back he nnnu you unrnumu gm. ~ How thnt pledge wu redeemed will be` seen hereafter. `I `I -I 5 cars. After which he leaped of!` his horse. and seizing the brakes was followed hy A crowd that gave the engine such a shak- ing up as it had not had for many a day. Ho turned away. and going crlnd. M:-nv Ihu nnnru huvn nnnnml urh Why are you idle there, gentlemen It is your business to lead in these mat- ters." THEY DIDN'T DERIDE HIM. VITH vlnored brow Temptnllon vamu. I did not know him by his name, But. (-rh-d nloud. " Ila.-gone. () I " TEMPTATION. Ida ll hippla Bmham. liest man abroad in the whole place ; but whenhe came out for hia customary wnlk before brenkfub on A certain ne Ocbober morning in 1879 he found the entire vil- lng tutu already. indnn woman. in loose. oolored. Q ueer uuu _), m we $1 | " `T wnznzually 't"t::h3.:3 r" .. .V IV. UUUUULALV, UIIU relident miuionary at the village of Sambhur-Ghau, Deer Gull ), in the numr lmnlnvn. GOODMAN, the unhlnnt mi-innnrv A(XIIY(X)IIC- nuwa mm nnumner :1 in. im groupn. McPherson at length oun himself ; nlmuat nhmu under an Afghan battery of i fuur guns. the largest of which win an e * old-fuhinned hronze piece with n liun'a head carved in the muzzle.` But just, M he mm rejoicing at the thought uf lwing `. furenumt into the hungry, l'mir Singh'n n ' light figure ew put him with Mi exulting` 1 laugh. l Dn vn think in bent A .\icl her|un. vo l B tone that meant. more man me wurus. But in the terrible hurly- hurly of battle V that ensued next moming Donald Mc- ` Phermn and Umir Singh were driven wide apart ; nor did they meet till nearly midvdny, when the Ninety-second High- landers and the Second Gonrkhae formed for the nal attack upon the village that covered Ayonl) Khan :-I centre. Thu ntlvnnnn wnn at r-nt. exact and rirzid covered Ayoon nnan H centre. The advance wan at first exact and rigid an the movement of a machine, but the `broken ground and tremendous fire, to- `gethr With "18 C9h8Bl9H8 ank atmckanf re nd `laughter `hunt, to run riot, the Afghan akirminheru, broke up the solid through the whole gg[t,lem9nt,` M in inm nnumber if at. lin groupn. ` 1357 1 `McPherson himnel Mr, Goodman rushed out. and was i , _. ,1 ._ . ....J.._ __ Al..I..... l...u...... .. _A_A__A|__|_____| |___ CALL PAPA. I WANT ' laugh. ` [)0 yo think McPherson. yo lonn ?" rnnrod Dnnnld. bounding lnrwnnl. N We'll aune nee than! 3" 1 But his huge bulk want no match fnrtlurl light-limbed llnorkhn. who up:-an up the ` breutwork like A wild-cat, and nngimzf his cup on the still nmuking muzzle of the cannon, uhnutpd nhrilly : L acomsn gmnta arounu mm. Are ye c0untin' 3' the guns that ye mean tor tank wi' or ain hand to-morrow, m wee boy 7" as ed Donald McPherson. a uge. raw-boned fellow with B fiery red head, looking up from his half-devoured ration with a lurkin grin. Boy do as muc Au: big man some lrom nepaui. Here comes one of our boys, my dear," said Mr. Goodman to his daughter, in A slim Goorkhn lad came forward from the muse of troops which hnd just fallen out " of their ranks After the inspection. You remember Umir Singh, who got. the prime last year at our school in the Goorkhn lines ? Here he comes to bid us .......I L... V " Iden gleam In ms mum muck eyes. Aye. do ya think me? " chuckled the Scot. Wee], laddie, to-morrow we'll see what does the most." u \v.. .... H ...... " ....l......I Hm `\nv Sn n keen-eyed young Goorkha recruit--no other, in fact, than our friend Umir Singh himself. whose restlessness excited not a little amusement among the stolid Scottish giants around him. " Am va cnuntin' n' guns ve rnuon mm Iunun gnn. as time." amwerod the Gonrkhu with I sud- den glenm in his small black eyes. I " Ava, rln vn think me? chuckled wna (me: me most. We will sou," echoed the boy in a tone that meant. than his words. n... :. n... o......:I.l.. 1....-In L...-lu 1.6 Imnln E ' mm to advance ny rorceu mnrcueu. , But the relieving force had come up at a last. From the highest point of the ` Kandahar citadel the besieged garrison . had watched for hours the duet-clouds L that came rolling across the great plain below. with a keen glitter of steel break- ing through them every here and there, ; marking the advance of the British col- - umne. By sunset that evening the Eng- ` liah eneral had all his men in eition, andt e Highlanders and Goorlr as who had marched out of the Sambhur-Ghaut ` together nearly a year before bivouacked 1 once more aide by aide, watching the Afghan oam-rea twinkling along the aurroundin ills through the fast-falling ` shadows 0 night, and lietenin to the 1 wild cries and barbaric music t at came 1 oating upon the evening breeze. Amnnn thnnn who hnnintl tl-mmnelven in . otlng UPOH EH6 8VUXlll]g Ul'HU'laU. | Among those who bueiad themselves in examining all the points of the formidable position which they were to storm on the morrow, the foremost wean alight, sinewy, Primrose in Kandahar, and pressed him so closely that the troops sent to his relief had to advance by forced marches. I Rnf. Hm rnlinvinn fnrna hnd ll!) It 6 mm mm as ever. I. i " Piulre Snhih," uaid he. holding out `the lion's hand which had Adorned the 9 j Afghan cannon at Kandahar, this in my 0 : Christmas gift." K3 And it : the heat 1:` them 11'," nhuuwd 9 I Mcl'herimn. At the full pinch of his mighty voice. for it mu bought. wi' the _ poor lnnlcliefn nin hluod. Hie him nnither cheer, lulu, for sic in nllnnt anger. be he 1 white or black, wee deserves a` the ' hnnnr we can do him." I (:BA('Il!:l1`II8 are not usually credited with much lmmvled o of the care of children, but it is evi am that they sumo time: have nriginalmethnda. A middle aged gentleman. of that state in life. went in on see hin married sister, and fuuml her trying tnamuae her little boy, who wan live yearn old. I Not long after he arrived the Itepped out of the room to attend to some house- huld matter or other. leaving him alums with the child. The boy eyed him du- hiuunly for some minutes. He Iran a apuiled child, if ever there wannno, and had no idea of making pmmiecunua ac- quaintancee. The hachelor tried to make the little qumnnencee. The lnechelor one laugh. hut. ell he got. for hie entice` wee I eour look. Finally, withuut m\rn- i ing. the child burnt out crying. Hare wee e uemlery an be euro. The man didn't. iiere to pick the boy up ind eoothe him. in ettempte in e we -bel line were diemel feiluree. What eh mld he do. Finally is thought struck him. he looked et the crying oungnur, end the crying youngeuer loo ed et. him. "Cry louder, ' eeid the men. The child ohe . lnutler yet. in tin! hechelor. A y _l went. up would have done credit ) en Indien. II I....A- mill " nnitl eh. nun. AM the \l0()l'K"I llll good-h e X Sun In. 1857 l fl H instantly overwhelmed by A surging 1 crowd of soldiers. Eiiglishlnen. Scottish Highlanders and (}oorkhM._ all mixed I i together, in the midst of whom, borne on 1 the mighty shoulders of Donulil McPher- 3 son and is hig English grenulier, mun his Kifnrmer pupil, l'mir Singh, thin, pale, : with one Arm in a sling, hut. still brink 9 and lmlfl M! ever. I)...I_.. \'..|.i|. " -`(A Ln Lnliniu inn. cndit tn lnaan. ,9` lamdcr still." aid Illa Inn. and the boy did his but to uhuy. lander." fairly howled his uncle. "I won't." aid :50 initial, And In shut his mouth with scliok Md nu quid for'horuo(thod|y`, piece. The fun was at its height. and the little brown faces were all radiant with delight at the blaze of the candles and the glitter of the silver pa )0!` and colored glass, when suddenly the shouts and laughter and clapping of tiny hands were drowned by a mighty uproar from witli~ out, in which the familiar hurrah of the English soldier was mingled with the shrill, savage ear-piercing yell of the | Gnnrkha. \l'l...o ,.,...1.l i....... l......m....A' Had an. Unnrkna. What could have hnpened 3 Had an- other Sepoy mutiny bro en out, and were kind tor their " raure annw. Some of the gifts were certainly of a ` rather curious sort. One sturdy little fellow produced a dead crow which he had brought down with a bow and arrow of his own making. and which he now held aloft in triumph, with the arrow I still sticking in it. Another had carved l apiece of wood into the likeness of a l goblin, hidvous enough to fri hten a horse, and wished to have it paced on I the top of the tree by way of centre- 1 IIIHCB. ( Thin gun belong my regiment. See. harem mnrk upon him! We ad mamalv uttered the words here In mnrk mm I " He ad scarcely uttered when half A dozen Afghan words were clashing around his bare head while the air was rent with a burst of ear-piercing yells. But hell) we: close at hand. Hiuh OHS. y But hel was Hi h above all t e din of battle rose Dons d McPherson's mi hty shout, Weel done the Ghoorks lad ie ! " while at the same instant the butt of his clubbed rie fell like a sledge-hammer upon the forehead of the nearest Afghan, dashing him to the ground as if struck by a thunderbolt. Another of those resistless strokes, felled a second enemy dead on the spot, and the : rest, erce as they were, drew back in dismsy. Rm. at that moment s fresh host of W T ' `N w u .- The Christmas of 1880 had` come round at last, and there were high doing: in the school-house at Sambhur-Ghaut. Mr. Goodman and his daughter had got up an unusually brilliant Christmas-tree for the little folks. and the Ghoorka boys from the achool in the linea " had been ock- ing in all day long with preaente of every kind for their Padre Sahib." Qnvmn (.6 Nu; nim uvnvln one-I-ninlv of R good-h I " Sn m, Padre Sahib-aalum, Missy Balm," said the young soldier, with a graceful bend of his small black head. God blenl you, my boy," replied the miuinnary. Take care ufynurnelf, and remember what I've told you." N Am! tluinlr M in: nlmn Il"III wnnr this dismay. But. at that moment Afghan: burst. in upon the little band of assailants. and when the surging sea of grim faces and flashing wenpons hind swept by it left poor Umir Singh lying face downward in the crirnsoned dust. and Donald McPherson, himself covered with blood from It terrible cut in the head bending anxiously over him. 4 1. 1- as 1 1- ` HE SHUT HIS IOUTH. CHRISTMAS EDITIQN. I'9'I|I|. A: the bow: in quickly laden and the out push out from the -hon The forest win: In magic .-can to Inc an I-ml nn-noon rormn reocu. An they echo from their nuornn " In-guorln -Mnrnom.e! " Then the wind: forget. their nlghlng and tho 1 ._.. -3--Q nn Aonln once morn. The at: nbofo In Ilnrkor than the uhdurol tho 111$ mama to no I Attnned to all Its fooling AMI sllvo with sympathy. Y The houuhn In time If!) nodding. and the bright I nmo-4 slowly dle. I While thou wind from o'er the monntalnu seems pa-calm: with A nigh. There In palhn-I In our voices. than are Loan -Hhln nu! nvnn, wmnn our eyes. A ood a! secret. longing: In our henna turbid- dan I-Inc. hove: Ind hope! that are unInown-t.|1eno the u nu.--n-n Inn-an nnihnni ITIIII UM Wlmld Iorxux l.III!II' IIIIIIIII gnu um fl unou nun up Again. A; A doun hearty voice: Join In some ta-ewull ..o..:.. remember what I ve wiu ynu. And think of us when ywu wear this i ll?) nmnn the cold mountains," added l ll rriet .-oodman. giving him a woollen Il`ll": "09. Wine the llro In very tempting Irtho ohllly a--nlnn I-2 WIIIU III! III ! II Very KIIIVDI` II I-V 0"! ounlng bacon. And munch thouonnuln coho In incur an 4.. na- 1'50 uunnr III 5 nacho!-1-" W011 tunouuw wnm-: I Some nm-u-ago: urn whl-pared. name answering glnnren rend. ` The plma-troen nhod their fmarmnoe In they I -n vnr nxvnr-hand in war over-noun. Then nhoutn nf Joyous lnunhtnr mnko the Ilmbu Lu uhnkn and tons, An lhn ntnlely moununlnn echo " There's one wide rlbbcr to crown. illllt`, I some much the flames In nllonoe an the banjo : l 4......) 5|... ...L.II.. . ymlnu . \ The spirit of lhc mouninln npnnkn in nu fnrnlllnr tongm-. And each face within lho'clrclo roocu-A merry . .....u.. ( ` TO SAY GOOD NIGHT." It In only for a moments the heart! Arc glad and lnu M-ma bend low, And the llmb-4 nbovv are llgzhtod with the cnmp~r(-`H ruddy glow, w The crnckln of the burning logs. the merry! manna and lIDO0(`h. i All mingle with thn rhythmic hunt of waves upon lhc ht-nrh. 1 And nwuundlnu through the valley, In echo` loud and long. You hmrlhohill-4 call hnvk Mmln lht-Inn! wordui WEIR brtmchcn 0! the plno-trnen like nhull-~r- nf Ihn unncl 1r v w .. Ten months had passed since Mr. Goodman bade gnnd-hye to his Gnurklia T pupil. and many things had happened in the interval. Kabul had been taken, retaken and taken again. Kandahar had been entered and garriaoned by British troops. and tlien, just an Afghanistan uoemed completely crushed, Ayooh Khan had come charging up the valley of the Helmund with 30,000 men. overwhelmed General Burrows, hlocluded General n8!` IOVQ EHO lecnlngl Cnle UKUK [U llllll. The chaplain of a Southern prison once stated that one of the distressing experi- encea of his prison life was with n mur- derer sentenced to death. The man remained atolid and unmoved by any appeal to his moral sentiment or to his cunacience. As the chnnlsin bade himi IGI I God puts a child's mind like A white scroll, inw the mother`: hand. He nlnne fully knows what she writes there. appeal 50 nm mural aenmmenn or no n1s| conscience. chaplain him farewell on the day of his execution. he said : H Y'II An" -nu. -"Lu unn nnnirl-"5 (In sand "I'll tell you why you couldn't do nothin for me. Other men's muthera tnughc them religion when they was lirtln Mv mnthnr was in drunken Ulllgllb little. thief 3 11.4 motngr 1 " For more than half a century his home life had been blotted from his poor crazed brain ; but with death his nmther and her love and teachings came back to him. 'I"hn r-hnnlnin nf n Hmithnrn nrinnn once nncuy : "O Gardner! ifl can only see my mother I vn:......... u..... sun .. ......o...... I.:.. 1..."... senu nmes over. He died eta rest age continuing his incessant uninte ligible mutterings even in the dying struggle. But when the last moment came his face suddenly ashed into hope and intelligence. and turning to his companion he said dis- tinctly : "O Gardner! if I can onlv mv In Mr. Seo\right'e history of the old National Rood and of the notable nnd eccentric characters who in early times were well known upon its borders, we nd the following touching story : `In nu-m nf Hm r-at vnu-n nf Hui: nnntnrv nu `nu IUIIUWIIIS IHJIIUIIIIIK Illll In one of the first years of this century a farmer in the Pennsylvania hills, on returning from church one dsy with his family. found his house barricaded and an insane msn in possession. With much difficulty the msnisc was secured and taken to the jail in Uniontown. There he remained for more then fty years. He was sn Englishman of education who bore msny evidences of entle breeding. It was never known whence he came. nor how he found his way to these mountains. In his wildest rsvings no hint of his past history over escaped him, off to Afghanistan. The e-ground was already eur- round with bullock-carts and covered with lon lines of men, whose bayonet; glittered rightly in the rising sun. On one side were the tall. bony frames, light oomplexionu and certain kiltn of the Scot- tilh Highlanders, contrnnting strangely enough with the dwnrsh, thick-net. at.- fwed, swerthy Goorkha mountaineers from Nepaul. -`Hm-n nmnn nun nf iuir hnvn. mvi nmr. hxm. Soon after his connement he killed a fellow-prisoner, and was then chained to the oor like a wild beast. He was ke I: thus for eighteen years when I kindy keeper released him. He was decently clothed, and proving to be hermleu, we: allowed to wander in large in the da time. Tim whnln nnunhi lrnnw Crazv lillv." auoweu to wander large In me an tune. The whole county knew Crazy Iviilly." He muttered to himself unceaningly, re- peating the name scraps of verse 3 thou- sand times over. 11. (Hal .5 .. (Ira-f nun an-mrinuinn M. AROUND THE CAMP FIRE. . song: one pathetic. and the forest 4 ..... .,. .. I (nem l'6llgl()l'l Wllll I/H6) W113 My mother was a drunken HIS IOTHER. -!hOd i lull. [0 win tnem to ner service. Victoria has laid deep the foundation of her empire over her subjects in their affections. It in not the hereditary queen that they reverence so much as the modest young girl, the faithful wife, the good kindly woman on the throne. The first lady in our own land has endeared herself to the nation, notaa a politician or social leader, but as a moat gracious gentlewoman. - It in a singular fact that no woman has ever long inuenced the world as ruler, writer, or even reformer, who threw aside her feminine weapons. 'l'|m nharln nf a wonmnlv woman is a lzd in lift In II "UNIS, ISHJXIIHUTUI. At first the company consisted of citi- zens who out of mutual friendship" agreed to carry to every tire two leath- eni bucket: and one great hag nf o7.nn- burg or widerlinnen." Washingtnn was made an honorar member, and when `he went as n delegate to the Con was of 1774 at Philadelphia, he examine the fire engines in use there. OIL his return to Philadelphia to the CnntinentalCon- `green in 1775. he lmuglit frum a man named Gibbs on small fuurth-clnau engine, for the sum of eighty pounds ten s|iil~ lingn, and junt before he set nut fur Huston heights to become commander- in-chief. he leapntxrlmd this little engine to the Friendship Cmnpnny. l nurimy liiu vnnmmr luvs l'I0 nlvmvn scarf. Umir Singh always think of you," 1 nnwered the boy, and when he come back he bring Christmas gift." ` Hm: Hun. nlullun um: rwlnnnmd will lm` x , man on nnrnemcx. ! Waahingmn naw that the Friendship engine wan inauiciehtly manned, and lriding up to In group of well-dressed gentlemen ntnnding near the scene of nztion. he called out authoritatively : IIBIQB [HST IUIIIIIIIIIU W8})Illll. The charm of a wnnmnly woman real power. Her gentleness. her deli- cacy, her modesty are real forces. The girl who dresaea like It man, who swag- ern. who talks loudly, discusses risque oaks and smoke: cigarettes, in like a soldier who has thrown away his weapons before he goes into battle. Her hinvnln. fur exnmnle. mnv be a Detore he Into nmue. Her bicycle, for example, may good. useful thing. but she will not induce the Dllbllc to approve of bicycles for women ly appearing on it an an of- fensive caricuture of on man. She will not win the world to her cnuee, however just. by disgusting it with herself. Whv should nnv of our girls throw jult. ny umguaung in mm nen-Ion. Why should any girls Away the weapons which God has given them 7 Sam: interesting little stories are told of George Washington in c-vnnectinn with the Friendship Fire Company," organ- ized in 1774 in his home, Alexandria. As 6:... .1... ..,..m....... .......'.o.,I M nioi. ` tn the I` rlenmamp blllllplly. 4 During hin yuunger days he always Iatuandod res in. Aluxtmdria and helped to extinguish them. In tho but year of hin life a tire occurred near the market. ` He wan riding (lawn King Street at the time, fullowed b his aerwmt, who was .nlan on hnrnebac . u ' \\'.... ....... .....u AL-L Al... I`..:....A-|.in was nor oxuy a warrior, nun a woman. Queen Elizabeth, the most shrewd and Prudent sovereign of her day, when she iehl important councils with ambassadors from other countries, not only. we are told. brought all herlearning and sngacity to bear against them, but tucked her- self in her most splendid apparel and rarest jewels. uaimz all little female arts to win them to her service." \r:,....-.-.. 1.... i..;.i 4...... .1... c.......I..o;,... IT IN stated that when Boadicea led her army to battle she wore a man`: armor, but was always careful to leave her golden lmir oating over the steel links that all men might know that she not only warrior, but a woman. Uumm Flimlmtln. the must shrewd and WASHINGTON AS FIREMAN. DON"l`|D0 IT. v But. t.o-day was a special occasion, for all the soldiers in the place, British and native troops alike, had justtbeen ordered off Afghanistan. The mmde-around alreadv TRIO IDUTONNIIIII. (loll C TIUICUIG |)U\I lllllgllyu The sailor, in common with msny landsmen, has a schoolboy fear of de- rision. He cannot endure being laughed at, and therefore hides even the crude, religious feeling which Inay be in him. When, however, he stands by his colors and shows that it man may be a good sailor and a good Christian, he is not likely to encounter derision from his shipmates. I remember being a shipmate," writes Mr. Russell. with a ne, intellectual sailor. a man with as refined in face and as gentle and expressive an eye as ever I met, who during the voyage made aprac- tice in one of the dog-watches in tine weather to read the Ilible in the fore- castle to such as chose to listen to him. He could get nn hearers for a good while, but I do not know that the roughest, most unfeeliu fellow in the ship ever ventured to w isper so much as in jest. at the man's struggle to be of service to his fellows. u ll stvnn uniunp-nllu Lnnun an n annu-O lelluws. He was universally known as a smart and a sure hand, an excellent seamah lll all senses, quiet. gentle, unolnrusive, with a hearty laugh. a man that a ship- mate would go to in trouble, sure of sympathy and of such hel ) as the poor l ellmv's slender reanumos M mittod." Many thy pm-nu have Iuullt-d on ma. Fair dunno: and lords of high degree; The) name me `Opportunity. " BOIL IIIIIIIP, I Cl'lll. [UT HIICII [IR [H011 I Take the grim mm: from thy dnrk brow, And let thy taco (loclaro than now 1 " IT IS not the use that makes 1! sailor n vnlgar animal, but the vice: he takes to it. The life of the sea is bitter and hard, but it is not so bitterly hard as of iteelf to vulgnrize it man. The spirit of the Creator is never so close to one as at sea," says Mr. W. Clerk Runeell, the writer of see romances. and he tells this Anec- dote to illustrate how is rough column may be subdued by a feeling of rever- Anna ' once: A sailor, a rough. hectoring, nwearin fellow, asked one of the ship-boys to Ian him his Bible. I'm afraid you ll make fun of it." answered the boy. No, no, my lad," quickly re ylied the sailor, I don't ridicule God Aimighty." The nnilnr, in nnmmnn with mnnv l\lClIl'N Wll` I [U llI|'|l|. llllll Illlll. Honor and prhln llmt wull.'nn wvnllh. And all fuir Lhhugu Hm! come by v-lmlllh. Not so for then I have no name: I was 'I`omplnLlon ore I came- N But thou hunt killed me. caning `Shame! IIU lIll'lll!ll IIWM) . l|ll KUIIIK L'rIl`Il. Mlmy lhy pm-rn have opened wido Their Arum mud boggod me In nbldrs. In? sum niremy. indoo women, in loose, colored, troweere. end ooerlo white wre pen; Hindoo men, with little on but oloe ennd turhene, and Hindoo children, with no- thing on at all, were scempering _along the road, as if for a wager, toward the l lines," where the soldiers quartered in that district were encamped. [f|fAt any time the native inhabitants were ready enough to run and stare at ~ the gay uniforms of the soldiers and listen to the stirring music of the military band. ,