^
^ ^
^v^
^ v^
IMAGE EVALUATION
TEST TARGET (MT-3)
/!/
^
^
//
/
'^
^
,<<'
/
:^
:/.
I/.
1.0
I.I
1.25
i^y^ |25
•^ Ui |2.2
1.4 11.6
%
<P
/a
m
%
^ v>
'^ >
/'^
Z;^
J?
w
/
Oyy////
PlintncyrPinliir'
Sciences
Coiporation
23 WEST MAIN STREET
WEBSTER, NY. 14580
(716) 872-4503
^%
iV
%^
.^
i-
CIHM/ICMH
Microfiche
Series.
CIHM/ICMH
Collection de
microfiches.
Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques
^
T«chnica( and Bibliographic Notas/Notat tachniquaa at tibliographiqo«ta
Tha Instituta has Jttamptnd to obtain tha baat
oriQinal copy avaiiabia for filming. Faaturaa of this
copy which may ba oibliographically uniqua,
which may altsr any of tha imagaa in tha
raprodoction. or which may significantly changa
tha usual mathod of filming, ara chackad balow.
□
n
n
□
n
n
Colourad covars/
Couvanura da coulaur
Covars damagad/
Couvartura andommagia
Covars rastorad and/or laminatad/
Couvartura rastsur^a at/ou palliculAa
Covar (itia missing
La titra da couvartut^ manqua
Colourad maps/
Cartas gAographiquas an coulaur
Coiourad ink li.a. othar than blua or black)/
Encra da coulaur li.a. autra qua blaua ou noira)
Colourad platas and/or illustrations/
Planchaa at/ou illustrations tx coulaur
Bound with othar matarial/
Pali* avac d'autras documants
Tight binding may causa shadows or distortion
along intarior margin/
La re liura sarr^e paut causar da I'ombra ou da la
distorsion la long da la marga intiriaura
Blank leavas addad during rastoration may
appaar within tha text. Whanavar possibla. thasa
hava baan omittad from filming/
11 sa paut qua cartainaa pagaa blanchaa ajoutAas
lors d'una raatauration apparalssant dans la taxta.
mais. lorsqua rala Atait possibla. cas pagaa n'ont
pas iti filmtes.
L'Institut a microfilm* la maillaur avamplaira
qu'il lui a *t* possibla da sa procurer Las details
da cat axamplaira qui tont paut 4tra uniquas du
point da vur bibliouraphiqua. qui pauvant modifier
una image reproduita. ou qui peuvent exiger una
modification dans la m«thoda normale de filmage
sont indiquAa ci-dassous.
r~n Colourad pages/
Pagaa da coulaur
Pagaa damaged/
Pages andom magmas
□ Pages restored and/or Icminatad/
Pages restaurAas at/ou palliculAes
E Pagaa discoloured, stained or foxed/
Pages dAcoiorAes. :achat«es ou piqu*es
□Pages datachad/
Psgas ddtzchdas
EShowthrough/
Transparence
□ Quality of print varies/
Quality inAgala de I impression
□ Includes supplementary material/
Comprend du material suppl^man
upplAmentaire
I I Only adition availabia/
□
Saula Adition disponible
Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata
siips. tissues, etc.. hava baan ref limed to
ansura tha bast pos;;ible image/
Lea pages totalement ou partiellement
obscurcias par un feuillet d'arrata. una pelure.
ate. ont 4t* film*es 4 nouveau de faco.i A
obtanir la meilleura image possible.
ry] Additional comments:/
Commentaires supplAmenraires;
Pagination as follows : [218] - 462 p.
This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checkad balow/
Ce document «st film* au taux de reduction indiqu* ci-dessous.
.!^^< 14X 18X 22X
J
26X
30X
12X
16X
20X
24X
f I I ! ! i
28X 32X
Th« copy fllm«d h«r« ha* h—n reproduced thanka
to tha ganaroaity of:
Oouglaa Library
Quaan's Univaraity
Tha imagaa appaaring hara ara tha baat quality
poaalbia conaidaring tha condition and laglbillty
of ti)a original copy and in kaaping with tha
filming contract apacif Icationa.
Original coplaa in printad papar covara ara fllmad
baginning with tha front covar and anding on
tha .Mt paga with a printad or llliiatratad Impraa-
•lon, or tha back covar wtian appropriata. All
othar original coplaa ara fllmad beginning on tha
firat paga wKh a printad or llluatratad impraa-
alon, and anding on ttia laat paga with a printad
or iltuatratad impraaalon.
Tha laat recorded frame on each microfiche
aheil contain the aymbol — ♦• (meaning "CCN-
TINUEO"), or the aymbol ▼ (meaning "END"),
whichever eppliea.
Mapa, platea, charta, etc., may be filmed at
different reduction ratioa. Thoaa too large to be
entirely included in one expoaure ara filmed
beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to
right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa
required. The following diagrama illuatrate the
method:
L'exemplaire fHm4 fut reprodult grice A la
Q*n4ro•^U de:
Douglaa Library
Queen's University
Ua imagea auKrantae ont «t« raprodultes evec ie
plus grend soln, compte tenu de le condition et
de le nettet* de I'exemplelre film*, et en
conformM evec lee condltiona du contrat d«
ftlmaga.
Lee exemplalrae originaux dont la couvarture en
pepier eat imprimia sent film4e en commen^ant
par la premier plet et en terminant aolt par la
derni*re pege qui comporte une emprelnte
d'impreealon ou d'llluatration, aoit par ie second
piat, aolon le caa. Toua lea autree axempleirea
originaux aont film«a an commenpant par la
premi*re page qui comporte une empreinte
d'impreealon ou dllluatratlon et en terminent par
la dernl*re pege qui comporte une telle
empreinte.
Un dea aymbolaa auh^anta apparattra sur la
darnlAre image de cheque microfiche, selon le
cas: le symbole — ^ signifie "A SUIVRE", le
symboie Y signifie "FIN".
Lea cartea, planchaa, tableeux, etc., peuvent Atre
filmte A dea taux da rMuction diffAranta.
Lorsqua le document eat trop grand pour *tre
reprodult en un seul ciich«, II eat film* A partir
de I'engle sup«Heur gauche, de geuche i droite,
et de haut en boa, en prenent le nombre
d'Smagea nAcaaaalra. Lea diagrammea sulvanta
illuatrent le mAthode.
1 2 3
1
2
3
4
1
5
6
m
GLEANER TALES
PAKT TWO,
I
A ropy of thiH book will be Koit. po«taKO
paid, to any addroHiJ, cii receipt of |1.
ilist4)ry of the County of HuntinKiion anil of
t_he SeiKniorii'H of ChateauKay and Heau-
harnoiH. from their Hrst settlenuMit to the
close of the |{ebi!llion. PohI paid |2.
I>;ttcrH to be ad(lrcH^cd to
Till-: (Ji.EAXKK, HiNTrxonoN, Qrnu
TH K
SUMMER OF SORROW
ABNER'S DEVICK
AND OTHER STORIES
BY
ROBERT SELLAR
HUNTINGDON, g.
1893
V^'o^'t?7' 1Z'^55"<
Kntercd acwmlinn: to act of pailianient of Canada, in
the year 18tf5, by Uobert SeJlar. at the
Department of Agriculture.
A planet.' at the luap nhown th«' «outh-we.'iitern extrem-
ity of the province of Qviebei- to b«' a wvdfie rtha|>ed bit
of territory; the St. f.awrenfe ou one wide, the United
Srates on the other. All that in ivlat^'d in thefoHowinjf
pa{^8 iH aHHo<*iated with thin corner of i'anada, ITie
name of the book comes front the newnpa{^)e»' in ^vhich
moot of the tales first appeared. Ther-- •« a imrpo-M.^ in
the book. It attempts to t-onviy in a readable form an
idea of an era in the life of Canada which ha^^ passed —
that of itB first settlement by emigrants from the British
isles, based on real incidents in their h 'Tihle lives.
242308
< ONTKNTS.
'•'UK SKTThKKK FlKHT (;k1ST
Ahnf:kh Dkvick
A SkTTI.KRH STtlRV
.IKANIK MORIHON
IX)8T - - - . .
An Incidknt ok 'IrNTiX(jrx>N Faik
Thk .SrMMi-:K OF Sorrow
NOTK - - - .
rAtiie
225
r«
254
2SiO
318
324
241
4fi»
TIIK Sl^JTTLKU's kikst (iUIbT.
• HAI-IKK I.
r.ATK M. tl... fall of IM7 ...v,.„ fan.ili, s of ,„.-
>n.-ni.,ts scttl.Ml on tl.r l.ai.ks of t|,r St Uun.nr,.
'" I)un.I.....(.Ios<. t.,tl... St Anicvt li,,.. m„.| unuly
<'I>I"->t.' tl... villa... of Lu.custcr. With o, /
('<'ptl..M, tl„.y lui.I CO,,.,, fro.., tl.r Isl,. of Sky U..I
tluy unuu.l tl..-ir .s,.tth.n,..„t uft.T tl.^i,- S.-o'tt-sl,
•ntl.phu.,.. wi.ich was „ot alto;,..tl...,. iMMppnm.iat.
t<.r tl... stnp ,.f tvrvhnvy th.-y l.a.j tak,„ posses-
sion ,.t was s„ sum.nn.j,.,! ..„ tl.,,. land s.M,. 1,,-
Mvatnps as t„ he. in a sens., an islan.l. ^Jt
n..nUv,,orthn.e,.f th,.irnun.h,.,-uh-, kM,wa
.tie Knghsh. they spoke (Jaeiic an,l (Jm-lio only
Ih.y hunu^ht nau^.ht ].ey„n.| stron;. arn.s nn.I
^.vat en.lumne.. „f pnvati<,n, for th,.ir tminin-^
us crofters an.j Hsl,err.,en was of little „se i., their
new surroun.lin-s. An untro.Men wiLK-m.-ss of
torest hennne,! in their shanties. .hi,h were
pacec on the bank of the St Lawrence, an.l on
the other sule of tlie areat river, which here ex
le
220
(iLEANEU TALKS.
panels into a lake two niilt's in width, were
their nearest nei^dibors, who hail shown them
the oi-atest kindness. Hitrhlanders like them-
>eives, the people on the Ulengarry side of the
river had taken a lively interest in the new-
comers, had njade bees to give them a fresh start
i'l life; crossed over the river to show them how
to fell trees, build slianties, and make potash, and
when spring came had, with true Highland gen-
erosity, len^ them seed and assisted in brushing
it in or planting it amid the stumps of their
clearings. In the black mould of the virgin soil
the potatoes grew with an abundance that sur-
prised the Skyemen, though their astonishment
was creater at the luxuiiance of the Indian corn,
which they saw for the first time, and at the
excellence of the wheat. When the latter was
threslied the next step was to get it ground.
Their nearest niili ' as at Williamstown, in the
county of Glengarry, and to reach it involved a
fatiguing journey. It was a bright morning in
the first week of October, 1818, that one of the
settlers placed a bag of wheat I:i a canoe to take
to this null. It was his fii-st grist — the first in
his life of wheat — and he looked at the bag, as
he deposited it carefully in the bottom of the
canoe, with satisfaction not unmingled with honest
pride, which was shared in by his wife and chil-
dren, who came to the water's edge to see him oK
.ii-SSisteti uy ius oon, a nanubomc jouug leiiow.
THE settler's first f;RIST. 227
til.- pa.MIes w.'iv <lip|HMl, and the boat was s.,„n
skiin.i.in^r lake St Francis, for so the expansion of
the St Laurence between Cornwall and Coteau is
naiM..!. When half-way across they paused to
lest, and IS they viewed the noble sheet of water,
end.edded in a settin^r of bush whose bright colors
.i^lowed in the shiiunierincr sunshine of a true Can-
adian fall day. they thought they had never seen
anythinnr more beautiful. "And the best of it is,
Allan, that the water is fresh and not '-alt, and,''
Hxing his gaze on his shanty, which he could dis-
rvvn beneath the trees, "the land is our own, and
there will be no rent to pay at Martirnnas." '
When they g.,t to the mill they found thei-c
were other customers before them, and having to
wait their turn, it was nearlN dark when their
canoe passed out of the river Raisin into lake St
Francis on their homeuard journey. The sun
had set behind a clou.l, and the lake, though calm,
had an oily appearance— both signs of a''comin<r
change. They ha.I gone far enough to lose si*rht
of the shore they had left, when a slight swelFof
thf waters was noticed, and immediately after-
wards the hollovN sound of approaching wind
Both i)i-actis..l boatmen <^f the Old World, they
knew wluit these signs meant. "Had we our old
l.<>at, Allan," said the fathei-, "I would not care for
the squall that's cming, but this cockle-shell will
not stand a rough sea. It may soon blow ov..,-
homier 1 think I see the light your mother has
228 (JLKAN'KH TALKS.
Ht't in tilt' window to (fuiilc us. Wo will hurry
before the waves jj^et l)ig." Urged by tlieir stron^^
arjns, tlie cnnoe Hew over the lake, but swifter
came the storm, and before many minutes a violent
gu.st of wind, accon>panie(I by pelting lain, burst
upon them. Like all shallow sheets of fresh water,
the lake was quickly beaten into a fury, and be-
fore long waves large enough not morel}' to toss
the boat but to drench its occupants were coursing
over it. The danger of swamping was imminent
when the father's skill averted it. Directinnr his
son to stretch himself full lenfjth in the bottom
of the canoe, using the bag of Hour as a pillow, it
steadied under the living ballast. Then, takinor
liis r)lace at one end, the father brought the other
bow-on the wind and skilfully kept it, by vigor-
ous use of the paddle, in a line with the waves,
so ijiat the canoe breasted and slipped over them,
hardly shipping a drop of water. The fury of the
squall soon passed, and was succeeded by a gale
which blew steadily from the west. With that
fine respect for parents which characterizes High-
landers, Allan had offered no suggestion, obediently
doing what his father ordered. When he heard
him say to himself "My God, we are lost!" he
exclaimed: "No, father, the storm will blow by,
and we will then make our way home this night
yet."
"Yes, the storm will blow over, but where will
wft bpi i.ben? Yon forcret. mv nnor bov t,h»i.f flip
•
TME SEITLF.Ii's FIRST (iiUST.
229
lake ends in rapids, and wo are hurryin<r towards
them us fast as wind and
wave can drive
Your mother and your sisters and brothers will
have sore hearts tomorrow."
Allan had not thoufrht of the rapids. On their
way from Montreal he had seen them, watched
their foaminu
not 1
sur^'es, and knew their canoe ct)uld
ive a moment among them. The thou'rht of
death was bitter to him, and as the hours passed
and they went driftinrr downwards, amid the storm
and (hukness, towards the jaws of the dreaded
danger, his heart was tilled with
alone for his mother, his br'>tl
anguish, not
f
or
lers and sisters, but
her v;ith whom he had secretly plighted troth.
"Allan, I will shout to yon when I see the
rapids. Jump and try to make the shore, for it
may be near; do not trouble with me, or we botlx
may be lost. Be a good lad to your mother, and
tell her and your brothers and sisters my last
thoughts were of them."
CHAPTER H.
Mrs McDonald had tidied up the one and only
loom of tVie shanty, and was expecting momen-
tarily the arrival of her husband and son, when
slie was terror-struck by the unlooked for sound
t)f the sijuall among the trees. Hurryino- from
■^iic iiv;iioe, t.iit .^cuu.i wii liic beaei), on wiiich the
2:i0
(iLEANEll TALKS.
waves were beojinnin^ to break, hut tlie dnrkiiess
ami riin prevented her seeinj^ many yards. In
her aj^fony of apprehension she shouted, in t!ie
liope that tlie missing on(?s were near: from the
stormy waters came no reply. Bidding her chil-
dren, who had followed her, to go and alarm the
tieighbors, ve:y soon every soul in tlie settlement
was l.>y lier side, talking rapidly in Oaelie and
excitedly suggesting what ought to be done. They
were all agreed that if the CMuoe was on the lake
when the storm burst she was lost, and their
Kole hope was she had not left the other shore.
The only otiier canoe they had was no larger than
the one that was gone, and to launch it in order
to search the lak» would be to add to the calam-
ity. All that could be done was to build a ')onfire
on the most prominent point, to guide the missing
canoe if within sight, and hope -.or the best. Lay-
ing his hand on Mrs McDonald's arm, as she stood
^\ istfully gazing on the now foaming waters of
the lake, the oldest man of the settlement said,
"Gome with us out of the cold and wet; we can
do no good here." Gathered in the shanty, the
f.rc was replenished until it roared in the ample
chimney, arid the neigh boi-s talked hopefully to
the family and despondently among theniselves.
When the hope that the storm was only a passing
squall was dissipated by its settling into a gale,
under the influence of which the waves lashed the
sandy beach with a roar so appalling that it stifled
THE SE'T'LEUS FIRST fMlIST.
231
the groanings of the forest, tlie men agreed among
tliemselves that McDonald and his son were at
the bottom of the lake, and their hearts o-rew sore
for those whom they behevcd to be widowed and
orphaned by the cahxmity. Fighting with her
fears, Mrs McDonald tiied to persuade herself all
wo'dd come right, and assumed a complacency she
was far from feeling. "Often." she remarked,
"has my husband been out worse nights than tliis
in Scotland, and surely he who could fight the
Atlantic is not going to be drownt;! in a l)it fresh-
water loch in Canada. To be sure there was a
winding-sheet in the candle last night, but that
did not signify, seeing that it was mad. from the
fat of a wild deer, and not from that of a Chris-
tian sheep. Not one of my family, and it goes
far back, Mrs McGillis, ever died without the
wraith of Ian Ban, our forbear, who was laird of
Glenish, being seen, and it is not to be said he
failed to warn me when my hu.sband and oldest
son were near their end. I am not afraid (f them.
Th'^y will be here tomorrow — Donald, like a <n)od
man, go and see that the fire is blazmg on the
point — and we must keep our composure. What
is that?"
Close to the dwelling rose a prolonged howl,
beginning at a low pitch and risinfj to a piercin'--
climax, the sound of which blanched every face.
Those nearest the door opened it; none ventured
out. Every ear was strained. In a few minutes
2;Ji>
(JLEANKU TALKS.
tlic howl was ivpcatcd. "I'ooh:" said a young
iiiaii, "it is only a wolf."
Tho incident b'-oke the tension of suspense, and
one after anotl.er })e<,ain telling .stories of their old
life m Skye, having more or less boaring on the
situation of those they waited f(.r. Tiius the
hours wore away, and it was noted with satis-
faction that at the turn of the night the gale
l»rokf and speedily died away. The waves still
ran too high for tho canoe to be launched to
attempt to gain the other side of the lake and
make enciuiries, but they weie falling fast. When
it was agreeil it would be safe to go, the .settlers
again gathered on the beach, which was re<ldened
by the beacon fire that still blazed. There was
unexpected delay; a paddle was found to bo
broken, and another had to be made, and ere all
was ready a fanit whitening of the eastern sky
told of the coming day. It was now a beautiful
niglit, calm and still, the glassy swells of the lake
reflecting the sparkle of the star.s. Many a search-
ing glance was cast across the broad lake for the
missing boat, and dreadful apprehei' ions filled
each bosom as to the secret its dark waters kept.
The canoe was about to start, the two men go-
ing with her had dipped their paddles, and the
group on the beach clustered closer to see her off",
when, Taint and from afar, came over the surface
of the lake a plaintive murmur. Not a word was
uttered, but every ear was strained to catch the
THK settler's first (JRIST.
2:}3
Nouii.l. It ca.iM; a^rain titt'uUy. Xt.i;rhlH,r looked
with airony i,,t„ the bhineht-d face of neijrhhcr.
Th,. (,„e iJea possessed them, that it was the'^dirge
"f th.' spirits of their .h-parte.l friends as they
were j.mrneyincr to tJ.e phice of sotils. The mother
impulsively sprang forward until the water laved
IxT f.ct and cried, "My Allan, my tirst-l.orn, is it
you that is calling!' Oh speak to me and tell
where in the old doep I will tind you."
Thrre was a shriek behind Ijcr which froze
•-N-ery heart. A young woman, the winsome
daughter of one of the settlers, had fallen .sen.se-
!ess on the sand.
^ The patriarch of the .settlement who, at the
Mrst .sound, had knelt an<l placed his car close
to the lake, soon j-ose in stern reproof. "Is it
thus y„u welcome (Jod's mercy? Your son, Mrs
McDonald, and your lover, Flora, for .soyou'have
just revealed to us he is, is alive and well. It is
Ins voice singing the boat-song of tlie Isle of
M.-t, and I hear the plash of oar.s." And .so it
was, for now clear an,i strong came from the lake
the words of the song, and soon keen eyes could
>ee the approaching canoe. There wa.s a shout
of joy, and tears streamed from every ch^-ek. A
few minutes more and the lost were among them.
When they had re-entered the shar.ty mid the
cup of rejoicing had gone round, Mr McDonald
told his story. As time pa.ssed, and the canoe
drifted farther down the j.ikp };=' K:-..l v-:
I 1 *» L* I i li I >
2;u
tiLKAXKH TALES.
Jill hope and rxp.'cte.l every nioinent to fuel it
cautrht in the stron^^ current that lends to the
rapids, and to hear their dreadf.d sound. "I was
prayinj^r for you in my heurt," ho sai<l, "when I
heard the sound of l)reakinnr water. Allan, I
shout^-d, here they are at hist; make ready to
jump and swim for your life. X„ s(M)ner .sai.l
than my paddle struck hottom and I .saw trees
hefore me. Quick, Allan, jump and we will dra^r
the canoe ashure. We b.-th spran^r o„t at the
same time, and catchin^^ hold of the canoe ran
her through the breakers and high on to the
bank. We were wet and .so cold, but, oh, we
were thankful that we were saved. After a while
we got up and moved round to 'e if a hou.so was
near, when we found that we were on one of the
small islands that lie at the head of the rapids.
A few rods one way or the other and we would
have swept past it an<l been lost. It was God's
own hand that had steered our canoe. Well, we
waited patiently till the gale went down, and as
soon a.s we dared we launchetl out again and
paddled bomeward. And a long pull we^had, but
it warmed u.s."
The bag of Hour was opened. The water had
caked the outside layer, leaving the interior quite
ihy. The fiour was examined with interest, being
the first from wheat grown in the settlement.
•'Well," exclaimed the patriarch, "it is time we
were in our beds, tliough it be now good daylight,
Ij ii
THE SFITI-KUS FIIIST (;UIST.
2:{;
and wf will ^o to sleep with tlmiikful lienrt.s tlmt
our g(M)<l ii('i^r|,U,r is witii us uikI not »it the hot-
toni of the lake. And you, Mrs McDonald, we
wish well to, for you luive this niornin*,' found
not i)u\y tlie son that was lost, liut a daM<dit«r
you knew not of, and a ;^'o()d ^rirl .s|,e j.s too.
There is plenty of land here for all, and w»; *%ill
build thei.i a house and hoUl our New Year in it,
and, plea.se ( ;od, we will not again risk life in
these French cohhles of canoes, hut build a b:<r
boat."
And so it came to pass. Tiie New Year beheld
Flora and Allan nuide one with a nierry-niakine
that became a tradition in the settlement, their
Glengarry friends driving over the icy bosom of
the lake to it in a drove, and bringing two pipers
to supply the music, and when spring came a
boat, large enough to carry half a dozen bags of
flour, built after the best Isle of Skye design, was
launched in the creek beside the shanty of William
McPhee, and served the settlement many a h.ng
year.
AUNEk'S DEVICK.
"An\i:i{, I want y,m t.. -., n liH-s.a.'.- f..r mo
aft»'r l.n-akfast."
"Vos, iiK.tluT. Is it t.) F(.iir ('..riuTs ?"
"No; you an. to.-., to tl... lilHM.ls.with a l.askt't
tor old Mrs SVhitiiKr. '
"Wliy. that's ii, Canada, and tli.yV.' oiir en.!-
Wilis.
"Our -ovcrimicnts arc at war, I.ut w.- ..Id nei-l,-
liors arc not." "
"Hut tl:- Indian ^njurd nmy catch nic."
"If they do, th..yll not harm a hoy like you."
"Vo.s, they would, niotlur. Th.-yM scalp anv-
thinjr that's Yankee, an-i I hate them and every
Britisher. 1 don't s.c why you want to do a
'^noA turn to those who've hccn tiying thes... two
years t<, cut our throats and l.urn <Mir houses."
"Aimer." exclnime<l Mrs Smith reproachfully.
"I want t., hit them every time, mother, and if
I have -ot to -o, you'll K-t uu' take father's rill..."
"No, Aimer; youjl ;ro us you are, and if the
ludian guard fall in with you. their ca„tain will
li t you -o when you tell your erran.l. U con^rrcss
ahnkk's dkvk e.
want to ti-lit kin^' (Jmr^r,., tlmts tu>t to suy wi-
IIP' to li)it«' llU.l liUlt thos.- \\r huvf liv«Mi hvs'uk'
so Ion;,' and who've .lone us iiiatiy a kiti.lu«>ss."
This cotivrrsation took j.hicf in th.' h.;,' shanty
(tf a first srtthT in northern N.-w V,,rk in the
fall of 1S|;{. War was thm in proirn-ss, an,! ,i
few .lays ht-fort- (Miionil Hainf)ton ha<l n-turn«-.|
from liis attempt to reach Montreal, and with liis
withdrawal to winter (piarters tJie settlers ah.n;,'
the frontier supposed hostilities were en<|-d f,,,-
the season. When war had heen declared the
settlers on the American side of the lines were in
terror of hein^j visited hy the Indians, whom the
liritish ^(overKment liad enrolled to watch the
frontier, hut as tim«> j)rove<l their appreliensions
;,'round!ess, they were little afFected by the contest
that was being waged, beyond having their inter-
course with the settlers on the Canadian side re-
stricted, and that intercourse lia<l been close and
fiecjuent, for the difl'erence in allegiance had not
atiected their friendsldp. In the Imsh distance
goes for little, and though five miles apart, the
Blands were Mrs Smith's nearest neighbors to the
north, and tl nr relation had been of tlie warmest
kind. Unable, owing to the presence of Hampton's
camp at Four Corners, to do their trading there,
Mrs Smith knew that the Elands must be with-
out groceries and even flour, and, at this, the
first opportunity, she was eager to send them some
2.1S
•il.KWKK TALKS.
'"•r Mrs Whiting, Dw -mn.linotli.r <,f tl..- Ik,,,...-
I"M.I, ul... was c,ft,„ lMMlri.|,|,.„ f,,„M ilM-M.imtism.
Tl..- Lusk-t was muly f.,r Al.rirr l.y t\w tiin.-
I- l.n.l finish..,! l.naklast. His irnM-inutiun luul
•"•••M firr.l lysvviw^ tlir sol.h.Ts nt fort nicl;.,ry
an.l ut Knur ('..rtM.rs, a.i.l to nury thr l.^skct
in tl..- usual way was ,,ii( ..f tlir .|Ursti..ri. S.-
•••iiin^r thill with.-ru,M.s, n.u.l,. fmi,, th.- I.nrk of
''"• •"•••••'••^^- I. Ih' shni^r th.. l.Hskrt oi, his shonl-
'l»'rs lik.' a knapsack, an.I catchin^r „,, a (....i.^,. j,„|,.
Ix' -raspr.l it as if it w,iv a niuskrt, an.I shoutin.r
tohin.s.-If th- onirr, •• Ky.-s fn,nt; ri-ht foot for-
wunl; <,ui(k n.anh:- ..ff he s.-t. far.oyin- himself
..n.. .>f Colon.I F'unlys crack hri-a.l... Mrs Sn.ith
as, from the .l<.or, sJ.e watch.-.l hrr h-.y depart on
I'is ^mm.l. while she smile.l at his waywanl faney
conl.l not h.Ip feelin^r a thrill ..f pri.le in his lithe'
active ti-ure, ;:ivin- promise of a har..lyon.e man.'
That he was shrewd and .piick-witted, as well as
tail and stron- for his years, she w.-ll knew
The weather had been e> tren.elv wet for the
season; th.. -roun.I was soak.-d and the leaves had
Ion- a-o heen washed from all th,- trees exe.
the In-ech. Durin- the ni^d.t the rain had err V
an.I the n.on.in^r, dull and hazy, ^ave pro.nise of
a dry day. (^nce out of his father's clearance
Abners way lay throu^r}. tl... hush. There was a
toot-track that led to the lilaa.ls. hut n.>w it was
sohi.lden hyfhe Tier of leaves fat it was i„-
disconuhle. That did i:,,i, si,rnif,r u.,.,.. :.. ., _
AHNKKs MF.Vff K
a.jj)
w.mhIs, th.-y Win- M) fumilittr that Aluvr n.iiM
tiri.l his way in any diivftioii Iw chos.', with us
iiituh nisi- as th.' «lwrll»-rs in citirs travt tm' tru-ir
intricacies of stncts ttn<l lan.s. As hr thiva.h'.l
his way nrn-.n^' the trees, the chatter of the ehip-
niunk, the whirr of the partri.l^^'e, and the tuppin^r
of a 'k lilted wo<).lpecki-r were the only sounds
that fell on his ear, and no si;r|,t „„„■,. ,,nusual
than an occa.sional j^rev-stpiirre! .. troop of deer.
When he had crossed the line that divides Clm-
teau^ray from Hinchiid)rook, and was fairl;, on
Canadian territory, he hecaine more cir- inspect,
and liis fancy chan^'ed. He was no U,u<^vv th««
ri^'ht-hand man of a tile of soldiers, hut a scout,
sent into the enemy's country to -rvi information.'
Keepin- undiT ,.very cover that offered, lo-king
furtively around hefore venturing; to cross a:>y
open that came in lis way, trea<lin;r ,,n the
haniest ground he c(.uld find, and douMing on
his track where the- soil trea-herously reti[ine<l
his footprints, he found playing at Ahner the spy
much more exciting than that of Al.ner the sol-
di.T. Sud.leiily a crackling sound arrested his
footsteps. It was, he knew, no noise made hy
uny denizen of the forest, am! he turned toward's
whence it oamc. Soon he caught the faint odor
')f smoke, an.! then he knew there was a lire
near— prohahly the camp-fire of the British guanl.
Prudence whisp.red to liim to turn away and pass
to go and liave a peep at the camp.
V.-^ 1 I '
•J4()
(;i.f:a\ki{ talks.
Hf wa.s only a l.oy of foiiruM-u, and eniiosity
vixn'wd the (lay. Slowly he stoK- towanls tlio
p>int wlit'iir.. the crat'klin.r .sound of blu/.ini,^
luanclu's came, an. I .so noisult'ssly that o\>-n the
S(iuirrfls faihd to start at his approach until h.-
parsed thfir perch Now lie could .see the smoke,
un.l next the .^rl^rc of the cnihers. He thoyoht
lie saw the titrure of a man, hut as, when he
looked again, the shape was .;,„,(', he thouirht he
had been mistaken. He paused to listen, "rheie
was nt) .sound .save the drummin;,' of a partrid<re
behind him. Redouhlinfr his caution, he crawled
towai-ds the spot whence the smoke rose, and
when ho sl.nvly lifted his head from behind a
thicket, he was startled to find hmi.self looking
into a camp of the dreaded Indian guard, of wliom
he had so often heard but never seen. There they
were, 21 in number, lying prostrate in sleep in a
circle around the tiro and the pale autumn .sun-
shine streaming down upon them. Uncouth look-
ing men they were, with daubs of paint on their
faces that made them Jiideous. Beside each one
lay his musket, and some evtii, in their sleep,
grasped their hatchets, prepared, if surprised, for
inmiediate combat. Their captain Abner reco.r-
nized from his being white and wearing the sword
and crimson sash of a British officer. With earner
eye Abner scanned the unexpected scene, and wdTen
the first feeling of fear died away, he grew bold
and tliought of what he mio-lit have .arpomnlj-hr.-]
AMNEH's DKVKi;.
211
lia.l Lis motluT allowc.l him to takr liis f,itl
nri.. with hii... The exploits of R„h,.,.t Rc,...rs
nil. I Kthati Allen tlonte.j hffore 1
nii.l he i.Iunne.I ]u,\v, had hv 1
ler s
t'\('
IIS iiiirul s
'"■en uiMiK'd, h
Kii.i^ht have shot the captain throiij-h the 1
isappearcd before anv of tli<" s|,
and
liave (
leart
;n'Up knew what had ha
• •enui''
ppened. Satisticd wit
tlie siirl.t, he niov<.(i to withdraw and
.mviu-y. At the first attempt t
1
Ills arms were seized with
I'esume h:s
> tnin ai-oinn!
looking- up, he saw 1
a o-rasp of ii-on, a
11(1
Ind
Appalled for a moment, Al
H' was in the hands of an
ian, wh.ose painted visn-e trlared with f.Toeit
V.
lie made a wrench to fret
aier stood still, tl
leil
J)i-avvin''' the ^
away. It was in
vaiii.
i:ras
'oys arms together, the Ind
lan
pcMl them by the wrists with his l,.ft hand
and when tl
»<-' ri(dit hand was tl
thrust it into the folds of his bel
bner's eyes followed the mov
HIS released h
Al
I of
wampum.
the hand was withdrawn
knife, which he recognized as 'the seal
be had heard .so much of
ement, and when
gra.sping a short, thick
ping-knife
smote him, and 1
paroxysm of terror
le gave a piercing shriek. Witl
a diabolical grin, as if he
the Indian passed the knife befoi
and tried its ed
I
enjoyed the boy's terror,
e Abnei-
s (
tlourished it before phin
,^e on liis .soft chubby che<'k tl
yes
len
lie made the motion, a billet of
ling past, and striking the Ind
ging into his .scalp. A^
WO(kI
came hurt-
li/aggHig Abner dow
inn on the head, h
n
n with hii
n.
}{
I' was
242
(iLKAXKll TALKS.
lit'tctl tip l.y the captain, whom Aimer liad sct-ii
aslfL'p a iiiinutt' licfoiT, and as lie passed liis hand
»)ver him to make snre he was unhurt, lie poured
forth a ton-ent of aiii^ry words, in his own ian-
i;uage, at the Indian, nho jrave no sii^n that the
knockdown hlow he had received had hurt liini.
As the captain led Aimer into the circle of In-
dians, who had heen awakened hy his shriek, lie
told liihi he had heen scolding his assailant for
attempting to scalp him, and said in apology that
l\e was a heathen Indian of the far west, a Black-
foot who had strayed to the Ottawa, and joined a
hand of the InKpiois. "1 do not allow my men
to he cruel: my orders he to watch the frontier
to prevent invasion hy your soldier, and not to
hurt anybody." Then he asked Abner who he
was and why lie had come nigh their camp, and
was answered fi-ankly.
"Ah, my leetle man," said the captain, who
spoke with a French accent, "if you tell me true
you get away; but I'm afi-aid you carry letter, —
despatch — eh! ' Taking the basket from his back,
the captain lifted out its contents, amono- which
were half-a-doxen apples, then a luxury ir the
new settlement, where the few fruit trees planted
liad not begun to bear. An Indian snatched up
one and took a bite, laughingly sayinnr, "Yankee
apple better nor Yankee bullet." The other con-
tents were of as innocent a description : a few
little luxuries that nn*L'ht temnt an invalid n
AliNKU's MKVKK.
'24:]
su.ail l)UM(,f HoMr, ni!(l a Lottlu ol' liiiim.-jit. Tlip
caj.tain, satistiud tlieiv was no lett.-r in tlic l.askot.
can-ful'y replaced its contents, and then examined
Al.ncr's clothin^r, i- -iir l,i,„ ^.ven take off Ids
shoes. While thus .,aj;ed au Indian slouched
up heside the captain and, throuinn- down his
musket, hen-an to speak to him, and Ahiier listen-
ed to the jruttural s anids with awe.
"J)is man," said the captain, "tell me he see you
leave clearance an<l follow you. He say, wlien
you come to Canada sid- you act as 'fniid, hide
behind hush, and walk ve-i-ay fooney. Why you
no want to be seen^"
Aimer blushed at this descripti(jn of his enact-
inrr the role oF Indian scout and jH-i-ceived how
his conduct could be misconstrued, ffe ivmem-
bered, also, his mother's repeated injunction that
truth is better under any circumstances, and, with
ii shamed smile on his face, he told what he was
doincr. The captain ^irnnned as he listciiul and
pattincr Abner on the back .iaid: 'I know; boy
once myself and now fadder of four; you play
one leetle o^ame of In<lian spy, not tinkino. real
Indian watch you. You one ouod, honest-faee.l
boy. Pity you Yankee."
The Indian who had tracked hiu), smiled as the
captain spoke, showinnr he understood Enf,di.sh,
and, like all his race, enjoyed banter. "You smell
smoke, eh.^" he said, "hold up nose and n,> on.
Then you hear Dartridcje drnm /!>.>,.,. i... ;...:i.-i.„ i
244
fiLEAXEU TALES.
i\
II
the sound) me part-' '„3 and sirrnal to Joe; Joe
steal up behind, catch arms, pull out knife, you
—squeal, and here, as if overcome by the ludi-
crousness of the scene, the Indian grinned from
ear to ear without emitting a single sound of
laughter, and poked Abner in the side.
"You make big mistake tink you come to In-
dian camp without we know," remaiked the cap-
tain, "when we sleep, sentinel all round like fox."
Changing the subject, the captain tried to get
from Abner what he knew of the movements
and whereabouts of the American army, particu-
larly of the number still 'n camp at Four Corners,
which Abner admitted he had visited the day
before. It was without avail. The boy realized
the information he would give might be used
against his countrymen, and he answered evas-
ively. "Ah, well," exclaimed the captain, "it no
matter; we've our spies in your camp so well as
in de bush."
The Indians were now busily preparing break-
fast, and Abner watched them with curious eyes
as they placed potatoes and pieces of perk to
cook upon the hot embers, while a copper- kettle
with tea was slung on a crooked stick. Their
duties required them to be on the patrol along
the fronti-r during the night, which accounted
f( .' their sleeping so late.
"Veil," said the captain, "what you tink of dese
Indian? Yankee abie to catch 'em? Eh? You
iii
auxek's devfce.
2io
tell. wIk'M you rr^t home, what -mit fellow In-
dians ho. Now you may .n.l crjve Mrs Bland
d^' con.plinR.nt of Capta! . .u Versailles and say
he wdl do I.er de honor of cakincr supper with
hei-."
Thus permitted to resume his journey, Aimer
struck into t' e bush, and in half an hour had
reached the house of the lUan.ls. He was hailed
with an upi-oarious welr^ome from every mend.er
oi the laro-e household, for there was the delioht
not only of resumin- long-suspended friendly In-
tercourse, bat the proof in his appearance that
the warfare waged between the two governments
bad not lessene.l the goodwill of their neighbors
Unpacking the basket, it was found to contain a
iittle ot everything they had been so long deprived
from being shut out from rj.e American stores
On the cork being drawn from the bottle of lini-
ment, granny declared that the xt^ry smell had
done her rheun.atics gocxi. As the contents of
the basket lay spread on toe table, a sud.kn
thought seemed to strike Mrs Bland, which she
connnunicated in a whisper to her husband There
was a ,ju.et consultation, and tlien she addressed
Abnei-.
"We have something strange to tell yon, and
'""n.s the word. Night before last, when we
Mere asleep, a knock came to the door and then
It was pushed open. Father rose, stirred the fire
- o- ••■ -s^'-. ••••nLii we saw it was an American
246
<iLKA\KK TALES
ill
11^
soldier. If.' VMS drcDclie'l to tlic skin, for it was
pourin;r jain. and, oli, wlmt a pah', thin jrhost he
looked! Ho crept up to the tire and sank in a
heap hesi.je it, niutterin<r, 'Tliank (io<].' I saw he
was peiishin<r, and ;,fot some hot (hink for hini,
and after a while he told his story. He had heen
with Hampton's army in the battle, where he had
received a tlesh wound in the side, and when
Purdy's hri-^nide fell back he was unable to keep
lip with them, n-ot separated from his company,
and, in the dark, lost his way. Next mornin*,' he
tried to find the trail of the army, but failed, and
then, <ruided by the sun, struck south, knowinir
he would in time reach th_> States. Too weak to
carry them, hm threw away his nuisket and am-
nuiiiition,and crawled, rather than walked. When
the last biscuit in his haversack was eaten, he had
to trust to beech and butter nuts, thoui^h he was
not lnHi<,rry, for his wound feverea him. Often
he lay oown, thinkinnr he would never rise anrain.
but lie was younj,^ and stron^r, and when he re-
vived a little he pushed on, until, to his great
joy, he struck our clearing. He thought he w.is
in the States, and when we told him our house
was on the Canada side he was dreadful afraid
we would give him up, and he would be sent to
Montreal as a prisoner. We soon eased him on
that score; our big trouble was to hide him from
the Indian guard until we could get him sent
across the lines.
li
AMNKKS DF.VK'E.
247
"Yes, iiiotluT," iiitcrrnptrd one of her sons, "they
CJinie to our house tli( next «hiy, arid »ire dose ]>y
yet." Ahner shivered.
"Well," resumed Mrs Hlaiio, "I inn<h' tlie poor
Yank take off his wet clothes h\u\ lie down in
our warm hed. I dressed his wound for the first
time, and it was raw and nasty, I can tell you,
ai>d then he fell aslee]) like a hahy, poor fellow.
I cleaned and .set his clothes to dry, and as I .sat
mending' them ne.xt mornin<,' father an<l I con-
sulted. To keep him in the hou.so was to tr'wQ
him up to the Indians, and he was too weak to
travel farther. Where to hide liini until he wa.s
able to leave bothered us, when, all of a sudden,
father thouj^dit (»f the bi<r platform that stands
near the sprinj^^ ii; the bush, two acres back,
which the Indians raised last year for still hunt-
inj^. It was late in the d>iy when he aw(jke, and
he found himself weak as water but the fever
had left him. We told him what wc intended,
and, after he had eaten somethin;.i:, father and the
boys carried him to tlie platform, rolle<l liim in
a blanket and covered him with elm bark and
cedar brush. We have taken him victuals after
dark, and last n'ght, .seeing it was wet, we fetched
liim over antl gave him a night's rest in bed, He
eats little, for his .stomach is turned against our
connnon food, and he'll be glad of what your
motiier has sent. Now, Ab, can't you think of
some plcui Lo get this poor feilow across the hues/'
Il
'If
'^^^ <;i.K.\\KK TM.V.H.
Ur vuv\,\ not think of any, for the u.mkIs w.jv
fill! .,f In.liMns, l.ut I..' would like to visit tlir
nvomk.I.mI sol.li.r. |',v|m,in- ,is tasty a .vpust as
shv c.Mil.l out of th.. xictimis sent I.y Mrs Smith.
Ahn.T an.l Mrs Hhni.l start.-d f.,r his placr of
<""c..ahn.-nt. As is their custom, the In<hans had
Jaisrd the platf..nn \v a thicket, whicli command-
»•'! H n.nwey, and was therefore well coneeah-d,
and. what was of ,.,|ua: conse.iue.ice at that season.
sie-lt.Trd irom i!h- wind. On <-omin.ir heneath it,
Mrs l;iand spokr, vhen there was" a mownient
f.hove, an.l a fae<". so ashy pale and ^\aste.l that
Ahner lelt *i creepin.,^ fcelinir pass ov.t him, peer-
ed from l.eyond the e.l;^rt.. "Here's a hoy from
\ank.etown and a .liimei- co(.ke<l from the pro-
visions he lias liroU'dit "
•Hes Weleome,"' faintly whispeivd the soldier.
'1 wish I could <r.) hack with him."
Takinn- the hasket in one hand, Ahner climhed
r.p to the platform with the anility of a scjuinvl,
!Uid helped the .s,ddier to rais,> him.self and ar-
range the food. When he .saw the wiieaten liivad,
lie .said it ])ut him in mind of luane, an.l he fell
to Mil.! made thi- hest meal he had portaken of
since the fatal .hiy on the Chateau<,ray. His
strength returne.l with the i^miteful fo.><r!Mi.I he
asked Aimer many cpie^tions, wjiat Hampton had
done after the hattle, where lu. was now, were
many killed, di.l the British follow him up, jmi.1
were there many Indi;ins in the woo.ls. When he
AHNKKS DKVKK,
'2V,)
l«.Hr,l „f Al.jKis .•ncon.it.Tii.- tl.r In.linns tl,, t
nion.iii- 1,,. sl.ud.lcvl, aii.l AI.iut cuM not Iifl|,
thinkin- ,.f wl.Ht his futr »v..ul,| 1„. ,|i,l our of
tl.ciM irmt out his n-tivivt. a nth.cti(,n that in.
Cmis,vl his .Irsirr to save hi,,.. L,.avin;,r t'-r sol-
<li' r in a (li.v,r,il aii.l hoprfnl i„oo.|, lu- slipp.-.I
I-mk to the JJh.n.Is. puzzlintr his hca.l to .k-viso
SOI,!,- plan of n'scuiii^^r his (•.•>int,-vinan.
Altrr .himcr, which consist.-.l of corn h.,il,.,l in
iiiilk.an.l j.otutocK vith tVicl venison, the IJIaiul
hoy^ prop,,s,.l to -^n partri.l^re shootin<r, ,.n.l Ahner
n^r,ve,l, as he was i,i n,, hurry to return home. So
oH" tliey went. In heatin- the wood.^, a coon wa.s
started, and it .supplied the i.h'a Ahner had been
scekin- to,-. JV.fore they returned hon,. he ha<l
worked it out and determined to .sul.n.it it to Mrs
Bhmd. On approachii'.o- the (hx,: -h-y heard peals
cf hiu-ht.-r, when one of the hoys remarked, "The
captain has come: he's a jolly one with the niHs,"
'■"i.l on enterin- th.y found that per.sona-a- Tuter-
tannn- the family in his liveliest .stvle" Ahner
I'lt his lip and .saw he must hide his tin^.e. Supper
IS an early meal in the hack woods, and after en-
joyin- it to the full, and divertin- and fiatterin-
each of the hou>-.hold, (Captain Ver.sailles, with
ninny apol<yi^..s fo,- duty rer,ui,ing him to leave
such .leliirhtful company, j.ft t<. return to his In-
diums. No sooner liad he -one, than Ahner asked
abruptly. "These n.oonli-ht nights dont you -<.
C( lon-hiiii t m
2.'()
<il.K.\NKU TALKS.
Don't \vr, Al., MiiswTitMl (.rir .,f tlu" hoys, 'tliink
yoii'l say >, if y,,u saw tlir skins rmilcl on tlir
Imiu-door."
"\V»-II, tli.ti, Iv.' a plan to <^rt tli.- s.»Mi,-r awuy
with m..." which he pnx h.l to lay hrfoiv thvni.
Uru'tiy it was, that th.' h<.ys shouM ;;,, with their
^nnis a mil.- or so rast and clos.- to the houn<hiry-
liiK', whiM thry uouM h«.;ri„ firin^r an. I sh..utiri;r.
Til" In.iuuis. thirikini: it w.is an attach from
Fort Hickory, woul.l hurry t.) meet the in\a.h'rs,
le»ivu;.^r th.' western part <.f the frontier un;;uar(I-
e<l, i-n.l let Al.n.-r slip acr.)ss with th.- sol.li.T
"It's f.-:isih|,.,' sai.l Mr Whvul. •th.' trouhl.* is
th.- p...,r f.ll.,w isn't uhh- to walk a ro.l, l.-t al.-n.'
tiv.- milfs."
'Iie'il .li.- from (-old if left .)nt Ion;,',.,-;' ,vmark-
<'<1 his wifr: -w,. must run some risk. He mi^^ht
he ahle to ke.-p on the hnck o^' tlu- ol.l whit.- mare."
"Thafs so," answ.-re.l h.-r huvban<l, "we'll try
All's plan."
As MO tim.- was to h.- l(,st, it heinL,^ essential to
mak.- the diversion h.fore the In.lians were de-
taile.l hy Captain V.-rsaill.-s to th.-ir posts for the
ni,i,dit, the hoys caii^dit up their jj^uns and left,
while Ahner un.l Sir Bland slipped ov.r to the
hidin^r-plaee of the .sol.lier, toM him what was
intended, an.l helped him down from his perch.
The prospect of .speedy escape ^rave him unwonted
streui^rth, and leanin^r on his friends he manaLred
to walk to the hons.>
wllLl't. \f|..- 1^1., ...I .,i-i ..
AUNFUS DKVK K
251
• Inssiiij^ his wouikI. iiisist4i| on wasliiri;,' liis fare
jukI tidyirjj^' liini iiji. "Fur sun'," sin- s»ii<l, "ydun*
'^u'ui^ liumc to yotir fiinids, an<| yoii mustn't ;,'ivf
( 'nnadu ; l»jul natu"."
"Tlmt 1 nt'vrr will, " munnurcd the ^^ratcful sol-
• litT, "(io<l 1ms anoint*' I the hrarts of hotli peoples
with the same oil of kin<lness, and it's only the
politicians an»i hi;,' men on hoth sides that make
troul
Let
W>'en us.
The evetiin;^' was <-alm and ild for the seasot
and Mr Hland sat listeni
nir
•y tl
le open floor.
I'lesentl}', there hurst from a ii'Uiote corner of th
W(K)ds. a sharp volley, followed hy such shouts
and cii s as would lead the listener to fancy a
fierce r<,dit was in pro^Mess. "There they are : '
exclaimed Mr Bland, while the hots and
uproar
continued to increase, "let 'em keen that up for
hve minutes, and tlien; won't be an Indian within
earshot wl-.j won't he runnin^r to the spot.
Tl:e noise did continue that lon^' and loni^^er too,
while, with skilful imitation, it subsided and in-
creased, and passed from one *tart of the woods
to another, the cheers of soldiers miufdiu"- with
e(iually good imitations of Indian yells, giving the
impression of a miming tight between a (h'taeh-
ment of the American garrison and the Indian
guard. When Mr Bland considered nil the In-
dians had left for the neighborhood of the sup-
posed tiglit, the old mare was ])rought to the
tioor, which tiie soldier was helped to niount, and,
tun.' tiM' in.KM. UH.S M^l, ..iiouirl, to Im- iHnivw^
•lown its rays tl.n.u-h tl.r tr t..,„. "n.! tl,,,,!;;!,
Its l.^^l.t w.is us.h,! i„ slM.win- 1,.„. '.uw t.,,iv(^.|
ol.st.K-I.s an-l to ;;.» M.ucl, fast.-:- tl.u,, tln-y ..tl.rr-
wisro.ul.l l,uv..,lom., Al.iur w..uM Imv <lisp,.Msr,l
with It for ♦•..,ir.,f its ivv.Hlit.^r tl.rir {.n-smc.. to
til.- In.li.ins. His t'.ar was -roun.Il..ss. His .1.-
vi(v W..S n .-,„,, ,I,.t.. .snrc.ss. Not ni. I„.|i,u, was
met, tlir nvo.mIs nv..,v tna.Tsr.l in safrtv. atwl AL-
"*r .■xult.'.l iu iUr tlion-l,t l,ou 1... 1,'a.I trick.-.l
til- in.liai.s, -uul almost lan-lM.! n^l.t out wl.rn
'"• p.ctun.l to l,iin.s,.|f tl.rir .li^^nist, on n-acliin-
tl.r ,s.-.n.. or tl.r .s„j,p<,s.MJ fi;^r|,t. f. {i„.l it f. 1."
<»nly a coon-linnt. If tl.-.y Iwi.l tmppr.l l,i.„ i„
tl.r M.on.illM-, 1m. IuuI outwittr.j tl...... m tl.r rvrn-
m^o Wl.ri, tl.r iinl.t of his fathrrs ho.is,. was .jis-
crrnr.l.AI.P ,• ,v|i,.vr.l his fr..li„;.s hy ,x ^Mvat shout
<-f .'>:ultation, that .l.vw his paivnts to thr <'o„r.
' \V.-II, Ahi;. ,-, you srr tl..- In.lians <li.i not cnic'.l
VoU ^"
"i»i'lnttl.ry UM^tl.rr: I f,.rl tl.r ciutc-l. <>:• onr of
•■•n at n.y scalp yrt Won't you hrip the stmn.r,.r
«lown. fathrr^ Ur is n s..Mi,..- nn.j ^y.mn.lr,l;• "
"Woiu.-lr.I : I'oop riitt.T, r T:;;:st -r^ thr l>r('
n'a.ly," and Mrs Sn.ith .lartr.l indoor"
Stiff an.l sorr fn„n thr rxrrtion an., col.l, th."
poc.r sol.lirr was likr t.) fall wl.m thry hrlpr.l
'"•" "'f tl.r n.arr, nn.l, -rntly, fath.-r an.l sou
faiiird him to tl.r hr.i.
AUNKIl's |)KVI<K.
2y.\
I
'««»r iimii, iiiii I lu> tiickiT.'.l out:' rxclaiii:*-.!
.Mrs Smith, us sin* n; ,jr(Micli«'«l liim wlini Jiis hiwul
li»i(i Inti) lai.l (.n tin- jiillow. Shu'liti^' tlir c.indl.'
^lu" i^liuuTtl lit hill , .sturt«'.|. I.x.krd
cry'm^ out, "Hlrss,.,! if it htn't
Hill from N'armont : ' slu« fell on 1
aj^uu;, iitit
mv own lirothti
I
lis nf(
k
iti II
piiroxysrn of hyst.rioil solis. Aii.I so it turii.Ml
out to 1m'. He had hvvu MUoii}r those hist drafted
to reinforce Hampton, and hrd heen uncon
that his sistrr lived
SClOllS
so near the camp at Tour
Corners. Ahn<r was the hero of tliu ni^dit when
the soldier tol<l lu)w lu^ had In-en the means )f
1. "Xo," said the lad modestly, "it was
inotl
that
»fe'
hill
ler s se
save*
iKliiij,' me ajrainst my will to the Hland>
That
y
ou.
s so, Abiier, and y(ju n-ver for<,"_'t it, that
I)loo<l is thicker tl
<leod to those you considered ai
servin;r ourselves.
lan water, and in doin<r a kind
1 enemy we were
T A SETTLEK TOLD ME.
I ' ':
l!
^ Afti;i{ the stiHinrr heat aiul l.liiidinfr ^lare of a
Canadian sxmnnw day, it is most r"fresl,incr to
walk forth as the sun, shorn of its strength, sCiks,
a -lowinnr hall of tire, behind the forest that edo-es
the landscape. \'eiretati(.n, wilted by the day's
^darii.i,' heat, revives with the <lewy coolness of
the hour, and from the neighhorincr hush comes
the sono- of the <rreybird. As the glow fades
from the sky, nowhere else in the world of ten-
derer blue or more translucent depth, the stars
drop into sight, and should Venus be in the as-
cendant, she lairns with a white flame unknown
at any other season. Generally, with the setting
of the sun, a light breeze springs up from the
west or northwest, refreshing to the farmers who
toiled throughout the sultry day, and swaying the
heads of timothy until the m adows seem to be
swept by billows. The eye of the saunterer takes
in the scene, passing over the great flat fields of
grain and grass, until ended by the recurring belt
of bush; the snug farm-houses set amid Siade-
trees and orchards; the pond-like reaches of the
A SE'lTLKUS SToitV
20.5
("luitriujya}', slccpinrj p.-aoct'ully in tli.' liollows
of its roiiii(kMl banks, uiu-ufHf<l save as tlu- win"
lit one (.t the swallows, that skim Its <;lassy
suifaco, frets it for a nior.u'nt, or from the leap
of an inhabitant of its clear waters; and, in the
1inishe<l beauty of the picture, he finds it hard
to realize that he is looking upon the lesults of
the labor of scarce half a century, that underneath
a few of the roofs before him 'ill live men and
women who saw the country when a wilderness
of forest and swamp, and who are survivors of
the (reneration who wrought the wondrous chano-e
—men and women who underwent privations the
most painful and labors the most exhausting in
making the country what it is. To give those
who have iidierited the fruits of their sacrifices
some idea of what the first settlers underwent, I
here submit the narrative of one of them, as near-
ly as may be in the words I was told it:
You have driven a long way to see me, sir, and
I am afraid I can tell you little worth the hear-
ing. It is strange you should go to so much
trouble to gather the.se old-time stoi-ies, but if I
can tell you anything that will be of use to you
I am willing. You want me to begin with our
leaving the Old Country and go on in order, as
you can recollect best that way. Very well, only
you wi'' have to come and see me again, for it is
a long story, and if you print any of it, you are
Lu cnaiige it ao inai iioUouy wiii know who told
«
2.50
fJI.KAN'KU TALKS.
you. I don't iniii.l iiiysflf, hut soim' of my chil-
ilren luii^dit not likt- it.
Wl' I't'lon^a'd to the H.- \.iMin.i the first siVht
that met my oyos cveiy aio -iiiii^r ;vns the Eihhjn
lulls. My hushaiid was a shepherd and we lived
well enough until our family heiran to ^^row Iari,re,
and then we th()u<;ht it would he well for their
sake U) try Canada. We ha.l a little saved and
that, witli what we <.rot from the roup of our
furniture, j)aid our passage and plenishing. We
sailed from the Sol way, into which a h'- ship
from Liverpool called for a party of emigrants.
We wore rowed out in small Ix.ats, and when I
got on to her deck my heart failed me, for such
dirt and confusion I never saw the like, crowded
as she was with 242 emigrants from county Kerry,
who had gone on board at Liverpool. This we
never expected, i)ut it was too late now, and we
had to make the best of it. The siglit below was
worse than above, and I turned fairly sick when
I went down the ladder to our berths; the noise
was bad enough but the smell was just awful.
The mate, a swearing character, Mas not without
a show of decency, and did the great favor of
allotting to us Border folks, who numbered an
even six dozen, the row of berths aft the main
hatchway, so that we were kept together. We
slipped out of the tirth that night with the tide,
and next morning, which was a njost beautiful
uay, wu Kept tacking oil" jind on tlie coast of the
A SFTTLKU's STOKV.
257
Nortli (.f Ireland. As wo <r(.t out on tho oci-an
I ui.'w sea-sick, and for a few days I was just in
uiisriy liH\ iuix to attend the children yet iuirdly
a Lie to raise my head. The ship's provisions were
seanty and very Lad, which did not matter much
to us, foi- we had taken a i^ood d 'al with us, hut
the poor Irish, who had brought nothing, were
always wanting to horrow, and as we not having
more than enough to serve ourselves, had to refuse,
they ahu.sed us for heing proud, and tried to pick
(juarrels, l)ut both the Scotch and English of us
kept (an- tempei-s and gave them no offence. Their
Jealousy and ill-feeling grew, and one morning they
handed togethei- to prevent our getting hot water
at the galley. This we could not stand, for the
water was bad and only fit to di-ink when boiled
an.l made into tea or gruel. The captain refused
to interfere, being afraid, we thovght, of having
trouble with the Kerry nit-n, anci when we told
the mate he only .swore at our lads for a cowardly
lot oi .sheep-tenders. When dinner-time came, our
men got out their crooks, and, going cpiietly (in
• leek, formed in a column and, laying about them
right nnd left, ehaicd a road to the galley. There
were learful threats made, but nothing came of
them, and after that we were respected and left
alone.
The .ship made little hem. vay owing to the wind
keeping n the west, and it was on the eiglith day
r;t <;ur voyage lliat it became known to us that a
18
2.3.S
(JI.KANKi; TALKS.
woiimii \vli() Imil iitM'ii sick for smiiii' tiiii«', was ill
of th<' fcvrr. ')m tluit (l)iy slie ^-ot «k'liii<ms mid
\\vv people couM not liidt- the ti-uth lon;^cr. Four
of tlic oldest MicM of our )»; rty were sent to tell
the cap^iin. He niiide iii^lit of tlieir news and
sn'-I rliey were mistaken altout tli. disease. l»ut lie
lefiised to come and see the woman or to erect
a partition across the hold to st-parate us from the
rest of the pa^stnners. We took his treatment
sort! to heai't. When ship-ownei-s o-et his ])assa<'-e-
nu)ney, they don't care what li<'C(.iiies of the poor
emigrant, and would just as soon he wcuhl die
on the \oya<rt' as land him. We went to sleep
that nil; lit sad and friijhtened, for we knew, }»y
reading- the papers, what ship-fever meant. Well,
next day the woman was worse, and on the even-
ini;- of the thini she died. We were all an.\iou.s
that tlie corpse should l»e buried at once, so that
the infection mi<.,dit not he spread by it, and two
of our folk, takinj^ «ome tilings that might be
useful in preparing the body, went over to where
it lay to advise that that be done. The poor
creatures got angry at once, and drove them back,
and cursjd us for a set of heretics, who would
put the decent woman out of sight without wak-
ing her. They laid the corpse on top of some
chests in the centre of the ship, surrounded it by
candles, and then the keening began, which drove
nie nearly into hysterics. The captain, hearing
what was going on, sent down a keg of rum, and
A SK'rTLEK's SToKV.
250
iiiadc innttci-s \\
orse,
T
tlf .Iiink had taken cffoct, they U
ovvards nioniiriij^, wh
en
iiiid tlit> noist' and coiif
y U'<,mn to (|iiarn'i.
I It'll)
iision was tfrrihlc. Tl
iei-»'
'^ no partitio,,, we could see tl.e wl.ole len-t),
'f the liold, with tl
^ide, nr)d towards the f
le rows of herths on rith-r
ar end, in the middle of
tlie ship, was the white henp formed hv tl
Hu.l lighted I,v candl
t's, with tl
aiound it, wailini,^ in th
and taking' no heed of the m
le eoi-pse
H-' women sittin*"-
"ost uneaithly wny^
tMi and child
sw
finned ..utside of them, talkin.r, shout
Hii^-, and tifditiuir. A
rcn who
iuLf, push-
candle was knocked d
u.d there was a cry c.f tire, but an old
own
•^rnothoi
•cfl it with her cloak. A
sleep, and were afraid
•■u<l of the sln'p and c-i
Woman
s we could not
lii<y nn'.^dit come to our
e wetit on
ve us trouble, w
was a cold, raw
deck to wait till all was over. It
morning, with not enou-h of wind to keep "tl^e
slnp frotn pitchincr, l.ut anything was better than
being below. When the eight o'clock bell struck
the Irish came swarming up, bearing the corpse'
Uiey rested it awhile by the bulwarks, when all'
oven to the sn.allest child, fell on their knees in'
prayer. Then it was lifted over and let drop into
lie ocean. The sailors wouhl not ]udp, keepinc.
by themselves on the forecastle, for they were
atraid of the infection. As four days passe'
without a new case, we were beginning to hope
the dano-er was r.ncco,i i>„<. .,„ j.i z^,.., . ^
clHldren took ,11, and before the week was done
II I
I
2(j() (JLEANi^il -^Al.KS.
thero wen' 17 down. After tli'it the disease had
its own way, and deaths hecame so fre(|Ueiit that
it was iiiipossilile to hold wakes. We pitied the
])(X)r creatures, a ' <rave more than we eoidd spare
to help them. Tiu' worst want of tlie sick was
water and though it smelt .so that a liorse would
not have touched it and not worth the .savin*;,
for there was plenty on hoard such as it was,
the captain would not order that the allowance he
increased, hut he encouraj^ed the st«'ward to .sell
li(pu)r, in the profit of which he shared. I can-
not begin to tell you of the .scenes we had to
endure; it was of God's mercy that they di<l not
take away our senses. If the ship was dirty be-
fore the fever broke out, it was wor.se now, and
the smell, as you .stepped from the deck, was like
to knock you down. None of our folk, with one
sorrowful exception, took the disease, which was
not considered strange by the Irish, for they ac-
counted the taking away of the sick, especially
of the young, as a sign of favor b}^ the saints,
who carried them to glory. The exception was
my husband. When about to rais(? a tin of tea
to his lips one morning, he saw a child looking
at him from htr berth with such entreating eyes,
that he went over and held the vessel to the girl's
mouth. When she was satisfied, he drank what
was left. Three days after he complained of a
racking headache, which was followed by a chill,
after that the fever set in. Just because he was
A St.lTI.KUS .ST.)KV
261
such H lusty iiiiui till' (jisrasc wnit hard with hii
n.
an
• I on the tenth day of his illness I sa'v there
\\
as no hope. It was in the after
noon as
I sat
l»y him, listening' to his iavin<,rs, that he suddenly
sat up, and pointin;,^ to the shaft of sunshine thit
poured down the hatchway into the dark and
loathsome hold, he said, "It fa's on the Cheviots
d i,dints on the Tweed e'noo: let nie hask in't
once mair." \Ve cariied him over and laid hi
in the sunli'dit. The delirium left 1
an
m
nm, and a
sweet smile came to his face.
H
ae
on
ytl
nnir
to say?' I whispered in his ear. "Xo, Mailie," he
swred softly, "I am (piite happy an' feel the
an
<,nip o my Saviour's han': (iod will be wi' ^'oii and
the Itaini!^." He never opened his een mair, but the
smile lin^n-red on his lips until the sun be<i;;an to
sink, and as he felt the jrlow leave his cheek, lie
nuittt red, • It's m-owin' late and the nicht will be
ower cauld for the lammies: I'll ca' the
ewes
the k
nowes," and so «
say
niir
he
d
supped awa wi
frae
the
Great Shepherd o' the Sheep to the lown valley
and the still waters. Though my sorrow was like
to rivf my head, I kept my ccnnposure, for there
,1
and nothini' can excuse
was work t(> be done,
neglect of duty. I prepared him for burial, and
when all was ready, an old friend, a brother shep-
herd of mv husband from a boy, mive out the
90th psalm, and when it had been sunir, he read
the 14th chapter of John, and offered up a most
suui-.^L^iving prayer, so that, when the corpse was
'2i\'2
r;i.FA\ru talks.
lifttMl. tllt'lV was lint a tlry clicrk. W,- follnwrd
lis it was cairicil t<> tin- <lrck. Tlif sliip was <>ii
tlir l>aiiks ot" Nfwf<t\in<llainl, mid tlir occaii was u
(lra<l calm, tlif new iikmui lii^ditiiiLT uj» tlit" tliiii
lia/.r (if mist that lay upon it. I had wrapped
my hiisl.aiitl in his plaid, and thrust his crook
IciiLTthways thr<)n<;h the outer fold. HoldiiiL,^ each
an end of it two of the stron;^'est of our men
swum^- the body well (Mit from the ship's side.
As it disappeared I felt that my lovf for man as
wife luul LTone with it, and such a sense oi deso-
lation can vei- me as words cannot tell.
Five days after we came to (piarai:tine, when;
the sick were landed, an<l, just five weeks and
two days from the time we left Scotland, we
sailed into (^uel»ec harlior. We were a small
and hearthroken handful. Our chests had he*Mi
l»rou^ht on deck and we sat on them, waitiii"' for
the steanu'r to come aloneside that was to c»M-ry
us to Montreal. None of our folk had asked nio
what 1 was "^^oin^^ to do, and I knew the reason.
It was not that tliev were unwillin<r to iieln me,
Init because thev had more than thev could do to
mind themselves. They felt for me sore, hut they
could not take the bite out of tiieir own children's
mouths to <,nve to mine. Indeed, there was hardly
oil" of thorn who knew what thev were '^oino- to
do, for they had cttme to Camula to .seek new
lionies on chance. 1 liad had my own thou«dits
and had marked out what I would trv to do.
; M
A SF.ri'I.KU S STnltV
2(13
''rii.Tf's fli«' striiintr: <;.t y. r Ituiins tlH'MtliiT
!Uiil I'll look to vtT kists."
It was a liai-(l-t'a\ort <1 innii that spokr, a slicp-
lit-nl naiiinl liiaxtoti IVoiii ('iiinlMilamI, who all
the voya;;«' had hardly ^aiij a word. (;lad(»f his
hrlp I followt'd him. H-' lioiiirht milk and Im-ad
for us wh.ii the >t.iimri- odird at Thn'.- Kivrrs,
htit iifvcr siiyin^r uui',ht until Moiitrral was in
si;,dit.
"What licfst thoi; ^iuiii to do'" he asj.cd. I
said I was i^'oii)^: to hid<- in Montreal and try to
i;vt somrthiiiLj to do. I was stroni; and hail a pair
OI ■>•()( Ml llJUll
I h
He LiaNc a kind ol' snort.
'\t' canna mak cnru^h to keep five haii-ns; \r<l
'ttrr
come v'l m»'
'When- till '" I aske.l.
'I diinu' knaw yet, hut T'se <rot Ian' sonicwlKTO
near and ye'sc keep house for n
le.
tl
Ave ye a sin;^de man:'' He nodded. T sat
nnkni<r
H.
was a stran^^-er to nie hevond
\\
I '
I ha<l seen of him on the ship. Could 1 t.-us(}
nun
Here was a home for mv child
ren ui trio
th
nieanwhile. For their sal
«•'
lefusc the ort'er;
i told him I would
M
would I do rii^dit to
idt.
y nnml was made up, an
iro with him.
I caiuja orter thee waives," he said.
•1 d
nma ask an v.
'\ erj' well," he replied, and no more was .suid.
t-Jy this time they had yoked the steamer to a
strin<p of nv<iii \flii'/il> l>..)i^...i c*^
i.1.
»o K^\.*L*\^mj iiitv>
v
2iA
«iI.KA\Kl: TALKS.
tlif liarlxir, (Ui<l in comx- of uii Imur wr wiif in
S;iii(ly Slmw's ta\»iii. In iinswci- to Hnixt<tii, tlif
luiiilloril toM hill) of tlinc Ixiti:' l'U>li land i-asv
to Im- hail Hear to the fity. Next <lay at sunrise
In- left to sec it, and it was aftfi* daiU on the
tliird day wlu-ii In- canif l>ack. He liad '^>)t a lot
oil tilt' ('liati'au;,niy, and we wnc to stait foi" it
rally next day. 1 had thr chililicn drrsstd soon
afttT dayli<4ht, and tin- three yoiuinest rode on the
French cart that was hived to take our cheats to
Lachine. The re-t of u-- follow<d on loot. Jt
was a fine morning, l»ut very warm, and the road
was deep with <liist. which the wind raised in
clouds like t<» clioke us. When we i^ot to Lachiue
We Were disappointed to find that the ferryl«...t
was iinahh' to leave hei* wharf owiiii:' to f'e strong
wind hlowintr dowi> the lake and which had raised
a heavy sea. We sat on ttui' Im.xes and spent a
weary day, niy head heini;- just like to split with
the heat and the shoutiu'r and iahoeriu''" of the
hateau men. There were several hundred emi-
irrants waitinij" hesides ourstdves, for the Dui'ham
Jjoats could not stare until the wind chan^feil. We
could ii'it m't a hite to huv, for the Canadians
were afi-aid of us on account of the fevei", anil
tliey had reason, for amoni; those waitinj,^ were
many who liad heen sick of 't. and there were
some who were .so white an<l wasted that you
wouM say the hand of death was upon them.
Towards sunset the wind f\dl and the lake <^ot
A SKT'I.KH s sToHV
205
(•iiIiiH'f. Ml tlir ft rvy luiiit stiirtr.l. Hit pnilillcs
\vtif not (liivt-ri li\' ii stiun
I <'U'^\'
l.ut \
y 'i 1
»Hir
ct" Imr^i'^, wliicli wvui idiiiiil an 1 n»iiinl. It wus
;_'iiiii;,' til lie Iii»h iii|ic^r|it, .s<» wlit-ii \vc wrlf |iljt off
lit tilt' Hiisin, \vf t''MUt;lit wf woiiM j),i>li on to
KrfVrs's, t'oj- it Would lie cooli-r tliHli to walk
ihxl <l)iy, ami \\r ii;jlit tlM-ifl.y catch the caii(»cs
liraxton liad l)»'sj)okc. A cait was hired to «-oiivcy
(lur chests and the yoini^r,.i- chilih-eii, and we set
off. We ;,r,,t nloii._r\(Ty rvell fof alioiit five miles,
when we heard distant thundei-, and half an hour
after the sky was clouded and We saw a storm
would so(,n hurst. We knocked at the doors of
scNcral hous(;s, hut none would let us in. A
soon as the haliitants ,sa
w we were enii<'rants,
they shut the door iti our face, heini,' afraid of
the fevei-. When the rain he;^ran to fall, tlie hoy
w ho was drivin;r halted heneath a clump of tree.s
liy the riverside, and I ;;-oL under the cart with
the chiMren. It Just |)oured for aliout half an
hour and the lij^htning and thiuider were fcaiful.
We were .soon wet to the skin, and I felt so d
late and lonesome, that I di
t'W ni'
diaw 1
»'SO-
OVCi
my liead, and, hu<^<^in;r niy younLcest child to my
hosom, had a i^ood cry. Those horn here cannot
undei-stand Ikjw castdown and solitary newcomers
tcel. For months after I came, the tear
WoU
Id
start to my eye whenever 1 thuu;,dit of Scotland.
Well, the storm pa.ssed, and the moon came out
hiight in a clear sky. It was much cooler, but
2<i»i
<.I.».AM.U I VI. IS.
the loiiils Wfi-f iiwtiil )Uiil \\r u lit I'll "'lippili;^
(it fVriy >ttj) III splusliillM t|||iHl._.l| tiin.l IimIi',.
Mini I iiiij liiiii SI) iiHirli ••iiiiciiiiiil jiliMiif (l|f
•■liiMiiii. I cniilil iii\.r li(i\f ^i.t tliii»ii:.'li tliiit
ni;,'lit liil|iiii;f anil dn <ii?iM tlinii iiimiIi- iih' t'ni-^it
my ■>\Vll Uiiirilli'ss It WUs ;;<ttili;.;- to In- i|/i\llL;llt
wlifii tl f (lilt lit liist stoppfil ill tViiiil lit' II Imii^
stiiiic liiiiisr. ill uliicl' llnif uiis Mi't II siiiil stiiriiiy,
tln)lli;li till- <l M>rs Wi'if all i'|nli. Till' lii.\' jiiiilitiil
ii-« In wli.n- tl r kitchfii wiis ami tiiriiiil t" iiii-
yoki- liis Imisf. I tiiiiiiil tniir nirn sli'i|iiti;^ uii
till' tliMir will) \\(i|<c ;>|) Ms ur went ill. Tlit-v
Will- l-'niicli Mtnl \iiy •i\il, i;i\iii:,' ii|> tin- I'Utfii-
Iiifs thi-y hi.. I l.iTii sir.. pin;;- ii|miii for tlir cliililrfii.
I sjit flown on a loci^iii'^-cliair, ainl till at i>nc«'
nsN'fp. 'j'lir soiiiiil of sdiiiclio.ly s.anipinij past
\voI<r nil- with a stmt. It was tin- iiiasttT of tlio
house, a laiiir man. whom I foiiml oin aftrr to In'
Nt'iy kri'ii hut lioiitst ami kiml in his way. It
was Well on i.. tin- ilay, ami hicakfast whs on
ilu- talilf. 1 was sii tinil ami s,,ic that I coiilii
luinlly mo\f. l!ra\ton came in ami a^knl if wi'
writ' ahlr to^'oon. for till' ( luiot's woulil Im' ri'iuiy
to stmt in an hour. I was iK-t»'iiiiimi| In- shoiiltl
not he jiimlfi-t'il hy iiic, so I wokf up till- chililri'ii,
wasjic ' iml tiilifil tlirm as I In-st couM, ami tht-ii
We hail Incakfast, which iliil us a ihal of -oimI.
'riicii' wci-c two canoes, which wn-r just lon^ Hat
lioits, witii two men in each to maiiaH;(. thtiii.
Our bngij'age and ourselves were dividt".! e<|Ually
A NKTTI.KItv SToltv
'tw.-.ii tlh-ii. an-l \Vi- st»iit.'.|. ,.\.-iytliiii- I.K.kiii;^'
linist IVrsh iiinl iii-initirill, I. lit tli
|)'if.cfly (iwtiil, tlif (liil.lrvii -, f
liiirijis, atid Uawf.-ii thrill •11. 1 til • hrat
fivtt'iil. Km- II |(,tiM WMV (dt.r I
'• iii<)si|iiit<us wm-
iicfs >.\vtlliii'4 into
iiifV ;,'! I \v
• •M\ in
IM\ !•>, S
tiMT.' wnv l.iviiks ;,i tlu' hiisli tliut liiu-il tlir riv.r
I'liiiks tlif clcaniiir.-, uf -. ttl.i> w itii simritirs in
trout i.ut tlifv <^v'v f. w . r ns w, w.nt on, nnti'
\\r wouM -M u |(.|.._r way uitlioiit sr.iti- arprliiii,;
I'Ut tin- tici ^ that -ivw <|<»\\n t.. the wnt. i > .-.l^v,
Ci'tti.ii,' round thr ra|>i(Uwas \,.,y tl^r^(lnll• nii''
It was latr in thr .lay w h.ii thr nn :i luin.d thr
catiors into a ci-rrk and pulird up almi'^-^idr its
w
rst liank. 'riii>
was oiii- lot and whrif w
r Wci'i
to stay. IMaciii^- <inr ho\rs so as to foini a soit
ot >'n|I, thr canorinrii t'rHrd M)in<- small crijiiis
for (I i«.<»t', iind, IJMhtin;;- a fiiv, tliry I. -ft s. I
watched thr hoats until tliry wrrr nut ol .s;i;ht
mid th.- souikI of thrir paddlrs dinl a\\a\-. and
ii»', wiiai it is to lie (dour
thru frit, for thr first tii
in thr hack woods. 'I'l
irl-r \va-> so nitlcli t
I I
o iio ma
th
no tinir to think of anythitj^, an-l thr chil-
'lirii w. rr happy, r\.rythin^r i„.ii,i,' i.. w to thrni.
I hr krttlr was put ..n and tra mailr, and wr had
"111- first nii-al on ..iir fai'ni - if vou lu:| srrn it.
with thr undri-hrush around
ns so thick that
wc
< mill not <'o six i-od
s, \iiu Wnuid havr ;aid it
li- \rr cdulil i,r niadr a farm.
W
• ' slept that ni^lit undrr our covn- of cr.l;
XV
liUshrsjuid slio^f v., .iiti.l r.i fl.
i^.
2r).s
O LEANER TALES.
mill my oldest l>i y stnrtctl down the track, tor it
wns no road, that followed the hank of the Cha-
teaunav, to see if the settlers helow would help
to r»iise a shanty, and wliile they were gone I did
my best to j^et thin^rs into order. For all I had
come thron<;h, there was liLjhtness in my heart,
for there is a I'rerdom and hopefulness in living
in the woods thnt nothing else seems to gi*e one,
and I made child's play of discomforts that would
have <iish( artened uw had I heen told of them
before leaving Scotland. It was nigh noon when
Braxton canje hacic. He had l»een made welcome
everywhere, all weie glad to have a new neighbor,
and the ])romise given that word would l)e sent
to all within reach to coi.ie to a bee next day.
After fliinier he took the axe and tried his hand
at chopping. He began on a tree about half a
foot thick and was nicking it all round, we look-
inji" on and admiring.
"Yell kill somebody with that tree," said a
voice behind us, and turning, to our astonishment
we saw a tall woman, in a poke-bonnet, looking
on. Explaining that it was necessary to know
how a tree would fall, she pointed how any direc-
tion could be secured by the way it was chopped,
and, seizing the axe, she showed how, and, under
her strokes, the first tree fell amid the shouts of the
children. She was the wife of our nearest neigh-
bor, and, on hearing of our arrival, liad come over
to see us. "Reino- real plad." as she said, "to have
A SETTLERS SToRV.
269
a V. omiin so near." Sho stuyud »in hour, iind jifter
tindinj,' out all about us, showed me how to do a
i^reat many things needful in hush-life. Among
the rest, how to make a smudge to protect us from
the m(xs(juitoes, which was a real comfort.
Next morning six men came and spent the day
ill clearing space for the shanty and in making
logs for it. The dny after, Braxton with two of
the men went to Todd's to buy boards and rafted
then) down the river. On the third day the rais-
ing took place, and that night, though it was not
finished, we slept in it, and proud we were, for
the house as well as the land was our own. It
was quite a while before B)-axton could finish it,
for there was more pressing work to do, and for
a month and more our only door was a blanket.
The fire was on the hearth with on open chinuiey
made of poles covered with clay. And liere I
must tell of my first trial at baking. We had
brought a bag of fit)ur and, once established in
our shanty, I resolvetl to make a loaf. As you
know, in Scotland there is no baking of bi-ead
in the hou.^es of the connnonality, and though
nobody could beat me at scones or oat cake, I
had never seen a loaf made. I thought, however,
there was no great knack about it. I knew hops
were needed, and sent one of my boys with a pail
to borrow some from my neighbor, who sent it
back half full. I set to work, and after making
ilCc UUUlISi i
1 IC, (A
- ... 1 1 I
iiv.1 liiOcilli"
' -r • ^ ^»iC3WSi.,^RJU-.=i;~r.:i
270
<;i,i:ANi;it talks.
('"1 u loiif. wliich my oldest son, wlio Imd seen tlio
process while visitiii;;- lomid. undertook to Lake.
He put it into )i Duteh oven, or cliaudron, nwl
lieapini;- hot ashes over it, \vi' waited for an h(air,
when the ehaudron was taken out and the cover
iiftec;. Instead of a nice, well-raised loaf, tliore
was at the liottoni of it a Hat hlaek cake. "Mayho
it will taste hetter than it looks," .says I, thrustinj'-
a knife at it, hut the point was turned, and wo
found our I(;af to he so hai-<l that ycai could have
broken it with a haiiuner. And the taste! It was
hitter as null. Well, that was n nro,,,! K sson to
me, and I was not aiiove askinj^ my neI<dil)ors
after that aliout matters on which I was i<,morant.
X(» sooner had shelter heen provided for us,
than we all turned to with hearty will to clear
up a hit of land. My hoys were a (^reat help,
and the oldest <,n)t to he very handy with the axe,
which was well, for ]^raxton never got into the
right hang of using it, and spent double the
strength in doing the same work my boy did.
There is (piite an art in clu,pping. It was ex-
hausting work clearing up the land, being (pnte
new to us and the weather veiy hot. Often had
Braxton to lay down his axe and batlie his head
Ml the creek, but he never stopped, working from
dawi. to darkening, and when it was moonlight
still longer. I helped to brush and log, as much
:o encourage my boys to work as for all I could
t- ::vii
,. , - 1 _ _ i . , . ...
ZL-M^ij Lu i.urn, tiireu neighbors came
A SKTTI.EKS SKJUV
271
to show us liow to <lo it and, tin- lous hciii"- hirr'o
uiitl full ot" sjip, it was a slow and lalxaious joh
i'lu' inon looked like Blackamoors, iK'inir l)lac'kc'r
than any sweeps, from smoke and the coom that
i-ul)hcd ort* the loi(s, while the sweat Just rolled
<lown them, owin;;- to the heat of tin- tires and
thf weathi'r. We eame on to our lot on the 2I)th
of May and it was well on in June when the
remains of the loj^s were handspiki'd out of the
way and the ^^round was kin<l of clear between
the stumps on half an acre. In the ashes we
planted potatoes, and a week after, when a nit
mole land was taken in, we j)ut in a few more.
Tiiis doiii', we turned to make potash. Except
along the creek there was no tind)er on our lot
tit for making ashes hut on its hanks there was
a tine cut of swale elm. The chopping of the
trees was the easiest part of the work, the getting
of the logs together and burning them bein<>- diffi-
cult, the undei-brush lieing very thick and we so
siiort of help in handling the felled trees. A
neighbor showed us how to make a plan-heap and
skid logs, but from inexperience we did not work
to much advantage that sunnuer. We, however,
wrought with a will and kept at it, even my
youngest, Ailie, helping by fetching water to
drink. Young people nowailays have no idea of
what work is, and I don't suppose that one in
twenty of them would go through what their
iatlie.s and mothers did. Although it was a dry
272
(JLKANEK TALES.
i
suninuT, tlu' 1 tanks of tli»> crt'ck were soft, so our
fcft wiTc wot all tin- time aii<l w«' iiad to raise
tln' heaps on IkmIs of loj^s to ^t't tlicin to Imi-ii.
Our tirst lot of ash-s we l<»st. Hcfoiv tlu-y couM
be lifted into the leaehes, a thunderstonn came on
and in a few nninites the lal)or of a fortnii,dit was
spoiled. After that, we kept them covered with
strips of bark.
The neiirhbors were very kind. They had little
and had not an hour to spai'', but they never
orud'fed lendin<: us a hand or shariu'^ with us
anything we could not do without. Thei'e was
no pride or ceremony then, and neighbors lived
as if they wen; one family. One of them who
liad a potash kettle lent it to us, and it was
fetched on a float or sort of raft, which was
pushed up the creek as far as it would no. Then
the kettle was lifted out and carried by main
strength, suspended on a pole. We had thouijht
tlie chopping, tlie logging, and the burning bad
enough, (th(> carrying of water to the leaches and
the boiling of the lye was child's play) but the
meltinir of th(^ salts wtis awful. Between the ex-
ertion in stirring', the heat of the sun antl of the
tire, Hesh and blood could hardly bear up. How
we ever managed I do not know, unless it was
by keeping at it and aye at it, but on the first
week of October we liad filled a barrel with pot-
ash, and Reeves took it away in one of his canoes
and sold it in town for us, on the understanding
A si;ri i.KH s sTuitv
'27:l
tliat Wf were to t;lkr tlir juiy out of Ills s(
ore
11- tiiadr
w a~
I or
tl
TV .1
lib
'til u.iys. ,iii(i cNcrytliiiiL;- lif k''j)t
I'ar,
! h
ia\i' paid liiin 2.") cciits n \-ai'
fl
coiiiMioii calico ainl
\N (• colllil lint Ilcl]) • 111)--
;ci \ (
Ifii- a |)oiniil Tor (ca.
iust then.
1 sIuaiM Iia\-c toM yon ( r potatoes ^fi-cw wou-
•i-l'iil
lii'i'e is a wa.nitli in new
Iv-1
)i:i-ne
li'ii'l '>!■ a Moin i^liiuetif ill aslies, \ don't kt
wln'ch, that nial
low
KCS e\ ,l-\-(,l|j|i
L;ro\v on new-
land
far Keyond what they d(. chew !icre. 'I'he tVost
held otf well that fall, and
i^ood orilef, e\c
■pt a f
We lifted our Cl-oj) ill
( • w
tl
Kit Wei'c \-er\-
late
1 wc
planted, which did not ripen jiroperJv. Wliei
landed on our I .t. i'.iaxtoii used his la>t dollar to
pay the . aiKHMiien, and I had just I.") shillines left
after ))ayin_n- the h.ar.ls we -ot at Todd's mill, so
all we had to j)ut us ox'er until another crop would
he raised, was the ])otatoes .and what
we Vi.u
make
l<l
ont of potash. We wet
<' 111 no wa\- dis-
conra^aMl. Th, woi-k was slavish, lait we were
workine- for ourseK.
in niakiiiL;- a home; the land
was our own, and v\cvy day it was improvii
The children took to tl
IL"".
ir countrv and its w
at once and weiv «piite contented. W
chei'rful and hop( Tul, feel
ly-^
e Were
to woik for and it
with
me- ^\•,. \ui:l somethin<»-
was worth our while to put up
l)res,.iit hirdshij). T ivniemlier a iieiLihl
lors
\\ lie, who w
as always miscalline- ('aiuida and n
^irrettme' s),,. ),,.,,) f.,,,,;,. ^,j j^ ]
Uothino- liiTo s;i,,. . .,;.l 4-.. 1., .
cinU' satistie(l with
1. .. 1
<iii> I > in,- ( la \
to
27-;
(M.EANEU TALKS.
in my licuriii^'. "In Sci)tlun<l you ha«l your two
cows' j^niss and l)t'si<les your wag*' sat; nnickle
nu-al antl potatoes, and we wore bien an<l coni-
fortaliK-; l.ut you wad leave, and dae better, and
this is your Canada for you!" "Can you no liaud
vour tongue, woman, " he replied, "we hae (i pros-
jh'cf here, and tbat is what we hadna in Scotland "
That was just it, 've had a prospect before us that
cheered us on to thole our hardships.
1 counted not the least of the drawbacks of the
hush, th«' lack of public ordinances. There was
no churcli to go to on Saltbath, and the day w»is
spent in idleness, mostly in visiting. Sometimes
the young men went fishing or hunting, but that
■was not conunon in our neighborhood, where the
settlers respected it as a day of rest, though with-
out religious observance of any kind. Accustomed
from a child to go to kirk regularly in Scotland,
I felt out of niy ordinary as each Sabbath came
round. To be sure, I taught the children their
catechism and we read the story of Joseph and
the two Vjooks of Kings before the winter set in,
but that di<l not satisfy me. The nearest preach-
ing was at South Georgetown, and tho' I h. id no
good of the minister I wanted to go. Somehow,
something aye came in the way every Sabbath
morning I set. At last, it was after the potatoes
had been lifted and the outdoor work about over
one Sabbath morning in October, a canoe, on its
"wav down, sLujjpeu to ictt^c u uicooagc i-^i u-.
A settler's story.
275
This was my chance, and getting ready I and .ny
tw<. oldest children went. h,aving the others in
charge of Braxton, and. for a ,,uiet nmn. he got
on well with children, for he was fond of th ni
I n-n.en.ber that sail as if it were yesterday— the
gl.)w of the hazy sunlight, the river suHxjth as a
Iook.ng-gla.ss, in whicli the trees, new clad in red
and yellow claes, keeked at themselves, and the
very spirit of peace seemed to hover in the air.
Oh it was soothing, and I thought over all I
ha<l come through since I left Scotland. Tho' I
could not help thinking how ditterent it ha<l been
with me six months before, yet my heart welled
up as I thought of all the blessings showered on
me an<l mine and thanked God for his goodness
It was late when we came in sight of the church
for the sound of singing told us worship had'
l-egun. Dundee was the tune, and as the voices
came softly over the water my heart so melted
within me to hear once again and in a stran^re
land the psalmody of Scotland that I had to turn
away my head to greet. Stepping ashore where
the church stood on the river bank, we went
<l'"t^tly in. It was a bare shed of a phice, with
planks set up for seats, and there were not over
thirty present. The minister was a fresh -colored,
presentable enough man, and gave a very crood ser-
mon, from the 11th chapter of Second CoHnthians.
While he was exnatiatinfr r., «ri,.,* *i,„ ,,
had suffered, something seemed to strike him, and
270
(JLKANKK TAI-KS.
Ill' siiiil, "Ay«'. )vyt', Paul, yi- wmt tliioUL,fIi nnicli
Jillt you nt'VCI- cut <l<»\VIl tirrs 111 ('jUlfKlfl." Ho
s|)()kt' t"tM'liii;;ly, for lir IdkI to wuik likf the lost
of his iit'i^hliors to earn liis Wifi'l. Out- nnl of
tli<' c'liurcli was iMiunlcd oH", and in it lir atid his
wifi' li\t(l. 1 will say no more ahout Mr Mc-
Wattii', for his failiii;^- was notorious. When wor-
ship was over, it was a L;i't'Ht treat to mix with
the f(»lk. That I tliil not know a soul present
made no ditlereiue, for all were free tiien and I
made friendshii»s that day that have lastu(l to
this. When he heard that I was from the south
of Scotland, Mr P)rodie would take no refusal and
I had to <^o with him across the rivi-r to his house,
where ^\ e had ilinner, an<l soon after set out U)
walk home. Teople nuw-a-days think it a hard-
ship to walk a mile to church, hut I knew many
then who Wv lit four or five, let the weather be
what it mi^dit. It was dark hefore we «,'ot home,
and that nii-lit there was a frost that killed every-
thing. The weather kept fine, however, until De-
ceiiiher, and w< had no severe cold until tlie week
hefore New Year.
I cannot think of anythin;^^ out of the common
that tir-st winter. Our nei;.,dihors wrouufht at chop-
piiif,^ cordwoo<l to raft to Montreal in the spring,
out Braxton could not, tV)r he had no oxen to
diaw tile wood to the river-bank, so we went on
enlar<nny; our clearance. I forgot to say, tliat one
of our 2sorth (Jeorgetown aciiuaiutances gave my
A siriTI, lilt's STOUV.
'^t I
oMcst 1„(\- ,1 pi,,-
•••'••'•p tlir littlf cicit
"1 a plVsrJit, urid Wr ||i,iil(l..V.l t<
lire )lli\r with till' I
lUl.l IiuiliiiM- th.. |.(if;ltn, -, that li:'.l
\\'»' all Miff;. IV, I !V,.i,i til,. ,.,,|,| \v!
uiiytliiiiM ^v,. |m,|
to ( 'atiada. Our -^luiiif
uaisi'-slop
not npiiicj wtll.
\va-
|»ast
any (•(.iicc|iti(.n <-|' Ik-ioiv (•<.iiiiii<;
littlr nioiv than hivak th.- wiiHl, and
<"> the f|()(.r at once tV(./.'. \V,. ha. I
y \\;is s,, ,,]„.„ jh;it it (lid
water sjiillfd
wood. I)iit it \v
a-> L;iTfii, and the I
plenty of
Oi^s WclT ti//il|<r
»•"! '""Ini-out tlie sap fhr day Im,„ nnd it to,,k
Hraxton <|uit(' ;i wliil,. f. Nam tliat
of \vo<m| hu,-!i h,.ttci- than otlKTs. At tiist 1
^oiiic kinds
Jiist us lilo'lv to 1
ir was
'I'lni;' ni H I.a^swd'.d
o|- elm |()>
as o
"<• of nmplf ..!• hrMih.ck. .M,,st of th.' I
wrnt up th.' hi.r cjiiinnrx-
H-at
would he I
that whil
!• ()
UP f
worst in the nion
(■vciythini,^ solid,
urnnin'. ,,ur hacks w.-n- <mM. It
aces
was
iini;s, Un- I would lis., to tind
'•vcn the hread h
niti;;- to h
i"oin our Krcaths
tiiawcd, and th.' hlank.'ts so stiff f
iin.l th.' sn.jw that ha.l sift.'d in that I had to 1
th.'.n n.'ur th.' tiiv to dry. W,- k.'pt our h-altl
i;ui<r
ioWf\.'i-, and aft.'i- tl
middle of Fehruarv th
c Cl'OS-
weath.'r iiio.l.'rat.'d. In March a .l.er, whil
ill- <.ur cl.'aninc. hrokc thnai-h th.- cru.st, and
whil.' tloundcrin.'- in tl
of my hoy.^. After that th.-v
K' snow w.as killed hv t
Wo
and ran doxvn and killed t
w.'i-.' on the watch.
nxes. I salted and .Iried the 1
Wo nioi-e with their
tl
lams, and hut for
>«'m we would liave fared poorlv. H
kettl
I'^'ni."' no
e, We n
mde only a little maple sugar tluit
^w^
278
(ILEA N Ell TALES.
I !
Kpriti^ by Ijoilin^ tlir sup in th«> kailpot. Tliore
wa.s no suj;nr then like what is iniulf n«>w, it was
}>!»iok an<l lia<l a snieky Havor.
The spring' was hit<! and wet, whicli was a <,'reat
<lisap|)<)intuu'nt, for Braxton could not burn the
lo;,'-heaps he had ready and ntake potash, on the
money for which he counted to buy provisions to
put us over until harvest. T« make matters w<irse,
provisions j^ot to be very scarce and th-ar, so that
Hour and oatmeal sold -it ?5 the ((iiintal, and some-
times was not to be had. One day, when (|uito
out, I went down to Rutherford's, who kept a bit
of a .store, and he had neither meid nor flour, but
went into the kitchen and brou^dit out a lM)wlful
of the meal they had for them.selve.-.. I went over
tlje poUitoes we had cut for seed, and sliced off
enough around the eyes to make a dinner for us.
In June, provisions became more plentiful, for the
boats had bej^un to bring supplies from Upper
Canada to Montreal. It was the middle of that
month l)efore Braxton hatl a barrel of potash
ready, and the money it brought did not pay
what we were due the storekeepers. We were
kept very bare that summer, but had a prospect
before us in the three acres of crops which we
had got in and which were doing finely.
I can never forget that sununer from the fright
I had jibout Ailie. She was as sweet a wee dot
as there was in the world, so loving and confiding
flmf slw^ iii«fif> fripnd>* with ev»'rvdiodv at sirrht.
A SETiLKK's STollV
27{)
I WHS nev.T tiiv<| of watx'liiu^r ]wv pr.-tty ways
au.l list«'tiiti;r t«. hrr in.'iry pmttl.-. VVr wrr l.usy
one ufti rtj<M»ii l.-achin^r asli.s. wImmj stulWrnly
<'I'l«'st lx)y ask.'.l, •Wh.T.-'s Ailir' I startr.l. au.l
niiu'inlMTtMl that it was
<»vcr an hour since I lia<l
sc»
■n h.r. 'She'll have ;rone hack to tlie I
to take a sh'op," I sai<l, an<I 1 tohl
muse
one of her
sisters to :ro and
see.
w
went on aj^ain, carryin<^
water, wh.n, after a while, the lassie came fiack
with the won! that she could Hn«l Ailie nowlierc.
We threw down our tul.s and dishes, and I shout-
ed her name as loud as I could, thinkin;,,' si
nearhy in the woo.ls. No answer came. "She'll
le w»is
have fallen asleep under some hush, and doe^na
hear us," I said, and, with my cliildren, we went
here and there searchin«r f,,r her, calling' lier name,
and all without Hndinix Ailie. Braxton was an
e oj- trjive si<rn
immovnhle man, who sel.jom spok
of what he was thitikini; ahout, l)ut wl
together a^'ain and ail had tl
mouth (
with whicii lie had heen shovel I
leii we were
le saiiic report, his
piivered. Turninf,' down the wooden sc<M)p
•We'll dae
ill'' ashes, he said,
This tin
nae niae wark till we find the I
)airn.
K' we went more syst«-matically about our
search, hut ai^ain it was without ;i\
It
was a
liot afternoon, and the sunsliine was .so briirht it
li.i^'hted up the darkest
nook ; of the forest, hut
Ml
none we explored was Ailie. Whrii w.- met one
ler in our search and learned not a trace had
i'cen found, a pang of aL'onv went through our
anoti
\l
il:
liM Ji .iia:;
2 SO
<il,KANKlt I Al.l>
l„.irt-. Hra\t..ii foll-.w r.l tli-' <-ivk iiii'l I'M.kfl
NV. 11 uloM- tl.r l.Ulk ul" thr CI la t . Mll-a V. It W.IS
imt until it Iwi.l l..c..inr t.... -lark t.. s.r tliiit <<tir
sl.Mit:, Mii.l cri.xif • Aili. • c.mm,! f- muilI tlm.u-li
til" I.U.Ii. Wl.r. \V.> liail ivtillll.'.j t.. ili<- li<'ll>.\ I
still.-,! up tl.r tiiv and ina.lr ^iipji.-r. Wli-n wr
silt .jnwii. not Miir <.f u^ c.uM.at. llraNtoii Lit il
pi.rr ..I' l,rra,l, lilt ri.uM li'>t ual!.i\\ '.t . ami wit li
aj,'lnaii l.r I. ft til.' tal.l,' \V. lalk.'.l ..'..r what
sl„,uM Im- .[..III ii> \l, an.! au!..-.l f'. \\ .•un -'Ur
nt-i;;'..'. >l-. t.) .••III.' an. I In Ip a: .!a\ri;c''t, whlfli
Bi'ixt'.n an. I tin- \><>V> wclit t" <l<. Non.- <•! U-<
lik' 1 to -peak of what may hi\.' h.-l'iilh n th.-
chil.l, tli.Miuh w.' all hal ..ur f.-ar^. that sjir ha.l
stiMV.'l «lowii to th.' ( "h it.Mii'4iy an I li.-fii .ji-owii-
•MJ ..!• ^..n.' into th.' w..o.ls lui'l a wil.l l.rast luul
(l.'\..uiv.l Imt. Allh.ai-h th.y h^'l n.)t IroiiMr.:
u.. w.' kii.'W tluiv w.rr l.car^ aii.l v.'-lv , in tli.«
swaiiii^ to 't north of u-- ai .! ihnr hn.l l-rtii
t.\,iilall .. 'ataiuouiit ha\ in;, hi't'M Nft'ii. W liiU'
th. IV wa-> hop. I wa- \()t -"i'.'.U' to hisc liruft, ami
wh.ii 1 lif>.ai;4liL tlw ...T.l to r. --loiv my lust horn
to my arms I thank. •.! llim that th.- iii-ht was so
dry an. 1 warm t at shr cail.l com.' l.y no ill from
the weather. 1 'li'l n.'t sh.'p a wiiii< that ni,L;ht,
sittini;- at tl.c <l.;.:r an. I >:iaiiiin;4 niy Inarm;; in
the hope that i iiii-lil ealeh th.' eiy of my Ailie.
Besi.le the eroakin;^ <.f the fro-s ami the Lit
chirrup of som.' mother-'ninl that wakene.l in its
uestand tnicked iier youn^^ ciost-r under iiej- ui'ij^s^
A sKrn.Kii- snuiv
fsi
I IdJllil Mntllill;^. Wllfll till >t/lI->. Wilr l.r"illllitl'^'
tn Futl. I set (il.i.ut i^rtfiii^ l>i. nki'iist r.n<lv 'WkI
uakfiHil till- fliil.lnn, I |iml \\,, :•,■,] t<> rail
Hra\fnii. I'.ior imin, tli'ii^li lir liil not ii \\o--.|,
I kiitu In- liiiil hot closiil III) t'\,', I inv,i-,f|.«! mi
tlicir iiiakiri;; 11 litaity liimkl'Mst -o uv, to l.r >troiiL;
for tlif Work 1.) tore (h
ra(
•III, Miiil ill till- |io('k<'t.s of
li I I'lit a slice of r(a«l ami u liit of niapj)-
sii-ar for Aili.-, should tliry titi<l li.r, for | kii.-w
slir\\o!iM l>f |,i ri'.liiiii; fioii, liijii;,'rr. Soon after
sllllli^e the I|ei;,rhl.ors hepin to drop in iiii*;i thei-e
was 11 party <f oser twenty. All had their do^s
and some of them lunl hriuinht ;:\es and mills. It
was ai'iai'.; "d We .slicaild start oiit
tioll, \-et k
III e\eiv <lirec-
to he aj^
ieejiiir^' so near as to he always witiiin
hearin--. liy spnaiiint;- out this way in a circle
we would he Mile to examine e\ery part of till'
hush, while two men Well to search the i-i\-er
hank in a canoe. We started, soiin calliu"- alou-l
others hlowin^r horns or lin^^ine- oxd.ells until the
\\ '^ echoed a;;ain, and all without avail, for no
Ailie was t'* he found. W'liat ciaild have hecome
"f the hairn' It was as if the earth had opened
and swalh.wed her up. After heatm-' the hush
^"1' mile. a|-nund we ^atlen d t< L,"'' 'i''!' ilt Uoon, as
liad heen aiian^cd. X,,t a (race had lieeii found.
We talked it(j\er aiul o\er and v. ere at our wits
<'iid. One lad, new come out ami with his head
lull ahoiit Indians, sU';L;ested that one of them
miL;tit nave stolen tier, and, indeed, it looked fea.s-
282
li LEANER TALES.
iltle, <H«I we not know that the few Indians we
had were civil and harmless. Had a wild heast
taken her, we would have found some fragnents
of her bit dres.s. I was dumh with disappoint-
ment and sorrow, and had oegiin to thiiik I would
nevei see her aliv >. It was agreed among the
men it would be useless to spread out farther, that
we were turn deeper in the woods than it was
possible for her to have wandered, and that we
should use the afternoon in going back over the
ground we had passed, making a better examina-
tion of it. We went back slowly, stopping to
look at every log and going through every hol-
low, and, though there wtis once a shout that
l.er trail had been struck, it proved a mistfke,
and our second scouring of the woods wa? ^s
fruitless as the first. The sun was fast w.'stering
when we <lrew nigh our shanty. About four acres
back of it there was a wa.ernole, a low wet spot
which all of us had gone round, nobody deeming
it possible for the child to have put foot upon it.
As I looked at the black oozy inuck, 1. If floating
in water, the thought struck me, the toddler could
walk where a grown np person would sink, and
without saying a word to the lad who was with
me, I drew off my shoes and stockings, and, kilt-
ing my petticoat, stepped in. How I wi-estled
tlirough I do not know, but once in I Jind to
scramble as I best could until I reached a dry
SDot in the ecntre that w.os like •)<.\ '■j'-iv..-! r-.r-.i ..r-
A settler's stouv.
283
which there was a thicket of hushes. Dauhed with
muck and wrinj^fincr wet, I paused when I <rot
my footing. I heard a rustle. I was panting
foi- breath, so exhausted that I wa.s alnjut to sit
down foi a little, but that sound revivtj hope in
me. I peereu through the bushes and saw a deer
gating at me. The creature stared, without mov-
ing, which was strange for so t 1 an ariitnai. I
clipped through an opening ii the bushes and
there, on a grassy plot, lay my Ailie asleei rusted
with muck, and with her arms clasped round the
neck of a baby deer; her wee bit face black with
dirt and streaked where tl ;e tears had been run-
ning down. I snatched her to my bosom> and
sinking down I hugged and cried ovei her like
one demented. Oh, had you heard her joyful cry
of "Mammie, mammie!" and seen her lift her bit
pinched mou to mine, you would have cried with
us. The deer did not stir but stood looking on,
startl?d and wondering, while the fawn lay quietly
beside me. This was a mystery, which I soon
solved, for T found the fawn could not move from
having a broken leg, and the faithful mother dee.-
won. noc leave her young one. The shout that
Ailie had been found soon brought plenty of help,
and the first man that came made to kill tlie deer,
but 1 prevented him and could not, ever after, bear
him iiear rae. There are savages ;unon2: us who
cannot see any of God's creatures, however harm-
"finnn
284
CI.KWKIJ TALKS.
tllfil- \'\\v<. SportMilcll, illdfrd ! ''srlcss louts,
who would ilo the coipitry u sci-vicr \v<Tt' tlu-y
to use tlit'ir jMiwdcr iunl >liot in killiiii,^ one an-
ollni. Tin t',i!!;:: t!".", I'V v.'l'.ic'li the deer ifot
across till' swale to its wdldiiddi'ii nest, was t'o\iiid,
and T ■(•turicd \>y it, canyiiii;- Ailic, while F>rax:-
toii took the t'auii ill his mimiis, the deer t'ollowiiiL;-.
There w.is iiiucli nj. liciiiL;' at our humble shanty
het'ore oui" neiv;'hlio!'s Itd't. and many attempts to
aceouiit i'or Ailies WiinderiuL;' to where she did.
Slie was Weak IVimh want of food and 1 feared
she nnL;ht be : he wni^e of her exposui'e, hut next
da}', beyond that .she was pale, slu> was well as
ever. From what we could gather from hei", we
made out tolerably plain how her ilisappearance
had come about. While J'layini;' near the house,
slie saw the deei' come out of the woods. Jump the
fence of our clt\ii"ance, .-.ikI bcnin to browse on the
i>ats. Aiiie scciiiL;- the fawn ran to catch the
bonnie o'eaturv, when tb.e mother took the alarm,
and boundeil back into the woods. In attempt-
in^' to follow, tin; fawn struck one of its hind feet
against the top rail of the fence, and broke the
boiu'. Ailie caught the Wi'C beastie, and held it
in her arms, wlien th" doe . turned, bunted licr
awa\-. and manaiicd to induce its vouu": oiie to
hii[>le after it on three legs to its lai>- in the wee
swamp. Ailie, wanting to get the fawn, followed,
which she could do. foi- thev must h.a\"e Lfone
Slowly. \\ hen tii'cd of fondliim' the creature, sh'i
I
A SETTLORS STOKV
2s;
I
WDuM luivi! returned li(tiiic, Init cotiM not timi the
way out, find crit'<l and slept, .uul slept ami cricfl,
croodhnif <i()\vn liesK
le tl
le \V(
)un(le(l fawn as it
nestled under its mother, wliicli, from its coneei-n
foi- its injured otfspi-inir^ iievei- tried to di'ive Ailie
awav. Well, Braxton set the hroken hone an<l
the le^' ^ot strong again, hut hefore it did the
fawn lia<l become' S(; attached to Ailie thai, it
would not leave hei-, aiul the muthei-, which had
watched over her otisprini- mi the most touchiiKf
way, had become so acc-tomeil to us and so tame
that it did not otlei* to have, iiitniing in the woods
Avheri' it had a mind, an<l making its home in a
shed my boys put up for hei-. She was torn to
death, two years after, by a lunind that a Yaid<ee
neer-do-weel bj'ought in, but the fawn lived with
us until she died of a natural death.
We had a fair harvest that fall, and, when it
was got in we had the satisfaction of knowin"-
that we wouhl have enoui»h to eat until another
was ready. Tlierc l)eing no oatmeal-mill then in
the country, Braxton traded half of the (jats for
wheat with a neighbor who wanted them for a
lundxT-r-amp. Thov was a grist mill convenient
at the Portage, wliicii was burmd the t'oHowinc
sunnner, after wduch we had to sen<l ill the way
to Huntingdon, wliere there was a poor sort of a
liiill. Having no liorse, the bag was carricul by
Braxton on his shoulder. Tiie want of a yoke of
oxen was so macli a<i;auist our ifettinu' on, that we
r
1 t
2H(;
CLEANER TALES.
f
(leteniiincd to run some risk in ijettinir one, and
saved in evrry way possible with that in vie>\.
The week ln'fore N( w Year we hired a horse and
traineau tVoin a neigliU)r payinjif him in work, and
Braxton went to Montreal with two barrels of
potash. On his way down he had the offer at
t'le Hasin of a heifer that was coininjj in, and in-
stead of buying the cloth intended, he saved the
money, and tcK)k her on his way home. She was
u real beauty, and, out of all the cows we had
after, there was not one to me like her, she was
.so kindly a.jd proved such a grand milker. We
were all so proud of her thri, for a week after
site clinie, we never tired looking at her, and the
children were comforted for the want of tlie
eK)thing they neede<l by having her for a pet.
You ,.i»iy not think it, but the sorest want of our
settlement was clothes. When those brouffht from
the Old Country were done, there was no money
to sparo to buy others, and families who had
plenty to eat were nigh half-naked, you may say,
and on very cold days could not venture out. I
<lid the best I could, patching and darning, yet we
all suffered much from cold that winter on ac-
count of want of sufficient clothing. Braxton,
poor nmn, had only a thickness of cloth between
him and the weather, yet he never complained
and went to his work in the bush on the coldest
days. The exposure, together with hard work,
told on him afterwards and shortened his life.
A skttlek's STOKV.
287
Wlicn the lumhor-camps wore hreakin«r up, we had
a eluuici' of » yoke of oxen within our ability to
pay for, and they were broujrht home to the barn
tliat had U-en raised l)efore the snow came. VVj
had not straw ent'i<,'h for three head, but mana^red
to keep tliei>- alive l)y cuttin<r down trees for them
to eat the tender ends of the bmnches. Many a
pailful of browse I snapped ott" for my bossie that
spiin*,'. It was well for us the ;,rni.ss came early.
I do not know that I have much more to tell
that w(/uld interest you. The oxen <,oive us a
^^reat start in clearinjr the land, and that .season
we did more than all we had done lj<'fore. We
paid the .seifjruior regularly, and once we were a
little ahead it was wonderful how well we o-(,t on.
nil ^
I hen you must bear in mind, that, as my boys
grew up, we were strong in help, and our place
improved quickly compared with the generality
of tho.se beside us. That fall we got another cow
and two sheep, .so that we never afterward.s want-
ed for milk or yarn. It was a hard struggle, with
many ups and downs, much slavish work and
pinching and paring, but in course of time we had
all we could recO-sonably wish and were content.
I was long concerned about the schooling of my
children, of whom only two had got any before
leaving Scotland. We could not help ourselves
until the fourth year of our coming, when a man,
lame of a leg, came round and told us he was a
schoolmaster. The neighbors consulted and one
H
2S.S
rU.KAXEH TAI,KS.
Ill" tlifiii ^-iivc a 1mm- stuMf he wjis iii)t usiii;;', wliicli
was tittt'il up as a scIuhiIIiomsc, and the man st't
to work. Ill' coulil tracli lii> scholars little, ami
ti-ii'd to coMT 11!) liis ilfticii'iicics li\' tln'csliitii''
tliciii niunrrcifiilly. Hi' was ;^-ot riil of and an-
otlirr liiii'd, will) was more inialifitd lait was uivt'ii
to drink. Tlicy were a niisci-iil Ic lot (if teachers
in those days, heini'' 'itlK'r la/v or drnnken fellows
wdio took to keei)inir school without considerini;
wlietlier they were i|Ualitied. In course of time
we liad a chui'cli at Oi-mstown, Mr ('oli|uhoun, a
proud Hij4l\ljlnder, lieini;' the first minister. When
We came, there was only one (old .loiics) livini'-
where Ormstown stands, now it i< a hu'tj^e \•illa^•e,
with liuildini;s the like of which nohody could
have expected to see. Theie has heen a wonder-
ful improvement all oNcr, and, when I first saw
it, to liave foretold the country would hecome
wliat it now is. noljody would have Itelicved.
Tliat the people have improved corri'spondin^ly
I do not think. The money, scraped together \>y
the liard woi'k of their fathers, I have .seen scpian-
dcred hy lads who iles[)ised the })low and the up-
setting- wa\'s of man\- families are pitiful to see.
Folk in the old times li\ed far more simply and
happily. . ,
You want to know wlia^ liecame of Kraxton.
He died 1-i years after we came here. It \\ as in
the winter and I tl -uiiht he lind cauglitcol ! while
-l-;;l;1-!^r=- \:.:::
i.T,., \ 1.
k * ^ ■ V « 4 4
11
A SKTTI.KK's SToltV.
'2sn
lin n wc-k of his first
Nt't in, (ukI he (|i,.<l \\ iti
pliiinitiM \V,. iiiotinic.j .s(Mvly for 1
patirnt or tru.-r so„l .n-vrr i.n.atlu.l. „n<l to tli
•xiimph' hr set my Im.vs, wl.o havr all .1
mil.
Coiil-
inoro
I s.t .1
one \\r
own iiiiicli of tl
'lis slinrc of tli
iv cr.Mlit. VV." countctl up
«' property, uiid luhWi
st'iit :t to i)is sister
>L' i20 to it.
rt'
lut
ive,
I
in En^rland, who was 1
ns on
ly
^'ont', for thci
there when I
tl
"lay say all my old ae.piaintances are
are few now on the river wl
)() Werii
came, atK
1 r
wait patiently to follow
>on., livino- happily, as yon se.-, with Ailie and
li.T clnldren nitil the Lord is please,! to call me.
30
JEANIE MORISOX.
CHAITER I.
Only those who have lived in a cold country like
Canada can ful'y realize the pleasurable sensations
which attend the openin^r of spring. The weary
monotony of winter, with its unvarying aspect of
white fields, and steady frost, often so intense as
to make exposure painful, gives way to freedom
and life, and with some such feelings as stir the
heart of the prisoner, when he exchanges hs
darksome cell for sunshine and green fields, does
the dweller of Canada hail the time when the
snowbanks disappear and when he can, without
wraps, move whether he will in the genial atmo-
sphere. It was at that period of the year when the
simple incidents I am going to relate took place.
Amid the unbroken forest which covered the
county of Huntingdoi' in the year 1820, a log
shanty stood on the west bank of Oak creek, at
a point where the beavers had by their industry
formed a small meadow. The shanty was rude
i n
JKAME MOUISON.
291
as mitrht be. of ui.squared l„<rs. with a nx^f of
ba.s.sw(^>l split into slabs, an.l a stick chin.ney
The mtorior consisUMl of a sinj^lo room, and a
small one at that The inmates were a mother
and daughter. The mother, enga^.e.l in spinninLr.
sat in the sunshine which streamed throu'di the
open <lo<.r. brightening the few pieces of "furni-
ture ,t fell upon and whitening still more the
heaps of ashes in the open fire-place. U^himl which
smouldered a huge backlog. She had evidently
passed her fiftieth year, while the pressed lips and
k>ok of patient reserve t<.Id of the endurance of
a litelong sorrow.
"Dae ye no see or hear ocht?" she asked, look-
ing through the doorway to the woods beyond
to which she often turned her eyes.
"No, mother." replied the girl addressed, who
was sitting on the d(X)rstep.
"What can hae come ower him!" said the wo-
man in a low voice.
"Dinna fret; he'll be here soon," said Jeanie in
» tone that spoke more of a desire to comfort her
mother than faith iti her statement.
As if not heeding her, the mother resumed. "He
said he would be back last nicht, and he should
hae been. I sair misdoot ill has befaen him"
It was of her husband of whom she spoke He
had M^orked all winter for a party of Americans.
who were cutting the best of the tim^Pr .1 .u^
t>anks of the creek, and had gone Monday morning
•>(l.)
«■('*«
oi.«:an»'" iaiks.
i
V
t
i
lii,
to aid tlniii ill <ir'*.lr> • tli loin's to tlif point on
till- ( 'liiltt'iiU;;)! • \, liclT tlity wore to lie t'oiin«'«I
into nit'ts uikI tlicncf tiikm to (.^ihIuc, His last
woiils liiul litcn tliiit lif woul.l. (it till- latest, Iw
liai'k tlic t'ollowinir cvcnin'r .tl iL Uiis mow the
tliini <lay.
tJcanit' stniintd licr vyvs ami cars to catch tho
faintrst sij;ii of her lather's appi'oach. The (jUaviT
of the ;,a'ey-liir<l and the chiniip of the chipmunk
came occasionally from the recesses of the woods,
which lay sleejjiii;^ in the A[)ril sunshine tiiat
ulorlticd evei'vthin<r, hut net rustle of hrandi or
crackiiiLC <»t <lried stick tiiat would indicate an
approaching footstep. The usually silent creek,
now swolleu hy melted snow, lapptMl its hanks in
pursuini^ its tortuoiis course, murmuiin^ a sooth-
incj lullaby to the genial day; and that great peace,
to he found only in mountain recess or forest
dcptl), brooded over the scone. liut theie, wliere
all the influences of nature were so soothing, were
two hearts tilled with anxious care.
"Jeanie," suddenly exclaimed the njother, after
a long pause, and staying the whirr of the wheel,
"you maun gang and seek your fatlier. Gae down
to Palmer's and there you'll Hntl the i-afts, and
the men will tell you whether he left for hanie
or no."
"But I dinna like to leave you, mother, and I
am sure you are taking trouble without need. He
will be here by dark."
M WIK MoltlsuN,
2:>.'{
'I'll-' iiK.th.i- nii(|rist(»(„| til.- iil!;-cti.Mi»it
of Ikt cliiM in t
l'«it 'vll knew li
• ' iii<»tivt»
ryiti;^ f.. iM.ikr li;ir),t of \uv ffar^
r uijxit ty was tio k-ss tlnui Imt
<»U II.
Sny uiu- iMJiir, iiiv I
lissic, I)
liiit L,'-iiii'.^r uhilf thfn
IS tiiiir lor y.ii to 'u-t \r.wk. Wm k.-n (1
f<»i- tlif ^'arll
H' \nrri
<•••■ wife at the Flirt, is n'a<!y and tl
is Ho flour until In- -oui'^'s tli.r.' for it
n ri
Hstiiiir on.' loi:i4' ca^cr >■•
a.icr down
tl
!•' cri
K' L;irl tui II-
fiN.n- whicli li.-r father sliould corn.', tl
(••I in fioin tlir ijoor and mad.- ready foi- tli
jciirney. H.-r preparations wer
e ea
<ilv
tnade
ne
slippui-- 0:1 of 1„ I ^tniitest pair of si
throwini;- a plaid ovei- 1
toes ani
cold after sunset,
ler arm, as a li;:p from tli<
comprised them, and l.iddiii"- her
mother not to fret for she wouM lain,:.' haek ;,roo(|
news she started. She did not folio
tui;
<tnic
k northward across
th
forms the township of Klirin, her d
w the creek
pi-rn'ti I that
-i'4'n iit^rin' to
vaeli J rout I'lvei-. as hein<; mcjre fordal.le than fh
wider Chateau^ray. The path was, prol.aM\ , at
fiist a deer nm. which the f<
w who travelled it
chiefly lumhermeii, had naj-hly l.nished. Oidy
one accustomed tothewo-.-ds could have k.-pt tlu
track, foi-, to a st
tl
raiiirers (ye, it , !iff;. r.-d little froin
ic openuiirs which ever and
lion appearecl aniono-
the tiv<'s. Jeanie, however, was no novice to tl
rath or to the bush, and she >! pped (piickly an
with confidence
d
on her "a v. She ha<l walked
•I'-out an hour hen.ath the sol
e|
III i>Io(nn ( f the
2!)4
OI.CANKIl TALKH.
priiiifval fori'.Ht whrii s]\v hhw an o|)«'iiin^ aliciul,
and kiu'w mIu' was approaching 'i rout rivor. On
naoliiii^ it, n1i(> followt><i itA l>Ank, until, witli one
cn<l groun<I<Mi in a littl«* hay, she foinxl a lar^e
lo^. (iraspin^ tlu' first strai^lit stick slir saw
lyinji; alwuit to serve as a ]Ht\v, she pushed the loj^
from its anchonifre, an«i stepping on it a« it uiovchI
j,Mii(le»' it acrosH the narrow river. From the Hal»il-
ity of the log to roll, such a mo«le of ferrying is
dangerous to those uiuisi'd to it, but Jeanie kn
how to pipce her feet and keep her Uilance ami
speedily gained the other Imnk and resumed her
journey. On reaching the place where the two
rivers unite, slie could not, despite her anxiety,
Ijelp pausing to admire the Ix'autiful expanse of
water, which, unruffled by a l)reath of wind, lay
glassing itself in the sunsliine, while th<; forest,
which rose from its margin on either side, formed
no un^t setting. Presently she saw a ripple ujwn
its surface, and her keen eye perceive<l the black
head of a muskrat, which was making its way to
the «)pposite bank. While she followed the rapid
movements of the little creature, there was the
tlash and smoke of a gun before her, and, while the
woods were still echoing the report, a dog jumped
into the water to bring in tlie rat, which floated
dead upon the current A-£ew steps brought Jeanie
to the marksman, a tad, wiry man, of rather pre-
posses.sfng appearance. His dog had returned and
iaiCi tfic irtt ixZ liiS iucuSoci 6 Icci, WiiO Wdo cUCUUr-
ifii
JEANIK M<
205
iiiOnj^r hiiii with fxeliifnav wi,-, , t '(••xxi .lojr! i^iuni
^U>^'." when he cmi^'ht h; ^, • ..' Imt.
"Waal neow who woijM ^ thouj^lit it' Miss
.Icaiiif herself un.l uoImk' ■■ f»"# How <lo yoii «lo'"
Aiuf stret<'hiii^' forth his siu«>wy arm, li ^'rasfx-d
her hand in a rlnU;h that would have made a Uar
shed tears.
"Oil, I'm well, thank yo»i, Mr Palmer, an<l my
mother, hut we're in sore trouhle."
"Don't say the old man is sick/" and an anxiou>i
look pJiHsed over the kitvlly face of the honest
V'ankee.
"Oh, (k.r .'ir, we tlinnu ken whether he's siek
or Well. He left home Monthly morning and was
to \u' ..ack ne.xt nij^ht and he luisna come yet, and
I've conie to ask after him and pec help to find
him il" nolxxly know.4 where he is? " As she spoke
there wjis a tremor in Jeanie's voice, an<l a tear
gliMt 'ued on her dnxjpin;,' eyelashes.
' Hii, «lo tell; this is serious," an.l the hunter
leant uj) >n hi rifle and gazed ahstractedly upon
the r ' r. as if trying to conjecture what could
have hccome of the lost man, until, notino- Jeanie's
evident distress, he itroused himself, and, exhort-
1. g her to ' e'ep up heart, led the way to his house.
"You see. ' he .said, as they picked their way
along the rough path by tlu.' river's ed<re, "there
ain't much to shoot yet and what there is ain't
worth killing, but I kinder felt l<»nesome to be
uuoul iiuuis .m; hue u (lay, and 1 t(rjk r stroll, tlio'
2!i<;
(JLKANKH TALKS.
all I (iiiUM across was that iiui-.lirfit, wliicli, darn ^
it skiti, ain t wcrtli th.' ica.l that killed it."
If th" sliootiii^- is pool-, tla- tishiii;;- will l»o
,Ho,hI," said Jcaiiir, who Jmiiiorcd the spirit of tlu'
.spurtsiiiaii.
Couldn't 1h- li.tttr," ansucivd Mi- Fahiicr, "I
sprarcd sfVf-i saliuon ac tin- f(.,.t of tht- rapids
last iiinjit, and this nioi-niiin- 1 d,vu- u\y seine full
ut as pretty lisji as you would want to clap youj-
ey,s on."'
'I'iie sound i.f nisjiiim- water told of theii- ap-
])roaeh to the r,ipid>, at the head of which, on a
knoll a few rods to the l.-ft, sto(.d Mr Pahner's
house, wiiieli was a conif(jrtahle loe- one, over-
shadowed l.y niajotic pines. ()n entei'iui,'-, they
found Mrs Palmer, a rather <lelicate-l()okiiio' wo-
man. eiie-,a^red in hakiui;'. I'tterini,^ an e.\e|aina-
ti(Mi of surprise at the sieht of ,Jea:iie, slie wiped
her dusty hands and oave her a cordial welcome,
as well she mieht, for the visits she had received
from niemhei-s of her own sex. since she had taken
up hei- ahode hy tla- Chiiteau^ay, mi<rht iiave I'een
counted on her iini;vrs without exhaustino- them.
On Jearnine' the cause of Jeanie's iournev she re-
ceived the tidinos with the same anxious look
as her husband. Evidently h,,.th entertained the
worst forebcxlinus, while liotli had a delicacy in
speakino- oi wdiat they heljexed to be the cause
of his absence. Neither had seen him, liut the
gang of lumbermen lie had helped were nov»- form-
■IKAXrE MORISON.
in- a yah half a mil, I„.l,,u- tlw 1
297
lonsc find it \vji8
lumri^r,.,! that Mr Pahncr shoiiM -„ and sec thoin
while J,.aiiir NvuM wuit. H.i- hostess resunu.,1
her hakin;;, and .J.aiiie, feelin^r the Ju'at IrKJoors
'I-l)iv>sive (Ml so fine a day, st.-pprd out and sat
oMversation
on a
l«% n.'ar .'rKaiuh to k.'ep up the c
y.t sulliei.ntly far to enjoy the Indruy atn.osp}
and the heauty ..f the M-eue hefoiv her. And I
pMere
iM'f,
jcre
>re atirnii)tinM' to descrihe it, let nie tell what
-inie was. She had that first
manner of woman J(
<li;aiity of a liai
iiisi iii'e
■<tatu
I'e
she was tal
itli a form iustinet with life litl
le an' I i:race
ful.
whieli. when matund l.y Moe^ vvould heome <linni-
f'.ed also. She had no pretension to heauty, heyond
wlia
t tl
ii\
ehness of youth and a
can o-ive to the countenance , I
sweet tt"m})er
»nt still jier well-
formed mouth, <rray ey^^s, a forehea.j l.road thou-h
not too hi-h, and a walth of li<rht hrown h^ir
went to form a face that
upon. Sl:e had heeii a \isitor at P;>'
was pleasant to look
■foi-e, hut its surround
nier's liousc
no\ el to eni'-a<''e her even in hei
inns w,.jv still sufficiently
frame of mind, 1
•resent disti-acted
or, as 'hecame a Scotchwoman, sh
liad a keen relish for whatever is ])eautiful in na
tui-e. Ahove, an<l until directly opposite her, th(
Chateau
ay came sweepini.- with ni-aceful cur
widi', unrulHed sheet of wat
ve,
f.'ll
ei-, until suddenly it
ovei- a rock
y
!'e an(
1 1
H'came a mass (
iff
oam
!cs, C(!vere(
n\g rapids, wliich brattled between bani
by trees and overhung by ha^^el bushes, until lo.st
iBk
298
(iLEANEU TALFX
t<) sight by a sharp lH;n»l a considerable dist4iuce
beloM'.* Being at flmxl lieight, the rapids were
seen at their best, and Jeanie jjever wearied ad-
miring the gracetul sw«)ep of the smooth water
as it neared the \tn\ffe that prece«U'd its fall, or the
tumult of brjQAkers into which, a moment after, it
was towed. It Hashed u})on her that the ri\x;r
WAS, perhaps, to prove a true type of her own and
her mother's fate, — the even tenor of tlieir life
hitherto wjis al)out to be suddeidy broken by her
father's disappearance, and then the water, tossed
from rock to rock, broken into spray »ind driven
in every direction, except upward, would to<i truly
represent their life hereafter. Raising her gaze to
the south, she caught a glimpse, through a gash
among the trees on the opposite bank wliere fire
had levelled them, of a )>uige of smooth, mouhied
hills, which, blue and soft in the sweet spring sun-
shine, brought back to memory the dear old iiills
of her native land, and joy mingled with her
sorrow.
The afterntxm wore away apace and still Mi-
Palmer did not return. Above the noi.'^e of the
rapids Jeanie heard, now and tiien, the shouts of
the lumbermen as they heaved the loirs in forminti-
their raft, and whom Mr Palmer had 'n)iie down
to see. Having finished her hou.sehold dutiis aiul
Jk ttii
*T!ic8e rapidri \rorv known to old settU'rn as "I'.tlniei'H
rapids." The qiiMiT.vinf!; of them for buil«liiig- purposes
lias greatly cLaugeil tlieir appearance.
JEANIE MOKISON.
299
spread the supper on the table, Mrs Puhner sat
down beside Jennie and, with kindly craft, by
talking of commonplace matters, strove to divert
her mind. By-and-by the upp<,.arance of a Hne
spaniel, the sixme that had swam to the rat, indi
cated the approach of Mr Palmer, who, when he
came np to then., leading his eldest girl, a chatter-
ing child, seemed in no hurry to answer the ques-
tioning eyes of the two women.
"Blessed if the dog don't scent something," said
the woftliy n. n, as he watch«<l the animal creep-
ing to a clump of underbrush to the right
"Bother thti dog." <?xclaimed M« «i*lmer, "what
iiid the mea veil you?"
"Waal, they ain't jest sure, you know, but they
guess 'tis all right," and as he drawled out the
words slowly and reluctantly, Jeanie could see
that he was far from thinking it was all right.
"Oh, sir," she said, "you a-e a father you'rself
and you are as dear to your child as she is to
you. Tell me the worst, and be done wi' it."
^ "Don't take on, Jeanie; it may be all liglit yet.
Your father helped to tot-^ the logs to the foot
of the rapids, and le^t .lem, well and strong, to
walk home last night. I rather conjecture he^'lost
his way, but he ^-W be home by this time."
This was all M r'almer seemed disposed to tell,
and, hoping for the best, she tried to share in her
host's affected confidence as to her fathers safety,
and followed him in answer to his wife's call "That
ism
mi)
(:i.r.\yF.i; talks.
suppci- was i-c)ii|y," A capital cuok, aii<l liaviiii;- a
lar(l(M- to (haw fioni rrplciiishcd ]>y the ^'Uii and
rod of licr Imshand, Mrs I'alincr, in lionoj- of licr
;,nicst, had sproail a tahlc that eontrastiMl painfully
with tiif inca^^Mf faic to which Jtanic was accus-
tomed, and made hci- think of the nicss of lioilcd
corn of which her niothrr would then hr pai'tak-
in<,^ Aftcf suppn-, the canoi' was launciicd, and
hidilini;- farewell to her hostess •uid her little ^irl
on the i-i\-er's haMk, Jeanie stepped in, when, pro-
pelled l.y the p.addle of ^Mr Talnier, it he<,ran
steadily to stem the curi'ei.t.
Who that has undergone the auonv of sorrowful
apprehension has not noted how every tritiinLC in-
cident that may have occurred durint,' that period
lias heconie imprinted indelihly upon the niemorv:'
The watchei- hy the sick-be<l, over which death
hovers, is puzzled how, at a time when the nnnd
is altsorhed with one thought, the perce])tions
should he so sharpened as to note trivial events
and ohjects, down to the ver\' furniture and pat-
tern of the vnllpaper, which on ordinar}' occa-
sions leave no trace upon the nietnoiy. On that
April evenini,^ Jeanie's mind was lahoriii!;;- under
this intensified acutencss. and while hnxxling con-
tinually over liei- father's probal.le fate, to her
dyinn- day she remembered every feature of the
scenery she was now passing. TJie smooth tlow-
ing river, swollen and discolorerl by the melted
snow from the hills, hemmed in on either bank
tfi I
JEAN'iK MoiUSON.
301
l.y a thk-k on,uth of tivcs, many of which, as if
< immored with the iHatitiful slicct of water by
which they <rivw, lent over it until, in their Irafy
prime, their branches ahnost kissed its stid'acc.
Now, thou<;li leatiess, their tops were uhH-iti,.,! l,y
the settin<r sun, which tilled the still air with the
land>e)it Mue haze whicli distini,niishes the evi-n-
in-s of early sprin-' in (""anada. Keepin-- to tho
Chateauiray at its union with Ti-out river, the
canoe stole silently l.eiieath the shadow of the
overlian-rino' trees until tiie mouth of (Jak crjek
was reached, w lien Jeanie stepped ashore to pur-
sue her way on fc *. \<, ]u-v home. Before bidding
her goodbye, Mi- Pulm. •• paused and said: "Xow^
you keep up a good lieart for whatcvc , may luip-
pen.and we'll be up tomorrow to search the woods.
Give that to your motlier and-(Jod bless you."
Witliout giving her time to say a word, he pushed
Ins canoe into the stream and speedily glided out
of sight, leaving Jeanie standing on the bank per-
plexed by what he had .s.iid and holding the basket
lie }i!"l thrust into her hands, which contained a
!oai' of bread and a string of fish. With a heavier
heart tlian ever, she began to trace her way home-
ward by the creek. Once in that lonely journey
she thought she saw her father walking ahead of
her, and once she thought she heard his voice. She
called out and paused to listen for a reply. The
only sound that reached her was the dismal croak-
ings of the frogs. Knowing that her imagination
302
<JLKANEU TALES.
was (JweiviDg lier, she hurried on and, when she
caught the tirst glimpse of light gleaming from
her h'lmble home, it outlined her mothei's fii'ure
seated on the doorstep waiting her return.
"You hav'na found him, Jeanie?"
"\o, mother; and he hasna come hame?"
"What can hae come ower himi" exclaimed the
motlior, Jis she sank into a seat by the open fire-
place.
It was remarkahlo that in their conversation no
conjecture was hazarded by either as to the pro-
Iwible fate of the missing one. Both, plainly, enter-
tained tlie Slime painful surmise, which they were
alike ashamed to breathe. They sat by the glow-
ling backlog for many hours, hoping against hope
that the wanderer might return, until Jeanie over-
come by fatigue sought her bed. Once she awoke
during the night, thinking she heard a voice. She
listened in the darkness. It was her mother wrest-
ling with God on behalf of her father.
CHAPTER II.
Early next day Jeanie and lier mother saw a
short, stout man euierge from the woodi;!. He was
a stranger to them, but his aspect indicated he
was a lumberman. He had a towsy head of red-
dish hair and a matted beard and whiskers of the
same hue.
"A pleasant day, ma'am," he said, in a voice so
J KAN IE MOUISON.
:w;j
Koft and insinuating', and contrasting so strikingly
with the ronghnt'ss of his appearance, that Mrs
Morison was somewhat stjirtled. "It is, indeed, a
tine spring chiy," she repHed.
"And the water is high, ma'am, and the raft«
are getting away finely— oh, very finely," and the
man stood compla 'ntly eyeing the mother and
daughter, and rubbing his hajuls.
"Uae ye seen ocht o' my husband? Ye'll hae
come alx>ut him?"
"Oh, my dear ma'am, don't fret, take it coolly
and comfortable like."
"I see ye ken aboot him; oh, dii\na play wi' me,
but tell me at once."
Not in the least discomposed, the little man, in
more oily tones than ever, replied, "Well, well,
maam, there is no denying it, accidents will hap-
pen, you know. You shouldn't be supp<ising the
worst, and taking it easy, for"' —
Before he could finish his sentence there was
heard a heavy trampling in the woods, and soon
there came from beneath their cover half a dozen
men, four of them carrying a burden laid on two
poles. They came in silence to the door, when
Mrs Morison saw their burden was her husband.
She snatched away the red handkercliief that
covered his face, a glance at which showed her
he was dead. She gave a shriek that resounded
through the forest, and fell senseless upon the
corpse.
f^
I*
;i()4
(ll.KANKK TALKS.
If
'I'lif cnrt'cr (tt* tlir tlcuil iiifui iiuiy lie toM in ii
tew Wonls. He luiil Ircii tlic xUi of il smill|
fiiriiirr in tin' south of Scotlniid, ii stiJippiii;^, live-
ly t'rlloW, who won tilt' irood Lri"'l('fS of tile flaUj^'ll-
trr of a draprr in tin- nrinjil" n'lri^- vilinnc. Her
pai'cnts oj)|)o '(I h'-i- k('c[)in;^' coinpai.y with !iim.
not nit'iciy 1ic(.mu*-c his 'ire Mlll^t!Ul('('s wri-c 'n-
"lifrrrc'it liut 'kcihisi' his h;ihi,,-; wcic uoi of tho
stt'ailicst, he iM'inif foi;(l (f 'otnivin! ^^.ithi rin^^s,
at whii'h, nioic tliau once, !ic had ^n)t fi\t'rconn' hy
(li'ink. Thrir ••]»|i()sition sc ■•.ncd oidy to strrt^^rth.'n
their dauiihter's atlcftion for the free-h( arted, ifoo(l
tempered yodU;^' feJlMW, and the upshot was that
one niornin;;; she was not t(» I- found, and liefoi>;
eveninijf thev learned shi' had 1»( en nianie<l. '1 ho
imprudent match resulted as (he j>nrents liaii an-
tifipatefl: the youn-^ man was unei|ual to ih task
of support ini; a wife and his hahits did nor mend.
Mo\ini; to a minini;- \'i1laj^n', !ie not work as a
lahoi-er, and out of his sciiiitv earninirs a lai'ce
percentr.ife went into the till of the whisky shop
every Saturday ni^ht, s > that his wife, io eke out
a lisiii'', had to exert herself to do somethin<r also.
<,)uietly and inicomplaininelv she took in sewin<x
washed, o;- s])an, as oppoi tuii"t\- otfei-eij, • earn an
]).)nest shilline^, and did what i v in lier power to
keep thine-s decent. Children ca.ne hut none lived
to maturity save Jeanie. The s dlau^" was un-
liealtby, its fumes and murky moke weie not
favorable to childhood, typhus wa.; a ivgular win-
IKAMK .M(»|{I,S(>\.
:]()')
U'v vi^itoi-, hikI, iiiDn- tliuii al
(It lici- flisposjil aHindrtl Dot tl
tl
!•• narrow jncaiis
M' lU'ccssaiifs (I
f litV
m tlir nl.iiii.laiicr cliiMivii i |, so. to li.-r hnirt-
sonow, (i»if aftrr aiiotln'r was takt-ii
Mwav
I
line
ta\iiit' hfi- a siiia
II
passed, and li.-r fatii.'i .li..|, |
Irnai-y, and with this shr d.'tcimin.d tliry sIk.uNI
<'n>i«rrat(. Sh.- fondly tlioii;;ht w.iv
IMT linslKUld
I'rnioN »'l|
\'l
■oni
his I
»oMn coMipanic-iis, wtif all his
old associations l.n.kcn, and hr trajisplantrd int
a nrw sphfiv. h. inii^ht nd'onn. Oftrn had she
striven with him, oftr. had 1
liosoni that he wa
lope kindled in jicr
S o'OMlL!'
to k(
tl
eep ttie i^ood leso-
lutions h( so often formed ; always doomed to
hitter disappoimm.'nt. To emi-rate was the last
chance it seemed to her, and for Canada they
aecordinuly sailed. D.'plorahle to ivlate, on the
• lay of their arrival at Qnehee her hushund ,o(,t
e\-eral of his fellow-i)nssen<rers who
UrnnI
witli s
went to take, ns they termed it
and hefoi-e he L''ot ovei- }
of their little stock of
»i parting ;,''lass,
L!;i)t over Ins spree the jrivater part
therefore, of 1
money was y-one. Instead,
(
)en)<; in a position to j^^o to rj)per
mada and take up land, as intended, he had
li
to
••nira<re at Quel.ec with a luml
^ettin^r out masts and scpiare timlier on tlie Cha-
teaucray, and thus it came that, two years l)eforo
the opening of our narrative, he had made a home,
a poor one as we have seen, in whrt is now the
•ernifin who was
townslup of Elorin. Altho tl
;reat, Mrs Morison did not
leir privations were
regret the change from
r
4
U ££.
,M()«i
(tl.F.VNKK TALKS.
n
tlif <lirty, sijuiilitl, iniiiitijf \ ilhi;,'*' in S<utliini| to
the liint'ly woods of ('lunulii. Hrr liusl.uinl lia<l
few«'r oj)jM>rtiinitit's of ;^^tttiii;; <liiiik uikI, on tht^
wlioU', tliry livfil ImpiiilN'. Possrssiii;; a sujicrior
t'diiciitioM lirrsflt' anti liiiviii;^ ni<>vr<l l.t t'oir lnT
iimriMUifi' in rrsprctHlilf society, she l»r<>ii<^'lit up
liiT tliiii^^littr vtiy (litr.iriitly from wliat ini^flit
liavf liccii »'Xj)t'(tt<l frt'iii tlifii- circmiistaiicts. aixl
Jt'anif, iitsj)itc lifi- 1i<hiii's[)um ilios. Imd acijtiirf-
iiifiits and manners that i|Malitit'd lur t<> moNtin
any station of life As already stated, on tlie
Monday morning Morison liad ;;iine to a>->ist in
runniii'j, lo^s out of the creek. ( )n the evenin;f
of th" succeedin;;' day his employei- settled with
him for the season's work, and, in addition to the
.small halance of waLj's that was coming- to him,
"•avc him a few j»ieces of pork to take home and,
fatal partini;- ^ift, a Wottle of rum. He left the
raftsmen in hi:;h spirits, an aMe-l>odied if not very
active man, takine the track that le<l to his hum-
hie dwelling-. What followed no human eye wit-
nessed. He never reached his home, ami the
scarchinL;'-]>iirty that moi'nin;;' had discoverecl his
body a few vai'd.> from the creek, stretclu'd upon
the ground, with his face immersed in a pool of
water — a pool only an uieh or .so in depth, left hy
the meltine- of ihe >,now and <,'athered in a cavity
formed by tiie roots of a tree. Hid he, when he
.stumbled and fell, moved his hea<l ever so little,
he would have breathed and lived. The more
i
.JEAMK MoUisoN-
tliHM half ,.|n|,ty U^ttl.., fnuii.l ui his sto
showt'd h.' hful I
hrtaflth, and th»
tl ;it
thiit
xcti t<M. ((Vi'iTcMiU' to stir a I
re, in a Itasin of watt'r
uy ;;nisp.
a s(
|iiim-I n.uld liav.. |..h|),..| it: so s|
I'lirs-
so stnall
'i n.l.in, III pnniiii^r his win-rs. ,.(,uM |
iullow
^t.|)j,,.,| throujrh without wcttin.r a f.-atl
lave
stalwart man, h<"f(
M-r. this
liail
fall
• •i» ami wl
oiv Whosr axr th.' loftirst pi
mvs
tl
losr vijrcnais oar had st
If ra
<-mm<'i
I
lilt
pi'lsof thr Chatcaii^ray. I,,,,! iV„omi„iously
t his ,|,.ath, within hail of th.- faithful wit
loving' .laiinht.'r wli.. w
r am
n-tiirn. dcanit
1
< T" anxiously waiting Ids
III
IML'.
had
.^-oiriir hoiii.. thf pivcv.liri- ,.v
iiriconsdously passed within a f
cn-
>f the l.ody which oncf
i'int. On h"ndiii;,r it ,|,j„,
hiy and two nights, th
a (|»
<'\v paces
contained her father's
ip from the exjxisiire of
in;; party ha<l
c Search
.mide the hody as presentahle us possihle. and sent
'^'"•'I'l "".• of their n.iiMher to hreak, as .r,ntly as
'«i>l.d.t he, the news to the wife an.l dai.Ld
vN itii what suec»-s.s he, wl
.f I
lo was chosen
Iter.
on account
MS smooth tonirn,, anpiitted hims.-lf, the iva.l
CIIOWS.
'"^o lon^r <lid \ns M
that
h'Jinie's mind that si
orison remain in her
er
swoon
>nce the d.va.lful thou^rht darted throu-d.
find at one fell
liotl
le was not '<•<
d
>in;4- to recov
(T.
swoop she was to be deprived of
. 41 1 • ■ ^
1 parents. She did not cease 1
ovvever, and wdiile l)athin«- tl
icr exertions.
rejoiced to see the Hush of „
'Slowly did Mrs Mori.son raise herself
ic ricrid temples she
returninor animation.
to a sitting
IMAGE EVALUATION
TEST TARGET (MT-3)
//
/
/
v/
A
^^^<
^
^
.^'v^
'/.
^
^
1.0
I.I
1.25
1^ 128 |25
2.0
U il.6
V]
<^»
^h
M
e
f #.?
w
Photographic
Sciehces
Corporation
33 WEST MAIN STREET
WEBSTER, NY. 14580
(716) 872-4503
•4V-
#x
o^
^ ^A.^
%'
a~*-
I-
:tos
GLEANER TALES.
posture, and looked in a dazed manner, as if won-
dering why they were there, at the roii<:fh lumber-
men grouped ai'ound her, who stood in silence and
with the awkwardness of people who were anxi-
ous to help but did not know how. Unconsciously
she moved her glance from one to the other until
it fell upon the body of her husband. Recollec-
tion returned in a Hash, and drawing the inani-
mate form to her lap she pressed the bloated and
discolored features to her lips.
"Oh, Willie," she exclaimed, unconscious in her
overwhelming passion of sorrow that there was a
listening ear, "lang did we ken ane anither and
braw and gallant were you ance; my pride and joy.
Sair hae oor trials been and muckle hae ye been
misguided, but aye faithfu and true to me. Oh,
that I had been wi' you; oh, that ye had given me
your last kiss and deed in my arms! There hae
been them wha despised you, wha tauld me to leave
you; little did they ken o' the love that bound me
to you. 01), that we should hae partit thus!"
Here she paused, and turning her eyes upwards
she slowly and reverently said: "Merciful God, as
in your wise decree you have been pleased to
bring this affliction upon me, grant, in your pity,
that I tarry not long behind him whom ye hae
taen awa.'
The solemn petition calmed the tumult of her
mind, and reverently disposing of the body, she
rose to her feet and said modestly —
JEA.VIE MOHISONV
.MOO
"V^)U wil' .'xcusc me, fivcns. for trtkin<r on sae
sairly aforo y„ii, hut I coul.lna lielp it; this inis-
foitt:no has couw so su.ld.'n. I thank you for
what you hae (hme, and, nin it ho yonr pleasure,
as you can do nae ruair noo, leave us alane and
conie the morn to hury him wlia's gane."
The red-u'hiskered man was about to make a
vohihle reply, when he was cut short by a tall
lumberman, in whose eye there glistened a tear,
with the remark. 'Yes, ma'am, we ai-e at your
ser\ ice and mean to do all wo can for you." Then,
looking at his comrades, he said. "Let us go," and
turning abruptly he led the way, leaving "the mo-
ther and daughter alone with their dead.
( 'HA ITER ir.
It is true in the moral workl as in the material
that after a stoini comes a cnlm. The agony of
suspense, the wild burst of passionate sormw had
swept over them, and the morning succeeding the
sad discovery found motlier and daughter com-
posed and resigned. The worst was now known,
a worst there was no remedying, and so they bow-
ed, without needless fret or repining, beneath the
trial. The sun had risen in an unclouded sky and
his beams were warmer than on the preceding
clays, and as they caine pouring down unstinting-
ly on the turbid waters of the creek and the
uplifted branches of the forest, it seemed as if
310
<; LEANER TALES.
i &/-
suiuiner was nigh nn<l buds and leaves and «,aeen
sward would speedily succeed the birds wliose
noisy concert ushered in the rosy dawn. Every-
thi'^g had been arrange<l in the humble shanty
with all the deftness of order-lovinjr hands; on
one side of it, beneath a white cloth, was the
corpse. Mrs Morison was seated on tlie chair at
the window; Jeanie sat at her feet on the door-
step.
"VV^asna father a braw man when you first fore-
gathered ?"
"He was the handsomest lad in the countryside;
a very pleasure for the < c to rest on. Little dae
they ken what he was like that didna see him
then, and a kinder or truer heart couldna be. O,
Jeanie, I just worshipped him when we were lad
and la.ss."
"But your father didna like him?"
"Dinna put it that way, Jeanie. He liked him
but he saw a faut in him that spoiled a'. I was
wilfu. I said Willie would gie up the company
he keepit when he w^is merrit, and that it was
guid-fellowship and no love o' the drink that en-
ticed hin». I dinna say that I regret what I did,
or that my lot hasna been as guid as I deserved
— God forgive me that I should repine or say an
unkindly word o' him that lies there — but young
folks dinna lippen to their parents in choosing
partners as they ocht."
"Hoots, mother; when a lad or lass hae found
,n
JEAME MOUISUN.
311
thoik- heart's love, what for siild father or mother
interfere;*"
"Easy sai<l, Jeaiiie, hut think ye there is ony
hody in the wi(h.' world ioes son or doehter as a
parent does' They are as the ap;)le o' their ee,
and his cr her happiness is all they seek. l)(,ot-
less there are warld's worms o' parents who only
look to the suitor's jrear and wad hreak ofi" the
truest love-match that ever was ^nn he were puir,
I dinna speak o' them, for they are out o' the
question. But take parents hy ordinar, w' o only
seek their bairns' welfare, and the son or doehter
wha disregards their advice in choosing a life-
mate will hae mickle to repent o'."
"I dinnn see hoo that is," said Jeanie, "for surely
their marriage ccmcerns (miy themselves?"
"True in a sense, Jeanie. that ar, we mak oor bed
we maun lie on't. Think ye, though, o' a parent's
experience, that nae glamor o' 1 .ve blinds their ee,
that their haill concern is for their bairn's happi-
ness, and they may see fauts in the would-be
partner o' their child that can only result in mees-
ery. Young folks shouldna think their parents
are obstinate or stupid when they oppo.se their
nianying this ane or that ane. In maist cases
they hae soli<l reason for their opposition, and the
son is foolish that winna get his parents consent
befo).- he gangs too far and the doehter silly in-
deed w ho .says Yes without taking counsel o' her
niotiier."
hi.
m
I,
I;
I'
812
«il-K\\KI{ TALKS.
i,
M"
111
(■ '''
"Oil, Imt that wiidtiH da*' always, " rrplicil Jfaiiir,
(It'precatiiij^ly, in a tone as if siicli a courst' would
roll lovf of its roinaiicc.
"('ouM', iioo, .Icanii!. tell me wliat hcttcr advisor
can a doclitcr liac than her mother, and hasna the
father a rieht to hae soiae say in a match s(ein<^
that, if it disna turn out wed, he may hae a use-
less son-in-law to sorn on him or, in ids auld ilays,
hae his doeliter or a tawpy of a son's wife com*;
wi' a wheen hairns to seek shelter in his hanu"'
Na, na, the fii'st c'omman(hiient wi' prondse re-
quires obedience in this as in ither callings o' life,
and hap{)y is the weddinjj^ whaur the true l(»\e o'
the yonn;^ couple is crooned wi' the blessings
(o'iven without a misgiving) o' tlu'ir parents, for
theiv is, then, a reasonal'le prospect that the matcli
will ])rove what a' should be -a heaven upon earth."
"Mij^htna the parents be mistaen, mother:' '
"Ave, and so miu-ht tlie lad or lass, and far mair
likely that the youn<r .should err than the auld.
Had I taen the advice my father and mother
pressed on me, advice that came frae their life-
long experience and their att'ection for me, it wad
hae been different — no that I regret what has
happened for niysel but for you, Jeanie, that mnun
grow up in this wilderness, and for your blithers
and sisters wha hae gane to a better land. " And
here, as the remembrance of the years of poverty
and of n^retchedness caused by her husbanl's intem-
perate habits flashed upon lier, she burst into tears.
JEAXIE MORISON.
.'U3
"Oh, luotluT," «-.\'.'laiin(<l Jcuiiic, us ri.siu«( and
stnn.lincr l„.si,l,. }-,.,• she clasped h.T bowed" head
to her hosoin, "diiina tak on so. I wadna hae had
it otherwise, and wad suner hae hide<l wi' you
than had the (jueen on the throne for my mother.
We hae been very happy for a' that has come and
^^one, and .sae will we yet. Were it to part us, I
wadna marry the hest man in a" Canada; I will
aye he wi' you and will aye he obedient to your
will."
"1 ken that, my bairn, but," .said the mother,
raisinrr her tear-stained face, "promise me this—
and it is a promise tliat him wha lies there wtul
liae backed, for weel he kent his ain taut —that,
nae matter hoo ye may be drawn to liim, you will
never marry a man that like; }n's <rlass "
"1 promise," said Jeanie with simple solemnity,
and drawin<r up her irraceful tifr„,.e to its full
height, she, as if anxious to break off the subject,
turned to get a wet towel, with which she wiped
her mother's face, "for," as she remarked, "ye maun
be decent when the folk onie."
It was nigh noon before any of the visitors
made their appearance. In the then unsettled
state of the country news spread slowly even
wheii^ messengers were sent out expressly to carry
It. Everybody came that heaid of the melancholy
occurrence, for in those primitive days, when only
the young and healthy inhabited this section of
country, deaths were so rare that a funeral was
m
314
OLKAXKK T\LKS.
'i
j
1! "."
!
ii L __
ri;;»inl»(l as an iiii|t<.rtiiiit fvciit whicli iiolMxly
lllis^,.•»i. Stni^;(lin;^ in fntiii WiMi-rcnt points th»'y
canM' in twos and tlin-cs, rxccpt the InnilM-rin^-
purty with w lioin tin- tlccrascd lun! Ix'i'n c«»niu'ct<'(l,
wli(» »ipp»ai»'<l in a Iwxly niarcliin;,' up tlif cn-ck,
curryiiij^r tlif cotfin a ru«lc Ik)x of nnplanrd I)oanlH
— with Mr TalMMT hailing' 'I'wo ftatuns in the
assnnltlai^c wm- noticralilr, one; Itt'in;; that hai lly
a man rnion^r iIhmii IukI a coat, th»! other th.c t'«vv-
iR'ss of thr w<.int'n. The in:!!. ;,'rfat lirawny fel-
lows in honie-niadc sliirts and pants fastened l»y
belts, j^athered in clusters in the clearing' to ex-
chanj^e news and talk over the circumstances at-
tending the event that had hnaijrht them top'ther,
while the women went irito the house. The sun
was slnkinj.^ fast towards the west hefore the pre-
parations necessary for the Iturial were completed.
When the woid went round that the ;;rave was
ready, om hy one they fyled into the house to
take a last look of the f:ice of theij- late neighbor,
after wldch the lid of the colli n was nailed down.
There was no clert.fyman to lu- had at the time
and amoni^ those present theiv was no one in-
clined, even if capable, to conduct relit;ious ser-
vices. If the solemn ob.servances of such occasions
were absent, those present had not come unpre-
pared to maintain a custom which in those days
was universal in Canada, and, for all the writer
knows, may still be in the Mother Country — that
of passing a glass of liquor hefore lifting the
JEANIK MnUlsON'
315
coffin. A man. with a j.-r in one Land and a tin
cup in tlie otluT. went »-oiin(l tli" conipapy. tender-
ing' the HUed cup to each, nhich it sou Id h»»vo
U'en hud manners to refuse an.; which nearly all
emptied U-fore returnin^r When all out of d.x,rs
luul W'n helped, the man. a well- mean ini;, kindly
f«'llow, stepped into the shanty to re^'u.e those in-
8nle. Thinkintr it ^r,x)d Planners, hi presse.l to
where iVIrs Morison was sitting and, delil)erately
tillin-,' the cup to the brim, tendered it U) her first
Mrs Morison gave him a piercintr Ixtk. "What:"
she exclaimed in a low voice, sc en-phas^zed hy
deep feelin<r that every word sunk int<. the ndnds
«.f those present; "What: Do you ask me to UiKe
that which has murdered my husband f*"
' Tak< a tuste, ma'am," said the red-whiskered
man, who was in the nnjui, "it will do you jr, ,]."
"Do me -rood:" she re-echoed, "then it will be
for the first time in my life. That .lo me <rood
that took away the bread for lack of whicli my
hain.s, noo saints in glory, perished : That do me
Koo<l that robbed my husband of liis usefulness
and. good name; that made him Ht for only orra
jobs and to be despised as a drunkard : That do
me good the love of which supplanted his love for
me, for it was the stronger o' the twa or wad he
no hae left it alane for my sake^ That do me
^'ood that tilled his bo.som with remorse, which
hurt his health, and, last of all, has taen his life:
Oh, that it hasna caused the loss of his soul; that,
.3p;
(JI.EAXKU TALKS.
Hi
in tiir inoiiM-iit i>\' his passini^' l»n>ath, hv foiiml
tinu' t«t seek ncccptuiUM' with (i(mI for the Re-
• lerinriH sHk«'! Tiik' it uway, " she srn'aintMl wit.h
th«' <'i»rrjry «)f (in«' who shrinks at i\\v si^ht of *
snak«', "takf it away, ami may tho curs«^ of the
widow an<l th«> orphan rest u])on them that make
an<l sell it- wlui U'Uipt (h'cmt men to (h'struction
in order that th»'y may have an easy livinj^."
Ahashed ».t !••<) inH'x;u<*tt'd a reception, the man
continued to stand stujiidly hcfore her. holdinj^
the cup and Jar. Scein^r his puzzled hK)k, Mrs
Morison, who had itcovcred her composure, ipiiet-
ly said, "I ken you mean it kindly, and sac far I
thank }' u, Imt ;,'i:i 3'ou think o' it, you will scms
that the bottle may he your own worst enemy and
they are safest and happiest who leave it alana.
As a favor, freen, I ask you no to offer it in this
house."
A few nniuites afterwards the coffin was home
out of doors, when four Unnherers lifte<l it on their
shoulders, and, leadin}^ the stragj^ling procession,
walked to the grave, which had beon dug on a
knoll close to the cnek, the only spot that couhl
be found convenient sufficiently free of trees and
their roots. When the coffin was lowered, each
man lifted his hat for a moment, there was a
pause, and then the grave was filled in.
With thouirhtful kindness those who came had
brought some gift <'f food to replenish the widow's
larder, and now, while all the rest departed, the
JEAXIi: NKMtlsoN.
317
liiinU'niH'ii n-iiuiiin'*!. until sunsit, rhoppiti^' fin--
W(mhI nn.l puttin^r th.- lifuis,. an.i its sun nijtu 1111^0*
Ui rijrhts, s<) that, U-foiv iUvy lay ,|own t«» s\rvp
that ni^lit, Mrs Mmison uii<i Jrnni*' iiu'hi(|»'«l in
thrir prayer thanks t<)(J.M| f<.r having; so iM.unti-
fully pn)vi<lt'<| for thi-ni.
LOST IN THE WOODS.
V<»r lijivf liciinl of my jmssini^' u ni^'lit in th«
Itush, hikI want im- to trll yon iilnnit it. \\'lnti wo
Cftiiu' to Hiii('liiiil)ro(»k, which was in July, lH.'n,
th«' shanty my huslmiKl put tip <li<I not stand
when* this housr is, hut on a rid;,'*' at th«» end of
iUv lot. F'or th»' first two yrai^s w»' liad no n«'i«jh-
Inir nrarrr than half a mil*', for tlio«i;rh the lots
on vtiL'li side of us were s,(rantt'(l, noLtdy was then
livinij upon them. Kroiii m<trnin^' to dark I saw
nothing hut the hush that encircled our house irul
tlje little clearance o*^ l»lackene<i stumps. Oh, hufc
it WHS lonely! It was worse than a jail, for the
prisoner ^ets a hlink out o^ his cell window of the
wide prospect without, and of houses and people,
but I saw nothing for several years hut trees, and
trees, until our clearance .so exten<led that it met
that on the east side of our lot, and all at once we,
one tine day, came in si^ht of a iieighbor's house.
The .second Sprinj^ w-e were on the lot, my
husband left to help to take a raft down to the
LOST.
319
KH-siii. Ii>a\ini^ iim- iitonf with M'-tiry wli< was tht-p
tlu' Ui»ty H.' ••x|M'<t««l to \h' Uuk in four .iHys.
<.r l»y tlir mil »>f tin- wrvk iit furthrMt. If it lia^i
not U'»'ii that I limi so iiitirli work to «l«) I wotiM
Imvf criiMl my vyrs out. it was so iiiisrriiltl*' Ut Im»
l«ft iiloiH' ill IIm- wcmmIs, mill WiJIiHtd Iwul tu'vor
ln'»'ii awiiy HO joii^ iM'fon-. Tlir four days pasHtMi
aiitl SalthrMi catiM-, luit lir <li<| not. I ^«»t vory
anxious, and 'ill day could si'aiTrly kern my cyrs
<>H' th«' >i>ot at wliicli lie woidd come out of tlx;
IiuhIi. and wIutc tin- track from the river crossed
our lot, and at nij^fht I could not slerp a wink,
thinkini; every nutment I heard his ftMttstep Once
I was siire I heard him moving; outside I ;rot up
and opened the d«M»r and called his name. Tlu^ru
was no ansvvi'r, and it was so dark I could not see
a ro<| otf. Li;.rhtin«^r « hit cf pitch pine at the tire,
I helil it up to look H;,niin, when there was a patt^T
(^f fi.ct and souiethin;; hounded hy me. It wa.H
.su^'ar-time an I there were a few trees tappe<|
arouufj the house. The noise I heard was a few
<lcer drinkinj,^ the sap out of the trou<rh.s. I
kncv. not what to do. I want«'d to iro in .sc.rch
i.f William, hut how could I leave our small stock?
They mijifht starve hefc^re I got hack, and that
would ruin us. It happened Monday afterrnxm,
just when I had determined to go over to the
nearest neighbor and .see if I could get ,soi?>e one
to go and enijuiro for my husband, tliough I knew
it wouhl be useless, for every nmn and boy old
320
GLEANER TALES
t 1 ii
fi
(!nou<;li had <;<)ii<' with tli<' nit'ts. I was wrappinf]f
l>ahy ill a shawl, when tlic door darkened and a
stran<j^f' voice ha^K' un' jj^ood <hiy. It was that of
a younj^ lad from the second concession. He was
on his way home, and had a messa<^e from William.
In runnin<.j Dumouchers rapids the raft had hunted
on a stone, throwing her crew oii" their feci. In
falling, William's oar lia<l stiuck his left arm and
hroken it. I thard^cd (lotl it was no worse. Ho
told the boy I was not to he anxious, that he ftdt
so well he hoped to he alile to leav«; for home in
a few day.s. I (piestioned the la<l, and from what
he told me, I guessed my husitand was wor.se than
he let on. Mv re.s(jlution was made; I would j;o
and see him. The lad said he had to go home first,
but promised to come back next morning and tend
the stock until I ieturne<l. Befoie gt)in<r, I tjot
him to fell a few sapling- for Ihe young beasts to
browse on their tops, for ti^e fodder was nearly
done. Then I prepared for my journey; cooking
enough to keep the lad while away, and baking
some cakes to take to my husband. It would be
past o o'clock in tlie afternoon when I was ready
to leave, but I considered I would be able to reach
the Chat iaugay before dark, and once on its banks
I would be safe to gret a night's rest. With babv
in my arms I started brave enough, but had not
gone iiiany acres in the woods until I felt I had
acted rashly. I had gone over the path only a
liriri'
*l.n<- T
nr^f
- t
I.nsr
:{2I
\Vf
aci
|iiaiiitc.l with it as I tlioui^ht I
was, am
troiM tilt' snow havin-- u.-wly iHiltt'(l, it was not
as plain as usual. I jnt'sscd on until I felt that
I ha.l walkcil >o fai- that, if on the ri^rht track, f
should iiave ivachcd the river, whih' I had n<.t
r^•vn ctjUH- to the Outanlc. Tlic sunlitrht had Ion"-
li'ft the trt'c't"
iiicr, when I
)ps and the stars ha<l hcoun t(; j;liin-
.LCJUt' it uj), convinc.-d that, likoly in
.-.^oini,' to on.' side to pass a wct spot. I had It-ft
the track, and that I was lost in tlic woods. As-
sured T had lost my way. J knew it would l.e
madness to walk farthei-, and so, while I eou!d
see, I j)i(ked out a hemlock knoll, and d
hi<i: hendock that had
loosin-' u,
some cedar bushes m-owi
nir
near, 1 sat down beneath it. ft
thou<di in tlie el
was Tilt very cold,
carances I daresay there was frost.
Takin^r a cake out of my pockt t I made my sup-
per. Baby was very -^ood and lav a.slecp in 1
JliS
or.i>
shawl. Wrappin<,f him mor. wannly in the 1
plaid I iiad around my shoulders, I clasped liim
to my bo.som and, so wearied was J, that I fell
asleep. [ awoke with a stait. I thouMit I heaid
some one calliiur. I li... ^.ned and tl
le s
ound
so; u
came ao^ain. It was the ciy of a wolf at some dis-
tance. Another answered froia some other part
of the woods, and another and another,
noticed, on a calm niMit. how, if a doo- barks
ou liave
eve;
ers; it is the .same with
doLC within hearingr answi
W(j1\ s, only their cries are more varied,
iVum a deep howl to a whine like that of a cliild
ranLnnf?
9»
S22
<;leankk talks.
Hi
VI
in ])uiii. I slin(l<l«*n'<l for my l»al«<-, wIjo still slept,
ami, kissiii;.f liiin, resolved I sliouUl die before
the Urates woidd reaeh him. For a long time F
.wjit and listened, nntil the cries died away, from
the heasts apparently hurryintr to some distant
])oint in pursuit of their prey. I again slept, how
ion"- I do not know, hut was awakened hy some-
thing warm stroking my cheek. It was our dog
1ickin<'' mv face. I had shut him in the house to
])e a watch o.. it, hut he had broken out some way
and, scenting my steps, liad overtaken us. I was
so desolate and lonesome, an<l so glad to have
Collie's company, that my heart leaped with hap-
piness as^ he cuddled down beside me and would
nut <dve over licking mv hands and face for very
joy. I should be ashamed to tell it, but, sir, a
<food (hx"- is better tlian a false friend, and Collie
was a most faitnful beast. After that I slept with
conti<lence, and it was gt)od daylight when I awoke,
cold and stiff with my first and last night's rest in
the woods, but refi-eshed and confident. I would
Dot t(juch more of my cakes, for I wanted them
for my husltand so, thanking (Jod for preserving
me so far, I went on my way, baby crowing at
the sight of Collie, as he gamboled around us with
yelps. Marking as well as I could from the way
Ids rays fell, where the sun rose, I went north, for
I knew that in that direction I would soon come
across the Outarde. Sure enough, I had not gone
, _ .• •! ...l T
U llUarteU OI ci iiiiiC", V» iiCJi i. LiiiliS-
u.
F.OST.
^2'.]
rt<l und full, for it was hh^U water. Ki.owinj^r [
was safe, an.l tluu I wouM ,,uickly come upon on-
of the settlers l,y its hanks, I hunie.I on in -rertt
spirits, and came out on John Huddles' cleuTinj;.
an<l was spee.lily seated hy their hlazinjr lo;r ii^,.
at hn.akfast. My trouhles were n..w over, m,d I
SUV.- that, instead of goino- north. I had wandeivd to
the east. A littK> hoy went with nie to StrachanV:,
where I crossed the Chateaugay. and resumino- ...y
w.dk got to the house, near .Ste Miirtine, where my
Imshand hiy, in the afternoon. It was well I went,
For his hurt had brought on a slight fevei-, and
though tlie haltitant's family were kind, they could
IK t nurse him as I did. These were anxious but
happy days, for William was ovei;joyed to have me
beside him, and I was glad to be of service to him.
In ten days J)r Syme told me he would bear the
.journey, and getting a cast in one (^f Reevess
canoes as far as the Portage, we were safe back in
our own liouse before night, to find everything
better than we e.xpected. It was a drawback
William's arm, for it was some time before lie
could do hard work with it. but wo got over that
and many another backset, and, if we are now
well-to-do, we earned all we've fot.
i -i
i »
f
i liillS!:!
r If
fi if
AN INCIDENT OF III NTINCDON
FA 1 K.
A i.osr I mi.K.
Tt was w I'fiiiiii; on to tluve o'clock on tlic tii>-t
• lay of the fair, an<l the crowd was at its ht'i<,diL
At a corner of the main l)lIil(lin^^ wlic.e tlie throng
was thickest, stotd a chihl, a gii'l of some four
sunnuers, soblting, not l(-u»lly or obtrusively, but
wi a her face burietl in her pinafore. The passers-
by, intent upon their own pleasure, took no notic.
of h.t'r, initil a gaunt, elderly man halted in front
of her with the query. "What are you crying for'"
"Fur mama," said the child raising her tear-stained
face from behind her pinafore. "Don't you know
whore .she is?" "Xo," sobbed the little one, "she'.s
uoned away," and here her grief broke out afresL
Attention being thus directed to the child, the
standers-by grew interested. Among them were
two young ladies in rather loud costume. "CJuess
she's lust," remarked one oi them. Vuiat tu
AN I.\( IhKNl,
:{2:>
kiuny ''" (|ii.Ti.Ml il;,- (»tli.'r, "Ain't
SoiM,.: .,||(.ul.l sii\- 1m 1- iiiotlirr dun t k
^ucli ,1 l(»()ki!ii,^ Iwit." \'
Ktliir." Id Im- sick if 1 couLlii't.
iiiiw niiK-li;
"II ininhtirt <|(i l.i'tt' r.
\v
uli.-it
ti> Im- il irif'" ask"<l tl
If man who first notici'd tli
'!• )l
clnl.l. • fliis iUiyliDily seen anylKxIy InokitiL;- '('
iitt!.' i^\v\'' Xolx.dy liad, and tlifn .Mi-H.-sticns
is to what to do w.'iv vohuit.'i ivd. "Ask \\vv
WaWU
was one of then
W
nat
s v«»ur nanif
■issy^" ' Roos,.." so1,1,.m1 th.' child. -And
\V/|( If
do Von livi
sh»'"^l
Will
I mama." "And whci'c i|
OCS
IV.''" "At hoiiif." "That's not the wa\ t(
as
V ncr, •■xclaiintM
1 a li
• 'West whisjH'i- would startle a 1
'Ver her he asked, "Mow did i
rawny youni^- man, w hose
lOT:
iiml ocndiii!^'
nama eomi' to th
ail-
fiitl
KT
•Witl
X
1 nic aid
oov
Is Tohv \'
our
'>, ' said the child, smiliii''' throu'di
luT icars, "Tohys a dear little do--." Did mai
walk to the fair^"
iia
W
e s drove m a wa'-on and
•v t
oo ever so [on
M- XV ay
't' the place you came fi
om :
Ih
yond the child, wl
What's the name
The (juestion was
Don't IjotluT 1
lo simply shook her head.
ler nitei-jected a hvstander
•nvt
le L;roinid and
your wai^oii and i\v\\v hei- round tl
the mother will see jier." "I can't \cry well," .said
tile man of the loud v
oice.
Mv 1
th
y hoi'se has i^dt
»■ u-oruni, and I want to watch th<' sheep jud
W.dl, take her 1
'""•(• s.
'.iiick nor child." At tiiis a lau-l
yestions us to what siiould be d(
loine witli you; you \e neither
1 rose, and sul;-
»ne, each moi-(
:\2(>
«;i.K.\NKIl TALKS.
scnst'li'ss and iiiijiracticnhlt' than aiiotlur, l>oj;an
Mjfaiii. To sfiiil her to ( iraliamic as lost lia^i.(a;fo,
to si'at liti- ill tin- ('f.itrt' of tlif ho^s('-^in<,^ at the
head of tlu' sliow-housc stairs, with th«' hand, or
amoni,^ thf fancy artieh's, wln'ir lu r niotluT wotdd
he sure to '^i}, wrrt- auioiii; the more rcasoiiahlc.
Kach one a\ as clear that it was the duty of sonie-
hody else ia exei't themselves to Hud tile mother,
and each one was ecjually rlcar lie was not called
upon to undertake the task. An<l so precious time
was slippin^^ and what to do with the child re-
juained undecide(l. At this juncture, a short and
somewhat stout woman hroke through the rinji^.
'Hech, wliat's a' this ahout:* A lost hairn, say ye."
HendinLT o\er, she iifte<l the child, and sittinuj down
on )i bench pressed her to her bosom. "My bonnic
doo, and hae ye lost your mammie ! Wha ocht
yeT The child, with starin<( oy»'s, answere(l not
■'Von mi;.^ht as well speak (Jreek," grimly remarked
the gaunt man. "Eh, what's that! Do you think
she disna understau the English lang'age ^ Xa,
na, thae bonny blu.' een are no French. / i hoo
did vou lose ver mammie, my pat!" "Mania gave
me penny to <^et candy, and Toby ran after other
doix, aiul I trietl to catch Toby but he runned a
louLT way and was ba<l, and — and — ^I couldn't find
mama or Toby,' and the i'ec(dlection of her mis-
fortune ir'newed jiei- grief. "Kh, ma wee bit lady,"
e.xclaimed the good-hearted woman, as she (dasped
the sobbinij child moi'e closely, "but hoo are we in
AN INCIDKNT
.-{2:
tliis tl.mn;,^ to HikI Tol.y or y.-r niithcr eitli',-
llt'fh but her limit will '.„. suir for the loss o y
1 1 ' • I I V
Will
lui soiiif o y.. ;raii;r and set' if ve canna tin
u woniati lookin' for her liaiiti, instead
there at lis like so niotiy -ronierils. '
«> .Ljapm
•If
yon II ^iv(. nie ten cents 1 11
LfO.
said »i
pert
Ha, 1
la.
man.
want an otlice
yell he a Conservative; y
•Tlu
■*tan(ieri
res the presi(h'nt," remarked on*; of the hv
•What: y(m l.Iaek-a-vised man wi the l)it n d
rihhon.' Hey, Mr I'raseedent:
yer advice.
"Whats this; what's tl
come yont: i want
'Jist a lost hairn, an hoo to fin tl
lis.'" askei] the president.
I dinna ken.
■•('oiildnt !.<• in better hand.«
ie
motl
ler o't
•Sh
said the president.
le micht be m waur, tho 1 say't mysell. But
s no w
that
li'T mither."
hat I
m di-ivni a
t. H.
)o am I to iret
'Oh, that's nf)t hard to do. Von have seen a
land) lo.se its mother, but did you ever see tl
that failed to find hert' \
le ewe
are, and the mother will come al
on just sit where yo
u
onur.
I
ve seen the ewie seek her bit 1
knowe and hen.irh an never fail to find tl
drrer, but what could .sju- d
tups thran<nn<r i-oun as are
annnie ower
le wan-
() were as mony auld
1 1 ere
N
a, na; yw
iii st.iii, Ml I'la.^eeuent Jest tell
nis
<;i.i:\Ni;i! r\i.i:>.
II. '• what J 111 tit ilii''. ail 1111 III' stuiiin tli'i'' twirliii
\-. i- w lii>kt r. '
"III t» II ymi what ti'ili) 'TaUc tlir chiM home
V. ith yiiii; ^hr is timl ;iii>l m.t fit tu stay lit'ir
I' Il'^'T. 'riic Iimtht T will Ik slllf \i> CMliH' tu till'
oMicr, ami I will know whciv ti> mihI Inr. Ill
t ikf your a'Ml-r>v " mi.l jir jtllili il out lii> Ilotr-
h' lok.
< ilaticiiii^ at till' chiM. which h.i'i t'alh'li a^h • |»
0:1 hfi' '..ovoiii, till' Woman ki'-si'.l tin- |iiwicrt"ul littlf
tu'f. ami i(|)liii|, 'that > miilr a'i\ i<'r, l*',\ rryhoily
kt'.is 111!'. 1 111 Mis ( 'I'owilir, aiii! I li\f oil tlif
coiici'sNidii of I liiichiiihroo|<. ami it' yr want
to km mail" o \\\r yr can sjicrr a. that ilccciit
iiuin. Mr llcnliiiaii. yoimcr, w!ia lifts my taxes,
and as oor wa''L:in will he rca'K', I II ''hiil!' noo.
Sac miflc <lay to yc."
Tircil with t! ■ day s t'atimic and .'.'licf, tiic chihl
did not wake until the wa^oii halted at Mrs
('rowdies door, when, seeing- evcrythin'4' lU'W and
strange, she cried a little i'm- her mother, hut was
easily sootheil. and, mi su])per a])|tearin'4\ she for-
got liei- little -orrow > in satisfyin.;- her appetite.
1'hoUi,,di Mrs ("rowdie had much to do "in settiii
tliiiie's to richts," as she termed it, al>out the house,
and st'(;Med the nian-ser\ ant for "thinkin mair :■'
Avhat he saw at the fair than o" his wai-k." she
found tiir.e t>. Ia\ish iinudi attt'iition on tiie waif,
so curiously left on her hands, and he^-uiled the
c-ioi'i,,.- f,, iw.i. ,.i...-.i-o ).,- i-;iw)it' .,i.f.. \\'iw.t. If
AN' l\< IKKM,
::i'!»
Uivw .mik sli.. ciicl r.,r Imi iiK.tlirr, \,m\ n.-.-rpt-
hil: Mis Cniwdirs |.inmi.,. timt ' slir uoiilil >.■,•
Ii<r Hir iiK.iii." ami tluit si,,, w.iiil.l -L.t [..M.^hnck
>i«-'I» with li.r." sIh' Iis|„..| li.r arth-, piayir at
li'T kiicr iiikI, laid in 1.1. .lr,,|,[ir.| into tli.' laml
•I" N."l with I
Mark cat.
I' T anils aiiaiiid Mr. ( 'rowilir , I
^'^
\ M.lilinl; I.AI'Kli:
FJttl.. I
iMos,. %vas lip ],y tiiiirs iirxt iiK )i-niiiLr ■•ithI
ilM.ii-ht it -ran. I fini tu h.jp Mix (•r,,u,li.' t.. milk
'" l'"-'''! thr poultry, an. I t.. -<'t lnvakfa-t i. a.l\-
Kvrythiii;,^ wus n.w to hn-, an. I .■nj.>y,Ml with
such II /.est as to sji,,v that it was |
of conntiy - litV. 'f,, k,.,.p )
irr first t ;lst(
ii'T foiiiuanv
Ml
M'l' nci'''li!.ors t I ht
< 'rowilir hail sent wor.l to I
th.-ir son com.- an.l play with h.'i-, and hy-an.M.\-
•lohnnic made his apj..aran(v. and thr two had a
'"•■'• tiiii." of it. It was in thf aft
• Tllo. HI, \\ hen.
tired with |;lay, an.l to ivst and rni..y thr pirc
Mrs ( 'rowd
!<• L';a\-r rat h of t1
'•■ni, tlir\- snu'-'drd
down hrhind K riniiii) of Ims.a's in thr orchard.
W
n'li I ni a man.
I 11 I
iiiy l.rra.l like this all tlir tii
ia\ I' siii^ar . >\i
i:r
W'l
I. '11 vou rr a man, will
\'ou lia\f a hoi'si'
■\ rs: two of thrill and whiskers t
oo.
• I'M a larm li
•A 1
th
\'r tins
i.U'U'cr farm than this, an' a hi^;- 1
lousr an
a i>\vj:ij;y. an pi-s an' shrrp an' li-'ii-
A... I
!
.'{.-(0
«;l.KANKU TALKS.
"Yoii'M milk tlic cows luxl iimk.- I.iittri"
^N ill it lie loiii; tiiiif 'full- you'iT H limn'"
Wliiii I III ;^'rowc.|. two or tliirr viur. I'm
>ix How. '
"How i|o cows make hiittcr '"
"My, <lon t yoii know' It ain't the c<iws that
mukc tli<- Idittcr, it's the ;,'iils. "
' And will soil show me when I'm lii"-^
\ es, nil lots o' thinj^s."
"My mutiiii hiis no cows. "
"Ain t she! Why, my dml lius lots o' em ami
a hull, too."
Ill !•<' 'tVaid.'
"< ), you are not a man like me. I <-ouM fire a,
nun an shoot a hear."
" I las ( i(»(I cows'
"Why, lie makes em, an the horses, an the
elej)hants. an every thing. Don't you go to Sah-
1 ith .school '. '
"No."
"My: 1 went when littler than you, an learnt
heaps o things, an got raisins and camly at
< 'hrist:iias."
"Without a j)enny?"
"( iimnie for nothing. '
My."
"1 Wf's to iiave sjioke a piece hut got afraid."
"1 wouldn t he fraid.'
"Oh, that's nothing; you're a ,i;irl."
Here the c(;nference was hrokt'u hy Johnnie's
AN IN< IHKNT.
881
oHl'iiii^r to sIm.nv wlinv tlir ^^luini.I \uv^h k.pt
Koiisr. ati.l nfl lir ail. I liis lui.ipaiiioii tr..tt..| ton
niiK.tr stoiir |.ilr, aii<l .li<| not turn up till supp.r
timr. vvli.M thry l.uist ill upon Mrs Crow.lir with
tin- iipp<titr of hawks, an.l th.- '/\\\ so full of th.'
W(jii.l..rs shr ha.l s.-.-n that Imt ton;;ur ii.v.r ivstr.j
until shr JH-eamc s|.M-py. Wlnii laid away for th."
ni;rht. Mrs Crowd it; sat ni thr ^ratlii'iin;r j^rl,„,ni to
think ovtr what she should do. Th,- day had
pjissnl without Jiny oi- • coniin;; to cn.iuirr for u
l<'Ht j^'irl. which v.-ry much surprised l:.r. So far
Hs her own inclinations went, die would lathrr
ri«.lM)dy .v.r cjiiiif, hut she knew that somcwhciv
ii lMM>r niothcr's heart was in a;rony »»ver the loss,
find she resolved that, next niorninir, after i.reak-
last she would drive to Huntin^rdon t<» find out
d there had been any enquiries.
A SHADi; OK MVSTKUY.
With many injuneclons to Koose, that she was
Lo Ik' u irnjd haini till she fr,,t hack, an no ;^ro
near the soos or the wall,' Mrs Crowdie next <lav
l»ct«)ok herself to the villaixe. wlieiv she arrived.
I.', due course and went ^h.^t to t!ie otHce of the
president to tiixl out whether he had heard aiii^dit.
Knterin^r she spied through the net-work that
Mirmouiited tlu' counter a man in his shirt sleeves
Icatiin^r over a desk writin;^^ with his head turne.l
away fruii. her.
Kit
<.i I \\i:i: \\\y
I \> y iiiii II Nil ii^iii <ii >!•
Wliiiruill I tiii'l y.iiii iiinish'i' N. > ii <,|inns«'.
Wliiitiiii liils.t i, f'i> '" ax li«r i\. Ii.r.- t'ril
'■II II 'iii.l liiitM I., til.' w iif 111 ttiii-. »i!i'l -^Im- -iM-lt
'■lit xImwIv '^lll'^ I- \\\ III >\ hw yr<r^.
I'V tli'^ lipi'k I.' Mill I -.III iii.l -M\ if i>.. H.\ iiiiiii!"
.\.. ii>.iM.ii>.' till' I'^aii I'l' tlir lii'' Icd'i r riiliiilv
("lit iniiiii^- f.i u I [to.
' I'.li, I'liii (liii'l' I \( liiiiiii -1 M I ■, ( "i ( .\\ .|ii' ■ In-
I'lHiiii liai' ii liaiil iiiaiNt.r ..i lir iliill . .' Iicaiiii "
■•iii'l --lie till rcii|i. .11 iiittli'l oil flir (•(.iiiit. r with
li<r iiiiil.rflla.
'()|i, Uiir ymi uaiiflti'^- inr. Want to jiav \-(Hir
clpiircli -tat. rli ' '
"\\ liat iia kirk' Sr . iii'lri-w >, sav \'(' Na, iiii,
I ilitina uaiiu llii'i'- \h,i\' \,,\\ iliiiiia iir. .1 to Imvr
a -fat in <>iiy kirk, for tlirrr art- a' kin <•' l.u.lirs
that ( a t liiiii-c|\ (•-> pj-i i'.clici -, riniiii' iilont. Sa\.s I
t" aiic tliat jiit iiiai-t iiii|MrtiiH'i!t (|iii>>t inn- to inc
aliMiit my -all! an n- Scutch t'clk <linna >hnu- ..-ir
hearts to ••\ciy .lock ami Tain M \- iiian. \c nit
III'' ill iiiiiiil o a tiiiLTci'-iiost, )<■ pint the wav ye
iliniia 'jan^ yoiir-c|. \i- -.c, | |<int ocht <•'
him. '
That - a i^ootl oiic." (■.\chiiinc(i the man ol" the
pel; .•!'< he nii'lied his left arm.
'<iin I liaii my way, thei-f \\ \,\ ],r u rid<lle ufoi-c
e\eiy colltMf doiir to try the coofs \\ ha wad \\)\'^
tlcir hci.U ii. a poopit. I ken o' » uic chuckle
hciid.^ it \\ Jid hae thrown usidt'. '
A\ l\. II»J.\ I,
lli.i
N'»* " '"i(| i.l.ii. Aiiil what fjiii I .III I',
ir \<>u'
N til II w ant
nil MC^^IIIJ
r.i
• • MM nipiti' I .1 niiiir tiv-( II |ijiirit(li pat
M.
' It's II iiicr tliinL,' to havi' a littli- iiiil^if. aii'l tli
yiaiii;^ I.'ijirv, siMiii li-aiii to |i|av.
■ 1 ^f kill y:- lino. I sjiw y,. at tin- s||(»\V N'f
run Muw a lii>ni lait ; <• ••anna lilaw in\ jiii; I
want to M'< voiii iiiiiiNti r. '
Wliiit naini
M V iiaiiir s
M^>^ ( 'lowtlic kdit 1p\- I
II r ncflMii><
as HiM' tliiit piiy-- us she biiNs an is iliic nur
Imk|\-
■<Mi, y»s, I lia\f a nitiiioniniliiiii. I'lir l-oss Irit
w<inl ymi Wire not to trtaii.lc vonr-.,.|t'; it woiiM
iM- all n
-lit.
Ill
piii;;- liaiiir Wf iiuf sucli assiiniiic*
I I
ia\ I'
coiiii' line crnuKl to sf.- Iiim uin! I wiill s,,. |
' ^■'«' Iind a Hiir sl:o\v, Mi s ( "i owili.'' '
iiiii.
W
luuis voiir niaistcr
What <li<l you think of th.- W
■\V1
o\\ its'
iiiurs vcr nuiistif
"()li, it's tli»' lioss \ou want.'
Ay, (.11 III no ;^^'in^ till 1 ^'m- him.'
Ciilliii^' 11 clmlthy - t'jiccd \,u\. In- smt him in
Sfjirch, an<l tho (ic^iir-l ^^I'uth'man .soon rntfn'<l.
' 'Vnil h')u ait' vtm f'.-ilav, Mrs ( 'rowilif' "
"1 Vf niuthin^' t<> < iiipiaiii t)' fxccpt o' sin an
a ttaicli o' the rheumatics. '
"And what can wf tit) for v<>u to-dav^"
"if ken WtS'l niv eri-aml an F >...'e li\- \'..i' iii;>.i
:i:n
(il.EXSF.n TALKS.
\ii
i
1!
yr'vc s«»tii('tliinL,' vt' diiuiii want to trll inc. Wha's
liiiirn is slic'"
"We'll speak aliout that liy-and-livc"'
"We'll speak ahout it noo."
"Is the little <;irl veii'"
"The lassie's \vee| an I'd he hdth to part wi Iut
did I no ken there arc they wha hat- a bettt-r
lieht to hei'. \oo. tell iiie: what hae ye learne<J
ahotit her folks'"
"There have heen some enquiries; hei- peonli?
know that she is safe."
"Wha are they' I'll ganLC an see thoin."
"There's no need. You i^o home and you 11 hear
from them."
A ^^ood deal of conversation followed, hut Mrs
Crowdie eonld <^vt no particular informatioti ahout
the pju-ents, furtlier than that they were .satisticti
>ht' was in safe hands, and the}' would call or send
for their child in a .short time. Forced to he
satistied with this, she returned home, and when
Roos'j threw her arms round her neck in welcome,
she could not forhear the secret wish that the
j)a)-ents mi^ht never come. There was some my.s-
teiy and she hoped that it mit(ht result thus. Slio
watched the child patterinor about durini.,^ the after-
noon, listened to her prattle, and helped to amuse
her. and when the evening g-athered, and the sun
set beyond tlie forest, leaving- the clouds burniiij;
in crimson and gold, she sat with her in her lap.
Sohi-iiiliig in the peaceful scene stiired up old
A\ I\<II)KNT.
;{.'{;
iiifiiioiics, and. with tliiu aii.l (HDivcriii--- voice tli.-
old woiimn lK'<ran tlic !>:!nl psnlm. To Iut sur-
prise, the eliild cliimed in, knouinir hot), the words
iind the old woild tiuie Mrs Crowdie suni,^ them t(..
•Whii tailor),,, ye ihat, um dawtie'" she asked, ns
tiiiishiii*; the psalm, she iniuv<'*l the ehild in cIos^m-
< iiihraee, the moisture L;listejiiiiir jr, ],,,,. ^.y^>s.
"Mama," said the ehild. "She maun he a i^niid
woman, ami a Pi-eshyterian, too." And clasping.-
the child. Mrs Crowdie sat thiid<inu'- in silence and
<lid not move into the house until it t;rew chill,
when sliL' said "the hairn mieht catch caidd."
THE MVSTKHV IS « I,K.\IIK|) 11'.
rs
The section of Hinchinhrook in which M
Ci-owdie lives is a veiy })leasant one to l'>ok upon;
tlu' landscape heinf; relieved from monotony l»v
low knolls and ridi^es which hivak tin wide inter-
vales. In the middle of Septend)er, the hush, that
luns as a straj^^glin^r and somewhat rag'ned fiinot;
over the ridoes, was still i-Teen, with onlv here
and there a hranch or tree whose hrilliant re(l
foretold the cominj.,^ l;1oi-v. T1
an(
le lay was hriirht
I warm, the .suns rays heintic cha.stened by the
faint smoky haze that softened the distant fea-
tures of the landscape. Her work heint,^ over
until milkin<; time came round, Mrs Crowdie iook
a seat hy the open window and bcLran knitting.
H
iicr ii
l'C Ci
Hi-
,<_ iiti"»
lo v\aicn a preposterous
I
III
3:i«
iJl.KANKIt lAI.KS.
iir
licii, wliicli fit'tti' li<iii^- !4i\cii uji as liiivin;,^ t'ur-
iiislifd suppir ti> Ji i'ltx, liiid up))<"artMl tluit iiKuriiii:^^
cliickiiiLr with iov over the solitarv cliickt'ii that
I'ollcwid ]\iv : the ycll'-w h.i'iy little thiiii;- a
-MUrcr (.[■ (jfli^ht to the child. While M I's ( 'I'ow-
die's tilli^^ers liin\cd actixflv with the needles, her
llioiiirhts were waiideriiii,^ away to the past. The
a<lveiit (if the "hild ha<l stirred hci- nature and
wakened nienioi'ies, she knew not how, that she
had stifle<l so lonL,^ ..^^o that she thou<,dtt tliev were
dead. And to Judn'e hy hei- face, they were not
])lcasant nienioj-ics. ("asuallv laisinir her head, she
wa.s astonndcd to sec a woman standinu" nt the
door intently watchini;- her; a comely woman,
neatly dressed.
"What's brocht you back:"" demanded >rrs Crow-
die, hrcakini^' silence, "l told you I was dune wi'
vou: that iiin ve had made vcr bed, vou could lie
on it."
"(), mother ! "
"Xa, ve nerdna boL;' : nin that useless man ve
^va<l marry in spite o" me, has failed to provide fo/
vou, vou maun look fr.r help anither i-ate."
"I have not come io beg: we ha\t' made ends
meet so far."'
"Ay, by your wark. A fauchless, smooth-
tongued haveril: Ikjo he threw a gkDuor ower ve
1 ken na.'
"Vou are too sore on l)im."
"Ower sair! A useh'ss beino- tliat wad talk aji
AN INCIDLXT.
'.m
fit'.' round tlic kintiy. ,m .lu.. onytliin^r l^it wurk.
To think tliat yv wa.l piotV'i- ■ ■ « na anc to yw mm
n.ilMer, yoii un^r.atcful lui Hut its aye tl.o
way; the lust o' women <rri jie lavins o' men"
"It's not for me to listen to such talk of my
hushand," said the daughter, coNivino-.
"A bonny husband : Merry t ye, thinkiuir he
could hjfng up his hat in my hoose an<l som on
me. Mycertie, I sorted him: (Jang hack to yer
husband an wark yer finger-nails aff to make up
for his laziness. You mado your choice, an I m
dunt, v/ith baith you an him."
Resentment struggled in the breast of the young
woman with affection; it was for a moment only^
her Jjetter nature triumphed.
"I have not come, mother, to ask of you any
thing but your love and' —
"An what? asked the mother, in a voice shrill
fron: suppressed vjmotion, "Did I no nestle you in
my bosom an care for you as dearer than my life?
When, ane by ane, your brithers an sisters gaed
awa an you were left the ae lam oot o' the tTock;
when God in his proviclence took your faither to'
Himsel an I was left alane. it was^ou that gied
me heart to wrastle wi' the warl, an I watched
ower you an thocht you waJ be a prop to my auld
age. Oh, hoo cotild ye have the heart to leave me?"
"I love you better than I ever did, mother, but
you woukin't think much of n^.e as a wife were
I to say 1 did wrong in marrying."
S3
J
i
i
llli
1
1
■ _'
'
yH
3:{s
(ll.KANKi. ..\LKS.
"Avf, tlu'it- it is: tlir sliattiini;- cn'jitun' \vi his
sl.ck iimniHrs tliiit (am lictwevn you an int-."
()1>, motluT, It-avc tliat alt»nr. 1 am sorry to
liavt' vfxrd you totlay. I lu-vi r uu-aMt to troultlu
you, until you saw tit to m-ikI for u\r or I tliought
yiiu nit'(lt«l my lidj). "
•An what has hroelit yi', then''
"I've c(»m»' for Rutli '
Thr oM >vomau .sank hack in lior chair "n
speechless astonishment. At hi. t she whispere(i,
"An she's your hairn*. 1 thoch' there was some-
thiuL,' al»oot her that was familiar to me: that
explains it a". She's yeiself ower aj^ain wlien ye
were a hit tcxhllei-. O that thae days were back
ai;ain'. An hoo 'litl yc lose her'"
"It's six years since I left \ou, mother, ami my
heart wearied amorj; the Yankees to see dear old
Huntino-don a,i;uin. I watclied the (ileanei- when
the show was to he, and arranLjinj; to he away a
fortnii,dit I came with Rutli and' stayed with
cousin on the river. I saw you at the show, but
•you did not see me. In the crowd I lost Ruth.
1 was here and there seekinu^ for her, when a
man told nu he had seen a little girl, dressed like
mire, in a wagon that drove towards the village.
1 followed and found he was wrong. Thinking
she had driven home witii our friends, I hastened
to cou.sin's, but she wa.. not there. What a night
I spent'. Next morning I went In: :k to the show
grtjunds, and was struck dumb when the presideni
I
AN [NCIDENT.
IV.iU
t(.I(l tnr wIh'iv slic was. I cxph' it all t<. hit
Hi' was v.iy kind and said if i would
in his hands he woidd
It'avr it
niana;,'t' it; wlu-n voii cai
n he woidd put you off for a day or two. L
d^dtt h.> sent me word thin<rs hud worked w
1 I was to jro out to you inysclF. If there
any plot al.out it to l.rini,' us t(.<,'ether without
ne
ist
Ldl.
ani
your will, it's
lier mother s
none o nune," and sinkin<r h,.f
die I
ore
'.vt
turieii her head in her lap and
pt
What Mrs Prowdio would have d,,,,,-; whether
r resentment would have rr-tinried and si
imve driven away her dau<rhter, (Jod alon,- k
1»ut at this juncture the patter of I
he
H- airain
now
lieard on the ir
fidl of 'ajlden-rrd, c
ittle feet was
Ulery an<l Ruth, with her pinafore
line shoutin<r, ">\>e what I have
aee uprai.setJ to
got." One nrlance ut the tearful f,
see her, and there was a glad scream of' "M
Claspinjir her child and .Grandchild in 1
Mrs (Vowdie broke dow
aina.
Ml" arms.
n.
It's the Lord
s wai-
nan
le-
save Himsid could hae l.rocht r.s thus tl..
gither.an I'se no fecht against His will. By a lest
child I've found my ain, an we'll n
my bonny Ruth, I'm your <ri
ever pairt. Ay.
unnie, and ye'll bide
we me, an help jne t<ik care o- the hens an the tur-
keys, and the lave."
"And, papa."
"Ill thole him for your .sake: maybe I have
^ranged him in my preiudices. We'll sen for hi?.. "
"An Toby, too.^"
r
[i^
III i
:iM)
(il.KWh.H TALKS.
Sll.llinji
"Tlmt's cousin's (lo^r, Hutli," ;ii<l licr iiiothtr,
II lirr joy.
"Ay, Rutli," said Mrs ('rowdie, ' wt-'Il <'-(t tlio
dow^r too, iind we'll let In'^ram-s he hy^'aiK's und
hvir'ui u new life an tlu'i'll no l.« n luippitT fnniily
in a' Hinchinhrook. Kli, lioo tine's tlie S-ripter in
mail- .senses than anc, An a little child shall lead
them. Hech, J)ut this'll no dae. There's the n<M,'k
(•happen five, an the coos are coinin up the lane, an
the fire's to kinle. Let's he steciin an tret th«
wark dune an then we'll hae supper ance niair
thegither."
THE SUMMER OF SORROW.
I.OOKIN); K()U TffK HOOK.
V
tould
<>!■ wiuit to see the little l.iik I 1
you Mhout it^ You'll (1„ it no ]
wivc^ An who
\-ou won't net the clianc. It
you that should hnvo it. Y
I'uni. Mayb<i
■^ not the likes of
tinurd
ou've driven from H
un-
g'lonon purpose and sure I
you. I didn't a:
\von't di.sappoint
piint it. Y.i
that t.'lls 1
Ireland. H
you to come, did I ? You'll
s. what suits you ; I„vin^r ()„t all
>'>vv we poor Tatholies wer
U.se« 1
onor hnVht, you II print
\n
<'f the little !)uk'. Mavl
every word
you wouldn't, hut it is i„,t t
'iyl)e you would and maybe
U'lve a readiiiLf of
) e\ eryhody 1 wouhl
\'OU
'uy poor nevv's l.(>ok,
and
if
plaze. well say no more about tl
\VelI, t;.en, 1 mioht tell y„u what I
Ht the favor shed.^. Did you ever knt
lat
same.
saw my.self
nv anybody
^vliosren a ohost like to talk about it' I tries
t- ^>.-it what I .^awand heard, ,.n thank nobody
me in mind ot. Come now, III teil
that l)i"in'i's
yua better shtory than about
ciiiidrr a dvin bv tl
poor Women and
le scoi-e of favor
an stronir
I
a
' t
hi
:
\
!
i
t
J
;{42
(il.KANKIl TvI.KS.
in«n aliiviti ,i^i«lc tlinii t<i<t wake to ;^it tliiiii ii «Mip
wiitlitr All its II tliiiir stoiy. wliicli is iii<»i<^
tliiui cMii lit' saiil uliout soiiir ynu'\f |»rfiitf4|.
Wliin I wiiit to William Hitwioii to "hiiy my lot,
1 paifl iiiN' iiioiifv <lo\vM fof't ill i,'ool<l. Mf \\rot<'
my ticket t'oi- tlir lot an' nvImii Ih- Iwimls it to iiif,
>ays ln', Now yoUNc u'ot a fairiim, my iim'i, yon 11
vvaiit II <o\v. Tliviif for you, says I, I lia<l ahviiys
a cow III IrcliUid an my father afore mc. ( 'oii-
fonn<l it all, mivs Ik-, tlici v<»»> must have one in
Canadii: I have a heifer thiit'll suit y^n. (Jittin
aff his chair, he placeil his stick across hi; Imck
ami hookeij his elixiws ovei- it, un tuk me int')
his yard, whei-e he pointed to a heauiy uv a cnv-
tlnir. how much' says I. Thr-ee p(,'inds, says he
DoiK , -ays I, an' pnttin my luunl in my pocket I
navs him the nioiiev in his tislit. Sure tlu' basto
Nvud have cost tin poun in Irelaml. 'Confound it
ali, says he, ye re a daciiit fellow; come in an haw,
a hitt to ate. An afther I had my <linner i start-
ed for my farm, adrivin my sp!-ino<M- afore me
throu««-h the woods, feelin i)roud as I'unch over
mv haiuaiii. It was not until I stoo<l afore the
hit shanty 1 had ^ot raised, that the thou<,dit came
on me all at once, that I had nothin^j,- to feed tlie
haste. Och. it takes an liishman t<j jump hefore
seeiui,^ where his feet will fall. Well, I held my
whisht. Mini my woman and her j,;ood mother
comes out and falls adiiirin the haste. Tlieie
was oidv another cow in the settlement: waa ouM
JUL slMMIiU ft!" SdUHow.
liU
Alllistrolljr Jiiwl Sure, I Clics, NVnu't tlu' nalxiiN
hr iitvyiri'' us! Tliiiii lici<' '••ti!' iit"<Uf iis iii\ will-
'•lit a i'oiir-t' lutttl liastc, lianiii I>i^'*« an <l<tj;s afi
cats. I'.ii 1m If, tlif tii^lit iiKiiitli \vr ('((iin-, w<' linvf
an illi^jaiit lu-itrr, new cuiiir in ' Slu "s a licaiit^,
>iirr,' says my wit'i-s niDtlu r, "an as likf tin- waii
I sciiild w 'nil I l.t'L tlif Oiil.l ( 'ouiitliiy riiail Iu«k
to ilic (lay I Iftt it) as a red wan can It like a
Mack; la\t' Ikt to nif. I'll l<Hik attlnr Iut.' In-
ilcfd an I will, say>> I, foi if you t|«»n t siic'll die,
tor sona a Ititc In-v 1 i^ot tor Iut. An so it wa.s,
the ould woin.in took cliaiiiC and tditlcd Iht as
it' she had lictn her fjjild, lurdin htr in tlu woods
an at.ikin Iut to tin- crrcks where she could eet
a hellytul, a driviii her home a^^ainst ni^htlall.
It di\arted the ould Woman, who had all the time
lieeii lamentiiii,^ laviti;^^ Ireland, and ^ar d us, for
nie wife an mysilf were workin hard in makiii a
clearance to ;.,^et in a f< w praties. It was on in
Aui^aist that wan niulit the ould woman an the
cow <lid not come home. She'll hev lost her way,
says my wife to me. Not at all. I tells her. she
knows the Woods as well hy this time as e\-er she
did tlu 1 (»<r of Dorro'-hmore. Thin, why's she not
here.' asks she. Och, shell has e shtrayed furder
than ordinar an dayli,Liht has failed her. Niver
thnaiiile yer mind: shell he here with the sun
tomorrow. I was more coiisarned than 1 let on,
hut what could 1 do- It was dark an there w;'s
no use "DUH'- lookiiu'" for lu'r in the woods wid a
ir
'» m
I
5
i
n44
(JI.K.VSKIt TALES.
raiidlc, srci'!* \\r Inulii t waii. My wiff ••oulflti't
^•■t II wink <>' slcrp, nil >»)t Jit tlir tlour. .shouting'
\vliiiii\»r slir th<»ii;,'lit she In iinl a nistlin in the
litisli. Tlir fliiy lirokr an tin- sun (*liinlK<l np until
lit' WHS lii^'ii rnou^'li to liK)k over IIm* trcr top-,
at us an say (mmmI mornin, an nivir a si^rji o' tin*
ouM wnnian or tin* cnw. We w'ait«'<l an wait«'<l.
<'\j)«'ctin iM'?y I'liniit*- to see luT, unti' I ;,fot
af.aiil, an wint uu touM tiic nraicst naltors.
'I'liry wtic consanuMl at tlif Jirws an aL(i<'<<l it'
slit' iliil com. Iiack I'l'oic, tlicy would warn tin-
scttlrnu lit an ivti\- man iack o' Oi'inx would turn
out iirxt mornin to luk. An ilicy did: och lait
tlit'i"( was a < I'owd o\ tlit-m, some wid ^uns an
some wid Ii )rns an somr \vid pitchforks. Tlicrc
uas ^lain awaitin to It shore, l»ut not a sowl of
mankind stnvtd awav. NN'hats that vou sav '
'l'hc\<l 1m' Aianircmtii i" What iisc was then- in
the sittlcniiiit then:' \\ c didn t talk in thim days
ahout w hat makes sti-ife. Imt liveil as frindly as
iial'or> could, helpin wan another, an nivei- askin
what you were. Well, it W!is a tine day, tho hot,
an at!" we started, wmchin for foot tracks >ui
shoutin an lilowin horns an iirlr.L,'' sl;<)ts, expectin
the ould Woman would hastin to us on liearin
Avliere we were. It was nivcr a hit o' use.
Hi)Ui"s wint l'\' ail we thravelled miles on miles
an niver a sii;!i. Whiii we found a track we .soon
lost it. foi* the Woods were cut up l)y slues. It
was aiirowin late whin a few o' us met to talk it
i
TMK slMMKK nK soillt.W
:nr>
<iv»'r
W
i- \i' '^itiw imrtli an nist nn wist, " Miys
ShIII Fustrr. the oill.li'st srttliT (>V Us ul
krju\vi<'<l;^r,il,|,. iiKui, an 'uivii t foniul juror
tin 11
tin-
«M\v That ih
<»\VS IIIC s
lir I
\n< crossrd
tl
If swaiiin
to tlir sontli an ;,'t>n(' towards the lines
/i^ncd to tliis rasonin itu slitart»'<| utf f
or
W
th
swai
np, wliich was as dirtli}' a |)ud<
o' Mack
watlur an [rvrvu skiirn as thtn- was in Anicrikv
Sam was our ^Mji<lr, ..r w<- nii;,;lit av Imtu tluvin
to crass it lo this day. He ktu wlicrt' it was
narrowest an \>y i.vvr\}\u>r idon<r tallcn ticcs we
rcaclicfl the ridi^e l>eyaiit. an hr.dn't ;rone half a
mile afore wt- stiuck the footp'ints of an ould
woiiiun an i cow. How did I know it was the
footpiints o\ an ould woman' Horid yer whisht
or I won't l.e atellin you any more It was a
hiessin We did. foi- it wad scoil hev Iteeii too dark
to have followed them up. I tell ye, we forgot
oui' tireiliiess an hunger, an hurried on in ^reat
spirits, an in !ialf an hour Sam shouts, 'There
.--he is," apointin through the trees. I shouts
\\ hiiroo ;ui dashes aliea<i o' them al! an in a minit
I had the ould Woman in my arms an the cow a
lookiti on as innocint as if it had niscr playe.l
fhricks whin a calf. The saints he praised ve are
Mot Ivilt and tied, I cries, as I hu^i^ed her, for
sure, thouuli she was ould an wrinkled an hint,
she was the Tuother o' my darlin wife. |)ed I
wad hev heeii, says she, cryin wi<l joy, hut for
the cimHiiu- nil ni\<'r Iwii w.i1.-<wl ..i- Km-i',,,) lA,.
,!fl
34o
CI.F.ANKK TALKS.
tliis titiii- tile n»t (I till- mill kini u|i mi uwl >at
• litwu t<i lirnr tin- <tiil<l \v(>iiiiiii\ slitury. ^^Ii" ("iiM
IIS li' 'V, trtiiii till- •Imiitli. til)- ('i)W foiiiiil littir lo
I'lrk nii'l kr|it aiiiu\iii un mihI om until >\\r wii
lloiuhlii iii^r III tli, swdiiip, Hii wiiiii tlifV ;,'<it on
^<>li'l hiMil sMira llir wan <>\' tliini kiH-w wImh- liny
WrVi' • llow iljtl \r ki« [i tllivr llskN i\ 1111111, ' tor
\ »■ uir >pi \- 'Ui<l iiriiitv I \\ uiinti tell \i >ii\s
xlir. "'rw » (lu\s iin<l two niirlits in tin- l.iisli."
Miys Miintlitr, un \uii nuL liun;4iy; its a my>-
tlicrv. ' "lliKiM Ncr whisht, savs atiothir, "its
• * *
H niiiiulf . thrif !•«• uiHxl |i«(ij)lr in thini wouils
as Wfll as (, 1 thi' hills ov ()ul«l ( )ir(lanil. It was
;ir<»win l.iti' tui tlnir was no tiff t'nf more talk
an w*' > htarti ij im- hdnif, an, ImmIikI, tin- niilil
woman I'ati- ns all wi'l tin- niiiildtiitss she trippffl
tlndii^h the l.iish a'. ii\ti- tin lo;^s Whin \'.f ;4iit
htini«', an ^lad my witt- was v\ htn slif liiiLfL^t'l ht r
oulil miitJHT, an tlif ii.iliors Ict't. I axel ai^ain Imw
sin jiail kt j>t 1.1 i|\- an ^ow ' so wt'.l toj^ctht r in tli<-
huslj. I wuiiiia till \ ". savs she aLTain, an at;
sin- w int to 1m'(1. 1 toiiM all to my wiiV an a\t.'il
litT to tiini niit, ami hv an(l-l>\f she <rut it as a
;;ir.it su\ci<'t tin' oiild woman siickcil thr cow
ioi- I'odd an )»iirticli d Inisill' iVom the cowM 'i\-
the nii^lit hy sl('(|)inLr "side her.
"Aif yoii done, i^ian<lj)a'
I tnrnid, a oiil sto,;d lulund us, having conit'
Uilllotict'd.
"Vis, }-i.s; w hat .-. it .'"
THE SI MMKIl OK Mi|{|to\v,
347
«»j»lMr in ninlv, iiml I \r In'< n waitiii;' r\«'r
>«» lon;f tu t«ll Vull
• iiii-
'11
i<l tlir <i|.| I
ililti t< I liir n- \r n
• HI'
an
IfcM' II
l>tti
I fuliuwi.l uikI wlirri attii t< ii I n.s.- tn tiik.
f.
Ii
niy Imisr lur my huiiHwaul |Murin'\, my cVf
IIUIHt li(i>r ixpirs^rd wluit J.iint.sy k<|.t litV
n}r\u' from n;r,ii„ askiii;: Ocli, tin- littl.' I.iik.
to
!>* it. W.ll, I II t
lllst vr will it
I
.'•a\ iiiif
th
riMtm lie irtunir.j with wliat |iH*ki<i like a ;;r. ilsv
lltK
I iiiiicli liaiii||)i| piiss-liuok I'ak
»• car
U' rxcIaiiiMMl wiiii .• ti<iii. an dmit I.
l»»n<r.
I'l,
icin;; it ii) my |>ock» t wt- piiittil.
.f it."
f|» it
IKiU THK ItoiiK \V \s (iul.
o
n ntiriri;; tn iiiv n>om that i.' jht. I i'xariiiin-<l
the hook 'Mvrii mr with such rthictaiK
(■ '•:iil vrn<
w
Old of it Iict'ol-i' :4'oii|M to lied. I fcMllid it
to hr thf diary of an Irishman who had I. -ft his
•■♦Muitiy dnrinw; thr famin.-. In tl»«- ship on which
he ♦•mliurkcd t'oi- ( 'anada typlnis fc\ti- hiokf out
iuul the incidents of tin- hoiiois of the \ o\a"«'
and of the r<juul hornns of tin- i|imrantinf sheds
on ht'iny liinded ut (irosse isle were descrihed with
a sinijdicity uik' directness that aiteinately moved
iiie t«> tears and tilled mv liosom with indi'-riation.
Next day I set to work to copy the diar\'. On
cniisi.JeiinLC tli< niattei- j saw- it woiiM l.e necessaiy
t») K'urn soniewl.u. of the w litei-. who he was. whe-
N
H"
?S
i •'
!. i
i
1
1
lLIm
^111
:{i;s
(HKANKK TALKS.
thcr lie survived the pInLcnc ami if li>' diM, where
lie was Mi)w Tlif Hist day I eould *^vi aw.iy from
duty fouii" I tlir i-oad to interview tlui old
man a secoi me On it toriii'^ to liiiii the l-KH>k
I "\j)ress<'d freely my iiidi;^niation at th<' conduct
of the huidlords, of the ship-aixents, and (f the
• lUirauti'ie officfrs, and my pity for those whom
they oppressed. M\- words seemed to be uidot)ked
foi-.
■ Be!4()n-a," said the old man, "I <lidn't expict this
att' ve. I ti'k ve foi' wan that thou<rht anvthinsr
1,'uod enou^di I'nr the Hkes of ns."
Exphiinin;.,' my wi->h to jiulilish the diaiy I ask-
e-l him to tidl me v.hat he kninv al)out it< writer.
"Sure he was my nevy, an I wdl tell ^ awl
al'out him."
Thouj^h it was mid-Octoher the day was warm
and the sun un])leasantlv hot, and the oM man swr.
Ljt'sted We should i^o to the orchard, where lie couJd
tell me what he knew without interruption. It
1 roveil a Ion:,'- interview for 1 had nany questions
tc ask and the sulistance of his statement, thouo-li
not 111 his words, I will now ^dve as an intnKluc-
tion to the diary.
It was in the ye.-.r 1S47 myself and wife wore
l>ehind the house cutting hay. There was no
ii!owin--machine those days; no, not even a .scythe
could lie use(l because of the stumps, and we were
Itickin^- the locks of hay out atween tiie stones
^tn ) 1 iT\w i\*i f li
•T : L II ^ "..li
1 u
»» t*<."5 < I 1 H / t> V4
ay
THE SirMMKi: (»F S(tUR(»\V.
:iV.)
arul wo IkkI ],vvn ut work since suiiris.', so our
hocks were tiivd cii()U«rIi, l,ut wc c<»iil.l iK.t ivst,
tor there was much to .lo and we had no help
beside ourselves. We W(;re woi-kin^- l,ard and fast,
wht-n a voice came ahint us that ma.K- us .>tart.
"rncle, wanna you look roun at -iie'"
Tliere stood a juirl, with a bundle in her ri;,dit
hand. By her ti^ruie you u\\<^ht say -lie was 17
or thereahout: hy her face she was an old woman,
tor the Ixuies were stickin-r out of the ti^ht drawn
skin and her skin was a <leadly <j;r,.y, ^vith black
streaks above and below the eyes. My first
tliouflfht was the colleen was demented.
"(iod save yon kindly," says J, 'but why do you
name me nncl.. ?"
"1 am your brother's child."
You might have knocked me down with a fea-
ther, I was so astonished.
"What: me brother Jerry:*"
"That same," answers she in a wake voice.
"Where is heT shouts I, throwing down my
hook. "Lade me to him. Xiver. a line jij jje
send to tell us he was laving Ireland, but welkim
he and his as the flowers in May to the best I
have."
The girl didn't stii-; she seemed numbed an<l
dead like and answered in lier hollow voice, He's
♦lead thim three weeks."
'•God save us all," I shouted, "you are mad my
tviieen, and ye re mind's a wandering. My brother
fi r
it
350 (JI.KANKK TAf.KS.
Jerrv is in Irtland with ]\\< wife uii'l tlic cliilder.
and yi-'re inistiicii wlicn y<ni en'' iiu' uticle."
"No, no," slu' sjiys to nic, "yv'vv my own uncle
for I jixed fit the house m-xt to you. My mother,
my father, my hrothecs and sisters are wid the
saints in i;h)ry,' and wid that she lift^'d her eyes
and crosses hers«'If.
"When and where;'' I shouted in desperation.
"They died ov the ship favor, part are huried
in tile say and part at the favor sheds."
Witli those words the truth of all she smd
burst on n.f and I sta<j^^ered, for my hea<l swam,
and I had to tl)row myself down on the meadow,
but my wife rushed past and clasped the poor
child in her arms, "I'll be mother to you. and,
(Jod help us, it won't be on our acc(Uint if the
tear o' sorrow coino again to your eye."
The poor thinir didn't respond as you nii^lit
expect, but sank on my wifes bosom and looked
about with that stony stare of hers. My wifes
hot tears were raininjic on her face, when sIh?
whispered, "Wad ye give me a bite to catT
Then we saw it all. The girl was starving. I
caught her up in my arms — she was no heavier
than many a baby — a bag of bones — and I ran
witii her to the house, crying to my wife to hurry
and get something ready. Had ye seen her look
at the food as my wife brought it out of the cel-
lar, with the eye of a wild beast, you would liavc
shivered. "Draw in." s>ivs J "its '^ro>v> l>"*- •*.
THK SIMMEU OF SOltUoVV.
:j5i
is the i>('st we liav
an
tl
lore s
plenty
uv
it.
Is tlif mate for nie:*' she asks douhti'iil like.
Surely," says I.
I liav.i't put a tooth mark on mate for three
vears.
says she
Sim
pie lik<
I reach e 1 her a rib of cold hoiled pork and si
le
smiled for the first time, and sucked it
Li^ a c
hild
does the oranj^e it wants to have the taste of as
lon^r as possible. When she had eaten as much
as my wife thou^dit safe, she took and laid her
on our own bed, and willinrr she was, for si
le was
clean beat out, and went to sleep when her head
touches! the pillow. Then we had a talk. She
haci come from the fever slieds and mioht <;ive
the disease to th'j children, who had jrone berr\'-
ing, so I <;oes, r.s a^-reed on, and meets them, tells
them of their new cousin fi-om Ireia.id, who had
come to us sick, and takes them to sta}' with a
neighbor for the night. Next morning I off to
the hay before sunrise and worked "xcited like
till the sun got higli and overpowering, when I
says to myself, 'I'll take a rest -and go and see
my brot' r's child." She was sitting at the door,
where the hops clustered round her, ard looked
another crathur. The feai-some <r]
glare o
f hu
nctT
in the eye was gone and tlicre was a glint of color
in the cheek as she rose to >velcome
me.
'You
don't think me mad today, uncle?" she asks me.
"Ood forgive me," says I, "for the word—. ' With
tnat she puts Ijei hauu over my moutli. Oil sJie
m *
:J52
(JLEAXKU T vI.LS.
was tlic kimllv ('n>t,li\ii-. uinl jiow tlmt she was
f;iei\n and fresh <Ircssc(l I coiild sec wdiiM lit- a
lian<Is()iii(' lass \vl It'll there was inoir inal** on her
hones. My \vi*' had hecn looking' fur my oonui.^'
and had t'v tahle spread, and after w< liad eaton
■\ve sat ai,min in the shade at tiie door and as I
smoked my pipe Ellen told her story. It was,
more the pity, a conimon enon<;h one ni those days.
The failure of the potatoes had left my hrother
unable to <.fet enouirh for Ids faniil\' to eat let
alone pay the rent. On the l>ack of the hun«;er
came sickness and when things liad jrot to be as
brJ as they <ould, the aj^ent conies round and
tells him if he would <,nve up his houlding and «ro
to Canada the landlord would forgive him the
rent, pay the passage-money and a pound aiicad
on landing at Quebec. He took the otter as hi;;,
neighbors did and went to Dublin, where they
found a ship waiting for them. They were not
out of sight of land when the fever broke ojt
and the children, one after another, took it, ...nd
three died at sea. When (juarantine was reached
they were all sent ashore, and there the rest of
the children, saving Ellen, died, with the father
and mother. When the fever left her she was
put on board a steamer for Montreal, and got
sorra a bite from the hour she left until she
landed, though it took the boat .SG hours. Faint
and sick she was hurried ashore and when she
mafia Tnf fnt> n^^■\T o T^/-w1 «/>/->>->-> .->»i i»«».»»^^J l>„*. 1,«„1,
-''-J " i-.-jswiutiii vLiiiid^ Jici L/'ilurv
TIIK SIMMKIl ay SOKKOW.
nry'A
and she siit <li)Wii <m tlic wluirf, wishing' to <li«'.
I'»V jukI liy a man coint's aloiifj and \>y his ('vcss
slic Uiu'w he was a minister, tlionnh tiot of our
s(»rt. He spokf to licr arul she told hini sh<^
wantt'd to Ljct to nic, and showed my addrc^ss on
a hit of [)a|)('r she caiTiiMl in iter hosoni. He narl
it and saying- to follow him, Ifd to a stt-amcr lyiu"-
in the canal \lv sought out the captain and toM
him to take the <;iil and land hci- at Hcauharnois.
and the captain promised he would t(» ohlife the
minister and refused the dollar he oftere*!. The
stran^^'ei- handed it to her with the words, "I must
leave you, for otht rs are perishiiif;," and slipped
away hefore she could thank him. That eveniii"
she was landed at Keauharnois aid when the
steamer left the wharf for the Cascades she felt
more lost than ever, for she lieard notliino- hut
French, and not a word slie understood. Six;
spied a man puttinij ha^^s of Hour in a cart with
a face that she thouirht was that of an Old
Countryman. She went up tv) him and lie an-
swered her in English, or rather Scotch, for I
know him well: he lives near the Meadows. She
told where she wanted to go. "You'll lie ane o'
thae enn'grants," says he, "an may hae t'le fevei-."
"I ve had it," says Ellen, "an am well again."
"Aye, but ye may give it to ither folk." At this
a Frenchiruin ct>me up to speak to the man and
on seeing Ellen put his hand to his mouth and
drew back. "Louis," says the Scotchman, "talc
» 3
f
i Hi
t :
tVA
'a.KAM l{ lALKS.
this lassie liaiiif \vi yoii ami i^ixc licr a niclit's
lodjrjn." Lcuis shook his head. 'I'll j)ay yoii,
Jiian,' shoutnl the Scotchiiiaii. "No, no," sai«l
lv)uis, iiiakiiij4 a si^rii o, horror, 'iiu- not !,-t htr
ill my house. ' "Vou arc a' o' a-- kirk ami sul.|
Im' kind to aiie anifju'r." Without i-cplyiuLC, J.ouis
left. "Weel, lassie, ^^iti they'll no ^ie you oo\er
in this town, ye niaun jj;iu' \vi me." and with that
he went into the tavern at the head of the wharf
and came hack with some ltrea<l in his hand for
her. H( spread his hoi-.se hianket on the lia^s
for her to sit on and otf they started. It was a
lonjx drive in the dark, for the horse walked every
step of the way, and Ellen fell asleep. On wak-
incf at the rumhlin^^ of the cart ceasini^, she found
they were standinjr in a larm-yard. The ni<rht
was clear hut cold, hut she had not felt it, for
the Scotchman had tucked his hi^r e,;at around
her. He told her he dare not take her to the
house for fear of infectinr,' the children. Liirht-
ing a lantern he showed her to a corner of the
harn, where she lay down to sleep, v^hile he went
to unyoke liis horse. On wakincr in the morninj,^
she stepped into the yard, where she found the
Scotchman unloading his cart. "I ve heen waitin
for you," says he, "an dinna tak it unkind if I
say you maun go at ance on yer way. Were my
naehors to hear o' ane wha has been sick o' the
fever bein here, my place wad be shunned." Put-
r,-,. ...>*■!.; A.
ij; i/vJ CU,l> iii iiti" iiUiiu lie Ittltic nci"
Tlli: SIMMKii or sou I
tow,
>>.> }
tiikf for 1
III,
and
poiiitcl out tlir loa.l si
uircctioiis IwkI sii
"•••• uncles placf iiM.l l.v (.1
<■ VVilS ti
ll
'^t'r\ Ml;'' lis
(•(•|C(il'(|
All s.) tlicivs only yirsilf I, .ft'' „s|.
Av our ffiiiiilv," savs s|
K>* iii\- wilt-
<l<)ul since I left, tl
icwv sheds at
•••- " I'llt unless ll •
"•re's my cousin (;,.|al<| in th
'|U'uantine
^•••ml.l was my sister's only child and I hnd
licanl after her death he had
i»«' a pi'iest.
;;()ne
to M,
-yrKMitli
'!)<» ynu tell ...,e my nephew, that ro.I
knee the day I I. -ft Ireland,
did he not conie wmI vou;
•' on ni
y
IS in CaiMida:' Why
Tl
H'H sh,. explained; told us of what he had
'"■•'M to the sick and dyino- and 1
'fore she left he ha<l I
K" wanted to stay with him. hut he told 1
SI
hasten to 1
•ow the i.\i\y
'•'•■n stricken himself.
icr tit
IT uncle and if he had a mind h
iiii^dit come and help him; she could ,1
to stay. I jumps up. "I || ,^o" I
I'l'inir Jiim Lack wid
O no trood
Vs I .said that I caufdit
orh's, "and will
me here .safe and sound."
lil
<c, not to o-o. But 1 did. I ,rot
my wife's eye .so pleadin^;'
to look aft
my nei^dib
ors
<T my hay and off I started
"x'niino-, hrij^rht and earlv. to catch
ne
the Potu.sh. When old
'•'iiid, he told me to m) back
Mr Oliver }
the statre at
I card
»y t-i-
e up. When i
to my family, ),ut
ny own brotlu i-
my mind was mad
was adyintr I w;
i"y nephew wouhl not suffer like h,m and
i Was <ieteiiiiuud'
Hie :50
.056
«:i.i:\Nh:i: tai i;.s.
iM'jir. Wlc'ii tin- stML^c cMiiK" ultm;^ I juiiiprd iiit(»
n s«-a , >iii<l l.rt'orc <liirktiiiiiL; I wus in tlir city.
All tlu' talk tlific WHS nlMHit tin- t'tvrr, luiti how
th»' pool" citiitun's wt re "lyinLT l>y tin- liuinlrc<l in
the sht'ds lit INtiiit St Charles. KvnyKody was
in mortal ilitatl ot" iiit'rction and tlir police had
orders to watch th.it none of the emigrants i^ot
past the wharves or out of the sheds, hut some
did, and they were hunted down and taken hack.
I kept my whisht as to niy ei-rand and listened
in the liar-room of the tavern to one stoiy after
anotliei', tluit made the hlood iiin C(.ld to my
}ieart. After an eai-ly hreakfast next day I left
the taveri» and walked down to where the steamer
sailefl for (^uehec. It was a heautifnl mornin<^
and I thoufrht it the prettiest si^ht I had seen
for a loni; time, the hhie river sparkling; in the
sun and the islands and the other shore looking-
so fresh and fjreen, with the hlue mountains he-
Vant. It was <]foin^" to he a while hefore the
steamer was ready, for there was a pile of freight
to put on hoard, and I walk(>d up a hit to look
round me. In turning the corner of a shed I sees
lying on the gi'ound a young lad witli a girl lean-
inf (A'er him. I went up to them. "Whats come
over y<.u, n)y boy, tlmt you be lyin on the ground:*"
asks I. Xt ver a word from either. I went close
up and I sees his eyes closed and his face vvliite
as death, with his head resting on the girl's lap.
^'God save us. what's wrouL*-? ' Never a word. "Can
TIIK SIMMKH OK SOIlHoW.
057
I "In aiiytliiii;; t(.|- yoii^" I siiys, plmiiij; my li.m I
"II Ik T sl.oiil.lrr. Slir lift.-.l np Imt hra.l timt wn .
I"»\\.',| ,|n\Mi .,11 til.' youn;; innirs, oh s., slowly,
iin.l lookr.l at 111.-, li.r fuc' whit.- )in<l sunk like.
No,' sli." wliisjKTtMl, '■|u''s a<lvin."
tl
Dv
HI
IIS III (I ("liiistidii land.
says I, "I will ^ri liflp. ■
I ran Lack t.. wlinv t»M- crow.l was an. I t.MiI.I a
l»oli('.'man.
Tl
My
.■s("i|).'i| iiMi;,^rants," sh\-
ins, and o
lio, 'and imist I.,- sent hack. tli«' vill
li.- coiii.'s with in.'. I 1...1 him to th.' placi' an.'
h- H..nnsh('.| his l.ii^r stick, slmutiiiu-, "What di-
ye m.'an, (•••minn- amoiiL,'' Christian p.-oplc a-^n.i
orders^ I f'aiiL,dit his arm. "Don't touch tlicn;
h.'s dyin " f,,i' r JH-ard the rattle in his thiont.
\\t'st.)od aside for a minnte or
iLiUi-ole an.l a drawin np oi the le
re was a
.1
's, an.l all wn
o\H'r.
OI
1, my hrother, my hr.jther, hev you died
afore me," moane.l th.e poor <ri,l as she ti'-ht. r
clutched his hodv. "Coi
ne wid me," 1 sai.l. stoopii
IL'
ov.'ran.l tryiiiir to lift h.'r, "I am Irish like yei ■
silf, ami will spin.l my last dollar if need he t.»
hury your br..tlier. Lave him, an.l I will tal:e
I could n t
The pc»licem;. I
you where you will tin.l friend.-
loos.'u her hould on the body.
sai.l he woul.l <.-., f,,,- the ambulance ami
I .strok.'.l h.'r hair, I talked to 1
left
ni'
ler as if she Im I
been my .,wn .laui,diter; 1 trie.l to comfoit 1
X
I.-!
ever a sioii oy ^ word. There wa.s a .soun.l .f
tl
wheels and I looked and saw
The men came and I sfrasped the firl to lift 1
le ambulanci-
" O'
Dr.H
<;i.i;.\\i:i{ i ai.ks.
• (»' til.- n.r|.s,.. I cnmlit a I.K.k at l,.r \',ur
^!^• WHS ,Un>\ t.M.. Tl.r iiiii huhincr iiirti sai.l timt
VMS iK.tliiiiM, tlwit f.v.r |.ati..its .ImpjuMl .|,.i.|
.vrry.lHV wiH.out a siu-,,. | In,.k.'.| at tlir |H.<.r
(•■ llr..ri as I Ih!|)<..| t... lifr li.r int.. tlir aiiil.iilancr
I'.si.lr lirr l.n.tli.-r's coips.., mimI I k.i.w it was
»i-t of thr f.'V.r alnrir slir |,a.l .li..,l, l.ilt (.f a
iTokcri lirart ( )r||. ,,c|,, to cnill.' to Alll.Tikv to
•ii" "II til.- .may. •Drivr f. tli.- ciinifiy,' s,-,ys
J. "an. I I will pay all .•xpins. «,." trying to -vt up
'"^''''' ''"• 'liivr. Ilav.- y,.ii |.,st your siiis,..s."
.•"y^ li... • th.y wa.l ii..t I. my tli.ni in tli.- ciinitry;
tl.cy-oto F..iiit St ( 'iiail.s, aii.l if y.r wis.. v<-'||
t. II ii..lHM|y y,„i luiii.||..l fav.T pati.-iits an. I -..
'•''••ut yo.ir hu.i.Mrs. • \Vi,| that Ix- cracks liis
M liip, aii.l lattl.s atr at a -ivat rat.'. "W.-ll, w.ll,"
I sai.l to myself, "at <.iiy rat.- tlicy will 1... inii. .1
ill Imria' as tli.y w.iv in lifr an^l .l.atli,' aiwl
llicy ivsr ill the ti.l.j uliciv a liii; stoii.' t.ll.s iii,,iv
lluiii ;{()()() ueiv l.iiric.l. I turn.. I with a h.-axy
heart to the st.aiiier, which was riu^iiii: a warn-
ing- hell to M-et on h..ar.| an. I lyiiii,^ .|,,\vn on a
!-;ic of ha;rs f.-ll as). ..p. It \va afternoon wli.n
I aw..ke an.l soon after \\f were at Tlnve Hivei->.
where I went ashoiv an.l - ,t soniethin- to mi.
When we ha.l left it a while a steamer hov in
■MLTht, coiniiiM- up th.' liv.r. W- crow.le.l t . .-.■.•
h.'r in passino-. It was a si-lit that sunk lik.- a
stone en my h.^art. Il,.i' |.,wer .i.rk was chu.'k
full of w..men an.l chij.l.'r an.l nun, all in ra<'s
TIIK siMMKlt <»K sn|:|{«»
W.
'""' ^^i"' ♦■-•- Hs .1...,,, „. UntrUrt. f,- .tar.u-
"""•""•' ""-^ Hll,.f tl...,n wlnt.. ... vllow tVnn,
""■*';'■•■ ■"""• P'^— '" '-«w....„ „. ,„;,| tl... wi..,|
;""IH.. snMlluHSHwf-,1. A^.ulMrt..|,| mh- sf-Mm-
l-ats pav....| ..v,.,y .h.y '^k.- fMT<,. H.,.„wayfnM„
''"";■"""•"• "■'•! ".v..,- u <„,.. n.m-l.,..| Mnr.tn.Ml
wtlHMM n n,w ..F ,...,, ,s..s ..,. I..., „,.,...,, I,,,, f-.,.
^nml KM.I H I..t of M.-k to I.,, nuri...! t.. |N,i„t
•>t ( Imrlcs
Itwt^ lat.. i„ tin. ni-rl.t Nvl,..„ w.. ti...| up at
V;'.l-.-Mn.l I took Mh. first lo.|,n„;.-lM,us. Mo„,..|
VMi-M I pai.l tl... hu.Wlonl n..xt M.orniM.r, ] ^skr.!
'"Ill Imu I w,.mM ovt t..(;,-.,.s,. I.I,, ■v..,,. JMkifl
you M.V.- s;,y. 1,,., -, ,,|,. |„„. if f,„.^. ,,,,^;.^ ^^^^
I" '^' ' ^••"'•' I'i'" '"V ...THM.i. Shvs |„. •'(7,
'"•""'• '^"^ """"^•' y-""- "..vy is.l,.a.l l.v tl.is tin...
"" •♦ l'"'v.t li.'ll 1... .|..a.| ony wav. nil 1.. tl,.'
•'•■"''"'* >'""'^"' f";^"" X... says I, I hav. , ■„,.,.■
Hul fin- way fro,,, H„„ti„:^r,|„„ to savr thr l.ov
'iM.I I U„„„a ;r,. l,H,.k wi.lout hi,,,. \V|,i„ |„. srr
1 was .l.-tan„i„,..| |,.. toj-l „„. U„.y |,h,.,1 it was
t<; ^;-t to tin. isla„.|; t!-at tl,.- ntv p.-opl. ,,,■,-
'^»'-""l "> tin- i„f,.ctio„ u„<l watchr.l ..v.-rvl., ..Iv
U",nn- a„.l wo„M I,.t „.„„. ,,.„„. tna„ tl,.-,v H,.
I-".t...|totl,.. Ian.li„;.-sta,,v wl...,v tl... .,,ui.-antiM..
st..i„.l.oar lay an.l I w..„t to it. Tl,..,-.. was i
-nf.y at tl... .....i a:..l wl...,. I „.a.l.. to pass I,,,,,
' ■;''■'■'■'' '"" '""-l^- f". i,-.-..!^- to ,p,a,-anti,.,. ■'
•^Hvs 1. -Tl„. Wivil y,. I,,.; .shtan.l hack: y,. can't
P'^-^ NM'I'.ut an or.lc.-." I whs nl,.a<lin vvi.l i>;...
1 ' ri::n
:h,n
<.I.KV\KU I MKS.
i|
tn Iff III.- Ii\ wliiiia \..ic.- Ill IiiihI sn\s W'lint is
all (liis I. •III! talk al.Miic" I turns ni, ! s,-.-, a tall
Ijdui in I. lack, stiai^lit a^ a liickoiN NCi ii\-
liiirr, tliis man wants t<> ;;n f.. <|iiaiaiit im- .irxl lius
no |M iniit." My :'-<M).| man, says In- tu mi', "v<>il
Mir srikill;,' to lllsji into illUl;,'!-!- if IKit CiTtaill
• itiitli. TIm- siritiy ilors a kiii.lmss in tmniiii^
yoii "
I liavf a '^r,,,,,! n ison for wantirii,' to -^m "
"It would iiri-d to I..' in liskiti^' your lit'.- aii<|
• •ii<laiii;.i iii;^r tlir safi'ty of tlif comiiiunitv l>v l>rinLr-
iii^ !-ack iiif.clii'- What muy !..• your r«-a>oii'"
I saw lie was a ;;tiitl»'iiiaii iiikI liis kiln! vijice
Well IIK-. I tol.j him all.
"What is \diir ii. ph. \v s naiiic'"
"( ifial.i ( ) ( 'onnor.
•Has h.' h.fii strirk.'ii' Tlit-y .lid not t.-ll in.'
wln-n I was last tlinr, H.- Iwis Immii on.- of ..ur
h.st lit||»tis. His only ho|M- lies in ic taut mnoval
on convalrscncr ami sine.' you have conic for that
|)iir|iosc, I shall sec you have opportunity. "
With that he says to the sentry, "This man is
iiiy assistant to<lay,"an<l puttini; liis arm in mine
lie walks 111" on to the l.oat, where even the deck
liaiuls salut. I him When he walked away with
the captain. I a.\ed who he was. "Datam I'.ishop
Mouuta'n," says a Frenchman. "Hedail," says f,
"they shpoiled a fine cavalryman when tlu-y made
a preacher ov him."
'•'he order was i,rivcn to cast off and on we went.
TMK M \IMi:it UK Miltit
• »W.
3«1
tl
I" n\.r MM Mitl
>vuv .iff
\\ f r
.lll.l
I MS ;i ||lill|H.||.|. Wlnri .1 \„W^
\V.M..|,.|| ,|m-.|s u |„.|v fl,,. .,,1^ I
|•"\\^ lit \\ hit,. (, iits uIkI I
niiir
"11. 1 ..f»" til-' i,lM>l
MV
• n (
»ri ^M' Isle
III- V ,■ f..iiti<| uti«|i..iv.| 17 >,||
tl.Kf Im.l .•.„,„• hn.n l:v|„M.I .„• L, v,.,p.,.,| m...| I.m-I
\>\iv ,il,(,ar.| 'I'll,, w liiirf
tl'Ullll
P
was a poor on.- .nul w.- ||,i,|
n
• • ;,'-«ttin;^' a-,li.Mv. lor rli.' s(. |
•N uirc T' if till
"•I t'i"l<.-M. Tl,,. ;,'.., ,H.„,;,M tli.v,.a||...| tin- I
lifckiirifil
iishi i|(
III.' to lollou liilii ,|> I,,. \\„lkr.|
III;,' with thr til. 11. Is wl
"I', sltriil
i<> rain.' to ii,.'.-t him. Wi
"■ l,'"iii'_'- ill at th.
<• \'i>ll to
111 tV..i,t ..f th.' first s! ,.,|, l„f,
'I'"". Ik- ^'.vs t.. in.-. \)v |{„>...|| will tak
ynnr II. |)l„.\v • ,i,„| with a l.-.w I
>"li«'<l. I t.»ll..\v.-.| til.- .|o<-tor t
IhIIN ••!-.: \vllf!i \v,. u,.,,t i,, fh
KM
If passcl lilt,, tl
'"•' <l.)wii. Th.- doctor imist ha\
ill my fac.', Tor I
■J!
<> aiiuth.T shed an. I,
iii'll iiii,di kii.wkf.j
S.'ftl solIM
H,
1.' sa\-
\
11 ir
•'\« r iiiiikI, (ii\- iiiati
tw.-cii tw.. n.ws ..f h.-rths, .•v..ry..(i.- till.-.j. ami an
"M man, h.-iv aii<! tli.-i , t
\\aiit-
Tl
lyini;- t.) att.-n.l t.. th.-ir
If doctor stoppd Indor.' a hfitli wl
ifi-f
h
ay a yc.iint,' man, with thiilc hlack 1
i>^ anil h.- felt his pulse. Tl
'ly^ lif. I looks at til
lair. .^fi/iri"-
IIS IS VOID- man,
'■ worn facf and with a t
I'lm-
iM.' in III
y \oin- I c.ijI.I n..t k.M-p hack, I asks. "Is
lit' ilijc to LJ*) awav wid
MIC
H-'II jr,, to hi
l)oct(
s ;^ra\(' ill a t'fw hour
s, sav's (.
n,
)r, ({far, d.ai't sav that; vou c
an sa\'c Mini
I).iy you w.jl, if i hav
.f fl.
f to morti^faiff mv farm
ni
:n]2
(il.KANKU TALKS.
"TlifiT is IK) sjivitiw- of liii,,_ poor fellow: lie's
j,n)iiiM- as iiwuiy like liim uiv ;;()iiiLi-," 'iiid with tluU
tlic floctor iiio\((| u\V)v\'.
I kiirit In-siilt' my nt-plicu- uiid jmt, my luuid on
I ..^ fort'lii'fid. It was Liiriiijii;- liot. His lips vvrrc
^r'»i'ii4 iind In- was iMuttrriiii,^ >()iiH'thiii^r, what I
(•••uld not iiiakr cut. "(ierald, won't you spake;
I III yoiir unclf i-omc to taki you home wid me."
Xcvfi- a \\())(l. I went over to one of the men in
chaise and he pointed whci-e the water was. I
tilled a no^xiii and jti'es<cd it to my nephew's lips
und w,-; his tao'. I watched hy liim for w!iat
setni.'d a ion^ whili' and saw others die and heard
the groans of those in jiain and the screams of
those that Were i'a\iiiu-. and the heseechintrs for
water to di-ink. I attended to those near hy a:
M-eli as I could, and it was when I was comini;
hack with a j)ail of watei- I noticed the flush had
left my nephew's face. I was liathin^' his fore-
head when he opened his eyes and stared at me,
'i'lii youi- uncle, me poor hoy: you feel hetter:''
■May (lod hless y(.u," says he, "hut what made
you cone to this fearful place.' '
"Sure its nothin;;': its little to do for my own
sisters child."
Iles(Mia/el my hand and closed his ev(>s and [
knew he was jiravin^- fo)' me.
"Ih'niii' 'ue a pries'o. '
A man that was j)assini;' told me I'd find one in
the ni'Xt shed. It was worse than tlie one I left.
THK SIMMKI! OF S(
>|{|{o\V.
UiV.l
t"<»r it liH'I
one low
t\u' f
HI- »-t)(l I
"V.T tllC (.tllCl- ,,f l,.ltIlS. At
fivino-tli.- Inst lit.'s t(
^^nw !i |.rn-.st, ai.d foimd 1
U- WHS
•' 'in (»nl<l jiwin, whosr wliitc
"ur WHS nuitt.-.l with .lirt. I uait.-.l till I
'lone and usk.'d tli.- fatlicr t
If WHS
left (u'lald and liini al(
<) eoinc with nic. I
SOdlKT S
lid the la^t jjiaycr than tl
IK', and the |)i-i<st had
no
HTc was a m
^'•,i;<' 1...- him to ,-., t(. ancthrr p,,,,,- s..ul tor ^y\
t'S-
tl
K'i'c was no h
OIK
W
Mini
d<'spainn' like, "'|'„k(
ni*-
I
K'li <!<'rald saw me, I
inc ont o' hrrc: y
ic said
want to .lie in (iod's f
<■ can cai r\-
I ■<-'•-' air.
Ills wry words
"That I will,
Tl
U'Sf Were
iiic in Huntingdon afoiv three d
lys I, "and yotrij he home wid
a son-owfiij siiiih
lys." He smiled
<'. and said nothnin'. 1 lifted I
111 my arms and cai-iicl |
iim
was powerful sti
1
tmi out of the she<I. I
"ni,f when I
'•■ was t^ll an.l hroad-shoiithere.l |
••'I t'> skin -ind hon... J laid him ,1
shade of a tree, for tl
was youno-, and tho
le was wast-
'wn in tht
'<• sun was hot. He didn't
1«">I< at the river or thi- hills 1
'•.Veson a spot that J tuok to he a I
"' i<> hack," he wl
'vant, hut tixed hi-
i huryino-plaee
my herth. ' I
iisjx'ivd, -and lirino- the ha<>- hel
ow
ready heen put in tl
\\«iit. and found a
Woman had al-
I
»"t of. I reached for tl
"• I)')<)r hed I had lifted I
iim
le li
'»'itino- to a ^pot in tlx^ I
t.ii' and took it to 1
lui:
liic to no theiv ami I
cross at its h,.ad and tl
'iiyin---place he toM
would see a ^i-ave with a
lo name Ailcei
oa can ri'ad
V
I cut on it.
'•s. savs I. I did his l,i,i,i;
' : I
hti
\
'MA
fM.EANKU TALKS.
niid citiiiiiii; I'Uck told him I luul tnuiiil tlic i^rravf.
■Proiiii^c iiH', von 1! liiirv nif licsiilc tliut ''rave.'
I |ii()iiiis(Ml him. "()j)rn the li.i;^ ami you'll riml
ill it !i littlf iiook." I i( ached it to him. "Takt;
it,'" says he, there are paycs in it I would tear out
Were I alile. Let it <ro. Save the hook: it will
tell to those now uiihoru what Irish iiu-n antl w<t-
iiien have suH'ered ir. this slimmer of sorrow. '
He was wake and closed his eyes. 'Is tllerc^
anything- more I can do t'oi- yees'" asks I. "Xoth-
iiit;, iniele dear: the summei- hive/.e is sweet. " I'.e
never said jiiiother rational word, t'oi the fever set
in a<oiin and he hej-an to lave. He talked as if
he wt're on ship ai^ain and then he would chanf(*;
to ouhi Ireland and he wouM he a))layin with his
comrades, and his launhinn' was sori' to hear. Then
there came a ioni;' whih- when he wa.s (|niet, ju>t
tossing uneasy like at times as he slept. My eyes
were on the liver and the ships and the green
fields hritfht heyant, when [ hears him wliispei-,
"Mother, dear, have ye heen long waiting here for
your hoy^" and he spoke to her tender and soft
as he must have done maiiys the time in ould
Ii-eland. Then it was Aileen he saw, and it was
true-lover talk. Oh, it was all so heautiful: the
pool- hoy 'ying there of the fever on the river
l)ank talkin so sweet and loving with the two
woiU' n wlio had tilled his heart, an its the lot of
love a true Irishman's heart can hould. I was
iirippiiiL;- his hand, watching him, when all at once
TMK SIMMKI! OF SOUKo
\V
'M
• iO.)
liis jaw fell and I saw tl
liiin out as I l.,".st could, an. I roll
If soul iuul Hcd. I laid
iiit^- the lilaukct
rouiK
I liiiM lifted the corps.' on my slmuLlcr ari.l
Carrie. I it to tli.- spot lie tol.l nie. ''Miere weiv
shovels au.l picks in plenty an.l I set ni\-selt' t..
diLT the n-rave. The smell of the fivsli earth
lu'ou^ht Itaek to )ne mv
I had clean forgot that drea.ll'id .1
termined to Im- l»ack with tl
own familv an.l farm that
ay
at
1.1 I .le-
lem at .)nee
T\
l.'l-e
were men at work near me tirn'shini,'- a lono' trench,
and I saw them watching- m,. and J watch..! them
and listened to their talk. Tl
th
le sun was low l)efoi'e
grave was tinishe.l to my liking. Tl
icre was
no use trying t.» get a pri.'st, they had eno.igh to
do with the dying without 1
lid the corpse carefully in the <>rav
)urying the .lead, .so [
e, said a })rayer
and ttUed it in. I drove in a ce.lar picket to mark
le spot, for I meant .some flay to put a headst
tl
there, hut I never did, for I
tone
was ne\er a
hie t
I) <>'o
hack. When all was done I went over to one of
the men wlio ha.l I.een digging the trench that I
had .se<Mi hy his talk
was an Ii-ishi
nan.
H
e was
were waitin;
smoking his pipe with the lave, who
for the burial. I got i.im hy him.self and told
him my errand on the island and now I was d
I wanted away at once. That's not
one
h
Tl
easy, he sai.l
re were guards to prevent any coming on or
Laving the island except by the steamer and with
a i)ermit. "Sure," I says, "if I stay here till t
inorro
w I
IIHIV lu> 11
iTl,
fit
,o-
•1 1 II
\j\jt. »» iii.
.'}G(i
';i,i:ani:i{ iai.ks.
Ill
II i
says lie, "an thin you'll Im'\- to "40 as a passcuirrr
in tilt' stcaiiilioat tluit takes ( iiiiyiants ri;^lit on to
Montreal. ' "I II ne\er ^o on an 1 uiiLjrant steani-
Itoat," says I, mindini^- the one I had seen. He
sjio'c in Fi'ench to two men near ns. They li\c(|
nhovc r)ean](oi't, he told nie, ami while they
came, like himself, to huiT the dead ior hi^- I'a}'.
they Itioke the iiihs liy i;oin;^f home at ni;^rht, whet»
wind and tide sei-\ed, in a small hoat. If Id lielj)
them to t^et done, they Would let Hie i^o with them.
Tl'.e jol) was like to make me siek, lait I waiiteil
away, and agreed. }}y this time they weic lie-
i;innin<4- to cany the dead from the .she<ls and
tents, and as the men with the stretchers came
up they dum|ied their load into the ti'eiich. We
straightened the corpses to make them lie clo.s«-,
slK)velled some lime (jNcr them, an<l then a few
ii»ches of eai'th, when we were rca<ly for another
row. Then the trencii was tilled and smoothed
over. I had put on my coat and was cleaning' my
shoxcl when one of the Frenchmen tt)uched mv
arm and 1 followed him. We slipped into the
Imshes and went to the north side of the island,
meetin<; noliody. At the foot of a steep hank we
found a hoat. We jj^ot in, and castin*: loose the
tide, whicii was making, carried us up until we
were a ^ood hit fi'om the island, wiien a .sail was
hoisted and we went at a i;reat speed, for the tide
liail brought with it a stiff" hreeze. vjn landinj^; I
did not t'oiiow the men, tor I had somethinir to do
Tm; siMMKi} or soiiiM.w.
I liad (.n my initi.l. I stiij)|H.,l f . tlic sk
NpJVa.l my clotlifs (.1, tlir l.ushfs. (
water I nil.l.,..! my l.aii.lkr.vhirf mii.I sI
'M
II
:in, Htnl
J<»iii'>- into tin;
was!
K'M mvs»
•If
lilt aiii
as
I I
!l>l
ia\t' iit'Nfi- (loiic siiKT
scn!lil„-.| mv skiti with tl
'•' >»)• I and stiitf;-.! tli
wat.T up my „o.sr until, f..r tlir first tim
"""■■lin^r, I ^ot til. stink ..ut Mf it. It was such a
(', sUlCi'
W
aim nii,'-|it, I was it
I |)o
clothfs, and didn't till I th(.u<:ht tl
aired. J may tell you, tVom tl
my nephew, the fear of the f,.v
iiiny to put on mv
ley wei-e Well
le moment 1 liuiie.j
tl
ei- eame upon mt;
ore
"*)n(rh 1 l,a<l never th(Mioht of it af
when I was iva.ly for the n.a.l, I felt siek, hut I
\V
:iievv it was with huu'
•r, for I jiadn't l,i-o[
ken
'-n-a.l sMU'e mornino-. (\,min^r to a hahitant's
liou.se, the .loor ,,f which was open. I went to it,
i<,nie, they siammecl
hut when they heanl my tor
the door in
f.
)iiy faee, takiru
ver patient. Seoin(T it w
• I'lickly as I could to Queh
l').l,i,nn,s,r-house I had left that morninir.
'» li^dit in it, thou<rh 1 knew it
me to he an esc ped
iis no use, I walked as
■c, at>.d made for the
T]
lei'e was
nnist he I
i)nLr
past
lere were some sailor
iiiidinVht. I went in and tl
drinkincr and playinor c.rds. The lan.lh^rd lifted
Ins eyelm)ws when he saw me, and signed me to
follow into a hack roon
luuirer.
liiin how 1 had trot
II. He lit a candle "Were
was, and am riirhtdead wid
He broujrht some victuals and I told
you at the island?" "I
1
on. When I had cleaned th
piate.s lie .showed me to a be.l. I rose late ne.xt
;i(iH
(M.KANKK TALKS.
(lay all I'i^lit, and left with the straiiilioat tluit
at't»!'ii(Hiii t"t)r Mojitrral. TIk- sccoikI <lay at'ttr I
was litiMic ami tliaiikt'til my wile was to sec nir.
1 Ixlil my whisht, and titvci- a ow hut hcrsrlt'
kiit'W u heir I ha<l I Ii.
Well, that is all I ha\t' to trll. For a Ioiim- while
at'tt-r, the sights I had sci'ti followed me, and at
ni'dit I woidd wakf trcmliliii''" IVom mv dreams.
'I'hiit j)assed awa\', liilt 1 iievei' caied to speak of
what 1 saw, and tried to keep the island and its
sheds out of my mind. I)i<l any die of the fever
in HuntiiiLrdon' \ Cs, Dr Shii-riH" toid me he at-
tended -t.') eases, of whom .') diecl. Not many weie
Irish. Kmiifrants strayetl into farmers' houses
and L^ave tlie infection, f^ither Kiernan was that
year priest in the old church at John Finn's He
liad <i(»ne on duty t<» atti'ud the emi;4rants at
Lachini'. Fi-elin;.^ ill one day he knew he was in
for the fevi'i". If he stnyed where he was, he W(»uld
dii- in tl'.e sIumIs, so he waited till the stage cam<'
ulom^, e(»t in, and rode home. W hen he got off" at
Ids lodging, he told the people (Jeordie I'ringle did
not know what kin<l of a customer he had. ^se.\t
<lay he could not lift his head, hut lie pUi jd
throu«di all riLiht. \\'liat came of the colleen:' She
left us that fall. Her mother's hrother in county
Kent wrote for her. She mari-ied a storekeeper
in Chatham, who left her well off'. The little hook
is all 1 took Vielonging to my nephew. There Nvere
more thinixs in the hag. I was afeared of the in-
THK .si;mmi.|{ ok SOKItOW.
•"'•••tiori an.l i„.\,.r IoucImmI tli
I'a.l .1 clM-st ,,r two, l,nt I
{Gf)
He WHS ;l ^r,„„j ,,,„,
-inc.' I went to s,.,. hi,,, ,|i
II
''•>>. He liHlst have
'v<r )isk»'.l for tli.Mii.
I. )»ii.i l'\,' I,
•••11 tlmiikfiil
cv* I-
I)
nviii^r l,n„,r ii, the .|,i,k I
tlioii^ht ,,vc,- uliat
tl..- ..1.1 man l.u.l toM n., , an.l Mt how n.m-l. m.o.v
.Mtyn.st,n^c. his namitiv. n.a.l.- his ,..,)},.„ s <liary.
■'■l^'"'^"^" ^^■'''^•'' I n..w pn-smt to tin-
;i luitht'ii
It'HiIcJ-.
ir.
;{7()
»;i.r. WT.i: iM,i:s.
i "
i I
■|iii; .loi i:\ \i, (ir *;r.i; \i.i> Ki:t:(; w.
'Till' I'aiiiiiic \\;i^ lit'jiN y iipmi mII the I.ukI. Ac-
conliiiM- fi. tlir cliroiiiild^ists iiiMir fluni tliii r tlmii-
saii"! yf,ii-> lia\' iia^-^nl sJih-i' tlic r\fiit rr<-(i|-i|f(l
ill tlir^r \\(iri|s. StiaiiL;!' that, alter x. lnwjr a
|)rii(Ml ot" tiiih' lias L;tiiic, tlic wiirM has iiia<li' x)
-ii^ht an advaiicr in ])r(i\ idin:^^ fooil Imi' the
MKHith^ it c'litains. At schoul t(i(lay thiic was
not a scholar who was not linnnry. When I toM
Mik'- Kelly to hoM oiit his haml t'oi- lilottini; his
cojiy he ^ays. ! did not inane to: it was the
lielly ;^ii|)e did it.' I dl'ojijied the t'ende and
ulieii the .-^chooi was di^niisseil slipped a penny
into his hand to laiy a scone at the liakers. 'j'he
jioo;- scliool I lia\c had thi^ winter takes (he heart
out of me. My liest scholai's dea<l, olhi Is until
to ^'^dk tmin tin ii' homes l"oi- weakness, i'^or men
and wiinieu to waul is had enou;^h, hut to ha\e
the ehildi'en slarviuL;', cryiuL;- for the food their
pai\-". Is lia\(' not to L;i\( them, and lyinii," awake
at ni^iit I'lom the M-nawinn' at their little stomachs:
oh, it is dn adful. ( !od forgive those who have it,
and wdl not share their ahundance e\-en with His
Till. M MMKi; (,( x.itii
i i\V,
1"H.- (.n.-s. I <,,„„■ I„.,H.. fn.,„ .,.|„,ul
•""""i-.i'-H-.|„n.|,|..,,,„i,i„^, ^^ , 1,^^^,^^ ,
""; '"•»'"■" "ivni.i- tl... .In,.,- ,,f ,nv I. W-i,,..
tliiii- was lu.li.uitly iMUMtil'iil 'I'j,,. ^„^,,|
"' "'" thr -I..iy..f livlnii.l, its I
371
tlll'v uflrr-
l(>lltl<l
• TV
-Its .M
II. • I'cst-
MNiiriarit \ .•M-,.(,,t iori
'"•'•'"'" ,i,'iv..,u„s>. Hill a... I vail
'ilikc l.riliiaiit in tlir fi,-.t tjiisj
IV \\(|-,
1 (.f
• il\t r ii\i|- I
•-I'liii- aii'j till
"•■'Ui.l.-nMl tlinai-l, n plain that
U-t"'l tl,.. iM.autiful fi,.Ms „f pa.a.lis,, V
""•••- aiv .Irc.itf,,!, I tliouLTlit:
S'l""-
tliosr (liatclifil cal
pprar-
'II <\c|\- (.Mr of
iMf an
M
I Death. As I
'"^ ^it til,' twin l.r..tli.i^, I-
iiii-
"iiaity callr.l to mr that
"I"'Ilc<l the .I.M.r. M
I'S
hail lircii twice askin'r f
Ml\- Ulicjr ,1
< Ttiniah
<•!• lllc
f" iiiys.ll', 1„. \vill I
I'
"■ man. I saiij
1"^'' <-.)hlf to l...|T.i\\ to !.
""■hI for his chiMivn an.j I will n,.t I
'" iiiy }"»ck,.t until thi" hoanl
ia\.' a shilhn
"lys ni.' mv (inart
•^'il.-iiT. I iv>p,,.t .Ir.v.niah, r..,- |„,th I,,- an-l 1
'"•"tli.r in Canada wnr kind tu i
How I wish all thr faniilvha.i
ITS
IIS
iiy piior niotlii')-.
'■"''' III winter and h..t ii
.i;iini' to (
anaila;
""■'••■ 's plenty t.. cat. I t.K,|< uj. a I
""'t Ioiil;- t(» wait f
1 .Mininier, they sav. lait
1> Ji Ix'Dk and had
•"• '"y "IK-le. He ,|id n..t nerd
" --ny u wuni, his face told n.r he knew wl
tarvatK.n meant. I called to mv landl
lat
loast another hen
niir; my uiich- wonld sj
''"iner. He cam.' neither to hey nor I
to ask my ad vie. Aft
idy to
laie mv
*■'■ hiyh ma
ss o
tiie proctor -ot lip on a stone and told
orrow. hiit
II .Sunday
aiii
llor.l )...,l f..l
them tl
leir
tr.cii liic
•i case iniu consi.iei-ation,
M-1
lii.KWKu t\m;s.
mi<l went 'HI to itinl a Irttff In- Iniil ^ot I'luin liiin.
!ti it Ij'MiI raltiM'istoti siiiil lie IiikI iMCdinc mn-
\ iiu'fil llii'if WHS Mti liii|ic till' tlniii XI loiii; as tlu-y
i')-'iiairi<-<| ill lit'laml, nii<l tlwir <)til\' iid aM> ol <|iiii|M
I'rttrr was to lta\f tin- riiUlltrV. All illHirrais,
who Would a;/rr»' to mii^ratf. In- uoiild t'i.ii^i\f
what tlit-y w<if ilih- and pay ♦•nil- itas^a^c t<i
Caiiadii. An- yoii siiif, I askrd, iliis Icttrr was
irally t'roiii LonI Paliiirrstoii'
■ Wr lia\r just tilt' proctors word tor it. Well,"
my uncle wtiit on to say, "the most of iis jumped
Wld joy when we heai'fl the letter and \\f 111!
iK't^an talkiii us soon as he dniv at!" in his <'ar.
Tim Maloiiey sai<l nothili. lies a tjeep one, Tiiii,
a j)athiiot, an lades the papers. What liev ye to
say, Tim' lin considerin, says he, the likes o this
must he delilierated oil. Sllle. I sj)akes U|», the
licsht We can do is to Ljet away I'roiii here. In
the wan letther I i\er ;^'ot from my I'Dther in
( 'anada, he tcaiid me he had two cows and a calf
and three pi^s, an a paii" o o.xeii and as much as
they coulil ate. That s not the pint answers Tim,
this atf'er prisints itself to me as a plot to ijet us
to lave tile land widout an ei|uital»le ei|uival«'nt. '
With douht thrown on tlu,' landlord's jrood faith,
the poor jieople Went on ar;^aiin;^^ anionic thcm-
sclvt's, until a majoritv' ilecided to stand out ami
demand hetl terms. On liearint:' this, the ai.jent
sent word they nnist decide within a week. If
they rejected the offer, it would he withdrawn an<l
I'll: M MMKI! .IK sr.iIK
• •U
:{7:{
"" "• " "•"• ^^""I'l '- M,l.,uitt...|. Mv ,MUI.. liH.I
'"""• t" L:«f iii\- H.i
\Ur
'<i|- siui
"'•'• tl..- .M,|y s,.|„,|ar,| in tl.r funiiK.' I
H- ''/IKl, ' \i)l|
(•<»llllll"t'
'iiiK.iis n.ihMv ..f tl,,. ,,fi;.,. 'I'll,
.1 tl
li'inl.'.l tlir in!
I""I''''''''I "••? "WM tl,.. Ian. I, l.iit tl
'■•"l"-'^'>M.nf. tUry l.a.l „„..!,. ,.„ it.MtHl hu.l
l<'\' iiWMi
'I rrif
ri-lit t.. I
""['••ii^'it..! for til. III. I I
""'•I'' \\li"-n ,1 Im.v Iim.I ivrit.'.l
\ii.\\ iii\-
H piiC- of Woldil,
••'1,'Mn.l l,y tin- lMl...r..f |,i,„s..|f, a.i.l aft..iuur.|
.f I
"^ wif.-, aiHJ cliil.livii. I, a, I
" |'l"MtaM.. ti.M Sl.oMJ.j I a.|vis,. I
-,, f
to (
.11'
" '■••••« i|>t for Lack- ivMt an. I a f
•••'iiv.Tt.'.l it int.
I Mil to !;i\.' it
r.'f pussa;;.-
'^'"."'•'' ' f'i''l «" tiii.l ...It uliat l„- tl,.M.-|
'^''It- Ai.- y.ui f,,|- Mcvptinir th.. ,,tr.r. unci.-''
'"'"'t.l.-pin.ls- 1„. a.isu-.r.Ml. ••(11,.. ni,- a en
liiiiis.lf. .\
it
"'■ I>".ls sMcl, as w.. lia.j in tl... .a.j.l t
Miv.r a st.|) wa.j I hkiv."
I t.iM him p.,tat.M's lia.l li.-.n tl
that [,l
iiiits, an
•■ II. ill of Ii-.'laii.l;
"111- M.I.. .I.-p,.n.|..nn. np..n th.^m jia.l n,a.l.
h.T f
u.in.Ts ur'^lrrf th.- pn.p.r nuv ..f th.- lan.l
'^"" tl... n.i.in;; ..f ..tJuT .Tops. Wh.n th.- n.t
";"".' or ,.v..n a hanl fn.st, s.uh us th..y ha.l in
^•^ , wh.-n p..tat....s fr.,z,. in tl... -ronn.!, th.-y hml
'K'thinn-. Mv unci
<' \\as a saiiipl.' ..f i.is i\,
CSSI
'MS .,f I'l-ovi.i.-nc.. hal iM...n lost
Iss.
Th,- I
th.-iii. Th..}- w.ml.l
l'"piii<,r for .lays that woiij.l
l'vn<l ha.l l...c..,n,.-. hy y„ars of .-roppino., potato
^n-k. Now, nnol.., that Tim Mal.)n..v has ha.l ti.i..-
upon
i^" oM pi,; ,tin;; potat...-s an.l
M.-vii- i-.-tiuii, for the
f( ir dull" L<.i...*; I
■ •<«.c n(U-> iiu .Jfcmo.l OM^
:{7t
• M.KVMIt l\IKs.
'I Miil liim ii? n ( '(ilimhiiii ^ la^lit iii;^'lit ." upli. ■!
?iiy iliirlr, ■ nil Ii<-t<iiili| 11^ t'l It ji. t tin- (iflir ail
jiiif thr Nitiiii:^ irt'liirhl miii Tli... II iii\<r !..•
j)«iici' aifl pliiity ill Ii. laii'l, ^. > In-, tiiitil sh,'^
f.v.
\l IS' 111 I iiiiiai l\i(j. lull yiai aii<l \iaii ruinilv
uill li<''iiail tiipiii ^ta:\atiiiii In rciir Tiiii ami lii-i
t'l itii.|> tV.i' InJaiKl I «-a>t tin- mat ti-r < .\ t r i.i:-l
«'\ir ill my lira'l uliilr ur wt'ii' rating- lair Mtf
<"t <liiiii<r, laif cDiiM ii..t ilm.lf what a<l\icf t'l
.ui\"' my iniclr aiiil tln>-.c wjiu Wrif ;4<iiii'4 tn In-
;4«)\riiir.| l,y uliat In- <li(|. KNcapc tVian tin- .|rra«l-
I'lil (Mii.litioii^ iimlri- wliicli tiny siitl'.if.I \v<ail.|
Im- a 'j^nnt liltssiii^-. (Ml tin' ntlni- liainl. m\- s.ii-.'
of wliat was fair l<\ <>jtii| at tin- i<lta of tin ir
niviiii;; ii|» tlnii- In.!. Hums, tli<ir homc^ for '^nnci u-
tiMii'^, t<ii' a Humid".! cidisiii) Mit ioti. Wlicti mv
iiiicic love t,, ^(1, fill- he Jiaij a l"ii;; W/ilk l.iinrc
liiiii, I >ai(l I (•( m|(| II, ,t (Ifcid,. tliiii; I \\(ail.| think
•t (tvi-r uikI < i<ljiy 1 would ;;<) ami si-f tlniii.
When Sumlay iim-. I >s(' early, and let mys.lf
out ijuirtly. It was n i..ist\', sm(<^v' iiiortiiiiLC. I
.strppcd out i|iiickly. for I jiad a ^ood wa\- to l;o,
The walkiiin was li a\y, so w Inji I caiiit' in sii^lit
<)t tilt' cliapcl, I saw late comcis Iniirviti"' in for
lii^li mass. At tlic altur, to my surprisi- and jov,
1 saw my old companioi:. 'I'om liurkr. When tlir
scniion came it was likf his old self, stronn- a?jd
Itold. He (-oMjpan'd the attlictions of tlu' people
t)f .MifierinL;- Ireland to those of the Israelites in
TMI. M MMl II ,,| ' |:||
M\\
";•"/ Hi.i.i. unM...i f.. u,... ,„..,.. r,..„. ii,."r
•• <•"• "irJii li u.Mil.l
IT)
I < • n l; " \ t I 1 1 ■
ICl'
|.i..\ .• M> fiililr UN all |. ^-t
|'"-<-t.nM. .!„,,.,. ..I „.„i„.f ,(,.. ,,,^,, ,^^^.^. ^^,^^^.,
^^"'ll.| r..ti|||,il.- to cliiiivli tl
'"^'' "'■ ••"MtltiV Mr , Mill.. I
I'lif Ins I
" I' I'tiitli an. I tl
""■ "WMV uitli hii,
. ir
I'uiiis h^ttii
vitli riaintfiiaiict s stolid
"'"' '""\v. It was tl,- Innijr..,, ,|,.,,. ,...,i|
'i' n<itliiiiM !,,,( (I
thill!
'< II- ('(Jivii,- f,,r j,„„| i\^f)
HT
w as </oiti'.' out at,
l"in lui.l Motic,.,l „„. |,„. „|„.,, j
tlH-looi ,|„. mail nl.is,,. n.l to n,.. to st.,, ii to tl,..
-M.ristv I'assi.iur ,|„. „,.,,, ,,,,,. „,^ ,,,^^.,^ ^,^^^^
!'• attt riiooii, \ ioiiiril
I woiil.l I,,, at his I sf in ri
'">' "''' l"'"<'\v -tii.l.-tit, wIm, u,„i|,| I
••'••■'ik my fast with '.in,. !|.. ha-l
l""'iiy.lMty, an.l I u..„f u.tl, I, in, to tl
lioils... Ovfl- (hr tahl
'iy(,..oth aii.l wiv living- tl„,.r happv ,|
'iu;iiiii with jokr an. I stoi\-, w I
••'"■<l<«''i l-y th.- hoii^k
lllvr liir t<
Conif (II, tfl.
If IMIrst s
M
"III tiiiics at
Wf U< IT (lollr with (Mir (I
jipy <lays ( i\ i'f
I'M our laii;,r|itic was
'■''|><'r coiiiinM- i,, (,, ^.,^. jj-
wuitin- to s.c tor what I
inn. I- Mrs .Mmta-I
I was
lis ii-\ ci-.iicc w antr.l 1
'•'^'""'' '"■'• '"'•'■•" '"• ..nhn.l. A l.n.k.n-.l
,.T.
Woman, ha;,f-ar<l and
own
(> v<' liav
111 ra<;s. st...).| at th.' .lo.)r.
•' (••n,.-, havi- yr. Mrs Mmta-li
yr nvinnr..; Mis Malon.v t.-uhl
want. '.I I,,.', an. I di-ln't know what t
nic \-t!
()l
or,
I, yon kn..w wliat I want.'d v..n for, if M
■M'llon.'y .lid not. I want..l to s.m- wl
IS
.•I hast
lut kin.l of
f> \°OI1 tt'ol'.. fl...*
...w ^o lu mu .s(jiijHjr> —
■
.ST (I
<iF.!;\\KIJ TALKS.
wli,,t kind ol' IiisI
I woiMun voii Wire tliut wouM
m!I ytiiir fjiitli t(i tliiiii wliitf-livt red <livil>
FatlitT Hiukr lici-f lose to his ff.'t, iiis face lit
vvitl
1 wnitli, mil
Ins
lianil
niovin;^ to i^rasp lii.-
c'r(»s>. The \vi)nian srnik »n licr knees at liis feet.
"Kor the sake df the dear mother ol" (iod, don't
put the enise on me, yer livirence," she entleated.
' Whv not' What hav ve to sav:*'
e ervin all nii;ht i'(/i' a hite.
The childher wei
iin was ailvni on mv
I'olM nie
luit it wasn't that. Little T
hreast, an I ciidnt hear to have liini tnk f
I wint out, I tried everywhere, 1 could t^ct notlnn.
!tn thin, I wint to the soupers. It \\as to keen the
lif
e in Tim, yer ri\ irenee: I hurned their thi-aeks
m nevfi- tasted myself what they "ev me.
With
tl
le
1 a piei-cm^^ er\' the woman tell prone on
looi-. Father TomV' an^er passed as (piickly
JIS
it r
>se
Take her awav," ht> ;.aid to the 1
louse
keeper who liastened in, "I'll see hei- after vespers."'
1 rose to i^-o: he was his old .self aL'.ain; and with
a heartv word we i)aite(l. At mv uii'de's h, .tse 1
found a numhcr of his neiyhhors waiting- and we
wei-e soon di.scussinLT the spljeet that tilled tlieir
head.^
The ai^^'ut had i>iven out he had u'()t an-
other letter, in whieh the landlord mended his
oft'er, hy promising- that his a_frent at (^)uehee would
pay ten siiiliinj^s a head on their lan('.in!.r at that
city, and sayiuL"" the Canadian government would
Ljive eacli family a hundred ncres f 'ee. There was
in
I il'i'ji U'l iiir < ii- coTi-i i'!i f inii* .if +'i
;iw>^-
.11
THE mmaik:;
would n(, i„ the saiii,. si
the f
<>^ SO|!|{(»\V.
.*}
< <
IIP.
vvr p>issa<r(', the t.'li shill
;iiiiist the line of
iii^rs, and the Imndnd
Hcms. tlu-y put I,.uvi„^r hvlnnd for su. h a wild
cold plac- as Canada, aii.l
tl
t
ion>r|it of its fi-ost and
pi'oph
m (•a<rs tin
now w;'s trnihlc. Mv
■r arni
cral t:i
nnd,. frtchid his only l.-ttrr fn.n. his l„otl
I •■••ad it alo;id. I h.'d to d,. s.
they ar<r,i.'d ,,vrr partien'ar st
prcssions in it. Th,. account it
fort wci^rh,.d with th.-ni. y\ft,
ncs, as
l.triicnts aiKl ex
•ay
.f h
com
talk niy uncle sav
told nic a I
W
'!■ H .l^Tcat deal of
Jf
yc says.
■11, '-oys, my hi-othcr ncv
U' iiu I I„.|ievc cv.iy word of his htt;
;<> wid y<., lu^ for taj<in the ott
III
'111 Ja\:n at onct." His .|
storm, and thr li:;tlcs.>
ccisioii cariicd ti,( m 1
vv
'V
I'l'i'^ht and
within tl
owncast men hccanic
oiicrn-etic with th
icn).
As I
new hope horn
ovei"
Tl
M-alked home, 1 thought it
deceived l.v tl
eic. was the possihility of there I
t- a-rent. Tlu-v
IJUsi
»^l.i'_'•
were itniorant of
"OSS and could -asily he in.posed upon. Should
io with them and protect tl
Nvas there to keep me in Ireland' K
1 n.;t
What
tliin<r i ha., tri.'d had
I was in a fair way at Maynooth, tl
possessed me the priesthoo'd was not ...
and 1 left its loved walls. Failure and d
leir interests:
ver
.i^-one aii-ainst me
\V
lien
le tlioui>ht had
niy vocation
UK
Isappoint-
n. hud marked every effort n.ade in other c ill
iiiys suice. To oiv
would matter little: its .sal
Would see Aihw!!
l-ive up my siiuation as teacher
aiy was a mockeiw I
■9. ■
11
• 5
i,
■ >i
«;i.i;\\i;i! talks.
Fv\>y. -IS. |,s47. Ail
'Til coiisriits. IJk,. iiiv<rli
;ii (.rj.lwin. sh^ has i„, tics to IuihI Iht to .l.ai- oM
III
lull. I h.yuiKi thosr (•oimiioii to ill! Ii.t diiM
Wf will 1m' iiiaiiicd th
rt'ii.
Week lict'oif tilt' sliji)
1^- <ia\c 11). ii.y sclin,,| i.Mlay. As I iM.ati to
:.'«'p H Jouiiial ol" thr \(.ya^r,., ] ^at .lowii toiiiM-lit
and wrote tlic for
•^Ollin-, to ••(■Illillll lllc ill fiitu
re
years of the causes that led to iiiv d
ecisioii.
March S, riicj
What he tell>
e came to see iiic this liiorilili
iiie raises doiihts (,f the <roi »d faith
of the landh.rd. The a^r,,,,! was round y,.sterday
with an attorn, y who ir,,t them to put tlicir mark
to a paper. A ship is promised l.eniniiini;- of April.
10.— Walke.l to t.)un to see the aoviit. }f.- was
not for showini;- tl;e pap.'r at first. It was a iv-
lease of all claims on the landlonl an.l a promis..
too-ivehim peaceahle possessi.-., ,,i, the 1st April.
The remission of wliat is due for ivnt an.l the five
pa.ssaMV aiv specified as th.' .piid pr.) <pio ,,f the
landlonl, l.ut not a wor.l ahout the t.'ii shillinos
a hca.I to he pai.I at ()uel.ec or the 100
family from the (ana. I
acr.'s i)er
lan i,''o\-.'rnment. X.itlii
l!L'
(an now h,. .|,,ne; tlu; p • p..,.pl,. are at Lord
I'almerstoi
IS nii'rcv,
ind
April !).— We were marri.,! .\I..iid,
4»ent thive happy .lays with Ail
ly m.)rnin<4',
cell's cousin
in Limerick. Arrived h.ie in ])ul.lin t.xlay. Th
sliip is a.Iv.'rtis.'d to sail toiiiorr-w. T.iok oiii
."ur tickets f.)r
secon.l calmi and drive t.anorr.
)\V
morniiiL;- t.) where the ^1
111^ 1< I \MI1<
I'lli; .S( .MM|.;|{ OF s(M!li
(»\V
;{7!>
10. W'licii tlu
nisti'Ufl of tiri(liii<r |
«'ar .In.w al..iinsi,l,. tlic slii.
scene of eoiif
HT na<l\- f
<»|- Stil si
!»' \va-
lUl.l riMir^.s J),.l(.|„.,| i,i ]
•Mt'untaiti of fivii-Iit t
•isK.M, cariM-ntrrs at w<„k <,n iu-r 1,„1|
K'l- cordaoc
Tl
Hie IS
( ) " >■( I
IS not icadv t
"> rrccivc.
V.'ltlS.' )i,.,- to .sail (o.l;
ior scvci-al (lavs. ()
;■" "" I'nai-d, nliich sIh
't uas a sliaiiic to ad-
'V when .slic caniK^t Icavr
'>'■ s.rori.l caMii provrs to he
■'I cul.l.y-lu.l,. in th.. |,o„s,. ,„, ,i,.cl
iis well I
W
ia\ ('
It
^■oiic in thr stccra
• • nn'nht
w
!is Jatr in the <Iav v.h
,i,^t' am
sa\f(|
'''•?'s airivcl; tlicy foinicl a I
" uncle and I
lis neii>-li-
t'ootsoi-e with tlieii- |
fused to allow them t
I
u-i,^e party, an.l wen
lave to spend the ni-ht on tl
I'ortunat
11— I
"",1,^ tian.p. The captai
<) .^o on j)oard and tl
n i-e
<'ly IS div
ic (luav
'i^l
lev Wll
K' Weather
spoke to th.' capt
•■'"■Lrmnts. T showc.l In-n, tliev lial
"lay u.lvei-tis.,1 an.l ha.l a ri-dit t<
liu ..n I.ehalf of the
Cilue .)
u th
H
e curtly told nie t
> inainteiianee,
who lias his office f
<y^o an.l s..e th." ship's l.n.k
cr.
•>ver an Jiour j
II' up in the eitv. 1
waited
with tl
n an outei- r.>.)ni t.) <n't
le ^yovernnieiit enii<rrati
in inter\ift
w
ploreu nun to put in force th.- 1
on inspector. I im-
tl
p<K)r people shiver
iw .)n hehalf of
I'Hiiohtily ovlered
Kll.
J»M' on th.
Hie out of Ids oth
<juay,
H.
w liis duty an.l woul.l not he <I
••I liedfTo schoolmaster. Ci
^*ore at lieart. L.'ok
ce; sayinn- J,,,
ictate.l to hv
aiiie aw
ay in. I
i^iiant and
in^^ o\er the ei
see v\-hi'
.1 U,l-
iii;';rants I can
-I aiiiicrsioii connne.i Jii
s .)tfer t.
'■^^^^ f;i.K.\\i:it TALKS.
tlK'sr ill arnais for ivnt an. I wIk. Iwul small Ik.M-
in.Us. Such persons nmst iircds l.c nidows up oM
I'l.ii without iropn- hclj). His lordship has
shivwdly -ot rid of thosi- lik.-jy t(. !..• an iiicMiiii-
'•rancr on his .stnt.'s. 'I'li,. (■..mpany is made up
lar-.ly of woMini and cliildni,. with a f.w old or
weakly iiicii. Tlic iiundicr of widows is siirprisinir.
12. Tlir weather is cold an.l showery and the
jHM.r people are most miser-ihh- wet, hun-ry and
shiv.iiiin. I „,.,,( t,, ])„|,|i„ to see the ship's
I'loker. He received me \rvy smoothly and re-
feired me to t'.e cllfU-terer, without whose instruc-
tions he c. .uld don(^thinv. The charterer 1 found
to he out of town: the owner of the ship lives in
('"'ik. 1 returned disconsolate. An infant died
today from exposure. On <,^oin,-;- to see al.out the
innoe<'nt'^ l)urial, the priest told me it was com-
uion for ships to advertise they would sail on a
• lay on which they had no intention of leaving-.
It was done to make sure of i;-ettini>- all the pas-
sen«rers they could paek into the vessel. They
U'et f;{ a iiead from the landlords, chihlren oount-
iu^ as half, and the moi-o they can force on hoard
the o-reater their profit. His experience had been
that chaiterers of vessels for carrvin<>- cmi"-rants
M-ere remorseless in their i^reed, and, 1)\' hrihin<;-
the officials, si't the Government refnilations at
dehance. Scenes he had seen on the (juays drew
tears from all .save those whose liearts were hard-
ened hv the lust of uain.
IHi; sC.VlMi;i! (»K
SnUKow.
liHl
SK
[4. -TI... po„r p,.„pl, aiv l,.,m<vsick un.l hrart-
T.mI
I'oanl uiid tuk
"V u iiniiil,,.,- ,,f t|„.m tiird t.. .r,.t
oil
*' P<'><-^1'NS1«M1 of til.' iMTtllS I„.t
<l»'cks, which w.T,. Hnish,.,! vcstrnhiy TI
'liiv. ri hack l.v tl
W.'CIl
lev were
'•• mate and tl
"iHii was hnit ijy kickc<l l.v tl
ic sailors.
Oik
if th
!<' mate.
passe II nvrs not Oil 1
It
SCfllls
'oard thcv Would I
'I '•'•-lit to ratioMs, Ik.,h,. their 'l
shelter. S(
illH' of t!
H'lii;
<l*
the <|uay-, and
ia\ (•
■iiied
"e incii hav<' M,,t work al
oils'-
e\frv
l»reai|
>^ixpeiice is a help to l.ny
ca
pta
HI.
^miii ventured to i-einot!stmte with tlit
"'•' said he had nothin.r t
H
■ nton.ier. .-efen-in.,. to mv visit to the <r
<-i,i,'t'nt. 1 told him I would
o sav to
nn
port 1
^'•overniiieiit
• is coi.diict to
I^or,l Palnierston, and have just written a 1
to his lordship.
etter
io.— Matters 1
la'.'e
Worse
1 u
heen o<,i„^. (,„ iY,„„ had t
»in(i want.
> more children have died f
,o
Not
rorii cold
warm hite since they left I
I soul in th.- crowd has ha.l
insnfficiency of hrea.l, wliicl
loni.- 'I'heir food is an
to ill-clad people caiiipc
I IS poor sustenance
IS n
1 >oar( I
ady f
or .sea yet thev .ill
'I m open shed.s. The ship
not l"t u,>
H). — This mor
nninr we were ordered to
') on
c:o on
<""•*' and oladly hurried up the lon<r pla„k.' W
i- not heen fairly .settle.l in 1
liurroo, and lookin,<T ashore 1
»fr until there w
)f
men carryincr bundles and hab
saw a (ryvat crowd
-md children. Ti
f.'V w'ere
les.
,.1^ I
wit!
I Wf)inen
Ciaa una inoie
:\s-2
(.\.\.\SK\\ TALKS.
.1 '4
if
i
I *
I
If I
1llis(l;|li|c tliiUl our OWI. Jir((|)l('. Tit lllV smjilisf
liny licjiiinl foi- i>\\r >liij( ,'iii<| wciT mkiii cruwiliii^
into hi-v until tlni-c was not room to turn. No
sootier was tin- last clifst i^oL on lioanl tlian the
sailoi> li("_;-an to uinnoor tin- shjj). I'x-torr tlicy
wci-r "lonr a tn^' stcunicil up ti; us and jtussed jici'
liawsii. W'r liatj niovtd out into the liay some
distance, when the jwiddles of the tui;- stopped, and
Wc >aw ii si\-oared cuttei- niakiiii;" tor us, and
when alonM->ide tlu- l;(i\ ernnieiit in'>|M'ctor, in hhic
uniform with i;ilt huttons, leapt on hoai'd. lie
looked neithei- to left Uoi' I'i^lit, hut Walked with
till' captain across the (|uarter-deck and went
down into the cahin. My mind was made uj).
My people had alveaily sutl'ered much at the hands
of the -hipjtinn'-mcii. ami I resoKcd to protest
against their liein;^' overci'owded. i knew the hiw-
and knew fidl well tliat she had all on hoard
she was competent tor hefoi'e tliis new arri\al.
] waited my o])portunity, and when I saw the
inspectoi" emer^■e from tlu- com[)anion - way and
liead straight for his hoat, I rushed forward. 1
had iu>t shout(Ml the words. "I jirotest- wdien
I was tri])i)ed from hehind. As 1 fell headloiiLT,
I heai'd the ins])ector say, ■I'ooi- fellow, has had
ji dro]) too much. (!ood-liye. - .iptain: prosperous
voyauv." When I l-ose to mv feet lie was 'j^oiv.
and tlu' mate faci'd me. 'Dam!, you," he .shouted,
'tiy to speak to an oi.L.>ider a^ain and I'll ''luin
von." Mortitied at mv failure and indii;na;!t ,'^t
THK MMMlii; (>\ soKKuW.
'SHU
my iisnov, | l.-lt tli.- i|Ujirt.r .IrcU. Tlir twj; was
111 motion ii^iiiii, uml we uciv suilinn ,l,,u-,i tlic
l>M\ ['nil Diil.liii l,;iy, with its iMaiitifiilly rouii-l-
r<\ >lo|),.s ami liilU, Liinlit svith l.M<Miii<; wocmIs
;in<l vn huit suaid. 'I'., niir siirj<ris<', for we
tlioiiMlit we liad start<'(| on oiii- voya^v, the tU"-
<ho|ij)( I im wlifii \\r lia.I ^oIl.• down tlir hav a
I'it, and our inclior was let '40. Lad- in the I'vm-
in^ the Word wt-nt rouml the reason of our not
sailiiii^was tliat tliccivw, from flic captain down to
the apprentice-, l.elie\ed the -hip would have ||(»
luck Were she to liei^in lier \(iya;;c on a Friday.
17. At ilayhieak wc were roused hy the clank-
ini^- of the caj)stan as the anchor was weighed.
Theiv was a li^ht aii- from the north-cast. Sails
wei-c spread and we slowly heat out of tlic hav
and took a Ioiil; slant into the channel, drop-
pine^ our pilot as we passed Kinu-stouii. Stores
were l.i-oachcd and hiscuit for three days ser\ > d.
They were \ery coarse and souicwhat mouldv,
yet the L^oveiinuent othccr was sui)poset| to have
examined and pas>cd them as up to the rciniii-e-
ments of the cmiL,M'ation act. Had as thev wei-e,
they wer<" eaeci'ly acccpte(l and so hun")-v were
the peoi)lc that hy nioht most of them were eaten.
Kow shamefully the ship was ()vcrcr(.wded was
now to he seen and fully icalized. Thei-c were
not herths for two-thirds of the passen^vrs, and
hy common consent tlicy were eiven up to the
iigc(|, to the women and the children. The others
PI
;?s4
f.',.i:\\KI! TALKS.
slept oil cliot^ ;ill<l lillll'llrs, aiiil Miaiiy collld tiinl
iKi otlit'i- it'stiiiLj jtliicf tlum tlif tliHtr, wliicli was
so orcupifil tliat tlitif was no loom to walk Irt't.
I ascci-taiiicii, accifit'iitally, tliiit tlif iiiati' scrxcfl
oiit lations t'oi- ."):i() to«liiy. Me cfjinits two cliil-
tjrt'ii as (iiif, >o that tlifrc arc over «)()() xiiils (»n
l>oai"(l fi sliij) wliicli slinulil not ItM-ally lia\i' 400,
tor til' rini:^riaiit act s|ircilifs 10 s(|U;irt' I'cct ol"
tU'ck to a passrii^iT. Wliy \\iis this aiioWfil '
Whiit 1 ticiiiil a mail ttlliti;^ this nioniiii;; explains
nil. The ^(>\ eriiineiit had sent t200 to he spent
on I'eliil' woiks in his townhmd \>y '/i\\w^ em-
ployment at a shillin;r a day. When ti')0 hail
lieeli paid out, the i;iant was declared to he ex-
haustetl. Where did the t! 1 .')() n(, / Jut,, the
pockets of a few trulv loval defelldeis of the
Kn<.r|ish constitution and of the Protestant re-
liirion. The Uritisli i)arliaiuent has Noted enon<>h
mone\' to imt food in everv starvinu' mouth in
Jreland. Half ami more of th' money has hoeii
kei)t hv ltlo(jdsuckers of the Eu'dish jjarrison I
i;et mad when I think of all this. The otticial
class in Ireland is the most corrupt under the
.sun. A hrilie will blind them, as I saw yesterday,
when the inspector passed our ship and stoivs.
Wind continued li^ht all forenoon, and Idl away
in the afternoon to a calm. Aft<'r sunset a breeze
sprunj,,' up from the west, but did not hold, and
as 1 write we are becalmed in mi<l-channtd.
IS. — Lii-lit and batHini,' bree/'^ from the west
TMK SlMMKi: UK SuUHoU',
;{s.
HI. I nortli-WTst |.iv\ ail,.| ,ill .lay
itti
>^'> \Vf iimil
()
»' proirn'ss ..II til.' I..ni; i.Hini..y lK.r<.n- us.
IK' of ..HI- iimiiy tucks l.ioii^rht ns cLis.- t<. tli.'.
Kiij^Hisli roast. :t
my last \ i.w of that countrv. Ail. mm I
our
WHS my Hist an. I likrly to \u
las iiiai|)<
nil. Ill Sim;,.- an. I (-..mn .ni.'iit Im-voikI i.cli.'f.
> iiiakf till!
il
Hn- liappy .|isj)(.siti.)n caiis-'s hrv i
li«'st of t'Vfivtliin.^
ID. Th.' w.'st.'ily l.iv.z.'s that k.'pt iis tack
in the channel ;^ravr place, .Imin^r th.- ni-ht, to a
4ron;r ea.st win.l, l.cfoiv which the sliip i^ l.owlini;-
itii/
iit a tine rat.
1
assin.r close
to tl
le short' \vt'
a view of the coast from Ar«l
ha.l
nion- to Cane Clt
Ail
eon sat with me all dav, our cv
ti.x
• Ml O
•ar
n th
land we loved. Knowiii'.-.
as it swept past us, it
was the last time we would ever faze
upon it.
our hearts were too full for speech. Toward
evening the ship drew away from it. until th.^
hills of Kerry hecame .so faint that they couM
hardly he di.stinufuisluMl from the clouds that liov-
cre.l over them. When I finally turn«'<l away my
eyes from where I knew tlie dear old lan.l was.
my heart throbbed as i'' it would hurst. F
arewf
■11.
Krin; no matter how iar from you I
my heartstriniT.s are woven t
may roam,
<> vou and for<ret vou
.sorrow.^
I never shall. May the centurie.s of youi
soon be completed, and peace and plenty be yours
forever. Land of my fathers, shrine of my faith,
a last farewell !
-0 — When I awoke this mornin<^^ I became
m
ttG
:i.M;
1.1. 1. \M It I VI. L-
i
I
J
Ml
V. ii-il'If of llir \ iiilriit U">t u ti' li'' ■'Ilip (H'inu
cut I -IIW W < Will' -l' nil tllr lo^dlil <il til'
At laiitic iiIhI th' >!r ) was |(lllli^ili'4 llilnii.;li tin
(..(an >\\t!l I'll'' ' a>t wiimI "'till In I'l and w ■
\\(ic siM II liii'_; i>ii (III!' (iiuiNc iin 1 I ''ill >iil. I
i'ouiiil iii\ t'ill..\\ |iii^^iii^"i> to I'f in "I l<|ili>iali|.-
rnij.litioii Tlir l.iilwaik-. W'lc liiicl uillia iiiiiu
lir will) wtjc (Icadly >i'a>-i( k. (inint; I'.t w tcii
(leeks tlie ^eelje l|i'4ll nNelcaille llie. TIk' lil^t tilil'
I Went I'l Iww i \\a> reiiiiinle.l of a (mmiii Ifii-
iiii'l iiari'iu ati'l low in ceilini^. I'lMlay it was a
jilaee I'mi tile (laiiine'l Tliiee Miiikiiit^^ nil lanterns
ra.st li^jit eiinn^li to sli.iw the <aitlines (if fninis
that la\- '^1 ' aiiin'4 I'll the tinor. aii>l ^isc glimpses
el" white stollN' faces l\ ill'^ in the liertlls. a (IduMi
tier I'f which surround the sides n\ the ship. A
jioi^iiant wail <>f niiseiy came throii^li an atiiin-
.spheic cf such deadly odour that, for the tiist
time. I felt sick, and had to heat a let rent up tin
narrow ladder. 'I'lie cool oc* an hree/,e re\i\cd iii<
jiiid .\ileen, who |'io\ed a i^ood sailor, had our
modest liieakfast ready when I joined her. ( )n
ie\isitiii^- the steeraL;c later in the day I found
there Were passengers down with more tlian sea-
.sickness. 'I'here are se\('l'al cases ol dysentery
1 ask(<l the steward to tell the captain, lie in-
forms ii:e the captain tan do nothinu-, ha\inn- only
a siimll niedicine-ciu'st for the crew. However he
toll! him, and the cajitain ordered the steward t'
<>ivc them each a -lass of whisky. I had plain
'iin: M MMKi: u,- sold
ti iW
.•IS7
[ir«M.f t<"I,i\- I .f
my >iis|.i(i(.iis that mi nil
Wii- til. rii-tn|,i Imi- tin- imit.-, .,1
t"' li- a.i'iiw I'll (i I i|
I Uiifitr.l at an\- time I'l
\ l> l"|||jr
In.' it
'ii'-'iiiiii .Iiir)s
'• ^", an, I
I'' Woill-i ^. t III wlwit
I" ^ixpnici a iin_.'.iii_ I
f';''l l'"n I lia.l takii. tl,.' |.|,.||.,. „. tin h,ni,|
Katli. I- Matllirw aihl ci ai ^1.!, i v.l ,j,i„|
if
M
\ II I. Ill •(■(-. -.a r
y !• lii'iiist laiici N f,
""""••'"•■'- I'll oti st.aiv -|..iii„|, \\,r f|„.
-t,uap|. a ,|i',.|.„t, iJMl r,.|I.„,., .,„., ,„, ,,,,,„,_, j„
"liiiikiiiL; ..!• ill -.iJiiiM iliink.
-' ''''"■ 'i'-^' '''"H' t<-k pla... la^t niuhi u l.rn
" '"'V nf livr yar. Mi,',',i,nl„'.| to -Iv mi.i.tv. [„
'•"• art.-innoii a wail sii,M,.,,|y ,i,.,,,,. ;■,.,„,, ,|;,, |„,|^,
—a liiir yiaiii- w..n,au hail .li,',j t'l.a., ;l,i -am,,
mils... Ili.th wnv .linjipi'il into thr ^.a at unvrt
'"'"■'■""'•'■ ''"^^•"'- -"^i'-l^ '"lay. hi.t ;l„ iiUiJht ill
tr-.m .lyMiifi'iy .....ws r,,n,„iral ua. si.,m.,| i,„t
t'I'lay i.ist.-a.l .,f Lis,.,, it. [, ,,,„„„ ,,,j„,.^. ; ,^ ^^^
"fa sMstrnaiKT, fur it \,r\u'^ ih, {)(,>,, I, li.'t,, ...,.,k,.
stiralMMU ,,f it i.uin- U, nu ,,n,visi,,i, j,avi,,,- h,.,.„
'"•■^''" '■'"'" U'Hliryi-.,,- tl,.. pasM'n^vr i, ha,| t,. I.,
inix.-.l with wut.T an.l .atm raw. S.„ii ,l hot
NVHt.T, l,utm.,.t ha.l (..„... ,.oii|. Su.'l, r.M,:"i wh,.„
-ly.srntrry th.vatn.s is p„iso„. T..,|av was .-..M
^vith a hcnlwi.i.l that M.„t thr ^pni v (1 vin .• ..\or
^'"••-\v- lla.la l.am talk thi. aftw n. .'. „. u ith a
^p- .l.-<rnt ,nau wh., is j-oino- to iVtL'rlx.r.aioj,
(ana.la \V..st. H. thin-ks it is „..t ,i; ..as. that
'»'lsth.-,.h.l,|n.n. hut n.l.l an.l huno-..,.. F,..ij,,n<|
elotlics is what they ru-vi], not m. .h-.in,. Tlu'
;iHS
lil.KANKIl IM.K>
II
t
uuiii^. I ..r .i.k -runs, Si-ht.-l 'J ^lii|»- tu-lay
}>iii]\ too t'tu away t<» s|»ak tlnin.
22. Wliv -Im \v<- fX'-it (air-<-lvts N.I liltlf tw
h<-l|. ..in- aimth. r. w lini it, tak.'^ -.. littl.' t.. pl.-as.-'
Ail.'.M CoaXr.l til. NtrWanI to l<t 1|.T llllVr M.III.'
.liscml.-.l laMiiit \<iv^s. Til.-.' >\u- i^ faslii..nlii«.'
into a soil of ^owiis to (dv.r tin- nak< i1m.s>^ of
>«'Vrral uir.> Nvlio coiiM not com.' oii deck. I n«-
tirst nIk' fiiii-li '1 t Ins arti-itiooii, ati'l no arist<»('nitii-
miss (* 'iM liiiM litrii proutU-r of lur tiist silk
«lrcss than was t'n- |toor cliiM of tlir t»iu.sforni.'«l
run\Hs l.a-, which was licr only j^anntnt.
'Ill This is Sun.lay. The only chan^^a- in the
routine of the ship that niaiks the day is that
the sailors '^ave a:: extra wa>h tlown to the .leeks
and after that did no woi k except trim tne sails.
Thcv' spent the foreiioon on the forecastle mending'
or washing; their clothes. Durinij the aftern<MMi
it^new cold, with a stroJi;; wind from the north-
east, accompanied hy drivin;,' showers. Towards
snnset the sea was a lather of foam, and the
wind had incicase.l t(» a ;;ale. When the waves
U'-fan to Hood the deck, the order was eiven t^t
put the hatches on. (Jo<l help the poor .souls simt
in l.eneath my feet ! With hatches open, the hold
was nnl»earaMi' to me. With them close<l, what
will it he hy morning':' It is ^^rowini,^ so dark I
cannot.se;' to write more, tor a li^'ht is forbidden
to us. The wind is still ri>in<;- and the thump of
the waves as they strike the ship".s si.le grows
IHK s! MMl K OK
;{H!)
I l< iv tlif trail
ii'on- \ ii l.iit 'I'll.' slioutih
vri.l lusli ,,[' ill Miilipis tw .
"i til-' slilp. tllr -• ,111 ill^r ,,t IliT 11II1I..I > nti.l
ati<l till- r..n»tiiil s\\ i-.li nt <
'p
ll>
III. t
^l' >\\/iyiii;^
iiiiist-..
till- tifck. rKinliiiir t'
'IIkI foil I.(, liiiLjN i.f , \ il (link. 11 iii\
IS oil li..|- kli.-.--, tl.r calm ami
I' rn>hiii'^ a('rn.H.s
iiiakr nil- iihi-.t nil I.MclioJy
All
Ml ami n'>.ii^iiat inii ot Ji
smut iv.fm^r up,,,, |„.,. |„,.r, Thriv ,, „ laitli in
<;«).] that ri^rs ali.\.- tlir \\..r>t > f ih.- uoi
i.r
I ml
'2i W'r liM'l a .liru.li'iil iii-lit ainl I I. pt only
I'V Mnifcli.- At li.i.liii;;lit tlir t.iii|M-,t s. . iii.<l to
n-acli its lir.^lit!.. \\|„.|i its r.,ar .lro\\m,l ;,!l othrr
^OI||l<l
Tl
If ship suavfd ami lolh.! i-, if sh
woiiM caj^i/f, whijf rvrr and anoti ^1,,. .hipprci
a s.a that flood, .l our littlr cal.in, ,iin| t hivatnu'd
to tt ar . (• hoii>f. of \\ liich it fi
Ills j>art, from
its fascfnini;s and carry it o\ crl,.i,!id How I
pniyc.j i',n- .layli^hf When at la^l t\u- daw ij of
aiiotht r day caiiic, the wind lessened
its force 1 11' th
C '.\H\ CS well
hi-'l
ler
^1 'iii-'wliat in
and -troMirer,
and whil • 'he shij. was still sluKldeiin- fi-,,|,i th.
dreadful Mow dealt liv one. anoth. r stiiick }
ler.
iii.d made her stan-^n-i. woj-s,. than l)ef<,ic. I'e, rii.:;
out uf the s;d( .('Uttie I could see nau-ht \>\n a wild
tumult of watiMs — yawni.it,'' aliysses of Mifii water
an.l niovin-^^ mountains crested with foam. The
writhino-. ceaMless activity of the la-in- waters
deeply impic. d me. Our ship at (Uic time .^eem-
"d to Ik' al.out to l.e en^rulfed; the iievi nonient
3"M
<;i,K.\NKl{ lALKS.
she t'i\r, .)•,.,! nl.ONC tilt' llil^llcst WilXCS. S) t'ilT ilS
I o(iul(' 111,1k Milt slic \vii> tliiviiin' iK't'ori' tlir ,L;i»lf
undtT liiT I'li v<nil, clo'^t' I'fftcd !♦■ \vii'> nooii 1m'-
forc it \\a^ -'t''' t<» stt']) out nil ilcc'k. Tin' wiiul
w.i^ dyin- Mway Imt tlic oc-aii was still a wild
scciif. With litJc way 011 tin- sliip. -<li<' n>ll»'<l
iiiid jiitclit (1 -^<' that to kcfp iVoni I'alliiiLf 1 had to
clutch ;it w h.itt'Vcr J could m't a hold ( t'. Tht;
sails \\i re >l:itti!i'4- anaiust the masts with a noise
lik'' ill iiidir. It was late in the day when a lirtM-zc
canir i!]i. which stcadic<l the \csscl and caused her
U) sh'[i no 111' !■• water, when the mate ordered the
.tchcs t<t 111' ojiened. 1 Wiis stan<lini!; liy, cou-
')'n((] to kiio\A- how it had ^oiie with my people
The tird m.iii to ci»me uj) w;>s my un(de. He had
heeii waitiiu: anxiously to see nie. Jl'swit'e ha<l
tak '11 ill duiiiiL;' the nii^lit, and he was alVai 1 her
ti'ouhle ^\as the l"e\ci'. I huiiied down with him
and I'liiind Ip r pulse hieh .'ud hei" hody rju-keil
with piiii-. \ll that we lia<l in our jiowei- to dn
tor hri wa-- to ^ix'e a i\'W drops of laudamnu i'"oiu
;i hottli' Ail' cii had hrou^ht with her, which cased
her ])ain-> aii'l .;a\'e her some i'e>t. Aileen wanted
to go and sc' her hut 1 would not allow hel', thci
sio'hts and steiich of lictwcen decks lieinLi' revolt-
iiig fir.d pa^t d'scrijit' m. Fncle says the jnissen-
jicrs p;'ssed a drea<lful nigh.t. The seams opencMl
in the fdrepeak , ami the water comin<x in caused
a ])Jin;c. ti;.' helie*^' heine- the ship was aliout to
sink. One old )iian was thi'own aijainst a trunk
rm; MMMKI; oy s(>;;i!n\v.
iv.n
III'I
till
•lysciitci-y, did I .1
2.-).- fi.v.I rii,l
''••okfii m'LjIits ^(••^t. I
'•<■ i-|l,s liiokni ati'I a ^irl, ill \'
n.iii
worn I, lit MS I wMs, I had ,1
\vi>kc with a start \'\
dill a
In-aiii that iincl.'s wife \va> .|rad. S. . iniiuvxs.d
w
as I that such was tl
IC (
a-r, that I
illv f
ln"-sfd hiir-
<> U'l ami >vf
As I stippcl
'111 ilcck s
\v«
rr striKk, iiidicatiiiL;- iiii.JiiiMht. It \\a~. el
rar
tli.ai-h cdld. and the stars <Mail.| ),.■ .rcii t^ th--
hori/on 'Idle (•..liiiuii of hratcil air that r.isr ficni
till- hatchway w;is j.i niliarly tVtid, l.iit I did imt
lit'sitatc to dcNi,'ciid. K\c(
I^Tojuis of tl.c sick stilli
hy the watchiiin' of tht
^ !ld
jit U>v the cri
cs air
less jirc\ailfd. Iv\hati^t.-t
' jircccdiiiM- niijht all \\1m>
(•(Mjld wciv asl(M-|i. On !^r,.trin;4> to miclcs lintli. I
lullll
<l hliu sirciiill
l;' hca\il\-. his \\ if,, tns-ii
Ills side with the rcNtl
in' 1 1 \'
cssii<\ss of hi'i' di^
a-c. SI
was dosniM- and niuttcrin^', diowin-- sjic was not
herself. I trie<| t
<) catch the words she uttered.
iMid [■(•und in her delirium she was hack in liv-
] and and to the happy days wh ;, uiicle was a
wanier and was cominn- to see her. I searched
liiyh and low hefoiv I found a pannikin of water.
I raised lier Jiead ;uid held it to her lij's. She
drank it to the last di'oj). Slipping- hack to my
bunk, 1 slept until it was late in the day. Mv first
thoue-ht on opening- my eyes was, that it was mv
duty to speak to the captain, and as I took hivak-
ipproaeli
fast with Aileeii I thought how I ciaild
liini with .soiiK' liope of succcs.s. i kept on i\vc]
392
GLKANKIt TALKS.
vatcliiii;^ my clumec. 'I'hc captain cuiiie up <>nl\'
for a slt(»it tiiiif at noon t<» t.ikf the sun, and then
t'
V mate was w i
til I
IIMI.
I k
new it was no usf t<
ar.
Ait
(.T tinUKT
sjX'ak wIkii that fellow was uv
1 saw tlic mate ijo to his cahin for a sleep, and
A\aite(l anxiously for the captiiin. When he did
step from the companion and had taken a round or
two on the i><»oj», I st( [>p>'d up. He looked ur-
jirised and as if he resented n)y intrusion. Befoi'e
lie could sptak I said 'I'ardon me, captain, for
cominji- here. I thouidit vou miiiht not kno
w
A\
hat
IS on hoard shn>
"Wli it do Vou mean'' he askecl rou^^hlv.
"Thei'e is fever on hoard," I answered (piietly.
Ke paled a little, and then shouted, "Vou lie: what
do you know ahout fexei-:* Vou are not a doctor."
"Come and see for yourself," 1 said, "3'cni has e
lU)t heen tween decks since we left DuMin.
With an oath he retorted. "J)o you mean to tel!
nie what I should do:* 1 want you to understaut;
1 k
now mv (
utv
"For heavens sake, captain, do it then. Fevei'
is on hoard uud unles.s a channc is made half the
passenners may die.
W
lat change.'" he asked sulkilv
"The steerau't' wants cleansinuf and the i)assenuer>
need better food and more of it. '
"(}rumbliny, eh: what do they expect? Roast
lieef and plum pudding; The be^'gars get the
iiovernnient allowance.
B
eii'one, sir.
IMi; SLMMKIl (»1 SO|{|{(»\V.
liUii
I WMs tit'.nl.lino with ivprcssc.l iiidioiuiti,,,, l.ut
tor the suke (,f thos,- I pkMl i\„- I kept c.m,|. 't^ap-
tam, thf poor people ask nothiii- unrfasonahle
<;o awl see for ^-o.nself the hiseuits un.l water
■sci-ve.l out to the.n, un.l I am .sure you will onler
a chaune."
"Cmplain alnrnt the water, too! What's wron-
with it'"
'It's foul," r toM hiui, "it su.ells an.l la.l thou-h
It he, there is uot enouoj, sei \ ed out. The sick
are callino- for w;.u'r au.l not a .jrop to he n(,t.'
•■Not enouo-h .served out— what do you mean ' '
"J hat the allowance is scrimped."
He clinched hi,^ {jstand raise-I his ri-ht arm as
it to strike me. -This t(. me, on my own ship.
tl)at passennvrs aiv cheated in measure.'
"Stiike me, captain, if you will, hut hy ou,-
<-<'">M.on faith I implore you to consider the ca.se
ot my poor peopk". There are child.vn who have
;lu'd from starvati<.n and thiy have he-n dropped
into the .sea. There arr more dyin- and you cai.
save theni hy orderin- a Irjovi- ,.,iti,)„ ,,i- ^^,^^^.,1
biscuit. There are men nu ' w. men lyin,-- stretch -
<"d in the fever, will you not ..i.se tiieir 'a<,rony hy
l<Htin<r them hav,- all tne water they can drink
Th.y have sutiered ev. thino- Hesh and hloud can
suffer short of death, in Heein- from the famine
HI Ireland, do not let it i^e sai/l they have found
harder hearts and a worse fate on* hoard ship.
When you know a cup of water and a bite will
I; Ji
:!!•+
<;i,i;\\i:k talks.
>^ivf' lit'f ;iii<l will iiiaki' Imn-livil-, liaj)])\-, sun-,
Ciiptaiii, Villi will Hot i-i'fiisi' u> M-iy.. tliciii."
"\i>il \fi'^al.(iihl," 111' f\claiiiiri|, liis cVf^ lla>-liiii;.j
w itii ;uit,0'r, 'if yiai iiisiiniat.' I am st;ir\ iii^ aiiy-
Ixiiiy I will pitcji you nvi'i'lM.ar<l. Tlh' iKi-^nm-'iN
-vt all the L:M\-,>i-miirnt i'cMii|at inns allow tlirm ami
iiH'jv Hiry shan't lia\c. I!r-..nr sii'. an.l -lo not
I'li'i' to coiiH. on tlif jiooj) a^ain."
'()})>' woiil. cMiitain. I lia\f ln^n toM you )ia\f
a witV an.l cliiMivn. Foe tlirii- swnt sakr, jiavr
pity on tlif little ones and tlic wouicn on l.oanl."
"|)i» you licai- \\]>-'" lie Nhoiitrij. "Leave tlic
)ioo|. or [ will kick you off, I'll jiave no mutinv
' 111 my sln'j>.''
I turned and left moi-e sorrowful at my failure
tlian indi-nant at my usa^v. My a^jyeal did some
i;-ood, Jiove\ri-, for hefore the day was over wiud-
-ails weiv I'ioM-ed at the hatchways, which diil a
little to freshen the air 'tween decks. A suil
ahead lio\e in si^-ht iJuritiL;- the aftei'noon, and
we I'apidly o-ained on her. At si.\ o'clo!'k we
wei-e alti'east of the straiiL^e)-, w liich was not o\-er
lialf a mile away. She was a small har(|Ue and
liad lovt her foretopmast during- the i^ale. She
^iunalled us. hut our captain took no notice, and
we soon left her a loii^' way astern. .Vskine' the
iniatswain why she wanted to s])eak us, ht.' said
she likely was short of sails and s|)ar' t(^ repair
her (]amaL;e and wanti'd io ^ct them from u-;.
"And wliy did the captain nut hclj) hei-.'" The
TMK SI MMKi; ».F sn|;|
I »W
:{!).-
float'
w.iiii siiiil.Ml, •'|'|„.v ,.,,st
lllKlli'V ;ill(| su|)j,|v
m- til. . I, I wu.iM hav i\rUyr,l u>." I had
tlloU'flit
X nlioiit the sailor w 1
iii\' (»\\ p
o would iKit <n\r ,1
"♦'ipiM- liaihl ro his hn.thrr wh
•II <'\ t rt.ikcn 1
""■-»■' "-tun... If that ship Im. In.t for lad. of
'"■ ^'"il. flirii that littl
>V
'■ tNIMlit W
)ar
'|ii.irt!' r-d.'ck i-
1" struts niir
Jiccoiiiitai
-•■'• A h-MUtifnl
tliau it h as I
• ell.
'"""■'liiiU'. I'li-ht an. I iiiiM
i'.\. ry sail i-> .liawi
IT
ti'j; ami th.
"ip 1- Ih.\v1ii,m- alnii^- at a finr rat.'. I M-,,t
uit
farl\-
''' iiii;- aiiXH lu-
.1
out mic
llfl- II! lii'tt.T. W
I • S w I I
'ollll.
^'•^1 tjum that,
iinicl th.T.
WtTi' fi\-
r lifsiiic
'•■ i!' Nif saiii.' \va\-. TIi.tc
now not a shadow ,,f ^ d.uiht that tvi.I
IS oil li.)ai-d. Sine.' w.- left
iih
\er
f'lfu iiia.li' t.) cl.vir th.- st
I'"i-t, no att.-iii]»t has
hcv. )ii.
I .1.
'••'iM-c, whi.di is tilt I
i\'
•nption. Wh.Mi I sprak t.i th.. lui-u t
l'»in in and shov.-l up th.' worst of tin' .lii-f, tl
^j'ondcntK- asl
li'V
k- 111'
Whaf
till' u-
lUi::;-:'!' and disivv-
'l«'sp:>ndL'ncy .■n^.'ndnv.j of 1
upon thcni and th.y will not ..x,.,-t tli..nis,.|
Tlic sti'w
r Is
\t'S.
V ho .«•, >r^
^;'N'3S .
aril is th.' only on.. .,f th.. shi]."., conipain
lown th.- hatch-st.'ps. ;in,| it w.uil.l h,
is to sell thr
' so many aiv partin- with tlif
'"'ttiM- if ji.. .li.l not, f..i- his ..iTand
ilrink for Avhicl
-ixpcnecs tlu-y should k.vp f,„- th..ir' lan.l
.1 strann-.' t-ountrv. The <iav 1
inir 111
"•in:;- passali|\- warn
ni th,. afternoon the chil.lr.n plav.-.l ,ai th.' .!..(•[
und I coaxe.l Pad.ly ])„olan to .i.-t ..ut I
an<i set tlu-ni ii"i'-in('-
.1 ,-)r^ ,-^■
lis JMpC.S
li
300
fil.KANKU TALKS.
27
A 'lull, iniirky iii<»inin<4, with u mist tlmt
Min-ouiifli'd tlif >hi|t MS tlic \\ r»ij)[)iii;^ of silk pajx-r
<l(i(s UP oiHu^r. It WHS almost a (li-mi c, Iin and
tlu' ntiin>sj)|irri' WHS so heavy the smokf of thr
t;!tllfy <lil iH't rl^c ami tilled the deck with its
fni:ie<. The liiaill deck was deserted, save h\-
myself and tliiee (lid women who sat on the
<'oamini4- "* tl"' main hatcliwa\-, sniokin"- their
l'ij)es. The eala'n hoy flitted hackwarils and for-
wards earryiiiL;- hiejikfast to the eal.in, wjiere the
steward wa> laying the tal.le. The Itoy's motions
did not evciipe the W( men, and I notieed them
whisperini;- and lan-^hin^- as if eoncoctini;- a plot
One jiresently went down into the hold, while the
(itlier two tuiiied anxious i^lances for th." return
of the cahin lioy. When he did come he loaded
up with as many skillets an<l pans as he could
cairy. No sooner ha<l he disappeaicd down the
(•om]»anion-\va\-, than the women ran to the "allev.
Avhich was deserted, foi- the cook, lia\ in^;- t'ompleted
his moininn's work, had i^cne to the forecastle,
whei-e the sailoi-s were at hi'eakfast, leavine;- the
dishes leady for the l;oy to take to the cahin as
wanted. Ill a twinklini,^ the women were out
a^oiin, one of them hearinir a hi^^ coi)per teapot,
the steam from its s])out showin-r in the iiK-rniiii:
air. liurrviny- to the hatchway tiiev were met
hy the woman w ho had left them, ready witii a
iapfnl of tins of every description. Into these
the tea was poured and liandt d helow. as ({uickly
TUK SLMMKU OK soUKnW
:if):
as thry cuuM lie lmM.IIc(|. ('u
scfiic I Wftit to the liatcli aii-l lock.'.l d
ii crowd of ^'i-inniii-- pjiss»"nuv,s I.<-ii.'atli, w I
rird off the ti
rioiis to \ itw tin;
iiu n, st'cini'
HI cur
IIS us they _i,r,,t thrill. Whfll thr hist
irop was out of th<- kctth', tl
If Woman who
it ran hack to the <ni]U
hcM
d .1
cy ami dippui;;- It into an
open copper of hot WMtrr r. placed it where sh
;,^ot it. The women did not (h'sappear, hut
>^Ul
re-
■()•
nim<,r their seats .,ii the edo,. ,,f the hatch pi
(vc(h'd to discuss the tins of tea they had res.'rv.-d
for themselves liy-and-hy th.- h,,y hove in sij-lit,
and, unsuspicious of the chen^e in it- eont.-nts!
carried the k.'tth' to the cahin. {{e had 1
awa
ly hv<' minutes wh.'ii he reappeared ketth
hand and went to the -caUey. I stood he|iin<l 1
Hi- h)oked hewil(h're<l. "f.. (hid. I was ri;,dit; thei
no othei
•Ocl
>eeu
' in
iini.
v. s
kettle. 'Anythin;; wronL,^ my hoy '
1, yis: it's liot say waler instead of tav that'
in the ketth'." (
returned with the <-o()k wl
Joiii'i- to the sailor
s' (piarters hi
m
the ketth', h)oked perph'.xid. A
lo, on tastinji: what wa^
ccompanied liy
tht! hoy he ma(h; liis way to the cahin to report
a trick liad been phiyed upon him. 'relhn<.r Aih;en
"f wliat was afoot, she drew a shawl over hw liead,
came out and took her phice hy me in lee of th<;
lonjr boat, awaiting <U"veh)pments. The mate, foh
lowed hy cook, steward, and h
tl
)y, emer'rcd fi-,j
til
companion. .Stri(lin<r the deck with wrathful
Iiaste the mate went to the oalley and after hear-
injr the explanations of the C(xA-, sliouted "ril fiay
liUS
(;i,i;\\i:u talks.
til'' tliii\( > witli a r(i|)( > ( ii<l ('iiiiiiii:^ Imck.
\\>- ;i-kf.| itir, • What ilo ynii kimw alxiiit tliis'"
"III"' I liii'l n«> liaml it," I it|)liri|, ' imi-, I'm
•iori'V lu sjiy, r\rl| a til■^t.• nl' it. ' Allri II la IP.' Iicil,
)iri-l <ycii|._; III,, iiialimiaiitiv tl'i- inatf rrtortnl,
'\i>ii kiiMU u liM .ii,| it. till 111.' ri-lit iiWMV."
Of (•(illl>r I ki...W. lillt I \V. .111,1 |,..t trlj a -illllf-
tiiati like ytiiir--.-jf w !i(> hatr-- iiii'i.rnit i -.. Ifrit.nnldT
I MiMiii lia\-."
He j4i(iiiii.| lii> tt'rtli an.! Iia.l Ail'-ii ti..t l.tni
til" Ti- I lpi'li.'\f Ih' w.iul.l Iia\.- atN'iii|it.'i| to .strik •
III.'. W llf.lili',;- IKllllil til till' t IllVr nil! wmniii will.
Silt .|iii'tly nil til.' hatcliway li.' ;.-'<..,! tlifiii.
"Is it till' tay ye arc a^kiti aftlni-' Sifc an it
wa^ti't lia'l: \\a> it. M i- < )"Klalifrt v'"
•Da.jr it was <iiiiil'i>itiii this .-af'r, iiiojnin. Mi>
Dixilaii, an ^ I it was ov thf uiiitl. iiiiii Id srMii
it tn lis. lt> a captiMii yr shoiik' lie •nstt-ad (.\
d niati', my .'.'ar.
•'r.ll me wlio stoli' thf tea-kcttk' from the
^allry." ydlfi! tlir niatr.
•< )ch. ileal-, ilniit ''r sInHitin so loii.'," icpliri] Mis
l>o()laii, ■ if I lie old, I'm tuit ilraf yet. An as foi-
.'^tcalin yrv .lirtliy oi'.M tay-kitth', sniv I a-v tlif
Loy with it in his haml this minit,"
'•('onic. no prfvai'icatiii'4-. \ m know wnat I
irn'aii. Wlio stole the ti'a^" ffinl tn- mate.
"Mis Fi'itnan. ^•t■ sjt tlicic niver savin*'' a wonl'
fan t yr tell tins swati- i;int]i'min v.li > stole the
tav. "
'•^"u■|l 1... luaiiin til., tny tl,r hm-ll..,,! touM n.
'"'1"^''' "" 1""""'^ i"t" tin- Imn.j. ,.f tl„. ,n,,t.. to
^■'V.. U. ..„ tl.r VOVM--. \Vh..,., ,l,,t t,.v w.ut tM
' ''""^ '^""^^ "t "wl, rt awl. I),, vol, M,-,
OKIalHTty'" ' ' ■
■■'■""'■ ^'''"""•- ^''-^ l'l>..-,MI. to 1h. I.U.tlU.liM H( h
" '-;""''""" ",„i k,.,, ti,., ti,, ,„,„„ 1,,,.^ ^^,^^^j^^
tn ,i^iv.' ... tMV ,v:;la, aftli.r tin. .-,., j.-.n-'^ln.
'■"'■^'"' '"•' <'" '""1 'In.iik tl.r la.t ,|,,,p, ,1,,, i,
^''" '■■'-' '"l-n. If v.. pla/.... .„•. it wonM (a.f
'"•'tl"'-^v. .-...v. t..,,„t a --..in o'.|,n^-ai- in it.'
\t till., Ail-rn, wIh. I.a.l I,,.,.,, .,iiix,ii„. u.tli
"-tiaiiir.I i.H.iiiiM'Mt, i,u,>t into a ripple of lau..!,
'"'■• '""' '•""' '""^. '""I an rrhu from Lmrath
>Ih.\v-,| il„.,v u.n aiuu.r,! au.jitor. at tlir hatrh-
U"y. 'Il.r n,at.m,.\v p„,.|,|, ,vitl. uratli. .S..,/ii,..
M.-() l-lahrrty hy tin. shoul.l..,- !,.■ faiilvH-ivaUH.r
■N'-u oM |,a-. you know all al,„ut it, .l,ou n.r thr
tiiiil."
Tlir woman n.sr to hn iWt. Iht ],,n- -ivy j,air
"an-iiii: 'lamp an.l limp in >t]a-o-Jin- huk'^s. 'w.d,
a twmklr in Ii.t ..y ^' .- conipo.r.ily n-ani.-.l tl,.-
niatran,! ,ln.ppi„o. him a cirtscy, sai.l, sir couj,!
•"ot jvfusr ,so pui-lit.-a -intl.-min. Tlnavllin in
*"••'•'" I'Hrt.s isa.s i.oo.1 for mamuTs a. a l.oaniin-
scliool ...Idication, Mrs Fincoan."
With an oath thr mat. .sl.outnl. ' Show m. the
tnit'f."
"Its that .sam,. I'm o-oin- to .h," .sh.- ivpli,.!
'•(.H.u. aftJRT m,.," an.l .>Ih- put hw fo.,t ..u tiie
400
<n,EAM-,K TALKS.
Iiiililcr tli.it lt'"l into the lioM. Tlic Mi»it«- ->hnink
I'iick »i-< W sli(»t. "Alt' you not i-coriiiii'" ask«'<l
Mrs ( )'KlalnTty. "IrKliKlc its |iioii<| wt- will nil 1..-
to sec ycr lifWtit'llI filer licloW t"o|- yr IlilVf tlcvt-r
liClll (|oV tl to Sff US V'<'t."
'He's liHsliful," intiii»'ctf<l Mrs Dooluii. ri^iiiir,
"conn- \vi<l iiir, it" yr jdn/.r, Ml- Mutr, im I'll inttT-
jucr yoti,"
Tlir mutr was '^lurin^- with a look in wliidi frar
inin;r|,.(l with hatHr.l la^-r. 'I'hr croiirs notr<l his
statr of riiitid anil rniovrd it. ('an vr trll mr
Mis ( ) I'lahri'ty, whrrr that tinr jiaifuinr is ('(anin
froiu!'"
"Is it thr sint at!" tlir mate, yvr snirllin'" it-
iiiarkt'd Mrs Finr^an, who had rrlit lirr ])ij»r and
was looking- on with a solcinii face. ' Surr it's
<-amtin'. an hr shinrlls a\ it likr an oidd maid's
cliist o' drawrrs. "
••H(.<rnii, yrr jtard(ai, Mrs Fin(';;an," i-^'tortrd Mrs
<>'Flahrrty. "it's a docthur hr hr, an lir is ('(anin
down to srr thim sick wid thr favo)-. "
With a \dllry of curses thr mate turned away.
As he Went t(»w,ii-ds thr [»ooj> he was folIowe<l hy
a chorus of cries from tlu' old women, Wunna ye
come an i:it the tliafe:' How <lid yr like hot .say
wathcr for tay.' Kemimhrr, an srnd us our tiiy
roiilar afthrr this, not foi-i-ittin t})e shno-o-ar.
There's a favor patient wants to see ye, sir.
Wlien hr disappeared 1 said to Aileen "none
but Irishwomen could ha\-e so settled i l)ully."
'I hi: m \im;i: m
"^•MiunW
^"'' "" """■'■.' ^1.- h^u-^hiw^]
«ii|ihi
\' I
• 'llll('<l
'■' •' n riij, ,,r t
;oi
hil\ t!
'•'• --<• iii-nf l\-. ' 'I'
<'li'art
'I. nil. I t\\f s|
'Wiir.U II ,,11
iiii-l. r ,1 li^lif I,,
''lit f li. r,- ;,c,. ,,
"I' IIIM-lf N..IIIC |,|
< C/l
Tl
[tfi ''.[lO.,
"•'■"• "••'> II'- 'Iradi tn.l
'lie CJlsf
\v wriv iKH) mil. , tV..,,, \
f"|'^"''- "»■ 'I lull lin^.
Il"li/u|| l,rt'..|V s||||.,.t
"t liVrC
ny.
I lir liMat>\\ aiii
"• ^'I'l fon'.iy ^|,uu..,|
•w t"iiii.||aii«l.
■'''•W tlu,
'lit. ,,t t
II* t'd^'f (
■I" th
?>> U;iiiir.| all
Tlir li-l.t I
""""'"•-4 an. I niisrnil.lv c.M.
"•'•'^•' w.. I, a, I ,|i,.,|
li''l|»l.s>ly until at(. 1- ,|
'iw.iy an. I \v r,.l|,.,|
l'I» JVniii (I,,. ^,,11(1,
'iiiH r, u Inn tl
our cour
A I
•a'>t. ujiicli s,.|,( 1,^ I,
"■ w in<l cauK
'W iin^- ((li
I'V th
aiKJ t'.
aii.lf.l
"' >.I||..1N two .1
'";;'■ -tay.aii, that ha,| |„...„ |,
a\s a;;-., \„i
"■'•'""-t, was j|.,ist..,| r,,c iIh- I
■lit
\\'''ii thr nnin
ii'^t tinir. an. I
iiu
l-''-pt'My to th.. sh.p. .J,,...,,. s.Vk
ivascs an. I the l...,|v oj" a j
lll'SS
\\a^ <li-i
f
•I'I»<''I int.. tl
a I toy of
"• <>c<"iii in th.. i
■> \ rais ( it"
■•{'■■r.
las nia-lc tl
''•■'|i"'iH-\- "f .Iraths 1
'•">^Hn.|...sp..,.ially tho>.. nr,.hiMn,;, ,,i||
t'aunicnt. \\|
th.' .1
'lone, tli.'V
"I'.'iinon. 'I'll
"■ p;is><'(iL;..|> cai-
"ilt littli'
['•■"^t .[..pth .,t' wivtch...!
^''iiii t.t
'•<■"•>;. as th..v I
I'nd
f s
wit'
l">s.. hotll I
• ' IS no l...tt..i'
!»•' un.l i'
ia\.'
• ar.
tar as J
siH' IS sinkin- .Slu- nn^ht rajjv ha.l
ii.Minsl.nu'nt to ,^nvr )„.,• i,„t \v,. h,
'•an ju<l<'.('
wt' siiifahl.;
SI
"• lias n„t .-vcn fivsh air, hut wit)
inhal.'s th.- stench of a pestil
to- (\i)
not]
nuj;.
cnc'i'.
anything- else for her, .sits at the 1
1 <v(.rv lireath
rncl
♦', unahje
lead of the
»r
■m: ifl
IMAGE EVALUATION
TEST TARGET (MT-3)
r/
/,
{■/
^.^\
^
/,
1.0
I.I
1.25
Ik
m
Lg
1^
hi.
lU
■ 22
lU
1^
IL
IjO
|2.0
U.
1.4
11.6
/.<
^^ JV
.^VV
^
Photographic
Sciences
Corporation
^
^
^
^<b
23 WEST MAIN STREET
WEBSTER, N.Y. 14SB0
(716) 872-4503
,-^
*"
1
402
OLEAXER TALES.
Ifrtli, lui- lwiu«l claspt'd in liis. We had a woikUt-
tul siMistt. 'Pile cliaiim of \viinl l)roui;ht warinth
iiuil <lii|ii)ltMl th»' sky with Hoccy clouds. The foie-
rastle hcini^ deserted Aileeii went with me and
V, e sat wliei*', lookin<; down, we could see the
eutwater tl..--hini,f the waves into t'oani, or, looking'
ii]», set' the cloud of canvas and tracery of rope
jind hioek crinisonin;^- in the waning suidi<^ht.
Thi' sM'. W!is si'ttinj; s(» directly ahead of us that
it nii^ht he sup]>MS(d the man at the wlieel was
-trt lini; for it. The ^■litteI•in<,^ burnished path\\ay
it tlinw Mci'oss the ocean, oui- ship sailed up.
"Sure."' whisperecl Aileen, "it is the I'oad to the
l;iiid of promise and the sun himself welcomes us
; s Wf JIlU'sUc it."
"Hiavcn i^rant it may he so, hut for some on
1 oard th"' land of promise will never be."
■Don't be looking; at the dark side, (Jerald. See
yondrr elouds, their downy edges touched with
t '.wV. Let ns fancy them the wings of the angels
V, ho are beckoning us to homes of plenty and
content beyond that western wave, and cheer up."
.\s I looked into her face, bright with enthusi-
;isiii. T felt if angels beckoned I had also one at
iii\' side to .'ucourage me. We gazed in silence at
the glowing scene, marked tiiC sun's disappearance,
and the deepening colors in cioad and water.
Turning our gaze to the ship we could trace the
.«un's departing rays as they creeped up the tall
Mn.sts. "Who would think," I said, "to look upon
THE SL'MMEK OF SOKUOVV. 40.4
this most beautiful of all nmn'.s creations, a ship
in full sail radiant in the sun's richest tints, that
in her hokl she is bearinjr an unspeakable mass
of misery and woe^ H<> v dark within: how brijrht
without. How deceiving; are appearances'"
^ "Nay, C;erald, rather look at it this way: How
C()d in his nr,K„lness beautifies what man mars
Nothin- so loathsome the sun will not bathe in
the fullness of his brijrhtness and i,doj-y."
And in that I thounrht, the sunshine is type of
woman's love, which is not withheld by what is
repulsive ami like the sunshine takes no defilement
from what it touches.
2}).— Uncle's wife died this morninrr. It would
not be com>ct to say tlie fever killed her, for it
had not reached its cri.sis. She was weakly when
she left home, and the sojourn on the (juay, wait-
incr to nret on board ship, pue her a bad cold
Her system was so reduced, she couM not with-
stand the onset of the disease. Uncle wanted a
cofHn, and the carpenter agreed to make one for
hve shdlings, but when he asked permi.ssion of
the mate he refused, so she was buried like the
others, slipped into the ocean. I recited the
prayers for the dead, and the deck was crowded,
many beincj there who had not left the hold since
we sailed. Just as they were about to lift the
corpse over the gunwale Aileen suddenly burst
into song— that mournful, consolatory hymn of
the ages, Dies Irse, to whose strains so many
404
fJLEANEll TALKS.
iMillioTis of tlic t'jiitliful linv.' I n <'ar»'i<'<l to tlio
<,MJivr. It was h^v iiui^iiiHct'iit voic, soiindin;;
from tilt' ( iioir-loft of our tluipcl. tliat first divw
mc to lur, uihI, iicvci- licfoic, did I hear her put
iiioiv fcrliutr into luT voicf than now. When tlic
last straiii of melody floated over the watiTs, there
was a hush for a minute, my unele laid his hand
for the last time on the head of her h«' so dearly
loved, there was a plvuip-, ami all was over. Tiie
hreakin^ out of the fever has produced, .-ven
amon^^ us hardened to misfortune, somethinjjf like
a panic. The crew are in mortal terror of the
infecticjii and will not allow ])assen<jjers to <^o on
the forecastle, as was their wont. The ship being
sent to sea purpo.sely shorthanded, the owner re-
lyiuL^f on saving something by getting the fuii-
grants to help, a fev.' of our lads, who luul been
given bunks in the foreca.stle and allowed .sailors'
rations, have been warned, if they go down the
hatchways to see their people, they need not re-
turn. The captain and cabin passengers never
leave the poop. As for the mate, he seems to put
his faith for protection against infection on cam-
phor, and so smells of it that he must have a piece
in every pocket. Uncle's sorrows are not ended,
for two of his family are very ill.
30. — Cold and rainy with fog. A north-west
wind is blowing that drives the ship at a good
rate, though not straight on her course The
fever spreads and to the other horrors of the
lUK SJMMFIl OF SOUIK.W.
40.')
st('(':-at,'t' is jkM.'.I tli
(' cncs (>
r t!
wi.
I
lose Ml Irlimuil.
iilc I WHS coiiiiiiif tVoin tlu> ;,'all»'v this aftcr-
nor.ii. with a pan of stiralH.iit for some sick cliil-
•livn, a iiiaii su<l(I.'iily spiaix^r upwards fn.m the
hatchway, nishr.I to th.- hulwark, his white hair
stnMMiin<r in the witi.l, aiui without a iMonicnfs
hesitation leaped iuto (}>,• secthii.- wateis. He
»;isappeai-ed l.erieath theui at once. His (huiijhter
soon OMu.e huiTyiiii,r up the hidder to look for
him. She aid he liad e.seaped from his hunk
duriui,' her uiornentary ah.sence, that he was mad
with the fever. When I told her ovutiy as I
could that sIh would never see liiju ai^^ain. she
could not helieve lue, thinkino- he was hi.linir. ()h
the piercinrr cry that came from her lips" when
she learned where he had ir,,ne: the rush to tlu;
vessel's sid,>. an.l the ea-er look as she .scanned
thefoaiuintr hiHows. Aile. n led her away: dnnib
from the su<ld.'n stroke yet without a tear.
May ]._\Vind still from northwest: ship l.eat-
\ny; atrainst it in short tacks. Most disa<,r,veaMe
motion. (^ist lead at noon. At 1.50 fathom.s
found no bottom. A whale crossed our how.s,
not a hundred yar.ls away. ])urin- the after-
noon wind V'-ered to northeast and before dark
developed into a ^£rale, before which we are .Iriv-
infr. Abiy it last lonrj enourrh to brinir us to land.
Two death.s today, which has been a huly mi.ser-
able May-da\'.
2.— There had been a flurrv of snow d
urmjr
406
CLEAXKR TALKS.
tlie iii^Mit, so that yards an<l dock W( n.' white
\vli»n I went out. The ^'ale still holds and boat-
swain said if tlu' wratlu'i' cleared we would see
Newt'ouudlaiid. Two small hoorns crneked hut
that has not deterre«l the eaptain from k«'epintr
on all th(! sail the slnp will In-ar. At times lier
lee rail almost touches the water, and the drk
slants so it is dithcult to cross it. The captain
is anxious to end the vova<'e, an<l no wonder, for
the fever spreads. One child and two adults
have died within the last twenty -four hours.
Their liodies were droj»ped overltoard when the
ship was ir,)in«^f 12 knots an houi". A cold, miser-
nble day.
5J. — The pile blew itself out durin^i' the niij^ht
and today it is calm, the ship pitchiiifj and lollin^
on a f^lassy swell, and the saiis tlappin<( as if they
would split. There is a nust, and it is very oold,
which, the boatswain tells me, indicates ice near.
Lead cast and soundinj.- found, showing we are
on the Banks. Some of our pecjple, who are Hsher-
men, bar^^ained with the cook for a piece of salt
pork and usinjr it as bait cast their lines. Tlieir
patience was tried for a while, until we struck a
school of tish, when for half an hour thev cautrht
cod and dofjtish as fast as they could haul them
in. The .school then left and few were cauirht
afterwards. Thev gave a few of best fish to the
cook and in consideration he cooked what tiiev
had, so for one day all between decks had enougli
THE SLMMEH OF SoltUow,
407
t> oat. TIu; (Iiirikii
l<r- WHtr
• laily
has hmi M|<,\vni'r
wors.', and now the .sine! I of it is sIk.cIx
The luivivls nnist lniv,> In-rn fill,.,l in,,,! tin- Lifil-y
noara sowtT. R,.|)j;r„a„t as it is tu siuht. snail.
iUHJ taste it cont
inncs to lie (lolcd out
njea^M-e measure that the sick
in;r for water with i-ot a drop to j;
iinher now sick is appalliiiir _tl
m such
ai*e eontinnnllv ci v-
i\('
tl
leni.
'Ill
ever, the cause of hoth disea:
>y (lied
entery, the old of f,
starvation. Tncle's second
noon of dysentery. P,,,,,- u„cle' his I
one, yet he never complains. Win
southwest toward
le vouiiy- t)t dvs-
.ses
ll
lis aftt-r
)t i>
a sore
• I came fidin
peiature witii liuht r
s eveniiwr r.rin<rin<r milder tei
II-
schoone
left coast of Ireland
in. Si<r}ited .several tishinif
and saw .sea-birds for lirst time since
!•• — This has h
hri<rht and warm, at others f
on a variable day; at times
*>^'^'
y and chilly, ae-
as xeei-ed
1
c-ordin<r as the wind blew, and it 1
west to .southwest. Sailors lius_y
oH" forecastle an.i bitted to the cathead.s"— a si
roni
ettin^' anch(;r:
and laboiious busk. Pa.sso(l
ow
a number of fishing
smacks today and sailed through a school of
poise-s. Our own fishermen did pretty well today.
por
'i'he fish thev catcl
people. Xo death toda>'
1 is a great boon to our star
vinir
o. —
Weather thick and bitterly cold: no chdd
played on deck today. Passed lar-e fields of ice
re.juiring great skill in handling tlie ship to avoid
them. Captain remained on deck all dav. While
4 OH
(il.KANKU TALKS.
I I
iM\c n«'
i'(s)Mct foe jiiiii lis M iiiim, lit- is an »\-
(I
lltiit Miilor. Passed t uo sliips (•jui;^f|it in (he ic*-
H.ijit
•^U■|llll sa\s
tl
M'V Wll
liavf to drift with it
until till' witiil otHiis a channel liN' which the\-
can eseaiie. Steady wind from north-cast all day.
One death this cseinnLi", 'iod\' lanied hy nioon-
li-lit.
(!. - Xo ice seen toda\'. I'xiatswain tell-
nie
th
oiptain has hnai^ht the ship well south of it.
Weather coiitiinied thick, with wind fiopi cast,
and freipient showers of rain. I'assed a lieauti-
fully shaped two - masted \e-se|, J)ainti'd wliitc.
She hoixted the stars and stripes. Sighted two
Hl'LTc \('ssc|s. one like oursel\es croW<
Id
wit I
eminiMiits, for her lee hulwaik was Mack with
them. lookiiiLT at us. A patch of iloatin^• sea
weed ih'ifteil l.\' hcfore dark, showini- we must
1"' ne.ir land. Thei-e wcie Miree deaths today.
It it jilease (lod, may this aj^ony soon end.
7. -Steppinn' on dec k this moi'iiine- to my aston-
i-hiu-'iit saw land on either side — cajii- North and
St Paul isl.uid. the sunli;,dit hrinnin^- t'le li;^dit-
h.ou-es into shar[) relief. JJoth spits jooketl deso-
late. Init Wel'i
e a cheei-iiie' si
^■ht.
or tlnv Were
tl
)e
tii>-t land we liave seen since we lost sitxht of tin
•rrv
hilh
T\
lani
\ lO(
1 f
or
h
IS L^oouness m
l,iin«^nn;r us to land, the sij^rht of which cheered
nie heyond expi-ession. It sent a thrill of e.xcite-
J)
uriULT
tl
le
nHMit e\en throiiLrli the steerage.
iii^lit the w ind chau'^'d to the southeast and the
Til'- .INiMKK OF soltlt
(t\V
4()!>
.sl.il).nMk..s -M'Mt proirrrss. tli.- uai..,- 1m. in- s,M...,tl,
now hciriLT in tli.' LTnlf nf St I
l"ft lii'liiii'
•IS til.- ^wcll ,,f thr Atlaiiti
u\\ rt'iicc we liHVi
As till
iiiorniriL,'" \\mi» on It
sun ;
ia<l clinihi'd to liis lu'i;,'litli 1
U!«'\V WdinUT, JUI.I Wllftl tl
If
a
Imost uii[.|.-aNanHv lii.t. I
us ra\s lirciiiiic
u.'ck
of the la-, I whirl
assctiMcis not seen on
■as
sine., w.' suil.Ml. cmwI.Ml n|> f. Iiavr u siirht
I w.' (|iiic|<ly 1. ft ast.Tn, iiful to
in
li
Nlltisl
line, nntii few
t'XCl
pt tl
(■ SIC
'■•■""''"•••I 1"I'AV It va> xv..n.|,rfnl tlir rl.Ki.^.
li-atan.l |.:-<.s|...,.t ,,r >o,,n hrin<r ..t, lan.l, wn.ii.-ht
'K'"
on til
tl!
>t>ints of lis a
llo,
• ' l:iisc»r ,
>r til
>•• si<nin-- atVcsli, ami
pa>t v.M- foiL:,,tt. n. Cliil-livn
play.-.l ai.out tin ,lrrk an.l i|„. |
tiori tilliMi f|i,. air. Tl
in si-rlit. iM.iin.l, lil<
iiini of cfitui'rsa-
II re \v(.jv
a niiDiiici- ,)
f si
III)S
kc ()iirsc|\-..s, foi- ( >ii,.l
iciicc
Hours si)(
■I ami We Were
Hinl-rocks— lonrl\- islets of
tastic shapes, sIkmm/io- sI
iieaniii,^ <Io\\n mi the
rock, worn into fari-
whose cliffs M-ive a foothold t«
icfi- lip from the sea ami
o
f Wl
> sea fowl, s(iuatli
oils
tentl
lom were careerin;,,^ ahove then
W
y watch iiHr th
iilc in-
ese
iinVhty liver we liad ent.Ted
sentinels of the n-iilf of th
tall on the face of
my (ye chaiicccl to
liad i)ei-suade.l to stay on deck
and sallow it could not he, for si
HI old woman whom Aileen
and
W(
More jiinched
le was wasted
■•"■'^ ''lit, to my alarm, 1 saw its lines as-
Mimine- the ri-idity of comit;.; death. [ touched
Aileen's arm to direct her attention. She -.vas
tlowii on her knees l.y her side in a moment
410
M.KANKIl TALKS
'Motlur, tlt'iir. lire you imt I'ctlin;; well''' 'I'lu»
i-yt'lids lit't«'tl iiiiil till' iiiiswcr «aiiM', I tliaiik (i<t«l
iur Ills j^txMliU'Hs, Mtiil tlicri tlu'V <lru<)|)«>(l ovrr tln^
iKtor (la/.»'il ■.•y^■s. I .,tt |i|)*ii into my ciiWin fur a
till til" watrr iitiil Ailtrii h-ltl it to Iht lip^. Sli»!
it'cldy iiKitiniM-il it uwiiy 'I lie sli|» nl' ii niil V ho
lifloiij^od to lit r, a ;^Maiitlcliil(l, now nuli/iii;,' tlic
foiiiiii;,^ clian^'f, cl.isiH'il licr roiiii<l tin- lU'ck .
'liiaiiiiy, tlt-ar, tltju't In- alius in nu* all aloiif;
>iiri' we >.fi' Aiiifiiky mow ainl will soon In*
walk ill on it.' Tlii" soul was i|nittiii<;' its trail
tfiR'iiiciit l>ut tlif cliilil's voiti' so t'ai" rt-rallffl it,
that a slight look of ri'co'fiiitioii liLfhti'iii-il tho
fai'f. "()ch, stay wiil int-, i^naniiy, an I'll ilo yer
liiiltliu ami iiivir vix Vf ULriii. Wi-'ll soon lu;
ha\iii lashins of meat an watlii-r, an yt- wurina
noc'tl to III' ^'ivin nic your shaiv. <) stay witl
nil'!" At that nionit'nt thiTi' was a ifport of a
niMski't firi'tl near hy. Tlif })ass«'n;,'t'rs. oroujit'tl
ai'ouml the <lyin^ woman, jiiisi'il tht'ir startlutl eyes
ami saw it was tht' mati-, wht> hail liivil at the
sea fowl on the roeks we were now passin;^^. 'Iha
an<4iy scowl at thi' inteiruplion meltiil a^^ain iiito
sorrow when Aileen, liftinir the t^ray hcatl fi-oni
lier lap, reverently strait^^iiteneil it on the ileck,
ami leavin;,^ the hoiiy to the care of the women
who erowileil near, kil the sol.hinj^ ^^ii'. tlouldy
or{)haneil, to our caliin. At sunset we huried the
hody ami with it that of a poor cripple, who had
been sutlerinj,^ from dysentery. We sat late that
TIIK SlMMEIl (»K SOKIU
»\V.
411
night, for tli«> I
ill t)
le Hill
p ex I
'I'M/.c wjis wann uii.l tli.- ««|i.M-.i of
m.lnltirl;,^ wlijl,. tli.- wjitrrs sparklf.l
wh
Ixxtts
»«• iiioonlij^ht. I lin<i I
'«"ii ill ImiI soinr tun
H'll vo
IOCS outsidr wak.'ii,'.! iim>. U
wiis
wain aii<l a .sailor \vl
lo WtTf
talk
s<mn«l of their
Ml!', mill
th
ih
voices scellieil to e.xpress iistotli.sh-
iiuMit. I (hesse.l ami hunieil out. K tl
."•lie wroii;;^" I aske.l. ••|)i,| y
oil ever
thit)<
tht! hke of that^ ■ the hoat
injr tl. the sky. Th.- uin.l ha.l faUe'ii aii.l l'I
up the iiiast.s I
lele ailV
see
NVVaill l-ephe.l. \,y point-
^'Iniicin;;
saw .sail, and rope, aii«l hlock v;er«i
Uiotionh'.ss. Ahove hun^r floll.ls the like of which
I had
never .seen. 'Dier.. were thousail.js <.f tl
U'lll.
getl
ahoiit a si/e, all spherical, and all place.! to-
II.S e.xac
tly
wimiow. ThoKirh iiid i";
as the janes in a cathedral
in tl
'>i'. view, the iiiojii
was
le /.eniih. and its downward rays fell on th.
cloudlets, illuininatin^r tl
ghostly li^dit, reHected l.y
leni and transniittin<: a
a ^rjiostly .sea. "^'i
(>m
the hori/on U> the ap«-.K the illusion of the cloud
perfect in represeiitin<r the ship as stan.lin^r
was
beneath the centre of
sph
a <;reai, dome composed of
spheres of jrn.y ^rhi.ss, through whicl
light mysterious and f
of a <rla.s.sy sea, ilark and (Jread. Wl
I streamed a
earsome, revealing- the face
lat weather
does this poitendf' 1 whispered Th.' hoatsw
shook his head. "It ain't
ain
lor, 'It's death. \
weather, sir
said
tl
>e
8ai
grow worse.
c)U -see if the fever don't
H.— I ha.l sat .so lonf^ on deck durinjr the ni.dit
tJ
«i
41S
»;I.K\\KI! TXt.FX
flmt it wiis liilr in tlic liny w In u I M\\i>kf Ailt-ru
IiikI '^iitli- (tilt l>Mt ntlllllril wliiti I liMil iIiissimI
mill \\r liml liitiikl'if-t A w t tfiii Knr/c wiih
u itiLf mill till' >lii|i was tinkinuT IIh- Imtit-
Mi
""'liii im|.| iiir till' '_Milf WMs i>\ir *J()(I iiiilfs w iijr
Ml tlii'n wjis |i|( Mty i.i' V, ,1 I'lHiiii liiit li t'.iif tii'^lit
\\r t'llllM'l tllrli' WHS rni». As till- ililV \\i>li' on
tin- w iriij imi 1 ii~i>l mul tli
<• W I'.. Inr liicjilMr
thick.
"*<• tliiif till- null I II tin- jniikiiiit ki |it >i iiiiulin^j
iiiHv Till' ciiiitmn wan
till' Imln iirml\- nil tin- ti
iiiiiji' at'iiiii! lit' ii'i flimi lit' II ri«lli
• •tluT sjiiji, Miwl iJiil lint l(i'\.' till' ilick nl'trr «liiiii«T.
»ii>ii Willi un-
til
tliini;
' srrnu't
It was aliKiit <i iiVlork. w In ii <\i r\
to lif 1,'niii^r Will, till' •«lii|) tiaii»iM- tliiiiiiLjIi tin*
wnt< r I'll lii'i- iiiiitlniii tack, wlim tin- t'u"- sikMch-
i\' thiiiiiril, aii<l til III
ir --111 prise wc siiw liui«
uMcail
W
wric nut i)\tr a niijr tioiii it Th
c)i)it)iin slin'iti'il to Mil- iiiaii at tin- wliccl, wli<»
I'loii'^lit tlir ship lip til till' wiiiil, the sails sluttinj^
like to liiiak the in; ts. '{'li,. \-ari|s of th<' i
ore
mast wt'if s(io|i liiacril romid, ntul the i|iiivstion
was whi'thrr the ship woiij.l we.ir in time to avoid
rikim:. for the himl was i
low so near
tliivt
we
CollM see the foam of the I.|eak"rs (,■■ the shore.
There was a ilreadfiil pi-.iod of ^iisjieiisc, iliirin;^
which the hip ilrifted 1. roadside on towards tin-
land, until the sails of the foreiii.ist hellied out
on ciitchinL; the wind. w):en she turned on her
heel, and the order tacks mid sheets inveii, when
e\-eiyliody who h»id lieeji alije to •^vt a i^'rip of
Tn
i; Nl MMKU <»h' snuimw,
I* iV >trrii;,'tll
4i:i
Tl...
thr n.jM-s I. in!,..! \v!»!i a!! t!
ship was now .,i, tl..- ntl..r hu k. wh.i. \v l.tt tl.
liirnl
Hst.lll. ail.l will, I, |i,v^,||tr.| ,1 .|,.>,,|
lit)
|M'iuaiic.-, II J'lififiuiiii.l of i<i(!v
up-
IhIiJipI
oil whlcli \v.|r piitcll.-, ..r
witli low liill<
>ii<>\\ Tin
H.atMVaiii "^ai.l it \va> tli- last.n, ,.f„| ,,f i|,
islan<l lit
A I
tl
lUr.isti, arxj hail w,- shiidc t\,
(• KH-
lov, wilt) cscapri; ijlnw |iiM;r Wi.lij.j
to ilcj'tii, li.r tin- JNliirHJ
li '\ <" stniAi
;i\f a l:;4lit|i()u>,i- or t
W 1 '
H U!iiiilial.itti| I tliiaii-ht it. Iiiit lii.'
h
•• IS lint rr.spoiisil.jr. tliat MUi jMopI
star\)'i| to iNatli
'III
out ol our foursc, tor tl
ot say It. tor
»' \\( If liri||>>-
->
•o'Uil s|ii|». ( )ui- has \i\<^ 'n,i
n\
ptaii
1 sl!l)i>os»'(
vv
<i I.
was wrll ([..ar of tl.r i.Jaii.l, is Maimd on tl
curnsits aiKJ ti«l.s of tli.- ^iilf.
!). I'nclc's old.st s(»n tlifd of till' f
after <laylij;lit. 'j'lic Mow i
If
s >i crusliin^r
I'M-r
one
I lia\r y<t to hear tin- fiist iiiiiiinur fi
soon
, I. lit
H
oiii unc-li
is suliiiiission to till- I)ivinr Will
m<r. The ImxIv aloii;;- with t
ovi'rlKJunl when tl
is most toucli-
\\o nioir Wf ilroppcl
!<• sailors wfi.' at <linin-r.
Tl
lo
lu-ar the cnil of our vov
tl
n'^r, the little tyrant
on
If poop has ui\,.n n(. onl. r to incri-aso the supply
of waler or hiscuit. I .li.l not think the st.-ncli
of the liohl eo.ilil It
)ia<I a <hn
■collie Worse, hut the heat
we
y a;;o lias uitensifieil it. To d
tlie hold has liecoriie more than I
eSCTK
I inti
1 told Aileen tcday si
can wi
11
ttear.
the hatchways. Wind unf
ship tack in*;.
!<• must not e\en ^'o near
avorable all dav, and
414
OLEAXEK TALES.
10. — Wind again in the south but very light.
Today in rnakinf^ the weatlier tack we came cloflc
to the south shore, which seemed to be u succes-
sion of ranji^es of ljii;h hills with trees to their
tops. This was a sad day, five havinj:^ died. Ex-
chanj^ed sinrnals with a ship. She said she was
from Liverpool with emifj^rants and many were
sick. Lead was kept j.,^oin|nr all day.
11. — In beatinor across the mdf this morninjr.
the wind beino^ ahead, and cold enongh to chill
to the marnnv, we noticed a small .schooner bear-
mrr down upon u.s. It was a pilot boat that had
siji^hted us. When along-side, a row boat left her
and soon a pilot was climbinj^ to our deck. He
was a Frenchman and spoke broken Engli.sh.
When he .saw he ha<l got on board an emigrant
ship, he seemed to hesitate, and looked as if he
wished he was back, with the bundle he had in
} !3 hand, on the .schooner ajTain. The boat, how-
ever, was by this time near the .schooner. "Any
seek:*" he asked the captain. What the captain
answered I could not hear, for he turned and
took the stranger to the cabin. When the pilot
reappeared he took command, and I noticed lie
never left the poop. In tin; afternoon it grew
foggy and from the forecastle the dismal sound
of the fog horn came. Being now well up tlie
gulf we were in the neighborhood of many vessels,
and a collision was possible. We sighted no ship,
however, until late in the afternoon, when -we
THE sr^rMER or sorrow.
415
saw inasttops above the fo^r siie pi-ovo.l to l)e a
lai-nre vessel in splendid order. Rnn<,nn<r close to
us, her captain asked if we had a pilot. Ansvicr-
ed yes, he replied he had none. Our caj)tain ti,h[
them to follow ns. Instead of that, the order was
^iven to set more sail and in a few minutes sh;;
was lost to siLdit. Our pilot shook his head as
he remarked, "She heading/ foi- Mini^an rocks."
When it beiran to ^^•ow dark, order <riv(>n to let
SO the anchor. The noise of the rattlinir cable
was like thunder. A child died today, a sweet
(?irl todler that Aileen was fond of. Many of the
sick are sinkin-; toni<rht, not one of whom hut
micrht have lived witti proper sustenance, for it
IS the period of convalescence that proves fatal
in nine ases out of ten. Mouldy sea biscuit of
the coarsest kind an<l foul water simply kill the
pj ti'ent who has got over the fever, yet we have
nothini^ else to offer to satisfy their cravinirs.
12.— Anchor was weii^hed at daylirrht and when
I came out on deck found we were taclrin^^ to-
wards south shore, which was conceald by a"fog-
bank. Afterwards the wind veered to the easi;,
and a drizzHnor rain set in. Weather thick all
day, cold and disagreeable, with satisfaction, how-
ever, of knowing we are making good progress.
The pilot, like the captain, is anxious to make
all possible speed, and even the top stun sails were
set. This was a sad day between decks. There
..._...,, Tiiivi wi:c iiujiii.iiji' oi SicK grOuLiy
1
41 G
(ILEAXEU TALES.
I
iiiri-caMd. Xo vvondor: the air is that <;f a cliarnel
vault and tlic pfopK' aiv so weak IVoiii want ol"
food that thi-y liavc no strcn^'tli to ivsist di^msc.
I.S.— Dnrintr the ni((ht was roust'd l)y the noisf
of tlic anchor Icinij^ h-t <ro. On k-iu in^ niy cahin
svas astoun<ied, for I stepped into hrilliant sun
shine, in whose heains thc^ waters daneed, while,
like a panorama, a lo\(ly landscape was unrolled
on either sid(\ No loriLfor a weary waste of water,
with an unchannino- horizon, met my view, uut
a nohle river, rollinir between picturescpie banks.
The north was ru<rued. with lofty Inils, wcKxled
to the sunnnit: the st)uth was an undulatin!,^ slope,
alonfr whose lower vih^e i-an a line of small white-
washed houses, so near each othei- as to form a
street. The fields were tlushed witli ^reen and
some of the tree-tops thickened with bud and
bursting- leaf. Evidently the occupants of each
house had a farm, which ran like a riband from
the ri\er to nifrh the head of the slope, which
was crowned with woods. At reoular intervals
in the line of houses there is a chuich — plain
stone ei'.itices with high pitched roofs, which, with
steeples, are tinned, giving them a foreign look.
We were waiting for the tide to turn, the breeze
being insutiicient to enabU' the ship to beat against
the current. On the other side of the river were
four large ships, at anchor like ourselves. As the
morning wore on a boat was seen tt) leave the
shore and row towards us. The gunwale of our
'Illi: SI MMCK i
I nv soKiloW.
41
sliii) was ci-dw.lr.l with
'iplJroach. ();i
I'.-is. •ii-vi-s watcliin-- Imt
til" I)f).it rli,| i„,t
'•"iiiin-- M.ai- ii>, the t
^Vl» iiini ill
•nil
tl
"•y 'ii'l 11. .t tlirow tlicir li,:,. t
nicy (lur looks, j
()i-
cvidclifl'
<) us.
Tl
(•oiiii' to scli Us til
K'V
liuil
a
lioai-d. '•Lav to, wi.
I»i-ov iM'ons (li,.^- ],;,,(
.1 tl
If I'oatswaiii. ( )iic ot' tl
It ai-c you af.aiT,! (,IV' s):out-
eowlcd hrail. 'Pari
"What
"I'll shook his ],\
• •y vdus Fi-u
i<;ais
'I tl
sav
th
Uc
lie clKM
link 1
•Hlust
laoihci- was.' 1
»' wants to know .f
'"itsuain askrd uk
you speak French.
'^ '"'"'I>'»''''n(-v; what .i.H's he thin!
WiMlts IK
lllc
th
sich lui
f sa
It. Seaivd l,y the row of ^vh'\t^' {
111^
,^", ivtort.M
men ha.l plainly -Iccidcl to f _
ti-.-uIe troni fcai- <.f infection. ()„?. 1
<Jar to l,rin<,r th.' h.-afs head to si
tailing all the Fivncl
slioutcd • Lait,
1 words I had
aces th
'"i''.^'" the j,i-oHts ot
i;id seixed his
"I'c M'heii, re-
t'ver I
hand and
find jield out a poil
icai-d
I
witi
rouu'
nid
>ixi)cnce with the oti
1 one
one o
f t»
I" men eai
it and handed it hack. I
le <^>i\c nie one for a sixi
passen-ers hou-ht t!ie rest of tl
ler.
!-ht
T\
icy swuuL'
my pail, tilled
1
ointiiii; to .some 1
oa\e.s
»cnci
tl
c l.oat left, V\ich tl
iiid several other
em. This done.
save
th
lat milk Aileen I
e in
lopt's to
il(
cs of the few infants left. The l.read
th
oufdi it was 1
was welconi
peculiar .sourisli taste. Wl
iiiake, th.e oi-.jer to wei<,di the and
leavv am
icn the 'vie 1
had
a
•ei-an to
»e ships to the north of
lor was uive
n.
us Were doiu"- tl
ii tiic .sailors' son*''
came over the wate
'e same
r witli
as
n.^
(; I.KAN Kit lAI.KS.
iK'autil'ul cailciicc. Mi iidiii;;' witli tin- clKirns of (»»ir
<>tvu ( Tfw , wliiili lif;^jui with 'liaiil in tlic liowliiir,
tlic I'lack sliijts urolliii;^, " iiml cmltd iltcIiVlMMi;' tliilt
.1 of
All
tic is i:i\' (lailiiiLj. " With u hii
<rc sprciK
cainas we nnAtd sKtwlyuj) the mighty livcr for
tht'wiiid \va> linlit. In spitt- of oui* disnu.l sm-
roniiirniu's, tliis was a (hiv of (luict (h'h^ht t<t
Ailfi-n and myself. The extraordinary width of
th«' ri\('r, said to Ijc over tm niilrs, its wutiTs,
\n\n- an<l of deep hhic coloi-, c'hispin;^' at intervals
a ])ictnr('S(|Ui' island, the holiness of the woodo*!
liill> oil the north shore and the lui^htness and
)ft
soilness Ol
the culti\ated ian<lscai)e on the soutl
v.ere a constant feast for eves wearied (^f the sea.
The depth and teiidrr hhie of the sky, so niuc'li
more transparent than in the dear old land, par-
ticularly wiipressed Aileen. As we made our way
up the e-lorious river, the shores treuv'ed ne.-irer,
tl
le
hi
11.^
on
th
north trrew
loft
ler
am
I tl
le
southern haiiiv less steep. The sun had set in a
Cflorv of L:iild and erinison hevond the hills when
the order was i^^iven to let i,^o tlie anchor, tlu'
tiile no lo:\ixer sei\in;4' us. Quai'ter a mile ahead of
n.\ a lar;
shio (Inl
tl
le same.
Tl
le e\i'ninL:" bein
calm Aileen ^ot a wrap and we sat watchino- the
darkeiiini;' waters
and the shores that loomed
inoiiientarily more faint, until the lit^hts from the
house windows alone marked where they were.
"What is that:"" she suddenly exclaimetl, and I
saw a shapeles.s heap move past our ship on tlie
'illi; SIMMFIl OK SOIMJOW.
4 If)
oiltiroiii^- tlM,.. I'lvsciitlv tl
tVllotl
wateli;
H'lc was niiotlici- and
icr.
and l.cfoiv tl
( miiin-r my luad (.\ci- tlu- I.ulwaik I
lor cam.', it caught in our caMt
Anotl
ck'ur, I cuu'dit a -d
If swish of tl
"•' (un-cnt Mashed it
niij),s»' of a whiti' f
act'.
derst(..,.l it all Tlw ship uhrad ,.f us had
r
grants and thcv
ini-
<'ini-
•Iffid. Without tell
Mci-<- tlir()\vin(r overhoard tl
Kir
in;;- Aileeii, 1 -rraspcd 1
and
In'Nv her to our cal)ii
IKT arm.
14.— A
I f
n rvcntfui .lay, tht- const'
t'Jir, aitlKaioh, ivcallini
siM' how I could 1
'lUcnc's of which
i'wry detail I <1
o
not
t(
) see
tl
lavi' acted otherw'st-. ,
lis counti;\ so new un<l l)i-i(dit t
rose at dayjioht. T],,, ship
heating
littl
;nnist a northwest wind
vn.xiou.s
" ine, I
\v;vs under plain sail,
and makin<''
tak
e lieadway. One of our lads who had 1
en tl
help tl
)een
le
up the foremast to put to ri(dit
sailors was ordc;.d hy the mate
had
s st)me tackle that
ot entan^rled in the last tack. The hoy
Plundered, and the mate repeated the o.der with
Ills customary oath.s. At-ain the lad trir.l t
do what he Mas hid and failed. Ord
to go uj) and do tli
o
enng a sailor
the hoy to come down. He did
for he saw tl
le
If vvork, the mate .sjiouted to
so reluctantly,
t'ursing him for his si
mate had grasped a i
ope's end.
hi.s feet whih
still
owness, the mate .sei.-^ed
violently on the d.-ck wl
in the ratlines. He tVdl
to shower blows with the heaxj
iiead and back of fho l,,^,- „.k.. ,
len the mate pi-oceeded
rope on the
'iLCVHl-M '
420
(;i.i:ani:i! talks.
ln(\'
iinrcv
1 ( 'iilil not statiil it; invlil'"><I was
111-
•>itnn
I sill. lit. ■.!, "1
ia\ (•
jiity
(III
til
ili.l
not iiii'Mii to <li^(ili('V \i)ur ( 'iiici
It
1,
IS son''
for liis inotlicr \' lio dicil If.st
iiii^iit that coiifnscd him." Thr mate jiaii-cd in
his lasliin^' of thi' lad and i;hind at iin- with
such a iiiali^!i."iit look as I j)ia_\ the sniiits I niay
iit'M r a^aiii ha\ c cast on nic "M
in<l vour laisiiu'ss,
diiiiiii \-ou, or I'll have \<ai put in irons for iiiu-
tinv," he slior.t'''! and a-'ain laid the i-opc acio^s
th.
ad s (|Ui\('rinL;'
luxb
wi
th t
ItTCi'l-
:rrn:
rth
It was, p('rhii])s, foolish for my own intricsts hut
I could not li(l|) it. I spiun;^ at the mate and
dealt
of 1
lum
liloW HI
the f
111'
and we
rannle.i
-•rapi
ace. He clutcheil hoM
He was strontr, with
muscles toiii^dieneil liy fi^htini,^ sea and wind, hut
Slii^o l)(iv of niy inches will take odds from no
a
man ui a wresth
th
We fell time
an<l a^ain. In
Itentath me, lait he always managed to wl•i^^•le
U]> ai^ain, u
ntil I i^ot a i^ood hold of his neck
then I lient him under me ami riiiued Mows on
every part of h' i my rii^dit tist couhl icach. All
that the chcatino- \illain had done, his cruelties
to my people, his brutal inditierence t ) then- suf-
ferings, flashed across my min<l, and lent vim to
every blow I dealt. How the scoundrel howled
for help and, finally, for meicy. Not one of the
sailors interfered. They drew off to the forepeak
and looked on, L,dad to see liis ptniishment. The
i-e on. I leek foi-med in a circle
■njissenortT'N who \vt
'im-; scMMKit or .s(ii!i:(.\v.
431
•111,
UrMllIld us .l.|i;;Iltc<I at ll„. slnht. M|lr of tl
I recall, |M,|.]„..| i!j, iV,,i,i thr hat.liwny uti.l iirl."
"lit a Maclali. rii t(. in. • with f|,.. .■xphmat i..ii, 'To
linisli I, ill, ,,ir wi,|, yci- h..;i,.r." I i., .dr.l no -^hil-
'' '•^''- ''''"• »■'•"• that I ini-lit l"a!ally iiiit:iv Wh'
I'Ully aloll.. ,,lUsr,; Mir in pailM". I -atlir.-...! liilil
"P '" 'I'V 'iniis fur a linal . IK. it w h.-n a st
thiiiL,^ liajiprihi! inc. I
tll.'V Jia-^-cI 1,( InlV liic, the Avhitr f,
"i't'T Ihi; i.thrl- ,,r the dra.l I hcl
laiim'
-HW ill in\- iiiiiiir.s (VT, as
ic- (I one
jM (1 t(i (Ii-..[i iiit(
tlif >.'a. It \\a-> .uir .J" thi..,. IVcah- thr ima-^M-
ii.itioii J. lays uli.'ii tli.- niiii-l is JntciisfK- cxcittMl.
ills (-(aiM iidt !ia\f takri
1 (i\i r a 111! iiiH'iit (ir t svd
I'lit I saw till 111 all. plainly and .list iiicti}-. Sd-
< iiini/cc.l y.t stiviiMthcncd l,y the si^ht, 1 was
-iv.n a |...w.i- 1 had not. I i-ais.-.j tl
w
lio was whiniii-- and s.iM.inM', as hi-h as iii\- I
II' ciiacii.
iifast
jui'l lliin-' li:iii away as far as I cmuM. K,,it
iiivorrd jiiiii, h|. r,.|| ,,ii a cdil ..f
licl])|rss. The >tcward w.'lit t<» li
line
iViiiii I
lis .'V. s, and liiialh' 1
r«»]>!', wlicn- h.' lay
ini, wipe. I tile Mood
If was aMc to ii>c an
Iranin- .ai the st.-.vard".> left shoid.l.T. sjnil'lrd t.
the {•al.in. l!y this t
aMf to lra\(' thi- hold
line i'\f.>'\' niai
1 1 1; iii\' pcoijjc
tl
was on .l(fk, an . xcitcd
lion- .%•)-,. !• i'.a- li-htiii--. 'Tf th.'V hiv
tiii''fr
on yics ]..]• what y.- vc s,, natdy d.)n
c, w
!■ .! oicai
thu I
I
ii'ads av wwy wan
tl
I'ltr.in
man to nie, and I knew tl
o tliiiii, saiil a coiintv
lat wa- th
i'lnt of th.in all. S.)l'tly oprnino- thr door of
liffl.
/•>1 ! >i t 1
J.].,. ..Ut'.,l
^' ' i i i i' i -. 1 1 ivi.'il
422
(il.KWKU TALKS.
H^1«T|). (IcttirvLT ii t'lirin;^!' <)1" clcitlirv;, t'or tliosc I
IiikI 1)1 wi'ic t(nn ami lilttiiil-^tuiiHMl, I siipjHMl ciut,
IiH'l 11 w.isli it) a liuckct of saltwattr. atnl tlicii
dressed ]\\\s{
If.
At l.lenkfast I *n\,\ Ailcell all.
Slic was iiHlch shocked at the daii"-er I hail iiiii,
ami when satisfied I had i-ecei\ed no L,M'i'ater
iiiiiirv than suiidi-v lilack and I'lue hrnises from
kicks and lilnws and smue haiidfids of hail* the
oowaid had torn froip my head, she I
alai-liied fol- the lesidt.
lecaino
-sauititiL:' an otiicer on
slii|»l)oai(
I 1 I
<ne\v was a senous ortence m
rt;
tl
it>
of th<' Taw, and so did Aileeii. "I don't
tl
un:
I
said to her, "\ou net
d f
eai-
th
len* nuiu.-.li-
ini.,^ me a' ordin;^' to law, for they know if I am
taken hefore a court, all the villainy of captain
and mate towards the ])assenj4ers would conic out.
Tlu'v have hrokeii the law in tiftv wavs, and
know it. Wiiat 1 fi-ai- is the captain trviniT to
take tlu- law into his own hands liefore wc reach
(^uchec." We passed the day on deck as usual,
appearing;- as unconcerned as mi^'ht he. Whether
the cajjtain eiitcitained any notion of arrestin^r
nie. I cannot say, for hv made no s\<j;u. The siLfht
of a scoie or so of my people keeping nigh nie
^vhere\■er I moved, from whose coats peei)ed the
end of what tliev calle<l "a hit av a shtick, " mi
lave
had
some influence in deterriui
inn.
hut
the I'cal cause I opine to he what the boatswain
Vv'liisperod to me in the evening, that the steward
llilt.l J-il M . 11
iili!.i Iv/iii Liii' Ciiniclui liie Siiii<>r.S i-v > tl liidu V\'OUi<i
Tin: srMM[:ii .»f s<tiii:<i\v,
vr.i
ivf
use to put II liaixl uM I
III'
'I'll
• ■\- li.it.' til
mat*
IS
^vlio, l.y til.' way, acfur.liti- (., d,,' cul-iii I...y,
lyiii^' ill his l.ritli, Mlt.'iimt.'Iy -n.iaiti- V. itli j)aiu
ivii.l swraiiii- fi-.m la-r. W.' mn-l.' iittl.' pn.-ivss
today. Til.' win. I was ali.i.l an. I wc k. pt tack-
in;; cv. ly half h.-uy or s-,. !•, ".ratiii;,' up th.
liver thus, a ship overhaul. •. I Uv She was i
Ciy.le tra.ler, r.ri.l hein- shorter ^h.- wore nion
'I'lickly -ui.l l,.in- h.-avier la.l.'i. w„il...| uior.
closely to the wi-.nl, an. I owin,Lj t.. th-s,. a.lvnii
ta^'<"S sh.' oiitsaile.l IIS. As si,.- passe.l ,is, hei
captain stoo.l at the stern an. I .lan-le.l a rop.-
to us, as if .itferin-- t.. tak. (air ship in t(.w.
Our captain, with an oath, ru' he.j .|.,wn th." .•..iii-
panionway t.. hi.h- his niortiticaiion. In the after-
noon a (liscov.ry was nia.je that sent j<.y t.. the
h.art of every passetipr. A hoy had 'haule.l up
»i pailful of water to .louse his hea.l in. after i^^et-
tiiii,^ his hair clippe.l, when he '^ot .i taste <.f it
find f(aind it was fresh. 'I'he ti.j.' wa. ..u(, an.l
.it the point we n..w ha.j reache.l. at the ^lack,
th water is fresh. Pailfid after T»ailful was
haule.l on hoard, an.l the sick wer.- supplie.l
without stint, with water sweet, clear an.l cool.
Alas, the refreshin,LC drau;,dit came too late for
seven, who died durino- the day. I want..l t.)
keej) the hodies on hoard in hop.-s of j^nvin^- them
))UriaI hut the hoatswain advised otiierwise, as
he .said, althou^di we were within a short distance
oi .jii.uaiitiiie With the present wiml w" nu.rht
lU
».i.i:\\Kit I vi.i;s.
Iir t W M Ml- lli;cc (lay^ iif liiiiUtl',; i
' "I at ■'iirki-tiiii'''. iliiM- til -liMif.
t Sliiii aiM I
i..r
I.V II
•iiiMiiii'cl lit aiir-|ic Pi- nil iliiv. ( '' lid w iti
4r<'ii;^ \\ iii<l f"in,:i II itli u.^t. At iiili r\ .iN t!i<if
\V(»f«> si|ilalU, an ..iiipaiiiiMl I y .liivin; -Iimw a r^ i it'
lain Kill liail 'I'liitr h. Ill ' I'lir \mih! wmiM v, ,.
1-^ at ijiiai aiil iiii-, \ at In ic wc .iif iinaMi' lii a<l-
\ aricr a yaiil <iii diifway. I''i\r iliatlis tclaN. I
i'."">lv ' i| til.- l..„!l,.< lie k, |it f,.r I iiri;il l!.i;it-
•-NNaiii Im! I III' iii.iti' i-> wca-i' |iii|a\-. Iiiiii',; ri\cris||.
|a|it lilni liiai iiij.l til'' caiitaiii ^-a \ i liiiiia
Tl,
ire li;
N\it
aii;4 iir.ii.il til wak the ship,
1 !l !ia;i< I -. \\ i'\
a -I'll
111 I'li; t ;ii;4' till' \
lilt
(t
In !■ I,,f I
IIII', ^iiapiiii;, si-i ulilaiii;, aiiil |iaiiiliiiL;;.
( )ilt wai.lly the s|ii|, i-, Hiat ai.ij cli an, a -.JMlit (<
li;4lit a >ailia> i\-f, aial t
II I H I
at liri° Inan
f 111' 'li'cis it is liai'il In (I iiic(i\ !• lit' ijic |iiitiiil -tati
>t' 'liT li;il.|, Tl;
sti'W an
I lililiri I ■-( \ rial ( A' t li
I' isx'll^ TS W I
t!i wiil-kx- t.
(Iran tllr st
I't'^ alH
Iry-way-. I't' thr -trrra'^r. A '-(cnnrr j'a'ntril
IlLjtil 111' lirr ilrck,
V. Illlr ;; lai W I tl i a
liil|-r ilir li
a --nl M>. -I iin- . ast.
'.< -I mil
t l:r alicli, ,r Im'III ' \\rl"ll(
j'.W'ik'' 111' anij I liraiil i; witli _|<.\-. I (lrr-.->r.l
a:iii L;a\r lla- >a,l(ii> a liaiii!. Tlir wir-l liail
\ rrrni Miti ' t 1
I r I : ; s I
and It
;<'iiUii| a^ it ram was
(iilllll!
Ill' t'lifr iiiains;;il lia\in'i- Ihi-: s,t, tin
Sli'ip s\\i]it 1. 11, ki';'|iI!;l; l!ir cnannrj as rasil\-as
il" |a-()lir!lr.l liy slr.uil. W'lirli Ailrrli (.-aiiir out,
t 111' ( hi'.rcli lulls Wile riii-iiiLi Ini' rarlv nia>-.s. and
TIIK sr>!M|;|. ,,|- sokkou" 10-
'^'' ;'""'■' ""^^"' ""' "'•• I !•!.■ .!nvi:,:.a|.„j,. tl,..
7"'^ '•' "t^ 'wl. |{..,..,K ln„n H... >,...,...... a,..
-,"•">■ ''■'"•'•'• '"•- •"•". Huv.. W.aths .Inri,,.^
, "• •"-'"• '• -"- - i»' .. M.unI,,..- .,!• ,1... .;,.,;
'""'.'■""'"'""" I-'"^ "'"t r-,.i, .!n,,,.n.^,.iris
;"'\''"'''" ''■''•• ''-v.., ^^ns .Imt-.l u„h ships f,,
'"^^'"- "-""•' "- ^:-;''t..r s., , V !.„•.... ^...s..^
'""'"'■■ '"".l'-'i<-..IIy i.in,-,,|nin„ in . ,;ir ..,..• fas.-i
'"'"' '"" '=^'""' '•>• "h. n,iM ,,,,...„
''^''"" •'" •" l"''"1^ ""• •n.nk-. r,,, u.. a,v f:,||v
r"7"."'''' ""• ^^i'"' ^^'11 1-M '..„! tl.at u-.. will
;".' ' •" ''••"■''■'• '"»■""• •!"H., hi.l.lin, tnn.u..:i tn
till
I' '-I l;i.si.i\-. W
" " '|'''"'""i!ii'' was sicrJii.
"'• ' '''"I'l-'l i- t.. s,.. JH.u si... u,.,, ....(ti.rr,,,,
"'"' ";"'"'^- '">•''• IP -t -•<l..,l, un,f.. ,|,is, i;,ii
'"■"'"''"''^•^- ^'"- '■'^' '"fy ' u-ll ,nal:....M l,<,anl
'' — • l^l'-. M^v :;i. r.,„,t.M.r: ,!,.,vs sj,,,.,. I
'''■^'' '"" ''^••'' •" l-nn.H.tlMT. (;,,.|\ xvil! l.r.l.
'';^' '■''• '^ ^^ ''^'"' N.s.yit. V,.t I a^l, ,„,.„,/
"'"'^ '--''^ '-^^ ' "• '-rin.' (;n,.s..us a; l.a'
"■" '''y ' -• ^^■''■" '-^ if .•,.„,, ,aiv.| with (hat .,f
""""'^ ",y MJiish sun.w. KuM,,,!. ..f (his, l,t
""■ '■'■-'i"i'' my iM-.i-,!. Wlni, tl
•■•'"■'"■^t ' f thr .jiiaraiitiii.' I,
Mr ship fan,,.
i'"iMiii^s, all fivsh tVoia
-"..wn.a(.,f whit..w:ish,lh.. a,HM.,rwas,lr.,i,,,..,|
It was n. arly an hour h,.r,.,v (h.. ,,uaranti,H. .(iicvi-
■ .. I .1
■•-• v^- <^wa;w, aii-i i iaaiM imii . n strppii,^ i, ,„.,
42(i
• ilF. will I \I.KS.
hi- ItMiit a|).,I.).;i/.- ti> iMir cajifiiiii \'<>\- tlic "I<Iiiv,
••\viii;f to his unititi;,^ f(.|- In .nk fast. Thr captuiii
tools him -low II f,, thf caliiii atxl it '.\as n Imi;;
I"' a|)piari<l w hfH \\r strppc<l
hih" iMt'iiir h
'lowii tu thf itiaiii ihrk \vh<i<' all the )tassi'n'_,'ir
'll'l'- to l,r nllt iif !.,..|, Wrlr v,aifiri'4 hiiii. M<
wulkf.l idiiii'l II-. aski-.l a t'lU tn hoM mir tl
loii;^ili'., mikI tht'ii u. lit ilouii iiifi) thi' hold, \\ I
h«' sta\'t<l oiilv I) I limit
I' I If -.1 1
I'
Kir
U'Vr
issiri;; a t'l'W
wonls witli thf caiit.iiii, hr i r tiift ml his liuat
aiKJ was lour, I hack to the is|,iiiil, N- sodiirr
ha'l he |i Tt, than th-- hoatswaiii uTot oi«hrs to
Iia\r ail hoMts iiimlr i-iudy to taki- tin- sick aslmrt'.
First the (hail Wfic l.r.ai;^'lit U|> The sailois
sju-atik hack, thnc was n niiittricd consultation,
and (he l«ojitsW!iiii, takiM;,^ m.- aside, told me thev
would not touch them or even row a hoat that
held them, and I had liette; (li(.|i them o- .ihoard.
Never, " I cried, •'shall it
"-aiil that the liodit
of the faithful did not r.eei\e Christian hurial
when it was |)o-,sil>|,. to ^rjve it.' Cillin:; out
from aiiioiiLT my people f ■ ,, whom I kii
Were fishi 1111(11, I aske.l them r" thev '< ould
eW
lOU'
the dead ashore, .uitl ( j "'o ^'"■^' ^^''nld, the
hoatswain let iiie h,i\c a hoat. I);rtntlv the
liodies Were pas.sed ostr aM<l We made our v»iy
to the lanflin;^- We had troiihle in ifettiii"- them
out ol the hoat, for the steps of the «piav Were
out of leji ir, hut we uiauaL^^cd it and carried
tlicm to what, from the cross on it. wc .saw was
rin: simmiu ok >,. .i[|:..v.
*-2]
a cimrcli T|
'" I"i''^t ram,- -,iif. ,i„.| I (,.|,| |
iini
.Mir purpMs,.. K.,,vi„. tl... .I.a.l i„ ,h. ,l.unl,
•• w.-nt l„uk to tl..- s|,i|, r.„. ,1,.. .,,1,..,.^ .{
this tiitir tl
hiui<llr<l M
!<• Nick W. |c I
"in
•^ lan.lr.l, ,1,1, 1 r,.ii^r|,ly
y Wr.V. A> it Un(,|,| I,., a Willi.- JM-r
tlir -niv.s w.ail.l !.,. ,v/i.lv, I '. t,t a I
in*
most iiiis.ial.lr, iHwiifivri.l
iHtid tli<
""'.^ \\'mI< I I, ,1,1
.•ri-ui,'i-,| ir WitI, i,„|,,..iit Iia,i. tl
rin! f|,,hi tlif ship ,|..,.l, i„f,, (I,,. I
oil t<l til.' sf.'ps .,f til,
injury th.-y iiii^rl,t ,■,.,.,.;.
\ , I-
l"V \\.|
.' (iiir
<|iiav'. car.l.ss ..f " |i,it
Ji.'Ip tlH-msrlvcs ill th. Last, a
M.-ri, W.Miirii, ,1,1,1 cliil.hvi,
M.i-,t wry,- iirialilf to
•A w.T.. (l.jiri.ais.
SAIIIC, US
w.'if ail tr.'at.MJ tin
so iinicli
• piickly as |M.s^il,l,.. \t
nil'l'ish to I.- ;r,,f ,.,-,1 ,,}•
as
Tl
he!|
U" •|Uanu)tiiir I'l.l ,,,,ly I
wa, M. h.'tt.r oi, Ih,„|.
> tlu' few r.lat
W'» 111.11 to spare to
i\-'>i who oiiiif asli.),-,. t.) canv
tlH-iM IVon. th, uliarf to tl..- Ia.il,lin-s. km.I
lay at) lnai
littl
r 111 a coM p..itiiii,r iHJ,,. Jt
<• as to I
many
'iirnitirtj
•11- ^nttin;,r \v,.t, i',,|- th
If \va\.-s ill lan.lip"- tl
• loUNi-d hy tl
quay. Si. -all won.l.-r two .li.-.l ,,ii tl
weiv h,,ni.- t.. th.- chap.-l t.. a-M in tl
Hwuitin- l.urial th.-n-. Th.- pii.-st
si.lcrat.', an.I.nltli«aii.|, I .li.l not ask
-y w.-n- a I
I'-iii on th.
I'' •j"''^}'. '••'"'
If iiiiiniM-r
which I k
11- hit
11. -w wouM 1
IVf
I.
J tl
faAin;-- th
lUIll
-<''l hiiM from niv heart, and
• piny. Mv hfurt
was xciy (.,,,|.
it sai.l mass,
'f M iiifat consolation io th.-
t.-i-\- witli the priest,
niii to th.'
f Ci-lli.
was m my -louth wh.-n 1
saw
■ 1/ ^ 1 1 1 < ( - 1 1
>Lan.iinir besi.ie our I.mxcs, and tl
ic
I
<:i,i:\m:i: talks.
^lii]'. liiiviiii; tiiiijiril Iifi- aiirliiii-, licaniii;- up tln'
ii\iT. • Wliat makes you I'M.k so at iiir, ( icraldi*
I lia\i' CiUMC as \-n!| i'.--I\i'i I. '
in'\ ( r >tiit inr y, <\\
Til.' --ti'waril told iiir y,,\\ liail
•n'l \V( rd liy
III' S,lll( I
~> t"l" liic t'lCiiiiH' a-laiii', tliaL xoil wcl-(
Uciiil;' t> ^ta\- i,(i-
,i'\- ca
yy\r,\ tli' !;;^•^a^c iiit<
a Ip .at aihl I I'
(il lowed
groaned i;i
-\>\y\L I ~a\v it all. Wv a \ ill;
iiii-
Oll'
iMck, tin- (•ai)taiii had 'j^nt. rid ol' mr. Instead
'i' l"in-' ill (,)iicl.rc tliat day, In ic 1 was irrt at
tlic (UMiaiiLiiir-.-tatioii. "My jioor Ailmi, 1 know
not what to do; my trouhlc is I'or y<'U." I went
lo sec thf Iicail ol' the ( 'sta h] i->hii,i lit, Dr I)ou<das.
lie )iro\rd to Itc a l"us-y Licntliiiia!), worried over
tails. l'ro|'es>iiiM' to lie reads' t(t
help Tor me until
a iiiimit'!' oi (It
iiiiiii'i , lie .-aiil t iiere was ui
flit steauiei' came. "Wdien will that lie:"" Next
S;l IID'i !
uurday. A week on an island full of jieo]
la-
SICK wi
di re\er! .Vileeii, lira", e heart,
iiiaiU' Um
tJ!
'"■st oi" it. She WIS soakin'4 wet, yet the onji
shelter, a]iart iVoiii tl
le le\er >lieiis, which Were not
to he thon-ht of, \va> an outhou-e \vith a leakv I'ooi',
^\ itr no jio^sihillty of ,: lire oi- change of clothiii';.
I I'iW 1 ciir-eil invxir I'
"V iii\- )'as|iness 111 iiiaknii
my eiiemie-, lor the penalty
captain and mat'
Ii.nd ialleii not on me. hut on m\- .\ileen. Thi-re
^^il^ not an ariui'id oi" >tra\v to he had: not even
hoards to lie on. ] went to the (-(.okiiiL;' hootli,
and iound a l'"i'eiichman in cliar.i,. I'ri' .in..- l.hn
Tin: SIMMKi; nc sii|;
!<i\V,
12!)
witii ji sliilliii-' I
U'.i. Ailrcii couM not .•ut ,1 hit.-, t!. .ii-Ii ,s|„. tri-I
!•• L;a\C lllc ;l Inrlf ;n
I'i ;i till di' Ii(,t
to <Ii> so to 1)1
I'l-'-'i-'' 111 ", i iir 'Iraiil^- tlh' t
CM.
nun coiitiiiii.d ;ui(| tl ;ist win. I
tWt'tTl tl
ni|>-Iit if
{•"■n. trati-.l 1.
"■ "..Mi'.ls ,,t th.' \vivf.-l„.,l .In.ilini;-. Wliat a
\\a-
iny c.i.it .)\.i- A
•^'"11 to imi.irt sonic licat t.
1 I'lit
jHVssc.l Ii.T t.i ni\'
Imt cliillc.! Irani.', I .•ii.j
l)i't)s[)c( ts ol" t!ir niorr. .\v.
(viiitc she was uiiaMf to nio\. an.
altci-iifil..!. I s.)iiMl,t the .loctor, I
lie. Ml,
I
••ivoivil to chfcr 1
H'l- with
Al,
1^, \\h.'n iiioriiiii'
l''\iT an
1 eh
H' was not to
•• •■mi-rant ship; had airiv..!, an.!
hr liu.l. Oth
he was visitiiiir tli.'ni. li.'von.l Mivinu- I
t(» fissiiHL;-.' her I hirst when in the f
not in my p..wrr to do anvthin^-. It
when tl
i\(.
H'l- water
!• it was
le doctor, \-ii'l.lin"- to i
came to sec licr. He did not st
writinc- a I'.'U wncs t..ld me to -o to the I
A\"ii^ cv.'niii'-
iiy imj)ortniiitie-,
ly ;i minute and
I OS
•tew
aril, who woul.l -iv.. nic sonic nic.l
U'liie
pital
IV
ivcall the dreadful nights an.l .lays that i"oll..we.i':
What profit t.) tell of the pain in the l.ivast, th.-
ic ai;-. lniziIl^• .c'asj)in^
IV, with
rai,^iii.l,^ fever, the delirium, tl
for breath — the .■n.l ' 'I he f..nrth d
l»urstiii_; lieart and throhhinn- jica.l, I ki„.|t 1
the corpse of mv Ail. ■en. Tl
>v
icre was not a s. .ul
to help: everyl.o.ly was too full of tl
trouhles to l.e al)le to hee.l inc. Th.' islan.l
icir own
now hlled with sick
wa-
cniii;-rants, and .h-atl
very side. I du-- her niviv.-, the priest
1 was on
i..:.i 1
came
.-.V. ,.ci toci.-, i. line. I It in, 1 Sta"*"-,'re(l to tl
le
. I!
4:'.()
«.i,i:.\\i;i{ TALI'S
slifd that had shrlttTrd ih, I i"tll IVkih >h('t r ex
h)Ui>ti(iii, ami rriiit'inhi'i- no ihi;
When I woke
I hcjinl the jiatttr of rain, and t"<lt so incx-
ary I coidil think of notliiiiL;', niucli
\V(
j)n-ssil)I\
Ifss nia!-;c anv fxcrtioii. .M\- fV<' frll on Aih-i-n's
shawl, and thf past I'Uslicd on luf. ( )h, tlif a^ony
oi
that
lour
my remorse, m\' sorrow, my
IH'-
secchin^s of the I'nstt'ii. Such a jiai'oxysm could
not last ion^-, and wlicn cxhaiistrd nature coiii-
jH'llcd me to lit' down, I tui-nc(| my lace to the
wall with the earnest praver I nuLiht never
nwaken on this earth. How loni;- I slept I know
not. Some motion of one leani:
liaci
in- ovel- tin
1
•rouLT
ht
< consciousness.
i'ax tecum," said a Noice I
seemei
I t
o reca
11.
'Et cum s})iritu tuo," 1 mechanically resjionded.
I opened my eyt'S. Could I helieve tliem^ It
as Father Moylan. J put my ;.rnis round his
M
nee I
am
I k
Kissed him a score (
>f t
lines.
n
"Father, dear; sure it must lie the BL'ssed Virm
herself sent you to console me for the loss of her
daughter, niv Aileen, niv !ove."
"My C(Misolati()n would he of little ai<I; but as
an unworthy ser\ant or the church 1 may he the
channel of communicating- the consolatit)n that
(K»th avail. May the Motlior of Soi-ruws, whose
lieart was pierced \>y the si^j-lit o*^' lier son's death,
heal thy wound. I k
new no
t Ail
ecu was
dead.
'Did Father McCJoran not tell youT
'Like everybody else in this wretched place bis
Till; sr.MMKi; of .-.(Hiitow.
i.nnds Miv U>n full to jiriinit of >iH-vi-h tint
1m- .lispcliSfd uitli. A lu.l ClJlr.!
4ni
(•nil
tril
oil lllr nt (^)llclicc
lllf of JM.w yoll lia-l l.rcli I. 'ft KfllilKJ iltld
'OUi^dit luf to lirlj) x-ou aii.l \(.i;r w if.
•11
M
is IlJlllIf
fat!
U'liacl rai;aii.
lie Lira
iroiii lasliiun-
tri'lll soul; the hoy 1 stopped tl
It- luatc
■He it
was, for h,. told iiic all and of what
had licfM to the .sicl<
y "I
oil thr \(>y>vj;r. I iiit<-iidi'd
coimn;,^ anyway t.. sc- what I could do for our
poor com, try j)coplc, hut when I knew of
pupil licinn- h,.n. iu distress, I w,>nt to the hisl
I'lV
ion
to ask to 1
h: s(
lit
at once
And how did vou find
JllC
1
>y scai'cliini;'
Th
fist liour I 1
throuo-h evciy ImiMwi^- lookiiii;- f(
ia\'t' n'oiic
'!■ you aiKi came
m coui-s;' to tl
lis oatli()us(.'
'May the saints ea-
kindness, fatli
Aileeii was alive
your dy ill- hour foi- tlii>
i-r. Oh that you had
coiue wliih
'Fret
not over the past, (lei-ald: tlier
cailiniT for you whid
e IS wor
I you must I'ise ami do
'1 have no heart t(; lift my head: I want to
die and he with Ail
ecu.
'A wish natural to the Hesi
I, my son, Imt T
tau^dlt you to little avail if I ,ii,l ,i,.t --round
you in the helief that it is the <luty of the
Christian to so direct the hlind son-ow of fallen
h'.Miia.nitV' th.at it \h
^ v^.'iiiu ci;
III
JIU/J u
4:J2
«;i.i.am;i: im.ks.
Str.IHldUS ili-cllll--r 111" mil- (|;li|y .Illtic-; Ailirll
i^ "Ii'inl; i'i(|Mli'--(Mt 111 |i:icr. I> \-(iur s.iirnw \\>r
Ik'I' t'l Im- M vrltivli sdi'inw that W ill ;hj,| to X'-Mir
I"'a"I i>\' sin; .ii- sliall it Iircdinr an iiicit.iniiit t<i
> ''I ''» •!" t'lif tlin^i' aroim.j yoii wliaL ^hc wdiild
\\'.>h yi)U to <li) coiiM s|ic sjM'ak'"
"|)o iMt ask nil': I cumot t'oruct lnr."
' '^ "•! ''Ill' Hot a^kcij to t'oi^vt i.c')-. .Mav \'oii
"""■I" >■"•'■ li'i" in Voiir iiiiiHr.s •■yi', 1 ( clsoniiiL; \dii
on to woiK-. ot taitli ; ml nirrcy: iiia\- Iht prcciou^;
nicniorv 1„. \-(,ui- in-^iiii'iition to do what dutv
calls ;'roni your hand.'
'■'I nt ic ;s no nrc(l ol" niy hi'l|» now."
"X" iicfd : 1 til! you r\i\-y jiou)- thfiT aiT
Irisji 111(11 and wonifU dyini;- within a furloiiL; of
you for lacd-c of the coiinnoiicst lid]). Dcforc I
came here. 1 loimd sirk who liad not had tlicj-
i'fVfi- assuai;rd hy a di'oj) of water for IS liouis;
cliildrcii who had not tasted a hitc siiu'e \-fstri-dav;
tlu' dead lyiu^- heside the living-, and all hecau>e
tliel'e is none to help."
"I ijo not understand why tlu'.t should he on
land. There is plenty of f(;od and h(l[) in (^)ueliee."
"^ es, and s(» tliei'e was oil your ship, liut a
heartless captain and a ureedy mate stood he-
twci'ii the food and water and the passen^'ers.
There is ahiuidauv-e of excryihine; within si^ht of
here, yet our countrymen . perishing hy the
score, liecause the ^-overnuient of Canada is deaf
to tlieir '^'■ies. '
TIIK SI \|\ii:i' ,,|/ SM|;ii
u\v,
4.*}r?
■\vi
lia fictiiii^ sn'"
•■\ 'f''""-f If i^ iiiMiv Ii,.,.,I|,.>-.iirs. than ill-
t.-iit. 'M,,. |h.|iticia,is niv tn,, ,-il,.nrl„.,| j,, (I,,.;,,
l-alt.y strif... to ^iw I,.., ,| f. .•, f-w th.,us,ui.|
Jn>l. .•iiii-Tuiits .lyiiiu- at tli.^ir .|m..i-.'
"It soiiinis iiicivilil.l,.,"
'Tliat is Im-cius,. y.ai .1 t know M.Iitics .mikI
politician, hrvr. I tril Vo,,, ( irruL I. I l.;,v,. |.,,,„
in (ana. la now tlnv.. ycaiN, mnl lalwavs l.arrin..
th.. tools of tliv li-i.li lan<Il..nls» if th.-iv^... „ n.on
ucspical.lc cvatiiiv Oian the oth.v-huntin- ('a,m-
'lian politician, T hav yet t, s.v him."
-If I mu.t act, I shouM -o fi,xt to (,)uchrc to
s<m:' after my peopl... They were promise,! ten
.shill,„-sahea<l. to he pai.l I.y I.,n| P,ii„.erstons
a-.'nt at (,)i,el.ec, an.l a .lee.l f,.,>m the (Vna-iian
^'overnnicnt for a Imndre.l acres a family."
"Fau-vli: Not a shillin- not an aciv .li-l they
,i:<'t. I.^:awth..m. f.onj |>almerston has no a-ent
in (,)nel»ec. the e-ovennm.nt will nive no free -nint
<.f lan.l. Mere lies tol.l the: poor crathurs to -ot
them to leave Irelaml."
'•Well, then, I couM at least make an example
ot the captain of our ship."
^ '-Not a hit of it; you are '' ce.vini,r yoiu-self.
The pro.secution wonM have to l>e taken hy the
emigration agent, and he uomI.I not, if ho could
help it. Then, ^vhere are your witnesses:' ^'ou
would be hied of y<mr last dollai- l.v fl„. l,,.-,....o
't.
xo
1.!+
(iLKWKK lALKS.
jiiiil <lii iiotliiiin". No, (IfiiiM, tlnTf is Ml) tiM- of
think 1^ ol' ItfiviiiL; litTf. l'i-o\ idt-ncf has j^jiiicKMl
V"U to ( !i-(»s-f i>
aiKl
hcic IS your \vo
rk. CoiMi'
man. t^it iij) aini do it."
I sank hack witli a ;^roaii. I ilid not want to
move, thf tallifV insistL'tl, howcvci', and, after
luanv I'cuioMstranct's, <;rasi)c(l iny haial and raised
nie to i!iy fret. He took nie to whel'e the resith'lit
priest lived, insi-ted on my wasliiiiLj myself ami
an sliirts.
Then ve sat down ti> dinner, Fathers Me( !oran
and Tasehereau joinini; us
iXave me. out of Ins liat;, one t't his cK
Tl
le conversation was
of the dehii;<( of emiifratits, every day hi-in'any,-
new arrivals, aiid t-very ship vlth its (|U(»ta of
sick and dyinic. Kvciy availahle place having
1
lain an(
liecome crowded, the ships lia<l to ren
liecome rioatinn' hospit.als. The calamity witli
whicli they were face to face was so unexpected
and appallini; tliai how to devise means to grapple
Nvith it staggered them. They spoke of the need
of uriiinir the e-ovei'nment to erect sheds ami send
plenty of inu'ses ai'.d doctors. I listened i?' silence
until Father Ta.schereau asked nu; for my opinion.
as one who was an emiirrant. I said nu
my
had
died on the voyage and many more had heen
Ifimled who would certainly die, but of this I
was confident, there would not have been a death
from fever or dysentery on the voyage or one
landed at Orosse isle, had
sick of these disease
there been enou£
to eat. The solution of the
THK SI .MM Kit OK .S<)|{|{<»VV.
■i:i'>
l\
<l>ffic.ilty tl.rn.f.Mv sr..,,..'.! t.. in.' simpl,.. Cive
all wim arriv.. p|,.,ity of w'm.N.s,,,,!... foo.l. Starva-
tioi. IS til. cause <,l- ilysrnti'vy nii.l U-wi: Reinovo
the canw aw\ th.se .liscascs will .lisapprar. It is
n<»t i.u..licin,. a.i.l nursin^r that are wai.tcl. },ut
food. Tlu- p,M.,,lo «,..! fn.ti. starvation in Iwhuul
to 1h' worse starved on hoard ship when- their
lot was made worse l.y th.' lack of pure air an.l
water, of which they had n(, hick in Ireland.
I hey asked me many .piestions ahout the treat-
ment of tlie emi-xrants (.n sliij)hoard. Father Mc-
(ioran said he was inclined to helieve I whs riirht,
tluit I)r ])ou.i,das was makin- the mistake" of
H-htin^r the fever instead of rem(.vin<r what
caused the fever. The fever was not to be ]o(,ke<l
upon as was the cliolera visitation of 12 years be-
fore. I left the table with Father Moylan ar-.l
as we went out at the door, he stood for a minu ■
to look at the si^rht on the river The clouds ha<l
cleared and the sun had come out strong, with a
marvellously soft and clear atmosphere." So far
as we could ..ee from where we stood, the blue
waters of the river bore a column of vessids of
which neither head nor end was visible. "Let us
take a ..tep over and see them," .said Father ^b)y-
lan. When we reached the bank, the si<r},t was
striking, and would have been most inspiring had
we not known that each of these noble ships was
a fioating pest-house. There was a shout from
the vessel opposite us. A man stoo.l on the ^nin-
4:«;
fiI,r,ANi;i{ lAI.KS.
Willi'. Jiiiil stru.lyiii^ liiiiix'it' witli Miir hainl ,L;ra^ji
illL,^ till' riL;i;inL;, LCi'>tirul;lti'il witll tin- ntlliT. l^l■^
.i^itfit i<iii w u> Ml ^rt'iiL iii-itln'i' ot" us cnulil iimki-
out what 111- \\a■^ >)iyiui;. ' Speak slowly,' criril
Fatlii'i' Mnylan, w Inn cliai' flif ris|niiivc canic
jicros-^ till' wiitiT, 'I'H- till' li'\i' (>r (iMil, i'atliiT,
Conif al'ii'il'il; \'i' it Urnlnl ' Tlnii' W a > ( )|lly i .li'
ruwlioat iu si^lit, nud it Iii'1i>iil;v.1 to I )r. I )i)UL;la'-.
Till' liars '■, I'l'i' nut III" 111'!' uuil tin' cliain liickcil.
"\'nu 11 lia^ ti> >>i'Uil a linat ' cridl tin' iatlnT.
Tlicir was a li)ii<4' ilclay, riiiliiii; in a Imat jiuttiiii,'
iiH" tVi.iii t'n' ship III' \vanti'il un' tn ;;i) with
liiui, hut 1 ,saiil I wishi'il to timl my uucK'.
With iu'a\ V Inait iuhI uustrailv strp 1 tuiiifl to
the liuiliUi ^s whcri' tin- sick wiTr. Tin- ni^ln'^t
was till' hist. I looki'il in au'! to my. joy rspii'il
]\i\' cousin Uriil'ii't sittiuLT alouLfsiilc a hunk. Sim
sliirti'il iiml Li'avc a cry ot" fright when sin- saw
IMC, tor, s)ic cx[)laiiu'(l, she thought I was in (^)ui'-
hcc iiml 1 lookcil like a i^host. it was her t'atlnT
ami hiT sister Ellen who were iu the heil. The
latter hail l»een lamleil sick of the t'evei-. uncle
liad lieen stricken hy it the ilav after arrival.
Hv iliil not know me, ami 1 feareil the worst
from the souml of his moaninu'. The if'\r\ seemc'l
to he iloine- well. "C'onifoi-tahle they he,' saiJ
tirid^-et, "this is the best jilact-: the .sheds are had
as tlie ship. ' I told her to i;o and take the air
f»j)' a while, and sat down to watcli in her place.
I was haniiy seaLei
was nanny seaieii wiieii i iu.sLinL;iiisi
leu a 1111(1-
rm: sIMMI:!; oi s<)|;i-..««-
437
'"""■ "'■ |'I"i"tivr cri.s I- .,,.yy ,.„,.t ,.♦• J„.
I'""" ii>">tly •Watlwr ;r yr pl,,^../' | l...st,nv,I
'">-'ir, nii.i \vl..ii 111,. ,,.„,,• s.Mil. r.„iii.| (li.iv was
^"""■'"''y '" '"'p. >v,,u...t ; niciv;,...|, ni,-i I v\ as
'^'I't '-^"'";:- »■'• l"'l to l.,..|. WImi, I'.ri.r^vt r -
t'lnir,! I iv„,;uk,,| that I .aw „,.,„. of nnr^ ship's
I"'T>'' '" <!•<• plac... Shr sai.l th.i,. was only
'■""•" ♦"'"• '"•'• f"tlM I- nn.I KII,.,, an.l tlw ..thcrs
^V''rv in the shr.Is It was -n.win,- .lark wh.-n
■•""thrr Mallny canir to tlir .!,,.„• an.! l.ckonr.l
""■ ""f- "'■ ha.l >n.-h a .Jistn.ssr.j an.! wrari.-.l
l""l< ihat I wrnt with him without askin- any
•|'i<-tions. \Vn,n wr ca.ii.- nrar tli.' outhmis,. 'l
'"^'' l'"iL;'''l in. I tuna. I towards it. ||,. ^.ipp.Ml
y '''■'"• ■>■". 'JMaM. not th.iv: v.ar."l hips.-
;"^" y" "I'l ino,„i." II,. t,,ok ni.. to'th.- priest's
i""isr, ;.n,| a shak.'-.h.wn was nia.h- fo,- ni.- in
tlH' kitchrn. I |,a<l a wakrH,! ni-ht an. I went
out of (|...„s l...io,v sunris. . Tn my suipcis.- I
saw Father .MalL.y walkin- up an.l .I.nvn in
fn.ntoi" th.- h.ais,., piay.r-hook in lian.j. When
''"""• '"■ .i"i"'''l "i.-. 'X.-w, C.Tai.K w.' hav.. work
t" <l(.; wv must mak.' an .■.xamination ..f .■v.-rv-
tlun- ior no phui can he lai.l until w know the
Hctnal Stat.. ..f atfiiirs." H,.-,.nt.Tin,- th.. house
with ]n"m, he M-,,t a l.-af an.l a ju- of milk. "I
am o,,i,m- t.. t.'ii y.ai .-..m.^thimr y,,,, sh,,uM never
for-et: wh.Mi ^-ou have t.. -•.. \vh..re th.^i- are
siek, .!.. not i;.. with an empty stomach. Fast-
ir.i; aii.i inieeiiun -., to«,a'ther. ' Hnxhvj; l.roken
\'AS
• il.K.VNKU TAI.FS.
nur iuHt, \vr stuitcd, tlir first tliin;; to Ix- <lotu',
till futlnr said. Iniii;^ to set- wlmt tli«' islatiil was
like. Tlie inoniiii}^' wi'.s 'Irii^flitfnlly firsh aii<l \\r
wnlkr.l liriskly VV'*- i"inm<l thr islaml liir;,'t'r tliaii
uc Mi|)|M)Sf(|, iiriil liiiviiii;- a j^'ikmI ileal nf latiil tit
for cuhixatioM. I'ausiu;,^ at n (if|.| wlitre a iiiati
WHS harrow in;;, tlir fatlnr lia<l a cotivtrsation with
him ill Kniu'h. Ht- toM him the islainl was alnait
thnc miles lon^r l,y one in width, an<l that F>o<-tor
I)oii;;las farmed a considenil.le part of it, kct-pin^'
u niimher of cows. Standin;; on its north hank
»i wide e.voanst' of the St LawrciuM- hiv at our
ftH't, the hhi«' waters rutHtfl \<y a wtstrrn hrc*-/*-.
Beyond rose a chain of \voo(h'<< hills, whicl
I swe
e<
I int
o a
,f>
y I'
)eaK, ovi'rhaiii,'ini( tJie nvt
th
That
is called cnju' Tourniente," sj.id Father Malloy. "Is
it not a i^dorious scene ! Who, lookinij upon it,
would dream then' is concentrated within ten
minutes' walk the misery of a nation:' (lerald,
we must ^ive Irelaml's woe on this island a voice
that will hrin^ the help of Christian people."
"I am afraid it will he hard to interest them.
Eveiythini;- is a^oiinst tlh' poor emi^n-ant, father.
He is not looked upon as a human hein^. The
very sailors treat him as they W(tuld a steer ^^iven
to carry from one port to another."
"True, my hoy, and you don't know it all, for
you have not livetl in this country yet. I've seen
in New York men an<l women shrink from the
newly landed emigrant as an unclean thing, and
THK SIMMKII OF soltKnW.
4.10
lit <^ii<l,ir (iviT tlHic tlir wry Ittir -pMMii Iitiiftiw
Stlitf thi'l- IK.srs ill <lis;,'llst Mt llilll I'mI.sv, tli.v
liiivi' jiionry ii<<lKMly inukcs tlH'iii wrlcoinc; hikI if
tliry lia\«' inoii. V ••vn y'»<><ly trirs to \rri it fnMii
th«'ii'.. I litiii<«| a woiimii wild liinl Immm Itft to
A'u> on tlic wlmrf at (,)u. •!.."(•. Th,. c.iptaiti l.uii.llr.l
licr out, nolMidy wduM touch lnr, l«t aloiif </i\t:
liiT siitlt* r, ami tlif |HM,r sick cratliur ut'oic siui-
«lo\v foiMifl rest an<j is now wlurc tlio^c who
«I«"sj»i>.m1 her will have .ittic chance of .i,'oi!i;if. "
I !iskc(l Father Mallov ahoiit his visit to the
ship tlic «lay h.'fore. H.- toM me the man wh<»
sliouttMl for him had ji hrother <lyin;;, who waute.l
the ciiiireh's last rites. "U was my first visit to
a fev( stricken ship," he went on to sav. "iin«l
it was a n'velati«»n. I could not stand u|»ri;^dit
JTi her hold, for it was not nnii^ii over ') feet hii,di,
and tlu're was little more elhow than head room.
Kvery side was lined with I.erths and I saw dea<l
lyin;,' in tiiem with the livin;^. 'I'l,,. stench made
.»ne (rasp, an. I the siuj,t of the v.rmin ( rawlinj,,'
over dead and I.vin;;- made my Hesh cr.-ej). An
Irish priest is used t(» the si<,dits of disease and
want, Imt the eniiLrrant-ship, f( ve)--st!-icken, em-
hodies eveiy form of Mretchedliess and multiplies
tiiem a ten-fold. '
The tiuarantine-ouildin^-s an huddled to^'ether
at the u[)per vwi of the island and each we ex-
amined duriiiL:- the day. Kvcent the one in. w hich
uncle lay, they are Himsy afiairs, a shelter from
Ho
«.i r\
lti< Im lit . 1
til.'
sill! a
lUf .sliMlliKi
11 M
:.l ll,
)>«'rtli^ ill.
III
I.M'l,!..
tin* li'-lllf 1
..III'.
: tin-
is lii;i<l'' III
•■. Ill
f..ltal
lit', ill tiirii.
ll.
III W.a
no|- iiiiu it
wit
I'.Ut i:
l!\'iy |il.ir.
i-
< 1 I'W
two t 'illK In
■> 1
•iili;4 <
li.i'l |p|«|ijiri
.; 1
..r UO'
1 1 i .; ( 1 J 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1
-iiii.
1. a.i.i
W ll' 1 (■.llllli .t
1...
laii.l.MJ
"\\{ |.-;||-.l
t.. ;
1 _<• I ir
'."tin r ill ll
I. • s
1...U, ,•
1 ill.' attfiiilaiici'
w a>
At loii:,' inti
•1 \ a
U a II
t"lil|c| V. itii
• Iriiik ail
[■ivt< iici' ;it
ciliilli'.;- 1'.
I'M ly lii;iii\'
1. ll j( 1. 1 \
l.'iiir-, \\c
^a w
111.' .1
ll.l- til.' I..H
!.■.
aiv
liii>i:iiii'4. .-Ill
1 Ml
liiaiiN
tlii-ff ill ii 1
. rtl
< )\.
^\ liiili li.i]..' 1
.•„1
li.'.l. si
jukI >iriiiiii><^
.III
I .:,
\\('r.i was lu
ani
!|. 41-
! ' '\\ri\ 1 (Ilr;
ith
thf 1.
I'.-si^iiat 1' HI.
W.
iilaiii'i
>\iri\ .itl.i till re
w< r.'
thi' JJri'Ji:!;-;!?!
* !•».-:
wvvv \
mi: im.km.
III. I ii.. 111. I, I', I", ,|- til.. i,(iui>N
< I . i.il s I. ak \ 111 1 1(11' til)
li-r, h
k .' t III .^f . i| il s|
111'.
I'.iti.iit ill til.- I.i.v.r l..rtli
.V 1 1
I. . iii«' ill I' .\ ('. II III I
ll' --. <'il!l II. itii. f ^. t I. lit
Ij', W I.i'li III' siMmii l;.'|s.
I'l With sick, cN .11 t III-
"<<|il'i>'.|. Till- '^p •% t riiiinlit
I ^i.-k
alr.a.JN 'tini' mi'
iniiiy III. He 1.(1 till' s|ii|,>
t. ir w iiiit <it' i'. i.iiii. W'itli-
s.-X lli.'V ill-.' Illl.l.lli'.j t..-
lll.l l.'lt |.i ilii- ,il- l'c('(.\ .'T.
liiii'lly w.irtli sj.,akiii'_; ..f.
liiii .ir wmiiaii w.iiil.i (..iiu'
'I i' I'l I, I. Ill tlul.' WHS 111)
r tli.'ii- c.iiii
I'.irt. \V
t' Will'
ll'. ! '. 1. . II iH'jir 1 1. Ill t". ir
'■ii'l Iviii:^^ lit' . the liviii'4.
I'lii'ivcl iiiil\- iii^liL mill
cjisi', thill' \\ ,'ir t \, . . aiiil
r all this s;i.| -i-i n.', tidiii
11 .III' till' \ irt ti. s 1 1[ jiaticiici'
ill\ 111.- w ll
X,
1 'iiit'nil.iiis
uiiililiii;^; til.' st i-i('ki'ii Hock'
II. 1 ni altlic'iii ,ii with |ii(ius
1 wi'ii' laisy liiiiMiii-- u new
ttlits KillL;' rmiiiil, hut all
.4'. .11,
ii;i\„'i,'i«C- i'l'lliii'i
TIIF SI \IMl:i; i>y sii|;|!.i\\
441
\I
lll(i\- )l"|i<.| Willi |n>' lll.lt tlh liKK ..I Mill -.!•■*
\\ii>> i\iri \\i>r>f tliaii till' I.I. 1. Ill* shrill |-. iiMil
tlHiiii;lit Ji ''i|iply iiii.'lit !..■ |ia>l iVi-iii till- JK/ilthv
'iiii'^inii I tlii.ii-l,t iidt. t iiii.;iaiit- in lir.illli
Will- 1 1 H 1 I j|;'ir t
II r->(',l
pi' 'il'ti r !■( ill'.; I.iiiiiiil III
I" > I't lliilli'f nil -||||,|„ ,ii| ,| |",,|- a tlliilltll llll'l
■ ill 'll '
w
aiiiiiiii ti
I liu lair
lii'sl ariil iiiaii\' ji
I'liil III' uati-r iIhI till- ratlirf <'aiiy I'lniii tln' \\\>v
to ^<'i\ •• niit in <ii|>riiU in till' sJiiiU.
rill' Wi'alili'l' lia> ImiII snlrls' a'Mitlsf till' sicU,
rain with lii'^h tast w iiiij^, Mil-liri'^ ti> t hiir ili-ci-ni-
t'mt. N'laiJ
\ i'\ I'l \- il.iV tli< fi
fiv.l
I ail'i\nl
"'t a sjii|i niii| tint I'lii' witl, .ids mi I'naril.
Till' \\inil liaij III en riMiii tin t'a>t , i- ila\' Iii'l'iii-c
aiiil I'll till' iiininiii'' lit" till' L''»tli a wlii.li' tlii't
W a> SCI II lll;l
riii'4 lip till' ii\ t-r lit' \\ hlcli .'I ill
•/••ll
li.i'l iiii-raiits. At l-'atlnr Malluy's ii ipirst I
spiiit a ila, •\itli liMii L;iiiii;^' riuiii sjiip In ■>liip,
a Iinnt luniii'^' lurii Imt jii ;i 1 y ;i i'liiiiillv caj)-
taili. Till' pas-cii^^ri's CI ill! with jnv wIh'Ii tliy
saw him .iihI cliisti rnl mtinil tin' hnjy man, \vli«)s(»
SI r\ ici's in ailmiiiisti rin;^ tin- l.ist ci-nsnlatinns i if
tin- chlllrll W I I'l iiriiji'il at I'VirV step. I sjinio'
with ti
II' jias^cii^cis wiiiir ill' wa
s I 11 'In
w, ami it
\\as an iiiiv ai\'iii''' talc nf starxatinii nil tlir vn\-
a^c anil criiil iisjimc. j fniiinl tin- p.issin^rrs mi
.ships tliat hail Inrii h'iti!'- at aiichnr n\ rr a week
1 •- 1^
tn he still stiUA ill!;', t'ni' the captains had lint in-
crcascil till' i'iitii)iis ainl Dr J)niiL'las saiil liu cmiM
•11 V I
v\. .1.
I
442
(il.KANKH TALKS.
oiMZi'd Iiy tlio t iiDulijin *^()VcnHii<'nt. Oiu' of tlio
new arrivjils Imd ]:] dead on lioiird. The 40
sliips now at anchor, have ni'di I '),()()() fiuijxnmts:
of tlics*' I am suie onc-tliird would not Ik* passed
as li» altliy. Sailors art' at woik on short' frt'ctini^
a sort of shclti-r with spai-s and sails, wht-rt' thti
ships will K'avt' thi-ii- lu'althy to perftirin tjuaran-
tint', whilt.' tht'v <jj(' on to (Quebec.
Jnnt' ;5.— Father Malloy has left with the de-
sioii of niakini; representations to the <;overnnient
about the eondititin of things jiere. He intentled,
if his bishop ct)nsentetl, tt) <j^o tlirect to Montreal,
and speak tt) the ministers themselves. The ft)r-
wai'tlinii^ of eiu rants passetl as healthy has be-
i;un. 'I'hey are crt)wtled on to the steamers until
there is barely room tt) move. The reason ft)r
this is, the passaoje money is a dollar a-heatl antl
the nu)re ])aeked on bt)art1, the more profit. Trutli
to ttdl, this class t)f emiiL,n"ants are eao-er ent)ugh to
leave, antl i^et away frt)m this place. The mean-
ness of the Canatlian otncnnnent in i1ealin£^ with
them is shameful. Instead of allt)winu: healthy
passen<.,a'rs to j^o on with the ship as at first, they
f<re now landeil. F)ein<j;- compelled to lantl and
stay liere by the i^oveinment's orders, it wouM
be reasonable tt) expect the ji^overnment would
provitle ft)r tliem. It tloes nt)t: all it has tlone
is to send an agent wht) offers tfj sell them pro-
visions at ct_)st. Uncle's recoveiy is hopeless; his
strength has gone.
THE SIMMEII OF S(»K!"^V.
44;{
5. — Poor undo is dead. ITc was Imncc^ yester-
day. Ellen keeps lioverinj.,' between life and
«Ieat!i; she has youth on her side. I'oor Brid<ret
is worn to a shadow, waitini; on the sick. Heiuf'
told a ship that came in this forenoon was from
Sli;nr()^ I ..atched a cliance to <ret on hoard, ex-
pectinj^ to find .some I knew amoni^ her pa.ssen<(ers.
I found her deck crowded with einiorants, watch-
ing; the .sailors fish up from the hold with boat-
hooks the bodies of thoe who had died since
enterin<; the river. I soon learned there was bad
blood between the crew and passengers, all of
whom who could do so had left the steeraire two
days before an.l lived on deck. The hold had
gi-own .so loath.some with the warm weather that
it became unbearable. The crew resented their
living on deck. The captain .stood at the poop
rail, and prove<l to be a civil man. He told me
he had done his best for the pas.sengers on the
voyage, but the charterers had poorly provisioned
the vessel and he could not therefore jrive them
the rations he wished. For the bad feelino- be-
tween the sailors and passengers he could not
blame either. Staying on deck the emigrants
were in the .sailors' way, yet he could not order
them back to the hold. Three sailors had caught
the fever during the weel:, which incensed their
comrades against the emigrants. He was to pay
••-••J
'F
I told him of Captain Christian of the ship Sis-
444
f;r.i:ANi:i: talks.
tti's, wliii, (1 ;• wcik I'friii'c, whrii ciiii^raiits jind
siiil'M-s rct'ti .((1 \\<y ;in\- nioiicx- it< ^o into tlic held
t(
' liriiiL;- up t
ir ilcaM
Went ilowti liiinsflt'
•<U\i\
can-icil tliciii t<i till' <I-ck dii liis slioulclci-s. I
li"j)r lir may live to know tliat Irislniicn ui'c
L;iatt'i"ul
>v 111' is now down with tlit I'cnci-. T
! rco-'iiizcil none of tin- n
-(•iil:(
Ts, for tl
K'V were
from the nortliwcsL I'ml of Lor<l I'almcrst
on s
■itati
fsiatcs.
T'lci;- iiovci'ty was cxtrfmc Tiu'V liad
II,, hi-piL;!' ami many had not I'a^s enough to
foxt'i- their nakuhit So hai;i;ard and white
wci'c thry, so vai-ant their exju'ession, that thy
looked more like an array of spectres, than of
human hein^'s. ('ondni;- hack, \ had painful evi-
dence of the hinital inditl'ei-eiice of the nuthol•iti«^s
in deaIin^• with th<' sick. 'I'hey continiie U) he
hrou^^ht from the ships to the ijuay in i-owhoats,
and the line of ships Ix'inn' now two nules loni;,
tl
le joui'n.ey is a Ioul;' oiu
ami often fatal in l)ad
weather. A small steand^oat for transferrini:^
them wou!<l he a u'odsend, hut the u;overinnent
does not ^'et one, do.es not e\en ^^^end ten shil-
hni^^s to replace the hi-okeii ]:)laidvs of the steps
on the t|uay, althonoh the w;Mit of thi'in ca .ses
many a feehle one to slip into the rixcr.
0. — l)r Doui^das exemplifies how a man may he
estimahle as an individual yet unc(|ual for his
duties as an otticial
ttic
}f(
e IS sooblm-ine' and i-racioi
personally that it is unpleasant to find fault with
nun ■vi
f if.
1< ;inil!ll'iiTl
f 1,
/Vl'.l t^' r-i T l\f
fl.
THi: srVMKI! <»!■• soltliow.
u:
ma
/nituilc of tilt" atliictio!! In- lias to <1
ral wiLli
Lh
and is uiialilr to (Icsisc iiiruns to iiicft it All
tlic steps taki'u arc lidiculoiis in tln'ir |»''tty ii;i-
turc. I lia\c liccii told that it is not liini liut
tlu' Canadian l;o\ <'rnniiiit that is to lihuiif, that
it will not alio
w
uin
a f
iTc liainl in nicctiiu
tile ciHci'iicney. do.^ not I'ojiond to his i-alls, and
warns him to h. c-ai-ct'nl in incunin^- cxptnditnrt'.
I'rohal Iv that is tiaic, lait tl
ic l;'o\ t'l'inncnt i- not
sicc'ountahlc for tht' foolish inles l.\' which th
IS
land
IS LfoNcrntM
T]
HTc is now a
1,
11':
CidOl
of supposed healthy enni^rants c )ntincd to the
northwest corner of the >land. When
one
fall>
P
sick, instead of heini;' taken to the fex t-r-sheds,
lie is coriM-yed to the ship in wliich lie was a
passeni;vr, and fioin lier is taken to the sheds.
The delay ami the fati^aie' of the journey hy lan<l
and water, if it does not kill tlie patient makes
his recovery more douI)tful. Althoui^di the popu-
lation of the island lias doubled in a few weeks, the
boat with supplies from Quebec continues to come
once a week onlv. We mav Ik' starvin*'", manv^
are starving this day, yet until the steamer comes
there is no help. The dead are being buried in
trenches, three tier deep. Men and women wlujse
strong arms would add to (>anada's wealth are
be! <g held here by its autlua-ities to die of want
when within sight of plenty. I look at the row
of farm-houses on the opposite bank of the river,
ii.
i:i.4.i
»* l/liV^ ItVClV^ l/*-/»»»l
i vj o *j A ' w *J i rs i. ;;5 c •',
lAVi IVilVJ V> 111^
4^<;
(il.K.WKU TALKS.
tilt re is ('(imfoit and plenty over tlicrt', nmrvrl at
tilt' stupitlitv, tilt' ciiiiiiiDil (lisrcjxjirtl, tliut 1('hv<»8
lis \\itlit)iit nrtail tt> cat or cvt-ii >traw t(» ili«;
ii|)i>ii. Stt'aiiitTs puss daily but tlit'y art' not al-
lt)\vttl to stop at tlic islantl; my poor {)eopl«' an;
kt'pt ])rist)ij>'|-s to j)t'iisli an'i.l tlif rocks t)i" this
island. Tlu' Alininlity will surely have a ilay (»f
reckoninnr with the rulers t)t' Canatla, for it is
('a!iaila's territory we are ou anil it is C'anada's
(|Uarantint' in which we lie hound. The sick are
evcry\» hen antl arc ne;.,dcctctl. I t't)Und the hody
of a man in a thicket where he had crawled like
a scared heast to die in peace. Bodies are taken
i'rom the tents daily where the healthy are sup-
poseil to lo<l;.^e. The sheds have become repu<rnant
to every sense, antl the sick a't' worse off than on
ship, ft)r few have relatives to attend them, and
they lie ft)i- liours witht)ut licinjr helped even to
a ilrink of water. The inmates of a tent tt)lti me
nt)hoily had been near them for two days, and
not one amon<> thtm able to stand for a minute.
Everythint]^ is a<>;ainst us, for the weather is windy
antl wet. I go to spend the ni<rht in the olil shed.
Mv brain is overburdened with the sorrows of
my people, and I would I were at rest with
Aileen.
10. — A steamer came in this morninrr to take
away enn*rrants, and I am .sure over a thousand
were packed on boartl. Her purser brought a
package of letters; one of them was for myself.
THE SI'MMKlt (»K S(MU!'»\v,
447
Moiitrcjil, .Iiiiif s, 1.S47.
My Doir ( Jci-ald, — I lui<l it in iiiiiid to liuvr
w'ittni yon st'Vcriil <hiys w^i), \<\\t jtostpont'd tak-
\u<^ pen in luiiid diiy jit'tcr d»iy in cxpfctation of
Ix'ino- h1,1(. to convt-y to yon the int»dli;;t'nc(' that
wonld eluMT yoni- lu'art--tlmt tlic <^<)vernnK'nt had
<l<'cid«'d on adopting a policy of ad»M(Uate relief.
That, it grieves rnc to say, they lui\i' not done,
although I have exerted myself to arcjuse them to
ense of their duty, hut it is little a poor priest
a s
itl
ean Mo witti our pul»lic men
l.li
W
len
I
reae
hed
iiere I went first to see the premier. Afti'r wait-
injjT my turn for an hour with a crowd oi visitors,
11
man,
I was admitted. He was "ivil, hut is a du
and did not seem to realize what I was tellinf him.
He told me to go t(» the provincial seci-etary, to
whose department emij^ration belonj^'s, and see
him. I left in no good humor, to do as Mi- Sher-
wood hade me. Mr Daly was not at his lod<'in<'s-
he had gone to the hack of the mountain to dine.
I h
lave learnetl since, lie is
bett
er a
t d
ining am
I
■wining than attending to his duties. I had an
interview with him next day
ou
may
no
tk
now
w
'ly
that Mr Daly is of ourselves. He is a Gal
man himself and his lady is from Kilkenny. Ap-
pealing to ail Irishman and a Cath(jlic I expected
o, was
him to fall in with me — thot all I had to d
to seize him of the actu.\' facts of the situation at
Grosse islo and he would act with energy. That
was what I expected of him but all I oot from him.
44 s
<ii,i:\\i;i! T.\i.i;s.
( J'T.-iM, \v;i - ^' 'It wmi-cIs Miiil jiP' iiiii^f^, mill ucitlici"
tllf ollc llDl" tli'' iithi'l- will t'ri'cl tllc vtMr\ ill:;' nr
cure tllf sick. lie t'.ilil iiic til c.-ill iic\t 'lay, as
li"' WMiiti'il tiiiH' t'> l;'i ()\rr tlh- rc|tM|-ts. Wlu'ii I
wiiit, liis >cr\aiit iii;i!i >;ii(l he was out, aii'l I
iii'\ir I'lMiiiil liiiii i;> !i;4aiii for im'. WIkii tli<' liiiii--r
I'piiic'il, ! iii;iiiaL;i'il ti) i^i't ill. to lii-ar what tin'
^o\^•nl(l^ WKiiM say iilioiit tlic rMii^raiits. Tlic
wiinls put in lii^ niMiith almiit tlii'iii iimuIc me
aiiL,My. Till' ^oNcrniiiciit pi-ctfiiil(<l tlu'y Iiad iiiailc
uiiipit' jii'i'paratioii for tin- cxjicctfl iiitiiix and
that cvrrvthin''' was <oiin<f on well. licsidi' him
stood two men sniiliuL,^ anions;" a '•< \y of ladies
who knew hi'ttcr, foi- i had told them all. In
the dcliatr since thi'ii, wlu'n a nxMnhcr on the
opposition side rrfcrn'd to the inmiors of tin- state
of matters at (luarantine. Mr Daly lieL,^;^*''! the
house not to Lri\e hee(l to alarmist re])orts and to
I'est assured the yoveiTimeut was doinj^' every thini^
that was reijuii-ecl, had appointed a conunission
of thiTc doctors to \isit (Irosse isle, and would act
on their i-e]iort. I had little resprot hefore for
('anailian politicians, I liaw less now. I was ad-
vised to wait on the new minister, John A. Mac-
donald, the voiuiLTest memher of the Lr'>^'<'rnment.
I told my frirud that if Mr Daly would not do
the decent tliiiiLi' l>v his couutrvmen, I was not
'H line' to ask the mendier for the ( )i-ani;e citv of
Kinirston, who, like all thi' others of theui, is en-
1 i-i'/ iccMCl m i»it>'i<riii
f,^ 1.-
II1V<1^^<^«', ■• V"-' IX'_*
ll,v-
iifx \ml: ^^•^^*t■ \-' in
,+^.
tat ^^1 1 1\.'^ ,
Th
THK SI MMEK OK So|U«i\V.
44f>
talk ()f the city is vvhi'tluT tlic tairiistry will stan.!,
for its iimjority is only ,,„(• or two, ftii.l then' is
a ^^o(m1 (leal of cxcitomftit aLout it. Moiv utt.n-
tion i.sbrin^r pai.l to the n'l,ul,lry <,f The Pilot tli.Mi
aiiyfliiii^r els^.. This wil, not Ih- for lo„jr. Tlio
<'vil has com*' to the .loor of this city. The f..,--
wni-.iin- hy wholesale of all eiiii;,'nuits al.le t.»
move, has hrou;r|,t the frvt-r. The .'.ni^rmtion
sheds are at Wirulinill point, an ine.Mivenimt
place, for there is not water enou<rh to permit
the steamers to come up to the wharf, an.l tlu^
••mijjrrants have to he lamLMl by scows, which is
sore on the sick. I am not «roin^r to say that
the journey from (Irosse isle to here is as h.id
as the voyajro across the Atlantic, but it has a
few features worse than it. The steamers con.c
in with emigrants packed on their lower deck
like herrings in a tish-lK)x. The steamers are
chartered by the govei-nment from tl.jir sup-
porters, and a few of them are old, worn-out
tubs, that take two dtiys to o trip that ought to
be made inside 20 hours. Without food or cover,
l»listered by the sun in the day and chille.l by
the river breezes at night, the poor creatures are
landed here more dead than alive. Many who
went aboard feeling well, are carried oti' in a
dying state. My curse and the curse of every
Irishman be on the government that allows the
helplessness of our countrymen to be traded upon
to make money for t.luor folL^.irov
Tf *1.
450
r;r,KANKK talks.
portfitioii was It-ft opfii to nil sliip-owmtrs, the
<iiii<rnint.s woiiM Ik- ln-ouirht Iutc in mr'T »ni<l
sptM'dy stfuiiHTs, ivikI a limit oouM Im' |»ut to
tli»' immlxT tlicy carry. Onco landed, tlif cini-
j^'iarits an* <lt'ct'ntly treat*'*!. I am thank till to
l)f aMe to .say that. It is the city and not the
*n)V(rnment that nianaires. For sick and well
there is plenty of wholesome food, and no lack of
doctors or nurses. The food, to ho .sure, is coarse
and the cooking' not j^ood, but you know the say-
ing. The poor drink wather and the rich sip tay.
Aftt'rOrosse isle it is tine. What I have seen here ha.s
shown me the necessity of movin<r the (piarantine
to the flats liehnv (Quebec. If the sick were
moved from (Jrosse isle to near the city they
would get all the supplies and service neede<l. I
expect to return to Quebec in a day or so, and be-
fore leavinff here hope to get the bishop to wait
t>n the premier, to ask that the new fever sheds be
placed on the outskirts of Quebec. I hear from
the emigrants as they arrive of you, and as they
speak they bless you. I hope to .see you soon.
Your Oi.i) Vueleitou.
12. — A ship that came in from Sligo has many
of my old neighbors. They say after we left,
the aofents crave out that all who refu.sed to emi-
grate would have the relief taken from theni,
which was all tliey had to keep life in them
iinfil novf proii Thp tT»nr« t.hnt w^ent the more
THE SCMMEIt OF HOUFIOW.
431
«'ii<rer wrr.' those Ifft Krliind to p.. At t!u' rut«?
they an? coinin^r, Lord l'ulin«'rst«)n will huve Jiis
land clear of people l.y Micliaeliiias, and l>e aUle
to lease it to Scotch cow-feeders. Most of the
ctni<;rants come expectin<r free land from the
Canadian <,'overninent and a pound a head from
th«! accents of their landlords at (^uel)ec. Oh, the
dcceivei-s, to cheat those poor people with lies!
16. — Bridget is down with the fever, just when
Ellen was recoverin<:f and likely to he ahle s«m)ii
to leave with her sister for uncle's farm in Hut>-
tin<,'(ion. It seems as if exposure, if lon<; enough
continued, is sure to induce the disease. Doctor
Douglas says few can withsUmd l.reatiiiiiir the
air o*' the 'leds for a fortnight without bein(»-
111 ^
.aid down. 1 expect my turn will come yet. A
company of soldiei-s has arrived to act as a guard
over the camp of what is called the healthy emi-
grants to keep them f;\,. : going near the fever
sheds. It is of a piece with everything else. The
fever is in the camp a.s well as in the sheds. Had
they sent a few hundred hoards from Quebec to
floor the tents, it would have been more sensible
than to supply a guard. The weather is still wet,
and the ground under the tents is soakim^ vet
the people have nowhere else to lie. I was telling
the head of the Church of England clergymen,
Doctor Mountain, of what my friend had said
about quarantine being moved near the city. He
,1 -lil 1. ll _ _.
4-) 2
<il,K.\NKIl T.M.KS,
(^u»'U'C wuulil iTsist. T\u' ct'llar <»f tin* nmrin*-
liospilul linvinj^ U'coinr full to uvrrriowm^ with
i'iiii^rjmt««, woikiiifii caiiM* time days uijo to rrret
sImmIs on tilt' liospitjil ;^n)un<ls. 'I'lir jM-<»j>lf of St
K<k'Ijs HMsriiiMrd, scatt«'rr«i tlw IijiiiImt, hikI droVf
Hway tin- workmen. Ijiriifntiii;; tin- lark of mirs«'s,
Im' toM Jiif it was partly «lur to tin LjovcrriiiM-Kt's
not ortiriiiir sutHi'ittit wa^rs. IMacanls on iUv
(^u«'Ik'c strtTts askin;^ for nuis«s ut (JO o«'nts a day
ni»'t with no response. iKn'tors wt'n- otiiTcd only
S.S.oO a (lay. A «l(»llar a day for nurst'.s and >*■)
for dcK'tors would ;,'«'t a supply, hut tlw authori-
ties Would not consent. I can Ud-'vc anythinj^^ of
thcni. They will not s« ud us a supply of stmw,
even, and many of the sick are lyin^ with<ait
anything helow tli« .i>.
18. — 1 was witness today of an incident I want
to preserve .sotne note of. I was attendin;^ to an
old nei^hhor, Mr Mona<^dian, who came in the ship
from Slii^o six days a^o. He is niendin*,', th<»u;^h
still poorly. While l»endin<; over him, he ^oive a
stiirt, and turnini; I saw they wtre carryin^^ in a
new patient. They placed him iti an adjoining hed.
Wa.sted and sallow as he was, I reco^aiize<l in him
a lUJin I had .seen from hoyhood, hut had never
spoken to. He had a farm in our townland and
was a bitter ()rant;eman. With Mona<du\n he had
a feud, which tliey tried to tit,'ht out on many a
market day. Stanhope had led a party that heat
lii;
S oiitCjL SvJii ciii
14. ...... ....... .
„: .1.
.!^u*h
THK SIMMKU UK s« KUo
NV.
4.^3
'»!».• St Joluis rvf. lui.l }in<l Ih'iiimmI ins.ilt on I
ami his ti
mil
M.
liH'.H without
•li.l
'Mt.
I
N\'
not sa
y
••MH-.uin .iKl not puy liim , uek. If In- .ii.l n,.t.
iiM'lKxly ,.|s,. .li.l, f,,r h,. |,a,| I
liiiriK-tl (iii,j I,,,, (j
lis Htiickyaiil t\vi<'
ru' riiormiif,' \\ni\u\ four of his
cows hou;rh,.,|. How wouM thrsi. luortul
fiu'iin.'s
iiH'«t How, far fi
oiii th«'ir iiiitiv»' Ikm.I uti<l laid
!•'•■ i'y si.lr ill .h-uthly sicktu'ss' StHnh..|).. was
OV«'iCo|||r with th«' f.iti
th.' ship, ,iij,| lay .'xhaiist.MJ with hi
I h«'l<l up his htaW to ;riv<- I
u«' of liriu<,,nM;r |,i|,, f,.„|
s cyrs sh'j
til
liiii sonic conlial, and
t'n he sank hack an<l fell asleep. I kept my
♦•yi- on hii.i as I went ahout the shed, watcjiin-
his \vakin;r. ()„ j),. y^\
• itain s coniin<r in, I tol.l
111 III of the new I'rotcstant patient and of tl
le
Pircunistanc
es
I 1
lave
tiere s(
t d
own.
look
H Went
I'li; at
t<' where the couple lay j!n<l wei
them when Stanhope awoke. He '^a/A'^ hel|)less-
ly around until his eyes met those of M(.na<d
which had h
'•lime in. Tl
lan,
een fixed on him from the time he
le ;r|itti'r of tln' old tire sprunjr up
in Stanhope's «,'yes and a Hush passed ovei" his
wiiite face. Neither .sai<l »> word for .piitc a while.
Durin^r the pause the (.etiant look faded f
Stanhope's face, and I co;dd
old nei'dd)orhood and
a
suft'eiini' tilled iiis h
•om
see recollection of
sense of community of
>som. The stern, hard f
tures rela.xetl and a bony hand was thrust
Is that yersilf, Mona«d
ea-
acros.s.
.1 i«
lai : will ye shak lians
(I
454
fJI.KANKK TALKS.
"(iliul itii )>ru'i(l t«) *l<i iliiit sntiii*, ami Irt tty-
j^otu's Ih' hy;;utirs, Mr Stiinln>p«'."
Tlnif wits a iiioistiH'ss in l)r Mountain's ryvs
lis li»' Hjiid, • L<t\»' is tli«* fultlllin;^ .>f Lh«> law. May
till- (JimmI Shrphrrtl, who lias slinp in rvt-ry tliK'k,
)>l
rss v<»'l
I'oth
I, ariM in His own time Ljathtr yoii
into His licaviMily t'oM."
"Anirn,' I sail! with all my htart. "Dr Moun-
biin, I hav»> Icavnrd soin»'thin;^ in this islami of
horni
for I
sick
not
•
)rs
that
f."
hav«'
s4'«'n
nn<l
f«'«'<l
th
Hlf
in
a
sc
thai
ks
th
•vt
•otiiu'ss is not IwdiniliMl hy cre«'«l,
you ami yoiu" clrr^^y nur.M
th
»»' hunj^ry day aft«'r day although
)r<' oi tlM'in an* ot your c
f
■hurch
Th»' thanks that liavc hern in my hrart for your
kindness to my countrytiK'n I am not ivsLuiiu'd
now to sj)cak '
H«' clasped my hand. "My dear Mr Kcc^an,
say not another word; when a man comes to die
i)
le mosl pail
iful reflection he can have is, that
he did not einhrace every opportunity he had
durinj; his lifetime of doin^^ <;ood. Yt)U and 1
have simply done our duty, and, after all, have
to confess we are un[)rotital)le servants of the one
(}(xl whom wi' worship at diH'erent altars." Hav-
ing; said this he turned away to resume hi visi-
tation of the sick elsewhere.
20. — The weather has Iwen steamiiii^ hot for a
week, with heavy showers, and fo^ at ni;,dit, mak-
ing our situation worse and spreadin-,'^ infection.
?> u >tCiicii uuiii in nini Out OI iioors.
1 hei
I
THK SIMMKlt OK S(»HK
itW.
456
SI,
ip** ootitiim.' to foinc ill iin<i tl
to J^rnw ; n .l<H't4)r t«)|<l
)*■ ntiiiilMT of
SIC
III**
tl
I'll
uTf an- tivrr •JOOO.
(^iirl
I mirst's, lH)tli iiini ,i„<l \v..m.n, that r.-tn.- in,,
M'C,
nrv II I.II.I Int. Tllry rir;;jrft tLrir .|||f
Nlmi;,';r|,. i„ ,\r\uk t(. tl
I
h-s.
KiHf (if tlu' sick wli
• I CHII
>Hy tor It. lui.l rol, tl... .jyi.i- ()„ this lono
•slan.l. wl.dv cv.rytlii: .-Is,, is s.. s/nnv. whisl.y
run \h' ;rot l.y wlioc\,.. wants it Tlic ;rn...,| of
^ruin overcomes the fear of infection. ,n?.| it is
snm-.rie.l in l.y ynmi! oats fnm. (^..el.ec. Last
ni^'ht there was an uproar in the camp of the
Iiralthy. cause.! I,y .Jrunk.'nn.'ss. '|'h,. military
.iCmni is a hurt t.> th." .ini-rants. Like s..|.|i..rs
everywh.-r.-, th.'y have neither morals nor .|..vncy.
hvuh^i'i KM-..W.S wors.- an.l p..or Kij.n i> makin-a
ha.l recovery, fo- sh,. .xhausts h.-r str.>n-th l.y
tryin;,' to nu-se h.-i sister. .\i..Fia-han am? Stan-
hope talk l.y the h,.ur. an.l th.ir cnverse has put
new heart in th.M... Ho,,,, is better than m.'.licin...
In.l.'e.l. I have s.'en scores .li,. from .lesj)o,„|,.„cv
or iii.lirter.'nce t.) life, who, to all appearance. ouirh\
to hav,. r.xwvere.l. Th.- two .,1.1 ,.n,.mi,.s aiv Uw
Mmst conlial of frien.ls an.l will .soot, I,.- al.h- to
'•■av... Thev have aj^ree.i to j,r„ with the su;--
viv.,rs of their faniili..s to th<. Loti.lon .listrict
an.l take up huel toj^^ether. H.,tli an- in.lustrious
an.l stea.ly an.l havin;r l,„rie(l their sensel.'
hatre.l will he .,f mutual help to .,n.. another.
Both have money en.ai<;h to start them.
o 1
/•i.,yi,in iia.s i^rot i.ack tor a few
456
(il-KANEK TALKS.
(lays. There is need fur more like him, but Irish
priests are t't'vv in this pint (*t' C'aninhi, tintl our
people want them alone. The ships now arriving;
report larger nxjrtality than those that came in
May This is due to the heat. The condition of
tlu' holds of the ships that come in is unspeak-
iiltjy rev<»ltinj]j. Several huried over a hundred
in the ocean, e'jual to a fifth of the number of
their passen<fers.
July 2. — Father Ab)ylan wanted me to ^o to
Montreal as a witness before a committee of en-
(juiry appointed by the lej^islature. I have no
heart to h^ave here, and I told him if they would
not believe him they would not believe me. There
i.i no improvement in caring for the sick; the cal-
lousness of the Canadian orovernment to the sutler-
inijs of <od's poor on this island I cannot under-
stand. The weather is now settled, and beyond
the sun being sco)-chingly hot at midday is as fine
as could be wished.
!)th. — ^This evening I took a walk to the far
side of the island and enjoyed the solitude and
the peace of nature. Sitting on the beach, I
watched the sun sink behind the hills. I have
a feeling that my own sun will soon disappear
for I am sad and disheartened beyond all my
expei ence. Dr Fen wick told me the other day
I should leave: that I needed a chanfje. I cannot,
indeed I will not, for I cherit-h the ."ccret wish
to die where my Aileen left me. A ship has
THK SL•M^•vu OK SORKDW,
457
arrived with .SI dead on board; she lost over a
fourth of those who einharked on her at Liver-
pool. Another out of 470 emijrrants, dropped
150 into the Atlantic. Sure, trajredies hke tliese
ought to direct the eyes of the civiHzed worUI to
what is happening. My heart is hroken at the
sight of thousands of my own dear people, men,
women, and little children, dying for lack of a
crust on Canada's shore.
14.— I think the end has come. Tonight my
head throbs and my bones are sore. Bridget, after
hovering a long while between life and ileath.
sank to rest this morning, and is buried. Ellen
leaves by tomorrow's steamer, and will be in
Huntingdon in a few days. I gave her a mes-
sage to uncle. My life has been a failure. May
Cod have pity on me and on my poor people.
Oh, that Ailcen were here: that I felt her hand
on my racked forehead.
THE END.
Note to the Summer of Sorr(
)W.
The iinmigmtion to Cana<la in 1847 was tlfe
argest on record. Durin<r the season of navi^m-
t.on vessels beanng 90,000 arrived in the "st
Lawrence. Of these 20.000 were English, Scotch
and Germans, and on the vessels that carried theni
ther.> was n.) unusual sickness, so that, in consider-
ing tne calamity of 1847, they are to be set aside
and the remaining seventy thousand alone to be'
dealt with. They were mainly Irish Roman Cath-
olics and It was among them that disease and
death reigned. l^.fty thousand of them sailed
from ports in Ireland; twenty thousand came by
way o Liverpool. 129 ships were required to
carry them vJn every vessel fever and dysentery
broke out; the, emigrants who sailed from Liver-
pool faring worst. In crossing the Atlantic these
1 29 vessels dropped 409^2 of their passengers into
the deep; while anchored off Grosse isle 1190 died
island^M^isQ"*^ ""^ ^^'T ?''y ''''^ ^^^«^« "P«» the
island S.m perished. A monument in its ceme-
tery records that there was buried, in less than
SIX months 5424 persons "who, flying from pesti-
i ^rav^"' iTT'k" ^'''""'!' *'«""^* in^America but
a grave Ihat, however, is (mly a portion of the
mortality. Streaming past Grosse is'le. after a de-
tention that was harmful to them and of no benefit
in protecting the Canadian community aguinst dis-
ease tne advancing army of immigraSts swept
westward, and wherever it bivouaeerl ieff. « oh. J..
4«)()
fJF.KAN'KU TALKS.
(»i' ;,n»iv('s. At (Vutlu'c city 712 <IitMl, at Moiitiviil
<i.*{.S(). at Lju'liinc ]IM), at CoiJiwall .')2, at Kinj^stoii
1!K)0, at Torontt) (S(i:{. Only wlitic the autlioritifs
pivpaifd pinct's of slu'ltrr, was any iccoid k»'{>t
of till' (Icatlis, and tht'sc places closed in Octolicr.
Of tlic mm tality (iiirin;Lr tlu' winter "<» count was
kcj)t nor of the hundreds who died l»y twos or thi-ees
alon;;' the routes of travel or in ninote country
distriets, to which the sorely smitten people ptme-
trated in the hope of relief. The otiicial reconl
<;ives tlie total at 17,000; actually, ahout 20,0()()
died. Adding those who died on shipboard, tlie
mimher rises to 24,000. That is, out of every
fourteen who left Ireland, tive died — a rate of
mortality without parallel in modern times. For
this appallinj,'- destruction of human life, the Irish
landlords were primaiily lesponsihle in compellini;'
or inducin^^ their tenants to leave Ireland without
makiiiij adeipiate provision foi- their sustenanci".
For their treatment on shipboard, the owners, or
ciiarteiers of the vessels, and tlie officers in com-
mand are accountable. It is humiliating^ to state
that :»o effort was made by the officials at Quebec
to punish the captains and mates of vessels who
had maltreated passen^^ers. It was notorious that
the poor emij^rant had been robbed in mea.surin<;
out liis scanty allowance of biscuit, meal, anil
watei-, and that tlie (piality was detestable, yet
there is only one case on record of a captain beinj^f
broujjfht to account. The master of the Binuun
was char^a'd with cheating; in the allowance of
Avater. By confessint>- judj^inent and ]myin<^ a
paltry tine, he avoided trial and went free! No
class of men more abuse the power their position
ij^ives I lem than the officers of ships. The emi-
N« >TK.
4()1
^'rant has always Ihmmi l.a<llv t.vatr<l: is t., this
'lay shanM.fulIy usnl. Steam has shoiti'Mcl the
voya^r,. a„,i „„i,i,. j^ „„„.,. |„.a,.Hl,|... while <r„v,.rn-
uunt n-«,inn.MH.nts as t(. spare a.i.l aco..iiun?Hlation
are ,non. hhrml. hut th.-re h.v steamships which
c iiU! to guehec whose passfn;r,.,s tell «,f their
*oyajre U'm<r ati onleal of starvation aM<! nerrh-ct
-_<,t petty tyranny on the part of hectorin.r rhin-
orticer.s. ot t,„„| »KMn;r thrown hefore them o^" such
execrahle ,,uality an.l so ha.lly c.M,ke(l as t.. turn
the stoutest stomach. Desirous of hurryin.r to
their iJestinati.m an.l knowin^r their inahility to
conten<l with powerful omparn-es. the grievances
ot the poverty-stricken a.ul friendless immi<rrant
are unrecorded m our courts.
For the tracrody enacted at (Jro.sse isle in 1847
and Its sad scenes re-enacted in every town and'
city west ot It, iron. QueI.ec to Sandwich, the Can-
adian ^^)vernment is account^ihle, and the responsi-
hihty tor the death (.f the twenty thousand laid
in premature rrraves lies at the door of Sherw.K.d
and h,s minis ors. The letters an.l reports of
L>r Doucrlas show they were fully ac.,uainted with
the awtul s ate of artairs at (Crosse isle from the
landin^r ot the Hrst sick eniicrr,- , yet took no a.le-
quate steps in response. There never was a calamity
that could have }>een more easily averted- there
never was waste of life that could have been more
»*asily prevented. The British Government did its
part. Comniunication was slow then, an.l it was
past tlK. niid.ile of June before accounts of the
dreadful state of matters at Grosse isle reache.l
Britain. On the 18th. the Imperial ^rovernment
sent a despatch askin^r the Canadian authorities
to take vigorous action co relieve it and promisincr
4G2
GLEAN'EU TALES.
tc) pay tho cost. On receipt of this llespatch, the
Canadian government became lavish enouglj, an<l
the followini^ year presented a hill for some
:?700,0()0, which the Imperial authorities paid
without enijuiry. Where that money went, it is
useless now to en(|uire; assuredly little of it went
to feed the famishing immigrant The efficiency of
the action of the government can he Judged hy one
fact — it was not until the end (.f August it had pro-
vided sufficient sheds for the sick at (Jrosse isle to
permit of the sexes being separated. While no Cana-
dian can look back upon 1847 without a feeling of
shame for the conduct of our public men, they en-
tertain an honest pride in the devotion of the
clergy and physicians. Thus, out of 42 Roman
Catholic priests who volunteered to visit Grosse
isle 19 caught the fever, and 4 died. Out of the
16 Episcopal clergymen who responded to the
call of Bishop Mountain, 7 took ill and 2 died. Of
the 26 doctors, 22 fell ill and 4 died. The same
devotion was shown elsewhere, doctors, nurses,
and ministers, in the hope of doing good to the
sick and dying, walking into danger. One clergy-
man associated with this district. Rev Wm. Dawes,
died from the fever at St Johns. The mayor of
Montreal, J. T. Mills, after doing invaluable work
in providing for the sick, caught the contagion
and died.