mysel. L had a message frae Miss Miggumerie to Mr. Jimes.-and I cam’ wi’t instead o’ gaun to the Meadows to meet wi’ you; so we’re even gamesters, Robin. Ye didna slight me a bit mair than I slightit you, for what lass that thinks ought o’ hersel’ wad be seen wi’ you after ye’ve been playing the Merry Andrew through the toun wi’ Mr. dirty Bacon?” This sally was delivered with an arch Smile, and succeeded by a peal of laughter which would have been both, loud rind long, had not Robin had the -tact and gallantry to smother it with kisses too many to be counted. - When ,he desisted, it was but to express his admiration of his sweetheart’s versa-

tility and address —-“Ye’re a real acker Jean,” said he, “ye should be on the stage, if yc werena owre gude for sic a place. It’s the like o’ you should be wi’ Mr. Bacon when he gangs the Queen and the great men she’s bringin’ wi’ her. But I little thocht that i’ll-faur’d jaud, Griselda M‘Glunch again, wad ha ? e exposed the caper I cut wi’ the crazy gentleman, after I gied her a pock fu’ o’ raisins to say naething aboot it.” .‘‘And did ye mean to keep me in the dark about the cockit hat and the tyfet hair and the flunky dress ye’ve been makin’ a. fule o’ yoursel’ wi’?” “ I deny the tyet hair and the flunky dress, a’ thegither. There’s no a word v o’ truth in’t. The claes might be worn by a Djuke ; and as for the cockit hat, ye’ll be prood to see me wi’t on, it’s sae grand like. Bless your heart, woman ! it’s just like the Provost’s hat as ae egg’s like anither. But the way I cam to be conneckit wi’ Mr. Bacon ava was this—” Here Robin entered into a long-winded explanation of the cir cumstances, which need not be reca pitulated ; but he did not succeed in altogether satisfying Jean that he had acted right in allowing himself to be drawn into such a ridiculous situation. Her irrepressible love of fun, however, -and her curiosity to see Mr. Bacon, overruled her . prudential scruples, and she contented herself with demanding that her lover should make use of his ostensible secretaryship as would enable her to see the. illustrious bache lor of Auchterbardie and his extraordi nary manner of housekeeping. “And,” continued she, “ye might do whaur ithan come awa’, just the noo, and let me see whaur he bydes, for I dinna care though it should be' a bit aboot. The mistress disna .. expeck me in this hour yet, for she has Stiffriggs in tow the nicht, and and if he comes awa soon it’ll no be ' d’tierfaut. She’s courtin’ him briskly, but -he’s, unco dreigh to draw. I may no ' lia’e as ihuckle time in a hurry, and this droll man’s house is the fiirst thing wad like to see in Embro’.” I wadjike to get some meat first, •r- Jean, -for ye ken luve makes me desperate hungersome ; and as I have pasted sin’.the marning, I find the grund o 1 my stomach at ony rate; sae if you like to wait a wee, we’ll ha ? e a bit o’ *••• .. ■•- „ ■ 7 supper.” Jean did not require much pressing .to corisent to this proposal. Some thing comfortable was soon produced, and Rqbin declared that he would go , round the world to enjoy such a repast

again; but whether the homely viands were better. than common, or only Wacquired an unwonted relish from the of Jean Brown, he could not 3 say. - He held it for certain, however, that no such meal was ever eaten before or since by mortal man. • , /CHAPTER XYI. ' - . .. bad we never loved so kindly, . ’; Had we never loved so blindly, ‘ -NeVer met or never parted. ' We.had ne’er been broken hearted. , * ■ BURNS. Following the directions given him by. Robih Afleck, Mr. Duncanson had .little difficulty in finding the lodgings of Miss Montgomery. He found her not alone, but in the company only of Mrs. Calmsough. The .first .meeting of the youthful lovers, after a long and harassing separa * . tion, was top tender to be witnessed by any ; third person; and Mrs. Qalm sough, feeling this, considerately vvith dreiv. jtlst. as the. student entered the room. - Agnes was so agitated that it was with difficulty she could advance to meet him, and his emotions were so ' violent that he could do no more than falteringly pronounce her name, as his own, ili a low-breathed tone, escaped • her lips. ' .. s “You are pale and thin, my Agnes ; I fear you have' been unwell since I saw you last,” were the first words he . uttered after in some measure, regain ing his composure. f‘Yes, James,” she replied, “I have been;ill but not seriously, and I feel quite well again, though thinner than I to be. But you are pale and thin too, James ; Surely you must have been ailing, and yet I always heard you were well.” “ JVly health has been good enough, Agnes; but I have suffered a good deal of anxiety since we parted last, and, I fear, so have you.” A ldng conversation ensued concern ing the events already narrated, and , the: lovers were sad almost to tears, and - merry; almost to laughter, according as they described'to each other the pain ful circumstances which had occurred to blight their happiness, or the amusing characters and incidents they had lately been involved with. Robin . Afleck and Jean Brown were spoken of in terms of warm interest and admira tion, while their eccentricities were can vassed with much gaiety and good . humour. Mr. M’Quirkle, Dr. Snapper dudgeon, -Ringan Slimperton, the Rev.

Mr. Aspen, Dr. Crimp, and Mr. Bacon, all passed in review, and afforded much diversion to the fond pair whom fate had recently brought into contact with, so many oddities. But, as the evening wore on, smiles became fewer and sighs more frequent; for there was a tacit understanding on both sides that much of the most serious importance yet re mained to be discussed. Mr. Duncanson had come charged with an intention which hitherto he had not had firmness to intimate, but he gradually mustered resolution to broach the subject, though at a cost of feeling which he was unable to conceal. Pie could not command ease enough of mind to adopt circuitous expressions, or to slope the way to what he knew would be a startling announcement* to his sensitive companion. But, after some spasmodic efforts in which his overpowering feelings shook every fibre in his frame, he at length abiuptly said —“Agnes, I need not tell you how dear you have been, are, and ever w 11 be to me, for I daresay you are well aware of the deep hold you have on my affections; but it has now become my painful duty *to say that I fear we are not destined for each other.” Here he made an ivoluntary pause, for the violence of his feeling paralysed his utterance. i

As he spoke, Agnes, trembled and became deadly pale. Then hiding her facewith her hands, while the tears fell between her slender fingers, she sobbed convulsively, and said in a voice almost too low to be heard, “ James, do you wish to break off?”

(To be continued —commenced on yuly 26,)

The Recent Scene in the House.

An intoxicated man is always a nuisance—whether he roll in the gutter of the street or on a bench in the chamber of the Honorable House of Representatives. When he takes to the gutter the constable saves him from being drowned by the slush by lugging him off to the cells. Possibly, before the intoxicated one reached the gutter state he had been staggering along the street interfering with no one, or with j everyone, according to the “ spirit’' that was moving him. We do not ex pect to find gutter “ drunks” in parlia ment. The atmosphere of that august assembly ought to be too race for the very highly graduated Bacchanal who fears not to bow his respects to the jolly god in the public street, and to prostrate himself in the dirt of the causeway. It is a terrible disgrace to a man to be found in the gutter, and the constable’s attention to him will Culminate in showing him that it is also a crime. But the criminality of drunkenness only begins when the obfuscated one requires the constable’s aid, and when that functionary happens to be at hand to render it. Within the sacred precincts of Parliament Plouse there is no gutter, and it is not on record that any of our august senators have ever bent so low in their obeisance to Bacchus as to miss their hold of the safe side of the line that divides drunk enness respectable from drunkenness criminal, and to fall into the hands of the sergeant of police—for we presume it would be the higher class of officer that would be called upon to take charge of a Legislative “ drunk and disorderly,” and not a common fellow like a constable. But it is on record that men sent to Parliament as the people’s representatives have appeared in the House, to use Sir George Grey’s gilded and polite phrase, “ not in a fit state.” It is on record, too, that Sir Wm, Fox has seen so much of this “unfit ness” amongst members of the colonial Commons as to express an anxiety to see the sale of intoxicating liquors pro hibited on the Parliamentary premises. And from the utterances of the two knights in this connection, and from echoes of the House equally distinct, we conclude that it is no uncommon thing for speeches to be delivered in Parliament with a somewhat thick utterance, and for the eyes of the speakers to be bright with a’ brightness lent by a spirit which causes more stars to sparkle before those eyes than the “three stars” that devote the brand of the “spirit” itself. Sir George Grey is a gifte.d orator. He can clothe or conceal his thoughts in splendid language, and can make himself plain or enigmatical at will. But he used no ambiguous language when hesaid on Sat urday morning that one of his fellow-legis lators was “ not in a fit state.’ 4 He simply meant, that that one was drunk, and from the events that followed, and the scene that was enacted with Mr. Vincent Pyke in the title role , we have no difficulty in finding out who “ that one ” was. The report of the scene sent to us by the Press Association has doubtless been read,by every man in the colony ere now, and we shall not recapitulate its details. Just as every man who gets drunk has not the mis fortune to land helpless in the gutter and expiate his excess before the Magis trate, so every drunk Legislator does not cause a scene in the Plouse, and require the attention of the Sergeant-at- Afms; but excesses are frequent enough for all that. Sir William Fox is perhaps a rabid old teetotaller, and a small fire may said to kindle a great matter in his mind on the subject of alcoholic stimu lants. But Sir William Fox is a gentle man, and will not deliberately insult his fellow-legislators to their face. He would not ask for the abolition of Bellamy’s Unless he saw actual necessity for it, and he must have seen many of his fellow members of the House under the influence of liquor, and in that state trying to deal with matters affect

ing the best interests of the colony, before lie suggested the closing of Bellamy’s. For years New Zealand laid claim to enjoying the services of a Parliament of high character, and ic was not seldom pointed to as a model for the less particular Legislatures of neighboring colonies. Bfit the session just closed has ruined our claim to this distinction, and shown to us how little the personal character of a candidate weighs with some constituencies, and how rashly they will trust the disposal of the colony’s funds to the hands of men whose self-control is so slight as to lead them into the enactment of scenes such as that of Saturday last—of which the member for Dunstan was the hero, but, we are sorry to add, not the only actor similarly qualified. When a House closes its session as ours has this year done, with the influence of “ three star ’ so powerfully felt, it is no wonder that our legislation should be slipshod, the public time squandered, and the beer duty lessened by half the Govern ment’s proposal. ‘ Truly, the Pyke escapade has a lesson for the electors.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, ; 1880.



Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— Diseases of (.lie skin, ringworm, scurvy, jaundice, scrofula or king’s evil,sore heads, and the most. inveterate skin disease to which the human frame is subject, cannot be treated with a more safe and certain remedy’ than Holloway’s Oinlmentand Pills, which act so perculiarly on the constitution and so purify the blood, that these diseases are at once eradicated from the system, and a lasting cure obtained. They are equally efficacious in the cure of tumors, burns, scalds, glandular swellings, ulcerous wounds, rheumatism, contracted and Stiff joints. These medicines operate mildly and surely. The cures effected by them are not temporary or apparent only, but complete and permanent.



T. Bullock. FOR SALE—VERY CAEAP. SECTION (Half-acre) at Trevorton, with comfortable COTTAGE thereon, now in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Harris. This is a very desirable property, and will be sold on very liberal terms. FOR SALE—CHEAP. FOUR SECTIONS in one block—viz., 502, 5C3, 510, 511, situated in Tin wald. Small deposit cash : balance by instalments. T7IOR SALE OR TO LET, WITH A JJ PURCHASING CLAUSE, 439 Acres, all fenced, and partly improved situated in Wakanui 266 ~ A compact Farm, all fenced, well-watered, and partly in English Grass. Improve ments consist of a comfortable Five-roomed Cottage, Stable, Stockyard, &c., &c. burton. TOWN PROPERTIES. That Valuable TOWN SECTION, 159, Tancred Street, will be Sold very cheap, and on easy terms. 539, (part of) -J- of an acre, jtorms same as as above. 341, Kermode Street. 77 ; > f 37, (Lot) Mayo’s Block. 78, (Lot) with Dwelling-house of Seven Rooms, near the Parsonage, East Town Belt. TO LET, Commodious BOARDING-HOUSE in East Street. shop and Office in East Street, riiat old established Blacksmith’s Work shop, next the Horse Bazaar, Burnett Street. Apply, ;71c / T. BULLOCK. Public Notices. FOR SALE. A GOOD Brick Four-roomed HOUSE, with back kitchen, wash-house, and boiler, all well finished and complete, good out-houses, and every convenience, Quarter-acre Section, nicely fenced, well cultivated, with a number of trees planted thereon ; very cheap ; can be had on terms. Also, Quarter-acre SECTION adjoining, well fenced. Full particulars by applying to “ P.H.W.,” Herald Office. 798 c EDUCATIONAL. MISS S. BARRATT, having taught successfully in the colonies for the last four years, is anxious to join her sister in establishing a SCHOOL in Ash burton. English, one guinea. Extra charges will be made for Music, French, and Drawing. Miss S. Barratt intends opening a NIGHT SCHOOL on the sth of SEP TEMBER. Terms—ls. 6d. per week. Apply to MISS BARRATT, Wills Street. EgtgTWIIHI mum IHI F aaasaaraKgggnHsngMßsaaßKMßWHßßiPropiPiß Business Notices. gCHANGE OF PROPRIETARY. THE UNDERSIGNED has much pleasure in announcing to the in habitants of Ashburton and district that he has TAKEN OVER the BUSINESS of Mr. J. S. SAVAGE, East street, Ash burton, and respectfully solicits a con tinuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed on bis predecessor, trusting by keeping a choice assortment of all classes of FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, &c., to merit a fair share of the public support. T. BENNETTO, FRUITERER AND CONFECTIONER, East street, Ashburton. 814 c



Business Notices. BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS 1 To Meet the Times. /"q HAWKINS, the Cheap Boot and \_y s Shoemaker, TIN WALD (opposite the Post Office), has determined to CLEAR OUT his large and well-selected Stock nt sweeping prices.' Only one trial will convince the public of the genuine cheapness of his Stock. His own make equally reduced. Come and see for your selves, Note the address— C. HAWKINS, PRACTICAL BOOT & SHOEMAKER, Opposite the Post Office, Tinwald. Note—rNo connection with any other shop. 815 c LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & •' ; PARIS. Craighead & Co., Merchant Tailors, TAN.CRED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-445G A. O. AITKEN, CONFECTIONER AND BAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS,, ASHBURTON, BEGS to announce that, he has taken the business lately carried on by W. White,' Baker, &c., Saunders’ Build ings, and trusts by supplying a first-class article at a moderate price, to merit a con tinuance of public support. Best Bread, 41b. Loaf, 6d. Cash. A. SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS. 92Sg-550c NEW* INDUSTRY. % asphalting. JAMES BRADLEY is prepared to tqke orders for ASPHALTING at very moderate rates. All orders to be left at the Works, Park srreet. All work kept in repair for twelve month?, 695 c 'O6B'»QBX •?PS‘ ') t? joj nsuo -sqx 03; r saaguo ix jo 1 ARONOO lL :i* j i; aoj i{siiQ -sx XT ' •9U.OU o.x puooaG qsiuyj pun nfSGQ—suuox [oinfr sqjo.ij. iibuis : OXXO ' : Map.io no<C o.iojoq xuoiu pxoss\f ptpuoidg siqx qoedsut pun qqy s ’I 3 ! 0 ]! RB UO Q s ituuppTT P uy ooipo J so <l nooAixeq ‘trioxviax 9 m r ox 00 (ToU l^ 'ANNOR AM Wl UOE NVR NHX SI SIHX ‘ozolijJ qsx.ix i sp.ioQ p.iojpoq; sqxoio pmqSug; jo xsf>AV . “ . . “ lodnißyi ' “■ “ puSsojy papiossu ‘spoaAvx qoxoogj >ioj ofqipms ‘&qx°lO -lOAney; 9{(Jtmoiqsuj aqX bCounj pun unqd ‘sqxoiQ ii«iu.idf) —: Shimofloj aqx SmsudiuoQ Q | mo<m xoanas ox SHTciMysQ •uox.mqqsy ui ua\oi[s x 9^ .13A9 “tuqxzCuG ox Aqpmb iti 'HOKEHRM ifeuoui ,ioj 10S aq ox sqx°lO J9 I U IAV jp* 10 ipoxs x«3q 9 qx—gs aihh y xsni ooe \ •>x° j.ooe f AGY3H SGUYA ) . ‘spooQ aqx X"ds -in pm?- quo ueqx‘SuiAvoxjqj-eqx dVa •pou°ts.iapujq oqx Aix T bCxu^ n & p u °‘xia i utjAv n ajl •«9qx°lo JO JOJ Q Jop.io; XX9U moi oaiS no£ oiojoq JQX kJ XI AH SIHX SSYH X.MOCT NOTICE. WESTERFIELD MILL. TO FARMERS, BAKERS, & OTHERS. rplE Westeifield Mill is now in full work, and the public can be supplied with FIRST-CLASS FLOUR on most reason able terms. Every attention will be given to Public Gristing, and farmers from a distance can have grist done immediately after de livery, Apply to the Miller, HENRY BOWERS. Grain stored on liberal terms. 389c-7960



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Business Notices. 1 8 80. SPRING & SUMMER DRAPERY. 171 YE RETT BROS. & GO., Havelock li Street, Ashburton, will make the:r first GRAND DISPAY O F S U MME R DRA PRR Y , ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 27'rir, at half-past 7 in the evening. The Summer Stock is entirely new and comprises all the novelties. TERMS—STRICTLY CASH. EVE RETT B ROS.; &’• CO.. HAVELOCK STREET., 503 c



“A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOB EVEN-” mHE advertiser wishes to remind the re | sidents of Ashburton Town and County that his Studio is open every day for the taking of Photographs, and that his apparatus for this purpose is very complete. . Carterde-viste, and cabinet size portraits, views of buildings, landscapes, etc., can be taken in all weathers, and an inspection of his show cases and studio walls is invited. The advertiser is prepared to guarantee a satis factory portrait of the sitter, inasmuch as he has supplied himself with all the latest improvements in the Photographic art. He makes a specialty of COPYING Pictures also, and parties having a por trait of a friend can have it multiplied to any extent. Having secured the services of an artistic colorist, patrons' tastes can be satisfied on this point. Prices are reduced to a minimum, and are now within the reach of all. G. P. Henry, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASH BURTON. 73g-702c NEW PROPRIETOR. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Havelock Street. nnHE undersigned having taken the B above Hotel, hopes by strict atten tion to business to merit a fair share of Public patronage. Board and Lodging, Li per week-; Meals and Beds, Is. GEORGE WATTS. Proprietor. 644 c ANNUAL- ,■ Clearing Sale!!! OF ’ •. WINTER ' GOODS. WIILLIAM GAVIN, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. \ CHEAP SALE OF ■-Winter Drapery,' AT GREALY REDUCED RATES, TO SUIT THE TIMES. BARGAINS!!! 721 c



BOOTS ! BOOTS !! BOOTS !! ! THE GOOD TIMES ARE COME AT LAST. TRIOKETT intends SELLING CHEAPER than ever — One Month Only. Gents’. Balmorals ... ... 17s. 6d. Gents’. Elastic Sides ... ... 17s. Gd. Ladies Elastic Sides from ... Bs. 6d. Ladies and Gents Slippers ... 4s. Gd. All Children’s work equally Cheap. All our OWN MAKE REDUCED in PRICE. THAT’S WHATS THE MATTER. G. TRICK ET T , NEXT OUK AND CO. ’s., ASHBURTON. 780 c



ASHBURTON HAIRCUT TING ROOMS. IMPORTANT NOTICE. MR. E. A. GARNETT begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has DIS POSED of his BUSINESS to Mr. F. CLARK, of Christchurch, and while thanking them for the liberal support accorded to him during his residence here, would solicit a continuance of the same on behalf of his successor. Referring to the above, F. CLARK hopes, by strict attention to business and moderate charges, to merit a fair share of public support. F. CLARK, HAIRDRESSER, TOBACCONIST, STATIONER, AND FANCY GOODS MERCHANT, Ashburton. Agent for the sale of the Ashburton Guardian and Esenina Herald. 725c-92g



Business Notices. CONTINUATION OF THE Great Sale AT ORR AND CO.’S., W® Have made still further reduc tions in various lines of Goods, as > we desire to clear out all oiir old Stock FOR GASH In preference to carrying it over to another season. Our motto is SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RE TURNS, and we are glad to find the public ap predate our efforts to serve them ; hence the EXTRAORDINARY. GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESS since coming to Ash burton. Prices of Goods at Home are greatly advanced, but we having purchased largely previously, our Customers will get the full benefit. Drapery. Lot of Japan Silks, at Is. per yard, worth 2s. Gd. Dress Goods, as low as Gd> .per yard. Winceys, at from sd, to 9d. Black Goods, at all prices. Stays, at 2s. to 7s. Gd. Wool Shawls, at 7p. Gd. to 12s Gd. Flannel, heavy, si lOd. to Is. 3d. Colonial made Flannel, from Is. 2s. to Is. Gd. , A Job Lot of Ladies’ Jackets. Collars and Cuffs, from Gd. per pair. Real Welsh. Homespun, at Is. lOd. ; ‘, all wool. '' 25 Costumes, dark coloi’3, at 203. each. 1 Lot of Childrens* Costumes, at 4s> to . 7s. Gd., to clear out. Millinery. 7 ;> 6 doz. Straw Hats, at Gd. each.. 2 ~ ~ ~ .at Is. ~ Trimmed Hats, at half usual prices'. Trimmed Bonnets very low. Blankets, Etc. Bine Blankets, at 10s. Gd to 15s. Gd. Superior Blue Blankets at 17s'. 6d. Kaiapoi Blankets, at 20s. o*-' Towels, at .fid. each. : ; Turkish Towels, at Is. to Is. Gd. Boots. A few dozen Children’s Boots left, at Is. per pair. Boys’ Heavy Lace-ups—a Bargain— at 4s. Ladies’ Kid Boots, from ss. per pair. Gents’ Boots, at our usual low prices Clothing, Etc. Men’s Overcoats, from to 555. Men’s Waterproof Coats, as low as Bs. ‘ Gd. Men’s Heavy and Leather Bound, from IGs. to 255. Men’s Suits, from 395. Gd. to 675. 6d. Mens’ Tweed Pants, from 10s. fid. to 15s. Gd. . ■ >- Men Hats, at 4s. 9d., ss. fid., to 7s Gd. Carpets. , : A great variety of Brussels Carpets, at 2s. under usual prices. Best Tapestry Carpets, at 3s. Gd. Best Kidder. Carpets, very cheap. Felt Carpets, from 2s. Gd, to 3s. 6d. per yard. y Floor Cloths, in great variety. Cocoanut Matting, all widths, very low. China Matting, unusually Cheap. Dressmaking. Dresses and Costumes made to order promptly. Prices moderate, and perfect fit guaranteed. ORR AND CO. ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA. 9150