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RT Tous oH cn THE WALKER HOUSE] INSPECTOR of WEIGHTS § MEASURES LRALIV For the County of Ontario. Fis PORT PERRY. «, | Port Perry, Nov 1, 1875. 45:46 Ta x ® Subscriber having leased the above : 4 v © 0. FORMAN, T Bote, it will bo his endeavor to conduct ir fd yn TEUER |it in every particular eo as to merit the FAMILY NEWSPAPER,| Narringe Licenses. |sprobation ud patronage of the public. 18 PUBLISHED AT ant ye 5 $ One door west of the Walker House oT be. PORT. PBRRY, : |p0n dx THE WALKER HOUSE ~ EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, | UTS {ton 10 oquatied by tow Hots nr tho] ¥ ] ; ons is eq n the CT Sopp HENRY GRIST, Froyinoe and surest by nome out of the ; ' BAIRD & PARSONS. , | PATENT SOLICITOR AND DRAUGHTSMAN, reavelors. the' Tinvellos RR y Conimercial vel 3 annum, if paid in ad- OTTAWA, CANADA, Public, Farmers and others doing business gait mt $130 will be charged. No|T ts busi with the Patent Office | ip tho Village and the general public will Tg NEB JL on : months; | and other ts of the : find in . ption taken for less than six lam his and the Registration of Trade : Jd no gape discontinued until all. arrears | Copyrights Designs procured," Drawings | THE WALKER HOUSE ; x +. | Specifications, and: other Bis Deposs Do required in the matter of RATES OF ADVERTISING: - to scoute Patents of Tnvention, prepared [11 that Ein bo' oquivel fn the matter. 0 For each line, first insertion .... .... $0 08 | on receipt of the 'model of the Invention. »~ . Bubsequent insertions, per line .. 0 02 3 3 The Charges are No Higher at the Cards, under 6 lines, per annum ...,, 5 00 J Ww C | J DLIP P Walker House than at any BEF Letters containing Tonet, when ad- . . T &«C ' other Hotel in Town, dressed to this Offios, pre-paid and regester- ARCHITEC y : The House is fitted. up throughout in od, will bea our d by Ni il Hime had considerable pracileal = Te aosing tothe space they ao- | 14. erience in France, tho United Sites) FIRST CLASS STYLE, aud charged acu and Canada, and Holding y A uDY, Her Majesty's P:ivy Council in Bui The Tables and Bar supplied with the Advertismenty reccived, for ee iention: Construction, I am prepared to furnish choice ot the market and the utmost atten-- Without specif ps i ij No | DESIGNS, PLANS, DETAILS, ESTI-|tion paid to the convenience and comfort of anki ordid ad A antil paid for. MATES, " ¥ UESTS gs) scount allowed to Merchants For Buildings, at a low figure, ALL G y and others who advertisaby the year or| All orders addressed to THON IPR Esq An abundance of comfortable Stable and | | | Lx F half-year. 4 Care of P . on ¢ Shed accommodation, and attentive hostlers. . ' 3a These will 0 ll veses De NB. I ok at W. B. McGAW. i 5 'B. [am prepar te won vr Cer sizictiy ade) Bo any sizo.or kind. oo Port Perry, April 20, 1876. This incoming Spring and Sum artment. Aided Sop Daps: Pro | Feb. 10, 1876. ORT PERRY HOUSE, Phamplets, Hand Bilis, Posters, Pro -- IP mmes, Bill Heads, Blank Forms, Rece! Fo PORT PERRY. Books Shei Sook i Auctioneers. Tas. V. THOMPSON, - PROPRIETOR. determined to Si s, &c., of ery style i kB promptly and at lower rates The above House is now most comfort- than any other establishment in the County. ably furnished, and Guests are cared for in ing hand the Home Style. Good Liquors and Cigars, J Parties from 8 inane Sony oh also, first class Stabling and good Ostlers.-- bills, &e. printed can hae them done to Additions have been made which maker this home with them, ARSONS. the largest and best House in this section of J. BATRD, Hep i country. - Fare $1.00 per Day. g I\AFOE HOUSE, PORT PERRY, - oy Professional Cards, | - LICENSED J)27on morse, Pony : TI ( J vp R The Subscriber having leased this comfort. | qo » shortest notice and by competent workmen. JONES, M. D, Coromer, Physician, A C I JIONEE yg able and convenient Hotel, will spare neither d neo ig stiosiass 2 ? ey E = . Surgeo, &o. FOR THE COUNTY OF ONTARIO. {labor nor expense in providing fot the com. i I y ; * Port Perry. . fort and convenience of guests. 'The Tables AND TOWNSHIPS OF MARIPOSA & CARTWRIGHT, | Lil) always be supplied with the best to be] Residence--Office door west of the Presby EGS to thank his many. friends and the ly. iy themarket. Only choice Liquorsand | Port Perry, Feb. 24th, 1876. erian Chureh, : : public generally, for the liberal patron- goa at the Bar. Any quantity of firstclass lie he County of | 3g¢ bestowed upon him for the past five years. | gy),je and Shed accommodation properly | RB, WARE} Coronor for ihe COURLY C0 ing now given up the business of gttended to by careful Ostlers. MONEY TO LOAN Dnt nsiican, SUISIOR 'Sui ae pati T i in future, to devote my | CHAS, HOLT. 2 ' Prince Albert. whole time to the business of Auctioneer, | Port Perry, March 8, 1876. : Oallsebing, &o. AKESPEARE HOTEL oe 5 H. SANGSTER, M. D,, Physician, Sur- It will be my endeavor, by prompt and | HAK if MORTCACES WANTED. J goon and Accoucheur, careful attention to business, to give full | CORNHER OF KING AND-TORK STS., * "Coroner fob the County of Ontario satisfaction to all who may favor me with ; , PORT PERRY. their Sales or Collecting. . JAMES POWELL, . . . Prorrieror. Office over Nott's Furniture Store, corner of | _ Bills dranghted and Blank Notesfurnished | pip lags accommodation ; bath rooms, (HIE bakit hai hoon Tor Ler Queen aud Porry Sirects. 2 free of charge. &e. Board, $1.50 per day. Diproved Farms, Village Properties, - and Office hours from '9 a. m. to 12 m. Also Bill Stamps always ii hand, + SEIN a Phun Ce : eourities in this and adjoining C ties the g recently pled Arrang ts can be made for sales &c., | oo pyprE HOUSE, at the lowest current rates of interest, As w by Mrs: cleo, Pastor. at the Ongenver Office, and at the Senter R MANCHESTER. an on hand oe : Office, Port Perry. By GEO. HOUCK. east possible delay. 2 MOG AE, Physclans, Surgeons, t] oh 3 ity "DE &e, Glice and 'esidenices, Eihg stv W..M. WILLCOX, | Having leased the above excellent Hotel z PURCH ASE . Oshawa, Prince Albert, Oct, 25, 1873. it will be my endeavor .to conduct it in WANTED Z 10 ' WM. WGILL, MD. FRANCIS RAE, M,D. SR SATE every particular so as to merit the appro-| , = Mortgages for wich the high- Ban T ? : "Wm. Gordon, | bation and patronage of the public. exam will be. Tenge Tor which i Ea iad IIE | ticemsed A y Valuatioi, #4, Aridi are aptralers for dhe Soul, Set ' 0, H. Ly, ondon, OR the Township of Brock, Uxbridge, UEENS HOTEL, largest Monetary Institution in Cm i) : Paid Osuawa, Scott, Thorah, Rama, Mara, Mariposa Couiier of Cameron and Laidlaw Sts. | iP Cubitt suamn Instalments re-puyable JT... County Crown | and Eldon, s iy mis) CANNINGTON, Ox. BA EE rio. DairistoryA tories, BEF Parties entrusting their Sales tome po yyppppy Prorusron| Lands Bought and Sold. Solicitor, and Notary Public. Office lately oc- way rely on the utmost attention being given ; ; : ; eupied by 8. fl, Cochrane, Esq., Brock street, | oo gh oir interests. | This Hotel is now furnished in the best| og oo, good farms for sale, Whitby. WM. GORDON, style, and offers every accommodation to 2 Sunderland, Brock. travelers x wi Agonts for several first class Fire In YMAN L. ENGLISH, LL.B, tor in pa First class Sample Rooms. Livery 0 Com panies. Chancery, Attorney, Conveyancer, &c. THOS. H. WALSHE. attached. Collections made and a general agency busi- : Souewa. ICENSED Auctioneer for the Township Cannington, Oct. 20, 1875. 43 | ness transacted. - 0 Moe--Simeoe street, opposite the Post Office. L of Brock, Thorah, Mara & Rama in 2&5 DEBENTURES BOUGHT."GR : North Ontario ; Mariposa, etc., in the County NGLO-AMERICAN, HOTEL, ® JOHN & DAVID J: ADAMS = YOUNG SMITH, LL. B., Barrister, At-| ,f Victoria. Residence--Cannington, Brock. ' N v y . tornoy-at-Law, Sollelior, In Chancery | orders left at this office, or at his residence | PRINCE ALBERT. Gsnoral Agiet, and Insolvency, y will be punctually attended to. Debts col~ oo papr _ _ _ PROPRIETOR. 2 5 Ofce--McMiilan's Block, Brock street, lected in Cannington, 'or otherwise, and t _-- Office in Mr. Ross' Ontario Buildings, Whitby. prompt remittances made. R i Having purchased the above pleasantly Port Perry. WALSHE, the North Ontario Auction- situated Hotel, 1 have thoroughly repaired Port Perry, Oct. 11, 1872, AMERON & MACDONNELL, Ba Titers | eer, 4 and renovated: the entire premises eyen to oe. 2 and Attorneys at Law, Solicitors Co.nty the Sheds. The Hotel has been furnished 1 Codnttly Gntarig. Uftives Conte House: in First-Class Style and Stocked with the | [1 \ I | Whithy: ~ best Liquors and Cigars! Ms C; CAMERON, HJ MACHOWNEL: Strict attention paid to the comfort of H guests. Law, and Solicitor The table and bar well supplied. , ti Ghake A Bila ER WoH-PaRR | The undersigned has any amount of Money Pe i e undersigned h: a Port Perry. ii; kan Prince Albert, June 12, 1876 " lend ii onl De - R. 1 AW. Maurice Cochrane, y ROYAL HOTEL, Unusually Low Rates of Interest : ~ Re-appointed Issuer of Waris? Loans canbe repaid in any manner to suit "TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan- : . . ; the borrower. : A cery, Notary Public, &c., &c. JMarria e I Jcenses ALPHONSO HINDE, ~- PROPRIETOR.| Algo several Improved Farms, and Wild Office hours punctually from 9 a.m. to § p.m. g | The comfort and convenience of guests | Lands for sale, theap, wane J pric ab 8 por cent, on all Under the New Act. Office, lot 10, in the careful attended to. toh of C oH cotvastitepus In Nuno) veben n & : 1st con. Brock, 0 : i 8 4 Office, Bigelow's Royal Arcade, tom, Avg. S,1974. sy lmien. 4. H Apply to : - PORT PERRY. - r y, Aug. 12, . JAMES HOLDEN, 3 s | A STRONG HOUSE, Official Assignee, Broker, &c. h AR Oryice--Over the Dominion Bank, McMil- hy GN VARS I. D. 8. 2 (LATE ALBION) lan's Block, Brock st., Whitby. : - a WHITBY, ONTARIO. Whitby, April 10, 1873 * PJVEETH inserted on all the latest princi: ) y, Ap! . % , of the art, and as cheap as the cheap- » E. ARMSTRONG, PROPRIETOR. est, Bot of good ps the best. Teeth filled New Marriage Act. ? He SPENCE; with Gold and Silver. Teeth extracted a OYAL EXCHANGE HOTEL, WM. ih . iY wish n by ducing local . th rt Pi July 1st, 1874. R 'WILLTAMSBURG, CARTWRIGHT, ah sein." Dentical Booms--in Cowan's now] Pore FOF: Cena, proper | QONTRACTOR, BUILDER, &C block, over Atkinson's Drug Store, King -- : Tho Subscriber having suceceded Mr. Mason y y . . Btreet, Oshawa, ENRY CHARLES having been To-|bhareq helther labor nor expense in rectiteing | RESIDENCE, PRINCE ALBERT. po TH Shooto ripened eg Ooh pom, te | CCL a ssn ; RN VS after sixteen yours duty) continues fo far- the best brands of Cigars, The choice of the | thanks for the very liberal patronage be- y CHAS. THO 3 +s | nish Licenses as heretofore=--at Port Perry, market provided for the Tables. Excellent stowed on him in tho past wor ld itor the ) > ; N . ublic generally thal ) EMBER of the Veterinary Institute, ar . ) E. BRYANS. art: and moved into the Village of Prince ica Ti. Gold Medalist for>the| - THE ONTARIO FARMERS' | -Witlinmsburg, Dec. 157 A Te oa CCGACIOR A 15 © best examination on Horse Practice, Author now re undertake Stone Work, Brick- '. "sofa First Brize_Essay on Shoeing, Gradu- Mutual Insurance Company, ™M oO NE Y Laying, Plastering, and everything gonhucte ptt a his (Priva Finds] CRs et yA ce that he has : op on good Farms, at 8 per cent in- | Style, and at the very lowest figure at Which 7 = ibe bigs en Fort Perry, and is | This Company Isnou fully oganiagd ad is yo on ong ' P a good job EE he t material 4 now prapared to trent all cases entrusted to | Prepac to SOEORLANR TU Fett ily LYMAN ENGUISH, | picoaiiore apm sm, SPENCE: ovobroin the most skillful and scientific |and thelr contents, county School Houses 3 = Th AD i Snnor, All orders left at the Medical Hall (sn Oburehes. | Those Wl UR 100 50 BE of Mr Allison, will receive p! mp | have now an opportunity of doing 80, either | xrovomnor 91,1866. 14 Fhe Veterinary Stables may be found | py spol to the Office, or to any of = "on Tatly srt, opposite Ooms Factory. | ho local Agent oft Company Our sates © p Pd. erey, Oct. 2 . fn SeSpoL- ; fi En Port Bary, Oct 28, 1073. - tin amnesia (foice Cedar Ralls and Posts. oe oration covas : | Head Office--Opposite the Royal Hotel : - 1 =e ] rock St, Whitby, Ge Hp ey Lo FAIRBANKS, Jn,, OORDWOOD OF ALL KINDS. c : TS. 5 : Pe _ Becrotary. seme ounty of Ontario Sha Le Subscriber has for Salo on Tota aad | © yo ntario, WESTERN ASSURANCE COMP'Y | T so, mies co of enh, way quatity Tema : A TR SO « d Posts, i 8 or To Partioa will do well to make application : = a : h - time ad : : . is : : oh ! -- "Good loads may be drawn from. the place gl 2x M Clork of the Third DIvl- delivery. ) NE diab bad id a Ae in Bigelow's Block, li mre To Parties who contemplate GREATER INDUCEMENTS Than ever offered before, both as to Quantity, Quality and Cheapness, being IAEDWARE & TIN FURNISH As Cheap and I think a little Cheaper Than they can be got elsewhere. pe EAVETROUGIHING, Galvanized or Tin; also Roofing, any style ---- "PORT PERRY, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1876. you can judge how long th: as well as I--there lived in gentle- A NARROW ESCAPE. A TRUE STORY. BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS. - How long ago exactly I cannot tell--but, long enough for two boys have grown into two grea n, and ust be man's family in England a roti; id and an h it 7 DING! mer the undarsigned holds ont ell all kinds of (M T. PARRISH. Vv. {1 WHITBY STEAM MARBLE WORKS. J. & R. WOLFENDEN, A7HOLESALE and Retail' dealers in Foreign and American Marble Man-- tles, Monuments, &c., Dundas §t , Whitby. Also, Agent for the Scottish Granite. Also Building Stone cut to order, JOHN NOTT, Agent, Port Perry. 3 0 Whitby, July 29, 1874. Mina PORT PERRY LIVERY STABLES, "Sua BY ¢. MK ENZIE, PROPRIETOR. HF Subscriber. h now fully equipped his new and exte Livery Stables with a supply of superior Horses and Carriages, Is prepared to furnish first class LIVERY RIGS On Moderate Terms. C. MCEENZIE, + Port Perry, Aug. 6, 1873. Luggage TAKEN TO AND FROM THE STATION AND AROUND TOWN. The Subscriber is prepared to convey Chests, Trunks, Boxes and every other de- scription of Luggage to or from the Railway Station or anywhere around town. All Orders promptly attended to. Charges moderate, J. COOK. Pqrt Perry Jan. 1st, 1874, MONEY ! MONEY ! NHE Undersigned having made arrange ments for the investment of money on Real Kstate Securities is prepared to receive applications for Loans of large or small amounts at moderates rates of interest. All applications will receive prompt attention nd the money will be paid in every case as aoon as the title is approved. Charges low P. A. HURD, Solicitor, Port Perry. Port Perry, April 17, 1876, Notice---To Farmers! HE Undersigned would inform the inhabi- T that he has purchased Mr. Wm. Jamieson's in- terestin the Agricultural Implement Show ms, Manchester, and has since added seve- ral of the best Plows and Harrows of the latest Improved patterns, Spring-Toed and Double "oroe Broad-COast Seeders. Having learned, after careful enquiry amongst the farming community, that the Kirby Mowers and Reap- ers are favorite machines, I have arranged with Mr. D. Urquhart, of the Sign of the Plow, For Perry, to receive orders for the Kirby Mowers and Reapers for the coming Season, and I take this opportunity to solicit orders for {hese machines, and for the several Implements such as Plows of all varieties, Gang Plows, = and all that are wanted around our fa Customers may rely on fair and hon- 3 dealing and nothing but the best articles ¥ilhe kept. Fasiers are Ssspeetiilly invited to asing elsewhere. © GR C16 PUT ASINg SEPH FITCHETT, Manchester, May, 2, 1876. AC ble and Healthy Residence for Sale in PORT PERRY. § 'Subscriber "offers for Sale his present A residence, situate on Torrance street, within a few minutes walk of the centre of "Vil The building is new and ate in a pleasant, healthy locality. The id is 18x26 with 14 feet posts ; there is a back kitchen 14x18 and a wood shed 10x18. a' capital cellar Hg There are six good rooms and There is stable on halt an acre well and se There is a good cistern. 1 a 'particulars, apply to the subscriber on | A WATER. And in course of time--how much time or how little I cannot say, for | very foolish thin and me, to look on and say, "I'm do glad it was fot I!' and then walk off called Suan. standing in the garden'door with a clean white apron on, and a cruel by with the silver-handled whip in his hand, which he was just going tb and that's the truth.' 80 that the unkindest bow: merciless little pink ribbon shone like a star in her _buauatiful black hair, ¢ And what if I do take a walk with the butler of an evening when Ilike ? Isit any man's business, John Jacobs ?' reflectively ; it had never struck him in that light before. were his business with all his heart, but be wouldn't say so; and Susan wished the same, you "hay be sure, but she couldn't say so; so he went h steps with her thoughts. pretty soon, when the honest coach- man came back, the pretty house m you cared because I was cross to t coachman. this is a matter in which it is not so easy to judge of time-- the housemaid and copchman fell in love. It is a to do, of course ; but people do foolish things in this world occasionally, even so foolish as that, and Idon't know any better way than for wise people, like you The coachman's name, by the way, was John, and the housemaid they So one day, when Susan was ink ribbon in her hair, John came polish up. Said he, 'Susan, I don't like these goings on with the butler, Said Susan, just turning her head in that I don't know as it is,' said John, He wished it away to the great coach-house with his whip, and Susan sat down on the And so, aid was crying. ; Said. John, 'Why, Susan' Said Susan, . 'G--go away !' Said John, 'You don't mean'as you you? _ Sobbed Susan, 'I d--don't know-- ow !' Said John, 'Susan, will you have me ?' Said Susan, 'Yes, I will.' foll trees and cut underbrush, or taking a hoe to hoe her row in the the darling little garden, out of which they meant to make a living, if they died for it. > It was only because they meant to, so very hard, I faucy, that they made the living without dying for it It was almost worse, at first, than coachman's ;wages in Mother Eng- land. There was the newness, and there was the homesickness, and there was the distance from the market, and there was the bitter cold, and there was the blighting beat, and always there wero the babies, and besides, there were the Indias, es, mm Indian zy. Truly, honestly,' as my illo friend Trotty would say, a live Indian story; and though it isn't a very long one, it is every word a true. Most true things are not very long, in this world, unless you except the moral law or {he multiplication table, or afew such things as that. John, and Susan, and Titus, and Tam, and Betty, and the new baby, and the newest new baby (when it came) got along pretty well with everything else; but it wasn't pleas- ant to see an Indian come wulking by with a tomahawk just as you were quietly sitting down to supper; and they gota little tired of sleeping with one ear open, listening for the awful, echoing sound of the cruel Indian war-cry ; and whatever might be urged against life as a coachman in England at least it wasa life in which one's attention wasn't called so frequenily to the top of one's head. 'Mine is fairly sore,' laughed Su- san, 'with thinking how it will feel to be scalped.' But Susan was such a brave little woman! And if there is anything very much needed in this world, it is brave women, 'I'll have a gun,' she said. So she had a gun, 'I'll be a good shot,' she said. And quickty she became as good a shot as John. And when. John was at work in the woods or the garden, Susun gathered her brood about her in the house, and, lynx-eyed as a sentry, and fine-ecared as a mother, mounted guard. Now, there came a time when no- body had seen any Indians for so long a while, that even the wise heart of the mother forgot to fear. So quickly we forget to feel keenly about anything in this world, if we do not see it,--an absent duty, or oven, and, to her notion, rather ugly' sound, x heard nothing. The sleeping babi€s did not' stir from their baby dreams, and Susan, Now, I'm not going to write you a love story, because I don't believe the editor would think it was per; but I had to tell youabout John because that was the beginning of everything ; and as a tlove-story always is the beginning |their mother said, of everything, perhaps tho editor | will excuse me this time. The long and short of it is that the | honest coachman and the pretty an absent friend, or an absent terr- or,--all alike they grew a trifle dim or dull. And one day, when Titus and Tam said, 'Just ono gallop on the prairie, mother, with old Jerusalem,' 'Well, I don't know," and their father said, '1 guess I'd let them; and the lynx eyes, and keen ears, and the wise head of the mother said her not nay PIr'o-- | tants of Reach and surrounding townships | housemaid were married. At least that's the short of it; that generally is the short ofif ; the long of it comes atterwards. The long of it came to John and Susan when their children came.-- Two at a time to begin with, beauti- ful boys, their mother said ; bounc- ing boys their father said--and their names were Titus and Tam O' Shanter. And before Titus and Tam were able to walk across the kitchen to the molasses-jug on their own feet dear me! bless it! there was anoth- er! 'But she's a girl,' said John, 'and won't cost so much.' For John had just reached that desperate point in a young man's life when ho first begin's to suspect that it costs five times as much to support five people as it does to sup- port one. This isa great discovery in domestic science, which you will observe, as you grow older, people seldom do make till they have five people to support. But, then, you see, when the little girl, (I think her name was Betty, but I cannot be quite sure) was be- ginning to talk, she had a little sis- ter to talk to and that was serious. Said John, decidedly, 'My dear, we never can manage it in this world How's one coachman's wages to do all this? Said-Susan, dejectedly, (for the baby and one twin had cried all night), 'I don't know, John. Can't we go to America ?' 'And what should we do in Amer- ica ?' said John. "Live P said Susan ; and her tired black eyes snapped. Well, the long and short of that was, they came to Nebraska; and hero, perhaps my story should pro- perly begin. So long ago as it takes for little boys to grow great men, it was not so easy to live in Nebraska as it is now, when the great land commis- sioner of the great railroads hangsa buffalo's head in every depot in Boston to show theworld how much more delightful is the society of Bostonians. 'When John, and Susan, and Titus, and Tam O'Shanter, and Betty and the new baby came to Nebraska, that plucky young state was for the most part an ugly, bowling wilder-- ness In the thick of the wildernes Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs dug out for themselves a home. Literally. they 'dug it out with their own hands.-- Susan was a tough litle woman with short hands, and a stout heart, and must be told, she rather enjoyed leaving Titus and Tam with the other babies--there's no guessing ow much care--one baby will take of another till you've tried--and pal ce E. DRINK Post Peny, Jan. 12,1876, 3M she dug too. I think if the truth|be --and s0 it happened. Old Jerusalem was the big white horse; the faithful old horse, that took steps almost as long as a kan- geroo's, and was more afraid of an Indian than Titus.and Tam. So Susan ° Kissel Fitus good-bye tenderly--Hor hogwas the good boy of those remarkable twins--and that was why they called him Titus; and kissed Tam a little more tenderly still, because he wasn't so good as Titus, and so had got called Tam ; and she said, 'Hold on tight!' and John said, 'Come home pretty soon; and Tam got on first, and Titus got on behind Lim, and Jerusalem gave one great bound, and away they shot, clinging with shining bare feet to Jerusalem white bare back--for they were magnificent little riders, seven years old now, and as brave as cubs. Susan stood watching them after John had gone back to his work-- stood watching long after they had swept away into tho great, green beautiful sea of treacherous prairie grass. Uneasy? Not exactly. Sorry she had let them ? Ilardly that.-- She was a sensible little woman ; and having done what she thought was right, bad no idea of being troubled by it, till the time came. But still she stood watching, her hands above her eyes--this way--ard she did not go into the houso till the newest new baby had cried at least five minutes at the top of its new little lungs. Titus and Tam and Jerusalem got pretiy far out on the beautiful, ter- rible prairie. How beautiful it was? Itdid not seem as if it ever could 'be terrible if it tried. The green waves of the soft grasd rolled madly. The wind was high. The sun was so bright that they could not look at it. The strong horse bound- ed with: mighty leaps. The. boys could feel the muscles quivering and drawn tense in his soft warm body, as they clung. It was like being a horse yourself. They did not seem to know which was horse and which was boy. They laughed because they could not help it, and shouted because they did not know it. Hi! Hi! Y-i-ii Who could be two boys on such a prairie, on such a day on such a horse and not yell like little wild-cats ? ' 'It's pretty,' said Titus softly when they got tired of yelling. ¢ You bet!" said Tam, lo 'Hil Yi-eel «I guess we ought to go back,' so much more likely to remember to £0, mo,' said Tam who was gener- udly.-- said Titus, pretty soon; Titus was; air, ¢ mother said to hold Hi! Hi! Sa "Ah! what- was that ? it? Could Jerusalem answer the wild winds talk ? Will the prairie speak? The tongue tied, and the great dumb. But something Tim O'Shanter's shout, 0, there! O, Titus, quick, uick! Turn him round, Tam erusulam round ! Injuns Injuns I wish-we hadn't come! Whatsh we do, what shall wé dof «0, Tam, they've all got horses, and ¢ do get us home ! Good boy, good od fellow / y 0, Tam, they've got arrows; the newest baby to sleep, and go# the baby that wasn't quite so new to sleep, and given Betty her patch- fire, and started supper on the way, and I don't know what else besides, ° when the fine mother's ears of hers" coming straight. Getap, Get up 0, Jerusalem, do hurry; old and they're going--to--shoot/ Pretty little Mrs Jacobs had got work, sent her husband out his beer, and swept the kitchen, and built the detected, through the sough of the wind upon the prairie, a sharp, un= Betty was sitting at the door, but she John" was in : the garden, but John never heard a sound, Only the mother heard it. Only the mother grew lynx-eyed in an instant, and in an'instant was out with hand upraised--just $0, again--bare-headed, stern.mouthed, anx+ ious-hearted, watching as those watch who have lived much face to face with death-- without a word. She did not even call her husband, The time had not come to speak. It miglit have been three minutes; it might have been less or more ; who could tell ? when John Jacobs digging heavily over an obstinate potato, felt a hand lightly touch upon his shoulder, His wife stood beside him, She was a pale as one many hours dead ; but she stood quite still. Jolin,' she said in a low voice, 'come into the house a minute.' 4 He obeyed her in wonder and in silence; He just dropped his hoe and went. 'Now, shut the door,' said Susan, He shut 'Shut the windows,' 'What's the matter, Susan? Anything wrong ? Ain't the boysin? What| You --don't<mean--' 'Hush-sh | Before the children | Don't John! I'll tellyou in a minute, Bolt the front door I' He bolted it. 'Lock everything. Draw the shutters.-- Fasten them with case knives beside the buttons. Is the cellar door tight? Is eve thing tight | Betty, take care of the babies' a minute for mother. John, come here I' She Jed him to the little attic, and from the narrow three-cornered window pointed to' the prairie, still without a wort And still, how beautiful it was! Hows the wind played like one gone crazy for joy with the fender tops of the unbroken une bounded grass And soft, as if the werld had gone to sleep for very safety, fell the magnificent westesn sun, Beautiful, terri. ble, treacherous thing | Cutting through the soft, horizon line sharp as the knife through shrinking flesh, six dark figures Joomed against the shy.-- Wildly before them, with the vigantic strides of a long-stepped roadster, fled a big, gaunt, homely, grand old horse. And clinging with little bright bare feet to his white sides, and clinging with little despairing arms to one another-- « 'My God! There are our boys!' John Jacobs threw up his arms and ran, Quick as woman's thoughts ran, his wife was before him, and had bolted the attic oor. 'Where are you going, John ?' She spoke he thought, in her natural tones though she trembled horribly. Where was: he going ? Why, to méet them, save them --get his gun--blow those devils' brains out --What did she mean ? Why did she keep. him? Quick, quick, open the door | ¢ My husband,' said Susan, still in those strangely quict tones, 'we cannot save our boys. Look for yourself and see, They will be shot before they reach the house.-- We have three children left. You must save them and for their sakes, yourself, John.-- Keep the door locked, Keep the windows & barred, Keep the shutters drawn, Give me the old pistol and my gun. Take your: own and guard the door. There's a chance: that they'll live to get here and be let in.--- But not ene step outside that door, John Jacobs, asyou're the father of three living children | Oh, John, John, John, my poor little boys!' He thought she would have broken down at that. He thought he could never get her from the attic floor, where she lay trembling" in that horrid way, with her chin on the window sill and her eyes set upon the six dark figures, and the grand, old, ugly horse, upon which the slipping, reeling, hopel bs burden clung. But all "he pt hear ber say was ¢ Mother's poor little boys 1" i Mother's poor little boys indeed and in-.' deed! Leap your mighty leaps, Jerusalem they're none too large ; your great legs, that that Tam and Titus have so often made fun. of, are none too long for their business now. How the splendid 1 1h th the tiny, terrified bare feet | No wondering which was" horse and which was boy this time, It wasall horse now, There was no will, no me cle, no nerve, no soul, but the: brave soul of old Jerusalem, Will he get us. home ? Can he ever, ever keeep ahead so long? O, how the arrows fly by! We shall be hit! O, mother, mother, mother. 3 "I'am, why doesn't father come to meet us?" Why don't they do something for us, Tam? 'Has mother forgotten us 2" That, I think must have been the eruelest minute in all the cruel story. Aud yet perhaps not so cruel as the minute: when the mother, at the attic window, gave = the long, low echoing cry and came ing from ber post down stairs to sa in that strange voice which mothers such as she: will nave at such a minute, Johny they ave: hit, they are hit, The arrow strack them both, Let me to the kitchen window. ¥e stay at the now. rx it. uta moment, and, like dream, the whole dreadful sight came. ing up, over the garden, into the Now John could not see an; mighty form of the horse this day he says that the sa ¢ creat But why did the savages horse? And whooping und after it, into the barn they | a 'The boys are on the ally a little bad when there was a |'® chance. : : ¢ Father said to come home taking an axe to help the husband