A CORSICAN VENDETTA.

By C. A. GUNTERi

Tho Successful American Playwright.

CHAPTER VIII.

CONQUERED !

This curious conceit of the girl affects her manner to him. Miss Anstruther is now an iceberg, lor sho knows she is alone and unprotected. As the American sees that any passing glance of his causes her to instantly turn her head coldly away, ho thinks rather savagely, " Wonder if she supposes I am brute enough to take advantage of her loneliness and insult her. By Heaven ! if any man dares to approach that angel in an unpleasant way !" and he grinds his teeth at the thought; and then—such are the idiocies of love—he almost wishes some unlucky Frenchmen would insult his divinity that he might fall upon lam, beat him, bang his head against the floor, dash him out "of the car window, and generally niako a hero of himself in defence of this delicate girl that he proposes to starve into better acquaintance with his virtues. The object of his tender regard has again picked up Ouida, and is trying to turn her attention to another short, story; but she apparently makes bad work of this, and is becoming anxious. Sho puts the book down and looks at her watch. ••Egad! she is getting impatient for something," thinks Barnes, who is begin ning to study her in a grim, philosophical manner ; " wonder if it's dinner : A moment after, Miss Anstruther looks but of the window, and keeps at this till her admirer gets impatient, for he is now no longer happy unless he sees her face every minute. . However, this does not last for ever : she once more picks up her bag, produces a bundle of old letters and reads them. 1 er ceiviug they are in a masculine hand, Barnes wonders whom they are from ; and hates him, whoever he is. Then she again looks at her watch, this time petulantly: and, putting away her correspondence, takes out her handkerchief, wipes the mist from the window with it, and gazes out again, but only fora moment. She is evidently nervous, plays with her bracelet, and is now quite restless; and after another glance at her watch, she searches hurriedly in her satchel. Barnes feavs it is for cake or candy, or something thai, women eat. and feels relieved when she takes out a pocket guide-book and studies it, and runs up and' down time-tables, and brings out a little gold pencil, but instead of figuring with it, knits her brow, and chews abstractedly tho end of it. Apparently, either not, being sufficient of a mathemati cian, or not finding exactly what she wants, phe seems about, to speak to him, but suddenly checks herself, and goes to tying knots in her handkerchief in a mechanical waV that makes Barnes fear that- she is not hungry, and may be a female Doctor Tanner. , His alarm is shortly terminated by her voice coining to him, rather hesitatingly and nervously, but very sweetly : "Excuse me, sir, but have you travelled this route before V' . . "Often," says Barnes. His voice indi cates he is sober, and she gains courage. '• Do we arrive at Dijon soon ?' " In fifteen minutes, barring accident,' he replies, looking at his watch. "The train stops there—for refresh ments V" this anxiously. " Sometimes." says the American, hardly able to conceal hi& dejight, as he knows that! appetite has got tlie belter of Miss Ana ruther ; then lie continues : "' Being alone, you had better ask tho guard : lie will bring you anything you may want/!" and considers himself quite a Machiavelli.. • ■ "I thank you very much!" The girls voice is so grateful that.Barhes could bite his tongue for being a brute ; for. by -this time she looks quite pale and worn out. But he excuses his lieartlessness by think ing how hi* darliug will enjoy her supper wlien she does get it. And this leads to the reflection, as he views tlie girl's ihi patient aud hungry look aud 'remembers he has heard . her say', that she had no lunch, that he and the guard will pro bably have their hands full 'in.' Dijon ; for doubtless Miss Anstruther will make a very lhely and desperate fight to get something to, eat during the twenty minutes she will spend in sight Ot thu re freshment room. "-Wo can't use force; diplomacy must be our only stand-by- it will be a close call." As he thinks this the lights of Dijon come in sight, lor lb is now almost evening. • The instant the train comes to a stop tho English girl beckons at the window of tho carriage to the guard. That worthy ap parently does not see her, and opens the door of every other compartment bub hers — then disappears, going towards tho loco motive, as if someone had called him away. After a little he returns again and passes into the telegraph office ; wanders out and thinks a man calls him to another carriage, and talks to the people in it. During this about half the passengers get out and go to tho refreshment-room. The makes the girl impatient, for now she taps violently on the window oi her carnage. At last the guard sees her and comes slowly and opens the door. Barnes is delighted with him; he has already disposed of nearly ten minutes. '-.:. Tho young lady says sharply, for she justly angry : " Why did you not open this door when you did the rest, ?" ; " I was called away to the engine. ' " What have you to do with the engine ?" Barnes chuckles ; the girl is Wasting time by asking questions, and playing his game for him. . Bub hunger brings her back to business, and she come 3 to the point with : ,«' I want you to bring me something to eat." " Anything to drink ?" 4 . ~ "Of course. Tea or coffee—.either., The man hesitates, catches Barnes's eye, and, still seeing twenty francs in it, says : " Certainly ! Mademoiselle—there is ample time. What would you like ) I will bring the bill of fare!" He runs away, but stays some time, and when he returns, remarks : " There is no printed menu, but they havej everything," and begins to give,.slowly and with great Consideration, correcting himself several times, nearly a list of the market of Paris. . . ,:' ; ... [:■■ Miss Anstruther cuts him short with : "Bring me anything; bub bring it quickly !" , ~'•... . v ~., I. \ i z;i He departs ; she takes off her . gloves; showing a pair of white hands and dimpled wrists, and prepares eagerly to eat. But after she has had time to. grow impatient the guard comes back and disgusts. her by asking deferentially : ." Will Mademoiselle have it hot or cold ?" " Hot! cold ! any way ! But be. quick !" He departs again. Barnes looks at his watch, and she has now bilt eight minutes. Five of these'pass—the girl is beating her foot impabienbly upon the floor. The obher passengers are coming out of the refresbniont-rooin and taking their places on the train. j This sight makes the famished beauty desperate ; sho is about to get out of the car and make a struggle to get sdmeHiM herself, when Barries suddenly hears her utter a little purr of joy, and, to his disgust, sees the guard elbowing his way through the crowd, followed by a bearing a tray laden with eatables enough for hall a dozen x and curses the man under his breath for having betrayin'jf hiiHatthelttSfcmdfribnt. They ato nearly at the oar; thbglrli With a smile of hope on ber face, anxiously ex

tends her hands ; the yarcon runs forward to give her tho tray, but by some fatality the man's foot gets in front of the boy ; ho trips over it and falls headlong on the plat form) completely destroying Miss Ah sti-hther's last chance of a meal. She utters a cry of almost despair and is springing out to make a desperate flying rush to the re freshment saloon, when the guard says, " Macon is the next buffet !" suddenly slaps tlie door in her face, locks it, and cries, " All aboard !" and then goes very deliber ately about fastening the other doors, for it is fully two minutes more before the train leaves. When it docs so it has on it. a very hungry and very angry young lady, in the third compartment of the last carriage, who mutters pitoously : " The idiot ! locked me xa first ! He might havo given mo a chance at a sandwich !" But now a horrible fear comes to Barnes ; what if Ms supper is not on the train. At this ho begins to feel hungry himself, sym pathises with tho girl, arid wonders if she can endure two hours anda-liali more fast ing to Macon ; if his villainy has caused such a disaster, for the girl's little hand is trembling with rage, or hunger, or both, and there are teats of disappointment in her eyes. He is relieved from this fear at the first station ; the train pauses for thirty seconds. The guard unlocks the door of their com paltrilent and puts in a large basket. As he does so Miss Ansfcruther's face be comes radiant; she cries: "You have got it at last! How nice !" and extends her hand. The guard Btops her by saying senteri tioualy : " For Monsieur ! ordered by tele graph ! (/addition /"—giving Barnes the bill. He pays this, adding a -pour boire for the man, and the next instant they are dashing on again, the lunch on the lloor of the car between them. The disappointed girl has collapsed on lief scat; she makes a groat effort to appear indiffordht, but her eyes rest on the basket in a longing, greedy, wistful staro. One look at her is sufficient-, " She is hungry as a wolf—anly waiting to bo asked,'"' thinks Barnes ; and ho politely suggests, " Permit me to repair tho stupidity of the guard. I have plenty for two ; please accept a part of my supper, Miss." Disappointment and astonishment! Miss Anstrutliei- says coldly, but with a hesita tion born of the bottle she does witli her self, "I thank you: 1 am nob very hungry." She Is no fool to go fasting when tho pantry is at hand, and was on the point of accepting, when an indefinable something about the affair—she can't tell what— makes her suspicious. Perhaps the guard was too clumsy; perhaps Barnes too anxious : perhaps it was instinct; but she is suspicious of s melhing, she doesn't know what, and declines. "That is .probably the biggest whooper my anjiol ever told," is Burners conclusion, as he returns in his most persuasive man ner : " But you are a little hungry ; now I think I can tempt you !*' But here a great; rush of joy ccmes over tho girl's face, and she petrifies Idm with these amazing words : " .1 thank you again : I have just remembered / hare plenty to eat.' " With this she picks up her bag, goes to the very bottom of it, and fishes out a white papor parcel that makes Karnes's jaw drop, for it has evidently come from a confec tioner. The poor fellow at this moment feels like throwing his unopened basket out of the window, as he rellects, «' What an ass 1 was jto imagine a girl ever truyolled without i sweetmeats : it's about the same as guess ing I'd run about without cigars in my pocket." With this he feels for one. and in a melancholy way begins to remember that thoro is a smoking compartment, and "Tie has forgotteii his weed for over eight ! hours all on'.tlccount of this girl, who Wpuhd, |sooner,starve than accept bread at his l hands. ,t',~ i ■ | A rustling of ihe paper parcel comes from i Miss Aijstrubher's corner: -, he glances at her. j Sho h«* .opened the package that up ' parently.had been full of bonbone, and is L Laking from it piece after piece of crumpled white paper—a look of amazed disappoint ' moiif. {>n her face. At last slio comes to the end, and dr3W* out two miserable gum drops and. a card,with a word or two upon it. The gimidropsgD straight to herraouth, for oven,,in this moment of discomfiture, ! she* is unable to resist such edible morsels. She reads tho card and exclaims viciously, "The little fiendl!'.' thou gives one long, hopeless sigh that nearly ends in a sab,whieh makes Barnes crazy to comfort her. But ho fights it down, and opening his basket, goes to eating hl»,?'«/« d,e /oie {/ran with very good appetite, for. he now feels sure that Miss Ansti-uthei; will very, soon be eating it vvith him. By the rather dim light of tho car lamp ho can soo that the girl is watching his evident enjoyment of the meal with a sad, wistful longing in her beautiful eyes, wild Barnes savagely thinks, "She'll eat humble pid before long—?'..«., pule de foic </ru.i." After v little she makes an effort to speak, then checks herself, and a single silent tear rolls down her check. He can .stand it no longer, gives her another chance, and does it generously. . ■ • " You'd better change your mind, miss: railroad .travelling makes oue hungry. Won't you lot me givo you some of my plenty.?'' " With pleasure.!" "Then you are hungry ?" cried Barnes. " Awfully !" she gasps, with a faint at tempt at a laugh, and the next instant she is in the land of pleiity. She doesn't know exactly how ; bitt it is as if she had called on the genius of the lamp—a napkin is on her, lap—her plate is covered with every thing she seems most to like and want, and Mr Barnes is acting as the attendant spirit. She tells him so, and he laughingly replies, " Then you must be little Aladdin ; but if I remember the 'Arabian Nights,' that little Chinese scamp would.have rubbed his lamp and been fed half an hour ago ; don't you think it would be more like it, to pic ture me as Aladdin, the guard as and yourself as the princess of China, who was so haughtily beautiful -(" Miss Anstruther blushes slightly at this adacious comparison. She remembers the princess married Aladdih ; but says nothing, as stimulated by enforced absti nence, she is devoting her pretty mouth to the pleasures of gastronomy; falling to, as Barne'S rapturously expresses it, with as much vigour as ah angel after Lent. "Of cdurSOj I'vfeho tea or coffee to offer you," he apdlbgises,' "bub a little Chdbtia Will do you than all the slops on earth—you look quite pale !" And so the girl does, thotigh her colour is gradually coming back to her. "I fear lam robbing ydu !" .. " Oh, I've plenty ! 1 ordered supper for tvjd!" he impulsively says. " For two'!" a little look of surprise on her face. Barnes hides his face in the basket, pretending to look for something. "Yes, two plhtcs, two knives hnd forks, two wine-glasses—how very curious !" "I—l've got such ah awful appetite, you see !•" he desperately suggests. , ," Then you'd better proyeib," shelaughs;' "j *'you've eaten positively nothing!''. And Barnes is compelled to sic dov/n and do duty beside her, which is very pleasant, as he has a fair digestion himself. As he hands her a glass of Burgundy a wild thrill of electricity goes through him: their hands have met accidentally for the first time. The girl drink's, and whether it is tho wine or something else, her face has re gained all its lost colour. There is something in the deference of hip" manner which gives her.confidence.in him ; ailcl, as -mid, Ansbrilther never does any tnihg by halves, When he suggests cham pagnei-- Which he 1 knows, is .generally , k favHui'lte with women-she Simply say's; «• I'll take anything you wish me !"'

The grateful Bdrnes piles her ; plate with hot-house grapes, bonbons and little things men don't as a rule care for, but women adore. She looks at these effeminate delicacies meditatively and says: "If this is your railway dinner, what a Sybarite you must be at home ; one would think you had ex pected company." The young man parries this dangerous thrust by returning " You must be just the opposite ; you imagine you can make a ten hour journey on two small gum-drops." "Oh! that cruel disappointment, she says. "I can laugh now, but half-an-hohr ago I could have annihilated her. Maud Chartris is, ab bwelve, a glutton and a practical joker. She gob into my bag, ate all my sugar candy, replaced it by those paper balls and left me her card." And she passes Barnes a square piece of paste board that has upon it, in a child's hand, tho following:— This is to oven us for your telling ma—l had hanged it to the chandalicr by its tale. louai o a cat yourself. maud. " A sweet child ! I adore her !" suvs Barries, who thinks of the service the " enfant terrible " has done him. jj "Indeed I don't! and I'll show her mother this card,and -"reaching for

it- _.- « "If you do," returns Mr, Barnes, promptly, "I shall send Miss Maud Chartris enough cdndy to keep hor sick : for a year. You'd better let me destroy this! and without waiting for her answer lie tears up the card. " You take a great liberty with my Correspondence !" says Miss Anstruther, Colouring. "Admitted: but think how grateful we both ought to be to her. You would have made yourself sick on gum-drops, and I should have been lonely and disconsolate over in that corner "—for he is sitting near the girl now—" and all this has been changed by the cat and that cherub. For give the angelic child," " An hour ago I could have made the angelic child very unhappy; but now"— she looks at the dainty fragments about her —" I'll forgive even Maud Chartris." Then Miss Anstruther turns tho conversation deftly, giving Barnes opportunity to tell who ho is, of which he takes advantage in a manner that is perhaps nob too modest. While he does so, the girl is looking nt him in a dreamy way, and thinking the man talking to her can't be such an aWl'ul dissi pated reprobate as Mrs Vavassour thinks him ; for though he knew the address of that fearful woman, La Belle Blackwood, still ho told a horrid fib because ho was ashamed of it. And so Mr Barnes's two wrongs make one right in the mind he wants most to think well of him, as the train runs into Macon Juhebion ; where for tune is waiting to again smilo upon the enterprising American. Finding Miss Anstruther wants nothing, Barnes slips out to tho telegraph station and wires Paris forhis servant and luggage; encounters the guard, who grins mysteri ously at him, gives him 20fr, and something more for tho yurvok who destroyed his dar ling's hopes of dinner at Dijon ; directs him to gob him two railroad rugs, lights a eight-, and is back at the carriage to find the young huly is not, there. He waits at the door for her. The guard brings tho wraps and places them in tlie com pa rf men b, and has already gone away when the girl, for whom the American has been straining his eyes in the uncertain light of the station, comes hurriedly to him and says under her breath in a somewhat perturbed manner: "Two men are fol lowing roe! Wait till they pass; and as they do, plenso help mo into the compart ment as if you wore my escort." " Certainly !" says Barnes. " Point out tho scoundrels." "Here they nro ! whispers tho girl. Ho takes a long look ab the bwo men who are pursuing him, niu' assists the girl into the ear with tho devotion of a honeymoon husband. » * She blushes a little at this, but he checks any remark by saying, " Now tell me what these men have said or done to you ?" {To be Continued.)

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rVRION. r\RION. QRION. WHAT IS IT WaLLIS & OoATES, CROWN BUTCHERY, KARANGAHAPE ROAD. PRIMEST JVIEAl 1 PROCURABLE. C ASH PRI C3ES. ■ Fivk Shilling Orders Dkuvkred to any Paiit of tub City. BEEF— . Bump Steak 6dperlb Rteak. 4ft „ Hirloin .. .. .. .. .. 4d „ Best Rihs, Boned arid Rolled .. 4d „ Best Ribs .. .. 3d „ Other parts.. Id to 2d „ Cornea .. .. .. .. to 3d ~ Ox Kidneys.. ii 5d each OxHearts .v, Id „ Ox Tongues .. .. 2sand23 6d ; „ Tripe .. .. „ .. .'. .. 3dperlb Dripping 4d ~ Murrox- Chops.. .. .. 3d ~ Sides .. ..... 2d „ Legs ;. 2Jdto3tt „ Loins .. 2Jd ~ Fore-quarters lid „ Fries .. .. .. .. .. .. 2d each Kidneys .. .. Id i. Tongues '..*''■" .. lsprfloz Pork and Corned Pork .. .jM to 6d per lb Veal .. .. 2d to 4M „ Ohr well-knoton Beef Sausages .. M „ PorkSausageß , 4d „ uermaii Sausage, retail .. .. .. 4ft „ Wholesale .. .. 3sprl2lb A LE&ANDER JTTARVEY, ALBERT-STREET (Corner of Durham-street), Direct Importer ano Manufacturer of All KINDk of Dairy Utensils, Tixj Iron, and CorPER Work. iJ_.IHY IUQTORIt¥~AND ORFVAMERtEfe SUPPLIED WITH ALL REQUISITES* Estimates Given. BEST VALUE IN JAM TINS 'HONEY ''■ TINS, BUTTER TINS, Etc.



Ttt- B W Z H A LA ft P RAILWAYS. TIME TABLE. —Ok and a-tbb OCTOBER 10, 1887. APOKLAND AND Or*BHtiNGA LtNR Auckland ""*""""" W kkK Datb, Sata only. Sundays. Onehonoa. i . 1 sre-ft fiKff*** \% - ffiKK S SIS S :: X 1# HM S 18 , E_e«lli ftne " ii* - 9*6 116 taffi 2.26 4.40 6.45 6.46 .'.' 10.25 1.35 1&5 9.22 2.52 PeSeJunottoii ?$ 8.66 WUUOllfo U 5.60 "6.62 7.30 10.30 1.40 12.10 2.67 KSS.K. An?: v! 66 9*5 MOlUOfl-dO %M M 6 6.0 7 5 7.4010.40| 1.50 12.20 9.35| 5.7 - —-— '• Z ——ip—l —•-] —' —i — h j rigts ISp- •; ?_« k g'p isTO«'a&§ ss ts f^emSw - - 5 *w 8*44 '986 4ftN 12.35 1.25 4*„l 6.35 6.45 T.flJ 11.16 2.25 10.21 6.53 jagg ! I i BihiiimMdMmMM^ "~l_as_»a_w_ , ■ Bli _ iffisS&Sw.te__ 1 Oh_nse for Moi-ow iad BtAtfona. " MAIN LiAfJfc AHoraANE^MEBOMR-TirAWAMUTU-OTOROHANOA Auu_i_j)i<-ffl--°^ oDrH^M . t xmu ■'''iriiiii ■ i..i Mil m> ■ .Ii ii ii ,"'I-' "' f TI I'" ' '"' I '" A "|F-M ---l-u AM A;M a.k. ''a.m. p.m. p.m. P.M. 6.20 att*W»4»« „Sfi $' 6*20 115 8.0 11.40 4.15 4.55 5.20 6.30 82SB8& Junction" & S f U| IMB J25 .6.7 6.30 6.35 Remuera., .. 6.16 6.40 8.15 B 4.30 512 5.35 Penrose Juaetlon .. ..6.28 7.0 »5.0 8.31 12.85 14.49 5 ; 60 • •Weßtfleld .. .. .. V •• * m ~ ™ Otahuhu .. .. \m- tM 7.i0 "° 8.41 12.40 4.69 ™ " - Bi :: :: :: :: .; - •• m m .. ; •• Papakura • 8.0 .. .. 1.30 5.37 .. & Sr-S 1 * :: :: :: :: - :: » /26 L . w «? :: •:: "Itunciman <• * •• •• « « •• L SBS& a ::::: : 8,57 :: m *» 628 ;: * :: Br. :: :: :: : 9.21 :: :: 253 6i « :: 1 :: "vyhangarata *~ "- •• t , 7n fo_eno .. „ .. .. _. 315 ?10 . Merodr .. .. |jg ;• "• V 1a66 3.40 _ .. .. 4 Whangamarlh6 •• - s « "• •Wairang .... # # «• "Rangirlrl .. .... # — ifflf 44 :: :: :: 12.20 6.25 : :: :: Tauniri " " :: :: z ~ .. 12.35 \m Ngaruawahia - •• •• 6 -|° "Puketo .... t - •Toßapa.. ~ . - ;; ;; iag bM - y " cFranktonJohcUon " m .. C L4O E6.55 fltultuhU ~ •• _ti „* Olmupo, - -• •• %» 1 T "Lake Road _ «... # „ - Ngaioto .. _ . .. .- _, M _ 765 ■; » ;; I'EAWAMOTU .. \dep! :: - •• D 2.50 "ToPuhi .' .. •• •• * "KaVva .. .. _ .. •• .... # » •Kioklo .. •• •• ._. "Qtorohanga .. .. .. ■■ _•• •• g_iS -• ■■■» 1 ' " w . ~., ", . .. NORTH—WMK UAV*. "■ ' : ... 1 ■'■■■ '■■ _.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. •Otorblianga _ .. .. dep. .. - •• •• **.J0 *ICioklo .. _ - •• , •Kftwa .. _ .. .. •• •• - -. .. ( arr. _ .. .. .. P9-0 — TkAwamotu .. _ idefi. - .. .. .. 9.15 Ngaroto - -• •• •• * Miftkoßoad •• •• •• oaK Qhaupp •• •• - •• •• •• 3 v° "Rukuhla .. - ■• - - -• - ~„ " ~ Frankton Junction .. _ _ .. .. 10,35 .. .. 4.10 'To Rapa — •• — •• •• „ , •PnUele ....«-..-•• - •- - . _ •• -• ..- Ngaruawanla .- « - - •• - •• •• »•» •• •• «■« Tauplrl - - - \HI " " 2-S "Ohliiowni _-.«.-•• •» •• - t - - , 'Itnifiglrirl ...._.••• >• «• •• . — "• # "Wttlrangi .. — .. •♦' •• •• .... — # ( arr. .. ~ -• 1-45 .. .. 6.30 Mercer .. .. - | dt , p . _ .. 620 IL3O 2.6 .. .. 6.50 i'okeno .. - .. .... - •• 6.31 11.43 ai6 .. „ 7.0 Twk-u! - •• - •• S SO ™-f 2 % 42 i'uko k kohe d .. :. :: - ~ z :: ?.w 1231 3.3 _ „ 7.37 "Pttcrnta ..„-.._- .. - ■■ j Mtuncltnan ...._«- *. ,* •• •• Drury ....-.» .. .. ~ 7-47 1.10 3.37 .. .. 8.10 "Huaua ..„_.... - .. * * __, - •■ „,„ Pnpakura - - 8.1 1.26 3.47 .. .. 8.18 Mnnurewa - .. £.16 1.42 4.2 .. .. * , Pnnau>itoi • 8-30 2.0 4.15 .. Oulhuhu .. .. .. .. .. 6.50 8.18 8.41 2.10 4.23 6.20 7.15 lv" B Tfieid Uncllon :: :: :: imb tiuio is-m huo tf_j '2-1 *i KlloMllo . 7.20 8.36 8.58 2.35 4.40 6.35 7.35 * "Green Lane .. _„ .., ■ _ ■■ ... ~r _._ „ liemuera 7.30 8.44 9.7. 2.45 4.51 6.45 7.45 .*■ VewmarketJunc. _ .. .. 7.35 8.49 9.19 2.65 16.4 6.61 750 9.20 AiSand ~ -arr. 7.45 858 9.23 3.6 I US- 7.0 1 8.0 9.30 rciiange for Onobunga. J -Change .for Auokland'andlntorniediatoSktlonß. 1 Change for Kalpara Branch Statlonß. ? Clmnge for Otahuhu. ■ A Paj»«engora are not booked by this train to Stations between A uokland and Onehunga. _ * Only stops to pick tin Passengers for J outh of Penrose Junction. 0 Rune on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Fridays only. D. Runa on Mondaye and Fridays only, K. Runs on Tuesdays, t T |luri " l *y»' ftP d Saturdays only. p. Runs from Otorohanga on Tuee'lays and Saturdays only. Tti69.tS_.t-. trnln frbm Te AwaimimrunsdAily. a. Frankton Junotion for Carabridsre. Te Arolm and Rotorua Lines. ' . ABOkA AWP ROTQRt7A Lm_3. * ( SotrrH.—Week. Days, N6rth.- \Veek Dayb. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. Auckland, dep, . ..• 8.0 11.40 Lichfield, dep. .. 012.10 , ■■— ■ —k{ —— *P(itaruru Junotion .. .. .. * .. pM.P. m. *Taumangl * Frankton Jun., dep 1.40 67.0 Oxford, dep. 12.55 Hamilton Wost - .. 1.48 7.10 *Okorolre .. ■.. .. .. •Hq.udltonEa'Jt.. .. : .. .. * *Mangawhara * Huukura Jun., arr. ~ 2.0 7.22 Matamata .. 1.35 i —:—' ;—; : i- *\Vaharoa * Cambridge Br,-' *Walton , :; .. * ißuakuraJiih.,d6p. .. - .. ..02.5 7.25 "Kiwitahi * *Mongaonul .... « — * * Moninsville, an- -2.40 "Tainahere ■. .. * * ♦Fencourt * * TeArohaßr.— •ilaulapu.. * * Te Arhha,deip. _ &1.55 Cam bridge, arr. ..... .. .., a 2.45 68.5 *\Vaihou .. • : 1 > *W'aitoa .. „ ~. .. .. ■ * Ruakura Jun., dep 2.5 ... *Tatua o Haua .. .. .... * *Bureka * .. *Alurray'B ... „ ~ _ T nAt TMotuuiaoho „ * .. Morrinsville, arr. 62.40 Morrinsvllle, arr. ..... .. .. 2.45 .. « —-— • —__—. ia_ , — « ■———. ..— Morrinsville, dep 2.55 Tk ARbHA BR.— *Motuniaoho ~ * Morrinsville, dep. ~ * ~ ..0_.55 .. *Eure.ka .. .. .. .. .. :*_. ♦Murray'gj. .. .. * .. Ruakura Jun., arr 3.35 •TatuaoHaUa .. .. _ .. .. * .. ■ i—-—••—< ♦Waitpa _ .. * .. Cambridge Br.— ♦Wulhou /. • f .. Cambridge, dep 9.20 TeAroha,arr. .. .. ... .. ~. rt3 40 .. "Hautapu t. _— __ , ' 1 — *Fenoourt -.....* Morrinsville, dep _ ..62.55 .. "Tamahere .. .. .. * „, *Kiwltahi.. .. ~ — .. .. * .. *Mongaoliul .. .. * „ ♦Walton „....* .. Ruakura Jun, arr. .. ..10.0 _ •Waharoa .. .. * .. ■ ; .-. Mataiiiata .. ... „ .. ..4.0 .. Ruakura Jun., dep. .. ..10.3 3.38 •Martgawhara .. .. .. _ .. * » -"Hamilton East... .. .. *, * ♦Okoroire * .. Hamilton West 10:20 353 Oxford .. 4.40 .. Frankton Jun., arr. . ..10.25 3.58 *Taumapgl .. * .. ,— -. *Putaruru Jun. _ .. .. .. * .. Auckland, art. .. .. 5.13 9.30 Lichfield, arr< j h. .. ... 65.25 .. - "*" ~.'.., .« Fiag.Mttttion. •.• •■ > ;a Runs on Tuesaays, Thursdays, And Saturdays only, b Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, ahd Fridays only The others run daily, KAIPARA BRANCH.—-AtroKLAim-—HESDEHsoy—HKI.E^SNrii.r,B. AUCKLAND TO HBtiEyBVM-iB.—WEEK DAYB. HeLEMSVILLE TO AuOKIAND.—WBEg Days. , ,_ .:. ■ am. am. p.m p.m. . a.m. a.m. p.m. in.m Auokland...... dep. 7.0 10.65 4.40 8.15 Helensville .. dep; 6.20 11.45 4.0 Newmarket Junct'n 7.12 11.12 4.57 2.25 *Holensvlllfi South.. * « * MOu_tEde'n_ .. 7.19 11.19 5.4 2.32 »OhirhnKi .... * • *'." " »Klh_6latta .. .. k * * » *Paeit)&. * * •■ " •MoWinsßide.; * * * * * *Woodhlll ' „ .. • * * ♦Mount Albert _ J * * ♦ *Rewetl.. .. .. « • •- AtOhdaltt .. L 7.35 11.38 5.20 * *Waiinauku .. .. * » ♦ 1" .. , ; * * * * »Kumeu .. .. 7.15 1.6 5 0 fWftlMotoiti .. .. ♦ * .♦. 3.0 *Tkilpfcki .. * * •■ " ♦Henderson ~ .. 8.0 12.6 6.45 .. Waitake'rei v .. 7.35 1.30 520 ♦Swanson, .. ... r * *. * . k ♦Swanson .. ~ ..,*, ?» * Waltokerel „ .. 8.25 12.32 6.15 .. H>ndiSifsoh .. .. 8,6 Jf.s 545 *" ♦Ta_p_ki .. .. ♦ ♦ * .. *W_lkotoi_ .. .. L* ■* V° Hit Kumeu i la. .. 8.45 1.5 6*33 ~ # New Ly__ .. .. «. ♦ * » fiJ ra i a _' Ilku " •-!-■_ I I - -•• •• 8 -27 232 6.10 ♦Rewetl.. „ .. * * * .. tMount Albert ..**** ♦Woodhill „ .. » * * .. ♦Mornitogsldd.. .. » ♦ ♦ « ♦Paeroa.. _ .. * •'..-• Ui ♦_a_gsl__d •.. ,'■< ■*■ • * ♦ j ~ ■.. * I ■-,.-;. .. Mount. Eden;. .. 8.47 2.66 6.24 6.15 •Helens vjlte South., t * .*. *. Newmarket Jnnot'n 9,4 3.10 6.36 621 Helehsvifle-.. .arr.--9.40 ,2.10, 130 1,-.-., Aucklarld _ ar£ 9.13 3.20 645 fe'lo * h _rßt- 8 " ' WAIKATO T RAIN SE R VICE. Trains fßom Auckland for Tv Awiimutu \ Mondayß, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 8.0 a.m. leAwamura .. .. .. \ Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 11,40 a.m. ♦Otorohanga .. _. .. Mondays and Fridays at 8.0 a;m. Ilaihiit6n West -f D^ 1 f, at 8-0 a.m.. also on Mondays, Wednesdays, and xiammon vvest \ Fridays at 11.40 a.m. Camhridtre [ Mofidays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 11.40 a.m. vamonugo .. } Tuesdays. Thursdays, and Saturdays atß.o a.iri. Morrinsville .. ~ „ Diiily at 8.0 a.m. TeAroha... v „. .. Tuesdays, Thursdays, ahd Saturdaysiat 8 0 a.hi. Oxford and Lichfield „ -. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 8.0 'a.m, TRAINfc for Auckland from Lichfield and Oxford .. .. Tuesdays, Thursdays, ahd Saturdays TeAroha.. ~ .. .. Mondaye, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 1.55 p.m. Morrinsville .... „ Daily at 2.55 p.m. Cambridge .. .. .. Daily at 9.20 a.m. . .Httmllton.Wcst.. .. .. Daily at 10.20 a,m. and 3.53 p.m. ♦Otorohanga, .. ~ .. ;T,uesd>yß and Saturdays at 8.10 a.m. M ■ TeAWamutu „ PaililMß-16a ; m J .... ~,..■ _y ~,,,.,. * Flag Stations.—An asterisk * opposite a Station denoies that trains do not stop UnlessreqUired to pick Up or set down passengers. Noiioe should ho given to the Guard at previous stopping StatibUs by any pasachget desiring to align t at Stations opposite which ah asterisk is placed. iST All Title Tables issued prior to this date <ue bow oahcoiied. . .. . ..... r J. P. MAXWELL, General Manager.



Business Notices. "i_K Notice j*m\ ' J^^^l CUSTOMERS I C. C. BROWN (Late of Cook and Hobeon streets) has :■■-. REMOVED TO QUEEN-STREET (Opposite Auckland Savings Bank), And wishes to notify that he has a largo stock of first-class FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERY At Low Pricks, Which he will SELL PRIVATELY AND BY AUCTION At dates which will be advertised. Goods sold on commission. No work bub of first-class makers accepted. \ USE XfjLQSE BROS.' iPP\ blends of i|\pUßE I Ateas / PER LB. \ (§HB Pronounced the best valuA in Auckland. \ ■piREWOEKS! •piREWORKS! •piREWORKS 1 D. EYITT Offers as Usual a large stock of James Pain's Fireworks, imported direct from the maker. Selling cheap for cash. CHINESE NOVELTIES. Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, and Ammunition Of every description. FISHING TACKLE. A New Invention for Sportsmen :— j John's Patent Automatic ' Sporting Shrapn_ll Shell . FOR FOWLING-PIECES., WILL KILL AT 140 YARDS. REPAIRS and every description of Gunwork done at the lowest-possible priceß, and satisfaction guaranteed. D. c"v I I T. GUNMAKER & IMPORTER, 2 54, Q0 E E N-S T R SET, AVO X X Al* 9 (Opposite the Market HouaeW .-. - The Am ehre a n CORN BROOM €0. EXMOUT_£ STREET. Iron Ourved for V erandas (ANY PATTERN) SHORTEST NOTICE. GEORGE McCAtrt, MANUFACTURING PLUMBER AND IMPORTER OF ALL TRADE REQtJISITES WELLESLEY STREET EAST (Opposite New Library) ahd BROWN & DAVY STiIE_TS, THAMES, ~ HAS FOR SALK-:..,. ■■ :,:,.,., 200 Corrugatod Galvanised Tatifcs, assorted 500 Colonial Ovens, all sizes 50,000 Feet Lead Edge Ridge Cap, all sizes 50,000 FeotO.G. Spouting, all sizes 50,000 Feet Downpipes, all sizes . ..:.:.,... 50,000 Beet Galvanised Water Pipes, all Blzes Lead-head Nails, Lead Washe'ts Portable Ovens, Furnaeo Frames Copper Boilers v . _. Jam, Fruit, Honey, and Butter Tms On the latest American principle, in quantities as per agreement Etc. '• (1 Et6. : "';• , Etoi 1 ,,, Awarded Thred First Prizes for above line's at Auckland Agricultural Show. Latest and best selection of Gas Globes in Auckland. , t , As Mr McCAUL is a direct importer for cash, he is in a pdsltion to supply the trade at the lowest remunerative pricOs. Liberal, discounts, to tlie trade. Country orders punctually attended to. GfeORGE McCAUL, Manufacturing Plumber, and Importer of all Trade Requisites, Wellesley-st. East (opposite New Library), ahd Brown and Davy streets, ;,;: i. ;,. ;. ,- .... Thames",:. ,■:■.,. ;- ; .. . ,■;■ ,;.... X __ifc_ii_/_^___BK l F6 B HfefiriißAUGE



T>OTTLEi) 7fS*>4U4sl_i * HB NEW Having PwchisMttJiMWii CELLARS, MARit_ T pj^ he B_ST iij & i "ASK l :^- ~f-r-*., ffiliws YOII.iIiLU.I'T AFFORD homes of New iealana *«&» full effect unlessthey housekeeper to use ( "* uu «aagei% BURNS'S Al . mm: j tUsasiinplebut usef-artiele^T&frta touseitarestill iwre;aaple,andMt_|r„ useful, w \ ttpmft Toil may have heard of it a TIMES without using 16 ONCE. reverse the position and USE IT ONCE You will praise it. to others, a TjltiUSiNb TlMES.—lhave spent hundreds of'tsJolHh convincing the wofieh' ot New Beaiiia iU their labour can. be greatly lightened, bvusiiis BUENS'S AI,SOAP (thk W"obi_ &o«b Cleasserli, but I have lalleu shortcimy_. totioaif I have failed to w_co_lsa__i j_ii- ; A. BUCHANAN , CUSTOMS STREET E*ST. j Tm DG AR AN £»;■* 7J&! DYEtlS.'EsiAßtiskED ISB_ -.'Bull Dying, to Liv-AttpiLrmG ibM. Ladies' ana $$$ i Mf. Cleaned, Reiiewed; or Cnrtains or Table.Covers Dyed.. Feathers, and Gloves anvshade. . Lace or otter | 'Dyed. . . ' ••' ' ' „ . ■, . ' EDGAR, Dyer, wellesley-street eaSt, iSB Kflfl . MOND.'COX'screek- ;■ j '. : . T ! P, E,A,C ' O't^ » OPTICIAN,.:.,-;.;_ v l MATHfiMATIOA- *&%$&&•$&& ■ ; „, ■■ -; SSORTLANI-STREET. "..'.■".'"■■.'". _i\vayshiSto^^^_ Speetaclei'and o£ ■'«&.■**':; accurate fit guaranWßdj_ . ~-, -,., Magic Lanterns»"fJf f^&^l' ! .': ete£S . , Steam Guages and Tumng, »»" u Just Received- & ' Setders Telescopes, Pow C Hul,pof^,^ SetS'Aneroid Barometer, *&»**** WPgggJ > _ ls fs^mandEi e c_o^torWor^^ ■" and Steamers. ~._,;,. _..;,. , r j :■;:.;;'."■- Instrumenteofßverr^^^ CRATED WATER _*D COW** factory* ' 1 VJCTORIA-STBEET EAST ' (LateShaw-XP 3  feSoWS^^"^