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BY HELEN 8. MATHERS. Morsis- . or story opens with the family of ;. gantry zqmrs spending the sabbath morning mine “PILLEQ and as they are all more or lees fond of mu these artake somewnat of the humorou. The faml y consists of ten children; all bright and bubbling over with mischief. i‘hc squire, known among the.children as the gover- Â¥ not. is a typical English gentleman. l‘he c'lli' r? dren are very much in as e of him. His will is law to them. and any infractl. n of the law as laid gown by him is subject to severe punish- men (WMIN UED.) Pillows whimpers and groans from the lire-place announce extensive and painful as to the poor little maid who was riding aloft so triumphantly a minute ago. Bruises and fears are. however. alike merged in the all-absorbin question of how the table is to be joined together 'u. In the midile of the room itslegs stand stark and bare. like a thin man. from whom his ample and overflowing spouse has departed. All this while they have not been aware of my presence on the scene, but now as l remark, ”a very pretty a nusemcnt, _cer- tainly f" with all the gravity and weight my thirteen years eutlllu me to display, they hail the joyfully, and with my as- sistance, and much pulling and strain- ing, the divorced parts are put together. and Dolly has time to be wail her mis« fortune, and Alan tr: rub his unharmed shins responsive. Pursuing my prov I. l wander round the irregularly-built. threesided court. and am shortly awakened from my ab- straction by hearing a door bang violent- l . yHave you eVer lived in a house, reader. where the merest chance Sound. the bang of a door, the sound of a loud voice, or a distant noise. makes you start up, your nerves tingling, your heart beating, you: body trembling. while an instantaneous photograph or falling chairs, flying crockery, broken bell-ropes and dancrng china, With a dermsh dancing in‘ the midst of the confusion. presents itself l. ' vividly to your eyes 1’ . "News!" we all cry. starting from our seats. “surely he vannotâ€" cannot beâ€" going away ‘3" uh 3 those two 'ir'lil‘um words. can any others in the whole (in tionary contain such sireet music ? "I say." says Jack, vig«'»rously repuls mg the avalanche of female charms that threatens to overwhelm him. “I can‘t tell you anything. can 1. if you stifle me ?" . "Go on! go on I" we all cry. Withdraw- ing hastily from the oracle. "Well." says Jack. complacently sur-l veying the row of open eyes, mouths andl care, ”he is going away (shouts of de-| light); he is going to-morrow (fresh re- jucings); and he is coming back again, next day (howls ‘ of dissatisfaction). Nevertheless there is one assuaging crr- cumstance, he is going early. so we shall have one clear day in which to accomplish our deeds of darkness.“ “Hurrah! I know what I shall d.‘." "You take me with you." I say im- ploringly. "do.” ”Can t,” says Jack. briefly. "I shall go out shooting." . . . ' We all gasp; Jack With a gun in his hands! on, II the governor could butâ€" " What are you going to shoot?" asks Alice, with interest. “Blackbirds.” . _ i "Xourseli you mean.“ I say, nodding and feeling much hui t, and somewhat. spiteful that I may not go With h.m to see the fun. “Only if you do, you must do it thoroughly ; the governor. hates sickness, you know ; and, it you did have a bad. accident, how you Would catch it." "Funerals are expensive,” says Alice. “On the whole, l thiakpapa would rather he only crippled himscll.“ "I snall take his new gun,” says Jack, pursuing his own train of thought, and paying no heed to our cackle, “it’s sure notto burst.” ”I shall make treacle tarts,” I say, feeling my abasement very keenly , and. Wondering if Jack will relent. (I could make myself uselul in picking the birds u .) p‘ What are you going to do, Alice ?" “I don’t know,‘ she says, turning a lovely, thoughtful face upon me, “there isso little mischief girls can get into: I think I shall make Am berley take me into dumb ag tin. selves sick for the sight of it? Have not to exist, when he reflects on the number of fines we have affo‘ ded him the exquis- ite satisfaction of beating us,” says Jack. “Well. whenI came back J‘rom school next Christmas, if he tries to beat the devil‘s tattoo on my back again he shall find he won‘t get it all his own way." "And we will hang upon his coat tails." I say. confrontingly, “while the ”y hua‘s's him fore and aft in countless swarms. "Don't forget that he is going away,” puts in llilly _; “I was turning that sweet thought over in my mind the whole time he was making that row." --He will lock us all up,” I say, With conviction. “He will nevergo away and leave us free to do the things he heard us arranging to-night.” ' “You little silly !” says Jack, crushing- 1y; "don’t you know that he thinks us all dummies, and no more believes us capable of daring to do anything that he as forbidden. than that the moon is made of green cheese '1’ I she n‘t shoot to moi-row ; I mean to do something worse. I CHAPTER VI. Breakfast is over, and the monotonous burden of our sins sung into our ears, from the saying of amen at prayers to the last drop of the governor’s coffee-cup is over. It has been very bad, but in listening to his fulminations we have been let off the active misery of conver- sation ; and on the whole, for we are very hardened sinners, we almost prefer the breakfast to our usual ones. He is standing in the hall now, brushing his hat. and the sound sends a thrill of de- light through our bodies; we know the full import of it so well, though we hear it s ‘. much, much too rarely. Up the carriage-drive comes the sharp trot of a horse's hoofs; it is the dog-cart that is going to take him to the station. Simp- kins carries out his travelling bag (the old valet is as pleased in hi. heart as we are, he too, will get a. little holiday), and we all go into the hall and make a frosty peckuone by one, at the governor‘s face, cccasronally hitting his nose or eyebrow by mistake. He eyes us keenly to see if he can detect any indecent joy upon our faces, but they are perfectly blank and stolid, to such abhorred hyposcrisy have we already brought our innocent inde- terminate. pink and-white features. He kisses mother (how droll it seems to see him making a peck at anybody !) and now he is in the dog-cart, he is starting, he is giving a sharp look at our assembled countenances, he is off, and has turned the corner of the drive. Still there is un- broken silence ; then, as the last sound of the wheels dies away in the distance. the delight that has been running riot with- ' in us. breaks forth in exclamation, laugh- ter. leaps, dances. wh :ops. and (on my part at least) rolls of bliss. When they have subsided a littleâ€"“Childmn,” says mamma. “I have something to tell you.” “Won’t it keep, mamma dear,” asks . Alice. “till some day v h‘n we are not quite so happy ? We don’t get many treats; had we net better have them one at a. time P" “It will keep." says mamma, smiling; "but I shall t. 11 you now. “'e are going away.” Going away ! \Ve know the sound of those words well enough as applied to the governor, but as applied to ourselves they have a strange. unusal flavorâ€"a ro- mantic freshness that anathes of distant lands, georgcous cities. and unknown. mysterious pleasures. None of us have ever been away from home in all our lives. save Jack. “ When mamma ?” we ask, after a pause ; it takes a. little while to get used to the idea. that we are going a â€" ay with- out requiring eny further knowledge on the subject. “To the sea!" The answer 3 til-res u- Have we not I need our splashed ourselves jrom head to foot 0t er a dirty pond in trving to make real anes with stout sticks ? “When, mamma, when ?" “Early next week. Your papa has heard of a house that will suit us.” So soon ! it takes our breath away. “And is he coming, t0)?" I ask anxi- ously. “Not for a fortnight." \Ve draw a deep sigh of satisfation. “What strolls we “ill have 1” says Alice “ And donkey-rides! ” ” and shrimps!” “and peace !” "and cuttle-fish Pimpernal and I will have my photo- tooth-powder!” “No walks!” “or pun~ , ishments!" “No one to call us dum- graph taken; it has never been done yet, you know.” "Whatever do you want a likeness for ?” asks Jack, opening his eyes; “can’t you look at your face in the glass fifty times a day if you like ? And there sno- body to give it to, for we haven’t a friend in the world, and you wouldn’t give one to us surely ?" _ But Alice does not answer, the is won- dering what the Mln will make of her face, of which : “ 'Tfs beauty truly hlent, whose red and white Nature's on sweet and cunning hand laid on.” “I shall go with Alice." says Milly, promptly. "And I.“ says Alan, the solemn-faced, "shall look over papa’s new edition of the 'Ingoldsby Legends’; I’ve had one or two peeps at it already." -' What are you goingto do, Dolly ?“ "I shall take two Seidlitz powders with sugar, you kcow. They are so nice, and nurse says they make me thinner. I am never able to take’ them when papa. is at home, because they make me look pale.” "Bravo, Dolly!” cries Jack, “happy a. mind that a little contents. \V‘ell, girls, you shall have a fine dish of blackorrde for supper, and Nell’s treacle tarts. if they are eatable.‘ "Will you '2" cries a terrible voice be- hind us, that galvanizes our recumbent forms into most intense and rigid upright- ness, while every soft hair on our miser- able young heads stands on end with freezing, curdling horror; “Will you? I’ll teach you, miss (with a fierce nod at Alice‘s pretty, trembling figure), to go gallivanting off to Pimpernel, to srmper at a low photographer, you miserable, doll-faced. conceited puppet; (to Jack) I‘ll teach you, sir, to use my guns and bring me a doctor's bill a yard long for mend- ing your wretched bones; (to me) I’ll teach you, you object, to waste my sub- stance with your filthy treacle tarts; and you, sir (to Alan), to maul over my books, while as to you (to Dolly), although I can’t orfer you Seidlitz powders, perhaps brimstone and treacle will do as well, 00 -â€"ooâ€"ooâ€"-ooh. You deceitful, vaga- bond, shameless pack, get out of my sight; go!” He need not tell us that twice; away we flee, every man for himself, and devil take the hindmost; along the passage, up the stairs, in at the nursery, to which we always flee on these occasions, for mother is nearly always there. At our heels comes the governor. and alively time fol- lows; we become a prose version of that deplorable story of ten little niggers, which we all know ; as rapidly as they dropped off. so do we: this one fora cane. that for a Bible, another one into space with boxed ears, until from beginning with a goodly number we end a forlorn remnant. Over and above all our other punishments we are one and all sentgto bed, and thither. when he has stormed himself away, we retire, only too thank- ful to have that refuge to sneak into. Anythin is bearable while we are to- gether; t e only real misery he could in flict upon us would be tocommit us all to solitary confinement. Jack comes in by and by. and srts down on the edge of Alice and Milly’s bed, while I perch my- self on a chair hard by. “What fools we were,” he says, with a dark look in his blue eyes, "not to have set a scout to watch, the sneakiness of him; why couldn’t he have walked in like a man, instead of hanging about out- side ?” His gives his shoulders, which . are still tingling with the sharp lash of ( the vernor’s cane, an impatient shake. , '6 can’t think what fathers were in- , vented for,” I say dolefnlly. ‘I am sure we should have got on- much better with- out ours. For my pm, if I had been asked whether i would or would not come into the world, I should_ kayo said, ‘Yes, v and thank you kindly, 311', If 33:1 m 8-P- rangeformetohavenopppa! . And yet he almost forgives our daring mies !” “or make us talk l” "or send us to bed !" “Come along, Dolly." says Alan the solemn-faced. “I‘m going to begin pack- ing up. ” , Jack and I 0 out into the garden and discuss our p ansâ€"what beasts are to go with us, what to be left behind. Paul Pry must come, of course, and the raven, and the canaries, and Pepper. the tailleas. Dorley must take care of the rabbits; and as to the fowls, they have lately misbe- haved themselved so perseveringly that it would cause us no great sorrow if, on our return, we found papa. had made a holocaust of thelwhole lot. Possibly the amazing news puts out of our heads our several intentions of evil-doing; at any rate we get into no mischief to-day, and mere] walk about, la. h, fatalk and ctr-etc . not only in the ,sc oolroom, but about the house, just as if we were used to doing it every day of our lives. The governor comes back a trifle sweet- er than he went. For once business does not seem to have rubbed him the wrong way ; and somehow the few, days slip away, and the golden morning of our de- parture arrives. The coach stands at the door. It is go- ing to take usall the way, and we are packed within it as close as herrings. as happyas lords; every nook and cor- ner inside and out brimmingly full; where a. body is not squeezed in, a. ham- per or parcel is, and how we ever shall be got out again is something of a. mystery. We have smuggled all our little private belong-in in safely. Under my p.tti- coats fur the birds and Paul Pry, who, with the sense of a Christian, utters not a sound, raps out not a single oatb.‘ a. large basket of quarantine hides its mod- est head under mother’s legs; the voung ones firmly grasp spades and buckets as though they expected to find the sea upon the road; Amberley embraces five dis- tinct bundlea,bandboxes and bags; the babies, set bolt up on end, utter fat little chirps of satisfaction. On the doorstep stands the governor, to whom we have just said good-by with a freedom and afiability that I think astonish him as much as they do ourselves; for once in his presence our voices come honestly forth; for once we kiss him, and I at least feel that I love him. And now the last forgotten parasol is handed in, the last servant has climbed with many a creek to her place on the roof; the coachinan cracks his whip. ‘ Chirrup, chirrup," go the canaries. “Hip, hip, hur-r~rah!” goes Paul Pry. “Bow-wow !” goes Pepper. wiggling her head out between Jack’s legs. “Oh I” says Dolly, with a deep sigh. “Balmy !" I ejaculate, pushing my hat to the back of my head; and away we go, nodding and smiling, and saying good- by! good-by! to the little gentleman on the doorsteps, who somehow looks quite insignificant and a little forlorn now that he is not the center of a dozen duteous white slaves. "We are off 2" says Alice. “We are dreadfully hungry!” sigh Dolly and Alan, pointing their prophetic noses at a. bulging hamper that obtrudes its portly body in an uncomfortable way betwm nurse and Balaam’s Ass, the under nursemaid. It is only eight o‘clock, and we had breakfast at seven, and it is rather early to be sLtting out; but when everybody is so anxious to start, so ready to go, why should there be any unnecesg sary tsrrying? Yoicks! away we go along the dewy, bloomy lanes, between the fresh, green hedgerows, with the early breath of the morning blowing coolly in our happy, eager faces; past the staring, silent cows. and the dull laborers who, poor souls ! are going about their work just as on any other day, who are not tasting our first delici- ous, draught of “going away!” We‘feel like pilgrims setting out for an before us, whether of sweet or sour, but that it'will be wmrthing very different from anything we have ever known be- fore. we are perfectly certain, and that is enough for us. Jack pooh-poohs our transports and pretends to have seen everything that we observe before. which is not right of him, for I know he goes to school in quite an opposife direction, and by train; whereas traveling by coach is a. very different and far more knowledge- able thing. We keep our eyes widely open all the way, and observe with interest how the country changes as we near the coast, and how blue the cottage children's eye; are, as though a. bit of the sea had of. into them and stayed there. Happy fo ks are always hungry, and by ten o'clock we are clamoring to attack the hamper; at two we are dying of want, and finish it up; at four we pounce upon the quar- antines (which are to last us a week, Dor- ley said), and eat them all up, every one. We get rather fa god the latter part of the way; our bo res are stiff and tired, and we cannot stretch them. By degrees one voice ceases, then another; one of the babies cries; Paul l’ry make. re- marks that lic should not before the chil- dren. We look very different from the noisy, bustling. smiling people who start- ed a. few hours ago. By and by we are startled out of our apathy by a shout without of “The sea! the sea. !” and we leap up to the sight of a. broad, boundless expanse of deepest, darkest blue, that thrills through and through, and holds spc lbound with a breathless delight and strong awe. How our souls seem drawn toward it. though our bodies remain in the coach ! Prl s- ently (I do not know how it happens), we are standing before it, gazing almost do- liriously at the glittering, belted-in trea- sure. When the first shock is over, how we stretch out our arms to it, as th ough we would clasp its beauty in our em- brace ! How we stoop and dabble our fingers in the strange. salt liquid ! How we stand watching the waves lapping softly over each other with no in s, or hurry, or effort, rather as though they were in play, not earnest, but, as we quickly find. impelled by an oncoming strength that makes the babyish ripples resistless as fate. inexorable as death ! We gather trails of brown seaweed, and, when our hands are full, catt them away for others. “"6 are distracted by the abundant riches of the feast set out be fore us ; something new unimagined. and wonderful meets our 9y 5 at every step. Into my heart comes a dim ache that is not keen pleasure or satiety, but a par- sionate regret that my soul is not bigger. grander. capable of holding more of the great tide of rapture that sweeps through me in such a mighty flood. \Vhen Am- berley comes for us I turn away as one in a dream; from a long way off I seem to hear her exclamation at our condition; though indeed I am well aware that we are as forlorn, dirty. dripping little wretchcs as any to be found in the king,- dom. all save Alice, over whom untidiness and dirt held no power. As we go inland my senses seem to come back to me, and I hail with delight the jolly. red-brick face of our new abode which appears to smile jovially upon us and bid us kindly welcom '. Inside i'. is a moat immoral, delicrous state of topsy turvydomâ€"luggage, servants, childicn a. d animals all llllxtd up in the most admired disorder : babies crying, small fry falling downstairs. servlnts rifiing half-filled boxes, oanaries shrieking for water and groundsel, Paul Pry cursing his fate ion peculiar bitterness and in- tensity from his perch on Minerva’s head to which he has evidently betakcn him- self for safety. It is a fine burly-burly, and. if pain. 0 uuld ( nly walk .n and see it all. his at pearence would put the fin- ishing stroke to the scene and make if. Bedlam. We 5-1: down to a nondescript meal, but crn scarcely eat for talking. A thousand :es Wou'd not express the half that The question, put in a very earnest tone of inquiry, caused a hearty laugh from the young lady's friends who had invited her to try the ’phonc. and their laughter so disconcerted her that she dropped the receiver without waiting for a reply. "Say. Withers.“ said Smithers, “you claim that Swiggles is a very even-tem- pered man because he is always mad. That in .y appear all right at first blush, and perhaps it may go as a. sort of joke. I thought you were a. little off, but con cludcd to make myself certain before I said anything to that effect. in the wo: (1 even tempered, even if used in the sense of smooth, and the Century dictionary gives as the definition ‘ having aplacid temper,‘ and placid is defined as mild. So you see that an even-tempered man is one who is just the opposite of ' always mad.’ " "Your definith n applies when corn- parisons are made, as between two arti- cles of the same or oven weight, etc." _ "Yes, and didn’t I compare one time with another, and find his temper pre- cisely the same ? I don‘t care whether it is ‘ always mad' or ‘ always mild,’ and I don‘t. see where it makes any difference. notwithstanding what you or even what the Century dictionary says." Withers is not yet convinced that he was right. " [hat is a good story, and the question was not an unnatural one, considering the extent to which tiiepi‘ei'auing fashion in sleeves is carried.” said a listener. “It rc- mind. me of something I observed in the Upl'l‘é‘. house the other evening. The audi- ence .as not large, and vacant seats were many. Two ladies entered and at first took seats adjoining as indicated by the usher. They wore the only parties in the to :v. A few minutes later they separa- ted, placing a. vacan . seat between them. The object of this move was quickly apâ€" parent, for each immediately began Wid- ening out her sleeves to the greatest ex- tent, thus nearly or quite covering the intervening space above and between the two seats. Then they gave each other a look of supreme satisfaction, and were ready to enjoy the .-tage performance.“ â€"____.â€".â€" .__â€"_.______â€"_____._â€"_______.. It is a. common occurrence fora specta- tor at the court house to go to sleep and disturb surrounding siflfers by snoring. The head falls back, the larynx is Lwist- ed and the breath rasps back and forth like the winter wind through a knot-hole in a summer cottage. Occasionally the noise of the snore awakens the sleeper, but if the sleep is born of the soothing effects of an overdose Ul tangle-foot and bar-room soup, attendants usually have to restore “silence in court" by a digni- fied dig in the ribs with one of the are- inspiring poles with whicl. they are equip. poll. The other day, l owevor, a disciple of Tired Tolliver stumped into court and took a seat on the extreme cnl of one of the benches. In three minutes be was fast asleip and snoring. It was not such a. snore, however, as one would naturally |expcct would well forth from the bosom of one of his tilbf‘. It was an amateur sort of snore-a cross between the pulling i of a fat man playing golf and the whinny ofayoarlmg colt. The attendant near I est him was either deaf or too interested I in the case on trial to beer, for he did not ldisturb the man with the broken hl'euhil. The man seemed to dream. His head and then his fram:- hogan to drop slowly to- ward the aisle end of the bench. and he. gnv‘ utterance to a series of gutterul yolps. Suddenly his centre of gravity changed and down he went into the aisle With a thud and a. startled *' nw-wnw ” that disturbs": the court. Apprchonding the wrath of the attendants which would descend upon him he scrambled to his feet. and, casting a look of injured inno- cence at th~ spot. upon which he fe.l, shuffled out of the way of danger. tion. he had the penal sentence to run, his crime being a bare-faced, well-planned burglary at a. large jeweler's shop in the west end. l-Iis constitution was not one to withstand the severe discipline of the prison, and he lay in hospital on what turned out to be his deathbed, as he made his astonishing re- velations without any reservation as to secrecy. cry and want. od of the who eabouts of my rm: ‘ WitECKi as. my oficial capacity as chaplain in one of. her Majesty’s largest convrct prisons touched me very THE following story told to me in much at the time. The narrall r having been dead some years, I see no harm in presenting his history to the public in as nearly as possible his own words. way of, preface I may prisoner was a quiet, wellâ€"behaved and apparently inoffensive individual, enter- ed in the prison books as H 51. By remark that the He had evidently received a fair educa- At the time of telling me his story greater part of a. ten years' He said : I expect I don‘t seem to you, sir, quite the usual cut of the long term burglar, and you would be quite right in so think. mg. and that jeweler's shop business was all asham and an excuse to get here out of the world and safe from a worse fate at the hands of deadly encmh s. you may stare. Few are so fond of stretch a point to st there. offense was a muc i more serious one than ever transpired at my trial, and as I feel thatl am not likely to trouble the prison authoriti is very much longer I might as wellgivo you the true reason for my be- ing in this place. I never did fancy the profession, Aye, sir, people, I imagine, pris n that they will No, for; my I started in life as a. respectable middle class tradesmen, and in due time married the truest and best of women. after the birth of my son my wife was stricken down with illness. to which she succumbed. could not go about my ordinary duties. I sent the boy to some friends. business and became u. wanderer on the Shortly My grief was such thntI I gave up face of the earth. I drifted to Paris, and there, destitute and starving, I made the acquaintance of a man who was a prominent member of one of tho cieties in the capital. the, and partly out of gratitude and part- ly out of sheer restlessness and a. growing distaste for life I agreed to join his so- cioty. secret association Wore evvn more dread- ful than I had supposed. strike a. blow at all monarohii-s or con- stituted govornmencs, and the throncd heads of Europe were especially marked out for its prey. most extreme socialistic 50v IIo t oit care of I found that the principles of this It assayed to From time to time various attempts, though hitherto unsucces:ful, had been made to assassinate some of the foreign rulers, and soon after I joined it happen- ed that G rent Britain fell under the ban of the society. At a. largely attended meoti: g secrctly held in the outskirts of Paris, it was resolved that Queen Victoria and us many as possible of the high per sons surrounding her throne must die. It was thought that n. deadly and sweeping blow could be dealt if, while on one of it». frequent journeys to or from the north the ray Ill train could be wrecked. So it was decided. It remained but to draw lots for the men to do the deed. By a. strange. fatal- ity Scraggs (the name of my friend) and myself were deplitod to Car ry out the v. n- geance of the society. I received the int-- lligen' s with a cul loumoss begotten by long enduring mis- befell mo ‘8 Just at this time. too, I learn son. had entered the service of a. well-known Scotch nobleman in the cupaoily of page and personal attendant and was doing well. Even this news did not awaken me to a. true sense of my position. The instruc- What cared I now what He tions of the society were clear and to the your voice! Say, .Jennie. how many unknown land; we do not know what is yards have you got in your sleeves ?" point. The train with her Majtcty on board had fo be destroyed in any way we chose. Success would mean a hand- some reward and a high position in the society. Failureâ€"and there were no extenuating circumstancesâ€"meant sud den and certain death at the hands of the society. A certain period was given us to bring about the desired result, and we lost no time in arranging our plans. Her Majesty was at this time, the au- tumn, staying at her usual residence in the north of Scotland, and we found we had some time before us ere we could hope to deal our blow on her return journey. Crossing to England, we made a. careful sur vey of the railway route and decided upon a likely spot on the system of one of the best known English railways by which royalty usually travels. The place in question was an unusually long bridge spanning at the height of So fort a broad but shallow stream. Just before the approach to the bridge the line tooka sharp curve. wh1ch lent itself to our fell purpose Our plan was to prepare two FROM THE. HALLS 0F McMAS’l‘EB UNIVERSITY. ton we Tool; and oh how bald the words are that language provides for expressing a. great delight! Deeply impressed as Jack is, he can find no words whereby to con- vey his admiration of the tcean than by those of “jolly" and "stunning.” It is too late to go out again this even- ing, so we go to bed, that we may be able to rise with the first streak of daylight on the morrow. Sleep binds me so safely thou b, that, on Jack‘s calling me, I am scan alized to find it is as late as six. What a. lot of time we have wasted al- ready! In half an hour we are out on the beach and among the rocks, making queer dis. coveries; for instance, that shrimps and crabs do not grow scarlet. but drab ; als . that the saying “stick like a. limpet." has a. sound, health truth of its own that many proverbs have not; also, that tho seaweed-c ivered rocks have a remark- able knack of slipp ng away from our feet, compelling us to turn somersaults more rapid than 919 ant. \l‘e hunt for and find delicate shel s, curious rose-hued freaks of Neptune. and we mu= e over them, marveling in what sea-palace the Prof Albert E. Newman. D.D., LL.D..of McMuster University. Tells W hat Ht- Knows of Dr. Agnew's Catnrrhnl Pow- dcr. Because in the use of this medicine Mr. Albert H. Newman, D.D., LL.D., Profes- sor of History and Civil Polity in Ilchas- tor University. has found a satisfactory remedy for cold in the head, he has will- ingly, over his own signature, told oth- ers what Dr. Agncw’s Cafarrhal I’..i\'der can accomplish. It is hard work to at- tempt to impart information andxnthu- siasm to a university lecture when the head is filled with cold. The beauty of the present remedy is that inside of ten minutes after using it one is fitted to pur- sue with ease and comfort the work in hand. One short puff of the breath through the blower supplied with each bottle of Dr. Agnew‘s Uatarrhal Powder diffuses this powder over the surface of the nasal passages. Painless and delightful to use. it relieves in ten minutes and permanent- 1, t y l 3. ,., f ' carvherd‘lurtks wéio “5:". up i) us 1y cures catarrh, hay fever, colds, llead- ing‘lgkg“;§.{.f.",i.3.1.”32i§?°§§a‘2$3 :3}! 4115' an . mys nous 5’ apes. ache, sore throat, tonsilitis and deafness. ' .1 ll . t d Th th' d f 6 hold the blgger ones to any _A,-.....A.,x-. 7 111g grn" ua. } (Ill Vat!“ ' 8 in 6D 0 the rails Would be pierced for bolts of the same size as those used to fasten (by means of c fishplno) the ordinary rails togothcr. We should then, on the night preceding the panning of the train. loosen the bolts of the particular rails we pitch- ed upon, trusting they would bc over- looked by the patrollin surfacemitn. On the follon ing nig t we should con- ceal ourselves in the recess of the bridge, and as soon as the pilot engine (which always precedes the royal train by 15 minutes) had passed we should take out the bolts, release the fishplates on the outer side of one rail and on the inner side of the other, replacing them by our specially prepared rails. The wheels of the engine of the coming train would take those short rails like points, and as the ends curved off toward the parapet of the bridge the whole train would leave the rails and be precipitated from the frightful hei ht into the stream beneath. There woul be no escape for a single so il in that train. And so, calmly and in cold blood. we arranged the wholesale destruction of the south bound train which would contain the head and many important members of the royal family. We knew that every precaution was taken by the railway company and their servants to observe a clear and safe pass- age for their royal patron, and that extra patrolmen were out along the route while to prevent the risk of accident all less important trains were shunted to one side. The contents of all goods trains on the down line were carefully inspect- ed in order‘that no projections should endanger the safety of the special, and signalmen were more than usually put upon the alert. The greatest obstacle we had to con- tend against was the pilot en ' e. “'9 could do nothing till it passegixfihe loos- ened bolts would not affect its passage). and that. left only 15 minutes to prep are the rail; for the doomed train. Still, we practiced the screwing process on dummy metals and soon got very expert. The night arrived. The previous evening we had managed, unobserved, to loosen the bolts necessary for our purpose near the middle of the bridge, and we could only trust they would not be tampered with before our arrival nrvxt evening. The fateful night was dark and stormy which fav and our purpose. Disguised as railway laborers at a. village in the vicinity, and having previously conceal- ed our tools near the bridge, we made for the scene of our enterprise. Ensconcing ourselves within the shadow of the para" pet, we waited for the pilot engine to come along. At last her lights appear in the distance, and she thundsrs safely over the bridge. Now to work. Haatily securing our respective rails, we make for the selected spot and com- mence to withdraw the bolts. While thus engaged my companion with a bloodcurdling chuckle remarks: “We shall bag more of the high and mighty than we first expected. The Duke of and his suit are, I understand, on board the train." . “The Duke of Kâ€" i’" I started and dropped my rail in my excitement. “My boy’s master," I gasped, “and he never travels without him." [TO BE CONI'INUED.) Leg Enclosed in Plaster of Paris Cast Four Monthsâ€"Hands Drawn Out of Shape and Body (mo Munsterneep White Scars. For four months I endur. d rheumatism in every part of my body, during which period I was blistered by doctors ten dif- ferent times, in as many places, and am now covered with deep white scars, the result of action of fly blisters. My hands were drawn out of shape and fin ers al- most destroyed, and all the time t 9 pain was most excruciating. My left leg had to be encased in a. plaster of paris cast for four months in order that it might n... or drawn out of shape. And now hear the statement which can be vouched for by physicians and citizens of Peterboro‘. In twenty. four hours after beginning the use of South American Rheumatic Cure I was a. new man and in one week from the first dose able to go to work. This rem- edy is a blessing to mankind. D. Des- anetels. Holloway’s Corn Cure destroys all kinds of come and warts, root and branch. Who then would endure them with such a. cheap and effectual remedy within reach ? One of the savings banks in Portland (119.) had a book presented for settlement recently, which was opened in 1863, with a. deposit of 8200, followed by $201) in I864 and $300 in 1868, total deposits £7U0, of which 8528 was withdrawn in 1878. There is now due the depositor a. balance of $2,027 97. Dyspepsia or Indigestion is,occasioned by the want of action in the biliary ducts, loss of vitality in the stomachto secret the gastric juices, without which digestion cannot go on; also, being the principal cause of headache. Parmelec’s Vegetable Pills. taken before going to bed, for a while. never fail to give relief and effect a cure. Mr. F. W. Ashdown, Ashdov n, Ont., writes: "Parmelee’s Pills are taking the lead againstten other makes wh ich l have in stock.” For the thorough and speedy cure of all blood diseases and eruptions of the skin, take Northrop 8:. Lyman’s Vegetable Dis- covery. Mrs. B. Forbes, Detroit, had a running sore on her leg for a long time; commenced using Northrop Lyman’s Vegetable Discovery, and she is now com- pletely cured. Her husband thinks there is nothing equal to it for ague or any low ever. The Man (wh ) is already the worse for liquor and has ordered more) â€"Yaas. I believe in the transmigration of souls. One of the Girlsâ€"Perhaps you were a man before you became a tank. REV. L. W. SHOWERS Mother Graves’ Worm Exterminator has no equal for destroying worms in children and adults. See that you get the genuine when purchasing. Gives His Experience With Organic Heart Diseaseâ€"The Dread Malady on the Increase. ' For many years my greatest enemy has been organic heart disease. From an un- easiness about the heart, with palpitation more or less severe, it had developed into abnormal action, thumping, fluttering and choking sensations. Dull pain with a. peculiar warm feeling were ever present near the heart. I have tried many phy- sicins and taken numbcrless remedies with very little benefit. Seeing Dr. Ag- new‘s Cure for the Heart advertised in the Kittanning, Pa... papers, I purchased a. bottle and began its use, receiving al- most instant relief. Ihave now taken several bottles of the remedy and can speak most highly in its favor. The choking, abnormal beating, thumping and palpitation have almost entirely dis- appeared. The remedy is certame a wonder-worker, for my case was chronic. Rev. L. W'. Showers. Elderton. Pa. The crown of Prussia is a. distinction much coveted by officers in the Prussian service. It is for military achievements, and was founded in 1861. There is danger in neglecting a cold. Many who have died of consumption dat- ed their troubles from exposure, followed by a. cold which settled on their lun s. and in a. short time they were beyond 6 skill of the best physician. Had they used Bickle’s Anti-Consumptive Syrup, before it was too late, their lives would have been spared. This medicine has no equal for curing coughs, colds and all af- fections of the throat and lungs. Breakfast Table Talk. Here is a telephone story that some may be disposed to doubt, but it is abso- lutely true, nevertheless : One of the ladies referred to is well known here, and the other lives in Hamilton. They had been called‘ to two lung-dish rice ’phones in their respective cities that they might appreciate how easily they (ould talk over many miles of wire. The name of the lady at the Toronto end might have been Hattie, and her friend, Jennie, though these are not their correct names. A portion of the conversation that ensued is given: _ "Hello, Jennie l” “Hello. Hattie!” “My, Jennie, how easy I can hear you. Why, I should know it was you from “ La Grippe" Bow to Escape It. The most promising subjects for this dread malady are those whose health is “run down" from any causeâ€"tho fact being patent, that those in sound physi~ cal condition resist attack most success- fully. The true method of prevention, therefore. is by “building up" the system, and for this purpose “ Maltine with Cod Liver Oil” has been most highly com- mended. In this preparation is contain- ed every principle necessary to repair waste, and to briu the system up to full health. This con ition established, the “microbe" of influenza. is rendered harm- less. “Maltine with Cod Liver Oil” may be obtained of all druggists. “So much the worse for your boy then," said the heartless brute as be pro. 088de with his work. _ . In an instant my horrible posttion flashed upon me. Here was I calmly pie paring to slaughter the heads of England (to whom before I had never given a thou ht), and with them my own flesh and lood. I nearly swooned as the .aw- ful revelation burst upon me, but in_ a moment I recovered, and then my decis- ion was prompt. True. the failure of the scheme meant certs/n death to my com- panion and myself, but what of that? There was still time to save ourselves from becoming wholesale murderers. l shouted, while I replaced my belt, to Scruggs to drop his rail and fly. He, however. had no such scruples and had too great a. regard for his own skin and the promised reward. When he saw I was determined to spoil his plans, he dropped his rail and made for me With a knife, the glitter of which as he closed with inc 1 saw just in time through the darkness. As we struggled the roar of the ap preaching train was heard in the distance. Making a frantic effort, as the train was close up 11 us, I managed to throw Scruggs oll He fell across the off rail. With a rush and roar the royal train swept safely over the bridge, while a stifled shriek from Scruggs prepared 1... for his fate as I fell in a faint against the stonework of the bridge. I revived in what must have been a few minutes after the passage of the train. The headless trunk of my late companion was the first object that met my eye. I shuddered to think how nearly the occu- pants of the train had escaped an equally certain death. . The train had not pulled up, the drive) evidently not having felt the ob struction. I hastily replaced the bolts on the other rail, threw the tools into the stream, and with a last glance at the remains of Scrag s, fled from the spot. Unsuspected, I me. o my way to London, 'but only to live in deadly fear of the swift and sure vengeance of the secret society. The failure of the enterprise must be already known to them, and hide as I might I know their hand would ultimate- ly reach me. My money exhausted, I conceived the desperate idea. of the daring burglary of which I was convicted. If failed to enrich myself, my life would at least be safe in jail. I failed miserably enough, got caught red handed and re- ceived my sentence. Before I throw away my libtrty I saw from the papers that at the inquest on Scragg’s remains a verdict of "accidental death” was returned, The dastardly at- tempt therefore remained unsuspected by the general public, and since I came here I have heard that the secret society has been broken up and its members scatter- ed. I feel now that I shall escape them after all, but I shall die happy, knowing that my boy’s future is assured. and that he will never know (I was convicted un- dur n. fnlae name) how near to annihila tion his own father had brought him and his country‘s queen. Medical Testimony During half a. century proves Cod LIA er Oil to he tin most necessary thingto take for consumption. But the trouble has been i s illipl‘opcr methods of preparation for invalids. Miller's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is the only reliable formula on the market. hone but the livers of Nor- wcgiltn Col are u-ed in making it. in 'clinjuuction with the hyphlsphites of lime and soda it has the most wonderful effect on consumptive patients, who. after taking it for a while, g».t new strength, rise from tht ir beds and get a new lease of life. Miller‘s Emulsion is the great nerve strungfhener and blood maker, and cures, coughs, colds, bron- chitis, scrofula and all lung affections. In big bottles, one. and $1, at all drug stores. ‘ Atonement for Sin. For ‘veness cannot make a sinnerbc or fee as if he had never sinned. '1 here must be, in addition to forgiveness, an atonement for his sin, a. paying of the debt, before he can feel that the burden of his guilt is removed. Hence the ne- cessity of the atonement made by Christ â€"not to appease the wrath of God, but to bring relief to the soul of the penitent sinner. “Jesus paid it all, all the debt I owe," are the tidin s that he must bear and believe before is can stand uncon- demned and self-justified before God. Two Did It. Mr. Martin. notary public, Toronto. says : Dr. Carson‘s Stomach Bitters cured me of dyspepsia. It w ill cure you. Fifty cents a bottle. Allan 8:, 00., Front St. Toronto, proprietors. Ask druggiste. 13 A Wise Providence. It is a wise Providence that we cannot see the future. We can see through one pane of glass easily, but through ten placed together so cannot see, yet each is transparent. By living a day at a time we get along well and all is clear although we cannot see through all the purpscs of God concerning us. Excellent Reasons exist why Dr. Thomas‘ Eclectric Oil should be used by persons troubltd with affections of the throat or lungs. sores upon the skin, rheumatic pain. corns, bunions or ex- tern i1 injuries. The rescue are that it is speedy, pure and unobjectiona‘ile. wheth- er taken internally or applied outwardly. COUNT DB BURY. A Well-Known Denmark Nobleman Makes a Statementfit'hich W ill Pro no of Great Interest and Value to Many. Under date of Sept. 1, 1894, Count de Dory writes as follows from Neepawa. Man.: “I have been ailing constantly for six or seven years with severe kidney and bladder trouble. I have doctorcd during all this time with physmians in different countries without any relief. During my travels I was induced to try South Amer- ican Kidney Cure, from which remedy I received instant relief. I most heartily endorse this remedy, as I do not think it has an equal.” South American Kidney Cure invariably gives relief within six hours after first dose is taken. Agitation in the world of hommpathic medicine has been its very soul of prog- ress, as in politics and religionâ€"the dith- culties of opinion and the individualitics of men have been parent to the disagree- ments by which the standard of these bodies have been elevated. So with most of our famous preparationsiwforemost in illustration of which truth stands the world-famous remedy to general dcbility and Inn our “ Quinine Wine,” and which, when 0 tainable in its genuine strength, is a. miraculous creator of appetite, Vital- ity and stimulant, to the general fertility of the system. Quinino Wine, and its improvement, has, from tho firstdiscovery of the great virtues of Quininc as a medi- cal agent, been one of the most thoroughly discussed remedies over offered to the public. It is one of the out tonics and natural life- iving stimu anfs which the medical pro ession have been compelled to recognize and prescribe. -2llessrs. Northrop . Lyman of Toronto, have given to the preparation of their pure Quinine Wine the great care due to their im- portance, and the standard excellence of the article which they offer to the pub- lic comes into the market purged of all the defects which skilful observation and scientific opinion has pointed out in tho. loss perfect preparations of “it past. Al druggisfs sell it. Mathee was the name of the woman who died recently in Poland at the age of 119 years. In the same province,()hain, Noah Nahankiewicz. a. man, died about the same time aged 121 years. Try It. Mrs. Rose, Gerrard St. E.. Toronto, says: “I had weak lun and a bad cough . Iwns told to try ectoria. Six 25 cent bottles cured me completely." Allan 8t 00., Front St, Toronto, proprie- tors. Ask druggists. There are four times as many Irishman in this country as Englishmen. Wearing of Glass Eyes. It is a fallacy to suppose that people who wear cork legs and glass eyes are in. different to their personal appearange. hey are often vainer than ordinary in- ledriizllisinan, for instance, who is oblig- cd to wear an artificial eye, will wear three different eyes every dayâ€"an eye for morning, when the pupil is not very large ; an eye for noon, When the pupil is smaller; an eye for evening-when the pupil has extended to its full size. A London eye'maker. who gave this in- formation, eaid he made about an equal proportion of glaSs eyes for men and wo- men. Some people keep qurte a stock in their possession, in fact no less than twelve eyes have been made by my in- formant within thrte years. The British steamer Delaware has ar- rived in the River Mcrscywrth the crew of the steamer Donau. whichwas aban- doned in midocean. after havnng been on fire for thirty-six hours. 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