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Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, April 22, 1869.

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Almanac for April, 1869.

MOON'S PILASES,

Last Qtr., 8d day, 4h, 36m. evening, N.

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Business Guards,

R. & W. T. HUNT,
Gommission Merchants,

GENERAL AGENTS AND

AUCTIONEERS.

SALESROOM AND OFFICE
Head Queen's Wharf, Summerside, P. E, I.
(opposite the Store of W. T. Hunt & Co.)
April 2, 1268. ly
DR. J. HW. JAMIESON,

PHYSIGIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHEUR

OFFICE at the residence ofthe Rev. W.W.
Colpitts, Margate.
December 8, 1868.

KE. EF. PURDY’S
NEW

Marble and Freestone
ESTABLISHMENT,
(NEXT DOOR TO BEER AND 8ONS’)
KING SQUARE,
CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND.

All orders punctualiy attended to.
Call and See!
Jan 7, 69 ly

WILLIAM DODD,

0 | var| SUN | sun \sun’s |moon! yy
® ; slow | dec. Eley iaqy
| weex'rises-sets! clovk|north rises|o Commission Mer chant,
I {bh m{hm|h m| | h mh m And Auctioneer,
1 |Thurs|5 416 24/8 62) 4 40/morn/12 43 QUEEN SQUARE,
2 |Frid | 40) 26'3 34] 5 3/028) 45 | oWARLOTTETOWN--- P. EB. ISLAND
3 |Sat 88} 263 16; 5 06) 1 5 48
4\Sun [6 366 27/2 58] 5 49] 1 Bt 12 51 DR. PRIOH,
5 |Mon 85) 28/2 40) 6 11) 23 53 as
6 [Tues | 34) 2912 23] 6 34) 8 8} 55 Physician & Surgeon,
7 |Wed | 32) 31/2 6) 6 57) 3.47) 59 | Ouyrce—At the Summensipg Drug Store,
; eae Bs at A u ru : m4 18 rf next door to Bank, Central Street
10 Sat | 26| 85/1 16/8 41 6 9 |SUMMERSIDE, .... P. E. ISLAND.
11 [Sun [5 256 86/0 59) 8 26! 6 82/18 11 October 12, 1868.
12 |Mon 23) 87/0 44] 8 48) sets 14
18 Tues | 21] 39/0 28] 9 9] 8 22 Hi DR. JARVIS
9 31/9 26) 2 ; f
He Wee 2 ny ay g a 5 97| 94 | Has Removed His Residence to the House
16 |Frid 16) 48/0 17/10 14/11 26) 26 (lately occupied by Mr McKinlay)
17 [Sat 14! 4410 81/10 35/morn! 80 | next to Thomas Hunt's, Esq., St Mleanor'’s.
18 (Sun |5 12/6 46/0 45/10 66) 0 23/13 34 | Ife may be consulted every forenoon at the
19 Mon | JO} 47/0 58/11 17) 1 16) 389 | Drug Store of W.T. HUNT & Co. , Summer-
20 "Tues | 8] 49/1 11/11 87) 2 3) 41 | side,
21 mee ; an re ih a ; 24 - St. Eleanor’s, May 18, 1868.
22 |'Thurs 521 86/12 f hibernate tat bec Lili Donati i sc RASA
23 |Frid 8} Ball 48/12 38 8 as £0 Mr. W. H. POPE
24 Gat | 1) S5iL O02 bbs oe EGS to inform the public that he has re-
4 Ra t a : Hie ra 8 He a an ae sumed the practice of the Law.
yA ila ve
27 |Tues | 57] 58/2 8013 56) 8 43/14 1 | Omen Tame below the. Bank. of
ae Wed oo cle Bd a nd ri . Charlottetown, March 18, 1869,
v9 |Churs| 55/7 0}2 38/14 83/10 54 5 RAAMAUELES halalle kts tts dobsta Ue a NACE
80 |Frid 53) 2/2 57\14 52/11 50 9 THOMAS KELLY,

“Summerside zi Markets.
April 20, 1869.

Beef perlb Sda 6d

Mutton per lb
Oats per bush
Potatoes per bush

28 4d a 2s 6d
Is 3d a 1s 5d

Turnips per bush 10d a Is
Mate ee lb by Tub Jdd ald
Lard per lb 9d a 10d
Tallow per lb. 9d a l0d
Eggs per doz 7d a 8d
Hides per lb 44a
Mackerel per doz 23s a 3s
Codfish per qt 18s a 198
Pork per lb by carcass _Ada 6d
Flour per bbl 453 a 478
Island Flour per cwt 208 to 21s
Oatmeal per cwt. 178 a 188
Hay per Ton 4538 0 508
Pine Boards 108

4sa5s

Spruce Boards
Charlottetown Markets.
Ch. Town, April 20, 1869,
44d a 8d | &

i
Beef per lb Bice

Mutton per Ib
Pork per Ib,, by carcass,

Ham per Ib

Geese Ssa 48

Fowels 1s a 1s Gd

Ducks each 1s Sd a ts 6d

Flour per 100 Ibs 20s a 218
18s a 198

Oatmeal per 100
Buckwheat Flour, per lb
Codfish per quintal
Butter per 1b

2d a 2hd
18s a 208
10d a Is

. the tub,
chee : 3d a Gd
Tallow a a ue
Eggs per dozen 10d a ls
Potatoes per bushel 1s 6d als a
dT i “ rt
bas”, 23 7d a 28 8d
Hay per ton 70s a By
n

Hides per lb

Sheepskins each

Spruce Boards per 100 ft.
Hemlock 1 en

Business Gurds,
BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Corner of Great George & King Streets,

Charlottetown.
President—Ilon. Daniet Brenan.
Cashier—Witiiam CuNnDaAL, squire.
Discount Days—Mondays & ‘Thursdays.
Hours of Business—Fom 10a.m. to 1 p.m.

from 2 p.m to 4 p.m.

45 a 4s 6d
4s a 4s 6d
8s 6d a 4s

UNION BANK.

Grafton St., Queen's Square, Charlottetown
YPnesident—Caanves PALMER, Esquire.
Cashier—James ANDERSON, Esquire.

Discount Days—Wednesdays & Saturdays.

Mours of Business—From 10 a.m to 1p m.,
from 2 p.m to 4pm.

SUMMERSIDE BANK.

Centwal Street, Summerside, L, F. Island
President—Jauns L. Houman, Ese
Jashior—E. L. Lyptarp, Esquire
Discount Days—Tuesdays and Fridays.
Notes for Discount must be in before ll

o'oldck on Discount days,

tours of Bueiness—10 a. m., to 1 p.m.
from 2 p. m., to 4 p.m.

KENT STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN,
SIMON D. FRASER, PROPRIETOR.
Permanent and Transient Boarders will

find the above House to give satisfaction.
Ch'town, June 18, 1868.

An Apprentice wanted at the

8d add|SUMMERSIDE,- - -

1s Sd a ls d4d| CAPITAL:

BARRISTER - AT - LAW

AND

NOTARY PUBLIC, &e.
- P, E., ISLAND.

CARVELL BROTHERS,

AUCTIONEERS,

Commission Merchants,

AND GENERAL AGENTS.
BANK BUILDING, - - QUEEN STREET,

OHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I,

No. 9, King Square,
ST. JOIIN, N. B.

IIE subscriber having thoroughly refitted
and enlarged his HOTEL and STORE, is

now prepared to accommodate Permanent and
‘Transient Boarders on the most reasonable and hias paid in lovees

erms,
ALSO, in connectionsa GROCERY STORE,

bd a 8d|where every article required for house use
7d a 8d | may be had.

J.CRAWFORD & SON.
Sept. 10, 1868. _ Mc

North British and Mercantile

Insurance Company.

FIRE AND LIFF.

TWO MILLIONS, Sterling.

CHLEF OFFICES:
64 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
61 Threadneedle Street, London.
Risks taken daily, in Town and Conntry, at
the office of the Agent, Reading room
Building, Dorchester street.
G. W. DeBLOIS,

General Agent for P B Island.

Charlottetown, June 20, 1868.—ly*

A.W. ANDRES,

Marble Worker,
Point Du Chene, Shediac N. B.

MONUMENTS, TOMBS, GRAVE-

STONES, &e., &e.
AMERICAN AND ITALIAN MARBLE CON-
stantly on hand.

Can furnish Gravestones and Monuments ata
less price than any other establishment in
the Provinces, and pay a duty besides.
pa OrpeEns can be left at Berrram’s Book
‘Store and at D, Exman’s, Esq., Summerside,

ont t
vein a A. W. ANDRES.
Point Du Chene, June 11th, 1868.

“FOUNTAIN HOUSE.

North side King Square, (next to Park Hotel)
Sr. Joun, N. B.

JAMES W. THOMPSON, Proprietor.

FPUIE Proprietor of the above HOTEL takes
this opportunity to return thanks for the
liberal patronage hitherto received, and most
respectfully solicits a continuance of the
same.
This HOTEL oA
and commands a view of King Square,
r parte of the City.
be vorinectiots with the Tlotel, is GooD
STABLING, and a carefal Hostler in attend-
ance, Parties coming from Prince Edward
Island with horses will find this establishment
the most comfortable in the City, and a per-
gon always at the Cars on their arrival,
St, John, Sept. 10, 1868. ly

is very pleasantly situated,
and

Journal Office.

Business Gards,

J. H. ALLEN,
Commission Merchant,

AND DEALER IN
PROVISIONS, &Xc.,

MRRKET STREET, - ST. JOHN, N. B.

h@ Gives personal attention to the Sale
and Purchase of every description of Goods,
May 9, 1868,

JAMES GREENOUGH,
FLOUR
Commission Merchant,
No 47 Commercial Street

Corner of Clinton Street --------- BOSTON
Jany- 1, 1869. ly

WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,

Commission Merchant,
Auctioneer & General Agent,

WATER STREET,
Summerside, - P. E. Island

HANFORD BROTHERS,
Successors to le Hanford,
Gommission Meryhants,

And Generai Agents,
11 NORTH MARKET WHARF,

SAINT JOHN, N. B.

Cuas. U, Hanronp. Frep. §, Hanrorn.
DR. J. N. FULLER,
Graduate of Bellevue Hspital,
oy + fey, i
Medical Gollege, D..

r .DesBrisay, on
the Establishment

Office in the residence of Rey,
Water Street—directly opposite
of J. L. Holman, Exsq.,

*,* All calls promptly attended to.
Summerside. October 15, 1868.

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Select Hiterature,
LINES WRITTEN BY GEO, DOWEY,

ON MUSING OVER HIS WIFE AND MOTHER'S
AIKENESS, WHICH HE REOBIVED
IN A LETTER.

much loved forms I see,

and trouble me;
The
more you smile on me,

_ brought on thee.

look can trace,

The marks of suffering deep and strong,which
time cannot effuce.

You have mourn’d for me as lost and sunk
beneath the stormy sea,

But little did think or imagine the fate that is
awaiting me.

In one week more my race is run, no more
my face you'll see,

So now my wife and mother, prepare ye soon
to folloy me.

My sufferings here have been severe; but
God has been with me,

And will never desert me to the end, what-
e’er that end may be.

On the sixth of April, that fatal day, the last
that I expect to see,

May God, in his mercy, me prepare for that
vast eternity ;

No more shall [ see the little birds as they
sing from tree to tree;

The birds may sing, and flowers bloom, but
they bloom no more for me,

Never again on aship’s deck shall my heart
& deat wild and free,

Nor ever plough the ungnty acep, which gave
stich yuy $0 Me;

My fate is sad, O Goud of love, I humbly pray
to Thee,

‘That ‘Lhou wilt move Sir Robert's heart, and
compassion have on me,

Nor never more shall youstray on the wild sea
shore,the homeward bound ships to see,
Or watch their sails, as they enter port, for
one so dear to thee,

For far beyond the sparkling wave, ona lone-
ly Island shore,

There sleeps the remains of your sailor boy,
to awake in this world no more.

But, Heavenly Father, I ery to thee, and al-
though my trials are sore,

That thou wilt sustain my widowed ones till
their journey through life is o’er,

And when the last trumpet shall sound, and
time shall be no more,

We shall meet in that heavenly land of rest
to part no more,

I wish I could send and let you know, so you
could share my joys with me,

Ho: God in his merey has heen pleased ¢»
co ve mother week to me

And may my heavenly Saviour bless the
heart that through sympathy

Of good Sir Robert, who under God, that
blessing vouchsafed to me.

My Rey. kind and Christian friends, they ask
no thanks from me,

For they shall reap a rich reward in a bright
eternity.

And so shall every Christian here.who has pity
shown to me,

For they have cheered and consoled my heart
with tender sympathy,

Farewell, my kind and warm friends, likewise
my Attorneys three

Who labored so hard in my behalf to revoke
the dread penalty,

What you haye done is not in vain, and altho’
without a fee,

Your names are recorded in the book, and
great your reward shall be,

And now, O Lord, thy merey send, I humbly
pray to ‘Thee,

Spare the country the shocking sight they
expect so soon to see,

Do not let the scaffold, Lord, erected be for

meg),
Whicle lias not now disgraccd the land for half
a century,
And may its use never be required in the
community.
Ch’town Jail, March 29, 1869,

“SNOW BIRD,

THE TRAPPER’S CHILD.

CONTINUED.

The major did not doubt the truth of
what Musson said with regard to the in-
formation possessed by the Blackfeet: for
he had lately had abundant reason to be-

lieve that they knew all that was going on

in the fort, Aharsher suspicion than he
had yet entertained now crossed his mind,
Could it be possible that the wicked wo-
man, who had so long remained, under
false pretences, an mmate of his family,
had been acting as aspy for the white lead-
ers of the savages who were threatening
his safety? He quickly concluded that
it was not only possible but highly prob-
able.

The first thing to be attended to, how-
ever, wis to give an answer to the com-
munication that he had just received trom
Musson. Ile could not, asa gentleman
jand a soldier, turn over Jeannette to the
mercies of Musson and his partiner, what-
ever might be her relations to them, or
whatever fault she might have committed.
Neither did he have any idea of giving up
his goods to make presents to the savages ;
tor it was against his principles to attempt
to buy off an enemy, and he was by no
means sure that Musson would be able to
keep his promiso, even if he should desire
to do £0.

Indians that ho had no answer to return
to such a communication, except that it

take the fortifthey wanted it.
threatening language and insulting ges-
tures, the envoys rode away.

Major Henning immediately went to his
hotise, in a very disturbed and perplexed
state of mind, He was angry, and was
not disposed to bottle his wrath,

In the setting-room he found his wife
and Madame Labardie, engaged, as usual,
in sewing and conversation,

Jcannette trembled and turned pale,
when she saw that he was in a towering
passion, and her panic was hightened
when ue opened the letter that he had re-
ceived trom Musson, and read it in loud

Once more, my wife and mother dear, your
And, oh, your gad and altered looks do pain
Vioom has faded from your cheeks, no

And great indeed has been the grief that I have

As your likeness now before me is, I in your

After a brief consideration, he told the

would be necessary for them to come and
With

have fainted and fallen from her seat, if
Mrs. Henning had not brought her some
water and produced a bottle of smelling-
salts,
Major Henning. without appearing to
notice her condition, turned and address-
ed her in the same rough and angry tones
which he had used while reading the
letter.
‘*T wish to know what this means, mad-
am; I received this papera short time
ago, from the hands of two blackfeet In-
dians, and I have a right to demand from
ou a full and trathtul explanation, You
aye been with usalong time, and we
have endeavored to treat you with invari-
able kindness and affection; but I am
afraid that we have been poorly repaid by
you. Youhave neyer told us your his-
tory, and we have never wished you to do
so against your will, It now seems chat
that you had good cause for concealment
Tt was natural that you should not wish
the facts to be not known, if it be true, as
is stated in this paper, that your father
and your rightful husband are the rene-
gade and rascally leaders of that murder-
ous band of savages. Iam waiting for
your explanation, madame.”
Poor Jeannette could hardly find ut-
terance, much less say what she might
have wished to say, if her trouble had not
been so great, She cast a piteous look
upon Mrs. Henning, an imploring glance
toward the mujor, and spoke {cebly and
painfully ;
“*T hardly know what to say, Iam
afraid you would not beliefe any thing I
might say. I hoped that this trouble had
ceased to follow me; butit finds me out
yRerever Tgo That man io uve aly Wus-
band, and never was, I knew him once,
but knew him only to despise and fear him,
Since my marriage he has persecuted me.
and I fear that he will never cease to do
so while he lives, Ihave never been the
wile of any man but Henri Labardie, my
dear husbana, ad the father of my child.
Ue is dead, and 1 have now iQ protecter
but God, since you are angry with me.”
‘You deny one of the allegations con-
tained in this paper.” resumed Major Hen-
ning, whose manner was not at all molli-
fied. ‘Do you also deny the other? It
tells me that your father, in connection
with the man, is one of the Blackfeet lead-
ers,’
“Tean only tell you the truth, sir, and
you must judge for yourself. I knew no-
thing about my parentage until I was
seventeen years of age, Twas educated
ata boarding-school in St. Louis, and
only knew that money was received for
my support. At last, a very rough and
ignorant person appeared, named Jean
Bartean whe aleimod to b= say Medsers OU
said thathe intended to take me away,
and that he meant to marry me to a rich
man, by whom he could be supported in
ease during the remainder of his life. He
nentioned the name of James Musson as| tl

chy

old except in works of fiction, Suppos-
ing it tobe true, lam compelled to ask
why you did not make it known to us long
ago Pp?

Jeannette did not answer. It was
through shame that she had not told her
story; shame that she should be known
as the child of Joan Barteau; shame that
she sheuld have been in any way connect-
ed with such aman as James Musson,
Major Henning did not appreciate this
reason, and his conclusion from her silence
was, that, she had just trumped up a story
for the emergency.

** As it seems to be inconvenient for you
to answer, I will not press the question,”
said he, ‘* I have known, for some time,
that the Blackfeet have had full inform-
ation of every thing that has transpire:
this post. As the leaders of those savages
claim to be closely connected with a per-
son in my family, a reasonable man might
conclude that they had derived their in-
formation from that person,”

“Major Henning!” exclaimed his wife,
in a tone of indignant protest, while Jean-
nette again seemed ready to sink upon the
floor.

“You must not interfere in this business
Mrs. Henning,” continued the major ‘1
am responsible for the lives ot all at this
post, as well as for the property it con-
tains, and [ must do what my duty tells
me to do, I will say to that person that I
have not intirely adopted the conclusion
to which L alluded; but this matter is not
explained to my satisfaction. It will be
my duty, therefore, to send her to the
States, as soon as [can finda safe escort
going thither, as I consider that she ought
not to remain in my family or at this sta-
tion.”

gasped Jeannette,
against he decision,
will, N

now permit me to r

bear this alone.”
The night following the day on whicl

nette Labardie and her son leave the fort
unpereeived, and hasten eastward across
the wild and lonely plain.

CHAPTER IX,
A MIXED JoKk,

‘'There are some jokes that are good
jokes, and there are others that are not so
rood,” thought George Searle, ay he left
the presence of Bartenu and Musson, es-
corted by two Blackleet braves,
«For instance,” the thought continued,
“*T considered it a very good joke when 1

and angry tones,

‘The effects upon Jeannette was terrible,
She was so filled with grief and fear at
this unexpected revelation, that her tace

The Journal is only one dollar a year.

allowed that wild young beauty to capture
me. and when [ went with her forthe pur-
pose of seeing where she wonld go to,

1
the man he had chosen—a person of bad | it.

«You have not left me an answer,”
“Tocan say nothing
Do with me as you
rs ILenning, [ hope that you will
ire to another room,
Do not follow me, Ll entreat you; 1 must

this unpleasant scene occured, saw Jean-

Just now it seems to be a bad joke to find

Blackfeet, with no present prospect of re«
gaining my liberty, and a tair chance for
losing my life. “It was a good joke I
thought, when I slipped off from Bart
Swannick to follow the girl, and hid my
trail so well that he could not fiad it; but
{am inclined to think that the cream of
the juke is in hiscup now. Icame, I saw,
and I did not conquer—that appears to be
the difticulty. However, I must make the
best of it, and I will never cry wile I can
laugh; no day is ended until the sun sets,
and even then twilight comes before dark.
Who knows but I Dey yet, by some sleight
of hand, turn the tables on these people,
and have nila tns worth laughing at?
I wonder what the Reverend Charles Fau-
quier Searle wonld say if he could see mo
in this predicament. His respectable nose
would turn up in holy horror at beholding
his son in such disreputable company.”
The reflections of the young gentleman
were stopped by the arrival ot his guards
at the cave to which they had been direct-
ed to convey him, ‘This was simply a hole
in the rock, at the foot of the cliff, which
tormed the upper or eastern boundary of
the valley. ‘Che entrance was small, and
the interior was limited in size; but its
natural condition had been changed, to
some extent, by the hand of man, and ig
would have formed quite a comfortable
little dwelling-place, if there had not been,
a deficiency of light and air,

Tuto this place George Searle was thrust
without any ceremony, ‘Lhe bonds were
removed {rom his hands, and he was left
‘alone to resume his meditations, while the
young warriors mounted guard at his en
trance of the cave.

Hg had been there ehont twa honre, and
was beginning to feel hungry—tor the day
was nearly spent, and he had had no dinner
--when the opening was darkened for a
few minutes, and the burly form of Jean
Barteau, alter a few muttered oaths, was
squeezed through it into the cave. Searle
rose to meet his visitor ; but the ex-trapper
seated himself on a rock, and motioned the
young man to be seated,

'* l hey come to see you, young man,”
said Barteau, ‘to take & look at you, and
to ax you some questions.”

«* Look as much as you please, old bea-
ver, and ask as many questions as you
want to,” replied Searle. ‘* You seem to
be a hearty old fellow; but itis my opinion
that L can answer as many questions as:
your mind will hold out to ask.”

** It will be worth your while to answer
‘em in astraight-forred and decent fashion,
too. In p'int of fact, it will be wuss tox
you if you don’t answer ’em to suit me.”
«Truth is mighty, and will prevail—im
the end; but it can’t bring a dead man

to life. Surge p~head. old, centlomen and
4 Wil uv yA ‘é ulinest.”

‘In the lust place, young chap, thar’s a
tol’able heavy charge ag'inst you here, and
1 want to get at the rights of it. It seems
you've been killin’? a couple of Injins, and
ne chief, Red Wolf, is mighty hot about
P'raps you don’t know that that is
st, for whom my only feeling was] wuss'’n a hangin’ matter among the Black-
dis Tcould not believe that Jean
Barteau was my father; I could not
believe that any father could actually
wish to treat his child so cruelly; but I
feared that I would be foreed into the
marriage, and I fled from him with Henri
Labardie, to whom I was married before
we left St. Louis. We were followed.
wherever we went, and were persccuted
luring five years, when my husband and
daughter perished, and 1 found a refuge
with you, This is the whole truth, sir,
before God. IfT have done wrong, you
may judge me.”

“A very strange story,” said Major
Ilenning, with something like a sneer—'a
very strange story, such as is not often
t
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feet.”

“Tknow that killing © man in self-de-
fence is not regarded as a hanging matter
in civilized countries, whatever it may be
among savages.”

‘Its a serous business, I say, and you
had better be keertul hew you answer,
What L want to git at is this—whether
Snow Bird tuck you prisoner, or—”

«Ts her nume Snow Bird!” interrupted
Searle, ‘1 thought it was Annette.”
**Her right name is Annette, but the
Injins call her Snow Bird. Jest you stop
iuterruptin’, and tell me whether you war
really Annette’s prisoner, and what the
red-skins tried to do to you or her.”

‘his was, indeed, a serious matter, as
Searle well knew; for it affected his life,
le paused, theretore, before committing
himsclt to an answer.

Snow Bird had been right in claiming
that she had taken him captive, and he had
been right in thinking his captivity to her
was voluntary. Both were right, and both
were wrong. It was true thathe had been
marching betore her, that he turned his
steps in whatever direction she told him to
take, and that she kept him covered by a
light carbine which she had held in readi-
ness to fire; but it was also true that he
held in his hand a double-barreled rifle,
which he might have used if he had wished
to, and that he was not at all influenced
by fear of the weapon that was carried by
tue girl.

It was necessary, however, that he
should make it appear that he had really
been captured by Annette, as that tact
night determine whether he should live
or die. He had heard it decided that,
according to the law of the wilderness, the
Blackfeet had no right to interfere with
him, he was justified, even according to
sayage law, in killing them, In view ot
these facts, theretore, he framed his answer
earelully.

‘It is true, old gentleman, without a
doubt,” he said, ** that I was the prisoner
of that beautiful young creature whom the
red-men call Snow Bird—and she looks as
pure, by Jove! as it she might have been
formed trom the snow, as clear and bright
as the icicle that hangs on the north-west
wing of Diana's temple,”

* Drap that!” grumbled old Barteau,
*Itis true, my unpoetical old beaver,
that [ was Annette’s eaptive. You can
be sure of that when | inform you that she
marched behind me with a cocked fusee,
driving me along, as she expressed it, and
ordering my goings, as the Reverend
Charles would say. 1 was subject to her
orders and obedient to her bidding; for
I felt that my heart and my life were in
her hands. She told me to come, and [
cumeth; to go. and { wenteth; to do this
‘Vand that, and I did thisly and thatly, ‘Lo
be sure, she omitted to take my rifle from
me; but it was wholly at her service, with
everything else that belonged to me,”

* tow did she happen to take you?”
asked Barteau, who Was impatient at this
rigmarole,

* Smitten by her beauty, my unworthy
friend, L was determined to have an inter-
view with her. Unable to meet her by
moonlight alone, in a civilized manner, T
sought her at daylight and in the moun-
tains. L found her; but soon perceived
that I might as well chase an eagle on the
wing, as altompt to catch the Snow Bird,
She flew hither and thither, before me and
about me, now visible and again invisible,
but always uncatehable, until I took a seat
on a rock, and devoted afew minutes to

turned wo the huo of ashes, aud she would

myself a prisoner among those murdering

rest and meditation, Then 1 caught sigut