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CURRENT TOPICS.
BREECHES, IIALFOUa AND O'nRRIEN.
A letter written by Mr. Balfour is
published, in which he refers to the
"grotesque episode" of Mr. O'Brien's
clothes. He says that Mr. O'Brien
is not treated in Tullamore prison
with either leniently or goverltx- fie
has succeeded in sheltering himself
under the medical opinion that his
lungs are delicate and his heart's
action weak. Mr. Balfour also says
if Mr. O'Brien refuses to wear the
prison dress force will not be applied
to compel him. There is no reason
why he should.not fulfil his term in
prison, but he cannot safely bo sub-
jected to the usual discipline.
IT 1S NOT WONDERFUL.
The election record since Febru-
ary now stands :
• Bye elections held, 10.
• Conservatives elected, 9.
Liberals elected, 1.
Seats gained by Conservatii'es, 2.
Li it any wonder that Mr. Blake's
health compels him. to run around
Ireland, invoking God's curse on,
the Tories? Is it any wonder that
M. C. Cameron retires in disgust ?
Is it any wonder that Haldintand
goes back on its record ?
SKATING RINKS Al)NTHE ARMY.
Governor Luce, of the Adrian
31ich.,industriel school,gi tee it as his
opinion, based on 11veatigntion, that
a majority of the girls who have
come under hie earn want to the
bad by frequenting roller skating
rinks and Salvation Army meetings.
--Thr`5ICer sketting rink has gone to
its reward ; but the Salvation Army
still Lange its (limns and attracts
the girls. 11 Go%-ruor Luce be
correct the long felt want seetns to
be :t society for the suppression of
the Salvation Army.
SHOULD BE ENFORCED Olt WIPED OUT.
At the recent Oxford Assizes,Judge
Rose in addressing the Grand Jury
said : As to the Seat Act, he said
it was openly violated • in every
town of the right counties he hal}
visited this full. He had not been
in a place where the slightest at-
tempt had been trade to conceal
the sale of liquor. Ile hall not been
in a place where any of the officials
appointed had been able to enforce
the law. It was 'certain the • A.:l.
was not working well, and it should
either be enforced or wiped off the
statute book.
A POLITICAL CRY, NOT A PRACTICAL
-MEASURE.
Every business lean. ,knows
the insuperable objections that
lie in the way, and that the
consent of the 'United States
Senate to measures looking -to
reciprocal trade relations outside of
annexation, will never bo granted
while the composition of that body
remains as it is at present. As a
political war cry 'commercial union
may prove a powerful woapou,•but.
as a practical measure its day is yet
far distant,and in the present tem-
per of the American people may
possibly never come.—Journel of
Commerce.
THE BAD, PAD GLOBE'
When the :Forbilto Globe said
that the i)ominion governtuent had
gl anted the Indians, shortly before
the Halt!iin tid,ele-etion, • $30,000 it
satisfaction of an old claim, it told
a deliberate falsehood But no
apology will be made, amt people
who resit Grit newspapers may
expect to- see the Sane lie repeated
in vedette forms and with a great
variety Of st'aeouimg for along time
yet. No green bay tree flourishes
like a Grit lie. It is Tike Cleopatra :
"Ago' ettonot wither it, nor cnhteur
stale it3 infit:ite variety."--tS'races.•
tor.
IT DOE'S MEAN ANNEXATIO.v.
The real truth of the matter i.
that the a_itation over the tieltary
matter in the Statee, with the offer
of cowme relit union on one lintel
;lit threats of retaliation on the
other, ere .:imply stat hitrigero nn the
pact, ref our neighbors to try to
hring about mowstthe:. Every
day the aureole::: is '1iseustoel (i tr-
adiane seat 11101'0 clearly this 14 the
real incising of Ameeknn e4atcbete
and thrt:;iteni0gs in favor of eon:
menial union, and the chanee.r of
its Y'Iet:l'YR ere becoming small by
•legreos ;.awl bone tifnlly 1 est. --
(s'a't Rt beet. r',Grit.
NOT A DAD SHOWING.
If Canade iv ging to the Clogs
she is lave!! ilg that way by a
route diflettelt fro•' owe the: Globe,
Al:til 4,441 tl a o.mtmereiai unireiste
wnuhl select, Tit regent to in,nri•
t;ratto't she is prngre,-in„ rather
than retrogressing, ae
journ11A atrivtt to make it appl'ar.
a During the ten uroetth•e of this year
67,701 immigrants. settled in Can-
ada, against 57,245 for !nett year.
The Iat:eat fiscal returns nlso show
an admirable cnn'litiou of things.
For the moltt.hs of .fnly, August.,
September and October the I)otuin.
1011 revenue amounted to $11,702.-
951, an exenas over the exp-mditure
of $1,963,829.
CONTROLLING) AN EVIL.
At the last' session of the Min-
nesota Legislature, the license fee
for saloons w'as raised to $1,000 in
cities with it population of 10,000 or
more and to $500 iu smaller places.
The result is that they number of
saloons is greatly reduced. Where
1,650 saloons flourished under the
old law there ttow is but 1,100. Iu
Miuueapolis the number was redue•
ed from 334 to 227, itt Duluth
front 113 to 64, in Stillwater from
42 to 32. The su.b..tautial result
is a reduction of Otte. third in the
number of saloons, an increase of
one third io the nt4uuut of revenue
derived frotu the business and a
general agreement that drunkenness
has ditnioished.
ANYTHINO TO DRAT CANADA.
Among the leading organs of
United States opinion which have
declared that it must be "Annexa-
tion or nothing" are the following:
—The New york Sun, Buffalo
4Jourier and Express, Rochester
Herald, Post•Express and Democrat
and 'Chronicle Chicago Times,
Philadelphia North American and
.Record, YittsburgTiutes, Cleveland
Leatler, and ,tlthers too numerous
to dllerltioll. • "Annexation or
nothing" is their response to the cry
from this side for "anything to beat
the N. P." A great many things
have been tried to beat the N. P.,
but of all the false and futile cries
that of C. U. is the falsest and
will be more most disastrous to its
au dices.
MORE 11405 HERLISM.
On the one hand—according to
the Annexation press of Canada—a
rich manufacturer is something very
bad ; he crushes the poor consumer
beneath his gilded chariot wheels
and robs the poor man of his monoy,-
and should be put down. On the
other hand, he is a person in whoes
interest the whole country should
be made over to a foreign nation,
that ho may become richer, grind
more people under the wheels, and
rob poor men of their moues. But
it is not at all unlikely that this
"Ontario manufacturer" is one of
DIr, 1Vimau's inventions. He is
probably the "Disgusted Conserve,
tive" who writes Grit letters to the
Toronto Globe when an election
campaign is in progress.—Spectator.
PARSOE VS. BIsIIOP.
Rev. W. W. Carson, pastor of
the DJtltilriorl Methodist Church,
Ottawa, in the couttot•of a sermon
Look occasion to condemn in un-
measured terms• what he eharacteiz•
eel as Bishop Cleary's recent attack,
on the public s.I,00le system and
the virtue of Canada women. He
gave criminal stcttistice from blue
books of ISS6. These, be claimed,
showed that the Houtan Catholics
itt Ontario, sitter than the Protes-
tants, were the greatest law -breakers.
•Of upwards of 9,000 convictions,
the Roman 'Catholics had a record
of 3,000. This, he claimed, was
excessive, when the proportion of
the I•totnan Catholic element to the
e'lttire' population was taken into
consideration..
AN 'EDITOR'S CHAIR PIT FOR AN
ANGEL.
If I was not a'preacher I would
be an editor, that is, provided I had
brains and money enough. There
is 1.0 Netter throne --outside the
pulpit—thau to editor's chair. It
is a position that an angel might
covet to fill. We who are not
editors sometitnes think we could
make a better paper than our dies
tor does, just as some people think
th:1t they could crake a better ser-
mon than the preacher. On the
sante principle old !mitts are quite
confident that they would make
'better wire's than do the r'uost of
those who are derated to those
serene heights: - We sometimes
think the editor is not religious
enough, and that he gives too
touch sp rce to the ba-eball brigade,
the slugger etc. We forget that
the p;tl:rer is a condensed history of
every dtty'e tlnilt;;r a'il-nrust there.
f ire record deaths as %toll as births
and chronicle the deeds of demons
as well as narrate the exploits of
angels.—Rev. J. B. S!Lcox, Win-
n ipeg.
YAN K EE BLUFF.
The report is again telegraplied
from Wltsltitrgton that the United
StatesS' ,atewill'le.greetonoproposi
tion from the Fisheries Commission
"unless it amounts to a full and
complete reeoglrt i•en of the United
States case agaitta. Canada or leads
us to a final settlement through un-
restricted trade." * * "No
settlement based on reciprocity in
natural prodetets with certain manu-
factures, as in the I3rown•Fisli
'treaty, will be accepted by the
Senate," '!.'hese words, if they
voice the intent of the U. S. Senate
may simply be' interpreted to mean
"we must get all we want, and you
must suffer the consequences, or we
will accept nothing;." There is this
to be said, •however, that in the
States; ax in Canada, there are.jours
nate arid eorrospondents whose
every Hilo is to engender ill feeling
as between the two peoples and
whew, writings and reports are
given to the public simply with that
object.
FREE THOUGHT.
Here is a statement wade by
Hou. Alex. Mackenzie in 1869 w,.
the sul ject of reciprocity + Eich 18
equally trite at thio dey and otters a
note of warning to many +silo are
admirers of the bun. gentlemen :
"There was a tuiuute-of•couneil
which I saw when 1 was iuvitod to
join the Government, which propos
ed a system of recipe ocal legislative.
If that had been carried into opera.
tion it would have been the most
disaeettQUA pulley ever aubInted ; lull
willing as I aur that every proper
concession should be tl:atle to the
United States in making a treaty,
Itoould a thousand tinges rather do
without cc treats/ than change out'
taw in every year as dictated by the
United States."
IT HAD A PLACE
Speaking of the Haldimancl
election the Oraugville Advertiser,
Grit, says:"Commercial union dill
not have a place in the mutest."
Didn't eh ? That statement, may
do about Orangeville, where it is
necessary to use dynanute to arouse
the people to an understanding of
what its going on ; but it won't do
elsewhere. Candidate Colter de-
clared himself in f trot' of c ntnter-
cial union, and preached it from
the stump. John Charlton confined
his attention almost altogether to
the advocacy of commercial union ;
every one of the gang of Grit
orators declared i.t favus of commer-
dial union, with t'to exception of Mr.
Laurier—that gentleman, as the
leader of the opposition, squinting
violently in the direction of Wash-
ington, but at the same time bolding
back that he aright get sotno new
light on the subject before committ-
ing himself entirely to the fad. He
got the new light in the election
returns. In addition, the riding
was flooded with annexation !iter-
atmre lit ilamilton and Halditnaml
papers all for the benefit of Mr.
Colter. Commercial union had
Moro of a place it:. 1•lablitunnd than
ahything else, andithe result was so
serious a blow at the fad that it
probably will be unable to recover
from its damaging effects. Correct
information about Ilaldiutand does
not come by way of the Orangeville
Grit newspaper office.—Spectator.
THE REMEDY FOR SOCIAL ILLS.
The tldvocates of the new theory
of property, in their revision of the
Bible, would give 08 an improved
version of the parable of the Good
Samaritan. They tell us that when
the proud Le•vite and the selfish
priest Ball paesei1 by the wounded
men, a kind of communist caste
Clown that way, and began to whist
penin the sufferer's ear: "DIy friend,
you have been much it: error. You
were:a thief yourself whore you were
atrtltsi11:g your private wealth; and
theme gentleman who have just re-
lieved you of it with needless violenc•r
have only begun in a hasty and un
justifiable manlier what Mutt soon
be done i11 a large and calor way
for the lenie It of the whole, tout.
wunity." Whereupon, we are to
suppose, the man was'uruch euligIt
tened and comforted, and became a
useful member of society. But
Christ says that it was tt Sanity ken,
a man of property, riding 011 his
own beast, and carrying a tittle
spare capital in his pocket, who lift.
ed tip the stranger and gave him
oil and wine,'and brought him Into
a place of security, and paid for iris
support. And , to every ono that
reads the parable he says : "Go
thou and do ' likewise" Hero
is the open secret of the regeneration
of society in the form Of n picture,
And if we want it in the form of a
philosophy we may get it from St.
Paul in five' words : "Let hint
that stole steal no more (reformat-
ion), but rather let hint labor (in-
ditatry), working with his hands
that, wlrie:11 is good (honesty), diet
he niay have (propert y) to give to
him that needed) (charity) "—Th.:'
Rev, Dr. Van 1)4I. e, in the Forum
for Nov..
Sensible Advice,
The National \"i'001011'14 Christian
Temperance Umine of the United
States adopted 10:0104 i0nx protesting
against the immoral exhibitions of
the f:ti•trs and forme of women as
'trade marks awl a lverti:temenas:ay a
degradation to womanhood; against
obscenity as exhibit«tl 00 cigarette
1roxes , against the demoralizing re•
ports of prize fights, etc.. in the pub
he prints, and carne• ly apo-atit,_e 14.
young WOnm111 to ref: gill fa um t'. ear
ing decollete dress as iunitotlest and
fraught with tlanterous and immoral
infietencos. If was re:4,:10,11 that
the Prohibition Party lee milted to
declare itself in favor of the fiible
in the Public Schools and of enforc-
ing the Saltbatll•latvs. A rrso'ut1011
was pulsed deprecating the cruel
slaughter of birds to ornament the
head drosses of ladies, amt ple iging
those present not to bus heart
dresses so ornament.
A HINT TO HOUSEKEEPERS
Mrs. Robert Williamson,of felenila,
Parry Sound, Ont., says, "I could not
keep house without Ilagyarrl's Yellow
Oil at hand. I have used it in my
family for croup, sore throat, and a
cut foot and can highly receomend
it to everybody." 273.1t
—Um Utes' Dublin Unionists.
The great Unionist meeting, for
the purpose of addressing which
Lord Hartington and Mr. Goschen
visited that city, was hold in Lei-
cester hall, Dublin, Monday of
last week. So many persous were
desirous of attending that au over-
flow meeting was held in another
hall. ' Both halls were crowded.
The audience gave prolonged cheers
for the Queen. Mr. Wigham,
Secretary of the Chamber of Com-
merce, presided over the meeting in
Leicester hall. Hundreds of lead-
ing citizens, several Bishops and
many members of the clergy were
present on the platform. Lord
Hartington and Mr. Goschen wore
accorded au onthaiastic greetiug.
The chairman handed to Lord
Hartiugtou an address approving
his policy and signed by thirteen
hundred members of the Chamber
of Commerce.
LORD HARTINOTON'S SPEECH.
Lord Harlington, who was loud-
ly cheered, said that never before
had he addressed such a large, en-
thusisatic and infiuentil assembly.
The vast gathering clearly proved
that the professional and commer-
cial classes of Ireland worn opposed
to separatiou. (Cheers.) rHe nide-
-"The importance of this Meeting
in the heart of Dublin cannot toy
exaggerated. Tho power of per-
sistent, unblushing, reiterated is so
great and it lois beeu so fully exer-
cised in order to influenco English-
men and Scotchmen to_bolievo that
Ireland detests the Union and burns
to substitute another foam of gov-
ernment, that unless contradicted
by ocular and tangible proof it is al-
most impossible that in the course
of time these assertions will not ex-
ercise some influence on the nriuds
of Unionists." (Hear, hear.) He
paid a tribute to DIr: Chamberlain's
services in Ulstot• and said that the
promoters of to -night's mooting had•
dung no less a service in bringing be-
fore the people of Great Britain in
a manner which could not bo ig-
nored tho disputed fact that there
was perhaps a minority, but a large,
itliportant and influeutal minority,
which altogether repudiated the as-
sertion that Ireland as a nation was
doteriniued to abolish the Union.
Ho urged the importance of having
all the facts, not merely asuperficial
view, before them iu docidiug the
vital question. Ile wished especi-
ally to look upon the Irish view o%
the question as atfectiug the pros-
perity of the country, apart from the
English Imperial view as affecting
the future of the Empire. Adntitt-
ino that a majority of Irishmen were
infavor of horse -rule, ho. refused
Loadutit that the majority was ne-
cessarily as large .t ' appeared from
the representation in Parliament,
because under the present electoral
system it mus possible that tho-
t nionist minority, though uumor-
ically.approaching -the Separatist
majority, might not be represouted:
The GIAlstouians had distinctly
stated that they would refuse to
grant separation, even if demanded
by a majority. Yet they had never
shown that Ireland would bo satis-
fied with the limited Homo Itule
they, offered. On the contrary,
there was every indication that she
would not bo satisfied except with
entire separation. The struggle was
more for.
POSSESSION OF"TILE LAND.
than for reform of the _government,
and the Gladstonians admitted that
'the land„. difficultymust 'not and,
could not be left to an Irish Parlia-
ment to settle. .In fact, there was
no economic grievauco in' Ireland
that the English Parliament was
not equally as ready an,d capable to
deal with as alt Irish Parliament.
He ooulet uudel:ttand Irishmen aslc-:
ing independence or au agrarian
revolution; :els.) that there might
be distinguished and able politic-
ians who were hopeful that a
change of Government would open
A ro•ttl to place null powrer: but he
was unable to understand a, nation
being entlntiactic 1'or a simple modi-
fleet ion qt 1:uyernntent. The only
jesti ficitiuu Iur conceding the de-
mands of
taus .1GRICULTEi{ AL CLASS ALONE.
iu Ireland would' be that Ireland
had balite purely agricultural, and
therefore a weak and insignificant
country.. Nu patriotic Irishman
would be satisfied with this pros-
pect. If, on the other !land, they
wished to d 10.10p her indeetries
:u:d trade and sue Ireland take her
proper place in the competition of
the world, they must allow the
minority, which included those.
classes upon witiclt the future .pros•
perity of Ireland mainly depended,
to have a voice iu the great ques-
tion. Ile concluded with a repudi-
ation of the charge that 11e had
changed his opinions with regard to
the question of local government in
Ireland and had ignored the nation-
al sentiments of the country.
A MATTER OF ECONOMY
As a matter of economy B. B. 13. is
the cheapest medicine in use for it
takes testi to cure chronic diseases of
the stomach, liver,kidney, and blood,
than of any other known remedy.
B. B.13. is only One Dollar a bottle.
271.21-
"Alttqusied."
-The New York Tribune euthusias-
tically embraces a correspondent
who does not
"Waste words over the antiquated
convention of 1818. He slates
that the American fleet's operations
are conducted from twelve to four
hundred miles from shore and
that the only thing that is ask-
ed for by the fishermen is the reci-
procity of commercial rights guar-
anteed to them by international
agreement in 1830. - American ves-
sels are now prohibited front buy-
ing supplies and exercising commer-
cial rights iu Canadian ports. Ceti -
adieu vessels have these priveleges iu
Ainerican ports. They ;should not
bo allowed to enjoy priveleges
which are refused to American fish•
ermen in Canadian ports. Retal-
iation was the proper remedy for
these grievances."
The "antiquated Convention of
1818" is good. Does the Tribune
number among those of its pro-
visions which should bo considered
obsolete that part of article 1 by
which Americans secured forever
the, liberty to take "in common
with the subjects of her Britannic
Dlajesty,V fish of every kind front
Cape Rray to the Bauman Islands,
from Cape Ray to the Quirpou Is-
lands and elsewhere?. Those valuable
liberties must surely be "autiqua-
ated" if the renunciation by which
they were secured be antiquated.
But what use to argue with a journ-
nal capable of disgraciug itself by
advising its countrymen to disgrace
themselves by ignoring a solemn.
treaty on the gro.uud that it has ex-
isted for nearly sevov.ty ,years?
—Globe.
Hopeful Character of the Can-
adians.
1Vestminteter Review.
Iu Canada, probably more than
in other countries, unless in British
colonies generally, there is a large
amount of hope. Everyone aspires
to something beyond tho actual
business of life, and no ono is sat-
isfied to remain in his station. This
is all very well when the aspiraut
hes anything in him, but too often
it is the result of jealoaey. The
lower social orders aro steeped in
this, even to the lowest depth, so it
is better for. a man never to attempt
climbing to greatness than to com-
mence and stick half way. Nothing
but ascendency answers ascendency
that is maintained, and because this
is rarely acquired, thorn is no ac-
knowledged tone. Ouo weakness
of young demotiracies is evident id
this for where the possibilities of
life lie equally in the paths of all,
the failure to attain a share is also
to bo seen of all- Equality is;
therefore, no more a reality in col-
onial democratic communities than
in monarchial J urope. Tho peo-
ple of the latter are in a way better
off, for superiority,is acknowledged,
sand genius of every description can
leo rewarded with distiuctious which
no wealth may buy, like the Ger-
man order of merit that was accept-
ed by Carlyle ; brit whcu success
rests for •recompense on a money
test, the bitterness of not obtaining
it accentuates the disappointment
to the world. There is great com-
pensation, however, in Canada, for
the predominants of jealousy, as the
moral sense of the community rests
on a high idea of right. A wide
license of intercourse exists between
Man and woman, which is never
overstepped, for a spirit -of chivalry
extsts that is native to the land.
Does Barley Hurt The Land ?
When a Commercial Unionist is
forced into a corner and asked to
speoify inewhat article of produce
the Milner of Canada would bo
specially benefittcd,ho is apt to say,
"barley." -And it 'is true that a
great ileal of barley is sold to the
Anlericaus for malting purposes.
But they have to get it anyway,
Commercial Union or not. They
buy from us because they do not
Aliso enough for their own use.
But is it wise to go on raising barley
for export ? Is it the best crop that
the land is ' 'apable of, and the most
profitable 1 rho -Whitby CArotciele
hi published in the centre of the
best barley -growing region of Cana-
da. It is from there that the L'hit-
eel States derives its chief supplies-.
Yet our contemporary asks the ques-
tion seriously. ' It says the growth
of barley has not been • a suc-
cess in Canada. It has "always
been attended with poor results,"
and that stuck breeding dairy
products and fruits growing
have given better rewards to the iu•
dustry and skill of the farmer.
"Barley," says our contemporary,
"grows up a thin spiltclloy crop, and
brings all the strength in the laud up
with it. The grain is sold, the
straw amounts to nothing, so there
is nothing to go back to the land
from batty in the shape of a manure.
It is the death of the land, and this
is the ono fact we wish to particular-
ly impress upon farmers." The ad-
vice given that as barley has ruined
the farmer, ho cannot leave it off
too quickly. Is this the real experi-
ence of our farmersor does the
Chronicle not read aright the true
interest of the farmers of the barley
.growing regions? This subject
ought to be well ventilated.
•
POR OUR TORO r lEADXRS
A. Mile a Minute.
"I have mado a mile a minute on
horseback, fu the saddle."
Asa grizzled stranger with a quart-
zite pin made this remark, a silence
fell upon the little group of turf -
men who sat in the corridor of the
Windsor hotel, at Denver the
other evening. The man who had
just told of driving au unrecorded.
mile in 2.11 arose deliberately,
brushed the ashes off his cigar,
buttoned hie coat and walked away.
"•I aur a liar, myself," somebody
began.
"Hold on," said the stranger,
"th is isn't a lie. It's a cold, clammy
truth, and I'll back it with money."
"Have you the papers for it 1"
"No, nor the judge's affidavits,
in fact, nobody saw it but myself,
but if you permit me to tell the cir-
cumstances, I'll leave it to your-
self whether it isn't a fact."
"Blaze away."
Tho group drew oloser. Even
the man who "had walked off sus-
pended his conversation with the
hotel clerk and listened on ' the
quiet.. The grizzled -stranger re-
moved a section of tobacco from
his mouth and began:
"This happened five years ago
last fall, I was living at Loadville at
the time, but had mining iuterests
that took me frequently into the
outlying districts, fur a 'radius of
perhaps a dozen guiles. These trips
I nearly always made on horse -back,
4e, _it tough .littlo broncho, toughs
mouthed, trained to mountain roads,
and capable of keeping up a jog
trot, at a pinch, for twenty hours on
a stretch. On tho occasion in ques-
tion I started very early ono clear,
cold morning for a claim I owned
on the other side of the divide, on
the slope of what is called Goll
Mountain—you can find it by leak-
ing on any map. To ,reach it I had
first to cross Tennessee Park and
then to wind over a very crooked,
tortuous trail that gradually ascend-
ed to a pass somewhere above Tim-
ber Pine. 1t was not more than
two miles as the crow flips, but
nine by the road, owing to the fre-
quent -zigzagging or tacking made
necessary by the steepness of the
rano.
I took things easy, and it was
about 11001 %v1:e11 I reached the
claim. I had a couple of 1110n at
work there, ate dinner at the. cabin,
and then wont over to look at the
shaft. Ouo has no idea how rapid-
ly time !gasses underground, where
everything is dark, and when I
came up 1 was surprised to find it
was nearly four o'clock, and tho
shadows of elle pines a hundred
cards oil' had crawled up to the
windlass. I was annoyed, too, for
there was a suggestion • of snow in
the air, and the ride across Ten-
nessee Park iu a storm is—well,
the less said about it the better. So
I lost no time in getting into the
saddle, and pushed rapidly ahead
toward the pass. I had to go' quite
a little distance before I reached it,
and all tiro time the sky grew gray-
er, and grayer and presently a few
flakes began to fall. I urged the
broncho, and natty began the de-
scent. •
"The road beyond the pass. led
down a long, straight incline for
about a quarter of a utile. This
'took it to the fringes of timber
pine, and then it made a detour of
nearly two miles to get round a spur
of the range. At that point I paused.
The idea occurred to me that I
could snake a short cut by going
directly over the spur and striking
`tire trail ou the outer side.. The
range 'was not particularly steep at
this point, but rather a succession
of rough eminences, and the under a
taking did not seem to be accom-
panied by danger: A sudduu, law
wind decided me. I turned the
broncho off the road and started.
"Tho plau appeared more feas-
ible its I edti'auced. What looked
like steep asocuts at a distance,
proved to bo gentle ones, and I
Was anon pretty nearly across. Tho
spud' Was well wooded with old
pine trees, some of which had rotted
as they lay, and ou the far lido the
declivity extended down on au
even slope clear to the valley,
where lig rucks and bowlders look-
ed like grains of blasting powder,
and the road like a tiny streak. I
remember yet, how between the
tree tops I caught the glimpse of
the park with the Arkansas river
winding through it, rind tlio whole
thing looked like some map in my
old geography. That Was the last
thing that impressed itself on my
mind, before my horse staggered,
stumbled, plunged a little, and then
cattle down with a crash, first on
Lis front legs, and then flat on his
belly, his head down 1ii11. I can't
really describe it, but he foll in
such a way that my right leg, with-
out being crushed or even much
bruised, was twisted in the stirrup
strap and caught fast.
"Right hero let me stop to ex-
plain a circumstance that will
enable you to uuderstrnd the situa-
tion. Down in the valley at the
foot of Gold Mountain, was a saw-
miIl owned by George Lacy, of
Loadville, and extending up from
its yard, almost to timber line, was
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