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OUR NEW SERIAL. [Now First Published.] HERR PAULUS: -HIS RISE, HIS GREATNESS, AND* HIS FALL. By WALTER BESANT, Author of All Sorts and Conditions of Men,' kc. (THE RIGHT OF TRANSLATION IS RESERVED.] SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. The Prologue.—Ziphion Trinuer. tall, sliii, litl of Highly strung nervuu organization, is in conversation BethiahKuvdclael.n uir with a calm, capable face, "TBI mouth, andclear grey eyes. The boy is strongly llnpresseo. with the notion ot becoming famous ill the ^orld of letters, and though dissuaded from his pur- pose by his companion, he starts with high hopes •W.JNew York, with his portmanteau filled with MSS. 1Vhich he intend;) shall set the literary world aflame *ith envy and admiration. But he signally fails, and •i* months later, shabby and depressed, he ^V'ttllcs) the streets of New York with a sacl Jace and heavy heart. New \uric notabilities en#ast?~ their own occupations, all cending towards tne scraping up of dollars, pa,s h m by. At last he nears i*° men speaking. You ought to take a factor," says one. But where am I to find one t a*ys the other. 1 want a youth, quick P»tUy, a highly nervous nd sensitive a Poetic disposition, wide reading and • one who is perfectly treefiomthe t^mmel« oi re- lations, society, and ties of any kmid.!z P man after he had parted from /V -rvke HID HOUSE, "LOU «I P.P » •* *>• Thf gentleman looked at him curwusly. Cerne le sai til',? cirAPTKKS I. AND II.—The reader is jj"rou'uced to' the family ft Mr Cyrus lirudenel, a Wealthy believer in Spiritualising l^.dy Augusta is a "fc^out votary oi the culc, but Miss sibyl Brudenel is lh reverse of what she is intended for, a Vestal V rgiu, dedicated to the cause. A pair of laughing blue eyes, rosy lips always ready to smile, light curly hair and plenty of it. ami a cheek warmed with sunshine. Surh was Sibyl Bruueiiel. Her lover, as yet a s ciet one, loin Lanxstone. was also an unbeliever in spirit*, iiuc the house of Mr Brudei.el is tillc.1 with disciples of the spin ualistic faith, including two mediums of the old school—Mr Emmanuel Chick and Mrs Lavinia Medlock —nil waiting for the coming of a new Prophet of Spiritualism, wlio is expected. CHAPTERS Ill. A.Ni) IV.—HERR l'auius, the famous Spiritualist of the new school, arrives at It and cr act-sa marvellous irapressicn upon all present. In- stead oi the b spectacled German philosopher kind of individual expected, a smart dapper-looking man in faultless evening dress appears. Tom at once dubs hml all American dude but the others are we(I by his lunguaye and the wondrous evidences he gives of his Knowledge of the myotic faith. l'llAl'n:R V.—Herr P ulus, during the eveniug at Iviiij Augusta's, produces some truiy remarKable mani- festations by the aid, as he says, of his friends. Cicely ^anisfcton, a blind girl, sees, as in a vision, her long-lost hrotlier, supposed to have be<-n drowned at sea, and P'ctuies are shown which reveal answers to questions kbkbti by the company present. The stance, which is ^Miuluctett with ut the aid ot raps" or ordinary sPiiitnallstic nicks, tills the believers with a lilrilliiix awe, bu; the non-believers jeer at what they lfcr/i. mesmerism. CHAPTER VI.—GOOD NIGHT. HILE they were slowly (iispe rø i iIK there was a little oppor- tunity for whispered confidences. Lavinia Mjeillook [or instance —she had once been so truly great that nobody called her MrsMedlock, but Lavinia Medlock, just as one says George Eliot—succeeded in gettiugiLady Augusta to herself. She was oue of tbfl.'I. who always want to whisper confiden- tly, and. whatever she had to say, always l the conversation round to herself and her wants. U!i (lear Lady Augusta M~she sighed and Gasped her hands—"Oh it was too delightful. Nobody but you would have found and secured "til ti intn. Oh how fortunate we have been lIdl Powers Such a Fulness Such an Abuud- d what an Outpouring upon my poor ltly. Oh he makes us poor common mediums cheap and small. Oh, I should think be is to(, great to be ever taken in by a lying spirit, as happens sometimes to the best of us. Think of *hat I am and what I used to be. Oh I dear— deat-and I so trusted Peter!" Yes, Mrs Medlock, we are now on a different plane altogether." We are, indeed and yet one feels, after all, that one has boen a worker in the same Field, Lady Augusta, it is already whispered in the room''—here she became very cotitid-eiitial-" tliit You are going to found a College—actually a Col- lee-for the Pursuit of the Ancient wity." "Rejlly it is the first I have heard of it." (Jli yes; it is confidently whispered, and I so gladly help." Well, Mts Medlock, I assure you that I know hotiiing of it. Any developments that may follow not depend upon me." "Not ahother. But everybody knows that you are our real leader, and I would III) gladly help. And oh! Lady Augusta, )"Jll saw my Hetty—poor Hetty!—I could "ever teach her allytllill-and to-night she has OllU out so beautifully. There is Clairvoyance in order. If she would only be fond. d by me." You must not teach her to think of money, 1\Iril Medlock, or you will spoil her." Well—perhaps—not yet. However, I hope she *'11 keep better company among the spirits than ''sr poor mother could contrive. And oh Lady Augusts, a college wants secretaries and clerks, allÙ how gladly would we help. Hetty could do tile piri., work and I could receive the fees, yon know." All this is really premature." It is exactly the work for which I was fitted. I have been looking for it nil my life. I eouid £ ive you so much help. And oh 1 if you did bitt kHOW how Indly J W:UJt the work, The last Society is broken up, and-and-here is that Mr &udg-. Do you know why he was turned out of lust situation?" Lavinia retired and the Rev Benjamin Rudge "'Ivanced, smiling and unctuous. A ri,Ii treat, Lady Augusta, A rich treat, Illdee, i. Before retiring to rest this evening I 6hall commit a full account of the evening to paper. t has been an evening full of surprises and of instruction an evening at once intellectual, RlJiritual. and religious—specially religious. The future will see itiagiiificent developments of what we must now call, 1 suppose, the Ancient Way. As the movement grows and spreads as it spreads and r-i,-r-ritinifi"hs swept hpace circu. larly with his hands—" you will want an Or- ganiser, a Lecturer, a Secretary. You may corn- lnaud m, Lady Augusta. My services are at your disposal. Poor Lavinia Medlock It was kind to ask her here. You know why she lost her place the other day? Tins usual trouble," he whispered. The woritt of Spiritualism is that there is so broad a Fringe. Every Cause has its Fringe, hroad or narrow. Spiritualism has so very broad a Frinire. Lavinia Medlock, for instance, now that people no longer ran after her, was fain to lecture for anybody who would employ tier Rhe wouid act as secretary to any society; she would collect moneys to be applied to good objects and her enemies sa;d that there was always, sooner or later, trouble about those moneys. The Rev Benjamin Rr.dge, on the other hand, the historiographer ot the cause, had enemies, too. They were constantly raking up old passages in his liie-for r.e was to longer Jfonug—which he himself would willingly have forgotten. It is unmanly to rake up things which their authors would fain bury in oblivion. He had no cure of souls, and he darkly whispered that the bishops were in to keep him out of any. He had been connected with societies, and terminated his connection in consequence of what he himself called the bad business habits which are always found among scholars and gentlemen; but his enemies called them by a different name. Whenever he stepped to the front in the public gaz-j somebody always wrote nasty letters asking it this was the same reverend gentleman who ten years ago did so and so. He had written a book or two. Un subjects not com- mercially valuable, he occasionally gut si;me hack literary work, nod was generally attached to tioinf4 Uusuccossftil journal. But concerning this even- ing's work lie saw his way, by the exercise of a father limited imagination, to write a paper or two which would be worth a month's dinners. Then Sibyl advanced to the youu- Prophet She intended to speak her iiiind to him boldly. &ut she was stricken with awe like the rest. }{.ÆI' Paulu,, she said, earnestly, 00 you, hi v, y truh, \)u"se" the"e powers? Are you k)uly mocking a poor girl who iives in constant Anxiety about her brother V "Indeed, Miss Brttdetiol," he replied, ear- "tatly, "ynu do nia un injustice by the mere suspicion." h Other lJIediuDli have been aslcef!, but they told Itlll nothing. Yet it is easy to deceive a girl through affections." Miss Di-tideziel, I assure you on my honour— On my wor,i-I swear to you that I have- not do- c^v«d you." "It was the likeness of my coui;in-but in a eornuion sailor's dress." I do not understand that any more than you dQ. My F riends permit me to tpll you more. "Ur cousin is, in fact, a common sailor at this "tattieut. He ia in mid-Atlantic, on board the Willing Bride, of Qusbec, sailing vessel, laden with timber, and bound for the port of London." Is it possible ? And he will come safe to shore ?" I do not know. Believe me, I have told you all that I kuow-all that I have learned—from my Friends." I thank you, Herr Paulus." Sibyl retreated, and a gentleman slipped for. ward, who held out his hand. To our betten acquaintance, Herr Piluins." He had a commanding presence, and a remarkably deep voice. My nemo is Kill.mrn—Athd»tait Kilburn-not quite unknown in the spiritual world here, though perhaps in Abyqsiijizt 11 My friends know everybody, Mr Kilburn. I confess, however, that they have not instructed itie as to your history." Never mind, that will follow. My history, sir, is the histoiy of the cause in this country from the very beginning. I identified myself with it even before iry friend Brudenel came into it. We are coarse and common operators compared with you, Herr Paulus. But such as we are I shall be glad to tell you all about us. There have been rogues among lis-plenty of rogues among us, and lying spirits have vexed us. But you shall hear. And you have come to instruct us—me among the number, 1 hope. Good night, Herr Paulus." His voice sank deep, as if be was going to aiuk into the earth. His place was taken by the Rev AmeliusHortoD, the Senior Fellow of Kiug Henry's College, Cam- bridge. Mr Horton'.s friends were perhaps right in considering his inauner as flighty, but there was confidence in his assertions. Pray, sir," he aked, have you ever turned your thoughts in the direction of healing?" "Sometimes." "I poiigerl-, myself, the gift of healing in a 80m. what remarkable degree. Only last Sunday, in the Gray's Inn Road, 1 made a cripple throw away his crutches and walk upright!" "Does this power remain always with you?" "N—no. I confess that it does not. It is fitful. If it were steady I should establish myself as a healer and close all the ilospitals.19 I have been enabled myself, on occasions, to exercise this power. The last time was a year ago, when I healed a whole village in Abyssinia, where every inhabitant was stricken with the chplera." Mr Horton gazed at him with admiration, mii-ed, perhaps, with a little incredulity. My dear sir," he said, if you have that power, why not rid the whole world of disease?" Ic would be a truly useful work if it were permitted but I will answer your question by another, Mr Horton. In your ordination as priest, I believe the bishop gave you power to absolve sin ?" Certainly." There was no condition attachsd ?" Certainly not." You ppssesr, then, a much more precious gift than I, and since yon have this power, Mr Horton, why do you allow the sins of humanity to weigh upon us for an instant. Absolve us all, dear sir. Let us all start from this moment with a clean slate. As soon as the sins of mankind are taken away, I will rid them of their diseases." Mr Horton made no reply. Then other guests came and murmured words of applause and congratulations, and of hope that this evening would be followed by many others equal in interesest and in wonder. Very pretty things they said, and the young man replied to each with an admirable grace and ease. And to the ladies the wonderful charm of his eyes brought conviction as to his truth and sincerity. As Lady Augusta prophesied, be was already a sucses3. The last was Mrs Tracy Hanley. "I want to ask you to my Sunday eveningip Herr Paulus. We are quiet people there is no crush with us you will find in my rooms rest and sympathy—jf feel that after these manifestations you will need repose—and sympathy. You will not be asked to exhibit your truly marvellous powers; and you will find only friendti-true triends-who have learned to trust and love each other." "You are really most kind," the young man replied, astonished at this unexpected proffer of friendship from a complete stranger. 441 am, however, in Lady Augusta's hands." "That will not prevent you from coming. Then I shall expect you, Herr Paulus, next Sunday evening t" "Perhaps not next Sunday. I never make appointments, because I may be called away by my friends, or ordered upon some special service. Will you kindly let me come on any Sunday evening when I am free ?" Certainly, we shall always be happy to see you. Nut as a lion, understand. I never have any lions. Thin was quite true, but oh! hosv devoutly she wished that aha could ,J»ave ope pr two ill tile seuou. "Only a very quiet circle of friends, with music and taik. Where thp people are anxious to make each other happy the tulk is always pleasant. Mere %it-more epiglam-ia apt to wound. Sometimes my friends do what they can to amuse each other. If you feel dis- posed, but no you shall feel yourself perfectly at liberty, you shall not come hampered by any feelings of obligations. We shall lay ourselves out to amuse you, Herr Paulus, and you shall repose and be happy." Was there ever a kinder or more gracious lady ? She pressed his hand, smiled most sweetly, and retired. "All the sama," she observed to her husband—ha was something in the City, where he toiled every day from ten till five, going out with his wife in the evening, and taking a back seat from eleven till one, two, and three in the morning, so that he really was a happy man—" all the same, if he does come I will have something out of him, it it is only a thought reading." And now the people were all g^mvand only the house party remained. When the door shut upon the last of them Mr Cyrus Brudenel spoke. Hitherto he bad said nothing: now he spoke. When a leader speaks the i)i*,i;A(i eurtii tretitble. He spoke with a certain tremor in flis Voice which showed that he was deeply moved, and ho spoke w.th that earnestness of conviction which always made S; byl feel so guilty, and he began by grasp- ing Herr Paulus by the hand. This night," h* said, marks a new departure in Spiritual Research. Herr llatilui, 1 thank you in the name of all those who, like niyself, titie believed, through cruel disappointments and most unworthy deceptions, in the futuro of our Cause We have been like blind rneu-I see it noiVS»»t- ing for a gtude; or lii-e ignorant men in a labyrinth tryiug all way. but the true way. What use to us have been our Chicks aud our Medlocks ? What power had they ? What control over the spirits ? None. You have been -ailt by those yon call your Friends to show us the way. It its no l'mer by the fitful light shown by deceitful and vicious spirits that we shall try to advance, but by the steady glow of the lantern held up to us by your Friends. We thank your Friends through you. We have tried to maintain the constaucy of our faith, but theieJiave been times, I confess it, whou our feet have seemed to be placed on the shaky and uncertain turf of a hidden quagmire. Now, thanks to your Friends, we stailli at lltllt. (\11 Sown RocK, At last, I say, on SJI) RQCK You stand, indeed, upon the SOLID ROCK," repeated Herr Paulus, gently- "Long ago, before I halt understood whither our islops would lead us, I resolved that this house and all iu it should be dedicated to the sublime Research of Spiritual Truth. I have adhered to tiiis resolution, I have given up my ambition, my time, nnd my friends. My wife has given up her whole life cheerfully to the work. I have dedica- ted and set apart my daughter to be tha Vestal Virgin of this great Cause. If there is aug-ht elile that I can give, command me in that as well." My Friends will take what is useful," Herr Paulus replied, with a quick glance at Sibyl, the Vestal, in whose eyes and ill the quick lush of her cheek he saw lebellion. L'erhaps they wil ask of you less than what you are willing to give. But your reward will be tenfold what you can gi Va. And whal-oh what can we give you your- self ?" asked Lady Augusta. Nothing, except your friendship, itnd-per. haps-your love. I want no money. My friends keep me supplied with all that I need. See. This is my purse." He drew it; out nnd opened it. There were three or four small foreign copper coins in it. This is my slender score. Food you can give me aud shelter." All the house shall be at your service," said Mr Brudenel. "Let me com and go unquestioned." "Yùu shall have perfect liberty." There are times when I may have to keep my room for days or even weeks together, if my friends desire my preseuce, and I have to be absent in the spirit." You shall do in all things as you wish," said I Lady Augusta. Do you always take meals like other people?" Sibyl axled, coldly. "Do people absent in the spirit eat?" "The earthly body takes food." U In that case, Herr Paulus, iet us descend once more to earth. Please remember that breakfast is served at halt-past nine, and luncheon at half- past one. There are no gongs tn this house. Tea goes on here at five, if you care for tell. Good night, Herr Paulus." She bent her head slightly and without the least enthusiasm. She had had time to recover from her surprise, and reflected that, after all, he was but a medium. Come, Cicely, dear. Good night, mamma." CHAPTElt VII.-THZ SUOCINQ RooK. In Tom Langston's study, or workshop, the. two yuuag men, the Prophet of the Aacitafc Way and the Student of the Modern Way, sat on oppo- site sides of the fire. No two young men, apart from their professions, could be more unlike in their appearance. The one ruddy, healthy, athletic, tall of stature, long of limbs, and broad of shoulder, toughened ami hardened by a thou- sand athletic sports, crickst matches, football matches, lawn tennis matches, and boot races, brave alld comely aud tenacious; the other thin and slight<>f figure, yet not fragile, as active and its springy as a young Frenchman, his tread as alert as a leopard, his eye as quick as a hawk's, his features its delicate as those of a girl, his long zie-vous fingers never for a moment n repose THE MEDTOM AND HOST. They both had cigarettes. Hermes, Thrice Greatest, would himself take tobacco if he lived in these davs, and so would the two Bacons, Roger and Francis. Before each stood a glass of effervescent water, innocent of whiskey. They sat in silence and looked at each other furtiveiy, for one was suspicious and the other was conscious of the suspicion, and, besides, was now for the first time in his life alone with a young English geutleinan, a creaturg tie had never befoie encountered. Apart from a natural irritation at feeling himself the object of suspiciou —a thing which every Prophet has to face—he was asking himself, whether, with all the trouble he had taken to overcome certain early-oontracted manners and customs, lie had really acquired the tone which this young man possessed, of belong- jng naturally and by birth to polite society. You are thinkinir of me," he said presently. That is not a difficult piece of thought read- ing," Tom replied. I was." You were wondering who I am." More than that. I was wondering how you do it, first and why you do it, next." And you mistrust me." That also is not so difficult to perceive. I mistrust every man who pretends to supernatural powers-, whether he calls himself Medium or Munibo Jumbo." "And you cannot clear your mind of the sus- picion that I am come to pinnder your guardian, and that I live by the exhibition ot certaiii-may I say—Powers—or sijali I say-Arts ?" Well," asked Tom, let me ask the question once for aU, why the DKVIL do you go about the world masquerading and meteudiug V Wiiat do I pretend ?" "You assume a name which does not belong to you. It is a German name, and you are an American." The youug- man reddened slightly. There ia always a weak point in every man's armuur, and he wished that his nationality should not be dis- covered by his speech. "I have not pretended to ba a German. I pre- teua to no country. Believe it or uot-my nunie was imposed upon me by my Friends. It is not, of course, the name of my birth. If I wore to tell you my whole history, you would regard me as a greater humbug than you do at present." NVII ?" "Because I should have to tell you so much that you could not possibly, with your prejudices and ignorances, even pretend to believe. How else, pray, do I pretend ?" You pretend that your performances of this eveuing were the work of spirts." "Let me remind ycu that I did not say BO. I eaid they were the work of my Friends." You spoke of a message." "True. I have a message. From my Friends. I am here to deliver it. My message is for all who will hoar ie-to those of this house just because I have come here first—to you if you pleaso." Well then, take another cigarette. If it was the work of your Friends you will not mind, I dare says getting them to repeat it in this rooui. Let us have a flight of papers from. lilY ceiling, or a little music in the air; or you may, u youplaas^, try to make me think what you please." Herr Paulus shrugged his shoulders, My message," he said, "is not for the in. credulous. Let me look in your eyes. Steady. Look me straight in the eyes. So. Why I might spend a lifo time upon you without any resuit. You would never be able to understand that there was anything iu the world beyond what you see. You have not the first and most elementary sense required of those who try the Ancient Way. You believe in nothing but phenomena." "Thank you; yet I do not believe all that I see. "You saw that I compelled two ladies to think as I chose." That was pure mesmerism, Old Chick saw through that at once." "You mean the spirit rapper. Yelf, I know bis kind. It was by something of the nature of that force which you call mesmerism that these ladies were moved to think ami act as they did. Many people of the lowest kiud have this force, but cannot use it aright. In the hands of a parson liko your friend Chick, it is like the electricity of a machine exhibited at a fair to make the rustics gape. In the hands of my Friends it is a force far subtler, far more potent than you can even con- ceive. This force is the basis of all spiritualistic influence." It sounds pretty, but isn't rather a waste ?" Without this force," Herr Paulus wont on, regardless of this rude interruption, the com- munion of minds is impossible, and the under- standing of speech would be impossible; living men could not influence and advise and lead each other the power of oratory would be gone the poet's words would have no Illeallijig the writer would write in vain spirits jiving would no IhIlI{IH' be able to converse with spirits dead distant friends could not converse——" Come, I sav." beheve nothing. You think that all is answered when you explain a thing by saying that it is mesmerism. Scientific men thought that .III wa-, ext)IzAilled %viivii they discovered the law ot gravity. But the discovery of the law does not explain the force which i-i govoriiett by the law. Su the explanations of phenomena by referring them to mesmerism do not really explain them. .iMot at all. Mesmerism of the higher kind is the machinery by which we work. Ask your friend Ciiiek to (to wliat I did He can, I sup- pose, mesmerise in the old-f.ishioned ciumsy methou, and on patients who are easily moved. HIlt wben he has «,)t th1U illt., tho n:>lI1eric trance what can he more ? Nothing. Why? Because ho has got to the end of his power." "Do something with me now; let ruc provo your powers ?" 44 No; I can do nothing v,-ith you or for you. Why should I try to convert you ? It is not my business. If all the world refuse to believe, it will not iiiriii itie." ",Tiieti why did you come here?" "To speak to those whom it may concern. To give my message." Did you make any enquiries a.bout us before you Of course. On my way from St. Petersburg I was informed by my friends of many particulars concerning this family. I will tell you some of them. I do not pretend to know more than I am told. Mr Cyrus Brudenel, your guardian, is a man who ardently desires to he a Spiritualist, and to acquire power. He is not, however, a medium, and he never will be. He hIlS beell rcarly im- posed upon, and yet he has done excellent service in preparing the mind", oi men and women, against all kinds of ridicule, for the reception of higher truth. Lady Augusta, again, is a fervent believer, and yet is not. a medium. But she, too, has done gosd service by her unwavering faith and silt, has social position which has allitl proved and will continue to prove useful. Alioi BrudelleluJ not a believer, though as yet she has not ventured to confess her infidelity. The rOle of Vestal imposed upon her by her father will never be played by her, nor will she ever become an oracle. Your cousin, Miss Cicely Langston, deplores continually the Jos* of tier brother who is not dead. He went avvny from giving up his title and his ortune, live or six years ago, intending to tfika up i s o with the common people and he has never made any aun olite. You are the heir of his property and of the baronetcy if he is dead. But J1 y. w'll never succeed, because he will return. I shall take his sister to him unless he comes to her." ^ere is he, then ? And when will he ra- turn • r *S rf"i_Tboart1 a sailing ship bound from London to Qobbec. I shall be told in good time when ho return4. Why should I trouble to find out things when my ifrierid, tell me what is wanted ? As for you, yunr fortune will be given to you by your guardian, Mr Brudenel, in about a month-J time, when you arrive at your 24-th. birthday—exactly on the same day your cm sin will be twenty-one and will receive her fortune. You have a mechanical turn, aud you occupy your time when you are not in the physical laboratory in making those pretty little ingenui- ties ia brass which I see on the table there. I confess that I know nothing about them. Have I told yon enough ?" "You undoubtedly know a great deal, But yon might have leanied all that by inquiry. My people are not quite unknown." "Then I will tell you more about yourself. You have been touohod by tho prevaleut Socialist ideas, like your couin, Sir Peroival; you think that every man onght to live by the work of his own » "Yes," said Tom, now really surprised, "I thihk it is for most men the greatest misfortune in the world to be born rich." You would not think so, perhaps, if you had been born poor. You think, besides, and you have constantly asserted yr>nr belief, that we are have constantly asserted you- belief, that we are on the eve of the greatest Revolution-Il universal Revolution—that the world has evnr seen." JjJ"- How do you know that ?" You are right, and vet the Revolution will not be what you think. Yes," his eyes lit up and his whole face smiled,l< it will be the greatest Revolu- tion that the world has ever seen. A revolution in everything, the rich will become poor, yet not as you think, and the prizes will once more fall to the strongest hand, yet not as you think. You believe this, and you have said it more than once among your friends." I have. How do you know it?" Oertaint, I have never talked with any of your friends. How did I know it ? By mesmer- ism ? How did I learn the facts about your family ? By insomerism I How did I learn the existence of your cousin? Was it all by mes- merism ?" He threw away the end of his cigarette and walked over to the table, where lay cogs and wheels all in shiny brass of some curious and beautiful machine which Tom was making. "I understand nothing, for my part, about machinery. Wheels and mechanicai contrivances of all killd bewilder me. I cannot even try to understand how cogs and springs produce effects so marvellous. Yet I give you credit when you tell me there is use in machinery, and that you understand its laws and can make it your servant." Tom l'liitrhed. "You have me there. You mean that I should give you credit for understanding something that I cannot." The philosopher looked at him straight and full with the eyes of an honest man. That is precisely what I mean." It's half-past twelve," said Tom, looking at his watch. "See now—are you going to stay long in this house ? I think a month or two. Perhaps more, There is talk of a great conference." "And will there be much hanky-panky?" 'Pet'llap.-i a great deal." Old Chick, before he took to drinking, used to fill the place with spirits. They were the very worst kind of spirits you ever saw. And they talked ths very worst kind of drivel. They did, upon my honour. If you knew what a lot of humbugs and impostors my uncle has been har- bouring and encouraging—if he found one out it was only to welcome another—you would not be surprised at my distrust." "I am not in the least surprised. When I meet with persons like Mr Emanuel Ciiick I am sur- prised at the strength of the cause, since it sur- vivos even him." That's all right, then. Don't play more than you can upon the women's feelings, But if you really bring back my cousin—poor old Percy—I'll forgive you everything. And-and "-Turn said this very unwillingly-" you are not like the ordiuary run of 'cm your voice r.ngs true: and— wall, look here, now, we'll be friends, unless 1 find you (»ut. Mind, I shall always be on the look-out for you." 1 he messenger laughed pleasantly. I tell yon how I work, but: yon do not believe me. It is through my friends beyond the seas, We shall be friends, then, until you find me out. Give me your hand. Now since you will never find me out, we are friends for life." Ten minutes later Tom laid himself between the sheets in the room adjoining his study. Ho was a young man absolutely without the least sense of the slIpepJatural he never felt the air around him grow still, and his heart tremble witil the vague terrors which assail some men even in places and at times when they least expect to feel that phan- toms of the outer world are round them. He would have slept in a charnel-house surrounded by skulls and skeletons without a tremor all the associations possible of murder, cruelty, and guilt and remorse would have failed to move him. Therefore, when, just as he was dropping off to sleep, he heard strange music over his head, seem- ingly in the loom, he was not terrified at all. but only startled. He sprang out of bed swiftly, locked the door, and took out the key. Then he struck a light. There was no one in the room, and the music ceased. He blowout the omdleand got into bed again. Tiien tiie inilsic began once more. IL's deiiced Cleve, s,,ti(I Toni, "For a trick, it's as good as anything I ever saw, and it seems a I pretty kind of tune—soft and iiietting-twice As good as old Chick's accordion. Well, if his Friends mean to be polite they haven't been long in making up their minds. Very pretty indeed ic is. Very pretty. I take it kind of them." Then he fell asleep, and I have never heard how much longer the supernatural music was continued. (To be continued)
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GIRLS OF TO-DAY. { i ATCH MAKING mothers and anxious chaperons meanwhile moan and groan together on the subject of modern young men and their disgraceful in I -c-i-io,)siti-g-so--o-ften-- a bachelor's lifo. -inereareno marrying men nowadays, Liley y all, it was very different in our young days." The truth of the-matter is that modern young men uann:>t afford to marry, and in a great measure this is tho fault ot modern young women. Girls are ul) uselessly,taught a few accom- plishments, aud encouraged in extravagant notions in the way of dress and housekeeping that render them absolutely unfr for the serious business of life. I am no advocate for the platform existence of the ordinary strong-minded womin, nor have I tho slightest sympathy with the so-called "shrieking sisterhood," who would force them- selves before the public notice, and strive to elbow their way into places only tic to:"e filled by mn. My theory is that a wnn:"n should work, aud work for fair p iy, but only when she can do so without losing any of that gentle tenderness and that true modesty and self-depreciation which add the greates. charm to a sympathetic woman's nature. The parents themselves have been hitherto to blame, but I earnestly appeal to the daughters now to change all this. Try to do some- thing, my dear girls, no matter what, well enough to be able to elrij money for your work, should occasion require. Ju^t realise what your position will be if gentlewomen such as you are, well bred and well educated, to live Oil your rich relations. You will have to spend yonr time, perhaps, in one long round of visits, but you will fet-I terribly humiliated, if you have a. grain of pride left in your composition, by the knowledge of the fact that you are fed, enter- tained, and possibly clothed out of charity. You may be living now in a comfortable home, but life i full of terrible possibilities. To morrow you may be absolutely penniless, or worse still, you way be left with others looking to you for support. Such things have happened, and will happen again. What can you do? You can play a. little, but not well enough to get a good price for giving tnisic lessons. You can sing, too, but your voice is untrained, and no one will give you a concert engagement. Possibly you draw and paint also "a little," well enough to send respsctable Christmas card-i to your friends, but you have no accurate knowledge of free-hand or perspective, and your artistic talent lias no money value. You can speak French and German intelligibly, but your grtmiii;ir is too ,li-,tky and y.)tir lctiowl,Ige ftr ti),) ,,Lit)erficial for you to etirri a shilling M a professional trans- lator. S,) 011 throuh every branch of work you ire only an amateur, you see. where yon should liave been a professional.—" The Lady's World.'
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--p THE WAY TO BAG CUSTOMERS. I B. AIt, my dear Mr Grass, how do you do, and how are all the folks in dear old Squagliton ? There's 80 much competition in my business now that I'm offering a handsome Russian leather jubilee valise to every farmer who can grow enough hay on his farm to fill it."
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To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, creeps in this petty race from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. PROHIBITION IN MODEN A.-Captain Darcy, the detective, tells a good story on himself, although be thinks it is on Modetia, a new temperance town. I was out in the country on business the other day," begins the Captain, wjienever he gets a crowd around him, "and I had a friend with me who cannot travel more than two blocks without taking a Orink. Well, we struck Modena, Passat-Jena'* sister, out here a few miles, and I saw that my friend's mouth was watering for whisky, so I pulled up in front of the only store in town. We walked into the place, and I called for a bite of cheese as a kind of a hint for whisky. The storekeeper handed over the cheese, but the customary black bottle did not bob up ou the counter, and I whispered to myself, 4 Temperance town, by gesh.' My friend was also about to ask for whisky, when I stepped up close to the counter Rnd said: 'ThIs must be a temper- ance town.' Yt)u liet it it- be replied, bringing his fist down. 'The other day a drunken man came to town. arrested him before he had walked a block and gave him ninety day, and he is in the County Jail at Los Angeles now.' I got my friend out of Modena on the double quick, and I don't think we will go to another temperance town again unless we are prepared, Tim*, fr
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OWEN GLEN DOWER: OR GWALIA'S LAST STRUGGLE. BY H. J. FORREST, AUTHOR OF CROM- WELL IN WALES," TUDOR AND PLANTAGENET," &a. CHAPTER XXXI.—THE BATTLE OF USK. ..My crown is called Content; A crown it is that seldom King? enjoy."—Siukkspere. When King Henry had once more allayed the rebellious feeling in England by the decapitation of a few of the chief malcontents, he hastened down to Herefordshire at the head of about 8,000 men, resolved to attempt once more to crush the Welsh spirit; of independence. He found Prince Henry in readiness, and eager to push forward into Monmouthshire, at the head of a much larger force than had ever attempted the task before. Glendower hastened to meet him at the bead of about one-third of the English forces, but al- though he was weak and inferior in cavalry, his foot soldiers were in admirable trim for a brisk campaign, The Welsh horses in that day were small and unfit for the purposes of warfare, and the rugged nature of the country was not conduc- tive to a fiue breed of animals. The English, on the other hand, had imported good breeds from the Cuntineut, suited for tho arduous duties of a campaign. The forces met near Usk, and although the Welsh fought like lions, Victory did not crown their efforts. In vain did the noble example of Glendower animate every portion of the Welsh forces, who endeavoured to niake up by super- human effort for paucity of number. Henry IV. and his brave sou fought with the sailie courage on their side, and mere weight in numbers soon began to tell in favour of the English, aud the Welsh forces fell back in good order towards Glamorganshire. "These Welsh devils," said the King to his son after the action, "are difficult to conquer. I must try your advice, Henry, and offer Glendower a share of power-a satrapy or suzerainty, or whatever you may choose to call it. But to whom ia to be confided the delicate task ?" I will accept the mission," said Prince Henry, with alacrity. ..I Jl!thow w'^ you °btain an interview wilth the Celtic rebel ?" inquired the King. the best of ah puss bio methods, sire/' said th Prince, laughing; "j will proceed to hia camp, and put the question to him in plain Saxon, as I do not understand Welsh." But I have put out his boy's eyes, and he, perhaps, may put out yours by way of reprisal," suggested the King. Glendower is incapable of such an act," said Prince Henry, looking sternly at his father. 11 He sent poor Yere Iliad, at any rate," returned the Ki u, J ihrough long confinement and impure air," ffm,10 |\10 ■^r'nce» finishing the sentence. ese lings oftentimes occur with the beat coititnanders. Martial pomp and glory has its liplendourll, but there are dark tintz, goinotizxies which hide the brilliancy of the most dazzliug clouds. Spoken like a philosopher and a poet," said Kmg Henry, smiling »uperciiionsf„ « Where is our trusty relative, Chaucer? Lot him took to his laurels, or they may be .natcbed from his brow." "I am a soldier, sire, and envy no man his well. earned praise, Iaast of all, otir dear old Chaucer, whom God preserve." Woll" said, Heury,observed the King,chang- ing the subject. "If you have faith in this W6114ti chieftain, 1 have not, and if any hatm como to you, the blame muat rest upon your own shoulders." I have a Welshman in my mind who know. the country well, one Jenkyjl ap Pnmpsaint, and I would request your majesty's permission to take him with me." "Ido not know the man," said the king, but I should judge that he i, M0 soI(,ier by his name. ieiikytt ap Phew! Take him by all means and leave him there." "I select him because I like his honest silnplicit,y and his fund of humour," observed Prince Henry. He knows the language and country well, and the Peri;oti and characteristics of Glendower. He is nl80 as faithful as a dog, and I should fuel my liberty safe in his hands." 11 XVell, said too kina, stnilinp, "you have found a treasure if he possesses all these qualifications. I did not know that there were any jewels in Wales." > "There are men of merit in erery rank, sire," returned the prince, »ify Would only seek them out." More philosophy, Henry coraP, come, do not drivel into a mere man of learning, instead of a soldior." "Like Julius Cssar," observed the prince, laughing. Well you have me there," observed the king. r'I recollect p.lIlJug-h (If the old Komai. savages to know that Gsesar was a valiant commander." "And wrote his own commentaries, sire," ob- served the prince. An,J *a»kin*d 'friends' for his pains," observed the king, sneeringly Because he sought, to place his foot on his country's neck, sire." Well, we will not go into that now," replied the kmg, fidgetting with his sword-liilt. Will you take David Gam with you?" "God forbid!" ejaculated 'the Prince, "one who has sought the life of the very man I seek to propitiate! N-, David is a brave man, but his fiends are, not clean." The king knit hill brow ani looked moodllJr at his son to see if he meant the last thrust for him, but the prince seemed au unconcerned as ever, and commenced playin w.th a greyhound who now entered the tent. "Let me see this Jenkyn ap St. Pump, or whatever you call him," Si,id the kill, Piunpsaint," said the ppillcef cym:ctjI!(? the king "'Five saiiit. ill I'Kiisil, I believe. I will fetch Jllm ill a few tuinllles," When the prince had left the ap!\rttnen in Raglan Cast e, where this took piftcej Henry IV. paced up and down in a dubious mood, revolving tho question of the advisability 0f the step he was about to take in Ins own ,ni«,lf and looking at it from every point of view, tho resuit being that he did not lik < the idea half so well at the conclusion of his cogitations as at the beginning. Prince Henry now entered followed by Jenkyn, whom he iutrouced to tha kiug. The king laughed outright. "Is this your faithful friend," said tho king, 54 to whom you are about to entrust your valuable life ? Well, man, what have you to say?" said lie, addressing Jenkyn. I have to say, Sire," replied Jenkyn, bowing and trembling, "that I will take cure ot Prince Henry, your son, in my country, to the best of my ability. I am only a Welsh peasant, hut the Prince has honoured me with his friendship, and I thlllk he is the best fellow it; the world." Not excepting your king, I suppose," said Bolingbroke, frowning. L "Not excepting anyone, Sire; I will follow him to the uttermost parts of the earth if he wishes it." Well, if my sop is satisfied with such an ill. favoured varlet all yuu, I suppose I inxisit be," said the king. Get up and leave the room." Jenkyn performed the first part of the king's order, but remained near the door atixious to say something in his own behalf if an opportunity offered, "Leave the room, man," shouted the king. 1 am no varlet," said Jaiikyll "a varlet IS A scoundrel, which I am not. As to being ill- favoured, that is simply finding fault with the One who made me." The King placed his hand on bis sword," but Prince Henry motioned to Jenkyn to leave, which he did in a reluctant manner. CHAPTER XXXII.—PJRINOK ErNNnys.NLirsslol;. With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles c me." A n ■ „ SHaKSPERI'. As Prince Henry and Jenkyn journeyed ttin.ugh Monmouthshire towards Cardiff Castle, where they had heard that Glendower had fallen back to after the defeat at Usk, they proceeded with a light heart upon their dangerous mission, for they presumed upon the well-known chivalrous charaoter of Glendower as a shield which would protect them from harm, Jenkyu," said the prince, as they neared Gla- morganshire, how ia it that you are not afraid to accompany me on.a visit to your famous country- man ? Suppose he was to t&ke a fancy to you, aud detain you?" "He would be the best fellow in the world, my prince," said Jenkyn, if lie was only loyal to the English crown. Ha will not hurt me, I'll warrant you, considering the nature of the mission we are undertaking," Suppose you go on by yourself," suggested the prince, "and prepare the way for my coining." "Oh, no said tho Welshman I am brave in your presence, but when you are away my co«;rege seems to sink below zsro." The Prince laughed, and said, 44 Well Jenkyn, if Glendower should fall in love with your eyes, as the king did with poor HoelV, would you be pre- pared to part with them ?" "I would trust him in a matter of honour as much as I would you, Sir Prince," said Jenkyn, "for he is as incapable as yourself of doing a cruel act." Well, Jenkyn, you are becoming quite a courtier," said Prince Henry; you lay on your flattery with so delicate a hand that you com* pletely silence me." If I flatter by speaking the truth, then I need not be ashamed if my language sometimes 0<mmb4 to border on hyperbole -r I "Now, Jenkin," said the Prince, 4'I have cautioned you against the use of hard words, but you still insist upon using them. Where did you get that horse from ?" continued the prince, pok- ing his scabbard into Jenkyn's horse's belly. The horse reared, and if Jenkyn had not been it good rider he might have come to grief. "TI)is is a real Weleh pony, my prince," said Jenkyn, wiping the perspiration from hit brow, "and will no more bear with indignities than ttiq Welsh people, so you will please not to play any tricks with him, as lie may perchance exhibit his dislovalty like them." Excellently spoken, Jenkyn," said the prince, but you seem wann let us dismount find rest awhile. Here is a shady spot; let us tetlier our horses and refresh the inward mall." I' Jenkyn did not e(juii-e a second consideration in the matter, but, after sectiririg his horse, un- packed the provisions, and fell to with animation on them. 44 You seem hungry," said Prince Henry. noticiug the rapidity with which the viands vanished under the active supervision of Jenkyn. If I had known of your power of creating a famine in the land, I ahould have come better provided." "1 am always ready to sustain my physical powers, my prince, by a ready application of those natural organs of destruction which Nature has ¡ syppiie i ma with," said Jenkyn, perspiriug and seiz ng ansther large piece of bread aud meat. "Stop, stop," said Prince Hemy, "for w" are I approaching your country, where there i* iiule or nothin to et. We shall be starve.1 if you eat in II that manner." 11 Fear not," said Jenkyn, laughing and talking, with his new prey in both hands, "we can easily supply ourselves with fresh beeves from the bordering English counties. Your beet is very good. Yonr health, my princo," said Jenkyn, emptying another horn of wine. l{ Well," said the Prince, if I had known of your capacity for eating and drinking, I should have selected someone else for a guide aud conn. sel lor. We are near Rupsrra Castle," said Jenkyn, where lives a loyal gentleman. I will g..) and ask for fresh supplies." You had better bring down a drove of cattle and a flock IIf sheep, with a few waggon-loads of I flour, Jeokyu, .md then We shall stand a chanoe of living until we reach our destination." CHAPTER XXXIII,— PRINCE HSXRY AND GLEKDOWSR. Let all the ends thou ainilittt be thy country's, Thy God's, and Truth's.— SHaKSPKre. When the Prince and Jenkyn neared Cardiff Castle, they found the country round about for many miles again in the possession of Glendower, who had humbled Sir Mathe le Soore, and de- stroyed his castle, as well as Llantwic Major, Talyvan, Peullyne, and other strong places. The Prince, however, nothing daunted, proceeded boldly forward, with Jenkyn in some trepidation following close beside him, I think we had better turn back," observed Jenkyn, when he saw tho havoc made by the troops of Glendower, as they entered Glamor- ganshire. Watre not common people, my Priuco, and some of these fellows would no more mind taking our lives than they would that of yonder heron." Prince HnfY laughed at the timidity of the man, and said, Why, Jenkyn, I had a better opinion of your bravery than to think that you would couusel such advice. I would sootier plunge this weapon in my body thun return without fulfilling my mission. Only fancy the grandson of John of Gaunt showing the white feather 1 Ha ha, ha! If your courisol was as excellent as your appetite, Jenkyn, I should esteem you the more." Well, my prince, I do not care for my own life, hut I could not return to England without you," said Jenkyn "fllr the king would suspect foul play immediately." I It is too late to anticipate evil now,' said the Prince. As for myself, I have your word that Glendower will not harm me, and from what I know of his character, I believe you." He had hardly uttered the words ere a body of cavalry bounded out of the woods and surrounded the two weary travellers, I demand your swords," said the officer to the Prince. "You are partisans of Henry the usurper." With all my heart," said the Prince. I did not come here to fight, but to claim an interview with the great Owen Glendower." The officer immediately drew off his men, and, advancing to Prince Henry, said, What brings the son ot Bolingbrokis to Wales i.gnin so soon ? Have you come to give us our independence ?" "I am the son of Henry IV., King of England and Wales, by the grace of Gou," said the Prince. Not yet king of the latter country, sire," said the officer, who was none other than Arthur de Bohun. Well," said tile Pi-itiCS, "I have come here to parley with Glendower, and uot with his officer*. Will you kindly lead me to him ?" With the greatest pleasure if themissionof the Prince relates to the welfare of Wales. But who is your attendant? Is he worthy of entering the presence of our Prince?" We are both youug men," said Prince Henry, therefore let us get rid of the prejudices which may naturally cling to our fathers. Tins man is a soldier in tit. servioe of the king, and my faitli- ful attendant." The prince was then led into the presence of Owen Glendower, who had just retitfned from a successful attack upon St. Fagan's Castle. When he saw Arthur enter the tent with Prince Henry, he started, and exclaimed, Well jione, Arthur, you are the most successful eapturer of illustrious prisoneis I ever knew." "I atll no primmer, sire," excluimed Henry, utl!es. y,)ti like to ii.i;k, ni, (-tie. I have come hither of my own free will to offer an arrangement from Henry IV., and to stop the further effusion of blood." "Leave the tent, Arthur, it you please; and you, sir," addressing Jenkyn, "will please follow my soldiers, witiie I confer with our young ambassador here." When they had left the tent, Glendower said, addressing the Prince, This is better quarters than the Tower of London, when you were so kind as to place me. How is our old friend Arundel? Does lie still (superintend the Pro- crustean bed in the chapel of St. Peter nd Vii,cula ?" "Mention not the old dotard," said Hal. He is one of my father's evil counsellor*. A for the Tower of London, you will find some day that i was not your worst friend in placing you there. All your old companions at Huntingdon House are dead, and you are still alive and doing your best to defend your country." Well," sai(i Glendower, laughing, "perhaps you English exhibit your love by imprisonment and death. I am willing to give you credit for the possession of a good heart. I need not, say that I shall uot seek reprisals for iny incar- ceration." "I am the best friend Owen Glendower has out of Wales," said the Prince, and were it not for my endeavours Wales might now be lamenting the loss of one who to-day would be rotting beneath the walls of the Tower of Loudon." Well, sir, I do not doubt y »ur statement, though I fail to see how your influence effected my escape in any way." "Thft cannot be cleared up now, said the Prince. My present business is to offer you a perpeluil suzerainty in Wales." "And what at. my death?" "The country will revert to England, We guarantee that Wales shad be governed by a Welshman ot patrician blood for ever. Our forces will unite against tilfa common foe, and thus Kngland and Wales will giciii strength by union. I am the Prince of Wales. You, Owen Glen- dower, will be the vice-regal repretettmtive, and your power will not be fettered by the KllIK vr by me." CAn Bolingbroke restore poor lioe,'s eyis ?" said Glendower, sadly. I must express regret for that cruel act," said the prince. "But we must not let a whole people, suffer because one youth has been inhumanly tortured." "There is something in that," returned Glen- dower. If the sacrifice of Heoi's eyes or my life would conduce to the iuuepeudeiioe of poor bleeding Wales, I should not look upon the event with sorrow. I cannot accept your proposition, sir, without acting falsely to my country and people." Then the war must procead until one side or the other becomes exhausted. I regret your decision, air, as too iruch blood has been shed already. I will now depart, if you will kindly give me a safe-conduct." "I cannot allow you to depart without giving you a specimen of true Welsh hospitality. We are poor, but the border counties of England keep us well snpolied with beef. Are you fond of English beef ? If not, we can refresh you with excellent mutton, ancl salmon fresh from the Usk." I understand you are very successful in appro- pr.ating the over-plus stock of the border counties of England, Well, as it will only be receiving back some of our own produce, I will gladly accept your hospitality," said Henry, laughing. "But I must warn you that my attendant has au oxcelient appetite, so that you had better not place too much in his way if your commissariat be not well supplied." "We shall find enough for him, I doubt not." So saying, Glendower led the way into the castle. (To be continued.)
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-l- BILL Nn: IS THe BARBKR'S ORAirt.-Barbor "You are very bald, Mr Nye." Nye That's so." Barber What was the cause of your bald- ness ? Nye: The top of my head grew faster than my hair," wjcsr POINT PRKJPDICK.—Old Army officer I :un sure the American yacht will be beaten."— Friend 44 What makes you thiuk to. Colonel?" —" Her name alone is enough to make her lose the race. If she was named the West Point Graduate, for instance, she would be sure to win, but Volunteer, bah I saw enough of those voinxteere during the war." EVERLASTING LOT*.—Young wife (weeping): "You promised to love and cherish me for ever, and we have only been married two year?, and now what 11,111 become of your everlasting love and nffection? t, Young husband: "Great Scot 1 yon are always kicking about something. How long did you suppose this everlasting love was going to last, anyhow ?" He: Have you read any of the Russian novelists ? She: Oh yet. They are splendid. What do you think of them? He: Think they are splendid." She: L'fe like," He: "Splendid. True to nature." She: "Splendid." He: "Nothing overdrawn." She: "Nothing, Splendid, I think." He (addressing someone else and iiad-ding to- ward the young lady to whom he had been talk. ing): "Sim's one of the brightest women X evw saw. Knows all about Russian literature, don't you understand." Sim (turning to someone else) j Don't know when I have enjoyed conversation to much. Got all the Russian novelists at his toucuos end."
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Dymunir i'n gohebwyr Cymreig gyfeirioeugoheb- jaethau, Uyfr^u i'w had'.Jygu,&e., fel y canlyn: Dafudd Moroaraog, Morganwg Houte, Llantwit- strett, Cardiff.
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AT EIN GOHEBWYR. L Y mae'r defnyddiaucanlynol wedi en derbyn yn ddiweddar at wasanaeth Y Golofn, uc yr ydyn: yp ddiolctigar am danyut; Syr Rhys ap TllOmli, &2."—Dymunwn Ion* gyfarch yr awdwr ar ei lwyddianc yu enill el ail gadair. lioed hir oes iddo ei mwynhau. "Y Wialen Fedw."—Gwialen ddn ¡,wo yw hon, a all fod o wasanaeth neillduol. 4< Y Pagiiu."—Y mae liwn yu began barddonol, i»c felly y mae He iddo ar y Golofn. MOr Tiberias."—Ni hydd atigen pysgod ar wyr y Golofn tra uarhao hwn. "Yr Hrroedlog." — Nid ywlr gelfyddyd yn gywir. Yiiyllinell flaenaf y iiile e-r-r-u yu ateb c-r-n-r, ac felly yu wulllll!II#'r cyrch- air "ddangoo" a <id-anghn" yu rhy debyg. Ni. gellir bywli hir iswu yohwaith heb urwydd liir ddyddiuu. tiwallus yw'r llinell old, -in iiA wna yr r sy'n canlyn augau" y tro i uteb yr r yu ieueugrwydd." Nil. ddigalonwch, ond treiweh I etto, "Fforid y Byd."—Cymmeradwy. Y W*wr."—Rhaid gadael allau rai o'r pea- nillion. Rhigwtn Sercii."—Ainryw gorfnnau ciolfion yn anafu'r ilinellau, "c heb euw na cllyfeir-iad ye awdwr. 44 Y Bugail."—Lied anystwyth ydyw rhai (1'1' ilinellau. Os gellir, rhoidir yenydig view arnynt. Cariad Merch."—OJliaa aunghelfydd, fruwd, pa uu a ydy w'r gwteiddiol felly ai peidio- Y Cryd."—Yn ei dro, wrlil gwril co Y Golofn D&u."—lawn fydd lion ar ben etn Culofn ni, onidet Hyderwn na loagir y uwb., beth bynag. Da genym fod ei Mawrhydi y Freniues wedi gweled yu dda aufou y nodyn caulyuoi i'r brawd Hotua Ddu, ttr iddi wrtbod ei 1\f4,1 :— Sir Henry Potisouby has received commands to Uiuuk Mr R. S. Lewis (Homo D.i uj for hi* letter of the IIvu HAdt. t but to return the versea, as It is a rule titat her Majesty should not receive manuscripts or occasional poetry,—Sept. lCUi, looi. Privy Purse Olfice, Buckingham Palace."
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BARDDONIAETH. PRIODAS DDA I 1LLTYD WYSON. Y tad oes IlKydwysou-^aeth yu tatcf A ttlYU" £ « w,ttiiioll Yu gwueyd 11 w, ac Uuiad lion Mewn eiliad am un hylou.—T. J. T. Paradwvs IUtydw)'livu-a'i briod .l;)¡U1M" uu kvylilvu Tir eu liwydd, i'r ruai lion Oes o araul gysuroL).-I). %I.
Y TAN.
Y TAN. Elfen addien ddefuyUdioJ,— hefyd, tAu Sy'u hautod iJig, uerthol; A UWIl geir o hyii drwy gol Aui4411 yu wyllt enyuoi. Ua daifiol ei nwyd, litiyd.a groesaw Ua i wres yn lytti hytryd; Ond iddo £ ••'« IAS.,UG tyd .h:1U lor ry'a rlmij ryw eyyd. CwmllynfelJ. M. THOMAS.
- Y KOs.
Y KOs. Hen anian sydd yu luino,—Jystawrwydd Dwys dery'r byu trwyddo Tywytlwcli, Juwcu yu do, A dyu yu gaeth II dano. Cor y wig fry'n eu tristfALI-a hunant Yuo yu ddigwynfan; A'¿. atwtst yu Uawei dan Suo t:i lueius itwiau. Dawel nos, di ail i ni—y w'th ddonimu Wrtti ddwyu 111' mi YLil Hynoil hotf lurwyn wyt ti, AJ anwyi arnoni gweiui, CUPGFBTN.
Y LLKUAD.
Y LLKUAD. Mor addien uw ch ben y byd-yw llewyrb Y lleulid, mor hyfryd 0') uoswyl hou a esyu Wennu haul i ui o hyd. O'i rhinwedd mae'n cyfranu—ei rhodd bur, Hawdd i bawo ei charu; Ryw dwt yv.'L' u'i deutu, Y u dytfa ian, dirif lu. I'r wendon dyry bounder,—i'r morwr Mirai.n yw uwch dyfuder; I'n lloudiU cawu v'l Jia wuder Ei heang ItWYll rhtvng y asr. 0 loew-drem ei,l»(j«iy^iau—rjioddir Arwyddion lyifihiirau A denu mor a'l dnua^ 4 wyJd 1 iou i ufu'idn.tu. Caerdydd. EuaNTDO.
CWYN COLL CARIAD.
CWYN COLL CARIAD. lVu Y Diyu PII," Ha! rnyuych lawn yn llwybrau serch Mniuroiou ercii yn digwydJ, Gwiiel ilawur calon Uyuer Initti Yu ,IAEIIAltti trwy law aflwydd} Uu wyt riuau ¡.j.J ly uhwyUo, O'a'du ty ngualoii, do, (Ji rnwyg-j, Rnwygwyu hi a «iyiued:gaem, MtoinaoigutdCn UUrlt, ysy wuewi Pwy Hit tiiosuunu wrtnwy' 'nawr, Dan heuyd uiuwr u liiraelii? GWIiP. illli 'noed, a geuiuu gwres, Wueyd cyites o ly ngaaiou, *y 'ju toes j*»v itbji (i.»u eiraed, A i sathru wuaed yu greulon Cnyuig dyoiwu, 'cnydig wyddwn GaiiaiV ferch mor auwyl g"i-wa- Uu uior bur, uior W V J, iiitir gynei- ■Dioj yn sarfi o tuwllly myuwes; Ocnl ueidr oedd ar lawr y glaa, A't cboiyu utis a deimlau, UII oyJd bi gweuau pur a bael Osnt uiegis haul boWdruu; 1 in citistiuu, hefyd, Ol mor gain Ued,l itdsz&iii per toi geit-,au; Braidd na. wtiawu bob pryd addoli Y sauotiiunioi tan wnm saugu, A:u deuai a<Jg-> Nos a uyud, yn htui in: dfto; U tiaett ty ijygai(l, ya dtlidr, Ei llliilv wnai ymrwoio. CdOolbwynt f'enaid beunydd oedd, A nefoeud ty ugobetthion EJteJdal megjs duwies hedo, Ar orsedd Un- fy nghalon Byd tI hawddfyd; llawn o wyufyd -)edti ly mywyd Dydd heb nos, a haf neb UlLt, Im' oedo cw 111111" full hawddgaraf; Yuibesgu'n llwyr \vulI.i'r galou hon Ar bersou mur ddianat. Ai tybed gWlHu'r fsith un a hon Oar liroion blinioll bradwi ? A'ebed mewn hyuvvcledd clau Heolydd glatiMti Liwuhwr; Yu tldisyiuwth gwuaeth fy siomi, 'JJoed l oi charu'/i ddiin uud g»v«gi; Am ffyddlondeb fy auiuriaetb (Jetais dwyJl yn uaiedigaetti; Ha baicti yw dal tra'n wrtbddrych nod I duyruod siomedigaeth. Och'ueidio Vwyf mewn cyni eaeth, Baicii biraetn brun a'tu Uethu Ala" delw augau yu fy ngwedd, Tt'ug"l'ùd tyddai' nghladdu; Ufferu wnes i mi fy h^nan— Brad a tliwyll wtiaecii glwyro'm hanian; Pa'iu gwasireffais hadau tyuer C:iluu bur mor rhwydd, mor t,wr! Y nef taddeuo'n wir 1'1' ferch Waaeth dioi fy serch yu ddigter. Pan oedd fy serch fel cadwyn aur, Mor ddiwair yu ymglyuiu, Dueth yrall uu s/i udwyiaw da I'w d'rysa ac i'w thori j Da y Uwyddodd yu ei aitcan, I ddyryvu'rcwlwiii eirizin Dyfal bu yn dirgei biauu Hadau vyuan, defuydd cyai; A thyfodd gwylit anghycifod ercb, Ac arna'i 'r ferch wuaetii gefou. Dewiaodd hi roi clust i flul, A gwag offernol chwedlau, A rowd IcAts wyr y glee at dmong Er dwyu ynmiaen rwygiadau; Rhwydwyd hi gan eiriau segur, JDyianwadwyd ar ei natur, Credu sothacti geuau c'lwyddog Wnaeth fy nmlikriad YI1 but cbtuapg, Duwisodd dori gair ei llw, 'Flaen cadw yn ddihalog. Ei henw da a gair ei ffydd Yn ofudd gwnaeth abartfan Ar allor twyll, gan witeyd ei hoa Yn dostyn ciec u'i deuiu Hi 4 miuau 'ym wrthddryctiau Gwen a gwawd plant y celwyjdat4 Pob rhyw gorach du (j r tt:ulu Ar fy helyut sy'n ymborthi, Mewn hwyl mae'r oil ya lickwenemu, Tra minau yu galaru. 0. gwell oedd gauddi Iwybran brad, A throion anted anwir, N" ffyrdd y gwir, mi gooliala wir, Ni-; colled colli'r feinir; Coded yw wuaetu droi yn feodicti, tjanys coilais grng o ragnth, Twyll a chelwydu, brad a gwentaitb, "n y collaii un mor dditfaith Pa'm rlutid im' ivylo'r goilod fu Ar guru mur anmhertfaith ? Ei henw tnwy, 0 boed i mi Ki gladdu yu (iriAgwyLld.)Il Na foed im' eof ddwyu ger ;y njroD Adgofion o'r gurpheqol Aed ei henw byth o'm liaues, Yw dymuniad taer fy monwes; Na foed gair o'm hen garwriaeth Gyrtined4 mny fy nghlywedigaeth; Y ferch boed im' tel un na fa Yu meddu ar fydolaettu Ffarwel ¡'I' gosg, dwyllodru* ferch Wasetit droi ty serch yn soriant; Ba gonnod baich i f'enaid blin Y w rhoi i'r ferch faddeuant; Er ua* gallaf f vddeu iddi, Medraf beidio dial arni Gras a rhinwedd yw yonattal, Pechod TOWY' fyddai dial P." dry Older chwerwdor caloo Irhr, ym aWano, X>II«BT»H!bihk.
COLUMN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.I
COLUMN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. I By Maggie Symington. Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is bo^inuina to lower Comas a pivue in tue it iy's occapation That is known as the Children Hour. LdwftlU to. Up in tlioap glittering white conutriea round and about the North Pole, in the winter they bave soma very fiue display* of The Aurora Boroalis over the frozen waters. I tlmiic you cau ippre ciate a traveller's description of (his wonderful phenomenon :—" It first began to display itself on the 15:h of September, appearing in the south- east quarter as a bright luminous patch a little aÏJOH: the horizon, almost stationary for two or turee hour.-i together, but lrequ«n;ly altering its intensity, and occasionally sending up viwid streamers towards the point over head. It ap- jieared in the atine way for several nights, and once a bright arch of it passed right across the sky, uppeariug to be very clcne to thip tbip, and affwl. iug so strong a light as to throw the shadow of objects on the de?k. The next brilliant display of this beautiful phenomenon occurred near the end of the moath. It first apposed ia jAs wt, in detached masses, like luminous clouds of yellow or sulphur-coloured light. When this had con- tinued for about an hour it tvsgan to spread up. wards, and gradually extended itself into a narrow baud of light, passing right over the sky to the west. Tiiaii, from one fixed point, streams t.f light, resembling, brightfy-Jlumiuated vapour or smoke, seemed to be incessantly issuing, aud dart* ing with inconceivable velocity upwards. The sky immediately under the spot from which the light issued appeared to be covered With a dark cloud. The streams of light were like what I have understood to be meant by that ia«*iification Of tl),$ aurora called 'the merry dancers which is seen in beautiful perfection at the SUetland I*]*nds. The geuwral colour of the light was yell<»», but an orange and a greenish tinge w«re at timea plainly perceptible," It is not all work and no play with ths -,iaildren up in those white countries. There is An Esquimaux Game, with which the women and children often ainuo themselves, not unlike our J'>nghs!i skippiug-rope, This is performed by two womeu holding the ends of a line and whirling it rouud and round, while » third jumps over it in the middle according to the following order. She commences by jumping twice ou both feet, than alt ernately with the right £ pd left, and next four times with the feet slipped one bebiud the other, the rype passing onov rtl@d at each jump. After this she performs a circle oo the "o und, jumping about half-a-dozen times fat the course of it; the same thhig is repeated as often as it oaa be done without entangling the line. SJme of them perform this very nkiliully, considering the clumsy uature of their boots and deerskin jackets. A second kind of this game consists in two women holding a rope by its ends and whirling it round in such a inauner, ovar the heads of two others standing close together in the middl, that each of these jninpe over it alternately, The art, therefore, which is indeed considerable, depends more on those whirliug the rope tiiun oa the jumpers, who are, however, obliged to keep exact time in order to be ready for the rope pme- ng under their feet. I must give you an idea of the dress of The Esquimaux Children. Between two alld nine years of aige their dress consists of a pair of breeches and boots united in one, with braces over their shoulders, to fceef l:bet.n up. These, with a jacket, and a ppir of derkj u mittens, with which each individual it furnished, constitute the whole of their dress. Children's clothes,otfrexLmpi# of the IIkin8 of the very young fawns and of the marmot, as beiug softer than those of the d, Queer little bundles ot skins they must b"k like. But they are Just at fond of plity as all other children all over the world, and there is not such a very great difference ia their amusements iroin yours as one would sup- pose, While an Knghsfi child draws a wrt of wood, an E-quitmtux of the same ag* has a sledge of wmweboae; ottid for UlJj superb baby. house which I dare say Some of you posaess, these iittte dwellers iu the Froz-m North build a immature hut of snow such as I have described to you. and beg a lighted wick from their mother's lamps to light up their little dwelling. Their loviug mothers uiake dolls for their, just as yours do, only they are little figures of men and women, clothed In the true fsquimaux costume; and they have a variety of other toys, many of them having some reference to their future occupation iu life, such as canoes, spears, bows and arrows. The drum, or tambourine, is common amongst them. They sometuues serrate the edges of two strips d whalebone and whirl tiiem round their heads, just as boys do in England, to make the same peculiar hurainiug sound. Tiley will put one piece of wood on another, as an axis, ha such a way that the wiud turu4 it round like the arms of a windmill; and so of many other toys of the same kind. Wheu not more than eight years old the hoy* are taken by their fathers oa their eealing excursions. At the age of eleveu we see a boy with his water-tight boots and moccasj&it a spear in his hand and a small coil of Une at bis back, accompanying the men io the fishery, under eveiy circumstance. Fro quite an If age they are trusted to bring UvUl" a sludge and dogs from a distance of several utiles over tjse itm. I cannot pretend to tell you one quarter of the interesting things there an to tell euout the weird North countries rouod and about the and it I once began on such tionum as Vroak4e, ød Parry, aud all the other Arctic expiree* I should hare to fill many hours with my chat. I hope, stimulated by the few Uuuff* I am able to tell you, you will search out and read many more for ywirselves. Tberu are, iiowever, just one or two more of the animal dwellers in the far North that I must mention, the Curious Little Creatures cal'ed beavers, for instauce. I was very much in- terested to watch those they I¡" at the gardens iu Amsterdam. They live close by the habita- tion of the great white bear, as it is proper ttay should, considering that the original home of both is far away in the laud of ice. They have two pretty little stone grottoes surrounded by water, under the shelter of a large rockery and overbuy- ing trov4. Tbey posees* broad flat tad#, thou fcutd feet are webbed, and the (ere ones gifted with very skilful-looking claws. Their laevs are certainly out remarkable for any especial degree of inteilimaoe. aud you would never guess without being toki what useful teachers they have been to men they have taught them, all I am sure you know, how to con- struct bridges and damt. On une occasion whet) I west to 8M them they were just at sapper, a sumptuous repast of green leaves, bread, and carrots, which they took in their claw* aud uibbled away at fast enough, as though they had neither time nor attention fur auyone or anything. Up in the North the beaver is ranch isteemed and hunted for its fllr, and many w prising stories have been told of the ssgueity *itb which the animal suits the form of its habitation, re treats, and dam to circumstances. They have been seen in the act of constructing their botieec in the moonlight nights, aud all observers agree bM the giton", wood, and other materials need ire carried in tiloir tgqth. When they havi; pllMfd it to their minds, they torn round and give it a imart Wow with their flat Wis. When they livio they give a similar stroke to the surface )f the water. They keep their provision of food under the water in front of their houte. They ire very playful creatures. One day a geutleman taw five young beavers sportiug io the wwter. leap- ing upon the trunk of » tree, pusbipg cmg another )ff, and playing a thousand Interesting tricks, lie ipproaohed softly under cover of the bushes, and prepared to tire upon the uusnsoeeting creatures, bat they looked so like children at play that he had not the hesut to do en. The musk rat often lives in the same bouse with the beaver, aM mother sulmal 4irtuto himself io ocoasiotwlly. The Sea Otter, but he it not always a zivd guioiit, as he sometime* eats up his host, which is certainly aut a polite thing to do. These sea utters are very much larger than the common otters found in England; some uf them we.gh seventy or eighty poopd*. These animals, too, are hunted on account if their far, which is very- "aluable, and they are probably not so active and difficult to kill as the common otter, which has so many enemies that it is driven to be cunning and bold. Up in those cold regmns where the sea otter livee lie is uoly oc^wio^alty disturbed by man. and probably &»*ar by any other creature, Thaee otters 4? mi *pp«*r to poraoe ordinary £ »h in the water, but feed upon lobsters and other sbell-Ssh. Sea-otters in eaid -T" to 1.1. yry affectionate to their ynutig, but i is no1 lik«ly that they are more so than the c-oi)im>»« otfc»r the d ff^rence in »1! prob ibility is that tii# soa-otter is much less wild and shy than the coin mon otter, and its hi»hits and disposition towards i aile tiie-ref,)re iii(tre oait Ordiuary youug otter«, even wien mere im ants. wul, at the slightest sigw <«f danger, pop into lite water with tlioir parent-, and cum; up iu some spots among the reeds Itwi grass where it is im- possible to see them. The Musk Rat i ver) abundant itt ill the small grassy lakes ii these northern region*. They build Mnail conicul houses with a mixture of iiay and earth, tho* which build early raising their houses Oil the mud of the marshes, and those which build later in tib4 season founding their habitations upon tiiesurfaoe of tho iorn Hveif, Th" house covers a tt..w in tttt ice which prmit. them to go into the w-iter in search of the roots on which tfhey feed. I n severe wiuters, when the small lakes are frozen to the V bottom, aiul these animals cannot procure their usual tood, they prey upon each other, and in thia way great numbers are destroyed. 'I Besides these creatures, the moose-deer and the reui-de»r are mO>/ft hunted ior food, a 'i buttxloes a:llo are fuuud here, J. a species of antelope, t> gay nothing of black, silver, red, i- and bliK» foxes, and Ilfey wolves, and black wOiVHu, and blxek bears, and lower down, in a track of country ii-arer to tf,« R.,cky Mountainv the grizzly bear, so much dieaiied i jr 1sirt*ugth snd *erooicy, is ffuad. And this brings me to a Story of An Adventure with a Grizzly. It is an old 1-Uugwr who te Is tfie st"ry, and < must lot him teil It ;"i much as possible in his fJW. ■?" w.oy 13tirs iia like in a wltiie m run against a cross-grainoJ one, an ugly feller ihat'd rather fight t!i«n not thuu you mav look out for trouble. Again, y<>u tiud oue that'll get out ( f the way if hu can. I heard a good deal about trrizaiies, tliougfi 1'i never seed lJue; but when I heard old trappers telling how nlii and strong they was, I zlwaym allowed that there w<i.ru'i uo kind of a bear as I was afraid on. W>IL I one da5*, we was in a valley to the north, eight w 4 ten litile- long, with big trees growing irv. it. got tired of staying round camp, and doing nothing, so I went d,lwn the valley to look at the troei, and when I come to one M looked so .mpch larger than the rest, I give it two or three blows tn see if n was eeaixt with the big k stick all I carried in my hand. I'd never have done that if I'd kuowed' a* there wa? somebody inside as'd be wpke up wi«l« it; but there, if you'll b?lieve me, inside thn » holler of that tree was a grizzly as big aa an ox, a-settiu' on his I tranches wattcliu, nio out Qf the hol., in the stump. I brought up pretty sudden, I ten you, and took one good look at him. He looked meek enough at first glance, but lie fined lim eyds (m me. aud his great mouth, wl!i);h was half open, with his white teeth, looked w-Ateriob like, though be was just aching to get h'4d sf me. Not if I know it this time, old telloir, j s»id and just lie gave a sort of wj^zf growl, I U»ok to Uiy he^la and rui:. I ieck ui I tfjoujfht of every story I'd #,tver lieard I "f grtzzi <is, arid the more I ti k Ig; t the faster I rtin, ,itEl the plainer! ccul<! iwar that bear ef-ming nfr me. I it,-vtr kii(,w'd it was in me to run iike tl»at I thr?»'d off pretty nigh all the clothes I had »n, and was doing my level b«'st, w-ieri wu hieidy 1 tripped azid foli. Ttlen I know-'d it was all up with me. I remembered to have iteard n <y ttnst if a bear thought a man was dead, he'd dig a hofe and bury him, and come back after a nay or two 1 and dig him up. So I laid still and held my bre&tb. It saeuied to me as I could lim.%c hint dimetng, but he never attempted to mil uw iD". the iiule, and by and by I opened my eyes, ud if you'd believe me, tlmre waru't 110 bear there. X suppose he'd concluded to stay at home without S f,)Iwtie, me. I jumped and made tracks for canin t It was a kwg time before I said anything aboSrt my hcare in camp, but when I told the General at last, I thought he'd ba' split with laughing. DOUBLE ACROSTIC. Of all the many glorious things io this lair world of ours, I siug of two enchanting ones, two sweet and lovely ft iwers jjj ? The primal is symbolical of purity 80 fair The final emblematical of beauty rich and rate. 1. A well-known man first will disclose, Who vrote good vor,4, wli- wrote gJoj prose, ADd helped the Spaniards 'gainst their foes. 2. Here are but two, but read them rig-lit, And Romans ten will meet your sight; ,•* è" A priestess also fits the light. 3. Two sons of old, <>f etature email, Wht-in men of Rome their gods did Call- Methinks they never lived at all. 4. By tiiorp and town, through vale and lea, ii* This river floweth silently, -jK *■ And finds at last the German Sea..a CHRTSTSLLA CHEL*. Answers to last week's Acrostic Constance • T-rath, A-nedoa- eer, N-obody, C-harles, E nglish. v AU, VAOOIM '} Address a!! communications tn— w AYJFT MAOQIK (%tnington), L! V Uuiisfcstnt'.w, St. Eiimuude. C"
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faAM^ogAMiSows,, 5:; F it be true that Timtl doth change Each fibre, nerve, aud bone, That jo a seven yqa"eire"g raaM Ziew out of old hath grown* ;11," There's a magician who b«th wad« '■ « A mystery passing strange t— 3JJ N>» outward syntiml w displayed jtfj To hint the subtle change. "• J« Whate'er Wje magic he hath wrought |j Within his seven years' span, JiM Your life is yet with beauty fraught iM As when the charm began. Tl»e rounded form of other years Still keeps its crowniuggrace; T Aud Juue, for April's earlier Plants roees on your fact. i Bnt your great beauty touches me it;' Now io no o Uer way *>l', Thsn doth the Hulendour of theeea, the glory of the dw, fi* I dreamed I loved you in past years* ,« i Ah that was lung ago 5 How far the time-blown lvire-vaqo vom This rhyme may Berve to show. j The shifting seasons soon enough Belield the brirh; dreain tade I learn8d to know tbe fragile stnff Of which some dreams &Lr. M. We meet now, with a kid-gloved toacb- Mere courtesy, each to each > < That earlier haud-clasp overmuch Outvies oar low speech. And IN perhaps, it may be true That. as you pass me by In careless wise, you are uot yon Aod I'm no luttgar I. I -'<<. C. <7ordon, in m 2V Cn4 sry. 11
A SARCASTIC WOMAN.
A SARCASTIC WOMAN. Ckarlie KB ickerb^eker — I tell yon, oar Ml room is going to be fixed up fine. It is t« have all the homp comforts.' ■ Mrs Knickerbooker (with a sneer)—" And wboft ?! is our home to have all the club comtignta V ■>-
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II You bet," exeloim., the Western land boomer as he points to the site of a futuw graat city te « i t«nd«t-f>ot, you bet, we've g->t a be iut'ful c<ty L,er?* £ ?n<J poin|t bigher'n a mad c*& v back. Where you see that bi* stump over there'll be the post-office; that bunoh of sage brush M ( wimra the opera hou«e11 be them prairie dogs there has got to vacate for a B -am-of-trade site. )i Wtt il put the court-house right where them bus- sards is wrangling over a oarkiee beyond the t/m '< •nt-hill. BmrnimrJ staangnr. it r to invest in city lots tbafi bound to go higher'n M«gwon*(**s idea of MnwwiC, now's your time and j here's yonr epot: but you Just want a quiet. A lonesome pUce to e«c^n down and rust in. you'd *—n— 1 'n