The Blyth Standard, 1908-01-09, Page 3"Well, of course, I go there," oho nd•
milted, flushing, "to got all my needles,
pins, thread, etc., and so do n great ninny
of my friends. But Ilirs. Ieilter is really
at very worthy women, and her daughter
is b-igilt: and keen Its a. brier at trade;
it ft., r501 'pleasure to cnconrnge ,Bell
',septet But I have tanked emends about
ii.4„'self—toll Inc 06fnething about your
Il$a'enture with that wicked creature
a h0 has brought so much trouble upon
019"
Earle complied. relating' all that had
occurred from themight of the attempted,
Aside from what might be eon idcrod gricvuns.' robbery until the time of his departure,
his uureasonableimas and lutrehiess to- "1 knee., Editha said, with 0 deep tbhile Editha listened intensely inter-
ward his young and erring wife, he was sigh e,1 regret, a5 she thought of that este".•
a noble, tenter -hearted, upright upon, be- delicate, lotely girl, and what torture Do you knew I stand almost in ave
loved and respected i tut unusual degree
by all who knew Lim.
His was a singularly sad and isolated
life, brightened may by the ocensiomil
presence of the child Ito dura not owe,
lest he bring at blight 011 her otherwise
sunny 'life.
Mile he lived, Sumner Dalton had not
dared to treat her in any but the most
gentle and tender manner. She might
oppose hint in any any that her imperi-
ous little will dictated, but .he could only
hide his anger and irritability by laugh-
ing at her willfulness, 13)11 once Richard
Forrester's surveillance removed, his no-
taral'.tyrauny and cruelty came to the
8urfaee causingher )much of sadness
and 81111 ria , hile he even dared to
risk' her life and happiness niness to ratif • his
11 gratify
igndfhle passion for revenge upon' another,
CHAPTER XLV1I.
Pfiteon minutes after Madam Forres-
ter left Earle a light step sounded out -
r side the door, a trembling hand turned
the silver handle, and Edith& Forrester
stood once more in ;the pre0en00 of -,her
lover,
She was somewhat pale and w00n, as
madam had said; but a lovely flush of
expeotatimn and delight had crept into
her tlleeks, and a joyous light gleamed
from her beautiful eyes, as Earle leaped
to 'his feet and went forward to meet
her.
No word was spoken foe the first few'
moments—their feelings were too deep,
too sacred. for any outward expression;
but Earle drew, her to his breast „and
held her there' with a strong, tender
clasp that 011110ed rte' his 01111 forever—
that told her, they would nevermore be
parted while both should live.
•Editha was the first to break the sig-
nificant silence.
"Earle, I am glad. y01111(11'0 conic " she
said, as she( raised her Dyes shining with
happy ,tears to read the face she loved
ao tveli..r
It w$s, the same simple yet hearty
greeting that she had given him so long
ago or that day before Christmas, \viten
ho had come to her. Earle remembered
it, and drew her still closer as he
thought of ler constancy to hint through
all the various changes of the last four
years,
"Tie wings of the wind were not rapid
enough to bear one to you, my own, when
I know that you wanted me; mid yet
I did not dream of the joy dont wits
awaiting me," loo said, with a tremul-
ous gladnnees.
"Joy and sorrow too, Earle, for. papa
cannot remain with us long," she it as-
wered, with a sigh.
She still called Mr. Dalton by the old
' nvonli1 it
famillnr name, for not only
have been awkward to change, but it
would have seemed cruel to the invalid,
who in all the world had alone this fair
girl to cling to.
But in her heart 6110 thanked Cod ev-
ery day that Richard Forrester had been
her., father instead of 'Sumner Dalton,
while no -words could express her joy for
the loving mother she had found.
"Yes, it pains me to find him as ho
is," Earle returned, in answer to her
remark; but he was thinking more of his
spiritual condition than of his physical
sutfering.
"1 -le is very sorry for the past," Editha
said, with 0, wistful look; "he talks of it
almost constantly in his sleep in a wild,
sad way, although the spealts bitterly
when he 'is awake. He pegs Ilarion-
that was your mother, Earle -to forgive
him, and tells her that he did not see
thins then as lie does now, 1 think she
would forgive hint now if she could see
him; and, Earle, I wish you could for-
give him, too. 011, if you could part at
,peace with each otlerl" -
"We cab, any darling. I have never
wished hint any ill, and I freely forgive
hint every wrong; though, of course, it
cannot be expected that 1 could feel any
affection for him," Earle replied, grave-
ly.
no."
"and way mother's w•0ongs wen's very
she 11)11 hues endured when she believed
herself betrayed and scorned.
''
Ldn�h,a, ran you forgive lir. Dalton
for ail he has willfully made you suffer
---for trying to part us when there was
no need, told for seeking to hide you
from your mother?" Earle asked, regards
Mg her curiously.
• 1'lao tears sprang to her eyes as she
answered:
"Oh, yes; he is dying, you know, tend'
1 could not lot him leave pie feeling that'
1 eheri;hcd any bitterness toward hint.
HIis path to the grave is very dark, and
I nvottld not add to its gloom. It hoe
been very hard to bear all those timings,
:she added, sighing.. "but 1 think papa has,
been 1110 worst sufferer, after a111, I -Ie
neverwas unkind to uc until after my
dear ?edue died. 011, Earle," she cried,
her lovely face lightieg up with tenders
Of you to know that ;you have accom-
plished' such n 011ange .in that vile ma-
itre. Jt, seems almost like a miracle," 8110
said, when lit had finished.
"De not think of it, then, for' 1' hpce.
no 101011, I assure you, to inspire yt tf
with any such sentiment toward me's But
I do not think this looks as if you were -
very much afraid of 100," lie laughed, a5
be gathered her closer in hie arms and
kissed the fair face upon his breast again
and again.
"I shell be obliged to impose 0 duty
.upon aali 011011 operations in the future if
.you carry them to such an extent," she
said, .trying , to hide hen' blushing face
with a very insufficient hand, a
"Then navel tell me again that you
stand in awe' of me, or I shall feel .it
my .,duty to take even more effo0tiv0.
measures to erndicate the feeling," Earle
said, with mock gravity.
naso "you don't know homy 1 love to, "But about this mon"—Editha thought
think that he was my father—I loved ii best to change the subject—"don't you
Min 0e, du:u'iv. 1 used to thunk so t 1if'+'
times that P was really ungrateful to
love hint so very much when lie was oat
My Miele; bit now 1 know win/. it turas-:;..
it was the natural impulse oOmy heart
going out to him, where it belonged
"How likc,a1 romance the story of yolu•
life is, any darling," Parc said, thought -
.
fully.
Not more so 110111 our own, I ,tile
quite sure, 1?urle. But do you not think
mother is very lovely? she Inked, c,tg-
crly,•
think you are' carrying your kindness, a
little too far? Ile may betray your truce,
besides, he has violated the laws of the
land, and have you any right to shield
him?"
"I 'su.ppose I am not obligoal to give
any evidence against him, since he was
not arrested by a commissioned officer;
the offense was against myself alone,
ryry��' t
and if l see fit to' taRe no action 111 the
matter, I do net see,' law I and :violat-
ing any right, either ciS1l or moral- per-
ticuhu'ly as I am conscientiously convinc-
ed that the -man's snlv(Ation dcpcuds 110 -
experienced something of the desolate -
!IVO 01 which he spoke,
"You have not seen Mr. Trossalia yet,
I suppose?" she said, after a few minutes
of silence.
"So, dear, I bare not seen him since
the lay I hail such a struggle with my
selfishness, 'and sent him hither to win
you awl be happy if he could,"
l 10. ;1,01 tightened around the slight
form athis side its lie .maid this, and Ed-
itha knew how he must have suffered in
that straggle to renollllee her so utterly.
"Did ,you send hint to me, Earle?" she
asked with a startled look.
"V'sdear; Paul Trossalia is one if
earths 11e1)10st met. I believed' you lost
to Inc 10'ever, Yell 01100 told one if there
heel been no Earle 'Wayne in the world,
Soil might have loved him, 1 w0n1ed you
to be happy—I wanted him to know
501041(111g of the comfort of life, and I
knew of no one whom I would rather
hove wilt a sister of mine than him, It
was a miserable hind of an arrangement
all round, but I knew of nothing better."
Earle spoke with it tinge of the bitter-
ne09ne99 lie had experieneed at the time,
as if even the memory of it was exceed-
ingly painful., •
Dear Earle, you Might have known it
could not, be," She whispered, sliding one
hand into his and dropping her flushed
faek upon bio shoulder,
"Never' -not even if our relations had
remained as we believed diem to he?"
"S ever," ,she - replied, decidedly. 'I
could not change, 00011 though I believed
I was sinning every day of my life, and I
would not wrong hint by accepting his
love 011)011' I badnnnle to give hint in re•
111rL'""
"Edith—e, my beloved, I should crown
,you 111th passion -flower's and snow -drops
for your devotion and faithfulness,"
Earle breathed, in low, intehso tones,
and deeply moved by her confession,
"Hush 1" she said, releasing he110111'
front his encircling arras, her fttce,like a
carnation; "there is. the b il�thab fs
Air. Trossalia; he has heard 'of ?the arai-
001 of a steamer, and has etude to see if
you are here''; and She arose to go, feel-
ing that she could not be •present while
they )tet.
"Sire is, truly. BOW very happy you
FxtH e arose, too, surmising her
11'11 iu the k'no3vledge OF our rumtta on kindness rather thaw upon punish- thought, but gently detained Ater a mo-
°; 1 1 g1„ moot" Ment longer'.
l'i'nt and for inure fr17 011 than'ones"
alae, 01101011 11114, with la 'Shy sank' h1m, liana, had ;argued this matter many lir' leve—nay &lithe, my.'hnppiness,
y times with'himself, and he. felt that he you have. not yet told 100 that you are
01(1 pnuied with a tosv blush then
she added more 'ravel': `'But I wish \vita doing perfectly right, grail to be m,;' wife, and go home with
gravely.; "if • fferirls is twig penalty for sin;' 1ue to Wycliffe; let nue hear you say it
00100," he pleaded with grave.earne,5tness.
as he studied the beautiful face intently
"l(u knoll' Ian glad, Earle," and time
elem., truthful eyes were raised to -his
with a look that satisfied hien, though the
conscious crimson dyed all her fair face.
"And there will be no regret at leaving
your native humid" he persisted, Ilia
wh010 being thrilling with the conscious -
11055 01 her pure love,
""got ono, save the lonely graves I
shall leave behind 01111 would like to visit
eecasio11ally," 'slue murmured, witin a
starting tea', eh she thought of I1iehakd
Forrester and his sister - •sleeping so
quietly side by side in Greenwood, and
of that 011101' grave that nm:st 00011 be
Math!. beside 311010, •
Entle',liftcd the sweet face and 'kissed.
On? tremulous lips with infinite tender-
ness, then releasing her, she slipped
from the -room by one door as Paul 'I res-
salia entered. by another. •
' 110 greeting of tine two young 10011
was cordial and friendly, although 00101)
felt a. thrill of pain as 0114 clasped
handy and realized all that that meet-
ing meant to deem.
Each knew 111113 as soon its Ili'. Dalton
should be laid away Earle would claim
Editha as les wife, and take heir back
to reign int the house of his ancestors,
,where, doubtless, a life of joy, such ay
falls to the 101 of few, would be spent.
But Paul Trossalia \v.ts root 11' man to
sit weakly clown and 1)i00 for what be
could not have. 8
Since that day when he had pleaded
his suit fur the last tient will: Editha,
and she had in :nen' despair dried otic for
a friend, strong and true, he had 'bravely
Set ]Himself to Work to conquer the. hope-
less passion in his heart, and he 1(101 al-
ready learned to look upon hie,fame
with a calmness at ;Odell he himself' at
times Was surprised.
He carte to -day as both Earle's and
Edithts tried and trusted friend, and
tine: congratulations which lie teudeidil
the former had a ring of hen•tilI sy nt1
them not to be questioned for a moment.
any mother need not have suffered quite
so deeply.. 1f my father ecoid have
known how,sorry and repeutnnt she was,
and how' truly ggdd,'sho nuns •at ineart,
they :night have grown to 111 001'y happy
atter awhile; he nerd net have li-cedauch
a lonely, sorrowful life, and all this sin
and troalble need never have' been. a3ut"
-with a sigh of regret—"we have no
right to question the dealings of Due
who 10,010(1'. than we. There is some
good tensor for all the suffering there
is 111 the world, and Sonne one has some-
where said that 'human gives are like
he cantiuuod, "he has paid it, for he
was fearfully' wounded, 1 fully believe, if
lie had escaped unharmed from the; bul-
let, and lemf arrested, connoted and sem
tensed, he would have grown more hard-
ened and. desperate, and been prepared
for almost sly evil deed upon the ex-
piration of his term, But lad upon a•
bed of siekitess,.witdh 8010e one to care
for bier and trent. hint as if lie wits a
human being, he has had an oppo0titn•
ify to think as lie has never thought
before. els Ab'. Dalton •said today,
some sweet nlsnts, which must be crush.; 'things- look very differently to at 01011
1when lie feasts-that.hfe is Blipping: from
cd ere dice give forth their swceteet lois gees(, then they do when he is' in the
e.v'• ' full vigor• of life,.' awl l think Tom Drake
":ind we are told somewhere else that
gold seven times tried is pare. Ilovv
very lee from dross, then, you must bea.
my darling," Earle said, with playful ten-
derness.
"No„indeed, Earle; my trials and sor-
rows have been Nothing compared to
yours,” Editha said, enrnestly.
"The bitterness of the past disappears:
in the brightaesa of the present, and
what the future promises- to be; and I
do not forget, any darling, that 'tut for
your fortitude a dark shadow wzndd01111
rest upon my life—you endured a great
(101(1 for my sake, Editha;" and his lips
touched Iver Pithead almost reverently.
"And I would have resisted until ' T
died rather than egiven u n have 'o ive 103' trea-
1
sure into the lands of that wicked unan"
she e•i01, with something of the old
1,111fu1 gluon in her 03'00. "Do yot.
know," she added- eagerly, in the 6n3110
breatin, "Haat I have found the 'Akers,'
and they are, now just its comfortable as
they can be."
"And all owing to your OW11 kindness
of heart and liberal hand, no doubt,"
Earle responded with a ensile.
"IIow could I help expressing my gra-
titude in some way for having that dark
mystery solved and every stigma re-
moved from your character? I did help
them to begin with, but they are going
to help themselves now, I atoeked a cun-
ning little store with faney and useful
articles, furnished two rooms in the rear
for their private use, and ;filmy are real-
ly very svccessfu9 in their little business.'
"With ,you for their. chief- 1wntron. I
presume," was Earle'a laughing reply,
as he gazed admiringly into her 01110111M
face.
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realized that, if ever 0 10011 dict Ile was
riot easily avolm—he was sl0picieus of me
'aid my motives for 'ti long time,, but
who: he fomes that 1 would take no
measures against him he Was complete-
ly staggered; and 'the shock which his
hitherto benumbed eonsclehce thus re•
ceived restored .11to something like its
normal condition, 1 believe be will do
well, and, as long as lie does, I shall give
him ley support and confidence,"
• "But didn't you 'feel the least bit tri-
umphant when he .lay there powerless
before you?" Editha (Asked,
"I cannot say that 1 did, not experience
a ser.8e of satisfaction in'knowing that
elel lst elle so deservieg of justice:and
so steeped in crime had been arrested
in Itis career. But my fiat thought mos
'Are my to Is stained with the lifo-blood
of a fellow•being1.' It wins 11 great relief
.when 1 discovered that 110 3005 not mor-
tally wounded, lint any anxiety return-
ed when lie 'ties so sick awl we thought
lin would die."
"It 11118 a great care fon' you, Earle,
and a noble thing for you to do after
suffering all you hove on his nccouut,"
Editha said, 'her heart swelling witli
pride of her noble lover,
"You know the more care any 0110 am -
0o11005 us the more interest we nater•
ally feel in that one," Ile answered, smil-
ing at her praise; "and ea it w•as in
thus case. I sow the matt '0s capable of -
better things; he, is nhtu0adly smart,
and 1 longed to save Linn despite the. in-
jury be bad done In me and others. 1f
there there was 000 thing harder than
all tho rest for me to forgive, it was
his treatment of you, Will it be agree-
able to you, dearest, to see him about
the place when we go home?" he asked,
seeing the shire' which mitt iuvoluu•
t0rily oyes' he' •at tine menthol of the
past.
.Editha flushed involuntarily at the
mention of going"home," but she said,
with ,gentle gravity:
No; Earle; if We eon sa0o 1,1111, i 0111)
conquer the reptll» liu10e that I have hith-
erto felt for him; but, ins I 1'01ielubcr
hint, he seems perfectly hideouts to ma"
"He docs not 101)11 meal} so repulsive.
since bis sickness; lt0-hg„of course, nowt
thinner atcl nacre refilled in )1]lpeaa'annee,
while his expression i wholly changeed.”
"Whether he 15 changed or not. 1 will
juin you heat: and ;hand in 11017' geed
thing you Indy, WW1 to, do for .hh . .ate
said, heartily..,
"What a gentle Mistress ycoliffewill
have Earle said, foully; "0 mi you will
not refuge to go back with me this
time?" _. '.
"No, Earle; only it must not he at
present, ,,you know," sho returned,with
some sadness
"I'do 'know dear, :and, of Muer? shall
remain as long as i';tr.: Dalton, may; need
either you or m0 but oh1
my darling, you cannot tc13lane
very thaoltful 1 ani tbnt I sit" not
deemed to spend My lifeeiu gleans)0and
normo: everything ha; 1901•ed so:,dreary
and desolate 1(11111 1o•da�
J gutta did not rep1V; int she lead her
cheek against his in mute sympathy, and Together Earle, and^;l dither watched
with- a sigh that- Inl'd him she had also - preside him, until ti}*s: aflI f life burned•
At-
CITAPTLdi SIN tit.
Sumner Dalton lingered only a little
more than a 1)011 unto' Earle's.arriset
But with his mind loite ed of the bur-
den u: revenge so long cherished, and of
the secret which_ had threatened to ruin
Editha's life—with Ids hate confessed,
and his evil passions burned out—he
grew quieter and more at ease, even
though he knew that ho must cater the
dark valley very soon.
Iie had talked with .Carle once aught
regarding the past, seeming anxious to
know something of Ilation's last days,
and appeared much agitated when, with
as little reflection upey.hfm as possible,
he gave a short :mount of her sorrowful,
secluded life, and her calm resignation
in the hour of death.
Earle knew that he longed to be as-
sured of his foe ,'i'eweb5 fou than bitter
101.00',0 of which he had been u guilt', and
;tuned it a 1)1001ery to era) 1 if; but
he knew that it would co bo -A him iu
expressibly, and he.. told trine one Say
that be accorded it fully and freely,
and hogged him 10 seek pardon 180 front
.t higher tl0tuca,,.
Whether Ise did or not they uerc'
knew, for `he avoided referring ring to atny-
thing that bore upon the past from that
Huse; but he grew eompsratii-01y peace
ful, and (1013' hoped that he had obtained
mercy from the divine Healer of souls,
He seemed more content ellen Earle
was in his room, and lav and watched
hint by the -hour, a. wistful look in his
sunken eyes, as if all too late he realized
1010(1 a crown to ]His life such a son
woeld ]ttt0e been.
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down to its socket and thou went out,
and nith it enol spark of feeling (save
that of regret for u life that 000010(1 to
her lash so spurt iu vein), expired
from their hearts also.
They laid hint beside bio wife, and
placed above him a costly marble shaft,
simply inscribed With his noels, .age, and
the date of his death. What. more could
they do?
Unloving and udoved he had lived,
unlanlonted he had (lied, without one
grand or noble act to crow)) his life or
to be remembered when he w110 gene,.
What do record! and sad enough. 100
tears "such as angels weep,"
(To be continued,:
•0e,
•
BORROWED PRAIRIE HOME.
Woman's Experience in Holding Down
a Western Kansos Claim.
Fort Worth leas as her guest a woman who
lies given such demoustratlen of grit, deter-
mination aid independence as but few women
can lay clalm.to. She is Mea, Lueeppa Hy -
mus, and she I6 Indulging 1n a bit of an out-
ing and a visit to a .daughter lore, after
spending sixteen lonesome months on a quart-
er section claims' near Dodge City, Kao.
"About two years ago I decided I would
Pick out a claim in Kansas and went to
-Dodge Clty,and from there out about seven-
teen miles and scaled ou 100 acres.I had only
a smell amountof money and less Income
and didn't know lust ]low 1 would gel
0101)0," sold' Mrs. Hymns. "A family living
about two aid one-half miles elf had added
onto their :muse and did not. need a little
room they had used before, They tot me
Inc
have this as a "borrow" and moved -it
me to a place on land which I filled. 1 am
to give a back to them {rhea 1 um through
with it."
"This little, room is lust about five, Root
tall, about twelve feet wide and long and I
hove to stoop to get In 1t, 'Ono side has a
Window—frame window—fn that respect it le
stylish. The walls, outside and Inside, are
whitewashed, the work of my ,own bands,
The bed is of planks, colored Indigo blue,
but 11 gives comfort at night. There is
ninny of cover and I never get very cold. A
small box is my chair and a larger one my
eating table and I have two or three cups,
saucers and plates. That 1s all there is in
the room.. •
"I cooked my moats -such as they were—
out of doors on a ground fire, to barbecue
style, Dot I did not keep much meat or
food around the house because of wild ani -
01110. - I got most of it as I needed It from
neighbors who lived .abbot three, miles off.
Ono time I want snowbound three days and
it looped 111te 1 was about to ret out of mane -
thing to eat, but aha sun came out nod drovo
the 000W away and ,1 found my way to the
re(,;hh015.
'There was a few months when I 111,0000
1 would lose my claim, f left it for a white
to Delo mime of my children, and when I got
back other rattles had 11101 on It nod want-
ed mo to pay them to leave. I took it in the
courts and won, but 1 had 00 file again be-
cause I had not stayed on it, Thin was about
eighteen months ago, and when I filed the
0.011nd fila" 1 decided not to Icavc my claim,
at all, And [ didn't, When I left the other
day I had lived there more than sixteen
u:ontbs: had kept 0 little garden, raising
what few products 1 could, I had ton acres
in wheat. Dat I' had to -bu;' most all 1 ate,
and a ,pension of 512 n month helped and
more than patd'tor thele, But I bad to halo
nay` gars and dt kept me scheming all the
time,
"Coyotes swarmed it teemed around my
home 01 nights and sometimes It seemed
hundreds were there at one time. Their
shrill miles lasted all night, but 1 soon got
used to it and slept sound. Other wild
beasts also canto ,around and mixed their
hideous gro5110 with the coyotes, but none
ever bothered me very much.
"Snakes gave me morn trouble than any-
thing the prairie grass being full of rattlers.
I wan never bitten though. Ono day, 1 re-
member, a rattler popped. up In my pathway
only two or three feet away, and say little
girl was with 100,., I [eared she would be 011-
tmt, I wn-v carrying a basket and in It was
only one lump of coal. This was my only
chance. I took It and threw It with all my
might straight at the head of the hissing
reptile. It struck 11101 square In the mouth
and he tumbled over, writhing hl pale, but
not deaad, 111 n moment he was up again,
and 1 knew he would dart for the girt and
ole. But 1 was prepared tor one more at-
tack,and with m chip of the prario knocked
hint down again. Tuts tiro he was too bad-,
ty hurt to pother us and we went ou our
only sale And 0fthai a relief It vvas, Dui
the .n 1100 wero fniriy good actor that 00ct
1 nevermet many that would follow me for
Imo ole from gettin0 out of their way,
"10 (005 1,101)0 lonesome a1(110 0011 there
air the prairie, but somehow or other I en -
,toyed the novelty or It 0111. NYS wero long,
tt is true, and the nights were touch longer;
but I felt that the laud WAS worth the ef-
fort, and it was the, only way I had of gets
Hag what the law said I was entitled to.
When. I left the claim several days ago to
come to Fort Worth 1 had spent a few days
111010 than sixteen months on it, and I will
ret my certificate from Woshlagtun In a few
(13401,"
—Fort Worth Record.
o -
The Roseate Hues of Early Dawn,
Although not so gorgeous or,so sub-
lime as the fiery, uiaty-hued glory of tho
west, yet most lovely and most fair is
the first faint blush of early dawn, when
the groat luminary, though not yet
risen upon the plaints, is tinging the
summits of the snow -lad mountains with
a delicate roseate hue, eyeing in beauty
with that of the sardonyx or of the rose -
red tourmaline, and mantling the fleecy
wi1p0 of vapour and the scattered clouds
lots placidly resting upon the mountain
side in a flood of ineteruadhted loveli-
ness.
Starting almost before the break of
day by the old tlu'ee.horse diligence
from Basel, through the magnificent
Munster Thal—alas, there is now to rail-
way in place of tjyat enjoyable but
somewhat slow a13ti'*ellberate erode of
locomotion—the `,mbrping sty4p still
brightly shining, 'and sdveg'a1 of the,
brighter stairs still scintillating in the
droned canopy of the skies the'intigor-
sting crispness of the air, the beauty of
the gradual advance of dawn, and the
wild grandeur and sublimity of the scene
ever humientaHly becoming more and
more apparent, aa ly compensate for
1110 discomfort of a breakfast at 11
o'clock in the morning. Now, as the
gloaming recedes before the a(m'ola's ad-
vance, ono by one the glittering stars
have (111 paled away, and the topmost
suumits of the 011010 mountains, the
first -to glimpse the rising glary of the
sun, throw of fthe veil of night, and as-
sume their rose -red beauty. Aid swiftly
as the great orb rises ever nearer to the
horizon, the lower ranges of the mount,
airs become illumined by his bentns, and
a light dinphanous layer of cloud resting
ltpon the side of the hill which the dili-
gence is ascending is bathed in a flood
of rose -pink.
The spectacle now Is,beantiful beyond
description, and almost too fair for
earth.. On each side of the road lofty
perpendicular cliffs toner upward' to•
wards tars deepening azure of the skies,
their summits adorned with'fillies ;'and
at their base, on each side, A, rook gar-
den el verdure and gorgcons mountain
flowers; by the side of the road a wild'
foaming torrent, leaping and swirling
over obstructing rocks, andhere' and
titer plunging over a miniature precipice,',
into the seething caldron beneath; while 1'
111 front, is the t0.cate glory of the 1110.1,
1(0110.bankc of vapour •i'esling'upon the
hill.
Aye i0 those who live natiur's; boat:,
flea 31119 earth' is indeed fair, And 'welt
may it he 0 masterpiece of the- Creator':(;,,
hand For though so small and so lnsig•e''
nialeant; it was the favored orb selocte1'
by the Son of Cod from amidst the 01.
serried myriads of worlds " 593116red
dirougluont the infinite of 3pi10' On
which to )lake the great atonement. for
mankind; and stWe1'y' Also for:the -fallen
in those other worlds. And yebltow
many on this 0ery earth 05/00/16 receive '
the eternal benefits of that litollitibtion,
freely offered. to all, although accept-
anoe confers the gift of life everlatsting.
—By a Banker.
6.0
Seattle's War on Rats.
"110 have begun arresting people in
Seattle who fail to comply with a re-
cently passed ordinance relating to rats,"
said Dr. S. ,J. Fowler, of the State :of
ll'astaingtmu, "Just before I left home
two butchers were haled into court for
violating the hew, in that they had failed
to make their premises ratproof.
"After the Law was passed the police
went about informing all market man,
grocers and dealers in food products that
they must fortify their houses against
the rodents or else be liable to arrest.
'l'11e purpose was to cut off mho rats from
their sources of susteance, and thereby
make easier their extermination, The
butchers arrested did not try to
make their ptacos of busindss secure
against tie entrance of the pests, and
they will no doubt have to suffer.
"We have slain tens of thousands of
tie mats since tic campaign of destruc-
tion 110(10(1 1)1(11 are beginning to breathe
more freely, for at one' time it was the
fear of our medical men that, they might
spread the, bubonic plague that had ap-
peared in San b'ramisco and cause a
frightful sacrifice of human livts.—
Baltinnore American.
Hard Working Elephants,
The Inrdian 030(iran0 does real work,
hard work, and lots of it, says Popular
pfeohanfes,; A trained working elephant
is a vahtalrilo piece of propel 1y. They
arc;, used?, fpr towing rafts and rolling
tiro Jn' y,y fogs up on high land. In
linin- ; parrying' : and piling heavy rail-
ro0d tiiebe005 they take the load on their
tusls;,andhold it there wale their trunk.
ft 18 frequently necessary to transport a
herd of,}vorker9, and this 15 usually doneby! 'The process of lotilurg and un-
loatt , ,'tltgs0 big boasts from 1110 ship's
1101; he more enjoyed by the specta-
sA
h bye the elephant, ' who is
placed tri" ^ Strong 'cantttta sling and
loi9tedii'i fieSteauderrick,
gO ptY HE'SPOKE.
Mrs Cissio sold itiid`tlrouglnt;
be' very pleasant to be near
clever non."
"And what did you snv, ovifie?"
"I told her that of course I didn't
know—I had only been married
once"
0ceoslonaily you hear of a good fel-
low being.tranaformed into a model
husband.
The 0110' time when a girl will al(l'0)'8
bellesua fellow is when lie tells her she -
13 beautiful;