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copse, towards the vale of Whallov, where below us guardian hills, flourished'a great Cistoreian .Monastery. Tho western windows ot bqrdholmo caught all tho blaze of the setting sun on tlieir sm.all diaiiioiul panes, ;».s lie sank to.io.st- in crimson or golden clorv


rUlgo^Fel*r soji-alctl edge of l.Kmg-


open bearing that gave him tho look of ono of tlio old Norsemen: ho had as good natural abilities as Ins younger brother, but was no scliolar and. felt but scant respect for cleiKy loio ”—winch he considered unworthy of tho attention of sturdv snuiro Ol knight—-tending to sicklify the character and only lit for monks (of w’hum tho good bciuiio Iiad but a poor opinion). His father,


In appearance ho had a free, r I


sun Jiad a deep respect for learning, but on liudnig his heir’s rooted aversion to scholarslnp^ lio did not draw tlio rein tight in tliafc dircHJtion, and after a few years, wJioii tlio boy grew’ towards manhood, ho employed him as bailiff. ]n tliis capacity .lolm became very valuable to his father lor lie Imd a natural aptitude for farming mui lorestry, and tho monetarv reiiloiiish- nieiit lie brouglit to tho fmiiilv colfers by ills tbrifty mmiagemont was of great assist­ ance ill paying tho > debts of Roger tlio .xoungor son, debts wliich were a continual dr.iin on tho father’s resources, and wliicli but for the iiicossaiit industry and sclf-


urother squires m tlioso rude ages,


dcni.il of .John, would soon have brouglit tlio old home to ruin.


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cloth-yard shaft straighter to its goaP than ho. Ho was also one of the host riders ill tho_ shire, *a graceful dancer, and entered


ho«irtil> into tho social fcslivitio.s of n countrv gentleman.


It was at a Clirisimas gaihoring ac ono of tho country mansions that John first saw


his future wife—little Mistress Annis winstanloy, who became “ Queen of his heart” from tho moment ho hold her hand


and lod her down tho long oak-pancllcd hall to her place in tho pavon, wdiilo tho vulo logs shot up bright p a r ie s which glistened


gleamed, on tho girl’s fair faco and nuburn hair.


w’edding day. John at that timo w’as one of .tho finest looking men in tho county. Tall; broad-shouldered, and athletic; with short igoldcn curls,: straight: nose,’ :deep-set groy; eyes, and - open,gallant hearing, ho was the ideal of a young English squire;


,Thoy mndo. a haiidsomo couple on the


on tho wrcatlis of holly and mistletoe, and :


sink into a moro farm hand, Ijiit was ever •a courtly gentleiiian. Ho was an adept 111 using the crass how, and with tho long bow no Lancashire archer could send a


. loliii did not allow liimself, liowevcr, to himself as illiterate as most


opinions ns to lionour, which lie not only rigorously carried out himsolf but expected others also to practise, if they desired his tnemUhip. “ Jviiavisliiiess,” as ho termed WTong doing of any kind, he “ could not abide.


the ilall, and. liis ■wife—comely Dame Annis__ had 110 .surviving cliildren, and tho Squire uas the last of Ins race, with the exception of one brotlior, then tho Abbot of a small Cistcician community m a distant county. John tho ^Sciuire, ivas a cheerv, ivarm- Jiearted soul without a trace of meanness .S^^^dmess in his iiatuic. Ho had strong


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now m the twentieth centurv, for its lordlv salmon. .


■ ' - At - tho - roquest of iho -Author


iho title of this story has been changed as above “ FORDHOLME’S WAIF”


being omiHe^. *


the tiino ot .Tehii Fordholnie the river still rolled oil its sparkling way as brimful and pcllncid ns over,' overshadowed in many places by great groups of sturdy oaks anil rusthiig beech -trees and as noted then as


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Chthcroe in..l*13e, aas tlie owner of one thousnnd acres of rough pasture loud inter- •spersoil witli cornfields, on the banks of the Rihblo, a lovely nvor dividing yorkshiro and Lancashire, famed for its beauty even in the time when the Roiiiaii eagles glittered proudly in tlio sunshine on tlio fells of wild north Uritaiii, and called by the admiring Latin conquerors, The Uollisamu.”


Torn ami bloodiStaiiicil beneath the skv.” _ Squire I'ordhohne, Justice of tlio Peace for


one fine summer morning in tI»o followimr year.


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older brother was oiion-handod, God-fcar- ing, .ind truthful; iho vouiiger, • mean, covetous and dcceitlul. And thongli lie bocamo a monk, religion had no inlluciice in deterring liim from using anv nefarious means to gain his own selfish end.s. After sowing .a ])lontifuI crop of .“ w’ild oats” __ thair^ sow ing that lias ’ iflways such u bitter


ipapingl—he had cnteretl a" inonnstorv ivith the fqll intention of rising therein to tlio liighcst xio.sitioii, and being clover and un­ scrupulous, lio liad succeeded. In appear­ ance lie was unprepossessing. He was dark and swarthy, with cold grey eyes, and a hard nquil. no iio.se that reminded the' ob- soivor of a vulture’s beak. His mouth Was so formed a.s to give the impression of a perpetual smile, but it was a pitilos-s inoulli. His inaniioi.-, carefully cultivated,'was mild and insinuating, but woo to • aiiv who thwarted h:mi, for his auger thougli*hidden was deep and lasting. . As wo liavo .said he had kept Ins father’s pocket in a ehronicallv empty conditioii—iintil his elder brother had como to tho^ ie.'»cuc—and all tho return ho mndo Cedric for jears of forbearance was ingratitudo, while against John lie chori.slied a vindictive jealousy. Sucbiwas the Abbot bi Stavelcy at the beginning-of this slorv. One frosty October evening in ilio year


143o, John Fordholmc i-was jogging home- w.irds on hi.s stout Rrey imE nftor iittoml- iiig n Justices’ meeting at Glitheroc, when


been a trciiblo to his father. Ho was as unlike. Jolm .ill character as in face. The


Iloger .tlic younger ^brother liad alwavs


Clitlicroo child;.


ho bridfo way that lort. by itlio liino-Eilns to Jithcroo, still cariyiiig iho uiifortnnatb .


t i m o ^ H m - ' - ^ t h o last tlio bridl


• not. -ivisely but too well and tho last imo they, wero soon they wore reeling along


roport that something ib a t . looked llko tlio


thesq. Items, some w o rk e r s at the kilns •


eliaiied romains of two human bodies lind just lioeii discovered in one of the pits .which^ when touehed . with a pole, bni,


nml many, admiring glances followed liim J .and his fair bride, as they loft the church


crumbled to ashes. A avonian’s cloak and tbi;'q.Vb


tIio..ittciition of the labourers to tlio spot, ,


and they gladly adopted the little w a i / temporarily until they could .“ light on the real parents ” to discover whom tho .Squire cpiiscieiitioiisly set himself to work. Hut though lie cau'sod onquines to be-made far and near, month after moiilh rolled on and no ono clamieil the child.' Its foster p.ucnts lU'/ho jiicanwhilo. grow moro fond


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blank tho withdrawal of its bright faco from llioir^. homo would cause, oxporiencod only loliei.when all elForts to traco its parentage Inilod. Soon after its arrival i t : suffered from some childish ailment,, and Dame Aiiiiis had It .Christened, in ease it had been .Molen before baptism. .The ’ Squire and 1 nison lleiiham of (Vaddington stood as -sponsors, and gave it the nniilo of Hubert. lien several years had gone bv, .loliii


?i 1 - piotoge daily, ami dreading tho


own .surname, and deculod to leave him Ii' propel ty if .he should prove wortliv. CHATTER II.


‘ The thoughts of the bov are long tliought.s.”


Jorinally adopted his protege, wlio was growing into a handi^oinc boy, gave him ms


the result being tlic gniesomo find tliov narmted.


the hole had first attracted x •


“ ’i bottle lying nenr ^


'Tlio cloak, and hat wero identified by tlio worn by the vagrants, nnd by John and his wife been a stolon one,


M’hilo^tho Squire’s emissary was relatiiiE “ ■‘ “ sins the ghastly


prodding liard ,\>ith tho ond of a gaif -.iu tlio.-dry,. short, grass, where • they wore- re- Llmiiig, .^an ola witch wife told mother oy t4|ould.<leo early of a blow fra’ a halberd -wjiiio loighten , bouldly, but porchaiico shoo should dec, young ta flay mother,


and , (changing the. subject hastily) “ out: this hiiigg catching is groiid wark-


naughty but feathers a-hind it—this wark ineaiieth- pies, rare uiisl”


‘ wiiich leuvcth


allowed by HamofAunis-to spcuid all his time hslmig but was ifiaced under tho caro of -f/bohirlv : pacLsh priest of AVaddington, a village atljacent to Bradford, Sir Robert


A\ lieu Hubert ,u as old enough lie was not


Boiiimm, who ministered at' the Cliantry Churcli, of St. Helen and St. :Mary. Ho ok<Hl out his shtndor' means by acting as pedagogue in Ins siiaro hours to -sumo of tho. lads helonging to tho County families o t . t ho neighbourhood, and Hubert, who as wo have seen hail a taste for books as well as fishing, greedily, .iinbibe<l all tho know­ ledge Jus teacher could- impart, and- was regulaily to be found' towards evening ourl'xl up oil a low oak stool near the wide fiicplacu ill .winter, .-or under a spreading tree:.in summer,! absorbed in tho Creek,


Inum, and Uobrow authors, and^ lenrueu treatise.^ on abstruse sciences, wliicli' ho hoi rowed from tJio scanty library of his schoolinastor, qr any other available source. JJanio Annis, being rather a “ bluestock- ing lierself, aided and abetted him In his studious .tastes, .but tho .Squire, ihougli ho iind consented to^ his jirotcgo’s going to


Jlub'.irt s ycaily mercasiiig love for “ clerky leie, and when his adox>tcd son cumo to tho age o f 19 years, and was (thanks to tho .Sqiiue’s tiainiiig) a proficient in all nmiily pursuits such, as archery, fencing, aiid


TT *1^ ** ’ » with great disfavour on long


Hubert, then- course very like the b'riglib oxpaiiso of summer river on which he -nzed


Ihe yeai.s of ehildliood passed swiftlv for


liand*>oinc, with aquiliiio • features, -straight dark eyebrows and grey oyes; lie had a bam.vfqrined hc.nd, broad shoulders and woIl-l:nit,. figure, aud was in every way‘a ere<liCr to his kind foster parents, wlio wero intensely proud of liim. Ho was a favourite with rich and poor, for lio was courteous aiul wnrin-hoarted, and ever ready to do a kiiul tictioii. He, had only one oiieinv, aiul that was Roger Fordholme, his 'foster lathers brother. This personage had man­ aged—some 1-1 years after Hubert’s adoption —lo get hiniself transferred from Stavelev, of winch lio had homi tho Iioad, to the greater monastery of Stj Mary’s at AVhallcv in Blackburnsliire, where ho was elected Prior and'.whero ho ns.pired and jilotted, and


sclicnieiL for advancement to llie createsfc post nf all—tho A'bhacv.


..To liml a boy domiellod at tlio Jlail, and opeiil.v -spoken of n.s tlie Sqiiii-o's Iit-ir, Ii.ad oet-ii a yrciit Iiiow to tlio, intriEuiiiE moiik on ill, i-otni-n to tin- vicinity of Iii.s old liomo, lor lie lind-Imped to Rct .a promise from lii.s bi other to leave tin, broad acres of Foril-


HORROCKSFORD OLD. HALL From a Sketch by tho Author


duty for a high road. Getting olf his steed Jio tietl it to a tree, and hv tho light of tho moon Wdiicli opportunely showed herself,


a half dead mfant which was lying under a stunted tliorii tree. Jolin picked up tho poor little waif, whoso cries redoubled when ifc was toucliod, but as ho had bad children


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iho M.agistorul cloak. 'Wlion tho Sq uiro rc.-iched 1-ordhohno ho Iiitched his steed’s bridle to a book near tlio ball door, and after calling loudly for Tom, tlio stablo-bov, ho brought hn. httio burden into tlio house.


Aiinis lesing from her oak chair asked her liu-sband what lie bad brought.


“ ii.'» ^Iisiiesb, dost tlioii not know the voice ot a child yet!” roplietl John, “ >tis


a pool tiling 1 found nigli tlio bouse. M’oiild 1 could catch tho wretches who left it I ’d. .SCO Jiow they liked a spell of tho stod-Ui. J.ook what you can do for it,” he continued, Iinioiling bis charge. Damo Aiinis took tlio child from John and regarded it c.iriie.stly by tlio liglit of a rush candle Iiold


one, she ejncuhited, “ put down tlio light and go bung some warm milk hitin'r, tho


'7,’’ ’I’’' i i i n i d . “ ’Tis a proper little


etcr.v hiiu of hi.s hoiic.st, handsomo face, watched as tlio child swallowed some nour- islmiont w'ltli avidity, and when ho put out .V imgoi in tho baby’s irnj* crumpled iingors closed on it ho fairly langlicd with picasnre. Alter Its lULMl.tlie waif was carried away


poor thing IS fair clemmed with cold and liungcr


children. 1 M l u *1


tliat had belonged to her dead '


Tho .Squire ;ii tho ineamvhilo made a heartv


Mippoi, and as he washed it clown with n nagon of mulloc sack, lii.s wife roturnod and


piotegc who, Iic'ld by Kittv, was—babv like —.stretching out its little limbs in 'groat content towards the w'olcomo heat of the po.it lire. Tho Squire- now examined the amulet, and at Ins .suggestion it was carc- lully put away. The child was a,>hov of about three moiilhs old, and now that ‘food and warmth had hroiiglit back some colour into its cnccks, it turned out to bo a very


rescuer, Abimt tho ago of our little Christopher when ho died,” rejoined Dame Annis with a sigh. “ I wonder to whom it bclongotii—its clothes are nf fine make, and


^ chased^"’ wore/ of. gold, ■ and foatly


Had so barbaroitsly abandoned’ the child, and the landlady of the “ Bonnie byrd” Inn at A\ nddington told tlio Squire’s sor-


tho kind-bcartod hostess had taken her out pmo food. • Alter a while •the man rc- joined^tiio woman and gave her some of tho ale with which' ho.: had supplied liim-self: nnd then uiODnir had resumed-their iounidv!- I t transpired that they .-.had visited other


vant, who . was-charged w ith , the mission, that two vagrants—a man and a woman— had halted at hoi* hostelry the same day the bquiro had found tho. waif,* that the woman earned a baby and rested on a stilo near while licr companion went into tho Inn! Jiio wjoinan had looked so worn and ill that


Next morning tho Squire caused enquiries to bo set on foot to find w h o it was that


prottj babe. ^Jolm ' and Dame . Annis watched it admiringly. *'lis a, rare little ono,” imittored its


told him iho cliild had a gold cliain-aiid amulet round ic« nock. After a littlC’ while ho woiit to -see his


rehabilitated in some 'I’lio Squire with satisfaction in The baby began to whimper, and Daino


and folding iti in his dark cloth mantle ho proceeded on his way walking by his horse as ho was buo/n shore distance from home and carofnily liolding tho baby, wlio soon ^*T*6*y to sleep m ihe warm depths of


° managed to sootlio it, tuG lamentations proceeded from


hi.s atieiition was attracted by feeble cries Issuing from amid the unenclosed copso • bordered tho rougli track tliat did


.so lovingly many a fair morning. from his little .chamber window facing iho nortli. llie stream of his life flowed on us merrily


.stream near which lie livetl as much ns if no w,i.> one of its scalev denizens, or a water bird skininimg across its surface. To iiso the words of Kilty, the nmch enduring sen ant girl w ho wais answorablo for his wardrobe and general tidiness, bo was “ as loud of rowing I’ tli watter as oiiv dook, nr yomig coot—tlieero war no keciiiii’ him out o It—nobbnt moider an’ fash ira’ iiiorn ti’ neet wi l.ini.” .She gave up his Flemish Cloth costume to him, for fishing purposes: but when lie prc.soiitcd liiniself on two occasions with Ills best hhio doiililet dripninc with water, and a can of nnliniipv little mmiiows 111 Ills wet, fishy little han'ds, lier p.itienco w a.s thoroughly e.vhausted, and


" Vi-i ment'[’°


was


straight to Daino Annis to rcceivo a taste aquatics, and after Iio had . "i’*' I'i l eprimniid him.


sl'/ii f'i*' yelling,


nf w 4 “ '^' ?'°11*‘ “ S- however, cured liim I


Squire


\\liat IS this 1 hear ot tliee, my son”” ' ‘‘


biaiicli ol a tree aboon the pool wliero he w.is Iviiig to spero at him more featlv, and tlio blanch gave wav, and I fell splash in


esiiomled Hubert.


° " ’l’be " ’g l - ' u i i v i s piilleil nio out.” l . . . . ’ •


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moining at breaktast, a verv small platter eontatning three tiny fr i jd ■ J’inl;’ and a "Vrid"°''l’


to sep 1.0 ^ “ i “ Icll splash in no more.” -x V s t


1 ride before tl.e .Squire with a “ PleasA atiier, eat them all, 1 caught tlioiii for thee


i;*‘"^ed by Hubert with great


this morning—ami did not get wet either'” Many an hour a.s the hoy grew older ho


tho former, a haililf’s son, the hitter a sqrviiig l.ad eniiiloyed at tlio Hall, who fiir-


i-m/rthe'en ^ " ' 1 l.iiul tbo coy -salmon, or livelv mnrt. Two ■■'’t,. helped Hubert to


Xm'i'sH liO's—John Craven'ami Ambrose Aiittal —were sometimes allowed ■ to join the so eet party. Tlio young rnsties’ ne” l’


lected tho attractions of bull-baitings on tlTo n-itia.


village.,green at M'addiiigton. and’ eock- figlits, and football, to bear Hubert com


.11110 ig the Ribblo’.s . tributaries, wliero the' s leekled trout lurked ready to ’dart m.t 011 1 10 skimming wafer fly, and cels' slipped


si M tlirec-sliadowed' pool


for the Sqiiiro’s ’ delectation, and loarncd in nature’s school from whispering winds- noldcn .snnscts.viml opening leaves manv


Diet brought from tlie.so o.xpcditioiis iiiaiiy fnr+l7x‘^c


tl'c 'lark .and slimy .stmms’. ••>'"1 silver spoil


might stiiniblp and fall . sometimes,on tli'b nigged pathy of life.


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stoiio, wi . . a brook running'iiigit .it -an’ keep, a pig.an’ some ducks. M’lint would you like,: Sir?”


ami- rend a mort of books, like Parson, .I'ko. to fish, too,”. ’ rcpliedrHubert


you a^ro a iiiaii f ” Hubert asked Dick Beavis one biio summer evening vwbilo the boys wore baiting, lines for-cels. ■ “ ' • I ’d like,” -replied. Dick, “ ta wrog for trout..aw nay, an’ have a Iile lioiiso.b’ foil


',‘AVhat-would'you like to -do*-best-when


lessons that l.erped to niak-o - f henv’ i'.! thm fiitiiro . good and true iiieii,-tliniigh thev’


tu UL:,ir LlUDOrt.-COm-


ateomjianiod by his companions is iisliim* -""'‘I Tom Xnttair


-^1“ “ • Ills lavouritb stream


lO'ighed (miicli to Damo ‘" ' ‘I ‘ olil the culprit


“ f ‘ 1‘.'’ host apparial-


T", watclimg a big salmon. Father ” “ I crawlej on t o ’ a


swiftly glided over its gold and grev sand, bound for the .sea. AVell for Hnbo'rt tlmt he had these joyous days to look back on, lor bcloro him, as betore tho river, lav the winter iiiidmglits of storm niicl desolate darkness. Tho boy ioiod the heautifnl


as did the waters of the Ribblo that danced and npplod round its tiny pebbles, and thou


\\ Iiallo.v Abboj. lim Fcclcsia.stic iiad taken tlic earliest opportunity to call on tlie Sciniro to asceit.1111 wlietliei- liie riiniours about Jlubert wci-o correct. He was reeeivwl nitli little cirnsion, for tliough tlio brotliors iiad not met for jears, tiio elder could not quite JorRet tlio Rrief and anxiety wliicli tlio Prior bad caused Ins iiareiits in the last. jJy moans of (rarefully veiled enquiries


V,'-, "m -Viiiiis’s dcatli to


Roger loiiiid tlie report tliat tlio Hall and its acres Mere to go to tlio bov were eon-ect


li.i.ts liaiipilv, perlccting bimself in bis Iiteiaii stiiilies, and eiiteiing tboroilgbly into most ontdoor pursuits, and beartilv onjojing .1 game of quoits or bout of wicstliiiE on tlio i-illiigo green witK tho peasant lads, or it ganio of tennis or bowls jiitb tl.o .Noiing .siiiiirecns of tbo noiglibonr- liood; while at the butts tvlicro gilt-spurresl Knight, stout .tooman, bluff w-eatbor-boaten tniiiklin, and .stain-art farm band, all vied


elotli-.vard .shaft the straiglitest to its go.al, .-ind keep up tbo prestago of Rowland’s lamons aiclier.s, none anioiigst tlmt jovoiis


“ r‘‘i. ^


of, splitting the pm ” oftenor than Hubert or received a warmer ovation.


Pbrioi-ined the dillicult'feat


when tin., rural hfe came to an end. JolVii Fotdholme s iiillneniml friend wrote to sav a post biul beeni found for Hubert in tb'o


The .voiiiig man was about 19 vears ot ago


the coinitij-bied lad prepared for bis first J. .


fb e"en?n/'“ *i‘^ " '" I m Ingli spirits


tamp wliieli lay before bun. Tbo best local a n '" '/ " ’'-"’


new tnnio, snreoat and headgear wbicli wboit fiiiisl.cil wore emisidei-cd by their wearer


tfi" .stirxiiig life of court and ’’ "■'’y ','>n''y a day fnsliioning


aw il-


and the jiroiid maker to bo masterpioces of ''l*' 'I'i *i‘“


Rplibit at least was .spcedilv lasbioii, a delusion


coioit smiles and di.sparagmg jests amongst tlio younger iiieinbors of King Heiirv’s en-


bis'^.tr'''’ ^ tlbit


derided garments remodelled to suit London tastes. Ill,, good mniiro who had spared no expense in providing tbo bo.st iimtcrials 101 ills , foster son s outfit, and was as ob-


of Jam


tall, npriglit bgnro round winch the bine tunic edg.ctl with ncliTnr draped itself not


nnSmi r*!-"


face fram«l bv dark curling hair siirmoniited by a wliite-plnmed Imt, and Ibongbt there was none to equal bun in the sliirc. So


I'i


endorsed by Tout Xnltall and Beavis, who wero wnttbing from tlio sei-vant’.s- quarters as the bo;, displayed liimself in bis braverv!


nni


wlnsiiei-od remark tbat, ^stepped,” was cordially


(To bo continued.) P. S. A. gatberiiigbat tlio Liberal Club bn Sund.ay ■\yilkinsoii prcsidetl over a good


jiltcrnoon.; As .speaker; Jfr. H. Jrargorison bad miicli, to say relnimig to “ Progress ” and the need for ovoryono to pla.v that part


,1 1 10 .Mis-rfs Locklcy sang two ; duets very plo-asingl}-,-^ , entitletl ’.f They arb calling;” '


in Abe sclicme of hfo ifor wliioh all were ordained, tor ibo service o f God as of man.


aim In itlmt bonutifiil laud,” ' Jlri F 'O Rusliton .b-ijing the'iiiauist. .


, ' ' . n . .. . r J ' ■


li US


IK7J 'f- ■ * * • •’


,mrs? IV'PT.


fi'ibdsomo hopeful Hilbert’s old luillSClf to Ollt- ?""■ O'fiy ITiibert’s t,“ ni V - n* '“ C^°'"l'»-’ror, caused liim to all bmriedlj on a town tailor to iinvo tlio INFLUENZA AND AFTER


Colds, Chills and ’ Flu Weaken the Kidneys.


■iI.fs.Y Ibornt^


a lowed to collect 111 the blood, causing liack- Yi':*'’


iiivito troublol Stop tho miscliief now. bv msing Doan’s Backaelio Kidney Bills, tlio


i..S YY'?'®'".’, tfo™''^


‘•"■tic.Sbiiig . nriiiary irregularities, " " ‘t lumbago. Don’ /


’■


Jiad sharp stabbing pains in tlio back, niy niuscles and, joints wore still and painful with rlieumatism. 'To add to my distress iiriimry troubles woro' present, and dropsical swellings appeared m my logs and feet.


Dovoiiport, on lOtli J.-muary, 1919.


, J. I


“ i


banislicd .-ill tbeso^ symntoms. . Nowadays, I Keep w-oiidorfully lioaltfij-.'’


sn8" “ mi


Kidney Pills, the same as -Mrs.. Chapman had. / All dealers, price 3s. a box.


well mde^. -(Signed) .1 . Clmpman.” _Ask distinctly for DOAN’S BSofcaclio


to Doan’s Bills, I still keep Mrs. Chapman


Blit Doan’s, Backnclio Kidney Pills '


Glmr Fran' lute burn, of M Tyne Mr. powd


Th. <’P'‘ ta-


“ A chill upset the kidnoy.s,” said Mrs. Chapman, .18, St. . Lovau-road, Koyha


t ej are overtaxed tlirougli cold or iii- . Harmful uric .acid is


,tfi<^y,falter ami weaken, w-boii


taab- of bitering the blood is ’ " ’ t surprising,


eai.rt 1 a f ' ' ‘“ i* i ° '‘ '•"'■'"'g liis debut at .foiiiid bis apparel tbo subject of


Knol'."''


Dm I * 1 ' "t, I’nrliament House, Canberra, count


throughout the


P''“ "fi'ted a cojiy of her 'Hter being


ot Ins leal fecliiigs appear, bo only waitetl bis tiino to do Hubert a niiscbief, but so fnr tlio opportiinity Imd not come. In tlio liie.iniviiilo tbo Prior’.s intended victim Iiad rapitllj grown toward nmnliood, and iincoii scions ot the etil eyes tbat ivaiclied lor •.some occasion against (jim,” passctl bis


ins brotlior’s adopted son, and tliongli be too subtle to lot tlio slightest trace


and since tliat time lie Inid cordially bated


estate imiiiagemoiit, hisvfather thought it liigli time to ask a friend who held a high positipii at court to find a po.st for tho stripling a.s an Esquire to some Knight or Barou, lost if ho remained at homo much Jongo* lie . should- dnlt into - becoming a sickly scholar or useless monk.” JIubort was in person tall, dark, and


Bcjiham and .tho Fathers at. AVhalloy, tma' uo, as bold^ iv tvarrior as was Lord Talbot. SO bs.bt tlio French, ’ and - then vsottle bo iv; good Justice like-Father/.*> boon toibo a soldier/’ said Nuttall,


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3 BIRTHS, DEATHS,


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, IN ME.MORIAM • SIARRIAGE NOTICES, Etc.


E


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LEAGUE OF NATIONS NOTES WHAT THE COUNCIL DID.


discussion, t 10 business was disposed ot verv rapiUly in the coiirso ol four daws. Aetnallv


were at least as important as what was done in tbo Culincil cbaniber. JI. Rriaiid b i eiieli borcigii Aliiiistcr, spent a particu


tl"-’ ' .staiesiiici'i tllU


discussed with liim the Rbiiielaiid evaeiia- tioii am! the futuru of the Saar,


A Drug Mystery. It .scein.s .eentiiri


--------- strange that, in the twi ntielb .1 ship with a largo cargo of ilaii-


(joiorniiients know- exactly wlicre Mr ' '“ ’-1“ "-'


bad left Busbiro in tlio Bersian Gulf ean-v- iiig opium to the value of a quarter of "a


bnd 1 rovealod tlmt such a ves.sel


to tbo ppmm. It might be transferred to sum ler boats. I’lie incident, bowevor, .serves


Vnl !wl“ T’obiids, all for tlio illicit trallie. Xobodt eoiild loretell wliat would happoii


Mi'o.,” " ' >’ ‘? , ‘‘ " ' ’Vbity and the clever orgaiiis- T ^ n e ^ x r* - ' ™® smnggler.s, w-lioin ibo to


IlnV,™ S""' ‘-‘onlcrence of .Slates wbci-e ‘l.u ’■


f ' i?*'’


^i^? “ 'I'' ’ ? «g '“ -"'-S- It ts go,xl <-’<>"'ibil. pbuis were


will bo held under the League’s auspices . The Passing of Nanson.


“Y'* 11' "


wim ^ 1 , , 1


bY e" iV‘7 "I’ liercs lit wliieli be was famous bo could b.ite been an outstanding stale-


ing a sucee.ss of them all. In bis later vears, bo eanie to tbo front as ono nf tlie pillars of the Lcagno ot Nations. .-U the A,s.semblies ot the l.cngne, yliore be represented Nor-


woH- f" "Y? "- l’<’I>«'ai- figure, but bis chief of o..-f


raf.rgces"'"'"


/ ' ‘" 'g '" ’ "'as the repatriation -‘" ’ Itlemem of


Mond iv'cddi


At


:srair. Swan Kmih in dr' of plf AY. (. maid> Va np ailk, roses, bndo: bomp


Goorj. host Swan . Tli< was .


trav tho stand direc cabin Mrs. made


one 1“ ' ”^ ’’7 '"•ai'iifactiirexl. wliieli


Di. Piidtjof Nansen, w-lio.so death is a loss His interests wore as


as bis Immanity. If be oiiergics oxclusivolv to anv


ToYi . .'’M’"'''''- . b-'iplprer or bmnanitai-ian. J istead, be periormed the rare feat of mak­


gorous drugs on board could bo waiidi-riiiL- abont tbo ocean and none of tlio eiviliswl


of tfie League o'f


lollowing iij) tbo work of the London .Naval Conforeiico. Herr Curtins (Cermaiivi abo


inital and allied imittors, with a view- la


Mr Ilciidorspii stopped at Baris for a scries (Ital\), M. Briand bad conversations on


J^-agiio of K.-itions attrayted to tieiieva sevcu I-oieign Ministers, including those of Gre.at Brttain, I-rance, Gerninny luid Italv. Ja spito qi there being some JO items down for


I be o'Jtb , session ot tlio Council of tho


arches Kiri Uohor who charm goorgt llares, closo-i bridal (Brisk worn tiuc : urangt train, liera.s, white (sister hndcs: of til’ loanr.* softly with bompii pale I was d with pink Icnl V Both hoad-( to tor. best 1 inonv Cafe, black pleate hat,


Silkst’ of tin to tin tiio b to tin bride brass the h SN<lnc Koscii soinhlt chine. Many choqij-


fiower Kucsts Jones 'Iho


distru ]ms l*aur6 Auutr; Jilowe Coimc bank surviv forme now and, aorvoi Iracli' exlrai report The


Uis


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Yesl


adyortisor may bo obtained .at tho “ Advertiser nnd Times ” Ollices or


’ the l l . Avcddl buiiigi


Oul


. who attinl


BoxaL Barrog oidcsti Kxtoii


to n bouqu uatiui Ohvoijj Carrie! groonj] niony bchooi


■lace to mil carnal wius BoxnJ Olud.x iioxa'i cropo Mias with


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