Wingham Times, 1891-10-09, Page 61+IIIDAl:. O0101= h, 113111.
,Item. Inudsa.
(otv run ream: nc; Bee
Wall, uo 1 I can't tell whir he lives,
Because .he don't like you see:
Leastways, he got out of the habit
Of Livia like you and me.
Whar have you been for the last three
year.
That you haven't heard folies tell
How Jimmy J3ludso passed, in his cheeks
The night of the Prairie Belie
He weren't uo saint—them engineers
Is all pretty much alike --
One wife in Natchez-under-the-Ut'll
And another one here in Pike.
9 keerless pian in his talk, was Jiro. •
Ancl an akward hand in a row,
But he never flunked,. clad he never
lied --
I reckon he never knowed how,
eknd this was all the religion he had —
To treat hes engine well;
Never be passed on the river,
To mind the pilot's bell;
And if ever the Prairie Belie took fire— going to take advantage of the oppor,
A thousand tithes he swore tuuity to send by you some important
He'd hold the nozzle against the bank
Till the last soul got ashore. doeuotents, which it would err; ine,c,
All boats has their day on the Mississip. pedient to entrust to the ordinary post.
And her day cause at last— Here he held up a bulky white linen
The Movastar was a better boat, about two feet fon
But the Belle she wouldn't be passed. bagg, tied with red
And so she came teariu along that night- tape and seated with an enormous
The oldest eraft•on the line— uautity . of red. wax, Limed hard)
With a nigger squat on her safety valve q y
And the furnace examined, • resin and
pine.
The fire burst out as she Blared the bar,
And burnt a hole iu the night,
1 duly went up to town the following
week, and toon found any way to a
stately pile of thre Foreign 011ice build•
Ings in j.)owniug street ,whiolt 1. entered,
my young bosom swelling with pride,
and my head higher in the air than
ever, 1 was usbedinto the presence
R
of . a ggrave looking young man, whom
I imagined to be Sir Algernon, anti 1
accordingly made le profound bow, and
and said, Sir Algernon, 1 presume i
The graveyoung man stniled,and replied
Oh, yes, 1 carefully OtePlainea; be
has eO much practice in welting
his name that he dots it ogilentlitlly
now.
All that eveirin g I was a hero in is
email way, anti did nothing ahuost but
unlock my portmanteau and show the
precious hag to suSce>ssive troops of
friaries, At .the same thine I impress,
ed upon tleetn the utmost seoreey, as I
bad a lurking fear that I was tweaking
a diplomatic regulation in showing oil
that Sit' Algernon would appear pies• a despatch bay in this public summer,
eptly. Then we talked pleasantly for The next day L departed on my voy•
a few minutes about the weather and age to the Bast, and the next six
evil reputation of the climate of Cara, weeks of the journey were to tne,I eau
baya,whtcb was the name of my official truthfully say, six long weeks of the
post. most refined torture, I was puzzled
Sir Algernon himself suddenly ap. even how to get the invaluable bundle
peered through .a side -door, advanced safe on board at Tilbury. To send it
and cordially shook bands --a .donde- with my lu gage,whicb went separate.
ceusion which thrilled ever nerve of my ly, was out of the question. I had no
body with pleasure --saying cheerfully lean
dhag into wbieh it woald convene
at the same time ; You are Mr Brown, finely go ; so 1 ingeuwusly folded it
as you are bound for Carabaya, we are inside a huge rug which was strapped
up along with a lot of stick and utn-
I. rellas. This I carried in my own
in defiance of the prayers of
itnportueatr, porters and the re,
marks of jeering street boys. I struck
to it manfully amidst the terrible
crush which takes place on board our
Olean steamers at the hour of parting,
say, Mr Drove, It is your duty to take `even though I -was compelled to take
the utmost care of this beg; in feet, it up and hug it lengthwise to my
you siiouldurt lot it out of your sight bosom, to prevent the Awkward sticks
And quick as Hash she turned, and madefor an instant, till you have safely and umbrellas from driving my neigh -
For that wilier bank on the right, ( deposited it in the hands of Her i;lajes. born to e,esperation, It was not pleas -
There was runnin' and erushiu',
But Jing yelled out ty's Consul at Carabaya. Indeed, the ant to hear some one fiercely mutter
Over all the infernal roar, 1 State would much prefer you to lose behind your back, what a dene:ed fool
lel hold her nozzle against the bank
Till the last galoot's ashore r your head than that you should lose that long-legged goose is, (I was six
Through the hot black 'breath of the; this 'nag, he added, blood -thirstily feet and somewhat lankyy. Why
burnin' boat
Jim Bludso's voice was heard
And they all had trust • in his cussed -
though smiling all the time.. He hand- doesn't he put bis abominable bundle
ed use the bag with a lofty air; and 1 down in the cabin, insteod of polling
And kuawed he would keep his word.received it with trembling hands. everybody's ribs with it ? No ; it is
And sire's your born, they all got off ! I will do my hest, your lordship ! I decidedly ' uncomfortable ; but there
Afore the•smokestacks feI1—
And Bludso's ghost went up alone
In the smoke of the Prairie Bells.
Be weren't no saint—but at jedgemeut
I'd run my chance with Jim,
Longside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty, a dead sure thing—
And went for it thar and then;
And Christ ain't agoin to be too hard
Ou a man. that died for men,
That Foreign -Oce Bag.
I had just received an appointment
as assistant iu a consulate in the Far
East, and had assumed an appearance
as dignified and important as twenty..
one years of age and a slight moustache
would permit. The occasional large
of'rcialletters_'1 got marked On Her
Majesty's Service, and sealed with the
Foreign Official seal, rendered me an
object of the greatest interest in our
gossipy country village, for every one
, was dying to know what the Secretary.
of State for Foreign Affairs had to say
to me. My hsppieees reached a cli
max one bright morning when I saw
reposiiig en nip breakfast plate a small
white missive also marked On Her
Majesty's Service. but bearing iu the
corner the mysterious word private.
13y Jove, I thought, this contains
sortie State secret I Must be careful in
opening it.
A death like silence reigned in our
ustully noisy fan ily while I carefully
slit, the envelope with the breacl,hnife,
and alt eyes from baby, aged three, to
the gov'nor himself were fixed on ;ny.
countenance. I quickly ;lanced over
the .half -sheet of writing, andbattled
with: the hieroglyphics, like sig;uature for
a minute or two. It was to the affect
that Sir A igereon Chrddecott woatd,be
obliged if I svoulrl be good enough to
eat' at the l+oreign Office aortae dive an
the following week.
Well! was theunis" rsal t%elamation,
whit is it?
Are you going ap to Windsor? said
nay youiagrest sister; twig it an invitation
to dint with'Lorct Sidle utry ?
Nue. be ehor'lty, I',vied eev«'rely.
You know utel ing ab ut it.
1t is, 3. added, cateleesly, •edciressing
tuy father, who beamed upon mre with
a paternal eye of adxniratton, it is nilly;
from Sir Algernon Ohadecott—herrd of
the Secret service Department' 1 1,041
Neve—who peke n.o ter call et On
Foreign Office, as he ]tate ata itnportttitt 1
communication to make to glee. ;.
—1 mean—Yes, sir ! I stammered in was seine consolation. in knowing that
dread and agitation. it was endured" for the sake of my
Seeing inexperience of this world Queen and country. It interfered
traced in my youthful, ingenuous, fee- even in the dreadful agony of parting
tures, he also seized the oportunity with my dearest friends. I clasped
to give me a lecture on behakiour in the rug firmly with my left arm while
general. .He quoted, something about shaking hands ; but to get my hand -
women and wine •which I did not kerchief out I had to support my bur
catch••--Shakespeere was never a favor- den against the ship's side with my
ite of mine—explained the ratio be- stomach, and there I stood huddled
tweet) steadiness and promotion, up, a picture of misery and despair the
decanted on . the vagaries of luck in tears streaming down my cheeks, and
the official world, and finally imparted my handkerchief fluttering mournfully
the cheerful intelligeuee that promotion in the breeze.
When my friends had finally disap•
peered, and I had cheered up soma
what, my next step wits to descend to
the cabin. bury the despatch bag deep
gutting my shirts and socks, and care...
fully locked the portmanteau. I then
hunted up the steward, and with every
look and movement betokening secrecy,
led linin into the cabin and cautiously
shut the . door. 'Pointing to the
portmanteau, I told him that in it
were some sketches and drawings
which I valued more than my own life
—he did not imagine that this was no
in Carabaya was more rapid than any.
where else,.on account of the pestilens
tial climate. I was standing•all this
time with the awkward bag in my
hand ; and a few minutes later after
Sir Algernon had repeated his awful
warning about carefulness, I found
myself emerging from Downing street,
at a loss how to carry gracefully a
wretched thing which made me look
like a grocer's boy with a Yorkshire
ham. Not a cab was to be seen, and
.1 walked up Whitehall imagining that
the eyees of every pasaer.by were fixed
on me. These feelings were not inti- .figure of speech --that of course they
proved by hearing u gutter imp shriek were of no value to any one else, but I
out, hullo 1 old ehappie ! 'Ow Much a Would .be particularly obliged if he
pound for yer 'aur'1 Chunk us a bit, would keep his eye on the portmanteau
when I did .not happen to be in the
cabin myself. The result of this little
confidential that was that one bright
shining sovereign passed from my
will you ?
I . hurriedly stuck as much of my
burden as possible ander my coat and
took refuge in a passing 'bus. Here t
was more at peace though aeveret pocket to the steward's who retired
curious took' were directedtowards the, with many thanks on bis lips, but in
and two young ladies fell into an in. his inmost heart probably grinning in what the contents aright be. By dint
terminable fit of giggling, of which I his sleeve --if such an Irishman may of moth thinking during the previous
had grave enepicfons I was the object, be allowed to express a state of mind; three weeks. I had pretty well settled
However, 1 reached home at last, and In spite of this precaution I was in my own mind that it trust contain
there I was treated with a respect, still tottered with vague uneasinesle
reverence even, which ' soothed my That en was on.tny mind during the
wounded feelings. The inysterious'day, and at night it always seemed to
bag was autiint,tely examined by every be • on my stomach or tied tightly
member of the family, and many ware around my throat. Nighhtlnttre Was
the eoujeetures as to ita contents. The
parchment label which was attached to
the head of the hag with iuuumerable
folds of red tape received a large share
of attention, It bore the address of
Edward Burleigh tiadity,, Esq., Iter
Britantc Majesty's Consul at I;arahaya,
and in the corxer, written in large
flowing style, was the single word
Salisbury., it in my pajamas, tend then would en -
;What a beautiful handLerd realise 'sue a. heed breaking Introit round the
bury writes, tweet timely ejaculated deck, which getnrtrally ended by this
ray younger sister, kkendith p smiu -I taking it header over
--
the side and Melting its ghostly hole
iu derision. I would melte Ono des-
perate leap, and then would eoine the
real bang of the bead, which brought
um back to uty senses,.
.13y daytime, of course, when meson
reigned suprerne, afkatrs were more
cheerful. There were exon occasions
when, flirting mildly with some of the
faseainatcug girls on board,1 forgot my
responsible position and really enjoyed
myself, Bet these Intervals Were few
and far between, though it certainly
was not for gent of pretty girls, Stop•
ping at port was always a time of bit-
ter agony and stoppages are so frequent
on the way to the Bast, There was
the Gib, as passengers familiarly called
that grand old rock, Malta, Brendisi,
Port Said, Suez, Arleta, Colombo, th,
The notices which I saw stewed about
warning passengers against theives in
the shape of passengers, boly pilgrims
and fakirs, and anuounoiug that the
company wonid not be responsible for
any .toss, did not itnprove my equani-
mity of mind. Whim on shore and
trying to antnse myself like the others,
I was haunted with a dread that
something alight happen to that ac-
cursed bag, and I was always glad. to
get on board agaitl and make sure by
stealthy inspection that alt was right,
At one place, Colombo,, which Iles the
reputation of being the worst place for
shipetheiving en the whole Eastern
r. ute, I could not muster tiournge to
leave tee. vessel. I announced that 1
hada severe headache, and went and
lay down' in my bunk with my .pont,
tnantean in full sight.
It was a great deprivation togive
up Colombo, Every one was talking
About relining up the interior of leaudy,
the ancieut capital ; taut old travellers
were loud in. their praises of the snag
niftcent tropical scenery to be seen on
the wuy. I put my head through the
porthole, sniffed in the sweet perfumed
breezes, and gazed upon the gleaming
white Eastern buildings overehadawed
by the waving paint trees. It was
very hard tuck, I groaned ; but pro
i ing under a tropical sun, a lit roll
of rugs and sticks in one hand, and the
other supporting a white umbrella.
Lille a good tine faithful servant had I
done my duty, It was an Anxious but
happy moment for the when I handed
over the bag to Her Britanfo Majesty's
Consul. fele rapidly out the red tape,
and out poured a torrent of privete
letters, 'some for biateelf, which he
leisurely began Go read, There were'',
also two officialsloolcmg letters, and
three or four large blue -books. After
Her Britanic Majesty's eousui bad
glanced over his own letters, he turned
his attention to the official ones.
My curiosity was strained to the
highest pitch, and no --not if 1 was to
be hanged for it, could I restrain my •
tongue. Is it to be war, sir f I said in
a tremulous and apprehensive voice.
The consul stared at me through his ,
one eyeglass as if I bad suddenly gone
mad. What's that i What do you
mean 1 lin rasped.
His glance frightened in.o. I only
asked, sir, if it is likely to be warm. I1.,
responded apologetically, happy to
light on so easy an escape.
Oh—eh--hum, he replied, eyeing
me suspiciously. No mere so than
now; and seeing the perspiration pour-
ing down my faee he added ;--1 would
advise' you Mr Prowl), togo and get
a bath, and be sure and souse your
head well with cold water,
I have since found out the purport
of the documents ; but as itwould be
an inexcusable breach of the first
principles of diplomacy to reveal the
secret, I must reluctantly leave lily
readers in ignorance.-=tekarttt ers Maga-
Lim
lim gu'zine.
We'll write it down till everybody
sees it
Till every body is sick of seeing it
Till everybody knows it without see-
ing it—
that Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures
the worst cases of chronic catarrh in
the head, catarrhal headache, and cold
in" the head. In perfect faith, its.
makers, the World's Dispensary Medi..
cal Assoeiation of Buffalo, N Y, offers
trutriu wort, was my motto, and in the to pny $500 to any one suffering from
chronic catarrh in the head whom they
cabin,I remained, meat -tunes excepted, cannot cum
till the anchor 'was raised. I had Now, if the conditions were reversed
some consolation, too, for my self- —if they asked you to pay $500 for a
imposed confinement, besides, that positive cure you might hesitate. Here
of revelling in my devotion to guy are reputable men, with years of
honorable dealing ; thousands of dol-
lars and a great name back of them eeee,
and tlaoy say -We can cure you bee
country. .One of the passengers was
taken violently sick after returning on
board, and the doctor declaY'ed that it cause we've cured thousands Of afters '
was due to poisoning caused by eating like you—if we can't we will pay yon -
fish that had fed on the refuee of the $500 tor the knowledge that there's
one Whoin we cant cure.
harbor. A. pair of trousers also were They believe in themselves. Isn't
actually stolen out of another cabin any trial preferable to catarrh ? •
through the porthole. I congratulated
myself on my vigilance, though on Xfl h Price for an Invention:
second thought it was difficult to see Probably the largest sum ever paid
how a native could have dragged a, two to a firm of Canadian inventors fora
foot portmanteau through a one -foot single offspring of their inventive shill,
porthole, even supposing he had in and perhaps the'largest sum ever given
some miraculous manner gained ad in the world for a patent iight in a
mission to the cabin. At any rate, in textile tnachine,was paid the other day
my zeal, I had erred on • the right to Feoder Boas & Co., St..Hyacinthe,
side, for the new automatic knittieg ma
It was not long after leaving Colone chine, which is the joint invention of
bo; that one blazing hat afternoon I Mr. Bobt. W Icing and Mr. Moritz
retired below to suck oranges for the Boas, brother of the head of, tine firm
lack oi• anything better to do and at to whose name the sale was made.
y g
the same time took the opportunity of The stale was made .In Boston to asyndicate cf Americana, , and the
seeing that the Poreigu Office bag was amount given is X300,000 for the
still there. I dragged it, out and was
eonjeetttring for the hundredth time. United States. The new machine is
I
At least a denlaration of war against
the native state whither I was bound.
These cogitations were suddenly crit
short by the entrance of my cabin
companion. In an instant tite des.
m.y constant campanioaa, and I often patch bag was .again reposing among
the shirts. and• socks, and the loch was
shut with a snap. I fancy he saw the
action, for he smiled. There was no
reason whatever why I should have
displayed tray trepidation, but 1 was
arrays nervous where the bag was
concerned,
The longest road has a. turningg,laow.
ever. and this'misereble journey Caine
Lo a termination at last, Behold your
humble servant marching up to the
Consulate at Crtrabaya,swelter-
started up at night, banging my head
with suicidal force against the bank
aberve, grasping and struggling for
breath, I would see that impish bag
get slowly nut of the porttnanteau,and
with a wicked leer in his red -wax eyes,'sb
glide on spindleank,. legs up the
cabin utak case. I had to rush after
most t p re' fec ty automatic in its action
and grinds out hosiery as a, threshing
machine turns out straw, It simply
requires to be fed with yarn. Mr.
Boas has been for years manager of
the Granite Itnitting Mills of St,l=lys-
cinthe ; while Mr. Icing is well and
favorably knower as a successful in-
ventor and , tnanuf aetnt'er of power
knitting waohinery rind general mite
(shine%'y for hosiery mills. For several
years his factory Was in Georgetown
but a couple of years ago he moved hie
factory to Montreal, where hit .tirixx
has beets operating on a larger Beale,
and where he and Mr. Was have ela-
borated the new nraohine. The bud•
cess of the new machine reftects'tiip
highest honor upon the inventive skill
and iatetligenee of Canadians,
Itoh, itfdttzte and Serateiees of every „'kind, of
human or dnimais, cured 11 S0 utittntos by Wood.
fard'sBdnitary 1,otion. 8815 by w. /3, Towler,
'E
CONI
The III
, a hill for
procures
habitual
vaw in On
enforced.
'tngl,sh Spa
eallaused Lc,
Spavin, Win
Soto awl swo
+ase of ono It
v^iewtlsh euro
In the
constable
the beer
and close_
the city.
in T.JeiViSt�
are dry;
Awing
plate glass,
price, late
fortunatel'1
advance f
Or and are th
this seaso
the cleat)
viously im
The Go
State int
on the sal
The inten
ate the ni
could this
plish its t
whiskey
the land
A pecu
adieu bo
went fro
t.The. oth
Toledo,o
is in Tac
murder;
a spree.
is, in the
a barten
least we
tenders,
Templar,
The b
iuspirat
years th
surprise
tion tha
of writi
general
ing of s
tual, w
delusiv
late Wi
pretty
splendt
and wee
put the
went t
what h
rubbis
scriber
1892, f
142.
Ste
that be
mouth
word
nese i
going
'speed.
shatte
his ch
the m,
streug
and b
They
our lac
their 1
proac
trails
Stop 1
them
boys,
dest t
bad b
only
possi
ttbou
man.
No
not a
hope
Is
Get