"31b30b8d-fcbb-4fe5-86f8-049a04622494"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-18"@en . "1913-11-29"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/cumberlandis/items/1.0224698/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " iejjisltitioii Library\nI\n* M fm*4 **** -****-***. A**/ ****** aataal aaaff iegwiauoii iatunirjr ^^^^^\nE ISLANulR\nLargest Circulation in the Comox District.\n/?/\nVOL. IV., No. 35 or^pip\nTHE ISLANDER. CUMBERLAND, B.C., SATURDAY. NOV. 29, 1913\nSubscription price, $1.50 per year\nCANDIDATE FOR\nMAYOR OF CUT\nMr. Thomas E. Bate Stands for\nProgress in Municipal\nAffairs.\nIt is with feelings of more than\nordina-y pleasure that we are\nable to announce the candidature\nof Mr. Thomas E. Bate for the\nposition of Mayor of Cumberland,\nat the forthcoming Municipal\nElection.\nMr. Bate is an old and esteemed citizen who has served his\napprenticeship in the council\nchamber in past years, and who\nhas always been to the front in\nany movement on foot for the\nbenefitof the town or community.\nWe have not been asked to endorse his policy or his candidature but we do so voluntarily,\nbecause we believe that while he\nstands as a sound progressive he\nis yet a true economist, one with\nwhom efficiency, justice and\neeonomy will go hand in hand.\nWe make these statements as the\nresult, not merely of his past\nservices to the public, but from\npersonal observations made throughout a period of some duration,\nwhen we were closely associated\nwith him in the management of\nthis paper, and from the estimate\nof his worth and ability, then\nformed, we have no hesitation in\nheartily supporting his candidature and extending to him the\nuse of our columns to further his\ncause.\nOne reflection tha. always occurs to us as the time for municipal elections come round, is the\ninvariable tendency for such contests to develop into a conflict\nbetween political parties. This\nis nearly always an unfortunate\nmistake for the community. It\nmay not be possible to avoid, on\nrare occasions, some sort of party\ndivision in the Council Chamber\nbut. after all, Dominion and Provincial politics have really no\ndirect concern with local affairs,\nand what divisions take place\nshould be dictated by differences\nof opinion as to local government\nand not by political labels. To\nfight local contests on false issues\nis always mischievous, but it so\nhappens that the issue in Cumberland is clean-cut and plain.\nThe contest is not between Tory\nand Grit but between those who\nstand for progress and a sane\nadministration and those whose\nsole aim and object is to \"hold\nback the town another year, anyway.\" (See admission made by\n\"Leading Agitator\" as reported\nin our editorial last week).\nWe have never possessed sufficient of this world's goods to\ncause us any special anxiety at\nnights, but every dollar we do\nown is invested in Cumberland\nand we are naturally anxious to\nsee our town go ahead. Under\nthe circumstances we have no\nhesitation in stating that we\ncould retire to rest at night with\nan easier mind knowing that the\ndestinies of our town were safe\nin the guardianship of Mr. Bate\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094a free man, upon whom no\nfaction has any strings. We have\ngrown heartily tired of the puerile\ncontrol of a man whose aimless\ndriftings have ceased to become\namusing, and are clearly the\ndirect outcome of a policy dictated\nby an organized effort to retard\nthe progress of the town.\nWe understand that Mr. Thos.\nE. Bate, if elected for Mayor,\nstands for the following platform:\n1. The progress and development\nof the City of Cumberland.\n2. To revise the city by-laws,\nmake them effective and of\nsome service to the citizens.\n3. A complete and up-to-date\nsewerage system.\n4. Cluster lights for Dunsmuir\nAvenue and additional lights\nfor side streets.\n5. The erection and completion\nof an isolation hospital.\n6. Pound by-law, making it un\nlawful for cattle to run at\nlarge within the city limits\nat any time.\n7. To place the city finances on a\nsound basis.\n8. To open up and grade all\nstreets.\n9. Concrete sidewalks on the\nlocal improvement plan.\nSTRIKE TRIALS\nDAYS AND DAYS\nSTRATHCONA PARK.\nVictoria, Nov. 25.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 It is the\nintention to keep the improvement work in Strathcona* Park\ngoing just as long as possible before making way for the winter\nsnows on the mountains, said Mr\nR. H. Thompson, engineer in\ncharge, today. Mr. Thompson\nwas formerly city engiueer of\nSeattle and for the past year or\nmore has been engaged by the\nProvincial Government in undertaking the work of laying out the\nmountain playground of Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island.\nHe returned to the city last week\nfrom one of his periodical trips\nof inspection and will leave again\non Wednesday, going into the\npark by way of Campbell River.\nMr. Thompson spends most of\nhis time in the field and comes\ndown to the city upon occasions\nsimply to attend to the office\ndetails in connection with the\nimprovement scheme.\nHe states that there is now\na 65 horsepower logging engine\nin service in the park, and two\ngrading crews busy. There are\ntwo engineering parlies engaged\nin laying out the plan of work\nand carrying out the surveys\nnecessary. There are three camps\nwithin the park boundaries.\nThis will probably be Mr.\nThompson's last trip into Strathcona Park for the present season\nand when he returns to Victoria\nagain it will be with the report\nthat the work has been closed\ndown for the winter months.\nCourt of Revision to revise the\nvoters list for the year 1914, will\nbe held in the Council Chambers,\non Wednesday, December 10th,\n1913 at 7.30 p. m. The Court\nshall hear and determine any\napplication to strike out or add\nany name or names which may\nhave been improperly inserted or\nadmitted from the list, of which\nall persons are hereby required\nto take notice.\nJohn and James Connors Dismissed.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Witness Implicates\nHis Own Brother.\nNew Westminster, Nov.24\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nEvery seat in the commodious\nSupreme Court room was occupied by Jurymen and witnesses\ntoday when Justice Marrison\nopened a special assize for the\ntrial of 127 miners who were arrested in connection with the\nlabor disturbance in the Vancouver Island strike district last\nAugust.\nMr. A.D. Taylor, K. C. and\nMr. W.H. Bullock Webster appeared on behalf of the crown\nwhile the defence was represented by Israel I. Rubinowitz who\ntook occasion to make application\nfor bail on behalf of Thomas\nCowler charged with two offences\narising out of alleged riot at\nNanaimo on August 13. His Lordship will deliver a decision on this\nmatter later.\nThe Grand Jury was picked,\nbut one of the jurymen was excused from duty, being a member of the militia'. This left only\neleven jurymen to consider the\ncase presented by the crown. The\nfollowing were chbsen to sit'\nE. Haynes, foreman: H.A. Higg-\nanson, Regis Hudson, H.W.\nHarrison, F. Jeal, W.R. Johnson\nR. Hunter, R. Jardine, H, Hoy,\nW.H. Hodgin and W.H. Holmes.\nThey will consider seventeen\nindictments on which 130 men\nwill be arraigned. Eleven of these\nindictments were presented to\nthem this morning by His Lordship.\nIn addressing the Grand jury,\nMr. Justice Morrison said: \"That\nthe crimes alleged arranged from\nassault on police cons rabies to\nriotous destruction of property.\nHe spoke briefly on each indictment, reviewing the evidence for\nthe crown as contained therein\nAnd defining the law on the\ncrimes. The first bill presented\nwas that of Allsop and others\ncharged with dis'urbance at Lady\nsmith. His Lordship asked the\njury to consider this case first.\nThe other indictments are Anderson and others, damaging buildings and driving people to the\nwoods at Extension: Cartwright\net al, disturbance at South Wellington; John Place, member of\nLegislative Assembly, receiving\nstolen property; T, Moore, receiv\ning stolen property; H. O'Connel\ncausing grievous bodily harm;\nE. Morris, etal, kidnapping two\nmen ageinst their will; John Mar-\nable, receiving stolen goods;\nRichmond, et al, riot: Lee. riot;\nCowler, aggruvated assault on\nPolice Constable Taylor.\nNew Westminister, Nov, 25.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThe.trial of James and John Connors, accused of assault on a\npolice officer at Cumberland, July\n19th, and of being members of\nan unlawful assembly on that\ndate, was continued this morning before Mr. Justice Morrison\nand jury at New Westminster in\nthe Assize Court. The crown\nconcluded its case and several\nwitnesses were called for the defence, the jury bringing in a verdict of not guilty.\nThe sensation of the morning\noccurred when James L. Brown\ntook the stand for the defence\nand declared that the man who\nassaulted the policeman was not\nJames Connors but Brown's own\nbrother. He attempted to shield\nhis own brother saying that it\nwas not Connor, but another man\nwho had pulled the policeman\nback as he was attempting to\nforce his way through the crowd.\n\"Must I tell,\" he asked the\nJudge, \"the identity of that\nman?\" \"I am afraid so,\" answered the Judge. \"Well, then,\"\nwhispered the witness, \"it was\nmy own brother.\"\nPDVINCIAL POLICE COURT.\nBefore J. Maitland Dougall, J.M.\nWing Chong was charged with\nrunning a pool room at Bevan\nwithout licence. Accused pleaded\nguilty and was fined $20 and\ncosts, also $50 the cost of pool\nroom, licence.\nT. Yaida and T. Assa were\ncharged with a similar offence\nand fined $35 each and costs.\nThey were ordered to pay the\nlicence fee of 950 and remain\nclosed until the licence arrived\nfrom Victoria.\nMEDALS FOR B. C. APPLES.\nLondon, Nov. 24\u00E2\u0080\u0094The British\nColumbia Government has won\ngold medals for its apple exhibit\nat five fruit shows in England,\nthe latest being at Chester and\nIpswich,\nCOURSING MATcH.\nThe autumn coursing season\nopened on Wednesday at the\nCourtenay race course before a\nlarge and fashionable gathering.\nThe race opened prompt at\n2 o'clock. The race track had\nbeen especially covered with\neighteen inches of water. The\ncontestants were, Dog Salmon,\nsired by Cod, and Sawbill. The\nhare (air) being too fresh abunch\nof minnows were the quarry.\nGreat excitement prevailed and\nlarge odds were offered but there\nwere no takers. It was a neck to\nneck race, both sides claiming\nthe victory.\nA birthday social under the\nauspices of the Naramata Bible\nclass, will be held on Thursday\nevening, Dec. 4, at 7.30, in the\nbasement of the church. A good\ntime is an assured fact, when\nthis class undertakes the arran-\ngments. All will be welcome.\nLatest New York and Pari-\nfashions in Millinery at Dency\nSmith's, Courtenay.\nFor Sale\u00E2\u0080\u0094Two Mares, both good\ndrivers. Apply Mrs. Simms,\nJerusalem, Cumberland, B.C.\nAll persons intending to register as voters for tho coming\nmunicipal election, as holders of\nagreement of sale of land or real\nproperty, must file with the\nMunicipal Clerk a Statutory declaration, proving that he or she\nis the holder of the last agreement of sale to purchase land or\nreal property, or the last assignee\nthereof.\nCommissioner Price Makes Report to Labour Department\non Strike Situation.\nThe production at Extension,\nhowever was still comparatively\nsmall. On May 1, 1913, the men\nceased work at all other mines\non the Island, namely, Nanaimo,\nSouth Wellington and Jingle Pot,\nand from these there has been\npractically no production of coa\nsince that date.\n(To be continued.)\nIn the matter of the coalmining\nlabour troubles on Vancouver\nIsland, 1912-1913 and the industrial situation connected\ntherewith.\nThe Honorable Thomas W. Crothers K.C, Minister of Labor.\nOttawa, Ont*\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094Pursuant to Order in Council bearing date of June 27, 1913,\nand Royal Commission in that\nbehalf, I have made inquiry into\nthe above mentioned matter.\nAfter visiting the scenes of the\ntrouble, and interviewing a large\nnumber of men and their representatives, and the owners and\nsuperintendents of the mines,\nand others who seemed likely to\nbe able to give useful information, and after perusing the evidence put in by the parties and\ngiven by other persons before\nthe Provincial Labor Commission\nof British Columbia regarding\nthe troubles and conditions of\nlabor upon Vancouver Island, the\nwritten statements presented by\na large number of the men as to\ntheir complaints and grievances,\nvarious letters, papers pnd other\ndocuments connected with the\nmatter, and other material p'aced\nat my desposal by the various\nparties and by ths Dapartment\nof Mines, at Victoria, as well as\nsuch other information as I could\nget from reports of previous\ninvestigations and from articles\nof various kinds, and after considering the situation to the best\nof my ability, I beg to report as\nfollow.\nThe field of trouble covers all\nthe producing coal mines in Vancouver 18, work stopped at the\nmines of the Canadian Collieries\n(Dunsmvir), Ltd. at Cumberland\nand Extension or Ladysmith, the\nmines of the Western Fuel Company, at Nanaimo, the mines of\nthe Pacific Coast Coal Mines, Ltd.\nat South Wellington, and the\nmines of the Vanconver-Nanaimo\nCoal Mining Company, Ltd.,\nknown as the Jingle Pot or New\nEast Wellington.\nThese mines, are all situated\nat or near the cast coast of Vancouver Island, all except the\nCumberland, being comparatively\nclose together, and less than fifty\nmiles across the strait of Georgia\nfrom the city of Vancouver, the\nCumberland mines being some\nsixty miles farther north,\nThe first stoppage of work was\nat Cumberland mines on September 16,1912, and two days later\n(September 18) work stopped at\nthe mines of the same company\nat Extension or Ladysmith. After\nsome months' idleness, the company reopened their Cumberland\nmines with such men as they\ncould get, and more slowly, also\nresumed operations at Extension\nThe operations were gradually\nincreased until Cumberland at\nthe time of the inquiry, had\nreached nearly its normal output.\nLOCAL NEWS.\nThe Cumberland Conservative\nAssociation will hold a grand\nconcert on or about Dec. 16th.\nThe closing down of the logging\ncamps for the winter has caused\na number of men to come to\nCumberland and seek employment, which they are securing\ndaily.\nThe City Council held their\nregular meeting in the Council\nChamber on Monday evening.\nAccounts received were, Electric\nLight $40.35; Tupper, Kitto and\nWeighman $225, which were referred to the Finance Committee.\nThe annual meeting of the\nConservative Association will bo\nheld in the Oddfellows Hall on\nTuesday evening, Dec. 9th. when\nthe election of officers for the\nensuring year will take place.\nThe Everybody Two Step Club\nwill hold a dancing class on Tuesday eveings at the Club Hall,\nUnion Street, West Cumberland.\nDances every Saturday evening\nat the club hall, gents50c., ladies\nfree.\nBrakeman Jones of the main\nline, son of William Jones, accidentally fell off the trestle at\nUnion Bay while in the act of\njumping off the engine. His\ninjuries were slight and he\nescaped with a few scratches.\nHave you read Winston Churchill's latest book. \"The Inside of\nthe Cup\"? A review of this book\nis to be the topic of discussion in\nGraceMethodistChurch tomorrow-\nevening and the Sunday following. The special subject tomorrow evening is \"The impasse of\nthe Church as described by Mr.\nChurchill.\" Services 11 a.m. and\n7 p.m. Strangers cordially welcomed.\nDuring the course of the next\nfew days West Cumberland will\nform a Conservative Association\nwhich will take in No. 5, Bevan\nand No. 8 Townsite. There aro\nlots of new comers who are\nanxious to join lhe Conservative\nranks and secure a vote in the\nprovince they have adopted as\ntheir home.\nWood for sale Ring up L86\nThomas Pearsc Happy Valley.\nFor Sale -Ten acres more or\nless situated on the Royston Road\nalso a four-roomed house and\nstable, horse and buggy, two bed\nsteads, two stoves, sideboard,\ndining room table, etc. etc. Part\ncash balance on easy monthly\npayments; a fine opportunity for\none of the newcomers with a\nlittle cash to secure a piece of\ngood land and a home partly furnished cheap. For further particulars.\nTo whom it may concern -I will\nnot be responsible for any debts\ncontracted in my name to any\none without my written order.\nGEORGE HENRY. THE ISLANDER, CUMBEKLAXD, B.C.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\\nlbk GONQUERS all\n(BY ARTHUR APPLIN)\nWard, l.\u00C2\u00ABk & Co., Limit*!, London, Melbourne ani Toronto\n^\u00E2\u0080\u0094 -=**=\u00C2\u00A3\n(Ccrrtirr ill '\nMy confidential clerk lias everything\nrr rriy for yuu, Formby said presently.\nI do not know tvhetlrer you feel In*\ndined tue business this morning. Considering the lortg time you bave been\naway and tlie little Interest you have\nshown in your affairs, thero 18 really\na surprisingly small amount to be\ndone)\nlletherington said lie was ready to\nstart right away, birr before doing so\nlie gave rlie lawyer a hint that he\nWould Und IiIb memory in a shocking\nstate; never was good and the accl-\nrleni I had With my motor-car the very\nrilsht I returned to Cranby. occurs to\nhave seriously Impaired It. And\nthere are certain things, Incidents ot\nmy trip abroad for example, which I\nhnve absolutely forgotten.\nDon't trouble to apologize, Sir\nGeorge, Formby said cheerily. I know\nyour\u00E2\u0080\u0094er\u00E2\u0080\u0094shortcomings! bad head for\nfigures, loathing of detail, eh? He\nchuckled good-humoredly ar. he rang\nthe bell for his confidential clerk. But\nMr. Formby received a surprise that\nmorning. So engrossed had ho and\nhis client become In the latter's affairs\nthat the clock struck two-thirty before\ncither nf them realized that tho morning had gone and tha luncheon hour\npast. Then Formby confessed that\nthey had done enough for one day. lie\nwas a glutton fol* work hlmBelf, but\nSir George, who ln the past had generally found It too much t*ouble to\nwrite n lotto, and contented himself\nWith occasionally sending a long curiously worded telegram, suddenly\nproved himself art exceedingly keen\nand capable business man. If lt were\ntrue his memory was bad, he possessed\na head for figures and quite an extraordinary love of detail.\nYou will lunch with me? I Insist\non It. Formby said, as they put on\ntheir hats and walked out Into the\nStrand. Oh, hang your :iotel, 1 hate\nthose places, all hot air, faded women\nand obsequious flunkeys! You come\nto my little pothouse in Soho; best bottle of win; In London.\nHe linked his am. ln Hctberlngton's.\nI never thought this morning when I\nwaited apprehensively I confess, for\nyour appearance, that we should be\nwalking arm-in-arm up the Strand, Sir\n(leorge, and lunching at my little pothouse. I never thought it, but hy gad\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094I prayed It! Yes, Cir George, the\nlast letter your mother sent me, she\nsaid: Watch over my boy, Mr. Form-\nby.\nYou have nor a portrait of my mother. 1 suppose, Mr. Formby? I should\nso like to see one.\nHeavens, you havo plenty at Cranby\nHall! 1 have a photograph at home,\nladed now, .jut you shall see it one\ndi*y.\nII. herlnston bit bis lip\u00E2\u0080\u0094yes, there\nwere plenty of portraits at Cranby\nHall And yet he did not know\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 hich was the portrait of lib mother!\nAs soon as they we:e seated at\nForrviby's leb't ln the restaurant and\nthe waiter had opened a bottle of old\nBurgundy, th- lawyer raised his class\nand look**, at Sir (Jeorge with eyes\ngrown suddenly moist. As he was\nabout to s.'Ce.k. Hethcrington stopped\nhim.\nMr. Formby, I have a confession to\nmake; I may be deceiving myself, but\n1 fe'el 1 cann.,t deceive you.\nThe lawyer shook hla head and\nlaughed Boftly. 1 dare say you have\nseore-s ot confessions tt make, bnt we\nagreed Just now that the past was\n(i ri and burled. All that Interests\n. me ar- far as you are concerned, is tlie\nfuture. So here _ to your future, Sir\nGoorge; maj It hold a sweet and\ncharming who. nnd your home be\nblessed with happy healthy children.\n1 Fritting bio glass to bis lips he drained\nir. And Hetherlngton held his tongue.\nA couple ri. hours later a taxi-cab\ndrove hiui -to Albert Hall Mansions,\nja'id with strangely mingled feelings\nlie rang the front door hell of N'o. 09.\nHis wife's home!\nAnd while he waited for the door to\nbe opened, lie wondered what he\nwould say to the servant. He co'rld\nhardly ask If Carmen were at home!\nHe would request that bin card should\nhe taken to Lady lletherington\u00E2\u0080\u0094but lt\nwas Carmen herself who opened the\ndoor.\nI was so impatient I could not wait,\nshe cried. Taking his hat and stick\nshe held his hand and led him Into a\nluxuriantly furnished room. A heavy-\npurple o&rpot covered the Boor, purple\nand white chintz curtains at the windows, tbe huge armchairs and chesterfield were also covered In chintz.\nThe wall-paper was green; there were\nmasses of flowers everywhere.\nHOWTO TREAT\nPIMPLES\nAND\nBLACKHEADS\nSuccessfully and Speedily With.\nCUTICIMSOAP\nAnd Cuticura Ointment,\" at\na trifling cost, is learned\nfrom the special directions\nwhich accompany these\npure, sweet and gentle\nemollients.\nCutlcura Sosp and Ointment -*:\u00E2\u0096\u00A0** sol*l tlirouglioitb\nthe v.tirM, A liberal saropln ul cacti, will, Sri-paga\nl*tx,Kl.*r on tha earn nnd tnatnwht ul vha skin and\nBrain, sfitit post-free. Address rotter DnlS t-1 licm.\nCorp., JJePt. SOD, Dostoii, U.S.A.\nw.\nU 97*.\nCarmen closed the door and then\nstanding before lletherington opened\nher arms. He was hardly conscious\nnow what she wore; Just knew lt was\nsomething soft, clinging, almost cntlre-\nIv black. Her arms wore bare to the\nelbow and her neck gleamed like marble. Tbo scarlet lips were parted,\nlust disclosing the while teeth, her*\neyes wero veiled, long narrow black\nsilts, her hair seemed moro wonderful\nthan ever; It was as 11 the night had\ncrowned her; the night with all its\nmystery, all Ub poetry, all Us passion\nand pain.\nHe retreated a step. II*. felt like\na man standing on lhe edge of a precipice\u00E2\u0080\u0094he was giddy, he felt afraid io\nlook\u00E2\u0080\u0094then lie heard her voice again.\nGeorge, are you still angry?\u00E2\u0080\u0094If you\nonly knew how I waited and longed tor\nyour coming, you would take mo in\nyour arms and tell me you loved me!\nHe tried to speak, but his tongue\nfailed hlui. He looked at her, then\nshe came forward. First of all he\nwas conscious ot the subtle fascinating perfume\u00E2\u0080\u0094then ot hor arms about\nhis neck\u00E2\u0080\u0094her lips hovering close to\nhis.\nToo late he tried to break away, she\nheld him closely, tightly. Kiss mo-\nnuicklv! she whispered, 'hank God\nvou are safe-safe In my arms again*\nOscar Soral wlll never thoub.o us\nagain, you have got rid of him George?\nIf he has gone, I shall know you are\nreally safe and that nothing stands\nbetween us. Kiss me\u00E2\u0080\u0094tell me you\nare safe. _____\nCHAPTER IX\nDr Murray drew up his horse at tlie\nlodge gates of Cranby Hall, and dismounting from the dog cart, told he\nyouthful Tiger to take hla somewhat\nancient and well-worn vehicle home.\nTaking a pipe and pouch from his\npocket, Murray leant over the gales\nand when he had carefully charged his\npipe lit it and contemplatively puffed a few clouds of smoke Into the air.\nHe had seen MoTurggi i coming\ndown tbe drive, between tbe trees,\nBlowly yet sturdily limping along between his two sticks. He had known\nthe bailiff all his life and In spite of\nthe huge difference in iheir ages they\nhad been very good friends\u00E2\u0080\u0094until\nHetberington's return.\nNo more fishing, no more shootlrtg,\nand it wlll be as much r . your life Is\nworth if I catch you mushrooming with\nMiss Peggy! My rule Is at end now;\nyou havo all hid a free hand while the\nmaster was away because\u00E2\u0080\u0094well, the\ngame had to be kept down and the\nriver would have got over-stocked if\nlomeone hadn't fished it; but now all\nthat's changed.\nThis was reasonable enough, but no\nsooner had McTurggot's dictum gone\nforth, than Sir George Jfetherlng'ton\nhimself caught Peggy Mehon in the\nvery act of poaching and Instead of\nordering her off or prosecuting her, he\nbad calmly requested her to take him\nunder his wing and show him the best\npools! The whele village and all the\nhomesteads and villages outside Cranby were aware of the fact that less\nthan twenty-four hours after Hcuter-\nington'B home coming, he had gone\no*! on a fishing excursion with Colonel\nMelion's only daughter. Already the\ngossips said they wore engaged; others went as far as to declare that the\nwedding might take place any day.\n\"When lt becanio known that Sir\nGeorge had huriicd oft to London,\nspeculation became a certainty. Of\ncourse he would return In a weeks\ntime with a special licence and a wedding ring!\nAnd Cranby rejoiced. Not that\nHetherlngton was lopular\u00E2\u0080\u0094ho was an\nunknown quantity. But Peggy .Mehon was the pride and joy ot tlie moorland and admittedly the prettiest if\npoorest, girl ln the whole county. No\none asked anything better than to see\nher rule at Cranby Hall and take in\nhand llie wild offspring of dissipated\nancestors.\nAye\u00E2\u0080\u0094'tla a good tlmo lhat wlll be a\ncomln' for all of us, .Inrvls, the village blacksmith, said as ho stood before tho glowing forge and wiped the\nswear from his brow-- a good time\nfor every one It 'tis true thnt Sir\nGeorge be a comin' homo .o marry\nMiss Peggy. For no mailer what\nsort, of gent ho be\u00E2\u0080\u0094'lis the woman,\nhowever soft her tongue be, or how\npurty her figure\u00E2\u0080\u0094'tis tho woman as\nalways wears the breeches. Then he\nlaughed long and loudly as the hammer rang against the anvil. But they\nnever lets us seo that they wears\n'em\u00E2\u0080\u0094tbey lie too crafty for that, until 'tis too late.\nThen he chuckled uigely at his\nown joke.\nAnd all these sayings, the sudden\ngossip and tittle-tattle of the village\ncame lo Dr. Murray's ears. As friend\nand adviser