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PICTURESQUE
PRINCE iimrARD
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BY HELEN M MERRILL
PICTOX:
rrintcd at The Gazette Book avd Job Printing ffoium
18)-'.
'Sutercd according to Act of Parliament of CiinaJa in tlie
year ISW, h\ Helen V.. Merrill, at the Uepartnjtul of
Agriculture.
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^iU.QVi:s7].\' a wisli lias ].von exprosed, that in some way the inatch-
'^^1 less, woivlcrful sccnciy of Prince Edwaivl County be made more
widely known.
Though conscious of my inability to .lo it anything like justice, I am
cndc*voring in carefully compiling and giving this ].hamplft proper
circulation, to make it a means to tliat ei]<l. I am confident our chann-
ing county has only to he made well known to become one of the most
jK)pulaf of summer resorts.
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frinee J^dward (^oanty.
CV^ i; Ai'TliTi. iiic ;lic hill.-< .liiil till' rntilc valley.-, (tf Pfiiuc K.lu.iftl. a. jK'tiinsiiI.f
T^i icacliini? nut into t lu' lnwci' pintions df I.akc Oiitarin and litrr.iily fi iiij^tnl
with l()\clv iiilt't-^ and |)ifliii'cs(|U(' |)iiiiits. Niiim-ii>us. tn'i, ai;- its hays.
lakes and streams, all of \\ liich ali'iuiid in fi>h. uliilr wild-diuk^ and otisci j;.unc
arc plcntit'ul in s,a»>n.
'riii> (•(•niity l>in;4 tlui> apart fvDni tlu' (••istrrn lake ciiunti"-; cintains sudu'
UiS.CNH) aci't's valui'd at about ■ST.")' )i •.(»»(). the population heinLf more thin 2^»,(Mi«'.
A canal, tile placid .Munay, runs I lii'ou,:.rli it'^ nairow isthnm> n'-i, theCaiiy-
iiii; I'lare, an old Indian portai^c, and thiMU^uli tl:i- the Uiail >tci!;ier.-i pass (in
thcii- way down the lake to Montieal.
And 11' >w collie wil h me aiMund the county in ono of F.incy's airy skilf.s— •
I'^ai^cr Fancy iincoiifiiu'd.
In a voya.^e of the mind
Swcepiicj; onward like the wind.
I.ej ii^yo north out of Picjon Ba\' and up the Lon;.^' h'each ovii t I:c uind-
t'rel led waler> of the Hay ot' t^uinte. t iirnin.u' >out li-wt — i around tMa--\- point an J
sailin;^' !)y maiiN hays and islands and .yrceii pi>int> till we reach the heul »d' the
li ly of t^uinte. Mere we rest for a little t iine on the stony s'.ioiv of liilian I -latul,
a fax'orite rende/Nons of Indians in days loni;' none hy. .Many curioii- relics ha.vi'
heeii found here. W'e luml about for >ome, bin tindin;^ none in our caridcss
.se.'ircdi, pass on and through the (|uiet canal and into \\'eller"> IJay. t iien uui
af^aiii by IJald Head Island into t he blue lake and on i)asi Nicho!sou"> I -land leaving-
I'lcasanl Hay and Huyck's Ma >• on our left . Iioundiiii; a point hi-ie we soon re;i,ch
Wcllinv;t()n. a village delight fully situated on t he lake shori'. fanned all summer
by I'efrcshint;- lake-bree/.e.--. It i> a jiopnlar summer resorl . ami amon.u t h.o^e wlio
lia\e simunei' I'csiilcnces here, i-i I'!. W. I'al hliun. I'isn.. of l)e-eronlo. And now
\vc cuter West Lake, sail amoiiLT its beautiful i>land- and out aiiai:; aliui;.; tlic
siiin\" reaches of I he ma.i^nificcnt white .Sand 1 1 ill > foiininLC it- we>iern hound :iry.
Mien on round W'esi Point intolattli- Sandy I5,iy .and throuirh tin- lovely outlet.
into Kast Lake. This and West Lake are the two larj^cst in the county, a.nd both
arc fine tisliitm reports. ,\iiil now we are oit a.^ain out of the lake .and bay rmmd
S.almon Point .ind into Soup H.arlior. I.M.kc Ont;r,ic ofV Salmon Point and uthct-
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.sli'>i-i'-;, ;ilK)n!iils in s;il!ii(i!i-t i-Dut. hii;,'.-. (IcIiciiMi^ fcJI^i-w-^ ! (' .-(icaii at'rnj.f^^Jjr'Jiwr,
]i(ivin;j: cnjoycil ;i;i aiMi>li' >iir.' I'lir l)i'4'.ik.i';i-l Soon a.- ii>ut)tl l*<iinl lVtr*"NU<i sail
•■ly ;i Ion ,' ii'ii'li of (• )i>t ii;i\in,i< in.tny pretty Ixiys }in«l poinLss 4>)viiwin3tv^, ns we
Inrn I'lin! 'I'r.n « i ^<'. ;i view of t'lc l-'.-ilsi- I>iicks .■ii.nl TiJiiluT l.s?«»«*Jl lying «»«it in
tin- ;4i'f.'I 1 ik". Ami II i\v \\\' ciittT Soutli I);ty aiul tollrjw its U«f ;-»hwn-s i-nu!i»l:
to till- IJl.ick IJiwr. .1 stii-ani in sonii' i)!aci"^ I(»^ yanU uiiN'. ifs lim'^tij Jwin^c^ (ivf
• II' six niih •. Tlit'U on v.c sail l)y scM-ia! Itraiit ifvil poinf.s aiul ^\'a'.«l•(Mls {-.^^tiil.
infci Sniiih"'. H;!y. aiul li"iv t'roiii a hriij^lit of laiul aliovt* i^sCu- ■r'luHV iv** Uavt-
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oT visi in !: • t li" inunnnr i\\< wal n-s of I In- Mil'- Uay wit \\ Im-iuIL-uhI <5t-"i Jv.-jt.iL-iiHl all
,L;a\' w'l!i iVi'^h nnl'old.'il Ivaxi-s. tlicn \\'anpo;>si' [sland wilh its wavi-swi-jrt tWiiJivs
ami li 'y in 1 tl>.i~, t'li' hroad, rar-sliiiiiiiv;' bosom of South iUhy, aiwl sijU !►:» i>iit,
I'oini 'I'lMX T- '. Tiinbci' Island and ihc l-'alsc I>nc-ks. And ys't aroittid. !*!-id im
an I on. .m 1 lii'yond all t'.irsv, lin- .slioi'.'lr>s, wind-haunt i-d swii-^) »^' J («• fv**v-last-
in- lake !
Saiiinj; on aj; lin v.- ■ p I -- Cap- \"r-'y. ronnd Point I*Ic}is;mi( iijf<» ttJie B?*y of
t^iii'nli', an 1 soMM en! •!• oni' ot" onr piriiicst inli-ts. I'l-inyci's ('(l^^•. X'hf Sighing
hi'i-.' i- rx •il'iii and ya lit ini^ ])apl i.-s o;'t!'ii rnn in for a few days' >-{xu< . f^'-u'VTng
hi'ir. oin r.i'xl I'l's; iim--p!:'ci' is (iliaiora. on tin- 15iy of (iuiut<'. jibimS fiv*- ituft«»
from i'ii' m. 'I'll ■ ' hi\.' a comforiablc hotel iiiT.- near l!>" wlvoj'^". ai^l also
sevi'i'al !• )t t i;^e> in noiche^ on the luxuriant ly-uooded hill-sid*-. aiw^ yJwux' t<y tl.e
Lake oil ! ;;e Moi'.ntaill.
Her,'. ; )o. .'(t the wliarf. are the LiMle (iJMil Tniliine \\-al«>t-« iici-f WY«-k>. ul*!.'*
jrri^' auil a p!.;-.;er mill, 'he maeliinery ot' tlie.-e l)ein,u' wo\-!v.'tl hy v^-iU^'t'iiaidtwlKi
thr,pu.;l! pij)'.'-. tr.)!ii the lake ;«liove.
A CAVK
close i)y tl;;s [N'eel'.d \i!la;4'e, do\',n a shor'. d in^'-ertars piifFj r A-tfJunnariug a
|)i'eeipice lie ir w'lere a I iveh' ••l)i'idal veil" falU in ■•I'riii^-I inie I'-n 7iiuks in th'*
(h'eps of a li'leii, v.Iien the nieitin.j: of the -now can-e- an ovi'rHi.n'.' <vl" Hy • !kavI'. i»
foun 1 .a small, dark, leaf-shadowed passa,e-e aliout "Ji fe<>t Unxy;, JitkV.'ji;; }utfi a
Jati;j;ed-\\alled cwi' -ome Id fe'.'t !ii;^h aii<l ■").) feet in eircuiiifeHnut-, {{•■ wall- ^KM! g
of solid lime-.-.t Diie, wherein, by the li'^ht of a candle or lanlcni. <><w luay ivml
here and t Iiere. ;'i ■ name- of many who l;a\-e \i>lte 1 •hiscairiousi-ivi'i'^*. Fr.>n<i<Hl
nal iirally in a hir^- '. hi^-!i elilf. thounh tlie passaLce -eents t<» h!\\\' hnT\ sw.Mvv
a' some remote [H-rio!. .and to h.a\c l)een ihi-elled aw.ay in |>[4»jm"s, it i-^ a t at e
(airiosii y.
And w!i',i (•:.", ted iur^iit of (he hist irv of this in.;i \■e!I^)Us strnctnif ?
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fnash^^rt. time w..;,n.LHU....^Mm,. M.I MOW for., .:.iv..! I.-t, ..ss,.rs,.v..ral..ftln>
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ful of ««!. : «5mo«-..n«.,. ,,i.k.. pi.-k..,-.-!, vo.-k au.l l.luc-k l.ss, p.-n!.. muMIsI,, A:..
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.Isew-h^.^ .^,d L,„aon's Lake, a u...... haM.lfuI of, lark ,, wat... ui,:. n.ys(.,.y
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water, the lvc««Lc.f a th.u.a,.J sj..<-kl,.,I ....anfi.-s, app.-a.s H.-s, in a uoo.l al;ont a
"uJea..?.ch.iffr«mI^Vu.n..u.]f).nvs on aM<I ..,.,• on .Inon.d, thickets and
V^*^^Sr<^^^^.^nds.m»y^i,,,,,s.smiu>,nunUyimo\V..i Lake aft..,- a run of
about four mn^s. KesicU-s its fan,,- as a flshinK-.-sort, it possess-s oth.r interest
ce»t^miirrs.mt.ohf Indian p<...t..-y. hat, has h..... dis.-ovr.-d n..ar its windin.^
I^Uinva.y, nnd frrwo v/)»icL ».*,«„:, hor of <-nrious r.lics hav Ium., nn,.arilu.d.
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PK'TL'RMSQL'E PRINCE EDWARD.
ghe. §and :6ani^5.
FRANK YEiGH, tordnto.
(■^'ni:; f;i,'.noii:s;i!i(l CMiriinis Suil B;i!;ks of Piinrc l-Mw.ii-d Cuunly wcic ;i u-vcl.i-
(llj,) t;;>;i t f) ni('. St.iinHim' on th.- iiiijlicst doni". it-* .sliaiply dciifd riilgc sliow-
ir.g 11)!' l)aLiUv;iy oi" the nir currc'.its. the \i('\v i^ as iinicnii' ;i-^ it is sliikinjj;
jmd bcriutifu!. In tlic west ;i vast sainiy ampluthcatn-, i-iu'loscd hy thi' r-vcr-
refi'ding hills as tha^y ai'r l)li»\vii inland : a widi- sweep of sandy beach, whei'e loiij^
lines of w'nite cajis are heinjj; clia.^ed in hy tl'e treslienini^ breeze ; a wider sweep
of Li!<.e Ontario, rea'.-hini^ to the nriini.iii 1, t > a ,u'i' >iim of islands outlined a.(ainst
the s'lvy. ami to the Ii;,'litho\ises. Vvlio.-.e !aini)s have just lu-eii lighted. In t!:e east
an i(U'a! rural seene of well-tilled farms, eoinfoi'table homes, v.indin;^' iliives
amont; full fol:a,:>'ed jjfriives. twin isl.aud lakes (v.iu'r.- t lie s.-uidy-wldskered fishei'-
nian's "gohi;»tion !" is hi'Jiril every timt^ a iish ('.->caii.'s) mirrorii\;4' (heir hanks in
their n'.iniatui^' i);!vs : in tlie sont'n a mile of rock-bmnid sliore, t lie shale IvinL,"
ctirved into imitations of t'mples and turrets, of clliV dwelling's and noi-t.ille 1
c'lve^ ; abo\'e and around and over all tlie iiood. of .-raisel \va\ es tiuues ;dl the
worl! with :<ui>,-rnat lU'al bea.uries beyon 1 ,any mort.al'.- pen to desci'ibe.
Til" Sa:id Banks, iir.leed. v.ary in appe.'U'ane,' witii earli ehan;^' of at m )spl;ere
Of peri.i.t of til • da>'. ^^"hen ullrtering in tlie moi-ninw sun, with a \\ bite briLdit-
ness almost dazzlin.v: to the siis-iit. they ar.' totally distinct froe.i their.asjx-ct unili'V
the pur{)le or crims(Ui l;'.)W of tii '>e niarvei.'ous sur.-i'ts. ^^'hen. too, they stand
out in P/..M relief a;,?.iinsi a ba.k^iMund of Mu -bl.nck stortn ciouds theii' uhiteni'ss
is H'ran;^ely cxpr.'ssiN'e and ir. siaitiir.^; cor.ir.ast to tiie u'l-ev siiroud of a r.tiny
d;iy oi' tile symtiathf.' ;■■ purity of th- nioon"s ra.ys. Still aiiotlier eiVect is witness-
e:l wh.e;! a. liu^'e lontire is ;i--!;ted ir. tlie beavh, c.i.-tiny its red retlei't ion on th ■
iSiUul siornis are n.')t infrerp.ient. especijil-y duritijjf ', Iv early s])rin,!j: or late fall.
Under tlu' i>res.siue of a co:>ip;vrative]y lij^ht wind I .saw the sand blown. Imt s.i
impalpable are its p;i: tiiles tli.a*" it con.l.l otily be felt on th.e fai'C or seen as ,n mi>i
in frontof a dar;; l-ai k5;froun>l of trees. Dnriii;^' ;i h.eavy a.utuiun I>low. however,
it rises ii; waves ten or fiveb.-e f>'et in heiL,ht as it sweep-: o\a'r 1 lie rounded sur-
face or lij) tlic track of the valley.-, in the wint'-r such a mo\ (Mueut as this .after
a snowstorm covers up fii' snow a.ui i -e, wliich can ii' easily fotmd ihu'iuL;- the
summer iiy (li^i;'t!;inx i^ ;i deptli ol tw(i or three feet. At present tlu' banks in the
l)cal;ty I visit;-.! extend for nearly f.>ur u'.ik's rt'.ot:^ t!ie shor;;' and from tluvc-
m^
"ww^HMHHg
Ssoi^aaBaiiiiQiiiiisgtit
mftiitiM
THF-: SAM) BANKS.
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quiutci's to a mile inl.inil, tlii' iiiiixiiiiiiiii hci;<ht Immii^ (>n(> hiimli't'd .uiil tifty IVft .
Similar, l)ut smaller hanks exist rlst'whcrc ill tlu' county.
Till- force and power of these inij^hty hills are seen in their evei-onwaiil mn\e-
luent inland, and in tin* sand-suhnierj<eil Kn>v«*s that have heen sluwiy envelnpei!
until only an ai'ea of tree-top-s pi-otnules fi-om the surfaci". At other points tlieii
W(H'k of destruction is ]»lainly visil)le in the pine and Hr an<l otlier trees whose
tmmks ,ire alre.iily hi<lden luid wliose l>r.inches and foliage have iteen starved or
choked to a yellowing ileath. The advancing muss i-eaching out in some
direct ions at the rate of fifteen feet per year — is .still eating up farm hiiids. and
even homes if they chance to come in its way. Houses are seen here and t lure
that are already partially sid)iiierged. ami, of course, deserted. » i
TheSand Banks are a paividise foi- birds as well ascity-tircil folk. "How mMuy
varieties a!'e found therer" I asked an old resident. "Name one lliat is not ii -
l)i'esent<'(l," was his reply. Walking along the sand beach early one morning I
came acioss a comi)any of cranes, tifty or more, feeding on tlie dead fi-li. Su'.-
deidy, lail not until I was very near them, they sti-etched their great wings and
flew to the sumnuts of the surrounding diuu-s. where they anathematised me for
my unwai'i'antahle interference. The next day double the four-and-t v. cut y black-
birds wliirled around me like pieces of black clouds, wliile near them and in the
.s.ime grove a great crowd of crows, cawing hoarsely, left their distui-bed rookery
for a safei' ret real. Pei'ched on a fence was a plump little woodpeckei-. working
hai'd to find bis dinnei' in the worm-eaten rail. So eanu'st was he in liistask. and
so hungry nuist he have been, that he paid no attention to my gradual approat h,
beyond putting one bright, tiny eye on watch until f was within arm's length,
when lu' hopped to the next rail and pt-rnutted a second close visit. Hut that eye
did its dttty and a slowly outstretched hand madi' the en<>rgeiic nilibler lly to a
neighboring tree t(){). Sandpipei's and ploveis art> also' nuinerows, a^ well a^ all
kind of wild foul in the a\itmnn.
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PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWAfJD.
Sand Waifs.
(3AND BANKS f892.)
jj?KT ,„o ■•„ h..re, .,., with tiK. ».„„» of „.„l„H..» win,,.,, ,.„,„,„ ,„o.
r^tr L«t me drcmii in tlie wind,
<>•• •' 'i- 'H-yond all tinH.s'.n. the white snn.ls w.-ro sift.d
Nucpi ;i.sli,„v by the sea.
Let n.. dream-age fallows age 'n.id a whir] „f .„„s.
And stai-s, and moons;
V-.i.vs of stninge men so„n,l, and race after race goes hv
To journey the path of souls.
Let me h-e here, so-I fain would dream alway
On these white, <ternal hills,
'•) f,'"l.l-dripping suns and dea;l sands swirled,
Sifted and swept, and swiiled.
H. M. .-vr.
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<yjZ k:
M
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Happy
dfiik a;
And
arc full
Kt'iuan
tl"t'r. oi
the pint
lyiiii^ at
brown Ji
IMl'llow '
Glanc
fancies .si
path. Ti
wind.
O.K(« aga
"Kcn.an.i
Up thf
na-ron-gw
He is her 1
iHKstile tril
wUI one d{
Groiuuls.
his home fj
great whii
se I, pilinjr
now in the
And nov
Ori-A-MA-MH-TO.
IT
Oai-a-ra.-lih-to.
LEGEND OF THE SANO HILLS.
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<^'T KMANA. chlltl of tlu' givat Lukc-laiul. the vtTy flowoi's lovr \u'V and shake-
i| their .scented Im»IIs to make sweet the way as she piLsses; hutterflies tlo.it near,
hirds sin>? to her, and the sun drops jjfold on her tresses dark and f^lo^sy.
Happy hei- voice as the snu^ of tlie wind among hhie-lndls, and her eyes lovely and'
dark as sliadows in forest pools undei- pines.
And now at the time of tlie hloomini; of th«' wake-robin, when tlie woodlands,
arc full of young tlowei-s and leaves, and the gra.s.ses green like green, .soft velvet,
Kemana steals from her'^'igwam out into the night and runs swift as a hiuited
(l"er. on and on through the forest till, suildi'uly, agreat black thing, blacker tha.i
the pines with their thousand sluidows, stands iMjfoio hor. It is a luige b )ulder
lying at the v«'rge of a hill, and she pauses by it.s lichened wall, clasps with a .small
brown hand a slim elm, and, ]ieering down int<» the darkness, whistles a clear,
mellow whisTTT' like the call of a night-l)ird.
Glancing back into the wood whence she has come, she is startled, for she
fancies she sees a figure almost obscure in the shadows, stirring, crouched by the-
path. Tnen she looks closer, No, it is Init a low bough set in motion l)y a putf of
wind.
O. ice again she whistlrs : Oe. oe.
"Keniana."
. oe, oe, oe, oe, oe !
Up the hillside from under the garlands of vines and the hemlock-boughs Ken-
na-i-on-gwe has come out of his hiding-pl.ace many a span down the great slope.
He is her lover, not long since her father's captive taken in an encounter witii a
hostile tribe. Her father, a great t'hief, decrees she shall wed a young bi-ave wIkv
will one day be their Chief when he has gone away into the Ixmndless Hunting
Grcmnd.s. Yet now Kemana loves Ken-na-nm-gwe, and she will go with him t(k
his home far away by the blue Ontari<i where the billows fling sunwanl their
great white pearls, and the winds blow the .shiiring sands up fi-om tlu'
se I, piling them in wondrous dunes like hills of silver gleaming afar and fretted
now in the sunny May-time with the pale pink blossoms of wild cherrie.- .
And now it happens she has left her tribe to-night happy to follow Ken-: a-rou-
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FM( TrilKSQl!K IMMNl K KDWAHl).
Kwr iiBywhiMT midiT tlu^ Htars. Yi-t, ii littlf tiim- thry liiiKcr in the nIiikIow of
1 iifir t rystiiiK-pliuT. The inooii rist'N ut'iir licyniid the livcr iiiiil the low lil^ick
IuIIh ; t.h«'y lu-ar \vou<1-«1«»vi'h viHt'ihn and tlic liill i>f nii aih>'>l.y ; a loin- owl hWft'iiK
l>y, and Hoiiifthiii^ Htirs in th<! dnail Ifavcis at their ffct. It is a ^rciit toatl.
I'lTSfiitly llicy look alMHit tluuii for a pathway down tlu' dark slope, when,
f^uddenly Ken-na-i-on-Kwe rlaspH witii a close clasi) IiIh (rendtliiiK hride, then
Kiasps his liatlle-axe.
There ai-e faces in the >;rass ; Hve-s<'ore Her<e, dark lines. KscajM' is inipossihie.
If liny hnt stir a flight of jiitows will sweep the night.
And now as Ken-na-ron-gwe grasps his weapon many daik forms leapn|) from
the grasses, aiul the hnsheN of jnniper, a savage ery rends the hot night air,
and Ken-na-ron-gwe Ls oiiet; again a nijitive in strong arms.
• ««'>•
Dark is the night on the deep Htream, on the liosom of the Sleeping Sorrt)W,
diivk and silent, and f nil <^f chiiids. Hiver-voiees are stilU'ai.d th«' winds hav(<
<i'ept away into wiUh'rncHHes fnll of shadows. In mid-stream lies a small islan<l
slii'wn with wild grape-vines, dwarft'd pines, elms and mii|)les. and from a clearing
!:p irt a little way from th«^ watcsr gleam the vermillion tlann-s of a death-fire i-ast-
ing gaimt ti-ee-shadows for many a sjian ont <m the dark, stirless ii\ er. Near th(«
hot hreath of the Hann>H Keniana is fast-hoimd to tlie hole of an ancient j)ine
whert' motionless she Htands ga/.ing into the tir*- watching tin* flann's as they leap
iito air licking tln> hlack sh)uh>ws of the night.
H«'re and there ahove tlie grjusses, white May-aj)i»le hlossoms shiiu' like small
moons ; a woimded hlack-snake stirs occasionally, and a lone Ol<hi-t^-moi( chatters
overhead.
Ken-na-ron-gwe lies helpless on th(> grass heyond tlu- flames, Kemana cannot
>>ee him, yet the half-dozen Imives who have hnnight liim hither will soon cast
him into tlie flames, he, will di»! near her.
And now pn'sently it happens ns they hegin a wild death-dance Jihont the
hmigry flames, H sudden cry eou)e.s out of th<' dai-kness, striking terror to every
heart of the hraves.
It is the voice of the inysterions Oui-a-ra-lih-to I tlie dwarf, wis«>r than tln'ir
Sachems, and <ilmost groat as Manitto. And, at the soinid of liis ci-y, the warriors
disap|)ear as shadowH at dawn Vn-fore the on-coming snn. Then uttering again
his wild ciy Oni-a-ra-Iih-to releases the captives and guides tln'in in safety beyond
the southern liills.
Long snnnnei-s have gone hy since Kemana came from the shadowy forests
with Ken-T-.a-roii-gwe to live by the great shore ; whole trihes since tlun 1 a\e
'J —--"■■" n lifif^rr-* i-.^..^-|.-»^«^=--— -»
ori-.\-i:.\-:.n!-Ti).
ui
p!ii»Mf:l away : yet th«« \riiuln hlow tiK- silvtT muiiIs \\\y from the ki.'i. and tho wavi-i*
wc'.ttt'i- tlnir rohl jiiMi'ls in f lu' stiii. Ami now m-vt r a liliPhsoiii in s< cii upi'ii t.h»»
IH-ati'Tnl liills t'ur tlii' Mual! wiltl-.luiry >lnr,l.s havo ilisa|>|<i ai-«-il, Mifird ly tin)
<!rii'f ii)f( I'f tin* saiiil. In ninny |ila«fs tin- lon^; itatli of whitt' Is hliaduwctl liy
fj;n >wl lis ot" 1 1•(•^■^< fragrant and ^;i<fii, a!i<l tin' slupt's ht'iuath aii- Ntnv. n wit h ir.-
nnnicraliU' >,''■•'>■ lil""t^^, lit'fh-s, and i inu-shat u n d. Not. a MiitikfWiTath tur s
.iltovi' tilt' ti'«M'-t><i|>H, not a wij;wani is is( en, I'urth*' Ifcd Man isptiu- tmni ilic hilN,
his arrows an- shivered, and !ii> foot-i>iints tilled hy the moving; sands.
Still wild and heunlitnl are the dnnes al tlie shiniiiK of the yelliiw i".)!!, when
MDiinier winds lijow o!t' the lake, (lin^:inj? ahont j;reat watts of wliit" saiul wliich
^•tt ies and sifts witli tliin soiind throi'.^di low-.lroo|>inj; lt<ai>rhs of in. 1 in and ( e;lar ;
and inaKiiitleent- in their streiij^th when winds are wild, aicthf .surging wuvjiH
foaininj? in npon tlie shore witli voices deep am! tnnndrnons.
Hut stanetiines tlie air is stirless and the voice of the hhu' .-ea is heard only in
whi.'^pers ; the nioonheanis like spirit-i tlironj.; tlie wi;it<' hills and the .sliadowH
liide in trees :
'i'heii listen ♦
Soft us the \ oice of the soutlie'n wind sin^jing to the wake-rohiiis -near hy,
^o m ar that it seems to float np from the s.ir.ds, comes a voice excpiisitely Hwex't,
yon c.mnot j^uess its sweetness wi:) have never heard the song of Indian girl.
It is Keinana, singinir in tlie ni:))!:".ight <f tlower.-i, and hirds, and tiie falling
Hsleej) of the sun Sii !
II. M. M.
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PKTURKSQi-K (.RIXCK KIAYMW
In 5h& Woods.
BY CHARLES SANG3TER.
(1^11 Th. ij.vi M.,. f„„j,,,, ,„., ,„„.,,^.,.;.,, ^ ,^,^. .^^.^^j ^^.^^__
Wl...h. frilvs .,,.1 ,,Kvs. ^,.„.. lik,. l.>( y..ars snow.
Hav. f,,una tlu- I.:,.Mn:.l II..ntinK.(Jn„UKU and run
The H.Tv -aunt let ,.f tl„.ir a.-tiw days.
TilJfru-aivI.^ft tor,.l|,h;.,„,.un)fuIfa:r:
A:. 1 r;i..s . iiispir.. us \vir!i su,-;, wild a:iM/,.
Tlii'v s,...,M lik,. ,sin.,.t,v. p.,ssin,- d..wM ,1 v.iIm
St.N-l)."d in un,-..rf:,in in..onIi-l,i. on th,>.i,- way
T:ns,u\, some Lonin wIi.^k- darkn^- hlii^l^ Lh, ua. .
An.l in'-ht i.s wraj.,...,! in myst-ry profonn.I.
\NV cannot liff th,. nianti,. of th," pasf :
\\'c" s.vn. to wand.T ..v.t I.,,1Iow...1 j,n'..ui!d :
W^' >.•..! Cu. fail of Thon^^.t, ImU all is ovrivast.
Thkukwasaimmk .and that is all w.. know !
N- ivronl livKs of th.-ir ..nsan;,niin..d d.vds :
The past .seems palsied with s..n.e j-iant hlo.v.
And {^rows II„. n.o.v ol.s.anv on what it tVeds.
A rotted fiMirnient of a human leaf :
^ A few stray skulls ; a heap of h.unan hones !
These are tile reeor.ls the tra.litions hrief -
•Twere easier far to read the speechl-ss .stones.
The Heree Ojihways. witli tornado f,,,ve.
Striking white terri»r t,. the hearts of l„,,ves !
The mighty Hurons. rollinjr „m their eou>se.
Compart and steady .as the o.ean waves !
The stately Chfppewas. a warri,r host!
Who w..they. Whenee.-Andwhy. No hutaau tongue cau
pp"^;::; . '.jiv^'!*"-":'.i.,u! ..jju'-ii"
i*Aii li Jni^'iMmitUmitUk
A I.KTTKrxV
SAND BANKS. AUGUST. 1890
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rnj
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M-".!...v.„ni „„.„... ■,.,,:';;;;;■■:""';■ "■" '" ''■'■"•" vi.-„,^ ,„„„
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>— a^,.. an,l , .,.,„,, ,,,.. ,. ., ^"''^ ";^:' ''''^'^''^ ^"^ -^X — tha» »ixf^
•"' ''^'''" '"■"* verges writU.n In 1828 ;
H.MvX.u.uv ins,., n.. playful horn-
"■isf,.,ulIvpil...Uh,>.ehillsof.san,t.
Whirl, s,vm th,. fn.iu. „f I,,.,. |„,^^.^.,.^
Oi-eff.,...t ofs.uu.'inaKic-l,:,,,,].
Far<.Vrt!uMvi,UM.xtemlelshoro.
'I'H' hills- i„ i-oniV stmctuiv ris*.,
And Hep;,, as novert ml before..
•^^tve by the playmate, of thu"skiC8.
■"*•'' ■ • " ^ unfi '■
PICTURESQUfc: PRINCE EDWAIUX
Ami while the waves' r(H('t;t»'d .shjulc
Is fiiiDj; fill n:; each rising uioiiiitl,
^ I watch th«' ( iirli It; figun h made,
■1, \Vhi«*h half {troclaim 'tin fairy groiiiid.
Hero ()h«'i( n, and Mah, his (incen,
Have t«)l(>nize 1 their infant ti-ain,
From Scothind's hille and Erin's green,
Where many a happy day they've lain.
But joy be theirf — I will not bring
One reccjllectiij) to their view,
Or of the'r harp touch one Boft string,
Or tht)ught}s of oiher days renew.
Enoug}i for me to gaze upon
The wild-fruit n< (ding on each hill,
Where thou, most {.enerous Oberon,
May'fct s] ort .-.nl skip at pleasure's will
Then far-e thee well— still light and free
As summer winds that fan the lake.
On, onwi r 1 to «^lernity,
May gi ief n( r c i:e thee overtake I
Tlwau«£hwr iig Adam Kidd, who, in IK*), had jirinted at the office of the
JH((Br«i«l«firfA''«») <?<«;<•«<, Montreal, a volurue of 2H5 pages, dedicating it to Thomas
MMne. His brmk is very rare, the oidy coj)ies known, it is said, being one in the
Elnacrytff tkelatc Ohief Justice Wallbridge, and this one.
V<nid*>r m a small lagoon. This morning 1 picked uj) a piece trf old pottery
•.AwhiUi liill had di-ifted away near its e«lge leaving the brown earth almost
Ifii* red-grey in to'oi', and s})rinkle<l with light bits of cjuartz and shiny
spocMs of mica, faKhion(d here, it may be a hundred years ago, it may be tbo\i-
■uidk; hy the Indians, or by people who lived liere before them, the Aztecs, or
Xbftcc«, perhaps, driven south one day by tribes supposed to have come across the
■traitH from Afiisu And some go « ven so far as to believe our Indians the Lost
T«n THIws of Hraje).
r, notTnehas tokl us surtly who fashioned this pottery years ago here
*W
uMWMIMtMM«HM*MJM
|jH)Uery
jtlinost
hhiny
H' tbini-
Lecs, or
li'oss the
le Lost
|go here
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^Vith st'ctliin^r fj,.,. .
Hut while- J u litc ■, ,i.,,.i- «
»"u, .Kl.nk hgur«' coiDt-s
-<'••■'• -"Kfssw..,.t,ik..th,.voi..../ 2 h.t.an.,..H,ta....i,. i. .,. h.Hips,
^'■'"""— ••'yth.p,.in..c.ssM...autv ^.v ' ' "^'^ "*^'"""- 1—1 this way,
Oii\vai-(J.sh«'C(,iiH.s »hi. >.iM
""I- ""»Kii,«ti„„. ,„„i ,i„. ™,„i Mil' .,,,. ■ : '."■ '■ """ '" '""■>• " "''"t".,,
H- M. Al.
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Pi('TrHi<:sQrK phinck kdwahd.
©rayer f^OQi^s arnd ©rayer Sea,
CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS
HAY rocks, iuid grayer sfa.
And surf alonpr the shiire-
Aiul in n\y heart a name
My lips shall speak no more.
Tlic high and lonely hills
Endtire the darkening year
And in my heart en(hnv
A memory and a tear.
Acioss the tide a sail
That tosses and is gone —
And in my heart the kiss
That longing dreams upon.
Gray roeks, and grayei- sea.
And snif along the shore-
And in my heart the face
That I shall see no more.
jL^j^l
If I
OCTOHEK .\MUX(4 THK SAND MILLS.
Oetob&r Among the gand
Hills.
2*i'7g|'"**-^' there!"
^I^^|, Tlic horses ^1*1*1 <'f i^ i'«'st, stoj) sliort, iiiul in ii iiiDiiieiit we iitc all uul
on the i»liilt'opni in front of the Lake Sliore Honse. a sndden exdania-
1 ion is heard and one of t he childicn plncks fi-oni a lar^e hnsii a hundred-petalled,
.Inne rose, veiiiy a i-ival of the "Last rose of snnnnei'."'
Not. a sonl is to he fonnd ahont the hnildin^. the hlinds ai'e closed and all is
«|niet. Here a great, j^rey-spot ted mot h Hies off into the leaf-shadows there, a
white cat. still loth to move city- ward, lies a-d?'eam in a dusky corner, near a heap
of wat»'r-nielon rinds. So. away to the sand !
It is a charnnnff day. the 2<>th Octohei-, and deii^htfid here anmni; these wildly
lieantifnl hills i-eachinj^ away in almost melancholy j;randenr. dnneondnne. alon^
the j^reat, Ontario. 'I'hey are (piite deserted now and how impressive is that
seiisf' of litter' loneliness pervading s])ots like this w heic hnl a short lime a^'o
wei-e children at i)lay and many ]ileasnr«'-lo\('rs idling away long, smmy li<airs of
life.
Kven the voice of the lake is mom-nfid, and well itniay lie. for in an aiigiy
mood the othei' day it gras)»ed from the happy winds m.iny gorgeons Imtlertlies
flinging them in npon the dank sands, dead or lo die. Among the hills too. is
desolation. In some places o\'ei' these white wastes, in hollows and on gentle
Hlopes, st:ind the i-enniants of many dead ti'e.'s, ahout the size of common head-
stones, and hieached like marhle hy the rain and the sunshine hii'e the winds
l)low low. and stray, white hnttertlies flit hit her and thither through t liese silent,
.-irid jilaces, like i)ale tomh seai'cliers.
Hetween the hills and the shoi-e. on the flats, and neai' the lagoon, ai > creeping
plants hlossoming yellow on the sands, liright, heantifid hlossoms like to|ia/es set
in silver, many of the \ines heing drifted (i\er. the flowers alone left \ isihie.
In othei' places among the hills some distance fi'om the shore, are si lange col-
le(!tious of shells, large, white snail-shells, and smaller onts sjiolted lirown. One
wonders these ai-e not well scattered. On the contraiy they lie close together,
iimnhers of thejn on each of several lone, small jKitches of sand. And now for
i
20
PUTrUKSQCI-: IMJIXCK KDWAKl).
A SWIM 1
Nowwht-n- (Mil .1 iiiDiv (l(•li^'htt'lll spot !)(• fitimd. The water i:> warm even ill
tins late time, ami one can walk out loiij^ (li.stHiieeK. the pure saiiil still umlerfoot.
Deeper grow the liinpiil waters, and Kfailuaily deeper- the wind is fresh, l>li.winf<
over the blue lake from tlie south, and many deep rolling w.jves lireak liy us..
efftM've.scinsr al»,)iit us, in .1 million cool lml)l)l(-s. Wave follows wave, rolling
shoreward, and for some little time we tread tl
rising and falling with its wild heart-throbhing.^
le sands of the windv sea, ever
H. M. yi.
"^
\
THH REKi) I>^AV^;I^
' •
II fvcii ;i(
iiiidfrfodt.
Ii, lili>\viiif{
'.ik liy us.,
c. rolliii;^
sea, cvfi •
M. M.
\
5fi& ^eed flayer.
DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT.
V a dim sh,„,. \vli..n- wut.r.'.irkcnri-
TlM.k til,, la.st Vurht of .SJ)nil^r.
' w.-iit Lryond tho tinnult hearko.iiug
Foi-.SDinc diviner thintf.
WlHMv tin. l.at.s H.w fron. (h. hlac-k .lu.s like- Ieav«
Over till' f:i)()ii p„„i,
Brooded tho hitr,,.nf.s cry, as ont. (hat
Lands ancient, bountiful.
i«>
grievep
I S.-UV (he fire-flies .shine helow (|,e wood
Above the shallows dank,
As Uriel from sonie great altitude
The i)lants r.mk on rank.
And now unse..n alon^^ the .sluvuded n.ead'
One went under t!ie hii! ;
He blew a cv; :e:u-. on his n,e:iow r..;.d.
That trenihledand w.is stii'.
Tt.sppn.r.da. if., linr. or..,,nI..:. fi,....
Hadsho^ til- g-,tlier..d dusk.
As if had Mown a wi).l fron. aneient Tyro.
LaCen with niyrrh and musk.
He -ave his lurin- note ;M:,id the fern
Its cn'gni.'i'ii' fall,
Haunt,.! the h,:iowdusk:w^hg.M,„n,„,,
And arg.'iit interv.i!.
«
fi
PKTL-HKSQUH i'KL\( K KDWAHi).
1 <()iil(l iiiit, know tilt' nil ssK<^<' tli;^l he \i<yi'
The .s)iriii^^s of lite trom iiic
Hidden ; Iiis incfiiiiimiiiiiiilili' ii)!i'
Afs iiiiich ;i inystcry.
And as I foildwcd I'.ir iIm- magic i !;,yi
lir {)ah>i('d tlir maple wcoil,
Anil w ;i(
u I pa-s-.'d the stvt'.s hail v'.
n tJie
A !i(l t hci'e
-(Uitn(
FROM JM( TON TO AIJ:\.\Nlil,'i A !■ A ^•
2»
prom f ieton to Akxandria
AUGUST 1831.
0»v'/T is rt fine sniiuiici- S;itiii'(!;iy. The sciiiid ef a wliistlc is licaid. liiid t!ic pal
c^
sti'ainci' Hern with licr p'liiiii otticcrs and mere tliai
l)alac('
1 ;\ luir.dri'd and filfv
excursionists steams out (if I'ictou iiarlioraf (i:;H<l;i. m.. h(iiind for tlie 'i't
san(^[slands and Alexandria May. lin- way lyin^,' lictwcm l.cautit'ul si
High Shoi-e on the left with nunicidus iulurin^' inlets and \n\
lOII'S
loU-
Ihr
uiiantiv woodt'd
points veaehin^' away toward Deseronto. wldle on rlu- o|iii<isifc shore, tl
le one wc
follow, are slopin^r lacadows, and fine fields all wl
for the huckwheat is in hi
other grains are thriving.
lite, and gold, and bright green
ossoni, oats are ve'ijouinu': in file hot Ai;tr!ist sun
.mil
Nearly five miles of sumiy fields, grov.s and ne.-idow-l.ind with wondv !iilf>
along the sky line, and we .ire at (Jlei
lora.
And hei'c a grejit hill rises IVom the water's edi.'-<'. al
nio>L jii'
about 200 fi-t't high, and upon its sunnnit in the gold",) snnshi'-.e
yards of the precipice, liet'.ie lieautiful v,
[■jiendi
c'.i.'ai. .'.nd
wirhin
tew
;ers of the nia-vell
LAK1-: ON THi-; MOrN'l'AIN.
No one knows just h.ow deep ihise ^pj.rlclii
ig v.at( r:
'.r(^
\'>f!l(!
fascination in their black
dow;
Fn one place along the shore is an iidct. sliallow mkI full
another, a fine reach of viliite b)!
the waters are black at the shore, and. 1
• III : t i[-',) t M"re :\V'
eaii.ng Iroiii
oi (i.(I tree liot.-. ; lit
r-'c ly place-', and. elscwiici'e,
askitVaiul iu-,-rii;g 'iito t]w
M. .as I
he !
depths, one can sec dark forms of tree-boles iiiid mossy limbs jutting oat
little way down the wa'ery w.-ill. lU-vf (i-ii arc c.'aglu ,is fti
is sunk : pei'ch. black l»a-
This far-famed Like i.
and siiii-hsh : jiiil ji;k<' ni iv !
bout three miles in ciiTunifei
h-. ! *'
I" !li i t.ir T!l'
some
ru'ri d !i(,ok
'IV^:l;!l-r.
(MC'e
ad tnr'
■e (|iiaile!->
of .-i nnle from shore to sliore in the widest pa;
The Lake being nearly always full it is th
Tile water
•xcept ionaliy piir(
ought l)v s(nne to b
springs. Others sui)p()se it to be on a level with Lake F
he some couummicatiou between them ; but th
supi.
d i)V
iiid.'ien
rie, and that there may
is iin error-, as Krit^
IS. accordmg to
»>
IMCTrHllSiili: I'IMNCK IIDW'AKD.
till' miips. iil)()iif one liumlic^! .111(1 lliiitv t'.'cl liivtiicr Ihiiii tin- Laki- on Ihi-
MiiUMtiiiii. Sii f li" tnir srmiTi' (if siipplv still icm.iins a iiiyH(^>ry.
Distant a few pact's from its >liorc. near an aiw iciil f;''''y >'nin. th»' tourist liiis
one of the faii'cst views on tlii" ciintiniMit : Near liini, this htvt-Iy hake willi its
tlioiisand hliic ripples fiasliin^^ like sa|)i)hires in llie sun. Then, far down below ■
flierc. beyond the veixe of tlie jj;reen hill, vast pictnresipie reaches of ^rain fields
{ind Mie.idow lands, islands .md hays, .•ind forests .uid wave swept short's lying
away to the north .ind the east in nia;,'nili'-ent. excr varied beauty.
And it was over thesi- sunny wastes of water in a path all shiny and gold, many
Kay-ithuni'd Indians used to paddle up fro.u the e.ist in tine fiushioned hark canoes,
and froiu these pleasant shores on (|nifi siiiunier e\i'nings not so many y«'ars ago,
the soft voices of yoiuig Indian girls singing, echoed o\i'r the peact'ful waters, for
their songs were beaut ifnl then, and their hearts without a care. And even now
Hs th" b"ll s )im Is f.ii- us to le IV,' tlie wh irf, ,1 sinill boat moves away from the
steamer's side, bearing in it an old Indian. A ere it u re of the imagination, say you ':*
Truly no! Hut .i real, live l{ ■! .Man who .i nionr-nt ;igo tethered his craft to the
riidler of our b ) It thinking t> have ,1 Ha" tow. b'll w.is ordered (AY for safi^ty's
sake. One might imagine him though come out of t he sh.ules to visit the graves
of his fath'fs. A* any rile there he sits ]»:'nsive in his skiff, jmlling the wocd on
his iliVshei 1 idu'!;. shaggy c:'itnr.' vhil '.i -iiii ill hoy rows him off toward the
f;ii' shor.'.
(ilenori, .iiiil (ilfii Island h ili'-a-miie .iw.iy and Hay May several miles distant
in li -nn )x (" )iinty a',1 1 f.imi'd for its fine lisli. a.r.' d"iig]itful resorts, and many
])leisui'e s" 'ker-i from fir and n-ar sojourn here during the summer.
On d )w;i li -low ( Jlen lsl:i)id aloir^ Adolpliusi own the l;ind is low and level,,
unlike t hese pic! uresipiely rngi^cd shores of Pi'ince lOdward, with their pretty lanes
leidiu'j,' up hill to tlie sky. yi'i |)ossessing a charm .ill its own in its many colored
fields an I liu" groves lyin^' clos • to the broa I, hliii' b,iy. And there some place
jiloiig the w.it 'rs' edge is found tlie old tree to whi(di was tethered the first, landing
little craft of the United Kinjiire Loyalists on tlieirarrival so longago in that then
lonely wilderii'ss ; ;uid thereon those fertile shores th" noble t'oimdei-s of our grand
("analian Duninion struij^gle,] bravely on througli lou'j;. weary years, eventually
becoming jirosperous .and haiipy.
On the right, ag.iin. in .i little while the rpjiei- (nip ;ii»i)e.irs with Point Pleas-
ant (Indi.m) .and I^)int Traverse ( Long) . I bov.'. and tlie rocky shore of Amherst
Island below. And now we have a \iew of the great Ontario reaching shori'less
away in its blue m.ignitiience to the sunin' south whei'e Timber Island, off
Point Traverse, , and at times. tli(» F.ilse Ducks and the Alain Ducks are visible
f;ir out in the mistv lit>ht of the hike. And soon ;i v.ast, wondrous scene of be.autv
(Ill the
'ist hiiK
ith its
)hI|)W —
) f1(>l(l.S
yiiiK
iiifiny
lalKK'S.
IS Mg(»,
•rs. for
n now-
Ill
till
y yon.-'
to the
ifi'ty's
^^I'avc.-i
Kll oil
!•(! the
listaut.
iiiiinv
l.'vcl,
la lies-
ilorcd
plate
ndiiig
then
j^rand
iiallv
Mt'as-
lierst
•I'h'ss
. otf
sihlc
• lUtV
i
I'lro.M IMCTON 'lO AIJ«:XANI)in.\ MAY
m
\s pii'-rnti'd IIS ,i> \\i' sicaiii tiMwaiil oxcc liroad, shiny ri-achi-s of ii-sth'ss wafiT,
by hiiic isles and iiiyiiad ciiieiald pniiils, and shores now hiy;li, now low, on hy tht-
lowerifap lii'yond Amherst Island where "while hofSfs"fonii' foaniiiig in from o\ cf
the lake in roiiy;li wi-atlier; and on down by Kiiii^ston intu the i)io:id St.
IjIWIi'Iiii' with its 'riioiisaml snnny Islamls lyiii^r like soft, ^'I•el•n j;;enis on its
KlfaniiiiK lio-toni. wlieic the waters flow j^t-ntly and winds wlnst!.- merrily l»y
swei't witli tlif lircath of summer: a spot fair as a Persian wilderness ; a mectiiig
place a!" jfoils !
Mor. exeui'sioiiists have joined us at,
KINdSTON.
lovely eity of the laki'. attractive with Hue huildings : Queen's rnivei-siiy, the
Hoyal Military College of Canada, St. (ieoige's ilonie, the new cathedral tower.
and otheis. with the marlello towers in thi'fore;.jrouiid ; acity remarkably lieaut i-
ful at niiiht-tinie when viewed from a passing steamer, ajijiearing like a vast
splendid palace, its turrets and domes rising one above another casting out a
fhou-and gleaming lights like long. Hery lances on the d.irk lake. .\nd now we.nc
beyond the lake and soon an exi'ursion boat ap])roaches us and passes l)y, a i.atid
playing those i'X(|uisiteold 'Silver Hhiiie" waltzes, the music dyiiiggradually away
as we sail on ami on down tlie b!u > river. And liere around' us aii' many beauti-
ful, sununer residences on many beaut iTuI islands with green lawns bordered at t!ie
river-sid • \Tith grey srones, and blnssome 1 iirighi in plac 's w* 'i white, and goM.
ind scarlet Howers. And many boats go i)y u>
-kitr
s and ! eet-winged saijcrH,
and ste.uii yachts, among the lattei' a uni(iue, lig'it colored on ■. the little I.ntus
Kater. famous as a swift ririiKM-. And as sli.- sterns (piickly by. imaginatiin
.scat ters lot us blos-i >;n-i in h"r wake, an 1 the yi'Mow li!y-dus ab.ive tli'in in t!ie
air. while out of Ime placi's voices call :
"() r 'sj ye. brother mariners, we will not w.indei' moi-e."
Mut soon the boat turns jiiid we are homeward bound. The di,,' has come and
gone like a delightful dream, ami .ui excursi )n like this from Pic ton over bay. aul
lake. ;ind river, thr lugh the Thousuid lsl;i;i 1> to Alexan hi > I5av ami return
is one imparting rare pleasure.
n. M. M.
f
i!
:i2
IM( Tii,'[.;,s(,>r!; I'mxcK fcdwahd.
5ri& J^eii^e on tFi& /Aoantaiin.
^ K'<'aiii <.(• niil.nv^: ill a -uidcii .siiccn :
^ A waft „;■ hal.K IV.. „ l,;ar..-iH.s Lrndiu- ;.,nv •
<>Vrs!.a(i.,\\,..l way wii.r,. silken ^--assrs ^row.
Tr.ngi<.s,,tlliin leaves ! winiui^MVail and ki^mi.
White ,|,Hai-flakes in l!u'>ilent lle.iven se-.n
( ) w
l/:i<e snft ,],,ves tnnii,,,- where n., nale winds I.
l-^'a1'-shad..ws. wn(th-Ii!.e. ,ren.hIinKt.,an,ItV..
Oil wave, an.l swaic!. and the ^ray s!:.uv hetween.
A ivaeh .it'i'ii,|.!,.sy,.lluw in lii.'sini.
Ah'l<eal! destined t.n the sands to hivai. ;
Hh.e dep, hs that in ; l:e s,,ni strange taneies wake.
l''Meeti,ins,!ark!in-.retheda.y he .h-,,. -
Sweet twili-ht phan;.;nisstealin-unehy,,ne.
!>r>.'ini spirits <h'iftinu- !<,w a.Sai- 'lie 1,;. v.
H. M. M.
Mi
Kit 11 :>:: ; \ .',
I.I ( i. \i.;:.N( I-; ii. i ;; \\~« > y. i
|) •-') Ki; - \ ' I., ill : • i.- •:•-. M i.r r ■ tl.
TAVOri^'OrcJHAV.
h:*
Jayoaroaghay.
LEGEND OF THE LAKE ON THE MOUNTAIN.
C^.\\i)VH(n-(ii[\\ iDjiidcn nioiv hfuutiful thaiiall (-he Moli.iwks. Jetty were li.-r
l^j) tlowing locks iiiul Kl"-^sy like tlu' pInniaKc of thf m. tic. IJIack and hrit-Iif
\wt<' hcf soft cyt's, and lici- clifcks. Vflvt't and red like ti:c idu-cks of tlic
r-osf. KoMii.l. lirowii arms liad she. and dimpled hands, vvitli wrists cxcpusitc. rnn
round wiM: snnwv sliclis.
Now, wi.t-n the fort'st reaches were hiiglit witli lilies, and tin
.i:n : wln-n the wild-ninin l)lossi)nied white hv tin
mountain-lake
^rown hiu'
ij^olden li.i'!it w,!- 1)
\\'atei',
md
n the willows; early in the morning, ,it the risinj,' of the tiejy,
yt'ilow sui!. 'i'ayourouj'hay. fair child of an Indian Chief, stood beneath the shad
ow
of a pine,
thin, silky
t he pine-,
Tn-- fi
ii>?rant wind c:in»" lai-itlin;^ witli
silvery sound throu),di tin
uvives (
)f the forest. i)ansing with a faint sie;li in the dark hranclies of
iud stii'rintf the lonjjf. shininsj; tn
of the Indian ^irl.
Here v.here she stood tlie hill began, and a narrow, shad
uwy path led d )\vn
tlir.)U.;h the wo.»,i i)y vines .ind Howers for many a si)an, to the shore of a 1
the beautiful sun-loved Bay of Quinte.
)a\-
\y
aall liand shadin ' h -i' e
V.'S, s
ii" Kizt'd with a k
ei-n gaze eastwar,!.
ijiT ill of tile mori
""o-
out wh -re til ■ water ,t,deam"d. scarce rutfled by the coinii
Presenrly, from tlie sliadow of n ^vou point, a liglit caiK^' caine i-ippling out.
on the y<'!lo\v re.ac'n. Th; n anotlier and another followed ; and on they came
untirj'ayoM!.>uyliiiy had counted nigh to thr.-esc ore. Fej-ventlyshepraisedManitto,
elaspi'd again her bow and arr
for in all the ■<wift canoes she had looked for a tuft of si
ow. and tui-ned into tlie wood. And glad was she,
lowy plumes, and h.id not
■leen it. Now. this spi-ay of white plumes iiia h" bright the \
)OW o
f th
HI;
ick-Snake. Aun()sothka's caiK
and Annosothka was mad with 1
o\e ot
Tayourougliay who loved another,
Alas
tlu
lie she lovt'd was lying silent soniewliere b.-iieatfi the wind-
grasse,, and for Annosothka she had no care, n
.wept
or w;isslieh;ii)py when he was near,
M(
aiiwhile it happened, when the Hun w.is high in the h(^•lV(
■n. tl
lei'e cani!
slowly along the opposite sJiore a solitary young In.lian. weary and half-famished,
H-imted aiui driven by brigands from the sunny islands of the blue L,idau,inna,
thus far iiad he p,irldled with scaire a morsel of food.
•M
IMCTURKSQUK PHINCE EDWARD.
He was (iowauda, handsome and lithe, and swift with IxMided how to h-,;iit tlic
wild dcci' throu^'h the toi'est. And now, safe at last frojii his i)iirsucis. nioi-e
slowly (iiinc he with a measured dij) of his whiU'-hhuled paddle.
Then koou his brave craft tou('hed the pebbly shores of an island, anil (iowanda
res!('(! at last where soft sluwlows and gohlen flecks of light played hide-and-se<'k
anu)ng the grasses, tall and waving and green.
Slowly the day w.meil. And at the time of the rising of the moon, the full,
silvery moon of a perfect night, when the plaintive voice of the whip-jKior-will
echoed through the fori'st, and fire-Hies glittered like diamonds through all the
Hhalowy wood, near b\' the shore of tin' shining mountain-lake a luige pine-log
more than thirty spans long, and fretted with fern and flower, was rolled out on
the green. And soon the dance was begun around this once stately tree of the
wildwo;)d, and one by cme the Indians wlio had come with the rising sun took
places with the maidens trejuling the enchanted circle.
Little l)y litth' tli<' bright moon ascended, shining silver ; the gray moth dew
by, and the night-bird trilled its voice sweet and solemn on the still air. .More
festive waxed the night at each succeeding round, and the careless childjen of the
forest grew not weary of the dance.
But laU'r, when they were most lightsome, suddenly from out the dark hollow
o!" the ]iine-log glided a slimy snake.
Tayouroughay wasnear. Hissing, it darted toward her, l)ut witha scream she
sped away, and all the dancers fell aside. Then it haitptnied that there (iune a.
stiangei- among them from the shtodowsof tlie wood with a rush and a blow, and
the ugly reptile lay dead «)n the green.
"(ii;)wa!i;l I !" fell from the lips of more than a dozen young braves,
"(iowanda !" Through the wood it echoed ; and in groups tlie Indians gathered
round him in the ruddy glow of the camp-fire, and Tayouroughay, glad and
comely, once again beheld her lover.
It was a l<»ng tale he hul to tell. For many a moon she had thought him dead
and nt)w it was sweeter far to see him than the conung of the flowers.
To the dance again they turned ; but the trail of the serpent was on the giass ;
the circle slowly thinned, and one by one the dancers gathert'd in fantastic gi-oujis
apart a little way from the fire.
Tayouroughay,leaning against the bole of an elm, her sable locks half concealing
the sweet smiles that dimpled her cheeks, listened to Gowanda. And by and f)y
he turned away and pas.se<l with a light step through the shaxlows of the forest.
And soon oidy her father's people renuiined by the Ljike, and then, nolselesslj',
she paddled out Uy cvdl some water-fiowei-s blossoming afew spans from the shore.
S
I
wmt
TAYOrKOUGHAY.
:35
But scarcely had alu' glided a stone's tliiMW hy tlie bushes, when licr eye caught
the gleam of a strange canoe lying with one how resting among the feiiis on the
l>ank.
Then there came a sudden stir in the ci' lavs, a s'.ia low in the m^.onligiit, and
Annosothka greeted her from a grassy knoll.
"Tayouroughay, one, two, three tim«'s I have told you I love you. I am come
for you." '
Another shadow in the moonlight, and lier father sto<Kl beside Annosothka.
"Tayouroughay, I give you to him. Come in."
Startled was Tayourcnighay, like a bird in the juniper bush when the hunter
passes.
To the southern h<mrn of the Lake sh" would fly. The gleam of Gowanda's
fire w,i« shining there even now, and she had promised to wed with him on the
moiTOW, and he would protect her from Annosothka.
Swiftover the rippling mere she shot on, her wliite-bhuled paddle Hashing the
moonlight, her canoe quivering and wild.
Then it happened, ere she had (piite gained the centre of the Lakes the plash
of a second paddle fell on the night. A swift glance backward told hei- some one
followed, and she caught a gleam of the waving plumes white in the bow of the
Black-Snake.
On it (Mine, rapidly making uj) to her, the water swirling away in its trail-
nearer, nearer, till only a little si>ace i-cmaiucd.
Then a frantic rush.
"Gowanda," she crie<l, and hardly had she touched the strand ere shp leaped
with a wild leap from the canoe to the outstretched arms (.f the eager Gowanda.
Tben, sudden as the going down of the great northern diver, Annosothka
turned and plunged into the shadow y Lake.
Many suninu'i-s of sunshine and lilies have come and gone ; the sky is golden,
and the leaves of the willows blow white again in the wind ; but the children of
the foivKt have passe<i forever fiom tlu- lovely hills and valleys Of Prince Edwaid,
And now only the wraith of the siul Annosothka haimts at midnight the calm,
silent watei-8 of the beautiful Lake on the Moiintaln.
H. M. y.
m
IM( Tl'HKSQn: PRiNrK EDWARD.
5h£ Sportsman's /Aonth in f rinee.
Sdward.
REGINALD GOURLAY, (PICTON.)
<^p)Hii:uT (•'. ,11,1s ;ii-»- li"iijM"a ill jriitttTing sht'jivfs
.^ft^i ALivvji tilt' west : wliilc rivalling U-aves,
Autimnrs ■•■.ly frost-paint. (MT the forests old,
On iu:i:iy a iiiaj)!' crt'st tlu'ir glowing tints unfold.
^^>I• in th(-T' »)'M-V< .St i-ohcs the trees appear.
To gr,'('t t... .,"■ ' i!'>Mth to sportsmen deal'.
\\'k\: whh-v'y vmi--. fr-ni the thick cover's height
Th'- stavrl.'d pa-.'ti-:.l. sp. .-, ^ lus arrowy flight.
A ininicnt'.s glanee, as in the air he springs,
A iiiniuent's gliin])s.' of tliose swift niovhii; winsrs.
Enough for sijonsman's aim. The rocks resound,
At] th ' ,|ui,k Hash liglits tin., dark woodlands round.
Tile go )ii retriever forward hlithesoine springs.
And i)a(k the f.-atheivd .sj:oil in triumph hrings.
In those thick tangled places,
NN'lii; h the wild vine enl.ices
The iiointer seeks tlie tr ick,
\N'ii(.r.' woo Ic ick. fortli an I ha 'k.
Have marked tlirough devious ways their various traces.
Swift from tlie cover.'stirr.'d
Twists the wild dodging hir.I,
Tile gun-sto.'k presses qui -k the hunter's face,
Twigs Hy. and floating hy.
The tell-tale streams of dark red feathers race.
THE SPORTSMAN'S MONTH IN Pr.D.rE EDWARD.
He'« down~TI.,.i--.srcM,ly-g„„a (l.,jr__0:i !
He's ha-ged-M.uk N-TIht.' an..tlu'r's gone!
Wild H,s ii h.iwk-.uid twisting lik*. a swallow.
After him tlirough t]i(> hiviko. ^' '
Theirway the Spnrtsinen take ' ' •
Witli hmgl, and jest, and cheery shout and h'AU>,x,
By East and fair West Lake.
Will many a hunter- wake.
And ere the dawn h(> by the inlet\ side.
To watfh the mists sl(.w creei).
And flocks of wild-duck sweei).
Towards his decoys over the waters wide.
So passes the })riglit day
O'er forest, lake, and i)ay,
AVhen Autunm doth her banner- bright unroll
On old Prince Edward's strand.
Of all Ontario's land.
D.-arc->st to ar-tist's. and to sportsm m's sauL
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PICTURESQUE TKINC'E EDWARD.
Jhe Sand Bani^s.
rORRKHroNOKNTof tho Toronto Globe k'v«>s the following higlily ili'Ktrip-
tive although not u whit U^o flattoving, ai-count of this wondiH'u] romantic
ttimmrr rcsoi-t :
A MOVING MOVNTAIX.
More int«'n*^tinf:f still, and «ver grand, are the faniou.s Sand Banks near
Weiiington Bay, on Lako Ontario. They are remhed by a beautiful drive of
tra iiBllf>s from Picton. Apart from the Sand Banks the locality is such aw should
make it one of the favorit*> Summer Refsorts on Lake Ontario. Tlie lake shore
»«ar the Sand Banks is indented with a succession of rock-paved bays, whose
jt^ra^iually shoaling margins afford rai-e bathiitg gi-ounds. East and W«Mst Lakes,
«f.iclt five miles long, and the latter dotte<l with islands, are sejmrated from Lake
Ontario by naiTt)w strips of l)each. Over the two-mile-wide isthmus separating
t,)w tittle lakcH, the Sand Banks, whose glistening heights are visible miles away,
ivm n.pproache<L On near approach they are hidden by the cedar w«)ods, till the
roAt) way in front is barre<l by the advancing bank, to avoid which a roadway
£hrti«f5fa the w(K)dt; ha.s been constructed up to the east^^rn end of the sand range.
ATTKARANCE AND DIMKNSIONH OF THE HANKS.
The Sandbanks strrtch like a crescent along the shore, the concave side turned
t.». Ihe lake, along which it leavi's a pebbly beach. The length of the crescent is
«»>v'e>- two tnilof!, the width six hinulred to three or four thousand feet. If the
«ilist%itt view of the steep, white front of the bank, advancing and overwhelming
tb«>c«dar woods and the grain field, is grand, the view from the top of the i-ange
i.K(£oubIy so ; it rivals Niagara. Clambering up the steep end of the range among
trep.5 »ntl grape vines the wocnled summit is g lined at an elevation of ne-arly 150
feet. PasKing ah)ng the top, the woods soon disappear, and we emerge on a wild
vrisle of delicately-tinted saffron, rising from the slate-colortnl oeach in gentle
undulation, and sleepily falling on the other sid<' down U) green {>a.stur♦^s and
ittia the cedar woods. The whole surface of this grandly imdulating raounUiin
rfiTcrL Js ribbed by little wavelets a few inches apart, l)ut the general aspect is
one «f jwrfect smoothness. The sand is almost us fine a£ flour, and cont^tins no
sxinnlxture of dust. The foot sinks only an inch or two in walking over it
«!:hiItl)*eTi roll about on it and doM-n its slopes, and rising shake themselves till their
duLhiig loses .very trace of sand. Occasionally giists stream over t^e wild
Id
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ik«' shoiv
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st Lakes,
oin Lake
•painting
l«'s away,
s, till the
roadway
1(1 range.
le iui-ned
■esient is
If the
helming
he ran go
e among
e^irly 150
in a wild
n gentle
II res and
Qountain
aspect is
it^iins no
over it
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THK SAND MANKS.
SO
wa«U', raising a donso drift to a hri^'lit of a foot or two only, and Htrrainin^ like
a frinj<«' over the st^'fj) nortlu'rn cdm*. Though the mui i« Mazing down on tlio
4;list4'ning wildt'rn«'ssth«'ri> is little sensation of heat ; forthecocti lake hiec/.e is ever
blowing. On the landward side the insidious approach of the devouring sand is well
inarke<]. One Innidred and fifty f«'et Vh'Iow, the fot)t of this moving mountain is
•!shui"ply defined against the vivid gi-een of the pastures, on which the grass growM
hixuriantly to within an inch of the sand wall. The ferns of t)ie cedar woods
4i1most droop against the sandy slope. The roots <if tlie trees are haie along \\ut
wliito edge ; a foot or two nearer the sand buries the feet of tlie ccnlais ; a few
yards near«'r still the bare trunks disappear ; still nearer only the witb«'red top-
most twigs of the subinerged forest are seen, and thon far over the tieetojs
^tand8 the sand range. Perpetual ice is fojnid under tlie foot itf this steep slt)pe,
the sand covering and consolidating tlie snow drifted over tlie liill during th«^
winter months. There is something awe-inspiring in the slow, quiet, but resist-
less lulvance of the mountain front. Field and for»'st alike become cojuplete'iy
>:ubnierged. Ten ye;us ago a farm ho\ise was swallowt'd up, not to emeige into
the light until the huge sand wave has passed over.
A WIDE AND VAKIKD l'K()SPK(T.
On the lake side the crescent shaped slope bears a few har<ly trees, iisin{]f
iar apart from little oases of vines that subsist on the barrenness ; but that is all
that breaks the white sniooth waste for over two niihs. Sahara could not well
he mon' desolate.
The contrasts height<'n th«' efl'ect of this wonderful phenomenon. To tlio
south is the b<tundless expanse of Lakt> Ontario. Along the shor«', curving
beaches and bold headlands leach far away for twenty miles oi- more, till little
islets and the distant fields and forests are lost in the warm bhie haze of the.
horizon. On the northern side the cahnness of West and F'ast Iwikes contrasts
with the heaving waters to the s<»uth, and aiound then! and bej-ond stretch for
thirty miles green or golden fields and verdant woods ; a landscape height^-ned
in its luxin-iance and gentle beauty by the <lesolation at your feet. Beyond i]u:
}^'«»en and gold rise the hills at I'icton, and still further oft" the faintlj' outline<l
heights of Noithumb<'i'land and Hastings, over thirty miles away.
A 1 AVOKITK WKHOHT.
The Sandl)anks is a favorite resort of tli<' people of Ficton and Belleville. —
Two and three thousand people not luifrecpiently visit tlie locality in a single day,
and were steamers to call on their way fi-om Toronto <lown the lake the numb«'r
would be considerably augmented.
These sand hills are said to be the most wonderful in the wi rid. There are
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prcTruKsQUK I'HiNcfc: kdwahd.
HMMl;.,- hills on the I.Mk..Mi.•hi,^^•^. hJ,,,,.,.. ,,„,i ;„ I),,„,,„k. iu.t (Iw-v an- n.-Hhor
H.> hiKh no,. .s<. numiv.. m tin- Isl.-m.l of .1,.,.,, „ l,,,nk of .-..ual propoHinns sUuuH
on the s,.H sho,v. I ut tlH- san.l is l...ss pu.v. m,,.! th. warn, .olor,..! saffron whit. i.
absent. For gy.nWnv an,l l.^uuty .on.hin.d n,> Sand Hanks in* th. worl.l. so it I*
«ai(l, cat! tival tl Banks of Piinio Kdwiud.
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A nAinn:L of (jold.
ii
A Sarrel of ©old.
BY C. H. WIDDIFIELD, (PICTON.)
^^.IK ':Oiitl<'L" is ar«li((r), luit, c •oini)!iiMtivcly dci'i) ,ui(l lirn.iil st renin, iMiiptyinj^
\yj flu- waters of East Lake into l.ittlf Sandy liay, an iiulcnt imi nt" Lak(<
Ontario. The river (for in local parlanrc it is a •'liver") runs its sln};gisli
eourse lietAveen K''*''if' white hanks of saiul. whose ^'rot<'S(me shajies are as uni«iuo
as the I'esuUs of any snowstorm ; and when the inooniiLtlit floods tliese sands,
making strange iiglits and sha(h)ws, and the griiy, (h'ad (((hirs stretch foitli their
liare hmhs, the lianks |)resent. a weird hnt fascinating ajipeaiance. Hut thn
locality is not, a faded hi-aiity and does not depend on the niooidight for its fasci-
nntioiis. .Alany an afternoon wlu-n tli" iiass coidd not he tempted to rise, ha.vo
I drifted down tile stream helween hanks of hhie Hags and snow white water-
lilies, watching th" ever vai'ying picture of light and shade, lis'' iiing to
"That/ imdc'fined ajul mingled 1mm" of nature, so soothing on a smnmer's day,
d ovei' all the ceaseless iMish of the watei's as the waves hi< iik on the I iM-.h of
lie Sandy. Ihit if the hass do not always rise, and you do not care to smok«?
• md dream away a snnnner's day, there is no lack of I'ock fish and perch, antl now
.Hid then agamy, golden i)ickerel to nnike the reel lunn with delightfnl nuisic.
Aitont half way hi'tween the bridge and the hay, and not far from the v.csterri
• lank of the I'iver may he seen the remains of a cotferdam huilt t here a few years
ago. At the hottom of that sli'ucture thei'e is, or should he, a barrel <if gold. F
have talked with the men who huilt this colfei'dam and who worked many days
fo ohtain the gold that has licen huried there more than a century, and they
.1 -ism'e me it M there, and if they oidy had the jiroi)er machinery they i-ould ex-
1 ract it. As an t'vidence of good faitli they oft'ered me a shai'e in the t rea-«ure for
a small consideration, that is, small for the profits I wotdd surt'ly leali/.eout of it if I
invested.
However, they did not succee.l in Iiringingtlie barrel to the surface, and it still
remains thi-re to keej) alive the legend that accounts foi- its deposit ir that jdace
liefoi-e the snrrendei' of Quebec and the c 'ssion of Canada to (Jreat Thitain.
In t,he sinmn(>r of ITixS ("ol. Ihvidstreet sailed from the nuauh of the Oswego
rivei- to att ick Fort Frontenac, (Kingston,) then held by De Levis for Frani'e. As
< he British shii)s neared the Ui^per Gap a P'rench gun-boat was seen beating up
against the wind making for the Gap. Two of .Br.id.stroet's ships were sent for-
w
a
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picTriiivsorK iMUNcr: kdward.
Viinl to inliTccpl tlic )j;iiii-lni;il. Tin- I-'ifiicli vi'.ssd Ix'iiif^ utiiil>lf to rcicli l"'(if(
l''ii)nti'ii,ic rli,iiit(i'il lii-f coiuNi- tc» till- wi'st, witli Uriulsf ri'ct's vrsst-ls in full chas*'.
Till' I'.irc was ,111 I'xrit iiiK "i"' f'i'i' iilioiit 'liii'ty iiiilfs, l>ut tlif KriK''"^'' Vf.s.scl.s.
we II' f^iiiihinlly rinsing up thf ilistaiK r ln-t wi-i-ii tin 'in, a ml as tin- p;iiii-t)i>al w.i.s no
iuat<h fur t 111' I'Mi'iny. Ikt ( iptaiji (Irriiinl In savr his crew and i\ l)arri'l of K"''l '"'
liiil DM l>i)ai'ii. Acnii'iliMffly hi- ruiinilt'd Salninii I'uiiit, sailed ui* the Outlt-t, sunk
llii' l>aii'i'l rif ^iijil at a iiiai'kc'il s|H)l, liuiMi'd his ship lo Ihi' wati-i-'s cd^i- and n--
luiiii'd nvfiland Hilly to find i-'ort Fiitnti-iiar taki'ii and dcst loycd.
Such is t hi' li'i^i'iid t liat has niainlaiiii'd ilsrlf most si ui'dily in I lu' localil y fm* a
<tiiluiy. Pi'ihaps il would ha\i' passed into ohliviun hi-fiii't- this if it li.ul not
hreii for all iiicidi'iit that liappeiieii ahout half a eeiitui'y a^^o.
One hiivfht smiiiiier day sitiiie ri,>heiiiieii winding up ''"'''''"'•'^ •'•' Silmon I'oiiit
saw a strange \cssi'l cant ioiisly feeliii;^; her way aloii^ that dan^jeinns .shot**'.
('r.':'piiit? aloim. with I he sniiiidiiii< line jLroiiii^, she ancliored in the mouth of the
Out let anil drop|ied her sails. It was an unusual I hin^ for a vessid to conn* iti
(here, and as t here was coiisideiahle MlihusteriiiK alonn; t he front ier at t hat t iine.
t h'' Hslierineii diew neai' to ascertain \\liat particulars they could ahoul the
•mispicioiis sliaiijfi'i'. Hi-r crew consisted of only six or seven nu'ii, two of whoni
.soon c.imi' ashore. Oui' was an ordinary sailor, I he other, who interests us more,
w.i-i alioiil !M year-; old. a handsoiiii'dark coin|>lexioned i^entlenian, whose military
healing. Ileal clot lies .iiid polished shoes, soiiiewhai oM'iawed the iou>;h lisher-
men. Ill' left inn^l of I he coinerxat ion to his companion, and when he did speak.
it was wit h a decided !'"reiicli accent . .\fter enipiiriiif.? ahout ('ajitain (' and
leai'tiiiiK where they would find him. I he> nl iirned to Iheir ship, and I he tishei
men lot heir homes. \ .liiily siirmisiiijr \\ lio | he st ran^jers mi.ichl he.
That e\eniiie M. Di- Poiilleioy called mi ('aplain (' . 'I'he ) w o ^eiit lemen
we f.' soon I oi^et her in t he hest parlor, lookiiiu i>\ er old m,'ips, sketches and yellow
doiiriieiil >. Needless t o s,iy t he >t I'ii ii,!.;er's mission w,i.-. ahout I he huri'cl of K"'d.
lie SV,!-. a descelidalll of t he coll I Ilia 111 Ier of I he ^^UM-l)o,lt who h.'ld sunk t he money
I here some , SI) years before, and the document^ he inoduced disclosed theex.ict
spot where I lie I leisure l,iy, ('ai)i,iiii (' |iromised him .ill t he assist.ince he
could .ill'ord, and olfered him the hospitalily of his house while he riMii.iined in
1 he neit^liliorhood, which nii'^hl he for some time. This .M. |)e I'ontleroy d(>-
cliiieil wit !i iii,in\- Ih.inks, ,is he hid, he s.ijd. excelleiil accomnioihit ion on his
ho.it ;iiid preferred t.o reni.iiii with his men.
While I he-,e I wo ,iie in the ]i,irlor .i not her couple ;ire in the dinin^^-room wlio
('l.'tini our ,'it t eiit ion fill- a niKinenl . (>ne i-> (ieor^e I{;ind,'dl, ,1 tall, line lookiii}^
man, son of ,111 .'idjoinin^ f.'irmer ; the other is the ( 'apt ain's daii^htei-, Nellie, .-ik
HWecl a specimen of young womanhood as .iny man could .aspire to. After an
hour's ci)iivers,it.ioii in t he parlor M. I>e I'ontleroy re-entered the diiiinj^-ro.im.
■'||™.".-LI'™1..
A HAIlHKi. OK (iOLI). tt
\v.i'< int io.Iuc'mI t(i flif I'iNi'i's. iiiadf ,i .stiit«'ly liow imd i!i'|);ij-(<!d, proiiiisini; lot s;>i«
t lie Captain <>!i Ihf iinn-niw.
Ill a few (lays tlw I-'ri'iicluiiiii and liis mcii Iiad lot-afcd (lie hjioI wlK*P.-Sh*-
^.>ld wan liiddi'M, l>ul h'' fninid nn t'Xaiiiiuati<i!i In- had not hotti^ht with iiiui lill
till' 11 Tussai'v iiLiihiiiiTv, and while Ihi- Iiom* wa>^ at>.-.t'iit, he wan the y^m-iit. <.il^
C.iptainC . It \v;is nn! Nfllif's I' uilt I liat she fVll in love with tlm Jiffahle' .%«<
poiislicd si iMii^fi-r, Mis i\nnw!i'dt{i' was si> widf, iiis accoinplishiiK'tits jmi vartt-sj.
and his prcst'iifc so idiainiin^ that lie t-aiiif like a ivvrlat i<ni to hfi* M>iii«*«rii'.t.t.
(•out faded wofld. I5ut, she would not admit M. De font h-roy jvs ;i lovi.T lis luj»g;
as she was hetiothcd to (ieort^e. Hut <it»oi';;e was too hiisy just now lom»tiw-tke
Intiniai'V ,^'inwin'4 uj) helueeii Nellie anil lierj^uest. If (ieor^i^hiul om; fault n»Mrf^
in'oniiiu'iil than anotlier it v\as hi^ passion for ^aiti, the ineaii .-tiiihition v4 fi^tAimf^
rich for ! lie ineii' sake o!' heintj riili ; and the ihoui^ht of that iiiini«tiiH«- Iri'.'i.'iuiYt
a! t he hot I oil I of t lie I'iver, so near him all t lie-^i- ye irs, and now tl»is stniiif;»'r w)»«
to (any it aw.iy, worried liim.
One niKht, alioiit dark as M. I )e I'ontleroy was lef urninj^ (^» his Ixwit Itr- r»%«'f-
took ( ieoi'i^i- on t he Sand Hanks, ami t he two walked on to^<'tlii>r. Thf sti-anfji-r
h:l.d just lefl Nellie. ( ieol'^e had jusi li-ft the liniied tfeasiu-c, aiiii I>oth W4*rv- <•(( -
l^r i--<ed wiihthi'ir own tliouj;iit.^. (ieoi-j^e wa>. wonderiiij^ if he coiitd i>i\vp4i(«M:*
some kind of a partiieiship in iIh' hariel of t;oid, and venlujtMl timidly tttn'^nls
t he subject. At t he >aine moment .M. I (e l'Mntle:oy w;is tlunkiiijL; how hecr4«1dl
he-.t sound (ieiu'^e's feeliiif^s liiwai'ds Nellie, so he shiftdl thi' <-oiiv«'rsiit«on hy
telliti'^ (o'oiife he had a niiicli ij;reater t rea.^iiie in his swe»-t -heart than lay iiiined
in the ii\er. || would he too Ion;,' a stmy to follow u|» tlic (-tmv<'fs.at,<t«ti. JLiint.
hei'oi'e t icy paried t hat ni.^^iit they hail I'litered into a soii'iiiit (-oiiipart by whidi
.M. I> • I'on! lei'oy was |.. nlea-,!' to (ieoi-<e ,ill his ti,i;ht to the pdd. iuxl (■(^•Df^-
vva- to release Nellie from iier eiiLfa^'eiueiit. TIk' coiit t-»ct. v\ as rari'ie*! out ami iti
ahoa' tell days Mie si lan^e Vessel Ihaf had at traeted so niucli att<>ntioii wei}^iui1
aticlior. spi'.-a I hers.iiU and deijarted with M. and Madame IN- I'»oiitlen>y.
(ieor..(e spent much t inie and money trying to n-cove.' I he huriejl ti-eastnY-, l»(ri
all hise!To!'!s were unsuccessful, ami his friends and iieii;iif>oi-r4 did not n'^tvi titt-
r.vsu!: w'.ieii tliej Icarm-d he had t ruled otV his swee! -ht-arl for a harnd of gulJ.
4f
PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD
^he (pamper.
E. PAULINE JOHNSON (!N "OUTING").
C^IGHT 'noati. the 3H.rth..:.u ski.s. Ion., I.Iack a.ul gn,,,.
<:^ Nought hut th. starlight He. 'twi:ct h.av.n and him.
Of mfin no ne<>(l }u,.s h«>, ,;f (;,,.]. m> prayer ;
He. and hi^ Deity a:-e brothers there.
Above ])is \r.vuww the fir- fii:;- down
Thro' branches ga;:nt and b]aek, then ueedles brown.
Afkr. some n^ountain slivau^.. roek-b,:und and fleet,
Sing themselves thru' liis dreaw.s [n cadence sweet.
The pine tree's whispering, rue heron's cry,
Tlie plover's passing wing, Iris Iui];ii,y.
And Winking .;ver]:ead the white stars ke<.p
■Watch o'er his h.-;i..^k bed-his sinless sleep.
,Sfv< ^--i~>
EIDOLON.
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|1
j^idolon.
BY ANNIE MERRILL (PICTON).
(!)
HliAl'TlKl'L Night, iHji'.Uirul Jewcllc' 1 Niglit ! I Hin;^ I'ack my cuitains th;it
VOU llliiV L'lltcl'.
Ill steps tlu* iiiai(lo:i, ;iii.l pt^.u-ct'iil in the mild sweet, light, < f her eliarms my
<^yes elose, my hearl droops upon my hands ; and so content am F in her traiKpiil
))resene;' th;it \ move nut, lest in miving I Iccak the \v.)Vi'n eliarm, bat a gentle
hand laid lightly on my head sways my mind and T am enticed liy this summer
spirit out upon a haU'ony - my halt-oiiy, oNcrlooking dark, silent Quinte, ahay
the gods ever smile ui)on.
Just now it is very heautit'nl. and dark, save where it catches a. gleam from tlie
."silver crescent above the bi'ow of Night, or returns the sparkles, Hashed from the
i,'ems in her dark haii'.
Quinte looks up drowsilj', not dancing and animated as sometimes, but this is
a (•■.lauge and one fe(ds calm while looking upon it.
Tiiei-e ;ire night shades in the hollows and the lights in Viileneuve Plat'e across
tile (^irkness bu! make the shadows deeper.
la til' s:)ath slup.'s th'.' bv-autiful UDuntain .Mii'-aulay where a stream l>as
male a dark cul from brow to fo!)t. A mist hangs over the little falling river
and as [ search b-.'vond hoi)ing to see a sparkle thro\igh the vi-il, in the hush I
hear a Wliip-poor-wi'.l.
Oiily twice (.'ome tlie .^Vv'eel, notes,
mountain pines, and the charm of t
v,;',!"ted o\('r by a faint wind from the
le song dri\('s awi'.v the tb.ouijht of the
■I I'cam.
Night, too, hears that sad litil
for ^(>rrow.
e song, a
lid sighs, so nuuh sympathy shows she
Tl
le si.ng from the woods has ceased and a sound conies nji from tlie I>ay. It
is the (piiet plash of the little fishes at their frolic-dance in the ir.oonligbt.
Tliere r.re sthooners h'ing in the harbor and the black masts stretching above
into the bhu' make one feel that somewhere among the shadows tlu're are great
dai'k hulls.
Oil, is not life lovidy ! Is not lifo beautiful ! Summt r spirit, do not leave mo.
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PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
Draw not your waml away. I am so lonely soinetiines, but oh not now.
Then I draw closer and whisper to hei- ; so faintly do I whisper that even .%
plaintive zephyr wandering ahcnit waiting with its own little story to i-eveal nritu
the ear of Night, cannot whisper it again.
Hear nie, luviutifnl dark maiden, I cry. You have a magic power. You go
where I cannot, you see what I cannot see ; thoughts are clear to you and you
read men's minds in dreams. Uo to him, maiden. I beseech you, to him whose
image I show you and Hud if he truly loves. Come again at this time to-morrow.
I meet you here. Till then no rest.
And Night, tfuiching with a wand-liko finger my brow of thought, swings open
the portal of my mind, and there sees oh what a beautiful youth !
Only once before had the dusky maiden seen suc-h another. He is the god of Day
whom she has loved ail her life long though he cares not for her, always leaving
the sky at her conung. She ever looks sadly after him as they part, Init in his.
cold breast is no pity. ,
Thus her 1 if (MS weighted with deep sadness, often even melancholy. Some-
times she spends many hours of her stay with us, weeping (piietly and at other
times sobbing without control. At such times she hides away hei' jewels as the
sight of brightness adds to her heart sorrow.
To-night she was very calm until she saw the image of tlie youth so like the
one who had i-un the line of des])air through bei- long life.
'Twas then I heard a sigh which she tried in vain to stitle.
Op Night, why are you so sad ? I <|uestion. Were f as beautiful as you. had I
.such enduring gems foi- my hair and such a gleam upon my brow, and oli were I
so beloved, I think 1 should never know a sigh.
Ah child, with all my beauty, all my jewels, all my friends. Day loves nu" not.
she makes reply, and I am veiy uidiappy. for to me life would be pei-fect oidy
with love.
The people of Earth, saving the po;'i sduIs who are my companions, scorn love ;
but you. child, wliose soul is chained imt(» suih a being as you liave revealed untt»
me, will understand anil believe that I say truly.
You have read my heait, was all I could ri'piy, for sleep tame unsought and
when I awoke Night had vanished.
This time Day's stay sei'ined an age but when at last Night came again, good
news came with her.
"I found him. she cried, seenung j)leased while pleasing another, though I had
to travel half tlu- earth ert> i saw a face like imto the one I searrhe.l for.
KIDOLON.
AT
Whon r Nvent to hi.n he w.is staiuiins ui»o„ a b.-,„k near .•, viwv |„ nnr
Klatuo I saw that h'the fonn. Hue head hea,.tif,.IIy poised, and the .row,, of vHl<,w
.-uris ; and when he hade n.e welcoine it was with a st.-ong sn.ile whi.-h w.'.,. ,....
I tamed .n,til he threw hhnself down a,ul slept, hdled l.v the croon of the „e .,■
stream.
^t, was then time to look into his mind.
What news then, beautiful n.aiden. I intern.pt eagerly, can vou sav cheer or
— hut 1 hnd no voice to finish.
Witi, a lightsome t<.ss of her hea.l which n.akes the gen.s flasl> she answers in
u pleasant voic,. : I am nearer happiness than I have been for long, because in
J)rmg,ng pleasiu-e to you. peace is reflected.
r)ea,.c-luld. he happy, she said kindly, what I have read in the n.i„d of the
dreamer fully satisfies the wish in yt.ur own.
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PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
5Re /Aother.
WILLIAM WILFRED CAMPBELL (OTTAWA).
I.
(3^7 T was
-9^ Tlu-j
(3^'^T was April, blossoining spring,
rvr^ iiit-'y buried uie, when the birds did sing ;
Earth, in elanmiy wedging earth,
They banked my bed witli a l)lack, damp girth.
ITnder the damp and nnder the mould,
I kenned my breasts wvw clammy and cold.
Out from the red lieams, slanting and bright,
I kenned my cheeks were sunken Jind white,
I was a dream, and the W(>i-]d was a dream,
And yet I kenned all things that seem.
T W!is a, dream, and the world was a dream.
But you cannot bury a red siuibeani.
For -hough in the under-grave's doom-night
I lay all silent and stark and white.
Yet over my head I seemed to know
The nuunuirous moods of wind and snow.
Tiie snows th.it wasted, the winds that blew,
Tiie rays that slanted, the clouds thiit drew
Tlie water-ghosts up fi'oin lakes below.
And t*ie little fluwer-souls in earth that grow.
THE MOTHER.
Vndov earth, i» the grave's stark night,
I felt the stai-s an.l the .no»ii'« pale liglifc.
T felt the wiiuls of ocean and land
That whispered the hlossonis .soft and bland.
Thongh they had hnried me dark and low.
My soul with the seasons seem.Hl to grow,
II.
1 was a hridi^ in my sickn.'s.s sore.
I was a bride nine months and more.
From throes of pain they l,i„.:,.d me low.
For d;.ath had finished a mother's woe. '
But nnder the sod. in the grave's dread doon,.
I dreazned of my baby in glin.mer a ul gloom.
I dreamed of my babe, and F kenned thab his rest
Was bv„ken in wailings on my dead breast.
I dreamed that a rose-leaf hand did cling :
Oh, yon cannot bnry a nu t'ler in spring.
When the winds are soff an I th(> blossoms are re<l
She conld not sV 'p in her cold earth-bed.
I dmimed of n y [.alx. for a day .• n 1 a night,
And then r lo v:. in my grave-c-Qf les white.
I rose like a flower from my dam;) earfh-hed
To the world of sorrowing overhead.
Men wo uld have^alled me a thing of harm,
Bnt dreanus of my bab. made me rosy and warm.
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PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
I felt my breasts swell under my shroud ;
No stars shone white, no winds were loud ;
But 1 stole me past the graveyai-d wall,
For the voice of my baby seemed to rail ;
And I kenned me a voice, though my lips were dumb ;
Hush, baby, hush ! for mother is eome.
I pjissetl the streets to my husband's home ;
The chamber stairs in a dream I clomb ;
I heard the sound of each sleeper's breath,
Light waves that break on the.shores of death,
I listened a space at my chamber door.
Then st<jle like a moon-ray over its floor.
My babe was asleep on a stranger's arm,
"Oh, baby, my V)aby, the grave is so warm,
••Though dark and so deep, for mother is there I
O come with me from the pjiin and care !
•'O come with me from the anguish of eaith.
Where the V)ed is banked with a blossoming girth,
••WTiere the pillow is soft and the rest is U)ng,
And mother will croon you a slumber-song.
*'A slumlMJr-song that will charm your eyes
To a sleep that never in earth-song lies I
"The love« of earth your being can spare,
Eut never the grave, for mother is there,"
I nestleci him soft to my throbbing breast.
And stole me back to my long, long rtst,
THK mothp:k.
And hcif r li,. with him iindrr thv «tais,
Di'jul to faith, its pf.*u;« and its wnts ;
Head t<) it« hatt'8, its hnju's an<l its harms.
So long as he cifullcs up s<jft in my arms.
And Heaven may open its shimmering doors,
And saints make music on pearly flooj-s.
sea.
And hell may yawn to its infinite
But they never ean tjike my baby fi
■oni nie.
For so much a part of my soul he hath grown
That God doth kn.nv of it high .)n His Uinrnv,
And here I lie with him under the flowei-s
That sun-winds rock through tlie billowy hours,
With the night-aiT-s that steal from the murnmring sea,
Bringing sweet peace t« my baby and me.
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PICTURHSQrH PHINC'l-: KDWAIII*.
AA.ay on the: Moaniain gop.
ygl'n ANOKFl'l. April h.is glided .-iw.iy fnnn tli" foi'cst with Lcrc.tt shining? tcii-s in
\lij her tciidiM- blue cyi's, and j^oldcn-lnMiwcd May conifs d.mcin.LC wild ovci- tin-
• }j;i'icnin>( liills, chasinj^ th(> siinlviuiis up Jind down tln' }j;n'y .•ivcn'.ics, and
softly inifoldin^, on myriad dull hrajiclu's, i^rcat clnsU'is of thin, shiny, silken
h'avi's. dijipfd in snngold soft and yellow. The rei;?n of the sweet H( putiia is
nearly ended. Only a few Howers remain sliinin^j from shady nooks like lit tie
wliite stai'-i. and now its fresh leaf is reHt'hinjjf out to the siui, foi- t lie hlossonis
come en- the new leavi's unfold. Far and wide through .ill the green-wood, iiy
stream and hillock, snow-white lily-eups of trilliunis >itir in the wind, vi(»lets are
hudding and in every sunny close the young grass is si)rinkled white and pink
with modest little Spring IJeauties. Many wild flowers are in hlossom. Half-
way down the hill-side, a little wjiy from a narrow path, a solitary, deciduous,
shrub tlnives in shadow of old trees. Daphne, rare, beautiful Daphne. In April
its small, sweet, pink blossoms, opened in clust«'rs circling its dove-colored steins
i'l-e a green leaf unfolded. Alone it dwells on the hill-side with no other of its
spec-ies for miles and miles ai'ound.
In a corner of a smuiy Held, near .a pictures(ine lake on the outskirts of a fair
l!anadian city, a shrut* like it is growing, also another in one of the MaritiuK-
Provinces ; and these are believed by the fi»>ld naturalists of that city to be the
only two in Canada. Hut this fertile ('oiuity of Prince Edward lying out in tlie
blue Ontario, and possessing a varied growth of wild-plant life, has been ovei-
looked and the Daphne is found here in s<'ver;il se([uestertHl bowers. lUit let u~i
turn .again to the mountain-top. Song and sunshiiu* are rampant. Here is a
glassy pond nnrroring a tangle of grt'v limbs and yining leaves, while out of it ^
gi-ey-brown shadows come the vibrant voices of frogs, sounding their silver pipen
from silvei- pools ; and dose by tm the bole of an ancient elm two lively youni;;
wood-peckers tire dancing a nnh .' See them with their heads together })eating a
mad rat-tat <m the bark vpith their bright beaks ! To and fro they go, half-w:iy
round the tiee— giddy black and white birds. Here comes a mourning cloak I
Solemn black butterfly, coaxed by a .sunny breath from its winter repose in some
hollow tree— slowly it passes by as if not yet (juite wide awake, and, a^s it flies off
through the woodland, I wonder if it has memory of the simny springtime of the-
year gone by, a recollection of its lH»auty making this one the more sweet Y
Where Memory i", she rears a radiant tower of springtime on to springtinu' ;
trellis green with thin leaves, gaudy with beautiful star-eyed flowers, and faint
't u^
is ;i
of it.-:
)ip»'?t
iiig a
IMtNl) IN Till': I'AI'K.
i'kd.m ni::;a'im\i:s. i^V ',. >;. >! l iimi.i.
IX MorXTAlX i'Ains.
MAN- ON Till':
MolNTAIN T(M'-
r:<
Dll-
hi' f
\vi! II 111 • li;' ■ 1. h 111 1)
lU-ll.'S up. llMUl lit ;niil lull n|' I
(li'Wll l!iriillL;Il I lie },'i>l(li'll Sllll>|lilii'
nil It
smiiiMit ifi<- wfiifi' .1 viTinii uln.l
• U'lj
"My .111(1 sojtn 1 of t'allin}ru;i(ci-
. juuj K(.iH( ill;;;
iinii-imii-> : /'artuli*r Miid could I'
|.li-asui'.--ar,l,'M !.,■ mni',. lair ;- (),,i ihruuKli tlir hIuiUow (n.it.l vu^l, (hi- <(
with .yi'i'.u Ixiiimls. splasliiiio. til,, water iut(
.•'11(1 till, pipiiij; (if IVoju;- siKldciilv cfjisfs.
•Tsiau
ti> Kllll,
liuiiiiiiiiij,' ol' ^<)l(Miaiui('(l 1
ll('lnl( X'k t'l IIIK
wilhsoiiK. Tui'iiiii-: at l.i>t fioni the poiiil.
>*|'ray, like whit«» {u.tilsiuti
^■«t tlu' ai«- I'm nil it«tf»'vs with i|i(>
iT-i ill till- willdus. anil fnim tli<- f «.j)-iii(iHe lum^h of a
<iuis;t»> as f'miii f\ 1lii»at hiir.stiiiK
li(pii(l \(ii('(. of a t linisli, (.x
t'i'ai,'i'aiit jiiiiipci's Ileal' liv a rlusliT of
(Mil p,u!» leads tlu'4iti;;U ft t:uif,'I«' nf
wiiiu's. anil a p.-ii'lfidi^e. a pliinip fi-lli
iidai-^, ul eiu'c ( oiiu's a suddiu suuiiil of
Ml Ik. Ill' .'ij.'(. he wa-i dniiiiiiiiiij,' down the hill-sid
>\v. whii'ix off (hiMUSfli tfu'sun>«hiii.', |f«lf
ili-lanj tliunder. Thus at intervals H
plai'eH, I'liine t he linllow sdiiiidiiigs uf
e ;i ninildiiif; ndiiiid ;is of f,
I r
lll•oll,^ril the Ifjuif, uaild «fars fn'ui tdii'ltt'i'i'il
(
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pnrruHKSQrr-: im?in(K kdward.
She JCi"f"tle f^oreist iDrammer.
F*»r«>st. dnminur u]) lln' iiidviutain,
DniiiiinMig ill t)u- i^iin,
>l»OI<)\v iiiu>«f by tlu' fountain,
When* whito rillets run.
ill »!)(> sili'jic'*' of tin' lliiikct,
'Mill the vidli't-lilooni,
V.i-v lilt' singinf; of the nickit,
III till' piny k1<><">>>
With his dark winj^, Ki«'y 'iii*! Kl"''^''^y»
With his ini^ht lu' dniniK
On ;i lone lo^, old and niossv,
When tin' J^old li^ht conns.
/
H. M. M.
Tl KAT.
oo
l^leal
BY ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN (OTTAWA).
J
ti{()5i pljiiiis tliiit reel to sdiiilnv.-ird (liiii,
The road runs liy nii' wliitc and hait> ;
I'p llif stccj) liill it vcciiis to swim
|{< voiid. .111(1 melt into tin- plaic.
rpwrtid half WHY, or it, may lie
Nrai'ci' tlio sunnnil. slowly sttals
A hay-cait. moxinjj^ dustily
AVitli idly clanking wliicls.
M.
Ry his i-art_"s side thr wap>ner
Is slomhinj^ slowly at his casi',
Half-hidden in the windless hlin-
Of white dnst jiuttinfj; to his knet s.
This wn^'on on the 1h ij;ht aU.xe,
I'rom sk\ to sky nu either hand.
Is tlie solf tliinj; that seems t< uuwo
lii «11 the hi-at-held land.
lieyond me ir. the lields i he snn
Soaks in the ^liiss and hath liis will ;
I coMnl th«' mai),'ueriies on«' hy one ;
Kv<'n the hntteiciiiKs aic still.
On tlie hidok y4(ndei' not a hreath
Distnrhs the spichr or the niidj;c.
The watei-hu;j;s draw close heneath
The coul gloom of thchfidge.
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PICTlTiESQUE PRINCE EDWAED.
WJicr" tl'.c f.ii- rlm-troe sliudnws Hood
Dark n.itchrs ia the burning grass,
The cow.,, cat'ii witli licr peaceful ciuU
Lie v.Mitiiig I'd:' the heal to pass.
From s-niiiewiiere oii t)ie slope near hy
l:;;;o tiu' pale depth of the noon
A wandi'j'ing llniis'.! sliiU's h-isurdy
His t'liii i-e\-. living tune.
In interval.-, ol' (h>-aiiis I l-.t-ar
Thi' erieket t'ri ni the droughty ground
Ihe gra.-s-hoi pers spin into luine ear
A small inr.uaierahle souiuh
I lift niii'.i- eyes sonielinies to gaze :
The h'.u'uing sky-line blinds my sight -
The woods far oif are bhie with haze :
Th.' hill.- are drenehed in light.
And yet to me not this or that
is always -.l;arp or always sweet ;
In the sio[)?d shadow of my hat
f lean at rest, and drain the heat ;
Nay mure, I tidnk some blessed i)ow(>r
H.atii Virouglifc me wandering idly liere :
!n th.e fuil fui'uaee of tin's lioui-
My thoughts grow keen and e'ear.
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An Incident of '37.
BY C. H. VVIDDiFIELD 'PICTON).
3
^ infoi'niati.Hi about (he anrcstiy and faniih- InsKay ..i v. person wli^ia.!
livcl in this vic-iniLy a numlR.i- of yrars a-u. hi Inmrln- ii-. this infoii,.;,-
■,ion I was iviVrrc.l to an old Kontlcman, whc f w;;. x,,\\^ f.,,,,],] ,,;,,.,,...,;,. i„r.,rni
ni.« on on<. point that was involved in s.^nir <.!,sc;iri; v. So ,.,.u!y ,„..■ nmrnin- \
railed on :\rr. I) and fonnd him, aUhouKh a mm o;' S'. \vf;h a M.auaTAiI
nu'n.ory sl.oivd ;vi(h local history. \i w^s a wa;-ni. lazy suuniu-r inonunK- ^n;d as
my oc'toj^cnanan lVie2ul and n:yself lay stivU-lied onion tlu- lawn, wi-!.'iiK" hhu,
waU'i-sofJieBayof Qninte niakin;^ n-usie at <.ur l>et as llu-y wa.iu d a-ainsfc
ihei^h'n-eandsidcsofmy l)<)at, [ was not at all .lisiiulincd i o lislvn lo iho old-
J.inu' I'oninisiciu^os my iii([nii'ic's had sta.rted.
*'! snpnose yon renu-mhei' iln- relic'llion ol" V;? >" I !:!(i;;;vt'd.
••Oh, yrs, well," replied Mr. I). -Tlieiv we'v no aelive particii^anis in Pnncn
l-ldwai'd and no aiivsts were tifteiwanl Jnade here, hnt a ^ood deal <.i' U -.'An^ was
'A'orked n]) at the time."'
-Then yon oh;.aine<l the blessings Maekeniiie tunght for wiLuonl bloodshed,"' i
remarked,
'•^'es, Wv- didn't have any li-htinj^ or han-inL;:."" ^aid the old -. nileman ; and,
ifL.-ra. sh(a-lpanse, "Imt we did liave some Ilood .pill noi far fri-m ii.-re a^uiiit
■lirit time."'
•■il:)w was that ;-"' ! asked.
\m\ (his is (he incident the old cj-nlh-mun related :
Very early in .hehis(<ny of the Tow;>h;p .,f Alary.bnr-h, i.i id- nin, ties of
ae la.l renlnry ,,r the be-innin- of this on-. Kdwwrd [^aine^: setflrd m: the Hay
Me. Tb'b'.lon-edtoap.nd family in (Ik-,, Id eoimtryand had b,.en an ofii. er in
'1 ' Qneen's llan-'-rs in (he Ameri.vi,, v.ar nnd-r Colonel (ai.erwaids tb.veiaior)
Slnic.e. lie died abonfji). leavir- one son, who was always I.n.u^n as^.iuirts
n-ines. Thesqnire inherited ar.d lived on (lie ohl hoi i,.>(ead, where lir had laiiK.
"Ill' of tiinse old roomy strueiures wiih v.dde ehinnieys and h-w e.-ilin-. that •■veil
y<-ta..v to be found, in thecdunfy. lb' wasii -ood specimen of the early pioneer;
blntr, liearly, sir, win- lira blood of his Hnglisli a.nceslry, a. -oo.l nei-hbor and an
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58
PICTURESQUK PRINCE EDWARD.
h(»iu-st cili/cn. ft was .soiiictiiucs said he was too aristocratic fur a iicav couuliy
but if tlipro was siicli a feeling aiiioM}? the residents of tlie township it was(>nl>
js'iari'd by a Few whosu worldly ciicnnistances were not as advanced as tlu
s juire's. or who failed to enjoy the same confidence as their niore fortunate-
neighbor.
But if there was any doul>t as to the suj)roniacy of the scjuiie in the now fast
grfiwing connnunity. there was none whatever about the position hisdaughtei
enjoyed.! 'And .Mary Haines deserved both her father's tlevoted love and hei
popularity in the township and adjoining village. 3J(jre than lier beautiful face.,
her wealth of brown haii-, her liiiuid bhie eyes and gracefid figure, her sunny
disposition and frank, welcoming smile made hei' a general favorite.
Even at that early period Picton was the nucleus of the county, boasting its
weekly paper (the only one between Kingston and Toronto) and a "femal;-
ju-adeniy." the i)ioneer of the many ladies' colleges now scattered overCntario.
Mary Haines had been in attendance at this academy for the year previous to tin-
opening of our story the suimni'r of ISIJT. While there, aiul shortly before the
sunuuer holidays, she had nu't her fate in the pei'son of MaU-olm (iibson. 1 woidd
like to be able to tell what they saitl and how they said it when he made Whe iiri-
poi'tant announi'ement. but really I do not know. In fact what takes place ou
such oi'casions is seldom known, except to the two partii's most interested : and
where that indescribable attinity exists that draws two hearts into contact, wlial
is said and done in that moment is always too saci'cd to be comnuuiicatrd to .1
third i)arly. Of course the novelist always tells this \y,\vt of the story mo>!
minutely, and when we are young we linger over Ibis i)art of his \craciou-
chronicle with intense interest : but when we grow older ( i don't say wiser) \\o-
only read this part to enable us to test the writei-'s imagination.
Suflice it to say that when Mary left the academy at the end of the sumniei
term she and .Alalcolm Gibson were b(>trothed lovers, and Malcolm bad pi'oniiseii
her that be would call and break tlie news to her fathei- as soon as po.s.sible. Il
never occurred to Malcolm that sipiire Haines would refuse his cons<'nt to a
mai'riage with his daughter. And there was no reason why he should, for .Mal-
colm was in every respect an eligible son-in-law. He w;is the son of Scotcii
parents who had settled in Kingston while he was a child. He studied medicine
in Philadelphia, and had been practising his profession in Picton about a year -.l
this time. Tliougli only "J;! years old. his athletic franu' and close, brown bear',!
made him appeal- older, and he bad found no dittlculty in winning the coniideiui
of a large i)ortion of the lonuuunity, and retaining it by his skill and ability.
Malcolm liad already called twice at the s(iuire's. but on both occasions flu
f.ather was absent on business, Uut one Saturday afternoon, toward the end ^il
August, he received a note from iNIary asking him to come down on Sunday, li
r counf ry
I was <>iil>
■I'd as 111!
t'oitimat^-
' now fast
sdaiij^htfi
i' and hci
utiful face.
her sunny
loasting i(s
a "fcnialc
I'v i ntarid.
•ions to the
licfore llir
1. I woidd
adc Wlic ini-
cs \)la( T nu
est fd : and
itact. wlial
licatfd to a
itory nuot
vcracion-
wisi'i-) w."
he sunmici
I pi()inisc(i
)ssililc. ll
mscnt tt> a
1. for .Mal-
ot' Sfotili
II nii'dirinc
ll a year -.I
•own hcai'.i
ciudidfnn
iliility.
{•asions t hi
] till' end v\
liindav. li
AN INCIDKNT (»F -^7. 01
thf inevit;il)l(> postscript slu" hintrd that \\i-v li'.iithH-t- wii.irf;il! stMfMljr 8»eh©«»f» Uiat
day.
\Vh(Mi Malcohn arrived at "Mayvifw" tlu' iic:it .tftcviMMAU iiiestf,{urt*iirast^kin!2;
his usual Sunday nap. Hut .Malcolm hud Ik-vu vol-v hiiHj,- ihii l>ut<l. t wo wt**-k.s.
and it was much inoi-i- dclii^htful to spend an houi; or two with Miii-y Jindertht*
shady maples Oil the shore than discuss mati-imouial iiit^-nlHtns with a pitJSjH'C-
tive father-in-laA-. I'erhaps .Malcolm thought t.h<~ s<i«iw woviiltl Iw i« u Ix'tti'V
humor aftei'supjH'r. .\nd in any evi'iit the^ic \v-;is- no pai-t JniiMr huny.- Tli»*ri«
are always a ninnl>ei' of fifood reasons sujft;»r-it i ni; thi-Hitsvlven tio » luvw at s*M-h a
time.
When the lovers returned to the house they fojuul. tli<> s<]iian< piu-inf^ i>p am^
down the hroad vei-antlah with a newspajn-r iiv lus htuuL It w-hs quite ^vk^ent
that something had di>tinl)ed his usual <;ood temper : but wfurn h* saw iVliilcoliu
he came forward and >liook his hand in his heart>' mauii4-i-.
'"^'ou appi'ar to he excited over soinethiui^. so,u.i.rc,'" t'CiiuivkvU. Miik-nlui, j^oimI
humoredly.
"Exciti'd I I haven't heen so mad in ten \'eai-s. f lefl jion, d<-x"t<>r,'^ajjtl hf
threw ilown the ])aper witli an anicry scowl. "•tKeie is goinj? to ht^ litMfthle In^fon*
lonj;."
"\\'hy. fathi'r. y.ni surely ha\e not lieen 1-eadiuj.j a sitiim«i? Fiilhf'r.'" said
Mary, turning; toward Malcolm with a smile, '-always says ht^ can listpii U> tt
sermon in the proper place hecause it is one's duty to }?o to iduut-h,. luit it makes
liim an;jfry for any iierson to su,t;i4:est reading' a scvnioii at Uoun'.'
Mary's fjfood nature almost made her father foi'fjfot hi.saiif|r<'i- for l.h*' UHHufiit,
l)ul as he i>i(ked u]) the i)aper that had so disiui-U'il his i-t^iuMviuiily, ho said with
a \ini. "It's 1)1 ire >e(l it inn. not hi ni;- else."
'•Hut. wliat is father "r It's all a riddle to u>.""
INIalcolm said nolliinv;-. He had noticed thai tfic p;j|N'r tho M'jurre pickt"ti up
was the "('unstilution," and he at once derided il would not ho sa,f<" to. slu»\v too
openly hi> o\\!i polit ical symi)atlue-. if he wished to avoid a .stfne.
"It'stliat d d paper of .Mackenzie's. Here's what he calls a "DiTlanttum of
the H 'formers of Tori m to." liohK up t he .\nieri( an revolution as an <^xain})U' tu u.s,
attacks the I'^stablished Chiu'ch. ad\'ocates free trade; yes, sir. iind hf d-vcn pi-o-
posi's to thank I'apineau foi' st irrintj uji rehellion ii\ Lowei- Cjuiadu. If that isn't
tri'ason. what is it 'r"
"Hut." said ]MaKi>Iiii, forurettiiij^ in his earnest nosji hi*! intention tif iwnti-alit v.
"Papine.iu has always proeeeded constitutionally. He has «l»M-lai-ed yuhlijjy that
all he demands i.-. ,i i^ood 4>:ov»'rnin,'nt ci>mpos<-d of fiivuds »>i' Ivgahty, liherly and
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}\lil'\:.i : ml st>-->i jx'dillral iiistjlir iiois as ar.' in accnrdaiicc wilh I'lcM'i'^t o;"i':i»
"J tvll y;>vi, <.^i>r '„iir, r*,»)'/iHtMii and NcLsoii will Ii" Ii :lllL,^^l it' llic;'.- is any ii.r.i^-
in}5 fitr hi.t^h lr(;;»si»n, nrul Aliuki-n/ic and his ^'a!i;j,- arc Just as had." /
"lljit, f.'ilhcr," s;i5(l M;u'y, "'^'o;) kimw .Mr. Indwell : ami I have licard yoii say
Lh i'. h t isf St liiv;>3 »jj:iii cvpi! f lniii^li a llrfoi iiici-."' '
••-M r.-,T, >''>.i tl v:>'i, till U'r.%tau.l ihi'sc t,!uii;j;-;," iviarcl iIu'S|a;i*'. ••Hidwc!! is a
whj.i^ : .\?.i4t;kt'i»y,j(» ;4ml iJulpli arc radicals, and a I'a.dica! is a I'chcl c\"ci-y ( iiiu', .VU
they w;i»l. t'.> (1;) is t'j rub (bt> haniis an I ahscund l;i tlic S.atcs."
"H'.i;:, sjjyiirr," r)itt>rj»iiscd .M:''!T>i!:f, ••.Mackcn/.Ic and K'nliiii and 1 licir ful'dwcrs
have l;ir,;yrt inJ:*n':+ls ;\l sLakf! in the (Mnnlry, and ii' Ihiy i-.iMicd I !ir lianl<- ilicy
wonlil only S»i> r.»bl)ij);^ tht»;>jsi'lv;'s. And s'lmctinics cwn rcvoln! i.in ni.iy he ,■•.
jjiltrintiii; ni'«ri'.ss>ty.'* f-. •<
"I,').>k )>i*ri% iKH'tnr,'' said tae s:ii.r.:'.'. iin-ninuc s(ii; ivciy lowarl- Malohn .-ind
lefctinjjf thir |>aj>»*r «lrr<p froij) bis I;:;nd in !i;s (•.■.rncst nc>-. •"If my !;t I ".c .^ir! I iicrc,
whom { !;tvi' hi'!,.'','r i))ai? iny life, slniuld ahci rcx-nnu '(Ui I wnnltin'! licsiiatca
itjonnni): tu t'Dunriit her 1 1> ,!j;aol i'<n- trciisim. I'm a r,; 'gist;' a: !■. and ■>() indi? nic
(roil I woiilil <l» njy dniy." Mah-ulin saw t'.icrc was r.o n-^c ari^nin,:.,' t he ,nai lev,
that arifiwn 'ii' i» th;» sijMir j's pi'cscnt (•laali! i>in m' m-n I wa.> ;il<c s'lal.ip.u' ;i red
ilt;;iii tli'.; i'.-Ji-i; of" .-tin c»i"a!;'fd huU. And lie iiad mi dmili! \\l!aic\ cr rlia! (i:e
M|nir(Muc;f>i? cvivry word lie .said, J^wn i(iyal;y niigiii he can icd i(. an ah>nrd
I e)>,ii;t.l}.
Ami tin" t'hi)n;»hl piv.si'al ihr.in ;j;'i JO ih-.dnj's mind. ■"W,;^ {'.v.: las; ivanai'k in-
t.encli'd fi>r u)n ? Dacs li;' sr.>-j)c;-|, my iiUi-iid.^e M-day, .■nid ddcs ],r \\i>h lo smnid
my pollLifMl uj>iti'ii>)itf ".'"' -llairjim WiisVdo hoivst nut to discins,' Ids -ym; at hies
wilh tHc. rmjHtitu!5i»i;vl t'il'nrts (.<>■ the IJel'm niers to Lreak i'ri n; liie ')(in<!- ni thi'
F'\inii!y (";>j»))!»;'i. if hi; hid ht'cu (luesi i'med.. [hit, woniil ; h.e - , ii'iv ii! his jinseir,.
ti'iufiiT hi'r ahh' }r» iiistinguis!) hc:w,';^n synijiathies with eanslit nt imial ell'uris
and t J'casDiirih)*" »}es)j:;»s ? .S;>, when he ^ul ;in (nipurt miit >■. iie tdid. .M.r.'V !:e
(hi>n;j;ht, it h>.v*!, ni>!. t> iitrorni hn- i'a'iiei' ni th.eir en,L:;atrcmcnt while i.e w.as so
<;x;nt.':l t>/ [».)!;? ic il m ;'d.LM'.i.
"Vua kiJinv, tl wli'a,;^," he ;vl.l( d. "':u' ani ! min'lit. no; cxac; '.,.' at^a'ce on these
(ini'sLions '»»'5 ' want, to avnid disc-n>~i<in on ;!.em.'"
*'N'i.)n know Vx's*. Malcn'm ; as fathei' says. I diKi't mider.-'./nd ti'.e>e mai;i'rs ;
t.hal is, f.!.^ {>i>Vitit'.s, ] i»ean," s!i' siid slyly. "nut, y.m do;)"! a.n; iiipate miy
tronhlr, «Si» yon ':""
"f tlo7i"J, know, my Hh'l ; Mackoi/.ie is hi;-iioade<I a.nd rash, and h.as lieen
Horsdy ii-U-i], hsit ) hnjw' ;,vinl think h w il! ejnl wit iKuit i lie arhiira; ion o'l' arms."'
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And so. ai'tcr mi;<iu'I'. tln-y iKUtiil. "I will ',i!l iipiin in .-i few (lays," saiil
.M,i!( iiliii. as lie iii;.miti'.l liis lioisc and lixlc away.
A few (lays a!': I'i'war.I .Milcnliii siut '.l Un- "I Jay view." II((|rtcrinii:c«l to avoid
all mat ii'i's of i>olil ics. (• line to llic poiiil a; one,', and h.w c ma! irrs m rrlcd wit li
1 he scjuii'c. Il was a lictii! it'ul siiiiniicr aft I'inooii. an;! wlu'ii .Malcolm i'i'ach«'<l
I he iirow of 1 lie hi!! a hove tlic Si one .Mills !ii' iii\ > lunl :!!i!y 1 loutjlit hi-- htrs*' lo a
hall to\icw t'.if m i;.cnilic 'nt ^.;•:'U(■l•y s|iiM'al oui hcfd'.'c Idn;. -An! in lids fair
('anada oi' oiiis tln'iv is no faicrr ^;:■(•M(' lo loo!< nii.i:; ;ioni' jio>.-r.--in,u' more
'nstoric Of sc'icnt ilii- i uteres!. Wit liin a few i'eet was i ;:e n;ysierions I.;.d;e-on-( Iic-
Mountain, whose waters are a!mo.-.t le\cl witli tlu' suri'.Te of tlie hi!;. Ni'.arly
li i.l feet helow. down the almost [u rj)endi(adai' eid)ankn!cnt. the l)!ue \\aters of
Hay of (^I'inte st relc!ied aw;iy on ei'lier liand forndn;.;' a do/.en ha\'s iuid inlets in
I !i" i:-i'e ■.■iilav s!!-)i-es oi' A I:)I])Ii;isto\\ii an I So;iiuasliUi',^!i. I^'roni \^" here lie .^tood
-M t!(M!m cnn! I se- liie sjtoi wli'i\' landed l!ie l'. !■!. 1, iyali,-.;s the I''yn.outli
1.' H-\ o;' (' I 1 I li, A li; ; ! ' fiiv il")' u;) t'l" s!ri;- ' is , li • o' 1 r. K. !,. iia 'yi;: 4 ^-.v c.ind,
•.v!ier,' s!,'"]) si m >ny of t !i:)s;' no!)le i)ioneers wdio Iii':W''d e\":'y;!i;nLC f'" e >:i.--.-lenct^
s i!c'.'. "["ii'Te si ood I'll' lirs! eourl hc'i.^e erected, and wiieic was lie!d l!:e firsts
(• lurl of law in I'p;);';' ( ',raad i, !'";■. )ni heiv. t,;);), co;ih! lie se.^n t he e.n !y honi;'s of
many ni 'n w'ut hav:' maih' i!i'.' ImsIoi-n of Canad;'.. Allan McLe .n, t!ie fir.it,
awyerof Kinj^s: m ; Ilin. Ciu'i,-: iplier H •■.;'e:'n!an. in hj' • and Solicitor-', ^-'.-ci- d ;
If la. K-c!nrl Cir.wri-'i;, fi:!i >r of Sir II. .!. Ca:-, w .•!^:i- : M ir>!i i!l S. Hidwe!!,
I s. .'i'dni; r.'i'ai'm •;■ wa ) h.i'tle 1 for r.'spon -iiiile l;- ivernai -n: , and in m we r -ri-n'^j
y.'i rs th" man w!ioai the Dominion s ili maariis and wiio will (ill so lar •e ,1 [)I:U".!
in h/r history, ■'•'.ir .lolm A. .Macdon.d;!.
An 1 I !ies • 'Aa'cr-- M i!-.- )lni n iw L;'a/.el irian !; i I s.-'n mr.iy a s;r .n-'e sij^-ld..
Ill ! !)orne miny a vlarin'.;- jMlvei:', urer. It was here I !ie soldier-like Sammd di!
( ".iani])'ain nr.s.^ed wiii'M !.(■ iir.-;! looki'd npon th" wa'.ers ot' l,:rke On ;r:o: here
I'll passed I iie in(h);nil a'lie Iioh:'rl, ( 'avelier .'-aenr de 'a Salle, a aal his i .aiipa iiicii
in ai'.n >, t 'i',' (1 r,;n'„!" ss ;i -iiri d ■ Ton; i, in ! lieir naf. )r. im ■; ■ \ay '.'^a to i!i.' M issis-
'dppi ; t'lehickless La l]irre and f'le (iaanilliss Deiion'/ille. And on its ha.nks
i'.ad canipi'd ; lie .n'aliant soldier \\dio held so lon,^;; t !ie {Mn;iii-e of I'rance in t lie new
v/orld. {'onnt (!e I'^rontenac.
W'idle !'eminisc;aices li:-;e tliesi' waa'c p.a.-sin;^' throa;^!! .M I'.olm's inin>i lie'ieard
t lie cial I. r of a iiors(*"s feet, aiul in a few minntes .Mary Haine.s c.;me in.-i'j'iii. [11
.- 1;;, • of I !i" smile tliat pfreetfd him Ir" lowr knew (I'or lo\ei-s are :io, .dwa.ys
li'.in 1, \\'!ri! a\'er I'le p ).■;■; may say) 1 11 i: liar mini was na. a'. ea!-;a.
•'\'>asa' I am i- irryinj; on' m> promisa t > wa."„ up ai your faaer,"' said
!^Ia!,Mhii, afar t.lie lir-.l yreat lira's ware o\aa'.
"lam glal yon crii', deir. all !r)a;.;!i flora' is no, a! hoiii ■."' And rlieii,
-aaia;.;' tile iiil •rra;.^-a;:on in .M-dca!nrs eye., slv caniinva'd, "(''iliaiel Fletclici.-
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f.inic ti> till- Ikhisc ciily yrsti'idiiy iiiorninj^ antl f;it lici- went with liiiii to Kings-
Ion, anil pioniiscd to rctuin lo-niorrnw night."
"I low dill tlicy go y Mslicd .Mah-ohn.
"Thi-y to.tk till- sla^'c coacli at the SLon;- Mill'^. I ilrovc thcni (h)vvn myself."
'•.Mary." said .Mahi)!ni. witli inoi'c of tcndonicss in his voici' tiian she had eve;
heard hffoic. "I don't know wliy. hnt f hiive a foreljoding tiiat s ethingi>
going to ronie hetween iis to mar otn- lives."
"(Jh. don't say that. .Malcolm. I have had enongh to make me dismal since
ffitlicr went aw.iy, and I don't want you to i)e gloomy as well."
"Why. what has 1 n hothering my IHtle girl y asked .Malcolm, (luickly for-
getting his o\\ n thoughts.
They had turned tlieir horses towards Hayview and wei-e walking them >ide
by side.
'•1 think Col. Metclier and fatliei' have gone to Kingston on some political
mission ; at least Col. Fletcher hrought news frctm headquarter.s at Toronto and
I saw them reading t lie let ti-rs togethei'."
'•Hut what is there dis(|uieting in that. .Mai'v •'"
"Xothing partitulai' in tliat alone, hut I could not help overhearing part of
Iheii- conversation : and they were talking ahoul t he conversation we had Sun-
day, and fatliei'. referi'cd to somelhing you said about revolution sometimes being
necessary, or sometliing like t hat . Colonel Fletcher appeared very excited and
said he knew you, and he believed you would be a rebel if yoii were not too l)i>;- a
fowaril."
'".Me. my dirling. wha! does he know about me? I kiu)W the man only by
rei)utalio:i. Nobody even knows what my political oi)inions ai'c, bec.-uise 1 have
purposely avoided discussing politics ; and I don't know that I have ever had an
(i[)po:tunity of proving myself a coward."
'•.Malcolm, you do})'! ihink I believe a woi^l of it, and i don't think father doe,,
but you camiot tell what enennes yon may liave or what they may be doinu"-
And I know. dear, you w..uldn"l be a cowar 1 if it came to llie test. I think that
was tile memest tiling !" and the tears came into .Mary's eyes.
They discusscil the situation oji (he way home, and came to the eonelu-io;;
that .Malcolm should call and see Col. Fletclier and tin- s(|uire when t'aey return-
ed, and cUvii' himself from any suspicions tliat might cling to him.
Malcolm had almost dismiss.'.' the matter from his min.l. but onhisroa.l hoic-
Jifter sujiper. when lie ha.l no comi)anions but his own thoughts. Col. Fletclu'iV
remark wjuhl persist in c-oiuing back. Th.' m. r ■ h.. thought of it the m..re thi'
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CMuM discover no n.ason for- the ihargc .Malt-olni was brooding over th.-s.-
thoughtsand had got to the foot of (."hiickery hill, where |l>e iii)i)pr roadjoins tiv
iild V' irk and Kingston stage road. ;uid was parsing a clniiip of tree> near t lu-^
roadway wlieii he heai-il a voice. '-Me tiial you. dt.etoi' •'"
[t was already nearly dark, and as .Malcohii imjied up his horse he I'ccogni/ed;
the.spe.-iker iis a tenant of tlie siiiiire's named .Jeiikin-. .leiikins was ,.iie of tht ■
better elass of imniigrant-.. wlio had come out a year or two previously.
"Atiyhodysiek around here, ilutor W asked .lenkins, without w.aiting for aii
an.swer to his first (piestion.
"No one worse th.iii niyselr', that ! know of. .lenkins."
"1 tell ee. (loi tor. there he strange thing- ■appening around "ere."
Malcolm supiiosed .h-nkiii- had seen .«»i.meihing he thought was a ghost, ami
leii'.ic.l with a laugh. '•Oh. yes. strange things ;ire happening every day."
"Oh. !)ut this is more than hordinary strange."
"What i> ? W'liar are you talking .ihout. .Jeiikin- :-"
"Well, I ))e in town this afternoon. ;iud three men I'ide up to .Striker's Inn.'"
"Well, what did they,";,.:-"
"Why. I was c.inlng •(.me and didn't wait to see what thi'ydo."
"I don't see .anything particailarly strange .about th.it," said Malcolm.
"No. that l.een't tlie strang- pait o' ir. Vou see I was cmiiig 'ome on foot.
My black mare got l.inie yestei'dty, when—"
"N,'\er mind your black mm-, .b-nkins. Vou w.ilked home .anyway."
"No I ilidn't. doctor. I—"
"Well, wh.it did you do 'f What i- t!ie point in -ill tliis :-"
^ "Why. .loetor, I gut .as far .as this .-.nd ..et down behind these tree> to rest
I \'a.r,l them men coming. I knew them be,.aii>e one of the 'orses had white feet..
and when they g,,t just here they stopped." .Jenkins was not .accu>t,.med to'
.susta.ined iia.rrative and lie stopi.t-d ,-(, w,.];.
"Well, what vlid they dor", askcil Malcolm inu.at ieutly.
"Well. sir. they took out ,i flask and all took ,i drink ••iround."
The doctor coul,i nor restrain hims.-lf, and laughed at .Jenkins' .leuoiranent.
Jenkins' face told plainly that he didn't .approve of this hilarity on t he doctor'-.
p;u-^ and iie In^gan to scratch his pu^xled head. Evidently this process assi-ied
his faz-alty of expression, and he said, "I reU'ee. doctor, them men be going to rob
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"Way. I '( aiil tln-iii say > > i'i;^Iit ycrc."
'•|!iil \', liNdiilii'i \i)',i ti'l! Ill" 'iiat lii'foi'i' y Thi' < mt'i must 'n' i.«'ar!y (li:n
lU'f. .'
•'\'i);i w-niKlu'i f^ivv' i:i'.' t line t;) t.-H'i'i'. iloclur," i-.'jiii'il .I<.".iLiiis i:; .i;i irj'.i.'oil
I >i;ic.
!!.! t !i;. <1(ictiii ii! ! ali'.vuly tiirncil !iis h('!'.-.(' aii.l \Viis ^.-lallnjiiiij^ tnw.ii'il Llio
IVti'V u Iici'c the >ta;j,'c \\(Uil(l ciiPfs. It" tin- intcniJiHis of the rolihfi's wcro to
.Httavl; the cii.i"!! t'ic\- w.ailil niido'.ili ■illy du so in ilic lK'a\y v.di ds ili;it,l<iy
'ii'twc.'ii liiiii an;! Ih.- I'ci'i'v Iln;.-!. If lie cdiilil reach this Imtil and ^,'iv(.' fho
warnin;-; Itt'l'iM'c ; lir coach Icfl, ilui'c wdiild lie Ii;i!i' daii.LCc:'. It w;;s only soiiio
1 wo or thi'ci' miles away and ^fah-olni sparred his liorsc iiilo a ;.',iI'op. Ileliiul
scartcly cnlcrcd (he dark woods when he heard rlie coaclunan's horn. They
ninsl, lu' Icaviiii.:^ the hotel. A short distance t'ni'tlier on he h.eai'd .i horse pa\v!i!)C
fhe Ljronnd ;'. few yar.ls tVont the ro.idway, Tl-.e rohhi rs !iad iirol'a'ily picketiul
their '.nurses :\\\J were ,n'oinf4' to at t,,iciv the coai-h on t'ooj . In a :.'W minules ii:v)ro
li" h ' ir 1 t,!r,' ci.-'.' t er ol' i lie c ii.'li a-; in c i::< • r il'.iiij,' over I !ie s;o;iy ro;i I, Xe irei*
ami nearer il, came. When within ten yarls Malcolm shouted witli .ill !)i.-f
s; i-en,L::t!i. II" could he ir the cojudunai: [)ull ui'his l-.orses ;tnd hear Iiini ilash his
lantern aloii;^; the road. "Sare," said ."\ialcoha to hii.i-i If.
There was the Hash and repoi't, of :\ pist.il vm' tive paces away, and ?!.'!< ohii
.i-eeh'd in his saddle and fell.
T!r.' si age coa:-h and. its i>.issenL;-ers were iir'.'ed sai'e. Ivtiowiuj; Lhilt. it, \v;is
ilw.ivs juMle'tel, ivtnl ih:i; i,. would n i: li.' suiw-sTulIy .ttL<;cked hy a small p.irty
unless ; ,dcen hy .surprise, I !n' rohhers It id ileil.
AVhen they i'e;tcl;ed .Malcohn they found him uu"on-'eio;is. Tliey ciinveye;!
him to the hotel, hut i', was j-Iaiu tIi;U, tlr" woutid. !!■• had reciived wasfi'.al.
Tite \\ hoh' c;:u;euts of I lie [lisLol had etitered has -i^.h'. Fi r h.;.!;" an hour or taoi'o
there w.ts no ehani;'e ; then .Madcohu ojieued his eyes ;.iul reco^'ui/.ed s;p.:ire.
Ifaincs l)e:i(lin,L;'over hi::;, and he cr,u!d he:ir i:;e wln'.'pers i>i ot lier tneti in tho
room.
'•Me is comin.!.;- rouad. ce-h'tiel," said the .-:.u!r" ta <eie >;■' liis co:r.i-a;i!>ra.s, Init;
,"*hjlc:ihu shook his he:ivl .".tid >;r:d wl'h r. h,i>ky V'.ice. "X(t, no." T:;e -ijuire.'.s
eyes filled with tears, ;ind h" (':u'.di only express iiis L'.'i.''in;;'s by pre-sin^' <uie of
."Malcolm's Iruids in his own. ]-'.e thotiiv'.it, jJaieolm w.-tut.ed to s:(y somt-ihliiy tind
•hawed d.own his head. •"Tell .''■hiry i did not die a cow.trd,'' was a.Il !;<' coti-d say.
■Perl'.;ips .Malcolm knew at. tha.t momeiil how precious ."M'liy v,"ou!d h.oM lh»i
A\ IN( if)i:\T (>|- •;;- (;.->
.v-:|l!o-Ion of UU lov,. thnm^!, a!! ,!, • nUrv >-.•:,.■<. TIumv was a sw.-t .alu: „,.
l>Mfaf,.a.Iu. lay |.!:,.,v so still, an.l iu a tVu- .nlMutrs h. I.a.l p;,.,.,! intotliat
<iLil"I- VVoi'M wliiM-i- low- i^ el .;.|l,l|.
•;a
PICTURESQUE PUIN< E EDWARD.
A fiagatdk.
CHARLOTTE M. HOLMES 'PICTON>.
C^ff'i^- tlii«iM«'-(l()U II vitils tliriT thv fl])fr,
(V>' Likf hiiWlilcs lliiit fl(i;i' ill t,h< iiir.
While soft iiniiiortcllcs iiiuli riK-uth \\vr,
Sliinc alvvi;\ >> mnliari^MU}^ ;uul f.iir.
Eft- t,ln' s(«')il of I Imniy swcft.-ln-iar
(Jo, inai-ry Vln' (!m)^-:ii,s('S, sigh,
Tu Im' sine, tlir tiist. iM«y l>«' liij^luT,
'I'lic )i!,>i( 1- is Idvclj' inid iiif^h !
Ijfi.ihr wiiitl li'mw round irir, unil <>v»'r.
While liut,tci-(ii)ps Ixckoii W <>u.
To frolic .-iiKi fiiitT, tliio' thf clovfi-.
And fiml n lnii- flic uhiiflcffK h;iv«' gone.
E<'f. ill*' f'l-issi s ;ill \V;M iif> their hfht,
Witli hiirtciflits d.iiicinf^' i'io'iK,
FMir (,\u'. sun will >ooii llfirtj*- ufi Mie ^ve»,l,.
And Nighl irigiiles 'ike ii|i the song.
I l.'O.M KlNfiSTON TO ( ll.\ FM.OT'IK.
<>7
prom >\ingston to (Jharlotte:
On the jsTorth K^ing.
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,"Vj^ Diurti; IcJiN iiij< K iiif^'st 1)11, just, ii \\iir«l jiliout its iiiiij.'iiiHcriit. liiuliur w lnCli is,
_^1 hcyoiul (pii'st idii. fiiif uf I lii- MmcsI in t lir world. To t lie >iiul li lie tln' iiiixltl y
" wntt'i-i- til' L;tki' (hititiiu cxcr slti\vl\- iiiul iiiiju-icfpl ihly iiinxiiiv; «ii-~l \Viir«l
*ln\vii ))>• t.liis ^f|■ltll»l. <»1<I, liiiicsiduc (it y into t lir nwijcsl ic St. |ji\\r<iif^ l{i\»i', ( lir,
•^iiiiouiKliiiK'^ •■'t' '^'•' nKctiiii.? (if (h«' lake fiixl ii\cr li(iii>.f most rciii.iikably liciiiMi-
tiil. On the tij<}il, .•ul.j.iiciil (othc citN', is ii picl ui«'S(nic |ii-onunit<>iy Just, liclow
wli«'r«' tin- <'iitara((iii |{i^'•l• cnptii's into tfic lake, aiil on this ai-c sitii!il<'«l tin;
IJoyal Militaiy Collcf^c of ( aiiada with its il<'|>cti<Iciit Imildiiigs, ami <i\ cilookiii}^
the walcf Ileal- 1 he <-\t feme cihI of f he pfoinontofy, a ^;i('v stotic .Maitcllo lowci-.
Hcyoiul th»'s«' across a (jiiiit inlet <if ({cfitwalcf, lies I'oit Heiiiy wrapt in (h (aiii.s
niidei' ) hri^li' summer snn, on the summit ol n ><rassy ^rlacis, and out a litt le way
in tlte lake ■.fethc weil-Wdodcd slioies of s('\ ( i a) lar^,'c islands, ha\ in^the appear-
i.rice of a main-iar'd. < 'edar Island, small, and very piet nrestpie w il li its Inxur'anl^
j^!-'avtii of f«'(lars, and other t H'e> and slirnhs, and i(- .'Marlello tower, lit s h(t,\\e»i»
these and I'"ort Henry, w ith JnsL a ^jleam ol hlue w.iler on i it her side.
K injj;st<in harhor is 'if a eertaiiit y .1 line 'tne for all inamitr' oflmats; steam-
va<'hts ; sailers, lar^eatid small ; skirt's and canoes. \ mimher of hat -w in^ siiils
are ont. this aft<»noon, the donlile »nes Hontinj; .ihoiit, like \\\v^t- snow-whiti;
hiitterf1i»'S dropped down frtun some far Hrohdin^'iiaf;. Tti and fro they pasK
from jioini to point, and iis we wat<h the.n. presently a shrill xvhistle sounds, ami
;; •«teain-yacht emerges 1 vom a recess amt-nj;; the city wharves, jiasses a fine, la'-m?
sail-yacht. alMinl to east anchor, and heads for I lie hhie icat h h< t ween J'oit Henry
anil 4 'edar Inhind.
W'e liave just ret MI ned from Ji charmiii;.' |i;uldh in t he lit t le "\Va\e," a mer»!
sea-hh<dl (not a ''<!"/, thoiiffh^ hy any miaiis), aloii),' sir'*- of our ma,j« st ic '•.N'oith
Kin(;,"and now: ".* II alxiard I" In .i im.uieni I he ^leat. w heel- st ir, vlow ly I urn,
anil we are ofV. I» is .'■|;:V( )i. m. and running oxer tlx* d<li(^lit ful water-way
tietwoii KiiiRslon and I'icton, hy lake and ha\', we touch at, Ihf latter phxtr
atiout l':H<l p. m. and are off again inimediattly for i he head of fhe Hay of (^uinte.
h is ()uite (lark. Wecui distinguish nothing in the gltH;iii sa\e w hat wutrr
(!S
iMcTrj.'Ksfji-M iMMXci': i:i)\\'.\i;i).
( !)'• si '-.Kui'l-'s li;^ht ^ shine . 1:1. ;uiil t he lii;i;_; el mil I'l'.icln' . 1 if 1,|,1 1' I h.-lwcc'li I lie jr^^i
<l;ii'k \s'; I '.■•■-. ;m(l sky. su \\ i- 1 urn in ;i iid ;iri- ,-1)1)11 \'.\:^l ;islccj), A 11 lit N'cll '.in] wis, lir- ;
ol' ;i ci'j'l ,i;:,l y. Ix'Ciii-f I'l ,r .1 IVw ini )ini'iit .-^ I ;iiii con.-cioiii oi' ;i l.e.i \_v hi-.-ji I hiim
dose hy, ! Ill 11 jiiii (liiMiiii.lu' we li;i\e si liick ;i rock, dt sdiiH'I liiliL^' solid. ;iiifl I l;.i,*
lll.il tlli'l-is;i wild, JDlij - illMil •;! )liii-\\ ileii' (if sliaiii e- (■■■ijiili^j,'. I!\' ;iliil l)\i'iirl;
.s )MIhU Iire:ik ill 1)11 our il;e,i lii~, llien cnlne, 1 lie \i)iei' of I lie loliL,'', lliellow-l olH'd
whist le t' ir i'oiw.ird, SMiiiidiir.( .I-- it' hlovsii ly some disl,-iiit, .-.t earner, .1 ml w-are
al He!!e',iilc ( 'ii y. 'I'Jie moon ha.-, 110! yet ri^r n, a iidlookin;^ iVom t.he wind, )\\ a-.
\\ e l-e,!ili the wliar!', \\ e ea:i jll^l- (!i.^i-e|-|| a coileel ioii of liiiu;i' dark hllildin'4-.
Iii-yoiiil ill ( hi' -.Iiad^ws lie-, 1 he sileiiL citv' like some ;4i-eal i real m-e fallen aslce|>
(1:1 a <|i;iet shore.
Oiir st ay hece i- lifief'. .and an ei- a pleasant, sail ami .inolher spaee of dfeams.
Jl! 1,1^' ! We elll I'r t he healll ifill MniT.iy (anal jllst as, a cle.i r silver niooll a |)|<e,i |s
.•iho\'. a dist.-inl frin;^i' of dark t ree ,. < )n eit iier side are lo-,\- shores and was! Ie\el
land--, ridges of sand, and roek^, and hiAurkinl LCi'owt lis of )^r,i>>es ; inminierahle
.s -iljiy l.ieo;ns with I'are studies of |ea\'es ,ill(| de.ad linihs etrheil in them 1)\
iiiujhl ■> e\-||llisit e ai-I i-t : the pale liloon. while heyonil Ihe-e lie I he Woodland-,
t lie hill '. and the low, sh idow-hannted hollow >. Ami a- the moon ereejis up he;
liliie p,i) h, '.^r.uiu.-ill)- iii.ikin-C l)riu;liti'i' .dl this st,irdo\ed luaiity, .1 fra^>nieiit of
one of i):;r heant iful ( '.madia 11 poems drifts out of t lie ni.^dit :
•I, nil].-, .imient , hoiint il'nl
lioimt :l";ii heyoml fhe >h ir ■■■. .ind .anrienl .dioiil I lie camii wliifli re.^emliles. so
1 0111 ist - tell n^, t !i;it old w o:!(| ri\' ■]•, the Nile.
As in a dream we p,i-.s o;i from one emh.int iii;^ \ ision l,o aiiotlier. nmniiii^ the
cin.d, of .1. I nil !i, a.ll to.) loon. .and le,i\iii;^ it^ wild pl.ire;, wr.ipl a;.^ain in sileine.
.sa\e \»hele .1 iolie \s li i | i-pool-W i 1 1 ealls from some ipliel urove, or t he sireain of ;(,
»
ii!^hl-'iird lloalsdown from lliest.ii's.
Si e.iniin,LC out "' lIri;^'li;on IJay at sniMi.-.e, we pass hy i'le^ipT isle I'oint,:i
IxMul iful, ii.irr.)W, tree-fringed re.irli of jxreeii land lyiii,i< 011! in Lake Ontario,
:illd run near siiore ,ill t lie w ,i y to j'orl i lope on one side : the piet lires(ple J<leen
Land- of i/iitario wit h t h>'ir ;^eiil le iindnl;il,ioii> and lon;^ lines of )^im velly heaej ,
(HI I'le oilier, only a ;^ieat ^weeji of l)!iie water. A L;reat. lo\',-, lon^r, dariv
line of smoke lies in I lie w.ike of ,1 distant niaii-ste;imer no! a s.iil is in si^hi .
Arriv'ii'j; .at I'oi't i Iop(>, .1 \ cy pretty town heaiilifidly situ.iteil hy the lake.
we iind t ilere is a; lljile I ime f.H' .^ij^lit-seeinij; ere le.i\ in'4 fol' ( 'h.irlotle. Ml we stroll
out in the sr.nsliine .irid I're^li. svseet winds of llie >iimnier nioininj^, to tin-
CXt ri'ine end of llie [)iei' lieyond llle neat wilile li;^dlt lionse. Mere t lie w.i\es rnll
in. lifi i.k:iig ii^iiin.st tlu* wood. mi pillars ami slidinj^ inside anioii;.f tlie jfj. .;i(, round
8 (le.f.-. nio'.ing till' loose ();;es .I'lout like so ni.tny pehliles.
ri{(>M KIN(iST()N TO ( H.\rii.v>TTr:.
est
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/ili'iiii'.
III! Ill' ,1
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111 arid,
II' laki'.
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In Ihr
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. I'liilllii
Wh.it ;i vjirii'ty of tints tin- cxfi'-cli.iiij^in^ wiilfin takf ! Sotitliward ujiofi tin-
l,ili<' .•If." p.tli; l»liifs, in s line j»I.i(t'.- .iliiiiKst wliit.f ; sp.ucs of hiiiIkt, vaf^H»- f?<>M
li)iht-i. ;t.ii 1 f.iiiit lit'owiM ; I'l'p, SCI l.liif.H runl li»'iuilifiil gn^enn, «n«> u lovely
ijiii: 'I'nl Lfircii liki' ;i;ili' xi-i-ni inaiackiti-,
111 i 111- cuiifsi- of a i-i/ii]»!i- 111 Iniiii-. \vi' aic mil uii t lif-.c wild, wi«j4* wutU-t-s, nittl
liy a.n ! liy I hr I i'I'imIIm;^ ^h"!i-.-> j^rnw iliiii ami luorc tliiii iiiilil iiuti}{hi is vi.Hihle
H i\c !li" sra, ami ; In- -!vy, .luil I III' t;i>lili'M sun -.liailow .'tl at. tinier by uiiow-whiU-!
cIm' Is drift .'il .'n'l.'OM.s t 111' l»l;ii'. Swift liy tln' imniiriit s in ktM'ii vuJMyiiX'nl. W'e
ii )\(' hi'cn i>m (•>;A<t«'i k forsonii' t inic ^azin;; upon tlicsi' v.-imI round Hiinlitt'xpiiusc^
of sliv ;invl si'.^. anil li-tiniii'^ lo i-xipiisiti' strains of iinisii- wuftcd lo tis i'loui u
piiii > ni'.'U- l»y in the salon. IJiliiii'l us a ymitix laan, on lils w<*ddi>ig-lrip. in
I" , t ii Ills pi'i'lt \ liii'l", a (liaplir fiMin mii' i if Anu'lic Kiv*"s' clfvfv HtovU«j,
•.v''co;' liir^ III Saint. Jolin" ;
"Ani! \ 1 I liink 'liii' r: ii li)\ i- t wier ?" I'airaiii-i' is spi'jikiiiij lo Ji'aii.
"I \\a ■ ihii.k iiii^ alioiit tliat ju>t iiuw. 'JIhii- was a h('i> hnniininK <|uilc « loisf
tl Hi" ovi-r I he \ inlets, aii'l it i a.ni<' lo nif lliat loyt> Htim^ oricw tlu-u dii*«l its »
Ic'il.xis. No, I lion"! t hiii'x pi'iipli- li)\f I will- ni»l iu llu' siiiiu? wuy.*^
"H .' '! ' 111' way^ of |i'\ ill'.,? aj-f swi'i't . ili-ai-.'*
"I li ' ; t..ni>w, I liasi'iri my way ol kimwin'^ Mi-^i-li.ips f ain a!! wr<)Hf»."
'•[,!)iik, ilfar, ■>ii])j)iisr a man tnjil >'>u tint Iw 1 »vi-d yiMj. wouLJ you st«j(> l4»
ijii' I'iiii wlii'llii'i' it was lii^ tii'^l Id- his t wi'iii y-tif^t- 1 >vt' ?"
•'it wi.mlil ill |)i-nil ii|('>ii \% iii't li'T I lu\('il hii'i."
"Aii'l if y.iii li)Vi(l liim r"
" ."Iii'ti it wmilil (i.'pi'n 1 upii:i wlii'thi-i' lif lii\i-(l i:!i'."
'J;' III," saiil I'aitatn'i' -:ii!il"nlv, "I luvi- vni. Will you iiRii't-y nic 1'"
",/.'a;i, li),(k at 111 ■ : I want to ^I'c yniu- i'\' ■- I"
■'I will look at y 111 a.^ :niirl) a-, yi m wi--!i," ^lii- saiil lahnly, t.liou}{li InMnliliii]^ a
Ii' ! • ; "hut it i> ii'it \i)v-- yn'i frrl for iii.'. No man ran frrl twicf what, you hnvi*
li'l iM.l ami " Ih'I'i' tiir t i'tnililiii;< li.'i am.' \ ini'iit "if I rnari'.i'd you, I sliouIiJ
V. i:;' (■! Ii.' |(>\i'i| MS iniicli as you luxi'ii ln'r."
• A < iniii.li ill a ilitTifi'iit \s.iy I ran I will, i hild. I.ouk, ! swear it to yoa 1
^ ' Ii i\i' r iii^eil siinii't hiii;4 m-w in me uluiin;; the last twenty iiiitiutcs, f^ji...
irii. 'ulil aliiiut it. as yiiii tliink, I care di -| ei-utely about your answer. I
V. lin'l lia\e l».'iiev"il this ni'fi'iiiiDj: that I cowlil rare so nnich for atiythin^ uu ^
liifi !;. My chilli my lit 1 1 •' (h'a.r one, coiiie I'losn- to uie - yon can rest si.> f'.tryv?t
jii y.r' wish to ■'
w
PJCTL'IJKSQUE PRINX'E EDWARD.
Su»W«}j)y, shi! <]ro,w b;uk from hiii), turned iiway with .iii angiiisluil grst.ii'O.
"'I fwn syi'e her I t-an s«'«! hor now,"' shi- crird in ji licfirt-ltrokrn voire; "all
tvliffcvr J ran ijif; yon I vau wv yonr eyi's ! Oh, how yim loved her ! How yon
lovf't] h«'r ! I thought, that y<Hi w<Mdd di«' too- and now you want to many me !
Y«m suy tAuit yon wiU love me a« ujuch ! It seems too t<i rihle !"
AiihJK Hiomtaita ha))py ehil^l runs nj> to me, laujrhinj;, and I do Jiot hear
more of the story. It is MacJeliue, a pri'tty gii'l oF nine snnnneis, and she iii»s
bfjirnn .-t bunt throii};h her pockets for a lead pencil to sketch a distant sail on a
leaf r have given her from njy iKtte hook. It is always inteicstinpj to look ovei*
Uj«* roitU'-uts of chihlren's piwkets. From one in lier dark hhw gown ]\hid«'line
has t.-kkf'.n a. sttiall whit«' rJjiiia d<dl. four short slate ]iencils, seveial candies, a
eoti|,i|e. of coJoivd glass buttons, a dolTs honnet, and three dry hit>! of hi'ead.
"I ;tl»v«y.s e^rry hr«'atl witli nte for eats and birds," slu- says with a shy, sweet
*mfle «s she jrfjiees 4ih«'s*^ hard ehii)s off the "staff of life,'" in my lap w it h the rest
of the »i*;(»gs. As she eiijpti«'s her otlK-r two jiockets, finding at last a small,
blatk i«;auif pencil, * young Imly comes out of the s.iloon carrying a i)icturesqiie
Irtki hvrtf Aunt< Ne.ll wlto has \hhu l«K>king ovei- my shoulder interrupts me , -
"t «8wJare ! I would nol use ihiit word again."
K*'nientJy she does not know wluit- it is to run sliort of adjectives. Howevei-,
I fxyfbtjn I hat thi.s time it is a "pi<tures(jue" pug see, over llier*- a wee cree.t'.;re,
»:!njcil«'.«{ upclo.s« to its niist^M'ss' white throat.
By «.»«) by, jifU'r a swift, delightful sail we sight the American shore and
;vl>wrtL I «V'.I«ck i». m. airive ••it
THARLcrrrE.
Thjs (Mkrt lies in .-i little way o:\ the j)retty Genesee F.iv( i', and here wcd's-
eijjUK^^rk anil take an «'l«!elric «*ar for
ROCHKSTER,
nlaff »w")ltps farther up. IV.Miig acci'.stoji.ed to old fashioned stri-et ears, these fine
•fJMtirie ones give us an imj»rcssi<.n of lia\i»)g liiok* u h.ose atul run away fiom
tJi«. horses.
T«<f-r><S«'. is a eltitrniin;' one, the ear moving swifdy on with a singing sound,
i».i.>imjf a.SL it passes by, a great, stir in the leaves of frees gi-owing close all along
t,h,« firi-ik. The scenery is beautiful au«l some very liandsome buildings are to l>e
fiiutt^ ecu tMtber side of the r(»;id.
A*l.B.r w>i.a Isrinj ah )j.j th'i city for awaile Aunt/ Nell deserts uk and i-eturiis to
tihajhita. Paar Auat Nell .' Listen what befalls her.
lia^
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FROM KlN(iSTON TO (HAWLOTTK
71
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ftluins t,i>
■\i:iviii.; too lute toi" t(';i (in Ixxii'd tlic North Kir^?, a sixniiil (iiie is pre) jii*' 1
'».<]• li ■!■ ill llic iijiiitiy hy the stowainl, <>t wiioiii sli" will ever liavt- j^rat't'iil
recollect ions, t'oi' she lias ii passidii tor t'fi'sh stiaw IxTiics, cicaiii. ami cake, and
r,liii), wcll-hiittcrcd slict's of bread and il is Just such icjiast he liaji))! ns to set
hefoi-e her. However, she has scarcely tasted it nhen down comes tl:e New
York ('< iitral from liotiliester on its way to
ONTARIO HKA(H,
.1 deii^'iitlul Mimmei- irsort on Lake Ontario near the mouth of the (U'l.esec
River, only several uiiuules ride from Charlotte.
Now I he ( rack inns round this place something the shape of a liallooii, and thi;
ride to and from ( 'harlott*' \s/rn.
.,\iml, Nell, anxious to see the fine hiiildings and lu'autifiil ^;rounds at ll.f
}!<'a<]i, hurries from the hoat, boards tliC train and is whirled off aiouiid a pel lect
iirryland lighted by a hundred brilliant eleitric lights, and gay with (lelicious
sli-ains of music and many nieriy vcices. Pri'sently. however, the lights grow
CSS, soo
n tl
lere are none tin- ti-ain .stoi>s a moment then rushes on. And tiow
ciiines the condiKtor with jmnchei- in hand, and tickets are jh^iowu now here, low
!f,liere what does this njean !' luitil he r<'a<hes Aunt Nell who has neitlu'rtiiket^
iii>r money she has left her purse on board the boat, In .i monu nt, ho\ve\< r,
the m_\ ^tery is s<ilv«'d, as she lejtins she has m-gleeled to get ofV at < hailotti', and
is till her Wiiy t«* Hochester Jigaiii I 'J'heie is no lu-lp foi- it. to the city she must/
ixo, and the conductor fully conij>rehending the situation, good-naturedly j asses
•tin without a w<»rd. savi' that the train will return soon to Charlotte. And now
as they Mait for a few niinut<'s under the great dark roof at the statiiii in
IIi'ciK sier where train after tr.iin goes thundering by. t,]\i) haiiiiens to eiiti r the
f .11- bin 1 lie gallant captain <»f th.e Norih King ^ By the way t here was a wl'.ol*;
jiaragi;'i>li -hout him in the /'icton (ia/.ette tlu' other day :
■("ii])tiiin Nicholson, of tlic Stoaiiier N<trtli Kiiiir. is a L,M-eat t'avciitc
uitli tlie liiilies, and is thf reupieiit of uiain' l.ejititiftil 'anouvnious'
lii.juets. < )u Suttircbiy lio ivcci\>'<l three tVom ( 'olioiu'!^ alone," (Col'oui^
hiuD'ainl tlu-'V »!■<-' ^howei-e 1 oil liiui ill like manner all alonj.' the
lir.e."
liaTing Ik en informed by the "coialuctor,"' of Aunt Ne'l's advennre, I ho
*■ .;';.r;ii unable (piite to rt'luress a broad smile, j resents himself :
'•(;<>,d night. Mrs. , jmd what ai'e ytai doing her« ?"'
^\■h^ reii]>on A\ml Nell who has .iijoyed the night's ride thoioigl ly, wi Ji a
mj iealni'isl ,is extensiv.i!, replit-s :
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PICTURK8QUE PRINCE EDWARD.
"That's Jiist wliiit I'd like to know. cMpt.iin. whfit in the wocld am f di.iiig.
hciv r
III a little wliil.'. hnwcvcr. slic is hack a^'ain (in board tlu' stcanicral Chariotto.
lia])l>il.v I'ousiioiis of iiavinj,' "l.catcn" the New York Central, which is, so tiu
captain tells her. something no one else has been able to do (Y). And now she re-
tmnUo her strawberries, and cream, and cake, with due appreciation of thcit
most excellent (|ualities. while we draw up a card to be posted up in t!u- N. Y..
V. nuniing between Rochester and Ontario Beach : —
NOTICK.
TO Noirru KiNd i'.\ssi;.\(iKHs :
Watch out for Charlott" after runnini; Ontario Reach "balloon."
Fare to Rochester and return. 2.'cts,
H. M. K..
ON A Jl'M-; MCiHT.
78
On a Jane {\[ighl
'.BY HECTOR W. CHARLESWORTH (TORONTO).
(^;^Ai,K-iiii) amid tlu' dusky iiiin-i-Iimiis,
I The golden iikmiu shines Itiight ;
And youdei', niisceti mass (if vine-Moinns
AVith jM'i'fumc fills iIk- riijL,'hl.
If
The ei'ii-ket'.s ehoiiis shrill is ringing
Amid the dewy blades,
From far away the streandet's singing
Comes faintly throngh tlie glades.
Though thatrijie moon on loves and soiruws
Foi- centui'ies has shone :
'Poets wlio loved tht- light it hoi-i-ows
Are long forgot and gone.
To me i^ seems as if thro' ages
The eartli liad taken flight,
Days of the Nile-land's mystie sage.'
Seem come again to-night.
'Days long no nioi'c ! hut yet the perfumes
Are sweet and fi-esh as then ;
\jid that rich gt.ld amid ihe pine-jilunies
•Still fades and eonies again.
7t
PKTrHKSQL'K PIMM K KIAVAMD
gamm&r in the: Solitades.
(VVi' \\;is ill iiiid-wiiilt'i- \vc dicaiiu'd .1 ilrciiui ol" the suiiiinec, ciackiiii^ imts am .'
,-^lf watching tiic hinkcii shells burning red in little heaps on tlio bright heactb-
ciials, and when sunny June eanie over the uplands straying far with suit
footfalls in the green long grasses, and the lark 8ang merry and wild of thi
meadows and the morning, and blue-bells and buttereni)s and a thoiisan<l starry
flowers blossoined bright in leafy wildernesses, right gladly we hurried out from
the great eity, beyond daisied fields and babbling, silver streams into the heart
of a wondrously beautiful forest-solitude. And here had been biiiided a siiii-
palaci- over a mountain-stream, and in it we idled away many long, happy hoiii>
of suiiiiiier dreaming by night-time under the slai-s and the moon, or straying
hither and thither in sunlight tlirougli innumerable soft ways of lieauly fragijiiit
and wild with Howei-s and the singing of i)ir(ls.
Some fifty or- sixty rods away, and beyond us up the mountain side tlie stream
di(>p|H'd more than forty feet in a cascade uixm gray I'ocks and came foamiiiii
and swirling down in under our crystal floor seen)ing ever about to leap in upon
us \\ hat time our palace was open t(t the rushing sound of wild wateis, for it was
fashioned all of glass and we often tinu's opened out one or mori' of its t bin walls
Then [)assing on below 119 for stn'eral yards, the stream went brawling into t lie
limiiid l)lue of a beauliful lake, along whose jjeaceful shores sun-loving halcyin
would sit hour after h()ur dreaming in the gold-light thi'ougii many a bilmy
summer afternoon. 1 have a study of him sunning himself on ;i brown snag out
;i little way beyoiiil a tangle of slender reeds and waxen water blossoms such a
line fellow ! only there is not enough gold cm his feathers.
Another stuily is a rather pretty one of the moon in the meadow grass. If
the foreground is the edge of a meadow fringed with a great taiigle of long, thin
grasses. The moon, rising ere yet the sun has gone down, shines faintly throiigb
them like jewels through Hne laces a bitter-sweet vine thrusts a delicate stem
ag.iiu-it the clouds almost over the silver disc, and a green mo(»u-moth is aflo.il ie
mill-air.
One starry night in mid-summer ,is the moon i-ose from out the black pine-
across the l;iki'. laving w ilh molten silver a broad pathway over the wind-ri|>[»!e(!
Wat I'l's we opened out theui)peraud lower walls of our palace, and. li alf-ri'vliuvi'.
Sr.MMEIf I.\ TffK SOrJTC-rW'TS.
4.>
Les.
lie nuts am ,'
<lit hf'attli-
I- with sdfl
wild up tht
iand stany
(1 out flolii
I) tlic heail
• It'll a siiii-
iippy hixits
)!• st layiiij;-
y fiaujraiil
on (.uiTiurs. watched in >ilriin- for some tiuw, tii.M-s..sc;Ml(- jmIk^vo us fftiiffujft t»u«
Kfi'.it handfiils of pali- p.Mils into tlic I.Nif-Hlutihni'HiM^ <^lK«r siilo. hikU hHiiw «h,
tlic Ixviutiful laki' with its ^rlimiiifniiK ii»o<»ii-|Mitli «Hf{iHionaIIy rr«>.>N«>^l hy some
sih'jit wanderer, some lone wild fowl, restless aiwl nwuiinj; alM.nt thmntrh nil {Mr
warm night.
After a while a taper was li^'hted toati ruct moths. forwodWiKhtetl in tJ»fii-s<rfl
winnf-sonnds and tlK' Hre in their round. litl:le ey«vs, and one hy ont- Uii-y laiii*-
rirc-li'ig about us fr..m the sliadows. Th.-n a violin was tnk«i% up. ajwl tlx*- wvx^ls
throuKMl with echoes, delicaf.' and wiMiderful as tlionf<h l*nn hn*\ \K.u\th-^s'*l
again into his hallowed haunts, touchinjj; as lu- ptvwtnl along, u th<HisaM SA^idou
pipes by stream and lone lertf-Lcii'dli'd laktv
Thus wt>r> our lu^'hts given to all tli-it wiis- i»fvuitiful Ihiymgh tfiat to»ig
deligat lul season, and our day.-< wei-e joyoits. wi.l.lj pL't*M(iv suidi swrjuiy U- iunnd
t)uly in the ([in'et cliarm ot forest soruvnUv-..
H. M. M.
the sti-eani
\\i' foamiim
ap in upon
, for it was
thin walls
iif,' into t lu-
ng halcyon
V a hilmy
n snag out
lus such a
grass, 1 1'.
' long, thii)
1\' t hiougli
licate stem
is aHoat ir
fo€^*'-
• lack pine-
nd-ripp!e()
ilf-rei-liuvi'.
78
PICTURKSQL-1-: I'lJINd-: KDWAKI).
X^Oii^t (^oaehiehing.
BY W. A. SHERWOOD (TORONTO).
yjl^KThav." I loit.T.d listiniiiK, ( 'oiicliichii.K,
Vi/ To tlie soft lull ..f distant \va\ ing tj.ts
At cveniri)^', and tht-swct iiiunimiiii^r
Of wat.-i's wakonM with tlic i-v.ninK l'i«'<-zo,
To on.', whilst wandmng thy sh.a.s al(,ng
Unse(!ii, hwi'ft voices hymn their evening' snng.
L-»ng since the Ifed M;ui njiiued the.'. ( <nicliicliing
Or huilt his wigwam i\ide uiK.n ihy slidre ;
But longer after shall the nn'nstrel slmr
Of him that named thee Imt knows rhee no more.
Unlike with tJi.-e had I thi.t minstrel jM,wer,
•fd si.ig tliee long. I'd sing thee every hour !
Hallowt'd that morn wh.'n first Ave h arn to know
How near to N ituiv are the hearts we j.rove ;
JVlore hallowed still in even's after-g!ow.
How deiir to Natnre is tin- one we Iwve,
Thus thy hright wat.rs, joyous ( •oiu-hic]}ing,
•OVr one I love foi' evei' seem to sing.
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prom f^ieton to Brighton
via the Murray (Janal.
/"^ T seven o'cU» "k a. m. sh u-p, \vi' stcniu «»uf of liarltor under .1 l>Iin' sky a
f-^\ luxury, as th«* rain has liccu falliiif; inetty st«'aclily for thr«i' m Imlr days,
and three Avhole ni}<hts, so rare an oceurr»»nre in this pait of the grt-at
glohe tliat hut. yesterday we grunihU>rs \vei«' prone to doiiht if tlie sun wouhl ever
sliine a,u:ain. Hiwcver it is fair weather at hist, and now running; eK>se alonjj the
High Shore of Prinee Kilwaiil County, thiwn a short distance wliere the hay lies
away to the east, looking sunward we have a fine view of tlie pietin'es(|ue green
hills at Glenora, and know that, just Iwyond the pivtty <-hun-h spire, lie tho
hright waters of our own hhie Lake on the Mountain, while down Im-Iow and half
ji mile off shore is oueof «nn'iuost jMipuIar sinumer resorts -beautiful (Jlen Island.
It contains ahoiit thirteen well-wooded acres, the government having the right
t o use it for jmrposes of defence. ' '
In a short time we enter the Long Ueaeh, where the low lon-ly shores of
Lennox coimty lie close to our own higher and more rugged ones, and now indus-
trial Deseronto is in sight some distance up the hright vistii. On the left the
I'rince Kdward shores are decidedly beautiful with gri'i'u Point on Point, one be-
yond another, reaching out into the sparkling wind-rippled waters of the narrow
Meaeh. And here on either shor<' ai'c groves bhu'k with pines, and spruces in
clusters like given tents pitched for the sln'lter of <li-yads. Spread out about
them are green mats of grass like soft green fui'. and an occasional wild cherry
tree is all snow-white with a thousand tiny blossoms.
Several miles of scenery like this and the Prince Kdwjinl sJjf)re turns < iff to-
wards Belleville, Here in the broad bay on the left are several islands, while on
tl\e right of Deseronto one has a glimpse up th' re«'d-friiiged waters of the wind-
ing Napanee IJiver.
DKSKIJONTO
Ma thriving village situated on the Bay of Qtiinte at this point between the
m<»uth of the Napanee Hiver and the Indian Heservation in Tyendinaga, its water
fi'ontage being occui)ied by the extensive mills and lumlK-r-yards (tf the Kathbun
<'omi»any.
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PrCTrRKSQL'K Pi:iN( K KDWAHD.
Ami ti )\v wt'stcMiM on ii){.iiii. the .short's ti't'iiiiiij; with hc-uity all th»' way ti
HcIIfvilli' ( ity, Ilfiv rlosc hy ii.<t near a low fi nch of jpTcn land where c<»ws an-
Miiniiiii^ Ihi'insclvcs after an <'aiiy breakfast, is a ><reat flock of wlM »lurk>.
Slowly they art' making their way up a^^ainst the wavi's in a eoi»i win«l, and nou
pii'sently t iiey rise, form in a dark line and wheel otT t<»ward the «-,:-it rthenci' we
have come. t!ieir li;^>it txHlies, at "very liftinK t'l' the winj^s, .showing like Ha.shi'>
of .silver a^ninst tin- riondless .sky.
By and l»y a tli^ht of plovers t-rossi's our path, the ltifd> at one nionien*
npiH'anng like hig white hiittfrHies in tin- sun. at another, as tln'y ilip toward tin-
Iwiy, liki- great grey moths. > J „
Ih'ar. oh ! dejir- I have been sitting a little while by an open door of thi^
comfortable s.iloon. gazijig out over green fields and sparkling ex)>anses of water.
when jii-it as we leave one of the small wharves ii]i the bjiy. in conies a young
U).'in wild, stepping lip to a h*ng mirror, not f.-ir from me. delilx-rately »<iir\ ey-.
hiniself.ind his pink-Howered, cream silk cravat, .•iiul great gold, stiul with i
marked tlegree of satisfaction. And now I have been debating wht-ther to "give
him away" or forget him, wlieii in comes someone el.se who sits down in a co.-y
se.at iiirectly in front of this .same looking-gla.ss, his bjuk to it — yet all the .s,ime
he veiy soon looks round and gaxes at himself for one whole minute!
<pii!e ri-ganlless of on-lookers. I sjiy, if young men knew how much tliey amuii'
us girl> doing this in public, ami especially once in ,i while when they li-y t<>
subdue an unruly mustachu with ji nice little po<ket comb, would theyiloj! .-
Not lliii we wish .1 uionomv of the mirrors bv no means only, tlon't von know,
we who are so addicteil to the intemperate use of them. naturaUy ex|>ect sour
thing better of our sterner br(»thei-s.
SteJUiiiuij on we pass l»y
M.VSSASSAdA POINT.
a very pi»i»ular suiuiuer-resort on the Prince IMward shore neii- !>i'lleville, an 1
touching ;it this city approacii now the gre.it bjiy of (^uinte briilge whiiii
connects Helleville with I'eri-y Point, <'onnly of Prince Kdw.ird. It is l.,S<W fee!
|i»ng. '■..IS III sp.ins. e.ach 1)S feet in length, two of MS t'eet each, one of (M) feet aiiil
.•I s\\ in^ of 'i:i.S fei't. 'I'lie northern approacii is S'Xi feei long, and a roailwjiy of
n virly h ilf .a mile in length built llirough a marsh, connects the .apjiroach to the
main land. •'Tlu' structuri". which is of steel, is of a light and be.mtiful ilcsign.
and is a credit to the contractors, the Ijrown .Manufacturing (oinpiny, of this
city. It is l|uilt on stone piers, wldch are founded upon piles. 'J'liis portion of
the work was dope by .Me.ssr.s, Lee iV: Alford. of Helleville. and !.■» a Mrst class job."
Slowly t lie great g.ite swings open, and five little childien are .swung out on it
over tile deep waters, two of theiii uieif habii's, dinging with tin;.
hf way t>
s c<»\v.s ari-
iM dnrk>.
, nml now
vhflHi' we
ikt" Hafili"'"
(• inoiufii*
owaiil till"
(or of tlii^
s «»f water,
I's a youii>{
•ly sur\ I'vs
:iul with a
IT to "JJIN !•
n in Ji «o>y
11 th«' sann*
. . .iiiiniitc !
iu'V amuif
ihi'V ti'V to
\ey ilo it ':
oil know.
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•villi', an 1
^c whiili
> 1,.S(W fft't
(Ml t'l-ft an.l
•oailway of
aili to till'
fill lU'siKii.
my, 4>f this
pol'tioll of
ila^s Joli."
% out oil i»
with ti:i:.
FIH)M Pit TON TO liWKillTON.
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flnK;TH {o till' >tt'cl Itafs, flu'ir pir.k aprons hluwn ahoiit hy tlu' liii'i'/.c. tlicir
t'lii'cks lUiiipliii^ witli ^mill's at Wv \\\\i st^'aiin'i' jfoe-* l)y. Thi'ii .-jowly tin- lii'av;rr
)(«t<' swiii^:* to lK>hitul IIS .iiiil aft'T a plejisaiit sail on thi' iippci' hay, ainl on liv
Ti'i'iiro;i wlii'i'i' til ' (Jilmoiir IJros. have cxtt'nsivf liiiiih«<i'-niills, we somi cnt.-i
tlic ciiai niin^
Ml'HMAY ( A^AI..
Hl':•;• t!i(' sri'nt't'y i< vailed. In till' di-itanct' on onr right, fi.sc llw hliu' hill.^ of
^.luri'av ( vi^ihlf from tln' Hescivoii ,it I'ii'toin running north-i'a.st ,muI M>utli-Wf>l .
and I'Vt'iywlu'i'i' lo't wi't'ii t lu'.sf and tlu- >hori' <.\i thi' lanal .ii't' gri'cn grovt's an.l
inniin'.er;ihl»' i|ui«'t gra.-»sy placM.s. .md niiMilows and Hclds, while Iutc and their
iiloiig the stone-edged shores aie pile- on i)ile-( of f.iwn-eolored Mind full now ot
tiny waves he.iteii ill them hy the it i cut rains. For some diMt.iiH e on one slioie
tli'se h.ive heen l"Villed ;ind made into a sniuoth. Hue road-way, a delightful
plan- for an evening o:' e.irly morning t'.inter. ,intl in many places heyond t he
emh luknu'iits .ire marshy spots, .ind ri'ed-fringed lagoons, with low nie.idows.
wh'fe cows are grazing find .m oicisictnal little red or white calf ilreanis in the
sun. Very heaiitifiil are thn low-land- with their grasses, and glimpses of water,
nad their groves of dark evergreens hrightened here and there with thefre-h
yellow-green of the m;i[)le and hearh. elm. hasswoiul and the white-stemmed
b!ie!i"s. A gentle May-wind is stirring the leaves, and the air is full of hird-sou^-
n:il tlie fragraiu-L' of white, wilil l)Ios.-om>.
Afiei a delightful ride thi«Migh this ciiiiil which is ahoiit Hve miles long, we
Hteam out into Wellei's Kay and soon arrive at a little wharf in the wildeine-.-.
of there somewhere heyond the woods is the town of Hrighton. while on the left
Pres,|u' Isle point lies out in t!ie water hetween the hliie hay and Lake Ontario.
The trip through the Murray Canal is a most en.jt>yahle on*' hy day or night, and
«Iu:ing the season there are a ntuulior of excursions up here from Pictoii.
Desei'onto and He!lev;!!e.
H. .M. .M
580
PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
Before: the: iDari^ on /Aaeaalay's
Moantain.
BY REGINALD GOURLAY (PICTON.)
a
utVELY rvt'iiiiig fonu's iigain
Un Imruiiig day,
As talni on suii-uw, rest nn pain.
Will foiiio for ayt".
And the far pine to]>s touching.
With n»s<'-tippfd fiiig«'i-s,
Tlu' s\vt<t Canadian ^un^s<■t
A inonit-nt lingci-s.
And as that mighty jtine Iree
On yonder height,
Stands like a shaju- of lieanty rolKtl
In the last rays of joyous light,
Sfi youth on Life's dark portal,
Stands with sun-gloried hair.
Tile radiance of a light from heaven
An instant lingers tlure.
Well, let iiiiM stand a moment
In that hright lay,
F«ir mist and ilarkness. woe and pain,
Will come— ere dav.
BRUIN VAN(iriSHF:i).
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Brain Vamqaished.
[This is pi-i)t),'il)ly tlir only instaiiri- on rccoij of m hcii- l)ciii>{ liti-ially iKiciuled
t<» tli'iith l»y a man iisiii^ no other w»'ipon than his Hsts. J
^j!\Nri-: upon a tiino wlinii the wiMji of Ptitu'c Kilwaivl Countty were but thiiily
\^/ populateil tluTi' lived in t lie Township of Noi-th .Mary.-*l»ui>rh. a Mr. ('oniioiv
tlit> !4'ronK*'''t man to hi- foim.l at that time in tliis |)art of Canada, and
l»rav«* without a thought of fi-ar.
Well, one iiigiit as he was on his way lionu- fioni ,i frit-iMl's liou.sc, liavitif^
HpfMopi-iatt'd thu'ing tin- cvcnlnif a gfUfious t|uantity of "sonu'tliixig wann,"
|»aasin!{ tiu'ougii a lonely pieci- of woods, pivs'iit'y in- heaifl an ominous i-rackliiifj
of hranehfs. and suddenly a good-si/.eil hlacK hear emerged from a thirket clos-
by, and. ri>ing on Ills hind feet witli his fore-paws ready for action appioachcd
the intruder. Connor tlieieupon d tslieil liis cap to the groiuul. made a motion a*
Wiough rolling his »ileeve>. and struck out foi-fiis opponent.
"Vou want to fight, d'you ': Well, come on then I" Wh.it else he .said is no'
recorded. Shorthand had not y<t heek inft-odneeil into thi» county, .ind the then
usual mode of reporting wa-* t<io slow for- the occasion. Meantime he got in tli'-
liist hlow. ami one that told, for it sent Bruin rolling over on the ilamp sod ; arid
no sooner had the hlack fellow picked himself \\\i and prepared for a second
attack, tk.in h,ick he was rolled again : and eveiy lime he tried to rise, Coniinr
went for- him, Heilealt him ;i round hlow hetwemi two rihs : chucked him under
till" chin ; tlunnped him in t!>e heart with thumps that woidd kill men : whack-vi
liim on the nos(>, , and hurled his fists into ht.s Tcry eyes. Then he pound''d his
rihs with avrful pounds, thumped Iiim again, ami again. :ind, giving him a wIku k
m the stomach. Anally hiid him.
Hiuiting uj» his caj*, he dr-ew it. 0:1 w>ll o-rer his eyes, .md shouldering tl.c
heavy l)lack hi-ute, contimied his way htime. whistling while he went as t hougl?
this WHS not i»n um-omnion occurit in •.
But, steady therr ! Connor- had not gone far when siidderdy liruin gave
^M'V<•r.•ll spasmodic kicks, growled as only a he.-ir with a soie head can gi-owl, .-irid
went down in grand stylw to the gr-ound, whereupon another engagement ensued,
ending of a certainty, as did the other-. Then followed in due course of titru',
wveral more of the same character, and .-it last Connor wa.s gltid to lay down his
Inmleii in a corner of his cahin. His wife was up yet, and had ceady for him a
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line siippof, ftfUi- imitakinn: of wln'ch hv dicw <nit his i)ipi' and iml.il^'p.1 hiins.-If
%vitii ji Kiiiok«*.
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I'nfl" piiir puff! an.l the ^'init siiH.kr-wirallis fi,)at4'<l up an.l .liift.Ml alxjiit
lik*' \vhit«' HhatlowH till Connor fanri.«l lie could st'c Hmin'sKlio^t pn.u liuK^n-ouml
-inionK th.'ni. And j.nly in fancy coidd this hnvr \h'vu, unk-<« a U-ni V ^jhovt ;«
piivihK«'<l alM.vr otlu-r KhoKtK, to ht-, at on.- and the Kaim- Unir. in two ditt. i.nt
ipla<-cs, for. eio long, an ominous sound pioc-idt'd from a. sliadowy rurn.i IJ.iiin
Mas a-stir again !
Aioiisfd n«)\v beyond nicasuK', Connor talked fiUiter than ev.-r. wliile at th«
« h.se of this last and hiiefenKaKenicnt. Bruin had no nior*- lile in him tli^-.n hjwl
llie K"«y ashes 8catU>red here and there from ConiK.r's pijH-.
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Then they proceeded to cut liim u|» and salt him down aft4T the fasli:on of "
|».rk. (hear-flesh heing considered a delicacy) saving tun ni.:-niHcent skin for u
^i.d-hlanket whicli did good service in that capacity tJji-ough many suhse.iurnt
winters : and they refined hiK fat into luiir-oil, an ailide very i.iglily pri/«-«l l,y the
young n^n and maidens of the ciamtry at that tim«'.
H, M. M,
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tin; woodpiij: t:-st.
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BY J. W. EENGOUGH (TORONTOl.
3/"l i> ; I .Inii'i lik.' U'inj; swirn!li-«I, oiu] «1c»i(I-)m'H|m ,/o hIhumuI :
s^V^' Ami lilts (if Ifizy Iiilil»ci-s aiM- alunys hanj,'in' iouihI :
Th.' stiirirs tin y till roiiikI tnitlifiil, an' Mh-Ii' t«ai-s sciiij prnnrwinr.
Milt I kiinw tlicy'ir traials an' liimiliiiKs, 'Ifout scvt-ri tiiiu.K «.m d" i;ii;«'
Well :- Wliat'll yon do iilM.iit it ? Give 'ciii a stiaifjht nut Nn !
Wlitii (lay hy «lay tliry roiuv i lawlin', tilling tlnir inU> of wnc
Askiii' for ftMxl or money, or Im-^K'"' '• .j<>l» <»f work ^
^ioiri' to ijfnorc tlicir ••as«s "i-ansr soinr of 'mi niij'lit shirk ^
I ran't do that no loiip r |i"ra|»s I'm not wIm' as yon,
But III niMi- »1» ny ■.ni a job. if I've ^ot, any «hon s to do ;
I keep a >\ood-|.ile ii-ianpose, an' a hneksaw sharj) and hriglit,
An' I've always kept 'rm liandy since a cerljiin winter night.
"Twas a cold an' stormy eveiiin'. when a ehap came to my plac*
A pitiful lookin" cn-etnr, with pale and hunjjfry face ;
An' he asked for a joh of some sort to earn a dime or two.
An' I thought for once I'd test him. an' se*- what lu- would do.
•M'ome 'round to-morrow," I si:ys to liim, '•an' saw a eoid of \\n,nV
The fellow kind o' started : si;ys he. •'>ou are verv good,
Hut if you don't oJ.jet t. sir. I'd like to st^iri in now.
Although it's kind of latish.' I says to myself, "I swow I"
-A 11 righi ." says 1, -go at it !" a-i' I t«.ok him to the shed ;
He tightened up his waist strap, an' nothin' more wiui Mild ;
I went in to my hup|M-r. »in' whi'e I sjit an' et,
I heiud the 'uw a-goi-.i' in a way that niafh- me swiut.
■P!««I!"
84 PKTrHKSt^Li: IMMN{ i: KDWAHI).
••|*»«.r rii»>.. In* iim">t Im' hmij^iy. \\i- ini-^U >*<iinr fiMxl an" ilriiik ;"
'•|)i'fii' S.iiihu'I,'" hiivh my iM'ttcr-lmlf. "tlmt"^ '/ju-lly wliiit / tliink."
So !4hi> Hxi'tl up smut' xihhI sainlwii'lico. iiiiil n rtul liot nip of ttNi,
An' tonk it tn tlt<> t'fll*-!', itn' "Tliaiik you, iiiiraiii," .Hiiy>. lie.
"NVniiltl yiMi J»f!ii'vc it. Saniiii'l," «iay« shf. wliKi .hIh' ri>hiriti><l,
"Hf'.H iialf-wiiy tlii-iMiKli that I'oril o' wimhI : his iiinnt'y's nearly i>iirn«Ml
An' \vh<-n a tilth* hitfi- I tiNik a .saiait*'!' out.
r.'M hh>W)-<l if h«* wasn't through t hi' Joh an' putlin' on his coat !
"Hut wliat's th«' ni.ittff witli thr hint 'i 'r" s.iys I. "for heii- it hiys."
"Wfll. sir. I liopi- it's no olYi-nri' it s just likt- this." lie says,
♦'If you ain't no ohji'ct ion. I'll take it l»oiu«'," !<ays h«'.
*'My nii-">U'> ;in' tlie young 'uii.s ih«'y luc.l- it morn m»'."
I couM haitlly >pi'ak at Hrst. an" tlifn I >ay>, ••('omi' in !"
An' th<t) luatU' liim '<it riglit down an' cat. an' tilli'il him to the rhin.
'■An' iiow." say^ I. "we'll x-tth- up : jii^l mention wliat's your charge. "
Well, sir." say> he. "woultl fifty cent", er r if that .lin'l too lar^e."
"(Jet out." says I. lie tienihled sotiie. "Then fny n iiuarter. ••ir."
(iet tint ifK'in I" I fairly roared ; "what do \ou take me fur?
I won't do such a measly thintc I S,e. here's a doll.ir hill.
Hut don't you f^it .-.o Mitsteretl ; ^o on ;in' cat your till 1"
An' if you e\er see a man tlinl looked surprised an" glad,
You'd seen one then as otf ho went iu spry as any la«l.
Hij^h* throu..xh tlie Wlack anil stormy ni(jfht. strai^jcht for his lilt'.e h >nw'-
A!i' mayhe wife .and l)ahies wan't ^lad to .set' him cumo 1
Th.it'-. why I've took the notion p'r.aps I'm not over wise :
An' inayhe I'll he played on hy fr.iuds who tell me lies,
Hut I'm K"*'" to trust 'em until I see the fraud.
For thero's here an* tUeie a her.) 'uiongut jKHn- tmi*^ iit cnxv Gitl t
A KIKND IN (..UKY.
A piend in ©r&y.
(^•"'lir: ni>l iif Sr|il<>iii)M>r, a cohU tlitiii]). ili-i-nry ditv, qiiitr nut cif (inn- ^^ith llie
(If I liiiliny, siin.Hhiiiy ours of Ati4{ii>t.. <lraKk{ril tUcIf wi-nrily amay. mil wjui
fullowctl Ity M daiii)>i'r. iln-arici' iii^ht.
Not a siiiilH'aiii liatl pi'iictratt'tl the dull Krt>y cltKids Uiut huii;; nil tlii^- iijkt'Sui
iiiili>v«'ly sliroiid nvcr (he clu'crlcsx i-arth.
A fi'W stiMy raiii-dfDps had fall<-n since uiid-day, nnd nn tfit> <TrtiTiiy;iilixdni
(liM*|>(>iicd ill the west, till' cloiids ilnfti-d iH-ai-*-r, dark aiiul llin'atniiiiK.
The wind iiioam-d aiming the t i"<i,>-ti>i)s and nwv ldt>ak xtn-trlifji of iiM->MJ«rH°-
laiid, dyiiiK ''i>vay ill till' waste places of the nei^hhociii;; hills on nlitisc iriixiO*
huiiiiiiits (he iiiass>' clouds s»'eiiied to n">t.
At the coluiiiiied eiitiMiice of a mansion, situated in (Iw .sui»ui-l!t« «tr <in4-«if
Canada's fair cities, a maiden with auliiu-n triii|[rU.ts and 4-yrs dif iiHr.«l. tluii
witching, indescrihahle hue so seldom met with, save in novels, tiMH cii^agifl iu
earnest conversation with a handsome yoiitlu ov«'r who**' tuitiiraily rlu-i-iy
{■oiintenance the surrounding Kl*>t>i>> hii«l cast a i^li^Jit shml<»\v.
It was their hritlal eve. The night was imiiIumitnv Moon the vfiic£4)rdiyt;ii>l
thunder reache«l them and clu'cked their speech.
As they stood on the marhlo steps looking out into the darkiieKv. h ciioI witmI
wafted the sweet <Hlor of late hlossoms toward them; » hhoncr «>f crisp U>nve8
from a rose vine that twined in great thorny coils around oiii><>f tht- liii|;h jtitbirK,
fluttered down at their feet with a soft riLstle, and a night-liirAl wild Mi-ird i-ry
swept past them.
They retiu'ued to the che»'rfiil light of the iIiawing-itKHii, and wluii the tiiin*
of (h'parl lire had ari'ived, lone accompanied her lover to the liItU- j^at-t^len ){jitr»
His path lay through the garden and on into the well-wooded p<'irk that sepjirMt«Hl
their homes. They lingered at the gate, a gentle light .streaming froiii an ofM*!)
window out over th<' well-worn path that led to it. Tlu' night gi-ew dHrker.
Tliey !«p(»ke of the morrow and wishtil for strnHhiiK*. A hnfliMiit flush nf
lightning pit>rced the southern sky, a few large drops plashtnl on th*'«'ii(-tii a))i«ui
them, and Alphas having murmured a loving goodnight, |)n»ce<>diHl hontewjinl
through the leafy woods, no thought of danger molesting hiui. Hi* thuugbt nnly
of the dear one from whom he hud ju^t piutvd, and i-ejuii-ed to thiuL thiit it Ka»
m PKrrURESQUK PniNCK KDWAHD.
foir ifctit bill Uino— to-morrow h** wouUI claiin IiIh lM>iiutifiil hi-idc.
,1 Ata«I little did lluty dmaiu what the iiiKlit liad in store for tlii'iii.
Th«»y wer« hAppy -very huppy. No thmiKhl of lianii iH-ctUM'd to thi:ii) why
ymttH timtt^ not Hoiiie K^id .H])ii it near to wai-n them of iiii|M>i>diiig dHiiK«'r ? Whilo
litiKKriDK at ihu f^nU: neiliii'r of thciii noticed the ^ray form ttiat hIoIc silently by
QutBB sUong thu hmigf*. lie iiad luikt'd all day in a ^rove on the river-hank, and
a» nff(ht.H«t in he appriMirlied the honse. , .
•Jtniling wellin the shadow of the shrubs he reached the weHtern win^ and
Ht»L></n«<l hiuiHelf beneaMi bine's casement. Mere lie remained until thu city
beRft chiaaed the inidnif(ht hour.
When I<in«( iMirUul from Alphas at the ^ale she walketl ihouKhtfnliy back to
kell«>uxe. Hero, her ^n^at, Rha^Ky Newfoundland, was at her side, whining and
»fM-in{i^ii^ up to litik her hiind.
•'Ilown ! Hero, see, you wouhl brush away hiy caresses." And she shielded
her Fiijtired hand witli tier other one.
IV Tbtf great cold rain-<lrop8 fell faster and faster, and the rude wind drove them
mcrcflusHly tnUi her f<ice.
Tl«9 diU*kne«H deepi.>iUHl.
IL WJua wild ni^ht u terrible ni«ht su){gestive of blood-curdling deeds.
looerepaired to her nMiii and was soon at rest in dreandand's realm of tlowers.
AVhen Heciiring her windows for the night she had neglected one even a little
hfutcMftf it waH o|H!n, and as the bust sweet cliime was hushed Ity the vnicti of the
Htorta, thu titranger unUTud with uoiselesK tread.
Did be come in 8e;irch of gold, oi- wa.s he some jealous Niver of lone that ho
tfwigbLher lifc-bkMKl ?
Th« wind howle-il among tlie tall trees and a chilly gust entered and Hickei-ed
•"tbeAin* light that burned in the chandelier.
Keeping close to the wall he reaclunl th« Innlside, and, after nmmbling,
inajidiblj, some weird iucautation, plunged his dagger into the bosouj of the fail*
looe.
The murderous deed was doiie I ■
So suddenly w.i.s it performed that nu piercing shriek, that traditional cry of
tJie inunleredy echoed on the chilly air.
IrjtMi did not recover sufficient consciouHne.ss to utter a sound.
Tte snowy eyelids trembled, openinl half way and closed again. One dimpled,
jewelled hand moved toward the wound, but the sweet, beautiful face still
A FIKNI) IN (ilJKY
m
xt'tJiiii«'«l its pnuffiil a»iiMct.
lli« thirst f.u- hi 1 satisflr,!, I, is «,„•>' u.-apon wllh.lmwu. tli,. Iuik'.- tM.)s«|iiltx>
ftjueml hiM \viii«s iuxl H.-w iiii to ilu- criliug uii.i.' I... irst..! till mhii !>...
M. .M. M. (Ill (iii,,-).
i.1
RS
IM( Tii{i;s(irK I'lnNci-: i-dwaim).
Shadows-— Sunshine:.
BY I. M. P. (PICTON>.
al
N!)i:i! t If •'SiiM(lii;tnks" >li;iil()\vs,
I'c-I ili!^ hy I 111' \\ ;i y
W'f i.ilkrd, ,ui(i walked, and fliiicd,.
-My lill Ic ((Miiicl Ic and I.
"Why dd I M'l-iii III you. .>ir,"
Slif said. ••|iki' I lir shift iii^ sand
Tlial makes a ciinstant wniKh-r
Of tins inconstant land !'"
"I'll tell yon, y;enlli' maiden,
If ynti will aj^ree
'i'heie shall he no aiij^er
Het u een you and nie 'f"
Then, slie looked !i|) smiling.
A promise in hei' eyes
That almost undid me
Wis h its sweeL surprise.
"Like tlie sand, you're yielding,
"When 1 toueli yoni- hand.
Hut, attempt to keep you,
And, in all the land
Thei'c's no otlier ftdlow
Half so fooled, as I
Whi'n yon seem most gracious
Then -away you fly I "
•■'V
CO
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CO
;'.,<^-Jiw;^..^-.-«^ ...... v.-^i^i^,;^Ba g li .<>gr Q» ^l »Q»,i
SHADOWS-Sl'NSHIXE.
"Say yoii so," she Ltmniiuri'd,
"Well, its very strange ;
Sometimes the urize is luiistc'ied
That's furthei'est out of range.
In life's simple Pi-imer
Have you not been t«ught
That the the joys most wished tor
Are hardest to he caughf Y'
Straightway mine eyes were .ipened,
Unto my heart was told
The dear delightful story,
So new, and yet so old
And I shall love the Sjnidhaiiks
To the vei-y end of life,
Kor, beneath its restless shadows,
I found niy prize a wife ! !
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JlO
PICTURESQl'I.: PRINCK KDWARO,
J^Ql?.
CV'/.vtK ua> ii Imj1»1 i'c<riiit in fart at times a little too bohl. He had been at a
■^If Mililaiy ( ollej^e for several short months
13'
antl hail learned to go through
his ffieings like a veteran, especially the "about" movement, (this he had to
|»erfeit ion, having ao<inired it while under "Kestrietion of leave," turning graee-
fully round and round in the one direeti«m, often getting his chain and himself,
thougli, in a gi-and tangle which sometimes almost strangled him) when, suddenly
and without ceremony one day he was rusticatinl yes, literally rusticated.
Poor .lack I it was his tirst trip on a stenmboat, and it didn't seem to agree
with him very well, making him rather nervous an«l cross. And no wonder 1--
W'luMi we went «lown to sec him, there they were coaxing him to eat Riw
potatoes. I'gli I a.s if i-ven .i bear would evei- take to such things. .lack, anyway
was an ex<"eption, having l>een accustomed of late to well-co«>ked vegetables, fish,
haeon. Rocky Mountain goat, strawbeiries nml lilac bh»ss(mis. So he shoved the
raw things away, the man remarking : "He hasn't any appetite. We've fed
him evt'rything on the iMiat."
"I'p, .lack I" I saiil, snapi>ing my fingers, ami he innnediately rose on
his hind feet. "Right tui-n left turn." This done, he w« nt down again and
l>eganhis "about" movement over his chain, when prewntly,. along came a ytumg
man with half a banana. Now I where was .hu-k's apiH'tite ':*
Dropping it on the floor (the banana, of coui-se) the clever fellow opened out
the yellow skin with his black paws, scraped out the mellow fruit and devoured
it withaHne relish, then rising again he canie cl«>«e to us with a queer little
.soimd in his throat his way of asking for more.
Well, Major Jack, as we called him, though "Minor" would have heenmore^
appi'opriate in one sense, as h<> was not yet a year and a half old, did not reniain
long in the country. He was an ambitii us fellow ami pref(»rved life at hlual Point,
and as s»n-«»ral interested parties- «)n account of liis cannibalistic inclinations, also
prefej-red it f(»r him, he took his departure for the city on the following morning
having remained awake all night to bo suiv to C5»tch tl%e-6t'10 bont.
H. M. BiL
He h;ul boon at a.
khI to go through
lit, (this ho had t<;
o," turning grac-c-
■hain ami himself,
11) when, suddenly
rust ieated.
i"t seem to agree
nd no wonder !
him to eat rsiw
s. Jack, anyway
1 vogetal)les, fish,.
S<» he shoved the
tito. We've fed
ediately rose on
down again and
mg came a ytmng
pIIow opened out
iiit and devoiired
th a queer h'ttle
have been mor?
'., did not remain
ifeatEastPohit,
nclinations. alst>
lowing morning
H, M. M.
Ji:»)M Ni: .ATI\ KS.
Black Kivep.
i:V \V. r. .)n!lNS<»N,
THE INDIANS SONCJ.
She Indiain's Song.
BY NICHOLAS FLOOD DAVIN.
05»
ITH spread wings forever
Tiinf'.s eagle cm-eel's,
His (juarry old nations,
His prey the young years ;
Into inoniinients brazen
He strikes his fierce claw,
AntI races ai-e only
A sop for his maw.
J
The re«l sun is rising
Behind the dark pines.
And the mountains ait» marked out
In satfnm lines ;
The pale moon still lingers.
But past is her hour
Over mountain and river
Her silver to shower.
As yon moon disappeareth,
We pass and are past ;
The Pale Face o'er all things
Is pottMit at last.
He l)ores thr(»' the mountains.
He bridges the ford,
He bridles steam horses
Where Bruin was lord ;
He summons the river.
Her wealth to unfold ;
From flint and from granite
He crushes the gold.
IN SON,
flZ,
CTCTUIIENQUE PRIXCK EDWAllD.
:Thos«« valleys of wlcui-e
Will soon he allvi'
'With huck.st.cws who chairt'i,
i I*rf>si)<«cUu-K who sUiv«- ;
'; I .
-^
Anil Ui«' luiusc of flu F'alc Face
Will peer froiu the crest
'Of the diir, where the eagle
To-day builds his nesl.
lO';
Th« Hedskin he marred not
White fall on wihl rill,
JJut t<t-iuorrow those watei-s
AV'ill turn a mill ;
And the streamlet which Hashes
Like a young scjuaw's dark eye,
Will he dark with foul refuse,
Or may he run diy.
From the sea where the Father
Of Waters is lost,
.T(j the sea where all sunnner
The iceberg is tost,
The white hordes Avill swarm
And the white man will sway,
And the smoke of his engine
Make swarthy the day.
Round the mound of a brother-
In sadness we pace-
How much sadder to stand
At the grave of a race I
But the good Si)irit knows
What for man is the best,
And which should be chosen—
The strife or the rest.
THK FNDIANS SONG.
As for inc. I'ln tiiiK-Wf.iiy,
I await my reloisf ;
(iivc t(i others the stnijjrgic,
(•rant nic hut tht- pcac*' :
And whnl jx-acc like the peace
NNIiich death oilers the hrave ?
What r«.st like th»' icst,
Willi !i we tiiul ill tlie;,Mave ■'
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For the doom of the hiniler
Tliere is no rcj)iieve ;
And t'oi- inc. "mid straiijjpe customs,
Tis hitter to live.
Our part has heen idayed,
F.ct the while man play his ;
Then he, too, disappears,
And g<ies down the ahyss.
Ves ! Time's ea^le will prey
On the Pale F'aco at last.
And his doom, like our own.
Is to pass and he past.
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PICTL'RKSQL'K PRIN'CK KDWARD.
J^ost on the fTalse: Daei^s.
^J^Iorj.Y h.iil Itft'M slayinj; at (ilt-ij Islaiitl, oijo of our ilcliKlitfiil suiiiiiicr ^os(lI•t^,
^2^1 but two .short \v«'«'k:i, aiul already half a «loz«'n men wt-rf t'lif^orly watcliiuK
for soiuc slight si^ii of cncoura^i'iMfiit to off<'r ht»r th«'ir lu-artH and hands
for "hctter or worse." At tin* ••ml of th«' third wtM'k, two of tln'in having hecomi*
d('>4p<>rat(> rivals had spok(Mi—th«> «iii(', an I'ldfrly wealthy Nt'w York K«'iitl»'inaii.
to \u'}' uiiclf ; the other, a yoiiiiK Toront^i harrinter, to hersxlf and lM>th had
been acn'pted. thus ninkinK matters rather perplexing at the o\its»'t h» all parties
interested. However, an interview that same night betwet-n Mr. Kitzg«'rald and
his charming niece, though not righting the matter ;us it .shouhl have done, set it.
at any rat^s on a fair war in that «lireetion. During tlu> afternotm while Dolly's
uncle had been trolling for maskinonge nntl listening to his friend's interesting
discourse regarding his bea\iliful wai*d, she lierself had been hearing a far sweeter
story told her among green sha4lows on the shoi« at (ilenora. She had gone »mt
for a paddle with .lack Darrell, and while Hunting idly along undur the hills they
ha«l espied some pink sweet-brier bh)ssoms b;u*k a little way by a fence along the
country road and ha4l drawn up their canoe, and, nft«'r cutting a huge bunch of
the fragrant, Howers, ha«l tarried for a while under a great tre«« near the water'-*
edge, and il was here the young barrister avowed his love.
"Humph I Darrell you marry Darrell ! and throw away a chance not one
girl in ten thousand ever gets. Do you know what yon'i*o doing, child i* Your
mother hjul enough of poverty, and you remember her L»«t woitls : 'If Dolly
ever marries be sin-e it i« some one who can tjike proper care of her.' Darrell
never can he has scpiamleretl what money he did have, and youi-s* would go like
it. No, you will never have my consent, and you know the consecjuences if evei
you umrry without it. Now here's Mr. KaHtman ready to marry you to-mon-ow
you can live like a princess-" B>it here Mr. Fitzgerald was int/«rrupted by
Dolly who, blushing scarlet, her eyes flashing, declaretl positively :--
"Nev«'r I uncle, I wouldn't marry him if he were the last man on earth -and
as for money, I wouldn't give one hair of Jack's heiul for all the gold Mr.
Kastnian ever tli-eamed f)f."
That was conclusive. However, Mr. Fitzgerald continuetl the cotiver*itioM
and strange t<» say, at tho end of ten minut4>4 ho ha*l yielded so far a« to promise-
Dolly that if inside of a year and a half Mr. Darrell could show him a bank,
account to the am -junt of ten thousand dollars he. would no longer c^iMj«e> theim..
\p'~
I.OST ON TMK FAI.sk Dll KS.
n.1
ei^6.
■rljr wjitfhiiiK
rtN und hiiiiils
living becoiiii*
■k jfcnth'iiifiii.
Liiil lM>th hat I
H) all parties
'itzgcrald an<l
(' iloiw, set it.
whih- Dolly'H
I's int«'n'sting.
fa far sw«'«>tiT
had gone out
the hills they
nee ulong tli<'
luge hunch of
iirthe water't
ancp not one
child ? Your
s
'If Dolly
her.' Darrell
would g<» liki"
iiences if evei
)U to-mon'ow
terrupted by
n earth -and
the gold Mr.
conrersjition
as to promirff
him a bank.
^l>o«t> thenw.
This was indeed defi«ledly pleasant, so on the following ••veiling, Jii>t as a radiant
full moon poured its molten silver out u|M>n the silent expanses of the beautiful
Bay of Qiiinte and its hundred lovely hills, we found .lack and l>o||y 8taiidiiig at
the wat4'r's edge, sometimes converadng in low Uuies, at others, dreaming.
.Ijick had told her what he pi-o|Mis«>4l doing. Possessing a literary talent of a
high onler of merit, he had deci»l«'«l, suddenly, to write a l»ook. \N'liy, there
wer<' M , an<l H , and L , and several other journalists, friends of his, who
woultl Im> only too glatl to assist him in the publication of it. And if he chose a
p«»pular style of story and had the iMuik properly managed, there was no doubt
of its hringing him at leiuit the stipulatetl dollars.
During (me of his fishing excursions down the bay one morning not long after
his arrival at (lien Island, he had overheuitl some yachtsmen down in I'rinyer's
Cove talking of some old Hshermen at Smith's Hay, near a post office called
Waupoos. who had told them a strange story of som<* tjueer islands out in the
lake «»n which were sailoi-s' graves, each one having .i rattlesnake in <t. This,
interested him at the time, and he had even then wished t<» investigate the
matter but could find no one who cared to venture out with him to these islands,
the False Ducks, h dangerous mass of rocks and sand with a few trees, lying out.
in I.«*ike Ontario off Timber Island.
However, he had now decided to And his way out to this little post onice at
Smith's Bay, an inlet of Ij4ike Ontario in the region of the islands, learn what he-
cniild of the niyst«'rious story and see if he could induce one or more of the hartly
fishermen to run out with him to the Ducks.
**DoUy," he sjiid at last, desperately, taking one of her warm, little whit«»^
hands in iMjth his strong suu-browned ones, now that the moment had come to.
.say gmKlby, "Dolly, promise me ytm'll be true a year one year, and I'll return,
with money enough to satisfy your uncle, and make you u»y wife. Dolly, I swear
it I Tell me, will you be true to me ?"
"Yes— always," was D<dly's reply, and thus they parted, he paddling ofT in
the mfmnlight to Glenora, she watehing him ustil lost in the shadows of the
opposite shore.
Meanwhile Mr. Fitzgerald was p<itting himself on the shoulder, so to speak.
"Didn't I work up a clover scheme ! As if gtdd is to be picked up 'U'li thousand'
at a time ! And any way, who ever hears of lovers being true now-a-days fot
even six months, never seeing or hearing from each other. Ha, ha, ha ! And
we'll leave this place immediately— hate to, though, for I've hiul the jolliest tinu-
here fishing and sailing I've ever hjul in my life, except when I was a young
"b««ggar" on the old mill-pond at home. But Dolly must go— «he would dream
too much here about Darrell and that would never do ! We'll go south now, and
H ri(Tnn:sQri-: iMnxc k kuwaiu).
'by and )iy whiti he diM'sn't ret iiiii at thi' ii)i|ii>iiit<'(I time, and he is ri'itain not tii,
if she iH'^ins to ^M'ow |>al*> and lose her ai>iii-titf I'll take Iut t«) Kui'o|h', an occau
voyage will niic Iut, suit."
Su, aiiiiiiK«''ii<''il'^ \vt'i«' nia«li' for tlnir diiiaiturcf south on tin- niorn»\v. An«l
now lei MS follow Dai-i'i-Il.
Slayin;; ovit ninlit at the holt-l at liltiioia, lie was up ixfon' sinuisc tlu' n«'xt.
morning, and taking a la^t look pt-i'liJips foicNcr fioni the Itrow of thf ^ivut hill,
ut thi- beautiful island still wrapt in shadows, drove <iiT thrtMi^h the i|ui('t farni-
'ilands »if the heaiif ifid township of North Maiyshnrgh. Not a sound was heard
save an oceasi<»nal hii-d sin^,'in^', or the deep giuwl or harking of a farmer's do^as
he passed (piiikly hy, and not loufi aftci' suinise ha\ inj^ had a xcry pleasant drive,
this hein^' about the finest road in the <ounty. he arrived at tlie shore \\ liere ho
found the flslieimen astir hauling in their heavy nets and disposing' of the fish, of
which they had cauf^ht a great nundnT.
lie had (onie here ostcnsiltly to fish and the man who had brought him out,
introduced him to several of the better class of fishermen one of whom insisted
on his making himself "to home" at his shanty, as there was no inn in thi^
neighborhood. This suit«'d Darrell exactly, so he had his traps stowed away in a
snug c:)nier and sent liis man back to (Jlenora with orders lo return foi- him at
(he end of a week.
-M the close of the day, after liaviug fisiied along tht' shore in liuipid blue-
green watci's since nioriiing. and strolled through sweet-scented fields and cool,
wocuh'd places, he joined the fishermen in tiieii- usual evening smoke, and telling
■of tales, while one after another they r«'cited .'^trange adventures and legends,
each endeavoring to tell some story of nmre ini<'rest to Darrell flum had been the
jii-eceding ones.
They were sitting in a circle on big stones ii.iid a ('(aijile of rude wooden seats,
and all this time there was one among them, a mi(idle-age<l m;;n, who had not
yet s])oken a word. He s.-it on a low, flat stone, close to the sliore. his liat was
off showing a mass of black wavy hair, liis coat also had been thrown asich' ;
there was a rent in his old coarsi- cotton shirt, on the shoulder, and one could sec
where the sun had burned a (h-ej) red spot on his flesh whicii was almost snow-
white. Occasionally hi' blew smoke-wreaths from between his red lips, and only
at such times did he tike his eyes oil' the distant lake ; and by and by when the
last story was nearly ended, hi; deliberiitely emptied tlie hot ashes out of his
pipe, took fiom one of his pockets a black bit of lotton, wiped the inside of his
pipe well with this, and then fitting the bowl of it onto the end of one of his
fingers turned it slowly roimd and roiintl by its stem. Prescnitly a dead silence
fell on t lie grotesipie circle. They seemed to be waiting foi- some one to speak.
»So.)n tlie man sitting near tlie shore shutHed around and
LOST ON iHi: rAi.si: i)r( ks.
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i«>i>k a posit ion 1)11 tlic iithi'i' side of tin- stirn' facing; liis i-<iiii|)aiiii>iis, and l>*-gaii
MIM-akiiiK ill a lull, cifai- vniri-, lii^ liaiid- Im kiil ti>;j;iiluialMHil uiii- kiito :—
"Diiriii' till' Nvai- of ISl'i at tlit- linu- ilir Imi^IIsIi wcrt- Motkailin' Oswi-go, a
roivi-tt«' liavin' in chiller a lii^ sum of ^oM lo pay tlu-ii- soltlici's, wa.s cut loo.s(> liy
ll»»' nu'Miy oiii- howlin" iii^'lit ami tuin' tli'i\ i-ii out hcyoml all liopr uf sli(!t«'i', iiitt
with OIK- iiiiHliap after another. At len>{th tlu> ( rew niiil iiiieil, t he spiiit-iorni
was hi-okeii into and at sunrise on t!it> socond <lay she was not hin' l)t>tti>r t haii
kindlin' wood on the treacherous shore of the False Ducks, wliere more than one
|M)or, storm-driven '•sinner" has since ijiat tinieheen pounded into hits. Tho.-»e of
tht'crew yet livin' huried thedeail 'uns in sandy spots on the island where they
iiad hei'ii urciked, and then followed a misi-rahle time ; tliere was nothin' to eat
and soon the r.-st of 'em died, the hont's of the last 'un hein' left ahove ground to
bleach out in the siin,
Sevi'rai years later on, an lliv^lisli K''"t leinaii. ,1 hrother of one of I he sailors on
thesmashed-np corvette, havin" learned the part ie'lars of the disaster came out to
Canada and visited this island hopin' to l)eal)Ie to lind his l)rol lu'i's hones mid take
%>ni home with him to Kiif^iaml. 1 . this was not to he, for on openin" one of t he
graves, whieli were ijuite shallow, just close to tiie coi'psc they canie upon an old
rattle-snake, which, had it not lieen for .1 ipiick .and well aimed blow from the
the sailoi's spade, would have cost the Knj^lishinen his life. They then hauled
over the corpse, which had ht>en, before heinj^ buried, \\ rapi)ed up in tarpaulin, but
there w.is no way of tellin' who it was, even had it been the one they were lookin'
foi', so they ga\e up the search and quitlcd the island tliat very same da>'. The
graves, thei>' are iibout seven of 'em. have since then ne\rr been opened. e\eii
sailors and fishermen not venturin' to touch 'cm." Here he paused not a man
nmong them spoke, so he continueil :
"It is a wild place out there and desol.ite enough on fair days. But just you
■wait till a tearin' sou' westt-r is aboard if you w.int to l-.ciir some t.ill howlin'.
The gulls come in a-screamin', the wind shrieks like as if it had a hunderd
murders in it, and the fo.ini spurts up like young v(dcanoos. 1 tell you what. 1
was .storm-stayed meself out tlu'ie one whole day and night, .ind I know wli.it
it'.s like — yes, sir-ee ! (Jood loi' I wouldn't he out there again on tlu'iii islands
one minute in the dark for all the gtdd that Knglish corvette ever had onto her.
AV'hy, I never slept one wink of real sleep, and was dead tired loo, but eveiytinie
I closed me eyes, the lean ghosts of tlu-m deail men r.ittled their old dry bones in
iiio ears till I hopped up, and a big rattle-snake did his level best to strangle me.
No, sir-ee J I've had enough of them islands to last me, me life— that I have."
Having concluded ix)W, he re-filli'd his i)ipe, lighted it and strolled leisurely u[i
and down the shore. Presently Darrell joined him, for a inonu>nt only, as he did
jiot like to attract the attenti«>n of the others to the great interest he already felt
08
PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
in this strange uian ; so he morely .•ippointcdamectingsoniewhereiilougtheshoreon
the following morning where thoy could talk unmolested, for this was the very
story he had come out here to take not<'s on, and there were some JniporUmt
points on which he wished further information.
In due course of ti»Me, th«' ai)pointed hour arrived and while they talked
together in a secluded spot near where a little silver stream dropped down over
bright pebbles into the lake, it suddenly occurred to Uarrell : Why not tjike a
run out to the Ducks some fine day, examine the graves, and get a correct idea of
the place genei-ally. So he proposed it to his companion, who was known U) the
])eople round where he lived, simply as. Old Michael, though why he was st>
<lesignated Dai-rell wond<'red, for ))esides being not yet moi :• than fortj- years of
;ige, h«' was a remai'kably well-preserved and fresh-looking fellow.
Dariell also suggesti'd that he accompany him, «'xpecting of course, aji instanfc
refusal. But. right gladly was he surpi-ised when Old Michael turning to him in
his own peculiar way, his hands held, one in the other behind him, his head
slightly inclined on one side, i'epli(Kl :—
"Yes, I will, Mr. Darrell. I kind o' took a s<n't o' fancy to you the miuHte I
*!et my eyes onto your face, and I'd go with you anywhere, even out to them.
Ducks, that I would — providin' we wo)i't be there at night."
S« it was agieed that, as the weather promised fair tney would set out after
noon the next day, spend the night at Timber Island and run out to the Ducks
the following morning.
Darn'll imi)atient to be off, to know that every puff of wind wafted him so
«nueh nearer that strange shoi-e he was so eager to see, scarce knew how to
■employ the int<'rvening tinu".
After fisiiing awhile, he thiew down his rod — what was the good of spending
his time this way ? He w;us absent-minded, jt'rking his line oftentimes before the
flsh had (piite reached the bait. At one moment he was on the islands, and
<'xntriiuing the graves, then his book was published, it was a success, and now he
was on his way biick to Dolly wondering how ghul she would be to see him. So
he left off fishing, and hunting up one of his note-books spent the remainder of
the day making a rough sketch of his book.
When next we see him he has set BJiil with Old Michael off th*' north iilu)re oi
Smith's Bay, which by the way is one of the most delightful, shelt^'ivd reaches
of water about Prince Edward County. At its head, the bay runs round some-
what like a half-circle with jnetty indenbitions along it<s flat, grjvssy, sand shore,
and looking down from the high land on the north one can see l«Mieath il8
limpid waters many a clear space of bright sand almost white in a dark fi-ame-
W)i]; of gri>en weeds. Tu-d.iy tlijre was not mich win;l on the baj' and they
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crept along for a little time until emerging from the lee of Waupooss Island,
they caught a fresh hreeze blowing south-west, and took a sti-aight taek heading
for TimlH'r Island some 10 miles from their starting point. The run out was a
delightful one, and while sailing thus pleasantly onward, the wind singing about
the sails, the waves breaking against the boat'« prow with that ceaseless splash-
ing sound so full of music to a sailor's eai"s, and the sun shining liright for miles
■on miles alxiut them, Darrell was contemplating another visit to (ilen Island
next summer and a sail round into Smith's Bay oidy Dolly would be with him
then, and instead of this common fishing-boat, they would have a fine yacht, with
a cabin ; or, perhaps, a small bt«am-yacht. Thus did Darrell dream, like many
another so given to optimism. It is true there are those who find happiness
mostly in dreams.
The weather still continuing fair with no sign yet of a change, they sailed on
out the next morning at sunrise to the False Ducks which lie about a mile and a
half off Timber Island. The island itself at the Ducks is a small one with a few
trees growing on it, and rank, wild grasses. The shore is rocky in some places
and gravelly or drifted with sand in others, and near the island are vaiious piles
•of great rocks and gravel and s^md, some below or just reaching to tin- surface of
the lake, othei-s forming small rugged islands, making Ihe sjxit an exceedingly
•dangerous one foi* vessels passing near in time of stoi-nis.
Darrell was out of the boat the moment they touched the shoiv. Old Michael
following close at his heels and di'awing up the boat on a gravelly spot between two
•great stones. Darrell had brought with him a spade that he might examine one
•or more of the gravis, also a chisel and a hammer, and these he took from the
'boat and placed for the time being, under the edge of a huge rock. T\wn looking
again at the lM)at t/> make sure tjhere wa.s no danger of its getting away they
began a ofireful seiirch over ths island for the graves. Old Michael never allowing
the distance In'tween himw^lf and Dantull to become greatt<r than thirty-six
iinehes. The lighthousi' keeptM- had .Mt^irted for Smith's liiiy before daylight, and
they wore aUme in this wild spwt, miles away from any iniman being.
Slowly following the shore all the way rtuind to the scjuthi-rn p<»rti(»n of the
island, a small rattle-snake having erossed their path in one place and slipped away
linto a heap of st«nt»s, (tliere nvv a numt)er of these venojuous reptiles about the
iplace), watching closely hei*©, a^ bust they came upttu sevwral slightly r.'iised
patches of gravel ami sand, awd now Old Michael kept very close to Darrell, who,
nuirking the spot well, went on r<»und to the lu+at, got his spade and. leaving
l>ehind him the HshermaH wbum nothing (^ouid induce to accompany him, re-
turned alone to t ha grave**. Tw» (»f them were sid« by side ; a scditary one lay
•off on th« h>ft and the Mthei-s wer« scattered on the right. Darrell, after . a
nifMuent's contemplation, iH^gnti digging iute one of the latter, and after some
hard work, for the sand an;! gravel had been well beaten down by the storms of
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PICTURESQL'E PRINCE EDWARD.
mori' than half a ffiitury, he came upon some hones cnxnihliiig into dust. There
had heen no cofdn and the tarpaidin in whidi th«* sailor had hecn buried, had
lonjj; ago ceased to be any protection against the ravages of Tiling
Shovelling in the earth and packing it down as well as he could, he next went
to the isolated one on the left, and, digging slowly now, for he was somewhat
tinul, he came eventually upon the remains of a rude wooden coffin, and present-
ly, in clearing away the decayed mass of wood from the bones which it covered,
his spado struck against some bit of metal. Picking it out (juickly he found it to
b(» a small steel case; what it had been fashioned for originally it wcMiid be
iinpossible to say. However Darrell opened it and to his astonishment found in
t a hit of yellow paper folded in tin-foil, having writing on the inside of it which
'vas still (piite legible. He had dropped his spade and was sitting on the edge of
the grave, faii'ly trembling now with excitement, his feet almost touching the
<-rumbling bones beneath--in each of the graves he had found the skeleton of a
rattel-snake, the rei)tiles having long since ceased to keep Avatcli over the
inouldci'ing dead within.
And this is what had been written apparently with a charred point of wood,
a few words t)nly, telling how they had managed to save from the lake the du'st
containing the soldiers' pay, and, following it, a description of the spot where
it had been concealed, with directions how to find it :
"Starting out from two large stones of equal size lying side by side on the south
shore go north to a stunted oal^ tree — now turn to the left by a rocky ridge pass
on the right of a gravelly hollow and go on to some big flat stones— the oldest is
under the middle one."
Of course the markings were more or less altered, yet in tlie course of an hour
he came upon a spot answering pretty accui-ately to the description of the place
where the gold was buried, and tin-ning aside several of the stones, began digging
under tke centre one.
Darrell was fascinated. He worked (juickly now, excitement lending him
strength. \\'hat he dug out consisted chiefly of gravel and sand with an
occasional smooth stone, and he had reached a depth of about fifteen inches,
when presently his spade seemed to go in easily, touch against something which
fell like metal and slide on ; and he lifted it carefully, the tt)p gravel and sand
falling aside and leaving on his spade a mixture of sand, fine gravel, and movddy
bits of wood.
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From the extreme end of the spade whieh he had now [ttaced onthegrcund
at the edge of th<' opening, kneeUng beside it, he picked up one— two — £i)gIi»U
s )vereigns stained a littU* by the dampness of many yeai-s. The gold had l)i'eu
deposited there in an iron-bound chest. And now looking about hhii on «v€iy
side, far and near, after examining the tieasure whicli contained luure thau threw
times the amount of money he had set out to earn, he concealed the opening »»
well as he could with the stones lying near it, and scarcely knowing what step to
t:ike next, started back to the boat. Here he found Old Michael on the riock«^
a:ul assiuuing a more ipiiet mien, gave him his orders whiclj were : to get back
t ) the inaiidand as (juickly as possible and without a moment's delay go to the
nearest telegraph office and send word to his friend B- — in Kingston tt> have »
tug run up to the False Ducks innnediutely. . ^ ^ .^^
Old Michael simply stared at him, wondering if he had taken leave of hjs»
SL'nses. He, Darrell ! stay there alone in that wild place for nearly a day r*
Impossible! Biit Darrell interpreted his look and soon had sent himonhl»
errand (juite convincetl he was t)beying a man in his right mind. •
I of wood.
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It was a tlelightfiil day in Augnst, and the cool sea-breezes were wafting sweet
odors of flowers from a beautiful lawr, onto the verandahs of a small summer
hotel some distance down the coast from New York. Dolly and her uncle had.
been here nearly two weeks, and to-ilay she was sitting in a cool nook, l«Ktkin|$
over a novel I)ari'(>ll had marked and given her at Glen Island the day befort?
they parted. Near her a green panx>t was chattering in its airy cage, ami ;v
luxuriant blossoming vitte sheltered her fi-om the morning sun. Presently iv
sliailow fell on the floor, a footstej) sounded near. Darrell had found her at hint-,
and as she did not look uj), after gazing upon hei- for a moment, he said verj' low %
"Dolly."
Of course slie dropjx'd her book— and a bright color lighted her beautiful face
—and there followed a very liappy time on tliat (juiet verandah ahme by the*
sea. And Dolly's uncle that night gave himself another patting on the shoulder.,
something after this fashion :
"Didn't I tell you I'd worked up a clever scheme J* By jove ! I know tliere
was good in that fellow, only he needed a little of the go-ahoa«l element art»used.
in him. Fine felli>w— tine fellow— Dolly is a lucky girl after all !''
It is needless to say they made Glen Island their headcpiarters the following;
summer and jiaid several visits to Smith's Bay and the False Ducks, alwaytr
taking Old Michael out to the islands with thetu, careful though never to be-
there, on his account, after dark.
H. M. M.
•PICTURBSQDE PRINCE EDWARD.
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Astraea.
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OT as others k>ve, I love Uiee, „/ ,, ,
But as azure bright above me, f
When the sunshine's blithesome gladness
Far has chased the cloudy sadness-
Golden rift with silver lining,
«o my happy soul is shining, * < ' ' '
'With thy spirit soft reclining,
^Resting sweet with thine entwining—
^Vith my spirit lt)ride I'm di-eaniing
Sn the pathless azure beaming.
^«'n>i--!»«'
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fSailing idly as a feather ' " -
In the %'iigt unknown together, ''
X3omes -such rapture stills my sorrow,
Know I neither night, nor morrow—
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Once my heart was heavy, weary ;
All my life seemed dark and dreary
iLong in darkness had I striven
Till my love to thee was given, .^ ;
Till thy loving light, immortal,
Of my -soul unbarred the portal—
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Now in spirit I possess thee
Passionately I caress thee —
O, my fair Astrwa, never
Can I lose thee, can we se or—
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For my lov»> so strong, enduring,
Lnughs to scorn teinpUvtion's luring—
Not as Pth«>r8 wed, I wed thee ;
As those stiirs that ovei-spreud me,
In the vastness nothing fearing.
In the gloom moi-e bright appearing,
As those stars that shine forever.
So I worship, doubting never.
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yilkneave pioase..*
C*y^ o\v the swi'i-t twilisfht coiiit's with silent tread :
rviV 1 he ilai'kling sliadows over while hills eriep
Like ^i»!rit.s fioiii the piiu-s, ami pale lights sleep '
Om gentle slopes where late the sun hurned red.
And from ti>i' dome the golden light is fled,
And silken hlinds tlie (piiet eh.uubers keep :
Within the eheery halls Peace hroodeth d.-ep,
The busy muniuu' of tlie day is dead,
Meltel by fervid suns of n)ild March daj's.
From gabled roo*' tlie snow has disappeared ;
The leafless tree-; liku ghosts are gaunt and weird
Thin shadows casting over pleasant ways—
The twilight fades, and from hei- glittering car
On Villcn -uve House soft shines the even'r.g star.
]\'j.rc'i. 1880. ' " . *
* Resicenc > of the late Philip Low, Esti., Q. C, Pic'.on.
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^i^UDBABLiY the fineht, trip in the world is tliis iicrowK Lake Ontario, through the
beautiful Murray Canal, and Kay of Qiiintv, Ljike Ontario again, and down
the grand St. Lawrence River. ^^ ^, ^^,„ ,, .^ .,>,,.,„ „^ ,,.^ .j .'w/-,
The Steamer Alexandria leaves ('hnrlotte every Sunday evening at 7-:-J<) p. ni„
arrives at Picton, via Murray Canal, Monday at 11 a. ni. and at 2 p. in. leaves for
Montreal calling at Kingston, (taking a charming i-oute through the KKli) IhlandK)
Brockville, Prescott and other intermediate ports, i-unning all the rapids. The
■following is an excellent description in the New York Central Guide of a ride
thrt)ugh these delightful I'apids : .»,i,„ <*y.j*}i-t ,; (, ,,, i -,, .,f.*,, ,. ' ,.,,l .
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THE FINEST TRIP IN THE WORLD.
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*'AV)out five nwl<»s tx^low Pr«'scott tlie hea<l of the fiistof the fapunis rapids the
•Cwftllops— is reached. It is not as violent as tlutse which are encountered later,
liuL it prepares the .t<iurist to pass the next rapids, which are much nion" formid-
j^le, with more c«Efid«'nce- The next rapid is th«'
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atine miles long. Tl>e -steamer, after fully ent«'ring this rapid, rushes along at the
iratt^ of twenty miles ail hour, the 8t<>ain is shut off, and she is carried down by
♦the force of the current alone. The surging wat«'i*s pi-esent all the appearance of
the ocean in a storm, mml the effect is not imlike the pit^-hing and tossing at sea.
'This going down-hill \i^ water prtnhices a highly novel sensation. After passing
•■everal t owns we i-eatii ttw
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COTEAU RAPID,
A very fine rapid, two miles in length, and in some portions the current is very
«wtft. Seven miles low«r (town we ttnier the • • .? •» ^f * _. / ' -
r 'f f Jv
CEDAR RAPID.
^nee the steamer <ha8»en4ecp«d this rapid the turbulent waters and pitching about
PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
render th(> passage very oirititiff. Th«'r« i.s aUo a iMvuliar iiiotioii of tiio rcMiwII
which .S4><>iii.<t likf Ht'ttliiig down, na nhv glidi'K from oiu* Ifd^e t<» another. Then*
cuuicM the «,
.7 i V « . .^ / SPLIT ROCK, - - " " ^'^ * 1 i O 1
so rallt'd from its enormous boulders At the entrHnce. A |M>rHon unHniuitintMli
with the navigHtion of these rnpids will Almost involuntarily hold his lireath.
until this Itnlge, which is distinctly seen fn>ni the de(*k of the st^'umer, is passed.
At one time th(> vessel seems to Ih« running d .-ectly uiion it ; but just when you
might expect to feel the crash of n>nding timbers, the tlividing cm-rent catchea- * *'
the vessel under her foref(H)t, a skillful hand at the helm watches, she ke«>ls dowu.
mider the sh<K'k. In an instant her l)ow is swept in a new direction, and the-
rock is passed in safety. We now come to the last of this series of rapids, calledi
' , " CASCADE RAPID. ' ' .> ,
This is a very flne rapid. It is the most remarkable on account of its numeroiin. '
white crests, foaming on top of the darkish waters, through which the vessel. ' '
passes. After passing the Casc-ades the river again widens into Lake St. Louis,
where the dark waters of the Ottawa, by one of its branches, joins the St.
I^kwrence. This series of foiu- rapids are eleven miles in ext(>nt, and have a.
descent of eighty-two and (me-half feet. On this lake the tourist from the deck
of the the steamer has a magnificent view of the Montreal Moimtain, about thirty
miles tlistant. After passing through this lake I^tchine is reached. It is ntnc-
miles fi'oni Montreal, with which it is c<»nnected by railroad. It derives its name-
from the first settlei-s, who, when they reached this point thought they had dis--
covered the passage which would lead them to ('hina. The Lachine Rapids«-
begin just below the village. On the opposite side stands
, . , , i .,, . , CACGHXAWAGA, t . . !
an Indian village, lying on the south bank of the river near the entrance of the-
Lachitie Rapids, and derives its name from the c<»nverted Indians, who were-
called Caughnawaga, or praying Indians. Shortly after leaving this Indian ■
village, the tourist can contemplate the new magnificent bridge recently con--
structed by the Canadian Pacific Railway, and spanning for the second time the-
mighty River St. Lawrence. It is built (m the most recent scientific principles, .
aiul resembles the great International Railway Bridge at Niagara. The steamer- s /«
now glides down the rapid stream with increasing swiftness, which clearly
denotes that a formidable rapid is ahead. Stillness reigns on board. Away goes-
the steamer, driven by an irresistible ciu-rent, which soon carries her to the first
pitch of the
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the rapfdi*. The steamer, after eiiMtrgjng. frook Htn flnt pit«h.,ariaM
nursing billowii, flankud by nK-k» otii uachi »ide, »U on Btaalnikt la thm
( urrent. The grandeur aad iiiagnitmb' of the MeneH around on all aids* t
i4ilencu. The stt^amer now coiiien iu full vi»w of one of the gVMikesI
the ag»— the Victoria Bridge t^iatuiin^: the* noble St..Lawa»a«»^twoiBifts
one of the longest, the largent and woat cotttly bridges inrtharworidi-Tfa*
while paftHing under, l(N>king up fnMUi thie> ileck of the steamer,, is
After pasHing this beautiful wcVrk of eaKLn*<^in((»kill„thebaurisk
panorama of the elegant city of Moat veal nght IteCocebimi
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Mo^^rRBAL
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is the TwoHt cosmopolitan city of OaAadab At sinffle- day's- stop at aujr of Ite > '•'
hot(>lM affordit time to drive throti^ the- pack upon. Uouni Roytal, whic^ ■■■•■ • ' < *
ithove the city ; to visit the splendid ('atbuHitvU, th4'>Gray fTunnnry. ths P i n i ii w i al ' '^
Churches, Bonsecoiirs Market, ami the-brigiit store»-along.St. James -street.-
The distance to Quebec by rail Ls> 173>uiileMi or si:vaod<-a''half hours' ride;- t, ^ , . ,
!• X
QUEBKC
is undr iibttHlly the most pictureH<}ue city, not (wly of f'anada, but majwherw
north of Mexico. The lower town i» ct«nfj^>d> upi>n a' narrow beach aloil|^ Umt
shores of tht> brotul 8t. Lawrence, and is largely made up of shops and wsre^
liouses. The upper city is encircled by a heavy wall, pierced by pictUvesquegaHe-
ways in feudal faskion. The hotels, fine- residonce^H churches and dMipa ave all
within the walls. DuiTerin Tetrtice, the great proiM<>uade, commands a — it***-
cer t view of the scene below. Still higher is- the gxeati prumontory, erownedbgr
the citadel. A favorite drive i» down the- Beaiiport Rotid^ to the Fall» •f
Moutmorenci, and another excTU-sioa i» ti> the fcMuuii»'PtauMM>f AbnhaBik
•Ciiii-Ji,„t >:,: *- *tl {Ml»-'wt !».»» ,f 1.f,..i.. *'<( '. «>r. 1 t%i'i* W l-tta 417' •>■>(( I t>.: M M9»i
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PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD. .,.
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'f^izioh and /Aodntain f^ari^.
4U%ICT(>N, in fact the whole of Prince Edward County, is one of the n>o8t favoreJ
MJM spots on the globe. Its people are wealthy, cases of extreme poverty being
^* rAre ; aai, lying as it d oes off the main line of Railroad (yet so easy of ac-
c.es8 to it) ooe very rarely, if ever, hears of a "trnnip," while cases of serious
ttrjnis occur only at lontr intervals. ', , , .^ .
The Town is a progressive o ne. On th«: outskirts are two large Canning Fac-
tories for fruib and vegetables produced in the County, having markets in all di-
rections abroad ; an extensive Wire Fencing Factory ; a Lumber Mill ; Fiirni-
t«re Factories ; Carriage Establishments ; Soap Factory ; several large Seed
Houses; a Foundry and a Barrel Factory. ,.,-,,,., ,.-.-. , , , . ,.
South of the Town is a magnificent hill, where is situated Mountain Park, and
Irelow this on the right, a very beautiful and picturesque Cemetery— Glenw<K>d ;
aI*o, a Kom«^n Ciithelic Cereotery— Olivet— adjoining it; while on the north is
aa A-grtcuItural Park, a fine R:i ce-course, and a (h-ystetl Palace.
On Main Street we have a branch of the Bank of Mor i al— R. J. B. Crinnbie,
Ecq., Manage* ; also, one of the Standard Bank— W. T. Shi.Liiion, Esq., Manager.
And besides these are several first-class D17 GchmIs' shops and Drug Stores.
Two fir^tKslass newspapers are circulated weekly at home and abroad— The
Pfctott Oaziette, published by S. M.' I'onger & Bro., Esquires ; and the Pictun
Tiates, bf" f. W. McLean, Esq.
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A number of handsome residences and beautiful lawns ai-e to be found in and
amonnd the town and in'^tber par'ts of the couhty, and far and tlear are magnifi-
eenfc drives, unexcelled, if equalled, anywhere outside of Pi-iuce Edwai'd County.
Jk Railroad will shortly be built from Picton direct to the Sand Banks.
In Picton, at the Sand Baaks, Givnoraand Glen Island, Wellington, etc., are
See, «oaifortable Hotels and summvr cottages ; and everywhere along the shores
^ tiie beautiful Bay ftf Quinle und the numer«)us other bays about Prince Ed-
wand County are delightful «pots for camping, and at times many white t4>nte are
i0 lie«een near the water's edge in ^-arious places.
Fiidiing tackle of all «-arietie«> to \*e had in towA. See advertisement pages.
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PICTON AND MOUNTAIN PARL.
MOUNTAIN PAKK.
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Beprininng Wf-ll back on a high hill (cfminioiily known as Macaiilay's Hill.) o>ir
m.'ignificent and extensive M«)Uiitain Park nins to the vei-ge of the beautifully
•wooded d(«cent, and thenro down to the edge of the Town.
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All manner of trees and plant*; thrive here. Pnn«-e Edward Tounty possessing,
it is said, about thi-ee cjuarters of tbe vai'ieties of flora found in the Ik^iniuion ♦)f
('an<ula. The rare and b«'autiful Dai)hn»' grows in s«"veral localities, and of the
innumerable flowers blooming in our woods and nacadowg, tbe following are a
^ew of our most common ones : Hep,ati( as : pink, blue, jmrple, ltd (rui-e) and
•white— last spring I found a fine plant having twenty-six large, snow-white hlos-
isomsal] in fresh, full bloom; whit« and red Trilliums; yellow dog's-tooth Violets;
Phlox ; May-apples ; Daisies : Red Coliunbine : Wild Hoses ; Anemone.- ; Gen-
tians ; Sweet-brier Roses ; Blue-bells ; Biitter-eups and (i«>lden-rod.
Ferns of sev«'ral varieties, including the Maiden's Hair, are common— one sp«!-
cies growing in luxuriant clusters to a height of about thn e feet. Junip«r bushes
are abundant : and the princij)al trees are the ATaple, Kim, Oak, Beech, Risk,
wood, "Willow, Iron-wood, Poplar, Ash, Birch, 8umach ; Hickt)ry-nut, Buttei-
*nit and Hiucel ; Pine, Cedar, Hemlock, Spruce, and Tamarac, or American
X>arch. .i: . , . , .
MOTHS, BU ITER FLIES, Etc.
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In and around the Town and throughout the county are to be found countless
numbers of insects of aX\ varieties and sizes— among the moths the four largest
ones : the C'eeropia, Polypheoae, Luoa and Promethea, each possesfiing i-are b« au-
ty. Also, the Hawk Moth, or five-spotted Sphinx, and Himiming-bird Sphii.x ;
Virgin Tiger ; V/hiteSJiller ; Rusty Vapor ; and a number of very .bwndsouie
ti^tecalae ; among these, several wit^ grey-mottled fore-w^ings, the under-wings
lMinde<l with a brilliant red and black, or black and yellow.
Among the butterflies the more common ones are the Philodice, Berenice,
Thistle, and Admiral ; the Asterias and Tiger Swallow Tail, and the Mourning
C'loak. I have also found the Golden C, and a beautiful species of the Ai*||ynnis
or Mother-of-Pearl Butterflies ; also Dumerous Plebeians.
Besides these are a vast numlw>r of Beetles, Bugs, net-winged and varions
other insects, some handsome Capricoms, the red -spotted Cat<en>illAi'-hunter, and
the Leaf-Eaters, one itt the most beautiful of these b«'ing the Gilded Dandy. —
^Uio, the Walking Stick and the Lyreman.
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PICTUHESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
She (Jmise of the Oolphin.
JN July, 1S91, the writer h»d the plea<*ure of taking a cruise around Prince-
Kdwanl County In the yacht Dolphin. The Dolphin i8 a well and strongly
built sloop-rigged, ceatre-b«»ard yacht. She measures 3S feet overall, and 10
feet beam ; carries main-sail, stay -sail, jib, and top-sail, and has a commodious and
comfortable cabin with conrenient ccMiking and sleeping arrangements.
On the cruise referred to I had the honor of being captain, my crew consisting
of the following y<iung men who readily accepte*! my invitation to accompany
me and who were duly assigned duties resiiectively as follows :
Sailing Mast(>r and Artist in Water Colors— E. B. M.
Mate and Director of Sports — M. C. . . ,, ^ ,- ^. f '
Cliaplaia and Photographic Artist— C. H. B. •? » .v 1 ,..'
Physician and Maitre de Cuisine— F, M.
The Co<»k who was much of th<? time regarded as the most important personage
of all was c( mi posed of (1) the Maitre de Cuisine, (2) the Mate, (3) the Sailing^
Master, and (4) the Chaplain. This combination was soon found to be necessary,
the cooking being done by sets of two at a time. The appetites of the crew under-
the stimulus of fresh air taken in daily and abtindant doses, combined with much
exercise of sufficiently varied character, quickly became matters cf such im-
portance as ta demand an almost constant attention, so that if the duty of
preparing the food for the stomachs of all had been allotted to one, the poor fellow
would probably have desertetl and swum ashore in sheer dt'speration.
t(^-
For the history of the voyage I find it convenient to supplement what I
remember by resorting to the log of the Dolphin. This I fear was n()t kept in
(piite the orthodox fashion. It Is true the writer, as Captain, made the oi-dinary
entries daily as to weather, courses and «listance covered, or points reached or
passed, but the other officers at the Captain's recjuest also iiijule contributions of ■
their independent opinions of matters and things, or comments' on- the' eventa ^O"'
of the cniise. No attempt has lieen made to present any of the inat<erlal iiupplied *** '
by the log in finished literary dress. The matter tlierein was generally written 4 A
under stich circumstance s as to preclude any serious eflfort at literary adornment
or propriety of style, and it has l>een thought best where (piotatitms have beeu
made therefrom, not to make any attempt at "improvement," the chief aim
being to here present a truthful narrative, fully assured that nothing further will
THE CRUISE OF THE DOLPHIN.
Ill
be necessary to convince any of my readers not alrea«ly familiar with the localities
and scenery referred to, of the great treat in store fpr any whrt atmj hm wise or
fortunate enough to verify this history by their own personal experience.
On the 8th day of July, 1891, we "weighed anchor" by untying the roiie that
held our yacht to the buoy in Picton Harbor, and to be accurate, the Dolphin
swiuig off to the wind at 11:% a. m., and forthwith was commenced the process
of beating out, the wind being northerly to north-weiterly, and "light and
baffling" according to the log. This process under such circumstances is some-
what tedious, the inner harbor being rather narrow, ancbthe banks on the westerly
side high and precipitous, causing at times varying currents of wind differing
materially from the direction of the wind outside. ■• i.« .I'l
At length we passed through the narrows at Chimney Point and soon were in
the broad bay and on the "bounding billows." The breseze freshened up, the weather-
was fine and all hearts were light, our pulses bounding with the billows. This
bay may be called the outer harbor ; it is much more capiicious than the inner,
and the water generally of good depth. Perhaps not the whole British Navy,
but I think I would be safe in saying th«i, whole American Navy could here with
ease ride at anchor, and the smallest Lake Ontario vessels, at anchor here,
would be n\ut<> 2;vfe in the worst storm that ever visits these waters.
The scenery along this part of the Bay of Quinte is exceptionally beautiful.
Froui beginning .to end this bay alxnmds in scenes of varied and picturesque-
loveliness and to aHyone duly appreciative of such excjuisite bits of fine scenery,,
where land and water may Ik* .said to vie with each other in adding charms, and
producing scenes outrivalling fabled fairyland, it is worth coming across the*
ocean, aye, from the ends of the earth to see and enjoy. I may here be thought
a little too enthusiastic over this matter, but I really think it would he impossible
for mo by any picture I have the power to draw to do anything like complete-
justice to our beautiful and far-famed Bay of Quinte. It has to be seen to bc-
appreciated, and after that """'/r ..■*,*"••
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"None know it but to love it, ■> •.> • H - . , ( H h ^
Nor name it but to praise." ■ "' ' '' i i-t* •> ■
And now to return to our voyage. As out yacht sped along at the behest of
the favoring breeze our Lidy guests (I forgot before ttj inenti(.>ii that we were
honored by the presence of several young ladies who were to accompany us a
short distance intending to return home on one of the bay ste.lnu'rs) our l(uly
guests seemed to feel the iuspiiation of the occiision and favored us with some
beautiful simgs in which they were joined by some of thi' crew, the voices Ix'ing
accompanied by violin and biinjo. There is nothing like a .^ail over the spaikling
waters to cheer and enliven the spirits and enal)le one to throw dull care to the-
112
PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
wincU
v«t t«
Yachting I would place at the very h«'ad iind i)innafie of out-door iuini6on)ODt»,
indeed IthiiikitsouK'thingiiiorfthanauiuseiucut. In (»reat Britain has itespec ially
been found an important means of education in matter.s which may he said to be
intima^.ely connected with the very life of the nation. And one of ordinary
observation can scarcely have tailed to notice in our yoimg Canadians that same
love of adventure, that fejirless eiicoitnter and keen enjoyment in the wild war-
fare with wind and wav. that have for so many centuries characterized the
denizens of the British Isles, and made them ma8tei*s of the Ocean world. And
therefore it seems to me that *his amusement should be encoiu'aged v.nd fostei-ed
in all reasonable wiiys by all who hope for a future of vigor, strength and enduring
^eatness for the Canadian nation. ^Mt-t i» i «»t»» r; , !• , . >• i • n . u . ., v ;.
I think I said we U'ft our buoy in Picton Harbor at lltl^O a. m. At about 1:45
p. m. we cast anchor in a very pretty cove in the High Shore nearly opposite
Thompson's Point. Here we were completely sheltered from the wind and s«K>n
were enjoying our first lunch on hoard. Thompson's Pi»int is on the southerly
«ide of the entrance from the Long Reach into Hay Bay. This bay in "old times"
was a paradise for sportsmen, even now it is holding its own, well, as compared
with other resoits for game .and fish. It has been much .'i>e«iuen ted fi)r several
years past by some gentlemen from the U. S., who have been fortimate enough
to find it out. Many miu^kinonge from 20 to iH) and even 40 lbs. have been tiiken,
«nd bjiss, pike, pickerel, and smaller fish in abundance. Also ducks gf several
yarieties, and w«K)dcock and snipe frequent the bay, and the extensive mai-sh at
the northerly end of it at the pi-oper season. After lunch we all went on shore
and enjoyed » pleasant ramble through the shady woods, and after i-<>sting awhile
in a beautiful ghule whence we could survey at our leisure the panoramic scene
«pr<>iul out I)efore uk, we returned to our yacht and again s«t sail, pi-ocet'ding on
our way up the Reach. Tke I»ng Reach is a strip of wat4»r Tarying in width
from three or four hundred yards to half a mile, and cwnnecting the bay nt
Deseront«, formerly called Moluiwk Bay, with the broatl bay I)et^ween (ilenora
«nd Tlutnipson's Point, formerly called (irand Bay. The banks iMtunding the
Long Reach on either side are in many places high and precipitous. AstJhe Long
Rejwh is entertnl from the «outh«Tly, a magnificent vista opens up, the village of
Deseronto kteing in fine weather visible in the distance. As you lulvance, a series
of blufTs or hea<llaiids An the left comes gradually into view. The pictui-e thus
present^nl is rarely e4|ualled. One who, from the d*ck of a st4>amer us she takes
her stea<ly way up through t4ie centre of the Reach, observes bluff aft^'r bluff
([[nulually emerge from olwcurity and become an important [mrt of the persitective
IS apt to thiak of the hne : ■. ' ■ •
"Hills p*«'p o'er hiils and Alps on Alpfc arise"-
THE CRl'ISE OF THR DOLPHIN.
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It was our intention to meot the Arnu-nia (one of our l)ay stt'jimers) at Coin's
wharf where the girls were to get on l)oarJ of lier to return to Pictonthatovening.
But the wind having again heconie light we did not make such progress as we
antieipated. We watched the Armenia approaching on hei- way from Ueseronto,
until it became evident that with such a breeze as we then had wo would not
reach the wharf until long after she would have touched and gone. We therefore
decided to put the girls in the dingy pitting oars and muscle agajnst steam.
Our dingy was in fact a neat and light running row boat with two pairs of oais :
the members of the crew detailed for this emergeiu-y being M. and B. The oars-
and muscles won.
We who were left had the pleasure of observing from the motionless deck of
the Dolphin, the advent of the girls upon the wharf a full minute or more before
the Armenia threw out her ropes. I do not heie make any stati-ment as to tlie
exact distances traversed by the steamer and row boat respectively. It (U»es not
ajipear to be necessary to a i)roper understanding of the story. I have something
more interesting to talk about just now. Some sentences back, I made use of
the expression : "motionless deck of the Dolphin." I might, perhaps, more aptly
have said : the deck of the motionless Doli)hin. She was at that time cpiite
stationary. Whether the helmsmen, affected by the general excitement i)revalent
at the sudden departm-e (^f the girls for the steamer, neglected to notice the red
buoy, or, noticing it thought he was giving it wide enough bei-th, oviu/ata/erehant,
as Virgil says, almost inunediately after the disembarking of the girls, the
Dolphin ran on a shoal. Tlie sails were at once lowered. Tht" bow of the yacht
was found to be at least six inches above its normal position. I thought that
unless we could get the Armenia to haul us otf, we would l)e safely anchored for
the night, as our yacht was (juite heavy, besides carrying about three tons of
iron ballast and considerable baggage and iniiniliin-iita.
As the Armenia came past us on her way up with the girls on board, we blew
our horn freipiently and loudly, lowered our fly to intimate that we were in
distress and desired their assistance, and called to the captain with all the force
<if our lungs, in fact, asking for help in siich sti-ntorian tones as we thought
should have been heard il(>ar across the Heac!i ; b«t beyond a couple of "toots "
from the steam whistle and the waving of handkerchiefs by the girls on board,.
we received no attenticm whatever. We wei-e left to paddle our own canoe as it
were ; but it wasn't. It would hardly do either to say we were left to hoe oiu
own row. That might be will enough for a rox- boat, but the Dolphin woidd not
get along in that way. We were left to our own resouires, our opinion of whicli
just then did not seem to elate us. However it will perhaps be seen hereaftei',
although I say it who A:c., our crew were possessed of some cpialities that no
sailor should be without. Pluck and powers of endurance and a readmess to
meet and overcome difficulties,
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PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
Upnn the return of M/and B. with cui- Uinfj^y. we sent M. and F. ashore to
huht up help. In the meantime we had decided U> examine our situation and
flee what should be done. We shipped the baggagt aft, and ('. heing the tall
man of the crew stepped over the side of the y<icht into the water and com-
menced wading around, feeling alioiit the bow of the tessel and examining her
much the same as if she were an a dry dock. B., seeing; this, was also tempted
to leave the stationary decli and take to the water. J confess it somewhat siir-
pristMl me at first to see my men trea^ the ' briny deep" with such contempt as
to go so carelessly v/ading aroimd soi far from shore. Presently we decided on
trying an ex|>erime. it. ('. took the hMr on his shoulder, stooping somewhat to
do this. B. got his shoulder under one of the side-stays, and I got the pike-pole
well planted amen^ some small boulders.
When the word "ready" was given, C simply straightened up a little, B.
surged out a little, and 1 f^ave what I thought quite a vigoi>ous, lateral push with
the pike-pole, ti. r-* , l, tng that the stem swung arountl several feet, and at
the same time the y : ! •('■ . «)ack towai-d deep water a foct «r more. I then
plantetl my pole ufwn the opposite side, and the bt)ys braced themselves as lie-
fore. This time th« triu't follv.w-'^g "ready" was very satinfactory. Tlie I)ol-
l)hin was l)eautifully iauuciiefl hi) Uv' water, the boys cra^xliug on boartl by
way of the horn just as we bid fait-'well to the shoal. We had run on a bitMvil,
smooth, sloping rock. It was covered m ith slime, and our vessel esc-aped without
the slightest injury. The satisfaction we experienced at this happy turn of
affairs will be readily unde«-stood bj' yachtsmen. AVe called to our l)oys on shore
to return. They si'emed at first scarcely able to undci-stivnd that we did not re-
ijuire assistance, but (juickly were on their way to join us. We then crosstnl the
Rciich and were 8o<in safely at anchor in a little cove on the northerly sidf , where
we had supjier about nine o'clock.
After that impoi-tiint and pleasing duty had l)een performed, we brought out
some cushions and reclining at t^ase in various positions around the deck, enjoyetl
for an houi- or more before "turning in," the delights of a balmy suiunicr night.
1 am afraid that coniparativ(>ly few of the human race know what pleasures
Naturehas in store for those who simply «leign to i-eceive theiu at her hands. The
musical rip})le of the waters as they bi-cak against the sidt^s of the vessel ; the
soft and dream-like sighing of the night-wind as it gently i-uffles the leaves and
cr«)ons a hdlaby as if to soothe the denizens of the forest to sleep ; ever and anon
the strange and weird cry of birds as they cross the sky fai- overheiul in their
nightly and mysterious migrations from clime to clime ; the occasional barking
t)f a dog faintly heard in the distfiiue ; the lowing of a cow ; the silver-tonwl
trilling (»f a swamp-frog ; the frecjuent and sweetly melancholy songof the whip-
poor-will ; and the countless other charms for the sense of hearing which natuiv
here lavishes in her concerts of summer nights. accompanieJl by a brilliant, starry
THE CRUISE OF THE DOLPHIN.
115
F. ashore to
situation nod
being the tall
iter and ctna-
xntuiDing her
also tempted
oniewhat siir-
I conteuipt as
7v decided on
somewhat to
the pike-pole
> a little, B.
iral push with
il feet, and at
iiore. I then
iselves as \ie-
ry. The Dol-
on boartl by
on a bitMMl,
•aped without
[ippy turn of
l>oys on shoiv
'e did not re-
n cTosstxl the
ly sidf, where
brought out
Ll('ck,enjoyetl
iiiimT night.
hat j)lejisures
'!• hands. The
e vessel ; the
le leuA'es and
'ver and anoii
liead in their
onal barking
' silver-tontnl
jof the whip-
which natui-e
illiunt, starry
aky and the peculiar fascination of landscapes, and stretches of glassy water here
4vnd there vaguely discernible beneath the mellow radiance of the moon, would
almost justify one in imagining himself iu some region of enchantment.
I will here venture to quote some lines which seem to me fairly applicable to
the matter in hand, and for which I have a fatherly feeling :—
"How calm ! how still ! The forest sleeps :
The zephyre breathe their softest sighs ;
Enchantment o'er the spirit creeps,
And more than fairy scenes arise ;
■' For unt<dd glories Natui-e keeps
To spread uiKMi her midnight skies,
And countless charms o'er Earth she flings,
Htot'- AetiA dreamy silence comjuers all
But rustling of the night binls' wings.
And hum of distant waterfall.
And murmuring of the sleepless streams.
Oh, what in Fancy's fondest dreams
. Can picture to the soul a bliss
So calm, so pui-e, so deep as this !
This world were still an Eden fair
Did not vile man its glory mar ;
V But he the being who alone
Of all can ftH'l its beauties rai-e.
Or tas]^its joys, i' is, too prone
To spurn its blessings, drives afar
. The genial influence fj-om his soul ;
While not a star that bright doth smile,
Or planet in its wondrous roll.
Or springing flower, or sp.-irkling stream.
Or warbling bird, or golden gleam
V Of sunlight on the wavelet's crest.
But doth to glad his heart conspire.
And light it witli devotion's fire
And blesseth him who will be blessed." /
At about 0:3U we left our anchorr.go, and in abcut an hour were piiseing up tl
I
no
./
PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
h ~i
bay between Descronto jnid Ciptain John's Island. The wind was northerly to
north-westerly, at tinies too fresh to carry a top-sail. Our t-ourse was about
Houth-weslerly, and th\n wi^ Hal fair s.iilinyp. R.inuin;.? c!os:»-h iii!e:l occasion illy,
and oceasionally easing off, we made the upper end of Big Island in one 8tret«h^
We ran in behind the island and cast anchor. Hero there is a beautiful sh»»ot of
water almost wholly enclosed, making a fine hai'oor for light vessels, though it is*
rather sliallow for boats of large si ./e. The beautiful sienery everywhere obser-
vable in this vicinity deserves lengthy description, aud would now receive sucb
were it not that I would have to n^peat in substance what I have already saitl
about other parts of the Bay of Quinte, and my readers might think it l)e<omin}5
monotonous. There is such a thin^ as a surf.Mt of sweets. But perhaps it is not
a "bad fault," this superabundance of fine scenery which nature has so liberally
bestowed upon all these regions bordering an I contiguous to the Bay of t^uinte,.
an<l which 1 freely acknowledge my inability to adecjuately describe.
We remained in this lovely retreat until next day about noon, our time when,
we were not eating or sleeping being princi[;il!y s[)out in rowing about the bay,
fishing and bathing in its cool and refreshing waters.
We passed through the Bay of Quinte Bridge (which connects Prince Edward
and Hastings counties) about 2 o'clock, afternoon of the loth .July, and cast an-
chor a short distance west of the bridge, near the Ameliasburgh shore. .Some of
the crew went over the bridge to Belleville to post some letters to the folks at
home, and to get some supplies for the yacht. We weighed anchor about o o'-
clock, and made very fair progress up the Bay until towards 7 o'clock, when, the?
wind almost dying away we came to anchor on the Hastings shore, otf "The-
Pines." I don't ktiow tliat any one else calls this "TIu' Pines." but seeing no other
grove of this kind ot timber anywhere in the vicinity, and none of the native*
being at hand to interrogate as to the proper name, if there is any, we thouglit
we could do no better than to bestow upon the place the name above given.
This night, ujembers of the crew began to assist the Capt.iin in the keeping of
the log, and here follow souie of their entries :— .>
By F'. M.
Friday Night.
This has been a gloriously hot and quiet day. This morning as I was idling;
along the shore, my fancy travelled back to the time wlian over this bay glided
the c moes of those now long gone to rest, but I was aroused from my reverie by
the uu'lodious voice of C. B. ( rying out : "Say. boys, I've spilled the porridge !"
We are faring siunptuously, but would grow fat if we had the disLO'* clean* d
soon enough to cook more. I also wou'.d maku a more fav;;rable impression ou
the country maidens if I had more sleep.
rthorly to
ivas iihout
asionilly,
>I Hh«ot of
lough it isi
ere oliser-
eiv€» sucJi
•eady said
l)e<ouiitig
s it is not-
libonilly
f QuinU',
uie when,
the liay,
Edward
cajst aii-
Souif of
folks at
out 5 o'-
lien, tho
Iff "Ther
no other
native*
thought,
n.
iping of
right.
Idliugf:
glided
erie by-
■idge !'*
leant d
iion ou
v-f^-y^f . ^•^■f-:-
I'HOJf A NIOCATIVi:.
I!V !•:. r!. .MKIMMl.l.
TliK MliniAV CANAL.
1 jto.M A m-.(;ati\!;. SMITH BAY. i,y K. i;. MtKitii.i..
THH CHUI8K OF THK HOLFMnN.
11,-
f .1111 scrioii-ily afraitl t}mt ('. B. iiml U. M. will havo tin* gout, ;i,ml as pliysic-iax.
to tliis ciH'W I would advhc them to take I'Xfivisc,
By M. C. ' ,./•..
My ohsiM'vations foi- tin* day liave hccMi confiiu'd to the culinaiy dt'payliiient ir.
which tliPic is >iji'eat .scope for matht'inalical icscairh. The attiactiveiM'iw c»t
this department is in direct ratio with the length of time .since the lasti>ip»I.
The tulmiration tor the ilepartment is inversely proportioned to the t'ulnoHB ttl'liiL'^
crew. J) )c'8 capacity is infinity. B. says he has no desire for anythinj^ t«»csit.
hut thi.s (lesir<> is an infinitesimal of the second order compared to tht deairii ti>
see nothing left. •;. ; •. ,. ; ^« ..;.-;,, J v
ByC. B. . • ■ > - , •,,,-,;. ,..,.,,.,, [
"I ■ .( • i Hi
There certaitdy is science in all things. Although at present not .s()rat;«Io;;ru<«fI.
dish-washing should l)e numhered among the sciences, if not its piactice will* thsi
learne«l professions. The artist of the party is eng.iged on shields for twt» of tkf*
principal memhers of the crew. The approved design will piolyahly Ik;: t*4\v«L
dish-pans on a gold gravy Held with dish-cloths and scrapers rampant.
By K. B. M. , . . si •,
Thecontrihutionhy the sailing mastei- cannot conveniently heherere[)rrx1]ui"d,.
consisting as it does of a fine pen and ink picture of out' vessel lying at anr!u»i- Alt
night with several of the crew on deck, one of whom seems to Ix' int«'nt1y.
engaged in lowering towards tlu' hottom of the hay a suspicious looking objvi;]t
attached to a cord. This ohject is heing insi)ecti'd hy v.irious memheis of ibt.-
finny trih.' who appear toipiestion the i>ropriety of its invasion of iheir territory,,
and woirler whetlui' the enclosed fluid has any atHnity to that hy whifh they
are suiruunded.
I'nder the picture appears this inscription :—
. - ^ I'.-i, /■■ '.,
By the Cai'TAIx
,, "Wonder what 'ales' the crew to-night ? " ^,, ,.,^,|, .,•,,, , ; ;,.
Saturday, 11th Jdlj*.
Had hraakfast about 8:30, Put one reef in the main--ail. Wind fresh fn«i>
the south-westerly. Weighed anchor shortly after!*. Had a fiiu' run up. Ci«J,
to Trenton Pi'^rs at noon. Ran in the harbor and cast ahchor. Fine, dear, »nor:y
day — coO'l and pleasant. Tlu» air delightfully bracing. Must he chargctlivk.^i
o;^one. ■
We left Trenton shortly after four, and laid our course for the Murray Cuiia!'
which we reached about o:3."). After some discussion we detided to tty a ruTi
through. Wind very liglit, about S, W. Soon it failed us altogether, a nci Ihf'Tf*
being no tug at hand, our crew had to do their owu towing througti thorauil
. .Vi'.
ua
PICTURESQUK PIUNCE EDWARD.
■nrHrh ♦imipKul imirc thiin f-uo lumrs, ami was a very tedious (.ink, Aftoilcavinn
1; lu* cAJHitl w> unU'ii'il l*i-cs<ju' Isle Hay wlifrc wo aiiclHtrcd fm- the iiin'it-
rw F. M.
Satiirtlay Nighl.
Th'iK hvis l)<?on It pn'Uy t«)nj,'li day. Wt- had a hm^ Irainii alonj^ tlu* cniial.
.M. CT, fliid rnys«>lf t4>wi>d the yacht across IMcs«|u' Isle liay. I am pretty tir«'d,
i»iiiKnp|M*r hiiH miuh* iiic fed hct-tci-. I not*' with f^rcat j'casmc that B. has out-
.'^rowii IiiH habit «»f clititliiiiK the mast to iicrforin .some tedious job justaHtho
me-iJs aiti remly. I «ls<» su^K^'^^t tliat we distrihiite snnu' of ("s haj^^aj^e amoufjf
I'Jti' nAtiv(*K, ftiid n'«ju«'st, that he Iirinj; uo more sweet oil on hoard. (\. H. This
riiil fgot spillvd uu somf! vahiahle hooks.)
ThiK has been a deli!j;l>tful day. AVe walked the whole lenj^th of the canal. J
(;tiiIIiM3 l,l>e rest of tlie crew throuf;li. They were not in th»' y.icht, hut they sat on
.5.h«' fc*j\v-rofM( when I was [tullinK in front of them. I did not sec them there
/ji^raHKC" th«'yahvay.s jumped otf when I looked around ; hut I have .1 "plumhaKo"
^hc wh«>le htngth of my s|>iiu'. I think ('. dra}.'ged his feet. V'Am was not the
•4ff.1i}i;blful iKirbof the «hiy. The delightful part came when (". and D. exchanj^ed
t. »e {MiMition of dishwasher for that of cook which was formerly held witli ^reat
wxttnth by lioc and my.self. I d«art expect to gt-t any salt in the "jjfrub" during
ktW rent of the cruise. W<ui't the i)orri<lge he burned ? Doc and I expect to keep
U-om .sl.arving by piecing.
By C. B.
This has lieen rather a wearying day. Of it all, the canal called for the most
4'X«rtJun. / tciwed the yacht through the canal, and aHsistetl M. and the D«)ctor
y allowtng tkrui to cling to the rope. 1 see that M. is slightly in error with
.:'.-|;ar(I to this parbof if., but he really is very tired to-night. We UKiughtlessly
;...'i«*wed him to Wow >ouie soap bubbles this morning, and it will, we suppose, l.e
:t- >r .ire d*y 8 liefore he i*e covers from the extreme physical exhaustion ho occasioned.
Br THE C'APTAIX.
Sunday, 12th Jnly.
This wa>s & dclightf td morning, c^dm and cool. A light breeze sprang up from
t\<f a. W. «arly in the forenoon. About '6 in the afternoon we weighed anchor
i!i..i t sailed for Weller's Biy. On approaching its extrani-e, the wind having
.'i ittUMLdied away tu arahu, the sandy bottom of the lake (Ontario) as we passed
^) ujti;;:, WAS difltinctJy Keen at a depth of from ten to twenty feet, or more, the
ffurfaoeof the sand biMug marked M'ith long p«ral]el ridges of tiny wares, and for
.7.U iKMir or 80 wp passed slowly along contimially observing with delight, through
j|.ji# cryntal waters, the «'ai-yin£[ and beautiful Band pictures presented to us fnm»
i*'Jiow. •
THK CRUISE OF TIIK DDhPlIIN.
m
fU'rl«'iiving
t.
ly Ni^ht.
: tlic cnniil.
ntty tiittl,
H. IwLs oiil-
jiiHt iiH tho
N. B. This
ic ciin.il. 7
they sat on
thciii there
'Iiluinhfigo"
was nut tlu^
i'X(huiig«'(l
with ^re>it
ub" during
)t'i't to k«'rj)
»!• th«' most
tht' D«)tt«)i'
I'lTor with
mghtlt'SKly
luppuse, l.e
tfcasioiied.
2tli Jnly.
ig up from
u'il uiu-hor
iitl hiiviug
we puKKi'd
more, the
es, and for
it, through
tu us from
TVIit'ii iiciiiiiig Hiild Ht'ud Island wc touched Ixtttimi si'vePiil times .iiid had Ut
trhiUige our course to the northward, soon Hiiding tlie jaoper diannel leiidin^^ into
^VeUer's Hay. We came to atu-lior m-ar ConHecon (a village at the casteiii end of
Weller's Bay) shortly after (J o'clock. M.. .M., and K. went ashore to attend chiuth
;n <'onseeon. We lay at anchor lu-re all night.
By M. C,
This has heen .i very ([uiet day. We sjient the morning in meditation, fishing
and dish-water -principally fishing hut Doc. and I in tlie dinh-wafer. We ate
■nonie dinner. We had stewed ttnions and unstewed Kalt, That is, tlie salt lorj;o(/
?l.o get in the onions till we forcibly injected it after we had all tried a spoonfid of
iJii unflavored article at the table. Stewed onions without sail, an<l stewed salt
withoutoinons, all the same thing both are uneatable,
We had some burned rice-pudding for dessert, It wasn't, simliurn<(l eitljer. -
You don't notice the burnt tjiste if yoii put a small spoonful of it in a large bowl
■of .sugai' and milk, and flavor with chow-chow.
We sjient a pleasant time at Church in Conseeon. Th«> sermon was good and
the prayer-meeting well attended- so Dwy say. The thermometer reg'slerid
J(»r in tlu' clnu'th ; just lb lower than the sermon.
By F. M.
This has been a nice dfiy, and I have enjoyed mys«'lf veiy nmch. I did not
sleep very well last night, I went to bed ut llo'eloi-kM., B., C. and myself, ail
}<lei>t under the sail evei-y time we breathed I ('o\dd feel the sail move. At 12
■o'clock, under the sail, tlu' thermonu'ter was alxait tK) ; at 1 o'clock about 8(1 ; at
.IJ o'clock about Hf) ; at 5 o'clock lit), arid steailily rising. 1 fell asleep about (t
■o'clock, and at 7 we ha<l brejikfast.
We fished this morning. At least they fished an«l 1 took the fish oft' the .ludge's
iiook and l«ited it. I enjoyed the fishing very nuu-h.
After dinner we had a fine sail to Conseeon, I couldn't get a good look at the
■preacher as the pulpit kept sliding all over the front of the church. In fact the
whole clnu'ch was unsteady. As I had no sleep last night I meditated duting the
sermon, which was alM)ut <hincing and fighting, I guess. Aft"r church C. got \ h
4jp a fainy supper. At least, he cut the bread in eight pieces, and carved the
itlu'ese foi- us.
iBy TIIK CaI'TAIN. Monday, l.'Uh .hdy.
Fine, sunny morning. Light wind, westerlj*. Beaclu'd month of Weller's
Bay at!) o'clock. Had to beat considerably to keep clear of tht? "flats" off Bald
Ueiul. Passed by this island at 0:15.
At 12 o'clock, noon, ahnost calm. We are about a mile and a-half westerly
rmm
120
PICTrRESQUK PRINCE EDWARD.
from iiuu'i- ontl of Nicholson I.^land, and n mile or mile and a quarter from shore;-
All char, I'xc-ept a few Hcccy light clouds. Hazy around the horizon.. At I2i^>,
dcarl c-alni, pitching and floating around, hut not getting ahead much. Bieeze ti.
little lu'tter at 2:2(». liati down 4 or 5 miles, the wind getting so light we thought
it would he after midnight before we woidd icach Point Traverse, so we retuined.
to Nicholson Island and anchored near the iiuier end of it about '> o'clock.
'."•.'iiir ' •
"Went ashore and got some pease, hroad, eggs and milk.
Lightning frequently, in the Noi-th Westerly, from about 10 to past midnight
— ;i few dark looking clouds there.
BvF. M. ,.,,..., . J„ ';,,.7/ .'..,,:., ..,-.'
Another fine day. ^V^' had a fine sail ai-nund Bald Head and down the lake. —
I washed my stockings this morning. One is now missing. I saw B. have it m
the lake. (". has promised to take my picture and I dont know Avhich foot to
wear my sock on. I shall have to sit on the ground in a meditative position, with
my tapering white fingers locked around my fairy-like unkle. ; ,>,ji -< iluui 'hmJ. i .
By M. C.
)t M
n,'
..!.. .(
I am almost too weak to wiito. 1 woke up this morning grcmtly refreshed by
the night air F had taken, but not getting anytliing Avith which to supplement it
at breakfast time, it disagreed with me. Dinner iMid supper were nnide up of.
what wasn't left at breakfast. >/ -j .^;j
By thk I'aptaix, -. ■ ' • - '.•'' i' ' . ■ ■ ■' . i I ■>.'. . . , ;■
; ,,.,,,.,, , • '. ■ . . . i Tuesdav, Uth .Tuh'.
Had some music: violin, banjo, and singing, last night— very j)leasant. I'he-
wind lulh^d considerably. We drop])ed down and in aroimd the end of Nichol-
son Island, finding a much better place to rest.''. Got the dead swell occNisionally
even there. According to one of the inhabitants of this island, this is a rather
will and shelterlcssjplace in a heavy scjuth-westerly gale. The billows rcjl! down
each side of the island, and ciuving inward meet on the bar with a clash, throw-
ing stones sometinu>s iiO feet high, and making a spray and mist through which
the mainland at times cannot be seen.
Nothing came of the lightning last night. Some heavy clouds hi the south
easterly and southi>rly this morning at 5. At u::i() they seem to be getting thin-
ner. Light wind about W. Went for a row a little before (i a. m.,. up along the-
westerly coast of the island. AVeighed anchor and swung otf at 7:12. A little
cloudy. Wind very light, southerly or a little west of south.
I
Wind variable and light, westerly by south-westerly until we were about a.
mile and a half.otf West Point at 12 o'clock. " '' " ^'' "' ' -wf"""' " >•..•.,- , .u: I
• : f
Shortly after this a heavy squall struck us, and the who'e lake in a ivw ,
I., i:
:<l' A 1 J-,i.il^,» ,.J r ).! , 4 r i' i'i» ..i
.,. ,-../ ., ,
,
? south
)g thin-
J J
ong the-
\ little
■ . * ' »
I ':
>.
about a.
S« , •If. i
\X tl fyw
•i» .f :.\
1/ lll'W.
mmmmmm
t »
/I'A'i
THK CRUISI-] OF THE DOLPHIN.
-i: lir*' .
121
minuU'H was a sea of white-caps.
We w«>r<' carrying all sail, including top sail at the time. Not the slightest
'indication of an approaching 8(|uall had appeared. Orders : Take in top-sail,
Down with jih. Leave stay-sail up. Lower the main-sail. .My object in leaving
tip stfiy-sail was that we might eat out and avoid a shoal said to ext<'nd about
1,wo miles out from Point Peter. All orders were attended topi'omptly, and in less
rthan two minutes we were running under stny-sail ah)ne, and prej aring to g« t
*.hr<^e reefs in main-sail, getting off the land \iicely. , ,<
In a few minutes the billows were rolling high. The main-sail was soon
TeefcMl, and we were rutining down the lake keeping clear «)!' Salmon Point and
Point Peter. In about IK) minutes the gale began to abat«'. ,.;^,,i- 't . •
At 12:45 we were op|M)site Salmon Point, and off Point Peter at 2:2(>. In the
meantime the wind ha4l become light and variable southerly and south-westerly ;
thunder and lightning in VJirious (piarters — clouding up. Hain c'ommenct d
al>out }:'.¥). Heavy rain at 1:M). Now a long run with very light breczef,
-sometimes dead calm, and taking a tow with row boat. From Point PeU-r to Point
Traverse thns seemed very long. Lots more rain, but very little wind.
Here I must expiess my admii-ation of the crew tor their pi(»mpt .'ind efticieiit
servi<:es, and coolness under sonu'what novel and trying circiniistances, this being
the. first extended cruise for most of them ; and their first experience with a
s<ju;iJl of such duration and violence. Their b«'havior was worthy of old salts.
We reached Point Travei-se light (red) at 8:1.'). Passed in between that point
and TimlM'r Island, saw tlie False Ducks. Han up along the southerly sljore of
South Hay, big tlunider storm «oming on. ' . i- - >
This has been an ex«"iting day for me. I had a gool night's sleep, pi-obably
owing to th«! light suppci- I ate. On account of the negligence of the waiter ^\ e
had no printed Hill of F.iie, but I remeniber it very well, namely : bi'ea<l, salt, a
plate and some mustard. i m , ,, , ,
I was on watch last night from 2 till 'A:'¥), I thought it was going to be s(m;c-
^hing {K)etical and lomantic, all alMxit the st.irs, dew. etc. Put when one sits ( ii
!i wet <»il-<'loth in the diirk and jerks evei-y time a tish jiniips, jind thinks bow he
would swell till up if he wei-e drowned here, the thing loses .ill its romance.
We had a li^lit lireakf.ist and started down t lie Like for' South Miiy. We were
struck by a sipiall and I got sea'siek. I ale no dinner. We had sour milk for
■supi)er.
.«'.JJ
B. deserves gi-eat credit for the mannei- in which he worked the yacht during
the squall. Of course we hiul confldence in oui' Captain, find expected unich from
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PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
him, and our expectfttions werp completely fulfilled.
I think tluit B. is a }?ood sailor hut seems to me pretty adventurous. I wis!»
he could cook as well as he can sail.
C. is a {^ood waiter hut lias to come on deck to coiujt us before meals to see-
how many plates he needs. He always forgets the number before he sets the
table. ,...,. .:..••-. - ■,
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I feel much the same as last nif^ht. B. and C. are still surprising us with their
cookiufjf. For breakfast they gave us a nice, clean tablecloth flavored with four
grease spots. We had it warmed up for dinner and supper. - , ■ < i
To ai)preciate the severity of the squall see Vii-girs d<»scriptiou of the destruc
tion of the Trojan Fleet. I think the same s(iuall mentioned by Virgil, striuk us ;
but it seems to have gathered a good deal of force diuiiig the last few centuries.
F. and I ai-e h.iving a good timi' nagging B. and C. abiAjt tlieir cooking. It is<
almost as good as bass fishing,
By THE CArTAlN. . •. . , ■
I Wtfdnesdky, 15th .July.
(ictting up into the nairows of South Bay at aboiit L2(), this morning..
Thunder and lightning, n-/ lilntuii), and i-ain. .lust trying to find ancliorage in
what appears to be a cove. The rain pouring down in torrents, B.. and M. for-
ward ; P>. casting the lead, and M. ready to let go the anchor. F;.st>unding every
minute or so with ])ike pole, at just before 2 o'clock. The rain, cami' down in
torrents, the lightning became very vivid and the thiuuh-r loud. and. ctontinuous..
Suddenly a heavy stpiall, about S. W. by W., came down upon u.s. I; was at the
tilh'r ; roimded up just in time to pi-event striking. Aiuhor let go, and i]b and
main-sail loweriMl at once. In a few mimites we were safely anchored. Bottom :
rock covei-ed with stones in places and .some sand lu're and there. I think we have
got very good holding. Dark as ]<]rebus— wind blowing "great guns."
Tlu' rain continued to come down in "sheets" almost, for some minutes more
till the clothes on most of us were soaked thiough.
Afti'ra short tinus having examined the shore as well as we could by the
flashes of lightning, and referring to our chart, we decided to drop down a little
way ii»t.o ancfiorage opposite a broad part of the cove. We had been at the
westerly end of it. Put out another anchor, thedaw with pieceof railroad iron tied
ali>ng it. We thought it better to have the two aiu-hors as the gale contiinied
very high and we might drag off one into the lake, or, if the wind changed to the
easterly or north-easterly be driven on shore.
Here, again I nuist compliment and congratulate the crew upon their seamen-
like conduct, and their successful I'Xertions in getting the Dolphin safely nux'red.
U.S. I wisfff
ncals to soe-
he si'ts tlie
i-with tlieir
I witli four
lie dost rue
. struck us;.
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kiuLj. It is.
5th July.
i morning-.,
iiliorage iu
mil M. for-
ding every
le down in
out inuou.s.
way at the
nd i|b and
Bottom :
ilv we have
lutes more
nld by the
wn a little
en at tlie
d iron tied
eontinued
f?ed to the*
ir seamen-
ly moored.
Fiio.M .\ Ni:(i.\'rivi;. SAND BAKKS. i;y w. ;•. .xhinson.
I 1:1 .M .\ .NK(i.\TlVi:. , hV W. I. .;ollN.-.i.N.
West Point aqd l{ocl^s, r^car Lal^e Sliore House, tt t'.e Sar\d Banl^s.
I
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THE t'RUISK OF THE DOLPHIN".
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in black darkness and while tho thundei- storm was at its height, andthc frind »
sutression of s(iualls.
I must also say a word for the Dolphin. We liave found her to behari* vitut
admirably under all circinnstanccs. Neither in the squall on the lake, nor run-
ning before the wind, with innnense billows rolling, did she ship a sea. Hurdpck»
remained diy save for the rain, and except that, when the squall GrHt strark her
(with all sail set) she had her lee rail under for a few sectinds. She rij^hii'ii
beautifully, an«l weathered tho gale most satisfactorily.
This morning at oil'i the gale is still blowing off the h»nd a little S. of W. Very
sipially. The anchors held all right, and everything looks beautiful aronnil the;
bay and lake. At 7 a. m. bright and sunny, sky mostly clear. A schooner sighted
going from beyond Waujioos Island, and soon after, two others coming down the;
lake.
Hanging, spreading clothing, bedding, etc., aronnd the d(>ckand in the rfg^g^i ag-
io diy. Left anchorage in South Bay at (5 this evening. Run down jwi-st Black.
River and the Blutf and into Sn^ith's Bay. \\'ind fresh from .south-westerly tt>
westerly. ' . - , > . ,.-, j
When tacking up into into Smith's Bay tlio wind increas<'d to a heavy g»lf.
Some clouds. Looks like an approaching storm of rain and wind. Got toanchor
on westerly side of bay at 7:K) p. m. Almost calm. Hiul a very pleasf*nt ajid.
and restful evening. At 10:4."), wind appeai-s to be freshening np again. Heavj-
clouds in the south-west rrly. Wind about that dii-ection. Will probably be a
big storm to-night.
By F. M.
We have been all night in Smitli's Bay. We ran over iJ0mil<?3 ye.stertlay ami
had nmoh trouble in finding safe anchorage. I i-emained on d«'ck till ahnost l:^\
and as it began to rain and I was of no use on ileck, I W(;nt Indow. Just iiitm w«-
were struck by ascpiall, and it rained very lianl ; plenty of thunder and lightuiu((.
M. and B. managed the yaclit well according to the Captain's orders. Tlve VAXii
ran dt>wn the windows into till' cabin and I placed pails and towl« beneath. As
the boys were wet, I stai-ted a fire and made them sonu> tea. It was a loiTiWe
storm. I did not think the Captain was so strong, but I guess he can »t;:.nd »>>
much as any of us. As we felt a little anxious a watch was kept. C. kepi fij-st
first watch from 3 to 4. I then went on deck and put in two hours. At o'rfr«k
the Judge rose and I rowed him ashore. He went for a stroll while I lay iiptw
the beach and had a sleep. I l\ad not an hour's sleep all night. I have h;Mil Jii&t
10 hours sleep during 4 nights, an average of 2i hoiu's per night.
INI. and I take charge of the cooking to-day while the l)oys do the WrtHbiii^. I
cannot say that I would be particularly anxious to cook were it not tliat 1 ifuu
afraid of being starved. No danger of gout from their cooking.
cat
PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
CTooking ib no snap here. A sliort description wo\ild make it more vivid.
IFlntk there is no circulation of air about the stove. Yon are supposed to walk
stfans ^^® cabin and Bteer ch-ar of tlie table on one side, and the btniks on the
otlner. Then you have to bend for fear of thumping your head against the ceiling,
tLcdkee^a. continual watcli below that you do not stumble over some of C.'s
hmggige. You bend y our left side in to keep clear of the table, and your knees
theoUter wa.y «o as not to run into the seats. This gives you a graceful motion.
Too very much iresemble the figure H built on the bias two different ways. This
«nly (wkes. you ae far as the stove. • '" ► ; '. . : . ; ., -i ■; i ;,:...,;,,.<
f defy any man to build a fire in this stove without getting at lejist five good
looi; pot-black m arks along his arms. We wijjc these off on the dish towel.
After stiir ting the lii-e, you have to stir the porridge continually with one hand,
«a»<l with the other set the table, suit the porridge, get the buttei-, dilute the milk
«m A* t« make it go farther, cut the bread, keep the fire going, open fruit, &c.
n
You caiMi«tp©S8iibly cook without a good nose. You have to smell the milk
to t»x<ke sure it is not Kour, the butter to see it is not covered with coal oil, and
tJie porridge to see it is not Innnt'd, but caie must be taken not to blister your
Rv>se. or it may lose its usefulness. Then there are many other little things to be
4one^ but I think I had better (juit now and leave some room for the otners.
' St THB Captain.
Thiu-sday, 10th July.
A tlelightful morning. Wind moderate, S, W. bj' AV,, 8 a. m. Some light
"♦rreaks of clouds in the easterly horizon. After breakfast M. and F. went up to
fcfee traarKli and got some frog saddles wiiich we had for dinner. , .
'- \We rest easily at anchor heie in Smith's Bay,a short distance, about a quarter
«f » mile, from the marsh. Wind howling from the south-westerly. Some white
cl«u<i« in the sky.
Weighed anchor at 5 p. in. and ran down to a jioint near the entrance of the
hay. Had up the jib alone, and that only part of the time. Tlie wind very liigh
fruui S. W. Gob some bread, buttei', milk, pickles and take.
B-r'ig'x'i m ):>a!ig"it nig'.it. AVind still pretty fresh from the south-westerly.
. . Friday, 17th July.
W-^ighed anchor about 10:15 a. m. Breeze light from southerly, across
W*upoo3 Islanl. P.issin;^ northern end of the island about 1). Wind very
iig^ht. Timber Island and I^aint Traverse in sight.
Head calm at noon. We are yet close off Waupoos Island. A little breeze
frttnx Borlh-eiisterly at 12:25. P.issing Green's Island at 1:15, a small heap of sand
auid boulders. Passed Cape Vesey about 2:30. Tied the tiller while eating
THE ("RUISK OF THK DOLPHIN.
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vivid.
sed to walk
inks on the
thf ceiling,
oine of C.'s
your knees
fill motion,
vuys. This
8t five good
dish towel.
h one hand,
ite the milk
lit, &c.
I'll the milk
:oal oil, and
blister your
things to be
)tliers.
10th July.
Some light
went up to
it a quarter
Some white
ranee of the
d very high
esterly.
17th July.
I'l'ly, across
"Wind very
little breeze
eap of sand
thile eating
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•dinner and got along finely. Passing Point Pleasant (Indian) lightliouse at •1:2().
Turne*! the point and began our run up the Bay of Qiiint«- about 4:;J5 p. m. The
Algerian passed up alwrnt .'). Passed Prinyer's Cove at 5. liieeze fhanged to
southerly off the land. Came to anehor in a pretty eove near a height of land,
where a creek enters the bay. We have had a delightful run from Indian Point.
-Anchored about <5.
C. iM'gan taking phot<)graphs of the yacht, crew, fee. Had tea about 7:IM).
•Cahn and bright stii flight and moonlight to-night. A yacht (sloop-rigged), tiie
Lady Agnes, passed down about I't p. m. Had violin music on board. We struck
up on our violin and ))anjo.
By F. U.
This will probably be our last night out as we are only about 12 miles from
home.
AVe have just been having some nuisic on deck. I fav<U'ed the crew with a
new song entitled "Tb»' lost sheep on the moiuitain-" I am very glad tliat C.
brough his banjo along with him for we liave hail some good singing from him.
We have been out ten days and I have had a very i)leasant t ime. Of course
we have had a couple of days' bad weather, but have b.ul a week's i)leasant
s;iiling. I enjoyed most our stay at Big Island, Weller's Hay and Smitli's Hay.
I think the other boys have also enjoyed themselves. I hope the Cajitain has
enjoyed himself for he has tried to make things pleasant for us, and lias
succeeded.
Now, it is possible, but hardly i)robai)Ie, that some other jierson may i«'atl this
log. But remember, reader, if such there be, the circumstanc«'s under which I
have made these entries. The captain has given all the solid information con-
■ cerning the trip, and the (uily chance for us was to write little p«'rsonals. These
entries have been written hurriedly so excuse any weaknesses.
By the Caitaix.
Satuidaj', ISth July.
Was awakened by B. a little before (5 o'clock. A st«)rm coming. Very dark
with heavy clouds in the soutlu'rly and south-westerly. Commenced to rain
about 0. Wind light, soiitht'rly. Had breakfast between 7 and 8, und weighed
anchor for home at 8:11. Wind southerly. Looks like rain. Had up full main-
sail and jib. Stay-sail down. Wind incre.ised to a lieavy galeattimes. A heavy
rain storm struck us before we reached Glenora. Passed there about !•. A little
more rain just l>elow Townsend Point. Put up our stay-sail. Some pretty
heavy scjualls on our way up from the point. Wind still southerly. Reached
our buoy just inside of Brick-kiln Point about 10 a. m., without having to come
in stays more than once.
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PICTURESQUE PRINCE EDWARD.
And now we bid farewell t () the Dnljdiin, this being our tenth day oiif..
Riiin again between 11 and 12 oVlDck. and cons: durable of it diiriciK t.h«'
afternoon. It is Just as well we came uj) this fcreuoon.
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BY AGNES MAULE MACHAR (IN THE WEEK>.
(3^|^KVKK H ripplo upon the river, • ' *■ ;»>>?• -'
As it lies like a mirror, beneath the moon *
-Only the shadows tremble and quiver, ' '
'Neath the balmy breath of a night in June. '
All dark and silent, each shadowy islanil
Like a silhouette lies on the silver ground,
While, just above us, a rocky highland
Towers, grim and dusk, with its pine trees crowned.
Never a soinid but the waves' soft plashing
- As the boat drifts idly the shore along —
And the darting fire-flies, silently flashing, '
Gleam, living diamonds— the woods among.
And the night-hawk flits o'er the bay's deep bosom,
And the loon's laugh breaks througli the midnight calm.
And the luscious breath of the wild vine's blossom
Wafts from the rocks like a tide of balm.
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BY ANNIE ROTHWELL (KINGSTON).
^I^ALM and soiono is lu-r front, the city that f,'uai'deth the gatrway ;
\L^ She to whom Ktoiin is but hiughter, who inaketh the Un-rent her mock ;
She wlio is fojtitsK-ciownecl, who beareth a fleet hi her bobom, ^
Who is girdled with gn'en. and clothed with a glory of leaf and of bloHsonj-
C.'ity enthroned on the rock !
Memory, tradition are hers, haunting her name like a perfume ;
AVhen smiling rivals were not she could murmur, "I live."
Here for a hundred years she has set her face to the morning,
Whisper of praise she heeds not, softly the answer returning :
"Mine not Ui seek but to give !"
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Fair is she in the spi'ing-time when a bride-veil of mist wreaths her islands ;
Fair when the flashing crystals gleam white in the frost king's breath ;
Fair wlu'ii her domes and her towers are in summer-tranced waters beholden ;
But fairest of all when in splendors ruddy and golden
Her maples go down to their death. \ .■ ■> ■ .!,.; : /.
More than beauty is hers— great lives claim her as their cradle ;
Naiues that shall never die are inscribed on the i-oll of her fame.
When, in the time to come, ai-e repeated in song and in story
Deeds of the heroes of old, with a share in their glory
Men sh.ill uttc!- lier name.
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12 o'tlociv, noon, Monday,
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Leaves Charlotte Saturdays at 4:2."} p. in., arriving at Picton G a. ni., .Smidays.
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to Pitton ; also with Bay of Quinte steamers (all ealling at Pieton) at
Kingston, Deseronto, Napance, P»elleviiie luid Trenton.
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Kdward County may be roached via Steamer Hero »auie afternoon.
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at 8 a. m. and 3.40 p. ni. sharji, arriving at
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Port Dalhousie,
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Direct connection at Toronto with C. T. R., N. & N. W., IK. & 0. Nav. Co. steamers.
:: : At Suspension Bridge witl|
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Falls ami interniutiiute points have .'i hours in Toronto, returning sjiine ilay .
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.! rt ii't
Steamer .'. Alexandria
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For Kingston, Gananoque, 1000 Islands, Montreal and all Way Ports.
dLctiveg Picton every Monday at 2 p m. sharp for Montreal, running all rapidg,
iicludin g Lacliine. L^Hves Montr«al every Thursday at 10 a. m. for all river
and bay ports. Magnitiueut accomuiodution for passenii;ers' trip.
Lake Ontario, Murray Canal, Eay of Quinte, 1000 Islands,
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TT/^D DAPUITC'T'Tr'D charlotte. New York, and all way
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Sunday in ]loch««t«rr, G^irden City of America, reaching Charlotte, Coney
Inland of Lake Ontario, Saturdity evening.
Cabin accommodation ui surpassed ; low rates.
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j>. III. (upon arrival (rrand Trunk railroad train from the west), connecting at
<;ape Vincent, N. Y., with New York (Central nnd Rome, Watertown and Og-
xlensburg railroads. Through sleejjing car from Cape Vincent to Albany, New
York and intermediate j)oints. Shortest and cheapest route between Ontario
iiud iM)ints in N»'w York state.
Thousand Islands.
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steamer Islander leaves Kingston daily at 4 p. m. for Clayton, Alexandria Bay
iind Thousand Island points, arriving at Alexandria Bay at 7:25 j). ]\1. Connec-
tion is made at Clayton wirh thi'ough sLe])ing car for all important jtoint'? in New
York state. Returning, the steamer leaves Alexandria Bay at H'.iiO a. m , arriving
At Kingston at l\-M>) a. m.
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1000 ISLANDS. Leavef?' Pieton Saturdays in July and August at noon
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B^Y OF Ql'I^NTE ll/|ASKIf40NCE.
ow To ^eaeli (Slen |8land
BEiN(} ill the dii-ect line of through travel east jind west, Ghm Island is very
Hccessible. The Grand Trunk llailway mail line from Toronto to Montreat
makes direct connections with the bay ports, Trenton, Belleville, Deseront**,
Pictoii, Napanee and Kingston, from which elegant steamers daily, some hourly,,
call at (ilen Island or Glenora, the latter place being but one mile from Glea
Island, with ferry connection between.
Tlie morning express from Toronto connects daily with the steamers at
Deseionto, Napanee and Picton, which land passengei-s at the Island the same-
afternoon ; and with the steamer at Kingston, which stops at Glenora opposite-
The Royal Mail line steamers from Torcmto going east land passengers at
Kingston, where the Hero can be taken to Glenora daily. This is a delightful
trip. On returning they connect at Deseronto with the Kathbun steamei-, mak-
ing direct connection from the Island.
The route from the east is quite as convenient.
Although so easily reached, Glen Island alTonls all the isolation and i-otire-
nient found in the backwoods, a gieat charm to the lover of nature in her pristine-
wildness.
llTTl^ilGTIOjVS.
■1
'ibe scenery around the Island is unsurpassed on the Continent. The bath-
ing is excellent, and the shores slope so gradually that there is absolutely no
danger to children and those who cannot swim. The boating is all that could be
desired. No tides or currents or ti-eacherous sijualls. A canoe can traverse tbe-
bay with perfect safetv. The fishing has lieen recommended enthusiastically by
international anglers tor years. Lawn tennis and crocpiet grounds, &c., &c.
Daily mail and papers.
But a stone's throw away is the far-famed Lake on the Mountain. A de-
lightful half-hour's ride on the steamer takes you to Picton, a beautiful little town
of some ;^,0(KJ inhabitants. From there an hour and a (piarter's drive through a.
lovely country brings one to the Sand Banks, an interesting sight, and you are
backto the Island the same evening. The Thousand Islands are but a few hour^
ride by steamer from the Island.
Spring well water, cold and pure, an old fashioned country well on the-
Island. This will be apjiieciateil by parents who dread the dead^' ice water ic>
the hot weather. irv<
Board, per week
Board and lodging, per week
•' *' per day
Children under 10
$0 m
7 (Ht
1 50
Half rate
Furnished cottages from $8 to $5 pej' week, as per size and accommodatioisi
required.
Furnished and unfurnished cottages can be had by the week or season by
those who wish to board themselves at nominal rates.
Boats, bait and fishing lackle supplied. *
N. B. — As the number of cottages is limited, it is desirable that those whi>
contemplate visiting the Island during the season should make applicutiuu fotr
accommodation re«iuired as early as possible. Address
DIflCMAN BROS.,
CLEN ISLAND, via Pictoq, On*zr'ia,
5IF5Y-Mme ^A^Bte.
The f.ist and popular side-wheel, steel plate "Greyhound of the River," the
e&aier St. Lawrence, makes a daily fifty-mile ramf)le among the thickest ami
most picturcs(pie of the Islands, threading the narrowest channels, and passing
the famoin "Fiddler's Elhow," "Lost ("hannel," "Devil's Oven," "Echo Point,"
"Fairy L md," and the renouned lahyrinth of wild Canjulian Isles, whose chatms
sarpass all others.
Leaving Alexandria Bay the course of the excursion hoat is up the American
eliannel, touching at each important point. After leaving C'layton she proceeds
around the head of (Jrindstone Island, a large domain containing many farms
aad distinguished by bold headlands.
As the st3am'>r passes the head of Grindstone Island, she crosses the inter-
national boundary line, travei'ses the broad oi»en reach toward Howe Island,
which appears at first glance to bo a part of the mainland, and presently threads
iunonf; a maze of precipitous islets, a number of which are crowned by brightly
paintel cottages occiii)ied by professors of both Canadian and American colleges,
and of prominent families of the Dominion. It is a jolly sort of a literary Venice.
Below this, the steamer enters that wild and lovely region of the Island group
which may be aptly Ciilled the "wilderness." Here nature ivsts imsullied by the
hand of human i,jjvaders. Save for an occasional farm hoir <•, the frequent light-
houses and a feWidog-day camps, the sccn-es of forest -clad gems in this pellucid
channel are as they wei-e when the Iroquois war-canoes swept silently past tlieui
to carry death among the hapless Hurons far down the river. Contracted chan-
nels, sharp turns, and resonant echoes are features of this panorama of solitude.
Once more in American waters, the river's gay summer life is manifest on
every hand. It is a tour to he made again and again, for it never becomes com-
monplace- There is another jihiuse of this voyage which hfus been introduced
within recent years.
Elestric Search Light Excursion from Kingston to Alexandria Bay.
The mut jjistic cxit'TiiMict'. jiossilile in ii stiniiin.'r'.s (lutinf; \* tlie Elect.rio Search Liglit Kxi'itrsion
pawing throu;?li thy 1000 Islamls. Thv steamer St. Li^xn-nce at eight oV'lork in the evening is aglow
with rfectric points of light. A great sliifting eye of Hiiine ahoT« her jiilot-honKo seaiThes out the
dark waters iin 1 thr)u^li the sinuous channels. Isles of silrer llash into l)eing, then vanish : ilrift-s
tia<7sail craft an 1 sp_'e liu'^ steim -yachts gh'ani in sharji silhoiiette u])on the paU nf night. Tliousands
of irride'i^'.att'". Iijh"< tl i ih and twinkle where the happy Islanders hum their merry greetings in clo.idrt
of crinum tirj. S.vift rickets pierce the starry skies, and tlie niu.sic of Hosting argosit>s of idea-sure
coma'! Rwietly over th ! sleeping tide. From time to time the profound and awe-insjiiring solitude is
awakened by rounds of applause from the delightcil passengers as scene after scene of surpa!»sing
lieauty is su:vtchel fr nn the ilaikness hy the lightning grasji of this illuminating rar. The magnifi-
(Xneeortlie ilIiiniin;itions of the hotelsnnd private islands, as the steamer api>ri'ftches Alexandria Biy
Hpott lier return, late u]ion a still sufniuer evening, niu~t stir to enthusiasm the most jiblegniatic
traveler. — New York Central Guide.
Broail Sontlu'ni Pinzj^as
<)voi-io()kiii<.-
ntiu'vii l']iv/.y.!\s T3 X* /^ ■ • / \
in.i^- tiu' pict„n.s.juc x^ayoiyuiiite (::)
to tl,e unrth, whil. to tlu. south li.s tho fa, -iam..! an,l ,„vsl,Tions
UKK ON THE MOUNTAIN
which afioi-. Is the Lest of iisliin<r
lighted by Electricity throughout.
Watorworl^fi and all other Modera Conveniences.
Hotel Circular and Terms mailed on ap^licatior
J?adpess "Tt^e Cofumbian." Box 282. Picton, Ontario.
SAND BANKS' HO
TEL
Iliis well kjutwn and lumulav siuniiK^^ fr.«i...f w .;»„ * i ■ .
'-nnuMK ..„t int., Lako OntaVi,,. T " /t „••! u v-nu.; ' '^''.''^ "" '■' '"""' "'
■.;;u'(|uallcd. n,nui,.j a<i\ antajjfcs as a smuincv vv<(m-
Th<' Saiul Banks;
ci.it.t'i
nn]
rt ail-
'o
•J.(l.ilts per week I'oi- tno ,.,• jnoiv w.vks in <.t.;ta-M-
\dn s 1..,. wcH"k for two or n.,.,v wo.ks i ,i, I^
\( u s pel. nvfk !,.,■ .sin-le wc-ck in lict.-l - .
-\<lulrs iicr (lav
^ I - -
Childivn nndcr iiv yaivs of a-.<. p,,,. ,,.,
< 1, ( rcn over five and undia-t'cn
( h; di-cn ov<'r t.^n jind nndci- f.anl-cn
t niltli'en ovt'i-foin-ti'cn
Maids per week
Hoonis in hatliinj; liou.sc jh'.- wck
Hofsivs ki-pt per week
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7 o(i
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■2 .V
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Ahr;i nivl Tdq.liono in CoinnTtioi. v.-itli Hoi,.].
..■^ , <'Ucsis wili 1„. uu-t at I'icton or W<'ilin'to-i
MgDON-RLD J^ HY/\TT. Proprietors,
Sand Ba!iks P. ()., I';-.,,-,- F.l»-.,..,i ,■
•J ' '.-1(1 i^auai'c ( onnl \--
She ^athban (Jo.,
Pieion, Ontario, -^l ^
DKALKUS IX ALL IJE8CHIPTIONS OF
Wooderi Building Material, Coal, Salt, Lime,
Lat\d Plaster, Portlaqd Cemeqt, Jilative Cemeqt.
Is !i luiinch of the Rathbun (/Oinpany's works at Dt'sei'onto, whi'ie \t'i y i-xtfii-
sive factories exist for the iiiamifactiire of
Lumber, Lath, Shingfles, Pickets, Heading, Posts, Railway Ties, Telegraph
Poles, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Boxes, ar\d all descriptions of
Finished Wooden Building Materials.
VKSSELS BUILT AND RKPAIRED, AND
ALL DHSCRIPTIONS OF RAILWAY CARS.
FLOUR
( ("ROWN JEWEL,
WHITE LILY,
\ ('OTTA(JE,
STRONG BAKERS,
I RATH BUN'S BEST.
^ Popus Teppa Cotta Building JVlatepial. '^
This is a product resulting from intermixing clay and saw-dust and burning
same. The result is a porus or spongy product, about one-half the weight of
brick, having great strength, and ])eing impervious to heat or cold. It is nipidly
becoming known as the most desirable building material, and is manufactured
in any shape r(Hiuired.
At Napanee Mills this Company have established large works for the manu-
facture of
l^oi<tl'\ild. c-\qd JN^qfiAG Geii"(Gi]-|;s.
The "STAR" brand of Portland Cenumt is rapidly becoming known in Caniida
as unexcellad by any foreign brand. The Native Cement, known as "NAPANEE
CEMENT," has been in the market for years past, and has an excellent reputii-
tion.
The Local Agent at Picton, or the Company at Deseronto, ace at all times
glad to answer correspondents or personal visits.
I
I Gemeiit.
(.TV t'Xten-
Teiegraph
lui burning
e weight of
t is rapidly
.uufactured
■ the luanu-
1 in Canada
NAPANEE
lent lepiitji-
at all times
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literature, liiL,^h-class fiction and attractive advertisements.
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TIm' rity is Llic Ivlucatioual, lliisiiicss uihI I)i-^t)-il)Uliti2: ('cuti''; oi'
Ekwtcrji Ontario.
Ifas <I()n}>]«-, fis iiiniiy (jt^ns'Tvatlvc Kuhscrilici-.s as iiny r'oiiscr\ ;iti vi-
pm.jxir it! till' C'-ntral Disti'ict.
Aixl (louMf !i,s iiiiiiiy iJli<'i'al ^iilHcribcrs as ;i.riy Lilnial pjsjx'i' in
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Ovc!" toiir tiiiM'stli" i^-.iif of (iiiy otI:<T l\inL' (oii uim-K-Iv: lA'i-r tisiv*?
times tJn'. is-ii'' I'l' jiny \i;>y<v jiiil.li linl in iJn' ten sm rouiiijin;.;- couiif ics.
No otliT ciiwiiiaf ion in Onf iiio, ca-t of 'I'oroiito, cxfcLils 1- ."ifK) ; no
ijntario pajr'!-, fX'-"|,t, t!ios" is.n,-! in Toronto anil Lonilon, has -o \nyj^>'
:ajl iKsm-. Mi>'.-<' Wni';-, cir.'MilaU; in the district than other jcipci--, of all
■»:)rts .-oniliiiH"!.
('ana'la sustains 872 I'apffs. 'I'm; Wkkklv Will'; fliallcngOH oach
ine to slinvv so i,i-i'j)on<lci'atin;.( a f;ii-eulation in its o\\ n s<ction.
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J. W. JVleLean, /. Publisl^ep,
& PICTON, ONTARiO. «.» 5>
THE o>M ri;uii:<T fi:N€E.
WOVEN WIRE FENCING
(I'l i:t\. nnr fl'jit nivl U/iujarci.
TwifJtofJ WIro Roo«8elva«o.
A!i v.l'lt)!': :iivl ,h1/.!( ^^"lli ly nil ■U-^.Utr 1m tli.,-; lite.
I'reiKlit. |>ri>|).il'l. Iiif'.rii.Mli'.ri fn-i- Wrlli!
ThB ONTARIO WIRE FENCING CO.,
Tlif It.<>r<-cnlnif WlruOo., Jaw. « ooppr,
Han.ill'.ii. M.,i,'MM..
>f'i rlKi'l t«!"lft Wlri! K<ilvftnl«-<1 t •fore w.-ftfing.
I'i'Tfwttly imIJmkI*-!! for <«lr"iii'ii nl ''>M urj'U.iut /V
cowplelc barritr ;i((aliii!l all nuliUttlK. No trouljU- to 'net
-THIv-
IN TOWN.
Nolhiii^ liiit lirst -class ri><s kcf)!.
"> ^iiiiL']!' 11 I (luiihlc I'ijrs fihvays fcudy.
'ijj ill" pa.i I'Diiai^c ol' bolli old and new
:V,J ( iisloiiK'is ics|)('(t t'lilly solicited.
AMOS H. BAKER.
CITY NIJRSEEIES,
407 Yo'ino^ Sl, Toronto, onL.,
^ 1{. ShK;i|'K
Sh;idc TrcL^i, cxti'ji Iji r.i^c jind licililiy, tlic vci\' l)c-,l slock in <'anadii.
< hoici' (Jijipc \'mc>. Small I'ruil,-. Xoi-way S| nice. l'"lo\vrrin).^ Shridis, I'irjii-
( 'irl i. I'alnis ;ind I'crns.
( lioicc Koscvj. i"asiii()na.l)]c W'c Idin;^ Flowers. Lovely flora! OlVi'iings.
It-' Dclivcicl (oall pail s sat'cjy'.
All stock First-Class. Prices Reasonable Call and See Us.
-"^S>; R'OSGB and Palms a Specialty, r'^^^-
c
•cidy.
(•(I.
ER.
L X. WAIT,
in;.\i.KPv i.\
Stoves. Ranges, P'urnaces, Lead & Iron Pipe and Fitliiigs,
Baths, Pumps, Bird Cages, Fishing Tackle,
and General House Furnishings.
Fishing Tackle of all Varieties a Specialty.
PICTON, ONTARIO
©0 to ©. AA. parrington,
Tlie Leading j^AePGl7.ant Tailor. J^attep, ./Aen's Fupnislier,
Boys' and Youtl7.'8 Clothing, Furs.
A (■' pinjilrtc Sf'ck >lt ,11 scjt Mills -i' tlic hiti'.st stvl'v- ill iill ili'])il.I'Llll('Ilts.
Sj)cci;il iittciiti'iM is ^ivcn b> our ui-'lcrril u-(.rk, sui' -. m crcoiits, etc.
Oui' Sliirts, Tics, ('olljsr- inx! ('i;t!'- ; ri' tiic Inti st ;ii\\ ;iys.
I'i ijf : ( |()()(! -. '•/'^ ]c;|{f;s| S|\-lc;s. ^ Iv(>\\ r'rif;.-;-.
M;rr St.. n,,,,.,..ii..|;.,v;,: II. .!(■!. Q. /y\. [-"A RP.I [n GJO j"! .
rJpI'
''-, Fin,*-
.MA.Nll- A< I l'J{i:i.'.S AM) |)i';.\LI-;ii\S l.\
All Kinds of Furniture.
EMBALMING. Wf desire to ijill t}ie ;illeiif ion of t he pnhlic lo ii pioinin-
elil |i;i;ii:i' ill (iiii/ieel ion '.vil Jl Olir lilisilicss. I'^Ol' seve|;ll ye;if.s we liave (H'Jtct iced
the eiiil);d!iiiii!H (il the dfiid and our .Me, ij^^hl hull li;i,s leeenij y eoiiij)iei ed ueoui-se
of si iidv, lectures and piiicl.ical in-t rn<l ion \\ hicli lias extended over a nuintier ol
vi'ar- and has receivfd a diploma ci-rLifyiiif^ his (•oiiii)et,ence in flie art from ;i
skilful and rejiahh; specialist in eiiil»almiiii(. We arr- tjiereforc! now h<'t,t,<'r pn--
pared than ever in this paiLicular de|»arlmeiit and e;in ^;n;irant,ee that, oiir work
will ot' done in a tlioioii^^ldy sat islai toiy manner. I'lmlialuiinj.^ m;i\' he done for
temporarv purposes or for a niiniher of years. The processes emjiloyed hy lis
iiieserve a life-like appearance ami arc applied vviihout, any mut ilat ion \vh;it ever
fo the reniaiiiH.
W. F. JOHNSON,
MKMISKH OF TIIK
• Pl^otogpapi^ep's Jlssoeiation of Canada and Jlmepica.
Pnirl Morlol "■'^^''^•■'l'''' ^'^' tin- l'li()to^n'a])licr',s Association of
UUIU mUUctl Cni,a<la, at Huiuiltoii, Anoust 21, KSf)l.
Fil'*e^ Dl*l70 '^^ ^''*' '''"'to^'raplici-'s Association
ni bl rri^C ,,f CHna.ia, hcl<l at Toi-cuto.
Gallery-^ Main Street, Picton.
J. RSPENCER
I) kali: 1 1 IN
l<'()i<(:i£r-H I'luc'l Doiiiosj i(; l'i'i)i|s,
Ice Cream and Soft Drinks.
H. CHADD, Confectioner,
DKAl.Kll IN
I iOiveteJ b OrUOUb;, ^mit^ Oyst.Ts. Tco (V-an. cV'c.
^z ^ Toysof all K,ind8. ^i^g^^g^^g^
Kulil'iT Flails, ("jiiK's, S]cii,dis, lv\])r<-ss Wagons.
(-:-) : — : Wcddinji; Cakes Iccl aii<l Triinnird.
.^-"^i>
lea.
»n of
R
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A /Aagnifieent Sammer f^&sort at
BRICK KILN POINT,
O I'l TATIOIJ (HI Llic riylit, ot I'ictoii Ilarhoi- hcginniii^ iit, llic street Iciuliiij^ (nil of
^ town toward (Jlcnoia, is a fine, extt^ii.sive property
I''riiiii thci'oad t lie Iiinil slopes j^radujilly (l(i\S!i into a lovely, iiiiiial iiic valley,
iookiiij^ iiorl h o\('r t he lieaiit it'ul I'icton Hay. (see iiliistrat ion : I'icton ii.i\' from
Mrick-kilii Point land west of tJiis a heaiitit'id, lii^li IcncI rein h of land runs out
into the water t'oiinin;^ a pict mcs(|iie Point in the sliellcred Ilariior. At t he
shore are a iiuinhei' of heaiitifnl willows and evei'i^icens ; hendocks and (•edai'> :
and on th(^ broad plateau Ixdund them, strewn with ever^^reens .ind jimijiei
huslies, is.i finesiiefor an KXTKNSIVK Sl'MMKH IIOTKL. A wharf could
easily he huilt off this Point where hotel guests could hi' landed fi-oni steanieij'
which pass wit Inn a few yards of it on their way to the wliarves .ihove.
'J'here are. in all, fi\c aci'cs more or less of fine grassy soil, we|l wooded
ahoul and heyond the shores, and hi-aulifuUy situated.
There is also a s|)lendid site for a lai'ge summer hotel on t he liiudi land, neai-
t he st i-eet. and .1 hot(d in either i)lae(! could easily lie lighted by elect ricil y and
supj)lied with water from tlie Reservoir.
l-"or further jtarticulars a]>|)ly to
K[\(;.ST(JX, ONTAHK), CANADA.
ESTABLISHED 1836^
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Pict on, Ontario, Canada.
A WEEKLY JOURNAL FOR THE HOME AND FARM-
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Edward County
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of its pati-ons. Head weekly by nearly everybody in the fine, wealthy agricul-
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itui'.tfi! on the viirht <if Pictdii [liirlior is a licautii'ul r.iiil rxtcnsiv
1"'"1
ICl
tv V
<)\\ Sal
'\lu- lionsc. of FrciK'li (lotliic st\-li', contains a
#) lai'^-f nuuilicr of a])artnuMits, inclndinL;- a iinii|Uc liall room, ai'tisti-
cnlly i'rcsco('(l : also, si-rvants' i-oonis. Thi'i'c a)'(' a nnnilicr of airy lial-
conics anil qnict nooks hert' and there wi-ll shaded by lieaiitiful t'oliafj;e,
so that t!u' l)iiildin'4'. nsed as a hotel, would l)i' a ehanniu'.,^ one for a sum-
mer resort.
'IT
(T'' is also an eliu'iMe sit
>y it foi' a ( n:ANl) Sr.\iMi:i;
HoTKL Aviiic-h, it is said, wouM i»i'o\
))i'o\'e a i,n-eat snecess to a syndieat<
X.
wher(! can a moi'e <'harninu' s])ot 1)
L;rorin<ls (aliout 20 a'-i'es iii al!) liax'c
w
f ( )U
ml Tor sue
lau'posc
arrre
water f)
ontaL'c iiorucreil
ith willow
tlic house o;'eUj)yiaj;' a {ueas uit emim'iici' o\<'rlookin'.
]>(. i-tiojis ol" th'' town, its pi'-turesijue suhurhs ami I'ieton Bay: and,
thoui^h possi'ssinni' all the dcsii-ahle (luaiities of a country place, arc with-
in ten minuti's walk from the centi-al ]);iyi of the town. All the steamers
calling' at I'icton pass close hy to their wharves just ali<>\-.'. and throuLfli
till.', lonir smumei" s-ason many excui'sion lioats come i;;. ilelue'lni;' the
place with deliM-htfu! nnisic.
( >n the left of the house, close to the v.ater's (mImv i^ a iiiaijniticent
pine ei'ove a.iioi'diii'^- a cool and. ciichantinu' retreat in hot weatlmi' ;
;-"\ eral Ion*'', lieantiful ))aths i-un the entire leni'th of it with here au'l
there an inxitinir I'U-tic seat in
th
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For further particulais a;iply to
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Fred Low, Esq,.
Picton, Ontario, Canada.
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Clute & Williams,
BAKRISTEHS, ETC. Somcitohs i-oi; Dominion Hank.
No. ] (irahaiii I.lork, Ilelicville.
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DRUGGISTS
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Ainoiij^ lht> atti'fwtioii-^ woitliy ol'
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It is situated cii tlic imi'ih side of ^fain street, and ranks among the best in
Ctntral Ontario. The stork is lai'j^c and fresh from the best markets, and covers
a wide I'ange of j,'oods, >m!i as ,u.- Pure Drugs, (-hemieals, llotmi Pai)er, Ceiling
Df ii'i'ations.
Miscellaneous Goods, ^^•t'^">^^"^^^'ffic«Mvciuisitcs.
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.-. Toilet Articles:
BrusbES, Gorpbs, SpopgGS, PepFurriGS In Bull^ Of
Bohbled, QosirKsbiGS, J\g., ^g.
Prices lower than goods of tliis class are usuallj' sold at.
DENTAL ROOMS in connection
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NORTH KING,
One of tho Largt'st, Hwiftest, and Most, Powerful Hti'aninr.s on (he Lakes, lighted
by Klecti'ieit.y, •md Minh'rn ThrouKlumt,.
past Mail 5xpre96 ServiQe
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PORT J40PE. CJIJ^.. JlcND ROCilESTER.. ^ Y..
CONNECTINO (illlANI) TllUNK AND NkW YoKIv ('KNTUAL IIaII.WAYH.
Reliable Conr\ectlon8, Luxurious Saloot\s and Bertl^s,
Unexcelled Cuisine, Competent ai\d Courteous Officers.
.St(!ainer loavcH ('harlotto ovei-y Saturday at. Iriiii p. in. Spends Sunday
among the KKM) Islands and at Ah'xandria IJay. H(iturns to (Uiarlot**, via Port
H«jpe, for first train tor Itochest.er, Alonday a. in.
$2.50.
Continuous Round Trip Tickets, only
$2.50.
G. F. Cildersleeve, H. H. Gildersleeve, C. H. Nicholson,
(Jeneral Manager, TralTie Manager, (Jen. Pass. Fgt. Agt.,
KINCJSTON, ONT. KINGSTON, ONT. POUT IIOPK, ONT.
DAILY TO KINGSTON, DESERONTO & BELLEVILLE.
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Leaves Pictx)n for Kingston on Monday, Wednesday and Fiiday at a. ni.
On Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday at HM) a. ni. lletiu-ning, leaves Kingston
daily at 'S:ii) p. in., going througli to Doseronto and Bt'lleville,
Safe, Speedy and Elegant. Every Comfort for Passtuigers Ass\ired.
The Hei'o offers tf) shippers the low(*st rates, best despatch and careful handling.
No wharfage at Picton.
Full information given by Mr. Gilbert .Johnston on boanl, or
R. Benson, Ager\t, A. Cunn & Co., Agents, C F. Gildersleeve, Gen. Man.,
PI(!TON. KINtJSTON. KINGSTON.
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t'li' luaiiur.ul lll■^■l■^ ill Murniic,
I :i al lil ion i > i ! 'ni-i'il I'rx" ( Jioil •; t Iwy Icci'i) a l;ir^;i' ainl varied sloik ol' ( '.ii'-
pcls, ( 'lilt tins, < Hi !aiii I'clr- aial I ixt urcs. Mil.iia'iy. ilaiil l( : . ainl W ah i-| n nl
(Jo )ils .Men's I-'iiriiisliiays, I>(i\'>' ( 'lei liiiiu'. iVic.
Tlic'i' laciiii i< s for ! uy'aiij,' ( nalil'.' i ! < i:i lo sell a I 1 l:c l<i\vi.sl | i ;(•< s ] nssililc.
Orders iiy mail si)liei! ed. and saiii)>l('s sent wlicn desired.
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