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OR SALF, the Leasehold Interest in the “ WARREN | * PARM,” for eighteen years from Ist May, 1858.
Literature.
—— ALSO The whole Stock of pure bred Angus Cattle and Leicester Patt seater’ wv Sheep on the Farm. | THE FAIR ISABEL;
OR, THE ROSE OF CUMBERLAND.
‘I'll be off to Cumberland to-morrow morning, Joe, and
If the latter be not capone of by Private Sale before the 22d | October next, they will then be sold by Auction, without re- serve. Apply to JOHN LYALL.
Warren Farm, 24th August, 1857. bi | hope to be your successful rival. Isn’t that candid, eh ee enema | ‘Sounds candid enough,’ replied Joe, in a tone expressive For Sale, of both indifference and dissatisfaction.
N Lot 2, Fifty-one acres and a-half of valuable LAND,| ‘ Good night, Josiah,’ said the first speaker, as he spurred
25 acres of which are cleared and partly under crop; | his impatient horse to a rapid canter, in a direction opposite to
the remainder covered with hardwood for fuel. There are a | that pursued by the person addressed. Only a short hour
HOUSE and BARN, with a never-failing Well, on the pre-| previous he would have taken his leave in a much less merry
mises. This ogerty being in the centre of a fiourishing) mood. The star of his attraction in Cumberland, as he though', settlement, and adj :
the Island, renders it a most advantageous situation both for my judgment, who had been longer accustomed to see her
farming and mercantile business. For further particulars twinkle, sie was stil] more inclined to attract than repel the
apply to the subseriber in Tignish, admiration of poor, dejected and love struck John McVay, who,
t 2, August 24. 2 HUBERT GAUDET, | doubtful as he was, still felt the potency of her attractions on
“han & ~ GOOD BUSINESS STAND. his susceptible heart The cause of his misgivings was his
; F . misconstruction of the followmg laconic reply to a long and TEUE subscriber, intending to make an alteration in his | tender commuoication of Ble i ey .
present business, offers FOR SALE the unexpired Lease-| ‘Drar Frieno:—I much regret your having opened a hold Interest im the HOUSE and PREMISES now occupied by correspondence with me. Had you considered circumstances him, situate in Queen-street, at the head of the Queen’s/ as much as I, [ shall venture to say, you would not have yet Wharf. For a Retail Business Stand it is not to be surpassed | written me. But do not infer from ths that [ treat you with
CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1857. |
fair and unsuspecting Isabe! was wrapt in profoundest sleep, her wily visitor stealthily arose, and ransacked her entertainer’s pockets for one of her lover’s letters, in search of which she was too successful, Early the next morning the treacherous girl proceeded with her fraudulently gotten document to Isabel’s father, who, she was aware, was strongly opposed to his daughter’s union with McKay.
‘A see, a see,’ soliloqnized old Mr. Calder; there’s nae mair doot aboot yon thochtless hizzie having gane daft for yon hame- less jockey. A never could hae believit the atory till noo ; but here, (facing his wife and elevating his voice,) is ane o’ bis ain Jetters, speiring o’ her gim she be ready neist Monday, sae they’|] meet at his faither’s hoose, wha being a Methodia Ranter, wull join my undutifu’ and erring bairn wi’ his faithless Aran- nian son. Waesme! Was it for this that I instillit the sound doctrine of John Calvio, containit i’ the perfec’ Westminster
acent to the largest Brick Manufactory in | had lately emitted but repulsive rays towards him, while in Catechis,’ into her giddy craig *’ ‘Guid Lord preserve us a’
‘in the faith! Whata corrupt and unbelieving age this ane is ganging to be!
‘[t maun na be, maun na be!’ said Mrs. Calder, ‘ that my ain muckle cherishit dochter, o’ whom I was aye sae proud, is to gae wrang wi’ yon faithless, hooseless, vagabone horse- jockey, aiblins to kick her out o’ bis way, whene’er he fancies she dinna do richt. Jock,’ addressing her lord, ‘ ye maun gang e’en the nicht, and tak’ her oot o’ the power o’ yon unbelieving vagabone. My ain bonnie bairn, whom I expeckit to be the wife o’ the Squire McAdams. Oh! I couldna survive sic a disappointment as yon!’
by any other in the eity. The HOUSE contains a Shop, two | scorn. [ean sincerely affirm that there is not another young Sitting-rooms and a Kitchen on the first floor ; five Bed-rooms| man in these parts that | would prefer to you; but the present on the second floor, with a good Cellar underneath, and | aspect of things renders your project rather desperate. For the
- Woman, a’ ken a better time than to-nicht,’ replied Jock. ‘L sall gang to Cumberland the mora which thae young fools hae fixit for their marriage. 1 sall feign to be muckle pleasit
Stwhle attached. The whole having been lately thoroughly | present, yours, affectionately, Isasen.’ | wi’ the match; and invite them a’ hame to oor hoose, and get
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repaired, can be strongly recommended as a very desirable| ‘There,’ said the discouraged lover, ‘ you see the hopeless-|
married here, and hse a grand wedding, where they ought to
situation. If not sold by Private Sale before the 8th of Sep- ness of my suil. She reproves*me for having presumed to | hae it. at her ain faither and mither’s hoose. But ye maun ken
tember next, it will be offered by Public Auction, by ALBERT) write her a !ove letter. She thinks it was an injudicious
when we hae them once here that they maun be persuaded to
Il, Yares, on that day, together with all his balance of| undertaking. She says that the present aspect of affairs renders | bide a wee tull we make preparations, and invite a’ oor friends
STUCK IN TRADE, consisting of Brandy, Gin, Spirits, Ale, | my expectations quite hopeless. And what can she mean by | Porter, with a variety of Groceries and Dry Goods. For | that aspect, except the prospect of my being supplanted by | further particulars enquire ol 3 another, perhaps by Joe Sheridan 2’ August 17, 1857. WILLIAM HICKEY. ‘ 7 LET. part of a new HOUSE in Kent-street, fronting on hazy atmosphere. You have, in the very reply from «hich you | Rotch ford Square. Inquire of the subscriber, THOMAS DODD. acceptable to your charmer. When she distinctly affirms that rape e ——~—~——==«<<-<==-—= | she would prefer you to al! other young men in these parts To be Soild, where only ceaeeace oe you have abundant ae DESIRABLE FARM, eligibly situate on the South side|to hope, but none to despair. This is quite sufficient to banish of the Montague River, Lot 59, distant three miles from|a!l suspicion of her heart being enlisted more in favour of Montague Bridge, St. Andrew's Point and Georgetown, by | Josiah, or any other, than you. As to the present aspect of | Ferry, Comprising a commodious and well finished RESI-| affairs rendering your prospect desperate, 1 presume that it DENCE, large BARN, with two-horse power Threshing | alludes to the hopes and projects of her family regarding her, | machine, four Grain Barracks, Sheep House, Piggeries, Car-|and their probable opposition to your suit, more than to any penter’s and Blacksmith’s Shops, Dairy, Pamp Well at porch | declension on her part.’ door, large board fenced Garden, well stocked with fruit trees :| ‘ [lave you ever received so discouraging a rep'y from & and one hundred and twenty Acres of LAND, weil watered, } lover 2” he inquired. * You should rather esk had I ever received fifty cleared and in a good state of cultivation, judiciously ja more encouraging one to my first address,’ replied |. What laid off, and well fenced into three and four Acre fields; the | greater assurance should a young lover require than to be front and rear of Farm being an excellent stone dyke. For} positively told by a young lady of wel/-known veracity that she articulars, apply to the Subscriber, at his Office, Colonial | prefers him to all other young men within the range of her Building, Charlottetown. | sc uaintance? Do you conduct your suit in fuiure by verbal
August 17, 1857.
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Argust 32,4857. tf JOHN ALDOUS. addresses in preference to written oes, and [ will guarantee , Fe Sal ———————=<<= |your success,” Just as I had addressed these words of en OYr wale, |couragement to McVay, Josiah Sheridan rode up to us, When
to their wedding. But once we hae yon thocbtless bairn in oor power, she wiuana fin’ it sae easy to gang astray agen.’ The scene changes. Next Monday morning find the gayest
‘My good friend,’ | observed, ‘you seem to see through a! portion of the McVays and their relatives assembled at the re-
sidence of the Rev. Thomas McVay, eagerly waiting to see their
|take occasion to despond, all needed assurance that you are | young cavalier frend obtain a legal hfe-lease of the hand of
the fuir Isabel. Before the hour appointed for the celebration of the hymeneal rites arrived, to the surprise and consternation
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months previously. But in the silence of midnight, when the Ill warrant ye sail meet wi’ an objec’ fitter to attrac’ your
| affections than yon uncoomly strolling jockey, and muckle mair | worthy o’ your loe and respec’. | 1 am quite incredulous of that,’ replied Isabel. * Besides T should be allowed to be the only judge of what is attractive of my admiration. Now, mother, as you have ofteninculeated on me the obligation of doing to others as we would have them do to us, | hope, to show your consistency, and enforce fo | precept by your example, that you will practise what you have so often preached. Would you wish, when in the stage of life to which I now belong, to be debarred from the society of the only person among your acquaintance whom you could love, and to be urged to Jove one whose presence was utterly intolerable to you?’
‘[ micht nae wish it then, because I had nee better judgment, but ye maun alloo, my dear, that | ken better moo than I did when I was a thochtless bairn, sic as ye.’
Isabel did not think it profitable to discuss the matter any further that evening, so she allowed the distressing subject to be dropped then. Next morning, finding her father busily preparing for the proposed excursion to Lancaster, she resolved to accompany him, at the same time firinly resolving to retain her affections for McVay undivided till ber return. This ‘excursion occupied about three weeks, during which she ming- led in some gay parties, and converted with several fascinating beaux, one of whom was particularly smitien by her graceful and dignified appearance, and her pensive, thoughtful cast of countenance. This was the gay and witty young merchent, Mr. Wigginson, whose fancy forms an additional oné of the humerous instances im which contrasts prove objects of attraction. His genuine wi-, various information, and easy, graceful, and insinuating mode of expression, greatly diverted and entertained the sorrowing mind of Isabe!, vet utterly failed to enlist her affections in his behalf—another exception to the doctrine that attractions are always mutual. But we must not forget that Isabel’s affections had been engaged before she mot him.
While new associations served to divert and entertain the love-sick and oppressed maiden, yet they utterly failed to divert her faithful heart from her absent lover. After her return from Lancaster, she resided some time with an aunt in whose family she had been educated, and who watched her as faithfully from McVay and his partizans as did her parents, though not 8e exclusively. for they freely permitted her to attend as many parties for merry-inaking as she chese, even ene at which her
of all present, Mr. Calder, the father of the mtended bride, | favorite was present, yet closely attended and narrowly watched
was announced. Le was attended by some half dozen friends and partizans. But the assembly soon became recosciled to the presence of their untimely visitors, when they hag heard the bride’s father tell her *tiat he was vera happy to fin’ she was ganging to hae sic a clever laddie for a husband, though,
he said, he was fain that they waogld bath came hame wi’ him
and be married at his ain hoose, and partake o” his hospitality in a guid merry wedding, wi’ heryouthful friends and cronies, and pot disappoint her family, as weel as a° the lads and lasses wi’ whame she had been reared, wha confidently calculated on sune having an opportunity of pronoancing their benedictions on her and the young laddie she had chosen, at their nuptials.’
This seemed a revsonable and just request to all, except the bride, who had been too familiar with ber father’s wiiesand bis opposition tomer choice ; so she expressed her preference of be:ng married where she then was, and partaking of her father’s hospitaluy afierwards.
TEVUE DWELLING HOUSE and LAND, now in the oceu- | the brief colloquy with which this sketch -is introduced took | ‘Q’ coorse ye cau do as ye please,’ said the father, * but I pation of the subscriber, on Hillsborough-Street, near| place. After taking our leave of Sheridan, McVay inquired. | think ye show vera little respec’ for your parents, and place
King's Square. ‘The premises may be inspected at any time | ‘ Have you ever heard my Rose of Cumberland song ¢’ I replud | by persons desirous to purchase, and for terms of sale appli- | '" the vegative, observing that I should feel much obliged for cation to be made to THOMAS PARSONS. its recital and probably much more gratified by hearing it sung
Uharlottetown, June 8, 1857. Isl.tf after arriving - our lodgings ; upon which my love inspired ee - companion, with much pathos, recited the followi iginal
An excellent Stand for a Country Store, |eulogy of S ill asia
DVANTAGEOUSLY situated at Vernon River, contiguous THE ROSE OF CUMBERLAND. to Mr. Adams's ‘‘ Halfway House,’’ and possessing great | I dearly love each blooming flower, And all that’s beautiful and grand ;
facilities for Shipping, consisting of FOUR ACRES of freehold | LAND, with Buildings thereon, comprising a DWELLING | Bat more to bask beneath the bower HOUSE (newly finished), STORE, with counters and shelves | Which screens the ‘Rose of Cumberland. complete, and a commodious GRANARY. The above mercantile establishment, known as qdbiadl pe ewe ent mine! ! mig my native lan
sma’ confidence in my word, gin ye canna believe that | mean to do what | say.’ . ‘Your mind must have undergone a very sudden change,
by seme of her duenna relatives, Her friende, finding her mental depression increasing, and refusing to let ber return to her school, asthey corsidered it too contiguous to McVay’s, re- moved her, with a younger sister to another aunt’s in the city, with a view of attending a boarding school, where they might acquire a more refined education, and thus keep the distracted attention of Isabel more contantly occupied, by having resorts of instruction and entertainment almost continually forced upon her.
One day, about six months after the couree of this true love had ceased to runsmooth, our hero was Janguidly pecing down one of the streets of the city where his charmer was pining away her tedious and lonely houra, while surrounded by crowde of merry associates, when he was surprised, in the midst of a more ‘than ha'f desponding reverie, by the batl-well met of a trae and gallant friend of his aud Isabe]’s, ard who was heartily anxious for a successful! termination of their amour.
‘John,’ inquired his friend of McVay, ‘have you not yet secured the missing bird ?’
‘Not yet’ rephed John, ‘1 believe they are as faithful watchmen here as at old Calder’s Cottage.’
* Never fear them,’ replied his friend. ‘Just go and procure
replied the daughter; ‘ for it is not a week since you manifested | license ; and I'l] engage svon to restore the stray bird to your
the deepest concern lest the purpose for which we are as- sembled should be consummated. But, granting thst you are
with you, yet you know, as well as I, that more than you are to be consulted there. Should mother withhold her consent, which I’m sure she will, nothing can be accomplished.’
‘fam makin’ this proposal wi’ your mither’s perfec’ know- ledge and consent,’ replied the father.
‘Yes; 1 believe that you are both perfectly agreed that I should be decoyed into your weshes, and te defeated of the
Vernon,’’ will be sold or leased on the most reasonable terms, . . ‘ Transplant that peerless Rose divine
with immediate possession. For further particulars apply to | hich a . . the owner, ARCHIBALD MacNEILL. Which now adorns sweet Cuniberland !
Charlottetown, August 3, 1857. went savctlicsaiaiiaa linda cotinine eileen a heslietnedledcesneteitlietemesestacasiaey Dwelling House and Land near Chariotte- town for Sale: For SALE, the newly built and commodious Dwelling House in Charlottetown Royalty, late the residence of the Hon. Charles Hensley, together with eighteen acres of Land adjoining. The Dwelling House contains—Dining Room, Drawing Room and Study; two Kitehens, with Store-rooms, &c.; and Nine Bed rooms. There isalso Stables, Coach-house, Roct-house, Pump, &c.,0n the premises. The dis- tance from Cberlottetown is rather less than one mile. Also to let from year to year, or for a term of years, as agreed upon, want Pasture Lots in Charlottetown Royalty, near the above Dwelling ouse. Por Terms of Sale and Lease apply to the subseriber at the Attorney
Generai’s Office, Colonial Building, Charlottetown. July 30. JOSEPH HENSLEY.
For Sale or to Let, DEVENPORT COTTAGE AND GROUNDS,
= Subseriber being desirous of removing into Town, offers for SALE or to LET, the above named property where he now resides. This property is prettily situated, and is only about one mile from the centre of the City. The COTTAGE contains eight well-finished rooms, and a large pantry, besides a kitchen, laundry, and two rooms for servants.
BARNS, STABLES, Coach House, and other Out-Buildings are in good repair, and are convenient and commodious. A Well of excellent
But there exists some adverse power, W hich interdicts my fond demand, And says that in my foreign bower Would fade the Rose of Cumberiand.
I own that every flower will fade, Ne matter in what cliwe or lend,
And so will every blooming maid, Not sparing her of Cumberland.
As far as doth my judgment go, This Rose in bloom would longer stand With me than where it now doth grow, Then why remain in Cumberland -
I want her to adorn my home. And stay my feet from foreign land. Oh! where for beauty should [ roam Beyond the bounds of Cumberland.
My passion for a simple flower, Ye stoics may not understand, But ere ye spurn fair beauty’s power, Go, view the Rose of Cumberland. It may be folly thus to love, It may incur your reprimand, But cold’s the heart it would not move
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dearest object I have in this life.’
‘Ah, weel, ye can please yoursel’; but I sppeal to ilka ane ‘in this hoose if aye they kenned Jotun Calder to fail in ony 0’ his engagements afore noo.’
* Never, since | firet heard mention of your name,’ said the groom. ‘On the contrary, 1 found you strictly upright in all your dealings, and | hear every ove else who have had any dealing with you give you the same character. So just pledge your word, ov the honor of a gentleman, that you will keep your daughter wmmarried til! | arrive a week hence, and 1 will myself drive her home and leave her at your fireside.’
‘Ye hae a vera fast team o’ yaur ain, young mon. Can 1 trust ye when ye reach the Town Rood ye winna rin in wi’ her there, and be merried afore we can reach hame wi’ oor siae team?)
‘Yes; you may trust us; we'll be waiting for you at your own fireside.’
‘Gin ye wull, I pledge ye ma word an’ honor that gin ye ca’ for her this day week ye sall fin’ her waitin’ for ye wiar ye promise to leave her the nicht.’
passed quite a social evening with her family. All effected to
bodings, which she could not utterly banish from her inind.
tedium incident to the ensuing six days in
water is within a few yards of the kitchen door.
The LAND consists of THREE PASTURE LOTS, of which from 6 to 12 Acres will be sold or leased with the House and Buildings.
For Terms, and furgher particulars, apply to the Subscriber.
To view the Rose of Cumberland.
‘Now, Isabel, my dear, won’t you tell me when had you a/| letter from McVay ?’
the expiration of that period he returned to claim his affianced ; | but, gallant reader, fancy, if you can, his disappointment and |
| mortifieation, on finding that no further admittance would be |
ever so willing to allow us to get married after we go home |
July 6, 1857. G. W. DEBLOTS.
Valuable Farm in the Royalty of Charlottetown. HE SUBSCRIBER offers for SALE, a FARM B of about Forty Acres of very Valuable Land, Situate in the Royalty of Charlottetown, and is the distance of about two miles from the City. This Froperiy fronts nearly 30 chains on the St. Peter’s Road, and about 15 chains on the Union Road, and adjoins the valuable Farm of the Hon. George Coles. The greater portion of the Land has been recently cleared. Por particulars, apply to June I. f W. H. POPE. For Sale, OTS suitable for Villa Residences, situate on the western moiety of “Spring Park’’ Estate—within a few minutes walk of the Provinee Building. For further particulars, plan, &c., apply to Tazo. DesBrisar, or to the subscriber, May 18, 1857. tf W. H. POPE.
NEW BOOKS!
r HE subseriber takes this Gpportanity of returning his ; sincere thanks to the inhabitants of the Island generally, for the encouraging patronage the: have hitherto afforded him ; and would inform all that he has received a FRESH SUPPLY OF BOOKS,
of the choicest and most varied description, suitable to the different tastes of the community. He is also prepared to furnish any Book, published in the United States, on the shortest notice. G. W. MLLLER.
P. 8.—The above Stock will be sold cheap, if aot cheaper, than any other Books that can be bought in the market. Quality unexceptionable.
Prince Strect, July 27, 1857. Im
G. W. M.
‘ What reason have you for suspecting that I have ever had a letter from him? It is quite an unfounded suspicion.’
‘ Now, I declare! I never expected to find you such an able equivocator. But, come, let me see one of his letters, only as a sample of his composition. I care little about his passion for you, though I confess I should be a little disappointed were you not to aspire after some one more worthy of your charms ‘than John McVay. Butas he and I have occasionally discussed | woman’s rights and wrongs, when he would emit occasional flashes of wit, | am anxious to see whether his compositions
sustain his pretensions to wit and humor.’
‘Jf that be your object, Maggie, your best course is to open a correspondence with him, or if you are ashamed to take the | initiative, 1 will undertake to persuade him, with your leave, | to write you.’ ; ¢ But Mshalt, I can’t wait for such a tedious course, when | |
| you know his lordship and I are not at present on the most familiar terms.’ '
‘I am very sorry, my dear Maggie, that I can’t oblige you, ‘in this particular instance ; but if I can persuade the young)
| ‘Let us drapt | gentleman to correspond with you, as I have proposed, i a bind bat mollified by the evident distress of his daughter. |
that | * Let us hae a Crack aboot ither matters, and alloo time and |
i iend, absence to coo! this unworthy joe o” yours.’ gps gen | ©Time is utterly impotent,’ replied Isabel, ‘to effect the |
be the means of resuscitating your former friendsh:p, eventuste in the closest intimacy between you. Wouldn
be acting asister’s part for my dear an Margaret ?’
| The foregoing colloquy took place between two young female! change which you anticipate.
teachers, one of whom, Miss Margaret Dickson, was paying @) visit to the fair and much admired Isabella Calder. | Her visitor finding it vain to urge Isabel to exhibit any of her love letters, affected the utmost indifference regarding them, and devoted the remainder of the evening to inquiries about
Isabella’s school and vicinity, and relating what incidents were |
| worth relating and some not worth it, regarding isadetla’s | friends and her childhood’s home, which she had left about tour
iti : ides, * you might with equal rani CARL CBE 9 YH cm | eniis as ae my at Ir is utterly vain to exoect to depreciate |
allowed him, or any of his friends, at Caider Cottage. Her, father, who met him outside, tojd him that to look afier his isabel noo would be a wild-goose-chase—that he would tak’ vera guid tent that nae McVay wud aye see her; sae they | micht gang hame as fast as they Iikit, as they wud gait) nocthin’ by biding there.’ :
So poor McVay had to return a second time from Calder’s | without the fair Isabel; but, oh! with what different feelings | from what he had on his former retarn! On that occasion he was elate with the fondest anticipation; on this he was de- pressed with the agony of perfect and inconsolable despair. -
“{ am, ower glad,” said old Calder, ‘that yon Arminian dog is awa. Isabe!, my dear, ye oucht to be vera thankfu’ to hae escapit frae the snare 0’ sic a heretic and worthless callant as
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‘Dear father, retorted the piqued and disappointed Isabel, |
effect vent your abuse against the bare
the young man in my estimation. | know him far better than you do. Your anmerited persecution of him only serves to
deepen my sympatiiy for him.’ ' 2 Ty his unpleasant subjec’ noo,” said the father, |
That you will be eure to, ascertain if you live to test it. And hereig at present lies my
only hope, that after having found the utter fatality of your, restraint on my affections, you will relent aiid allow them to. cling to the only object that has ever been capable of attracting |
them.’ * My dear bairn, said her mother, ‘ we should be muckie sorry, to restrain your affections frae clinging to any objec’ worthy | o’ them, gin ye gang wi’ your faither tulj Lancaster the morn,
jown cage.’
| «If that be all that’s wanted,’ said John, ‘ it hae been already provided,’ at the same time taking the document referred to out of his breast-pocket.
‘ All right,’ said McDowall), which was the name of McVay’s friend. ‘I am now going to the schoolhouse. It is drawing near four o’clock. When school comes out I'l) propose to drive Isabel home. You know they never mistrust me, but being a quondam beau of bers, they rather regard me as a rival And when I'l! have her once in my sleigh, it will be easy to drive her to which home I choose. It is easy to lead a willing team. But for dear love and life,do you keep out of sight.’
* Where shall I find you? :
‘ At Campbell’s Hotel,’ replied McVay.
‘ Allright, all right,’ said McDowall. * Within three qusriers of an hour I’!! cal! on you and let you know of my success."
‘ Be off, then, and may heaven prosper your adventure,’ said our hero.
McDowall! arrived at the school jast in time to meet Isabel and her duenna sister, before (hey lefi the play-gronad for Mre Jamieson’s, their aunt. As he invited Isabel to take a ride, ber sister jumped in after her, uninvited. When they had errived at the crossing of two streets, ‘ Jenny ’ said Isabel to her sister, ‘ here, take this yorker to Mr. Forgan’s and fetch its value of con- fectionaries for aunt’s little girls, as we promised them.’
As soon as McDowall saw the young duenna facing the fascinating young shop-keeper, whose sweet attractione she had ' previously experienced, he drove lke Jeha into a street which ‘met at right angles that which led to Mr. Jamieson’s, and in ‘another instant turned into another street which smlerectod
McVay left the fair Jsabel under the paternal roof. He | that, so, in nearly as little time as it takes us to relate it, they
‘arrived safely at Campbeli’s Hotel, where Isabel was securely
be very cheerful, except Isabel, who felt sad from some fore-| enclosed with her long parted dear, while McDowall sa!lied
out in quest of an accommodating parson to anite them for life
Next morning McVay returned alone. He whiled off the | in the bdnds of matrimony. — . furnishing the| When the young duenna arrived at Mr. Jamieson’s, the reader
apartment intended for the reception of his adored Isabel. At, may easily imagine
How they mounted, those Calders of feabei’s Clan, Calders, Jamiesons, Forgans, they rode and they ren. There was racing and chasing en Ottowa Lea,
But the last Rose of Cumberland we’er could they see.
When McDowall had ascertained that the ‘racing and chasing’ had been abandoued im despair, he drove for Person Wedman, who soon put the exulting McVay in legal possession of his much-contested and long-missing goal, the Kore of Cumberland. c.
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PATERFAMILIAS AT THE SEA-SIDE.
Old Paterfamilias is at the sea-side, Because he believes change of air should be tried, And there too his wife and his children abide With Paterfamilias by the sea-side.
He watches the ebb and the flow of the tide,
And the sea-gulls that o’er the waves hover and glide, ‘And the steamboats’ arrivals are curiously eyed
By Vaterfamilias by the sca-side.
He marks the young ladies and children, who ride O’er the shingle strewn beach of the ocean so wide, Upon Donkeys—a feat one would like to see tried By Paterfamilias by the sea-side.
He has read, during breakfast, hie paper—well dried, ‘And he sits on the shore and peruses bis Guide. Whilst apples and pebbles are now and then shied At Paterfamilias by the sea-side.
Or the sea-weeds and shells his attention divide, With starfish, to plant that seem closely allied, And ships in the offing are through a glass spied By Paterfamilias by the sea-side.
—Punchk's Pocket Book.