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WALSH BROS., WboIfSftle ap 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. ^ 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 « 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. •iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'i ■■■■■■■■■■iiiiiiiiniiiiiiixii'i'^ GREEN HOLLY, '' Canadian Club'' Whisky -DISTILLED -AND -BOTTLED BY Hiram WalKer & sons WALKERVILLE, ONTARIO. Guaranteed absolutely pure, and therefore peculiarly adapted for medicinal use. *JUm»dtJt0»*. M 1- GREEN IIOI.T.Y. THE 7VTODERN iA£AY Of Showing and Selling — (iT'Ll-^i -.v.tirsL, . •. ■I't; '")"•''■ ■^Kx 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''>>i'i'','iu'iiviX,'%!i,, '>""'>>"ii'l,ilu,,;,„„,,^^ i ' "■ •■::^'.',^^ .., 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. I I 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 T ,11 ii. I.- 1 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» 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. i*- IT.' ' I J l i , f ' . ■ ' ^ " Ili' W* *^ J^IQ^ t i If H I ' \ } ft'' 'ii : ,^;^;*ii ^ ,.»jrfc.^.>? 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;<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. 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, 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)eHmrrc 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- 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 hin'«;f)pal palate. People were nrjlisfktrfi fti hh coming, and great weretJx- g<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. GRKKX IIOLLV 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- sitrctched 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 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, aiii. 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 Retill 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." GRKKN IIOI.I.N'. 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 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 ! " * * * * » 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 i (I ! 1 , i '. (i i 1 i ■ |l . ii , ; |;g !1 1 ' Ii 23 (•.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 Enili'(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- (■It \-\ I'l ■■T. ' I 'I '' )'l ) ( i 1 llilij i!; \^^ I (;kI':i:\ iioi.ia'. " 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 ■ havint(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 «), 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)' spcnuU\ 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,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 l ! I 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 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 inHBUUM«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' 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 slnd' ; 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 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 hald, she was w,d( 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 34 GRKl'.X IIOI.l.V. b\'C t(i l'",(l\\;iilace 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 planney ,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(.'