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"CHAPTER VIII,
'SIZE F,er'rIYun
I de think this lady
'I'o bony QMild.' King Leser.
butte, in her fresh holland Sunday dress ,
worked iu crewels with wild strawberries by
her 'mother's hands, and with a white -trim -
n ed straw hat, was almost shoved into the
little drawing -room by lv1r. Dutton, though
he Was himself invisible.
Her eyes were in such a daze of tears that
she hardly saw nor at first than: that some
one was there with her mother op the sofa.
°' Ah, there she is 1" she heard her mother
'Cry, and both rose, Her mother's arm was
i:oAnd hor waist, her hand was put into an-
other, Mrs. Egremont's voice, tremulous
with exceeding delight, said, " Our child,
our Ursula, our Nuttie 1 Oh, thiswhat is I
have longed for all these years. Oh, thanks,'
and her hands left her daughter to be clasp-
ed and uplifted for a moment in fervent
thanksgiving, while Nuttie's hand was
field, and a strange hairy kiss, redolent
of tobacco -smoking, was on her forehead—
.amasculine one, each as she had never
known, except her cousin Mark's, since the
raid rector died, and she grown too big for
Pyr. mutton's embraces. It was more
estrange than delightful, and yet she felt the
u}poliah
of)the tone that said, " We, make
acquaintance somewhat late, Ursula, but
ehetter late than never." and un-
'
looked up at this new father,
-derstood instantly what she had hoard of
ered from the first agitation. Alice I>agre•
ra
de
e u
moot herself was glad to Derry her g } t•t
andthankfuluesstq the Timone of Grime,
and in her voluntary, and all her Palms,
there was en exulting straino
that no n
had thought the instrument capable of pro
dewing and that wont to the 'hearts of more
than one of her hearers, No one who knew
her could doubt that here was simply innocent
exultation in the recovery of him whom she so
entirelylovedand confidedru, Buttherecottld
not but be terrible doubts whether he were
worthy of that trust, and what the new page
in her lito would be,
Mitis Sea
dwor th had said they would not
talk till after church, but there was no de-
ferring the matter thea, She wes prepared,
however, when her uiece.ceme up to her in
a tender deprecating manner, saying, "Aunt
Urso!, dear Aunt Ureel, it does seers very
ungrateful, but---"
going i takeyou awn ? Yes, I
Fleis„oingto Y•
saw that. And it ought to be, my dear.
You know where?"
" Yes ; to Loudon first, to be fitted out,
and then to his owu home. To Bridgefield
118ihave
to sae
Mr.
snout," and. I aha i with shame.
most, her voice .sank
" But Mark will be good to me, and why
should I care when I have him."
" It is quite right. I ain glad it should be
so," firmly said the old lady.
" And yet to leave you ase suddenly."
"That can't be helped."
" And it will only be for a little while,"
she added, " till you can make arranremente
to come to us. My dear husband says he
owes you everything. So you must be with
us, or close to us."
" My dear, it's very dear and good of you
to think of it, but I must be independent."
She put it in those words, unwilling again to
speak unguardedly before Nuttie.
" Oh dear keuntie, indeed you must l
hisbeing a grand gentleman. There was a !
high -bred look about him, an entire ease and , Think what you are to us, and what you
perfect manner that made everything he did • have done for us. We can't go away to be
or said seem like gracious condescension, and happy and prosperous and leave you behind.
took away the power of questioning it at . Can we, Nuttie? Come and help me to get
tae moment. He was not above the middle 1 her to promise. Do—do, dearest auntie,"
mise, and was becoming unwieldy ; but there land she began the coaxing and caressing
was something imposing and even gracetul ! natural to her, but Nuttie did not join in it,
in his deportment, and his bald narrow land Miss Headworth shook her head and
Morehead looked aristocratic, set off between lsaid gravely—
side tufts of white hair, white whiskers, and I " Don't, Alice. It is of no use. I tell you
moustaches waxed into sharp points, Victor once for all that my mind is made up."
Emmanuel fashion, and a round white curly' Alice, knowing by long experience that,
,beard. His eyes were dark, and looked when her aunt spoke in that ;tone, persua-
would admire and bless her, And 41 she
Wee going to Lendbu' to•inorrow-••-London,
which rho Ise much wished to see ---W estmin-
ster ltbbo y-, British: Dlusetun, All Saints,
National gallery, no: end of new drew ,
Hal#.wakiug, half -dreaming, ehespent
the night whioh seemed long enough, and
the light hours of the summer morning
seemed still longer, before elle could call it
a :reasonabletime, for getting up, Her
eplashiug awoke her mother, who lay emil-
ing for a few momenes, realising and giving
thanks for her greatjoy, then bestirred her-
sell
enself with the recollection of ell that had to
be done on this busy morning before guy
summons from her husband oould arrive.
Combining packing and dressing, like
the essentially unmethodical little woman
she was, Mrs. Egremeut still had all
her beautiful silky brown hair about her
shoulders when the bell of St. Ambrose e
was heard giving its thin tinkling summons
to matinsat half past seven. She H as dis-
appointed ; she meant to have gone for this
time, but there was no help for it, and
Nuttie set off by herself.
Gerard Godfrey was at his own door. He
was notone of the regular attendants at
the short service, being of that modern
species that holds itself superior to Grim-
mer's prayers,' but on this morning he
hastened up to her with outstretched hand.
' And you are going away l' he said.
I hope to get leave to stay a few days
e f ter mother,' she said.
' To `prolong the torment ?' he said.
' To wish everybody, good-bye. It is a
great piece of my life that is come to an
end, and I can't bear •to break it off so
short'
"And if you feel so, who are going to
wealth and pleasure, what must it be to
these who are left behind?"
" Ohl" said Nuttie, " some one will be
relied up. That's what they always say."
•' I shall go into a brotherhood," observed
Gerard desperately.
" Oh, don't," began Nuttie, much grati-
fied, but at that moment Miss Nugent came
out at her door, and Mr. Spyers, who wu
some way in advance, looked round and
waited for them to ^.ome up. Ile held out
his hands to her and said, " Well, Nettie,
my child, you are going to begin a new life."
" Oh dear 1 I wish I could have both 1"
cried Nuttie, not very relevantly as far as
the words went.
"Scheidaa lend weiden that wok f" quoted
Mary.
" If his place was only Monks Horton.
What will Aunt Ursel elo?"
"I think perhaps she may be induced to
join us," said Mary. " We mean to do our
best to persuade her."
dull with yellow unwholesome corners, and
Oris skin was not of a pleasant color, but
still, with all Nuttie's intentions of regard-
ing him with horror, she was subdued, part-
ly by the grand breeding and air of distinc-
tion and partly by the current of sympathy
from her mother's look of perfect happiness
and exultation. She could not help feeling
ate ''favor, almost an undeserved favor, that
'so great a personage should say, " A com-
plete Egremont, I see. She has altogether
dee family face."
°I am so glad you think so," returned
her mother.
" On the whole it is well, but she might
have done better to resemble you, Edda,"
he said caressingly ; " but perhaps that
would have been too much for the Earlsforth
natives. William's girls will have enough
to endure without a double eclipse 1" and he
laughed.
"1—I don't want " faltered the be all strange ! It will be all so strange !
car,- d!` r,I " It will be a very new life," said her
"'You don't want, no, but you can't help aunt rather didactically "but you must
sion was useless, desisted, but looks athrer
in consternation, with eyes swimming in
tears. Nuttie understood her a little bet-
ter, and felt the priekings of distrust again.
" But, aunt, dear aunt, how can we leave
you? What will you do with alljthe board-
ers," went on Mrs. Egremont
" I shall see my way, my dear. Do not
think about that. It is a great thing to See
you and this child receive justice."
" And only think, after all the hard
things that have been said of him, that we
should meet first at church 1 He would
not wait and send letters and messages by
Mark. You see he came down himself the
first moment. I always knew ho would.
Only I am so sorry for him, that he
should have lost those sweet years when
Nuttie was a tiny child. She must do all
she can to make up to him."
" Oh dear.!" broke out Nuttie. " It will
WILL DOGS _OF THB 31otrNT INS.
T&ngpis1►inq a Drove or Ikar* Airier a Ter.
rime ISaitle,
The writer has lied occasion on one or two'
occasions prior to this to tell of the fierce na-
ture and savage peaotiees of the wild dogs
which infest the inountains of the Upper
Wind River, These dogs are not the coin -
mon wolf of the Western prairies and
mountains. They are something far more
powerful .and dangerous. Several years
since a male Scotch stag -hound and a female.
English bulldog ran away in company from
Fort Washaike, anade their home in the
mountains, and these wild dogs of the. Up-
per Wind River are their savage offspring.
With such ancestorshiphow can this wild
offe icing help being a canine terror ?
To the speed and endurauee of the Scotch
staghound is mated the ferocity and tents-
city cf the Euglish bulldog, and these wild
dogs are evidently worthy in every way of
their origin. Speedy, savage and stubborn,
those animals are deterred by no pursuit,
are reserained by no fear, and are daunted
by no difficulties. They pursue, slay and
devour ; such is the simplicity and efficiency
of this native code of canine ethics. The
latest exploit of these canine marauders of
which we have any account is the destruc-
tion of a small herd of bears. It appears
that about two weeks ago about a dozen
bears of the dreaded and large eilver-tip
variety came down from the surrounding
mountains to enjoy themselves on the sunny
slopes of the Warm Spring basin. In the
course of the day these bears all got to-
gether, and while thus massed were_ at-
tacked by about onehundred of the wild
dogs.
The conflict was terrible. The bears
fought with all the courage and ferocity for
whioh the silver -tip is noted, but the mingl-
ed strain of staghound and
rbull ogllsupplied. at
a courage and ferocity ge ,
andthe end of half -au -hour every bear had died
where he was brought to bay.
The dogs suffered severely, twenty-five of
their number perished in the fight. The
survivors wasted little time, however, in
mourning over their dead companions, but
began at once on the banquet their own
powers had provided, and in an hour from
the time the combat ceased, only the clean -
picked bones of the twelve bears .remained
to tell of the struggle to the deatk which
had token place, and the savage feast which
had followed it.
it," he said, evidently with a proud delight
in her beauty. "Now that 1 have seen the
child," he added, "I will make my way
hick to the hotel,"
' " Will you—won't you stay to tea or
dinner?" said his wife, beginning with an
imploring tone which hesitated as she re-
viewed possible chops and her aunt's dis-
do your best to be a good daughter, and to
fill your new position, and I have no doubt
you will enjoy it."
" If I could but take all with me 1" said
Nuttie, " Oh dear 1 whatever will you do,
Aunt Ursel? Oh mother, the choir ! Who
will play the harmonium ? and who will
lead the girls ? and whatever will Mr.
shay. j Spyers do ? and who will take my class?
'• Thank you I have ordered dinner at )other, couldn't we stay a little longer to
set things going here ?"
" It is nice of you to have thought of it,
my dear," said Mrs. Egremont, " but your
father would not like to stay on here.
" But mightn't I stay, jnst a few days,
mother, to wish everybody good-bye ? Mr.
Dutton, and Miss Mary, and Gerard, and
all the girls ?"
There was some consolation in this plan,
and:the three women rested on it that night,
Mrs. Egremont recovering composure
enough to write three or four needful notes,
the hotel," he answered, " and Gregorio rs
waiting for me with a cab. No doubt you
will wish to make arrangements with Ma-
dame—the old lady—and I will not trouble
her further to -night. I will send down
Gregorio to -morrow morning, to tell you
what I arrange. An afternoon train,
probably as we shall go no farther
than London. You say Lady Kirkaldy
called on you. We might return her visit
before starting, but I will let yon know
when I have looked at the trains. My
compliments to Miss Headworth, Good explaining her sadden departure. Tho
evening, sweetest.' He held his wife in a aunt could not talk of a future she so mach
fond embrace, kissing her brow and cheeks dreaded for her nieces, losing in it the
and letting her cling to him, then added,
"Good evening, little one," with a good-
natured careless gesture with which Nuttie
was quite content, for she had a certain
loathing of the caresses that so charmed her
mother. And yet the command to make
ready had been given with such easy author-
ity that the idea of resisting it had never
even entered her mind, though she stood
still while her mother went out of the door
with him and watched him to the last.
Coming' back, she threw her arms round
her daughter, kissed her again and again,
and, with showers of the glad tears long re-
pressed, cried, " Oh, my Nuttie, my child,
what joy 1 How shail I be thankful enough 1
Your father, your dear father 1 Now it is
all right." Little sentences of ecstasy such
as these, interspersed with caresses, all in
the incoherence of overpowering delight,
full of an absolute faith that the lost
husband had loved her and been pining for
her all these years, but that he had been
linable to trace her, and was as happy as she
was in the reunion.
The girl was somewhat bewildered, but
she was carried along by this flood of ex-
ceeding joy and gladness. The Marmion
srnd Theseus images had been dispelled by
the reality, and, with Mr. Dutton's sharp
reproof fresh upon her, she felt herself to
have been doing a great injustice to her
Mather ; believed all that her another did,
and found herself the object of a romantic re-
cognition—if
cognition—if notthebeggargirlbecomeaprin-
cess, at any rate, the little school -teacher a
county lady 1 And she hady never seen her
mother so wildly, overpoweringly happy
with joy. ' That made her, too, feel that
something grand and glorious had happened.
`What are we going to do?" she asked,
as the vehemence of Mrs. Egremont's erne,
tion began to work itself off,
" Horne 1 He takes us to his home 1
His home!" repeated her mother, in a trance
of joy, as the yearnings of her widowed
heart now were fulfilled.
"Oh, but Aunt Ursel 1"
" Poor Aunt Ursel 1 Oh, Nuttie, Nuttio,
3 had almost forgotten 1 How could 1 ?"
and there was a shower of tears of com-
punction. "But he said he owed everything
to her,1 She will come with us 1 Or if she
doesn't live with us, we will make her live
deem by in e, dear little cottage, Where is
she ? When did abe go ? I never saw het
r1us sound of the front door was heard, for
the visitor had been watched away and Mise
Headworth was returning to her own house
to be there received with a fervent gush of
happiness, much more trying to her, poor
thing, than to Nuttie.
There was even -song imminent, and the
most needful act at the moment was to eom-
poso the harmonium•player sufficiently for
her to take her part. Miss Headworth wag
really glad of the nedessity, "stnce it put off
the discussion, and made a reaeoiifor anew -
" And there's the choir 1 And my class,
and the harmonium," went on Nettie, while
Gerard walked on disconsolately.
" Mioklethwayte has existed without
you, Nuttie," said Mr. Spyers, taking her
on with him alone. " Perhaps it will be
able to do so again. My dear, you had better
look on. There will be plenty for you to
learn and to do where you are going, and
you will be sure to find much to enjoy, and
also something to bear. I should like to re-
mind you that the best means of going on
well in this new world will be to keep self
down and to have the strong desire that
only love can give to be submissive, and to
do what is right both to God and your
father and mother. May I give you a text
to take with you 1 ` Children, obey your
parents in the Lord, for this is right.' "
1MISCELLLANE0Ua ITE s.
Three menthe, im risoument was the Gen -
pp
Engl., is
encs loon an man who a
btem P
ted,
,at failed., to teal
a hot plum pudding,
but found it tee hot to carry and dropped
it on the floor,
It is ,said that the biggest price ever paid
for a weanling colo was that paid by Arthur
Caton of Chicago to J. V. Striker for Del -
hoe, a son of Natwood, and a grandson on
his dam's bide of Harold, the sire of Maud
S. He fetched at auction ii3,750.
A.P. Foss clow a live ohiolten';tloating
andstrugglir g i t in the canal at Suncook, N.
. h
H, and pulled it out. Attached to it l
was a pickerel weighing oyet two pounds,...
'which ,had robbed the chickens log in such
a waythat it could not let go.
The Jones River discovery ie pito oue-
.
done by the S. Paul Globe's discovery of a
river runnine into the Saskatchewan so
strongly impregnated with lime that any
animal or vegetable matter immersed in it
is immediately turned to atone.
Whensettler in the Northwest Terri-
tory wants to go back to Ontario to bo mar -
tied, ; the Canadian Pacific Railroad aell
him a matrimonial ticket at the usual rates
and on presenting the return coupon and
marriage certificate he is entitled to free
transportation for his bride.
thought of her own loneliness ; Alice kept
back her own loving, tender, undoubting
joy with a curious sense that it was hard
and ungrateful towards the aunt ; but it was
impossible to think of that, and Nuttie was
in many moods.
Eager anticipation of the new unseen
world beyond, exultation in finding herself
somebody, sympathy with her mother's
happiness, all had their share, but they
made her all the wilder, because,ethey were
far from unmixed. The instinctive dislike
of Mr. Egremont's countenance, and doubt
of his plausible story, which had vanished
before his presenee, and her mother's faith;
returned upon her from time to time, caught
perhaps from her aunt's tone and looks.
Then her aunt had been like a mother ,to
her—her own mother much more like a
sister, and the quitting her was a wrench
not compensated far as in Mrs. Egremont's
case by a more absorbing affection. More-
over, Nuttie felt sure that poor Gerald God -
They were at the door and there was no
time for an answer, but Nuttie, as abe took
her place, was partly touched and partly
fretted at the admonition.
The mainin
two after her mother wase oon disposed
of. Signore is right, I will not do it The
Mrs. Egremont sent a pretty little note to German went away rejoicing ; he had
make the request, but the elegant valet who saved. the poor creatures life. But the
appeared at ten o'clock brought a verbal the next day, chancing to pass the spot, he
message that his master wished Mrs. and was thunderstruck by again finding the same
Miss Egremont to be ready by two o'clock girl in the same attitude. He was about to
to join him in calling on Lady Kirkaldy at seize her arm, when a loud voice behind
Monks Horton, and that if their inggage him said': Please , Sir, }seep on one Bide 1
was ready by four o'olock, he (Gregorio) arcanthie easel mbehind a big There was an
The
wuld take charge of it, as they were all to artist
at wasd on.
go up to town by the 4.40 train.
" Did he have my note ?" faltered Alice,
stimulated by the imploring glances of aunt
and daughter, but anticipatingthe answer.
" Yes, madame, but he wishes that Miss
Egmont should accompany you immediate t„telt
Mss. A. E, Bennett of Paynesville,
thought she heard a dog following her as
she walked home the other evening, and,
looking around, saw that a slender little
animal was trotting along close behind her.
It followed quietly until she reached home,
and when she opened the door hesitated a
moment and then darted into the house and
up stairs. It was a mink, which very soon
made itself perfectly at home, and with the
Bennett family is as tame as 'a kitten, but
very shy when stranvers call.
The ship William J. Rotch of New Bed-
ford has just made a remarkable voyage.
She left Philadelphia for Hiogo, Japan,
about eleven months ago, sailed 21,400
miles in 137 days, was unloaded and reladen,
and on June 7 started on the homeward
voyage, whioh she made in 150 days, the
distance being 21,137 miles. In the round
trip she sailed almost as far as twioe around
the world in ten months and twenty-five
days, which includes the time of lying in
port in Japan.
BA,TTLIRq WITH, A BrAr14pN$TDR..;
A Flrbaelr Whale hili Three 9f rise Crew
of * Whaling *Seamier,
The whaling steamer Lizeie N., Capt,
West, which has been engaged in the finbaek
le fisher en the ,Eastern coast this eea-
wha Y fifteeu rnilee cast -
eon, recently when•about
southeast from Seguin Island, oft the coast of
a
Maine, paw to whale of that a large, n boat
ite capture. .
species and attemptedA
wa_
was lowered and manned with Capt. Wosb ,
his mate and feur'seamen, Capt. West,
with a large heavy whole gun, in which was
an explosive bomb lance, took the breech f
the boat, while the mate steered. Upon
approaching the whale it was seen that he
would be an ugly customer to deal with, as
he showed no fucainetion to run, but kept
slowly milling;around, evidently waiting to
be attacked.
When the'boat was near'enough to war-
rant a shot, Capt. West fired, the gun, but
as the sea was rough the motion of the boat
destroyed the accuracy of the aim, The
whale was badly wounded, but 'not in 0R�
vital, part. The whale then made for the
boat, and in passins{ under it struck it will/
so
..
his flukes, throwing it me thirty feet in
the air with its crew, throwing the men out.
As the boat descende:t the whale again emelt
it with his tail and completely demolished
the boat, killing one of the crew, Jacek)
Klock, cutting him completely in two. The
whale then commenced to bite and strike
with his tail at the pieces of the boat, kill-
ing two more men, Neil Olsen and Chris
Johnson, who were supporting themselveson
pieces of the wreck.
While tho whale was engaged in destroy-
ing the boat Capt. West, the mate, and one
man fortunately secured an oar apiece and
swam away from the place. On board the
steamer the mishap was seen. Another boat
was lowered and the three men pinked up
andtaken onboard, much exhausted. No-
thing daunted, Capt. West resolved upon
capturing the fish. Everything was got in
readiness ; two gums were loaded, each with
the explosive lance, Capt, West taking one
and his mate the other, and, taking their
positions on the bow of the steamer, word
was given to go ahead. The whale in he
mean time was lying still among the debris
of the wrecked boat, occasionally throwing
his flakes into the air.
As the ship neared the monster he left the
wrecked boat and made for the steamer with
the evident intention of striking her on the
port bow. By a quick turn of the rudder
the steamer cleared him by a few feet, bit
with no chance for a shot.
The whale then turned and again made
for the steamer, coming down from the
windward for about midships of the vessel.
Capt. West saw that the whale evidently in -
The ” Lolely Maid."—
We all know the tale of the Englishman
Thorold, who, straying to the island for a
single day, remained in it 40 years, but the
German who was driven from the Quisisana
Hotel by the coarse table manners of the
British, and their habit of putting their
knives in their mouths, is a less familiar
character. This swine German,. during one
of his first strolls in Capri, saw a beautiful.
girl in the old costume of the island, bend•
ing over the edge of a frightful precipice.
Hurriedly advancing, the kind man, in
his best German -Italian, besought her to
leave the dangerous spot. But the girl
would not stir, only sadly shook her head.
" Lofely maid 1" cried the German, " why
do you despair ? Are there no more men in
the world, that you, so charming so hand-
some, should weary of life ? For, yes 1 I
known your purpose, you seek to die 1"
Trembling with emotion the girl turned her
head aside. " Come," urged the German,
" don't, pray don't do it 1" At this the
girl turned her streaming eyes full upon him,
end'starting up suddenly, answered, " The
In a small Connecticut town there is a
twelve-year old girl who is a little oad. She
is large for her age, pretty, very active in
mind and body, and not at all wayward
except in one particular. She delights in
nothing so much as to take a lantern, and,
after dark, walk along the streets, fields,
and woods. She goes alone, and is appar-
Deficient in Conrtesy
Lady : " A gentleman gave me his seat
gremon s ou accom c in a stree -car y
Iv. Husband : And you thanked him, of A nino•year old EaglevilIe, Conn., boy
" Of course," was Alice's comment, „ now course ?" was belated at Coventry, several miles
that he has found his child, he cannot bear Lady : " Yes, I thanked him, but I ought from his home, the other night, and, being
to part with her." not to have none so. He hadn't the polite- afraid to go home in the dark, put his Yan-
And all through the farewells that almost ness to lift his hat."
kee wit to work. Pretty soon a doctor of
rent the gentle. Alice's heart in two, she was r the place was informed by a small boy that
a well-known citizen of Eagleville was very
ill with typhoid fever, and wanted him to
come to him immediately. The Doctor said
he'd go after supper, and asked the lad to
join him at the table. The boy did so, and
soon after was snugly tucked by the side of
the Doctor in his carriage and rolling home-
ward. When they arrived at the house of
the alleged sick man the boy scrambled out,
and the Doctor followed and knocked at
ea w r the door. The citizen himself, in usual
Gerard, looking the ppfoture of woe, and came with a lantern. Then it turned sent i health, opened it. He hadn't been sick,
" believe he has it u on that he had been asleep all the time, and and hadn't sant for the Doctor. Then they
ently quite as happy out in the middle of a tended to breach on to the vessel, and word
lonely pasture as in the lighred streets. She was given to go ahead at full speed. So the
doesn't know what fear is: but is particul-
arly whalreared huge head and body into
her plcasrn when she frightens any ono in the air, the little steamer sprung abead, and
nocturnal rambles. the whale fell into the water with a terrific
A professional pall bearer has been dis- noise, and just cleared the steamer's stern
covered in Philadelphia. He is an ex -ear -•1 by a few feet. When the whale struck the
pester, who once, when out of a job, w
asked to be pall bearer at a funeral of an
entire straugor. He accepted, and was
paid liberally. He saw a business in it,
bought a decent suit of black, reads the
obituary noticee in Mr. Child's Ledger, and
gods to funerals. He finds his services most
in demand at the funerals of very old per-
sons who have outlived their companions ;
and if the dead person happens to be un.
married woman past middle life, then he
is almost certain of a job Ho says he aver -
water it made such a heavy swell that the
men were unable to stand on the deck. See-
ing that it was impossible to get a shot at
the monster without great risk to the steam-
er and orew, another plan was resorted to.
A large, strong water cask, holding about
250 gallons, was emptied of its wellness and
then bunged tightly. The eteamer's once
more beaded for the fighter, and asezhe ap-
proached him he again came to the attack
The cask was thrown overboard to attract
his attention and the vessel retreated to a
ages two funerals a day, and makes a living i safe distance, The whale instantly we nt
out of it. for the cask, throwing it high in the air with
Owing to the enormous increase of pas- his flukes, but such was its strength and
aenger traffic between Liverpool and New buoyancy no damage was done to it. After
York the White Star Company intend to several futile attempts to smash the cask
add two more new vessels to their fleet next with his flukes, he commenced to swim
season. It has been arranged that the slowly around it, occasionally striking it
Government is to pay the company £16,000 with hishead and trying to bite it,,�evidently
annually in order to retain the new boats forgetful of the ship which was Ching hie
in case of war. They are to be constructed every movement closely. nt
an This was Capt. t. West s chance, end silo
on specially designed pians so that they c P
be prepared for naval service in the short ly but swiftly the little steamer glided up
space of three days. The armament is to behind him at a short distance from his tail,
consist of forty -pound muzzle -loading guns. and before he was aware of its approach he
The first-class saloons aro to be fitted for received the contents of both of the whale
the accommodation of 300 persona only, and gens, the bomb lances exploding in his longs.
both are expected to do the distance be- The steamer sheered off to a place of safety,
tween Queenstownand New York in five the whale forged ahead about 100 yards and
and a half days, commenced to break and lash the sea into
foam in its frensy and dying struggles,
throwing high in air large quantities of blood
showing that he had received his death
wound. After about fiveninutes etruggling
he commenced to slowly mill around, and
finally, giving one last breach into the air,
sauce down on hia side dead.
The steamer then went alongside and fast-
ened to him with harpoons and and with strong
ropes and chains secured him to the vessel,
by which means he was towed'into the har-
bor, where crowds collected to see the mon-
ster and congratulate Capt. West on his skill
and daring in capturing the whale, this be-
ing the first one ever brought into that
place.
fret' would break his heart. As the mother
and daughter for the last time lay down to-
gether in the room that had been theirs for
the seventeen years of the girl's life,
Alice fell asleep with a look of exquisit
peace and content on her face, feeling her
long term of trial crowned byunlooked-for
joy, while Ursula, though respecting her
slumbers too much to move, lay with wide-
open eyes, now speculating on the strange
future, now grieving over those she bit—
Aunt Ursel, Gerard, Mary, and all such ;
the schemes from which she was snatched,
and then again consoling herself with the
hope that, since she was going to be rich,
she could at once give all she wanted—the
white altar cloth, the brass pitcher—nay,
perhaps finish the church and build the
school 1 For had not some one said some-
thing about her position? Oh yes, she had
not thought of it before, but, since see was
the elder brother's daughter, she must be.
the heiress 1 There was no doubt a grand
beautiful story before her ; she would with•
stand all sorts of fascinations, wicked
baronets and earls innumerable, and come
back and take Gerard by the hand, and say
Pride was quelled and love was free.
Not that Gerard had ever uttered a word
tending in that direction since he had been
seven years old, but that would matte it all
the prettier ; they would both be silently
constant, till the time same, perhaps when
elle was of age. Mother would like it,
though that father would certainly he horrid.
And how nice it would be to give Gerard
everything, and they would go all over the
Continent, and see pictures, and buy them,
and see all the cathedrals and all the
mountains. But perhaps, since Mark
Egremont had really been so ° generous in
hunting up the cousin who was displacing,
him, she was bound in duty to marry him ;
perhaps he reckoned on her doing to. She
would be generous in her turn, give up all
the wealth to him, and retutrn to do and be
ing Nuttie until all should be more recov-leverything to Mioklethwayte, low they
haunted by the terror that she or her daugh-
ter should have red eyes to vex her husband.
As to Mr. Dutton, he had only come in
with Gerard in a great harry just after
breakfast, said there was much to do to-
day at the office, as they were oing to take
A young Australian near Bochara, after
an unusually hard day's work, sheep shear-
ing, went to sleep on the sitting room couch
after supper. Soon he arose, walked out
into the darkriess, went through four gctes,
stock, and they should neither of them which be carefully closed, tote woo shed
have time to come home to luncheon. He and then hung up his coat and took down
shook the hands of mother and daughter his sheep shears and sharpened them.
heartily, promised to ' look after' Miss Then he caught a sheep and had just finish-
Headworth,
nish-
es d o th and bore off in his train young ed shearing it,when some of the household
muttering I gotP
purpose ;'t while mother and daughter
thought it very odd, and rather unkind.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
that the light of the lantern aw
The sheep was sheared as well as though it He had his supper and ride home, and was
had been done in broad day light. well out of the way.
akened his, looked for the boy. They couldn't find him,
rr2,tit*i'i j�tyd
SQTHOUHGTF'UL.
Sht; I WON'T TROUBLE YOU TO BRING Jf,1RrANY strarUie, MR, DODGETT; JUST ]STUN
(And Oa eat tense btu easy that as).
ME A LASS OF WATER, PLEASE.
Reminiscences of Dickens.
Dickens was only 33 when I first saw him,
being just two years my junior. I have said
what he appeared to me thea. As I knew
him afterward, and to the end of his days,
he was a strikingly manly man, not only in
appearance, but in bearing. The lustrous
brilliancy of his eyes was very striking.
And I do not think that I have ever seen it
noticed that those wonderful eyes which saw
so much and so keenly were appreciably,
though to a very slight degree, near-sighted
eyes. Very few persons, even among those
who knew him well, were aware of this, for
Dickens never used a glass. But he continu
ally exercised his vision by looking at dis-
tant objects, and making them out as well
as he could without any artificial assistance.
It was an instance of that force of will in
him which compelled a naturally somewhat
delicate frame to comport itself like that of
an athlete. Mr. Forsteromewh says o
him : "Dickens's habits were roisust, but
his health was not." This is entirety true
as far as my observation extends. Of the
general charm of his manner I despair of
giving any idea to those who have not seen
or know him. This was a charm by no
means dependent on his genius, He might'
have been the great writer he was and yet
not have warmed the sooial atmosphere
wherever he appeared with that Summer
glow which, seemed to attend him. His
laugh was brimful of enjoyment, There
was a peculiar humorous proteet in it when
recounting or hearing anything specially ab.
surd, as who should say, "'Pon my soul,
this is too ridiculous 1 This 'passel all.
bounds 1' and. bursting out afresh as though
the sense of the ridiculous overwhelmed
him like a tide, which carried all hearers
away with ib, and which I well remember.
His enthusiasm was boundless. :It entered
into everything he said or did. 1k) belong-
ed doubtless to that amazing fertility and
wealth of ideas and feeling that distinguish•
ed his genius:—Adolphus Trollope.
The most becoming furs are these which
have te tinge of yellow in their pile or on
the tipe of the long blank, gray or biose
li
afta, ;