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tion, `The clerk in the small oliiue looked in `wonder at the old man who asked him to pen the message for him, saying simply : I can not write, will ye send it to him 1" 711:. __- L_J _`.___A. 4...._ L~...... 4... --...:4 `l...9...... I write, will ve send it him '3' They had about two h'ohun-3 to wait heforae the boat would start, and this same clerk in about an hour s time cameeout, of his oice briskly hunting around with con- siderable excitement for Uncle Aaron. Ah! here ou are. Here's an answer," he said, han ing it. to him. Dna:1 {F pnan en`:-3 ITnn`n 'Aurnn I U611 ulunc uuu til luv, Ill.|U HUI! |Gl.'l.lil yvl nexus. Rose took it, looking very white, but one, glance, after she had unfolded it, was enough. She gave a low cry amlburst into tears. This astonished the brisk clerk very much, who, knowing what was in the telegram, didn't see anvthing in it to cry about. He stood wondering at her, until Uncle Aaron, taking the crumpled paper from her ngers, said, to him: Read it to VIII) ., IIU Hulll, llallllllls 1U UU llilll. Read it, Rose, said` Uncle Aamon, I can make out print, but not letter writing." Dana tnnlz 30 ]nnlznnr var-:1 trhifn hut nnn .l.U DGJB, Bantu UIIV vuann AA: or vuu:nAA\._a-yo` like way: `Thank God; will meet on without. fail. Shall I get. the lady a. g ass of water, air 2" A No, thank ye, answered Uncle Aaron, putting his arm` into that of Rose, and Doub ; "uluuu Uuuguu nu _)c. Queer old Dick, mused the brisk clerk, looking after them. I suppose she s his `daughter. She d be_ good looking if she- 33 didn t cry so. Then, being a. practical Koung man, he dismissed them at once from is mind and went back"to his work. The sail down the Hudson river was ac- com lished in the usual time, and nally the glow York wharf was reached. Rose and Uncle Aaron made part of the crowd that leaned over the railing nearest the deck. Eagerly Uncle Aaron glanced into the faces below him and nally caught sight of Jacob. `,`Therehe is, Rose-see him? he exclaimed, pointing excitedly. No, Rose couldn t`see him. A mist of tears hid" the dock and all from her sight. But this Wassed, and `eagerly Uncle Aaron pointed im out again. That's ` him with the black beard, Ro_se--see 2 ` Yes, answered Rose, faintly; I should have known him. 74 _,-..--J _ 1--.. L2...` 1.43.`..- Oh`; Kan` Inn leading her down the slpe towards thl `boat ; much obliged to ye. nuunnn A111 mnb rnnanr] tho krhxlz r-`lav-1:, HHV5 KHUWXI lllllh It seemed 9. Ion time before the boat was made fast and t e broadvgang`-plank put down, and then` how the crowd surged ashore! Careful there! called out one of the ociala, not so many at 0. time. ".4. A.'....... 1-4-. `IL... an r-at gm! .'I um1\ U10 011101818, "not: so many an an uuuu. Uncle Aaron let Rose go first, and J ecob epren upn toot or two -along the plank to meet er. "My'wife! he exclaimed, as he took herein his arms, blind to everythin save the; one stupendous .fact. that she he. come] back to `him. _iUncle Aaron, A few feet In the beard, ,etopped still, gazing et them, ~ in greI.t'he e.1jt-beeting with joy. ` mama. come. not elonz you.Icen t you! _ 1161)}, ms greatrneaxfu Duuuulg vuuu JV : ,Comc, come, get along you,Ican you ! . said some one -behind him, and then-per- " haps it was becaus e was blinded by his hapfy tears or bec so the careless crowd jost ed too roughly-w-but Uncle Aaron's foot slipped from the gang-. lank, he struggled, lost his `balance, and e 1 into the water. In- stantly a shout` went up man overboard, with a ring of fear in it that `lled - every V heart. Rose, imclaspeda second beforeb Jacob, had seen him fall. _ Save him! , for the love of God,save him!" she shrieked, -_.._:.`...:.'... .. n..'. ml... uunn ,,,, nu. V. 1392 Iqoiluu in nllllnnort goods for xmai ' trade `at J. mr1rn9s. I01`-DHIIAUVIB UL \_xUu,nuvI apt-i_ning `to the edge.. hm: ` ` ~' ` 5 I'll] hiui? P IV: Vt says, I `'3 `I111! I ` CHAP 1`ER. V11. MAN OVERBOARD ` 'sa.id the clerk in a. business`- . 3 . 9'! '15 %N%R'1'HER1` ADVANCE- nun: am: nun wuwu, . Will no one save Steel I : The main salmon rivers are the Frazer, Skeena, and Nssse rivers, but the sh also swarm in the inlets into which "smaller streams empty. The Nimkish, on Van- couver Island, is also a salmon stream. Setting aside the stories of {water so -thick with salmon that a man might walk upon their backs, `as well as that tale of the stage-coach which was upset by salmon WIIU HUGE VII LUI usvsu. ` - `banking themselves against it when it was crossing a fording-place, t-here still exist absolutely trustworthy accounts of swarms which at their height cause the largest rivers to seem` alive with these sh. In such cases the ripple of their back ns frets the entire surface of the stream. I have seen photographs that show the sh `in in- credible numbers, side by side, like logs in" a raft, and I have the word of a responsible man for the statement that he has gotten all the salmon needed for a small camp, day after day, by walking to the edge of a . river and jerking the fish out with a com- mon poker. rr`1....... -.... -L....L ..:..o...... .\....n..-.i..... Ave 4-Inn GANADA S LL L JJu11AuU. |~`}'%?m,`:,;f.,{; 1.;,,",,A,.d_; FISHING {N Tl-IE` wxr;-:ns or THI-IE "GREAT `NORTHWEST. A Bemarkabl Industry in British Colum- bla-'I`ho Srnlmon Hatch cry on the Fraser Bivor-'l`ho Products] of . tho Waters-A } Graphic Sketch. Already the value of the sh caught ingi the British Columbien waters is estimated at ve million dollars! a_ year, and yet the industry is rather at its birth than in its in- fancy. All the waters in and near-the pro- _vince fairly swarms with sh. The rivers} teem with them, the straits and ords and gulfs abound with them, the ocean beyond is freightened with an incalculable weight of living food, which must soonbe distribut- ed among the homes of the civilized world. The principal varieties of sh are the salmon, cod, shad, whitesh, bass, `ounder, skate, sole, halibut, sturgeon, oolachen, herring, trout, haddock, smelts, anchovies, dog-sh, perch, sardines, oysters, , craysh, shrimps, crabs, and mussels. Of , who search` for them. other denizens` of the water, the whale, sea.- otter, and seal prove rich prey for those , LL _ 73..---- Illusl punch There are about sixteen canneries on the Frazer, six on the Skeena,three on the Nasse, and three scattered in other wa.ters--Rivers E Inlet and Alert Bay. The total canning in ' 1889 was `4l4,`2.64 cases", each of 48 one- pound tins. The fish are sold-in Europe, Australia, and eastern Canada. The Ameri- can market takes the Columbia. River salmon. A round million of dollars is in- vested in the vessels, nets, trawls, can- neries, oil factories, and freezing and salting stations. used in this industry in, British ' Columbia, and about 5,500 men are employ- ed. There is no difficulty in catching the l fish, says a. local historian, `.`for in some l streams they are so crowded that they can readily be picked out of the water by hand. However, gill-nets are found to be pricier- able, and the sh are caught in these, which are stretched across the streams, and handled by men in at-bottomed boats. The sh are loaded into scows and trans- ported to the canneries, usually frame struc- tures built upon piles close to the shores of the rivers. In the canneries the tins are 3 made, and, as a rule, saw-mills near by | produce the wood for the manufacture I of the packing-cases. The sh are cleaned, ` rid of their headsand tails, and then chop- ' ped up and loaded into the tins by China- - men and Indian women. The this are then ped awav. . The industry is rapidly extend- boiled, soldered, tested, packed, and ship- . ing, and fresh salmon are now being ship- ped, frozen, to the markets of eastern America and England. My gures for 1889 ~ (obtained fromthe Victoria Times) are in all likelihood under the mark for the sea- son of 1890. The coast is made ragged by inlets, and into nearly every one a water- course empties. All the larger streams are the haven of salmon in the spawning sea- son, and in time the principal ones will be the bases of canning operations. . The Dominion government has founded ` a salmon hatchery on the Fraser, above New Westminster. It is under the super- vision of Thomas Mowat, Inspector of Fisheries, and millions of, small fry are now annually turned into the great river. \Vhether the unexampled run of 1889 was in any part due to this process cannot be said, but certainly the salmonare not diminishing in numbers. It . was feared that the refuse from the can-. neries would injure the runs of "live sh, but it is now believed that there is a prot to be derived from treating therefuse for oil and guano, so that it is more likely to ____ 4L_--..._ L-..1- :_s.. L]... -a............ LU U0 uctxvuu llvlu IILCIIUIIJH uuc ALIMOJU Ava. uuno, Eve uavex than thrown back into the stream: .1, - ._ --__ __A.__- UU InVG\l uuuu Lulvvvu vulva Luvv sssv cave vacuum in the near future. . The oolachsn, or candle-sh, is a. valuable product of these waters, chiey of the . Fraser and Nasse rivers. They are said to I be delicious when fresh, smoked, or salted, and I have it on the authority of the little, pamphlet British Columbia, handed me by a" overnmeut oicial, that their oil is consi ered su erior to cod-liver oil, or any other fish oil, nown. It is said that this oil is whitish, and of the consistency of thin laid. It is used as food by the natives, and is an article of barter between the coast In- dians and the tribes of the interior. There -is so much of it in a candle -fish of ordinary size that when one of them is dried, it will burn like a candle. .It is the custom of l the natives on the coast to catch the fish in immense numbers in purse-nets. They then boil them in iron-bottomed bins, straining the productin willow baskets, and running the oil into cedar boxes holding fteen gal- lons each. The Nasse River candle-sh are the best. They begin running in March, and continue to come by the million for n period of several weeks. n...m.1. urn smnnnnml to he var-v nlantifnl. pcnuu U1 lcvcuu vvccnu. . Codsh are supposed to be very plentlful, and to frequent extensive banks at see, but these shoals have not been ex lored or chart- ed by the government, an private enter- .u.:.. will nnt. nt.Inmnt.tha work- Simila! L _n_[n.I|I CG Dy LHU 5UVI7.luu|Uuh, nuu tusvnu: cannon.` rise will not attempt the work. Similar hanks oil` the Alaska coast are already the resorts of California shermen, who drive a prosperous trade in eelting large catches there. The skil, or black cod, formerly known as the coal-sh, is asplendid deep- water product. These cod weiil; from eight to twenty pounds, and used to can `ht by the lndiens with hook andline. A ready white men are driving the Indians out by ` superior methods._ Trawls of three hu_n- ` Fred hooks are used, and the sh sre` `found to he" lentifupl, especially of the west coast or t 0 Queen Charlotte Ielends. ` --Julien Relph,`.Vin VHarper s `Magazine for J enuary. V V an I. win -sun no-nu. -'----v There was buried at Somenham on Tuoso 1 day Mrs. Ann Dring, an old widow lad ,` who, had. she lived until January, wou d have attained her 104th. car. She was in _-__--_.__ .: .n 1.... c..... H-. an-If" uh. vrv DSVO auunneu mu` 1v-u.u- um. uuv wen. u. ` ouession of all her fscu ties until the very i eat. Seven children--ve Ions and two ` daughter;---anrvive her, and three of the none have celebrated their golden weddings. She hid twentfxinegrandchildren, sixty `great grandchi ten, end one great great grandson. - i _ = " V - . -- A annd Atnrv` il tnld of the Old l&dV.` HO!` rananou. - A good story is told of the lady.` two sons, both our .uixt.y_. paid 0. visit to 1 the old home bogot.her and stayed over Sun- d$y.; _Theyvwor.e t0`s1e_ep otogqthor in the ' roomhey had occupjod an boys, and after -gunman nnnnnrnli tn ntnrf. Ilhfjif, Gdnd. roompney 118.0 occuppu Isa` uuyl, uuu uL}.,1:r 1 supper prepared to start. 11 stairs. Good- 1 night. mother, they ni ; Good-night. A P8&'lIr0hIl Dame. run ,his the 811-. ill], UFIUCI. , Naturalists often discuss the question whether there is now in the world such a creature as an aboriginal, or truly wild horse. - \Ve know very well tha.t the wild horses 01 the western hemisphere are all descfendants animals. of domesticated Where, then, is the aborigiml wild horse tobe never be settled. cently The question will probably Mr. J. H. Steel, who re- read an interesting paper on VVild found? 3 Horses before the Bombay Natural History T Society, thinks the evidence is in favor of x the existence of the wild "horse in Central 4 i Asia. Gesner, the great authority on zoo- ` ; logy of the sixteenth century, was of the i same opinion, but the fact has often been I questioned, and the assertion. cannot nosi- g tively be made that the wild horse of the i great mountain region which the Russians are now exploring, and of which they have I desce A i_ secured some specimens, is not himself the ndunt of ancient domestic animals. , .L ....nn.-tuna; on wind! 4.. -..-_..L:..-- A` mlvl boys, $ II.-e: you are in I383 Tana 1," fetch the candle down. You needn t .troub1e,' mother; we'll put it out. N0. 110,? rejoined` the motherly old soul, I ll fetch_it..down.' There in noknowing what. mischief you b_oys l1 be doing if I don t. They were her babies still. And so the gray-headed old men were sent. to bed, and were duly tuckedeup and left. "safe for the night.--Hants County (Eng.) News, Dec. 10 mm V I II V0 1&1 1'9`? 1-391. M He Makes 3 Rover of His Dc-Iuncsticated i Very young students in their first at- ltempts at. composition often informed us `that the horse is a. useful animal; This sweeping generalization is subject to im- portant modications before it is accepted in all communities. There ere many thou- sands of horses that toil not like their pro- enitors, but go like the wind where it isteth, and are looked upon as intolerable nuisances in the civilized regions they some- times invade. Our Australian friends, for ' instance, are no lovers of the horse in his untamed state, end some of the colonies set 5 price upon -his head, and do all they can tostimulate movements for his de- [st-ruction. Seven thousand wild horses were shot in New South Wales alone in 1875. These rovers of the plains play the mischief with domesticated animals when they come among them, and the colonists are very much disgusted to observe that the noble horse, relapsing into barbarism ! and forgetting his oats and the other com- ; forts of civilization, runs 011' with his wild brethren who have not enjoyed his superior advantages. 19- nnunf fkgf lug hIuw\`nnnnt` nnr ]'InPPR nu. V GL1 Usco l It must be confessed that our horses I need the restraints imposed upon them to prevent them from disgraciiig their ances- tors, who were certainly domesticated when they were introduced into this country. Years ago it used to be the custom in our Southwestern territory to brand the young , l stock and even many work animals and % lturn them loose to shift for themselvesl |for a. year or two. When tluy werel `wanted they were always as wild as ~ Mexican .musta.ngs. Mr. Powell `wrote a. _book on the best method of taming wilcl horses. The specimens on which he exert- ed his talcnts as a. tamer were, for the most .part, formerly domesticated animals who `ghad forgotten all about their restraints. -`while wandering over the plains of our Southwestern territory. 'l`..umllm~.. in `Nauru:-n 'l`nv-`r-H-1)!-inn nrn nn l i I UUULII V'CUVIL| UCI I.LU\JI."u M Travellers in Western Territories are no !longer in danger of such an eruption of lhorseesh as Murray described in his Travels in North America. He not only witnessed a. stampede of thousands of `panic-stricken horses, but the living tor- rent swept along toward and over his camp, trampling skins and dried meat Iinto the ground, knocking down some qof the tents, and taking with them all its horses except his riding mare, who vainly struggled to break her fastenings. They still range in much smaller herds than formerly on the pla.ins`.of the Upper Color- ado; but the wild horse, like the buffalo, , __L1-..I1__ J2 _ . H n . . . u-ha] lrxnftn-n {Inn BA- HABITS OF THE UNTAMED HORSE. Vance Ol hue yuuoc luau. - . | In spite of the experience of the Ausfra.- i liens, many people, chiey savage, have {been able to turn the wild horse to good account. Hundreds of thou-szimls of Mexican mustangs ha.ve been reduced to servitude. The wild horse of the South American pam- pas, which three centuries ago, only fteen ears after the horse was iiitmoduced from urope, had spread to regions as remote as `Patagonia, has been tamed by thousands, I and as become the useful servant. of Indian tribes. \Y ..,__-I:-4.. ..s-.. 4~1:anI\nru Llnn nnoufdnn EGO; Dub hill : wuu IIULDC, suxc yup uuuuuu, has practically disa.ppea.red before the ad- vance of the white mam. i T , ,:;_ -l LL- . - n n ..:A.-`nan rs` Glxa Anofrn, HUBCCIIUEIII. U1 uuuuzuu uuuauu-av In ........ -.-. Another question of importance as yet unsolved is whether two or three years run on thepa.mpas would rejuvenate the aver- ;o.ge street car horse. develop the latent savager of his nature, and make a wild horseo him. If equine liberty and free- dom from human restraint could achieve a. |miracle 0! such proportions it would be very interesting to know it.-(}o1dlhwa.ite s Geographical Magazine. ! But light at last on his soul was cast,_. Away sank pain and sorrow-- 1 His soul is gay in a fair today, And looks for a bright to-morrow. Note-The letter e is more often used tha.nvany`othern in ordinary composition; hence the cleverness of this unknown a.u'- I `that. . - ; John Knox was a man of woutlrnus nzht And his words ran high and shrill, For bold and stout was his spirit bright, And strong was his stalwart: wail! Kings sought; in vain his mind to chain, And that giant brain to control, `But naught on plain or stormy main Could daunt that mighty soul. attention-z John would sit and sigh till morning cold Its shining lamps put; out, For theughts` untold on his mind laid hold, And brought; but pain and doubts. Mnners can the {world mfic(>r a. moment, charicter for 0.1 t.imes.-A. Bronson Alcott. `I : _-.- _.....1.I ur\1Annn - `gunman hrnicn kn! cn`rIclIUl' LUK I|l IalIlIUI.`-1. 12!. Uuuuu (Auavvv. If you would please a woman, pralse her children ; if you would please a. man, praise him. l'l'IL__- 2- ..- -uiouvwvnm an nuntvfh Ar `ll hnnlvnn ; mm. . ` There is no power on earth or m heaven than can undo what. has once been do-ne.-' Robertson. A -`l _L_..:-.. I---un-:1 Jhuonnf. In`:-nu Info fkn Ivoneruuu. _ `Lsboring toward clisbant aims sets the mind in; higher key, and puts us at our 1 best.-I a.rkhurst. If-..` 2- 35..-`: an 1-v\An:An A` Lnruvdnnna nal ` I0l'u3.--Duluum uuuuauu. 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Tn-u:v Am: mnoxrnonouau mo Paounrr m ACTION. mo roam A vnuunsuz AID 1'0 Bunoock BLOOD Bm-zas in nu: TREATMENT AND cum: or cl-IRON!) AND OBSTINATE D|SEASES. THE FINEST TEA IV THE WORLD FOR urge sale Blame 0: nrauclaas nurses. young. ood drivers and heavy horses. Sound young omen taken on instruments. ' ' ` BE FR_o_M| j RST, STR``)_NcEST, BEST. lnnv fnr nan in nnv nnantltv- For makimz 801 INDIAN SOLE AGENT FOR BARRIE. TH E BOAT BUILDER A SURE CURE Phrity Avvo I claim the on1yme- chanical system to .".lnh Fnntl Pntnnmd r B! 1111111.. I shalt the weight ofothor make; I `and Flavor. PRICES LOW. ml! {OVEN HQHHUI U MONTRIA-I I :Po1| Lrrie. Iarrld I .1889,` " *.""%l It was their last? evening at J a.cob s' house, when wee Alice had taken gran_dma. up to her own room. and was happy wlth her in he: P ene( child, was sitting there with her, `happy and -L__-...... `l\f\ retty childish fashion, and Aunt_Ka.te, soft. I and gentler for the time spent -with the Hobo ` ork ., .., .....~ - - [at peace, too. In tho Iihrs `at peace, Lou. - In the lib:-ariy, the beautiful, room with its lines of books and corners of rare curiosi- ties, seated in two easy chairs drawn up in front oi the blazing re, were Uncle Aaron, and Jacob,` alone together. Alike, and yet not alike. Jacob s face, manly and grave, stood out like u1a.1'ble, chiseled by some master hand. .A face full of vigor and. thought and strength. It seemed to sug- gest, the possibilities in` man ! Bub Uncle Aaron, of larger frame and grander mold, sublime in his iugged simplicity, seemed `to suggest the possibilities of a. God ! vmm twn mt. looking into the cools. and at suggesb bub IIUBDLUAIIULOD u: a uuu a The two sat lookmg mto thecoals, and at last Jacob said, with a. sigh: Well, so you leave us to-morrow, father. Couldn t you stay longer 1 -his best. not. lad. it : best not. We v` 8LtL_y lungs: a ` ``IL s best not, lad, ve had a good visit, and your mother has been like a. different creature since wee Alice took to her "so. Hum ! with a. little chuckle glof keen amusement, `_`blood is vthicker n water, ain t. it? When I see little Alice 3-settin` on her gi'andma. s lap, a.-doin what she will with her, and her a.-settin as en- >-:/\L .... .. o\r\n.':I\, Loin T fan` nu; 1,1` ` . like to go out and ap my wings and say: ue W111 Wlbll H61`, a.uu ucl aravuuu nun gun- I d tlc and quiet as a nestin hn, I feel as i `(luck-ec doodle-doo! uh . __-.. .].\.. t nnhl Tunnk urH-1| on an- 'UuCK-(`EC UUUUIC-uuu: ' But you don t,, send Jacob, wxbh a.n,a,n- gwm-ing laugh. _ u\'... 1.1 I .lnn r wnhed Uncle Aaron- !Wm'1I1g Iuugn. Nu, la, I don t, replied Uncle Aaron, with it quizzicul look. nor neither would you if you was me. _ ' A noincntfs pause, then Uncle `Aaron, stuupiiag lawn, took hold of a. nmgnicent : i)l:u;l( l,cm--skin tlmt, in-)uut.ed as 8. rug, 1 VVAH in 11011`: < f the grate. How qu0c1' it, SJBIIH, lzul, to use the` b'ar s c<>zLL this way! \\ l:y, m:my s the b au' l \'e killed in tle past twenty years" in the mnunt.'1ins_, and yet. I never thought; of put,- ting his coat umler my feet. Why, it s just (IIIIUFCIID, \VUlll(lll l; lb: Jacob nodded and smiled, and Uncle` Aaron went on: That's what I mean; that the things we sees to do the easiest--whztt is in us to do-is the right thing for us. And then arter it is done, every one sees it is good, ye know Now, about this ere room. Jacob. Somethings air right` and somethings air wrong. I mean in the xin s, led; and I have noticed that the right things are what-was easy to do, and- the other things that were a. heap more trouble they don t suit no one now they are done. 11/1` 1- .1 . 1- n ,,,.n __::| `r_..-L ..:..:..... UUIIU Oh, father! fu.t;her! said Jacob, rising unexpectedly and pacing _the floor; _you should have been in my place ; you should have haul a chance!" ;:ru 1' 1, no `IA',_...-.0 It '.1.. llilVC [mu it Ullitllkltil , Chance for what, led`? Money? 1 "do not want it. I never ha.ve--that is not what 1 have keered for. Wlmt do you care for!" said Jacob. Me? \Vha.t.do I keer for? I don't know. how to tell ye, lad. I know I don t keer for ` money-for that only means so many loads of helnlock bark taken to the `tannin. But it seems to me, lad, as if` there must be some other use for what. s in us-some other use. 1`n1no schollzu`d; I can t say what I feels, my boy, but when I heered you the other lay in court, zy pleadin for that poor woman, and saw the tears a. runnin down , the In"-r>])leS" cheeks, I felt as if I was at livin then, and Uncle Aaron rose and put his lllllltl on Jacob's shoulder. _ You give me new com`a.ge, father," said .1 aeoh; hut. it s hard to live on without her ~-~nl`V wife. I _ T . I know, lml. Don't ever think I forget I it. ' 1loe, There are some that help us; (wen nlthnugll they can not take our l>lll'(l(`ll frmn us, they seem to share the \\'ui it.. ' -l'\:Il\l\ al v-nun rnnn flinf. hn u/an nf.nn.l. proSeEIi'tZ,! ind, with- V` l.'I`:_;HL UL Ibo. ' ` Jacob, strong man that he was, felt steal- ing over him the _ same sense of comfort; that. he haul felt as a. child in Uncle Aaron's arms. He felt; strengthened and uplifted, better able to face the long, dreary outlook of lonely days to eoxue. c-x:...1.,,.-n 1... ...:,1 nf `nuf nnn rnnlrn nu: "1 IUIICIY KIKLJB UU CUBIC. Fat1Ier," he said, at last you make me feel like a. man a.gain---like a. soldier that; has heard the ringing cheer of his Captain to charge the foe. ` And I would indeed be .a c0wa.1(l if I fell back now. 1x'\( I I as . ,2 I 11.- -1- A_-.v... ;..::.L L:. .0: l.'\7VVl`.hl(l 11 .1. [C11 lJUrUl\ IIUW. My lad, said Uncle Aaron, with his` tender, loving smile, you l_1ever have been a. cowa.rd-a.nd you never will be! There are few so steeped in wrong-doing as to be co1nfo1`mb1y stupeed. Rose has never quite forgotten for one short half hour her deserted child and husband. Uncle Aaron's beseeching words have come back to her ears again and again, and she feels a. strange, regretful pity whenever she thinks of him. `IN'l_'; ` LIIIIIIID U1 llllllu T Fifteen years have passed away since she has seen him, and on this particular day as she is walking through the town of Ron- dout. he is in her mind. She is with her theatrical company, and whether it. is ow- ing to the fact that she is so neareto the mountains or not, she has been thinking of Uncle Aaron all the morning. Suddenly; a hand is laid` upon her shoulder, and a_.,? voice says huskil : Beanb this Rose? Yes-wh_v. its vou!- she exclaims. :za.z- ' vxuvv DGJD uumsu i ".I.)C&l1|/ IIHIH D088!" Yes---why, it 3 you 1 exclsums, gaz- mg at Uncle Aaron in surprlse. He stands there in the sunlight, his beard and hair`. very white, his gray eyes ashing with e_x-'_ citement, his breath coming fast. Ah-- how do you do? she says; f`are you well 2 Yes, Lhankee, sbammers Unclb A:irox_ 1.;_A.; I was just. thinking` of you, goes._on_ Rose, coolly, looking very beau_1_:iful yvi_th ` WEE REDJEEMEVD; '-u--:':`r (.:,;) [33 {3f_.igJ1_f 7 N ; W /1)`. I O L `. :50 YOU LEAVE US '1`o-1\1o1m9w'3 Z_EN. nts bya By Mn. Isabel H. Floyd. CHAPTER VI. van and the g1in the inn I_1pon Ixenyellow hair; do you often come Into town? ;I thought you seldom left. the mo'nnta.m." - \ T named down on 1\Ja.t.thew a hnninant , ` uu lvxuulu uuu vuw ulvuuvuxuo. ` Be : my other son, yer know_-ha.s a. farm.` I live with him sence mother died. How-- do you know-howAis Jacob? said the old man, ea. erly. ` `(Tnnn \9 I An n}. lrnntlr linen: nnl-. anon I comed down on l\Iatthew busineus. LIIU UGIIIIIIUK U]. IIIIID pvuvvnupuu IGUIIUI iehakee the good old man for a moment; then, his eyes ashing more than ever, he answers: So "long as that! Why, wee Alice is nigh on to eighteen years old. ' H\7An nacmni-AA Rnun nn1m'n7 nl1n vnnnl-. I shod, com ts and 001% luau, ca. cu: . J ace '2 I do not know. `I have not see him, slowly, since Ilaat saw you. ` ` 'l`|-nn nnlrnvinuni II` f}:u - I.nI-nvntyanf. rafjunn 51106 ID 111511 vu. UV Uxsllbvuu Jvcuu vsuo 1 Ys, assented Rose calmly, she must be. Is she like me._ Is she pretty,'do you know? T u\1~r____,_.i _;-_.. .. m L..-1_.. :._ tT_,.1- A .._.\. buum an out: vuuua 1 Not very much, she answera, smiling 1 slowly; but I have wanted to see you, though. You don t believe that? It s true all the same. You have always been in m thoughts. I have felt so sorry that `what did hurt you, because you were so good, throwing out her hands with a. pretty gest- ` ure. xu'1-_.1o -__..1_A.-.1 TT....`I- A-...... HIV: ` Good? ejaculated Uncle Aaron, in "amazement; what do you mean? ` i HT v\\nnI\ -uh` Dnan tn:-ninn or-nnrir` :l`I'\- KLIUW5 . Woman! woman 1" broke in Uncle Aaroh, have ye no heart at all? And you have not seen her. in all these years? Tell me, have ya never wa.nted.toT see` her and yer husba.nd-my boy? -Never wanted T to see them all this time? 1x\Y_A. _.-_..- .._-.-L 3! ..L.. ......_.A_. ......:`I:_.. uuluzculuuu; Wullou uu _yUu ulvaua , I mean, said Rose, turning around im- i pulsively and facing A him. that you are i more of a. saint than any one I know, and * my memory of your talk to me is like that of 8 church, and that if I had had .you for my father I might have been agood woman. There, Lhat s what I mean. I/I'.`..- n-mortar: Ir.`-Inn nunn TTIIAIA A nl'l\I'I 1.11616, uuuu D "null J. Illvuauo More amazed than ever Uncle Aaron stood looking at her, his heart swelling with emotion. as 1.17 as _,_-,,;. __ `D... :(._..I :2 `I -..-..- WILU UlllUIIl.Ullo C - Yes, went on Rose, and if I were with you every day now, I would be a good woman. It's true, she nodded; you are better than a.ll'the priests to me. ' I don t, see why, he said. You don L? No, I suppose not, she ex- claimed, laughing a.wav a. bear; but it s 8. fact all the same. I klmow that if I had to die this very minute; I sl1ouldn t. be half so afraid to go if you would stand by me and. hold my hand! , _ Q...J.J....1.. nIvr\\. TT..nln Any-nn a Tana nclmn n. IIU|ll [ll] uuuu; V Suddenly over Uncle Aaron s face came 3. stramge light:,and the blood rushe`(l hotly up against; his white hair. Rose, [ have thought of something. Will yer do it fer me ch1'ld`? '\V ill ye do it? ` `.`Not to go back to Jacob--- ` But if I go with ye, said Uncle Aaron, . rapidly. Ye said, if ye was not making sport of me, that if I were by ye everv day ye could be a. good woman. Rose! Rose! come back to Jacob, and I ll come with ye! Come back to my boy. Come, I ll come with ye. Think! of the years that he has loved ye and been left "alone. Think of yer child--wi1l yer come, Rose? . Wnn o vnnrnnnf. aha unnrnn n waver- than cnuu--w lu yer Uuulc, JAIUBU. For a. moment; she seemed to waver, then shaking her head she said, rather wearily : No, it, would be of no use. . I couldn t now. It. is -too late. He can not wa.nt-I [should not. suit him-V-he could not. forgive,` A and besides-Oh, I cou1dn b ! It _ is im- possible. _ ' Thorn nrn tiunnn whnn the vearnina of an Ional chuI`' possiuie. There are times when the yearning of an intense love has the force of a. whirlwind. Such was Uncle Aa.ron s great soul now. He saw the future joy, both of his boy and of this `fair woman before him hanging in the balance, and he felt that he must save her. His eyes burned, his face was ushed, he walked erect like a. king, and like a. king he commanded : ` Come, I want to talk with ye. Lookin up at him in wonder, for across his face s one a. quivering light of strange sweetness, Rose stopped, hesitatede mo- ment and then turned and" walked by his side. He strode alongdown oneof the side streets and out to the edge of the town un- til they came to a. clump of trees neara. stream. - 111 _.9_ -2; .1-__.. 1.-.... I... ....:.i 11.5}. 3|"/TOBIII. ' Let. s sit down -here, he said. Both ~ were silent; for 9. moment, Rose nervously 1 punching holes in the soft green moss wit. the end of her lace parasol, while Uncle ; Aaron, layingr his hat upon the ground, ` run his ngers excitedly through his long whitehair. u~r.,s__ -.---.. '...-..1.1 ,.L:|,1 ..'_..,1 1 ,:|,,_9. wmte tutu`. _ It's a queer `world, child, and I don t I pretend to understand itglbut there is one thing that I doknow, and I want ye to I know it. The only happiness for ourselves is what we szive to others. A When I was youn er I` di7in t know this, an_d many a time cried out at things and hated folks. I was always hungry for what I never got, all my life, till late years, and I used to feel as if no one s heart was quite as empt as ` mine, and no one s life quite so--spoi ed. But, chi1d,-here his voice grew dee er- I have found out that all hearts are un- gry-, all lives lack somewhat, and no one II ays are quite as they would like them. And so I say, what am I more than other. folks 1 that I should have things right to my mind? And so I say to ye, what are ya that ye should spoil two other lives so that yet fancy be suited? Dunn nvlnnnnrl Inn 1". nliivnra B. aim, slowly, since I last you." ~ The calmness of this statement rather lnn\`9QQ `Ln unt` rvunn-I `run on I\l\iV'|l\I\`n lacy UU BUIDUUS Rose glanced up at him, ehivered a. little, and he went one nervously punching holes in the soft green moss; See that calf down theretrying to poke its nose through into the other eld? He don t see why that fence is there-he can t see why. But he wants to get on the tother side , of it- the foolish critter! The eld he s in now has better fodder in to't, but he sees other crittersafeeding over there and thinks they re havin a. better time than he is. Human critters are very like him, went ._ TT.....1.-. An-nnn kn]: -arv\:`;nao nnvAv'n11f.in. lluluuu UYIIIDUID GLO VDLJ Anny llllll vvuuv on Uncle Aaron, half Asmlhng; never sa.t1s- ed-never satised! Now, chi1d-tell me ` the truth; are you satised with your life unu:9 - _. ..l nave Ulusu ucuu VOL] Iuucl. . .7 My poor child, said Uncle Aaron , sym- pathetically, his big hand seeking hers, and } patting it gently. Go on,' tell me of ib.g I.--don t know "what. to tell, stamg now? Tn- now!" Rose ushed 9. little but a.nswere_d: ` I have often been very lonely. u`I\,I'.. ...-um nlnil.-I nnirl Tlnnln Amrnn) abmng ll: Ullblyo "\JU Uu, vcu use Us sv. In-d0llt tell, stam- mered Rose. I.a.m raised and attered ` and admired, and at rat. in was delightful, but. I suppose I've either get used to it or something-but. now it don't. seem to please me as it used to do. i ~ Yes, assented Uncle Aaron, b ye are too ood as women to be happy _ away from yer usbsud. u1' nn f. thin]: +.i...+... it- said Rose. rnis- \ I L, . TS; Etc. er HIISDBDCI." > r ` I_ don t think that : it, said Rose, mis- ing her eyes at last and lookin at him; I 3 t-hmk the reason that I am not appy is be- M cause I want something new. u1\T'.. 37 nah! `l'Tnn`In An:-nn` nhnlna In CIUSO 1 want: loulouuug new. No, said Uncle. Aaron , shaking his head, `e`youedon t. It's a. dull thihg to lay, child, but you want aomethinglold. _- Old as those bills yonder, and as strong! Oh! that I was a. sool1a.rd,A and had the words in my head for ye. Ye want to give more of 1 yerself away and then ye ll feel rich. Some ; things row by being ' used. . Ye want to use the eart that : in ye- - V ucI......N ....hul `Dnnn aft-gnanhv mini:-rad.` use me neart taste 1:: ye-- - Stop! cried Rose, strangely stirred; There "is no heart in me. I m notlike you. : I ve1ived in the cities. I m old and hard. ` You judge me by yotirself. You are wronfg," rising quickly torher feet and walking 3. 6w stepsawa . t _ . -` Child. "said Uncle Aaron, tol1ow_ing'_l3_er, steps awa. . v T Child, tollowing her, and placing two hands upon her shouldr, give and ye will be blessed !? . 1 Han l.1......+;:$..1 hum: ushed back siu1den~ "give and wm De Dleaapu L Hjer.-beautiful `eyes ashed back sudden compre'hension~of his thought, and she felt ` for the moment unlifted'"-`inspired--wi1ling to do what he wished, but in another momentthe reaction came, a.nd,sh_e whis- pered faintly: Io wonld-'-but I have nothizig` in (viva - ysuvu wvulvqo - vvv-.--b _v--v.- ---~-- --~--~ _ { to give. .'.l`hen Uncle Aaron smiled; such ` la`. Qy;ef uNO, Veeriile ef strong` faith in` her thet ehe felt as 3 if an arm of strength had suddenl been put V about her. Thatsmile said more t an word: I could` of sure hope and loving condence. Ye will try? ho'ea.id. ` A " Van u-in-11 ninurlw ant` uni-v HI-1vn`\`1-r 1 Lhoto. VBRIDGEE JV VIII} IJIJ3 IIV CI\aIn - - } Yes, very slowly and very humbly, 1 but I am afraid. -And besides, I am so ` tired; so very tired! I `want some one-- iome one-- burst-ing out suddenly into M great sobs, some one like you to comfort ITIA ,, m?]..`he Ii ht. of love upon Uncle Aaron : fact 4 deepen . There, t-here, child!-I 1l-never leave ye again; ye shall have me to comfort ` L e. Ah. me! sighing with deep joy, how ' a py I be! * e ralsed her head upvfrom the grass, whereon she had thrown herself in he! abandonment, and looked at him. Hap- py? she cried._ - Van ha answerer}, ` mniiinc dnwn at her. < \ TPy`:`Yla::biizfaniswered,. snniiingbgown a her, j for I know that ye and my y will be hap yonce more. v . _- `f at per-ha.ps-. began Rage, wxth trem- bling lips . (*4-u-n-" nah} TTnz-In An:-rm, ninlzincr un Duu ups. 3 ` me; said Uncle Aaron, picking n his hat and holdini his hand._ Come! ; They walked along_ ad in hand for some ` distance, and through Rose s mind the ` words, Our Father which art in. Heaven, . 0ur.Fat_her which artin Heaven, kept re- peatin themselves over continually. For a few azed moments she felt as if_ it was He who had her b the hand. Then` glanc- i ing 11 and seeing ncle Aaron : great, but lvery uman form,"a trembling realization of what she had agreed to do came over her. I m afraid, she whispered. I tTw\n1n A noonn tuna nun!` `uni! lmnnrl `'1. ll! uruiulu, v nun wuuspuruu. 1 Uncle Aaron . grasped her hand ` still tighter and answered: Ye need not be, u i child. J acob has loved ye all this time. I : Very humbly the beautiful head dropped twain and a penitence that was complete ii led her soul. 1 rn, ,_ c__n__ -____- :__a._ 4.L..A....... ......J 1)..-- lulcu HUI. aunt. 1 ` _. They nally came into the town, and Rose llnaid, ently; VVill you come to the Man- [ lion ouse and wait for me? .i ..\-r, n ,_::1 I"r..-1- A..._--_ :41 1.-.-.. I... .1... lltltl, CUUIJ; H In Jun vuuu: uu `uuv .:.u.u-u~ I-Iouse and , No,- said Uncle Aaron, I have to do sometlliug for _Ma.t.thew, e know. l l1 tend to that rst, and sex him word that I am going to New York to see Jacob. !He d bea. wonderin, yo see, if I didn t -come back. ` _ { i Thiisismall but pra.ctiea.I detail againl made Rose realize what 9. change was com- ing to her life, and she trembled again. I forget everything but my own miserable self, she said humbly. I will see my man- agerand resign my position, get my things together, and whenever you are 1-eady come to the hotel and you will nd me." Var-xv urn" auitl flu:-la Anrnn T will I IIU LIHU IIUUUI uuu yuu \V.lll I.ll.lLl. INC. | Very well, said Uncle Aaron. . I will come by noon for ye, child. T-In urnnf `\;u aunt! unl` aha urnnf. horn UKIUIU U) lIU\Pll'|`Ul J5, Ulllltl. ' He went. his way and she_ went hers. About twelve o cl_ock he g':a1le for lam-, and they took the -small boat across the river to Rhiueheck, where the steamer a.w:mir.e'd them. Here Uncle Aaron sent a. telz-grzun to Jacob: Rose and I are comirg to you, meet us in the c'1`.;y. ' always