THE STORY-TELLER.

THE LOST BANK NOTE

continued. The words, spoken with significant em phasis, struck us like a knell. On me they fell with a startling effect, coining after the discovery of the last night. What could they mean? Before I could recover, he was gone. “Oh, Kate, Kate, Kate,” cried her father, “ you have ruined me ! Oh deary deary me ! What have you done ? how could you ? ” And he shambled out after Murdon, in manifest trepidation. I heard him overtake the cashier in the passage, and I distinguished Murdon’s angry voice. I turned to Kate who was pale and weeping. “Kate, v/hat does all this signify? Why are you going to marry that man ? What does he mean by his reference to Wylde and seven thousand four.hundred and eighty two ?” “ Hush, hush, George—never say those words.- Oh, listen ! are they quarell ing ? ” '''"'V,. *•' ’ I stole to the door and listened. They were .‘speaking under their voices, but their excitement made some of the words audible. I heard the old man murmur, “As heaven bears witness above us, I never stole the money. ” “I know nothing about that,” replied the cashier’s scoffing voice. “I only know it never reached its destination, and I know the worth of the receipt I hold.” “And you swear to give it me back ? ” “ On the day when you fulfil your part of the bargain.” I closed the door softly and returned to Kate. “ Tell me one thing, Kate. This "Wylde—this money ” “ If you love me," George,” she cried in terror, ‘ ■ never speak of Wylde or of money. You do not know the danger you might bring down on my father’s head and.mine.”

“Well, I will not speak of it,” I an swered calmly ; “ but tell me something else. You do not love the man who has left us 1 ” * “ Love him ! ” “And yet you are about to marry him?”

“I must. I cannot help myself. You do not know.”

“ Kate—dearest Kate ! If this danger were removed ; if this man’s spite—for it is spite which animates him, not love— were nullified ; if he could work neither you nor your father any harm ; would you—could you be brought to love some body else?” She sobbed, but did not reply. I took her yielding hand in mine ; I kissed away her tears ; and her father returning found us thus, and broke into a passionate ex clamation.

She glided to'his side, hung over him, smoothed his grey hair,, and murmured she would do anything in the world for his sake. Father and daughter wept toge ther. It-was no scene for an onlooker, and without a farewell I stole out into the night air to cool my brain and to think.

CHAPTER 111

The sharp evening air and a brisk walk homeward stimulated- reflection ; and I began to go over., the scene I had just witnessed, and to decide upon my next action. ; Events had conspired to elucidate the mystery of Number 07,482, but much remained yet unrevealed. That Wylde had never received the note or any equiva lent for it, was pretty certain from the first. That old Graham was cognisant of some fraud which had kept Wylde out of the money—and perhaps had originated the fraud—was evident from his manner, and from the hold which Murdon pos sessed over him. The riddle that re mained was, to what extent was Graham implicated ? He had not stolen the mo ney, for it lay in my pocket. He could not have hidden it in a place where it was so likely to be found and to betray him. Then, again, Murdon had spoken of a receipt which old Graham seemed anxious to regain, and the delivery of which'was to be made contingent on Murdon’s mar rying Kate. That receipt was evidently ir regular, and its irregularity in some man ner compromised the old clerk. So long as it remained in Murdon’s possession, the cashier held an engine by which he could force the old man into compliance with his wishes. The next question was, how could I ex onerate Graham and release Kate? By disclosing the manner in which I had found" 'the bank-note, Graham would be cleared of the suspicion of robbery, which suspicion, however, was known only to the cashier. An expose would certainly not benefit Graliam with the firm, who were ignorant of any irregularity and believed the money paid. And my hand ing over the money would not clear the difficulty of the receipt: it would on the contrary, provoke an investigation which might be awkward for Graham, if, as I was forced to imagine, he had forged the receipt. Truly the obstacle in this direc tion was hard to surniouut. Walking briskly and thinking deeply, I came upon a dingy public-house, which I remembered as the haunt of Wylde the place where I had seen him in company with Tom. I determined to satisfy my self fully on a point upon which I felt morally convinced already—namely, that Wylde had never received the money in tended for him by Theophilus Langbrace, Esquire, our client. With this view I entered the Four-in-hand, by which name the house of call for actors was known. Making my way into the bar-parlor, I recognised through a haze of tobacco smoke my roystering friend Tom, engaged in what he was wont to call cultivating the Muses—in other words, keeping up a drinking and smoking intercourse with half a dozen very shady “ utility ” actors. That ardent "young gentleman hailed me boisterously. “Hallo, George, my pippin'! Come to see life, eh ? Sit down and have a spider.” Declining the entomological beverage referred to, I contented myself with ordering a less elaborate liquid, and asked Tom if he his friend Wylde. “What, Guglielmo?” 'answered Tom. “ He’ll be here presently ; he’s on in the second piece to-night as a gory ruffian. He gets murdered in the fourth act and will probably, drop in then.” In about an hour’s time he appeared, mot so drunk as usual, for the night was comparatively early—hardly eleven o’clock. He had only taken, sufficient to produce the first of many stages of intoxi cation through which that accomplished artist' was nightly wont to pass. In his £rst stage he was jubilant and loquacious. , {To be continue!.)

THE ASHBURTON HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1880.



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 jegulating medicine imniedi 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.



Acland, Campbell, and Co. CHELMSFORD. CONTINUATION OF SALE OP THE UNSOLD SECTIONS IN THE TOWNSHIP OP CHELMSFORD. rjIHE UNSOLD SECTIONS in the above Township will be offered for SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. AT MESSRS. JAMESON AND ROBERTS’ STORE, ON TUESDAY, JUNE 8 th, At 11 o’clock sharp. The attention of the public is specially called to this Sale, as it presents an opportunity of securing a VALUABLE FREEHOLD At a small outlay. TERMS LIBERAL. ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO., Auctioneers, 523 c Christchurch and Ashburton. T. Bullock. TO LET FOR CROP OF WHEAT About six miles from Ashburton, on the Wakanui Estate. FOR SALE OR TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, 450 AORE FARM 450 Well watered on Longbeach Run. Also, 165 ACRES 165 Ashburton Forks, now in grass. For Sale, cheap dwelling house of seven rooms, near the Parsonage, East Town Belt. To Let, two shops in East Street. Also Office in do. Two-roomed lio_use with lean-to, in Mona Square. Two-roomed cottage near Mr. Hay T. Smith’s Also, That old established blacksmith and wheelwright’s workshop, and Dwelling House in Ashburton, centrally situated, close to the Somerset Hotel, and now in the occupation of Mr. H. J. Edwards. For full particulars Apply to 453 c T. BULLOCK.



Business Notices. Ashburton Bakery, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. BAKER, PASTRYCOOK, AND CON FECTIONER. ALL ARTICLES GUARANTEED TO BE OE THE BEST QUALITY. Soiree, Picnic, and Wedding Parties supplied on the shortest notice. HOT TEA, COFFEE & PIES From 9 a.in. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. till 11 p.m. THOMAS TAYLOR Ashburton Bakery. 492 c



Edmiston, Gundry & Co. FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY. THE undersigned have for sale by Private Treaty, the following Pro perties : R.S. 2821 G, 7,8, 9, containing 686 acres, which will he sold in farms of 100 acres and upwards. This property is within 4 miles of Ashburton township, is very good land, and will be sold on very reasonable terms, viz, 10s. per acre cash and the balance at a low rate of interest on a term of years. 210 ACRES on Gould and Cameron’s run. This property is partly fenced with gorse fences. 128 ACRES at Chertsey, all securely fenced, and is at present sown with turnips. This property will be sold at a low price on easy terms. 125 ACRES at Greenstreet, securely fenced with live fences, and sub divided. and a permanent stream of water. 285 ACRES at Greenstreet, to be sold or let on a purchasing clause in one or more blocks. This is excellent land, and laid down in English grass, and well watered with creeks. This would make a capital farm, and will be sold on very liberal terms. 210 ACRES close to the township of Ashburton, with good dwell ing-house, stable, granary, &c. This property will be let for a term of years at a low rent. 500 ACRES at Otari, in one or more blocks. 150 ACRES at Tinvald. A capital farm, being all fenced and ready for cropping. There are three creeks running through this pro perty. 150 ACRES at Ashton. A well com pact farm, together with house, stables, &c. Price very low. 800 ACRES at Mount Possession. 1500 ACRES near the spread Eagle Hotel. T.S. No 879, Ashburton. T.S. 301, 302, Burnett-street, Ash burton. T.S. 247, Kermode Street, Ashbur ton. T.S. 182, 183, opposite Church, Tinwald, a bargain, &c. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., Auctioneers and Estate Agents. Agexrts for the g OUT FI BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Machines, &e. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., East Street. 106



Alfred Harrison. SATURDAY, sth JUNE. 12 o’clock. A LFRED HARRISON will sell by Public Auction, at his Rooms, a consignment of gg AKAROA CHEESE, ■jO Weighing’from 301bs. to 551bs. each. A truly fine sample. ALFRED HARRISON, 525 c Auctioneer. SATURDAY, sth JUNE. 12 o’clock. ALERED HARRISON has received instructions from the trustee in the estate of John Smith, Wakanui, to Sell BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At his Yards — 4 Horses 2 Drays 3 Sets Harness 1 S. F. Plough 1 h Tank 1 Chaff-cutter Etc., etc., etc. The beautiful little Farm of 200 acres will bo advertised and sold at a later date. ALFRED HARRISON, 52Gc Auctioneer. SATURDAY, STH JUNF. 12 o'clock* Alfred i-iarrison win sell by Public Auction, at his rooms, a consignment of RABBITS, Direct by express train from Southland, a dainty dish, in splendid condition, 12 pIG s 12 Ducks Fowls Potatoes Chick Wheat 2 Tons Onior.s, all in string 20 Akaroa Cheese, a fine sample 10 Templar Hall Shares And Sundries ALFRED HARRISON, 530 c Auctioneer.



Business Notices. EVERETT BROS. AND CO., CHEAP DRAPERS, HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON. E. B. and Co. are now showing their TIN T E R R A PERY, Comprising EVERY NOVELTY IN EACH DEPARTMENT. NEW GOODS ARRIVING MONTHLY. 505 c CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, Havelock Street (next T. Hicks, Baker), Opposite County Council Chambers, ASHBURTON. Cheapest House in Town for New and Secondhand Furniture. John Mee ch, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER PAPERHANGER, &c. Drawers from 30s. and upwards, Dressing tables and Washstands 10s. and upwards. ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. 248 c FURNITURE ! FURNITURE ! ! Made to Order by OHARLES jgRADER, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, FURNITURE DEALER, &C. Chests of Drawers, 3ft. Gin. x 3ft. Gin., with five drawers, Price 70s. Scotch Chest of Drawers, with six drawers, ’rice £5 10s. Kitchen Cupboard, from 30s. Do. with Dresser, from 40s. Venetian and other Blinds, Curtain Poles, Oxford and other Picture Frames made to order. Furniture repaired and renovated. GREAT SOUTH ROAD, TINWALD, Beyond Clark’s Grain Stores. For Sale, a Light Waggon, nearly new, in good order, Price £22. A good chance for anyone requiring a useful conveyance cheap. 346 c



OTTON & CO., HORSE CLIPPERS, 24 Years’ Colonial Experience. HORSES BROKEN IN TO SADDLE AND HARNESS. Moderate Charges. Apply Baldwins Hotel, or Brighton Boarding House, Triangle 842g-450c



CENTRAL BUTCHERY, (Baring Square, Ashburton). J. WARD, Family Butcher, JN thanking the public for their very liberal support, and in consequence of having so large a patronage, is now in a position to supply the best meat that can be procured at the following reduced prices for cash : BEEF 2d., 3d., and 4d. LEGS MUTTON, PRIME, ... 3d. FORE-QUARTERS, ... ... lfd Customers can be supplied at the prices either from the shop or cart. J. WARD, Butcher.



TREVORTON BUTCHERY. BE/. CIl ROAD. T T A B K E R el , begs to thank his Customers for their support since commencing business as above, and begs to state that he is prepared to Supply Meat of his usual quality, which requires no comment, as cheap as any other Butcher in Ashburton, for Cash. J. TASKER, 515 c Butcher. DENTISTRY. J. P. ARMSTRONG SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST. (From Dunedin) Can be consulted, for the present, at Quill’s Commercial Hotel. Mr. Arm strong will meet Patients at the Rakaia Hotel every THURSDAY until furthe notice. 513c-9070 JUST ARRIVED Young Ladies Journals and Bow Bolls for MAY ’ Family Herald and London Journal for APRIL. H. M. JONES, Stationer, 360 c East Street and Baring Square. nnEACHERS can obtain the MULTI- X PLICATION TABLES, printed on gummed papei, in any quantity at the Herald Office, East street, near the Railway Station.



Business Notices. T. 11HODDER & CO. HAYE much pleasure in announc ing to their friends and the public generally, that their stock of WINTER. DRAPERY, MILLINERY, MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING HATS AND HOSIERY, BOOTS AND SHOES, IS NOT TO BE SURPASSED FOR QUALITY AND ASSORTMENT, Each Department being replete with everything suitable for the season. JUST TO HAND— A Very Large Assortment of Melbourne Clothing, MADE ESPECIALLY TO ORDER. T. R. HODDER & CO. having been encouraged by their greatly increased trade in the Clothing Department, have ENLARGEDTHEIR PREMISES, Enabling them to keep a Larger and More Varied Assortment. ■ Tailoring In all branches by most experienced hands. SUITS, RIDING TROUSERS, HABITS, &c., made on the most im proved principle, at the slimiest notice, and as cheap, or cheaper, than any house in Canterbury. T. R. HODDER and CO., seeking to Encourage Local Industries keep a well assorted stock of Kaiapoi, Roslyn, and Mosgiel Manufactured Goods. Boots and Shoes, Imported and Colonial make, from the best Christchurch and Dunedin Manufacturers. T. R. HODDER & CO., while not pro fessing to sell everything at COST PRICE, are prepai’ed to meet EXISTING COM PETITION and to encourage all Cash Purchasers. An experience of twenty six years Colonial storekeeping has taught our Firm the value of a Cash Grocery Business, which they have found succeed so well in Ashburton since bringing down the prices of many leading commodities, which course they are still prepared to continue and show their preferring PROMPT CASH, rather than risk long credit with large profits. Ironmongery AND Crockery ware at lowest paying rates. Sole Agents for Singer’s Sewing Machines Sole Agents for Wanzer Sewing Machine. Agents for Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company. T. R, HODDER & CO. 407 c



LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & PARIS. CRAIGHEAD & CO., Merchant Tailors, TANORED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-4450 DON’T! PLEASE! DON’T! STOP ! DO STOP ! s 1 TOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothe 3. F you want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. EAD the following, then call and in spect the Goods. YARDS READY ON TO CUT. JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to be got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything ever yet shown in Ashburton. ( SAMPLES ) r /•*/ / TO f SELECT FROM Comprising the following : German Cloths, plain and fancy, the most fashionable Beaver Cloths, suitable for Winter Scotch Tweeds, assorted Mosgiel ~ ~ Kaiapoi ~ ~ West of England Cloths Bedford Cords Irish Frieze, &c., &c., &c. CALL and inspect this Splendid Assort ment before you order. 'OTTO: Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms—Cash. Cl TYLE and Finish second to none. jgCONOMY £1 Is. Cash for a Pair of Trousers £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed Suit. The Address is— G. J. F. LUBLOW, THE TAILORING DEPOT, Triangle, Ashburton, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. 7820-3900



Business Notices. Dissolution OF Partnership. —. —o— — ORE AND CO., B EG * announce that they intend to DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP on Ist SEPTEMBER. They will therefore, on Saturday, May Ist, offer the whole of their superio stock, amounting to over £20,000 worth of DRAPERY, IRONMONGERY, AND GROCERIES, AT COST PRICE. The reductions in price extends to every Department in our Business, And we trust our Customers will pay PROMPT CASH] DURING SALE. All Goods will be marked in plain figures with Red Ink. All outstanding accounts must be paid at once so that partnership accounts may be adjusted. ORR & CO., ASHBURTON & RAKAIA April 24th, 1880. § P. S. —A Large Shipment of Drapery Goods just opened up ex Pallala. Guns! Guns! Guns! POWDER. SHOT. CAPS



ORR AND CO. Tj~AVE now on hand a very fine assortment of BREECHLOADING DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL GUNS, And as these have been imported direct from the manufacturers, we are prepared to Sell atjthe_ mosrjßeasonableJPrices From £2 10s to £25. ORR AND CO lt9c-CG



Business Notices. BEST NEWCASTLE,. . | as* coals ■ LAMBTON COLLIERY. .'.AT :i- r; 50s. PER TON. ji'tA /r’ya 1 A PER CENT. DISCOUNT for CASH. SPRINGFIELD COALS 40s. PER TON. 10 Per Cent. Discount for Cash. To be delivered in my yard. Accounts to be paid monthly. 359 C ~773 G C. PERCY COX HALLO! HALLO! QUILL AGAIN. REDUCTION IN PRICES. BOTTLED WINES & SPIRITS. s T. QUILL, EEING the necessity of a Wholesale _ Bottling, Wine, and Spirit Store in Ashburton, has determined to supply that want, and therefore begs to submit the .•. following list of Prices, every article ' ' guaranteed to be of the best and purest description. ; -> PRICE LIST. Brandy Flasks, 2s. and 4s. per flask. Fine Old Port, per Bottle, ss. and 6s. Superior old Dry Montelado, (old Sherry); tfe. & 6s. Very old Scotch Whisky, per Bcttle ss. Fine old Irish Whisky, per Bottle, ss. Superior old Jamaca Rum, per Bottle, ss. Fine old Martelle’s Dark Brandy, per Bottle, ss. Hennessey’s Brandy, per Bottle, 6s. Superior Square Gin (J.D.K.Z.), per Bottle, Cs. Superior Old Tom (Swain Booth’s), per Bottle, ss. All other brands equally Reduced. QUILL’S Assorted Dozen of Best Wines and Spirits for £3 10s, containing— -3 bottles Brandy 2 ~ Port 2 ~ Rum 2 bottles Whisky 2 ~ Sherry 1 „ Old Tom (Ready packed, and forwarded to any of the County on the shortest notice.) One trial will prove to Quill’s customers the quality of his taps. COMMENCING MONDAY, 26th APRIL. Open from 7 a.m to 6 p.m. during winter months. Note Address — T. QUILL’S, WHOLESALE BOTTLING STORES, Commercial Hotel, ... (Near Railway Station), Ashburton. 751g-336c PRACTICAL WATCH & CLOCK MAKER, JEWELLER, &c. ROBT. MURRAY, MOORE STREET, BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON, HAYING had over thirty years’ ex perience in some of the leading establishments in England and Scotland, trusts by good workmanship and atten tion to business to merit a share of the patronage of the inhabitants of Ashburton and County. A well-assorted stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Spectacles, &c. j Watch Glasses and Keys, of best quality, fitted. All Watch and Clock Work and Jewel lery repairs executed on the Premises. Specimens of Workmanship by R.M. shown in the window, AT MOORE STREET (Next Door to the Road Board Office), BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON. 824g-429c M.McCA L L U M , AND JEWELLER Every description of Jewellery made to order and repaired. Electro-plating and Gilding. Hair plaits > and Devices done. 'A; Watches and Clocks accurately Repaired. Diamonds and every description of Stones substantially Set. • Clocks from 7s. fid. each. Do., with alarm, 15s. CASHEL STREET, Next Bask op Australasia, Christ* CHURCH. 221«