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_â€""Rosalie, you don‘t know what you brave! Fancy yourself and Mark now married and housekeeping in some wretched logâ€"cabin! Fancy yourself both down with that curse of new settlements, the ague, and no one to give you a cup of tea!" "Yes, mamma; but illness, fever, burning thirst, solitude and helplessâ€" ness are not. And if I thought that Mark were suffering all these things and I not near to nurse and comfort and soothe him, but separated from him by thousands of miles of mountâ€" ains and plains, I tell you, mamma, it would nearly break my heart! It is no use! I must go with him, to meet whatever of good or ill fate has in store. I feel as if the worst calamâ€" ity that could possibly befall me would be separation from him." _ "And so much more prudent to alâ€" low him, in those moments of deâ€" pression and despondency that must come, to think that it is only the sueâ€" cessful statesman or jurist whose forâ€" tunes I would share, not those of the toiling aspirant! To turn a second India on his hands, and so forever and forever break down his faith in womanhood, in disinterestedness, and in truth! No! no! mo! and a thousâ€" and times no!" "if you should be a burden to him ?" "I will never be a burden to him! Mine is no sudden girlish fancy. It is a deep, earnest affection, arising from the profoundest sentiments of esteem and honor that ever woman felt for manâ€"â€"and the Father: who inspired it will bless it." "Oh, â€"Rosalie! be practical, child!" "Be faithful first, and practical afterward." "Nonsease! Danger is the natural element of man!" "Foolish girl! You love that broadâ€" shouldered, robust man as tenderly as a mother loves her babe!" *L love him with a tenderness that makes me alive to his least sorrow or pain; and yet with an. esteem, with a depth of respect, that makes me aspire to his approbation as my highest good!" "Do not fear. I shall be able to enâ€" dure, because ‘my good will is to it;‘ and energetic, because I shall have a good motive. ‘Out of the heart are the issues of life!‘ of will, purpose, hope, headth, strength, enterprise, achievement, success! Out of the heart are the issues of all the good that can come back to us in time or eternity or in heaven!" "Oh, Rosalie, if you, only. had strength to endure the hardships of a& Western life, I should feel less anxâ€" jety." . "it would be so much safer, Rosaâ€" lie!" , It is true that when Rosalie made known her purpose to Mrs. Vivian the lady opposed the contemplated marâ€" riage with entreaties and tears. In yielding her final consent, the sweetâ€" lipped lady said, amid falling tears: "Oh, were he well established, Rosaâ€" lie, there is no one in the world to whom I would resign you with so much pleasure and comfort, as to him whom you have chosen. And well I know, and deeply I feel, with you for an incentive, with his high moral principles and intellectual faculties, he must accomplish a brilliant desâ€" tiny. But how much wiser to wait until he has conquered success!" "And share his trinmphs when I would not share his toils? No! no! nal"? Left without father or mother or natural protectors, except a youthful stepâ€"dame, and an old uncle, to whom until two years past she had been a perfect stranger, Miss Vivian was not the first object of interest to any one around her. CHAPTER XVII The worldâ€"honored and â€" timeâ€"honâ€" ored bard, Shakespeare, habitually looked beneath the mere plausible surface of possibility, and from the deep insight thereby gained, often put forth oracles at opposition to the usâ€" ual routine of thought and expectaâ€" tion, yet which the eternal experiâ€" ences of life continue to indorse as truths. * Were I writing a merely fictitious narrative, it would be in order now to describe the cruel opposition the lovers met. But I am writing a true story. f It happened as Rosalie had predictâ€" edâ€"she met no serious opposition to the current of her affections. Watermansifeal Fountain Pen Ask to see The Planter‘s Daughter ; Or, The Queen of Belle River. ee this new type. There are also Safety and Regular Types. Illustrated booklet sent on request. Avoid substitutes. E. E. Waterman Company, Limited, Montreal Sold By Your Local Dealer Coqononvsouegesonso HegenonozscelH: But Clement Sutherland was proof against all arguments and entreaties. At last Colonel Ashley left him in indignation. He did not then know that hate and revenge were not the only reasons that constrained the guardian of Mark Sutherland‘s young bride to hold a deathâ€"grip upon her purseâ€"strings. \ No one then suspected that the moneyâ€"grasping passion of the man had tempted him into ruinous speculations and embezzlement of the orphan‘s funds. It was dreadful to notice all the fatal effects of India‘s want of faith. The once haughty and selfâ€"possessed woman was, growing spiritless and nervous. Her glorious beauty was wilting, as you would have seen some richly bloomifig flower wither suddenâ€" ly without apparent causeâ€"wither as if scorched by the burning breath of the sirocco. And the cause was appaâ€" I rent to every one around her, not exâ€" cepting her bitterly wronged and most lwretched husband. If it was fearful | to see the ravages that misery had \ made in the glorious beauty of India, | it was not less so to observe its desoâ€" |lating effect upon the splendid genius | of St. Gerald. Colonel Ashley, in fact, gave his full consent and approval to the enâ€" gagement of Mark Sutherland and Rosalie Vivian. â€" He even joined â€" Mr. Sutherland in persuading Rosalie to fix an early day for the solemnization of the marriage. And, having settled that matter to his satisfaction, he next sought Cleâ€" ment Sutherland, and, having informâ€" ed him of the betrothal, entreated him to make some provision from â€"the bride‘s fortune for the young couple, or at least to settle an annuity upon her until she should be of age. A A week after his betrothal, Mr. Lauderdale arrived, to fulfill his enâ€" gagement with the "sparkling" young widow. He was received with the utâ€" most pleasure and welcomed with cordial hospitali‘gy by Colonel Ashley. "Rosalie, my own blessed wife, you spoke the truth, ‘out of the heart are the issues of life!‘ I feel and recogâ€" nize it now. It is with far different emotions that I tread this deck, to those which oppressed and discouragâ€" ed my soul two years ago. Oh, Rosaâ€" lie, can you love the wild West as you love your own sunny South?" The next week witnessed two briâ€" dals. Mr. Lauderdale and Mrs. Vivâ€" ian were married at Ashley Hall, and at the same time and place, by the same minister, Mark Sutherland and Rosalie Vivian were united. The next day there were two deâ€" partures: Mr. and Mrs. Lauderdale bade an affectionate adieu to their friends, and set out for their palace home in the South; and Mark Sutherâ€" land, and Rosalie, his wife, departed for their log cabin in the West. It was now a stirring time with asâ€" piring young statesmen. A great naâ€" tional crisis was at hand. St. Gerald, _of all statesmen, should have been the most active, the most energetic. The eyes of his party were turned in anxâ€" iety toward him. A senator already, he is carried up on the tenthâ€"wave of popular favor! Should he serve them well this time, there is no honor, no, not the highest in the gift of the peoâ€" ple, to which he may not reasonably aspire! St. Geraldâ€" should be busy now, convening the people, making speeches, drawing up resolutions, and doing all those multifarious acts by which statesmen in the recess of Conâ€" gress touch the secret springs of the great political machinery, to keep it in motion. St. Gerald should be up and doing, for now is the "tide" in his affairs, which "taken at the flood" may bear him on to fortuneâ€"aye, ultimately to the Presidential chairâ€" for every day is destiny! But the young statesman is doing absolutely nothing. _ â€" : Colonel Ashley perceives it all. And can he see the brilliant fortunes of his proud boy thus wrecked, if the sacrifice of Rosalie will help to avert the ruin ? â€" With Miss Vivian‘s uncle the difâ€" ficulty was even less in obtaining his consent to the marriage with Mark Sutherland; and for the following reasons: Colonel Ashley worshiped his proud, talented son, St. Gerald; and in his estimation â€" no interests could compete for an instant. Colonel Ashley liked Rosalie and wished her well, and he was resolved to do all he could to insure her future happiâ€" ness. And that the marriage and departure of. Mark Sutherland and Rosalie would tend to tranquilize the life of the disturbed husband, he could not now doubt. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XVIIL. It was a large, unfinished, twoâ€" story frame house, rudely built of rough pine boards, unpainted without and unplastered within. Our young couple followed their guide, the porter, who was also the landlord, into the large bare parlor, which was also the kitchen of the inn. This room was scantily furnished with a few rough chairs, a table neatly enough set out for breakfast, and a glowing cooking stove in full blast, at which stood the cook, who was also the landlady, getting breakfast. The rudeness of the whole scene disturbed Mark, for Rosalie‘s sake. She felt that it did, She looked at him: with a gladdening smile, exâ€" claiming: & e "Oh, I like it, Mark. Everything is so new and strange, and so large and grand," she added, going to one of the windows, and looking out upon the magnificent virgin country. "The air is fine here, Mark. There is a springiness and life in it I never felt before." There was a porter even in that rude, remote place. He took charge of the baggage and led the way to the hotel on the top of the bluff. "Yesâ€"it‘s allowed to be heali;hy in these parts; no ague here," said the landlady. > . s "Well, you see the winds blow mostly from the shore. And then, many folks allow that this, being a high, limestone country, is naturally healthy." > 3 "Only bachelors, for constant," reâ€" plied the landlady, setting the coffeeâ€" "And so near the riverâ€"that is strange," said Mark. e e "Have you many boarders now?" inquired Rosalie, interesting herself in the fortunes of her hostess. They followed their baggage into the skiff and were landed just as the sun arose, gilding the windows of the village and lighting up into splendor all the glorious scene. _ â€" _ He pressed her hand and_ turned upon her a look of unspeakable love as he handed her to the shore. Sâ€"â€" was at the very outskirts of pioneer civilization.. It was situated on the right or east bank of theâ€"Upâ€" per Mississippi, and the dwellings were scattered up and down the right bluff. “"“éâ€"é;, Mark! It is a happy omen," said Rosalie, smiling. _ 5 "And you are a child still in all things but the inspired wisdom of your heart!" The boat wended on her way, reached the mouth of the Ohio River, and turned up the Mississippi; and in five days more landed at the new vilâ€" lage of Sâ€"â€"â€", in the Northwest Terâ€" ritory. "Rosalie! Rosalie! why had I not known you better before? Why could I not have loved you only from the first ?2" "I had to grow up for you. I had to be left to mature in solitude and silence. I was a child three years ago." Agserec t "ous "You trouble my soul even as . the descending angel troubled the pool of Bethesda, Rosalie!" "Only to arouse its powers,‘ she answered. While speaking, she anxâ€" iously sought his eyes, which at last met hers in a loving gaze, and then she continued, "You have consecrated your mission as only such a mission can be consecrated, by a great sacriâ€" ficeâ€"can you pause now ?" _ _ He pressed his hand to his brow, throwing back the dark hair that fell in waves around it. ‘"Nay, Rosalie, nay; this mission is not for me. I hear â€"no voice from heaven calling me to the work!" "Have you listened?> The voice of God speaks not often in thunder from heaven. It is a ‘still, small voice,‘ breathed from the depths of your spirit. ‘The word of God is within YOu.) W s s man. His very soul thrilled to her inspirâ€" ing words and glance. He walked hastily from her side in agitation, but, soon returning, said: $ l "It is so. There is only one set of persons in the world who are more unhappy than the negroes." "And they areâ€"â€"" § "Their masters." "Yes, Rosalie; and it is from among their number that the first great reâ€" former must arise!" ‘"Why do you think so, Mark?" "From fitness; we are unwilling to be taught our duty by an antagonist who reasons in partial ignorance of the facts, judges harshly and unjustâ€" ly; all great successful reformers that the world has ever known have arisen â€"not from the outside, but from the very midst of the evil to be reformed. Martin Luther sprang from the bosom of the Roman Catholie Churchâ€" and priesthood. _ Nay, â€" Christ _ himself came not in clouds of glory, clothed with the majesty of Godhead from Heavenâ€"he arose from the midst of the people whom he came to redeem. So, Rosalie, the apostle of liberty must arise in the South." She had listened to his words with loving and reverent attention, and now she fixed her gaze upon his eyes and said with penetrating earnestâ€" ness: "Mark Sutherland, ‘Thou art the The thoughtful eyes of Rosalie rovâ€" ed slowly over the scene, and then raised and fixed their earnest gaze upon her husband‘s face, and she said: "Have you not already surmised the reason ?" § "The South is a beautiful, a Iuxurâ€" iant region, where, ‘lapped in Elyâ€" sium,‘ you may dream your soul away; but the West is a magnificently vigorâ€" ous land, whose clarion voice sumâ€" mons you to action." "Yes! I notice that one shore is thickly studded with thriving villages and flourishing fields, while the other is a comparative wilderness, with here and thereâ€" a plantation house, and at long intervals a stunted town. What can be the reason of this?" From their elevated site they comâ€" manded a view of both shores of the river,. They were standing upon the hurâ€" ricane deck of the steamer Indian Queen, which was puffing and blowâ€" ing its rapid course down the Ohio River. "Does my dear Rosalie perceive any very remarkable difference in these opposite shores?" asked Mark. [ 97 Each owner fastens on the horns of his cows a sort of thimble with an open top, and to prevent serious acciâ€" dents he files off to the level of the metal the sharp points that protrude. The peasant girls, in picturesque dresses and fourâ€"cornered, broadâ€"ribâ€" boned hats, group themselves in the backâ€"ground, and the crowd of excited male spectatorsâ€"a certain number of tourists are always found among themâ€"forms into a half circle. The cows, lowing and tearing up the earth with their horns, run to the middle of the ring. They regard one another with threatening looks, and apparently measure the strength and weakness of their antagonists. They paw the ground, and finally rush upon one another, thrusting vigorously with their horns. One by one the weaker and less eager fighters withâ€" draw humiliated from the strife, and the number of competitors is soon reâ€" duced to about thirty. Theâ€" fighting consists chiefly in conâ€" eussions of head and hornsâ€"not in efforts to inflict wounds on the vulâ€" nerable parts of the body. The conâ€" queror presses forward; the worsted cow sinks on its knees, rises again, rapidly yields ground, and finally, with backward springs, gives up its place in the combat, and is driven out of the arena. Even insignificant wounds are unusual, and a veterinary is seldom present. The interest centres in the queen of the previous year. Foaming at the mouth, her hide shining with perspirâ€" The journey up the mountain side is usually over about ellven o‘clock in the morning, and before noon all the cows are assembled on the battlefield, where the pastor of the neighboring village pronounces a blessing over them. The field is then cleared and the arena marked off. To excite the cow to the utmost, the herdsman frequently gives her during the fortnight before the battle a daily ration of bread steeped in wine; but a regulation that is strictly enforced forbids the owner to inter= fere during the fight either by word or deed. The little Walliser cow of the Erinâ€" gerâ€"valley is a dark brown or black animal, of an excitable temperament, with sharpâ€"pointed horns and gleamâ€" ing eyes. She climbs like a goat, and well knows how to find her way over the steep and rocky pastures of Walâ€" lis, which are often seven or eight thousand feet above sea level. The favorite arena is the grazing ground of Phion, near Sitten, or Sion. The time is the beginning of July, when the cattle go to the upper Alâ€" pine pastures; and there are someâ€" times 250 cows in the procession. The winner, â€"known _as the "Queen," marches during the wholeâ€"year at the head of the line, and the herd to which she belongs has throughout the seaâ€" son an undisputed right to the richest and sweetest grass. e Much has been written about the bloody bullfights in Spain and southâ€" ern France, but the cowfights of Canâ€" ton Wallis, or Vallais, as the French Swiss call it, in Switzerland, although quainter and more interesting,â€"beâ€" sides being far more humane,â€"have dlready been heard of beyond the borâ€" ders of the tiny state. "Rosalie, I must leave you here, at least till noon." «You must?" "Yes; there is much to be done. Lauderdale‘s lawâ€"office must be openâ€" ed, and my sign tacked up, and the place prepared for any business that may turn up.. Then I have to write and send off an advertisement to the nearest newspaperâ€"which, by the way, is published in a town thirty miles distant. And lastly, I have to look up a cabin, or part of a frame house. I shall try to be back again at twelve. Goodâ€"by." And, pressing her hand, he left her. (To be continued.) After breakfast "the bachelors" went about their various businesses â€"some to their stores, some to their workshops. Mark followed his wife to the window, and said: > Last Remnants of a Custom That Is Rapidly Disappearing. pot on the table, and ordering her lord to blow the horn. She then inâ€" vited, her guests to breakfast, and had just begun to help them, when her other boardersâ€"half a dozen roâ€" bust, but earnest, intelligentâ€"looking menâ€"entered, and gathered around the table. The breakfast was plain, but substantial, wellâ€"cooked, _ and abundant. 1 COWFIGHTS IN SWITZERLAND. Gen. Kuropatkin * Restored to Favor Russian Army leader disgraced for| alleged incompetence in the Rusâ€"! soâ€"Japanese War, now said to be: in command of Grenadier Corps. ie ons o en e ‘ing the cutting season just passed. In many cases sprouts are counted on for. this reproduction and for certain purposes such as fuel, posts, â€" and | shelter, they can be relied upon to |furnish the desired material. When this second crop is cut in its turn, however, the old stumps have lost most, if not all of their vitality and unless some vigorous seedlings have grown up in the meantime, the value of the woodlot is greatly impaired. Since it requires many years to build up a woodlot which has been allowed | to run out, it is a wise plan to insure \the production of some good healthy ’seeding trees each year by planting | species in the openings created by tthe winfora aniiinn To the student of animal psycholâ€" ogy these cowâ€"fights offer a curious problem. The cow is the emblem of stolidity and stupidity; yet in the cowâ€"fights of Canton Wallis the cow appears as an exceedingly| spirited and cambitious animal. â€" She rememâ€" bers the battle of the preceding year. She feels the joy of victory and the shame of defeat. She gauges her own strength, and accepts or refuses a challenge according to the dictates of her judgment. She knows that toâ€" day it concerns her to strive for the victory, although all the rest of the year her owner will energetically reâ€" press any belligerent inclinations on her part. She has an obscure appreâ€" hension of the fact that the assemâ€" bled spectators expect something from her. She comprehends the rules of the game. s enR on .A ioi on a few seeds, covering them very lightly with fine soil and a little litâ€" ter. The culmination of the excitement is, naturally, the strife between two queens; the struggle of a former vicâ€" tor for the restoration of her rights, or the dethroning of the last year‘s queen by a new champion. Mieemeie redl l on in rener iepcin n in the winters cutting. 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