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T TM.VT MADE THE RIFT A PIR.4TE. Lrrpfjvtion fif the strange and exciting J "â-  .-lie :!â- ;â- * '^^"•"^8 taking jjlkce on the deck r/n,"H:ft ooulu not fail to reach the ears of â-  r\' A"A t'f Captain Mocquet, although i"'!.iv. i: w;i-: not very intelligible to ttie ir,,-. the to.ies of the crew and from the ' artiricial voice in which Dolan spoke, rCl k'lt certain that some ciixumstances .•V:i I'lOt tliat -were ovX of the common 'i,- ami he made his way up the '•, t" it* covering, close to which he This ear in order that he might listen 'Tva.i: was pASsing. ..„Jil was a prisoner and in the hands of iviterate fee, so that he felt quite -irit 1 in learning all he coixld. He, more- .- :;lt a (le.L'ree of interest in the safety â-  Mill â- '•-â-  which he would have found, per- • ... lilUcuit to detine to himself. ;. ((uM not compreliend how it was that ,T.. \c!- he thought of ^Marie and the ten- .;;â- - ;i:t;ebs c;i.i"essc3 she had hestowed '-•111. tlie image of Urace would rise ,.. i:' hctweeii him and the young French '1. He looked upoji (irace as a sister and u to cherish a hope ir. his lieart that ,: 100, would love Marie and that pos- liv')iue rare and dear eomhiuation â- .;,"a-tar.ces, tliey might all reside hap- â- , "ether as a united family witli Cap- ""(â- â- jiiet. ,,M's iilciis ou sucli subjects .were ,...,â-  cruile and immature. 'I'r.i whatever might have beer, the char- Uicfthe day-dreams that .t tinies took l-M.ssinnof liis imagination in regard to .• and Marie, they were soon absorbed ;,,.â-  ]-rese:it danger that tlireatened him- •'• .11 1 Y'tif shf'ts from the Spray nad been watch- -.vitii painful anxiety by both Gerald and ..taiii Moojuet, and they liad been for ' [iine somewhat surprised that the Rift 1 \.-t firecl in return hut upon reflection, ;,.!--l with wnat he had heard passing 'vi-. ;endl now felt that he knew the „M..i wiiv. ,i[i. shot from tlie Rift at the king's ship :;vtrted the smuggler into a pirate and it 1 -ever forgiven, as the blackening r..-ts of so^ne ten or twelve pirates swing- ' ;i a u'ibliet by the Nore, even so late as ' v'v.rls2-2. su'tRciently testified. â- i will not fire the gun 1" said Gerald, ::, I'.astily descended to the cabin.^ • Wliat shall you go to do"" said Captain 'let • i'iiev v.ant me to fire on the Spray." upr.aii Moeijuet put on an inquiring look vMently di'-i not understand what riLld meant. â- (^loi"" • I'hev want inc to commit myself to them tluir evil life by firing at a king's ship, will not do it."' Ai' bah I r.o What ycm say I One .,.;l. one say of English. Vou shall ji: (le chevalâ€" the horse over the water Inia.le him drunk. Ah ' Bah "' •You mean, sir, our English saying, :.ut vou ma}' bring a horse to the water, :veu cannot make him drink."' .itui, certainemeut. It is t^aut le meme."' .: T\:is at this moment that the hatchway (â- IKued and a confused shouting of came upon the ears of Gerald, as ii lit dozen of the crew descended to him up. I'.ild held forcibly by the cabin table. Hilloa Hilloa there You are a nice â- ioi the old "un to crack," shouted Jack- :. •• (. onie up tumble up, will you, you .tcrirahiV We want you to do a little •I. feek, that "s all. Only to fire a gun i.-.-s ullâ€" ha ha That's all." It is false It is all false I"' cried Ger- •• Tl-.e letter is false. It is a cheat I ;in.t write to tlie port admiral." Xuw there '" said Dolan, who had come :»uy .lown the hatchw-ay, " now there. 'a hcLU- that, my men ' He confesses ill. iiot ooufess it, Dolan," saidGer- [^••anJI know you speak what is not k 1 iloviy it with all my heart, with.all- F-n-f!igtli- -I deny it As heaver, liears â-  I 'It-ny it "â-  I'lny'whut?"" Tr..u 1 wrote to the port admiral be- â- :'..' the Rift and its crew " tNViW. l.x.k you here, my men," 'cried '"Out of his own mouth we con^ baim. Has any of you told him that 've accused him of that? Who has [-word about the port admiral, or the f'i tilt Kit t. or the Rift '" ^â- y.Awy uf us," said Jackson. i-Vi yet, yoii see, he knows all about â-  ?o;ui of rage came from the crew. "se.«-ilit,""s;ud Gerald. "I listened â- dinner side of the hatch, and heard the latter was at the wheel but had he not been, there is no doubt that he would have kept this neutrality on the occasion. Indeed, there was a stern look upon the face of the old sailor of disapprobation of the whole affair and when his eye caught those of Ben Bowline, he gave a short nod and pointed to the wheel, which Ben under- stood to be an appeal to be relieved. " You, .Jack Gooding," cried Ben Bowline " take your spell at the wheel." "Ay, ay." " Who gives that order," shouted Captain Dolan, "while I am on the deck?" " I do " roared Ben Bowline, in as loud a kev or probably a little louder. "Oh, you do?" "I do. I thought I was captain of the watches, on tlie Rift. I thought I was first officer but I don"t want to be. I say I don't want to be. but while I am, I Avill do my duty. I'art of that duty is to change the watchesâ€" part of that duty is to give the proper men spell and spell about at the wheel, and I will do it. I did give the or- der. Ca])tain Dolan. And what then?" Tliis bold defiance seemed to search up the very life-blood of Dolan, and his face turned aliiiost livid with rage. He plunged his liand into the breast of his apparel to seek for the hidden weapons that he had there, and as he did so he glared round upon tlie crew to see what chances of sup- port he had, in case of coming to an open rupture witli Ben Bowline, or in case of as- sertini: his sumeme authority by taking his life. â- " ' He A\ould have been glad to do that. But there was a look about the crew of tlie Rift that warned Dolai^ how little real jwwer he had over a throng ef men banded together for the purpose that made them companions. Aiid he made a great effort and swallowed his chagrin. " My men," he said, " I know and you all know that we must liave discipline, and I, for one, think that when I am actually on deck all orders should come from me. So let Jack Gooding take his spell at the wheel. " This was a sort of compromise of the mat- ter, but still something more might have come out of the transaction if an incident had not .just then taken place which was of a much more absorbing character and which fully occupied all the thoughts of the crew of the Rift. The Spray liad got on a breeze that very much favored its capabilities in sailing, and as the Rift had not been making any extra- ordinary exertions to increase the distance between them, the Spray had succeeded in lessening the distance sufficiently to be able to iise her gims with more precision than before. There was a sharp report, a bright flash and a puff of white smoke, all mingled to- gether, and then a crash was heard on board the Rift and the cutter lost her way and swung round on the wind, J»er sails flapping and be.iring against her mast as though they would each moment flj^ into ribbons. " Look to the wheel, you lubber " shout- ed Ben Bc»line. " What do you mean by that Ah "' Ben's exclamation arose from his sudden understanding of what had happened. The shot from the Spray had hit the man who had so very short time before taken the helm and had dashed him from his post, leaving him a mangled corpse upon the deck, while the wheel swung round and broached to the cutter. At this sight the crew raised a shout of rage and one voice called out " The black flagâ€" the black flag Fight it out and sink the man slayers " Martin was at the wheel again and the cutter was brought up to the wind without injury, and then Captain Dolan, looking ghastly pale, said " You see, my men â€" you see I This is what has come of treachery I â€" this is what has come of a letter to the port admiral. Make sail She is overhauling us hand over hand. Make sail " ' ' Ay, ay, sir. ' " And you, spy and traitor, if ^you were ten times my son, you should fire on the king's ship 1" • " 1 will not '" said Gerald. " Lay the gun Point her, Ben Bowline â€" you should know how to do that. The port fire here â€" quick Y'ou will not fire the trnn V" .•'•â- â€¢ what a come-off 1' ^;M: that won't do. cried Dolan. Will it, my ocu barrel, ll'-j IT. 21.0 vUegetoe^ DO,"" was the cry. " Up with him '^•Ahim: Now, young gallow's-bird ,*^m you."' noLl, vrhat you call hard " shouted p'a Moeijuet. as he sprang forward and for the release of Gerald. " Hold I l- aot that you should go to hare him 1' r wless crew liked nothing better than P.'erference of the French captain, in- T ij w it gave one or t*-o of them an op- r'^y of dealing to poor Mocquet some r^« straightforward Anglo-Saxon blows â- â€¢lie region of the stomach and head r- ire always so utterly bewildering to F'-aman. |v,f° ^^°^'l'iet, in another moment, \iit ^^^ fitting in a remote corner of I '1. propped up against an angle of V "^sotting, and looking very rueful l^jH'je gasped out: I^^im" '^*s is what vou call him, |Slishbox." f force Gerald was borne on to tije *e Kift. N^ilt- ""^^ °^ *^® â„¢^* ^^' ^*** °°* i^i; ® P*^^ in this transaction -were ""6 and old Martin. To be snre. " I will not. "Ah, we will see to that " The confusi jn on the deck of the Rift was now very great. The whole of the crew seemed to be at once fully alive to the dan- ger of their situation, and while some of them eagerly bent a new and strange look- ing sail to the yard, the others kept a firm hold of Gerald and strained their eyes to look for the Spray, The evening had now fairly set in and a great ruck of dark clouds appeared to be not half a mile from the surface of the sea, and to confine between them and it a quant- ity of baifiing winds that seemed to be danc- ing in short, squally puffs in different di- rections, as if intent upon escape from the pressure. The presence of the Spray was soon very easily detected. The schooner had some optical apparatus on board by which a strong ray of light was sent far over the sea, falling like a spirit upon the agitated water. The crew of the Rift saw that strange, large circle of light slowly moving along and they felt certain thit in a few seconds it would fall upon the " Keep her away," cried Ben Bowline; but it was easier to give the order than to etecute it for althoigh the circle of Ught faat was upon the surface of the sea looked like a thing by itself, yet it was but the cul- mination «rf the ray from a lens and at any part of the ray that the Rift might be fonnd iponitandso bring it fairly and easily into view. ,, .. ,. « It was in vain, then, that Martin altered the cutter's oooise a point or *w^ » •»« ooked anxloosly at the smgnlar light. Another minute and it was within a eoap« of hundred yards of them, looking like a g'gantic arc of a circle, which must-emlHrace all objects within its radius. Then there was a loud cheer from over the sea. The light had fiUkn upon the Rift and the crew of the Spray knew where to direct their fire. " Crowd all our canvas " shouted Dolan. " Do we gain on her " " Ay, SU-â€" fast " "That will do. Ah, look out " He did look out himself, for at the flash of another gun from the Spray, he leaped from the gun on which he stood and crouch- ed behind the port bulwarks. The shot tore its way through some of the cordage of the Rift, and then Ben Bowline cried out " We must cripple that craft, or it is all up with the Rift " " Yes," shouted Dolan, " fire on it â€" ^fire I And as I am a living man Gerald shall do it I sarear it â€" I swear it I He shall fire the first shot that makes the Rift a pirate " CHAPTER XIII. THE BATTLE IX THE BAY^GEEALD's DANGER, It was quite clear that the Rift was, even under ordinary circumstances, by far the faster craft than the Spray, for the distance between the two vessels now increased with great rapidity. The only wonder to the officers of the Spray was that the Rift should allow her- self to be chased right in shore in the way she did. They did not expect a fight. But Dolan had special objects to carry out and in every ozie of his actions on that eventful night those special objects were remembered. W^hat they were in their en- tirety â€" and, we may add, in their villainy â€" will but too soon become painfully ap- parent. "Watching closely the Spray he was re- solved that the distance betAveen it and the Rift should not be so great as to prevent the conflict from taking place, ou which he re- lied for one of his purposes, which was thoroughly to commit Gerald to ill the pains and penalties of being one of the crew of the Rift and of firing on a king's ship. The ghastly body of the man who had been killed at the wheel was flung, without any ceremony, into the sCa and then Dolan cried out " My men, you know as well as I do what we are about to do, but it won't hurt us now, as we are about to bid a long good- bye to this coast and I, for one, would fain that tlie government schooner should have a taste of our real quality before she goes and before we go." " Ay, ay " shouted the crew. To be sure, there were some two or three among their number who looked with no small ampunt of apprehension upon the act of firing upon the schooner^ and who would much rather have been taken â€" if they ever were taken â€" simply as smugglers but their timidity was drowned in the general feroci- ty, and the very fear that put them into a minority on the occasion prevented them from asserting the good reasons thej' had for being so. "Very good, my men," added Dolan. "I see that we are all of one mind. Martin, ahoy ' "Ay, sir!" ' ' Can yoB get her out of this light that comes from I don't know where " "It comes from the Spray, sir " "Keep her clear of it if you can." " There's only one way." " Then take that way."" " You had better hear it, Captain Dolan, first. I have seen this sort of light before, and the only way to get out of it is to steer so close to the vessel carrying it that they can't depress, it low enough to reach you. Then it passes over you and you are all in the dark." There was a dead silence at these words, and Captain Dolan evidently shrank from such a mode of dispensing with the ray of light that fell upon the Rift from the optical apparatus on board the Spray. Martin spoke again " If that's done they can't see you a bit, for their own light so dazzles them you might get alongside of 'em and they do not know it, which jiist â€" you .see, Captain Do- lan, and you, shipmates â€" ^goes to show tliat there's two ways of looking at everything." It was Ben Bowline who then said " I'm for going in and giving them a shot or two " " And I â€" and I " cried several of the crew. Dolan's face grew paler still. " I don't know," he said, " what to say to it. But if yon really wish it â€" " " We do we do " Martin did not wait for orders, but alter- ing the course of the vessel he put her on a long tack away from the coast. The circle of light fell on the water and the Rift was clear of it on the moment. "Now, boy," said Dolan; "you shall fire the gun?" " Never never '" cried Gerald. "I deny all that you have said ^i^ainst me, and I will not fire the gun " ' Will not' is a bri •• word. We shall see Ah not yet clear'" " Oh, dear no " said Martin, as the circle of. light again fell on the vessel, after dodg- ing about the sea for a few moments in search of it. " We must steer in a good bit closer before we get under it " Again the cutter cleared the light for a few minutes and a gun fired from the Spray did no damage whatever to the Rift. " Clear the gun " said Dolan. All was ready. By the side of the long twelve-pounder a man stood. With a smould- ering port-fire and pole but, with his lips compressed, Gerald â€" held tightly by the arras by two of the crew â€" was dragged close to the little piece of ordnance. " I will notâ€" I will not " he said. " Dolan â€" you who I have called father; but wUl never call father again â€" ^I once more appeal to you. It will be no good. It is not my act you may say of me what you like, but I will not fire the gun. Release me, you men who know and feel that it can avail nothing to force any one to an act from which his mind revolts I will not fire the gun!" "Now, listen all," said Dolan. "You see me here and you see my boy â€" ^my own boy. "I am going to do two tiungs I am going to give yon all the greatest jwo:^ in the world of my jjood faith to you by mak- ing my son one *A yay and I am gmag to make him fire thegon as a pnnishment Ua the letter he wrote to tiie port admiralâ€"" " It is Mm " oried Gerald. ' Stop his month if he speaks again I say I am going to make him fire the gun at f^e Spray, so that if any nuafortune should happen to come over us â€" which the Fates forbid â€" birt if it should â€" ^youwill all be able to say that it was Gerald, the capiain's own son, who had fired the gun at the king's ship!" "Ay, ay!" I "That's what r want you all to feel and I understand, and now when I step aside make I him fire it " " You cannot make me " said Gerald. " We will tend to that," cried ne. "Here Bill, give me a hold of the port e " I " There you are " " Now, captain, you point the gun he will fire it " ' " No, no " said Gerald. The boy did not know exactly how he was ' to be made to commit the act, from which he shrank with horror and a determination to die rather than be compelled to do it but when that man seized him. by the arm and began to lash the port fire to it, he made all the struggle he could to be free. It was wonderful then to see how â€" al- though in the grasn of these powerful men I â€" Gerald, light and slender as he was, fought for freedom. " Hit the yotmg cub on the head," cried one. " No, no " said Dolan, " not for worlds. ' Only make him fire the gun. I will point it â€" ^nottoo close in, Martin." "All right." j The cutter had made two tacks and was ap- ' parently now standing out to sea, with the I schooner on its starboard bow. The people on board the Spray were evidently baflSed and hardly knew where to look for their slippery and agile antagonist. The light from the lens was shifted aboitt over the' sea, but the cutter was fairly within its area and so escaped the beam of light. The struggle on the deck of the Rift was great, for 4erald still fought with the sail- ors. Captain Dolan pointed the gun at the Spray, which was not difficult to see, mak- iug all the sail it could northward and sur- •rounded by the halo of the light with which it intended to fix the position of the Rift. 1"Now '" he" said. " Help I help Schooner, ahoy I" shout- ed Gerald. I "Gag him 1"' roared Captain Dolan. " Schooner, ahoy I Help " I A twisted handkerchief was on the in- stant thrust into his mouth, and tied behind his head. The port-fire was securely fasten- I ed to his right arm, and by main force that arm was defiressed toward the touch-hole of the gun. " Now for it " said Dolan. " Make him â€" make him fire it I Steady there no matter if it hit or not, he still will have fired the first gun. " Gerald felt his face dashed forward, al- most to touching the gun, but he still kept the port-fire from touching the priming with his utmost strength. The gag that was in his mouth prevented him now from crying out for help, and no doubt, in an- other moment, he would have been com- pelled to fire the gun, when, with a loud voice, Martin called out "A boat on the starboard bowl â€" an |l:med boat from the Spray on the starboard Ijow " "Boarders!" sang out Ben Bownline. " Repel boarders, my men, or you are all taken " These alarming sounds fell on the ears of the crew of the Rift like a trumpet call to battle. It was their liberties and perchance their lives that now were in the most immi- nent danger. Gerald, the gun, the letter to the port admiral â€" all were forgotten in the moment of intense anxiety to answer to the call of Ben Bowline. Hand-spikes, hatchets, cutlasses and every offensive weapon that could be laid hold of at the moment was seized upon and a rush was made to the starboard bulwarks. " Keepon,'Martin," said Ben Bowline. " Aye, aye I" " Cutter, ahoy " sang out a voice, as if from the water. " Cutter, ahoy Surren- der to his majesty's schooner Spray or we will blow you out of the water. " Captain Dolan said not a word, but held on to the cordage and shook in every limb, so that it devolved on Ben Bowline to make the reply, which was done in the response of: "Blow away " " Mind what you are about " said the voice from the boat. "We take you as smugglers â€" it may be worse. Resist and we sink you." ' " Sink away," said Ben. " Pull in, my men â€" board her Hurrah Make short work of her " The boat's crew raised a cheer and in a few seconds the boat was on the starboard quarter of the Rift. " Now I" said Ben Bowline. There was a crashing sound and he and Jackson and two more of the crew of the Rift let fall into the boat a heavy iron an- vil, which was as much as they could all do to lift and tilt over the side. The botton of the Spray's boat went all to piecos on the instant and the eight men that had been in it with Mr. Green were struggling in the water. ' 'Give way, Martin, " cried Ben. ' 'That's it," The slight shift of the helm of the cutter brought her more on the wind, and she swept over the spot on which the boat of Spray had been swamped. There was a wailing cry and then one voice cried, aloud " Cutter, ahoy Pick us up " Captain Dolan â€" ^who, when he found what had happened, at once recovered his condition â€" replied by a recommendation for the speaker to go to a place known in a sailor's vocabulary as Davy Jones's locker and then he sai^ out " Schooner, ahoy Schooner there on the starboard bow, ahoy " " Hilloa " was the response. "Is that you, Mr. Green " "No, it's Brown â€" another, that's alL Goodnight." Captain Dolan had mounted on the coll of the forecastle to hail the schooner, and at this moment a stunning report came in his ears, and, by the reel tiiat the cutter gave he was thrown from his position and rolled head over heels down the forecastle hatch. " That will do," said Ben, who had tak- en the opportunity himseljf of firing the twelve poonder â€" as,, by the movement of ' the two vessels, he saw that he oonki get a good shot at the Spray The shot hit her mast and bron^t down with a run a good portion of her upper gear and canvaf. " That's it " said Martin. " Now, on we goes agin, Ben." " Ay, ay, Bo-nso we do, and no great harm done " The Rift flew before the wind and the dis- tance between the two rapidly increased. ' "Off with you, boy " whispered Ben to Gerald. " Below with you The skipper won't ask for you yet awhile." I "Where is he?" J ' ' Broke his neck, I shouldn't wonder. " "Broke his neck? How? Where?" i " Why, I saw him go, anyhow, down the forecastle hatch just now So you be off while yon can I" "Ben!" Gerald laid both his hands on the broad breast of the smuggler and spoke with deep emotion. "Well, what is it?" "I did not write to the port admiral. I did not â€" by word, or act, or thought â€" ever betray the Rift.' I" That'll do. I never thought you did. "Thank you, Ben." "Go below at once and count on me and old Martin â€" for I will tell him what you I say and what I think and I rather take it, that is what he thinks, too." j Gerald pressed the handof Ben for a mo- ' ment and then at once dived down into the cabin. (to be coxtixced. Brave Bear Hunters. Thie is the season for bear stories, and the following, vouched for by a gentleman from tbe Gatineau, is correct in eveiy par- ticular A few days ago a party of Ottawa youths started up the Gatineau for the pur- pose of hunting. Unlike a great many others they had more of the sport than they wanted, and returned to Ottawa with enough to last them for some tinie to come. On reaching their hunting ground they repau' ed to the country store to purchase supplies. There they found a very excited Frenchman who was buying powder and ball, and who seemed in a great hurry to get away. The young men learned that the habitant, who lived only a few miles back, had been chased by a she bear and her two cubs. Here was a grand chance to distinguish themselves, • and they started off to help the Frenchman slay the bear. In due course the oat field was reached and the bear tracked into the neighboring bush. The party separated so as to outflank and if possible surround the enemy. Then the bear took it into her head to have a little sport too, and com- menced stalking one of the hunters. That young man wanted a bear in the worst way, but he did not want one that weighed I more than one hundred and fifty pounds, while the one that was coming down on him would tip the beam at four hundred. It was evidently not the bear he was looking for, and so he started off to climb a tree and thus obtain a better yiew of the surrounding country and perhaps a glimpse of the bear he wanted. Strange to say two others of the party took the same method I of finding their bears. At last the habitant shot the old bear, lea\dng the cubs to the other sportsmen. Enropean 'Armaments. Europe has been well described recently as " bending beneath the crushing weight of her armor. " Certainly, as we look from i one European nation to tl.e other, and ob- I serve the military arman.en:;s which each of ' them feels obliged to nai itain, we may well ba'ieve the burden to be one a most too diffi- i cult for the several nations. to support. I Each nation stands in jealous array^ armed to the teeth, in the expectation or fear of a conflict, in which it might have to be the aggressor on the one hand, or, on the other, to defend itself from assault. A recent article gave the figures of the German and French armies respectively, as they stand on a peace and on a war footing. It appears therefrom that it is possible for each of these powers, in case o£;war, to put an army of two and a half million of drilled soldiers into the field. The armies of the other great powers â€" Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Great Britain â€" are smaller, but, if not compared with those of Germany and France, they still appear, colossal. Russia supports near- ly eight hundred thousand soldiers in time of peace, and could put two million three hundred thousand into the field were hos* tilities to break out. Austria-Hungary has a peace armament of about three hundred thousand men, and a force of a little over a million for warlike purposes. Italy keeps only about one hun- dred and seventy thousand men with the colors, although what is known as the "per manent army" numbers more than seven hundred thousand. Great Britain provides for an army, ex- clusive of the forces employed in India, of one hundred and forty thousand officers and men. If, however. Great Britain were to be involved in war, her army could be swelled by the reserves, militia and volun- teers to a body of half a million of men. Thirteen Great Mistakes. To yield to immaterial trifles. To look for perfection in our own actions. To endeavor to mould all dispositions alike. To expect uniformity of opinion in this world. To measure the enjoyment of others by our own. To expect to be able to understand every- thing. To believe only what our finite minds can grasp. To look for judgment and experience in youth. Not to make allowances for the infirm- ities of others. To worry ourselves and others with what can not be remedied. To consider everything impossible that we can not perfMin. Not to alleviate all that needs alleviation as far as lies in our power. It is a great mistake to set up your own standiuxl of right and wrong and judge peo- ple accordingly. Make the best use of what yon have rather than make your life miserable by wishing for what you have not: Masonic lodges oompoeed exclusively of wooMB are said 1^ a late Paris pnblicatioii to be carried on bi France nnmeronsly, and with the completest of ceremonial. m m â- , i lift I \A LI â- li il M