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ID it Somewhat laggard fashion, Biel an r with ilio?" Sae lays her haul
U 13Uy an lil= arm
No ; not en1;3'yy," Ins eyes aro on
the ground; ail .no takes no notice of
the Milder proemial) on his [ii 3n, But
a year is a !tong time to wait 1 So many
11-1E VICARS GOVERN brow la darkened leY a growl) his
1f 1 7t whale expinselee ie nleady and opllreee"
CHAPTER VII,.
"Lite has rising ills. ,••.-i15er, m paper d t t h d h d to roc ei
T am positive you were putting together 1 Horace 1 you la4rt?
ed with d eoenteet,
As he sees :Clarissa, his featuxen--an
though compelled by e powerful will•-,
but calm, "Yen have; riot heard a shen nndergp a complete change, and he
gle eyilable• Your mind was full of, Mlles, and ,anew farWerd with: Oat.
await, th i e may happen in twelve` Menthe
an eta once one, forever leave their
that isitive a ar all the time, an s ;° c P an g mirk,"
And P DP 'Apt speak -like that, it is as.
though you would foretell evil says
ace ? she dye, uio 1 . Sarprise S Y
o aeon s y, q y P
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imP Clams ai t f 1' f su r superstitious
" ,, � .... anemias in o es.
•, miss s Pe ton, . sot her ton s. she :has feeling p
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patiently, without aliaiting any le Slousa of Coxumoniit UPliovad him in London; and new to 1# m g her n ry eau
sponse. I .dont think it, was e very 'Nilly I see. him thus unexpectedly, and ivithaedt herrouxip3 sly,. laiSiag his head, regards
t,
en and breakfast is Int.. B, to dear Clarissa 'remonstrates the usual friendly he'WarningeOal Pleas re ' Why should there be evil to fere-
It is half -Past ten, toll@ " be says, slowly." And yet,
on the tabic So ars two little avb to' Mr. Leyton, feebly.
by !attar, causes her net on a pleasure, u
h the Oh, then you de ackncwled a you; buy a suit seem sonson' to on?" re- f1l&xissa, I would ask'yt always to re -
i eo s ivh fl n throng mil. y th, ght says Dces f sem y mgxnU x hour, awl th fact the.
p g n , hos he in carefully inspired tone s
a have own <3 were es awn in ou , , e it was you, not I ]ice ry s t
open window, and are other
sitting, one on Clarissa, triumphant, if d3s est,,„ o this
p n o other on the d To me the last two months have ap Y w i bed the poste
Clariese's ahouldcr, the T Peyton, at hie Peered almost, a year, so av
edge of the table, picking crumbs out t , d "I x' 3'ou was all tat- ragge e Ys qu
of her plate. The sun is streaming
hotlyha. the breath of flowers floating
fainly in his train, A bowl of roses,
half opened and filled with the dew of
early meriting, lies near Claxissa's pints,
Upon the window -,3111, outside, another
little pigeon, brown -tinged and timid,
stands peeping shyly in, ' envying
bolder brothers, and longing for the
pretty coaxing voice of hia mistress that
shall make him brave to enter.
]cut to -day the welcome summons does
not some, Miss Peyton has an open let-
ter in her hand, the contents of which
have plaiuly disturbed and interested
her to an unusual degree; so that the
little bird, whose pretty brown plumage
is being transformed by the sun into
richest bronze, grows each moment more imaginary one of yours must have been!"
"
dejected. Not for him the crumbs says Clarissa, with a little distre e
I BEENIN NEW GiUiNEA,.
alefiege alre, llnnuia anQ Other, le the Mn
*orbs or are 15101,a,
The only white roan known to have
creased the island of New Guinea from
shore to shore, to here actually tree-
versed the vast unknown interior and
seen the aboriginal Papuans face to
Race in their native forests, is Van
Gestel,
" T started in 1874 Train the month
of the Ply river, in the Gulf of Papua,
on the. South coast of New Guinea, to
run the frontier line. There was talcs'
1" dote girl, bow you o xnieju gs e heavily•h o' onemsnt of ourmarriago, If it must at that time of 'the' annexation of New
moprotests poor D' r., ey on,h da spent awayADM Pu l- as you stY, it will be better to keno Guinea by'the. Government of 4lueens
Mahals en assn o , 1 d d t l u3 s e as , land, Australia and so the Duteb Ga
tendon to that very excellent letter �' little v
e engagement a i t_ possible•
perfectly secret will indeed be, boat."
fence, old andvworldworn, and smack- Yss; if you wish it, ghat rvi
l
of it a d ----Ta e c . „
sures his words/ " And why Sir James? " with a sornt-
I de ' a marlsea with a inizW 0
soft smile, "But yeti will understand Isuppose le 0—with h somasurpr3ae."Well,
dinot intend to return before (7hriat- anyt ing important without telling him
in t am.
a ver stereotyped i.. a aen-
frgm beginning to end " " eminent resolved to define its posses -
Were you?" returns she,, sweetly, in a o in ince ycions. I entered Papua with a detaob-
"Then, of course you can tell me what g y
ywoman loves a man oho m a mont of a hundred Dutch soldiers, in
was the last word."
She bas placed bet elbows on the seam rude," s ye. their tidy uniforms of light blue linen,
table and'has let bar pretty face sink r W ' •t and a band of as many coolies to carry
into the palms of her hands' and
DOW
me. And you know you told me you cause spa an T never do supplies.
regarding her father with a s h "The Interior of New Guinea is one
mocking, half malicious. II u oldest on
"The last word l Oh, nonsense, ' my mss vast mass of upheaved granite, without
dear Cis! who ever remembered the 1't 1 es h'1 Holt e h if, Jun traces of minerals or metal ores, the
last word of anything, unless it bappsn; t h strata tilted andpiled topsy-terve
ed to be 'The Burial of Sir John Moore, Y
or I3eautifu Star, or something that Y Su Tames as a father -confessor." Everywhere the work of volcanic erup-
way.? But Il know your latter was all I always mess you returns she, y tions is to be seen, Suck a thinly pa -
about a young woman who bas got bar- simply you knout that She Flushes y
self into a mess and wants to scomeSte Puiatod region, ' onaidering the fact
You now as matt' or laun es that it was an absolutely new country
there is always danger in that sort, of that sufficient ? T doubt T m half such and that fruits and small game were
thingg, you know, and you mightn't like
There that embraces a tall so plentiful, I did not suppose could ex-
it afterward; and— oh that "You have not et told me the reason ma let, The natives we saw from time to
Oh what an engrossing =Pee time, at a distance mostly; they never
Molested ns. Their heads were flat
on top, with long, curly, black hair;
they went. entirely naked. Their but-
tocks extended out eight and even ten
inches, this repulsive deformity consti-
tuting a fleshy support amply capable
of sustaining a child in
A SITTING POSITION.
faintly ,:f insincerity ; but When "a please me, too Onl papa need know
rarely ee n m s rope,
of it, s is qui m our fri d
" Y , I k He is silent for a We should hardly get on now without'
little while, e, anden, rousing imse f,, • •„ Not so o1d ei:tber, I bo e U and
as, though by an effort, says, slowly,- p , y
Did ou miss nee 1 " by; you will be abiS to manage without
." ".B and byI shall have you;" says
warmly, and lets her long Mabee fall Clarissa, sweetly, with a smile and a
leisurely, until at length they hide from soft blush.
view the sweet confession of iter eyes. True 1 I wonder if you will find
ut ,s a suss a a nod fellow, Clarissa, as
minute, and thou she speaks again, g„ you believe
cf, your return,' she says, gently. In which he comes nearer the truth
"I wearied of town," replies he. "A than ever he came before.
strange acknowledgment for one like Yon are good enough .for me," says
me, but true. For once, I honestly Clarissa, with fond conviction. " Wili
pined for the country—insipid as 1 you come with me as far as the vicar-
heve always deemed it—and craved un- age 8 I must go there to -day, and the
ceasingly for .something fresh, new, in- walk is such a pretty one, and," -with
nocent, something unused to gas, and a little happy laugh,—"now :you are
t
and the "flesh -pots of Egypt
"One --two -- If you don't an-
swer me before I say three,. papa, I from maid or laundress, but from
shake of her head."I knew you were
in the room, didn't 7? No, no, no, you
are altogether wrong; this is no letter
shall do something desperate," she says, Georgic Broughton, (You must remem-
again, raising her voice a little.. drib a name,
nue,' Shave 0 ften enrmae n itn-
But still papa takes no bead. At this thing intemworld,-=quite that, and
moment, poor man, he is deep le
m ,Mr. more. And shewrites to tell mo she
Eerster's Irish Distress Bill, is deaf to is miserably poor, and wants to go out
all surroundings, "Poor
a governess."
"Poor girl ! Of all unhappy re -
Clarissa loses patience. Taking un a sources, the last."
teaspoon, she makes a sharp "assault Yes';isn't it wretched? 'But, you
and battery " upon an uno£fending tea- see, elm is bound to do something,, and
cup, thereby creating a din compared school- oom seems'to be the my ourse
to wbich the noise of tomtoms would bo left open to a pretty girl like Georgie."
sweetest music' Try Mrs. Redmond, then. She is
George Poytvn is not proof against chilookdrening outand foryoura governessfriend for he
g ; might drop
this tattoo. .He looks up irritably, and in there without further trouble."
for a moment withdraws: bis mind from "Oh, papa, but all those children!
and Mrs. Redmond herself, too, so fret -
Mr. Forster's Bill. r' so utterlyim os -
I fel and sou 1taUle, s
"M dear Clarissa," hs says, very just- sibie is every way. Her very ;How
y d'ye do@' would frighten Georgie to
ly incensed, "whatis it 2 Whatan
- ..
earth is the matter with you? My death,''t di
dear, whatever it is, do =tap that description aoand our o 00 little f hill of
riend
Y p,
pleasant noise: it plays the very mise can scarcely expect to find everything
the glare and unholy glitter of a, city.
He speaks , bitterly—almost paseion-
atoly—and as thouggh for the moment
he has altogether Yargotten the exist -
later, however, he recovers himself. yesterday a ram @ Nor was this their most marked ecu-
" I felt I should be happier,, more fit- Ruth—who, the moment before, had laxity.w theirmsb of
nark ng Blethers
ted to cope with my work, 11,7 could made a faint movement as though she =boulders or under their sties at well
get even one g b:epee of you!would willingly have stepped behind to feed the infant carried in a sling
Are you not . happy, then 1 ". asks the huge rose bush nearest to her and between their shoulders.
she, gently, her heart heating fast, her Pd p
color growingand lessening rapidly.
Happy ? No. Can a man be happy t f th m k t if f 1L were primitive to degree that was
while a perpetual doubt distracts him? ll P eg be
Can he know even the meaning of the ton's cheeks of some of their usual astounding. They had neither bows
word.Peacs whilst devoured with fear. warmth. She accepts Clarissa's prof- nor spears that I saw, their only wea-
that he shall never possess the one great fared band, and smiles a faint welcome. pons being -stone hatchets. 08 the
en -
good he desires ? But when Horace would, too, have shak- use ofggmetals they seamed to be Again, his thoughts appear to wander; en hands with bet, she declines to see ti ee ::heir s... -most. int sanely season they
and some passion not born of the tires- his meaning, and, bowing slightly, turns amine. d f th 1
ence of his companion. An instant
quite my own property, I hink I
should like to make info of you, Look l
there is Ruth Annersley standing at
her gate.. Good -morning, Ruth! What
a"charming day, is it not? after all
so have escaped observation — cones
slowly forward. She is pale; but the
intense heato e daymakes itself e
by all, and has deprivedeven Miss Peen
The Papuans area very unattrac-
tive race to look upon. In arms they
om or reae or rest yes.
cent moment, but borrowed from some aside to lis sit to his companion's words. ,Some of these cavo dtivollinge I visited,
other hour, ,fills his tone. (To be Continued.) disoverin
g
fragments of their repasts
"Yes," says Clarissa, nervously, quer- and ooasionally a broken stone axe.
tioninggly, feeling peer in words, now
In the rainy season ahoy, live high in
that the great crisis of her life has the trees, where they build rude houses
of sticks laid around and intertwined
with the branches, thatched with dried
alang-alang,and reached by shaky -look-
ing stick ldders.
Most startling was' the solitude,
the destitution of life and motion, in
the great central plateaus which we
reached in our gradual ascent from the
river level. There were plenty of
small creatures of the squirrel tribe,
some of the peculiar pig -beaded deer we
have in Java, and an occasional little
tiger cat, rather handsome than hurtful
looking. That was all. I saw in my
whole journey, from the mouth of the China.
Fly river on the southeast coast to
Geelvink. Bay on the northwest, not a Waterloo is talking of raising $50,000
single beast of prey, unless those pretty • dant y its; share of the water works•
little spotted tree cats could be digiti- p �' •
fieri by that name. Not a kangaroo of Every night -at Hinge on young.' teen
either gamble awayhundreds of dollars piay-
the tree climbing or grass-juinp-, g 1
ing variety was seen, nor any of the ' mg poker.
A West Zorra farmer grew a cucum-
ber 18 inches long and a foot in cireum
Lorene.
Next soasoo`a tally -ho coach will run
between Port Cockburn and the Parry
Sound railway.
A Port Dover man shows a table
made of 200 different kinds of wood,
and containing 19,000 pieces.
David Broughton,, of Stamford; has
fallen heir to a big fortune in the
States by the death of a grand uncle.
The Livingston, of Waterloo county,
are arranging to buy 1,000,000 bushels
of flax -seed m the North-west.
The Assize Court grand jury at Strat•
ford was so .pleased with the city hos
pital that it ontributed $18 t it.
London has two men who sit' in ad
joining pews in the same church, and
yet never recognize each. other on the
street.
Wm. Curtis, mail carrier, between
Muirkirk and Palmyra, asserts that
his hair has not been cut since 1834,
almost, sixty-one years ago. He is
ninety years old.
Jos. Forder, on of Bandmaster. For-
der of the 29th Battalion band, Berlin,
died recently in the 10th year of his age.
When fourteen he composed the Aber-
deen Waltz, and was a promising muni -
couleur de rose. Besides, all those come.
chief with one's nerves. REMARKABLE GROUP OF PINES.
"It is only a teaspoon," begins Miss children you streak .of just resolve So I am here, 20433he gs on, softly, 1 Thousand to filo seen in a cannier
themselves into wo, as te boys are
Peyton, delighted with her success. at school, and Cissy calls herself grown
"And a cup, I think," says Mr, Pey- up. I. should, thine Cissy would be, in
ton. "Separately they are unoffending, fact, a great comfort to hor, and would
together they can annoy. If you will be• amenable to her, and gentle—and'
that."
put that spoon out of your lxand,1emy, At this, Miss Peyton laughs a little,
dear, you will make me much Kapp and .bites her lip.
It was only, when I was actually 1 Amenable," she says, slowly: "Do
hoarse, from trying to attract your. at- you know, I am afaid myGeorgie is even
tention, that I resorted to violent mea- younger than Cissy? g
sures," says Clarissa, severely " Younger l"
I beg your pardon," returns he, sub- e• ;cell, she will certainly look young-
missively. I er; she has such a little, fresh, baby -
Now listen to my letter,''' says Clar- fish rosebud of a face. Do you think"
issa. " I want your advice. It is such —anxiously -"that would matter
a dear letter, and such a sad one; and much?"
—and something must be dons at once." It doesn't sound promising ; but, if
"I quite agree with you," murmurs she is a good girl, one might forgive
her father, dreamily. Once again his the great crime of being young and
mind is losing itself en the folds of the fresh. Dear me, it is very awkward.
fragrant "Times." „ iMannerton,
" Tuesday, September 24
M Dear Clarissa,-
" So long a time has elapsed since last
I saw or heard of you that I half fear Clarissa, with a sigh, heartfelt pity in
as you read this, it will puzzle you to her tone.- And her eyes are the, very
remember the. writer. Am I quite for color of forget -me -note, -quite the
gotten? I hope not; as I want you to prettiest I ever saw. It as really too
do ma a great service. This reason for bad•
wishing myself still in your memory Redmond, himself, would make no
sounds selfish,—almost rude ; but whatdifficulty about it. He prefers to have
can I do? Must I not speak the truth? young . people , about him, and was < al
And indeed I am in sore trouble. I am ways, you know, rather --rather mel -
friendless, all but •homeless, and utter- =choler when in Miss Prood's society,
ly alone in the world. But, as I am who was really a most estimable wo-
quite determined to fight my own way, man, and one whose moral character
I have decided on going out, as a gover- one could not fail. to admire, when one
Hess, and I want you, dear, dear Cissy, forgot her nose,. and her--"
to get somebody to try me, somebody! Temper?"
who would not be too hard upon me., " Well, yes, she was rather excitable
just at first, until I bad accustomed But, as I was saying Redmond and
myselfto the life and to the children's your friend would probably pull very
ways. ou may say.I can, paint, very well; and then there's the curate.
well, and, though not brilliant pianist, Why," brilliantly,—" she might marry
I have a good voice. (Do you recollect the curate!"
how, at school, you used to say youliked ' Mr. Hastings?" says Clarissa, with
to. hear me sing when the day was dy- animation, brightening. visibly. " Why,
ing?) I can speak French and German,' really, so she might. Such a Tod -
Mit I know nothing of Italian or Latin,' lookingaman, too, and clever. 1g� is
was ever verymuch at arith my day r tt o ago since some and Tn said to me, ' He has the very sort of
ureer or Ile trai think I cat get on,
after a little training; and at all events face they make bishops of nowadays."'
r know I must try, as life here is not • What a very disinterested girl you
endurable. are!" says her father, with a smile,
' Oh, Cissy, if time has changed you, faint but amused: "without a mo -
if you have grown cold and careless, as meet's hesitation you surrender every
all the rest of this cruel world, what I hope of making this embryo bishop your
shall I do? But I will not believe that oke Can
a devotion
eeota dfurtherrxrg he l»'elli,
even a hundred years could make you' tat u my y
unkind or unfeeling. Do you think you Pon this thing, go down to the
will be very long answering this? vicarage to -day tali Mrs. Redmond you
Every hour I shall be listening for the have secured a governess for her; do
post : write to me then, as soon as you Mott discuss the subject,—simply state
can. I am very unhappy here with the fact; and I think you will find her
'Aunt Elizabeth, who does not oars' for deeply grateful, in that you have put
an end to her difficulties, witbout com-
me• - elfin her brain to bear upon the mat-
" I am, dear Clarissa, pelting p
' Your affectionate friend, ter."
Georgie Broughton, Machiavelli was a poor creature,
P.S,—If yon could get me pretty ;hen omannered iywith' you,"
says
is Miss
and
children, I should be so glad: but of plans swell out of your busy brain 1 I
course it must not make any difference, shall go to the vicaage to -day, as you
'and I dare say ugly ones are just as advise, and be as sweet as honey to
nice, when one gets used to them. I Mrs. Redmond, and win my , cause
am dreadfully afraid of boys; but per- against all obstacles. But first,"—
haps there may be a few found some- the
with a soft movement to caress
where amenable to reason, and at least the snowy, pigeon that rests upon her
One or two who do not object to knees shoulder— little home friends must be
in their knickerbockers. Do you re- fed'
If she had been a nice, sensible, ugly,
middle-aged person, now, all would have
gone well; but, after all, poor child, of
course she can't help her appearance."
No, she certainly cannot," says
member the gardener's babies at Brae- The bird, ,as hougb comprebending 1y, and goes on in a calmer fashion:
sets, and how fond they were. of me? her words, flies through the oppen 1vine What sort of a lover should I' be, if
Dear Cissy, write soon." dew to the baiony, outside, art
I showed no anxfet to claim you as
h letter,. eh Il its athetio i timid i y
soon as posed
on should be e
"to solve mydoubt to gain at least a
rest from the gnawing suspense that for
so long I have endured, Need I tell
you that I love you?—that" (he
pauses, and a faint contraction of the
features, that dies almost as it is born,
disfigures his face for a second)—
' that you are the one woman in all
the world alien whom I have set my
heart 1"
There .is silence. For Clarissa, an
intense joy holds her mute; the very
intensity of her happiness checks the
flow of speech He too seems lost in
y an
New etrrurswicu,
It is seldom that the mutilation of
trees adds to their impressiveness, but
a cemetery in St. Stephen, N. B., con-
tains some hundreds of white pines,
of unusual size and singular beauty,
which shows the curious spectacle of
branching, somo three feet from the
ground, into numerous great limbs,
sometimes as much as seven feet in
thought. Presently, however, hebreaks circumference. A hundred or so of
a faint these trees have attained large size,
the silencer and this t
anx-
iety may be discernible in his voice,
though lie face is calm and composed,
1
time
the most massive of them being 75
feet high and 11 feet and more in oir-
" You do not speak, Clarissa. I have eumference, and the aspect of the
told you of m� y love, and you are silent. huge horizontal or perpendicular
I now ask if you can love me? At branches, laden with heavy foliage,
least, give me an answer. Dearest,"—
glancing rugged, at her averted face, and seeing gg knotty boles from
the shy blush that adds another oharm--which they spring, is striking in ober-
to its beauty,—" tell me he truth." ucter,''while they have a certain dig-
" I can; I do love you I " says Clarissa, nity and solemnity especially befitting
sweetly, and with perfect trust. She a cemeteay.
slips her band into bis. Raising, his'
hat, he lifts the slender' fingers to his As the ground on which they stand
lips, and kisses them; and, then, to- is supposed to have been burned over
gether—still hand in hand—they walk 1n. 1801, when the adjacent. country
along, speechless, yet seemingly con- was laid waste by fire, the trees are
tent. all of
Tho road is dusty; and a few drops SECOND GROWTH.
of rain fall, like mild blessings, into Such of them as have beeri1s cut show
its parched furrows. The roadside 89 to 91 concentric rings, sdthat their
flowers, drooping and, languid, fling age is less than 100 years, and they are
their rich perfume, with lavish genet- still full of health and vigour, and
osity, upon the motionless air. Some promise to endure for years to some.
steep, in, far-off meadow, . bleat Around them have sprung up bundreds
mournfully, and answer back the echo of other stately trees, often six.or seven
that mocks their lament. feet in girth three feet from the ground;
You have made me happier than I and the forest cemetery has the unusual.
ever hoped to be; but you have not yet : charm from the solemnizing effect of
said you will marry me." The words these noble pines through which the
come from Horace, but sound curiously wind ever murmurs a gentle requiem
far away, the very stillness and sadness
of the evening rendering them more die- for the dope
pertedie the spectacle of the
Cant. Clarissa, glancing at him, can lofty unbranahed trunks, which now
see he is as white as Death.
" How 'pale he is 1 she thinks and and hon indicate the site of .a prim -
then makes herself happy in the belief eval forest in Mains or New Bruns -
that he is terribly in earnest about wick, there is something •in the char -
this matter, and that his love for her 'anter of: theca. distorted giants more
is infinite. imposing still, so that every visitor
Yes, I shall marry you," she says, to this woodland burial place wanders`
with tender seriousness. To her, this through its shades, oust 'the soft
promise is a solemn bond, that nothing brown
ong needles
which
arpet its akin
but death or falsehood can cancel. to awe. The checking of the upward
When?" in their youth has caused
Oh,' Horace, I cannot answer that growth
question so readily. There are so many some of the trees to send up as many
things. Papa must be told • an&J'ames aa fourteen branches—each one of the
Sorope; and you must tell Dorian and size and proportions of a leader, and
your uncle." some of them five or six feat in girth.
All that, Would hardly take hall an One of the tress shows a sort of 5i -
hour.' amese twin connecting link between
"Perhaps; but there are other tea-- two mighty trunks which rise almost
sons for delay, more than I can tell perpendicularly to a considerable
you just now. And, besides, it is all aleight.
so new, so strange." She smiles, as The keeper estimates that there are
though she would willingly have added ONE THOUSAND
the words 'so sweet ; ' and a little hap-
py, far -away look creeps into end il- god -sized pines in the enclosure, sever -
'amines her eyes. " Why are you so al hundred of which are between fives
impatient?" and ten feet in circumference. Of the
Impatient!" returns he, a touch of curious branching troes.of !great size
vehemence in hie tone. " Of course I there are over ono hundred, the largest
SDI impatient. The sooner it is all of, which is 11 feet eight inches in girth,
got over the better. He checks him- with fourteen limbs forty to ix. yy feet
self draws his breath somewhat quick' long, some
f Its height is seventyn feat.
Another, which is seventy-five feet
blahs has a girth of ten feet. Adjacent
pines, less remarkable in growth, mea-
sure from seven and a half to nine
ane a half feet round.
Ii`xno wall kept
This is the wi a p aeons is more t e d compan ons X h
little confirlonces, its 'do you remora- whilst Clarissa, a croaturo scarcely less last to blame mo for undue haste in
this:matter. When shall it be, then—
In one month ? two 8 three ? " He
speaks again, almost excitedly ,
Oh, no, no " gently, but shrinking
from him a little. That would be im-
possible. Why, think 1—it is only this
moment you have told me you love me,
hers 1" and Kaye you forgotten 4 and feu., than they, follows him,, to fling
its tone,—half proud and half beseech- breadorumbs for their morning meal.
that bas touched Miss Payton so deeply.'
A little later, having dressed herself,
Her mouth trembles, there are tears she starts, upon her errand, ready to
in her voice and eyes, as she finishes the take the vicarage by storm.
last word and turns her face to her
father. Something she sees in that CHAPTER VIII.
vague but kindly man checks her en- ., ,Tyy love, love, love, that makes the and now you would have me name our
thusiasm for a moment ; a thought but World go round."wedding-day da 1 "
half defined, a euspieion, disgraceful ifg y
true, crosses her brain and fills her with The hot September sun boats fiercely "Not exactly that. But tell me
indignation. on her as she Walks along; the day is some definite tine, near at hand, to
"Papa 1 Have you been listening 8" full of languor. and sweet peace. Tho which I can be leaking forward,
she e.:,ks, in her sternest bones. summer is aimost done, and ishdy�ng, Everyything rests with you now, re -
Listening, my ,dear? Of course I xiah.in beauty, and warmwith . e ripe- member that." His last words convey
:save. Yes, ortamly, with all my nese of strength perfected. From out an unconscious warning, but Clarissa
nl ht " ..,,turns he, with unusual and the thickets, little birds that three neither' hsede nor understands it.
g
therefore doubtful alacrity. As aneat- menthe agonescarce know the ower.
ter of fact, 7 don't think much would be of .. breath, now warble soft melodies
said about his "distinguished answer- that thrill the air with joy. Clarissa,
ing " were he to be examined 10 the g'1s-d, and. full of purpose,, feels her
letter just read; but all the more for heart at one with these tiny heaven
this reason docs he assume six air of taught musicians, as she foljaws the
surprise at Clarissa's question, and env- path beneath the leafy trees that leads
crspbimself with an expression of in-' to the vicarage,
lured innocence, ilnfort.xnately fort As she deserts the tinted wood, and
elm,, nonsense., Miss Peyton is a person gains the, road that run by the olrl
l mill, she binds herself foes to face with
"Papa will miss me so terribly," she
says, dreamily; "it'seems selfish, al-
most as though I were ilfully desert-
ing him. T should, at east, like an-
other Cbristm at home with him,
And seg,"—turning to him 'with gentle
earnestness,-" are we not quite 11a11Py
as we now are, lovhxg' and trusting m
deli other? Why, then,. should eve
not continue this present happiness for
another ear ? You are silent, Her-
,u„v a
• No, you have not,': she says,, several Horace BranacomUe, coming toward .her sae? ou do not answer l Are you
gravel roads wind
among these giants, and from certain
open spm of rising ground there are
noble views of the St, Croix river,
with chains 01 wooded hills :narking
its course, From the river the ground
on the British side rises in it series
of ridges, on one of which the ceme-
tery is situated, at some distance from
the busy little town of St. Stephen,
which connects by a bridge with par
leis, Maine, The whole river is re,
markable for its fine landscape effects,
enhanced by the rich coloring of its
red . granite shores and breaches. Il:s
jtreat tidos, Doming from the Bay of
undy, rise at St. Stephen to the
feet, an recede
he' 13t of twenty-five , d ,
leaving bat' a thread of a stream to
indicate its course, though it is a
quarter of a mile in width at its Beady
waters, broadening let its mouth into
Passamaquoddy Bay, with. 600 islands
breaking its imposing surface.
Baron Albert itothsehild is one of the
ablest chess players in 'Vienna,
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PURELY CALADIA,N NNU'
IN'T 9RASTING ITRMS APOU L' QifR
QWN COUNTRY
Gathered item Varian* Points trens She,
Atlantic 90 the Paelfco
Ottawa wants a maw boll.
Kingston's population 19 17,900,
Tbe'fall wheat giant, is looking well.
Safe blowers aro at work in Stratford.
Belle River recently held its first fair,
At Wingham bread is four amts a
1oaf.
There are 10,000 Icelanders ill Manl
iota,
.New oil territory is being opened at .
Bothwell.
Fiftyhouses will be built in Piston
next season,
An athletic association is to be formed
et Hespeler,
The Woodstock hospital le trying to
get out of debt.
Geavenburst's tax rate is 31-2 cents
on the dollar. "
The buildings P.tut up in Berlin this
year coat $117,385.
A London boy bas just harvested a
good orgp of peanuts,
Work on the Y. el, 0, A. s new build-
ing, London, has begun.
Recently a 30 -pound porcupine was
shot near Alliston,
Rev. Jobn Curry, of the Orillia Bap- ,
tist church, has resigned.
Three companies are competing for
the Tottenham water works,
McKutcheon's mill, Alton, has been
burned ab a loss of $4,000.
Rev. F. Whelan, pastorof St. Pa-
trick's • Church, Ottawa, will resign.
Hunter and Crossley are holding re-
vival meetings in New ;Brunswick.
Cattle roam over the streets of Owen
Sound at their own sw5et will.•`'
Shipment of Canadian fruit. to Eng-
land by cold storage is not a success.
Goderioh will soon have a checker
tournament for young men under 19.
Interesting relics have been dug up
in an old cemetery at Amberstburg.
Last year Stratford spent $85,4'25 in
improvements and new buildings.
The new curling and skating rink at
Goderioh leas been formally opened.
RoKn x Church,
nhtitehall to
becalled t
A Sombra farmer raised a potato
weighing three pounds 71-2 ounces.
The Longford Lumber Company will
take out 9,000,000 feet this winter.
Two skeletons of. Indians were dug' "'
up from an Orillia street the other day.
Last ydar Manitoba's cattle shipments.
were 22,000 ; this year they ars 30,000.
The old Baptist church building and
lot, Stratford, have been sold by auk.
tion.
The G. T. R. Will probably make,
Georgetown the terminus of one, of its
divisions.
About 265,000,000 feet of lumber bare.
been cut this season by the Ottawa.
mills.
Dr. Jennie Hill, Bond Head, is ap-
pointed
-pointed superintendent of a hospital in,
dingos or wild dogs elsewhere reported.
I did see a number of specimens of
THE GREAT BAT,
called by the natives kalong or 'flying
dog,' with its curious coat of light
brown hair and its wing expanse of six
fest—truly a formidable looking crea-
ture, but not hurtful as I found it.
But of birds there is, I verily be-
lieve, a vaster profusion of more beau-
tiful tints and delicate plumage in New
Guinea than anywhere else in the world,
They fairly flamed through those som-
bre
ombre forests, which but for their bright
hues and sharp trios would have been
funereally suggestive. What a para-
dise the interior of New Guinea would
be for a naturalist! From the great
cebu, which devours stones, and' the
cassowary, through all the species of
peafowl and the bird. of paradise, down
to the cochatoos and the wood pigeons,
tbere were birds of beauty in never
ceasing variety and numbers.
At suitable stations along the route
I had .the soldiers nail up on trees the
Dutch flag and iron charts of the Dutch
coat of arms, on most of which no white
man's eyes have since fallen. When
we reached Geelvink Bay, and realized
that our task was finished, and that
Holland's part of New Guinea was so
definitely determined then and thence-
forth that no other nation could lay
claim to .it, we gave a rousing cheer,
and it must have been musie in the
ears of the solitary post holder whom
the Government had even then for
some years maintained on the coast.
The poor Sallow probably didn't see a
friendly face more than half a dozen
times a year. He lived in a block
house, watching the coaling station for
the Dutch war vessels in those waters."
Youngest Medalist.
France, as well as England, has her
decorations for those who save human
lives. The other day at-Trocadero,
the Sauveteurs awarded their medal to
Eugene Poiret, a baby 3 years old. A
few months ago when the boy was play-
ing withhis younger brother in the
yard of his home at Marly-la-Ville, the
latter, aged 2, fell head foremost into
a tub of water, Eugene, ' a big fel-
low +: of 3," rushed to the rescue, but
succeeded only' in holding his brotber
by his clothes. His loud cries for
" mamma" were not beard, . and the
little fists could hardly hold their heavy
burden any longer. Then he fell upon
he idea of calling " Julie, the Hams
which his father calla x
by is h d his mother.
This brought! the mother upon the
sone ; in another moment she had her
two children in her arms, and a few
hours afterward the little ones bad for-
gotten tbeir adventure.
Mbgnetism in Ma*.
Every 'watchmaker knows that the
human frame is an excellent magnet.
A man will carry a watch for years,
anti bo proud of its aceuraey; then he
will sicken, the watch will lie on the
mantelpiece or on the chest of drawers,
acid wilt develop great inaccuracy and
unreliability, The only, explanation
given, is that the absence of magnetism
upsets the time -announcer, and the best
proof of this is that when the eau to-
oovers and takes his watch xt seen gaits
tight again. No two men eppear to
have the same magnetism ea their
frames, and it is seldom two can use
the dame watch satisfaotorily,
A sbark recently washed ashore at
Midian, British. Columbia, had two die-
tinct tails, three perfect oyes, and wbat
appeared to be the rudiment of a fin
or flapper hanging to the under jaw.
A discovery of a new deposit of placer
gold bearing gravel has been discovered
near. Vernon, B.C., in a rather remark-
able manner.' The wife of a rancher
named Smith, on killing a fowl, found
in the bird's, -Drop several nuggets of
gold, evidentlypicked up in the gravel
pile to which the ben daily resorted.
The ground in the vicinity has been
staked out and will be worked.
A Peculiar Disease.
A medical case of the greatest inter-
est to physicians has been discovered
in New York, and the faculty and stu-
dents of two olloges are studying it
with much curiosity. The patient is
John Molansky, a cracker manufactur-
er, who for the last year and a half
has been changing in voice and feature
until persons who know him two years
ago would hardly ranognize bun now.
To the physicians this change is known
as acronoygqalfa, andis one ofthe rarest:
of ailments. So unusual is it that
they cannot agree shout it, and some
claim it is not a disease bust a physical
form of atavism, or a retrogression
front the human to sortie primitive type
of man. However that may be, Mole
an ky is undergoing a gradual pnhysi
cal metamorphosis. His face is slowly
changingfrom its natural type, ;.until
i
already t has come to show a strong
resemblance to the head of an animal.
Physicians aro undecided about it, some
of the leading European scientists hold-
ing that it is a species al physical ata-
vism,while others say it is a nervous
alisse. Moiansky's daso is the first
to. lit reported in America.
A diver recently, while engaged in
driving piles for a new pier at the
Golden Horn, on roaehhigg the bottom,
found the bodiesof shout forty stud-
ents standing upright with leaden
weights to their feet, who had evident -
dbeen taken out by the police, and
owned in the xlosphorus.