HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1888-9-27, Page 5ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH" The kneariniora On Woma tiiti het doily I YOUNQ FOLKS
leh; face ; but she feli to canting end swear. -
N lb in an ewful manner, artd Wiehed go much •
weene- evil to the led, that, witth the superstitious 1 Ittillitinn the Ganntlet.
Motheen Poor folk, en, are never !whale -led I hfear, 8° 9°Inre°4 t° the natives of ins mntrY, " You Understand how in is, Captain
of their children ; 'tie all the threasare they ) ° 44-eher, under - the inii)ressi°4 that 8he Carter? Then atores which you are to take
have, sir ; but my parents were ashamed of i 7t;a8 gt.IteF: Ivlin tem evil eye, and wae an on board are being sent up the river to the
nen, and they thrust me out to the straleger cwia.wimie n-te 'weer went nue of •the Turkish garrbion at Abu- gekr, end beteneea
yard with the waggon and hose, hut she •
and the hetet bread of clepindence." The I rushed to the door, and cursed hi or a
poor lad sighed eleeplm and I began to feel . ' trt 1
. . . t bare•heeled Irish blackguard, awl, wished
• CEIAPTER VIII..
Jona' Moreaowen,
Dear eother nature 1 On thy (11Lp% breast
elan teen not MOM or thy nes)eotd son 2
se etern necessity hae driven hiro tone
Alone and frieedien, tie has neneht but thee,
end the strong hand Wager le at thou grease,
to win withpation mil bis daily bread,
A few day after the old worneun visit to
the cottage, mrr servant Jamas fele:tented him•
pelf for a week without askieg leave, a giv-
ing any intimation .of hie intention. He had
uncler hie eare a nne pair of hares, a yoke of
oxen, thew) cows, and a nunterous baldly of
pigs, besides having to chop ell the firewood
required fore nee. elle unepeoved depait.
are ;canted o Amen trouble in the family a
and when truent at last imide hie appear.
armee nieodicedisonarped him altogether. •
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The winter bad riovr fairly oet in --the iron.
winter of Teen The snow wee unusually.
fleet), and it oeing our first whiter in Canada,
and passed inefach a rniseralele dwelling, we
felt it 'very severely. nu epite of all my
•
boasted fortitude -and I think my powers'
Of enduranoe have been laied to the utmotit
isince my actiourn in this neuntry-the 'Agee,
of the climate ettbdued my prone, indepeade
kdentiEnglieh spirit, bind I aotually shatisen
tiny wornaahood, and <toted with the cold,
'Yes, I 04ght te bhulh, at confessing BU'0119u11,
parionableweakneas ; tut I WAS fooliehand
inexperienced, and teraccustomed ter the
yoars.
edy nueleand dke neannech relish; peeform-
ing the menial ditties .of a savant in etch
weather, but he did mot complain, and in
the meantime commenced an active inquiry
' for•ayman to eniaply the plaee of the one we
hadlost i but ab .bhat season of the Tear no
onegwas to be had.
It wassaleittere 'freezing eight. eA. sharp
wind howled witheate and drove the flora
. snow' through thspehinks in the deer, almost
to the • heartnstonfe, on whioh two immense
blahs of maple oiled forth e. cheering glow, (laced dale better Chnstian. You tdke me
brightening the narrow windowpanes, and for a thief.; yet shure a thief would have
; making the blaokened raftere anddy with waited till you, were all in bed enad &Bleep,
'Ithe heart invigorating• blaze. and not stepanlornint you all in this &ra-
nee toile of the day were over, the supper fen."
thine clearedaway, and the door closed for There wasboth truth and mime in the
• the night. Moodie had takeneep hie flute, lad's argument ;bub Bell, like an obstinate
servant.ske, to cheer her drooping spirits ; surd ;prejudices so far that the brought her
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the sweet aompanion of happier days, at woman that -tele was, Vhose te adhere to her
the earnest -request of our home.siek Scotch oveloopinion. Nay, she even carried her en -
by. playeng :seine of the touching national , mattress and laid it down on ethe'floor in my
airs a the glorious mountain land, the land I room, for near that the 'Wish vagabond
of chivalryancl song, thee heroic North. Be- i would murder her during the eight B1 y the
fore rethingno rest, Belt, who had an ex- I ;break of day she was off; keying me for the
equisite eartfor music. kept time with her ;test of winter without a servant. Monaghan
toot and nand, while large tears gathered .did alt inehis power to seemly her platee ; he
in her soft.blue eyes. _alighted the firee, ewept elm. house milked,
"Ay, ibial bonnie tiara ;image ; bat they the cowninursed the babe and oftesincooked
the dinner for axe, and ;endeavored by ai
thousand little attentions to show the grata
;etude be really felt for ;our kindness. 'red
eittle 'llnatie he attae,bed himself in einem-
ebraordinaro manner. All his spare time he
to the green groves and meselows of ney own tepenthemaking little :neighs &Del -boys for
fair land. The musicand ;our reveries were, her, orsin dragging her in the said ;01eWeel
alike abruptly banished 'ley a sharp blow: ap andelown the Reap hills in /root of thee
upon thief door. Bell rose and opened it, housenwrapped up inemblanket Of a nig' ht,1
when a strinige, wildlooking lad, be:infect-Hee co4hed her mess of bread and milk, an
ed, and ;with no other omering to hes howl she sonny the fire, aridehis greatest detighn
than the thick, matted locks ot raven black- was to.feed her himself. After this 'opera -
nein tlaciehtuag like& cloucloyer hie sward:we' tion ewes over, he wouM carry her around the
amebae* visage, buret into the room. ifloor on his back, andning her range in unie
"Guinness defend ne1 Wha ha'e we tiveleish. neatinalwaws greeted nisestur
herre reoreamed Bell, intimating 'int,o a corn freo ;the woods *lithe screamed 'o, th ld
ner. "elehe pair oalbent's no cannie.
My husband turned haateley round to meal
oe the intruder, and n raised the candle from.
e enewable the better to distinguish his facie et
whine Mall, &one h� hidingplace, regarded,
hien wish unenuivocal glances of fear and
linkman waving her rhande to me and point
-
Lieutenant.
nit wade were fervently echoed by the i TILE ITALIAN AND STILETTO•
Not mauY months later that you Lieu- wow rt In Made and Wan Jia 'ehruets Ar
tenant was famous threughopt ell Inclie as
one of the breverit men and best °facers veho To the ItseliGan" leabraolrleir,Eaatkanlife isas necess-
uphield the honor of England during the ary to existence as the macaroni and armlet -
great agmay of the Indian Mutiny. As for lo °omen, that „mice him forget his thud.
Ceptaite Carter, he is stell alive in Begdad
and any one Who goes thither may hear the eheerYeene Iatndmites ehei8 ptc)rba:tTeaedidhediavritaeoli the
out in rebellion, and are raiding the whole
it and this place the Arobs have hut broken
tale from hie own lips, and see the handsome tneroeure would undoubtedly be effeetioe ine
country, /1 they knew that you ' I) ave aold watoh presented to him by leis Minot depeiving him 9f hie nails, He flreis it en
Turkish agree aboard, they're certain to ers in aelrn°wlectunlent of his courage m tito we with cane, and even with his bard,
try and seize them ; and even if they don't "running the gauntlet*"
the wheel, in ercler to drwe the venni ashore
they're likely enough to fire at the steamer
as she ptleaGS, and try to.piok off the men at
EareWell I Sumner flowern
EARISM B. Pluon. rad in ens not infrequent tighte, to which
knives more or less popular, but the atiletto•
indispeesable. There are a dozen kinds Of'
even an Iriah shindig Is incomparable, it is,
and _plunder her. .ow thosetor men be is the prince of all.
carried through, cora° what may; but et the Ferewen 1 summer flowers, The stiletto is a distinetiveln Italian wee -
Barrie time ie's fatly fair to tell you plently
And your ameiy bowers
Ferewell ere ye diet
what you're running into, before you do it. In the north -wine sigh. pon, though used to a large extent by the
Will you take the risk 2" Spanish banditi. It hen a bad reputation.
.0 Yes." moaning son and tender, Tlaeir is no recognized scientific way of ug
Where thou'rt jowly laid ; ing it, and in the fencing school, for whieh
The man who anaveered thin, as quietly Woomeod nymphs will wander
Through the naked glade, Italy is, famous it is oetracized. A.moug
as if he were only, undertaking to post a the brigands and airainal °lass of the
letter, was a short, square, powerful ngure, Drops of dew wie liege; cities it is however, the most. popular of all
in the uniforne of a merchant captain, With Weeping in the sky ; aggressive weapons, This m due to the
a thick brown beard which was just begin. when the Poet's finger " handiness," the dexterity with which it
ning to turn gray, There was nothing Pointath where you de.
may be lead, its murderous execution and,
boastful or swaggering in his tone and many hearts will miss you 1 the ease with which it may be cc,neealed.
manner as he aocepten a comtniesion which ofwthteenbtetsichymb,erekait,128:ti you In Italy stringent laws he.ve been passed
meant little less than certain death ; but in Into blootuless death I against the stiletto. The nue for cerrynig a
his firm lips and deep gray eyes there was Lovely hues tura perish 1 pistol is almost nominal, and even sword
an indescribable somsaing which gave a Imely forms decay; canes are tolerated to none extent, but the
sufficient assurance to his two employers auotntnleneotthradoucehawtaawy.0 ce erne, penalty for aeorying a, stiletto is BO severe
that they had got hold of the right man as to be seemingly oppressive. For each of-
fer their work.
' .1.r.Z4tht)ifi:bc'ewaiunttieys lqvnerst' fense the law provides an imprisonment of
A few hours later all was ready for the in our hearts, thy sweetese
Fairest colors glow. from two to three years. In the more popu-
sbart. The stores were on board, the Abbas lated sections, and particularly. in the viol. -
had her steam up, and the perilous voyage Fares ell 1 summer flowers, tarty of the large cities, thelaw la rigidly en -
up the Tigris from Emelt to Abu-Bekr wee And your lonely bowers,
Farewell ere ye diet forced, and suepeoted pereone are searched
just about to begin, when a shout was, hearil In the north.whad sigh 1 without ceremony, A license can he obtain -
from the bank, and a young man in the --....- ieedtceoe.e. carrying a pistol,' but never for a ad-
dress of an English army officer came ecamp.
ming down to the landing-plara, carrying a, "'bridle' Hanle I"
gun -ease in his hand, and followed by a A bonnie eioht It is tae Sea Is a peculiar weapon. There is nothing
sturdy Arab porter with a light bullock. A bairnie "toddlin' haute,"
WP ootstretched alma an mt cede glee, of Canadian manufacture like it. In length
trunk upon his bare brown shoulders. it naps its Luther's name 1 it runs from six to fif teen inches. The
"Jetat in time, Captain," said he, panting en ae gtdd senile were re like weans, blade ia about twice the length of the handle
dagger edged, thick at the narrow guard
for breath, as he sprang on board, while the Stlap°dtilielian; oh' eer.1'.'vleitne\veaertdemlifinei 1stanes
trunk was hastily handed up after him, 1 and tenering off o excessive thinness at the
As ye gang " toddlin' haute 1" point. At the guard the diameter of the
heard there was a steamer just starting up Wale on the Rowers airing life's way— blade is diamond shaped and the two extra,
the Henn and up the river rite got to go edges run almost to the point. The rea1.
pay for it?" Mak' life be as a simmer's day—
Dae riche an' deur the blame,
edges, which are razor-sharp, make a wound,
sornehow. Will you give me a passage if I
• "You're heartily welcome," answered Year in, year oo't, the same 1 which the auxiliary edges, more lelant than,
Captain Carter, with a griin smile ; "but I Some Mike hae joy frac morn tae nicht,
,Cmhaenegrilhyop"eto, dandllhan'phpaimmess":. an, Hoht, sharp, aggravate to a terrible degree. So. '
effective is it, and so murderous in the hands
ought to tell you, that eve shall meet likely of a dexterous man that the Italian govern -
be all shot dead on the way." They wale their footsteps hame 1
ment has recently been experimenthes with;
"Well, it's my trade to be thot," rejoin- LikeItherss as: semwfea:ibpeudi::Plodrosaoktsenan 'w epaani n, ,
As they gang hirplin' name 1 it as a wespon at olose quarters, and in the,
ed the young officer, as molly as ever, "and Massowah campaign averria companies were
I may just as well work ab it here as any- what tint it's faitheee hame 1
where else. Besides, it'll be a fine chance
of trying my new rifle." , Some reach their hame afore midday,
When mornin' glories bloom; ttarrymeddagweitrh. shields and long stilettos. Ther
weapon is carried in a sheath like an ordin-
Some tread a Ian an' thorny way
Afore they reach the tomb !
An' weloune a' the same: I Arather knife, commonly carried and fre-
Tren banDan MOLLETTA.
Oor Miler waits ayont lie's stream,
Tbe love Hat in His e'e doth gleam grander used. by criminal Italians, is what
Toronto.
Tae see us "toddiin' hame jPoim bum. Endessor Scannapieco, the neopoliton fenc-
ing master, calls the " molletta." The mot.
Perfeot Guidance Unto Red% though considerably longer. There is only
letta bears some resemb/anoe to a razor,
DT 110/1MISON: one edge, and the blade °perm like a pen-
knife. It swings loose, however, and when
drawn is opened by catching hold of the
handle with the fingers and throwing thee
blade outward. This requires practice anon
dexterity. A small spring catches the knifee
and holds it open. It is closed by pressure,'
upon a tiny " button " on the handle.
Though not as effective a weapon as thee
etiletto it makes an ugly wound when used
by. an expert and OM be opened almost as.
•quickly as a stiletto can be drawn from its,.
eheath. The earn with within it Can be con-
cealed adds to the frequency of its use. The-,
handle is hardwood or bone.
A small stiletto can be bought for $3.
The largest size cost an and en An import -
a molletta costa $4. The price place the' ,
real Italian article out of the reach of many,'
of the k.uife-users, and they content them., ,
selves with a species of small dagger, crude,
but effective, and not iefreguently made by
themselatznoeuDtmoyfusanrwGelTlyr-WsnwraBAtobs,le. knife, ,
In nearly all the Italian murders in thig
eountry in the last five years the stiletto or
il°vIne einssitinanilsearswoenatpo°fasitasthbeeewnezdediragteinot ,
been betow the ritet. The ordinary mode- '
holding a dagger is with the thttreb at th
apper end of the handle. The eItelians re- "
rerse this. He invariably greeps.th a handl
with the upper part of Hs hand; nearest the e
guard. This necessitates hinergiving an '
eadenthurst and accounts for te wounds '4
ng in the lower. part of the bean. The 1
weapon, if carried in a sheath, is anecesled,1
in the soul or ben invariably worn by rtaliew
emigrants arid ean be erawn with remarkeble
rapidity,
a growing Interest in els sad his say,
thAt he miahli overturn the wa 0 kill
"Rave you heen'in this ectIntrY 1°n$ ?" it the horaes, and break hie own
• "Four eaare. madam. You know enY 1100k worthles
natisther, Mr, ; he brought me 'out '
"Ma'am,' said John to me one day, after
returning from C--- with the team, "28
would be betther me to lave the ;nattier
intirely ; for shure if I do not, wane mischief
vied him as hla apprentice, and during the
voyage he treated me well. But the young
/nen, his sons, are tyrants, and fuel of durty
pride ; and I could not agree wid them at
all at all. Yesterday, I forgot to take.the evil befall me or the °Latham That wicked
exon and the yoke, and Musther eveld wretch 1 I cermet thole her curses.
tied me up to etump, and bate me with the Shure it's purgatory am all the while."
Taw hide. Shure the marks are on my " Neuman Monoghan 1 you We not A
nhowithers yea lefe the oxen and the Cetholia, and need not fear ptirgatorm The
Melee, and tweed my hack upon them all, next time the owld veonuen commences her
tee the hot wood was hni,,e, widm me; and reprobate conduce, tell her to hold her
n felt that if I stayed it would be him that tonne, and mind her own hoeicean for
Would get the wont of it. No one had ever curses, like chickens, come home to roost,"
c,ret nle since Ins been) ee e thought . The boy laughed heartily at the old Turk -
it was high time to take care of myself. I nth proverb, but did not reckon mech On its
'tad heard your name, eir, and I thought 1 efficacy to etill the clamorous tongue of the
'would fend gnu out; and if you want is lad, lit -natured old jade. The next day he had
I will work for you for my knee, and a few to pass her door with the 'verses. .No soon.
decent clothes.' er did rine hear the sound of the wheels, than
A bargain was soon nude. Moodie out she lenbblecl, and commenced her usual
agreed give Menaghan sin dollars a month, anatheman
which he thankfully aceepted ; and I told "Bei luok to yer croaking, yer ill•condi-
Bell to prepare him a bed in a corner of the tioned owld raven. It is not me you are
kitchen. But raistress Bell thought fit to deethroying shure, but yer own poor miser -
rebel. Haviug been guilty oe one mob of in- able sinful sowl. The owld one has the
subordination, she detertnined to be incon- grip of ye already, for curses, like chickens,
sietent, rad throw Off the yoke altogether, come home to roost ;' get in wid ye, and
She declared that the Would do no suah hatch them to yerself in the ohimley cor-
thing ; that her life mid that , all our lives ner. They'll all be roosting wid ye by -and.
'Were in dragon; and that she would never by; and a nice warm nest they'll make for
stay another night under theaame roof with you, considering the brave brood that be -
that Papist vagabond, longs to you."
"Papist .oried the indignant len, his Whether the old woman was as super -
dark eyes flashingeare, I'm no Pe.p,ist, but stitions as John, I *now not; or whether
a Protestant hire yourself". and 1 ho e she was impressed with the moral truth of
the proverb -for, as I have before stated,
she
was no fool -is dffficult to tell; but she
shrunk back intoner den, and never attack- ;
ed the lad again.
Poor Jona bore no malice in his heert, not;
he; foie inapite of all the ill.ne,tured things',
be had to endure from Uncle Joe and hisl
family, he never attempted to return •evill
for owl. In proof of this, he was one 'day;
thopping'firewood in the bush, at some 'dine
tame frotn ;Jee, who was engaged in the
same employment with another men. A
tree ihnfalling caught upon another, Which,
although a very large tree, was hcillow, and
verynnuch decayed, and liable to be blown
dovenber the least shock of the wind. The
trecrhung directly over the path thaeUncle
nee was obliged to travel daily with his
tem. Relooked up and perceived, from
thenituation it occupied, that it was nec-
essary for his oven eafety to teat it down;
bete he lacked courage to undertake so haz-
ardous a job which might be ;attended, if
the supporthag tree gave way during the
operation, with way anions conseguencea
En a careless tone, lineal/led tonais companion
tar out down the tree.
"Do it yonrseaf, ' said the axe
man, with A grin. '"Ily Wins and children
want their man as much ;ra your Hannah
wantsysace"
,‘ IT not ,put late fit," guoth Joe.
Then, inaleingeigns to leinetenrade tar, hold
his tongue, heehoutedto'Nfevnaghan, "Hello,
boy! you're wantladtterekto out down this
tree. [Doti% you nee that your master's
cattle =Wirt be ;killed if they should kappen
to pass under it, fandeit eishould fall upon
thein."
" Tkrueleryor, Mather Joe; bet year
own oratie would have ;the first chance.
Why enould I :risk iiny life and limbs, by
ouningdowee the tree, when it was yerseif
that theewit sowatkwardey over tbeothern
"Oh, nut woman -a boy,/ and have no wife
and ,ohildren tee depend tureen you Inc bread, a
said Joe gravely. "We are both iamily.
men. Dori% you sewthrantis your duty to
cat dawn ttbe tree"
The lad swung the aneato an fen in This
hand, eyeingelomand the tree alternately
but the faseturrel nindrheartedness of the
creation, and his reokleencourage, overeame
ale idea of selfpreaeyvation, and raiteingalofi
his deader ;kelt .rausealterarm, he cried out,
" len a life that must be sacrificed, why
nee =me as well as another Here goes 1
men ILordthewe ,niergy on einful
swirl 1"
the treelell, and, 'contrary to their ex-
pecte/Wenn eivibhont any eineury to •John.
The knowing Yarensehusat ineo a load laugh:
"Wei, if you arret teraation soft fool, 1
newer ,saw one."
" What clo younnaner oxelrierned John,
his deeknyeanieshingWre. "If 'tie M insult
me for doing that veletioh neither of yore dared
to do, you hail better not ;three that earn° •'
Monaghan had stolennor the omen. Now; Yore have ,anet sean the strength of my
bythep,owere !" grater, John, handling into
" - spirit. Ton luidnettennot thry again the;
wrath, that is adding a big lie to,anhirty menthe my arm, .or, ;may be, you
the tree wouldahermee;to nhare the same
mak me greet, an my ptortheart is sake emir
when think on the bonnie breast and the
daye. o' lobe syne. J0
Poor Rein 1 Her heart .ewas among the
hills, andenine had wandered far, far away
mg tip her fair antamte clasp the neekethe
dark favonrbte.
"Wow the LendIone yen Cora dattlintTil
he wenld cry, as he °might her to nes ;heart,
"'Shure you are the only one of the,oratheee
ihe ever made wino ,ean love poor Johnnelona
ing g an. Brothers andanters I leave none--
siguificandy to the topen door, as Hi stand alone in the weurld, and ,ymerniontre
silently beseeching me to :Wel her master teal ,toserface is tne -sweetest thing fit nontabes foe,
turn him oat. ; me. COeh, jewel 3 I could lay down .nen
"5hut the door, man," said Moodie.; ;life for you, end bencoud te de than -Barrie.*
whose long scrutiny ef theestrange being be Tlesaugh careless and reeklees about -avow+
fore Itseseemed, npenthe whole satiefacteraw; ,, thing that ofeenerned himself, Jahn .wae
"we shall be frame" r honea and tree. Be loved no for theorem
"Thin, faith, sir, that/nee/hat I am," saida passien we hen .shown hint; and the -waren
the lad, in a rich 'Movie, which told, nerith. thave teeenned any „injury ,offered to 'oar
out ashen, the coumtny to which he isektngot ,persoces with ibis best blood.
ed. Men, stretching his ;bare hands to the i Bet if we were ottlerneol with oar .neW
fire, hetoontinned, "By Jove, sir, I waseleme •servant, Uncee Jeri end his family tweretnon
00 80 near gone in my life 1" and tkey comenencene, series of petty leer-
" Where do yen oome from, and what le •
your businees here'? You must be awcune
that this is a very late hour to take a house
by storm in this way."
sectiteone that anneyed hitn ereettly, and
tkindled into a teleannall the fiety,pareiclesof
his irritable nature.
, !needle had purchatied anti:oral toneoerbon
" Thtue for Yon, air. teat neoesainin of a reeighbeinitog lamer, for theluenalthis
knows kW law; and the condition yoa. seencattle, and it lead to be stowed into the same
me in anuat plade for ,me. First, thirt, ewe narrewith acme Ian sod straw thatnelonged
come from the townelien of and wenn to Cade Joe. fefoieeneariy one morning te
a weather and nex to that, bedad 1 I neat; ;fodder the rattle, John. foiled Uncle •ffoe
somethiog to ate. As I'm idiom and 'tie ai ceeeclieg his cone with dais mastee'whay, and
thousand pities that Um alive at all at alai &sat had diminiehed greatly 28 .8 verser sheet
for shure.God Almightey never *made sioh etime,the &counsel him in no timeaueed terms
I misfortunate °rather afore numb:toe-I have; of ;being the thief. efftte other vergecoolly
had nothing to put in Inv head since I awl replied that heleadtaken a iiteloof hay
away from my odd =rather, air. F—,, in,order to repay himself for kis lilac that,
yesterday at noon. Money .have mown
sir; the divil a cent. I have neither a Macon,
to my foot nor a hat t,o any heade and if yen!
refuse to ;shelter me the night, I newt hei
oontint to ;perish in theanow, I nave not al
frind in the wide wand"
I The lad.covered his fees wible hands,
and sohbedislond.
" Bell," I whispered, ,o to thenewboard
and get the,poor, fellow -something to eat.
The boy is overview."
se Dinna heed himemistsees, dim= credit
his leee. ,lifents ane o' thee wicked ntepiste
wha hanijusteetepped in to rob and murder
" Nonsense ti ,Do as 11,28 yon."
"1 winna be lashed aboot him. .An' if
he bides here, Ili e'en ;nit by the first blink
o' the morn." '
"Isabel, for eluane Is this acting dine
a Christian, or ;doing as you would be done
iberr
Bell was ate obstinate as a rock, not Dray
,refusing to put down cener foOd for the hem-
ished lad, but reiterating her threat of leer-
ing the house Who were suffered to remain.
'.ely husband, no :loiver able to endure her
elfish and absurd conduct, got angry in
good wane t, and -told her that sthe might
i
please hers If ; that he Aid not mean to ask
her leave a to vvhom ke received Mkt his
house. I, for iny part, had DO idea that the
would realise her threat .She was an excel-
lent sersant, clean, honest, and industrioue,
and loved the dear baby.
"You will think better of it in the morn.
ing," and I, as I row and placed before the
lad eome cold beef and bread, and a bowl of
Mille, to :Which the runaway did ample ins-
sioe.
• Away they went up the broad emooth
river in all the splendor of a glorious sum-
mer sunrise. Onward, onward still, past
curve after curve and paint after point; but
still there was no sign of danger ,. and the
young Lieutenant, who had loaded both
barrels of his rifle, and held it in his hand
all ready for ration, began to look rather
disappointed.
"1 say ,Captenti, oried he, "it looks as
if there wasn't going to be any fun after
all."
"Dont distress yourself," replied Cap-
tain Carter, nailing sternly. "1! we get
past this bead %hat we're coming to now
without getting a hole in our skins, we may
think oureelves precious lucky, that's all."
Jnet intent of them the river made a
deen cureenfrorn the right bank of which a
vast sand anted stretched more than half.
way aCCOS8 the stream; while the left bank,
underwerich the deeper channel ran, was
fringed with a thick belt of thorn bushes
and priokey; undergrowth, in which a hun-
dred men alight lie hidden without betray. ,
Mg a sign of their presence. Worse ;dila;
the raiment ran so strongly at this point
that the steamer made way but slowly
againetet ; so that the Captain might well
expect to be attacked in a apot which
seemednnade expressly for the purpose.
&nail was silent as death and they had
already gone some distance along the peril
one ainennel without a sign or sound of dap.
ger, when all in one moment the whole
thictket seemed to burst into a storm of fire
and smoke, a deafenirg crash echoed from
bank to bank, and a shower of bullets came
retake like Jail upon nee deck of the
steamer.
• lira treaoheroue volley was not fired in
vain. Two men fell dead on the forecastle,
°nankin through the head, the other throueh
theitreast At the same moment the steers.
tmannell forward on his face, with a hoarse,
gaqping cry, and the vessel, no longer con-
trolled by her helm, began to swing round
=wend the fatal shoal.
With one bound the Captain sprang to
the ;wheel, and clutching it as it escaped
from the dead man's nerveless fingers,
jammed it hard down, and turned the ship's
head away from the fatal sand shoal -Just
in time. The next moment another volley
;flamed and crackled from the thloket, sad
the Captain's white jacket was instantly
}polity, ilarceny. I take your den, you owl fate e, anci, ehetieeetiog ens. axe the hoy ; hold of the wheel as firmly as ever.
streaked with red; but he still kept his
wilt/Cane r Shure I know that dac degro n
strode notate thehill, to get/molded by me for inrat then, runid the blinding smoke leering the last few weeks despatches have
to makettinen wid, not to feed oxen. G. ow, neeihaeditnee. that etime rolling across the deck, the young been sent from various parts of the country
Almighty has gieren the °ransom a goo 1 ene e
The firstaveek en Kayak, all the people, Lientenanne voice was heard calling out, stating that there was a Brandenburg estate
warm cost of their own ; they aseither,re-i
E were bray makingtmaple eaglet "Did you " aren'on his, Captain ?" • near Berlin, value $8,C00,000, which had
quire ahifte nor shirts." ever Meteor:4y leautgar, ma'am?' asked "Not so badly but what I Call hold this been confiseated by the Government 188
"1 saw yon take lite you" ragged Mo4 ira Monaghan as he oat dradiegneatie one evern Wheette bit longer," said the brave man, years ago, but had recently been ordered to
ve
in a voice hoarse and hollow with pain. be restored to the heirs, many of whom, it
gaboncletvith my foam:eyes.
"'Thin yer two eyes strewed yeas wioked bY dio/fre*•"inneep ber eMady, then, while I have a is stated, live in America, This is an old
andon- vim had betther shut *IP :Feel ,:fer°efennthan", aacont a thitate ta come; pop at these fellows. • They think we have foe with a new face. Sometimes called the
head, er I'll give yea bhat for an eye -steel ten ..ee no re -arms board, and they're coming
a I e mYae a " 'm ' e la- " nt ot the bee h it Weil "
If tet 11 en Miaa In tie, Lawrence estate, annetimes the Hyde estate,
that shall make you eee ehrue for he tt Imo
and now the Brandenburg estate, ft is under
, the darlint, sa illigant hemp of the same." ° e 8 88 CPI 8 V.
MS rifle (=Inked as he spoke, and a howl
to come. , ;Early in the Ira enohn vrlts up, hard whatever name " a mockery, a delusiote and
, Relying int= hie greatAize, end tiainkingt
who, hyhemhey„, at work, making troteghs for tim sap. By of pain from the bank answered the shot, a snare." There are no estates of any greatwhile the report of the second barrel was
that the elight stripting,
value across the water awaiting American
was all bones .and sinews, 4ras no match or showed me with great pride .of heart I
noon he heel ;completed a dozers, t which he
followed by a heavy splash, as if one of claimants, and none which have been hung
bienteUncleence struck Monaghan over the
head with the,pitchfork- la a =mem the felne, little melons about then far.farmed the enemy had fallen headlong into the
Wer. up accumulating for a century. These eff-
ective iteh was upon him like a waxiest maple sugar, mai asked a Mammon questions ri tates are almost invariebly gotten up to in-
n^ a• -ate of tthe difference of his age -- n
. 46,4k, •
about the use to which the troughs were to The,Arabe set up a wild yell of fury, and duce silly people to give money to sicemps
e""e 'I"
1 e aRlaed ; hew the trees were to be poured a third volley into the devoted who pretend that they intend using it to
dressing that he was fain tatroanalotiel for,
weight, gave the big man such a thorough tapped, the sugar made,and if it were really steametre but by this time the crew were make the lint final in veatigations which are
good when made'!" all under oover, the Lieutenant had in. to convert their dupes into millionaires. So
,ineray,
T
"Own that yen are a thief and a liar, o all tay,queries,John responded, "Oeh 1 trenched himself behind the mairmiaen do not nand money to Brandenburg heirs sizn.
or rit murther you 1" ' tinfeigent ' It bates all the sugar that was and Captain Carter lying flat on the deck, bly on the security of their German estates,
"nel own to anything whine wour knee is ever acade in Jereaky. ,Bat you'll see before with both hands kutehing the spokea of which ere about as much value as several
pressing me into .2, 'Pancake. Come now- toanorrow night."
the steamer glided steadily onward, and a , Mr. Shentperehent (at hotel table, a SUM -
the 'wheel, was quite invisible. Meanwhile square miles of land in the moon.
there's a good lad -let me get tep." Mona. Moodie wail aweiyat P , and the
few minutes more woula see her around the mer resort)-" Mein ()vicious I Isaac, you,.
lean felt irresolute, ;bra after extorting from prosp.sot of the maple sugat relieved the
bend, and • beyond the reach of her assail. little von, 1 vat VOO ant for brat 7"
the hay agent, he set nun rise. k
nele.Joe a promtse rtever to putioin any of
. . dullness ocaraioned by his absence. I reek-oned an oh h a of sugar of our
owing me a pie eanti. Gysant. "Do you kuow, I don't belieere
Luck,
Little Isaao-" I vent bra mit my meat,.
For shure, he rend, "lie begat to turn Men making whoa he eame homend never Then the Araba began to fir
, a
the who iteelf, hoping to cripple it if they bora." fadder."
Mr. Seentperehent--" &met hear chit 1 Efe
e viciouely at there is any such thing as look in odd num-
black in the face, I thought he'd buten ea- ,,
dritro eamt of the possibility of disappointment.
could not °ripple the unseen helnstnan. The • Chipperly. "But there is, though. Why, vents bret nen bret sell for only fife ants a
tirely." 4, sa.ocamtonarn.•
flying splintere drew blood amnia and again my nth uncle that left me hn in eney wasn't loaf, an' he gent eat a kavator off a loaf, atin
The fat man neither forgot nor tforgewe ve•
from the stout Captainn handl and face, drowned until the third time he sank. Ina, n pay fife toilers a day at dia hotel. Here,
this injtery ; and though he dared not attack • People who imagine that IVIanitobs, is the but he never winced, and etill the ship move I assure." Banta, eat ells bottle of olives. Day cost V011
John personally, he set the children to ire- northern 1=116 of the American wheat field ed on,
------ toiler a bottle."
A 8erions Quarrel.
"What time did young :Seim:non 1 ia, v
lest eight, a ira te inked her papa.
The Cloud eovered the Tent of the nestienony, 00 10
was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the
appearance of fire by night. When the cloud was
taken up, from over the Tent, then the Children
journeyed; and in the pities where the cloud
abode there they encamped. Whether it were
two days oramonth ora I ear. Num ix 15 to 28
When Israel out of Egypt came,—
Each night and day—
By desert way-
tpinared done, with heart of dame,
Jehovah's nrepenoe did abide
And lean His People safely on.—
Mid' burning sands—
O'er alien lands—
Till sunder'd Jordan flash'd the dawn.
Whose eve show% all on Canasaa's
No Angel guide. the marshal% host
—In dal of yore,
From bondage sore,
• Whe e seem'd vain and purpose Ibet-
Of ransomed inners chosen led;
But God—Omnipotent—their Sing -
Abode above
• —In light and love—
To lead His People. and to bring -
Where Canaan s tile valleys spread.
Majestic brightness—from within—
Plash% throuch the cloud, --
Spread to enshroud
Divinity from eyes whom sin
• Had made too dull to view, unveiled:
What kindly Fatherhood and care,
By love concealed
• —And yet revealed—
That Gad with man, doth deign to share -
The gifts by bignest lore unsealed.
what exercise of simple trust :—
That God knows best,
And rise or rest
Dorn eaeb proclaim Him wise and Just.
And careful for Efis People's need;
To all his tender mereres nu,ve :
• They—soon or late—
Who work or wait,
Shall reach the Canaan of His love,—
Por all His guidings thither lead.
So guide us on our "Desert -Way re
Each shadow'd night
Be Thou our light ;
EnsheIter us each weary day,
Until we over Jordan come
And reach the • Dud of corn and wine,."
And hail our Xing,—
• His glory sing,— ,
And praise the Leadenhip, Divine,
That brought us -out of bondage—home.
The "Elms," Toronto.
• Millions in the Moon.
The. Afflicted Fanners.
Farmers report that grasehoppers have
destroyed about twoethirds of the tobacca
crop in the perishes of St. Esphrit, St.
Alexis and St. Jacques de Lachigan. Others
state that the excessive rain has had such a
damaging effect upon the crops in general
and grain in particular that they are at a
loss to know how to provide for the winter
supply. A farmer from behind Laprairie
says all the habitants are heavy sufferers.
Oats have lain on the ground for e. fortnight,
turned probably a dozen times and abandon-
ed as worthless. Standing wheat and bare
ey are actually sprouting. The pea crop;
promisee to be entirely destroyed and the
potatoes are rotting.
Keeping Still.
Young Tommy is a very talkative boy.
The other day. his uncle promised him ten
cents if he world go an hour without speak-
ing a word.
Tommy wanted the dime very badly, and
set out bravely to keep perfectly still from
five o'clock until six o'clock.
• He watched the clock very uneasily and
along, however. By and by the hands
pointed to half/met five. Tommy looked
up,aed exclaimed, at the top of his voice ;
Well half the time's gone,any way1"
Care in Diet.
si Why did you quit year masten ney mit and &Trott him on all occasions. The will be surprised to hoer that perfect hard But the greatest peril was e et to come,
lad,?" mad Moodie. ', boy *am without socks, and 1 setit him to wheat has been grertn in the BMOC tiVer Just before clearing the narrow channel the
A Recomnael lotion.
you eee, sir, I'm o. poor foundling from the wbuld charge err knitting him two vein; of i &envies of wheat aact barley' groveie there frorn which 1 he Arabe (if they dared to risk
Belfast Asylum, ehowid oat by the mother racks, The reply WaS a dollar. This was i• legit year tire on exhibition at uttawa and it) might spring hate her lower rigging, tynd " It was lifter midoight," replied the girl, Brown, I s'aose, would defend about an
ibos bore .me, upon the wide wurld, loag agreed to, and deer enottgh they were • but ; protionneed by experte to be nee finest ever ening tlinneelves on her deck. The young with a haughty sneer.
" Because I could live Wid him no longer'. old Mrs. le---- to ingleire of her what he ; country 1200 mine northwest of Wine/pen. steamer had to page under a projecting bank
,, we had a quatret ineDatkomalz-disTrhepatittlwabwyle ear:sreotahs ea:eyfiyaont:r,
)efore e knew thin] I was iii it. As I Waa the weather Wed very cold, mid the lad wad seen by theln. "The remarkable law has einemtaw thc dark ggures clustering along aneili If bade hlt.groeloedd.,bei fowreentderenx:he dich1,6 diron,ten.rery:::_;:.,Ir,atdarebs,00rrhtslirtonl,iigni,i,
40 young to ePake for neneelf intirely, the barefooted, and there
?ut me ffito a basket; veld a label round my tive thab ether to aocept her otter, or eor a the cultivated plants that then yield the orao Two men fell wounded, and ineve °Dollen t'
was no other alternan been observed to govern the development tele edge and held fiie rifle in readinees.
eek, to ,tell the folios that ray name Was him te go without 1 greatest products near the notherinnest at the Bailie 'natant Captafn Carter, with a Ei We didn't begin quarrelling until nearly Menden, and ban I sent you.
Cohn Mobaghan. This was all I ever got In afew dayo Monaghan brought them limits of blieir poesibte grovvtb," Wee the ; sudden twist a the wheel, drew the ship's 10 D'elOok."
rom my perenta ; and who et what they none ; but I found Upba inspeotibg them etaternent of a leerned Amerieen scientist head several yards away from the bank. ,,,, ...__,...-......._.......,-...a_
vete, 1 never knew, not 1, fet they never that they were old socks neW•footed. 'Phis manual's ago, and it lig heing 'blithe out bY While the Arahd, darting wildly at the rig, "Portunate t'' quotli ltidgeley, enbhuslas S. I:olZhewO::sitty1w,'"ane t itt'itYa
lairneel me e bad coo to them 1 But rye was rather tOo glaring a cheat, and leant the experzenoe. Wheat has ripened at Pert ging, iniesen in and, fen spin& into bh'e newly, ee fortunate ? I shoed say Wilkins ee0,006,000 hem het husband, and the es.
le clot& it's a fine iliigant gintleman he lad back with thain, aad told him to inform Littrd in latitude 60° 5 d i g u 0 ° M 8. — that ,, watet 1 The text moment tete Abbas SWept Wail fOrtlittate ! Vnhn hie Inoonui is fully tate has since increased greatl " l' _.
vat, and herself a handsonae tieh noting he had ,agreed to give el went so there is,plenty a ground left on out of the dangerous channel into the opo . twenty thotteand dollare a year, and I don't She spends her sammers at tong Bratioh
ady, who dared not own me for fear oe 1 the price eoe new socks, he eapected them tine antinent for ‘ willione not unborn" to , wator beyond.
.1
i 0 is expenciee foot Up oter thirty. and devotes heratli largely to religion and
greetieg the fish jintry, her fathet mid to be ileW altogether. raise No, 1 hp,x4 whot,,t,
1 ‘Thahk Ood I" said Carter, &bray, and thoucand,4 ; benevolence.