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as qua vuvn `suns! QUIIIJUII luuuu. LU. his agony of fear and dread, andfollow- ed the colonel `out in abiect meekness. At the very first hint of the bad tidings, the colonel had sent. out the order for the regiment `to-be in readiness, and hastily giving Le Mesurier instructions upon which to act during his absence," rode o' at the lead of a piquet, as hard as their horses could take them, for the Farquhars bungalow. ' I followed last } of them all. J wk : knees % seemed fairly to give way under him`. `I left. her in Jamsee s chin-rge, he atammered. `She wouldn't m9 With me; she wanted to put 5110. child : things together, and her jewelry, and- . T (I l'I'\_._IL ._L,_ `I I 0 IO .1 ` month or-more, but who" was to dream i-You would carry your scatter-brained `folly so far as this? Good God! it in } too horrible to think of. 1:1`. _LL '1 nu -`vans vvv wujggy guy Poor Jack -fairly `Bah aloud in In gamma .4` 9...... ..'.`..a .:.'.-...a _...1.:.n-_ 31;}; NORTHERN ADVANCE. 19!? 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(`1-ND'l`.Q UNRI VALLED FACILITIES DUNLUP ST.. BARHIE, ---or THE--- A full line of MORTGAGE. A full line at all_ prices. SALE OF LAND HOUSE LEASES. SNIPES, 31-0. i .1d1g Va: la!` 2 U IVU .1 down V\"v house of the .9. protector, by surprise Neville acid b the senti- 're if the pro- ld entertain; uh Apgustus ...... ._ mu u'y":"' q ? winn` ' e to me. e consulted be two ad- wife will; 9T been?-whd gain, 1 If .`%. W5` (1,. ILL uuslauu Us Uuv V: out Jack knew well enough that if he, i with only his handsome face and his ; modest six hundred 9. yeer to reooI_n- 4 mend him, were to god.to`..01d*Lordj. Saturn and _ask for" the hand of the Lady Marjory Starshine in marriage-4- Lady Marjory, _who was just 16` and` aleetined to become 9. court beautye-he would be declined` with thqnks _a_n `politely shown the exact position of the` door,while measures would be taken ezfectually to secure the lady from any further communication with him ; and, as he didn t see the good of such an 9.!`-` rangement-to himself, at leaet-he just persuaded Lady Marjory to run away with him. .11` 1 . .x I 1 I 1 r 1 1 _ __,_,--L "I don't think she needed very much persuasion, for Jack was an amazingly n handsome fellow and she was deperately : fond of him. Anyhow, run away they \ did, "and managed to get safely and legally tied up and made man and wife. u'I`L,. C1-:.._____ __-..- 1'.-._.-..... 1...; -D-u-y unuu ukl uuu unuuv `nun. uunnvu u now: "The Saturns were furious ; _ but since all the blusteringiand fuse in the world cannot undo what the marriage ceremony has accomplished, they con- tented themselves with blotting Lady Marjory`s name out of the family tree, A and blotting her once and forever out of the list of their acquaintances. - . -'R..+ 1 ...1.. 1ur....:-.._ .._.: 1....1'. .::.:..u cnoeruy . . All alone, s1r-V-cursing my fate aj . little that last month's sprain won't let? me think of the castle mere, outside {_-dges, and spread-eagles and the lil;e. l Any news 7" asked the colonel. "Sir John Farquhar is dead. _ -Dead`! Ah ! Poor Jack Farqu- .Via.z I A better fellow and braver` oi cer never drew breath, the colonel said sadly. So he s gone at last after one- and twenty vears of misery. Ab, poor Jack 2 I never like to think of him- .1-'}`.`-V61`! I remember when I joined he was the very life and spirit of the old Black Horse--fu1l of fun and play as a kitten four months old. or a monkey that has never felt cold weather. But a cruel blight fell on him in, 57 and Jack never. held up his head after. Poor Jack ." h ` And how, sir ? Urquhart inquired. "I'll tell , you, said the colonel." ack was just seven-and twenty when hejoined. He wasn't a baronet, `nor had be any hopes of ever being `one 7 then, but was just.Jack Farquhar, with . modest income of six hundred a year over and above his pay. Well, I hadn't been two months in the regi-y ment, and we were just of} to India then, when Jack fell in love-not only in love, but with the youngest and loveliest daughter of old Lord" Saturn, who was, just as his son "is afterhim, one oi the proudest and haughtiest men in England or out of it. .II...1_ 1-..`... I\u\t\I1nn`m `I3 But Lady Marjory and Jack didn't care, not a button. She `laughed when she heard her name . had been [blotted out of the family tree; and in a few weeks later she sailed for India. ;\IY . ` m3Ee?d. Maud "'u'-b5-bu ucuxuuu UL` HJSUULUU. _ Her absolute faith in Jack was won-. derful ; she believed him capable of -di`.`8 any mortal thing better than any gther _human being under the sun. rometxmes the fellows used to try to L011 yarns too wonderful to be surpass- and lmer great blue eyes would open {Yule wxth the surprised and inoredu Gus stare of a chlld who hearts of some lllsu-walla..- 0 . A - ~ ~ u A u u \Jl OLIU DUIIUU LUI Ll-L\lVlCio We went.` around the cape, but Lady Marjory and Jack Farquhar never seemed to find the voyage in the small <`-`gggree tedious br irksome. Q A- -l I . n u.` - 1- I ~ ----u-.. U: n cuuu W110 IIUIITB U1 HUIIIU marvellous fact for the first time, with never 9. doubt of its being up-trueas afigpel. _ But it was-always bhesame in Cameegldi When the wondefful yarn Self too a close, she always pulled her- that, gather and made answer: `Oh, 8 nothmg` to what Jack did;he `X3 1! bear or a tlger, or perhaps what ; lg}`a's_p, or biddina 011 went; --, "U *``e at last `gllgere W9 up Country to MuttI`9-Pre by and by settled down, and Pete had achild Jack and Lady 1V[_*'J_ry S__a pretw born to them. A_8l It wast like.11e1'. little thing as bab1es g")1o1; -of axen with big blue eyes and? 3 word , to uffon its head. Pn my - ` g-,j tning see that pretty YOWQ thing 8 N , ._-she about with her baby 10 her arms scarce] y more tha_n_ 9- b`;lb ll::::h of; calling one a attentlon t0 t 9 es, of it! its eyelashes and the claw} T ashtha`. W108 im98 0` Jk "1.` t 6V ' soul ` ....u av wan-mwuyu DB0-WW` " fhe` end 3 when the 7 came to close, her together that nothing did; he shot or tiger, perhaps then was a fabulous number of partrid- ges; - 863.` QUIULIUI '\JLlV\lI vs: vo- T All alone, Urquhart? "hv1:'e.1;1'arkei cheerily. An nlnnn nr__n|1v-nd mv Pol-A n narnuuuuvo ' There were one or two exceptions, ever ' _ , Efgwwas fying on his cot, readmg one of whyce Melville's novels, `and smok- ing the first lazy pipes of the fourteen hours of wearying and tedious work the orderly oicer for, `the which constitutes thetime known as ~ - duty - and before Unqunatt :,?i:], fnzzlrned a, leaf, the door opened and-the colonelentered the room. V .. A n ..I,...m TTu-nnhm-t '1 he rnmnv-km! 030h01'y Dunn` tn. mndoo Tr bellion- The Loving Wg wuu the Window for e: nugnnt It was on a brilliant January day I zuwards the close of the afternoon the Thomas Urquhart, captain of the Black Horse, pus re in the ante-room, and 3 down therein Gazette, which had just arriygd i He had the room to himself for th . - `meat seem d to i 6 entire 8 have V 9118 mad tinuousf Wharneclib. "` """* Ann nr hvn Yl!Ani'.innn rest afforded the inhabitant; of hed at big chair. up ,g,h '90 "iY H10 Naval and Military r the superb skating whio the Ooh v umuy uuvuw saw that the leased Maud. Pembroke. `by said; for - d dy to burst` ught watchful, IN 11 xyli April 29, 1886. H, we landed atlast, and went ntvu M T\:I ..LL_._..____ -__`L-__-_ _- INNOCENOI SKI BAD N0", WEAR. - r.es1l1 ma,-._.- F . % y ` ` Gad: `snauro:-iea use ootbal a11T``'e'JIJr{g whiu to bia__v9ry % pho reglizod lips, as it in that` mom9ut% for the rst time `fvihat tlre `daxiger me a angrily, 3,-`are `you - ma `3` >Y'ou-"v`o = ben aotmg. like _a. foolhardy idiot the 1880 urrleq, zuauuu 3 01; lines `I on know there's somethin fei `I-say, you lo, he pented, `do g up at htho her side of the town, in the native _n -.}-A in... am Wat!` nnt AA .1? Q _ A `T130, uuu L In IIUU 5r.uu5 vv vs ; ~ Well, a. week or two went over like this, and than May went out and June came in. Theaigne of the times crept nearer and nearer to us, and the thun- der cloudsv rolled up over us and hung ready to. burst. And then one night when we , _w_ere just nishing dinner 9. carriage dashed up `to ,the door, and J 9.ok"Fa.rqn_har,_ looking anxious" > and cal unu an: 5:: guy... 9.. ...... ..-. V And5vJack, poor chap? he was so proud of his little wife spluck, and the real bravery of her spirit that he never` used to check her in any way. `Oh, Max-jie don't know what fear is, he used to boast, when we told himiwhat a dangerous game they were playing, and how the mine ` might spring up under their feet or ours at any moment; `I don't think .l_oou1d frighten her if I tried, and Pin not going to try. "111 II _ _..-'.1_ _.. 5...- unaoib l\I1AIV`;bQ Lines 1' V , . V `-No, we all eriedu for; we h`_ad not expected it quite so soon. . T `Yes, my bearer came in and told me th'e_t the native troops had risen__ and inassacred their oioers-so he'd been told. He didn't quite believe it, but there was certainly a rising.` So I came along to let you know, sir, he added to thecolonel. _ - A -. 4-. v,...9A hatter brim: BUB I UUIM Du % here, please. ou. alked over to elf on ahitb against: 0 "I117: the gates, the -colonel'a of a mile away.,_--..... ..;.I haven't bmugi.e[n3;'Laaia*Jaig, all at once < turning jvfhi GUUUU. UV UIIV vv-v--. "`Quite right! your wife in, aa 1----.~--u-..-`I `A Q I` III Inn And every `night Jack andLady Marjory used to come to the band, and she would call out in her sweet, inju- dicious wsy, utterly regardless of all precautions or what listeners might be about, or the construction which might be put upon her wot-ds-`Ah! Here we are again, you see, all safe and sound, like a couple of bad shillings, not" to be got rid of. . You know` they- say naughtiis never in danger. -_ HA...) Tan`! nnnui nknn Ln was an - -- vvwo v - wu 2w-w- Poor little fool! We saiw he. riding each morning, and regularly each even ing she and Jack appeared at the band. Other entertainments there were none during those anxious days, thosebeing only kept going in order that the every day life of the English residents might appear to the native: to be going on in the every day manner. The ladies kept away from one another s houses . lest-they might be led, into talking the situation over and so express signs of fear which might be overheard by __ the everwatchful native servants. The subject was never mentioned in the messroom for the same reason, and when itwas absolutely necessary that it should be discussed` we used to go out into the great, bare, deserted square, and walk up and down there, knowing that we were safe from listen- GT8. - T I `III? vv--n.o`vuv: U-J ` So the other gave up the useless at- tempt. to frighten her~into seeking a place of safety. ' As she said` tome an hour. afterwards, `What could I do with such aflitt_le,V fool '3 Her superb faith in J aok-tou'ching and pathetic as it ie--simply blinds her to all sense of danger, even when the ' danger is so near that it may burst like a .thunder storm over our heads at any moment. no --- I:`u.|.."r..`..1 n 117.. ....... 1...... ..:.:|:..... -`Jfou had better be a fortnight too early than an hour two lat, Lady Mar- jory,_ the majox-'3 wife urged. H Ink T-..I. ......h. 1.4. ...... L- .. ...- Jvol, vnav A-aw vs :3 vv Q59 ugsyug `0.h,4Jacl: won't let me bea.mo- ment too late` ! cried the little woman`, condently. ' x CI. 1.1.. -n_-_. ..__- __.. .1- ._.-1___ -1 . `And you three miles from the British lines 7 asked the lady, incredu- lously, T (1:17-.- L_'_1 L-;;_;, 1 - , n ,. o 1 . . -"""`i-fvwe were in a. native regiment, she explained one evening when one of the other ladies remarked how brave and guy she was-'-`ifs we were in 9. native regiment I should givemyself up for lost at once ; but here in the midst of the Black Horse I feel as safe as if I were invthe Tower of London. Be2"EE:I6&1'.IJm"a'$'fJ EZZ1""bS" into the eroest ames. Nobody talked very much about it, but men looked at one another, and the faces of the women` grew white and anxious, though they kept very quiet and silent over it; Only little Lady. Marjory seemed to have no fear-none at all. e an 19 r 1 `ll goumg --..- a.-uuu `luv J`l\1uIlDl Ie l`h_e Farquhars was the farthest away, being two miles "at least frbm any house but the doctor's, and was, in fact, about `equidistant from the cavalry barracks arid the native lineg. .;e:;;:`t:'e: when the news bathe that the mutmy had really broken out at Meerut, that the trouble whi`ch_ heel 1...-.. -.__ ---I .1-_2,_ -. any with L nvnu Only two were at any distance, and these were the bungalows of the doc.- bor, -old Fitzgerald - you remember him-.-and the Farquham. ' Th 'll`.........L_..... --_ LL- l'_._AI_ -'_,A "So the months passed over and the newyear came in--the year of7 ,57, so` eventful in the annals of India, so long? to be remembered by the British .peo-. ple- There were signs of_ the coming storm even then, symptoms of dissatis-~ faction and discontent, mnrmnrings of fanatical A "At Muttrapore there was a big native garrison, but they were quarter- ed quite on the other side of the town to the Black Horse. Our barracks and bungalows all lay, on the highest `ground, most of the officers living pretty t close to "she barracks ut\_ I A A .e'co1one1. You d better bring in, said ' the colonel`--he . 12_.:._,_ A`. '.nn` his urn}: anu_nug_u ; - Ri`for}your d1df P&tl'oIwigoii-`if you wnntto=! 5 Pm ;g`olng*to sit Arightfhorgffill I get? eye! `on-the` man` -whg 'rpue-_:up ,, ni!!9*YV' ` jab "`on' `=:_a;i` { condm' g oizen"!-""2 H, -'Gi-air aioois i ' .nar.a.a;..; 1. "ii. `BC "0 111811 Uuulu up nuu uusu uuu nu uunuo Haven't I got a right to talk 1" de- manded the man in high dudgeon. When I have been swiudled, cheated, robbed and made a fool of must-I keep silence in this free land '3 What is the cause of your woe '1 I bought this plant of somebody here about ve years ago. They told me that it was 95 years old, and that it would bloom ` this spring I've fooled away enough time on the thing -to build a house_..' I ve. set up nights to nurse it, and,`I ve gone home by .;day to_keep it from freezing. _ ` Well, what's the matter '1" They lied to. me! ' I've had two botanists examine it, and they tell me the plant isn t 10 years old! Think of my fooling around for ninety years to see the inernal thing ower out E"- _ A But what can you do ? - 1 V I want ,to nd the hyena who put up the job on me. I ll make him eat the whole outt or break. his neck! u1\..;..9a ant nvnilvn Tuba. unt nlnni! WI1016 uuuuu UK uuuan sun noun a and go honie. Never! 1-! `Il!A.-J LL- `Ac. `u:no`;| :n 01:11 and HDon t get excited. Take your plgnt i31``1'aV`ZZ& the pot high in. the Sir and % dashed the life out of the poor plant, and then sat atitfy down on a bench, folded` ' arms andsai51: *- I . h1s..n2.;.~.'s. &..-ma A`A`!1*hn'aMW-`if vmm JUHFU DEV I Each one answered in the negative. Thenhe made such a row that a police- men came up and told him to hush. `l .`I'........ I- T an` in `fl 2, HA. it replied I inyg over her Look-a-here 1 he said to the owner of each ower-stand in succession, 'fdidn t you s`ell me this ere plant ve years ago 7" ' ' A Wank nnn nvnnnvnv-at` {Ii Ihhn nnantivn- I PUD, uuu MD was luau- I ` Troola g'roWa1. ; ' There was aman at the Central vege- table market yesterday with a_ small and sickly-looking century plant in a cheap` pot, and he was mad. uT_....l._.._I.m-A 1 Im amid tn the mamm- -See Gray 65 Gouge. 36 in. whue Cot- t0no . vvo _ Jack rushed to her and caught her in his arms, with a glad and triumph- ant cry-`oh, my darling ! my+ And than upon my soul, Urquhart, the colonel broke off, in ashaking voice, I can scarcely tell the story after all these years-and then there was silence for one dreadful instant ere, with an agonized shriek, he threw up his arms and fell down at her feet, apparently as dead as the poor little woman standin in the doorway. ' Dead ! cried Urquhart. `'Dead-yes ! With a cord tied tightly about her pretty, soft, childish throat, with her great blue eyes staring blankly before her, as, with the horror still stamped upon them, they had staredwhen she stood alone to look a grim. and ghastly death in the face- dead 1 yes, stone dead, with her" baby tied up in her arms, and herself tied there to watch for the husband as she ihad promised him she would do. It was the ghastliest sight I ever saw, to see that poor dead thing with the great clusters of white, sweet smelling roses nestling against her poor strangled throat. .- can-av `He jumped down, and ung the reins to one of the dtjagone-the colonel and I followed him. `They've bolted off to see the row, he explained, as we went along the drive ; `butlt will, be all , right, Marjiepromiaed she would look out for me-eh_e ll be at the drawing. room verandah. Ah ! there she is he cried. `Safe 1 safe my darling. l utr- ___..-_._ -_..'n._ .....-._.. -2 u.- __-_. r v nan-ow u --u :' v----- - ""`e sprang npftho steps 3f the ver-. 1andah: to where Lady Marjory` was standing just on the threshold of the door leading into the drawing room. She was wearing a owing gown, en- tirely white, and stood "holding the lin- tel of the door. In spite of Jack's horses having just come the three miles they had to traverse, he was the first to reach the house. 1 had gained the colonel s side by that time," but Jack was well on in front. As we rounded a turn in the road which brought us in sight of the bungalow; Jack turned rou ud-`It s all 'right--all is just lighted up as usual 5'. then added, in a lower voice, `but, sir, cured of carelessness in that respect for- ??E7 - -. t e - a I "zit all looked just as usual, as Jack 'said-tlj1ere were lights ' here` and there, open doors in one or two p l_a'ce`a`, dogs barking loudly and furiously as some- how doga always doobark when you ap- proach a house in India at night. u`l ....1-'.....1l...J ..... .4. LI... .....|...' .....1 e`"?sT1'&= e",;'J1iSa I;"Zi" EJ';. and shouted for La syce to comeand take his horse. `Where the devil are they 9,11? he burst out, irritably; `but nobody` ` . 1 came. a"""`-].5 <;n';tuet-and gabbling there, the colonel cried-'-he was in a furious rage and a horrible fright, for Lady Majory was one of his special favorites, and he had from ' the very beginning esti- mated the danger of the coming storm `at " something very near its proper value _; `let us be off at once, and pray the Lord we benot too late._ _' l'I1_'_,