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Vol. 2. Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, February 28, 1867. No. 2.

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~ SUNNY DAYS IN WINTER.

Summer is a glorious season,
Warm, and bright, and pleasant;

But the past is not a reason-
To despise the present;

So, while health can clim the mountain,
And the log lights up the hall,

There are sonny days in winter, after all!

Spring, no doubt, hath faded from us,
Maiden-like in charms;

Summer, too, with all her promise,
Perished in our arms;

But the memory of the vanished
Whom our hearts recall,

Maketh sunny quys in winter, after all!

True, there’s scarce a flower that bloometh,
All the best are dead;

But the wall-flower still perfumeth
Yonder garden bed;

And the arbutus, pearl-blossomed,
Hangs its coral ball;

There are sunny days in winter, after all!

Summer trees are pretty,—very,
And I love them well;

But this holly’s glistening berry
None of those excell;

While the fir can warm the landscape,
And the ivy clothes the wall,

There are sunny days in winter, after all!

Sunny hours in every season,
Wait the innocent;

Those who taste with love and reason
What their God has sent;

Those who neither soar too highly,
Nor too lonely fall,

Feel the sunny days in winter after all!

Then, although our darling treasures
Vanish from the heart;

Then although our once loved pleasures
One by one depart,

Though the tomb looms in the distance,
And the morning pall,

There is sunshine, and no winter all!

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Select Zitorature.
Ten Years and Two Hearts.

BY BELLE RUTLEGE.

A surtry midsummer day was dying
out ina halo of gold and purple clouds,
on which the sun sank regally to rest be-
hind the long line of western hills lying
back of the old seasida town of Newburg.
And the refraction of his last beams,
burnished with kaleidoscopic hues, the
ancient, wood-colored houses, the white,
dusty highway stretching inland, the
fraited orchards, the green meadows. that
erept almost down to the shore, the we
reedy marshes, the blue sea, spreadit
away eastward like a glassy mirror, ¢
the wide, sandy beach, lett dry and hard

by the down tide,
It was a glorious sunset—such as often

comes with the heart of summer, when
the day, wearied with its intensity of heat,
gladly folds itself away among the shadows
of the long, gray twilight; and the pure,
cool, blessed night brings refreshment on
its wings. And so this avid, stifling day
over the old seaside town of Newburg.

Just as the last red rays of the sun
slanted over the sea, the door of a ey
square, old-fashioned mansion on a swell
of land near the shore at the edge of the
town was thrown wide open, and Margaret
Brent—old Judge Brent’s only dangh
came forth, with her straw hat hung over
her arm.

“Tam going down tothe beach to catch
a breath of cool air, father,” she said,
glancing back to the dignified-looking,
white-haired old gentleman who sat in the
great arm-chair on the piazza that skirted
one side of the house. ‘ Tell Carl, if he
returns from town before Iam back, that
he will find me there.”

“Yes, Ma et. But you know this
is his last evening at home; and there is
much I would say to him, so don’t make a
long stay, my daughter.”

“Well, father; but I must see if old
Neptune has not a cooler breath down
by the water's edge than he sends us up
here,” and then the girl passed on—down
tha sloping avenue, out into the road,
trom which she soon turned in a well-
trodden path bordered with stunted, briery
bushes, till she came to the hard, gray sands
that stretched tuwvay below,

With slow steps—eagerly drinking in
the cool, salt sea-breeze, which just curled
the crest of the low, droning brakers that
broke lazily on the beach—Margaret Brent
walked along the shore. ‘The tide was
out; andall along the shore the ocean

Was very calm and gentle, save where, at
the of wlong, rocky reef, dangerous

always to the mariner on that coast, it
broke with a whirling, eddying flow, that
sounded up distinctly to Margaret's ears,
and enticed her towards it, And so she
walked down the beach, and over the
rocks, until she gained the outermost one,
against whose base the waters washed and
eddied constantly,

Standing there—sending hereyes abroad
over the waves growing dusky with the
falling twilight, dimly discerning the
white-sailed vessels riding in the offing.
then bringing her vision back to the waters
curling at her feet—Margaret involuntarily
murmured those lines of Tennyson :—

‘* Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, O sea!

And I would that my heart could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.”

“When those thoughts are uttered, let
me be the listener, dear Margaret,” said a
voice behind her just asthe conclading
words of the quotation had passed her
lips; and, tuthing, Margaret beheld her
adopted brother, Carl Brent, beside her.

A faint color suffused the girl's cheek as
she answered: ‘Your sandals must be
fairyshod, Carl, that you steel upon me th
this way. But you did not stay long at
the village tu-night. I hardly expected
you back so soon, and so came down to
the beach a few minutes to get a breath of
air, But we will go up to the house, now,
tor father bade mo not to linger.”

‘Not just yet. Stay a little, Margaret.
T hurried back because I wanted to have
a little talk with you; and I am glad that
[ found you here. Let us sit down a few
moments, Margaret.”

The youth went on speaking rapidly ;
and his cheek was flushed hotly, as) Mar-
garet’s own had been when he suddenly
appeared beside her. It was a sudden,
impetuous avowal he poured forth, there,
in the evening shadows, with Margaret
Brent and the eddying waters for listeners
—the old, old story of youthinl love and
winbition, And the girl beside him—how
did she answer? As the moon sways the
tides of the huugry sea, so her heart went
out responsive to her lover's,

Margaret.” said Carl, after a little
pause, * Margaret, you haye allowed me

to tell you of my great love and regard
for you, who are so much my superior.
{know my presumption; but I will try
to render myself worthy of you, and I
anow I can succeed. IT am ambitious;
and your father shall yet look with pride
upon me. I can do and dare anything, it
I only felt sure that you loved me.”

**Carl, Ido love you very mue
the girl, sottly, glancing into the s
handsome of the youth at her side,
“But, Carl, remember £ am full two years
older than you. And perhaps you may
change; you are going away to mingle in
hew scenes, and you may meet others,
Do you know your own heart sufficiently
yet to the happiness of both our lives
upon your present decision 2”

‘*Do IT know my own heart, dearest
Margaret?” said the youth reproachfully.
“Ask yonder sea-bird, sweeping in from
its long flight over the waters, if it knows
its mute in the nest yonder in the reedy
marshes; ask the tides ifthey acknowledge
not the wl-potent sway of the queenly
moon, Iknow, Margaret, that I loveand
worship you nowy, and ever shall, whatever
fate the years of tho future may hold for
me; and that this fate shall be no meagre
one, I feel in my own ambitious heart and
bounding pulses, I shall win a name and
tume to lay at your feet in reward for your
present condescension,”

“Shy no more, Carl.” replied the girl.

trusttully, ‘I do not, and will never
doubt you, And I teel sure that you will
succeed in life, and ascend to the heights

ofa great and noble manhood; and I shall
be very proud of you, and happy in your
greatness,”

‘Dearest Margaret, your love would
inspire me to the subjugation of the world,
if Lwere a warrior like those of olden
Greek days; but my field must lie in the
world of letters, and I shall pass my fi
college year absent from you and this
home in toiling hard in view ale reward
that is to come with the future, But your
father? Do you believe he will look
favorably on a poor, ainbitious boy, whom
he has fostered beneath his roof, as the
future husband of his only daughter? Per-
haps we had best not speak to him of our
love until I have proved some claim to it
hy one years hagd study,” said the youth,
half regretfully.

“LT do not know, Carl. Father has
always been so kind to you—and to me,
too—that I feel almost sure he would not
refuse his consent to our happiness; but
perhaps it would be the best plan to wait
until you ave home again next year before
we speak to him!” replied Margaret.
“But see, Carl! It is going to rain, and
we have been so wrapped up in each
other, that we have not observed that
heavy cloud which has risen so rapidly.
We must go home, now,” aud the girl
rose.

* Yes—asndden shower after this hot
day, Come, my Maggie! Let me lilt
you over these rocks—for you can searce-
ly see in the darkness, And your father
will be getting anxious. We will not
speak to him of our happiness now ; but
in one short year I shall proudly claim a
right to openly love you;” and thus, im-
pulsively, eagerly talking, the youth hur-
ried his comp:nion over the reeks, along
the beach, and up the path leading to th
great house on the cliff, while the rain
bemm to full in heavy drops, and the
thunder began to mutter hoarsely through
the cloudy yaults of sky.

Let me now briefly explain who was
this eager, ambitious youth who had thus
wooed old Judge Brent's only daughter,

Ten years previous, a poor, dying widow
—one of that class who occupy a humble
rank in the social seale — confided her
triendless, eight year old boy to the kind,
yenerous Judge’s compassion. At first,
the Judge bethought himself only to place
the lid among his servants, though giving
him rather more than an ordinary hive-
ling’s position and care; bat the lad’s am-
bition for study avrested his attention, and,
having no sons of his own to beay up his
tunily name, he suddeniy decided to adopt
him. Thus the widow’s son was placed
in the family of the great man ol Newburg
on a footing with his own motherless
daughter; he received his kind adopted
father’s name, was sent to the village
academy, and now stood ready for the
collegiate career upon which he was to
depart next day.

Margy Brent was tygenty, and two
years older than Carl, She was a_ girl of
superior tients, highly accomplished as
well as thoroughly eduedted; she pos-
sessed some beauty of person, strict, up-
right principles, aud a taithiul, womanly
heart.

Carl, as has been sen, ygas ambitious
and manly-beyord his years; he was also
frank, generous, and impulsive. ‘These
latter qualities, c6mbined with an extreme-
ly handsome physique, rendered him a
great favorite with ally; and there was
none to Whisper that his ambition, without
the guide of true principle, would prove a
bane instead of «a curse to his own heart
no less than to that of his benefactors
daughter, who had, that summor night,
intrusted it into his keeping.

A year swung round upon its golden
axis, with its fruity autumn, its white
winter of rest, and its wealth of blossoms,
and Carl came home from his first summer
vacation having spent the shorter inter-
vening ones at college; and inthe long
dreary summer days the old life was re-
newed atthe seaside home. There were
pleasant rides, rambles over tha wide
beach, and sails over the broad, blue
sen,

A year of college life had improved Carl
muoh, softening down what had been
rovgh and brusque in his manner; bat

there was still the same impetuous, ardent

nature breaking through, and Margaret
felt glad that the old ways were not wholly
gone,

A month of this long summer vacation
went by; and during this time neither
Carl nor Margaret, happy in each other's
society, had spoken of their engagement
to the Judge. ** Wait till [ am about re-
turning to college, Maggie; and then we
will go to him and ask his consent, I
know he will not refuse it,” said the
youth,

as she ackhowledged the introduction,
** And I think I can understand now why
your brother was so ehary of mention of
his lovely sister.”

The lady's tone and look savored of com-
pliment, but they did not fail to render
Margaret secretly uncomfortable, though
she replied, politely :— :

* And Lam very happy to meet you,
Miss Branscomb.”

And then she turned to reply to the

Then the tenor of their summer dream
of quiet was broken up by the arrival of
Curls chum, Paul Branscomb, a hand. |

soree, talented young man, some tour!
yours s senior, Branscomh had pro-

mised Curl to ** drop in upon him” some}
time during the vacation; and only needed |
the hospitable urging of the Judge and his}
chum to induce him to linger a few weeks |
in the cool old seaside town, Margaret |
had heard mach of his friend's talents and
worth from Carl; and she found him
equally attractive in mind and personale.
1s gentlemanly and polished; with
ure that might have been modelled;
the Apollo of the old Greeks, and |
rof avich chesnut brown, which he
wore in long waving locks, gracefully
falling on his neck. Margaret’ playtully
told Carl that he reminded her of por-
traits of the great German poct Schiller.”
His manner possessed more natural grace
and ease than Carl's, and bespoke the
early influences of a whole life surrounded
by refinement, wealth, and culture; yet
Margaret would not have exchanged her
loye mpetuous, rugged nature, for all
the polish of this gentleman who was
never betrayed from his gracetul ease and
sell-possession,

Brancom)'s home lay in the interior of
one of the Middle States, where the breeze
blew warmer, tempered by the heats of
the near southland; hence this quiet home,
in the old town by the Atlantic, would
have possessed a singular tascination for
him, had not Carl's companionship and
the socicty of his fair adopted sister given
added charms to it. So the proposed
visit of a few weeks was lengthened into
the remnant of the long vacation, and
the two friends returned to college in|
company. Carl found no leisure to speak
to the Judge concerning the relation he |
secretly occupied to Margaret; each agrec-
ing that the future would hold a better
time for this avowal, when Carl had
mounted another round on the ladder of
ambitious study.

When the ensuing short spring vacation
came, Carl wrote that he had accepted his
chun's invitation to visit his home, and
his letter was replete with anticipations
of the approaching pleasure. Margaret
checked the rising throb of disappointment,
for she had hoped he would run down to
Newburg; and replied: **Go, by all
means, Carl. We should be very selfish
to wish to deprive you of the change; be-
sides, we shvll one day have you with us

entirely.” For, as Carl had entered col-
lege as sophomore, he was to graduate

with his third year, and then return home
to study luv with the old Judge,

And so Carl accompanied his chum to
his home of wealth and luxury. True, his
visit was short, but it was sufficiently long
to plant the seeds of discomfort, not to
call it by the stronger name ot jealousy,
in Margaret's heart. Ie meant to give no
ping when he wrote of the pride, beauty,
and accomplishment of Paul Branseomb's
elder sister Marie, or the grace and play-
tulness of the young Julia; but every word
stung Margaret to the quick. ‘He is
drawing a comparison between us,” sho
mentilly said; and then she checked her-
self, and evied, ‘I am jealous and toolish,
and I will guard against it. I live here so
quiet and secluded, that I am getting in-
tected with all sorts of nervous fancies, 1
am glad Carl has found new friends to en-
joy himself with.” But she could not re-
train from lingering over these letters, and
particularly one sentence, which followed
a somewhat lengthy description of Brans-
comb’s sisters, ‘Paul's family live in
more style thin we ever dreamed of st
Newburg, and we are the ‘great folks’ of
the old town, you know, Maggie. And I
must confess that Lenjoy it exceedingly.
It is something—a great deal, te my mind
—to he surrounded by alt that is elegant
and luxurions in life; 2nd Ihave made my
decision that when we haye a home of our
own, dear Maggie, it must be just such a
one as Paul and his sisters live in. You

an getting ambitious, dear but
you remember you have often praised this

very quality, and so I know you will not
chide it now.”

Tt was true that Margaret had taken
pride in this very attribute of her lover's;
but somehow it made her very uncomfort-
able now, for, with womanly forecasting
she began to see that a very long time
might elapse before the dreams of that im-
petuous nature might be realized, and she
felt that she could be content with less
than he had mapped out as necessary to
their happiness.

Another year passed; and when college
Commencement arrived, Judge Brent and
his daughter went thither to witness Paul’s
graduation, Ile had studied hard, and
with success, winning the highest honors
of his class; and when the white-haired old
gentleman listened to the eloquent Vale-
dictory, he could hardly realize that this
was the poor, friendless youth whom he
had brought up trom humble rank to his
present position; while Margaret's heart
swelled with womanly pride, ** He is mine
and his love is a treasure,”

After the ex s of the day were over,
and as soon as Carl could extricate himselt
trom the crowds of congratulatory admir-
ers who surrounded him, he hastened to
his friends. Then Margaret noteed, for
the first time, that Paul Branseomb and
two young ladies had joined him; and
another glince convinced her that these
were Paul's sisters. The group came up;
and, with a flush of gratification and ex-
citement, Carl presented him to his futher
and sister, Margaret saw that Marie
Branscom was taller and more slender than
herself, very elegant and stylish in mien
and dress, and she fancied that a natural
hauter pervaded her manner. Julia, the
younger, fifteen-year old sister, was a
rosy, laughing thing, who attracted love
at « first glance.

* T have heard much of you, Miss Brent,
from my brother Paul, who once visited
your sca-washed town, and sent me such
glowing accounts as made me quite desi-

rous of seeing both you and it,” said Marie,

warm greeting of the childlike Julia, who
cried, ** Oh, [am delighted to kuow you
at last, Miss Brent—Maggie, | mean, for
Thave heard brother Panl praise you so
much, thatlam already is love with you!"

* 1 did not know that [had such a warm
admirer present,” replied Margaret lightly
and laughingly; but, under the cover of
her words, she concealed a lurking sar-
casm, for she had felt hart beyond expres-
sion by Marie Branscom)’s words—** are
brother was so chary of mention of hia
sister.”

But presently the mood passed, for Carl
was all animation ; and, looking upon his
fushed face, and feeling the warm clasp
ot his hand, she crowded down her mo-
mentary pique, and mentally murmuring
* Thave imagined it all; he intended it
only as a delicate guarding of his home
trom the comment of strangers!” the sur-
rendered herself to the triumph of the oc-
casion, and, leaniag on Carl’s arm, walk-
ed proudly from the halls of old Harvard.

(To be continued.)

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.

The following is the entire text of the
speech delivered by the Queen on the Sth
February, 1867:—

My Lorps:—In again recurring to your
advice and assistance, Iam happy to inform
you that my relations with foreign powers
are on a friendly and satisfactory foot-
ing.

Thope that the war in which Prussia,
Austria and Italy have been engaged may
lead to the establishment of a durable
peace in Europe,

Thave suggested to the Government of
the United States a mode by which tho
questions pending between the two coun-
ties avising out of the civil war iday ree
ceive an amiable solution, and which met,
as I trust it will be, in a corresponding
spirit, will remove all grounds of possible
misunderstanding, and promote relations
of cordial frienship.

The war between Spain and the repub-
lies ot Chili and Peru still continues, the
good offices of my government, in eon.
junction with that ofthe Emperor of the
French, having failed to effect a reconcili-
ation, If, either by agreement between
the parties themselves or by the mediation
of any other friendly Power, peace should
be restored, the objeets which I had in
view will be equally attained.

The discontent prevailing in some of the
provinces of the Turkish empire has broken
out in xectual insurrection ia Crete. In
common with the allies, the Emperor of
the French and the Emperor of Russi
have abstained from any active interfer-
ence in these internal disturbances; but
joint efforts haye been directed to bringing
about improved relations between tho
Porte and its Christian subjects not incon-
sistent with the sovereign rights of tho
Sultan, :

The protracted negotiations which arose
out of the acceptance of by Prince Charles
ot Hohenzolern of the Governership of
the Danubian Prineipalities haye been hap-
pily terminated by an arrangement which
has been sanctioned by the concurrence of
all the Powers thut his signed the treaty
of 1858.

Resolutions in favor of a more intimate
union of the provinces of Canada, Nova
Scotia, and New Brunswick, have been
passed by their several Legislatures, and
delegates duly authorized and representing
all classes of colonial party and opinion
have concurred in the condition upon
which such a union may be best effected
in accordance with their wishes, A. bill
will be submitted to you which by the
consolidation of colonial interests and re-
sources will give strength to the sovereign
provinces as members of the same empire,
and animated by feelings of loyalty to the
same sovereign,

Ihave heard with deep sorrow that the
calanity of famine pressed heavily on my
subjects in some parts of India. “Instrue-
tions were issued to my government in
that country tu make the utmost exertions
to mitigate the distress which prevailed
in the autumn of last year. The blessing
of an abundant harvest has sinee that time
improved the condition of the suffering
districts,

The persevering efforts and unserupu-
ous assertions of treasonable conspirators
have, during the last autumn, excited the
hopes of some disaffected persons in Ire-
land and the apprehensions of the loyal
population, but the firm and temperate ex-
eveise of the powers intrusted to the Ex.
ecutive,and the hostility manifested against
the conspiracy by men ot all classes and
creeds have greatly tended to restore pub-
lic confidence, amd have rendered hopeless
any attempts to disturb the general tran-
quility. I trust that you will, consequent:
ly, be enabled to dispense with the contin-
uance of any exceptional legislation for
that part of my dominions.

Tacknowledge, with deep thankfulness
to Almighty God, the deerease which has
taken place in the cholera and in the pest
which has attacked our cattle. But the
continued prevalence of the latter in some
foreign country, and its occasional reap-
peavanee in this, will render necessary
some sp-cial measures of precaution; and
T trust that the visitation of the former will
lead to increased attention to those sunitary
measures which experience has shown to
be the best preventive. Estimating as +f
the highest importance an adequate ape ly
of pure and wholesome water, I bave d
rected the issue ofa commission ©O enquire
into the best means of permadently secur-
ing such a supply for the metropolis and
for the principal towns in the deasely pop-
ulated districts of the kingdom.

Gentiemen or THE Hovst or Covmone:
—I have directed the estimates for the en-
suing yeat to be laid before you. They
have been prepared with a due regard to
economy and the requirements of the pub-
lic service. You will, Iam assured, give
your ready assent to a moderate expendi:
ture caloulated to improve the condition of