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Yates took his hand away from the constable’s throat. “ Where is your father or brother?” de- manded the constable. “’I don’t know.” “ Where is your mother '2" “ She is over with Mrs. Howard who is ' ill.” â€"~* “ Are you all alone ‘2” “ Yes.” “Then I command you in the nameof the Queen to give no assistance to this prisoner, but to do as I tell you.” “And I command you in the name of the President," cried Yates, " to keep your mouth shut and not to address a lady like that.â€"Kitty,” he continued, in a milder tone, could you tell me where to get a file, so that I may out these wrist-ornaments? Don’t'you get it. You are to do nothing. Just indicate where the file is. The law mustn’t have any hold on you, as it seems to have on me.” - - “ Why don’t you make him unlock them '3” asked Kitty. “ Because the' villain threw away the key in the fields.” “ He couldn’t have done that.” The constable caught his breath. “ But he did. I saw. ” ‘ “ And I saw him unlock them at break- fast. The key was on the end of his watch- clinin. He hasn’t thrown that away.” She made a move to take out his watch- chain, but Yates stopped her : “ Don’t touch him. I’m playing a lone hand here.” He jerked out the chain, and the real key dangled from it. “ \Vell, Stoliker,” ’he said, “ I don’t know which to admire most, your clever- I ness and luck, stupidity, or Miss Bart- lett’s acuteness of observation.-â€"-Can we get into the barn, Kitty?” “Yes. but you musn’t hurt him.” “ No fear. I think too much of him. Don’t you come in. I’ll be out in a mom- ent, like the medium from s. spiritualistic dark cabinet.” Entering the barn, Yates forced the con- stable up against the square oakcn post which was part of the framework of the building, and which formed one side of the perpendicular ladder that led to the top of the hay-mow. “Now, Stoliker,” he said, solemnly, “ you realize, of course, that I don’t want to hurt you,yet you also realize that Imust hurt you if you attempt any tricks. I can’t take any risks ; please remember that ; and recollect that by the time you are free again I shall be in the State of New York. So don’t compel me to smash your head against this post. He, with some trouble, unlock- ed the clasp on his own wrist ; then, draw- ing Stoliker’s right hand around the post, he snapped the same clasp on the constable’s hitherto free wrist. The unfortunate man, with his cheek against the oak, was in the comical position of lovingly embracing the ' ost. p “ I’ll get you a chair from the kitchen, so that you will be more comfortable,â€" unless, like Samson, you can pull down thejupports. Then I must bid you good- by. Yates went out to the girl, who was wait- ing for him. “ I want to borrow a kitchen chair, Kit- ty,” he skid, “so that poor Stoliker will get a rest.” They walked towards the house. Yates not-iced that the firing had ceased, except a desultory shot here and there across the country. f‘ I shall have to get over the border as quickly as I can,” he continued. “ This country is getting too hot for me.” “ You are much safer here,” said the girl, with downcast eyes. “A man has brought the news that the United States gunboats are sailing up and down the river, making prisoners of all who attempt to cross from this side.” “You don’t say! Well, I might have known that. Then what am I to do with. Stolikcr? I can’t keep him tied up here. Yet the moment he gets leoae I’m done for.” ‘ “ Perhaps mother could persuade him not to do anything more. Shall I go for her?” ' “ I don’t think it would be any use. Stol- iker’s a stubborn animal. He has suffered too much at my hands to be in a forgiving mood. \Ye’ll bring him a chair, anyhow, and see the effect of kindness on him.” When the chair was placed at Sloliker's disposal, he sat down upon it? still hugging the post with an enforced fervency that in spite of the solemnity of the occasion near- ly made Kitty laugh, and lit up her eyes With the mischievousncss that had always delighted Yates. “ How long am I to be kept here ‘2” asked the constable. , “Oh. not long,” answered Yates, cheer- ily ; “ not a moment longer than is neces- sary. I’ll telegraph when I’m safe in New York State ; so you won’t be here more than a day or two.” This assurance did not appear to bring much comfort to Stoliker. “ Look here,” he said, “I guess I know as well as the next man when I’m beaten. I have been thinking all this over. I am under the sheriff’s orders, and not under | the order: of that officer. I don’t believc‘ you’ve done anything anyhow, or you wouldn’t have acted quite the way you did. If the sheriff had sent me it would have been different. As it is, if you unlock those cell’s I’ll give you my word 'I’ll do nothing more unless I’m ordered to. Like as not they’ve forgotten all about you by this time; and there’s nothing on record, any- how.” “Do you \Vill square '2” “ Certainly I’ll not square. I don’t sup- pose you doubt that. I didn’t ask favors before, and I did what I could to hold you." “ Enough said,” cried Yates. it.” Stoliker stretched his arms wearily above his head when he was released. “I wonder,” he said, now that Kitty was gone, “if there is anything to eat in the ' house?” mean it? you act “ I’llrisk hand to him. “ Another great and mutual sentiment unites us, Stoliker. Let us go and see.” . __ CHAPTER X. The man who wanted to see the fight did not see it, and the man who did not want to see it saw it. Yates arrived on the field of conflict when all was over ; Renmark found the battle raging around him before he realized that things had reached a c:isis. The result of the struggle was similar in effect to an American railway accident-of the first class. One officer and five privates were killed on the Canadian side, one man was missing, and many were wounded. The number of the Fenians killed will probably never be known. Several were buried on the field of battle, others were taken back by O'Neill’s brigade when they retreated. Although the engagement resulted as Yates had predicted, yet he was wrong in his estimate of the Canadians. Volunteers are invariably underrated by men of exper- ience in military matters. The boys fought well, even when they saw their ensign fall dead before them. If the affair had been left entirely in their hands the result might have been different, as was shown after- wards, when the volunteers, unimpeded by regulars, quickly put down a much more formidable rising in the Northwest. But in the present case they were hampered by their dependence on the British troops, whose commander moved them with all the ponderous slowness of real war and ap- proached O’Neill as if he had been approach- ing.Napoleon. He thus managed to get in a day after the fair on every occasion,beiug too late for the fight at Ridgeway and too late to capture any considerable number of the flying Fenians at Fort Erie. The cam- paign on the Canadian side was magnifi- cently planned and wretchedly carried out. The volunteers and regulars were to meet at a point close to where the fight took place, but the British commander delayed two hours in starting, which fact the Cline.- diau colonel did not learn until too late. hese blunders culminated in a ghastly mistake on the field. The Canadian colonel ordered his men to charge across an open field and attack the Fenian-‘9'force in the woods, â€"a brilliant but foolish move. ‘0 tlie‘command the volunteers gallantly re- sponded, but against stupidity the gods are powerless. In the field they were appalled to hear the order given to form square and receive cavalry. Even the school-boys knew the Fonians could have no cavalry. Having formed their square, the Cana- dians found themselves the helpless targets of the Fenians in the woods. If O’Neill’s forces had shot with reasonable precision, they must have cut the volunteers to pieces. The volunteers were victoroius if they had only known it, but, in this hope- less square, panic seized them, and it was every man for himself ; and at the same time the Fenians were also retreating as fast as they could. This farce is known as the battle of Ridgeway, and would have been comical had it not been that death hovered over it. The comedy without the tragedy was enacted a. day or two before, at a blood- less skirmish which took place near a ham- let l§called Waterloo, which Iaffray is digni- fied in Canadian annals as the second battle ' ~of that name. When Yates reached the tent be found it empty and torn by bullets. The fortunes of war had smashed the jug, and the fragments were strewn in front of the entrance, probably by some disap- ' pointed man who had tried to sample the contents and had found nothing. Yates was tired out. He flung himself down on one of the deserted bunks, and was soon sleeping almost as soundly as the man be- hind n- log not six feet away with his face among the dead leaves. When the Canadian forces retreated, Renmark, who had watched the contest with all the helpless anxiety of a non-com- batant, sharing the danger but having no influence upon the result, followed them, makings. wide detour so as to avoid theI chance shots which were still flying. He expected to come up with the volunteers on the road, but was not successful. Through various miscalculations, he did notl succeed in finding them until towards even- ing. At first they told him'that youno Houard was with the company and unhurtj but further inquiry soon developed the fact that he had not been seen since the fight. He was not among those who were killed or wounded, and it was nightfall before Ren- mark realized that opposite his name on' the roll would be placed the ominous word “missing.” Renniark remembered that the bay had said he would Visit his home if he got leave ; but no leave had been asked for. At last Renmark was convinced that young Howard was either bad'y wounded or dead. The possibility of his desertion the professor did not ionsider for a moment, although he admitted to himself that it was hard to tell what panic of fear might come over a boy who for the first time in his life found bullets flying above his ears. \Vith a heavy heart, Renmark turned back and made his way to the fatal field. He found nothing on the Canadian side. Going over to the woods, he came across several bodies lying where they fell; but they were all strangers. .lL‘ven in the darkness he would have had no difficul- ty in recognizing the volunteer uniform which he knew so well. He walked down to the Howard homestead, hoping yet fear- ing to hear the boy’s veice,--tlic voice of a deserter. Everything was silent about the house, although alight shone through an upper window and also through one below. He paused at the gate. not knowing what to do. It was evident the boy was not here, yet how to find the father or brother without alarming Margaret or her moth- er puzzled him. As he stood there, the door opened, and he recognized Mrs. Bartlett and Margaret standing in the light. He moved away from the gate, and heard the older woman say,-â€" ‘ “ Oh, she will be all right in the morning, now that she has fallen into a nice sleep. ’ I wouldn’t disturb her to-night, if I were you. It is nothing but nervousness and fright at that horrible firing. It’s all over new, thank God. Good-night, Margaret”. The good woman came through the gate, and then ran with all the speed of sixteen towards her own home. Margaret stood in‘ the doorway, listening to the retreating, l “ Shekel" cried Yates. holding out his “onto-Pi She Was pale and anxious, but I ~.:,.-“-~.‘nt2sv- W , Wfim‘fl‘fiuwmumm‘vmwwmuwm"""‘ “"Wm‘ "- “mow” <--~â€"~:'-'~-‘-~â€"w~““ ‘ I fence. Renmark thought he had never seen anyon» so lovely, and lie was startled to find thatlu had a. most un-professor-like longing ti.- tnke her in his arms and comfort her, a feel- ing which had never assailed him in the dim educationalcorridorsof thestately university building. Inst-cad of bringing her consola- tion, he feared it would be his fate to add to her anXiety ; and it was not untilhe saw that she was about to close the door that he found courage to speak. “ Margaret,” he said. The girl had never heard her name pro- nounced in that tone before, and the cadence of it went direct to her heart, frightening her with an unknown joy. She seemed unable to move or respond, and stood there with wide eyes and suspended breath, gazing into' the darkness. Ren- mnrk stepped into the light, and she saw his face was haggard with fatigue and anxiety. “ Margaret,” he said again, “ I want to speak with you a moment. brother ‘2" “ He has gone with Mr. Bartlett to see if he can find the horses. Thereis something wrong,” she continued, stepping down he side him. “I can see it in your face. What is it ‘2” “ Is your father in the house ‘2” “ Yes, but he is worried about mother. Tell me what it is. It is better to tell me.” chmark hesitated. “Don’t keep me in- suspense like this,” cried the girl, in a low butintense voice. “ You have said too much. or too little. Has anything happened to Henry?” “ No. It is about Arthur I wanted to speak. You will not be alarmed?” “ I am alarmed. Tell me quickly. ” And the girl in her excitement laid her hands imploringly on his. “ Arthur joined the volunteers in 'l.oronto some time ago. Did you know that ?” “He never told me. I understandâ€"I think so, but I hope not. He was in the battle to-day. Is lieâ€"has he beenâ€"hurt ?” “ I don’t know. I am afraid so,” said Renmark, hurriedly, now that the truth had to come out, and he realized by the nerv- ous tightening of the girl’s unconscious grasp how clumsily he .was telling it. “ He was with the volunteers this morning. He is not with them now. They don’t know where he is. No one saw him hurt, but it is feared he was, and that he has been left behind. I have been all over the ground.” “ Yes, yes.” “But I could not find him. hoping to find him.” “ Take me to where the volunteers were,” she sobbexl. “ I know what has happened. Come quickly.” “ Will you not put something on your head ‘2” “No, no. Como at once.” Then, paus- ing, she said, “Shall we need a lantern?” ' "‘ No ; it is light one 0h when we get out from the shadow of the house.” Margaret ran along the road so swiftly that Renmark had some trouble in keeping pace with her. She turned at the side-road and sped up the gentle ascent to the spot where the Volunteers had crossed it. “ Here is the place,” said Renmar‘k. “ He could not have been hit in the field,” she cried, breathlessly, “ for then he might have reached the house at the corner without climbing a fence. If he was badly hurt he would have been here. Did you search this field?” “Every bit of it. He is not here.” . “ Then it must have happened after he crossed the road and the second fence. Did you see the battle?” “ Yes.” “ Did the Fenians cross thc’field after the volunteers ?”. _ “No ; they did not leave the woods.” “Then if he was struck it could nothave been far from the other side of the second fence. He would be the last to retreat ; and that is why the others did not see him,” said the girl, with confident pride in her brother’s courage. They crossed the first fence, the road.and the second fence, the girl Walking ahead for a few paces. She stopped and leaned for n. moment against a tree. “It must have been about here,” she said, in a voice hardly audible. “ Have you searched on this side?” “ Yes, for half a mile farther into the fields and woods.” .“ No, no, not there, but down along I came here the He know every inch of this ground. If he were wounded here, he would at once try to reach our house. Search down along the fence. Iâ€"â€"-I cannot go.” ' Beninark walked along the fence, peering into the dark corners made by the zigzag of the rails, and he knew, without looking back, that Margaret with feminine incon- sistency was following him. Suddenly she darted past him and flung herself down in the long grass, wailing out a cry that cut Renmark like a knife. The boy lay with his face in the grass and his outstretched hand grasping the lower rail of the fence. He had dragged himself this far and reached an insurmountable obstacle. Ronmark drew the weeping girl gently away, and rapidly ran his hand over the prostrate lad. He quickly opened his tunic, and a thrill of joy passed over him as he felt the faint beating of the heart. ‘ “lie is alive," he cried. “He will get well, Margaret.” This statement, how- ever, was a somewhat premature one to make on so hasty an examination. > He rose, expecting a look of graiitud from the girl he loved. Howas amazed to see her eyes almost luminous in the dark- ness, blazing with wrath. “ \Vheii did you know he was with the volunteers ‘2” “ This morning,â€"early," said the pro’ fessor, taken aback. “Why didn’t you tell me ?" “ He asked me not to.” “ He is a mere boy. You are a man, and ought to have a man's sense. You had no right to mind what a boy said. It was my right to know and your duty to tell me. Through your negligence and stupidity my brother has lain here all day,â€"â€"perhaps dying,” she added, with a break in- her angry veice. “ If you had knownâ€"I didn’t know any- thing was wrong until I saw the volunteers. I have not lost a. moment since.” “I should have known he was missing, without going to the volunteers.” Renmark was so amazed at the unjust accusation from a girl whom he had made the mistake of believing to be without a temper of her own that he knew not what to say. He was, however, to have one more example of inconsistency. “Why do you stand there doing nothing, new that I have found him '2” she demand- ed. \Vhere is your» It was on his tongue to say, “ I stand here because you stand there unjustly quar- relling with me,” but he did not say it. Renmark was not a ready man, yet he did, for once, the right thing. “ Margaret,” he said, sternly, “ throw down that fence.” This curt comm ind, delivered in his most sehoolmastery manner, was instantly obey- e‘d. Such a task may seem a formidable one to set to a young Woman, but it is a feat easily accomplished in some parts of America. A rail fence lends itself readily to demolition. Margaret tossed a rail tn the right, one to the left, and one to the right again, until an open gap took the place of that part of the fence. The pro fesscr examined the young soldier in the mean time, and found his leg had been broken by a musket-ball. He raised him up tenderly in his arms, and was pleased to hear a groan escape his lips. He walked through the open gap and along the road towards the house, bearing the unconscious form of his pupil. Margaret silently kept close to his side, her fingers every now and then unconsciously caressing the damp cur- ly locks of her brother. “ \Ve shall have to have a. doctor '3" Her assertion was halF an inquiry. “ Certainly. ” “ We must not disturb any one in the house. It is better that I should tell you what to do now, so that we need not talk when we reach there.” “ We cannot help disturbing some one.” “ I do not think it will be necessary. If you will stay with Arthur I will go for the doctor, and no one need kliow.” “,I will go for the doctor.” ' “ You do not know the way. It is five pgosxixbpiillzizk.,’l Will ride Gypsy. and Will gompanied by the finding of we ngtive “ But there are prowlers and stragglers b‘l'l’a'a' Pl‘ “Clem? lIIStOI‘X- Thelrlkmtqud all along the roads. It is not safe for you I work 13 “"1011 to he Pralsea, as s 10W“ "1 POR ICELANDIC GIRLS. l School Soon to be Eslnbiished for Their Higher Education. The establishment at Reykjavik oft. icliool for the higher education of girls is likely to be soon complete. A peculiar interest is found in the work from the fact that it indicates a total change in seeial ispects in that country, where the few ex- isling educational institutions of a good order have been provided exclusively for men. The girls generally have had no other education than that acquired at home. They will be indebted ina oer: lain degree to the \Vorld’s Fair for so unfair a course being interrupted since this brought as the Icelandic delegate Mme. Sigridr Magnusson, who has been diligent- ly at work for the school, proposing to devote to its benefit the proceeds from the sale of private property of her own in the form of a collection ofnortliern-antiqu1~ ties. The patrons of the school are His Ma.- jesty the King of Denmark, her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, her Royzfl Highness the Duchess of Took, the Dowager Lady Stanley of Alderley, the Viscountess Emlyn, the Dowager Lady Churchill, the Lady Kensington, the Hon. Emily Catli- ‘mrta adid others. A house has been built for this school on a piece of ground given to Mme. Magnusson for the purpose by her mother. ' The people have shown good ability in their industries, executed in the family Clmle during the long Winter evenings, by mews of primitive spinning wheels and hand looms, when, as is learned from Mme. to go alone.” the exposition, as is also the vadmal, or “ It is erfectl safe. No home that; the 8large, in natural colors, cream, brown, and stragglersphave st’olen can overtake Gypsy. Era-Y: 53-1‘1 to 13? Invaluable forltennls! 1223-?- Now, don’t say anything more. It is best mg, and ShOOtlng.003tumes! Recall“ lblls that I should go. I will run on ahead and Watef’PI‘OOf and llglit- In dlscusamg _13 enter the house quietly. I will take the Qualities of some woolen gloves shown in lamp to the room at the side, where the the GXhlbll? Of her million: {3116 9nly glovg window opens to the floor. Carry lii'n 0f thekmd Whl9h Queen Victoria. waif“. around there. I will be waiting for you at “his represeqtatwe from 109‘de Inquired. the gate, and will show you the way.” “ DO you think People WOUld have the W" with that the girl was off, and Renmark tience to prepare the yarn With the three carried his burden alone. She was waiting bhFea‘lE 5‘5 “1 these BlEOCkmgS and 8’10"?“- for him at the gate, and silently led the tllls honest W‘n‘kâ€"H} a 35011113397” WE“? way around the house to where the door-r eVCrYbOdY “Shes as 1f hal m,“ -_‘1 window opened upon the bit of lawnunder ‘0 be hoped that the Icelandlc gnls_ an apple-tree. The light streamed out “aork tn?! 1933 honesuy When “1°” “2‘: .‘7’ u on the rass. He laced the boy entl ‘3 “ca 9 - _ . ugon the (glaiiity DEALP It needed no sgecongl l “The only eflucation that children gen- glance to tell Renmark whose room he was er‘E‘uY recelVF: P5 “l? delegatfl explalllfli in. It was decorated with thnse pretty “ 1s instructign in reading and in religious little knick-knacks that are dear to the kllOWledge- mils 151“ moat 09-395 tallght . 7 ’ ‘ a n- er hi h e p by the mother. Hitherto it may be said Efdrieifoawglfl ma. nucg YW 0 Sb cm with perfect truth that the Icelandic “ It is not likely that you will be dis. mother has been the universal schoolmis- turbed here,” she whispered, “untul come , tress. But 1for this purpose she must back. I will tap at the window when “receive an education adequate to the de- come with the doctor,” 'mands of modern times. This is a want “ Don’t you think it would be better and Wthh is very keenly fell? by the Women Of , ..f to 0? Ida-{Hike ch by u 't Iceland, and they are anxious to avail Siffgoungorilfg algae.” A e m g“ themselves of every opportunity Within “ No, no. Please do just; what, I tell their reach to inform theirniinds. Intense you to_ You do not know the way. I thirst for knowledge is manifested by shall be very much quicker. _If Arthur Womel} all thmllgll the “Ounl‘rY- shouldâ€"sliouldâ€"â€"-wake, he Will know you, I ‘ Dumllg 9' {cadence 0f sel’eml Years} all? and will not be alarmed, as he might be if - (Jambl‘ldge: England. M1??- Illegntlsson 1351! you were a stranger.” ‘found opportunities to aid the educationa Margaret, was gone befope he could say advantages of her countrywomenngho have anything more, and chinark sat down, now a promise of better meanls of enuclioatiou. devoutly hoping that no one would rap BY the Plfm Proposed the g” 5 “’1, k9 1211‘ at the door of the room Whue he was there. labied to live rent free, and she thin s t ey is cultivated by , \. might also bring a part of their foodâ€"as (To BE (“OJTINUED'l many students in the Scottish univeiasities . have been in the habit of doinoâ€"in or er to FAQ IS AND FIGURES' save cost. The training will inbclude techni- , 1 7‘_ cal education, as being of importance, C [in Odor ess omen considering that the Icelandic women are hmese gardeners’ already famous for certain kinds of hand In marriage announcements in Spain the work. The plan in to have some necessary 5%“ 0f Parties are given- - peculiarities in other ways, adapting it to a London has a “Bald-headed Club,” to I country two-third: larger than Ireland,w1_tli which none but polished skulls are admit- :8- POQUlfll-lon 9f 10:00“ scattered 0‘7“: ml ted. inhabited portions, andfwl‘ierel travel is so -. . - i .1 - a difficult that a system 0 so 100 s as in coun- MéX :lczizi‘ufiél Sallie?! 3105) g: 23:31:; tries under different conditions is practically " ' v ._ . V are proud of his ability in that lire. ' “"POSSIble' A folding bed which can be converted into a sofa or a liilliard table, is the latest PEARLS OP TBUTE‘ combination in the way of furniture. A quail almost pure white waslately shot near Atlanta, Ga. The only part not White was the tip of the tail, and this was of the usual hue. ' The" seventietli anniversary of their weddincr was recently Celebrated by the . _ - Rev. Bgnjamiu Stevens and wife, of Han- of SimPIeSL ilumeg' d t5 b nibal, Mo. His age is 93, and hers is SS. ‘ HOWeVer “Mlle we "my have to 0’ a A huge lobster, thirty-five inches in .Ihl'r'le anon” be dope Ian. ' th b k . length, was latelycaught by EverettSmith, l D?" Stand Shwermg, upton c an ’ at the edge of the surf, in Patchoguc, N. lPlunge m “"7 once and hme 1 O‘lei“ . Y. One of its claws is twelve inches long. i \Ve attract hearts by the qualities we dis- It is asserted that a water-wheel runs : Play E W9 “3mm lllem by the Quill”!“38 we faster at night than in the (lay-time, be- ’ Possesi _ cause atnight the water iscoolerand there<l One holy action 15 1‘» better “argument fore more dense than when warmed by the against blasphemy than a thousand clo' sun' quent discourses. George Jamison, of Bath, Me, had just Intellect, like ice, is colorless 5 no one has warned Michael Nelson to handle his gun I more of it; than the (kiwi. It: 15 the mural carefully when he (Jamison) tripped sense that imparts character, if either God and fell, and received a death-wound from or man will love you. the discharge of his own gun. There is a great deal of talking vi“ M. Janet, a careful statistician,estimates means but little and ends in nothing. Not that the wealthof the Unit ed States is $70, I consciously insincere, it, yet, poorly ,Iepm. Ol’l’5000900’ : that Of “193. UHitOd Kingdom. sents the true feelings ; it merely dilutes 350, 000,000,000; that of France. $40,000,- the will and weakens the purpose. OOO’OOU ; that Ola“ Europc’ Ssgoo’oco’ooo" i There is no moment like the present ; not 00"” I only so, but, moreover, there is no moment Denial 3- MMWSOD. 0f Boston. 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