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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1886-9-23, Page 3TheldillitheCtorged ......... It wool)* 1i o clock when 1, opened, the door and the Meek cat welhed slowly out and down the step,' waiting to tem if I followed. Ittarned tip the cetlar of My coat, for the air Ware chilly, ' and went aqt again into the beautiful- Oetober • night. Theatteet was as Silent tie 'the footfalls of the little animal eoftly welkin down the eteps. The black eat led the way; and I followed. Wby, I do not knew. , Two nights before I Led walked up from my •caSee late with a Mend. - 'It war long pleb midnight when I turned Into the quietstreet ;where , I 'lived, talking - about I knowatot what. Sad -doily there , stepped Rub of the ehadow of a, huge 'bree a bleak cat. Looking neither ' to the 0404 n x. the UPI, ehe -Walked deliberately hof as. ' • , , . , - -- ' , ii, 4." a 1" add My friend, with a tragfc rt 1' 4 eat 1 -aa blabk cat 1 Let Its /OHO* e cat:" And thenbe /anghed and • even as he , walked the echoes down the atreet—I cannot tell why I shivered. The oat walk- ed Wendy a/ono:the lower stet* .of:the flight leitling ilownefrOm the hon' ae keep- ing a pace or two ahead of as. My friend left me at his doot, say img, "Good -night. • Beware re( the cat." I went on parlay house not far beyond. At the steps the •'cateatopped; hesitated for 'a Moment, and then walked tip to the door; ' Somewhat aurpeised, I followed. I do nab' like cata. They seem tit me to be treacherous dangerous Medea,' and I an even half afraid of them. Bulawhen Oa° black cat stopped at my door I' deter- mined, fcir inexplicable reasons, to 'admit her. ' She seemed to know rai 'room, for she walked up the single flight of stairs before me and entered the room as I opened the door. I found her stretched out on the floor when I had lighted the gas, and If she had lived in Fayroom all her .11fe he could not have appeared More at home., Foithe' liana inexplicable tea - 8011 that I admitted the cat to mea home I allowed her to remain in my room. The next evening I 'camp in earlier ; it may have been 10 o'clock. The black cat met me at the door 'And darted by me aa I stepped. over the threihold. Then, as Itarned to ate° 'whither "eheladgone, I felt a pull at the leg of my trousers, and saw that the cat had fastened a claw there and was certainly trying to draw, inc from the hones. I Stooped down and seftly stroked the aninial's back,. at -the same time disengaging her claw: , Then I turned and entered the house,. and the cat afGer a moment Of apparent irresolu- tion, followed me mewing strangely. The next -night she again met eap,at the doer, and the effortto dee* me from the house was. repeated. The desire was ad,'Apparent that I was puzzled, and; I ownt4Alttle , disturbed. The cat went with rocie to ray room, and, sitting there in the firelight, with her bright eyes staring at me, ',formed a purpose to yield to this curious whim if it were again dile played. .1 tried to" reason with myself, but reason eeemed to have given way to an impulse as uncontrollable as it was mysterious. , I pained' an uneasy night and 'then a day, half hoping that my unbidden and unwelcome gueat Would be, gone. I heard the clocks in the bonne along the !streets wheril lived strike 11 as I walked down a towarakm, y door. As I stepped over the tluteheld- I saw the fiery eyes of the eat in thedark hell. A °Oki ahiveepassed theough my frame. I trembled with An excitement as' intinee ea it Wee sudden. Mi heart began to beat so loudly that'I lavolantait tly held mi-handa over it as if to stlifit. Then immraoning my resolution I fol. lowed the cat down the steps and strode after her as she flitted down the street. It was o black night.. Heavy, swollen gray donde had beer, hanging low in the sky when (tallness came on, and now they drew an impenetrable veil between the _earth and the stars. The old, wind- ing streets of the quarter of the town in which I lived were silent and deserted. Now and then a gust pi wind swept down and swung some shutter back npon its hinges with a hoarse, grating sound. The moaning of the wind was full of strange meanings to m6. My thoughts wander- ed off through the black arches of that diemal night, and se 1 strode down the street, drawn irresistibly af ter the noiselees black cat there came _up before inc a vivid picture of the tragedy which had Come into my life only a year before, when I had completed my college course, • I saw my father's house-- a large white building surrounded by spacious plazzes and standing in the middle of a wide, velvetelike lawn. I saw my father Sitting In his comfortable library, from which two bay whitlows opened upon the piazza. He had left' my sister and mother and mysellina an ' adjeining. mem; and was bitting at a table facing one of the open windows. A student's lamp oast a soft, • mellow light over the room. Behind my father stolid his safe, which coritehied a large lain Of money put there to pay his woremen on the following morning. The door between the library and the room in which we ,were was open, and occasionally eke spoke to as. Thou came a long ei- Atnce,, and we beard only the soft patter of the rain on the piazze. 't What cen father be doing," asked my sister air length, "that keeps him 00 quiet1" "Writing, I suppose," said my mother. "He is making up the pay rolla, you know" , "Then hell never get through," replied my dater, "for he has fallen asleep I'm eine." ' , ,• We listened' again. We' heard only' the already, monotonotui patter of the rain. " Well," said my deter, rialtig, "don't you think I had ought eleeetekabienterp mother?' `` Yessulanswered my mother. . "Father;" she, mid, "wake , up; it is growing late,' , . ' There was no antliVet. The , next mo.. Me& a piercing Iihriele rang'throtigh the, haunt., " MY God llie ia dead 1' ' Horror-etriekern we earthed •tato the room. The safti had been robbed and my father allot thtoUgh the heart; white ho Oat, not 30 feet , away froonnen and Wit had initleard.'',Anecntied. ' At itide lioot, naortern exaniination thoy tOnnd In his body a curious nilsaile more than an ladle loug and ehaped partly like a btrilet and , , partlat e dart. The point ,wae aharp and three eilteop feces an hack toward the body of the missile. Experts meld' the ',Online:. hied been projected by ;seine feria ether than, powder, aide 'My Mother and aleter would' 'have heard the rePiirtt and theY talked very learaedly about. the aanlielition, of compretseed air and even hinted at electricity. But what ,mannee. of wea,pion thinuatirdeMr used none ;cold 'I bad mechanically taken the dar P4t in MY Peeket, ,, 'I always cartdi there .with a vague hope that some Mightehelp me ,t' unravel' the aiyet my father's' death .ithicla bed alai mother , ,aad had nested Open mai' like a great pall. I had thet, dart pocket even thenie , • a and day it cry, of n my soul iitlY rieue city itty Joh 1 gely The to a rthe ur of mb— y. I My lack g of 9f tion that young map was With 'his friends. eeth went in firat'and was introduced to my ProsPeetive hrother,:in.law. I found him a, good-looking Man of the world, well fed., andratherfascinating. That was all Ihad time to notice before Melville entered the room. I saw a sad- den pallor mina upon the face of the man who was- ateint to become my sister's hus- band. , Mortimer Melville started for- ward and vaithOut waiting for an introduce don exclaimed "George Sutherland 1" That wee not the name given to me In the introduction. It was the name of the man It:elle:yeti to be my father's Wingate). I staggered ; my tongue Clove ta the roof of my mouth. "Ite is he 1" cried Mortlimer. "Ho bought the gun i" "What do you mean 1" stammered Sutherland. Then my aenses returned. I drew the curious miesile from my pocket and held it before hia eyes. "Miserable wretch 1" exalaincted. "Look at this —this you sent to my father's heart. But now you shall suffer for your cowardly ciliae." I sprang forward to seize him by the throat. With a sudden bound healuded niwgrasp and she next Moment sprang through the open window into the street. "Stop him 1" I shouted; "stop the villian 1" Twenty men sped after him. He waa •caught. , lie, eisonfeshed that the murder had beef:0)11e FOY/nil* riot Olds life and bad gone Vest and 'engegedin the cattle lt dande. hiettitieltigtirizidhe ,ren assumed petite; he seen' 'and really loved my Writer. He suffered the extreme penalty of thelavr for hisarirae: My deter, after a !Ong illness, recovered and now lives always by my side.. We still keep the black cat. And there theie IWO teiloWing a mYste blade cat out of the suburbs of the In the glooiity nigieb end down a lee road, moved; by ioncie impulse. tvh ' could not expiain and which, &tea enough, I ad notwant explained. Oat turned lute riarnitylane leading pieee of dense aniedis. I could Ikea bell in the cathedral atrikIng the ho midnight. I. Wee' cold -;=almost nu although the night, was hardly chill wanted to go •back, yet I went on. eyes vainly strove to penetrate the b Wallets of the forest. The whisperbi th&'. fright 'wind In .thee 'trees was fa11 hidden meanings.. Cold perspire trickled down' ray forehead. My . t chattered. My knees' kin:Hiked together. Yet Wentan. At the edge of the wood theatat paused. I 'meld not EMS her'body, , but hereyee 'glowed In the darknesa wIthe Weird light. She began im mew and the 'sound echoed dismally anteng the trees, dying away* smothered:lobs' in the deflates's. I Could tell by the agitation of, thtedead leaves at my feet that the cat was scratching, as if bunting for something. Presently she utter a long piercing cry that beamed to maketthe very trees . tremble, and then she was allent and motionless. Trembling violently, I struck a hutch and !stooped over her. She had her foot on liomething half covered by leaves. 'Ib. leaked like a dead branch. I picked it upa It'was gun—nob like any I had civet. seen before, but atill like a gun. 1 looked'at it blank- ly. "Mechanically I dreivifrommy pocket the cadets Whale whir% I altiateys carried and dropped it into the barrel. It fib perfeobly. The horror that rushed' oyer me ,when I knew that I heial in hey hands the weapon which had aleininete'fatheravas tenegreat to be borne: The Ales reeled above me. I saw a hundred pairs of glowing eyed. I tottered, groauedt and fell senseless upon' the earth. a , Two years, passed- away. 1 had not yet solved the Mystery. My dater w about to be On:wiled, and I was peeper to go to the Wedding. She had be living with relativesin ,Toropto, ,whe she was completleg her mualcal studt There she met ayoung man wbone never seen, but who, all my rplativei - A eared me, was wort:hi, to beconietiti sisters's husband: He had been in Tenni steely two years'hilt had in that time made himself afaverite in the _bast soci- ety in the city. He had'plenty of. Money which.he eaid, he had' made in the West, where he had a large cattle ranch. I saw BniCoatetre,ariscOhnoiWeeh!,,I,st!Olild, hjeot to my • I had invited Mertineer-tMelville to go with me. was re,aer moat heti. Mate friend, althetsgliii had knc.wri him lees than two ;years..I hadthe good for- tune to 'find hia pooketicook, -which he lost, and took it to the burtipess address written on a; 'card' inside. From th 'trivial incident our friendehip grew up, We never visited each other's rooms, be. cause we used to prefer to sit together in the smoking room cf the modest club to which we belonged.. Having invited him to go to the wedding With 'me, I was wait- ing for him in my ratan, where he was to call for me on his way to the station. "Come in," I said, hearing a knock at the door. "Good -morning, old fellow," he said. entering. "It's a little early yet, but I confess I was a trifle curious to have a peep at your rooms before starting. Pret- ty comfortable place you have here, Bob " VO' S it Is. Make yonraelf at home, Mort, while I try to coax the total depra- vity out of this necktie." Mortimer strolled around the room looking at the pictures. Suddenly he ut- tered an exclamation of surprise. ' I turned and saw him pointing at: the blank cat, which wasi'lyiag,asleep on the hearth rug. "Where did you , get that cat 1" , he asked. "She followed me home one night," I maid. , ile taid•ho wanted it as a cariosity; an paid rise a good round sum for 11. 1 know thiii le 'the gun,' becaueeithere Waa ne pe tenb mark on it. The yotutg man was the imo of te, good famtly :with tote afi MoneY, 1 „learned tifterWerdit ithab he had a had reputation Ilyed a wild and it' dieitaltdie life' for a time, but underatand bleat he reforMed a. cettple anode Ade, &Ad is now once mere receiveu /alto geed society." . "Who watt this man 1' I asked "What was his name,7 ' '' George. Satherlend," field Morthner. ',had neverheard the name before, but I lane* that was the trian.I had been /ricking' or, and I &mild see another ;step. toviarde solving the mystery of my father's death, , Without, thinking of what I was tieing I took the naiseile from the chamber Of the gun, and pub it In ray pocket. • " Coz.ne,?' I .Said, "Wo have just time to 890 the Chief c f Police and tell billa 'ab`T°IlitetChhillieraa f,lL" know all the &toile of my fatliet'e death, and with me had often' ex- amined the gun. Mortimer,, gave all the informaitien In his poeeesttion'and in an hoar later we were on the read. When we arrived' at Toronto on the morning of:the wedding we went to the hone() of my relatives. When we were told that the groom had arrived Mortimer and I went together to the room W, - d YOUNG FOLE „ , 50 Int; en re ain With ihetinoiitey i'taltentfetbire his Baia he s. "She's mine," he exclaimed. "1 lost her two yearn age before I knew you." Then he walked to the other side of the room and called, "Hers Witch, Witch." The cat ran to him and parted around his feet. "Yon gee," he fetid "she answers to her name. But how on earth did you get her 1" I'looked at my watch. We had an hour to spare. I sat down and bold him the whole story. As I went on I noticed that a look of deep trouble settled upon hie features. When I had concluded he said : "Have you the gun yet 1" "Yes," I answered taking it from ir closet. "My God, I knew it I" he cried. "It Is my gun." "Your gun 1" I eohoed, aghaet. Yes, mine." ratood looking at hint for a moment' trying to collect my thoughts. Thoughts too terrible to entertain crowded tspon me. ' "You cannot be," I said, 4'my fatherai—" No, 110, not that." he interrupted. "1 mean that I invented the gun, 11 was my idea, and the gun wag made for me. It was the firet ever made anal— and I„aold it." , Sold it I" I bile& M TO whonir 141raten,"•- eat& • Mortinier; "and I will fell you all abOtri It. 'God knows I have nothing to conceal. I discovered a 130W and powerful use of compreated I worked at, my idea for a long time and finaily mule a gun which woe a succeee, poor and needed the money to push the inVentlon, and when one day a young man same into my shop and Wanted te hay this partitular gun I sold 11 to him, A True rog Ettny. Lest year a clergynuoi of Norfolk, 'Eng. land, missed his pet deg. endthere was much grief in the family, for Ranh, the lest collie, was•a favorite with the, geogni folks as Well as with the children, Some bine months later the clergyman happening to go te Ct- tie Hill; where the drovers wereesaw Rough, and joyously laid claim te him ; but Rough'snew master, a &ever; refused to give the deg up, and there was a ditpute. Of course the, drovers were ' sympathy with their fellow, and the clergyman found the odds againet him. The drover said that he had owned Rough for years ; •the minister held to it that Rough, was the vary Rough he had raised, Tape 'policerden came rwitsing up, and the ease was stated, "But how *me you prove ownership !"asked one ef the tfficers. That put the minister in mind of aemething. He thrust his hand into a poc- ket, pulled out a penny, and gave it to the deg with the command, 'Rough, fetch a loaf," Rough, with the penny In his mouth, went te the neareet bakery, made it clear; that he wanted some bread, and 80011 came trotting .back to the crowd, The clergyman broke off a morsel, gave it to &nigh, and stood by while the dog munched it. Sudd.enied the clergyman exclaimed, " Reugh, I believe that bread is poieen- ed 1" Oat the dog spat the piece of bread, and the emwd cried " Bravo!" There was no langendoubt as to the true ownership, and to the ,shame of the drover the dog trotted off at the minister's heels. .—earastineeeseteineee--, If:She Isn't She (kat to Be. "Is Miss 'Binkins at home ?" asked Mi. Saunders of the Irish girl who answered hie ring at the door. "Yes, I When she is, sir." "Is she engaged ? "And is it en- gaged yen say?. FA: an. I can't tell you, air, but she kissed Mr. Vincent last even- ing as if shelled never seen the like of him, and it's engaged I b'lave they are, sir." To Cure a Corn. There is no lack of No -called cures for the common ailment knoWn aa corns The veg. eteble, animal, and mineral kingdoms have beea ransaaked for cures, 11 ie a eimple matter te remove corns without pain, for If you will go to any druggist or medicine de eler and buy a bottle el Putnam's Painless Corn Eetraotor and apply it as directed the thing Is done, Get "Putnaman" and no other, „ "Would yet giv me the price of a meal ? aiiked a tramp of a venerable and kindly dirlditied looking man, " Can't you find any wora ?" reueried the venerable party me he took off his gleam and wiped them prepara- tory to replacing them so as to look as the Mendicant. "Lookey here, mister," con- tinued the tramp, " want a fair antiwar to me question, I'm asking yea for money an' not worg, Will yea antiwar the question wid a yes or wld a no Te make a veaterproof paste to stick °ilk on ',Oki inacerate virgin rubber—oaoutchoue —out .into Pinot shavinga twith about tett Cretin ite Weight of pure benzoic) in open mouthed bottle set in hot water --away from firaa.a.shake occationally, and add more ben. SOW, if neoessary, until a:perfect solution is obtained, The cement ehould not be used in moll quantity as to delay drying, " 4ova Can I Leave Theo.?" serenaded the young man under the Window.. The family (deed it Lai long as possible) and then the cid man let tho dog out to dgare en tho pro. S. • Told lot Ida. °nee upon a time there lived a princes*. She was a very pretty /We Orli with °Yet as bine as tbe viejete thut grow by the mete- dowbreek, and eheeks as pink as wild reser, and hair es golden es bentildne. And all the peopia loved thie little princess 'beoanee elle wee so kind and loving and lovable. Ilat mho had OLIO greet fault, and that *as, --Pro-oraertana-tion, Sometimes thin little yellow -haired prin- cess would be playing with her dolls or reading •a iitoryibuok, when her xnannicia would may,— " Ida, dear, run upstairs and fetch me a spool ef allk from my table." And Ida would gnawer, vilth a tweet smile .0.. " In a minutre, mamma." One minute' weald go by, and another, and a great many more, " VVIII you get my silk, Ida ' " Oh yea, mamma, as soon as I finish this chapter. "Now, Ida." In just a minute, mamma," But the chapter was sure to be finished, with per- haps another one, before the stlk would be fetched, It was net only ono°, but all the time. "What can 1 do 2" sighed the queen, to her trusty counsellor I must break her ad fel habi• t some way, or when she comes to nabs a kingdom of ber own, all will go to wrack and rain. Whet can I do ' "1 Teach her a lesson, year Majetty," eald the trusty counsellor, gruffly,. "Teach her a lessen—a good lesson. And one day the queen remembered her truaty counsellor's worda, The little prin. cees came bounding in, to be dressed for a drive, with her blue eyes shining, and her yellow hair tossing about her face, and her cheeks yinker than panel, which is eitylog a good deal, " We're going up to the Mountain Castle for lunch, mamma, cried she, "and home around by the lake I And Lillian ;Jaya her uncle can't wait but a minute, and won't you hurry, mamma, and get me dressed ?" Mamma, the queen, was reading a book, and she hardly raked her eyes from it, but anewered, with a smile,— " In a minute, dear." So the little princess fidgeted reetlesely from one foot to &nether for what seemed te her a long, long time. . " Won't eon, mamma ?" "Oh yes, dear; as soon as I finish what I am reading." Wasn't it awful The bine eyes of the lit. tie princess began to look like violets after a shower ; and the voice of the little prineesa tremblea. "But they can only wait five minutes, mamma " ehe pleaded. "Oh, de hurry I" " Right away," answered mamma, calm- ly. But just then the little primers heard carriage -wheels rolling crown the avenue, and ehe burst into a cry of grief and dis- may, " 0 mamma, they've gene without me 1 I told them to if I didn't come in five min - atm. Auei they had chocolate cake and jelly tarts for lunch 1 Oh dear me 1" And linen a flood of tears came. • Mamma, the queen, couldn't help moiling a little, though ehe felt very sorry, too. But ehe hoped tide would be the lemon; and she took her little daughter en her knee, and talked to her about that cold thief, procrastination, which is, yen knew, name for puttiegreff-till-by-and-by what should be done tow. • °1 Yen will bey and do better, won't yen, dear ?"said mamma, the queen, very ten- derly; and the little princess, when her sobs were stilled, answered that she would try. But it's very hard to do things right off," mild she, "unless It's things you want to de, mamma." is Right there 'selfishness °ernes in dear," said mamma, "and .elfishness wIU molock the deer and let in a hest of other bad, bad faults." And then mamma, whe oonld not bear to punish her little girl too much, ordered her own carriage, and away they sped after their friends, - Princess Ida le trying yet te do better ; she bee set a guard ever those red Hp. of hers with atria ordure net to let the trou- blesome words, "In a minute," slip by. And though she ien't perfect yet, we , think she is almost as near that as it Is possible for any little girl to be, A Surgeon's love Letters. At Brighton the other day a jury award- ed £50 damages In an action ifor blench of promise brought by Mies Kate Fisher of Sehe, London, againat Mr. C. R. Crane, surgeon, of Brighton. Counsel read ex- tracts from eeveral lettere sent by defendant to the plaintiff, In the first he wrote: My moustache has grown inoonvenient• ly long, and wants trimming, and if you are not here I shall have to trim it myself," [Laughter,] At Cardiff he "longed se muoh for her fond embrace, which he or joyed se much," and added: "Yon must imagine I am kissing yen every night before you go to bed." [Laughter. In another letter, inert before coming home, he wrote: "1 am sorry I cannot come earlier, but you shall have a few more. You had better wash your face in brandy or rpirite of wine, for / mean to make it se sore Moat you will not be able to rest it en your • pillow fair some time to dome.' [Renewed laughter. From Guildford he wrote : " lafother Is just eff to a prayer meeting, and I am going to look up acquaintances. I shall be thinking of you all the evening, especially up to 10 o'clook. Mother will oome to you toenerrow." On another dey he wrote "Darling Kate, how kind el yen to mend anything to enliven life here ; yen had bet- ter send youreelf, labelled this eide up." [Laughter.] On the 191h Dtcsmber, 1382, he said : "11 you could feel hew my heart leapt unto you there se I watched yout tearful and aorroeful face when Vie ship Mt" ' On the 4th a Mare13.1885, the defendant wrote Irom Claremont Terrace, Preston Peek, that he was "terry he had amused her ee much anxiety, It Was better to telt the truth instead of saying he had an affec- tion for het, which he had hot." ' For the &dolma it Wait ObntoriclOci that the defendant was In consumption, and that therefore tho plaintiff had a husky escape from marrying him, L01110110 are a cheap luxttryi, They Oen be kept treeh 1 meths by putting them WO a clean tight oaek or jar, Ewa Covering then% with cold water, Iteep 6. a cool piaci) out of the reach tat sunlight, and ehange the water every third day ; every ocarina day Is better, Damns am 'tactile lent for winter Wm, if one le 'bilious or ita (lined to rheumatlein AN INSANE FHEAK. Mr*. *maws systeriono osimppear A (melees gaSe was that of a Canadian woman named Mrs, /limey Morgan, Jiving In or neer Toronto, ten or twelve yeere age. Her husband wail well.to.do meclionio, and they had lived a happy married Latter nearly twenty years, though haying no liv• ttg children. She wee noted for her q reserved dispeaition, and seldom old er received calla. Oae afternoon o e male Acqualataaces drepptd in on and found her •cheerful and busy abou household datiee. It was remembered she spoke in prattle of her httsband home and was planning matters for w ahead. The women left at 5 o'clook which time Mts. /Yforgan was ready t gin preparations fer tea. Her hue oarne home at bell past 6 and she Was n home, After midnight SEARCH WAS MADE, but net the slightest trace could be fo It was Mend that elle had put on her day gown and bonne; but ehe had net tekeu a stalling in =nay, and in leaving the bowie sine haa not 'coked say of the doors or disturbed any article el furniture, When the search had been extended for a week, the general verdict was that the woman had drowned herself. The argu- ment against tanie was that nc body had seen her after she left home. It seemed utterly impoealble that a person so well known oeuld have walked a ndle or more to the water without being noticed, em, in faoe, that she could have gene in trey direction. The financial circuaunances of ane hueband prevented him from going Into an extended searob, but the police sent deacriptions of the woman all over the country, and stood ready to follow up any clue which might be found. To call it suicide was the easiest way out of the diffioulty, but thie did not satiety the husband. They had lived so happily and in snob. perfeet peace that he could not entertain any well idea though his poverty prevented him from ;eking up other ohm. Thirty•five months from the day she dis- appeared the husband received a letter from his wife dated at Lawrence, Kerins, tusking him if he had yet dispeaed of the new and household furniture, and how long before she could expect his arrival. He took the train at once for the West, and upon reach. Ing Lawrenze blind her safe and in good health, though CONsIDERABLE "01?" IN HER TALK, She upitraided him fer sending her en ahead among strangers, and could not ba made to believe that they had been sepitrated ever three years. The story she told was a sin - vier ene. After the ladies lef1 the house the idea euddenly seized her that their home had been sold and they were going to remove to Kaman. She was to go en ahead and fine a ler:Olen, and her !midland was to re- main king enough to dispon of their goods and chattels and then follow after. She donned her things and set out for the depot, and there boarded a train for the West, Why she wae not put eft, having neither money nor ticket, she could not remember, but was certain that she rode nearly all night., In the morning she was in a strange (illy, and the idea seized her that she. must work and earn money to ao en. She lament- bered going to work in a family which own- ed a white deg, and that the deg bit her on the wrist. She had a scar to verify this. The next thing she remembered was being In a big building with a lot ef queer acting people. She wee doubtleise sent to an insane asylum, and was there for a year er mere. She could remember ESCAPING F11031 THIS PLACE by night and walking a leng way, and work- ing in -another helm, where the people call- ed her Sally. From the hour of leaving home Mrs. Mori gan forgot the name ef the oily it was in and the name of her huaband. She could not even remember her given name, but the Idea was ever present in her mind that she mud go to Keneas, and that her husband Was to join nor there. She must have been a servant in Chicago, for she remembered the names of grocers and butchers and streets in that city. At some time, tee, she must have been 111, for she remembered the name of the deeter and how often hie medi- cines were to be administered. Hew she ever managed to reach Lawrence was a mystery, but perhe.ps the tra,velling public became interested in her ease, and guided her aright. No doubt she gave that place as her destination, and if she acted at all queer it was nothing more than ene nese every day 0111 the great lines of travel, When she reaohed Lawrence she went to a hotel, and there oho mast have RECEIVED A NERvccS SHOCK Q anac.Ifinetuda be Zara Wohreha at Shoellearaaesse ARTILMHY. The distribution of plass far the emcees. ful oompetiters at the Sheeberyncer Volant terer netilleey meeting wile in the hands of Lard Wob1ey, whe *aid, la addressing the men, it had been a great atlafo1jon to iliu to come ameng such a flue body et men, me !dot, ) well yet up, so well dillied, and, as he could yidita judge from the number of prizes he had ouple g von away, tie efficient as artillery mon, her, There were many qualities whieti a soldier t her should Fenian, • A gunntr, for inetan00, that ought to be very effieient in sheeting; but and there was one quality whieh was common eeke to all—namely, cifseipline. He had been en- , at (tufting very carefully as to the manner la o be- which the men preeent and those who had band eocupted the camp last week had behaved ot at themaelves. Of course there had been some owe which had been a little more noisy than others, while Nome had n fluty doubt, been more /emotes' than others In eau. the mariner in which they had performed n , but, ou the whole, the &Delp - line and conduct of the men had, he was inferrapd, been admirable, • He was sure that the experience they had gained in camp, arid the manner in vvitich the duties were performed in camp, would be a lesion te all who took part in these annual drills. They would carry Isar* to their own homers and their own corps enlarged, ideas as to the neeesaity fer diecIpline, 'Without discipline no body of men could be wormay oF BEING, CALLED SOLDIERS. It had been a'great satisfaetion to him to ate the representatives of the Canadian militia, with which he had the honor of being asse- *tined for many years and upon two or three remarkable occadons en actual service. He was glad that they had net only come a long distanoe to thew what the soldiers of Cana- da were. but that they would go back to their homes carrying with them a very large number ef prises which they had dc- eervedly won, He was sure he expressed the teedngs of every man belonging to the volunteer force of England when he said he heartily web:aimed them here, and hoped they would remember with great pleasure the time they had spent here and the num- ber of comrades and friends they had form- ed. He was Mao glad te eec several of THOSE WHO CAME FROm CANADA. bearing the medale which Her Majaaty had dietribuled to these who took part in the, tete little campeign in rthe NorthiWeet, where they were ant-jet:it to very great diffi- culties, and had te uaclergo a conalaerablei amount of hardship, and had a formidable enemy to encounter, He was sure, if called, upon, they would be able to do in the, future as they had done on previews ecoai sions. He himself SSW them in the fielcr,, and oeuid judge that the men now forming the Cenadian Militia k were well worthy of thane whe had gone before them. He echo- ed the hope that bad been expressed that next year, being the jubilee of Her MB j saty's reign, we should see representativee frone all the gra t colonies in this country. He was one et these who believed in the federa- tion of enr Empire. (Chasm) Lord Weleeley canoluded by expreeeing the pleasure it had afforded him to take part in the presentatien of the prizes. The Volunteer Service Gazette thus sums up the result of the meeting :— 'The meeting tee been maiked by two incidents of special intereat—the presence throughout the twe weeks of Colonel Arm- strongs splendid Canadian team, and the attendance of Lord Wolseley at the Prize Distribution. The appearance ef the Canadians ought to put our Men on their mettle. We are quite -aware tbat the former are picked_.and are picked, more- over, in a way in which it would never be possible for us te pick a team to go to Canada or any ether colony. But even allowing for this, we must say that we have SELD0M SEEN SUCH A BODY OF SOLDIBBs which partly restored her to reason. She would give no name to be registered, and the landlord soon taw that he had an undo- eirable guest in his home. The authorities were called In, and 11 was decided to send her to an asylum. She overheard them planning this, and the idea came to her that she must remember her name and all about herself or she would again be shut up. Ail of a sadden she remembered that her name was Morgan, and that she had come frem Toronto, and oho told such a straight story of being sent on In advance that it vial ac- cepted by the authorities. The woman said it was the happiest day of her life when she recalled who she was. Although the name returned to memory she still believed that ehe had been tient ahead, and therefore wrote and upbraided her huaband for his delay, She was joined by her husband on Sept. 17. Sbe believed she left Toronto, on the 3rd. Nearly three yearn and a half had dropped out of her life, never to be re- stored. Upon returning home she went about the house as usual, glad that nokhing had been sold, and in an hour knew where every article was kept. She greeted the neighbors as though only a fortnight had paned, and by the advice of physioians she was indulged in her belief. Daring the next three or fear years nothing like a sus. picien el insanity was observed in her con- duct, and oho then died of typhoid fever, Curious Anagrams. The following le a list el very remark able auagrams Astronomers —No more stare, Catalogues—Got as a clue. Impatient—Tim in a pet Matrimony—into my arm, Molodrama—Made moral. Midehipman—MInd his map. Old England-Galden land, Parlehioners—I hlreparsons. Parliament—Partial meta renitentlary—Nay I repent. Presbyterian—Beit in prayer, Rovolution--To love ruin.. Sweetheart—There we eat. Telegraphs—Groat helps, beauty, it elle ho taught also to adorn her mind and heart, that e to direct her love of ornament in due ruder he may have wisderci Let this young girl Seek th Adorn her as the Canadian Artilleryimen who have just left Sbeeburynees. Nobody, we think, whe taw thee° clean -limbed giants perform- ing the" Shift "for the Governor -General's Cup en Thureday will ever forget the sight. Their march passed later in the day, in full panoply, was equally good in a different way. And they, er a great many ot them, show by their medals that they can de, and have actually done, mere trying and portant work than parbuckling a 64 pound- er up to its carriage, er marching past the Adjutant General. They will return home, indeed, laden with Ike spells of their re- cent peaceful campaign, • Oar men have prevented them, not without serious difficulty, from carrying eft the the Qaeen's Prize, but by their prowess with Armstrong they home recovered the Montreal Cup, whloh Colonel Ray and his men brought beak Irene Canada two years age ;they have taken awaye Teencionderry Cup from the best team we could bring againet them, and they have refuted even to let the prize given by their own Gov- ernordeeneral, for excellence in Repository work, remain among no, Moreover, tbey have wen a first prize for Shell firing and a Certificate in the ordinary Repository Competition, so that there will be rtioloing, fully jwitified in Canada." Buried for Four Hours. Frank Matzhardt, a resident af Cerbent dale, 111„ met with a meet extraudinary adventure en Friday last, He was engaged in walling up a well he had just dug en the farm of °Apt. J. C. Soon, a sherb distance east of that place. He had laid up the wall to within a few feet of the top of the well, but was at the bottom of the well fee some purpose; all of a sudden the bricks began caving in at hie feet, and the entire wall set- tled downward and began tumbling in. No help was at hand. Mauzhaadt tried to ex- tricate himself by olhnbing up en the brick as fast aa they fell, and In this way elevated himself some five or six feet, The brick fell teeter and faster, and at last he was caught and held fast. The brick then covered him up for a distance ot ten feet. As aeon as the accident was cliecovered workmen went to his relief. They called to •him and re - calved answers. The work of removing the brick continued ever four hours, At last the man was uncovered, He was standing upright. One arm extended, the ether raised above his head. Se was wedged in so tightly that he could not move, The most tingUlat part of the mishap was that he Wall ooniparatively uninjured, A elight bruise on his floe and a little knot on hie head was the only damage, The workmen releasing himencouraged him all they oetild, and he kept urging them to work hard. lie says that his sensations during the fear and one hell hour& Imprisonment were peculiar beyond imagination, but that he woe net nn- ceneolous for a moment, - In a certain badman effice there wee a young mart who did not do much except last He has, moreover, of late acquired Vac habit of coming to the iffitie very late. Hia enployor tetnarked to him: Yott are late again this inornieg " Yes ; but it matt make much dtfferenoN as yen eay I don't do anything," replied the clerk, " trtte; you rio absolutely nothing, but 1 want you to do 11 in the ()Moe'