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»w. VOL XXII, NO. 26.1 Porth Outarig Obserue. 4 WEEKLY POLITICAL, AGRICUL- TURAL § FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 18 PUBLISHED AT PORT PERRY, ONT. NYERY PHURSDAY MORNING, BY BAIRD & PARSONS. TERMS.--$1 per annum, if paid in ad- vance; if not $1.50 will be charged. No subscription taken for less than six months; and no paper discontinued until all arrears are paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. For each line, first insertion ........ $0 08 uent. per line ...... 0 02 Cards, under 6 lines, per annum .... . 5 00 §@F™ Letters containing money, when ad- dressed to this Office, pre. paid and regester- will be at our risk. ee measured by Nonpareil, and charged according to the space they oc-- 'eupy. Advertisements veccived for publication. without specific instructions, will be inserted until forbid and charged accordingly. No advertisement will be taken out untilpaid for. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants and others who advertise by the year or alf-year. or These terms will in all cases be strictly +. end to Job Department. Pamphlots, Hand Bills, Posters, Pro-- grammes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Receipt Books, Checks, Books, Circulars, Business Cards, Ball Cards, &c., of every style and solor, exccuted promptly and at lower rates chan any other establishment in the County. Parties from a distance getting hand wills, &o. printed can have them done to take home with them. W. PARSONS. J. BAIRD. H. SANGSTER, M. J. geon and Aceoucheur. Coroner for the County of Ontario PORT PERRY. Omece over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of «Queen and Perry Streets. Office hours from 9a. m. to 12 m. Residence, the dwelling recently occupied ®y Mrs, Geo, Paxton. A g, Coronor for the County of FN A ein, Surgeon and Ac- coucheur, Ofce, opposite the town hall. Port Perry. eee eee <. MCGILL & RAE, Physclans, Surgeons, us Office and Residences, King st. Oshawa, WM. M'GILL, M.D. FRANCIS RAE, M.D. M.D., M. R. C. 8, Guy's s. MCBRIEN, M.D, 1 MN London, ingland. The kiye R. ), H. as ? ? Oshawa. meee REWELL, LI. B., County Crown J Blane for Ontario, Barrister, Attorney, Anlicitor, and Notary Public. Office lately oc- cuptad by 8. H, Cochrane, Esq., Brock street, Whitby. CL re---------------- MAN I. ENGLISH LL. B., Solicitor in ry Attorney, Conveyancer; &c. "Oshawa. Omee--Simcoe street, opposite the Post Office a 1. B., Barrister, At- YOUNG SMITH, ito in Chancery, hd Insolvency, Notary Public, &ec. Office--MeMiilan's Block, Brock street, Whitby. W. Maurice Cochrane, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan cery Notary Public, &c., &c. Office hours punctually from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Money to Loan at 8 per cent, on all kinds of good security. Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, PORT PERRY. . PATERSON, (late of Beaverton,) N Te and Alttorney-at Law, Soliei- tor in "hancery, Conveyancer, Notary Pub- tio fo er Brown & Currie's Store Port Perry. 8 MeGILLIVRAY, Bafristers ILLINGS 4 aries Public, &e, Port Perry. £8 A large amount of money to loan at 8 per cent. John Billings. mares J. A. MURRAY, ATE Patterson & Fenton, Surgeon Dentist, Office over Corrigan & Camp- bell's Htore, Port Perry. All work done in the very atest and best style and warranted to give satisfaction, Port Perry, March 28, 1877. 0. N. VARS, L. D. 8. Ee inserted Lon all ne Intest poiach f the as cheap as the c ye the ig Teeth filled with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted without pain by producing local aneesth- esis. Dentical Rooms--in Cowan's new block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King Street, Oshawa. nd Hanning & Lally. t. SURVEYORS, CIVIL EN- + emeErs, Draughtsmen, Solicitors of nts. Office, Gould's Block, Uxbridge. ©. 4. HANNING. ©. W. LALLY. Moxey 10 Loax.--C. G. Hanning, Agent for the Freehold Loan & Savings Co. Uxbridge, March 26, 1879. | John A. McGillivray. AND [RY GRIST, Paren DravesTuax, Ottawa, Canada. Cransacts business with the Patent Office and other departments of the Government Songriges and the Registration of Trade and Specifications, and other Documents neces- sary to secure Patents of Invention, prepared n receipt of the model of the Invention. D. BATEMAN, Veterinary Surgeon, PORT PERRY. LL CALLS by day or night promptly A attended hid dors 7 mail or telegraph will be ed to without delay. Ornos--Mary directly south Hotel. Bal D. BATEMAN. Port Perry, April 9, 1879. Music. h 1 Teacher of Music PRT tar ier in Musical In- on Union Avenue. | e------------ Designs procured. Drawings, public connection with this Branch. De est allowed thereon: LICENSED FOR THB AND = Charges to suit the Times. Port Perry, Feb 12, 1879. in North Ontario, the or Cartwright. Bill stamps always on hand. free of charge. be kept. Terms Liberal. Port Perry, Sept. 4, 1877. E. MAJOR, days of Sules. Port Perry, Jan 10, 1879. WM. GORDON; and Eldon, to their interests. T. H. WALSHE, of Victoria. em ~ Busiiess Cards. ONTARIO BANK. CAPITAL $3,000,000 PORT PERRY BRANCH. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. A Savings Department is now 0] No notice of withdrawal required. A.A. ALLEN, MANAGER. C. DAWES, AUCTIONEER ! COUNTY OF ONTARIO, Township of Mariposa C. DAWES. ¢ ) ETURNING my sincere thanks to my \, numerous friends and patrons for their liberal patronage bestowed upon me Auctioneer during the past eight years, I would now beg to offer my services to all who may have Farm Stock, Implements, or other property to sell by Auction anywhere township of Mariposi My long and extensive practice as Auc- tioncer has enabled me to judge the value of Farm Stock with an accuracy second to none in the County, and this is of import- ance as if the Auctioneer is not a good judge of the value of Stock fie may soon lose far more than his fee in any sale. Sale Bills srranged and notes supplied Days of Sale may be arranged at the Opsenver Office, where a Sale Register will W. MW. © JCENSED AUCTIONEER. All parties wishing his services can call at the «Observer Office, Port Perry, and arrange for Licensed Auctioneer, Valuator, &e. OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, F Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa REF Parties entrusting their Sales to me may rely on the utmost attention being given WM. GORDON, Sunderland, Brock. ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township L of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in North Ontario ; Mariposa, etc., in the County y Resldence--Cannington, Brock. Orders left at this office, or at his residence will be punctnally attended to. Debts col- lected in Cannington, or otherwise, n in ts of FiveDollars and upwards received and inter and |IND. & D. J. ADAMS, Money, Land & Insurance B RO KERS, HAE large sums of money on had for Investment, Mortgages Purchased. A number of excellent Farms for Sale or to Rent. AGENTS FOR THE Of Steamships. JOHN & DAVID J. ADAMS, Office In Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Port Perry. Port Perry, Jah. 23, 1879, JAMESLUND, MONEY, LAND & INSURANCE BROKER, ONVEYANCER, Commissioner for taking Afidavits in Court of Queen's Bench, &e. MONEY 10 LOAN In any manner to suit borrowers, Mortgages Bought, Accounts, Notes, &e., Collected and prompt remittances made. The party borrowing money can get it without commission, at the Lowest rate, and is allowed to fix his own time for payment of interest once a year (not in advance), and Just as circumstances all of the principal, « thems-lves inthe mort- h gage 10 ac small, an prineipal, imme on the sum paid. eX on such répayinent. e from 2 to 20 years on farm, or good productive town property. In all cases where the title is perfect, the cost will be very slight to the borrower. As am acting both as Agent and Valuator for several Companies there ean possibly be no publicity in the transaction. as If the title is perfect the money will be paid here In two webks after making applica- tion. JAMES LUND, Broker, &¢., Parrish's Block, Cor, Brock and Bascom treets, Uxbridge. Uxbridge, May 17, 18 ee 3h nige ONTA AND GENERAL P= PERRY HOUSE, JAS. V. THOMPSON, The above House is now most comtort- ably furnished, and Guests dre cared for in Good Liquors and Cigars, ¢ | also, first class Stabling and good Ostlers.-- Additions have been made which maker this the largest and best House in this section of country. Fare $1.00 per Day. the Home Style. MONEY TO LOAN. The untlersigned has any amount of Money to lend upon Farm and Town Property, at Unusually Low Rates of Interest! Loans can be repaid in any manner to suit the borrower. Also several Improved Farms, and Wild Lands for sale, cheap. Investments made in Municipal Deben tures, Bank and other marketable Stocks, Apply to JAMES HOLDEN, Broker, &e. Whitby, April 10, 1873. NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS MONEY TO LOAN. | HE undersigned would say to the owners of Real Estate, that he has in his hands a | nage amount of private funds which he is prepared to invest for periods to suit borrow- ers--iiitefest at eight per cent Kxpedition and most reasonable terms assured. 8. H. CHRISTIAN. Manchester, October 17, 1577. hotels. THE WALKER HOUSE| PORT PERRY THE WALKER HOUSE whether for extent or quality of accommo- dations is equalled by few Hotels in the Province and strpassed by nohe out of the best cities, Commercial Travelers, the Travel Public, Farmers and others doing business in the Village and the general public will find in THE WALKER HOUSE all that can be required in the matter of accommodation and moderation in charges. Che Charges are No Higher at the 'Walker House than at any other Hotel in Town. The House is fitted up throughout FIRST CLASS STYLE. The Tables and Bar supplied with the choice of the market and the utmost atten- tion paid to the convenience and comfort of ALL GUESTS. An abuhdance of comfortable Stable and Shed accommodation, and attentive hostlers. W. B. McGAW. Port Perry, April 20, 1876. PORT PER The subscriber having burg, Cartwright, intends fitting it up wit view to the comfort and convenicnce guests The supplies for the table and bur ta fully selected. PETER HOLT. Cartwright, March 4, 1879. R EVERE HOUSE, Nv MANCHESTER. By GEO. HOUCK. it will be my endeavor to conduct it bation and patronage of the public, Manchester, Oct. 6, 1875. 30 HOTEL, O "+" WHITBY, T. MASON, - - PROPRIETOR. The public well car.d for, and all Guel will please feel at howe, Whitby, Nov, 9th, 1876. UEEN'S HOTEL, Corner of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts CANNINGTON, Ox. D. CAMPBELL, style, )and offers every accommodation travelers. MONEY TO LOAN. HE Subscriber is prepared to lend money on improved property for terms from one to twenty years. Agent for Westery Caxapa Loax axp Savings Company, He has also been instructed to invest a prompt WM. ie Cattle, Sheep, possible to bring. charge. Parties immediate and careful attention, Charges Moderate. Raglan, Sept 10,1878. rty he will in fu Abert to his business now to Layi Se and ro thi therewith, whi oh est not! in the best and style, and at the very lowest a job can be doue. The first-class workmanshl Prince Albert, April5, 1875. + sion Court. Port Perry. Office hours from 10a. m, to3 p. m. T. C. FORMAN, of | Port Perry, Nov 1, 1875. J= CHRISTIE, TOWNSHIP OLERK, Commissioner &c. Office--Manchester. T C. FORMAN, : i on Union 'Avonut, | Port Port Perry. made. WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- eer. HEZZELWOOD, Licensed Auctioneer. HE Undersigned having taken out & T License as Auctioneer is now preparod to attend to all sales entrusted to him.-- Having had much experience in handling Real Estate, Live Stock such as Horses, &c., also Farming Imple- ments of all kinds, Farm Preduce, &c, &c., parties placing their sales in my hands may rely on getting all for the property that is All orders promptly attended to, sale bills made out and sale notes turnished free of leaving their orders at the Osszrvse Office, Port Perry, will receive WM. HEZZELWOOD, Raglan. WwW M. SPENCE, ConTRACTOR, BUtLoEs, dc. The Subscriber in returning his sincere ronage be- neral at having bough! moved into linge of ture give his as Contraetor, Work, Brick- ything connecte 0 will execute on the short durable at which material SPENCE. . HAM, Clerk of the Third Divi- HO Mitton in Bigelow's Block, INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS & MEASURES For the County of Ontario. abe gsuer of Marriage Licenses--Conveyancer, Marriage Licenses. One door west of the Walker House large t of Private Funds. Inter st Eight per cent. No Commission. N. Ff. PATERSON. Bolicitor CLEMENT DAWES, HA Money to Loan on Farm security in any manner to suit borrowers, Mort. gages bought at lowest rates. Accounts, Notes, &c., collected on reasonable Com. mission, Apply personally, or by letter to C DAWES, Auctioneer, &c., Port Perry, March 7, 1878. MONEY [Private Fuands,] ¢| To Loan on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- terest. Port Perry, May 20, 1878. LYMAN ENGLISH, BARRISTER, &0., awe November 21, 1866. WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY. INCORPORATED 1851. OADPITAL . . 8800000. (With power to increase to $1,000,000.) "HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. #&~ Insurances effected at the lowest cuirent rates on Buildings, Merchandise, and other property, against loss or damage by fire. JNO. & D. J. ADAMS, Agents, Port Perry. Port Perry, Jan 22, 1879. | THE ONTARIO Farmers' Mutual Insuance Co'y! Having purchased the above pleasan best Liquors and Cigars | Strict attention paid to the comfort guests, The table and bar well supplied. W. H. Pd Prince Albert, June 12, 1875. Lj TMTRONG HOUSE; (LATE ALBION,) WHITBY, ONTARIO. E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. The Only First Class House in Town. Bano HOUSE, late Jewett House, Kent Street, Lindeay. Board, $1.50 per day. E. BENSON, Proprietor. \ Sai pee Subscriber having leased the above hotel, it will be his endeavor to conduct it in every particular so as to merit the approbation and patronage of the public. RY. - PROPRIETOR, (ERcIAL HOTEL, succeeded Mr, Dewart in the Commercial Hotel, Williams- Having leased the above cxcellent Hotel every particular so as to merit the appro= PROPRIETOR This Hotel is now furnished in the best p@~ First class Sample Rooms. Livery {inched situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired and renovated the entire premises even to the Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished in First-Class Style and Stocked with the PARK. § § EXPRESS TRAIN. -- - or three of us had lounged out of the club one night, in to "8s office, to find out the news in by cable, which the sleep- wotild not hear until the er would be oat to-morrow.-- Sanfley was editor of the Courter. -- He was scribbling away at driving speed, his hat on, an unlighted cigar in h# mouth. «You're at 1t Inte, Ben.' ¢ Agcident on a western road.-- Sixty lives lost.' without looking up, Wo seized the long white strips which lay coiled over the table, and read the dispatch. «Tat, tat. ¢ Infamous!' 'Nobody to blame, of course.' 'I tell yon the officers of the road where such an accident is possible should be tried for murder!' cried Ferrers. Santiey shoved his copy to the boy, and lighted his cigar. 'I think you'ra wiong Ferrers. Instead of being startled by such casualities, I never travel ona railway that I am not surprised av the sccurity of them. Just think of it. Thousands of trains running yearly on each, with but a minute to spare between safety snd distruction, the safety ot tho trains dependivg on conductors, telegraph clerks, brakesmen, men of every grade of intelligence, the brain subject to every kind of mood, dis~ ease and temper. The engineer takes a glass of liquor, the conductor sets his watch half a minute too fast; ing in - PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1879. was an exctptionally silent man, but when with them ho was garu- lous and light hearted as a boy. In his eyes Jane was the wisest and fairest of women, and the boy a wonder of intellect. One great source of trouble to him was, I found that be was able to see them about once in throe weeks. It was nec- essary for the child's heath to keep them in the country air; and indeed, ho codld hot afford to have them elsewhere; but this seperated them almost totally. Jane was in the habit of coming with Charley down to a certain point of the road every day. that Blakely might see them as he dushed by. And when I found out this habit it occured to me that [ could give Blakely a great pleasure. How often have I cursed my meddling kindness since. January' 25th was the child's birthbay. 1 proposed to Mrs. Blakely that sheand Charley should board the train which Ler husband drove, and run up to Harrisburg, where he had the night off. There was to be a little supper at the Lochicl House, Charley was to dppear in a new suit, etc., ete.-- Of course the whole affair was at my expense--a mere trifle, but an affair of grandeur and distinction which fairly took Jane's breath. She was a most innocent, happy creature ; one of those women who are wives and mothers from the cradle. When Blakeley found her she was a thin, pale little ailoresss--a machine to grind out badly made thoddy clothes the flagman falls asleep, and the train ig dashed into ruin! It is not the aceident that is to be wondered, it is the escape that is miraculous I ha of fem this time. The night was young, | and one after another told some, story of adventure or danger.-- Erie road afew years ago, which in --TI happened to be an eyo witness te the whole affair.' ¢ What was it, Ben ?' - «It's rather a long story--' «No matter. Goon. You can't go home until your proof comes in anyhow.) 'No. Well, to make you under= stand, about five years ago, I had a bad breukdown--night-work, hack- writing and poor pay. You know how fast it wears out the machinery The doctors talked of the disease of the gray matter on the 'brain, etc. prescribed instead of medicine, absolute rest and chango of scene.-- 88 to I would have swallowed all the Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. 43 nostrums in drug shop rather that NGLO-AMERICAN HOTEL, hava lett the office for a week: A «[1l take country board and send PRISUE ALBERT, editorials,' said L. W. H. PARK, - - ~- PROPRIETOR. «No; youmust drop office and work utterly out of your life fora month av least. Talk and think of planting potatoes or embroidery-- anything but newspapers and poli- tics.| Well, I obeyed. I started on a peddstrian tour through Pennsyl- vania, studied oil stock in Alleghany county, and ate saur kraut in Breks. Fodly I brought up--footsore and bored beyond bearing --in William- port, While therc I fell into the habit of lounging about the railway station, studying the construction of the engines, and making friends with the men, The man with whom I always fratornizo most readily is a mechanic. Ile has a degree of tly of nme QUEEN'S HOTEL, WHITBY, ONT. (CEaTee HOTEL, SAINTFIELD. to the Good Stabling and a careful hostier. Nssng HOTEL, SUNDERLAND. dersigned havi ly selec! erent accommodation the Nipissing Hotel. Sunderland, May 5, 1879. Head Office, Whitby, This Compatiy is now fully organized and is prepared to accept risks on Farm Buildings and their contents, country School Houses and Churches, ose wishing to insure and thereby suppott a Home Insurance Company have how an opportunity of doing so, either by applying to the Head Office, or to any of the local Agents of the Company. Our rates will be found as low as those of any respon- sible Muttial Insurance Company in Canada. Head Office--Opposite the Royal Hotel Brock St., Whitby. ©. NOURSE, Seerctary. W. H. BROWNE, General Agent. pee 'NONQUON HOTEL. The und ed having purchased ersign: above Hotel has had it thoroughly overhaul- ed in every department in and around premises fitting it in every way to secure comfort of guests. The supplies for the table and bar will always be the best the market can supply. No effort will be spered in making this large and pleasantly located Hotel an agreeable resting place for the traveling public. W. 8. LATTIMOR. Seagrave, May 1, 1879 McCANN & TAYLOR, ProprirToRS. Every accommodation for the traveling public. The undersigned having throughly reno- vated and repaired the i located Hotel, would now inform the traveling public that the utmost attention will be given comtort and convenience of all guests. Choice supplies for the table and the bar. ve conveniently JOS. BROWN, Proprietor. Saintfield, March 25, 1879. The ing leased the above Hotel has renovated and fitted it up with a view to the satisfaction and convenience of fuses. Supplies for the table and bar care- . The traveling public will find necessary to comfort at T. TUCKER. mon-sense, a store of certain facts which your young doctor or pol:titian are apt to luck. Besides he i8 most absolutely sure of his social standing ground, and has a grave self respect which teaches him to respect you. The professional lad just started on his career is un- easy not sure of his position; bo tries to ¢limb perpetually. I tell you this to explain my intimacy with manly of the officials of the road, vspéeially with an engineer named Blakely. This man attracted me first by his ability to give me the information 1 wabled in a few direct sharp words. like most reticent men he knew the weight and value of words. I soon became personally much interested in him, He wasabout forty, his hair was stroaked with gray. with a worn face, which hinted at a hardship and much suffer- owever, Blakeley had found ) the uplands at last. Three pe be had mariied a bright They had one child--a boy. He had work and good wages, and was, I found high in the confidence of the company.-- On one occasion, baving a Sunday off, he took me up to Jersey Shore, the the they But three years of marriage and petting of Charley had made her rosy and plump and pretty. The little Highland suit was bought complete, to the tiny dirk We bad all dropped into seats Jy [and feather, and very pretty the little fellow looked in it. T wrote down to order a stunning supper to | bo rendy at eight. Jane and the Presently Santley said, 'There was | boy were to go aboard the train at an incidont which occurred on the Jersey shore, a queer little hill vill- !age near which they lived. Blakeley made moe feel as I do in this matter ran the train from Williamsport 'down to Harrisburg that day. His ! wife being in the passenger car be- | fore he took charge of the engine, of | course he would not see nor know nothing of ber until we landed at Harrisburg at seven. Ihad intend- to go down inthe smoking caras | usual, but another fancy, suggest I | supposo by the originator of all Levi, seizod me. No need to laugh. | Satan, [ believe, has quite as much to do with accidents and misery and death, as with sin. Why not ?2-- However, my fancy, diabolicalor not was to go down on tho engine with Blakeley. I bunted up the fireman and talked to him for an hour, Then I went to the engineer. Blakely,' I said, 'Jones (the fire- tnan) wants to-night off.' «Off! 0, no doubt. He's taking to drink, Jones. He must have been drinking when talked of that. it's impossible." I explained to Blakely that Jones bad a sick wife, or a sweetheart or something, and finally owned that I had an unconquerable desire to run down the roud on the enginse, and knowing that my only chance was to take the fireman's place, had bribed him to give it to mo. The fact was that in my idleness and the overworked state of my brain I craved excitement as a confirmed drunkard does liquor. Blakely, 1 saw, was angry and ox- ceedingly annoyed. He refused at first, but finally gave way with a grave civility which almost made me ashamed of my boyish whim. I promised to be the prince of tiremen. 'Then you'll have to be treated as one, Mr. Santley,' said Blakely, curtly. 'I can't talk to gentlemen aboard my engine. It's different here from on the platform you'll remember. I'vegot to order and yon to obey in there, and that's all there is of it.' 'Oh, 1 understand,' said1, think- ing it required little effort to obey in the matter of shovelling coal. If I could have guessed what that shovelling coal was to cost me! But all day I went about thinking of my fiery ride through the hills, mounted literally on the iron horse. It was in the middle of the after- noon when the train rushed into the station. Icaught a glimpse of Jane on the passenger car, with Charley, magnificent in bis red plaid, beside her. She nodded & dozen times and laughed, and thon hid behind the window, fearing lost her husband should see her, Poor girl! It was the second great holiday of her life, she had told me, the first being her wedding day. The train stopped ten minttes. It was neither an accommodation nor an express train, but one which stopped at the principal station or where his wife and child lived. Ho the youte--Selinsgrove, Sunbury, CAR {WHOLE NO. 1123 bid. I had an old patched stiit on, as I supposed, for the service donically. it, if you please, and not trust your own judgment,' lis tone annoyed me. make it too hot. do that in her own kitchen.' ed. flushed, than the occasion required. be could bave been drinking as had accused poor Jones of doing. fellow, Santley, but take so keen I was idle then. world. was an exceptional man, both as I was honored by the friendship this grimy engineer. a serious one. with bim. was handed to him which and threw down. vidorousiy. 'Yes. No more coal.' Isn't that unusuoal ?' on the track this afternoon.' Is it difficult to run a train to make conversation, Staring passed was monotonous. station. 'But if you should happen Happen to think? 1 bave business to think at all. truction to the whole.' railway man? 'Yes, dryly. I took the hint and was dumb. Wo are out of the town. landscape. shimmer. cuttiug. I was disappointed. grimy hands and face, whon train. gram. Tell Sands to have ths message peated, There's a mistake." The boy dashed off brass before him. boy. : k came coul heuver; but Blakely, when I came up, eyed it and my hands sar- He was in no better temper, evidently, with amateur fireman than be bad been in the morning. 'All aboard,' he said gruffly. 'You will take your place there, Mr. Santley; atid put in coal as I call for 'It cannot require much judgment to keep a fire under a boiling pot, and not Any woman can Ho made no reply, bit took his place on the little square box where the greater part of his life was pass. 1 noticed that his face was and his irritation at my foolish whim was certainly more watched him with keen curiosity, wondering if it were possible that Tt strikes meso odd,' interrupted Ferrers, 'that you should not only make an intimate companion of that interest in his temper and drinking habits. You would not be apt honor any of us with such utten- tion. No. Ihavesomething else to do. Blakely and his family for a time made up my As for the friendship, this integrity and massive hard sense. The knowledge that comes from books connts with me but for little compared with the experience and contact with facts for forty years. But the question of his sobrietylthis day was A man in charge of a train with hundreds of souls aboard I felt ought to be sober; particularly when I was shut up in the engine Just as wo started a slip of paper he read ¢ Do you rin this train by tele- graph ?' I asked, beginning to shovel "Yes. Thereard two special trains telegraph ?' 1 said presently, simply silence at tlio narrow slit in the gloomy furnace or out at a village street through which we slowly «I simply have to obey tho in- structions which I receive at each think the instructions not right?' When the trains run by telegraph the ongin- ecrs are like so many machines in the hands of one controller who di- rects them all from a central point. He has the whole road under his eyo. If they don't obey to the least tittle of their orders, it is des- 'You seem to think silent obodi- once the first and last merit of a Blakely quickened the sfi¢ed of the engine. 1 did not speak to him again. There was little for me to doand I was oc- cupiod in looking out at the flying The fields were covered with a deep fall of snow, and glanced swiftly by with a strange, unreal The air was keen and Still the ride was tame. The excite- ment would by no means equal a dash on a spirited horse. I began to think I bad little pay for my slowed up at the next station. One or two passengers camo aboard the There was the inevitable old lady with bundles, alighting, and tho usual squabble about the trunk. I was craning my neck to hear, when the boy ran along with a tele The next moment I beard a smo thered exclamation from Blakely. 'Go back,' bo said to the boy. and Blakely sat waiting, cooly polishing a bit of 'Had it repeated, Sands raging at you, Says there's no mistake and you'd best go on,' thrusting the second message tp. * Blakely read it and hesitated for balf a minute. I neversball forgét the dismay, the utter perplexity that gathered in his lean face as he looked at the telegram, and thet at thelong train behind him. His lips moved as if he were calculating chances and his eye suddenly quailed as if ho saw death at the end ot the calculation. 'What is the matter? What are you going todo ?' I asked. 'Obey.' The engine gave a long shriek of horror that made me start as if it were Blakely's own voice. The next instant we rushed out of the station and dashed through the low. lying farms at a speed which seemed dangerous to me. 'Put in more coal,' said Blakely. Ishovelled it in. 'We are going very fast Blakely,' I ventured. I1| He did not answer. fit, of to His oye wus fixod on the steam gnage, nis lips closely shut. 'More coal)' I threw it in. The fields and houses began to fly past but half seen. We were near- ing Sunbury. Blakely's eye went ftom the guage to the timepieco and back. He moved like an aatomaton. There is little more meuning in his face. 'More coal,' without turning his eyes. I took np the shovel--hesitated, 'Blakely, we're going very fast, We're going at the rate of sixty miles an hour.' 'Coal,' I was alarmed at the stern, cold rigidity of the mau, His pallor was becoming frightful, I threw in the coal. At least we must stop at Sunbury. had told me that wes the next halt; The little town approached. As the first house came in view the engine sent out its shriek of warning; it grew louder, louder, We dashed into the street, up to the station where a group of passengers waited, snd passed it without the halt of an Instant. caught a glimpse of the appalled faces of the waiting crowd. Then we were in the fields again, The speed iow becatiie litterally breath less ; the furnace glared re. hot, The heat and velocity, the terrible nervous strain of the man beside me seemed to weight the air. I found myself drawing long stentorous breaths like one drowning. 1 heaped fit the coal at intervals as he bade me. « I'd have done nothing of the kind,' in. terrupted one of the listeners, ' the man was mad.' 1 did it because I was oppressed by an odd sense of duty which I never bad in my ordinary brain work. I had taken this me- chanical task upon myselt, and I felt a strictiire upon me to go through with it at any cost. I know now how it is that dull, ignorant men without a spark of enthusiasm show such heroism sometimes, as soldiers, engineers, captains of wrecked vessels. 1% is the overpowering sense of routine duty. It is a finet thing than sheer bravery, to my notion, However, I began to be of your mind, Wright, that Blakely was mad, lator - ing under some sudden frenzy from drink, though I had never seen him touch liquor, He did not move hand or foot, except in the mechanical control of the engine, his eye going from the guage to the timeplece with a steadiness that was more terrible and threatening than ny gleam of insanity would have been. Once he glanced back at the long train speeding after the etigitle with a headlong speed that rocked it from side to side. You would catch glimpses of hundreds of men and women talking, read- ing, smoking, enconecious that their lives were in the hold of one man whom I strong ly suspected of being mad, 1 knew by his look that he remembered their lives were in bis band. He glanced at the clock. Twenty miles," he muttered. Throw tn the coal, Jones, the fire is going out.' I did it. Yes, I did it. There was some- thing in the face of that man that I. could not resit. Then I climbed forward and shook him by the shoulder. « Blakely I' I shotited, 'you are running this train into the jaws of death I' ¢ I know it,' quietly. « Your wife and child are on It.' ¢ My God! «He staggered to his feet, But even then be did not move his eyes from the gauge. «In A minute' « Make up the fire,' he said, and pushed is the throttle valve. +1 will not." « Mike wp the fire, Mr. Santley,' vet} quietly. . 1 willnot. You may murder yourself and your wife and boy, but you shall mot murder me. He looked at me. ls Kindly eyes glared like those of wild beast, But he controlled himself in a monient. ¢1 could throw yo out of this door, and make short work of it. But=look here; do you sea the station yonder 1 saw a thin wisp of smoke gainst sky, about five miles in advance, "I wastold to reach the station by sit o'clock, The express train meeting us is due now, I ought to have ald by for it at Sunbury, Iwas told to come on. The The track is asiogle ome. Unless1 can make the siding at the station i es, we will meet it yonder it he an to to He of by in to no wo ro- the