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Durham Chronicle (1867), 14 Oct 1897, p. 10

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Vow the States had not pr had expected. T ' first. personal t could have been a arrangement than that flay mom man? and combine their 'nnt Wm” , â€"‘.‘- "8"le When Mauriw set. out country-Nun: York in h and her mother had beer hangers. The mother had 1.]! the jourmy. and diefl l- I I! " so. No“; 'tTLRt. it He has not Eng “Qt the even read “-V w v. . mu an sum he u'uultl tell you to 9 found you were an near. “mm are- we. avmunt.“ That in the last lroubie him. Nell." a: omiqk. the-"younger the hue. ” twice“ I)! gfivem means. and mu to learn now. as remod.” Nell lookwi Up from her wuh a dimmnintod (3'0. " (J l was so sum be “null! te ('ome hum». when he found an mar What are. We In a O. n . u u ' 3 ' . v . a self-taught man. Mr. Gatherwick ah- ruptly wound up his reflevtions at this masatisfwwry stage. locked up his Jh'. M'L‘allum CUUdp.0d. He did as hidden in perfect. silence. too overcome even to attempt an apology. Davidson followed him as swiftly as limited and very dusty field stifle,“ battle of his haul been [ought um the) M story; his uulf less. thoughtlessâ€"in a Lipodes 01 his {alhv cash-:mkâ€"inquirioa ; but. the prosperous life there. 1: was someday. care- ! mayor's the an- r~xnistak s in the hushed tapâ€"dis- .mugs. no mngm have been Luken in on probation for a. time. Li.“ they aaw how far his reform was to be depend.- od upon. Nu; on ' in; but. 1 agree with Mr. Gamerwic o \I_ 11 “ Then you would have heft. him to starve, l supposu I" returned Davidson. who reprweuted the entire audience. ” Not entirelyâ€"underution in all things. He might. have been taken in on probation for a time. Li.“ they now how far his reform was to m 11...».an t flush envelope and res-directed. pre- sumably to the place it had come from : but hr had posted it himself. instead of leaving it with the othem to the jun- ior clerk. Davicbon. Davidson took a special interest in that dashing hand- writing. and ways laboring undnr asense of injury accordingly. "For myalt. I nova: quite agreed with all the fuss that was made over that young renegade." Mr. M‘Cuilum Tbil- wu a pause in the Gatherwid 01111.. The hell-hour after five bed 111‘ out some minutes before; six was doing-time. and it was one of the ar- tbl. of Mr. M’Oellnm’e creed thst it no injuriuue to the constitution to we. straight fun the whirl of busi- ness w the chill outaide air. Mr. M’- C-‘dllum “aschief-clerk; there were but personâ€"he made a. point of allowing a euitnble margin for general converse- tion. before the two descended the‘ stairs and set their faces homewards. It was Mr. M’Callum of course. who was leading the conversation toâ€"night and the subject of all others that had come to the front was the case of the Prodigal Son suggested [wibly by a circumstance that had occurred that Dame morning. Among the letters by the secund poet had been one in abig dafihing hand, which without needing further than the had of the first page Mr. U4Lherwick had promptly put into MB, GATHERWICK’S PRDDIGAL allmbouses are useful It few men labour with en- lx‘r their sole behoof. ' “I‘l‘. k-‘- ““L ’ Laden in perfect. silence. too even to utteuwt an apology. (allowed him as swiftly as in dam . M‘L‘auum at the other. :1 precisely the same view «3t. The prodigal in that had been forgiven much the father had exhibited mng that was an». felt that R; h returning that K L) Ub‘jgbd to you, VOW/8 from behind: man“ matters that, 3 mm was alto- under the cucum- [130 00‘ proved expected There _‘,_‘ .. " GD ,0! di§§§mforLâ€"of underneat h w“ 81. 0m» end of t0 the {at iflVOluntarily DIS ‘9? scum-lg}- bud done caseâ€"Nell ’- ‘Ma {11' 0e Unread up your did 3.5. Eng- ment Mr. \V. H. Prea‘e. the well-known electrician. tells an amusing story about the eafily days of the telephone. That the queen might test the new in- vention. be put ()slmrne. Portsmouth and London. in communication, and ar- ranged that a hand should be played while Her Majesty was at the other end of the instrument. nut of the winter; through the hot stifling .su'nuuer. when only dust. and heal sink-a of the green glory that hov- ered over the whole land beyond this wildarnms of stnne and lime. Maurim longed as be had never longed in his life fur unv sight of tossing waves and breezy moors; only there was the landlady and the hutchar and the bak- er. and a wlmle army of smaller satel- lites planted between. barring the way. To Be Continued. - gnu-7v Jul,” 5"" tn peg (m ham and help mv self." “ But do you film it. Mr. Iaurimi’” “Cznntlidly speaking. [can't say I do; but maul»; must. you know.” Davidwn looked unsatisfiad. “It doesn't seem right." he was beginning dolefull . Manure interrupted hie; Iamentation. " It's no [we «Tying over spill. milk. my lmy. 'l‘ake you a solmnn warn' 0d whys. You hdcim’t Slide back again as smoothly, by any means.â€"Nuw, draw up your chair. and we will have some tea.” v--v \‘Ilnvhlflu l‘l'ill with rather il-ldifâ€"Efll‘e-{lt success. She bkae of! with a High of. redief at the umuuufurtable scarlet; he got up off his sex“... and then stood grasping the luck and hefituting. However. there Ewas no hgaltatiun about Maurine: he must ordinary circumstances. and were meeting now in this. paternafl mansinn. instead of this fourth-flat threadbare lodging. “ And you mm still! in tha 01d place. my buy? and ML'Wlum too? just. as usual." “ Ye‘t. sir. I'm glad to see you lack Mr. Maurivo. the place has not, bee right since you went. .‘1’u_'â€"?'. " Nuhlmvidson; I'm not. Don't. run away thb an idea.» of that kind. That ended some time ago. I have just got t" "e“ 0“ 11'9“! find htt' n1 m----ll '- n 4 Are youâ€"a re ‘1. L! J I'lll's 51““fl ._ â€" 7-...4. ~) we had a chance of judging. Never mind; Davidvon is not particular." Maurice had an extra turn at the grindstone that day. ans-.1 did nut. reach home for 50mm time after the visitor's arrival. Nell was sitting by the fire. trying to keep up the conversatinn Ilr;9h nutL-.. 2, 1'3.- strung," "I understand now very well,” t“) N011; but if t my 80!)! and fa] hundred 1nd in! taunt. The now; fir-st than «Lays, umc threw (lays. add than itâ€"xâ€"vagonly sheer nexzessily for himself and Nell th-xt, kept him tr; his post. p. I I - .n-..lâ€"â€" - ‘ owe more and Maurine found himself back among the old hauntsâ€"with a diffonenoe. Then he had been a. rich man's son and hair. now he was one of tbsp rank and tile. and the rank and [do were iqoonv‘eniently y‘vhtif'l perience of povert . He had no ano- ciations of that ' ' d with his own country, and naturally came to the conclusion that once hick. it would be ,an easier matter 00 find some emp;o '- mont that would eke out their 86a 7 means. beside the boys that Mr. Gath- erwwk ' ht relent and be willing to overlook e pom miserable folly. But that hope had to be struck out of their calculations now. and they were not through the first Week yet. .. The shipping houses followed amt. " There is only one course left. Nell: We must 3) back to Glasgow." Maur- we announced at the end of the sec- ond week. “There Will be a better chance there for me; 1 know the places.” v-v-l ‘Hurraa !” 1 we «on I «in ' L BADLY PLAY ED. mu. and we will have some 3 the first of Davidson's vis- oontinuul regularly all the 9 winter_; thruggh the hot h.\ .5 giddy heightr va‘tvlivavt Mn .supenol were but; _-__-v_v J ys\u|u‘ I. n. duang that long :rKShip. 0 gm it at last.” he night. leaping up the shabby sniping-room. help m éelff'” it. Mr. faurim’?" it's 84) long 7 s 2 nm Ho. aft»!- being rejwtedr-I hope you will never marry. Sheâ€"Why do you b so? Elleâ€"For the cake the other fel- Some 02,000,000 is being invested in blasti on the suie of a rocky [)reci- pioe he ow the falls [or amill site and in laying out the future great city of Grande Mere; and some idea of the difficulties of the u-‘nder‘twklng may be had from the fzicUlhat until the spur of railroad was liuiltl a few weeks ago, hoisting engines, boners, .steaml pumps and drills and all materials used had to be hauled several miles across a} wild wintry. and then feryied overl the 61;. Maurice above the picturesque] falls. Ls a German, and among the engineers draughtsmen. clerks and laborers are Americans. r‘axons. French. (‘anucks and Indians, not to mention afew Swedes and a Londuner or two. with a. sprinkling fof‘p'cptvh. .- ‘-â€"J ‘_...-... -â€"- voev alum- To a visitor from the States the odd- es’t thing in this new town is its for- eign air. The French 01' Canada is the «me recognized language spoken. The natives appear to have! no ambition to acquire English. There is practical! ' no intermingling of the race. A wee here is (mouth to make une's native tongue scum like a foreign speech. But still it is a polxglut c-mnpziny that makes up this frontier settlement. Mr. Riley. the resident secretary of the eouipany, is an Irishman. _Mr. Maurer. The new railruagl mt!“ a novelty, brings a dozen VLBILUI’S a day to see the works and any (me who misses the singletmin each way a day may thank his lucky stars if the heapitable Mrs. Elliot. who keeps the one boarding house in the place can find room for him at her table. Fer a bed let him look for a. dr)"1»lace_m the grass. RIVERSIDE DRIVE, overlooking the falls. First avenue looks out on the rivar, and Broadway, so called hmrause there is another side of the way at present. lies parallel. a block away. Before snuw flies these streets will be all built up, and at the further and of the tuwn. that now ex- ists only in a blue print from which the engineers are worklng. a hotel is up and only waiting for, the necewary iuluibei' with Which to inclose it. _v'w w-v VlIIY a matter (if time. Mr. Maurer, the manager of the cuusu‘uvtiou depart- ment; Mr. Hardy the: civil engineer in charge. and young Mr. Algef are build- ing tine houses on What. Will be called Lh‘e __.--_ u-i-‘v 'Iu suuzzcotru in this. because it, Ls said that the pro- duct or ChlS 1111.” is to 8-1) abroad. Blmntime 0th great work has hruught together a. great force of men for whom the accommodations are of the moat meagre. From a howling wil- derneis Gmnde More has come to he '4 place of nearly 1,000 population, all within a very few months. A few houses exist for the managers and forevmeu and the habitants' live ustliey and Ita'ians only ran live in huts near by in the mush. But this is no half-way emberpriso. and already streets have been laid out and forty houws are unler way. There is a store. and: with-in a. mouth a ladlroad has found‘ its way in from Uax'noux Junction. There are a telegraph and a Post Of- fioe on the pmmises. and electric light 4 in the newly. pgojectecl yrs-om are only Here some twenty odd. miles up the St. Maurice River {mm the St. Law- Dance at Three Rivers. and more than 100 miles from Montreal in the heart of the forest. 3. city has been laid out. W here three months ago there. was dense wood 800 inhabitants are at work now blasting rock. building a railroad and digging forty feet below the river level to lay the foundations of agreat papar mill. London may he interestod in this. bacon»; it. La said that the pro- ll|‘1“' 1“. +‘l: \ - i“-.--..- .. I: “wanna; w we sue- to great uumbem and the silent forest is mansionned into the greatest acti- ___D'â€" . “u“ A. Pagetwtecher of New York city are adlwag the inbereated capitalists. They have begun operations on a. scale that has already made Urande Mere famous. Laborers are flocking to the site~ in . Away to the north of it lay inimitable for- ests of Spruce timber. It required only the putting together of two and two to find here an exouw for develoyiug THIS SPLENDID FORCE; anal three months ago the work was begun in earnest. D‘Lr William Van Home of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Mr. Angus of the Bank of Montreal. American Secretary of War Alger, and A Y‘ seen it have long since passed away. Heaven only knows to what remote hunting grounds. But still the falls have thun- dered on without any special concern dered on without any especial concern Building a Town Beside lie lock! PM." of an Old Won". ,Itiagnoddmtooeeatownlsid out. with malice prom» 38 it were. with e jagged rock for a site, and all because the rock happens to be have because the rock 11199808 ‘29 have 3 Waterfall of forty feet and resembles the profile of an old woman. Some dfiy When Grande Mere comes to be known to fame, as it. will be in 300d time. it will be interesting to recall. just how it got its name. for by that time. perhaps, the old rock that now divides the falls and is a. monument t0 the mter power that gives the place its commercial value may have difl‘ppeued. Hoyv long this waterfall has been booming down the St. Maurice no one can Bey. The Indians who first knew It have long since passed away. Heaven 15â€", ' REVENGE . A SITE FOR A CITY. jagged rocks ger, and city are mumm- than that. the United Stateé Government has neyer bothered its head about cheapen‘mg. the transportation or. opening new genuity and private pluck and enter- prise. And. 38 0: "FM- they never happen. M this Is a free country. and every man has got; to ibok out {or bimsa’lf in the Wit. of liberty and happinea. Even I! we have passed out, cum LS lnslxxmed among the «HERE; asls. ; And it is a. feather in the British Governmental cap. The same policy has never, heen pursued by the I’nited Sta‘l es. Miners who flock to new field ginning a colbnizll form of 1‘s maugurated. means furnishgd the administration of the flaw, proppr? groterbed. peacq preserved and I . ' . . ’ WHAT THE GOVEBN MEN '1‘ IS DOING Now the Dominion has Opened up a monthly mail servit-e. It. is said to be prompt and effix-ieril. There are. other things to the oredit of her rigid Law. Traits and Waggon roads are being opened and improved at Government. expense. They are open to the use of minens of every nationality. Contrac- tors are n’ow at work Opening a Wag- gon road from the terminus of the Siickeen trail to thehead of the Yu? kon, a. distance of 180 miles. It will be comfiieted before winter sets in. The upper a“ niche route will be snow trail. leading along the Frazer River to Dawson City. It wiiil afford ashort cum and easy route an tile way from \'i('1nria It. 4115 “â€"4...- v __ v "‘â€"‘ But. the British Government dtms not; demand obediettce 1n the Khondike to something that; is not wortthy of it. Canada has pushed right in and is civi- .izing the terriurry. Following the precedent in the matters of the opening of new mmin regions. the Dominion Government gas airezidy t‘omlnenced the improvement of communication to and from the digging-s. Canada was the first. to suggest the construction of a telegraph lttne arrow; the country. 'l‘hrough her intercession the subâ€"port at Dyea was opened to render the transportation of merchandise easier and to eliminate the distress growing out. of a scarcity of supplies. And man determined to get into the Klmldike and resist; the enfon-ement of law is bound on a silly and fool- hardy errand. He wick! he given plenty of time to repent of his stupidity after he does get in. One miner, who has nu burned ignominiousky on account of the. heavy duties immi. said that he tried to monkey with the Jion's mil. and he faund it to be the same ohd Ham and. the same old tail. The beast turn? ed. as it umnys has done. What) its dignitx was alfronled. 501113 peOp-lb laboring under the popular fallacy that. the governmental modus operandi at the gold fields is that of majority ruie, seem surprised at the rota; lack of ohoas and lawless- ness characteristic of the region. But Canada has made up her. mind that if aliens wish to cross her borders and work her mines they must. do as native Canadians doâ€"honor and submit to the Law. In fact, sh‘e wishes it dis- tinmiy understood that she is making" a big concession to Amerimns in a1- Lowing them to enjoy the benefit of real' law. lect duties and royalties from the Klondike miners. ALIENS MI’ST DO AS NATIVES DO. An additional detachment of 31 mounted military poiice the picked men‘ of the Canadian service. some having been honored with commissioners to the Queen's Diamond J‘uhiiee, have gone to swell the force already stationed in the north. They were detailed to col- You cannot carry concealed weapons on Canadian can any more than you may carry them on State street. You have to pay the taxes imposed. submit. to lagislation. treat your neighbor as you do yourself. avoid lawless conduct. preeisten't debuchery and gambling wnd than. you wm have no trouble with the law of a government that is law. And the goid Commissioners who ed- minister it never cul'l a spade by any Other name. I “ you contemplate joining them-god nautio horde bound for the Knondike T081011. do not go armed to the teeth. {With ammunition enough for a regi- ment and with the idea lurking in your brain that you are going to be king of any particular locality that you may select. Do not imagine that you can Shoot down in cold blood some bluster- ing intruder who tries to stop on your toes. No. you cannon be a king in the Klondike. For the Klondike has a sov- eneign ruler already. Her name is Vio- bOl'ifl. and she keeps one or [W0 gold commissioners and Mount 75 mounted Polire on the ground continually to [”6th 3.168118 from forgetting them- (‘auda's Govern-cl: of the‘ Klondike lock with the Jpn-clung: at a Chicago Paper and Know-s When-or It ”cults. A writer in the Chicago Times-Her- aid. dming the odoment of law in the KLnndike by Canada. pays a tri- bute to the Ibminion's management. of affairs. The article says: HOW BRITISH LAW IS ADXINISTER- ED OUT AT THE GOLD FIELDS. AN AMERIGAN OPINION. A “'H'ALFI'S wmufi ’1'~ ‘ The .nearest town of impm-Lanve to Sklbo Is Tain, 3 “HI? south of next of Dornrxalg, on the other’ side of the wa- ter. Srklib is about fifty-three northeast of Cluny castle. whey -_- "Hue.“ great house tn Skiho castle. It. ' ‘ , ' * " Christ. family, hine feet high. ' °, the death in battle of th. Hogpis. . shurg iariâ€" vaJing \Villium Waldrof Astor in the value and extent of his landed inter~ eats in the British empire. The natur- vastle the chief Scottie h seat. of Um Duke of Sutherland. Mu Ibornorh I’ll-II Evan"- the 0f Blshap's. Farmer loam 5'8 ll 1'. The chassedr lire-w Oil! a smoke. and driving his right his. steed. made him execw turn: than he said. taking hi offlhjs mouth: “ “'th i" '1‘fleith'r‘nglvth; officer. "Aro- n’t‘ you ashamed to be loaf’mg around here while your comradefl are. covering thomselves )5“th glory ?" 'PI.A AL- - After the termite fight at Mummi- rail. Major Bancel. staff-surgw.vn to (be guard. was attending the wounded as we“ as he could. close. behind ihe col- umns still engaged. Looking upfrom one unfortunate man whose miunds he was dnassinc. be perceived within a. short distance an odd mounted chasseur of the guard. who was tranquilly smok- infihis pipe and watching the surgeon. ancetl did not, at first, 11y any at- tention to him. B; and by he notived the man again. smell in the same [:06- ture. tranquilly sucking his pipe. “'What are you doing there?" cried the surgeon. ’5“?! o! a French Soldier's fool-cu Auor Bel I; Terribly "OI-fled. In February. 1814. the Freud: :n- my made a heroic sband against, the ar- liod forces of Euroye and in one wwx retrieved for a short but giurious per- iod its lost prestige. Though compas- od largely of half-raw recruits, it w.- capod from the very centre of a quar- ter of a million foes, attacked an ar- my of seventy thousmd men, won fuur battles and captured sixty-eight van- non. five generals and twenty-eight thousand prisoners! . The Dominion Government has “wig mm concerning its own goid div“ 4.. gndit will'nat fail to (any um» my mto exewuon. It “mid be :1 I'ixkj‘ matter for an alien matmmpt to ..;...~ step them. It. wig-J be far mow unu- tortabla for himif he imagines hian :1 dependent mbje-rt no Lem ul‘ 'Lm- British anpire. Then t ere will iii“ 13': he mean. of escape. s ”â€"- Gnmgn at miners have hem»! L. that. protected with firearms, hr.- thb payment of dunks. Th.» «mm month officiain of the North-Wes: '1 ri‘mry hnvo been daisy inform-u. “ . ’_ enund '4 mm rearms at the umbr. ’1 disarming is easily uromplmhwi fur matter how great the number mi N attempti to crux. they are .n; discipLin army. and only a {w ‘ present themei'ves at one tune m; nam' trai-is. 1111mm envnronnnnt. Lbanuomi Jy they have not stand. an! 1mm.“ men (20L better. But hit-um u~ n31, ropeoti itself. It is just 13k» (”xi ban in! . British .Hw refine-1min- and six 091131413593 hm; 301m of tho mmry lugs and kicked off the traces ofthe goodold mother mun. try. 00mg of he: group-up and mum" wisdom us no he. Ignored. NOT O-'E VIOLENT DEATH CAREEGIE’S NEW CASTLE 83 d‘fihant; of M0 0‘ . 'II TV." bears. HE HAD HIS DOSE. . the zuologist, Cloud of dedly mm L- r110 U] rrf's mm andun L t woman as pend enga Minibus over ‘ One v-annot expect. L women. who lack the pm of (non. however mperb and marvellous their end' over seriously contempt: .- I. vacation. On. and “he sea us a very he: the sea as oxyerien‘ed .ercbnn't; sailingâ€"ship. one life that is. perhaps end that as the calling #110 works in the ship- d the Tyne. the Mersey Mater. Lb” du night( storm: “hen t glaring about. the Hull Wed brain 1 from a. great uluuuie with the thunder of u n: roaring below 3 m d the ship bu. ”I. raging \\ bite to I led Ina sky a, {mm boo of inky cloud. Who I wrote my ”(not Ship, I can cal vivid impression: d Main deeds perk Clint Mum the\ an M End 100k dovu an imagine “but can ‘er I. [amenable hi1 glutions of love-sick ‘ Pdl. who desired m l h]. to follow the imp: a In: perfidiu-ua bud “climb in pelUL‘ouLs. m are apt to turn 4 ”no tt sea. in a. 5 this“: of Iteam. The utingllished the (up pounced. take coumq yacht Elizabeth." Tl m Another ib‘ I lunar of New on? “(eruflds command Met Sabine. '1') titular remon “by 1 .me for July .1880. I "I“. wry \\'. (‘00 MB just brilliantly [1 ution ii filmmaker receiviw her certific WOMEN 3 in woely credil “do. a. (not. In [11 d: the m. her by ml lounly ltdy who grasp compass

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