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ON THE MARSHES OF DEVA,
CHAP'PE R IL
ler a moment 1 was paralysed by the dis
eoveey. A rapidly with:Mug band of watet
iully t querter of a mile broad, already srp
torated low from the Cop ; and 1 mould
SNVitn, a Stroke. 1 tUrlied to look fee Yet
ken ; but to my amazement, ho Was no
whero to be even ; end imiddrely molleet-
ed thee for omme little time I had net heard
his football behind Me. 1 ealled aloud ; but
there was no enewee ; and I ran baek tor a
moment at full speed, wouderiug what
could have beecnue of him, toed etolling hiut
aloud. The thought struck me that he had
perhaps diseoveved tho clanger home bad:
and tied batik towards Flint withont giving
me warning ; bet the idea was seemed tot
once, for Yethort knew better then I did
that a broad river was now running
between the marsh and the Flintshire
coast, and that escape in that aireetion WaS
quite oat of the question. I ran for a few
hundred yards, ard then the futility of such
an action streak 100, and I stood irresolute.
I could now hemo the tide moving through
the dykes, and I knew they must shortly
begin to overt' ow 11.01i immolate the marsh
11 all directions.
The ground Inman to be nefitseed by the
anystetious minute splutters and gurgles
with which inthese marshy solitudes it in-
variably greets its approaching union with
the tide. Some distant sea -gulls roee in the
air with wild shrieks and swooped down
again and again on the bosom of the body of
-water that was advancieg from the Cop ;
and several curlews flitted by overhead with
shrill whistles. The ever.inereasing mur-
mur of the river on the tlint shire ;ado bo'
gat to sound nearer and nearer, and 1 felt
that 1 was being china ited. eloaer hemmed
in by the mercilees waive, The full hor-
ror of my lonely death seemed to
be suddenly and violently borne in
-upon me ; tool while meareely emiecious of
what I was doing, I shouted aloud in my
agony for help. A large gull which had '
been quietly feeding in a peel hard by rose :
up almost at my feet, fuel with mooklug
cries lied with widespread pinions to meet,
the onconthm tide: hot everything elect pro-
ceeded with to merciless monotony that seem-
ed to double the agony of my situation. The
lapping of the water as i31 etre elated through
the dykes and the murmuring plash of that
ever -enlarging mirror which lay between me
and the Om went on unceasingly, and I
could hear the dull intermittent roar of the
Chester train as it rushed ram station to
station on its way to Holyhead. As I turn-
ed my gaze in that direetioe, I coul.l see the
numerous furnaces gloving, like the fiery
horrors of Dente, out of the dusky clou,I.
line of coast.
• There eould be no escape for me without
external aid, and again and again I shouted
in the faint hope that my distant cries might
be hoard above the screaming and thatteriug
of the wildfowl, who, in increasing numbers,
were gathering about the 'portion of the
marsh where I eras penned. Unless I chanced
to be heard by some belated member of the
Riehie or the Deuhall households, or by
some chance paseer-by on the high -road be•
tween Burton and Ness, I must inevitably
perish.
Jeorty years before, Abraham's father had
been in to somewhat similar plight. He had
been surprised by the tide when out at
midnight with his gun ; and, failing to climb
one of the beacons placed to warn mariners
of the vicinity of dangerous sandbanks, be
thrust the muzzle of his long gun firmly in
the sande, and restieg the butt against the
bee.con, stood upon it and chum to the post,
shouting meanwhile for help. The tide rose
until it reachel his armpits but it rose no
higher, and when morning broke he w310
rescued ie an exhausted state by a Connales
fenny boat. This Was on higher ground,
than that where I was now imprisoned. and
I knew that in a short time not lese than 11!.
teen feet of water would he netting over the
spot. The story recurred to my _mind, tool
.1 ee. ese
with Wlding hut my evy oval tot mew re-
•
t pon: da,dto ow0ith 0 nri:nv H•ew go, ts
Hew to Temkinfor mld Yethert fisoere, e1itotil.
- I heel a vague idea a1 010 33 that Yetbert ven
t 'to
.sxrvaieeetaheeimo
no
morenling,t-e'Wralohe,eo
t liet tken 4001 1111.011 4000 Way, 001 111/11i191 t5111 hat in pratuidento 3rmin
1 1100 jinipl to the that he liad ill bed t 13)1) 18 1110 orlon hls Shook
13110135 banal thecameitiareanie tkeit' vilifieseel' tie" trec1"i-
t
we bit the farmstead, om turning up
past the ld ..cgwhere the god
good leitllop WilsoWas born enteed the
family pew.
"Long was the goodnntes ermee, hut it
001,010,1 not se to me,Standing there
turnng the village folk, we sang together
from the little ivry-baeted book, "
prase Thee, 0 thel. 1Yo acknowldge
Thee to he tho Lord:end we lieeeed long
on the '.1'0 13)11101 lirough the wood where
Ile the lonely Quither graves.
I found the '' 31003)33 fellow" to lie a Liver
pool aetiet nearly toe old as Abraluon him'
self ; end 31 Verjolly wielder of the brush
lie 131)1,0, It Was for NMthatAbralain had
1010310 the early 1400313131 morningm
It neth th.e hope of being s
owc.eosstul he
lind
as Aha' eplined in an apoloemie kind that some ingnuity ilrequired 1)400)100 1
1
of a way, ' 1leo sees this young fel ows twee
too nmel of the ways of farmyard ducks to
have anything eo .1.. with them; sol just
thought Id got him one or two. Tint 01113
can hardly call it Sunday, tha knows, et
that time n the morning.
My adventure was nob allowed to into!,
fere with the sheefewoshing arrangement
as t 1340111)1 sotnewhat Move spoiled the plans
of the rtist, whose pesturo, entitled
'Washing Sbeepon Burton Marsh,' lua for The gameleepot 5;monotthe only enemes
some time beenin the permanent collection with whieh the Highland poacher has to
contendOn 011000513010)1
Cor UV 0E1ATan 10A111110
110113 glad to get shelter in a turf hut wly
en the Braes of Locluther occupied by au
oh/ woman in 5)0115 way associate,/ 311111 the
black art. She gave them fod analede-
111 iiienameaIon(1 1Itad giow•nhum
master to daughter, and that he had been
eilently nursieg his indeed iigainet 1110 1011
001111/ Ii11111, 1I10 tempt to compaes
111,1111 1V1(1, itfter a vet). (gurney one, foe
110110(1 taken no sale:110 hide his compl tell y itt
he wetter, and would most liaVe
1,001 Oharged 04131) 110151105 hail it been ene-
le eiove me. ln It.totato delielit at 111V
app.,. king deliveranee, 1 felt that I 01,111:1
0)11.1,100 1100 0111113311 .ii.01/ 0-111411.1 ing
velveteens mei ehaloby beard he -bided, Ile
11101 1 would be fast fronele, and he 510011(1
lone twee, 01111165 La Mese the night when he
took inc ote that lonely tuaieli. Theughts
Stich as these flaelnel throttgli brain as 1
vaned out to 111111 : " Come ce, Vothert, my
good fellow ; 1 letve neatly haa enough of
thee I thought it was all ovet. with me."
ellere NVitS a prompt Deemer front the
ammo " Well, len as good te; they make
um, Muster tivaluom ; but yes am candle' off
theer tomeet r' The paddles clipped in the
Water as he spoke,
Sonwthiog in the man's tones thrilled
me with the conviction that he was In
Earnest, aud the perspiration broke
out on my forehead as I °eel/tinted 1
"Lint, Yetltert, man, yell pro hied to
Mug me safely acroes the river ; Ma you
can't leave me here. It would be murder!"
The mew had drifted 0 little nearer to
nue anti lie pulled off 0 yard ov two farther
away as he made answer : "Mester, ye may
call it what ye loike ; but I'm goine De
ye think I'd fetch ye all the way fee Flint
and lie up to the nook in inutile here toll tine
time for nom/ Nay, 1110111001Ill fetch ye
to -morrow! Ye emina swim, they tell 010
anti I reckon ye'll come quiet enough to-
merrow."
113131 atoppod at the water's edge ; and
wiffle this cenversatien had been taking
plume, the 1131e had already risen over iny
knees ; lac I waded nearer with a Mad idea
ot nuildng a frantic onsh for the canne,
though I knew that it was floating in deep
Water, and that in all likelihood several sub.
10054011 dykes lay between tte. lie noticed
the movement, end pulled still farther away
from me, Miming el fetched a dead un
teem off here afore, and got live fur
him, Little enough, too, legginand
draggle' in the imel."
ely Mart sank within me as he drawle)l
out the last words ; but, the offer of my purse
anti all my belougings fot. 31 paseage to the
Cop only evoked the ansover " Nay, mo
mon ; I can talt What I Want to -morrow. It
isne the money I'm after ; but I earl tell
thee this -fm goin' to stop thee ham Alta
Richie's Wench. She winea talc me, I know;
but she shallea have thee. Cumin' sneakin'
iteress here neat tate!: neet like a pow -
cher 1"
There wasno mistakieg tile intense hatred
with whieh he uttered these last words,
and, moreover. he emphasised them by pili.
ling steadily mid swiftly away. I waded
back out 01 1110 tide and on to the narrowing
strip nf math that was left to me, end gave
myself up for losk 1 had no longer tony
hope, aed I ceased to call for nelp.
The 0333000 11004 left to Me Waa not more
than fifty yards in ditometer, and the waves
were rapidly nameximg It on every side. A
number of widgeon were Heating buoyantly
on the waves near the bank ; eevoral galls
were wheeling in the air overhead, and one
or two wove standing motionless upon the
ground within a tew yards of ine. In 11,
SlialloW glitter at my feet, two little stream.
lets came together every other moment with
a little eluick, au,l flirted the spray aevertel
feet 111 the air. Little triekling advauce
guarde overran the ground in all directions;
but as niy death looked me fall in the face,
I grew strangely calm. Strange fancies
took hold npon me rosl Moo 1 there with the
shadow of Deioth overcasting me.
In my sitting -room at Fite 1 hung a flue
leer:wing of the Reaper aml the Flowers,'
11 which the moonbeams lighted up a river
cene Very 101111110' to that in which 1 now
tome while the radiant Reaper was to be
eon cleaving tlw tor with outstretched
odugs, 1101 10)111033 home the newly gather.
:lower, whose truetful little hum rested
O his shoulder, theongruous as Ole idea
0031 sten+, I thought of the picture ea I
-toted therefor my derith, and I thought,
ou, ef a sweet girlish figure that (retail be
mrshippieg in the rild parish ellureh ill the
'owning, while I lay dead and bedraggled
the marthes. I could seo her distinctly
s see stood them meekly among the con-
gregation, her little gloved hand grasping
the ivory -backed 'Service ' in which I had
written some foolish linee. to 'Helga Riohie'
-for it had come to that.
In the few moments that, were left to me
I knelt down on the etreuming bank and
paved earnestly for the life of the world to
come,
other and more ghastly recollect:ens came e
thronging after it.
I had spent a holiday at Parkgtote a few e
11
Nt
01
10
years before, and ono night, after the 1114,11.
111055ha11 closed in and the waves beet
on the ancient 11)031, 00500100 wore heard far
out in the river. A stranger et -taking over
from Holywoll to Pathgate had suddenly
1011101 the waves rolliog in his path, and
rushing frantically backwards, saw that
death had in very truth rouldenly overtaken
him. I remembered vividly the flitting
lights in the upper chamber:a of the housee
on the Parade as the alarm spread, and the
flashing lanterns on the coley as the coast-
guardmen aud flehermen put off in the die.
cation of the piercing cries which came
without intermission for fully a quarter of
an hour, and wero suddenly steeped in a
grim sileueethat was unspeekable suggestive.
I. remembered how some of the older fisher-
men, who were evell acquainted with the
currents of the estuary, fished for the body
laext clay with their nets, end recovered it.
I could even recall the worde on the
funeral card that WaS sent to those who had
to do evith the matter ; and more than °nee
during this fearful night they flashed epee
my mind as if spoken aloud : 'The waves
of the sea are mighty and rege horribly.;
but yet the Lord who dwelleth on high is
mightier."
The tide flows over the marshes in anion
deliberate fashion than where the poor
stranger was overwhohnerli but is none the
less sure ; and in my clespaiv I even wished
ib was more rapid in its action. It seemed
that death WaS approaching in m fawning
dissembling manner, and that its approach
would have been less terrible if it had come
in the more warlike guise of leaping, storm -
lashed moves.
I retired nein and again before the ad.
wince of the tido, until at last, I could clis-
tinoLly hear the wash of the main body of
water that was approaching from the Welsh
side. I even fancied 1 000dd milk° out the
-Mae tips of the waves as they broke en the
marsh and took in pool after pool of water,
Numbers of gulls moved over my head with-
in easy renge, or alighted in the brigeniug
dykes with a contempt of my presence Chet
Seemed 10 1(1133(10 ill. it was al if they already
,knew that I wacc doomed, and of no further
account in the world for eocel or ill, mud that
they had 110111111g to fear'from me.
tenticlonly, out of the gloom or tho marsh
bellied me there uprose a new 50111111 11,114
1143 1 etrained my eare in listen, 1 distinct ly
hoard sound Of meleilee that et suck the
water in regelet iteol quielt sionessien,
rushed towtorde the omen,/ with a glad ery,
springing wildly over eveey ebeceehe gea
was within a short diehtnee of 1110 Lide,
Which now speeed around MO in an irregniar
circle, whop a white cameo eliot out from
under the bank of one of tho dykes 1111.1
ruehed quiverieg and citoneing ont, cni the
river. '1 ha tweepent, paddled with might
cola main ;1,i1 11/11011 30(51.1,44 tho wider's
edge, !weal Ille.as With the eeertion mei ee•
teemed wino/Mood, he penis 11, mei 1110.'401m,,
eed oil 111,1 wake., 0,3 11 1•1001:••Wole
rerilarity, 1,1(111)1 dimly im.k a out 11113113)1
0i1 Ling 10 tim 01.11 011.1 1355111133 the
clear of tho water. ,JmIgiog 3., to be Aiwa..
ham, w ho had el oesed the neciali in 1011111
mysterioue manner to my mecum 1 eagerly
A terrific report eloee th eno stunned
me for 0 moment and sent some of the bivas
screaming 11151131. I suppose I must have
cried out, to,, at the wane moment, for the
next I remember was a powet fitI but terror -
?Ariake:, voice calling out : " 0 Lord 1
0 Lord ! who's thet ?"
It was Abraham Beattie, frightened for the
first end only time in his lifo ; anti his
errand 131318 explained by the eiromnetance
of a number of deed birds being swept 11110311
my feet by the WaVes. My knees shook
under 105 Lathe prospoot 01 1151033 slouched
from the etows of Death, and I could scene.
by utter 1115 1113)11031104111,
He brought 13115 01(1100 close in 01 030 with
the bow chafing and grating on the bank,
and peered closely at mo,
"Why, lacl, lad 1" he exelaimea when he
was assured that 11 0400 indeed one, how
iu 1115w051,1 did you get there 4 -Be t never
111)01DOW ; gee in here quick. Steady 11050
n, little thing upset it, 1 -ha knows.-Mneel
thee down close up behind me, end pal, tile
two hands on my shoulders. Steady now,
and Pll soon get thee on dry land. Keep
the heart up now 1" He oould feel my hands
trembling on his aboulder--"Keop the
heart hp, and we'll be all roight directly.
We reached the fartneteati ; and 1110
household ovas quiekly bustlingabout on my
There 111(5 of ceuree no truth 311
Yetilert'S assertion thee, ho had been sent
for me 1111111 as 1 unfolded tho story of his
perfidy, exchumotions of horror were of very
frequent nectirrence indeed. Abtahare
alono eat with compreseea brow 'and add
eothing ; but bbs eyed wandered so reetless-
, ly to the reek where him gene wove mespend.
tel, that Ide better -11;11f, on neti lig it, silent-
ly Went over and sat 0» the oak sothlo beside
lam in much nmenor that he enuld not well
got out ; and so held Min captive until Lite
Mat tierce deeire for immediate vengeance
had eonzewhat m11)011160,
11 331110 decided to let Yethert " stand over
till morning," ovhen his was to linVe been
handed °rel. to tho total 0,mettoble ; but he
Was ton malty for us, fro had heard the un -
limed commotion from his Ws In 0010. the
Huth/tie ; and an 110,11' tond m half after my
tole viol, elonelling whom, 0).
3314155100'' 5weeve1/m.1,A eiretely with the
deem iptitin aft e run tele eir ciliated by the
county pollee, passed recce 1,1neen% Vary,
landing on the Thoweieltei 1) 111)34?', 04110Senn
no more, There mold be ne doubt that lie
W08 el axed by a Itopelese cotaeltatee 1 for his
sets ia 01 taker, up hie plate, in the ilugmet.
II.1 meths patiently for Mena, :eel is oft
rewartlea by it eltet at the mitearth ot t
forest. 110 51,11.10 demon,11 ef the varlets
lea tho head is valuable, lied if it he •
movie) Or twelve petite, eatt easily Sei,V,
tit. TT 11,11 401 itictu .1:,[:;0,,,litt311.1,31t110111,1;i011,1.(1:,(141
14)3 Which adorn Malty oroors,,othoto
rrA frAquoutly ol.tAro.= ;creme, by militia •
1033 1111' censor birds of Melt emsee. A hem',
4315113135 011 tearing, 33351)11 Imitation of 1110
101111110 0011 Will always answer it, When he
approaches withieg I lie room; of the prewle
ere, gnu he becomes an easy 1111 hn. lieres
are itiltired in the Hanle Way by mintieking
its holinall /ivies.
Tho304 333 o cease of peesoes in ilia High-
lands; of whom leo (-ensue tem nierator take0
tie uognisionee, 1M, attach, to the tLi,lto
They /Ivo winter and aummer in redo canvas
tents, pitched usmolly on the verge of a
forest -indeed, anywhere whore fuel ie
catoily obtained, and ovlieve menclicacy eau
be carried on with impunity, These at tango
nomads are MI poaehors-inen, women, and
children. Setting a snare looks 31 very mini.
pie mattet to the anetteur, but, when he tri
MADE lin OWN BTORY.
en —
he It Jeueitil 110 inetrited 0 Sao leitied Mee
t., 115111 311013) Atte rebutters'.
A destterat V 411114 11/114 bowlit 1010 day 111
k11101.1, 1800, by 1110 girl. SI/MIL 313111 11031?
,4/91.I34 or egos -Senoritas 1)01,) 1311111 and
\ lemon -1.1aptoyed et the tobacco factory
311 sciitt,•, the t werksheit in 131031 431 11•11411
3110 first 150. Of " earniM " is eupposed to
"';''filtiili
tu'LZ
',eondo, were men, who fernielteel
emit girl with a dirk, after wheel they were
blitichohled end pleeed iii tin unlighted
room roe half an hoar and cominitioled to
Then tho roolit leas locked. and
Idie eiwoulls joined 11,,, other employes at
dinner, after which they opened the dem.
;Ind found both girls alive, but mortally
mantled,
0101 or the tionthatante was 0111, in 1)31111) Ly -
001')?)) difeereet pleuere and wits bleeding to
oleatle while the other received Berm
Wounds in ten and fatal 01100 /11 1110 places.
'11)0 secotals attempted 30 escape, but were
arrested and sent to prism: for NH/ 100111110,
1110 14/110 110500 spoke alter the door Willi
opened, but one of them lived /11 gl101/1
1133011y IOS severel beers, Sayd the Chwago
ilaneti:
ls111adricl, Hemel -doer 10, 1890, Caplan
Romero and Captaie elurillo fought with
sabres, and both were frightfully injured
end untimed for life. Subsequently tho
principals and their [mopeds (a)l odicern)
were arrested, and the former were dismie*
ad fermi the army end the latter 110511. 0130
of the letter, nfter pitying Ills fine, ohelleng-
011 the magistrat 0 1+Le lined him, who al.,
vein ed end reveived three emends. He
Again lined 11144 ritlear and Was tweet 11i -d-
immed, and teught, whet pistols, killing the
cancer at the first tire,
ft ie a. fact, although I can not present
names or dates, that a Parisian scribe geese-
ly insulted an army otlieer in the morning
edition of his name, 1011)111 (411)1 killed lain
rot noon , and pub' itchy (1 to graphic deoteription
of the whole ailate iti hie evening is, oe,
Quite es good m little story is that in
which, at an aristocra tie party in Vienna, a
holly dropped e, bouquet, and to gee tleman
following in 14 0411130 kicked it to ono side so
that it, wouhl not 110 stepped 'Upon, and Wail
Challenged and 040011(1101 131 tile meet of the
lady whet dropped the flowers, end was after-
ward nureed by and inerried to the lady
hereelf.
the wire se a quarter of an inoh too high or
to low the rabbib gone ender or aboVe 11.
The tinker, next to the professioual High-
land poacher, has no opal in snaring, It
WM of this itinerant wanderer thee; Scott
said 1 --
Donald (Jtoird can wire a mato kin (hare),
Kens the wiles o' chin doer Manikin',
Lenten kippet (salmon) makei a shift,
To stiooL a mule (0041 1' the 1111 31,
of the Liverpool Art thollery.
As for "we two," we are 110 longer divid-
ed by the elarsh.
[Tux e0013.]
nig, and before they loft next, moving she
WINTER IN THE HIGHLANDS. produced 111, kuottea rope. and aildreesed
thetn as follows 1---" If 1 lowso the first
ileavy S1111111•11111•111/1 ill 1111.0 M11111118 I 111.13 1111013, there shall blow a fair wina, such at
mar vest 1'1.1. t lat. ranchers. the (leer stalker may wish ; if I loom the
The recent snowstorms in the North of second a etrouer blast shall sweep over the
Seotlaud has been the heaviest within at' hills ; and if 101004011 the third sie 13810530
mot a 310014315, 111,1 thole -Lethal,* to ow will betook 0111 )3 neither men nor Lease
Highlend poacher and small tenant who eaU !'hOle/ 51111 the blast shall yowl down the
combines with his egvicultural pursuits the 005115,5 e-1111 the glens, and the pines shall fa,
more Imeturdous elle of mune when at ierashin into the termite, and this lave arm
exceptional opportertity like the prosetit,, shall guide the course of the storm as I ei
presents itself cameo, be over-estimated. 101) 11131 throne of thorn Glower on the tup of
Within a fortnight the genie detolers of 0 las Ben -Y-(110,'• Ye see Ye eXPerkit 1111104
gow and lalinlmash and other Seoteli eities and ye ban brotielit eau vension, but if y
-yes, eve,t the teetr„p„liteti e3111'1„,„en nmion to thieve ye matin plaCe a fat hall or io
1yiold hind by Frafer's cairn 01 midnight the
be glutted with the fruits of the chase, toed
hundreds of rabbits and hares aria black hest Monday in every month while the eau
win lasts--tho laird's gluiest will no meddle
game, and scores of red doer from the great
forests and morna of the North -for which Wi' it, If ye neglect this my biddiug foul
the temtheitheit ithe tee, Atherieg,,, goy 1040 ill befall ye, and ye shall surely perish on
the waste. Tho raven shall croak 110110and three and four, and. in one instance live
dirge, and your banes shall be picket by the
thousand pounds a year for the privilege of
eagles," It is not recorded whether the
eitoogiso oven eirger poachers "Legleekit" the old Lag or not.
for a couple of mouths -will be despatebed
from every railway Motion eking the High-
land line front Caithness tol erth. ,Llie eon
I For the pas!, week .giip has been rempant
sumer of the game will also sheen in the in
in the Zoo, but those interesting animals the
harvest of the poacher, in so far that retake,
1111101395have been particularly affectedbyit
for which lie paid Is lid Lo 2e, lie emu pur•
Ileadlieeper By wasdriveu to h iswi ts' ends
chase for la Haves, the usual price of which when the epidemic first teppeared, and tried
is ee to 4s, will be reduced to 2s and es; aud
remedy after remedy without avail. At last
venieon, which costs Is ed per lb, will pay
he thought of soak Mg -cranberries in whiskey
the game dealer to retail it et fel; and all
toed giving these to the " monks," and from
these benefits, /et it be remembered, the that lune recovery among them was rapid.
expense of times philanthropio sportsmen
" Little Reddy Bowman" leas the first of
who are tile leesees of the moors and the
Ole monkeys to Latch the prevailing epidemic
foreets. It is the old story over again -that Of all the monkeys (1,111)11it has been the
ita ttot ill witel that blows -nobody game
honorencl gratification of Read-koeper Byrne
In the Highlands of Scotland, particularly
to look after during the years he has been at
in the centre' portion of them, the profes
the Zoo, there is not one who has mods a,
stone! poaeltet. has exceptionel feel lities for
greater impression on Ids mind, awak,med
prosecution of his vocation, width Ile never
In his bosom a fooling of such achniration
todinite ie illegal, although he may have
doubts SA 140 whether 11. te in eceoreeeee and respect as "Little Roddy."
Reddy is a monkey of no common hotel -
with the teachings of ,Seripture. Take, for
lectuality. Ho lets a simple though pre-
lestance, the range of hills commencing at
333)0515511133 appetoranee. His rountommee is
Ben Avon, in lean/Milieu, and terminating
open, and his sharp little eyes are not 11';.
111 nen Nevis, near Fort William, to distance
fre.tuently garnished with red marks 0( 14011-
0! seventy miles Without a break, and tete
11110 fieial worktnanship, the result of the numer•
great fir fovests stretching in unbroken
along tile bass of gm, Grampian dam. Dna argumeete ho appears to get into with
with the other moukeys. Reddy, before his ill.
These hills and forests are teaming
seemed omnipresent whenever any.
every varlet y of gaine,ranging from the timid 3500,
thing good was to be given away, and it was
rabbit up to tho lordly *tag. There is 110
his sadden and unnatural reserve which first
similar extent of country in Europe so
attracted Keeper Byrne's attention to the
510011ed. with 33115110, 0.13(1 lie Highlander f vom
feet that anything AVM wrong in the 31)0511303131)05113031time immeinorial look= omen the deer as
" lod's ain 05)3115on God's ;tin hills." eago. All ordinery remedies were at once
tried to ellieviate the little staleVer'S COM.
It has been computed and I believe tho
plaint, but it 110.18 110S until the '3orimbervy
computation has been oonsidevalay 1531101 the
with whiskey " dodge 1,1115 tried. that ho
100113, that a gang of ten poachers worked
began to recover. The first 1 ime Reddy
hartnoniously in idle Centealleighlands from
the beginning of September till the end of tasted whiskey \MS most mutate&
The beautiful red of the Cranberry aLtratie.
'March oan make an average i:40 moil a
ed his attention as it was thrown in the
week, These figuves will be doubted by
Southerners and by sportsmen, hut if it cage, and, despite his lassitude, he was un-
able to forego the tempttotion. Ho tasted
were beeessary the statement could be
it, then related his nese and seemed to
peeved to the hilt.
Quielsly the first critelierry WAS
At the present moment the depth 0( 500(31 0101le,
on the ground is just What SW 1.0 the preach- eaten, and then another wits 'rocked fey.
th. After demolishing three or four, Reddy Wee
01', 1,,Tow ho dispenses with his urinal
highly hilarious. He tuvned round, bowed
strumonts" of destruotion, such toe snares,
to his friends, and appeared most effection-
gun, and nets. Accompanied by his dog,
Me, finally gliding into oovner and open -
Ire TRANT,FaSsli TUE "ineenS ing up a miscellaneous jabber on the pre -
end woodlands, exited only with to stick, spode of the poach swop wiLh the younglady
When he Opines on a rebbit track he follows 01030110)8 of the cage.
it with the persistency of 0 weasel. Tho . Soon the other grip-sericken monkeys
rabbit seldems enters co borrow when snow partook of the luscious cranberry, and tho
is on the ground, but peelers to conceal it- come alter° tion was noticed in them, After
troll In a bunch Of heather oe jumper bush. eating about halt-a-dozett, one stoutold inan
The poather evorke alone just now, and does moekey became jealous of Reddy's attention
not refit:tire an accomplice. He keeps on the to the young ladies, and pleating by him 01-
0311)1)111 braok over the 011011, 01111. he knows stowed a look of the utmost contempt, on
when he comes to the end of it from the fact him, This seemed too inuell for Reddy,
that several 315040)0 1» front of him there is uo who, recovered M spirits, resented the ne.
trace of it. lie raises hie stick, beckons to front 031(1entered. into moan.' umbel., with
the dog with his bend to be ready, and Ids aged friend. Factions quickly eroee,
moves oeutiously forward. There is a mo- and, aided by the effects of the alcohol, a
mentary pause. He sees the rabbit:in this !roe fight ensnea, which woula have un -
heather, down 0011108 the stielc with a heavy doubtedly ended fetally tor some of the
thud, and in nine eases out of tee 11 10 kill. combatants 11 1101 for Keeper Bryne's inter-
od. But, (Wen 8110111d it eSeltpe the blow, position, From that tithe it woe found ne.
the snow is 50 deep that the rabbit cannot eossary to have a man in attendance out -
make progress, and the dog seizes ie before side the cage until the monkeys had re -
it has gone a yard. 11 is nothing =usual oovered from the effects of the grip remedy.
for even an amateur potoehor to kili as many -[Philadelphia Thnos.
as fifty rabbits in a day in this way, if he is
in go it quarters. Oootosionelly when pees -
sed for money tho poaoher disposes 0( 11)0
rabbits LO the carrier or cadger, who pessee erione .traident to a Coaeting roily In
through the dietriot two or three times a C011058611.
week, and penerelly gets Od for ettelL Hares
and black game he parlors to send South in
linens direet to the game dealer. This ear -
riot. oetensibly maks hie round with histart
,f
T).8ApI10Y"g"n°PilWa%0°m8t"
tn Nell grow:ries to ho farmer and labourer1 itg1;11 111e:1.30j11 aIo1\e1i(tla:0:11alf
but his veal object s to pick up mime, 11
wee' 1101711 mul going et a, terrific tato of
Emblem ilas 11 lictenow, and he 10 selrlom, for speed , 1.1 le nteering gem, broke, letwing bh000
Sorrie reason 111110101V11 to tne moleste13 ion boterdthelpless to save themeolves The
Whoa the FillOW geLS hard and 101.1.8 the 'sleigh 'lathed against them/01er of tho Ocean
rabbits the peatiller abandons the meek emi hoes° with tromendons forme Help was
falls Miele on lile forrots uiil now, 11,, ei.1 0050 011 hand, when it was found Rua. Rich.
weys lines end occasionally muzzles the aril 0110,10 had one leg broken and the Sloan.
ferret. Ho tattoo tide prowalLiell because or bones or tho other log fractured, besideS
1111.1 3111:11T srmoceo.e. being hiliteed in the face, A youleg
1341
named Alvin Wellitee, soo (111', B. Wallace,
put in 1011 03333(04(0111')'. 1tioniatimes tho forted commoridel traveller, had 0110 Of hill
(01110108 it considerable time 10 OM inirroW lwelien. Mel Straiten daughter of Mr. A,
thould it taste blood, lint with the string so ei tont (1,'!'. 1-1, agent, Was knocked sense.
attealied 10 it a poacher can made its move less by the b50110135010)1 and elightly injured,
meets end pull it Mit 11,11,11 11"e 0115,08)1,1,
11 010 altar motmlight night t4 the doer elofttlietel 01(5111101)051 eves 11(00115031 1311)1 the
1
1.1011111 drown from I he hills to reed on turnip. ctuebrere removed to tbeit1 home%
The member in the ettely morning dige a ''331414)elevaw renew, Magee ice real ole -
holo in Ile ledd siirileiendy ler to to eteneed 33131 10)111W,' "Ma what is he olovet. at?"
him. Ile No. ie e it with it Meted eurmoneted "W hy, at being no (bowed eleveme don't
with a imatieg ettow, and when (leeknose chew knew, '
The Monkey Cure for Grip.
BROKEN AUD BRUISED.
Roweetren, Feb. i1,. -About rine oielook
the other night a serious aceideet took place
Romantic Suicide.
A. relealitie attired° was that nf to fide
young PariSenne, 31110 Wan friendly with 11/1
lengliehman, the son uf a noted horse -dottier
and livery -stable keeper. Tlie 33351 100 1,:.,en
in America for eighteen months With her
lover. They returned last week to Paris,
and tho lady went to live with her mother,
in tho Avenue Trndaine. In the mcautime
the youug mae Wile ordered by his father to
break MI his liaison, and when Ile tonnomie. '
ea his intention of obeying the paternal in-
junction Lo the girl she seems to Move been
beside herself with grief. She WM seen
wandering dejectedly about the Clumps :
])lyases 00 111.151(131. 1(1 )01133)11 she hailed a i
cab mar the Patois 01 Pindustrie, a114 ,lir'
ected the driver to take her to the residence '
of Ler lover. There she asked for the young
man, but saw hio fathee Instead ; and, ac-
cording to some, tho girl used tho words,
" Vous otos tm miserable 1" in going away.
She next drove home to the eavenue 'Pre-
cla ine, procured a revolver, re -emceed the
cab, tool went to n, cafe in the Boulevald
Hausmann, where She wrote a letter to the
livery•stehle keeper Mking pardon for the
scene which she had had with him, taut beg-
ging him 10 33110 his son periniseion to ac-
company her to her last hoine. This 11)10 031
nine o'clock in the evening, and the epistle
being finished, the girl took it with het. and
drove to tho Rue do dettegtioujou, where her
friend's father She gave the letter to
her ootteleuton, telleng hhn to take it up•
stairs to tho person for whom it was intend.
I ed. Milo the cabnum was peefortning this
servitie for his fave the young lady took ont
her revolver ;told fired to ballet through her
' right temples She was Clem:laden) the driver
I came back.
_
Mrs. John MeLeton writes, from 130.1151e
island, Ont., Mat eh 4, 18811, as follows: "
have limo to groat sufferer front neuralgia,
for ti 5 last nine veers, but, beiug a(1vieed
, to try Mt, en:00W bie 0110 11004 heartily ell-
: dorse it OM being a most excellent rented),
for this cienphoila, as 1 have boon greatly
benefited by its use."
G.uig Hams to Wife An' 'Reanti.
1.101 1' a hard an' thorny way,
As moist 11 mortals
But Mint ,, 1401 1)10 1110 hongest day,
A 11.Ion to W.I.:dn. 01011 ;
Bo brave, med. the best you ean.
.et eel 35)10. )1(.1 part.
Con bolos the honest 55013, 10' 111011
'111111 11119 0/living heart I
chorus 3 Gang Inoue n111114)1 to wire an worms
111553111 Melton a yer 011101
Their love 10 1111111 than gold en gains,
Yell find lire's sunshine there 1
Oor Saviour sale when lie WS. 11050 :
" They senere ow enter In
To heaven's gates who (qu)p dear
The Walla's 330131 10 whit
31010(0(11)14 thielt that wealthy folk
1150 nano o' lifo's torinotl,
Their rlohos at't are like a yak 0,
7.nr CA417 t;" L';',A1,1g;
Cho t I 01 11 1 1 1, 1 OM an' weans ?"
Il11. moo kees best hiei weakest epee
Where Helen tempts him salt.,
Bot, onv, not yoUr neighbor's lot
An' ye 11 escape his settee 1 o
Theree f11r nt Immo soin• prosonoo miss -
Toil enter them an God will bless
1/009•050/001001.19.909/14/01400/091010409110114341.0140404/01
eaJ '4 1414 Grit
1,11s1/.. 30 /1,,e0
mei P inhilin,ied every day 1.1 the remark -
ale, 11101/04:10 0001/110.04.1100,
',IV: 1111.91 IVO 11•11 .m..tle of
SarsaparlliT,:a
1., a 13.15 wa are sure 10 MO 111111
11111•:: 111 It 1011 11 001C. after 111013, -proving
1 lad the it-oial 1e00114 from a law bottle war -
gee continuing lt, use. This posIllVil Olerlt
N.4Jood's SarsaparElla
110 9,••4., 4 by 111111,' of tie- leveller C01111/1101-
114/04 ea:portion met l'reeties used 11311(1 pro.
io.init, Il)' 1:11(11 1111 the remedial value
5.. need 1 ,aaalia.a.
Hood's 'Sarsaparilla
lo 411110 1'19•1111111. 10 119011 01141 afewlmely un-
eitedliel as o Mood partner, mei 414 14 Omit+ fur
1 4111loguii the 4ieakaiillglylliglier1'o11t5'eligt11.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
1,1,115315;) 110,15514114. $1: nit ror $0. 1.reoarod only
I. innln In, A110' 100111•100,L011901,1111100
title3 Doses One Dinner
A JAW -BREAKER.
The ,i1-3v11P or a aanittlei 546
All the world 5154Vial'itilim.
tits eides ovee )lark
Twain's 13111131 closeriptton of the on pronutm..
ealde 111111110, 11 1111•11 01' 10'0 long, which he
discovered int going into Germany. But
there exist words whith outrun these by
many a syllable. '1'lie seat ut Angleeey 18
the 111010111 015110 island Leaving the same
name, Which lies just off Ulu 'Welsh coast
and which is eouneeted by a bridge with the
mainland.
]1,''o 1111' ;Darryl:lobes a charming mansion,
while needed awes. ie 1115 Hole village of
sonte teiti inhabitants 311,411' by one Multi the
lit;lo eli 5111th toe well 110 110 ''05)1)5 1'' post-
ed., Nee; Hot mons of the lienate. :it pure-
ly \ ‘' visit 10,0,,131111e. is. 001100110111. RA
11311315911 114,3311. 11 nue .1 Me, hyphen 1 fooria
it required a geed deal 01 pramite, to pro.
nordwo it without 11 gesp.
11 t'"lcI)Iee
ws.1,41gOrt rep wl 1,401'011er-
inpu1tgogerpm 1"
•
310 1110 p031 011101' Is 111110)51,111.,
One hl the 11,14.11.1 1o,1,1, handling a iinallt-
[ Ind:, it he...tioe to shorten
tile above address, widell WM then reduce('
00 1
" Llite earl, W 1 1 W y 11 g y 1." seeVide
,.' -nee eeie t-ae-eier-eiee--"eigeses-e.sessesese,
.Awa
Asthma,
" I have been a great
sufferer from Astb...
ma and severe Colds
'every Winter, and last Pall my
friends as well as myself thought
becanse f my feeblecrti
great distress from constant cough -
mg, and inability to raise any of the
accumulated matter from my lungs
that my time was close at hand.
When nearly woreout for want of
sleep and rest, a friend recommend-
ed me to try thy valuable medicine,
Boschee's Ge an
Gentle, Syrup. I am con-
ef rash I ng &lent it saved my
L-tlife, Almost thefirst
Sleep. dose gave ine great
relief and a gentle re-
freshing sleep, such as I had not had
for weeks. My cough began immedi-
ately to loosen and pass away, and
I found myself rapidly gaining in
health and weight. I am pleased
to inform thee—unsolicited—that I
am in excellent health and do cer-
tainly*attribute it to thy Boschee's
German Syrtlp. C. B. S'rxmumv,
Picton, Ontario."
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King David.
Thou elloplievil Mu?, mob or the lotus lend,
1 Bar, tte to llama the stowable along,
' Lee phre anointed on Philistito's wrong
Fenn) .110111) es woe ; 1.711011 mighty of soul and
Leaving he sheepfold'e vigil to command
l'Ity !Woke of mei) and, in Jelmonh stvoug,
Your b,tol,ot end nine store 1
Cho.: " Clang haille at nicht tO wife ton' warms We ought 1101 1.,, foav to speak of onv love
Toronto, Chne Jonx Thuujo at home, We should got ton the tentleettess
---.0--. possible into the day household life. lefe
should make the mornieg good.bys as we
What the Bells Gay, pent at the breakfast -table kindly enough
f or final farewells. Many go ota in the
The first boll aays, "Het 11 n, got uP." morning who never 001110 horne at nights.
'Photon, bell says, "0 1 come and imp.'
Tho school boll stoys, "Improve thy yontlee the"f0"we 51101.111 part, even for a few
.
To temples of the ageco by thy song
0110111333 51043010 front His heavenly
land ;
Wu hail thee glovions, but we behold.
With vessel jey a strife amid thy brettst
Beyond the ware 01 11111330, tho manifold
Yearning and throes of a great heart's un-
met,
Seeking the lovely with aware untold
Incioritato oe through tagions of the blest.
wash ington,
Lova in the Home Life.
The church °erne, hear the truth,. hours, lett)) kind words, with a iingerin
ehe toll !muff° boll saye, Opo the gates." preesure of the hand, lest we nifty never
Tile dom. bet seys, " A Maltase waits. '
3rho tiro boll sant, "0 run, mon, run." look again into mall othee'e eyes, 1,mider-,
The nOon ball says, "hurrah for run." nese in the home is nott 0 childish wetoknees;
The 81010 bee says, "Como tette to ride." 11 is ono that should be indulged in and cod -
Tho wadding boil savs, "Bless tele bride." tivated, for it will bring the sweetest retuns.
The fog boll 'en " iiewarul liowiu.o1"
The street -ear boll says, '''1010er»ts fre,"
The 0011110),boll says, "Coma"tuna 1,s;',",, 11 300 lono anpposed that hoes collected
The flehertuan's boil says, frish to fry.7 ,,
The elite. boll sere "Como sport, come egret!: the wag duo,.t, I•tem. flowers. Now it is
'I he Christinas boll says, .•.(1111.0)1 on earth. 14nown that if limy aro kept feme. plants
Tbo IncluirS, bop says, .s Here's line breed," and fed MI Nagar only 1031 will form,
Tbo 0 o'elook boll. "Cie to bed."-113ow Bolls.
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