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Shatâ€" O in ceived & n Office d hrom nod . was larmoiltag tina t covered ed witlh D l0 AGâ€" 8 U EW 4 w OTO o offer ienerel clment aday usgle i the sited 1010 Uf CHAPTER VIâ€"Continued. "I ewear solemnly," he says, "that I Rare mever told a single soul." 's" de you know yourself !" "Why, bless you, I guessed at once! !"" you were in earnest and so withâ€" Colonsi Dare smiles a little at ths selfâ€"satisfied air with which it is ‘mâ€" med that had Graver not withdrawn chance would bhave been nil. "Ge now, there‘s a good fellow !" he says, imploringly. "If you are seen it will awaken suspicion. If Lady Leigh sa w ’m_n * *"‘There she is !" exclaims the Heatben Chinee excitedly, and rushing to the ‘l H O V a directly," ?:lonel Tara "lt‘s wl up," declares Colonel Dare, glocamily. i Applpalycinainaiindieninaiarindadiarinaiontant 4 e How snE won. $ ©22222%2#2%2222#0 "Now, why should it be?" question ed Mr. Meade drawlingly, withdrawâ€" Ing from the window as she passes out of sight. "It‘ll do you all the good in the world to let her know you have a friend who goes to a decent tailor. Beâ€" sides it iss not a case, I suppose, of ‘mo followers allowed‘t" The other does not answer, and Mr. Meade goes on. "By Jove! she‘s a fine woman. 1 don‘t wonder at your not wishing to leave." "The motto is more fitted for a soldâ€" ter than a scholar," she remarks, lookâ€" bng pearchingly inta his eyes. "I trust courage is not confined to one class alone. Can you not imagine that others as well as soldiers might be willing to dare anything to gain M c.w "‘ | uis W Ww 1 & "A friend I" "Erâ€"a patron," he answers confusâ€" edly, and with a humility that is raâ€" ther overacted. The clear grave eyes are still lookâ€" Ing straight into his, and he feels asâ€" bamed of the duplicity he is practicâ€" lng on ber; but one step leads to anâ€" vvw- ETT UTT CE L copuod. Tabitha forgets to make rself useful, so busy is she watching her young master and listening to bhis prattling talk. L CS ePune : WO WDDITVTE O VV _ &st Av mWYs It is a pretty, homeâ€"like© scene, the mother so proud and happy in her son‘s fih‘! and the faithful old servant oking as pleased as they. It is a thou eand pities that the grim old profes sor is not more in accordance with the scens, a thousand pitiee that one so levely as Lady Leigh sbould only bave "I think yours must be wrong; ladâ€" tes‘ watches generally are, are they not !? By mine we are still ten minutes before the bhour." "What a lovely watch!" She has sat down on the old rustic seat where once before they sat toâ€" gether in the moonlight, and _ now wlretches out her bhand for the handâ€" gme old heirloom which Colonel Dare stantly regrets bringing to light. 'lhut it was bis mother‘s last gift is his ooly reason for wearing anything so remarkable and so cumbersome. He loosens the chain and gives the watch to her without a word. e ‘"And the crest is that of your famâ€" Lly t1" she goes on, uncomfortably, feelâ€" Ing her mistake, but not liking to make it worse by apologizing. Deeply set in the thick embossed gold, in delicate colored enamels are his quarteripgs and crest, beneath them a croll with the haughty motto, "Dare @il." Her former suspicions grow stronger as she reads it. "The name is the same, certainly," be answers evasively, slipping the watch into bis pocket. a _ She changes the subject quickly, half divining his meaning, made clearer by the emphasis with which he speaks. "I wish you‘d go!" ejaculates Colâ€" enel Dare crossly.. s > Seeing that be is really in earnest and his patience thoroughly exhausted, the Honorable Graver Meade departs with a goodâ€"natured grin and the unâ€" shaken belief that had be chosen to enter the lists he would certainly have been successful. "Dare‘s a good fellow, but no sort ef a lady‘s man," be says to himself, eomplacently, as he walks to the park gates, where a bhired fly is waiting. "Still, he may win the dayâ€"for want of a worthier rival." The day bas been very hot, getting eooler as the afternoon goes on, anil at five o‘clock, when the tutor sallies forth, a fresh breeze bas sprung up, and it is so delightful that be pausâ€" ea before reaching the summerâ€"house und bares his forebhead to it. Colonel Dare consults bis and shows 4t to hber. s "I dare say it came from abroad in the first instance, but cannot say for sertain. It belonged to an ancestor of mine, 1 believe." plied "Yes. Even & tutor, you know, has parents and grandparents, though he eannot always give them a name, much Yess boast about them," is the bitter He cannot but be nettled at the fact that she takes it for granted he is beneath her in every way, although he would not for a moment risk discovery by having it otherwise. her. "The entertainment is not readyâ€"we wre to walt," bhe begins, smiling, and feeling a strange pleasure in thus lnking her name with his. _"I mever saw anything so quaint beâ€" fore, Mr. Dare. Did you buy it abroad? It looks like foreign \\_orklnplhip_."' "1 thought I was very punctual, my watch must be wrong," she answers, drawing it from ber belt. "Seeâ€"it is five o‘clock exactly." "An ancestor!" she echoes, in someâ€" what dreamy surprise scarcely consciâ€" ous of the rudeness that might be imâ€" Little Rollo, puts out his head and waves him awayâ€"the preparations are not yet completed. At that moment too, Lady Leigh comes from the house, and Colone! Dare goes back to meet Lord "You had a visitor this morning ?" chance, she raises her eyes and so unjovable a lover, if lover he can be called whose feelings are still closely l"f";?ed.“ & secret within his breast. She herself seems to regret nothing: She is leaning back in a low lounging ; chair, the soft folds of her muslin gown lying lightly on the ground, and & delicate china teaâ€"cup in bher bhand. Colonel Dare often thinks of bher as he saw hber then her haughtiness alll submerged in the love she bears her child, her eyes half dim with tender ; tears, and on ber lips so sweet a smile | that she might be a girl commencing : life, instead of a woman whom sorrow . has made unutterably bitter and so| sore at heart that at times she bas only | one wishâ€"to end it. | But he is not there. Tabitha is standing at the window, and turns round sharply with an angry rebuke on her lips for the delinquent as the door opens. Then, when she sees Lady Leigh her countenance falls. A storm is gathering; already there have been several vivid flashes of lightâ€" ning and thunder peals, and, with the natural instinct that prompts ons in all times of possible danger to be near those one loves, Lady Leigh goes swiftly to the nursery to see with her ow n eyes if hex son is safe and sleeping. Lady Leigh does not stop to argue. She is gone before Tabitha can give words to the fear that is haunting her, flying downm the broad oak stairs, and bursting into the tutor‘s room with scant ceremony. . ols i: "Where is Rollo®‘ asks his mother, with a gasp in her voice. "lpdeed I do not know, my lady; I thought he was with youâ€"or Mr. Dare," she adds, quickly, as another hope presents itself. Boon the pretty tea table is partly dismantled and in disorder. Great raids have been made on the glowing heaps of strawberries, raspberries, and red and white currants, while some of "Mr. Dare, where is Rollo?" she cries, excitedly, seeing in a moment that he is not there. CHAPTER VIL Lady Leigh tires of bher work when one small handkerchief is hemmed, and puts the handkerchief into a baskâ€" et on the table. The tutor is sitting at the table writing when she comes in, and looks up in some bewilderment. ‘"Do not be alarmed," he says, gentâ€" ly; "I expect I shall find him in the summerâ€"house, quite safe, but afraid to come out because of the storm." "Only bring him back!‘ she wails; "remember, he is my all." "I will," he answers, earnestly; and the simple promise; spoken at such a moment becomes solemn as a vyow. At once she repairs to the drawingâ€" room, and takes up some work â€" silk handkerchiefs, for Rollo‘s next birth day present, which have been neglectâ€" ed in the afternoon‘s idleness, and must be finished at an early date. He goes to the library, and looks about through the open windows, thinking over the day‘s events. ‘"Then I will look for him." He snatcbes up his bat quickly, but stops for a moment at the door. The summerâ€"bhouse is some distance off, ut before he is half way: there, Colone!l Dare has guessed the fearful truth. A curling ring of smoke and leaping tongues of flame speak plainâ€" ly enough, and with it, if more were needed is the stifling smeil of burning wood and paint. "It‘s only asummerâ€"house," says one with an accent of something that sounds like disappointment. _ _ _ They linger chatting until it grows dusk, and then go, leaving Rollo beâ€" hind. Together they stroll away to the bouse in sober silence, through which a certain sweetness is stealing. At the door they part, Lady Leigh holding out ber hand and smiling a gracious fareâ€" well. With a great cry he rushes forward, and by the time he bas reached the spot a small crowd has gathered, consisting of people who were passing down the road, and have been the first to see the lurid light. % But at that moment Colone! Dare comes into the midst of them, and his first words cause athrill of horror to run through the little group. As one who is accustomed to comâ€" mand, be orders them about, and while one man rums for a ladder he sends others {for water buckets, a garden hose and blankets. the huge hunches of cake which Rollo bad cut, judging other people‘s appeâ€" tites by his own, have also disappeared. Tabitha bas been dismissed with her apron full of the sweetmeats she has helped to make, and Colon=l Dare, risâ€" ing from his seat, goes and stands beâ€" side Lady Leigh. * "How still it is !" "Too still. An evening like this always gives me a presentiment of ill." % And now a little wnite face appears at a window, in the upper story, and the women burst into tears. and even the men are strangely silent as the pitiful ery breaks out : "Mother! Mother !" ‘"Rollo, my darling, I am here!" It is Lady Leigh herself who has folâ€" lowed, but the answer is more like the cry Of some animal in pain than a woman‘s voice. She staggers forward and holds out her arms. "Rollo, come !" In hbis horrible fright the child might have obeyed her and been dashâ€" ed to pieces on the ground, but his tutor interferes with a firm voice. "Yes, I know," she answers, hastily; "but one cannot always be responâ€" sthIG for one‘s foolish thoughts." +4 0.11 The single syllable is said with such tragic emphasis that! she is obliged to laugh, and Rollo, jumving on to ber knee to ask her what the joke is, turns the conversation. ‘"‘There is a child inside there. You must help me to get him out." ‘"What f!l could happen to you here ? You are away from the world, and outâ€" er interests must necessarily be so few." He looks down in some surprise at the slight tremor in her voice. ‘"Stay there, Rollo, my boy; I am oming to help you. There is no fear: will save you, 1 promise." Is he not in the house? _ But when he has clambered in at the window the real danger begins, for Rolio obstinately refuses to move. Perhaps it is the effect of having lived with women, only, or perhaps in a child cowardice is natural at such a time; but in any case it is so, and be screams with terror when his wouldâ€"be preâ€" server attempts ta draw him forward. Threats and gentleness alike are unâ€" availing, and it is useless to think of‘ trying to carry a struggling boy down that rickety ladder. KColonel Dare : breathes an inward prayer, and as though in speedy answer to it, the alâ€" | ready smouldering door bursts into a | blaze, and effects what no mere words or. reasoning could. The child at last | realizes what is best, and breaking inâ€" to a flood of tears, begs his tutor to forgive him, clinging to him as obstinâ€" ately as before he had refused to go, ‘and. taking advantage of the change | of mood, Colonel Dare takes off his coat | quickly, and wraps it around him. . Then he imotions to Tabitha, who is also there, to come forward. ‘"Take your mistress away," he comâ€" mands sternly, "she only unnerves us both, and I will bring the boy safe to her directly." Then, without waiting to see that bhis orders are obeyed, be runs back to help with the ladder and place it firmâ€" ly against the wall. It is the lower part of the house only that is on fire as yet, but through the rungs of the ladder, now it is erected, the flames dart and give an appearance of greatâ€" er danger than there really is. _ Colonel Dare ascends the ladder quickly, not heeding, indeed scartely knowing of the burns he receives at Is it a dream that she has again seen that look of fierce devotion in the keen eyes that have been hidden so long by the dark blue spectacles before them? Is it true that those spectacles were gone, and with them the long silvery locks, and that for a moâ€" ment in the weird uncertain light of a lightning flash she looked into the face of a man who was younger and more noble looking than the tutor can surely ever have been? And was it a mistake when the man called him Colâ€" onel Dare, or was it the truth revealâ€" ed at last ? f The men answer by shouting ber name and waving their caps wildly in the air, won at once by her beautiful face and sweet voice. Then one, more selfâ€"possessed than the rest, calls for cheers for the young Lord Leigh, so providentially saved from the cruelâ€" est of deaths, and they are given voâ€" ciferously. Among the people is a tenant of the bero of the hour, who has instantly recognized his landlord, and is unwilling that he should remain unpraised for what he has done _ so promptly and well. r _ *"‘Three cheers for Colonel Dare!" he shouts, lustily, and again a dozen voices take up the cry. . Lady Leigh turns t6 go home, holdâ€" ing ber boy tightly by the band. Her head is in a whirl. Wlat is it that she has seen and heard,or have half of the night‘s events beenimaginary, the efâ€" fect of excitement caused by the terâ€" ror of that other half t Then he goes to the window. The men have been dashing water up incesâ€" santly, or the ladder would never have lasted so long, and Rollo gains courâ€" age as he sees that the flames are less frequent, and not so strong. â€" He closes his eyes and gives himsel{ up unresistingly to Colonel Dare‘s care, and in another minute both are safe on the ground. Lady Leigh does not wait for her son to be brought to her, she rushes to him and clasps him in her arms sobâ€" bing and laughing bysterically. y The men, however, are in good workâ€" ing order now, and require no leader. In another half hour the fire is totally extinguished, and Lady Leigh, mountâ€" ing on a fallen log, scarcely noticing the rain that is coming down in torâ€" rents, thanks them all in a few wellâ€" chosen words for the bravery and enâ€" ergy they bave displayed. She scarcely realizes what ber susâ€" picions mean. Everything has been so wonderful that nothing seems imâ€" probable, and yet, after all, the soluâ€" tion of the mystery may be a very simple one. The spectacles may have fallen and the long hbair been burned away in the fire, but not even that could have given a look of such youthâ€" ful! energy to the face of an old man. Or is it a resemblance only ? Has some stranger, like, yet unlike the man who has lived in ber bouse these last few months, been the one to save her son? ‘The little white face looked up in startled surprise. C j Then for the first time the mother notices bow weary and wan her boy looks now that the excitement is ovâ€" er. She snatches him up and staggers on with him to the bhouse, refusing to give him up to any one, and when they reach the nursery, she undresses him with her own hands and lays him in his little cot. "Mr. Dare," be answers, in an awed whisper. N s + E. * a But hbe does not go to sleep; the events of that night are still too vividâ€" ly before him. _ § ns3 As the tutor bad conjectured, it was from fear of the storm he had lingerâ€" ed first, and then when it grew dark and still, and no oner came to fetch him, he had discovered a box of matchâ€" es, and, lighting one, was striving, boyâ€"like, to make some impromptu light. Suddenly a flame burst out beâ€" hbind bhim, between him and the door; he bad thrown the lighted match away and it bad fallen upon a heap of shayvâ€" ings, which smoldered for a few minâ€" utes, then burst into flame. In his unâ€" reasoning terror he had fled upstairs and waited in agonizing suspense, not knowing which would find him firstâ€" his friends or the everâ€"encroaching flames. But when she turns to look for the tutor he is gone, and no one knows where. ‘"‘Rollo," she says, abruptly, "who brought you out of the fjre_ f"_ â€" Living his fear all over again in thouzht, he now lies, flushed and silent, starting at every noise and hardly hearing his mother‘s voice, as, with gentle lullabies, she tries to sing him to slumber. "My darling, there is nothing to dread. I will watch by your side all night." > peyh hn hn s The. assurance does not satisfy him, He is working himself rapidly into a fever, only every now and then, like a cool touch on his forehead, there falls the sound of the firm, encouragâ€" ing words whispered in his ear when he and his tutor were risking their terrible descent. "I dare notâ€"I dare not!" he moans, tossing to and fro. % ~ in deapair. _ _ ) .. Tokt o0 0 s *"Why do you want him my child "If he were here I should not be afraid." At her mistresses command, Tabiâ€" tha goes in search of the tutor, comâ€" ing back a few minutes later with a displeased frown on her face. "Is he coming?" asks Lady Leigh. ‘"No, my lady." "And why not?" asks her mistress, baughti‘y, indignant at the disregard of ber summons. "He said he was lying down, and would be glad if your ladyship would excuse him." "Did you see bim t" i1 ‘‘No, my lady, the door was locked. "Perbaps be is ill." + "I don‘t think it is that. He was walking up and down." Lady Leigh turns again to her child, "Mr. Dare cannot come,my darling. she says gently, "but I promise you I will not leave you." > t..â€". S And with this at first he tries to be conmtent: but by and by the old longâ€" ing comes back stronger than ever, and be calls for his tutor so frequently that Lady Leigh can bear it no longer. ‘"Yes, go for him again," she says, in answer to Tabitha‘s look of inquiry. But again the request is useless. The tutor will not come, and Tabitha‘s eyes sparkle with wrath as she gives the answer that is sent. But Lady Leigh is too anxious to be angry. "I will go myself," she says. If satisfactory business arrangeâ€" ments are agreed upon, the day is set and both sides prepare for it, by learnâ€" ing new songs and new dances. The bride collects the stock of mats, spoons, etc.. with which she is to begin her housekeeping; to these are added the gift of a blanket from her father, some cattle, perhaps, and always an ox, which is supposed to belong to the ancestral spirits. _ ut Early in the morning the bride und} her party bathe in the nearest stream, | after which they dress, the bride cAton | wearing a veil over her face, then set out, singing and dancing, toward | the bridegroom‘s kraal. The brideâ€" | groom, his family and friends watch | this critically till their turn comes, | when hbe, with his "sisters, his cousins and his aunts" try to outdo the others. | When night descends be kills a cow and ; gives it to the bride and her part l who have not yet entered the kraa{ The poor bride wanders around the kraal during the night, followed by the women relatives of the groom. She is ‘"crying for her father‘s hbouse," where she was well treated, and is supâ€" | posed to be trying to run away, and | the others to be preventing her. | ZULU BRIDAL PARTY. The marriage of a wellâ€"born Zulu woâ€" man creates as much of a sensation amâ€" ong her own people as our fashionable weddings do here, and this despite the fact that she may be the fourth or fifth spouse that her busband has taken to his hearthstone. The Zulu takes two or three days to get married, and if the rank of the contracting parties is very high this is lengthened to six or seven. But when a Zulu woman is finâ€" ally married, there is the end of it. There is no wedding journey, and she settles down quietly to a very humâ€" drum existence in her husband‘s kraal. The next morning the bride, surâ€" rounded by her party of girls enters the kraal carrying a spear. One of the girls carries a calabash of water and another one beads. The bride takes the water and throws it over her husband and plentifully besprinkles the rest of the family, giving her sisterâ€"inâ€"law a slap to show that henceforward she is to be the mistress. Doubtless there comes many times in after years when the Zulu wife would be glad to repeat this part of the marriage ceremony. The rites are ended by the breaking of the spear by the bride, after which she makes a last dash for liberty, but is caught and brought back by a young man appointed by the groom. If he fails to do so the disgrace is only wiped away by the further gift of a cow to the girl‘s father. The couple are now married, and we hope, live happily ever after. If a Zulu man wants a wife, he must pay for ber in cattle, and the payment is made, not to the girl, but to her father. The lover begins his negotiâ€" ations by sending some men with a few cattle to his future fatherâ€"inâ€"law, who if he is favorably inclined, takes snuff with the visitors and comes to an undâ€" erstanding with them in regard to the rest of the cattle, which must be forthâ€" coming. It is to be feared that the parent‘s anxiety as to the number of cows his daughter will bring quité outâ€" weighs any considerations of ber hapâ€" piness. The Emperor of Russia, who, in the Polar Star, which cost over £1,000,000 sterling, and the Standart, which cost about half as much. possesses finer yachts than any other European monâ€" arch. Four hundred thousand pounds was spent on the principa) apartments on the main deck of the Polar Star. The decoration of the diningâ€"room cost £20,000. The decks are very curious, being paved with red, black, and white marble, and there is a marble founâ€" tain. The big diningâ€"room below decks will seat 200 persons. All the apartments are fitted with rare stones and wood. The crew and stewards number 400 men. The yacht Stanâ€" dart is a splendid vessel, somewhat on the lines of the Paris and other steamâ€" ships that run between Southampton and New York. . Her accommodation below is superb, there being suites of cabins for eleven members of the Royâ€" al family. What‘s the reason that Cutterly goes around like ‘a war cloud ? He smoked some cheap tobacco one day while his wife was away. When sbhe came home she thought there was sewer gas in the house, called a plum}bâ€" er, had him explore, and it cost Cutterâ€" THE CZAR‘S YACHTS. EXPENSIVE ECONOMY. Mr. Pare!" he cries at last, To Be Continued. Baving Completed our New Factory we are now prepared Bash and Door Factory. Lumber, Shingles and Lath always to FILL ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY. We keep in Stock a large quantity of Sash, Doors, Mouldings, Flooring and the differâ€" AFFATRS AT THE YUKON FPOOD >yPLY SCARCE. The stock of food will be exhausted, the inspector reports by June Ist. On this subject he says:â€""For the past two years we have not hbeen able to secure sufficient fo>l for full rations. Especially is this wthe case this year. We have only enough to barely last until the lst of June on short rations, and a considerable amount of our supplies had to be purchased outside of the contracting compa®iy The outâ€" look for the comiag summer is most serious, as no quantity of food «an possibly arrive here unt&mxly the end of July, and evinm n it is imâ€" probable, as food will be so scarce at the mining camps at Minook creek, Fort Yukon and Circle City, that the steamâ€" ers will be beld up and unloaded at these points. Word has been received from Captain Ray, of the United "tates army, who is in charge at Fort Yukon, explaining the seriousness of affairs there. He was compelled to tike over the company‘s stores and isswe out raâ€" tions. At Circle City food is scarcer than it is bere. Mr. Healy, manager of the N. A. T. and T. Co. hae, who weâ€" ceived the letter from «2pMain Ray, admits that it is doubtfw whether the boats will reach here wih much cargo on theirâ€" first trip fron St*Michael. This means that we not ressonably hope for much relio{?rom the outside until the latter part‘of August. New compahies, with new boats on the river, can bardly relieve the situation, as it is proven that bosts rannot be built at %. Michae! ans arrive here with a cargo the same yazr. By the time the boals are completéd the river is so low at the Yukon fJsts that even did they gfl‘throuh it could only be with & 1 cargo. TIMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED. ‘"PRelief csn only come to us down the river, and it is necessary that the Govâ€" ernment should take immediate sction and Ship supplies in over the sumimnit, whith must e {reighted over the ice to The Feod Supply Running Sbhortâ€"Speculaâ€" ton as to What Will Happen in Jane â€"Amecricans Do Not Like the Laws o Canadaâ€"A Warning to Investors, The Government bas received from Inspector Constantine. superintendent of Mounted Police in the Yukon, a reâ€" port which left Dawson at the end of January last, on the condition of afâ€" fairs there. He states that the popuâ€" lation of the Yukon capital is from 1,â€" 500 to 2,000, and adds:â€""The populaâ€" speculative purposes, and will never be tion hbere, being chiefly American, j worked. Hundreds of claims will be many of them are not disposed to view 'of}l;erl(:d l'olr 'a.nlo- on the outside markets is lyca y r se o | which will be totally valueless, and the with favor any x‘estmuous placed upon !salc- of which will do this country an them by the ordinary laws o{[ the counâ€" immense amount of harm. Only a few try, and some have been heard to say ; Of Ll:e go;»d cl:}:lnn (‘)‘n tlho' vulunhl: : j s ; P creeks, such as Eldorado, Bonanza an that .lt s lngh.nme _”mt 'tha ”'Il“’ Hunker, will be offered, and these, if meaning the Union Jack, was pul‘ * bhought by capitalists and worked on a down, and the Stars and Stripes boistâ€" | large scale, and under favorable laws, ed in its place, and adding that it ; would prolably prove good investâ€" would not take much to do it. At one MeNts. _ Out of the dozens of new A wat * us .___ |ereeks which have heen discovered, and time there was ‘"flk f’f incorporatiDZ | jnqiseriminately staked this year, only the town. and application was made to two or three are worthy of mention as me as to the means of going about it, Prohably heing good. They are notabâ€" I referred the parties to the Northâ€" 'l&' Sulphur and Dominion creeks. The West "‘. ? y fuch mat | values of claims on these two gulchem ordinances relative to such matâ€" | @»2 rapidly increasing. ters. On reading that part which statâ€" ! EXPENSE OF WORKING. es that the applicants must be British ‘ "The expenses of working mines here subjects, the book was closed with the are very great. On some of the richâ€" remark, ‘That ends it ; in that case we | *S! Claims it has cost more to tuke the ; UV hi gold out than its value. This happenâ€" cannot run t,hmgt.s. but will have to P4Y |ag on Ridorado and Ronanza creeks last taxes; better as it is‘ 1 do not mean | summer, under good management, by to say that this spirit pervades all, but experienced miners. The reports w hich it certainly does a considerable .umâ€" {::"“ "‘I’IM"N‘ U‘,'lh‘*d,lml*‘r:d"""“:O L fan se ibapt ... have been very misleading. Men who ber. Instead of considering that being |have gone out with a few hundreds wre allowed to hold mining property in |reported to have ten times as many this country is a privilege, it is conâ€" 'holmn_%«ls; ~hluim; fro.lé T‘hifh ST:N lhqn; ; ; i F are said to have hbeen taken, and w hic o'trusd into a right which they would ereâ€"reporlted to average from $55 to like to use to the utmost. It appeAr8s g7 ;p the pan, and were computed to to me that it is high time, in view 0Of coptain $4.000,000, did not show any the izsatment British subjects receive such richness whqn the dumps were under similar condiwses in the ‘Unitâ€" ; Aluiced. _ An old miner who lasi winter M h ked a lay on one of the richest ed States, that Canada should ve for :"“:rw i * j on the Eldorado, and who got as Canadians, and that if foreigners are high as $30 to the p=n. did not muke as allowed the same privileges as our Much money as be wou!ld have done n citizens they.should bave the same bhad be worked for wages at $15 per own \ CHRd day for the same time. This was owâ€" restrictions imposed upon them as @are jpgy to the large amount of waste dirt upon Canudians in the States, that is, that had to be handled to get out the that they should become naturalized." , thin, rich pay streak, . A considerable 3 c Carigl mc \number of prospectors have already left SLUM SWEEPINGS. mines, near Circle® City. The superintendent has not a very 'h"e =§fld':l"n.\ more rs‘uy‘llmt *b")" “'ii" %A w eave in the spring and prospect in high opinion of the L'a,“ of peop!e_n ho . Alaska. Little or no prospecting for 'll;'-“ up the l',n:i,g:al:‘)ltow:ufimlrh(:;s:’:é | nexv creeks is nov being «one but miny e says a cons I J \ ie teing staked without bei people ootglixg n'l'lhtro:a“ the i;:;ngfc"l |:: prospecied. & ng appear e seep a a a slums, and the result of a general guol Kiril FAKE COLALMS. delivery. _ Heretofore goods could Le I‘wo or three colors of gold to the cached on the side of the trails, and PAn seem to be quite sufficient to cause they would be perfectly safe; now a 4& Stampede. Men rush off with neither man ~bas to sit on bis cache with a Pick shovel or pan, stake a claim, drop shoigun to ensure the safety of his & few colors from their gold sacks on goods. Caches in outâ€"o(â€"theâ€"way places the ground, and then go to the recordâ€" 5re broken into. and everything cleanâ€" iNg office and swear that they have ed out INSPECTOR‘S REPORT ON AFFAIRS IN THE KLONDIKE. ent Kinds of Dressed Lumber for outside sheeting. Our Stock of DRY LUMRE is very Large so that all orders can be filled. TORONTO In Stock. N_ G. &J. McKECHNIE |_My wife golt square with that ‘lar who set the burglar «larm ‘and woke the uz | What did sbhe do# ‘ Sbe pulled him by the «ollar and ‘made him rock the baby to slsep Inspecior Constantine estimates the output of fold this year at from six to seven million dollars. \ the foot of Lake Labarge, scows built there, and the provisions brought down by the first water, so that we may re« ceive them not later than the Ist of Jume, when our present stock will be entirely exhausted." WHE GOLD EXCITEMENT. Of the gold excitement Superintenâ€" dent Constantine speaks in warning tones, but gives some valuable informâ€"» ation. Be says that "owing to the great influx of people this yvear, the number of claims located has increased enorâ€" mously. _ Stampeding in different diâ€" rections is almost of daily occurrence, The number of claims recorded now exceeds 5000,, but this does not indicate any material increase of the wealth of the country, as by far the greater part of these claims wre simply staked for speculative purposes, and will never he worked. Hundreds of claims will be ‘offered for sale on the outside markets i“hi('h will be totally valueless, and the | sale of which will do this country an immense amount of harm. Only a few ‘of the good claims on the valuable ‘oreeks, such as Eldorado, Bonanza and Hunker, will be offered, and these, if bought by capitalists and worked on a (large scale, and under favorable laws, would prolably prove good investâ€" ments. Out of the dozens of new | creeks which have heen discovered, and indiscriminately staked this year, only two or three are worthy of mention as ‘probably being good. They are notahâ€" ‘ly Sulphur and Dominion creeks. The | values of claims on these two gulches are rapidly increasing. f EXPENSE OF WORKING. ‘ "The erxpenses of working mines here are very great. On some of the richâ€" cest claims it has cost more to take the gold out than its value. This happenâ€" ed on Eldorado and Ronanza creeks last \ summer, under good management, by fesperianved miners. The reports which ‘hnve appeared in the papers outside \have been very misleading. Men who |have gone out with a few bundreds are ‘reported to have ten times as many thousands ; claims from which $50) pans are said to have been taken, and w hich ‘were reported to average from 855 to $7 to the pan, and were computed to contain $4.000,000, did not show any such richness when the dumps were ‘ sluiced. _ An old miner who las winter worked a lay on one of the richest vlaims on the Eldorado, and who got as high as $30 to the p=u. did not make as much money as be would have done had be worked for wages at $15 per day for the same time. This was owâ€" ing to the large amount of waste dirt that had to be handled to get out the thin, rich pay streak,. _ A considerable \number of prospectors have already left mines, near Circle® City. here, and many more say that they will leave in the spring and prospect in , Alaska. _ Little or no prospecting for ‘"New gold fields are now Leing exâ€" tensively prospected and worked in Alaska. They are situated on Minook creek. a tributary of the Yukon, near the lower ramparts. last reports from there are that the diggings are good, and far superior io the Birch Creek WHAT SHE WORE, The famous woman, Annie 8. Peck, who has been noted as having scaled the Matterborn and broke the record on Mt. Orizaba, going ®,800 feet into the clouds, wore flannel undergarâ€" ments, a waist of serge, a woolen sweater, knickerbockers and leggings of sage green duck canvas, which she made herself. She wore the heaviest kind of winter boots, and a shoemaker in Bwitzerland put an extra piece of heavy leather over the whole lower part of the shoes, toes and heels, and then nearly covered them with nails. In many of hber trips she has worn furâ€" topped gloves, but for the Matterborn she wore woolen mittems. A substanâ€" tial canvas hat, tied on with ribbon, and veil, as well as smoked glassces, complete her outfit., She takes preâ€" caution to put cold cream on her face before facing the severe weather. ‘‘IT‘wo or three colors of gold to the pan seem to be quite sufficient to cause a stampede. Men rush off with neither pick. shove! or pan, stake a claim, drop a few colors from their gold sacks on the ground, and then go to the recordâ€" ing office and swear that they have discovered on the claim staked a deâ€" posit of gold. These claims the stakers hope to sell on the outaide for large fig= ures. RETRLBUTION. [