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CARRATRACA

MINERAL SPPJNGS CO.

NORTH PLANTAGENET

ONTARIO

The Moor's Legacy

T/ie Story of the Stone Eyes

WINNING, HILL & WARE

389 ST. PAUL STREET

MUiMKtiAli

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1.0n8 I'fiURAClT i Ciy. od.

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; -....'.««=, 31. rfAHSS Bi-. MONTHEAl

1870

la again presenting our little book to the public, we
feel a positive certainty, a careful perusal may be the
means of affording relief, at least, to many now suffer-
ing. We, by no means, pretend the Carratbaca
Waters are specifics ; but we do assert the effects
Foduced by their use, in many cases, hare been almost

MIRACULOUS.

A single proof of the high esteem in which they are
held can be taken from the fact, that during the sea-
son of 1869 (in reality the first summer they were pro-
minently brought before the public), nearly 1,000 bar-
eels EQUAL TO 50,000 GALLONS WERE SOLD ; and not

one single instance has come to our knowledge, where
their use has not been attended with positive benefit.

In calling particular attention to the comparisons be-
tweeen the Carratraca Waters and those of the most
NOTED Springs of the United States, we desire to stMe
in each instance the analyses have been taken froD' pub-
lished documents of the respective Spring Companies.
WINNLXG, HILL & WARE,
389, St. Paul Str^t,

Montreal.

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CARRATRACA !

HE WELL KNOWN WATERS PBOM TBI CARSA-
TBACA SMINOS OP PlaNTAOENET, ONTARIO

atl T J,*."' ^"'""^ "•'" <"™' '«'<' ""oh «e not
approached by any of the various known waters either in
ft.nada, or the UniM States. Being the most pl^
beverage at all seasons possible to be had ; as a vZhh

ZoiTr " r' f ^*-'»'"'™. GO"', Struma
and Glandular Complaints, Epihp,y, Leprae and

aeknow edged wherever used. Being the most riehlv
mmerahzed of all the Canadian or American Min^Il

Z.I^'1 '^■'^^" ^''"^^'^ '"•' "^'*»''' ™«=^^ in every
'^f_^<^'l2'y,D,fepna, Gravel, Dialete,,IH,ea,Jf
theUver &e., and m nearly every description of Di>e^
of<U Kidney, they are invaluable. In fact, there is
har-dly any condition of the body that positiv; benefit
W.11 not result from their use; and there is nothW
more certain than that, under no circumstances can any
barm result from their use even by the most delicate '
These waters have been locally known for over half
A CENTURY, and now being on sale throughout thi

17^"^: r r """"^ '^ '^' ^"'''''P^' "«^ of the
Unitod States, the attention of nil n«™p, ;. .^ „

called to them and a trial solicited: "" " '"'""""^

lESEND OF THE MOOB^ LEGACY.

UST within the fortress of the Alhambra, in
front of tho royal palace, is a broad open esplan-
ade, called the Place or Square of the Cisterns da
Plaza de los Algibes), so called from being undermined
by reservoirs of water, hidden from sight, and which
have existed from the time of the Moor's. At one cor-
ner of this Esplanade is a Moorish well, cut throu-h
the living rock to a great depth, the water of which^is
cold as ice and clear as crystal. The wells made by the
Moors are always in repute, for it is well known what
pains they took to penetrate to the purest and sweetest
spnngs and fountains. The one of which we now speak
IS famous throughout Granada, insomuch that the wat^r
carriers, somme bearing great water jars on their should-
ers, others driving aases before them laded with earthen
vessels, are ascending and descending the steep, woody
avenues of the Alhambra, from early dawn until a late
hour of the night.

Fountains and wells, ever since the scriptural days
have been noted gossiping places in hot climates, and at
the weU in question there is a kind of perpetual club
kept up, during the live-long-day, by the invalids, old
women, and other curious do-nothing folk of the fortress
who sit here on the stone benches, under an awnino^
spread over the well tn slirlfor fKo *f.u ~«iv ^-_ ., *

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Most blessed water ! neither tongue can tell,
The blessedness thereof ; no heart can think,
Save only those to whom it has been given,
To taste of that divinest gift of heaven.

SOUTHET.

^^HERE are few subjects connectea with medicine
m^ more interesting to the general reader than that
of mineral waters. Their universal use in all parts of
the world, the knowledge that many of them produce
effects far from what can be accounted for, either by their
chemical composition or the power c 'leir known ingre-
dients, their undoubted benefits in myriads of cales,
have always cast a mystery about them that may in
reality be a principal reason of their success in many
cases that have baffled the profoundest medical skill.

Apart from the reality of their known value in
disease, they also have their romance, how fascinating
may be judged by the following, from the history of
Juan Ponce de Leon, Discoverer of Florida.
^ Juan Ponce de Leon resigned the command of Porto
Rico with tolerable grace. The loss of one wild island
and wild government was of little moment, when

LKQEND OP THE MOOB's LEQAOr.

sun, and dawdle over the gossip of the fortress, and
question every water carrier that arrives about the news
of the city, and make long comments on every thing
they hear and see. Not an hour of the day but loiter-
, mg house-wives and idle maid-servants may be seen
mgenng with pitcher on head or in hand, to hear the
last of the endless tattle of these worthies.

Among the water carriers who once resorted to this
well, there was a sturdy, strong-backed, bandy-le^'ged
little fellow, named Pedro Gil, but called Peregif for
shortness. Being a watar carrier, he was a Galle^^o or
native of Gallicia, of course. Nature seems to\ave
termed races of men, as she has of animals, for different
kinds of drudgery.

In France the shoeblacks are all Savoyards, the por-
ters of hotels all Swiss, and in the days of hoops and
hair-powder in England, no man could give the regular
swing to a sedan-chair but a bog-trotting Irishman.

So in Spain, the carriers of waters and bearers of
burdens are all sturdy little natives of Galiicia. No
man says, "Get me a porter," but, " Call a Gallego."

To return from this digression, Peregil the Gallego
had begun business with merely a great earthen jar which
he carried upon his shoulders; by degrees he rose in the
world, and was enabled to purchase an assistant of a
correspondent class of animals, being a stout, shaggy,
haired donkey. On each side of this long-eared aid-de-
camp, in a kind of pannier, were slung his water jars,
covered with fig-leaves to protect them from the sun!

There was nr»t a rnnra ^nAjja*-^^.,^ «-~i. •

" — ~^-.'i^ »uv»uomuua Witter uarrier in all

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there was a new world to be shared out, where a
bold Soldier like himself, with sword and buckler,
might readily carve out new fortune for himself. Besides
he had now amassed wealth to assist him in his plans,
and, like many of the early discoverers, his brain was'
teemmg with the most romantic enterprises. He had
conceived the idea that there was yet a third world to be
discovered, and he hoped to be the first to reach its shores,
and thus secure a renown equal to that of Columbus.

While cogitating these things, and considering which
way he should strike forth in the unexplored regions
around him, he met with some old Indians, who gave
him tidings of a country which promised, not merely to
satisfy the cravings of his ambition, but to realize the
fondest dreams of the poets. They assured him that
far to the north, (perhaps as far north as Carratraca)
there existed a land abounding in gold and in all manner
of delights : but, above all, possessing a river of such
wonderful virtue, that whoever bathed in it would be
restored to youth ! They added, that in times past, before
the arrival of the Spaniards, a large party of the natives
of Cuba -had departed northwards in search of this
happy land and this river of life, and having never
returned, it was concluded that they were flourishing in
renovated youth, detained by the pleasures of that "en-
chanting country.

Here was the dream of the alchemist realii^ed ' One
had but to find this gifted land, and revel in the enjoy-
ment of boundless riches and perennial youth ; nay
some of the ancient Indians declared that" it wL not

10 LEGEND OP THE MOOB's LEGACT.

Granada, nor one more merry withal. The streets rang
with his cheerful voice as he trudged after his donkey,
singing forth the usual summer note that resounds
through the Spanish towns : Quien quiere agua— agua
mas fria que la nieve ? "

''Who wants water— water colder than snow?"
"Who Wants water from the well of the Alhambra,
cold as ice and clear as crystal ? " When he served a
customer with a sparkling glass, it was always with a
pleasant word that caused a smile ; and if perchance, it
was a comely dame or dimpling damsel, it was always
with a sly leer and a compliment to her beauty that was
irresistible. Thus Peregil the Gallego was noted through-
out all Granada, for being one of the civilest, pleasant-
est, and happiest of mortals. Yet it i 5 not he who sings
loudest and jokes most that has the lightest heart.

^ Under all this air of merriment, honest Peregil had
his cares and troubles. He had a large family of rag-
ged children to support, who were hungry and clamor-
ous as a nest of young swallows, and beset him with
their outcries for food whenever he came home of an
evening. He ho^ a helpmate too, who was anything but
a help to him. She had been a village beauty before
marriage, noted for her skill at dancing the bolero and
and rattling the castAnets ; and she still retained her !
early propensities, spending the hard earnings of honest i
Peregil in frippery, and laying the very donkey under i
requisition .for junketing parties into the country on
Sundays and Saints' days, and thoso innumerahlp holi- '
days which arc rather more numerous in Spain than the

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necessary to go eo far in quest of these rejuvenating
waters, for that in a certain island of the Bahama group
call Bimini, which lay far out in the ocean, there was a
fountain, possessing the same marvellous and inestima-
ble qualities.

^uan Ponce de Leon listened to these tales with fond
credulity. He was advancing in life, and the ordinary
term of existence seemed insufficient f( Ms mi<^hty
plans. Could he but plunge into this marvellous foun-
tain or gifted river, and come out with his battered
war-worn body restored to the strength and freshness
and suppleness of youth and his head still retaining the
wisdom and knowledge of age what enterprises might he
not accomplish in the additional course of vigorous years
insured to him I ^ j

It may seem incredible, at the present day, that a
man of years and experience conld yield any faith to a
story which resembles the wild fiction of an Arabian tale •
but the wonders and novelties breaking upon the worM
in that age of discovery almost realized the illusions of
fables, and the imaginations of the Spanish voyages had
become so heated, that they were capable of any stretch
of credulity.

So fully persuaded was the worthy old Cavalier of
the existence of the region described to him, that he
fitted out three ships at his own expense to prosecute the
discovery, nor had ho any difficulty in finding adventu-
rers in abundance ready to cruise with him m qne^* ^.f I
this tairy land. - ^ i

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LEQEND OF THE MOOR's LEGACY.

days of the week. With all this she wus a little of a
slattoru, somethiug more of a lie-abed, and above all,
a gossip of the first water ; neglecting house, household,
and everything else, to loiter slip-shod in the houses of
her gossip neighbors.

IIo, however, who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb
accommodates the yoke of matrimony to the submissive
neck. Peregil bore all the heavy dispensations of wife
and children with as meek a spirit as, his donkey bore
the water-jars ; and, however, he might shake his cars
in private, never ventured to(|uestion the liousehold vir-
tues of his slattern spouse.

He loved his children too even as an owl loves its
owlets, seeing in them his own image multiplied and
perpetuated, for they were a sturdy, long-backed, bandy-
legged little brood. The great pleasure of honest Pere-
gil was, whenever he couKl afford himself a sounty holi-
day, and had a handful of marevedis to spare, to take
the whole litter forth with him, some in his arms, some
tugging at his skirts, and some trudging at his heels, and
to treat them to a gambol among the orchards of the
Vega, while his wife was dancing with her holiday
friends in the Angosturas of the Darro.

It was a late hour on summer night, and most of the
water carriers had desisted from their toils. The day
had been uncommonly sultry ; the night was one of those
delicious moonlights, which tempt the inhabitants of
those southern climes to indemnify themselves from the
heat and inaction of the day by lingering in the open air
and enjoying its tempered sweetness untill after midnight.

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turcra alone that were licated by these Indian traditions,
and romantic fubles. Men of learnin^r and eminence
were likewise beguiled by them :

Witness the following extract from the second decade
of Peter Martyr, addressed to Leo. X, then bishop of
Rome. " Among the islands on the north' side of Hispa-
niola, there is one about 325 leagues diiitant, as they
say which searclied the same, in tlSs wliich is a conti-
nual spring of running water, of such marvellous virtue,
that the water thereof being drunk, perhaps with some
diet, make the old men young again. And her^ I must
make protestation to your Holiness not to think this to
be said lightly or rashly, for they have so spread this
rumour for a truth throughout all the Court, that not
only all the people, but also many of them whom wisdom
or fortune hath divided from the common sort, tlmnk it
to be true ; but if you will ask my opinion lierein, T
will answer,— that I will not attribute so great power
to nature, but that God hath no less reserved this prero-
gative to himself than to search the hearts of men, &c.
P. Martyr, decade 11, Cap. 10, Lock's translation
(1508).

Washington Irving.

LEQEXD OP THE MOOR's LEGACY.

Cusvomors for water were therefore still abroad. Pere-

gil, like a considerate pains taking little father, thought

of his hungry children. " One more journey to the

well," said he to himself, "to earn a Sunday's puchero

for the little ones." So saying, he trudged manfully up

the steep avenue of the Alhambra, singing as he went,

and now and then bestowing a hearty thwack with a

cudgel on the flanks of his donkey, either by way of

cadence to the song, or refreshment to the animal, for

dry blows serve in line of provender in Spain for all

beast of burden.

When arrived at the well, he found it deserted by
every one except a stranger in Moorish garb, seated on
the stone bench in the moonlight. Peregil paused at
first, and regarded him with surprise, not unmixed with
awe, but the Moor feebly beckoned him to approach,
"I am faint and ill," said he, '' aid me to return to the
city, and I will pay thee double what thou couldst gain
by thy jars of water."

The honest heart of the little water carrier was
touched with compassion at the appeal of the stranger.
" God forbid," said he, " that I should ask fee or reward
for doing a common act of humanity." He according-
helped the Moor on his donkey, and set off slowly for
Granada, the poor Moslem being so weak that it was
necessary to hold him on the animal to keep him from
falling to the earth.

When they entered the city, the water carrier de-
manded whither he should conduct him. " Alas ! "
said the Moor fjiintlv TKovt^ «^ui.^-v i , .. .

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TRIP TO CARRATRACA

Leaving these must^ old traditions of tU past, the
Mowing description of a trip to Carratraca frori the
columns of the Evening Star of Montreal will prove
perhaps interesting to many.

TRIP TO CARRATRACA.

I ^HL Guide Book was right about Carratraca so
' fXii far as it went, but the Gui,5e Books senerallv
• imitate the noble Roman in brevity." I was now
under the ciceronage of my Jiost to learn those lessons
m practical geography, and see with my own eyes those
Mghts which the most conscientious Guide Book cannot
teach nor see.

It was a lovely sabbath morning as I have already said
and when, after breakfast, we set out for our ramble, I
felt all that exhiliration of one who though warped and
worn by three unbroken years of head work in the
soaring of the stony streets, haa ever had the country
|nth Its unadulterated air and sunshine present with
ium. Now,

Through golden vapors of the mora,
I hoard tho hlpof r>f d1...«.. .

I trod with a wild ecetacy

The bright fringe of the living sea.

LEGEND OF THE MOOR's LEGACY.

I am a stranger in the land. Suffer me to lay my head
this night beneath thy roof, and thou shalt be ample re-
paid."

Honest Peregil thus saw himself unexpectedly saddled
with an infidel guest, but he was too humane to refuse a
night's shelter to a fellow-being in so forlorn a plight, so
he conducted the Moor to his dwelling. The children,
who had sallied forth open-mouthed as usual on hearing
the tramp of the donkey, ran back with affright, when
they beheld the turbaned stranger, and hid themselves
behind their mother. The latter stepped forth intrepid-
ly, like a ruffling hen before her brood when a vagrant
dog approaches.

" What infidel companion," cried she, " is this you
have brought home at this late hour, to draw upon us
the eyes of the Inqui^tion ? "

" Be quiet, wife," replied the Gallego j " here is a poor
sick stranger, without friend or home; would'st thou
turn him forth to perish in the streets ? "

The wife would still have remonstrated, for although
she lived in a hovel she was a furious stickler for the
credit of her house ; the little water carrier, however,
for once was stiffnecked, and refused to bend beneath
the yoke. He assisted the poor Moslem to alight, and
spread a mat and sheep-skin for him, on the ground, in
the cooljst part of the house ; being the only kind of
bed that his poverty afforded.

In a little while the Moor was seized with violent con-
vulsions, which defied all the ministering skill of the
simpliB water carrier. The eye of the poor patient ac-

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TRIP TO CARRATRACA. 17

The bright fringe aforesaid was damp-that could
not be denied. The water in the main river had risen
in twenty-four hours three feet, the little streams were
swollen and turgid, and the creek, adown which is borne
away two Bethesdas of waste water daily, had asserted
itselt as the recent and omnipresent mud showed. The
grass was yet wet with morning dew when we set out

tarratraca Farm coversabout 250 acres, and is mainly
blue clay over sand, with a frequent vein of peat a foot
thick. Geologically the vicinity is one of the mo.f

lTn-'°lrMr^'°r^'' '°^ ^'' ^^^° ' long-time favorite
with Sir Wilham Logan. On one side of the road is a
arge and level field, destined, under new management^
to become an amusement ground, whereon, at no distant
period, the youthful swells sojourning at the Canadian
Saratoga shall urge their hacks and wield their mallets
The house and its outbuildings cluster round the creek
which IS formed by the rising of a myriad springs in one
basin. Then, for half a mile, the property runs back to
the wooded heights and deep ravine towards which we
were now wending our way. Along little paths of damp
c ay, through grass still glistening, over fences and amid
stumps on we went. The grass was alive with creaking
grass-hoppers, frogs leaped away head over heels as we
passed little snakes drew their rapid green ribbons
through the herbage. " There are snakes about here "
says my guide; " they killed one six or seven feet lone
last week." On, into a patch of imperial r,ODr,ies
growing rank and crimson, and just beyond them Vas a
sight worth walking a mile to see. A field of sun-flowers

LEGEND OP THE MOOR's LEGACY.

knowledged his kindness. During an interval of his fits
he called him to his side, and addressing him in a low
voice, " My end," said he, " I fear, is at hand. If I die
1 bequeath you this box as a reward for your charity,"
so saying, he opened his albornoz or cloak, and showed
a small box of sandal wood, strapped round hi3 body.
" God grant, my friend," replied the worthy little Galle-
go, " that you may live many years to enjoy your trea-
sure, whatever it may be ! " The Moor shook his head ;
he laid his hand upon the box, and would have said
something more concerning it, but his convulsions
returned with increased violence, and in a little while he
I expired.

The water carrier's wife was now as one distracted.
''This comes," said she, "of your foolish good nature,
always running into scrapes to oblige others. What
will become of us when this corpse is found in our house ?
We shall be sent to prison as murderers, and if we escape
with our lives, shall be ruined by notaries and alguazils."

Poor Peregil was in equal tribulation, and almost re-
pented himself of having done a good deed. At length
a thought struck him. "It is not yet day," said he;
" I can convey the dead body out of the city, and bury
It in the sands on the banks of the Xenil. No one saw
the Moor enter our dwelling, and no one will know any-
thing of his death."

So said, so done. The wife aided him; they rolled
the body of the unfortunate Moslem in the mat on
which he had expired, laid it across the ass, and Peregil
set out with it for the banks ot the river.

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each as tall as a man, with great, staring yellow faces
turned to meet the blaze of the sun. Such a mass of
ghstenmg gold one does not often meet. The sicrht of a
grain field is after all only that of sober, moderate plenty •
Its yellow is business-like, but this was sumptuous
luscious, exuberant, cloying, and with the glow of crimson
and gold through which we had passed, it was some time
ere it could take cognizance of milder hues.

^•We are now," said our leader, ''on the most interesting
portion of the farm. Just below is the ravine, which a1
you see, is a couple of hundred feet lower than this
table land. The warm spring there is one of the
curiosities of the place. It never freezes, and in the
winter retains a temperature of 65 ^ . The most curious
thing about it is the crevice in the hill when it rise.
This IS so deep that its end cannot be seen, and when
last winter we put a lighted candle attached to a pole
mto It, we found that the sides were covered for six or
eight inches thick with flies and mosquitoes, who
evidently made this their winter quarters. The ground
here is hollow, and every few yards you will find a deep
hole." ^

The ground did indeed ring hollow under the foot
and holes were a plenty down which one could probe a
ten-foot pole without finding bottom. Elsewhere, in a
pretty little glade, overhung with matted boughs and
cumbered with the trunks of rotting trees, gurgled a
stream as cool as ice, over a bed reddened with iron

and whnsft trntpr alirlinr. ;«*^ « ;^. -• .1 . ^ ..

. ■—,■-^5 iuiu a cicvicc iu ine eanii, tails

with a hollow sound never to re-appear. The whole place

LEGEND OP THE JIOOR's LEGACY.

As ill-luck would have it, there lived opposite to the
water carrier a barber, named Pedrillo Pedrugo, one of
the most prjung, tattling, and mischief-making of his
gossip tribe. He was a weasel-faced, spider-legged var-
ht, supple and insinuating; the famous barber of Seville
could not surpass him for his universal knowledge of the
affairs of others, and he had no more power of retention
than a sieve. It was said that he slept but with one eye
at a time, and kept one ear uncovered, so that even in his
sleep, he might see and hear all that was going on
Certain, it is, he was a sort of scandalous chronicFe for
the quidnuncs of Granada, and had more customers than
all the rest of his fraternity.

This meddlesome barber heard Peregil arrive at an
unusual hour at night, and the exclamations of his wife
and children. His head was instantly popped out of a
Uttle window which served him as a look-out, and he saw
his neighbor assist a man in Moorish gp-b into his dwel-
ling. This was so strange an occurrence, that Pedrillo
Pedrugo slept not a wink that night. Every five minutes
he was at his loop-hole, WJitching the lights that gleamed
through the chinks of his neighbor's door, and before
daylight he beheld Peregil sally forth with his donkey
unusually laden.

The inquisitive barber was in a fidget; he slipped on
his clothes, and, stealing forth silently, followed the water
carrier, at a distance, until he saw him dig a hole in the
sandy bank of Ihe Xenil, and bury something that had
the appearance of a dead body.

The barber hied him home, and fidgeted about his

% '^<

^ »C it

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seems one cavern. The Indians told of it in a legend,
that is now matter of memory only to an old priest in the
vicinity from whom I heard it, that this was the Medicine
Ground of the Great Spirit (Manitonowonah) and that
as well it was his armory. In a great lodge of mystery
in the recesses of the earth, he started up fire for arrows
and thunder for war-clubs, and great pestilences, trouble
and destructions, but that though old heroes had been
found worthy to be admitted to these secrets, and to
attain thereby invulnerability, men now were too much
squaw. The legend seems to point to a cave now forgot-
ten, and a period of earthquake and volcano.

About one of these caves a story of the present day
is told. It is a cave about three feet wide at the mouth
and running into the earth about twenty-five feet, with a
slight descent. This has been the haunt of bears durino-
the winter for many years, the animals hybemating, and
issuing in the spring when the snow and torpor had
passed. In 186 1, the neighbors determined to make some
attempt to solve the mystery of the cave, and to deter-
mine whether it was the northwest passage, the prologue
to Galconda, or a short cut to the realms of the Great
Bear. One man, Henry Boyle, if my informant's memory
did not err, went down feet foremost with a rope fastened
round his arm-pits. After proceeding some twenty-five feet
through a narrow passage ridged by the action of water
and the claws of beasts, he found himself in a sort of

Near its
regions more subter-

chamber about five feet high and eight wide.

uOiu CvIuCui

ranean. Our explorer in cautious l lise thrust his candle-

tlOEND OF THE MOOR rf LEOd'

shop settlmg eycryMuns upsido down, until sunrise Ho
then took a hmn under his arm, and saUied forth to the
house of his daily eustomer the alcalde. The joa i

threw a napkm round his neck, put a basin of hot wate
under h.s ohm, and began to mollify his beard with Us

doLt," R r"""''; "' "■' '"""^ *'">»• "Strange
dmngs ! Robbery, and murder, and burial, all in one

"Hey! how! what is that you say?" cried the
ialc, e. "Isay," replied the barber, rubLg a "f

' Z Tk T r. ^^ ■"^""' "^ "-^ dign^uvfor a
Spanish barber desdains to employ a bmshl'^ i 'sL^Lt

Pcregi the Ga%o has robbedVd murd red tlZ^

Mussuhnan, and buried him, this blessed night. Cd ja

sea la noche-aecrsed be the night for th^samel "

But how do you know all this?" demanded the

It, rephed Pednllo, taking him by the nose, and slidin.
a razor over his cheek. He then reeount^i all th t h:
had seen „ through both operations at the .»me time
sh vmg his beard, washing his ehin, and wipin. himlv
w. h a irty ,.pkin, " while he was robbing m°urrrinl
and burying the Moslem." muraermg,

Now it so happened that tlus alcalde was one of the
m t overbearmg, ana . ,bc same time most gripi; and
corrnp curmudgeou., . ,w c-onada. It could not
be denied, hotvever t) -i ^ ^ \- u i

■ ~ '^ '^ ^^ '^" ^-S'lt ^ gold. He presumed the

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end into the aperture to reconnoitre the " unoccupied
territory." To his consternation it was knocked out of
his hand, and a j^iece of the hand went with it, while a
bass growl wrapped in bearskin "went for" him. The
intrepid exi)lorer scrambled out in the best time on record,
■ID 1 the bear following close at his boot-heels, a hairy
whirlwind of vengeance, was shot. In 1866, two bears,
one a remarkably large one, were killed here.

But, « let the dead past bury its dead " bears ! We
have much to see ere dinner, and the glorious sun is
already high. Leaving the lowland behind us we came to
a hill about two hundred feet high. The sandy path up
which we panted was red with the iron washed down by
the recent rains. We gained the summit, a pleasant close-
cropped sward, with a back-ground of gloomy pines set oflf
here and there with the light foliage of the maple, or the
deep red sumach. "And, now," said my guide, "look."
The whole Ottawa valley abounds with lovely glimpses
and landscapes, which if they were in Europe, difficult
of access, and fashionably expensive, would attract the
attention of Montreal. The remote has charms, where
the next door is common-place. This view that there
for the first time I looked upon need not sit below the salt
at the great banquet of Ottawa scenery. To the right
we looked over intervening ravines, gray with pines blasted
by fire and decay. Beyond the level was beautiful with
dark-green woods as yet unshorn. Further rose the hills
over whose summits we could see for leagues, till the eye
caught the thin blue bulk of Mount Rigand, and
the twin hills which give their name to the La

MOEND OP THE MOOR's I.EQACT.

case in point to be one of murder and robbery ■ donbfk™
We n..st l« rich spK.il ; how was it to Krld'^

trapping the delmqnent-that would be feedins the -al
ws; but entrapping the booty-that would b'eenrSh

~ \ ^ "*■ ^° 'hi-Woft-he summoned to his
Tar et, dad according to the custom of his or^r T 2
anient Spanish garb, a broad black bcaverur^rd up

?rol hf :■ ^^"' """' " ™''" Wackclo k dTnglin'
offhisrar "^ ™^*y •"'"='' underclothes, thafl?
ll ITl '"^ '^'"™' '■'"e i° his hand he bore a
^Pl»d«j wh,te wand, the dreaded insignia of hi office

br ed 7f: "'^' """""""""^ °^ the'Incient SpaS
car^ei td '." "'"". ""^ '™^ "^ «■« unluek/water

TnkTv befo'e thH^^^^ "''^^™''S''t both him and his
Tr , , d'spenser of justice.

™!r .; 1 ^'' °"'P"' ' '■°"«'<l he, in a Toice that

made the knees of the littlo ctu ■

"hark je, culprit "th„l" ^'^^'Bo smuo together-
}<!, cuipriti there is no need of denvin,. ih„
guilt, everything is known to me A LllZ " J^

nfill 1 ° °'"'"^'' '" ">y ''»"- was a Moor an
-ufidel, the enemy of our faith. Itwasdoubtles, in ^ fit

""^"'"' ^^"' "^^' ^^^o^ f'««t siain him. I will be in-

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of Two Mountains, while a little cloud showed the
waters of the Ottawa at St. Anne's. To the North we
looked over lower clumps of hills across the river, hidden
by intervening ranges, to the loftier hills, which like Al-
cides bore the weight of the intense blue sky on their
shoulders. On one of these a Uttle mite of a white house,
the only sign of man's presence, humanized the prospect.
The magnificence of the view bounded only by the sky
and fringed in with ranges of beautiful hills, the purity
of air and sun, the sublime peace of the whole scene,
which in its potent simplicity dwarfed mere pastoral or
architectural prettiness, — these were enough to make me,
cynic as I am, keep quiet and lift my hat in homage,

'' Upon this hill, sheltered from the k^cn northern
winds by this screen of pine-trees," said my guide, philo-
sopher, and friend, "shall stand the Carratraca House,
which hostelry is destined, under favorable circumstan-
ces, to eclipse the fame of such cots as the Union, the Con-
gress, and the Continental. It shall be built in Virginian
style, one story, with an attic for bed-rooms, and a broad,
cool, trellised verandah, [overhung with vines, which
shall drop shadows and June-bugs upon the loungers. I
do not like pretentious six-story houses. Invalids do
not want to pant up long flights of stairs. The rooms
shall be large, lofty and airy, the furniture plain, good
taste and comfort shall prevail, even at the sacrifice of
expense, style and snobbery. The grounds are to be laid
out with serpentine walks. The late occupants here
nave not ceon so v andul as the gouerality of farmers in
Prescott. They have spared the beautiful cedars

V^A^

l^OENB OP THE MOOB'S tmACr.

duIgcDt, therefore, render „„ .•,
<hou hoat robbed hj atd ^L^l ^T''^ "*' "W'h
The poor ^ater easier „IJ" """* "■« »««*' »P.
witness hi, innoceneoTaoa 11 T"/'! "^ "'"°'' '"
»-J if they had, ,he alc^e Zd h?' '.'-^ ."^P^"^'-
"hole calender. The wat« r ''*™ ^'^WieTed the

^toryof the dvioAloo! *1 r' '"'"'"^ "=« ">»'«
f-eitj of trut^b ";;*,*; ^'"^h'^o^'a sin.,
persist in saying," d 111^ /." ""."• "'^^'" 'l"""
Jloslem had neither .old r,.''"''^''' "**** «Ws
«f thy enpidity ?" ^ '"•''"^'''' "■«'' '"e the object

wailfL^eT-rehaV:!';^""' '"*>'" ^P^ tl-e

wood, Which 'heXi;t"'^

serricos." ' ^^ " »"= "> reword for my

e.clatc*^'hfaS:! h^tLMly' """»' ''~<' ' "
precious jewels. "Ad wh^if I^'^ \* '\« ''''- »f
J-ou concealed it ? " *'' '"'* ' where have

■''^■in'ro^rx:;;^^''*^"'^'--^

at the service of your worll^." ^ """'' ""'^ '■"""'y

;;ig!^atil darS Id I,;'; JJ^ '"^ <"« keen
he n.ysterious box of sandal wood tI , 'Tf "' "'""
f "'* »» eager and trcmblinrhand ■ In 't "'"'"-'•^

to gaze upon the treasures i^Jl ' '"''"^'' '*'™"d

when, ,0 their disap^^^l'o.v''*''''^ *» "»"*"'";
t«t a parchment i, r^.^ :'*;"«^ within,

and an end -*" "" Arabic charnn*/>»-

-V! a TvaivD taper. "" '

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and firs vihich grow in picturesque clumps up from the
level clean sward. That tree yonder, tipped with the
light of an Italian moon and shrined in Italian turf,
would set half of Europe crazy. There will be rustic
seats, and bosky thickets for lovers; there will be a
tramway down to the spring about half a mile from hero ;
there will be every appliance for health or flirtation.
And if the latter be carried too far, and a man desires to
scc'\ in self-murder the torture denied him in matrimony,
all he has to do is to go to that hollow near the road,
and drown himself We shall dam the creek and have a
pond five acres in extent for fishing, boating, and suicide,
and as there will be in some places fully twelve feet of
water, every purpose will be answered. Let us go hence.
I will show you the plans and elevations of the hotel
down at the house.

We walked home. The sun was now high, and had
ravished the grass and brier of their dew-drops. The
red raspberry beloved of the bear,— the beautiful waxen
berries of bright scarlet, and, like a coquette, as deadly
as handsome,^thesc grew in unplucked plenty on the
slopes. Wc came to the croquet ground, shaded by
beautiful elms, and amused ourselves by setting fire to
the heaps of brush piled up for destruction. Soon a
dozen smoulders of white smoke showed where the last
traces of the forest primeval were vanishing into oblivion
and potash. Then we, attracted by the magnificent
geological formations disclosed by the deep cutting of the
creek, played the geologist. There is a wealth of min-
erals on this farm. Lithographic sand of the purest

LEGEND OP THE MOOR's LEGACY.

f I

««>■ The alcalde ha;^,^^^'^' '».'>» in>par.

ment, and found that there wl! n ""' '^'»'PP'>i"t-

e-e, no. listened disp=^ :j^;',:'f ^ ^-'7 in the

the water carrier wl,;!^i. ^ , «P'anatbn of

■"ony of his w fc filr "°™'""^'^^ ''^ ««> tost

-nocencc, he distar^rLT"""' *""'»'^' "^ "-

permitted him to carry offThlT "-'I' "''• """^' t«

of sandal wood and ib contends ."^^ '°^'"=^' ""= ''«

«rd of his humanity Tu^l' "" ''""-""itcd re-

Payn-ent of cost"nd Irt "'''"" '"^ ''""^"^ '-

Behold the unfortunate Fittle n.,}U
to the necessity of b«V 1 °'"'°'^'"""^ '""='= ">ore
fudging up to'theweT'oflT" T -™'. »<!
-^"then jar upon his shoulder ^""^ "'"^ " Sr<^^

As he toiied up the hill .',. ♦! i
f ^ -ual good Vnou :'„?:' °''™r" "-''
«lo»ldeI " would he crv " to I "• ^"^ "f «■>

of his subsistence, of' th bestT^^f "^ ""^ "'»»"'
world I" *- ""^'t '""-'"d he had in the

io^of Ua hboult'auT^'r "' "" '"""^'»<' -"P">-
breal forth. . ACdlt^tr ° ''^ "'"'^ -»"'"
ciclaim, resting his burdc!„ ^^ ""*""" ''""I'' ho
^'^oat from hif br w -' I / T^' ""^ "'P-g the
"want mc thou thinkest of ;., , /^ "^ ""^ '"="t ! I
•nethoumissest the watcrlf ' "" T'"' ^'"'™'"
To «dd to his afliicTio' -^I ~?r *""'' ' "
., mum h„„«, ^uh wwl":,?l! !!*? '-«™d '"m. on his
IL *'"""=°'"""'«P"'a'''g3; ehehad

I I

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quality is found here. There is a bed of peat almost on
the surface. And for those who care for the idle curious,
there is a great bed of the horns and bones of deer who
must have broused and belled here about the time of
Adam.

And there are fossil shells plainly distinguishable in
stones which are petrified mud of some primeval time.
And there are other stones glittering with mica, in scales
which may be detached by the nail. In one place the
wet bank seemed to sparkle in the sun from the number
of these particles. Other stones there are tinted beauti-
fully with various combinations of sulphur. In short it
is not to be wondered at that Sir William Logan has an
affection for the place. Possibly his especial interest
arises from the discovery of a bed of granulated quartz
while digging down for the spring, and from a suspicion
that where quartz is there may gold be also.

Tired and muddy we re-enter the house, first paying
our attentions to the naiad of Carratraca. Here I make
an amende honorable. " W., I say, I thought when first
you sent me that Carratraca, that, like your cordials, it
was manufactured on the premises. There was a sparkle
and an actual aroma about it perceptible to nostril as well
as to palate. But now I find it was brewed in an
alombric subtler than even your patent still? I retract."

While awaitini; dinner, I lounged or rather swuns,

Cuban fashion, in a hammock on the piazza, watching

the passers-by coming from church at Curran. Ye city

ciica au-a ucaui, iiiiic Kuuw yu 01 coiOF ana 01 cut. iuuir

hath not seen, nor Gibb heard, neither hath it entered

LEGEND OP THl! Tirr»Ai»»«

XUE MOORS LEGACr.

'»»'»», d« took e^r^f"""^' '»•' «i» » t-owing
or Deeded . new garment 21 ,i '''''^'' '°«'=^'J ««><).
imhr^i^ h^ I;, t, ' *" ^'"S Chico of the Al-

"on he lost aJl patie„;r He d d t"? "" *''° "^""' ™-
"Ponher.buthisevereMflJ,! "'V '™"""'' *» fotort

'».<«W, at his veX &'ir'/' '"""^''•"S in
with indignation to th L ?f, '.' "f' ■>« <>'«''0<1 it

prdme the scroll for some t W f^"'^' ^' '^■

f^gtl. rallying his iiZlZllT'^' f'"^' ^t
"fx" this writing may bTnf ""'' *^<"'8'" ho."

Moorseemstoha'Sd twT T '**■"«. «» the
■"g it »P, therefor, Cpntit LT T^ '"' ' " ^'''^■
"■""■i^e, as he was c5ng w . r th T "'^ *""= ■"=«
^'opi^d at the shop of IT: 1"!^^^ i'« "'oots he
, " ""■ ■' " "■'"™ 01 iangiers, who

raed him
that had
knowing
superior
^ed food,
I sneer — i
' the Al-
strong-

having
grieved
ith the
. when,
ti man-

retort

wood,
ing in
ied it
day
dthy j

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into the heart of Anderson to conceive styles such as
these. " There are chords in the humming heart which
cannot be vibrated," said Mr. Guppy. There are fashions
in dress which cannot be imagined, say I, and these were
of them. French carts, guiltless of springs, drawn by
furry horses. Old men with the most prodigious beaver
hats, wide in the brim, big at the crown, furry all over
ornamented with a short pipe in the band, rough clean
flannel shirts about as soft as nutmeg-graters, blue or
red or yellow checked vests, and gray homespun coats
and trousers. Old women with black hoods tied round
their necks, and green tartan cloaks tied round their
heels. Young men in threadbare black frock coata out
with the daring uncertainty of a country tailor. And young
women — women to whom the dying dolphin was tame,
and the rainbow uniformity itself, and Solomon in his
glory dowdy ! And all as they passed home from church
called at the spring to drink Carratraca, and then went
on their way refreshed. For the spring has a wide
renown among the simple country folk.

After dinner we went out for a drive through the
country. The roads around here are lovely. Carratraca
is just on the limit of the sandy uplands, and so escapes
those terrible mud-puddles, and as formidable dust holes
which are the curse of Caledonia. The roads are hard
and level, and the scenery varied and pleasing ; and as
there are no less than seven roads accessible from the
house one can have change, and bowl merrily along for a
week over a different road everv da^.

We came home under the cold winking stars, paat

LEGEND OP THE w^r^r.'

I-HE MOOR 8 LEGACr.

( ffi

form of incantation for *e T'"'"^'" "*" ^' " i- -
tf«t is under the powt, rf H? "'^ '^"''^^'' '^'e,
iavemch virtne thaT^hf f «'""'tn,ent. It is ^^id to

'he .damantine ' roet 11?^"^^ '""^ »<» l"«, -y
"Bah I" cried the iUtirlan' ^'"''^ "^^^^ i"''
"■e? I am no ench nS »1T' "'"" '^ "" *atto
'wa^ro." So savin, he 1 ,'?"'",''»'"''? of buried
fte ^roil in the ha^nd^'of the M^ '"'' .'" ''"^'-J^'' '^^
on'his daily rounds. '*""''' ""<' '™<Jg«i forward

-umber of gossips assembled att^f"' '^ «»"'<' »
versation, as is not unusual tl^.^'r- ""^ *heir con-

-m old tales and tra^n ' rfl'f ''""y'""". '"^d

Bemg all poor as rats, they d^l V.T™'"'^ ■"""«•

upon the ^pular theme Z en" h L 'f '"r'*"" «""^--

Moo,« in various parts of Alhtmb 1 L™'''' '"" ''^ 'he

rarred in the belief th.it ,^ '"'"»■ Above all, they con-

''-P in the eartru^r t;r Sr~ '^^

These stories made an unnliT- "^ '^'''"' "oors.
of honest Pc^gi,, and they 1\ r'"^'"" » '''^ ■"-d
h.« thoughts as he retlZd ^LIT '"' "'"'>^' '"'o
avenues. " If -ft.. ,,~?'^ "'one down the darkling

neath that towor-L iV v'' *""''' "^ '-asureS
should enable Z to, t attr °V 'f ''* '"^ *^<-
I of *he thought he ha'd well '^^ JlZ^^" '^'*^

an(3 asked

troked his
he, "is a
treasure,
'■s said to
i>ars, nay,
►re it ! "
I that to
f buried
■jar, left ,
forward

f about
)uod a
sir con-
turned
Jature.
ndness
by the
y con-
>uried
>rs.

mind

into

iling

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trees and swamps noisy with katydids and crickets, and
lit up with a myriad of flitting fire flies. With Thack-
eray and brandy and water we whiled away the long
hours till bed-time. To-morrow was to be a busy day.
There were three springs to inspect, a mile and a half of
tables and analyses to go through, and there were bass
and dori innumerable and monstrous to lure from the
vasty deep. And on Tuesday the great magnet of the
distant city should draw us with its potent allurements
over the river and along the rail, till in heat and dust,
and worse, we should forget, or remember with a sigh,
the sunshine, the coolness, the rural fragrance, the rustic
scenery, and hospitable rest of Carratraca.

The reader, not knowing everything naturally asks :
What is Carratraca? Who is Carratraca? or, Where is
Carratraca ? according as he dimly imagines Carratraca
to be an eatable, a man, or a village.

There was a time last year, just about the period when
the rope was being wound round Whelan's neck, and fat
steers were waddling in the exhibition grounds here,
when Carratraca was the conundrum over which all
Montreal vainly exercised its wits. The word of mys-
tery, Quiz, newly chalked on the Dublin shutters, did
not create more conversation and conjecture. Columns
of newspaj)ers, dead walls, fences, sidewalks, all bore the
legend "Carratraca." As Douglas Jerrold said about
Sordells, no one knew if it was a man or a castle. People
consulted Webster, who was silent, Worcester, who was
!£,!s-it,ui , uuvi .Tiuiiiicui was m ii icvcT, uiijy aiiajeci oy
— Carratraca !

LEGEND OP THE MOOE's LEQACY.

That night he tumbled and tossed and could scarcely
get a wink of sleep for the thoughts that were bewilder.

shop of the Moor, and told him all that was pa.sin. in
his mind. ^ You can read Arabic," said he ; " sup^se
we go together to the tower, and try the effect ofVhe
Charm; if it fails we are no worse off than before, but
It It succeeds we will share equally all the treasnre we
day discover.

''Hold," replied the Moslem; - this writin<? is not
sufficient of itself; it must be read at midnight^ by the
ightof a taper singularly compounded and prepared
the ingredients of which are not within my reach' i
VV ithout such taper the scroll is of no avail." ' !

"Sp- no more!" cried the little Gallego, "I have i
such a taper at hand, and will bring it here in a moment - '
feo saying, he hastened home, and soon returned with
the end of yellow wax taper that he had found in the
box of sandal wood.

The Moor felt it and smelt it. " Here are rare and
costly perfumes," said he, " combined with this yellow
wa^ This is the kind of taper specified in the scroll
W hile this burns, the strongest walls and most secret
caverns will remain open. Woe to him, however, who
lingers within until it be extinguished. He will remain
enchanted with the treasure."

It was now agreed between them to try the charm that
very night. At a late hour, therefore, when nothin-
was stirring but bats and owls, they ascended the woody

ulll of the Alh.imhr.o QnA o»^^- v-j ^^ . ^ , ,

, „a^ ajpi^iuauucu tiic awiui tower

•CY.

ould scarcelj
rere bewilder-
•aired lo the
IS passing in
e; "suppose
effect of the
I before, but
! treasnre we

iting is not
light, by the
d prepared,
my reach, j

0, "I have
a moment."
urned with
und in the

e rare and
this yellow
the scroll.
nost secret
wcver, who
^il\ remain

?harm that
n nothins:
the woody
rful tower,

^l«.

TRIP TO CARRATEACA. 35

At the Provincial Exhibition here the murder came
out. Thirsty souls who wandered wide in search of
something bibable besides flat pop and tepid soda, found
at the booth of Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware, without
money, and without price, Carratraca. The discovery
then flashed across their minds that Carratraca was a
newly discovered mineral water, cool, moussant a& ham-
pagne, with a peculiar taste, half fragrant and half saline,
which utterly transcended all previous experiences, were
they of Congress, Plantagenet, Caledonia, Seltzer.

So much for Carratraca. Humanity is prone to
wander, and no sooner was the first problem solved than
a second arose. Why Carratraca ? What did it mean ?
Was it Italian, Greek, Latin, Spanish, Sanscrit, Hi-h-
Dutch, or had W. H. and W. put the alphabet into that
famous still of theirs and evolved Carratraca? The
nomenclature of commerce, especially in fancy or medi-
cinal preparations, is very happy as a rule. Odonto
Kalydor, Sapolio, Sozodont, Macassar, all these are
taking, appropriate, original. Carratraca is just as
pretty, quite as appropriate, but it was not manufactured
for the occasion. It is a Spanish word, recalling all the
romance of Iberian and Maurcsque sources,— donas with
tawny skins, luminous eyes, mantill.-is and little feet-
dons moustachcd, be-rapiered, haughty-mules with tink-
ling bells,-gay clad muleteers,— white curvents,— plazas
gay with coquettish costumes,— bull fights,— alhambra^
--and snow-covered sierras lost in the unpalpable blue
of the sky.

In that capital series of papers in the Cornhill, '^ The

LEGEND OP THE MOOE's LEGACY.

shrouded by trees and rendered formidable by bo many
traditionary tales. By the light of a lanthom, they
groped their way through bushes, and over fallen stones,
to the door of a vault beneath th i tower. With fear
and trembling they descended a flight of steps cut into
the rock. • It led to an empty chamber damp and drear,
from which another flight of stefs led to a deeper vault.
In this way they descended four several flights, leading
into as many vaults one below the other, but the floor of
the forth was solid ; and, though, according to tradition,
there remained three vaults still below, it was said to be
impossible to penetrate further, the residue being shut up
by strong enchantment. The air of this vault was damp
and chilly, and had an earthy smell, and the light scarce
cast forth any rays. They paused here for a time in
breathless suspense, until they faintly heard the clock of
the watch-tower strike midnight j upon this they Ut the
wazen taper, which diffused an cdour of myrrh and
frankencense and storax.

The Moor began to read in a hurried voice. He had
scarce finished when there was a noise as of subterraneous
thunder. The earth shook, and the floor yawning open,
disclosed a flight of steps. Trembling with awe they
descended, and by the light of the lanthorn found them-
selves in another vault, covered with Arabic inscrip-
tions. In the centre stood a great chest, secured with
seven bands of steel, at each end of which sat an en-
chanted Moor in armour, but motionless as a statute,
being controlled by the power of the incantation. Be-
fore the chest were several jars filled with gold and

CT.

by 80 many
nthorn, they
fallen Btonee,
With fear
«p8 cut into
p and drear,
ieeper vault,
ghts, leading
t the floor of
to tradition,
IS said to be
eing shut up
lit wa« damp

light scarce
r a time in
the clock of

they lit the

myrrh and

!e. He had
ibterraneoufl
wning open,
h awe they
ibund them-
bic inscrip-
cured with
sat an en-
8 a statute,
ation. Be-
ll gold and

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This

Knapsack in Spain," I find all about Carratraca.
is what the traveller says : —

Cwratraca is a picturesque lonely little village planted
on the side of a bare wild valley shut in by lofty grey
mountains. In spite of its loneliness, or perhaps because
of it, it is high in favor as a watering-place with the
people of Seville, Cadiz, and Malaga, who muster there
in great force during the autumn months. Rheumatic
and cutaneous affections are, I believe, the special pro-
vince of the waters, but as far as I could make out there
is no ailment under the sun for which they cannot do
something in the way of alleviation. Dyspepsia, hypo-
chondriasis, loss of appetite, over-eating, over-work, or
idleness, all these seem to find relief at Carratraca. But
perhaps the s' rongest proof of the marvellous efficacy of
these baths is to be found in a case which I saw quoted
in the columns of M Cascabel. A middle-aged gentle-
man of ancient descent but impoverished estate had mar-
ried a lady of mature years and some property, and
having thus restored the fortunes of his house, was
naturally anxious for an heir to his name. After wait-
ing in vain lie consulted a friend, who recommended a
trial of the waters of Carratraca. The advice proved
sound, for in due time, after a course of the baths, the
worthy couple had the happiness of welcoming a little
stranger. But the eflfect did not cease here. For the
next fifteen years did that lady continue with astonish-
ing regularity to present her husband annually with a
pledge of her afiection and proof of the potency of the
Carratraca waters, and thus, though the continuance of

ill

LEGEND OF THE MOOR's LEGACY.

silver and precious stones. In the largest of these they
thrust their arms up to the elbow, and at every dip
hauled forth handfuls of broad yellow pieces of Moorish
gold, or bracelets and ornaments of the same precious
metal, while occasionally a necklace of oiiental pearl
would stick to their fingers. Still they trembled and
breathed short while cramming their pockets with the
spoils ; and cast many a fearful glance at the two
enchanted Moors who sat grim and motionless, glaring
upon them with unwinking eyes. At length, struck
with a sudden panic at some fancied noise, they both
rushed up the staircase tumbled over one another, into
the upper appartment, overturned, and extinguished the
waxen taper, and the pavement again closed with a
thundering sound.

Filled with dismay they did not pause until they had
•groped their way out of the tower, and beheld the stars
«hining through the trees. Then seating themselves
upon the grass, they divided the spoil, determining to
content themselves for the present with this mere skim-
ming of the jars, but to return on some future night and
drain them to the bottom. To make sure of eaoirother's
good faith, also, they divided the talismans between
Hipm, one retaining the scroll and the other the taper ;
this done, they set off with light hearts and well lined
pockets for Granada.

As they wended thoir way down the hill, the shrewd
Moor whispered a word of counsel in the car of the
simple little water carrier.
"Fficad Pcfegil," said he, "all this affair must be

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his line was made pretty safe, the restoration of his
family to its ancient splendor remained as far oflf as ever.

That is the legend of Carratraca. When Mr.

hands ine the book, I observe that he does well to sup-
press the story of the hidalgo, as such marvellous effects
^ |C might detract from the patronage the Spring is receiving,

especially as regards fashionable mammas and American
matrons.

Now knowing what Carratraca is, and why it is called
Carratraca, the question naturally arises, Where is Car-
ratraca? With the precision of a guide-book we answer :

" The Carratraca Springs are situated in the Town-
ship of Plantagcnet, Prescott County, Ontario, about
half a mile from the South Nation liivcr, thirty miles
from Ottawa City, and five miles from Brown's Wharf
on the Ottawa liivcr. So having daily communication
with 3Iontreal and Ottawa City. The Springs are all
contained in a natural basin, nearly nine hundred feet
long, by one hundred and fifty feet wide. So numerous
are the Springs and so enormous is the supply of water,
they give rise to a large and ever flowing creek.

As yet the waters of only three of the Saline Springs
have been analyzed, but there arc some fifteen of the
largest Springs to bo complctccK The waters all differ,
a number of them being strong sulphur. The Springs
are hundreds in number, the waters rise through a strata
of clay which overlies a bed of magnetic iron sand. A
pipe has been driven through this sand to the depth of

In sinking the wells now in use, at the depth of twelve

'— ■-■ • 'T l

i I

LEGEND OP THE MOOR's LEGACY.

kept a profound secret until wo have secured the trea-
sure and conveyed it out of harm's way. If a whisper
of it gets to the ear of the alcalde we are undone I"
"Certainly," replied the Gallego, "nothing can be
more true."

"Friend Percgil," said the Moor, "you are a di.screot
man, and I make no doubt can keep a secret: but you
have a wife."

"She shall not know a word of it," replied the little
water carrier sturdily.

" Enough," 8»id the Moor, " I depend upon thy discre-
tion and thy promise."

Never woa promise more positive, and sincere ; but,
alas ! what man can keep a secret from his wife ? Cer-
tainly not a one as Peregil the water carrier, who was
one of the most loving and tractable of husbands. Cu
his return home, he found his wife moping in a corner
"Mighty well," cried she as he entered, "you've come
at last ; after rambling about until this hour of the
night, I wonder you have not brought homo another
Moor as a house-mate." Then bursting into tears, she
began to wring her hands, and smite her breast ; "Un-
nappy woman that I am!" exclaimed she, " what will
become of uje? My hou«) stripix^d and plundered by
lawyers and alguazils ; my husband a do-no-good that
no longer brings home bread for his family, but goes
rambling abi»ut day and night, with infidel Moors!
my children ! my children ! what will become of us ? wo
shall nil have to beg in tin- streets 1"

Honest Peregil wjw

po moved by the distress of his

.'■''^s. \

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)Iio(l the little

stress of his

feet from the surface, and after passing through from
five to six feet of clay, many horns and bones of deer
and other animals were found. Only a few years ago
these springs were celebrated as a great resort for doer,
and even yet scarce a day passes in summer but somei
can be seen."

People never read guide-books, and from the way in
which they are written and prinUnl, slip-shod and care-
less, I don't wonder. Why can't a guido-book bo as
well written and oh interesting as a magazine article ?

It waa recognizing this great fact and the principle
that the press in the Arkimijean lever which moves the

world, that induced Mr. to invite the writer to

visit Carratraca, to taste the waters, to sec the scenery,
and to return and gladden the hearts of the public by a
graphic and graceful narrative. This series of letters
may not exactly answer the purpose, but that is my
fault.

Five minutes had clasped since the events narrated in
the preceding chapter took place. In this brief space
of time I had recognized in my estimable hostcas the
sister of an old school-mate, and was on terms of inti-
macy with the house-dog. But it waa not for this I had
come to Carratraca, braving the beef-steak on the
Prince y the roads and the mosijuiUx^s. So, armed with
a tumbler, we wound our wcjiry way through the mud
left by the rixx3nt freshet to the barn already mentioned.
It was a big building, with a sticky cl.iy floor, heapcjd

rr 11 _l..if.

with pum{)8 in the middle, stood up amid the muddy

I \

LEGEND OP THE MOOR's LEGACY.

spouse, that he could not help whimpering also. His
heart was as full as his pocket, and not to be restrained.
Thrusting his hand into the latter he hauled forth three
or four broad gold pieces, and slipped them into her
bosom. The poor woman stared with astonishment,
and could not understand the meaning of this golden
shower. Before she could recover lier surprise, the
little Gallego drew forth a chain of gold and dangled it
before her, capering with exultation, his mouth disten-
ded from ear to ear

"Iloly Virgin protect us!" exclaimed the wife
"What hast thou been doing, Peregil ? Surely thou hast
not ]iceu committing murder and robbery " ?
The idea scarce entered thcbiain of the poor woman, than
it bee. mo a certainty. She saw a prison, and a gallows in
t^'.e uistance, and a little bandy-logged Gallego hanging
pendant from it ; and overcome by the horrors conjured
up by the imngination, fell into violent hysterics,

What could the poor man do? IIu had no other
means of pacifying his wife and dispelling the phan-
toms of her fancy, than by relating the whole story of
his good fortune. This, however, ho did not do, until'
he had exacted from her the most solemn promise to
keep it a profound secret from every living beinn-. To
describe her joy would be impossible. Siie flung her
arms around the neck of her husband, and almost stniui;-
led him with her caresses. "Now wife," exclaimed the
little man with honest exultation, what Kay you now

to Ihr ...nnr'a lnnPMr.w 9 IT«r.y,r»A^. u -t /.

- --- c,— ^ • ^i--"vviun.ii ucvcr auuac me lor

helping a fellow-crcaturc in distress."

iCY.

ng also

His

be rostrained.
ed forth three
:hem into her
astonishment,
>f this golden
surprise, the
nd dangled it
mouth disteii-

i the wif«
rely thou hast

'woman, than
1 a gallows in
lego hanging
rors conjured
terics,

lad no other
3g the phan-
liolo story of
not do, until
1 promise to
being. To
le flung her
imoststrang-
cclaimcd the
ly you now
buse me for

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confusion, and a man seated on a keg was working the
brake of one of the pumps, while through a gutta-percha
pipe into a funnel in the bung-hole of one of the barrels,
was flowing the pure Carratraca.

Here, said Mr. (filling a tumbler and handing

it to me,) here is Carratraca.

I took the goblet filled with water as pure as distilled
sunbeahis run through an alembic of diamond, — spark-
ling, — moussant with gases of virtue as the joUiast
Verzenay or Clicquot,— cold, so cold that a film clouded
the glass. I tasted.

" Talk of your Sugar-of-lead wines, and your chemical
nastinesses," said I, the enthusifism of the poet breaking
conventionalities like cobwebs — " who shall peer the per-
fection of the great Chemist, who with patient processes
deep down amid the secrets of the earth, amid srnd sof
gold, and diamond spar, and red iron, and a myriad im-
palpable essences too subtle for clumsy analyses, has
been mingling and distilling for thousands of years this
perfect purity I When mastodons and mogatheria,
saurians and pterodactyls weltered in the swamps and
amid the gigantic ferns of the pro-Adamite earth-
when across the world the stars of the first twilight
twinkled in Eden — when the bear and the deer drank of
these waters and the Indian roving through these woods
paused to lap and be refreshed, when in later days men
gave them virtue and a name, eternal Carratraca, all
hail I Chinkapins and pine-apples, what an odor I Clic-
,quot and St. reray wiuit un exhilirating bead I Mr.
, forgive the word, I don't want tumblers, give me

li I

LEGEND OP THE MOOR's LEGACY.

The honest Gallego retired to his sheep-skin mat, and

slept as soundly as if on a bed of down. Not so his wife ;

she emptied the whole contents of his pockets upon the
mat, and sat all night counting gold pieces of Arabic
gold coin, trying on necklaces and earrings, and fancy-
ing the figure she should one day make when permitted
to enjoy her riches.

On the following morning the little Gallego took a
broad golden coin, and repaired with it to a jeweller's
shop in the Zacatin to offer it for sale, pretending )
have found it among the ruins of the Alhambra. The
jeweller saw that it had an Arabic inscription, and was
of the purest gold ; he offered, however, but a third of
its value, with which the water carrier was perfectly
content. Peregil now bought new cloths for his little
lock, and all kinds of toys, together with ample provi-
sions for a hearty meal, and returning to his dwelling,
set all his children dancing around him, while he
capered in the midst, the happiest of fathers.

The wife of the water carrier kept her promise of
secrecy with surprising strictness. For a whole day
and a half she went about with a look of mystery, and
a heart swdling almost to bursting, yet she held her
peace, though surrounded by her gossips. It is true,
she could not help giving herself a few aire, apologized
for her ragged dress, and talked of ordering a new bas-
quina all trimmed with gold lace and bugles, and a new
lace mantilla. She threw out hints of her husband's

~.,L,g, vii iii3 ixauc ui water carryiug, as

it did not altogether agree with his health. In fact she

TRIP TO CARRATRACA.

[>-skiQ mat, and
'^^ot so his wife ;
)ckets upon the
leces of Arabic
ngs, and fancy-
Yhen permitted

pails, tubs, kegs, barrels, puncheons, the big tun of
Heidelberg; quaffing, sipping, tasting, swallowing, drink-
ing, these are too feeble, let me Swig ! "

And I drank seven tumblers, and burst into Involun-
tary song.

Here follows my Idyl of Carratraca: —

r carrying, as
. In fact she

rM i

LEGEND OP THE MOOR's LEGACY.

thought ihey would all retire to the country for the sum
mer, that the children might have theTeneVt /I"
mountain air, for there was no living in the city in thi
sultry season. ^ ""^

The neighbours stared at each other, and thought the
poor woman had lost hor wits; and her airs and g Ic
and elegant pretensions were the theme of uniCa
scoffing and merriment among her friends, the ZZl
her back was turned. mouiLni;

If she restrained herself abroad, however she indemni-

fied herself at home, and putting a string „f rich oriental

pearls round her neck, Moorish bracelets on hor arm d

n aigrette of diamonds on her head, sailed backwards

ndforwards m her slattern rags about the room, now and

T. t'fr°" " i">'^!'-->«» ^ pi- of broken mirror ^

resist, on one occasion, shewing herself at the window
to enjoy the effect of her fin. ry on the passe,, by.

A3 the fates would have it, Pedrillo Pedwego the
meddlesome barber, was at this moment sitting id e in
Ills shop on the opposite side of the street, when lis evcr-
wa ehful eye caught the sparkle of a, diamond. In an
instant he was at his loop-hole reconnoitring the slattern
spouse the water carrier, decorated with the splendo™

mventry of her ornaments than he posted off with all
speed the alcalde. la a little while the hulry
alguazile was again on the scent, and before the lay
was over the unfortunate Pcregil was again dra..cd d
uio presence of the judge. " ' ~ '

II i

3ACY.

^ry for the sum-
benefit of the
the city in this

nd thought the
airs and graces
le of universal '
Is, the moment

'r she indemni-
)f rich oriental
1 her arms, and
led backwards
room, now and
broken mirror. !
she could not ;
t the window
sers by.
Pedwego, the
ittingidlo in
'hen his ever-
lond. In an
; the slattern
he splendour j
I an accurate j
off with all i
the hungry
^ore the day
iragffed into

CARRATRACA.

THE IDYL OP CAERATBACA.

This is what I imagined as the Idyl of
Carratraca : —

I well from sunless rifts of earth,

Through sand and sturdy granite.
The brightest sunbeams gild my wave,

The coolest breezes fan it.
All elements the pure and free,

All coolness and all sparkle.
All bubble of the Avine from slopes

Where Ch<ampagne's bosquets darkle,
All fragrance of the violet

Wet with the dews of morning,
All molten sunbeams, essenced ice

Mv runlets are adornincr.
Ten thousand years my stream has run,

So, poc t, just throw back a
Glance along the history of

The spring of Carratraca.

In days when suns and stars were not,

When chaos w.is a cooling,
A bed of diamond molten hot

Was plunged my primal pool in.
And cool as autumn afternoons

And sweet as stolen kisses,
The first pure mountain sparkled up

Pre-Aflamite abysses.

is*

LEGEND OF THE MOOR's LEGACY.

"How is this, villain !" cried the alcalde in a furious
voice. " You told me that the infidel who died in your
house left nothing behind but an empty coffer, and now
I hear of your wife flaunting in her rags decked out
with pearls and diamonds. Wretch that thou art ! pre-
pare to render up the spoils of thy miserable victim, and
to swing on the gallows that is already tired of waitin^^
for thee." °

The terrified water carrier fell on his knees and made
a full relation of the marvellous manuer in which he had
gained his wealth. The alcalde, the alguazil, and the
inquisitive barber, listened with greedy ears to this Ara-
bian tale of enchanted treasure.

The alguazil was despatched to bring the Moor who
had assisted in the incantation. The MosI<3m entered
half-frightened out of his wits at finding himsielf in the
hands of the harpies of the law. When he beheld the
water carrier standing with sheepish looks and downcast
countenance, he comprehended the whole matter.
Miserable animal," said he, as he passed near him,
did I not warn thee against babbling to thy wife ? "
The story of the Moor coincided exactly with that of
his colleague; but the alcalde aflfected to be slow of belief,
and threw out menaces of imprisonment and rigorous
investigation.

" Softly, good S^nor Alcalde," said the Mussulman, who
by this time, had recovered his usual shrewdness and self-
possession. " Let us not mar Fortune's favour in the
scramble for them. Nobody knows anything of this mattfir
but ourselves— let us keep the secret. There is wealth

((

QACY.

ilde in a furious
ho died in your
coffer, and now
•ags decked out
b thou art ! pre-
able victim, and
ired of waiting

mees and made
n which he had
juazil, and the
irs to this Ara-

the Moor who
'^oshm entered
himsielf in the
he beheld the
3 and downcast
(^hole matter.
3ed near him,

thy wife?"
y with that of
J slow of belief,

and rigorous

iissulman, who
'dness and self-
favour in the
of this matter
here is wealth

THE IDTL OP CARRATRACA.

Mid rnins of the shapeless hills,

Mid ghastly scars of valleys,
The naiad of my stream help up

Her pure and brimming chalice.
And Providence that wisely meant

That man should never lack a
Blessing, laid up a supply

Endless of Carratraca.

The days of mastodons passed on,

When shapeless masses wallowed
In mud primeval, and their prey

On wings of n'^htmaro followed.
And things unea* ihly one might deem

The offspring of delirium.
Snorted and plunged about my stream

Mammoth and megatherium.
They passed in hideous love or war,

But merrily gave back a
Laughing echo to their roar.

The rill of Carratraca.

I've caught in days when suno were new

The earliest sunbeam's sparkle,
I saw through skies of rosy blue

The first soft twilight darkle.
The soft-eyed deer drank at my stream,

The slinking- wolf succeeding.
In days contemporaneous with

Or Marathon or Eden. .
And red men later at U\q brink

O'er shoulders would throw back a
Stealthy glance, ere they stooped to drink

The waves of Carratraca.

And pine trees towering at my side,
Decrepit grew and hoary,

LEGEND OF THE MOOR's LEOACY.

enough in the cave to enrich us all. Promise a fair

division, and aU shall be produced-refuse, and the cave

snail remain for ever closed."
The alcalde consulted apart with the alguazil. The

a ter was an old fox in his profession. ^'Promise any-

thing, saidhe, "untilyougetpossessionof the treasure.

i:oumay then seize upon the whole, and if he and his
accomphce dare to murmur, threaten them with the
lagot and the stake as infidels and sorcerers "

The alcalde relished the advice. Smoothing his brow
and turning to the Moor, "This is a strange story "
said he and may be true, but I must have ocular proif
ot It. This very night you must repeat the incantation
m my presence. If there be really such treasure we will
share it amicably between us, and say nothing further of
the matter; if ye have deceived me, expect no mercy at
""Vu'^t* *^' "meantime you must remain in custody "

Ihe Moor and the water carrier cheerfully a-reed to
these conditions, satisfied that the event would p°rovc the
truth ot their words.

Towards midnight the alcalde sallied forth s. cretlv
attended by the alguazil and the meddlesome barber all
strongly armed. They conducted the Moor and water
carrier as prisoners, and were provided with the stout
donkey of the latter to bear off the expected treasure.
They arrived at the tower without being observed, and
tying the donkey to a fig tree, descended into the fourth
vault of the tower.

The scroll was produced, the vellow ^axm taper
lighted, and the Moor read the f;>rm of incantation.

EOACr.

Promise a fair
ISC; and the cave

J alguazil. The
"Promise any-

1 of the treasure.

d if he and his
them with the

irs."

othing his brow
strange story,"
Lve ocular proof
the incantation
treasure we will
hing further of
3ct no mercy at
iiu in custody."
fully agreed to j
ould prove the

forth secretly,
me barber, all
oor and water
rith the stout
ctcd treasure,
observed, and
ito the fourth

^axcR taper
jantation.

THE IDYL OF CARRATRACA.

And from their fossil ashes sprang
New forests green with glory. "
And gone were deer and savage* red,

And for the mavis' singing
My music was tlie woodman's axe

Upon the pine-tree ringing
And later still when I bccanio

A belle, the toast of cities,
Unlike the rustic streamlet that

Babbled primeval ditties,
And praised and quaffed across the land
Men said : It does but lack a '

Title ; so I won my name
The name of Carratraca.

A name that's bora in sunny Spain,

Where up the rocky jmss.
At eve are heard tlie lover's lute,

Tlie bell's of (other) asses.
Where beauties plump in boddice red

Coquette upon tho plaza,
Where swords, moustaches, masks and nuui

Suffice to drive one crazy.
And so while others praise my stream

In stereotyped discourses,
The poet may perceive in mo
Food for a tliousand verses.
I smack of more than iodine

To contemplative palate.
For you with memories I am rich

As Fortunatus' wallet,
And as you drink my double stream

"uu i snail uui iaek a
Laureate to celebrate
The spring of Carratraca. « ALLID."

111

LEGEND OF THE MOOR's LEGACY.

The earth trembled as before, and the pavement opened
with a thundering sound, dislosing the narrow flight of
steps. The alcalde, the alguazil, and the barber were
struck aghast, and could not summon courage to descend.
The Moor and the water carrier entered the lower vault,
and found the two Moors seated as before, silent and
motionless. They removed two of the great jars, filled
with golden coin and precious stones. The water car-
rier bore them up one by one upon his shoulders, but
though a strong backed little man, and accustomed to
carry burdens, he staggered beneath their weight, and
found when slung on each side of his donkey, they were
as much as the animal could bear.

" Let us be content for the present," said the Moor,
" Here is as much treasure as we can carry oflF without
being perceived, and enough to make us all wealthy to
our heart's desire."

" Is there more treasure remaining behind ? " demanded
the alcalde.

" The greatest prize of all," said the Moor, " a huge
coffer bound with bands of steel, and filled with pearls
and precious stones."

" Let us have up the coffer by all means," cried the
grasping alcalde.

" I will descend for no more," said the Moor, doggedly;
" enough is a enough for a reasonable man — more is super-
fluous." "And I," said the water carrier, will bring up
no further burden to break the back of my poor donkey,
f indinif co mm nnna ffirontia anA ontyaailna A^..nli..

vain, the alcalde turned to his two adherents. "Aid

? " demanded

4'«/\a j^/^««n l1«

ANALYSIS

OP THE

CARRATRACA WATERS.

Laboratobt, 630 Laoauctetiere Street.

Montreal, August 25th., 1868.
Gentlemen,

I herewith enclose the results of my analysis of the
three samples of water you sent me, Nos. 1, 2, and 3.
The quantity of Iodine and Bromine in Nos. 1 and 3
was not determined, the amount of the samples being in-
ufBeient for sueh an estimation. The medieinal aeUon
these waters w.ll be mueh the same, the analysis being
so mueh alike No. 2, from eontaining a larger amount
of earbon.0 aeid is slightly sparkling, and therefore more
palatable and refreshing to drink.

I would recommend their nso both internally and ex-
tona ly. Externally their action will be stimulating
and ton.e, and they will be « good substitute for sea^
bathmg. Internally the iron they contain gives th.m a

T ^T; 'u '"''™ '""' ^"'""- "» -I'^rativeeir
acter, whilst the saline eenstituents give them a mild
purgative effect Hence in full doses they will be useful
tTn! J; '«''"™..'"'"'' i" small repeal doses con-
Unued for a long time alterative topics. The Iodine and
Bromine haang a rtimulating .action on the absorbent i
system. The oiwgh in wi^ioi, k c » , . .1

from their use, are, habitual constipation, hicmorrhoids,

MHMi

r I

LEGEND OF THE MOOR's LEGACY.

me said he, "to bring up the coffer, and its contents
shall be divided between us." So saying, he descended
the steps, followed with trembling reluctance, by the
alguazil and the barber.

No sooner did the Moor behold them fairly earthed
than he extinguished the yellow taper; the pavement
closed with its usual crash, and the three worthies re-
mained buried in its womb.

He then hastened up the different flights of steps, nor
stopped until in the open air. The little water carrier
followed him as ftist as his short legs would permit

"What hast thou done ?" cried Peregil, as soon as he
could recover breath. " The alcalde and the other two
are shut up in the vault."
"It is the will of Allah !" said the Moor devoutly.
"And will you not release them ?" demanded the Gallego.
"It is written in the book of fate that they shall re^
main enchanted until some future adventurer arrives to
break the charm. The will of God be done !" so saying,
he hnrl.a the end of the waxen taper f tr amon'^ the
gloomy thickets of the glen. °

There was now no remedy, so the Moor and tlie water
carrier proceeded with the lichly laden donkey toward
the city, nor could hone.^t Peregil refrain from hugginir
and kissing his long-eared fellow-labourer, tiius restored
to him from the clutches of the law ; and in fact, it is
doubtful which gave the simple-hearted little man most
joy at the moment, tlie gaining of the treasure, or the

recovery uf the donkey

The two partners in good luck divided their spoil

i its contents

he descended

tance, by the

*er arrives to

r amonj,' the

ANALYSIS Oy THE CARRATRACA WATERS. 55

determination of the blood to tlie head, hepatic affcc-
tions, disease of the Hver, hypocliondriasis, chronic he-
patitis, jaundice, &c., lepra, cholorsis, dyspepsia, in dis-
ordered conditions of tlie digestive organs consequent on
high indulgence and intemperance, gout, and chronic
rheumatism, in scrofula, and scrofulous complaints, en-
largement of glands, &c.

AiV^ALrsiS OF CARTiM.-ACA SPRINGS NOS 1 2 and 3
KESULTF IRAINS PER GALLON. '

Chloride of Socliilm

Do^ of Potassium.. . ,
Bromidf of Magnesium.
Iodide do

iSiilpliate of Lime ......

Carbonate do

Do of Magnesia. . .

Do of Iron

Silica

Alumina

No. 1.

028,740

y,ioo

No. 2.

Free Carbonic Acid equal
to

Solid rontonts in 1 gallon.

8,610

22,050

9,040

583,870

3,730

.004,550

.003,200

No. 3.

8,890

08.2710

5.3900

075,710
9,940

078,440
00,500

744,940

070.104750
105.234000

77ft.30875C

8.5960
97,440
39,200

830,380
68,170

889,056

I am, Gentlemen,

Yours truly,
(Signed,) O. P. GIRDWOOD, M.D., M.R C.S.E
To Winning, Hill h Wari, 380 St. Paul Street.

LEGEND 01- TUT MOOR's LEQACT.

ittle taste for trmketry, made out to get into his heap
the most of the pearls and precious stones and other
baubles, but then he always gave the water carrier in lieu
magnificent jewels of ma^y gold, of five times the size
with which the latter was heartily content. They took
c...re not to live within reach of accidents, but made off to
enjoy their wealth undisturbed in other countries The
Moor returned to Africa, to his native city of Tetuan
and the Gallego with his wife, his children and his don-
key, made the best of his way to Portugal. Here, under
the admonition and tuition of his wife, he became a I
personage of some consequence, for she made the worthv I
little man array his long body and short legs in doublet '
and hose, with a feather in his hat and a sword by his
side, and laying aside his familiar appelation of Pere-il
assumed the more sonorous title of Don Pedro Gil I his
progeny grew up a thriving and merr^-hearted though
short and bandy-legged generation, while SGnora g1i
befringed, belaced, and betasselcd from her head to her
heels with glittering rings, on every finger, became a
model of slattern fashion and finery.

As to the alcalde and his adjunct's, they remain shut
np under the great tower of seven floors, and where they
remain spell bound at the present day. Whenever there
-shall be alack in Spain of pimping barbers, sharking '
alguazils, and corrupt alcaldes, they may be sought after
but If they have to wait until such time for their deli-
verance, there is dancrer of thoir Pnn?,nr,*«,«^* „_j-. .
until doomsday. '^

ANALYSIS OP THE CARRATRACA WATERS. 57

From the careful and scientific analysis of the waters
above given, their value in a great variety of diseases acute
and chronic, becomes at once apparent to the skilful and
enlightened Physician, who can prescribe their use with
perfect reliance of obtaining the most favorable results.

In constipation, probably, the most frequent of all
causes of Haemorrhoids, or piles, almost immediate relief
is obtained, and the cure of the one follows the eradica-
tion of the cause of the first.

In chronic dyspepsia, disease of the liver, inflammation
of the liver, jaundice, gout, rheumatism, great benefits
have always resulted from the use of these waters.

In that most common and distressing of all ailments,
Hypochondriasis, (a disease characterized by extreme in-
crease of sensibility, palpitations, morbid ieelings that
simulate the greater part of diseases, exaggerated uneas-
iness and anxiety, chiefly in what concerns the health,
&c.) This disease is intimately connected, if not
caused by disorder of the digestive functions. Many a
man lives in constant fear of death, he is firmly con-
vinced that he labors under cancer, consumption, disease
of the heart, &c., and passes a miserable existence living
upon drugs.

This most unhapp^y condition being mainly traceable
to dyspepsia, or disorder of the digestive and assimilative
apparatus, can be entirely removed by the proper use of
these waters; and ordinary attention to the simplest
rules of diet.

It is neither our intention to write a book on diseases,
nor to assume for the waters the virtues of a panacean

THE

STORY OF THE STONE-EYES.

CHAPTER I.

the driver to hi, ;„ .f "> » gf«ss.grown siding,

mountainous countrv „ ° , " ''"'"''™ "^ «
distant. ^' "''P"™"^ "''»"' five „,iles

No station-master was visible tt«„i -.
hermit, in the eostume of a p„l of . v ' "". """''^
patiently cphinod to me the t t M ""°""'' "^^•
passed my proper "junetion ■• r I f", ^"8 o™'"
residonee at the Den nf f i' "^ '"'''"•'' ""« «

_Whatt„d:rTfe'wAr'!!!^*^-'----

hesUeMt drilled, ™i.,edZ.,;„^ ,-——-;

CARRATRACA. 59

cure. It is within the reach and means of aU to try
their merits, and even should they fail to acoomplish the
wished for good, there is the certainty,_they can do no
harm.

The following testimonials are but a small portion of
the many we have had, the publication of many would
be distasteful to the writers. We shall always feel
obliged for any letter proving the value of the waters,
but shall never publish any without sanction.

CuRRAN, Feb. 15th, 1868.

Messrs. Winning, Hut. & Ware,
Montreal.

Dear Sirs: This is to certify, that I have used the
tarratraca Waters, with good effect in the following dis-
eases, viz : in all Rheumatic Affections, Skin Diseases
ot iUl kind, &c. And I can recommend them as a " sine
qua non;' in all cases of impurity of the blood.

I have practised medicine in the vicinity of the sprin-s
for some years past, and consequently have had ^)p1e
opportunities of noting the effects of the waters in their
purity.

I can strongly recommend them in the above mentioned
diseases, from practical experience.

The Carratraca waters are, in my opinion, f«r superipr
m every respect to those of any other springs in Plan,
tagenet. °

1 am always yours,
(Signed) A. xMcLARKN, M. D.

THE STORY OP THE ST0NE-ETE8.

that Signifies a substance equi-distant between nothing
and ram? Books I had none, nor even a penknife
wherewith to improve the time and trees. There was
It IS true, on the wall of the station itself, a small but
choice collection of high art. Thence I learned how
that Sampson Barkwise Pecklebody (address in full)
having, one fatal morn (specified), permitted himself to
occupy a certain class of carriage not usually associated
with the description of ticket he had previously taken,
was mulcted by indignant justices (set forth) in the
tmmitigated penalty of Thirty Shillings and costs-
the permanent proclamation of which little incident on

P u'i'.T* ^'^^ ^°^P"*'^ " P^^^Ji^ interest to kr.
I'ecklebody s subsequent journeyings by that line

The Bed sent by Post-not only sent, but actually

prepaid-perpetual enigma to the untravelled mind--

pre^nted its graceful form. Leisure there was to

ponder why Messrs. Kornyman should alone dispense

the pure article. Whether those gentlemen found it a

commercial success, or whether a proud sense of moral

rectitude was their sole reward. Ha! Frith? N..

It is but a hold episode of London life, by a hand

unknown importing pictorially that Messrs. Bobbs and

Thirkettle have engaged two-thirds of the western side

of Regent-street for the display of their unrivalled

ass9rtment of summer stufi^s. A royal equipage has

just rolled heavily from the door, surcharged with

VuroMm. The Lord Mayor, dissatisfied with eastern

establishments, comes prancing un. nff^nrlo^ /-« ,

on shopping expeditions) by his f ithful sheriffs, and

ITE8.

etween nothing
en a penknife,
3. There was,
elf, a small but
I learned how
ldre..s in full),
tted himself to
ally associated
Jviously taken,
forth) in the
I and costs —
e incident, on
nterest to Mr.
lat line.
, but actually
elled mind —
here was to
lone dispense
n found it a
nse of moral
Frith? Nu.
by a hand
s. Bobbs and
western side
r unrivalled
iquipage has
larged with
fvith eastern

-s \«c usual,

sheriflfs, and

CARRATRACA.

Montreal, 9th Sept., 1869.
Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware,

Montreal.
Gentlemen : I have for some time past prescribed
the " Carratraca " Water, and do not hestitate to recom-
mend it as mild, agreeable and efficient aperient. It
has proved especially useful in cases of Dyspepsia attended
with habitual constipation. The slightly alterative and
tonic properties it possesses in virtue of the Bromides
and Iodides which enter into its composition will, no
doubt, give it additional claims to favor in suitable
cases.

I am, Gentlemen,
Yours trulv,

(Signed) J. M. DRAKE, M. D.

One of the Attending Physicians Montreal General Hospital.

Montreal, 28th May, 1869.

Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware,
Montreal.

Gentlemen : Having made use in my practise of the
"Carratraca" Wate^, from the Springs in North Plan-
tagenet, I am unabled to speak favorably of its effects.
In cases of Dyspepsia, accompanied by a constipated
condition of the bowels, I have seen much benefit from
a tumblerfuU taken each morning on an empty stomach.
Judging, however, from the Chemical analysis by Dr.
Girdwood, the Water is capable of a much more extend-
ed use, and would certainly, from the presence of Iron

MMpw itiWititjjji -I

THE STOET OP THE STONE-EYES.

Other CIVIC functionaries, among whom I think I fdntly
recog„,3c tl,e toastmaster. Three officers of H r
Majes ys L.fe Guard,, in complete cuirass, about to
onto m quest of their summer stuffs, make way for a
right roverend dignitary, his wife, and a proceiorf

" ^' 'he literature of Something's Den is quite capable

tribrein ""1 't" <-in-time, allow me to'co !
tribute to It, said a pleasant voice beside me.

rhe speaker, a man about sixty, perfectly genllem.an-

ke in appearance and address, had stepped outfrom

the Wk,„g.ffice, and was offering mc'a handful „f

shl^'LLT '"'".T """'^"'"^ ™ ">'« iol'ospitable

cercmonv ^7 'r'""^?/"""' "''^«' °<" ''"""J » "y
ceremony, I think. It will be a good three hours before
succour reaches us." «■>- "ours oeioie

We gradually slid into conversation, pacin. up and
down the sheltered portion of the pLform The
stranger talked easily and agrecahlv I ^^1^
will in p„„r u , o'^'-'-'"'?' -t had seldom met

with on Englishman who overcame, with such un
obtrusive facility, the reserve of fiUt . ,

At. !>«.,. a > . '^<=''<'rve 01 lirst acquaintance.

An hour flew past, and, before its expiration, we had
become as old and intimate friends

there LTf ""'"'*. ""^ '^'' '™^ "^''"'^ » ""le, »d
the had become visible the grey top of an old ma^ion

». h one tower, half smothered in fine woodland, covcrD
a slope some two miles off, ' "^"'"""o

"Whoso residence is that, yonder?" inquired my

:yes.

think I faintly
ficers of Her
irass, about to
iiake way for a
a procession of

be continued

s quite capable
iv me to con-

me.

tly gentleman-

'ped out from

a handful of

1 inhospitable
stand on any

2 hours before

icing up and
Ltform. The
d seldom mei
h such un-
cquaintance.
ion, we had

I little, and
)ld mansion,
nd, covering

iquired my

CARRATRACA.

and Iodine, prove beneficial in Scrofulous affections.
To do the Water justice, it should be taken regularly
for some time.

(Signed) FRANCIS W. CAMPBELL,

M. D,, L.R.C.P., London.

Montreal, 17th March, 1868.
3Iessrs. Winning, Hill & Ware,

Montreal.
Dear Sirs : Since I became acquainted with the
Carratraca Mineral Water, I have frequently prescribed
them for my patients with very beneficial results,
especially where a gentle Saline aperient has been indi-
cated.

I remain yours truly,

(Signed) E. H. TRENHOLM, M. D.

Montreal, 23rd Sept., 1809.
Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware,

Montreal.
Gents : With regard to your Carratraca Waters so
named, I have prescribed them to my patients for up-
wards of Forty years, with satisfaction. As a mild
Cathartic, ple^ising to the taste, they are superior to any
Waters I have met in Europe or on the Continent of
America. •

Yours respectfully,
(Signed) J. P. COWAN, M. D.

tMMm

THE STORY OP THE STONE-EYES.

companKa of the hermit-porter, who, seated on a retired
bench was dropping a sharp-pointed knife, with
singularly inaccurate aim, at a disabled humble-bee
squatted on the soft boards. Having, at the moment!
nearly got the range of his victim, the hermit did not
deem it expedient to suspend his fire, but simply replied
that he didn't justly know. " Twarn't nobody's.
Ihere was-summot wrong. Ghosts 'fested it-least-
ways, them top-rooms-Gardener's -wife— below (The
bee, suddenly impressed with a vague presentiment of
danger, gave a convulsive shudder, and drew up one
log.) Never heard the rights on it. Howsever, nobody
can t-hve-jbee dissevered longitudinally, presenting
the remarkable appearance of two half bees in animated
conversation)— live there, they can't.'*

" I WBB curious," observed the stranger, as we turned
away, to hear what we would say. That place is
Mournivale, the scene of one of the most extraordinary
series of incidents that ever found place in England's
domestic annals. If you wish it, seing that we have
abundant time, I will give you the substance of the
history."

CHAPTER II.

WHIRTY years ago (resumed my friend), I com-
mit? menced my professional career of medicine with
the ridiculous blunder of purchasing what i.. nmr^.i^
called the « good will " of this district. I couH have

3YES.

tted on a retired
d knife, with
3d humble-bee,
Lt the moment,
lermit did not
t simply replied
trn't nobody's.
Jsted it — least-
-below. (The
resentiment of
drew up one
^sever, nobody
lly, presenting
3s in animated

', as we turned
I'hat place is
extraordinary
in England's
that we have
stance of the

3nd), I com-
edicine, with

'• m nrrtnAvl-itT
— i — 1"^" 'J

i could have

CARRATRACA.

Plaktagenet, Aug. 18th, 1869.
Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware,
Montreal.

I hereby certify that I have used the waters of your
celebrated Springs, and that, from the ii.a'ysis of said
Waters, do recommend them for the ro]hmiiv : — Habi-
tual'Constipation, Derangements of S^ m ich an : Bowels,
Chronic Inflammation of Kidneys, Cr'Tvel, jrout, and
Rheumatism, especially the Chronic forms, by baths,
certain forms of Scrofula, many Skin affections, Dyspep-
sia, and as a purgative after a debauch, &c.
Yours truly,

(Signed) G. W. PRENTISS, M.D., M.C.P. & S.O.

Dunham, P.Q., Jan. 26th, 1870.
Messrs. Winning. Hill & Ware,
Montreal.

CrENTLEMEN : I have much pleafeure in testifying to
the valuable medicinal properties of the Carratraca
Spring Waters, and although as yet I have not had as
many opportunities, as I could wish of testing their
characteristic effects upon the various diseases usually
benefitted by the use of Mineral Waters, still I am of
opinion that these Waters must eventually supersede
many now in use in curing disease ; and from the analy-
sis which Dr. Girdwood has made ; which from his well
known ability must be considered reliable, I am led to
believe that in curing the diseases he has enumerated.

THE STOBT OF THE STONE-ETES.

predecessor £dSedt Mv "^ "" "■'* -"y
Tolenco itself, and Jh„r „f l^ °''^°"' ''^'^ ''»»

There wanilLr t L^r'"'* .^'"' ''""P^'
industrious otters a ', *™"' f """S. «f wliich certain

and between «f the bc«t Th ' T' "''' P^P™'"-;
sparing ™y favouri e Xb »d "7? T,""'"'' "'"^
the immediate neighborhood of th Tu-^ '"''^'''"

robust to l-house anrl ih/i. , nealthy farms, a

for my favorite snorbr'"'P' '^''' ^"'P'" '^is^re
neighbours '^ ' '"'"'"^ '^'"^'""S n,y busier

Do not imagine that the nartio, T
present the entire p„r„h,tirr,,,;:,:f -<>•<'
where among the trees lurk two lit.l , '• I ™"-

right of its superior size Inn, t '"""'' "'>'•'' '"

other, availing itse oTLrt"„f"t^T' '''"''' "'"
heing disposed in two ranks c'l„/?p^™ ''""■'""8'
The spirit of rivals! p^tw^ftl r"''-'"''"^*'
communities was const™,; 1;^!" 7" '"'"^f"'
^m and so bitter was the Llou v .Ir '" '"'""''
«="reely any intercourse was ^ nl'te n,' ""^ T'"'"'
; »'ato of things the morf™ Tc , tX •""■
(« cnnous fact) the society „f the 11" p' ""''''
composed almost entirelv nf . ,,'^"""^'' Covey was

Covey-lcStrcet embr c ^"4S T:d-'^""" '""' "'
moned from the awaiting Ml ^ ^ '' ^'"^ ""'"»'-

Will, .1,;. 1 ... ^ "^^ of spmstcrhood.

W.th tJus little ooa.com».„„ity I h„d „„ „,„p,..:, .__,

S£3ig&

EYES.

which my
ours were bene-
nj time, within
-did everything
3le and happy.

which certain
ole proprietors;
prevailed, they
!ate]y avoiding
ycUiugs; while
ilthy farms, a

ample leisure
'g Kiy busier

G referred to |
trict. Some- |
''•1^:08, one, in
^ Covey, the
en dwellings l|
vey-lc-Street.
tv'o powerful

in various
' one period.
Tccn thcni:
2tted, since

Covey was |
lie that of I
vet unsum-
>d.

^rr\(!>aoI^ 1

CARRATRACA.

the Waters will be considered almost a specific. I have
no hesitation therefore in recommending them to the
public. I am, gentlemen,

Yours very truly,

(Signed) J. B GIBSOX, M. D.

St. L.UVRENCE Drug Hall, 242 Lawrence St.

Montreal, 7th Jan., 1S70
Messrs, Winning, Hill & Ware,
Montreal.

Gentlemen: Duri,,. the time I have been A<.e„t
for the sale o the Carrut.,ea Mineral Water, I C

.ts .0, derful curative power, (.u„re e.speeially i„ llheu-
mat.eIl.hou, aud %„,ie e»e,;) I ftel eouhdent the
Carratraea Wate.. are far «u,K.rior to ...any of the kZ

Sd! " '""'"' '''"'""' '-p-'«j ."w

Wisluns j-ou succo.« in your undertaking to make
our.t™M.neranVater,..deserved,y popular ..t,.e;

Gentlemen, yours respectfully,

(Signed) J. D. L AMBIIOSSE

Assistant of the Ai>othecaries Co., London, Kn^land •

Associate Pharmaceutical Society of Grea; B i •':

LlGCntiato Annfl,n/..>ri— n^n—. t« . . '""m ,

gcons, L.Cr' '^""''°'^'' i-nyaicians and Sur-

mmm&^assr^

THE STORY OF THE STONE-EYES.

concern. The whole was presided over by one of the
bachelor brethren, who, tolerated as a necessary evil,
went and came between the two camps, a just subject of
jealousy and suspicion to both. Charley Tincture was
by nature a merry pleasant little fellow, and, being only
fifty-seven, was looked upon by the elder brethren of
Great Covey as little more than a boy. Nevertheless, it
was now thirty-five years since Charley had been jilted,
and had cast from his soul every thought of matrimony!
Many a pleasant evening have I passed in Charley's
society, at his snug lodging over the postK)fl5ce (he was
rich enough to have had a good house to himself, but
preferred that celibate flavour which attaches to lodg-
ings), and to this circumstance I owe the power of
making you acquainted with the story of Mournivale.

The vast old mansion, after being for some time un-
tenanted, had, just before my arrival, passed into the
absolute possession of Sir George Corsellis. This gentle-
man had held a high military post in India, and had
brought home a reputation the reverse of prepossessing.
He was represented aa a stern proud individual, gloomy
and unsocial in disposition, a tyrant in his profession, a
tyrant in his homo. He had (said rumour, coming down
hke a black mist before him^ resigned his command, in
the hofK) of averting a threatened inquiry into some un-
due exercise of authority— something, it was oven whis-
pered, scarcely distinguishable from what men call
murder— and \w had come hither, with his lady, intend-
ing, if inmolcsted, to pass the remainder of his days
"'"-■"o '■"^' ^i^^p v.uous oi iuourruvale.

CARRATRACA.

OoBOURG, Ontario, 29th Dec., 1869.
Messrs. "Winnino, Hill & Ware,
Montreal.

Gentlemen : I have frequently ordered Carratraca
Water for my patients, and proved it to be an excellent
aperient and alterative. I have found it particularly
useful .in disorders of the Liver, congested states of the
Stomach, and in subjects of a Rheumatic or Gouty
Diathesis.

(Signed) C. C. MOORE, M. D., M. R. C. S. E.

COBOURQ, Ont., Dec. 10th, 1869.
Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware,
Montreal.

Gentlemen : I have used the Carratraca Water in
my practice, and have great pleasure xn stating that both
as an Aperient and Diuretic; it haa proved tj be all
that can be desired.

Very truly yours,
(Signed) N. W. POWELL, C. M. D.

(TRANSLATION.)

CuRRAN, 15th Sept., 1869.
Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware.

Montreal. v

riFVTT.ir\firV • Tliio ]ottaT Jo *n (tnm*iC„ *l.«l. r il.-

■ - •!-•'-! i-T IV L-ti m J tjiai, i\jr liJC

twelve years I have lived at Curran ; I have very often

'"':Tsimnml!ll9efS

THE STORY OF THE STONE-EYES.

The very first proceedings of the new proprietor were
singular enough to provoke comment. He had fixed
midnight for his arrival at the mansion with his familv •
directing the land-steward, Harper, who had mana4d
the property for some yea.s, and whom he had retained
m office, to be in attendance at that hour, and alone

Precisely at twelve, a hollow rumble of wheels came
up from the gra^s-grown avenue, and Harper, throwing
open the tall iron gates which gave immediate approach
to the house, admitted a procession consisting of three
gloomy old coaches, and a black van. From the first of
these vehicles, alighted three dark figures, so closely
muffled that it was only by a comparison of height that
he steward understood them to represent his master
(whom, indeed, he had already seen) and two females
one of a stature almost diminutive. Both, on enterinc^
the house retired instantly to a suite of apartments
upon which a regiment of painters and decorators had
been employed for at least a month.

The other carriages were filled with domestics, Encr.
hsh and foreign, who immediately, without exchan-an"^'

a word. 3t to work in their different departments as i°f
they had lived at Mournivale all their previous lives
So quaint and singular was the whole proceeding, that
the simple-minded steward folt as if he were movin.
about, in the midst of a band of beings of a different
naturc-whose. supernatural gifts placed them alike be- '
yond his help and control. They made civil gestures
and seemed to regard him with consideration enou-^h •
-.»,. none 0. the«,, none eveu uf the English, spoke direct-

S"^^?WW»W*i^i^«.*J^^;a

EYES.

proprietor were
He had fixed
'ith his family :
) had managed
le had retained
', and alone,
af wheels came
irper, throwing
diate approach
isting of three
rom the first of
■es, so closely
of height that
>nt his master
: two females,
h, on entering
of apartments
ccorators had

•mestics, Ens-
t exchanirins:
'tments as if
previous lives,
ceeding, that
were moving
of a different
lem alike bc-
vil gestures,
ion cnouirh ;
spoke direct-

CARRATRACA. 71

used the Carratraca Waters, as also have a large number
of my parishioners, and we have all remarked that they
have done us much good. Furthermore having often
found wyself on different occasions in the company of
several medical men, all certified that they cousidered
the Waters very salutary.

Thus I certify to all to whom this letter may come
that according to my opinion the Carratraca Waters are
far superior to all the other mineral waters known.

(Signed) 1>. BEllTKAXD, Parish Priest.

Dauragii's Wharf, Plantagenet,

15th June, 1809.

Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware.
Montreal.

Gentlejien: According to your desire, I hereby
wish to say, I have found the use of the Carratraca
Water entirely beneficial in my case.

Having suffered very much from Rheumatism con-
tracted in California, I am pleased to iufiirni you I have
been entirely cured by the Waters. I am also aware of
many other cures from the same, and of the general hi<'h
esteem in which the Waters are held by all in thi., pan
of the country.

Yours very truly,
(Signed) A, P, DARIIAOTt

THE STORY OF THE STONE-EYES.

ly to him. And the language that did reach his ear had
a curious rolling accent, sucL as he iiad never heard

Determined to break tLe spell, Harper singled out b.
member of the mysterious company who appearni ^o dis-
charge the office of cook, and who, UAa^ fattisL, might
prove good tempered. Accosting her ob she glid-r^ by
he civilly i^Kiuired by what nrm.e he should address her '
"Moi-rn k Fay,' replied the woman, sharply, baring
her glistening teeth it, a mit of snarl.

"Morgan Liffey I " thought Harper. •' Irish, eh ? "
Feeling, or fancyintr, ib .t Lis presence was not accept-
able to the now cojaers, the excellent steward, who at
present occupied one of the keepers' lodges, took a hasty
leave, and withdrew.

"Hot dinners at half-past one in the morning!"
tL.-ight Mr. Harper, as he tumbled into bed; "I
won-lor at what time they sup I "

CHAPTER III.

HE external doings of tbe new proprietor were
_ _ equally remarkable. It had been decided iu the
neigbourbood that one of his first acts of ownership
would bo to thin the overgrown woods, wherein were
thousands of noble specimens of oak, beech, elm, and fir
—nay, even the fragrant cedar— positively pining for
the axe. An enterprising timber merchant had prepared
a tender, and only waited for what ho considered a de-
cent interval bcfliro nrnen»w;nf» ; o.'-n 1,

r o «-"" '-^cur^-, nowever.

ITES.

3ach his ear had
lever heard.
' singled out a
ippearari ^o dis-
; fattisL^ might
«he glid'; ? by,
lid address her,
jharply, baring

•'Irish, eh?"
w&s not accept-
teward, who at
3, took a hasty

!ie morning I "
ito bed; "I

oprietor were
ecidcd iu the
of ownership
wherein were
1, elm, and fir
Ij pining for
had prepared
jidcrcd a de-
fge, however, ■

CARRATRACA.

Montreal, 7th January, 1870.
J. I> L. Ambrosse, Esq.,

St. Lawrence Drug Hall.

Tsar Sir: Aft 3r being afflicted with a Liver Com-
plamt for upwards of fifteen years, I was induced to try
♦be (Jarratraca Mineral Water, I have been using it for
the last six months, and am pleased to say it has almost
efiected a perfect cure.

Yours truly,

(Signed) J. A. ADAMS.

CoBouRO, Ont., 29th Dec., 1869.
W. M. McCoNNELL, Esq.

Dear Sir : This is to certity that I have suffered
from a large sore on my leg for years past. According
to your advice, to drink the Carratraca Waters, I have
done so, and am happy to say it has resulted in a perfect
cure.

(Signed) MARY WISHART.

CuRRAN, Plantaoenet, Ont., 5th Aug., 1868.
Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware.
Montreal.

Gentlemen: Having resided for the past sixteen
years in the immediate neighborhood of the Carratraca
Springs, I have had ample opportunity for experiencing
— j-ss VJ1-- 5— .--a vuvTsjis icouiuiig irum tne use 01 tne
Waters. I know also of many, for miles around here,

ay^;>w-"'-:;-''f3

THE STORY OP THE STONE-EYES.

d.d nothing of the kind. Contrariwise, on the onlv
open ground near the mandon-a small g een kno | he
.mmediately planted a handsome cluster^ it "
mg shrubs and trees. ' = "'

In a word, lonely as the place already was, Corselh,
encircled the entire mrlrw;ti, , / '-"sem.?

Around the gardens he raised a lofty wall. He nur
chased at a great expense, a eertai'n 'alleged riU'o;
way, ^hieh, as the public never used it, was-dispuW by
their representatives with tenfold obstinacy. He dif
couraged any advances on the part of his country nci!."

^7^, "."f r^'^ ^^' ''»»* ^^y™" •"« own domain °

b„„f .?'"■"»"'««'' Sir Hugh Quickset, a nci-h-
Dounng squire. =

Sir George who was in tlw commission, attended the
nez bench of magistrates. The lunatic took the le^
m all the proceedings, decided a matter which nvolved
great legal d ffieul.y, snuffed out the pert clerk 2 td
lu herto guided the decisions of the bench, and, wi '
coo supenor oods, took his leave, not to appear c^ „
But Sir Hugh Quickset was silenced "

"Under a cloud," affirmed old Purkiss, of Great
Covey: a retired solicitor, whose mental habit inclined
to the suspicious. ,If report were to be trnsW, ue
had enjoyed better opportunities of judging what mi!u
be the aspect of a gentleman under L^^Jf^^
pherieal pressure than Mr. Purkiss himself!) bT.
royal duke who was staying in the county, rode acrL
fifteen m. es to visit Moumivale, stayed half the daT
and walko.J thmucrh Cr-— '- «^ ■ ^'

^., ^ovc^ ic-oireet arm in arm with

SYES.

«, on the only
?reen knoll—he
of qiiick-grow-

J was, Corsellis
strong palisade,
vail. He pur-
leged right of
as disputed by
acy. He dis-
couutry neigh-
domain,
wset, a neigh-

attended the
ook the lead
lich involved
lerk who had
3h, and, with
ppear again,

5s, of Great
abit inclined
rusted, none
what might
>P"'^ atmos-
If!) But a
rode across
If the day,
I arm with

CARRATRACA.

who have been cured of various diseases. I can also
truly say the Carratraca Waters are held in higher
esteem in this part of the country than any other of the
Waters of Plantagenet.

Yours truly,
(Signed)

M. MULDOON.

St. Lawrence Hall, Dec. 24th, 1869.

Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware,
St. Paul Street.

Gentlemen : Please send me another case of your
Carratraca Water. Travelling as I do all over Canada, I
find it the best and most palatable aperient medicine I
can take, it keeps the bowels regular, aids digestion and
carries oflf the bile which causes that feeling of weariness
so often experienced after long journeys and irreo-ular
meals and hours.

I wish it was kept more generally through the coun-
try, as I miss it very much when in small towns, I would
almost as soon go without my breakfast as without a
glass of the Carratraca Water first thing in the morn-

mg.

Yours faithfully.

(Signed)

JAMES H. PEARCE.

•^'■^

■■S*Brt* ---i^._

-^^Ssai

THE STORY OF -^ {E bTONE-EYES.

his host, in earnest conv.:rs.tion-Mr. Purkiss was bowl-

Intense became the curiosity excited bj the manifest
>sire c^ Sir George to conceal the cour.. . u.. uoi^es-
tic hfe from every eye. The powers of conjecture were
exhausted m imagining theories of explanation for the
complete seclusion in which the family, the two ladies
especially, were rmderstood to live. In'respect to this,
the steward Harper, was as profoundly ignorant as
everybody else. Not only had he never seen his lady's
face or heard her voice, but no intelligible allusion to
her among the servants had ever reached h-'s ear He
knew, however, that a Creole maid, calhd Eisa, was her
principal attendant, and that she did occasionallv .ive
audience to Morgan le Fay. "

" My lady calls," the latter would say. with a start •
sometimes amid the clatter of the kitchen ; sometimes
when not a sound but the ticking of the cock broke the
dead hush. And away she would hasten

Harper observed that none t" the r^mesti ■ ever wont
abroad except on Sundays, when such as were E„,^Iish
attended the little church, and. ..^vice over, marched
back agam, be..g re-admitted by the huge Duto. porter,
Hans Troek, who never quitted his post by nC^.t or
day, and the monotony of whose preso- ce inspired
Harper with such an insane desire to k, h that
but for his native slowness of approhensio He Troek
must have read it in his face twenty times a day.
Harper had to pass him so often, for on him devolved
-mos. aa the communication that was held with the

iFES.

irkiss was bowl-

)j the manifest
( ivi iiis aoiaes-
iODJecture were
nation for the
the two ladies
respect to this,
Y ignorant as
leen his lady's
>le allusion to
I h'*s ear. He
Eisa, was her
isionallv give

with a start;
a ; sometimes
>ck broke the

iti» ' ever wont
were P]iiglish
rer, marched
Dutch porter,
by nJ-;it or !
ce inspired ■

h 1, that,

Ht Troek

mes a day.

im devolved

Id with the

CARRATRACA.

Montreal, 31st Dec., 1869.

Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware,

Gentlemen : I have been in the habit of using the
Carratraca Water for some years, and always find my
health much improved after using it regularly. My bus-
iness for some time past having kept me absent from
home, I found some difficulty in obtaining , except in
the large cities ; but I hope that I may soon be able to
obtain it in every place I visit in the Dominion.

If I can be of any service as a reference touching the
healthfil qualities of your Carratraca I shall be happy to
serve you.

Yours truly,

(Signed) D. S. CONNOR.

I TREAL, 31st Dec, 1869.
238 St. Urbain Street.
Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware,
Montreal.

Gentlemen : Having heard you were about gettinf'
up a book of testimonals respecting the merits of your
Carratraca Mineral Water, one from me may not be
amiss.

I have used it regularly for six months or more and
have much pleasure in saying I require no other medi-
cine in my house.

tr A i_

xuurs Lruiy,

(Signed) ALEX. KENT.

THE 8T0RT OP THE STONE-EYES.

^ter world. In the W ,a the steward transacted

If^r tLT ' ""y •'"^'-^ '^'»«ng to the estate.
Aiter that, he executed commissions for Morgan le Fay

peeled to take his leave; and what went on after that
n tt,e mysterious household, was a strange and gloom;

CHAPTER IV.

:UT about "Lady Corsellis," was the perpetual
f question of the spinsterhood of Covey-le-Street '
who, and what can she be ? " ^ '

th^t.^'Vl"' *^'"'* '^P""'' '"'^""S'' M^- Tincture)
that they would run any reasonable risk (except matri-
mony) to learn. ^

For months the neighbourhood was in a state of
agreeable horror, for where mystery is there wiU be ter
ror, and it got to be believed tliat Lady Corsellis rf
Mournivale was not a spectacle for human eyes to ie
I can hardly exphiin through what iiuctua'tions The
general faih settled down (but so it didl into a convic
tion that, though elsewisefair efface, the unhappy iX
had the snout of a pig , At all events, this beUef rf
umphed. The district was rich in mast and acorns In
^nsideration of his consort. Sir G^ige had suffered hi
beech and oak to stand I

There were still, it is true, dissentients to the porcine
theory. At the Jolly Bachelor, in Great C.ST
aucteu by Mr. Brutus Bulfinc- " ' "" "

EYES.

v^ard transacted
to the estate.
Morgan le Fay.
that he was ex-
it on after that,
age and gloomy

the perpetual
ovey-le-Street,"

Mr. Tincture)
(except matri-

a a state of
•e will be ter-
Y Corsellis, of
a eyes to see.
Jtuations the
into a convic-
mhappy lady
his belief tri-
d acorns. In
I suffered his

the

porcine

— '"J > '^^'""

's face Wis

CARRATRACA.

West Farnham, P. Q., lOth March, 1870.
Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware,
Montreal.

Gentlemen : I hereby certify that I was for a long
time subject to the Disease of the Kidneys, and that after
trying almost every thing without relief, I was induced
to try the Carratraca Waters.

I am a sound man again, and I believe it not only
cured me, but that it saved my life.

Yours, &c.,
(Signed) GEORGE ELiMS.

Buck's Hotel, West Farnham, P. Q.
Messrs. Winning, Hill & Ware,
Montreal.

Dear Sirs : I cheerfully give my testimony as to the
excellence and efficacy of the Carratraca Mineral Waters.
I have used it myself, and in my family for some months,
and always with the most beneficial results. A glass or
two taken on rising in the morning, facilitates a natural
evacution of the bowels, corrects acidity of the stomach,
removes indigestion and headache, and is the best remedy
for any excess in either eating or drinkin,^ Luown in this
vicinity. I am obliged to keep it constantly on draught,
and take pleasure in enclosing you a few certificates of
some of my guests and neighbors who have taken it re-
gularly, experienced its boueUts, and arc happy to add
their testimony to mine. In cases of Dyspepsia, Indi-

THE STOKT or THE STONE-EYES.

opposed by a still more terriblo euraise. It is doubt-
ful whether the host would have admitted anybody into
h.s parlour, or the barmaid (an elderly female, nnmar-
ned exoeuted her offiee with any degree of alaerity on
behalf of one, who did not faithfully believe that it was

tl . .f°,' "'' ""' ""= '''="'•■ "i'l" " «'™-g bias
towards the latter opinion.

No wonder ; for the very nephew of the host had had
a glimpse of the phenomenon.

Coming home late from a distant market. Jack Bui-
fineh took It mto his head to shorten the road by euttin^
aeross the grounds of Mournivale. This wa before the

K.. mg dofenees, had passed the mansion, and was about '
tod.vemto the plantation, when the great front door

S tr' "r- ""' "•" '■' <=-» ™>i"g tamely
b M< e S r Geonje himself. J.aek, by his own aeeount
had barely time to notiee that my Lady Corselli, ha,
immense eyes like lurid lanternsf whiel glo; d e
through a thick protrusive sort of covering that veiled

length that &ir George, with much seeming politeness
earned a portion of it aero.,, his arm. This't we"'
near to discredit Jack's, but for the confirma, n tt
whole story received from the deposition (made rat
with, than upon, oath) of Ceplia., Pubgebrook, the second
gardener, who rolled the terrace on'the fol I'owingTy
and observed that it bore distinct traces of a goat tr pi-'

K.i'i'l.T'f .""."'»"«•■; "'• p«^«»brotk was ■:':;

fie host had had

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gestion or Constipation I have never seen it taken
without a marked and pcrmauent benefit. Wishing you
the success the <' Carratraca " really merits.

I remain, &c.,

(Signed)

RICH. BUCK.

COMPARISONS.

The following comparisons between the Carratraca
Waters and the principal Mineral Waters now known
and in such demand throughout the United States, we
hope will be studied with great care and interest. The
statements and analyse all being taken from the pamplilets
published by the proprietors of the various springs. Wc
have no fear or hesitation in making these comparisons
from the face that in nearly every instance the great
curativo powers ascribed to them result from mineral
matters, in v..iieh the Carratraca Waters abound to a far
greater degree. We, therefore, are satisfied to leave tlic
matter to the unbiassed judgment of the public, and do
say with all confidence we believe the Carratraca AVaters
to bo the finest yet discovered in America, at least as
shown by analysis.

:=ri

THE STORY OP THE STONE-EYES.

gaged for two hours (all the while whistling careless
secular tunes) in smoothing out the footprints of the
enemy of mankind !

Curiosity was at its utmost stretch, when an order
was one day received by Timothy Beatle, the purblind
clerk, to have new hassocks placed in the Mournivale
pew. Hassocks! They were, then, unquestionably
coming to church next Sunday. At all events, Sir
George and— and the other— would come.

The Kevcrend Benedict Loanham, of Great Covey
prepared his best discourse. The number of those who
attended their religion.' duties on that day, transcended
the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. The con-^re-ation
were already seated, when the Lord o'" ' ' -^rnivafe, a°ccom-
panied by two veiled ladies, en* '^,1 bv apt vate chancel
the party taking ther seats in fuii he assembly'

General Sir George Corsellis was, at this time, a man
past middle-age, of collossal build, massive head, broad
nose, and eyebrows so redundant as almost to emulate
little bards. The prevailing expression of this far from
attractive face, was stern even to ferocity ; but that it
was cnpable of much softening was apparent even to
purblind Timothy Beatle-who, throughout the service
addressed his responses personally to Sir George, adjured
him in a stentorian voice to join in the performance of
the psalmody, and having, in effect, bestowed upon the
astonished gentleman his undivided attention, was,
finally, in a position to aver that, whenever he (Cor-
Helhs) glanced at one of the veiled creatures at his side.
m« f.,co clmnged •• from a devil's to an angel's."

CARRATRACA.

ANALYSIS OF THE BALLSTON ARTESIAN
SPRING, by Professor Chandler, Ph., D., Village of
Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N. Y., from a depth of
650 feet.

Chloride of Sodium 750.030 grains.

Do. of Potassium 33.276 »

Carbonate of Lime 238.156 «

Do. of Magnesia 180.602 «

Do, of Iron 1.581 "

Alumina 0.077 «

Silica 0.701 «

This Water is claimed by the proprietors to be richer
in valuable Remedial Agents than any other Water
found in America, and there can be no doubt of its
value, or of the favor in which it is held. In making a
comparison between it and the Carratraca, one fact must
bo impressed upon the minds of all readers, viz. :— The
samples of water analysed by Dr. Girdwood were taken
from the surface not from a depth of 650 feet; they
were also taken at a time the Springs were in a perfectly
exposed condition, and when it was impossible to prevent
them being largely mixed with rain and creek waters.

By an examination of the above it will bo scon that
nothwithstanding the groat depth from which the Ballston
Spa Water is said to be procured, the diflference in
Chloride of Sodium is very trifling. There is an excess
of the Chloride of Potiwsium, Carbonates of Lime and
Magnesia ; but .in entire falling off in really one of the
most valuabic iugrcdiouts, viz. : — Carbonate of Iron of
37,621J grains, and an entire al)8euce of any trace of the

[T wiiiiii^iiri^i^iitni^^ij

• i

TBI STORT OP THE STONI-ETES.

The serricc drew to a conclusion without the veils

S^ 7 m""?' """"™^- ^' '""^' ^' acknowledged
that good Mr. Loanham (whose discourse had bL

directed aga.nst the indulgence of idie curiosity, aTd

CtZ'T T'"*^""' "' °" P""') ^'^ his very
best to advance the secret wishes of his flock : proIon<.in^

a^el rV'^ "%"' "' '■"!'"■»'"•' -'^Tolationft^
an extent which, under any other circumstances, would
have been considered inordinate.

end-so had Mr. Loanham's-and, with a reluctant
tir?. K '=''"S;,'«"«™ dispersed. When a reasonable
time had been allowed for all ,,„Jesignins person, to
wuhdraw, the Jlournivale party c,uitted''therr ^ri;
who was presumed to be Lady Corsellis, leaning upon her
husband's stalwart arm ; the dwarflike figure of thdr
companion bringing up the rear. Every pi^te.t for lin
gcrmg about the little church-yard had by this tile
been exhaust A One individual, alone, stood rootedTo
the spot-M.ss Tiffany. This lady remained, as
were, under a vow, . «» it

in Tllfn 7''^Tf ''^ Strong-minded element
in the e rde of Covey-le-Slrcet. To her, appeal wa«
won ,0 be made in all such .ases a,,, underordiry
s ml circumstances would have necessitated theinterp,^

Tad L! T ""'?'"' ■"'■"' ' ""''' '"">"'». M'-» Tiffany
had been rue ,o he, position and herself It was alleged

had really set her heart, had she ever imu bafflcl, I„ H
. i.-.r,..,p, unguarded monicnt, slie had pledged her*ll

CARRATRACA.

most valuable, viz. : the Bromide and lodode of Magne-
sium. °

Facts are stubborn things, and parties making decided
assertions should never forget.

There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio
Than are dreamt of in your iMlosox^hy.—Shakespere'
\Y\iih on tire subject of the Ballston Springs, it may
be stated there is .comparatively little difference in the
character or properties of the various waters of Saratoga.
As it may be a matter of interest and benefit lo those
not acquainted with the comparati\e richness of the fol-
lowing Springs so well known in the United States we
give a statement of the quantity of mineral matter con-
tamed in one gallon of the water of the springs claimed
to be the most effective in disease.

Congress Spring 567.943 grains.

Empire Spring 496.352 «

High Rock Spring G28.038 «

Star Spring dg^ss «

Seltzer Spring ....401.680 n

Excelsior Spring 5 14.846 "

Gettysburgh Katalysine 286,930 "

CARRATRACA.

^'^•1^P''"K ..744.9400

;; \ ^; 775.39.^7

" ^ "*^ 889.0500

THE «T.jKY of the STONE-EYES.

to see and to speak with one or both of the mvsterious
ladres of Monrnivale. She wag here to redem that
I Pledge.

Sending away her maid, Marian, to a little distance,
she herself took up a position half-way between the church
and the corner of an avenue of elms which formed a bv-
jath to !uournivale. ^

.is the three figures moved pa^t, she touched the
(Ires!^ of her who walked alone.

"A thousand pardons," said Miss TifKmy. May I be
" allowed to sp ?" ^ ^

The stranger made a sort of impatient bow, and con-
tmued her way.

Miss Tiffany, somewhat piqued by tliis reception re-
turned to the charge.

" Again, I ask pardon," she said. ''I assure you I
am not a beggar. I wish merely to inquire what' is
J.ady Corselhs s pleasure concerning the proposed new
8ch ?"

The stranger put her hand upon her arm, as if to im-
pose silence, but with the other, pointed forward in such
a manr^r as to invite Miss Tiffany to accompany her.
Thus Maid Marian, watching in the distance, saw the
lour disappear into the arenue.

Another minute, and her mistress was seen returning •
but with a step so strange and uncertain, and a demea'
nour altogether so unusual, that Marian started off
hastily to meet her. To Marian's alarm and surprise,
Miss Tiffany took not the slightest notice of her ; bu
4j _ .... w-.xr, iu tac utrectiou oi homo, her

eyes

£S.

he mysterious
redeem that

ttle distance,
on the church
formed a by-
touched the
ly. May I be
ow, and con-
•eception, re-

ssure you, I
ire what is
roposed new

as if to im-
i^ard in such
)mpany her.
ice, saw the

I returning ;
id a demea-
Ptartcd off
d surprise,
of her; but
10, her eyes

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ANALYSIS OF THE GETTYSBURGH KAT
ALYSINE SPRING, Adams County, Pennsylvania,
U.b., by Professor Mayer of the Government Smith-
sonian Institute, Washington.

Bi-Carbonate Soda ■)

" Lithia/ 46.05 .

' " P^t^^h t,.,^^

" Magnesia yg q^

" Iron

" Lime

Sulphate of Lime

Chlorides

T>u , ^ trace

Phosphates .

Silica *^*''

10.00

trace
81.00
53.20

266.30
This water as usual is also called the most valuable in
Amenca. The Bi-carbonates of soda and Lithia are
very useful but in the above analysis they are rather
mixed. One cannot tell whether it is the carbonate of
soda or of Lithia that tests 46.05. Again in compari-
son with the Carratraca Water we see an entire absence
of all the really valuable ingredients, viz.: Iron, Iodide
and Bromide of Magnesium. In one thing it surpasses

sand'' ■ ' ''^''^' ^' ••"'* "' """^"'^^^ ""^ ^ "i^ich

■m

WJiTWil

THE STORY OF THE STONE-EYES.

fixed and staring, her face pale as ashes, her hands

working wildly, as though in desperate endeavour to

keep oflf some invisible assailant.
'' Horror, horror!" wa^the only reply her terrified atten-

daut could obtain, in answer to her repeated inquiries

" Arrived at home, Miss Tifi^any went straight to her
chamber, and, locking the door, remained in strict seclu-
sion until the evening. Then she rang for Marian, and
gave her certain directions for the morrow, which raised
that young lady's surprise and consternation to their
climax.

On the following day, there appeared a notice in the
front garden, describing that desirable cottage-residence
as to be let, furnished or unfurnished, for an indefinite
period, with instant possession.

To the numerous inquirers, answer was returned that
Miss Tiffany had been summoned to the sick bed of a rela
tive, who, though near in blood, was somewhat distant
m body, being, in fact, resident in Australasia. Conse-
quently, Miss Tiffany must not be expected back imme-
diately.

Miss Tiffany had, in real deed, departed that mornin-
and all the explanation afforded of this sudden resolu-
tion, was contained in the following note, addressed to
an mtimate friend :

' Good-by, Sophy dear. Love to all friends. Shun
Mournivale. Beware of curiosity. Seek *o know no
more.

" Your unhappy friend,

" Theresa."

ES.

s, her hands
endeavour to

errified atten-
d inquiries.
;raight to her
1 strict seclu-
Marian, and
which raised
tion to their

notice in the
ige-residence
an indefinite

2tumed that
bed of a rela-
^hat distant
sia. Conse-
back imme-

at mornins,
Iden resolu-
iddressed to

ids. Sftun
o know BO

IIRISA."

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ANALYSIS OP THE MISSISQUOI SPRING
WATER OP VERMONT, U S

The following is taken from the pamphlet issued

f-ure. of Mine., ^^i^SJL rth^r™!'
tended and fraudulent imitations ^

Milt/w«7 '"'"''^, "^^^ *^^^^ ^^' ^""k artificial
xUineral Waters is incalculable

analv-rofThllr'" ""^ "•"*•'' '^""'-^ " P-^ished
any "ood bat n^r'T' '^"°" '^"'^^ aeoomplished
much evil °"''"'"^' " "«''* •'» P^»<'''««^« of

"THE ANALYSIS IIERETOPOKE PCBLISIIED."

JhsZfrrl *^ ""'"■ ^-y "•<= °"J--y -Ode Of
anaiysmg it, the foUowmg constituents were found •

Chloride of Sodium Chlorine,

JJo. » Magnesia Calcium

Sufphate i."-!" organic Matt..

n , . P«^roxidcof Iron

Carbonate of Sodium Protoxide of Iron

f ^»"'^«i» Carbonic Acid Gas

Manganest3....ApocromcAcid
^'^" Fluoric Acid.

Do,
Do.
Do.

Silica.. Sulphuric Acid.

Hydrochloric Acid.

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I will not dwell upon the hubbub created by this
event in the community of either Covey. My business
is with facts, and the next fact in my recollection
(putting aside innumerable unsubstantiated rumors
concerning the doings of the family at Mournivale), is
a visit paid one evening by the steward Harper to my
friend Charley Tincture.

Harper, who was naturally a hearty fellow, with a
frank open manner of speech, now looked anxious and
careworn, and spoke in a hesitating perplexed way
which Charley could not understand.

He apologised for calling at that late hour— half-past
nine— on the ground thai V.e did not wish his -visit
known, and, presently af.ty;ng a blue handkerchief
which he carried in hk hr^nd, placed upon the table
something that had very niiidi the appearance of half a
cold apple-tart.

'' I wish you, Sir," he said, " to be kind enough to
examine this, and tell me if 'tis good for a Chrisdan's
dinner. If 'tis, why, there's an end ; if not, why then
I've got something more to say."

Tincture made him sit down, and retired to his
surgery, sending, in pursuance of an idea that occurred
to him, for myself, who happened to be passing the
evening in his neighbourhood. Together we carefully
analysed the viand, and, applying the usual tests, detected
the presence of a certain vegetable poison, in sufficient
quantity to destroy a dozen human livesw

On hearing this result. Harper turned so white and
sick, that Charley had to administer a glass of brandy,

ss.

ated by this
My business
recollection
ited rumors
)urnivale), is
[arper to my

Jlow, with a
anxious and
pplexed way

ir — half-past
sh his visit
landkerchief
n the table
ice of half a

enough to

Christian's

!;, why then

red to his
It occurred
Dassing the
'e carefully
ts, detected
n sufficient

white and
of brandy,

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By a kter method of analysing mineral waters, known
as Specular Analysis, the Missisquoi was f -und to pos-
sess, in addition to the above, other medicinal properties."
In regard t6 the above not doubting for m instant the
Missisquoi Water is valuable in certain cases, wo certaiij
j ly do doubt that any one could be found particularly
anxious to make an imitation.

In every instance we believe the public are justly en-
titled to know what they are using, and they are parti-
cularly so in the matter of Mineral waters.

It is a well known fact that ver^jr many waters contain
arsenic to such an extent as to make them highly danger-
ous; and it is therefore the duty of the proprietors of all
mineral waters to satisfy the people whom they desire to
use the same, that they are innocuous, and this can only
be done, by publishing an analysis made by such men as
Brs. A. A. Hayes, and S. Dana Hayes, of Boston, U. S.,
or Drs. Girdwood, and T. Sterry Hunt, of Montreal,
Canada.

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after which the worthy steward commenced his tale
wuh the starthng information that the pastry ^e had
had nndcr our consideration, together with numerons
her dehcacies, similarly seasoned, formed the daily bill
offurcatMournivale.
For a long time p„st_in fact, ever since the arrival of

to imc attracted by a remarkable proceeding on the
part of Morgan Ic Fay. Every dish, whether°pr epa ed
by W own hands or those of assistants, received a sli.>t
addtuoa, sometimes in a liquid, sometimes pnlverine
form, the materials being obtained from a sort of cabhe
bu, t .nto the wall, and secured with a small but mas «
me a, door, of which Morgan Ic Fay always kept the k "
Tla ceremony, though not absolutely performed by
tolth, always seemed to be invested with a certain
degree of mystery. It was ctir,uctte to notice it as littic
"s possible; but Harper could not help observing 1.
, every d.sh, after undergoing this singular prepa^ati n
was regarded with a respect and tenderne., almost r • !
renttal, was handled with the e.tremest caution and
when returned disabled from the dinner-table, was „n
«.«ned by the h.gh priestess, Morgan le Fay, to a ree^
e c expre..ly constructed for the purpose, im wheal
It never again emerged.

Perpetually haunted by this mystery, Harpor at
e.^th coneeived an irresistible desire to'c'onvine! L:

tancj, that would sometimes intrude itself into his mind
was erroneous and absurd. Quo day, by ^reat

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GUILFORD MINERAL SPRING WATER,
VERMONT, U. S.

I>R. Jackson's Analysis.
" Copy." Boston, July 14th, 1868.

Dear Sir : — I have made a careful analysis of the
sample 'of Mineral Water you sent me from Vermont,
with the following result per gallon : —

Carbonato of Lime 15.18 grains.

Do. « Soda t.... 2.40 «

Do. " Iron 2.99 «

Do. " Magnesia 0.60 "

Chloride of Sodium...., 2.41 "

Insoluble Silica 0.60 «•

Organic vcgetAble matter with traces

of Nitrate of Potash 5.60 «

Loss and trace of Sulphate of Soda.. 0.40 ««

Solid matter per gallon 30.18

Carbonic Acid Gas, 30 Cubic inches or 13.74
grains per gallon.

This gas gives the water an agreeable acidulous taste,
and renders it sparkling in the glass.

The Carbonate of Lime is antacid, as is also the Car-
bonate of Soda, and Carbonate of Magnesia.

The Carbonate of Iron is eminently tonic. Hence
this water is very useful where tonics and antacids are
indicated. It is also a very agreeable water to drink, it
being very much like the German Seltzer Water, but
much more tonic, owing to a larger proportion of Car-
bonate of Iron.

) I

THE STORY OF THB STONE-EYES.

fortune, an opportunity occurred of securing a portion
of apple-tart that had been aln^ost half consumed in the
parlour. Mr. Harper, possessing himself of an unfor-
tunate dog whose condition of skin rendered his abrupt
decease a matter of congratulation both to himself and
I mankind, presented him with a small portion of the pie
on receipt of which the unfortunate animal uttered one
broken howl, stretched himself out, and expired Under
the circumstances, Mr. Harper at once secured the
-•emainder of the tart in his handkerchief, and hastened
to submit it to medical scrutiny.

The case was curious, and difficult. In spite of the
uncommon dietary, it was certain that nothing had hap-
pened at Mournivale to warrant legal interference No
enactment restricts the indulgence in arsenic, or bella-
donna, so long as they suit the constitution. It was
ultimately agreed to keep the matter quiet, H" t un-
dertaking to report to us, any new incident a un-
usual nature that might come under his observation.

CHAPTER V.

f,T was not very long before a newphenomenon revealed
Itself. The summer was well advanced, and liad
been unusually sultry. The windows of Mournivale
like those of less mysterious mansions, remained open'
or, at least, unshuttered, long after dark. It began to

be declared flinf. tho c«,i«-i^ j ,.

i..« ,^.«„^^ aua appearances distin-

wmm'^

a portion
led in the
an unfor-
lis abrupt
nself and
f the pie,
ered one
I. Under
ired the
hastened

tcofthe
liad hap-
ce. No !
3r bella-
It was
T un-
a un-
ion.

Qvcaled
id had
nivale,
open,
gan to
distiD-

CARRATRACA.

If bottled it must be very tightly corked, otherwise,
from the escape of Carbonic Acid Gas (the solvent from
the Carbonate of Lime, and Oxide of Iron,) there would
be a brown precipitate in the bottles, which would make
the water turbid.

Respectfully your obedient servant,

CHAS. T. JACKSON, M. D.

State .A-ssayer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Any. and Con. Chemist.

WHAT THIS WATER IS SAID TO CURE.

One special and invariable quality of the water is, that
it is an effectual corrective. Those who have used it find
it is not only a certain and rapid cure of costiveness, but
that it is equally effectual in stopping diarrhoea. Its repu-
tation for having cured all kinds of skin diseases, humors,
eruptions, salt rheum, scaldhead, and such like disagree-
able and painful eruptions, is astonishing and established
beyond doubts.

It has never failed in dyspepsia, and some of ita cures
of that prostrating disease are so remarkable that they
are made subjects in the following certificates.

In the cure of general debility, and Nervous Prostration
and Broken down state of the Constitution, the Guilford

Water Rt^ndji wifhmif ?i« oiMial

ill

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THE STORY OF THE STONE-EYES.

guishable through these windows, were not to be accounted
for by any rules of ordinary domestic life. Regularly
after nightfall— perhaps about ten o'clock— (as the
country people asserted) the entire upper portion of the
vast mansion became suddenly illuminated with a mighty
red lustre, such as might proceed from the seething
crater of a volcano at the close of an eruption. From
thence were heard to issue loud and agonising shrieks,
varied with the notes of some strange instrument of the
trumpet kind, now and then a clash of cymbals, and, not
unfrequently, a low horrible sound, which could only
be described as a lion imitating the laugh of a man.

From midnight until one o'clock, the watchers de-
clared, there usually reigned a profound silence. About
the last-named hour, a long hoarse cry, unlike the
voice of man or animal, pealed through the house,
and, in a second, the lights in every room were extin-
guished like one. At that period, the rising ground
planted by Corsellis was not covered with wood of suffi-
cient growth to conceal the upper windows, and the
crimson glow proceeding from them was plainly visible
from the neighbouring village.

Speculation was busy ov6r these strange doings, when
a new and important circumstance occurred. Harper,
having some business to transact with his master, repaired
to the mansion one morning rather before his usual
hour. Sir George was out, on horseback. As the
steward retraced his steps through the hall, a violent
shriek, twice or thrice repeated, struck his ear.
Yielding to the impulse of the moment, and imagining.

CARBATRACA.

accounted
Regularly
—(as the
on of the
a mighty
seething
1. From
g shrieks,
nt of the
and, not
)uld only
man.
chers de-
. About
ilike the
e house,
re extin-
J ground
of suffi-
and the
y visible

?s, when
Harper,
repaired
is usual
As the
t violent

agining.

FOR SXiVMFXjB.

Carratraca.

Carbonate of Lime 8.5960 grains.

Do. " Iron 39.200 «

Do. " Magnesia 97.440 "

Chloride of Sodium 675.710 »

Carbonic Acid, 230 Cubic inches,
or 58.170 "

879.116

Guilford.

Carbonate of Lime 15.18 grains.

Do. "Iron 2.99 "

Do. "Magnesia 0.60 "

Chloride of Sodium 2.41 "

Carbonic Acid, 30 Cubic inches, or...l3.74 "

34.92
Difference in grains in one gallon in favor of
Carratraca 844.196

Here is another case of a water without an equal,
whereas in the very ingredients on which they base the
value of the water, for the cure of the above named dis-
eases, there is a difference in favor of Carratraca of
891.554 grains. Without mentioning the two most
valuable components of Carratraca at all, viz. : the Iodide
and Bromide of Magnesium.

Astonishing cures have undoubtedly resulted from the
use of the Guilford Water, but how apparent the infin-
itely greater value of the Carratraca Water, must be to all
capable of a thought.

Ill

'mtmes^m'

i I i

THE STORY OF THE STONE-EYES.

as he afterwards explained, that some person's clothes
had caught fire, he bounded up the hitherto sacred stair
and stood at the door of the first of the suite of apart-
ments inhabited by the family. It was from hence that
the shrieks had proceeded. The door was ajar He
pushed it open. All was hushed as death ; but on a
rich sofa, lay a slight female figure with the face turned
away. Beside her knelt the diminutive form of the
third member of the party-both of them motionless, as
though carved in stone.

Suddenly, Without any change in the attitude of the
body or limbs, the head of the kneeling figure be-an to
turn. Revolving slowly, as on a pivot, the face°came
completely round, and fronted Harper, as he stood
rooted to the spot. And ivhat a face ! Wrought in o-rey
granite, with a hideous carved grin, great white eye-balls
m which no pupils were visible, a huge mocking mouth
seeming to dart out, like tongues, spiculse of lurid flame f
Harper— man as he was, and no timid man— thrilled
with a- nameless fear, made but three steps down stairs
and never stopped till he reached his own domain.

In relating this strange story to us, I observed that
nothing seemed to have impressed him so stron-Iy as the
stony gleam of the woman's, or fiend's, eyes. °His con
stant reference to this feature, no doubt, led to the habit
we subsequently acquired, of talking of the personage
alluded to as "Mournivale Stone-Eyes."

Many were inclined to discredit the whole narrative-
but Harper silenced these detractors by givino- notice tn
ills employer, of his desire to quit his service as soon as

smm^m

on's clothes
sacred stair,
te of apart-
L hence that
3 ajar. He
; but, on a
face turned
)rm of the
tionless, as

ude of the
e began to
face came
he stood
?ht in grey
:e cje-balls
3g mouth, j
rid flame !
—thrilled
^n stairs,
ain,

irved that
glj as the
His con-
the habit
personage

arrative ;
notice to
3 fioon as

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DIRECTIONS FOR THE USE OF THE
CARRATRAOA WATERS.

1st. As a Laxative or Diuretic. A tumblerful in the
morning taken on an empty stomach will in nearly every
case have the desired eflPect. The most obstinate case of
Habitual Costiveness, however, will yield to two or three
glasses. The effects are almost magical, and unlike all
other purgatives, their use is not followed by increased
costiveness.

^ 2nd. As Alterative Tonics. A small glass six or eight
times a day may be taken. In all cases of Chronic dis-
ease it is only by the persistent and continued use that
radical cures can be expected.

^ 3rd. As a cool and refreshing drink, any desired quan-
tity can be taken at pleasure.

4th. To the Habitually Intemperate, their use affords
the most pleasant and agreeable means of overcoming t^^:
constant craving for spirituous stimulants.

5th. To all suffering from a disordered condition of
the digestive organs, resulting from high indulgence, in-
temperance, or from whatsoever cause, take the waters at
pleasure, and be guided by the following advice, viz. :—
As the Carratraca Waters are particularly recommend-
ed for all stomach diseases or indigestion, it will probably
be expected that some advice should be given respectiu<-
diet, though after all that has been written upon the
subject, after the publication of volume upon volume,
after the country has, as it were, been inundatGci «rith
practical essays on diet, as a means of prolonging life,"it

tl„lliijilU

100

THE STOKY OF THE STONE-EYES.

arrangements could bo made ; nnd, as he had secured no
provision for himself, it was only reasonable to believe
hini actuated by a genuine repugnance to connect him-
self with the haunted mansion.

The event next in order, 1 believe, was this :
The Mournivale property ''marches," as they say in
Scotland, on one side with that of Squire Ilarlbutt a
country gentleman of considerable wealth, but who mixed
little with the county society, and had punctiliously
avoided his extraordinary neighbour. He was a ma-is-
tnite, and liad been one of those present on the occasion
when Corselhs had so defiantly taken the lead in the pro
ccedings of the bench. He had returned home not a
little disgusted at the treatment he and his brethren had
experienced.

It happened that Mr. Ilarlbutt received a visit from
his ncjiliew, a captain in the army, who had been for
some time in a local command. Ho had commanded a
frontier corps at the Cape, employed in repelling the in-
cursions of the Caffres : a duty requiring both courage
and vigilance, and not without a certain smack of adven-
ture greatly to the taste of the young officer.

The mysteries of Mournivale were not long in reach
ing his ears, and Captain Harlbutt at once came to the
conclusion that he could not beguile his three weeks'
visit at Fairwoods better than by unravelling the same
It was, I think, on the third or fourth day after his
arrival, that a party, organised for the purpose, assembled
by different paths after nightfall at a certain spot in the
^v-.-^iax... xv wuusistca 01 liarioutt, Charley Tincture,

CARRATRACA,

101

would be unnecessary to say more, did wo not feel it our
duty to make the humble endeavor of inducing tho pub-
lic to, regard them not, but to adopt that course which is
dictated by nature, by reason, and by common sense.

Those persons who study tho wholesome and are gov-
erned by tho opinions of writers on diet, are uniformly
both' unhealthy in body and weak in mind. There can
can be no doubt that the palate is designed to inform us
what is proper for the stomach, and of course that must
best instruct us what food to take and what to avoid ;
we want no other adviser. Nothing can be more clear
than that^ose articles which are agreeable to tho taste
were by nature intended for our food and sustenance,
whether liquid or solid, foreign or of native production ;
if they arc pure and unadulterated, no harm need bo
dreaded by their use ; they will only injure by abuse.

Consequently, whatever tho palate approves, eat and
drink always in moderation, but never in excess; keeping
in mind the first process of digestion is performed in tho
mouth, the second in th^ "tomach ; and that, in order
that the stomach may be ilio to do its work properly, it
is requisite the first process should be well performed j
this consists in masticating or chewing the solid food, so
as to break down and separate tho fibres, and small sub-
stances of meat and vegetable, mixing them well, and
blending the whole together before they are swallowed ;
and it is particularly urged upon all to take plenty of
time to their meals and never eat in haste. If you con-
form to ihl!] short find Ktmnin hnt. flnmrwohmnulva oArtinn

and find that there are various things which others eat

102

THE STOBY OF THE STONE-EYES.

Harper a trusty keeper of Harlbutt's famous for seeing,
m the dark, and myself. °

There was a bright August moon, but she was occa-
sionnally veiled by dense masses of cloud. We pushed
our approaches nearer and nearer to the house, on the
side not surrounded by gardens, and from which a small
.side-entrance alone gave access to the grounds. Just
withm a cedar copse we sat in a circle, like a group of
gentlemanly burglars awaiting their opportunity, the red
sparks of our cigars alone revealing the whereabouts of
each, individual 4

Harlbutt was in the middle of a Caffre st(*y, when an
exclamation from our look-out, the kce,.cr, directed our
attention to the mansion. The windows, as usual, from
one end to the other had suddenly become one blaze of
lurid splendour. To this succeeded the accustomed
shrieks and other sounds,- the horrible unearthly lau-h
and, what Harper had never noticed on former occasions,'
a faint wild wail, like that of a funeral chant, sun- by
many voices, at a distance so remote as only to be occa-
sionnally audible.

Prepared as he was for something unusual, Harlbutt
was struck dumb with genuine amazement at what he
heard and saw.

^ "An orgy of demons in a country gentleman's house
in the nineteenth century! " he muttered, in a bewild-
ered way.

Remark and conjecture were soon abandoned, and we
continued to watch the glowing windows in silence-^

as deen aft
— i-

— TTxxivii uxjvi ^icvuiiuu in the iiauated

for sceinff

was occa-
/ e pushed
se, on the
sh a small
h. Just
group of
y, the red
abouts of

when an
)ctcd our
nal, from

blaze of
ustomed
Ij laugh,
ccasions,
sung by
bo occa-

larlbutt
fvhat he

i house,
bewild-

and we
ence —
uuntcd

CARRATRACA.

103

and drink with pleasure and without inconvenience and
which would be pleasant to yourself only that they dis-
agree, you may at once conclude that the fault is in the
stomach, that it does not possess the power which it ought
to do, that it wants assistance, and the sooner the assist-
ance is afforded the better.

A very short trial of the Carratraca Waters will
prove hoT^i^oon it will put the stomach in a condition to
perform with ease all the work which nature intended
for it. By its use you will soon be able to enjoy, in
moderation, whatever is agreeable to the taste, and un-
able to nanfe one individual article of food which dis-
agrees with or sits unpleasantly on the stomach. Never
forget that a small meal well digested affords more nour-
ishment to the system than a large one even of the same
food, when digested imperfectly. Let the dish be ever
so delicious, ever so enticing a variety offered, the bottle
ever so enchanting, never forget that temperance tends to
preserve health, and that health is the soul of enjoyment.
But should an impropriety be at any time, or ever so
often committed, by which the stomach becomes over-
loaded or disordered render it immediate aid by taking
plentifully of the Cafratraca Water, which will so
promptly assist in carrying off the burden thus imposed
upon it that all will soon be right again.

CONCLUDING REMARKS.

1st, In Sea SinlfnPRa fho nap nf fha Wo*r>«« «,:il V.

— ,., \-,,.,. TT ttivij trill ut

found invaluable.

104 THE STORY OP THE STONE-EYES.

dwelling As usual, from twelve o'clock not a sound
was heard. But, as the distant village clock struck one,
the hoarse wild cry pealed forth. Out went the lights
like a single candle, and all was dark and still We
rose to go.

a Mr '" '^°'"'"°'' ""'■"'""' "°'''''°= ""■ " ^ ''<'"

We listened A lov, muffled sound, like a passing
DelJ, came faintly on our ears.
"The door is opening," said the quick-sighted keeper.
Opening it wag. And out issued a curious procession
A bier, or stretcher, covered with a pall, on which lay a
corpse in white, was carried by four female figures in
mourning-dresses. Behind these walked Sir George
Corselhs, his head bare, a lady leaning on his arm ; last
came another woman whom Harper recognised by the
bright moonlight as Morgan le Fay. She led, by a
Cham, an animal which, but for its head, which was a
dogs, would seem to be a lion, having the magnificent
name and tufted tail which characterise the monarch of
tlie forest.

Thisstiange pageant, made still more singular by the
intermittent moon-gleams, at first (somewhat to our em-
b ;rrAssment) took the direction of our ambush ; but, on
approaching the covert, it inclined to the right and
p.'ssed to the rear of the copse. It was at this time so
near, that. Harper ro^-ognised the body on the bier as
that of the fearful being wo had been accustomed to
speak of as "Mournivale Stone-Eyes." A sudden dash
of moonlight fell upon the scene. AnA rr,rnoln^ *u. *.__:

i^^ BMmiiia ,ii« g »«»i>

ot a sound
struck one,
the lights
still. We

" I hear
a passing

id keeper,
recession,
lich lay a
igures in
George
rm; last
1 by the
3d, by a
h was a
;nificcnt
aarch of I

• by the
)ur em-
but, on
ht, and
time 80
bior as
ined to
n dash

*^ •

CARRATRACA.

106

2nd. Iq the prevention of Cholera, Dysentary, Fever

of tht'w r' ^" ''.^^"^^^^ <i-ases;tl/ continued use
found .IMw'' ""u^ ^^r.^^r.n^ in all things, will be
found all that can be desired.

3rd. Being Nature's own Remedy, if afflicted in any
way, give them a fair trial. ^

tai!?. ^""f" "^"'^^ '" ''^'' ^^^°^^^^ ^^^t«^«^ they re-
tain the entire virtues, as long as kept.

the Wo. J^^'^^I^P^^^ibleinev. ^ instance to prevent
the Water becoming tinged by the barrel, and as to pre-
vent this as much as possible, all our packages require to
becharred, there may at times be found smaU particles of
coal floating m the water; we simply desire to say the

found '' '° '''' ""'^ '^''^'^ ''' '*' '''^"''' '^'"^^ '^'^ ^'
6th. The watevB can he taken at all times, and at all
reasons, and in any desired quantity, with perfect im-
punity, ''

7th. All Charitable Institutions, Hospitals, &c., sup-
P hcd with the Waters, at actual cost of frdgh and
charges. °

8th. Parties wishing the waters shipped direct from
Ontarfo""°'' ''^'^''''' ^^''''^'' "^''^^ Plantagenet,

9th. All payments to made to us, or to our authorized
agents.

WINNING, HILL & WARE, Proprietors.
389 and 391 St. Paul Street,

Montreal, P.Q.

ll t IS

106

THE STOay OF THE STONE-ETES.

bJe^^yface,and«.one-wMte„pene,e,a3deari,.

=«q»ios. Captain Haribatt a^d 1 1 ""«" ""^

■^-"te, reported that the party had It ^ ./' "" "'^^'^
at a somewhat open part!![a .t "^ '''"°'^-
«een by uswithouf dilvet7 "l""' T'^ ■"'''" ■>«
ot burial. The gr.v™' T P'f"°S ""^ «'«»oni»l

the body wa„ifteS^ftl:e;:T„;r'°':,T^'""™

oflong white scarfs deep in ' he 1 X TI^T''"
there was a pause • whpn «v. , -^^"^ ^"^e,

Cor,cllis,ltforgrie F v'ZnV' " ''""'' ^™'-
gra.e-Wdin| L do"^lirT '' ,"'° "''S'" "^ «»«

seemed to shri^mcinsttftilelv 7 "''"'' "" "'""^
the beast's shag., mane Z^ f" T""^ '""^ ""»« i-
her, until his shl no" 'anTr "" '^^-'^ ^ow^ds
"boulder. As she^^d Wm tZ' "^"^ ""' °™' '>^'
made a sudden step orw"d T^ ""'""'''' <^°'^«""
something-, blowif b'ltn ro^J" "!f 1 ^'"^ "'
rolled over and over intot: op^^^^l;::'' 't "f"""

ea %ht,y over^^'td IZ'^JO^---'-
bi8 lady, and the whole party leturL , .? "'''" '»
the servants ehattin.. gaC/nd !" '" "'" """>«'<"' ^
by the stately preseree of .h. "PP""'"'^ only deterred

^rom enJoyin^gVdr ^L^^r ""'"«'"' '''""'■

clearly as

^ quietly
range ob-

the most
', in a few
3 copse-—
might be ,
remonial
^sly pre-
ns, when
•y means
is done,
al from

of the

others
irms in
owards
i^er her
3rse]Jis
am of
nimaJ
latter

with
atter-
rm to
sion ;
3rred
fore,

CARRATRACA.

776 Craig St.,

71 r TTT Montreal, April 22nd, 1870

Messrs. Finning, Hill & Ware,

Gentlemen,

sen?!^" »f Camtraca Water you were kind enough to
send me, was duly received.

I have- prescribed Carratraea Water in several cases

al tr h: w f "■" r'"- ""^ --position oTtS
salts m the water, as shown by chemical analysis indi-
cates Us action to be laxative and alterative,^and tht
has been sufficiently proved in the cases in which I h^e
prescribed its use. ™

The benefits to be derived from the Water I have no
doubt would be greater, were it to be used for drLun!
and bathing purposes immediately at the Springs. In
hat region also the well known salubrious character of
the a r of the Ottawa Valley would prove a powerf^
auxiliary to rapid convalescence, from fevers, "^^ c^
arly of the intermittent type. The 6ne trout Lcms
descending from the Laurantian Mountains on the norTh
side of the Ottawa, not far from the Springs, offer C^
ng ezcursions to partial invalids, who' ridfthe hobbyrf
old Isaac Walton. To the followers of Linnaeus the
forest glades and bSggy small swamps" onThe"
side of the river present opportunities for rambler, where
"Full many » flo«r i. born to bl„,h „„.een
And waste its sweotness on the desert air."
I am &o..
Yours truly,
(Signed,) JOHNBELL, M. A. M. D.

I '

108

THE 8T0RY OF THE STONE-EYES.

do was to no e by measurement the exact spot of tliis

extraordinary .nterment ; after which we return dim

consulting as to the steps that should next be taken '

A meeting was arranged for the following day at

Fairwoods, when various opinions were expressed the

lenr"Tr' '""^ '" ""= ^'f"' 'hat some'de'of rio
1 nee had been perpetrated, to which it was our obviou,
duty to mvite the attention of the authorities TWs
pomt be.ng conceded, who should take the in iat.ve

larklbrd^'r' "'r""""" '» «~e tre'
markable depositions which would have to be made

before any action could be taken bavin.. referenL^„
charge of murder. After much discuss bn^ V
day thus ird"""^" " '"^^ ^^^^' ^- ^' '-"o-

On the evening of the succeeding day the steward

^^s m; H lb ff-.r-''"' '''■ ^fncturesTodJ
ings , Mr. Harlbutt and his nenlipw Mr i? i °

-o|hbouri„g mag^trate, ..^t^Z^^Z^:

The statement Harper had to make renderer.l,:

mystery s.iU „ p,„,„„„, „„, -"- ^u=

out Hd. , .,., ,__ J^l^^l^
My, who was mounted on « beautiful Snani.b .r„i!:!

ffair, that
one pre-

we could

t of this

ed home,

iken.
day at

ied : the

i of vio-

obvious

. This

tiative ?

! the re-

! made,

e to a

i^as re-

ast one

aining,

val of

Jehold.

eward

5 lodg-

WQ (a

esent.

d the

ofore.

me of

gone

y his

"UVt,

OAHRATRACA. jno

Je soussign^, m«edn, certifie avoir reoommanH-s i

(Sign^,) p. c. DUFKESNE M n
Montr&l, 29 Mars, 18C9. ■«'''»J>li!', M. D.

TRANStATION.

I, the undersigned, Medical Doctor, do hereby certifv

Ion. tr '^"""^'"'^ ^ ^ —ber of pelT ''j

among others many members of the clergy the use of

watertdif"' Tr " "«-«^- ';:„::

waters and have nuch pleasure in statine that th^.V
effects are highly beneficial particularly in cas^, of Dv
a^rieXr^ r ' "''''"'' "' b^eingr:a

effectr7j;ua?a::r"'"'**"'''™''"«''*'

(Signed,) P.O. DUFKESNE, M.D.
Montreal, March 29th, 1889.

THE STORY OP THE STONE-EYES.

lately arrived in Sir George's stables. The groom who
attended them reported that they had paid more than
one visit to distant country residences, galloping across
the country, laughing Hkc children, and apparently in
the very higliest glee. Her ladyship was still veiled,
but she had spoken to each and all of the domestics in
the course of the day, making them some presents, and
ordering that they should have a little feast, to celebrate,
as she said, the most joyous event in her existence,

Of Mournivale Stone-Eyes not one word was said. It
would seem, however, that her terrible mysterious in-
fluence was no longer an object of dread. The servants
went where they pleased about the mansion. Harper
himself— in company with Eisa the Creole, and two or
three of the other domestics, who were ordered to rear-
range some furniture in the upper rooms— had visited
almost every apartment in the house, without detecting
any trace of her occupancy. Stone-Eyes was unques'^
tionably gone I But, ivhither ?

Before the council broke up, it was settled that Squire
Harlbutt and Mr. Fanshawe should, next morning, wait
upon the proprietor of Mournivale, and commence'^opera-
tions by referring to the subject of the poisoned tart :
the agency of poison being, in M. . Harlbutt's mind, in-
fl(>p;irably associated with the midnight scene we had
witnessed.

CARRATRACA.

Ill

The fotlomng parties in the S>ominion
keep t/iese celebrated Carratraca Mine-
ral Waters constantly on hand and for
sale*

PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.

L. W. ;VIiNER Abercorn.

William Oliver Bedford.

"• C^'BijON Boundary Line.

T. B. Trihay Coaticooke.

Stephen Davis ..

^'^•J^J^owN Cowansville.

Robert Oliver «

IT. E. Gleason «.

J^^"'* Tyo '.Z.Dundee.

Joseph Landsbcjrg Frelighsburg.

G. R. Potter ».

James Tully Huntingdon.

N- M- Davy Iroquois.

Robert Lowery ««

'^'•^ELSH .".'..'."."..Lacolle.

W. II. Weldon u

Louis Asselin LennoxviUe.

Mrs. Lindsay Levis.

J. D. L. AMBR03SE Montreal.

H. J. Benallack , ..

j. B. Buss u

D. C. Crawford «<

Decicer&Co ..

Devins & Bolton \ i.

H. DucLos «

Dufresne & McGaritv ««

Evans, Mercer & Co :=........_ «♦

Henry, Simpson & Co •<

112 THB STORY OP THE STONE-EYES.

CHAPTER VI.

^HE countenance of the big Dutch porter exhibited
,(^,^ as much surprise as its natural construction permit-
ted, when the two magistrates requested, in tones slight-
ly peremptory, an audience of his master

After a moment's delay, they were invited to enter
and conducted to a magnificent library, in which sat Si;
George, alone. That gentleman received them with
trigid politeness, and so manifestly looked for an imme-
diate explanation of their visit, that Mr. Harlbutt at
once plunged into the matter.

Sir George raised his bushy eyebrows with apparently
unfeigned astonishment, but made no remark

" We are desirous, sir, of obtaining from you, if willing
to afford It, authority to contradict in your ^ame cer
Sng— "''''"''' '^''' '" '^' neighbourhood res-

"Well, gentlemen, 'respecting' ?"

"Respecting," resumed Mr. Harlbutt, cooly putting
on his spectacles, m order to scan the gcLeral's face more

:urs;i;^^^^^^~--^^-^-f;r

Corsellis gave a slight start. Seated with his back to
the light, It was not easy to detect any change of coun-
tenance It was clear, however, that he was agitated

Allow me to remind you. Sir George," said Mr
Fan^iawe, " that .e do not wish to press :;on you fny
question you are indisposed to answer j but Jnvt "^

CARRATRACA.

113

PROVINCE OF Q[)EQEC.^Contmufc/.

Kerry, Bros. & Crathern Montreal

Lymans, Clare & Co "

E. Muir ««

MUSSEN & Macfarlane "

Charles Reay ««

John Rogers & Co "

R. Spencer "

Wm. Carson «•

Clark & Sanborn ,„ •'

J. H. WiLISON "

J. Goulden "

H. A. Chillas Nicolet.

Louis Strite rhilipsburg.

Noah Sager, Pigeon Hill.

William Ahern Quebec.

Edmund Giroux "

J. B. Martel "

John MsLeod "

William Mills "

D, Noonan "

R. Rouleau "

Henry Cameron Sherbrooke.

Oliver Cameron "

W. Chamberlain ««

H. S. Hepburn , •<

R.L. Harvey ««

Peter Daviau Sorel.

R. Fish ««

Edward Mountain ««

II. C. Harris Stanbridge East.

Joseph Cartier St. Anncs.

Wm. Evans Stanstcad.

George Hogle St. Armand.

DACIER& Beaudoin St, Johns.

i I

^sm'immm.

114

THE STORY OP THE STONE-EYES.

„f h^""r"' ''''" "■'P'*'"'^ *^""<^"'^' «™Pi"g "><= "■■ms
of h„ cha-.r ,, though about to r«, but only leanin.

forward. ' Explain yourself. Are you aw Jof what
you are jjaying ?"

"Perfectly. You have a domestic in your service
feir (reorge, called ' Morgan le Fay.' " '

" The cook. And then ?"

"Will you allow me to ask her a single question ?"

Corselhs, for reply, put his lips to a voice-conductor
in the wall ;

" Send Morgan here."

A minute of profound silence followed. Then Morjran
le Fay appeared at the door, fre..h and rosy, curtseyL.
and soothing the snow-white apron that rather adorned
than eonoealed her plump and portly form. Sir Geor»
I pomwd to her, locking at h.s visitors interrogatively
We are desirous to ask you one question, my good
woman," sa,d Mr. Harlbutt. " My friend and mtself
are magistrates. Don't agitate yourself, I beg U i,
«mply this; a poisoned ap_Good Heavens! She has

thi Mf k'' f "^ ""I ™~'"'^' "'"' *^' ^ ^"^denly
that Mr. Fanshawo who was nearest, barely caught her

as she reached the ground. Sir George rang Z
assistance. Some of the maids arrived, and the woman
recovered. vTuman

" I-I knew it would come. God help us I" gasped
the poor creature, as shn w«« hr.~ ^ ^^

CARRATRACA. 115

PROVINCE OF QUEBEC— Conimuea.

J. L. Wight "

Dr. P. Beaudoin •*

P. Slavin •'

E. Pi.AMONDON St. Regis.

Alfred Hunt Sutton.

James Shortis Thre^ Rivers.

T. G. Farmer «

E. S. Reynolds Waterloo.

C. S. "IIali "

Bourdon & Cyr West Farnham.

Richard Buck "

C. P. Tabor "

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.

G. C. Borrodaile Belleville.

E. Chandler ^.... ••

Charteris & Webster «

E. H.Coleman "

James Hambly '«

J. C. Holden '<

R. Holden & Co ««

L. W. Yeomans "

W. H. Bowman Berlin,

Thomas Brodie Bowmanville.

Magurn & Bannister Brampton.

C. Stork «

Francis Ellis Brantford.

W. H. Straford .-; '•

R. Barker & Son Brighton.

Levi Snider «»

J. J. Cole Brockville.

W. M. FULFORD "

T. J. B. Harding «•

James Hawkes «•

George Houston & Co **

E. Lawless «<

I i:

mmmMf..

THE STORY OF THE STONE-EYES.

A gloomy silence follow^^l this scene Tf „ u ,
>y Sir George himself ^^ ""^ ^"^^^'^

what may I sar^;?^::^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^- ^^^^^' ^'
I will tell you, Sir Geome Corscllis " ...-j ,j
Harlbutt. .< It bas been openl/affi™"^ '' ^ .")*
bourhood, that an individual known r^. k """''"
™ce your arrival, rcsiden T„ . '*''°' "'"^'•

suddenly disappear J Jl;" /"" ''"™'"«'l'i. ha,
warrant .uspiclL -o'niv • ""'""""''' "«*

poison. WhrilntToL 7"T' -dor.tand - of
-inu^ ago, you T^" Cn iZn""' ^ ''^''
the presence of your servanT 1 fl'/ P"""" '"
fct words, on rccoveZ ' : t "'• ^"^ *""
— nn.ostunfar::re\:if r^,-^^^^
He paused. Sir George looked at 1,;!%

as though in n>cditati„n%,::r;:ri "'""■-»''

There is truth in what you sJ r .1
will not conceal from you that T T- *^''*'^"'». I
interview a, spe«iily ^ c ur ^ 1::,^ t" f^
^■■ay can 1 satisfy the extraordinarv S " "'''"

you have apparently lent yourSriHh: I"'""
^hn.eu.hcrofn.yhousehoHdothey^^,':;;',

to f^r'yt^r." '" '"^ '^'^ ""--W-^ -*

\!iss Blatchford. WoU «^«*i
foliou -" ^'"' g^°*Jemen, be pleased to

T% i ^^r^ ap the wide staircase, .n^ .1, .

-1

)urg.
.Colborne.

•c

•Cornwall.

CARRATRACA. I

PROVINCE OF OUTAR\0.-Conn»uea.

ALLAN, Turner, & Co Brockville

V/Eo. L. Landon „

John Jelly, Jr !..."....... ««

W. F. Barker... ^,. ^

James H. Coombs .'.; . "'

Dr. jAs^ A. Rolls .'. .Z:.Chatham.

W. McCONNELL r- u

John McHugh

Donald Robertson

P. E. Adams

Mrs. Duncan

J. KiLGOUR&SON .'

A. Macfarlane & Co

R. McDonnell. [\'[

J. B, McKenzie

George Pringle ]

Dr. Smith

w. w. hanes .......!!....!!....!

Joshua Sullivan

Jas. P. Lamb ^^

o- M. Cameron , r~>

c i.r„r- " ^jananoque.

S. McCammin ,,

Thomas RusTON r-

F.Jordan Georgetown.

T-v„ Tr Croderich.

Dr. Hildreth f^ r,

t, ,, Crafton.

E. Harvey .i^ Co q^j^j j^

T.BICKLE&SON IT • u *

. TT Hamilton.

A. Hamilton & Co

Holbrooke & Starke .'.'..".!!!!!!

Thomas Lawrence & Co

Moore, Lyman & Brierly

Angus Sutherland

John Winer & Co .."".".,......'. «

George Magurn „

• Dickenson's LanHin"

-■.«tBi=3*-.ijiijiyija¥ai^5S

118

THE STORY OP THE STONE-EYES.

portion of the house, until their conductor stopped at a
door which, softly opening at his touch, admitted them
to a kindfof veiled gallery, like an orchestra, from
which they could observe, unseen, the interior of one of
the rich saloons.

Two young ladies were there; one, engaged in some
delicate work that looked like a bride-veil for a fairy ;
the other, reading aloud.

" Lady Corsellis, Miss Blatchford," said Corsellis, in
a subdued tone, pointing to them in the order in which
they have been mentioned.

Squire Harlbutt almost started at the beauty he saw
before him. Desirde Lady •Corsellis (born do Ahna)
was a woman almost too fair to live. It seemed im-
possible that a being so perfect in loveliness, so delicately
touched and retouched— as if Nature had for once
resolved upon a masterpiece — should be subject to tlie
common needs and ills of poor mortality. A brightness
radiated from her, almost pleading indulgence for the
ever-recurring fancy that something more than human
resided in the shape called Lady Corsellis.

Of Miss Blatchford I will only say that, if fairies are
ever dark, she might have been their queen. Small and
slender as a child, the perfect symmetry of licr pro-
poitions, and the easy finished grace of every movement,
proved that she was, in all respects save stature, as near
the perfection of womanhood as the most fastidious

critic could desire.

Sir wurgc aiiowcci

^,^A l.Id iriuifrtra twn niiniif.nR tn c.nn-

template the lovely picture before them, then onco moro

opped at a
itted them
stra, from
r of one of

ed in some
'or a fairy ;

^orscllis, in
r in which

,uty he iSaw
do Ahna)
seemed im-
io delicately
d for once
)jcct to the
^ })ri<j;ht!icss
nee for the
than human

if fairies are
Small and
of her pro-
r movement,
ure, as near
it fastidious

>utos to con-
n onoo more

CARRATRACA.

119

. Lanark.

PROVINCE OF O^T mo. -Continued-

J. Carruthers & Co KiniTston.

Heath & Gun ^.,

g. s. hobart ,.

Henry Skinner * „

Robert WmiE '^ «

T. G. King „

W. Pipe. ..!!........... «

CAPt. II. Swales

Caldwell & Pollock

McMillan & McDonald '.....;: Was t'cr.

Edmund Gregory Unds^y.

Thirkell&Perrin

Fitzgerald & Scandrett .".London.

B.A.Mitchell «

E. PLUMMER& Co „

r. w. puddicombe (i

John Salter

William Saunders

B. Wregar

A. McMartin

taggart & Mills :;:::; ::::;::::Mou„t Brydgc.

Joshua Bowers Napancc.

Detlor & SCOIT .,

J. Huffman .,

Archibald McNeil «

John Sobey * " „

Thomas Matchett. *..7..'.'.".'.".'.*.'.Omcmcc.

KOBINSOM & Co oshawa.

Browne & Scott ouawa.

J. Browne. „

I). T. Browne & Co »

James Buchanan <i

4«

.Morrisburg.

J -.-V V tusxj.-Ti CC 1-fArVlELS.

O. LORENZ..

120

niE STOBY OF TM STOm-^YES. .

Ills collcji.™ a« .l,„ ■ "^^ "••"•")"« s ear by

•■'X 1 1.0 ,.l,uo of burial ol-„f tl,„ 2 T "'*'"'"*

Tbo colour mounted to Co tl^K '*'"?'' ""''"■ • "

,; ,: , " '" '" I'^i'Wvo „n unruffled demoanonr
«e'lievo me, sir, notliii,.. ,|,ort „,■,,• ^"'"""'"r-

<ii«c'io.sed,'.,„.[,i„::i, i it'Tc::™' '" ","""' '» "-

"■0 way or that invc»ti,„U 710 : , li'T 'T'" '"
•^"Ppo-^o, alone comneb vou .„ ! \ " '''"■''• '

■■'i'l in the di.,c„verr "^ "'"' ^ ""' "'>»'^"'

_;;non„,tbebcll. It w« .o^ered by TrocMLe

CARRATRACA.

121

. Paris.
.Pembrooke.

• PROVINCE OF OHT mo.^continued.
Geor(» Mortimer Ottawa

MuSGRt>VE& Bro

Parker & CArrLE

j. g. cormack

John Cunningham

T. & W.Murray ,'

Richard White .."...!.....!

Jam^s Allen

J. S. Coombs

r^R. J. D. Kellog & Co

F. Lank

Alexander McLaren

R. Williams

• Perth.

James Campbell Pclcrhoro.

J. W. GiLMOUR „

KINCAID& Co «.

George Mitchell ]*' «

TuRVER & Jewett •«

Cafi. John Turver .,

A. W. Kemit „

C.11A.GHT&C0 :...";z;"Iricton.

J. Mottashed .,

Brent & woodhouse ...:::.:;::: :::::::::port nope.

G. & J. MnCHELI. „ '

Simpson & Reid ••

W00LHOUSE& Deyell. !...'... "

I>. Anderson

Heines & Co

George Bieks

H. A. Brouse,

Charles Gray ",/]

Keilty Bros ..,...,

T. K. Melville

KoBT. Ives

. Prcscott.

'■ "'tl tM««i iiiSf T^iiiB.-,. ,

THE STOKY OP THE STONE-EVES

,Z !rM "'T "^ "'" ^"''°" P'^"?'" "'"' »P'"J''« '0 the
iciir of the ccdar-copsc."

.S.>ing to the magistrates to follow, Corscllifpn...cd
mto the garden, and, thenee by a small door into the

ou^ grounds The gardeners arriving at the san,c
nstant Corselljs led the party directly to the scene of

the „„d„,ght burial. Pointing to the sp^t were the

:::t?'"'''*^'^'''''"«'-'''-*'odhi:

A hole was quickly made. Fast flew the loose black
«uplsT,::*^- ^-""^' <"-^ «'o labourct ,
" There is something here," he said
" ™l, man up with it. AVhy do you stop? ex

claunedCorselhs, impatiently stamping his foot.

The men carefully uncovered the buried " son.ethin- "
and handed to the surface the carca,se of an anhnalrf
the camne family but with a shaggy mane and crest
somethmg resemblmg those of a lion. Even in de-.th'
here wa» something curiously fierce and re,,ulsive i„'
the aspect of the hybrid beast. It had bcH,.„ stabbed
with some broad keen blade, absolutely through an,'

; Gentlemen, arc you content?" asked Corsdli.
poniting at the animal as it hy at Ins feet -This
dog-hon acknowledged but two masters in the world-
myself, and my servant Morgan. Ho became d:u„..rous
Wc tned to poison him in vain. I killed bin. with n.y
3L.l.y crccsc, and here's his carcase. What more T
" liu uh.it bc/oiv him, sir?" said old Ilarlbutt.

Ii.f-,''9^'^»,\,L ^M .

^mm

CARRATRACA.

123

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.-C.«/,>,«.^.

E™&Mrx pr„,„,^

JohnMatter scaforth. •

josEP„T:ooMBs Smith's Falls.

John Hourigan

D. TiERNEY ,,

Thos. Morton * „

I D. F. Wood ........!......

f^^^'PoTTs '^'Z'^:.ZZst\r]\ng.

KoBERT Guest. ^t. Marys.

John. Button 3^,,,^,,/^,

I. P. Brunell T„,,,„t^^

John Coombe <«

E. Hooper & Co ,.

John Howarth,, ' «

Kerry, Crathern & Co ••

Lyman, Elliott & Co ..

Shapter&Owen «

II. J. Rose ..""......... ■<

A. II. Joseph „

Queen's Hotel ,.

Luke Doyle ^Z^Trenton.

A. Parent „

James Young & Co «

;^;^'^^'^^ ::::::;;;z;:uxhricig..

(.korgeRobson Wflithv

T.ioMAS Walker „], ^..'""y-

STARK & Revel .'.'."".'Z Woodstock.

Province of Nevr Brunswick.

Sutherland k Deblols Hathurst

James W. Street g^ Andrews.

JwUN CHALONEk c* t„l„

C. P. Clarke . ^*- /.°^"-

^.w'>"L.rt&...- _>**.;■'

124

THE STORY OP THE STONE-ET

Cor^Usb,th.ip. His eye glared upon ih,
w.th a gleam hardly le^ feroeiou, than that o
dog.l,„„, „he„ alive; he looked round upon tmirde
then, in a fury, burst out : P"" t^iircle,

cas't o^H "!;«'. t""™' r^ ''='™ <'°™ "i* it ! Cast out -
cast OH! Quick, now! That's well i"

A spade had rested upon something else than mould

Jo^ff'^Tt"^' ''°"''"«'" »^'<' CorscUis, with a

woman. Now, altogether. The;^" ' ''"

The stiffened frame was laid unon th.
hand Thnn ^v P. Z? ^ ''^ '^""^^ «'"se at

apart. It was an artist's lay.fir-ure On ,1 7
appeared a hideous mask with wM 1 . ^'"'

constructed as to pass round d Z I' "'"' T

-. any direction, as though tr:^kt:rL!!:
And licrc," lie added in .. i ^7 , nothing less.

0^.0 oniie dee. Ji;;:g 'r^:t ^^;"«^^;^

«.ys.mes of Mournivale. My darhng Jife „t 1 u
Cod I may now so o.pre» it-,^,,. 'aentllVil"''

passed ,n the study of brain disease tha if r .

fearlessly and minutely foII„„ ,1,. .r.^!:'^. "^ ^ """"^^

' ^"^^"-i^ua no Would give

CARRATRACA.

125

OVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK -r.«/W/.
Bros ^

Province of Nova Scotia.

H. p. Burton „ ,.f

William Caldwell, Jr.;; ..

W.F. Eager „

w.N.wooDiLL ;;...;;;;;;;;;;;;*" ..

J. H. wooLRicH .;;;;..; <«

Arrangements have now been completed to have these
Waters on sale, both in wood and bottles in all the
oregoing places in the Dominion and also in several of
he leading cities of the United States. All persons

B?/FMrJlT.r^' ""^"'^ ''' '''^'^''^^"^ to CHOLERA,
DYSENTERY, FLUX, CHILLS AND FEVER

AGUE, AND ALL MALARIOUS DISEASES will

wIt^R^" "' ')"• ''CARRATRACA MINERAL
vvAiJi^Kfe, a certam preventative and cure

The Waters (fresh daily) from the Springs, can be
had at al times from J. B. BUSS, Place d'Armes and
all Retail Druggists in the City. All orders for nuun-
tity addressed to us will meet with prompt attention

WINNING, HILL & WARE,

38D St. Paul St.,

Montreal.

ce of
'elusior

THE STOBT OF THE SrONE-ETEj

me, as adapted to my wife's peculiar case, there
hope, nay, almost certainty, of ultimate restor
portion of his system involved an absolute indil
the delusion under which she laboured. Her aelusinn
was, that she had passed into the custody of a fiTd „
whose fiery palace she was condemned to pass two ho«
mght y, amidst the noise and riot of fearful beings who
were ,nv,s.ble to her. For months this hallucdn
was humoured. At length, certain symptoms whC
were from t.me to time carefully reported to the p„
feasor, induced him to authorise a daring cxperiL'n
We raoM to kilt the fiend. It was donerwrnot
only killed, but the more deeply to impress the ul"d
occurrence on my poor patient's mind, hurled, her p™
«eeu,.r with all the pageant that the resources of my

my poor Lion, on whose temper I could no longer de-

"As touching the poison, Mr. Harlbutt," continued
Sir George, ■ I conclude that my cook's on,,terna«on
arose from the fear that some apple-tart intended for .
destruction of Lion, had been productive oftLw;
e sewhere-a circumstance I should deeply depJe Tt

and that ts disappearance created no small anxiet,
When r add that onr own viands were occasionally .a'
oned with homcoopathio pi^parations, I think /have
touched urK,n every thing you could desire to know f
not, give me the pleasure of y„„r company on any futu"
"'" """ ^^"'^""^^■"'^«M^"^t»ons,a« well us make

ice of
'elusion
fiend, in
70 hours
ags who
sination
I which
;he pro-
riment,
we not
ipposed
er pro-
of my
e time
^er de-

Tm BTOBV OF THK .TONE-EVES. 137

, to mj- wife, md her nurse, friend ■in.t „ •
, <!" «-demo„_Miss Bl.,el,ford " '"

i Bl^..cl.ford marri..C,pt;l'''7' ;'"■■■',' "■"«' -^'-
believe tr resiH,. ,1 , ''^' '""^ coutinued I

tinued
nation
'or the
schief
. At
ssinjr,
cioty.
' sea-
Iiave
. If
iture
nuke

THE END.