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t1M ednestlay June 115tH. 1811g:
Owe. 'J.":teed ot'dWrs. 4*)Wt Il,aye
thrown. the tWP halts, ,Whi])1 Were
loony laden with passenger and
express matter, together very isttar
my station,.
' 'I Qoulti eaaily hear the sounder,
and front his orders knew the
would•bs wrecker ,vne an expert
telegrapher and thoroughly familia,-
with train running'. :i very now
std thou the wrecker would viler
hia hand 'froin the key as a more
eevere stroke of lightning would
tome in over the wire, but he was
too intent upon hits deadly world to
desist. The tramp of heavy boots
on the platform outside told me
that the contemplated wreck wad an
organized scheme for robbing the
express company and peseengers.
Muttered curses frequently came
frets the man at thekey as his plans
fur wrecking the .train would meet
with obstacles in the •shape of
pertinent qu •stioue from operatol•e,
up the line, who wouldn't follow
the new order of things without
fully understanding their import.
NEAR OFA fORRII3LI WRECK.
'My mind was in a horrible whirl
and I frequently strniued at my
biudings to got uty hands loose,
but a savage curse from my guard
warned me to be careful or my life
would not be worth much. On
account of the trains' being behind
time 1 knew they would be pushed
to their utmost , speed by the
engineers and if they came together
the wreck would be a horrible one.
AT MEDICINE HAT.
ST'S A TELEGRAPR OPEttATOR'S STORY
—TION THE WRECK WAS
AVERTED.
As the following talo came direct
from the lips of a Weaateru tele
grapher, who made one of the group
of story tellers, he playing an ilia-
portont part in the incident, and as
tis veracity has never been gnes-
tioned, the' tale must be accepted at
the proper value of undiluted truth,
and so page into the record of tyles
undoubted filen] the wild and woolly
Canadian West.
•1u my early experience with the
telegraph business,' Said he, '1 was
located at a place called `Medicine
Hat,' a small group of shanties on
the Canadian Pacific Railroad, as
operator, ticket agent, and • express
agent. Medicino Hat could be
classed among the towns es being
thirty utiles trona nowhere. What
little business was done was on sc•
couut of a mining village some
thirty miles back in the mountains•
The entire populatiou of Medicine
Hat could have been easily crowded
into the tittle village station,
'One night aftitr a daffy of the
most sultry weather that I! had ex'
perioncpd for months, I Ives detain-
ed at my office on account of delay-
ed trains. A • continuous roll of
thunder, accompanied by,. sharp
flashes of lightning in the distance,
warned me et' an approaching storm,
I fretted and stormed, as I wanted
to get to my boarding shanty, about
a quarter of a mile np the country
road, before the storm broke. I
was leaning back in my chair, mus-
ing over the events that had brought
nue West, when suddenly a voice
broke upon my ears :
"Hold up your hands, quick l'
'Glancing up I saw a huge revol-
ver pointed through the window in
the wall through which I sold
tiukets and behind it a weird mask
with terrible shining eyes. In
•endeavoring to comply with the
Command, especially the: la_t it?•;
junction, day chair swung arodnd,
my .lead struck on the edge of the
table and unconscious I tolled to
the floor.
1Gteinet,.slit the Wop.
ere Medf)5ali? tit, :els 04 that the .0ttif,►st ut°
fame
l)epat►da' not Qu stmt, 'knt tilt AIR itr the
taunts) •
V'ur nottty a 014ap olio exceeds me la.bra:Ms
Her. failed for the lack ot patience eau), pains;
es'. take hut, aatep, ttisvuuruged they atop,
Azad su, there ttiwaye hi room at the top.
l purchased scene hooks. some paster awl ink,
Arteme.uriea all to inspire use to think;
I routed a roots up the seventeenth flight
Well furnished with stir and plenty of light;
Tltutt;ftt reitt.a with the rnarket Hever will
drop,
You'll dog there is always it room at the top.
I read up on seieneo, en letters and art,
High sounding phrases 1 learned thorn by
heart,
'Cluu;at thnuaands of tomes I vowed I would
read,
is n lirw neu• 1 could not succeed,
Fur a iuluni and knowledge need brtdus to
prof,
And ton many heads have roost at the top.
''Che stor'n Continued to increale.
in force and peal after peal of tltun
der reechoed over and above the
little station. Still the wrecker at
the key kept steadily at work weav•
ing hie web of destruction. Sial
denly he called out in a voice of
mingled satisfaction and devilish
glee: 1
that fixes the matter all
right. Forty-seven hart signed the
orders at the water tank mid itt ten
Minutes they'll go together. ' Tell
the men to spread out up—
'lIs never finished the sentence.
A. blinning flash at the switchboard,
a shriek from the wrecker and the
office appeared to be one mass of
flame. My guard ruehed,frou; the
building and with a mighty effort I
wrenched my hands free and pulled
myself through the door. The
little station was as dry as tinder,
the oil from the trainmen's lamps
added to the combustible nature of
its make-up, and in a moment
flames were breaking out in every
part.
'With load cries several of the
wreckers con federates dashed toward
the little room to pull their leader
out, but the heat drove them hack,
and as voices were beard up the
country road coining toward the
station ,they all disappeared in the
darkness.
MAti(NG OF A PRAYER MEETING.
'A. man named 'Humpy' Logan
untied my legs, as my hands were
useless on ancount • of the great
numbness occasioned by the tight-
neaa of the thongs, and I quickly
explained the situation to him. 1
hunted up a lamp and dashed down
the track and around the curve in
one direction, while I swung the
lantern upon the train coming down
the straight piece of track to the
station in the other direction. My
lantern was not smell by the engin-
eer, but the burning station in the
other direction. My lantern was
not seen by the engineer, but the
burning station acted as a danger
signal and the train drew up to the
station, the engineer totally ignor
ant of the danger they were c'acatp•
MARSH,THE CLEVER BOY
rititove, tlie` .Uta} !fare lowered to
.another l
cr
Ort>�o netwv1 .fest1+el v .1I etss they
l%esailei wit tbron di low u crow,
ge for rtwo yltttndresdl fest, whe.nathey
Moe
�t#la targeibpen ng, with a cone-shaped
Hare they stopped, and the fQreinan,
showing • 4 rsli a large pile of waste iu ar.-
adjoining drift, artist:
"Yeti eau remove that and store it in
this room. • When •the job ie done report tt
lite. Yeti 11 find tools there really for you:"
The foreman then returned to the shaft,
and Marsh set•to work with a will. '
At the close of the fourth day, the fore•
man, returning to the drift to ace how the
boy was progressing with the work, found
that he 1154 just completed the job, and
was. preparing to come out.
"Well, my—lad," he said, "you have done
very well. I don't thick we have a mu in
our employ who would have done the work
quicker or in a better manner)"
"I always try to do my best," replied
Marsh, simply.
"That's right, It sou stick to that you'll
have no trouble in 'getting along in the
world. Here is your time,' he continued,
drawing a note -book from his pocket and
writing something on it and handing it to
Marsh. "Bring this to the office un Satur-
day evening and get your pay," • .
"Thank you," responded Marsh.
As they were leaving the drift, Marsh
said ;
"I saw considerable mineral in the dirt I
have Ueeu moving."
"Yes, there are many thousands of pounds
in it, I suppose."
"Then why don't they ,s•lean it up ?"
"Because it welt pay.
"How iy„thut?"
"You see it would have to be backed out.
to the shaft through u low drift, a distance
of two hundred feet, then hoisted amt haul-
ed to the wash places to be cleaned up.
That would make it cost more than the lead
would bring."
"I see," replied Marsh. "What a pity
that it should jie there in the drift when it
A raw March wind was blowing over the
mining town of Joplin, and the long line of
dray smuku hum the Dlottet& Sergeant lead
Works trailed aen•osa the narrow valley like
a huge eerpemL, till, striking the bluffs be-
yond, it broke and disappeared among the
:a;' eat rocks upon the hill.
Marshall Clippinger drew his tattered
snit threadbare coat more closely about him
as the euld blest penetrated his thin gar-
ments, awl crossing the little stream north
:11110 smelting works, he ran swiftly up the
valley,
Un every side men were husyat the wind•
lass, hoibting the load-hcarie wash -dirt
front the ehatts, while scores of men, with
tlutnp•wuguns and teams, were hauling it
to the sluices Hud wash -places along the
creek.
-Harsh Clippinger was fifteen years old,
tool the only son and support of a widowed
Mother, who lived in to dilapidated shanty
at the edge of the valley. Marsh was a
"scrapper"—one who goes about the waste -
piles Et the shafts and the wash -places and
gathers up' hits of lead ore that have been
thrown aside in the waste.
At the time of which I write there were
hundreds of children engaged in "scrap-
ping" at the mines in Joplin, and each made
from tweutyfiVe coots to one dollar per
day, this being a great boon to the poor
families where there were a large number
of children to support.
The mining companies, in leasing lots to
the miners, exacted a royalty of twenty-five
per cent. on all mineral mitred upon the
laud, but the mineral obtained by the scrap-
pers was generously paid for at ttie "neu-
tral" rate—shat is, 110 royalty was exacted.
This rule was kept up for many years by
the mining companies, and it resulted in
much good to the poor.
The winter had been a severe one, and
owing to the waste and taailine piles being
frozen most of the time, harsh, as well as
the other scrappers, had made very little
for mouths. t et, as Marsh's mother was
dependant on Mian 10 a great measure for a
living, he could be seen out on the waste -
piles every day, busily at work with his
email pick, endeavoring to Darn a feweents
to buy fuel and food.
Only the day before, Mrs. Clippinger had
slipped turd fallen on the icy ground in
frontof the cabin,severely injuring her arm
and- rendering her unable to do any work
for some weeks to come.
"I don't kuow what will become or us
new," she had said to Marsh. "I won't
be able to do any More washing for a
month, sand how we are to lire all this time
heaven only knows."
"Never mind, another, we shall get along
somehow," said Marsh, in a cheerful ,tone.
'1I cnn find entnething to do, and, if the
weather gets warm, I can make enough, to
keep ns. Scrapping will be better than ever
r)8 80011 as ept'ing opens.'
But on the following morning the wcath-
er was intensely cold, and it was with a
feeling of dejection that Marsh took. his
pick and bucket and started out through
the trines.
As he harried up the little valley, and
saw that the ground was still frozen, he al•
most despariod, but the thoughts of his
helpless mother in the little cabin on the, wo1k for you. Hue are sex dollata your
hill nerved him to renewed effort. labor. You leave earned it."
"If I could only get work in some of the And he handed the money to Marsh.
)nines," le mused, ' I know I could do al- " "Thank you," said the boat "I did
most as mudil as a man ; but there are so not expect you to pay me but four dui -
RIP l'u
When I regained my wits I found
myself lying on the floor of the outer
waiting room bound hand. and 'foot,
with a tall, ungainly looking fellow
standing guard over me with• a
\Vinohester. The storm had broken•
over us and tllo wind, rain, lightn-
ing and thunder were sotnethiug
terrific.
• MAS Ken 74 AN AT TUE ITEC,
'All at once my trained ear caugtlt
the sound of the telegraph sonuder,
and turning my head I perceived a
m.au at my desk working away ut
my key. He wore a mask, but this
, did not disguise the fact that ho was
a young 11100. As the characters
were ticked olf and came to my oars
I knew he was fabling his way as
to the location of the delayed trains.
I also noticed that he frequently
arose and made use of the ground
wire from the switchboard, wt.ich
out off the main office which was
located the train runner of the di
vision. At frequent intervals sharp
cracks of lightning would re-echo
through the room as they struck
the arrester on the switch. But the
man worked on totally oblivious of
his surroundings.
'Sndienly I caught the drift of
what he was sanding ont over the
wire and was horrified to learn that
he Was trying to manipulate the
train orders so as to cause a wreck.
Trains No. 47 and 48 passed each
other about five miles up the road
from my station and he was sending
out orders with a opal, steady hand
to train 47 to take a siding about
ten miles east of Meditline Hat and
to train 48 to pass 47 at the regular
�• arnnea. "I"e y - ave
words explained the situation to the
engineer and a group of passeugera
that gathered around, and as train
47 slowly rounded the curve from
the east, substantiating my story,
the organization of a prayer meeting
there and then would have beim an
easy Natter.
• 'Tire engineers of both trains with
their conductors held a consultation,
awl 44 ritually backed to the. next
sidling, followed by 47, and the
10(114le was straightened out.
'The next day the remains of tete
would he wrecker were found in the
ruins of the station, and the railroad
company's physician. after Molding
an autopsy, declared that the ureal
had only been stunnedl•by the lightn-
ing and while,unconacious had been
smothered and then burned to a
uriap.
'In all my experience with tights-
ing that was the luckiest holt that
ever hugged'° wire," said the Tierra -
tor as he finished his tale, 'and
the lucky stars of the people on
these two trains were undoubtedly
in the ascendant on that terrible
night.'
—Friday, at Washington Secre-
tory Blaine came in company with
Secretary Elkins, of the state do-
pertment resumed a conference
with the Canadian Commissionera.
This conference is in regard to 'al-
leged discrimination against Ameri•
can 'Vessels in Canadian canals.
There were present : The .British
Minister, Hon. George E, Fest(r,
Canadian Minister of Finance, and
Hon. Mackenzie Bowellm Minister
of Militia. The United States were
represented by Secretary Blains
and Gen. J. W. Foster, -
eu
of waglting up"tbo siirtt, e how
i 0 to se tQ
tCunulm lin n came. (IOW;
Mr,
he was progrexs4ing, and, when he HIM the
Ingenuity with which Marsh had arranged
his uudorgrotutd weal) place, he was warts
in his expressions of admiration for the
#rluclty boy.
"'There is no question now but what your
plan will succeed"' he said, "There are
two or three mouth's work for you in these
drifts and you ought to )sake a good. thing
out of jt."
Marsh worked. with the sluice the first
week, and thea he brought a small jig -box
into the drift and• began to clean the min-
eral ready for the market.
At the end of the second week lie sold
twenty-four hundred pounds of mineral,
which brought him sixty dollars at the fur-
naces.
Before the waste dirt was exhausted, be
had worked nearly two months and )nude
three headrest dollars.
"It all seems Prat like a fairy story,"
said his happy mother, when she learned
)Alai lie had made out of the waste dirt.
"No need to fear that I will starve while I
.have yen with me, Marshall, I know you
will succe.id in whatever yea undertake."
Her words proved true, for from that
time Marsh was never out of employment,
,anti in three years was made assistant su-
perintendent of cue of Mr. Bates' mines.
Ho is now • superintendent of one of the
large mining companies in the Joplin lead
mining district, and is esteemed and re-
speeted by all who know him,
LOVE NEM GROWS OLD,
Roving arnund over the country, 1 was
spsadiug the summer at my Aunt fruit a
country house when I made the acquaint-
ance of Miss Arthur. She was a stately,
beautiful woman, and I uuconseiously
associated.her With elegant surroundings,
but when I visited her I found she lived in
is worth so much. a poor little cottage and Unit she took in
That night, when Marsh returned home, sewing to support herself and an invalid
he again fell to thinking of the mineral in mother.
the waste dirt, and could not banish the .•
'Miss Arthur, I learned front my aunt,
matter from his mind' had been the daughter of a wealthy man,
If he could only hit upon some plan to ()b-
ole but his dosis left her penniless. Mary
tale the mineral without moving
the dirt sad hoer) !Jangled to a young Mali of good
family, but she would not cnuseut to Marry
hire because of her invalid mother, wile
now needed her care more than ever.
During the summer I saw a good deal of
Miss Arthur, for I felt drawn toward her
and in sympathy with her sorrows 1n hav-
ing given up her lover fur a mother's
sake.
Time poised, and then there sidle a
time when the one she had given up her
youth for failed away and died.
It seemed for a time that the moving
spring of the younger life had lost its elas-
ticity with the sande blow Haat hal snapped
the frailer one; for Miss Mary fell into a
state of apathy which was so Unnatural,
and lasted so long, her friends grew
alarmed.
Auntie said unless she could be roused
from the drift, the.problem.would be solt;ed,
But how was that to be done? He thought
of serappingit out, but he soon dismissed
the idea as not feasible. The mineral was
mostly in tine particles, and could not be
separated from the dirt without the aid of
jig -box or sluice,
While studying over the tna4 er, he sud-
denly remembered that there was a small
stream ot waiter running through the drift
to the pump shaft. \Vey could. not this be
used to run a sluice through ?
'The thought, came t•, hiss like a revela-
tion, and 11e could hardly suppress hie ex-
citement.
A mmnent's thought convinced him that
the plan was practicable: All that would be
necessary was to build a dam across the
drift and place a; sluice -trough below it.
The drift was large, and he would have am -
she would die, just from lack of desire to
ple room to work. live, So I wrote home and received men,•
The plum 800,00(1 so simple now that he ma's permission to bring her home with me,
wondered why he had not )hung,) of it be-
iUnder the influence of our love and sympe-
fore.thy our guest revived`aud grew to be more
\Vith great euthusiasm, he laid his .plan like herself. \Naoko lengthened into
before his mother.
"T sincerely hope it may succeed," site, months, until spring was near ; but we
said, fervently, ".I don't know what would'tvoul i not let Miss Mary go home, for I
become of me if it wasn't for you, my son. Iliad the promise of making one of as party
who were to go abroad under the charge of
You aro indeed a help anti comfort to me.' • a learned professor, whose knowledge ot the
On Saturday evening, when Marsh euter eiit%rcut localities we were to visit would
ed the otfiue, he found JIr. Bates and the make our trip more like education than
foreman alone. Isinlple pleasure. ,4o mamma eluate up her
Marsh time
cached the dealt and laid mind to spare the on ;account of the benefit
down the lino check the foreman hod given td my ,hind ; but she meant to keep Miss
him. ; Mary whose gond qualities had completely
Why, you have only worked four days;" � won the love of the whole falsity.
said Mr. Bates, in surprise, glamuing at The professor, had been a, elatsemate of
the paper. "Why did you not knish the;
wort P 'papa's- at college ; but I had not heard his
; name mentioned, as he was always alluded
I slid finish it,'' answered Marsh. to by his s^holarly sobriquet. Prone as I
"What In four days? I calculutedhit ant to build "castles in the air" about
would take you a week at least.' strangers, I hard not wasted one olden
"But this is the first work nave done for' fa:wy upcm him. Of course such a prodigy
you, and of course you did not kunw what Ifo antiquarian learning . Of c urs a drain r awl
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THE u �i1J i tw
l:tev. Rural Dealt Wpr#e„' q.L'
Vt'ucdetovIr, to a lt;ritttre in Torpntp ,.
t he other (lay 'node 'a isetcsaytigtl l
ttentliittiation) of the tit.atinee of raits.k
ing church, fonds now in veguba,
Ile ex pressed. disapproval of tileatrA
vale, tweeter concerts, tra*wettings
and nociala for this ptairpoae, lkn.
said that prople would wive tit719;
money and souls by coi.t1'ibut n0
directly from their pockets, •"The
church in many places," be 'midi NO
robbing the world of its legitimate
uterine of antusiug the crowd, "Jet
us giver) the world and' even titer'
devil, its due. Theatrical of ` -
paltiee do not visit Certain tQti''lit
beeause clowns, harlequin's, n
wiiatr.t:le, and crack aingers.are.at
a discount. The church provides,
all that is necessary both for saint
and sinner. In many aburchea•one •
clay see theatrical tomfoolery on
one night, and the next night hear:
the most sacred of subjecte treated.
'1'e -night the banjo, niggers and'
bones ; to morrow the penitent form
and groatss. An infidel may go to
the doors any evening and ask as
be might at the theater, 'What is
on to -night $ Is it a play, a min.
etrel show or a revival 1' " Dean
Wade advised members of the
Church of England to frown down
such proceedings,
was I could flu," Item of to man like old Professor Worth of
"You etre right, toy I,,oy. Yon have done • y
well, and I'll see it I can't find some more my school -days' miseries.
for u It
The first ot April came, and rine morning l U'r 1T IN THE NECK.
papa said :
"Put on your most scholarly looks this The Grit • 11. P's. were a pretty
evening, Queen Bums, for the professor is in 1.I.
ealookiug crowd the other night.
town, and I shall bring hint home with They started out in the evening
me." •
I did not trouble myself about my own with the intention of preventing
appearance ; but 1 wove Miss Mary's hair the passage of a single 14.010 in sup.
into one wide many -plaited braid, and ,Iybut they • discovered that in Mr.
wound it around her head, fastening some 1 '
sprays of starry clenatisemiddark shadowy Muster they had the wrong kind of
masses, and pinned some white rosebuds at a man to deal with. The Finance
her throat. 1<linister made up his mind that a
•"I want to think of you like this when I certain number of items roust be
am fur away," 1 said ; and she wore them tossed before the House adjourned,
to please me. It was the first bit of white passed
that had •relieved her sombre drapery aims and, despite Sir Richard's blusters
her another's death. ing„Mr: Fest& had his way. Dur.
As we went together to 'k r pias-- �• . *tai+ .atora�3i -period- of thet
ro rfi pi said- preallfr s . •-^
Chiltern, Miss Arthur. Come here, Bessie,” wright hod been uatug some very
for I was holding back in mute surprise at abusive, language, which led to the
sight of this handsome, couimaocliug look following reply from Mr. Foster
ing inns. Where was my withered pro- "Now as the reptile fond. Some of
lessor?
My bewilderment was. completed when, these days he will get enough of
with a pleasant smile, the gentleman bowed that reptile insult My lou. friend
to rte, but extended Isis hand to Miss is very fond of bridging up the reptile
Mary, with a look in his oyes as of one
wino sees a vision, fund in this .louse, and if no ono
"Hiss Arthur!" he says. "Can it be else does it, I propose to take the
possible?" matter in hand myself. I say to
She stood pale and agitated, but an ex• him, and I would say to his leader
seeding joy irradiating her face ; and as I
looked upon them I knew the truth. The if he were here, that gentlemen a; e
long parted lovers had met at last, sitting on these beaches to day, and
that evening I had stolen into the con- the number that you have is trade
servatory, and' was standing by some large- upof men who are in ,their seats-
loaved'tropical plants, when the professor
came in with Miss Diary leaning npnnl his and voting on that Side because they
arum• He was talking eal'nestly, and 1 were bou•,ltt 1010 their place6 with
could not well make my presence known stolen money. no
great Reform
wt 'ort occasioning that paragon of virtue that,
meat, so I remained in hiding. party,
"Has 'Miss Arthur a retentive memory`:" stands up here night after night
The words are connmetphtce, but the re -
why
Heaven they are not as
sonant thrill in the deep low tones trade other men • the great Reform party
them impressive, "If so, she will know have not ; got the, cohonesty
why to•duy is one marked out from all
others. Mary ! let ns join hnnds across to pay back into the depleted foods
that bridge of lonely years, and live again of Quebec the sums of money which
For each other." they acknowledge to -have been -
"It is too late, was the agitated reply. ,r
"It would not be right to link your life stolen from the public fends. The
with one 5
0 barren of results as )nine has prolonged cheers from the Govern.
been. I aur prenmattrelvold and saddened. men) benches which greeted ibis
You are in Mary, ime." outburst were like so many at
, No, never to me were you lover
lier or more attractive than you aro at ilia the Opposition ; they sat there 'ik>
moment. Your solitary rose upon its stalk whipped curs, not One venturing to
is not fairer or sweeter to n10 than you— raise Elia voice.
my own love—.cat for so long, but found at . -_—
last.
_
last. Let me place it in your hair ; and, —Woolard AlbrO a n�`r4ahOj+y
dearest, let the flower bean emblem of our
future—solitary no longer."
CANADIAN DOUSES FOR BRITAIN.
The Montreal Ster of the 1st inst.
notes that the meet conspicuous
figure in the \•Viudsor hotel on that
day was that of Mr. W. Gordon
Cumming, nephew of Sir Gordon
Cumming, Bart. Mr. Gordon
Cumming, who is now a Canadian
rancher, stands folly six feet two
inches, weighs apparently 225
pomade, and his low bat, towering
shove the silk tiles of Common men,
is a regulation western sombrero
with far-reaching rind. Ile has
spent the last five years on the
prairie minus an occasional trip to
the old land.' Ile is now returning
from England, where he has been
since February last. The ranch of
which Mr, Gordon Cumnning is
manager is the "Quern," 200,000
acres in area and 30 miles south of
Calgary, N. IN. T. It is devoted
tb a herd of Engliati hunters, whose
)anis or grandams were a stable of
000 Irish snares imported by Mr.
Gordon Cuilming'a company ata
1897. "There will tame be more
sou riven horses in the North-west,"
said 1 e, "than the farmers can find
markt) for; But high class horses
will always be in demand and we
expect to ship largely to England.
I. am }.erre now to Make teens with
the railway .arirl steawship com-
panies for the shipment of the fi
o0ensil,nm lt' of hunters to the.east
and across the Atlantic. They will
c'me to Montreal abont the month
of August. The first lot will not
le large in numbers ; but perhaps
next year and thereafter we expect
to send annually at least 500 anis
wale.
many then out of employment that no one
wants to Zaire a boy."
Presently, in passing around a large
waste -dump, bo came face to face with
Mr. Bates, the owner of several valuable
(slues in the valley, and lierslt seized
the opportunity to snake application for
work.
"Mr. Bates," said lie, stopping sudden•
ly before the man, "haven't you got
some work that I cou'.d do 9 1f you'll give
me any kind of employment 111 ,do my
best."
An amused look crossed Mr. Bates' face
.2:541114'i ee.ct isle;r41,1etl:
"I'm afraid you're too small to be of any
service. Have you ever worked io the
suites ?"
"Yes, sir. I used to help my father cull
the dirt in the drifts."
"Thm•e ere scores of men who are idle
and want work." "No, sir ; I expect to clean it up without
"I know rt, sir ; but I must have sonde- removing it from eke drift, if ,you will grant
thing, to do -to support, myself and me the privilege."
moth) r." An amused smile crossed the mine -own -
"Many others ere situated in the same er's fne.
way, yet 1 cannot give then. all work. I• "You talk of impossibilities,"' lie said.,
any running my alines to make money and guotl-hunloredly- "1 should like to know
not for charitable purposes." how you propose to aeenlalpliSll something
"I lav( not asked you for charity,"' said Hutt not a main in nay employ could do?"
Marsh, with a show of energy. "1 simply "my plan is easy enough," answered
asked you for work. I expect to earn Marsh; "and if I can do what 1 claim, what
every cent you give me. I do not expect royalty will you charge me?'
you to pay me as much as you would a "None whatever," replied Mr. 13ates.
m:tn, yet I'll do my best to shake a full "'Tile dirt 1r) of no use t0 111e, and if you MI
I1:iud if you employ me." make anything out of it you are welcome to
• lir. Bates laughed softly. do so. But how tin you expect to Clea" it
"I like your spirit, boy," lie said, "and updwithont taking it out?"
1'dl see what I can do for you. Let me "Merely by putting a sluice -trough in
see," he wcut on, reflectively. "There's a one of the lower dritts." Then Marsh ex -
lot of waste -dirt in an old drift in my platted how he proposed to build ata dawn
mines that I'd like to have removed out of across the large drift and catch the water
the way, and placed in another drift, so that WIGS passing through it and use it to
that the air could have freer passage. 1)o rus..be sluice. "I cant see why it won't
you think you could do it?" work," ile added,
"Yes, sir." A sudden light came over the face of lir.
"Very well. It will take you about a Bates as he listened to Marsh's statement.
week to remove the dirt. I'll give you a "The boy's plan is a good one," he said,
dollar a clay, and you can go to work when- tutting to Mr. Cunningham.
ewer you please." "It is, indeed,'' responded the foreman,
"Oh, thank you 1" responded. Marsh. "and I have no dottbtbut what it will work
"I'll commence the job as soon as I Han go like as charm."
and tell my mother. Ni hie, of your shunts "Nur I. Have you a sluice ?" he tasked,
is it that I'm to work at ?" turning to Marsh.
"The shaft on the hill up there," said ''ilio, sir ; but—''
Mr. Bates, pointing to where a Steam pump "'Then I can loan you one. as I have some
was i1) operation a short (lietanCe away. that are not ill (tae."
"My foreman, Mr. Cunningham, will show "You are very kind. I'm willing to pay
you the dirt to he removed and give you you fon the as0 of it."
Ute necessary tools." "Never mind that. When do you wish
' With this he walked on down the val- to begin work?"
ley, while Marsh hurried home to tell the "On Mou,hty, it possible."
gond news to his mother. "Very well. Coote to this office when
Art hour later Marsh returned to the yon are ready, and I'll see you have the
shaft, ready for work. He was lowered to tools to work with."
the upper drift, where ho found the fore- With expressions of gratitude, Marsh left
than, and made his business known.
the office, feeling hopper than to had felt
"So o you are to move the waste out of the for many a day. •
lower drift?" said the foreman. "Well, On the following Mond y Marsh corn -
I'm gnud it's to he done, foe° I want to put a meneed work, and by night he had the dant
force of me0 an the lower run as soon as in the drift completed.
ypasihlr," The next day yens spent in petting in the
Signalling to the man at time windlass sluice sold getting ready to begin the work
furs."
"I tun always willing to pay my heads
what they earn," replied Mr. Bates, "arid
you certainly deserve all you have re:eiv-
ed."
"There is something I have been want-
ing to speak to you :them," said Marsh,
"Hud that is the waste dirt in the drifts.
Du you ever expect to have it cleaned
up ?"
"Certainly not," replied Mr. Bates. "It
wouldn't pay for taking it out. \Vhy du
you ask Y'
"M loco been thinlrieg of washing it.•ttpit
you will let nae." - •
"It wouldn't p 3' you, the I would have
takcu it out long )ago."
"But 1 don't intend to take it out," an.
•swered's[at'sh.
"Yon are thinking of scrapping the mine•
rel out of it.''
tooth-, pe e - a 1 -night 1essibn Sir Richard Cart -
"Here ,come "this `laggards. Professor n
t1 t mutual enbarratss•
Fl
aged 13, tried to board a train at
Then they went slowly ort, oblivious to the Cantilever bridge,Niagsra )aIle .
all but their own happiness ; so that I was Ont., missed his hold and falls .'
fromh d h' h
quiet. cut Gift
N. B.—Mamma is making arrangements —The Dominion cruisers Acadia• ',
for the wedding.. I am to be first -brides-
maid, and Robbie Earle is to be my vis -it- (steamer)and Kingfisher aeohoons't
via. 1 wonder if the old saying is true that have sailed\ from Halifax to watch'
"Never yet was any marriage American fishing schooners nliw,'
Entered in the book of fate, searching for mackerel on the Cau'a
But the names were also written
01 the patient pair that wait." dian coast.
released the erases w Ic was grow-
under the wheels. His head wail''
ing paitlfui in its enforced, breathless