Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 3, 1879, p. 1

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ud hdctmxgbihet tt ntintger on one of lai warthua clinlv greet rant inttr xeltoa five handnd tyetr with oslinuted grub ud t mfsaestly wettherrtight home oa the tutton vu no bed thing for t penniteu mu with net ioterett ud i often plumed myieffadmybvu good itck when ictait tcrott other fellows with twice my brtint tnd t little money who caald hircuy pty for their bretd tnd cheese a betatifal iky sprightly i nid ttt- teigtirpil di u w hit wty down the ctce of l tteep hill corer- ed with minatt tcrab tnd yellowing ferae bat wind tomorrow tnd rria before to- tnbrrow tugit l sprlgbttythoofchit betd till the bridle rug oti ttepped oat tt my voice wind- ingtdowtt we wenttill e intermicthle hal ended thraptly ia t level retch of stnd tlonj which we caald center for t coaple of athet 1 l theimaet coloartwere tiding from the higb petks we htd left ibat eaoagh ught lingered on thet to fire irsluint nnet tn the roeki which towered tbove our hetdx or itylite tilen gknfxte oirr pbwhife ftf oat to tet beyond the thtdow of the thore ttrntched tjlong ttkitaj tber tcoafata wtytwie weefc k t rale to hkre met t lirin crestare to ezchtnge goocveightrith till thit ptrtimliryaau ehennotooner h4 spngbilyjurted tt t weary cmerwk dtittiui i polled him ap thort in liotr tnuxealkntr for there in fnnt wkhfttflow dreaedlikeirpetnre riding tt f foot ptce jut la the direction we werejrouig in too t who the aedsettnitv twit my nt mentll obtemtion ten ta oce iti tome dew chum come to rpy oavtheltnd thoigh tu utwxr thttehip dont know i theep wiathjjeeufc v at 1 netred nynosmtajmi friend ltpbt in the tot that he r pe hit hone like t gen tlemen t tilt hit itddle bridle and ttdlle- baga woe new ud goaty thit in fact from hit juatj wjdrawjiato hit engfith- mt4ebootthewiaanewehnnx bdingnp tlongtide i obaemd e white oohar ud a tir of doetkinglotei which remotd uy lingering doubtttt to the fact goa4jaimg mate i called ont when i gut onto the ttriagefcj goiag fartd- mglitr kot mnci farther i nopei he aitwer- edf tnrning a face of almost girlish beaaty nopa me and tighri caiitngl3 hat beit thitit a question i ihonld be glad to ttfc yok that it if yon fcnpw ton part of the cointry well tlired lusetiktc ttcmrmg od fcnpir eriry earner t theep can hide in i aarwer- ed rather grim uj highbred ah ithibtjott caatttttne where is ttit ftlatwyte ttatcn i replied my arittiest manner it where 1 hope to be eaiingmy topper in half an honrt time a4dprty rir what mtybei yonrbatigets tberer the new oomer tamed ta hole more class- iyktme i wbyyoa matt of wane yon mprt beralph wejtcott the very mu i am go- jnt 1l ylimhalpnwettcott i rejoined iee- in that he ptaitd it if erpecting mo to say tosoetwnt tthoughtti reniamitirxclint hairiodo rataawfadygudtomeet yok raliestawmj- adotnf6erinioawenina- flai su aajlnis utended ha mrndritii tain a cordial restore that felt aihamed jot m j beariib masaert and gav hint a hearty ippidnt the governor write andtejtyon r t coming oat t he tiked at we reenmed nmla back hewtyte ihat yon it poaiibly be teat iratbtrt never heard jksgetri- i oh wx yoa see westisott the ga- veinc it getiai old and dloter ud mora tacceterjyr7adhny1ffltffrtt joiv a fellow an opinion of iiiowu so time fyie morning i got marclriag- or rather leiling ordert aodherelam bofed manner which had tee my back up be- hfom t tti i coald not help nttehisg to the borwhent looked tt hit face tadiawihot ioji5tnewonldroetprstfionlife aid what do yon infend to do sir clint nowfeatyoaaeherer taifceisffer 100 pmsjijpm ik apmakce oall m fairfax ud incylmt a new hind i yonrt jott pioktd up to clem your booti ud uddle your hone i can do ooth i u tureyoa j all the while he- had been speaking we had slowly climod a keep hill cotbed with white flowrring munka hlfem at he cetiei we reached the inmmit ud began to deioendcn the other aidej sd myonly an- twir wat to point oat the iwcfc yard la the vtlkjrji oirteet flanlutdby a lingiettoried wooden hoite i therea wyke station ive li red here tor six yean and am glad a welcome a ton of thefinn tait thtli kindly said t uiwcred grave ly falbng back in the narrew path iii follow toni and only trait uui brute it sure footed i we retched the stoetyard asd tied up oar hortefr the dogs rathin oat ta welcome at ut tom the cook opening the hoom door ud thawing a warm glow of firelight oooe in mr clint i tsid and be ptepandto rongh it th a it the kitch n heros the parlour which it the drawing- room smokiogroom ud the fetdmgroobi ralph i felt ashamed to think how little one really tries to do when i taw that poorjgirj oooing up so bravely j ait for a lew words of mint i it yoo wont laogb old fellow am going to hare lai and her brothers up twice a week till they know how to read j leash i i hosoar yoa for it only ooat yon findit awfully grinds why yet im afra i i thall uuwpred fairfti knocking the iihet out of hl falpe ud staring tt the fire ud ret i cant ook tat a poor wretch like lai without feeling un comfortable i suppose itt what ptisans cilloouseionctfud me conscienoe wont let me rest till ive uught tae younaar- tget tt any itfe what little i know ray so cliatt evening school begaibeintt the kitchen fable tiler supper was orer the pupili being alice hfahany popalirly known u ll ted her brathen bill and ted ud the rchoolmtstor being that inesable tweu fairfat cliof ted and bui hairing grown up like young goatt on the open hultide were aharp enough to all oatdoor ttfns ud soands bat here so we hare goad firet j hares my bed room ud yonder room thill btgot ready for yon by the time tuppert over mein- time make younclf it home ud nie mine ud ha ring at i thought done the honours handsomely 1 ticked the tmooidvr logt lata k onckling bbun and left him in possession of my sanctum i when i came in rem teeing to our horset i found clict in the kitchen already at hoaie chattering to tom as that old ratcil feiei muttonchop ud potatoet by jore i never thoai ht of my hone he exclaimed in couternalion u hecaight shtofme coming- in frcra the yirdwith hit ud my saddle why oa earth didnt yoa tell me wetcott did yoa think wckei a groom here i retorted never mind young on yoa ihill do both hortct tonorrow i pramite ma show a light tom while i wash my hudi ini the for supper for im attrr- ingv i before week vru over fsirfii clint wat familiar with every corner of the ran sod made himself popoiar with all hands kevcrdid i know a husun beiagwitk snch a eiit of faanationj or snch an tnex- hanstifaee stow ef sjurttt and aoaint hamoor yet he wat not very ioisyvery seldom laughed ud about hit ace and voice seem ed to eiig a melaaohoy abadow i thought aterwtrda oreahadow of what wat com ing j bat u ltty never wu there a man so popoiar even oar ragged old scotch shep herd found a smile for clints cheerful wefu aid thistles while as for tim our oiok and man of ill week i verily believe the happleat msmenta of my life were when fairfax took it into his bead to usist in the latchen making tom fetch the ingredienti and ttitcu him while he euborafed nn etibfc dlthea for oar evening meal tbsugh at fiiit 1 had bated the idea any one always foqowig me about and vul pexhaja fonad chnta tgiorsnoe rather bor- mmetanes ofteuef but never da1 remimbexfjng tmr ttofirttaauisnulworaoaiitilll room ammiugrooa ana emgroom itat wbal tieyeanvto tse at iaomjyoutmunhukoflrywiojiphb bat ll proved a wonder to her- iy jrua u- jpw tirwttonfnttjifi rant any iompany jud i ateareporf for tiwigo abemtifueirnivhl j ta conlaiii the whole ii i 1 1 price 1100 rudpaid laddreat i sabeatttcov j- iaxiobintai college 6pfc war tsttit co aagufta maje bellerflle ont sj 10iy tirorltfctn capital not rel fhe jbuuatudnt mtted erery- i ia the time i5e addrw i do 5 oh nothmfrfhat x know or 1 iihallitaywith yon till i get i or- cottas aolr t yoa donh want e f mutt write a ieporf ibenefit every month in whiett yonthielp me 11 e laughed ai iftoeravaa a jokeanmfr qyjbot fop my part 1 feltratherput out e wit t great baby sent out tor me to take in tow and yet slhhe time ht wat my bote and bad to report on my manage ment iwm a b of anutocrttan myrtu son and resented tbia i j fairfax clint aeemed toguea what t wit toinldtig look bate wetoott he said teaching iry horsei oeekjwith hii wnipu4 tpeaking in a more manly and earaett tone which niked better my fatseiff all wrdog la thit bnxioeas whatt b nse p hii send ing me out to ovahook hit runs when i know issbthu a ehild about tnoh things j bat fiats no bnilneae blminevadd still lew rfyowlaafcfrietvbtlkweirt getberv tortmfiiametaoiint tt kill got quite to mist the lad whenever he went off u nelson for a dtyjortwo ud to feel lonely ud off my feed when i ut down without his faoa si the other end of ottr table amoag other of hit fanc when first he eamewj one for a garden waste of time i growled f t the weeclt will outran tee floten bat he laughed at me mi aet to work all the same and really he work ed wiq for though digging blistered hit bands ud the tun scorched hit face hrick- coloox he persevered ttntf he had a plot of ground fenced inud planted ta hit mind elowert are great nimuten he would aty cnly look at theie childien my deir ealph t the- children were a dirty ragged barefooted quartet fruit our second shep- berdt hut who hovijred tbont wherever clint wat ud wort hipped him at a wonder ful being from a world afar poor little wrrtcheafj at ono time i had made tomeenbrti to improve them t ud thmking it beat to strike at the root of the matter began by urging their mijerahe re probate mother to introduce aomething like order andrettnett into their hut but i never made the attempt twice being met by a torrent of hiut anlthieaiened withihe lost of her huiband in inyalnable stasoahlna and onal should really have been unwillingto iote 1 the only step could take to mitigate the nuiunce wax toreraovs the family to an old hat i mile further fran- the station where sin uahaffyi peculiaritief were leseob- traatve it would hav aeemed a wretched place pethapi to manyan engliih cottager perched on ahil aide louguy built of planki half an ioch apart and thatched with tow- grata bat snch tt it wat pre known peo ple ta lire happily then and make it look neat and pleannt tn pretty it could not fail to be in such a situation j aod it always eemedtame a tin to poison such a view pwifh eabbagetfalkr andpotatoparingt ud beapa of atinking moaaelaheus i did tbe miserable shoekbetded imps who tprawted among the fern hatless ud shoe leta neyer tee the yallow tandt below their lulltide ud the rettleat never cbugiog aet j did they never look up and learn uy- thiog from the peakt overheniwhich clothed with dark shnirn and leaftge towered above till they set a sharp gleam of snow against theblneof theaky j r -r- v i theterare iome of the questions tusedio isak myielf when i first- went to wyke y but yoa see i had other thimjf to think about and like mott re after i had removtdthe blot a little farther from my own doort forgot tttj aboutthe neeoj terial ud tpiritnal of the young jdahaffyt i in fact it feltfbilf aiinjed at the concern and diigott tliit erpreiseu the first time lis wanderinga irought him in- k iukreetoig family i ah myboyvitfirtt ifet just at you klo tati tbandirwai wast7 fame at yoa smtl- i however whether clint wet more pene- yeringfor whether he found out ibetttr waj to go to work- 1 cant ewyj but to my aintzementvod sanday afternoon when the bev mr hooper a nghtgodd parson rode over usual to preach to ut ud the sta tion hands- wars mastering in our veranda apeame ajkttteprocaesmnwithvery foan aod shy facet ud newjpinafortt which ifor the ufa of me i ooolo not identify the truth only dawned on me when i saw clint ttuth only with that indcribable hisriae from idltag in thiionietand take eallho eldest girl by the hud to show her a seat tvroegb all the terrice lai kept hereyea need in bumble adoration on clint t face riling or kneeling it hedid ud after that ertrfpumyrwbaterfertheipaot n tie eek1nmt beene nevetrfafusatd tppear scrubbectud tidy at the tervioe hoar j how on earth tavvyousone it fair- fix f leaked the same night while we wen hiring oar last smoke before turning in iii iingiei f my lellow dontasa me- ijnever felt more attonished is my liie more humbled if yoncu iinderitsnd 1 djd give lai a talking to about a week ago and a 1t ttillinga torig ont the kids alrealr traf i baanonttom that what i had atid would bare pjtcwlaebitspea doot effect and to tell yoa the truthi self ud a sourceof pride to her teaiher never ni a girl so determined to learn khat at first teemed i perfectly incomprehensible and bewildering- duya time have i gone tn the kitchen to look an snd hiveseen ltl with knit brows ud flushed fsoe bend ing over her books tnd mattering fiercely between hu teeth ill tee it sometime uaster clint let me try tgtia 1 bat im inch a fool to-night- one night long after the little clait htd been dismissed i found ltl crouching sgainst the oufer door in a wild fit of weep ing i halloo lai whats ap i uked pal ling tcrinto the moonlight j hit that pre cious mother been hammering yoa again 1 bat co answer coald i extitct except not a very polite request to leave her alone ini wrenching herelf oat of my gnsp she ran and hid herself among the m j this utue incident would not haye re mained probably in my mind but for the chtnee remark of oar parson one sunday shortly if terrtrd i had been riding part way home with him after service ud ta we went up the hill by the mahaffyi hit we came oa lei lying tut asleep fall length un der a wild cherry tree with her heads be hind her head far a pillow and an open spel- linghook beside her she teemed to birejitition slwan sending ted instead f ud i cried herself to sleep for the long aihea j y forgotten onr scene in the resting aa her chkt vere ret ind mttd into little points tad she fobbed u wi piss edhy i that poor child 1 i am afraid be mo ther ill treat her said parson habbard ini what a pretty girt she it groainj pretty 1 i was too struck with this new view of ltl to dispute it snd my cdmpsn- ion pssscd on to other subjects but ta soon st i parted from him i rode back quickly to the spot where we passed the ileeping girl bat ite wis gpne ud i had to ride home without deciding the qtestioa whether par sons eyes or mine had been mistaken at the veranda door however i saw lai with her milkcan waiting till tom chose to find time to fill it for her leaning crotslegred sgainst the deorpoit and lookingbiocktily out lo lea i i walked up uli took a citic d survey a langumbed girl with a very ehort and ng- ged stuff frock bare feet brown at berries arms shctnaaoa to- aketen a good ideal of brown haiiwhichr lately the hid taken to braining and lying back with a scran of faded ribbon a thin fsoe with a 6uib of bright colour is tbe udapair brown eyea which were always watchful and suspicious to me but toft tnd wistful to clint my eye sharpened by the parsons carelett remark took note of all these poiata ud 1 1 summoned lai sharply to me i well mr wettcott coining unwilling ly and aoowuog tt me with her straight black brow how oldare you ltl lae turned 15 lart summer batit tint no busiueaa of yoorn u it ur westoott not much perhapa but yon are grow ing a hi girl ud ought to go to service somewhere wonlclirt yon like to go away from this doll place go away from ihe station echoed lai all the coloor fading out of her face at she raited her startled eyea to mine i could not do it besides whod like to bave me forascrvintt- iheidded with a jwrainl utuelugh t at ft yon d like w hj- 1 45uw try ryouii went on bat the interrupted siercelyt 7 look here mr westoott i know i tint t good girl bat i dont know as ever i did yon tnj harm that you should try and drive me away ud i cut go icant i cant i i should die if i couldnt iierer see hit face nor hear him speak i i in the frenzy of passion and excitement which poaaeaaed her ltl had fallen on her kneel and claiched my ooit with both her hands looking up with in tgony of supplica- tioni a j if i caulddeeide her fite here wis a pretty aitaation for ealpb wcktoott taanir ger tosfindinf ll mydear dont be a foot 7 1 utter ed disiointedly whrtnonaenw it thit ton ahant gq away unlesa yoa uke but for heavens sake get an and behave yourself 1 there thaft better i said ai the dragged herself up on to her feet ud stretched out her nana mechanically for her milt can which had rblledoff the verandah i now lai be a good girl ud go home and make up your mind never to talk such nonsense again ton know mr clmtiaa gentleman and will be a very rich one when bit father diet and how could yon for one moment snp- ltl put up her hand with a pathetic es- tire to stop me lord cried with her bitter little uugh wmch alwayi made me angry ifs yoa u it talking nonsense now- 1 dont yon think iknow he s set above na like the start andatif he ootid never look at ua liket of i bat that dont make no difference to me that i know of the added dropping ait once into a low cnneof indeaeribanle despair ud turning awajoffhis moment we both tawomt returning with the djga fronvt bath in the river lie stopped a moment to pick s peach ai he passed through old bue- beo tbe madrid guden but we heard his clear voice tinging- teenteu jne howtb woo thee love then tell me how to woo thee ta if in unoonscioria mookery at lais misery ud paia for once i felt really oat of patience with clintt beaming good ha- tioai- s i j go home cnild cried aharply and lai vaniahedwitpout aaotbarword i aerous brute- a nlrntl in hlndoo- l hate u elephant eufcrgetieally ei dslmedmampringl an dl4dk tra veller i think f aronot at all the gpodnatured hsrmleas beaiti thafthowmen and grandmothers story boiks are to fond o7 repitiewgviewtorv- isfkite ttf withctarlf jelewstih iqw jsci of all trade that obey are murder- ojufttahatsgf brattsfuil ef vjee aid ena thv t african tof thviai- ticru for you that nothing will indnoe her to consent to itr- r clint looked eoased and then annoyed alascaiaoklktblakabetheendof my philanthropic effitexried at uat 1 you dont hafly ffiean ralph that the wont go beeaatefbeoa upon my word ictoptbitetootweuluinh he weot pllhjylter epaltte otimng which i lit my pipe and tried to look more comfortable than i felt whats a fellow to do now poor lai i she baa tried so aw fully hard to letraud get on perhaps you miiunderttood her j i shook my head i i dont pretend to understand these these thingtoliat but it is a very rial thing with her how would it be foryoa to go on that visit to the vtrnona you sfe always intending to pay stay a waekor wo and 111 undertake to talk to lil and make her take a place at doralt farm at tenwent i know they wut a dairy hand so clint agreed and aathe beat was go ing across next day for stores we had ub time to discuss and unsettle the matter lai of coarse- taw the boat stsrtlfor she and her brothert were alwayt moviog before anyone else on the run ud clint waved his hand to her ud called out in his cherry way goodby young nils stick to your boots ud ill bring over tome jolly new ones when i come bick ted hallooed out goodby i- and no one bat i noticed that lai said nothing but gated with straining eye after the boat till it had ditibpeared round the point ud the level rayt olsunrise turned the gray sea to gold for my own part i turned in to breakfast with a weight off my mind for ltl certainly waa a pretty girl ud though i behaved clint to he an honest young fellow enough still there is lomotiung pleasant in being worshipped by tbe only girl the sta tion so altogether i was glad to get fair fax safely off on a visit to a neizhbooriag station where i new the dashing mia ver- nons would toon give hit thoughts a new direction some weekt went by very busyweekt ud i hidbepra to get used to being tlone igun when i reoeired a letter from clint that the next timefhe whaleboat went over to nelson he would return by her u a letter from hit father had recalled him to england sooner than he had expected all the time of hit absence t bad ieeh lit tle of lai she had given np coming to the verudah the day after i got clints message how- ever i chanced to meet hers i rode heme over the mudoat it bad been cduil fog gy day bat at eveniag closed in the wind began to rise fitfully make a tittle sudden stirud moan ud then die away in ta an ominout silence at i hurried sprightly along i overtook lai walking home slowly under a load of pipit she hadseeu collecting for supper off the rocks at first she seem ed inclined to let me piss without recogni tion but when i drew up meaning to warn her of the coming storm she ran to my side ud bud her hand on my bridle i lint he never coming here no more mr westoott f she asked in such a despairing tone that i could not find itinmy heaefctq scold her i why lsi i cried vhownl yoa look whit hire yoa done ta vour cheeks and eres she thook her head impatiently and- re reafed her question it he never ooming homer i i well yesi chfld hes comincmnorr row but only to uy goodbye he witt be off to england and to all hit friends there soon i 8he scarcely seemed ia hear the end of my speech tomorrow she said crouching down in a heap upon the seaweedstrewed audi ud rocking- herself to ud fro shall i see him 6 morrow v el 1 i cried impatientiy shetprang to her feet r- o mr wettcott dont scold me j iook here tnd she pulled up her ragged sleeve to ihow mo her son waned asd3braakeb im dying i think she went on hoarsely i cant eat nor sleep nor do half of the work i use to imstarviagrorisight of his face and what harm can it 80 him for me to be happy just one day p 1 poor lai i wit not a particularly soft- heart chip but the sight of hex discreet gave me a queer feeling in the throat tnd i rode cmwjthott speaking the nigh t set in is 1 expectea withtahirp storms of wind and rain and by the time i had got home ud done supper there waa a high tea runhiag the boat 11 never start tomorrow tom i remarked u for companys sake i tamed into the kitchen for a smoke tom looked doubtful pd feel more sure o that tic if eld peter bad gone with her- hes a safe hand and a moat over care ful but young peter is rath and wont wait for weather dont croak tom i retorted bee side the weather may mend before mid night when theyd betartingmd then mr clint will befteresnd hes sure to waif if theres uy dinger but u tom still shook mi head and persisted in calling j mind all the shipwrecks be had ever been in 1 gave up the irgnment ud went to bed telling him to call tno a 6 oclock si i wasnt stirring before it seemed to me that ibid only just drop ped asleep when lis voice at my aide awoke me next morning mr- westoott- sir- its 6 oclock and an awful nasty aea on and ive been down twice to the beach and cut see aothingaf the boat get out yon fooll i roared jyou dont lux one mometl assppotc they irciny when but etie in nelion aarboqx tomramahed and i got up thoroughly uncomfortable all the tame and hurried down to the beach without waiting for hreakfaet the sea looked nasty truly aline of white- breakeri thundei edover the rocka ud tirew then spray highlinto the air a thick jog hong over kelson udhidtieout- unof the cpaaijsithnrtiand tbtjr fwbite twirl of waters showed a dangerous spot to beware of after look round i wai return ing wiefti pada wtipfijfnrfaittftlg perched halfway up the taotm the clifl a bttla shelter formed by a projectinedge arm then tis she cried udtis lord have mercy tit our boat i kot one word morn did anyone say seme halfdozen men we stood then helpless watching the little spot grow ud grow till we could make ft bat u lai did to be our boat now the ia down in the trough of the wave now she ridei on top now inee near enough for ut to make out the six dark fig ures in her tbeyan all there thank god for that i now we lose tight of her again and i about hoarsely to lal all right she putt they in safe past split rock ud they on going to beach the boat j i climber op on a fallen mats of rock and can tee lai it right they are coming in on the breaken and- will let the boat drive ashore she will go to pieces bat it it their only chaaos 1 we watch breathless and no one speaks although old peter standi betide me ud he has two tons in peril one tremendous ware dishes them almost within our reach not quite they an swept bick and the boat goet under- a moment later ud the re- ippein bottom upward imong the boiling waters and with an awful shriekxil springs from her watching place into the- water be neath mad fool i i cry breaking into woman- iab sobt rnhing forward with u idea of doing something earthing bat old peter lays a ihakihg hand on my shoalder dont ee throw yonr life away sir sheve got him by tbe hair and if anyone can lire in such a sea itl back lai but your boys psferf i gasp com pletely knocked oat of all self comtitnd i be watching said the old man giv ing me a little shake in his suppressed ex citement nobody haint come ap yet bat master clint ud lai have got be light then iant much more totell oat of ill the tir paly fairfax was saved though the bodies were washed ashore next day lal whose lore give her superhuman strength had kept cunts head away from the rock which crushed the life out of the ether poor lids tlmott the nextwive roued both to our feet it took at a long time to unelasp lils banda and i- dont ihelieve the ever knew that the really had saved the man she died for 1 shj wat buried when fanon hooper came over the next sbocut in clints little exrden with petort two ssns and the other poor fellows but it was many montba before clint could crswi ont 6 far or hear hew hia life was saved 1 fingllai eoral tripk to rraace ij queen viotoria left london o the 25th of march for parish the distance between tbe two capitals it not very great j jt has been dbaflin mueh leu t htm mnshourvud can be dope readily in ten and yet it it nof a quarter of a ceiitsry since queen victoria crossed the channel iud landed in france it iras not until lie had been seventeen yean on the throne dat accompanied by theprince contort and her eldest too snd daughter she returned in- paris thr that napoleoh lit bid paid fo her at windsor castle many kings of england or heirs to the crown thereof hare shade the journey between london asd paris by 11 kinds of more or leai circnitoua rentes since thedayt of aginoonrt the child henry vl waa crowned king oi france in notre dame but waa toon ignominiously expelled from the realm whioh his fitters rtlpur bad won charles i when prince ofwalea j pasieo throaghparia oa his romantic trip to lspain charles tl wstah unwilling visitor to faria daring the rvtectortte tlehad no money his mother henrietta marial- waa weunigh starring at the louvre and the fenchgovemmenfto pleasrcromwell lost far opportunities of jetting the exiled stuart know that hit room ku much to be preferred to his company yet mother royal 8tuart bis brother hothlss duko of york ud jsmet ix the discrowned king of qigland went from london to paris in ways tbe most roundabout two tintar kings of great britain france and ireland junes ixl ud carlea i1l ciued respect ively the old ud the young preteoder wen destined for a season to make paris their abode when they would much rather hive been at st jame or at windsor at st germaina the old chevalier de st george held for a while his phantom eourt and then aa charjei edward he quitted paris with high hope only to return after muy adventures andmisfortunes ragged forlorn and nenniletai and by the yrehch ciovernment nuae peace with kogth1 bind and the english ministers pressingly demanded the expulsion of the pretended prince of wales from the dominions of the king of france which the chevalier obsti nately retttsed to quit bo a abort way was found-fortum- aughtugfrombir carriage one night at the door of tie opera he waa seised by a body efarmed ponce bound hand ana foot finng into a dungeon at tin cennea ud a few days afterward harried to tbe frontier no enguabking or prince of wale bap been in mis since these timet until tbe reign of the present family the three qtorgea never aet eves on the towers of notn dame gebrgelv pattedtliroagb calais on bit wtyto bi huoveriu demi- niona bat did not visit king louie xiv at tbe tuileriet ud there ia nothing to show thtt william iv ever taw paris a idyiag hmman suin fcom heines kcttrss o trkrel waked over to thetooce to meet fairfax 1 1 tmf my toy- ydn took jew gloni how delicjoat these peaches are bo added feasting ui another f tshonldltonlali tbcret aadbeghimto tbowibe wretched girl lets idndneaa forohe future 1 v i whether wisely or not i tpoke 3k2a ms mibasy ai v jrisifrthaisiorlrttolctatoo i waa well nigh terribed when ah at once the variegated tangled life of italy came leaping towardi me real warm- and bum miag at i crossed the marketplace the troitrwoinan greeted m right amiably and confidently as though we were old fnendt tt is ill one thought i how we make u icqoamtance provided that it be but made so the womad and i looked at ode another in as friendly a wise u though wj had mutually hinded jrer up- top ietteiat introducing etc freaa onr bast friends and the fruitwoman was by meant bad to look at she was it is itrue already in that age when time stamps a fatal certificate on our brow of the active service we have done in youth moreover her face stfll bore- the traces of great beauty and then wae plainly written on it as on oldfashioned ptaes- to be loved and as loving live is the best joy that earth can giro but her moat exquisite charm waa the style in which her hair waa dreeted the carefully curled locks thickly stiffened with t- tjj izv ri pomatnm and idyluoally entwined with j when cacgidowit ajin ahe waa atib hitoin sowers fgaxeathiiwomanwis the same ran attention with which an anti quary would pore oreria newlydiscovered lai you suly girl come down i not footing for a bird there and what good canou do theyve never itarted pm tare come ud bavesotee breakfaatwitb tom bntt mght h well have shouted at the seagulls frsse heyer moved l j when it3ilei down agan she was stuf there deaf to everything except ihetbonder andthe roarof the tea- the storm teemed to iocreaae as the merhing wore away and even tom bad come around to my opinion that young petea neterceuld tare pnt ont in tueh aety whan e wen atafttsd by a message from lal shefhadrtentto aayahe aaw scmeibjpg it might be stiu it wat aopiething never u tons ia 1 lire shall i forget the honor which clakhed at our beaita and bur faoeaaa for a moment toin tared at cmeknothtf while ted bretthjeealy delivered tbe message i of ooorte we followed him at onoaud etood again peering out into the jog and th5fartiiik bncen pwtomct aibri teeaibinglal where- tabonhltitaowr r lai for answer tnrist ont her longjbohy that night momaingwrfver who wit hithrstvictiin my mend and 1 went in the morning to ee the seveacruihed bodiee which all lay under i single can vat sheet for some time the natives standing around tried to persuade ua not to ohoover them hut a nitive constable concluded the argu- r ment by scixinga comer of the cloth ud palling it to one the fleet wen all calm ud lifelike fori hindoo even under the most appalliag cohdrtibnstenly tunen himself to pasa into the other life without composing his limbs andioatoret 1 the momentxbe ratirea standing round ut the uncovered bodjea a frenzy teemed to possess them- the men rushed to their tints ud presently returned with rusty old swords flintlocked pistols ud bell-mouth- ed guns all these weapons they began to ponth vigonnily with the intention of rank- ulg inmiediate war upon the ejephint but col spencer tbe commissioner of the sta tion had already tent party of bengal lancers after him ud in the afternoon lie wasjbrbugbt back with a bulletin one of hit knees ud loaded with chains to arranged that he coald be palled to the ground at a moment notice if be sh wed any signs of rebelliai the rajsh who owned him attempted to make light of the matter but a fine of something like 20000 rupees levied by the gorernment iniuced him to take a mbreseripus view of his brntes achierc- fnbnt t jephtftuvftwttf etie kind is that in very hot weather and under a severi phywttlar it very likely to go mad end i cm tell yon a mad elephut 11 a creature that tbe moat curious student of thoanimali habftt hid better contemplate from a diitinpe s v 1 much of my indianiife was passed in the station of jubbulpore the enterprising people then neolved to have u exhibition goods poureclcdltapnlliin balloojcifaggonj on camels backs snd ysriont oer ways and- rtjahs -end- other indian drgnitarjet withiuitet of attenduta journeyed from great diatuces so far is i can remember what i tin speaking of happened in the bitter part of 1866 oreahyi ia ujth ajoang photo- 1 grapher with whom 1 wu acquainted in- vital mo toshsje his tent with him for a week cm theexhibiuon groundtwbm be intended to take views and i gladly accept edtbeinritatina vfwe i tdghtobefon the eibiwtion epen- ed we wept upon the grounds med found them covered with tents ud crowded with natives who for the moat part wen attend- ing on elepbuta bullocka cimela and hones it wu a bright inoonlight night and we eat tnoungbefon theopening ofoor tent watching the curious scene befon ui until nearly midvght then the noise baring gradually died- away we retired to eirbeda i had been asleep perhapa about ah hour when i wat awakened by the beating of tomtoms tnd the shouting of the natives laiaide i jamped out of bed and ran to the door of the tent when my friend was al reidy standing an elephant with its trunk upraised and trunlpetmfkretly waa rushing among tbetenta occasionally strik ing a rope with his foot ud snapping it tike 1 packthread in front of onr tent wuu open apace and about thirty yards away waa a urge tree betide this tree a man waa standing the elephant if it hadaot swerved from itscourse would have passed about twenty yards from hta bet when the brute was nearly opposite him aaw the man stoop ud pick up a large stone i could hardly credit that he wae going to throw it bat in s second then wae no room- for doubt that such was his intention i called to him in hindoostanee to drop the stone ud run into the tent bat be paid ncr tttentioh to me 1 then a the elephant waa otasini he burled tbe etooe ud ttraok it in th side the brute turned quickly taw ta aasaflaht ud rushed at him even then i think there waa time for him to ea- ape if he had run for the tent ui again shouted to him to dofor thoegfa- tbe brate would probably have brought the caavae down we should probably have au eaoaped in the oon but t quickly to ward me hi jibwed hit band nponbis ion- head and bowedhis head after the manner of the ifindoo who desires toexprenhia gratitude by means of the au-terviceableaa- uam and the stood upright apparently eelm and collected bcautethe tree 1 when the elephant wu wkhia four feet of him tbe man sprang quickly tothe other tide of the trunk he hid evidently calon- lated upon escaping hit enemy by keeping thetrt wtween them but he had-akoge- tbernnderrdueid thabrwscuiain ftaick as lightning the great animal altered its soaru moved ixonhd the opposite aide of cwtiunk and in a second tie elephut and the main stood face to face there was no hnmu poitibili ty 6 his now aha the hindoo knew that the but few audi of his life wen rapidir running ont like all hia race be rata fatalisttnd even the terrible death thit overshadowed him brought to him no terrors calmly he crossed his hands over hia ooeom ancl bbwedjds head to theineyitaile ijftwu allorer in five seconds the elephant raised bis trunk higher than before and atruekai homed awkward blow hitting hia victim not with tbe lowsr end of the trnnk which is tery tender but atfar is i could tee withbit cheek or hjputb the man went down u tbongffbe had beeniau- ed with 1 cannon ball but immedlitely be railed himself upon hit elbpwicdiopkeii apwsrd for one second the brute itood over him ud then dropped heavily forward xitfstwl the elephant- rushed away trumpeting as before and took reragein totne knriulu 1 hi the neighbonrbood we learned the next morning that he belonged ton rajah who 1 in biaanadety to get earlyto the eihibij kipti had cenjledhm tpvrreiuriven with g aheavylpad nntixhe wai4riven mad i what we uwwitdnty a small part inf tie damage he did he galled seven men ttrso ioouldtee on her traceaof all the ovflirition of italy the etruscan the fto- maa the lombard down tovohr own pow dered modern age ud right interatingras the avihted manner of tbia oldwouian in contrast to ber bnamen ud to her passion- ate habita nor waa i less interested by her stookintrade the gnat basketa full of freth orugeeand lemons uddoughtfal tightin oneof the basketa uy a chfld holding a utue bell its bud laid at the great b of the cathedral begad to sonnd between every stroke the boyrang hit little bed thd smiled to forgetful oftf worldly j into the blue ipatent that i laieicame into my head aadlim j raal4lplaed nvyteh aif begu to aatj indg6sbtp twith the frttt woman do far graoioas sate waiter take these natenckera over to that man exclaimed a nervosa old lady sitting opposite a party wpoiras encking mckory- nut r with bis teeth noyi thuk ydtt he said polite ly retorning them mice ire not falie teeth iporx lxasiil baa granted the title of count to mr arthur moore of the britisb house of commons in reoognitioa of hit servicet to cauolicitm the honontable gentleman already enjoyed rank in tbe famiglia pontifioioas commanditore di spadi e ceppa a title baatowed upon him tniii is a german colony of 425 persons on thepoxuxo on ueeaateraalopeof the andes the colonists cultivate ooffte cocoa tobacco cotton rioe indian oorn sweet potatoes sugar cane ud tropical fruits they keep oowi and pigs ants and cmkroaehesaie the only insect plagues theoolcmyuproaperaibnj its owelop- mint ia prevented by the wut of roads ytiaronjicoo makes it a iulo not tontom yirita otiioet inviutioni he only con sented to know the emperor of bratil on- condition of pot being asked to relax this rule oa bu 78th birthday however some friends in the habit oi assembling round bis bcwpitibje table ixnlacedhim tobepresebtst a dinner in oelebration of that innireriaryv which tpucencenuy attbe cat biche r paris kj victor hugo came with bis i- v w5swi i li

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