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There you are out, Magnet.
Aren't The Amazon and Oronoco and
La Plata rivers, and can you sec ac-
ross them? 'Ha -r k'e, Pathfinder, .I very
mulch doubt if this strip of neater
here be even a lake: for to me it ap-
pears to be only a river. You are by
na means particular about your geog-
rephy, 1 find, up here in the woods."
':'There you are out. Master Cap.
T'her'e is river. and a noble one too,
at each end of abut this is old
°Mars before you: and. though it is
ori my •gift to live can a lake, to my
jnad'gae n; there are few abetter than
flys. '
'nrd. anti•.. •are stood .n: the
beach at Rockaway, what more
sio11•d we see than ..we now behold?
There s a shore .-m one side. or ranks
titre, aad trees too. a: we: as those
Which are :fere."
This is .perverseness, Magnet,
non young girls should steer clear of
anything tike obstinacy. In the first
place. :he ocean :las coasts. bat no
banks, except the Grand Banks, as I
tell you, ,which are ort of sight of
land; and yon wit: not pretend that
this bank is out sight of land. or
even under water?"
As .Mabel could not very plausibly
set ftp this extravagant opinion, Cap
began to discover the triumph of
a succession disputant.
"And :hen them trees bear no
ccmtparison :o these trees. The coasts
of the ocean have farms and cities
and :c.•in:ry-seats. and in some parts
of the world. castles and monasteries
and ,ghthouses—ay, ay—lighthouses
n pa tic n' on them; not one of all
which things is to be seen here. No,
no. Master Pathfinder: 1 never heard
of an ocean that hadn't more or leas
lighthouses on it; whereas, here away
there is not even a beacon."
"in:re .. what is... 'better. there is
what is netter:a forest and noble
trees, a fit temple of God."
"Ayyour t( est may do fora lake;
but tf what se would an ocean be if
the earth all around it were forest
r•ps would be '.tnn.ee Bary. a• tine
her -night be floated in rafts. and
there would be an end of trade, and
what would a world be without trade?
I am .of that philosopher's opinion
who says human nature was invented
for the purposes of trade. Magnet. I
arr. astonished that you should think
tuts water even looks like sea -water!
Now. I' daresay :hat there isn't such
a thing :as a whale in all your sake,
Master Pathfinder?"
never heard Of one, I'will con-
fess: ant I am no jndwe of animals
the.t live fa the water, unless it be the
f-;shes of the rivers and the brooks."
"Nor a grumps*, nor a porpoise
even not so much as a ,odor devil 'of
a shark "
"I will utot take it on myself to say
there is either. My gifts are not in
that rv:ay, 1 tell you, Master Cap."
"No herring, nor albatross, nor
flying fish?" continued Cap, who
kept his eye fastened on the guide, in
coder tto see how far he might vent -
ere. "No such thing as a fish that can
fly. 1 daresay?"
'A fish That can fly! Master Cap,
Master !Cap, do not think, because
we are ,here borderers, that we have
no ideas of natur', and what she has
beet 'pleased to do. I know there are
squirrels that can fly--"
'A squirrel Bart—the devil, Master
Pathfinder! Do you suppose that you
have got a boy on his first v'y'.ge nip
here among you?"
'1 know nothing of your v'y''ges.
Master Cap, :hough 1 suppose them
to nave been many; but as for what
belongs to nater' in the woods what
1 have, seen I may tell, and not fear
We face of ,mar."
°,And do you -wish me to mtderstand
feat you have seen .a squirrel fly?"
"If non wish nntle- t .rd :rte
y'cwer' of '-rlcd. Master
lar, will
dh wet? er ,e:ie•ca a..-1 mar.'
other things , ..r.0 .taro . for you
may ice quite curtain it is :rre."
"Anti yet. Pathfinder.'
looking so prettily and sweet;,,- e: -en
While she ,Inlayed with 'tine ell cel in-
firmity, that he !forgave be: in his
heart, "you, who speak so reverently
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
1 -character of Sergeant Dunham :hat.
commanded respect: of a tall, impos-
ing figure, erar:' and saturnine dis-
Position. :,nd accurate and precise in
Ili, act and manner of thinking, even
'Cap, 'dogmatical and supercilious ;ss
he usually was with 'landsmen. did
no: presume t., take the same libert-
;es with the all soldier as he did with
his other friend. It was often re-
marked that Sergeant Dunham re-
eeived more true respect from Dan -
can of Iuhtlhe. tho
Scotch laird
who
commanded the post, than most of
the sulbalterns: for experience and
tried services were of quite as much
value in the eyes of the veteran :maj-
or as birth and money, 'while the
Sergeant never even hoped to rise
any higher, he so far respected him-
self and .his present station as al-
ways to act in a 'way to command at-
tention; and the habit of mixing so
much with inferiors, •whose passions
and 'dispositions he felt it necessary
to restrain by 'distance and dignity,
had PO far coloured his whole deport-
ment, that 'few were altogether free
from its influence. While the cap-
tains treated him kindly and as an
old comrade, the lieutenants seldom
ventured to dissent from his military
opinions; and the ensigns, it was re-
marked. actually manifested a species
of respect that amounted to some-
thing very like deference. It is no
wonder, then, that the .announcement
of Mabel tut a sudden termination to
the singular dialogue we have just
related, hough it had been often ob-
served that the Pathfinder nvas the
only yuan on that 'frontier. beneath the
condition of a gentleman, who pre-
sumed to treat the Sergeant at all as
an equal, or even with the cordial
familiarity of a •friend.
"Good morrow, brother Cap,"
said the Sergeant, giving the :military
salute, as he walked, in a grave state-
ly manner, on the bastion, '"Jay
morning duty has made me seem for-
getful of you and Mabel; but we have
now an hour or two to spare, and to
get acquainted. Do you not perceive,
brother, a strong likeness in the 'girl
to 'her we have so long lost?"
"Mabel is the image of her mother.
Sergeant, as I have always said, with
a little of your firmer figure; though
for that matter, the Caps were never
wanting in spring and activity."
Mabel cast a timid glance at the
of the power of the Deity, appear to
doubt that a fish can fly,"
"I 'have not said it, I have not said.
it; and if Master Cap is ready to
testify to the fact, unlikely as it
seems, I am willing to try to think it
true. I think it every .man's duty to
believe in the ;power of 'God. how-
ever difficult it may be."
"And why isn't my fish as likely to
have wings as your squirrel?" deman-
ded Cap, with more logic Shan w'as his
wont. "That fishes do and can fly is
as true as it is reasonable."
"Nay, that is the only difficulty in
beliewin1e the :tory," rejoined the
niide. "It seems unreasonable to give
an animal that lives in the water
wings. which seemingly can be of no
use to it."
"And do you suppose that the fish-
es are such asses as to fly about under
water, when they are once fairly fit-
ted Out with wings?"
"Nay, I 'knot!- nothing of the mat-
ter; but that fish should fly in the air
seems more contrary to natur' still,
than that they should fly in their own
element—that in which they were
born and 'brought up, as one night
say:"
"So much for contracted ideas,
Magnet. The fish fly out of water to
run away from their enemies in the
water; and there yea see not only the
fact, but the reason for it"
"Then I suppose it must be true."
said tbe guide quietly. "How long
are their flights?"
"Not quite as far as the of pig-
eons. -perhaps; hut far enough to
stake an offing, As for those squirrels
of yours, we'll say no more about
them, friend Pathfinder. as I suppose
they were mentioned just as a make-
weight to the fish, in favour of the
woods. But what is this thing anchor-
ed here under the hill?"
"That is the cutter of Jasper.
uncle." said Mabel ''hurriedly; "and a
very pretty vessel I think it is. Its
name. too, is the Scud."
iy, it will do enough for a lake
tet ha;,s, hut it's no great affair. The
lad has got a standing bowsprit. and
who ever heard of a cutter with a
standing bowsprit 'before?"
"But may there not be some *ood
reason for it, on a lake like this,
untie?"
"Sure enough—I must remember
this is not the ocean, though it does
look so much like it."
"Ah. uncle- then Ontario does look
like the ocean, after all.?"
"In your eyes. I mean. and those
of Pathfinder; not in the least in
mine, Magnet. Now, you might set me
down out ynnder, in the middle of
this 'bit of a pond, and that, too, in
the darkest night that ever fell from
the heavens, and in the smallest canoe,
and :I could tell you it was only a
lake. For that matter, the Dorothy"
(the name of his vessel) "would 'find
it out as quick as I could myself. I
do not ;believe that brig would make
more than a couple of short stretches.
at the most, before she would per-
ceive the difference 'between (Ontario
and the old Atlantic, I once took her
down into one of the large 'South
American bays, and she (behaved her-
self as awkwardly as a 'booby 'would
in a church with the congregation in
a hurry. And Jasper sails that boat?
I must have a cruise with the lad,
Magnet, before I quit you, just for
the name of the thing. It •would never
do to say I got in sight of this pond,
and went away without taking a trip
0n it"
"'Well, web, you needn't wait long
for that," returned Pathfinder; "for
the Sergeant is about to embark with
a party, to relieve a post among the
Thousand Islands; as I heard him
say he intended that Mabel -should go
along. you can 3oin company too"
"Is this trios Magnet.
"I believe !, returned the -girl
a flush .o impercepti'ttle as to escape
the ab.erta:ion of her conpanions
r a:n_ .:ter creeks: "though .
am rot quite certain, Here he comes,
however, rc ^.an inquire of
himself,"
'Nohwitnstanding his humble Tank,
there was something in the mien and
stern, right countenance of her father,
of whom she had ever thought. as
the warm-hearted dwell on the ;,ifect•
ion of their alhsent parents; and, as
she saw that the tussles of his 'face
were working, notwithstanding the
stiffness and method 'till his-ntantter,
her -very heart yearned to throw her-
self ., n his ,hosom and to weep at will.
But •ne was so much colder in exter-
nals, so much more formal and dis-
tant titan site had "expected to final
hint, that site 'would 'not 'have dared
to hazard the freedom even had they
been alone.
"You have taken a long and
troublesome journey, 'brother, on my
account; and we will try to make
you comfortable while you stay
among os."
"1 hear you are likely to receive or-
ders to lift anchor, Sergeant, and to
shift your 'berth into .part of the
world w'ltere they say there are a
thousand islands!"
"'Pathfinder, this is some of your
forgetfulness?"
"'Nay, tray, Sergeant, I forgot noth-
ing.; but it did not sects to the neces-
sary to hide your intentions so very
closely from your own flesh and
blood."
"A61 military movements ought to
the made with as little conversation as
possible," returned the Sergeant, tap-
ping the guide's shoulder in a 'friend-
ly hut reproachful manner. "You have
passed too ,much of your 'life in 'front
of the French not to know the value
of silence, 'Rut sec matter; the thing
must soon be known. and there is no
great use in trying now to conceal it.
We shall embark a relief party short-
ly for a post on the lake, though 1
did not say it was for the Thousand
islands, anal I -may have to go with it;
it which case d intend to take IMatel
to make my 'broth for rte; an'd I
hope, brother, you will 1101 despise a
soldiers fare 'fora month or so."
i°'That will depend nn the unanner of
marching. I have no love for woods
and swamps."
"'We shall sail in the Scud; and, in-
deed. the whole service, which 15 no
stranger to ITS, is likely enough to
-please one accustomed to the water."
"Ay, to salt -water if you will, but
not to lake water. If you 'rave no
person to handle that cutter for you,
I have no objection to ship for the
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1941
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v'v's,. not wit listanding; though I PROFESSIONAL CARDS
shall look .,n the w'hole affair as so
much time thrown _away. for I con-
sider it an imposition to coil sailing
about this pond going to ``sea."
"Jasper is every tear able to man-
age the Scud. brother Cap; and in that
light I cannot say thr.t ,va' 'have need
of your services, though we shall be
glad of your company. You cannot
return to the settlements until a
party is sent in, and that is not like-
ly to happen until after nay return.
Well, Pathfinder, this is the first time
I ever knew then on tbe trail of the
Mingoe and you not at their head,"
"To be 'honest with you, Sergeant,"
returned the guide, not without a
little awkwardness of manner, and 'a'
perceptible difference in the hue of a
face that had ibecon'e so uniformly
red by exposure, "I have not felt that
it was my ,gift this morning. Its the
first place, ,1 ,very well know that the
soldiers of the 55th are not the lads
to overtake Ir.oguois in the !woods;
and the 'knaves did not wait to be
Surrounded 'w'hen they 'knew that
Jasper had 'reached the :garrison. Then
a mans may take a little rest atter a
summer of hard work. and no hn-
peadhnrent of good -wit. Besides, the
Serpent is out with theist; and if the
miscreants are as be found at all, you
may trust to his inmit'y and sight:
the first beim; stronger, and the last
nearly, if mo (tithe, as good as my
own. He loves the .skulking .vaga-
boinds as little as myself; and, for
that tatter, I may say that any own
feelings towards a Mingo are not
much more than the gifts of a Del-
aware 'grafted on a Christian stock.
No, no; I thought 1 would leave the
honour this time, if honour there is to
be, to the young en,l0n that com-
mands. who. if Ile don't lose his
scalp, Inas boast of his campaign in
his letters to his mother, when he
:nets in: I thought 1 would play idler
,'nee jit any life."
"And no arc has a `setter right, if
long and faithful service entitles a
man to a furlough," returned the
Sergeant kindly, 'Mabel will think
stone the iworae of you for preferring
her company to the trail of the sav-
ages; and, 1 daresay. will be happy
to give you a part of her breakfast if
you inclined to eat. You must not
think, girl, however, :hat the Path-
finder is in the habit of letting prow -
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lers around the 'fort beat a retreat
without hearing 'the , crack Of his
rifle."
"If I thought she (lid, Sergeant,
though not much given to showy
and parade evolutions, I would
shoulder Killdeer and quit the gar-
rison before her pretty eyes had time
to frown, No, no; Mabel knows me
better, ,though we are Ibut knew acq-
maintances, for there has been no
want of Mingos to enliven the short
march -we have already shade in aoan-
pany"
ht •would need a great deal !of test-
imony, ,Pathfinder, to make one think
i l of you 20 any way. and more than
all in the way you mentioned," re-
turned Mable], colouring with the
sincere, earnestness with which she
en,leave,ured to nent'c-ve any suspicion
to the contrary from his naiavd. "Both
father and daughter, 1 believe, owe
you their lives; acid believe -me, that
neither will enter !forget it."
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