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Nov. 11, 1892
THE BRUSSELS FUST, ►�
THE VAGABOND OF THE REGI-
MENT.
The hew of our story, !)ick 11oriison,
was a private in the 1 10th. Tho night
previous to the morning on which one tale
opens, Morrison lead boon granted leave of
absence till 12 p. in,.
for the pnrpinee of
formingnue of a convivial )arty to In held
in thtown. When the! toe eiunn for
Morrison to return to barracks he 8008 not
to be found and it wait not until nearly live
o'clonk next morning tnttt he pub in alter
dance, Ho was tile') found to be Intoxieutod
end, what was 0 nnucl worse offence against
military (B5e!ph110, ho had been out in
Civilian's clothes.
On being apprised of 1f0rt'ison's amine,
ancc, Major Bromley ordered his confine-
ment In the gIu(1 l (om pending 0 000:,1110t4
tion with rho next phloem in command,
Lieutenant Clayton, who attended a1, the
major's moments,
"He is the most drunken vagabond in the
regiment --a disgrace to the service," rc-
marlced the major to the lieutenant, a few
minntes tut or.
"But a good soldier, major -when he is
[lobar," replied the 1leeteuaut
"Ah ! that's it -when ha'e sober," growl-
ed the senior officer, pulling fiercely at his
cheroot. "But how often rices that hap.
pen s"
"1 he 000,rsion is rare, I adhnie, but one
can forgive a greet deal in a non who is
ready --mora than willing, when tho hour
canes. I believe, major, that Morrison has
a past, and, like Letter men, is glad to
drown the memory of it sometimes."
"Haig his past," exclaimed the major,
"his present is the only thing that concerns
mo. You aro far bon easy-going, Clayt n,"
he added, with a half•smile.
"Not exactly easy-going," drawled the
younger officer, twisting his cigarette
slowly rotund in his finger's ; "bub 1 some-
how feel a keener interest in the ratan than
in the majority of rte rank and file, One
cannot but feel that he has once been some-
thing far better, and, however he may have
fallen, that there are moments when the
memory of other days stirs within him,
and he leas to drown it -the poor devil
Hist."
The major, with an impatient explana-
tion, summoned an orderly.
"Send Private Mo'rilon here at once."
To a casual observer the soldier, as he
entered the ram, in private dress, seduLed,
and stood at attention, might have appear-
ed as cue of the ordinary typo (Amen, To
a student of human nature, as Liettlennnt
Clayton unconsciously was, he appeared
something more, There wee a grace about
the men that noordinary antomrdon, what,
over his (drilling, could have worn, despite
the reckless bearing and the traces of his
dissolute life.
"So you note here again, Morrison, de•
spite warn ings, and every thing else, Isup-
pose you know how it will enc!, "
The culprit wits Mien 1, his fine eyes- dark
and liquid as a woman's --gazing etrntght at
the opp)site wail, over hi3 oldkce''s triad.
" It Will end, " con tinned the other, grave.
ly, "dn your d!sgraco before the rigi-
m nt- a diegrare that I need not
dwell upon --a disgrace that yon under.
stand, Von will feel it., Morrison, more
deeply than most men in your p0:ition
would do "
Still silence- only Glut now the fine oyes
were looking at the bent head of the lieu-
tenant -wistfully, it aright almost lie said,
as the officer sat clrmnnliug quietly with
his finger tips npnn ale table.
" As I have said, yon have had warnings
and punishuleuts-penishmeuts and warn-
ings- all all seem of n0 avail. Only last
night it appears--"
Ho paused, with a half -annoyed expros•
Won on his face, as the door swung open,
and a child -a girl of some six or seven
years, dashed into the room and ran up to
tiro lieutenant.
" Papa, papa, there's a great, big snake
charmer man, from the hills, hes just 00130
up, and nurse eon's let him show the dear
wriggly things; Ice's got in his basket,
and--"
But, my darling," seed the confused
Battlement, in a subdued voice, and with a
deprecatory glance at his chief, " you
should not none rushing into a room 10
that way, when you see I'am engaged."
The little creature blushed scarlet tend
hesitated, her hand still resting carelessly
in that of the lieutenant.
Tho major, tapping his foot impatiently,
turned again to the waiting soldier.
"1 repeat, Morrison, that only last night
you--'
The soldier, raising his hand in 0 hurried
salute, and with a half-step towards his
chief, exclaimed, in a low, hurried voice t
" For the love of God, sir, not bofore the
little ono -not before the ohild. Give 110
what you will, send no where you like, bub
don't proclaim ft before he'."
The gesture with which ho a000mpanied
the words was passionate in his intensity of
feeling, and the major paused, staring ab
the culprit in blank astonishment.
Finally, he gasped out : " I'm,glad to see
that you aro ashamed of something. Back
to the guard. room ; you shall hear from 1110
again," '
With a final salute the man passed out of
the room. ---
1I
"There, there, don't thank ate, man.
Show your thallus, 1111(1 rout straight. I told
Major Bromley that, I'd thought you'd be
all right for the future, and that I'a answer
for your good conduct, So that you have nob
only to keep straight for yourself."
"I would (Intl could thank you, sir. You
are good, indeed, but I feat that it will only
prove lost offorb, What is thereto keep me
straight? I have sunk so .low already, that
it can make buts little difference what hap.
pens -before the end oomee."
His voice shook slightly, and he turned
hie head away front the light.
Lieutenant Clayton, sitting in his 00011,
with the dissoluto'looking soldier before
him, remembered the roan's evident agita-
tion, and fear that the child should boar of
his fault. He looked for a moment at the
private, and said :
"I was touched bide morning, Morrison,
by your earnest desire that my little one
should know nothing of your disgrace -by
the shame you ovidenlily felt in her presence,
1 had thought that you were too hardonod
to have much thought of the opinion of
others -still less bhat of a ohild,"
Thee was a long pause, the lioutenent
looking etraighb at the oulprit-Morrison
gazing out of the window, across the bar-
rack yard that stretched outside. At last
be replied, slowly, and with an effort,
"Thad a sister once, in the years that
are" -ho paused, and node an expressive
gesture with hos liand5-" dead, A tiny
ohild-the fairest thing thab over blossomed
in this wilderness of a world. She's death,
but the memory of hor llvoe, at times, ale
lettet, and it was with me when I saw the
lay. 1woeldnot have had her
levo,.: '
" : out awry (31' you, Morrison, and Wish
that 1 oottld help you. That, however,
omit rest with yourself, Good'nlght,"
The soldier saluted, and passed out. Ae
he erased the small bakruok square, he
muttered :
""i.'Ito first man that has hada kindly
word to say to a poor (log of a follow fin
menthe. past, God Mese him, and elle little
child !"
.1.'hcro was a mist before the eyes of Pri.
vete Morrison, ae lie turned into his Einar -
tare, 0111101111the meetly sedate loon appeared
to be pm forming 001l•itortlinary pranks over
the roofs of the line of stables,
III
"Morrison, I knew you will be true es
steel, and I would far rather aslt yen than
any man in the piton.. You will know what
to do, You have gone the road 00 maty
1111100, and that old burns of yonr5 knows
the way even better than you de, Von
won't stttmt until night full, lupi the child
will be as quint with you as with Iter
nurse."
" I shall be ready sir, and you may rely
upon my taking her through safely. ILm
may to a man that knows the oouutl'y, and
old Volatile will 1080 010 whole way."
" Thank you, Morrison, theaId you," said
the lieutenant, nervously. "I could not
boar to keep her bore, It Hounds very self.
idle" he went ou, musingly, "but she is the
only thing 1 have 'eft since hor poor mother
died, and 1 could not bear to contemplate
the possibility of her falling into the hands
of those fiends. We ere weak here, and
liable to be attacked at my moment; bo
coinparaeively safe. 1 have the necessary
prrmhssion from the nl0joe for you, Morri-
son, and I leave my darling in your hands,"
1 will guard her as my life, sir,"
" I know you will ; I know yon will. Von
will deliver hor into the care of her aunt,
wait for nightfall, and rids back again."
IIe moved a step nearer to the other, and,
forgetful of his rank, held out hie 11111,1.
Morrison grasped it for an instant, and ex-
claimed, in a hurried voice :
"1 thank you, sir, for the trust. Do not
fear ; t will take her safely through."
And he passed nut with the deepening
Tinos of a set purpose hardening about the
careless mouth, and in the grave, (lark
eyes.
The mutiny heel broken out -that mutiny
that was to paralyse with:the horror of its
atrooiLies, the whole civilised world, and
Lieutenant Clayton had felt that, for the
child's own safety, he must part from her.
It was night when the trooper rode out
across the plain, with the child before him.
He felt that death lurked in every rustling
hush, behind every troo that whispered in
the night wind, and he rode steadily, with
a watchful eye on every moving thing
around him. 'the horse, as he had said,
knew the road oven bolter than its master,
and carried its (molls burden with a long
swing stride that rapidly lessened the dis-
tance between them and safety,
It would be lard to say what thoughts
came to the soldier, as he rased through tihe
hot 1ndien night,,with set fees looking
straight between his horse's ears. Oooe, 011
an impulse, he bent his heed, and kissed too
Fane of the sleeping child, and sighed softly
!le he looked down at he'.
lent rho worst part of the road had yet to
be passed -e long, marrow ravine, whose
stony path most echo With every et1pof his
flying horse, mud the soldier eat has teeth,
and hold his revolver ready cooked,
10 came, as he feared, \Viten he had tee,
versed but half of the ravine it rifle shot
rang out, and 110 saw dimly a daslcy t;guro
5er.unl'ling down rho side of the ravine,
There were otho• Sgnres too that seemed
to spring all around him in a moment, IIe
forced his way through, firing et the dusky
0g1r05 that were near050, the child clinging
to hila site a phtieti40 cry.
Al, the sound of that ory all the hot blood
rushed through his veins, and he had but
ono thought atronger in its iuteneity titan
ever before, to ewe the child at any cost.
He sprang clear of them, and urged the
half -maddened horse down the narrow path
that lay before them.
A few serides, all they were free, and
could hear only the bellied shouts behind -
feel only the whistle of a fete stray bullets
about their ears. Bat the soldier's quick
ear had caught the sound of other horses'
hoofs than those of Volatile, and he felt
that it would indeed be a moo for life.
!lie
own brave steed was half -exhausted,
and stumbled blindly 11090 amt then, and
the ringing sound of the pursuing ]hoofs
cane nearer and nearer.
With his resolve more firmly implanted
than before, he hurridly pulled off the child's
sash, anti his own belt, and, leaving the
horse to take its own road, tied the little
one as firmly as he could on the heavy c0v
airy saddle. To secure for safely le had
to rein in the house, and dismount, The
sound of the pursuers was very neer now,
and the troopers laughed grimly as he tied
the last knot, unsheathed his heavy oav-
airy sword, and paused for a moment to
listen.
Then hostroked the fair head of the child,
and pressed his sunburnt face for a moment
against her soft one. She thought it all a
huge joke, and smiled up at him.
"Uood-bye, little sweetheart," he mur-
mured, huskily as he smote the frightened
horse ea0ros5 the flank with the flat of bhe
sabre, and wtttohed it for a moment as it
dashed with its light burden d«wu the
ravine, straight for the fort, on the road ft
11080 so well, Thon Private Morrison turn-
ed, with hie white, set face addressed to
the savage foes that were sweeping nearer
and nearer with ever stride of their flying
horses.
Behind him, cub off for over by his own
heroic act, lay safety -the warm pressure of
friendly hands -the tones of welcome that
he weal' never hear again.
Before him was certain death ; yet f»
that hour, beneath tltosequiet stars, lie had
but one thought, but one hope -that he
[night leeep those fiends at hay until the
ohild was safe. -�
IV.
In the quietest room of a quiet country
house dare is 0 strange memento hanging,
amid its beautiful eurroundiogs, in the place
of honour. It is a child's tawdry embroid-
ered sash, roughly twisted round the white
belt of a soldier, and the beautiful woman
who rules in that quiet hone never tires of
telling her children of Private Ivlorrison's
secrihoe. And there are always tears fn
the sorb voioe when she tells of his last wist-
ful words 1 " Good-bye, little sweetheart 1"
Improved Cookery.
A lady at her own expenee, sent her ear -
vent to the olass of a professional book, and
was delighted wlbh her progress.
At the end of the courseehewas surprised
to learn that Bridget was engaged in look-
ing for pneturos new,
r Why, Bridget, you aro not going to
leave me? 1f yott had not intended to re.
main with us I should not have sent you to
learn 000111ng.
"And, mon," returned Bridget, "you
don't expect me to cook in the new way on
tile old wages."
MANITOULIN ISLAND:
Its Gilmore and Itesortrees--1'regrce or
Repent 'Veers afflictor the etenmrnt or
the Export Duty on Lego.
?(1r T. Trotter, of Owen Sound, in a letter
to the Empire, sayst--llavieg made het/bind-
nese tripe to the ,li auitoilie Miami during the
Inuit mummer, I was torrtbly eonolucod that
none hut those who hsv; visited the island
and the north mimeo Item folioed ecrreel,
idete of Lltn favors which nature has 1,00(nw.
neon Northern DeWitt. The edit u1!u arc+
le nearly 100 miles lune; and average() 111
tween 1.11 nod 41 in w1,101. While it 11 101111
tint a largo part of the island ie r)'uih and
rocky, yet 1a very largo portion of it is 155
good 101111 11502 05 535 133 1011112 05 1.110 (1011•
11111.11, aid 1110 broltel land is ono great nit-
tivo pasture field. I visited someone adjac.
alt to Ilunitewnuing, Giro Bay and Little
Current and futtnd that the entire surface of
the country 1009 covered with 11 1111,811 Mat-
ting of h➢xuriant whits clover. and the
0/tersely wooded sections bore large qua),ti-
tiee of Goll red clever. Hew this epeeiee of
clever has become 5,, 1 rofnsely scattered
over the ishznd 10 a meedery t0 many.
Many year's ago the i.,h,m l 81110 swept
over by fire and !ergo sections denuded of
timber, !'hese ecetiene are now dated with
a growth of email (reel u•1,ich in marry
placessuggedt the ilea of parks, endue prim.
Goal Canadian ('ate drive through the tem -
try without being eotvineed that the, " 1,1-
und imminent" bas been deeigued Mr one
of the greatest eteek growing portions of
North Anhet•loa. Tracts of from two to
1,000 acres could bo secured at a lots pries,
and these sections contain an average of
ever one-third of rich, easily tilled soil,
which would grow an ample supply of routs
and other winter loud for stock, while the
balance of the land would bo from early
spring to late fall One great cativo pasture
Held, The objection to ittoelr growing on
the Manitoulin has boon raised that the cost
of winter feeding would be too greet. I met
many people on the island who formerly
liven in central and northern On alio and
without exception, they staled that their
winters were in no respect move severe that
in the countess on the northern shore of the
Georgian bay. Last winter sheep procured
nearly their whole subsistence upto the bo -
ginning of January, 1f the must of winter -
feeding horses and horned cattle no the iel•
and did amount to 11 serious objection the
sane objection is not applicable to sheep
raising, Sheep on the island are more pro-
lific ten in central Ontario a11(1 the lose of
lambs In the early spring is less, while these
lambs cost nothing but a little care through-
o'ht the sununer. Tho Manitoulin sheup
raiser` would not, have to sot aside valuable
grain growing fields to pa5tnre his stock, as
the average Ontario farmer has to do,
Moreover 1 an assured by export stock buy
et'5, many of whuna periodically visit the
18101,11, that the average weight of lambs at
a given age, on the .\ieu,itonlin is nnuoli
greater than lambs in central Ontario, and
from observation I icnoty that the 03010
statement is applicable to horses and horn-
ed cattle. Lunbs in July were beingiou$Irt
(deliverable in October) at between 54 and
Set apiece --lambs ivhielt literally oast no
money but the winter keeping of the ewes
which bore them.
The ehinl0te of the Maniboulii RI summer
is most delightful. No matter how hot the
sun luny be rho cooling breezes fro.i the
surrounding waters furnish a treat which,
if a sweltering Toroutonian once tasted, he
would ever afterwards long for again.
elauitotvaning, Little Current and Gore
Bay are the largest places onthe island, but
there a'0 several other flourishing villages
and all over the uountry may be Toned many
beautiful farms whose owners a few years
ago commenced with very little and are now
living in comfort.
Tlei three principal towns have good
stores, good schools and excellent hotels,
whose proprietors are noted by eastern
travellers for their courtesy and good 1,w•
eommodation. I regret that 10annot in a
newspaper arttalo do justice to the many
noteworthy features of the " Sea C4,rt Isle,"
Ire history from the time of its occupation
by Indian tribes and Jesuit missionaries to
the pre5eutisvery interesting. As a native-
born, practical C,eaclian who leas in the
past had an opportunity of seeing and 0p.
preaiating the Manitoulin's natural advent -
ages I earnestly advise capitalists and stock•
raisers to visit the island and investigate for
thomeelves.
In a ehorb time the inhabitants will have
telegraphic communication, and in the neer
future a railway will cross the 110rrow chan-
nel at Little Current and connect with the
" Sno " branch of the C. P. R., thus giving
the inhabitants an easy outlet both summer
and winter.
The present good opening 011 the Miui-
toulin is for a woollen factory. Thousands
of sheep ore raised, and all the wool has to
be shipped away.
No one who has not visited the :Manitou-
lin and the north shove can form any idea of
the magnitude of the lumber industry in
those regions; and, ieexhallstible as the
northern forests may seem to some, no pa.
trioti. Canadian could tihe past summer
spend a few weeks on the north ahore with-
out having "a sore heart," Since the re-
moval of the export duty on logs Ceoadiau
mills have been atoned, and the cream prod-
ucts of the northern forests have been
floated across to give employmenb to Ameri-
eau labor in producing hest -class lumber,
which, in the hands of Amerioan dealers,
becomes 0 serious, 0 crushing competitor to
the products of north Ontario sawmills,
American companies have during the past
summer been outting on the north shote
only the null logs of their winter (ramp
prodnut, while they have floated auross to
American mills tens upon tens of millions
of feet in the very choicest of logs to be
mnnufaoturod nat1 sort to tho West Indies,
Europe, etc., and thus realize profits oof
ut
our forests which Canadians would realize
if the oxporb duty had not been taken off
logs. This matter in Nor'ther'n Ontario is
rising high above party politics, and from
many sources I ]snow that if the Adminis.
oration does nothing to relieve Canadian
saw -mill men the Government will lose the
confidence and support of the large com-
mnnitios who nee more or leas dependent on
the sitcom of Canadian lumbermen. Whet
was recently a most flourishing industry on
the Manitoulin and the north shore is now
partially c'05heil, and American mill 111011
aro making preparations for huge flotillas of
firet•olssslogs next summer.
Yours, ate.,
Owen Sound, October 7, T, Tuouuoe,
The Dearest Thing on Earth.
HORRORS OM THE SL1111SIte
Revived by the Cruise of the Labor Ship
" Montserrat."
The 04003" 113110 by a n04401'1 440 wits NhI;wed
ns an .tile seaman new a Alsip Tern.
(1,1 ever teed Uro,n,led P("rt• Hundred
twin res,
A despal„h from Sae Filln:isca sage r--
L I The revolting elety of the iniettlru el Ile
ohne-trader " Moonier! et," !s detailed in
two peg10 of the !' Examiner' 1hie nuuubl;
by JI r, \V. 11. lirnmmege, 0 reporter ter whoshipp),1 aboard the st0;uu0r, if im earl otic,•
is 1 (hsttilttielly as fol11031
1'h0 n40001014 ''Sdentserrat" ii 0 slave
ship. Yesterday elle dropped aneho' fu
iia') Irrauefaco 11r.y •tel 111d01 a 410 menthe'
voyage, She ettle,t 1130,4114h the (boldin
(i,ite boned outward c,m April 'creed last. .1
1000 aboard her tuna sailer before the mast.
Acting uncle' in:etl•ue1oene front the (Atter
of Ilio " lixaminer" I hall implied fuer a
berth when ale 008801 was putting out nod
,ft,,' naw!' difficulty wa8 beken on am an
" able seaman " and afterward promoicd to
1,e 111 1(avierrmcitet.
Wo had on boar,! the Kine; of ilutaritari
eel hue email eonipauy of attendants, who
knew the object of our journey, and who
had IOken passage w•ttil rte fur bornewitimet
the slightest fee' for their persr.nal safety
and without comment mien the object or
the eutcolu5of the vnyeee. In the held
werostoreil prov!sione sitliedent to feed 100
Hien for three months,
At Nanaimo wo 000k 011 coal to last, for
the sttrne length of time, and then the
" \lontserrat" turned her prow to the
sont.h•westwnrd and tate real journey was
begun. No particular incident scanned to
relieve the monotony of the journey until
we reached! Butaritari on \lay 211, where
the king was warmly received by hie CO'p
plc. He was accompanier ashore by Cep,
tains Ferguson and Blackburn, of the
"
:Montserrat."
so 1
Young Wife-" Charley, dear, do you
love your tootsyootsy little wife as hmuoh
asover l"
Yonng Husband -"Yee, I do, with all
my heart, so ihelp me Moses."
Young Wife---" Am I dearer to you titan
anything oleo in the world 7"
Young Husband (sadly)-" No, I cannot
nay that you are."
Young Wife (beginning to faint)-" Oh,
Charles, what do you mean? How cruel 1
Poll me, then, what is the dearest thing in
the world to you ?"
Young Hneband-" In this lo0alftyy ib is
a ton of coal,"
to the ship, demanding his release. They
were derisively laughed at and told that
since he hail signed he could not be given
up. In tea's the mother asked to see her
boy, 800 was reAsorh, lrurguson fearing
deet elle would persuade him to jump 0) or,
been] at night and swim ashore.
mooched down In 111e bunt the bereaved
mother unlled her hair in egeny and erie,d
out i,',ius.ne tones, Tho father of the boy
stood l,y in stolid silence, The leather re•
omen,' hor 1111 reat it 8, but the same reined
, 1110 again given,
The imet day the bunt mune alongside,
, and 111,, mother and father, rather the
stand nu the shore and watch the ship go
down behind the horizon to a far-off pert
and tinknuwn world with their I yaboard,
signed the 1u•t:elee nod joined their fate
with his,
P11, "Llaeltbirdo" were it groat 411
when the father mud mother signed, i;.10
thereafter they dire:te 1 their Leet effort ;
rowerds sneering the ,YOIISg boys of the
island, Time and 1001111, when a boy hut
come aboard, dreaded by 4)01(10 ri•pres,,n.
Union ,f Gath:It and hue men, we would
rec from the decks the mother stunting on
the sand, holding her arms out inwards
the et:aael, bewailing meth the ag0rly of a
broken heart, clamoring to be takes aboard
rather than lege her child, b,1) hell back
by her bnsbanrl rant friemde, who we,,
powerless to rescan the hey, int who conha
prevent her going to a similar Fele, Theon
etienc5 were enacted over Thiel over again a1,
every island which the "Montserrat.' visit-
ed.
11 a lay at B11tari fieri ten days and secured
three Inherent, one of when) was an inter-
preter who knew the tongues of a dozen
islands and could speak English. A white
num wasaiso employed there, Peter Garrick,
whose usefulness had been demonstrated in
nnnle•ot(0 journeys witlh otherslave•traders.
He boated that during his stay of fifteen
years in the islands, he had taken by force
and sent to various plane in otter parts of
the world,
00 01(901010 111100 0100 1I000010D 000I8'ES,
"Niggers" rho not always leave their
wave -washed home in the Southern Seas to
go into en known countries, of their ora
will. Where the roseate promises of a man
like Garrick are not sufficient to get thein
aboard the vessels, other means are used,
and Garrick was employed because of his
facility of invention,
We next went to the island of 1Iarahi,
another of the Gilbert group, where our
first draft of "blackbirds" was made,
The first stop to be t(tken irae to resit
tho kin; and got leis pet:missioln to take all'
the neti0 t1,. liter the missionaries must be
seen, becanso they generally head great in-
fluence with the people,
Capt. Feignsan and Camel( presenter)
themselves to the king. Bending in mock
humility, they crept on holds and knees
across the floor to whore His I-Iighnoss set.,
and tho guards brought mats for them to sic
upon, The natives came marmmg from
all directions, and crowded around the
opening so thick that daylight was almost
shat out.
Garrick presented Ferguson to IIis
lIojesty, and asked if he clid not remember
him. The remark was hardly* a suggestion
from Ferguson, for ho hies to 0cconnc to the
king for the 300 fleshbare bones, that aro
100100 AT T110 BOTTOM OF TIIE SEA,
where the "Tahita" was found, mast down-
ward. Ferguson was the genies who engin-
eered that fearful and fateful enterprise.
"This man," said Garrick, "was hero
last year and took some men away to Mexi-
co on the "Tahita.""
The king looked at him a moment and
slowly said: "He took my people away
and they were drowned."
Garrick loolced hurriedly at Ferguson.
"Tell the king his people were not drowned
not one of thein. They are working in
Mexico and are well and happy. How
could I be here now if the ship " Tahita"
was lost."
" I think you lie," said the king. "Black
Torn and ninny others say the "Tahita"
turned over. If my people are in ,Mexico
why don't I hear from them 7 Before they
loft they promised to write to mu and my
friends, and they aro all good people and
do not lie. Did the "Tahita" turn over'?"
" Yes, she did capsize, but was seen by a
passing vessel that brought the news to San
t'raneseo, and a malof-war was sent out
and we were all pinked np. I got another
vessel, and we continued the voyage and
arrived safely in Mexico. The people have
been there one year, and in two more years
their time will be up and they will return."
This argument seemed to convince the
Icing, At any rats et satisfied the orowd
outside, who showed their gladness ea the
supposed safety of their friends and rela-
tives by shouting and slapping their hands
in glee. The king was filially, persuaded to
allow his people to leave if they desired Lo,
but
t\ MILD 1(0T ADY18E THEM TO (10.
Straight from tho king's reeidonoe the
pair 1001 the missionary, and to him the
sante els,. of life and happiness to the de•
parted itativ05 on the ill-fated "T.ahita
was told, It was an easy matter to win
over the missionary. He only cared for the
spiritual wt Hare of the poor blacks ; their
bodily discomforts seemed of little conse-
quence to him. On being assured by the
slavers that nuns and priests had been pro.
vided for times, on the plantations at Guat-
emala he offered no resistance to the teat.
fie.
Ferguson's next point was to got the na•
tions drunk. When this was a000mplishod
it was easy to got them to listen to his tales
of riches and happiness in far offGuatemala.
Then the real work of scouring natives wits
begun. Garrick and the native interpreter
want ashore every day. Ono worked at the
north end of the island, the other at the
eolith enol.
Forgesot employed his time with the
white traders, who informed him that the
best way to proceed w00 to get all the
young people, that lie ooulct, and then their
parents and relatives would aaoompanythom
rather than pati with them.
One of the traders indnoed four boys to
leave home, and looked them in iris house
to await the arrival of a boat. That night
the boat ivas sent ashore, and the neon in
charge were told to got the boys and pull
right away, When the men roaohecd the
house only one boy was there. The other
three had b000lto alarmed end jumped
through the window, The trembling prim.
ones was hurried into the boat and taken
to the strip, where, in fear, he signed.
vaunt 1111030 nTS 1'AnEOTS.
ptron to soon messed him .aid eatneoitt
{r
nt TEADISItS Sln LABOR Fli33111.3.
It may neem peculiar that the traders
511011131 he willing to use their influence to
get rid of the people who aro their cos.
10)0000, but it was explained to tar very
readily by ono of the traders ltinleelf, who
said 1-
The labor vessel is a God -send to the
traders, \Ve would like to e.a you take
half the population away and keep them
away, 1 hey eat like hums, and every
nut they eat is ono lose for the traders,
They patch their clothes so often thatsomne-
t'1n05 we see a oust with nothing but
patches. They buy very little, the prinol-
pel thing being tobacco,
"I remember labor vessels coming here
years ago and taking them a. way by the
hundreds. Thrt was the time we, made
money, raising the price of everything 100
per cent. and tobacco even more because
that is a thing they: cannot do without,
Yon can depend on the traders all through
tate group to help 70(1."
We had been fourteen days at the two
islands and 17x1 only secured forty-three
natives. The next island visited was
Aping. Garrick's home was here, and
as he was well known Ferguson was cer-
tain that he would get at least 1 1i natives
to sign. But be was disappointed, for
Garrick refused to work around his own
island, and after astay of fi e daye,in
which the scenes at lelaraki were repeated
over and over agafu, we enured forty
laborers.
From Apiong we sailed to Panama. The
British man-0t-wer "}loyalist" -happened
to be in the harbor there and they carne
aboard, enquiring the bu:lnoss of the
"Montserrat," The "p<oyalist' was bad-
ly in need of coal, and Captains. Ferguson
and Blackburn wore glare enough to de.
pieta their own store in order that enquiry
might not he ton closely made by Capt.
Davis, of the "Poyalist. We remained
In the harbor four days, aid in that time
but six laborers came aboard.
1'0001 T10E EYE OF TEE 3ts.W.e 0WA11
Ferguson was afraid to follow the lnothrds
which he had pet in practice at other is-
lands. At 11iniani,tha fifth stopping place,
another interpreter was employed, a Mr.
Murdoch, who was a W011020001011 man of
long residence on the island, He had never
visited Mexico, and thinking Ferguson as
truthful as himself, believed everything that
was told him about the place. He was in-
formed that his duties were to collect labor-
ers and assist in managing them during the
trip, at the expiration of whish he could
either work on the plantation as interpreter
or not, just as he saw St, but in any case he
would not be required to sign articles. If
ire did not like the country he would be free
to return to the island.
Placing his business in charge of other
patties, he worked night and day for one
week andseeoredsixtyeigltmen and women,
the natives having every confidence in his
promises.
From island to island the " Montserrat'
travelled, eoing to Tapoutoned, Peru, Nu -
Inman, Aroroi anti Taman t, securing in
batches a total of 888 men, women and chi].
dren from eleven islands.
Before lee ring Nukunan two men attempt-
ed to escape froth the ship by swimming
ashore. Some one saw them in Lhe water
swimming rapidly towards the beach and
gave the alarm.
Ferguson rushed up from his room with a
rifle and
0)1(013 AT TnE 3n0014.1=11E00 AWAY.
Tho ballot eat the water a few inches from
his head. Turning round and seeing Fer-
guson with the rifle still to his shoulder the
man threw up his hands to imply surrender
and both swain back to the ship.
After that a strict watch was kept to
prevent any of the natives from 1( eying Lite
vessel.
During the voyage between the islands
the tanks were kept filled with water and
the oondense•s wore going night and day.
A native Oen 110 111000 do witho'!t a plenti.
fel sappier of water than he can without a
plentiful supply of air. The limb thing to do
lifter the ship stood out to sea was to close
the tank and put it limit of the water sup-
ply, The tubes were screwed into the tank
above the tv. en. level, which on the inside
reached to the bottom of the tank and on
the outside protruded a fele inches. When
people wanted s drink they sucked the
water through these tubes,
Wizen the little ones cried for water the
mother had to suck the evater up through
the tubes and empty it from their months
into a oup and give it to rho children.
Their complaints wore not heeded.
Ono little fellow was no(ioa(1 ono day go-
ing to the tank frequently, filling his imp
by sucking the water into bis month and
thea going below. Watching to goo what
he did, he was noticed giving ib to his
mother, who w
1)200 111. TO 003110 00 DE00,
When to rain squa came it was belled
with the wildest delight. The wen= and
children would run 111) and clown the dock
and ant mail, calling up those 90110 WOt0
sleeping below' and bringing their cape,
pietas and 0000anut-shells and bottles to
catch the water.
Sotootinlos the squalls would last for
hours and they would stand there, chilled
through to the bone in the rain, such was
thole desire to be rid of the filth that cover'
0d their bodies.
Tho "Montserrat" left Samane, the last
island, on the 11th of August and on tho 110
01 September dropped anchor in the pert of
Sa1,:e- .( Gust -nude. Hero the natives
were lint to the planters, the
oaptn ,e 0 for each slave, awl
they Ire::' 15!1'' to wear cut their'
lives 111 the fever•ladel swamps of tropia
cal tluatotnale.
Thu parting of the people from one
another was pit00,18 ill the eOErettle. ,lien
elaepel each otherarnmel the each and cried
like babies,
AN OLD-FASHIONED WINTER.
"(Jutting a Buie 0,0101' !" remarked Mr.
Gellup 88 he 08 11031 hone wi111 hi: thigh.
Lor, ale. Peter:Me, e, a few r a a n e ego,
"1 Os, hnderrl 11112 I'm 1411524 ft," r„f Urw
e l the. latter, 1 t a,nfe hoer tily dsrtnit-
cd ,villi warm weather during this moonier,
and 1 feel as if I'd never wait t.o ere any
more "1' it,"
"It'd the: 03130 with 1110," 011)111,111(1 Gat -
lap. " and I "Cly halm Celt e tem have 15
"41o!d-fo,11iour l 1018100 t hie time,"
"so do 1,," said I titer by, "Tee last few
wee hers here silp'y ;,eon no wit, tees 11(1 all,
but I trust this will he oto of tl a regular
old style, with lois of keen, bracing air and
plenty of .new,
"Al -lab, you're tight 2' reel:,iinerl Gal-
lop, "What we n: ed to put 111e in our
veins end eo!or 1 ur elmees t:i Fone winter
weather like that wu use ! to 11308. These
eami,ypanbv wine r ad, me of tell vitally ,
tool .t -,_ ..a, . ,.a yy,
L{r, L• that tn'r l i'....,r that nilly
bracing 114 ,0„.r I (. plenty of the
'beautiful' eat care,''
By illi, On, tl,e 144.101,10o 8 rcn':Iled their
adj,ari00 non,184, :1e1 1,1 t)111"1.11'2 for the
11401 t,ea;l,mnoe1.e;ithi,,. a beautiful pie -
taint „f an ehl.f,[lhiuned we, ter such en the
hoped snot to tee 111,01 nerd. l\'licit they
arose 1119 flllewing morning they food that
the ihermmne;rr 114,1 1411,11 several degrees,
and that thi first 0ug,1e'tion of winter was
tipn11 theta. Bet it 1103 only 0 faint sugges-
tion, so slight as to go alneet unnotbeo-1 by
persons not given to-tutiTing the weather,
As Gallup wee on his evay to the alley with
a bed of eon] ahem ha. saw Petorshyspplit-
ing some kindling in the back yard. Both
neen were warmly wrapped up from head to
feet,
" 1)d;l y)u ever 04)5 such a gal -binged
change in the weather in all your 'life 7"
shouted Gallup just as the 031103 winch he
tried to throw over the knee came back at
him.
"I should nay ant!" said Petersby,
"It's the clog•gondcet cold 5nnp 1 ever saw
or heard tell of. It's enough to rip the life
out of a bras, elephant or freeze a feather
bed. "
" A roan who will sc)y in this oilman, "
said. Gallup, "is a 211111211.11( eked stem.
winding lunatic, and if the Lord will let me
lien through this winter I premise you I'll
move away before another winter comes, "
" I feel just like packing up and leaving
r0 r, -' 01lntinned 1'eteruby, ' The theugltt
r f another long, cold winter 111(1005 me sick
at heart. " And duel the two mets hurried
into their homes and eat nesse up to the
stove, while their wine hunted up their
oar•mntfs and arctic nverahora.
An old-fashioned winter i0 real nice, 11111..
niter ani it tweets more delightful to most
people a few years after it has passed.
Trade and Industry.
There hie, ciaarmahets' strike at Portion
Me.
Freight-i:andlers propose organizing an
intetl,atnitel union of their trade,
Carnegie's sail to 1-c on .his way to this
oeuetry to nettle w'itit the men (.t Home-
stea(r
The late e,pleaa:Lltl:e1s between the Car-
negics and their empiny05 cost the ;tate
Over •$200,IJ(I(1.
It is said that over 1.000,000 workman le
Germany remain umnarried because they
can not support a family.
Thomas as spinners el Lowell, ;Mass., have
decided to make a demand for an increase
of 10 per cent, in wages.
iieverel militiamen who recently applied
for addtnission to labor organizations in.
Roohestel• have been blackballed.
Hot Springs, Ark„ to reported as being tc
thorough union town, all workmen there
being members of laber organizations, and
moss of theta own the hocueu in which theyr
live.
The work of effecting a permanent nee
tional organization for the surface railroad.
men of this country will be continued ab
New York October 31st by the delegates,
who recently met in Indianapolis.
The effeot of the law recently enacted itr
Congress to enforce the eight hour work -
clay in all departments of the Government
service is proving more far reaching than
W115 at first supposed. It is stated that in
tete building contracts of the Government
alone it makes a difference of not less than
53,000,000 a year, or about 12 per cent. on
the animal outlay for the performance of
the same amount of work. It ,,an not fait
to exert a practical influence in furthering
the agitation for a reduction of the hours of
labor.
Shrewd Weighing.
A pedlar in the Highlands of Scotland
having run short of butter applied to a
farmer for a supply.
" How much do you want 7" said the
yo
woman.
anon weigh
pun will do," said the pedlar.
"1 cht n a pun, " said the
900`17an.
\Vby
"1 ha' na pun weight. "
"Well, what weight la' ye 7" said the
pedlar.
r Two pun," maid the woman.
"And which is the weight," said the
man.
" Ole, it's just tho tangs "(tots),
"\Nell,"mid he, "put o»1, leg in the
scale and Valley out, and that'll b* a pun."
The woman 212 88 requested, but when it
W119 weighed she looked doubtfully y at the
butter end said, It loops ince a large pun,
"Ids a' right, woman. Howmueh is it 1"
said the pedlar,
" A saxponce," was tho reply, which the
pedlar paid, and hastily departed, lest she
should disoover how site had been cheated.
A Soldier's Charge.
An order was issued in rho -.Hussars the
other day to have all the blankets in oharge
of the soldiers pet outside on the barrack -
square to be aired as aprerention of cholera,
A sentry was posted to take charge of themii,
Halted not been on duty long when the
Troop Sergeant'Major carne up to him and
asked what he was posted there for, and he
replied In an innooent manner : "'Sir, I am
here to keep the Cholera, sub of the bee.
racks 1" ---
A Boy's Idea of Pleasing the Girls,
Its atoll bolo that ketches the gimlet.
The, kin by sande and soda waiter for the
galls an theta what gnats wants.
If a boilcint be ribch an watts to plea()
tiro owls the best thing fur him to do is to
bo a soler or sonothin any
a ate Erne
w
form. Vuneforme Litz gods,
If te boi kant be moll or have a ynnefel'tn
and better bo We, That's the cheapest
way to ketch gurls.-[Detroit Tribune.