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GLEANER TALES 
 
 PAKT TWO, 
 
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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. 
 
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 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 
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 225 
 
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 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 
 
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 (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-: 
 
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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, 
 
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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- 
 
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 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 
 
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 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 
 
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 went to take, ns they termed it 
 and hefoi-e he L''ot ovei- } 
 
 of their little stock of 
 
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 mada and take up land, as intended, he had 
 
 li 
 
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 ••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 
 
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 leir privations were 
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 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 
 
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 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 
 
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 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 
 
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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." 
 
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 "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. 
 
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 "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 
 
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 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, 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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." 
 
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 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 
 
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 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 
 
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 (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 
 
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 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 
 
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 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 
 
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 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,. 
 
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 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 
 
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 I fuliuwi.l uikI wlirri attii t< ii I n.s.- tn tiik. 
 
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 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. 
 
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 lllst vr will it 
 
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 riMtm lie irtunir.j with wliat |iH*ki<i like a ;;r. ilsv 
 
 lltK 
 
 I iiiiicli liaiii||)i| piiss-liuok I'ak 
 
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 U' rxcIaiiiMMl wiiii .• ti<iii. an dmit I. 
 
 l»»n<r. 
 
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 icin;; it ii) my |>ock» t wt- piiittil. 
 
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 IKiU THK ItoiiK \V \s (iul. 
 
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 n ntiriri;; tn iiiv n>om that i.' jht. I i'xariiiin-<l 
 
 the hook 'Mvrii mr with such rthictaiK 
 
 (■ '•:iil vrn< 
 
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 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- 
 

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 (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 
 
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THE SirMMKi: (»F S(tUR(»\V. 
 
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 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 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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 
 
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 (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 
 
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 '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- 
 
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 ij; i/vJ CU,l> iii iiti" iiUiiu lie Ittltic nci" 
 
Tlli: SIMMKii or sou I 
 
 tow, 
 
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 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 
 
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 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' 
 
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 «: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('- 
 
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 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 
 
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 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'" ' ' ■ 
 
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 ^''" '■■'-' '"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." 
 
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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.') 
 
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 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 
 
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 441 
 
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 \\ii>> i\iri \\i>r>f tliaii till' I.I. 1. Ill* shrill |-. iiMil 
 
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 ■ ill 'll ' 
 
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 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. 
 
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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- 
 
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 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 
 
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 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.