The Exeter Times, 1886-10-21, Page 2LOVE ANP:' VEN...G.E0.0E. 'AMONG THE SMUGGLERS4
THE Mon FASO NO ()ORAN RONANox SiNOE 'Mg DAN'S_ OF
Copthiv, AND MaxtvArT.
CHAPTER H.—(Cormnitrgp.) wants two able-bodied seaman to after
him and see what he is about. Ain't that it
Dolan elenehed his hands till the pressure martin 9,,
of his own flails was painful and forced an gt Ay, ey
involuntary cry from. his lips. His eyes
" 14.41, then, Captain Won, you'd mueli
seemed to eougest and. beceine bloodshot and better iet the boy alone and put hint on
baleful as the boy spOke. Then, without a shore next voyage, d'ye see? for Ile will 110 -
raised
of 'warning or angry preparation, he ver be of any uSe 0Z1 board the Rift."
raised his foot and with the heavy heel ,Never,,, said mertin.
strack the bey upon the breast as he knelt.
ce wen, well," growled Dolan. "Don't
at his feet and. seat him, stunned and reeling, bother about ; wily it's hard Hues that a
some feet acrpss the deck.
" Kill ! kill !" yelled Dolan. " Why do man mightn't Se as he likes with his awn
ileeh and blood. •Keep her off a bit,"
not you ?" • e
Ay, ay, sir.
was but for a moment that the boy lay "You know, my men, that this is to be
helpless and paining, beneath the savage our last voyage, hereaway : if so be- as we
assault that had been made upon him. Pa e are successful in what we agreed to do."
then and with his dark hair dashed by the
The crew murmured an assent.
light breeze across his brow, while his eyes, "You see the Coquette there?
so usually expressive ,of affection and con- you know that she trades with us, bringing
fiding tenderness, flashed a new light, I
-le us French goods and money both, for which
sprang4o his feet and confronted Dolan and
we dive her English goods and money. Now
his crew.
thist'time, she brings an extra cargo and
The very voice of the by was altered
with a, good round sum for English goods
strangely and it seemed as though in tiles she expects of us. Well, asthis part of the
minute that had passed, he had stepped coast** getting too hot to hold us and as I
across the boundary line that separates know,' for certain, the admiral of the sta-
childheod from daring youth.
tion, Sir Thomas Clifford, has beought
Even Dolan shrank back a step and down here a schooner, well armed and
phuiged his hands into his vest, as thour manned, on purpose to lay out for us and to
he there had some concealed weapon, t e
follow uS into shallow water, why, I pro -
necessity for which might at that moment
pose that we be off to another coast, up by
arise.
the north sea, where, from Dutch ports, a
".Dolan !" said Gerald ; and the clear, good trade can be done."
high-pitched voice of the boy rang through The crew assented with various expres-
the ship. "Dolan, henceforward, between -e- - sions of satisfaction, while the steersman
you and me there is neither affection, pea,c e
baffled the French lugger, the Coquette,
or amity. The tie of nature, if such there which evidently wished to come to close
he between us, you have, before Heaven, quarters with the Rift."
broken. I defy you ! You may kill me "Now," added Dolan, "what I propose
but I still defy you ! I will not aid you in is, to take the Coquette, and all in her."
your crimes. I will denounce you and "That'll do," said Beu Bowline.
stbarn, when and where I can ! Dolan, never "Clear her out !"
agitiza shall the word father pass my lips in , Aa, ay
:elusion to you. I have but one father now '• Ajud then scuttle her."
,—Grace has but one father. It is Our There was a pause of irresolution among
Father which is in heaven.'" These last the crew of the Rift and Dolan hastily add-
-words were uttered with such a gentle ed
:sweetness, and the eyes of the boy, retain- " They or us ! They or us ! If one is
ring all their tenderness ..nd affection, danced left to tell the tale, it will be told and a
,•votz; such ineffable love and confidence chessemaree will go across to Falmouth with
lleavenward, that the pirate crew shrank a flag of truce and the admiral rof the sta-
back, and cast down their looks, and the tion will know all about us."
ruffian Martin muttered to himself: "Its an ugly trick," said Ben Bowline.
"I would not harm a hair of his head for " But they are only Frenchmen," re -
a thousand pounds !"
marked one of the crew.
A break in the wintry sky—a rift among " There'ssomething in that," said Martin:
thewhirling clouds right overhead, at this "Are you all agreed ?" cried Dolan.
moment—let the softest ray from the Win- Ay, ay, sir e,
ter's sun stream down upon the world be- "Then you see it is just as well that Ger-
neath, and that ray encircled in its bright, ald should not be on deck," added Dolan,
though fleeting embrace the boy who so gal' while the strange, malignant look flashed
lantly defied man to put trust in God! from his eyes.
The crew of the pirate cutter glanced at By this time the French lugger apparent -
each other, and one said, half audibly : ly had begun to suspect that the Rift for
"He brought down this bit of sunlight by
some reason or another, was dodging her
his 'Our Father which is in Heaven.' " and she shortened sail and lay to, making
Then Dolan recovered from his choking only a little headway with the tide and sur -
rage into which the bold defiance of the boy face wind.
had thrown him, and he made a rush towards A brief order, then, that altered the trim
him as he shouted : of the Rift to a limited extent and her
" Then here's an end An end at once !" course a point or two, brought her down
There can be no doubt that the object of rapidly toward the Coquette andwhen with -
the ruffian captain was to do the lad some in hailing distance Captain Dolan sprang on
deadly injury and probably cast him into one of the guns and shouted:
the sea, but with the quickness of thought, "Coquette, ahoy! What cheer ?"
Gerald passed him and sprang upon the cor- A light, active, little old man leaped with
onade that Dolan himself had mounted in the agility of an ape on to the bowsprit of
erder to make his observations of sea and air, the Coquette and screamed out:
and then poising the light hatchet in his g Captaine Doolan, vat for you—vat you
sand, Geraldraried : call ?—make one game at our Coquette?
" Come on, then, Dolan! Life for life— Captaine Doolan sir Phonneur—le sang du
death for death !" Francais, bah! was mooch mad !"
The howl of rage that burst from the lips of Wind and currents," shouted Dolan,
Dolan seemed. scarcely human, as he seized ,All's right. Any news ?"
an iron handspike and raising it above his "mg fei, non ! What you shall call com-
head with both hands was about to make a mon—much usual. Plus de gloire pour la
rush on the boy with it. Grande Nation !"
But the pirate crew, as if by one impulse of course. Smashed the English
that gave the whole of them a movement, as fleet."
though excited by one view on the instant, " Oui, certainement."
flung themselves between Dolan and the boy, "What does the animal say ?" Growled
and Ben Bowline in his deepest tones called Bert Bowline.
out : "That the French have beaten the Eng-
" No ! No ! We are bad ones. We are lish fleet."
smugglers—we may be something worse— "Does he? Does he? The lying old—
bnt while time is a plank of the Rift between well, it don't matter. He's a going—"
wind and water, and while I set my foot on
thatpla,nk, you don't harm the boy, Captain
Dolan."
Another cry and another struggle on the
part of Dolan was in vain. Ben Bowline
wrenched the iron bar from him, half dislo-
cating his wrist in the process, and flung it
to the deck.
"No, You don't harm him. What say
you, mates, is it to be as I say or not ?"
"Ay ! ay !" cried every, voice.
"Give us a cheer, then. '
"Hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah !"
CHAPTER III.
A FRIEND BETRAYED To DEATH.
The three cheers rang over the surface of
the sea and startled the French fisherman
and monsieur, the maire of the little French
town that nestled in all its ricketiness on
the coast.
Captain Dolan staggered back to the
grating of the companion -way, on which he
sank with a groan of rage and despair.
"My own flesh and blood to turn against
me," he whined; "my own son and my own
crew, then, to take his part against me; oh,
dear ! oh, dear ! what will the world come
to? Come to your father, Gerald 1"
The boy put on a look of proud disgust.
"1 don't want to hurt you."
The boy shook his head and kept a firm
hold of the hatchet, for he saw a hyena -like
look glancing out of the eyes of Dolan.
"Oh ! then you won't," shouted the pir-
ate captain, as he sprang to his feet. "Now
look you, men. I will tell you what I have
not told you yet. This boy—"
" A sail ahead 1" sang out one of the men
who was speedily on the lookout.
" Ah ! What is she ?"
" French ! That's it. The Coquette."
"Ay, the Coquette," cried. captain Dolan,
" Take the boy below."
Gerald looked at the crew and hesitated.
" We have that to do," added captain Do-
lan, "that don't want witnesses. Prat if
you all like to have awitneas that may hang
you all when he likes, why, have him and
let the old boy stay."
" You had better go beleve, Mt. Gerald,"
said old Martin. "The caratain is the cap-
tain, and when he says go -below, why, it's
only right to do it."
"1 will ge," mid Gerald.
Still with the hatchet, to which he clang
with a tenacity that saficiently showed he
looked upon it as a needful defense, Gerald,
stepped aeross the deck 6114 slowly descend-
ed backward down the dompanion Way to
the cabin,
Then Ben Bowline spoke to Doltin in his
growling, bear -like fashion :
"Captain Dolan, you had better let the
hey alone ; one volunteer, you know, is
Worth a &igen ressed Mee and 1 don't knoW
that pressed y is worth anything at all,
Seeing that it volUnteer Of that Sort alwayS ly sewn, Then Dolan took the rrePhinaii
•
1 ,
.1t;li,pa:4h, teh,r zie:1:nbgletow'ea:(11:0 el07,b,, he, lrie,do
by the guff of the eotttx 444 9A‘'We 'F'.renal"
hira 610,ser 01114.49(410 that loeked'aO*11.,
4kTi1ight 'WM '11:41f .off and left a coneidettable
spaoe' }ass the Atle of it,
' "My dear'Nfoefluet 1" eaid Dolan,
The F renehmesi looked eurionely in Do-
lan'sface, with his head on one sidea
' " My dear Xonsieur 1110oquet you
must know—"
' cc Eh e/
" That there you go ; for you are • not
WIlste;lielsiperoek.:, Dolan olatched the !Vera&
captain by the collar and his WaiAt, and
with one effort plunged him down the per -
tion of the skylight of the cabin whieh was
open. He fell with a crash on the table be-
neath.
" Batten down !" shouted Dolan, then, in
a voice that rasig through beat vessels,
"Down with them I Quick—quick I That
will de ! Ha, ha
The five Frenchmen were seized by as
many of the Englishmen, and dashed, head-
long down the forecastle hatch of the lugger
on which they immediately placed its foul
-
weather covering, which they fastened in a
moment.
The Coquette was taken and rode side by
side with the Rift, at the mercy of Dolan
and his crew.
"A strange sail to the nor'west !" sang
out Martin, who was sweeping•the sea with
a glass, at the direction of Dolan, to find if
any vessel was sufficiently near to observe his
proceediues in regard to the Coauette.
" WhaVis she?" ,, .. • AP -73
"Don't know, sir. She looks foreign."
"Not likely that; but be quick!: Follow
me, my men. You six, 1 mean who are car-
penters,. Follow me • with your tools.
"Ay, ay, sir !" cried six of the crew of
the Rift, who had been privately spoken to
by captain Dolan, and whose duty now was
to scuttle the Coquette, while he repared to
Captain Mocquet's ca.bin in order to see if
any small valuables could be found :there
which it would be a pity to let go i down
with the lugger.
So completely taken by surprise were the
crew of the Coquette, that scarcely one of
them uttered , an exclamation, ,when they
were seized and flung down the foreoastle
hatch of their own vessel.
Now when Dolan and his six men went on
board the Coquette, all they heard was sub-
dued knockingon the other side of the
hatchway covering.
"Let them knock," he said. "It will
be short work with them. Ben Bowline,
hoy !"
"Ay, sir."
"Keep a ,good. watch there."
, Captain Dolan pointed to the cabireltatch
of the Rift and Ben nodded ; for he had seen
the French captain cast through the opening
in the skylight.
While, then the six men from the Rift
went into thebold of the lugger to scuttle
her, Captain Dolan dived into Captain Mac.
quet's cabin.
At first he could see nothing that was at
all likely to excite his cupidity, although he
glared about him with the most eager eyes.
Then he forced open the drawer of a locker
and was ,gratified to find a watch and some
fine articles of jewelry. Another drawer
had in it a pair of silver -mounted pistols of
great beautyof workmanship, although,
from their being of Turkish make they were
but toys in comparison to Englisb firearms.
"I may as well have them," . said Dolan,
as he thrust them into his breast.
He tried still another drawer of the lock-
er and found that it was a deep one, that
held sequins and other matters, apparently
medicines.
"That will do," he said. "Goodbye to
the Coquette soon, and a good riddance;:too ;
for I do believe that Captain Mocquet by,
dint of prying about and questioning some
of my men, had half found out our great 'se-
cret of the entrance to the cavern by the
foreland therea,way, and in that case 'would
take his life or the life of any man who is
dangerous."
"A sail westward !" shouted a voice on
board the Rift.
"Another !" growled Captain Dolan, as
he still lingered in the cabin of,the Coquette,
loth to loose any article of value that he
could carry away with him. "1 wondeat
if these candlesticks are silver ?"
"Hand over hand, sir, this way. A
schooner, with the king's ensign at the
fore," cried a voice from the Rift, speaking
. .
and then the Coquette viath y settled m the
OeptaillPota. made but OM leap on 't&thlt•
delik of the BIN, and then he AkZ9liteii
"L et ! she le ' geing4,thirg
l'et el'ali ,01‘20- 'fere and aft,
Th g ittf441ilgi$ that: held the tree Teasels
thgether were hastily reinoVed, ao. (;)9_,
quette alowly Kurd away 40yro from the
Rift. -IMP -
Then it was: that Ben Betiding+ stepped up
to Captain Wan and said, in low Voice:
"Sir, I don't like the look of things."
" What things?"
"The oraft there -away."
" Ah !" '
So absorbed had beenDolan in his interest
in the fate of the Coquette, that he had for-
gotten the two announcements that had
been made of sails at hand „.• but DOW he
turned his gaze in the direction indicated
by Ben Bowline; and at about three ' znilee
iu the offiing he saw 'a small vessel, yacht.
built and rigged, and evidently bearing
down upon ram ; while, at about the same
distance from that again, but in a slant line,
which brought it within five miles of the
Rift, was a schooner with St. George's en-
sign flying.
"I know her," cried Captain Dolan.
"Which, sir?'
"Tho sChooner. It's the Spray. Slie is
sent after us by Sir Thomas Clifford. r told
you of
"And the other?"
" Oh ! mere yacht."
" She has no colors, sir."
Of course not."
"Ah, yes ! Look, sir; leek ! I began to
to think that—"
" What—what ?"
Slowly and gracefully as the yacht -like
vessel altered her point of sailing a little a
flag unfurled itself, and shaking its folds
out to the breeze, presented the stars and
stripes of the Great Republic.
American !" cried Dolan.
"No doubt of that, sir; and a clipper.
Look how she cuts her way, with scarce a
ripple in her wake !"
"What's that?" ,
Boom came the report of a gun from the
schooner, And, as if the elements had only
awaited that as a signal, a dense fog came
whirling from the:French coast, and in a few
minutes began to encircle the Rift in its
misty embraces in such a manner that it was
quite clear, if it did not soon dissipate, her
captain, would not be able to see from stem
to stern.
Boon came another report, and Captain
Dolan cried out :
"How is it? That's a big gun for a
schooner !"
"Special service, sir," said Martin. "Lord
bless you, Captain ! I was once aboard. of
one that was rigged out for special service,
and they took a couple of twenty -fours with
them, and blazed away. like a good one."
"What special service ?"
"After a pirate."
"In -deed. ! Well, my men, the ex-
ample has been followed; for I happen to
know that the schooner Spray is on special
service, and that special service is to Mint
down the Rift."
A suppressed execration burst from the
smuggler crew, and then Dolan cried out:
"Is she gone—the Coquette ?" •
"There she goes, sir !
Through the thickening mist, just faintly
visible, as though it had been miles away,
could be seen the low-lying hull and light'
spars of the Ftench lugger—spectral-like
she gloozned through the fog; and what of
her could be seen appeared to sway about
as though she were in the grasp of a tempest
while, in reality, the little soft breeze that
had been stirring was almost entirely
quenched by the mist.
A shriek—one shriek—uttered in tones
that Captain Dolan felt that he recognized,
came upon the light wind; and he felt his
heart grow cold as he listened to it.
"The girl in the cabin," he said. "The
girl in the cabin, no—no ! It was not safe
to rescue her—not safe. I could not. Will
she cry again ?"
A rushing noise now took place, and no
longer was to be seen the shadowy form of
the French lugger. Captain Dolan drew a
long breath. The girl had not uttered an-
other cry, and he was saved the terror of
its remembrance.
But the one was enough ! .
He—evenhe—thatman steeped ininiquity
and sin; that man, 7,vhose hands were the
apparently, m answer to some questions
Ben pointed into the sea and. the crew of that had been put by -Ben Bowline, prob. . red ones of a murderer, could not forget the
the Rift grinned at each other as the lugger ably. I gentle look in these child -like eyes, and the
now slowly drifted alongside the Rift, which " Hill° !" cried Dolan, from the door of , soft cadences of the sweet voice, as she spoke
1 the fey( words, the meaning, of which was
had lain to within a couple of hundred yards the Coquette's cabin, "are you ready? Have 1
d.
of the Frenchman. you done ? ' unknown to him. He passed his hanover
his brew and a cold perspiration settled upon
tr. ,
These two vessels, long engaged in smug- A strange rushin sound came upon his his face, and he shook m evereverylimb.
e.
gimansactions, were adapted in every ears, and he could a'Imost fancy that the lug -
way for the rapid interchange of cargoes. ger shook beneath him as the sea rushed
Slowly they were allowed to -drift broadside into her.
to each other and then by apparatus which "All's done, captain," said one of the
Gone ! I"
men.
" When will she go ?"
"Not for ten minutes good yet, sir."
"That will do."
"The Frenchmen are praying, sir, to be
" Gone !, gone !I know she is gone. Why
did she move the panel? Why did she I
look at me? Why did she speak to me?
gone .
"The lugger, sir, I mean."
"Eh ?"
Dolan started as if from a dream; and
then, in a voice of rage, he said:
,
"1 know she has gone ! Don't speak to
me—ancl be hanged to you all know she
is gone! Keep her off there ; we drift in—I
am sure of' it.; the fog thickens !"
"Ay, ay sir! it does !" said Martin. "And
it won't clear away till midday, I should
Cutter ahoy !" shouted a voice evident-
ly through a speaking -trumpet, at this mo- •
ment, although through the dense masses of
white mist there could not now be seen any-
thing of the American yacht or the king's
schooner.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
was produced on both vesse s, they were
locked together, so that they heaved and
rolled in the tide as one.
The little French captain leaped 011 the
deck of the Rift and lifted his cap with
great grace to Captain Dolan and then to let loose.
the mate, Ben Bowline, and then to the "Let them pray."
crew, and each time that he did so he gave Once more Captain Dolan turned to the
an amiable grin, similar to that which is cabin of the Coquette and coursed his eyes:
adopted by very polite people at public din- slowly around it, to be certain that he had
ners when they take wine with some one. escaped nothing, when, he alniost uttered a
"Well, Captain Mocquet," said Dolan, shout of surprise and. fright to see a portion
"will you step below ?" of the paneling of the wall suddenly slide
" Oui, Capitaine Doolan, oui, I 28,11 step aside, and the most charmingof faces appear
below; but I sall, if . you sall please, capi- at the opening—while, in the silvery accents
taine, bring goods." of childhood a. young girl of not more than
"All right !" ,
twelve years of age, said :
The French captain, then'with great vo- " Bm
on jour, on cher pere. Ou sommes-
litbility, gave some ()Niers to the tive men ge,„
that made up the whole crew of the Co- Captain Dolan stood aghast, while with a
quette, and they commenced transferring to look of unmitigated surprise, intat owhich
the deck of the Rift various barrels and fear was each instant growing, the young
packages, not one of which was of sufficient French girl fixed her beautiful eyes upon
size or weight to exceed the power of a his face. The Coquette rocked a little from
single man to lift and deal with, side to side and the water gurgled and rush.
110 object of this was that, should it be. • ed into her held,
come necessary so to do, the smuggled goods "She's going by the board, sir !" cried
might be easily flung into the sea, without one of the crew of the Rift. " Tumble up,
much fuss or observation. I sir 1 she's going 1"
The French captain then descended with
d,
Dolan to the cabin of the Rift, where the
first person his eyes fell upon was GeralI
CHAPTER IV.
who was close to one of the snutilports, with re - 9
Q
J. lir TARS AND STRIPES ABB UNFURLED.
the hatchet still ,,drasped in his right hand. I
"My son," said Dolan, gruffly. So thoroudhly surprised was Captain Do.
,
The French captain lifted his cap andgave lan to find t111Lt there was 0113r one on board
Itis usual amiable grill. Gerald bowed with the COgnette bet the Freneh etiptain and her
a sad look upon Ins face. 1 crew that although warned of the sinking
"Le petit monsieur is not --what you say? ,state of the bigger, he was for a few minutes
—good—well—eh ?" I transfixed and incapable of action.
Not very well," said Dolan. , tut the 'utter selfishness of the nature of
A whispered conference the took place Dolan Was not likely te keel) him for manY
betvveen Dolan and the French captain, nontents inactive, when personal peril to
which seemed to have reference two, stun of himself was at hand. Re recovered from
ten thousand francs, ad t� some cases of his faculties with a shout of fear, 'and flew,
English eutlery, and marine chronometers, 1 towards the conipartion.way, only pausing
and nautical instruments, but the particulars for ont half instant to cry Oat
of which Gerald did not cateh. "Who are you? 'A•Vito are yeti ?"'
Then they went upon deck, the F'renelt The girl mad& some 'reply which he did
captain not forgetting, as he left the cabin, not understand ; and as he fied,th the deck;
to bestow upon Gertild tho inevitable grin he jest saw her glide out'of the little berth
again, and Inc lilt of the cap. in Which she had been sleeping, .
"Francois i" cried Captain Mocquet,"'ap. "Let her go 1 Let her go With the rest!"
postee he said, hoarsely, "1 did- net place her
One of the crew of the Coquette appeared there. He'should net . have brought "lier,,,
then on the deck of the Rift with a square Ifi hills doing, bet,' Mine. pet her go I let,
boat), around whieli some eauvas 'WAS datefal. her g6
The was a faint Streath front the cabin,
The Tenacious Buffalo.
The rapid extermination of the American
bison is regretted by the naturalist and the
sportsman. But it has opened the plains to
the grazing of cattle, and made the Indiax
more willing to be civilized. A buffalo
cropped as much grass as an ox, and an In
dian would not abandon his savage life while
there were herds of buffalo to hunt.
The buffaloes used to furnish sport for a
good shot, who had pluck and skill. The
animal is so tough and tenacious of life that
if not hit in a mortal spot, it turns upon the
hunter and charges home. A,hunter wound-
ed a: buffalo•bull severely, which, however,
managed to climb up a steep cliff: The
hgnter followed, though with difficulty, and
on reaching the top, put his elbows over and
drew himself tip on them. '
Not a dozen feet from him stood the
wounded bull, with Iwot ed head, waiting
his appeara,nee. As soon as it saw its foe,
the bull charged.
The Minter, clinging with both elbows td
the edge,could itht use his rifle. He did the
'Widest think. " Letting go, ho rolled head
over, heels to the foot Of the Cliff, and landed
.4 jarred but uninjuredanan, • •
Theintffalo's hoofit'ertunbled the earth at
the brink, and would have charged down,
'hod not the attack of the hunterTs dog dis,
treated his atthntien. The huntst Welted
himself ,up, climbed the cliff ot Emother
plat*, and tot the hull. The man tvho ap-
prottehes'k Wounded buffalo lying down,
thinking that it is tad' far gone to be danger,
dna shab1s to be in'uted4
YOUNG
Tooq Trawas a sort of e
Toozy True—but 9o%'144,11,Y,Z. oit tin
•Caui
alled her " Toogy WW-to.elWays.."Susie'
When AO had thme wrthig).0, 4n4 rue? 'that
Was added, by her mother, who loved, to feel
that lier, JO* girl was ,ette. be,truebed
58 tuu.
It *ea a.sUnny afternoon in Jame. Toozy
was sitting on the Weeny, reading ; her
younger sister Jenny was amusing herself 111
atI5ieh.litkptictaaliilbeth *ere Sv,bont itappy
"Is that you, 'Toozy called a voice
'"Lift up your head se 1 ean se&yonr laee
that big hat hides you so I didn't know fot
tare 11'110110:it was you or somebody •else.
" It isn't,anybody else," 4*(1 TOOZy,' 1115k-
ing
rooni beside 'her for her visitor.
was just wishiug that You would come over,
Mattis."
"Well, I didn't: come to stay long, for
some of tly) gir4 are waiting for me down at
tlxe 0017Der next the .woods ; we are going t6
gather roses ; the wild ones have come oa
all with a rush after the rain last night, and
they are perfectly lovely."
" I wish you had come this morning,"
said Toozy, her face clouding. "
don't think. 1 ought to go this afternoon."
" Why, Toozy ?"
" Mamma is away, gone to the sewing so-
ciety, and I alwayslook after Jenny when
she goes there."
" Did she tellyou to look after, her this
time ?" asked Mattie. • '
" Well, I don't think she said anything
about it tO7day, but than, I ••always do it,
and I suppose she: expects me:to do it !" aah-
awered Toozy.
" But I should think you might go just
this once," pleaded Mottle ; the servant
girl will not let Jenny get into much mis-
chief ; and anyway, your motner did not
tell you to stay and take care of her.
"No, she did not say anything aboutit,"
added Toozy trying to quiet her consCience
with the words. "1 guess I will go. I
want to go awfully."
How easy it is sometimes to make out: -
selves believe that it is right to do a thing
because we want to do it ! Let us take care,
and be sure.
And yet it was not altogether a happy
face that looked out from under the " big
hat," as the two girls went down the street
to meet the others.
" She is all right, you see," said Mattie,
looking back at Jenny, as she swung in her
hammock ; and Toozy tried to comfort her-
self with the words. The roses were beau-
tiful, and the fresh air delightful, but in
spite of it all, Toozy did not feel as happy
as she tried to seem. She did not want to
be asked pestions, so she must smile and
talk ; but as the afternoon wore on she be-
came restless, and at last thoroughly
wretched.
" What if something should happen to
Jenny?" sounded a voice within her, "what
if she should fall out of the hammock and
get hurt ? What if she should start out and
wander into the woods herself !" Oh, dear
how many things might happeu which she
had never thought of before !
But none of the terrible things did hap-
pen—not one. When Toozy at last reached
home it wassupper time, fortheyhadgone on
and on, not thinking of the time, until they
were so far away that it took fast walking
to reach home even then. Mother, father
and Jenny were seated arouncl the:: table,
and very little was said about her absence,
except by Jenny, and not a word of reproof
was given. But Toozy knew that she had
not been true, and reproving coralelexiceis
the sharpest reprover of alL
The roses were fresh in the vases, but
they had lest their .beauty to her eyes.
"1 knew I was doing, wrong, mamina,'
she said, as they talked over it ° before bed-
time. " I did not enjoy it at all."
" I know it," answered her mother; " I
saw it in your face. Every wrong action
eats into our life and takes away the sweet-
ness. If We are true at all, we must be true
through andthrough. That is the kindof ser-
vice God expects us to give him ; let us ask
him to help us to be always true."
4ATN. PONINIQN Mai
. AylmOr 11.4§ ;WOO* a t4sIfitn,
Mts Jelin !Markt .Of Prewfoot, l'i 'IC T%t
hadiwelire 'Ingttee etelen by Indiana 'ono
iii,ditt recently,
'he 'lank Of Montreal is about to - estah,
114 agencies at Calgary, N. W, 'T., and at
Vancouver, B. ..', '
i of
Thepotatorio,loat5i;t sgousoorlottihsi4in It.nlitteo*yieglictiya
will be lett uuclug,
The area of the Own of Sinith'e Valls has
been increased bythe additiona of • pOrtioate
of the teivitaiiips i..)f IVIoute,,c,ree„ North Elnia
ley; South nosley, and Wolfonl.
A five.pouud encumber and a nine.pouud
beet have been forwarded to the office 'of
The Missisquoi Record, and the editor bas
expressed the proper degree: ef Surprise. ..
Farmers in the vicinity of the River De-
sert, '
sert, the Peche, and North Wakefield, in the
Gatineau distriot, are much troubled, by
bears, whiefi infest the entire distrra .- One
)
farmer in Nortli Wakelal has lost thirty
sheep by their depredations this sea A.
Mr, Henry Dumble, of Kingston, aged 68,
was for years perfectly bald, but last spring ,
his hair again appeared,. and now he WM.
IsIvillsnleteitraots•Otahlsoofttui te,i ingand very
black although be -
black. • His
fore he was fifty years of age they were grey.
A young ma's aged 21 ,years, named A
Hay was feeding the grain into a threSh,
ing machine at Mildmay, andin holding on
to a sheaf te prevent it from. gang in too
fast, his feet slipped from under • him. He
fell in, was torn to pieces, and instantly
killed. ,
A dispatch from Victoria; B. C., reports
a valuable gold find close to the boundary
between British Columbia, and Alaska, aud
says that already the quantity taken out
had realized $24,000. The question of j uris-
diction is likely to be raised, as the boundary
between Alaska and the British territory
has never been defined. ,
A dispatch from Indian Head, N. W. T.,
says the Indians are becoming bolder each
day. A man named Guardapie, while
'larding property for the Medicine Hat
Drage Company about twenty miles away,
was held up by eight Blood Indians and
relieved of his rifle, revolver,- and every-
thing else of any value. Horse stealing
began about the time the police outposts
were ordered in.
Recently Alfred Sutton and. Daniel
Mahoney were hunting deer in the woods at
Cowichin, B. C. Neither party knew the
other was out, and Mahony, seeing Sutton
moving in. the bush, and thinking he was a •
deer, raised his gun and fired. The ball
passed through Sutton's heart, killing him
instantly. The deceased was a native of
Bruce, Ont., aud a nephew of Sheriff Sutton,
of that county. ,
A few days ago a young man named John
Pratt was mobbed near Stittsville by a gang
of boys, who, after otherwise ill-treating
him, shaved off one side of his moustache
and the hair off one side of his head. The
victim was also badly beaten and has since
been under medical treatment. The young
man's father offers a reward for; the ap-
prehension of the guilty partiea4W
A young man named Martin Dolan,
while carrying away grain froirt'a threshing
mill in operation on the farni of Mr. Chas.
Butler, Fitzroy, inadvertently stepped
backward against the driving shaft, and a
loose •woollen garment which the young man
was wearing to preserve his clothes, caught
in the shaft, and he was whirled violently
against the ground and instantly killed.
During the recent great Central Fair in
Hamilton a car was waiting on a switch on
King -street for the up car to pass when a
driver :at" Is this—the car --a, the—Tor-
heavy old man strode over__11F asked the
onto—tram ?" The driver farad that it
would take him there with a transfer.
" How long do you wait ?" asked the old
man, " I shall want to go in about an
hour."
Mr. Hervey Smith, of the first concession
of Malaidde and brotherof Havelock Smith,
who is charged with the murder of Marshall
Piggot, has taken proceedings against Mr.
Am Marr, a wealthy farmer of the Same
neighborhood, for $5,000 damages for al-
leged slander. It is charged that the ac-
cused has frequently expressed his belief
that Mr. Smith was iinplicated in the crime
for which his brother has been twice tried.
At Campobello, N. B., there is a child
named Glendower Evans Brown, who has
nine grand parents and great -grand parents
living within a mile of each other. The
child -is a grandson of Bartholomew Brown
and wife, and great -grand child to Col.
James Brown and wife on his father's side,
and on the mother's side a grandchild of.
John Mitchell and wife, and great-grand-
child of SJohn Mitchell's mother, Mrs.
Peters, who is a daughter of . Thomas Ma-
ptlaiersevnstsasticol twheifec,hiwldho are firm great -grand
Recently a young woman ,arrived at Vic-
toria, B. C., on her way from Seattle to Na-
naimo. Her trunk was landed at the wharf
from whieh the Nanaimo boat starts, but
not being aware of this fact she engaged an
expressman to take her :box: to the, wharf
from which the steamer for Nanaimo would.
start. The, unprincipled luggage handler
exacted pay in. advance, drove around the
block with the trunk, and deliberately
brought it back to the place , whence he
started. Victoria has at least one ekpress-
man Who would make a fine subject for
police court treatment.
The Sailor Fish.
In the warm waters of the Indian ocean a
strange manner is found that has given rise
to many curious tales among the natives of
the coast thereabout. They tell of a won-
derful sail often seen in the calm seasons
preceding the terrible hurricanes that course
over those waters. Not a breath then dis-
turbs the water, the sea rises and falls like
a vast sheet of glass ; suddenly the sail ap-
pears, glistening with rich purple and gold-
en lines, and seemingly driven along by a
mighty wind. On it comes, quivering and
sparkling, as if bedecked with gems, but
only to disappear as if by magic. Many
travellers had heard with unbelief this
strange tale ; but one day the phantom craft
actually appeared to the crew of an Indian
steamer, and as it passed by under the stern
of the vessel, the queer "sail " was seen to
belong to a gigantic sword -fish, now known
as the sailor -fish. The sail was really an
diormously developed dorsal fin that was
over ten feet high, and was richly colored
with blue and iridescent tints ; ancl as the
fish swam along on or near the surface of
the Water, this great fin naturally waved to
and fro, so that, from a distance, it could
easily be mistaken for a curious sail.
Some of these fishes attain a length of
over twenty feet, and have large, crescent-
shaped tails and long, sword -like snouts
capable of doing great damage.
In the Mediterranean sea, a sword -fish is
found that also has a large fin, but it does
not equal the great sword -fish of the Indian
Ocean.
...--aseLees—
a:0713S.
1 SOMs curious customs are connected with
gloves, For instance, the ceremony of re-
. moving them when entering the stable of a
prince or a great inan, or else forfeiting them
i or their value to the servant in charge. This
is an odd survival of vassalage, for the re-
moval of the glove was anciently a mark of
submission. When lands or titles were be-
stowed, gloves were given at the same time;
and, when for :, any mason the; lands v,•tire
forfeited, the ,offender was deprived of the
right to wear gloves. The same idea ,Was
prevalent in the bestowal of a lady's glove,
to , be WOI'll in the helmet of her knight, and
1 forfeited by him if her favor ceased. In
hunting, the gloves are supposed to be re-
moved to.day at the, death of a stag. It
was a very antheut forth of a,eknowtedgment
i to present a pair of gloves to 41.10110tft0tOF ;
ancl,white gloves are atill presented. to the
,judges, at maiden assizei. '
1-
' Mr. Joint MeCauley, of ' Chatswoah, lest
a bull a eouple'of weeks age, and after a six
&aye' search fithind the poor brute faSt in the
bush' iii the,rear of his fait'. ' The :animal's
head and foot were fastened together With a
dhait, and the elialit had ought On asitag,
, and> inks efforyterta get loose .the, bull had
wound; the chani around.th-e (Mak, until his
'heild
at down to thegrourut ' The animal
i'
when 'tothd: Was a mere. skeleton; having
' been elk &YU *Mout...too& or water.- , ..
Filial Love.
There is not on earth a more lovely sight
than the unweaned care anci tatten fon of
children to their parents. Where ial love
is found in the heart we will ai "I- for all
the other virtues. No young man or woman
will ever turn out basely, we sincerly believe,
who has parents respected and beloved. A
child , affectionate and dutiful will never
bring the gray hairs of his parents to the
grave. It is seldom the case that a dutiful
son is found in the ranks of vice, among the
wretched antl,degraded. Filial love will
keep men front sin and crime. There never
eome 44 tinth, while their parents live,
when their children will not b&under obli-
gatiOns th them. The older they grow, the
more need will there be for assiduous care
and attention to their wants. The venerable
brow and frosty hair speak loudly to the
love and compassion of the child, If sick-
ness and infirmity make them at times fret-
ful, the younger folk should bear With them
patiently) not forgetting that time ere long
may bring them to need the same 410111 anti
attention. Filial love will neer go mire,
rd d
All Ab elon1PariSOIL
The life insurance agent had been talking
steadily for tudy an Iotir or so, when the
victim perceiving d. 01101100 to get a word in
edgeways; remarked—
" Do you know you remind me of sudden
death
"Soberly is oak from either of you.,