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SECOND-RAND Joana -: lland Duh L-qsuu-sun; A. NIMUONDJ. `. ............ ...._. , nun: It lull Ill] lIlC~ 1` Both Sir Ila-my uni (`npuin Good looked ` very dllnmnoilitcd. "Ir. Quntormuin," MM the format. I I am well oil, and um hem upon this business. You may pm the rvmum-ntion {or your Il'l'V50!l It xslnalovrr lizurv you like In reo- , non. run! it shall ho paid over to you baton r we start. Moreover. I will. before we start. `I un|n:o`:.hnt In :ho ovent:u;! anything pa-n n us or o you. wur son be suitably prmidc-(I for. You will not from Also. I! by uny chance we should reach this J . )* this how nee:-nryl think your pnnum. : plum. and and diamonds. they mu belong ' j Io )-ou and Hood equally. ldonoc wunt `phat. Butofmunaihechunoo In :1 good I! nothlnc. thouh the am thing would I upplylounyivorywomlght pt. You my :91! wail nukoyourownutuu with no. r. launch; and oi count luhulpy I II unwise: Hip Mama. N ..u I ans. 1. an. ...... n. . . `.._,.--:--a 4., will you solar will . had cold -5.. low Ian at Wan Cough Syrup will an nlnhlo lot all throat and lung (hnundvut IL Rnolldn III AI_l___,L- l i 7--- -`-T-7: "I had I Inc I duo. Wu `ouurclyon bywohoulnn at-came-I um... n.s-a..a|.n..a.......|.u..l ` '7v"u'; goo-I." nnowond an mm. and than I aid [nod-night and tumodlmund dnuuul aboutpou longdud Bllvuun and Ibodlnuoo. g _ ,. "`r";:e':ry." until. "thhlalhonou lllr Cnlolhrl not Ind. and on noun! nonnnlubynpmrhunhundlndct. But (M1001: than Nam I on-rmuoscrout and I and take mm to think Item. I `willnvlyoumyuucwot homer in get to ` In!` Just ull'lI. 1 "No, thank you. SI! llelnm I think I bud nunernot." l|n.l\\Pt'HL I lm tnoold for wild-goose (`hum of that nnrt. and we Ihould only end up like my pout mend Silventro. I have a non drpnncle-nt on me. so cannot at- ford In run: my me." Hnlh Rh llnnru nml l`-..o-|.. t`.....4 |..._s.- I ulu I um luIll'll Ilnllil-1" ".\lr. Qzum-rnmIn, sald Sir Henry. "I am znlng to luck for nu brother; I um gnlnx to tram him to Su1uu;un`u Mnunt.-Ins. and over them If nect-war). nu I tind him, or till! know he is dad. will you come with me. Inn. us] think I have said. a cautious mnn, lnl-ed n rvml)` one, and l uhnmk {mun such an Idea. It .~u-vino.-41 In me that to sun on such a journey mmlal be to go tn certain death. and putting other things Isld. Is I hm 3 son in support. [could not afford to die just then. --\I.. n....|. .... .. ul- II...__ I ALl_|. I L4) \ l 3 uv:-any uul Ul Ilxlll. "Jim took the ma: und went. and that In all I know about your brother. Sir Henry: but I am mm-h afmhl--" `|\l:- l|`...o...._...1.. H .,u a Au. -1 , , nl ~~ '15` `60 WAR!` THE` -T 6 /reapestcfestfurnlture Ixnt `In I Iva-1.\\~n `Now. Jim.` I said, `when you give lhll to your numer. tell him he had better follow the mlvice implicitly. You are not to [Ive It 1 to hlm now. because I don't want him back ` uklnx me questions whlvh 1 won`: answer. Now. be ofl. ynu Idle fvllnw, the wlgon In nearly out of sight. I "Jlm tank on. ....o- -nA~ _.....o -...I on.-. A- II III lIlllIl\l 3. ```()ln!' said I; `wultn bit. Jim; will you take a note to your masher. J lm. and prom- ise not mglve It to him till you reach layu- tl`." (which was some lnulndml miles 01!). 'Yos,' said he.` `So I look n wmp of paper. and wrote on it. `Let him wlmounwa cllmb the snow ol Slu-bu`.-A In-ft bu-'.l.~L till he mines to the n|p- ple, nu the nurlh side of which is Solomon`! great l 1II|L' u tL'..... Ix... ' I .._|A n...n_.._ _.-.. _x_- 43.1- WU alulu Ilrvrl ruull` UIICIK lllll. `Is your master really goimz to Sullmmfs Berg, Jim, or are you lying? `No, says he; `he is going. He told me he was bound u make his fortune some- how, or try to; so he might as well try the diamonds. lttlll. V a-n&.I I. A..._IA _ Lib lX.... ...ul ..-.. lIUWo Your master will feed the aasvogels I (vultures), Jim, if he tries to reach Sull- man`s country, amlsoyou will if they can get any picking o your worthless old car- case,` said I. , U0 grinned: `Haylmp, Baas. Man must 5 die; l`d mthe-r like to try a new country inyself; the vlnphnnts are getting worked out about iwre.` Ah! my boy.` lsaid. `you wait till the palenlclm;1n" (cl:-nth) guts a grip 0! your yellow throat. and then we'll hear what sort of a une you sing. "l :11! an hour after that I saw Nevllle'a \\'au;on mnw ulf. Presentlv Jim came run- ning back. (lnoti-b_\'t`, llama, he said, `I didn't him to start without bidding you good-b_\`o. for I dare say you are right, and we shall mm-r c-mine back again.` `Ia rnnr Innulnr rnnllv aninrv tn Hulinnnuu " `I have heard a foolish story. Jim. `It is no story. Baas. I once knew 3 W0- man who came from there, and got to Natal with her child, she told me-she is dead ` I\!\IIl LIIK7 K` lllla ` " `Baas. have you ever heard of Suliman I Berg? (Solomon's Mountains). `Ay! ` "`llave you ever heard of the diamonds Lhere'. ucl |....... 5...-..` .. IA-.\ll..l. _a.___- n__ y b Ul|l' uuu lll'~ gl lllllQ.`(l. 1 did not ask any more questions, for I did not like in lower mv dignity by seeming curious, but I was ]liiZ7.'iE(L Presently Jim nished cutting his tobacco. `Bans, said he. I took nn nmice. `Baas, said he again. `Eh. boy, what is it! said 1. " `Bans. we are going` aft: diamonds. " `Diamonds! why, then, you are going in the wrong direction; you should head for the Fields. Al)-.. Ln...` ...... 4...... 1...-..) -: u__n.._-_I_ CU Ull IIIU lIlB$l`IU(KJlI. ! `Jim. said I. `where are you 011' to this ` trip`! Is it elephzmts? __ J `No, B.'t1is',*"h6 zumvm-d, `we are after something worth more than ivory. } " `And what might that hot" I said. for 1 was curious. `Is it gold? "`No, Baas. somcuung worth more than gold, and he grinned. I (Nd nnl malt nnv vnnrn nnnalinnn far I CUIIIU UUIIUVC Ila." - You shall see the original map and writ in when we reach Durban, I said, some- what moiiitled. for really when lcameto consider the matter it was scarcely wonder- ful that he should doubt my good faith. But 1 have not told you about your brother. I knew the man Jinn who was with him. He was a Bechuana by birth, a good hunter, and for a native 9. ve_ry_;-lever n1an_._ _ [I_`_i_re mmf: Itfr. N'e\'Illg'3=s`?is `stifr 'g'I?s?\v7v ` Jim standing by my wagon and cutting up tobac- co on the tlisseiboon. uclhn Y m.i.I I c...|....... .._.. ...... ..n- 4.. ALL. um Imuwr, mm 1 F086 [0 go. Slr llenry laid his large hnnd upon my \ shoulder Sit down. Mr. Quawrmtisn, he said; I beg your pardon; '1 see very well you do not wish to deceive us, but the story r sounded so extraordinary that I hardly could believe It. I-Vm. n|...Il ...... an... ....x..:.. _I .....- ......I _.._lL Sydcubano St, " Tcloplnno oouuuluuou. Au. IUWIIUII7 ll! Itl|I\U ll KIVCIIIIIIII Ill. v - It you think that, Sir Henry. I said, much put out, and pocketing my paper. for 1 do not like to be'l.l1uught one of those silly i fellows who consider it witty to tell lies. and `who are forever bozuting to new-comers of I extraonllnqry hunting ndventums which nevervinippelied, why. thgre is an and of the matter, and I rose to go. Sir Hmnr laid his Innrn lmml unnn mv I aownme tb take at greennorn In." If rnn lhlnlr Hm} Qir llnnl -fNI00OhIdJ O@IQOfIIUIIOOXIIOI'lOUIlu IIAVINO JIWIL Gd onoon (MIC. II Pinch Ind [$880. ll Plll OUT AND FANCY $l'fL-. & A T iT'K1 VUI Qll f.\II jllljyj A. - ...-..... ..-o. mag.- "n'...'i'H.':a'n.'v':-"ha-an *.::%m aE""1`:`.~""' M ":::..~:..*.::.'::r.:.*: ':.:. W THE BEST AND CHIAPIST ROUTI was KI l'ourhI'o.`l'u-no than annual. qu"`.I'.?..a all when ouhnd a `TI? I1 Olcl AIIIYOU WIILYAII tll A '3.-._.f..'.",-.:*.:.-..'.*.-:.-..*m:-..':-...-.:.:.-' " :u":.I' Nwglohvoyuulsd pain 1 Iluj. 51 `bun WADI. In-n ll AHIVCTWIDID K "i&"` "ti `In. nztlhws lclun: ips. lulu wlllnn human 91. _ .._a... j Montreal Winter Carnival`. THE ammo mi/N/r RAILWAY CANADA PAC /Q0 RA/LROADS . Iupnn Tr-um Not. I and I ru: olodod. No. Idea not run on lanky. H` 7T. A `TT [ .52. .5. xv T - ; \J on Ft-ZIL Trmtrrnnnd inc. All Tk-Iota good ' to return up to tho lh Fobruurr. I`:-uengrcrn will have the prh-I age of VH3: Ottawa on their return trl wtthout utn . Pnuongcr Tran: Icon t a new t.`tty Pann- nr Depot. foot Johnson Street, as follows :- OOINO IADP uumn inf, 1 Special Excursion Tick's A IT1 (VIA 4 Return rickets} 6 'i"dn"ma1 Carnival Pumllun made. rr rod and polhhctl. lul- lroba renovated. `lndow and Mantel M1- luru lled. flhrnnln 1-Innnnd Auul In (I4-uul \\`..-L .0 [A110 Slroels. GRAND TRUNK CITY l'ASS'(H-IR STATION. any n no gun. I you aw:-:5 Bonding for your M:-an we can urn you I prepaid c lulu lo brin them from Enxlang. lYance. Germany. aw en. Norway. no Ran-aofpunu-e than as low as by any oth Inc. For Tickets And every information Input} to ;-uuung- ..-_ -- .---_.-- World '3 Ticket Agent. (`oruer John-on And On- tuio Slroeln. GRAND TRl'\7K (`l'l'\' l'A\`.Q'nl-`,3? Qrnnnn 1:10 p.m. I The last trnln connet-thy with the Man Steamers at Halifax loaves unuon on Thun- } day nt I240 lflf you are uondlnt rout mom; in an nut-rare. The Smamnhipa ol the Allan Lino come direct tolhe whnrven of the lnmroolonhl and (land Train! Railway: at Igllftxrdglild atbl`ortlAn`.li an 1-: are our; u'ain|p`t`mn:IftnsI and the Weut:; y `poo The hut train connecting at rthnd with the Mall Steamers. ailing from that port on nnonrndny. leaves Kingston on Wodneodny at -TI;ml`n.nt lrnln mnna-tin: with than Mgn OOLVO IA ? UUIIO WCT. .\'o. I .15! no pm. No. I at High, No.3 .3: HI)-\.m. No.4 .1 man... Mixed . nttI5n.m. o.l at 6:663.-` | Ind. st I-Mun. llxod M 0:10 pm. l.'xpn-`fnlnn Nonlnd I run Sundays In- alodod. " .2 5mF:m".'sm". Lmlllu nun. w. and In (huh. * ULASUL to Boston. h VA-P RA ! ES OF PASSAGE :-l"rom Porthnd or from Halifax to Live 1 and Londondorry. (`nbln-$50. $5 75. elum- 1(1), 812.5, 8150. lntermedln . Re-tnru-Q$. Qt:-nl-nun nlumd AI IIA lures nuaa. Hfnrpeu cloanul And laid. Good Work At. Low Prion. But of city references. 1&1`: \I.n- A...._-- A ...._....... Polynesfa-nb I Ch-caaslan . n I Iuunnn. Peruvian. . . .`-Xardinhm. . . Polynesian. Clrcaaslan. . ` Peruvian. . . ` Pgrlnlnn KINGSTON & Pnnnn'oIu'I" fun: - snunmw - an - nssm, AVERAGE TIME 8 DAYS. IUII. VERNON H. BROWN & C0., Or toJ. P. Gilderaleeve. Agent, 42Chr~ ence Street. ALLAN LINE Royal Mail Steamships. WINTER ARRANGEMENT. Bills of Ladinggivcn for Belfast, Glenn W, Havre, Antwe and other points on t e Continent and Er Mediterranean nn-tn u unuu nun Auvuunzlluuvuu ........... .. For freight and passage apply at Com- Qanra Oioe, No. 4, Bowling Green, New 'or . \7L`Dl1I\\Y ll DI1l\IlY\Y L l`If\ c*oirii1"iXa aooosu `A-AA__ _ng--._- ggggg ggpuggqn-u lnu.-rmea1nw--$m. el|ll'u-lIIl. Stcerake laced at 15. GLASGO ANDB STON Ll`.\'E.-Ghqow tooaton. lnlermodlat&-825. Children under CT I Nov. I. (Du I-`EB. rru. Inn. 6'ru unl mm. M. 4___- 1.1018993 I78 UH ITVIH lJ0(lU'I'l and VWQCDH` town and all other parts of Europe at low- est rates. (,`nbin-$60, $80 and$l00, accordingto ac- commodation. Intermediate passage-$35. Steerage at Very Low Ratea. beverage Tiekets to and from London and Queens town and II." nther nnrfn nf Rm-nnn at low. SCYTHIA. . ETRURIA. . GALLIA. . . . AURANIA. UMBRIA. . . SERVIA. . . . ETRURIA . . AURANIA. FROM PIER_1;'O. 4o, N.R.. NEW YORK. FAST EXPRESSMML SERVICE .1. v uvvu u I In! -uCIIq]. 'I`- EEKANLEY- %Nw yon/r AND L__/TVE/fr/>0uL. 5 !/A/A/?0 U/VE. .Asuuw AND Ub"l'UN 1.INl1;-uunow maton. lntermedhte-825. Childrenundor our. 89.50: over one and under twelve. are. RATES OFTEASSAGE : Ill! DIIII ll) nun puny] attuned to. CM!!! ` mad. I I and . c:.."'.:.':1':.:..'-'....:'... "-*-' | (CALLING AT CORK HARBOR.) -- rr-v rzz;uA'.TJ}zfI.{vLs 1'. DATE 0F-sAIL1NG : nU- uunnm ` Feb. l0th ` Feb. 34th H Mar. 3:-d Mar. 10th . .Mar. lth ..Apl. 7th.` . Apl. 21st .May 5th. 'rRAvELING. (LIMITED) |' 3711 '. 10th. '. lth. . 7th.._ . at .. 7 5th unsung; .l0th.. .%4lh.. ..Suturday, Feb. 19th .Saturday, Feb. 26th `.Sa.turdny, Mch. 5th . .Saturday,Mch. 12th .Sa.turdny, Mch. 19th ..Saturday,Mch. 26th ..Saturday, Apy. 2nd . . .So.tur(lay, Apl. 9th . Mal`. DUI .Apl. 901 An]. Brd nus: urrrt lulu I lulurl .Ill\ll`J`I, N6": 58 BROOK s'r-, Third Door Above Kllm Slruet. n-.:- u-mar H .l"eb. 12th ` Fob. Blh Mar. 5th . MM . 5!]! .Mar. 12th Mar Qlh 3'9???` W/{iii V& A NADEIEOHN, .:3+_... z;~.: :;:;;;.e.-, ADINT An (.:hu :5 the Cheapest. Delivered at my part. 0 the town. Aug. 9. hi i % '157nfiionss"' " snucn-r. Nnr A W. M. Drennan'sTndertaking 0p't. I8 NEVE CLOSED. M!"-.3`-'1'-!I.1.`T .'3 OPEV D?i?}1?iD7J/2*}? Wd6o5Hd?5oAL An experienced nun Llwnyn on the Prem- cea. Telephone Communication. Ill an Jjjnngnggn E. WILTL*i A34 s7 V {Iii D, A oI....ol.. l\,...|. 0.... ..l lLx._....._ an ?E73Es? DEW HA4RbW6Bb. or ALL nzscnm1o.\'s. CALL AT NEW `I-:NG1IA`N"D PIANO. i Portland Ce111ent:-\\'aber Lime, K. & P. White Lime, and Hair, all of the beat qunl- ty, at ` P- W'.A.LSIEC S, Cor. Ontario .1" Ran-ark Sta. \1IJ4"l.I4 I 1'` [S M. Fenwick's. new I nary--uuv \,uu.IIn llIIlL'IIllUII- Aug. 9. JAMES SWIFT. COAL AND WOOD. Undertaker Anal Rmbdmer. Aug. 0. 75 8 77 Princess St. arduous Ad.` LAAJH AI|.Q.I.lJLL'.l&- Yard No. l--0ntario Street. ` I-Clnronoe Street Wharf. ' 3-8:. Lawrence Fharf. $ Sooure delivo before broken wenhor aeta In. Chief 0 co-St. Lawrence Wlnrf. Branch Omce-Corner KI and (`larenco Sta. op to British American otol. pt and satisfactory delivery a special" (`oal all under cover and well scruened 33 Telephone Comm unlcntion. A..- n T A `line! 11-rr-II-II-I-I Omco ~l`peu\iru o\'eI -ls.:-llbo`k & Murrnyk. rah I _-au-can An vnauu.-.-- com, Wlj_(_)LESAgl_E & RETAIL Foot of Queen Street. N.B.-0rdora left at 3:: Grocery Store of Jim. Crawford. Princess Street. will receive prompt attention. (l"l`elophone communication. Leading anew; L }iu{.i.i{or,-' 361 PRINCESS STREET. 003. vuuuu - Feb. I. Four feet long. SOP!` WOOD. KIN DLING \\'0OD and SA\Vl-ID VVOOD cheap It If ou want the Drioat. (`hoapost and Best Ha Maple and Beach Cordwood. Oak. Birch Aahgllnn or Hemlock Cordwood, sawed or Un- saw . Or if on want Kindllng Wood. (D Lor Stove Goal ut Goal, No. 4 Local, Ben L or Black- axnldfs Coal. go to R. CRAWFORD &. CO., I.....A .. t\..__.. LVA_._._A HARD AND SOFT WOOD. root or Clarence Street. KIORDERS left at the stores of Mr. James , Redden.Prlncess Su-oet,nnd Momrs. McKelvu & Birch. Brook Street. will be promptly Illl . rolophone Communication. L. W. BRECK. Aug. 9. E. A. BOOTH. Azenls Black Dlnmmnd Linn. The only place in the cltyhaving three Ma- " chines worked by steam for sawing Cordwood. Telephone. W. B. & S. ANGLIN. Feb. 9th_'IR7 ` tcujnrvuuu, :--:-._ Whar ngera. Veaseloltigenta and Wholesale and Retail Load and VV Dealers, Coal: of the very best description. under cover. well screen- edimd promptly delivered. Bunch wood and Hard and Son Cordwood oi` first quality on hand. inspection nolicited and satisfaction gutwant . - - ' YARD-Corner Ontario nnd \VesL Streets. (J 0'loe--L`-lnrence and Ontario Streets- Foot of Clarence Street. KIORDFIILQ lnft in than nfnrnn nf Mr Jnvnnn 5.- vv .a..n.J_lO~J_l.J-I-J, Ontario A` Barrack Sta. COAL YARD- Rarrnck St. next Dr. T. J F`nnwinh'n Ann 0 % .A.1\TG-LI2N"S L UMBER, WOOD AND COAL YARD. Hard wood, sofTwooq and Slabs. Also all kinds of LUMRER BL`ll.I)ING _ TIMBER. LATILSHINGLES. MUl`LD- . INGS. E'l`C..cheapna any place In the city, as we will not be undcra old. ._._._._.+ .1. V HE..N.3.Y .3;`WE- Upholnlorern and (`shunt M51011. 1% :(\`ITl\-I? 1'-nr . Feb. 901.1887. BEST IN THE MARKET. .3 lb. I n.-.:- un_... Atlantic Dock. fool of Princess St, J- \4I.J .|_JLU\I\JJL L Thlrd King Street. FURNITURE, &3. 'B.R~F.HCK & ioo-I,` nrnwnru V'nnnnl Luann n --`A \l'\...I...... .. Cm mwayl be obtained 0; 9. E. A. BOOT! Agents Diamond lgne. woon AND _coAL. er! lounulolo Puma Benn A :-IA_)l`lOB ot non dou- , uv-V.--cu. Axnnlw Altnnoon An. I IEII III. . Aug. 9. :;q Ja lllvulnutnlher lulu nholaltl uidooltll. Milan nu uwm% `|oII1t|HlbhlUVI.III an Inn omnnounuvoucouuuoa lotdl uni III. IX "III, I IWIVIVI. "I youuoonuultlunoulosctt-ohm? Jlj W1 I` nuuun " gal. Well. llaulhed at this etory at the time. ` though it inteleeted me. for the diamond ; tieide were not discovered then, and pour Evans went o and gut killal. and fur twen- ty year: I never thought any mote ntlhe t matter. But just twenty yeen afterwan1- end that lea long time, gentlemen. en ele- phant hunter does not often live to: twenty years at his boelneen-l heard aomething more denite about Sulirnan`e lountaine and theeountry which lice beyond it I was up beyond the lteniea country at apiece called Sitendre Krael. and e Iniaerable plane it wee. lor the maid get nothingloeet there. and than weebutilttieouieabout. lhedanetteckotfevmand wee II a bad way generally, what one day a Portuaee ll - rlved with a eingte eompenion-e half-bteed. Now I know your Delexoe Purtu;, 1- well. Tbereismnneahroevil unhum In a gen- eral way. betunleg an be doee epun human egonyendlieell intbealtepeof eievee. But thleweequiteadlletenttype of a hen to theiow teliowe lbed been actntoncd to Ieeetneteeiiudaileenoteendmueotthe polite doeelbeveteedebout. llewae tell and tile. with bin-I eyu end curl- incney Ieweetiee e hiked tau-the: a little. tot be come epeel btekee I ` `.5 ,. ,1 ` to -."`..'. OK:-eel 1' She e - M up ._. ' \ -3 Fl Q : vrelud X :i 3/ o` .' vi 3*,` Dean! Map. line it la" "I. Jon tie tiilveetru, whnem now lying nt hungetin the little raw when no snow in on the litlh ekir L the nipple ol the- enutht-mmmt of the two tuuunuunn I have- IIIIN-tl Hh0he'iI Ht!-eelx htllv this in the yin! LW with a civil lnuue utnml e tvtnnent et my relment. my hlu--ti bring the Ink. It my eieve should that It when he on-men end ehuuid brine it to Del let any Mend K liiqibiei brim mettt-I` Iollie now at the UIIIRQUIIC he me send an III] whirh. it they I thmugh daert aenltbo tnuunlains. end can ovemoune the been Knkuenee end the-lraiv-vilieliartg to which I-mi may print: etmulol be t will ieetelmn the richest Liuf since not. With my owe er! I new-eaenthe eeentiu dlee-unula alote-l In nu`: L`?IttlI'I'h:IIthl'l' brhluvi the wi'oi`t4: [ting the uoerht-fy it I . wbleew. I might tutu; mums away. anneiy my me In him who eemee fol- iow the nap; and 1-melt the wow ot lilac-be`e w it "'..'.'...... ...`:'!..'..".'.'..'..'.`. : .':.."L'.'.".`i` 3 '""'.'.:.-:..'f'.:~.'"-"......'*'-'m7.. .......u ` no in e . In I'te .y hr ny Inul. unwell. * be He: vnecna " lee: of lulu, but In sud than llved am who Ind loomed u when all the we had the secret ol bright dunes. Well. (TIE! T yvu Suppl:-I II V Ju llllvuim QC nmnv." uld Captain u` I nu: uuw ur lulu IIHIII-I III um III! llIll`ril|l` it l.ilIl(`\l(`il_\'. \V'|ll('ll he iwiii -\'u.i in he lin- Uphir of the Blbietnmi. by the \\'n_\', utlu-r lnuw learned men inure said the .\`.'lllt(` inn; since pour l'I\`:ms tiim-. I '32: I l`t`iIlt`lll')t`I. list;-nim: npem-zm-cl to all the-so W0lI(l<'r.i, for l was younx at tlw timv, and this story ut an ancient civilizaliull and at the trmsure which timse ol-I J*wi.~`h ur Piimnicinn mi- wiittin-n used In 1-xtrnct (mm :1 euuntr)` lnm: since lzitxwd into the dark:-st iv.-irharisnn, touk I grant Imltl upon my iIn:|.'inntiun. win-u smldetiiy he said to man, Lid. did you ever hear of the Suliman .\luuntuins up to the nortimw-st oi the )l:uhuknlu:nhwe mun- tr_\."' I tultl him I nmrer lmal. "Ah, wvil," he said. that was wheh- Suiumuu rmlly luui his Illllltisz his dlllllltbnd lllllw. I nn~.in." " `llmv do you kumv timt`." 1 latest. " `Know it! why, what is "Suiiimm" but I corruption of Solmuon? (Suiiiuun isliie Arabic term of S--luinmn auul. bmnim. an old iunuui (witch dot-tun up in the Mimic: ` country told me All about it. she said that the people who lived nor those mountains worn: branch of the Zulu speaking 3 din- ioct liner and bigger men even; than among them great wlunts. vbohnd their ut from I-hits men world was dlfk." and who the of 3 wonderful mine of Mann .9... -o v u..... v-.......... ...- \'- ... nu-..._p u no. `Ay, said Evnm. `but 1 will tvll \ qm-en-r thing than that! and he \\'-uh tv I me how he had fnun=l in the far mt .. ...:..;..l in. ..~|.:..I. I... |...In...,.| .,, I was vulcu 1 was uu my ms: Hpllllll Illllll } in the M-umbele country. His name was Evans. and he wa-4 killed next year. poor fellow. in n \muInh=.d bualo. and Jim; buried J near the 7..unbusi Falls. 1 mm Ix-Hing Evans one night. I mun-umber, ot suum wonderlul workings I had fnuml winks: hunting koo~ (I00 and ehuml in what is now the Ly burg district of the 'l`mn.~xvaa|. 1 son llwy have mum an-mru those wurkim.'s again hue- ly in prmpeciilnz tor gul.|, but lknewot them years u;:u. 'l`her:- is u gn-at wid:- wa- gun road cut out n!` wlial r-wk. nu-I Imdilnz to the mouth of [I10 xx-orkiu*.: or gnllerx. lu~ side the mouth 0! this gatlh-r_\' an` mu-k~' on gold quartz pilnl up |'n.ui_\' lur vru.~'hilI'.:. which shows that the \\u:'I.-r\ \\ Em-x.-I-nmw wt-re, must h:l\'(' In"! in :1 lIurr_\`. and zxboul twenty paces in llw mull:-ry is hum |u`l`0.\'.\ and a beautiful biluf nn.nsu.:z'_v it in. _ , .....,u ,_:z u, allll IUI il3l\llI ll. 71 Sir t`llll'_Yll0(lllL`d, nml Captain Good 11% plivd, `=C-rtninl_\'. certsiinly. Well,"_ I b(`g:1l|l_ `ts you may guess, in a general way. l(`|l||1llltIIlIlll(`l'S are a rouzh set of men. and don't tro_uble themselves i with much beyond the facts of life and the ways of Knliix. But how and them you nioeta man who takc-s the tumble to collect traditions from tho natives, and tries to make out a little NL`(`.Q of the history of this dark land. It was such a man 3,9 this who mt told me the 105:1`-llll of Solomon's Mina. now a nluttor of nearly thirty yuan ago. It was when l was on my tirst elephant Inuit in the M;lLnhnl- nmmh~\- Hm nnnnn In-nu IIruIl`l.V (II. ulut. H IICIU (Ill: llll') I "1 don't know." I said: ``I know where they are said to be. I once saw the peaks of the mountains that border them, but then- ` was a hundred and thirty miles of desert he- tweeu me and them, and I am not aware that any white man ever go! across it save ) one. "But perhapa the best thing I can do Is to tell you the le;.;cIni of Solomon's Mines as I know it, you pa.-Lain; your word not to re- veal nnythingl tell you without my permis- ` siou. Do you agree to that? I have my rea- ` sons": for asking it. ` I Nir "nun-u nnalahnl nu.| l".$nO..ln a\...\.I I\J\ uuluu uv H as auuullx Iur DUIIIIIIUII 3 A\l|lIl`S." Solomon's Mines!" ejaculated both I:}}{_ ` l1i=zim"r at 0i1'6i='L Wli`0f(3 i`i?Ylii*"?" ' " "I Ann`! L'lIl\\\' " I Quill I Irnluv In"|nhn'7 B\Vt'llIl \.`|l] UII" \lUUlI. ,` ' I hwml this. I answered. and I have never nnontioned it to own! tiil to-day. I hennl he was starting` for Solomons Mines. \`nl:nnnn'u \Ii-unnl" ni-unnlnnnl Mun. ..... nun uounuu \.Ir .~unu.u\n\ H nu.Vr.a. What was it that. you heard about my bmt.her s journvy nt Bxunangwnto? said Sir Henry. as I paused to till my pipe before an swering Captain Good. ` I Inmnl thin lnncn-unul H.nu| I have One 6f the Best of a Fainous Author! i W A VERY THRILLING STORY. THE LEGEND OF S0l.0M0.\'.S MIXES. AII1I._L ...__ n AI._A __-._ n,_,_n n . QB) H. Rider Haggard.) `I. THE BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAL FEB. 10 In dying hungu In snmv ut mmmuunn I um let! lmno mum 3 tho I! no I: tin um winch. unyl darn u-Irm-vllinn am. ulna Wm: hwy`: lnaounehamhu-r the while ` ;' .-.....n.."` """'f' :'2...`L3".'.'.". . `. .'..?.i':. .'.."1' IIigIT'I *`"'.5 "lI'uqIuu&I:'.lr.Qu|lunI|I." all aullury. lawn-younnut II.` It It I In-ow. muuluu Ihoutl llnm n kn ? I II It -] TL QTWWU ` I. J7:-\IoA!|II.v|u1-|,A. Via I had Inn-bod main; IIOINVI uni shown tho mm ntlhnuugcnwlby II-4:!-chuucnoudauwnaunuuu :u|:l.lhaoIollowdIdIaueoonIIuI- u&l-n 01 ..n; n._A_n_. II--A nu g-__ L... 261 Purru 8!. (For. Syclenhauo Mn-cl, klupuou. vouch JIIJIVV WIB I }RI}K7l . i Then he went on feebly. for he was growing weak: `The paper has it all, that is on the mg. It took me pears to read. Lis- ton: my ancestor: in p0litl(`.i1| refugee from Lisbon. and one of the tint Portuguese who landed on these sliows, wrote that when he was dying on tllosc nlminiaiins which no white foot CS1.-.r prew-cl before or since. His name was Jose da Silwstra, and he lived thn-e hundred years ago. Ills slave, who I waited for him on this eiilo the mountains, found him dead, and l-rou.:lit the writing home to Delagm lt h;1~' bt`t`ll in the family ' owl` sinr-e, but none 'l:\\'t`(`:1Tu`(l to read it till nt Int 1 (IL .-\;ui I Iusl my life over it, but ' another may SU(`(`C(`I., and become the rlch- i est man in the world. Only give it to no one: 320 yourself!` The-n he hoguii in mm- der again. end in an hour it was all over. God rest him! ln- iiiwi very quietly, and l buried him deep, with big bouidl-rs on his I` ` breast: so 1 do not think that tho jnckals can have dug him up. A ml than I came nwny. I Ay. but the document." said Sir Henry. I i in a tone of deep interest. Yes, the document; what was in it`." nd- ' i ded the captain. i wnlIannllnmnn H .-.... nt-.. 1 ....na..n i uni MIC Clvlll. Wellm~.nuemen. if _\`m like I wllltell you. I have new-r .\l|u\\t-I It to anybody yet except my dear wife, who is dead. and she thought It was an nonsense. and I ' drunken old I`ort1unu-se trader who trans- lated It for me, and had I--r-._'nNt-n all about I itnextmomlng. Tlmm-nzuml rngls at my home In Durban, lllgvtin-I` with pool Dull ' Jon:-'3 translation; but I haw the English I N-nderlng In my [lx`kl*!~lm0k. and a (ac- ~ simlle of the map. if it can he vallcul _n map. ` I I -..-..., .................. I "1 gave him water-with it little milk in it, and he drank it in KIWI! gulps two quarts or more. without at0pplIlK- I would not let him have-glmy more. Then the fever took him again. and he fell down and began to mye about Sulhnnn`s Mountains. and the diamonds, and the desert. I took hhn into the tent and did what 1 could for him, which was little enough;-butl saw how it must end. About eleven o'clock he got quieter, and I lay down for a little rest and went to sleep. At down I woke again, and saw him in the half light siuimr up, in strange, gaunt form, nnd gnI.in-.: out toward the desert. Presently the limt ray of sun shot right ' ncmss the wide plain before us till it reach- ed the fN1,.`Yl!." ""'f~* <'.T._<'!! of line mucus on, tTie"`Sii`|iTii:iii .lIlil'|'lli.: \'lliS more than uhun- dmd miles away. "l`iu-re it is!` ('rlt'l the chin-_: man in P()l`Ill2ll(`:4.(`, strotvhin-_' out his long, thin arm. `hut 1 shall nu-\'-r mu-ii ii. mwvr. No one will (`\'t`l' l`(`1ll'il it I ` Suddenly he p.u1.~`e-l. nnll h`t`(`lll(`.l.l to take - nresolution. `Fric-n he said. turningto- mud me, `are you tin-re? My eyes grow diirk. v vvuu-u nus Iuueu In)` pour servtlllt and me. Then he gropeti in his shirt and brought out what I thought was :1 Boer tobacco pouch of the skin n! the swartvet-pens (sable antelope). It was fastened with a little strip of hide. what we call a rimpi, and this he tried to untle, but could not. lie handed it to me. `Untle it, he said. Idid so. and extracted a bit of turn yellow linen, on which something was written in rusty let- ters. inside wnsa paper. ""`.\nn lug ......o ,t.. 6`....Ll.. 5.- 5.- _-_ . go... \ `Ay. he answen-nl, `l slmll rest soon, I hnve tlmo In rest-:\ll eternity. Listen, I am dying! You have been good to me. 1 will give you the paper. Perhaps you win get there If you can Hw through the desert which [ms killed my poor servant and me. 'l`h4-n ha In-nvuul in him: shirt and In-nmrho nun -so ~--Yes, 1 said; `yes, lie down now. and rest. 1 an-uuu uuuvu ow-an-B up u\.nn:qu.. . `Water! for the sake orciu-1st,, water? he `thawed. law that his lips were cmckeq, and his tongue, which protruded between them. swollen and blackish. ul __-.- kl... .....L..- ...n|. - In.- I nean naa gone. `men was nothing but yej. low parchment-like skin, white hair, and the gaunt bones sticking up beneath. it clIY..o....l 6`..- AI... .~.. In`. As` n|.__._- . .. . F. bf MARHALL, UPHOLSTERIR A (MBIUET UIKER.