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FOLKS. OLEARING UP A MYSTERY
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A Little )M&0 -Weeds Reroihe.
' In the 1l rti•weaterta part of Ontario
there aro still innuendo furcate of pine trees,
and many wondaseters have their homes
there, sometimes far out in the wildest re.
troll$, Oecaefolntly tine hut stands aloue,
thong's they are neuelly in groups, for the
greeter protection of their (11( 0000 against
the invasions of wild beasts, Which sonte-
timea approach too closely to thews human
ha1it,atiou0,
Some years age, a Swede, named Olafson,
with his wife and six eltiidren, all of whom
were girls, lived in one of these lonely huts.
He was a wea:1-choppel`, and deemed it
” hard loch " thetas had no Wye to help in
his work, with at tut arms and willing
-hearts. He wee a strong, fair-haired, blue-
eyed fellow, with the indomitable perse-
verance, and wilIiuguese to work, and, ha
shed, he was obliged to toil hard to keep
broad in the months of his wife and his six
little ones.
Edo, the eldest, was about fourteen years
old, and aer father often remarked that she
wee " almost as good es a boy " to help him,
and the mother said she wan better than
two boys abort. the house -work.
"Why, see, Erie," site said, " bow the
child can nook ; how neat she makes all
things ; how she ran sew, and brai(t, and
what fine wheat cakes she bakes. 011, if
Eda were a boy, my task would be a
great deal heavier. She is a good, faithful
aughter ! "
Evers morning the father went to "the
clearings," and every day, at noon. Edo
carried lin a un pail containing his frugal
dinner of bread and molasses, and some-
times °. p1eee of meat if they had been fortu-
nate mantels to trap, or shoot, any game.
tor, the tree that her father was felling,
euno down with a crash !and with. a sere 041
of pain, else now him prostrated by a blow
from one of tho Leary limbs, She ran for.
ward as fast ns she ceuld--•�-fear lent wings
to her feet- and found the poor man insen
stole, and the blood pouring from a wound
Lit his head. She emptied the contents of
the pull en a log, and s1). rang to the etroain
for water, with which oho bathed his head,
Unfnttonately, she had spilled much of it
in her haste, So she ran back for more. 1ler
father had fallen olase beside a large tree
which had been cut down come days before ;
and whet she returned from her s000nd ex-
pedition for water, ebe caw what made her
heart elmostedema still, and hor hair rise on
her head with horror. An immense hear,
attracted by the smell of the food on the
log, was busily eating it with his fore pews
resting on the trunk of the tree, at the
other aide of which her father was lying !
Poor Edo ! she oovld not leave hits to the
jaws of the savage beast while she mould
call for help, Indeed, there was no help
near. So, though she Wee almost paralyze
oil with terror, she breathed a prayer to
Go d,aud, seizing the rifle, thrust it almost
into the heats eyes, and fired. He fell,
pierced through the brain, and she heard
her father speak, faintly :
" What is it, Eda ? What has happen-
ed?"
" 0, father I you are not dead," silo
sobbed, " thank tied! thank God ! "
Mrs. Olafson, hearing the report of the
gun canto running along the pathway She
a Title °Vie Overland Trail.
10 the spring of I S, -i3 a party of emigrants,
nambertng thirty•six people, left Connell
Bluffs, Ina., for Cslifornie, in charge of a
guard named 1''rayne. It has always h en
referred to as "the Fray ea tragedy," and
the 11011105 of many of the people, with a full
account of the start, can be retool in a book
published (n 1814 entf0led "Heroes and
Martyrs of the (:rest West," The account
as there published follows the party no
further meth Fort Kearny, but says the en.
the expedition was nttauked by Indians in
Colorado and every person massacred,
During the Indian war of 18137.4 the mys.
tabes surrounding thehrayne party were
cleared away, and it wee in this work that
I had a haul. In the Fell of 1807 I was at -
beetled to the garrison of Fort Laramie as a
Government snout, The next spring while
en route to Fort Fut0erliad, seventy-five
melee to the northwest, I got the first clue
to the fete of the party. As none of them
bad ever reaohod Csi)ioo•uia or re:anted or
been heard of by letter, it was of 80ate0 to
be supposed that all had been wiped out,
hilt ae to where end when was only guess.
work, Both forts were prat:dually boseiged,
and the Indigos bed possession of the coon•
try as far east as Fart Kearny, 3 left
Laramie au hone after nightfall with a steady
rain coining down and the night e0 dark
that I could not distinguish an object fico
feet away. 'There were two routes to Fat -
had locked the children in the 110050, and airman. One wua to keep up the valley be-
came to see what was the matter. Site ain't taveen 'Twit[ 'Mountains and cross tho north
Edo carried the father home. and net ended fork of the Platte River opeoatto the fort ;
to iris wound, and then returned for n its the other wan to arose the elver et Laramie
bear, which they dragged to tha house. and to keep to the east of the eastern Twin
In a few days Mr. t lefeon was Able to go and cross the tnou0tain at Hatcher's Pass.
to the settlement, and he took the skin of The latter route was twenty miles the
the boar •with him, and told the story of his longer, but I selected ie for that reason.
accident, and how his daughter•, a girl only T110 iNniasa
Occasionally, a raw onion, or 0 piece of fourteen years old, had killed it alone and would argue that all 0ouriers world take
cheese found its way into the dinner -pail ; unaided, while he lay L u ens:ions. the would
ager route. l coo gutting aut•nas the
and that was line. Manyof the sturdy wond•ehoppers came 11050 there was nothing do but to give my
I`maet try to describe their gnaiet little out to see Edo, and congratulated her, and horse Itis hoed tied trust to luck. Ito
home to you. A low, brown log hut, one
story, with small, square windows, closed
with wooden shutters, which were fastened
praised her folder bravery, and many others couldn't be expected to know my destine, -
501101(•:r p00501145 08 a anbstaetaal rec0gn1- tion, but after being headed to the north.
thin of her. presence of mind and courage. west ho was likely to keep that direction
at night, with a beery wooden
bar inside, She received them all very grntetully, and unless interfered with. The greatest den -
leather
during the day, swung open upon said, simply : ger seas in the first 0011 utiles, I Lagan not
leather hinges ; two long, law rooms, The " There was nothing else to do bat to push 101111 faster than ca wall., 113111 after tale
first of these was the kitchen and living shoot him. It 1000 God who gave me drat ten minutes 1 could not teal whether
room. in which was 0 huge fire.placc, with strength to do it, and you know be helps all 1ve wars guing east, west, ee north,
the old fashioned crane heuging in it, and who put their trust in him," It was 10 o'clock. hol00o 1 dismonuted,
where great logs blazed the whole wiu0er
long, for1tis very cold in those north-west-
ern countries. That is where the 'r cold
waves" and the "bliz.:ards," come from, ot
which "010 Probat•ilities" so ottett warns
ns. The second room was the sleeping apart•
sat down with a p0nlho over me. head, an(
struck a light to look at my watch and
Seeking ari Emblem• compiles. The horse had borne a little too
much to the north, At midnight I got
Tho French Republic is in search of an another look at the compass, and he had
emblem. The various monarchies which kept the exa:t course, The rain note ems -
merit for the whole family, who atheist neat have ruled in that neuntry have possessed ed, the sky lighted up, end I made fate
little white beds like you children all have, their armorial bearings. The Bourbon kings ; progress until it was evident that mor0iug
but slept upon straw mattresses, and hod- lead for their emblem the,/Ls er-rle-lie, or iris was et hand. 1 lhad made a good twenty-
in
together more like the lambs you see .—which, by the way, is said by certain five miles, and must now find a retreat for
in the fold. Ucrahlists to hn1•e been nothing more nor the day and finish the rest of the journey
Yet everything Was clean, and whole- less ata start than two frogswllich, in the next night. To have attonlptod to push
some, and sweet. Mrs. Olafson aired those coarse of a good many generations of con- through by daylight would have been telt-
straw beds and cover -lids most thoroughly ventionnlized representations, became trans- lug too many chances, as War patties were
every morning, and little Berta, her second muted into 0 Bower. The empire of Napo- out in every direction. As soon as too
daughter, ani. Etta, too, were of the same leott I. a(lopted the eagle as its symbol, and light was strong enough to reveal my 0nr-
miud, end shook and beat them with all
their strength, until thee' wore sure every
thing was arranged to proper style, accord-
ine to their primitive notions.
The living room was not furnished, as we
would call furnishing. There was no carpet
on the plank floor, but two or three braided
rugs lay there, one under the wooden reek-
ing -chair, winch Mrs. Olafson looked upon
as one of her proudest possessions, It was
painted light green, with a bunch of delicate
pink roses on the back, (la Frances, no
doubt,) and had been given het by one of
the women et the "settlement" two miles
away, who was going book Best, having be.
come homesick nigh unto death in this wild
Ontario forest. There was a (quinsy who have no ennt•ef-ar'nls end use them horse was at the book end, with his neck
table, and benches for choirs, a small eight• initials instead, there is a strong sentiment stretched out to smell of settlelhin;r on the
byden looking glass ataugtng by a woollen enema French Ilepubliaaus of the present grotn"l. 1 at first thought it 0.0 u serpent,
strung to a moll driven into ono of the logs, day in fn1•nr of adopting n more formal and but as 1 got up the ohjurt appeared to be a
a gay picture 0) a ti med:ah wedding, aitch pit•tot•irl symhnl wage, wheel. A nliuute later 1 retched the
the children had framed in largo pine 00800, :1 French tantmrity on emblems, NI. 01,06 to find that it was v. Wheel, or the
the spinning wheel, which elrs. Weisel' Maury, has ptbliseed a paper on toes sub• large' pen of one, its ea portion hal been
used ennsrantly in the a elltng, and cations ,lent which ins made a very favorable ant• burned. Such a thing caul(, have belonged
cooking utensils, bright as seeming with pression. He proposes for the symbol of only to an emigrant w'agou, and I intmed•
energetic hands could make them. the republic the ancient (lanae cock, lately Degan to search far eller ('antes.
'I'oblm, benches, and Hoof were exquisite- As long age &s the tribes of Gaul made While tllo spring grass had just begun to
ly clean, and a broken pitcher, 11110) with their heroic resistance to the Roman legions, start, the earth 1i all sheltored spots win
covered by a mat of the old grass. It was a
foot deep Isere, but as I welt kicking around
I goon turned up many things. In the course
of an hoar I had found enovgll iron work to
satisfy me that six or eight wagons had been
burned in the cave. I likewise round some
pieces of cook stoves, quite a lot of crockery,
two Rees, and a lot of bones of horses. I had
heard of the Frayne tragedy, but had always
understood that it was supposed to have
occurred in Colorado. I 2000 now in 'Wyom-
ing and at least 300 miles to the north of the
roato the party was said to have taken. It
was easy to guess what had happened in the
cove, A party of eutigreuts, probably seek-
ing fora ease th101131h the ulonntoins, had
been driven in there by the Indians. None
but lndiate would have burned the wagons.
I could not find bones enough to represent
over four or five horses, and it followed
that the others must, have been drivel ole.
As to human bones, there Was 110110 et all.
As I searched about my horse wandered
down to the mouth of the cove, tend it was
about 3 o'clock, and I was etill. kicking
about in the grass when I heard 0 engirt of
alarm from tho hone, and looked up to see
about twenty Indians on [hair ponies, They
had trailed ale in, end thought they had me
for sure, but 00 their tirot yell I rna1od for
the right -band well, where trees and hushes
were growing Bleat• clown to the grace. It
leas tough climbing, Put I was in a. great
hurry just then to get somewhere, and. not
over parttaular as to the route. Tha whole
gang came galloping up and opened fire on
ate, but 1 ivas then forty foot up the bank
and had the shelter of a mess of rocks. 11ad
half a dozen of them dismeutted at once mud
posted me I should lave been captn'ed,
but they waited to make euro they lad net
fallen into a trap, end that saved ate. As I
ascended I bore to the left, and before any
ono took a the chase 1: 1000 on the heights
at the baolt and of the cove. A lot more
Indians came in, and I counted sixty-six of
them its I halted • to got breath. They got
my saddle and blanket, but nothing more.
As the first party came.ehttrgin 101, my
horse Ilanited out to the left of them, and
re0)11100 the plains and headed back for
Laramie, Ile arrived at Ute fort during the
night in good shape.
tenon what 1 sew an11 hoard I was lod to
believe that at least twenty of tho Indians
pushed up the. balk afterme. After reach•
ing the orost I kept to the north, and as
there was a dense growth of trees alrl
bushes, with huge houlrlors scattered about
they had littleshowto track me. I had
not gone a quarter of a mile what the
ground began to dip front both oast and
wast into a chasm running north and south,
Ib wee
so did that of Napoleon IIi.
The First French Republic used as a
symbol the fasces of the Roman lienors, with
the head of an axe projecting from the ends
of tho rods. This symbol, after the terrible
shedding of blood which grew out of the re•
volution, became an unpleasant one to al
humane Frenchmen, and the fasces and
their terrible axe were not taken up by the
Third Republic,
Thus far the republic hos, in the many
cases—on cows, stamps and elsewhere—
where some sort of symbol was neces0ary,
made use simply of its initials, "R. F."
Although this is eminently democratic,
reminding one of the custom of persons
roundiugs I rode into the footbitls and
pushed along to the base of the mouutain
itself. By sunrise 1 found a sheltered cove
and went into camp for the day. Atter a
bite to eat I turned to and slept nail one
o'clock in the afternoon, and I had just
woke up wbon the singular conduct of shy
horse attracted my attention. Tho cove was
formed like is bay. It was not over 201) feet
wide at its month rand extended back about
500 feet. Harr and there its sides could bo
scaled, but at the far end the wall was al-
most p10011) 00)2 and down and
A ()t'012nen 051100' IMJrtr.
1 had carped on the right baud side of rho
cove and uboat half way of its depth. The
the rift to the north. It has leen to •alnro,l ON LY GIME OF MANY,
mince and found to ho a quarter of a n.ilc
long. 1 raiehed the north end to find Henan
it drimpc•e iutn 00)111 deeper rift, nail that C1oA18s Of life Down on the Oki Farm
the latter bent to the east and 1=,1111'1 out 1)
into 0 cove similar to the one I had comped —
In, but 0 mile to the north of it. 16 Was
The- dN/,F 4'rtto l'a tln:ne At"'"" l eeOlh81`'n
sundown when 1 looked oat Into th)0 cove, prrIer are 154 111 01 -'kite orm+t o1' nal•
lend 101 Its Mouth were half it 110/51) 1"diene tnlua'a '4111 1'( trot.
Boated around a camp lire, with tint: potties
grazing hear then[, My hope had hoes to "'Pears to no I can't never gat these
get out end finish the rest of my journey chores den un' gin ready to go down to the
on foot, bat I oertwinly could oaf got out boat when she comes lin, 1011' T0)11 aura to 110
by that route, atld it had none beennto too On it, too,"
lite to hope to make Illy way out of the Farmer Taylor hurried into the barn, and
rif 0 and dasoeud the amen wen further
after forking down some hay fur the ha'sea ape O'ou'nnk• ttookks 111 the Cnduut otonu
worth, tutu hastily to the house and seined (lho milk
that Franc., hau.P oat Anu eater,
In the emergency my only safe plan was peil, returning to the boon where Rosie, too
The 11111 ch havejust hoisted [hear fi0
to retire up the rift and tied a good place red and white cow, stood plaoidly chewing g
to pass the night. 1 kept clambering beck ter out and ruminating on bur ellanee0 for over the little Islands of tit, Paul wad Am•
until l had radio remelted the south end, an extra mess, stardom, iu the sondhorn pare of the lodinn
end then I fP t at would be safe to start a Though adven)ad in ,years \Ir. Taylor Guano, aboutmldnvaybebweoh Anatraha and
tire, Tho bntlom of tho rift was littered was as 5pty. as tt, young man, the seasons ot the Wipe of Goad 1Mapo, No one knows
with leaves and branches, and 1 soon had a bolla•brealuug toil hevutg left little impress 8014011 the 3'('0110)1 expect t.e do 1510(1 those
aheorfnl blaze going. Soon after the tire on itis sinewy frame. (fray whiskeys cove'- tttliohalftad apeuk5 1)l mid•oesan. Am5400'
Was lighted two reat wolves suddenly rush- ed the toll loner half of Itis face and alittla dant leat
densely covered with vegetation, but
e(1 nest me, goingnorth. '1)10 hta+l come iuclinaciou t o ^m ]gave them u toweled ap• 5t, Paul, y males to t he mouth, is ahnost
out of she mss of rocks at too stout" end. pearaliee, Tliu loaka of straight haft droop• bare, and neither island has any inhabitants,
Thinking there was a den there in whish ed to the soiled collar of his oil onto, the It wall 00 St. Pull that the British steam.
others might be in hiding, I made a torch ends ela(:king out in a well•Ilefluod edge, like sltip Slegara, bound for Australia, with 400
R )e u 9a nu board, was Ueanuhad in J ane, 147 ]
that 1 might inspect, the pluuo. Under a bristles on the endo of a null brush. His I + 1
tangle of trees which load fallen from above blue eyes had a mild expr000ian utterly an• after springing a loan:. Tho oastawaya
wits the mouth of a cave. It was rather compatible with the fierce shoggiuossof the erected hula and lived on the inland for
6111811 tat first, but I rolled aside some of the brows, which met 0051' them, anagen weeks, when It steamer 00110 within
rocks and found e. hole ahnost large enough As the milk spurted irtt0 tho pail under sight of their signal rand took them off.
to drive a 040go111et0. Tllis bole led to the the pressure of his brown and lonely hands, These volcanic Iolanda are among the moat
south, or toward the onve wltero I had first his th0ugh03 went back W the childhood of rentarkuble in thooae00. Thaurnptvornclts
seen the Indians. Once fairly inside 1 could the soh, now grown to man's Palate, and tlaG recon then were lifted ftom profound
figure it out pretty plainly. The rift hall whose erri•ral on a visit home, the first OCean depUla. 1+'ire mince from St, Paul the
outs been a part of the sane cave, hat tho several yours, he so eagerly awaited, sea as about. a male an depth. Neither fossils
roof had fallen in. The north entrance led Tom had been the br ightest of all their canln1015, nor plants testily to an au0ienl, con -
into the deeper ravine or canon, Where six babies, and was the only one woo hoed nectlmh I)etweon the islands and the lavas of
the south entrance was I proposed to find to an adult age except Maly, the crippled tete llnacearenoa or 11ndagusu0r. Though only
out. Gathering material for three or four daughter who had been a constant care fifty miles separate the islands, they differ
torches, I pushed my way along. For per. since With. Rio tiny feet had proved egnot greatly in the composition of their rocks,
Imps a hundred feet there was little change t0 the task of walking before he was 1 year and probably they were never united.
in the dimensions. Then I crante upon a old. He learned to talk ate correspond. 1''nl• a ee0tnry 1)1401 tie falands laevo eiCas-
graotohamhermoasuring fifty foot by 11,100y. iugly early 114(0, and showed other 01"1: of iounHy nano :viaitod U,y et ipwroekodsailors
Here the roof wws from nine to fifteen feet amental precocity. As the farm adjoano+l the and 533(00 18.11 hsherttteu have establtalhed
high, the wells rough and ravaged. and 11e little lake•p000 village tom catered seinen tl:annseh•ee for wcelta tat n limo uu Ibe island
floor very uneven except right in the centre. when hitt 5 years aid, and thereafter nus of St. Poul. Sola ti011 expeditions have also
I continued straight across 10 until my way progress was rapid. visited them, notably that of 1074, when
was blocked by a great beldam The " Beats ell how that little feller used to French savants welt to 80. Paul to observe
atmosphere was dry oud the sir sweet and leant," broke out the fanner as he busily Che pla0aag0' of \'anon, and pt•ofitecl by their
pare, but the darkness Was oo thick that my palled at aid 11 ulle's pandalons tttl•100 t{e tlle(�ttsvo vol nonYetlmnsaesogirel sehoccrnte rs 1
torch east only a small ensile of light. 1 '1(011 acquired the habit, s0 eminnem t 1 lona
spent ahottt an hour bringing in limbs and ly Bees, of talking to himself, and as the on Anloterdan are extinct. St. Paul is Duly
brnalh to build a large ere to the mid ale of foamy milk rose higher in the shining tin 01104(1 one-fifth the size of Amsterdam, and
the chamber. When it got well to blazing, pail he onnLineal; has m noGublo peculiarity. '.1.'he waves gtadu-
50 that 1 could the every portion of the " Thur, boy's the smartest un every found ally broke away the rock on one side of 800
chamber, I gut 0 )rent chuck. in theme parts en- 1 don't care who hears great crater, and fluidly the sea Was a;l•
The cave0,1 was a veritable dm0nel honse, she say It. He jest to. 'ltitipuetic an' minted through) the large opening thus made.
There w1)+ 11(4 eu011 a thing as 0 perfect g'ogre dhy was nutltiu to bion an' he read The sea entering the crater formed a Iran-
skelete`, out there were hundreds emit bun- the hail town libr'y 'shrew before he wine quail Lake, with w depth of about 300 feet,
dt•ede of Manna boues lying about, each one thirteen years old then est the cleric if he The antennae from the sea is barred by two
as white as ivory and as clean as a billiard couldn't buy 'nether lot. So 1 boss, so ; pl'nineulas of debris, which are constantly
boll. Thee were also seven separate and stand still you contrary critter." Rosie changing their form ender 1110 action of the
distinct heaps, which turned out eo be lifted a foot threateningly but, subsided st'av'es. Tho highest part of the crater wall
clotting, crockery, cooking utensils, Ru. after it sharp slap on the hip. 'Then be re• surrounding the lake isabout. 500 feet. This
Hats, cape, and boots were lying about, slimed hie meditations aileutly and when wall is pierced with hetes through which
and against one of the walla were seven the pail was fall he let the cow out into the steam and smoke issue. Little depressions
rifles. Neat' by were three axes and two pasture and went tonne house where break- in the wall are filled with hot water flowing
smell Legs of powder. The outfit 11011 been last was waiting. During the meal he nlado through creeks in the rock and constantly
provided with spades, shovels, and picks, frequent tripe to the dour, scanning the kept at boiling heat, so that fishermen angle
prettied , p
nut those, manus that(' handles and badly atelier far the first sign of the boat, alter- in the orator lake not cook their dinner
rusted' I had kicked out of the grassontoide. nating with his wife, who was also innpa- within a few feet of the place wltero they
There ware foar or five wooden chests :iout fur to s:eamer's arrival, catch tial(' tient. Sq while the orators on
among the baggage iu the chamber. I Just before noou,when their vigilance hail Amsterdam ero'deud, those of St. Paul stilt
pried these open one after another to find been somowlot relaxed, a heavy whistle eon- exhibit considerable activity,though accord-
thom full of clotning or betiding and family nottncod the steamer s approach. Fifteen tug to the reports of the earliest visitors,
keepsakes. In nearly all of them were old minutes later father and son met upon the its volcati0 energy has considorebly di-
'letters or Recount books, and I was not yet dock and together hastened to the old ntinished.
tbronglt with the first trunk when I knew home.:Che scanty born of St. Paul consists of
that 1 had solved the mystery surrounding "Mall be wonderful glad to see you, my about forty varieties of mosses and lichens,
the Frsyne party. It had been made up of boy, an' so'll Mary, Settee you've got to be and fifteen herbaceous plants. 'Trees plant -
families from Sac City, Boone and Jefferson oily editor of that big paper r1'0sy was od by tishertnel and botanieta have not
and I had heard the names of most of them &feared you'd feel above your old. pa Ian' 100, auocooded. Potatoes, carrots, and other
mentioned. Lt a box which had belonged but, gracious sakes, I own't the no dill'eronce vegetables raised in St. Paul are sorry specie
to F royne himself 1 found five letters and 'oopting you're bigger au' older lookin, mens. Cabbage, however, seems to thrive ail
an aeoount book, On three of the trunks The hull town knows whet a big auto you an astonishing way. A few butterflies aro
were spots where the wolves had gnawed air, an' nue, all' Mary, an' ma's the proudest fouod,bat terrestrial shells are entirely Tach.
old caudle grease. 3 likewise found where folks in the village." ing. Amsterdam on the other band bus to
candles had been placed on the walla. 1 And 00 he rattled on, 'Ton asking an 00• very colel0erable dere and fauna. The
did not finish my inspection that night, but ctasioual question about the home, toe farm, French eepedition of 1174 found fifty differ -
at 10 o'clock (axed e. smell fire to Seep the monhie old nostoafutee. ent herbaceous gleans on the island, of
wild beaeta out and lay (down and slept till On the broad piazza, under the shads of which twenty -live 0p00i00 were peculiar to
morning, Then 1 made a thorough search blossoming 1,001,w'aited the motherpetie11• it. The phi/lira crIw•cn., a tree which 111(1
to sec of any of the doomed people had loft ly, as women wait, 1luring the years of Ler not previously been seen except upon the
any:record behind them. On the floor of son's absence her heart was the only one vuleani0 island of Tristan de Cunha, in the
cavo I found a book which load been used which itad leen depressed wt tames with the Atlantic, is also found au Amuterdwm.
as an a000untlook bydobit \lartin,u farmer foar that ell was not a0 well with Ten as it - ----- --------
from near Sac Caty. He had kept might have been. To het' city life seeped
0 emit of diary from April 0i, the day of the full of indaflnabla terrors. She heti beeu
start, up to the same day in June, two afraid of she knew not whet. She knew
menthe later. His jottings were brief, but only that site had feared and prayed, and
spoke of diesevsione and of losing their way. prayers had not brought perfect peace,
It was probably memo time early in July With hot' toil hardened bands clasped tight -
when the party arrived at the cave. They ly over the faded calico bodies, beneath
bad, perhaps, decided to rest there for two which her heart beat in suffocating throbs,
or three days, ea there was plenty of fuel, she stood until husband and son were before
water, and grass. They were discovered her. " Mother 1" he had cried. Of that
and nttaok0dbyIndians. There meat have meeting let the roses and sheltering vines
bean an entrance to the cave nn [bat side, keep secret their happine0s from a critical
and when they found the Indians too strong world. Who can describe thole joy ? Even
them they retreated into it, leaving their the garrulous old man became elient, Detrital
wagons to be captured end burned. How the teens which fell were not feminine tears.
that entrance cane to be blocked 1 could The sun's rays were softened by a passing
not discover, but it looked as if filmy cloud and the poppies in the old•fash•
Unmet garden waved their silken petals
gently its if respecting bite sacred comming-
ling of joy gnat tears in the household.
Dinner time pasted quickly. (Tom praised
tho humble meal of beton, bitted potatoes,
and talk gravy. Re told stories and anec-
dotes of city life as viewed from the van-
tage ground of a newspaper tnan. I•In talk.
ltd of members of 1?arliatnent and Senators,
actors and ectresse0, He had oven heaped
the Mayor of Toronto into antic, and had
parroted a lilte cervico for many of the
aldermen.
The family wasontfaneed. Even crippled
Mary, repressed by years of physi0al pate
and deformity, beoamo almost merry.
When the table was cleaved way Ton
insisted on wiping the dishes for his mottle',
and the meek htblo woman felt greatly
flattered by her sot's attention.
. Bet, eaten• a time Tom grow restless. 73e
walkednervonely about the house end yard,
melting questions, then paying no heed to
the answers. Finally he Wont down town
to see some of hie old playmates, he said,
but he promised not to be gone long.
The shadows lengthened en the grass and
the quell of sunset spread ever the broad
lake, Theis passed and he diel not return.
The supper hour 11101050 and still ;Cont was
absent. The biscuits grew cold and the
ogg omelette, of which he was so font, Wa0
spoiled. Mother Taylor fidgeted about till
finally the old man slipped out of the door
retying as ho did s0.; I'll jest step down
to the company's store an' the posh-oll'hoo,
Feebly Tom's tollitt ''bout the may mayor
an' some of them big gene. Goodness me I
Them boys 1)d like to liseen all niglhb'thout
ever thinl.in' of slipper. Don't I now's I
blame them mach either,"
Ito paused a moment at the gate. The
early twilight had tomo and darkness hov-
ered
overed over the town. All along the shore tato
beach sand gleamed white in the gebhoring
dusk, every dark object upon ie being die•
tinotly outlined. At the for end, where
the sidewalk disseminated int° loose planks
and boards, the figure ot a man appeared
staggering, reeling this way and that, and
stnmblingover every stick and stone, It
was Tom, and he was hilarioisly drunk.
At 12 o'olock that night Tom wag in hie
room in a drat-ikonsloop, In the upper
mon of the old homestead a light burned
dimly,
and a cripple girl with tear -deified
ince knolb by the bad in prayer, The
mother ley upon the 'counterpane, her
features set With frozen horror. No sound
wild flowers, stood directly under the pit:-
tttre of the wedding, on a queer little three.
.cornered stand, wbieh must surely have
come from Sweden, also. Aud on this table,
too, was laid the Bible, carefully covered,
though it was used every night, for Brio
'01afseu and his wife wore God -tearing
people, and tried to bring up their children
in the right way, and to trust in their
Heavenly Father.
In summer time it was rarely that Buy of
the ohil11ren remained iu the house for any
engoh of time, except the rain poured in
torrents. The little brook babbling pastthe
house, afforded endless amusement, and ex-
citement, and the another only stipulated
thot•no one should venture beyond a tree
which stood et a short distance from the
door. And, as it was, she was constantly
watching her little flock, for fear some harm
should come to them. It was all very pleas-
ant during the an mater, but nolo of you can
even imagine its desolation in winter when
the forests were filled with snob', and it was
alntosb impossible, sometimes, to get to the
settlement for supplies.
Then Mr. Glefson poled huge logs upon
the fire, and the children played around ell
day with their rude toys, manufactured,
generally, by their father, and the mother
at her wheel, told stories of the.hotne-land,
how fair and noble and brave were Swedish
maidens, end how courageous were Swedish
men, until blue oyes grew bright with ex-
citement, and Eda and Berta hoped they
lnigltt grow up into brave women, and long.
ed for an opportunity to show their
courage.
Bub I am going to tell you what happen
od one mid -summer day --something that
brought mucin praise to lsida, though she
little dreamed of such a thing.
One morning, Mr. Olafeen shouldered his
trusty axe, and, as he started to the clear-
ing, ha said ;
Mother, let Bila bring my dinner ear.
liar to -day. I would like to go to the set-
tlement hetore dark."
"She shall do so," answered his wife,
"for we need oil for our lamp, and flour for
bread, to -morrow.
So about eleven o'clock, Eda took the
pail, and went, gaily skipping and singing
clown the pathway, through the wood, She
had not gone far when she heard her
mother's voice, calling her, and beckoning
her to comeback.
She hastily retraced her stops, and call.
ed;
Well, mother, what have I forgot-
ten T'
" Take the rifle, Eda," said her mother,
"for 1 have a fear upon mo lest you come
to harm."
Erha laughed merrily, aid said, " 73ubliow
can . carry that heavy thing, mother, dear?
No harm will Dome to tno--the good God
watches over us all.
lbnt firs. Olafson insisted, 0o the girl ptit
it over her shoulder and marched away,
She heard Iter father's, axe sounding ht the
distance, and hurried forward to a spot
whore she ooultl sea him I when, to her hor-
they carried the cock upon their standards.
It is an emblem which is to bo found upon
thousands of anoieet French helmets, selves,
coins and modale.
It has always been regarded as the typi-
cal bird of Franoe. As late as the seven-
teenth century it was used on the " coun-
ters," or substitutes for coins. It11as, how-
ever, never been associated with royalty,
but has been regarded as a sort 0 repre000•
tat km of the nation itself.
Ann Maury thinks, moreover, that the
coot 1•1 a good representative of the French
natinial charaoter, Tho Frenchmen, like
the rester, is proud, good.looking, gallant,
talks. i en, and ready to light to the death on
0000aiou.
It ie recalled, in connection with this ad-
visee -2y of the cock as a national emblem,
that Benjamin Frankland, tho wisest at
Americans, tried hard to cause the turkey,
instead of the eagle, to be adopted as the
emblem ot the United Status, 1{e notated
out that the eagle was the bird of murder
and rapine, whereas the wild turkey, though
not a bird of prey, and capable of minding
his own business, wan a gallant fighter in
los own defense, ao well as a bird of re-
merkable beauty.
came from her 000Oely.iirowil lips. Hilo
a.+areely honed mol dict not Iwecl tho0aintly
enppnet:anew of her daughter, but lay there
with svide'npen eyes like ono to whom
dealt lute comesaddutly. An lIottrpassed,
nod the sound el weary faoteteps euulo up
from 11(11lost•ur 111111. The old man, with
his ceattorn and 111.1 alcoves of his shirt
reduced to shr0da, name up the emirs and
passed into a distant uham1»r. Throwing
himself upon the bed he turned Ida fade to
the wall.
TWO REMARKABLE ISLANDS.
Unmistakable Evidence.
Some time ago a steamboat called the Old
Bannock blew up near Trinity, at the month,
of the Ohio, 1y which accident a lady nam'
ed IIrs. Jones lost her husband std her
trunk, for both of which an action was
brought.
There was greet:dilficulty in proving that
bIr. Jones was in the boat at the time of
the collapse, 1 hat worthy hating been no-
toriously drunk on the wharf just as the
boat left Trinity.
Many witnesses wore examined to prove
the fact, until finally Mr. Dolomite., a Gor-
man, was put into the box.
The attorney for the shipping company
at tenth got to work, and elicited from Mr.
Deitzmar the fallosving testimony,
"Mr. Deitzmar, did you know the Ohl
Keeled; ?"
"Yah, I was blown up mit hoe."
" Were you on board when she collapsed
liar flue?"
When she bust her Idler I wag dere,"
" Did you know ItIr. Jones?"
"To be surd—Mr, Jones and I took pas•
senger togedor."
' You did? When did you last see Mr.
Jones on board the boat?"
"Well, I didn't see Mr. Jonas aboard de
last time."
The attorney here fanoacd his cage safe,
and with a most triumphant glance at the
jury said 1
" You did nob? Well, Iver. Deitzmar,
When last did you see Mr, Sones 1"
,c Well, when (lo sohmoko pipe and me
was going up wo met bIr. Jortee coming
down,"
Light griefs do speak, while sorrow's
tongue i0 bound,
A w11b-LOOit)NGI SPOT,
bub just the place for me under the oiromn-
stances, and I descended into it until I
A (nta,0T 7,A1'n50.1010
had ()centred. The 1100110 entrance) probab
ly did not exist, at that time, but was open
ed by the convulsion of nature which caved
the roof inn The people had oaeria l flour,
meal, beans, pork, coffee, tea, and sugar
into the cave, bun there was nob is drop of
water to be had. 1 hutted over the plasm
foot by font, but not even a clamp spot
could he found. They had perished one by
one sitnply of thirst, though it may have
been that the supply of air was also cut o0'
when the mouth of the cavern wan closed,
When a portion of the roof fell in the wild
beasts had found to change to get at the
bodies. Beath and every person -heel prob-
ably been deed for months or you're when
that happened.
That afternoon the Indians gave up look•
ing for me and rode off to the south, and
next day I reached Fent Fetterman. ft was
some months after• the Ouster masseurs) be.
fore wo made up a party to visit the cavo,
We found things about as I had left them.
Itt the cave and ravine we found bonds
enough to represent thirty-two people. The
other four might have died on the way out
or boon captured by Indians in the 3ighb.
We brought away most of the goods, and
groat share of the relics was sent back to
friends in Iowa. On is closer ittspeolion it
was discovered that considerable work hall
been done towards digging out. At ono side
of the chamber was a ledge 0r shelf, and
the men bad eased on this tend ring upward,
but before they had ac0ompdishod mlioh
thirst had robbed them of their o„trength
and they had flung themselves down to the,
Tamed Later On.
Mrs. Blinks—See here, M. B., I ahonghb
you said, you 14011 been duck shooting ? But
these ducks you brought hone ere tame
duolts.
bit. plinks—Yoe. m'00ar; I tamed 'em
after (hie) shot%M.
The Waiter's Sympathy'
At a wedding breakfast a clumsy waiter
contrived to upset a tureen full of rich soup
could go no deeper, While crouched on over the satin dross of a lady, who took it to
the bottom I heard the Indians passing and heart terribly and threatened hysterias.,
r(massing on both banks, but n one attempted '1 Don't worry ma'am,' said the \visitor
tote about t 'n t1( kit,.
Irl. romainod a or V thorns lots more sot 1 o t t•
de0ue l kindly t
q p p
e- began 110 Work M way down
7r
randtt 1)b w nen.
lou y y oh
en."
A $7.5 000 GOLD BRIGS.
A. Nice New Trnr's um 1'or the Direct
the Truro tlold 311tntnit Company,
A Truro, N.S,, dispatch says :—On 22n1
September last this urine produced a gold
bar weighing 105 ounces from 25 tons of
quartz ; on the 12th November 370,132
ounces of gold were cleaned up and smelted
from 02 tons of quartz : on the 18th of the
same mouth mining operations were shut
down for the purpose of pottiog n new ma-
ohinery ; on the 10th December the mine
eves reopened, and iu the meantime new 40
horse power boilers end engin5, man emote r-
eel by the Truro Foundry and Mabhine Com-
pany, has been set tip and put in operation.
The manager a house had bean built, hoist-
ing gear and cal Levies re -arranged, first-class
Dopper plates and amalgamating room add-
ed to the mill near the shaft house, and a
smithy built in substantial and modern
form. The mine Was again unwatered by
new and improved pumps, and tho whole
put in good running order,
On Friday lamb, T. G. McMullen and a
number of unvited guests, among whom.
were Martin I)tokzle, of the Merchants
Bank ; Dr, 1.1. H. Mar, and other prominent
citizens of Truro, visited the mine for the
purpose of s0oiug the menogor, George W.
Sttart, conduct the final operation of re-
torting and smelting the gold from 30 1 ono
of quartz, trained in 20 daye by 14 men all
told, The operation was most interesting
and novel to the gentleman present, who were
all, with the exception of the manager, tit.
Orly autonished at the enormous brick pro-
duced. Fiftseeno and a half pounds avoir•
dupois, equal to 750 ounces, were turned
out of the crucible and rat into ono magni-
ficeub glittering gold lar worth 515,000,
giving a not profit over all working expens-
es of nearly $14,000. Naturally then is
hot excitement ending mining sten, end the
impetus which will bo given to the gold
miningindustay of this province will 'no
doubt be very great. The principal gold s
strike in the load is estimated to be worth
325 ounces to the ton.
The Song' of the Lie.
Sing ho 1 sing ho 1 for the skitter, oh I
For the flying font and the winds that
blow I
Floe the blood that runs to the cheek, to
glow
Like the Woetern sky 1
Sing ho I once more the flying shore I
And the great long cracks le our icy floor 1
And the tree tops that wail of the sad no
more
Of the days gone by
Sing ho I sing Ito l as we glide and go
Whore the pines on the edge of the shore
bend low,
Over the ioe and the streams still How
Sing ho I once more while the pine toys
rear As in times gone by I
With a song thabbhoy sang to us o'er and
o'er,
r
And the o{d dun walks through thegreat
red door
Of the western Sky i