A Heart's Bitterness

by bertha fti. CLAY.

Author of

"Fob A_.oTiiEi.'.i Si.J' "A Fair

MYSTERY}" KTCr

CHAPTER LXXXVIIL " J3OUQUKTS 0? WtllTl ROSES."

_iiE loud i-eal of tha hell roused these lovers from thsir whispered confidences.

"The second bell-the bell for dinner !" Cried Edna 3 starting up ; " and look at mci"

'• Perfectly fft3ci.--.4ing !" quoth Alwold. •« But her* amir in my travelling garb." "Still, you look very well.'' admitted : " Thank you for that oven/ aaid Alwold kugh-I-gr, " Letuspttt a very brire faco on it, said Edna, Valiantly; '' I know Violot aud Lady B _ton aro waiting in the drawing room ; let vis go in boldly, as if wO thought we were iti hill dinner-toiUfc. 1*" » all Violet's fault, anyway. .Why did sho send you in there, as ehe aid?" "For my endless and complete happi ness," said tha niarqui*. "Come, Edna, let us go to ths drawing-room frith tho best grace we can." A* toon aa they had ci'oased tho draw in^-roota threshold, Alwold mischievously toSk Edna's hand. At the other side of the room Lady Burton stood waiting, m her favourite drew of dark purple velvet, and the Coantoss of Leigh in her heavy black crape. . Alwold led Edna toward hor friends, and said: ..... "Here is a fair maiden all" forlorn, whom I found withost legal or natural guardians, and whom I beeoughWlp^ake me in the place of both. And now, dear Lady Bur ton and Counts of Leigh, a* you are her nearest and tenderosfc friends, we como to you for blessing and-congratulation ; also, with a glance at their dross, " lor compli ments on our appearance." " My darling, may Heaven s bosfc blessing always bo upon you !" said Lady Burton, fervently, drawing Edna to hor and kissing her lovoly, blushing faco. Although Violet's oxperienco of married life had been co ovil, sho had not lost faith in happiness. Her unselfish heart could joy in the ,ioy of hor friond ; and as she whispered her congratulations, a bliss long a stranger to her sad heart lighted her laco as sho forecast happy days for hor beloved Edna. ' '■ _ , Indeed, that was a delightful evening at Leio-h Towers. Years and years had it been since ao much pure, unselfish happiness had shed its radiance there. As they rose from their place* before the fire in the wide hall, where, according to custom, the "yule-log" had been lighted, Lord Alwold drew Edna toward him, and taking her whito hand in his, said : "This little hand is my beautiful and treasured Christmas gift. Take, then, my Edna, this ring in token of our lovo and faith," and he slipped a diamond half-circle on her slender linger. "And," ho added, in a lower whisper, " bo v«ry_ merciful to me, and give me soon permission to guard it with anoifeer plainer but moro potent rincr, af. St. George's." Who will doubt that when the three ladies went upstairs, and were comfortably arranged in dressing-gowns, thoy gathered in Edna's boudoir to " talk it over V ■ But very early in tho talk the littlo earl, •who had strong will and strong lungs of his own, set up such a lusty shout for hia mamma that Violet, perforce, bade her friends " good-night.".saying, " 1 must go to my naughty boy." Lady Burton looked after her as she moved away, so gentle and gracoful in every action. " That darling child grows sweeter and sweeter overy day," she said to Edna. "Do you know, since Violet waa a very little creature, in her-mot'horV arms, look ing at me with those sweet, wistful, ehdnceable brown eyes,' I hoped sho would ono 3ay be the wife of my Kenneth/.- I do not. think it woll tourge young inclinations, and Violet was kept, by her grandmother, in strict seclusion. Before I could bring my boy and Violet to an acquaintance, he insisted on a long tour, and before ho camo back Violet had suddenly married Lord Lekdi. I know both Violet and Kenneth have told you the sad little story, how thoy had met, and loved, aiid the hard old grandmother had parted them. . Alas! sho had not parted their hearts, and when they met again, with Violet's mar riage as a fatal barrier between them, they found that still thoy loved. I will nob conceal from you, Edna, that when first I Jinew you, I hoped it, might bo yours to heal the wounds of Kenneth's heart. But I soon saw that your affections would turn to another, and that nothing would ever divide my son's love from Violet. You .know,, as well as I do, what scrupulous honour, what self - restraint, and noble .sacrifice, and matchless confidence, has ■been between those two ! I know that you, as well aa I, have thought that now tho •fatal and wretched chains that bound Violet have been loosed by tho only Hand which righteously could- loose thorn, in time she might find her consolation in the heart that has been so nobly faithful" ; " Yes, and I am suro thab ib was for this that Lord Keith went on this journey, so that Violet might pass her widowhood in peace, and quiet, without an envious tongue * to stir her calm.'' • , ■ ' •••_ . " It has been wisely done ; and when ho Returns, if he can win her haftd, ib will "he a bride well worth the winning, a.heart of matchless nobleness. Formerly, dear was hasty and,jealous, and.oqca •'itehally wilful: ' From extreme indulgence Bhe ww something sgltwh, ittoc.fmrt . ■ had

none of them a. serious growth, and were _ilw_.ys cdunterbaldnced by liei' virtue's: But look at ViolS't ho4r. How wise, calm, gontlo, Kelf-eacrifidr-g; sweetly uneelhali; and wholly ufiiealdui she k She ii an mi; bodied benevolence.; How precious in Her ht.B been tho ministry df sorrow ! Undm' Such bitter trials somo hearts grow bitter hud hard ; others; like lifers, more grricious dai^." While fcHlts HSr frldnd-i p'rffised her, fcho difcfclb cb'iiiitsls littd dropped into tranquil slumber, with her child on her arm. A light snow h_td fallen wh fen they woke on Christmas Day. It lay a fleecy veil over shrub and trek, and glittered like countless r__s in the situ; a_ the little family iron! tho Toners'set out to walk to tho church for the Christmas service: Earl Rupbrfc; in Jshriy'ss arms, should ftfr joy at the Sight j for Violet; to the amusement of her friends', had insisted On Rupert's being taken to church: . . "He lnuSfc begin gdbd habits young, said Violot, "and he is al.vays to go with me bo church oil Christmas Day. If he cries, Jenny cati carry him out." Btit Rupert did not Cry; he behaved to the edification of everybody, though lb must be confessed ho had tho watch of his guardian, Lord Alwold, for a plaything. Thero wero no festivities at tho Towers so lately bereaved, but there was an immense giving away of presents in the great hall, and all the children of tho tenants <joi ac quainted with their littlo carl, as ho waa carried laughing aud crowing among them. And a very democratic little lord he showed himself to be, so that Alwold prophesied his ward would grow up a Liberal. Edna for some days insisted upon delay ing her marriage until Violet's first year of mourning should havo parsed,and she could put on a lavender gown and como to bho wedding. But Violet joined her entreaties to those of tho marquis to combat this resolve, and finally Edna yielded, and tho marriage was sob for rosy Juno. A very beautiful marriage-day it was, with no ill-omens ; and though Violet could not appear at ib, sho kept tho day in her heart, and had tho gardener bring for her room and for tho dinnor-tablo bouquets of white roses.

CHAPTER LXXXIX.

" NOT TO CONDEMN, BUT TO BAY _."

That was a vory peaceful and happy, if quiet, summer at Loigh Towers. After tho close of tho London season and tlio marriage of Edna, Lady Burton camo to Violet, and though nothing was said about it, as by a tacit understanding, thore sho remained, for Captain Gore and Anna had set up a pleasant little home of their own. Littlo Rupert was running all about, was filling the homo with his laughter nnd his prattle, and Violet found a world of joy in his instruction, feoling aho was accomplish ing wonders when sho taught him the names of fchines. Lady Grace Churchill camo for a visit, bringing a weo Violot Churchill, two month 9 old ; and when Rupert kissed this infant's closed pink hands, and tried to poke his Rngors in her wido black oyea, her momma did not scruple to build air easUtM, to bo inhabited by theso two babes when they had grown up and wore man and wife. Violot said nothing. " I declare, Violet,'1 said tho morry Lady Churchill, " why don't you amuse yourself by plan* Mo mine, all lore and roses and wedding favours?" " To play with love ia to play with edged tooln," said Violet. 11 Como, child, dorigt you boliore in lovo?"

"Indeed I do," said Violot, earnestly— "in lovo undying, faithful, and true— ' Douglas lovo ;' out that is, to me, a love too deep: sacred, precious to bo caroleosly spoken of." " You'll have to speak of it, and think of it, tco, when there is a family of children 'growing Up,' said Grace, with wondrous matronly airs. " Arict bo suro, my littlo chorub," sho added, kissing her blaekoyed doll, "your mamma nover will bo one of those cold wretches— "' o:d and forma', fitted to a pretty part With a littlo hoard of maxims, preaching down a daughter's heart.'" Sho looked at Violet, with a smile.

" HoW grave you aro ! What are you thinking of." " Well, pardon mo, Graoo ; Lord Alwold comes to-morrow, and I am thinking of something I have to say to him." " Violet, you quaint littlo angel! Who ever would have expected you to becomo such a woman of business ?"

Yes, Alwold was coming, and Violet had serious words to say to him. Alas for the wife who must blush, and apologise, and frame excuses over her husband's grave ! All the Leigh affairs had been looked into ab last, and it was seen what enormous sums Lord Leigh had, sinco his marriage, cast into that bottomless pit of gambling. Hard as ho had striven during life to hide his crying vices from bhe world, and keep before men an undeserved fair namo, his ovil habits must come out like ghouls to mock and gibber above his tomb. It was this thought, and the thought that her son must grow up to a sullied name, and to condemn his father's memory, thab brought from tho eyes of the little countess a rain of tears, whon next day she and Lord Alwold, and Mr Storms and the steward, were consulting together in the library. __ ... [ Then she controlled herself. ~

"What I want ia," she said, "thab all theso deficiencies may. be made good, and overything mado right, so that no one shall ever know that things were so wrong, thab my boy shall never hoar his father spoken against." ""If we raise such a sum by a mortgage on the estate," said Mr Storms, "it will take mnsi! of the- income to clear-ib off, and wo shall come short for needed improve ments."

~" And Ido not want that," said Violet: " for when Rupert is of ago to age to know, I want him to see. the best kept, rinosb liberally'.►administered .estate in England. I want him to have evofbeforo his eyes a good landlord' and happy tenants. , When ho is of ago I want him to find all his affairs in such order that ho shall feel that he had tho wisest, kindest, most exomplary father in the world. What will becomo of him, if ho cannot regard his father in thab way.?" ---" There is cerbainly a lon^ minority to nurse the estate in," said Lord Alwold, comfortingly. "And thero is all my income — overy penny of it. I do not want any money. I will live here very plainly ; I will reduce expenses ju3b as much as I can, in justice to tho servants ; they must not be mado. homeless. Just tell me how I can reduco tho expenses, and givo you a large margin of income to make all good, and protect Norman's memory." .Tho threo mon looked at each, other, with moist eyes. He had beon a bad man, and a bad husband, but what noble faith fulness and unselfishness she showed toward him !

Then a light camo to Violet's face. " Why cannot I advance all this money and let it come back, just as tho estate can bear it ?"

V There, are your trustees—the wholo must be known to them : and that you wish to avoid. If they make tho loan thon they must know," said Mr Storms.

" But the trustees are Uncle Ainslie and my uncle Lord Mohtressor ; he hates busi ness, and leaves all to Undo Henry. I can make.Uncle Henry promise never to tell this "sad affair. I will go to London and soo him to-morrow. '

"Tako Mr Storms along to show him that the security is good," said Lord Al wold. '

. Aud so ncxt-noming tho widowed heiress countess went to hot, dusty, deserted Lon don, taking grim, matter-of-faofc Mi. Storms

fof Ker solo' {.ttendant. Sho >vent;.. intent' oii tmaiihig, frdiri dishonour -.the name she wore co sadly." - Henry Aiiis.ie .was neatly dumb with amazement wheii hi* hiece c_.iuo' to his counting-room and begged for a private in terview. , " Deai- bticlej" said Violet, taking hie hand; whon they were alo'no, and laying her cheek against his shoulder, V I come to you for help arid advice; and fifSt ybi. must promise never, never to tell what I thali say to you to-day." " I may rife.d to," said Mr Ainslie, doubt fully: . • , ■ " But. you wijl iiob,' find, must hiSver, rtdv _r; Nob to mint; ribi' my Uncle Mpn _e_.sor. not ahyo'nfe must ifc.be told; I ciori flcle only iri you: Will you brpmlse ." : v Ye'sj" said Uncle Ainslie, very much flattered:

'«It is A trouble growing but ijt thy marriage;" said Violet: "I do not wish to pain you. uncle, but you know you did greatly urgomSj that marriage." "I know I did, find to my girl; I wftß wrong. I have seen since, if other people have riot, that you Wore a very unhappy little woman. But it is ended."

"Tho marrirge, yas; but fcho trouble, no, unless you help me. Now, Uncle Henry, listen patiently." And tho littlo countess told her story. " Do you mean to say he has devastated tho immense sum he got with you at your marriage ?" cried tlie banker. " That went to pay debts—ho married me for that," said poor Violet. " And got thiough with about as much. How long ia it sinco you were married, Violet?"

" A littlo ovor throe years," faltered Violet.

" Heaven and earth !" cried the scanda lised financier, " if he bad lived three years longer you would all have been beggars." Violet laid her hand on his Una. " Uncle, I come, not to condemn, but to save bis reputation." " And how do you propose to do it ?"

Violet told her plan, and had Mr Storms explain the business part thereof. " You will make tliis loan in my behalf; uncle; and Lord Montrossornever interests himself to inquire -ho only signs as you wish."

" Which is both wicked and lazy, if he is an earl," said Ainslie.

" Never mind, it comes in woll jn3b now," replied Violet. " And you really mean to keep out of sr.cloty, and economi.se year after year for this man's sake '!" " And Rupert's, you know," said Violet gently. " Buried alivo ab Leigh Towers !" " But Lady Burton will bury herself with mo."

CHAPTER XC. " TUH 6AFB, BWKET MOKNIN'O BHKAK9 OX LAND AND SEA." Peoi'lv bogan to ask what had become of the young Countess of Leigh, and when would sho reappear in society. They said : " Sho has been two full years a widow. Is she goins- to bury herself at Leigh for oror? She is only about tv/enty-tlircu years old, and was one of tho most attractive, fasci nating lifctlo creatures ever introduced. Will nho not come hack next season V And it is quite true that fortune-hunters and othors not so mercenary, but yet with an oyo to finances, began to estimate the riches of tho Aimslio heiress, and tlio value of her title as Couhtdsa of Leigh.

But Violet was not unhappy in her secluded life. Leigh Towers was one of tho most beautiful plaeea in England, and under Violet's administration it was a vory cheerful home. Tho tenants were pleased and loyal; tho servants devoted ; tlio room* wero sunny, full of air, and light, and flowers; tho gardens were wonders of bloom. Ail Violet's plans had prospered; no *tigma rested on her dead husband's n.une ; under tlio management of Lord Alwold, and tho steward, Mr Storms, and the countoos ..herself, and relieved from the terrible stiain oi a spendthrift ahcl gambler, tho Leigh finances showed signs of recovery, Life ab the Towers sped happily, if quietly* Pleasant friends we.it and came. Tlio littlo earl was quite a wonder of beauty and brightness. And now two full yeats had passed sinco tho day when nearly all the country followed the funeral train of Lord Leigh. " Violet, my dear," said Lady Burton, on a bright.lato September morning. "I wish you would do mo a favour." " With all my heart. What is it?" said the countess.

" Lay by bins mourning garb and resume other dress. You have worn this long enough. Lob littlo Rupert remember his ipother as bright and young, and nob always in this sombro guise." it was a year since Violet had used her crape and bombazine, bub still her ward robe boasted only black, or, ab brightness. lavender, and she wore her cap. She did not make, any remonstrances in favour of "wearing black always." She knew that thab might do where the heart mourns as bhe blacl- suggests. She only said : " Why, Lady Burton, if I lay abide these things, what have I to wear ?" "Kate and I have been in a little plot," said Lady Burton, as Kate opened a war drobe door. "See we have prepared several toilets for you."

Violet could nob help looking with some longing at tlio costumes, as Kate laid them on bho bed and chairs. Sho'had always liked bright, pretty things, and sho wts .-till young, and her ghecrful, arch spirits had been rising again in tho free, safe, happy life of past mouths. " Lob mo make you pretty for break, fast," said Kate, as ib was yet early, and Violet was sitting by her dressing-table, nnd Kate was arranging tho lovely brown

So Kate pub away the cap and did the brown hair in the old-time pretty rings and general flullitiess, _ and dressed Violet in a whito pique, trimmed with quaint Irish'point nnd beautified with knots of cream-coloured ribbon. Then sho put at hor neck a great cluster of purple and golden pansies. "I declare!" cried Lady Burton, "yon look your old self, without a day's change One might fancy bhat tho last si_t years had turned backward, and you woro litt'e Miss Ainslie, not yet introduced "

Bub then a child's voice rang shrill and clear from the terrace, where Rupert was playing with his faithful Jenny. .No, neyor that," said Violet, looking at hor friend, in her witching way,, between smiles and tears. " For it is better as it is. What would I, what would the world do, without Rupert ?'-' Then they went down to breakfast, and Rupert, who had feasted on porridge and milk, two hours before, put his sunny head into the room, and shouted with admiration of his " pretty mamma." After breakfast Lady Burton said :

" Violet, I wish I had some wild-cardinal flowers to paint for bins velvet screen I am making for Edna's birbhday. Do you re member where they grow, jusb in bhe hollow near tho spring, that they call the Maid's Bower?" " Oh, yes, and they are abundant there nOW." ; :. ,- ::

" Would you not go and get me some? I think the walk will be good for you. You have been sitting over your accounts, like a clerk, these two days." ...:._ So Violet took a little basket, and a pair of scissors, and pub on a quaint, childish scoop bonnet, made of Irish point over cream silk, from under which her lovely, round, dimpled, rosy face looked out in the most bewitching way imaginable, and away she wont to the Maid's Bower. But when she had filled her basket, she stood suddenly still} and went into a dream —for tho slumberous beauty of the wurm golden day brought back the idyl-ol her

life-the woods in Lincolnshire where Ken neth rind she had wandered hand m hand. She had been having letters; for a year; from Kodneth—hicej friendly letter . abouc his travels and his ward, bub with no word of coming homo. She sighed. Thero woro times When her loving, clinging hear 6 lorigod after Kenneth, m the o'rtO greet cdin i'ol-b in all the world.

"Violet !" , . . . : • ThO voico made her Stifrt and «w*P. fclie Basket; and tremble like a £r_ght#-l fawn. And there was Kenneth ! Bronzed some with foreign suns; aiid with his whiskers rather fuller, but still her bwri Saftm Ken neth With the smiling blue -lyes'; and. tho winning smile, the strong and loyal heart- Arid she hold out her hands' to him,' with a cry of: ,'.'.,. • " Kenneth ! O'li, Ket.neth !" ■ ■ lie clasped her in hist arms'. His Violet, his only, his for ever ! '._ .' They sat down under ct beach tree ; and now ab last ho could tell her how lid had passionately loved her all those long, long years ; and now she could listen to that outpouring of his love. Tlie Ion" and terrible bitterhes3 of her heart was fled away, like a dark and hideous dream of night, when safe, sweet moi'riin^ breaks over land and sea. Her heart bad found its true shelter, and she rested in sweet content within the circle of his arm. Suddenly she smiled in his face. " Kenneth ! I know you had planned this with your mother !" And so Violet returned to London the next season, and was again presented at court, but now as Lady Keith. And all that London season Violet Keith shone as a bright, particular star in London life, and for another season thereafter. But not nearly so much was she noted for her fair face and charming manner, her immense wealth and exquisite taste, as for her lovely sympathy, her wide generosity, her noble rectitude, for all that makes a woman admir able, ns mother, wife, and friend.

Ono evening, in tho House of Peers, a door opened, nob far behind the famous woolsack, whereon the Lord Chancellor sat in the biggest of wigs, with an enormous hat laid^ ab his right side. Through the door came a very beautiful boy of six, dressed in a suit ef purple velvet, with full lace rullles. The littto fellow stole softly along to the left side of the woolsack,, and, awed by the imposing presence of all his brother peers, and tho bench of bishops in full lawn sleeves, ho gave what he con sidered a very private and confidential grasp of his friend, tho Lord Chancellor's arm. This was Rupert, Earl of Leigh, at his first appearance in tho Upper House. His clutch of the Chancellor was seen with a quiet smile by his two guardians, Lord Keith and the Marquis of Alwold, in the body of the House, and by two very beauti ful peeresses in their gallery, Edna of Al wold, and Violet Keith.

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H TORY I 'kpW OT&RY ! cm SAIwtJAY MM will appear 'bh-3 b'l?iHiire C--apl.bb_. of «_ Hei* isD Romantic SitiKTi &hfc_i»ldd, HADBOFB FERRY. Wi ft tt & H. fedyWafttfri.. Thls! story is titid of the' indsi. .Ittractive feat had yet been published In our columns. TJie plot ia hovel, and its characters Irtish aiid attnSctiTt;. The stdry ftlso introduces a .-eat n_Hßfcy of incident; whicli sustains the interß°t of the reader throughout.



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.;Business Kgticfe . -...-. ___ Iron Curved i-or VeßardA^ (ANY PATTERN) &_ SHORTEST $OTIG& _&30_?^-IS^_3S^*___ffis_i Manufacturing fcltimbei?. AND ... . IMPORTER 6ft A__tL TRADE REQUISITES WELLESLEY STREET EAST (opposite Ne\v Librair). &H& BROWN & DAVY STREETS, f_JAME§. HA9 -TOR SALE— 200 Corrugated Galvanized taUtf .assorted) tOO Colonial Ovens (all sizes) . , 50.000 feet Lead Edge Ridjfc Cap (all size . 60.00U feet O.G. Spouting (all sizes) 50,000 feet Downpipes (all sizes), , .A.^ 50,000 feet Galvanized Watet Pipes .ft"l sl2e3' Lead-head Nails, Lead dashers. Portable Ovens, Furnace Framea, Copper BOiieis, etc., etc., <itc. Awarded Three First Prizes for Above lines, at Auckland Agricultural ShovV. Largest and best selection of Gas Globes 111 Auckland. As G. McCAUL 13 a direct importer for cash, he Is In a position to supply the trade at tho lowest remunerative prices. Liberal discounts to tho trade. Country Orders punctually attended to. GEORGE McQAUL, Manufacturing Plumber, and Importer of all Trade Requisites, Wcllesley-st. East (opposite New Library), and Brown and Davy-streets, Tliames. T>UTTERICK'S CUT PAPER PATTERNS. PATTERNS FOR Ladies, Misses, Boys, ond littlo children of both sexes, Comprising all the latest London Fashions, Together with Sheets and Journals lllustrating^ame. Can be obtained from M. BACON .. .. QUEEN STREET. J. & \V. WILLIAMS .. NEWTON. MUNRO & CO. .. PONSONBY ROAD. If. G.OSWALD .. PONSONBY. MISS THORNTON .. NEWMARKET. MISS FISHER.. .. PARNELL. W.P.OGILVIE .. VICTORIA-ST., or G. J. JACKSON, Stationer, Onehunga. Any of our Agents throughout the COUNTRY. NOBBIE & KEMPL.VY, 21, ELLIOTT STREET, AUCKLAND. Sole Wholesale Agents for New Zealand. J BRIDGE WATER & CO. c AGENTS, CONSIGNEES. AND FACTORS, AUCKLAND, N.Z. Oflice: Hian-_.r_.K-_T (opposite City Council Chambers). Cambric Handfs, Fins, Needles, Arc, Chromo- Litlio^ruphfi, Fancy Soaps and Scents. Leeds Beddings, Tickings, Manchester Cot Towels, Letlerand Invoice Binders, India-rubber Goods, Iron Bedsteads. Orders und Indents promptly executed. P.O. Box 312. J. BUTCHER.] [j. GROOM. XjCT ANTED KNOWN. EVERYONE TO PATRONISE LOCAL INDUSTRY By hating their Goods mado at the SHIRT AND UNDERCLOTHING MANUFACTURING CO. CARDBOARD BOXES MADE TO ORDER. Manager: A LEMAN, HALL OP COMMERCE, GREAT NORTH ROAD. RICHMOND HOUSE, PONSONBY ROAD, AUCKLAND. W. COCHRAN, Sese., FAMILY BUTCHER. miiE AUCKLAND COFFEE-HOUSE COMPANY. KARANGAHAPE ROAD. THE ABOVE COMPANY Havo taken Premises in Dr. Purchas's Splendid Block ojt Buildings Karangahapo Road, Where they havo opened their No. 1 Branch, and are now prepared to supply Refresh ments at the following prices :— Tea, small cup, Id, largo do, 2d Buns, Id each Coti'co „ ~ Id, „ 2d Scones, Id „ Cocoa „ ~ Id, „ 2d Tarts, Id „ Lemonade, Ud per bottlo Roll & But ' Ginger Beer, lid „ ter. Id Ginger Ale, lja „ Bread & Buttcr.ld Soda Water, l.d „ Ham Sand- Hop Boor, l.d „ wiches, 2d Milk, Id per glass Bout do., 2d „ Pork Pies, 2d ' TEA, COFFEE, & COCOA; 2d per pint Open daily from half-past six a.m. until ten p.m. T> O O T S ! BOOTS! BOOTS SELLING OFF. SELLING OFF. FOR ONE MONTH ONLY, AT WATTS'* Girls' Strong Laco Boots, size 7to 9, at.. is 6d Girls' Strong Lace Boots, size 10 to 13, at 5s Cd Girls' Patent Lace Boots, size 7to 9, at.. 3S lid Girls' Bock Front Elastic Sides, 5 too., at 3a Od Girls Biack Fur Elastic Sides, 7t09, at 3a 9d Girls' Block Front Elastic Sides, 10 to 13, at 58 9d Boys' Strong Laco Boots, sizo 10 to 13. at &a lid very Cheap Lino Evening Shoes.. .. SB 6d Very Cheap Line Satin Shoes ~ ~ 5a lid Ladies' Elastic Sido Morocco Boot 6b Gd Men's Strong Bluchers, nailed .. .'< 5s lid Men's Strong.Biuohera. best make . Gelid Men's Elastic Side Boots, good .. .. 9s 6d And a largo variety of every kind of Boots and Shoes at greatly Reduced Prices, at W, WATTS'; HOBSON-STHEET; Corner of PITT-STREET, Auckland. gURREY HILLS. SURREY HILLS. choicelots, ~"~~~ Fine views. healthy situation surrey hills,' a ~ • surrey hills. surrey hills. tram-cars pass every 10 minutes, One-fifth Cash, balance any time within Five Years. Instalments received. . Offices : Australian Mutual Provident Society's fiuild . . mgs,,Queen-street ;*. ,:i A.*BOAR_MAtf, Agent* • '



Bravery, Clothings &c, , , _^>^^k W/iv-* <i_ vii [ HdBSON-ST. j hiksfo ANti _BEi?ERR^JB PAtMEkT i J TAILORS, DRAPERS, AND HABIT MAKERS,' HO_iS-)i.-StßE__T. #g restJec't^llHti'vite.iittentida io'otir Large | Stock of NOVELTIES for the present season: OU? Great Variety artd Choibp dt ,the Best Fabrics; 4ith tho Skill aiid Tdlent i... employ, uffi-ELLED m OUT and STYLE gitCs hs every conttdenco in teSpebtftiily soliciting tho favour Of - visit. All V Weeda thorohghly feliMKlt befafd be'lrig mado up, dad fit and Workmdnship guarantedd. Tha DEP ERRED JPATME-TT S^stflTit hrUJ been found to boa great boon, by enabling those vHth limited ihcomes to ptdcute. necessaries in the easiest possible iVay. All dodda ate mdrkett In plain flguffiS; Cash Customers receive 5 per Cent: discount (one shilling in the pound Sterling) On all parcels of 208 and upwards, INSPECTION INVITED. Trflin-iara pass the ddo_ . Q.BAND DISPLAY. ENGLISH PARISIAN MILLINERY AT LE SUEU li' S. JUST OPENED VARIETY AND STYLE UNEQUALLED. PRICES UNPRECEDENTED, Ladles Will do well to tako advantage of this rare opportunity, GET YOUR DRESSES MADE AT THE BON M A-P. CHE FOR 12s GD t and ensure the best fit and style procurable in the CoLoxies. AN ENDLESS VAB.IETY of the LATEST NOVELTIES in Dress Fabrics to select from, which lor value eaonot be surpassed, ASK POR THE LOUIS VELVETEEN, Stamped on ovory half-yard, for IS ll.d and 2a lid por yard, greatly under wholesale cost. A Stock of ready-made Costumes from lis 9d and upward. PATrERNS POST FREE, BOIsT M__ROHE, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND, Three doors from Wellesley Street East. ■s^NOTICE.— -ReiiioTli-g to Larger and more^* tf^Nw Suitable Premises in _^^^° 2*y a s 1 1 fe s s s_ls_ _^^\.7111«g « >" .a K^^ Hctte £11 fJg S^^Robßon's Dining Roomo^v^ J H. POTTER, 187 Queen StreetT^NC MOMABTER, SHALDERS, AND CO ffORNEW or? cSS?^' —— rpK^S-- — McMaster, Shaldars and Co. 204 & 203, QUEEN STREET., ': > EVERY LADY HER OWN DRESS' . r3_-_AI-_ER. Batteflcfe'^ ctit papef patterfts/ to salt any garment. NO Lady should be Without tbetn. Metropolitan Fashions (8 pages) Id i _ peruuniuii post tree. . «. W. F. OGfILVIE, Dfapef, ViCtdria-streot.' WORSTED SUITS, with ua extra Pair .of Trousers for nothing, &l.~ At J. H. Dalton's, Tailor, Victor.a'St--ectE3s-. TRY my 60s Suits ! Tiiey are real nice, with ah Extra Fuir ot Trbusers Tor nsihing. -J. H. Dalton, Tailor, • '- . '■ .



till — • ail find all rieryorfs and trembling a^tiOttf ffi&ff "' flrstdose Will give rglje. Ip 20 __._nt.ta..'. ;ffi jjr«Mr. fiction, for thoy Ha V<_ clone it id t-toiis:_;_i(k <$;!..:- Every sdffererls.earnes'ti? invited tdhr^Sfs; tlie«e PilM, and they will bsi Mltoo'#l^^^Wp: WORTH A GUINEA A BOX?/ 4' For fcsmaii-a of all ages thgsd &ls__re_flv__i.^77 afl a few doses of friOD-. carry oH fill g-o__r_tfitß_^a!;; open all dßatructiorts, ftndbrirfg aboift auSS?*']^ required; gNo feniales Should ba withoiiilSi?*' Ttierci 13 no medietas tcf be fcrarid- id S7 _3E__C_iA__l'3 PIIiLS for remcMi_ E Wg_#|;?'• tic_ or irregularity of the sy_fte_A: »vKffi_-''. according to tU. directions given ifmied\ %?■'■■ thdy will sqtin restore females ol all tesi SM and rdbuat healths sbs-obo^ For a weak stomach, impaireddttfgstidii *_«»i' d__.drdf.rs of thdliver, tkey act like "SaSo^SM' a feiw doses Will hd found to vrorri woriaenrmiS. 4 most important organs of the human __t_S&*' They strengthen the whole clnscnlar^Sl restdra tho loiij? lost dtoploxldn-bfingtMia^ keen edge of appetite and arcm.Be intoEc_fi*-™._ thd EOSKB UD of health the Whale physicaK^r of the htlican frame. These ara "Pactpl' I admitted by thousands embracing all class* r_! I flddiety; and dnp -of ths best _UM?4_(t«rtßtU J i ndrvoos and debilitated is, Beecham's Pills h«2J.- '■-■ § tha largest sals of any patent medicine in t_io'fforip: I BEECHAM'S MAGIC COTOHPILMI AsaremedyforCcraghßingeneral,Asth___a>Bi fflj ', te cnlty in Breathing, Shortness of Breath, H»l_. n f£_- H and Oppression of the Chest, Wheezing, SorTS: H Pills stand unrivalled; and anyone kbouriijSmiSli1® any of the above complaints need only try o_.; It Box to prove that they are the bestever oflnfti td': M tho public for As thmatic and Consumptive CdnfeWJ ft Hoarseness and Oppression of the Che& ._vS| J| speedily remove that sense of oppres_aonsid(--_-P:__-l culty of breathing which nightly dentin M«-_ll patient of rest* They give almost instant relief bid! 11l comfort to those afflicted with the above distress.'* H ing and, when neglected, dangerous cdtttskiMt ' 1 Let any person troubled with any of the _M «.li ■ complain_s"give Bbechah's Cough Pius atrial . * The most violent Cough will in a short ti_a_b_ i 1" removed. ™I; m Citrrio!..—The publio are Mqnested to tiofej j I that the words " Beecham's Piils,. St. _&.«»*£ 1 are on the Government Stamp affixed to each ___*& I of th 9 Pills.»lf not on they are a forgery. -; I Prepared only and sold wholesale andretddfiP 1 the proprietor, T. Beecham, Chemist, St. Helens,1 i Lancashire, England, inboses at Is. 14a s^ I 2s. 9d. each.—Sold by all Draggiats and Pitas! .-^1 Medicine Dealers throughout the Colonies' "(I I N.B.—FaU directions are given with each bat-' I EATING'S LOZENGES. "T^.? Oldest and Best Cough Ben, wi* ' Tr EATING'S LOZENGES. S a®',a _____ Oldest and Best Cough Be_rt__i..' KEATING'S LOZENGES. b ~ 6 -'' Oldest and Best Ckraghßeme_ XT EATING'S LOZENGES. gn:ttlDe4y'; X__. Oldest and Best Congh Reifl^tr ■■■" JZ EATING'S LOZENGES/ Ji Oldest and Best Cough Hemeit, r R EATING'S LOZENGES. 7 Oldest and Best Cough Bcrifedif.''"'- EATING'S LOZENGES, S 'a Oldest and Best Cotlgh Hem^' JT EATING'S J.OZENGES, -^ _W% Olaestand BestConghße_n6di.r TT EATING'S LOZENGES, m- Jj_ Oldest and Best Cough Eeai^t.i XT EATING'S LOZENGES, .-: ™{ ■ _$\. Oldest and Best Cotlgh Bem_iV,"; KEATING'S LOZENGES, ... 7\ "Ant Doctor will tell.to.T there is no better Cough Medicia. .than HEATING'S LOZENGES,! One gives relief; if you suffer from cough try them bnt once ; _h_yi_.;f. cure and they Kill not iniiwyoitf^ health; they contain only, the parest: | drugs, skilfully compounded, - Sold | everywhere in small tins,;' _"- '■'. :• r . KEATING'S WORM TABLEK7 A PURELY TEGETABLE. S\yEJ?IMEEfe ■. both in appearance and taste. fnrmshlDgamc.;' agreeable method of admi«_storing'«U9'U3_]jf,i s certain remedy for INTESTINAL orHBEMf: WORMS. It is a perfectly safe andmOdpr*, - paration, and ia especially adaptedlorChildf*/ : —Sold i_< tins by all CfrEAH_#rß. ''-'■ """t' PnoPKIETOR. THOMAS IC_£ATIJ.£.pLO»DO!!-". ' | Jixport Chemist and Druatil&A ,- ' \ •bentisteT; Mb. A. L. SMITH, SURGEON DENTIST, OSBORNE ''HOttSS, Cornet of trK______«i_Sl. akd .HcrasC-t: SfiffiE^'S^' Supplies Artificial Teeth -without fetrdctl-lri stumps, bnt if decayed teeth are taken cat 4", temporary dentnre is fitted while the glim, 'tn ' healing, doing a\tay Ivith the ineoi-ve--i-_ic.'a_i • being months without teeth. . _ . OTHER DENTISTS' WOR& REPAffIED; OLD SETS REMODELLED, Charges ModebaT-., Gas Mj-trtnisteW^: Tram Cars pass the house, A i EC 0 X AN D %0- If,. c DENTISTS, Kingsley House,- Hoteoh.treet,' ; -. ■;:. . •': :!AtiS--ldafl,* Edwik Cox. Licentiate in Dental Sntsjtifk. R,C,S., England, :77 Herbert Cos, Doctor of Defit-d iJ^Sffr University of Michigan) U-'S.-, America. ,- T GOODWIN COX, ? * DENTAL SURG.EON, 148; Queea^stfeetj AMiPi Society's BUildiiigS* - ■ 'Auckto_l7 THE MED-ICA: IrELBO.T.RIOAI_ . TREATMENT OF DISEA3ESi . ..,, Ais many diseases can bo chred: if Elccttlcl^ ivithout Medicine, and others being in cpimiiiß, tion with Medicine, Dr. WILKIN, has mea. to his Consulting Booms every nttessary m^ | trical aoplianco both for Internal diJ J*Si..it' Complaints of the body, includingKlecWc-Uiio and Cold Baths.-Consulting Rop-n^ mm street, oppositeShorUand-strect, AucKlanq., .>.. CASH BUYERS ~¥oß ELIGIBLl!; PROPERTY. ~ p p WANTKD.-A Six to Ten Aeh. S<^S_*_l suitable .or poultry fann,^c.» withcottegeMa s? improvemonts; must not be more thau a.cwi». : of hours' drivo from town.- WANTED EOR CASH.-A nfia. <.<f|Sf7 £200 to £'.aO, within live to fifteen mint-tea or . City Hall. ' _, WANTED 3?OR CASH.-Comfortablojefl dencc and grounds, from £650- to «Sso* ™f?' twenty mlnutus of Pest Office, ,;.;', ; aA aa*-? ... J, H. WlTHE^gg-vi j mo THOSE WHO WANT MONEY/ Sums of £100 to £1000 can bo had at' pef i^W, if _TIRST-CtA39 SECCIUTY. l Sums over £100 d can bo had at f pWd^S™1 1 the 81-BT SECURITIES. ' a"-, 1 ! Apply s. h. wiTnEFcrtJU-: -trOLCANIC ' SOIL,-.Gehtiem|p«-, V dence at Kocky Nook, 9,lar^ M Double gates, carriage drive, bsaut-fU"-'f^. grounds, £900, j/n.^lfgEFg^ mk ACRES at Tamiil-l. # 5M^: b Apple^ Farmland Mr-^.E^ £«., with substantial Cottage^J, H' Wjmetuij f-. RAETON ROAD. R^tfasitlwr-g,: ■\X teol private l«^^^W-'' ments. Sittihtioncannot b«s shrpasßea,.pj...... J. H, Witheford, ■ ■ v fji^_U-^-rJ... 130NSONBY.-Two stoTied£^« X Shelly Reach Road, wbsten«| b fl ; can bo bought for£4o, great harboor: splesdid tie .r from'the P^f;,; J, it, Witheford, ■■■>-■ -■■■ A A_Ap-P-P-r^AA A_ CITY^M-oomed Hqns^w^^tf;; sides;- good bearing vine.in .con«S ,Ma Let on looser, with ptirchas ng -M*\{fffit>. nearly ttro acres of orchard 7"%%^^ i Utes or Queen^trect: or Vill besom » r*. _ forcash.-J, H, Wi-heforj i _ j^^^-^ : A T NORTH !; SHOKE.^A|g^: A Villa of 8 room?, bnflt trg gsm ; and specially selected timbers ; ,W" on/M^A ; concrete floor, coßper, tanks rgBSJ^ v offn rf garden, fruit V^-toW-fflffi&rfW&A: Saving lb leave would give satisia^-,.^* and immediat* poßßeßsioj..^w«g|^ o i|B,r-