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it is ita4eed Andy !-In the flesh, and
out of hamar. All day long, ever since
has memorable encounter with her In
Lb* vegiyble garden. he bad decided
to keep an eye upon ber, and sn eye
be hadle(ft witbout blinking -that is.
so long as the daylight luted. But
when five o'clock Caine, and the abort
winter dab was at au end. be had re-
laxed his vigilance, and decided to con-
sidered himself oft duty.
He had been wondering would she
,wee to tea with ham as usual. In the
old schoolroom. Perhaps she would;
perhaps too sbe wouldn't. As the hour
struck he had gone there and waited.
lie hal waited for quits half an boar
without a misgiving. He waited an-
other quarter of an hour with con-
siderable misgiving,. At • quarter to
six he waited no longer. but went three
steps at a time upstairs to old Bridget '
to ask her it the knew where Miss Dol- 11
eine* win.
Mrs. Driscoll bad no idea. Sbe put
down her knitting and wrinkled her '
brows se strongly that Andy, who had
n ot believe/ them oepable of another
einine, wit/astounded. Wasn't she down
idles schoolroom, tined No. the eas-
el. See isib't cosset 111, then t Jd
Come in f
Audy's heart bases to beat a little
gulckly. What was it she had saidl-
that she vrbuld let them see 1 Did sbe
begin to let them see when she went
out f But when was that?
" When did she go out t" asks he.
"Fele. not so long, thin," said the u
sures in • little frightened fashion.
"Bare ye anything os yer mind. Mas-
ter Andy I If ye have. spate out! I
mind me now she kissed me in • quare,
mad, disturbing sort of a way. when a
the was lavin'. I mind. too, that 1
..-.• : ante ber it a as a hat . late, for a SAM -
We. an' she laughed *throng. like, an'
meld maybe she'd Diver have a chance
to a ramble agm, no she might as well
have it now as not. Ob 1 wirral wir-,s
ti as
throe 1 \What'll I do if harm b
--_ manna oils be!!%r -
An3y. bad oat her short. It was
evident bit -Wad ria' ea'suicide ; his
mind ran on Eyre. He knew the latter f
wan leaving this evening; and the sus-
plclon that Dulcie iu • mad. angry
moment had agreed to go w ith him
seized upon and held him. He left the
*Id woman reeking herself to end fro.
and ,praying to every saint In the cal-
ENDED
s the it out herwhere 1 n see you
ro
as in the dusty ad.,'
'Tea tired, Audit" mare ahs, taint
Is. withs but fruitless hope of
soltaskaban
"Not too tired to cone here in the
middle of the night anywy."
"la the muddle of the night! Oh.
Andy 1 Way, it can't be more than
ha l t -past en I"
'How weal yea know the hours of
the traits! Wbo"-• imel nsmtly-
"taught you( My word 1 ail I can say
r .that yes have three it this time, et
all events."
"Done whet t" more tyntly .W1.
"Do you want me to put it into
words r says her eoaoib, regarding tar
In the dim doh light d the steam
humps with a disgust hardly to be put
into words. "You are a foot. Dulcinme
"You howl know anything!" says the Dukibee. taking all r courage she
has into tier hand and preparing to do
buttes with it. "You accuse me; you
say thongs-but"-i000taerently='you
know hot.hing I Nothing! I came out
mmine ta
onl;-only to-to"-desperately-"seeit
could snatch e wool in e village
dawn there. and I wandered on here,
gad-"
"Wast e. banger I" says her coulee.
'Is that the beat yogi condo t To match
wool by this light I tWb nou
t say you,
came to meat s yang.,1 There
would be a pretty colout that at
all event..."
"It was wool!" persisted Duloitnea,
"With a pretty color about it, too!"
with growing scorn. "06t no! it won't
do. any Wood Dukes. Dye think I can't
see bow the lapd lies? Wait till you
see Bridget! She's got a word or two
o say to you, believe me! She's got
it hot amd strong for you, and no mite-
"Bridget
ris"Bridget will say nothing to me,"
says Dulci gree "She at least" -unstead-
y -"has always been kind to me."
Your quarter's up there." suss Andy.
'Expect no grad. She's only waiting
to see you, to gine you the biggest bit
of ber mind cm record."
"Take me to ber," says Dulcimer', in
low thee..uggeatere of althorn fati-
goe, bodily ted mental. It cuts Anketell to the heart to hear
\Y( ai.kee yen do brat. 1" maks her the.lrud *tag. thaw and amok -faultless
cocain treeing to see- bar lam "Yon lies -and delivered so ]taltingly, so lov-
mem done up. What I" as the thought ugly
dawns open air, "do you mean to say Eyre Left to -night by the train,"
that you walked beret Marched every says Andy, with a heghly.nervous, mis-
erable laugh. "She -we-"
"I see." bays Anketell, hurriedly.
"You came to see ham off 1 I Very ma, -
CHAPTER it.
"To know, to esteem, to love -and then
to part.
Makes up Ide'• tubo to msmj a feeling
haat."
•'wast r says Datelterr.
fabs steeds Atli as it turned into
stags. Here tears corse. BL feels
frown. Me -he, of all men, here! Had
be �Qgupayr.eel-
"Where,-
moment
K'ir R 1f • by ell that's fortunate:
Just over there; eviet.sdly tele
moment •s it lo answgr toy p jet '
In fact, Sir Ralph. Mho s go-
ing away from the fig., hung
seen all to never wid d !Do en. had
turned at the last MOQad to speak to
a porter. and bad. testators, when
Andy's eyes fell on Moli, all the appes,r-
5.rue of one comity toward. instsed of
going away from Alen.
"Was there ever suds luck t Of oonres
hr's got a trap of some .ort. He'll
drive you home. 1 say. Anketell-"
"Oh, Andy I" --grasping his arm -"Oh
Andy I Don't I don't 1"
Don't what t"--.agriiy.
"Don't make me go home with him I"
is, an agonized whisper.
"But wl.y-why r" impati.atly.
"Oh, mot with heal dupposing he esu
here all the time and sew—"
'.Nonsense I He hes evidently only
just come to—"
"I won't Ito berms with bine" says
Dulcioen in • choking tone; "1 won't!"
"Don't be a fool 1" says bar cousin
angrily. "Yon shall go with him! It
will kill all talk. Ton must be mad to
refuse such a chance of agog away
with you folly."
Re takes • step forward.
Andy I"-treaticoll .
Hate bttt.
e-. escaped from he!•
and leas reached Anketell. There ia •
word or two, seed thea both men re-
turn to where she is standing, feeling
more dead than aline.
"Hers is Sir Ralph, Dulcle," says
Andy in a rather nervous fashion. -BY
the way, you are driving, Anketell-
eh! Could you girve any cousin a lift r'
"W ith pleasure," gravely.
"You pass our gates. you see, and-
er-we-we'd no idea, when we start-
ed for oar walk, that -or -we should
be so late. Fatted ourselves, you know"
-the falsehood sticking horribly in his
throat -"at tbs station before we knew
whesre we were."
"I understand," quickly.
teal of the way through the cold and
damp to meet that teliow I"
Buick soda her head; wards now are
litly4t3 l it ,w mo011s" feW of
him!"
"I am trot 1" says Dateinee, with a
aunt, a very faint return of her old
spirit.
"You ez-eect ma to believe that, sod
yet you certainly, came all this way
for the mere sake oe girimg him a part-
iteg ~ford, d seeion hien safely off t"
Yes -yes," says his oostain, with such
aver -eager confession that abs opens his
eyes to the falai truth.
"To go off with Men!" says bs, slow-
ly. "Is that it, really t Ob, Dinkier
There is such reproach. such surprise
ed reproach in bes young voice, that
Dykema gives way beneath it.
"Ohl it is ail tr'm. Andy -all I every
word you have said. Fattier, Sar R•iph,
even you. were unkind to me. And he
-though I didn't ossa for him -be waa
kind; and- bo asked me to come away
from all this trouble-"
"You mean tom* you spoke to him -
you camplaisird to ,hien of Sir Ralpb-of
your father t"
"I did. I know now it was hateful
of one; but be was very kind, and I
was unhappy. And Sir Ralph was so
awed, and so lecturing like -and-"
She breaks oil.
"Well! I wouldn't have believed it
yo," says Andy, 'lrkimg bio heard
lorrnily. And Anketell-Imola a good
It didn't take him two minutes to
find his hat, and rush outrinto- the
sight air 'en route tor the wayside
dation,
" Andy 1" cried Dnlcinea, frantical-
ly in • subdued yet piercing tone tbat
reaches not only Andy's ears but those
of Anketell in his distant corner.
His are unnaturally strained.
" Well, here 1 am I" says Andy, call-
ing out, too, in • distinctly indignant
tone.
" He bears me I" said Dulriuea, witb
• little sob of delight. turning ex-
citedly W ber companion. " He is com-
beg I Oh. before he oomes. go I go 1 Do
you bear me 1 See. the train is on the
point of leaving 1 1f you wait anoth-
er moment you will be left behind. and •
I— Ob, do go r' giving him • frenzied . d
posh. "I will write ;1 will explain- I g
.nly go 1"
" Write I -explain 1" Eyre feels as If
he senses ars deserting him. The girl a
be lusput himself in this false position
le sees from abominable tyranny to
the one who now deliberately -nay.
ptsosmsionately-repudiates his assistance.
It>.plain 1"
"hers is no explanation -none!"
stammers he. hardly knowing what he
says.
Righteous anger is burning its his
breast.
"Oh, but i will writ le declares she,
growing desperate. as she seer Andy
approaching. " There! Be quick I" a
Again she pushes bim toward the
sow almost moving train, and Eyre,
zonfused. Angry, puzzled obeys her
'ouch, and springs into the Carriage e
nearest to him.
Almost unconsciously he had sprung t
ato it The door is banged by a pa+s-
.ng porter. and present) be finds that
ke is under weigh, and leaving Dul- .11
eines forever!
The train disappears into the night.
Eyre, leaning back in bis corner-thel
oorner usually Coveted, but undisput-
ed in this empty train -gives himself le
up to tbonght it Is a revelation to
nim to find momently that be is feeling
tar more angry than msisersbl.. Pathos t
upon Wheat
Up to this. Indeed, he had regarded
himself as a preuz chevalier -a Don
Quixote. Re bbd united is bis role
sf Knight of Woeful Damoseis, and
here -here is his reward l Lo ! when it
came to the point, the captive maiden
pad declined to he rescued, and clung
beroieslly, it umpoetically, to the ty-
ranny she might have 'seeped.
There must be something wrong
somewhere 1 Eyre. enveloping blamelt
In bis rug. makes • mental vow to
abjure distressed damsels for all time,
and devote himself for the future to
the worldly, reasonable being., wbo
hitherto bane teen the solace of bin
e ziateaes.
sort! illurwever"--psMlieg hameelf loge-
tber-" the one thing now to he mo-
ldered is bow you are to get hone. It
ill take a long time to get a ear up
here from that beastly bole below, and
by the time we reach the house the
governor will be in such • fume thea
there will be no holding him."
"Can't we walk!" eagerly.
"That would occupy even longer, I
suppose. I know what girls are -stum-
bling over every stone and shrieking
at every. shadow. No; tbat would Lake
hours and set the governor's back up
an inch or two higher. He'd bs 'all
love
0,' with a vengeance, like the
cockles, 1 we didn't get hone before
that."
"What shall we doe then 1" says Dul-
e, glancing miserably round ber.
"I with I know. ,Better stay here un-
it 1 run down to the village and bring
back a car of some sort. 'Pon my soul"
-moodily-"you hove done it for once.
nil handsomely, when you were about
1t 1"
At this moment it so happens that
Deiceres, in her remnants and grief and
despair, changes her .position. She had
bought of escaping her cousin's eye -
which in sharpp, to say the least of it;
but, not understanding the eccentrici-
aa d the station lamps, so turns Lhs.t
he ran see ber even more distinctly.
Perhaps it wee a wise move, if Un-
studied. The dull, dead lamp over t hers
ehosra Mr. McDermot such a pale, tear-
stained and miserable little Inc., that
all his wrath dies before it.
"After all, begana he, hurriedly and
in a considerably milder voles, "there's
con thing in your favor -t don't for-
get that. 1When it ranee to the scratch
you didn't gee with him. Yon cared in
at the r:ppbt bur, sod no wonder, ton.
The barrel organ husineme wouldn't he
gond enough for you. i say. Delete, old
girl, don't -don't cry, whatever you dol
Keisp up your pecker; leave it all to
ne. end I'll pull you through; I'll
*qur,re it. with the tpmernor tt he node
you out, sad I'm afraid he's hound to
rare that. as yon are very e•aw)siderabty
out. toot only of your hove, but your
reckoning. 111* I ba I that's a oke I
D'ye se it f"
In tel melancholy way he seeks to
Terror her; but Dulcimer m he ood an-
imatee,"
Itabrg. Hhe is lake Nobs• -"dl
"You'll be is inete,tiee is a seen&
if you don't keep a tight rein," fare ber
roeait le • horror-stricken wy. Look
acre I" gJiacitrig appreireatvety aroma
bloat "yen '11 be heard if you goo on like
that. I week to goodness there wee
momway getting you home in a
y M than put It os the
..r the woolw'ork safely; bet---
7 Jove 1" start Ong: "there'. Sir
1ph r
w
CiIAPTE.R X.
"/how- wbo ik,`•lirt. meet suffer, for they
see
The tenrk of their own hearts, end that
mud be
Our rhsa'.,.etn.rt or rencxnpenee,"
Dulr i.nca, left alone upon the plat-
form, turned r.-it.h • gnuek breath of
mingied fear ane relief to Andy, Veiln
WWI corny just joior,l ober.
"Nine let of bussPaean this l" says tb•t
rooms Ulan.
don't. tees here, Andy, roma oat-
eda-erne beyond the gate; i—"
"1 dop't em what going byoed the
to wile dor' *aye )Kr. McDerttwt,
tearing' tate adamant. "May as well
"It's • long walk home for Dulcie,"
says tsar cos, mors haltingly than
ever. "Bat
"Of course I can glee your cousin •
seat," Bays Aoketell.
Hs addresses himself entire! to Mo -
Dermot, altogether ignoring )cinea.
This, and something in his toile, strikes
chill to Andy's beset; but he compels
himself to go through with the sorry
farce. As for Datelnea, • kind of cold
recklessness has acorea to ber that does
duty for courage. Her late tears lis
frozen iu her eyes. Her glance is fin-
ed immovably on. the ground beneath
her; yet, is spite of that, she knows
that Ametell has never once deigned
to glance in her direction. •
"Thank you," says Andy, diffidently,
"and" -pausing -"ii when you come to
our back gs.te-if you were to drop her
there, it would be Netter. W!II you f
You see. it the governor knew that-
er-I-lead kept her out so late hs -
he'd be ds'wn on 504. it's my fault,
d'ye mer --every bit of it,"
"I quite see," sage Amstel►, grave-
ly, laconically, as before. "By the way,
I can gine you • seat, too."
"No, thanks! I'd rather not -really
I *11 enjoy the walk." The poor boy
is c'Mking with *same, and feels that
W accept even so trifling a favor as
a seat home from the manhe gp trying
Mb deliberately to deceive would-be more
than be is equal to. "It's • lovely ev-
miog, and nothing of a walk.^
Ica waves an adieu, and turns aside,
but seeing him go, Du cius. wakes from
ber stupor.
"Andy I" cries repo, wildly, a fever of
entreaty On her whole no "Andy, come
with me. Came 1"
.But be is deaf to ber eotreatues. He
'Ibakee his head sod. berries out into the
darkness of the nighrt. beyond.
"I het I'll be home before yon!" be
calls out from somewhere -they can no
longer see hien. "It's a .sloe to -walk
but three to drive; that gives mea good
chance."
It is three indeed I -three of the long-
est miles Dulrieea has ever driven.
There aro moments when she tells her-
mit that it cannot take all these hours
to came this abort way, sad wonders
it Anketell las not made a mulake and
turned into some other unknown road,
It is so dark by this tbat to see where
she is u Impossible.
And yet it is $ fine •night, too --no
sign of rale or storm. Certainly the
LOOM in 1 ying hidden. and the stare
are apparently forgetful of their duty,
but the wind tint fess past Duldnea's
cheek is singularly mild and kindly for
the time d year. Bverythliaag seems
huebvl; no sound ulna to break tbe
monotony of the silence tent has fall-
en on her and ber companion. Now
and again a rustling in the wayside
branches. • Mattering of wings, a
'loopy "Cheep -cheep," betray the pre-
sence of these amalefoele."
That steepen aIle nista with open eye."
seedordtleg to Geoffrey Chaucer, but oth-
er noises are there none.
Shims, tear, fathom, all are keeping'
Dulcite dumb, On to be fume is het
own chamber, safe from prying eyes, '.
sate in any place wine adze ma weeP
out bier very soul its comfort t On (him
horrible, horrible drive I -will it aver
coerce to an end t And he-mby le be
so silent f Coo be know f She &brinks'
within herself as this ted ght oomirs
to her, but meekly Wimp it oft with
one as grist. No, a thousand times no
It he knew, be ws M not be bare with
her now, Be would not endowed to
on bade her, be venni cast her eft.
Ob I if ever do dams hear of it-Jwbw(,
*heel dot It be ktsvwn netting, why'
dues he Coat ear soesstten to bort
Again the first tottering doubt sets le.
As for Aokatetl-,hs bum eves forg.t-
hb4 Weed.iWeed.ad cheire tie thougbte
Amiga he minsl the to
dusky corner of ptQhe it he
Weber tome slowly fo
admen of Eyre, tsar rsospt0ve ort All me
devoid of surprise of nor ktete tear
globs sip of Ilse mail bag to b1.s.-hers;
e.
1
Meanly 1t le ..11 Tinted on ale brei*--
e type tbat will stand dear to tont
day et Ni death 1 No fear of lie tad -
ins.
Aad thea -qhs agontiin•d .w.tahias
for the train to come in. The horrible
faaelsatlon that compelled him to wall
and see her go-go with that other 1 -
that was the worst part se It I He had
thought that at the last ssastaat -
tile very i•at--as her toot was ea the
step of ,the oampartm pt, be would
*Print forward and draw her beck.
and Implore her to return home. and
-merry his rival in a more ortho-
dox form.
But ate had not give* him tint
opportunityI He bad watched her ha-
pas►oned change of deohden-ber re-
fusal to carry out ber design-ber vs -
bonnet relief when she saw her cousin.
But ber abandonment of Eyre at the
Int moment did her so good with
him-retbsr. It increased tbs passion-
ate. orievotts anger that is tearing
bis heart in two. False as she was to
her very oore 1 And weak u false I
False to batik'
A heavy sigh breathing from hie
companion's wblte lips at this moment
wakes him from his stormy reverie.
He turns to her.
A star or two have perked the hcev-
ea's dusk by this time. and there, on
the lett, • pals, still crescent is steal-
ing to iia throne. Diana, • very young
Diana, Is awake at last:
"Wide the tele deluge floats"
Sice07.1 up from behind tbe hill be-
yond she cordes, shedding glory on the
earth with each Won. trailing step.
"How lien a queen Domes forte. tbe
lovely moon.
From this slow opening curtains of
theWalkinla g to ber midnight
throne!"
She gives Anketell the chance of
seeing how bie companion looks.
Cold. slavering, chilled to her heart's
Dore. Her pretty face is not only sand.
but blue; ber little blends, lying
gloveless (what had she done with her
gloves f) -ole the rug, look shrunken
to even amnia dimensions than neat,
and are trembling. A sharp pang con-
tracts Anketell's throat.
"You are cold!" treys be. in a tone
so icy that no wonder she shivers
afresh.
No! no 1" says she. hastily, through
chattering teeth.
"You mint be 1" says he angrily,
"with only that little thin jacket on
jou. H•r.1" palling up with derided
violence a warm plaid from under he
seat. "put this on you I"
"1 waeeald- rather nut," says sbe,
making an effort to repulse him
"Put it on directly 1" says he. so
fiercely telt ahs gives in without an -
otter word. In twining it round her
his Mlm' tomes in eliat Pat withlira"'
"Your blends are like ire!" says he.
his void once again breathing fury.
"What do yon mean by itf Was there
no rug. that you should thus birdying
of cold t" i -
"I don't mind the cold l don't think
of it," says abs, wearily.
"Ten think of it now! Put. your
hands under the rug instantly 1"
His manner is really almost ante -tr-
eble. but Mas McDermot has got to
Such a low ebb that she bas not the
courage to -resent it. He pulls up the
rag.
"Cover them at once 1" Nye he. and
the meekly obeys him.
What does it matter f -ht is all over
between him and her. It in quite plain
to her that. even if ignorant of this
evening's work, he still detests her.
His tone. manner, entire air. •onvinces
her of that. Well. she will give him
an opportunity of honorably getting
rid of her. She will tell him of her
intention of running awn with Eyre.
That will do it I He Is just the sort of
• man to stick to his word thi eeeeh
thick and thin. however hateful the
task may be. But when he bears that
she delilerately meant to rcn away
with MOMS one else— Oh! was it de-
liberate t She will tell him. Bat not
now. To-morrow-perbapq. No --sternly
-to-morrow certainly. He is coming
to dine with team and after dinners
is tbe drawing -room shone thee give
trim the opportunity of releasing him-
self trout this unfortunate engage-
ment. How glad Ise will bel How—
Anketell moves uneasily in bis seat.
What Is that little soft, sed, broken-
hearted sound that bas fallen on his
molt Dulcin** is crying -co much is
plain. Not noiaily, not ol:trusivety--„
it isindeed. a stifled. a desperately
stifled sob. that betrays her.
('ed be Continnsd,),
NATIONAL HOLIDAY&
Says tee Apart y Mgereet fvwstrtew for
opestar Sel.eetag.
Eight of the Central and South Am-
erican states reeehrate the day when
they became itndependent of a mother•
power;. Spain or Portugal being the
powers whom yokes were thrown off by
these unquiet states. The birthday of
Brazil is September 7th; of Ohile. Sep-
tember 701; of Chile, September 18th;
of F. eedor, August lath; of Coiombi ,,
July 20th; of Vemesuela, July 7th; of
Bolivia. Amgnst eth; at Peru, Jn1y Ditto
sad of Costa Rica, September 15th.
Mora d the Earapeao nations make
a mis'rrssl boliddap•y�mof the birthday of
the sovereign. Mt
braes Mar Ind. e day
the she es-
caped from the vow band of Napoleon.
Fraena rejoices co July 14th the dote
at the dnstruct;on of the loathe.
:ogisnd, always staid and nee entios-
al observes the birthday" of the Queen
in a quiet way, Mot takes no note of the
meatless annla'ernarits, el her great bis-
torical .►eats.
Her amus! nat,onal holidays are
throe Mnothyi, two of wpitb follow
Crest relation Somday festivals, o that
the nmeitnnohas really three days m
which oto tWt hie old beater la the ear•
t.ry or 'on the seacoast, a ane of goof od for
olairldier eeoan-
fflaad
'o* iltdf ato Sir Jan Lub-
bock.
As Tile has berme mon strentaoss
and amoeba Aenerloaes have added to
the amber of their enamel holidays.
Tie a le eitsee even the irru igtewli
noog ��p t attempts td eb;atlwaastypl wukar neon oe rest.�
ww* e ce fie agdlgr a n lees-
teat
rale
tto lilt colt airs dry A ea.
A w Br eu Of COUNTRY.
it Pear of lkewpeader,. Th. hsagman
o d els aesat•at.
PSBR Z 01 JEWEL
SOUETIMLT BLOW* OUT TO SEA ON
All ICE ILO'.
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Oath nate cbtnewre eslie ds neerrers --
Ter the *es a entionSis leasiesse -•
heaves a aemine and amine is
wooer -blear Yeeaerees for 5.1.wse-
tlNarelrta..r Parte'. Were.
The news from St. Jonas. Newtound-
tand, that in • recent bllssard a num-
ber of Trinity fishermen and seat
hunters had been blown to sea on as
WO floe sod have only just been res-
cued. 1. but • repetitioq of stealer ace
oldest' which have happened off the
shores of tbat rockbound island. writes
a correspondent. ,
Ag nraay se foliar of these Islanders
hue perished an lee floes in a single
wintry offshore gale. Perilous, indeed.
1s the lite sad bard the lot of New-
foundland'e bardty sons.
While trutdng along the coast of
Newfonndlead I came on deck on
morning, and looking seaward sew
what mea only be described as a perfect
forest of itlab•rgs. Tiety were drifting
slowly down from the north, those mys-
terious region. whence they are borne
by the Arctic thereat, whisk flowselom
by Newfonadland and largely amounts
for the rigor of the Newtosadlesd ell -
mate.
10EBERf38 BY THE HUNDRED.
Stopping to count these icebergs 1
found there were no lees than one has -
deed and thirty-five huge ones !n pilin
Ties and innumerable others so small
that I took no account of them. Far
beyond the line .f icebergs there was
a curious white glare on the horizon.
The skipper told nth it was • " loom d
ice." Whoa. I asked him to explain his
meaning be ..id it was an atmospheric
effect produced by large masers of floe
lee in the distance.
Affor was all the toe seaward. Icebergs
had drifted in between a* and the shore
end muse large bones vr.ri' ettit*dot,
and tbe waves be•ti against them with
a serflike roar. >o the distance wee
the sea circled heap of rock, which is
called Belle Isle, -why, it wouldbe Un -
Possible to sap, for • more grewssss•
detect ..)Wcau y nhject i• rarely dis-
closed to view. Taring athwart tbe en-
trance of the Straits of Belle 1.1e, ice
dashes melon it fog hangs around 1
it. end •eU jos. crying shrilly, en- '
circle it. Upon its craggy summit
that 14. ahold afford to eat gene
A sdltr l .drl.d Luing net abfm4-tbs chit
Ided of Ash ba ley. sway for the wh.-
lar, sad Ise keen those on band es
mu* for hie doge as for himself, Ho-
lmes ia tee great luxury of the New-
buodlsnder. Qhs him " long sweetea-
lag." up he calIn
biecuit and bei willowi
r oodbia sr bntmself
In the presence of a bast.
DRIFTING TO TBEIR DEATH.
A anksionary told me be had one
been trying to ezpl•ia the luxuries
of European court lib to so *diem*
of Newfoundland [Liberated He der
oribsd to theta the Genoa* Bmpsrors
palace. 41n armor and the grand style
In wblob he lived. " And what do you
think he has to eat 1" be asked, and
Disused for a reply.
Holness," was the answer, that be-
ing the fbb.rvnan's supreme* Idea of
luxury. ,
But t• winter the tiaberman's lite
hs even worse tea when he la working
for his outfit is ea -mea'. Ice is piled
up in the belts and tables„ and he will
often bene to haul 4ia boat for miles
off the ice tp order to get to clear wa-
ter for ftahisg. Then, when the silt
Dome 1n be gess out with spear or club
sad all day long, and often far into
the night, nines the ke in .egret of
seal. An off -shore gale springing up
wino the .e4 -hunters are on the Ioe
means death to many. The lee is apt
to break up. and before the sass can
get ashore thin fled themselves drift -
lag on to ma, with all toe borysrs
of s death by freezing startp.g them
In the face.
Even to spring, when the tee breaks
UP ekes theshore the asel.Ashommin
ezporieaem with wintry Bold b not over.
Ia the spring the sealing steamers
leave St. Johne and Harbor Grace with
crews of several hundred mea sad
stand north until lbw' meet the huge
floes of ice drifting down from -Donde
Straits,
WINTER HARDSHIPS.
La one of the little Newfoundland
outporte on winter the kerosene oil
'apply was so small that tee little
,'SHB itxtiu OF
BILLIONS UPON r1LLr01111 OF Tb
USED EVW DAC.
mese
As laa..tq Tart lies OMs crest r
- ■aunt.. Teas Tara 11.sa ase
Ces.uulr ae.a.w is Mtl~re•r
Qtu.
8tatisticfaas whose apla ria
weight estimate that the entrees d
com•nanption of melons he the Uni
States i• itai.I00,780 to keetee0,uvo. pre
belly 07.700,000 Ror'tb are emu ait, ne;
dtaawd as Greet Britain, Where the
consumption 1. estimated at 200,
000. Moro teen Dae tree Its tbat
try prodetrs. 11,000,000 a day, and
B'rmiapbam establishment tetras
daily eight exiles of thio wet
sad converts it Into "voltam."
Sweden and Notfww,y. wears K
yeaze the trade bus developed
great rspidlta. than are mesas 10
tones, 11,0110 matobmabere stptp!
ed to Judo -ming alone.
Austria together have es Widf s.
factories. One firm in ilei teashof
La Bohemia. employes 2,701 perso
The four princips4 manufacturers
Finnan tarnish eup4oym•nt to e,
people. In France soaking mute mss. 1
the trade Le tobacco is a gwsrnabes
Mbar o sir owaiae u
ohm, e.d tames cid Mime compete
Swedlab floods stn
THE GItRILAN MAB.KET&,
17atit thi imtrrdnatios d morph.
phosphorus. wines was aide b, Pr
Antos von fleroete., .1 lava, la 1 -
tae trade of e*steh-s.a i Tres vary
embs.lthy. The .mention of phosph-
oric MA, whgs ciannen Phan horn•
and. 'eve rime las neresim, a siker
whisk Mtn,. the been, mad fate: et
community burned only one lamp. it Sects often tails,phusp).
was maned 1roue hones to booms. sad eros Wilt Oak*k ft eft ordinarythe people would tether for the eves- temOeratures, new enjoy
ing In the tilt In eaten the lamp hap- liol * amenity. It le ogly 11
pend to be. 1n this wed they man- stable whoa rubbed in eoaiaat
aged to eke eat tbe small dl supply. chlorate of potash or black oxide
A priest whose pariah work extend- m•gan.mm, sad cel;rty from aooiden
ed aloes a mead lime of sone otse baa- bre a tinered by aspirating Obese
tdilleikeindtAllepoween is"?W4re Dear"tabbilitIlielthittrete be
Lb. �_ 'm
Blip told sec t In winter be made Medd and sbe phosphor= os the fr
all 7415 visite by dog sod, sad that Coe tablet.
manstimeee be would be overtaken at O••wvtaas," or "fme,' tot
night by no severe a snowstorm that K•' mat, which leo wind abort. of a t
furtber progress would be impossible. n.do caa blow oatt and weak w
Thea be and hie guide would di,S s hobo la a rainstorm: ail well as in
trench in the snow and 1t'gkt • fors at weather. ban bulbous beads, made
the bottom of the teem*. The gas troth eons saleri>oraftss ommp5usfrlurch
the flames would keep the snowflakes • mixture of nh5rees4
; out, and the men would Ile in tide mow Ind gum, tipped with the *tieg
trench until thew journeyed on In the pnitios of ordlp ry *beta. ta. Ama
morning. Sean is ase of the viebeitwde. '.s Germs tinder, ie seaMderahty
of per work lm Newtoandl•ed. lea this ked of lighters. emeeti
vesavlw and fusee arm stonet0 ole
thick, round, woven braid, isetead
a plot of wood."Flamm," ter
seam parpome, Arte wet heeds it Tun
ing piatar.,00 either a wax taper ler
• wades alien.
Moet et the proeeena of match mea•
e dam, etre wow effected by me, hm-
ery, ad enemy ingestion Lanett as
bees been ietroder d for soaking 141
wooden splints. In one peptees • In
of 15 iaahes be iesg/i, stripped of Ito
hark end
SOAKED OR STEAMED,
stands the last lighthouse, north, on
the American continent. Beyond it the
navigator steers into the unknown for
Greenland or the inhospitable shores
of Lahraior. To add to tbe desolation
All this I caw on a summer's day
there is, half wag' up the rook, • shel-
ter for ice crushed or ship -wrecked
sailers •
-
ICEBOUND STRAITS.
All this I se won • summer's day,
and you may imagine bow far more
rigorous the scene 1* in winter. From
September until June the straits ars
ice locked, but the lighthouse keeper
ole that lone butpot of civilization
must staywhere be is all winter long.
completey isorated from the outer
world, with storms howling about tbs
lighthouse tower acrd snow sad slat
beating against it. He cannot leave
it, for it is impossible to tell west
moment the ice may break up. Hs most
be there W light the entrance to the
straits the instant navigation becomes
possible.
The shores of Newfouadlaad are deep-
ly
esply indented by bats, and in these bays.
Ile taro. are many little Wands. The
narrow passage between these gen b
tie curious name of "tickles," bet sl
ter you have sailed throng& then the
word does not seem a misnomer. You
have • feeling that at sots remote
epoch the an must have ren' out its
Coanny finger' and have tickled the rook
ribbed const natal It epllt its sides with
iaughing. Some of the scenery around
tbeep. ;jokles" is pretty enough. but
eves In the fairest weather there is a
sense of desolation in the rockins.m at
the scene end the sparseness of the
population.
DESOLATE SHORES.
Often you will pees many Islands
without seeing a sign of busman hab-
itation, and when you' do see it it will
be a little but or tilt, as it is called.
mads of upright logs driven into the
ground. the chinks filled in with moms
and tbs roof often covered with sod.
I bave seen a panel goat oontertedly
browsing on the root of a Newfound-
land tilt, Sometimes the Island on
which the tilt stands will be so rocky
that the fisheries& will have his path
of a garden on a smell Wand neat ley.
It so happen that none loll le eel-
lected there to make It worth while
to plant vegetables, yet the Wad le
too small for both garden and tilt.
So, while the men are out fishing, you
will see the women Towing acmes from
the tilt bland to the garden island in
order to till the sparse soil.
la sinter the misery which prevails
along the coast of Newfoundland is
tetribie. It le not too meth to say
that every winter many of tbe dwell-
ers as this rode shore are brought
face to fare with starvation, Almost the
bombleet Canadian would tarn up Me
nose at *bat these poor people consider
lerarise. Outside of 8t. John every
plass In Newtonndland le called an out -
port, The Intetiot of the leaned is ab-
solutelywild. There an no.ettlemeets
of say kind, save sour small Indian
guide vilimme In tin be ting dletriet.
The *atlM output may in
'aid to live trete t. stunner,
sad online le winter.
FIRHCiRM1OF13 HARD LIFE.
When • Nswteeadlsader says fish be
dsdt, Yob is to him money.
t1ta•t'!i)15ta eroe to his trader in the
wtiN Prsotleslly mortgages his
Nter the season. for has
suMaer Outfit whiob One imoludes pro-
eleitioe.;:eid eosaidern, hitewll Inky if
atter shard erasrtn's fishing he can
I* la enough four, tem ead ileolseete
to let 'him and him family ever the
slater. Thu might sappers that be
wpnld nal in • stook of tont, Bet no,
to eaa t afford to eat flab, any mors
•
A $210,000 "'OUNTATN.
dr. aster WWI artet Ito Flood sso r Ube
World.
Mr. William Waldorf Astons slaw
fountain for Cliveden. near I.oades, to
the largest private fountain et the
kind is the world. It is gorgeous sad
of enormous .zpease, and the only
fountain stab rivals it in sins and
appearance is that of the Elagerer W1h111"p01. into s mscbise, wits! uar'As
linen is Berlin, the next largest Moscow.of the
as wide se the hag is bog and
I as it were, a o! tt ip
kind being st Moscow.
th
Mr. Astor, who expecte that fhb icletiess d a iv . This strip as it
Des aotsr.. oft 1* divideidodd IOW seven, sue
fountain will astonish people whoa it equal in width to the length of aarstsh,
iy ezlilblted, Ins „lied It, "The Foaee- hese narrower strips are broken int*
fain of Luse." The shell sloes weighs qhs or sever Let, d
ahs knotty of xis .ad iap.rfeet partsand bars
between sixty and seventy tons. been removed. .r died Into a wooed ma -
This gigantic shell 1. nude d nine i thine which arta then into install
Onion of the finest Sienna 'warble, gad •tions .t tis rote d 17,111,111 $ day,
is light brown in color. but the huge LnotSr splint-oatti'eg laoesb
ed by Jab Jaz Lamm [ i/
blocks have bees so skilfully put to- 1171, operates es atwneed M 0 kin -
'ohne that it 6 almost impossible to snatch lengths,epi a pro.
see the jolots. The nose prose .7 amiss 17;100,0011 daily.
Stoma marble oat df what the atoll The opiate are dried in gtpvdvl
he made ars the largest Meeks of Sots- demi ad Meted to fres time 1
ns marble ever taken oat of Italy. Like fr•pmeat• end 'pointers and arras
large out diatsaathey r•an t is Innate! order, en time are
eruorr*aes waste o[M•, 1tsat Tial.. tent
pot tato a "filing" machine of Aro-
tuner..
no-
The foustaia t* it. arMeateral fee- erlan tavestias, wd lea sticks thee. fe-
tures tspreseab the d.velopste*t
ittf fee-065
bo the ti
frames. Theee frames
ilea It is pr•etloally simple sad d•- aro 11 fasts• square, and each is mads
voids d ornate esrving. essepttng in d N talo strip. of wood Nile Mini
the three group•. skits, 1,1ag silo by ltd., and beosely
- Group 1 -The first group of figure• held tagslisr by iron rods poem*
which forms • part of lisle fennel* held together by tree rode
is Das the end of tbe shell uMrmst do Il►rm�toab tbe eadS. Twenty-two it
estrssoe setae. Thi• weep. wade altered spliaats are placed by Ohs minias
the finest sad whitest Akins* astirhlo., to lel rrwre tietwe.a too sIr d
awasists of tae loersia ata•/ Amor. of Net frame, o •sbliews 1 ta*T4 ss Doe
• woman wi � Cupid. '1'Ye do •the screewws on t :°rods draws the shies
head mf. the is ab!
it abs holds over the bas by tar ban- together and testees tem rplidts tato
die a small Greek vase, tote which wa- the frame. which i! than reedy to go
ter poara. Her letbleed falls by hot I iota the dipping rooms. 'Pis planta is
side- Rtauiding at' h ' aft dale 1s a too frames are h**fed and thein pro
figure of a little Cupid, naked. with' ing ends are dipped in ; araban, w
wing, looking up tato her fees. Thee I& kept '%quid by warmth it steal
work 1s pronounced b sculptors to be fiat -bottomed pain. After the heels h
asrp•i•iggljt beautiful.
I been absorbed the matches
Group !. This consists of • women ! RECEIVE THEiR HEADS.
and $ Caplet, both standing and pledg-
int eeeh other la drinking caps. The The
thiQciti•g aasint.anCS being .n "11e
figures are large and of the ftneet Kai- rare kkept its a smaform etnitum
line marble. fa a fm cad is otarrn by , •
Group 7. -This ronp connate of a sndleea Tardieries
belt. A wort -
woman leaning Leek, wick a Cupid i Bran 1100 to 4,06*
de:.
Afor
t r
bendlag over her front • rook.
There is no fountain le Rngland dLe)pa*Tt 11a tv� •rI.rged In •
rhOelse sad
tele y, of Mit Aster's to Almost ever anemometer hoe hs
alae ane beastrr, sal it is even said T, ce.¢
by architects t7•t se a work of ort, own .pec$e Toms tipping the
e nd ole retia* In Ica sirl It is the fill- i se we tn. fmtablibswi kesatt 13 y
est fos*tals In the world. This teen- l . e[ eetnlson i awapt.orur foer Pat
tontine •lre+•d ant, sabmrdbn; to m
o- �=sie fdrat. natant". beat deal seergwAeseti.ngA.oanAd moukr ' oCfawnlfes.tau aappysownleinelkeh/of
'than fifty tbors•md pounds.
nitrate of potash is sometimes oebltl-
tnted for elenrate. Cher oxidate(
agents used instead of, or is renlltretiom
NEW IN FINGER RiNGS. with. Ores eels of potash are ten drole
of nnanaanese and red aside, or Hex -
'it., of :ead. Accor lLae to Osnitiase. ter.
agnitintpvelvtosr torr oral oar
hes
movie' iia France is eompo d fauna
(:art. of ea ossein phomeorus, eMits of
.^ad d'odide two of twill and Mime o
gum. The same &tabor states ti4Tsef
therm the ringAy matches ars tipped i n a oteapatit
mutt he made from • of five parte of «M'borate d pntgp,U. t
nail taken from a borreehce found by at snbph!de of aat?atefity and meet 1
the owner hornet/ and nobody else. sod that the nibble .urtaoa•for thein
Wein This is ken to a }}ogler, who bowie la • mixture 01 tb►epeete Of ebswrpbous
it to fit ber little (Inger and. etta off ph spbnrne, four of stn'phlbda .f •atir-
the superfluous length. The ring is our and two acrd a end[ oe gins,
not welded together and the MOA of
Um nail stands for lbs estting There's
ab way of previag tt, but those who
Aloe •d•pt.d these ornaments say
tent they have just ate mneb luck u
its.l hong oris obs deer
ends cep
Went do you think the girls aro
wearing nowt Sieger rings made of
horseshoe nail'! nosy •re certainly not
pretty or graceful. but they are .aid
to bring good lurk to the wearer on
Certain eondittonz. 'lo he a genuine
COST Oft' THE CUBAN WAIL
The nowt of the Cohen mag front,.
Teary, 11105, to floe end b .til
ally estanate•d at
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