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The Exeter Times, 1886-3-4, Page 6X.; 4 , rieete ten e i. te, e • ',MeV ie • , eeenete. nenteeneeli, Mee:it,' • • INIIIIIMOINOWnrininerelernelniellinfWeineennifferMIIIIMININS ene N EGYPTIAN ROMANCE. Story of Love and Wild Aaventure, feuded upon Startling Ruda - time in the Omer of iirabi Pasha, Be the Anther of "ti, T NIHILIST," " TEns RED Seennta," "TILE RUSSIAN Si'" Been Fero, CHAPTER XXXIII, minute the Frenoh garcon entered the TEM HOTEL D'ORIEroom NT—STONED IN THE " Alphonse, le there any kind of a Clergy. STREETS, man atayiug at the hotel V There they were at laet indeed, and at the " No, monsieur ; but zero is z 3 churob beginning of their worst trod:deo, only ham. close by—ze Elie Sante Eastaoho—and ze 1 pily they did not know it, for the supreme. lint mane would be just commenting." ly merciful act of em all mereiful Providence d Would you have any objection to being ied 1 a Catholic chapel, and by a Oath - ie that it permets us no knowledge of future, There were plenty and to spare of vehicles waiting for hire, and helping Nellie into one, Frank instructed the Arab driver to take tem to the Hotel d'Orient, which seemed somewhat to surprise him, perhaps beeneuee everybody else wan shoutiug "To the harbor" or "To the mole 1" However, off they went at the full speed of two thin, wiry horses (who knew no mace between a crawl and a gallop) over rutty roads, across loge and puddles, peat coal yards and gee works, through flocks of eheap and almost over individual members thereof, and then through a perfect era of black mud again, whilst Nellie, jolted al - Most out of breatk, began to wonder was this ever the Alexandria of " four thousand palaces, four thousand bathe, four hundred theatree, twelve thousand shops for the rale ,Df vegetable food alone, a museum where forty thousand students studied and a li brary containing four hundred thousand volumes ?" Neither could she picture it as the Alexandria where the moat poetical or our historians declares that " the Hebrew soripture expanded into Greek under the hands of the Septuagint, where Cleopatra reveled with her Roman conquerora, where St. Mark preached the gospel and Saint Athanastue held war -like ciontroverey, where Amru conquered and Aberoomby tell." But what town in the world shows to ad- iventage from its railway station and when the Mahmudiyeh Canal was oroesed by its light and lofty bridge and the city proper was entered by the Gabari Gate, her senti- menta somewhat underwent a change. She looked then upon a town half Europe- an and half Oriental, with large streets well laid down, eubstantial houses built upon the latest fashion, banks, theatres, cafes innum- erable and shops the contents of whose plate glans windows would, in some cases, have done credit to Parte, London, or Naw York, whilst here and there above the roof waved the broad, fan-like fronds of the omnlproaent palm, and occasionally, when the breadth of the thoroughfare permitted, they drove through a perfect avenue of carob trees that were in full leaf and blossom. It is hard to imagine, Frank, that all danger is not forever past and over when we see these tokens of civilization around ns ; yet, despite it all, there every now and then oomes to me a presentiment that it is not so and that our greatoat perils are yet to be en- countered," said Nellie Trezarr, with a shud- der that caneed her plump and shapely white arms to quiver to the very sheulders. Her lover co'ald not resist kissing one of them as he rejoined : "You must not think any such nonsense, darling. It is the natural reaction of your spirits that alone, canoes yon to do so, bat a cup or two of strong tea and a brief rest will net you all right." But though the young officer spoke thus cheering to reassure her, his heart was by no means as bright as his words, for he no - bleed, how the few natives who were out and about at that early hour scowled at them and muttered under their beards, and some- times spat on the ground as they paned by them, and one tali Arab actually took up a stone as though with the intention of hurl ing it at the vehicle, but the next instant apparently altered his mind and dropped it, perhaps fearing that he might injure the property of a brother Moslem instead of hurting the unbelievers made. Ah, here at hot is the Rue de Ia Colonne Pompee, for all things have a French nom- enclature in Alexandria. The two -horned caleehe has drawn sharply up at the door of the Hotel d'Orient, and Pat Monaghan, springing off the box, lets down the steps and then gives a mill- tary salute and grills at the near prospect of a good breakfast, for a certain aroma hae just attacked his nostrils, vrhioh, ascending from the region of the kitohene, would have caused Pat to gin under almost any otr- oumatancee. There was found to be temple accommoda- tion at the hotel, so Frank Donelly ordered two bedrooms and a private sittiogwoom, instructing hie man to seek his oven quar- ters and to see that he had everything which he required or fancied, a oommand which Pat felt very much like obeyine with ale. mite?. Five minutes later Nellie and her lover found themselves most comfortably quer- ored, ie Their sitting -room commanded a cheerful view of the street, a One and indeed almost a noble thoroughfare, and here a tempting little breakfaet was daintily served, but whilst Frank was as hungry as a hunter, Nellie was still too excited and agitated to do more than drink cup after cup of tea and nibble a little dry toast between whiles, " Now, my darling," said Frank, "It atrikoe me that it will be an 000nomy of tirr e to do two things at once, namely, to take our breakfast and discus what is to be done immediately afterwards. What I should advise you to do would be to go to bed and try to get a little deep, or failing that, at alt evente reef, whilst I look after Wee: two essential nemearies, a parson and a dap.' 'Oh, Frank, cm yon not depute both tanks to others? You must be so tired," "Not a bit of it. a pretty soldier I should be if I euffered such triflea ite we have been through to master me Of course to a young end tender girl they presented a very differ- ent aspect. Besides, Nell, have yon not read that what you wish to be done well you had better do yourself 1" "Yes, yes ; but if yon leave me, Frenk, I shall tremble. We are not out of danger here. The little Frouch ohoanbermaid, Marie, is too afraid to go out shopping for me, became there have already been so many outrages omen Et:repeat:in in the streets, and, worse still, because every day of tete one or two White girls have rnyeteriouely disappear- ed, and nobody can aisoover what has be, come of them. She desclereo in her pretty, way that the Euroneana in Alexandria stand on the brink of a voloano, and that at any moment an eruption may ewer and over- whelm them," " The tnoro moon, my derlirig, that we should maty end make off before bforie's volcano does begin to misconduct itself. By Jove 1 perhaps a patron mendlse found With nett oven going out of the hotel. Alphonse just touch tie gong, my dear ;1± stands tee " olio priest, Nellie ?" asked Frank, abruptly. " On the contrary, I should prefer such a wedding to any other, for the Catholic is the only religion that raises merrisge to the character of anorament, and through re- membering how our Saviour honored it by ohooeing it se the symbol of the indissoluble union between Him and His ohuroh, deolares in the words of Holy Writ that 'what God hath joined together no men dare put as- under ;' no, not even the judge ot an iniquit- one divorce court," "Well Nellie, my opinion exactly win- e:ides with your point, and as the little church is close by, suppose that we ask Alphonse to be our guide thither, and take Pat Monaghan to give you away, as the say- ing is, and aot as a witness. Yen would not object to a common moldier doing so, eh?" "And if I did, Pat Monaghan le a most uncommon soldier, and so the objection could not apply to him, and I'd an soon be given away by Pat es I would by a duke, or even a prime of the bleod, for he posses - sees honor, courage and fidelity, and they take precedence of rank and riches." "Pat would be a proud man if he heard you spot* thus of him, Well, then, Nell, if you cannot buy, borrow something to throw over your lovely shoulders, and we will try to get into the church before the first masa is over." " I dare say Marie will lend me something that will do," and Nellie Trezarr hurried out of the room to her own. In a very short while the party of four were hurrying along towards the little ohuroh, Pat Monaghan's lips going as though he wet muttering preliminary pray- ers, whereas he was simply finiehing his breakfaet, a pleasing occupation whereat he had been disturbed. It was now a quarter past eight e'olock isa the morning, and even yet there were not many people astir in this, tho essentially European quarter, of the city. Despite this fact, however, the wedding party had not proceeded very far whea some mischievous Arab gamins, who seemed to be performing the duties of chiffoniers, begen to stone them from a safe distance and ourae teem for infidels and unbelievers. At this hostile demonstration Alphonse pointed out the church, and turning very pale, declared that he dared not stay away any longer from his work, and immediately made a meet undignified rush back to the hotel. But Frank Density, Nellie Trezarr and Pat held on their way, taking no notice whatever of their assailants, who were all of them happily very bad marksmen, and in another three minutes the ehuroh afforded them at all events temporary safety, fro, and up and down, in a lisideee runt of way, In company with yelping and mangy dogs and those little detatohed swarme of aloe that always attend upon native gather- lngs. To Frank Donelly'e dismay he °mild see no ether Europeans Arent same themselves, and, as though they anticipated some danger er unpleasantueee from the native invasion, shop shutters wore being hastily put up, though they had not been for more than an hour taken down, banks and warehouse doors being closed and to on, They themeelvee were so eituated, howt ever, that the neared rewelleble shelter was the hotel whereat they were dapping, bat the shortest way to reach lt was emoted an open space that by a stretch of imagination alight have been called a ...pare, and the queetion was daould they make a quick dash aoroes this, with the almost certainty of drawing attention upon themselves in the aot, or should they take the longer route around by the houses and trust to apparent unconcern and non -provocation for satety. The latter course being decided on es the safest, albeit that their danger and suspense would be oontintsed for at least a couple of minutes longer, away they want, Captain Donelly especially oauntioning Pat not to let hie innate love for a row get them into a scrape, but ts boar any insult or even indig- nity rather than afford the meb an exouee for murdering them. "Faith then ru tura lent oheak an' cheek about for the :smiting till yer honor an' yer honor's wife is safe at eafe oan be, and thin, by the mother ov Mom, Ill teem it out of the nagurs with Jews intereet, I will." "You must bide a bit longer than that, Pat, for we can't spare your services, isad you would assuredly get killed if you pro- voked theae murdering thieves to attack you. Now come along and keep your hot blood well iced." Pat nodded assent, thougn his oyes were ablaze and his nontrile qaivering with excite- ment, like those of a tooroughbred hone. Had not the habit of military obedience been strong in him, there is no knowing what he would have done, for the mob had already begun to cures and make faces at the three Christians, and Some of the naked gamins to even throw mad at them. Frank Donelly endured all this with smiles, as though it wee highly complimen- tary and wondrous; onterteining ao well, whilst Nellie tried to smile anal look uncon- cerned also, though aha did not very well succeed. For she had noticed that the male Arabe all carried etioks of such formidable appear. &nee that they well deserved the name of :Aube, and furthermore wore their long knives: thrust in their belts and so fully ex- pesed to view, instead of underneath their bine cotton outside garb, an tumal, and she felt sure that (Aube were not oarrled and knives so oatentatiouely desplayed f or nothing. But the hotel was very near and they would gain its shelter in another minute at the most. Why, half the journey was already ac- complished without any serious mitshap. Nellie wan comforting herself thins when all at once an Arab woman, taking a fancy to the cextaettish and gay-oolored hall cloak, half picket which Marie, the French chambermaid, had lent her (chiefly to con- ceal the -fact that her dress was a very low out and almost sleeveless evening one), sprang forward and with a quick clutch tore it off her shoulders and away from her grasp. Nellie thereupon shrieked, imagining that this was the commencement of an attack, and the shrill ory, coupled with the expos- ure of so muoh of her glossy, heaving, pal- pitating whiteness, at once drew hundreds of eyes upon her. " Bat not in love or admiretion, for a brown skin is coneidered by the lower clam of Mohammedanas the acme of beauty, and a white one a disgrace, as marking a descent from the &at murderer, Cain, who they de- clare was owe brown like themeelves, but turned white from excess of terror when God asked him what he had done with hie brother, Abel, wherefore they think that all Europeans have Cain for their peogeni- tor. On this account Nellie's moat exquisite bust and full, fair, minded arme were far from calculated to win their homage or even their forbearance. A big hutking boy, whose heart, had it been human, should have beat with an in- tense and till then unknown j.y at the sight, pioked up a stone and cast it at her, the missile striking her on the breast with a dull thud that caused her in an instant to feel faint and giddy. side and would have falleei ere the great door wars closed and, barred, had not her husband (naught. her In hie arms. (To BE CIONTINIIRD,) 44 EMBRACED BY A BOA. experience of a Keeper who Bathed tke Wester Snakes. A little while ;dame, says a writer in the St, James Gazette, I was examining some eneetes In a certain oolleotien, meanwhile gossiping with the attendant. In the col - motion were several fine specimens of the beautiful gold and black boa, and also of the black and white spotted boa, I found the keeper a very intelligent Man, and some little information I was able to give him led hint to ask me whether I lied ever :seen the snakes bathed. Now, I knew that it was customary to give these oreeturee an oo- oasional bath, to keep them healthy and preserve the akin pliant and the colors fresh and clear, but I had never had an opportun- ity of witneeeing the operation. Gladly, therefore, I accepted the offer. In a little time a moderately large tub, helt.filled with warm water, was ptaoed upon the ground, and my ettendant and another man etripped oil their coats and waist -meta, turned up their shirt sleeves to prepare for motion, The first case contaiued four boamoneteuet- ors varying from eight to sixteen feet long. The keeper opened a small door in the end FIGHTING THE ARABS, . QANADIAN'S VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLE or KOSHER. The following interesting letter is from Lieut. Hewitt to his father, Col. Hewitt, of the Royal Military College. This young Canadian eoldier is now serving with his regiment, the West Kent, in Egypt, and deecribes in his letter,which ie dated, ''On the Nile, Jan 1," his first ex- periences under fire In the bittle of Koeheh. He sap : "We left Firket and marched for throe hours, then brought up within two miles of Koshets, which we intended to relieve. There were two brigades—first brigade West Kent, Berk- shire, Cameron Highlanders, Yorkshire and the Black Battalion. At two o'clock next morning, eve fell in and started on our march; our brigade (No. 1 ) to Bur - round the village of Guinea. It was fear. fur work marching in the dark over the rough ground. As daylight increeued the sight was very weird •, the tall camels with the guns on their backs, or bundles of blankets and boxes of food, stood out against the red sky, while the dark mov- ing mass of infantry looked LIKE A WILD DERAIL, Ai 6.5 we advanced against the town, and I got my first baptism of fire. of the cue, and thou ridding back the glom The Arabs were in swarms, from 400 to panne' at the top, put his hand boldiy in 1,200 yards distant all along our front, and ran his hand down the back of the and their riflemen having previouely got nearest reprile, which moved from beneath - the range sent showers of bullets over the hie touch toward the open door. As ridge. We were marching in quarter THE HEAD 01' THE SNARE passed the door he seized it with his right oolumn, so we extended into line, and nand firmly around the nook, and dragging opened fire by volleys, by half companies the body quickly out caught it five feet or mostly. Juat as I had ordered my com- e() lower down with his left hand, the ether party to lie down I saw on my right an man taking the remainder and olosieg the officer of the Berkshires shot through the It Mle door, The reptile "egairmed" a good head. He was killed inetantanooualy,and HIGH LICENSE. zy wee goer. eowei B. Ewell, w, G. T. The friends and agents of the liquor in - wrests in Canada follow cloeely the lead of the drunkard -makers in the United States. in the States when deeent men worked tor moderate license, the drunkard makere stood on the platform of free. bear Moderate Iteenee was thoroughly tried and proved to be a total failure. The forces of civilize- m tion moved to the position of fought all restraint of the traffic high iioenee and the liquor interests adopted the plan of moderate ammo and antagonized high 11. e°venenseawiwthort faHiliugrhe Vann" Ilielveavliinoegpnsero, vd thee friends of civilization declared for total pro- hibition of a traffic that is bad, and onlybad, in all placers, at all times. The liquor inter- ests at once antagonized prohibition with high license became it bad beeu demonetrat- ed that high licenses benefitted instead of injuring this busineee. It is not at all stir - priding that the 1 quor Betters 'elf Canada, sewing lee they must eee that NetWeti Prohi- bition is inevitable unleso they can find some measure to divide the temperance forces, should adopt the trick of the drunkard - maker e of the United States and seek to bribe the public by the payment of a large fee for being permitted to make drunkards of the °Menne of Cenada. It le fortunate for the friends of the home in Canada that the high Mentes, plan has been tried and proved a failure in the States, for they will now be able to go to work to defeat the oompromiee offered by the liquor intereets of Canada. Tho first high licenee law ever peened in the United States, the Nebraska Statute, was drafted in my office. I be- lieved that the law would be a success, and having prepared lt, worked for its passage, and after its passage, for it enforcement. Yeare of experience have convinced me that high license so a temperance measure is D. fraud and failure. It does not diminish the amount of alcoholic liquor consumed, it does not decrease intemperance nor the crime and pauperism resulting therefrom, It does drive from the trade men who have a desire to be decent and obey the law. It does in- crease the number of places where gamb- ling and vile women are kept. It don bribe publio conscience and injure all kinds of re- ligious and temperance work. The press of the United States which, subsidized by the drunkard -makers, at first opposed bitterly the high license system, but as soon as they found it did not injure the trade of their patrons, they became its warm defender°. High license is used by the liquor interests of the United States as a buffer against pro- hibition. Rose-colored statements of how it works are tient over the wires. Official statements of how it does work are oaretul- ly concealed by the same papers. Chicago, Illis., held up as a model high license city. The Grand Jnry in that city recently sent in this report to the court : "Having discovered that a majority of the oases of robbery sent to the grand jury by the different police justices of Chicago originated in the low saloon in certain dieericts of the oity, the proprietors of which are lioenaed to carry on their ne- farious bueinees by the cijtkof Chicago, and enjoy immunity from the rims authorities, a committee of our body was duly appoint- ed to ascertain if such charges of irregulari- ties and flagrant dereliction of duty on the part of the police force were true. The committee reported that they were, and that, furthermore, the ordinance requiting the closing of saloons at midnight has by long custom become a dead letter in the community, and a partiality seems to exist in favor of doggeries ' of the very lowest character, and which have been described upon the sworn testimony of policemen be- fore our body as robbers 'ens,' Withre. gret we report that it iseOnsitively known to us that the administrhtien of affairs in the firat police district is in a condition of deplorable rottenness. Dives of the lowest order defy the city ordinance by keeping open from dawn until midnight, and from midnight till &awn, wherein congregate dis- reputable women, thieves'and criminals well known to the police of the district, and upon our oaths ao grand jurors we bluah to say that policemen have been seen in fall nniform tippling with dioreputables in the same dens long after the midnight hour." , What better proof that high licensee pro motes low divas and is a total failure as a temperance measure could be given. What paper in Canada that favors high license has been honed enough to print the of. ficial record of high license In Chicago. Still I venture to aseert if they did not know this would be the result of the system they would not advocate it. Lincoln, Nebraska, is held up by tho li• quor papers as another model high license oity, The editor of the Republic, published qinuothreatdevioterca,tesaLd recently in answer to a li- Yon say that "high license does regu- late." If by this yon mean that the laws for ,the regulation of the traffic are enforced, let the moor& of the courts for the last few weeks be your answer. The people of Lincoln well know what a ghastly joke is oontained the above quotation. That, in spite of the thousand -dollar lioenee, the sa- loons have sold liquor to minors, and drunk- ards, and on • Sunday, and had become so generally dieorderly that a Law and Order League had to be organized and supported by private eubeoription for their " regale. tion," The fact that the license system has been tried for hundreds of years and proved a total failure ought' to warn sensible people to oppose any form of license and adopt the motto: "The aloholio liquor traffio must be destroyed." EVANSTON, Ille. U. S. deal as if obj toting to such handling ; but more men commenced dropping all along was quickly depoeited in the tab, the keep- the line and wore carried to the rear to er reteinlng hie hold of the head and fore the dootort. It was here only that we part of the body. As the water touched lost heavily, and here the toughest fight - the snake le perceptible quiver ran through it ; for a few eeconde it coiled and uncoiled , . " ng oft the day occurred. The men ba- iteelf formbly, dashing the water about, and hayed splendidly. It was exeibing watch - then seemed to settle down to plaoid enjoy- ing the enemy dash from one shelter to ment of the bath, struggling no longer' an another. They are magnificent skirmish - lowing Mont to be slowly moved aboutthe ers, taking advantage of every particle of tub. oover. Soon after 7 a.m. the Egyptian Ticklish work, it seemed to ms, and tho camel corps surprieed aome of the Arabs keeper rather aaaentod to that opinion. in a ravine and , "You see one is apt to get careless; but so SHOT THEM ALL, long as you ars cautious it is simple enough. but the noise brought down the roams of I remember well the first time I tried it. I Arab apearmen who had. previous to this wan then at M— and the regular keeper was taken ill and died. The day for bathing been behind a ridge out of sight. About the snakes came round, and no one could 600 spearman rushed out and chased them be found to do it. Two days went over, right into our lines, and at the time I and then I thought I would have a try. I thought they would gee around the left of hal been feeding them for a year or more, our line, but luckily Major Jones swung and wee pretty well used to them. Well, back his company on my lefb, and the we filled the tub, and I got through with the Egyptian camel corps men retired through job all right, and was Boon appointed head the gap. The poor beggars had only 20 keeper of rounds and had expended it. Some of THE SNAKE HOIILE, the Dervishes followed, but were quickly Time went on ; I fed and bathed the area - tures regularly and got a little cerelees over shot down and bayonetted. It was grand it, and so It happened that one day I did to see the rush of the fanatics, the avrords- not look after my man to see that he fasten- men swinging their two handed swords, ed the little door properly after we had one ham -stringing the camels:. The Gippies, in the bath. Oa this particular day, too, (Egyptians), fought well, slipping off the he forgot to bring the change of blankets camels and bayonetting the niggers. I with him, and I never noticed it until I had saw one Gippy shoot a spearman, and jug one of the smeller snakes in the bath. Aa as he was getting in another cartridge a soon as I did notice it I sent him peat haste big Arab with a spear like a shovel, sent to fetch them. The one in the bath was it through his side, but at the same in - only about nine feet long ; so when he had camel corp sman bay - been in the water long enough I lilted him ()netted him three times in the body, after out, intending to put him in a square case which he again tried to send his spear and wait my mans return; bat as I raised him / felt something around my right leg, into his victim but fell back dead. I was and, looking down found the little door was awfally frightened that my company open and that a fourteen-fost boa was out would fire, but luckily I kept them from and had got a half -turn round my thigh. 0! it, and the camel corpsmen got into our course, he bad to be stopped ; so I let go', of liners and f armed up while we poured a the body of the one I was holding, and by volley into the Arabs which made them a fortunate shot grasped the other jut be- rush to ehelter. Several were killed be- low the head. The oae in my left hand had hind my company. They don't seem to coiled his body rouod my arm, and, soothed care for death a bit. One Arab advanoed by his bath, was quiet and comfortable; to within fifteen yards of our lino, brand - but the other was taking np all my spare time. He wriggled and twisted until e 'shin his sword after his comrades had could seam hold him straining the call retired. The hatred beterreen the Gippies round my thigh very tightly. He had also and the Arabs is awful to see S the Egyp- given a turn of his tail to my other leg, so tian camel corps blowing the bralna out of time I could not move a step. However, the dead and woundod alike. One here wee nothing to prevent my ceiling out wretched Arab was wounded,iabo soone and I did it ; more eve:daily became the of them fired a rifle into h door of that case was open, and there were that it set his clothes on fire. Tho poor three more inside. My man might be five wretch got up and tried to show fight, bat minutee gene, and I had to keep up as best three Egyptians ran np and fired three I could, The worst of it wars, while the — was into him. It beast got his hold nearer and nearer to my rounds body he would A HORRIBLE SIGHT. SHOOT HIS HIKAD AWAY. CHAPTER XXXIV. MARRIED, iND ALMOST MURDERED, lb was a beautiful little church, and it was tolerably well filled with ardent worship- pers, for it is no trifling peril that will keep the illatholic from the gospel of his God and the place where Hia glory dwelleth. It being low mass, the entire service was performed in impressive silence so that a pin might almost have been heard to fall. A quarter of an hour after our trio had entered the chapel the solemn service was ended, and the congregation, bowing a knee to the altar as they quitted their seats, began reverently to file out of the chapel. It was then that our three friends welted slowly forward toward the altar, and up` to them soon came a priest; not the one who had said mass, but an older man, and in low toners inquired of them what they wanted. Wheu Frank told him he was somewhat embarrassed, since it was a strange thing for two who were not Catholics to come to be married in a Catholic church. So he ask- ed them to aocempany him into the sacristy, in order thathey might further explain themeelvel, which Frank Donelly there did with each earnestness and force of pleading that the priest made no further objection, but oondnoted them back into the chapel and there donned his vestments and at onoe commenced the service. It was a very solemn and impreeslve one, and the saint -like looking old man gave them some very good couture' when it went ended, so that they quitted the sacred building more impressed with the serionsneas of the j oint responsibilities they had undertaken and the blessedness of the God -hallowed state which they had entered into than if the ceremony had been performed in any other. Then they premed forth into the open air again hardly realizing that they were now man and wife, eo like a dream was it all, nor did they even try to realize it for long, shwa other matters soon necessarily engroes- ed their attention. The half hour or so they had spent Inside the church had made a groat difference in the apeare.nee of the streets, say as *set a one as the seeshore presenta at high and low water, or in Winter's storm as contrasted with Summer's calm. The burning atm of Egypt now glared down as though it hungered to soortoh and consume everything that it bathed with its dazzling brightnese, and it seemed to have called into life on this stoottsion swarms of noxious reptiles in human form that as a rule make their habitations in darkness, For, as a flooded river overflows and !nun. dates a plain, ee the native population seemed to have overfiewed and Inundated the Franklah quarter of Alexandria, where, tie a rule, they never appeared in anything like numbers. Loafere, and idlers, and vagabonds they seemed to be, and less determined on preterit mischief than on taking iitook ast to what they meld do when they deigned to oet themselves in earnest to the taok, for their gaze was greedily bent on the contents of the windows and in threugh the doors of the batiks. Dirty, half naked and sore.eyecl were the majority of there, wretched betngs, but amongst them were not a few Egyptian soldiers In rod tarbounhes and soiled linen uniforms, who seemed to be on leave, mia. gled with yeah -mocked weinen in bine cotton chemises and mehrgany-Itued ohildren sans chemise er ehirt and 'salting is mob like younti Imps at' &mime at it 15 poseible to oonoeve, Nellie did NO she woo asked and the next This ortwd of humanity sauntered to end A howl of horrible signifioance went up to the bine heavens. There was a simultaneous rush in her direction, and cl.eiens 'of ;long , bony arms and lean crooked:: fingeret seetne1c1 tee shoot out toward her 'at 'onoe, not greedyeto be blessed with, a momentary- etonehe of her yielding, glassy .ornoothness, but to tier:etch, and rend, eaadntear that exquisite ewhite flesh of herstetnin !iji At the sighkoOtbe furious face' andithe outstretched aims; Nellie "hut her tOy4ileftel clung wildlyfor a few minutes, whilstlier snowy and dimpled shoulder?' upheaved themselves almost to her little pink Care, as the ehouliers of the young (whether pretty or otherwise) are always prone to heave when their owner it in momentary expect- ation of a blow. Despite the danger and the horror of their position, Frank Donelly could not help press- ing with his lips the one that was nearest to him, but he loot not a moment over the (even under those oircumetanceo) ecstatic delight, but, twisting her around, he shielded as much 01 her back am he cound with his left arm and outspread hind, and whipped out his sward, vowing in his choicest Arabic that he would lop off the first hand that ap. proaohed her. "An' boded; I'll levy contribution en the second, third an' fourth, an' so on until I've taken one fog every fluter on me two bandit," shoutedPt,&e he.fonew9d. 1.00.i;titOter'01, But happily: the Anil' of 'the 'tire ,sittiVree sonetele *ad all that was needed'teettake the stooresior savage ,Arelis reedit'. WIMiketIpOrI Pat ilKOlattilad 111'nooeitto of "darn • , " Mei° sin yet honor, ,inove on. Sure an' the Shadow of our bledes la:enough as yet te dear the Way, ind the way itin't a long one, please the pigi."„ „ • • Frank Donelly Saw the truth :of the t'l!er merit. , "Nolile, darling, slip behind me and we'll do it safe enough, sandWieh fashion., You'll be the ham and fat and I the bre14',Mflcl them mustered I'll be hinged -If thg, Aviitte *hall give you .an" mire yeekiiiten New, ttte, before they doh their 00#rage;','npout Of their sheen agelm" He helped to sling her around as he. Oen- eluded, for she wait *ery faint and feeble.. She mould manage to d. What required of her, however, end the distance wail only a 4:natter' of two sero yards no*, a. tbeugls 110VOriil Minnie" were hurled the Y all fell fortunately on her esinplenlottree` belivereits whom she alienated tip the hotel dew, and The Arabs cut up every Egypblats they almost out of my green), turning and twist- killed. I saw some horribly gashed. No ing without :meting. My fingers ached, and quarter on either aide during the battle. my wrist felt like breaking, while the dm They cannot be trusted, for they sham laden in my leg nearly :stopped. Presently the feeling came over me that I did not death, and when you pass they jump np mind much hew it ended, and ,felt inclined and spear you. At about 8 the enemy's to give up there and then. In fact, my fin. fire slackened, and. at last our shell and gars were relaxing when I heard a step out rifle fire made them retire. The whole aide, and my man came in. A glance told line then advanced and after sharp firing him, the state of affairs. He had the one captured the village at the point of the off my arm and into the °see in the twink- bayonet. We captured 10 or 12 banners, ling of an eye, and then between,us we got 14 boxes of field gun ammunition, 3 brass the other gentleman loose and boxed him, e n pounaers, and heaps of boxes of Martini and then --well, there were no more snakes cartridges. The village is bathed that day. We kept it very quiet. Remington about one mile long, of scattered mud and up to my leaving M-- it never oozed out; then my man was made keeper and he huts, along theahlenanntksloof tahneaNhilneriedHeenrer let It out. You oan imagine it was a lemon we piled arm to boeh'of thothotwill lase reameitime,"i, en dead. Then we had dinner. At 1 we The keeptrt.dooked inmaediateellye letnthe started in pursuit and marched until sun - reptile in thmbatht &rid& ieoelliag the set, when we camped. Oar black troops fought splendidly. They are like tigers; sensatione of that ofterneon, "Fifteen minutes sir 1" amid hid assistant, breaking they ewe, none of the natives, and in upon 'his sfeleerlhel'e The, keepergrose .and wanted to burn the prisoners alive The lif ted the. drake lion, the, tub, the militant Aruba are fine, brave men and game.to taking the hinder half. The reptile seemed the lasi3. The remelt of the fighting was quite torpid, and when they laid him on his a most cemplete viotory. The garrison clean blanket allowed them to wrap him up (Cliteneron Highlander?) of liosheh was and deposit him in the twee , where after a lazy look around, 'be withdre'Ve hit 'head un- relieved after a three weeks' siege and dor the folds. , A. eight rise and fall could Guiness taken." be soon NS he finally settled himself, and then In another letter, describing a desert all was motionless, moral, Lieut. Hewitt says : The camels I stopped and,saw the 'rest of 'them go are the greatest nuisance ; talk about them through their ablutions, but there was little being Bible animals, and meek and mild, variation and no excitement, and se, thenk- ale. 1 I have not yel3 seen it. They ing the keeper, I °erne away. 8 about grunting and groaning praw , nee e --e, grinding their teeth, and nipping at evert?. Washington Territory thinks *treaeing thing around, but tiwy certahily carry is bad custom, said en Anti.trestieg bill his. well, and need very little food and water, Platrd One brietioh'ef the Territioidal Legit, We !raped inside the zarebe ab 8—, and ot: Prohibit May person froth treat- We 5. a. al. act °tit again and arrived here ting or entertabling " geeteitously any other atcni, noon where we found the regiment. poi BM or persons to Or with spirituous hor malt 'ignore, wine or eider, or any cther e. himThen.Cheelsorteteeldinenadrarettalainygtgnolondnaoffiaoehre,iypeintyg Leorna,gb°elevehtelvt,,oY; itt any rire7rIlitto' l'Yela, band to the yeling5tertiB—at hAo Alt The.. ha any other public place of resort or anmee- 1 find myself quite at ome. Our o ment," If the bin panses it will goat anhan cere nen are decidedly nice; one, a Mill- irem $5 to $25 tee treat a friend there, not in- fax man, alio wen groat chum, of Cadets eluding the prick) of the drink, Nothing is Stairs and Twining. Many have been amid about cigar& bhere, 10 I am not alone from Canada. In Mexico the, morning newopepere are sold In the 'elireeto the nightbefere, for they A friend aelre h remedy far paid feet go to prose about 5 o'clock In the eiternoon. The'Sulidity, heree'ning papers are oorledadSratuf:r- bed.Meithere "I‘Y the other side of the day night, and there are none to Onion:of ;piths When it is rail and 1`11°"41' IG" 41" In 14"16. iher°11 114.. 81111. hen 3Pr le olutitot help it, is est the result day newsreel:set work dents and no ounv newspapers ; bat just where the saimParatnal • rf oropuetnosptanoeffi bttt &in ninetemy•ellniveeroseee.. vantage oemes be even ei long in out of a hundred from dlsoord t I In the instant the dear iraol *pone& reeled in. Mexico tails to mike Plan. ',hart, from bodily cause*, The Many;9he Few. BY D. 11, M. Gomm% • Ye who still live—or die—ils one ; For men hasonly %oath the sun A fluttering motion, struck with death; The living is the dying breath. 'Tie wen; chide not the sands that run. High heart, why longer dwell in °lay f Trembling, entangled, whither stray? Pass quickly on, nor fear the tight; Derencest behind, before lir sight; Lame 1 why in twilight !shade delay l Han's conscious spirit cannot know The eetthelt s in its josior woe; Hid trora his reach in myetio pone - Her °hanging forms begin and cease Hine with the grass, mink with tho snow. The bird, to swift in movement free, All pliant grace and harmony, Dens with an inmuise, does not choose, tIai not to question or refuSe, Is not the 'sport of Deetiey. Whit is that enigmatic An energy thee (menet die7 teeing that .wasps through 19.0 space To over,fill 19 clroled plaO01 Soul uttio soul a mystery ? The bilinan lot is mortal strife; With struggles keen, with sorrow rest Love, Pity, Lose fie steps' attend, And one strong guerdian wane the eidr 'Ili well; all angels lead to We. Glee_ Row, Sootlentl,, though said to be the wealthiest city of the world in proportioa to population, has lately had crowds of pee pie parading her bimetal demanding bread.