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 7,,secundus7    ,,no4 #de4--,,vol4 ,i4 
,,saturday1 ,,november #h1 #ahhd4       
,,price #a;d4          ,,the ,,story    
,,of ,a ,,vast ,,explosion4      ,the   
greatest physical convulsion of recent  
times occurred on the  morning of the   
#bgth of ,august last year1 the scene of
 the catastrophe  being a small island  
in the ,sunda ,straits1 which separate  
,sumatra and  ,java4 ,it is a region    
which there is much reason to regard as 
one of the  intensest foci of volcanic  
activity on the earth's surface4 ,the   
main  facts connected with this event1  
although slow in coming to hand1 are    
now fairly within the records of        
science4 ,krakatoa1 the volcanic island 
which a year or two ago was seven miles 
long by five broad1 is about  thirty    

miles from the ,java coast4 ,when       
surveyed in #ahfh-fi1 the island  was   
found to be clothed from base to summit 
with a luxuriant growth of  forest and  
tropical vegetation1 but uninhabited4 ,a
 few weeks prior to  the eruption1 the  
volcano1 which had been dormant for two 
centuries1  gave signs of an awakening4 
,on the #bjth of ,may several shocks1   
accompanied by loud explosions and      
hollow reverberations1 startled the     
inhabitants of the towns of ,batavia and
 ,buitenzorg1 about ninety miles        
distant4#a ,these disturbances continued
 for the next three months with  more or
 less activity4 ,on the #aath and #ahth 
of ,august the energy of the  volcano   
increased1 and there were symptoms of a 
crisis4 ,on the #bfth and  the night    
following1 several eruptions took place1
 until the climax was  reached on the   
following morning4 ,the submarine base  
of the mountain  then seems1 according  
to all available evidence1 to have      
literally  #8caved in4' ,this was       

apparently accompanied by an influx of  
the sea  into the molten interior1 the  
instantaneous development of superheated
  steam1 and then an explosion which1   
for its colossal energy1 is             
unparalleled in the annals of volcanic  
outbreaks4    ,the enormous power of    
this eruption can only be adequately    
understood  by its effects2 these we now
 briefly summarise4 ,the explosion      
itself1  according to ,dr ,verbeek1 one 
of the ,dutch ,commission appointed to  
investigate the nature and results of   
this catastrophe1 caused the  north part
 of the island to be blown away1 and to 
fall eight miles to  the north1 forming 
what is now named ,steer's ,island4     
,moreover1 the  north-east portion of   
the island of ,krakatoa was also hurled 
into the  air1 passed over ,lang        
,island1 and fell at a distance of seven
 miles1  forming what is now known as   
,calmeyer ,island4 ,in proof of this1 we
 have  the fact elicited by the newly   
made marine survey of the ,straits1 that

  #8the bottom surrounding these new    
islands has not risen4' ,this would     
have been the case had they been        
upheaved in the usual way4 ,not only    
so1 but the bottom round these new      
islands shows a slightly increased      
depth in the direction of the submarine 
pit1 nearly one thousand feet  deep1    
which now marks the place the peak of   
,krakatoa occupied prior  to the        
convulsion4 ,but out of the midst of    
this deep depression there  rises #8like
 a gigantic club' a remarkable column of
 rock of an area  not more than         
thirty-three square feet1 which projects
 sixteen feet  above the surface of the 
sea4 ,the southern part is all that is  
now left  of the island of ,krakatoa1   
and this fragment on its north side is  
now  bounded by a magnificent           
precipitous cliff more than two thousand
 five  hundred feet high4 ,it has been  
thought by some1 however1 that the first
  portion of the island was blown away  
on the evening of ,august #bfth1 and    

that on the following morning the larger
 mass1 answering to ,calmeyer  ,island1 
was shot out by an effort still more    
titanic4    ,the shock of the explosion 
was felt at a distance of four thousand 
miles1 being equal to an area of        
one-sixth of the earth's surface--that  
is1 at ,burmah1 ,ceylon and the ,andaman
 ,islands to the north-west1 in  some   
parts of ,india1 at ,saigon and ,manila 
to the north1 at ,dorey in  the         
,geelvink ,bay 7,new ,guinea7 to the    
east1 and throughout ,northern          
,australia to the south-west4 ,lloyd's  
agents at ,batavia1 in ,java1 stated    
that on the eve of this vast explosion1 
the detonations #8grew louder1  till in 
the early morning the reports and       
concussions were simply  deafening1 not 
to say alarming4' ,so violent were the  
air-waves1 due to  this cause1 that     
walls were rent by them at a distance of
 five hundred  miles1 and so great the  
volume of smoke and ashes1 that         
,batavia1 eighty  miles off1 was        

shrouded in complete darkness for two   
hours4 ,nearly four  months after the   
eruption1 masses of floating pumice1    
each several  acres in extent1 were seen
 in the ,straits of ,sunda4             
,paradoxical as it appears1 the sound   
was sometimes better heard in  distant  
places than in those nearer the seat of 
disturbance4 ,this  singular effect has 
been thus explained--assuming1 for      
example1 the  presence of a thick cloud 
of ashes between ,krakatoa and ,anjer1  
this  would act on the sound-waves like 
a thick soft cushion2 along and above   
such an ash-cloud the sound would be    
very easily propelled to more  remote   
places1 for instance1 ,batavia2 whereas 
at ,anjer1 close behind  the ash-cloud1 
no sounds1 or only faint ones1 would be 
heard4 ,other  explanations seem to be  
less probable1 though not impossible4   
,dr ,verbeek states that within a circle
 of nine and a-half miles'  radius      
7fifteen kilomtres7 from the mountain1  
the layers of volcanic  ash cover the   

ground to a depth of from sixty-five to 
one hundred  and thirty feet1 and at the
 back of the island the thickness of the
  ash-mountains is in some places even  
from one hundred and ninety-five  to two
 hundred and sixty feet1 and that the   
matter so projected  extends over a     
known area of seven hundred and fifty   
thousand square  kilomtres 7#bhe1agj    
square miles71 or a space larger than   
the ,german  ,empire with the           
,netherlands and ,belgium1 including    
,denmark and ,iceland1  or nearly       
twenty-one times the size of the        
,netherlands4 ,moreover1 he  calculates 
that the quantity of solid substance    
ejected by the volcano  was eighteen    
cubic kilomtres1 or #d4ad cubic miles4  
,to give some  idea of the enormous     
volume this represents1 we may take the 
following  illustration3 the largest of 
the ,egyptian pyramids has upwards of   
eighty-two millions of cubic feet of    
masonry2 it would therefore take  about 
seven thousand three hundred and sixty  

of such structures to  equal the bulk of
 matter thrown out by this eruption4    
,some of this  matter was found to      
contain smooth round balls from         
five-eighths to two  and a-quarter      
inches in diameter1 and composed of     
fifty-five per cent4  of carbonate of   
lime4    ,as may well be imagined1 the  
final outburst by its awful energy gave 
rise to a succession of air-waves4      
,these we now know went round the  earth
 more than once1 and recorded themselves
 on the registering  barometers or      
barograms at the ,mauritius1 ,berlin1   
,rome1 ,st ,petersburg1  ,valencia1     
,coimbra 7,portugal71 and other         
far-distant places4 ,at  some points1 as
 many as seven such disturbances were   
noted2 other  instruments not so        
sensitive gave evidence of five1 by     
which time the  wave had pretty well    
spent itself4    ,having collected the  
observations made at all the chief      
meteorological  stations1 ,general      
,strachey recently read a paper before  

the ,royal  ,society which1 in his      
opinion1 conclusively shows that an     
immense  air-wave started from ,krakatoa
 at about thirty minutes past nine      
,a4,m4  on ,august #bgth4 ,spreading    
from this common centre1 the wave went  
three  and a-quarter times round the    
globe1 and those parts of it which had  
travelled in opposite directions passed 
through one another #8somewhere  in the 
antipodes of ,java4' ,the velocity of   
the arial undulations  which travelled  
from east to west was calculated at six 
hundred and  seventy-four miles per     
hour1 those moving in the reverse       
direction at  seven hundred and six     
miles per hour1 or nearly the velocity  
of sound4    ,but another effect of the 
eruption was a series of #8tidal waves1'
  so called--although the term is       
objected to because not strictly        
scientific--which1 like the air-wave1   
passed round the world4 ,whether  this  
was synchronous with the final          
explosion1 it is not possible to  say4  

,the highest of these seismic sea-waves1
 which was over one hundred  feet high1 
swept the shores on either side of the  
,straits1 and wrought  terrible         
destruction to life and property4 ,more 
than thirty-five  thousand persons      
perished through it2 the greater part of
 the district  of ,north ,bantam was    
destroyed1 the towns of ,anjer1 ,merak1 
,tjeringin1  and others being           
overwhelmed4    ,the initial movement of
 this destructive agent was undoubtedly 
of the  nature of a negative wave2 but  
the best testimony to this is lost1     
since those who witnessed it were its   
victims4 ,the sudden subsidence  of so  
large an area of the sea-bottom in the  
,straits caused the sea to  recede from 
the neighbouring shores4 ,this negative 
wave was1 however1  seen by ,captain    
,ferrat from his vessel1 as she lay at  
anchor at ,port  ,louis4 ,he states that
 towards two ,p4,m4 he saw the water in 
the harbour  roll back and suddenly fall
 four or five feet2 and that1 a quarter 

of  an hour afterwards1 the sea returned
 with great violence to its former      
level1 causing his own and other vessels
 to roll terribly4 ,the best  witness of
 this remarkable phenomenon1 however1 is
 ,captain ,watson1 of  the ,british ship
 ,charles ,ball4 ,his vessel was        
actually within the  ,straits1 and he   
states that he and his helmsman #8saw a 
wave rush right  on to ,button ,island1 
apparently sweeping right over the south
 part1 and  rising half-way up to the   
north and east sides fifty or sixty     
feet1  and then continuing on to the    
,java shore4 ,this was evidently a wave 
of  translation and not of progression1 
for it was not felt at the ship4'  ,this
 latter movement1 beyond question1 must 
have coincided with the  great #8tidal  
wave' above mentioned1 and which was    
felt at ,aden1 on the  ,ceylon coast1   
,port ,blair1 ,nagapatam1 ,port         
,elizabeth1 ,kurrachee1 ,bombay1  and   
half-way up to ,calcutta on the         
,hooghly1 the north-west coast of       

,australia1 ,honolulu1 ,kadiall in      
,alaska1 ,san ,celeto near ,san         
,francisco1  and the east coast of ,new 
,zealand4    ,in this as in most other  
cases of volcanic disturbance1          
electrical  phenomena were observed4    
,one vessel in particular1 while passing
  through the ,sunda ,straits1 exhibited
 #8balls of fire' at her masthead  and  
at the extremities of her yardarms4     
,further1 it was noticed at  the        
,oriental ,telephone ,station1          
,singapore1 a place five hundred miles  
from ,krakatoa1 that on raising the     
receiving instrument to the ears1 a     
perfect roar as of a waterfall was      
heard2 and by shouting at the top  of   
one's voice1 the clerk at the other end 
of the wire was able just  to hear      
something like articulation1 but not a  
single sentence could  be understood4   
,on the line to ,ishore1 which includes 
a submarine cable  about a mile long1   
reports like pistol-shots were heard4   
,these noises  were considered due to a 

disturbance of the earth's magnetic     
field1  caused by the explosion1 and    
reacting on the wires of the telephone4 
,we have now to refer to what has been a
 much debated question4 ,from  about    
,september to the beginning of the      
present year1 remarkable  coronal       
appearances and sunglows were noticed in
 different parts of  the world1 and     
especially the somewhat rare phenomena  
of red1 green1  and blue suns4          
,observers such as ,norman ,lockyer1 ,dr
 ,meldrum1 and  ,helmholtz maintained   
that the phenomena were due to volcanic 
dust at  a great altitude2 others1 and  
notably meteorologists1 rejected this   
hypothesis1 and urged that the coloured 
suns were due to unusually  favourable  
atmospheric conditions1 such colours    
being probably due  to the refraction   
and reflection of light by watery       
vapours4 ,but the  theory that volcanic 
dust caused these appearances is fast   
gaining  ground1 if it be not already an
 incontrovertible fact4 ,the            

spectroscope  has shown that dust of    
almost microscopic fineness floating in 
the air  caused the sun to appear red4  
,such dust has already fallen1 and the  
microscope reveals the existence in it  
of salt particles4 ,this1 then1  is     
fairly conclusive evidence of the       
volcanic origin of such dust4 ,that  ash
 particles were actually carried very   
far in the upper air-currents1  has     
already appeared from snow which fell in
 ,spain and rain in ,holland1  in which 
the same components were found as in the
 ,krakatoa ashes4  ,dr ,verbeek         
estimates that the height to which this 
fine matter was  projected #8may very   
well have reached' forty-five to sixty  
thousand  feet4    ,in a letter         
addressed to the ,midland ,naturalist by
 ,mr ,clement ,wragge1  of ,torrens     
,observatory1 ,adelaide1 ,south         
,australia1 and dated ,july #ag1  #ahhd1
 the writer remarks that recently1 when 
there were magnificent  sunsets1 he     
obtained #8a perfectly sharp1 clean     

spectrum without a trace  of            
vapour-bands4' ,and further1 he is      
strongly of opinion that the  ,krakatoa 
eruption is the primary cause of these  
wondrous pictures in  the ,kosmos4      
,there can now be little doubt but that 
the green and blue suns and  exceptional
 sunsets observed in ,europe1 ,india1   
,africa1 ,north and ,south  ,america1   
,japan1 and ,australia1 were due to the 
,krakatoa eruption4 ,the  enormous      
volume of volcanic dust and steam shot  
up into the higher  atmospheric zones by
 this convulsion are adequate to furnish
 the  chromatic effects above mentioned4
    ,but we have better evidence still3 
these peculiar solar effects  followed a
 tolerably straight course to one which 
was in fact chiefly  confined to a      
narrow belt near the equator2 the data  
now collected show  that on the second  
day after the eruption they appeared on 
the east  coast of ,africa1 on the third
 day on the ,gold ,coast1 at ,trinidad  
on the  sixth1 and at ,honolulu the     

ninth day4 ,finally1 in a paper read by 
,dr  ,douglas ,archibald at the late    
,british ,association meeting at        
,montreal1  it was stated that          
#8observations showed that the dates of 
the sunglows  began earlier in ,java1   
then apparently spread gradually away1  
the  dust being so high as to be in the 
upper currents1 of which we know        
little4 ,these sunset glows were not    
seen before the eruption4444 ,the  dust 
appeared to have travelled at a uniform 
rate1 over two thousand  miles daily4'  
#8,the topic1' says ,mr ,s4 ,e4 ,bishop1
 writing from  ,honolulu1 #8is an       
endless one4 ,many ask what is the cause
 of frequent  revivals of the red glows1
 such as the very fine one of ,august   
#ai4 ,it  seems merely to show an       
irregular distribution of the vast      
clouds of  thin ,krakatoa haze still    
lingering in the upper atmosphere4 ,they
 drift  about1 giving us sometimes more1
 sometimes less1 of their presence4  ,it
 is also not unlikely that in varying   

hygrometric conditions the  minute      
dust-particles become nuclei for ice    
crystals of varying size4  ,this would  
greatly vary their reflecting power1 and
 accords with some  observations of ,mr 
,c4 ,j4 ,lyons1 showing that the amount 
of red glow  varies according to the    
prevalence of certain winds4' ,further  
facts are  coming to hand respecting    
this great natural convulsion4          
,,footnotes3    #a ,the eruption of ,may
 was noticed in a previous article      
7,nov4 #bd1  #ahhc74          ,,by      
,,mead ,,and ,,stream4      ,,chapter   
,,lv4--,,sweet ,,are ,,the ,,uses ,,of  
,,adversity4    ,soon after reading ,mr 
,shield's letter1 ,madge walked to      
,ringsford with  ,pansy4 ,there had been
 a thaw during the night1 and the       
meadows and the  ploughed lands were    
transformed into sheets of dirty gray1  
dirty blue1  and reddish slush1         
according to the character of the soil1 
dotted with  patches of snow like the   
ghosts of islets in a lake of puddle4   

,but the  red sun had a frosty veil on  
his face2 by-and-by this puddle would be
  glazed with ice1 and the heavy drops  
of melting snow which were falling      
slowly from the trees would become      
glittering crystal pendants to their    
branches4    ,the two girls1 their      
cheeks tingling with the bite of the    
east  wind1 tramped bravely through the 
slush1 with no greater sense of         
inconvenience than was caused by the    
fact that they would be obliged to      
perform the journey by the road instead 
of taking the short-cut through  the    
,forest4    ,they spoke little1 for each
 was occupied with her own troublous    
thoughts2 ,pansy did not know much of   
the sources of her friend's  anxieties1 
and ,madge had already exhausted the    
consolation she could  offer to her     
companion4 ,on arriving at ,ringsford   
they found ,sam ,culver  attending to   
his plants and greenhouses as           
methodically as if the  mansion stood as
 sound as ever it had done and the daily

 supply of  fruit and flowers would be  
required as usual4    ,madge left ,pansy
 with her father1 and went on to the    
cottage4 ,in the  kitchen she found     
,miss ,hadleigh fast asleep in the      
gardener's big  armchair4 ,she would    
have left the room without disturbing   
her1 but at  that moment ,miss ,hadleigh
 yawned and awakened4    #8,don't go    
away2 ,i am not sleeping4--,oh1 it's    
you1 ,madge4 ,isn't this a  dreadful    
state of things8 ,i haven't had a wink  
of sleep for two nights1  and feel as if
 ,i should drop on the floor in         
hysterics or go off into a  fever4'     
,miss ,hadleigh had been relieved by a  
good many #8winks' during the  period   
specified1 although1 like many other    
nurses1 she was convinced  that she had 
not closed her eyes all the time4 ,madge
 accepted the  assertion literally1 and 
was instantly all eagerness to relieve  
her4    #8,you must get away to         
,willowmere at once1 and take a proper  
rest4 ,you  are not to refuse1 for ,i   

will take your place here and do        
whatever may  be required4 ,you are     
looking so ill1 ,beatrice1 that ,i am   
sure ,philip  and--somebody else would  
consider me an unfeeling creature if ,i 
allowed  you to stay any longer4'       
#8,but it is my duty to stay1 dear1'    
said ,miss ,hadleigh a little faintly1  
for she did not like to hear that she   
was looking ill4    #8,and it is my duty
 to relieve you4 ,besides1 ,dr ,joy has 
given us some  hope that it may be safe 
to remove your father to our house      
to-day2 and  then you will be there1    
refreshed and ready to receive him4'    
#8,i suppose you are right--,i am not   
fit for much at present1' said ,miss    
,hadleigh languidly2 #8and you can do   
everything for him a great deal  better 
than ,i can4 ,but ,i must wait till     
,philip comes--he promised to be  here  
early4'    #8,you have heard from him1  
then8'    #8,heard from him6--he was    
here last night as soon as he could get 
away  from that nasty business he has   

been swindled into by our nice ,uncle   
,shield4 ,he ought to have taken poor   
papa's advice at the beginning1 and     
have had nothing to do with him4'       
,this was uttered so spitefully1 that it
 seemed as if there were an             
undercurrent of satisfaction in the     
young lady's mind at finding that  the  
rich uncle who would only acknowledge   
one member of the family1 had  turned   
out a deceiver4    ,madge was astonished
 and chagrined by the information that  
,philip had  been out on the previous   
evening and had made no sign to her2 but
 in  the prospect of seeing him soon1   
she put the chagrin aside1 remembering  
how harassed he was at this juncture in 
his affairs4 ,there should  be no silly 
lovers' quarrel between them1 if she    
could help it4 ,she  would take the     
plain1 commonplace view of the position1
 and make every  allowance for any      
eccentricity he might display4 ,she     
would help him in  spite of himself1 by 
showing that no alteration of           

circumstances could  alter her love1 and
 that she was ready to wait for him all 
her life if  she could not serve him in 
any other way4 ,to be sure1 he had said 
the  engagement was at an end2 and      
,uncle ,dick had not yet said that it   
was  to stand good4 ,but she loved      
,philip3 her life was his1 and          
misfortune  ought to draw them nearer to
 one another than all the glories of    
success--than all the riches in the     
world4    ,when he came1 there was no   
sign of astonishment at her presence in 
the  temporary refuge of his father3 he 
seemed to accept it as a matter of      
course that she should be there4        
,neither was there any sign that he     
remembered the manner in which they had 
last parted4 ,to her anxious  eyes he   
seemed to have grown suddenly very old4 
,the frank joyous voice  was hushed into
 a low grave whisper2 the cheeks and    
eyes were sunken2  and there was in his 
manner a cold self-possession that      
chilled her4  ,yet something in the     

touch of his hand reassured her3 love   
was still  in his heart1 although the   
careless youth1 full of bright dreams   
and  fancies1 was changed into the man1 
who1 through loss and suffering1 had    
come to realise the stern realities of  
life4    ,they were for a time prevented
 from speaking together in private      
because the doctors had arrived only a  
few minutes before ,philip1 and  he     
waited to hear their report4 ,dr ,joy   
came out of the invalid's room  with an 
expression which was serious but        
confident4    #8,our patient goes on    
admirably1' he said4 #8,you need have no
 fear of  any immediate danger2 and in  
six months there will be only a few     
scars  to show the danger he has passed 
through4 ,i am to stay here for a       
couple of hours1 and then ,i shall know 
whether or not we can move him  to      
,willowmere4 ,by that time1 too1 ,i     
expect the ambulance we wrote for  last 
night will be here4--,and you1 ,miss    
,hadleigh1 you really must take  rest4  

,i insist upon it4 ,you will not make   
your father better by making  yourself  
ill4 ,go and get to bed4 ,philip and    
,miss ,heathcote will do  everything    
that is necessary1 and ,i shall be their
 overseer4'    ,philip went to the      
stables to tell ,toomey to bring the    
carriage  round for his sister4 ,as he  
was crossing the little green on his way
  back to the cottage1 ,madge met him4  
,although he had not observed her       
approaching1 his head being bowed and   
eyes fixed on the ground1 he  took the  
outstretched hands without any sign of  
surprise1 without any  indication that  
he understood the cruel significance of 
the #8good-bye'  which had caused them  
both so much pain4 ,whatever hesitation 
she might  have felt as to the course   
she was to pursue was removed by his    
first  words4    #8,you want to speak to
 me1 ,madge1' he said in a tone of      
gentle gravity2  and then with a faint  
smile3 #8,i am better than when you saw 
me last1  for ,i am free from suspense4 

,my position is clear to me now1 and ,i 
feel that a man is more at ease when the
 final blow falls and strikes  him down1
 than he can be whilst he is struggling 
vainly for the goal  he has not strength
 enough to reach4 ,it is a great relief 
to know that  we are beaten and to be   
able to own it4 ,then there is a        
possibility of  plodding on to the end  
without much pain4'    ,she was as much 
alarmed by this absolute surrender to   
adversity as she  had been by the       
strange humour which had prompted him to
 say that she  was free4    #8,yes1     
,philip1 ,i want to speak to you1' she  
said tenderly1 and a  spasmodic movement
 of the hand which grasped hers1        
signified that the  electric current of 
affection was not yet broken4 ,she went 
on the more  earnestly3 #8,i am not     
going to think about the foolish things 
you have  said to me3 ,i am going to ask
 you to give me your confidence--to tell
 me  everything that has happened during
 the last two days4 ,tell it to me1  if 

you like1 as to your friend4'           
#8,always my friend1' he muttered1      
bending forward as if to kiss her  brow1
 and then drawing slowly back1 like one 
who checks himself in the  commission of
 some error4    #8,always your friend1' 
she echoed with emphasis1 #8and         
therefore you  should be able to speak  
freely4'    #8,there is not much to tell
 you4 ,the ruin is more complete than   
even ,i  imagined it to be1 and the     
fault is mine4 ,your friend--,i ought to
 say  our friend--,mr ,beecham has made 
a generous offer for the business1 and1 
with certain modifications1 will allow  
it to be carried on under my            
management4 ,this relieves us from      
immediate difficulties2 and in a  short 
time ,mr ,shield expects to have        
recovered sufficiently from his  recent 
losses to be able to assist me in       
redeeming all that has been  lost4'     
#8,what gladder news could there be than
 this8' she exclaimed with cheeks  aglow
 and brightening eyes2 #8and yet you    

tell it as if it gave you no  pleasure4 
,philip1 ,philip6 this is not like      
you--it is not right to be so           
melancholy when the future is so        
bright4'    #8,is it so bright8 ,are you
 forgetting how long it must be before  
,i can  repay ,mr ,shield8 before'----  
,he was going to say1 #8before ,i can   
ask you to risk your future in mine1    
and what changes may take place         
meanwhile6'    ,the earnest tender eyes 
were fixed upon him1 and they were      
reading his  thoughts1 whilst she       
appeared to be waiting for him to       
complete the  interrupted sentence4 ,she
 saw the colour slowly rising on his    
brow1 and  knew that he was feeling     
ashamed of the doubt implied in his     
thought4    #8,i want to tell you       
something1' she said in her quiet brave 
way1 #8and  ,i hope--no1 ,i believe that
 it will take one disagreeable fancy out
 of  your head4 ,i know that you did not
 mean what you said to me on that       
dreadful evening4'    #8,what else could

 a ruined man say8' 7,this huskily and  
turning his face  aside47    #8,he could
 say that he trusted his friends4 ,even 
,uncle ,dick is angry  with you for     
imagining that your misfortune could    
make any difference  in his feelings    
towards you4 ,and for me1 you ought to  
say 444 but  there1 ,i am not going to  
speak about what you ought to say to me2
 ,i am  only going to tell you what ,i  
shall do4'    ,he looked quickly at her1
 and the eager inquiry on his pale face 
rendered the words #8,what is that8'    
superfluous4    #8,i shall wait until   
you come for me2 and when you come1 ,i  
shall be  ready to go with you where you
 will1 whether you are poor or rich4 ,no
  matter what anybody says--no matter   
what you say1 ,i shall wait4'    #8,o   
,madge6'    ,he could say nothing more2 
the man's soul was in that whisper4     
,their  hands were clasped3 they were   
looking into each other's eyes3 the     
world  seemed to sink away from them2   
and the woman's devotion changed the    

winter into summer1 changed the man's   
ruin into success4    ,he drew her arm  
within his2 and they walked past the    
blackened walls of  the ,manor1 and     
along the paths where they had spent so 
many pleasant  hours during his recovery
 from the accident with the horse1 to   
the  place where he had thrown off the  
doctor's control and got out of the     
wheel-chair4    #8,i am not so sorry now
 for what has happened1' were his first 
words4  #8,it is worth losing everything
 to gain so much4'    #8,but you have   
not lost everything1 ,philip4'    #8,no2
 ,i should say that ,i have won         
everything4 ,i am glad to have saved    
,wrentham from penal servitude1 for his 
frauds have enabled me to  realise the  
greatest of all blessings--the knowledge
 that come what may  you can make me    
happy4'    #8,and ,i am happy too1' she 
said softly1 their arms tightening as   
they  walked on again in silence4       
,by-and-by he lifted his head1 and      
seemed to shake the frost from his      

hair4    #8,the doctor said ,i ought to 
have rest4 ,i have got it from you1     
,madge4  ,i can look straight again at  
the whole botheration--thank you1 my    
darling4' 7,a gentle pressure on his arm
 was the answer1 and he went  on47      
#8,the arrangement offered by ,beecham  
is a very good and kind one1  which will
 enable me in course of time to clear   
myself whilst carrying  out my scheme2  
we can take a small house2 ,mr ,shield  
will live with us1  and we must try to  
make him comfortable4 ,then we need not 
wait for the  end of next harvest1      
unless you still insist'----    #8,no1  
,philip2 when you bid me come to you1 ,i
 am ready4'          ,,cigars4      ,it 
has been abundantly shown by various    
writers that the ,indians of  ,north    
,america as well as elsewhere looked    
upon tobacco as having a  divine origin1
 as being a peculiar and special gift   
designed by the  #8,good ,spirit' for   
their delectation1 and that it held a   
prominent place  in their visions of a  

future life in the #8happy              
hunting-grounds4' ,in  the present day1 
there seems to be an ever increasing    
dependence on--we  might almost say     
slavery to--the plant1 whose soothing   
influences are  called in quest to      
counteract the effects of this          
high-pressure age4  ,there are not a few
 of its devotees who are quite at one   
with ,salvation  ,yeo in ,westward ,ho1 
who1 when speaking of tobacco1 says3    
#8,for when  all things were made1 none 
was made better than this2 to be a lone 
man's companion1 a bachelor's friend1 a 
hungry man's food1 a sad man's  cordial1
 a wakeful man's sleep1 and a chilly    
man's fire4 ,there's no  herb like unto 
it under the canopy of heaven4' ,we do  
not1 however1  propose to discuss the   
opposing views held by the smoker and   
the  anti-smoker1 but intend to restrict
 ourselves to some remarks on the       
manufacture of cigars1 which have been  
suggested by a recent visit to  the     
,west ,indies4    ,of the endless       

varieties of cigars which are met with  
in various  tropical localities1 the    
majority are used for local consumption1
 and  only find their way into ,england 
in very small quantities4 ,the bulk of  
our cigars are either ,havana or        
,manila1 ,european or ,british1 and of  
these it has been computed that         
considerably over two hundred million   
are consumed annually in the ,united    
,kingdom4 ,it is evident1 therefore1    
that the manufacture of this luxury is a
 business of great magnitude1           
irrespective of the other forms of      
tobacco used2 and if we remember  that  
the duty obtained from tobacco of all   
kinds puts nearly nine  millions per    
annum into the national exchequer1 it   
becomes possible to  realise how much   
the comfort and happiness of a large    
number of ,her  ,majesty's subjects     
depend on the products of the tobacco   
crop4    ,an ,havana cigar of a good    
brand is deservedly looked upon as the  
crme  de la crme of cigars2 but1        

unfortunately1 the number of good makers
  as well as the possible production of 
first-class cigars is necessarily       
limited4 ,thus the manufacture of the   
#8,villar y ,villar' brand is stated  to
 be never more than twenty-five thousand
 daily2 while that of #8,henry  ,clays' 
is fully three times as many4 ,for some 
time back there has  been a             
deterioration in ,havanas1 which has    
been variously accounted  for4 ,it is   
asserted that1 from the exhaustive      
nature of the crop1  guano or other     
artificial stimulants are largely used1 
and that the  flavour of the leaf has   
suffered in consequence4 ,besides1 owing
 to the  increasing demand1 tobacco has 
been grown on poor land unsuitable for  
the production of the finest leaf1 and  
even has been largely imported  into    
,cuba for the manufacture of #8genuine' 
,havanas4 ,to those1 however1  who      
cannot afford to buy the best brands1 it
 is satisfactory to know  that a new    
source of supply is being opened up with

 great energy4 ,the  climate and soil of
 some parts of ,jamaica very closely    
resemble those  of ,havana1 and are well
 suited for the growth of the finest    
leaf4 ,as  the ,jamaica planters open up
 their virgin soil1 it is safe to       
predict  that with growing experience   
they will improve in their manufactures1
  while already they produce a cigar    
which compares favourably with any  but 
the best of ,cuban make4    ,british    
cigars1 like all other varieties1 may be
 good1 bad1 or  indifferent4 ,by        
,british we mean cigars manufactured in 
this country  from the imported leaf2   
and as ,english capital can command the 
markets1  there is no reason why the    
best tobacco should not be obtainable   
for  importation4 ,using the same       
quality of leaf1 a cigar can be produced
  in this country at a much lower cost  
than if imported ready made4  ,we       
venture to think1 notwithstanding       
popular prejudice1 that a good  ,british
 cigar is preferable to an inferior     

foreign make4 ,pay a fair  price1 and   
you will get a good article--home made1 
in spite of the  ,spanish labels1 which 
are always used either from affectation 
or in  order to deceive the ignorant4   
,much is heard about adulteration by    
means of cabbage-leaves1 c42 but we     
believe that it is almost unknown  in   
this country4 ,the fact that inferior   
tobaccos are so very cheap  makes fraud 
both unlikely and unnecessary4          
,adulteration1 however1 is  not unknown 
on the continent1 where cigars can be   
obtained six and ten  for a penny2 but  
the duty of five shillings per pound is 
fortunately a  bar to their importation 
into ,great ,britain4 ,it is needless to
 say more  about continental cigars than
 we do about all cheap cigars1 and that 
is  to recommend smokers to avoid them4 
,the manufacture of the finished article
 requires highly skilled  labour1 and   
long practice gives the workman an      
amount of accuracy and  dexterity in    
producing cigar after cigar1 alike in   

shape and size1  with a rapidity that is
 truly wonderful4 ,after the leaves have
 been  properly cured1 they are sorted  
according to size and colour4 ,the      
centre rib is then extracted1 an        
operation requiring great care4 ,each   
workman is seated before a flat board1  
and is supplied with a bunch  of perfect
 leaves and a pile of broken tobacco4   
,with his fingers1 he  quickly rolls up 
some broken pieces1 inclosing them in   
one of the less  perfect leaves1 forming
 what is called #8the bunch4' ,this he  
proceeds to  cover with the wrapper or  
perfect leaf1 which he has already cut  
with  his knife to the required size4   
,the most difficult part of the process 
has now to be completed1 namely1 closing
 in the point4 ,this he does by         
modelling it with his fingers1 quickly  
twisting the wrapper round it1  and     
fixing the end with a drop of gum4 ,with
 one sweep of his knife--his  only      
implement--he trims the broad end1 and  
the cigar is ready to be  carried to the

 drying-room1 afterwards to be sorted   
and packed in boxes4    ,it is easier to
 know a good cigar when you smoke one   
than to describe  the points by which a 
good cigar may be selected4 ,a good     
cigar1  however1 should have a good     
wrapper or exterior2 it should have a   
faint  gloss1 not amounting to          
greasiness1 due to the essential oil    
contained  in it2 and it should have a  
fine hairy #8down' on its surface4 ,in  
addition to this1 it should be firmly   
rolled1 and yet not be hard1 or  it will
 not draw well4 ,when lighted it should 
burn evenly1 and not to  one side2 it   
should carry a two-inch ash without     
endangering your coat1  and if laid     
aside for three or four minutes1 should 
still be alight  when taken up again4   
,it is worth remembering the golden rule
 known to  the lovers of the fragrant   
weed1 namely1 when holding a lighted    
cigar1  always to keep the burning end  
turned upwards1 so that the smoke may   
escape into the air--never downwards1 as

 that causes the smoke to pass  through 
the body of the cigar4    ,in concluding
 these brief remarks1 it may not be     
amiss to say a word  or two about the   
markings which will be found on the     
boxes1 and about  which a good deal of  
ignorance exists4 ,on most boxes there  
are four  distinct markings1 which have 
each their own significance4 ,first     
comes  the brand proper1 which consists 
either of the maker's name or of some   
fancy name adopted by the firm2 such1   
for example1 as ,partagas1 ,villar  y   
,villar1 ,intimidads1 ,henry ,clays1 c4 
,the quality of the tobacco is  next    
indicated by ,flor ,fina1 first quality2
 ,flor1 second quality1 c4  ,various    
names1 such as ,infantes1 ,reinas1      
,imperiales1 c41 are used to  represent 
the size or shape of the cigar4 ,the    
fourth mark gives us an  idea of the    
strength or colour of the tobacco       
contained in the box2 and  for this     
purpose the following terms are         
used--,claro1 ,colorado claro1  ,maduro1

 c4 ,to attempt to give any advice to   
our readers as to the best  brands to   
buy would be beyond the scope of this   
paper4 ,experience will  soon teach them
 what to accept and what to avoid2 what 
suits their  tastes and their pockets1  
and what does not4          ,,one       
,,woman',s ,,history4      ,,chapter    
,,vi4    #8,phew6 ,there's not a breath 
of air in this valley4 ,one had need be 
a  salamander to appreciate a morning   
like this4 ,but what a lovely nook it   
is--eh1 ,mac8 ,quite worth coming       
half-a-dozen miles to see4'    #8,that  
it's very pretty1 ,i'll not attempt to  
deny2 but still'----    #8,by no means  
equal to what you could show us t'other 
side of the  ,border1' said the vicar   
with a twinkle4 #8,that's understood1 of
 course4'    ,the time was the forenoon 
of the day following the evening on     
which  ,madame ,de ,vigne had been so   
startled by the sudden appearance of one
  whom she had every reason to believe  
had died long years before4    ,the     

scene was a small but romantic glen4    
,over the summit of a cliff1 at  the    
upper end of a rocky ravine1 a stream1  
which took its rise among  the stern    
hills that shut in the background1 leapt
 in a cascade of  feathery foam4 ,after 
a fall of some fifteen or twenty feet1  
it reached  a broad1 shallow basin1 in  
which it spread itself out1 as if to    
gather  breath for its second leap1     
which1 however1 was not quite so        
formidable  as its first one4 ,after    
this1 still babbling its own liquid     
music1 it  fretted its way among the    
boulders with which its channel was     
thickly  strewn1 and so1 after a time1  
left the valley behind it2 and then1    
less  noisily1 and lingering lovingly by
 many a quiet pool1 it gradually  crept 
onward to the lake1 in the deep bosom of
 whose dark waters lay  the peace for   
which it seemed to have been craving so 
long4    ,a steep and somewhat rugged   
pathway wound up either side of the glen
 to  the tableland at the summit1       

overhung with trees and shrubs of       
various  kinds1 with a rustic seat      
planted here and there at some specially
  romantic point of view4 ,ferns1       
mosses1 flowers1 and grasses innumerable
  clothed the rocky sides of the ravine 
down almost to the water's  edge4 ,at   
the foot of the glen the stream was     
spanned by a quaint old  bridge1 on     
which the vicar and ,dr ,m#8,murdo were 
now standing4 ,it was  the day of the   
picnic of which ,madame ,de ,vigne had  
made mention to  ,colonel ,woodruffe1   
and the party from the ,palatine had    
driven over  in a couple of wagonettes1 
which1 together with the hampers        
containing  luncheon1 were stationed in 
a shady spot a quarter of a mile lower  
down  the valley4    #8,look1 ,mac1     
look6' exclaimed the vicar1 #8at those  
two speckled darlings  lurking there in 
the shadow of the bridge4 ,i must come  
and try my luck  here one of these      
days4'    #8,you look just a bit        
feckless this morning without your rod  

and basket4'    #8,where was the use of 
bringing them8 ,no trout worth calling a
 trout  would rise on a morning like    
this1 when there's not a cloud in the   
sky as big as one's hand1 and not breeze
 enough to raise a ripple on  the water4
 ,i've brought my hammer instead1 so    
that ,i shan't want for  amusement4 ,ah1
 ,mac1 what a pity it is that you care  
nothing either for  angling or geology6'
    #8,i could not be fashed1 as we used
 to say in the ,north4 ,every man to    
his likes4 ,i've got a treatise in my   
pocket on ,the ,diaphragm and its       
,functions1 just down from ,london1 with
 diagrams and plates4 ,now1 if ,i  can  
only find a shady nook somewhere1 ,i've 
no doubt that ,i shall enjoy  myself    
with my book for the next two or three  
hours quite as much as  you with your   
rod or hammer4'    #8,so that's your    
idea of a picnic1 is it8' ,the question 
came from ,miss  ,gaisford1 who had come
 unperceived upon the two friends as    
they were  leaning over the parapet of  

the bridge4 #8,to bury yourself among   
the  trees1 eh1' she went on1 #8and     
gloat over some dreadful pictures that  
nobody but a doctor could look at       
without shuddering8 ,allow me to tell   
you that you will be permitted to do    
nothing of the kind4 ,you will just  put
 your treatise in your pocket1 and try  
for once to make yourself  sociable4    
,perhaps1 if you try very hard1 you may 
even succeed in making  yourself        
agreeable4'    #8,my poor ,mac6'        
murmured the vicar as he settled his    
spectacles more  firmly on his nose4    
,the doctor said nothing1 but his eyes  
twinkled1 and he pursed up his  lips4   
#8,i have arranged my plans for both of 
you1' said ,miss ,pen with emphasis4    
#8,for both of us6' they exclaimed      
simultaneously4    #8,yes4 ,lady        
,renshaw'----    #8,o-h6' ,it was a     
double groan4    #8,don't interrupt4    
,lady ,renshaw will be here presently4  
,as soon as she  appears on the scene1  
you will take charge of her4 ,i have    

special  reasons for asking you to do   
this1 which ,i cannot now explain4 ,you 
will amuse her1 interest her1 keep her  
out of the way1 and prevent her         
generally from making a nuisance of     
herself to any one but yourselves1  till
 luncheon-time4'    #8,my dear ,pen1'   
began the vicar4    #8,my dear ,miss    
,gaisford1' pleaded the doctor4         
#8,you will do as you are told1 and do  
it without grumbling1' was the  little  
woman's reply as she shook a finger in  
both their faces4 #8,i've  arranged my  
plans for the day1 and ,i can't have    
them interfered with4'    #8,my dear    
,pen1' again persisted the vicar1 in his
 mildest tones1 #8that  your plan is a  
perfectly admirable one1 ,i do not for  
one moment doubt1  only1 as you know    
very well1 ,i am not and never have been
 a ladies'  man1 and that in the company
 of your charming sex ,i'm just as shy  
at fifty-five as ,i was at eighteen4    
,but with ,mac here the case is         
altogether different4 ,all doctors know 

how to please and flatter the  sex--it's
 part of their stock-in-trade1 so that  
,mac would be quite at  home with her   
ladyship2 whereas ,i--well1 the fact is 
,i had made up my  mind to walk as far  
as'----    #8,blackstone ,hollow1'      
interrupted his sister1 #8in order that 
you might  have another look at that big
 trout about which you dream every      
night1  but which you will never succeed
 in catching as long as you live4'      
#8,the traitor6 eh1 ,miss ,penelope8'   
cried the doctor4 #8,this is neither    
more nor less than prevarication--yes1  
sir1 prevarication--there's no  other   
word for it--and you the vicar of a     
parish1 whose example ought to  be a    
shining light to all men6 ,septimus     
,gaisford1 ,i'm ashamed of you6  ,as for
 ,lady ,renshaw'---- ,he ended with a   
snap of his fingers4    #8,neither of   
you is afraid of her4 ,of course not1'  
remarked ,miss  ,penelope4 #8,you would 
scorn to acknowledge that you are afraid
 of any  woman4 ,but why run any risk in

 the matter8 ,why allow her ladyship to 
attack you separately1 when1 by keeping 
together and combining your  forces1 you
 would render your position             
impregnable8'    #8,impregnable6' both  
the gentlemen gasped out4    ,miss      
,gaisford's merry laugh ran up the glen4
 #8,what a pair of delicious1  elderly  
nincompoops you are6' she cried4        
#8,septimus1 you dear old  simpleton1   
haven't you discovered that this woman  
would like nothing  better than to bring
 you to your knees with an offer of     
marriage8'    #8,good gracious1 ,pen6'  
cried the vicar with a start that nearly
 shook  the spectacles off his nose4    
#8,doctor1 did you not see enough of her
 ladyship's tactics last evening  to    
understand that her plan with you is to 
induce you to believe that  she has     
fallen in love with you8 and when one of
 your sex gets the  idea into his head  
that one of our sex is in love with him1
 why1 then1  a little reciprocity of    
sentiment is the almost inevitable      

result4'    #8,the hussy6' exclaimed    
,mac4 #8,i should like her to be laid up
 for a  fortnight and let me have the   
physicking of her6'    #8,i noticed that
 she did press my arm rather more than  
seemed needful1  when we were walking   
last evening by the lake1' remarked the 
vicar4    #8,and ,i remember now that   
she squeezed my hand in a way that      
seemed to  me quite unnecessary1 when   
she bade me good-night on the steps of  
the  hotel4'    #8,gentlemen1 let there 
be no jealousy between you1 ,i beg1'    
said ,miss ,pen  with mock-solemnity4   
#8,if you decline to combine your       
forces1 then make  up your minds which  
of you is to have her ladyship1 and let 
the other  one go and bewail his sorrows
 to the moon4'    #8,by the way1 who is 
,lady ,renshaw8' asked the vicar4 #8,i  
never had the  pleasure of hearing her  
name till yesterday4'    #8,her ladyship
 is the widow of an alderman and        
ex-sheriff of ,london1  who was knighted
 on the occasion of some great event in 

the ,city4 ,her  husband1 who was much  
older than herself1 left her very well  
off when  he died4 ,that pretty girl1   
her niece1 who travels about with her1  
has  no fortune of her own1 and one of  
her ladyship's chief objects in life    
would seem to be to find a rich husband 
for her4 ,at the same time1 from  what  
,i have already seen of her1 it appears 
to me that ,lady ,renshaw  herself would
 by no means object to enter the        
matrimonial state again1  could she only
 find a husband to suit her views4'     
#8,a dangerous woman evidently4 ,we must
 beware of her1 ,mac1' said the  vicar4 
,the doctor shook his head4 #8,my dear  
friend1 your caution doesn't apply  to  
me1' he said4 #8,lady ,renshaw is just  
one of those women that ,i would  not   
think of making my wife1 if she was     
worth her weight in gold4'    ,they had 
begun to stroll slowly forward during   
the last minute or two1  and leaving the
 bridge behind them1 were now presently 
lost to view  down one of the many      

wooded paths which intersected the      
valley in every  direction4    ,but a   
few minutes had passed1 when ,lady      
,renshaw and ,miss ,wynter  appeared1   
advancing slowly in the opposite        
direction4 ,they halted on  the bridge  
as the others had done before them4     
#8,what a sweetly pretty place6'        
exclaimed ,miss ,wynter4 #8,i had no    
idea it  would be half so lovely4 ,i    
could wander about here for a week1'    
adding  under her breath1 #8especially  
if ,i had ,dick to keep me company4'    
#8,pooh6 my dear2 you will have had     
quite enough of it by luncheon-time1'   
responded her aunt1 who had seated      
herself on the low coping of the  bridge
 with her back to the view up the glen4 
#8,i always thought you were an admirer 
of pretty scenery1 aunt4'    #8,so ,i   
am--when in society4 ,but now that we   
are alone1 there's no need  to go into  
ecstasies about it4 ,on a broiling day  
like this1 ,i would  exchange all the   
scenery of the ,lakes for an easy-chair 

in the veranda1  a nice novel1 and the  
music of a band in the distance4' ,then1
 as if  suddenly remembering something1 
she gazed around and said3              
#8,by-the-bye1  what has become of ,mr  
,golightly8'    #8,i saw him strolling  
in this direction a few minutes ago1'   
was the  innocent answer4 #8,i have no  
doubt that he is somewhere about4'      
#8,now that ,archie ,ridsdale has been  
called away1 you will be able to  give  
him the whole of your attention4 ,there 
seem plenty of quiet nooks  about where 
you will be able to get him for a time  
all to yourself4 ,he  certainly seems   
excessively infatuated1 considering how 
short a time he  has known you1 and ,i  
should not be a bit surprised if that   
waterfall  were to lead him on to make  
violent love to you before you are six  
hours older4'    #8,aunt6'    #8,oh1 my 
dear1 ,i've known stranger things than  
that happen4 ,when a  susceptible young 
man and a pretty girl sit and watch a   
waterfall  together1 he is almost sure  

before long to begin squeezing her hand1
  and then what follows is simply a     
question of diplomacy on her part4'     
#8,if--if--in the course of a few       
days--,mr ,golightly were to            
propose8'----    #8,he may do it this   
very day for aught one can tell4 ,he    
seems  infatuated enough for any thing4 
,when he does propose1 you will accept  
him--conditionally4 ,you will take care 
to let him see that you care for  him--a
 little4 ,you have known him for so     
short a time that really you  scarcely  
know your own feelings--c41 c4 ,of      
course1 before finally  making up your  
mind1 we must have some more definite   
information as to  the position and     
prospects of the young man1 and what his
 father the  bishop has in view as      
regards his future4 ,besides1 ,mr       
,archie ,ridsdale  may possibly be back 
in the course of a day or two4'         
#8,but in what way can ,archie's return 
affect me8'    #8,you stupid girl6 have 
,i not already told you that ,sir       

,william is  nearly sure to refuse his  
consent1 and that ,archie's engagement  
with  this ,miss ,loraine may be broken 
off at any moment4 ,then will come your 
opportunity4 ,archie seemed very fond of
 you at one time1 and there's no  reason
 why he should not become fond of you   
again4 ,young men's fancies  are as     
changeable as the wind1 as you ought to 
know quite well by this  time4'         
,bella only shrugged her shoulders and  
sauntered slowly over the bridge4       
,the expression of ,lady ,renshaw's face
 changed the moment she found  herself  
alone1 and her thoughts reverted to a   
topic over which they had  busied       
themselves earlier in the day4    #8,so 
this high and mighty ,madame ,de        
,vigne--this person whom nobody  seems  
to know anything about--could not       
condescend to come in the same          
wagonette with us poor mortals6 ,she and
 her sister must follow in a  carriage  
by themselves1 forsooth6 ,last evening1 
when we got back from  the lake1 she had

 retired for the night2 this morning1   
she breakfasted  in her own room4 ,i    
feel more convinced than ever that      
there's some  mystery about her4 ,if ,i 
could but find out what it is6 ,of      
course1 in  such a case it would become 
my duty at once to communicate with ,sir
  ,william4'    ,miss ,wynter came back 
over the bridge1 but much more quickly  
than she  had gone4 #8,oh1 look1 aunt6' 
she exclaimed2 #8,i declare there's     
,d---- ,i  mean ,mr ,golightly1 standing
 yonder1 gazing at the water1 and all   
alone4'    ,lady ,renshaw took a survey 
of the young man through her glasses4   
,feeling safe in his disguise1 ,richard 
had now discarded some portions  of the 
clerical-looking costume he had worn    
yesterday1 and was attired  this morning
 more after the style of an ordinary    
tourist4    #8,you had better stroll    
gently along in the same direction1'    
remarked  her ladyship4 #8,poor young   
man1 he looks very lonely6'    #8,but ,i
 can't leave you alone1 aunt4'          

#8,never mind about me4 ,besides1 ,i see
 that dear vicar and ,dr ,m#8,murdo     
coming this way4'    ,lady ,renshaw     
turned to greet ,miss ,gaisford and the 
two gentlemen1 who  were still a little 
distance off4    #8,here they come4 ,to 
which of my two admirers shall ,i devote
 myself  to-day8' she simpered4 #8,why  
not endeavour to play one off against   
the  other1 and so excite a little      
jealousy8 ,it is so nice to make the men
  jealous4 ,poor dear ,sir ,timothy     
never would be jealous2 but then he was 
so very stupid6'    ,miss ,gaisford was 
the first to speak4 #8,we were just     
wondering what had  become of you1 ,lady
 ,renshaw4'    #8,i lingered here to    
drink in this fairy scene4 ,it is indeed
 too1 too  exquisitely beautiful4'      
#8,if they would only turn on a little  
more water at the top of the cliff  it  
would be an improvement1' answered ,miss
 ,pen4--#8,septimus1 you might  inquire 
whether they can't arrange it specially 
for us to-day4'    #8,my dear6'         

protested the vicar with mild-eyed      
amazement4    #8,maybe1 like myself1'   
remarked the doctor1 #8your ladyship is 
a  worshipper of beautiful scenery8'    
#8,o yes4 ,i dote on it--,i revel in it4
 ,after ,i lost poor dear ,sir ,timothy1
  ,i went to ,switzerland1 in the hope  
of being able to distract my mind by    
travel4 ,those darling ,alps1 ,i shall  
always feel grateful to them6'          
#8,what did the ,alps do for you1 ,lady 
,renshaw8' queried ,miss ,pen with the  
utmost gravity4    #8,they gave me back 
my peace of mind2 they poured           
consolation into my  lacerated heart4'  
#8,very kind of them--very kind indeed1'
 answered ,miss ,pen drily4    ,lady    
,renshaw threw a quick1 suspicious      
glance at her4 #8,what a very  strange  
person6' she murmured4 ,the vicar's     
sister was a puzzle to her4  ,it could  
not be that she was covertly making fun 
of her1 ,lady ,renshaw6  ,no2 the idea  
was too preposterous4    ,dr ,mac had   
not gone about for fifty years with his 

eyes shut4 ,he  had discovered that many
 persons1 both male and female1 who     
plume  themselves on their knowledge of 
the world and their shrewdness in       
dealing with the common affairs of life1
 are yet as susceptible to  flattery1   
even of the most fulsome kind1 and just 
as liable to be  led away by it into the
 regions of foolishness1 as their far   
less  sophisticated fellow-mortals4     
,what if this woman1 with all her       
worldly-mindedness and calculating      
selfishness1 were one of those          
individuals who may be dexterously led  
by the nose and persuaded to  dance to  
any tune so long as their ears are      
judiciously tickled8 ,a  peculiar gleam 
came into the doctor's eyes as these    
thoughts passed  through his mind4 ,he  
cleared his voice and turned to her     
ladyship4    #8,it appears to me1 ,lady 
,renshaw1' he began1 #8speaking from a  
professional point of view1 that you are
 gifted with one of those               
highly-strung1 super-sensitive1 and     

poetical organisations which  render    
those who possess them peculiarly       
susceptible to all beautiful  influences
 whether of nature or of art4 ,hem4'    
#8,how thoroughly you understand me1 ,dr
 ,m#8,murdo6' responded her ladyship1   
beaming on him with one of her broadest 
smiles4    ,the vicar took off his      
spectacles and proceeded to rub them    
vigorously  with his handkerchief4      
#8,mac1 you are nothing better than a   
barefaced  humbug1' he whispered to     
himself4    #8,it would seem only       
natural1 my dear madam1' resumed the    
unblushing  doctor1 #8that a temperament
 such as yours1 which throbs responsive 
to  beauty in all its thousand varied   
forms as readily as an olian harp       
responds to the faintest sigh of the    
summer breeze1 should--should find  an  
outlet for itself in one form or other4 
,have you never1 may ,i ask1  attempted 
to pour out your thick crowding fancies 
in verse8 ,have you  never1 while gazing
 on some such scene as this1 felt as if 

you could  float away on--on the wings  
of ,poesy8 ,have you never1 in brief1   
felt as  if you could only find relief  
by rushing into song8 ,hem4'    ,the    
poor vicar fairly gasped for breath4    
#8,yes1 yes2 that is exactly how ,i have
 felt a thousand times1' gushed  her    
ladyship4 #8,at such moments ,i seem to 
exhale poetry4'    #8,dear me6 rather a 
remarkable phenomenon1' murmured ,miss  
,pen4    #8,i long to be a dryad--or a  
nymph--or one of ,dian's huntresses in  
some  ,arcadian grove of old4'    #8,a  
nymph6 ,hum1' remarked the vicar softly 
to himself4    #8,but ,i have never yet 
ventured to--to'----    #8,gush into    
song1' suggested ,miss ,pen4    #8,to   
attempt to clothe my thoughts in        
rhythmic measures1' went on  her        
ladyship with a little wave of the hand1
 as though deprecating  interruption1   
#8although ,i have often felt an inward 
voice which  impelled me to do so4'     
#8,let me advise you to try1 my dear    
madam1' resumed the doctor with his     

gravest professional air4 #8,if ,i may  
be allowed to say so1 you have the  eye 
of a poet--dreamy1 imaginative1 with a  
sort of far-away gaze in it1  as though 
you were looking at something a long way
 off which nobody but  yourself could   
see4'    #8,ought ,i to listen to these 
things in silence8' asked the vicar of  
himself with a sudden qualm of          
conscience4    #8,you are a great1      
naughty flatterer1 ,dr ,m#8,murdo1' said
 the widow1  shaking a podgy finger     
archly at him4    #8,madam1 that is one 
of the points on which my education has 
been  shamefully neglected4'    ,she    
turned with a smile4 #8,i trust that our
 dear vicar is also a  worshipper of the
 beautiful8'    #8,with ,lady ,renshaw  
before my eyes1 it would be rank heresy 
to doubt  it1' stammered the dear old   
boy with a blush that would have become 
a  lad of eighteen4    #8,pass up one1  
,septimus1' whispered his sister in his 
ear4    #8,if you talk to me in that    
strain1 ,i shall begin to think you a   

very1  very dangerous man1' simpered her
 ladyship4    #8,there's a charming view
 of the lake from an opening in the     
trees a  little farther on1' remarked   
,dr ,mac4 #8,would not your ladyship    
like to  walk as far8'    #8,by all     
means1 though ,i am loath to tear myself
 from this exquisite  spot4'    #8,we   
shall find our way back to it later on4'
    #8,with your permission1 ,i will    
leave you good people for a little      
while1' remarked ,miss ,pen4 #8,i've    
other fish to fry4'    ,her ladyship    
stared4 #8,what an excessively vulgar   
remark6' was her  unspoken thought4     
,miss ,gaisford turned to her4 #8,lady  
,renshaw1 ,i must intrust these two     
young sparks into your hands for a      
time4'    #8,you could not leave us in  
more charming captivity1' remarked the  
gallant doctor4    ,the vicar1 as he    
fingered the hammer in his pocket1      
looked imploringly  at his sister1 but  
she pretended not to see4    #8,au      
revoir1 then1 dear ,miss ,gaisford1'    

said her ladyship in her most  affable  
tones4    #8,au revoir1 au revoir4'     
,as the three went sauntering away1 the 
vicar lagging a little behind  the      
others1 ,miss ,pen heard the doctor say3
 #8,you know the song1 ,lady  ,renshaw1 
,when ,i view those ,scenes so          
charming1' after which nothing  but a   
murmur reached her ears4    ,she turned 
away with a little laugh4 #8,the doctor 
will fool her to  the top of her bent4  
,who would have thought that high-dried 
piece of  buckram had so much quiet fun 
in him8--,and now to look after my      
hampers4  ,if ,i trust to the servants1 
by luncheon-time the ice1 like ,niobe1  
will  have wept itself away1 the        
corkscrew will have taken a ramble on   
its  own account1 the vinegar and salt  
will have gone into housekeeping        
together1 and the mustard will be making
 love to the blanc-mange4 ,my           
reputation is at stake4'                
,,american ,,newspapers ,,on            
,,themselves4      ,it has been fairly  

proved in previous numbers of this      
,journal that  so long as advertising   
continues1 a newspaper can rarely be    
altogether  dull1 for the curiosities of
 the advertisement columns often exhibit
  strange freaks and fancies of human   
nature1 which may afford amusement  when
 the news columns are at their grimmest 
and dreariest4 ,but the  place of all   
others which may be regarded as the     
headquarters of the  advertising genius 
is the land across the ,atlantic1 and   
the papers  which are the medium of the 
greatest enterprise in this line are the
  ,tribunes and ,suns of the ,united    
,states2 and most entertaining of  all  
are the announcements by which the      
,american journals draw attention  to   
their own brilliant pages4 ,an ,english 
newspaper directory is not  very        
attractive1 except to the business      
portion of the community2  but an       
,american publication of the kind is of 
a much more amusing  character2 and in  
two bulky and comprehensive volumes1 an 

indomitable  transatlantic publisher has
 issued a universal gazetteer1 wherein  
the  newspapers of every part of the    
globe may be studied4    ,in the first  
place1 it is enough for an ,english     
paper1 as a rule1 to  state the town and
 county it represents2 but young        
,america must do  more than this1 if    
readers outside her various regions are 
to estimate  the value of her press4    
,jacksonville or ,euteroga must be set  
forth as  indisputably the most thriving
 city in the richest district of the    
most prosperous ,state4 ,magnolia1      
advertisers are #8notified1' is a       
#8flourishing town with more than       
twenty-five business-houses2' ,augusta  
#8is growing and has a bright future2'  
,westfield is #8a thriving town  of     
above a thousand inhabitants1' clearly  
affording scope for a large             
circulation4    ,manchester 7,united    
,states71 we learn1 in a sentence racy  
of the soil1  #8is a large1 live1 and   
growing city1 makes one hundred and     

seventy-nine  miles of cloth per day1   
can build fifteen locomotives a month1  
and  fifty steam fire-engines a year1   
and an endless variety of other         
products of skill and industry4'        
,another rising spot has #8fourteen     
grocery1 three hardware1 and five dry   
goods stores1 four tailor-shops1  six   
butcher-shops1 two banks1 four hotels1  
three grist-mills1 two  stave-factories1
 foundry1 planing-mills1 c41 and six    
churches1 one of  which cost about      
sixteen thousand dollars1 and has a     
spire one hundred  and forty-eight feet 
high4' ,but this edifice is outdone in a
 third town  which #8points with just   
pride to its magnificent iron bridge1   
costing  over forty thousand dollars1   
and other evidences of public           
enterprise4'  ,middle ,loup ,valley is1 
we are told1 #8one of the largest and   
most  productive valleys in the ,state1 
which is from its picturesque scenery   
and fertility of soil poetically called 
the 8,rhine of ,america40'  ,another    

touch of poetry is come across          
unexpectedly3 #8,a belt of fire  from   
thousands of coke ovens surrounds ,mount
 ,pleasant1 the centre of  the great    
,connellsville ,coke ,county1 and the   
place where the ,times and  ,mining     
,journal is published2' and there is a  
rhythmical swing about  the remark that 
the ,honey ,grove ,independent #8is     
published in the land  where cotton     
grows rank and tall1 and where cattle   
grow fat in the  wild prairies4' ,but   
,honey ,grove with its cattle is nothing
 to ,hancock  ,county1 where #8the      
people have become so corpulent1 that   
the druggists  are all becoming         
independently rich from the sale of     
,allen's ,anti-,fat2'  and the ,blue    
,grass ,valley of ,kentucky #8is famous 
all over the world for  its handsome    
women1 thoroughbred horses1 rich soil1  
and fine climate4'    ,to be worthy of a
 land like this1 the newspapers also    
possess rare  attractions for readers   
and advertisers1 the latter especially4 

,they  are #8alive and growing' #8newsy6
 pithy6 spicy6' one is a #8paper for all
  mankind1' another #8overflows with    
local gossip1' and a third #8discusses  
public questions with lively            
respectability1 and feeds its readers   
with  no less than four and often five  
columns of spicy local matter each      
week2' a fourth has #8everything        
first-class2' you can get #8a bright and
  newsy wide-awake local paper1' or #8a 
live thirty-two column weekly2'  and the
 ,eaton ,rapids ,journal will be found1 
appropriately to its  name1 #8a live    
paper in a live town4' ,yet more richly 
descriptive is the  account of the      
#8red-hot local paper that feeds twenty 
thousand people  every week and makes   
them fat2 advertisements can reach      
millions of  hungry minds through this  
medium4' ,again1 we learn that #8,life  
on the  ocean wave is nothing compared  
with reading the ,plymouth ,pantograph4'
  ,the ,sacramento ,bee is #8the        
spiciest1 ablest1 most brilliant1 and   

most independent journal published on   
the ,pacific coast2' while for          
#8talking large1' honourable mention    
should also be accorded to one  of      
,cincinnati's lights1 which is #8the    
best paper ever published4 ,all  its    
news is first-hand from upwards of      
fifteen hundred reporters and           
correspondents in every part of the     
,united ,states and ,europe4'    ,but   
these are mere outward characteristics  
and generalisations4  ,politics denote  
more distinctly the paper's line of     
action1 whether  #8stalwart             
,republican1' #8sound ,democratic1' or  
#8,independent in all  things1 neutral  
in nothing4' ,independence is the cry of
 many2 they are  #8bold and fearless1'  
express a hatred of party1 rings and    
ringsters4  #8,now in its third volume1'
 exults one banner of freedom1 #8and has
  never halted by the way nor wearied of
 the fight4 ,always ready to take  up   
the cause of the poor and oppressed1 and
 never ready to surrender  its          

independence to party1 clique1 or ring4'
 #8,has no axe to grind  other than the 
advancement of every social reform1' a  
second patriot  proclaims4 #8,therefore 
it hits a head whenever that head is    
seen in  opposition to true             
advancement4' ,for the extremes of party
 violence we  must go to a ,southern    
journal1 which does not1 it may well be 
hoped1  #8speak as the masses of our    
people feel and talk2' if it does1 so   
much  the worse for the people4 #8,if   
the ,yankees1' this rodomontade begins1 
#8want to know the real sentiments of   
our people2 if they want to have a      
realising sense of the utter madness of 
trying to govern the grand old          
sovereign ,states of the ,confederacy1  
they will close their ears to the  lying
 professions of our policy-bumming      
politicians and subscribe to  the       
,bartlett ,news4' ,perhaps some such    
rant as that of the ,bartlett  ,news a  
certain ,labor ,standard had in view    
while stating itself to be  #8not a     

blowing1 blustering1 black-mail sheet   
which has to be read in  private because
 its contents are unfit to be seen in   
the family1' but  #8a clean live weekly 
paper1 devoted entirely to the interests
 of the  working-classes4'    ,a ,texan 
organ #8will seek to be a photograph of 
all the resources  and needs of ,texas2 
a mirror of her markets2 a barometer of 
pure  principles1 sound public faith1   
and private honour4 ,democratic1 but    
conservative1 independent and outspoken 
in the exalted interests  of just       
criticism--no panderer to partisan men  
or measures1 whether  right or wrong6'  
,this is independence with a vengeance1 
ahead even of  the gazette which        
#8favours immigration1 morality1 and the
 ,christian  religion2 and unflinchingly
 opposes shams1 rings1 rogues1 and      
enemies  to the people4 ,it exposes     
villainy and crime wherever found1 and  
hence  is read by the more intelligent  
classes of people in the field where it 
circulates4'    ,the conjunction of     

immigration and the ,christian religion 
reminds one  of the much bemourned lady 
who #8painted in water-colours and of   
such  is the kingdom of heaven4' ,but   
there is a still more frank linking     
together of things temporal and         
spiritual in the #8only ,democratic     
out-and-out paper in ,western ,iowa1'   
which sails under the motto1 more       
,yankee than reverent1 #8,fear ,god1    
tell the truth1 and make money2'  the   
editor further announcing that if he    
#8is allowed to live under a            
,republican administration another year1
 he will carry your advertising  at five
 cents per line1 fifty dollars per      
column1 or furnish his paper  for one   
dollar fifty cents per year4'    ,the   
,horseheads ,journal and ,chemung ,co4  
,greenback #8exposes  rascality         
everywhere1 and aims to give something  
to interest and  instruct everybody     
every week1' from which it may be       
surmised that  the ,horseheads ,journal 
and ,chemung ,co4 ,greenback is happier 

in  its object than in its title4 ,many 
of these #8wide-awake and spicy'        
representatives of ,western culture are 
not remarkable for the elegance  of     
their names1 the admixture of ,indian   
and ,american resulting in  some curious
 compounds1 such as the ,petrolea       
,topic1 the ,klickitat  ,sentinel1 the  
,katahdin ,kalendar1 the ,waxahachie    
,enterprise1 and  the ,coshocton ,age4  
,yankee1 pure and simple1 reigns in the 
,weekly  ,blade1 ,jacksonian1           
,biggsville ,clipper1 ,people's         
,telephone1 and  ,new ,haven ,palladium2
 but there is a charm of euphony about  
the ,xenia  ,sunlight and ,golden       
,globe1 and the brevity which may be the
 soul of  wit in the ,call1 ,item1      
,plaindealer1 and ,editor's ,eye4       
,the editors1 as is well known1 come    
much more to the front than is  the case
 in ,england2 they do not remain the    
invisible and mysterious  #8we' of the  
editorial sanctum2 their names are      
frequently advertised  with those of the

 publishers1 occasionally1 indeed1      
accompanied by  a portrait or other     
additional recommendation2 one paper    
#8is edited  by two of the ablest       
newspaper men in the ,state1 and it will
 be hard  to find a better team in the  
editorial harness4' #8,the most         
important  feature1' we learn1 #8of the 
,free ,press is its funny squibs by the 
editor1 8,driftings from ,dreamland10   
which are original and spicy2' and  as  
appropriately named1 surely1 is #8a     
humorous department1 8,tea and          
,toast10' to be found in another print4 
,a ,texas editor offers #8upon          
justifiable encouragement to visit any  
county or city in ,texas or  ,mexico and
 make a statistical 8write-up0 of their 
every interest and  advantage1'         
indicative of lively and reliable       
information for intending  immigrants2  
and a ,highland ,recorder1 with an      
affection for the ,land  o' ,cakes one  
can but sympathise with1 says that      
#8every page breathes of  ,clan-,alpine 

freshness4'    ,great stress is laid    
upon the home-printing of the small     
journals--#8no  patent outside or       
inside2' #8almost every sentence is of  
home  manufacture1 little clipping is   
done2' #8the only paper that does  all  
its work at home1' c4 ,a further        
noticeable feature is the  frequent use 
of certificates and testimonials as to  
circulation from  public and private    
individuals or from contemporary prints1
 or of  self-recommendations such as    
that of the paper which #8has a very    
fine  list of country subscribers1' or  
of the journal #8published by a genuine 
,jayhawker1' which #8goes to every      
post-office in the northern part of  the
 ,state4'    ,it is when we come to the 
direct announcements to advertisers1    
however1 that we get perhaps the        
queerest hints from our ,american       
cousins4 #8,advertising rates cheerfully
 furnished' appears frequently2         
#8,advertisers love it' is a short and  
sweet statement regarding one  paper2   

#8,should be patronised by every live   
advertiser2' #8,advertisers1  do you    
want some return for your money8 ,read  
our inducements1'  say others4 ,then1   
#8,the modesty of the publishers deters 
them from  mentioning the peculiar      
merits of the ,courier as an advertising
  medium'--a modesty rivalled by the    
remark1 #8,rates of advertising so  low 
that we are almost ashamed to announce  
them1' which differs from  the          
standpoint of a third1 #8,advertising   
rates held high enough to  make a living
 for the publisher2' and the latter     
appears upon the  whole to be the more  
general sentiment1 as may be testified  
by #8,don't  send offers under price1'  
#8,we only advertise for money4' ,the   
last  sentence alludes to a species of  
exchange evidently less popular among   
the publishers than with their clients4 
#8,no advertising solicited1'  says the 
,westfield ,pantograph1 #8except for    
cash1 or what may be as  good4 ,no space
 to give away or let at half-price4'    

,more decisive is the  ,calhoun ,pilot1 
which #8is choice in the admission of   
advertisements  in its columns1 and     
those it does admit1 8due bills0 of no  
character  will settle for them4 ,must  
be in hard cash quarterly in advance1   
unless  good references are given4 ,save
 your paper and postage1 ye advertisers 
who have nothing to offer us for our    
space than your wares and due  bills4   
,we don't want 'em4 ,we have a good     
article to retail1 and nothing  but the 
almighty dollar will buy it4 ,but1' adds
 the ,pilot more  amiably1 #8while this 
is strictly our rule1 our rates are low1
 and we  give value received for all the
 lucre you place in our possession4'    
,still more downright is the            
declaration1 #8,no three-cornered patent
  pills1 second-hand clothing1          
skunk-hunting machines1 or hand-organs  
taken in payment for advertising4'      
#8,the ,news publishes no dead  ads41   
and gives no puffs2' #8,no half-cash    
advertisements accepted1 no  swindling  

or bogus patrons wanted4' #8,dead-beat1 
swindling advertisers1'  sarcastically  
announces the ,troy ,free ,press1 #8can 
have their matter  chucked carefully    
into the stove by sending them to our   
office4 ,our  space is for sale1 and    
must be paid for at living rates4' ,but 
there  is encouragement for honest      
advertisers given by a ,clipper-,herald 
through whose columns announcements #8go
 to that class of people who  are honest
 and intelligent and who pay for what   
they get2' and in an  equally           
straightforward assertion elsewhere1 the
 mens conscia recti  of the editor rises
 superior to grammar into the realms of 
wit3 #8,has a  good circulation among a 
prompt-paying class of people--these be 
facts6'    ,facts or not1 there is a    
distinctive character about ,jonathan's 
advertisements equal to some of the     
fiction with which he has supplied  us4 
,,the ,,missing ,,clue4      ,,chapter  
,,iii4--,,the ,,events ,,of ,a ,,night4 
,down-stairs in the public room1 the    

faithful ,derrick is engaged in a       
seemingly interesting conversation with 
mine host ,hobb ,dipping and two  or    
three other jolly good fellows1 who are 
all drinking at his expense4  ,no sign  
yet had the attendant discovered that   
had served to arouse his  suspicions4   
,no word had been spoken which in any   
way showed that the  natives of this    
desolate place were anxious to know more
 about his  master or himself4 ,a       
suspicion of danger often arouses our   
fears and  doubts when there is perhaps 
the smallest occasion for either4 ,the  
honest countrymen troubled themselves   
much less about the matter than  even   
the worthy host1 who was happily        
indifferent to everything but the  fact 
that ,mr ,morton and his servant were   
rare and profitable customers4  ,the    
lumbering knot of labourers at length   
departs1 and mine host locks  and bars  
the door2 while ,derrick1 not a little  
fatigued with the  harassing events of  
the day1 is left standing alone1        

surveying a row of  empty benches which 
the retiring fenmen have just quitted4  
,burly ,hobb  comes back puffing and    
blowing1 his red face glowing like the  
setting  sun1 and his bald skull spotted
 with perspiration through the exertion 
he has undergone in securing the        
strongly built outer door4              
#8,landlord1 ,i'm going to bed1' says   
,derrick1 who has suddenly returned  to 
his original gruffness4    #8,very good1
 sir1' is the reply of the host1 who    
forthwith trims and  lights an atom of a
 lamp which he fishes out of a cupboard 
by the  fireplace4 #8,i hope you will   
sleep well1 sir4'    ,derrick's eyes are
 watching the innkeeper from under his  
beetling  brows1 and he answers gruffly3
 #8,i hope so4'    #8,i've heard it     
said1' goes on the loquacious host1     
#8that a good sleep  is worth a fortune 
to an over-tired man4 ,i see nothing to 
prevent you  sleeping well here1 sir4'  
#8,not much likelihood of being roused  
in the night1 eh8' remarks the          

attendant4    #8,why1 no1 sir1' answers 
,dipping1 wondering what motive his     
guest could  have in asking such a      
question4 #8,there's no one to disturb  
you here1  unless1 indeed1 it be your   
master himself4'    #8,many visitors    
here8' inquired ,derrick1 as old ,hobb  
leads the way up  the dusky1 creaking   
staircase with the flickering lamp in   
his hand4    #8,none at all1 sir1'      
replied the landlord in a melancholy    
tone4 #8,there  never is any one        
here--leastways1 very1 very seldom4 ,i  
haven't had a  visitor stopping in this 
house for a matter of--,i can't rightly 
say  how long2 but ,i know it's a mortal
 long while1 for since my poor wife     
died'----    #8,is this my room8'       
interrupts ,derrick1 as the innkeeper   
halts before a  solid-looking black door
 at the head of the staircase4    #8,it 
is1' answers old ,dipping4 #8,you are   
pretty close to your master1  sir4'     
#8,i know1' is all that the attendant   
deigns to say1 as he pushes open  the   

door and enters with the light1 leaving 
the landlord to stumble  down-stairs in 
the dark as best he may4 ,having        
carefully fastened the  door1 ,derrick  
sets down the light1 and approaches the 
window with the  intention of getting a 
breath of fresh air4 ,the casement is   
somewhat  hard to unfasten1 and when at 
length he succeeds in opening it1 the   
lamp which he has brought is blown out  
under the sudden influence of  a gust of
 air which is admitted4 ,no matter2 he  
does not want it4 ,the  night-breeze is 
cool and refreshing1 a favourable       
contrast to the hot  stifling room      
below1 and ,derrick1 as he leans upon   
the window-ledge1  begins to appear more
 contented and at ease4 ,all afterglow  
of the  twilight has long disappeared1  
and the moon is shining with a sickly   
light upon a low layer of mist which    
covers the marshy flats4 ,above  the    
thin watery fog which has arisen from   
the sluggish stream and  enshrouded the 
village as in a winding-sheet1 the great

 shattered  tower of the monastery rises
 ghostlike and dim1 while the silence of
  the vast solitude is unbroken by a    
single sound4 ,even ,derrick is not     
insensible to the peculiar beauty and   
stillness of the scene1 and he  lounges 
there1 humming a tune1 and watching the 
silvery trickle upon  the watery marsh  
long after mine host has retired to     
rest4 ,at length he  closes the casement
 and divests himself of his heavy boots4
 ,tired as  he is1 he does not attempt  
to remove his clothes4 ,the man had seen
 a  deal of sharp service1 and          
experience had taught him long ago that 
in  cases where he might be wanted at   
any moment1 it were better to sleep  in 
them4 ,he merely places his pistols     
within reach1 and then throwing  himself
 upon the bed1 endeavours to sleep4     
,every one knows what it is to arrive at
 that dreamy state of                   
semi-unconsciousness when the weary     
senses1 failing at once to engage  the  
attentions of the drowsy god1 find a    

sort of relief in a long train  of most 
disconnected thought4 ,it was thus with 
,derrick4 ,the fatigues  of the day had 
proved too much for even that hardy     
individual1 so  that1 instead of falling
 at once into a sound refreshing sleep1 
he  was drowsily conning over the       
different events which had occurred1    
his rambling imagination colouring them 
with a variety of indistinct  pictures  
and incidents4 ,these weird fancies at  
length grew fainter  and fainter1 and   
the attendant was fast sinking into     
slumber1 when  suddenly1 and as it      
seemed without a cause1 he awoke4       
,through the  casement the moon was     
staring down upon him like a pale still 
face1  and the greater part of his      
recumbent person lay bathed in its cold 
light4 ,all was still2 there seemed not 
the slightest reason why he  should be  
thus aroused4 ,the silence was profound1
 and the very beating  of ,derrick's    
heart sounded like a hammer thumping    
time in his head4  ,scarcely knowing    

what he does1 he sits up on the edge of 
his bed and  listens4 ,yes2 he was not  
mistaken1 there seemed to be a faint    
noise  approaching the old inn--a low   
measured tramp4 ,the hammer-like beating
  grows louder as ,derrick1 with every  
nerve strained to the utmost  pitch1    
silently rises and once more opens the  
casement4 ,there can be  no mistake now2
 some persons are approaching2 and in   
that low tramp1  distant as it is1 he   
recognises the marching of a body of    
soldiers4  ,he closes the window softly1
 and taking his heavy riding-boots in   
his  hand1 unfastens the door1 and      
glides softly along the gallery towards 
his master's apartment4 ,owing to the   
pitchy darkness in which the  gallery is
 enveloped1 he experiences some         
difficulty in groping his  way without  
stumbling2 but reaching the further end 
at last1 he feels  his way to his       
master's door and gives the required    
signal4 ,it is  answered with unexpected
 suddenness1 the door being instantly   

thrown  open1 and ,sir ,carnaby         
appearing on the threshold4 ,he is fully
 dressed1  like ,derrick2 he has not    
even removed his outer clothing1 and in 
his  hand is a short broad-bladed knife4
 ,the saddle-bags lie upon the table1   
and a portion of their contents1        
discernible by a dim night-light1 is    
scattered about2 but the black box is   
gone4    ,in a very few words1 the      
trusty henchman explains what is the    
reason  of his coming1 and urges his    
master to hold himself in readiness to  
escape1 should it be necessary4 ,sir    
,carnaby looks at him while he  speaks  
as if he does not quite understand his  
hurried explanation2  but when the      
attendant has finished1 he looks around 
the room with an  anxious air1 and then 
says3 #8,if it be so1 ,derrick1 we must 
get off  somehow as quickly as we can4  
,this window1 ,i think1 looks towards   
the  back of the house4 ,can you not    
manage to descend into the courtyard and
  get out our horses8 ,lead them down   

the bank of the stream towards that     
tall beacon by the dike4 ,you must      
remember the place2 we remarked it as   
we passed the mill on our journey here4'
    #8,i remember the place1 ,sir       
,carnaby2 but ,i am not going to make   
off  there1 and leave you alone here4'  
#8,i shall be safe enough1 ,i tell you1 
,derrick1' said the baronet as he       
hastily motioned to the attendant to go4
 #8,i cannot come yet2 ,i cannot2  it is
 impossible4'    #8,i will wait below1  
then1' is the stubborn reply of his     
servant1 who is  already half out of the
 window4    #8,derrick1' says ,sir      
,carnaby1 laying his hand upon the      
attendant's  shoulder1 #8do what ,i tell
 you4 ,i cannot come now2 and if you    
wait below  for me1 as you say1 we shall
 both be discovered4 ,more lives than   
our  own depend upon your obeying me at 
this moment4 ,go1 as ,i tell you1 and   
wait for me by the beacon2 and ,i will  
join you as soon as ,i possibly  can4'  
,the man clasps his master's hand1 and1 

with something like tears in  his eyes1 
makes his way to the ground4 ,the       
fugitive baronet has no  emotion        
expressed on his countenance1 for he    
fears not for himself2 his  thoughts are
 centred upon that black box which has  
now so strangely  disappeared4 ,with the
 broad-bladed knife still in his hand1  
he goes  towards a corner of the room1  
kneels down1 and appears to busy himself
  with the planking of the floor4       
99       99       99       99       99  
,fortunately for himself1 ,derrick had  
found his way to the shed where  the    
horses had been stabled2 and his efforts
 to saddle and bring them  out had      
proved successful4 ,the great gates     
leading out of the courtyard  of the old
 inn were fastened2 but this did not    
deter the attendant's  movements for an 
instant4 ,leading the horses through a  
gap in the fence  at the back of the    
,saxonford ,arms1 he crossed a small    
cultivated  inclosure1 and emerged from 
the cover of a hedge upon the open      

highway4  ,stopping for a moment to     
listen1 he plainly distinguished the    
measured  tramp of soldiers approaching 
the inn1 mingled with the low peculiar  
clank of arms and accoutrements4 ,one   
circumstance which particularly  alarmed
 ,derrick was that the sound plainly    
came from the direction  in which he had
 to go4 ,there was no time for thought1 
however2 the  warning tramp which broke 
the stillness of the night came nearer  
and  nearer1 and over the old timber    
bridge which crossed the stream came  a 
dim file of figures--eleven of them4    
,derrick could easily count the  number 
as they passed over the bridge and came 
straight towards the old  ,saxonford    
,arms1 their fixed bayonets flashing and
 glittering in the  moonlight4    ,there
 was but one course he could take2 he   
must move forward and pass  them4 ,no   
opportunity for making a detour1 for the
 military were not  one hundred yards   
from the house1 and the attendant knew  
that he had  been seen4 ,muttering a    

prayer for his master's safety1 ,derrick
 put the  horses to a slow trot1 and    
advanced towards the soldiers with a    
feeling  of fear at his heart which he  
had never before experienced4 ,he had   
not  covered half the distance before a 
sharp word of command came from the     
front1 and a line was drawn up across   
the road1 evidently with the  intention 
of disputing his further progress4 ,a   
dash for it now2 delay  meant capture   
both for himself and his master4        
,digging spurs into his  horse's sides1 
the attendant laid the flat of his broad
 blade over the  flanks of ,sir         
,carnaby's charger which he led1 and    
tore down the road  like a whirlwind4   
,it was all over in a minute4 ,a sheet  
of flame shot  forth as the bold        
horseman broke through the line1 and    
then1 without  a check1 he found himself
 ascending the steep bank close against 
the  bridge4 ,the soldiers1 however1 who
 had taken the initiative1 had  no      
intention of letting their suspected    

quarry escape4 ,before ,sir  ,carnaby's 
servant could head the bank1 he was     
surrounded1 and a hoarse  cry to stop   
and surrender came from his pursuers4   
,in this they had  mistaken their man4  
,derrick entertained no such idea4 ,he  
indeed hoped  that the firing would     
alarm his master1 and allow him time to 
make his  retreat in safety2 but not a  
thought had he of yielding4 ,once more  
clapping spurs to his horse1 and        
striking right and left with his drawn  
blade1 the attendant partially succeeded
 in clearing himself from the  press4   
,at this moment1 a random shot from one 
of the military dropped his  master's   
horse1 which he had been leading4       
,derrick had scarcely time to  disengage
 his arm from the bridle before the poor
 animal went crashing  down1 breaking   
the worm-eaten railing of the bridge    
like matchwood1 and  throwing one of his
 assailants headlong into the stream    
below4 ,in the  confusion1 ,derrick     
received a bayonet-wound in the left    

arm1 and he was  nearly pulled from his 
saddle2 but shaking himself free with   
almost  superhuman strength1 he applied 
his spurs1 and galloped across the old  
bridge for dear life4    ,although there
 appeared to be no attempt at pursuit1  
,derrick did not  judge it prudent to   
ride straight for the spot where he     
hoped to meet  his master4 ,after making
 a considerable circuit1 the trusty     
henchman1  faithful to the last1 reined 
in his reeking steed1 and gazed across  
the  flat misty space in the direction  
of the ,saxonford ,arms4 ,the silence1  
however1 was as complete as when he had 
sat at that open window looking  over   
the fen4 ,not a soul was anywhere near  
him4 ,putting his horse once  more in   
motion1 the man rode slowly along the   
bank until he reached  the place of     
rendezvous4 ,it was as he both feared   
and suspected4 ,sir  ,carnaby was not   
there4 ,he must wait4 ,the clear night  
clouded1 and the  hours passed by1 but  
yet his master came not4 ,derrick might 

wait until  the crack of doom1 but he   
never would meet his master again on    
earth4  ,the devoted courage of the     
servant was useless now1 for1 pierced by
 a  musket bullet1 ,sir ,carnaby        
,vincent lay lifeless across the stairs 
of  the old ,saxonford ,arms4           
,,chapter ,,iv4--,,after ,,fifteen      
,,years4    ,it wanted but a few days to
 ,christmas #agfj--;a seasonable        
,christmas1  and in keeping with that   
festive season of the year4 ,snow and   
sharp  north-east winds had been        
plentiful for nearly a week past4 ,the  
flat  country all around the            
time-honoured cathedral city of         
,fridswold had  been covered with a vast
 sheet of drifted snow1 which had found 
its  way into every nook and crevice1   
filling up all the ditches and dikes    
until they were level with the          
surrounding country4 ,the minster tower 
was embellished with an innumerable     
number of white patches1 and the        
minster roofs were hidden under a thick 

covering of frozen snow4 ,it was        
evident that ,king ,christmas had things
 to his liking this time1 and  was bent 
upon enjoying his own particular time in
 his own particular  way4 ,meanwhile the
 wind roared on1 roared and whistled1   
and whisked  the sharp frozen snowflakes
 round and round1 dashing them1 as if in
  impotent rage1 against the sturdy     
walls of the minster4 ,the air was so   
thick that1 although the hour was not   
late1 darkness had set in with  a       
density that obscured every object from 
view1 while the tolling of  the great   
vespers-bell was drowned by the         
distracting uproar of the  elements4    
,it was during one of the uncertain     
lulls which occurred from time to  time1
 that a figure emerged from the         
protecting shelter of one of the        
cathedral buttresses1 and wrapping      
himself in the folds of a horseman's    
cloak1 strode hastily forward1 evidently
 intending to take advantage  of the    
brief calm and reach some haven of      

shelter4 ,scarcely a single  person was 
to be seen in the deserted streets1     
through which the blast  tore with such 
mad fury that the buffeted wayfarer     
staggered again4  ,visions of glowing   
fires1 dry clothes1 and comfortable     
shelter rose  before his imagination as 
he passed a brightly lighted window4    
,but  there was no stopping for him2 he 
must on and fight this tough battle     
with the pitiless wind as best he may4  
,his destination is at length  reached4 
,the weather-beaten traveller descends a
 couple of steps1  passes through an    
open doorway1 and emerges from the outer
 darkness  into a warm1 cosy-looking    
bar--his clothes half-frozen1 and       
crusted  with patches of snow4 ,he is   
apparently known here1 for he is        
instantly  relieved of his cloak and hat
 by a neat-looking damsel1 who up to the
  present moment has been engaged in a  
light and refreshing flirtation  with a 
large1 hot-visaged man lounging before  
the fire4    #8,sharp weather this1     

sir1' remarked that worthy1 slightly    
moving from  his place4    #8,sharp     
indeed6' returned the other in a deep   
voice1 as he shook some  loose particles
 of snow from his person4    #8,ah1     
this'll be a bad time for many people1' 
was the next remark the  large man      
ventured upon4    ,a muttered           
exclamation dropped from the lips of the
 last comer1 but was  too indistinct to 
be heard4    #8,there'll be many a      
person remember this night1' continued  
he of the  fiery countenance1 with an   
insane notion that he was getting along 
capitally4    ,the individual addressed 
turned sharply round1 fixing a pair of  
dark  eyes upon the other's face1 but he
 did not speak4    ,somewhat            
discouraged1 the large man paused for a 
minute ere he spoke  again4 ,the person 
he seemed so wishful to converse with   
was a tall1  handsome1 young fellow1    
dressed in a sort of half-military      
costume1 and  with a bold dashing look1 
sufficient in itself to attract notice4 

,by  his side was a silver-hilted       
rapier1 the ordinary weapon of a        
gentleman  of the day2 and the martial  
look of the wearer was sufficient proof 
that he would be prompt to use it in any
 emergency4 ,seemingly not  satisfied   
with the long inspection he had thought 
fit to take1 our  red-faced friend once 
more endeavoured to enter into          
conversation2 but  the gentleman1 after 
giving the maid some orders1 quitted the
 room4    #8,is that gentleman staying  
in the house1 ,peggy1 my dear8' asked   
the  red-faced one of the waiting-maid4 
#8,yes2 he came here last night1'       
replied the girl1 who was perfectly     
ready to resume the aforesaid           
flirtation1 which had been interrupted  
by  the entrance of the visitor4    ,but
 the man with the fiery face now seemed 
to be persistently  interested in the   
stranger4 #8,what may his name be1      
,peg8' he asked in a  tone of affected  
carelessness4    #8,that's no business  
of yours1 ,mr ,goff1' retorted the      

damsel a trifle  tartly1 for the swain's
 indifference somewhat nettled her4     
#8,now1 ,peggy1 my chuck1 don't get     
crusty1' said the big man in wheedling  
accents4 #8,what's that you've got in   
your pretty hand8'    #8,it's the       
gentleman's hat1' replied the fair maid1
 somewhat relaxing4  #8,i'm going to dry
 it by the fire with his cloak4 ,they're
 sopping wet1  now the snow's melted on 
them4'    #8,he's not likely to lose his
 headpiece1 whoever he may be1' remarked
  ,mr ,goff4 #8,i can see 8,r4 ,ainslie0
 on the lining quite plain1 as you're   
holding it now4'    #8,you seem to take 
a deal of interest in the gentleman1'   
laughed ,peggy  as she turned the hat   
away4    #8,it's mighty little interest 
,i take in any one except you1 my       
beauty1'  returned ,mr ,goff4 #8,i only 
thought the young fellow looked         
wonderful  weary and tired like4'       
#8,he looked that yesterday1' said      
,peggy1 warming to the subject4 #8,i    
felt  quite sorry for him when he rode  

up4 ,it wasn't fit weather to turn a    
dog out in4'    #8,and he's been out    
again to-day8' hazarded the big man4    
#8,yes1' replied ,peggy1 depositing the 
hat and cloak in front of the  roaring  
blaze4 #8,he went out early on foot1    
leaving his horse in the  stable1 and we
 saw nothing more of him till two       
o'clock4 ,he came back  then1 and       
ordered something to eat2 but1 as ,i'm a
 living creature1 ,i  think he scarcely 
touched it4 ,after that1 he went out    
again1 and did  not return till just    
now4'    #8,it seems wonderful curious1'
 said ,mr ,goff slowly1 as he buttoned  
up  his coat and prepared to go--#8seems
 wonderful curious that a young gent    
should go on in that fashion4 ,when ,i  
see 'em a-doing so1 ,i always have  a   
sort of notion that they've got         
something on their minds1 and are  going
 to act rash4'    #8,that's your        
experience1 is it8' said the girl with a
 laugh4 #8,i don't  think much of it4'  
#8,possibly not1' returned the other4   

#8,good-night4'          ,a ,,solitary  
,,island4      ,the government of       
,iceland have commissioned ,mr          
,thoroddsen to undertake  systematic    
explorations of that island1 with a view
 to investigating  its physical features
 and describing its natural history4    
,while on a  visit to ,grimsey1 a small 
island twenty-two miles due north of    
,iceland1  he found it inhabited by     
eighty-eight human beings1 debarred from
 all  communication with the mainland1  
excepting once or twice every year1     
when1 at great risk1 the natives        
contrived to visit the mainland in      
their small open boats4    ,after       
describing the flora and meteorology of 
this secluded islet1  ,mr ,thoroddsen   
informs us that the #8pastor of the     
island1 ,m4 ,pjetur  ,gudmundsson1 has  
for many years been engaged in          
exceedingly careful  meteorological     
observations on behalf of the           
,meteorological ,institute  of          
,copenhagen4 ,this most worthy          

gentleman1 living here in conspicuous   
poverty1 like a hermit divorced from the
 world1 though he has the  comfort of a 
good wife to be thankful for1 is not    
only regarded as  a father by his       
primitive congregation1 but enjoys1     
moreover1 the  reputation of being in   
the front rank among sacred poets in    
modern  ,iceland4    #8,the inhabitants 
derive their livelihood for the most    
part from  bird-catching1 nest-robbing1 
and deep-sea fisheries4 ,the precipices 
that form the eastern face of the island
 are crowded with myriads of  various   
kinds of sea-fowl4 ,on every ledge the  
birds are seen thickly  packed together2
 the rocks are white with guano1 or     
green-tufted with  scurvy-grass2 here   
everything is in ceaseless movement1    
stir1 and  flutter1 accompanied by a    
myriad-voiced concert from screamers on 
the  wing1 from chatterers on domestic  
affairs in the rock-ledges1 and  from   
brawlers at the parliament of love out  
at sea1 the surface of  which beneath   

the rocks is literally thatched at this 
time of the year  with the wooing       
multitudes of this happy commonwealth4  
,if the peace  is broken by a stone     
rolled over the precipice or by the     
report of  a gunshot1 the air is        
suddenly darkened by the rising clouds  
of the  disturbed birds1 which1 viewed  
from the rocks1 resemble what might be  
taken for gigantic swarms of bees or    
midges4    #8,the method adopted for    
collecting eggs is the following3       
,provided with  a strong rope1 some nine
 or ten stalwart men go to the          
precipice1 where  it is some three      
hundred feet high1 and one of the number
 volunteers  or is singled out by the   
rest for the perilous sig1 that is1     
8sink0  or 8drop10 over the edge of the 
rocks4 ,round his thighs and waist1     
thickly padded generally with bags      
stuffed with feathers or hay1 the       
sigamadr1 8sinkman0 or 8dropman10       
adjusts the rope in such a manner  that 
he may hang1 when dropped1 in a sitting 

posture4 ,he is also  dressed in a wide 
smock or sack of coarse calico1 open at 
the breast1  and tied round the waist   
with a belt1 into the ample folds of    
which  he slips the eggs he gathers1 the
 capacity of the smock affording        
accommodation to from one hundred to one
 hundred and fifty eggs at a  time4 ,in 
one hand the sinkman holds a pole1      
sixteen feet long1 with a  ladle tied to
 one end1 and by this means scoops the  
eggs out of nests  which are beyond the 
reach of his own hands4 ,when the       
purpose of this  8breath-fetching0 sink 
is accomplished1 on a given sign the    
dropman is  hauled up again by his      
comrades4 ,this1 as may readily be      
imagined1 is  a most dangerous          
undertaking1 and many a life has been   
lost over it in  ,grimsey from accidents
 occurring to the rope4    #8,for the   
pursuit of the fishery1 the island      
possesses fourteen small  open boats1 in
 which the men will venture out as far  
as four to six  miles cod-fishing2 but  

this is a most hazardous industry1 owing
 both  to the sudden manner in which the
 sea will rise1 sometimes even a  long  
time in advance of travelling storms1   
and to the difficulty of  effecting a   
landing on the harbourless island4      
#8,now and then the monotony of the life
 of the inhabitants is broken by  visits
 from foreigners1 mostly ,icelandic     
shark-fishers1 or ,english or  ,french  
fishermen4    #8,of domestic animals the
 islanders now possess only a few sheep4
  ,formerly there were five cows in the 
island2 but the hard winter  of #ahfj   
necessitated their extermination1 and   
since that time1 for  twenty-four years1
 the people have had to do without a    
cow6 ,of horses  there are only two at  
present 7#ahhd7 in the island6 ,strange 
to say1 the  health of the people seems 
on the whole to bear a fair comparison  
with  more favoured localities4 ,scurvy1
 which formerly was very prevalent1  has
 now almost disappeared1 as has also a  
disease peculiar to children1  which1 in

 the form of spasm or convulsive fit1   
used to be very fatal to  infant life in
 former years4    #8,inexpressibly      
solitary must be the life of these      
people in winter1  shut out from all    
communication with the outer world1 and 
having  in view1 as far as the eye can  
reach1 nothing but arctic ice4 ,the     
existence of generation after generation
 here seems to be spent in  one         
continuous and unavailing arctic        
expedition4 ,the only diversion         
afforded by nature consists in the      
shifting colours of the flickering      
aurora borealis1 in the twinkling of the
 stars in the heavens1 and  the         
fantastic forms of wandering icebergs4  
,no wonder that such  surroundings      
should serve to produce a quiet1        
serious1 devout1 and  down-hearted race1
 in which respect the ,grimsey men may  
perhaps be  said to constitute a typical
 group among their compatriots4         
,however1  to dispel the heavy tedium of
 the long winter days1 they seek their  

amusements in the reading of the ,sagas1
 in chess-playing1 and in such  mild    
dissipations at mutual entertainments at
 ,christmas-time as their  splendid     
poverty will allow4'          ,,forestry
 ,,and ,,farming4      ,at one of the   
evening lectures in connection with the 
late ,edinburgh  ,forestry ,exhibition1 
,mr ,j4 ,meldrum spoke of the #8,johore 
,forests' which  are situated in the    
,malayan ,peninsula between the ,british
 settlements  of ,singapore and         
,malacca4 ,the greater part of the      
interior1 he said1  consisted of a      
virgin forest1 and abounded in timber   
trees of a large  size1 no fewer than   
three hundred and fifty specimens of    
which were to  be seen in the ,forestry 
,exhibition4 ,about three hundred kinds 
awaited  the advent of the papermaker1  
who would be able to convert them into  
useful wood-pulp at a very low cost4    
,railways were required to make  this   
wealth of timber available for          
commercial purposes4    ,another lecture

 by ,mr ,cracknell at the model of the  
,manitoba ,farm  embodied some          
interesting information regarding the   
,canadian  north-west4 ,the ,bell ,farm 
in ,qu'appelle he described as the      
largest  farm in the world4 ,there were 
eight thousand acres under crop1 five   
thousand under wheat1 and a portion of  
the remainder under flax4 ,from  this   
farm1 ten thousand bushels of wheat had 
been exported at a good  price last     
year2 and this year's crop was estimated
 to be forty per  cent4 better4 ,the    
estimated wheat acreage this year in    
,manitoba is  three hundred and fifty   
thousand2 and in the north-west         
territories  sixty-five thousand1 with  
an estimated yield of twenty-three      
bushels  an acre4 ,there was thus a     
total of four hundred and fifteen       
thousand  acres1 and nine million five  
hundred and forty-five thousand bushels2
  but deducting two million seven       
hundred and sixty thousand bushels for  
home consumption and seed1 there        

remained a surplus of six million  seven
 hundred and eighty-five thousand       
bushels4 ,there is little  consolation  
here for the ,british farmer1 who finds 
wheat-growing at the  present low prices
 positively unremunerative4          ,a 
,,love-,,thought4          ,if thou wert
 only1 love1 a tiny flower1        ,and 
,i a butterfly with gaudy wings1        
,flitting to changing scenes each       
changing hour1        ,careless of aught
 save that which pleasure brings--      
,not even ,i could leave the lowliest   
glade      ,that held thy loveliness    
within its shade4        ,if thou wert  
but a streamlet in the vale1        ,and
 ,i a sailor on a stormy sea1           
,flying through whirling foam beneath   
the gale1        ,chartless in all that 
wild immensity--      ,thy murmuring    
voice would echo in my soul             
,through howling storm or crashing      
thunder-roll4        ,if1 darling1 thou 
wert but a far-off star1        ,and ,i 
a weary wanderer o'er the plain1        

,unwitting of celestial worlds afar1    
,and knowing naught of all the shining  
train--      ,my glance would single out
 thy ray serene1      ,though blazing   
suns and planets rolled between4        
,yet1 dear one1 thou art these to me1   
and more3        ,my flower1 whose      
radiance passeth all decay2      ,my    
streamlet of sweet thoughts in endless  
store2        ,my star1 to guide my     
steps to perfect day2      ,my hope in  
earth's dark dungeon of despair2        
,my refuge 'mid life's weary noonday    
glare4                ,h4 ,,ernest      
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