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T.Jicentiate of the 90Hege of 1 The Public are solicited to call and see for themselves. Ph)'.SlC1 ans anrl Surgeons, of Ontario. Office, Kiag Street, one door \~·est of l\olr. OornIBh's Je,velly· Store1 Bo?1"111anv1lle. Hampton. Sept. 18~h 1872 H. ELLIOTT JUN lip all that came in their way. The Scot·, place afforded was hostily provided for the 'Friend or fo~, we must be ready for Don't Blame the Rum ! 'even thdr enemiea thcn1aelves being old lady of Fernieharst and her women, theru,' aaid old Halbert. 'Ambrose, my judgefll/ made a bruv~ resiatnnce, nnd nc· while the men found a scarcti rougher ahelson, go with three men down the stream to Mischief-Makers. We notice very frequently, in the various cording to Surry'a O\Vn account they gavti ter in the barns and outhouses. A sheep the point yoa wot of. The rest a.hide here newspapers and te1npe1·ance prints, accounts Oh J could there in thil world be found their invaders plenty of work, and 'kept was quickly killed aud dressed, the hurts of with me. Elsia, get all ready, aud at the Some little spot o! happy ground, of inurtlers and other crimes conimitted unthem in so perpetual skirinish,' as the Lord the · wounded were attended to, and some word from n1e, have the lady a\vay to the Without the village tattling! der the in fluencc o[ strong drink, in \Vhich Admiral' never saw tbe like.' The little degree of quiet began to be restorecl, when hill. I can not think Dlrncan would betray How doubiy blest that spot would be account.s llum is ch.a.rged with com.Initting farm-if farm it cou1<l be called-of Craig· Elsie, passing 1ron1lthe house to 'the cow· us, but these are trying ti1nes.' Where all might dwell in liberty, Free from the bitter n:1isery, end, had hitherto escaped. the spoil~rs. It ·bed, came upon Duncan Scott, bringing ln lneonsistent Elsie! She, too, bad though' the offence. In our humblejudgment, this is sheer nonsense. \Vho ever kne\v Rum to Of goesips' e11dlt'ii5 px:it t t1ing. lay thoro·1ghly sheltered from notice in a with his own manly hands the full pails of of such treachery, but she was angry at her do any harm and kill a roan of its own ac· nook of the hills, where the !teep braes, re- milk. father for hinting at it, as if such a notion Jf such a. spot were really known, cord-or a bottle of whisky to jump from 4 I hnve sorted the cows for you, Elsie ' Dame Peace might ca.ll it all hei· O\vn, had never crossed her mind, The women ceding fro1n a small and rapid at.rcnn1, left 1 the earth and dnsh a man's brains out 1 It And in it she might fix: her throne, prepared n11 things for a hasty flight, and room fora meadow or level space of some said he, humbly enough. is all nonsense to bian1e rnm for any tbiog. For ever &nd !of ever : sixty acres in extent At the upper end of · Jr!ony thanks; bat you need na' have then Elsie went forth to the tower-head, Tnere Iiko a queen might reign and livo 1 and strained her eyes and ears to catch All the respol1}libility of the crimes commilthis tract of fertile land, stood the peal or fashed yourself,' was the lofty an~wer. Vlhile every one "i'l'ould soon iori,tive ted under its infhtence,rests on the indi\·id· 1 tower of Craig· end, a rude building of Elsie, will nothing I can do 'vin your soine intelligence. She was not left long The little slights they might receive, uals concerned in tuaking, ven<l1ng 1 and 1 rough stone, t hree stories in height, anr· fJrgiveness 1 asked ponr Duncan. in tJus'pense. Loud shouts-not of onset, but And be offended never. drinking it. A poor n1an is found deaJ. rounded by n wall and out-buildings, the 'Aye !'answered Elsie, turnjng swiftly of joy and triumph-assured her that it from internperance, and a case of 1nurder is 'Til!I rniscbie!·1nakers that remo\ e latte! coustructed chiefly ol mud and turf, upon him. 'Bdng back my foster-brother was no foe who apptoached. Presently she Far from our heal'ts that wa1·1nth of love, tnade ou.t, and rum is charged with the and serving a !!helter for the cattle at night. to lus rnotbcr's arn1s-my foster-broth Pr, beheld her fnther and friends returning, And lead us nll to disapprove guilt !-A pretty way to shift the re.ponsiNot far from the tower, the stream tumblt!<l who 'vas taken bravely fighting \Vbilo you wit.h several horsemen, fore1nost of whom 'Vhat gives another plensure ; bility from the run1·niercli ant ! 'V"hen a over a precipice in a coneiderable cascade, were l:iding here, and I 1vill forgive you.' were the young lord of FernieLurst and rl'hey seem to take one's part-but when dead with a dagger slicking man is found They've heard our cares, unkindly then and after winding from Biele to siclc of the As soon as the words 'vere spoken, Elsie Duncan Scott. through liis heh1t, do we charge the dagger They soon retail them out again, 1 But where got you yonr braw steeds?' valley, issued at the lo\\·er end through a wished then1 un suid. She knew that they ~Iix ed up with poisono.us measures . pass so narrow, intricate and precipitous, were cruelly unjust and uukinll ; that Dun· asked the old man, when the tum ult. of joy with being a. murderer 1 Or do "'e seek out the person who struck the dagger, and hold Antl thtin they've sUch a cunning way that five resolute n1en might easily bold it can had stayed at ho1ne solely th!Lt he and "'elco1ne had 80Jle"·bat subsided. him guilty 1 So be it with rum.-Let him Ot telling ill-Meant t)).lea, they si\y, against a hundred. The holder of this lit- might help her father to'°""" their scanty 'Where there were plenty more,' answer1 who, for the sake of gain, distributes tu his ' Don't mention it I pray, tle fortalice, was Halbert Seott, or Halbert harvest o[ oats. She knew that no bmver ed Duncan, laughing. ' We drave the 11 fellow man a <lrink which he kno11·s will I would not ten another : of Craig-end, a ret.aioer of the laird of Fern- n1a11 thnn Duncan ever came of th e nan1e of ,..,·hole of lJacre'e horses out through their Straight to your nei8bbor then they go, do them nn injury, and render them liahJ e iehurst, who in his tum owed feudal ser- Scott. But she was too proud to take back camp, and brought off some eight hundred Narrating everything t.bey know j to kill each other or to lose their own lives vice to the lord of Buccluegh. Halbert was her wurds, and she passed on. She return- of the best-me and the Liddesdale ladsAnd break the pea.ce of high ru1d lo"'·· -let him, th6 ruinseller, bear the UliHne, and an old man, unable to bra~ arms, but liis ed in half au hour to see her rejected lover and I-lab Elliot ho.a them in safe·keeping 'Vile, husband, friend and brother. don't charge it on nn inanimate passi,·2, two sons Ambrose and David, were with standing in the same place antj. attitude in where Da-cre will never find them. The Oh I that the mischief-ma.king ere"' passionless, irresponsible agent. Let us their lord, helping to garrison tho strong- which she had left him. She would have Sonthrons thought the devil was among Were all reduced to one or two, cease from announcing to tbe world that hold of Fcrniehurst, which lay but n few passed, but be laid a detaining haJ:\d on her them, sure enough, when they saw Habby And they were painted red or blue, this man or thot man was killed by """'; That every one might know tbem ! miles distant across the hills. arm. and me leap over the wall with the bucks' but let it be·told in the unvarnished lan1 Then would our villagers forget Duncan Scott ""as Elsie's cousin, and her Elsie l' snid he, in a voice whlch trem- horn! on our heads, It "'as a. desperate guage of truth, that he was killed by tile To r&ge a.u.d quarrel, fume and fret, betrothed lover. Thig wao by no means bled at first but grew stronger as he pro- venture, but we carried it through, and . And fa.l.L into &n angry pet, 1·umsellers ! Let the business of vending . their first quarrel, for Dnncan v.·as jealous ceeded. 'Eliiie, ,..,-e are now even, for if I here we a.re,' With thinge so much belo\T thoin, poisonous drinks be held up to ignominy, to and Elsie was proud, but never had matters called you an ill name, as I did lo my Elsie was like one in a dream. Duncan infamy ! If the vendero have mailed their For 'tis a. sa.d, degr.ading part, Never !hame, you have evened me to a coward. had not spoken to her nor looked at her, gone eo far between them ae now. consciences with silver, let us try to aro11se To make another'e bosom e1nart, had Elsie shown herself so implacable. Her You bid mo bring back J'OUr foster-brother. Wishing for time tu think, she took her And plant a. dagger in the heart, in them a sense of shame, and in the people anger. was nflt wholly unreasonable, for I will bring hirn hack or never return more· pitcher and "'·ent once more to the holy 'veil We ought to love a..nd cherish. a sense of indignation ; nnd then, perhaps, Dnncan had done her grievous wrong. He Fare you \Vell, and if you n k1Ver again bear for water, and leaning over the \Vall ns it Then let us evermore be found we shall dl'ive them from their sinful tradt·, had seen his betrothed in earnest conversa- of Duncan of El di,, think that he is dead, filled, she wiped a few drops from her eyes. In quietnee.s with an around, and save them irOm the wrath to co1no.'While fricndAhlp, joy and peace. a.bound tion with the lair<l. of Ferniehurst for an and that be died blessing yon.' ' He n1ust do as he will,' she n1urmurt::<l. ; Selected. And angry feelinge perish. hour together in the gloaming. He had Before she could answer, if, indeed, she ' I have put myself so far in the wrong Dot been able to overhear their wordg as had made up her mind \Yhat to say, he had that I dare not ~!lY a word. I must even A New Way to ltive a Temperance they paced the burn-side, but he had seen kissed her forehead and was gone. The bide and see how it will turn out.' Lecture. ' She stooped to lift brr filled pitcher, Ferniehurst put into her hands something next morning Duncan was missing. A A few days since, a stranger in our city, made of gold which glittered brightly in shepherd on the hills had seen him early when u manly hand wns interpooed, and n A STAMPEDE IN 1524. was seen at noon day upon his back, re· the moonlight-of that he was ccrta.in- in the mor11ing striding do,vn the glen. Day 1nanly voice whispered'Elsie, l have brought snfe home your posi11g ot1 the side \Valk, with his head pilf ' And vou'll no' give me one good word~ nnd then speed away, while Elsie pnt t.he after day passed, and yet be did not return. love· token in her bosom and took the pa·h Surry was still encarup~d near J edburgh. foster-brother. Will you forgive me now 1' lowed upon a door step-his 1nonth open El·ie I You'll not even ·peak to me 1' "Tis I that need forgiveness,' replied El- a.nd his whole length etretched a.cross th e The questioner was a tuJl,handsome mo.n, to their old trysting-place by the well us if Dacre had just returned from his Auccessful bad happened. foray, after three or four days' absence, sie. 1 I have been sorry ever since I said pa.Yen1ent,· so that the passers by, were con1though eomewhat worn-looking, and de- nothjng 1 pelled to step over him . Ladies passed Aye, so ! 1 thought Duncan; 'she thinks bringing great .etores of booty in sheep and that you were in hiding.' · cidedly shame-faced. The person he ·dupon the other side, but in doing so, they ' We '"'-ill call quits/ said Duncan, smil· dressed was a ·winsome lassie of some seven- to meet me there, and to beguile n1e with cattle, and inany prisoners, a.rnoag them lost the ben<:.tit of a valuable caution 'vhich her fine wol'dB \vhi1c she bas Ferniehurilt's the young lord of Ferniehurst, a near kinsing. 'fifay be we have both learned a 1 esteen years, who had come to the well-head, appeared in large characters upon bis heart, where a emall stream of pure water trickled love-token resting on. het very heart. But ID!l.n of Buccleugh, nnd !l prize of no mean r son which will be \"Orth what it coat. See, in these l\'ordstbrongh a rude spout inserted in a crevice she shall hear my n1ind on it ere we part.' value. Lo1'd Dacre had 11ot chosen to join here is my ring that you threw· at nly feet. " MODERATE DRINKERS! BEAud ·o it came to pass that when Elsie, llis forces to those of Surry, but lay encamp- Will you let me put it on l' of the rock. El·ie hnd put down her pitchWARE!!" in the innocence of her heart, came gayly .ed on the hill·flide at some little distance, Ehde's hnnd was not withdrawn, and the er and was waiting for it :to fill, leaning After the poor fellow hail slept off the for\vard to meet her lover, she "·as osaailed the horses of his troop being together in a pitcher had time to run over, 'vbile the meanwhile with both ar1na on the rude, fumes of rum, and placed himself in an etone wall which protected the spring from by n torrent of accusations and repi:oaches. £eld close nt liand, and under a proper lvvera leaned on the wa.11 aud let the twia erect position, he was kindly invited by Elsie ansvfered him coldly and sternly,,vith guard. rl1he prisoners, carefn1ly watched light go.- From the Aldine. the encroachments of the cattle, ~d lookson1e dozen of our cold-water boys, to sign a face that gleamed white as marble in the occupied a tent by. hemselves. J,~ rd Daing everywhere but at the speaker. 'You'll the ple<lge-he accepted their invitation, moonligbt : ere hiru·elf, having left every thiil/in perTrue Greatness. no' even look at tne !' repeated uncan and they brought him to the temperance 'Duncan Scott, ye have dared to lightly feet security, was supping with the Admiral. Scott, wistfully, 'and this perhaps the last Rooms, \\'here he registered his name among me-nie:, flalbert of Craig-end's danghter- Thon1as 1Tim1ns, keeping 'vatch over the time ,ve'll ever n1cet by tho well-side, " And ""·hosoever will be c11ief among the army of tee-totallers. Those who have on \vhose fair fan1e no mnn nor woman ever aforesaid horses, \Vas Hstening to the adr·en,vhere ,ve have spent so many happy hours. you, let hi1n be your servant.' These are seen the drunkard in his worst condition breathed before. Aud 'vherefore? Be· tures of his boaoru friend and boon con1pan· Won't you just epeak to me, Elsie 1' the dec1sh·e words of the great )faster. cun imagine his appearance, v.·hen he stag· cause you saw u1cin talk with PY foster~ ion, John D,tvis, \vho had been out with the 'That will I no, !' answered El"lie, turn· How wise ! How forcible in then1aelves gered into onr presence, to dechue his wish bro\her1 ae near of kin to me ns mine own n1arauding p11rty, when he suddenly made ing on him with wo1nanly indignation and considered, nnd how admirably do they to reform. Ho wns a loathsome being, He born brother. If I 1vere to tel I n1y father the lntter a signal for silence. more tba.n woruo.nly inconsiste ncy. 'That Rettle the question of human greatness and departed, and the next Sabbath sober and or mv brothers, or F ernichurst hiinself "·hat ' 1,Vbat now 1' asked the latter, in a low will I no', Duncan Scott ! I rYonder you all-aspiring pretensions! 'fhey leave us in neatly dressed he called at the Temperance you have said, no hole in Craigburn moss ton<:! . dBre so much ns to look at me after what no doubt ns to the right road to greatness Roo1ns to secure a seat in a carriuge bound vrould be deep enongh to bide you frorn 'Did 1st ever hear that the men of these · yOu ~aid, and what you evened 1ne to the ·nd honor, for he who will be exalted must to Glenco temperance meetiug. their wrath. But I wish you no ill. Yon parts had horns Hke a hart 1' asked Thomas last time \Ve met here. I think it shame first be humble. He who will be rich in n1ay go your own gate and keep your own TirurnB, in a somew ba t tremulous "'hisper. that ever I cared for the likes of you.' possessiona must first learn 'vhat it is to be James Stirling. counsd, but never dare, by day or by 'No. What means that fool's question?' To j ~dge from his face. Duncan seemed poor, and he "'ho ·will be a chief an1ong his night, to speak tQ me again.' With thut 'Became here iu the last ftve miLutes to find comfort even in these shu.rp l'.'Or<ls ; follows must first learn the art of rendering Qf Jatnes Stirling, an earnest and indeshe drew from her finger her betrothal have I seen a pair of horns raised above ; But, Elsie, woman-' useful and acceptable services to those fel- fatigable laborer in the Temperance cauBe ring, and throwing it on the ground at his yon wall,nnd the Jast time there was a man's lows. · 'I'll hear nothing, Duncan-not a 'vord !1 in Scotland, \\'e nre infortned his conver~ion feet, she passed fron1 hjm like a shadow and head under them-and there again! Jack, · interrupted Elsie, her blue eyes flashing fire There is indeed no royal road to human was on this 'vise : was gone. the devil is among us ! ' at the ren1embra.nce of her wrongs. 1 I'll greatness. Itor greatl'.l.ess to be whnt its "One J)ight, on returning from tl1~ pub1 ' More likely so1ne Scotch spy,' answered 'This quarrel haJ taken place o. week since never wecl a jealous-patccl fool. And jcalname imports mu.at be moral, and not aim .. lic-houee, he found his wife engaged, aa and not once had Duncan found a chance to the more valiant Davis. 1 I will try if his ouo of whom l' · she asked in a tone of the ply fictitious and cireumslnntial. It must uanal, in reading a chapter from the Bible speak to Elsie alone. This evening, how- rlevilship's hide will turn a elothyard shaft. utmo8t scorn: 'Of 1ny own fo~ter-brother base itself on moral character and moral to the children, 'l'he chapter that evening ever, believing him to be still at work in Where did you see him I' that was nursed nt the breast of my mothworth. It must ftow but of moral princi- waa the 25th of Matthew's Gospel ; and the harvest-field, she had ventured once ' Over in the thorn yonder-and there er ! I wouder you did na' think of Habbie, ples. It must be the fruit of stern, high· when the reader had uttered the words, 'Ue ruore to the well for water, and here Dun· -see, by the thorn yontler-and again.' or poor witless Michael in the ingle-nook.' toued, pereonnl integrity. It inu8.t com- shall set the sheep on His right hand, but can had s'1rprised hernnd pleaded his Muoe, David raised his bow and fitted his nrLine all these traits in itself,and ca:rry them the goats on the left,' her youngest boy, · llnt, Elsie, would you lJUt listen-' unsuccessfully as ·we have heard. ro\v, but bcf.e h.e could dra\v it to a he~d, ·No, ru no' listen. For what suld I with it in all of its outsbowing, or it can then four ye·rs of age, whose head lay on The well was l1idden in n little recess of a wild yell rose lrom the quarter to which lay no just claim to true greatness. listen 1' his mother's lap, looked up earnestly in her the hills, behind a great projecting crag. his attention was directed, and three or four ·But you might tell me how it was Elsie! We consequently conclude that no man lace, and asked 'Will father be a goat, then, As Elsie turned round this crag, she utter- wild-looking figures with horns and other You might say a word to explain what you can be born great. Nor cnn any one be n1otber ?' 'This' said Stirling after\vards, ed a vehement exclan1ation of surprise aad strange disguises sprang iuto the inclosure. were doing with young Ferni~hurst so late made great by mere ad,·entitious circum- 'was too strong to be resisted. The earnest, terror, and casLing away her pitcher 'v1th The horses, terrified by the strange sight at e'en r stances. A man ruay be born a king, and innocent look of the child, the hewilde1little regard ior its safety, she started to rur: and sound, burst away in a body, and rush· Again Elsie turned on him. yet he may in the end turn out to be noth- ment of the poor mother, and above all, the down the steep path which led to the burn- ing headlong through tho camp and down c Explain !-and what for suld I explain, ing better tlian · grent tyrant. A mun question itself, smote me to the heart's core. oide. Duncan arrived a little Inter, and upun Surry 's quarters,&wept all before them or what right Lave you !o think any exmay be born an heir to milliono, and if he I spent a sleepless, awfully miserable night, stood for a moment rooted to the epot. A in indiscriminate confusion. ' The Scot.B ! ' planation needed 1 Is not Ferniehurst ruy be not governed by great moral principles wishing rather to die than live such a life.' sorrowful procession had entered the valley was the cry. Arrows and guns were dis· own foster-brother, as ·1 told you, and as at itlJ lower end, u:nd ·was wending its way charged at randoiu, still more alarming the there are two dangers by which he is beset. He was ashamed to go to church on the folyou knew well enough 1 Aud is not that Ile may become a mere, miserable miser, lowing Sabbath ; nnd when searching for to\\-·ard the tower. :Poremoat can1e Am.. maddened horses, which ran through the the !lame na my own brother, and more 1 and hoard his wealth for no good purpose, some book to read on that day, he founcl brose of Craig-end, supporting 11n a weary camp overwhelming beasts and men, and But I will explain,' said tbs poor girl, forcand travel-worn horse, an e!Oerly Indy who finally disappearing in the darkness. It or he may become a prodigal spendthrift, 'Beecher's Sermons on Inten1perance,' ing back the tearo which were too i·eady to seemed ready to drop from her seat. Three "'as long ere order was restored, and when and waste his substance in riotous living. though he never knew how they came into run over: 'Fernieburst loves bonny !t1ary, A 1nan may aspire to seats .of reno\vn and hid house. They seemed to him as if th·y or four men and women followed on foot, things 'vere once n1ore quiet, a sad scene of H11:rden 1e d1111ghter, that's 3.way in ~Edin· secure n great name and high-sounding ti· had been printed nnd sent there for him carrying some bundles apparently snatched damage and loss was displayed to boro' 'vith lier aunt for eo.fety i and knowup in haate, and finally came Davie, mount- the dismayed and angry eyes of the, ties, and yet these may prove to be but as alone. His resolution was taken he became ing me to be an old friend and playmate of sounding bra .. ora tinkling cymbal. an ahstainer ; and when a temperance soed on another horse,hIB arl'n and head bouud Admiral. 1~enta w~1e borne down and the young Jeddy's, he gave me a letter and To acquire grea\nc'8, therefore, we 1~ust ciety was soon after formed in the village np, with many a bloodJ stain on horse nod lay 'all along,' nrmslwere scattered and destoken for her, againbt her coming home, artnor. Duncan delayed not long, but de-: troyed, heatls and limbs 'vere broken,,vhile be great. We muet be great in ourselves. Milnga.vie, where l.e livcd 1 be was the first knowillg that no man_ 's life ie saie for a day We must be great in the acquisition of great to enrol his name; but he never availed scendrng the brae like a wild buck, he join- out of more than a thousand cavalry horses, with the Eoglish camped here in our very ed the party justnsitpassed before the door eight hundred were wbollyruissing. Wom thoughts. We must be great in the outlines himoelf of the permission given by the old midst. So there ye have the tale, and of a simple, childlike humility. We must society to drink wine. Mrs. 8tirling rYas a ol the tower, where old Halbert, apprised of all, the tent where the prisoners had much good may it do you. No, no ! You be great, and so great as to be above tLe godly 'voman, and she rejoiced in this of its approach, wns already standing. been confined was thrown down and the needn't try to cotr.e 'round me that gate, perforrnauce of an intentional mean act. 'Ve change as an answer to her prayers ; and 'Alack and woe's me J' exclaimed the old prieoners were gone, Dacre's men-nay Duncan!' she a.ddeU, in 1:1 firm but scornful must l1e great in o.ur sincere love of the wheu some Jenrs later lJe resolved to give 1 man. ~fy dear and hor.ored lady, has it Lord Dacre hin1self was ready to swear tone, \'Vithdrawing the hand tho.t Dunc.an truth, and that, too, for the truth's own up business to become a paid agent of the ' that the devil had appearec, in bodily come to this 1' would htl.ve taken. 'All's over betwenn us. sake. And when we have all these quali- Temperance Asaociation, she reluctantly · Even us you se~, wy good friend/ an· shape, six times at lea.st, LUnong them, and I have borne much ere this from your jeal· ties dwelhng in us as living, frui~ful princi· yielded her consent, her love to the cnuse to his power-doubtless inrnked by the swered the lady 'adly. ous bUmor, but !'l~ bear no 1uore. I'll pies, then and then only may we hope to overcoming her unwillingness to allow him 'But how 1 But when '/' Scots-the whole disaster was attributed. be great. have naught to say to any man who can to be so much from hon1c." 'Dacre, "'ilh bis Englishtnen, C ame upon The Admiral 'vas by no means content with call me what you called me that night. Go The history of the world is in the habit your waye- '\\ritb \vl1on1 yon will. I \Vif!h ns at daybreak,' !lDS\vered the lady of Fern.. this explination, but there was nothing to of setting oat three great characters as ilIn a Scrape. ishurat. 'Our men fought bravely, none be done. Both horses and men were gone you no ill, but all the good hi the world ; lustration· of greatness. Here are AlexanA Washingtonian entered the house of but you are no 1nore to me nor I to you ! could do better ; but the enemy were in beyond recovery. der, Napuleon and Washington. With a friend and presented the PledgeIt was growing toward sunset, on the overwhelming force. }.fy son isa prisoner; what different views docs the 1nodern n1orld Fare ye well!' ' Your cauee is a goo~ 01.1e,' said the So saying, Elsie took up her pitcher, most of our brave kinemtn and servants are third day after the alarm lately narrated, look ~pon these characters ! The first and friend, ' and is doing mucli good, but ~will which haci been for some time brimming eluin, and there is not lt;ft one ~toae upon when a young lad, who, in the acantness of' second \Vere great in an1hition, in rapacity not sign the Pledge myself.' another nt :b-.ernieburst. B1lt for these~ your the garrison at Craig·end, had been set to ' Why not 1' asked the Washingtonian, over, and walked down the path, without and slaughter. Wherever they went they 'you acknowledge it is good, then why not brave sons, I bad not been here to tell the keop watch at the entrance of the glen came so much as casting a look behind. Duncan carried the sword and sorrow in their train, take hold and help it along!' I fear that Davie is \Vounded to ruuning to the tower with the ne1vs that stre\ving the earth with desolation and \Voe, seemed to foci that his cause was hopelO'e, tale, and 'Why I said I wouldn't,' r~plied he, 'aul 1 ' three or four bra w riders on great horses and all this for the gratific~tion of their you \vouldu't have me tell a lie, \vould for he followed ·orrowfnll y enough, and death. i He could never die better,' an 8 ,vered the ·were co1uiag up the stream.' did not even attempt to speak again. own craving ambition. The name of the you I John' he continued, speaking to a lit' Riders ! Aie ye sure, callant 1' asked .third, however, is cherished by the wise tle son who \Vas standing by, 'bring me a. Tweetldale, in Scotland, at no time be- old man, giving his hand to tho lady whom stick of wood.' fore tbe eighteenth century ti yery safe or Ambrose had by this time li!'ted from her old Hulb.rt, anxiously. and good of all nations ns the humane war'No I won't,' said the bey . . 'You are mof:lt ,velcome, lady, to 'Aye, and on braw great atee<l.si sue-h as rior, the upright citizen and the great patriot, ' Why ! what do you mean by talking quiat place of residence, v...·as p ecu Jilirly un· horse. happy in the year 1524, The English army, 111y roof, which ruay be safer i.n these tin1es the Southrons ride,' answered the lad; 'and But Washington was great before he beeawe that 1yay to . your fi.tth er,' exclain1ed he, The Engli·h l nm sure that the foremost man of all is known as great to 1nen, He was great in manifesting sympton:ts of anger. under Surry, waa encamped near J edburgb, than many a lordly hall. 'Fntl1cr I did 11ronp,' said the boy rewill srarce win this Jcngtb, und if they do, Duncan of Eld win hiu1self.' l\'-hich place the .A.(1 n·iral so sortly Lurned himself, und this personal moral greatness pentantly. . .A. sickening thought crossed Elaie's mind 'vas the secret of hi.:i eubsequent popular ' rl1 hen go !llong nnU do what I tol1l you/ and \Vastcd tlait n o ga1rison nor none other th ere are i:.he cnves in the hill to which 1ve . · , at th<:>se woods. ':\"as it possible that drive11 should be lodged there. Frorn thejr cnlnps nuiy r~ treat Lilt the stol'rn he overpas~ 1 desperatlj by jealousy .and baflied love, Duu· and national greatness. Ile served his gen- de1nnnded lie. 'Why fothH I said r 11·ouldn't,' returned the English m£1.de torays nnd incursions on ltll \\'tlS now bnstle i11 antl around t he Cfl.lt had revenged. h11nself upon her by eration faithfully, o.r.d they 1nu<le hitn their the son 1 and yog 1vottl..ln't hav1 me tell ct lie 1 rr tu.~ betit ~ccon1modnlion the bringing the Enghsh upon then11 ohief,- C1.ristian Workl. all aides, burning, 'vastirig and plunclcring little towl:ir. wonld you ~'-Organ. POETRY. . . LITERATURE. I