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LOVEAMONG TUE SMUQQLERS
AND VENOEANOE.••
THE Mon, Fasealeamei Ookeet RoBeeteoR. SWIM TRU Detect/ OV
CoOnEle 4INTD XdattatA're.
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CHAPTER XXVIIL—(Colianianan).
They saw him, then, etend up in the boa
and look over the bulwark's of the gutter by
clinging to is sicie end soretabling'vp a foe
Q r two, Then he dropped into the boa
again and began slowly to pull away from
the Rift. Suddenly he paused. Something
had attracted his, observation. in tne water.
Our friends from their boat, too, eew that
something.
"What is it ?" whispered Gerald.
"Hush 1 Nothing."
"&h, I; ee now, Benjamin."
.1.1(
"Ris ' Y. He is drowned 1 $ee 1 Doter'
knows hi ' now 1"
They se ' Dolan bow over the side of the
bot and turn the body over, so that the
ta,ce was visible, end then he at once recog
,
idea Benjamin.
He did not say one word, but bent to the
oars and pulled quiekly to the mouth of the
cavern.
There was one part of the sails that dos-
ed tho entrance, widen °mild easily be pesh-
ed aside so as to allow a boat to pass out,
; and it was toward that part that Dolan
rowed.
. Hewes evidently escaping with a treasure -
chest from the cavern; and then Martin
said to Joseph :
" Shall we stop him ?"
" No,"binterposecl Gaaala. "Let him go."
"But it's very unfair. The rascal is
waking away with the money of the whole
orew."
" He cannot go far."
"Who knows ? He may have some cutter
or schooner waiting for him in the offing;
and before daylight, may be far enough off,
It seems a hard thing to let him go easily."
"1 cannot control you, sighed Gerald.
"Do as you please."
Grace crept closer to Gerald.
"No," said Joseph to Martin. "Let us
lend our cargo hero first, and then I have
something to say to you. Dolan will only
go to the cottage to -night, you anay depend
upon that. I have been on the lookout till
within the last hour, and there is nothing in
the offing waiting for him. Besides, we can
watch his course. If he goes seaward, let
its overhaul him, if he double the ,point, we
shall know he goes to the cottage. "' a
" Be it so."
Dolan reached the opening of the sea -cave
into the bay. He put aside the sail cloth
and rowed out into the open water.
"Now, pull away with a will," said
Joseph "we shall soon see what course he
intends to take."
They were through the opening in the sail-
cloth in another minute and then they saw
Dolan making evidently for the promontory,
on the other side of which was the bit of
coast on which stood the cottages.
"That ie it," eaid Joseph. "Ho is not
oliff."
quite off ye`t -ereNnw for the ravine in the
"Ay, ay," Said Mailtin; " and it's just as
well, Joseph, that you and I know -where
Dolan's strong box is."
"Hush 1"
" What now ?"
"Do you see that dark object out yonder,
southward ?"
"Ahem 1 A schooner." '
"You did not see it from your lookout,
Joseph."
"1 did not."
"Boat ahoy, 1"
So suddenly' was his challenge that both
Martin and - ). were completely non-
plussed by it a d they heard the vigorous
strokes of a pair or more of Oars in their
immediate vicinity before they could make
up their minds what to do.
"Pull back," said Martin. It won't do I
No no 1 not to the cave 1"
"Boat ahoy 1 We will fire into you if
don't lay to. Boat ahoy 1"
"Friends 1" cried Gerald, in a load voice.
"Who hails?"
"Revenue 1"
"Bah 1" said Captain Mocquet.
"Now you've been and ,gone and done it,
Master Gerald," said Martin. "It's a
coast guard boat."
'Geed night! Cost off, my men.,"
t The rdvenne galley disappeared in th
darkness,
t "Thank you, Mr. Sefffee," said Mediu,
t "OJ don't mention it. Bueinese, yo
know, is business. Pin ever so union better
end. if Dolan goes off and you, Mr, Martie
set up in the seine line of betanese, I hope
you wen't forget you, very humble servant,
Charles Olympus Dufrein Suffice, Esq., Who
will be only to nappy to purehese any cargo
of you on rescuable terms."
Oh, you will, will you ?" eaid the voice
of Dientenant Anderson. "1 thought we
should tiev-e yen some day, Mr. Suffice. You
have been long suspected. You are ialy
prisoner, sie, and all in this boat."
Another moment and a boat -hook gave
the little boat of the Rift a vigorous pull
and she was alongside a long galley, in
which were some ten or twelve men.
"What's all this about," said a voice; and
why are you cruising in the bay at such an
hour as this ?"
Gerald was puzzled to know what to say
—and so was Martin— for a variety of
emotions were busy at the hearts of both of
them. Gerald had never for a moment con-
templated—as one of the incidents of his
and Grace's escape from the caverns in the
cliff and from Dolan --that they were to be-
tray the smuggler's haunt.
And Martin and Joseph had the greatest
possible dislike to committing the crew of
the Rift, as a whole to Dolan's villainies.
Captain Mocquet, too, ran a great risk of
being got into serious 'trouble if he should
fall into the hands of the English author-
ities.
Take it, then, on the whole—although in
the momentary dread of a stray shot find-
ing its way into tho boat and possibly hit -
sing either Grace or Marie, Gerald had an-
swered the hail—neither he nor those with
him knew what to say.
"Are you all dumb?" said the voice
again. "Bring a lantern forward here 1"
"Ay, sir."
- It was then that a most unexpected ally
steppoda o to speak, to the rescue and Mr.
Shuffles 884.. at once:
"Lieute Anderson, I think—"
" Hilloa 'Who's that?"
"I, sir 1 I, Mr. Sullies, attorney-at-law,
of Queen street. Don't you knowmy voice,
sir ?"
"Yes, I do. What on earth brings you
at this time of night at sea, Mr . ?"
"Why, sir, my two little girls have had
a fancy, you see, to come."
"Your two little girls? Oh—ah 1 I see.
The young ladies are with you. Well, Mr.
Sullies; if I didn't know you for a respect.,
able man and that you had your two little
girls with you, should almost think you
were smuggling."
"Oh, deer, no I My dears; you evoe't see
"See what ?"
"The moon hi the CMOS."
"Oh, that's it, is it I Ha ! 1 W:311,
Mr, Sullies, yea and yaw family are Very
much more romantic than I thought you all
Were, Good night. I can tell you boatmen,
that there's a squall kelvin g.
" 'lou don't say so, sir 1 -"Tose inat heart
and We And whee, Lieutex, 41 Anderson,
may you be about here in the ay at this
time di:light?" '
"Why, we have captured a good cargo
tonlight atul we aro on the leokout for
nother."
4'd a "Oh, yes! Ha ! Good night,"
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CePtain Moeten .leekedon all thiSI, bub h&l ' It 44.1-Mthingmnethingp" he esid. a It Orecie alone there ; and then be intetnied, tO •
did not know how largely lie wes intereated is nothing,"
in what he gen' 0,41)011g/1, in regard te the Marie eking Closer to him, and with a
throng of peOpfe anti the Coaelt, he had a loele of Pride, pale and Bad es he wee, the
Orange, Unelefiaied feeling of iatereet that ErelieliMen oourteouely declined all help,
reed° keep them for a time steadily in and lifted hie Maxie teuderly from the boat
hie view. to the shore.
It wee in e sort Of reverie thet Gat)tain Then it was a,S the police mergeant had
Morton remained fer a time, And then, he said, that the eajetured party, amid the
etarted ferward etith the iatention of reach- wailinge of Ur. Suffice, were for the brief
ing the jell en quickly es peesible, in which remeander a the night eondneted to the
be wee Old he Woleld Kni. Wagner, and preventive stetioe, and in the 'merit,
h d
as id He he Strgir that t e coach laden], i twin M s
ng, a ap ten ate them, were oe-
turned down, some narrow lane was ingescorted to theto
e laiddee by its hedges, and ditiappear from
Ids sight,
Tide diseppearenee, thotigh, was but very
n partial, ae Captain .Morton tied not proceed.-
; ed, auother qn:trter of a mile when lie sud-
CHAPTER XXIX.
noLAK spncs nmvENCE 1;Y anaaonnier.
When Captain Morton gave chase to Dol-
an in the boats of the Nautilus, it was soon
very evident that the accurate knowledge
which tho smuggler captain had of every
sea, every ripple and every eddy of the tide
gave him a great advantage.
Notwithstanding the utmost exertions of
Captain Morton, Dolan succeeded in reach-
ing the promontory and in rounding it at
least five minutes before Captain Morton.
The fivst thing, then, that Morton saw
Captain Morton paused a moment or two,
and then he said to the sailor who was with
him ,
"Let us right the boat. The -rascal may
be beneath it yet. I have heard of such
things."
The boat was righted, but ifo signs of Cap-
tain Dolan were visible. Then Captain
Morton looked carefully about him, but
there was nothing to be seen but the bare
rock and waters of the bay and the rugged
cliffs.
" To the cottage—to the cottage I" he
said, and then he and his companion pulled
back again to the cottage on the beach
and as they beached their boat they saw
that there was a great commotion among
the women and children who inhabited the
buts.
A captain's guard of marines was on the
spot, and the moment Captain Merton
landed he was surrounded by several of the
marines and a sergeant.
" What is all this ?" he said.
" Our orders, sir, are to make prisoners
of all who land here."
"Very well. Where is your officer ?"
" In the cottage sir. March 1"
Captain .Morton soon reached the cottage,
and was met at the door by the captain of
the marines, to whom he said:
"'Your men, sir, have very properly, no
doubt, in pursuance of their orders, made
me prisoner; but I am Captain M orton, of
the United States Navy, and that is my
yacht, the Nautilus, yonder."
"Sir, I am delighted to make your ac-
quaintance. Admiral Clifford is much con-
cerned about you. A conflict took place last
night here between some smugglers and the
coast guard, and I have had orders to hold
these cottages as a port, and arrest all cruis-
ers who cannot give an account of them-
selves."
"Sir, is there a female in this cottage—
Mrs. Wagner ?"
"There was."
" Was ?"
"Yes. She has been marched off to jail,
I fancy, as it is found she was in league
with the man Dolan, who is now clearly as-
certained to be a smuggler, and to command
and own a cutter, -which goes by all sorts of
names, but which is properly, we believe, I
called the Rift."
"Will you pardon me, sir? I must seek
this woman at once, as she is in possession
of infortnation so important to my peace
that the whole object of my journey to Eng-
land hangs upon it. Did. you say to jail, sir,
they haetaken her ?"
"1 fancy so. A couple of revenue officers
took her. There are several of them at the
upper end of the lanes, and they can doubt-
less tell you about it."
"Pardon my abruptness—good day, sir."
The officers bowed and Captain Morton
hastened. up the narrow lane that led to-
ward the town, but when he gained the top
of it, he was informed that Mrs. Wagner
was conveyed, in a sinking state, to the
common county jail, which was some five
miles off. With a sigh for the delay that all
this occasioned hun, Captain Morton started
off on the road indicated to him, and from a
bit of rising ground which he soon reached,
he was able to see a long way about him,
and he could not refrain from casting a
glance both seaward and landward as he
proceeded.
The view that Captain 1VIorton had from
the breezy height on which he now stood
was in every respect interesting; and if at
that moment he was too much engrossed by
those affairs which lay so near his heart to
fully appreciate the pretty bit of sea and
land that the prospect opened to him, he
was far from being indifferent to various ob-
jects that met his gaze.
So to speak, all the salient points in his
present great anxieties presented them-
selves to him, although he did notrecognize
them all.
Seaward; there was about six miles out in
mender, the lieutenant to whom Admiral p
the offing, the Spray, under her new com- bo
Clifford had given her in charge and there li
was his own yacht, the Nautilus, quietly I to
and as if mstmet with life and. reason to ; so
guide its movements—so accurately clid it I to
obey those who had its deck—beating on
and off and waiting for him. Jo
Landward, a series of downs as far as the w
eye could reach presented an undulating th
surface, that looked as though covered, hi
with exquisite neatness and skill, with the sn
finest green cloth.
There were roads intersecting these breezy. go
downs in numerous directions and it was
on two of these roads that Captain Morton th
saw some objects that deeply interested w
him.
On one of the roads there Was a group, of th
people and several mounted Men, appearing
as if thoy had escorted some prisoners, for ly
there was a little throng of peveons among
them whom the others appeaxecl to keep
well surrounded. to
This little throng of persona appeared to
be about a mile distant and to be moving on
slOwly toward the town, si
Then again, on another road, there was a
coach which eves tra-velling with -speed and. eu
that, too, had an escort, which consisted it
of mouuted men in the polide uniform th
he
the county. 4!.
This 60aCh Was coming by a cross road
toward the town likewise hnd seemed as if go
it would intersect the road on which the.
throng of persons proceeded, and probably
at the same time that they wotild reaCh the an
point of intersection.
denly hard the treaup of hems' feet and
the, soiled of wheels and from it lane there
einerged, almost close upon him, the coach
and its mounted police escort.
So close clicl the vehicle come to him that
Captain Morton—seeing the county police
uniforin which had been pointed out to lam
before thought it would be a good opportu-
nity th ask it the lane from which the car-
riage emerged wee a near route to the eoun-
ty
Will this lead Inc to the county jail ?"
he asked, loudly. And herdly had the
words escaped his lips when there was a
scream from the intertor of the carriage and
no other than Mrs. Wagner put her head
out at the window, despite the opposition of
a police ofbeer who was inside and called
out:
"Stop --stop I It is the gentleman with
the little flag. I must speak to him. Stop
—stop
Captain Morton at once rushed to the
window of the carriage, calling out to her,
"Tell me—oh, tell inc at once—where
can I seek for my child? Speak to me—tell
me at once and your reward shall be none
the less."
"The cliff—the cavern."
"What cliff—what cavern ?"
" Renee 1" said the sergeant who was
with the party of police. "I don't think I
ought to allow this. We are taking our
prisoner before the magistrates. That is to
say, to Sir Thomas Cliflord, for she says she
has something to tell about the smugglers of
the coast."
" I IKnow Sir Thomas Clifford. I am Cap-
tain Morton and that is my yacht, the Nau-
tilus in the roads ouder. This woman ca
quickly as he °mild, after taking from tbe 1 ferined 0110 were 'eh their way t� 44449
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tetke the girl out by the opening into the ra. 4 . '
vino atioc mt,,k, his e6cape, overland, 00 Indeye geeeby,an ciphering perty,et which
sing, and liLtd. .beeil working around
co,4ttateasthienPli4d4da,erNYWasb T11411111: Inbai;Lboufrtiaecilang near the head of the Nematichgong River,
what was the4 041194 Noah SAnid Lake,,
the life if Mrs" Wagner Imf°re he left --aa which empties in South :Bay, Lake Nipisn
bhreafne:;e4 8211% :Weald he a danger°14 inelim" asiouigas,,, :1,:iwi, oferethkee:triinnegiplaasles :ftotphpee:a:cptter,
(TO BB eolvrozi7r.i.) Was supplied with a belt in which atrong
ties.and was we n around the waist like 4
Ceurtesy at Home, boll'of cartridges, with a smell
• • mining iam,
Good breedini, like charity, ehoeld begin ' co as we
One day. in eompany with one of ouv vey-
's go.od Joh" °aid Sergeant, Itkisteld/'gtonlex,'IseTtlibeecmaY0,5.4nret Pthaesitrwpnaeren:tohiolndtreeru. ageurs, in going around the eastern 0/Prep
4' that .somethieg seems to have set
neaF to which there was a small island. we ,
einugglIng fraternity by the ears, and they ed the, room where they were and stend
seem anxious one to tell of the other. X
fancy the end of it will be the rooting out of
the whole of it "
"It's probable," said Captain Morton.
A sherp ridenow of about a quarter of an
hour brought the (mach with Mrs. Wagner
until they had received permission Da 110taCd three bears, an Qia one and tWo
other direetion, of allowing to entail boys
Bat the mistake is now made usually ie. the eub.s, making across from
main shore, a dietence of :u tnird of it mile.
and girls toe rimeh license to disturb the' ,W! after .thein as fast as poesible, but
the island, to the
peaee of the household. I think the best "4‘":` tWo Partridge dogs in the 'Canoe, over
way to train children in courteey v•otild willeh we had to throw it hienket to keen
and the American captain to the door of be to cheery° tewa.rd them a sernpulou8' tilleerLdeTena'r urging \17erapthbatily2bsPre°1rnigWwa
Admiral Clifford's house. politeness, I would go so far as to.say that
But while all tins is going on a strange we should .nake it as noteh VOILA to lieten her lamer, and remeining between tie and
close up to shore. We get, near
. .
Scene was being pueoted in the caverns of to children without interrupting them and them'
the cliff, to aneWer them sincerely and ree eetftillY, entmeg 1 and let her have the emItehts f")
When Dolan had so mysteriously eluded
the pursuit of Captain Morton, he had done
so with the double object of getting out of
the way of one wno, if he had. but once got
a clutch at him, would have been the least
likely man in all the world to let him go
both
many of their wise, quaiu sayings are far
as if they were growl.% up. A.n indeed, morew ek "vn(' ‘t8rhbe0edreo g tinewe
se: owl loirdee ttTia enced, iriaAPpaoerbeit twoneater:
better worth listening to than the stereo-
typed common -places of the morning caller. 1 the eanne upset and we fcmhd eereelvee nT'
to our waists in the water. The beer, ewe
Of course, to allow uninterrupted, chatter,
would be to surrender the repoies of the dentlY not hurt, Was just on shore With the
cubs, an the two ogs barking and worry -
again, and with a view of affording no clue ' household, but it is very easy, if, children
to the secret of the eavern in the cliff. In them. The contents of the 00000, glint
are thernselvw, respected, to teach them in
powder, flask, and everything was at the
genee, then, Dolan took advantage of turn scrupulaisly to respect the convenience
we had nothing but the two
those few moments when he had doubled of others, and to know when to talk and bottom' end
hatchets. To our surprise the oulas ' Were
the headland, arid was out of sight of Cap- when to be silent.
tain Morten, to scramble on to the rooks The best brought up family of children treed by the dogs, and the old 0e0 no 'Where
to be seen. We rushed in to shore, and as
after upsetting the boat; and he concealed ever knew were educated on the nrineiPl" one of the cubs came down the little 'tree
himself amid such it mass of sea weed that of always eommenaing them when it was
nothing short of actually landing and tread- possible to do so, and letting silenoe be the I he had climbed I gave him his quietus by it
.ing upon him cOuld have enabled any one to reproof of any wrong -doing which was nos I blow of the hatchet 'which cracked open
really serious. I have heard the children .find him. cranium. Jaok Hanclly, the man with
Dolan was a bold and good swimmer, and of this household, when their mother had was watching hie cub, up another tree,
no sooner had he felt assured that Captain failed ,to say any word of aanimeneation from which it showed no desire to move.
He commenced chopping and pounding on
Morton had given up the pursuit of him after some social occasion, ask as anxiously
than he launched himself into the bay and as possible, "What was it mamma. knowe the trunk to scare the eub, and succeeded
very well, for down it came, and was quickly
made his way with the tide for the cavern in something was wrong. Didn t we treat th
the cliff. ?,, despatched by a blow from his tomahawk.
other children well, or were we too noisy
They were about four months old and weigh -
present prospect opliis affairs and felt any -
thin but satisfied 'with them, althougla he
In that house reproof was never bestowed
unsought—only commendation, e whatever
it was possible to commend, was gratuitous.
• f
having put the cubs in the canoe which we
had shoved into .shore, went in seare.h of the
ed a good hundred pounds each. We then,
As he swam Dolan reflected upon the
was far from knowing or suspecting the old one. The dogs were put on, and away
whole of his danger.
It now seemed to strike the villain that He Put His Foot in It. up a ravine they went, we following as fast
as we could. About one hundred and fifty
no one but himself would or could expose Two young fellows, partners in the tea
yards from shore we found the dogs in a re -
the secret of the cavern in the cliff. trade, were the best of friends, and their m-
gular fight with the old. bear. She was in a
timacy extended to personal as well as busi-
little wet, boggy hollow in the ravine and
nese matters. One of them a simple minded
couldn't get out for some cause, but sat
fellow, was a bachelor, and was in the habit
up on her haunches and bit and snarled at.
of reading to his partner extracts from let -
the d,ogs who were bravely worrying her..
ters of an ardent and affectionate nature
We stood and watched the fight, and soon,
from a lady in the "North of England who
saw that despite all her efforts she coulcl
signed herself "Susie." The married one
not get out. She was wounded and bleed -
went to China for twelve months, and re-
. ing freely from the neck. What • were we
turned just in time to attend the wedding
to do? An idea flashed, through my mind,
e of his partuer. He sent the happy couple a,
and in an instant I selected a small tree
wedding -present, and at the wedding reeep-
about as thick as your thigh growing close
tion stepped forward gallantly tom, his re -
to and leaning over the little puddle. Jack
spools. I hardly feel like a stranger," he
saw what tal was at, and immediately both
said in his sweetest tones, addressing the
axes were into that tree, and in a couple of
s bride—" in fact, I feel as though I ought to
minutes it fell crash right over the bear,
be quite well acquainted with my partner's
but didn't come down nearer than a foot of
wife, since he has often done me the honor
her head. Around to the top we went and
to read to me extracts from his dear Susie's Jack mounting it soon had it cut off about
letters." The faces of the husband and
six feet from the bear. She was an ugly
the speaker were studies as the bride drew
monster and her struggles, only momen-
herself up and • said emphatically and clis-
tary, sometimes made us desist and make
taxably, ' I beg your pardon—my name '
ready to run. Once the smashed one of the
Even Mrs. Wagner, he considered, only
intended to sell, so to speak Grece to her
give me information that is to me life itself
father, the American Captain; and he still
and I beg you will permit me to question
her." cherished the delusion that for him was re -
"1 will tell all," said Mrs:Wagner. I served the prestige of betraying all his com-
panions of the Rift.
will tell all. He is going to tell something,
but I will tell all." In the little chest that he had taken away
so secretly in the boat from the cave he had
;
a have
" Who is he ?"
"Dolan."
"1 saw him—I chased him, but he esea
ed me."
"As he was sure to do. Come, six, I w
tell you all. Give me the little flag th
you said I should have till I had the tho
sand pounds." *
"Well, sir," said the sergeant, "1± y
are a friend of the admiral's, you may
well come with us and he will do as
thinks proper in the matter. You see, s
we were taking her to the county jail f
I the present, but when she said that s
I would tell all about the smugglers,
thought it better to turn her about and take he eam
her to the port admiral. ready to make What excuses she could for
I"1 will go with you." her conduct, since he was resolved, so soon
"Very well, sir. You dismount, Jena as he should visit the cavern, to put it out
nings ; you can go off duty for the present: of her power to take Grace away, by seeur-
If you don't mind riding one of our troop jag. the young in some of the secret recessbs
horses, sir, here is one at your disposal." f th 1•11
"Thank you." 1 There were many matters still at the
Captain Morton was mounted in a mo- cavern which Dolan wished to settle. There
ment. were1 bl „ 1 • h he wished to
"My thousand pounds 1" screamed Mrs. take away with him, and when he reached
Wagner—" my thousand pounds. I will the canvas covering to the sea cave and dis-
tell nothing 'without my thousand pounds!' appeared beneath it, he had the conviction
"Be assured that if I recover my daughter on his mind that he still had the power and
through your means," said Captain Morton that he was in no N'ery great danger.
" you thall have the thousand pounds. I
But there was one thing that he had done
have given iny word and it is not one that
which he hardly liked to think of to him -
was over yet broken."
"Very .well—very well. .The cliff and self'
the cavern I will tell all and I will hang He had taken the most important step he
him 1" could in the betrayal ot his comrades • he
had written to Admiral Clifford, and at the
II ()mud ! cried the sergeant of police. very moment that Dolan was swimming
"Stay one moment ! Tell me," cried over the cool waters of the little bay the Ad -
Captain Morton—" tell me, woman, can miral was reading a letter, of which the fol -
go at once and get possession of my child . lowing is a transcript :
"Ra, ha 1" laughed Mrs. Wagner. "No, ;
To .'1D2411.11AL Sin THOMAS CLIVFORD
no ! ru can go and at once sacrifice your
of a smuggling vessel that has long infested
" On, then, in the name of heaven 1"
life Sin,—It is well known that the captain
this coast lies very near your heart. You
The cavalcade started forward, and then,
literary production was a pamphlet most
as the coach toiled up it hill Captain Mon know, sir, that that vessel has been seen
ably and brilliantly vindicating Mr. Glad -
ton, who rode in front with the sergeant of . under many disguises and that it has got
; the better by fair means and by foul of all stone's administration as Colonial Secretary.
police, reached the summit of it, and glanc-
ing over the downs, he sew the same throng The devotions of a young man attending a
the crafts sent in search of it.
of persons on foot that had before met his Among the rest, sir, and the last, the prayer meeting in one of the churches in
observation. Spray has tried. in vain to capture this St Mary's the other night were disturbed
smuggling cutter (for it is but a cutter).
"Who are those people ?" he said.
"Those with some of our men ? Oh, yes. I, sir, intend now to give ,her up th you;
I heard. of them. The preventives, last and, if it should ever happen that I get into
night, under Lieutenant Anderson's orders, misfortune, I hope that when I send to you
made a capture of smugglers. They kept and say to you that it was I who wrote you
them at the station yonder, where you see this letter and enabled you to capture the have been committing thefts in the mumci-
the flag flying, all night, and then sent to smuggling cutter you will be my friend. p.lity within the last twelve months.
Helen 1"
dogs who had ventured too near. In the
meantime, I had attacked another tree to
fell it across at right angles, and presently
down that came and eraehed the un.der tree,
which before this had been cut ar by Jack,
down with great force on to the bear's back
and sunk her into the mud flat on her belly.
We then cut a long, straight balsam.down,
trixnmed it free of branches, and puttine
ting the end under the log, brought it
across the bear's neck, and putting our
weight on it, sunk her nose into the puddle
of water made by her futile struggling, and
with difficulty kept it there. In a few min-
utes she quieted clown and , we knew that
we had finished the last of her. After much
difficulty removIne the trees, and with the
"The most extraordinary demand of an aid of a " tump fide," we dragged her out
Irish beggar that has come within the range and found that the partridge shot had
of my experience," writes a correspondent made several holes in the veins of her neck,
from Kerry, "was that of a woman who and likely leading the 'way for the cubs,
begged for a subsidy to replace the funds she got mired, and was too weak th extri-
expended in 'waking' her mother, for, ff cate herself, and come to their rescue,
we did, we waked e'her too soon, for she otherwise, we would never have had such a
came to life again.'" chance to dispatch them, and they, being
pressed by the dogs couldn't keep up with
Brantford has a young man crazed by the old one, took to the trees to get out of
love through objections to his suit offered the way. After toiling some time we got it
by the young lady's parents. down to the water an cl in the shallow, and
Sir Stafford 1N ortheote's first considerable washed the mud and other dirt off the finest
specimen of a black bear I ever saw.
The Soar.
If we possess a treasured cup,
• 'Tie often burst in twain,
And then we take the pieces up
And join them once again.
And sometimes 'tis BO neatly done
You scarce would be aware
The parted fragments were not one ;
But still the scar was there.
Thus human hearts oft broken are,
When fond eonnections serer,
They heal sometimes, but still the soar
Will linger there for ever.
Be the Powers !
by a mouse running up the leg of his pants
while he was kneeling.
A reward of $50 is offered by the Town-
ship of West Gwillimbury for the appre-
hension and conviction of the parties that
us for an escort,"
"They are prisoners, then ?"
"Yes, sir, smugglers."
But this may never happen.
If to -night at just the turn of the tide
(the ebb, I mean which will be at a quarter
past two), you have the Spray or any other
Little' did Captain Morton guess,that in
vessel in the offing, by the number four buoy,
the midst of that little throng of persons
you will find a cutter with a very large
was to he found his own daughter, Grace,
squaresail making her way out to sea from
whose image so filled his heart, and con
the bay by the land slip.
cerning whom he was at that very moment
enduring an amount of anxiety that made it Do not speak her—listen to nothing any
difficult for him to assume even the outward one on board of her says; but board her at
appearance of ordinary composure. once tend take her, and you will be in pos-
But so it was.I session of the much talked of smuggling
vessel and all her crew except me.
Among that crew, sir, are some of the
most determined rascals on the face of the
earth.
There is one in particular, it mere boy
whom they name Gerald. It wag he 'who
insisted on firing at the Spray, in spite of
all I could say to him to the contrary; and
as the worst part of the crew were rather
mutinous, I could not prevent him. He
has committed several murders, and if the
gallows is not his portion it will be de-
frauded.
The expression of this boy (for he is it
more boy, and of very epeeioue and insinu-
ating address,) when he fired at the Spray,
was
"Now, matem, we are smugglers ; but we
will be by this one shot, pirates I"
Hang him, admiral, and you vtill get rid
of a pest to society 1
On this information yon may rely.
I was almost forgetting to say that next
to this boy, Gerald (who, by.the-by, is none
of mine), the two worse men in the eutter
aro named Matin and Joseph,
Let Gerald, Martin and Joseph be prose-
cuted and hung. I dare say some of the
crew will turn king's evidence against them.
This was the precious epistle which chine
anonymously to the hand e of the admiral ; with marked 8:Jocose, and her theses obtain -
and it was for the purpose of carrying oue ed notes of Wen mia. trab.604 which are very
the details of it that Ceptain Dolan, so soon rarely given. She is only tWenty-eight
as be reached the sea cavern and scrambled years old. Many of her malt colleagues are
on to the deck of the Rift, blew his whistle, several years older, but Miss Aeguete ib
to summon about him the sintigoler ere*. quite eompetent to hold her own with them
Ins intention was, clearly and distinctly, all. Eter example will soon be followed by
to get thein nil out of the cavern by the sea I.Preneh women, and in two years we may
opening on board the Rift, leaving him with have twenty female Inteenes.
When the preventive galley captured the
at, in which was Mr. Suffice and the little
arty who had escaped from the cavern, the
eutenant in command had refused to listen
an statements or explanations, but re -
lye to give the whole of them up to the
wn authorities.
It was in vain that both Martin and
seph protested that Captain Mocquet
as a French trading captain and had no-
ing to do with Dolan or the Rif and that
a daughter Marie and Grace could. not be
nigglers.
They both made a strenuous effort, too, to
t the lieutenant to set Gerald at liberty.
In reply to all this, the only proposition
e lieutenant made was in a few words,
ben they reached the bench,
"The two girls may go," he said, where
ey like. All others I keep,"
C -/race, on the instant, laid her hand soft-
en the arm of Gerald, as she said:
"No, no --with you, Gerald 1"
Captain Mocquet held his daughter close
hie heart.
" Non, non. We hail—what you say in
e proverb Anglaise ?—elevays go to one
nit and swim there together, Ah ?"
Gerald turned upon the face of Glue
ch a look of perfect affection that, eeen aS
was by the light of the boat's lanterns by
e creW, it' softened. even their rugged.
arts, and one said to Gerald
"Keep
it good heart, youngster. It ean't
Very hard with you."
" Thank rott, What is that?"
Marie had burst into a passion of tears,
d Wee sobbing aloud,
Captain I./motet looked very e.
Grandpa—" Well, Fred, you're an uncle
now. You ought to be real proud over it."
Little Fred— But I ain't no uncle."
Grandpa—" Why not ?" Little Fred—" Be-
cause I'm an aunt. The new baby's a girl."
A well-known pomological writer says
that there are two hundred. and nine varieties
of cherries, sixty of apricots, two hundred
and thirty-nine of peaches, one thousand and
eighty-seven of pears, and two hundred and
ninety-seven of plums.
A greater than Joseph Cook or Affiron-
deck Murray is entertainingthe noblelAthen-
ians now. A Boston paper says of Sam
Jones: "He seems like a man deluged
with ideas and is trying to get on top of
them by swimming. Words come in floods,
following one another so fast the hearer is
startled. It is simply a succession of pic-
tures, some pretty and idyllic in their Aim -
pie repose, while others are very grand and
almost terrifying. It was a fine, brainy,
eloquent discourse,"
The ex -Empress Eugenio approves of the
marriage between Princees Letitia and
Pi•ince Roland Bonaparte, and she will give
the bride a handsome marriage portion and
all her jewels. " Plon-Plon," too, nods ea -
quiescence in the mating of his daughter
Rough on Brown.
Siaobberly — "Miss Clarnwhooper, will
you allow me to introduce you to Mr.
Brown ?"
Miss Clamwhooper—" No, I thank you.
I might stand another White or Black, but
I've soured on Brown. I know all the
Browns I have any use for."
Hint to Smokers.
"1 am not going to Smith's tobacco store
any more for cigars."
What's the matter with his cigars ?"
"Out of every two buy only one draws."
"Then buy only one at a time."
He Asked Leniency.
"I hope you will be lenient with me,
judge," said the thief, as he stood up to be
sentenced; "1 have it good ma,ny dependent
on me for their support."
"Children ?" asked the judge.
"No. Police detectives."
She Had Been There.
" Why don't you send me to that new
greeery, ma ? They have it new sign up,
Everything Fresh.'"
"That's exactly the fault I find with it.
Why, what about a grocery store can be
too fresh."
" The clerk."
How He Came to Sign,
"1 underetancl that Billy Bliven has sign -
with the son of the despised Prince Pierre ed the pledge," remarked a traveling man,
and the dressmaker Clemence Ruflin. But
o‘ocYfeeslie"wwaWshtelilie I CiwYlts"atbhoerttcalitaigifhtstelirs
Humbert of /tidy is unalterably opposed to P
it, because Prince Rolatid's income of over and roped him into it. Billy'll do most
$150,000 a year consists solely of his dead anything when he's been drinking.'"
wife's share of the profits of the Monte Carlo
Behind the enointTlo; ie the millwheel.
gammbislisnAgilligeillsIt.s is one
wheatfield falls the sunlight ; abeve the gun
behind the mill the wheatfield ; on the'
of the hardest work-
ing .of the young medial assistants in the
Paris hospital.. She has a theroughly scion- is God. --4. 1.11498e11.
tific mind. She hes passed all her exemin- Ottrieh farming is obtaining prominence
Miens before the profetairs of the faculty oinstOriaolhifofrairni'na. fifty
apornete(evintofpxieelantiiiigerosnwearno
obtained,. worth $160 per pound, or $85000
for the pick.
A eobblee visithn one of the large maim
factories the other day, and for the Rrst
time in hie'life saw' shoes delete by mechint.
ry "What do you think of that?" asked
the foreman. "1± beats awl," Was the
laconit and significant reply', •