The Exeter Times, 1890-10-23, Page 5AN INDIA HUNTING MORNING.
The roar of the morning gun has rolled up
to the city ancl passed over the neater can-
toument. Two hitglish lads are lying asleep
In the open air, side by side, on a couple of
bedsteads .]aced oat a raised circular mason-
ry platform which stands in the ceotre of a
little circular garden in front of a small
bungalow situated at the eastern or city -
ward edge of the cantonment. Theite
masonry platfornts, raised a few feet
above the ground so as to be above
its dust and heat and above the reach
of reptiles, were Very common adjuncts of
bungalows in those days ; they were Wilt,
not only for the purpose of sleaping out on
at night, but of sitting out on in thecae' of
the evening—a form of enjoyment muoh in
favor at a time when people did not dine
late and badminton and lawn tennis were
unknown. Most delightful is that sleeping
out in the open air, beneath the open vault
of heaven, across which the stars and planets
are making their grand procession„ The
boom of the morning gun has passed over
the house and rolled away over the valley of
the Juinna„ thinned over the vast stretch of
arid fallow beyond; the morning light is in-
creasing fast, but collate two lads lielocked
in sleep.
A horseman enters the little compound,
and riding into the garden and up to the
plat form shouts out.—
"What, you young scoundrels t not up
yet—"
"Is that you, colonel?" cries a sleep -
smothered boyish voice front the nearest
bedstead,
...resat
"On your way home, sir ?"
"On toy way home 1"
"From a micIn4it earousel—frore some
scene of revelry— '
oatene, none of your uonsened You know
it is owning, and not night. Yon prowls
-
ed to be ready by gun -fire."
The yeung b1,dad in the now welltknown
Anglo- hill= garb, vises up in the bed, and
throwing off the sheet, his only covering,
and kicking off the terrier who has shared it
with bine- hurls a pillow at his brother
sleeper with the cry : "Get up, Lon, you
lazy beast d' The other replies with a
smothered groan, a gran so monstrously
deep as to be evident ty of an artificial ehar-
aeter. Then still in the same deep voice he
chants: "You have waked me too soon, I
must slumber ar,ain V'
"Tis the vowed the sleeper, I heard him
emit:lain," Sings Otit, the other lad, turning
his lace towards the horseman and moving
his hand towards his still prone companion.
"I will give you five minutes and no more
to get :hatted in," tap the borteman.
Ttarouse ye then, my merry, merry
men ! sings the first latl, as he springs out
of his led on one side.
"For 'tie our hunting day V" sings the
ceeetel as he junms out of his heO on the
other,
" iro illoodhun 1" shouts one.
"10 ! Mat -Liken !" Shouts the other.
" Where is my ecoty slaver'
4' Where is my pe a darkness
Metsrs. Walton and Utll are the juoior
ensigns in the MO NI, The former is known
as Tommy, his name being ThInnas, or more
commonly, from his smooth awl chubby
comitemiace, na the Babe ; while the pretty,
tfirlielt fade of Louis Hill hasproeured for ham
the nano of Louisa, thortened to Loo. The
two bop are overflowing with youth and
sillinees—the untletiralde combination of an
old heatl on young At:Otters does not exist
in their tae. Thiy are full of fun, and frol-
ic, and foolishnets. The dusky valets for
whom they have shouted, and who are now
busy helping them to dress, are the subjects
of many a jest and joke ; but neither of them
has ever received a painfull or degtaffing kick
or blow or buffet from "master." "It would
I 0 cowardly to hit a fellow who cannot bit
yon back again," say both the lads. They
are both as gamesome as colts, but there is
nothing low, or mean, or VICIOUS, or dithon-
est about them.
Shall they not rejoiee in their youth? Are
they not lords of themselves? Are they not
as lords in the land? Have they not a bam-
bra) cart between them? Have they not
bell -dogs, terriers, guus? Has not each of
them a ptity of his own, and another between
the two? Have they not a house of their
own and lowly servants? Are they not in
the Military Service of the Honorable the
East India Company—well placed, made
men for life? Do they not wear a sword?
They aro soon dressed. They are soon
hastily swallowing the tea which another of
their servants, khiffinutgar, has brought
them together with some buttered toast.
"Take something to eat," says the horse-
man good naturedly. "I will give you an
extra five minutes for that. It is not good
to be out in the sun on =empty stomach."
"We have already provided against that
contingency, air," says Tommy Walton.
"Haim you? How?"
"We took something to eat a little while
ago."
"See -nettling to eat! A little while ago 1"
"Yes, and something to drink, too. We
had some grilled bones--",
"Grilled hones.!"
"And baked potatoes
"Bakedpotatoes 1"
"With a little beer."
"Beer !"
"I took anchovy toast," says Master Hill
reflectively.
"Anchovy toast 1 Grilled bones 1 Beer 1"
cries the horseman. "When ?"
"At two o'clock," says Loo Hill.
"Half past by the clock," says his Com-
panion.
"Two it was—Thomas, thou son of Didy-
mus," rejoins his friend.
"Where?" asks the nian on horseback.
"At the mess."
"Oh, I see ; you were having a little sup-
per."
Two clapper sycet or grooms have brought
up a couple of ponies. We do notspeak from
any personal knowledge, but still we are
perfectly sure that the visits of his Grace
the Duke of Wostminstet to the stable of
Bend Or were not more frequent, or more
productive of pride and pleasure aud satis-
faction, than were the visits of Tommy
Walton and Loo Hill to the stables of these
two animals.
• The three horsemen have scion reached
the road which runs along the top Of the
Ridge, ana as Colonel aGaey---he , has e
emali eana elight but well -knit -figure, and a
'bright, clever, handset:team:a broad -fore -
headed, blue-eyed, aquillite-noaed; bi•oae.-
chinned, with a sweeping moustache curl
iug Sp at the ends and yellow -colored, of
which tame color is his hair—gives the
reita there to his splendid Arab. horse, a
dark bay with black poiots, they have soon
passed , over it. This road ends in another
which leads out from the Ajinere gate of
the city. This they follow, not eitywards,
but the other way, counteywaras, until
they cone to a high latiek wall homing
along its edge. They pass in at a high
gateway, by which stands e sentry. The
grounds. they have entered on exhibit it
combination of park and garden, and, as
the Babe remarks to Loo Hill, recall to
mind "the Zoo ;" for under theSe lofty;
wild cotton -trees stands a zebra, and muter
these tamarind -trees is chained a rhinoce- got over a thirclof that distence before t
ros ; in this strong wooden cage a maga& antelope has become aware of his presenc
cent Bengnl tiger as pacing to and fro; The young buck starts, he • moves away
they pass by a little tank M which strange little. The leopard begins to trot, then
water -fowl are floatieg or wading; here is canter—both soundless. Theantelope now
an aviary, there a monkey -house ; beneath darts away at fullest speed., and the leopard
these mango -trees is tethered a twelve- 'inakes his rush, tties after bine with Meow
tined stag; here is a black hear, with his ceivablo rapidity. The speed of both is now
Pit and his pole ; they pass by an enclosdincleed, by actual timing, greater than that
ure in which stand some spotted, deer g of any other four -footed animals on the face
and in this paddock paces about that huge, ;of the earth—agreatee than that of horse or
strange. animal, the English dray -horse, 'greyhound. The leopard. has reached, has
The road they are on, after winding round ,struck ; they are both on the ground to -
a large, circular flower -garden, enclosed by gether.
a thick laurel hedge, leads up to the fine, The raja and the others rush forward.
tall-colunmed portico in front of the moo- The swift -looted, excited Lritglish lads are
sion, which, though telly one -storied, well the first to reach the struggling pair ; but
deserves for its size and stateliness the name they start back, absolutely appalled, from
of 2naltal or palace, by which it is commonly 1 the ferocious gleam in the leopard's eyes
known. But Colonel Grey leaves it and that greets their near approaela The deer
enters on a smaller side road which runs a fine strong young animal, is stilt full of
towards 4 bungalow situated in a separate life and strength, but he is so parlay/ell
corner of the grounds. by fear,. that deadliest of the emotions.
The Rajah Gunpnt Rao, to whom this Olathe liessuite still while the leopard it
palace belongs, is remarkable for his friend- pressing hun to the ground—mark the
ly relationa with the English; he is very flaccid relaxation of the body of the one
fond of their society, has almost daily inter- animal, the fierce straining of every limt
course with them ; he plays cards and of the other—and driving his long, sharp
billiards with them; has coursing matches fangs deeper into his throat. But not
and cock -fights Wli h them ; goes to their the leopards keepers have come ap.
entertainments and gives them entertain They cut the antelope's throat audreceive
ments in return; he often has them to live the jetting stream in the large wooden
with hitn, but not under his own immediate ladle the leopard is 'usually fed from, and
roof--ditterences of manners and customs, then hold the warm fluid under the leop-
and personal habits and personal require ard's nose, so that the reek of it rises up
meats, social and religious prejudices, for- into his brain; lie relaxes his deadly grip,
bid that, He has hod this separate bongo- lets go, and begins to lap eagerly at the
low built and furnished for their special warm, rich fluid, still glowing with
use and accommodation.; here they may eat While so engaged the hood ts once more
and (Mph and Sleep in their own elaborate drawn over lus head and the collar put
and uncomfortable, and in many respects to round his neck. The antelope is clismem.
him horrible, fashion. "'Tis our hunting bored. The limb first cut ofT is held cleat
day !" had sung one of the light-hearted to the bowl, which the leopard has ne
lads, and they find the hunting -party sooner emptied and licked quite dry thao
assembled in front of this bungalow— he seizes on the meat with a vicedike grip;
three or four of their brother officers the two men holding the two chabut at
-
on horseback ; natives on foot carrying Melted to the collarpull them taut, se that
rifles and gum ; shikarces, or huntsmen, the leopard can only move backward and
with bowels: in leash ; falconers with hawk fetwerd the num boldiog the joint oi
en wrist ; led lioi•sea venison by the bone, draws the growling,
The stout man who is looking; at the hawks 'purring beast gently to the cart 4ml ON
and talking to tho falconers is the Rajah lets it go; the leopard. 'cams on to tlic
Gunput Rao. He is a big, stout, jovial. cart, the chains are secured, and lie is lefd
looking man, an eastern counterpart in face to devout' Ids lump of flesh. •
and figure of the Re galantuomo," the The horses are Will mounted, for the
late Voitor Emmanuel of Italy. His short next sport to be indulged in is that of berth
-
beard is divided in the middle and brushed ing. The falconers, men of great importauce
upwards on either side ; his moustache is at the courts of Eastern princes, as the
brushed upward ; and his nose, aal would be were once at tiled:uts of Western -menarche
expected from the resemblanee indicated too, now come forward. Each of them ear -
above, has a strong upward turn too. In ries on his wrist a hooded peregrine, tin
his dress you observe that intermingling of noblest of the tribe; the chid falConer ear.
the East and West, which is so =nous and ries the falcon, the female bird, Mille his os
interesting to watch M India. Of course Ito sistant carries the smaller, tlie less strong.
wears a turban ; so much, significance is at. the less fierce male bird, the tiered. Tht
Melted to the head gear taat that is the last latter is thrown at the mall birds the
to be changed. He also wears an Oriental find on the plain, and affords many an 411111S.
short jacket and has a cummerbund round ing if not very long or very exeiting
his want ;ni one ear he eaaries E large air- Walton and kill enjoy the sport which -0(o
clet of gold wire, on which is strung one are engaged in for the Iliattinie immensel3.
single pearl of great size, and lie has a gold Menthe birds skim along the surface of the
torque round Ids mak. But he also ground it rettembles that of coursing. Thi,
tvears a nair of English -fashioned cordn. goes on for some time ; but no opportunity
roybreeeles and gaiters, end English- has been afforded for thenobler kind of sport.
fashioned boots.Ho advances towards attendant on the flyiug of the falcon, =tithe
the 110W-C011ierS Witlt it light, !Tringy gait, rajah is getting impatient. He is very
rettutrkable in a man of his stze. He and proud of his falcon, and wishes tt
Colonel Grey exchange most cordial greet- display its performances. But at
lugs; they are great frienals. length the wished -for quarry present
"I am afraid I am a little late," toys the itself. They sight a largo, black.baeketi
colonel, in the Hindnstonee he speaks so crane standing quite still, with itshead bur.
well—the rajah does not speak English. Ica in its shoulders, and booking in this at -
"It was these baba lope (children) who de. titude very much like a man in a longtail-
toyed me," pointing to the two youog ed coat. 'The chief falconer unhoods the
=tips. falcon and sets herfree. She sights the crane
"They are indeed baba logue, buclute" and darts towards it. The moo, too, hat
(young 'tuns), says the stout man, smiling. sighted the coming fee, but with its heavy
We will now start at once." body it takes it some time to launch itself
Ile mounts it magnificent horse, whose into the air ;first it has to run, and then half
condition autl appointments also display the run, half lly for some diatom°, before it cao
influence of Western ideas; a horse which gain the impetus needed to do so. In the
bas not he= fattened up so as to resemble a tnean while the falcon is rushing towaid it
beettbarrel, whose mane and tail are not through the air, the horsemen along the sur.
plaited or kis legs colored; who does not face of the earth. But no sooner has the crane
carry a padded saddle with rope reins and a himself quitted the earth than heprozeeds
brotta standing martiagale of cloth ; who to try to place lffinself at once as high above
hos his i•lbs just showing, with a coat like it as he can. Ho plies his broad pinions and
satin, and who lavas an English hunting- goes rising in circles higher and higher into
saddle. The rajah sits birn well. When the air. And the falcon goes wading up after
the cavalcade reaches the gateway it is him. It is a pretty sight And now the sport
joined by a light bamboo cart, drawn by it no more resembles that of coursing. 5Cou
smell pair of bullocks. On this sitt, chained can no longer ride with your eyes scanning
aud hooded, the tomtit% leopard, to witness the ground as well as tbe 'birds. Now is the
whote performauces is ono of the chief time of danger and excitement. Yon mast
objects of their coming together this morn- ride with your eyes foxed high up in the air,
ing. blindly, trusting only to your horse. Down
They proceed along the Ajmere road for -come Tommy Walton and his pony ; the
Babes much bruised and shaken, the sur -
about a mile, until they arrive at the edge
or face of the plain beteg as hard as a prison -
of the huge barren plain. extending over
many a mile, which is to be the scene of the Yard or brickfield. .But he is up and ofi
sport, if they are fortunate enough to get again ni an instant; nothing short of a
broken neck would have prevented him from
any. They are to be so for.unate ; the rajah
mounting again. alocl still the birds are
cans the plain through a. pair
binoculars, and immediately announces -that
of English
striving to outsoar one another. At length
the peregrine has gained the ascendant, the
bere is large herd of antelope upon it, not
very fnr off. They all dismount ; only the point of advantage, and drops like a thunder-
bolt on the big, awkward bird beneath ; she
rajah nod his English guests and the cart
with the leopard and its attendants move is almost on the top of the cram ; it seems
orward on to _the plain ; the grooms and as.if she must strike it and bring it to the
horses and dogs, and tottoaers „dall tho' ground; but, impelled by. the imminence of
other aa tendents are left in the shelter and the peril, worked on by the strong instinct
of self-preservation, the crane performs 'a
concealment of the magnificent avenue of
most extracealinary movement • he doublea
trees bathe side of the road. Now they have
come li sight of the herd of antelopes. It up his wings and lege and neck and makes
t:
is a large one. As usual, the females with turn in the air; the falconhas missed Its
their young keep together in a close mass ; ahn, lost its chance, . its advantage for
unable to stop itself, having fallen like a
the young bucks form small separate herds,
and the, old "black" bucks move about by stone, it continues to descend fathoms deep
towards the earth. The potent force of grav-
themselves in solitary grandeur. Two of
these, whose tall, spirated horns and ity is no longer an ally, but an enemy, no
jet-black sides aro indicative of their longer with it but against it. The crane
age and of the stiength and wariness pursues his onward way with reneweclvigor,
plying his big wings hard to niake the :neat
which hay° enabled them to keep the
horns on their heada so long, are of his advantage. But, the falcon is a prince-
ly one; she rallies splendidly ; she regains
engaged in a_ fleece combat --perhaps for the
her position by a quick upward shoot, and
possession of lovely' young fawn, perhaps
Boom begins to recover theddistance she has
or the possession of a bit of green herbage,
ust now rare --and the quick, sharp strekes lost. Aod now both bircls are doing their
of their horns resounded over the plains like best, and the horsemen have to do their
he clatter of single -sticks. But at sight of best, too, to keep them in view.
Ta
he cart, perhaps at smell of its occupant, " lly-ho !" shrieks the Babe.
hey disengage, and with a bound or two " Yoicks 1 yoicks !" yells Leo Hill.
into the air rush swiftly away. How their heels are working at their ponies*
The rajah now manceuvres the cart, sides They are wild with excitement So
which he directs himself, so as to get it furious and fearless is the riding, of both ol
near to a fine young buck feeding by him- them that they•by no menus occupy a rear -
'self on the plain. He makes all th.e natives most rank among the rushing horsemen.
move on the side of the cart towards the Once it had seemed as if the birds must gel.
animal, while all the Englishmen, who are out of sight even of the rajah and Colonel
more likely to startle him, walk on the Grey,who,racing one another, are well ahead
other. He does not, of course direct the of the others. But now the flight of the birds
cart straight • at the buck, hilt edges up gels slooter. The falcon has regained the
to him gradually, making hint believe that superior position, the upper •place, and is
the cart is moving towards' mother paint now floating over the crane and making'
of the plain. The young buck is feeding short dashes at it whenever its defensive, up,
atgdel'itt t.11,9 Alas 9.9Illt.P) 01414 9111),..ln tarned *for liniment diverted. Float
thePlion in wliiCh the herliage ing ?eathers indicate a Successful hit, and
succulent ; he is porliaps apprehensive that each dash makes the crane descend a few
a bigger buck may come and drive him yardsfrom its lofty course. Atlast the crane
away-ahe must Make the most of his begins to make for the earth in a long, des-,
opportunity. . TIM rajah gives a. siguni. cenclingline.. The birds are then lostto view'
The cert is stopped, the hood is whipped of all. Tney have been marked down. But
off. the leopard's head, the quick -eyed when the horsemen arrive at the spot whore
beast has caught sight of the quarry and they fell -they cannot see them or find them.
leaped.noiselessly to the groulicl, and begins They had evidently descended in. a narrow
to Mov.etowarda the antelope with soft, belt of jungle- bordering a little drainage
°endless footfall. Now is the =Anent of ex- line wluch• pursued its devious course across
iten,fent. Will he get near enough to make the plain ; the crane had evidently made tor
his rush ? His gleaming eyes ere fixed intent- the shelter of the jungle. "I 'saw them fall
iy on the feeding antelope ; he inovee with behind this tree," Says Colonel Gray, "and
lane slow, silent footsteps, his tail straight I rode straight for it" But the men oo feet
out and slightly raised, the ,mane Or tuff of have Come up too, ancl still the 'search—eyed
hair, which procured for his tribe the name the eager search of Tommy Walton and Loo
of Leo erect and bristling. The cart had Hill—has not proved: successful. A jackal
been stopped about ono hundred and fifty or tex ma* ce) to earth, but the birds roust by
yards from the antelope. Tlte leopard has aboveground. ' •
he , "She must be found," says the rajah.
e.
a
to
rhe falcon has cost him a great deal of
money, but that is not what be is thinking
of; it will be so difficult to get another one
like her; she is a bird of such rare strength
tad spirit and training. Awl so a more
ttrict and systematic search is entered upon.
"Here they are 1" at length cries one of the
falconers in a joyful voice. They all crowd
to the spot. Timm, down in the narrow
•Iraina,ge channel, is the crane leaning
tgainst oue of its sidesadead beat, while the
falcon is hoppiog around it, and makiug
feeble, vicious clutches at it, which theorem
is feebly warding off. ' Neither seems cap.
able of flying another yard. The falconere
jump down and seize the crane, aud are
about to wring its neck, when the rajah
oriesamt,—
"No, do notkill it. Carry it up to the
palace. Let it be kept as a memorial of
this splendid run."
The falcon, too, has been secured. The
run has brought them back to the Ajinere
road. It has been a long and fast one:
:nen and horses are bathed in sweat; tin
:Wales of the riders are in fact as ther-
e
molly drenched as if they had been caught
na heavyshower, It is a morning in May.
i
rhe sun s getting overhead. The sweet
:oolness of the morning has passed away ;
the hot discord of the day is about to begot.
they have not made any use of the guns and
rifles they have brought out; but they can
:njoy that kind of sport any day. They
letermine to take advantage of the road.
And return home in the as yet cool shade of
the umbrageoua avenues winch border it ou
both attics.
TALL FOLLIES.
Men who have horse sense know when to
my neigh.
A lover differs froin some ineilical pre-
criptions in that he cannot very well he
thakeu before lie is taken,
Some enimals shed their coats in warn,
weather, but the dog leaves otr his pants at
the approach et winter.
"Why don't you marry one of Smith t
;iris? Don't they know enough?" "Yes,
they not too much."
Mrs. Wrangle—" If you keep on staying
t so late you'll kill yourself." !Mr, Wrong -
le—" Then I'll still be your late husband.'
There is something crooked about the law
of retribution. It isn't the womau just iu
front with the big hat who gets her feet step-
ped on when the man goes in search el
Actves,
Old Friend—" Your plan is a most eaecl-
lent ono; but do you think your wife will
g ve to it ?" Married Mande" Ott, yes. III
-ell her some ono oleo suggested it and
eall it au idiotic idea."
Miss Fourstairs—"Why, Mr. • Snalibibit,
what horrid racing coloryou have. Wki.
;lid you choose a skull as your •emblemr
Mr. Snalllebit—"Aw—becauee a skull—aw
—comes in aamad, don't you know."
Fr= eh version :
Ze bug ofZhuile haf ze gilded ving,
Ze• glowworin haf ze glare
Ze heath:1g haf not at all ze ving„
But se same he all gets rake.
.'"Ah, you don't know what inushatl en-
thus'asin is !" said a music -mad misa to
trood,--atExcuse me, madam, but I think .1
do."—"Well, what is it, Mr. Hood ?"—
"Musical enthusiasm is like turtle soup,"
answered the wit, thoughtfally."—" What
lo you 'mean, Mr. Hood ?' asked the lady.
"W"hat possible resemblance is there? —
"Why, for every quart of real there are
ninety-nine gallons of mock, and calf's head
in proportion 1"
"George," the said, "before we were mar-
ried, you were always giving me present.
Why don't you ever bring me anything
now ?"—"My dear," replied George, "did
you over hear of a fisherman giving bait too
tish be had caught ?" nen the kettle boiled
over.
Mrs. Brownstone—"I didn't suppose Car-
rie Sharptongue would settle down into
mo11 a meek little woman as she has become
since she married. She acts as if she did
not dare call her'soul her own." Mrs Brick-
row—"No wonder, poor thing ! She has
three servants."
How Bridget Won Her Case.
She was a queer, shrewd girl who was
engaged to &certain well to-do youth. His
father had thriftily got some . property to-
gether which the sou would inherit The
youth knew very little ; he had lost ono eye
and, as Bridget said of him, he was emphati-
aolly "not much to look at," but Ids expecta-
tions made him attractive. Presently Brid-
get was in great distress. She came to her,
employer, who was a lawyer, ill a raging
tato of mind. The young man had jilted
'ller and she was going to sue him for breach
of promise 1 Her account of the matter NVINS
t curious mixture of humor, indignation mud
•traftiness. She woalt1 sueldm ler damages,
but it was plain tlutther objeet was to Lime
him to marry her.
The employer tried to ascertain whether
fthe young man had any pretext fel. jilting
k her. . Whet hntl shedoue to °Nod him
Bridget • lowered her voice confidentially.,
"Pin thinkin'," she said, "that it's all about
bit of a conversation that we had. 'Sure
now, Brittle' ' said ho to me one noight, as
weeat in the kitchen, wad ye marry inc
.f I had no money ?"What do ye take me
or ?' says I, 'sure an' 1 wuddent, thin
Chore's nobody wtel marry the likes o'
hut for the money yo have 1' Au' wid that,
eirr, he riz up sedden-like an' wint away.
"lavas the thrtft' 1 tole ; but sure he's a
*oleo little lad, sorr, an' I'd Marry him the
lay, I'm that fond of him—wid the
money 1"
Herlawyer was convinced that Bridget
lad a good case and advised her to bring
mit She did so, and her examination in
unlit was a scene long to be remembered.
With one breath she Scorched the defendant
with her satire a,ncl with the next she praised
tad cajoled him.
"Sure he's not a beauty," she admitted to
he court; "id's only the one eye, but it's
iffuily becomin' to him, yer anner 1"
Brolget won her ease • the youth, relen-
ting
before such tact, chimsed his capacity
if defendant for that of bridegroom, and all
b1,19 "sisters and coosine came to the wed-.
ling.-
—
Heirlooms, of the O'cionnells.
Mrs. Brown, a distant relative of the
Irish statesman, Daniel O'Connell,, who died
in Toronto a, few days ago, left numerous
'icirloonis of the O'Connells, Among them
me old silver thimbles, a coin of George III.,
:t shoo -buckle of sapphires and an Antique
reticule of tortoise shell that .shows a slight
resemblance • to a modern shopping bag.
nem are also a milieus work box that has
been handed down from O'Conell'smother,
in Old-fashioned purse, a crucifix and a
pouch containing it snuffbox. The crucifix
is a tiny little it one and 'nae worn .by
Ireland's champion around his neck as a
:ho.rin. the poach is of ,whitosilk, with
he monogram ". D. 0'0."' neafly embroid-
wed in silver lace. On a small flap is the
quiff box, which is of very and tortoise
shelL
CHOPPED THE BODY MO BIT.
Recalling the Ghastly crime or a Whisttea
sot.
That notorious convict, Susan Kennedy,
recently died of consumption in Kingston
peniteutiary•, and the event recalls the ole -
=instances of one of the most fiendish and
urinal crimes that disgrace the crintinalre-
weds of this coontry. She lived in the Irish
:Mader of Montreal, kuownas Griffintown,
and an years afterwards the murder for
which she was condemned, to the gallows, re-
mained the great sensation of the city. Her
victim was Mary Gallagher, who was butch-
ered with the most atrocious and revolting
savagery.
Twenty years are Susan Kennedy came
to Siooti•eal from Dublin, Ireland, leaving a
comfortable home and parents who all but
worshipped her. She came to frienclts and
relatives zn :Montreal, with whom elle re-
mained for some time, but for reasons un-
known she quarrelled with her people and
ecured &situation with it prominent citizen
is a governess. Young, more than usually
handsome, full of life and vigour, the spirit-
ed young Irish girl was courted and flattered.
loon afterwards, to the surprise of ever -roue
who knew her, the was :named to it gammon
abourer by tilnatrieoldacob Myers. Ugly
;tortes got afloat and she was soon deserted
by her friends. To drown her despair she
took to drink. Rapidly the woman
WENT Mat BAD TO WORSE ;
she sank to the lowest and almost unspeak-
fo her time either in jail or in drunkenar
e-
:,11:1epths of demadation and spent, most
sel
In May of 1870 she made the acquaint -
41)00 of an equally notorious charaeter, Mary
i:allgher,
lenae from prison by AU unusually deep
.41 ree
,iarousal. Whiskey encl.& were laid in,
mil Michael Flaimagan Joined thein in the
aand the pair celebrated their re -
Until an early hour the following morn-
ing the caronsiug went on, and it was two
&ohmic before the noise quieted down aud
the nearly distracted neighbors had at:hence
to retire.
In the morning it ),Irs. Johnston, who
Aveil underneath, arose at seven o'clock, awl
•.vas about lighting her fire to prepare break-
fast when she noticed 4 dark wet Main on
the floor and another on the ceiling of her
;thaw. Examining more clotely the was
aorror.stricken to perceive that it WOO blood,
•vitiently triekling down from the room
time. Nearly fainting she dragged herself
to the door and gave the alarm. 'Ile police
were notified, and quickly arriving burst in
the door of Susan Kennedy's room, and there
SaW a scene they have never forgotten. In
-me corner of the room, in adrunken stupor,
were the woman Kennedy and the man Flan-
-toga% The woman was eovered with broken
.iottles. In the other corner of the room a
-sickening sight was presented. There lay
lirMAN BODY namso TO PIEVES.
Rudely awakening the Woman Kennedy the
pollee demanacd 'what it meant.
"01," she replied, turning calmly around,
" That's Mary 14allagher. Mu: tried to take
Flannagan from me and I eut her up." liy
the side ef the body or what was left of it,
lay the hatchet which Susan bad so long car-
ried, and whieh had at last done its bloody
work, and itt it washtub at the other side of
the room were the head aaul right arm which
hell been chapped off. There were blood
end small pieces of flesh all over the floor.
Susan and Flamutgan word arrested aud
tried for the murder. She was convicted,
left in her confession 'exonerated Plano:team
from even any knowledge of the crime,
stating that lie was asleep when the murder
was eammitted and knew nothing of the
occurrenee until awakened by the polite.
Ile was acquitted, and she was sentenced to
he hanged on the first Friday of the follow-
ing August, but was afterwards reprieved.
Flannagau, who had obtained employment
as it bargeman on the Lachine Canal at
Lachine, while stepping from one barge to
mother, at ten o'clock on the morning of
the first Friday in August, slipped, fell be-
tween the two barges, and was tlrowned,
thus meeting his death on the very day and
hour originally set for the woman's exeeu-
tion.
A Cute Little Girl,
Fond Mother—"Now, Ethel, dear, be a
sweet, dear little girl and take one of these
nice little pills."
Ethel— 'I won't 1"
Fond Mother—" But see how pretty it is,
all covereil with silver, and, then, it is so
very small. Dr. Robinson still you must
take it, so that our little girl may soon be
out of bed again. Won't mamma's little
pet take it now?"
Ethel—" No, I 'Chess hate that nathy old
Dr. Wobbython. I won't take it --now 1"
Pond Mother (with slight misgivings, but
willing to make any sacrifice to bring back
her darling, who had had a birthday party,
to health)--" See, Ethel. Watch mamma
take one." (Swallows it, and then forces
ghastly smile.)
Ethel (defiant but interested)—" Hurt
you, lemma ?"
• Fond Mother—" No, sweet. Tasted real
nice and went down just as easy. Heap
nider than candy."
Ethel (-somewhat excited)--" Yon love
'eni, mamma?'
Pond Mother—" Very much, dearest
You take one, now. Mamma wants her lit-
tle girl to have one, just one."
Ethel—" I thess loves to thee you take
'cm nuoilma, and you can take the hull lot.
Ethel won't cry it bit for 'em."
Sentiment.
Dark eyed Spanish Signora,
Your let, battik eyes with beauty bright,
Alwa,ys Rushing and wounding
Spiudding through darkest might.
Brown-eyod country maiden,
Thy oyes with beauty
Are always full of loving,
Thou art Nature's child.
And thou, too, grey eyed dainzolle,
With eyes of elmn,ging light,
Now so cold and flashing,
Now so soft and bright.
But 0, my bluo-cycd darling,
your eyes of sparkling light
Are oft with kind noss dewy
With love oft dazzling bright.
Those eyes can flash with anger,
TI oso oyes grow cold with scorn.
Roguish eyes so full of loving
My heart in twoimlioxe torn.
The Spaniard has his.dark-eyed Dona,
And gray oyes havo their lovers true,
The rustic loves his brown -eyed maiden,
13itt no ekes oxe like eyes of blue.
BItio eyes dowy as the fountain,
Eine eyes deeper than tho sea,
Blue oye's.sparkling as the mountain
In the san• WIGS si?ine On inc.
."ASIAMEC"
An imeontrolled iniagination may become
as surely intoxicated by over -indulgence as
a toper may do boldily with strong drink. .
"Henry 1" cried Mrs. Von Tooclics, grasp.
ing her somnolent husband by the arm -
"Henry, there are burglars in the house
Get up and go down 1"—"Ut ter nonsense,
my clear," r turn eclHon ry. 'Von wouldn't
haven man of ray social position associatieg
with burglars, \venial you? You astonish
1".
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The hoof Of It.
If you'd have
And ra ha -ye you,
Why, you'd be Won,
And I'd be, too.
Omsk.
you maw., lee?"
She ---'‘Not if I know it
'Theo you will."
"How do you make that out?"
"I have already arranged it with your
father." • '