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1854—1895
The Beacon
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
Oldest Established Journal of Perth County,
Stratford, Ontario.
It is Read....
By all the People — all Classes, all Conditions.
It Always Contains
The Latest Local and General News.
The Book and JoD Depaniiient
Is one of the most complete in the Province. New Premises, New
Material. Four Modern Presses, all run by Electric Power.
If vou Want Anything in the Shape of PrinUng
leave your order with
B6d60n E>l66tri6 Pr6SS6§
BEST WORK AT LOWEST RATES.
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W. M. O'BEIRNE.
PUBLISHBR.
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emises, New
ower.
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EIRNE.
PUBLISHER.
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GREEN HOLLY,
EDWARD WALSH.
JOSEPH J. WALSH.
WALSH BROS.,
WboIfSftle ap<i Ret&il Dealers in
s, ws,
ifl
Direct Injporters of
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Wines, Brandies,
Gins, Rums,
Scotch and Irish Whiskies.
For BIG Bargains go to WALSH BROS.
'Phones 24 and 28.
Nos. 13, 15 and 54 Ontario Street, Stratford.
SPECIAL ^5N \r C^ RESERVE
Old Vatted Glenlivet Whiskey
Gold Mc1l.1l. Lonilon 187^.
KcKiMcreJ eDlf<BUR6H.
Gold Medal, Calciitt.i 1884-
j^a TBUfrrra foe, STaR.A.TTfoiii>
WALSH BROS., = Phone 28. = ONTARIO STREET.
Analytical Labnratory, Surgeons Hall.
I have niatk' a laroful chemical analysis ot Andrew fshcr's Old Vatted Glenlivet Whiskev (a blend of Glenlivet and
otlier Wliiskies) sampled by me from stock in sealed eases ready for d»'livery from warehouse, and find such to be of excellent
ijuality, beinj^ thorouK'hty matured and free from objectionable products. It is a very pure spirit and eituer with ordinary
or aerated water lornis a liighl\' palatable and wholeMimc beverage.
(Sgd) STEVENSON MACADAM. Pb. P.. F. R. S. E..
XXX E 64 li. Lecturer on Chemistry .
Hottled at EdinbufK- in tlicir v»wn warehouse by Andrew L'shsr & Co. Each bottle guaranteed to contain about
vMie-sixth ol an imperial gallon.
nil III WALSH BliOS. and order a bottle for a sample. Special rates by the case.
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GREEN IIOLLV,
Unsurpassed
Unprecedented
A
3e Qui- 2)ispla\> of
Silver IKHarc nii& tlrt (3oo^c^
—Best in the City,
—So People Say.
I'lic'cs to stiit ilu' times.
Aswi-ll.is llt'lid;i\ l'|-i->i-Mls.
WEDDING RINGS
MARRIAGE LICENSES
U\: Sull W.Uilu's ,unl .(.■n.IiT.v. Wo. Mcoursr.
JAIVIES PEQUEGNAT,
THE JEWE-LER.
Bank of Montreal
Capital,
Rest,
Undivided Profits,
$12,000,000
$6,000,000
$800,000
B. S. CLOUSTON, General Manager.
Saviii|»;s Hank Department :
Deposits Received and Interest Allowed at Current Rates.
Sterling Credits Issued Xe<,'otia)jic
in all parts of the unrld.
JOHN LESLIE,
Manager St. Marys Branch.
THOS. PLUMHER,
Manager Stratford Piranch.
GREEX IIOI.I.V.
? Our Office Boy Says
If ti'iidi! krojis up hr is g'l'm^ u< IiusUl' for a
new jiil), or el.st! a "raise." l.ilV is too sliort
to lii'SiiciiL in aiiswcriii;^- tlic idciilioiif takiiii,'
(irders for
** IVIonsoon" Tea.
i J. L. Bradshaw is our Agent in Stratford
Shift sdinc lit' ili(' Wdi k ( n In liiui.
Header, vuii will .soon lio Innkiiiii around fur
•aiitidili' Ifiilidav (iifts.
Spli'mlid I'-.-UKiuct l.ainps iani;in,L; in brass
fidin #2 to Si I.
Dinner Sets S6 to S6o.
Sonic extra gootl values at from So to M2.
A lari^e variety of Tea and Toilet Sets.
J illlllllllllllllllll lillllllMI > '"t
JIIIIIMIIIIIIHIHIlilllillllMlllllllllllllllllllIIX'MIIIIII;
1 dhrigtiTia^ l^oodg J
I BRADSHAWS f
I China HaH. I
fi^
iiSm
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1 wim^^
z Fancy China Ware. ''I
i Fancy Fanips. - • S
: Dinner, Tea and Toilet Sets. |
I § Knives, Forks and Spoon.s. E
s 1 Silverware. i
E ^ null Mill iiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii ■•••■■■•■• iiiiiiiiiiiiiiir
\ Cutlerv, Class and Silverware.
= I'antv Cuds and Saucers. .'' ,.
\ liiscii'it lais. r.utter Dishes.
: Salad I'iowls. .. = :
: Cheese, Celery and Saidinc Dishes.
\ I'ancv X'ases and jardinieres.
: Mower Pots and, well, come and see for your-
E self ; yon know the [ilace.
I bradsto's Gnuia Hall,
i OiUiin'i> street. Just ^ist of V. O.,
S Iklwion .|iHV,\ Uros.' .nrnl Hallantv in- .V Nivian's
^^ : 1'. s.— We sell Monsoon Tea, Chase & Sanborn's
: "^ E Coffee, and Teas of all kinds.
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GREEN HOLLY,
'' Canadian
Club''
Whisky
-DISTILLED
-AND
-BOTTLED BY
Hiram WalKer & sons
WALKERVILLE, ONTARIO.
Guaranteed absolutely pure, and therefore peculiarly
adapted for medicinal use.
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GREEN IIOI.T.Y.
THE 7VTODERN iA£AY
Of Showing and Selling
— (iT'Ll-^i -.v.tirsL,
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o o o o o
P(Uirio)itur(
Is IjL'sl illusliatcd at our stmc.
No old fogy ideas or goods.
■ ' Parlor Furniture made ))>• our superior workmen
camuit be aiiproaeheil, and is always satis-
factory.
%;■ Novelties suitalile for Cliristmas I'resent.s.
Prices : l )urs are always right.
R. WHITE Ei C@."v::i^i:^-
/, 3 and 5 Ontario-St, Stratford.
NEILL,
THE SHOE MAN,
Can afford to sell Boots and Shoes at the prices most
other dealers pay for them,
A.s we operate nine lari^e .shoo .stores, and have a wliolcsale Iiouse
in connection witli our Imsincss.
16 Market Stre et, STR^ ORD. JJjg Q^g^^ QHC PrlCC ShOC StOrC.
^e (osgraVe ^reWerg (o. of Toronto,
LIMITED
Celebrated
Pale Ales and Extra Stout.
The Cosgrave Brewery Co. of Toronto, Limited, - Niagara and Queen Streets
L, J. COSURAVE, rresiJeiit aiiJ Manager.
GREEN HOLLY.
I Who is YSdr Grocer ?
\d\r)(^tor) palmer,
BARklSTURS, &C.
J. iTnnkl'alnur.
f)KKICES ;
l<liMHl(,n lilork, Siratfoicl. Ojit.
AT
Railway and
Steamship I'ickets,
Real Estate
and Insurance,
Fire,
Life,
Accident and :
^heapestJ Guarantee.
C. p. R. Telegraph.
John Bi*own
15 Wanket-st., Stratfort, Onf.
Scott's
VnuwillliiHlilH. Lcstol'd .nes al ihn
Inwest iiviiio' cjisli jiiiees,
TRY HIA\ A/SD SEE.
Clioicr i;uitei- ,, ,S].eoiiilty.
w. Lincoln scou
Cheap Grocer.
ESTAm.lSHEl) iSj,.
H. UBELflGKER & SON
Wlioicsale ami Retail
iJealLMs in
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Poultry in Sea.'
.son.
l'".e Kcuic Rendered Lard. Sansayes of ail
t-mds niaiuifarturcd on llie
pi-einise.s.
SliopSoiitli-West Corner of Market
GKEKX HOLLY.
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A. H. LOFFT & CO..
St. Marvs, ^Inl.. ll'iiu-sl Sd.r,' in llir l',Minl> .•! IVrlli.)
Druss ll.'Kils. Silks. M.iiillcs. I'.irprls, Cl.'lliini;. A s|i,vial
lirii- of ChiisliiiMs N.i\i>l(irs, liirtvl Iroiii .|a|>;Hi. l.'.>Mu- .iiul
took at tuir holiJ.'n slunv.
lli;i.l.MrriI COI.I.IClii:. I.orid.-n, Ont.. tor VoimK
Liuliis iiiul iWils, A lIuM'oii^'li .'K'aik'iiiic loursf ami ri'liiu'il
lionif. Siii(,'irii,', I'iaiio ami Physical Culturi' Spci'ialtii-s.
Kiuir LlinUnna I'lnirst-s.
I'\ir illiistrati-il annoiiiu'c»U'nl, adilrt'ss
Ki:\'. !■:. N I'.Nlil.lSII. M. A., IVimipal.
IS7O-IS95.
Til OS. J. DOAK.
Doakr ill flioiii- Uriu-iTiVs aiui Lrmkcrx. Sixvi.ilty »'t
'{\*a>* arui C'olVfL'.
VVellinj.,>'ton Street, Stratford.
A.. J. Ar^3SI XDRICICS
iTi-al \aiiil.v StiMi',
U'allair Slrtvt. - l.isIo«>-l.
riu' i-hiapi'sl slitrr oil i-artlt for Tinu art*, Small W'ari's,
Jiwrlrv, I'amv lloiuU. Inotrrii's ami Mints. 1 pa> lasli
lor IliiUs. Skins. iMirs anj TalloH.
ANYONE
Wlio is liolhiMcil «illi I'oKl or SuiMH I'l-cl sliovilil Wi'.ir llio
II>K-i,-nii- WntilaliJ SluH' m.-uk- In .1. D. KiilK it to. It
lu'ats ;iM\ tliiiiu i-\iT inaji.- in I lu- Shoo Line. \\^\\ can ^^ct !
tiKiii.ii KNiaii ii;i. iiKos. '
Jewelry,
\ record of a (lUiirtcr of a century in l)usines.i
nmong you counts In tliat time all a man's
•vcak po'iits have ( oiiie to the surface. I iiave
sold you watches .\nd jewelry for :ill these years
and I am wilting to iiave your verdict. Our
sti I'k never was so laioc or \aried ;is ni.-.v.
Watches are away down in piic e. ^'ollr dollar
will purchase more now thiinever before. \Vc art
iiere to serve you. Novelties in variety. Solid
silver is very popuhir. We lUiike a specialty of
testing eyes and correcting bad eye sight.
Issuer of Harriage Licenses.
Good Fruit, Raisins, Currants, J Q H 11 W C I S H
Fig's, Dates and Prunes at 50.
C. Mcllharg-ey's. 1
THE JEWELER.
A. H. h1':rmiston,
riulcrliikii- aiui 1"'. ili.ilnur,
'l\'ki>luMu-. Wallace Strcrl. USTOWI';!.,
I'lu' Li-ailin^^ l-'urniturc Di-ali-r als..* has a
Hari^'aiii l>a> i-\lt\ Satiirda\.
J. S. GBB,
(ieneral Merchant,
Tlio I'opular (.'.isli Stoiv.
Main Slivil. I I'^TOWi:)..
J. M. S'JIIIXirKiX,
TliL" Leading; Dry (i-hhIs House In I.istiiwcl.
Dry C'.ooJs. Ki-aih -M.iilc .ami Onlcriil t'killiin«.i > pcckilly.
.Millilicry, Mantles, li. ills' I'lirnisliinj^s, Hoots and Shoes
and Groceries, at Kock Uolloni I'ri'ces.
The Active Range
Looks Well,
Cooks Well,
IS EASY ON FUEL, AND
Hn.r A l^iAA Horses of aP kinds boiiKlit and
ay OC I\.IUC1. sold. Sixvially in Matched
I'aiis, IIiK"li Steii|iers, I, allies* and Cicntlenien's S.-iddle
Horses.
l.ISTOWEL, ONT.
Jeffrey Bros.
SELL IT-
Scc this Range before you buy. It is the
Latest and the i'lcst.
HONN'KTT \- liOWVICK li.indle all kinds of Stoves
and RallL'es. I'lnniliers, I'l.is .ind Sle.iin I'ilters. Hot Water
HeatiiiK I'oiie .iiid Prices llivcn lor .Ml Kinds of Johhlii)?.
I*riccs riirht. eonu- in and see ns.
HONNini' it HOUVKK,
M.iiii Street Bridge, l.istowel, Oiil.
Toronto Clothing- Store,
Oddfellouis' Block, - East Side market.
Stratford, Ont.
The Old Man,
The Old Quality,
The Old Prices.
Meats and Poultry
ALWAYS ON HAND.
T. B. JOHNSON
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f^REF.X] MOLLY.
The Arcade
L'RfN'G the past twenty }ears' history of
our city, many chan,t,'-es have taken
place in the business ranks, and the old
statistical statement that only five out
of ever^- ImuiiniiJred succeed in business, has been amply
verified m mat own midst.
J-'trhii,!.'*- rj!i« leailiiTjf r.iiise of so mtirli failure is the cietlit system.
NeM 1',' slitw. wouKl possibly rank undue haste to reach the front in
the inan«r '.li tfnrtr ->hops and large stocks. The " race is not to tlic swift '
i> as true '.if ibiwnesrt :w anything else, and recognizing that fact we have
moved h!u«-}i- lljiit wrely.
'J'he ■f'.nni'ihdijn of this business was laid in 1876, and the enter))rise
lias pn.rvtti T^M'Xi in every way a successful one. ( )ur |)la(:e of busnic--
is known ab aikrtr •"Arcade'" located on Market street, in the new block
directly ui.ii.i'.>*«a- tl-ie post office, with an entrance on ]'",rie and Ontario
streets.
Our Atwi'jjtitt and handsomely ai)pointcd store is the delight of it-
patrons. a.nd wir liwge statT of assistants are ever ready to render a courteous
and polite «)rj-ii'.ft
'J'iit Kiw.lk ^^iffjlfoods to he found in the Arcade is second to none in
Western 'LittiatJiii in. point of variety and excellence.
In ;^'lkia«.;K(if through the various de|)artments you will be greeted
with a ixt'M. iccjcnijirehensive array of Staple and Fancy IJry Goods and
.\otions.
Some ';tf ";nr leading departments are Silks and Dress Goods, Wa^h
Good^. induiini? Brints. Sfuslins, C'hambrays, Percales, Lawns and Mm-
broideries:: Aim Sflw and Wools, Ladies' l-'urnishings. Gents' Furnishings,
and J- an'n- (Oii'juik
'i'ht Miojri'it.. Wantlc making, and Millinery departments occupy the
second fli.i'.»r„ iwiiere a conifirehensive stock is carried and only skilled
arti-'ls eui:i.il','3i«nil.
f.>ur rwitnr. change to the cash at the counter system along with our
low pri<e ttKllliiM^>» hart greatly increased our sales, and a close adherence
to these t« h> 4t:unire;t of our business will be our aim in future.
Sui.i] a fc«wne*< house as the "Arcade " gives commercial prestige
to our riiy.. iffx^ it is not too much to e.spect our citizens to show their
a|)precui.tiuii ,td -Hiriv an enterfirise fiy abstaming as imich as possible from
buying abruudiV a^nd. by exam[)le and precept second the effort of the
merchatrt whfv ftaifeiwors to bring to their door;, the fruit of the world'^
loomb. Respectfully,
W. J. FER6USOIM.
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THE WIDOW'S LAST HOME.
W
(a i'Ii'turf. from i.iKi-:,)
IIII.IC )-e boast )'our barns o'cr-llowiiiL^
With the fiihicss of the year,
While )-e paint, in pictures t,do\ving,
IlajJi^y homes and boiniteoiis cheer,
Look at this one. -In a dreary
Narrow cell, — whitewashed and l)are,
Sits a woman, — worn and weary, —
I'orced to find a shelter there.
Faint the sunset's ooldcn lustre
Strai^^les throuL;h the grated bars
Set so hi|^h — the lonely watcher
Naught can see, sa\e clouds or stars ;
Vet the dweller in the shadow
There another \'ision sees,
Woodland i;reen and daisied meadow,
And a farmhouse 'mid the trees,
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GRKKN HOLLY.
Soft the cvcnini^ clews ure falling; ;
See the cows come, — one b\- one, —
Gatherctl by her kindly cailin^r,
To the bars, at set of sun ;
There they stand, — the gentle creatures.
In a patient, waiting row,
And the milker wears her features.
As in days of lon^^ ago !
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Now the snow}' streams are flowing
Fast into the frothing pail.
Now the cows, released, are going
To their pasture in the vale ;
Then the calves, with baby bleatings,
I'ress about her as she goes.
And the hens, with noisy greetings,
Scramble for the corn she throws.
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Now the house dog's joyous baying
Greets his master home once more
From the sowing or the haying.
Glad the day's long toil is o'er.
Then— the doorstep chat at even,^ —
And the toilers seek their rest.
E'er the sunset dyes of heaven
Vanish from the glowing west.
Ah ! — how bitter the awaking
In the narrow, whitewashed cell.
Where, with sad heart slowly breaking,
She must like a felon dwell !
Vanished all the bright iiome-i)ictures,-
Vanishcd all the de.ir home life ;
Naught is, hers for all tlie toiling
Of the busy farmer's wife !
,\11 her years of patient labour
Leave her but the pri.son fare ;
Not a single kindly neighbor
Can her daily portion spare !
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GREKN IIOLI.V.
Boast yc, then, your barns o'er-flowint^r,
llapp;- lioines and bounteous cheer.
But, amid your pictures f^dowint,^,
Let tlic widow's cell ,ii)pear !
Yet, methinks, where "ma y mai.sicms"
Rise beyond the boundless blue.
There, mid faithful toilers, resting,
She shall find a "mansion" too.
She shall meet the lovini; welcome
Mortals could not here afford, —
"Enter, <(ood and faithful servant,
To your joy and \'our reward ! "
Ye have hard words for the savacje
Who, with bowstring sharp and sure,
Ends for aye the earthly burdens
Worn-out toilers must endure ;
But who recks their silent anguish, —
Or their misery can gauge
Wh
o m
pr
ison cell mu
st languish
Eor no crime, — save helpless age
A(;m:s Maii.k Maciiai
I "l''niKi.is.''|
~%
IN THE DAYS OH THE CANADA COMPANY.
V,\ k. I.l/AKS.
.1
!) 'i
t;i!
Hi
) i:
Til .i ■■ .11 uIkU say ydu (if llic ('<ili)niL>?
N'dk. i; ('aiiaila is |ic(.-vi>h, liul wc .shall siiun sclllo all llial. * '■ * Oiir I'riciiil Call ri-ij,'ns there
in plc'iiiiiKle nf pnwiT " * * ami llu- (Icpaiinuiil nl wc.cjils aiul fciR'sts is imuIlt the i:im-
ii'il (if a 1. 1 Jill Wan It'll (The.- Tiiici), win. si' k'aiin'il luculMaliniis luui' lii^iin'il in this .\lat,'aziiic.
I NcK I l.s AMIIKKSIAN.V;.)
SOMl'. si\t_\' 11(1(1 years as^o, diic
fiiK- suinnicr (.nc'iiin;^, "a \-(iiiii!^
fellow iif the name (.f McCarthy," the
first Mac in the .'■ettlement i, stiod on
the rij^ht hank of the l.ittic 'I'haines.
lie had walked from 1 UMmer's, look-
ing at land here atid there with an iii-
cx|)ericnc(.'(l e\e, and now contetn-
platcd the siiiall Iol;' bridij;e i)iit tip by
Van l^t^^montl across the stream.
When about half waj' ()\cr he w.ts
challenged by a hearty lCnc;iish voice,
askint^ for his F'ass. The owner of the
voice was .1 l)tn"l>' iiriton of the name
of lierwick;he too was |)rospect!n,L;' for
land, and as first comer had been a|)-
pointed (Jiiarantine officei', for it was
the cholera )ear. lie hail a stout
staff in his hand and looked thi.- mili-
tary man all over. "Pass:'" said our
youiiL;" emiijiant ; "I have no ])ass but
the L^iin over m\- shotilder. Call out
your i^iiard and arrest me, for p.iss
this bridt;e I will, if! can." Iloratitis
Codes laughed and made him wel-
come, aske(_l him into one of the two
shanties built upon the flat between
our present boat houses and the
bridge, and pre[)ared to do the hos-
itablc. It was si
pper lime, and the
woiiu'ii were htisy with their |)rimili\e
cuisine. .Abotit a yeai' before this,
when Iniililing the bridge, om- e\-ening
as h'.doiiiird \',in l'".gmond was cooking
sti[)per for his gang of Canada Com-
paii\- workers, the first white women
to reach the lliiroii Tract, Hets)- Mill
and Jane Ciood, passed o\er on their
way to (ioderirh. The\' were lumgry
and called otit for food, btit \'an l'".g-
inond thought fort)- men alread)'
eiiotigh, and half grudgingly lent his
fire and kettles for Hets)- and Jane to
ser\e their own part)'.
Theie were other gtie.sts besides the
Herwi(.ks at these shanties, refuges
put up at stat(;d intervaK bctwe< n the
W'iliuot line and the Lake for the use
of belated iraM'ilers, resembling, in a
rough wa)', the Dak bimgalows of In-
dia); and Madame Berwick with her
emigrant sistc'rs bustled abnul at their
work. I'ork, brought In- \'an h'.g-
mond's team, was soon l"iied;the fire
was raked forward and on it the three-
legged spider with i;s load of shaiit)-
cake was turned about, so that all
|)arts of the compound might crisp
eipiall)- ; water was btibbling in the
kettle and a (Irink called wild choc(»-
r.RKKN IIOI.I.Y.
S
lY.
riij,'iis ilicrc
kKt llic iiin-
Mn^a/iiiu.
\.\ 1.)
]iriinili\e
tnl'C tin's,
IS Cddkil)^'
(la t'om-
tc wdincti
ictsy Hill
r on their
i"c lumL;iy
\'an Iv'-
alrcac)'
1
>• lent his
tl Jane to
/sides the
refiiL,'es
l\\e( II the
I >y the use
)linL;, in a
\\> <>( In-
with her
It at their
\',in !•;--
! ; the (he
the ihree-
>{ shanty
. that ail
L^lit erisp
t; in the
(1 ehoeo-
i
"A YOI'.NC 1 KI.I.DW Hi I UK NAMI: OK Mi AKIIIV.''
late inaile, sweetened witli sii_t,rar but
innocent f)finilk. Last init not least
came the nnfailin;^ wiiiskey, aiul all
gathered round the fire to ]>artakc. l}y
the ^lowin^ coals the several histories
were interchanged. Mr. Berwick had
come in the William the I'ourth, and
had hrouijht with him L;r(yhnunds.
foxhounds, spaniels and L;ame fowls,
(;\erythini4 which ljockI means could
turni^h foi' eijnipmeni ; and now he,
};un in hand, with his wile, children
and ser\ants, found himself on the
hanks (if the I .itlle Thames searihini^
for an "':state" in the heait of the
Ilm'on Wilderness. .Mct'arth)''s des-
tination had been the lake sliori-, hut
the small chance ol a l)i<)ken w.iL;i;<<n
nut ilccidc-d his hituie Hie.
.\t hed-time the slccpiiiL;" accommo-
d.ition of the second shanty was c.\-
plorc-d. The newcomer disco\ered
that a i^ood sheet of t'lm-hark la\'
across the joists, his coat was off, and
doubled lor a jiiilow, one goorl spriuL;
and up he went ; but the mos(|uito fire
built be!ow nuide slei'j) lont^ a-coming.
IFe was awakened by \'oices, and cau-
tiou•^l\■ resting head on elbow looked
o\ cr to see who might ha\e|)asse<l the
bridge unchallenged. There were five
men and a boy, the boy Richard
Cawston, and one of the men Charles
("awston. "This will do fanioush,"
said one, "we can eat our supi)er and
slee|) here."
riuy made their fire and nearl\-
finished smoking out the silent watcher
above.
"Hello! there's a fine piece of bark.
I'll ,get up and sleep on it."
The head n(w\- left the elbow and
looked down.
"h"..\cusc me, but it's already occu-
picd.
The fellow laughed. "Isn't there
room for two ? "
(ikl'.lCN IIOLI.Y.
Squatters' riijlits had not yet been where melons, lettuce aiul all manner
of luxury throve, surrounding it.
Stone and bricl< have brouj^ht more
comfort, but there is, and always will
l)e, somethin<^ about the word "lo^-
c;il)in" which ^oes straight t(j the
hour it did break, and the llumpt)- Canadian heart. A blazed track led
Dumpties had to take to the nnid tloor to it, a bit of corduroy was the only
for the rest of the in'vhl ro,i(lw,i\- ; the irout, the wild bird and
tested; but youni^ McCarthy opined
that, under ^uch weii;!)!, the bark would
probably break.
".All riL;ht," said the new ronu'i" juinp-
in^^f up, "I'll risk it." In less than an
"IIIK l.h.lll III KN'iU I l.liiil'. .\Mi I Ml. I. nan nV I M H UOSl'Kl..
In '^^, Mr. John I l.akkme's fir>t inL;ht
in Stratford was also si)ent in this
room. J. C. W. Daly then occupied it,
and i^rcater accommodation w is ;^ained
by sheets used as partitions. .Mr. llal-
daiie could get a mom at the Shakes-
peare, tlien in process of building, but
as it woidd be without a roof he chose
the other. H\- the year '40 the shan-
ties had disappeared, , and Mr. McCar-
thy lived in a new one; a garden,
the succulent rocjt were the only A)ods;
the children's schooling was field labor,
and a church was a thing not yet
s|)oken of.
Hut religion men will have ; and, as
in most early Canadian beginnings, the
light of knowledge and the light of the
gos| el were both to be shed from the
one log cabin, which .served for .school
on week-days and service on Sundays.
.\ classical school had been oj)encd in
1
(ikl-.l'-.N IIOI.I.V
11 manner
■? it.
iLjlit more
wayh will
ord "lo^-
t to the
track led
the only
bird and
»
Illy foc)(l>;
leld labor,
; not yet
e ; and, as
inin^s, the
ght of the
1 from the
for school
Sundays,
opened in
Kingston by Dr. Stuart as early as
17S3, and elsewhere the first common
sciiool a|)|)eared in ijcSC); but thus earl)'
in the thirties the onlv schools in the
HuronTract wcrcin (jodi.'iich, "that pet
and darling of till' Canada Company,"
and .scho(jl masters were among the first
imports there. Oueer fellows, some of
them, taking life easily. One, tired of
Hogging two troublesome latls, furnish-
ed them with .1 rod apiece, with "Now,
go ahead and flog each other. I give
j'ou up as incorrigible."
.As f,)r religion, the Church of l'"ng-
land had e.-^tab.ished a Miciety in i,S;;o
for convLrdng and ci\ili/.ing the In-
dian-;, and for pro|),igating the g()S])cl
among destitute settlers. The \ery
first Protestant sermon in'cached in
the Tract was b\- ,1 .Metho li^t mission-
ary ; but before that the Jesuits had
come up, in the Trader Gooding's boat
from Windsor, and Father I )amon had
taken the little first born llurom'tesin
his arms and l)a|itiseil ihrin, I'mtotant
and Roman, alike.
The log school house stood upon the
site of the present brick Central. To
the left, scene of the famous (i.ielic
sermon, U|)on the slope and flat, was a
small clearing made b)' the Indians in
getting fuel for the camp where, >ear
j.fter year, ihc}- cann- ti> hunt. The
ground was co\ere(l with hair, from the
dressing of their deer-skins; and nuish-
rooms grew there, whii h the \illagers
gathered when the_\- well to view the
camp or gel venison, bear's meat, or
maple sugar. .Such edibles were god-
sends to the settler, for he was U><)
INDIA.N (AMI' CROUNP,
8
r,k!':i:\ iioi.i.n'
ii •
busy fclliii<,f. hiirniiiL;, iiiidcr luiisliiiif^-
iiiid Ini^^rjii^-, to s]K'n'l tinu' in i^ut
liimtiiiii;.
The first emigrant sheds, near which
James Woods, senior, took his life in
his liand for the benefit of his fellow s
wliile t\-|)hus rai^c'd, stood uhcie the
lli^h School now is; and fmliier
down, a barn, near W'alkoni's, served
the same |)nr|jose. A lar^^e ])arty (/f
Iliffhlanders was once tiiere in threat
distress, and Mrs. McCarthy had the
women to spin her \\doi, and hcl])ed
them in man)- wa)'s. At the foot oi
the slope in front of the lot;' school-
house stood the bridge, the foundation
lo^s of which were taken out at the
buildin_Lr of the |)resent stone structure;
l)elow it were the shanties, and aL;ain
to the rit;ht, behind our Ciovernnient
buildinijs, was the Shakes|)eare, built
upon the banks of the Avon. In the
)'ear '34 the hamlet numbered only
twent)--nine souls, but the name (>(
Stratford had ali'ead\- been ;^i\en, and
Shakcs|)care, \er)- much abroad, a
niarxcl of si^ni-painter's art, swunc:^ in
cffigj- as a si^ni for the i)rimiti\c hos-
telry. Thomas Mercer Jones, Com-
mis.sioner tor the Canada Compan\',
had rc-nametl the stream from Little
Thames to A\-on, and had brouj^lU the
sign with him from Toronto when he
came to the christening of tlie village.
The Commissioner's whim decided then
and there much of the nomenclature
which lias since won for us the name
of the Classic City. No doubt it was
a convivial gathering, for he and that
prince of good fellows, Doctor Dunlo]!,
not only lived in the time of bottle me from drinking it. There are beasts
good-natm-c, but were both upholders
ol the faith that "a glass of wine is a
good creature and reconciles poor mor-
talit\' to itself" The Connuissioner,
once when asked ifsd-and-so had been
tipsy wlu.'ii at his house, answered,
" 'I'on ni\- life I can't tell ! 'I'on my
life I ne\er >aw .1 man drunk in luy
house. 'I'on m\' life, I belie\e 1 was
always drunk fii'st ni_\silf; I couldn't
see //////. don't you know."
.\s fir the Doctor, his receipt for
whiske}- toild)' was to (ill the tumbler
with boiling water, and when the glass
was heated through, i)our out the water
and re-fill with whiskey. .\s the shep-
herd sa\s in the N'octes .\mbrosian;e,
of which si.'t Dunlop was ,1 prominent
membei-, " I really cann;-. help wush-
in', .Sir, that there was a mark in the
theiMiionieter abociu that o' bilin'
waller; just fir the sake -i' whusky
toddy."
Dunlop had, with hi^ attendant In- ,
dians and v(i\ageurs, cho])ped and
gro])ed his wa\' through the lluron
woods from the W'ilmol Line, right
through the site of Stratforil, onward
to the lake, in the \ear '28; that an-
cient lluron road, worse e\en than its
successor.
It was no doubt then, with an alter-
nali',"C of hemlock tea and wild choco-
late, that he renewed his adnn'ration
for Glenlix'at. Canadian whiskey he
did not admire, for in the House he
enqinred as to the amount made from
a gi\en (piantit)' of wheat.
"I ha\e no doubt the Honorable
gentleman is right, but Heaven defend
i
CRl'.l'N IIOI.I.N'.
of one Imni, and blasts (if
two horns, hut I confess to
bcin^f ii l)cast of inan_\- lioins,"
I Ic liad " just l)(jcn aj)-
pointcd a J. 1'. for i-\iT\'
county ill tlic I'rovinrc, ami
as I am busy in chuicli mat
tors, I liavc no douiit will
sonu- day bt; an eldrr, and
the pillars of Satan's kini;-
(loni will L;ct a sair joi; that
day."
I^ut lie w as ni ) ehurch ;,;i ler,
•"or " he did not l)elie\e in one
havin;^ all the chat." " 1 ha\e
written [this is in ':!.S| divers
letters touchint; ministers and
schoolmasters. * * * Sir
John ("olbiirnc> is education-
mad,"
Ti^er 1 )unlo|) was a queer
fellow and with his hi'. >lhei-
and the latter's still moi'e
eccentric wife made a trio
which would furiu'sh a chap-
tci' of fireside history not to
be matched elsewhere. While stalion-
cil with his reL;iment in India, a tit,a'r
f)nc niijht made its appearance in his
tent, facini;' him, and he dare not turn
to t;ct liis sword. With one hand he
drew his snuff box fiom his waistcoat
pocket and threw the dust in the
creature's e)'cs, with the other reachini^
for his sword durin;4' the moment's
blindness.
Nc.\t to wdiiskey, snuff was his
I le ne\er couh
setting sm.
)e-
wear the
ruffled shirt then in fashion, on account
of tiie dirt\' habit, tr\int^ to hide his
cloth. l'oi- ordinarv he was clad in
checked i;re\- (anadian home-spun,
wore a plaid, and on jiis clcxer
head the broadest of Scotch bonnets.
lie was 'ince sloppe'! ,it the ('ust(jm.s,
the officer demaiKliiiLj the reason of
such an importation of rapjiee. lie
would not belie\e it could be for pri-
xate consumption, till iJunlop threw a
handful in the air, and catchin;^ it as
best he could on his face, said, snuff-
iiiL; it up, " That's what I want it for.
rii.it's the wa_\' I usi' it."
lie and Mdouard \'an h'.ijinond
sat
fail
iiiij m sui
ts of
snuff-color
cd
oroati-
fish
iiifi one da)- in the Anoh for eels
^
lO
(;ki:i:n iioi.i.n'
i i iM
near wlurc llic ilain was hciii',; luiilt.
Till')' Iniiiid iIka wcic ii|iii|i ail linliaii
}4iiui". I''.\aminali(iii |)iii\c(l it slial
low, anil sdinc six inches dnwn |lu'\
fi)nii(l llir i\<'il Man hiniscir, -cwcd up
in hark, with his ;.;un, his Idinahiiw k,
and iiis sralps licsidc him. The huild
iii^f (if the d.iiii and mills i;,i\c wmk In
many, and is rcmrmhcrcd yd hy nnc
or two as tli(' one thin;.; whii h spread
ready money. Readv money was
.scareer (hen than now ; \';in Iv.nnond,
.senior, imahie to j^mI p.u'il foi- his ser
\ ices in cash, acia.'pted eij^ht hundred
acr(!s of Stratford land, and one thoii
-sandfne hundred at the site of Mit
cheli. I je rei-ei\-ed ii ,it the rate of
one doji.ir and fifty i ents per acre, an<l
sold it ill after ye.ars to the ('ompany
at nine doll.irs per acre. The sales
were then all reiorded on sliin^l,-, ,md
sent in "slip-," ti 1 I'l ir( mti >.
I he ( 'oimnissii ,iicr, in ,\i i\ I'liih r oj'
'.v". wiiles to .\!e.\. :\|,i, |)(M:, dd; " I
am liappy to hear that the dim is s,,
well seiiireil aLjaiiisl injiii'V in the
Spriiii;. .\(iw that all the workmen
arc (li.schar^ed, ,///,/ / ,-,',m /// ///cv
///ly r, vv/i/ //,'/ //,/;■(' /in// /ii////'ri/
Si' /('//!,■ .alter my lea\ iiii; St rat-
f«ird, Mr. .Mian's ser\ices cannot
I'l' re(|iiired. * * * I he expense'
ol the dam has been enormonsl\-
liea\y, and as .Mr. LoiiL^worth's esti-
mate 7,',M, / ,/w s///i; i//adi- Ik'/II/
such a nnmher of men could lia\'e
liei'il ad\ ailta;.;eoUs|y emp|o\'ed upon
the Work .it once, on sexcrai occasions.
\\ all events I sjiall |ool< with some
.mxiety for the information I expect.
* * * Mr. I .on;.;worth will inform
> ou as to m\ wishes rej^ardin^ tlio
oxen. I ha\i' .luthoi'i/.ed him to use
his discretion, either to dispose of them
.it .Str.itlord or to have them driven to
( i' iderich, for -,ale there."
So it would appe.'ir 'that .Stratford
men tocik adv;mta;_;(" of their one o|)-
porlimitv. In a poslsci-i|it he says,
'■ I .<'t me know whether niv I'ooni is
titled lip, for I shall rei|iiii-e it on my
next V isit."
Iiis "ro .in" w'.is then at the .Shakes-
peire, ,nid no p.iins were sp.ired to
make lile there aL^ri'eahle to him and
Mr. Loii;_^w( nth. They b ith spoke
with ;.;r,itefnl memory of the house ;uk1
its mistress fur m my a d,ty. 'i'hc
house \v,is .1 (r.ime, w ith the one "l)i^-
lodiii " then s I nselul lor court-, iiiecl-
inics, church services ,uid revelries.
Mrs. Sart;eaiit is described ,is "a line
buxoiu lookinj;- woman, fiir ,ind L;ood-
n.itureil, rosy .nid blue cvad, free in
her speei b .iiid loud nf ,i juke." She
took an active p.irt in L;ettini; children
to;^etlK'r .ind forming a school. She
collc'cted unliriiiLily for the first frame
churth and for the first brick -that
c'pilome ol iiL;liiiess, "somewhat j^othic"
j/iii,i^/i/i'/it a /id disci eti,
<//. some e.x
pla III the oiusidc v lew
but not beloiu'iii
nation
to the caus(.'
is neic's- to the perpendii iil.ir, for ,in old-fash-
s.ary, ;md which he will, no doubt, be ioiied storm buli^ed the western wall
able to allord when he has inspected while it w.is yet unrooted. 'I'he bulei:
the work. I
niav. However, here oh
to that sense: ol iiisiic urilv whicii
serve Ih.it it apjicirs to nu;, odd, how lurnished a reason fcir il.s short life
('.ki:i:N ii()i,i,\-
11
lid l);ivo
■il ii|)(iii
■i;isi(iii'<.
til sonic
expect.
I infiirm
i'ml; tlio
II Id use
1)1 them
ri\cn to
" ANii iii.Ki' nowN Mill, i.ii: iiii;kk.
' fears lliat \\<'r<' L;roiiii(llcss, for i;iin-
;:■ jiowiler liai! to he- |ileiitil"iill_v ii-^eil in
I'emoxinL', il for the found. ition of oiir
|)reseiil Si, jaines.
In the "liii; room" of the Shakes-
i§ peare the Inst AiiL^liean service w'ls
lield hy (anon Ik'ltridtie of Wood-
stock. I'he rocjiii was yet unfinished,
; but it was crowded; and hocior I )un-
S l<ip was there. I he sermon dwelt
''m upon llie need of a ( hiirch and called
..■ for help. 'I'he iJoctor |iut his iiand in
Ills |)ocket when all w.is u\c\\ and
drew out a fi\c-[)ouiid noU'. " 'I'hat
wa.s a (1 (1 _Lj;o()tl sermon. Ni'ver
heard a better and I wish )ou well."
It was a time of strong' lan^uai4e and
liquiils.
The incumbent of lliose days had
oftentimes no jiarisli boundary be-
tween him and the North I'ole ; he was
poorly i)ai(l, and it was necessary for
him to farm as well as |)reach. To do
this latter, to marry, to bury or bap-
ti/.e, he viu\v ,dl dist.nices, from si.xteen
to sixty miles, With ser\'ices in the
loL,^ school had come Tarscjii llicke_\-,
liis con>f,'re;4at ions always lari^e, and the-
I'arson, \\hosaUL( iiid preached well,
was soon ,d)le tol)e;_;in an aj^itatioi) for
a frame (hurt h. That ciiiin h is now
occupied 1)\- Mr. I'ilev on .St. (ieorffc
street, where it was reinoxcd to i,'i\e
place totlie I'irst brick one, and if rob
i)e<l()fits partitions to(la\' would look
much the same as it did then.
The (anada ( onipan\- hid L;i\i n a
church plot, and the whole jtopulace,
countrx' and villai^e, was interested,
.Ml men turned out and helped in the
clearing, for tlie de.id belon^in^' to all,
before; that, and for some time after,
found burial in it. The bodies re-
mained undisturbed until the Roman
Catholic churcli ^ot its f^raiit, when
many were ri'inoxed; but the |)laie had
thrown so full, and the graves so mer^^-
ed, lliat many conliiiui;d uiulisturbed,
! ij
(in
a
(,Ki:i:.\ iioi.i.N'
and. licL"]) d<n\n, .stiHil Bivefliiw^iif-. 1 In,- ml
had nc\ er been Hurvitj'tuli, and some,
mistakenly made m atBviac warf after-
wards declared St. G^tr't-V'^n: ^^treet, ap-
Ijcared in the ^raddmg lO'lf i;iJ,. and are yet
secure in their macawlbmni vaal'r.
The Khn tree, ^ jjinjuMHTiiiif object in
tlie church i^round.wa.* ai ^.-edlin'j^ from
inside a small e.nc:kj>Hmrrc round the
grave of Mrs. A3gj»!httun+ E'ere. The
fence decaj-ed, rallfe fcurfjwsed on the
tender shoots, but iil -tfliiniiv.ed.
Crude as our tojic* wtcitk;,. there were
^ther jjlaces worse lOtff — iwie where the
vessels were a blacik Jbofitte and tum-
bler, and the %\ ord *aiiir]j/i<r.e unknown.
In the gra\e}ardsliliVCTii wi'joden boards
cotnmennjratcd iJite <l!«a«'E v^.fth dates,
with sjjaccs Ijetweemi ifiUferf poeticall)-.
".M\' father and inv niDiother too are
' dead
"And here 1 |jul !lM* 5;ra.vestone at
their head.
"M>- father li\ed to ,^7, My rnc.tlier
"Not (juite so iw^ Ami one died
after t'other."
But when J-Jisihfjiij) S'Cirachan came
homespun poetn' aimd Ikjg cabins could
not hinder the gUjiry «4hh Episcopal
ad\ ent, draw ti hv ii'mv l?i'')rses anri at-
tended b\- two stTr'\amit.+.. f)ne of the
latter acted as \-wg(er aind was nearly
as imposing as }m mxAtf-xr, w ho, wher-
ever he dined, at h<ii!m: cit with friend,
had the other stand ibdhirin/'l his chair to
minister to the K|>in'«;f)pal palate.
People were nrjlisfktrfi fti hh coming,
and great weretJx- g<<r<nparations. At
the one confirmatiwii arncing the candi-
dates were .Mr, awii Mrs. McCarthy.
The choir prime\ii3 if.omsi.'^ted of John
King, "a fine spedi;w;inMof an F''.ngiish-
man, good \-oice, and never mis.sed a
service" as leader, with llines as clar-
inet, and Metherill the blacksmith \\ith
his bass viol. One interesting e]iisfy<le
in '49 was the christening of McCar-
thy's t\\ ins, the first children bf^rn after
the Oueen's accession; so it was
thought fit to name them Albert anrl
Victoria, which Parson I Iicke\' did. anrj
the e\ent tlrew a larger congregation
than his eloquence e\er had.
In iiS40 Canon Hettridge ad.erli'-cd
in the " i'atriot" that he was ready and
willing to jjerform services or attend
the sick and <l>ing, if so ad\iscd. in
any part of the I'ract. He came to
Downie in the September fjf that year,
christened children, and administered
the sacrament to John .Monteith, who
was d^-ing. .\gain he c;ime to bury a
young fellow named Walton, then
stucKing for the ministr\-, but who
died before his ordination.
Dunlop, J. P., took man\- such offices
when no clergy were w ithin legal dis-
tance. Once on his \\;iy from Toronto
to Goderich he foimd a friend at an
intermediate point, a new made and
sorrowing widower. He remained
and performed the last sad rites.
Business took him back within a
month and a horseman met him. to
say his friend reciuired his services
again. This time his magisterial func-
tion was a wedding, for, " As j-ou did
the one job for me, I thought I would
like you for the other."
Parson Ilicke)' was as informal as
his surroundings. A railing fenced off
the small enclosure used as a chancel,
and over this he strode pulpitwards.
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13
Not so Rector Campbell, the first in-
cumbent sent into the Tract, who
sometimes officiated here. Of him
Dunlop said lie spoilt a fine officer
and made a poor jjarsoii when he left
the navy for the church. Hut he was
a j^entleman of the old school, and had
a voice of such melody " it made you
wish to ^o to I leaven when \ou heard
i him." Me jo<,f<^red down here on, (jr
behind, an animal ofexentful history,
the horse ridden by Brock at Ouecns-
ton, still carryini,^ in its back a bullet
wound which never healed.
But the journeys were not always
by private carriage. The ^tjreat excite-
ment of the week was the tootinp of
the Post h(jrn, as, with whip nourished,
and horn soundint^ somewhat like a
nose blown sorely at^ainst the owner's
will, the coach drove up to the Inn-
door in fine style, and made a final
stop after circlint^, some fi\e times, the
sign post set in the middle of a t^eiicr-
ous yard-room ; both tokens of skill
from dri\er and postman.
'I'heri' was a ^rand mixture in a
coach-load then ; hampers, which had
taken from ^^i.\ weeks to three months
in crt)ssing the ocean, with all things
from family jewels to Christmas pud-
dings inside ; letters, whereof the post-
age ran up into the shillings and odd
pence, and the jnnir emigrant, hunger-
ing for news from home and never a
farthing in his pockei, turned away,
heart-sick at "insufficient postage;"
jjackages of iMiglish Ixmks on Canada,
just out, written b_\- explorers who took
as their caption :
" Tra\ellers ne'er did lie
" 'i'hough fools at home c(jndemn
them."
W'aj'faring men turning like homing
l^igeons at the word Christmas ; weary
females with carpet bags and three
bandboxes in a holster case, fa new
[lest of the \ert<.-brate order and grum-
'4
flRI'.l'.N noi.i.v.
b!c(l at tjy the men) ; all these tumbled
out of The l''i.shcart, the first Stratford
coach, so named from the marine de-
si<fn on the box. It was doorless, and
in_L^fess <ind exit were made b}' the
windows. On it went throui^h the
iluron Tract, in an atmosphere where
cverythini^ seemed turned to snow,
waxiuL; and unendin<,f curtains of
swansdown; ovcranearthof white waste
iiroken only by the single sleigh track,
obliterated almost as soon as made.
On, from Seebachs, w ith the limitless
shadowy forest closin;^ sombre on either
side, clouds of vapor curling from
mouths of men and beasts, to set-
tle af;ain in rime, and making;' the
blackest head ai^^ed in an hour ; on, to
the tune of Canadian sleit^hbells, rinij-
in^ out the old, rint^in^ in the new and
tellinL,r ,,f the daj-s to be, when the
"little one had becoine a thousand
and the small one a strong" nation."
THF RELIGION OH JEAN DUNDAS.
V.\ CKME v.. DF.MSON.
ill
! H
11
m
a
M'
IS.S DL'XD.ASis a delightful
woman, handsome, well read,
bright, magnetic, but — just a little" —
the Doctor jjaused, with three hori/.un-
tal lines neath' furrowed across his
forehead, and his shoulders shrugged,
a picture of doulit and deprecation.
Ihe Rector watched him with some
interest. This latter was the model of
an athletic Christian, a modern sport-
ing parson, in days of old he'd ha\e
put off a wedding to follow the hounds;
now, he was only scjmetimes two
miiiutes late for daily I'.vensong to
fmish a game of tennis. Men agreed
that he was a decent S(jrt ; women
deluged him with confidences, slippers
and church embroideries ; young girls
came from class and bible-readings
with their friskiness subdued and their
gidd\- little heads fcjr the moment har-
boring great thoughts that made them
steady ; bojs worshipped him and
longed to be like him ; dogs came con-
fidentially and put their dumb noses
into his palm ; he was the dominant
mind in his p-etty parish.
"Miss Dundas," repeated the Doctor,
changing his legs and slowly waving
his foot before the grate, "is a woman
I am just a little afraid of" ".\frai<l
<if? )'ru f" asked the Rector, taking
his long pipe from his lijjs and raising
himself in his chair, "what on earth
for i" "Well, its almost impossible to
explain, just wait till you see her."
"In church to-morrow:' Handsome,
well-read, cle\ei-, magnetic, she'd be
an inspiration, m\- bo\'. I need her
badly." "William W'orthington," said
the Doctor im|)ressi\ely, "You'd better
get inspiration in a .safer (juarter."
GklCl'.N llOl.l.W
t5
limitless
; on cither
iiiLj from
;, to sct-
ikint^' the
ir ; on, to
)ells, rint;;-
: new and
when the
thousaiul
ation."
ladc them
him and
came cfHi-
nnb noses
dominant
he Doctor,
:\y \\avin;j[
i a woman
' ".Afraid
:or, takiuLi;
ni(l raisin^^
on earth
possible to
see licr."
(andsome,
siic'd be
need her
pfton," said
:m\\ better
artcr."
"!^xi)losive ? " iminired tlic Rector,
between lii^hliiit^-up ))uffs, and there
was a twinkle in liis eyes that made
tiic Doctor smile.
"Ruinous, m\- dear fellow. Miss
Dundas is the enigma which 1 would
c^ive this |)reseiit incarnation to soke.
Slie has wonderful jiowers, ineffable
repose, an influence tiial is little less
than ma<^ic, or a t^ood deal mf)re. 'I'he
most interestinL:^, the only interesliiiL;
woman I know, and }'et — " once more
the Doctor ])aused and shrui;i;ed his
shoulders.
"You don't like her?" su^^o-ested the
Rector.
"Lt'/ce //(■/ ? I am as wa.x in her
hands ; oh, just wait till _\'ou meet her.
Bj- Jupiter! 1 liope I'll be in the vici-
nity. I want to find how much there
is to you, beside si.\-foot-t\vo of hand-
some material. I believe you and
Jean Dundas inii^ht understand one
another.
The Doctor had scarcely finished
his sentence when the door was opened
wide ; a sort of ^asp followed liis last
word, as his small maid announced,
"Miss Jean Dundas."
The doorway was seemin^l)' filled
with a very tall fiLjure. ThrouL^h a
loosely-twisted cloud of black lace
shone out a limiiiious face, funtly
smiling, but e\identl}" full of happy an-
ticipation, and lower down amid the
lace were two white and out->trctched
hands, which were i;rasped by the
Doctor in a twinkling, as he dashed
across the room.
"Uless iny soul ! To think you
should dr(jp down on a man like this!"
he said tremulousi)-. "( 'ome in and
tell us what \-ou want. ( )h, \)y llu-
wa_\-, _\iiu'\e ncM.T met our Rector, Dr.
\\ Orthington."
Jean Dundas drew one hand away
from the Doctor and held it out to the
Rector, and lor a monuMit stood be-
tween iheni, glancing from one to the
other, each man huldiiig one ol hei'
hands.
"W'h.it gi/iid friends xou are," >h('
said, in a low gt'iitlc voice: " Dr. Woinh-
ington, 1 ha\e just heard of you ; I am
only home from hjigland a week, onl_\-
here to-day, but e\eryone 1 ha\e seen
has told me of \ou. \ ou seem to ha\'e
gathered the whole ])arish under your
wing ! I am glad to know you. .And
how glad I am to see you looking so
well, I lector!" and she put both her
haiuis again into the Doctor's and
shook them warmly.
Dr. W'orihinglon started rt the
name ; he had scarcely recogr.i/.ed the
phjsician undei' his baptisnial a])])ella-
tion.
"\\ hat do y<ai want of me ■ " asked
the latter, as Mis> Dundas stctod be-
tween thei.i. "I ha\e an iinalid it my
house ami I want you to come and see
her to-niL;hl ; I camiot (|in'te cure her;"
she said, withnut hesitation. "Jus! ^it
down, while 1 put on \uy ciiat," --aid
the Dii(toi- proniptiv, aii<l .Miss Dim-
das look his \acant chair.
'■' ector wailed for her to sjjcak,
but seemed to ha\e forgoltm his
existence, and so he sal opposite her,
and studied her, bringing all his ficul-
ties into the one force of obser\alion.
Presently he began to be conscious of
tf
i6
GKl'.l'.N IIOLLV.
I
I'i
I:.
!' , I.
I
soiiu- slraiit,^' sfiisatioii : lie trembled a
j'ltli', tlicn lie i^ot up and witliinil
s|K'alsiiiL;', cnissed ihc luMilliniL; and
sIcjikI l)y thit l(«uiiL;iiiL;' i.liair in wliich
Miss Uiiiidas was sillint;'. I lis lace
conlractrd aiixiousl}- and lii^ hands
clenchi'd ; lie wauled, Ionised, stni\e to
speak, hni eould m >i.
When the tension had beconie |)aiii-
hil, .\li>> Diindas looked n|\ "\'oii
nn't^ht tome up with 1 )r. (irant," slu'
said (|uietly, ".md walk hack with liini ;
I don't think my patient will detain
liini fue minutes."
At the llrst ''ound of her \oicc the
Keetor took a 'lonL; hreath ; the rehel
was like the loosin;.; oi' st rauL; iiiiL;
hands on hi-- throat. "Tliank \-oii," he
stammered, "I will "
!\liss l)imdas rose also, and wrap])ed
the laee more elosely about her head.
"The wind is a triHe rouL;h," she said
L^cntly, i)reeedinij; him to the hall,
where Doctor (Irant was struL;!^linL;"
into his top-coat.
As the Rectfjr passed him, the Hoc-
tor lookeil euriousl)- into his face. It
was pale, and the soft iwec^p of the
line lips was set as hai'd as iron. "H_\-
lupiterl" nnnanui'i'd the man ol pills,
"he has felt it too; I'm ;-;lad there's
another."
* -* * * *
'["he Rector knew the larL;e cream-
colored house, which had been tlosed
for a _\ear while Mi---- 1 )undas was
abi'oad. I le hail in his leisure
moments |)ictuied it-ownei- a-^ a i)c-
iiIl;'!! and white-haired woman, in the
decline of life. No one had told him
of tlu; chaians o|' |can Mimde, noune
had prepared him for the advent of a
woman of ap])arcntl>- thirty years,
with a ro\al carriai;e, tlu; faee of a
Madonn.i and the voice of a dove.
Me walked on her left, and hearc'
her few words to the Doetor, in the
short distance between the two houses;
he was emMi^cd with his whole ae-
([uaintance. .All an_\one had said was,
"Miss Dnndas i-< interestinL^, clever and
peculiar." ()n'\-the Doctor had said
"haiuNomc,"and th t without assistance.
The Re<tor was ->till chafint,^ when
he miamted the ste])s of the cream-
coloi'ed house, where liL;ht shone from
cM-i'v w indow and bom the o]>en hall
doois, Hunt; wide at their a|)proacli.
Mi>s Dundas went before them, across
the hall, and drew aside a curtain of
soft eastern '-ilk, that huni( before a
wide doorwa\'.
"I ha\e brought the l.)octor, Antjc-
lic|ue," she said cheerfully — her voice
takiuL; a new tonc--"and I will send
him in at once" —
"I want no doctor, lad}', only yoii,"
ciii'd a fretful xdice from the room,
"('ome \ ou in with your doctor."
".\nd the Rector also," said Jean
Dundas, lioKlinL; back the portieres for
their entrance ; "I want )-ou to tell the
Doctor about Ntau' arm, .Xn^cliciuc.
.Since it was set it has been so painful,
l)o( tor, I am sure it neetls banila^iu!^.
It was so rou-h this \-o)ai;e. I'oor
.XuL^eliijue had no rest" Then turn-
iuL; to the Rector, Mis^ Dundas said
softly, "IaI us wait here, she is n\y
maid, I am \er)' lond of her; I can't
heai' to see her --uffer, and vet, I think
she mu--t, ////s //we."
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17
\c'nt of a
I)' years,
,[cv of a
li
n", ill the
o lioiiscs;
\1ioIl' ac-
said was,
\cvv\- ami
liad said
ssistaiKC.
U'^ wllL'Il
e crcaiii-
loiR' from
o|ieii liall
ipproacli.
•in, across
curtain of
before a
or, .\m;4c-
her \-oice
will send
ml}- you,"
the room,
tor."
said Jean
trtieres for
to tell the
Xn^rclicjuc.
so painful,
I
L;e. I'oor
hen turii-
ndas said
ihe is my
I- ; I can't
L'l, I think
^
I'lic)- stood in a bay window, where
ferns and greenery mocked the comint^
winter outside. C"i<jsc beside him she
stood, antl the Rector did not shrink,
rather drew uneasily near her, as they
waited.
Presently a shrill cry and a torrent
of I'Vench e.xcl.unations cleft the air.
"(iently, i;entl\'," said the Doctor
sharply, "Vou are very nervous. If
you arctjuiet, I won't hurt you m<jre
th.m I can Ivjlp."
Miss Dundas turned and looked at
her maid, and the <i;irl sobbed a plea
for pardon. "Keep j-oiu' c\'es on me,
sweet lad)'," she murmured in French,
" thus can I bear the pain. .Ah ! you
see, it is not nearl)- so bad now when
)-ou look at me."
The Rector ^danced at Miss Dundas;
she was pluckini^ the lace from about
her head. She was bitiiii^ her lips,
tears were i^atherinij in her eyes, a
deej) flush crept up her .soft neck and
dyed her face. Her mouth drooped
in a curve of infinite sadness, almost of
.self pity ; suddenly she caut^ht her arm
in one hand and a little moan burst
from her.
An^eliquc hcanl it. "Don't disturb
j'our.self, dear lady," she .said bri<;htly.
"The pain is quite gone, I suffer no
lontjcr. The doctor is of the jfcntlcst.
It is a heaven of rest ; the jjain is
gone ! "
Dr. \Vorthini,noii moved )'et closer
to Miss Dundas ; a lii^ht seemed to
come into his mind. "This is not
riL;ht ! " he whispered. "Do )ou hear f
Let her bear it. Sit down at once."
Miss Dundas sank into a chair, and
closed her eves, as the Doctor came
from Antjeliciuc's siile. "it is a wretched
ji)b," he remarked, "and badlj* needs
looking to. I will go and get my
bandages and do the best I can. Rec-
tor, will you cciine with me i "
A faint cry of pain came from the
suffering .Angelique. Miss Dimdas
stood up. "Must it be done lo-m'ght !"
she asked very .softly. "Certainlx', no
use putting it off. Vou go antl talk to
Dr. Worthington in the tlrawing-room.
Most marvellous how that girl braced
u]) when I spoke sharpls- to her."
Dr. Worthington offered his arm in
an old-fashioned stj'lc to Miss Dundas.
The girl pau.sed, half e.\tende<l her
hand, and then with a sudden closing
of the lips and e}'es, her botly straight-
enctl, she gathered up her lace, and
without glancing at her maid, went
before them from the room. At the
door of the drawing-room, she said in
a faint voice, "Let us have .some music.
I will pla)' for )-ou."
The Rector did not want music ; he
was on a rack of curiosity. He panted
to question, to protest, to upbraid; but
when Miss Dundas began to play, he
forgot everything hut what she was
saying to him.
She told him, in a plaintive prelude,
of the i)ain and sin which the world
knows ; then she made him understand
that love was greater than pain, and
then she slKJwed him love, purest,
strongest, eternal lo\c, until the air
was \iolel-luied about him, and he was
in spirit on his knees ; and then pain
and love strove in the chords until he
helil his breath, and at last one great
swee|) of rapturous melod)-, and there
r
is
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iiij
•i
was r.o pain, hut I'cacc, with Love in
her arms I
The Rector sat motionless nntil
Jean Dimchis turned m\ looked at
him, with luminous ex'cs, and he knew
she saw, instead of his stalwart form,
tlie inner soul of him, and for the Hrst
time he understood soniethint;' ahout
whicli he iiad l)een |)reaehinL; for a
decade.
The Doctor came as they sat look-
iii;4 at one another, and at tiis \'oice
tlicy simultaneous!)- closed their ejes
a moment in the sudden, shroudint^
way one would draw a curtain before
a sacred slirine. "I was ohlii^ed to
^ivc the maid an o|)iate," said the
physician i:;ra\cly. "I liad a nice time
fjf it with her, before I settled her
down."
"I knew there was something be-
yond me," said Jean Dundas, 5^oin<^ to
meet him; "was it very hard on her ^ "
"Well, i biouj^ht U]) youn;^' sawbones
from the hospital with me and we
broke the bone and it set ])ro])crl}-.
All she needs now is time anrl <]uiet.
How she scjualls at one in I'"rcnch ! "
Dr. Worth ington stood up. "Miss
Dundas is tJoin<j; to send her to the
hospital," he said ([uietly, "private room
and every comfort. Doctor ; will you
manat,rc it in the morniuLj?"
Twice Miss Dundas breathed (|uick-
ly ; then, she bent her head under the
gaze of tne Rector.
"Of course I will," saifl the Doctor
briskl)'.
Next inorning the Rector, who was
usuallj' up and abroad before break-
fast, came thoughtfully into the Doc-
tor's surgerj-.
Dr. Grant was in the diiiing-rooin
bejond, discussing his chop and coffee.
"Had breakfast, Rector?" he enc|uircd,
in a husk)' tone, suggesting lack of
table manners.
"\ot )-ct. Mrs. Worthington nescr
takes her place behind the urn before
half-past eight, )du know. I just
wanted )-ou not to forget that girl. '
".\ngeli(|ue ? " (|ueric(l the Doctor.
"Hv the w a)', what makes Miss Dun-
das send her to the hospital at all ^"
"It is best for Miss Dundas," saiil
the Rector slow!)-. Doctor Grant laid
down his knife and fork. "Now,
)-ou've something to tell me : " he ex-
claimed, as the Rector (lisjKiscfi ■ is
long legs under the corner of the table-
cloth. "Vou have seen Jean Dundas.
Has she given )-ou that inspiration?"
"Cirant," said the Rector irrelcvantl)-,
"is Miss Dundas likeU' to remain
here ? "
"Couldn't undertake to sa)- ; Miss
Dundas ma\- stay here three da)-s, or
three )'ears. .She did not tell me she
was leaving. Wh\', she's not here
twent)'-four hours )-et."
The Rector considered. "1 think i
shall go up after breakfast and ask
her," he said, s])eaking as if to iiimsclf.
Then he went home and sat at the
foot of ills table while Mrs. Worthing-
ton poured tea, antl informed him of
the return of Miss Dundas. "She came
home last e\eiiing, William, to place
her maid in the hospital that Dr. Grant
might look after her. I wonder if
there is an)'thing between her ami
Doctor Grant. They are both sc
l)eculiar."
The Rector did not answer, and Mrs.
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19
11 11)^- room
ind cnffcc.
? ciujiiircd,
lacl< of
i^toii iu'\cr
urn hi-fdrc
w. I just
It -irl.'
Doctor.
.Miss |)iin-
at all '.-
lias," said
(irant laid
k. "Now,
■ : " he cx-
s|)()sc"(| is
f tiu- tahlc-
an Diiiidas.
sjiiration ? "
irrcle\antl_\-,
to remain
sa)- ; Miss
rec (la}'s, or
tell mc she
^ not lierc
"I lhiid< I
■it and ask
to himself.
I sat at tlie
\\ (jrthin^r-
\^e(\ him of
"She came
n, to place
I Or. (irant
woiuler if
n her and
c both so
'r, and Mrs.
Worthinc^ton turned to rebuke the
sniail ^irl and l)oy wlio were <iuarrcl-
iiiiL^ c)\er their to\s.
It was next mornin^^ IIuw far
away seemed last m'i,dit.
After breakfast the Rector went out.
.At tlie first turn he met a brouj^ham
with a trunk-laden cart foliowini; it.
l'"rom the wincUnv I'-oked the beautiful
lace of Jean Dundas.
lie mechanically lifted his hat and
stood bareheaded till the carria'^c was
out of siy;lil, then he hurried down t<>
the depot.
The train was comincj in as he reach-
ed Miss Dundas. "\'ou are .t(oin;4
aw a)' ? " he said hurriedl)'.
"i think it is best," she said, lookiii^r
attain past him, finding aijain the soul
of him.
"Do )'ou know that it is \vrf)ng, that
suffering for others? Tell me that \c)U
will not practice it again ; tliat }(ju" —
his words dicxi out.
"Wlij- not ? /> /■/ //,'/ ///(• C/iHst liff f "
said Mi.ss Dundas, "\'ou know better
than )i)U sa)'."
I Ic drew closer to her.
"\'es," he said breatlilcssly. ".\nd
I must know more. W ill \'ou stay?
Will you teach mc?"
She smiled ; such a gentle, encour-
aging com|)rehi'nsii)n in Ium' face that
his soul grew strong, but she said
nothing.
"I will learn alone," he said slowlj-.
"Knowledge such as j-ou desire oidy
comes in solitude," she answered.
The train halted beside them.
".And you are going ?"
"To I'aris,'' she murmured. "There
are manj- hospitals there?"
"IJow )'ou crucify yourself! " he
protested.
.She smiled ; it was the smile of an
angel.
"\'es ; th.'it is the word," she said.
"Gooil-lne ! "
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CAUSE FOR SORROW.
I think we are too prodigal of grief.
Tears flow too readily. Our sighs arc thrown
To swell the unheeding air ; and many a groan
Is drawn to give the o'ercharged heart relief
When the heart scarce needs relieving. Life's too brief
To spend in mourning for slight trouble.s. None
Sa\e those who kneel beside the churchyard stone
Can say they have gathered in the crowning sheaf
Of misery's harvest. They may make their moan
And none forbid — their .sorrow knows no sleep.
Hut for all else Time takes he can atone ;
Waste then no breath in sighs —nor \igils kcc])
I-'or woes that are but transient. Death alone
Deals wounds Time cannot heal — therefore Death onlj- weep.
Annik. RoriiwKi.i, Ciiki>.iie.
THE ANGHL OF THE DUSK.
G'
^■^/^"^OODNIGIIT, [^oodni-^rht," tlu- robins call,
I'lu- sk'('])y imirmiiriiiL; streams rc])ly ;
he dear (larl< anL;el nf the dusk
Sinijs low her lullal)\'.
The listeniiiL; one shall hear her \oiee,
The \()ice whose nameless sweet contri
lias |)o\\er to soothe the wear_\- heart,
To str<'nL;then and rons(jle.
Her feet have trod the sacred hill,
ller e_\-es still hold the sunset fire
One star above her forclicad fleams,
Her smiles our drc;im ins|iire.
Sad soul, be still and hear her soni^ ;
The pett>- hurts the day-time br()UL,dit
Ik'fore its cadence clear and low
Sliall fade ant! be as naui^ht.
Ikit sorrow w roui^lu of death or lo\e
Slic shall not seek to cast aside,
Since sorrow knows the narrow way
Up life's steep mountain-side.
Her ejes, lier \-oicc, arc stirred with lo\c ;
She tri\es her soul to him who hears ;
The dear ilark anijjc! of the dusk
Sings low of jo}' and tears.
l'"i,i/.\i;i:iii CiosrwvcKi', Roukkts,
' MANSOL KAII.
FROM CAIRO TO THE FIRST CATARACT.
\'.\ M. M. WATSON.
NI'-W Year's Day without snow or
frost ; New \'car'swith the tlicr-
mometcr at 75 in the shade, in the
balrny air and under the cloudless
skies of an M<^yptian January !
It was with strange feelings that I
sat on the tlcck of the good ilahabecyah
"Mansourah" and ^n/.ccl at the pastoral
scenes on either hand, with all the
vivid and gorgeous coloring that lan-
guage cannot and paint brush dare not
attempt to reproilucc; while before my
mind's eye arose the familiar Canadian
home scene, — the sparkling snow, the
sleigh-bells jingling on the keen, frosty
air, and the blazing, open fires indoors.
I had to pinch myself to make sure
that I was not dreaming. But there
was the long Nile before me, with its
fiat, fertile banks on each side, where
palm trees stood out sharpl)- against
the glowing sk)- ; there were the
mf)sc]ues and minarets of Cairo fast
fading into the distance behind us ;
and there, on the horizon, were the
everlasting hills, the same that had
kc[)t watch over the building of the
f'yramiils, that had seen the glor>- and
the decay of Thebes and of Memphis.
I knew now ihat I was in the land of
the Pharaohs ; the land where the
children of Israel toiled in captivity ;
the land (.)f ancient and mysterious
ruins whose grandeur nf) books can
describe.
We were nearing Hedrcshayn, the
first stopping-place after leaving Cairo,
and the nearest point for visiting
Sakkarah and Memphis. Our daha-
beeyah had been rented from Cook,
and was a model boat of its kind, com-
fortable and room)-, with an obliging
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(•.ki:i:n iiollw
crt'w, and a chef wluisc acliicvomciils
ill till' luliii.iiy line surpassed onr wild-
est expectations. W'e liad perfect
weather for oiir start, and the prospect
before us for the next few weeks was
one of unalloyed pleasure.
\Ve reached Ik-dreshayn at ni^ht,
and earl)' next niorninj;
rode out to the scene
of our ex|)lorations.
We visited the site of
Mem])his, that ancient
and famous city, now
marked only by a few
mounds of cla)' or rub-
bisli, and a palm ^r(jve
or two ; and we saw
the two enormous stat-
ues of Ramescs the
Great, supposed to be
abtnit the best remains
of (jld ICi^j-ptian sculp-
ture, which oriy;inall)-
stood at the entrance
of the jfrcat Temple of
I'tah. They had fallen
and been buricti in the
mud, but were remox etl
and properly placed
and protected by (jeii-
cral Stephenson of the
Royal En<i[ineers. Af-
terwards we rode out to
the Sakkarah .i,^roup (jf I'j-ramids, one
of which was the oldest building in the
world when Abraham went out of his
own country to the land of Canaan.
The imat^ination cannot t;;rasp the
thought of all the years that ha\e pas-
sed over this time-defying moiuunent ;
language failed us as we stood beneath
<iP!,i)-,-<rs Ol' MKMNdN
its shadow, and we turiud a\\a_v in
siU'iice to follow our .\r,il) guide to the
Serai)euin the aiuient .ind Imig-lost
tombs of the .Sacred Hulls. 'I'hese
tombs were iliscoveretl by the explorer
Mariette in 1.S50. On entering one of
the chambers alone, his startleil eyes
fell ui)on the fiHPljJriiits
left on the sand lloor
by the embaliners who
had placed the mum-
mies in their last rest-
ing place, where the)'
had lain, undisturbed
b\' an) human pres-
ence, for nearl)' four
thousand )ears. The
tombs consist of a series
of dark, \aulted cham-
bers, each containing
an enormous empty
sarco|)hagus of polish-
ed granite, where once
reposed the boil)' of
(jiie of those famous
bulls, the God ".\pis"
of that mar\ellous okl
religion. The tombs
ha\e neither light nor
} ventilation of any kind,
,'r.iifa fjStjt;.; •<' and wc were pr. ividcd
w ilh candles, the drag-
oman and guide going
ahead with three each. Down the Kjiig,
wide, vaulted passage the heat and
the stilling air were so opprcssi\e diat
we could hardly breathe, and the relief
on returning to the fresh air and sun-
light was very great.
After luncii, which our men served
ill the deserted house of M. Mariette,
(lUKKN HOLLY.
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wo vi>ili'(l ihc magnificent remains of
tlu' loml) c)t "11," a WL-altli)' l*".^\|)tian
who married the ^'randdani^lUer of one
of the I'iiaraohs, and buih himself this
iuijje tomb, which is lialf a temple,
with the story of his lile and smronnd-
inj^s iar\fd U|)on the walls, 'i'i him-
self is depicted several times larL;ir
than an)l)ody else ; his wife eoines
ne.xl ill size ; and then there are lonL(
processions of slaves and rejn'esenta-
lions of all his vast possessions and of
iiis mode of life. The coloriiiLj of these
pictures is almost entirely destroyed.
On our return to the boat we found
the wind favurable, and a start was
made. The "Man.sourah" was makini;
^ooil iieadway.and we were just linisii-
in.u; dinner, w hen ban;..; ! bump ! crash !
— we were fast on a sandbank. We
hurried on deck and foimd half the
crew in the water, stripped, and shov -
iiiLj the bow, while the other half
pushed with loni;' puntini; poles. 'Ihe
moon hid risen, and the scene jjrc-
senled a mo>t picturescpie appearance.
.\fter an hour's hard work ue went on,
and the men were treated to whiskey
all round after their labors. I'"ive of
thcm--i,food Mahommcdans refused,
but the otiiers took it, ami irom thiM'r
evident enjoyment must have been old
slaL;ei s.
l'"or the ne.\t two days the wind was
liijht, and we anuised oinselves watch-
in;^' the women and children who came
down to the sliure and scrambled f(jr
the coins we threw them. ,-\ monk
from the Coj^tic monastery opposite
which we tied up one ni^dit, swam
acros.s llic river and stood on the b.mk.
crossing liimsclf with one iiand wliilc
lie iu'ld out the other and be^^ed.
On the second day one of the
sailors, w iio had been suffering from
liis eyes for two years, anil was nearly
jjlind, attracted my attention. I cx-
amineil hisejes, anil removed twelve
e)'elashes which were growing under
the lids. The fame of this performance
was immediatel)' spread abroad, and 1
pre-^entl)' discovered that I was looked
upon by the natives as a worker of
iniracles, a "llakmi .Sit," or Doctor-
Ladv. I was treateil with the utmost
respc-ct and reverence for the re.it of
the trip, and managed at different
times to afford relief to a gooil many
j)oor sufferers from neglect or disease.
On our arrival at .Minieh, oiu' ne.\t
stopping place, we landed and went to
see the town. .Minieh does not rc]jav
ins|)ection huwever. It is a city of
mud huts, with narrow, filthj' streets
crowded with men, women, anil ciiild-
ren, donkej's anil camels, all indescri-
bably dirt}'. ^Ve visited the fish
market, where the fish are s[)reail out
for sale on straw mats on a tlust floor,
and the [jeople walk round or over
them indiscriminately. If you stop to
look at ail)' dealer's wares his neigh-
bor immediately drags his own mat of
hsh over that of the first man ; vvhcre-
ui^oii a fight promptly ensues, while
the crowd gather round, and the .shout-
ing sailors .shove them back with their
staves. In the meat market we were
amused to sec one butcher hit another
over the head with a quarter of beef.
Our dragoman bought a sheep, which
was at once hoisted on a man's shoul-
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" IIIOSK K\ K.RIASI INi, IXIOKS."
dcrs and coiucycd to tlic dahabccy.ih.
For tlu; next week little of interest
occurred to break the pleasant mono-
tony of our jonrnc)'. W'c sat on deck
and watclied with ne\er-wcaried eyes
the chant^iiii^f scenerj- ; now stretches
of lc\e] fields with occasional mud vil-
la<^cs ; now hiL;h walls of rock}' cliff,
jjierced with innuiner.ihle tombs — as at
Gcbel-Abiifayda ; then a^^ain broad ex-
panses of fertili- valley andi)alm-^n'oves,
with the distant mountains on the hor-
izon, and the marvellous brilliancy of
coloring over all. Birds of strange
form and plumage afforded us endless
study ; other dahabee)'.ihs met or
overtook us with parties of excursion-
ists on board ; and the passing of the
mail-steamer was the signal for send-
ing off our \()luminous letters to the
friends at home.
We pas-ed Siut, sometimes written
Asyoot, without stopping, and with a
fair wind the "Alansourah" made good
time to Girgeh, the ca|.)ital of Middle
I'.gv pt, and one of tlu'
most pirtines(|uc t(jwiisiii
this |)icturcsciuc country.
Our fust stop of any
duration was at .Abydos,
wheie we landed and took
donkeys fir the ride of
seven or eight nn'les to
the 'l"em))l('s.
I say we " took don-
keys," but I might lure
explain that to engage a
iliMikc)' in l'"g^■|)t is one
thing, and to ride him is
cpiite another. Nowhere
can you find donkcj-s for
hire with saddles, and .seldom with brid-
les, so we carry our own. Now, these
particular donkeys were entirehinuised
to bits and bridles, and very tlecidedly
objected to.sadilles. I mounted mine —
the saddle turned — and I promptl>- got
off again. On my second attempt m>-
steed r<.)se first on its hind legs, then on
its front ones, and finally lay down on
its stomach. The T.'s had much the
same experience. However having, as
usual, about two dozen to choose from,
we finallj- succeeded in gcttingmounted
and started in procession, the "llakim
Sit" proudly leading, followed by
Sophie. Then came three of the
sailors, twenty-seven natives fby actual
count). Rose, another sailor, three more
natives, then the T.'s, attended bj two
sailors and about fift>' natives, two of
whom acted as our guanl and carried
flint-locks. The unuserl donkeys,
some dogs, and a sheep or two brought
up the rear. We must have presented
a most imposing ap|jcarance.
GRKICN IIOI.I.V.
S
IC (if tllf
ic tiiw nsiii
e country,
(if ;niy
t .\1)\(1(IS,
(I ;iihI t()()l\
U' riilc (if
iniU's to
("ik (loii-
iil;IU lure
) vuiinnc a
rpt is one
iilc him is
Nowliert"
onkcj's for
with l)ri(l-
Sow, these
•elynnuscil
(lecidedl)'
Itcd mine —
omptl> ^ot
ttempt my
;jrs, tlicii on
>■ down on
much the
■ havin<j;, as
loose from,
i},nnounte(l
lie "Hakim
lowed by
ce of the
: fby actual
three more
led by two
ves, two of
nd carrictl
donke)'s,
vo brou!.;ht
: ])resentcd
■Plu' ■[■(•inplr ;it .\1
)\(|oS W,L-
hiiil
i)y Scti 1. as a Memnonium lor him
self I le died, however, before its com-
pletion, and his son, Rameses the
Cireat, fniislu'd it, but as usual with the
i'haraohs could not re-iisi sin^dn^^ his
own |)r.iiscs in-liMil of his father's, in
this temple was found that wonderful
'I'ablet of .Abvdos, containini; the
names of seventy l"i\e kiiiL^s, from
Men.i down to .Scti 1.
.Mn'dos was su|)i)oscil to c:oiit.iin
the most important of all the Osiris
tombs, and after the de.ilh of the kint;s
their bodies were left here in the Mcm-
noniums for a time before bein;^
buried at Thebes, in order that their
souls minht tlie sooner be nH'ii;c(l
i!it() Osiris.
Our stay here was all too short, but
Thebes was drawiuL;' near, and tlicr(,'
was the ^reat Temple at Dendcrah to
be seen first. 1 shall never fori^ct our
visit to this, one of the finest lem])lcs
in I'-^y|Jt, dedicated to llalhoi, or
Athor, the I'",i;\ptian Wiurs. Seen
from a distance it ajipeared to be
simply an immense mass of masoiu)-,
supjjorted by eiL;ht huLje columns ;
but on reachinj; it each of these
columns is seen to be surmounted by
a head of llathor, while the walls
within and without are entirely (over-
cd with a bewilderint^ nuiltitude of
carved fi inures and inscri|)tions. Knter-
ing the vast, dim hall, w ith its tucntv-
fotir Hathor-heatled colunms, we were
opprcs.sed and confouniled bv the pro-
fusion of mystic symbolism around us.
Strange, weird forms met our eyes on
every side ; the walls from toj) to bot-
tom were a mass of intricate carviii"' ;
tlu' enoniioU'^ depths (i| sp.iee, tin,'
solenm half-li^ht, tiie throni^rinn fi^nires,
filled us with ;i mysterious ,ind shrink-
iiiLj awe. We knew that ,ill this ela-
borali' selienu" of ilecor.ition, so loiii;
an unsohed riddle, h.ul been read and
explained ; we knew that b)- reference
to the _miide book \\t' eoidtl discover
e.xat'tly what each riL;ure represented,
and what placi' it held iu the mii;hl)'
whok' ; but the marvel, the inysti'rv,
the va^ue and indescribable charm re-
mained, and it was loni; befoic wi-
could tc'ar oinselvcs away from the
fascination of this wonderful spot. Kut
time w.is rapidiv passinjf, and we had
to hasten on to i'liebes.
Oi the two weeks which we spent in
Thebes '^now lai.xor , and of all that
we s;iw duriiiL; that time, 1 can at-
tempt no detailed description. No
lauL^uaj^e of mine could dcj justice tc
the stupenduous and awi'-ins|)irin;,
l^randeir of the ruins in and around
the site of the amieut and once beau-
tiful cit)'. .\meli.i H. h'.dwards, in ".\
'I'housand Miles Up the Nile," t^ives
an account which will convey a very
ijood ide.i of theii' a|)|)ear.ince ; but no
one who has never seen them can re-
alize the thrill of awe and wonder, the
overwhelming^ sense of their imniensity
and one's ow n littleness that comes over
one at the sij^ht of all that remains of
their former mat^nificencc. .And when
the battered and mutilated fraL;inents
can produce .so [^reat an effect upon us,
what must the r)rif,nnals have been,
when they stood in their full jjride ami
beaut}' ; and what of the pcopli' \\ho
lived and moved in the midst of such
creations, the |)eo|)le who created
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f;Ri:i:.\ iioli.y.
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lln'iii •' \Wf<r (lti!c:y iri(lt:ed liiiinaii
l)iin;^s \\h<j iiicihiiitij iwfi these marvels .'
llcrc. ill this iiiiiiiTxilKKTTirh (t-ntiiry, tin-
\cry effDrt tu iiiiinwigiint what ancic-iit
'riulx-s inu<t ihawK.' 8«<:Kn takes away
<iiir Ijrcath : axui yvA ihcy were rrn;n
inurlals like "ur«r!!«w* -who conceived
and plaiiiicd aiiKi <fXiacMcd ail tliat this
land i«f wfjnder* luomitai^ns, from the
(ireat J'\raini<3 awl ttEve Sphinx at
C'aini to the falkini (f.VjfosMis nf sycnit(-'
jjcfore the J^iuuf^wnmimi at 'rheh)es, the
weiglu of wliici),, M\)fl the manner (if
its traiisp(.irtali'J!ii) BtiiiltBiicr have baffled
the modern w<j!r!ki
A sliL;ht outJoifiwr I'l'lT r.ht'; ;^^ec);4Ta])hical
])()sitiiin (if J bdljiiCH. nmaiy hflp to i;i\e
an im(ler-taiKiiim;j ('I'lf the plan of the
ancient chy. 8it w^-^ built on both
sides of the rmftir,, fh]' the ea>t(rn
b.ink i^ the i^me^xaiull VpClat^e, and the
^reat Teinple 'f4 Ka>fnak. On the
western sif.le arie th.<: KamesM-iiiii, or
Tem]jle of KaHif-tur* BI,, and the rf)l lec-
tion of temjilie* Hiinrjwn a-s Mcilinet
Habu. The emiliinc *pace is about two
miles from u^jtth iff sfiuth, anri four
from east to v\c»l„ fmirrrhtT back on tiie
western ^ide Jie* zhf: Valley ot the
1 ondjs of the Kiiit)»5^+..
We \isite.(J Jviiitmwifc twice, on our
\\a\ u\> and vrj.ij«uiir inctujifn. The second
time I liad tJie jjficaB gfjod for'ene to
see it b\' the lli;jihlt «)<f the full moon.
Never shall i iff.irjjfii the ap[iroach
tlirouj,di the a\cciri!Hi!<«- of cfhostly, ruined
SphinNe>, iJie :• .ii-iMU^ pylons
Kiomin^ above nuv,, Plhc j^reat Hypos-
t\le I lall, with ;ia.»- n f4;;;'i'..;antic columns,
and the v\(.nwicirfiuil) li-ht and -.h.ule
elfects of the 3ini(f»ir>mil]iij;-hr amonLjTthem.
We were aA-txi amntim -mIV:!-!! e, ,ind dnriu''
the two or tliree hours tlial wc sjjcnt
there we scan el)' sp<ike. I coul<l have:
stayed all ni^dit.
The ^reat Ramesseum on the wcs-
tern bank is even more inaf^iiificcnt.
Th<; columns ,uid |)illars )'et standing
enable us to judi;!.; of tile stU(>cn<loiis
beauty of the oriijitial. I-jiormoii-'
colonnadi's formed the courts, cacli
column iia\ in;,; a capital in iheformof
a pap)'rus bud tiiose at the en<is hav-
ing in front of them huj^e '-tatues <»f
R.imescs as Osiris. In tlie outer court
is the f.inious f.illen Colossus ; ariM on
the |)lain to the south-west are tlic two
sittini; Colossi of .Menmon, '*tie of
wiiich was known a- the \'otai .Meni-
non, whose sunorous tones v^j-re licard
at sunrise, Hoth are battered and fea-
tiu'cless, but enou;,;h remains to ;4iic us
an idea of what thev looked like.
Ihere thev sit, as the) iiave sat for un-
told centuries, witii patient hands on
their knees, and i)aticul faces turned
towards the wide exjjanse of plain. At
home a;4,iin in ('a:iada, auioii^ the
familiar scenes and faces, I v)ntctinie.-»
try to realize that those twin sentinel.s
are still sittini; then', ^'uardin;4 at this
moment those mii^htv ruins, as they
will sit when this generation has
passed awa)', and new nati<.«ns, n«r\v
civiliz.ilions, have arisen to wonder at
them. I'hese "silent forms" do in-
deed
"tease us out of thought
.\s doth i'llcniit)'."
We (k'voled a ila)' to visiting; the
'ldnd)s of tiie KinL;s, esjiccially that of
Seti 1. The carvings in llK■^e royal
sepulchres differ from any that we have
) d sei'n in th<' subJKls of wliidi they
GKKKN IIOI.I.Y
at wc sfxut
I <:<>uU\ liavc
on the Mcs-
niaj^iiificciit.
yet staiidirij^
' stujicnclrnH
1-^iiorinous
"iirt"., each
tlu- form of
I lie ends liav-
statucs of
H- outer court
■"^li-- ; and on
it are the two
"Oil, (ific of
\'' cal .\fern-
'^ Here heard
ered and fea-
II s to j(ivc us
looked hke.
\e sat for nn-
^'lit hand*) on
faces turned
' of plain, ,\t
, ainonj,' the
I »oij|etJnic.s
vMii senlinel.s
rdin;; at this
liiii''. as they
leration has
nations, new
o \von<ler at
ins" do in-
It of thou^^ht
vi'itinfi the
iaily that of
tli<>,e royal
hat Me have
which they
treat. In all tlie t()iiil)s \\c liad visited abodes of peace and heatiliide. The
up to this lime the decoialioiis had loinl)s arc all empty, having |)l'cm lilled
been |jictures from the li\es of their not only of the bodies of the kiiiijs, but
occiipanls ; (!escri|)tioiis of their rank of the almost incalculable treasure that
and possessions, their occupations and was in\arial)l\- buried with them. W'e
anuisements ; of battles won by them, were i^iad to return to the sunli_L,dit, and
aiul of incidents that had ha|)pene(l to to sjjend the time we hati left amoii^
^^■1
^00i^kM^ismm^
yf«>rv -. «5, >— ■
^f
them or to ihiir families. Here all the f^rand Temples and statues above
was ihani^ed. i'lie scenes on the walls ;;roun(l, rather than in those gloomy
of these last resting' places of roy.ilt)'
are all deseri|)li\i' ol the lite to come ;
very yrolescpie and terrible man)' of
them,-- illustrating the passai^i- of the
soul through all manner of chani^es
<md traiisf(jrmatioiis into the final
aboik^s (jf darkness anil "the Shadtnv
of Death."
After leaving Thebes wc visited the
stately Temple at Koin Ombo, which
space will not allow me to describe;
and a day or two later wc reached E(]k\.
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It uas ahitiit twn in ill'.' altfrnnon of
a \crv hot day when tlic daluibccyah
was moored ; and about five o'clock
wc rode c)iit to the Temple, whose
niiL,dil\' jjvlons wc had seen for some
linu- in the distance. Ilij^licr and
hi^lur they rose as we drew near, till at
last we came to tlu;to|)ofa flight f)i
strp^ which led i/ino/ from the level of
tin: viliat;c to the pa\ement of the Tem-
ple, and from there wc beheld those
"everlasting' doors," towcrinLj above lis
to a heii^ht of 75 feet, and stretchiuL;
down below us for at lea>t forty more.
!''or i'.dfu has ,dl been excavated. Ten
yi ars a_^o all that could be .seen of it
were the tops of those tjiant portals ;
,uid the: villai;e of mud huts
was built upon its roof. Now it is
entiicl)- duLj out, and is the most
perfi-cliy preserved Temple in I'-L;ypt,
thou;.;h not beloiijjjing to so ancient a
period as Karnak or Medinet llabu.
Tile effect of the interior is even more
confusin;4 than tli.it of Denderah,
so closel\- covered with . inscii|)tioi's
and hieroj;l\phs are the walls, the |)il-
lars, the cornices, in fact ever)' avail-
able inch of space. Whole histories
miL;ht be com|)iled from these wonder-
ful documents, ^^ravcn u|)on im|)orish-
.iblr ^tone.
We climbed the 24^) steps leadin;^
to the top ol one of the pxdons, and
were repairl b\- a \ iew of tin; sunset
which I shall reinember as loni; as I
live. .\l our feel l.iy the town, its
mud huts ;ind tin\' mos(|ne looking
like child's pla}thin;4s from that
hcij^ht ; be\-ond it were the fi'lds and
palin-;4ro\es, the white Cairo ro.id, the
windiii!/ rixcr, and the distant lia/e of
the mountains. The whole scene was
bathed in the ^dowiii<^ colors of a sun-
set more brilliant and ^ortjcous than
any we had yet seen in IVtjypt ; and
behind us, in the shadow, lay the <;reat
Temple, the vaulted immensity of its
<^looiu)' halls rich in the records of a
"creeil outworn," and peo|)led with the
<.;hosts of <rods and priests of two thou-
sanil j-ears a^o.
Time was all too short, and once
more the "Mansourah" was imdcr way.
.Alter an uneventful sail wc reached
.Assuan, the ancient Sj'cne, and the
limit of '.C^^ypt proper. Then followed
the j)icture.s(]ue .scenery of the I'"irst
Cataract and the islands, the excite-
ment of shor)tin^r the smaller rapid in a
row boat, and the swarms of scantily
clothed natives who gave exhibitions
of swimmiui; down the roarin<;, foam-
ing shaft ; and tlien there remained
only the exploration of I'hila-.
'I'his beautiful islatxl forms a fitting
close to a journe)- which has been full
of wonder and beauty. It was a sacred
place in ancient times, and has many
splendid and interesting ruins. In
the great temple of I sis we saw the
marvellous coloring which time .seems
to ha\e had no |)owcr to deface ; every
delicate; tiiU of the capitals, which re|)-
reseut lotus and jjapyrus buils and
|)alms, is as fresh and perfect as if laid
on yesterday. I lerc, for the first time,
uc ^aw veritable "Nile Circen." The
courtyanls ari" enclosed by magnificent
colonnades, and the ( ar\ ings and sculp-
tures are, as usual, elaliorate. We
s|)ent a whole daj- here, and harl our
lunch (sad desecration) in tlie .small
Tempk' known as I'har.ioli's Med.
1 .^
■|1 I.
(;ki:i:.\' ll()l.l.^'.
29
)Ic scene was
ors of a siin-
)ri,fcoiis than
I'-kTPt ; and
lay the great
iL-nsity of its
rccoivls of a
)lccl \vit!\ the
of two thoii-
it, and once
s under way.
we reached
:nc, and the
lien followed
of the l''irst
;, the excite-
ler rapid in a
s of scantily
2 exhibitions
Daring, foam-
^•e remained
hila-.
jrnis a fitting
has been full
w as a sacred
nd has many
4 ruins. In
we saw the
h time seems
ietace ; e\cry
Is, which rep-
is buds and
feet as if laid
the first time,
ireen." The
■ ma^in'ficent
i!js and scidp-
borate. W'e
anri had our
in tlie small
h's Med.
On our return to the boat Mr. T.
presented the sailors with two sheep,
with which to hold a celebration. It
was a laughable sight to see the men
leading these two animals, which they
had tied with their red sashes, up and
down before the boat, waving palm
branches over thein and singing. That
evening there were "sounds of revelry
by night," and judging from the noise
they made, our crew enjoyed them-
selves thoroughly.
At last the start was inade on the
return journe)-, the men rowing six on
each side as the gallej's were rowed in
olden times. When the wind was
strong the dahabeej-ah was simj)!)- al-
hnved to drift, and it ajjpcired to be
of no importance whether we went
bow or stern first, or broadside on.
We revisited most (jf the places we
had seen on the way uj), and having
more time at our dis|)osal were able
to inspect them more closeU', and to
carry Hway a more definite and lasting
imprcssicjn. These second visits were,
if possible, an c\ en greater enjoyment
than the first.
At last Cairo was reached again, and
.alter a t("w days spent in shop|)ing and
sight-seeing among the ba/aars, and a
seci>nd \isil to the Pyramids and the
Sphinx, we took the steamer for
.Naples, and bid a reluctant farewell to
the land where we had seen so much
of myster)' ami mar\el, so man}' colos-
si! ruins of ancient glories — magnifi-
cent e\en in their deca)'.
A SPRAY OF WINTER GREEN ;
OR STOKY Ol- TWO CHRISTMAS KVHS.
liV M. .\. IIT/.CIHIUJN.
IN a pioneer clearing of the western
woods on the shores of one of our
northern rivers, whose rapid ( uncut
wcjund in and out between wclbwii' ided
banks, ncv. and a';am expandmg ' -,
breadth in<o islanJ, dotted l,d<e. . •
smooth stretcnes of sha'ldw water
stood a large one- Gloried log house.
It was solidl)- and substantially built,
and the many out-houses and staljics
which clustered about it were indica-
tive of a certain amount of we.dth and
prosperitj-.
On Christmas e\e, iS — , the large
sitting njorn in the log house u.is
light.. d only by the blazing pine logs
in the w ide open fireplace ; the fiamcs
llnoding parts of the room witli rudd}'
light and leaxiiig others in deep chang-
ing shadow.
llanilsonie fui' rugs covered the
polisheii tloor, low easy chairs and
liiunges of \aried shapes ,ind si .es, -
none the less comfortable because the}'
were home made and roughl\- hewn,—
rustic tables ami a sj)indl\' six-ieggcd
piano, furnished the room.
W.iter coloin- sketches in rough
frames, game bags, landing nets, sno w
shoes, Indian fire bags and [jouchcs
dM>HBUUM«M«MI
GRICKN MOLLY
w
iii^'i A
^()i\<,fC(Hisly embroidered in heads of
many colours, decorated tlic nn[)a])eretl
walls ; guns and fisliin^r rods leant
atjainst the corners, and upon the j^ro-
tesciiie arins and rude projections of a
brightly polished root of the ri-d cedar
tree, hunj^ ca|)s, scarfs, and whips. I'he
tables and wide mantle shell' were lit-
tered with a medle\- of Indian knife-
sheaths, belts, baskets, ^loxes, pipes, a
few b')ok ^ mats of the sweet scented
Indian hay and woman's work of \ ar-
ious sorts, all in thcorderlv disorder of
a room lived in by a larsjje family.
\\ liile the fire crackled and roared
11]) the chimney, sendinjj; bright sparks
far into the room to be |)romptly ])itk-
e(l u|) 1)\ deft, accustomed fniLjers or
trainpe<l out b\- the foot nearest to
which tli('\' fell, inside tin; house, the
storm ra_L;e(l fierce and wild without.
'I'he w ind ble\.- with impotent fury
aL;ainst the stout lot; walls, howled
down the clearing, moaned through
the tops of the distant pines ; now
shrieking as in mortal agony, now
groaning as if in utter despair, then
dying away down the river in a sort of
weirtl, sobbing sigh, !)ut to return the
next moment with redoubled \iolence.
It was an awful night, but the part}'
gathered in the warmth and glow of
the great log fire thought little of it.
Such nights were of common occur-
rence with them, and w bile they were
not obliged to be out in it the>' paid
little heed to the temi)est.
Someone, howc\cr, had said that
the wind sounded nncanii)' in its
shrieks The remark had been fol-
lowed by an immediate demand for a
ghost stor)-,and the dark-eyed, delicate
boy, who was lying on a lounge in tlv
darkest corner of the room, had told
one. Told it with the thrilling tone-
and graphic language of a firm believer
in the supernatural.
They had listened, some with eagei
and brc-athless interest, others skep
tical or o])enl>' unbelieving. hVances
M.irston, the tall girl with shinini'
brow II hair and dark eyes, was the
first to break the silence which follow
ed the conclusion of the story.
" What nonsense it all is. No one
belie\cs in ghosts iiow-a-days ; " ami
as if to shake off anv lingering doubt-
of the liiilh of her assertion, she rose
and came forward into the broad light
of the fire.
" I do, for one," answered a manl\
\()ice from an arm-chair in the shadow
of the chimne}-, " 1 believe there is a
border land between us and etcriu'ty,
where possibK" some ma}' pause before
entering the 'great l)e}()iui' ; and thai
there are others li\ing, whose perccp
tions are fine enough or affections
strong enough to enable them to j)ene
tratc the veil, to see things hidileii
fnjm those of a coarser, more material
nature."
" \'oii ma}' be right," was the slow
re|)l}', "but alter all it is onl)- a theory .
}'ou haxe no proof of its realit}'. Lveii
in the so-called authenticated ghost
stories or tales of warnings }'ou will
find they .ne seldom told !)y the pcopU
who actuall}' experience them. It is
generall}' a friend, or some one's sis
ttr's friend, or ;i 'man the\' knew,' ti
whom the warning spirit or ghost aj)
pears."
" I believe }(iu would iiol miml see
£
GRI-.I'.N II()I.L\'.
3t
louiv^e in tlv
)ni, Iiad told
iiilliiiL; tDiic-
firm l)clicvcr
m- with eapfci
others sl<ci)
in;4. iM'.incc-
with sliiiiiiiL'
XL'S, was till
whicli follow
stor\'.
1 is. No one
a-ila_\-s ; " and
L;crin;4 donhl'-
tion, siic rosr
he hroad lii^lu
^ered a inanlx
in the shadow
cvi' there is a
s and eternity,
ly pause hefon'
>nd' ; and that
whose percc])
or affeetions
• them to i)ene
thini^s hidden
, more material
' was tlic slow
I only a theor)- ,
^ reality, l'",veii
mticatcd jjjhosi
•nini;s you will
d by the people
ee them. It is
some one's sis
tlie\' knew,' ti
rit or j^host ap
[\ not niind see
in^ one yourself," said alau.L;hint( \()ice
behind lier.
" Tiie stories one hears, ton," l'"ran-
ccs added, unliecdini^ the last speaker,
"of])eople ap])earinL;' to their friends
to u.irn or tell them of death are open
to critieism. It is not impossible
strong imaj^ination may aeeount for
them ; one so seldom hears of the 'aj)-
pearance' until after the announcement
has reached the friends b\- ordinary
chamiels."
" Have j-ou i.o faith in the veracit)'
of those who tell of such :" " asked the
man who had proclaimed his belief in
the supernatural.
"Oh, they do not mean to be un-
truthful, nor do they think thc)- are,
but after the lapse of days, or weeks
perha])s, the merest coincidi-nce as-
sumes importance ; when thc realitx'
transpires the shadow is unconsciousl\-
fitted to it, and as thc slightest (le\ ia-
tion of a line in the drawiuL; of a lace
ma)- altt-r the whole e\])ression, so the
way memory recalls the past will
chanj^e the events remend)ered. "
" Hut how do \()u account for the
stories tokl by those who are too pro-
.saicall)' accurate to have an\' imagina-
tion or ideality about them '"
" Peojile it would be difficult to
find," replied the j^irl; " 1 don't belie\e
there is any t>\]c. in the world without
it, whetiier prompted by faith o|- fi'ar.
Thc most cold-hearted, hardest-headed
incn, or worldl\--wise, selfisii women,
have a touch of it in their nature some-
where."
"Oh, I sa)' I'" ranees," cried .i bo)'
who la\' on a brown bear skin at her
feet, " dr)n't let us in for one of\()ur
lon^-winded artjuments. \'ou and
Iviuard can fiL;hl it out when )()U arc
alone."
".\nd all the delii^htfiill)' creepy
feelin!j;s ilarr\'s stor)- put us into are
blown aw,i\- by their doubts and arj^u-
UH'nts," chimed in another voic:e in
toiu'^ of mock reL;ret.
l-'rances sighed as she turned awa\'
from the torrent of words which poured
in now fi'om others in the r(/om. She
would h,i\-e liked lu pm->ue the discus-
sion althouj;h she mii^ht never ai^ree
with her opponent. I.ranini:; her arm
on the low mantle shelf, hranct's L;a/.ed
dreami!)' into the fire, unconscious that
while I'.dward lleiiot tosscil back tiie
bdl of chaff thrown h'm b\- the bo)-s,
he w.is watchinLj the chaiii^dnL;' li.^ht
,nid shadows on her face.
The son (if an olfiicr who iiail served
in a line rej^iment in Iloll.ind, and
l.iler in (',ina<la where he hid remain-
I'd when his reL;iment was ordered
home, h.dward had been left fatherless
earl)' in life, with two )'oun;4' brothers
and a delicate mother dependent ujjon
him. H)' dint of hard work and a
Ljood deal of self-deni.d he had not
onl)' succeeded in educatini^ thc for-
mer and prnxidiiiL; lor the latter, but
was on the ln\;h I'oad to fortune.
Now, when a man of thirt)', he
watched the L;irl he Icneil, he tlioui^ht,
but one year more of waitiuL;, and
lie would ha\e a home to offer her.
The slru^i^le between love and pru-
dence "was ^reat. It was hard to keep
^ik'nce, hud to keep back the words
he loHLU'd to s])eak. Hut knowinj^ so
well his mother's jealous nature he
could not risk his life's h.ippiness by
P
fet'i
1:
(•.ki':i';.\ iioi.i.v.
i
ji.Liij ;r
askinj4 Frances In share tlie lioinc his
iiiotlicr had rulcil so Ioiil;'. No ; he
must wait until liis brotliers were
read)' to lake liis place, wait and hope
in the future.
In I'"ranccs' thoni^hts, consciousness
of l(i\inL^ or beiuLj lo\ed had as j'ct
found no place. .An insaliahle desire
to ai(iuire knowledL;c crowded out
e\er\- otiuM' thoui^ht. I (istory, science,
poetr\-, politics, she took enthusiastic
interest in all, and notiiinL; <;a\e her
keener pleasure than what I'ercy had
called one of her " lon^-w inded ariju-
inents " with h-dward iieriot.
I'.dw.ird iN as one of the few nu'ii
with whom slu' liad an opportumty to
discuss (lue-itioiis that interi'sted her ;
he was alwnws read\' to lenil her books
or jiapers, to tell her what to read or
lielp her to understand allusions to
scientitic or political matters bejond
the reach of her limited acc]uircments.
.She h.id i^rowii so accustomed to
lookin;4 for him at the llomcstead tiiat
no sus[)icion of an}' deeper feeling; than
fiicndshi|) had c\cr crossed hci- mind
or disturbed their |jleas,nit intercourse.
I'".dward knew it and was content.
While no other came between them to
waki! the lo\e in his dariin^f's heart he
could wait w.iit and watch, iu'\er
(loiibtinL; that when the rii^ht time
came to claim it lie would win tlie lo\e
he cra\ed.
Later in the esem'n;^, while lin;.;erinL;'
^■ood-ni,L;hts were lieinij said and tlu'
last chaff scattered rit,dit aiu! left over
the hanL;in.L; U|) of the various sized
.stockin!4s by the chinuK')' that the)-
nn';,;ht be in re.idiness to receive !-;ifts
from that saint of ciiildhood's faith.
Santa Claus, and when each wa.s vyinij
with the other in the absurdity of their
expectations frt)n) the inexhaustible
stores of the saint, I'ranccs and Ed-
ward were toi;ether for a moment.
" Do )'ou believe, I'ranccs," he asked,
"that when two people love each other
there ma)' not l)e an unseen comicct-
in;^ inlluence which if one were in
danger of death mi^ht enable him to
t;i\e her warning of his fate and tell
her his last thoui^hts were of her ? "
" No. \'ct — 1 do not know ; there
ma)' be, and if so tlierc could be no
sironj.(er proof of his lo\e."
" \'es, there is a strontjer,-— the kec|)-
in,L( silence when to speak too soon
words c\(,'r trembling on his lip^,
would brin^ trouble where he wished
onl)' JO)'," and I'.dward's voice was
hoarse with repressed fecliny;.
.\ spra)' of dark leafed winter-i^reeii
with its briiiht red berries, which
h'rances had been twirling; between her
finders, fell fiutterini; to the [ground.
She had thought only of theor)' in the
abstract, but Ivlward's last word star-
tled her.
-StoopiuL; to pick up the fallen spra\
he broke it in two, and, recovering him-
self with an effort, said lightly, "Let
us make a compact, h'rances, b)' wa)
of an altem|)t to prove the truth or
fdlac)' of the power, and agree, that il
an)-thing serious happens to cither
when 'absent from one another,' wc
will tr)' to warn the (Jther of it. We
nn'ght keej) this twig of evergreen
leaves to remind ii> ol our compact."
l'nconsc:iouslv' I'.dward's voice grew
gr.ive again ; and I'"ianc(;s, raising hei'
e)'es to his, .said slovvl)'.
(iRKKN IIOLLV.
33
L'.'icli was \yiii;^
surdity of thc-.r
inexhaustible
mces and Ed-
a moment.
nccs,"hc asked,
love eacli otlicr
nsecn comicct-
f one were in
enable liim Id
s fate and tell
lerc of her ? "
t know ; there
e could be nn
ke."
iL,rer, — the kec|)-
'peak too soon
on Ills li])'-,
lerc he wished
uxl's \c)ice was
eelin^'.
"ed w inter-j^reeii
berries, whitii
\n\^ lictwcen her
to tlie ground.
of theorj' in tiic
last word star^
the fallen s[jra\
reco\erinjf iiim-
id h't,ditly, "I. el
'ranees, by waj
ve the trutli or
nd aL,'ree, that il
)l)ens to either
lie another,' we
ther of it. We
L,r of everijreen
;)ur compact."
ird's voice grew
CCS, raising her
i
" I will not forget, but tio my part,
if it l)e possible."
Was it a f ircshad'iwing ofliow tlii-
ci impact wiiuld bi; kept that made the
words sounil like a vow from which
naught but death lould release them ?
Llnintentionall)', Mdw.ird had told
his lo\e. lie ha<l .isked no ijuestion,
expected no answer ; but I-rances, in
the glow of light th.it filled her senses,
never thoughl of th it. Calm, but not
ct>ld, she was w,d<ened from existence
into life, yet made no sign save the
suddi'u loosening of hei' fmger~ from
around the s])|-a)- of leaves and berries.
Christmas day with its joyous morn;
the service in the little stone church
whose pill.u's ,ind altar had been de-
corated with wreaths of cedar boughs
and bright red berries from tlie rowan
trees and bitter-sweet vine, the Cana-
dian sultstilule for the holly of the
motherland ; the songs of pr.iise sung
b\' the children of the white m. in and
the dusk}- sons of the forest, tlicir
\dices mingling in sweet um'son to be
borne ujjward to the throne of GoA ;
the family greetings ; the merry din-
ner, where tmke)- and cranbcrrj' sauce
took the phue ol the roast Ijeef of Old
I'aigLunl ; the skigh drive in the
moonlight ; and all the fun and frolic
of the evening passed, and the New
\'ear, with all its hopes and fears, was
ushered in. Ihe part)' assembled in
the homestead separated, returm'ng to
their homes and work.
luiw.nd and krances met and parti-d
as usual, read the same books, argueil
and differed or agreed as before, but
never once did either s|)eak of the
str.mge \ow made that Christmas eve.
Months pas.scd, the winter snows
gave place to spring. Summer follow-
ed with all its attendant work and
pleasures. Marly autumn frosts clothed
the forests in regal rcjbes of scarlet, red,
and russi't iirowii ; the beech and
maples shed their leaves in siiowers of
gokl, the luerry sipiirrels raced froin
tree to tree gathering with busy iiaste
their winter stores ; the sportsmen's
guns were banging over the marshes,
tiny canoes gliding in among the
ripened rice liclds disturbing the (kirk
canvasd)acks at their uKirning meal, or
in swift chase of the .mtlered lieer .so
gallantly breasting the streain in vain
Ihght from his pursuer, and the skies
were veiled in the silver)' mist of In-
tlian sunnner when news came to the
Homestead of the death of a distant
relative whose property in ICngland
fell to Mrs. Marston.
A family et)uncil was held and the
decision arrived at was that Mrs. Mar-
ston and I-'rances should cross the
.Atlantic to claim it.
Tcj go lu)me to h'.ngkuHl, — for to
every true Canadian, e\en though the)'
ma)- never tread its shores, l-'ngland is
ever home, had been to !■" ranees a
long cherished desire, and it was full
<>( pleasurable antici[)€'ition now that
the desire was to be gratified. She
went about smiling, and building
castles in the air of all she won kl see
and hear, until her brothers laughed at
her abstracted air, telling her the
smiles were idiotic and her manner
savored of incipient insanit)'.
Hut Frances ])aicl little heed to
them. The only regret she felt was
that she must go without saying good-
I
i
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GRKl'.X IIOI.l.V.
b\'C t(i l'",(l\\;ii<I, he l)ciii^' away up tuic
of the l)a(k rivers lonkin!.; alter liis
hiisiiuss, |)i-iis|n'c'liiiL; r<ir timhcr limits,
and ill iniKiraiicc of her pnijcclcd \isit
to l'".ii^laiHi.
I'larl)- ill Xovcinher l'"ra!iccs and her
iiiotlier sailed iVoin New \'()rk, and
after a lunger passai^i- than we arc ac-
customed to now -a-ila\s arri\eil in
Liverpool.
Thc_\- had manv friends to sec, and
the tartlincss of the law and lawyers be-
in.1,^ provcrl)ial. cspeciall\- so where the
settlement of a be(|ueathcd estate is
concerned, it was impossible for the tra-
vellers to return to Canada in time for
Cliristmas, and I-"raiiccs looked for-
ward with deliL;lit to spendin;^ it in
I''nt;lan(l. Many of her castles had
been realized ; she had stayed in fine
old I falls, had \isited the red-shawled
ciirtcsyin^^ old women in the ])ictures-
ijue red-tiled cottaLjes, assisted at the
school treats where chubby faced
urchins were rt-^aled with l)read-an(l-
buttcr arid currant-loaf ; smiled back
at llic ^rinnin;^ country lads she met
in the lanes as they touched their caps
to tile bright Canadian lady, Slu had
listened with charmed ears to sciise-
satisfx'inj^ oratorios, explored ruins,
wandered about many an historic spot,
and writtt'ii volumes on foreij^n note-
paper to be read by the llreliL;lit in the
lou; house.
The wiiilt-r was a mild one, and the
Christmas at IViurnemouth with tlu-ir
frieruls there was a ijreat contiast to
the last. The town is built on the
summit of one of the main- chines or
valleys which indent the south coast,
with the sea between 't and the shores
of the Isle of W'ij^ht and thei^^M'ey rocks
of Swana;,^i'. ■ A few i^ood houses, and the
cottai^es clusti-red round the post-office
or on till' estates of the landed jirojirie-
tors, were all which at that time ri-pre-
resented the fashionaljle winter resort
of to-day.
I'"raiices was never weary of watch-
iii;4 the sea, its chaiiLjint^' niootls, its
smiles and frowns, and was alwajvs
read)' to take lon^ walks aloiii; the
cliffs or to sit in some sheltered nook
to watch .md dream.
The sea air made her slcein- and
'lisinclined to earl)' risin;^. On the
morninL; of Christmas e\e slie over-
slept her.^elf, beiiii;- roused only when
the clant^ of the breakfast l;oiil; was
resounding' throu^di the house.
Jumping' up she dressed herself in
haste, woiiderinj; why the entrance of
the maid had not wakened her. It
was so aniioyiiiL; to have to l;o in late
for breakfast, so discourteous when a
i;uest of the house.
I lurriedlv turnini; over the contents
of a drav\er in her search for some
trillinLJ adjunct to her <lress, {•"ranees
knocked down a little box in which
some of her small treasures were kejit.
The fall loosenetl the fastenint; and
scattered the contents. StoopiiiL; to rc-
|>lace them the first tliitiL; her fin;4ers
touched was a dry, f.ided spray of
berried w interj^reiMi.
With an involuntary sense of fore-
bodiiiL; Icar, a fore-shadowiiiL; ol
trouble, she put it awav and went
down stairs.
I K'r a])oloi;"it's for late ap]ii.'a ranee
were cut short by exclamations ujn n
her white face. In vain she assinxnl
f.Rl'.l-'.N IIOI.I.V
35
luT friends tli.it she \\;is(|iiite well, to ^d with tlii'
(inl
asii
lined of having overslept 1
Her
Me
joMK
)tlu'rs," i'"rnnces saiil as
her. Then, with atiotiier
self; that there was nothinj^ the mat- effort to shake off the dull thoii^dits
ter ; she had to listen patiently to the which oppressed her, sjic added, " I.ct
ns climb np there to that sheltered
ue shall he out of the wind.
repetition of kni(il\' remedies and sn
d
Ljestions of the best thiiiL; for her to do, nool<
and maUe an effort to shake off the and yet ha\-e a glimpse of the
sun on
nameless fear the siL[ht of tl
le (Irietl
the
llower had c-xcitec
Hut ihonuh si
le
i'trc\- iia\c' her his hand and thev
succeeded outwardlv, tlie words of soon reached iIk; spot. Frances seated
tl
leir SI
l\- com|).ict made o\er its fresh herselfon the higher li'\el, the boy t
)n
i(rei'ii leases seemed to rin^ in her a sli<;htl\' lower ledi^'e at her feet, and
ears in a ri'frain that refused to be the tjirl, still wishing to please him in
silenced. return for the pleasure he had denied
Pleading weariness as an excuse for himself in the drive to Christchurch,
not accompan)i
IlL
her friends in a exerted In
pec
I he
self to talk, tcllintj him of
ida ; of the lon;^ paddles
crself in a fur cloak and wi-nt from lake to lake in the li<>ht keellc«s
dri\e to Christchurch, hrancc
s wrap-
life in Can
ou
t into the sunshine on the cliffs, hop- canoes ; the excitement of
IIIL'
to d
running the
m)- fore- rapids in such tiny craft, or of rushiny
bodin^^s in the coin|ianionship of the the slides on cribs of threat timber,
sea. The da\- was unusually warm, which felt like chips in the L(rasp of the
rive away
thcnitrh a low bank of
cloud abo\e tlu-
111
)Win'r water
.f Ih
e cam|)m5^
lore
distant iiorizon L^ave |)romise of m
wind later.
FindiiiLr a seat I''raiices tried to read
parties ; the sh(K)ting and fishinj^ ; the
nu'ii)' sleiLjh dri\<
keen, iiui^oratiiiL; frosty
the charm of the
iiir and sunny
iiul
III the sorii>ws o
f th
leroinc o
s ; but a sjiiri
f
t th
her novel foi'i^et her fear
of unrest seeincii to take possession of iiioc
her, and when I'ercy Charlton went in
search of her she had wandered alonii
cies ; the iini^le of the sleii^h bells,
crunch" of the fro/eii snow under
assiiied feet ; the miles of ice to
,ite over ; tlie ice boats and the de-
;ht of
coasting down
th
tl
e steep
hill
le en I
almost to Hranksome ( I
line.
sides ; the loni; tram]js on snow.shoes,
The l''.toii bo)'s admiration for his .ind the merry jjarties by the i^rcat lof^
Canadian cousin was the subject of fires in the winter.
much amusement in the house ; and
.Suddt'iily her voice ceased in a sharp
thou^di he cared little for the chaff \ et c
lokiiiLJ crv, am
I 1
ercv
lo()k
iiiy up
which assailed h
mi w
hen he made in surjirise, was startled b)' the expres-
anie excuses for not joimiiL; thedriv- sioii
if lion
11 tlu
11 r
I's fa
H
er
IllL
jiartv, he was too shy to foil
ow
I'vcs were
fix.d
and stariiiiJ',
!• ranees until it was neail\ lime ti
brill'' her home to lunch.
I>
rted
if tl
le crv, just uttered
had
W
lat
stupii.
paraly/ed them, her hands were cla.sjj-
))■ )ou were iioi ed ill a com ulsive^r.isp about her knees,
3fi
tiRI'l'.N IIOI.IA'
Tlic wind had risen and was blow-
iiij; tlic sea into siiort, cliopijiiij; waves,
drivinjf the hank of cloud in hlacls
fra^Mienls across the sky, tlirowin;^
uncertain shadows as tliej' passed.
Percy followed the ilirection of her
eyes but could sec notliiiifj, no cause
for her terror.
"What is it, I-'ratices? What do
you see ? " he asked.
'I"he L^irl's breath si-enied to come in
sliort, spasmodic j^asps, as she whis-
pered, " Tliere, there ! Don't you see
him ( " and leaning forward she <.jrasped
the boy's arm witii clin^inj^, nervous
fin,tj[ers, the intensity of lier t^a/e and
tlie dread in her voice increasinj^.
" There, on the ice! lie can't cross.
It is L^ivint;- wa>- ! - Oh my (iod, he is
^'one ! " ller fmijers rela.xed their
hold on I'ercN-'s arm, anil shuddering;,
she sank back aijaiiist the cliff. i'ere\-
was terribly friL;htened, yet blink his
eyes as he mi^lit, he ccnild see nothini^
but the an^ry .sea, the j,'re>- rocks of
Swanat^e and the j^reat bouUlers that
dotted tiic shore at the foot of the
Chine. He was frii;htened and did not
like it. l'".-ances' terror had affected
him ; yet he could .see no cause for it,
and he felt cross at beinij made a fool
of.
" There's nothin.^' to see, i-"rance.s,
to make such a rum|nis about," he said
roujrhly, jet kindl)- ; " There is no (me
there ! Vou are dreamin,L;."
'■Oh no, I am not, I saw him ! " said
the ^drl, in broken hearted tones. " He
was crossiii;^ the rivi-r, and — and -he
went down. lie w.is all alone. lie
said he would come and this nKjrninj^.
— 1 mi^lit li.ive known it would be
s(Jon."
Keelini; hel|)!c.ss and miserable
I'eri)' sat silent. lie did not know
what to do, and could onl)' wait -
wretched as that waitini; was -beside
the shrinkiiiL;', ^rief-stricken i;irl. .She
did not weep or moan ; but the death-
like stillness of the cronchini; fit^ure
was more elo(|uent of i^rief than either.
Whatever she had >een or fiiicied, it
had paralv/ed her.
Minutes passed which seenu'd like
hours to the bo>', _\el h'rances did not
recover, lie could bi'ar it no lon;4er.
I'littinj^ his arnrs .-uound her, he mur-
mured somethin!.^ about home ; and
{"ranees, vieldin;^ as one in a dre.mi
and leanin!^ heav ilv on his arm, let him
take her back to the house.
There was bitter sorrow that da\' in
the clearin;4 on the f,\v off Canadian
hr)me. W'liilr crossing the river on
the ice, roiten and hoiuy-combed b}-
the unusually early thaw and heavy
rains, h"(lward I lerioi had i^one down.
When, man\- days afterw.u'ds, his
bodv was fonntl, the foot half drawn
from the heavj' boot told how haul he
h.ul been struL^i^lini; for life ; )et he
had kej)! his promise, and warned
h'rances of his fate.
IllCS. " lie
I iind he
aloiic. lie
i^ iiKjriiin^,
would be
miserable
not kiiDW
Illy uait-
las— beside
i^iii. Slie
the dealh-
lini; fij^ure
than either.
fancied, it
eenu'd hke
CCS did lint
111) Ioniser,
•r, he iiuir-
loiiie ; ami
[ill a dream
inn, let him
that day in
T Canadian
le river on
■ combed l)y
and liea\y
L^diie down,
rwards, his
hall drawn
iiiw haid he
ifc ; )et he
nil warned
«
MARGET : A NEW YEAR'S MEMORY.
I'.V lAITll I'KNTON.
NI'.W ^■1•:.\K'S l-'.ve is always a
i|iii(l linu' in nnr luime since
Mar^fct died. Mar^^et was nnr ser-
vant ; her real name of course was
Margaret, but she abbreviated it in
such a fashion, and we did likewise.
Saint Marj,Mret she is to us now ;
placed above all others in our house-
hold calendar, for she suffered love's
crucial test in la\in;4- down her life for
our sake.s. I'll tell you the story if )'ou
care to iicar it, but m\- words will be
simjile and few. WIumi a man feels
most he can say least ; and the thouL;ht
of that New N'ear's lC\e briiiL;s a queer
shaky feeling- to my thro.it.
Market had onl\- li\ed with us a
)-ear. Where my w ife picked her up
I neither know nor asked, There was
a confidence between them that none
other ill the house sh.ired ; and though
I surmised that one wom.ui stroni; in
her purity was holdini.,^ hel|)inn hands
to one who had trip|)ed, I had confi-
dence ill in)' wife's juilymeiit and made
no enijuiries.
Mari.;aret was a yount,' woman, al-
tlioU5.;h prematurely aLjcd in appear-
ance; over twent\-fi\e )'ears of a<.je per-
haps, but hardly toucliini( the third de-
cade. She had plain, stroiii; features,
hair of a nondescript color, and j^ray
eyes, small but bright; a chunky fi^^nrc,
and hands whose shapeliness nuit^di
houseiiold labor was unable to spoil.
" Market is proud of her hands," the
children would sa\' ; and she would
smile without contradicting them.
With the adults of the household
she was alwa\'s i,M'ave, meeting the
kindest advances iiiost soberly ; but
with the children she was altogether
charming, — quick, bright, tender, and
full of quaint little drolleries of speech
and action that revealed the naturally
merr)' nature beneath.
M>- wife and 1 would pause fre-
quently ill our conversation to listen
to her whimsiial utterances, as she
moved about the kitchen with the
children dodging her footsteps. Some-
times we heard a little laugh, pathetic
in its brevity, when the perpetual
" why " of childhood ta.xerl her inven-
tive genius. She was rarely at a loss
for some half-witty, half-fanciful, rc-
spon.se to such questionings ; and it
seemed as though her keen sense of
humor found its cjnly outlet thus.
She was happiest with the children
around her. In their absence her face
resumed its nielancholy, and her worfls
were few. Siie had been with us only
a year, I said, and yet I tru.sted her
full). She was tlevoted to my wife
and tender to all the children ;
but her best love was given to little
Jack, our two-year-old baby. lu-en on
her busiest days she managed to keep
him in sight ; pausing as she pa.s.sed
38
(;ui:i:n iioii.v.
to .111(1 fro t(i tiMicli carcssin^lj llir
boy's (larU curls, or (ati ii the (:luil)l)\
h.iiul and hold it tn iicr li))s , while his
li^fht(,'st cry woiihl briii;; licr to liis side,
a sun- (uiiifoitcr. She made md
open display ol her |)icli:if'iK(', in fad,
sci'inc'd lallurr to avoid an)' iclcnnct'
to it ; hilt it was, as my wife ri'inaik
t'd, "ulirii Market looks at Jails, Iut
face ^Tous heantifiil."
It was five >i'ars a;^o tuda)', and
wc were livinj^ at tlu: time in a (jiKcr
old oita^on huuse, tJU' iiaisona^e of
tlie little Methodist chapel a (iiiaitcr of
a mile away, it was a ri'ii^liM ast
biiildin^f ; a ^reat ramhlin^', odtlly
planne<l i)la(e, with romns hii,; and
little, whose walls intersected at e\ciy
possijjle an^de, save a ri^ht aiii,de. TIk'
children revelled in it, especiall)- in the
till)' trian^'iilar rooms cut from the
lar^fcr apartments. To them tlu' hmise
.sii^'j,'ested endless games of Puss in the
('orn(T; to me it was a Ljcoinetric
nightmare, in which walls, ceilings, and
floor kept caini\al.
I often wondered what induced the
(jiiiet little 1)1 dy of peo])le, with their
small iiii|)reteiK'ous church, to pun hase
such a great gh )stl)' place for a par-
.sonage, and one da)- \eiitined to (|iics
tion my head deacon.
" Wc bought it dead cheap, and
thcre'.s a good di'al of it for the money.
The man that built it was a little
tetciied in his head. Wlu'ii he died,
wc made the first offer and got the
place, as his wife was a member in
good an' rcg'lar slandin'." So he an-
swered; and having had experience in
the pcculiarites of country churches, I
accepted the e.vplaiiatioii and (|ues-
tiuiied nil luithei
It was a ihaiining pl.Kc in siiminei-
tiinc with its lawn and loxcl)- n|d-
fashioiitd garden, wlu'ic fragraiu-e r in
rint and fruit tri'cs hung sweet and
mellow. Hut wluii cold winds jire-
saged winter's ap|)rua( li, we were glad
ti) double '^ash diiois and windows, to
close up half ,,(' ihc man)' cornered
rooms, and make a iie^-t for oiirsi'lves
in the ^iinn)' MHitli portion.
'I'lir winter had set in unusually
early that year. Thioughout l)i'ccm-
ber the sleighing had bi'cn constant.
The riser that skirled our little t<i\vn
was bound in icy fastness, lor three
days after Christmas the snow fi-ll
thickly, softl)-, ste.idilv transforming
the uglii'sl bits ol" architecture into
marble graces, and lu-aping the high
rail fences in ridges of scKct white-
ness. In the silence and seclusion wc
seemc'il a buried town of oUUmi lime,
whose colonnaded marbles were fresh-
I)- unearthed tn the light of modern
day. Mut at last the heav)' snow-
cloiids were scattered !))• the north
wind, and a season of kec ii and ic)'
Cold followed.
The last da\ of the year had come
and wc had found it necc-ssarj' to break
our comfortable bonds of warmth and
e.ise and ( hristmas cheer in order to
accomplish some shojiping ; for wc-
kept open house- on \ew N'ear's da_\',
and the- parsonage was big eiiougii to
welcome a church membershij) twice
as large.
Well wrapped aiicl preparc-d for oiir
long tramp through the- snow, for wc
livi^l two miles from the town centre, —
i
v»
(.KI'J'A' llol.l.N'.
39
,111(1 (|ll('S-
III Miimiicr-
liivcly iild-
il^iiiiuc r 111
sweet ami
winds ]t\\'-
e were i;l.ul
\iii(liiw's, to
i\ cornered
I" ourselves
I niiiisiiallj'
)nt iJecciii-
1 constant.
little town
I' or three
snow fell
•ansforniin},f
cctnrc into
iLj the liii^li
vi't white-
.eihision we
ildeii lime,
were fresli-
of modern
•av)' siiow-
the north
I II and iry
• had (ome
irj' to lireak
varmth and
in order to
ii ; for we
^'car's da\-,
enoiiL;!) to
rshij) twice
red for onr
iw, for we
ill centre, —
WP l)a<le the ehildron ^n)()(l-l))'e, ad
left them, with their rosy faces pre-sed
against the panes, lookiii;.; after u--.
()iir last look, as we tiiiiied mit ,il the
^'ate, showe ' ns M,irt;et standing in
the hacUj^roiind, with her .irm round
little Jiick. What happeiieil afterward
I tan only tell sou in as f,ir as I L;.ith-
vvci\ the facts fn piii the ( hiMren's
frightened version ; the e,\,i( I truth we
shall never know.
The (liiiiii;4 idum h,id .i siiimv south
erii bow wind<iw o\erlookiiiL; the threat
wintrj'clad L^ardeii. The room al)o\e
1 Used as a stud)-. These two ap.irt-
nients were the cosiest in the house
and were our chief lixiiiLj rooms. i he
diniii|4' room w,is heated \>y ,i laiLji',
old-fashioned box sttne, ,uid the pipe
ran tliidiiL;h the room al)o\e, tinninL;
into the upjier hall theiKc into the
tiiimney. i.e.'uiiiL; the two elder
cliildrcn in the lower locim with their
pla)'thin^s, and t,ikiiii; little j.iik with
licr, Market retired to her kitchen
labors, moviiiL^' busily ,il.(iiit while the
child coiitenli'dl)- JMlloued her.
" .She coined in sometimes to sec if
Amy and me w.is ^ood," said ni) eldest
boy afterwards in telliii;^ the stoi)' ;
" and we w,is ; and then J,ick fell
asleep and Market carried him iij' to
the sluily, 'cos it w.is warm, and l.iid
him on your sofa with a bi;^ shawl oM-r
him. Then she letted .\m_v and me
come into the kitchen to m.ike pies.
We m.ide pies for a lon^ time. Then
wc smelled smoke, and we looked into
the diniiiL;' room, but ihert.' w;is'nt
iKjlhini; there. .And pretty soon we
.smelled more smoke, and MarL^i't riiii
up-staiis, and we ran after her, and
tiicre was lots of flames all round the
stmly door ,nid round the banister.
Mai'i^et told us to run ilown and out
into the street, ,md wcwuuldn't ; so
she just put her two hands toj^cther
lor a minute, then citclud iis ii|> and
<;irried us down, and ruimed out with
us throu;_;li the ;4,ud(.'n into tlu- street,
and lelt Us thei'e while she rumi(.'<l
ba.k ■•
/\ woiii.ni with three helpless litth'
children in ;i hoiisi- ne.iily a (|uarti'r of
a mile from any other, standing far
b,u k from the road ami partly hidden
by tret's ; the hoUsc old, dr>- and
dr,m-ht\- ; the d,i\- bitter cold ; the
wind .ilmost a ^'ale ; a defecti\e flue,
plent)' of woodwork for stra_\' sparks to
feed upon and .in houi' to i;ain head-
w a\' ; can \(iii |)i( lure the situation '
We had finished our shopjiinj^ ;uul
were ,1 mile from the town's centre on
our homeward w.i>', burdened with
parci'ls and ( liattiiiL; cheerily of the
New N'ear and its pros|)e(ts. ['assin}.j
a li'vv ai:res of bai;rant et'dar bush, wc
canu'iiiit upon the cle.ired r<i,idway,
and looked across tlu; fields to where
our lioiiie stood like a ^re.it white
temple in its snow)' s^rounds. i'.veii
as our s^lancc rested lightly U|)on it, a
d.irk, (loud)' mass rose abo\e its roof
and rolled skxward in waving', curlinjf
columns, to l)e succeeded by others
bl,i(ker ,111(1 mor(; dense. .\ cold ^rip
( .lu-ht III)- heart, and for one instant
stilled its be.itiiiL;. I'lien a ^reat throb
siiit the blood sur^dn^f throuiih my
body, and with one brief look into the
terror-strii ken face beside me, 1 tore
down the road, hearin"; (piick |)antin^
breaths as my wife struj^gletl (Jii behind
i
i:i
1 m
40
GRF^KN HOLLY
mc. It seeineij swn Bw^jBir before I
roached tlie little gaurffen, thouf^h it
was prf)babi>' only fiiMc mnrnutes.
A crowd had gMimve-A ; tFifrc was
confusion and ^^h^mtitng, and thnuit^b
the keen air came iSikc 4ii+taint souiul of
the town alann iWL 1 rciTVcmbcrfd
it all afterwards, luilt Shew I heard
nothing; but the t;«iriiortt')«it+ crackle of
biirnin^f wood, the rxr-.tr f4 wind and
flame, — saw nolhiro;; +»«: two h'ttle
figures runninjj \<n\xs«l mr. witli oiit-
.strctched arms, and vlinvuvrirv^' uith cold
and excitement.
"Jack, — Marget?" l i^^w^tioneil al-
most fiercel}-.
" Jack's aslecy> a.wil MAr;,fet runned
back for him."
I pushed them iiHi«ll<c auwt ran up the
path, my ears filWS wcltls the flame's
roaring, all life ^u'-jx-Tnvtfiiti'i rn me save
that which bound riroe In my prctt\-
curl j'-hai red baby.
I flung myself libri<Mi)i^h the small
crowd who stood lidp8«e»I!y looking on,
and rushed into ihft ^m^-T hall rrving
"Jack; Jack !"
The staircase was a matm of flame.
Some one toucfmcKli mnc with firm
restraint.
" Come round to tbe ^fmth, ()astor ;
the fire ain't gf)t tJx^mr yet, and we've
sent for a ladder."
'i"he fire ha'l reacSikCK! It, f;ven as he
spoke. The flames, 'I'^kf: fer>- tongues,
were licking the If/surr window case-
ment, while withiifi thf: room burncf!
the deaflh- glow. Ait ther upy)er win-
dow stood Marg^l. llf^r face was
pale, and the yell'/w llir;;',ht tehind her
gave it a peculiar gUtam, One arm
hung loosely by her ^nic^and the other
held our little boy still sleeping or else
in a stupor. She spoke, but the roar
of the wind and flame prevented lis
hc.iring her words. The awful glow
in the baiki; round grew brighter,
" Marget ; Marget 1"
1' was m_\' \\ifi,''s voice, as six.- threw
up those mother arms in wild ap|xral.
Marget heard, and a >trange little
snnlr answered the cry. Half turning
from the window she laid the chiUI
against her breast, and disengagingoue
arm threw down m\' great Scotch
plaid, as soft and thuk as an\' blanket.
Then, with a glance at the- flames m>
close about her, and w ith a marvelous
inspiration of muscular strength, .she
held out the slec])ing child.
In an instant the men al>out mc
interpreted lur movement, and the
soft, thick plaid was held by firm
hands. Leaning out as far as she
dared, with a steady iron-iiersed h .ul
she threw the l.it little fellow into the
very centre of the blanket that slipijtcl
from the men's grasp into the M(ft
snow. .\ cheer broke from the crf»\vfl
as my wife sank on her knees lioide
the child. Marget heard the cheer ami
smilcfl again.
The flames were vct)- near In-r now ;
their scorching breath piayerl al>out her
cheek and lifted tlu' tresses of h'.r hair,
"That lailder will come to<i late,"
groaned someone beside me.
A crash of a falling wall sent tht,'
crowil backward, and with a --howcr of
sparks the fire shot forw.ird for its
|)rcy. In an instant Marget had
sprung upon the window sill, and with
one brief l(jok skyward leaped from
GRi<:i':\ iioi.i.v.
41
jjing or cisfr
lit the roar
X'\(Ilt('<| l|.
I A fill '^!oM
l^ri^htiT.
^lic threw
il<i a|»|x-al.
raiif4<.' h'ltic
ilf turiiiiij4
the- child
:^'a-iri;(on<:
cat Scotch
in\ blanket,
flain<-s so
1 iiiar\clou«»
rctiyth. she
afjout mc
It. aii«l the
:l<i by firm
far as she
itr\c<l h iu\
n\ into the
that slij>jK<l
to tlu; v,ft
I the crf<Mf|
lux's iK-sidc
ic cheer and
ir her now ;
.'<1 alxnit her
of htr hair.
too late,"
the InirniiiLj mass, while the flames
reached fiercely out behiiitl her.
She lay motionless on tiie hard
packed siiow-rid^e where she had
fallen, the white face iip-tiirned, one
arm, — burned so terribly as we now
saw, — thrown out upon the white bank.
\Vc lifted the still form re\ereiilly,
and carried it to a neighbor's Ikjusc.
She opened her eyes as we laid her
upon the bed, then closed them a^^ain ;
\\hilc with hearts loo full for speech
uc waited the doctor's verilict.
"Internal injuries; severe shock to
the system ; she will last a (vw hours,"
was the brief medical utterance.
F shall ne\-cr for^a't the v\'j,'\\ we ke|)t
on that New \'car's e\e.
Margct recovered consciousness \cr_\'
soon, and la\' smiliiiL; in tlu' fice of
those about her.
" Market ; " my wife said, biMidin;,;
over her ; "Oh iii)' dear, do you know
that }'our tnjubles are nearl)- over ! "
" Yes," she answered in a low, clear
voice. " liow strange it is to die liki-
this ; no pain, onl)' a threat <|uietlu-^s."
Then with ,1 f.iint littli- lauL;h she
f^lanced at the one hand, lou^h and
hardened but shapelv still, that lav
like a brown-veined leaf upon the
coverlet. " It will ^n-ow white and soft
soon — up there," she said. l'rcseiitl>-
she asked for Jack, and ue broii;^hl
him in and laid him bi'side her. She
stn^ked his dark curls, and he patted
her cheek v\ ilh his chubby hand.
" 1 sh.ill see m\- own little Jack
soon'" W'ly slowly and faintly she
spoke, lookiii;^ at my wife.
" Ves, Mart;et, you'll see him first,"
she .answered.
The afternoon liL;ht i^m'cw dim ; the
early selliiii; sun drifted a fe\v i^olden
bars across the while (|uilt. No sound
broke the room's (lie|) silence, for our
t,n-ief w.is luished before that iieaceful
face.
" I have atoned ; I am ylad."
The words came in little pauses, and
the voice was verv low The eyelids
drooped wearily over the !^re)' eyes;
and |)resently, with .1 faint " Ljood
ni,L;lU " and ;t (|uiv ch'iil; si^h. Market
passed .awav'.
W'c buried her in the <iuict church-
y.ird ; and ever)' summer we take the
children on a little joiu'iiey to visit
Market's i^r.ive. .\ plain t.iblet of ,t;rey-
veined marble marks the spot, and the
inscription is siinpl)- : ,M,iri;ct, New
Ne.n's I-'ve, l.S(>(); ,.uke VII., .47. .My
wife would have it so, ;md she knew
In-st.
Ihal is whv we spi'iid .New N'ear's
eve so quietly. Ami with the passing
ot the )e.ir oui- hearts turn in tender
memory to the brave i;irl whom we
still cill " Our .\I.lr.^et."
•5«i
II sent the
I sfvnvcr of
ard for its
lar^ct had
1, and with
Mi>cd from
T
PHOBIA IN CRHSCENDO.
I!\ K. M. l.l/AIO.
TIII'.RI'", arc two qiiestiiuis wliicli
Lilian! the |:)()rtals of the in\stciy
of I.ifc — wliciicc, and wliillier. W'c
arc instructed in this or tiiat science,
wc arc told of the germ n'asnia and
inherited tcnticncics, wc sec that a
little learning is dangerous and nmre
may dri\e men mad, and we lontiniic
tn find that all cxjjlanations no more
explain life than the strings of the
fiddle constitute music. I'ilgrims still
seek the IIol\'(irail ; some a\i'r the)'
have fountl it, others behold it bevond
the haze as did Sir Noel I'aton's
Knight ; while still others, describing
the fourth dimension to suit their own
conception, asi^ert that they have dip-
ped from the dish or that it is a myth.
The sympathj- of religions is of
more worth than the antagonism of
religions ; but when the sects attemi)t
fusion there is an accession of mania
between I'rotcstant and Roman. The
Conference held at (iriiuUMwald was
conducted on a long-thought-out plan,
the expression of opinion was ex|)ect-
ed to be canrh'd, but — liow much has
the "universal church" ad\an(('d liy
the meeting held in an\' v'car --inee the
idea of fusion took form. I'he wilt_\-
Scottisli divine who rcpresi'iiled llu'
l'"stablished ( hunh, writes, at tin- con-
clusion of the last Congress, "the
xi'^ion s|)lcndi(l of the Keum'on of
Christendoni floats away, like a clnud
crossing the summit of the Jung I'Vau.
and leaves not a rack behind, exce|)t
discarded notes of speeches and of
tourist tickets." Theri- were .some
zealous i'rotestants at home whose
anti-i)apal prejudices discovered an
irritant i)oison in the Griiulchvald
Congress, ami the si!Clarian self-isola-
tion, the ecclesiastical pro\ incialisni, of
many sects received an airing. W c
learn that " whatever the results of the
Reuiu'on discussions upon the unifica-
tion of the churches, tlu're can be no
doubt that, like the British hunting
field, they have served the purpose of
bringing people together who would
be little iikelv to meet anywhere else.
Theri' is no ecclesiastii:al arena in Bri-
tain within which .Scots Moderators,
.\nL;lic;i!is, English Nonconfornn'sts of
ever>' ty|3c, wouKl hob-no!) as the)- did
there ; and vviicre, witiiout a single ex-
plosion of sectarian furj-, they cf)uld
utter and ,irgue in tlie Parish Kirk of
(irindelwald. I'cihaps there was just
a trille too much of the anxious cour-
tesy and sensitive forbearance, which
'ifcm to argue 'the lonsciousness of
/i,v/c> M(ppi>siti in tiie iinnu'diate neigh-
borhood." On ciTtain points one or
two .\nglican svmpathisers gave faiiU
applause, "though too ncMvmis to
break the irresponsive silence." When
Mr. John Morley was (piotcd l)y an
enthusiastic Anti-luiglisli Nonconfor-
C.RI'.l'.N l!()l.l.^■
43
ic Jiinpf I'V.ui.
:hiiul, except
dies and of
were some
lioine whose
isco\ere(l an
Griiulelwald
an self-isola-
\ incialisin, of
airing. We
results of tlie
1 till' unifica-
le can be no
tish liuntini;
ic |)in()ose of
■ who would
ixuhere else,
arena in Bri-
Moderators,
onforniists of
b as tlicy tlid
t a sinf^jlc cx-
, tliey could
arish KirU of
lere was just
iixious cour-
iraiice, uiiieii
sciousness of
;'diate neii;h-
)oinls OIK- or
)rs <^ave faint
nervous to
-Mice." VViien
|Uoted b\' an
1 Nonconfor-
mist as having; a\()\ved it the aiin of
his life to iiuluce the British public to
turn its back on (hristianit)-, Mr. Price
Huf^hescould not refrain from settint;
the matter ri^ht, (|uotinii; uhit he
i)clieved to be Mr. Morley's actual
words of iiondiostilit)', and e\identl>',
as he tliou_^ht, pajini; ,i verv hi^h
compliment to Christianity. The Con-
ference came aiifl went like a summer
holiday, -a few pleasant jests inter-
changed, some statistics transferred
from the notebooks of the gatherers
to those of the lie.u'ers, a few jealousies
embittered, ami the sects remain as
the_\- were.
There is, iiowe\er, the lesson ofdim-
inuendo in vituperation in the Protes-
tant fold. W'iien i.nlher and CaKin
intiul^ed in a war of words which
wouKl now entitle tlu.'in lo bi- hound
over to keep the peace ; when Milton
and Dr. South eat h exhausted his
wonderful v(xabulary of in\erti\t' ;
when Charles Wesley was desiL^tiati'd
by Rowland ilill and I'oplady as a
silly jackdaw, a nn'scn-ant apostate,
full of mean, m.ilicious impotence, it is
reassuring' for the \\.irldti know that
Protestant denominations now c.m
meet, discuss, ;md scp.uMte. without
the air ;4oino .ibl.i/e. I'lu' burning; of
the new-yot j^old of fable in the pock-
ets till it was cast forth into circula-
tion, was as nothin;^ to the combusti\e
prf)pcrties of new fMund truth. That
"steadfast friendly being, a line old
Christian," was not as ;i matter of
course frii-ndly. Some forty years .i^o
.scientists of the day regarded the
Cliristian controvcrs)- as reli'g.iti-d to
the region of dead Imnber, and weh,i\c
ICmcrson saying that theological fu.sion
IS merel_\- a matter of digestion. Ik-
knew a witty physician who found
theolog)' in the biliary duct, and who
affinned that if there was a disease in
the li\era man became a Calvim'st, but
th.it if the organ reinaineil sound he
became .i Cin'tarian. .As lunerson
considered men's pra) crs ,i disease of
the will and their creeds a fliscase of
the intellect, Inr camiot be (juotcd, in
>p!te of himself, as an advocate of re-
ligious fusion.
.\t the (ireat l'"air in Chicago, a
l^rominent representative of ICastern
thought ni.ide complaint that his mis-
sion was a bootless one, — in addition
to phobia born of ])iet_v he had to con-
tend with phobia born of ignorance.
Schooled in ,ill t'oi-ni'. <jf belief, from
the .\vesta /.end and the tenets of the
Teifect .S.ige down to Christianilv, and
a faithful fullowcr in the univers.il
brotherhood of Huddhism, this l-'.astern
ambassador to the Council of Broihcr-
1)' Love h.id toreturn even as he came.
I'lie api)lication of Kuskin's "gas-light-
ed, g IS inspired ( hristiain'tv," draws
attention to the (pld and new lamps
which wi-re set in a row, some burners
of which have becMi trimmed.
National an I political animosities
closely mingle with religious unbrotiier-
liness, the disease, in spite of variations,
remaining the s.nne. When ( dpy-
right ,ind the( aii.i.li.m Id. ig .u'c throw n
about, blown hither and thither by the
breath of hoi words; when the fiery
bi'eathings (i| ,i colonial military man
■ ire |)ul)li>lied in pam|)hlet l"i )rm, falling
,is soundest of lo)al utterances on the
understandings of his admirers; when
44
(,ki:i:N iioi.i.N'
; i
a proniiiu'iit Coiisorvative is heard to
say tliat iiotliiiii,^ Init tlie fear of the
lau- can kccj) a Reformer from theft ;
when a Reformer, the t)pe of liis fol-
louiuL;, >lates that what is (le|)lorc(l as
liie lack of colonial solidarity is the
result of flagrant corruption, m(iral and
political dishonest), of tiiose in ln\;h
places ; when di\ ines score women, the
Old Woman a little and the New
Woman utti'rl)-, i;i>inL; press pul)li( it\-
to emotional sermons coniocled lor
local hearers; w lu-n a colonial, more
rabid than the iMii;lishman he lo\es,
sa\s that ;i ih'itishyat lit dare; not win the
L^reat .\nL;lo-.\merican race hecuise she
would he scuttled if she did ; it must
1)" true that the phohia-pot is nn-
corki'd, and the arom.i iherelVom is
much like that of the ointment of the
biblical apothecary. Journalism lends
itself as readih' to the coincyaiice of
mania as it does to i;i\inL; publicity to
theories on the fusion of relii^ions ;
aiul hooks h.i\c become such deadl)-
missiles, the writing of them so often
little hilt an expression of |)h(.l)ia, that
it is not safe to acci-pt them as the
common t;round on \\liich the inter-
eslerl may meet. Slr-aiLjIU- hacked
.S.u.ih l?atlle, after a Ioiil; bout with
the most serious business of life —
wliist unb.'nt lu-r fine l.ist-centnry
countenance and her mind o\ er a hook ;
as her lu'.xt L;.ime was due so soon she
prob.ibl)- chose a volume which could
be tasted or ciicwe<l, not swallowed.
Good Sarah was not critiial, which
w.is well. ( )ri^inalit\' is an impossi-
bility to any but a .St. .Simeon who
lives so !iij;h on his jjole that the
tliou^dits of others canncjt reach him.
After the manner of old lUirton, th^'
utterances of most j)cople arc but the
strin<;iut,^s of the utterances of others,
a species of literary amalgam.
Wli.it has been sh.ill be, and theatre-
checks and |)atty-paiis arc dug from
rom|)eii.
.\n essiiy written one himdrcd year.'
aL;() on the Rights of Literar\' I'ropert)
would not come ann'ss in (iuotali;)n to
day, helping, perhaj)s, to prove a jjoini
for Canada. Canadian literature a^
thus far dcvelo])ed is little better than
a tr.imp, -without .my mcjiiej-, and no
\isihlc me.nis of sup|joit. In |)resent
effort after striking titles, scjinething
on covers to attr.ict the glance and
open the pocket ol a possible pur
c h;isri', the supei-l,iti\e in this is no
doubt, and so ;m dy/ed by scientists, a
disease; hut in spite of toda\-'s de-
generacy it is good to know thai
sNinptoins of the s.ime broke out as
early as 1661, when one Robert I.ovell
launched a \\w\< entitled " I'anzoolog-
icomineralogia ; a cumplele history of
.unin.ils and minerals, contains the
sunnne of all authors, Galenical .md
Chymicall, with the anatomic of man,
cS:( ." What branch the etcetera covers,
Mr. I. o\ ell's histori.m omits to state.
When we hear that the title to propert\
in a book is in exact r.itio to the
cl.iimant's powers of imderstanding
,ind ;i|)pre< iating the sjune the ow iier-
shi]) of either writer or re.ider of the
foregoing ina\ be disputed. In fact,
there is little ch.uice to argue with
Ruskin in .my c.ise, when he saj's, "Sir,
)c)ii cannot think over <///i thing in any
number of \ears. \'ou h.ivcn't the
head to do it."
(.Kl'.l-.N IIOl.l.V
45
Burton, tli ■
are but tlu'
rrs of otiicr-,
amalgani.
and tlicatrc
uc (iii|^ from
undrcd ycar^
ir\' l'n)|)crt\
i|ii(>tatioii to
r()\c a point
ilcraturc a-
bctlcr tiian
loncy, and no
In present
OS, soniotliint;
.' glance and
])()ssihlc |)iir
in lliis is nn
ly scientists, a
today's do-
o know that
broke out as
Roiicrt I.ovt'll
I " I'an/uoluLj-
c'tc iiistory ol
contains tiu'
Galenical and
oniic of man,
tcctera covers,
niits to slate,
tie to property
ratio to tlic
inidcrstandini;
ic tliu ouiier-
reader of the
ted. In fact,
) ar^uie with
1 lie .says, "Sir,
rthinf^ in any
lia\cii't the
Thirst for knowledge was threat
cnoU|^h to make men " \ield chc-iTfiilly
to destiny and read since it was
written," the collectini; mani.i hn-akini^
out early. A second.ny lit(.'r.iry won-
der of the si.\teeiitii cciilin-\- was a
library of two thous.ind \ oUnncs, when
readers were i,dad enough to jjcrpetrate
the "filthy and foolish" act of "tlimnb-
iiiLj other's books," while the rinn-
ma^ers de])lored the desinictioii ol a
librar)' of thirt\' tlmusimd \(iliinus in
i limitary, in later lime^ i,|d N'limi, of
(ireat (^.hieen Street, was ,i confiiined
riMuniaL^er, not ,ibo\e an occasional
abstraction from friendly sheKes, his
capacious pockets bcini; able to turn
out at one time not le^s than f m.- md-
Iwenty lar;^e ocla\<i \dlinnes Sir
kichard I'hillipsdid a ^ood (k\-t\ when
he reduci'd the price of books ; but the
fir.it booksellers, the stali(jnarii at the
L'ni\ersities of I'.iris and Holo^na who
lent and sold .MSS., little knew what
result would develoj) from tlu'ir busi-
ness methods. .\le.\. lloL,rL;-, "the
Kinij of I'uffers," tii<l a ijuestionable
good when lie introduced the serial,
e.xhaustini; his knowledge of superla-
tives to find expression for tln' "be.iuiy,
elegance, ,md m.iL;!iificenc'' ' ol hi>
editions. Willi him bei^au tli.it since
common praclin- of rcchi istrnin.; ,nid
souiewhal mel.unorphosinL; a dull book
to revivify it. In iSio it to..k ihicc-
men, b\ h.mdwork, to m.imifacture
toiu- tlious.md sheets of sm.dl p.iper
per tlay. in iS'j6 o|' inakin;.; books
there may Ijc no end ; liut it is im-
proiialjie even lliat \ ear will lurnish
the e(|ui\alc
le.irned men, expert in Ionises, " wlio
had iiis fame in tiie si.vteenth century.
I'his remarkaljle man introduced to
ihc" work! ikj less tiian two lumdred
and forty-five books and twenty-seven
children. i'".conomisls shew us that in
tliesc dcLjenerate daj's we lose in child-
ren wliat we gain in letters.
Tlie playful foibles of literary men,
in some forms, are extinct, no Jolinson
now being aljle to knock his printer
down and step on his neck, " Ijecausc
-Sir, he was impertinent to me and 1
beat him ; " but literar)- vaiiit)' iias
tlir(nigli all tlie _\ears Ijcen soulsatisfy-
ing t(j the possessor of the luimor, —
e\en at second-hand, (oustaljle gave
expression to one of the greatest joys
(jf iiis life ulieii lie stalked up and
down, front well out, exclaiming, " B)'
Jove, i am all Ijiit author of the Wa-
verly .No\els." lutercliange of ideas
wilii Sir Walter develr)ped in iiim an
acute attack of tin,' enlarged liead
which has not ceased to affect semi-
authors from time to time.
i'urvexors, booksellers, writers and
critics, lia\e so led us on, step by step,
tlu' public lias been fcA on sut h strong
meat, that a il.iily large addition of
curry-p')W lei' is demandeii to be added
to the mess. .\ di|) into tlie p;igc!S of
l.,unb or iiai'dy afterwards is ;is
w hole-uheaten-bread to tiie irritated
p.ii.i'.i', while we elsewhere read tiiat it
is found " in e\ery lunatic and imbe-
cile the con\iction th.it tlu- r.itional
minds wlio discern and judge him are
blocklieads."
Will the autiior yet come forw.ird to
■nl
.1
Id |o|in dissect, confute, and
ma\ liap
Dav,
)ne of the dviierse I'xcellent Nordau
46
gki:i:n iioli.v.
I If has "fari-(l forth iiilo the tulds
to riL;lU and fell" fonls ; and I)}' his
own c:oni|)Utati(in lu' has found a|)k'nly.
Aniitiirr slaxciha^ dc^rribrd the paiii-
fullcst fcclinjr asiliat ofyoiir own fcchlc-
nrss ; hut Nonlau has no sense of
laik of his nun power and lu- leaves us
few "(iieat .Men" to look upun as
"the insjjiied texts of that Divini-
Hook of Kexelatioiis," lie has so buf-
feted with hard words the " eon;4reL;a-
tions (i| idiots" which intcst "this
palti)' little (lotj-ca^'e of an earth," that
while we read his deliviMances we
Wonder il there aw. enough L,frcat
minds left in tlv ranks i if the Thinkers
to save- us. Carlyle ini|)li>res the world
to he a World,- e\en a Worldkin ;
"our wilderness is the wide waste of
an atlu'istic cenlm'y," Teufi'lsdroekh
interprctiuLj the forty >ears in his own
fashion. When Xordan picks up the
fabric, atom by atom, only to throw
tlu' whole (low II with cont<'mi)t, one
^oes back to the Clothes Thilosopher
to know if tht- Maker took him into
His coimsel, that he nn'^dit read his
ffroundplan of the incomjirt'liensibK!
.All. Would he know "a manki;,d by
strini^ini^ together beadrolls of what
are nameil facts ? "
h'pietetus thouL;hl that the bet^in-
nin.n of |)hilosophy wa-^ the observa-
tion of how men contradict each other,
and when it is seen that Riiskin mea-
sin^es a man's culture b_\- his knowledL^e
of Shakespeare, and that Maeterhiuk
i.s compared to Shakespeare b), doubt-
less, those poor imbeciles who form
part of "the L;reat fools-fair of the
present time," other poor imbeiiles
must fnul them--el\('s in bad casi- when
the teacher who e,\h(jrts in no uncer-
tain tone, compl.iins of Maeterlinck's
i.;raphomaniacal muddle, dismissiii^f
his st_\le as lapable ol no jiarodv as it
has alre.iih' reached the extreme
limits of idioc)' in poems that are de.af,
ioitin;4, and limpin!.; as the items of an
in\entor\-, the "mad Maeti'rlinck being
but a servile imitator of the crazy
Walt Whitman," " who has been cle-
sit^nated bv an .\merican driveller as
the (iood dray I'oet." Rather, the
(lood Cira)- I'oet was "a sycoi)hant of
the corrui)t .American vote-buvini;,
official-bribin;;, power-.ibusini;' dollar-
democrac)', and a crin;4er to the most
arrogant \'ankee conceit." I*'ortuiiate-
ly Whitman can have done but little
(lamaL^e, as " whenever he rants,"
which appears to be always , " iiis e.x-
pressions contain no sense at all."
W hen .Nordau tmns from American
sins to tlu' em|)tinessfif various I'"rencli
schools 111' is as humourous as ever,
althoiii;h to do him justice it must l)e
believed that hmnour is not in his in-
tention. " The I'"rench encyclopcedists
who held undisputed sway over the
eighteenth century, failed, for one
thiuL;, because they looked upon man
a-> an intellectual beini;, * * The
loL^ical ap|)aratus is a maihine andean
manufacture onl\' the material shot
into it. If tlu' mathineis not fed it
runs on iinptv' and makes a noise, but
])roiluces nothing." When h(." iriti-
cizi's Ilolman llunthe proclaims his
own blindness, and were he to attack
the alk'i.^(iry of Dr. jekvl and Mr. 1 lyde
there' is no doubt as to wh.it the ver-
dict would be, one man cammt bi-
two men, and there's an iMid on'l.
f;
gri:i:n moll v.
47
Tlic use of fjrcat L,nins in kiiipckiiif,'
iImwii niiu'pins has been hiou'^rht tci the
In'l^'Iicst pitch of science, and Nonlaii
wheels at will upon his |)i\i)t.
While he tells iis in a wearisonic
repetition lliat the |)o\\ei> ofaljuse arc
not yet exliaiisted, it sootlies the ruf-
lled "common fool" to know tliere is
Hacon to i)ack tlie common one in
tiiinkint; iterations arc loss of time ;
.\t\<\ while Nordan demonstrates that
religion, superstition, failii, call it wliat
you will, has i^ixen way to a form of
science uhicli lea\es no room for reli-
,t,non, Kidd mildly puts forth tliat tlie
most distincti\c feature of human e\(i-
lutioii is that the race nnrst ever j^row
more and more reli|^iou>. It has been
said tliat relii^ion is the crown and con-
sunnnation of piiilosopliy ; (ieori^e
I'.liot, who was no fool, decided tliat
the first recjuisite for luiman hai)i>i-
iiess was somethinv; to io\L uid tin-
second somethiuL^ to reverenct- ; we
liear that thout^lU witliout reverence is
i)arren, even poisonous ; while Leslie
Stephen asserts that as man knows
l'",ach new truth peddler proves his
predecessor a charlatan. Kuskin, fit to
be blindly folh.'wed in many paliis in'
the student of lanj^uaije, surel)- pemied
more than one rabid dictum, shewing
liimself iii the eyes of soinc otliers to
be a unit in the man\- millions of
"fools "at whom Nordau is so bus)'
throwing,' stones witii both hands ; and
lie is described In- this latter-daj-
|)ropliet as one who "would liefest
burn ali\e the critic who disagrees with
in'm," jjossessed by " ungovernable
irascibilit)'."
.\s a sample of intemperaiurc there
is the conversation, monoIoLjue rather,
luirled by (arlyle ,it ,m American
acijuaintance in liiCy. " i'eople wrote
too much and talked too much, ami it
was time they stopped both writing;
and t.ilkint(. All bosh and lies. It
was not wcjrlh whih.' to be so constantly
repeating "^l even ;d)out what was true.
The talk of Modern Parh"amcnts
especialh' was a stench in tlic nf)strils
of gods and men. * * Tlie modern
civilization of the L'nitei.1 States was
notliuiL
km
ifthe infinite and Aljsolute. all lilare and pas, anrl gab and lies.
owing nothing he h.itl belter not be America seemed to be the adxance
natic about his ignor.ince. hacon guard ot the nations going ti» |jerdi-
f th
lould rather belicM' all fables th.ni tioii, and lui-lai
f.
)llowmLr close
th.il this III
niwisal liame i-- without a
ami
mens as
b
irdaii catal
il
ogiies m> >p(.( I-
beh
N
md
a glooni)' procession.
o one cou
hi
ament more
th
m liim-
)orn imDecile criminals aiiM
.•Ifl
lis e.\cessi\c use o
f
superlatue-^
■im|)lelons drunk with soiK.rous word-." Hut it was a vicious agi', and we toler-
Carh
■ht
iiol h,i\ c bi'eil too |)leas(_'d
ate.
thiiiL
W 11 R
h oU''ht not to b.
to tnul himself so nearl\
the latest teacher :
W
freeing w ith
hat nob
ooier
work than planting fi)reigii Tnought
into the barren doiiu'stic soil ; except,
i IK lee
until we were stunned by mere noise,
e\er)body stri\iitg to howl loudest.
It was time to shut up ; no one knew
any
thini
For a (.iisciple of silence, he drc
1, planting Thought of your own, Ijrcath but seldom in th
which the fewest are privileged to do." }n^ Commination Service,
(leli\erv
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48
(ikiacN iioi.i.v.
These rcconstriictnrs of tlie universe
will) wasli the world into nothiiiLjiu'ss
with their tidal wa\i' of iinectixc, at
least furnish an antidnlr to the " plati
tudes luscious and linip" whith I'lsc
would "en-jelly "us from the shihho
loth of the ])etty babbler who, with
fl.iccid toi.^ue, delivers himself on the
emancipation of the mind and kindred
subjects of which he has no l<nowledi;c.
" The head has not many mansions in
it, nor spacious," sa\s a hnml)k' man
of letters ; "and we ha\i- been obliged
to fill it with such cabinet curiosities
as it can hold without achinn ; the
intellectual wardrobe ha-- U\\ whole
pieces in it." Tlie meliorist may \)v
called a trimmer, but .it least he ki-eps
hi> balance bettci' th.m do the men at
the ends, until he iKAelops iiitu that
rabid thini;, the avowedly toler.nit per-
son, who will not tolerate the intulcr-
ance of tlu' intnjcrant, havini;" less id]
oration than the ])niplut prufcssini^
rii^hteous intolerance.
From Norelau wc look at J'lannuar-
i(jn, and, aj^aiii back, wc fmil a "work
entitled /\ Juste Kecken>n},'e, or Ac-
conipte of the Number of the Years,
hum the i{i';^innyn;4e of the W'orlde
unto the present \iarc of 1547 ; a Cer-
tain and .Sure I )ec:laracion that tlic
W'orlde is at an I"",nde." In a corrcs-
pundini; lapse of time NUrdau ma)-
have been proved as true a i)i(>phct.
" Ihe thousand voit'ed (pn'stion ^oes
uj), and a fool or knav i' suddenl)' arises
to furnish the answer." lias Nordau
out of his own mouth himself con-
denmed ' I'eradventure yet another
knave or bloi'khead will arise to de-
liver the world from this last yoke,
imposed on the Lowest Circle of
Hearers bv the Chief of the I'".lect.
When- the iron shews si_L;ns of coolin^f,
he has adopted the Cromwellian pro-
cedure of striking; until it is /i,'f f/wi/;^//
l)r,(,i:M;K.\lI()N is possiblv- not built
for eternitv, and some of Wai^ner's
works mav live with the v\orld v\hen
those of the Destructionist have f(jl-
lowed his bones in liust.
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THH RICHHST.
I'lic Aiituinii, ill liis idy.il L;t>|(l and red,
Loukcd on the race <if mrmi, and lluis lie said —
Hola llicre Mi-^t'il \\hat'> this \t)ii liave '^'nl
Buried tleep down in )(>nr L;ardni |)l()t ?
Coin ' I tlioii^dil so. ('(Jine, lei ns try—
W'Ikj is the riclier, you or I,
Soserei^iis crowns in a sliininL; cluster,
Of excellent mintage, untarnislud lustre —
Yet hearken 1 I'll treble _\our i^old an\' liay
With mine that i-^ shed on the wide hiL;huay.
Ilola there I'.niperor ' What have \-ou hi<l
I'liderthat car\ed aufl oaUen lid?
Jewels ! I thoui,dit so. A s])lendi<l show
Of pearls that ^ditter and rubies that L,dow.
Kineralcls — o\y.\\s — in rich profusion
I :.^'rant yon, but flee the fond delusion
That \()urs are the brii^litest ^enis that shine
I'll match them herein my forest shrine I
I loia there i5eaut>- I What's this )-ou caress /
Of \'our amber hair a i^ieamin;^ tress ?
Rare ? I should think so. What will \-ou do
When it loses its length anti ijlorious hue >.
Kini^let -and braid cannot last fore\er,
Soon, too soon, from vour head tiiev' must sever.
It is not so with me for — ciiilil — evermore
Once a year I renew my \ello\v store.
Ilola there— Hankers — Kin^rsofthe earth,
What traL;edy now o'ercasts your mirth '
Fear? .\m\ I'anic .' .And impotent Ratjc
Seize you and shake you, once staid and saije /
Coffers — and \,uilts and safes — were rilled,
While on the street, at the play, you trilled ;
1 do not pity you — I with my ^old
Yearly cast ii|} from the forest mould.
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(iRI'.l'.N IIOI.LV.
Hula tlicic -Mother ? W'liat has she there?
.\ small, n.it curl nf |)ale jcllow liair.
Her babe's :" I tiioii^'ht so. Hush— for I know
There is iiothintj dearer that eartli can show.
Kiiij^f — miser — beauty — banker — in tether,
She is richer than all of _\-ou f)ut to^'ether,
Richer than 1, for all mj- ^'old
Yearly cast down to the forest mould !
Si; KAN U.S.
THE LOYALIST'S DAUGHTER ;
OK LHAVHS FROM THH DIARY OF RACHFL WOODRUFFH.
VA ACNKS M.MT.K M.\< Il.\l<, (" !• II )K1.IS.")
IT is an old, shabby little Ixiok ; the
ed^es bent ami broken ; the ^rej-
marble covers faded and worn ; the
contents sometimes undecipherable by
reason of the failed ink-- sometimes
defaced, I fancy, by tears. lUit to
open it is to transport oneself into the
life ofanotlier century. Throuf^di the
dimmed and blurred maiuiscript, true
and kindly eyes — lon^f clo.sed on this
world — look again into ours ; — loving
hearts seem once more to beat with
hopes and fears long quiescent in the
rest that follows life's fitful fever.
Through it we seem to see again tlie
faces of those who first maile a foot-
hold in the wilderness for our own
people ; --t(j hear the voices that first
made our l*"nglish tongue familiar in
the savage wilds that we now know as
fruitful fields ; the voices of those who
are to us in Ontario what the brave
pioneers of Normandy are to our
FVcnch brethren in Oucbec. It is well
for us to live once more among tiiem
for a little space ; — well to remember
the toils and sacrifices of those who
were led, like .Abraham, into the wild-
erness, to secure for us this goodl)-
Canaan ; — well to share in spirit their
struijgles and ])rivations, and per-
chance, to feel therebv that the real
life of man is not in the abundance of
the things that he |)osse.sses, but in the
rarer, un|jurchasable riches of true
hearts and iKjble lives.
Hut Rachel W'oodruffe shall speak
for herself : —
West Farms, Coimecticut,
Se])tember 15th, 1775.
"Sly brother .\bner came home to-
day from his visit to our relatives in
Massachusetts, and has brought me
this new book for mv diary. This was
very thoughtful of my dear brother,
and indeed 1 am glad to get it, for
(•■ki:i:n iioi.i.w
5»
my old l)()(ik is full, and so 1 lia\i' n<it
hi'oii able to write lor soiiu'timc. And
1 liUc to\\rit(,' ill mi\- little hook. It
>e'Miis like wrilin;^ to a friend about
tile thiiij^s that interest nie most. .\n<l
I have no friend to write to I
.\I\- brother has had nuich to It'll us
of all he saw ami heard uhik' he w is
auay. The troubles wliich we
thou;4ht would soon blow o\'er, are in-
creasiuj,'. He says that the late en-
^af^enient at Hunker liill has had a
^Tcat effect in stren^'thenin;; the rebel-
lion, because the vohniteers did their
l)art there so bra\ely a'^ainst the Kind's
army. We cannot but L;rie\f when
we hear of the luuubers of British sol-
diers killed or wounded in this battle,
but neither can I help fielint; proud of
the coura<.je of oin' ('onnecticut men,
even thou^di thev are, as Daddie sa\s,
" Rebels a<^iin^t constituted authority."
I'lty 'twere not in a better cause .
Septeniber :!Otli. M\- brother came
this cv(Miin|j; into the west room, where
I sat spinnings ^md we talked till lon^r
after sunset — lookin;^ out, the while,
on in_\ D.iddic's fair ^reeii meadows,
where the cattle were so (|uietl_\' ^ra/-
iiiLj — a peaceful scene -so liifferent
from the subject of our talk ! .\bner
sa)-s he thinks the war will last a ;4ood
svhile ; tliat the rebels are resolved
not to la>- down their arms till their
demands are complied with ; and the
KiiiLj' ami his Ministers are also re-
solved to punish the rebellion and re-
duce the rebels to obedience. He has
opened his mind to m)' father, who is
ijuite willing that he should _l;o to Cvj^hi
for the Kin;4, thoui^h it will \ e like
losing his right hand. And .is things
are now in pretty good order for the
winter, he intends soon to goto join
the British force under (jem-ral Howe.
This is indeed heav)' tidings! My dear
brother always so kind to mc, and
my trusty heli)er in evcrvthing within
and without how can 1 do without
him ' .\nd m\ Haildie, left in his
old age, with his young tainil)' around
him ; and no strong, stalwart son to
relieve him of labour and anxiety —
what will become oi' jnm ' "(iod tem-
pers the wind to the shorn lamb" —and
we nnist trust I lim I
.M_\- brother telU iiu; also that my
lather's cousin, .Nmns Brooke, of Bos-
ton, favois the rebels, and that iiis .son
Roger, whom 1 well remember when
he \ isited us as a bo\', has joined the
rebel arm\'. This grieves me much, —
for I well remember iny cousin, — a
fiir and goodly boy with bright ha/.el
e)'cs and long chestnut locks, and
daintv frilled shirt and ruffles, who
iisid to play with me when he was
here, long ago. .\bner sa)'s lie can
talk of nothing but the rebel cause,
which he is sure will jjrevail. lie talks
iif (oming to visit us very soon. My
brotlu'r thinks it is to try to persuade
liim not til join the British forces. It
troubles me miK li to think of this visit,
(or my Oither is so stroiigl)' opptjscd to
the rebels, that 1 fear he and Roger will
have little pleasure in theirintcrcour.se.
Se|jtember j i st. This afternoon my
brother carried me, in the shaj-, over
to Doctor Chapman's, where we
drinked tea. I'eter Sheppard w.'is
there, and attended clo.scly upon Try-
pliena, though I tiiink she would have
preferreil to do with(jut him, when my
T
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52
C.kl'.I.N llol.l.V.
■ r
biDtlicr was then;! She Idokcd vit,\'
well ill a (lark bine calico, with lur
hair rh'fsscd ii\cr a liaiKlsiiiMr < ushiuii.
Some otinr-. lit" (lur iVii'iids i aiiic in,
and souk; plaji-d, sonu' '^an^, somh'
daiucd, and so we spnif the time till
ten or clcscn, ulicn we srattcrcd to
onr lionirs. Abncr lold 'l'r)|)hcna of
his intention of joining' llie IJritish
ami) , at whi( h she seemed mn< h
trouliled, and no wonder ; it is hea\\
tidin(,'s to ns ,ill. Dr. ( liajMiian says
httle, hut I am sure he woulil iiuk h
|)ri'fer tlial .Aimer did //,if ^o.
Se|)teml)er j^th. As | w.is sitting'
in the sonlli < lianiber hy little I'ojlv.in
the moonliidil sinijinij her to sleep
I lieard the sound of horse's hoofs
without. I.ookin^f from the window, I
saw a yomi;.; man disnioimlin}; from
his horse, and fcrlt sure, in a moment,
that it was Cousin KoLjer. My heart
beat with minified pleasm-e and dread,
for it was painful, after sn many years,
to meet him a;.jain as a rebel aL'ainst
)Ur i/ood Kii
I'resentU- I heai
his cheer)' \<ii(c rini^in^ throu;,;h the
hou.se, as he <^ri-eted ni\- father and
brother, and then I heard him ask for
his "little Cousin ka( hel." Hut I
would not i.;o down till I'nlK' \\;is
asleep. I'lien I siii(ii,the(| m\ hair and
went down with some tremblin;^, lest I
should hear hot words already ! lUit I
found my cousin sitlini( by my father's
chair, talking' pleasantK about his
faiher and mother and all the old
friends o( whom m\- Daddie had heard
and seen so little durini^ these jiast
years, lie looked at me for a few
moments in doubt. I'hen he saiil :
"Can ////J be my little Cousin K'acliel ? "
and then he came and took my Iiand,
,(nd would liave ^ivcn me a cousinly
salute, hut I drew back ; at whi( h
m\' haddie and \bnir l.iu;.;hed, and
m\ cousin said tiiat he was not wont
to fnxl me so shy, in the old limes.
Then he .isked m.in>' questions as to
whether 1 reniembcicd how he used to
tcise me and hide ni)' doll, \\hethi;r
I had for^'iven him and so fortli. lie
h.is a pleasant soiic and lauj^h, as well
as a comelv f n c .md fp^ure, uhiih las',
shows well in his l)liie'<oat and l)uff
small-i lothes. My little brother sat
lookini; up in his fate, listening t<i
e\i'r\ word he s.iid, indeed it was loni;
past his bed-time before I tcuild ^et
him to leave Cousin Roi^cr. I ^'ot my
c(aisin some supper, o| whuh he was
nmch in necil, after his lon;_; ride ; and
then 1 came up to my I hamber. While
I write, tin,')' are still talking below. I
lio|)e m\ ( 'oiisin koj;er will saj' nau}.;ht
to aii'^er or j^riexe my Daddie. What
a pity he should be a rel el !
.September V'th. I have not writtin
in my iliary lor some days. M)' heart
h.is heen niiM li lrouble(l, ,ind is still
\cr)' he.i\)'. .M\' Daddie and Cousin
RoMfr lia\f hail much '■erious talk, and
each is so set in his own opimou,
th.it I often dre.ld lest the)' should
come to Slime ;4ra\e misunderstanding!
.Ms- cousin .iiiil 1 ha\t' also ha<l many
talks, as we walked in the i_;rt'en
me.idow's b\' the ri\er .Hid i;ath<'reil
w.dmits from the old tn-es as we used
to do lonij atjo. \nd he has told me
man\- thiriL^'s th.it snrjirised nu' \er\-
nm< h about the wroii'.;s that our
peopk- ha\e stifft.'rcdfrom Kin;,; (ieorj^e
and his .Ministers, and the British
f;uKi:N lioi.i.v.
5^
sdldiors, who cany thiiit^s with such a
hi^'h haiul. lli- loM itif how, yiMi^
,it^<), wlu'ii his fathiT li\i:il in Hdstun,
he ,inil llic dthiT l)ii\s wci'f fri'ijiiciilly
;inii(>yc(l I))' tlir soldiers wlwi used tu
destroy tlu'ir snow-slides, and, when
they complained, woidd call tluin
" )<>iiii^ rchels," while tlie captains oni_\'
laughed at tliern. At last the>- went
to the (ieiural himself, wlio asked
them if their fathers liad hecn teaching,'
tlicm rebellion, and li.id sent lluin to
sliow it. riien Isomer and thi- other
l)0)'s ->|)oke ii|), and tuld how they had
heiMi used williont |)ro\o( .ition. In
the end, the (ieneral ordi icd the slides
to he rejiaired whiih, 1 think, was
sery liandsome of him. W hen ( "mver-
n'^r tia^e was told of this, he s.iid tiiat
it w.is impossible to iieat the notimi ol
libert}' out of these people's heads, as
it was rooted in tliem from childhood.
.My cousin has explained to mi'
.ilso ,ill about the .Stamp .\ct, w hi( h
w.is p.issed when lie was a boy, and
whv the pi-ople so greatly objected to
it, and also that the ^reat Mr. I'itt had
denounced the measure, and had said
in I'arliament that he was ^darl .Xnur
ici had n-sisted it ; and Iiow it had
l)een at last repealed. lie also told
me how, one iiiooidi^ht ni^ht whi<h
he should iie\-er for^i't, he had bi;en
out during the "Boston Massai re "
when there liad arisen some distur-
bance between tile citizens and the sol-
fliers, ;ind CaiJtain I'reston made the
soldiers lue upon the peo|)le, wound-
iuL; a numljcr of men, and killing' four.
One of the wounded men, who after-
wards flicd, was a friend of my Cousin
Hrooke, wlio has ever .since llieii, been
bitterly opposed to the British Govern-
ment. I t'.ld him th.it Kiti^ (ieor^je
<iiulil kniiw nothin;.; oj these doin^^s,
and should n<<t be bl.niird fi a' the rash
and foolish acts of his soldii-rs. But
Cousin Uo^,'er says that the Kinj.; was
still determined to compi-1 the people
to be ta.sed without their lonsent, and
that ///ry are determined they will not
buy the floods that are ta.xed, but will
wear homes|)un clothe-, and do with-
out lea, if nec(.'ssary. Ami then he
told me about the " Boston tea-p.irty"
two years aj^o when three humired
and fort)' clu.'sts of ^ood tea were
thrown Diit into the sea — which seems
to me .1 ^'reat waste, when tea is so
scarce and so dear ! .\lany peo|)le, he
says, now use only saj.;i, -tea, or tea
made of raspberry le.ives. lie thinks
there will be mui h fii^htin^ about Bos-
ton, before all is ov(;r ; but he has
j^reat (onfldence in the new (ieneral —
\\ aslnnijton who has come to take
((innuaiid ol the " Revolutionary
I'Orce," as lie calls it. ( )n account of
the troubled -it.ite nf the coimtry, my
( tiUsin Brooke jiurposes to break up
his h. use in (!aml)rid^'e for the pre-
sent. \]y ( Ousin Leah VVoodruffe,
who has lived with them e\er since she
was lelt an orph.in, will then have to
come to li\e with us, which my fatlier
has iiuited her to do. it is lon^ since
I have seen her, and we were not
j^rcal (Vien<ls when we used to be play-
mate's, for she was not \ery kind to
n\e, but wanted e\cr)tliin^ for herself.
iUil now wc are l)oth, doubtless, wiser,
and it would be a pleasant clian^c to
iia\e a companion, who would be like
H sister — to wiiom 1 could speak al)out
■BBBI^HI
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54
GRKKN IIOI.I.V.
the chil(irct) and f^htr thmgs.- as I
cannot al\\a>> do to mj' f>xfl'\\f:
Oct<il)cr 15th. My<rt.w-*rn Rotjcrhas
now l)ccn Iktc utttfe thaini l»o wrrks,
and lias ((.ine to M«t»ii lliltcc»np of the
fainil). He sa)». ii »* *<» pj-lcM^ant to
be at West Farms lluil W ranriMt h.ar
to tliiiik of leaving «ii-v„ si- m iiin-^t
soon do so. Aii'J iJv • . isiiouin;4
what nia\- hapjx'ii, vj .:,.,. .-n;^ it may
be before he may ^<eir ut^ again. He
and 1 toiiU a ' 'Ii-j w^Qlk thf-% aftrrrioon,
nnder the tree- lity the mcr. I he
scene had the s<^t jj»w»M»CTriCss of an
tumn, - the uAmi'f pibjrrttvt; note
souiidin;^ sweetly <A<Lt the fielfls, like a
farewell to the -ui- • ■ < irh all its
delij;hts ! Roner 1 privately,
that the ol>ject of )i;- , -r hail Fx-en to
prevail on iii\ f.iiher tw afcwtain from
opcnlv inaiiifc-'ini;; }iii» ■iimf)arhy uith
the 'lory party, arK:! u> indutc ni)
brother not to join ib- Hnri^h forces
against the people vd' rh« t iil<.ni<s.
I le says that tl;< • .: I'rrv lil
in the eml, and tl ■ , ' ou^jn
Hrooke fear that ni\ ill he ex-
posed to niiKli iliwniii and firrluips
loss of j^ood^. H 111 1' iri.-.vvn to take
his stand with thr J Mty-v |{iit [ know
my I)a<iilie woulij ix-vcw Ir-tm to .my
such persuasions, it , hi erms
nnich drawn to i ! ■;. I'^rr for
though he is fMie of it , Ti':st of men,
he is also one of iJk- nwM *ieterm\nc(\ ,
and he esteems K'rni^ ittai^'^f. the best
kini; that ever lived, awS thirnk-* it rank
disloyalt)' to resist hii+ »»IL It grieves
him much that my Ojw+pkv Rftjjcr on
the other hand ho'nj- itJiinr Kfnj; to be
an obstinati' tvi.ini ' It -sCTTn-* fo me
that His Majesty mm*! hmc been ill
advised in much that lie has done.
This mornins;, at worship, my |)ad-
die read these verses with nnich car-
mstness : * * "M\- son, fear thou
the Lord and the kin;^, and meddle
not with them that are ;;iven to
change, h'or their i alamit)' shall cjunc
suddciii)-, and who kiiowcth th<; ruin
of tlu'iii both f
Hut m\' ( oiisiii Ko^er s,-ii,| aft«T-
wards, if .Solomon's f.ithci-, l)a\id, had
not resisted Kiii^ Saul, Solomon him-
self would never ha\e been Kinj^ I I
am not wise enough to imderstaiul
v\lii(liis lij^lit m\ Haddie or koj;cr
- or to jud^e between them.
October 17th ( ousiii Ko}.;cr says
he nuist l;o tomorrow. He and I sat
talkini^ a loni; time this cveniii'^ in the
south room, u ith the early mooiilifilit
stretihiiiL; in on the lloor, while ni\
i)ad<lie and .Nbner were taikin'^; to a
ncit.(libor on business in the next rtHitn.
koui-r told me how j^rii'ved he was to
'A" 'i\\''>' 'I'ld how often he \tould
think of West i'aiiiis ,iiid his (oiisin
Rachel ; an<l then he s.nd he wouhl be
williii;^ to wait seven veais ur more, if,
at the end ol it, he lould have her for
sonu'thin;^ more than a coiisin I I \*as
much taki'ii by surprise , |i,r I had no
idc.i that he thou|;lit of me thus ; but
I told him til, it it was of nn use i«, talk
of oin' beiii;4 an)thin^j iimre than
cousins, so loiij^ as he wkiiIJ Ik; a relK-l,
for mv Daddie would never hear of
such ii thiiiL; ! .\nd then I askerl him
if he could imt i oiitent himself \\jtli
I.e.ili, whiih m.idc- him very anjjry
for a moinrnt. Hut he sonn ^aw that
I did it but to le.ise him, and he<|in'< k-
ly iiol ovi;r his anj^er, and s.iiij that he
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must now have the l<iss that I would
iiot }^ivc him when ho came. And in-
'l(.'Cfl, he would take no refusal, and
I'lnbraced me tenderly, .sayint,^ that —
■ (line what nii^ht, -lie would never
lliink of an)' other, but would hold fast
to inc only, so lon^ as we both should
live. And I said the sane in my heart,
.ind uould fain have said it with m)'
lips, but for the ^rief it would surely
( ausc to my dear Daddie.
October 25th. It is ;i week now since
ko^er left, and it seems a month ; the
place seems so lonely without him ! I
have not cared to write since he went
awa)', as I do not like to set down sad
thou;^'hts. My Daddie came to me
\esterda_v, as I sat alone, spinning,
thinkin^r ,,f Ro^cr, and told ine that
he had h.id a letter from my Cousin
Ko.^cr, and that he had told him that
he wanted iiu- for !iis wife. Hut m\'
Daddie said that thoui;h he much
liked Koj^er. for hinist'lf, he could never
^'ive a child of his to a rebel, and that,
if I loved ///w, I must not think of
ko^er for a husband. I knew before-
htnd th.it m\- Daddie would sa\- this,
but still it sounded like a knell to hear
him <:\y it. N'et I think 1 ;im ^,dad that
ko^'cr wrote to him, for it showed that
he wa^ in carni'st in all that he said to
me.
NovenduT .}th. M\- brother .\bner
i-> ^jone at last. I have been very busj-
makiii}.; U|) some linen shirts, and knit-
ting' him -^ome soiks. I packed them
all u|) for him last nii;ht, and coud)ed
his lon^f blown hair for the last time.
This moriiiuj^ he went auay. The
parfin^r w.is too sad for words. | le
• oiild not speak, -and neither could
we. (iidcon anrl brother I'elix went
with him in the shay to Hartford. I
watched them as lon^;; as I could see
them throuj^di m>- tears. Now I feel
lonely indeed I My Cousin Ro^'er far
awa)', and now mj- dear brother ^one.
The weather is dreary, too -to match
my feelini^s. Hut then I ha\em)(lcar
Da<l(li(.' to think of, and to comfort in
his troubles. I think he is more
troubled about Ro^ri.|-tli;iiiaboutbrother
Abner. I'Or he is sure that the Kind's
cause must ])revail, and it is ver)' bitter
to him to have rebels in our family !
Jan. ^rd, 1776. The new year has
be^un, wilhonl much n-joiciny on our
|)art, for little we know what may hap-
pen before till- end of it. My t'ousiu
I.eah arrived to day. She is very
small and neat, with very smooth, lij^ht
hair, and cpiick ^rt'y e)es that seem to
sei- e\er)thin^. She is .also \er>' neat-
handed and capable, and seems an.xious
to be helpful. .She has ^i\i'n us much
news of oiu' coU'ins. I wDuld rather
she talked less before ni)' Dadilie, for
she has so nuu h to say about their tle-
votion to the rrhi'l cause, thoui^h slu;
s.iys she knows nolhini^ about such
matters, and c.ires less.
I-'ebruar)' 17th. I.eah and I have
bc'cn busy all (kiy carding and spin-
niuL; wool. .\s we sat alone in the
dusk beside the lo^' fu'e, she talked to
me sonu'what straii^eh' about my
cousin koj^cr. I think that she would
have me beli(!\<' that she is betrothed
to him ; but I could not believe ///.//.'
.She shoued nie a little rini; that she
had from him as a keepsake; — and /
have nothinj^ but a withered flower,
that he gave ine one day — and the
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memory of his loviii^^ worrls. Slic li;is
made 'rry])heiia ("hapmaii i)elicve that
l-loi^er is lier sweetheart. Hut - I Uuow
not liow it is -I cannot trust my
Cousin Leah — tliou^li she seems so
smootli and friencil)'. And I am ;.,'lad
I kept my secret about K();;cr, tlioui^li
she asked me so many questions.
April i6th. .A sweet s|)rini,f daj', —
the air is bahny ; and the lambs are
already frisking in the fields. M\' dear
brother has come home fur a timi', to
our ^reat jo\-, — tliou^h he brings sad
news to my Daddie. Geni'ral I [owe
left lioston last month, and twelve
hundred Loyalists went with him.
This makes my Daddie very anxious.
My brother has leave just now, sotiiat
he can sow and plough our fields, which
will be a "^reat help to my Daddie.
Leah seemed (piite pleased to see my
brother, and ^ot him a nice su|)per,
while I combed and tied his luiir, and
got out .some nice clean linen for him.
May 4th. My brother went in tlu'
shaj- to Doctor (hapman's, and Leah
de.sireil to go with him, so 1 sia\("il ,it
home with my Daddie and th<' child-
ren. Leah, when she came hnme, told
me she had got a letter from my Cousin
Roger at Doctor ( liapman's, which
seemed to please her much. I think
it strange that he should not have sent
a line or a word to wr ; but perhaps hr
docs not wish Leah In know anything
that has passed between us ; nor do I
wish it. So it is lu-st as it is. .\bnfi
says Doctor Chapman tells him thai
man\' are now speaking of separating
altogether from (ircat Hritain, and
making a stand for independence,
which /i( thinks a mad idea, My
father says — if that ever should come
to ])ass, he would ha\(.' to leave the
countrv', as he could ne\er consent to
live under a rebel Hag. \'et i think
he is nnich grieved that the King has
sent out an army of Cierman foreigners
til fight against men of l-'.nglish blood,
lie says it w.is not ///us, that Lnglish-
men uerc wont to win their b.ittles in
the old times !
.\ugiist loth. Docti>r chapman has
l)ei'n here tixl.iy to see little I'nliy,
who has been ailing, lie has bet-n
telling us about the Declar.ition of In-
de|)endencc which has been signed in
Philadelphia, and proclaimed in New
\'ork. .\ii<l hes.iy.-> that, in New \'ork,
the st.ilue of King ( leorge has been
throw 11 down and trampled in the dust,
so great i'' the ragi- nf the |)t'ople
against him I Ihis news much grieved
m_\' Daddie, who would take no supper,
but s;it all the evening, with his head
le.ming on his hand, witlmut s|)eaking.
It maki-s m\- lu-ail son- to see him
thus, f(ir I know lu- is thinking how he
ma\' ha\(' to ii'a\e our dear home ;md
m\' mother's graxe ! .M\ brother has
l)cen pernn'ltcd to remain with us a
lull',; tinu', fur which I am\i-r\ thank-
ful. Hut Udw he h,is o,,t the harvest
prett\' will in, and inu-<t pre|)arc to
return to his post,(spci ially as ( ieiieral
llowi- intends somi to U-.id his men to
action in Long Isl.md. My brother
went over to bid farewell to I'ryphena,
and laine !),u k rather dis|)nited, I
thought lie thinks I'eter .Slu'ppard
has set Dr. ( h.ipm.m greativ ag.iinst
the King, and that he is ve.\<-d tliat
.\bner r./7/ fight on that side, and he
saj's that 1 ryphena endeavored to per-
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siiacic hlin a^.iinst going. I can sec
that In- li-avcs iis with a sad heart, and
\vc let liini go witli a sadder ! lUit
duty's call we must ohes- ! lie says
that Mrs. Chapman seems seriously ill.
I must goto see her.
Aiigust 15th. .Ahner left us todav ;
l-'eli.x went with him to 1 1 art ford in the
sha'. , which he drove back alone vers-
proud of hcinj.; trusted to do so. My
heart sinks to think of my dear hrotlier
gfiing again into danger; Rosier, too,
l)erhaps. Ifthey should ever he ranged
.igainst each other in battle, I think my
heart would break I l'".\en now i can-
not |)ray for one side to prevail against
the other, and \et I must pra\- that the
war sliould end !
.September Jiid. I met with a great
surprise last evening. I was to <^i> to
spend the night at Dr. Chapman's, tn
sit up with .Mrs. Chapman, who is \er\-
ill, .so as to ^ivi- Tryphena a rest.
(iidcon took mi' in the siiay to the
cross-road, and left nu' to walk the rest
of tile wa\', as he wanted to br back in
time to milk the cows. I walke(l mi
m\- wa)' slouljvjis it was a warm and
lovei>' e\ening -the sun settm^ gorj^e-
ousl)- in crimson clouds, just as the full
moon arose, large and red. I felt a
little frightcMie<l being alone ,ind did
not look up, till 1 heard a voici' I will
knew sa)- softly " A'in/ii-/ .' " I i ould
scarcely l)elicve that I was not in a
dream, when m\' Cousin l\oL;er ^pran^
down from his horse .md came up to
inc, with such ^lad ej-es, and his bright-
est smile. ! hardly know what wesiid,
but he put inc up on his saddle, holding
me on it with his strong arm, while he
talked of all the things that had hap-
pened since we had l)id each other
^ood-by. lie U)oks well and brown
from out-door living, and si-ems even
stronger and m.uilier tli.m last \ ear.
I le wore epaulettes, ami s.iid that he
is now C,if'/,ii// Brooke. I le was ridin;^
with desjiatches from ( li-neral Washini;-
ton to ( ieneral I'utii.nn on I ,op;4 Island,
an<l had come a little out of his way,
in order to leave a letter for me .it Dr.
Chapman's, not expecting th.it he
would Ik- .ibli- to see mi", lie iisked
me if I hail not got his last letter, and
when I mentioned the one I.eali had
received, he s.uM he had never written
to //'•' ; ,ind th.it she- must have known
that the letter was for me — though he
had thoughtlessly addressed it to
" Mistress W'oodruffe," forgetting that
was I.e.ih's name aNo. 1 can scarcclv,
however, believe this of I.eah, and
think she must have managed to de-
ceive herself into thinking the letter
r.'.M for Ar', as she always seems to
think ol herself first, lie says the
ring she showed mc is only a pinch-
beck oiii- that he boiii^ht for her, ol a
|)e(ldler, Ioiil; aj^o, because she begged
him to do so, .md that he had never
once thouL;ht of loviiit; I.eah. .\nd
then he s.iid he would willingly serve
twice seviMi years for Kachel ! .\nd
he t(tok out a rin^ that had once be-
longed to his mother, and asked mc to
wear it for his sake till he could give
me a wedding ring I I t<ild him I
knew f/i<if could 'inr/ be ; but he says
that " it is a long lane that has no
turning!"
When he reached Dr. ('h,i|)man's
gate, it seemed f.irtoo soon, and vvi- had
not said the half ot what we wislied tu
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s.iy to each other ; but Roger's errand
woiilil bear no delay, and we partetl
sadl)- enoiigli. I could not s<n good-
bye, but lie comforted nic with brave
and cheering words. Ah, when shall
we meet again .'
(Some lines whicli follow have been
crossed out, so as to be undecipiier-
able. )
September 30th. I have not had
the heart to write in u\y <iiary lately.
The days have gone by hea\ily,
thougii the weather has been fair and
fine — strangely out of harmony with
our spirits I Mrs. Chapman died
about ten days ago, and Leah has
gone to stay with Trxplu'iia. I am
not sorry, for I eamiol talk to her (juite
as I did before I knew about the letter,
and 1 fanc)' she feels a certain dryness
between us, which I cannot help,
liesides, she does not feel as we do,
about these great troubles, and she
will, no doubt, find it more cheerful
\\ ith Iryphena, w ho is not of a nature
to h,.rbor grief long, than with us.
^'el I try to be as clu'i'rful as possible
to cheer mv dear Daddic. .\nd the
children are very good ; and little
l'oll)'s pretty ways and childish faith
seem to comfort him more than any-
thing else.
November jSth. .\nother winter is
begmning to close in upon us, .md the
fallen leaves seem to me like emblems
of our faded jo\s ;md hopes. Hut m_v
brother's ime\|)e(ted visit has just now
somi'wiiat cheered our drooping spirits.
lie came to my window before day
light ihi-- morning, having been on
horseb.uk almost twenty-four hours ;
and I knew his voice at once. He is
greatly pleased because he has been
raised to the rank of Captain, and he
showed us, with much pride, a Royal
Commission from I lis Majestj-. au-
thorising him to raise recruits for the
King's armv on Long Lsland, which he
is about to do, when he goes frf)m
hence. It is a dangerous office, and
we nuist .say nothing about it to any-
one. He savs the Roval troops have
been victorious of late both at White
I'lains and at i-"ort Washington. He
left us at nightfall, that he might nc)t
be seen, for it is now known by many
that he is fighting for the King. I
was glad that Leah was absent.
.\pril 15th, 1777. \'er_v heav>- tid-
ings came to my Daddie this day.
My di,Mr brother .\biierhas been made
prisoner on Long Island, and taken to
■ •'airfield (iaol. This distresses us be-
jond uieasure, an<l we know not wiiat
may come of it, fi>r the)- s.iy that, in
the .State of New \'ork, all who adhere
loyally to King (ieorge are judged
guiltv of treason, and are worthy of
death I It seems very strange to me
that men wlmsa}- tluv are fighting for
Irei'doin can so persecute others for
.icting according to their consciences,
in remaining true to their allegiance to
their King ! Vet so it is, and my
I)adilie is so anxious abfuit brother
that he has no rest flay or m'ght. He
is about to set out to see hiin, and I
havi' begged him to let me accompany
him, for I like not to let him go alone !
.\|)ril l6th. Dadilieand I got home
last night, ver\' tired with our long
travelling to see my brother .\bner.
We iiad nnicii difficult)-, at first, in
getting permission to see him, and
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when \vc at last succeeded, \vc fdiiiul
Iiiin soineuliat poorl)' no diiiil)t |).iit-
ly ouiii}^ to tliL- \\oit;lit on liis v|)iiits
caused by liis irn|)risonni('i)l. W lien
wc secured admission, in- was walking
|)cnsively up and down tlie room lir
occupies lia\in;4 also the lihi'rl)- of
tlic ^aol )ard. I Ic was nuicli Mirpris-
cd when wc t'ntcn-d, txciaiinint;, " .M\-
dear fatluT ! My dear sister!" lie
conlii liardly saj' more. We s,it iloun
hy him and talked a loni^ lime, and he
^ut us wine and raisins, and seemed
anxious to divert us, until nii,dU came,
when he said he must 'j^o upstairs ;ind
be lockctl iri. We saw the placi'
where he had to sleep, and then went
back to our inn, where I cried niyself
to sleep. .Alas, for my de.ir brother I
Would this wreteheil war wereo\erl
.\e.\t day, after sei-in^ him onie more,
and biiidin^f him ^ood-liye with heasy
hearts, we wen- ol)li^i'd to set out on
our return home. We rested, mi the
way, at the house of Mr. (iihlx, an
old friend of my D.uldie'.-^ who says
he expects to h,i\e to lea\e his hou-^e
and his beautiful e.st.ite, and i.;o to ii\c
in New York till the troubles blow
over, — if tliey e\er do.
May 22nd. Smnmer seems to ha\e
come affain .ill .it once andourlittle
garden is ^'aj- with tulips, l.eah .iiul I
have been busy bleaching; all the
household linen. Mrother helix has
been hclpiiii^ (iideon to plough and
sow, whicli are now too liar<l tasks for
my dear Daddie. We have he.ird
from Mr. (iibh^that mydiar limtlu'r
.\bner is set at libeit)- at last, in e\-
chanj^c for a |)risoni'i' fiom tlu' other
side, mm] that he has ^rone to (ieneral
Hur<,'oyne at Ticondcrotja— so I fear
that uc shall sec him no more till the
w.ir is at an end. * • Hut I never
hear any tidin.ij;s of m\' Cousin ko^cr.
h'or au,L;lit 1 kno.w, |u> nia\- be wound-
ed — or worse ; but 1 will not suppose
this ! I will still think of him as I
s.iu him last, and renu'inber hi-^ words:
"Take coiM'a^a-, little one ; let us
hope and beliew that all ma\' yet be
well ' "
()it. .;th. .\utuinii h.is conn- once
more after a bii--) sunnner. and oiu'
harvest has been rea|>ed, carried in,
and threshed. Some kiiul neit^hbors
lame to lu-lii, ami so we ^^ot it done.
N'esterday, after ;i v^tek's stead)' spin-
niiiL;. I went to \ i-.il Tryphena ("liap-
man. I )oetor ( h.ipman brou;.^ht me
home in his sha\ , and I much rcLjict
th.il I let him do so | jc told me that
Wa-hinLjton's aiiii_\ had bi'en ilefeated
at liiMiiilxw iiH". .ind (ieneial 1 iowe lias
departed lioin I'hiladelphia. lii-s.iys
Washington's iirm\ is badl)" off for
e\i-rythin;4 e\en bl.mkets, and slioes ;
and it made ni\ lu'arl bleed to think
ol 111) I r tiiii-iiil Ihit while 1 sat
''ileiit, thinkiiiL; iluis, the doelor much
ama/ed me b) linking; a formal pro-
|)osal of marri.ij^e I I told him I could
not think of ,in)' such thini;, that I
had iie\er thoiiLjhl of him in aii)- such
\\,i), A\\t\ indeed, it seems to me but
Xfsteida)- that his i^ood wife died !
lie pressed it imii h, however, savmi^
that I should not dismiss his offer
without due consideration, that he
could offer ni)' D.iddii- .i comfortable
house, shoiilil he, ,is ,i l.o)alist, be
despoiled ,if his piiiperl)', which was
possible, th.it he could also help to
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provide for tin- NomiLjor children, -and
lliat Tix pliiMia anil 1 (onld ,i;ft on \cvy
wrli. I llianki'd him nuiLh, hnt said
thai I 'oiijd tuner think of it ; though
I did not tell iiiin tlial I lonid ne\er,
never think of anj'oni' hut ni\' (/onsin
Roller whether he he livini; or dead I
I hc^^cd the i;o<)d Doctor to say
nothing; of it any more, and he asked
mc to sa_\- nothiiiLj about it at hoinc —
especialK' to Leah- -which, indeed, I
ha\e no wish to do.
December J5th. This is a sad
cnouj^h (Miristmas-tidi- for us. We
have no word from either m)' brother
or my Cousin Koi^i'r, tlioU;4h we have
sail news, both about Washington's
army and that of (ieneral Howe. The
former, at \'alley ForL,'e, is suffering
fidin tlie lack of e\cr\' comfort almost
every necessary oflifi'. We luMr that
the sick often have to lie on the bare
l^round, for lack of straw. My poor
Cousin Roj^cr I llow I wish he could
havf some of om' home comforts, on
this Christmas Day! .And we ;ire no
more at case about my brother, i-dr
General HmL;oyne's army surrendered
to General Gates at .Saratoj^a in Oc-
tober, and we feared that my brother
was a^ain a |)risoner : but — two days
ago — we were relieved to hear fiom
Mr. Gibbs, that, before the surrender.
General Mnr^oync sent away the Pro-
vincial X'ohmteers, and that my bro-
ther, uitii others, esca|)ed to the wilds
of C;inada, where I fear he is endinin;^
much sufferini^ from cold and priva-
tion.
January 1st, i;7<». Mv Cousin l.cah,
who has been very busy for some time
spinnin;^ and sewint( -was married to-
day to Doctor Chapman, and went
home with him. 1 hope she will make
him a Ljood wife, for lie is a ^ood man,
whom I much esteem as an old friend,
thoui^h i could never have thou^dit of
him as anythiuL; more. I cannot be
sorr)' that she has left us, as it is lon^
since I have felt that I could alto-
j,'cther trust her, and I do not think
that she has much love for me.
June :r4th. A fair |)leasant after-
noon I I was down in the lon^ mea-
dow, picking strawberries with I'atty
and I'olly, and we remained until (pn'te
late. .\ |)leasanter evening I have
rarely seen, and the beauty of the
countr)', with its L;reen meadows and
tall elms, much dcli^htetl me. Could
1 bear to s.iy fart'well to it all ' \'et,
since my D.iddie had a letter from my
brother, who is servin}f with the i.oyal
Kani;ers in Canaila, he often says he
shall have to '^m thither, if the Revolu-
tion, u-y troops reall\' succeed. I would
fain i)ray that this may be spared to
us, though, for my cousin's s.ike, I can
scarceh- pray f<ir their defeat.
October iSth. Cousin Leah Chap-
man has been here to-day, and tells me
that I'eter Sheppard is really ijoin}; to
marry Tryphena, who seeins to have
quite forgotten my poor brother. She
sa)s, also, that she hears that my
father's property is to be confi.scated,
:.s we have lon^ feared, and that if so,
Peter Shepi)ard will buy it ; so that
Trvphena may have her home here, if
we arc driven out. Oh, iny poor
Daddie! It will be s.ul, if in his old
a'^e he has to leave his lonjr-loved and
])leas;mt farm !
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l)ccn here a loii^ time, and after he
was [.[one, my Daddic told mc he
made up his miiui to leave this place
at oiue, and ^o to New \'ork to live
there for the present. l'"or he will
never abjure his alle^'iance to Kin}^
Ge()r<je, without wiiich he cannot re-
tain iiis propert)'. It seeni-^ to me
that I'eter Shepijard mi^dit \n\y the
farm from my father now, if he wants
it ; but 1 sujjjjose he hopes to ^'et it
cheaper from the kevojuiionar)- au-
thorities, b\-and-l)y. Or perhap-. he
thinks the title ni)- father could L,'ive
miy;ht be (juestioned afterwards. Dr.
Chapman has kindly- offered to take
over the cattle, horses, &c , ami keep
them for the jjresent, and he will buy
them for I'ryphena, if tlu-y are not
seized in the meantime. .\nd he in-
sists that m_\' Daddie should take from
him an advance of money, which in
these times is hard to ^a-t. lie sa>s
th.it he has plenty, and will gladly
supply an old friend. Hut he does not
wish I.eah to know. Dr. Chapman is
a truly ^ood and kind man ; ma\- (lod
bless him, indeed 1
.\o\e'nber ^rd. We ha\e had a
\er)' bus)- and \er) hurried time.
Perhaps it is best to ha\e the chani^e
o\c'r (|uickl)-, without too imich time to
think. Hut to lea\e this pl.ice where
I have lived all my life, ami (iiiieon
and re;4i;v ; ami to part with all the
New York, November I2th. We
have arrived safely at .New York —
thank (iod !- and are livinf.^, for the
])resent, at the house of my Daddie's
frienil, .Mr. Clark, lie and his wife
have been most kind to us. \\'e cai7ie
to Newhaven in our wai;i;on, which
Gideon t<iok back, lie is to l;<» to
live at Doctor Chapman's, but I'e^^^'y
would not },'o to live with my Cousin
Leah, — so she has ijone to a place in
Hartford. .She cried much at leav inj.j
us, pc'or ^'irl I .\t .Newhaven we took
the jjacket for .New York, where I
never was before. The fine buildinj^rs
arc a source of i^iiat entertaimiient to
u\y brothers ami sisters, ami to me
also ; it is a curiosiiv to walk throuj;h
the streets, and look at the hand.some
shops, — the Citv Hall, .St. I'aul's
Church, the I'oorhouse, &c. Hut my
heart is ever at ni)' dear old home, and
.so, I think is m_v Daddie's also, for he
looks sad, and sits silent, and never
seems to care to v\alk abroad, .\biier
has sent him some of his pay, and
says he thinks he can _,ct .some land in
Canada, where he can settle, and have
a home once more, lie sa)s it is a
line and fertile coimtry, where thou-
sands will 1)1' able to fnul funis and
homes. Hut it seems verv far .iw.iy,
and the journey is a lon^ ,nid toilsome
one, especially for ni)' Daddie .md the
chililren. Ilowever, if God calls us to
dndly dumb creatures that I have tjo, lie ca
tak
e care o
f u.^
the
'y.
lOVCH
and
care(
I f.
T,
even
>ld
an
d will be as near to us there as
" Rover," who i;oes to the Chapmans' here.
— seems more th.m I can bear I
I'AKl' 11.
(T
le succeeduiir Imes ,irc uiuleci-
pherable.)
Cataraqui, Canada, June 25th, 1784.
— it is a lon^r time since I wrote in
this little book ! While wc lived in
11
t
r,_. (iKi:i:N iioi.i.n-.
Ni-w ^'<lI•k \vc had so many aii.xii'lic'^ Sorcl, where we remained in the shijjs
,\\]i\ lri)iil)lcs that it seemed as if I had until tlie men liuill little hut
s, or stian-
iiuthini' else to writi", so
no|.|)
IH"
pf 1
jiianis, in u
hich
ue
lived
toUL'ther
\,
iw that \M-' arc in a man all crowded to'^ether, — till s|
)rint
It
ner at the en<i dl' our loni; and weary was a (h'cadful winter, so hitterl)-
journeyini^s, I have taUen my little cold that we could scarcel)' ^a-t out of
hook out of the bottom of our chest of tiie shanties; and, to adil to our dis-
clothcs, where it has lain so Ioul;, that tres-.es, the small pnx broke out anion^;
1 ma_\- -et down the story of our ad- us. I'lu
children had it as uel
as
ventures on the way hither, lu'fore msself None of us had it ver)' badl\-
md I fear it has
they are all for;j[otten. except i)oor I'att)
Shiirtl}- before the Hritish e\a<-uated soinew
Niw \'i>rk, tlu- (io\ernor endea\(ired she was, i)erha|)s. a little vain, poor
h It maried her l)eaut\-, of which
til tr.m^poit in shi])s to Canada, all
the I .<i\-ah'sts, like m\' father, who had
ciiild 1 As for me, I can hardly tell
whether I am marki'd or not, ;is look-
h.
their |>rnj)e^t^• ( onliscatcd, and ini^;,^ lasses arc scarce and very po
ciiuld not Cdiitmue to
live in the M\- i)a<ldie
ilKl
Al
>ner sa\-
thes-
r
niled Stales," ,is the)' now
countrv.
M)
l)rother,
wh(
the no dilfereiui' in mi', thoni^h, perliaps,
; ill ni\' Cousin Koj^er mi^ht, ifhevsercto
Canada near this place, sent us a let- see me now. Hut, alas I we know not
ter by a jirixate hand, advising; m\ whether h(; is alive or dead, so lon;^ is
it since \\e have he.ird of him. Mut,
li\ iii'f o'.' dead, to me he will aKva\s be
1 )addie to come lu-re
w Here
.\1
)IH'I
as
>1<l
i SoldUT I
n the l.o\al Kan''er>
was to Ljet a vran
t of
an,
As notices the same.
icre posted U|), desiring a
1
11 wh
o wis!
When s|)riiii; came, and we had all
I'd tn come hereto trive in their names, recovi-red
hip
irneil
us
to
my
W.' ha.
)a(l<l
le wa-
i,dafl to ^'i\c in his. Montreal, which is a tjrowinj^ town.
a II
ttK; licet of li\e sh
ii)s with
th
thnll
:h
^m.ill, coiii|)ared w ith New
a inaii-of-w.ir tn protect tlu'i
n, in order \'i>rk, and full of l-'rench people. W'l'
to carry all the people who wished to went in waij[;4ons to a place called
tfo, with sucli 'roods as they had saved. I.aciiine, between which and Montreal
I (hd
nut mm h liki' tliC \0ya14e, as we there is ,1 d.ini^eruus rapi
>h
"'k'
ul some !iea\ \' 'Mies,
and were all furii>usl\' over
'lea
I 1
)lai
r< )C
:k
very sick, so that I thouL(ht little Poll)- tliat people do not try to take boats ui)
would ha\<" died. Cirrtainh', I should that wa\'. .\t i.achine we embarked
iK'\'i'r Mesiri'
to b
a sailor.
W
in a imnibei' ul
at boltoined
boats
ed what si^emed to be a ijrand co.ist, called /-,/// ,///.\, each able to carry four
and
after we wt-re in the (iulf of .St.
or inc
amines.
In tl
U'se we tra\e
Law reiii-e, it became much c.ilmer, ami iur ten or twehtr days up the St.
I 1 .aw reiice, - sieepiii}; at ni^ht in tents
Wl'
hill.^
>ul<l
>k at t
'I'cat vui.
brp'ht with autumn tints.
W
nider the blue sk\'. Hut al time
stopped at a h'reiuh xillage, calkul our sleep was much disturbed by the
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bu/ziii^' and biting' of mosciuitocs.
When \vc came to tlic rapids, xunc
<inl\' of thu boats \\x-\c taken ii|) at a
time,— most of tlic men joiiiin^' in
drawiii}.^ them by strong' ropivs alt mil;
the shon.', while some remained in llu
boats pushing' tliem witli lon^,' poles.
The men who walked alon^r the sliorc
were often wet to the waist with tlie
furious ilash of the stronj; waves, and
it seemed a fri'^ditfiil tliin^f to sit i;i the
boats and be pulled np in the teeth
of tiiesc fierce rapids, which "eiil
showers of spray over us all. Little
I'olly, who is but a delicate child, took
a severe cold, — and no wonder,
thou^di I tried to shield her as well as
possible. 1 have a troublesome cold,
myself, but I .nn i;lad that my Dadilie
continues so well. lie has seemed
better ever since we set out on this
journes'. I think it was the ho|)e of
a^'ain secini; m\' brother .\bner, .1 r
seven years cjf sej)aration. .\h, me I
— it is M,<re tiian se\en )'ears since m\-
Cousin Ko^'cr said that lie would wait
seven )ear-> for R.icheL
.\t last we left the rapids behind,
and then we sailed |)leasantl\' n|) the
calm, broad river, and amon;.^ lab\-
rinths of countless beautiful wcioded
islands, larj;e and small, amid which
wc travelled for two days. When the
boats at last reached the slmre, i t;ill,
sunburned, bearded m.m came up to
my iJaddie, and put his arm about his
neck. I could scarcely believe that it
was my Brother Abner, thoUL,di he de-
clares that he would have known each
one of us.
.\biier had a C(Hnfortable lent ready
for us here, on a luny cleared space
by the river, called Indian I'oint, where
we .ire to remain for the present. ()ur
little villa^'c of while tents looks ver)-
prett)'. There is ,i ;.^ood deal of
cleare<l ^n'onnd about here; and nearl)'
half a mile away are the ruins of an
old h'rench fort, called I'orl {"rontenac,
which was built a hundred years a^;o.
Mut there are only two or three I'rench
houses here now, and all around the
clcarins^ we see nothin;^ but blue water
and unbroken forest. On one side wc
can look from the shore into the ^reat
Lake Ontario. On the other side, be-
yond the ruins of |'"orl IVoiiten.ic we
see the river ("ataracjui flow out to meet
the wide St. Lawrence. My bnnher
has been bus\- helpinLj to build a mill
at a beautiful s|)ot about si.\ miles up
the river, where there is a fme water-
fall. The waterfill is not lar^'e, but
very i)retty, dashin;^ out of a dark,
wooded Jior^e, with hi^di, steep, ru^^'ed
cliffs on either side. The new mill is
built of rou^h Iol^s and .seems to me
to spoil somewhat the beauty of the
lonely spot ; but m)' brother sa)'s wc
ou^ht to think it beautiful, ftjr it will
ha\e to L^riui! all our flour for a lon;^
time to come. .\t present we >hall
h.i\e to li\t' oil the provisions allowed
bv the (iovi'inment, as we ihall not be
able to i^row any for otn'^elves this
\'ear. We are r.ither tired of lixintf
all the lime on pork ami peas, like
sailors; and 1 find it ver)' hanl to j.;et
any milk for the children, .is very few
jicople here have cows, .\I\- brother
h.is L^ot a nice little heifer, howevci',
which a I-Vench trapper is keepiiv^' for
us. It often makes me sij^h to tiiink
of our fine, cot;! d.iiry under the j^reat
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GKKKN IIOI.I.V.
elm, uiili tin- pans of iiili mills covi-rcd
with thick xollow cream.
Jul)- lolh. The (iovcriKir, who h.t->
come t'l li\c at (Juchcc, ha-- Ijccii licrc
to sec liow \vc all fare. .Mr. (irass,
who first told him about this |)lace,
tooU him out aloiiL; the lake shore,
^vhich is in man)- places lineil with
proves of i^reat cedars and majeslii
pines. The (iovcnior asked what
we shall do for food, and Mr. (irass
said that if we could ha\esomc tunr'p-
secd we tciuM \et have a croj) this
season, which, with GoNcriunent ra-
tions, would support lis until ne.vt
\ I'ar. Ihe (iovernorat once s.iid he
would send us some seed from .Mont-
real. .M\- brothers ha\c been catchini;
plentj- of e.Ncellent fish in the lake-,
which makes a verv acceptable- addi-
tion to om- tabli', if such wc can call
our clothes-chest, which wi" use for
this purpose. .\s our land has now
been allotted to us, my brother .\bner
has Ljone to our new home, to bcj^in
cuttin^r down trees for our loij-house.
He and his two nearest nei^dibors are
^oin.L; to work to|,^'ether, and helj) each
other.
.Xu-^ust ^rd. The tnriiip-sced has
arrived and been sown in the best soil
to be found lureabout.* Wc find our
tent too warm in tin; ilavtime, now
that tlie weather has become so hot ;
and the mosiinitocs have been a L;reat
anno)'ance at ni^ht. W'c have to li^lit
a small fire every' niLjht to keep tln-m
away. In the heat of the d.iv we
ffencrallv find sunie cool spot nndi-r a
tree vvlu-ie we can sit and work, for
"T'lic >.|inl is now iIh' rtriirc of tin- City of
Kiiijjsloii.
when wo cannot buy fieri' clothes,
tiiere is nmch to be done in meiiilin^,'
tlu' old oiR's. In the cool of the eveii-
inj.f, I ^{ciierally j^ni with Mary Sinclair
to sit on the shore of the lake, and
watch the clear waves rollini; up on
the flat stone led^'es of rock, and t,dk
about home scene.s, now so far away.
.Mary and I became i,'rcat friends in
tlu; course of our lon^' jouriie)' thither,
and I ,im o|;,,| that the Sinclairs are
to be our next neighbours, as we shall
be companv for ea( h i>thcr, and my
brother .Xlnur nuich likes John Sin-
clair, with whom he is working now
in the woods. As of coin'se we have
no church to i,'o to here, which at first
made the .S,il)bath seem a strange dav,
Uaddie reads thi' Cluirch service ever)-
.Sunday morin'n^j under a tree near
our tent, and the Sinclairs and others
join with us to make a little con^'rej^a-
tion. .\s we have two or three books
of sermons in our book -chest, he some-
times readsus a sermon also,and Mary
Sinclair and ni)' sister have very sweet
voices, and siuj^ some of our old
h_\ nins, thou^'h it often makes one sad
to hear them in this stranj^e land. I
often feel like those who would han^
their harps on the willow tri-es, when
thev remembered /ion ; but I know
this is not ri^ht, for (ioil is as near to
us here in Canada as in our loved
home in (dmiKtitutl My Daddie
sometimes savs thai we have come,
like .'vbraham, to found a new nation
in the wilderness.
Nivv West i'".irms, jlav Hav , Octo-
ber Sth. Here we are at lavt, really
settle<l in our new home, for so we
must try to think it. .My brother and
w
c,\<\:v.s iioi.i.N'.
<^5
Inhn Sinclair borrowed a hatieau, and
hroiiniit us all II]) with our '^'ooiis.
W'l' had fair autumn wi-athcr, and a
delightful siiil alnii^ the shnic, tlmu'^h
once wc liad a sudden },'alc, and only
with much ilifficult)' mana^red to land
till it was over ; we sailed up a broad
and beautiful bay, cut olT In mi the
land b)- a lonj,', shelterin;^ island, i ailed
Isle of 'I'oiiti.* It was a fme sunset,
making a ^'olden |)athwa\- over the lake,
and at List the luitttwii was beat h(;d
on tiie >hore of our new farm, which is
as yet all forest, except tlu' oiu' cleared
spot on which oiir little lo^diouse
-•tands. I'lu' Sinclairs went on to their
own farm, while we landc-d and took
possession of the new hume whiih my
brotlicr's stron,^ arm-- h.i\e built foi
us here. I iia-.teni(| to make a fur in
the wide hre -place, and to i)reparc the
--upper, while in_\- brothers carried u|)
our boxe- and unpackeiJ the few
dishi-, we I id brouj^ht with us. WC
soon had s;,pprr ready, and ^.ithered
about our bo.v-table, huni.;iy enouL^h
to enjoy the |)lain fan' befmc us. My
Daildie had bucn ru,iminL; abuut i\
amiiiiui; hi■^ new land, whiih he thinks
will be lertile when it is ijijiivd. We
ha\e with us some sacks of maize,
which my brothers bought from the
I''rench settlers, and h.itl L;round at the
new mill. It is healthv food for the
children, who like it. We alsn h,i\e a
little flour, thouf^h (hat is very .scarce
and dear, and we still ha\c a vt'r\' little
of the (ja and suj.;ar we broULjht with
•Niiw .Aiiihersl Islaiul, ilieii callid Kli- nf Tmili,
alli'i a lii-ulcimiu nf the l>tavf i\|il()iiT, l.a Salle,
Uif Cirst Sci^jiiior of llic vii inlty and inrniiiainliT ipf
I orl Krontciiac.
us, whici) wc must keep for s|H.*cial
or casions. My Daddie seemed pleased
to ha\i' a home of his own onee more,
though it i^ ('Illy a lo^-cahin, with
three i'oon\s. In the main room we
are to live, and the two smaller are
bed-rooms, thou.L,di as yet we have only
one bed fi )r in_\ I )a(ldie therestoflis
slei.'piii;^ on bl.mkcts im the flour for
the present.
Oct. i_Mh. .M\ brothers have taken
down the Ihttlrnn, and come back in
their canoe. Tlie wiMther is still fair
and fine, and the lake calm and blue,
as if it were summer. It seems
stran;^ely (|ui('l lure in the woo.ls by
oursi'Ues, away from the friends we
ha\c beiii li\inL; amon^ so lonj^ ; and
it is only now ,m<l tlu-n that we can
^1).MX' time to i^i) til si'e the Sinelairs,
thoUL^h thev are our nearest neigh-
bors. ( )iu home is in a prettv' litlk:
co\e, shut in 1)\ Iwn wo.idcd points,
and clo-^e by a nariow stream runs out
into the bax. We ha\e been walking
aloni; it-^ banks, .nlmirin^ the crimson
and L;old of the maple.s in their au-
tumn dri-ss, and watchinj^ the s(|uirrcls
and chipuumks L^atherin^ in busily
their winter store of nuts. My bro-
thers ii,i\c sjicit some |jartrid;4es and
wild |)i^cons, which wc find very good
eatini;. The children want .\bner to
lati'h a racoon for them to tame, like
one the\- s.iw at ("atara(|ui. They arc
ver>- fond of our litth; heifer, which ve
call " Monny," and which we keep tied
close to the house door, for fear of the
bears and wolves. 'Iherc art* few
birds about now, and the woods scein
\er>' silent, oidy the robin's notes,
the chatter of a sijuirrcl, or the whirr
I
T
it
If
66
r,Ri-:i-N iioi.i.N'.
of a partrid'^'c, to l)icak the stillness,
which is oltci) it|)|)ri'ssivi'.
( )( I. I 3tli. I li.i\ !• never ^I'en -in li
ricli loldiii's III tlu' will '(Is as we li.ive
Iktc imu ; after a iii!4ht or tun i>(
severe t'nist. They seem like a rieh
^ariiunt \\iMi|Mlit in •j,i>\i\ .md (rim->cin
and |nii|)lL'. My lnoiher his du^ ii|i
tlic jxitaloes lie plaiiteil, whieh an- a
wcleoMic eliaii^e frinii mir eoiistaiit
peas ami biscuit, lie aNn tinui^hl
full>' hroii^ht from Cat.iraiiiii .i little
siipph" of tea, chocolate, and loaf
sii'fjar, whidi he hoiiL^ht from .1 sc-tl'"r
latcl)- arri\i'd from Moniie.d, v\ilha
little rum for a cordial for mv Daddie,
who is feebler than of old. I le h.is also
shot some uild-diick, which are exec 1-
lent, so that ui- now li\e (|iiite sump-
tuously.
December 5th. .Since I last wrote
our liuliaii summer has pa-^sid ,iway,
and it has now i^rown <iuite(iild and
wintry. All ar<iund us we see a dark
forest of bare and le.irtess tn-es. \\ C
have had some shown- days, when the
air was thick and dark with whiriint;
flakes ; but it has neail\' all melted
away ai^ain. .\bner and l-'elix have
f(onc to the woods with a deer-hound
that they lately ^'ot at ('atara(|ui, to
look for deer, and they h,i\e not yet
returned, which makt's us \cr\- ime,is\-,
as we sometimes he.ir woKcs howliii<.j
at night, and we have heard some s,id
stories of people bein^ devoured by
them when only a short dist.mce fmm
home. Our t^ood hound, " Nimiod,"
however, (,rcnerally frii^htens tlu-m
away from the house, and m_v brother
has put up a strong; shed for our lu-ifer
" Homiy," and our two sheep.
I )ec. f>th. Ill our ^;reat joy my
brothers came b.u k to-da\', drai^i^inj^
• dlei thciii the care ase of a fine di-er,
• md (arrymj; four wild turkeys which
lhe\ had shot. Thev j;ot these late
\ fsti'ida\- afternoon, and as the\' could
not ( arrv tliein .dl tlu' way home
before dark, and woultl not leave them
for tlu; wolves to carry off, tliey m.ide
a ( .imp-firc and sat bv it all ni^hl
.. ,1. I.,..., ii,,.;.' .. ,...,. \, ;. ,11 r.........
walchiiiL; their •^ame. It is ,ill frozen
now, ,uii| mv brothers s,iy it will ket'p
lor iiKHiths, s(i that wi- shall have
tiirke)' and venison for our ( hristmas
dinin-i, for which we should be thank-
till. Hut I am chietlv thankhil that
c.i.. I I
I' havi- tlu'in safely homi
wi' havi- tlu'in safely home I
l)ec. _'5tli. We have had a |)leasant,
i|uiet (hristmas I )av. It was fitu' and
rallu-r mild, so that the ihildren could
be out all (lav with their sleds whiih
were .\bner's( hristmas ^ifts to them —
to their L;real di'li;^ht. I'eli.v and I )ii kj-
have their skates, and as the i( e has
only just taken on the bay, and there
has bei'ii no snow >ince, llu'\ had as
nnu h skatiiiL^ as thev' couid (k^sire.
My h.iddie ri'.id the ( hristmas Ser\ ice
this morniiiL;, and L;ave thanks that he
h.is u^ .dl here safe in this stranj^e new
home. If mv (oiisin Koyer were oiil\
here with us, | think I coukJ l)e tpiite
ColltlMll.
January fst, i7Si». The .New N Car
has ci line in. in ,1 heavy snow storm.
The oiitloo!< into the ;4;rey whirl of
snow is soiiu vvh.il dreary, but at least
we ,u'e far lu'Uer off th.in we were last
.New \'ear in the wretched huts ,it
.Sorel, where \\c suffered so nUK h from
(old and sickness. This year it will be
(old and sickness. This year 11 win oe
years snice kct^er ;iiid I last s.aw
"/i/f
r,ki:i:\ iioi.i.n*.
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each f)tlicr ; aiul I have IicanI iioiliin^
of him siiKi- wi' went tn live in New
\'()rk ! I olU'ii wnndcr imw whetluT
he is alive nr drad. It he were ,ili\e.
siircl)' we slioiild lia\c Ivanl suini-tliin^
of him.
Jamiai)- ijtii. My l)ruihcT> and
sister^- will ha\f no more slichn-f; and
skatinj; on the l)a_\- now, for it is all
covered witli a mantle of pure wliite
snow. It is foin' or fuc fi'ct deep
aroniid the house. .My hrotlur^ ha\c
proi ured snow siioes from the Indians,
and ha\i- learned to walk on them, by
which means they can ^^o (|uite easily
over the (lei'pest snow and hunt the
poor dci-r fo ^reat advantaj^e. 1 now
t<*aeh I'olh' for a while e\crs' morm'iiL;,
while I'attj' and 1 do oiu' sewinj,' ; and
helix teaelu's !)i(ky, who is indeed a
l)o\- of wonderful genius an<l learm'ii},'
for his )-ears. lie rc-ads to us in the
cveniiij^s out i^t Rollin's History,
Milton's i'oems, and X'iri^il's I'.ni'id ;
which he translates to us; and seems
full)' to undi-rsiand what he reads.
i'chruar)' Joth. John .Sim lair h.is
heiMi --howin^ Xbner how to make
^arnu'iits of d(n;r-skin,w hich he learned
fnjm tin- Indians. .\l)ner has also In-en
tr}'iii^ to m.ike some strong; hoots, and
I have succeeded prett) well in makini,'
moccasins for the children, like the
squ.iws m.ike. I fear they will have
to ^o hare-footed next summer, as
their siioes arc all worn out. I'attv- is
a stroiij^, heallhv L;irl, and will not
mind, hut little i'ollv is verv delicate.
.\pril 15th. We have been very
bu.sy making suyar from our maple-
trees. My brother and John Walker
tapped the trees and put up wooden
;.;mti'is to I alch the sap, ,ind v\e saved it
in all the pan^ and basins ue could
i;.ither. Then \\\y sister-, and ! boiled
it in our lar^^e jiot, little In- little, till
we have now (|uile a lar}4e stock of
su^'ar, vvliich is ver\' welcome. foi the
loaf-suj,Mr we husbanded so carefullv is
now done, and we miss it very uiuch.
The snow and ice are nearly ^'one, ami
tlie water of tlie bay is once more to
l)c s( en blue ami sparklini^f in the
sunshine. Mv sjstei-^ and I iiavcfonn<l
somi" lovely little (lowers of delicate
l)urple and blue, imdcr tiie dead leaves ;
and otliers whidi I tliink are still
more bc.iutihil ( lusters of snowj- cups,
rising out of l.u'^e scalloped leaves of
a dee|) ^reeu, ^rowini; amon^ rocks
and mossj- trees. I'he roliins, too, have
cunu-. and are pipiui; away in the
woods. \\ elcome si^dits and soumls !
N'et thev niake me feel mtjre iiome-sici<
than I did in the bitter cold of winter.
.Nnd there never comes any word of
mv- t'ousin Ko^er 1 is he indeed dead,
or has ho fop^ottcn us all '
May .?Sth, I'iiis is indei'd now a
mo^l beautiful si^asou. i'he woods
ar*.' all i;ay and .i(reen with younjj
le,ive->, and tVai;rant. blossoming trees.
We have all been busv in the iittic
clearing that my brother has made.
With some diftlculty he borrowed an
ox, and ploui^heil tiie space from
whi( h he has cleared away tlie trees,
and wi- hel|)e(l him to sow it with In-
dian corn, potatoes, and all the seed-
wheat we could Ljet, which is r.ithcr
scarce, besides, we have some flax-
seed ; and we are ^oinj^ to dress and
spin it, when it is i^rown, so a.« to make
.some new clotliinjf, as ours is all w(jrn
f>H
(,kv.v.\ iioi.i.w
ru
fi
out. l"cli\ and l>Rk\ ««it, twi^t of
llic time. himtiii}.j-suit- '>f linvrf-^i'm.
Sc'ptcinlKT J^tli. li !u». ifsxn -luch
a hcaiitiCiil, warm Si|jl<inll»cT nhty. I
\v;iy sittin;4 at tin- etui <>{ thur |«<i«nt at
s'liisct. watcliiii;^ thf ^uii stt <y»cT the
)'/liit' lal<r, ,niil thiiikni^ lliul it ii-*' fWAv
tilt j'l-ai^ since my ( Ouviij K^i^cr firnt
c.imc t(i sec iH at West Farjm*, awi»l »>f
lidw niiu li !ias liapix-iKsS Wwcc thcT),
and lidW hull- i kmiw vvfiul Iml'^ he-
coiiic iif iuiii. wlicii J"4m SiiKluir *.anii-
up til nic witli a mr-^a;;*' ivtfr.'i \l.»ry.
Tlu'n lif bcj^.m to s]>eak l« ««■ ^fn'mt
soinctliin^ wliiili I wouW miu<rh tathcr
that lu- lia<l not th<'u;;Ii1 t^ \\ was
painful til me til i« 11 him vj !ii»t(e\.cry-
tiiinL; iif tliat soil is (i\t-r Jijir me, *<»%
OcIoIki- iSlh. Our JiJllc lMir»'C*t js
ail in I'.'V , !ii!t it will ncaincefy \ic.
iMiiiuj.;h 111 List u^ (■!! ticn ""jurif*};. UV-
arc ^I'l'wint; .I'lxi.ius, Vt^ . -Afrnt. rhf
new (><)\crMincnt supplks, *laiitfs iwjve:
nut \ct arrived, as tlirt- >.H<*iIl«'ll h^vf
(lone Ahner h is ;;.inc' to Kiimj^rto^f-n,
as tiu'\' iiiiw (all ( atar*rjMa. to Rrj- to
^i;t some supplii-s fi^r U' lnt-t'curc rhe
winter closes ill. I hojx- '^•'— - • ■ wx
in iiis canoe- to-ni^ht, for 1 ' ■ ii(
iiowljii;:; tiiroii^di the trees.. *lu(kiinig off
their leaves in sjiowcrs ; arwj \hn wavrs
are dashing; furious!) uji' • *"'■ h rr.
December lotli. Jin 1 is
closed in verj- earl), which i* linf.r
timatc for us, as the \s\nXKf wfvplif^s
liave not arrived, and ««• hur^r that
they iiavc been frozen \\\) m \ht: [ov«er
p.irt of the St. Law renci-. Wy bro-
tiier vvalkeil on sninv-shix.-f Jo Ktnj;s-
touii, but could (.inly procure- a '^mall
(]iiantity of flour and iiK-.a].. f«yr which
he liad to pa)' a lica\) priot.
.March 17th M) dear brotlier
Abiier has met '.\ilh a sad accident,
which has nuK h afllii ted us all. Iji'
was out in tiie wnnds, cutting' down
one of the ;^reat trees, when a liea\\-
liml) fell on iiiin. I'"eli.\ ran lor help,
but liefoic .Miner imilil be L;ot oiit, lie
was so ternbl)- crushed that for a lon^
time we liad scared)' aiu' hope of his
life; and it w.is repoiied ,it Km^^stowii
th.it he was de.iil. lint th.inU (iod
that lie IS so nun h belter tliat lie (an
now sit U|) a little. We !i,i\e liad a
tcrribl)- hard sr.ison altooother, as
Felix has been able to shoot little
;4ame. ,ind we h.ive had \er)' little
food m the house, be> ides our pot.itoes,
w lii< h are all ih me now . I iio not
know what we shniilil have done but
for the kindness o| lur L;ood neij^h-
boiirs, the .Sim lairs. John h.is bi en so
kind in briiiL^ini^ us a shaie of , ill th<'
^'aine he has shot, thai it ;^rie\es me
more and more that I ( .iiiiiot lonsenl
to what I know lu- still wishes so
mill h. Mar), loo, li.is bc'en most
kind, .mil often comes to sit with ni)
lirother, whiili cheers him imuli.
.\pril Jijth. Sinic I last wrote we
h.tvc had a hea\)' and unexpected
sorrow. Our little Poll), whose con-
stitutiiai was niiuli weakened b)' i.ie
f)rivatiiins of this hard winter, was
taken bom ns b) a sudden attack of
cold and inllammation ; and we had to
lay her sadly, with man\ tears, in her
little yrave near the blue waters of ijic
l),i). W'e can scared)' ri?ali/.e )et
that we have lost her, though I ha\(.'
alwa)s felt as if she were a child too
^ood and sweet for a I01IJ.J life. Dear
Daddie, who has failed much (hirint'
(iKKI-.N IIOl.l.V
69
this wiiitiT of luiidslii]) and aii.\ict_\',
has of late l)ccii spcaUiiii; imuli.ilxmt
III) Coiisiti Kot^cr. lie s i) s that hv
fears now lliat lie was too hast)' in
■'landini^ lu-twctn nic and Ko^cr,
that fathers arc a|)l to di'sire to intcr-
Icrc too much with I'mx id( lu c w itli
regard to tlu'ir ihil<h'cn, liiat lu- sees,
>ii>!i\ how mm li ln'ttcr it \\oulil hasc
i)(cn to lea\t' nic ii: the mild 1 li
mate of ( onncc tn lit, and the lit-
tle ones with me, which iiiiL^ht
have saved oiir little^ Tojlv's life-. Hut
1 cannot h.-ar to iavir him iiiiniach
himself lliiis, ,ind i ah\.i\'s tell him
thi',1, \\h.ite\er ini^ht have ha|i|Hned I
Wdiild not ha\e!i-l him lome aw a)' into
this w ildcriicss Without me tn tare tor
him. \iid 111' was (jctrrmiiied not to
remain. ()nl\ if I could sometiiius
see or iu'ar Iroin Koon-^ e\er)thinj4
WDllld he so dlifi rent I
* » » * ♦
M,i)' l.nh. 1 little thoii-^ht, when I
wfote the last lines, that sm h a jo\
was )ct in store for me as has ii,i|)
peiii'd to ila\' I \\ hile M.u')' Sinclair
was siltini; In iii) hrolher ,ind in)'
lather in their ih.iirs h)' the door, I
was out with ni)' hoiihcr i)ick\, takini;
a little fresh air, and ^atherih^ hiuls of
the l)asswo(,d, to \ar\- our s( ant)- fan-.
Siid(U'iil)' Dick)' called tome that a
m.m on iiorsi^back w.is coiniiiL; aloiii;
the shore. I looked to see who it was,
while Dick)' I. Ill to tell Ahiier. .\s he
ca,r.e nearer he saw me, and dis-
mounted. 1 saw then that he was
soiiK'wiial lame, and that one sleeve
was emjit)', and fastenetl to liis coat.
And ttu;n, as the westerinij sunlight
slioue full U|)oii his fice, 1 saw that it
was- my Cousin Ro^er I 1 remember
nothin^f more, only tli.it in a moment,
as it seemed, we were clasped heart to
he.irt sol)l)iii;4 ,md irv'iu'^ like two
children !
.Now tiial I ha\e had time to observe
him more closelv I see that he look.s
thin and worn ; but to me he seems as
handsoiiK' as ever, and he says much
the same of me. Na)', I think there
is an added s,\ ctness and ^'entlene^s
in iiis aspect in tlie place of his yoiitli-
hil \i\acit\-, and he tc'ls me that he
learned lesions lu.'ver to be for^dltcii,
diiriiiL; the months ol suffering; through
which he has p,issc<l. l-'or he was
L;rie\(iiisl\ wounded in a skirmish near
llu' v\]t\ iif tin- war, and la)' loiii; ni^h
unto death, whit h ,it that time he was
not re.id)' to iiu'ct. When he was
hill)' recovered he soiiL^ht us every-
where, first in .New \'ork, which we
had left, then in .New Brunswick, aiul
hnall)' in this western countr)'. It
seems that mir few letters to friends
must have miscinied, as did also one
that he sent to me, which was returned
to him some minUhs later, to his ^^reat
^M'icf I ie first heard of us at Montreal,
where he was tolo that m)' brother
.\bner had been killed by a falliiiLj
tree. I'hen he hastened hither as fast
as he could on his faithful steed, anxious
to be a son to ni)' father -and more
than a bruiher to me ! h'or, he added,
in a low and reverent tone, "thy
petjple shall be my pefiple, and thy
tiod III)' (iotl." * * * lie sa)'S
that now that he has waited more than
ten )'cais for Rachel, she must not ask
him to wail any Ioniser. Hut 1 am
happ)' euoiiLi'li as it is. Words can-
70
(iKi:i'N llolIN'
f-.\
imt It'll lldW '.WCCl it i-^ tu In- tcLH'lllfl-
oiu (• 111! lie I
May 1 5tl). Kd^t-r l)i"iiu;j[lu us in
liis saddle baf^s, soim: lia, ihoidiatc,
and 'iirdials; aiiil lir has j.;(i!M' t<i
Kin;4si(iu II to ni'i some lliuiraiid pnrk,
wliicli wciH- t<i hi- st'Mt I |i by tlic first
l)i)at, aNi> a ti'iil f.i|- hini-clt'. lie is
i;'iiii;4 alsn In try t( ('\{)i\ a cliTi^yinan,
.)f at least a ina;.dstrati', \\li<> will
come and marry ns as soon as |Ki.s^il)K'.
I Inve taken i>iit nf our clotlies eliest
a wliiu- ;.;ii\\ii, wliich 1 nse<i to wear in
CciiHiei tit n., for I Know lie will like
me til liink like a bride, thnu^b lie sa\s
lie cares lint what I wi'ar, so he has
his Rachel! And Mar\ Sim lair, who
will be m\' sistc-r before lon^, js to be
my bridesmaid. 1 hoiu- her brother
maj' socin ^^i-t the L;ood wile he
deserves, M\- di-ar father seems nmeli
happier since Ko^cr came, and thc\- brief entries that speak (or thcmseUes.
liave had nian\ pleasant talk-<. Neither These ari' ; The birth <if a -^oii, Uiehard
lost my I nn^h ami L;row II slioiiMer; and
as my brother Abner i^ In marry Mar>'
Sinclair as soon as he can put up a
comfoitable new house, which Ro^er is
to help him to build this summer, !
shall be able to lea\e inj' father for a
time to the cart- of Mary and m_v sister
Tatty, and i;o back with Roller for a
while to s{'e the dear old hi iine-scenes.
Now can 1 siifficiently thank tiie Lord
for all his benefits to me !
jniie .^oth, 17S6, I'lii-^ day 1 was
married to m\ ( ousin Ro^c-r.
1 iete the diai v ends. I'hc little book
is almost full ; and witii her faithful
Ro.L;(.*r beside her Rachel seems to have
felt no fiirthei need of wiilini; in lu-r
diaiy, whi(li, howevir, se-eins to have
bei'ii tiiMsnred as a pn-t ions n-lic of
the loDL,' \ears of separ.ition, I'lieie
are, however, on a bl.ink jiaj^i' some
is i|uite so in
Lich
set m
h
l'^ oWI
1 \\ oodniffe, on ( )i tober iJtli, I rS;
o|)inions as ni old. y\\- father felt a daiiijhter, Rai h.iel,
M
IV
j:;ih,
somewhat hurt that the Kritish ( om-
inissioncrs cared so little to secure the
Loyalists in their riijhts, and Roirer is
17S0;
Sth, I,
entries
if
a ^on, Ro;.;er, on December
Then there follow two
if deaths, in a diffen-nt hand :
nun h M'xed at the conduct of the that of Richard W'oodruffe, aec-d Sj,
\
meriians in driving out their own
■nuarv, 1
,inil tliat of Rachael
jjeoplc because they ditl not wish to W'oodruffe,
d
U lie
if I
< Hirer
forsake their old alleijiaiice. Roj^er Kmoke, mi .\piil iSth, \~'i,\.
says that siiuH- he has l"oiiL;ht for the There laii be little doubt th.it not-
L'nited States until their independence withsl.indiii'' all the tender lari' w
has been .securely established, he now
feels at libertv to live where it seems
lit h
iier husband loiild b 'st'nv, her deliiatc
line |)erinanently
to him be-,t ; and that lu
tin-
lonstitution
eineeDleil
ler life shortened bv th
new, wild country well enoui;h to settle privations and ''Ulleiin;,;s o' the years
lerc,
-for I
)Ul
comd no
1 I
Daddie altouctiier 1 Hut
cave my 1
he savs
lear
here recoidi'd, privation^ and --uderiiij^s
that shared with m.mv whose veiv names
he must take me bai k to New Lii'ilan
are imNnnwn to ns now
f(
)r ne.xt winter, to sec his father, aiul iirivations and sufferinL;s such as these
\'et out of
h
escape the severe cold until 1 shall have theCanatlian peoiile has h,id its birth !
k
CIIRISrWAS IN A riCliR-SfATH.
\\\ K A-KI-W l-\iill.
o
['\\ rii--t in llic niiiclir^ w.i^ --in-Mt lows lack in l)i,iiil\ i)crlia|)s, but the)-
ill tlu' iloiii.iin-i 1)1 till' Sultan arc iinsui |)as-,c(' in lonilort, witli tlicir
lit liLi^'ihail, a -t.itc ruled '/<• a/iV"
I))' a Hnti^li l\i'^iii(.'Mt, ,/r ///'I- \>\ lll■^
Dusky ||i;^hiu-ss llic sr.itlcifd stall
liT|) MT.imLilw, luft\- cam as ceilings,
aiL'c TdDins and aiiuilc halliri loiiis.
Ti
ic ila\' ln';,;aii
I ••!)
fur us at 6.^0 a.m.
.itli
iif I'luKipcaiis thr<)UL;liiput the (i'iiiitr\ w lun tlir licad " l)(i\-,' witli defcii'iitial
,ind the IIiMils i)f I U'paitinciits wlm kinn k .it llu" shulU'ivd door, aiuioumed
ri'in.iin ,it tl.r ( '.ipital all I'lidcavor to
spi'iid I luisiir.as toL^cthci , hut tin spon;^c an<l doiiiiin;^r ,,,( (livssint^-gowns
\l.ikaii sidcir UH-ni." .\ liast\' cold
coiulilion of tlu; state docs uoi
a.wavs ol' this ''athci iiiL
permit liisucd, .md an adiourii:nciit to the
at I lcadi|u.irt' dini
iil;-1'ooiii p
that this early
lis, as it ;^i\ cs the iiatuf^ .111 oppoi iiie.il 1 1 nisisti'd ol hot chocolate, Ci^)^s
tunit)' to hatch iuim hid when sd in .md hiittered toast, after wiiich a
fuithei .idiouinnieiit for a conipieliou
cliiied
The native K.iiiip'MiL; is duideil lioin ot ti
iilei w as 111 order.
the Kcsid
1
eiic\ .iiul r.uiopean huni'a-
ows l)\' a sii
lall
(leci) ruer.
\-er\
pictures(|iie .md (|U liiit aii'
the h
lieloie Ihv' heat of th<' da>-, the Sikli
Milit.uv Tolice, an imposiiij^ jjroces-
sion ol till, line iookiii"' heariled men
there, to eyes unaccustomed to hahita- in sini^le file, made a tour amoiio the
tioiis of l),iiiil)i 10 u ilh ih.ih lied roolsof ofllcials, cirryiiiL; presents on br.iss
.111,!]! p.ilin. The ( io\einmeiit l)un;;a- tra\ s co\ eieil with napkins, the rear
n
GRKliiN HOLLY
men leading; a jiair of livi- [^'oals as a
special offering; l^ tlu'ir l-aiiopcNiii
offiiiTs. riic lOiitiMils of llu- dishes
su|)|)liiil tin: spite of life, \aiiet)' ;
siij^ar-iaiii!)-, hy no means cH|ual to
(limtlier's ; a mess concocted of i^liei'
and ulieat-llour, esteemed a t^nx-at
delicat)- ; a (inarter of Ljoal mutton ;
six or ei;4lit different fi iiit--, iMml)Utam--,
durians, manLjostems, pi">,m;.;s, pine-
a|)ples, pumaloe, and sm.di sweet
oran;^es, (^reen , from a Northi'rn
State; i:hap|)atie-^ ; and l.i^tl), flanking
the ilisiies, wi-re a few Ixittles of (ier-
man beer. Tlie SiUIis tliemsi'Kes
drink arrack, sol)riet_\' not l)cini; tiieii
ciiicf virtue. The crownini; |)oiiit was
a siiowi-rof bad perfume, sprayed over
us by tlie .Non-("om, in cliarL;e, with
profound sakiams and " Tabelis " at
dep, nature. .\ little .Sikli (hild.the |)et
of the re;4iuienl, was with them, her
falhei', a cor|)oral who wore the nu-dai
for the i''.i;\ |)tian campaii;n, carrsinL;
licr on liis shoulder. .She, loo, had her
j^ift of scent to bestow on the Sahib
and Mem .S.ahib receiving a shower of
silver doll, ■' in return.
'I"hc eleven o'<:lock breakfast, the
onlj' iiea\y meal of the <la\- until din-
ner, was welcome after this function, a
mi.xed moni of fruit, sea-fish, buffalo-
steak, chicken-cutlets, \e^etal)k:s, and
curry. I low cm the uninitiated uiuli'r-
stand tile flavor an {'".astern "cookie,"
belie .\Lila)', Klin;^, Chinese or Meiij^ali,
imparts t(» this favorite dish. I lowevcr
fond of liiL^hly-seasoned viands, iiu
Canadian could concoct a real curry,
even by recipe, a ^reen i-ocoanul bein;^
cs.scntial, and unattainable out of the
tropics.
.\ siesl.i of two or three liotus dtuin^
the hottest part <jf the day is a iiabit
easily learned from tiie natives. Not a
.sound is heard between breakfast-tinic
and three o'clock, even the monkcj's
sleepin^f with their lii-ads lunl on tlu'ir
knees.
.\t four o'clock tiu're was afternoon
tea, -sucii ^ood Indian tea, with buffalo
milk as rich as cream. Then iielmets
were donned, ;ind we i rossed tin-
i'--pl.in.id(' to hear the Lessons and
Lvenini; l'ra)er at another bunj^alow ,
and while Christmas hymns and caroL
were smii; we thouj^iit, maylje lialf-
tearfull)-, of dear ones "at home." Hut
a '^iiol fioin an oiu-statiun was waiting;
to be welcomed, and, after a rctiuii to
the bungalow to take a siiare in an
el, (borate toilet, to be chaperoned to
till- krsjdciK \ dinner, wheie, at eiijht
o'< lock the i''.ur(ipean comnumity as-
sembled to do honor to the Day and to
their host.
The lon^ table, covered with llowcis
and ferns, looked much as do ilnmer-
tables evervwliere, <i l>i h'lnsr, though
the small rin.iii^' |)alni tri'cs .nlornin;.;
the dinini;-roont, with their vcrmillion
trunks and thick stems under the vivid
l^reen le.ivcv, were to us a lu-w and
effective decor.ilioii. Ihe nu-iiii was i
con^loiiK.Mate l''.n;,;lish and Lasiern, .iml
there were but two toasts, " [he
( jiieen " and " .\bseiit l'"riiMids," The
Resident ili^plaved, v\itli some pride
and iiuuh ,111.11 cement, a haiuNoiiK; t;ift
fidiii the .Sultan of ,1 i);iir of massive
L;old l);inL;les, which 11. II. re(piested
him "alw.i)'s to wear for his sake."
riie w;utinL(, where each ;.^niest h.is
his own own servant, is alw,iys perfect,
w^
(;ki;i:\ iioi.i.v
7^
— and a mixture of j^c )r^cousiK'ss and
haiffoft. ()l Our " hojvs," one was a
dapper little Cliinanian in spotless
linen, blue liMioii [garters, hliic-and-
wliitc satincmbn lidded clippers, and
flossy towchaiij^, iieatl)- braided, liani;
in^ ti) his heels, while another was a
dark, h.indsoine Ik-n^ali in triin-littin^
white ^arnuMitN, sni.dl '^old-.iiul white
nuislin turban, and shoeless feet. .\
tall and \er)' black Klini;, belonj^iii'^ to
a near neij^hbor, in tlowin^ white i;ar-
nieiits and innnt'iisc tm'ban, was a
markedly pi( tures(|ue Ip^ure in this
(^atherin^' of all nations. .\ Sinhalese
in national costume, his lon^' black
hair put neatlv behin<l his ears with a
round tortoise-shell cond) and tasti'-
fully coiled at the back, MioM-d dc^ftly
about, and the host's .\l.da\ boys, u hose
bare feet pri)claimi<l the M<islem, were
brilliant in silk sarongs killed up o\er
loose trousers, jackets of white silk,
and brij^ht velvet skullcaps. The
up-country Malays, in alti iidantf on
the District Colkctors .md Maiji^tr.ites,
wore i^a)' silk handkerchiefs twisicil
about the head ami tied at one >ide.
Surrounded b\- this v.uiety of I'.a-'terii
costumi', that wmn by I'.uroiieaiis
looked sombre; iiuKed, in --pite of thi'
latitude ix'rniitteil .Xir^lo Indian-' in
the way of white Unen <linner-iackets
and c unnnerbuiKN.
I'Ik' dimier woii- on for three L;ood
hours; and when the l.idie-^ retiicd
after coff'-'e and li(|neurwhat a i^ossip
there was in the draw inn-room ! It
must be admitted that, esperi.ill)- with
the new ly-arri\-e(l, it turned on the sins
and shortcoming's of .\h (iee, Kassim,
Ramas.irim, and Sooiia, while the e.\-
pericnced had stores of aiKice to j.;i\e.
"Was it pro])er, in a household of
two," ( we don't ^^:i'A our servants i, " to
use si.Nty pounds of sip^ar in a month ?"
"Certainly //"/, my de.ir , the
bjichelors arc; rcspon--ible for all these
e.\tra\aj,'anccs.''
" lUil m\' boy," said another, " is
'oiuL; to ( hina."
" \'es, and I daresa)' a fortni^dit
later, after all his re^iets and sorrow at
lea\in_i,f }()U, you will receive his
sinilin;^ Tabel-i-mem, and see his dis-
creet and attentive manni-r, while he
stands behind your bachelor ^uiest."
N'ouiiLC men, when you arc tempted
to tr\ the ( iold(!n Chersonese as a
residence, remend)er jour white
sisters, and don't make life harder for
them b\- joining the I'hc .\sscjciated
llou-ekeepin;^ of Rich and Careless
H.ichelois.
Cookii- sometimes jL^ets on better
with a .Mem, especially if she has
en^a^i'dhimdirect; while the bachclf)r's
c(K)k is farmed by the " boy." The
.Mem knows the jiricc per pound of
omons and potatoes ; that it is difficult
to ^et twehc e;4L;s and two ipiarts of
rice into a pu<ldinj;, and she offers to
conduct |)t:rsonally the making' of a
nic er .md less e.vpensixe one. .She says
if one whole bottle t)f salad oil was
used in last niijht's mayonnaise and
not in fr>'i;i}.j cutlets, that is proliably
the reason the mayonnaise was nasty,
and she had better measure the oil in
future. Then she asks for variety in
the niy;htly ' si-dish," and offers to
teach new and uii[jrofitablc savouries
or hov to keep mashed potatoes hot.
But all this is very tr\'in|jf to Cookie,
if
'.m
74
(ikP'.I'.N IIOI.I.V.
s(i he, too, " ^'ocs to China " and iiiaki-s
Clinics, roast>-" imittoii, cooks tinned
|)linn |)n(ldinj^ an<l tomato soup, iisini;
salad oil and ,ini'ho\y sauce to his
heart's loiitenl in some bachi-lor's mess.
The bachelor always lias " capital
scr\ants." I lis e\pecl,itions are less,
lie m.i) of niiiy not ohiccl to feslooiis
of his garments aiiini; on llu iVont
\eraiidah ; hi- dines out umxpectedl)-,
and is h.ip|)y in the l)elic-f that the
I'oa^l nnilton ciiniol ser\c any usel'id
purpose the second d;i_\' ; he neither
IsHous nor ( aies how many do/en ei;i;s
have not been |)nt iii one rii i' puddini^,
and he does not fdl ,i room with little
tables ;uid (lust-tollectin_i; chairs, or
l)rical)rac liable to be flapped into biis
by the matutinal duster. .Against these
man\- \irtues, \iolent l,ni^ua;4e and
occasional late nii^hts count as nothini;
with .\h (lee,
The l)liobicaine in lor more than
his share of .Utention in the drawiiisi
protesting' Kliii^f who throws himself
on our incrc)-. .A man cares for none
of these things; he fines by dollars,
but pa\ s a■^ 111- finis, ro) ally, and has a
soul abo\e suspicion. .\nd he is uidike
a Mem, I know, in that Ivj docs not
forbid the \isit of .\li (iee's obli^nn^'
I'riiiid who bu\ s up the cual oil tins
two days before they are empty."
.\ Mem from at out-station had a
tall' to tell of .1 idok who, in an alter
dinner bout, toMk too nuK h i^in and
stabbed a fellow KliuLj. .\t three in
the morniuj^ the unstress heard a
violent r.u)i>in^', and shouts of " I'uan I
Tu.ui ! " Throwing on a drtssin^-
^ow 11 she opcneil a window. There
stood a tall, dignified Sikh, serj^cant
of the bungalow ^uard, who pniuiptly
saluted.
" What is it ' "
" Is the Tu.in here, Mem '" lie
then explained that he had a. wan ant
for the cook and h.id come to arrest
room discussion, his tricks ,intl his him.
manners furnishintr convcrsatitn for at
least ten minutes.
" Hut the Tuan is awa)-, and I have
onl)- one Cookie, — I certainly can't be
Quoth tl
IS honest as
U' I lUles
I M
eni
M\ I
)o\- r-
lefl
With the I'uan away, to
tl
le <la\-,
at least, so I \'ou nuist wait until the
u.Mi re-
W IS
h to think. In the absence of other turn.-
le <er''(
m idence he is certaini)' to. be believed Tl
aijainst the l)h(ibi. Hut then I lut hi^ moment.
,nit looked troubled lor a
\h
with
;i salaam,
wa^es |<
chiefs
I.
m\' missm.i
nok at the
H.
silk handker- "If the .Mem-.Sahib s.iys m), it wi
iclielor I lie ha\etobeas the Mem-sahib pleases
II
t/rows I alio
ustotrillc's, such as coats drew himself U|), saluted, a
not of
ins
)urchasi
nd marched
ntr and shirts of a off, the Mein's phu k in refusiuij to
color and |);itti'in not of his wardrobe.
ive up .Sooria bein^' tin:
diil
e nnici
on I )hobi da\-. ir< refuse handker- admireil bv her household, wlio had
diief
s 11 id ii;i]
h
'kills mari<e(l
wn
some
listened in awed
silence.
It
lifticult
one elses <ho|
d t
//;
cut \va'.
w
ith to understand, inilil one has lived in
some regard to (luantit)- and none to the
the fccliniis of the contrite, salaaminsj, su
rcLMons, the immense
feel
iW'J o
periority which the possession of a.
r.KKKN IK) I IV
•5
wliitc face ^i\c's one over tlu" iiali\c>,
rxrc'pt, i)CTlia|JS, (liiiiamcii, w liu, bcin^
'lirficult to iiiulcrstaiid, arc (lifl'iciilt to
iuIl'.
The b()j'-t^()ssi|) was checked l)\ tlie
men ilroppin;^ in. Several of thrni
with jiiano ac( un)|)aiMnienl i)\' a Miis.-
Hac. of I'riiiitw Ihihlin, was hiJLjhten-
ed h\- nuisic and soii^. rresenti)- the
staid married people made their adic\ix,
Icaviiifi the xoim^er ones to Iniisii the
iii'jht in their own \\a\'. And Christ-
ani; well, and the rest of the evening mas Day uasn\er.
HIGH l^RltiSrS.
Do \-ou not wish sonu'tinies that we wi;re children, \'on and I,
A little boy ami i^iil aj,'ain, that presently the \ears
W'onlil ^i\e lis back tlu* happy spring, itst^rccn fields, its blue sky
Without a shadow when- the sim to rain-bows turned our tears.
That 'iicath the l)lossome<l apjile bou;^hs in the lon^' j^arden-closc
We played a^ain for^ettin^' that the world <;rows ever old,
Pleasure our ,^od, our temple, trees where the soft sunwind blows.
Our choir the bird and banded bee in velvet, brown and i,^old.
The fro^' our pi])cr silver-tiiroated, pil)in^ merrily
A.lon^ the now'rin;^' marshlands strewn with buds of [^old, thin-spun ;
The cricket tuUllin;.; in the ;-;r.is-. beneath the hawthorne tree,
What time our altar fires |1 mie .md fade above the sun.
Hi
rhe flower-cup our ccnsci swin^in;^ till the moonwinds die,
l'"illin^ the nii,'ht with incense, and the soul with f.aicies fair
Our tapers the white stars of heaven lit .11011.1; the sk\-,
l""or spirits of the twili^dit troopin^^ down the ^iKer air.
\nd we the Priests, as if alone to us were Pleasure known,
llij,'h Priests decreed when suns were bri',du, and springtime skies we
\\y our lone altar lin^erin^r till the red li^^ht is flown,
Till in-'ht is come -L^oil never vet had \otaries more true.
re
blue,
I1i;li:n M Mekkill.
I
A CANADIAN IDYL.
U\ MAUN M'K W si (111.
im
M
wi.Mi-. I.!' Hi;.\r .111.1 iiis
lliicc I liiMrcn liM-d in tlic little
villii^i' of ('li;iml)l\ . I lire lluy cUcd
out a |)ittaiu(', Maxiiiic tfiulini; llu:
little farm wluic w licit, pnt.itofs, In-
dian i.diii ami >lMliits wrii' L;r(i\Mi.
IMiiltiiiiiMic, hi-, i-lck'st ilaii^iUiT, with
iiiotlu'ily caic wall lied hmt Ikt
>'()iii)L,'or sistc'f, Mahi-tic, and hrr hio
tluT, I'ienc, kccpini; the hmisi' siru-
piiloiisl)' ( Ic.iii, sciiihhin^ tin- lldoi-^
with -.and and water until the l)(».irds
shone with j^lilteriiiL; whiteness. A
few sons ( ,111, idi. Ill cents were earned
by this iiidnstrioiis !;iil by sewinj; to-
j^elher the maii\- loloied lai^rs whit h
were madt' into carpets l)y the I'rench
("anadiaii wdineii of the |)lai e. Maxiine
had a iiuisic lo\ in^f heart ami the bean
tics of natnre foinid in him a iumible
worshipper. In tlu' iarl\' morning;
when he ji.id harnessed iU-lle fille, the
sh.i^Liy little Canadian ponw to the
plough, he maileamarU in tlu' direc-
tion of the LjlilteriiiL; cross on the sum-
mit ol !5elle Isle mountain, and, as he
went back and forth he imaL,nned that
as his spii-its rose the cross shone out,
as they sank it became dull. On the
fenci- the little {'anaili.in roisiL^nol
sani; to him in tile words of his own
patois, " Sim, .Sim ton l)le " Sow, Sow
thy wheat . In the eveninL; it sanj;
"Si, Si, Reste." lie had his d,iy
dreams, of the times when he and
I'liilonuru slioiild visit 1 .a Helb
I'raiuc, n hen I'hilomeiU' should hav
the ad\antat.;e of cuitivatin'f,' her realb
beaiilifiil \iiice wliich was now the de
lij^dit of his heart. Often in the even
in^^s, when the twiliL;iit was stealiiu;
upo\er tlu- Richelieu river, softeniiu
the sha I.Avs of the old I-'ort on the op
posite I),n)k where Maxime's ancestor-
bled and died, the jiassers-by stopiied
to listen to tl'c notes of tiie ol<l man'
\ iolin and the pure, ridi voice of I'iiilo
niene, sometimes in the bri;^ht, spark
lini; " .\ l.a ( l.iire |-'oiitaine " ami
other chansons, but more often in tin
" .\\e Maria," tlie l/lendin^ notes ris
iii^r and fallinj^ like the winds on the
mount, tin or tlu' sound ol the rapids in
the distance. Monsieur Ic Cure had
paused many a time .md ffivcn i'iiilo
mem: his blessing ; " Some day, m\
child, Chambly will be |)rouil ot thee
.Some day thou wilt In- heard by the
hi|;hest in the land, in the meantime
content thee, my diild. i,e lion Dieu
will help in I lis own i^ood line." In
the little parish church, w here the tired
peasants canu' with tlu'ir biu'dens of
sin and woe and went aw.i)- w itli abso-
lution and rest of he.irt, much of tlu'
sorrow was soothed by I'hilomenc's
sweet voice in the choir sin^;i!i^ her
|)lainli\e ",\\i' .Maria." One e\eiiin^,
at the close o( a hot [uly day, a
stranger entered the little cha[)el at
r
r.u i:i:n iioi.i.n'
11
i.ii ik-ii.
ollld ll.l\''
her rcall)
)\\ the (It
tlie CM'ii
IS >tL'alini;
softening;
1)11 the (i|)
^ ancc^tm-
)• st.ippcil
old man's
cof I'hilo
;ht, spark
iiic " ami
((.Ml ill tlic
iidtcs lis
(Is on the
• rapids in
Clin- liad
'cn riiiiii
day, my
d ot thcr.
id hy tlu'
meantime
15(111 1 )ieii
'me." Ill
; tile tired
iirdeiis of
vith ahso-
cli of the
liloiiiene's
i.s.;i!ij4 her
• excnintj;,
\- day, a
c;hapel at
vespers and decorously took a seat,
liiiidm^f himself in reverential medita-
ti >n. Suddenly Iw raised his head and
|i~leneil attentively while tiie notes of
•• Hear Us, () Mother Mild" stole
tlirouj,'h the building and iipamonj; the
white washed pillars of the ^'allerv
until they seemefj to skAt themselves
into silence. " Ah, what a voiee. Who
is she:*" he asked of a woman kneel-
ing near him clad in the pii tiiresiine
homespun and wooden sabots " Moii
;iini, 'tis our I'hilomene. riiilomene
I ,(• Mean. I> not her voice swi'eter
than the rossi^nol ? "
"Will you show me where she lives?"
was his answer. Losin;.j no time he
found his wa)- to Ma.xime i.e Hcau's,
uherc the j^ood man was sitting at his
door with his short pipe in his mouth,
ii'stin^f after his day's work ami dream
int; his da>- dreams as he watched tne
riiv^s of smoke ascending.
i'he straiv^er introduced himsi-lf, and
.Maxime, with the courll\- j^nMce of \\\<
I'lench ancestr\', maile him uelcome.
I iiiuersinj,^ on the crops and other siih.
jrcts, he touched a s\ inpathetic chord
w hen lie spoki- of music, and the old \io
liii was hroip^ht forth. Ma.xime was in
liis Ljlorj', and povi.Tty and distress were
liirL^otten as he i)layed chanson after
chanson, sometimes breaking; into thi-
li\ely dance music of the i'lench
( anadians.
With heart mellowed, he told the
stranger of his hojjes and |)laiis, of his
l<inp[in^f to help I'hilomene. Mere he
t und an attentive listener, and after
liirther (|uestioniii;4s the strani^rer offer-
r I to take I'hilomene home to his own
I ily and paj- for her musical training
for a number of years. Maxime was
dclii^hted, but hesitated. "( )h, .Monsieur,
how shall I pay \-oii," --aid he. "Never
mind, ^ood sir, sninc day I will be well
rep.iid," was the reply. "In the mean-
time i will see Monsieur le Cure and
tell him all in>- plans. .M\ wife will be
a mother to your rhilipinrne \\liile slie
is away from you." it was a nine
da)''s wonder in (hamblj-, the iioin<,f
awa\ of I'liiloim The people
(locked to say goodbye, the children
brouL;ht keepsakes of bin h bark and
Indian bead work. i'lic .Seigneur's
wife at the manor hoii-.c l)ii)iij.;ht a silk
handkenhief and ,i |.;o|(l coin, .iiid
when I.e Cure, Ma.vime and I'hilo-
mene, left in the Cure's carria^^e for
1 .apr.iirii', wiierr thc\ to ik th(' boat
for .Moiitre.d, all the \illaj^e turned out
to wish a " Hon ^'oyai^t'."
N'l'.irs passed on, I'hiloineiU' studied
hanl, siiiiKtinies discouraged but al-
ways perseveriiii; until, assisted bj- her
Ljood friend, she obtained a place in
one of the choirs of (iiie of tin hirijest
churches ill tin i it_\ of her adoption.
Now she w, IS able Im assist the little
fainil)- t ire le on llie banks nf the
l\i(helieu and nian\ a comfort found its
way to .M.ixiiiie I.e bcin, who be_i;aii to
think lh.it the cross on Hellc Isle was
alu.iys shinin;^. To London I'hilo-
mene went, and studied under the best
masters, .ind at last made her debut at
La Scala, Milan, where a^aiii and
aj^ain the house ran^ with applause for
"La iielle Canadicnne." She has suni;'
before KiiiLjs ,ind Courts, been feted
and welcomed i;\i'i_\u here, and aj^ain
and a^^iin hasher own land offered up
its (jblation of applause to her.
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(iKi:i:\ iioi.i V.
( )|1 licr fust ll'tlllll tn ( 'illl.nl.l, .1
il('l)iitatiiiii "'l' licr M.itivf silLij^ris ini't
liiT ill Muiilrcil. wluTL- tlu-y wltc tlc-
li^jlUt'd to I'liiil tlu- same u iii'<Miu',
loviii^-luMiti'd I'liiloiiu'iu-, with the
added <^\;hv whicli niltiiic .iiid hfr in
fuii'i^ii citii's i^ivi's ; ai.d wlii'ii altiT
siii^iii^ \\>y tlicm some ot her j;rratcst
efforts she hi'^;an the sweet notes of
Carlier's beautiful "() Canada* moii
paj's nies amors," the tears fell fast
from the ( heeks of her village listeners
as they knew of her lo\e for her own
land. No matter what her siirroinid-
inys, whether in ducal liall or lordl}-
pal.ice with the ^jrcat ones of the world
.it her feet, in the i|nii't of tlie eveniii;.
with the sunset fleams, would foim
hefore her view the picture of ,i littK
lo(,r house on the river hank with the
old fort ill the ilistance, touched hen
and thiM'e w ilh a ^li'am of ijolden ^loi\',
and soft 1\- the notes of an old m.m'
\iolin Would steal through tlic air and
unconsciously she would sin^' the
sv\eet old words, " .\ve Maria," " llcai
r-< () Mother Mil.l," and her heart
would rest itself as man)' a one listen
in;^ lias found rest in the sweet not<"-.
of I'hilomene.
A TRIP 10 ALASKA.
ll\ AN 1)1, Ii si KAIlMikDIli;,
i'llHI'!
IT was a loxely afternoon ,is we
steamed away from Vancouver on
the prett)' (io\erumeiit steamer (juad-
ra .it the be^itniin;^ of our holiday trip
to Alask.i, ihe sail ,ilon^ tin- < o,isi
was deli^httiil, and the perfect rest,
after the round of official gaieties we
had ^onc through for the last few
weeks, was good tor mind and body
alike. .\s wi; ne\t'r sailed, oi' rather
steamed, ;it night, wc c.ime to an
anchor at .ibout ten o'clock. The
channel is very narrow in pl.ices ;ind
full of siinki'ii rocks, so we "la}' to"
till diiylight, thus enjoying .i gocid
night's rest with no fe.ir of an accident
in the d.irk. Hy daylight wc wire on
our waj- again, and at noon got into .i
perfect sxhool of whales, which caiist-d
gre.it e.vcitemenl on bo.ird, es|)eci,illy
as one of till' monsters was oblii'-
ing enough to come up ijuite
close to the ship, sticking his jjreat,
blunt nosed he.id fir out of the water,
and blowing a stream of water many
feet higli We couki .see hi.s tiny e)Cs
ipiile distinctly. He turned his head
straight downwards, leasing his gre.it,
broad, bl.ick tail sticking up for a few
moments, till the whole thing vanisheil,
looking like the sudden disappearance
of ,1 big black ship. Tliere were
hundreds of these ungainl)' monsters
spouting .about, but the\- all kept
l)rett>- well awa)- from us, and the one
which came .so close must h.ive done
so uninlentionalK'.
We h.id quite an exciting experience
f;ui:i:N iioi.i.v
79
.it 111 II 111 ulicii wi- LMitcrcd llic SryiTKdir
Narrows, a vi-iy narinw |)assaj,'f be-
tween the iiiaiiilaiiil and tlu: ruck)'
lan^jcs of VancoiiviT I -.lam I. W'c i^ot
into tlu'si' Narrows jnst in time ti> iiucl
tlu- tiilc, wliich (oincs in with a ^;icat
rii>*h licrc, and altiioii^li uc li.id i-vci)'
|)i>iin<l ofsleam on i:nd were stru^^lin^
\.iliantly, we could imt iii.ikc one iiu li
of lieadwa)'. Looking omt the
sid«' of (lie ve>scl it apjicued as if
we were tearing' alon;^ at railroad
•^peed, hilt by watihiii^ a tree or rock
on land one could si-c- that if we did
for^e ahead for oiu" moment we lost
the next. I'he Capt.iin was much ex-
cited, as it was not his f.mlt that wc
};ot in there at th.it p.irtii iilar time.
Some of our |)art\- had ijonc ashore
e.irly in tiie d.iy, and tlu- (apt.iin h.id
had to w.iit for lis Ioniser th.in lie ex-
l)ected. I'iie crew of a maii-of war
were camped on tlie shon- of the
Island, and sniiie of tlu; officers wen;
lookin^f at our striiL;|;les throiij^ii tluir
^dasse". Like ,dl l'",n|4lishmeii our
Captain hateil to ^ive in, so ^dviiij,'
orders to alter the course a little, and
j^oin^ diagonally across as near shori'
as he dared, he m.inai^ed to <^v{ into
another current, .ind to his deli^dit, as
well as ih.it of .ill the cri-w and pas-
sengers, wc succeeded in {^ettin^ the
best of this mill race ;ind forced ahead
in fine style. We jj;ave ,i rousin^r
cheer, and went in to the lon^ delayed
luncheon, ;is we li.id bei'ii cpiile too
excited to think of eatin;^ while the
strULjt(le was ^oiiit; on. There was
not the slightest danL;er, only one
hates to ^ive in, evc-n to the rushing;
tide.
.\t iii^ht wc anchored in .\lirl
Ma)'. I |) early .iiid aftii bre.iklast
went ashore. We first of all went
thioii^di a lar^e salmon t amnry, ow ned
1)> .1 .Mr. Spi'licer. S oii lurd ne\ei be
atraid to eat tinned salmon, i'S|)e( iall>'
if it mines from .\lert U,i\ , as the ex-
(|uisite ileaiiiiiu-ss nf evervthiii}^ is
woiidcilul. I li(' plo(^•^^ nf caimilli;
w.is most interesting to watch.
After takiiij4 a hurried look about
the camu'i)- we went through the \il-
1.1^', be^iiinin^ w ith tlu- Indian in his
iiati\e state, whith is not .ittrai ti\e.
I he Coast Indi.iiis are i|uite dilTerent
in appearance from the Indi.m^ of the
prairie. I'ew of them know .inythiii'^
of huntin;4 and many of them ha\e
ne\er set'ii a lunsr, Ihe)' li\i' by
fislu'iiL;, are shorler .ind slouti'r, and
alto.ni'ther i|iiit< .1 diffeiiMit c.isle from
their brethren of the plain. liu'se
people do not live in te|)ees or w ijf-
wanis, but in houses, if one can c.ill
ihem sui h. llu)- erect ^real biiild-
iiiLjs like barns, cilled rancheries, and
often tour or ti\e families live under
one roof I'hey sc r.itih a hole in the
mud lloor for ;i fire-place, and 'he
smoke of the lire easily tinds its w a>-
out throiiL^h the cracks of the loosely
put together bo.irds of the roof ;ind
sides of the buildini;. .An iron i)ot and
a couple of discarded salmon tins
seemed to be the extent ol their
kitchen utensils. Iwo or three child-
ren and some do^s made up the family
part}'. With a iJii)e full of tob.u co
the old m.in loiini;ed (luitc contentedly
b\- the fire watchini; the old woman
as she stirreil a pot full of some dread-
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stick, which also served to beat the
closes back when they tliriist an inqui-
sitive nose too near tlie pot ; it also
nil le a ^ood poker for the fire, and a
tijentle reminder for the c hildren when
they tried to ^n-ab from each other a
dainty morsel of dried fish. At the
fir side of the buililinL; from this happy
fimily was another t^roiip where a
little ^irl of about se\en was lyini;' on
a straw mattress, r.ick-ed with a distress-
in.^ couL;h and d\in;^' of consumption.
It was a relief in ever\' wa\' to a^ci out
into the fresh air ai^ain,
Lea\in^' the nali\e \ illai^e we went
into the schoolhouse, w he-e lessons
were t,^oint^ on under the care of the
clcri^yinan's wife and a x'ount^- ICiil;-
lishwom.m. Ilere there were about
twent)' children, of all a.L;es and sizes,
with their hair shin^knl, or closel\-
crop[)ed ; most of them with shoes and
stockiiiLjs, and all lookin<;' clean and
comfortable. Thes' hail no idea that
the Premier and the Mim'ster of the
Interior were comintj to see them, so
we found them just as the\' are e\er)'
<lay, and we were much pi 'ased at the
way the children ha\e L;ot on. It
seemed (|uite wonderhil to some of us
to hear them read in l'Jit;lish. The}'
sin;4 sweetly, andsei'm to ha\e a much
better idea of uuisic than the Indians
of the prairie. 'l"he\' looked brii^ht
and happy and iiUelliifoiit -very dif-
ferent from the poor little creatures we
had seen in the \illaL;e. .After relurn-
injj; to the \essel we started off aj^ain
an I about si.\ came to another Indian
\illa_t^c, cille 1 l'"ort Rupert, where some
of the |),irty went ashore and inspected
the place, brin^in'' back baskets m.ide
b\' the Indians, which smelled so
of fish that we fastened them to the
upper deck, hoj)in<; the fresh air \v(3iikl
im|)ro\e them. That nii^ht weanchcjr-
ed at I'ort .Ale.vander.
The ne.xt day was one that most of
the party would not care to repeat.
We bei^an to steam off at dajlight.
.Soon after pelting into (jiieen Char-
lotte Soimd, where the horrible swell
of the Pacific Ocean rolls in, the poor
" Ouadra " be<^an to '^o up and down
in the most distressiuL;' way, and
thouL;h we all tried not to wake i.i]j it
was no use. We could not helj) but
hear th.it our friends were in ijreat
distre-s, and we immediatel)' joined in
the chorus, not because we wanted to
but simpl)' because we could ncit help
it. It was \er\ tryiuij;, and lasted for
about foiu- horns, so that breakfast
Wiis late that mornint:;. The idea of
broiled salmon and coffee did not seem
to ap|)eal to an\-one. By noon every
one was on deck ai^ain, and luncheon
that da_\- was done ample justice to.
In the afternoon some of the party
W(.Mit ashore at Hella Bella, but niosL of
the natives were away fishint;;. They
had a chat with the Methodist mission-
ar)-, and picked u|) some prett)' shells.
.\s soon as they returneil we hurried
alon;j[, so as to make .Swanson's Baj'
foi' the nii^ht a most lonel)' spot, with
hiL;h moimtains castins^ a dee]) shad(jw
on the water, and thefi^h jumpinif antl
splashing' as tho'ioh the)' weit^hed
twent)- pounds, as I am sure man\' (jf
them lid. We couki not iniluce them
to be c,iUL;ht, thouj^h we tried them
with all sorts of tiMiiptiuL; morsels,
from ri'd llannel to mutton.
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GREEN HOLLY.
The next morning was onr first wet
clay. After all it amounted to very
little, and did not prevent any of the
partj' going ashore when we got to
Met-la-kat-lah about ten o'clock. This
is an old settlement. His Lordship
Hishop Ridley, Anglican liishop, re-
sides here, and it is the headquarters
of the C. M. S., whose operations in
this far off region are directed from this
jjlace by his Lordship. Met-la-kat-lah
was established by the pioneer mis-
sionary, Mr. Duncan, whose missionary
efforts amongst the Indians have been
most successful. The Hisliop's Talacc
is a large frame building, surrounded
by a lovely old garden of fruit and
flowers, both of which seem to grow
most luxuriantly here. Thv, wdd
raspberries we saw hanging on some
of the bushes were quite as large as our
cultivated ones.
The Cathedral is quite an imposing
looking structure. We visited the
schools and found the Indians alto-
gether a well-dressed, intelligent lot of
people. The Bishop took us to call
on a young married Indian woman
who had been a ])upil in the school
here. Her house was as clean, well
kept, and comfortable as the home of
a tidy white woman in the same cir-
cumstances. She was a gentle, sweet
looking girl, and seemed much pleased
KJTKM roi.Ks Ar i-oKT \vkam;i;i.i,,
ild
ne
)ur
of
\ ll:\V Al MI-,1 -I.AIl-KA r-i.A.
at our calliiisj; ; and when \\c were
leavin;^ insisted on t^iviny us sonic
])rctty shells and stones she had on her
parlor table. We afterwards went
over the hospital, ;< al the physician in
charj^e, \)\: Ardai. , insisted on rifling'
his <farden of flowers and vegetables
for the rc|)lenishin<j of the bcxit. A
lunnber of the part) lunched with his
Lordship and Mrs. Ridley, who were
both most kind and hospitable, while
others lunched with Mrs. Todd, wife
of the Indian aL;cnt. I'hc Girl's School
liere is conducted by lady missionaries
froir, h'.ngland, sent out by t!ic Chnrch
Missionary Society, as likewise were
the teachers in the schools at Alert
liay. These truly good women, \\ho
are highl}' educated and possess means
of their own, volunteer for this kind of
work, pay their own passage (Jut and
back, and provide their own clothing,
remaining for a period of si.K years.
Their work is one of love and devotion,
and cannot be too highly commended.
The next stop was at Fort Simpson.
We went ashore and visited the Hud-
son's Bay store, purchasing some
I'ear's soap, a button hook, and other
small articles, besides some bangles
made out of silver dollars by the In-
dians and curiously engraved with all
sorts of strange devices. We also
purchased some of the curious carvings
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GREEN HOLLY.
done by the Haida Indians of Queen
Charlotte Islands. They are made
froin some sort of stone or slate, which
is soft and easily worked, and are very
odd looking. The Indians used to
sell them quite reasonably, but the
American tourists have bought such
quantities of them, giving such a good
price for them, that now they ask more
than they are worth. We also visited
the hospital in charge of Dr. Boulton,
and the Girls' and Boys' schools, and
were shown over the Church of Eng-
land by the Rector, the Rev. Mr. Ste-
venson. The church is a new building
just completed, and a most creditable
bit of architecture for such a far away
place. VVc did not meet the Rev. Mr.
Crosbj', the Methodist missionary who
has resided here for so manj' years,
but called on his wife, who kindly
showed us through the church, and
also the museum, which contains a
splendid collection of Indian curios ;
these her husband has gathered to-
gether during his long sojourn in the
country. Many of the articles are of
great value.
In the afternoon we visited Kincolith
village, on the Naas River, farther up
the Coast. We found this village
much more advanced than most f)f the
others, each family living in a neat
frame house ; some of them with sew-
ing machines and even organs ; the
people all comfortably clothed, the
whole place having an air of comfort
and respectability, all reflecting great
credit on the labours of Archdeacon
Collison, whf) has resided here for
.some years. Here, as in other places
along the Coast, we .saw many of the
Indians wearing the well-known uni-
form of the Salvation Army. This
was our last st()p])ing jilace on our way
up. We took a last look at the inhcs-
pitable shores of Alaska and turned
about on our homeward journey, hav-
ing nine hundred miles of travel to
accomplish before reaching Vancouver
again.
On Wednesday, August 14th, we
had our first cloudy da)-, the air being
hea\'y with smoke from the forest
fi;es, and spoiling our view for any
distance. We reached Nanaimo
about ten in the morning, and went
a.shore. Such a queer looking town
with .some very fine buildings, a long
bridge over a ravine that run.s through
the town, and an old Hud.son's Bay
Com|)any Bastion, used now as the
" Lock-up." We walked into town
and went into the principal hotel, kept
by an Old Stratfordite, a Mr. Dcmp-
sey. His |)retty, dark-e\ed, French
Canadian wife was most kind, and gave
us a delicious cup of tea. We al.so
called to see another old Stratford
friend, Mr. W. R. Roberts.
Just outsiile the town is a lovely
garden belonging to Mr. Robins,
Manager of the Vancouver Coal Com-
|}any. He is an Englishman, and gets
many of his shrubs, i)lants, and .seeds
from his oUl h(ime, and they .seem to
thrive as well here as in their native
soil. With the .scjft, well kejjt velvety
lawns as a back-ground, the place was
a veritable fairy land.
At last we steamed off f(jr Victoria,
and about fi\e o'clock landed op|K>silc
Oak Bay Hotel — a very plea.sant .sum-
mer resort, where rooms had been
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8S
taken f(ir the party. Merc we were
back in civilization again. At the
time we were there Victoria was \ery
dry and dusty, which rather spoiled
its beauty, for it is a lovely place,
l^efore we left we went through China-
town, where we saw the most extra-
ordinary things to eat. We were in-
troduced to Mr. Lee Mong Chow, the
Chinese interpreter for the Customs,
who took us to his house and let us
see his mother, wife and baby daugh-
ter. His wife is a high caste lady,
with tiny feet on which she stumps
about, always with a funny little maid
servant by her side to prevent her
falling. She looks just like the pic-
tures and photographs one sees of
Chinese women, with her glo.ssy black
hair as neat and smooth as if it had
been carefully varnished, and stuck
full of curious things of all kinds made
of shell, gold, and jute.
We had still to visit Vancouver, and
New Westminster, where, by the way,
we met two more old Stratford friends,
Mr. and Mrs. Brymner, and saw their
pretty home, with its lovely lawn,
trees and fli;'vers in profusion — then
back to Vancouver, and on to
Sicamous. Here we took the Oko-
nagan railway for Vernon, at which
place we were met by the agent
and driven to His I'^xcellency's farm.
We saw his hop fields, looking beauti-
ful just now, with their soft green
foliage and graceful feathery blossoms,
and the great plantations of fruit trees,
had a delicious luncheon, drove back
in time for the evening train to Banff,
where we spent the night, and then
left for home.
GRANDFATHER'S VISIT.
liV MRS. E. \V. I'ANTOX.
SILAS MILILS, with a rather troub-
led look, sat by the fire smoking his
evening pipe. His mild and somewhat
pale blue eyes were casting, from time
to time, furtive glances toward the
bustling partner of his bo.som, as with
short, strong strokes she mixed the
" rising " for next day's baking. Silas
was decidedly uncomfortable, for he
had in his pocket a letter which he
would have to submit to this beady-
eyed, thin-lipped woman who prided
herself on " .standing no nonsense."
He wasn't afraid of the "face of day," —
at least, that is what he had often said ;
but somehow she had a power to
paralyze his not over-ready tongue and
scatter his wits, that led more than
one astute neighbor to whisper that
the " mi.ssus " made him " toe the
mark." She had been well prepared
for the role by having been a teacher
in various " sections " for more years
than she cared to remember, and only
dropped the ferule from her stumpy
little hand to put it, with all its capa-
bilities, into that of Silas.
He had been much in need of a wife,
H6
GREEN HOLLV.
and a mother for the little ^nrl who
had been left to his care b)- his much-
loved Mary, and whose gradual un-
foldiiif,^ was, flay bj' day, sadly
puzzlini;- and fiUin^f liinfwith apprehen-
sion of the responsibility. She had
been alwaj's accounted a queer un — "a
little off" — by the neif^hbors in general,
who related stories of many sorts
about this large eyed, serious looking
child, who wandered about the mea-
dows by herself, or sat hand in hand
with her grandfather weaving whole
volumes of wonderful tales for their
entertainment.
She had been seen more than once
caressing dead birds, and bru.shing
away snow to scatter crumbs to living
ones, and it was no uncommon thing
to come upon her sitting in mute
ecstacy over the gay colors of a butter-
fly's wings ; so it was not strange that
the practical mothers of housefuls
c.f liealthy, normal-minded, sturdy
bipeds shook their matter-of-fact heads,
or tapped them significantly at the
mention of Annie Miles. When Silas
took it into his head that the interests
of his domicile required the presence
of a very capable woman, a kind
neighbor had been \ery ready to
suggest Hannah Robbins as being
completely fitted to meet the require-
ments. Silas was no master of
intrigue, and the neighbor therefore
fell upon the plan of carrying him to
one of her " exhibitions." Here he
saw w'ith astonishment and admiration
the military exactness with which she
marshalled her little squad into line,
every toe on vhe chalk mark, every
hand behind back, and every face fair-
ly shining with happiness and brown
soap. /\nd the lessons, too, were
wonderful, the answers coming with
a simultaneous whiz that showed how
well she had taught "the young idea
how to shoot," and he there and then
resolved, if that gifted woman would
consent to be his, life had but little
more to strive for. And she did con-
sent ; and that, too, without any |)re-
limiiiary love-making nonsense. I'er-
ha|)s some remembrance of this epoch
crossed his mind as he sat watching
her froin under his shaggy, santly eye-
brows. l''verything comes to an end,
and with a gasp almost, he saw her
cover up the kneading trough and
come forward to turn up the lamp ;
but a .sound of feet overhead cau.sed
her to turn to the foot of the stair.
" .Annie," she called, " aint you in bed
yet ? "
A childish voice said something
about " grandfather."
" Never you mintl about grandfather,
you get right to lied, and to sleep too,
and mind you be up by si.x, to help
pick tho.se gce.sc. It beats all," she
added, coming again to the table, " how
idiotic she is over that old man. You'd
think now she'd have had enough of
him all day. But she is such a strange
child."
" O, I don't know, Hamier," said
Silas in an ajiologetic tone, " I don't
know. 1 never seed nothin' strange
in her beiii' sot on the old man, — he's
pretty nigh about all the nuss .she's
ever had."
" Yes," she .said with a sneer, " and
it just suited his laziness too. He's
more than half to blame for her
GRKEN HOLI.V.
^'7
being such a little dreamy <Tnofl-for-
nothing."
Silas wriggled micasil)', and then
ventured to say, " She's only a little
'un yet, Hanner. Only a little 'un, —
she'll change. Don't they say you
can't put a young head on old shoul-
ders ; and that's for a fact too. you
can't. It stands to sense."
" O, what do you know about .sense,"
she said irritably. " Now you put a
stick of wood in the stove and give
me the letter you got."
Like a well regulated husband he
gave her the letter and attended to
the fire,' then sat down to muse while
it burned. Her sharp little eyes
travelled swiftly over the pages, gather-
ing fire every .second, till, with a smTf
of rage, she tossed the sheet on the
table, and the storm burst, as the meek
man had feared, on his head. When
the first fury was spent, he essaj'ed in
his own poor way to pour on the oil,
but she was only the more incen.sed.
" It's the most bare-faced scheme I
ever saw," she said, "a regular made
up plot. It's as plain as the nose on
your face that it's all made up." Silas
did not reply. "I wonder if that
brother-in-law of yours thinks that's
all going down with us? If he does
he is mistaken. He seems to think
we're a .set of born fools I "
" Why — what — why — Hanner — no
he don't — in course he don't — why
should he think we're born fools? "
" Becau.se you're one for one reason,
but he isn't going to be so smart as he
think.s. He's made a lament, and a
poor mouth from beginning to end,
and it's all to get out of his bargain.
I'"irst its poor crops, then it's frosts,
and sickness ami doctor's bills to wind
up with, and then the long and short
ot it is we're not to e.xpect any more
nioncN- for his father's keep. It's all
made up."
"No, Hanner," Silas put in mildly,
" it's all true. 'Taint only John's story
— all through the nor'-west it's so.
There's Joel Roberts — "
" Don't quote Joel Roberts to me,"
she broke in fiercely, " shiftless, thrift-
less lot. When they lived here, their
farm was all run to pig-weed and
thistles. Like as not it's the .same up
there, and ten to one if John Vancey
is a whit better, — and they call it bad
luck. I call it downright .shiftlessness,
—that's what I call it."
Silas coughed in irritation and said,
with some show of spirit, "John aint
shiftless, Hanner. You aint no call to
say that. He aint a bad manager.
When he was here his crops alius came
out A I , and he got the best prices."
" Well, he must be lying now, and
that's all there is about it," she ex-
claimed vehemently; "he's made up
his mind to saddle his father on us for
the rest of his life, but he wont if I
know it," and her mouth shut with a
snap that might have made a more
heroic specimen of mankind than Silas
quail. He felt miserable and incapable
of speech. She took up the letter and
read it through again, while he
watched anxiously for the better
" second thoughts." But they did not
come ; she only repeated, with more
determination if possible, her belief in
the attempt to delude them, and her
fixed resistance.
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"Hut I don't sec, I laillRT," |)n(i|'
Sil;is \ciitui'i'(| ,it IciiLilli, " \\hal wi'caii
do. 'I'cars to mc lie aim no L;i(at
tnniblc, nor (.-xpcnsc niithcr, and i)cjin'
Annie's Lirandtatlier too
" What does tliat matter ? I le isn't
one dro|j blood to }du, nor me either.
Death cuts off all that."
Silas shook his illogical head. "I
can't seem to sec it tliat wa)-. 1 can't
— that's fur a fact, and 'taint as if we
conUhi't do it — there's room cnoiii^h,
there's |)lcnt\' of room."
" l'lcnt\' of room," she exclaimed in
derision, " where is there plenty ol
room I'd like to know ; nowhere
e.\'cci)t in the top of )(iur head."
Silas, in bitterness of sjjirit, t^ave up
the contest, and she too ceased speak-
ing, and acUlressed her alert little mind
to the problem of clcx'isiuL;' a ridilance
of the burden. There would be tears
she knew, and strife jierhaps, but she
believed that this preliminary skirmish
had cleareil the wa)- for the decisixe
battle.
A week later the ancient ccpiipai^e
of tlie Miles' stood in the lane, in
readiness lor the market town of
Hartley, about si.\ miles off. There
was a stout yrey pony, and a lit;ht
wagon that did duty for every function
from drawing home the wejod from the
swamp to the most dignified pace at a
funeral. A mammoth bundle of wool
tied in an old "log cabin" (]uilt, side
by side with a bundle of goose feathers
in a blanket, filled the front of the
vehicle, nearly touching the horse'.s
tail ; a huge piece of beef filled the
whole .space behind, while pails and
baskets, out of which .stuck feet.
webbed and clawed, were packed under
the seat. Ilannahstood by t\ing up
her head prudently in a black "cloud"
anil drawing on her substantial mit-
tens, meanwhile rehearsing for the
fomth time .Xmn'e's orik^rs for the da)',
(irandfather, too, was there, sitting in
tin; mellow October sunshine, on the
rough pl.itform at the back of the
house, with his stiff fmgers clas])ed
I'ouiul his shrunken knees, a red
woollen mufHer wound about his neck
o\er which his straggling gre\- hair
hung, -his pl.icid, \-acant face sur-
moimted and partly concealed b\- a
worm-eaten fur cap. This exi)edition
hail not been delased, as Silas expect-
ed, l)ecause he had keen called away
to return some neighborly offices, for
Ilaimah scoffed at obstacles. She
mounted, and b\' dint of \igorous
kicking and j)ushing, got space for her
feet, and drew the lines o\cr the breast-
work of wool and feathers.
"ilere, .\miie," she called, "hand
me uj) the whip. Now run ahead ami
open the gate."
The child s[)ed over the slightl}-
frozen ground and was at the opened
gate before I Iannah--like a [iriestess,
with !ier sacrifices of bullocks and
rams — reached it. " Xow, mind, no
dawdling to-ila\'," she said again, [paus-
ing on the gangwa)', "get right to
work. After you get through with
the dishes ami reilding up, go right out
to the mangolds. Give your grand-
father a knife, too, he will be better at
that than itlling ; — and then )'ou know-
about husking the corn ; he can help
you at that too, and be lazy enough
then ; and remember about filling the
r,Ri.:i-:N iioi.i.v.
Srj
ler
lip
\V()()(1-1)()X before it j^cts dark. If noii
arc a ^ood ^irl," slic said, as slic ^a\L'
the lines a jerk, " perhaps 1 mi{,'iit
i)riiiL;' \'<)ii somelliin^." Annie ran
hack to lier aL;ed conn'ade. liKre
was a bond of s_\-nipath\' between them
— an unspoken feelini; that tliese t<v
iil-trcatcd encumbrances were each the
only rc'fu!4e and solace of the other.
The early ilark h,ul ;4,ithered in the
little room where the trio sat, when
I lamiah's returnint.;' wheels passed the
window, instinctivel}-, Silas took his
not o\er clean boots from the front of
the stove ; the child slid oft' his knee ;
and the olil man drew back his chair
from its forbidden place too near the
fire. Hut for once there was little
cause for fear. Hannah's brow, as she
entered and deposited her baskets, was
clear, and her voice had no sharpness.
She took off her wraps without re|)roof
and w ithf)Ut sneer. h'.videnll)', a
"change had come o\er the spirit of
her tlreams," and the)- watched in un-
certainty, which changed to astonish-
ment, when she brou;j;ht forth peaches,
and ijrapes, and sweets for Amue !
Poor Silas's jaw (ell helplessly, when
a parcel which she handed him, with
a good attempt at indifference, dis-
closed a pair of overshoes.
'"Why — what — llanner, you don't
mean 'em — tl'^c mean - they ain't for
me. You did'nt buy 'cm," stanunered
Silas, awkwardly holdinij them.
" Why of course I b()Ui,dit them. Is
that anything so very wonderful ! "
She was in danger of losing her good
temper at his stupidit)-.
He looked at them again, and then
at the unaccu-^tomed luxuries and
blundered again.
" V'ou nuist have got tmconuuon
(jriccs to-d,iy, llanner uncommon."
" The |)rices were well enough, ' she
retorted tarll)', " I don't w.mt _\'ou to
be laid up with sciatic.i this winter
again — that's all. Kettle boiling,
.\nnie t "
When Silas and Hannah had the
kitchen to themsehes she sat down
opposite to him with a loi.'k of un-
wonted softness in her ejxvs, .and said
with some hoitalion. " Well, Silas,
I've done a thing to-d.i_\- -perhaps — I
think - I iiope you'll think it's all
right. r\e done it for the best, Silas."
He hitched, and couglu-d uneasil)-.
"If it's for the best, llanner, nobod)'
can do no belter than the best, that's
for a fact."
" Hut it's for you to sec it that way,
.Silas, as well as me, you must see it
the same wa\' too ; " and she accom-
panied the remark with a smile that
bid fair toda/./.le the poor man beyond
power to sec anything. l'"or Hannah,
liki; die wise woman she was, did not
weaken hei' blandishments by cheaj)-
ening them, and the smile did its
ap[)ointcd work.
" If it's for the best, as you say,
ll.iiuier," answered he wi;h a rather
gratified look, " wh)- in course I'll .see
it that wa), -in cour.sc I will, that is,
if-"
" If you can see it at all," she could
not refrain from saving, with a touch
of scarcasm. "Well, it's this" — she hesi-
tated a little, as it not sure how to
begin. " You know — the other night
— Silas, we said — we agreed that wc
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GRKEN HOLLY.
li
wcrc'iit ^;i)in^ to let Julin \';iii( y play
his Ljainc' iinpdsc on us, yoii know —
alxiut makini,f us keep his fiilher
for nothing, you leineinber." Ami a
look almost tender and sweet met Iiis
astonished cj'es. lie rubbed liis slow
cranium as if to stimulate his faculties ;
looked a^'ain into the cajolin[^ coun-
tenance, and, as if to Ljet out of its
bewildering radiance, untwisted his lon^-
le,L;s and moved his chair.
" I don't remember, I laimer," he
said slowl)-. " 1 couldn't ha\e said
nothing' like that — I coidd'nt."
" Well, )()u agreed with me, Silas.
At least j'oii did not object, so it
amounted to the same thinj,^"
" 1 don't remember that nuther.
Don't see how I could. " ihen sud-
deniv bri,L;htL;iiny up as if the nimib-
ncss were passing; off, " 1 said he
ou<;hter stay, that's what 1 said. I
couldn't have ai^reed to nolhiuL;' else
than that. 1 said as how 'twant no
^Mcat expense. 1 [e's .Annie's <,nand-
father — that's what I sai(-l, 1 tanner."
She was disconcerted and in doubt
of her ne.xt tactics for a minute ; then
exclaimed: " His bcint^ Annie's t^rrand-
father oU!:;ht to be the best reason for
his tilling awa}-, Silas. He is just
s])oilini^ her. luery whim he humors,
and obeys every wish. He is doinpj
her a s^reat deal of harm. And xfiu're
her father and out,dit to understand it.
She is a dreani)', half awake, cpieer
child. In all m\- experience I never
saw one like her, and I oUL;ht to be
allowed to kn(,)w something about
children and what's best for them, you
might trust to my judgment. She
ought to be learning useful things now
about the house I mean ; but \'oil
can't trust her to be left to do any-
thing—she'll be off on a hunt for red
leaves, or bugs' tails, or ma\-he stufly-
ing some ugly spider to see if it has toe
nails, there's not a disgusting object
she won't hantlle;" she gave a grimace.
" \'ou should just see her when she
happens to see a few red stri;aks of
clouds. \'ou'(l think she'd clean for-
gotten everything."
Silas looked pertiu'bcd, but found no
words to refute these serious deliii-
(|uencics of his child.
" .\nd he enters into all this rub-
bish instead o( spurring her on to
something sensible and useful, and so
it'll go from bad to worse, if the)- ;irc
kept together as they ha\e been.
Don't you see this '. \'ou'\e always
told ine I had a good head-piece for
seeing into things, now ha\en't you '. "
"\'es — N'cs," answered the po(jr man,
woefulK- disturbed and puzzled; " but
'|)ears to me, llanner, that 'taint the
lieul-i)iece has much to do with this —
it's fcelin's seems to me — it's all the
feelin's. Annie is .so set on him — he
flitl most all the nussen of that child,
ILmner, and ever since he's tended to
her. 'Twould go fearful hard to part
'em — and where is he to go ? 1 don't
sec - 1 don't see, and his keep — why
I'm certain sure inorc goes to waste — "
"(iocs to waste, Silas Miles? just
show ine where, whatever wasteful
doings there's ever been was before my
time, and all this plamiing now is just
for your interest, if >'ou weren't so set
on standing in \-our own light. Here
I am giving my whole time and
strength and the best of my affections,
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as you may sa\', and wliat do I net '
Not c\ci) tlianUs. N'oii act a> if I was
you \ciy worst ciicui)'. I'lxfrytliiiiL,^ 1
oposc for )'()Ur t^^dod, you (jpposc il
just as if I was a selfish, uiastcrful
woman, al\\a_\s just i)laiminL; fur m\'-
sclf, wlu'u it is all for )iiu (-•\cry hit
of it is for \'ou."
'I'liis was a master struki: and hit its
mark just as it was preik'stiiicd. Silas
was soon an unwillin;4 j'ct a tacit cnn-
scntcr to licr scheme to con\ey a\\a\-
the old mail. She made it apjx'ar that
tlic " Ilome " \\hich would n'Ci'i\i: hini
was to he a haven of rest and comfort
She hat! carried out all tlu' i)lans that
day — takintj train from Slowviilc to
I lartlc)- after having accomi)lislu'd lu'r
marketinij, and e\ery detail was suc-
cessfulh' carried out ; and sin- showed
an air of subdued trium|)h as she related
all the steps. .She recpn'red nothiuL;
now, hut .Silas to accpiiesce -to be at
least no (jbstructionist. .After he h.id
taken down with one suffocating i^nl])
the hideous thouL;ht of the " i'oor
House" for the last da)s of the father
of his dead .Mary, he (^a\e one dee|)
sigli of resii;nation and turned away.
And so it came to pass not man\- da_\s
after that Hannah ai;ain dro\e
through the gate, with the old man at
lier side. It was the early dawn .and
Annie wa.s .still asleep. I laimah's sacri-
fices this time were broken iiearts, but
of this she took small account.
For some months the small roimil of
life went with little changes. Silas and
Annie, too, soon learned tiiat it was
best for all to make no allusion to the
absent, and she learned to reconcile
herself to his having gone awaj- for a
long \isii ,iiid to indulge her grief only
in the sccmity of her coverliil. Hut in
i'ehru.ir)- things did change. A niece
of ilannah's, li\'ing in an adjoining
township, w.is to he niarried and she
was to go for a week. .She set about
active preparations. .She washe<l, and
scruhheil, and poli>hed, and baked,
" for," she said, "no pi'ving eves were
to he thidini; thini;- out of oi'der in
her absi'uce. .She knew what gossips
some people were, and her reputation
as a housekee|jer w,is wA to be suh-
jei'ted to any -■ort ol mischances."
And .\miie was well lectured and
w allied against t'\i'r_\- sort :)f careless-
ne>-^ and untidiness. She r.iade a large
supply o'' bread ;ind an e(|ually large
suppl\' ofajjple sauce, th.it there should
he no e.\tra\ .igancc; and ph'iity of
wholesome nourishing food in her
absence, and tooi< i)recautions against
indigestion and nightmare b\- locking
up the " pound cake " and iam jxits.
.'->;idul \'anity in .\iinie was fore-
stalled by having her "good" clothes
put out of her way lest in some idle
hour she iiiight he tein])tcd to arra\-
herself ill them. lla\iiig looked well
to the " wa_\s of lu-r household" and
insured it ag.iinst moral and physical
retrograde in her absence, she dejiarted
for the scene of lier festivities. 'I'hings
went on surprisingly well with .Silas
and .\iinie, and she had scarceh' ac-
complished more mischief than break-
ing the first plate and ui)setting the
frying pan with the bacon on the floor,
when intelligence was lirought of the
illness of the old man. " Had a stroke
— ver\' weak — would rails." The}- were
dcepl\- saddened ; and to make things
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worse, sciatica, Silas's old tormentor,
assailed him in spite of the overshoes,
and tied him to his chair. They con-
soled each other as best they could,
hut could devise no means of t;ettinL;-
comfort t(3 the sick old man, or even
a message of sympathy, and were
resigning themselves to await further
news when Annie rushed in from a
neighbor's in great excitement.
"h'athcr, father," she said breathlessly,
" Mary Stokes' uncle is going home
tomorrow and is to stay a long time
in Slowville, — he'll take a letter and
anything else we send to grandfather
— anything else — he said so."
When the import of the chikl's
incoherent and gasping utterances
worked their waj- into Silas's slow brain
he rejoiced, tho' not without some
feeling akin to misery, for he would
have to tell this messenger that tlie
relative he was to seek after was an
inmate of the " I'oor House."
The business was completed anrl
the str.inger, looking at his watch, de-
cided to go on his errand of mercy,
and accosted a good-natured looking
man who was shovelling coal. "I'lefuge!
did }'ou sa\- — for the [:)oor?" lie
pushed back his hat from his grimy
face and look puzzled.
" I mean Poor House, rcall)- you
know," said the man with a little hesi-
tation.
The coal man shook his head.
"There aint no such concern round
here, mister ! "
" What do you call it then ? " asked
the stranger, in evident perplexity.
" Call what '. "
" Why, the building where you keep
poor people, old peoi)le, you under-
stand, who haven't any home I "
Light broke over the black face, and
he grinned. " Guess it's the jail you're
after, nn'stcr ; that's the place."
" The jail I " almost shouted the
stranier, "you don't mean that there's
no place to put people who are poor
and old, and haven't committed any
crime — but the jail ! "
"That's about the size of it?" said
the coal heaver, not without some
a])pearance of appreciation of the
stranger',"^ astonishment, and resumed
his work. The man stood reflectively
for a moment and then asked for the
whereabouts of this building, and in a
few minutes stood at the door of the
office.
" Ves," the jailor said, "there is an
old man here b\- that name — a rcather
decent old fellow ; has never quite
taken to the surroundings ; keeps pretty
much to himself; rather downcast in
fact. Like to see him ;' His term's
ncarl)' o\er now, I fanc\- — don't think
he'll stand anijther stroke, poor fellow."
They ])assetl the iron doors with
their ponderous locks, where sullen,
defiant and vile faces peered, jeered or
scowled, into a little bare cell. The
stranger, with feelings strongly agitated
between indignation and pity, stood
for a moment contemplating the little
shrunken figure, sitting bent forward
with his face to the little grated win-
dow and his hands on his knees. He
did not look round as the>- entered.
The jailor went forward and putting
his hand kindly on his shoulder spoke
to him. " Well, old man, here's a
tccp
■clcr-
land
lu'ic
the
;rc',s
poor
any
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a friend come to enquire after your
welfare, — see ! "
But lie was dead.
The uninitiated stransj^er stood in
horror at the scene. A chorus of
coarse hiUi^htcr smote tlieir ears from
the adjoining cell, and llien the strong
gre)- western sky i)arted and a ricli,
golden flood entered the grated window,
touching the red muffler, the white
locks, the wrinkles, and wrajiping the
shrivelled form of the outcast in a
parting caress. ]kit much as he hail
loved it, he had exchanged it fo the
glor>- of the " unseen and eternal."
There was nothing ncjw but the pine
bo.\- — the solitarj' vehicle — the tearless
funeral.
" R.ittle his bones, over the stones,
He'sonl)' a ])auper that nobody owns."
I
A REMINISCENCE.
\'.\
M.
FROM the window of m_\- stud)-,
above close brick walls, just a
little sipiare of sk_\' is seen. Uui the
warmth of morning sunshine comes
through that opening ; across it a bird
sometimes darts, and at night the ([uiet
moon is there. I would not have tiic
<nitlook wiilened, to obtrude a scene of
trolley-cars and bus)' cit\' life u\)'<n
the [)ictures of memor)- that can come
now with freshness undinuned. '!"o-day,
as the snow-ll d<es f.dl fmm my bit of
open sk)' wilii the s:idnjss (if winter's
certain coming, I am led to muse
rcgrelfull)- upon ilie scenes of vanished
summers, and the brightest of these
landscapes of my recollection shows
jne fair I-'reibm'g in Haden.
The conventional tourist, ft)llowing
the exacting ilinerar\' sketched for him
by Cook, does not fintl this place
among the fimous cities marked on
his railwa)- coujions. When he is miil-
way on his swift e.\]jress-journe)' from
r.ALMi:k.
Ileidelberg to Lucerne, he may per-
haps not even chance to look up as lie
is carried past this hatmt of quiet
be uit\-, with its lovely cathedral tower
standing against peaceful green hills,
and its tree-encircled homes clustering
about. Hut to those who do not fol-
low the beaten paths of continental
travel, who care not to see the cnilless
exhibits i^f man's skill massed in for-
eign shops and art-galleries, and who
prefer one of nature's (juieter nooks, I
would urge a \isit to f.urest h'reiljui'g
in Hatlen.
iiere the fever of living is cooled by
the breath of an air as sweet and fresh
as that of the Scotch hills. The
metli;e\al cjuaintness of the central and
older ]iart of the town ])rompts to a
reverie of b}-gonc times that is m uaed
by the sight of no incongruities, for the
statel)' modern homes, standing on
the outskirts of the cit)', are attuned to
the peace ol the scene tliey have
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chosen. IIcic
IS no s
cene for tiie t}"-
Hinon
X the vouiu
t/u'ls, one sees tlic
th
])ical sin;ht-seer to resel in ; l)iit lierc is ]jicturcs(|ue |)easant costiinie for prc-
a season ot calm weather
ith
for tl
le servalion of wliicli tliis district is
.sou! to have si^lit of beauty that will niari<e(i. Ilcre, b\- the Waklscc, is
abide for refreshing in h'fe's chdlest the child-spirit of frank abandonment
days.
Of the memory-pictures of I'reiburg
proper, the most attractixe is that
which recalls a climb ui)on the .Schloss-
bcri;", a hill risiiiL;- abruptl)- behind the
cit)'. .\t one turn we come to an
openint;' in tiie trees, and j;et, from the
south-east, a i^limpsi-of the town \y\u'^
below. There, in the mal framed
around b\- the delicate leavc;s, sl-inds
the !^r.md old (jothic minster, with
red-roofed houses crowding; close about
its base, the Icj.vei- ])art of tlu; lnwer
standint;- clear against the ha/.y west-
ward distances, and the fine lace-work
of its spire reaching into the clear
uppi'i- blue of the pieture's o\al. N'ou
will wisii, it is true, to know that
cathedral more closely, to stand upon
the square beside it and read the won-
ders (jf its stone-work, to mount its
graceful tower for view of the iiorizon's
fartliest beauties ; but the treasure of
after remembrance will be this vision
seen in sunnner's halo through foli.age
of the hillside.
.Anothei' picture, |)leasant to niem-
or_\', is that of tlic W'aldsee, a tinv,
smooth lake hidden among the wooded
hills, an hour's walk from i'"reibtn-g.
But the scene of ni}- recollection is
here a li\ely one, for it is .Sunda}-
afternoon ; the water is crowded with
boats and the shore is lined with on-
lookers. Family groups are liere mak-
ing lv)liday ; \oung S(jldiers are laugh-
ing together, and here and theie.
to innocent pleasure.
.A third scene is of a sweep of green
hills, reached by a short railway -jour-
ney from I^'reiburg, toward the lilack
h'orest countr\-. The trip is an inter-
esting one. First we pass tiirough
wide, sunn}- fields, ca'led in pietiM-es(|ue
German speech, I limmelreich. Then,
soon, the \iew is narrowed ; the laiul-
scapc grows darker and more rugged.
I'"r)m the car-window, we can scarcely
see the to|)s of the cliffs towering
abo\(' us. Wc ,ire j) issing through
the I lollcnthal, slowl}' creeping through
tunnels and along the edge of rocky
heights. At llojlsteig we lea\e the
train and roam about on the pathwax's
of the iiills, climbing upward to the
region of purest air and widest out-
look-. On the topiTKJst grass}' slope, a
grave little llirteid<nabe is watching
his few goats and cows. In the tinkle
(jf the bell of this mountain-flock there
is for us more music than in stateliest
tones of cathedr.d <irgan, for it but
marks the silence that lies in thi.s iicart
of the hills. .\lm )-;t the only signs of
m.in's habitation are the (iasthaus in
the green hollow far below and the
tiny, white chapel nestling in dark
tri'cs. HcNond these again, rise hills
ui)on hills, dark-green and husheil in
sober stillness. If life's duties an; to
carrs' the tourist back to the din of a
busy city, where, perchance, the only
forest-message comes to him through
.1 lone, last elm-triH; standing witii
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(lie
rc-
is
is
[-Mlt
ten
11 r-
[c Is-
le I'-
ll
|ue
en,
k1-
charrcd trunk in some vacant lot, then soul awake, upon these South German
let him turn aside awhile from the hills, to win the blcssincj of their silent
Habylons of Europe and look, with beauty.
AN AFTER-DINNER YARN.
]\y KATiiAKiM-; Mi.ACAN \i'ki:\/i i:.
WK had been silliii;^ round the
open fire, smokini^-. It w;is
Xmas l""ve. (,'andjell had just finished
tellini,' us a tall t^host storw which he
swore was true. I could hear Doc
Aiiilerscjii chaffing him ;ibout il, but
m)' thouj^hts were far awa)-. I was
aroused from my reverie b>- hearini^
Cambell sa\-, ".So )ou think there is
no si.xtli sense, do \ou ? i know bet-
ter." I looked round startled. "I5aile)-
thinks you are a little 'off,' Cambell,
and so do I," Doc said carelcssl}-.
A new note in Cambell's voice had
stirred some old memories loiiL^ since
sadl\' buried in my heart. 1 am fifly-
fi\e, Cambell is twfiity-einht ; yet, if ;i
sad, broken-ilown old m.iii aiul a L;a_v,
Collickinii' lad with never a tare or a
sorrow, can lie friends, we ha\e been
that for ten loni; \ears --no, for onl\'
(line- -for he is so much changed that
I ha\e had a new lad to loxe this _\-ear
— such an eariu'st, steakK' lad, full of
<leterinination to redeem the |);ist.
One of Cambell's olil chums w.alketl
up street with nu' the other day —
Cambell was on the other side. " What
has got into Cambell, an_\-wa_\-'" he
asked me confidentially, "lie won't
.touch a drop of anything, and as for
going anywhere that isn't first cousin
to a church vou might as well ask )-our
grandmother."
Hut to come back to the present.
Cambell was saving, " I guess )-ou two
fellows h,i\e often wondered wliat has
m.'ule me so different this last year.
Well, I'm going to tell you — and when
I am throiigli you may believe or not
in what I call the si.xtb .sense. Now
don't interrupt me ; I'll try to tell it
straight. One year ago today I was
in ,1 restless mood and I wandered all
o\er the town. I had a strange feeling
of impending e\il. I did not know
what to do with myself. You were
awa\-, Bailey. In the evening I went
o\er to your place, Doc. 1 remember
you met me at the door and asketl
where 1 got m\- long face. 'Co in and
see .Nell ; she has a long face, too, and
miser)' lo\es compaiu', \'ou know,' \'ou
laughed.
" .Miss Xell ccrtainlv' seemed unlike
herself She was restless, and looketl
unha|)p_\'. Cons'ersation dragged. The
feeling of danger and (jf impending
e\ il deepened ; 1 grew desperate. Miss
Nell's manner became more and more
constrained. M)' mind was a blank, 1
tried to speak, but all 1 could think
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\\;is, ' Rose (jf my licarl I l(.\c you,' —
and I dared not say that. As tlie
moments jjasscd this strani^e fcchn^
inl nsificd ; in my (h'stress I instinc-
tively cried to ("lod for hei|). .All at
once the _\ears rolled Ijack ; in one of
those odd s(nil illimn'natioiis (jf whicli I
have often read, I saw what lay between
Miss Nell and my.sclf — it was the dead
body of piior I'olh'."
I lis \{)ici' choked, his eyes were dim.
We wailed in silent sxmpathy. W'c
knew the stf)r\-- -it is too lony to tell
here. 1'
the heart lie hai
marll}- wooed and won at twent>- he had
thrown away at twent\--three. .And
Poll_\- broken-hearted I'olly — had
drowned herself in wild despair, and
on the next da\- but one lier b(jdy had
drifted into shore. He went on trem-
blin_t:;ly, " It was the ;j;reat tenijjtation
of m\- life; the rlcvii whisjxn'ed two or
three versions of the storj- in my ear
— all partly true, tof). .Another voice
said, ' Now is the time ; don't dela\- ;
tell the whole truth.' I rose and walked
over to where Nell was sittint,' — some-
thing seemed to <Tuide ine. I said — or
rather a voice said, ' Miss Nell, I love
you with all m_\- heart and soul, but I
dare not ask \-ou to be my wife until
I liave told you sf)mcthinj^.' I thoui^ht
the \-oices would be still if I were near
my love, but the\- kept ri^lit on. 'Tell
the wliole truth,' said the one, solcnuil)-.
'What! Lose tlie t^irl you lo\e,
mocked the other. ' .She will hate and
dcs])ise you. It is not at all necessary
that she should know the whole truth.
Tell iier ' 'Would \'ou perjiu'e your
.souW interru|)ted the other voice.
sternK-.
"In despair I began to tell her the
story, the two \oiccs each prompting
me. Word by w(jrd the)' fought for
the master)'. .Stumblingh', w ith Nell's
1 ands fiiiul)' clasjjed in mine to give
me courage, I told the whole bitter,
shameful truth.
"Since then Nell has ttjld me that
all that da)' she had had a sense of im-
pending e\il — doubts of me flashed
tlirough her mind ; unformed sus]Mcion.s
clung to her consciousness, and in the
e\ening when I callcil a mocking voice
w hisj^ered, ' .\sk him about I'olly.'
Distressed, torn b)- conflicting emotions,
she too had cried to God for help,
lie heard us both I know, for the
Noiccs ceased."
" That is a \er)' odd story " Doc.
lemarked when Cambell paused. " It
ccrtainl)- was a tem|3tation of the devil,
but that is common enough."
" But )ou have not heard the w hole
story \'et," m)' lad interrupted. "The
ne.Nt da\- Nell receixcd a letter from
a jjcrson who had l)een a friend of
, Poll) 's. She a])()logized for her
interference b)- saying that, though
she was almost a stranger to Nell,
some unseen force imjielled her to
la)' the fads of the case before her
that \er)' m'ght. The letter was dated
December J,>rd that is the night
before .Xmas I'".\e. The writing of
that letter was a fiendish act I think,
anil so does Nell."
" iiut if the letter were written the
night before .Xm.is I'',\e, how was it
that it did not reach Nell until Xmas
Da\'," her brother objected.
" Nell forgot to send for her mail
thai da\' at least \ou would sa)'
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lie
lor
's
'forgot.' I inamtain that her sixtli
sense took ])()sscssi(jii (jf tlic field ami
saved us both."
lie stopped abriiptl)-. We two
smoked on in sileiice-Cainbcll never
touches a pipe now-a-days. I thouj,dit
\vonderiii<,dy over nij- lad's story. Had
the I'rincc of Darkness prompted .Nell
to ask Cambell about I'oilwal the same
time temptin;^ him to lie to her so that
she would h.ite him when she learned
the truth from that letter? 'Ihen he
must have known about the letter
lyini^ in the post office e\en then.
Docs he real!)- know exerythiiiL;, then '
was my ne.xt thought. 1 turned
wc»arily awav fr<;m these perplexing;
questions and fell to dreannng.
As I Icjoked back alonL;' the \ears,
man)- Xmas I^\es parsed before me.
Sorrowfully I pushctl them awa_\- from
nie, back into the dimness of the |)ast.
I was gropint;' about f(jr last Xmas j-'.ve,
when suddenly a \i\ id fiash of under-
standini;' swept across mc and made
clear to me the wherefore of C'ambell's
stor\-. In m_v sur|)rise I s|)ranL; out
of m\' chair ; the two men looked up
and Cambell .said, " What has struck
you now, old man ■ "
" I have the solution of \iiur stury," I
answered. 'Now listen and see if \'ou
don't think so, toe. \'ou remember
when I was inSack\ille last ycar^ Well,
as I was comin;^ out of The .ArliiiLiton
(jiie nii;ht 1 almo.it ran into \'an Tromp.
I tried to i^i't away from him I al-
w■ay.^ disliked tlu' man. lie had a
preity i^oot! y.i'j^ on, but .still his nn'nd
was (|uite clear. ]lv bei^aii en(|uirin_n'
firallhisolii friends ;md asked par-
ti ;ularl\' for \'our sister, Doc, who, xuu
remember, refused him without much
ceremony. Just to teaze hii.. I men-
tioned that Dame Rumour said that
.Miss Nell was likel\- to marry Cam-
bell. His face chanLjetl instantly;
he sprini; out of his chair and swore
a _L;reat oath that Cambell should never
marr>' her. " I h,i\e sold myself to
the de\il, and he shall help me this
time ov " — here followed mcjre oaths
and adjurations to his Satanic Majesty
- " I shall know why," he muttered
as he lluni;- himself out of the room.
" When w as that :" " Doc t]uestioncd
eaL;erl)'. "It was the ui^^/it bcfine Xnuts
l:ve. one )-ear ayo." " Do you think
Satan — "Doc hesitated — "O pshaw!
1 don't." " The niijht before Xmas
I'".\e," exclaimed Cambell, white with
excitement, " the nij^ht before the devil
tried to i^el me to lie to Xell about
Poll)-, — the night he tempted Xell to
(|uestion me about Polly, — the night
that woman wrote that letter to
Nell. H\- jove ! He worked hard that
night. I always did think some angel
of darkness, if not Satan himself, im-
Ijclled that woman to write that letter,
--now I know it."
" So you actually believe that his
Satanic Majesty responded to Van
Tromp's demand and at once set to
work to make trouble between you and
.Nell ?" Doc (juestioned smilingly.
" Thai is exacll)- what I believe,"
p. Cambell answered stoutly. Doc look-
ed at me w ilh an incpiiring air.
• .\s lor me, I agree with Cambell,"
1 replit (1, in response to his look, " I
belie\c' that the de\il is true to his
iiwn.'
'• Well I what is the end (jf the
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m
m
I
story, Cainbcll ! It's tlic cnci I am
interested in" — Doc sniiicd i\v
zically. " l"'roni wliat I have sec;
last year I should jndf^e that the i .
One has had his hands full in trying
to keep yon and Nell apart. W lere
are you t,'oini( ' What's your hurr)' :' "
Cambell was putlin;^ on his coat.
" I am s^oin^f to j^ret the end of the
story for \ou," nij- lad tea/,ini,dy re-
plied. Then he addetl shyly, " I am
goiny; to ijet Nell's answer tonii^ht."
" Nell's answer ? " we repeated stupidly.
" Yes. The answer to the cjnestion I
asked her last Xnuis K\e," he explained,
with shining eyes and heightened color.
Doc and I sat over the fire wrapped
in thought till the clock struck ten — 1
silent with an old man's hap|Mncss ;
lopy in following my flear lad in his
.ig. Half wistfulU' I imagined
II... jjassionale caresses, his tender
wurds, for I knew that Nell loved him.
How did I know :• I kiKnv because
his dear love pcjured (jut her heart to
me not so \cr_\- long ago, sitting by the
fire in her own stud)'. " And you
prcjmise to let me be your friend al-
ways?" she said lo\ingly, taking my
old worn hands in her \oung strong
ones. " I promi.se," 1 answered
solenndy.
riie memory of that jjromise lies in
my heart tonight like a fragrant flower,
and unconsciously I whisper, " Rose of
my heart, I too love y(ju."
A NEW DAY.
I'.V IIKI.KN K.MRI'.AIkN.
m
DURINCi a summer holida\' siicnt
on the M;iine coast, I was pos-
sessetl with a strong desire to witness
the sun " rising out of the sea," and for
that purpose arose early one fine
morning and walked a mile or two
through dew-damp pine woods, to the
rough, rocky shore, whence we could
look across miles of rippling water to
the eastern horizon.
Gradually the tender tints brightened
and spread until the sim's fiery rim
appeared, dipping up from the grey
waters, and as it rose (juickly, straight
from its blinding glory to the rocks at
our feet fell a glorious pathway of red
kindling with gold. A new day had
daw ncd. I felt then, dimly it is true,
the sacrcdness of that tlnnjght. A new-
day ? What grand |jossibililies it held
— what direful certainties it would
bring to many !
Now as we stand at the jiortals of
another year, the same thought comes
to me, but with the added force ol a
keener knowledge of life. A new day
— a new year — a new life ? Gcor}.e
Mliot says : — " There are new eras in
one's life that are e(|ui\alciit to- youth ;
are sdniething better than youth." And
this New ^'l'ar ma\' be such a new era
to many of us ; full of noble thought,
firm purpose, unselfish emleasor. .\
J ear which will hold no mean day, no
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99
matter how outwardly mean and sor-
did may l^e the tasks which fill it.
And as Cliristmas comes before tlie
New Year, so Christ must come i)ef()rc
the new hfe nuisl !)e the i^reat first
cause of it. For if the new life, even
thou^di built carefully upon ver\ hi^h
human princiijle and effort, be not a
spiritual life, or in other words tlie out-
come of a close friendship with Christ,
it may fail us at any time and (bundle
attain to a chrap, taw(lr> existence, m-
sread of the ideal thin^ for which we
lon^eil.
And this spiritual life is such a beau-
tiful possibility, such a comforting
reality, despite the schools of unbelief
:m(l worldlincss. 1 know people— we
all do-whosc physical existence I
wouUl as soon doubt as their spiritual
life. I'.ach one of these is a visible
theorem by which God proves to the
world His power and His love, and it
seems as thout^di in the very halo of
beauty which surrounds them He wa.s
writiuL,^ the " Q""'/ '■""■ demonstrandum^
May such a New Life dawn for
with the coming of the New
man
\'car.
LIFE'S PARADOX.
The Mother knows
A barn's rude shelter in her travail hour.
She la>'s her l)ab>' soft where with less power
The night wind blows.
Outside earth's wild heart calm>, her discords cease,
The world breathes welcome to the King of I'cacc.
A wailing cry
Through the black stillness, and the cattle move
Uneasily, and the pale Mother's love
Ih-eathes lullaby.
Outsic'e bright choirs hymn th' lUernal Word,
Idle (]od who speaks and angel hearts are stirred.
Two tiny hamts
l<'eeble and powerless drop in helpless wise
On the hard straw, and the pale Mother ties
The swaddling-bands.
Outside the heavens are white with myriad wings
And angel hosts adore the King of Kings
♦ *
Soi'iiiE M. Almcjn-Hfnslev.
EDITORS REMARKS.
Tlie lnll()\vin;4 '^ taken fnmi a ruccnl
issue of one of our local pajiers :
"Till-: ( kiMi-; DK i;i;i\(; (n.n and
I'.l.INI).
"It is not L^eneially known that tlicrc
is a person in tiie Stratford <^aol who
has been there eleven years, hut such
is the case, * * an ok! luiglish-
inan, who is in i^aol for the unpardon-
able crime of beintr old and blind. I le
formerly bclont;ed to St. Marys where
he worked for many days as a mason,
but when he became lilind he had no
alternative than to jro to the hospitable
Stratford gaol where he has resided
ever since. In gaol he has tcj follow
the .same rules as criminals."
Incidents like this arc of such fre-
quent occurrence, and are passed over
with such apparent indifference, that it
is to be concluded the public mind has
grown callous to the disgrace involved
in their publication. One grows accus-
tomed t(j an\thing in course of time,
and the most charitable supposition is
that the people of Perth have so long
been aware that the aged and helpless
poor of the count)-, who are literall\-
dependent upon them for food and
shelter, are shut up in the gaol because
there is no otlier place to put them,
that they have ceased to realize the
enormity of such a state (jf affairs.
Last winter when C'hattelle was in
the Stratford gaol the building was an
object of horror and aversion to the
entire communit)'; people passed it
with a shudder, or avoided it alto-
gether ; the curious pointed out the
window of the murtlcrer's cell as they
would ha\e regardetl the cage of some
ferocious wild beast ; pLil)lic indigna-
tion rose to such a height that there
was e\en talk of resorting to h'nch-law
in preference to supporting the exis-
tence of the man fov s\k months.
How many cjf our citizens, how many
of the farmers who came in to the trial
and expressed themselves so strongly
on the subject, realised that in that
ver)- building, with the murderer of
Jessie Keith, ami with all the other
criminals of the county, were men and
women whcj had once been respectable
and indei)en(leiit, and who had been
guilt}' of no crime whatexcr but that of
growing old '
Has it ever occurred to an)' of the
respectable ratepayers of I'erth to ask
themselves whether it was due to any
merit of their own that a similar fate
liid not await them in their old age ?
To ha\e honestl)' toiletl through a long
and wear)' life ; to ha\c lost home and
relati\'es through no fault <jf one's own;
to have reached the foot of the hill,
alone and friendless, and then at the
end of it all — to be shut up in a com-
mon prison with murderers and thieves!
Have wc any right to imp(jse such
humiliation of soul and bod\' on our
fellow-creatures simply because they
GREEN HOLLY.
tot
arc at our mercy antl must take what
W'C choose to ^ivc tlicm or star\e '
There is footl for icllcction in tlic
idea suj;t:[cstc(l by Miss Macliar in her
l)ocm at the bc^iniiin^of our luimher,
that tlie savajjje custom of jjuttin^f tlic
old and helpless to death is after all a
truer form of charity, for that mode of
tIis]K)sini^ of tlicm at least involves no
moral dey;radation to the \ictim.
Could a stranger, like Mr. ilowell's
Altrurian Traveller for instance, or any
one else not versed in our eccentric
little inconsistencies, pay a visit to
Stratford, he might be ver\- apt to
remark that the spectacle of guilty and
innocent thus placed upon an ecjualitv'
offered no \ery strong inducement to
any poor man to lead a strictly up-
right life, seeing that his end is likel\-
to be the same in an\' case.
If the eyes (jfour rate[)aycrs could
be opened to their true |)osition, and
they could be made to see their cri-
minal negligence in having so long
allowed this state of affairs to continue,
the House of Refuge would sor)n be-
come an established fact. Whether
its erection shall be begun at once, or
ten, fifteen, twenty years hence, de-
pends s(;Iel)' on how soon the necessity
for it is realized. To stir up a senti-
ment in favor of its immediate erec-
tion ; to awaken the minds of the
people to the crx'ing need for such a
building ; to rouse them to ////'///>■ so
that they may be led to ruv, has been
the aim of a number of charitably
disposed people for the past two or
three )ear.s. If our "Green Holly"
can but carry this message into every
hou.sehold in the County of Perth, and
amid our Christmas festivities and
hajjpy family gatherings, awaken in all
of us a resolve to spare a fraction of
our abundance so that those who are
ilcjjrixed of these blessings inay not
have to spend another Christmas
under the same roof as the outcasts of
our societv, its mission will be accom-
plished and this blot on our good
name spcetlily removed.
The present fad of collecting infor-
mation about the personal habits and
characteristics of popular writers and
composers is being carried to excess
by some of the later American maga-
zines. The most trivial utterances of
these objects of a passing worship, the
smallest item referring to their dail)-
lives or their jjcrsonal appearance, is
elaborated into a spicy paragraph to
catch the ej'c of the passing reader;
and nothing seems too slight or unim-
portant to find a place in these literary
scrap-bags. It is easy to fall into the
habit of skimming these attractive and
gossipy pages, and to waste much
time accpiiring information which is of
no practical value. Not that personal
details arc altogether undesirable.
.Metlnjds of work are always interesting
and often instructive ; provided the
individual in question has achieved
sufficient greatness to make his
methods worth inquiring into. And
all of us ha'c our favorites, about
whom we v.p.nt to know all there is to
know, unwarned by sad experience
that our idols have too often feet of
clay. Hut these are among the great
ones of the earth, and they arc not
many. That must be indeed a mighty
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spirit into uliosc daiij' life -uw] inter-
course \\c can l()oi< witli intimate
scriitinj', and kec]) our adoration iin-
slia. en. ICvcn a |)lu)to<,frapIi is too
often a disa|)pointinent to tlie idi.'al
which we liave formed in onr own
mind. Can an)- true lover of Geor<^e
I'^liot look ujion her ])ortrait without
c.xpcriencin;^' a sort of siiock ' .And it
is hard to reconcile the divine har-
monies of the " Messiah " with the
coarse, repulsive features of Ilandel.
The popular taste, however, demamls
information ahout its favorites, and the
Magazines referred to arc catering to
that demand in a manner which calls
for some criticism. Not content with
filling up in this manner that portion
of their space which might be more
profitably devoted to criticism of
books or events, some of the.se Maga-
zines have begun to publish articles
purporting to be interviews with people
who arc enjoj-ing a temporary notor-
iety. 'I'hcse articles are profusely
illustrated with "views" of the cele-
brity under discussion, representing
him or her in various attitudes, with
such titles as: " So-and-So in repose,"
"In deep thought," "Consulting a
watch to see what tiine it is," or — an
unfailingly popular one — "In the
agonies of composition," the particular
work in process of creation being in-
variably designated. That these ar-
ticles " take " with a certain class of
readers is proved by the evident pros-
perity of the Magazines which publisli
them ; but it is a pity that the re-
proach which American journalism has
justly brought upon itself by this sort
of thing should have to be extended to
publications which are supposed to
represent a higher class of literature
than thedail)' or weekly newspaper.
One is com]H'lk-d to wonder whether
the men and women whose lives and
habits arc thu-- exposed to the public
gaze ha\e re.dh' allowed themscKcs to
be phdtographed or sketched in the
performance of tiieir most trivial pur-
suits, or whether the artist has allowed
his imagination to run riot, and pro-
duce a sei'ies of fancy-|)ictiu"cs of
" genius at hfjine." If the latter is the
case, the extremes to which the Ameri-
can neus-gatherer is ca|)able of pro-
ceeding are even greater than \vc
imagined ; but if the former sujjposi-
tion be true it is scarcely necessary to
remark that any budding genius whose
head is tluis far turned so earl}' in his
career is not likely to accomplish any-
thing of true or lasting value in the
future. Public curiosity will sate itself
on these details, but it (ion tires of one
fa\orite, and |)erpeliiall\' demands
something new. If this class of wcjrk
is to be done at all it should be left to
the newspapers and considered be-
neath the digin't}' which is supposed
to belong to a monthl)- magazine.
The iuind)er of musical clubs and
societies is constantly increasing, show-
ing a wiiiespreacl musical activitj-among
us that is a hopeful sign for the future.
Vet in spite of the grf)wing interest in
matters musical, and the enthusiasm
manifested over great singers or play-
ers, the number of rcalK' musical people
remains limited. The larger the city
the greater in proportion of course
will this number be ; but in any musi-
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103
cat orcjani/.ation there will he foiiiul re-
latively few who live the inner life of
iTuisic, — who ha\e penetrated bejond
the f)iitcr courts of the teniple where
dwells the (ioddess whom the\' serve,
llow many people honestly and truly
appreciate and enjoy a Hach I'relude
and I'u^ue, or a Waj^ner motif? It is
not enoUL;h to he a ^ood performer ; it
is not even enough to bean enthusiast;
for, stran<4e as it may seeiVi, one meets
jjcnplc who Combine both these quali-
ties and )et are many hopeless re-
mo\cs from beint^ real musicians. If
to entluisiastn and technical ability be
added an understandintj mind, much
ma)- be ,'iccom|)lished ; but we have
known people who could neither jihu'
nor sint; enough to be worth speaking
about, who had more of the <fenuine
musician soul than half of tho'-e whose
names are familiar to the public as
artists. It is an inse])arable part of
the very nature of music, that there
are no words to describe what the "one
thing needful " is. I-'or music and
language have little or nothing to do
with each other. Musical composi-
tions ma)- be translated into words,
but it will be found that the interpreta-
tion given them b)- one indixidua! will
not do for another, — tlic meaning is
different for different minds. When
language fails, when all words fall from
us, imjioteiit and meaningless before
the heights and depths of thought,
here is where the true province of
music begins. No one has ever so
well expressed this transcendent cjual-
ity of music as Jirowning. A musician
himself, as well as a poet, he has come
nearer to making language accomjilish
this peculiar function of music — that
of uttering the unutterable — than any
poet before or after him. No thought
so profound or so high but Browning
plunges after it, or soars boldl)- at it,
and whether he alwa)'s succeeds in
gras|)ing and come) ing it to papi.'r or
not, he is at all events never daunted
from the attem])t. In " .\i)t Vogler "
he has made a more than usually
daring effort to translate tlie thoughts
and feelings o( a musician into words ;
and one or two stanzas of that poem
stand unccjualled as a definition — so
far as that can be defined which is in-
definable — of the divine properties of
music.
"Hut here is the finger of God, a flash
of the will that can,
l'",.\istcnt behind all laws ; that made
them, and, lo, they are !
A\^(\ I know not if, save in this, such
gift be allowed to man,
Ihat out of three sountis he frame,
not a fourth sound, but a star.
Consider it well : each tone of our
scale in itself is nought ;
It is everywhere in the world- -Icr.'d,
soft, and all is said :
Give it to me to u.se ! I mix it with
two in my thoughts,
And, there ! Ye ha\ e heard and seen :
consider and bow the head !
Rubbish ! To the uninitiated, yes.
But a little farther on in the same poem
he says, — and all true musicians are
grateful to him for ha\ing said it :
" l^ut God has a few of us whom he
whispers .,1 the car ;
The rest ma)' reason and welcome ;
'tis we musicians know."
< I
I'l
AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
Who woiilil not l)L' iiu'iT>- at Christmas time,
/\ii(l i)aiiisli ail worry at Ciirislmas time !
I'hc foimtaiii of ciicer
l'"rom the licarl of the year
When earth lielli seii- is tlie Ciirislinas time !
'Tis wise to b(; merr\' at Christmas lime,
All malice to bury at Christmas time,
All envy and strife
To jjiit out of each life.
That joy ma\- he rife .it the Christmas time !
"lis well to be merry at Christmas time.
To open our hearts at the Christmas time.
That love ami ^ood-will
l"",\cr}' coiner may fill.
And \an(iuish all ill at the Christmas time !
'Tis ^rood to be nierr)- at Christmas time,
'l"o ojien our hands at the Christmas time.
That some who arc sad
Ma)' by us be made ^dad.
And ^d,)rify God at the Christmas time !
"I'is meet to be merrj' at Christmas time.
In a Christian land at the Christmas time,
Where gladness and mirth
Since that wonderful birth.
Have ruled o'er the hearth at the Christmas time !
And while we rejoice at the ("hristmas time,
Let this with the peal of our ^lad bells chime :
All ^lory to God
l'"or tile love that lie showed
In the yift He bestowed at the Christmas time !
M. A. iMaiii.an'I).
BOOKS RF.CRIVRD.
Mary Atones I'"it/(iil)l)i)ii is wfll
known lo tlic ( an.uli.iM puhlii- as a
writer of historiial skctclu;s, and an
iindonhtcil anllioiity on all niittcrs
ncrtainin;.; to Canadian histdry. licr
latest lujiik, " A \'cti:r.ni of iSij," lias
hccn so oficMi and favorably rcvicwi'd
that furtlicr comment on it would be
sii|)ernuoiis. W'c desire merely to call
our readers' attention to it, both as an
excellent stud}- ol' the character and
work of tlie soldier whose bioj^rapln- it
i^ , and on account of its clear, L;r<i|)hic
p 1(1 forcible st\'le, and the accur.icy of
historical research which it displ.iys.
It is ;i book of which Canadi.ins should
feel justly |)roud, and \\v. hope that it
will meet with the appreciation it de-
serves.
We would also call attention to
the lortlicominL; new editiDU of
" I'ine, Rose and fleur de Lis," !))•
Scranus, fS. I'.ances I jarrison . This
\'olume of Canadian ])oetry, on its Hrst
appearance, received ver)' hiL;h praise
from tiio lCnL;lish and .American press.
It is to be rc-issui'd in handsome bind-
int,r by Messrs, llart & Kiddell, 2';
Wellin-loii St. West, Toronto, ami
should form a most acceptable and
beautiful Christmas <^ift.
Most of us art' familiar with the
dcliL^htful little books now bein;^
iniblished !)}• T. h'isher L-'nwin, under
the names of the Auton^'ui and Pseu-
donym Libraries. .At first si^dit f)ne is
not fa\orabl_\' impressed with these
narrow little volumes ; they look like
"A W'lcT.Tii of I.S12," liy \I;uy Al,'iu-s t'itz-
riil)bon, 'I'nronlo: Willi.uii l'.rit;i;s, I'licc $1 .00.
meri! strip , ,is if an ordin.irv book had
been cut lengthwise down the middle ;
but practical c.\periencc of tlu-ir con-
\enient six.e ;uid sha|)e for holding in
the hand or tuckiu"^' into the co.it
j.'oeket or traxc'llint; ba^, speedily con-
vinces us :)f the admirable wisdom and
jud^'uu'nt shown in their production.
Of the five volumes before us the
most noteworlh)' is" Kafir .Stories," by
Charles Scully. These stories are
strikins^l)' told in a clear, conc:ise stjde,
with a terseness of diction that some-
tinu's reminds us of Kijihi.^'. Hut,
thouL;h undoubtedly iiowerhil, they are
all, with the exception of the l.ist,
which is a s|i^r|uly humorous sketch, so
sombre as to be |)ainful, and one or
two — notably " Ghamba," and " I'mti-
;4ati," are distinctls' rev'iltini;'. .An
undertone of half-CN'uical, hall humor-
ous pessimism runs ihroir^h all of
them, .it times risin^^ to bitterness,
especially at th<; conclusion of each
storv. The effect of the entire book is
de|)ressin;4, yet one feels th.it it is a
truthful if .1 onc-sidetl picture of life in
th.it mysterious l.md of d.irknc-ss .and
s;i\'a|4e rites ; ,ind no one who c.in
aj^preciate L^rapliic story-tellin;^ .lud
\-ivid p')U'er of description will l.iy the
volume down without inn'shini;' it.
'The element of j^loom .iiul |)Ossimism
also perv;idi!s the i)o\-el by Ouid.i in
this series, but here it becomes, as is
\er)' often the casi- with Ouid.i, morbid
and unwholesome to the List deijrce.
" K.ilir Storii.-," liy Willinm Cliarlcs Scully ;
"('.-iiisi.' mill lOViM-l," by f.llinnr .MLMrimi; "'I'oxiii,''
by Ouiila; "I'bi' S|iL'('lru ut Slrallianiiiui," by \V.
!•'.. .N'cirris ; " Mully llnrlinf;, an. 1 Oilier .Stnrics,"'
liy Mrs. lliiiiijorriir.l. Lninluii: 'I', I'islicr liiiwin,
Tnrdiild: Th<; ( ■.)p|i, Clark Oi. I.t.l.
^L
io6
GREEN HOLT.Y.
" Tdxin " is an attack on the scientific
spirit, — cold, unfeeling, heartless, — as
opposed to all that is jo} ous and gay and
happy with the thoughtless happiness
of birds and flowers. Ouida is always
Ijicturcsqiie and poetic, and in beauty
of st_\-lc and artistic conception the
little sketch before us leaves nothing
to be desired ; but the character of
Darner is overdrawn, and the ending is
brutal and unnatural. The illustra-
tions which embellish tlie story are
|)articularly fine, and add greatly to
tlic attractiveness of the volume.
" Cau.se and Effect," by Ellinor
Meirion, is anotiier story wiiich pro-
duces a painful im|>ression upon us. It
is attractively written, and the character
drawing, as a wliole, is good. The
stud}' of Vlatlimir, the weak, vain, im-
pressionable nature with occasional
good and lovable " streaks," and his
ini.iience over the ignorant and roman-
tic English girl, is very well done ; al-
though, perhaps, the interesting Russian
with Nihilistic tendencies has been a
little overworked in modern fiction.
Given such material to start on, with a
foolish mamma and a .somewhat pig-
headed curate in the background, the
denouement could not fail to be a sad
one. With the exception of one or
two scenes the plot is well worked out,
and we see that "he conclusion in in-
evitable — while regretting the taste,
as of dust and ashes, it leaves in our
mouths.
Quite a different atmosphere sur-
rounds the collection of short stories b\-
" The Duchess," who, by the way,
appears under her own name of Mrs.
Hungerford. The Duchess is too well-
known to require any comment. All
who have not wearied of the graceful
style and charming, if slightly monoton-
"Thc Despotic LaJy," liy W. E. Norris. Lon-
don: Mctluion'> Colonial Lilir.iry. Toronto: Tlio
Copii, Clark Co. Ltd.
OUS, society sketches of this seemingly
inexhaustible writer will read with
pleasure " Molly Darling, and Other
Stories," in this daint\' little series.
In "The S|)ectre of .Strathannan,"
by VV. ]']. Xorris, we have a collection
of sketches and " sittiations," most of
them amusing, and all more or less
imprf)bable. " The Room Without a
Door" is perhaps the best, and "The
Scamp's Parable " deals some home-
truths at the doctrine of Eternal
Punishment. The style is attractive,
and the book will beguile half-an-hour
very pleasantly.
Another collection of stories by the
last named author is published in
" Methuen's Colonial Library," under
the title of " The Despotic Latly antl
Others." The two last arc decidedly
the best; "The Hermit of Saint-
luigfMic," as an c\ami)le of simple
pathos; and".\n I'lU'csolved Discord,"
as a character stud}-. There is plenty
of variet)' in the stories, and the st}'le
is pleasant and agreeable.
" College Girls," by .Abbe Carter
Goodloe, is, as the title indicates, a
series of sketches descri|jtive of girls'
life .iiul work at the larger Universities
in the United States. Some of the
sketches have appeared before in
various magazines ; the rest are now
published for the first time. The col-
lection is interesting as giving an in-
sight into the surroundings and man-
ner of life of the girl students, opening
to the uninitiated a view of an unknown
and entirely fi)reign world. To the
girls who ;ire familiar with that world,
who can look back on their college days
and criticise the truthfulness of the
descrij)ti()ns, the book will be doubly
welcome, recalling a host of mcnKiries
•'('olle^'o Ciils," \>y .Mibc C.irter (loodloi-. Now
Voik: Charles .Scrihncr's Sons. Toronto; The
Copp, Clark (\>. Ltd.
GREEN HOLLY.
107
jth
Icr
lof
and associations, and carry them back
to the days that, to most of them at
any rate, were the happiest of their
h'ves. Tlie stories arc not all of ccjnal
merit. " La Helle Hclenc" aiuj "An
JCpisode " have only the slentlercst
connection with C'olle,i:;c life, thou_L,di,
to he sure, the heroines arc C'{jllei,rc
girls. " An A(iiiare!lc," " Revenge,"
"Miss Rose," and "The Genius of
Bowlder Bluff," are most distinctly
imbued witli the real College spirit ;
while " As Told by llei," is one of tlie
very best, placing in \i\id and forcible
contrast the retired ami solitary life of
the distinguished Prcjfessor, covered
with glory and honors, and devoted to
iier books, anfl that of the ordinary,
half-educated girl of average abilities,
who has lovctl ami suffered- and livctl.
The problem of a woman's life is
stated in few words, and the conclusion
drawn — whether correctly or not — is
that " life is everything ; that all that
she can learn in a hundred limes the
four years of her college course is but
the least part of what life and nature-
can teach her."
"The I-'hnver of l'",ngland's face," by
Julia ('. R. iJorr, is one of thedaintii'st
little volumes we ha\e seen for a long
time. It is the j<>urn:'l of a raml)ling
trip through l'',ngland, Scotland, and
Wales ; written in an easy, gr.icefui
style, which is thoroughly enjoNable.
Pleasant descri|)tions, heightened b\'
historical touches here and there, ami
varied by plent}' of anuising incidents,
make the book a must agree, ible little
companion to take with nue on a
journey of this kind. It is beautiful In-
bound and |)rinted, and at the same
time small enough to be easily carried
in one's pocket.
"The Herons," bv Helen Ship-
"Tllc I'liiwer nf r'.n^landV I'arc," liy [ulia (', K.
Dorr. New NUrk and L^inilnn : Macniilliin k
Co. Tordiilci: Tlu' t'opp. ("l.arU Co. Lid
ton, is a novel upon the good old-
fashifjiied plan. There is tlie eldest
son who has sinned past forgiveness
and been turned out by his irate
parent, and his _\oungcr brother, the
father's favorite, who gencrousK' re-
fuses to be niiide the heir, and does all
kinds of chi\;drous ;ind romantic
things to help the starxing wife and
children of thescapegr.ice. The inevi-
table love-story which forms the back-
ground runs no more smoothly than
the Course of true lo\e was ever wont
to do ; there are the U'^ual minor com-
plications ; and at the end the threads
are skiliull\- gathered together ami
straightened out in the most approved
fashion. The characters arc very
slightlv sketched, but the plot is c|uite
interesting, and fairly well worked up.
"The Lovely Maliiicourt," 1:)\" Helen
Mathers, is an e.\ample of the danger
of " writing oneself out." Thegeneril
chaiMcter of the plot may be gathered
from the iiuotalion at the begimiing.
" God sets but two players down to the
game of love. The other Man, the
other Woman, who hover about the
board, do but hinder and s|)oil the
game." I'here is nothing particularly
original in the wa_v the other man and
the othei' vv(Mii,ui are disposed of in
this ca>e ; the wmnan relents and the
man, or rather the men, for their name
is legion, are simply ignored; and all
ilifliculties being removed, the hero and
heroine aie happily married, and
everything ends s itisl",ictorilv.
Charlotte .\l. \ (Jiige is an author
who has written for three generations.
••rill.- lliTuii'," I'V IK-li'ii ,"Shi|ilijii, [.•Miduii ami
N\'\v N'urU : viaciuillaiw'v ('n, ■r.ir'iiini ; Tin.-
Copp, (lark In. Lid.
"Tin.' L.i\i'l) Maliiicinirl,' I'vllidiu Mallu-rs,
London and New \ nrU : .\Li( inill.in it C'k Io-
roiito: The Copp, (larK Co, Ltd.
' The Loni; Vacali Jii," by Cbarlmi,- \L Nonm-.
Londnii anil N'l'W \'(ak: .\Lifniillan \ Co. 'In-
ronto; 'I'lu' Copp, ClarU Co. Lid.
lo8
GREEN HOLLY.
Ill our )'outiL;cr days \vc slied tears
over "The llcir of Redclyffe," and
follDwed with breathless interest the
iiinviiuiin^ of the many h'nks of the
Daisy Chain ; and now, in the preface
to her latest work, "The Lon_i^ Vaca-
tion," tile veteran author, as she justly
styles herself, hopes that the book ma)-
be of interest to " those who ha\e
sympathised in early daj's with lieech-
croft, Stonebcjrough and Vale Leston,
when they were peopled with the out-
come of a youthful mind, and that
they ma)' be read)' to look with inter-
est on the perplexities and successes
attending on the matured characters in
aftei' )ears."
W'c are glad to iearn from the dedi-
cation, "To ni)' Jirothcr, Sir Thoride)'
Stoker, President of the Royal Col lege of
Surgeons in reland," on the title page
of " The Shoulder of Shasta," by Hram
Stoker, th;it the author has some re-
spectable connections; but it is a pit)-
that they do not endeavor to check his
literar)- proclivities, and to restrain him
from rushing into print equijjped with
so slender a knowledge of life and
human nature — to say nothing of the
art of writing prose — as his book dis-
l)la)'s. We would strongl)' ad\ise 'iram
Stoker to make a careful stud)- of the
works of Thomas Hardy, and after
that to take a course of I^rct llarte,
and to pra)- that his understanding ma)'
be opened, and the windows of his soul
unclosetl, that he may trille no more
in this cheerful nianner with the nu s-
teries of the human heart and of the
luiglish language.
" J'orest, Lake and I'rairie," by John
McDougall, is a book for bo)'s, and
camiot fail to interest the class of
"'I'lic ShmiMiT iif Sliastn," hy Hrnin Stnl<cr.
I.iiiulon imd Xcw N'nrU ; Mnriiiillan & Co. 'I'li-
rijiitu; The Cn]i|), Clark (..'o. I.ltl.
"I''i)rcsl, Lalio and Piaiiic,"liy Jtjhn M(:l)on(;all.
TiirDiito: William liiijit;^- I'lici-' $i.oo.
readers for whom it is intended. It is
full of incident, often thrilling ; in-
tensely'patriotic ; and vividly descrip-
tive of the hardships of the early
settlers in the North \\\'st ; while if
the nioral purpose is at times slightly
obtrusive that is a fault on the right
side, and easily jjardoned. I'ar more
serious are the too frc(|uent lajxses of
grammar and the excessive use of
collotjuialisms, which detract greatly
from the literar)- merit of the book.
" iCnglish as she is sp(jke " by the
average school boy is quite bad enough;
but if he has before him no higher
model of " JMiglish as she is wrote"
than such sentences as " leather sent
William and I," or " In ortlcr to keep
warm we should hu' perfectl)' still,"
there is small chance of his improve-
ment. .\ carefully revised and cor-
rected edition of " i-'orcst. Lake and
Prairie " would make a most suitable
and welcome Christmas gift for any boy.
" l'Uc]\ings from a Parsonage Veran-
dah," by Mrs. 1^. Jeffers Graham, i.s
another book b)- a Canadian writer,
It is l)eautifull)- bound, printed on ex-
cellent paper, and illustrated b)' the
well-known artist J. W. Hengough.
The author makes no pretensions to
literary st)'lc ; she aims simply at
gi\ ing a faithful ])icture of the incidents
that occur at the Parsonage, and in the
Ives of the minister and his wife.
Some of her sketches are gently
humorous, ami all of them arc i)ervaded
b)- a deeply religious earnestness and
ferx'or.
Old friends arc always welcome,
doubh' so in ;i new and attractive guise.
Maemillan and Co.'s re|)rints of st.ui-
ilard authors are most acceptable, and
should meet with a heart)- recognition
from the public. i\ingsle)''s works
"iMi'liings liom a I'arsonagc N'orandali,'' by
Mrs. !■;. Il'TIits (iraliam. 'rnronUr. VUliam
lirijfgs, I'ricL' $l.oo.
If!
GREEN HOLLY.
109
appear in a pocket edition, excellently
bound and urintetl ; and in a ;n-cr size
vvc have received Miss I'.d-eworth s
"Ormond," with i)ref;icc by Anne
Thackerav Ritchie; Thomas Love 1 ea-
cock's " Maid Marian," and " Crotchet
Castle," with an introduction by Sauits-
bury ; and Marryat's " Peter S.niplc,
with preface by David llannay. 1 he
"Alton Lo,.-kc," by t'l'^rlcs Kini;>^c7 I.mulon
Cupii, CUuk C.i. l.til.
'•Ormona," l.y Mrxria iMlHoworlli. I.cncion an''
NVw Vmk: M.rmiUan & Co. r.-vonlo. 1 he
Colli), 'Mark Co. 1,1<1. . , •• ,
"M.i.l Marian" an>l '^ *''-;"'^''^' , ' <"' ^'V,,,:^!
Thomas Lov. IVarock. L""; "";;"'l ^'^^'ly
MacmiUai. .V Co. Toronto: Ih. Copp, Clark Co.
I.Kl.
abundant illustrations by Carl Schlo-
csscr F 11. Townsend and J. Ayton
Syinin-ton add much to theattractn^-
ticss mid value of these deh^ditful
\olunies. , . ,
The same firm have issued reprnits
i,f llardv's complete works '"then
cll-known Colonial Library. A I air
is the last volume ot
w
of Ulue I'Aes'
the series.
London
le
•'IVtcr Simple- by Captain Marryat..on,l.
an.l New York: Macmillan .V ( o. loront... H
ColM'. Clark Co. l.td.
' V 1-air of Blue Kyos," by Thom.as I lar, ly.
l.„n,ln: Macmillan .V Co. Toronto: The Copp,
Clark Co. I.tii. , , ,
"Ilvimtia," by Charlc. Kinj;slcy. Lon.lon aiH
Now York: MacmiUan & Co. loronto: I he
Copp, Clark Co. Ll>l.
TWILIGHT LULLABY.
In tlie west, the sun is sinking,
I'wilitiht comes.
Ml the little eyes are blinkm!;.
While the san.lman stands there winkmt;
At the little ones.
Weary (lowers are t;ently drooping
In their beds.
Lilies tall their walch are keeping,
liaby viok-ts, ;\lmost weeping,
Noil their heads.
In the trees the birds arc .beaming
Far on high. .
While the wind i> sollly sighing,
And tlu! golden light is dying.
In the sky.
Now the stars begin to twinkle---
Dancing eyes.
Ami the l.ale old moon IS creeping
Sofilv -f-r the birds are sleeimig
Cenlly -for ill"-' '^"^^■^■'•' '■"'' ^^'^^'l""^ ~
Cp the skies,
K.r in.o a wondro.i, dreamland,
Bab) creeps.
Sweetest bells are ever chnnmi,',
While the fairies are entwining
liaby wreaths.
Pfe is Imt the strangest dre.iinland.
Twilight, coine^.
Weary eyes <haU cease their weeping
VVheii the soul is calmly sleeping
Like the little ones.
When beyon.l the misty shadows
Of the night,
Wearv feet ^hall cease to wander,
\nd the .oul shall soar up yonder
To the Light.
Kslili-.R tAl.lioi- KlNr.SMII.I..
THROUGH THE WOODS.
Laughing waters that darce and are gone
To run in the boundless sea !
Are vou glad because you ft.e (lowing on,
Or only glad to bf?
Hushed blue violet, with upwar.l gazf
.i\;i;r;r;'i::s^";;;S'£™;;. , •-■..
Or only glad to bloom:'
l.-.,r a glimp.se of the stars do you never lum-.
And the sweets of the evening bree.e
When the heavens above are ^'^' »;'-'■..
Do you sigh for the height of tlietrc...
Vou fern! do you never wish to 1.1. K,m?
Von rose '. for the power of song .'
IwXt^ee not sigii for .he (lowers perfume
With a yearning great and strong .
Or U nun, only, a slave to pride, to !|elf.
To his passions, his hopes, his desire
Chained bv tlKU burden-^his lower self,
.\nd given a soul to aspire ?
AiiNICS w. r.\N ION,
BEYOND THE GRAVE.
Hcj'oihI tlic ^ravc in silence \ast,
-Are those whose mortal life is past ;
l'"roni out those halls of darkness deep
Tiiey send no word to tiiose who weep
Or stand in solemn awe at^hast.
Oh ! arc they lucked in slumber fast,
Dear souls, whose future lot is cast
In shadow land :' Oh ! do they sleep
Beyond tlic <^rave ?
Hon- does their unknown life contrast
V ith ours '. Anil will the summoning blast
1^'rom out our minds all mcmor\' sweep
Of earthly love '. 'J luit fain we'd keep,
i"or if i^//i,7'''' lasts, then love nnut last
l>e)-ond the Ljrave !
Constance Fairbanks.
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A WINTER SONG.
I'KiiM lin-: ruMK lU'KUA " 1' I ARM ICAN."
All hail to the season tiiat hides the [ground
'Neath a comforter deep of snow I
With (jur snow shoes on we can tramp around
The fields and the forests where health is found,
.\\v\ merril>' sintj as we '^o.
Mere's that I l-'or the man wlio can stay indoors
When the crust will bear his weif^ht.
lie's in lo\e with the books over which he jiores.
Hut far above learninsj; our spirit soars.
Vox the snow shoer's lord of his fate.
O'er the snow-covered fences we i^aily speetl,
O'er the fro/en (jcjnds and creeks.
When we come to an ic\- hill — take heed !
Drop down on the snow shoes, the) 're wint^s indeeil —
'Tis the jolliest one of our freaks.
Now gather arounil our i;ay bon-fire,
.\nd whatever else wc do.
In this bracing;' air let us all cons])ire
I'o sill!,; a sonL;, while the llamcs leap higher.
To the trusty old snow shoe.
J. N. MclLWRAITII
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Have Stood the Test.
THE ONLY WHEELS TO BUY.
Established I.SK6
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Wlicii wo .s!i;ill take pIcasiiiL'
ill showini^f tliL'iii and explaining
llieir merits.
We liave anan^'cd for lai);e
shipments early in April. In-
tending' pmehasers will do well
to order early.
GQIQI0QU8 lor t mm.
when expending,' yoin' money
do it wisely. .Make no mistake.
W'c buy direct from the manu-
facturer for cash. Voii save all
intermediate prolits.
One P[iC(i 10 mi.
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IMPORTERS,
Stratford, St. .Marys and
'I'liedford.
listablished iSS6,
013
liiiportino Reyiiers ot Dm Goods, Mliilneru oi Mantles
Nos. 9, II and 13, Market Street, and 10 Iirie Street, Stratford,
and East and West Street, New Hamburg.
In (iiir ciiliie hii.siin'ss ciiivof we liaveii'l slood .^ilill f<iiii iiionu'iit -alway.s fur-
Wiii'd — |ii()o;i(.'.ssiiio- — pojitilaiizino;. ^'oti kimw what we are llidnohl, of lu-day.
AltliDtioii aliiiosl tlic y()iiii;^(!.st firm in liio city, we sue the biggest biiyer.s ami
Kellers of dry goods in Stratford. Ten years ago we started in a small way in Xo.
11 Market street, l)iit we have l)een extending our Itorders a.s demanded by our
rnjtidly increasing trade until we have addetl Xos. !) and l.'i Market street and 10
Erie street, which gives us a selling space equal to one store 2oO feet long. All on
the ground Hoor. Silks and fine l)res.s Good.s a specialty,
Terms Cash and One Price. Your money bai;k if you want it.
Dunccin Ferguson & Co.
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(;kki;n iioi.in'.
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De|Dartmfntal (at'oceries
" CompetiLion."
SoiiR' nicrcliants aiv too niuch afiaitl ol ()|)|i<isitiiiii. (.'om|iiniti
business was never meant to assume the I'nrm of a scramble or slrif
clTort — "by hook or crook" to i^et track'. 'I nic competition will not ci
lis to sell om' Ljooils below cost : but it u ill inchice lis to sell our ^^o
• lose, rcasonabk', livinj,' (Jidlits, to work lor the interest of our eiisto
to remember that we arc under ol)li>j;ation to them, to try by energy,
tiilncss, honesty, i;eiitleinanlv demeanor and feelin.;-. of .^ood will to'
them, to merit a (lart of their trade.
" Progression."
Our IM' k has been sleep and hill)-,
And with m.iny a he,i\v ,L;ra(le,
.And for those who are foilowinj;,
Ndn will lind it sli|)|>ilv made.
Noil can j^ct to any station,
I'hat on life's schedule seen.
If there's lire beneath the boilei,
Of ainiiition's Inmian iiiachine.
" Hustling."
.Ml tliiiiL;s come to those who w.iit "
lint alas, oltimesthev (ome too late.
I'o men of brains .mil men of muscle,
.All thini;s come to iho^e uho hustle.
'* Green Holly."
skill and labor can be seen.
No lack of the trust imposed,
In conipletini.; a work " ever <;rccn,
A i;i)od work by the promoters.
i.iMii i:i).
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GREEN llol.I.V,
f\LE f\ND STOUT
" Coiisidcifil (lictctic'jilly ale jHisaesses ii tliici'-fnid indpcrt v : It i|ii('nplies
thirst : it sliiiiuliilcs mid (■liceis ; ami lastly, it mmiislics (ir stii'iintlions. * * ♦ *
From tlu'SL' fniidiiiicd (|iialiti('s, ale ju'oxos a ict'it'sliiii;^ and -^idulnioiis drink (il'
taken in inodcratiDn), and an aurt'calile and valiialilc sliniiilus and sii])|)((rt to those
who have l(p nndi'in(i mucli liodily l'aLiii,iii'.' — Dr. Pcrcira.
" Oni' of till' lii'sl, licvi'ia^cs that cvcf were ]ii'odu('cd.'" //'mj IT. E. Gbnlslniiv.
Labatt's Brewepy, London
I'uuliKV.onlv m'KK AI.K.muI STiUr, in.uU-
Iroin t'lioUl-: liAKI.in MAM", tin
liKST IK>1'S. ;irul PI KM'
si'kim; waiku.
'MiL-\ .irt.' i>1 iiiiilorm qihililv winin .iml ^innnu-i-,
;hk1 .irc aiiUMi^j llii* iiio^t \\ lu»k'sotm'tit hevcr-
.i«^(.'N. Cfrtiru'il lo In- I'lilircly iVft- from aoiiU
aiul .ill I'thtT inipiiritifs.
Consult Your Physician About Them
TPXI <iOLI), SILVIiR AND
' C-'^ BRONZK ni;l)AI.S.
I VV CUV C AWAROI.l)
At the W'lirld's Ciiv.il l'.xliil)itiiin>.
'iV'sliuKinials Inmi l-'mir Kniinent Chf
Fniiiislu'd <in Aiiplication.
mists
John Labatt,
Brewer,
London, Can.
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ONTHRIO.
Ai'lifiii'li'iii' i<l.<lii<i,'li«ii'li'i|,>i,ili,%ni,i|,
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
DIRECTORS.
Wm. Davidson, Mayor, Stratford, I'rcsidcnt.
Wm. riowat, Hanker, Stratford, \'ice rresident.
Thos. Orr, Stratford, Joseph Salkeld, Stratford,
T. Ballantyiie, e.xALr.l'., Stratford, (leorge Leversaf,'e, Carlingford,
G, G. Mcl'herson, Stratford, J. D. Mcore, St, Marys,
Andrew Kuhry, Kostock.
MANAQER.
Charles Packert.
James Jones, Mitchell,
H. Uoering, Milvertun,
Geo. Hyde, Shakesjieare,
BANKEKS.
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Or a Castle ?
Do not forget that we inidertake building con-
tracts, small or large, and execute them with
skill and despatch. W'c supply all kinds of
Planing Mill Work, such as Sash, Doors, Blinds,
Casings, Base, Flooring, etc. Interior Wood
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Ash and other woods. Workmanship and finish
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Our line of Hall Furniture and Parlor Tables
for wholesale trade is favorably known to dealers
iill ovei the Dominion, and will be found for sale
at local retail warerooms.
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0. H. SCHMIDT, Proprietor.
F*leM!se Note
That we keep one of the choicest
and best selected stocks of
Groceries, Crockery and Glassware
IN THE CITY.
Prices Always Reasonable.
E. O'Flahepty
Red Front, Market Square, Strattord.
GREEN HOLLY.
A Good 25c. Tea for 19c.
AT
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are always wi-korne. Phone 171. or eall. J. \V. t'HOWKN.
IVoprietor.
a-o TO
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STRATFORD.
for HcinfzvKtv t\j Co.'s Piavos,
Tliomds Orgaiin, and
Musical IvHtrumentti
of nil kiiiilN,
Slu'ct Music <tvd
Music Books.
TUNING A SPECIALTY.
For all lint's o( s|K'i'i;iltii.'s for C'hristm;is Imdf in confec-
tionery K)' to W. R. HOFFEV, tir.t.irio St. K.ist.. Stratford
Karrcll's (."i-lchr.'ttcil llr.inil of i>\ ..tcrs .ilw.i) s in sttick.
Oysters Cooked in Every Style.
W. R. ROFFEY, iiakcr and Confectioner.
I"or Christmas Presents
l'"or l-lrarulina ami lirantlpa,
I'"or Mother and I-'ather,
l*'or Sisters aru! Hrothers,
Ami fiir the Uahies.
Wni- Niehols. ilireeti> opposite I'helaeker's Huti-her Shop.
-A.SI-C KOK
Anchor
Family
Flour.
\\Qdd d) ^ullGn Milling (o.,
THE
STEtA.TB'OH.XD
A fine assortment of Siiitint^s in
Tweeds, Serg-es and Worsted Goods
WP Fr;lSer - Ontario Street.
, X , t iciJ\.if Corner store opp.tourtluui>iC
HEAD OFFICE, lORONTO.
C;ipit;il (p.-|iJ>lip)
Six Million Dollars,
Rest,
S6,ooo,oco
Si, 200,000
Stratford Branch :
A General liankin'' lousiness 'rransactctk
Savings Bank Department.
Deposits of Si. 00 ,ind upvvaril received.
WM. MAYNARD, Jr.,
MANAGER.
Christie's Fancy Riscuits,
i'hoiie Groceries,
Fruit, Fish, etc.,
BXTRTOOST'S, l.isto'vel. Ont.
For the children — inui>'s, cups,
saucers, toy tea setts in boxes at
China Hall, Stratford.
M. Mel). FI-KMIMI, .Merchant Tailor, No. ,;o .Main
Slreil. I.islowel. Ont. (.'.r.-uluatc of the Ino. J. .Mitchell
Ciittin^^ School, New ^'ork. tieiits" I'urnishin^js. Hoots,
.Shoes ami Ui'hhers. Suits niaJe to order on shortest notice.
Weddinf^ Onttits a speci;ilt\'.
Ciood Fit Ciu.'iranteed.
HARDWARE.
I.OtK.S.
«;i.ASs,
I'AlNTS,
OILS.
(K.MKNTS.
ri.\STKl{,
Coal. Frices Cmaninteed.
F. .\. C.V.MFnFI.L, - - .Market Corner, .Mitchell.
■I
(IKKKN lloI.I.V.
iJ
Dr. J. A. Robertson,
111 ( rt I :
(,'nriiir III' Mm kct iumI \Vclliiii,'t(iii Stn'(!ls,
sriiA-i loiti).
I Dr. Daisy Macklin,
iMJtillowH HUkk. »>\iT Si-arfltt Mookslori', StrattorJ,
OHiti* Hours ii..fft ■'• ">. *»' na. m.. a p. in. ti* 4.10 p. m.i
I 7.,iu p. 111. tn I) p. III.
Dr. J. D. Montelth,
H. E. Livingston, M. D.,
DR. H. 5. ANDHKSON,
I.. I), s., i>. I), s, I
l-ii'i'iiliali'iil' K.nal I oIUl'i' ul Diiiial Suikimms .it Oiil.irin, I
iinil lliuior liiailu.ili- o( (Vnl.il I ).|i.ii liiuiil ol runiillo I'I'h'' Hnriloil llliu k. upp. I". O. . «tu A'l-i-i-^oli
I'lin.rsll), isl .lass Imiiois in 0|Hi;ili\>' l),nlislr\ and K'^siili'iuc Krii' Slivrl. | niKAII'UKll.
Utnlal I'allwli.KV. Ollm-, Mailui iil.vl>. Mil, lull, O'lil. Olti,,- ll,iiirs: H I,, i.ia.m., i to .1 p.m., aiul 7 I,..) p.m.
'I'. <. IIOD.SON,
M. r).. I . .M., .M. It., Tor., I
l')iysi,-iail ;iiul Stir^^coii. I
Oniii-: l>».r U. .S. Uilnon, Ji,»tllcry .St,, re, St, .\l.ir\s. !
<^.'Ni>fllt liill.insMi'rcilat Wimlsor lloUl. SI I A Kl:sri;.\KI':
1>M AI!IO.
Dr. Hawice,
OTFH K, ^iV Kits' in.OCK,
C'onuT l>tnvnk' .iiul nnmswick Sln-fts. StrallDn).
a A. KIDD, M. Do
C. M,. h. r M. (,., .\I. I. IV ,\. S. o.,
I'liynlrlun,
siiruuoii,
Atwooil, Oiilnrlo. Aritoiifliriir.
Dr. W. N. Robertson,
.\,, ,(., l;rii- siMil, Sl, .M,ir\s ro:ul,
.««i v.inls «, ,11111 ol r. l\, .Slratlonl.
'I'l'Ifpluim' No. I n.
Queen's Hotel, The I'ari.siaii Steam Laundry.
Stratnird. Oiil,, l'i-i'<l. .1. Corrli-. I'ropriiior.
Tlu ll.si S, |),n ll„„s,- in Ihrfitv. „S",""' ■■","', r' '"."■.■ '•'""'''l\!i'''ii''i!ri*'''J l\"'''"- ^^''"'''
lalleil lor ami ili'luiTi'J Iri'i'. J.\S. ll.XKl'.K, .M,inanir.
1) W, I W V I N (>,
PlINSKMN, S( IM.r.lIN, ,tl",
iVVur : Opjiosili' larli-r .V I'o.s Kollrr Kloiir ,\Iill, St,
.M.'irvs. Kfsitliiui' : ll,,nsi- n*i-i-ntlv oi'i'iipiuil hy the
lali' .M. .1. IliMin, I. Inir,h-st.. south,
tr' OtWcf ami rL'sivli-ncf iiiniu'i-tcil h\ 'I'vli-phomr.
'I'i'U'plu>ne Nit, iK.
StratlorJ,
commodation.
Wood
^'.iriU I'tirritr ol N'iviori.i, McKi'ii/ic iiml i.':rnhria slrci'ls,
SiratKinl. Ti'liplinnr t).^
Ka>ltUT\' .Mtvk.iity .iKi-nts, Ti-Itplii'iu' 31.
W. p. J^arsKall&Son
DiiMTt Iiii|)<>rU'r» olMci'ds,
From tlic bisl aiul larj^est growers in ICuropc and
United Slates, heff to infonii the public generally
tli.it tliey ate eNpectint,' early in the ^piiii.t;' (ineof
till' lar;4fst shipiiiciits of seeds ever hronj^dit into
this secticn, wliii h they will he piepaied to olfcr -nio i,,.,,,!!,,^ r,iriiltiir.> DohKi-m
at niiK h Inuii- piices than i an be bou.nlit from „„,| fii,i«'rtnl«<T»,
small deaUis,
The trade siipplietl at Market iUiildinij, ^ r\ • t- t- r t r^
Stratioid. i.owKsr RAILS, ' DO Ontario btrcct, btrattord, On
B. * V,
The sole reasons of our
great success are the
excellence ofour i^i'oods,
our low prices and our
larije show room ac-
allaiitviie & Vivian,
ii
C.KI'.I.N IIOI.I.N'.
fltiflfews Towef Clock Jeweify sioie
Good Advice Free.
Is till' li''llt 1jI;i((' to hllV A IilCMllt Ini viiiir , liivf your witr, )iiiir •.i»UT, .ir xonr swrplhi-iirl a niif
f..;,,,, 1 . I .,..,.( \l..,i,,.',. I ;.,.,,. I Dolllr 111 prrlunii' liir a Nina- piiMiii. We have \ f ra
W. ANDKIAV.S, Si. M.njs, jNASNUTII \ (.1).. lin Diim- Su.n-. Mark.M-st., Slrallonl
guiRKs Ligi;oK sroKi*.
I. failing Jt'wi-liT.
Dralrr ill WaUlu's, llivks. Ji'»rlrv, SilviTwaiv. .S|hv
tai'Irs, I''aiic) ImuhIs, Si-l)(HiI HiH>kn, cic. K^'pairin^
promptly iloiii*. lUirhL* Sluio Si^n, \\'allaL'i'-Ht., LlN'iowi-:!.. IkuhIs NuKt as i'i'i-i-i\cil Iroin iiiaiuilai'tiin'rii. Stratfiiril.
For Pure WIii<>h, aIcm
ami l.l(|Uni'M.
Cash aiul One Price Only
C Mcllliar^'-ey's, the cheap chocer
CITY Ml-: AT My\KKi:r.
Htiill No. :i, >laik<t lliilMliit:. , 'VX'IM'C u /'A
JOHN MiCAll.ICV \ SON, n.al.rs In liisli aiiil S.ill H. ' .\ I ) I S CV, LO.
nu'al-, l\irk, I lams, Hai'oli, SatisaK^'< Holt'una aiui I.jril
Diliviivil til all parts nl llie lily.
w. I. ni<cKi:R & CO.
I',.r N,.v,lll,s 111
I'liorocatAi'iis,
<, M.irl,,l Sliicl, - - Sir.illiiril.
City Restaurant tor Hot Meals.
TolXK'CO IIIKl < llfill'H.
Si
I. 1h towel.
liable for
'I'hi; Olil.st Coal M,r>li.uil in tin- C'ilN.
x-»/"v A f Tlu' lust in tlir inarkit ; truarantriil ' Si>l> tlli> lllli'v; >-:ii 1 1 '1 Itl 11
i^llAI ».il,'l'tialU-,.al«.ii;i.r.l,ii.nia.k.ts.al.-s. I ^'-'- ^''*- '"'*-^ SUIl.iniL
^71, '':''• ^''''''^^V''V' "'^^ <^''it"«^ "l china Ilall.
If. .iAit\ i-i. J. 1.. Mradshaw, Stratford.
J. G. SC H M 1 m\
Norlli-l:,isl mnuT Market, : :i:„t:iiril.
All Sorts I'^arni Implements.
THE WINDSOR, \
The Leading Commereial Hotel of St. jVIarys. '
\VHi;i.lHAN HKOS., I'r,.pri. h.rs.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Hui^<,^\ Tops aiul Cushions made
T. Hagarty, Prop, and rep.iired. 11. HaUer, opp.
Connuercial 1 lotel Stables.
M.arkft TriaiiKk".
SliaHoril
SAMIM.IC KOOMS IN HVNMvC HON.
• '(immt'iciiil I li.';i(li|ii.irki>.
asTA-TXOivrT^x. ecotkl,
Sl. M.-ir\s, l^iil.. Will. |)t'iiiu-f, pi-iiprii'tiir.
Iliilil iv.lunnslu-il llmiui;luiiil. IKalcI li\ lin naic.
Si aiul $1 .,^1 [iir tlax .
IIOTKL mathhws,
l;.isl ,.li;. T, \i. |)ipi.t,Str.il(oril,
T. i:. \vi\ri;i(.
I.,itc 111' Wiliils.ir ll.ilil, l'i,ipri<-Mr.
ALBION llOTi:!.,
1 1. \\\ Thomson,'
DRUGGIST. MITCHELL. OIMT.
IMi\siii;iiis' I'ri'siriptions and I'amily UiifiplH
1 ;i spt,'i'ialt\ .
l-:ni*IHI: PORTkAir CO. inanutVulnrtTs and i\y;i\vr^
in Pittiirr I'raiius. lllass. .Mats, rW. C*ra>onaiuI India Ink
I'lTltaits a sptiiall) . and wi* cannol he r\t-i'lU-d in tin- art.
iMviMis atrial. Studio ovrr Kmnirs Ht^ok Slon-, i>ntario
Stfiit. VV. N A I. LAN.
ManaK:L'r, Straltord. *.)nt.
Stratford Woolen Mills,
I'iiMpiiriiiin liir St,'iplr
Uooli-ns.
The Leading House in Stratford,
M. A. (VMKuoN. - iMM.i'itiKToit. I)i:L^T()N cS: SONS.
Till': SHNATH,
l{. S. WII.SOV A <•<).,
Ill \l I Ks I\
^Val(•l^<?s, niHiiioiKiN, .Icwolry,
I'\ir Sinokrrs' Supplies Iob;uvo i'liul i-i^j-.-irs in yri'al \;iriiM\'.
Tilt' Si'iiatr C'inar h;is no ctpial. l'"iiu'st liilllarti parliiriii' , , .- > .
VVi'sliTii Cliilrriii iniiiniuvtioii. . Silvcrnan-, Japaiu-sr l.iuijs. Spi-,l.ults, l-amy t.niHN.
T. 11. i;il,l.i:srii:, ilni.iri.i-si., Str.nlmJ. 5 Kini' wali-li rcp.iirinK. Carltr's ni-w Wk, Qiic'on-st. St. M.irys
H. O. SHA\'1^:W,
Till- l^('atlliit£ Kooksclli'i- aiiU statloiM-r,
liH-ar t'liiirt lloiisr,!
SJKA'll'OIII*. ON r.
JAMHS WRIGHT,
Family Butcher,
Marl.rt .Sr/^ior, - Strafford, Ovt.
rr
I
I
M i tf*' - ■
GREEN HOLLY.
i
Ask your Shoe Dealer For
-^^^apdigap (jVepsl^oes
)i»u'li'<il<l,'l,|l|,>l,fl|,>lill|,'li'<li'<|l>i,<l,|l|,'UMi,'l,M,|i|,'l,|<|,ilM<l,M,/<|,<l|ll|i'li'>u<l,'l||<ii'<i|i|,>li|<|,>l,IK,i|,|l|,i|,M|,'l,ni,>|, ,11
Tlit'V serve the double purpose of iiii oversloekiu^' anil overslioo combineil.
Tliey iii'o tlie liglilest, neatest and clieajiest o\erslioe on the market.
flo BueHles. flo Buttons.
Tliey will last three or four 3'ears with proper usa!j;e.
Nothing like them to keep ehildren's le:;s and feet ih v and Wiirin.
iia:-A.3srxT:H'.A.ca''"criiEr) btt
Cardigan Overshoe Co*
STRATFORD. ONTARIO.
}{|}(|}§}§}i|}{§§H|]iHi®{|J{fH|}
e
[IS
steel WindmilLs for Pumping
and Power.
Steel Highway Bridges.
Force and Light Pumps.
THE VERY BEST.
Dr. Wood's
Norway Pine
Syrup
A Perfect Cure for
COUGHS AND COLDS
Hoarseness, Asthma, Bronchitis, Sore Thro«,
Cronp and all THROAT, BRONCHIAL and
LUNG DISEASES. Obstinate coughs which
resist other remedies yield promptly to this
pleasant piny syrup. Beware of Substitutes.
Sold by all Druggists. Prioe 25 A SOo
JIIIIIHIIIIIIIIMIIIMI.
COAL
^iiMiiii iiiiiir
COAL
iiie Best is Always itie ctieooesi.
i.cliii;ii t'ci:il i.iul I'.iihH^Ii liollv an: iiccs-
sary coiuliuoMs [(.■• a Mfiry Lhri-^liii.is, wliicli
yiMi can have liy Icavai;^' vcu'r ordc. fur j^noil
coal at (iodclwinV trial \ aril,
Falstaff Street, Stratford, Ont.
M. F. COODiAZIN
GREEN HOl.LY.
^in)pson,
|V^ler
& co>
Manufacturers
OF-
Sterling Silver
AND
Fine Electro
Plated Ware.
Sole proprieUMs of \V,n. Rogers' knives forks s,.oons,:etc.
Stratford Agent :
Jas. Pequegnat
THE JF.WELER.
II Special Attention
<cfc.-^
Is called to <>"!• N't-^^' l''*"^'"^ '" ^"'^'
Wave, \vl>i<li for elegance <,f design and
lini-li are iin-iiriia-ied.
GREKX IIOI.I.Y.
Ever-Ready Dress Stay Co.
"WIlSriDSOK, OlsfT.
MANUFACTURERS OF
THE LEADING DRESS STAYS OF CANADA.
'I'o si'<urc a |)crfi"(i littiiiLj Dress Waist, which every lacK desires, it is necessary to use
good Dress Stays, ami to that end there need he no liesitancy in hiiyin^ either of these two styles,
for thev are reconunended and sold hv tir-tclass dealers eNervwhere.
The Ever-Readv Dress.... The Pre-Eminent Dress....
Qf OVC are made of line qiialitv SA'I
^/"J'^ the best .SrKlNC. SlKKL,
'liplu'd and covered on lioth sides with
Pen ha (sheet rnl)l)er), so will not
apart and positively cannot rust, and
reintorced eniU will not wear tin nu;^h or
l;|(issV spots (111 tlie dro-. Made in
Black, White, Old Uold, Cardinal,
Pink, Hrown. Put up in 6, 7, 8, <>
inch Umi^mIis, and sets of nine stays.
i'.i:n,
Metal
("lUtta
come
1 with,
cau-c
Drab,
Blue,
iiul 10
QfovC are made of the hist SPRING
iJiajiJ Sri:i;i„ lapamied, so are rust
proof, Mual Tipped, and of line heavy L'orsct
Sateen, therefore will not wear throui,'h at the
ends. Silk stitched all aroinid and iiositi\ily
cannot c i>me apait. Made in Oran, Black,
White, Old (iold. Cardinal, Blue, Pink.
II ynu pn Uf Stitched Diess .Stays buy the
'■ Pre-l'.minent." Put up in lengths anil sets
same as the " Mver-Keailys."'
WaGLaren's linDeriai cneese.
A. F. riacLAREN & CO.,
The Richest, Creamiest ('hecsc Manuf.utiired. /
|■R^ IT. S
51 Colborne Street, lORONTO,
A. F. MacLaren,
Dealer in Chee-e, ISiilter and llo};s. Telephone uo, P. <>. Pon ;;», S IRA TPt )R1>, ONT.
Herchants Bank of Canada.
HEAD OFFICE. MONTREAL.
liioia.i Il\(.ir. lii'iicial .M;inaK'iT : Joiiv li \i I I , Ass i tiiiu't;il M.m.i'it.T,
STRATFORD BRANCH
(il|ip,>sit,- \Vii tisor I loll 1 1.
W. C. N<)i:X(V, - - ,\I AN AOICK,
enpitAl Pitiil Upf $6,000,000.
Rest, - ■ - $3,000,000.
fi Geoeffli BoiiKiOQ Business Ifonsflciefl. !:;?^u;;:,ln;«;:::^:e;;,:.:x;;'V:;;,;;!',.:'::;u:;';;:S^:^
I li^'lu-st iiiiiiul rate p;M»i on tit'posils. Sav iri^-s hank \ov sntii-. i<t $i atui u|>\\ .ii\is.
GREEN HOLLY.
DR. HAMILTON,
n. p. S. Tiironto rniverftitv,
I.. 1). S. Tiiri'iilo C'oIUko oV DiMilisls.
tiold CroiTii :inti Bridge Work a SpccialtN.
Marks) Siri'el, .Str.iirunl.
Office— Over I". . N. W. TilcKr.ipli (.Mii.i-.
G. YEMr:N,
M. i).. L. I). S.
iif Siratfoiil art.' Invitfil to the Voiinj^;
Ml'h's Christ ian Ass.^L'iaiiiMi Kootns,
I'oriii'r t>f tlnlario aiul Huron streets.
'I he rootns arc open ilaiK'
from 8.,v ■'i- I"- li^ i">p. in.
P. O. 15()x 248.
Slriit fold, Out.
«H. W. T. .M«<»01{MAN,
I>i.N r iM .
St. .MarjH, Diitiirlo.
Oflice over .\nilrcws' Ji'ut'lr> Store.
Hours it a. ni. to fi p. in.
.JA.MKSON * (Jit.MI.V.M,
n.\KlitSI IKS. Sl>l Illli^lvs. \l.' .
St. Marys, Oiitirirlo.
Oltici.- ; CarU-rs liUvk. l,)m.i.n .Stivil. .M.incv lo l.o.in.
O. \V. JAMKSON. H. A. - J. W. liK AlIAM.
The Woman's Journal.
si\tfi-ti I'aiTi' raju-r.
Tlic OllU'lal Oruan ol the Woiiicirn Clirls-
tliiii 'rc'iiiin'rani'c riil<>ii ol the
Doiiilnloii III ( aiiiicla.
Piihlisliwl M.inllily .il .16 .\llifrt stri'ct, Ottawa. Ontario.
Siihsiriptitin priio ,^ik'. .'i \oar : t.'Iiil)>. ^yf tell ti> twenty, 4uf.
Chlbs ot tWL-nt> .iiui upu.irjs. ^o. ,
.MISS y\.\K\ ^Kl•;.\^■ st.\>rT,
l'\litor .-iiul Pubii>licr.
The Best People
New Lines in Knives, Forks,
Spoons and Sihcrware at Biad-
shaw's China Hall, Stratford.
K.il llu- 111-,! Uri'.ul. Cikf- .mil Pastr\. Our
V^,».h!n lost 11,1 nu>ri' than iiilt'rii»r ^,uh1s. \\"c
soll.-il v.nir Ir.iJ.-. II. \\ 1 I KINSON.
It.ikir .iiij C . r.ii'fliyiH-r. Stratford.
We Sell Goods Cheap, fS^
hut not Cheap Goods. \J^
C. MclLHARUEY.
^. /T^cllt^ar^ey,
THE CASH GROCER
» A V K VO II M O X K V.
(jOrdOtl dc iJtr^ Vl'illln'rv'aml Manil.-'More
.•t Str.illiM\i. Il uii' |iit\ VMi to il.- \o'ir shoppitinf al our
tnvat .Mi.MU\-S.i\iiii; S;ilc iiou in Tiill blast; mai vellous re-
1 ill etions on ever\ thiI1^'■.
Artists
W'olllil y.ill llir,c ;i liciilllit'ul
]iicliirc, lii.-^liiiH. |M'i'iiiaiii'iil, aiiil
a cit'tlii lu yoiir.-^cll' .'
USE ONLY
Winsor & Newton's
Oil and Water
Colors
and
Canvas.
W'INSOK \- Nkukin arc mamifactiiiin,!;
artists' ciilonmii to |lii< Ma|i;siv tiii: < »ri;i:N
A.M) Rov.M. |-.\M!iA. riuii I (ilors are kimun
.all oviT the u 1 11 1(1. .All (UmUts Itave then',
i'riccs wiliiin real li (il all. Nii iH<:essiiy to hiix
(In ,i|pCieiinaii ,Mi(l .XiiuMicaii Tiilies. 'r.iUe oiilv
W'lN.SilK \ NlU lilN'^,
A. Ramsay & Son, - Montreal,
W JK.U-.ile .\;;ciit~ 1(11 C.iiiad.i.
3.vi. vsriLr)F-A.i;ra-,
riu- (.lolliier.
The lati'hl \.'im\i\ in tovMi tc tluvisr troin. rwL-t'Jj. _aiui
Wi^rstetis a!\va\s ,111 liaiul. Hats, t'lillars ;md ("utVs, ?.'ci-k
W'ear.ete. WeiUlini: Suits ;i spi-,iait\. Term.: t'ash.
i.isrowi;!,. oNr.
H'ine .(lul l,i,jiuir .Mtrreh.int.
riie He»l lir.iiuls ill ,lle .\I.irkit l\i-pt in St.vk.
I.ISTOX I f>NT.
1. hoeolates, '1 .i i"s. Xuts, etc.,
e\ i.'r\ thii',_t>' nice .ind fresh for
Christmas at Buntinys.
.!. II .Mt I)(i.\.\l.l)S
I'lour and I'ecU and (irocery Store,
.\l.iin Slreit. I.isl,<\\el.
Third do,'r wisl ol I'.ist tUli,-, .
(^arson 5) PA(Kq9,
X'BJOr'LE'S C^^.BIi STORE
l.lSltUV 1,1.. o.\i.
THE BRICKER HARDWARE CO.,
linp,>rtiMs ,i| ll.ii,l«.ii-. I'.nis I'l.i^Ki. I',.rli.iiiil l.,nu'iil.
and \\ .11, T l.iiii,-. .111,1 .liaU'i- in Sl.uis. K'.iii^jis. I'liiinl'inn,
li.is I'ittini.'. Il,i| W.ili-r ,,11,1 Sle.ini lleatiiii;, .ils,, Window
HIiinls. lurtaiii I', .!.■». l.iiioUiinis. Oil t.l,,tli. I'.iiiits. Oiin.
I'iliw.ire. I..(iiip li,.,>,ls. It,. MSI o\\ i:i.. ii\ r
1 1
GREEN HOLLY.
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A NUTRITIOUS,
Rr".FRRSHIN(i and
INVI(iORATIN(i
BEVERAGE.
Cordial
For Sale Only by
WALSH BROS
Nos. i,{, 15 and 54 Ontario Street.
'PH0N1:S 2S AND 24.
GREEN HOLLY.
MISS M. PATTERSON,
Ontario Street,
For Stylish Millinery and Mantles.
S. K. HODGE,
Dispensing Clicniist,
Mitchell, - - Ontario.
Miss Annie Jones,
I.cadinL; Ciidicr,
Main Street, - Mitchell.
Liadies* Choice.
Sold j&vepywhepe.
Robert Moore,
Dealer in Shelf and Heavy llaiiiuaie.
Main Street, - LIS l« )\VKL, ( )N T.
J. |jv;ir}(58tof)e, Jr.,
nri.>,'K;i''i ;i'ui St.tiiiMiiT.
I Criur Main aiul Wall.iu- Slncls. LIS TOUK L. ONT.
Stratford Nurseries.
' n. DKMrsKV, - Proprietor.
Sfiul (or C'atalof^m's.
P. O. Hon 0;.
Ti'Iophoiif i.^y
THE WATCHSPRING CORSET
MANUFACTURED BY
With Slitliiiij; iiin
I)etii('lial)le
Waleh 8]iriii}fs.
Siiiii'iior til ^\'lull('b()lle,
lliifii, lieed, Cold or uiiy
iitluT conipoiiiid of
Mcxieaii (Wass.
AIho makorH ul' tlio No. ;i 1 1> Six iltisp stoel Filled Sotoeii t'orHi-t.
THE E. T. eORSET eO'Y.
ST. HYACINTHE, P. Q.
Montreal \Varehou..L> :
Glenora UuilJing, iHHd Notre- Dame Street.
Sold by all Kfllahlo ItoaltTH In (uiindu.
Toron'o Warehouse
No. 57 Ijay Street,
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GREEN HOLI.V.
Mortimer B. Davis, Maurice I". I )avi>., Ovila S. Perrault, David C. Patterson,
IVi'sidfiil, \'uf-IVi-siik'iil. Sccrctar\. TrtaAurcr.
Tobacco (Lompany of Canada
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TOBAGGO AND GIGAR&TTES.
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PERBY PUUfi
TOBACCQ
No otiur liiaiul ii.is o\er altaiiicd ^lu h an rnoniums s:ile in >n -licut a liiiu'.
Derby ('ij,fareues, (lloria ('ij,'aretti s. I'rim f ( i^Mretti>,
Athlete <.i>;arcttes, Sweet Caiidial Cigarcitcs, Sontiuin Strai^'ht Cut Cigarettes.
Old Chum Cut Smokinx Tobacco.
WALSH BR0S.,
W'li'il sale aj;eiits Wn Stiatfoid and Vicinity.
GREEN HOLLY
f\ BIG HOUSE
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••^ii Ddiii^' it liiy liiisiiicss in Men's Mini linN's' < 'lnlhinji- iniisl iioccssiuih- iiii*
ij':»: ciniy tlie iiewt-sl iiinl l)itijj;t'st stuck, as wrll iis lla; <,'refilest '■''^*'
\!U id V it till' lowest ])iiees.
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Mill s niid lioys' I'elt Hats, I'lir Caps, Tweeii anil otlitT fancy caps, etc. ''"^
Men's White and K<!{;alta Sliirts, I'lannel and I'lannclfite shirts — all i,..,^
i|iialities and sizes. :i1t},
Ciillars, ('lid's. Ties, traces, Sox. I laiulUeirliiffs. ancl Men's I'lirnisli- lii'v:
in«s f^enerally
Men s anil Unys' Ready to Wear ClolhiiiK. A choice assortment of
('l.)ths and Tweeds to make to measure. t
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THORNTON & DOUGLAS,
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STRATFORD.
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Stratford Mill Building Co.,
MaiuiUKturcrs of
Flour, Oatmeal and Cornmeal
MACHINERY.
Contraetors and
Furnishers.
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Tlw Li-dinq Millinery House
' of Listowp.i.
MISSES WATSON & GIBBS.
W. T. Cook,
Ail kiiuls o\ l'"i\'sii l'"ish in Season
j M\i;Ki;i iu'II,1):ni'.. SI u Aii'oKD.
Mowat & Johnson,
( o.\i, iiiui wool). •< Tit.vrroiti).
S|ie(ial Kates to ■ ' relephnncs .
(',. y. K. l'eo|p|e. > arils loo, ( )Hiec 51.
J. W. CALi:,
Wall Paper, Paper Hanging, Painting, ete.
I'>tliiiiile-. <■ l\ III. s Ira I lord.
SniTH, the Plumber,
IK.i.l.|ii.irl.i^ li.r
I'.ii K'.-^ ll\l•l•^ riiorc.iri k.wcI'.s
iiikI Itrilliiiiil sioves. sinitlofil.
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VV. PRHSTON, Proprietor. \\>;ii .imi K.iiin.iui .Min-.n i»«..,i pria-. "
j .1. H. u.viiorit.
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GREEN HOLLY.
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THE
Grant - Lottridge Brewing Co'y
LIXIITKD,
Brew^ers and Malatterst
Establislnil 1K4J. j^ ^^^
Iru-.>rp,-raliJ iH.,i. Kc-I.nil( i8.,,i. "^ ^
Hamilton, Ont.
India Pale Ales
BOTTLBD.
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BOTTLED.
Extra Stout
EXPORT LAGER IN BOTTLES.
FOR SALE ONLY BY
WAbSH BROS..
'PHONE 161.
ml i.i Oiit;irii< SlrL-tl, Slr.ilUird. Oiil.
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IC. l> Kii'li'. I'risiJi'nt. WiJimT llawkf. Niii-IVi's.
John ti. Ciihsiiti. Siv.-'rri'a>.
Speci>kltics ;
Lii^Mish ami liolii'iniaii llo|)iicii Ales
ami WX I'orter,
I'ilscner llxport Lajrcr, Impeiial Export
lager ill hnnvn seal bottles only.
^^^^^ Walsh Bros., ||geni8
Ontario Bi^eWing aijd IV[aIl!ing Go'ij
KL-e 73[rSID PORTER
IN WOOD OR BOTTLES.
W. J. THOMAS, Prisidcnl
TIIOS TAVLOK. Sec v and Trc-
..s. 31] King Street East, Toronto.
Walsh Bros., Agents. Phone i6i, Stratford, Ont.
GREEN HOI.I.Y,
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Is iiK()m|i;ii;il)ly tlii" first stove of the day. It
looks away ti|i as to si,!e and j^'cncial conlij^iir-
atioii ; lias an attractive nicUlcd s\vill^^ cover
and solid brass tirii, iirotected liv an automatic
magazine cover: full nickled ii|i|ii'r rctlcciiiii^
section, nuninted iii(Kjieiulcntlv and reniovahlc
at pleasure without (li~turl)iu^' a single holt :
large swell front, lii>;hly nickled l),i-e, door hood
and fool rails.
It is a Double Heater,
Base Burner and
Duplex Dumping Grate.
See thi^ .-lo\e and vnu will l)u\ im other. for
sale liy the vouiil; hustler,
F. J. Sylvester,
()ntari<)>st., Stratford.
flit You OoiiKj 10 Build ?
n -11, be sure and
eave vnur order uidi
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I"'r(,>iit Street, Straltord.
PACKERS,
ETC.,
Ladles, Biif Yoiif
fr
Mitchell and Stratford
t.1iir *lh'l> w ill a!\v,i\v tn- tiniiul sUvkiJ will)
.ill ilii- Imiu-i .Mi-.iis, Miih .-i-
1 tains, Broakfa.st ISacoii, Sweet
!;ii'lMi,'u.ui;'r' ''"'■ '""-■ Pi^k't't-l Pork, Saiisau-0, I. arc!,
iMv.ii \-.,nVi.. i^iis.';,!,, !).,> i',i.v> also L lioico Stock ol neer,
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r C'liMliin^'- .iiut I'urni.'luMif IIimi^i-.
Clri'.ll \;ili,i's in V.1\iTio.ilN ; Mm s' ami .Mi-n ■..
Kxira \'aliu' in Doiibk-.Uiv.isli J Snil-., Ii,,\s ,inil .\li-n>.'. ,. „ .. . r , r
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A. Macdonald I
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Tavistock's Departmental Store
We ari- Jlti'»-t inip»«ri,Ts kI I >r> (io* >*!*.. M.iiillis, rti.-.,
aiul arr nIiou tiii; .1 la-^liicnal'U' atul *\ill *.,IriUil "liuk.
Oi\r Tai!»M-in«^ I Kpattnu nl nitJs iu> i. i\initni-iulati.Mi.
W'rarr al> i- lo Miil tlu most tasriJiiui>. AM \\ ool I un ,1
Suits lu.'ul*' lo iTiiiT tr»'ni SH up. Om sli'i'k i>t liriUi-rii-'.
C'r»H kcr\ , IlarJwarr, Hmils aiul SIuhs arr i-t»inp!»lr,
DR. E. H. EIDT
Denti&t;,
Opp. Tosl Ollkw
F. KRUG.
A SPECIALTY.
TtK'plioMf ai trNi»Kiut
Old Stamps Wanted.
\.ook up \our oKl k'H^-rs iov okl C;in;uli;in
;iik1 Liiilt'd Stat' s stamps used .^cj to 50}cafs
ai^o ; tor man\- ot' tlu'in I pay 25c to $50 oach.
To Collectors of Stamps -I i an niiiT a pac Lit nt loo vaiiitiis nl' Inni^n -,iain|)>. froni all
parts nf the Ljliilic foi :o(., tliis ii;<luil(- >taiii|i~ from Diiimark. l-'irypt, japan, Ku^>ia, (. iiili,
Siatn. Iliillaiiil, An-tralia, t apriif (iond llopr. etc.
GEO. A. LOWE, Y) Adclai.lr M. i:aM. Innint.i.
' "' , Ordered Clothintf,
fills :
Press C'iO(.ids,
Maiiiks,
l"\irs,
MilliiK-r)-,
Gloves and
I Iosier\ ,
Carpets, etc.,
I louse
l'"urnisliini,>-s,
Stables,
Keady-.Made
Clot hint,'-,
I lats and Caps,
C'lents'
I'lnnishini^s,
Groceries.
W'f tlii;ir;nilfr Siitisr.tcllon,
\Vi- IVIi Compililum,
\\ I SoliLil ;i CitmiMrison
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GREEN IIOI.l.V.
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Of this .Section.
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<^,OMMERSIALhOTEb
Tavistock!,
I'itlfd tlirocinliinit in lluj most mculcTii style
uith spacidus Sami'lt! Kninis, lied Knnms and
I'arlcirs, and licalud llinaif^lKiiit « itil tlie latest
sNitcniiil Iml-air liirnaces,
WiiiGS, Liuiiors, Gioars
Only llic (lu'ifc^i I'lands
licpt in stipfli.
First-Class Commercial
Accommodation.
(iood slaMint; and allfnti\e hostlers,
H. CORBY
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AND IMPORTER,
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WARRE 6- CO.,
Oporto
COKTVIIDO
INl.iMislu'J it.;ii.
Fine Old Port Wine.
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BELLEVILLE, OITT.
Whiskies
Viclici's London Dry Old Ton) Gin,
T, Brown d Co.'s London and Glnsqoui Can Rheann and
Glcnhctuit Dumps Old Scotch Whiskpy.
For all Fine Liquors, Foreign and Doiiiestie, go to Walsh Bros.
'HHUN1«; nil.
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