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"Jo volt mon that I can't have a,
borse to -day, C,y, after plannin: for
it and SPeakiat' for it so long ago?"
Tho plain, gaunt woman put &Me
the Creaking handle of' the pump des
liberately and, faced aroend te the
man careleeely whipping efl the
bode a the tleistes thee grew About
-Van% let you bare Qua. We've
got to tete a1 tbe teams to -day ie
the earth. field,"
Meititable Sheller gazed eater her
brother es he strode off to the bent.
Rer rece was set And peen "I'm
goin e said. detertaleedly; "Vol
Vitt' if 1 ilitVe to go to the Corners
end get teem."
She sat down under one of the
great trees Met fringed the side of
the garden. The birds sang sweetly
overheed. The *netting leaves mur-
Myren en aeenumanitnent. The sun
vamp out on under a cloud and
flooded the Mud with ;tulle sultsleue.
But she saw twee or the gladness of
the earth. For her the light had
gone pet ef tbe day.
"Itee alwaye been this way." she
tintught. "When did I ever not on
glebe anywhere withotit being disap-
pointen. Ana it was just so with
mother. All her life the wetted
Away on this atenY old farm and
T1OVer Went anywhere or saw any-
body. Aud wiurt. was it all wimp, all
was done? She died, told father ne-
Nen readlzed but Meal made it us easy
for her 45 n Memel need have it.
And Pow tly is exactly the sante. Re
don't think Wenten folks ever
need any change or plectsureen The
tens started to her eyes. She rose
and went slowly up the petit to the
house.
lenteriug the "leatato" elle passed
into au adjoining room and changed
her calico wrapper for her best
blach dress. Then she put on her
bonnet. Never before bed she open-
ly tevolted. To go to the length of
Wing a mane -ewe purely for bee
own pleasure am) couveulence seemed
to bee tittle len titan a crime.
oirn tell Cy•that I've gone and
that he'll find peough on the swing -
tog ehele and in the cupboard coolied
up for his dinner end stopper." she
nestenured. She had just taken the
pencil down from its place on the old
black vied; and begun her uote to
her brotiwe when the rumble of
witeele in the lane caught her ears.
She glanced out of the WilltiOW ap-
prelwasively. A little weazen• fared
risen and a fat woman, surrounded
Wheelmen darting to left and right gone crazy? Evidently the onlY
swam UzziIy before her. She almost thing to do Was to go back to the
wisbed she had not come, $he was fork in the road and start again.
eo part of• this dazzling pageant. She -urged the old horse forward
A naming billboard caught her at the toP or his speed, and at last
eye, she drove are and gaged ee entered uPen the road that she
it eagerly, "That's it!" ehe ex-
claimed. "What if I hadn't got to
come when I've 'lotted on tt SP
long?''
She felt M twr poeket mechanical-
ly. It was empty, She had left her
perse at home. 'the hurried de,
Parture there was no thought of the
boarded mottey that she had put
aSido, by little, for this day
Well, she could see part of -what she
had come te SCV, she told herselt.
It began to raio. The erops, came
down faster and faster. She reined
in the •old horse to the curbiag, "Can
you tell ree where to go awl see the
procession?" she asked a freckled
faced urchia timinne
"Right here, grandma." he replied.
wieking at his compaaiens. "Did
you come in from, the farm this
meriting to see it?"
A dull red named Mtn White-
Ine'e ebeeks. Even this ragged street
gamin could tell that she was from
the country,
"She's comber Caned ont, front
one. Meltitable leaned out ape
peered down tee street. There was
a blast of trumpets. •The long -look,
ed -for hour bad come, en a nio-
!mut Buffalo Bill. handsome, clesh-
inn', reales% would gallop ay, She
eaned ha* in her seat and elosed
ter eyes, Yes. she was glad she had
come. It wan worth remorse. It
was worth a revolt. It was the one
radiant event in ber life.
There Was a tremping of horses.
She sat up etraight and looked out.
The crowd surged about ber ebout-
ing hoarsely. 'Buffalo DOH" they
cried. She 80111110. her eyee that
ehe might see through the drifting
rsin An old man, with thin. grnY
ludr diose past. Ile Molted Time
taus and in. A few Indians. forlorn,
dejected with the rain beating down
upon their drooping feathers. jogged
fter him. Alehitable gazed after
them heartaly.
Was this her hero? Her face grew.
hot. For the first time she ac-
knowledged to hermit' that a vision
of bine a youthful. Idealized vision
had tilled her soul. This plain wo-
man, from witom life had withheld
lts ehoicest flower. had extracted
from the barrentwes of her existence
this one romance ---and. realized, the
visioto, the dream, had turned to
dust and ashes.
The end ot the procession was in
sigitt. She was unepteekahly glad.
She scarcely looked at the "Repre-
sentatives of Nations," To get
• (J
away from it all into the open coun-
try again was her one oke and
• thought.
The horse obeyed the Slap of the
by a brood of children, were slowing , reins and started off at 0. good into
utas the street was cleared of the
p he Ann
"Aunt Louisa and Bade Amasa
tome to spend the dart' she ejacu-
lated. (Wyk a a iasit her re-
solve was Mae». She new to the
bads door and lore ed it. "X enta
talk to them and to for thent to -
dee'," she said. "Cy tan get in the
cellar," Footeteps were approathe
th there was no time to lose. She
ran to the front door, 41 ant a
'wheel() woman," she said. stepping
out on the !tenet and locking the,
door behind her. "L mu a wicked
Wolnen." she repeeted as she sped
tetward a locust, grove a few steps
away. She felt wholly iniquitous.
Nevertheless she was consetous of a
turioue sense or exhilaration. at
woe as if one who had been repress-
ed and browbeaten by the world
since birth. had suddenly gained a
rhenee for freedom.
She called to the birds as she
sped through tbe thickly wooded
grove. She threw out her arms from
sheer happiness. She sang snatches
of Mar -forgotten songs. She even
found herself declaiming some of her
old-time school pieces.
eIntett she reached the road she
'walked along sedately: but her pulse
was still quiekening, len heart still
beat unwontedly. To be daring lust
once. --to run. away front duty, to
brave the wrath of hee brother and
the serprite and indignation of her
aunt and "uncle and their devoted
famine -sail this gave the erstwhile
conseientious WOniau a positive thril
of pleasure.
"This is my day—nine!' slm ma-
nnered-
Thc proprietor of the stable look-
ed up in surprise as she asked tor le
hors and buggy and requested that
it be charged to her brother.
"Certainly, Miss Sheller, certain-
ly," he said, rising. "The Sheller
family ken have anything they want
in my outat on credit; I only wish
they'd come oftener. This is the
first time, 1 believe'?" tentatively.
"Goinfar. Will I put in feed, or
air you goin' to be back before
long?"
• "You had better put in feed," Me-
hitable replied.
The man called a boy who was
playing "jacks" by the stable door.
• "Bring out the roan an' the best
buggy," he said promptly. "Miss
Shriller wants the hest', don't you,
Miss- Sheller?"
• -Mehitable inclined her head, but
frightened at her own temerity, look-
ed away to discourage further con-
versation. A. few minutes later the
reins were handed to her and she
started out on her drive down the
quiet country road.• •
The horse jogged along at a
snail's pace; hut she did not care.
.Slhe bed a feeling, that the duration
of her joy was proportional to the
slowness of his gait. tip hill and eyed chin...art-you mind you passed, it
'down, through - little coveets ,or when 'you eame, along,' but anyhow
• wood, around winding stonewalls, you •can't miss it—and then tura on
they went. Not uhtil the suburbs the next left hand road. That will
of the city werereached did the re-
enaleion of feeling, come. Then sud-
denly she began to feel timid and
unhappy. , 'rile pretentious villas
seemed to stare at her with un-
friendly eyes. The very children
iooked at her estrangedly. Her best
dress seemed all at once to have
grown rusty' and old. The buggy
erea,ked mournfully beneath its coat-
ing of dust. Even the horse hung
his head dejaztedly -as smart equip-
• ages and high-stepping steeds flashed
by
• As she pleated on farther the bust-
ling electrfe cites bewildered ,her. The
waiting vehicles tauten Soon the
Mart suburban Vines began to ap-
pear in sight. When they had dis-
ttepeared, she breathed more freely.
And to think that I thought this
was liberty and freedom. and ran up
a hill to get it," ehe stein to herself,
teed ran away from my own blood
relations, Mut spoiled my best dress,
aml left Cy to get his OVA dinner." -
She gave a little. half -sob. half -
laugh. 'What would her brother sae?
tih, she must get home soon. She
urged Ow horse forward. Suddenly
she straighteued up.
""riteress never any great loss with-
out 80150. small gain, she thought.
"al I hadn't, wine anti seen Buffalo
Bill who knows but ted gone on
making. to, fool of nerselfle
After this she felt better. If only
things tould be made all right at
home; the deer, old home. She
could sec the rosebuds nefolding af-
ter the rain; the bed of growing
things muter the kitchen window; the
youug garden wbiche she had tended
with such care.
She began to feel hungry, and then
00 venientbered that, she had had
nothing to eat since four o'clock
that morning. And she bed forgot-
ten to feed the horse. Sete decided
to stop at the., country store just
ahead • and give him something to
eat while She went in IOr a drink of
water and, perhaps buy some crack-
ers.
"1' came in to see if X could get a
drink here," she said to the clerk,
"and—" The sentence was not fin-
ished. The man interrupted her,
looking stonily at her bedraggled
dress and travel -stained features.
"nt do not sell drinks her, med-
ian," he said..
lfehitable nearly milk to the floor
with mortification. She thought, of
two poor creatures she had seen that
day in the city entering a saloon.
"He thinks I con like those woe
toetd" she said no herself, rushing
from the store. Oh, if she could on-
ly get hone) where people knew. her
and cared somethirig about her. She
thought of her kindly neighbors and
theie esteem. and pi the standixig
which •hee brother had in the com-
munity.
She untied the horse and started
uri again. At a fere la the road a
little farther on she stopped per-
pleeed. • Which, way should she go?,
She coeld not remember. , riiiaily
she let the horse kihOCIge.
She teciveled on and on, hut, stile,
no . fa/MIMI' landmarks apPeared..
She grew frightened.. Where was She
going?, A farmer drove -at a,
bend in ,the road, She appealed to
him in her dilemma -
You're going out �f yam. way
every, mine tee . he, replied. Go back
.till you wine' to that little ivy-cov-
should. have taken two liours before,
Soon things began to look fanailiar.
Before long she reached the stable,
and leaving the horse and buggy,
sped homeward across the fields
Would Cy he home she asked her-
self. What would he say? How
eould, she make Iftin understand how
ehe 'regretted tbet deene work.
She Ilea reethed -the gate, The
June roses teemed ever the too as
11 to welcome her with their glad
fragrance, She passed sWiftlY UP
the peth, into the aouse.
Cleanlieess and thrift stoned on
her frOnt ever,y side, The eteve,
newly blackened that morning, glis-
tened in the sunlight. The epotless
iboor lay barred in links of golden
light, sne bird look:leg down from
his rustic., cage burst into joyOUS
melody. Rer heart thrilled.
But what was this? Before her,
unconscious of her entrance, was her
broeher, his head bowed upon hie
hands, By the side of the table lay
the note that she bait begun that
morniug. "I am going away:" 4,5
she glanced at it mechanically, a
light broke in upon her.
"Brother Cy." the said softly.
Tbe man etartee to hie teen •
Woken at her bewilderedly.
"I have come hark, Cy," she said,
and I don't believe I will ever
mutt to go away again."
She felt her bands grasped, There
was" a look in her brother's rugged
face that site had never seen there
before. "Yon lien go after thin „lust
whenever you're a --mind to." he elre
'claimed brokenly. "The farm work
ken wait. The horeell he ready when-
ever you eteyi"
TI1E PATES OF E0110011071T
bring you out where you . want to
Arehitable retraced her way through
the lengthening shadows, ,but no
church appeared in view as the mi/ee
went by. "Is there any ivy-covered
church around here?" slie finally ask-
ed a iittle boy whom she met.
r`There ain't none eow,', he „re-
plied, but there used to be one
about a quarter of a mile up," Jere_
ing, his thumb indefinitely. 'but it
was burned down long ago."
Mein table began' to,feen not unlike
Rip Van Winkle. Was she crazy, she
asked herself, or had everyone else
GENERAL SIR .TAMES NAG-
DONETelo In.O.B.
Wellington Asevibed• the Bravest
Deed at Waterloo to the
Scottiele Chieftain.
rt Dentee Low. Ar.A., cons
irilbutes an interesting paper to a
recent number of Chambers' Journal
loader the title of "The Bravot
Briton at Waterloo.'" The gallant
soldier referred to was General Sir
Joules entedonell„ G.C.D. of the
Mactionells el Glengarry, w'heee dls-
tluguished bravery, according to the
Duke Wellingten, helped to turn
the wa,vering tide of battle into ono
of StMeeee On that memorable oc-
casion.
The writer says : "Ml British and
French writers agree that the de-
feno of the Chateau and farmhouse
of Rougomont was the key to Wel-
lington'a position at Waterloo. When
Lord 'Uxbridge asked the Duke which
was the material point of his opera-
tions • in vase any uceldent *dieted
overtake him, the reply was *Keep
Itougomontn To hold this vital
point M ids line of battle Wellington
chose the Coldstream Guards 'muter
bayonet beat unevailingle'ou tb,e
solid planks of which the gates Were
coraposed. Long afterwards the MI-
Priilt8 of bloody hands upon the
gate poet and tfinbere told the tale
of the frantic disappointment and
passion of the asimilants which be-
came fiercer as the piereing cries Of
the hunted Isreneamen still witaixt
the yard became gradually silenced
in death."
When the Duke of Wellington
awarded the Norcross bequest of nve
Itundree pounds to Colonel einc-
()emelt as "the leanest eoldier at
Waterlote" it was to Graham that
he Passed on the gift, with the re-
mark : "X eannot Wean ell the merit
due to the closieg of the gates of
Rougoesont, for Sergeaut John Gra-
ham. who SAW with efee the im-
port:1m or the step. rushed forward
and together we closed the gates."
The other broom fellowe who had
bele the post at the lane and gate
till suceour waived Were itet Atte'
gether rorgotten, for it appears that
Sergte-Major Maegregor retired after dust, the eyes el his heejeete by a
twenty-two years' service with a _eat -display" or loa/roweenee.
COusidemble pension and was eelecte ne‘
Still, it was bardly to be expected
ed as one of the Yeomen of the •that, the ntorderer of hts ewe peels
Guards. and was thus well provided eon wee, Ao to „speol, ro-
tor until his death, on 27th Novem-
ber, 1846. Sergt,-Major RelPli Fres.
er was, after bis discharge in 1818.
appointed to a position Westminse
ter Abbey, teller° he cm:tame:I till be
was over
EIGRTY InnxtRS OE AGE.
Besides revering from Welliegtoll
'the high honor of being credited
With the seeress won at Water190
through. his stout defence. Macdouell
wan recognized by the Prileete Regent
nil by the Emplane of Mettle, who
ado ben a Knight of the Order of
Maria Therm,. Ile afterwards be-
oazno
General Sir James afacdonell,
Colonenia-Citief of the Ripe
1 Light Infantry,
Of this officer it is intere%ting to
aoto that his family, "the Mac-
dieuells ot GIeegarry." Internees
sbire, were of very Ancient tleseeet
from "the Lords at the Isles." and a. bountiful erop of evil meas. lalte
thee Colouel Alexantier, the eldest the Coronation of Jamee for
brother of Sir Jewett and "Chieftain Aimee.
of Glengarry." was the Fergus Mae- Ieven in the preliminary prepera-
Ivor of Si' Walter ScolVs 'Waxen.
eV" The family estates were heave
y mortgaged in ceiseequence of the
proutesent part tato. by them in the
Jacobite rising of 1715 and 1745,
when, as official deetunente show,
they brought Ow hundred elanewen
into the field.
wretebed Edward with the dutye of! *dent.0„#,,,,tehtelatettasell
About the
that he had deliberately played the
crowning him, in spite of the fact
traitor to tbc) great sovereign who 4%.
had. just peesed awey.
Another incident Whielt jarred upon
Lhaewearildectlo.nwfaselt bythiebeelonveattlioot f o9ri House
Piers. Gavoton, the tenni favorite,
who bad been excleded frOM the . '4,144r#44 -.44441t#44-414,44
court, ter. position eeperior to that
any of the great magnates of the neteflitaTIQ jele0IPEF.
melte. The arrangements witieli
(laveston had superintended, 'were Cianenton Bens—Two quarts of
of the crudest descriptien, with the breed sponge, to which add balf
a.
eeena and queen was not. convicted also one egg Or two eggs are 1414r14.
result that the "hallowing." of the nap of 'butter and Pep cot sugar,
until three o'clock in, the afternoon. tfix a little more flour with tt„ let
When at length the hungry and rise knead as you WOnld bread, and
like bbs-
cleutited4e04gte• ;01;0117 trtollintooeurt,
nprukbe
tellittlYnoreitrbell%rtlziktlenj4elly?fetwil(1,erdut:
tksalizusickla in A belting pan and
otr iiirtragiZtt e:Slutniele soodtWpbboi :471: el iSerir ii/ob junre ..iis tuplorm inotuoiette
balls. Plane them on a baking plate
lalirritcrets. inThet h:wonven
ior about ten
c,etve the warmest of welcomes, por bet enolugh. to brown. them. Beat,
RV forst thee ie WAS felt to he nee the ''c'hites tin" eggs to a stifi
weary mehlee set idiatva at the cor-
oaation banquet the PonfusiOn
dl -
played in the hall seemed to rival
that ef the Abbey ; for the tood ens
execrebly coohed, and the whole
thing was
ILL-SMV1-'7,1) TO A DEGREE,
Richard III. ex:Lae:weevil, to throw
sesary to aurroune the Ining'h per- fr°44 add three tedel'aeatid" Puit'
gentlemen, who were recruited teem on extract; row over the rice
the north. The Abbot and other set in the own to bardeee but
membere of the conotet net the brown. Serve with weipped
King As u.SUA1 •at the doer of the .
Abbey, but with Wavy borne for, Cake --,Three egge, 1
according to tradition. "they SAM sugar.of butter ,sire Of an
To nom, with A faint courage" 0 tabiespo tweet ran 1
mine to will add 3. heaeilea
Abfere all. the Mug received th baeing Wetter before sti
rites of etiolating and croworog in three leers. anatit
Tho bands of a, peajtared prelate for, : Tulie 1, cup sugar in 'e
barely three short week back. Arch- milk, piece in pan alai set o
bishop 11°141'04er had pledged "hie Beat 3. egg and eissolve I.
sin body and Neu)." for the safety of poou Hour in a little milk. Stir
the young Mae of York, UAW lying. al flow in hot mills and yeas
wain bus brother, the victim ter a thieliene. Flavor and remove
out gripe. •
„, wtth bokly of four thQusaud Ind eager and a few drops or
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etere.
The htuart demote% tose displays loge or Lemon reeti.
1 several .days in
tong enough to float a malt
et. then steep in and water nit.
• is teeder that it can be
tions for that ceremony n curioue, ere en. omen-. Tee water shreeld
lack of reverence for past tradition -in changed tee times to draw out the
Is shown, together with a determine -1 salt and maim the Moor delicate,
tion to nide rough -shod over pop lar • Drain for enveret hours, teen cut
Sir James afacelonell was coni -
01 lier Majesty's forces in
Canada in 1887 and 1888. acrid
medal of afa10a. Water100 ineda,
mettat and clasps for Salamanca, Vit-
toria, Nivelle and the Knights of
St. Vladimir and principal equerry
to the Queen Dowager. lie had
malty relatives in Canada, Or n'hitit
now few remain. One in 3. A. Mae -
clown. K.C. Alexandria.. Ontario.
another Ails; A. Macdonell, of me
Amer, Prescott, Ontario.
OMENS AT 00110NATIONS,
TThTTiTfrTrUxbrcgosNTs AT TEE
CP -OWNING On' ICINGS.
Sovereigns Wb.ose Beiges East
Been. Clouded Ninth. Disaster
and raiture.
"What is the fittest sight in the
world ?" said lioraee Walpole. "A
oppoettion. To begin with. the
petted eerviee was mangled almost
beyond recognition. The Mason ale
legett was the uecessity for curtail-
.
1,1d0 seuaree: treesttoe end put
t411 the bacli cif the stove, wita aa
equal emennt of granulated 'sugar.
When thevoughle diesolve.d. :Tonal
g the extreme length of, the pro-, upon platters and leap In 11,e oree
(netting% oven or 15 the S'IM9r4btle Malt CAnliiiP41
realitla the onlitedea or thew which will be within a feet* days.
Communion. and other prominente lino in cola•reet triers Jaye
features of the rite. was entirely duel cheeped* eineenne teaaeshoons,
58' -
to a desire to refrain from outragiuge gar. it tahlespooes chocolate, n
tho Piqua onelPatillea or the Wog* tableepoons flour. 1 teacup boiling
Once more. the time-lit:altered mores- =dep. Folki of enti. lump of lat.
elent trom the Towel, through elle ter tee sue of. a eatintit. 110i1 on
city to Unstmluster was abandoued faaee ern thick, rra, the white!' el
,c()Tanatillsievstl,(lifielow7leixplencludit34)410:7410:1‘71.17.71,1,heTteluirillith:' peliteg.ti, on top. This will meta one
dred tbousand pounds on the Crust roe Potpie bread day
you are planning to hat, eltiekett or
-veal potpie, lay aside itt coot place
enough dough for one loaf of breath
ten wanted roll out and place on
of yam kettle. Yon will be 611VO
been a tight crust. which can oeso
ADORNMENT OR MS' (allele:a.
But, telwa the ceremouy was fairly,
under way, one event after another'
took place. alt of theta al/Peering to
herald the debacle of three Years
Limn -Col. Sir James Macdouell. I later. they were enough to malse an be iniprovete by adding a little short -
gigantic, broad -shouldered Melt- ordinary monarch literally Otter cuing, (VA for tle minutes. A. nine
leader from anvergarry, and to these
alum broad, shoulders and ihe per- with fright.
At the very AMMO% or giving the :Lash fruit or berries: place Seine in
fervidunt ingenium Scotorein which Signal front the Abliez,• that the aduldli1,97:::d4.44;:vItler 3111r:1:11: e(r117. "Si': tt:
at the supreme moment and crisis or Crown of St. Edward
assault refused to yield. \Veiling- upon the roya was Plat'ed for an hour and a half.
I head* the lint; float- mem Boiling Puddinee if a mold
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after the beetle, accorded the meet
aurels of victory, When appealed to, coronation. What do peepps Ing from the White Tower was tornby the wind. The same accident be- •
is used be sure to /tato It well greael-
in itevarding the prize of nve bun- talk about ? la coroontion• Wbat' fell the cloth of gold canopy which ed. A bag or cloth sbauid be wrung'
bravest soldiers in the British army Passed 9 A coronet . Claque Ports, altbough it was by
• • the " • 0 1 In boilieg pudeingie always put
out a hot water and well floured.
tired pounds bequeathed to 'the is the thing most delightfut to kayo
was supported by tl lit '0119 f la 0
ion "
thent litto boiling water. Boiled lied
m 3"e0"° ° trina.37 IlaYt "II° 4' Sttlin" steamed, puddings require nearly
twice as much One as baked. When
a pudding is boiled in a mold, take
it from the water and plunge im-
mediately into cold water, then turn
ut at once; this will prevent etieln
Ing.
French Puddiegs--Dissolye I cup
tapioca farina in 1 cep cold milt: for
an hour, then boil it eight or ten
minutes in a double boiler. Take
front the fire and When tool add 1
dessertspoon sugar, 4 well beaten
eggs, 0 small piece of butter, a little
salt and •.?, teaspoon 'lumina. Serve
cold with the following sauce : 'The
at Waterloo.'
'Wellington wrote 1 'The sucees.s of
the battle of Waterloo turned upon
the closing of the
GATES OF ROUGOMONT.
These gates were closed in the
most courageous memo* at the leek this great occasion WINO beea re -
Or thee by Sir Ames efacdrinell. 1 tbus :
marked and neted down by the cue
Cannot help thialting, therefore, that while a velue altogether diss
Sir James is the matt to whom you (onrioelpitoir:lasonsaitgonedittaos been them.
not Mire -
should glee the live hundred pounds.' .
Like a. true Righland gentleman, Naturally, this has proved to be
the stalwart sergeant, -who shoulder the coronn.tion of sovereigns whose
the ease in a 'Very marked Manner at
MitedOnell banded over the money to
to shoulder with this colonel of the reigns have subsequently been cloud -
Guards had forced back the door 05 ed with disaster and failure: or, per-
ils hinges in face of an overwhelm_ haps, terminated in a violent and
untimely end.
Ing force of the enemy. The partya
who assisted at the defence of Hou- T,nero was the well known scene at
w
gomont were men from the light ttelises'odre.a.thbed of Edward the Con -
companies of the Coldstream Ottarde when Harold and his reltt-
and of the 3rd, or 'Scots Guards. Lives forced their way int* the
Among • thette were two brothers. King's bedchamber and demanded
Graham by name, also two sergeants the name of his successor.
of the Scots Guards—Bryce Mac-dyingYe know fell Well," replied the
grown-, a native of Argyllshire, who monarch, "that 1 have be -
enlisted at Glasgow in 3.709, and re_ eueathed tay kitterdem to the Duke of
maimed in the service till„ 18.2, nod Noratandy, and are them not those
Sergeant Ralph Fraser, a veteran hero whose oaths have been given to
who had served with distinction in s,ecure his succession."
, Diseatisfied with this answer, the
Egypt ill 1801, and In nanover an° Earl proceeded to repeat tem (plea.-
Copenhegen. After describing the .
mont, the writer proceeds : e take it, if such be thy
peremptory terms.
incidents of the light around Hauge- t„incnaii. .ionids,till more
"Following 'Wyndham into the wish, was the reply, "but tbe gift
eauet-yard came Ensigns Gooch *ill be thy ruin. Against the Duke
(afterwards Colonely and Hervey, thee."
and his baronage no power can avail
and as they..approttched the sniall
tower and well in the centre of the1., A. few more moments and the King
farinYard they were foundS..-t•
by eie aaci passed away- ; Harold was hest -
John Graham, of the light company
-- ity crowned, and before that year
Of• their regiment, 'who, as already „ll was winp.
had been gathered to its rest he bim-
described, had, with his now wound- . ' '"
ed brother -and Sergt. Fraser and' - -
A. BLOOD-STAINED 00,1IPS'E,
Seegt. McGregor been, halding the beneath it heap of Saxon slain, upon
!
enemy in cheek and preventhSonia° fieldig them .
from setting- the stables and barn Another seventy years and the
near the' north gate on, fire. • troubled reign of Stephenconi)tenc-
'The impetuous resh of the little ed. Prom tho very first this reign
parte,' of officers no sooner burst M Was Marked - with events which air
fury upon the Frenchmen near the gured ill for the new sovereigo,
gate than , they turned tail and The usual kiss oi peace was for -
broke up in several parties, some gotten; tho host bestowed at the
taking refuge in the open cart -shed celebration disappeared in some
aeljothing the gate, and ethers strange
MEWING •PaR THE BARN.• strange and unaccountable manner-
-The Archbishop, William. de Corbeuil
.
where .maey- of the British 'wounded who but a short time previously had
were lying, and throegh which there solemnly pledged his word 'to uphold
was a direct road to the south or Queen nifaucle, and was now deliber-
French side of the position. The re- ately breaking it by crowning the
nmieder stood their ground waiting Xing, died within a year; while the
for the arrival of the reinfoeceenents great officers of Church and State,
now hi sight. In less thne than it who had taken part in the ceremony,
take to relate Sir James Macdonell all came to some wretched and mis
and Sergeant Graham pieced their era,ble end.
broad shoulders against the open The coronation of Edward IT was
gates, and while their comrades en- a scene of desperate confusion.
gaged and. overcame .the daring Archbishop Winchelsey was enable to
spirits among the enemy who struge officiate, owing to tee brea,kdoeva o
gled to resist the heavy doors were health and 'his absence at Rome. He
seeing together and ,Hougemont was accordingly named a commission
saved. , In another i nstan t the heavy , C011:ASting of three prelates, to act
cross bar which held the doors to- in las behalf. One of these, Thomas
other was need by Graham, aild the WoOdlock, ' ' Bishop of Wiechester
These words aye an. atcurate in-
dication of the close, scrutiny which
is east by tbe public eye upon this
great historical' event. It armies,
therefore, but little surprise to learn
that even the tiniest incidents ou
infuriated. blows of the hatchet and
eanene
was actually entrustetl by the
ed representation of the royal arms
fell from the Window of ono Of the
prineipal London eherehes.
Above all, for eome uneeplained
reason, the crown was itt perpetual
danger of falling Off the King's head,
and, indeed, would have done 80
in all probability bad it not been
for the support given by Henry Sid-
ney with the ironical remark. "This
is not the first time, Your Majesty.
that my family have supported the
crown." He was at that very time
engaged in it traitorous correspond-
ence with the Prince of Orange.
Many long years atter poor Queen
Mary ef modem mailed this unto.. yolks ot 2 eggs, pt nilik, and 3
ward event ; remarking as she eel cup sugar. Whip the wbites or the
so : "There was a presage that eggs and Pot en top of the pud-
streek us and °velar one who observ- dings.
ed it: they could not make the crown
keep Orin on the King's head; it ap-.,
peered always on the point of fall,'
ing and it reeedred some care to
;ctek
keep it steady."
ANOTHER SCENE
octan -red which certainly was a blot
on tho dignified and -stately proceed-
ings of the day. When reord Surrey,
Treasurer of the Queen's Hausehold,
distributed the inedalsalio AVMS sur-
rounded by a pushing. jostling crowd
in which peers scrambled foe medals
with page -boys, aud one active
young stripling of a page actually
secured a. handful of medals whith
he calmly put in hiS pocket, after
showing them with pride to it less
fortunate page who had only se-
cured three.
When the Queen received the sacra-
ment she removed her. crown. It was
noticed that it pressed so tightly on
her head that she .had difficulty in
removing it. It was clearly too
heavy a burden for so young a head,
and 1 felt sorry for her.
• Curiously enough, when, after be-
ing 'crowned, she had resumed 1101.
seat' • , on the Chair of Becognition
the Sun burst out and surrounded
her, as it -were, with a. halo of quite
dazzling light. • which flashed among
the jewels of her crown, lit up the
rich • colors of her robes -until they
seemed • almost to burn, and maile
her sweet, ensiled face radiant.
The ceremony itself is too well
known to need recapitulation. Al-
though it lasted four hours, it was
all so absorbingly interesting that
it seemed far too short, and even
the Biehop of London' e sermon was
so excellent that it might well have
been longer.
At last, et about e quarter to
four, it all came'to an end, and the
Queen, now obviously fatigued and
still wearing her crown and carrying
her heavy orb and sceptre, walked
down the Abbey to her robing -room'.
and the many -hued crowd melted
away to (Ind and fight its way home
as best it could
!I
IIOUSE-CLEANING.
Before X begin -to clean house X
have plenty- of soft, water and
cloths, together with it profusion of
soap and common whiting, says it
practical housewife. First conies the "-
kalsomining or the whitewashing.
To prepare kalsomine for ceiliegs.
USO a pound white glue, 8 pounds
zinc white. • Soak the glue over night
in water, and liquefy over the fire
the next day, then add inore water
and the zinc white. Standard dyes
of any colors may be miXed with the
kalsomine to give any shade desired.
AS nearly everyone know's how to
prepare whitewash, we will pass
that over.
After the ceiling has been made
fresh aud elean, the woodwork
should be washed -thoroughly. Next
wage the windows with clean water.
rub whiting over the glass, and when
dry polish with a soft cloth.
To disinfect sinks and drains, dis-
Solve b /b,, copperas in 1,gal. water.
pour into the sink and water drain.
OccaSionally,,and it will keep _them
pure and wholesome.
After the furniture has been clean-
ed, a good, but simple polish can be
made of 2 �z beeswax, oz White
soap and 1 pt boiling water. Bub'
on with a cloth a small space at a
time, and polish with ouother Qloth,
, To clean brass kettles, or any
articles of brass, tale the peeling of
a Latium before it is dry, clip in salt
and rub the article with it. Polish
instetatly with a dry cloth and it
will leave a brilliant surface.
To make, the stoves bright, mix the
stove bleat:Ng With vinegar, to the
consietence• of cream. add teaspoon
sugar. apply with a brush, arie pol-
ish with newspapers. It will ,eive a
beauti fie and lasting p ol i . •
if one has willow fltnititre that s
not varnished, they should dean if;
with salt and water, scrub with a
Uri brush and dry therougIllul