KILDEE; Or, The Sphinx of the Red House.

BY MAY E. BRYAN,

Author of " The Bayou Bride," " The

Fugitive Bride," &c.

CHAPTER XXIII.

Mrs Gonzalis re-entered the room alone. "Carleon is in the drawing-room," she said. "He is striding up and down like one possessed. I spoke to him, but ho did not seem to heed mo."

" Ho has one of his absent-minded fits, mid Gibson. " Well, we can't wait on his moods. I want to havo the thing over. X confess I foel a little nervous. So,. we wiU go down to him, Madame Gonzalis. Jui dee, we will go down." He put her hand beneath his arm and they went downstairs followed by- Mrs Gonzalis. The blinds of the long drawing-room had been closed, the heavy curtains dropped, and the candles lighted. ■Enough daylight struggled through and mixed with the artificial illumination to pro duce a weird effect. The pictures and the Statues bore the semblance of ghastly life. Goff and hia wife in their Sunday attire sat bolt-upright against the wall. Their faces wore a puzzled, half-frightened expression. The master of Aphrodite looked like any thing but a bridegroom. Habitually fault less in his dress, his necktie was now awry, his hair disordered as though he had thrust his fingers wildly through it in his rapid walk about the room. A battle was going on in the man's soul; the dull, lurid glow in his eye betrayed it. .Joel Gibson looked at him doubtfully: so might a jackal eye his tiger comrade in a case, uncertain Avhat might be the stronger animal's mood. But he said cheerfully, ex ulting in his having made good his word to render Kildee passive to his will: " Mr Carleon, your bride waits for you." The master of Aphrodite wheeled and saw the white, statuesque girl. His own face grew as pale; be did not offer to approach her. Gibson waited a minute, then he said under his breath to Kildee : >( .' Open your eyes and go to Mr Carleon. She hesitated ; a ripple of troubled feel ing passed over her face: hey eyelids twitched, but did not unclose. Gibson fastened his green eyes upon her and passed his hand before her brow once and again ; then, in a yet lower tone, he re peated his command. Her eyes opened wide, but it was plain they were unseeing • their look was fixed and vacant. She moved slowly from his side and approached Carleon. Though her will was paralysed by the magnetic influence, yet she seemed dimly conscious of what was happening to her, and feebly struggling to assert herself as one does in a nightmare, a trance, or in a state of Somnambulism. Carleon stood looking at her like one under a spell. The vague pathetic appeal of that unconscious face, with its fixed vision less gaze and troubled brow, gave point to the sword of remorse which was in his heart. On the other hand, never had the beauty and sweet grace of the girl moved him so strongly. . , Warred upon by two opposite emotions,he stood still, his breath coming heavily, his eyes riveted on Kildee. .Gibson walked to the window and peered through the blinds. He was fearful of being interrupted. The ruu't he was playing was rather '' risky," and Joel Gibson, Esq., had his respectable repu tation to sustain. He became impatient; he walked back to the table, took up a book containing the marriage formula, and looked across at Kildee. " Give Mr Carleon your hand," he said. A shiver passed over her; slowly, re luctantly, she stretched out her hand. Car leon started when her cold little fingers touched his, then he grnspkl her hand— suddenly, with a fierce compression of his lips- .. ~ Gibson drew a breath of rebel.

"We will proceed," he said. "The ceremony will be brief. Here I hold in my hand the customary permit of the Court, which authorises mo to unite Miles Carleon and Jasmina Gonzalis in marriage. Miles Carleon, will you take this lady, Jasmina Gonzalis, to be your wedded wife ? Will you ?" "No "

The monosyllable burst from him as though it were forced out by some power ful exertion of his will. He dropped the hand oi the girl and folded his arms across his chest. Joel Gibson let fall the book he held and stared at his patron in dumb amazement. A hysterical cry from Mrs Gonzalis broke the silence. " What the dinghation does tfiis mean ? demanded Gibson, forgetting his patri archal dignity. _ " It ineanfe that this foul business is at an end. For this minute, at least, I've got the tipper hand of the devil that possesses me, and I'll make use of the mastery. Take your spell off'the girl." " But," remonstrated , Gibson in an undertone, with a w&rnihg glance %t We witnesses, "it's all Working right; the girl will answer as I will her to, and her mother, and the witnesses here—" " Not «a word. I have my foot on the fiend now, and if you tempt me, you hypocritical cur, I'll strike you to the earth i Take your wicked spell off the girl this instant." ~• ■

Gibson advahded Hurriedly, 'and made a few passes with a trembling hand. "I can't," he whimpered. "I'm all un nerved. I've lost control over myself.". Carledn stepped to a side-table, caught up a decanter of brandy, poUred but a glassful, and brought it to his frightened factotum. " Drink it down, and get control of your self quick, or 'twillbe the worse for you,"; he said. . Gibson gulped down the fiery 'licfumy and walked to the mantel-piece, followed by Carleon's blood-shot eyes. After a moment; or two he. turned round and again ap proached Kildee. This time his'efforts to : remove the mesmeric influence proved suc cessful. Her face. changed from its death like pallor, her lids closed, then flashed, wide open. • There was consciousness in her eyes. . , , Her quick, startled look took in the scene; the lighted room, the two servants in their holiday clothes, Joel Gibson behind, the table with its open book, and Carleon standing at her side. Her dim, dreamy,, consciousness of what had been happening received its confirmation. Horror over-, gpread her face ; she turned to Gibson : " Am I married to that man ?" she cried, pointing to Carleon. The anguish in her voice pierced Carleon to the heart. He did not wait for the magistrate to reply. "No," he said, "you are not married to mo. The sacrifice was not permitted. Yoiir own innocence saVed you. You are free—free to leave this place when you, " I will go now, she said. Ef " Here is the key to the gate. Goff, you; will row Miss Gonzalis to Wallport and get her a carriage. Bring down her luggage, you and Sophie, and take it to the boat. ' Then, as the servants obeyed, he turned to Gibson "and Mrs Gonzalis:^ " You will leave the room," he said. 1 wish -to speak to her alone before she g°"Stay," cried Kildee, detaining Mrs GOTIJSaIiS.' "Mr Carleon'caii have nothing to say to me that you.musfc nothear.' . " But I have," he exclaimed roughly. " Go " addressing Mrs Gonzalis with an im^

the sight of but xme woman on earth. Then turning to Kildee, " You need not fear me," he said. " I would not touch you for the whole of Aphrodite Island." He closed the door upon Madame Gon zalis. He walked the length of the room twice and stopped in front of Kildee. He was lividly pale; his arms were pressed upon his chest as though to keep in some struggling emotion. "Child," he said, "I have done you a foul wrong. I tore you away from your friends by a villainous scheme ; I brought you to this polluted place! I put you in daily association with a monster—a moral Caliban—myself. By a trick I would have bound your pure life fast to mine, only something, some power I Cannot under stand, interposed. After all, there must be a God —for creatures like you. I have stamped a nightmare memory upon your young soul that you can never shake off. I have,' it is likely, put a lasting stain upon your fair name, for but to set foot Oil this island is to have the sleuth-hound of scandal at your heels for ever thereafter. I deserve the hangman's rope ; I deserve to have you send a bullet through my heart, and I beg you will do it. Take this revolver and kill me as you would a mad dog that had bitten

you." She looked at the weapon he thrust into her hand and laid it on the table before her. She was pale as she listened to his wild words, but she looked calmly, sadly, into his burning eyes. '* You are not lit to die," she said.

"Am I fit to live ? Can 1 endure to live after this ? I swear to you I never realised what I was until I saw that look of horror and loathing in your eyes. I never knew a good woman intimately in my life before. I have never known a mother or a sister. The uncle who raised me — brilliant, gifted being that he was —had had every drop pf the milk of humanity in his nature turned into gall by dis appointment and wrpng. He had been rich ; he lest his fortune, his friends forsook him; the wife he idolised deserted him, henceforth he became a bitter hater of his, kind—a modern Timon. He recovered his fortune; li« used the money for his own gratification ; he adopted me chiefly, 1 think, to perpetuate tlirough me his revenge on mankind. 'Make them serve yeur interests or your pleasure, but despise them, for they are either false or weak'— this was his teaching. He had no faith in the honour of man or the virtue of woman. Such was my training ; I have followed it out. Money bought me pleasures, flatteries. I cared for no more. To fill up the passing hour was all my aim. I have felt weari ness, satiety, disgust, but never, I swear, such bitter self-humiliation as when I saw what an pbjeot of horror -I was in your eyes—-in the eyes ef the one creature I have loved, the fair, sweet being I would give my life to make love me. I never felt how black I was until I came in contact with your whiteness. New I re&lise^everything. There is a hell burning here in my breast that all the waters of yonder ocean cannot quench. Live after this ? Never; it is simply im possible. I will make a will this night after you havo left me, and leave all my money to ypu, to dp with as you please, then a bit of cold lead rids the world of one who never did it any good : and not a tear will be shed over his dead body. The parasites who have fed upon me have cared only for my bpunty ; in their hearts tliey have despised me." "I do not want yoiir money," Kildee said, " and it is cowardly to talk of taking your life. Live to retrieve the past. Live to Wipe out the evil you have done with good. You say you have used your money tor selfish -gratification, use it now for a noble purpose—use it to make ethers better and happier." "It is top late."

"It is not too late. God is still above us; evil and suffering are still upon the earth ; strength and talent are still yours. Use your gold, and your good gifts to put down sin hncl to alleviate pain and poverty." "Girl, don't pfedch'to nflT: I*despise cant. I don't acknowledge your C4od. I hold that piety is either ignorance or hypocrisy, that repentance is weakness. I am not repentant. I don't love goodness, I love you. I don't hate sin ; I simply loathe myself because you loathe me—because I saw myself in the mirror of your eyes."

"It is God's work," said the girl. "He hold up the mirror. It is repentance and you do not know it. You will turn from your old self with disgust; you will aspire to abetter self."

He broke into a short, hard laugh. " Do you know you are talking that stuff to a man with no more capacity in him for gopd than a burned-out volcano to grow roses ? Why, this very instant as I look at you with that tearful light shining in your sweet eyes and thab young bosom heaving with emotion, I am tempted to call back my accomplice and made him finish his: work —bind you to me by force as my wife —my slave." "But you will not do it," she said, meet ing his look with fearless, upraised eyes. ' ' You will not do it. lam ho longer afraid of you. Your better angel has spoken to you; you have stopped short; you have; taken a step in the better way, yoyi will nob; turn back. No, I am not afraid of you now." ,

How sweet and steady her voice was; what alight was in her eyes, shining through her tears ! The strong man was moved; his •lips trembled, his fierce, hot eyes grew soft. With a self-scornfulgesture, he threw back his head: , ... .

"I'll not whine," he said. "I did hot ask this interview for the purpose of play ing on your sympathies—exciting your pity., I had another purpose in view. It was to tell you that I desire to do all in my power to make amends for the wrong I have done you. AH the gold in the world would not mend that wrong, but let it -go as far as it will. You are going away—out ■into a world that is strange to you. You do not know how cold and hard it is; you will need money, and money, thank fate, I can give you." He stepped to the inlaid escritoire, un locked a drawer and took from it a large roll of bills and a long purse filled with gold. "This is for the present only," he said, lis he laid the money on her knee.' She looked at it, and then at him, and softlyshook her head. She gathered up the purse and the bills, took 'them to the escritoire, and laid them in their former place. "I will not take them," shb eaid. "I mil not touchhdollar of ytfur money, Mr Carleon."

" Eildee, are you in earnest?" "I am 'indeed. I will fctfkfc no money from you." • ■

He almost staggered to the mantel piece. He clung to ib and looked at her with agonisedeyes. "Child," he said -huskily; "for God's sake be merciful. Don't refuse me this one drop of consolation. DonH; let me have to think of you as going out dhto the world penniless, friendless, because of me. I can offer you no reparation but money ; don't reject it. You will -indeed drive me to self-destruction."

Kildee grew very pale. " Oh, Mr Carleon," She cried, "I would! take the ;money'if I could do-it;dnd hot rfeel it Was wrong. I cannot take it." "Then.how can I ever make amends to you?"

" You can do as I begged you just now. You can let me think that I have helped to change you. You can put your old life dnder foot and reach Up tO a nobler ODB^a life active and iwefuL Then your breast will no longer be filled with a burning pain. The burned-out volcano -will ..grow roses of hope and peace." In.her Barnestness of entreaty she had stretched out her hands towards Mm: -he

caught them and crushed them against his breast. , ~.„„, " Will you love me if I do this ? he ex claimed ; but he saw the quick change in her face; it recoiled him to himself. He dropped her hands, and bent his head m abasement. ~ ... " Forgive me," he said, pain and humilia tion in his tones ; "I meant, will you des pise me less ':" T "Ah! do not talk of my love or hate. 1 am only an ignorant, simple girl, *ou have talents, and education, and money; these, put to a noble use, would win the esteem of the world, the love and gratitude of thousands of human beings." Before he could speak the door was thrown open ; Mrs Gonzalis entered hur riedly and said: ~,_•* "There are three men at the gate wait ing to be admitted. What must be done ? " Tell Goffto let them in.'' "Is it best to do this ?' she remonstrated. "Goff says they seem to be persons in authority. Perhaps they have come to- "'No matter what they havo come for; let them in at once," he said, turning to GofF, who appeared at the door. " Would to Heaven 1 had never come to this house," she said hysterically. "I feel a presentiment that fate will overtake me here."

Kildee went up to her, " If you are my mother," she said.looking earnestly into her face, "I want you to go with mo and live with me wherever I may find a place for us to live. I— "She.is not your mother," interrupted Carleon. "That was another of my sins. I had her claim you and bring you here.' " But she i 3 the person who had charge of mo when I was a child, and left me—l remember her well." "Yet she is not your mother, lour father is—", " Hush!" cried Madame Gonzalis,sharply. "I told you that wild story to deceive you. You have no proof of it. I deny it." "Her face is proof enough. She is the image of—" "Will yoa not be silent?" cried the woman. "Do you not understand ? She made a swift step toward him and seized his arm with her slender fingers. ---"Do you want to destroy me'/" she said under her breath. "Ifhe is told that she is his child do you not know he will de mand proofs V He will question me, search into my history ; part of it is known to him already, only he thinks me dead.. He would at once suspect; ho would never rest until all was known, and I was brought to—"

"What?"

"The gallows," she said in an intense whisper. " You suspected it before." His look of horror told that his suspicion hitherto had not been strong. Goff threw open the door. "Mayor Heathclifi', Sheriff Tatom, Deputy-sheriff Lynn," he announced. Madame Gonzalis uttered a stilled scream and darted to the door. On the threshold she came face to face with Ira Heathclifi'. Sudden recognition flashed into his eyes. " Zulimee ! You here ?" ho said.

She did not answer him. Shs> mado one deprecating gesture and fled past him. She ran to her room and threw herself on her bed, burying her face in her hands. "That he should see me here!" she said with a spasmodic sob. She rose and began hurriedly to collect her most valuable possessions and pack them in a portmanteau with a few articles of clothing. "I must get away from this place; away from this city," she muttered to herself. " What evil spirit possessed mo to come here ?"

She caught up«tho portmanteau, though it seemed too heavy for her slender arm, and left the room, the mansion, making her way to the boat-house. There she un fastened a small, light boat, and got into it. Taking the oars in her own hands, she pushed on from tbe island, looking back fearfully, and breathing more fully when she saw no one. Handling the oars with a skill acquired in her early life in Mexico, she was sopn at a distance from tho island. It w&s bgr,object to reach the city in time to tako the first night train going out in any direction, it little mattered where.

To be Continued.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3/ 1887,

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" •* _ "Kuwa .. — •• •• •• '• *~ * "* " •" "TePuhi.. ~ •• ", '' " '" " " on '" '* '" f arr. — .. •• •• ■'•v «• •• Tk Awamutu .. - idep. -. 9.15 „ „ 3.0 Ngaroto .. ~ - '• . 9'P " " ?f ' •Lakcßoad •• ,- " fl iß " " «o« "llukuhia .. — "••- — — " ~m " — .. . / arr. .. - .. ~ 10.20 .» _ 4.0 Frankton Junction .. \a c _i. .......... 10.35 .. ... 4.10 "Pnkete ....«'•-- — •• " ..« " "no Ngaruawahia « — — —•• — •• •• JJ'jjJ — •■ *•*_ Taimiri ~ « ~ «• — ♦•' 11-47 .» .. 4.00 Sly :::---» - - - «» _ .. 5.20 "Oliinewai — ~. •• ..... ~ »• # *Rangiriri _«...»• •• ■• ~ .-• # *- — # MVairangi .. .. » .... •• .. .. # — •» • ■ *Whangamarino ~. .-, — — •- -• " . . — •• _~__ /arr. «. - -. -• i-» 5 ---•.. a3O Mercer .. .. - Idep. - •• 6.20 11.80 2.5 „ .. 6.50 Pokeno .. ~ - ... ~ - •- 6 V 31 IH Z SV ttS " ~ 7,° TualfaT^ r I r - - " O.SO 12.8 2.42 7. ■"-■ Pukekohe.. .. - » - - ••• 'v lO 12$ l 3-| » - 7-37 ; *Paerata ..„-. — »•— — » * * * ••• # Drury ..----•. - 7.47 1.10 5.37 .. .. 8.10 | Papakura:*, " 2 7. 7 I - 8.1 1.26 3.47 2 7 8.18 Manurewa 7. - *• 8-16 P2 4-2 p al atoiloi 11 1 - - 8-30 2.0 4.15 .. ... * Otahulm " " 7. .. 6.50 8.18 8.41 2.10 4.23 6.20 -U5 PenroVe Junction .. .. - J7.l* tJ8.30 t8.54 t2.30 t4.36 t6.30 t7.30 9.0 KllerHlio .. .. - .. - 7.20 8.35 8.58 2.35 6.35 7.35 * "GreenLano .. ~ •• ■• *~ A. n „ „,. _*. -*.- t Remuera 7.30 8.44 9.7 2.45 6.40 7.45 * Newmarket June. V-35 8.49 9.19 2.55 J5.4 6.61 7.50 9.20 Auckland arr. 7.45 I 8.58 9.28 |a5 5.13 7.0 I 8.0 I 9.30 + Change for Onohunga. II Change for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. 1 Change for Kaipara Branch Stations. . Change for Otahuhu. A Pas^ongors aro not booked by this train to Stations hetween Auokland Onehunga. B Only stopß to pick up Passengers for South of Penrose Junction. O. Run's on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only. r>. Runs on Mondays and Wednesdays only. E. Runs from Otorohanga on Tuesdays and r.hursdayß only. The 9.15 a. tn. train fromTe Awamutu runs dally. v. Frankton Junction for Cambridge, Te Aroha and Rotorua lines. GAMHRinoE—Te Aroha and Rotorua Lines, fe " I "■ ' -. - . • 11'I, _■ South.-Week Days. North.-Week Days. A.M. A.M. A.i£, P V Auckland, dep. .. 8 01140 Lichfield, detp. .. '.. . gifs ■■■" — *Putaruru Junction „ .. .] r * ..p.m. p.m. | *Taumangi .. .„ ■ # Frankton Jun., dep .. 130 c" 0 Oxford, dep. .. __ ' " io m Hamilton West _ ..138 710 *Okoroire ... .. ,'. 7. * *Hamilton East. 2" .. '. .. * * *Mangawhara .. .. 7. 7. * Ruakura Jun., arr. .. 152 722 Matamata .. „ .. .! 1M . i *Waharoa ... " "' . * Cambridge Br.— *Walton .. .. „ 7. 7 * Ruakura Jun., dep. .. „ .. .. 2 0d730 *Kiwitahi.. .... * *Mongaonni .. m ....** Mori ins ville, arr. . " " oss "Tamahere .»..*» —— " " " ~ *Fencourt .. * * Te Aroha Be *Hautapu * * Te Aroha, dep. _ „ "8 20 Cambridge, arr. 2408 10 *Waihou ,i_ * " » " . ■ «__ *Waitoa *" *" # " * Ruakura Jun., dep. 2 0&7 30 *TatuaoHaua ~ ~ *" * *Eureka * * *Murray's «. » *Motumaoho * * Morrinsville, arr. * "*K_ ** Morrinsville,arr. .. 240 810 , ' . .*" 1 -. ■ i Morrinsville, den. 9ioh9<u» Te Aroha Br— „ .... *Motumaoho! .. alO 0260 Morrinsville, dep _ .; 0255 815 *Eureka .. .'. " " •# '■» *MuiTay's .. .... „ .. * * Ruakura Jan., arr. "" "9so i<w *TatuaoHaua .. ..!„..** ' '" •' vws ** *Wahoa _ .. * Cambridge Br.- " *Waihou .. .. .. .. .. * * Cambridge,dop. «. .' 9lsd2'iti TeAToha,arr ..8 40 865 *Hautaps.l .. ~ •• »«<W.ai —— ~— 1 *Fencourt „ ~ " * # Morrinsville, dop : _. * ..6250 ... *Tamahore .. * * ■"Klwitahi > m .. .. * .. *Mongaonui 7. " "■ * * ♦Walton „ .... * .. Ruakura Jun, arr. .. "'355 run •Waharoa .. * .. .-A .. '-wow Matamata .. 355 .. Ruakura Jun., dep. .. 10 gAm *Mangawhara .. .. «.„...* .. *HaniiltonEMt.. "l^iTWl 9 ♦Okoroire * .. Hamilton West.. * "■io 2n<i« Oxford .. .. ..4 35 .. Frankton Jun., arr. 2 "1025 * 0 *Taumangi * ... . "Wfflt " *PiitaruruJun... _ .. _ .. » .. Auckland, arr. .. 51311(1 Liohfleld, arr. „ 5 201 .. | " Ji,Ja3o * Flag Station. ' " ' ' " ' ' ' ■ ' ' a Runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only. 6 Runs on Mondays, Wednesday » ZH Fridays only c Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays. Fridays, and f^wiaye O^A dßuMonwiS nesdays and Saturdays only.- The others run dally, ' k "cv A Runs on first Sundays in each month only. KAIPARA BllANCH.—Auckland—-HENDERSOSf—HEtENsviEEE. Auckland to Helensville.—Week Days. Helenbvills to Auobujtp.-Week I)ay9. A ja~ ' Auckland dep;*.™' 1055 %%jl*i6 HelensvlUe .. dep. So UM *;?' p,lau ' Newmarket Junot'n 7.12 11.12 4.57 2.25 'Helensville Souti^. * * •■ '" Mount Eden „ .. 7,19 11.19 6.4 2.82 *Ohirangi .. J * « » " .. .., * * * * *Paeroa? * • «( " *Mornmgside.. ___♦**# *WoodhUl .. J • * * j *'* •Mount Albert 2 * * * * *Rowett » * » •• Avondale ... •__ 7,35 n.BB fi.2o * *WaiEiauku 2 2 *' * * " ' *NewLynn „ _, • • *»,, *t •Kumen " 7. IM & 6.0 ~ *WaakomlU .... * * • 3,0 *T aU paki 2 2 «' '• " " on " - 8-0 12-! 6.4fl " Waitokerei-^. i, 7,35 1.80 6.20 * __ * * * .. «Swanson ;.. 2 * » * - Waitakerel .. .. 8.25 12.32 6.15 .. Henderson- «; 8.0 2.6 6.46 " *Taupakl . i. * * * „ \ *Walkomiti „. „ * * •■ ii Kumeu _ .. 8 .45 1.5 6.83 „., *New Lynn ". " » • « * a*: :: S ::: 4 vo°uM b e« 2 W;:w i • *Woodhlll « .. * * » .. *Morningside.. .. * *>'» I*' *Paeroa.. .. « * * *Kingßland .. „ * * '* ■ » Ohirangl „ ~ * * * .. Mount Eden.. .. &i 7 3.55 coi e lq *Heie M vjiieSct*h.. * # * .. | NewmarketJunot'n 8.4 3.10 6,Bfi t.m Helensville .. arr. 9,40 2.10 I 7.30 |.. (j Auckland .. *„.[ g'a 9.20 |-£S %M *Flag Stations.—Trains do not stop unless roquired. Notice should be given to the Guar^«t Prev-ouß stopping stations by anypaasenger desiring to alight at Flag Stations. Tw ?!i tar All lime Tables issued prior to this date are now cancelled. J. P. MAXWELL, Gonoral Manager,



Business Notices. - ' - , j ALEXANDER TTARVEY, ALBERT-STREET (Corner of Durham-street), Direct Importer axd Mantjfacturer oe All Kinds of Dairy Utensils, Tin, Iron, and Copper Work. DAIRY FACTORIES AND CREAMERIES SUPPLIED WITH ALL REQUISITES. Estimates Given. HEAD - QUARTERS FOR JAM TINS, HONEY TINS, BUTTER TINS, Etc, OME-MADB BREAD, CAKES, scones, HOP BEER, &c. f easily made by using CROOK'S AMERICAN DRIED YEAST. . Cheaper and mere desirable than Baking Powder. It should be sold in every country store, used in every country home. Full direc tions on each packet. Sample packets by post, 3d. from J. T. JOHNS. Seymour-street, Pon sonby, Auckland. .___ Wholesale Aggnte-L-D. NATHAN & Co. . QRION. rYRION. QRION. WHAT IS IT? i ■ ■ —*■■■ ■■ " • ..I. Kjj Fi sfi c r & c 0.., WHOLESALE SHIPPING AND FAMILY BUTCHERS Established 1864. BySpeciaLAppointmenttoHis Excellency the Governor, Sir W. F. Jervois; His Excellency Sir James Ferguson; and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh; also, Kosha Butchers to the J QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND, N.Z. Families Waited on in Town or Suburbs. POULTRY of all kinds DRESSED to ORDER. Dealers in Game Home-cured Hams and Bacon Corned Beef in Large Quantity. Imports of Sausage Casings The Trade Supplied N.8.-Calvetf Rennets. as*. Customers Supplied with Ice. Telephone No. 358. __ P.O. Box No. 431 ISPECIAL SALE^-r<X . OF >t^ BOOTS & SHOES^^ X '. FOR CASH A^77< Y\> -^^-^"^I7XIII om^<^. "^PyJZ^ComrAetio'D.ot \}'^^ NEW PREMISES, ,V i *^UPPER'SYMONDS ST. J^JIRANDA CQAL^ANXUJRQN: COMPANY (limited). SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD AND STEAM COAL IS NOW BEING PUT OUT FROM THIS COMPANY'S MINE, AND AGENTS ARE WANTED FOR THE SALE OF IT. APPLICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE UNDERSIGNED. AT THE COM PANY'S OFFICE, U, VICTORIA ARCADE ORDERS FORWARDED TO THE SECRE TARY WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. BY ORDER. JOSEPH BARBEE, SECRETARY. Auckland, Auckxst, 28,1887. * ■ i i n» i i. _ IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SHIP OWNERS, ETC. In retiring irom the Ship Chandlery business, I beg to tender my sincere thanks to my many friends for their generous support during the last fourteen years, and -will consider it a per sonal favour if my late patrons will kindly transfer their patronage to my successors in the. business, Messrs Ross and Co., whom I can conhdently recommend. d. h. Mckenzie. Auokland, September 23,1887. WITH reference to the above announce ment, we have much pleasure in inti mating to the friends of the late firm, and the public generally, that we will carry on the business of Ship Chandlers, Sail Makers, etc., in our temporary premises at No. 17, Lower Queen-street, and hope by strict attention to business, combined with moderate charges, to merit a continuance of the patronage of the late firm. ROSS & CO. THE SAIL LOFT will be under the management of Mr Charles Reynolds, who had charge of this branch of Captain McKenzie s business for the last fourteen years. The services of Mr. W. A. Harvey, for many years head storeman for Messrs J. and D. Oxley and Captain D. H. MoKenzie, have been retained for the riew firm. Goods will arrive by next steamer from Sydney, and by direct steamers from Home. ROSS & CO. (Successors to Captain D. H. McKenzie), SHIP CHANDLERS, SAJLMAKERS, Etc. Temporary Premises: No. 17, Lower Queen-street, Auckland Opening day, Monday, September 26. HENRY HUGHES, M.1.M.E., M.S.A. j CIVIL. MECHANICAL, AND MINING ENGINEER, JOHNSTON-STREET, WELLINGTON. INVENTORS ASSISTED. Patents Secured in All Countries on the Lowest Terms. Searohes made as to Novelty of Inventions. Henty Hughes, having had large experience a9 an Engineer and Patent Agent, is enabled, to conduct Patent Business by COMeSPOnoenoe. , Inventions of undoubted merit can be ar ranged to be Patented Free of Cost SUPERPHOSPHATES. —Freezing Co. V £8 ahd S3 of all merchants.



Having purchased the above .'■ REGISTERED THE SAME, nSfr ft **** private trade thatfheTS^SS SUPPLY THIS W^^ FROM THEIR D CELLARS, MARKET PLA^ QUEEN STREET (^AKCHOEHO^ Tho largest and best stock in An,w , choose from, newinpSSSlo Deliveries as usual twice daily by 0M the BEST IN THE 3^^g aeqna^'ol l » touTan't AFFORD TO waste your money ohTRABHY ThW PRICEI) SOAPS. Practise Tl£* , Study true ECONOMY WSgonlJßw Al SOAP. The effort made to £1 homes of New Zealand must U toS«S full effectunlessthey succeed ininaSX housekeeper to use «"»*er«j BURHS'S Al SOAP. It is a simple but useful article; Those who M to use it are still more simple, and not hall v useful. • ' Jr '.JOiLM' wrw ■»»"Si.*t ~, lipmsl You may have heard of it a THOUSAND TIMES without using it ONCE. H you na reverse the position and USE IT OMI Yon will praise it to others a THOUSAND TIMES.—I hare spent hundreds of pouaij it convincing the women of New Zealand thai their labour can be greatly lightened by nßtaj BURNS'S Al SOAP (THE Worid RB'OTO Cleanser!), butl have fallen short ol my m bit ion if I have failed to i convince ion, WHOLESALE AGEKT^- A. BUCHANAN, CUSTOMS STREET EAST. \:fH uus' HUM I iO^B Rotes Rmx REVOLVERS REVOLVERS GUHFOtVDEB! Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Waddbj, WIBE CARTRIDGES, LOAMM itf#j®> AMMUNITION Of evert DEscsin?Moyr Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, m*<M «* I^'' B. EVITT'S, 254, . guaranWea. D. EVITT76W^Vt,Aini niTTPBH-'B TREET, Aft?*" 4" PBICEUSTS^ENTTO^ Tr E A C ° ° • OPTICIAN, MATHEMATIOAL AXP NACfl^ Instrument Makes, fi S HORTLAITD_-STB EJJ Always ik Stock «^SKtS»t T*l^S^!^'ij-»«-* K4g lnsu-umen«.g W Bta^ 13 Ships' IiOKS. Sextont^Wmpa^^ R»rnm»ters Thermometers, w , MaKic™d'(*l^ Stewoscopcs and |Uaes^ lfeotnett a Steam Guages and luDin^ JUST REcKnjn Settlers' Telescopes-po^ £ .^ belchea P ,lls' 8"^ Settlers'An roid J»rou« any shade. •"»» oi ;___—