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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1891-5-14, Page 3-srja11110611RAIR rrt GAN'S DARLING. ssaa SI ....y see A soistsarente. Oats l" 1 wish you etoWd have heard the warZ. as it dropped front the aweet, red lipot Oa little boy who stood looking up so wistfully into the tearful fate of a womau who sat -writing at a small table ht a plainly furnished, room, The cottagethat contained this :tad two other teems wee a small one. It was evi- dent from the mate -refurnishing thet the ia- utates were not very tvell-toalo as far as thus worldra goods go. The woman who at writing ha.d adelieate efiaed feee, and her dark ham lay smoothly over an antelleetual brow. Shewas plainlydressed, evenpoorly so, and the slender hand that held the pea showed unmistakable evidences of menial labor. The little fellow who strual by her aide was her grandson, only child of an only son who had been lost at sea. Oat. yonder, if you'. looked through the in- terlacmg of theleaves of the trees whieh seta rounded this wee home, you could are a low, Itarrow mound with a headstone eeartely foot in height, bearing, the simple, pure name of Mary." There was nothing more to indicate who or what " Mary" lair he- neeth the grasses but it sufficed for the only two -AG really eared or who loved ler; and that was enough, for "Mary" was the mother of " can's darling, " who looked very little younger than her naother-in-law when she died. Little Clair was two years old now, and a treeious treasure indeed to the otherwise desolete hire. Gather was of gentle blood awl. came of a very wealthy fitudly, bet there bad been some trouble between her stepmother mut herself ; and although she had incident- ally learned of her father's death three yeare before, alle ilever knew whether or not be had left her anything from Ma wealth. Sloe had been a widow for eight years and ell her husband left her was this little cot- tage stud the acre of gtouud surrtounding it. So ales did plata sewtne, rated fruit and 'flowers and sold them and thus matiaged to exists Little Clair, whom she always called °Gan's darling," as sil exceptionelly beautiful child, with dark, dewy eyes, golden curb and rosy cheeks and lip. 1Li waya were winning and his little heart seemed to ache in sympathy for anything that Buttered. Todby as his " itan,' az his baby Ups called her, eat writing, he vas buy at, his play, bat dimming to look up he caught sight ef the tears on her face, and leaving his t tale toye he tame at once to her side. Gant" The golden, head Upped to OM *aisle, as though the, word and gesture would Isring MOO to her fate, but she was an- iwering a letter to an old-time setiool friend, and as she partly reheamed her eati life the tears would same ; so she quieklytureeilber bead away that her darling's bright eyes might not see them. But he had already done so, And when she did not at encore-, spend he etrolied her black drees fondly with hi tiny,dimpled band, saying with little eateh. e- bis sweet breath " Po, r Gau hy, poor Gen ky, Gan's tiar'he oo." With a mothered sob dire. Gernereaught np the vhild and held him close to her :vela ang hetut. Why for one moment should she atil honself unhappy and desolate? S arley thizorectorts one matle up for all her lows and sorrows. It wits a beautifttlSummertlay,ao sho put the unfluished letter away and holding the yeiltlitig little hand fast within her own, elte teak dawn his tiny straw hat from the wall and Oval at cover his curls, then tiel a sitn- pie gt faham bonnet mi her own head and to- gether they went out in the sweet-smelling weather. She never forgot that day, it was so full of rare beauty. The sun lay lovingly over ran trees, graasee and flowers, Nvhile the fragrant air was fiikd wiih songs front feathered throats. Somehow the deep sorrow which had held full salty such a. short time before seemed enil lealy swept away and she felt a vete exhilaottion of spirits unknown for years. Unconsciously she hummed a sweet, old love song and then laughed as merrily as the child who played by :ter side. They went tt the lone grave on the hill- side and strewed it with flowersand " Gan's darling' " he'ped " and patted the long, green was tual then pressed his red lips fo the moistened soil. " Matnnuta dove "he lisped, " dood-bye, mamma us'lltum ;den," then hand in hand tbe littlo, laughing, Alma -voiced child and tbe fond, loving grandmother walked softly away, down the narrow path that led to the musical river. They sat upon its bank and resting there "Gants darling" throw brilliant *flowers upon the waves and laughed aloud to see them dance in the sunlight, and then float softly, gently down the stream. With baby shouts he followed them with pebbles and with earnest eyes watched the widening circles. The sun was low in the afternoon sky when they left the grassy shore. Reluctantly little Clair took " Gan's " hand as she told him : " We must go home now." " Toire want to tay," he said with a -pretty pout, and as they walked along he continually bent his head in the direction of the receding waters "Iver all don • now," he lisped with a sigh, as they turned a bend in the road that led to their home. Mrs. Garner securely fastened the picket gate, as she supposed, and leaving the little fellow in the yard, entered the house. Once she went to the door and saw the child busily playing and then hastened to prepare their simple evening meal. When it was quite ready she went again, and not seeing him, called aloud ; then she saw that the gate stood wide open. "01*; my baby 1" she gasped, and ran swiftly down ,the garden path, calling as she went but no sweet voica answered her - and as the shadows were beginning to fall, she hurtiedly retraced her steps to the river ide. Th moon was just coining over the dia. tentfMs and threw her rays of glory over the Peaceful waters, singing on its winding way to the distant sea. It was all -very lovely and peaceful, no ?littler. et Tee ellywhere, and yet the very' Silence 'and beauty ireal ralheiie to the agonized being that stood like a statue with hot, dry eyes, gazing wildly into space. Her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth ; great drops of moisture stood out upon her torehead• and her slender fingers were elinehed until the blood lay in their palms. • With quick glances she lookedsabout her and then started to run down the river bank, then came the lightning thought of her utter helplessness. Turning about she ran ity the kill and, going to the first hease, 'in termed weeds she told her fear, The vil- lagers_ were a shintle people, but daylight r.;';,ic7 found !them searching the river's depth.as 'for " Gan's-darling" and still his little hods; vies not (Recovered. . • Two days 'more of anxious'earnest and then the river was ,t.endoned The beseatiftd little form must have drifted ou and oil or sunk in the depths of the sand, Then for days the life of Mrs. Garner hung upon a thread, but it seemed she could not die, though that was her daily, aye, hourly, pitiful prayer. yet she lay upon her sick bed hardly coavaleseent, a large, heavy letter was brought her, and as she felt too weak to read it she requested a Mend to do so. The bulky envelope coatained numerous legal doentneuts anda lengthy letter, in- fornoiag her that as liersteptoother was IOW dead, all the vast wealth and estates were 'as, she being the ouly liviug relative of 'Urea: kinship of her late father. It was elso necessary that she take inamediate possession of the old hoineetead, as the will so stated and re aired White, wan and thin she lay there, aud for the first time sinee "Gam's darling's" lose the great tears renal over tier wasted atee. 011, if it bad only been a lew months eadier ! How little she eared for wealth or grate/el:a now! bet for her darling 1 Alt, bow she bad hoped and planned for hint ! A letter was written by the itaaad who ettal this letter from the lawyers au re- turned at case, statiog Mts. Gareera Meets and promising to come as s as she was, We. A. few weeks more and the tiny wane was rental atm Garner wootal uot e1t 1.1 and site was on lier avay to her new old Wine - Eight years paestal awaa and aoo.1 cam with sufficient food aud sett, did %wadi for Mrs. Garner, despite her great sorrow. She was a gentle, kindly mistress and her ser- vants loved her. he was1 a noble pitilan- tlepist media tle ebild reit were her delight. Sometimes she would think so take tome child a leve and raise it; hut wale the thought, the door of that seam,: Chalet:CT of her heart, where were enshrined her spit and hi a pracious baby boy, wonlil elestt veil! way 4114 then at her ear 'field seem to bear the whisper, "Wait, taut yet.' Am! as' the days moved ou in peeve eaultptittnes and plenty, with none to alma og it wittgio lice doors. • Ono cold, bleak day in the early haa , tar some intlanowit reason Mrs. Gamer felt, un- usnally dep -eased. She was quite well and felt better, physically, than in amine, and yet, "'fee. ea strangely," Was her inset -nal conunent. Perhaps a walk in the air, theilah bleak, weeld restore her apirits. So alio wrapped her rich cables about her alai weut out. Still the troubled unrest puraual her aud ahe returned 110/110 feeling only the auto deeply eaddenech "Alt, 1 know why it is," eke whispered only, at site milt luto the depths ot her easy oaair, "tWa is the aunisereary of Eugene's death." This was her sell, the father of "%We darling." Goiug to her dresaing cese she tee]; his picture fronts itu wrappings, and with it Canle little (lair's. For an Witmer more she set, gaelag upen the two departed faces, then pining her eon's away again bite teak the bey's and wcut to her bedroom. Kugel. ing down alto preyed aoftly, while her teara deluged the tmy, upturned, pictured face. At kagth alio arose and hung it close Ly the head of the bed, just where lier hand could reaeh it when Gte lay dime. Then she went to a small trunit which stood in her dressing - room and took therefrom his little rude toys and his tiny garments. After fondling them, she placed the toys upon the floor near her bedside and the garments on a chair at its head. She tacit itt low, awect tones and caressed the dtiferent artteles as though each thing were the child himself. A littlo later her mid brought hers light supper, whiali she was always in the habit of taking her room. I MAU not need you to -night, Martha," Mrs. Garner said, kindly, " WiSll to 10 ;done;"and so, afs,or paewsrutg evinthing for the night, the maid getetly left her. For a long One Mrs. Garner sat, buried in deep revere., reviewing the past. When the litt:e ormolu clock on the mantelchimed ten, she arose and donning a of 1 white wrap- per, unbound Iter hair, ethic& was still datit arid hmuriant, and removing her slippers lay down upon the outside of her bed. She reathed out and drew the their, whore on the little garments rested, elase to her side, then with the pictured face of " Gan's darling" in her band she gently fell asleep. The hours crept by ; then if ono bad been on the lower lauding of the wide SillareiLSO, he would have heard strange whispered voices eominc from the window -in the rear of the hallatal felt the night air as it swept through the aperture. There was the sound, too„ of shivered glass and a terrible oath; then something seemed to be forced through the opening and more smothered oaths wore heard, with the added "and be devilish quick, too." The gas was turned low in the hall and the swarthy little image paused a moment and. looked furtively about him. "Gad !" was hisexclamation. Then he stealth- ily crept to the huge outside door and halted. It was heavily barred from the inside and in vain did the boy (for evidently he was that) try to lift the heavy bars from their sockets. With a muttered Imprecation and ...a scowl upon his face he sat down on the lowest stair. He understood what it me slit not to obey orders, for bis fiesh%was raw yet from recent kicks and blows. Taking a long breath, he turned about him and hurried up the velvet carpeted stairway. Somewhere a clock chimed two. Following the sound he stood. before a richly carved door, stood and looked it over, then gently turned the knob. To his surprise it yielded and opened softly. As though drawn by invisible forces, he stepped into the room and the door swung to noiselessly. Just opposite him was a tall mirror. He caught sight of himself and walked up to it wonderingly. What he saw was a slight, childish figure, with big, dark eyes, long tangled haw and swarthy face, dark and sullen. His clothes were dirty and ragged and his bare toes protruded through a pair of old shoes, much too large for him. He glanced at himself with evident dissatisfac- tion, then turned around and began looking about the room. In size and height he did not look more than seven years of age. His hands were small and very dirty and his fingers like bird's claws. He took another long breath as he looked, about him and the warm air seemed very graceful to him. The room was furnished with great beauty and elegance and hi,s big, dark eyes devoured it all with evident plea- sure. • Suddenly he gave a quick start and put hie bend ta 4.bk) mouth to Smother a startled each niation. • ' • He had not apparently hoticed. that a bedstead stood iu the room before and some- thing moved on it. Apparently fearless, he crept softly up to it and, just as one dirty llttle hand held back the, silken curtain, the sleeper, a *oaten, moved uneasilyand. triar- mured "Gan's daalingt" 11111then the picture that she hed team holding close to her bosom while sheatept fell from her hand and lay race up on the counterpane. Breathless, with 'wide', staring eyes, the now helf-frightened boy steed and looked down upon the picture. :For a moment he stood dazed and bewil- dered, and then he saw the tiny garments and then the rude toys scattered on the floor at his feet. Again his greateyes tought the kind, sweet face of the peaceful sleeper. "Gap i" he said in a low, hoarse, childish whisper end eauk 'down upoii the door at tht bedside.. For a little tinie he lay there and then le- vee() and broaglat a kw Steel .alld placed lo by her side. Sitting .dowa upon 'it, all his filth and rags, he stole .one of his little . claw-like hands into that of the sleeper, whe responded to it and clasped it firmly in her soft white one. Then the tangled headaes tied itself aumeg the dainty bed-elothesann he fell asleep. The gray dawn crept through the rich our table and as the sun rose it fell upon the bead of the elaild and the face ofthe woman. Mrs. filerner awoke and felt the little hand -withit hero own. 7,, What did it mean ? She raised her head and SOW the little, gaunt form and amobed, henry features of the child. Her beart was beating so tenuiltuously she thought eht ovould slim As -she moved, the quaint, ill clad figure stirred and murmured " and walk away into a more profound slurr bar. With, Gee tears pairing from her eyes, and " I thank thee, olt, my God," 'motile,* lips, Mrs. Gaoler sena, softly epon her p1. low and .svaiteth Two halms mere went by and yet, ;fie would not "ae paw, wore out litt to wretch tv :at :ay at all Ids Illth an 1 ghaedinea so mar her. Wloat- eceired etereity to the astelone wondering woman WaS broken at, length. and the tiuigle-haired boy lifted his lima, yawned, stretched Iiiinself and looked up ;to her fee in lenvihlernient. • When "Martha" tame elle was ainaza to 'hid her mien -es -1 fondling a "little baa gar," Owing frimi no tine knew where ahe obeyed alas tanner's order and 'brought breakfast for twa ; then, as her 1430e:e- ls-We her, telephoned for her family physi. chin. Beier...lie mute the hey had Irceu bathe IS tied clothed anew, foul was eittieg in Mee Master's ati, weat, the physieiau eutered. It was reis ly the little Clair, '4 Gait's • ilarling." so 17.11q4; ag•l1110UrPed OS &Weed, and he was new ten years of age, but Want • mid genet treatment had dontheir worst • for him 11 eould not reinemher much at first. nor ,at anY time, OM aihir bit mind :rid been restored, for he had evidently been dregged at some time; but when the iguana had been removel from me face, ail features eamo out okay and plain, And a distinct • likeness to " tlaieh darling " WaS very tip • pareut. It wee very tau :Mug to seo how he would sit for hours mid hold Ma " tialthi" hand within his own and audio it, whisper- ing over and over. "Gan, my Fara Gan." liot a atone was left unturned to ;neve Min. Garneee elaina atal wheu alio tulle hint bask to the little taittaga in the village on the river, every deabt vanished. . Situ dial not t him where alio wae takhig him, and when thtw entered the little yard he paused, lookel about hint and then ran quickly to her elite, as if in fear, " Gan, let us go away. the bad men may omen the gate again." She soothed hive, fed him through the tiny room, then down to the river, That, too, atone heels to him, and he began throwing dowers and peaks in tile Water as of old. "Gun's darling" la ,!;rawn now, that terrible chapter in his life lenlinost forgotten. Ilia life, too, seems -wrapped up in that ot his grandmother, whose sweet face looks out now from silver hair, and whose life's ending vietliks.esa beautiful dream, so full is ie of hap. he Tho Largest Sailing Ship. What is said to be the largest sailing ship in the world was launehed from the yard of Messrs D. & W. Henderson & Co., at Patrick.oiathe•Olyde, a few weeks ago. The vestsel is also remarkable as being a five. master. This ve.ssol, niuned the France, is for the fleet of MM. Ant, Bordes et Cie, of Bordeaux, who 110Ve been noted for their enterprise in °Meting vessels of largo dimen- sions The Frame is 360 feet long, 48 feet nine inches broad and 30 feet deep. Her gross tonnage will be about 3750, and the dead weight entrying capacity 6150 tons. The vessel is fitted with a double bottom, with capacity for 1000 tons water ballast, while amidships there are several watertight com- partments for 1200 tons of water. The cubic capacity of thesecomptrttnents, eight in number'is 42,630 feet. They can carry 1200 tons tof water ballast or cargo -when the ship is laden, and efficient pumping arrange- ments are provided. The mizzenmast is a single piece 140 eet in length. The lower and topmasts in the other cases are also each in it single piece, and the lengths above deck vary from 359 to 163 feet. The diemeters vary from 17 to 30 inches, that of the topgallant masts from 10 to 16 inches. The length of the lower yards is 82 feet, of the upper yards 75 to 77 feet, the topgallant yards 5850 64 feet, and of the royal yards 37 feet. The bowsprit is 50 toot long and from 12 to 30 inches in diam- eter. Wire rigging has been adopted. The load- ing and discharging arrangements are very complete. Large steam winches, by Sartre, of Bordeaux, have been fitted at the hatches, which are six in number. These are supple- mented by powerful hand winches, and a large number of the usual gius, tubs, slings, chain, etc. The Decauville portable railway, with trucks is also being supplied for load. ing and disCharging. The vessel will be principally engaged in the nitrate trade In order to preserve the nitrate soletion, which is formed in large quantities and Which is itsually 'discharged overboard, tanks are fitted in the hold, thus insuring the shippers against loss resulting from waste. The steam for the winches and for Napier's steam windless (which is fitted on the main deck forward) is supplied by two steel tubular boilers 9 x 6 feet, which are fitted in a deckhouse amidships. Besides six boats the vessel will carry a steam launch. The poop is fitted up as a handsome saloon, containing accommoda- tions for captain, officers and a limited num- ber of passengers. The °VOW are berthed in a large deckhouse abaft the foremast, and the petty officers' and apprentices' berths and messroom are in the deckhouse aft of the same. In the forecastle a large, airy room is set apart as the hospital. A Cruel Maiden. In a hammock, gehtly tivinging, Blithe and gay was she, 'Nara it maple, near her standing, Tall and handsome he. Softly singing some love ditty,' Sweet and low, was she. "Shall I ask her ?" " Now or never," Thinking thus was he. Shyly looking and mistrusting Coy and blushing, she. On his knees and close beside her, Whispering low was e. • In the shadow, all forgotten, Sad and Fttill, poor me ! • He has won her, I have lopt her, Cruel maiden she. ' POET'S COIMER, • A Troubleeoine ?et, • An elephaat is* very, pretty and pleasing _ pet under certaitt cirentestanees--at one has gsenneighn:3,6.0.gooTsh„: °gl it(1 blaent tee oes. bowls PtoleolrYeofofrrTimmfaanrrisme'elsezhPeinsrlieunce4hejtebrvsallautsd "tneemtexiiet"ved then to Kansas of course 1 See a ,,Asisaheoririci, I've been away twenty year and surroundings just what they ;should be. But place in which to keep him than an ordinary a pet elephant, in a great city, with no better abundance of money to speed in maleing his a4:::...7znii:31'iLybuiaadetIesostird7nlidtiten..owtibeeentyheirnesnet:ratba4zw,,,to.. csietntsosse.table,ia likely to turn 011t all "ele- lers meet ,, ra, phaat on one's hand" iii billy the proverbial, In fausehteuetiforins nae* all, an A hat s come of old Bill ',Wilma" and the gok about 'tl - „ d. play out on alai) Notwithstanding the proverb, a Nestr York gentleman, Mr. It—, us visiting Europe I want to hear theoldband pleas with a baby eleplutnt whieh he saw at Haut - a yeas ,ago, was so grea y pleased team fellers ;ray/ bacshcearmeesowt al..alistamrinnetattialosat 4n0a4 and berg, that he resolved to purchase it and brinfleelephant was only two years old, but it home with him. awl Sete .andnaIntony, hatztetet, Intl alert gam a it already 'weighed two tons. Its name was .71. braeagnoifhjireimrayed the drara as twieet Madentoeselle tanehon, wain was born An c beeeine 0' hiral what,s aptivity in Hamburg. It did not need any let h1 111 Kerns. the eupenter a. say, taming, for it was already perfeetly tame. : :a ace no doubt, Ter new band, now's a COM. Mr. It—brought his new pet to New York .i eel Pays their misie naore by iv:tett= yenat on a steamer, and .set. about giving her a elephant. She .tiodstaasher and grateler Muss ; but some- brilliant education for an was lodged in a stable acroes the Hudson in they May by hand. , ,iseese...,n,way.3 s,„ and Hoboken, but 'WAS so poorly taken care of itl:is.,..eaaia4 ..7oin 1 t tohear old::: pl:iy. tha ere, ud seemed 50 platto nly be entering ;.:tu . .; do:et yea! slow S upon a decline, that Mr. R—removed her to "s, A eat Attie his own stable it New York city. end e Tee tatinete le ..a-coutne. and "John Hale she made famous patattess, and not la a:::1"1::::'„rilu,.",:n; lbey,lr.s" Jilv.ier.„.... Ne umber, Nate a only increased rapidly in strength mid eke, bet learned how to put a tall bat on her head Wa.fi;!.vie.!it.ee,titat fairly made a feller dream Wilk her trunk, to take it oil' and bow grace. oiktIt And wbea the bays: ati :saran :de. I've laid ea a 1 ss a. sa 81151 i !I bed fein ly, luil even 10rileon a Igrett velocipede ti ihAe&nce eereel upon a ...,. , '.'ve ethrreft..nliii.e:iinivechiiealOwea:: taw -Tome dromahe en Ali Wept well with lia'lem°1-141° r'Illeh°4 ‘Vi`Pit - '''''''s :r "" ""11'17'4 nen' hae a4 EOt'" .ccliman, was aetoniabet eand alarmed to tuna one day hire. Bea. the wife of Mr. R --'s 1 man. ta bear tno °Keane /illy. See the yew% elepliaut ender the door of her kitchen. Mrs. rr--, utterieg a eliriek.rushe Tao nbTivilikairiii‘lboarlysb4sidtrais it, but tb`e old: col upetairs and the elaphant fellowed her, in my head: Then Mrs. 13---, seiztugher children, rusk. it :abet 'peered to tied o' ebord with fornepire tal out and down the &out eters of thelli:reSe •10s4. e."18.iki,.5 .iei.tin ha niniiirianer. when mybiame hrusi the street, still uttering criee of am. 7,..s A crowd gathered, but MM. 11—watissomneh sseli,e::‘,1.1:11,1,7„8,.1.,.,,,,71: of,teclirivitt!itisiliinivlialAtcCrollietr.FI Siiiirea:Vtet: h3cor:oie.e. ma. i , t i i ter that, she could Pet tell whatwas tke tern in. Presently the elephant appeared at, the Atel mail:Hui Petit right out o' heres and. git ,S, eat whitlow, and the crowd underatoott the waman s alarm. Mr. It— and a police- man wore sent for. All sorts of eliorts were made to melte James Win rgous ito..ar. I4uslnoiat11a Fanehou go downstairs. She could neither be eoaxednor forced to take a siegle step downstairs. Whoever had taught her to go upstairs had totally ae. glected to leash her to go down. Ileum and daya went by. Maalemoiselle Feeekee Was apparently quite well eatisUed with her new quarters. She sat at the front window, waving her trunk bask and fertli at the crowd which gathered on the street. The daily newepapers learned of the affair, aud sent their reporters to record the baby elepliaure funnyparoceedinge. a 1 Wiii Ir -am. and the worSd wae a dream, In the meautime Mr. R—set caxpentera i.nd yet 1 hanned a': thOnati Ilan eeena et work making a staging and agradual de. . seent to the street, dealt which Function wee to he psretraded to walk. When this was dotie, and a great crowd had gathered to SCO the dessent, , and it detachment of pollee hail (ormolu line in front of the stag. Yet over mr head Iseeme4 to know ing, Mr. R—and it colored servant appear - Tito inurmarous moods et wind and snow. ed at the front door with the elephant. .hfr. R—held Fanchon by the trunk, and the colored man pulled her by one ear. She advanced tinwilitogly upou the staging, and j ustas she did so she me.do a qutck turn Under earth, in the gravolo stark night, which pupon tetalled Mr. R— off the staging and he ground, fteen fee •fit below. I telt the stars and the moon's pale light. The crowd gave an exelturnition of terror, but laughed when Mr. R—sprang up unlit. jureil. It wee evident that Fauachon could not readily go down the elope. so several bundlea of hay we re brought, spread carefully around the foot of the incline, and the elephant pushed bodily down. She landed upon the bay without any For (Math had finished a motherli woe. fore-lcgs, and soon resumed her old quartera injury, except a scratch upon one of her From throat of pain they hurled me low. in the stable. 3-. ag Alld 510),' tlta, wail* 1 git there, where 1 never hat team?: I want to beer the old barelplaY. The Mother, It WAS April. blossoming spring. They buried me. when the tante did sing. Earth, in clammy wedging earth. They banked my bed with a tlhek, 41:1130171 girth. ranter the damp and under the mould. eeeneed any breast were clammy mid cold. Out fraon the red beam, regalia's.' and brledit. Ihenned ins' cheeks weep sunken and wbatt. ie a dreamand the world wee a dream, Bat you comet bury a red tenth. am. For thoteit itt the underearavoti dee night 11,»- al eilent and stark Mei white, l'he snows that wasted. the wIntla that blew, The rays that slanted. the cloud,: that drew Teo waterghoste up from lakes below, And the Mae llowersoule in omit that grow. I felt the mantle of ocean land TbaawhIsmared the bloa,tores soft and bland. Thou,e1t their bad buried uto (lark and low My soul with the tusaaane seemed to grow. 11 was a bride in my sickness sore. I was a bride nine months and more, t untler the sod, in tile grAVOil dread doom, 1 dreamed or my baby in MI:inner and. gloom. I drawled of my babe, and I konned that hie rest Was broken in wailings on my deail breast. Trircamed that arose -leaf hand did cling; Oh, you eannot bury a mother in spring. When odthe winds aro soft and the blossoms aro r. She could not sleep in her cold earth -bed I dreamed of my balm for a day and a eight, And then Troth in niy grave Mothee white. Tram like a fioiver from my damp eartiebed To the world of sorrowing overhead. Mon would have ealled me a thing of harm, But annals of my babo and made mo rosy and I felt my breast swell under my shroud; No stars shone white. no winds were loud; nut I stole me past thearavoyard wall. For the VOICE/ of my baby seemed to call; And I !termed me a 90lOO, though my lips were dumb ; Hush, baby, hush,for mother is come. I passed the streets to my husbands home ; Tho chamber stairs in a dream 1 clomb ; I hoard tho sound of (tech sleeper's breath, Light waves that break on the shores of death. I listened a space at my chamber door, Then stole like a moon -ray over its floor. My babe was asleep on a stranger s arm. " 0 baby, my baby, the grave 18 80 wann, "Though dark and so deep, for mother is there! '0 come with me from the pain and care '0 come with mo from the anguish of earth, Where the bed is banked with a blossoming girth, "Where the pillow is soft and the rest is long And mother will croon you a slumber song. "A. slumber song that will charm your eyes To a sleep that never in earth -song lies! "The loves of earth your being can spare, But never the grave, for mother is there." I nestled him soft to my throbbing breast, Ands tole me back to my long, longrest. And here I lie with him under the stars, Dead to earth, its piece and its wars. Dead to its hates, its hopes and its harms, So long as he cradles up soft in my arms. And I:leaven may open its shimmering doors, Ansi saints make music on pearly floors, And hell may yawn to its infinite sea, But they never can take my baby from me. For so much a part of my seal he hath grown That God doth know of it high on Ilis throne. And here 1 lie with him under the flowers That sun -winds rock through the billowybours, Withthe night -airs that steal from the mur- muring sea, Bringing sweet peace to my baby and me. —William Wilfrid Campbell, in Ilarper's - Magazine. A Good Joke on a Lion. He must have been a bright boy, a very bright little boy, who said to his mother, "I wish a lion would eat me up." "Why ?" the mother asked. "Because it would be such a good joke on the lion; he would think was inside of him, and I should be up in heaven."—{Congrega- tionalist. lattlesnate Valk: In Florida rattlesnakes have all seasons for their own. fine day in February Doc- tor White, the black rabbit -hunter of St. Augustine, went over to the island after rabbits, and came back with a rattlesnake. With pleasant pride ho displayed his trophy to the admiring crowd of tourists and negroes. Some one measured the ugly beast. From the tip of its unlovely nose to the bottom on its musical tail there -was an interval of six feet nine a half inches. As a finish there were fifteen rattles and a button. Alino specimen, everybody declared; but Doctor 'White was doleful. «1 gwine lose money on dot ar snake!" he stiffly declared. "Alt 1 git outen um now ant de oil. I try um ont nd git right smartroomatize oil;but lgwine lose money. Ef I bad do skin now! Bat I jist was im- pelled ter shoot um, 'ad spilo de akin. Ef he had ben out in de open, I oud switch um ter deft', hid save de skin. But' Ise 'guile hissolf unner de bushes -viler I hab ter shoot um. I gwine lose money on day ar snake r "I'll give you fifty cents for the rattles," said a tourist. "that will help out." " Mek it an even dollah, sah. Dem rat- tles am svuffan even dollish 1" " Brer White, (loan' yo' do it ! Doan' yo' cut off dem rattles. The protest came from a white -wooled old megro on the outer edge of the little crowd. " Wharfo' won't cut off dem rattles ef I kin git an even doUah fur um V Dr. White demanded. "Doan, yo' cut off dem rattles, Itole yo'l Doan' yo' do it, not fur ten even dollahs. rse a-talkin' ter yo'. Now yo' mind 1" " Wbarfo'?" "Dis yer wharfo.' Yo' cut off dem rat- tles 'nd yo' go blind! No even dollah vine pay yo' fur dat 1" Doctor White did not believe this, and said so. " It am de troof !" asserted the croaker. "De milk fum a daid snake's rattles gwine mek yo' blind ebery time. Yo' cut off dem rattles, 'nd de milk fly up in yo' eyes, 'nd go blind. Shuah ! No doctah kin holp yo. Doan' do it, Doan' do it. Brar White I" Brer White pondered a moment. Then, with a cheerful chuckle, he announced his decision: "Ef any gen'lemum gib me an even dollah fur dem rattles, he kin have um ! 1 gwine cut um off 'nd go blind I rse seen ernuff, anyhow I" A Shepard's Accounting. It is related of a dissenting minster that he started a church in a rural district, but, his congregation being incorrigible snorers, and, what he considered worse, mean con- tributors to the cause, he was soon obliged to abandon it. His farewell sermon to the lukewarm brethern was characterized by more heat than elegance. He ended thus: —" At the last day the Leal will say to St. Peter, "Where is your flock ?" and St. Peter will answer, Here, Lord." He will say to Calvin, " Anawhereareyour sheep ?"' and. Calvin will reply, " Here, Lord," ansi so all the shepards can answer. But when he asks me, "Where are your sheep ?" how will you feel when I am compelled to reply, "Lord, I haven't any ; mine were all hogs I"' antrustfas ge, How lie Got Tito Nalne. The oddity of his namembreek me. Aftett topbp esueroaIl :de stR 41. u rt telt n at 0 ne e e her be cam., "Why," he cried, "-didn't you ever hear how I got that name? I thought everyhod'y knew about that." He evidently felt chagriued. hastened to explain that I was a stranger in the States and had just corn@ up to this little teteantam valley on a Eshing expedition, Thisat (MCC Malified him, and after a." whiekey 'penlights and no water," at my expense, he explained the origin of his name as fellows a al L'itrebpo 41fethGoiluteasuudintlewre.rperoapedowanipegn ar,thea bunting. We killed a little gallle* eaught plenty of fish, had lots of hard climbing, but. did not find a claim tlitit was worth it cent. The river canon is very deep, end the aides are almost solid rock. It is the hot- test place in all California. Une day we came to it queer apot and stopped to examine its It looked like a big stone cup turned upside down ill it 4000 saucer. The rock wash:amend fullof criteka and &sures. On three sake the cup was pretty steep, but on the fourth was it little earrow piece to walk up, We crossed the atoue saumer and climbed the kaoh or cup. "Just as we got to the top, Bob saye, Look thar„" and plated right down on the other side, Three big rattlesnakes were coiled up in the seta 1. always 414 hate it rattler, ea I poked my gun over the edge of the rock and let drive, Right Oar I made a. mistake. We ought to have skipped out and leathere snakes asleep. The moment I tired, two of them, for 1 only killed eine, twisted. and tattled, and coiled ap ready to Ogba If they had been the only owe we would have laughed. but you See that old reek WALD, was plain full of the pizen critt era. We were right In the middle of a radtle- snakea' dell. W11050 tWO Plade their rattle* fairly whiz, SUI every enake in the place was grayling out of the eracke in the rock. If you hear me tell it, we were in a The. We could pot run, and titer were too Daley snakes to Aglit. 15 were lucky for -us that the little trail was the only pIttee whar they Quid reach the top of the rock. "We kept still a minute, thinking maybe they would go back, but it was no urge. Titey were spina' for a fight, and lieemed to knew they hail us in it box. They could see us r;ght above 'em, and that riled 'eui madder then yeller jackets. "They didn't -wait more than aintuuteor two till theyetarted up that little trail. Just bow many of the blamed enaltea *bar were I have no idea. 1 reckoaed about a thou- sand, but Bolt always stuck 10 15 thir were a.rosutd mithon. "Our gene were 4°41e -barrelled breech, loadera, and moat of ear cartridges were lilted with buckehot. The snakes were so thick that we killed from 'mete half it dozen at each fire. We maned for it time to keep the little trail clear, but they kept a coming faster and faster. Wokilled 'cm by the bushel, and if we could have made the :dun things into ilo mad sold it et five cents a Olen, we could have made a pile of mousy. "We were izightily scared for fear they would Bud a way up through the big rook itself, and kept it sharp wateh all the time. If our cartridges bald out long enough we could stead 'em MI, but we bad to shoot lively, and they would soon run short. The whole rooky bittern was plum full of them 4— wriggling, rattling, squirming makers We didn't have a drop of antbanske bite with us. Had drank it ell ltp long before. What was worse, it was good five miles up the mountain to the nearest place Where any could be got. " We were shaky in our knees, for the APRA of tbem snakes made ua sick. Reckon you think wn were Sea' ed. Bob was no sIouelt at fighting anything ill. the Ronda; and, stranger, I never turned back from the biggest grizzly in the mountains; but right then we would have been mighty glad to have got away. "Our oattridges were running low. We made up our minds that we wouid have to take chances of running right aereas that lot of pizen rattlers. It was a desperate cusies but we bad big, thick boots on, a.ud mighil getllra7ilive. "Bob‘a groan when the last idiot went. "We've got to alliance it now," said We grabbed our guns so as to use them as clubs. Then we walked down the rock a little bit, and looked down among tho snakes. I toll you, stranger, it were like going right down into hell. The snakes wriggled and twisted, coiled up and rattled till the air fairly avhizzed. "Thar is many a thing in the woods that sounds like the rattle of a snake. Some- times it's a weed, sometimes its a leaf, it may be a little stick, 07 somedry seeds in a s.mall pod. You jump for a minute, and then laugh to think how easy you got sold. Bat when you bear a genuine rattle from a snake that is mad, you will never mistake it. It will come nearer waking a dead man than a shock of bottled lightning. Thar is not a beast nor a bird 'hut what will get out of the way as quick as a ir'ajtst as we shut our teeth mid gripped our guns for a start, Bob caught me by the arm and cried, "Wait a bit." Then he run to the top of the rock and yelled, Come here. Give me a, hist,' says he, as I reach- ed him. "1 think I can reach that oak limb." 'The limb of a big oak came down over the top of the rock, and this itob could just reach by myholding hiin up as high as I could He grabbed the limb and. climbed up a little, and that brought it down so I could get holt on it. "We were none too quick, for the blam- ed snakes were crawling up mighty lively, and I had to kick one Of 'OM away -from me as I swung off on the limb. Wst climbed that limb and got down the tree in less than no time, and struck off up the moun- tain. We never stopped till we reached the Mountain Spring House, whim we get a drink or two of old rye, for fear we might have been bit. "1 reckon them guns and blankets are: down -that yet, for we never went back for 'em. It were a mighty close cell for us, stranger: and that was how they Come NI call me Rattlesnake Jim." The latest trouble in Newfoundland arises out of the violation of the Bait Mt by the islanders themselves. The Act does no in- jury to the St. John's merchants *be are interested in cod fishing, but it ruins the chief indsstry of the dveellers ors the shore* of Fortune Bay and Placentia Bay, which is the sale of bait to the French fishermen. A few days ago a fleet of Newleundland schooners,gathered in Fortune Bay for the purpose of catching herring bait and selling it to the bank fiahermen o t At. Pierre. The local Government officers endeavoured to. stop them'when a riot ensued, and vessels were sentfrom St. John's to quell the dis- turbance. Arrests were made, and, as our despatches have stated, tna Fortune Bay fishermen are now in avmed revolts This unfortunate fishei tet question is lase -omens; '