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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-6-22, Page 4TiiE FAXTBBA,, :',..qe-00•:,...---tz:•-.0. p., , ...,,,,,....„.„......... ..4.4.. ..... apaa. Love and Ware*** A STORY OF SLAVERY DAYS. - 0 -1 By MARY J. 110LMES. trtfeKinsiee*e°444ie441i4iS:3*.;30tel,li,:.***,a8lriStA CRAFTER XXXVI.-Continued. inches, and thus reassured, she drew He eainted then. The, shook of con- a long breath of relief; then, as in batik to "God% land" ben bean thoughts of all her husband and broth - too greet, mad for a week or more he er had been saved from by this heroic 'paid but little heed to what was pas- girl otime over her she sprang toward sing around iiira. Maude, and winding her arms aroma enmot you knew me, geersde I Ins her neck, sobbed hysterically, but E,—it's Annie,i, ears, Graham would never spoke one word. say to him, as his restless eyes taro- What is it V What are you crying ed upon her, awl he would repeat af- for ?" Meade asked, petting her as if she had been a little °had. ter Ler, "Don't you -know -me, Jimmie? It's "Oh, I don't know. The sight of you I, Annie." who have done so much for the war, This was a, peculiarity of his, and it and been so brave, makes me seam ea continued until Bill Baker, who hed be- little, so small, so mean beside you, COMO strong enough to be moved, Maude De Vero " Rose replied brok- came to Annapolis, and, asked to sm may, and then niatede% eyes filledsvith the Cop'ral." tears, and site hugged the sobbing lit - At first the physician refused, but tle creature, whom, from that moment 'Annie approved the plan, hoping for she loved. so tonally. a good result, and. she waited anxtous- She, too, had. dreaded this. Useeting, ly while Bill said. cheerily, for she knew that Rose Mather and. "Hallo, old °apnea. Rather nieer her mother were both women, of the quarters nem than that sand -bank highest culture, and she felt that they down by that infernal nasty stream," Sleigett: oriticise, and perhaps. medeem Btu Baker's yens was the last winen. one who had lived m long among the La the far-off prison had eonucted kind- Pines of North Caraiina and. the mount ly in Jimmte s eare, and now as he tains of Tennessee. But Rose's inanaer heard it againhis faze lighted- up, and divested her of all fear and, in e rao- his eyes kipelled with something Wee ment she resumed that unconsozous ale their °Wei fire. of superiority to all else around her, "'Ken" kn.ow me, Cop'ral. I'm Bill, 'which was a part of herself. Queenly eeeneve exchanged. We're up e no was the word. which best suited her , Annapolis, and Miss Graam innussire looks and her manners, and Rose paid. you," 6 Bill conttriu.ed, and then Jimmieto leer as to a queen, andteld sdrew a long breath, an.d burst into a passionate fit of tears. "They'll do him good. They seine did to Andersonville. 'He'd hold in till he was+ fit to burst, and then he'd let 'em slide, and feel better. He'll know you, ltites Graam, after this." Mot:deursince then,. and Mrs. Carle - Annie was called just then, to at- to had met the' beautiful Maude, and tend another patient, and Bill waa left mentally approved of Tom's choice. Mona with. Jimmie. There were a few Charlie too had. been petted and car - broken sentences from the -latter, and eased, and his blue eyes opened with then Bill Baker was heard talking j wonder as he sans* whet Northern wo- rapidly, but very gently and cautious- I men were like, and remembered his ler, and Jimmie lifted his head once and prejudice against them. He liked. the 'teemed across the, room where AnnietNortherners, he said, but he was loy- al to the 'Southern cause and listened, her thhomage at she loved her, and how much she had thought of her, and how anx- ious her mother was to see her, mid hew happy they would. all be when jiramie and Annie came home. There had. iseen daily visits to the naane, and, had. taelted on to it Adol- phuS, With the hope that the futere would adjoet the mime into Adolpb, or something more fancitlut than the good, Plain Bible lame, And while the widoeir kissed and wept over her grand- son, and felt berselt gro-iving young, and soft and gentle again, the orewd around tee depot had dispersed, a part going to their own homes, tuad a Part following the soldiers and band, valtieh esoorted Annie Graham and Sisurnie Carletoe to the Mather mansion, where everything had been made so beautiful for them. It was a plemant coming hoxpe, and. most amine col:epees:Ilion for all thet weariness and gavial= whieh Annie, as hospital nurse, had endured, and. she felt that far more was awarded. to her than she deserved. "Mr. Carleton was the one to be bone ored," she said, and her soft, blue ogee rested upon the pale, tiredemen, exhausted with his eseurney and the excitemeat, lay eloviin at :tem, upon the sofa, while hie mother and Rose lenele beside hina ann kissed, and pitied, and. cried over les poor white face, and loug, bony hands, evbicia were almost transparent in their whiteness. Maude was eilt one of the- party at the Mather manakin that night. "You might to be alone the first night," 'she said, when Rose insisted that she should jain them. "To -mor- row I will come round and. call On Mrs. Grahasn and yotif' brother." She had bee a greatly interested in all the arrangements, and was curicius to see the woman who had almost been her rival, whae Annie was quite as curious to see her, the heroine of the mountains. In her letters to Annie, Rose had purposely refrained from mentioning Tom's name with Maude's, so that Annie was ignorant of the real state of thisigs. I3ut she did not re- main so long., "Is she so very beautiful?" she said to Rose, when, after supper, they were all assembled in Use parlor, and Maude was the subjeot of conversation. Love and War "Ask Tom; he eau tell you," Rose re- plied, and by the conscious look on Tonns face, Aunie guessed the truth at once. That night, when the two brothers were alone in their room, Tom said to Jimmie: , "Well, my boy, I've kept my word, -I've waited a year and. more. I've given you every chance reasonable etter leave him. alone a spell, till with. flashing eyes and crimson cheeks, man y he thinks it out, and gets it arranged," 1 to all he continually heard of the sure could ask. Have ou made a pro - Bill sad to Anni3. '`I made hinn under- I defeat and disgrace of the Confeder- Per use of your privileges? Would it stand. where he was, and. that you was acydo me any good. to try and win Annie here, and all right on the main gees- I Matter were in this wise when the limy?" y i" bon; and though he'd like to have bust ! day came on -svhich Aimee avas expect- You oan trf y-ou like,Jimmiehis.. biler for a minute, he'll come all led home with Jimmie. Great prepare- said, with a smile. straight, I reckon." • I tions had been made for that arrive.And then Tom told him oe his hopesl. It was more than an hour before An- In Rockland thee was more than one concerning 1VIau.cle Da Vere, and Jim - e nie wenf to Jimmie again, but when prisoner who had been nursed by An- misaid to him saucily: she did the eager, joyful look in his eyes nie Graham, and her name was spok- "Don't you remember I told you once told her that she was recognizeden with reverence and love ,by the ver- Yott had had your day? But some Don't speak to ine,—don't talk,". lest vagabond that welked the streetsluoky dogs have two, and. you, it seems ." she said, laying one hand lightly upon They had not made et, demonstration M are one of them the lips, which began to move, while a long, bong time, but they were going . Fn miake one now, and the honors which CHAPXER XXXVIII, The next day brought Maude De Vere, looking so handsome in her black dress, with her coquettish drab hat and long drab feather tipped with scarlet, that elle reminded -Annie of some with the other She smoothed: the short curls of hair. He kissed the hand upon his lips, and whispered, through the fingers: "'Tell. me first, was it trne, he told. me? Do you" --He did not finisb: the sentence, for Annie understood him., and. bending so near to him that no one else could. hear, she said: "Yes. Jiminie,-I do?' He seemed satisfied, and something poor George saw in fancy awarded to himself were to be given to his wife. Jimmie, too, whose terrible sufferings had. excited so -mucla commiseration, was to have his share of consideration. Bill Baker, who had been home for a week and was as usual the most ac- tive spirit of all, suggested. that when they flung out the banner on which was inscribed, "Honor and welcome to aie his old manner came back to him Annie Graham," they should. give three when, later in the day, Annie tried to cheers for Mr. Carleton, too. Bein'," as he said, "that they are about as good as one." Prompt to the moment when it was due, the train swept round the Rock- land curve and stopped at the depot where a large concourse of people wa.s gathered. They had riot expected the Widow Simms, and when her green veil and strew bonnet appeared on the platform, the foremost of the group looked a little disappointed, while the widow's face darkened as she saw the waiting multitude, and guessed why they were there. Annie had appeared by this time, and at sight of her the tongues were loos- ened, and deafening shouts of welcome greeted her on every side. The flag bearing her name was held aloft, the cannoia in the adjoining field sent forth its bellowiag roar, and the band struck up the sweet refrain of "Annie Laurie;" while the voices of the And- ersonville prisoners, who had been Annie's Charge, sang the last line: "And for bonnie Annie Graham would Iay me down and die." Surely this was 'a °ming home which Annie had never leaked. for, and. with her face flushed with excitement, and her eyes shining with tears, she stood in the midst of the shouting throng, gazing wonderingly from one to the other, and realizing nothirig clearly, except the firm clasp upon her arm. It was jimmie's hand, end Jimmie himself leaned upaa her, as the crowd coupled his name with hers, and. hur- rahed for "James Carleton and Annie strighten the clothes about him, and wet and brushed:his hair. "Look like a 'hippopotamus, don't I?" he asked, touching his thick- skinned. face. "Not half as much as you did," An- nie replied; and the first smile her face had worn for weeks glimmered around her lips, for she knew now the danger was past, and Jimmie Carle- ton. would live. CHAPTER XXXVIL The warm, bright November day was wearing to its close. The purple haze of the Indian slimmer lay around the hilltops, and the soft, golden sun- light fell softly upon the grass, and. the few autumnal flowers which had escaped the recent storm. The grounds around the Mather inansion were look- ing almost as beautiful as in the early summer, for the grass, invigorated by the rain, was fresh and green again, and the brilliant foliage of the trees which dotted the lawn made up the loss of the flowers. Even these last were not lacking indoors, for the hot- house had been robbed of its costliest flowers., which filled the whole house with perfume, and made Maude De Vere start with surprise when she first entered the parlors, "It takes me back to my Southern home," she said to Rose who, stand- ing on tiptoe, fastened a 'ea -le -open lily in her hair, going into ecstasies over the effect, and thinking to herself that Maude De Vere was the most re- gal creature she had ever seen. Maude had. been in Rockland three weeks, and Rose was already as much in love with her as if she had known her all her life. At first, she had drea,ded a little to meet the fearless heroine of the mountains. A girl who had held a. revolver at the heads of hada Federal and Confederate; who in the night, had ridden twenty miles on horseback to conduct a party of refu- gees to a place of safety, and. had guarded the entrance of the cave its the face of a furious mob, mush be something very formidable, or, at least, something unlike all Rose's ideas of what a lady gently born should be; end both Rose and her mother had wafted nervously for the arrival of one who, they felt sure, was to be the wife of Tom. Nothing definite had been mid upon the subject since Arthur died, but it was tacitly understood by all parties that Mande De Vere, was, sometime, to be Mande Carleton; and Tom was allovved to pay her attentions which could only be paid to his Mine osa Tn s. great Hates' Of spirits, Rose had beard of Maeda% arrival at the, Mon - tear Haase, and immediately after din - net had driven down to see her, at- companied by Will, who; if possible, was more anxious than herself to pay his respects Maude. She was ktteeling by Charlie% ouch when the party entered, Mit she rose at onte and came forward, with the Most bematiful carnation. staining her elelleks, and a look of modesty in her 'brilliant eyes. She wore a long, trail - log dress of heavy silk, and stood so erect, wed held her head so high, that ehe seemed taller than she eciellY was- talinr thee Torre Rose feared; but tie stetmed up to her, she saw he haO ate advantage of her be at least tout Graham." "And the Widder Simms -I swan if it's fair to leave her out. She did some tell nussin' down to Annapolis," Bill Baker said; and then the widow was cheered, and she acknowledged the oompliment with a grim smile, and wondered when "folks would quit making fools of themselves, and if Susan wasn't up there, somewhere, in the jam. Of course she was; 'Lwas like them Ruggleses to go where the doin's vva s." And while she shook the hand of her neighbors, she kept her eyes on the watch for Susan, and felt a little chagrifted that she did not find her. Susan was at Maxie in the neat little house which Sohn had. bought. with his captain's wageo so oaretully saved. The mine house it was at which Annie Graham had looked with longing eyes, in the onalunemeraent of tlae war; and in the pleasant chamber which over- looked the town there was a little boy who had bean in Etockland only a week, and whose exist:el:tee was as yet unknown to the widow. They had purposely. kept it etora her, so site had no suspiciall that he was expected ; and the first: genuine feeling of happiness she had known sham Team died, she exeserieaced when she was hishered in- th room, and the little red-fac- ed thing was laid in her lap, She had looked askance at the new house, and neat furniture, and the pretty •our - tains, as se many proofs of 'them, Rug- eleses" extravagance; but she was not proof against the white face, wIlieh front the pillows., sinilehl kindly up - cm. her, and celled her mother. Arid ehe Was ginity of kissing bur daagb- ter.in-lew, even before she saw the b by, her fleet grandchild, whon, Stiean called TAM, 0] though she hated the DOMINION PARLIAMENT, — are Doing at Ottanie, I TRE CITY OF OTTAWA, Wat of 10444 riedding has giv- en peace, in regard to tee city of Ot- tawa, is for the porpost of granting $60,000 nenuany to tee ty in lieu of whatever claims the oty may nave ag•ainst the Government Or porpates. What ttor'elity .aeke fleet- ly wasA $65,000.- • .; Theeaneney will be expended under the -setPerrienua of a eommission ap- pointed by the Government, trone lead- ing oitizens who will act with the City Council, and. the first expen.di- ture will likely be merle on Wellington street, opposite , the Parliament build.ings. INSURANCE BILL. ; The Committee ail Banitiog and Commerce, dealt with the bill of the Me:testers of Railways, to amanal the Insuran.ce Act. The eisief. feature of the bill is a provision changing the rate of interest whien it shall be sal - rate of interest weich it seal]. be cal- culated insurance companies' reserves shall earn. At present tbe riste is 41-2 per neat. The bill has 'under, gone some charges since it was in- troduced, and. it now peovides that after January 1, the rate connected with all new enusiness shall be 3 1-2 per cent, while on old business the rate shall remain on a 4 1=2 per cent. basis, until 1907, when, it will be re- duced to 4 per cent. After 1912 the rate on. ,all business wit' be 314 per cent. A strong effort will be made dur- ing tie present session. of Parliament to inducai the Administration to ask P.arliament to guarantee the bonds of the St. Clair & Lake Ririe Ship Canal, which it is proposed to construct through Essex County, thus saving 19 miles of navigation and enabling ves- sels to escape the tortuous and some- what dangerous Detroit River. ORKMAN CLOTHING CONTRACT. Ia reply to a q•aeseion by Sir Ribbert Tupper, the Minister of Militia stated. that Mr. Mark Workman, of Montreal, has a °entrant for su.pplying a certain. line of militia clothing, and gained the contract through his being the; lowest tenderer. The g•overnment is not aware whether Mr. Workman is a British subject, and. whether he operated hi,s factory for seven days in the -week in the execution of this contract. TORONUO'S AMBITIOUS SCHEME. Mr. Clarke Wallace moved for papers in connection with the Toronto &Geor- gian Bay Ship Canal Company, which What the Lecrishtors of the Country of the late Lalton 33/teCarthyl $5 REAL HERO OF OMDURMAN for, ;expeum of cotonfitteea, 'Under heed ef quarantine there is a. further COL, MAGDONALD'S REPULSE OF i couneotieh 'with tuberculosis, and 000 vote of 415000 for Wearies and expenses $13,000 more in (sowing:non with Uog ehelera ana, sheep scab to pay for slau.ghterest animals. For militia and detenee $1(30,250 is aelatel. on oapital account for armee ammunition and $274,290 oe account consolidated. fund for the following: ,Annual. drill, $125,000; salaries and wag•es of civil employes, 40000; military propSeties, 835,000; stores, $39,700; clothing, 4320,000; transportation, $15,- C(30 ; mescelianeous and unforeseen, Iti0,- 000;elioyaL Military College (inoluding an Increase of pay to Prof. Worrell), $200; and to Prof Cherleand, $200; $10,- e00; purchase of Hamilton, rifle range, 0000; to complete payment for Lona don property $1090; for Defene,e Scheme Committee, $6100. For railways, 8$5,400„• for Inter - colonial, for rolling etock, $20,000. For canals $242,000, of Which 8212,- 000 is -for deepening. the north chan- nel and. 48500 for deepening tie, St. Pierre River. Teese items are chargeable to capi- tal. 'Under railway sulasidies $53e0 is asked. to pay an old olaim of the New Brunswick Central Railway. Sixty thonsand dollars more is asked on capital for River, $t. Lawrence ship canal, ]For public works chargeable to in- come, 8123,908 is asked, amongst the vote being Montreal public buildings, work 'done; $2054; Quebec) Citadel, work done, $2236; publics buildings, Ottawa, repairing, etc., $30,982; pub- lic buildings Ottawa, photographio es- ta,bliShment for Department of Agri- culture, CS,7000. , General repairs -Harbor, Quebec, $5600; Kincardine harbor, balance due, contractor, 4338e; new dredging plant, $15,000; addditional amount for sur - 20,000 DERVISH WARRIORS, A, Heeently Published Work Hives ViVid DeseriPtion or a Malt Who 'Wrought mr. Bennett Burleigh, the famous newspaper correspondent, in his re- oeutly published worls, on the Khar- toum campa,ign, gives ci vivid descrip- tion of ihe repulse of the attack on Macclonalens brigade. When Mr. Bur- leigh, whe looked, down upon the affair from the slopes of the Surgieuti hills where the scene lay spread before him like a picture, saw the Khallfa's 20,000 warriors charging down upon Macdon- ald and his Soudanese brigade from one direction, and the Sheikhs Ed Din and Khamll advancing to attack him in rear, he feared that he was about to witness a ca.tastroplie; an order was sent to Macdonald, which, lied he been obeyed, would have ensured baevitable disaster to the brigade, if not a catas- trophe to the army." Re was bade to retire by, possibly, hie division Qom - mender. 1Viaedonalcl knew bettee than to attempt a retrograd.e raovement in the Lice of so fleet and daring a foe. it would have spelled annihilation. The sturdy Righlandman said, "I'll no do it, rii see them d --d first. We maun just fight." Mr. Burleigh thus describes the affair: TRE BATTLE. By far the finest feature of that morning of battles was the action fought by Colonel Macdonald with his brigade. The dervish forces that veys, 410,000; under ocean and river sought to crush him numbered. fully service, 410,000 is asked for repairs to 20,000 men. To oppose them he had Stanley and Lansdowne,' and 820,000 but four battalions, or in. all less than further amount for maintenance DO- 80e0 Soudanese and, Egyptian soldiers. minion steamers, etc. With a tact, coolness and hardihood I !Ph:kr lighthouse to replace lightship have never seen equalled, Colonel Mae- nawgenee donald manoeuvred and fought hie at Upper Traverse, St. River, $20,000; for purchase of a steam_ men: Tey responded to his call with confldence and alacrity begotten df er and equipment for buoy service in long acquaintance and iraplicit faith in b t Q ebec and THEY NEVER TASTV, WATER. Native Dress Slakes the Thirst et' OW Horses of the Hawaiian islands. The proverbial' horse Which can* ho led to water, but wbich cannot be made to drink, exists in great number( in the Hawaiian islands. Antortg the mettle he has thousand( of cousins of the sante proelivities. It is a surprising statement to make; and yet one that is literally true and, so commonplace that no one there thinks anything about it, and therc are hundreds of horses and thousand( of eattle which ne-ver take a drink col water throughout Use whole course ot their lives. NO NATURAL WATER SUPPLY. On all the islands the upper altitude: , of the mountains are given up to che tle ranges. The cattle run wild froan the time they are born until they arc rounded up to be sent to the slaughtet house. (Except during two or three house. Except during possibly two or three months of the rainy season, there are no streams or pools of water in any part where the cattle range. But everywhere there grows a re- cuanbent, jointed -grass, known by the native name of maninia. This is both food and drink. Horses and cattle grazing on it neither require water nor will they drink it -when offered. Our first experience with this fact was on a trip to Haleakala. A party were mounted on horses which had juet been brought in from the range. The journey they made was hi miles, in which distance they ascended about 9,000 feet. The party started in the afternoou, and about sunset halted for supper. They thought it strange that the hor- ses should leave a feed of grain to nib- ble the scanty grass which grew near, by ,but were willing. to trust their in- stinct in the matter. A PRACTICA.L T.EST. However, before starting, they insist- ed that they be given water. The na- tive guide demurred in this, saying .. , ea. er. a had led several ot the geed they didn't need at,- but,- with - tlie Toronto, 42000. fights and skirraishes, always emer - ing and covering hinegelf and his megn . -natured complaisance of his ram, yielded to requests, and led a detour of about a mile, which brought the their 1 d II Montreal- $21,500; for rebuilding dwelling. in the Observatory grounds battalions through a score of fierce 'Under fisheries $15,941 is asked, with glory, honor and victory. All of party to a ranch house, tvhers there ee.:penses, Behring Sea arbitration at thtm knew him, they were proud of him, and reposed implicit confidence in was a well. But, to the utter amaze - amongst the votes being $1,802 balance and E. V. Bode,e11, for distritrating the their general. Unmistakably th ment and stupefaotion of the travel - They took it as another case 'of in - parts, and e1,000 each to Frank Peters ers, the horses would not drink. Behrting Sea award, t Khalifa and his son, the Sheikh Ecel. . 00,000 more is Din, thought that their fortunate hour stinet, and assumed that the water, for For Mounted Police come -that, in detail, they would some reason, was not good, and so re - asked to complete the service of last had erained from drinking it themselves. year." i , destroy first Macdonald, then one by one the other Khediviel brigades. What It was not until the return, the sec - Under the head of Yukon Provisional have been, had father and, son ond day, to Kawaapae, that the travele larger items being: Administration. of on both sidee of Macdonald, as they ars learned the secret of the wonderful District $1,130,054 is asked, some of the might' arrived at the same time and distance conaplete service for year," $385,000; evidently intended, I will not venture nma inia grass, justice, $15,750; Mounted Police, "to etc. to discuss. Happily the onslaughts to pay troops, erect barracks, and, of the wild, angry dervishes diet not $250,000 ; improvements Yukon and Colonel Mac - amount fRoirvesresr,vider 851,00030,9;00e . posstoraffirc:-, 'cidllonitaeld swYalisellarbtisteo' devote virtually his ("hired to recoup the consolidated re_ whole firing strength to the overthrow the Khalifa's division ere rapidly venue fund for the amount of customs '`t)! b t f' t th ther OLD TIME ANIMALS. They Have Steadily Decreased tit Size Since irrehisteres MIMS. Most, of the gigantic animals of geo- logical eras belonged to species which t bright tragical flower as she, same in- revenue, $106,976.37, and of Dom:anon • with h sparkle in her proposes building either a canal or' a . lands revenue, $93,t27.48, used without ikh Ed Din's unbroken columns. The of his battalions to dea.1 with the She- have completely vanished, and, of those ths . legal ant)aortity by the °Melees charg- enemy on both sides got very close in, ed with the administration of the Gov- hundreds of them being killed almost ed with the administration of the Gov- . at the feet of the men of the Khedivial tween Montreal and Chicago. Mn. trict, in carrying on the different ser- brigade. Dervish spears were thrown svhether the modern examples are into and over the staunch and unyield- Wallace was of the opinion that the vices under their control, viz.: North- ing Soudanese and Fenaheen. soldiery. merely survivals of smaller content- , to build. that by the time it was ready lie works, $15,836.90; customs, 815,565,- , porta y varieties. The larger animals Ottawa ship canal would take so long "%vest Mounted Polies, $144,077.10; pub- Peake's, Lawrie's and de Rou.gernont's the steady increase of western traffic 32; Governmenoe of the Yukon previa- batteries stood their ground side by lease a tendency to disappear irst m , side, with the infantry, never waver- a partial failure of food supply. Gig - would provide abundant freight for all tonal district, $24,924.44. "Authority is ship railway from Toronto up o o - brilliant eyes, and the deep, rich bloom lingwood. The latter would cost upon. her cheek. She had. regained her three million dollars, and would/ cue health and spirits rapidly within. the last few weeks, and even Jimmie, who seldom saw beyond Annie's fair face and soft blue eyes, drew a breath of wonder at the queenly girl who com- pletely overshadowed those around her so far as size and form and physi- cal developmens were concerned, But nothing could detract from the calm, quiet dignity of Annie% manner, or from the pure, angelic beauty of her face, as the two stood holding each other's hands and. looking into each other's eyes, they made a most strik- ing tableau, and Mrs. Carleton thought with a thrill of pride, how well her sons had chosen. That night, as Maude was walking back to the hotel, accompanied by Tom, he asked her again the question put in the cave of the Cumberland. • "I understand about Arthur," he said; "but he is dead; there is no promise now in the way. I claim you. for any OWL1. Am 1 wrong in doing so?" That Mande's reply was wholly satis- factory was proved, by the expression of Tom Carleton's face when at last he stopped at the door of the hotel, and by the kiss which burned ma Maude's laps long after he had disap- peared dowa the street. The next afternoon, while Tom was with Maude, and both Mrs. Carleton and Rose were out on a shopping ex- pedition, Annie sat alone with Jun- mie in the. pleasant little room which had been given to him as a place where he would be more quiet than in the parior. Annie had been play- ing with Ram's boy -the little Jimmie, a handspikes, sturdy fellow of nearly a year old, whom the entire household spoiled. He was already beginning to talk, and having taken a Lamy to Annie, he tried to call her name, and made out of it a tolerably distinct "Auntee," which brought a blush to Annie's faxen and a teasing smile to "Come, sit by me a moment, Annie," Jinainie said, when the child had. been taken me by his nurse. "Sit on this stool, so, -a little nearer to me, -there that's right," he continued, in the tone of authority he had unconseious- ly acquired since his convalesc- ence. 4 He was lying upon the couch, and Annie was sating at his bide and so near to him that his long fingers could smooth and. caress her ehining hair, white his saucer eyes feasted themsel- ves upon her face, as he asked "when she would. really be the auntie of the little, boy who oalled her now by that n ." ' "Not. 'tin you are able to stand atonal," was Annie's reply, and then, for the first time since his return from Anderionville, Jimmie make of that, episode in his lite at New Lon- don, when little Lula (Howard had stirred his boyish blend, and filled his boyieh. eaney, Perhape vvaated to tease Annie, for he said to tier "I did like that little blue-eyed Lu,- thet's fact. used to think about her art clay, arid dreale aboot her all night, "( weeder where she is nowe' go be Continued.) WRAT SHE'D CALL IT. Hes-If I stole fifty kissee from what kind of. larcety would it he? ,he -t should call it grand, which have living representatives it is difficult to say whether they have un- dergene a true change of size or - four hundred miles otf tJae distance be- ernment of the Yukon provesiona transportation routes. MrWallace hereby given for the passing of snob. ing, firing point blank upon the der - antic armadilloes closely resembling . . , . . asked government encouragement to entries as may be required to bring those of the present day were former- vish masses the Toronto enterprise. TSTEADY AS A GLADIATOR, he motion these amounts into the accounts ly abundant in South Amerioa. Tbe, for papers was adopted, but no stale- f the tenanaial year eliding seth with what to some of us looked like remains- of huge sloths are found in ment was made by the government. , BEET ROOT SUGAR. • Dr. Sproule moved. "that having ;re- gard. to the large importations of sugar into Canada for home consumption, amounting to 239,670,038 pounds in the year 1898, at a cost of 84,868,956, and that it has been demonstrated; beyond a doubt that the cultivation of the sugar beet in the Dominion is not only feasible, but is beilig successfully grown in many parts of the country at present; therefore, in the opinion of this House, in ord:er to stimulate the farmers of Canada to engage in the growth of this valuable product, and also to encourage the establishment of beet root sager factories, a bounty should be offered for all beet root sugar manufactured in the Dominion during the next ten years, and that the machinery necessary for such plant not made in Canada be admitted free of duty." , The Minister of Agriculture stated that tweuty years ago two million dol- lare had been thrown away in an in- vestment of this kind. There was not a country in the world where the beet- root sugar industry can to -day stand upon its own feet. RAILWAY BILLS PASSED. The Drummond County Railway Bill passed the 'Souse of Commons by 91 to 40. The third of the Grand' Trunk leaee bill was also carried 011 the same division. It was in 1897 thet the Drummond County bill first came up in Parliament. Thc3 measu.re passed. the Commons, but the Senate three% it out. Last year Parliament tonsented to the Governnaentts leasing the road for nine months tor $140,000. The pre- sent measure provides for the purchase of the improved ahd lengthened lite for $1,600,000. SUPPLE1VIENTARY ESTIMA.TES. Tho supplementary estimates, for the current, fiscal year, ending June 30, 1899 were 14,41 an the table by Mr. Melding, They areount to 02,647,628, of wbich $453,919 is capital, consolidated Lund $1,993,515, railway subsidies, $5,- 300 and unprovided items, 1897-98, $194,- 800, I A reciter part of these votes is fel money already spent or obligations in- curred. Amongst the most noticeable votes are $10,000 additional for print- ing Dominion notes, $21,342 civil gov- erhment, meet of whieh ie for contin- gencies and°, few inereases of salariss! for penitentlarim, 811,000 more is re- quired, anaoegst the items being $2000 gratuity to Mrs. J. Metcalfe on ac- count of her huebandts retirement front the werdenship of Kingston Pen- t teraiary, $344.56 balatiee to Mr. Ell - beck, secretary of St. Viecent , de Paul Pent ten tie ry ComMiSSionets. For legislation $23,000 Mord is need- ed, among the items beteg $6000 for reporting tied printing &betake of the Senate, Ind 135000 eat publieleing de- bates. ritiminone: $075 for the Widow June, 1899, and the members of the inevitable disaster staring him in the Cuba and North America. Sharks at - Queen's Privy Council for Canada, face, Colonel Macdonald fouglat his Mining a length of more than 100 feet end the officers and persons who j brigade for all it was worth. He are found in coraparatively recent fos- authorized or made the eXPenditure as quickly moved upon the best available sil deposits. (Another fish which re - aforesaid, are hereby indemnified and ground, foamed up, wheeled about, and presents a larger prehistoric species is exonerated from all liability by reason stood to die or win. Re - won practical- the. American bony pike, which is one ly unaided for the. pinch was all but of the few servivals of the enormous over when the Camel Corps, hurrying Ganoids of the secondary strata. The up, formed upon his right,,after he had tiny nautilus of the present day had faced about to receive the Sheikh Ed kindred 10 or 12 feet long in early Din's onslaught. The Linoolns, who times. ' Another small shellfish, the arrived later on, helped to hasten the pteropon, whose delicately complex flight of the enemy, whose repulse was structure is packed in an inch of shell, assutecl ere they or any of Wauchope% is found in fossil remeins to have brigade were within 1200 yards of Mac- j reached the respectable length of a donald, Lewis' brigade were not even ' couple of feet. „able to assist so much, and such out - rivers and GAR of St. Lawrence and side help as came in time to be of use Maritime Provinceswas in the first instance from the working steamer Nevvfield and other , including cost o$ guns of Major 'Williams' and another vessels wet" en required for cable sere battery, and the Maxims upon the left vice work done$10400. near Surghana hurried forward by the Unprovided items1887-98as , , shown Sirdar himself, as saw. General , , in Auditor -General's report, $191,a 894. of having used or authorized the use of the above-mentioned revenues, with- out due legal authority, and: all ex- penditure as aforesaid shall be held to have been lawfully made." For relief of distress by hurricane in West Indies, $25,000 is added, and $14,- 600, more is needeSi fon the Internee tional Conference at Washington. Land and cable telegraph line the sea coasts and. islands, of the lower: WHOSE UMBRELLA? Sometimes an umbrella seems to arouse suspicion, even when it is in honest hands. Thus a London paper tells a painful story of a young man in a street car, who carried an tun- brella whieh had. been his birthday gif t. On the seat facing him was a lady with a precocious boy, evidently about five years old. The youngster regarded the young man with at- Mellonfor a few moments and then hie eyes wandered to the umbrella. He gazed at it in silence for a see- on.d. teen he wriggled in his seat,. clapped his hands and shouted; • 0 mamma, don't that look like papa's Umbrella? Aush, hush, my child! --said the me titer. Papa was looking for his umbrella this evening, mamma, continued the boy. "res, yes, but he found it, said the mother, hurriedly, as the tonversation was becoming of interest to the other passengers. Why, xnarama, continued the young- ster, you know he didn't. You told him that he didn't kuow enmigh. to keep ail umbrella, Why mama - At tine stage tha young Man left the care A COleRlECT ANSWER, Teddy, Who has just begun to go to seheol. Papa, do you ktiow what six boys and five girls make? Yes, answered his fathee, a racket, A DELICATE COMPLIMENT. .Mre, 1Vtatchmake1-Mr. Wien I take it froun your iliterest 15 my claiighter Pent" that you're a gent connois- seur. Mr, Wise -It's due, mad.anie, to my great admiration for mother of Pearl. 'CHINESE ALMANAC. 'Intlitlible Journal Enjoys the Largest Circulation tu the World. The Chinese Almanac is the most Hunter mine over to the headquarters- largely circulated. publication in the staff galloping to get assistance and Wauchopes brigadeworld,the number of copies printed rode back with '. and sold yearly reaching several mil - which doubled for a considerable tance, so serious was the situation and lions. It is printed at Peking, and is nervous the tension of that thrilling a1 monopo y of the Emperor, no oth- ten, minutes. Rad the brilliant, the er almanac being permitted to be sold splendid, deed of arms wroug,lit b in that country. Although containing y . Macdonald been done under the eyes of reliable astronomical intotmation, its a sovereign or in some other armies. chief mission. is to give full and meet - he had surely been created a general on the spot. If the public are in search pateeceiellft°01;:capaertii.70nrmiluogtill the actsgreiit r , ' selecting lucky of the real hero of the battle of Ondu- and small, of everyday life. And as man, there he is, ready made -one wio every act of life in China., however bit- co.mmitted no blunder to be redeemed by coerageous conduct afterwards. Revual depends for its success on the time in which, and the direction, point boldly exercised his right of personal of compass, toward which, it. is done, jiidgras.nt in a moment of extz•erne peril and the result amply justified it is of the utmost importance theit ev- the soundness' of his- decision. STOOD HIS GROUND.' Canyou hollowgrind this razor ask- ed a customer wbe had stepped into a razor-erieding establisimient, pre- sided over by a hard-headed man with ery one should. have correct informa- tion at all timeavailable to enable him so to order his life as to .avoid • bad luck and palatially, and eetaire good luck and prosperity. So great is the native faith in ite infalli- bility lliat tiot long since the tehin- ese Munster to Germany refused to sail .bristli ng• heir and an aggieseive look on a day which, had been appointed be- en his face. Yoe want in.a to hollowground it, I suppose ? he said.. No, str, rejoined the other. I want you to hoilowgrind If it's ground hotlow, ain't it hollovv- ground, sir ? If you grind it hollow don't you hol- lowg•ried it, sir ? Do you think you oan come in here and teach me anything about me busi- ness? five been holiowgroundirig raz- ortor tsventy-five years-, No, you ha ven't. You've' been hol- lewgrieding them. , Do you reckoo 1 don't know what I do for a living? don't oere whether you do or not. Will you hollowgrincl this razor No, sir, I won't. 1 ril belloWgrotinct it at I Won't touch it, The oUstonier reflecten a moment. See, here, my friend, he mid, (heti I have it ground hollow here ? Certainly And they comproinised 011 illat basis, each feeling that he wan a Mae ahezxd, cause it was declared in the almanac Lo be unlucky. -- HOW surztvAN OVRITES HIS IVIUSIC, Sir Arthur Sullivat writs ramt of his musie al his country hotiee dur- ing the summer; he does comparative- ly little of it in London. He works at , night, Many of hit friends, while ad- minieg that comic pays best, .are sor- ry teat he devotes so much of his tal- ent to ib; he oould do much better work. 'THE PRINCE'S PARROT, The Prince of Wales la very tend at animals, and hies a collection of pets at Sandringham. Re bought a little greet.), partot WM day se he was tross- ing Ti•afelgall equate- with an equera ty; it inked to hang in the hall at Sandtinghiim and talk epiendidly, tubing visitors with a request for throe cbeets for bbs Qtteere