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A National Hymn.
Land where the -maple grows.
Land where the union rose,
God save from all her foes,
This Canada of ours!
Long may Victoria reign
Over all this wide domain,
And righteous law maintain
This Canada of ours
Peace is our welcome guest.
Here freedom is at rest.
No tyrant e'er oppressed
- This Canada of ours!
Oh may our strong defence
- Be in onmipotence,
Guarding in every sense
This Cana la of ours
D. C. RELL, Ingersoll.
AGAINST THE LAW.
- Novei-Bi_Dora Russelh.
CHAPTER XXL.
LAURA WAS HIDDEN.
Laura gave a, half -cry as she recognized.
Bingley. aud tried to draw the bed -clothes
over her head.
But it was too late.
,
Bingley made a hasty step forward to-
wards the bed.
"-So I have found yeti at last !" he said,
in a, savage undertone. •• I ewote that if
you were above ground I would trace you
-
out.".
•. Pardon me, sir," said Doctor Hay,
Lt. this moment, bending down, and laying
Itis lingers on ,Laura's wrist ; " but - this
young lady is my patient, and is -in -no
condition at present' to ge through any
exciting scene, and I must, therefore, ask
VOU to withdraw." •
" This young lady is my wire, answered
Bingley, dogmatically -ea or as good as m:y
wife, at least; for, in a . fit of madness
'abstinence,. she ran 'away on her wedding
day:• and I letere 'therefore the best eight to see
after hes, and muet request that she be
immediately removed fronathighospital to
aspriyate hatuae;" . . .
Then .Laura graSned the doctor's hand
imploringly:See
-You wont Allow this?" elie said. e" I
- _ •
•
- -are. helpless ; but voueseoart. alloarsthis
• to7.talt.e.rog away? ".:- ,
"...Certainly --not," Saidethe-doetor, .coolly,
•'My :geed sir,' he continued...'addressiag
, Bingley.---- Were this lady stwenty fifties-
- your -if ee you ev-duld. have no • autherity
• - ,
- over 'het -here's.- Sbe was- brought may this.
liosPitaI :n a patient, and diecliarged•.
-eured, here she railet remain:a.- -"-,.
•a "1 ani net hisiesafe,"SSaiel Laura, eagerly.'
s shalaiseeer beelli4 Wife ""
•':•.• You a:mew-yaw -choieetliena'i, said Bing,-
. -
steseluigele. . .
sidl events, no euele discussion may
• berearided on,liere,'aehidebedoeter,azitherie-
• tatieelea--.4.4 You -must. 1eav t1is Ward,. s.ir.
This. - lad.36S-not in ..state-t°arty _eh
an eacifina chuveiSations"
Yen ,lied best ecnae fotalie
• seat,eitea said the pelieeaillicar evlse bad ae-'
tOrOPP.14kIta Bingiey as the ledapital, address-
ing-tritrisia:a Iasi torie.- We have found
-.the-. lasieesie seetus.; anti :slic is (Mite' safe
here. ahil can't lez....we kueseing-
_
•
So. fdeconipelied tu quit the•
ward. emiewent with -the feeling Ilia( it waS-
uhsafe 'to- lei Lan.re, -ant of bis sight egithe
for a Mozimat now- -that he had fotind -.her:
• Ile ; had sought het withextrasitdinary
• diligence, end had uedeverymeaus itt,hie•
power disc -river- her . until her
appearance had etruak: the azolicemen-:
bad snatched }ter frOme the citariage-Wheele
aaa.eorreepouding Witietliat of aYoung lady
- advertised for, and.Wheeedisccevery: tabeeda
- 'game:reward wae:offereda, --
-------'-e-Thiespelieenettualeadaeinumapiea-ted
suspicion to. the Superintendenteet-eSeote
lend. Yard, who Was: enciplclyed-by Diegley„-
: and thus -hie visit tothe. hospital.. " "
left it geatIv- exeited; He had found
- heratgeina-the girl wlioin ite Scatcelykliew"
.,- 'whether -he laved ordiated=znost,:ethe giri.
cevlidhad jilted hint:Made a fool cif himetad.;
-who:had:cost:hap -hundreds and hundreds
-of pound ---and vet he still desired t6 Marry
Greatly startled, she yet retained some 1 tor where the missing young lady was
presence of her mind.
"Who are you," she asked,bendirse down,
" aud what is the matter?"
" The mare's thrown me," auswered the
man," and my leg's broken, I. think."
"Do you livelnear ? " inquired Laura.
"At Southdale Farm," eaid the man.
" I'm GeorgeMorely, the farmer."
off
•• Can't you walk," shesaid. "Or, if you
will direct me to your house,I'll go midget
assistance."
George- Morely, upon this, tried to get
up; but found he could not stand. In fact,
George Merely had taken too much whiskey;
and, in returning home after his potations,
had either fallen off or been thrown off his
horse.
From his present condition, Laura con-
cluded that most likely he had lanen off,
particularly as his horse was standing a little
further down the road, quietly cropping the
scanty herbage by way of passing the time
until her Master was sufficiently recovered
to resume his seat on her.
However, George Morely had enough
sense about him still to be able to direct
Laura correctly to find his house; for the
accident had happened to hilei not a quarter
of a mile frona his owu door:
• An oia, broaeuatown-looking farm -lease
was Southdale: Laura at Once concluded
that she must be right as she approached
the homestead: for the front door of the
house was opee, and an anxious woman
was peering out, b.olding a light above her
bead, and evidently looking out for the
absent master:
"Who be you?" she asked, sharply, as
Laura ueared the doorway. _
"Are you Mrs. Morely, the farmer's
,wife?" said Laura. .
"Yes. Naughthappened to hini, sure-
ly ? " inquired the woman: and turned
paleasshe asked the question.
"Nothing serious, I hope," said Laura,.
kindly. _elle hasbeen thrown- from his
horse, has injtired his leg, endis lying ou
the road not' far from here ; but you need'
-ha afraid. He will be right, -elibligh
Whee yeei lease got hini home.'a •.- . -
Theivoixiaa leaned against the iloerwase
atul-grasped.Lattra's _liana.. ,- • • 2" -
,
are not .-51eceiviegnies are
she said, in a: trelablieg voice. . He'e not
Worse than you. say? ; . *.
..- NO indee. di he :ls'. net," saideLaara,
.feelinge_ tnuch compassion: for the . peat
hi/arena wife. "11 yea-rieese one of the
meatehold on his horse, .will.be at
. .
hetheiti a, few minutes.' rea
" Ay; to _Mkt him on dzishoese:," ifirate.r-;
ed.thewoznen,recovering herself; saf.uuder-
stand-,neW.:". " • '
But- ,he did .rouse oneof the fatield!er2-
vantsaand.thee herself heCompauid4 'Deera.
to the ePet where: herhusband wag.. Iyinge
But. 'Semler -did- she see his condition
than the ;anxious and really lovilig wife
:changed' her: tone., and, spoke- to him aaitle
great bitteriaiee end.contenitia
•e Ay: so yo Wye- beee et it again! Sin)
Said:, a Yenotiehtlo. be ashamed cf. Yours.-
_ . _ .
self!',- • a -, 7
• 7" -ale dear,-r.r-tuns tishained--rathee
-- Here was a'rnan,,pait his :yetethesea-mau
..a.bardeised-weaddlyeendlieneible enbegli _les S.
•
sister had pointed.autdais folly -
'ate hint When-weeke eed-weekee Went'bv,:
r,-aiid-Richard:r.B.ingley Was .atill-;vaiilly scek-
ing Lanett:Keane: • ees
purficaeWill
:you 40 -find her?' raalisse &Valera -2had eald
---ete-..,ber brother. r. .not-
, marry her al- See
se-sWould I izeta," answered Bingley dark;
lUetin to findher and marry her,
an end.cit ita"
And:se:olio aloaght_Ons -
leerhed that ehe -t0'.Loadon",
land thiaraef cearses waeseniebelp;•
• 'How' he learned thiallappened-tlatiS-::-.
a fewmarnents newlePus ga. back -to
--Latira uftei she had bidden thelit .to
Bin,s,dey on. the 'evepiag before the _day of
Which -cVaSto be her' wedding -day,
She haa had.- ever'snice. her ezigageineni,-
ae Vague idea that -she Would 'die beforeher,
Marriage:se:But. death seldoni - Comes. -'t0
thcied - who long Lor so LEstire lived Cheap:Wayslie .x%" -as living
and her aching heart beat still. the twenty p4undS sbe had' breaelit with
Thee came her lastmeeting :her from .BridgenottleHodeeseaS feet melt-
eGlynford ; .-and.after this she 'determined -Mg aseaa-.-, abet -she,ete..leets deteratinedto
: never-to:Marryl'Sineley • -‘ _ vent-ure-:frOrif the quiet spa. Whe-re she 1.14a
. r,. .
-.1111t 1,10's'Nt.,to- escape : found -shelter; • • :
sThere Was, a deep pond in; the:groliade-of - SIM little iinagitieclelicityeyer, thatiiearay
raigezioet.if- lioeseetted she made-up her -ali.the time. she. had -beeze -at the lioniestead
ind..th4, rather than be Biligtey's wife, MiS...:1Niorely. bed guessed wheat she . -Wase -
..•when: they-eaught-fer the bride:they would George Merely,: the.larineie. bad chanced.
'adad.lierbeneatli- the Water there-, to -beteg' deomeone.,:of the - cot:in:trynews-
But.SliewaS..yeting,---and*Iteu Mr, :Glyn.-- papers on. the .--84ardlay...".after her _arrival
• 'ford, gaveherthe twenty pounds --day there; and MrS,-MoreIy. bad read'anadver,
before the Weddina,-- she suddenly thought tisement iheite 'offering aarewerd: for -the
of another aclienie°. She would disappear:. diseOVery of young ladY.Whelital left her
- She Went up early to her attic- reOini_ and -lionse on the very. night that liaurahad
pretended ----she „had...retired for- tlie night. found tlie farmer p11. the read;
a
But while the See-ea:ate- were atseappet, and: Mrs. a -...alorely was ti covetous vinlug
-the:tweeter: and inistressaefthe lioiiso We're and Wass greatlY tepid:de& in Shea
easeeittitigss:tegether thedrawing-robin, she
•-Sto1e. down the hack staitaaae,- after-lock:Me
the ladar of her attic.behind herz•-and.ewent
oil Of the-hinise bysthe back entranee;7'atid
wia-thstS,lecked out _when the family 'tetir-
oa to=,bed.:- , .
i.a-p--w4lkecIjini17 jute. the ..C9UUtry 13.:,S-
-.-rhat 'sea feetaiouldeerty het,. -.She:: had.
exiade _ her: zniad to go neat no- railway
station, :bat ttylabidehereelt sone
obscure
eobscareeozintayefterne,liouSeor cdtta,g0,-
. .
-AIX& favoredher.
elea'svalked swiftly on telo-ae the dark
an- ;-elenown-countryseoads,.
faint dry for helps
trippe „. ;
-slarkeeleject Iying,on , -
T.A4-.„:-aereseeseved that it • yeasr-
se-Veaes.--icesee: eela
- !ea -base ,
likely to be found.
But scarcely had Mrs. Merely left the
homestead on her inhospitable errand, when
George Merely told Laura the whole story,
offering, at the same time, to drive her, if
she wished it, to a distant railway station.
We can understand how gratefully this
offer was accepted.
When Mrs. Merely returned to - Southdale
-Laura was gone, and the farmer's wife was
thus unable to demand the full reward.
But her information proved two things
clearly to Bingley. One was, that Laura,
was alive and wel/ ; another, that he knew
where she had now gone.
She told. George Morely that she was
going to London, and Mrs. Merely, of course,
repeated this to Bingley and his solicitor.
So she got something, after alt, for her
trouble, but not enough to repay her for
the very serious quarrel which took place
between herself and her husband on the
subject. And after all, she loved •hire
better than money, and was thus a loser by
the transaction.
Bingley again went to London, with re-
newed hope, to search for Laura. He knew
all about the notes now which had brought
such trouble on the poor girl, and how they
had come into her possession.
But it suited him to keep the secret;
but when he found Laura lying in a London
hospital, he knew what would certainly
have weakened his power over her ifthe
truth had been told. .
• After her arrival in ;London, Laura took
a little room in an obscure street, end tried
to earn a: livelihood, ;but had no chance
'
aanong professional workers. •
Penniless, half-starved, and . utterly
-weary aed disappointed, she was run over
-in the streets, and carried to an hospital-. ,
• And on this visiting day, when Bingley
and the detective.offi er had left the ward,
the house-snrgeon b nt down • and said in
Laura's oar, 44 You had better tell me your
i
storea and pethape: . may be able to help
you. :
.. .
- ii .
'She fixed on. him rightehed, appealing
slpekeaed the cold,- traeticel doctor felt a
strange and unaccua °Med .-epaatica stir in
-:4eetatpliet asaa I he , 'added and do - " -
his heart. - , Ji . .. e. :.
. 4 K
froin here withent. Yenr 4:Wii consent.. • 1._
not be afreale • Nere shell take you. away
.will eome and See Iy- u in:the eveeingaand I
:if von like then to: ell me your story, -I
Will -do what -I tanf ryou,"". . . .. ' - ..
-- Laura decided- to ltelt Doctor' Hay -Oaerys
: • Bitter experience -had °eine to her 'since
elie- liadlled . froine • erathenie, -,-Slie kueW,
how. that ti, struggle..ozi.in 'London withouts
friends' or help. Sif-anv - kind: -Would be it hopes*
lees offert:-... And she knew :116W, -1.asO; that
eire \could rather I tend- before-seeriminal
.bar than- Marry:Bi4gley; . -ea' -' - - -
ablIA. ,TE.ta XXIL.
DI. ..1.fita EP: .
',- T116 next time that Doctor dem-es:alley
-.entered-the ward newhielilLaera Was lyiug,
au at - few baokeziland faltering -Weida she
asliained; tizat'i-i." -hesitated Georee in to!
e 4, t4
, doctor listened, and sympathized. -
husky -aceeutess ellut ,the --the - piaTe was
Slic-2--1?,1'.faet; 'let me .go over ber
head:" - - - :
• Delea-talk: and make a -greater' .fool of
yourseilC., sain his, Wife, angrily.
:elle-- Went on, addresSing:
the:fartm.zzeri,ait. - - '
- And So. the Youna- fattoerwas ienoisaisie
onsly. tilted -up on his horse again, the
aaiinal'standiefa.auite"etilt, evidently:. Well
-eceristemedte_the sort of thing.;
--The farm -sex -Yea _ horse, and
Laura welked'ebehitid. with-theaogry-wife-
Won- "'". asked :Mrs-.
rMoireiy,.presently:' aait's litteforeyoute4e.
-out da tlie toada," ee • - .•- • • : :
,44 Yee." ..ausavered.„: Laura, who ,:had.been
eonsideriagswhat she :would-, Say "
left alyaoreethis evethug, anddohtmean
to=.retnitito it. a bed- .for
the nigh -a Mre: 3totely .? de -will -pay you
The.fi,iriner's wife hesitated, and then
. _ .
consented i -
Anhohrlatera.Laurafennd. herself rest
ingher weary _frame- in. a- clean, white -cur-
tained bed, in -0, neatbiat scantily:in-rids-he&
The -next morning: shefelt: too illto rise,
• and, atter aii---iiiteraiew: With the fermet's
wife, tdolz-ber-p.reseht tooth for a Week. :
.Aed she YetualttedIhree..weeks at South -
dale - •
tsevas.a Itaaa.leinsee'isolatedpotf,an-drgico-
felt that Sho.:waSsafer thcrethan she could
have „anywhere: ,._;
The farmer's wife .wae an indeStidous;
eleeneizotableseeeng-Woniau fealty deeply
,ateac:bed toshee."Geotge e" bet eheavas bad
tenipered patsinionioas, _ -
'Slip rarely...left her home;. and -a news-
paper found -its. way . there- sometimes once
.a -week. -Metrely • asked eLaura no,
questions, as as ehe Wag regularlypaid; 'and,
so; some seveu or eight milsfroni Fara-
hame, Laura lived .911: Uukil,OW2.1, two
*en were seeking her all -Oyer- the &nutty
Ira, --.-- tobe. knew:. het it eves toafighte with
fottglio; a:11(1.w .b.brainyost meneyless-in the
'begin life.7e - battle,, end -had fought well. and
_woilds. ; When - lad lie .had :been 'left - to
... , .- -. . .. .-- .. ,. ..
been it -faithful, itender ionto a Widewed
inothere- Ile could ainderstaad, therefote,.
hews:the `...paiet tkenibliag gill- -before -bine
-had' yielded to the. -teinptation:. i .1-Te:-.1(tieW
well -hoW, eitsY.ik ia- to - payyoni--wher 7' Titled
'Walk 'quite estrlitight when your :purse. is -
I
Well lined,- alai be:Wolf- ie not _Wedging: ,itt
the 'dor...a:a . a - 'a...see--
- -13ut he listee dto Laura's talo -._ _ . . .., . . ,
-_. . •
.eiletiese: 'Thee, When" she ended, he --.said,
.-in-quiele-sharpe leeents,... And you 'care for
.:thie ether,rtien-et thig.Mr. Glynferdr
," Yee;'.': . en Satbred Laura, bluening ,CtimS
;2. -- - - _-. - - -... -.
"..-- ",eaude ypu. ., --kat:apply to ; lune anw?
-,aaked I-_lfectot -Hay.. .. -- ---I-a a: se • ... a
No,".saidtaiere.a..-:.4-ei have parted.With
him ;far e'sier---41-Tishall.gee:.hihazio- niOte-ei
Will,..leriag _110 .itrtlier troable Upon- itiMal "
--- - _Agein - for: . tel minute 6.rteeo. . the .cleetot.
wae . silent, an; a -restless Sigh rose on his
°74.AII thee -ale:, he 'said', Presoltlayavith
rather- ',a, painful smile, " yoi.t I must _live.
This affair. of passing the stopped notes is
very serious awkward. This Bineley--
..
has good Chic against yciu, _ and- could,
have you leristed if he chose. Yon -Won't.
marry him now, I suppose? " _
least, into his confidencle before Laura
could be privately remove.
This was the comely matron, Mrs. Carn-
aby, a youngish Widow, wItio would have no
objection, the doctor bdlieved, again to
enter into the married state.
She was a rosy-che4ed and comely
woman, who had not been shy in letting
the doctor see that she r!egarded him very
favorably.
The police -officer hull applied to this
lady in the beginning, alad after Bingley's
interview with Laura, the matron had
promised to let hini 1ii.0 how the young
girl was getting on,
Thus the doctor knew that he must make
a friend of Mrs. Carnal:, in order that she
might not oppose him be his purpose.
He accordingly sought:, the widow in her
comfortable sittingrootm, .and found her
just sitting down to -a wiry appetizing little
supper.
"Well, doctor," she (paid, "1 am glad to
see you. I hope you will stay and sup with
"1 will stay and chat With you," answered
the doctor. I ,
saNever ! a
" He may•p
but be
hizu
Yo:
▪ _ .
.revenge him.
- Yes, I k
s icl 1.tau-r-ct-,.
t z e jail=may• transport
cannot force. me to marry
. . .; . - •
euet be_ prepared,:.:fer he'll -
If aponeyeu.,if be can." -1
W,'' said Laura., sadly. -...
• . -:4 But I'll- tY de:prevent lime," centanied
the doctor. ' IFYOn. Were brought into- the
aceident ward.:7.-=ta naineleSs vpatione,-..pieked-
up - in -.. the' streets- -Thatei all I ahave to
Sle with: -el .'etnissr nethiiigebf.coureeeol.Mr. _
Bingley, -n e.of 5.1rs Glenfbids mer.of Miss:
Laura Kea V.: .1....kneW a -.yOung .-wernan
4
brought in 1-With's compound fracture :of-
-hers 'arm, _ potefilsed.-- to give any -mine,:
and.: for hee oaly.I.- am responsible. This
-y01.1pgrA'vorikan_ muet be worse before :the
next. eViSit4i-s' day, ami - I Will:give ' orders
that no .enetehell be adizeitted te this ward;
By --the, follbWiag ...visitota',.do. this .. young
WODUUT. • with -thee cenipouud fracture --,will-
he:a:Able td)se removed. -Theis, when :out
friend Mee Bingley arrives, he .-Will.,...,fitid
' that-. this -I 1 yOung- worn ens baStgoile; a- . is -
veil
charged „petiente . and I"don3.- think )our
out
-frieed, sMfa Bingley ere his .detecti Will;
find:her in! a. hurryaa . -- , .., a...
se feat, 'de not nriderstand;" said :Lanni,
'breathlesslye as the docter gal:Teed. -. .... s'a
. sa You atetaffeet to -.beetoo ill to be seen
1 - -
by:any on *hen your perseentorioext"pre-!
- sent,e : hanself -', 1 -Or you are iipt -yet' sttong
mind as to. Wlie,ther she , -would .gain more- .etueugh • • . bdreneoved.. But 7 in 'another
4.fi
"Very well," repliedithe widow:
"It's about that yoing woman witlethe
compouthdfracture thal I have come to talk
to you," said the doaor and the widow
felt not a little disappknted to hear it.
" Oh !" she said. i" Well what about
her?"
"She has told me
the (loathe. " That
to -day is not her hus ,and, as he claimed to
be; but she had prehaised to marry him
because he knew of at, very foolish action
that she had cominitied."
• "Well?" again sal the matron yet more
coldly. •
The dector recogniked the change in Mrs.
Carnaby's voice. -
!‘ She was in love vtitli another manbefore
this Bingley insist eg upon him 'marrying
him. as the price of jais silence. She could
not forget her oth4r lover, so ran away
the night before tliqt day fixedfor her wed-
ding." I;
"Bless me I" exc aimed the widow. .
.
"Then she came-#) jIaondon, hoping to
er history," repl. d
atm who came -here
Obtain enaploymeni- .ras run over -,,in the
4
13icip, whee faint 4vet .over -fatigue, \and'.
. . s 1
'..hia BiekleYlia.fq,11 th6rAmI again, and '1
,
Want yone who. aide& g od kind woman to
help me to place _lr heYond the reach of
.dareeay; Want, are. .brought..here. Now
this men, and put t her 'n the Wei of eatning
dier livelihood."' 11 -1-
- ' For a moment or two the Widow was
I
silent: . Theashe Said, looking keenly :at -
Doctor -Hay, 44aY eit -seem te: take --6, great
interest this gli?1-.61 - . '. ....' ' '
.
. The doctor. shr igge , --hiS:shonl-ders. - .
-ea She appealed:j to inieetossavseher, he
gaid, "diplomatio! lly ' e so Whets- could- a,
si
peer man do? ,itwa • earry for .ber .When
she talked Of -tlitea : an. she -really love.
She'll end liy inatrrying, Win, of course, and
; ,
he's a fellow in aL goad position, it seems:
But, for the .pr6elet, the thing ie to keep
her -Mit of, thisTepingley's way; HO can
still de her har ' 1 ---:-still part her from her
. ..
old lover a and ' I've half --,_ pronsised--for -1
knave _you will:, help -me -if ; you eari.-2---to
sinuggle. her oat . Of tlie hospital, and my
-mother will gil ;d: her .. it shelter, and this.
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Bingley will 1101. he able to find. her -again if
WO -manageit. : 11.", ::- .:--
.twice; and the. Carafe evliere 1)00er:dames
' The evidcailaiked- up anddown vii the rowel
Hay was sittint land layieg lier pretty; fat,
white bendligIaly.. on his ehoalder, 51(1(1,
booking et hie. Very- tenderly, " I will do.
1
-Whatever yoa slariae." -: . .- e.- „
" Thank yee , you dear. kind: oreaturel a
Haiti the dpeto _,Iteerning- found, and taking
one of the wid ' W's hands inhiss -..- " Ali; Mrs:,
i
Ca,ina.bya I dc1' know hoWtetha,-uk you!"
_ -44 I would li vedene- it for no oiYe else„'_'
Whispered th - widow, tightening her_grisp
-oe-the doctor. s eboalder. . - _ -
, .--4`Vitelli tha . is fray -good- ofvonI s'iaut,
good gracioue II. taking out his watch; "-do
you see what time it as? I had a Itiend to
Meet at aaipi rter.teaten. and now -it's ac-
tually ten o' leek. s Good -night, Mrs. Cern-
. . . .
aby !,,- -Than You again and:egain for your
kindness.- 1, ell ,talk this little Mattet over
teamorraseellietnew I Must be off at once,'
- As - the :t.lctor Went runnin,g down. .the
t
lies -pita!' st itIS "to keephis. e preteeded.
appointmen, , she felt that in his attempt,
to sate' La eta -deo -ea matrimony, lie.. SV,S.A
running it 1,-ery !great- risk:of-beim,' _owioa-
. . ..
and bound.--Itireseaf:
by=coritintiing to let ber ;spareroozii to Avg' - sea•ou .will bee Th,a.
good ledger,:pri applying---forthes-reWarIfor._ some..hight,-1 will take you to my mother,
_the diScov.ery.Of the-1gal yeanglady.'s - ; and -you ;can stay r, _f_ you like, s
- -itl a
-"NO: :500fler., therefere, did. Laura tell lief her ComPanion for she- is getting, 01.4 .naid
that. she was going. to leave, than: Mi -s. ftfro.0., to'give,Yon IL 51111111 stdtry."
.1klerleyeletetmenecl to apply:foe. tne, reward.
.Site,:hOwever,- hake, husband., who vas ii
:-iterY_differertt ellaraCter tabereelfe7e-Asfeee,"-
gcrl-lieatted, jovial= man Wae-George„ Morea
ly the farmer, and: :When- liie wife .gaee
bin - hint: of - What. She :intended tie dos -
:Geo, 'IVIorelyteld her plabily elan:10h- that in, the. riosion :of his -heart yen must not
1Doctor Hay !.. how case tha,nk
-you ? " said 14aneaegreally affected; and -
She put _Out her littletreinblinghand:.
" Conic. young -lady,' said::thei doctor,
trying hard to to put on his professiolial
aud to eiconie certahiesimusual emotions
lax a 6-ot: veu, and that he- ..excit.9.-Yiqursel-t' itt "range all 1°r 37°11'
- enatenance ta- nothing of. and you - need not be afraid; of seeing Mr.
- , . 13ingleytat. No.a2-. Bisnatirk avenue, .where
we
el • and nearly fe
. .
I
hue:ever, petsisted, tuid one" My inther lives," • - -- ' - - - -- ----
off ta Farnhanie on foot But ere are wheels within wheels.
,..-.)-crould not driveller there), was thelhouse-surgeonwa e s sus
to Mr. Bingley's splioi- other p�rsouwhoni =' • -
THE CANADIAN MILITIA.
The New Commander's Opinions
• Strength of the Active
lYHIIihi-
uggeIlon on Work*
of Defence.
The annual. report on the state of the
militia for 1880 has just been presented by
Mr. Caron to Parliament. Major-General
Lard's first report since his appointment
as commanding officer of the militia of
Canada is of -course the principal feature.
Major-General Luard sey-s that although
he arrived rather late he has seen a portion
of each arm of the militia, except the
Engineers. The militia may be‘sivid.ed
into city and rural corps. Of city
corps he reports very favorably. Th se he
has inspected are of good physique, well
drilled and intelligent. They have
evidently made good use of their opportu-
nities, and by the sacrifice of their time
and money, and by the generosity
of theft officers (for the Government
issues are insufficient), are well trained.
In round numbers the 9,600 men of
the city corps have had spent on them
1M,000, or about 07.60 per man during the
year. He regrets that he is unable to
speak so favorably of the rural corps, but
it must not be supposed for one moment
thatehe blames the men or their officers.
-
The men are fine in ,physique (with a few ,
exceptions) and are willing and intelligent,
but they have not been afforded sufficient
opportunity to learn their duties. How-
ever intelligent, however wilhmeN it is
simply impossible for men to learn drill
and disciphue in the time which has been
allotted, viz., thirty hours' drill per annun3,
and it must be remembered that, eaoh rural e
corps does not get into camp each- year •
The men do not know when they may next
go into camp,. eo they leave the neighbor- ,
hood, the result being that rural corps are:
swamped with recruits. To %aye the rural -
corps froin degenerating into merely armed,
and clothed -"omen, it has become abso-
lutely necessary, in his opinion, to spend
more money on them: While the city aeries
have had 076,000 speat on 9,600 men, the -
rural corps have only:bad -5109,900 spent
on ,-about 27,000 ,men, or roughly .gpealiirig,-
the -rural corps haw! received per Man
about hall whattheoityoorps have bad _per .
haan, and this,Taltbouch-the.denizens of the.
'cities bliVet better ;chances of heaoming....
soldiers than men Who live in the couitty.
ilo reeeenmeuds lhe establialiment etif
military 'schools for the of offieers
and non-eorenaissioned ,offibers, of other
branChes of 'the -service besides artillery, -
for whiehechoole have .aleeady existed for
aome years with marked.. sateagse - -An
hicrea,se in the permaneat $6911.1a he
-made- of at lesats half it campiniva refs
-engineers, of a:few: conspaniesof infantry,
and tif horses auffikent- to enabie-.e. four
gun field battery to be workedand'abeaita-
tion taught to the cave:Li-ye Tha rural
corps shOuld have not less than. de -daye in
camp every year. To carry.. out discipline
the commanding officer slionld have power,
after dile hieuiry-,to dismiss .anynsan gaiety .
boeduct eaerthy saehepruii-grenent."
None but erevrn inen. ghoul& be admitted
into the force. Ile -noticed several young_ -
neen:yelideoefessed to being Under 16 y.ears,
-of age. ' .
. He. was satisfied with the Scheele of Grun4.
nery at_ Qiiebee and Kingstoh, and also with
the Royal. Military College. At the latter ,
Place -he suggests 'in regard .to the College
:that .the 4rSt four prizes for successful
- their own eountry, oiv:41
inereroving inclination, -as second -"mires
_ _The- citadel Ouebec requiree Amine-
diate attention The "-old fort" _Toronto
. , •_ _ _
has into Ega,dioepair,.a,taiOt- the .
credit isf, the Dominion .requires
able inainediateattentian, Thenglanotaipee
to modern requitemeets ae-ea fort it:oeen,
pieSgroand which appears to luth-vhf•
mili-
tary importance, .atut Whicir should; he
thiules, -remelt the hands of the -Govern, .
meat.- Ile .adi,ocates the inineediate repair -
of theevalls-andbaildings,whicKeteasedas
stores; the reinoyal of the ctidgiins and car-
riages and the repair of the 'platforme,
ete,., The -unprotected state Of the, -City- of •
Montreal affords 111711 au eicelleut oppor-
tunity to point the way to an Jenormons -
expenditure. watts Be.
at onceplac:ed-in state- .of defence, and
accommodation provided for a sinall garri-' '
_SOU, S1101114 41$0 eemilitareaschoal .
-for infantry. ; •' •
Dealing with dressaand acceatrements, .
.he Wants' the =:Goaeranseat, to .supply the
militiaman .with
• every.article of drese iree of cost. con. -
denins -anyslavieh ineitatioa of the -dress of
-
the English "soldier, ,aud theate that dress.,
esasecially headgeat, fac_ Adapted to -
theCanadisei dimate, .suinnier eed winter. e,
lie protests against- the use of pipe.;•Clay on
belts,- and" wants brown and -hlack belts
infroduCed.; wept§ sthe.whele .equip-
ment and dress -remodelled, ;the former • to
be 'of- DICA'er's, patterni-;thelatter to -he * •
modified -in the :direction _.of See-id:Ca, -
dura-
bilityend economy„.
i "[Tote coirtinired.1
Noteo.na Notablfs.
The .Vira riegton . Guardian announces
that thetst Dike Of, Sellierland,re, _George
Creetield, ilid eight or ten other gentlemea
interested -'13. erailsvays are to sail in. the -
,..aalliaa fee New Yeti in 'Aprilwith the -
i
Vie*. of sh Laing a , three _menths'. railway
_tour-in:ill :United States,
. a King He Mbert iras.neen doing a-pleat:sent-
! a - - -
ands -kindl . thing:du .visiting the Boman.
Univ.ereit
be went u
Of _politic
fessoe to,
self :en it
Then- he .., .
to a lectiesdozi eottiparatiereplalolog,y.. -As.'
he left t ' te was alt -enthusiastie- shout fot-
the kin,/ irom; the student's and professors..
I Carl;lt;eirdered that • his funeral Should'
i
ht. -:-..a --st ictly private one and hie wishes
Were- obe yed 'His plain coffin was inscribed
simply v ithaliia.natheat4:_tbo dates of his
birth an idea:Ala On it were laid: wreaths of
white Wersa In profouad, silence the
7
coffip ,,,,-, si lOwered by.. relatives only into
the graa e.-; eaithiu a stonela, throW of -the
house 41t-IECelefeehaii . wh-erein its inmate
.first_is4 thelight. -.'"It NV*3 ii. atilt .day ,and
"the snir itlaY in the'eliurebyard_ "Thepeo---
ti
pie of ticl .efiuntiy-side assembled quietly
'about . ieLplaee and for f au hour -before thc.
burialsadly. -; .t. 4,, e ' ,Iy.iyage bell" .01le,__•.-silow, fi:1,1:a_,
1
.-Alth:•
Ughi •Elizabeth of Austria is now-,
an .. el elly I lady, with -a. son. about to be:
ti
inarri ' ,'slie still upon ceremenious pees,
sionS -, Wears - . lier beautiful hair 'hanging,
.1668613 over her shoulders, _eSlie went to -a
ball -I Vienna 3 -foe. long agd-.attired in 41: -
gown : 1 lib 'wk. select, -with a. collat. of Iii,g,.._
:mond% an pearls., and:in- her soft, streare-
inglif ir she Wore a brilliant .diadetn.- The
Enip SS'Iniiniature -Waist is -said :to excite
great ionderment ands -admiration; -Hands
of th -ordinary 'size could easily encircle it
by cc necting the two thunabs :Rad middle
fing see yet -this :weSp-like figure ie so
men
grea, p easehorses-Ayluclt -many- :brave _
flexi pilltI.3at- its 1,'-o:etn_earri3ri:dceoso.wlit.phiittilipge.
w aid kcaree.'llare to. mount.
* '' er.
a single aide-de--caanp
auhoubced -.into' the .class -r00111
4coliomy,. and, bidding the -pro -
kith -me his- lecture, Seated Inni-
eitch and 'remained to the end
eat to another room and listeued
-
- • - -
-Theatrical Notes.
,
.Lawrence-Berrett and hiS wife Will -spend
the, etuainer in Germany, -where their chil
dren are being edgeated. -
A:burlesque company was performing at
Atlanta. -The:Mayor, had sent t police
.captain and three -Mee -to arrest the-
actresseeif they did:auything cattageously.
impreper.. The silk tights wornby some
44 living'etatuee." were so. Perfect in flesh
color that the captain dtted- if they
Were really tights at all; au& -invaded the
stage with his force ;a btlt au, inspection- .
proved that his suspicion 'was groundless,
and the show was allowed to.go Oz.
rTioheusCeicsas-ti r.telaa:atit'°rnieall'sr!°,4. irfiev:lityYeatrs6
two Booth was the. only ?dor on the
Aterican stage appearing in.Shaltearean '
parts; and -some of his engfagenientkwer
unprofitable. Neat , eeason' NS
CulloughaLiewteace Barrett,-Frailli Ara3r01 •
Thomas W.- Keene, Dallier Healtine, --
13arry -Sullivan- and Williain E. 'Sheridan
libe'inthe Shakipeareaa Lela '
-The King of Burmah has built a theatre -
in tbe garden of the royal palace, i.nd 'bag-
performances- there every'afternoon,at -
which big. 450 wives are present. ; but
num except himself, his eunuchs
perfornseria, the last, are also- either
eunuchs or female s1ave._.The king pate
iu. an appearance eeyeral.. times
bulitlaeadvesmanage tOtta time togattend