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H., West Toronto RP'S AL5AIV iiC«s:.coi.DS iLWAÂ¥ TBAurs.:; CUItNWALL Ca, re t, Montreal. S leON BRACES. "jytrs. Send for r €0^ shers LL-KNOWN "ry r.l80 PEERI id Jlorse Puwew. ORONTa OWNEBS OIF UEEBXPOVAI 7eneer Xadii**! BSTMENT. 3ASILT i«,S^iefe SMFlliD4 A^-: LOVE AND VENOBMICV rH AFTER XXXVILâ€" Gebald Iakxs Lbavb of His Pbisou. r.rac ' was fully aware of the groimds on J flerald was committed, with Martin " ToaeDh, to prison, and well she knew ^i the man T^maa. Wright had been »u- nrned bv Dolan to give that false witnesa eainst Gerald which might prove his des- v^°!!-" until then had she trnly felt how lear Gerald was to her, and it was rather „ idea springing one of the exigency and fcrcitement of her mind than one sanctioned • her reason that induced her to determine CO to the cwerns to try and procure such ^timony in Gerald's favor as bhould have 'he etfecc of releasing him at once on the Tt'^was just before the occupation of that aviu" by Lieutenant Anderson and his %tv that Grace reached the narrow en- ranc" ^ii«5 t)isition of which she knew, but i-hiih's^lio litwl only onoe been through. Here ir \va=! that in the darkness she got tan 1 'led and torn with the bramblet; lUat l-oke° up the ravine and almost covered l-nith an impsnetrable barrier the narrow Icleft in the chalk, which, by a circuitous |pas3age, led to the sea cave. I One of the smugglers was on duty m thia Inarrow pissage and he challenged Grace so oon as he heard that some one was making la wav through the brambles. " It 13 1, " said Grace. "Do you not know ^-Vi^Vv XH. Mo« J-^^S^Ocm^ B^g^^,^ I me ' Ye3. Why, this ain't the right sort of way foi" yo"» miss, to come into the old place. You should always take a boat." " Yts, I know. Let me pass." "Oh, yc3 all right. Why, how flurried she docs look, to be sure. What's amiss now, I wonder " The man replaced the lighted lantern, with its face to the wall of the narrow pas- I sa^e and resumed his solitary watch. How Grace sped with the pirate crew, and with Dolan, we are already aware. And aow once more we shift the scene and take the reader to the prison in which Martin, Joseph I'-nd Gerald were confined until the morrow. j ^n The prison was one only used for persons " rri tr i-. ,.ho were committed for re'-examination and come on do. There be off "iBt me put I pny y» to k^t me outâ€" 1 will come back aguui Indeed t wilL" " That's cool," aaid tiie man, tm he alan- med the door ahot. " Stop I hold 1 Iâ€" what you vy. M«ia- ienr Gerald? Ah I have hun T "Whatâ€" what f »'ii "I shiJl take off my clothes and you shall pat on your clothes and my clothes shall be my clothes and your clothes shall be somebody else, and I shall go out as myself and yon shall stay away as yooraelf and make one escape I Ah 1" Through all this confusion Gerald guessed that Monsieur Mocqnet proposed a change of clothing, and that he, Gerald, should make his escape in hia, the French captain's- I apparel. Gendd caught the idea with de- i light. " Yesâ€" yes," he said, " we are both of a ' height. You are very good. Monsieur Moc- qnet. I thank you with all my heart. It will surely succeed â€" only I am so much darker than yon are. That is a pity." " Voila " taid Monsier Mocquet, as he at once lifted from his head a wig that be wore and which Gerald never looked at him suf- ficiently to detect. j "Capital " said Gerald 'that will do. ' Oh my poor Grace Why did you venture again into the power of that dreadful man? I must, and will, try to save you. Try â€" I try, do I say No â€" no. It is no trial I will save you, or perish with you " j The change of clothes with Captain Moc ' qet was very quickly effected, and the wig transferred, to the head of Gerald, together I with the rather eccentric cap that the i French captain wore over it. Then Gerald shook hands with Mocquet and thanked him twenty times and knocked loudly on the panel of the door. ' "Speak," he said, "Captain Mocquetâ€" when the man comes speak and say you wish to go." Gerald blew out the light just as the j ailer opened the door of the room. " Well, what now " "I shall walk himself out, "said Mocquet. " Ah, rubbish Walk himself out, in- deed Come along, do Nol son What a Nol son Ah, you^idiot Gome onâ€" the principles on which it was conducted were anything but strict. It was a small, dilapidated buildinpr, on the outskirts of the town, and was very inefficiently taken charge of. It was toward the dusk of the evenTng that a loud knocking at the door of this jiul aroused its keeper from a nap he was enjoying, after a glass of something and waterâ€" the something never having paid its duty to the excise, notwithstanding the majority of persons consigned to that little miserable prison were sent there for smug- j 2ling, or complicity in smuggling. 'â- â-  What now?" was the gruff and surly demand of the prison keeper at the little wicket. „ • i " You shall order me m," said a voice, which the man at once decided, in his own mind, belonged to a citizen of the grande nation, so thoroughly French was it in tone and manner. ' "Order you in? What do you mean 1, don't want to order you in." rv "One prisoner to see one order. Take him'" The outer gate was opened and the jailer pushed Gerald very unceremoniously out into the street. In another moment some one clasped him_ in their arms and the voice of Marie sounded in his ears, saying some- thing in French, in which he heard his own name. There was a little miserable street lamp close at hand, and Gerald turned his face toward it and then Marie knew him. She had mistaken him for her father, for whom she had been waiting. "Gerald! Gerald!" Gerald pointed to his clothes and the wig, and then to the prison. Marie understood him in a moment. "Bon bon " She slid her arm in that of Gerald and looked compassionately and gently up into his face. Then before they could either of them say another word, or move from the spot, a heavy hand was laid upon the shoulder of Gerald, and i voice said "What cheer, young sir? How's this? Ain't you in limbo? Why, Miss Clifford sent me here to this stone jug, with some- " Lord bless me they do, when plain English is so very eas What's that? Oh let's see an order what idiots these here thing of all sorts in the eating and drinking ,. ., line for you and your messmates, and here ^?'"S-- fl' ^.f^ ^^J^2^^^lZ^\I"l 1 1 find yo^ outside^with this Uttle pinnance j alongside of you." j " Ah I recollect you," said Gerald, " I saw you at the Admiral's. Y'ou are in hia service " "Rayther." " And ycur name " j "Call ir.e Jack. It's a good pursers I nam-i, that." I " Then, Jack, I am sure you will not be I tray me. The French captain, Mocquet, has I changed clothes with me so that I have es- 1 caped from prison, and as i hear that Miss ' Grace Morton has gone back to the caverns 1 in the cliff, which I suppose you know of by -, „u-., hngusti, ^^Vfo^nE net walk' i this time, I want to go and perish there with Lim our old fnend. Captain Mocquet, walk- ""' ' i „,. » :d lato the prison, with his usual courteous •^^f^y^^^S^ ^^^ the little pinnance NTFORO,W easy, to admitâ€" to admit Monseer no, Mounseer â€" Mounseer Mocquet to see Gerald â€" Gerald Nobody. Oh I recolleat now. It's the pirate-lad, that^s going to be hanged. Well mounseer, I see Mr. Tickley has signed the order. 'There, now he says 'we.' Why can't he say yes, like aChrii^tl-in Oh !come in, do.' With a look of disgust on his face, at the obaiiujA'y of people who will not speak English," the jailer opened the gat a ed buw. " Mille mercis, monsieur " " Oh be quiet now, do. Don't be going ou with French gibberish hereâ€" don't. Come this way." •â- Oui:" " There he goci with his ' we' again." Tile man led .the way into a room which â€"but that ic3 only f uraiture consisted of a pieco of plank, laid over two treasels, and a housecloth for a covering to itâ€" presentfcd none of the usual desagreniens of t prison. " Ah " cried Captain Mocquet, when he saw this room, " e'est drole I was took in here myself, when one vaisseau Francaise was took by one English fleet, commanded by Nolson " " By who " roared the jailer. " Well, I never ' He calls Nelson ' Nolson. ' Get out you idiot " Bang went the door of the room, and then (ierald, who was lying on the board on the tresaels, sprang up and was in a moment in the arms of Monsieur Mocquet. "Mon cher Gerald, you shall listen. As one proverb Anglaise shall say, a bad wind blow everybody to good. Bah Marie did go â€" for invitationâ€" at Grace. Mais, she one letterâ€" ilademoiselle Grace was leave one letter. He was open â€" mais, que voulez vous Bah " " What do you mean. Captain Mocquet? c iHeaven's sake, tell me â€" what of Grace " " Msurie was go to the admiral now to see Grace and all was confused. She bring away to me one billet. He is here â€" I bring him to yon. Bah " Captain Mocquet upon this produced a small, open note and by the light of a mis- erable candle that the jailor had left with them, he read the following words " If I do not return soon, seek for me at the cavern in the cliff. My errand there is, to try to save Gerald, who is innocent." " The cavern " cried Gerald. " Grace back to the cavern â€" my Grace Oh, God he will kill â€" ^madness, madness Oh ipy Grace â€" my poor Grace she is lost â€" lost I And I hereâ€" I not able to fly to her rescue Openâ€" open Let me outâ€" I will come back againâ€" let me out As there is a God in heaven, I will come back a^un I" Gerald hammered witbhis fists agaiaiitl: the door of the room and the jailer lOUflUy ' B^»%oisbi opened it and put in his head. ' " -â- '"*- "^^t'«the row, now? CJsa't you liiitl we Fienchman agree for five mivatM " ^^ here " "This is Captain Moiquet's daughter, Marie. She was waiting here for her father." "YTour sarvent, miss. Hark you, young- ster, I don't like a many folks, but I do like you. Lord bless you, I took to you so soon as I saw you make sail into the hall and your figure-head warms my heart to see it. Let's take this little pinnance to the admir- al's house. Miss Clifford will see to her, and then I'm with you, I'm under orders to hoist a signal-light on the flag-staff, then I'm with you. Come on, my hearty. We wUl show them yet what a man-o'-war's-man ca%do. My service to you, miss. This here's the way, and if so be as they hang your father, I'll be a father to you, miss, and if a British tar ain't a better prize than a Frenchman, I don't know what is so. Don't you be a open the scuttles of your pretty eyes, miss, and a crying. It will all come right." ,•â-  Marie looked at Jack and at Gerald, quite innocent of all that was said, but as Gerald gently led her along, she followed his im- pulse, and they aU reached the admirals house. Then Gerald pointed to the house and to Jack and placed Manes hand in Jack's, BO that she understood she was to go "And Marie shook Gerald by both hands and then pressed one of them for a moment to her heart and went into the admiral s house with Jack, who soon returned with a lan- tern and some cordage in his hands. "Now for ibâ€" yon come along _Mr. Lrer- ald, and as we go rU teU you alTthe plan of the afDur. Lord love you, the Pirates are goL to be cut out to-night. It will b« a bluelacket affair altogetha: Come on. Jack Ut the signal lantern and then he and Gerald went down to the beach, where the cotM«es were.. They ^^^» 7^ long "c^abulatiwi," .¥» '^^ *!?3:J^' and** h,id resolved ^Wi^» ^^fVL S whiBh, in i*8 rtsdtB, bwTi^ them both Sicktet df tie affray in thepi«fc» cavern. .H? â- ifcbiT'uid 1m M isiiwwy UMli* thflncanii^t Bat Im Iwi^aM-cMwe, or saw onse^'to'fllMify fliit It was tiiat modification tint was tiie nsl tiie cd6unon«ite ^^ lAslKikMiL" "«^ When the firstwand shot from Oel^my dashed into the aea caTO, the smugsleM fut that their aectot was .kn»wn a^ |hat ' woold be a fight for Hfe er fw them now. Had Dolan tot beenten attd there in tte caverns, they would at once have jumped to theconchisiaa that he had betrayed them to die Sj^y, hot thagr oould not in the face jrf las presence do so^jSnce tben he was* prey to the common danger. The Tells, shouts, cries and imnreeatiaiis that filled the cavern transcended anything that oould be imagined, uid the scene of confusion that ensued baffles all descriptive power. Some of the crew were for at once bring- ing the gnus of the cutter cm the opening in the cliff and so defending the place like a fort against the force, be it what it might that was without, while they had a shot left to hurl defiance with. Others sought at once safety in flight to- ward the small opening in the ravine, which they had a hope, although but a faint one, might be unguarded but from where they were soon repulsed by finding the whole ravine filled by Lieutenant Anderson's men A third party were for surrendering, but these were overruled by the other sections, and amid the panic the loud voice of Bow- line rose high " Life and death " he shouted. "You will all swing, my mates, if you are taken. Fight the Philistines " " Ay, ay Fight fight " was the respon- sive cry. "One good cheer, then, to let them see we are alive. Hurrah 1 hurrah " " Hurrah " arose with a wild and echo- ing cadence â€" the cheer of the ruffian crew within the cavern and then another round shot came from the Spray, dashing into the opening and tearing along the deck of the Rift. Shtieks and groans testified to its destruc- tive powers, and then Bowline cried out "Down with the sails. Down with the covering of the cavern They know it now and it is only in our way " He made a rush himself and the pulleys and cords creaked and the sails that blocked the crevice in the cHff were moved aside just as another bright flash and then a roar- ing sound proclaimed another gun from tlie Spray. "Down all!" The crew of the Rift flung themselves prostrate, and the missile flew harmlessly over them, striking the chalk at the further end of the cavern, from whence it fell into the water. Now give it them " cried Bowline. "One shot for the honor of the Rift." By dint of great personal exertion, he and some of the crew slewed round the guns of the Rift, and brought them to bare upon the bay. The Spray was pretty distinctly seen the by flash of her guns. " Fire ' cried Bowline and as he spoke, the Rift's guns opened a cannonade which at once created the affair into a battle. Then it was that with a wild rush dovra the slippery steps that lod from the upper cavern to the sea-^ave, came Dolan. Clasped in one arm he held Grace, and in the hand that was free he bore aloft a sword, the bright blade of which gleamed like a flame in the scintillating light of the torches in the vari- ous niches of the cavern. The Rift and the black flag forever " he shouted, in a voice hoarse with rage. " Who fires on the Rift Deathâ€" death to the Philistines â€" a boat â€" a boat here I will fight to the last. Ha I ha We shall see yet " He sprang into a boat, and a couple of the men in a few seconds placed him on board the Rift, and then Grace, in scream- ing accents, called for help. " Father â€" father Oh father, save me " "Lights!" roared Dolan. "Lightsâ€": Japan lights, here. Bengal lights. Quiek, two, three, more of them. We will see what we are about, my men. Ah! Well done that." Bang, came another shot from the Spray, and the mast of the cutter, which had been before hit, at once went by the board and fell trailing with all its hamper over the side of the Rift. '^The blue lights Quick with them, i will save you all yet." " Help, father, Gerald Save me He will kill me He has sworn it. Help oh! help!' " Fire " roared Bowline, and two more guns of the Rift sent forth their flaming voices to the night air. One of the shots hit the Nautilus, and tore a couple of her planks to pieces. The other flew past the schooner, and made the man at its wheel feel faint from its proximity to his head. Then, those of the crew of the Rift who had heard Dolan's words distinct- ly, and had faith in his powers of mischief, and of means to save them, brought the BengiJ lights he called for and more than four or five soon blazed from different jMtrts of the smuggling cutter. Bang Another shot from the Spray. Dolan's face was covered with blood, for a splinter from the eide of the Rift had torn past his cheek, and inflicted an ugly gash. The blue lights irradiated the whole cav- ern with their beantifnl flame, and amid a vapor that came from them, and which loMced like some softly tinted, purple cloud at sunset, Dolan rushed to the bows of the Rift imd there, as the smoke from the guns curled about him^ â€" ^there, as the blue lights placed lum in strong relief against the sidea of the cavern â€" there amid the shouts of the living, the screams and cries of the wound- ed, and the groans of the dying, he held up Grace. He held her up with both his arms. He held her up to tiie height tiiat those arms oonld go, sad bonne, and yelling with pain and rage, he shouted A figure-head for the old Riftâ€" a new fignre-head I Behold herâ€" Gtaoe Morton I ie, fire I Hit hbr in the eyes yoa lo^ luid scatter to tbe daa^ air of ^bmi cavena this Uoisd iad Iniiis of tiw j^yon seek whiffb she Ai* dsM, WBi« tod •^^^^ *^^^^L "^^2^ »: -zz.- w_ A» â-  I ^SjsSaai JMiAfiir rttSrSi. hands sad wm ot w hia faos, aadt amaar- JMitsaUin tha Uoed,4ha««uBe SDomthe ga«^ ha had leodvad lam tha t^iMm. Shaad^t. Aam ba^i jMpa aJu|a o^â€" so clasely waa aha dafinad aad reBevad by the new bHlUaat and^aantjfal lights in the cav- reriag cry, and the Nantilaa dashed 1, as if instinct wttt Ittb, to the on- to Sha anansweriaj forward, trance of the cavera. "X am hnsâ€" here to sav»--bere avenge Qod bless me now I" It- was the voioe of Captain Morton who was horrified and amaaed to find the daugh- ter whom he believed to baia safety at the house of Admiral Clifford there in that cavern, in the arins aad in the pow^ of the villain Dolan. " Fatherâ€" father 1" " I am here, Grace â€" my Grace. Mercy !*^' " Ha " laughed Dolan. " It is my turn now." There was one more flash from the twenty- four pound gun on board the Spray. They had not clearly seen, in consequence of the smoke that enveloped them, what was going on in the sea- cave. Captain Morton dashed himself bodily against the helm of his little yacht, and she swung into tha conne the shot, which tore through her slender sides, and left her almost a wreck, at the entrance of the sea-cftve. " Fire " shouted Dolanâ€"" fire 1" A couple more guns were fired from the Rift. They passed over the Nautilus and struck the Spray, on board of whish a drum was heard to beat to cease firing for Lien- tenant Green had just seen the critical situ- ation of the Nautilus. Then, as the smoke began to curl away. Captain Morton, in a loud voice â€" ^but one the tones of which sufficiently portrayed the agony of his soul â€" called out "Monster! Unheard-of villain.! give mo my daughter Fight, if you will but fight as man should fight, and not with the blood of children I Give me my child " "Ha^ba!" " What is it you ask Oh, speak Say what you will have, as the price of my heart's treasure, and it is yours Spare herâ€" spare her?" " You would have spared me " "Fatherâ€" father!" " I am here â€" I am here I come " "One step nearer toward Dolan, and I dash her to death upon the full head of the cutter. She is at my mercy " " Your mercy Have you mercy " " No but I will make terms Let me go free â€" free from the cavern and I will not harm a hair of her head. Let me go free, taking with me who I like and what I like!" " All â€" all," cried the crew, who surmised the fatal shots from the Spray. "Save all!" "And the Rift?" cried Bowline. "Find a hostage for yourselves " said Do- lan. A yell of rage arose from the crew, and Dolan saw his new danger for they advanc- ed along the deck of the Rift toward him with threatening gestures. He hastily cor- rected the damaging impression by calling out "Safety to all and to the Rift. Grant that and the girl is yours or, otherwise, she dies " " Father; he wUl kill me " "My childâ€" my Grace Oh, this is ter- rible! Allâ€" all I grant! Allâ€" all you ask " " The boats " cried several of the crew of the Rift. A couple of well-armed boats from the Spray now pulled up to the mouth of the cavern. In one was Mr. Green in command and in the other Mr. Royle. " Board her " cried Lieutenant Green â€" "board her at once, my men, and she is yours " " No, no " shouted Captain Morton. "No â€" spare me â€" spare my daughter " " Y'our daughter, sir Good God " They all saw the perilous position of Grace, and firmly and ligidly â€" feeling no fatigue in the wild excitement of his rage and fear â€" Dolan still held her up in the oow of the cutter. " I make my terms," he cried. ' Do you agree? Safety forme and mine â€" for me, for my crew and for the Rift, or death to the giri." "I dare not," said Lieutenant Green. " Hold, Dolan-.â€" for that, I suppose, is your name â€" if you have aiiy hope of mercy here or hereafter you will surrender that girl to her father here, who made no war against ^ou and is foreign to all these proceedings of ours. Be a man, if you be a Anugglcr- anda pirate." "Consent â€" consent to my terms or she dies!" " I consent â€" yon know I consent." " "V^illain " cried Captain, Morton ' now you dare not carry out your threat, coward looks out at your eyes, and you dread that I should tear your false heart from your breast, if you so much as injured a hair of my darling's head. Monstrous villain, have at you now. " The crippled Nautilus had drifted by the tide so far into the sea cave that it was com- paratively close to the bows of the Bif t, and then Captain Morton made from the deck of his own little vessel one terrific leap and half fell, half lit upon the bulwarks of the Rift. The pirates raised a wild cry and Captain Dolan, clasping one arm round the waist of Graooi sprang with her over the other side Of the lUft into the sea. There was a rush of pirates upon Captain Morton, and there waa a rush of the boats' crews from the Spray to board the Rift, and a terrific hand- to-Iumd conflict ensued. Captain Dolan swam with his right arm free, and Grace held firmly in his left. Amid the r^ar of the fight, tiie emdce firom the discharge of pistols, and in the dire ccm- fusion of those few minutes of strife, he reaefafd the steps that led to the inner 6ayerik» and made^jropd his footing on them. " I have her sn,^ he gasped " I have her stilL She wiU save me yet let th^ aU periA â€" ^I diail save nqpsalf yet aa pafee oihar aafatgr, or Ladll kill her. Ha icadMd die top ol^tha flight W stepsr ha tonad aaa aMaMait to look alitiha wfld belofir, aad hasaiasdA ojr of teioaiph. m E£M'»^i*»«!»^â- M%^. -Whafa ia tne #ilMrliBV uat yott waai wttasr f^ othef'JaUn^ ^Shila yoa ga,; If a a good (iii|W( Master Gavald, yw| hamr the way fiJt6'^hUkbooaeo{ %jM ^Uaplataaa. asyoaoallit.*' Tha«lBM hiraHk 'Bilia Jikthe oantre o thftfes^aad aad ha fell baokward hHdlong dawn the st^s into the sea. Tha cries Mid shants oeasad on board tha Rift aad tiie pbatea weia beaten. A few only, half stunned and Ueed^, yet lived neon the deck ol tiie cutter. ^^«n Captain Mwtni, with fraatio cries, called upon tha lieutenant to aid him in searching for Grace, and she heard the tonea vl that newly found and so newly lost f athet' and from the pro- tecting arms of Gerald she balled out " I am here, father â€" ^I am here, and safe. Gtorald has saved me I" There was an instant lei^ into ahoat, and once mor^ father and dai^^ter rushed to each other's urms. The men of the Spray, with torches, ran through th^feavems, and soon there was a loud Shouting, and they brought to the sea-cave what looked like the dead body of a woman but it was Mrs. Wagner, who still had some life in her. And so soon as she came into the sphere of the torch-lights, she called out, in a raving voice " The boyâ€" the boy "Where is the boy Gerald Where is Admiral CUfford I cannot die yet. Oh, where is he " " I am here," said the admiral, standing up in a boat. " What would you with me ?^ " Gerald is your long-lost scm The man Dolan was by you captured nearly twenty years ago, and on your testimony transport- ed. He came back, and turned what he u, and stole your infant boy. His object has been to make him a pirate, and for you to judge him to death. You will find the chfld's clothes in the cavern. Help me Oh Heaven I am dying I Pardon â€" ^pardon ' even The he guilty spirit fled and then, with a cry of such heart joy as he never in this world expected to hear uttered. Admiral Clifford embraced. Gerald, his long-lost, much-monmed boy. Our tale is ended. Before leaving the cavern in the cliff the admiral and Captain Morton, with tears of joy, placed the hands of their children one in the other. The few pirates who survived were sent to the pecal settlement. Captain Mocqnet and Marie went to France with the best wishes of their friends. Martin and Jones were liberated on Gerald's evidence in their favor. Captain Morton took into his own yacht the boy Charles whom he had en- countered on the beach and made a man of him. In two years from these events a still very youthful pair were mated at the Church of the Holy Trinity at Falmouth, before a large assemblage of British and American officers, and then set sail for New York. The names of the bride and bridegroom were Grace Morton and Gerald Clifford Were they not happy, and did they not, in many a year after, reveal to each other and to their children the story of " The Rift and the Spray " [the end.] The "Elephant in the Moon." In the early days of the telescope many absurd mistakes were made in the use of the new instrument, and many "discoveries" annonnced which have not been confirmed by the studies of astonomers who have lived since. In tbe sixteenth century, an English ob- server. Sir Peter Neal, who possess^ a tele- scope and Was very conceited about it, ^ve out that he had discovered "an elepliant in the moon." The discovery made quite a sensation, and Sir Peter had the satisfaction of hearing his elephant in the moon talked about on every side. One day, a gentleman who had some knowledge of the use of telecopes, and was incredulous about the elephant, -obtained the favor of looking through Sir Peter's tele- scope, and seized the opportunity to search the instrument. Presently he came to Sir Peter, holding a fly between his finger and thumb. " Well, what is it " said Sir Peter. " Nothing, sir, but your " elephant in the moon " The fly had crept into the telescope in such a way as to suggest an elephant to the amateur astronomer, who kept his inslrn- ment trained on the moon. The incident soon became as widely known as the discov- ' ery, and the " elephant in the moon" became a by -word, signifying the same as a " mare's nest." Samuel Butler wrote a poem on the subject. The term "a mare's nest," by the way, probably has no other history than is con- tained in a story current among the country people throughout the United States. In the days when negro slaves were first imported into America, a young slave, who had in his short residence here never seen pumpkin, but had picked up something of the language of the country ,fhappneed to see a m^re lying down in the edge of a fiUd by the side of a little heap of ripe yellow pump- kins. It occurred to him that the pumpkins must be eggs that the animal had laid. He leoked in amazement for a moment, and then ran to his master as fast as his lega could carry him. " Comee quick " he exclaimed " me find mare's nest â€" comee quick " ' The story of the comical " find" spread rapidly enough, and since that time any dis- covery which some person regards as very strange or important, but which other peo- ple are disposed to make light of, has been called a " mare's nest." 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