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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1889-11-21, Page 6Ei - „..... 0 ET' ,.,,,,... Don li loolt-s;)-cotv--foarf ally shook, ed ; it wee tay them, you, know. And thou 'he qatile down WA. IVi43 VIOL your authority. —_ --. , Don'tgo chattering in that way agaio ; remomber that.' " I'll remetubtr," said Med go meekly ; but Jenny carried her beek to her nano and tno ovoid out nap todwa tha, beg laid her ou the bed elle bari latelY ealttodt 1 0 engaged " was nos half se plonsarib as her "tea e•tUteg ehl Maraara'b t° atlind io hert girlieh buoy had &seined, .0.nd kf this was " len &U my tenth 19 oho saki pooltentla bnitbettitrais tiwtehavurowy°41iriagnill.apuvrtgetuatau watt. 8118ren heraetf toe the meteor. when she had explained kvhat had (moaned, weenne ehen immen see tem depressed, "ThoughI dou's Isc yet why Idiso lOnteh's "fi ent Intent for a moment 1 atul on this marriage should upset her so. But it seems dion„ went, 0,, ue,oumlemnet th,t, a Los, to be upsetting everybody," alio added With uteuted to see ueptom lime. it. glance en lietlip, who tied wince.d. 1.4 little "A ledy 1 What ledy ? I oav't See be 1" asetaterausehtiloarhkee setfrolle,eodleudysordeo,v4egneri,nmhiez he4oreht ettottmioeeed teeaete pafa y to ogrew bs,rpshaizuoaiee md, Jenny was woman ersoegh eo fee/ 1.4.11noycd- . thought it we with anger et this vieittent- . CIEMPIER IL The /Anneal) wait duly held, Ceptain iFeeee examined the wionestee-the Mom herds who lead found the dead botitee lying %ter the extiumisto3d fire, and Dot who certifiod that the men had died from wounds caused by platol lotelleu ; end every. body leoleed upoo the aff tir as. over, le 'WM a regrettable accident, a thing far whith somebody ought) to be Imaged, if one only knew who that somebody was ; but ib was over, and the excitement it hied ceused died away. Whhiu even twentydour hours of th.e dithavery of the dead men, meet pope had totend something elm to tit& about. To meaty peeple, Ceptain Iteere's engene. metal) offered * more itiviting topic -to Mies -Jenny l3irch, for exempla. Wheelies gentle- ness of temperement he thti QUISO or not most women, dearly as they love eensetiort, would rateer hear of e siegle 'marriage than tot helt-a aaz.n cloth; ; aud thinIgh WEIS Birth felt ennoyed, snd in a seam di used, that Madge Re:etc a, who was t ve years her Junior, ad was, beaidee-she considered- . tabsolutely plain, was to be married, the 'could not keep the objectionable topic from her mina and tongue. She ques- tioned her father minutely aoout the man- ner in whith "the doctor .1 heti an. mounoed and "the ettptein" recelved the he news ; and node him menet the story so often time at lest be examined irritably that he Teethed .1143 Ilan never said e wont about it. There was no queation of keeping the engagement a menet now in Jenny made that quite impossible by telliug every one who entered the inn to talk about the murder. The tffiot of this on minds which weare fundamentally sanguiamy wee ooni lase th.erein the mear and luoid-howbeit imaginary -picture of the murder they had held, by Enverimposing the loventory upon it; a prooese whine resulted ia one of thine ineongruoue unions of people and events which mark our dreams, and find a phyaioal exemplification at times in those scrap -work screens, the result of domestic gelatin, where Xer Majesty in full come costume is repro. genled abut haeltgrdend kitellea dreaser, rith willoW-Dtatiera pletee. Med he went eway, "If you go mixing up the marriage and o we eeen ee he le gone, / get up the murder in that fashion, lass," acid old and do the work the,t bah fallen upon nae, Birth to his daughter, "Peoplell go away and then go Beteg." This was her thought; but she was tired and languid, and unoon- clously let the minutes slip away into hours without doing anything. Mon Jenny, re- morseful and tender, brought her first soup and afterwards tee and as she took each the Why, any ono esotilds fleet. the way t uuta to hereelf, "1 must get up as soon as you're chattering. Is there a single person I 1 have fmeahed this ; ' and yea lay down who has beer. the house toolay whom Yon again as Rhe put aside the empty cup. At have not told ? Miss Jenny laughed. "0 yea ,• there is -you didn't expect that, now 1 I heven't told the sick luny mestairs." " because you haven't) had a cheoace, 11 riled,' ao she Phreeed It -at es ext doubtless some one with a ega grie , having won the inn".ie both the ni°et de' and as itepeident and important/de as claim. arable 'nee in Piabon. ants moat' are, Philip hurried. to his petieut, and tia,vieg dew hnow who Awls," answered. the forbidden her, to loave her bed for maid who hod knight the message, in. the seve"'"ays1 want (Iff on hie reemls, tone of independence Which the British do - width Chia ne were to inolude meetio assumee in the freedom of oolonial dame 4w000nr'.b be put off. She's wahine at the front I see you en 000E Oa come beak to it morrow evening,' no promised ; 1 enema cv " -le; Mint SOS you," said a voice be. you mute not be guilty of Any more Roth ran:owes es this morning's work.' por. hwieLadundotthweaietterdanagtatutdtlyttrf,ratriptpheed pl i; bhe smiled, but did not answer, haps because she was too weak. Bat when tantaesat otitol sottlyomilaaildonlen,tLidawthies, andtob he was going, she caught his heed sod &min- eg ed mut moment. ..yeu have been very pyeotott, nfoor:roancoeuter'totrnsaykoeu--nnoottfotor mboingeututIy ex - kind to me," she mid. "Women like kind. people Bey you meditate. would ness ; not girla, perhaps -they have never the wrong heMe spared your good name if I could; but I felt trouble, and liko te man whose manner DA tars them. But as life goes an and have 00 "hue to gleam, and Perhaps 18 3 net as well thin: thisdady should know the truth. She isr,o. taws cone*, one lemma to appreolate must never marry you, Lewis, not though I man who is throng seri tender ton You are mem lay dead as your feet, for you are not a rem both, and I wish you all happinese. morning, when I meant to go away, I left who deeervee a gond woman's lovi"» So far, Captain Frere had let her go on some money for you; bub money Web hap - becalms he could not find voice to interrupt: pitman i3 it ? If could only do aomething her ; he had striven to speak, bub the estords to secure that 1' bewildered awl ene wanted at her words, ed B° '1;144 go away, and lin eta' You 'No; au e want 90, you lemon, end died at the vbarage ; and it seems thsre was ne money found on bar; at least there's been no word of any. And e don'b euppete ember weuld get tnuch, if he ethed Captein there to wen fireidem tzeder the oho= entecen poor thtng t-- hitook lore Mow Jennyd-Philip lumped at the idea that bed oome to ht -"you bake this towards paying what she owed yea. It isn't riglet that yeur father should lose by this poor lady ; services were very use-, team and beekles, they're not Bend awn like the eomforte of an Jenny protested ; hub was firm and old Birch, when appealed to, took e praotioal view of the matter, "There war her bed anti her food, and brandy when the ideated ; arid there were things than we bought and bad to be paid for; and there Was no mutton why he shotald be out of pocket,' he said, a eurney hint the bueli that would take two me nee nevi she most nte you, en "My dear latlt 1' exclaimed Philip, would not come. Now, however, he exclaim - and so taking refuge in ettefeseion e.laawheve• a " give me the happiness ot " will not go; I numb speak now." He lifted his band, as it th push her away, seeing you much etronger svheu I come but Madge mane bettveen them, bank, and I ask nothing better. I auppose suottess in Duo vocation is the best tia.ppl- "Captain Frere," ehe tried, " you shall nese we can men me in this life not behe,ve so in this house. Why are you The touch of bitterness in his words afraid a tbie lady 7 -for 0103 ilee you are din nen etnepe hen bet ate tend nothing, afraid of her. -What la it you have to any htooltrinlit, madam Is it anything I may "It is something you must hear, Miss Hen. ton -you, are Miss Renton, I suppose? -if your happiness is to be saved, It ie that I am this mares wife." "It's a lie 1" protested the captein. "No lie 1 It is the truth. I have the certificate here; thank heaven, I was not weak enough to give it up to you when you asked. Bub I would have kept the promise I made you two days ago, when you gave me the money to take me back to Melbourne, never to trouble you again, if I hed not heard that you meant to marry this youtig lady. I could not ha ai party to that. - Here re your money, einee I have not kept my word." She had spoken feebly, with frequent nausea for breath; but Frere had seemed une able to check her worts. He reed belief in Madge's face, and knew that nothing he could say would win her trust again. But when hie wife held out a roll of bank- notes to him; be struck it angrily from her hands. It was not a violent blew, though. it MILS from a reekteee and revengeful sous. ; bub seemed to have more power than mere physical force could account for, for as she received it, Mrs. Prove fell to the ground. Madge threw hereon beside her and raised her up only, to the the sad eyes grow dull with the film of death. "You have killed her 1' she exclaimed to the man who an hour ago bad been her lover. Orily an hour 1 --only a few minutes 1 It seemed a century, or more -a memory of something that had °nomad in a past life, fresh only in its power to shame her. "She wa, clyiug ; she would have died anyhow -why could she not have kept silence 1 he answered with a cold oynioism that sickened her. Then ho came and touch- ed her shoulder as she bent over the dead woman. "Madge," he said, "I swear to you that I loved you honestly and truly I thought to get rid of this -barrier; and if you had never known, it would not have mattered to you." She did not answer him a but she with- drew from his touch with a glance of loathe Ing, and rising to her feet, she crossed the room and rang the bell. He saw that all was over for him, and as he heard the footstep of the maid outaide-who* having listened. ab the door to the scene that had paned, was now slipping away a short dis- tance, in order to return, as from the kitth- en, in an ostentatious faahlon-he retailed from the room. First, however, he picked up the bundle of notes that lay, half unroll. ed on the floor, and thruat them in hit pocket. If poseible, a deeper scorn came over lqadge'a face. "He has time and thought for meanness in the midst of his diricovered guilt,' she mid to herself. CertaielY Piot= was unwontedly rich in sensatione juat now. The strange lady's death. was tne climax of ; for though all the oiroumstaneea of ib were not understood enough had been grasped by the eavesdrop. ping domestic to show that there was a ceri Min connection between the dead woman and Captain lerere, and every one know that h had termittated the recently announowi engagement between him and Mita Renton. Mint Birth was full ot the theme, with the latest vertu:tic:11am when ?tap Sewell came home. He had gathered from the old women who wee surnamed to look after hie comfort, only that hie patient at the inn wan dead; for his servant was deaf, and being unamh able on well, had often to go stinted in the reenter of newsbecautio noone would take the trouble to shout details of local evente into her on. Philip therefore heard the tale from Miss Jenny, who; having an imagination that was shrevedteo Well as endive, and more knowledge ot the facts than any One -in the town 'besides Captain finer° and Vledge, gave him a not unfair idea of the state of mattera. "There vetta some commotion between that led y and the captain," said Mine Jenny in conclusion • "and whateVor it wa,_,f) tt ha o broken cfehisi engagement to Miss Ren• ton -that seems to be mutate." Philip was Cent), filled with many erno- dohs. thankful that Madge 'WWI nob to mat- ry a man whose pad evideutly held wenn bhing he wished hiddett, yet utteeetain if hie thaukfulhetie was not vindictive spite. She left a letter for you, doctor, when she meant to go away that inorning, before she fainted. f forgot to give it you; here it is." Philip took the:envelope, and otr operting it, found amine unsigned words of thanks and a bank -note. "I don'b want her money, peer creature 1" he exclaimed. " If she hen prevented Mies Benton 1---orie stopped, afraid �t betray, Mg too math, end added: 4' Aitd my fee evouldn't have come near five peunda" "Well, clootot the taearat it for you, so you'd best take it, / ehoula The docitor looked dubious and stood crumpling the note bettieeett' hie hends. 44Dict she pay yoth eater' fa hill?" he asked dueller, -thinking that the captain murdered the policemen io. order to marry Intise Ittnton." "Well, father, you are a donkey 1" ex- claimed Miss Jenny with great candour. "Who on earth would think then 1 length the reys of the sun streamed, yellow as bright amber, into her room, and elm knew that it was waning afternoon. Then, with a great effort she rose and put on her shabby garments-vety alowly, because ib then." fetigued her so ; and when she was dressed, "Well, maybe. The doctor sada wasn't: looked and listened from the top of the to go up, for fear of exciting her, and gave stair, to be mire that no one was about). to old Margaret elders to look atter her. Per- intercept her escape. As it otemeeed, Mies haps he thought) like vrould draw to like," Jenny was out, gone to ettlk over recent said Mies Binh with some irritation; for eeents with a Wood ; old Margaret was ia she resented being excluded from e the kitohen ; and Birch Unwell wee eleeping • stranger's room, and tried to soothe herself the afternoon bleep of the well•fed and by pretending that Do Sewell withed to portly within the bar; so she was able to spare her the iudignity of waiting on one leave the house unseen. -who was very probably a fitter companion Once outaide. she hurried -or thought she for old Margaret -the maid -of• ell.work of hurried, struggling along en a anailis pace - the establishment and an execs:invites. to Captain Frere s house. Re was nob at Mini Jenny did not mind escaping the home, she was told in answer to her inquiry; Mak of waiting on. the invalid; but she felt he was at the vinarage; so 8110 went on wronged at not having the opportunity of there. retailing her news. It almost epolled her There was no longer any secrecy about sleep that night, to feel that she had thua Latvia Freraes engagement ; Philip Sowell tailed in her duty. had put an end to that. "And, my dear," With bhe morning, however, opportunity said Mr. Renton to his daughter. 'I don't came. Miss Birch was lounging at her see why it Deed ever have been concealed. lavourite poet at the front door, when the Capella Frere should not have suggested strange lady came downritairs, dressed tor keeping me in ignorance, and I can't walking. She walked slowly, with one think why you consented. Why did you, hand pressed to her aide, as if she feared Madge ?" that any exertion would cause her pain ; and " Oh I -I don'b know." And indeed the lines round her mouth and between her Madge did not know why she had been glad eyebrows told of suffering already endured to say nothing to any friend of her peonage& and the expectation of more. She had ones marriage; and still less could she have ex. had a delicate prettiness of flaxen hair and plained why, now that it was declared, she blue eyee, the sort of beauty which seldom fele a little annoyed -with Philip, of course. outlasta youth, and which in her, dinette, "He is so mach older than I," she suggested and probably enough hardships d another at last. kind, had destroyed sooner than usual, "That is true ; but it is not a fatal bar - Her clothes were poor and worn, and she rier, other things being favourable. His seemed conscious of their meanness; yet petition is satisfactory. f think he deserves oho had that air of refinement which no the scriptural definition of a ruler, "A woman ever wholly loses who has once terror to evil -doers, and a pratee and pre- possessed it, and which made even Jenny teotion to them thee do well," And if you Birch, who preferred to judge people and love him, Madge, there's nothing more to things by their surfshe eepeen treat her with be said." "I suppose not," she answered dubiously. respect. an "Are you going one, ma'am I" she asked Being thua, to public knowleige, in surprise, seeing the stranger's feeble engaged man, Captmn Frere was nunded to etjoy tke privileges of his position steps. "2 am going away," was the answer. by spending as much time tut he °mild "Will you ask the groom to get me a car- with his betrothed. It is true that her soolety did not eeem to give him much xiage to take me to the next station 7" A eanriage 1" thought Mies Jenny. pleasure. He was gloomy; and she, being "You don't look one that can afford that; out of humour herself, though she trted to I'd have staid from your appeaaanoe that feel and act as the maiden ihould whom a the stage.farewasmuch as you could manage" good mart has choeen as his wife, ventured Not being, however, destitute of good -feel.- to oornelairt of his taciturnity. He said ing of a pachydermatous kind, she said: that he was thinking of "these two poor "Hadn't you bebter wait till to -morrow? fellows ;" which was 8, very pretty reason, The stagetheoh passes then, and you'dbe the but hardly accounted for hia being nervous better of another day's rest. The doctor and irritable aa well as grave; still less did won't be pleased at your rutting away like it account for hie impatient exclamation when she touched on that very aubjecte this." The invalid shook her head. "I" want to "For heaven's sake, Madge, don't talk get back to Melbourne as soon as I can," she of teat affair. Beery one has been said 1' so I am going to evade the doctor, chattering about it till I am sick of for 'fear he should forbid me.- Will hearing of it." you, however, give him my most grate- Madge was bewildered and herb; but, ful thailks for his kindness, and ask him still striving to do her ditty, like the hero of to accept this ?" She handed the girl a seal. the thirty years' co artship described by ed envelope, and proceeded to ask for her Lewis Carroll, "as she hua read in books, she began a coquettith teasing about her bill. "It's father who manages that parb of lover% beard. 11 was quite common in the brininess " said Mies Jenny ; and she- novels for the heroine to tInd fault with the disappeared for a moment to bid him pre, way her lover parted hiti hair or with the pare the account and order the carriage fashion of Ma collars and neckties; end to "You liked the doctor, didn't you ?" ene a* him to sacrifice moustache or whiskers asked when she returneeto the pest, who for her sake was equivalent to the hardeeb had now seated herselt on the bench Cap- "quests" of the old chivalrous dame And tain Frere had occupied the previous day, surely Frere's beard. was a safe huhjeet 1 and seemed to be gratefully inhaling the Bub lb was not, He nearly lost his fresh entumn aia temper when she suggested that he should "I did indeed ; he was so kind to 'me, a shave it off, stranger, and apparently a poor mem He le "To please yeti Why should I make a in every respect a gentleman." fright of myself to pleatie you? You Would " Istit't he, now 1" exclaimed Miss jenny. regret it after I had done it. Betides, I am " Mote so than CApthin Prue to my mind; subject to colds; throeb has beet weak theugh of oouree the captain's very well twee time that beastly eel:leer in the eonneeted. But 'he's not up to Dr Sewell, trenches, and the beard is ray best ',totem And if, ae they say, Mini Benton could thin," have had either of them• -4 don't believe 11 "Why did you not tell ree that at once?" nevelt-I can't tuiderstand how she athept. she asked !gently. " course, I would trot cid the captain." have you do anything that would hutt you; "What do you mean? Whab are you but I did not know that watt wily yeti saying?" The lady etarted hone her twat wore A heard. It: was stupid of me, and caught jennede hand, elet body Was though; I might have noticed that mewing with weakneen but her vain) was even this Mild evening you have your ththet firne and impatient:. "Tell me what you Wrapped up. You emighe cold thab night mean ?" the oried again. you Were out, I ouppOse ?" " V914 1 that Miss' Benton, the pareonte Yes, Atka that's another thing 1 want deughter, le going to marry Captain Porte tel tvarti you about Don't biaeon my -Thereti nothing to wonderful but than ,00nl„,,Iltits and fio„Infie ae r,tt ItaYe been. "'nig ; nett my ueoftunese would be gone if people tut appatently there wee, foe the tedtde otoild ealcodate Where I had been and where there V' rap totoxed, and wine nen" bud not I was likely to go. elided) Want neon% to caught her in her strong round atros, Effie bad been OUt two nights ago, had Whoa &Well apolte of it, denioa having Would hew" fallen to the ground. So the five -pound note passad into Mr Birola's keeping ; and aa thie was the time when he usually took a journey down the country to buy in goods for the winter, he took it with a good many others to his bank at Melbourne. And here a strange thing on ourred. edr Blreh'was arreated for being in possestsion of one of the notes from the police- men who had been murdered near Ploton, Fortunately, the innkeeper wag a careful man, wile eoulci give an amionnti of all he poesessed ; and from the entry in. his canto book iv was proved that the note in queetion had been given him by Dr. Philip Sewell, and was the one left to the latter by Mrs, Frere. Whore had she got it ? Proof, though not auaploion, might have been at built here, if Madge Renton had not come forward and told how Mrs. Frere had spoken of money given her by her husband to buy her off; and also how Frere, when leaving the room. where hts wife's stead body lay had had fore. thought enough to pick up notes bhat had fallen from her hand. It cost Madge much to do this, conacious that thereby ahe must re- new a strein of gossip that was torture to her ; conscious, too, of Frere'e reproachful eyes, that seemed to plead Gloucester's extenuation of his mimes to Lady Anne --" 'Twee for thy sake I did it." But to Madge the pie% was worse than useless. She retnernbered too well the worn anguish- ed foe of the deserved wife who had died in her arms. Then the law laid its band on Levvis Frere; and ha, seeing that all hope of escape was over, even though he had burned the notes he had reclaimed from his wife, made cynical bitter contention of his sins. "There aren't many things worth risking one's life for," he said, "and a woman's liking isn't among them." When the jailers were cutting hie hair and beard before putting him in convict dress, they found a soar, not yet wholly healed, beneath his chin. When asked how it ramie there, he told them that it was (mused by a bullet which one of the policemen had fired almost at random. "I thought myself lucky then that it grazed me; I wish now that 11 had sh me dead." No one was turprieed when, soon after this, if appeared that Mise Benton was to go to Ragland for a year or nye to visit her mother's relation. It wen felt to be the beat thing she could do -to get away from Pluton for a time; and friends hoped that she would marry at home, and so get over this sad affair, as they called it. Philip Sewell, when he heard tbe news, debated with himself &triage, oleepless night, and then went up to the vicarage. Madge," he said, " am going to repeat a statement that angered you oath, and may do so again. I am sure you never loved Frere; but I know that doesn't prove that you love me - I wish it dide' He paused; bete Madge made no reply beyond a blush. "I had a letter laat mail," he went on, "from an old friend, who offers me a chance -a good ohance-of practice in England. Bat I like Baton *ell enough, and I am getting on, so I won't accept, unless -unless, dear, you will make it worth my while to leave Australia by coming with me." Still she end nothiog ; but she looked up with an expression in her eyes whiola Philip thought juatified hien in clasping her in his arms; and probably he was right. [THE ENE.] A BIG BATTLB B Oa A i'',GIOtto The elerinans Defeat 0,090 :gavotte .hrought from, the Interior. Detrain have been received from Ztrzher of the recent engagemerit between 8, section 9.1 ()Apt. Wiseriniun's expedition, under own, mud of Lieut. Grevitereuth, and Chief Busbirl's forces, whisk resulted in the defeat of the roholo. Lieut. Gravenreuth found Buthiri at the heed of 6 000 Mevites, who were 'ravaging thp country around Uz , The Mavites made three desperate charges upon the Germans,. bub were repulsed with great slaughter. Seven friendly oatives were killed, but no BeroPliallet Lieut. Gravenreuth pursued the . . enemy, making a four dala' tourney in en from Begamoyo, clearing ehe eountre of the and yesterdaytotwomenpue, itottered Own t e rebels. The Germans oame upon the bodies mountainside of 500 dead Mutettee, The feiendly neteivee wnosE eneolATen YAEEE ANIq EOFFERING IN ALASICA. Seervatiou siallis the fruit oe prospeetere to Ito Yokolt alcormehttadhY linseetee Tee British Columbia mails bring the follovving terrible teleot etaavation in the Yukon district, w hick is clipped from ' the Victoria Times " ; Three email de- teohments of men leave returned thin fell ftrhoutn, ttbhoey ypuitoona. aTtliotitor loyei bprItlaltehtietbWetokerhd 'With no one to be found neat' it but it was thought to belong to tour mon wile etarted from Forty•Mhe Creek to come cub on' July 6 11 wati known that they had but a email eupply of food with them, and it was suppotted that they had taken tO the wooda in 'mart& of game. Thus, it proved to, be, are killiug the rebela wherever found, This is the rt news we have received that the coast rebels have wended the services of savaae tribes from the far interior in their war with the Germano. The Mavites are the mosb southern people of the famous Menai teibes. They have no qaarrel with the whites, their home is in Nguru, and chiefly in the country northwest of that district 200 miles inland from Z anzibar, and this is the first time they have been heard of so near the Z twitter comet aa Uuramo. A short time ago Baehiri penetrated as far inland as IVIpwapwa, a German post and English minionary station, where b.e killed one of the Germans end drove the miasion- ATM away. He was then only a ehort din tame southof the Mavite country, and he improved the opportunity to induce a large fore of these famous everziors to go to the °oast with hira, donbtlest promising them Iota of plunder. They, of course, fought with their native lances, which amounts for the small amount of damage they inflicted upon. the whites. After the usual Meseai tactic% the Mevitea tried to overwhelni the whites by a rush, and it was during these charges, doubtless, that the guru of the whitea did such terrible execution, Uzaramo, where this important battle took plane'is a tegion thuthweab of Zenziber, extentling from the coast about sixty miles Inland. It was in this district that the firth white man a Frenchman, who attempted to penetrate inner Africa from Zotzlbar, wee killed by a chid. Burton is the only impor- tant traveller who has passed through the terrible jengles of Uzaramo on his way inland. A. BLIZZ &BD ON 'Pa CATTLE RANGES. Several Cowboys 1eerish of Cold and Run. ger lathe Snowdrifts. One of the results of the terrible blizzard which swept ever eastern Colorado Alia nor- thern New Mexico on Thursday and Friday of last week has reached _Denver, from Fol- som, N. M. On Thursday night Henry Miller, the range foreman for Col. B. G. Head, with several cowboys, camped near Sierra Grande with 1,800 beef cattle which they wereholding for the purpose of loading In oars. At 4 °Vieth that morning a Min zard from the northwest struck the herd, driving the c:tele toward Pan Handle, trenthlieg Haan ehowed that they had fur. vived an experience that few men wiattild have lived through. One of tbem, J. W. ' Sperry of Portland, Ore., is 50 yeara of age, with t,air as white es the driven now. The other mem, R C. Rose, also from Port, land, is twenty years younger, and this aionesaved Sperry from filling en unmarked grave in the valley of the Yukon. "Three weeks after starting on tlaeir homeward journey their supply of provisions was entirely exhausted, and they soon be- came mo weak that they could nob twill their boab, which they filially abandoned, and took to the hills in search of game. Ocoee atonally a equirrel was ahot, but as quickly eaten by the men, who were now ravenous, and wild berries became their only 1E64E8 of subsistence, Their trail was followed by clouds of mosquitoes and files, that lib upon them in swarms, and which they had to fight oontinuaily, and their f toes and hands Peon became raw and bleeding sores. In their weakened condition, Ingram and F. C. Young from Sen Diego, Cal,, another of the party, were unable to fight off the pens, which preyed upon their eyelids until they beeeme so inflamed that they lost all power to open or oloae them, and they immune totally blind. The dread of death by starvation, and fear of being hopelesaly lost in that strange court - try soon told upon the minds of these two, and Ingram repeatedly BEGGED HIS 00HEIIIIIONS to shoot him. Finally he lay down, refusing to move, and when his companions saw he was about gone they left bin), almost drag- ging Young along. The next day Young succumbed, a victim to starvation and the torments of pests witch avrarraed aboub them day and night. They telt him lying upon the ground to die, how far from where the foot of man hire ever trod they do not know. "Another day brought them to sornehlried salmon cached by Indians for winter use, and they were now able to retrace their steps to the boat, and soon a party of Indiane Aarne along from where they obtained food etiough to enable them to reach the Brat white set- tlement this aide of the Yukon. On their way back to the boat they came to the spot where Ingram was lefb, but found the mosquitoes and flies singing a requiem. over tbeir com- rade. He was Leib wait but a stone to mark his resting place, and hie blanket and a few branches ot hemlock spread over him for a Texan,he the cowboys being unable to hold shiond. They oould nob find where Yorg them. Tsnow was so blinding that it was was, but they are satisfied strength or rea en impossible to see fifty feet ahead. Miller °ailed his men together and they started to follow the herd and made an attempt to keep them bunehed no far as possible. The men beenne separated. On Friday night one of them wandered into Head's Horne ranch half dead with cold and hunger. He told his etory, and a rescuing party was immediately gent out, and at noon the frozen bodies of Henry Miller See Martin, and Charley Sally were found on the open plain's not far from Folsom. The other MOE succeeded in finding their way to camp before being overcome with cold. Well Pitt. Fasting and spare eating with plenty of outdoor Exercise are good for both body and soul. In fent more people die of eating too much than of eating too little. But for the eating and drinking the doctors would have very little to do. An humble philosopher in the shape of a game keeper hits the whole situation very directly in the following homely ytern is pithy i :--- "It'e indoor, air, as kills half the people; being indoors three parts of the day, and next to *et taking too much drink and vittade. Beting's as bad as drinking ; and there ain't nothing like ireeli eat and the smell of the woo& You should come out here in the spring, when the oak timber is throwed, and just sit down on a stick fresh peeled -I maws a trunk, you know -and mitt up the :scent of that there oak bark. It Fast Time. Passenger (on western freight train) -Do these freight trains, as a rule make pretty good time? Brakemen -Pretty good time? Why, they had to take the headlights off of the engines. What was that for? Why, because we made such good time that the headlight would only light up the Week in the rear of the train. Missed Each Otber. Mrs. Gadd (who spent the summer on her aunt's farm) -"I did not meet you at any of the summer resorts, Mra. Gabb. ' Mrs Gabb (who sunamered on her 1111018'S tene)- "No.° ; and, by the way, Idon't re- member meeting you in Paris." It Was Ris Mistake. " Look here, Mr. Higglnbobton," said the grocer, by way of a Joke, to the old farmer, "1 found this atone, which weighs five pounds, in the bottom of that last crock of butter I bought of you." "Lima consent milt meter, tins is your goes right down your throat, and preserves mull 1" rejoined the man, as he burned to his wife. your lungs as the tan do leather. And I've heard say as folk who work it the tan yarde never have no illness. I never eat but two meals a day-breakfeat and supper, what you would call dinner -and maybe in the middle of the day a lunole of dry bread and an apple. I take a deal for breakfast, and I be rather bear (hungre) at aupper ; but you may lay year oath theles why Inn whab I am in the -way of health. People situff them, selves, and by consequence it break e out, you see." Yea, freah air, plenty of escaroles, frugal plain food and drink, the odour of the earth and the trees wili give the average man ab Sixty the strength and vitality of early man- hood. The old quaint doter waa about tight when he thus plainly put it to a lady patient "There are just four ways of it, madame, you must either take less food, or more exercise, or medicine, or be flick 1" Of course 1 Only a Joke. never returned sufficient to allow him to , move from the spat. "On their way out the party discovered a ledge leaving a clearly deed vein of rich 3 ore, allowing free gold, and at its base foun liberal quantities of gold in every pan. Loca tion notices were hurriedly pub up' and ' anticipation of rich results another year when they all hoped to return. BUOYED 172 THEIR SETEIT3 for a time and opurred them on to renew efforts to escape from their impending dootie a The pangs of hunger soon destroyed all hopes of future riches, and their only thought Was forlsomething to eab. No withetanding their t - terrible experience, the two survivors intend - to return to the Yukon the coming spring." British Columbia advices say that the steamer Gso. W. Elder has arrived at Vic- toria on her way down from Alaska., with several Yukon minera on board. The miners complain bitterly of the proviaions sold to them, upon which they havaentirely to depend, by the Alaska Comm:areal Cern-, pany. The miners say that they were obliged to take eighty pounds of putrid bacon, as ib was all they could get. Oat of the lot they could only use four pundit. Another party, driven by hunger, were obliged to eat it, with the result that four of them died. The pricea asked are enormous, yet the miners had to submit and pay what was asked or starve to death. They say they had one of two alternatives, either to go svithouv the provisions offered for sale by the Alaska Company and starve, or to parolees° them and run the chance of being poisoned. to death. "'Tain't neither I You handled the crooks 1' " But you must hey mixed 'em up down cellar." "No, I didn't, though the onl probably did. She's just that keerless." "Wall, Smith, fellow for it. The crooks got mixed. This was the one we were goba' to send to the preatheret donation perteit and Ivie bin horn avvaggled out: of a clean dollar. 1 orter hey put a table on it." The Goat Was All Right. "See this coat?" he queried as he entered a York street clothing store the other day. "Yes, I see doe coat. VMS sometings wrong ?" "I should remark ! See how 11 18 all shrunk up 11 ,4I see. How did she come 7" '41 gob ought out in the rain." "Oxaotly. Did I sell you dot coat for waterproof?' "No; but it hadn't ought to hrink up like this." "Dot may bebub euppoth clot coat Well out mad vh'es no big dot she ',ohms worth nett donate more -would you pay me extra 1" 6,01course net." "Oxactly. She vhatt even, If he hrinks you dean' blame me; if she swella you doan' pay any mora I'leatte dome block oop der Shtore, my freudt-dls vhas my busy day." Ruthenia (to wife); I enpeett jokety will take a summons out against me. I have jun: given him a good hiding." -Wife "What for re -Husband : "He said that Gambol) was a gambler, arid that I wan no better." -Wife (es a sudden thought comes to het) : "La lb not likely that he was only joking? ' You know how witty he is some - !Annie. When he sad that Grenbet Was a gambler, and you were no beti3er, he meant just what he said -that you were no bettor -bettor, one who bets, or wagere."-}110. band "Confound him, yes, aimbher one of hie jokes. 1 was a little hasty, pethapa ought 16 hoed Waited for him to explain." An Estimable Parent, Pirtle studene-I ettet, yoa oat walkinn yeaterday with an elderly gentleman. Is he your lather t Second Student -He le ; RDA let me toll you that ho has elect' in my estimation $150 hitude :s.eilbettlay, What's tly) amount for which I heve bled him. Where Fife and Bride are- , Duff House, where the Duke and Dacheral of Fife are now staying, has been closed for many years, except during ts owner's annual Autumn visit, whioh never exceeded a month. Tho house is an immense clued- rangular edifies, which was built abOub a century ego. The style Is Roman Corinthian, the principal rooms are very large, and there is a fine collection of pictures. The grounds, whioh are very extensive, are undulating and well wooded and are bordered by the Dever - on, on the banks of which, one mile further up the river, is Motintooffer, the dower house ot the Fife family. Daff H011410 stands on the outakirts of the towns of Banff and M aoduff, whit% are separated by the Dever - ODA SitlEry, ••••••••mr. Out coutetty menet well substieb withou liberty* not liberty without "virtire. Dinguss-Shadbolt, eau you give me two $5 bills for D. ten? Shadbolt (wondering where Dinguss ever got $10)-1. think ean. tea, here they are. Dinguris (feeling in hie vest pocket aini looking eurprised and vexed) Dash it to etegiuttion endhaok 1 I've left that bill in my other olothes. I'll hand ib to yen te,n1OrroW, ghadbolft. (11urricre off with ti,e two aves,)atChioago Tribune. Gouldn't Arse. Oldboy-How fine a thought it hi that the smallest creative that lives was created for sworixthee.wp:erap-oeet aaanudll acgronaled wniokth yboettd:epreqse; e.i"" think that there are some animals that li i.O. been the costae of e. great deed of en ye extravagance, and domestic strife. 0 ledwboyer (with h htat ainamind n a 80 1 foorIn 011510 e xwdolman) -The foal. --- Knew Weman's 'Nature, Photgorapher (to eitter) "1 savt you at °hutch last Setteley."-Sitter Oh, did you ?"-Photographer : YOl and oleo yout ttiene Mies Btown-if Yoa could raise your chin a trifle, thomko-and what an atroolouS looking hat the had on 1 (Alter te pause.) Thee°, 12 18 over and I think we have taught a very pleasant exprestion. Attie Balt from Boston. SounlvaprzlooT tract dmhtraohs,gwci:erto ppt6IniA)i-,t1 Bodworth to enoompetiy her. Ho'S about the freshest young. fellow I know.' Mrs. Smart--" Perhaps that's the yeomen Why sho late Lim carry her -Pealtiori"--Botio ton Times.