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LOVE AND VENGEANCE AMONG THE SMUGGLERS,
THE MOST FASCINATING: OCEAN Romaisee SINCE TIAE DAYS
COOBEI,t, AND Mastaaiests
CHAPTER XXI,--(Coieras sum )
Ha, hit 1 I bring him. I bring him, Welt,
wait, wait 1"
Captain Mocquet descended the , hatch-
way, which he had himself opened, and
Dolan and the crew ef the Rift looked at
each other in surprise at the amount of
strange emotion exhibited by the Frenchman
and the lugebrious attempts he had made
at merriment.
"I say," whispered Bowline to one next
him, "these Frenchmen, I don't think, are
quite right in their wits when anything goes
a little wrong with them."
"1 should think not."
"Here he is !" cried Captain Mocquet, ap-
pearing on the deck with a rush thatmade
Dolan start two steps backward. In his
hands_ he had writing materials, which he
eagerly placed on the capstan.
Here he is. I shall write one order.
There 1 One hundred thousand francs.
He is done, and liberty and the Rift is mine
—eh ?"
said Dolan, as he took the order,
"as son as we have the money for this."
"The money?"
" Yes ; you don't suppose that we are go-
ing to let you and the Riit go, just for this
bit of pa.per, do }mu?"
h 1 d d
"One pen—one ink—one paper. I will
bring him all op ; I, myeelf. Let 1110—oh
let nie 1"
"Why, he's out of his miad !" said Bow-
line. "Look how he shakes and how white
he looks, One would think, mato, he had
hid eomethiug down below that he was afraid
Stgru) of pe would see."
Captain Mocquet laughed hysterically.
"No --no ; I not hide something—ha ha 1
I see him all below—pen, et ink, et paper.
All is well. 1 bringlum. I feel much well-
er now. All, mes braves, I bey the Rift,
Toat bein-h /Lae ha 1 I bring him up—
\
ha, ha, ha !
Pe te brintante,
.A. van unenoo,
Plus elle amanue,
Tu no coins peraonne !
Indeed."
"Oh, yes ; but we all smuggle dow4 here
mid do the best we ean. It's in the air, Xie
—I bog Parklon—Captaia Dolan, and I be-
lieve that if the Chaneeller of the Exchequer
were to come and live here fer a year, he
would„ try to cheat the revenue some dark
the secret of the eeceeavern weuld not ',have
been worth a 'farthing by the morning. WO
should have e frigate front the etation the
(• What's to be done ?"
,c pub slack. It's a email boa
" Ten oars "
night. Oh, here we are now 1" " Ah. ! So much."
Creaking down. to the beech came some " If it's tile Nitney, sir ; and lying down
lialf dozen light eart4 each drawn by a in lier niey be a dozen well -armed alone'
strong, young, active horselend driven 1.)y " Hein ! We shall see. 3.1.0 most o,"
Y g
b T1 ti tl t w ed was "'Yee • the n t "
were all in a line. The sea eavera was in 9Y. 1'3" sceneia il° e Ese.
or would have been, quite a sight to see, It was evident that a kind of shudder of
the charge of four of the crew and the re- could Any eyes but those accuetomed to the excitement had peesed among the crew ef
mainder lolled about in the boats among the work have penetrated the &rim in which it Dolan'e boat, for the oars were at that mo•
contraband goods that had been taken from
the Coqeette.
And ea, right out into the little bay, went
Dolan with his last venture of the Rifta--half
piratical and half smuggliug as that ven-
ture was—and the boats pulled for the pro-
montery to the east of the bay.
was all C011(1110ted. 1110114 not dipped ' 's d oneman
Not a light was permitted to be seen, but made false stroke entirely..
the Precese of unloading the boats and load- ! Dolan was stooping, and busily unlocking
ing the light carts was conducted with a re- the locker in the stern of the beet,
pidity and skill only to be acquired by prae- I " Take the helm 1" he said, " am busy,
tice. and shall be busier.)
"
Now, Mr.' said Dolan' " the FrAmi;t4hYelsZiser Dolan toe]; a round sub -
money."
y. are so sharp, my dear friend. ' stance about the aze of a twelve-eMind shot.
CHAPTER XXII.—asorstraLD Mr THE Rn-
/ It was carefelly wrapped in brown paper,
VENCE Genoeus. There it
gg one, two, three, four, five—hundred pwohritqlolnhoefttobreeerifouinadisluPbs,sttailnichee, cfarionme
toon
That night in the channel was what sea- pound note,"
projected a short piece which, to the learned.
men call "dirty." In addition to a precari- " Yes. Digmouse."
in such matters, would have snggested the
ous kind of play wind, that succeeded, at " yea, sir.),
times, to be quite undecided as to what Dees he never Say anything but Yea idea of the fusee of a shell.
Point of the eernPass it would blow from) • sir ?" said -Dolan.
there was at times a cold, scattering mist, 1 " Very seldom." The men only lightly dipped their oars
'`Pull easy."
and the darkness was as Profound as thel A kind of yell—a half scream half yell— into the Water ; and. the fifth boat that fol-
lowed in the wake of those belonging to the
most enthusiastic smuggler C011ld WW1 it at this moment burst from the lips of eorne
to be.
slaokened speed of Dolan's boat the others
By the wash of the sea, as the tide was
comirig in—and made sort of circular fai,liftsalYigeicnioloa(s4eb!y1D{riglIoltallse:'1asTillete6ailslh'ilis- be,an rather to spread around it in a kind
rush bite the little bay—the pro ress of the sines
boats from the eavein was gooc , until the
promontory was rounded, and then they
found themselves in a chopping, uncertain
sea, that rendered their movements difficult.
About a mile ahead of them—not above
six or eight feet from the surface of the
water—burned a solitary light, which had
the faculty of presenting different colors to
the observation of those at see, at intervals.
The fact was, that this light was inclosed
in a, lantern the four sides of which had
caoh. a different colored glass—red, blue,
yellow and a very pale green. The lantern
was mounted on a buoy, which was allowed -
to drift out into the sea at the end of a
It was one only a signal to else smugglers'
boats
1 0110 a considerable distance off, and it was Rift neared Dam. :ra fact, owing to the
of Tialf circle.
The fifth boat neared rapidly. Then Do-
i "The what ?" cried Dolan,
t, Lost. Found, I mean. Give me back Ian stood up in the stern of his boat ancl
the notes—at once—quick ! The Philis- eri,ecti.141eitg:ive in 1 No ill.asage and we give
i tines—good gracious 1--csuick—the notes,"
Dolan uttered a brutal kind of laugh and in 1"
sprang forward to the boats. I "That will do," said a voice from the fifth
Push off—push off 1" ho cried " To boat. " Ship your oars, you rascals."
•
sea ! to sea, at once, or all are lost 1" 1 Dolan then flung the round object he had
I "Hold 1" cried a loud voice. "We fire in his hand on board the fifth boat.
if a single man stii:s. Now, on, my preven- "Take care of that," he said.
tives." I "What is it ?"
"The lieutenant,'' gasped _\ Ir. Suffles, and `` -Divide it among you."
he fell flat on to the beach. ( There was then a terrific explosion—a
broad sheet of flame, for a moment, lit up
" Push off!" said Dolan. , the water—and then all was darkness.
The boats' keels grated on the beach.
The fifth boat was gone A wailing, sob -
There was a rush of footsteps and the tern -
bin cry—then a shriek. Then all was still.
porary flare of a lantern, which went out g
(TO BE dONTINUED.)
"Keep in," said Dolan in a low voice.
"You see the light?"
"Ay, ay."
"Starboard oars, easier there That will
do. Now, gsve way That is over.
agam in a on en , c
his arms round Dolan as he was about to ,
jump into the boat.
" You are my prisoner 1"
"V,.,, Oh, Gocl 1"
Cause for Thankfulness.
A country parson, in encountering a
storm the past season in the voyage across
, the Atlantic, wasreminded of thefollowinge
Captam Mocquet ac not suppose so an Dolan. meant that the boat a go round Dolan had plunged a long double -bladed A clergyman. was so unfortunate as to be
he bowed and smiled as he replied :
"It is well—so, so. I -will stay on the
Rift, and the cabin—the chief cabin—will
be mine, and no one will come to him.
That is arrange—eh, Capitaine Dolan?"
"That's fatr," said Martin.
Captain Mocquet tnrned and made a low
bow to Martin, who then said:
"But how are we to get the money ?"
"1 will aeo to Havre and get it for you
all," said Dolan.
" And then ?"
" Why, then I will divide it among you."
"But if we separate, all of us, to -morrow
night, how are we to get the division made,
mates I should like to know?"
"1 will meet mon the Common Hard,
crd.
at Portsmouth.' sat -.Dolan, "on this day
week, or anywhe you like to name."
"Now, mates," added Martin, "1 don't
half like that way of doing things. We
can't spare our captain; and 1, for one,
don't want to go to the Common Hard at
portsmouth. I don'tsee the harm of stay -
sing here another week in the cavern, and I
think the best person to go and get the
money is Moevet himself.'
' Mocquet 9' said Dolan.
"For he's a Frenchman and can get on
better than you or any of us would. I
think we ought to o on to Havre and send
him on shore to g t the money He will
then, on coming b k with it, be all right,
and we can get hut led on the_English coast
and give hire up elle Rift. He can bring
two or three Frenchmen on board with him,
just to hold the cutter in hand, and then
the whole affair will be right and ship-shape.
"Ay, a,y," cried the crew; "that's it."
"And so," said Dolan, sneeringly, "you
think you would get Mocquet back again if
you let Ifini set his foot on shore."
"1 will answer for him."
"You, Martin ?"
"Yes, Captain Dolan, I will answer for
him with my share of the plunder and profit
and with my life. Mates win you take my
word for it? You all know me ?"
" Ay, ay," shouted the men ; "that will
"Very well," said Dolan, bitterly; "do
what you please."
"And wewill take care of the order for
the hundred thousand francs," said Martin.
" Eh, mates ?"
"Yes, yes f That's it."
" Oh, my gallant crew 1" sighed Dolan.
"Do you doubt me? Perish the thought !
We will have no doubt of each other. Cap-
tain Mocquet, when we are off Havre, can
and will easily write another order for the
money, and rather than this should he a
bone of contention aniong us, let it perish.
There 1 There
Captain Dolan drew from his pocket a slip Captain Dolan, that really I was in doubt
of paper and in a moment, holding it in the if could, or ought to, come down at all to-
the promontory sufficiently to be sheltered,
consider poinard into the back of the man and then canght in a severe gale in the voyage out.
ably by it ; but the other boats he vaulted into the boat. The water was exceedingly rough, and the
were still, so to speak, outside, and exposed "Fire 1" cried a voice. ship persistently buried her nose in the sea.
to the full wash of the channel sea.The rolling was constant, and at last the
"Stoop 1" roared Dolan,
A very few minutes though, sufficed to There was a rattling discharge of pistols, (mod man. got thoroughly frightened. He
bring theta into the smoother water; and the flash of which lighted up the faces of e t elieved. they were , destined for a watery
P strong party of preventive seamen, headed grave. He asked the captain if he could
then, as the parti-colored lantern bobbed u
by a lieutenant in full uniform who were . not have prayers. The captain took him by
and downonthe waves, the boats in line— -
there were four of them --like some black . on the beach. The crews of the Rift's boats the erns and leclhim down to the forecastle
serpent—made their way to the beach. I made no hindrance of that discharge of bul. where the tars were singing and swearing.
That was the beach on which those sham lets, but pushed ofe to seas and got all clear " There," he said, "when you hear them
fisherman's cottages were situated, and of the beach, just as the preventive men swearing, you may know there is no danger.
where Mrs. Wagner affected, at times, to made a rush forseard with their &awn cut.. He went back feeling better, but the storm
keep house for Dolan, under the name of lasses . increased his alarm. Disconsolate and un -
Mrs. Dolan. . I "Never mind," said the lieutenant. "The assisted, he managed to get to the forecastle
Then Captain Dolan took from his pocket, Nancy is in the offing." / again. The ancient mariners were swearing
a little tin case and from that a coilecl-upi "Oh, indeed,' Enda Dolan, "then that as hard as ever. "Mary," he said to his
match, which he refolded into the length of }
about ten inches, and then lighting the end will be all the worse for the Nancy—that is sympathetic wife, as he crawled intohisberth
i all Pull away I" after tacking across a wet deck, "Mary,
he held it up and evaVed it to and fro.
A Coming Juryman.
rope and extinguished on the beach. ity of Dolan: and Ms crew treated him with
I All's right;" said Dolan as he threw the, an amount of respect they were far from ac- A wealthy gentleman interrogates his son's
resnains of the match into the sea. "Easy,' C rdin t hi ' the sea Th 1 lt teacher. se to the boy's capabilities.
1 o g o mu:, e sea cavern. They e . . .
my men—easy." 1 and knew the advantage, in moments Of dan "You have been giving private lessons to
. He bent low to the teller -ropes and kept ger, of having one aireeting head. Rapidly my son for more than a year ?"
his eyes fixed on the shore. He was steer-
ing finely. the boats left the beach, on which now a 'Yes, sir ; it's more than a year."
number of lights began to show themselves • " Well, by this time you must have got a
a deep, ow voice : ' pretty good idea as to his capabilities."
With a grating sound the keel of the • and then Dolan said., in 1 ' .
" I think I have." ,
boat touched the light shingle and the' "Pull for the bay, but not at once for the
sand on the beach and then Dolan threwl cavern. Coast the cliff, and keep a good "Now tell me, candidly, has he not got a
lookout. How many are we ?"
"Four sir."
" One, two, three, four—what's that ?"
" What sir ?"
"Five. There are five of us."
In the deep loom—a gloom in which the he grael)5' the simplest problem with the
greatest imaginable difficulty."
—
What he Prayed For. .
Mother—"DM you pray in your Sunday
at about twenty yards' distance. school to -day, Johnny?"
"The Nancy 1" he said. Johmiy— ' Yes, mamma.
Mother---" That's a good little boy, always
"Well, that's cool,." said Bowline. pray in Stinday School.
" And clever," said. Dolan. " She is Father—t" But what did you pray for ?"
watching us ; and, if she had not been seen, Johnny es"I prayed for it to let out."
.5,
Aye, aye, sir." thank God they're swearing yet."
Rapidly, then, the parti-colorlul lantern' The eommon clanger seemed to have corn -
was drawn through the water by its guide- pletely, for the moment, restored the author -
aside the tiller -ropes and sprang into the
sea.
"Bless my heart and life 1" said a voice.
"Is that you, my dear -sir ?"
"Mr. Sullies ?' said Dolan,
"Hush—oh, don't, my dear sir—oh.
hush ! Call. me 'Brown, Smith or Tompkins;
but, good gracious! not Suff—hem 1 I was
nearly saying it myself. You don't know
what a job I have had."
"Indeed 1" said Dolan, as a few steps Of
wading brought him on to the beach.
"Yes, Mr. Dolan 1 I beg your pardon
—I believe you have a .partiality for being
called captain—Captain Dolan, I mean..
You would hardly believe what a bother I
have had."
" What about ?"
Why, my dear sir—bless my. life 1—of
course to put the Preventives on the wrong
scent. I think may take upon myself to
say that they are about five miles off, chas-
ing a cask, with an old sail to it and a lan-
tern. He la -he That was my invention,
Captain Dolan You take a cask, about Es
thirty-six- gallon, then you—"
" Another, Mr. Suffies—"
"Hush—lauph 1 --Smith."
"Well; then, Smith. Now te, business."
"Hum Much of cargo ?"
"Excellent."
"How much Money is so very scarce,
flame of one of the lanterns, he consumed it
and it flared into tinder.
" Oh, indeed ?" muttered Martin.
night to make you an offer, only I saw the
signal on the corner of the rock, and I saicl
to myself. No, no,' says I, if I can. offer
"And now, my men," added Dolan, as ever so little to Captain Dolan for his
that is all arranged and settled, and as we venture, it is my duty to go and offer it,'
quite understencl each other about that little Hem 1"
piece of business, let us look to our own af- "Is that all ?"
fairs. Is all the cargo shipped ?
"Ay, sir 1 Ay, ay 1"
Dolan then blew a long, kw note ttpon
"My dear air 1"
"Very good. Five hundred pounds.
"Whata" •
silver whistle betook from his pocket and a "Five hundred pounds."
strange commotion immediately ensued in "FiVe--e,Ole, Lord lhundred—good ere -
and about the Sea, cavern. There was the dons 1—pounds. Oli, dear ! oh, deer 1"
creaking of pulley blocks and the flapping "Too Much 9"
of canvas, and then a wild rush of cold air "My dear Captain Dolan 1 Really new 1
came howlizigkand roaring from the open Bless my life 1 -Oh 1 Oh 1 Tod much, in.
hay in the sea,,kyern. , deed 1 Ita ! Absurd ! Five -s -hundred -a -
The canvas'deveTing of the narrow, jtiee,ged pounds ! Ch—cheech 1 • Five—"
entrance to that mysteeiotts place :had been " Veity good, Mr. Seffies. If the ven.
removed and the wind arid the Weems came thee dont suit you, I Will go .to sea with it
in without let or hindrance, The Rifb, al- again, and we will find semebody on the
though well secured, felt the influence of Suffolk coast to take it. I know its value—
sea and air and pitched for a feiv moinents you, don% Geed night, Now, my Men,
heavily- at her mooringe, push off I"
The laden boats washed to and fro end in "Stop I stop 1 you are so very preeipi
some instauees fouled each other, and most tate." ,
of the terehee and lanterns -Were at Once ex- " Mr. SufIIee, in a word, time is life or
tinguished. The roar and the hiss of the ' death to rie. Will you take those four boat
sea in the bay dame far mote plainly upon loads of contraband foe 1E$00 or not? You
the eers of all in the sea cavetn, mei millions know you Call trust me. Yen have dealt
of little partielee of epetty filled tee air. with me long and yeti have never 'rePented
" Silence all, now," said Dolan,
There was a profound Sort of hush in the
cavern, which seemed to be only th6 .abocto
of the wind and the water.
"AlI lights out 1"
Fvery lantern end -beech was extinguished.'
Then DolateHttet as the last light hissed " Yea, sir."
hi the Watet, into which. it was thrust as a Captain Dolan started as this "y
reedy 4tiegitisher, went out—dropped by was Said in a strange, sintilling kind of
a rope- from the deck of the Rift, into the pap close to him..
foremost boat Mid took the tiller -ropes in " Diemouse," added Mr.,Stifiles " •
, gte
hie heed& ready!? • ' •
Say four hundred."
" Four hundred and fifty.."
" No,"
"' Very well. Digmouse."
tone
"1.'1111 away I" lie said, " Yea, sir."
Six ones dipp6a into tho water at once "What an odd fellow and what an odd
end. the boat shot slowly out into the bay. name I" said Dolan. ,
One rower only WitS in each of the other " Yes, bttt invalintblei Ile is the clerk of
boats to give help in their progress, as they the chureh."
I
remarkable intellectual grasp ?"
"Indeed he has; quite remarkable, in
fact."
"Ah!I a111 glad to hear it."
"Yes • I think I can truthfully say that
four boats of t e smugglers looked like the
backs of four huge black fish in the sea—
those who were in Dolan's boat saw, or fan-
cied they sew, astern of the fourth boat, yet
another, which kept regular pace with them
blue cloth trimmed with black Paden lamb, ,
-Tele F4
CHILDREN'S COSTtTMES
Fig, 1.—The " Clovis " cone, made in (leek
for a miss of fourteen years. The bat is 11.
blue felt, trimmed with blue voivat and ti
bright -colored bird, The pattern is in sizes
for from twelve to siXteen years. Peice
tWenty-five cents, *
Fig. No. 2„—The " Delmar " cottle, mede
. .
in rough brown cloth with ahneet, inviable
stripes or a agates shade, for a boy` of fout '
. ,. ,
years. The back is similar 10 anetugeinent
to the front. The lint is a Tam o' Shanter
of brown plush, with a brown silk porepon
at ti Le top, and a brown ribbon bow
at the beck. Three yarde and one.
emeeter of goods ' twenty-four lilacs
wide, or two ,yee de of forty-eight inches
wide will be reenised to make this coat hi
size for four yeere of age. Patterns in Sizes
for from tWo to six years. Price tesentsa
live Cent8 efteh.
L4T4 1)011111I01\11\TWS,
Alone:: has a Wiwi preecher,
Simeoe and Tilsonburg are to be coeueeted
by telephone.
Charlottetown, B. is to have all
athletie aSSO oiati en.
An Assembly of Knights of Labor is
about to be organized at Calgary.
The Torrene. Syatain of land transfer Went
iontooupeur:r)ei,olita.i ithe North-Waet Taert
i, °ries
riazi
The twenty-ueven Salvation Army soldiera
arrested at Lindsay were crowded into a
room ^4 11 10 and kept there all night,
QITIMIt FACTS*
Recent atenzarkable Oeciirreiteee PhiPed OP
01 Mier 11'0MM.
The largest dog hi Amerieo, is said to be
nineaii flimf(3
e .d loong
g, a a rel pd ego feet efwl&
ho
ve
ThoUgh he has pet attained full growth, he
18 A big gopher snake was killed recently at
Dayton, Fla.., in whoee etomach was foend
a three.foot rattlesnake still :dive, The
g°e osAllal1ovejehml Geerildtesi xryf oe:rst in a°1Pil giatbk
eli° °1)
ie lind
washing it down with chloroform. This mix-
ture ot,poisens soon settled him
The British Coltimbia Governnient has
granted $1,000 toward the improvement of recAenatt,t1Q1$11chteilsetreguYlan4enhfisdeviThiiboli3: thle'effautTide;
streets irs the new city of, B C,hve been Vancouver. -eerie
anted earned with tWent,Y-fijXappellations
Policemen at 'Victoria
-eerie for eech letter of thealphabet,
As Henry Esterwin, of Bethany, Va., was
chopping wood, his little four-year-old
daughter ran ap aad put her foot op the log.
Henry didn't notice her until the axe came
down on the foot, severing it,
warned that in case a burglary takes plaee
on their beat without detection, they will
be suspended.
Mrs. John MeCalls,m, of West Lorne,
traneplanted some strawberry plants into
pots ancl took them into the house and is
new enjoying o
oyiniasgtgh:wr,N. l,
ripe fuitia.
ANevclaims 810,.
000 deana.ges for slander from 100,1 limb
of the law whom she accuses of misrepresent-
ing certain of her actions.
A son of Robert Munro, of Scott, was
drinking at the schoolhouse pump, when a
companion threw a nail which struck him
on the ball of the eye and completely ruined
his sight.
Twenty-one sacks of unasserted mail
matter were received at the New Weet-
minster, B. C., postoffice one night recent-
ly with the report that it was forty below
zero in the mountains, and the car was too
cold to assort mail.
A man at Walkerville has met with a
peculiar accident. In entering a stall to
take out his horse he struck his lace against
a stiffly frozen blanket, cutting a deep gash
over his eye, lacerating the eyelid, and
narrowly escaping the loss of the eye.
Thomas Hunter, of Windsor, N. S., is
six feet seven inches in height,and Nicholas
Davis, of Walton, N. S., is six feet eight
and a quarter inches in height. Their
mothers are first cousins, and both giants
are natives of the Comity of Hants.
The death is annotmced of Sergeant James
Cosgrove, for sixteen years a resident of
Seaton Village, but who removed recently
to Newport, Ky. The deceased served in
the 47th Regiment of Foot, and was a
pensioner on the British Government. He
had reached the age of 76 years.
A man dressed in woman's clothing and
calling himself Miss Foster has beenlaolcling
evangelistic services in some of the districts
along the north shore of New Brunswick.
At several places his rnethods and manner
of exhortation were so feminine that he was
not detected. But at Travers' school -house,
on the Little Southwest, suspicion was
aroused, and he was at length exposed at
one of his meetings and forced to decamp.
In a piece of woods adjoining St. Cathar-
ines a young man named Chas. Webster
and several companionswere shooting squir-
rels. One of them had a loaded gun, and
while engaged for some purpose in knocking
the butt of the weapon agamst a tree the
gun exploded, and the charge of shot enter-
ed the right side and abdomen of Webster,
who stood about twenty feet distant. There
is a bare possibility that he will recover.
At St. John, N. B., recently Jennie Gold-
en disappeared as suddenly and completely
as though the earth had swallowed her.
She is fourteen years old, and her mother
keeps a grocery store. One morning she
sent the girl, who is_ bright and intelligent,
on three errands. The first twowerehouse,
Mrs.all right, and in the hirdus
Mrs. Maxwell's, the pal stopped to play
A Naugatuck saloonkeeper, whose appli-
cetion for license was objected to because
his place was intoo cloee proximity ,to
church, removed *the objection by purchas-
ing the church,
A Cincinnati paper prints the following
advertisement: Wanted, a young lady
correspondent by a prisoner to be discharged
next year, aged thirtyfive, with. a view to
matrimony. Address I. .Meinzer, Auburn
Prison, New York.
It is said that Chicago ladies carry a
square of leather, with face -powder rubbed
into it, pinned in the centre of their pocket -
handkerchiefs, which is ready for immediate
use 'whenever they they think that their
loveliness requires it.
As a family man David Wright, colored,
of Columbia City, Fla., can hardly be sur-
passed. He is the father of twenty-five
children, most of them living, and his pre-
sent wife is the mother of twenty-seven
children, nineteen of whom are living.
A. pelican was shot at Fredonia, Ia., a few
days ago that measured from the tip of one
wing to the other eight feet; from the bill
to the toe, five feet eight inches; from the
eye to the end of the bill, fifteen and a half
inches and weighed fourteen pounds.
Railway churches are to be attached to
the trains in South Russia. Owing to the
long distances traveled and the constant
work, the officials complain that they have
no chance of attending divine services; so
carriages fitted up as churches will run on
Sundays and fete days.
Two clergymen in Dakota differed. in
opinion as to the probability of the election
of a local candidate, and instead of making
a regular bet on his success or defeat, they
agreed that the one whose prediction was
wrong should fill the other's pulpit a certain
number of times without exchange.
A Rockton (I11). mother has just surpris-
ed the people of that quiet burg be produc-
ing a baby that measured fifteen inches ha
length and weighed only three pounds, and
its tiny -feet are only tsvo inches in length.
The mother and child are doing well, and
there is every prospect that the child will
live.
Fulfilment of a Dream.
I was out walking with my friend, Henry
Wilson, when, turning suddeely to me, he
said:
" Eaates, do you believe in dreams ?"
"It depends upon what yea mean by be-
lieving in dreams," I answered. "I believe
that people have clreems, but I don't believe,
as some say, that one can tell the future by
dreams. Seine say that dreams go by con-
traries, but I don't, believe that either. I
don't think dreams have anything to do with
with the children there. She seemed gloomy what is going to happen,'
and abstracted. She left there and has
not been seen or heard of since that time.
The other evening, the police found a
man named John Hill lying on the floor of
a shanty in Winnipeg, in an unconscious
condition. An empty whiskey flask ley be-
side him, and he was terribly frozen. He
was taken to the hospital, where h.e died
within half an hour. The deceased had a
homestead near Beausejour, but had been
working as a laborer in the city for some
time. It is said he formerly kept an hotel
in Strathfoy, Ont. He was a man of about
35 years of age, and so far as known, had no
relatives in the country.
John Rouse, a teamster for Col. Martin,
at Fletcher, imbibed freely of the contents
of a whiskey jug at Tilbury Centre, and
started for the boarding house of the gang,
but had only proceeded 25 yards when he
dropped unconscious, dying short a time af-
terwards Coroners Bray and Tye were
notified, and a jury consisting of six white
and colored citizens empanelled. A verdict
of death from excessive drinking was re-
turned. Deceased was 22 years of age, and
his friends reside in North Buxton. He was
to have been married the day following that
on which he met his death.
George W. Anning and Maria Anning in-
herited a large fortune from their father, a
St. John, N. B., pawnbroker. Neither
ever married, and both lived miserly,
meanly, and dirty all their lives. For a
number of years previous to their death
they never allowed a drop of water to touch
their persons, except when drinking. Last
summer their house was burned, and the
horrible state of filth in which the couple
were living was then discovered, and they
were forced by the authorities to wash
themselves. As a consequence the old man
caught cold and died, and his sister sur-
vived him but a short time. Among their
bequests are the following :—To tbe St.
John's Firemen's Relief Fund, $6,000; to
the New Brunswick Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Aniinals, 53,000; 53,000;
toYoung Men's Chan ristiAssociation,
to the Protestant Orphan Asylum, 56,000 ;
to the St. Sohn Free -Public Library, 53,000.
A shocking accident occurred at Lake
George, twenty-three miles from Frederic-
ton N. B., resulting in the death of Mrs.
Loire Lawson, a young married woman
aged 2% the mother of two children.
While passing Lawson's, on his way to
school. Allen Ballantyne, aged 17, was
barked at, by Lawson's dog, He went
home, gob his brother's revolver, and ag,ain
proceeded on his way to school. When
.Lawson's was reached the dog again
barked and Ise fired, but instead of hitting
the dog the bullet crashed through a, win-
dow, entered the breast, and pierced the
regioh of the heart of Mrs. Lawson, who
was looking out of the window. She threw
her arms in the air and exclaimed, "My
God, I'm shot." Mrs, Lawson was alone in
the house and no ono witnessed the deed.
The boy ran into the house, where she was
writhing inn, death"agony, but was enable
to render the dying woman assistance. He
then ran for his mother, who soon arrived
with other neighbers, only tie witness the
victim gasping her last breath. The tragic
affair created is gkat sonsetion, iti the dis-
trict Ballaarbyne's father brought the
bey to Fredericton and handed him over to
the euthotities and the boy was gabled.
4
die,,,,t:ovh-ceoll;;;oisiaaidre,right,s, he said, earnestly,
mare, last night. I dreamed that I should
" for I had a horrible dream, or rather night -
"I hope you don't believe
that."
And we walkedon in silence for some time,
but Wilson began again:
"1 should not have paid any attention to
my dream last night, only I dreamed it
three times, and each tune the dream was
more vivid than before."
"1 believe in cause and effect," I answer-
ed. "Perhaps you took an indigestible
auPPielrindid nottinight'
aATsoseem to appreciate having
supper mentioned as the cause of his be
night, and so did not deign to take any notice
of my last remark.
Well, we walked on. Other topics were
discussed, and we both seemed to have forgot-
ten all about Wilson's dreams of the night
before. After we had walked on for some
distance we came to a town, in which lived
sortie people whom I wanted to call on. They -
were old friends of the family, andquite un-
known to Henry Wilson, so I said to him :
"Wilson, I have to call on some friends in
this town; would you like to come with me
or would you rather wait for me ?"
"Oh how long will you be 9" he asked.
"It is some little distance to my friends'
bouse I replied; I don't think I could be
back in less than an hour and a half.
"I'll tell you what rii do. I'll take a
boat and go on the river," he said "and I'll
be here again in an hour ancl a half, and
then we can walk back together."
The river flowed through the town, and
Wilson proposed rowing away frorn the
to'''s'IlVery well," I returned, wadi set off to
my friends.
I had seen my friends and I was returning
to the place at which we had agreed to meet
when I saw that the meeting place was sur-
rounded by a small crowd of people. As I
approached I wondered what could be the
matter • surely it could not be anything
connected with Wilson's dream. I put that
thought out of my mind in an instant as be-
ing absurd. I thought it was rather a bother
that this crowd should have assembled
around the particular spot at which we had
agreed to meet.
I asked what the matter was. The old
man who lets out the boats tom me what it
meant. lie said ; "Theme's a gentleman
drral'il,Tile.ce was he drowned. ?" I asked.
"He was drowned there," he said, point-
ing to a rather dangerous part of the river.
" He was founcl only ten ininntes ago,"
" Where is he now ?" I inquired.
The man pointed to an old disneed bath-
hoese.
"He's lying there," he said.
As I knew that Wilson had gone out
boating, and as somebody had been found
dead in that part of the river in N'ithiell he
was bOatillbor, C011id het repress a slincicler
at the thought of who the poor gentleman
lying dead in the boathouse could be. IWent
into the boat-honse ancl SW the body. It
was the body of My friend, Henry Wilson.
I have simply stated the faets., I do not
say that Wilson's dream wag a foreshadow-
ing Of the death which was to meet him
(hieing the day, but I do ga,), tyiat if his
dreams did not foretell his death, it is the
most extraordinary coineidence that has
ever come within my experience.