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my to an inner yard, W a dozen men, whose Doowli‘ng looks and to ae-mbled about woes terrified her. tered preparatory to thin sic-0d David hand-cqued together, rocious counten- They were mus- removal. 'Among 5“. V voice, port of theme, “any; was glven to them all,, that they who hntl friends, and wished to see them, might do so. But David Morgan. did nOt trouble himself about the matter; and when Hester, with her child in her arms. presented herself at the prison gates, the vehicle in which the convicts were to proceed to the port of amB~-'-“" _ - -_---uu\.w LU Luv pI'ISOD' ers,. the day fixed for their departure was hastened, in consequence of the transport appointed to receive them having received peremptory orders to nail immediately. Due notice of this change was given to them all,, that they; who had friends, and wished to see them, might do so. Bur David been. the further delay of but half an hour, the objec: of her journey would have beer; frustrated. Contrarv am ---_- vavuvo L101 chose; whi‘t'he weary sparit revives, beneath those feelings \‘hich lift it to the Di- vine 'Author of so much loveliness, while gazing with silent giadness,-upâ€" on its refreshing features. Hester felt all the benign influence of, this consolation from without; and when they arrive-1 in Monmouth, she firnrnmfl .‘n A--- 'No possible human pain or sorrow ccmld. so deaden the perceptions of na- tural beauty in souls susceptible of its influence, as. wholly to destroy the ef- tects of 311 h scenery as meets the eye between Tintern and Monmouth. The thick woody acclivities which fringe ter's edge, on the hither side; the pic- turesque little hamlet of Brook-W’eir; the smooth translucent bay formed by the \Vye, in front of the romantically beautiful village of Landogs, built upâ€" on a lofty hill whose indented side is mantled with deep woods; the ruins‘ of the Castle of St Briavels; the white sails of small vessels Occasionally glid- ing along, the solemn stillness of the whole scene. and its surpassing magni- ficence. might‘ drive away, for a time, all memory of past grief, and extin- guish all sense of present wretched- ms. The face of sorrow reflects the placid smile of surrounding nature; the bruised. heart catches her rennse ° IsuulCle-nt. [They set forth, HeéEtâ€"a} leaning for support upon her father, having, at his suggestion, transferred her sleepx’mg baby to the care of her young companion. ' uau. uur mum: In her arms, and was accompanied by a neighbor’s daughter, {hale buxom wemch about fifteen, who sufficient. ,They set forth of :the gentle ascent, that uses gbruptly from the site of the pin- ‘1 tureeque ruins of Tintern {Abbey She had her infant in her arms, and was accomgaonz'ed by a neighbor's .dauQ'htnr : for bad there b the further delay of but half an -, the object of her journey would 2 been frustrated. Contrary 'to the. dress of a convict, with his : was first intimated to the prison- the day fixed for their departure ha afar-11x3 :â€" was their fruitful source. And he had: the consolation to observe, ere he departed, that Hester was so far tran- quil and resigned, as .to discourse calmly upon hm approaching inter- Yigw. with David. vâ€"v uV'd§b “V'J “bus, "HILUCL he iméider acoompapying her himself. bptrn, which lay asleep in her lap. He d1d~ not: chide her tears, for they were the natural channels of he; grief ; but ‘n 'L-- L----£â€"" ' Iâ€"oubov“ v- uvvu» Db‘ "WBD, Duc ‘ca‘u- ed, by a harsh letter from her brutal husband. that it she “wanted to see him again," she must go to Monmouth before a day named, as he was on that dagv to be conveyed, with other con- victs, to the seaport whence they were to embark for New South! Wales. She did nvish to see him again; and it was unmhe following morning of that very Sabbath evening, in .the month of July, when her father set forth to visit her. as already mentioned, that Ihe‘ixntended to do so. Mr. Lloyd was desirous of seeing his daughter, not only to prepare her, by his conversation, for the melancholy task of taking. in all probability, a last farewell of one who, criminal and ah'urlisbl as he was, was still her hus- .DCI “’33 COD Quoted by an inner yard. “’hara she had visited himseveral times in baby. with a look bf beseechlng 5.:1- before his trial, and administered, ish, which seemed to say. ”Depot 39!}: all the roman and consolation ui raid mew-3'00 forget I have given wwa' it was in her poWer to bestow, birth to this innocent." The mute err in his nature to receive; for it dis- appear appeared to touch him, for he {reused her much to find that he mani- nook her hand, and gazing for a mo- eeted great hardness of heart, and meat upon its thin white fingers, and that he was alike insensible to her the blue veins that were not used to sufferims and his own disgrace. But be so visible, till sickness had made SIM: had not seen him since his trial. them so, he kissed it. Hester drew: She had not, indeed, been able to get nearerâ€"leaned against her husband‘s so far, for her recovery, after lying bosomâ€"and raising the infant towards in, was slow; and she was extremely his lips, whose little sparkling eyes un- leeble and delicate, when, at the exâ€" closed themselves, as if to look upon piratian of about six weeks, she learn- its lath-8r, she exclaimed, in a scarcely ad. by a harsh letter from her brutal [articulate voice, "Kiss it, too, David, L..,’.. in speak. Old Morgan d, in a hard, unred- nqt a feature of his 1 us ngid harshness, :r, as were the 0th- 'I perceive them at 510M; approached to go with her, and the child, a labor for impaired health and of Heater 'was hardly The First and Last Kiss. a faltering the turn- already IO r ly ying boson tremely his 1i; the ex- closed elearn- its 11 rutal articu to see â€"ki83 O h:-v‘“‘vw mg of the r1ver.â€"the ground.~the splendid : with the objects of r e1egant_ _l_i_ne formed h auu w: an manner of good. In the bosom’ of her family, in the discharge of her maternal duties, in the occupa- tion afforded her by superintending the education of the daughters of some of her neighbors, which enabled her 10 . pe-nses without dra wi ‘er’s slender means, and in the peace- ful retreat of the her mind gradually to adopt the language of one who has been prounced an oracle in all that ooncerns the pictures-nun â€"“*‘~“ ‘ were allowed her to keep, out of res- pect: for herself, and pity for her mis- fortunes. It was an additional lbur- den which Mr. Lloyd was ill able to bear; but his trust was in Him whose command it is that we should succour the distressed, proiect the fatherless, and do all manner of good. In the bosom’ of her family, in the discharge of her maternal duties, in the occupa- tion afforded her by 'SII‘Dt-‘erinfonflinm nerr marriage was prmluoe of the lit: tamed, when sold, itor’ s? allowed her 1 DeCL' for herself. an ‘ It was impossible they should be But Hester had stood at the altar with David. She was a wife. He was her husband. She was a mother. He was the) father of her children. Ill usage may destroy all the finer sympathies which hallow those relations in a wo- man’s gentle and affectionate nature; bmt it is death alone,â€"or its equiva- lent, eternal separation in this world, -t'h'at can make her feel she has no longer a husband, and her children no longer a father. And when that feel- ing does come, it will wring the bosom with a sorrow unlike any other. ‘ Hester returned to her father's house J that day, and remained there thence- lorward’ With her two children. The 51w then led Hester out. He had been i Ial‘silen't and a sad spectator of the in- ,' ,terview; and; he felt that it would be i only an unnbcessary pang, added to! gone, satisfied him he had judged :- rightly. and acted wisely. They were 31 not those deep and maddening emo-1‘ txons w'hich Iacerate the heart. when a. s ‘ beloved object is torn from it. for ever. 1‘. Before Hester could reply, or remeve I her handkerchief from her eyes. one of the office/rs of the prison entered! the yard, and ordered the convzctse to I follow hr'm. David and old Morgani hurgied out the first; and in less than t _ ._.-_ -4 _ -waJ ‘1‘; fill aminute, th ere were left only Hester L h. ‘-LL.9_. â€"ki83 our son, and bless him." The felon father, bowed his head and kiss- ed! his innocent child, while, with his unfettered am, he clasped closer to r his breast its weeping mother. Nature gasserted her prerogative for an in- stant; the husband and the father pre- vailed over the hardened criminal; and the heart on! David owned that he was i[both But the next instant he was neither. Ah if he thought it became hsz to play the chuxrl, even at such a moment, or that he should lose char- acter with his new companions, who were standing round, witnesses of this scene, he put Hester coldly from him, and muttered, as he turned away, “Thereâ€"we have had enough of this ‘wJ “lulu craggy steeps, the tangl- he solitary glans, and the >ded slopes; of that mag- Litheatre, laid' out by the e. It was no less his de- r,- round the ruins of the my as the shadows of nded upon them, or when n m_,‘:..1]‘ "‘ ‘ v ‘. wtcu vjects of natuzie; gn‘d the formed by the summits which includes th_e whole thnr o "Aâ€"~ 1d not easily be found. and; glades intermixed,"â€" language of one who has ad an oracle in all that picturesqueâ€"“the wind- iver,â€"the variety of the splendid ruin, contrasted ‘ects of nature, and the ‘A’mn J ngn the Ivy-wreath- such momenta, ms arate the heart. ’when a. 5 torn from it. for ever. ucsible they should be stood at the altar with Ct such an wJ xnha bitant {at home during the vacations. till he was one-and-twepty. The * made in his ’ he character he bore f0 ‘ ' m. 1118 patron. But. he W gratification, that of giaddening his grandfathers p ' ° t Piay of his scholastic attainments. The good Old man fun no __-- . - . Lu 3 weak one. She looked forward ‘ dejected feefings to gthq no ms own misconduct could If Edmund was the P7 grandfather, he was no It um own misconduct could forfeit. If Edmund was the pride of his grandfather, he was no less the_idol ,equ a urancu would not be left to float like a worthless weed upon the stream of time.”â€"“He shall be plant- ecl,’ replied Squire Jones. “Send for the boy. But never mind, 3'th now. You know in what soil he will be most likely to thrive. I. shall call again toâ€" morrow. By that time make your choice, and leave the rest to me.” The morrow cameâ€"the choice was madeâ€" and Edmund was: to study for the Church, at Oxford, the great ambition1 of his youthful mind, upon an ample allowance secured to him by Squire Jones, in such a way as nothing but th nurn nan-An... .1 'ihis cottage; and had learned, upon iniquity, that he) keptan aged mother Isand a sister, who was a cripple, out ‘of the workhouee. by his scanty earn- ;ings. It was Edmund's good fortune {to attract the notice of Squire Jones {In the way described;. and 1t_was not ngoyd, for the express purpose of ask- questions about him. The ,J good old man spoke with pride and af- lfection of his pupil and grandson, but gwith despondency of his future pros- ;pects. “I have reared him as my ,‘own.” said he,” “from his cradle, and 'I should close my eyes .in peace, if. I could know, or reasonably hope, so goodly a branch would not be left to float like a worthless weed upon the stream of time.”â€"“He shall 1m he.“ his was with the whole energy of his na- ture. It may be supposed. threrfore, that he quickly mastered those bran- ches-of knowledge which were Within the compass of Mr. Lloyd to teach. and who was also anxious that he should have the advantages of a more comprehensive education. \But how was his benevolent desire to be accom- pushed? He was tool poor to .pay for! it. and he has too friendless to obtain it from patronage Accident. . at length, if such events in the life of man may rightly be called accidents. shaped his destiny, Some trifling cir- cumstances, so unheeded at the time that no distinct recollection of it sur- vived the occurrence, brought him in- to contact with an eccentric old gen- tleman of the neighbourhood, who had Slgnalised himself on more than one occasion by the: apparent caprice with ,which he bestowed his bounty. The last act of the kind which had been talked of. was his stocking a small farm for an industrious young man. and giving him besides a hundred: p0unds to begin with. to whom he had never spoken till he called upon him to announce his intention. But he had observed him frequently, in. his walks. labouring early and late, in a 1 little garden which was attached to J 5 r 3 I known. At the period now described. Edmund Morgan was in his thirteenth year. He was no common boy ; and his grand- fathex, who had watched the dawnâ€" lngs of his character. moral and intelâ€"‘ lectual, prided hi-mselfl upon his culti- vation of both. ‘Enthusiasm was its basis. In whatever he engaged, it H alight of ancestry may be be’fleved, Descending angels have oonversed with men, And told the secrets or the world un- m. her first child when only 3 old, and he had become, her only. 'one; but, in truth, fectionate disposition, his in- ss of character. and his in- gndowments, were of them- _ _â€"~uvL Do JDUL *, and began to reflect, a circumstances pre- 23 to 1118 mind, which are was some mvsterv of the benefit '11; that; separation to 1 Iorward with now. approach- Compensation separation too tent ' , as Nlagara will itself be d necessary work. rgely a lge-ment, but scienti-J .lumg new are. lights in the which .will.g_ive to {the Wat: m (wu- I Buffalo’s bixg expositionâ€"and if only one hali' the premises of meat are realized it will respect a big affairâ€"w ion of what the manage- be in every ill be the occas- will doubtless be a most brilliant. and startling electrical illu- mination. A Feature of the Be the Great Seen. a great council. ‘ , Christendom has sanctione able and practical“ method War. helmet, is still a commanding figure in the Europe .01 toâ€"day; yet it is true, that in consequence bf the work of the Peace Congress, the nations stand 111 less dread of the spectre of war, and have a lar , ' ’ . â€"-vv-.v Will offer an The Peace Congress has not complet- ed the work of civilization, and the millennium of peace and good-will on earth is still a long way ahead, but. they are nearer than they were. The Parliament of Man at The Hague has done much to promote the welfare of the ,world. While the arbitration scheme recom- ring war by: peaceful and honorable means. It also provides special re-l sources of mediation when nations are! on the verge bf hostilities. No gov-t ernment will be compelled to abide by j the decisions of the arbitration tribu-i nal, but the moral forces of civiliza-l tion are behind it. I Europe remains a circle of barracks ' and garrisons, .The ogre of militnrâ€"l Much Good May Result From the Peaeql Conference. .The Peace Congress {has done some- thing to render warfare more humane and less barbarou'sthan it has been It has also provided in the permanent arbitration tribunal a great instru- ment for securing peace among nations. Much has been left undone. Militar- ism has been allowed to triumph. Armaments have not; been redu_:ed on land or sea. {Wan taxation in time of: peace remains the 'theory and practice I of Europe. Private property, either! under a neutral. or a hostile flag. Las ’ not been exempted from seizure in war- time, and many other reforms in the§ relations of nations have been put .' aside. ‘ TO ILLUMINATE NIAGARA. quality of a permanent desire to be. friend him, the Curacy of Tintern was reserved for his benefit. when he should be duly qualified, by ordina- . tion, to assume. its pastoral functions, ‘ Meanwhile, the place of Mr. Lloyd was supplied by a neighbouring clergy. man, to whom the fatigues of double duty were sweetened by something be- yond the allotted stipend, out of the= purse of Squire Jones. I RESULTS AT THE HAGUE M the Buffalo Exposition Will Greatest Electrical Sight Ever has “ ‘,_‘â€" s and=.resentful world when lcouncllA ‘. rgprespming all m I.-- fountains, but Nia- entirely new field. 'S SERVANTS. To be Continued. will be transformed 0f emp] oyeg, in- will be still fur- .e use of electric 9 Of the \Vinds, Water as it falls . ‘pthsphore-ssent m water, and chemistry of 3 to some 8X- circle of barracks ogre of militar- and with spiked he seething, ablaze with. all Llation of the WV the falls er, again {-1 green as old â€"-\a scheme recom-fand a gram ‘by the Peace i‘beglimony. , it is designed j 1116 Public is of averting 'L'ne sup- the scene 16 projec- enterprise make the the 0310 the WW- He tried to drixe her the faithful tel ne persisted:e full“ 9‘1 himself, to find the room 130' smoke He alarmed at lodgefefiegam, Muller, who was sleeping on the “001', and also h! s sister a 3'0”“,38 women They all lrus StalrS, Where the f emes We ere Spreading . , with the exception of the 100$ " ‘ i11111334138,taking puss with > a 6d. a landing, from w hich [119. 85c ‘ tq the back yard. J um as t it!” 8110?: right through the spira’ 5‘“ Muller, who had stopped to put on”... hm“, was out off from W13 £16m ”awed his rmma “d 193%; Mm; out some bedding. he g, ‘1 (1‘9!!! the second sto orywmd‘” a? nkle, 811qu " Ills Face. Score one for pussyo England, cat a few days 8801”“ the means of saving a whole “In! from destruction b) fire. A‘ two in the morning'a shopkee ed Ledo Schmiedermann W by '11st pet tabby, which WW scratching his face. 3 _-.. but” Aronxed lfls Master a -uuu1uu\‘\4, The company flourished dumll‘h first year, but soon afterward died?" ectors learned to their cozattkm:"1l expenditure was much in excess 0:3 ‘recei ts. nd conse uently they. p ' a q This didu . . Prisoners. h “9" df the inquiry which it. is M has been granted by the " M (Mex-mm into the charges “mum Prisoners in the case- th-e rate considerably. , help them mur-h. hpweverfimhgfa: at“ 0f Monljuish, it may be of in- sultgvas that Panamantfmihé tar ' ‘30 80¢ out some of the ‘tems in to t err relief hv ranting ‘ '2 indictme f . ‘ g f £35 - nt made out agamst the pany an annual subsidy 0 "1 pounds. From th {-5 [imejorwarddi Company did :1 ghxut’i 1135111653. an. Was not long before similar 00139“: were started thmughout EUWW well as in this country. ..____â€"â€"--â€"â€"-â€"""“ ' CATO "1 ‘ SAVED BY A '01 to run around their cells day A _. 1... than]! 50"“ "' "38- ‘It is said, in the first - that a neward of 10,000 pesetas . Offmdto any jail official who , 2:, extort an avowal of guilt from a ‘ er. Acting under this stimuLus, 3,“ 'a' _ .- 3 1101's are stated to have fOI‘Ct’d . l heton‘ was so impressed when he . tom b6 very much lighter. and ‘ 14 be much easier to carry about _ natal guns. 0! guns not used ”M“ the most curious were those to fire salutea at a winter fete g infill» year 17-10, when full wen made (If ioe. t is said . thy had an effective range uf Jams. and_ \t'hat they all withstood - test of firing without burstin8~ it; that he at once took steps to m l‘a life insurance company. He :‘Cecded, but 1131 wuhoui much *- ’fit‘ultvy. and 21m.,:ng the provisim. I this firs: ('lgn‘lymn' were thefollon I â€"A married nun. nut more than W l years" old. coal l :.-e insured tori." ! one not more Linn forty for £500 lone n01 {more than sixty, for g '1 Sailors anl persons travelling {0617 “â€" tatnl. caumrles. would not be 11153199 IODERN SPANISH TORTUQ g and suicides. as well as those coring ‘ ell. to death. lost the benefits 0 l ‘ . insurance, ~ “I the Jinanâ€"Enmrt Confessions From John Graunt, a wealthy Loud was the author of this book, and heton‘ was so impressed whenhe Rev. Dr. William A'shetan,of1m On the date above mentionedtb sura‘noe Society for the Benefit Widows and Orphans was incorpm in London, its statutes and bylaw mg frwmei in accordance with Views sen forth in a book, which! published in 1651, and which mu title-d “Natural and Political 1m gatlons in Regard to the Curremh' of Births and Deaths." I lave Been Made of Every Conceiv- able Kind of Material. Esmbmhod In London u l a coarse and slow-burning, and the "'1’ (F. [£99. -o was very mil. - The wear tear. themfore, on the bore of the was nothing oompamd to what it . ~ For instanoeg the Swedes in that of Gustavus Adolphus used of Leathbr, and. in 1639 similar wane made in Scotland under ' direction of Sir Alexander Hamil- Who had ‘seen service in Sweden. fxrst came 141:0 Use mo hundred agOâ€"Do be (mum, on Octoberfi, :- and credit for being the firs7 to surance Society for the Benefit I17: 1 - i oomph re, 51°99? Soundlv, ( than m m)’ twmt fies, 'Am‘] 1 I can r. is cautioneda ° ' colored imitatiom 3. The ' .m‘agmmer alleged tint “eugm met; an r \the naiLs of [3'15- mwianlmmmelfi. and alluwcd 10 Even {11651151113 sluughed away. on Momma “Orbitbxo mutilations '{rc of the most We been. uncommon. cage} dences. borrow- ' t {m mined, o. u,uLSlt}on, Wag, 1t.1s'af- th- a tube ' to . allowmg we brfitm T1326 a screw Guin- "0h. m’ . . ' . 81. s and top. Lbzts M, Mmcgimble agony. One I. _ . 18 381‘” red i'l'I Fun "A I‘ "\ 7 mon have also‘been made of. wood lltone, nominee lined with a bore mm and sometimes not». Cannon do It almost pure gold have been Min India. It is said that after it“ Mt Mexico than Mexicans tried imitate his cannon in tetra-coma. 9P9 bu been predited with an ex- Want in paper guns, that is to say, [‘1 Pieces of small caliber composed l HIM come surrounded by com- E‘f pager pulp. Such guns would, 1-, but the former met with their mi from the first. for it was “as as drink." to them. The medicine “and lobelta before prOp'hesy- and under its effect they raved. this property of the weed been rd by the ”nuts! fie Janet’s men Confessions From Prisoners. PRIMITIVE CANN 0N S. .6 Qemved them of all food tockfigu and ardent Spirits. bemg the price of a glass" _Not a few paid. it. slackea "1944‘ is contended, were N0 WONDER. 1? used to keep the Tim officials are also It The orii lost in an: progress 5: warship q of the under var every Sen fore. su.‘ should bé quering I hordes oC theil bani ’China to (he Lhixt Mongols ple with 1y assoui who firs ward for . the Lion well-know the ham Sultan O tury, an fixed it the coun is some: rOWed t1 Greeks. had pro! ed it wi ideas in OBI son. 0 the ho Queen’s smash that ve tory. I made 11 players. hope to supply Painle safe. 's 001113. Tho “ Mrs. < very in] Laund finding ‘ Hotei G.T.R. Stu: Railway AVENU ST. JAf One c with I?! When i his wifi W001 Lt wad! Jenn] for yet yerml ! buri - Pol 1y you flu Ll Ph .rovoxnen‘ [O at Wedhl Well; wa rd 1 the 00‘. F00 The Meet After] \V U H: Mrs give