meet me in a -.- quiet city square at one o’clock ; telling her briefly that I had a way by which I could probably benefit her father and her self, and on which I wished to confer with her. This letter I dispatched by hand. In the office I took no notice of either Murdon or Graham, but went about my duties quietly. .On their parts they were equally reserved, and nothing of import ance transpired until dinner-time. Then I slipped out, and went to the place of rendezvous to meet Kate. I found her waiting for me, troubled but possessed. We took a turn round the square, and I besought her, in as few and forcible words as I could command, to tell *'j/me:the story of her father’s implication with the banknote business, and the extent to which he was committed to , Murdon. I told her that I had the means of freeing him from any pecuniary, lia bilityunder under which he had fallen ; but, before putting into operation the , ; means I have at my command, I must . know how he stood, and what was the danger threatening him. I urged that my love for her gave me a right to ask this, and that the same love was the ' guarantee that I would only use the knowledge to her father’s advantage. After some hesitation, and exacting many promises, she told me with such reluctance as was natural to a pure and >, loving girl forced to acknowledge a fatheris guilt. The story dated eighteen ' months back from the day on which the j sr letter of instruction- had arrived from ThebpliilusLangbrace, Esquire, author ising Messrs. Bustler and Clark to pay ; ( ta Wylde five hundred pounds. On that day it was a national festivity, and the office*,/was : to v be closed early. Murdon, , , the,cashif, wishing to get away for a pri -0 ' “ vafe" engagement, had handed a bank-note for five hundred pounds to the oldest clerk, Graham, with a memorandum of Wylde’s address, and directions to pay the 11 ci money do him personally* and obtain his ,: y receipt for it on a printed form which the firm, kept for payments generally,; the words being added in writing, “in dis- Charge of all claims. ” This bank-note ? ; had lain on Graham’s desk until the a ~b;:6lierks were preparing to leave the office. ,r>i; ;Tke old clerk had just recovered from a KJjm npryou« attack to which, he was subject, and which, as Kate said, was wont to im pair his memory.. The bustle ofprep'ar-, ■ f : r: ,'ing for the half holiday, superadded to ; -the feebleness of his mental powers conse quent on this "Illness, had caused liim utterly to'forge# his -niißsioh. The bank- had , been tossed aside, and-.had „jr.<W><P ar © n tly fallen into the waste-paber vA*- ■ .sijh ):-JJ c r

basket close to his desk. At three o’clock the gas was turned off (there had been a dense fog all day in the City, necessitat ing lights); and the clerks emerged in high spirits at their release, Graham ac companying the rest. On the stairs one of them asked for a light for his pipe; but nobody had matches. Old Graham good-naturedly volunteered to go back and get a bit of paper, so that the clerk could light his pipe at a gas-burner on the stair-case lower down ; and making his way back into the office, he found in the yellow obscurity the waste paper basket, and twisted into a pipe-light the first bit of tissue-paper that come to hand. The clerk lit his pipe, and playfully thrust the extinguished bit of paper into Graham’s face. The old clerk received it in liis hand, unconsciously retained it, walked a few yards homeward still holding it, and then, wondering wliat lie was carrying, opened out the folds. To his dismay, he found.in the charred fragment of tissue paper a corner of the bank-note which he now remembered he ought to have paid away to William Wylde ! [TO BE CONTINUED.!

THE ASHBRTQN HERALD, IMONDAY,iJUNE y,UiBBo.

Printed and published ;Ly . Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East S'-reit, Ashburton. Monday, June 7, 1886.



Holloway’s Pills.—The extraordinary range of temperature prevailing in our climate is extremely trying to the delicate-chested, the weak. and. nervous. All troubled by these afflictions should resolve to resort to the strengthening and legulating medicine immedi ately they perceive in themselves discomfort of that feeling of restlessness which betokens dis ordered digestion and defective secretion or bile. One of Holloway’s Pills taken about noon and;followed at bed-time by a dose suffi ciently large to act apperiently will speedily recruit the faulty functions, and restore order throughout the whole system. A treatment so safe in operation and so successful in result should be known and practised when, from cold and sundry other causes, disease is at tempting to gain a vexatious footing.—Advt. Business Notices. 02 a Ph ■< O EH INK for Stencil Plates and Bag Marking, in quart bottles ready for use, on sale at the HERALD AND GUARDIAN OFFICE JSEAR RAILWAY STATION. RECEIPT and DELIVERY BOOKS for Threshing Machines, Grain, and Goods PRINTED on SHORTEST NOTICE. Samples can be seen at our Office. WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, General Printers, &c. Advertise. INK FOR YG BSH H O s p* £ <1 m Hd If you want f to sell a Farm, to sell a Horse, to rent a Farm, to buy a Horse, to buy a House, to rent a House, to obtain Board, to sell Groceries, to sell Furniture, to sell Hardware, to hire a Servant, to borrow Money, It you want-j to sell Dry Goods to sell a Carriage, t to sell Real Estate, to seek a Situation, to obtain a Servant,! to engage a Salesman, to sell Millinery Goods, to sell a House or Section, to find a Strayed Animal, to find any one’s Address, to sell a piece of Furniture,s to find an owner for Anything, to buy a second-hand Carriage, j to find anything you have Lost , IP you want fto sell Agricultural Implements YOU CAN DO SO, MAKING YOUR WANTS KNOWN IN JTHE ASHBURTON HERALD, OFFICE : SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street. ASHBURTON HERALD, Published Daily. ' are requested to make mown any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or Country, which shall be immediately remedied. Country Sub cribers along the Wakanui Road to the jehool, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesda: und Fridav, IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North,- - PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE. V— :l BROWN PAPER, strong, and large sheets, at s|d. per lb. WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, East street North (near the Rail wry Station), Ash burton. j



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Medical. Advice to mothers.—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child, suffering with the pain of cutting teetli ? Go at once to the chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless ; it produces natural, quiet sleep by reliev ing the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes “ as bright as a button.” It has been in use in America, and is highly recommended by medical men. It is very pleasant to take ; it sooths the child ; it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentry and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and see that “Curtis and . Perkins, New York and London,” is on the outside wrapper. No mother should be without it. Sold by all medicine de'alers, at Is. iJjd.—Depot, 493, Oxford street. HO is Mrs. WINSLOW? As this * * question is frequently asked, we shall simply say that she is a lady who for upwards of thirty years has untireingly devoted her time and talents as a female physician and nurse, principally among children. She has especially studied the constitution and wants of this numerous class, and, as a result of this effort and practical knowledge obtained in a lifetime as nurse and physician, she has com pounded a SOOTHING SYRUP for Chil dren. It operates like magic, giving rest and health, and is, moreover, sure io regulate the bowels. In consequence of this article, Mrs. Winslow is becoming world-renouned as a benefactor of her race. Children certainly do rise up and bless her. Especially is this the case in this city. Vast quantities of the Soothing Syrup are daily sold and used here. We think Mrs Winslow has immortalised her name by this invaluable article, and we sincerely believe that thousands of chil dren have been saved from an early grave by its timely use, and that millions yet unborn will share its benefits and unite in calling her blessed. No mother has dis charged her duty to her suffering little one, in our opinion, until she has given it the benefit of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. Try it mothers, try it now. Ladies’ Visitor, New York City. TVALUABLE DISCOVERY for the V HAIR. A very nicely perfumed Hairdressing, called THE MEXICAN HAIR RE NE WER, now being sold by most Che mists and perfumers througout the coun try, at 3s. fid. per bottle, is fast super ceding all the old restorers and dyes for the purpose of changing grey or white hair to its natural original color, for it will positively restore the hair in every case of greyness to its original color, with out dyeing it or leaving that offensive smell which most of the hair preparations of the day do. This preparation has never been known to fail in restoring the hair to its natural color and gloss in from eight to twelve days. It promotes growth and prevents the hair falling out, eradicating dandruff, and leaving the scalp in a clean, healthy condition. It imparts peculiar vitality to the roots of the hair, restoring it to its youthful freshness and vigor. Daily applications of this preparation for a week or two will surely restore faded, grey, or white hair to its natural color and richness. It is not a dye, nor does it con tain any coloring matter or offensive substance whatever. Hence it does not soil the hands, the scalp, or even white linen, but produces the color within the substance of the hair. Read the follow ing from Mr. Nathan Berry 7, Chemist, Walkden : “ One of my customers told me the other day 7 he had had grey hair for thirty-five years, and after using one bottle of the Mexican Hair Renewer I sold him, it was restored to and kept its natural color.” It may be bad of any respectable Chemist, Perfumer, or Dealer in toilet articles in the kingdom, at 3s. fid. p«r bottle. —Prepared by HENRY C. GALLUP, No. 493, Oxford street, London.



COCKLE’S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS— These Pills consist of a careful and peculiar admixture of the best and mild est vegetable aperients, with the pure ex tract of the flowers of the camomile. They will be found a most efficacious remedy for derangement of the digestive organs, and for torpid action of the liver and bowels, which produce indigestion and the several varieties of bilious and liver complaints. They speedily remove the irritation and feverish state of the stomach, allay spasm, correct the morbid condition of the liver and organs subser vient to digestion, promote a due and healthy secretion of bile, and relieve the constitution of all gouty matter and other impurities, which, by circulating in the blood, most injuriously affect the action of the kidneys ; thus, by removing the causes productive of so much discomfort, they restore the energies of both body and mind. To those who indulge in the luxuries of the table these pills will prove highly useful, occasioning no pain in their action, unless they meet with an unusual quantity of acrid bile and acid matter in the stomach and bowels. To Europeans on their arrival in India or China they are recommended as a preservative against the fatal disorders peculiar to tropical climates. Their occasional use, if com bined with the strictest attention to diet, will be frequently found to remove at once, by their influence over the secre tions, that congestive and unhealthy con dition of the liver which is so often the earliest antecedent of severe febrile and constitutional disturbance. It must be understood that these pills are not recommended as containing any new or dangerously active ingredients ; on the contrary, they are characterised by a remarkable simplicity of combination, and whatever merit they may be found to possess depends as much upon the selec tion of pure drugs, and the unusual labor and attention bestowed upon their subse quent preparation, as upon the acknow ledged peculiarity of their composition, They are not recommended as a panacea, nor are they adapted to all complaints; but as a mild and efficacious aperient and tonic in the various forms of indigestion, it will not, perhaps, be an exaggeration to state that they have been resorted to under all systems of diet, changes of cli mate, or atmospheric alternations with an extraordinary degree of success for upwards of seventy-eight years. This celebrated family aperient may be had throughout the United Kingdom in boxes at Is l£d, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and 11s Od, as well as in India, China, New Zealand, and he Australian Colonies. /



F‘ jpowi Medical. COUGHS, BRONCHITIS, IN FLUENZA, COLDS, &c. ILL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. T3OWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. X jpOWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. THE Oldest and Most Effectual COUGH REMEDY. TBXTRAORDINARY TESTIMO NIALS. ; 7 HER MAJESTY S CUN BOAT NETLEY. Wick, Scotland. Dear Sir,— ,/ \, * 1 T * ! ' Having had a most distressing and severe cough, which caused me many sleepless nights and restless days, I was recommended by his LORDSHIP the EARL of CAITHNESS to try your most invaluable Balsam of Aniseed, and I can assure you, with the first dose, I found immediate relief, even without having to suspend my various duties ; and the first small bottle com pletely cured me, therefore I have the greatest confidence in fully recommend ing it to the million. Signed, W. LINZELL, H.M.G.B. NETLEY. POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED. Due db Montabor, writes : “ Chateau do Montabor, Aveyron. Sir, —Having suffered for some time from an obstinate cough, accompanied with fever, continuous head-aches, arid sleepless nights, I resolved after having vainly tried several other medicines, to have recourse to your BALSAM of ANISEED. I cannot resist, sir, the desire of making you acquainted with the really marvelous results which I derived from it. From the first dose I felt great relief, the bad symptoms grew feebler, the irritation of the throat was calming down, and I recovered the sleep which had nearly left me. The third dose delivered me completely, and I am now completely restored to health. Receive, sir, -with the expression of my gratitude the assurance of my distinguished sentiments. DUC DE MONTABOR.” POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED, i “Sir,—l have for a long time suffered from a severe cough and tried all manner of remedies. Dr. Liberecht advised POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED ; it cured me after a few days. You are at liberty to use this letter in hopes that others may benefit by it.— I am, Sir, Yours. &c., ALBERT COUNT POTOCKI.” pOWELL’S BALSAM OF ANISEED WILL LOOSEN the PHLEGM imme diately.—The "Dean of Westminster’s Verger writes: “I was advised to try the Balsam of AnLeed; I did, and have found great relief. It is most comforting in allaying irritation and giving strength to the voice.” Lionel Brough, Esq., the eminent actor, writes : I think it an invaluable medicine for members of my profession, and have always recommended it to my brother and sister artistes. ” HPRULY an EXTRAORDINARY EX- I PECTORaNT.—Mr, Edward M. Ullett, of Bury, Hunts., writes to Messrs. Palmer & Son, Ramsay “ Having been in the habit o using Powell’s Balsam of Aniseed for a great number of years, I have great pleasure in bear ing testimony to its incomparable effects as an expectorant. I always find a single dose gives immediate relief, and a small bottle effects a perfect cure.” POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED.— 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. Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World, is i)4cl and 2s 3d per per bottle; a great saving in taking family bottles, ns each. Established over 50 years. Prepared only by THOMAS POWELL, Blackfriars Road, London. ASK for POWELL’S BALSAM of ii ANISEED SOLD by all CHEMISTS and STORE KEEPERS. Observe the Trade Mark, “Lion, Net, and Mouse.” Wholesale Agents in the Australian and New Zealand Colonies -Elliot Brothers ; Eyers & Solomon ; Felton, Grimwalde, & Co. ; P. and S. Falk, Faulding & Co. , Rocke, Tompsit, & Co. ; Rosentiiall & Co. ; Kemptiiorne, Prosser, & Co. ; S. Hjffenung & Co.; H Emmons,, Laws, & Co. ; Berkley, Taylor, & Co. ; and all other wholesale houses. Proprietor— Thomas Powell, Blackfriars Road London. KEATINGS GOUGH LOZENGES, /~'OUGHS, 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 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 i-eliable. 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 consumption, asthma and bronchial affections. 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 ” engrrven on 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 01- THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted tor childien. Sold in tins.by all Chemists. Proprietor, THOS. Export Chemist and Druggist. :Vi ; 1



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You cannot overstate, its great value in keeping the blood pure and free from disease. ENO versus STIMULANTS.; An ; in sufficient amount of exercise frequently deranges the liver. ENO’S FRUIT SALT is peculiarly adapted for any constitutional weak ness of the liver. A world of woes is avoided by those who keep and use ENO’S FRUIT SALT.— 44 All our customers for Enp’s Salt would not be without it upon any consideration, they having received so much benefit from it. — Wood Brothers, Chemists, Jersey, 1878.” Every travelling trunk, and HOUSEHOLD in the world ought to contain a Bottle of ENO’S FRUIT SALT, prepared from Sound, Ripe Fruit, as a Health giving, Cooling, Sparkling, and Invigorating Beverage for any Season. It is the best Pre ventive and Cure for Biliousness, Sick Head ache, Skin Eruptions, Impure Blood, Fevers, Pimples on the Face, Giddiness Feverishness, Mental Depression,; Want of Appetite, Sour ness of Stomach, Constipation, Vomiting, Thirst, &c., and to remove the effects of errors in Eating and Drinking. f ENO’S FRUIT SALT.— From the Rer. Dr Hurst, Vicar of Collorly :—“I have used your Fruit Salt for many years, and have verified your statements. The thanks of the public are due to you for your unceasing Efforts to relieve suffering humanity. Long may you live to be a blessing to the world;” - ENO’S FRUIT SALT.— 44 After suffering for nearly two and a half years from severe headache and disordered stomach, and after trying almost everything and spending much money without finding any benefit, I was recommended by a friend to,try ENO’S FRUIT SALT, and before I had finished one bottle I found it doing me a great deal of good, and now I am restored to my usual health; and others I know that have tried it have not enjoyed: such good health for years.—Yours most truly, Robert Humphreys, Post Office, • Barrasfqrd.” .• a-j,.?:. '-'■■■d Agents for New' Zealand, ' MESSRS. KEMPTHORNE, PROSSER, and co. STEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS , . • . . .; FOR ‘ h . ( CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. I CAUTION TO PUR C H ASER S. The value of this well-known Family Medi cine has been largely tested in all parts of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. . Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced . SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANCE- so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchaser's. The proprietor therefore feels it due to the public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. ' “ Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none? are genuine:—iuusru: b-rriswri _f.fi. 1st —In every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet. 2nd—Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words, John Steedman, Chemist, Wahvofth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd —The name, Steedman, is always spelt with two EE’s. 1 4th —The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by. all Chemists and Medi cine Vendors. . . . ■ - Sold by Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland. 63 GRATEFUL—COMFORTING.- EPPS’S COCOA. BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our 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 disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating 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 : JAMES EPPS AND CO., HOMOEOPATHIC CHEMIST, v LONDON. GUi 912 g “THE ASHBURTON HERALD,” PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Price—ONE PENNY. 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