WAFTED UPON THE WIND.

A CLUE.

Os\vat,d declares that I saved him. I write the story of the most momentous .episode in hia life and mine, in order that this generous delusion may once for all be corrected, and that others at least—for he is obstinate — may understand how slender and fortuitous was my share in that singular deliverance. It seems to me that my narrative will gain in clearness and in coherence, if I begin with the day on which I first made Oswald Wardour's acquaintance. I had arrived at Charing Cross alone and unattended, except by my maid. The friends with whom I had wintered in Rome had paused at Folkestone, to recover from the effects, of a somewhat rough Channel passage ; while I had decided to keep to tho letter the promise made in my last homeward despatch from Paris. I was suffering in no degree from mat da mcr, though tho immunity is EiQflU crecjit to an admiral's daughter, and I longed to be at rest once more in the quiet haven of the sombre houses in Lincoln Square, It was my expectation that upon the arrival plat form I should find in waiting eithor my uncle or ]sly Hollinsworth, his chief clerk. B\it I was subjected to disappointment. I 6qannedthe many different groups of by standers in vain, and was just confiding to a porter information on tho topic of, luggage, when a young man, whom I had observed inspecting the compartments nearer to the engine advanced and lifted his hat. , '. " Miss Craig, I believe ?" he aaid,., 'I was taken aback, for the speaker was a stranger to me, and I marvelled not only what his business might bo, but how he had obtained the secret of my identity. He was tall and well built, with fair curly hair, and gray-blue eyea as frank and genial in their expression as tho'summer sunshine. 1 am afraid I was frigid and haughty in my affirmative, which in turn was an inter rogation. .'■•' I have come," lie said, ''in responsa to the wish of Mr Geoffrey Craig. Our princi pal has an engagement in Lombard Street at the hour which he is reluctantly comr polled to fulfil; and Mr Hollinsworth is un fortunately invalided. You \vill permit me , to see to your luggage, Miss Craig ?" He was one of my uncle's staff, then—a newcomer. _ . "Thank you so much; I shall be. ex tremely obliged," 1 answered. My uncle's carriage was in readiness — upon that point at least I need have enter tained no doubts. Whou seated within it, I soon learned from my companion that hia name was Oswald Wardour. Hβ was de ferential, but it was the deference of one bred to habits of courtesy. There was noithes presumption nor servility in hie manner. Ho was eelf-possos?ed and unas suming. ' Simply a clerk ! It was hard to beliove it. In my not very extended travels,' I , had met many a wealthy and titled individual who, to all outward eeem ing, was less deserving of the title gentlo- Even in the first hour of reunion with my dear uncle arid guardian, I somehow found opportunity to turn the conversation in the direction of his messenger He rallied me with the slightly elephantine mirth which I knew to be a sign of his content at noy reap pearance.' . . ■ ' ' j,"You are a<? much a daughter of Eve as when yoii teased your father to let you see , the clockwork ,that moved the ship's pom pass ! Ha, Ha ! It was afavpurite joke with Ferdinand, poor fellow "—thelaugh changed into "a si<*h. " And Wardour has be ■yviideredyour girlish wits,-has he? W.ell what the'surface'shows is neither more nor less than the fact.""He-looks a gentleman, and he talks like one, and he is one. .His family ia a branch of the Leicestershire War dour./. They have been rich in their day ; but a lawsuit has come' on tho heels of other disasters, and left' Oswald—their- last re presentative-with but a barren patrimopy -i-barren in the'literal sense of the word, far it mainly consists of a few hundred acre? of miserable, half-reclaimed land somewhemw. 'the north." • J -' ; "' 1° °* .-■' ~ i. iv I still wondered why it was that, the young 'man bsd not > preferred an opening in some'profession to the drudgery and ■humble statufTof a.desk.ma ship-.broker s. -offieei and I madp soma careless remark' of the kind. A momentary QX ajsap-. proval rested upon my Hnclft'e countenance. By implication, though quite inadvertently, I Had reflected upon his own choice of a career., * . ! j. ;; '"Lefc me tell you , that, in my opimon, Wardour has-acted-wisely," he said. " Mercantile pursuits are as deserving of honour and respept as any others, and they n?6re : 'frequently lead • to competence. Wafdpur has gpn,e. the right way to work iniiis effort; to "conquer fortune by;theex chftnge of law for tracje." ' ' ', "Here 'was a 'supplemental disclosure. The young man's ambition had at one time soared to >Yha..t..iß.my heart of hearts I fear I still regarded as a higher level. With -an'apology, perhaps a little wanting in oandoiuv'on my-part; the talk turned into another 'channel.' '■' This, as I have hinted, was the commencement of the reproduction' of a story old yet ever new. What •woman oah dommit to'cold, callous paper %c record' offherlwooing,, or even breathe the cherished .secret into the ears of her bp))gmjiiienpl? ,1 at least should find the tflgk 'impossible. > It is enough to state briefly that during the lengthening, days of that blissful, spring, Oswald and I met ofte'ru at" 'first. casually, and then of design, tot f'eeUogft of.-mutual interest deepened iptx? regard; and before either of us knew, had undergone, yet. another ahd mor.e ni'c-me]nto.us evolution, and had love. The awakening.was brought abo.ut, by circumstances which threatened to , quenok in miserable gloom the struggling ritisnecossary. to explain something of the architepture- and interior'arrangements of the quaint, , 014 fashioned building. There 4«'a tradition thjs our, fequse,. at the south I3tt«or..'6f Lincoln Square,- was once., the llSme of one ; Ql■, Queen."Elizabeth's,_ most famous courtiers.' It'is one of the few in the City still p,o,ssessiug"a garden -a green gem lit the grim, unsightly setting of encircling bricks and ■mqrtar., The qoupting house mid , business premises occupied an entire «nd commodious suite of rooms at the west corner of the edifice. TJiey were carefully divided and .made .distinct from the still larger section of Kaleigh House, wlaoh for forty years had been my uncle's bachelor residence. There waiSa'roonvhuilt out from the : mam portion of; the eastern, wile, and connected by a covered passage with the conservatory, which was devoted to my own tise! In it I set up my easel and gaye.free rejgn tp, the enthusiasm: fo» art which my stay in Rome hacl quickened; and it was the custom for Mr Hollinsworth and Oswald "Wardour io.Jpave.the counting-hcuße from fclj.o reav-r-they were invariably last—and sending in their keys'by the trusted butle,r, a man who had been in my "wncle's employ f°X.aaaarter of. a .century, to, pasa under the windows of ray studio to the gatleat -the ,, end of tho broad path. I trust that this will make 'plain-thei happening of that which next 1 have to> relate. ■ It was excessively close fpr the la§t week of May—there was surely thunder in the air. X was tired of paihtintr, and I hftd re treated fi'om_ th ( e #lpwly' tijanting of. sunlight ■\y i hiph' had crept halfway up. my eaeely ta ft shady corner behind blie ymw

ijhattnarkeStieen-tamee to toe ■eofieeFva-p tory. The ateps I knew so wel} Boon soundj ed on the asphalted path without. Th'ti windjw was ppen, ah.dlheard vpicee iijt earnest debate. Oswald hadTboked furtively in, and fancied the room wiis vacant while I snjiled in my roguish mischief at hia error -J-a "smile that quickly Sded,' " Yes, it is a found 1;vro hundred that need, and that, by hook or crook, Iniust have. Can you accommodate me at a pinch Hollinsworth '!" Oswald aaid. ' ""; They had halted and in my own despite I was forced to play the eavesdropper, to he|r with tingling cheeks, my own name brought into the discussion. ---" Possibly I can. But you must answer a question before I give you a de finite decision," said the senior clerk in smooth tones, that somehow made me shivejr : " Do I argue correctly from obseyva.tipn ih jeljeving- that you are aiming at high game, Wardour—that you propose to win the hand of Mis Berths} Craig !'■! • . Plainly, Oswald hesitated. _ My poor foolish tieart seemed to cease its beating, awaiting the reply. At last it came, in an outburst of tempestuoup passion. The incoherent syllables revealed the speaker's, agitation : ."You haye-'divined—very strangely— I regret it—my secret. I love Bertha. You are tho first to hear tho confcssipD." He little guessed that he had two listeners. ** It will go no further, I am convinced, from your 'own lips. HolHneworth. Wjhat bearing has this on my request; ?" The otheir gave a dry. cough. •<ThO fact constitutes a sorb of security, don't you see V h&snui. 1 They had resumed their progress toward? the gate. 1 was alone 'with my new-found joy. My heart went out yearningly in a full and. free response. Oswald should ask but to have. Yet even at thin stage there were stor»r clouds on the horizon. My uncle, who for po many years had stood Lome in th» place of botji my dead parents—and a mother coald' scarcely have been more tender, a father more patient and forbearing—would very probably object, and consider himself victimised by those he had, befriended. I jwas but a child in. his pyes still, though my twentieth birthday"had passed ; and I had a conviction that he had formed quite a different plan for my future. Again, there could bra no very cheerful meaning to Oswald Wartfour'a urgent need of so con siderably a sum qs two hundred pounds. My forebodings with respect _ to my uncle's opposition. speedily Were justified by the ovont. Ho drew me visry quietly one morning into the big, desolate chamber ■ which was called the library and so rarely used. I ! "I Irave heard a whisper, Bertha, which I hope.hai no foundation in fact," fie said. "I "will keep my own counsel 08 to its precise teraa. I have two things to say. You.v cousin, Roger Hilton, is coming to England in the autumn from his firms branch ajs Hang JCopg. He will be made a partner at Christmas. I want you to be friends." He emphasised the word, " Tho other matter concerns Wardour. I would like to help him up the ladder,; but. you must not tempt him to presume.! You and he had better be practically etrangora to one another. If there is any danger of mistake, I will at once fill Wardour's place with a substitute; there are plenty to bo had." '. , . . It- was in every sense plain speaking. Twice I haa attempted--in vain—to in terrupt : and when my uncle had finished, lie waved me sternly into silence. "Not now; pome pth.er time, Bertha," he said, and was gone. . ~ ' Perhaps it was well that my indignant self-dofence and championship of Oswald was ruthlessly suppressed. I am of aq im pulsiye temperament, fts doubtless has al ready been disclosed, and might have piti fully blundered. But my brain was ma whirl, and I >V« S embittered against Mr epili;iswortli, whp, beyond reasonable ques tion, had made traitorous use of the admis sion wrung from his too confiding colleagues, This disagreeable episode was but the early muttering of the comjng tempest. Two days later, the storm broke in its fury. My uncle had beep robbed. A forgery had come to light, and ove,tv atom of evidence ;cdtnb,inedlo fix the guilt of the nefarious ,deed upori Oswald Wardour. . I "The chain of proof is complete and.,.ir refragable, Bertha. J earnestly wish J could escape the conclusion to which it points," said my uncle, sitting in his smok ino-chair and watching with a curious troubled pity my pale and pleadmg coun "''Yo.u will forgive me that I have still faith in Mr Wardour's integrity," I said. : Very strange a,nd far off my words sounded in my own ears. r '" Certainly. I wish I could share it. I knew Wardour's mqtber once; she was a noble woman, and pure a? the driyen snow. It was fpr her sake I listened to the fellow's' application, And the blow will kill her." ~ , ; . . Had- J been lees absorbed by the Pne aim which' was'now. bafore me, I should have detected in this outburst tho echoes-yet reverberating, down the years—of an . old rptnance. The interpretation was $0 come later. ~ . , "Then at least you will refrain from pressing the prqseciitio'n !" I said, pluck ing wp hope. Alas ! for a girl's lgnor anpei : ~ ~..•.. ' "'lt is the bank, not I, on wh,os.e initiative Wardour wili be committed," my uncle Answered; " and once the charge has come under their cognisance there is no option but to proceed. At the trial, the incrimin ating circumstances—black as they appear, I am constrained to admit, even to me— may be explained, and "Wardpur may be acquitted,;, but jinfcil then •?-—- . I heard no mw- They told me after wards 'tfcat I had .swooned. There wore two dreadful appearances' in q. police cpurt, of which, like an epicure in I studied all the details in the daily journals. I was not forbidden, for J think my uncle fancied that so only could my mind be effectually freed from the delusion of Oswald VVard.our's inpocepce. ■_ The case was '. indeed dark against the piisonor, there were momentswhen confi dence reeiedand Ifearedthat Iwighthave to drink my cup of bitterness, to the dregs, and With my own reasoning faculties acquiesce in a verdict of condemiiation- But the memory of many and many a quiet chat in whfch Oswald's high aspirations and upright character )}ad, stood revealed,, came back like a procession of mournful ghosts and re proached me with my doubts, Gathered into narrow space, the testimony on whfch the charge was based was as Os>vald .Wardour had admitted, to Mr Hpllinswortb the pressing want of pre cisely t)e s.um obtained as the fruit of the unscrupulous: deceit. He had ti:ied ; to borroAV the amount, and ultimately failed. To the pf the greater part of this swprn evidence, of the senior clerk, I, too, could have witnessed, had the prosecution had any inkling of the circumstances j luckily, they Svere in darkness. , : ; . The cheque that bore the forged signature was one, that had beep drawn " to bearer," far Mr Craig's approval and completion, on tl{aprevious evening, as, cpntrary to expectation, my uncle had not reappeared in. cpunting-hous t e aftsp nopn, bad been left i» a private, letter rack until the mprn ing. But on t)ie morrow, it had mysteriously vanished —riintil a confidential warning sent to the bank had revealed that it {iad already b<?en negotiated by Ciswald \V§rdpur. The, fraud was §t once, deteotjed, . , . The prisoner's defence >v.aa declared byt the newspapers to he ii daring," whioh wag their euphemism for improbable and uneatis factpry. Without equivocation, Oswald ack,nQwie,dged that he bad ft sked MrHql linswprth for * loan of two hundred pounds fop "three months. He. further affirmed th*t litaßeniQrhai ftalted be.t-we.en. willingness dnd unwillingness t<? g-pant.bw petition for. monetary aid. Bftt what was hia meditated.

yse fop tljfe Kioney, he refused to say; and the silence was interpreted against him. finally—on the very night in question—he had casually ineb Hollinsworth, and had tpeen to a friend who would qupply the required" sum on the following morriing_ at «t coffee room in Carinon Street.. >j3uspecting no evil, he went to Torleni's reetaiirant, and met there a middle-aged man, with massive features, raven-blaok hair, and a hawklike nose—such was Oswald's, description, and it fixed itself in my memory—who said that he was the junior partner in Wiltonwort & Co., a new firm recently founded in the same line as the house of " G. Craig." He knew and respected Mr Hollinsworth, and on his introduction would oblige Oswald. It was a. surprise—said the accused —to find that tho draft thus offered bore Mr Craig's name ; but a plausible account of a business trans action was carelessly given, and Oswald did not dream of treachery. lsven when the Unsigned cheque was missed, i\ vague sense of u'fie£»§in<;s3 was all that troubled him, until his feet were actually caught in the net. This tale pointed to a conspiracy, of which no fragment of CQrroboration was forthepraing, Mr Hpllinsworth denied every word of it that inculpated himself, ijnd was by one weak girl. I had never liked this man, althpugh at one time or another and in divers ways I had seen much of him, and had been impressed by his great mercantile know ledge and his impassable demeanour. Still, my uncle had always implicitly trusted him. The case against Oswald as it stood, awaiting the last word of so-called justice, was currently held to be tested and deter mined by a single question: Where was the shadowy individual who played so pon gpioupus a part jq the prisoner's narrative ? Wiltonwort & Co. knew nothing of htm. jjet the accused produce him or put the police upon his track. My uncle was very Ijind to me in those days. He could not help seeing that 1 was sufferingi and the qause was not far to seek. But he refrained alike from harassing inquiries and from expostulation. He probably reproached himself for ever bringing iuto juxtaposition the inflammable material of two young hearts. My knowledge of what was in Pswald'9 heart w<is surreptitious; he had never told me that he loved me or had a,sked me to be hi§ wife. "London is not suiting you in these close days. Bertha," said my uncle gravely, one evening, in the interval that was to precede Oswald's trial «Wname of horror, and dpom ! — the Old gailey. •' Suppose you run down tp the Jjldgerley's place in Warwickshire for a week or two; they'll be delighted to make you welcome." These were the friends pf my Italian pilgrimage, and I was sure that the sugges tipn was not broached at bap-hazard. There had doubtless been a correspondence. I hesitated. Well, if you wish it, I think I will go, uncle," I aaid. My preparations for the journey were not elaborate. Mrs Brett, the housekeeper at Lincoln Square, was a person of forethought and resource, and a lew hours sufficed to have my travelling boxes inspected and packed, and my nncle saw me into a re served first-clans carriage at Euston. The train by which I travelled was an express, but not one of the imperial kind that carry Her Majesty's northward and westward pound mails. It 'stopped at all the chief junctions from Wjllesden to its goal. It Was immediately after passing, one of these Stages that a seemingly trivial circumstance becurred. upon which, with a raentp.l vision jess quickened by suffering, I should per haps have bestowed no particular attention. Certain fragments of torn paper fluttered in the breezp past my open window, and one of them—somewhat larger than its companions—became fixed between the mahogany slide and the bljnd-pord. > It quivered there like an insnared live thing. Suddenly I started, and a queer thought dominated my brain. The clear, fine caligraphy was wondrouely like the writing of my uncle's chief clerk. I examined the Scrap narrowly, and my suspicion was confirmed. The very paper had the water lino of that used in my uncle's office, and was of a similar texture. I read: .... dour will be con .... .... at No. 8 Tower Street.... .... letters will be sure to .... A whisper-which was the product, doubt less, of my heated imagination, but which sounded as the voice of one even then languishing in prison—filled in the missing syllables in the first line, and I repeated mechanically; " Wardour will be con victed," . "He shall not!" I cried aloud. Who hftd destroyed and scattered upon the; winds this letter? Could it be the trickster of Torleni's Restaurant? The inspiration was justified by what my eyes beheld at the very next station. To scrutinise those who alighted from the forward h,&,lf pf the train whs now my absorbing occupation, and I was quickly repaid. At Densford, my glance was riveted, as if by magnetism, upon a' man who answered, almost exactly to the wprd.picture given from Oswald's lips in the columns of The Daily Sun. There were the ponderous features, the coal-bltvck hair scanty' beard, the nose of distinctly leraelitish cast. I drew down my veil, and, oblivious of. my luggage ,dnd its fate, of everytbirig save the imperative necessity pf tracking the apparently unperturbed styaiiger, Jeft my compartment ako.. It wa? neither a long nor a difficult pursuit, or I might have betrayed my pufpQse, My quarry entered 0 third-rate inn. at the bottom of the hiU f and as he w§s accompanied by a porter with a bag, who left the latter behind as he reappeared from the side door of the bar, I had good grounds for my hope that a stay' was'intended. I sought out the Densford post-office, and de spatched a telegram to my uncle. I felt I had stumbled across the. traij of the real Criminal in that dreadful business of the for gery ; or rather I should say criminals, for, as the sequel showed, the guilt was about equally divided- ■ In the afternoon my uncle arri% r ed, listened with amazement to my startling story, and adopted bold measures. On the strength qf his cogent representations, a magisterial warrant was granted ; and armed With this the Densford inspector of police arrested the man called Edgar Hollinsworth. Dis comfited and demoralised by the swift sud-> denness of the blow, the victim threw him self on the clemency pf the magistrate, hi other words made 1 full confession. It was a disclosure -• full of pain for the up right merchant whose trust had been abused. Again I will try to condense an intricate narrative. James Hollinsworth, my uncle's seniorclerk and cashier, had allowed tp grow up in his heart a jealous hatred of Oswald Wardour. He feared that in due time Oswald might step above him into partner ship at which for many years her-Hollins worths-had aimed. Hollinsworth had a scapegrace brother called Edgar, long ac counted dead, who had reappeared in one of those evil junctures which are the touch stones of men's characters. He had visited my uncle's clerk in the office at an hour when Oswald was away at the dooks, and had tried to levy black mail. Then patnie the temptation, to which his elder and hitherto outwardly virtuous brother had succumbed. Could not Oswald Wardour's need of two hundred pounds be made the basis of a plot to ruin him ? James Holjine worth told his ally what was required, and purchased at a heavy price Jiis assistance. How the scheme worked has already been made plain. IS was a, singular coincidence, and one which did not rebound to the man's crptiit, that under pressure of the revela tions, % waiter afc Tqrleni's Restaurant had his memory quickened, and was prepared to testify to the occurrence within his master's precincts, of the,interview between Edgar HplJinsworth and Oswald,Wardpur, as related in Oswald's earliest statement, My ujwlft elweys believe? that this waiter

had been bribed to silence. It proved im possible to hush up the affair, and a sen tence of peDal servitude was passed upon both thA brothers. ! "And yog saved me, Miss Craig," Oswald §a*d, when, for a few precious minutes on the morrow of his release, we were alone, " But for you, I might be In yonder cell yet;" and he shuddered. "Miss Craig — Bertha—ie my guess a right one—that you care—that at least you can care—for me, a little, when I tell you that my heart, my life, are yours. ?" Oswald will have it that I was too excited to know exactly in what terms he did re veal the secret which was no secret; but I stand to what I have written. At least I am correct in reporting my answer: "I can care —everything," I murmured. A few months? after the one remaining mystery was solved, coal had been found on Oswald's '' barren acres " in the north. It was for purposes of experiments, in which he was sworn tp secrecy, that he had required the loan of the two hundred pounds. But even without the prospect of this wealth, ray uncle would now have withdrawn his opposition to Oswald as my quitor, " Your love, child, has been tried in ad versity ; may it be the stronger and more lasting," he said. We are grateful and content.

Tta ..AUCKLAND , EVENING STAR.' TUESDAY, JTJLY 12, 1887,

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MORE JVKIIiEE SENTIMENTS. ♦... ———^~ lutollgent Tests. The Principal of the College of Science and Arts, Glasgow, Prof. Jamigon, A.M., lost. C.E , F.R.S.E., writes :—" Five weeks aeo I got from you a Waterbury Watch, and having been previously annoyed by my lover watch stopping and keeping bad time whenever I went near dynamo machines, I inserted the Waterbury Watch between the magnetic poles of a ten horse power dynamo. Of course the watch in stantly stopped, but on being started again I regulated it only twice within two days, and nave found that for one whole month it did not vary two minutes from correct Greenwich time. I now prefer it to my former and much more expensive watch, and consider it an excellent timekeeper." " 'Eton House,' Riley-street. •' The Waterbury Watch Co. " Gentlemen, -rl have great pleasure in bearing testimony to the exceptionally good qualities of fche Waterbury Watch. For tho lfis.t few weeks I have carried one of these Watches, and am now thoroughly convinced of its value as a reliable time keeper. It is not a mere toy, as the price would seem to indicate, but a strong, dur able article. As a proof of this I may state that a day or two ago I was out riding, when my hprso took fright and threw mo heavily against the saddle, which, cauie in contact with the ' Waterbury , in my pocket. The violence of the concussion would have broken an ordinary gold or silver watch, and of course I expected to find it smashed, but was surprised to find it had not sustained any derangement whatever. I can with confidence recommend it to all re quiring a strong, accurate watch for a little money. " Yours faithfully. : . " WALTER DENGATE." " I have carried a ' Waterbury ' for the last three weeks, and have compared it, with other timepieces with the most satisfactory results. It has kept excellent time. In fact, had I given four or five'pounds for an ordinary silver watch, it could not have been more accurate. In appearance it is all that can be desired, and any one ignorant of its cost might mistake it for an article costing 10 times as much. I would advise all those in search of a cheap, strong time keeper to purchase a Waterbury Watch. " Yours faithfully, " J. STRINGFELLOW, " Granville." " Vassar College, N.Y. •f Waterbury Watch Co. *" Gentlemen, — Allow me to take thi 6 opportunity of expressing my admiration for the excellence of this simple and inex pensive watch. It keeps better time than a silver watch in our house, which cost seven times as much. Each of my boys carry one of these watches with great satisfaction. — Yours very truly, " WM. B. DWIGHT, " Professor of Natural History, "Vassar College." ' Pkioe, 13s 6d ; Post Free, 14s 3d. E. PORTER & CO., AUCKLAND. Look for the words " Freezing Company " on the margin of the pats ; -shell brand in the centre. No other reliable.-»-(Advt.) Ch«.pren μ-ativing to dkath on account of their inability to digest' food, will find a most ', marvellous food and remedy in Scott's EmOi.sion'op Pure Cod Lfviß Oil wjth HvVoi'hosphitbS.- Very palatable pnd easily (J)gestcd. Rnad the following testimonial: " I have prescribed' SCOTT'S EMULSION 'in cases of children Suffering from wasting and mal.nutrition, and can report most favorably of its good effect; it Has been in each case taken most readily. W. Pbrkins, M.R.C.S., Medical Supt., Burleigh Hospital, Ei)g. Large and small bottles at ail Chemists. «i 6c! and 2s $d. Motels .: GEORGE THOM PSO N, ,', PIER HOTEL, ALBERT .STREET. f {Two Wharf or Railway Station) Thisnew Hotel,havingamostcentralpositlon and magniflteent view of the Harbour, etc., has been recently fitted and furnished with every convenience. The bedrooms are large, airy, and with good outlook. Every accommodation for Travellers and Boarders. Best brands of Wine and Spirits. Hot and Cold Baths. Board and Lodging 20s and 25s per week. ' Beet Brands in Wines and Spirits. Close to water. Architects. P. HEBAPATH, F.«.1.8.A.] [S. M. HERAFATH PHERAPATH and SON, • ARCHITECTS, Colonial Bank Buildings. ■p D WARD BART LE V , ARCHITECT, STICHBURY'S BUILDINGS, QUEEN-STREET, ; ■piDWAKD MAHONEY AND SON, ARC HIT GTS,



Medical. Y\B- HE NL E VIS DISCOVERY. Tiie constituent parts arc daily used, by the leading physicians pi Europe and America in theft , practice, who recognise in celery the best nervine known. The extract of beef is most nutritive and invigorating, while the iron is a tonic for the blood and food for the brain. ' To be obtained from all chemists. S. n A R LA N D & C 0., ! WHOLESALE AGENTS. TWfOTICE 61? Rf MOV AL. MR. T. TRAFFORD, SURGEON DENTIST, Desires to inform his Patients and Friende that he has removed from Wakefleld-street to more central officee Queen-- Stkeet, over Mr,. Wayte's, Bookseller, opposite Wyndham-street. Hours from nine a.m. till five p.m.. Insurance TtfE W ZEALAND INSURANCE COM jS PANY (FIRE AND MARINE). Capital :........,..£1,000,000. Paid-up and Reserve Funds...... 4tf30,000 Protection from FIRE or MARINE LOSS Ci.N 3E Effected jn this Company. CLAIMS MET WITH PROMPTITUDE'AND LIBERALITY. . JAM E3 B UTTLE, Manager. mHE STANDARD INSURANCE CO. OF NEW ZEALAND. FIRE, MARINE, AND GUARANTEE. Capital £1,000,000 With Unlimited Liability of Shareholders. HEAD OFFICE: PRIKCES-St, DUNEDIN. FIRE and MARINE INSURANCE accepted at lowest current rates. FIDELITY of persons in Situations of Trust guaranteed. Prompt Settlements made. Office: COLONIAL-MUTUAL BUILDINGS, QUEEN-STREET. FREDERICK NUTTER, Manager. Auckland Branch, GOVEBNMENT LIFE INSURANCE DEPAETMENT. Leans Repayable by Instalmente rnHIS Department is prepared to make *&■ I vancee on Mortgage, iiot exceeding one half of the value of the property mortgaged, in eunis of Money from ,£IOO to £3,000, repay- • ■ abfo by half-yearly instalments "extending over 12,15, or 20 years, on the followinaterrns:— Half'yearlyj'aymect : ■'■-:■■" for each £100. Period of Loan— , £ s. d. Twelve years ... ... 6 4 T Fifteen years ... ... 6 8 9 Twenty years ... ... il3 8 Loans of, this nature, repayable by instal ments whereb v principal and interest are both liquidated within a given time, and on terms of a most favourable character, present marked advantages to settlers and others. ' The borrower, any time before the expiry of the fall period (bat not sooner than four ytars after the commencement of the lpan), may redeem the same, with or v.-ithout notice, on terms which can be ascertained at this office, or at any of the offices of this Depart ment, where also forme of application can be obtained. D. M. LTJCKIB, Commisiloner February 21st, IS7B. Land and Estate Agents- IV Gv E WI2vTGTON> LAND, ESTATE, & FINANCIAL AGENT, QCEEN-STKKET, AUCKLAND. [Established 20 years.] About 10 acres of Land and a comfortable House at Avondale, on Mrs Major's estate. Rent £10 a year ' Comfortable Cqttaees in Victoria Avenue. Eden Terrace, 3s per week : Cottage at Kingsland, 5s per week House and Shop at Otahuhu, Gβ per week Cottage on volcanic land at Bellwood, 6s per week -,v^ Cottage in Summer-street, Mount Eden, 8s 6d per week > Excellent 7-roomed House* Great North Road House in Imipn-street, 123 per week ; very con venient to the city • • ■ ' ■•* - Seven-roomed House, Ponsonby Road 12s 6d per week Largo House in Centre-street, Freeman's Bay 12e 6d per week Ten acres Volcanic Land and a good House, to be Let for four months, at 15s per week. It is situated close to the Wesleyan Chapel, New North Road. , TO BE LET OR SOLD. For Sale or to Let, a new, well-built Villa Resi donce, on Mount Roskill Road, nearly oppo site view Road, on very easy terms. Gas water, and many conveniences. FOB SALE, at Avondale, 10 acres first class level land, with new 6-roomed house, outbuildings, etc. The whole place is under cultivation, and well-fenced. Price and particu lars at J. H. \V Hheford's, Shortland-street. VALUABLE and handsome block of new Shops in the City; All let to good tenants Price £8500; worth £lp,ooo. Cash; balance can remain a); 6i per cent.—Apply for further particulars to J. H. Witheford, Short land-street. . ' ; TWO Allotments, with 66 feet frontage <a>, 11 « nd i°2, d eep, Jcrvois Road, opposite Shelly Beach Road. Price, £7 per foot. ; J. H. WITHEFORD. rpO LET, House in Cobdep%reet; 16 .J- rooms; rent 25s per week.— J. H. Withe ford, Shortland-street, "VyANTED, a Purchaser for a first-class ™ * ™ Vev }i cal ste£tm Engine, nearly new* one of Chandlers Chaff Cutters, and the needs ary riddle for chafl-cutting.— .T. H. Witheford. TW"ORTHCOTE.—2 Acres of level T,, a ?! j ai d down in oroliard and strawberries good brick well, etc., 300 feet frontage, to Main Road, adjoining Public' School, price low ana terms easy— J. 11. Witheford. Shortlandjjigf If ,0 !! SALE or T0 LET in main road at . Mount Eden, a Shop, with residence ancl bakehouse attached, tfho residence has ll rooms and is situated on aUotment 40 x 111 FOR SALE, a 4-roomed Cottage, with two register grates and cookinjr ttove • on good scullery, sink, cupboards fltwf elo : aUotment 50 x 99. Pr'ioo, £225._ J. H wlneford'



SJrapery, Olotliinsr, &c. fl HOBSON.ST. J \\ ?i VISIT .«7 // CASH ANP DEFERRED PAYMENT TAILORS, DRAPERS, AND HABIT MAKERS, H.OBSOX-BTKEET. We respectfully invite attention to our Large Stock of NOVELTIES for the present season. Our Greut Variety and Choice of the liest Fabrics, with the Skill and Talent we employ, and the great success of our efforts to produce Superior Garments, PERFECT in FIT, and UNEXCELLED in CUT and STYLE, gives us every confidence in respectfully soliciting the favour of a visit. All Tweeds thoroughly shrunk before being made up, and tit and workmanship guaranteed. The Deferred Payment System has been found to "be a great boon, by enabling those with limited incomes to , procure necessaries in the easiest possible way. All Goods are marked in plain figures- Cash Customers receive- 5 per cent, discount (one shilling in the pound sterling) Oα all parcels of 20s and upwards. ■ INSPECTION INVITED. Tramcars pass the door. HrMAGNIFICBNT STOCKj New Goods in Men's, Youths' and pLOTHINGt TJATS ! JKSm \ HOSIERY 1 SHIRTS 1 '' invifced WH*WPm* i ®§r as ever y Department ; contains some ! QHEAPJ j Which can only be secured by Jgm\ [ EAELT TISTT.jg^ "TTTANTED KNOWN,that the Executors of the late, Thomas Short are prepared to offer for a short time only the choice of the largest stock in Auckland of Blankets, Rugs, Flannels, and All-Woollen, Goods at a great discount- Blankets, from Is 6d per pair; Rugs, from 5s 6d each; Quilts, from 2s lid each; Flannels (guaranteed all wool), from Bd. A few Eiderdown Quilts at cost price. I SEBTSATIONAi. QB. $£> __■.■• TO prove its absolute truth- fulness, call at the !■(** CJ BON MARCHE,, |-» \Vliere they are holding their Half- H"! yearly kH QTOCK-TAKING 'Hp >"S k5 i . . jiais /CLEARANCE And' practically giving Goods Unl M ' away, as under:— l '.'■?' -Ujl (■•I Dress Fabrics, 53d, worth Iβ: Bd, F i Qwofth Is 2d; lOJd. worth Is lOd f5" Rich Fancy Silk Velvets, 2s 6d, ; Tf) Velveteens, " THE LOUIS," Is 6a, -worth 3s ;2s 6d, worth is, 9d , TJI Ladies'and > Mackintoshes j Astimiid £Z-\ Ulsters, Jackets,'and > ingly S3 . • Jerseys | Cheap... Sj, _-. umbrellas I f^ <J2 Bonnets 6d, worth Is 9d to 3s h^. r g~> Hats, Is 6d worth 2s lid to ss, and &r \F2. 2s lid, worth 5s to 7s 6d ' LiiJ Trimmed Millinery at one<-tsliird r^ rH . -m: v th e value r, ■• ; W A Warehouseman s Stock of Birfls, Was GC ~ m Wi lfs, and Feathers ' X Also, Tan Kid and Swede Gloves ' SELLING AT 25 PER CENT. fep BELOW WHOLESALE PRICES, g jassEJ Genuine Bargains, in all W Uaaj Departments. - ... LJ T£i 20sBUNDLES REMNANTSforIOs <C* HH A STYLISH DRESS MADE L_J !__! FOR 12s 6d , F* n ; —■ ■•-. • ie pH BON MARCHE, & E s "* QUEEN.STREET f& <Three doprs from Wellesley-st. K,)'J O : "jyirUFFS! MUFFS MUFFS! CRINOLINES CRINOLINES CRINOLINES ATP. DA VI S 0 N'S baby linen & ladies , underlinen warehouse. ' : 180 MUFFS to be sold at the following'ldw ? rl , c i?i s Mufts at Is lid, worth o s ii ; ?lr ■ 8I ? ck an "i Fancy Satin Muffs at 2 1 9' i V i°fl C? m'• Cold Plush and Satin Muifs tsSld'woVSM 83 ° d: ' COM PIUMI MUffS at 60 Crinolines at 2s lid, worth 7s 6d to 12s 6d Splendid Assortment p£ NEW BABY LINEN. Merino Pelisses, from 2s lid to 30s; Cloakg, 4s bd to 203 rKobes, 3s Od to" 255; Night and Day Gowns, Is Gd to 65.6c1; Infants' Moods, Hats, Bonnets. 2s 6d to 16s6d; Merino Rrocks, Is6d to &5. Qi ." nels > Short and Long Slips, Squares. ■bids, .onirts and Bands. Waterproof Sheets, Napkins, Aprons, and Bibs. Ala>rge variety to choose trom at the very lowest prices. Nα 9, JUNCTION QUSBN & GREY S S. ivrAciNTpsHEs, a te&j-it '-jm . -LTJ. Dalton's, Tailor, Bftst,



G MSI »»»!■;,»„ i -Emxes RiFutg -■'..: REVOLVERS REVOLVERS , GUNPOWDER! ■ ■■■-''] ;Shob, Caps, Cartridges, j Wte. CARTHIBOES, Lo^'^^ ! AMMUNITION .' : '" * ■ Off EVER? D ESC R IriI0: , I The best and cheapest House in *„,*, '' ".•' i D I D. EvITTS,>VQ (Im -. STREET ! Repairs and every description of ,' ' tthe lowest possible price^S^rk^, D. EVITT, Gosmakeb';',■'? ;QUEEN-STREET, : v J (OpPositethoaiarketHoiJH^i PRICE LISTS , T. P E A 0 00 ll OPTICIAN ; . rV MATHEMATICAL AND NAUTIPAT'-' NSTRUMENT SUiCER, / ' % .ALWAYS IN ' Spectacles and Eye-glasses of ev*nr ' 'i accurate at guaranteed : ' Jnna ! *U* Opera Glasses or superior quaUtV ; ' ■ ; ' i s Telescopes, Binocular Field UlassM „,» -.w iie scopes; powerful and.cheap •■ ■ *?!W' Theodolites, Mining Cdhinaßses Ah«='»T ' Drainage Levels, Drawing Instrmnents.s'cales; fawSaW. ,^;; Slups'Logs, Sextants, CompwSkS5 3 7 Barometers, Thermometers HvdrotaSl w ElecWcßeUs Magnetic and Galvanic Medical M&m" I : p^ P SKpsley Steam fcM^^g^J^;.;.; Sett chi T i e is eSCoPeS ~ P ° WerfU, ' P°*Me! art" Sett 2ss r t^ Barometer^tr on ga n d g ogdt Sett kcd ¥|SCrO?COpeS, 1,750 fl^ , Alsorsteam and Electro and Steamers. ■■..."■;.'!i??™ "v; IKSTBUMENTS OFJCyjBRT,inSp^^T OPPOSITE THE POST-OFHOli.•^: ; f ' ' ~~"""— * Established 1859.] ■■■■ ■■•;■■:.•■ j GEE & POTTER, COACHBUILBERS ! LORNE and liVTQ&USmmif .; Coaches, .■ Carriage's, Waggpiijttes Pony Carriages, Carts, : scription of Vehicles keptaastoofcJ'Sr'MSslit order. The trade snpplied. , ,;»raM, N.B.—Traps lent to cyatomera ffliilst xmtitl are being executed. t t .g- ,' ; :: TT' 0 W"L"iT ~I • WATP3MAKER AND JEWELLER,- QUESN^STRBET, Has now convenience for'making and rspir ing of Jewellery and for, the repairs of ereir description of Watches, Chronometers, &c., to, and 1 facturing department, he is disposing of tbo B remainder of his PIANOS at aid under cost, ' | Persons having old gold jewellery can tereit? 1 made up into new arid [fashioijable /articles to i order, and all the betterclas.s 1 chronometers receive his persoaa} l| Rotherhams , Genuine EngUsh LeTewin stock, i mHE "FOLLOWING-TESTMONIA'c 1 X Show the Utility of i, LAMB'S PATEST PORRIDGE MEAL. I 'ABokland, June 11,1®. I John Lamb, Esq. . ~-;>.■ - m i Dear Sir,—lt has been Off my mind-HMPJft,, m time noiv to drop yQU a line abpjit, youggE^g|||7■ Porridge Meal; I believe you are apwlMiyg suffered considerably from upurytomewomfflts -M from tea-tasting , , and baying ? coi^slteaMf'W meoicaradviserrTle M Porridge to breakfast, 1 ;whwn ! fl U»til I heard of your Pateof; i may here saf the Oatmeal sooe caused mpa-, M santness, sourness'of the stomach! ! ffl and spots, within-itatipn,on to»#W« § body. From this I was&Mw?Mm»H at once took to jour If With it I find' •I6ne"6f- v wjov Ig plained of above, but amqstp,alatableJ , ®»kK and the whole srstera:frea fram'hnplfeswg:; m or irritation. I can ffl certainly think you Bhould do a'large Wβ p. to such an excellent article.— Yonrs^eryttull. ? ; (sjgned),.. ,!mm;m*m?>: m Industrial School, \," Auckland, June?, !»'■ , fey 'Mr John Lamb,' '""'*. put || ridge Meal -instead of OatmfflU, f jKWk, M - YOU S e r U - V, GEORGE P. I .' ' I ■ Mr John Lamb. , , ' i' youngest boy. Ho .was WW - &l ~' healthy, and can eat anything. » R , ,/ success,—l remain, youra, W., . (Signed) "'•' f£J .; ;;: : ;; <*>% fi Mr John Lamb: ' , Dear Sir,-Weare ..- am, sir, yours truly,... - .:'r-BrNBAB Y . W'i : (Signed)" ' **& B^ mo so speedi yor ?o .«e*-ff, ■ BIGGS-S TOOTHACHE |g| I Gives Instantancou^R , - 1 ' 11 ' g| Pre9 ared