THE STORY-TELLER.

A CLOSE SHAVE.

CHAPTER I. From London to Folkestone, from Folkstone to Paris, and from Paris, to whatever place our fancy might suggest—such was the plan of Die vacation outing which John Lloyd and I proposed to ourselves. John Lloyd was a “rising barrister,” aged forty, a member of the Outer Temple, and I—l was whac I am now, the public’s very obedient servant.

Tired of work, tired of London, of 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 criticisms in the daily papers on current theatrical art, testifying to the intimacy subsisting between him and liis models. He was a member of ever so many socie ties for doing good to other people ; many aud grateful were the men and women he had unostentatiously helped; genuine distress, ever found a friend in him, while a cheat quailed before him, and told other cheats about him, so that in the end hum bugs agreed they would have nothing to do with that righteous man. 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 chided me that, being an incor rigibly late riser, I was so content to take his assertion on trust. In his pro fession he 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 ease espe cially, in which lie 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 Mr. ,” 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 enjoyed 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 cumstantial, and those who were in terested for the prosecution • despaired 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 thp jury and the judge, and especially on that ‘ ‘ ugly, big moutlied fellpw ” who had caused him to bp sentenced. The man had to be gecqred jn the dock, so violent was he ; but the threats to which he had given utterance only served, so far as John Lloyd was concerned, to form the subject of some jokes at John’s expense that night at the bar mess.

CHAPTER h. 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 plank 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 “a damsel o:.’ 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 pyes. that seenred tp take jstqck of every one they gazed on. The face was palp 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 book, 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 ’un,” whatever that might mean. Lloyd was greatly in terested in her, and began to weave all

sorts of stoi’ies to account for her appear ance and her solitariness. It so happened that when the boat got under weigh we were seated by tfie 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 deck and the whilom owner of “ sea-legs ” were as though they were not, and a quietness that was full of anguish reigned supreme over the passengers. [to be continued.!

THE ASHBURTON HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE i, 1880.



Edmiston, G-undry & Co. FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY. THE undersigned have for sale by Private Treaty, the following Pro perties : RS.-28216, 7,8, 9, containing 686 acres, which will be 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 alow rate of interest on a term ®f 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 Orari, 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. Agents for the gQRTH BRITISH EIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capitax, £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Idachines, &e. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., East Street. 106



T. Bullock. TO LET FOR CROP OF WHEAT 150 AOE E s 150 Near Mr. George Ashton’s, Walianui. 65 ACRES 65 Near the above. 200 AOE E 8 200 About six miles from Ashburton, on the Wakanui Estate. FOR SALE OR TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, 45Q ACRE FARM 450 Or in Two Farms—one about 220 Acres and another about 230 Acres, Well watered on Longbeach Run. Also, ACRES Ashburton Foi’ks, 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-i’ooined house with lean-to, in Mona Square. Two-roomed cottage near Mr. Hay T. Smith’s 50 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 T. BULLOCK.



Alfred Harrison. TUESDAY, 15th JUNE. 1 o’clock. A LEBED HARBISON has been favored with instructions from ’the trustee in the estate of George Parkin to Sell BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At his Rooms, on above date The assignor’s Interest in TOWN SECTIONS No. 414, 415, and 416, Moore Street, with Workshop and Dwelling-house thereon Also, TOWN SECTION No. 338, Corner of Moore Street and William Street, with Three-Roomed Cot tage and One-Roomed Cottage thereon. Also, 29 BUILDING ALLOTMENTS, each Quarter-acre, situated in Trevcrton, and within Six Chains of South-east Town Belt. Also, 6 BLOCKS, each containing Two Acres, adjoining the above. Title—Land Transfer Act. The above extremely valuable properties offer an opportunity to investors and others very rarely met with, as they will be dis posed of ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT RESERVE. TUESDAY, 15th JUN^C, Plans and full particulars may be had of the Auctioneer. ALFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer. CONTINUATION OF SALE WEDNESDAY, i6th JUNE. 11 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON under instruc tions as above, will sell, on the premises of George Parkin, Moore street, Ashburton, The whole of his STOCK-IN-TRADE, MACHINERY, TIMBER, &c., Comprising—l Mathieson’s Morticing Machine, 1 General Joiner (by Furness, of Liverpool) with saws, Tennoning, Morticing, and Plan ing appliances complete ; 1 50- inch Saw Bench, with Saws, Belt ing, etc., complete ; 1 4-horse Power, with Engine, Vertical Boiler, Pumps, and Tank, com plete ; 6 Register Grates, 40 pair Sashes, 1 Ton Nails, assorted ; Zinc, Glass, Locks, Hinges, and Ironmongery of all descriptions. Also, 6 Horses (Draught and Hacks) 1 Light Spring Trap and Harness, 1 Spring Dray, 1 Cliaffcutter (by Bentall) &c., &c., &c. ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT RESERVE. Sale at 11 o’clock sharp. WEDNESDAY, 16th JUNE. ALFRED HARRISON, 534 c Auctioneer. FRIDAY, i Stii JUNE. 1 o’clock sharp. ALFRED HARRISON lias received instructions from the Trustee in the Estate of George Paul Hoatten, to sell by Public Auction, on the Farm, 3 Heavy Draught Horses 2 Cows in full profit—really good 1 Reaper and Binder, by Wood, complete 1 Chaff Cutter, horse-power and inter mediate, complete 1 D.F. Plough, by Ransom and Sims 1 S.F. Plough, by Hornby 1 Dray, nearly new 1 Spring Trap—nearly new 1 Set Harness, etc., etc. Also, £ STACKS OATS. Sale at 1 o’clock sharp On the Farm situated next to Mr. Tyson Hodgson, on the Seafield road. ALFRED HARRISON, 557 c Auctioneers. Business Notices.



NOTICE. EDWARD TAYLOR, BAKER, Saunders’ Buildings, BEGS to intimate to liis customers and tlie public generally that he has this day disposed of his Business to W. White, and solicits a continuance of support for his suocessor. ACCOUNTS. MR. W. WHITE is AUTHORISED to COLLECT ALL DEBTS due to me in respect of my Bakery Business due at this date. EDWARD TAYLOR, Baker, Saunders’ Buildings. Ashburton, 9th June, 1880. 552c-937g TO HOTELKEEPERS AND OTHERS. WE have been supplied by the Go vernment Printer with a Stock of BILLS now before Parliament, with a view to supplying those who desire intelligently to follow the debates in the House. The first instalment com prises the batch submitted by the Statutes Revision Commissioners and THE NEW LICENSING BILL Price—2s. Each. WEEKS AND DIXON,



Business Notices. W. WHITE, CONFECTIONER AND BAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, BEGS to announce that he has taken the business lately carried on by Edward Taylor, Baker, Ac., Saunders’ Buildings, and trusts by supplying a first class article at a moderate price, to merit a continuance of public support. Best Bread, 41b, Loaf, sd. Cash, L 6d. Delivered. 928g-560c EVERETT BROS. AND CO., CHEAP DRAPERS, HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON. E. B. and Co. are now showing their TIN T E R R”A P E R Y, Comprising EVERY NOVELTY IN EACH DEPARTMENT. NEW GOODS ARRIVING MONTHLY. ' 505 c CABINETMAKING &- UPPIOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, Havelock Street (next T. Hicks, Baker), Opposite County Council Chambers, ASHBURTON. Cheapest House in Town for New and Secondhand Furniture. John- ]\l eec h , PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER PAPERHANGER, &c. Drawers from 30s. and upwards, Dressing tables and Waslisbands 10s. and upwards. ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. 248 c



DAVIS’S Cheap FURNITURE AND BEDDING MAN UFA CTO R Y, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. VA VERY article Sold at' Christchurch * Prices and guaranteed best of material and workmanship. FUNERALS CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED W. DAVIS.. MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. 52Dc Ashburton Bakery, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. rpHOMAS rjIAYLOR, BAKER, PASTRYCOOK, AND CON FECTIONER. ALL ARTICLES GUARANTEED TO BE OF THE BEST QUALITY. Soiree, Picnic, and Wedding Parties supplied on the shortest notice. HOT TEA, COFFEE & PIES From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. till 11 p.m. THOMAS TAYLOR, Ashburton Bakery. 492 c



CENTRAL BUTCHERY, (Baring Square, Ashburton). J. WARD, F a 51 1 l y 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.



QOTT ON & CO.e HORSE CLIPPERS, 24 Years’ Colonial Experience. HORSES BROKEN IN TO SADDLE AND HARNESS. Moderate Charges. Apply Baldwin s Hotel, or Brighton Boarding House, TriangleJ 842g-450c



Business Notices. LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & PARIS. CRAIGHEAD & CO., Merchant Tailors, TANORED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-445G DON’T! PLEASE! DON’T! STOP ! DO STOP! STOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. IF you want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. READ the following, then call and in spect the Goods. YARDS READY 350 TO ( CUT. JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to be got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything eve yet shown in Ashburton. ( SAMPLES ) TO .SELECT FROM Comprising the following : TO 70 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., Ac. j &c. CALL and inspect this Splendid Assort ment before you order. M OTTO: Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms—Cash. and Finish second to none. -gCONOMY £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. 782g-390c T. R. BORDER & CO. HAVE 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 EOR QUALITY AND ASSORTMENT, Each Department being replete with everything suitable for the season. JUST TO HAND— A Very Large Assortment or Melbourne Clothing, MADE ESPECIALLY TO ORDER. T. R. HODDER & CO. having been encouraged by their greatly increased trade in the Clothing Department, have ENLARGED r i HEIR 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 shortest 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 prepared 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 Crockeryware 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



Business Notices. Dissolution OF Partnership. o ORE AND CO., ~p>EGr to announce that they intend to DISSOLVE PAETNEESHIP 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. OEE & 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. OEE AND CO. JJAVE 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 at the most Reasonable Prices— From|£2 10s to £25. 1 ?ORR AND CO. It 9c-9g



Business Notices. BEST NEWCASTLE COALS LAMBTON COLLIERY. 50s. PERTOK I A PER CENT. AIF for CASH. SPRINGFIELD COALS 40s. PER TON. 10 Per Cent. Discount for Cash. To be delivered in my yard. Acconnts to be paid monthly. 359C-773G C. PERCY COX. HALLO! HALLO! QUILL AGAIN. REDUCTION IN PRICES. BOTTLED WINES & SPIRITS. T. QUILL, SEEING the necessity of a Wholesale Bottling, Wine, and Spirit Store ill 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) Cfe. & 6s. Very old Scotch Whisky, per Bcttle os. 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, 6s. 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 part 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. a ROUT. 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. 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. 824 G-429 M. McCALLUM AND JEWELLER Every description of Jewellery made to order and repaired. Electro-plating and Gilding. Hair plaits and Devices done. Watches and Clocks accurately Repaired. Diamonds and every description of Stones substantially Set. Clocks from 7s. 6d. each. Do., with alarm, 15s. CASHEL STREET, Next Bank of Australasia, Christ church. 221 c