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• 7 d Mother.- •
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f"the troubles, ^
• the caree,
,ly burden.
,tient Mother wearsr
:t•wasellig. sweeping, dusting,• '
f '',,AYti are spent ;
,•"r that betowshel old,
1 ,e, her.bapk is bent,.- •
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„•••,,,ec,--liritetheir einneaceasei-'`' '-...7... -
, "-f' '• ',,ien they at noon, ietnrn... '
'I•4 4I1.0',2•5}',..• I/ ' • • ' ' '
,.t ,,,,4 • .,„, , i'en supper's overpattc1;ahe.p Washed.
, „ ' .Kfler,,,•a.tes,knives and Kirks and spoons, .
. V ' 'hen she must Sit nii:hali the night :
f Half -soling pantaloons, - . • •
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• . So patient and uesellish., •• - .
•„„1",- Shea as lowing as she's brave.•
But *hen she getsi rest; 'twill'he
• When she's in the grave.. • a '
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The next fortnight was a blisYone for all
',---tlinicerned-.-•The-drgaliiiiition of a colonial
" volunteer corps:is nojoke, as anybody who
-There-were
ronflY 'uniform's AO be provided arms to be
obtained, and a hundred and one , other
wants to be satisfied. Then cable some
-.di:layabout thehorses,... which. were to be
• served out by Government. -At -14-st-theile
• were handed over, a .good-lOoking lot, but
apparently very wild. 'Matters were atthis
point, when onaday Ernest was seated in
the mein he used es 011.,00100 in his boucle;
enrolling a , new recruit'. praione to, his
being sworn, Intervieting a tradesman
about' flannel shirt& making arrangercients
10i a *supply of forage; filling op the.endleall
• farms which the Imperial a:04MM
required for transmiseionto the War -Office,
and &hundred other Matteis. Suddenly
• his orderly %unmated that two privates of
the corps *idled to see hini. • :
' "What ,is it ?" he asked of 'the' orderly
testily** he was nearly worked to death.
• "A 'complaint, sir." • '
"Well, . send them in." ..
The door opened, and in entered a &lions
couple. One was a great, burly sailor -man,
who had been corporal-at-erme on: board.
one of Her Majesty's ships at Cape Town,
•get• drunk, overstayed his leave, • and
. deserted rather than face the punishment;
the other a quick, 'active little fellow, with
face liko &ferret. He was a Zululand
irader, Who had ruined hiMself by drink,
and a peculiarly valuable ifientber of the
corps on account of his knowledge of the
eountry.in which they weie going to serve.
-Both the men saluted and •MW at ease.
Well, my :men; ; What is it q" asked
• Ernest, going on filling tip his Johns.' •
• "Nothing solar as I am concerned, sir,"
.said the little Man. "
Ernest looked up sharply at the quondani
"Now, AdaM,yene_ceraplaint;.I-hevene,
titneto waste.". • .„.-1 „ :
Adam :hitch -ed up his breeches and
• . "You' see; sir, I brought he here . by the
soruff of the neck." , : . . . ", : • '
"'That's true,' sir," said the little,man
. rubbing that portion Of his body., . .
' ", Becatise he and I; sir, eels ,inessmates,
• 'Air, ,na a difference of opinion. It was his
• day, you see, sir, to cook for • one mess, and
.instead Of Putting On thepot, sir,•he•CeMeEl
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to me he does' and he earl', :.‘ Adam, . you.
father of a race of ' fools'-that'i what he
,. Sp, air, . a -comparing of me to the gait
.. who lived in a garden, --1, why don't you.
: .edino. and take the skins off the-taters,
instead of aequatting. of **self down on
,that -4 -bed I," " ' . • . . •
",Slightly in error,: sir," broke in the
'little man; "our big friend's memory is
' ! not as substantial as his form. What I said
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was, ! MY deaf; Adam, as tsee you have
nothing te,4143,•except sit and play a Jew's,
• harp open • your couch; *mild you be so
Icind act to dente and assist mo to remove
the Outer skin of these potatoes'i'
,
Ernest began to .explode, but checked
' 'himself and Said aternly : ' .! • '
' !Doriit • talk nonsense; Aditra ' • tell me
I ' . - ! •
; your complaint, ,or ..go;4. .
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"Well, sir," 'answered the big sailor,
scratching his heed, 1' is I'Muse 0 give if a name it is this -this heri3 man, sir, . be too
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I infernal:sadistic.", • • ' , - , ) •
' "Be off with you both," said Ernest,
..sternly, "and don't trolible- .me With any
jsuch nonsense agaiii,.or I will put you both
. under arrest, and , stop your pay. Come,
March ! 7 and he pointed to the doer. ' As.
' he didso hp Observed a Boer gallop swiftly
'past, the house, and take the turn tokioy,
ernment.ifouse. . • '
u".‘Vhat is up now ?"••,. he Wondered. .
Half • an 'hour afterward:, another man
paseed the_veircloW,_also at full, speed, and
also turned up toward Government House.
% Another half hour.passed; and Mr. Alston
• .oame hurrying in. ' , •
' "Meek bore, Ernest,": he said, if` 'here, is
a pretty business. °Three men have cornet
in to report '. that Cletywayo has sent' an.
' Intel (army) ' round by the .back - of
•Secoeceni'cr delifitfylO" burn Pretoria, and
.. 'return to Zululand across the High. Veldt.
•
.They say that the Iropi is now . testing in
the•Seltpen Bush, about :twenty Miles Off,
.iiir will Attack the teem te-night or 'to-
, :inorrowinight. All thesethiee, who have,
- by -the -way, had no communication with
each other, state that theyhave act ' 11 „it.nd
' seen the captains of the Impi; Who eittee to and
. iindihey':wbuld not- litirt,f' • and,
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tell titan to bid the'other Dutehmen stand am o
., Aside, agthcy are'now dghting the queen, he u
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' ' '1' It, seethe incredn'e,"' Said' Ereest ;. ,,a0 atom
you believe.it ",. :!. ' .,' v ! ,.. gre04
" I don't know. ittisliossible, Alia the- yeil
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ovidenoei� strong. It is peeiible ; I have
knOW11 the 'ZIOthl, Make longer March_ ea:
then :thii,C The Governer has ordered Me'
tO.g•fliop to the Spot; and report if 1 OEM
800 anything of this Impia11• !
Atli. I te go tee?"
"No, FM will remain in the corps. ' I
take Boger with. mo -he is a light weight
' -and two spare holies. If there should
be an attsfek and ishould net babas*, or if
anything shouldhappen, you will 40 your
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64 0904`13Y•• I am off. ' You had best
muster the men to be ready, for an
en:lergeneye-41; end he was gone.
Ten ninautee afterward, down oame an
orderly from the officer commanding, with
a peremptory order that the Officer pm -
mending Alston's Horse was to reennt and
parade his men in readiness for ilunfediate
service. , • , •
"Here is &pretty go," thought Ernest,
"and the horses not served out yet 1"
Just then Jeremy came in, saluted; and
infornied'hint that the men Were mustered.
!,‘. Serve outthe saddlery.- Let every man
shoulder his saddle. Tell Marook to bring
out the 'Bail' (Erctest'si favorite hoist),
and march the men up to the Government
Males-. I will be with you presently."'
salutcd.ngain
was the most punctilious sergeant -major
who ever breathed. ,
Twenty Minutes later, a long file of men,
each with .& carbine slung to his • back, and
a saddle on his head, which, at a distance,
gave them the appearance of a ening of
gigantic/mushrooms, were to he eeenpre-
meding towaM the • Government stables a
mile away.
Ernest; mounted on his '. great black
stallion, and 'looking in his ,military uni-
form and the revolver slung across his
shoulders, e typical vOlunti3er officer was
there before them. ' - ,
Now, My men he said, as soon as
they were paraded, "go • in; and each man
&trope the -horse which be likes best, bridle
him,L.,ancli„bringlitra_out-andsaddlehint:
Sharp l'! ,
• The Men broke their ranks and rns110,40.
trierstabliiiceach anxious,te incurs a better
horse than his neighbors. ' Presently from
the 'stables therearose a sound of kicking,
gliingifig and wohohing,' impossible, to
"l'hero will be a pretty scene Bonn; With
these unbroken brutes," Alimaght. Ernest.
He was not destined to be disappointed.
The horsiewere dragged out, most of theta
lying Wok upon., their hantiohes,:kicking,
backing and 'going through : every •other
°Ohio antic. • -
Saddle*. !.")--shouted .8rnest;-: ad! semi -
as they were out. • :
It was den° with great difficulty.• ,
sO New inount.'" .! , •
Sixty men lifted their legs and swung
themselves into the saddle, not without sad
nliagivinge., A few seconds, Passed; and at
least twenty Of, them Were on the broad of
their backs; One Or two weektbeing dragged
by thestirrup-leather.; a few were clinging
to their buokmg and plunging steeds; and
the reniainder of Alston's Horse was scour-
ing.the.plain in .eery possible direction.'
Never ivaa there such a Beene.
In time,-howeVer,,--inost-of the men get,
book again, and some sort of order was
restored. Several men' were hurt, one or
two badly. : These WM sent to the hospital
and, Ernest formed the ,rest • into half sea -
tions to he-nrarched to ' the place of
rendezvous. Just then,' to Make Matters
better,,dOwn came the rain in sheets, seek-
ing them to the skin; and making confusion
Worse confounded. So they rode • to the
town, which was by this :time in in
extraordinary state of panic. All bireinecis
wacestispended, women were itandingaboat
on the verandas, hugging their babies and
oryisig, or making preparatione to go into
Jaeger; men were hiding deeds and other
-vainal3le*--er-hurrying--to defence meetings
on•theinerket-sqoare,,where--the 'Govern-
ment Were serving `tint rifles . nint
ammunition to all , 4de-bodied Citizens f.
frightened moterct-Baeutos'ond Christian
,K.ailis were jabbering in the streets, and
telling tales of the completeness of Zulu
:daughter, melee meeting from the city to
pee the night among the billet. Altogether
the scene wee' most curious, till dense
darkness came • -down on it like an
extinguisher, and put it out. '
Ernest his Men telt building which
the Government had, -placed at their;
disposal, and had horses ' stabled, but
not unsaddled.. Presently orders came
down him to keep: the °erne under'arnia
all night; to ?end outlour. patrols to be
relieved , at ' Midnight to miatolt the
approaches to the town; and at dawn to.
saddle up and reconnoiter the neighboring
country.. '
---,-Ernest-oheyed-titnick-diders as well as he
could e that is, he sent the patrols out;
so dense was the darkneits that they- never
got back 'again till the 'following /morning,
when they were &Heated, and, in one
hit:tint:le; dug out , of the verioua ditches,
quarry -holes, etc., into *high they .
had
Abouteleven o!ClOok,•Ernest' was seated
in a little ' room that ?pelted out of the
main building Where they" were 'quartered,
consulting with 'Jeremy about matters
emmeetedlelthifieeorps, and wondering if
Alden had *kind a Zuhr,,Inijii; or Hit was
all gammon, when 'suddenly they heard the
pfierp Challenge of the sentryseiteide..:.
" Wirt goes. there ?" . •• ••
• "Whpetret it is had :better anSwer
itharpr"'actid Ernest; - :".1 67 -Via:. the sentry
.orders to he quick With his rifle 'to -night."
Banal crash i folloWedbY'foud howls
of; ltiVilhebnina, thy wife! 'eh, the cruel
man, has killed reyWilhereina!". ••.• • :
' "Heavens, it hi that lunatic Gernien 1
'Here; orderly; run up to the Defense Can.'
inittee and the Governmeet-offtees, and tell
titom that it , is nothing ;, they will .think•
the,ZUlthi are here. Ten two "meii.to bring
tho man in here, And to atop his howls."
' Presently•Frnest'd old friend Of. the High'
Veldt, looking very wild arid uncouth in the
lamplight, with his long beard and Matted
hair, from Which the rain wag' dripping,
was bundled rather unceremoniously into
theroorn.
Ah, there you dear die; it ietWe'7.4-,,,..11
throe,ayarksince we meet., , 166k; .f0i:'•'Yont•
everywhere, and they tell xne yea are here.
I noble on quick' all :through • the dark t
the rain ; andAlien before I know if '1
n iny bead ot, nly heel; the' brad Mail',
pa. a'rille; and. do shoot my Willioinina,
Make,. a 'groat holo through. her poor.
doh. eicotVat Shall I do ?'? and the
ehild begirt'to shed tehrs.; " Yeti too,
Will weep ; ycat, too, love My Wilhea t
Mina, and sleep with her' one
Whoa!' •
"For gOodnesi! slake, stop that nonsense!
This is no time Or place for Math feeling."
He Bpi:a° sharply and the mOnomemaa
Pulled up, only giving vent to an occasional
sob. •
"Now, whit is your business with me?"
The German's face changed frem its
expression of idiotip grief to one of refined
intelligence. glanced teeyard Jeremy,
who was exploding in the corner. '
Yea can speak before this gentleinen,
Hans," said Ernest.
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"Sir, I am going to say a strange thing
to you this night." Ile was speaking Trite
quietly and composedly now, and might
have been mistaken for sane man.
I hear that you go down to Zululand to
fight the fierce' Zulus. When / hese it, I
was far away, but something cot& into my
head to travel as quiok Wilhemina can,
and come and toll not to go." -
".What do yeti mean?" ,
"How can I say what do niean ? This
I know -many 0141 go 'Own to/Zululand
who'reat, in thifi house '
oome • /
"Yon mean that I Flail be killed ?" :
"1 know' not. Thereare things as bad
as death, and yet not death.',!, He covered
hie-eyes-with--his-handranctcontinued-.0
cannot see you dead, but do not go; I pray
you do net go. a „ •
"My good Hans, what is the goo a of
coming to me with, such an old wives' tale?
Even if it Were true, and knew that 'I
must be killed twenty times, I should go;
Imannot run away from my duty.'"
"That is spoken as a brave man should,"
answered his visitor, in his native tongue.
" have done my duty, and told you what
Wilhemina said. Now go, and when the
him* men are pressing round you like the
sea-wavea round rook, may: the God of
Rest guide your hand, and bring- you ^safe
frointhe slaughter I"
Ernest gazed at the old man's palt3 face:
it were. a curious, rapt ,ex,pretision, and. the
eyes '-'werelooking^^upwarta ."'" . •••-!
.11Perheps, old friend," he said, address-
inghinwan-German,:„41,-oe well ,aa, yew,
have a pity of Rest which 71 would reach,
and caManot if I .pass e thither on' in
assegai.. • , , •
"1 know it;'±...repliedillans„Lin.:,:the. genii
tongne;±.!!,-but'useleitsleit to seek rest till
God givesit. . You have sought and passed
through thejaWe of many deaths, . but ,yon
have not found. , If it be; not '-God's will
you Will not find it now. know YOU' too
seek reit,' breth•er, and had I ^known
that you would Ana that only down there"
-end he pointed' toward Zithilaild!-," I had
net come to warn You; for blessed'. is rest,'
and happy. he who gains . But no, it is
not that I. lam sure new•that you will not
die your ail; whatever it is, will fell from
heaven.", .", ' • . ,
." BO. be it, said Ernest; •" yen. are
strange man, .1 thought you e..-'clOmmon
P1114Tnphbhenlatink(i speak like
like a.
"You are right; :I am: both. Mostly
am mad., I know' it. But sometimes my
madness has, its moments Of inspiration
when the clouds from tayMind, and'
see` things none others can see„ and hear
voices to which yet*. ears ere decd., Stichis
moment is. on me now; soon I shall be matt
again. But before the . settle I
Would speak to you. WhY,'I knew , not,
save that,r 'eyed you When. firstl saw your
eyes. open:thereupon:the .cold
sently: I mast go, and we shall meet no
More, for..I draw near to the snow -clad tree
that the gate of the City of 'Beet I
call look into yOur heart now and see the
trouble in it, and the sea, beautiful face
that is printed on Your mind. Ah, she is
not happy; she, tee, must :work ent her
rest. But the ' • time is shaft, the.
cloud settles, and .I.:_teorild_Lfell_ kyotr:
what lir in my. mind.. Even therigh
trouble, great trouble, close you in, .do' not
be cast down, trouble is the ' key of
heaven: good;.Juni to the God you:
have neglected; iftniggle against the ,cineres
ofthesensee. 4111,1 see now. •:For you
and for all you love there is joy and there
is peace" • , „-•
.Suddenly he broke 'Off, the look Of inspir-
ation faded from his face,which 'grew stupid
and wild -looking. • , ,
"Alt, the cruel man; he ,.made a greet
hole in the stomach of my Williemina I",
• Ernest had been bending forward; listen-
ing 'with parted lips tO the old 'man's 'talk.
When be saw that the inspiration had .1e*
him, he rctised hiS, head andectid eatedie
". Gather yourself together, .X beg you for
•inothent..• wish to ask. one question.
Shall I ever -t?", ,
,•• "How shall I stop de bleeding from .the
wattle of my dear wife ?-7-who will plug up
the hale in her ?" • ,
: Ernest gazed if the man.' Was he
put-
ting'all:this-on-T-or was he really_med ?
For the life of him lie could not tell.
' Taking out soyereign;7116,1 gaire it. to
. "IThere is Money, to doctor Wilhernina
With," he • said: . " Woxild yOu, liko to
sleep here 2-I dant give you a blanket." •
The old mei/took the nioni3y2without
•h-esitittion; and thanked Ernest for it,;„ but
said be must ph on. at once.
, " Where are you goingliellieskedleremy;
who had .been watching him With great'
eur.osity; but had not iniderstood that part
of the conversation which had been carried
en in German -4`,. ' • ' •
• Hans finned upon him with a -cjiiick leek
of suspicion., ' •, •
,Restenburg (Angliee, the tante! rest);,"
he answered, • • ••
• "Indeed, the mid ie bad, and it is far' to
traVel." ' ‘: ' ' • .
" Yes," he•rePlied, " the road is rough
and long. Farewell !"--and he Was 'gene,
• " Wel , he's a 'curious old buster, ana no
mistake, with 'his elieerfebenticipation,Ond
bus Wilhemuiaa,'' reepated •Jerctroy
Just fancy. Starting for Ruspenburg at thia
hour of the night too t ;Why, it is a huh:,
dred, niires'eff !" • '
Ernest only smiled. He knew that' it'
was no earthly Rustenburg' that the old
man sought. •
'Sortie *hire after*a4 be heard that ho
tid attained the rest which: he desired.
Vilhemina got fixed in a seoiv-ilrift in a
'ass he Drakensherg *hs unablu
0 drag her Out. ,
'$o he erept underneath and ' fel't asleep,'
ati,t1 the snow came down hnd cl,vered, hjni
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The Zulu'atteek. Oti'VretOria.
urned tint only to have e it i
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minds two 1;14 gafica who dressed and a thought struck him.
themselves opofter the feel:doh of chiefs, '-"*Iiiton," he said, "do you think it is
personating two Zulu nobles repute, Who wise to bring that boy into, this hue/zees?"
were known to be in commandof regiments, His friend --eked. hiinseif obarVIY
rode from house to braise, tellielethe Dutch in the saddle. :
inhabitant* that they had an Impi of "Why not ?PI he.asked in his deliberate •
80,800 men lying in the bush, 'arid bidding way. ,
them stand aside while they •destroyed the "Well, you know there is, b risk." .
Englishmen, Renee the -Jitter& . • "And tehY Sh941 not the•boy rim risks
,The next month Wass .b0Sr QUO for is well as the. rest of zus ? Loblt here, .
Aletoa!e Horse.' It was .drill, drill. 'Ernest; when I • first met you there in
morning, noon and night. But the results France I was going to see the place where
soon "beoeme apparent, In •three weeks my wife -was brought up. Do you know holt
from the day they got their homes,' there. *te died?" •
Wee not a, smarter quickef corps South- " I haVe heard she died Violent death r,
highly complimented on the soldier -like "'Ilion I will tell your though it costs me
Africa, and Mr, ,giston. and Ernest were I .ao not know how."'
appearance o the men, and the rapidity
all the,ordmary cavalrynianceares.
They Were to march fromPretoria on the
1.0til of January, and expected to "overtake
Colonel Glynn's column, with which was
the General; about the I,8th, by ,whiqh timo
Mr: Alston calculated the real advance upon
Zululand would begin. .
On the 8th, the good. people of. Preterit',
gave the corps a farewell banquet, for most
of its -Members were Pretoria men; and
colonists are never behindhand when there.
is an excuse, for conviviality and good-.
fellowship., —
something to speak of it. She died
an exactitude with • which they executed Zulu assegai, a week after the boy Wee
born. She saved his life by biding him
under .a heap of straw.' Don't askie par;
tioule.ra, I can't bear to telk of it, rhaps
now you understand ,why I am command-
ing a corps enrolled to serve 'against the .
Zulus. Pee/cepa too you , Will cmderstand,•
•h cuuraaa after the banquet., Nfr.'--nr,. as
e was now called, Captainr-Aleton's
health was drunk. But Alston was a man
of few words and had a horror of speech-
making. He contented himself with a few
brief sentences of 'acknowledgment and set
• detain.. Then somebody Proposed the health
of the other commissioned and non -cora,
missioned officers, and to this Ernest rose
to respond, making e very .good. speech in
reply, • He rapidly sketched the 'state of
political affairs, of which the Zulu War was
the outcome, and, without expressing any
opinien-on-the-justice-•-or---wiedom of that
war, of whioh, to 'speak the truth, he had
grave doubts, he went' on to show, in a few
OW Vi a
well-chosen weightywords,h t 1
the-interelit-hiiirolfed co
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why the lad is with. me. We go to avenge 1'4.
My wife and his Mother, or to fall in, the
cittempt. • I have waited iiuig for the oppor-
tunity ;• it has come." ' •
Ernest relapsed into siletweand presently •
fell .back to his traep,..„1 •
•• • •(To be continued.)
Armies of ICurope In a Nutshell.
(Edward Atkinson in the Century.) • .
, Standing armies and navies of Europe'
and the United States compared in ratio , '
with the•number of men .arms -bearing • ,
age, assuming one in: five of the population
to be of that age :
Standing armieS Enpe in actual •.•
„service " 34854.752
Men in the navies , 268,
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Total armed force 4,123,_374
Reserves ready for service at call....... -10,398.153 bt
WataL., ' , , . 14,521,537.
Siubstantially one in fiire of all , men 'of aims-. .
,b „ g •
n- atom rig arinies and navies not irroluding - '
reserves :
Proportion -' Exempts
... , . ., • ^ 7 AHlollEirde!!.. , .., ..,.......1_11:n 11716...5103. „ 101655013
— ----. Rritrumasinsiy.;.. ' __ all :,. ___1,137 , _ 2.. :
1".19,50 18.50
Aus a f 1 ,25.40 , 24.40
1 d,23 91
Great Britain 1 '4 26 • 25.
United States 1 " 322.00 32100
elusion, now that it.cince, had been undee-
takert.-z---Finallyi-letenclodedthurr---
' , "1 am well, aware; gentlemen, that with
Many of those whectre your guests here to-
night; and My own comrades, this state of
affairs the -conviction -of ,,theLextre
urgency of the Occasion has been the. can
of their enlistinent. It is impossible for.ni
to look down these tables, and see So ma
in our rough-and-ready uniform, , whom
have known' in ether walke, of. lifer
farifiere;-•eterekeepers 'Caere rtt ,cler
and .what • not, • without realizing incett
Plearly-tlip-extreine--nePeasity7that-can-have
brought these peaceable iitizens together on
•Inich,7 an errand as '4e are bent! _an
Certainly it is not the: ten shillings. a .clitY•
er4the mere excitement savage warfare,
that has done this" (cries of "'Ne• nit !")
me . CIL
Belgluin
e any
ny
as
las
1,1.1
"because moat of tenr can well afford: to
despisethe money, and many moil, have
seen enough of native war,: and know well
that • few rewards and plenty of hard', work
fall to the lot of colonial volunteers. ://Then,"
what is it? will venture it• reply. • It is
that Elamite of patriotism which is a part and
parcel of the English.mindsr(Oheers), " and
:which from • generation to generation' has
lien the root of England's greatness, and,
so' long ' as' the British blood remains
untainted; will from Unborn generation to
generation be the main -spring of the great -
nests that. is • yet to be of those wider
Englande, of which I hope this continent
will become; not the least." (Loud' cheers.)
,".That, gentlemen and men of Alston'
Horse, , is the bond which Unites' Cis
together; is the souse of n common Ant
t� of; -a:Teem:eon dinger to combat
Of &common patriotism to vindicate: 'Arr
for that reason, because of the patriotism
and the auty, I feel snre thet when the en
of this campaign mime's, 'whatever that en
reay-be,--neone,-be he Imperial officer, or
newspaper...correspondentror-Zul&foevwil
be able to say that Alsten'it Horse shirked
its work,- or was mutinous, or proved -
broken reed;,Piereing the side of thoge'whe
leaned onit. ' (Cheers.) I feel sure, too,
that, ;though there may be a ree.ord- of
breve deeds outfit as become brave men,
-there be-Koffe-dre-coinrade deserted in
the time of-, need, of of failure in the
Moment. of emergency, hawaer terrible,
that emergency may bp." (Chera). "Ay,
my brethren in arms," . and here 'Ernest's
eyed flashed and his strong, blear yoke
went ringing down the great hall, "whom
England . has called,.. and who hove not
failed toonswer to the I 'repeat; how:
ever ever terrible may be filet- ernergeney„'even
flit should involve the certainty of death
speak thus because I feel am address-
ing -brave men, who do not: fear to die, when
death means -duty; and life means
dishonor -I know well that you will rise to
it, and falling shoulder to shoulder, Will
pass as heroes should on to the land of
shades -on to that ' •Valhalla of which no
true heart should fear to set feet upon the
threshold,' ' ' •
, •Men ectNe serviee• rmies and
navies, -emitting reserves :
, . , 1,094,507 '
Italy 765,820
France , • 575,959
2nernistriana
GreatBritain 281;746„,
Turkey ' 180,4044
Spain 116,256,
Switzerland... 113,368 ••
Holland .........77,689
Belgium 46,539
Sweden 43,174 '*
Denmark 37,725
Norway .. .. . . 22,250
PGorreteuegealy. . 2933;920187 ,
Roumania 20,572
`Servia 13,079 •
• 4,123,374 or 1 man in81,of populatien •
Reserves 10 129,541 ' 4/
-etre
_ • 14 252,915 or 1--" 24 ' • .
'United States 36,294 or 1 " 1.040
. , .
• GlenbeIgh, the Seene id'. the Evictions.-
• , ,
The Parish of Glenbeigh lies far, away
down in the extromesouth of the kingdeni
Y of Kerry.. • It is as descolatee spot as:cen be
found on ell the western coast. The nearest, ,
d town is Castleisland, notorious a the heartT
• and 'centre of the most disaffected , district* ..
,c1 Ireland. To reach it from Killarney a
long jortrneylactioss country of twenty miles
must be taken and from Traleethedietance
only five miledlese. The viilage which
theis scene of the present evictions:hes in
a ravine among the - hille, situated some .
height above the see; in a bleak, expelled •
situation. For the tourist in searoh of a
picturesque wilderness the locality • is
attractive enough, and there is plenty. of
'shooting on the ills to satisfy tti' sporta- •
Matt,. bin, for the. hutemdt.
Undesirable a location .as could be well
imagined. Like many hundred thousand.
acres, of lend in the West of Ireland, it is a
waste of bog and rock. Butlorthe constant •,- •
labor of the cottiers who are nestled among
the boulders it would in a very few years'
relepee, into a waste which might afford, ,
pasturage for snipe but for nothingelse,-
,Pall Mall! Gazette. • •
--Whew! After. all, there's nothing like
an indoor, sederttary,life.
--;TheNevilecind an Governmen wnt
to reduce .the subsidy given the Allan e
for carrying the mails, and will termi
the contract. . •-
•
Don't be a fool," eheciaid, with ' a•
Snarl; to her husband. "Why didn't you
tell me that when I asked. you to Marty •
tee, he ,rephed, and silence fell upon that •
Ernest 'sat down Mid ringing cheers.
'Nor aid these noble Words, coming as they
did streaght from the 'will heart Of an -,_
Englifth gentreman; fail of their effect On• u
:
the contrary, when , a ' fortnight later
Alston's Horse formed that fatal., ring. on
Isandhlwana1e .bloody field, ,they Aland
throe& tire brain of inore 'than one
despairing man, se' that he set his teeth
and dial the harder for them. • .1 '
."Bravo, nly' riling Viking!" said , Kt.'.
Alden to Ernest, while the roof was , still
echoing to the cheers evoked by his speech,
"Mu) old :13eisekir spirit is cropping up
eli'?" • He " knew that ErnesCs . mother's
family, like so many of the old Eastern
county • stocks, *ere of Danish extraction.
It was a great night for Ernest.
, . Two dive later Aletoh's 'Honk, si#3,..:
*Mr Strong,,marched out of Pretoria with
a military band playing ' before.:. Alas 1,
they never marched baok.agein. ! ‘' ... ' "
At the -neck of the port or.pasti the band
andlie Crowd of ladied•ond.gentlemen Wko,
hiiL.,
tt• pompanied thetniiiilted, and, having
'given . hem three, cheers; tinned' and left
tbern,, Ernest too turned and gazed at tho!
pretty town, with 1 its white houseg and,
rose hedges redwith,blehte, nestling eir the
plain:beneath, and wondered: if he would
ever See it again., Re never. did.
The. troop was then ordered" to March' iit
ease in Inill.dectionS, and Ernest rode up to%
the side of Alston ; en his other side wee
the' boy Heger, noW about fourteen Steal% of
age„ who'acted as 4,1Ston's .eide.cle-crenp,
aria, was in high epirits itt the proepeet of
'We "c0, Ming campaign., l'reeeptly ,Alsten
sent; hie on back to the other 'Side of tlie
line on some errand.
Rrneet watched him as lie galloped off,,1
, .
„ e
news,
ufilesss luctiy
is brought
inhteovetuste"e6.146.occael....
with a request to publish. Chinese report-
ershave tee much dignity to go 'sloshing'
around after eaciepci. , , • .
Does your husband' call you • pet -
names?" ' One, rnarried lady asked another
not quite. When we were.:
inarded he used to call nie kitten; now he:
calls tne :old cat." .
•
ulo nAD A urNO.',. .
The dude he *ould.gO a conithig;
, Then said his inanuna kind, ,.
•." Yen must not go," and he answered,' • • .
"I'll go if 1 bays a mind," '
7T1ie mother scribed serenely,
Then said, in accents low, ,
If that is the cad,, any. harling,
•-4.174-4611„,pottainli will not go." , • '
. •-.4t is himOiineed at this late clits•y:.thut?:,.
Alirtilieni Lincoln' never, ;told anfe in his •
Wbatexeuse hernade to his Mother
when he came !ionic' with •hia•liair wet and ." "
his shirt Wrong ' side.' out is not given. '
Perlitip*Ihe thought' be had failon off a -
haystack orbeen wrestling with a
cOlportenir Says heineWs of fear caBile '
in,„Wilich an itlieheted lutsbaridand wife
wete • brought 'together hy reading Mies .
Annie SW:tin's. story Of ." A DiVided House," „..,
which. Was originally publislibd iri :the
Christian Leader 4 , • • •
-.--$ornehotay eiaime to licive, discovered a ,
way by .Which two poViO118 &III &inverse in
whiapproinrown, teMplienetThis would
hrjoiigly impair the fun Of011tthe:moo/toot:led
si• ars, who are earn polled 'to hoar one end
. • • of a• telephone. cotivereetieh; ' "`"
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