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goL. XX. J CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1869. NO. 47 ae — —— we a ET A a.

The Examiner VERY MONDAY GRANT,

¢ PUBLISHED BY WALTER ©, sPFICE, 4 3B COM STRERT, NEAR

Marine and Fire Insurance!

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ba ‘N Abe 7 Yo 7 7 y 744 BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY, TERMS, FIRE & MARINE. giteen Shillings. per aunum, half in a 7 ; é ee adv «nce. HEAD OFPFICE--Corner of Church & Court treets, Toronto. | have appoint a we (oliowing Gene Capital and Assets upwards of . ” * $009,000 | ave * ppoiule a tt, = oe tou Act as Agents for the Deposited at Otlawa : ” i ‘ nt $59,000)

“EX aminer.’? Viz +=

G P. RIDOUT, Esquire,

Governor,

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GEORGE D. WRIGHT.

“Al e@. 5.2. 489.027 58. WRALER IN

CHOISE FMILY GROCERIES,

DUNN S BLOCK, | QUEEN STSELET,

Chari ttetown, Prince tdward Island.

J ine 28, 1368

R. REDDIA, Attoruen and Barrister-at-Law OUNVEYANOER, &e. Vico: -- Great Goorge Street,

Charlottetown. ( Near the Catholic Cathedral.) September 3, 1866 tf

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hm orem Pree TTNCOME FOR THE XBAR...cnea Hacer seen asec seeeee Cece en pec cee -O4, 095,290.20 1 q | TOTAL CASH ASSESTS..... so 4a: + + +p0 0 UMM de LUN SSUES .£¢ +, .. +l] 000,822.56 B, WILSON HIGGS | DIVISIBLE SURPLUS. ..:..... cS. 5S icine us tna eee pnb delet naia vis 12 271,689'282.17

General Commission Werchant | AND AUCTIONEER, | Charlottetown, « . P.E Island. | aay 27 1307 iy |

A. McNLiLt, Reading Boom Proptetor,

COL AIS3ION MBAEMAE

General Azent for P. E Isiana. ANU ea a scaareeeereermenreneceisternocmneser roreeesinimaneiieeent AUCTIONEER 2] tg he ete pe ? 7

Shestecisvedeta “har 1G | Paes & Summer HALIFAX HALIFAL

May 31,1809. tf GO ODS . .

BEL LS " ‘EX\HE SUBSCRIBERS havein Stock a LARGE

———— ASSORIPMENT of Choice

TAILORING ESTAbLLISAMENT | fha _ aubscribers have compteted, at the

QUE EN STREET Charlottetown - P. E. Island. ‘,UE SUBSCRIBER takes this method of

_feturning thanks for the patronage with | Which he has been favo-ea during the past | year, and would respectfully inform hi: custom- *T3 and the public gener uly, that he is still Prepared to attend to al! orders in his liae of business with punctuality.

CULTING

Yartiss desirous of having Garments or -ate-.3 cut, can be accomodated at the

thor.est notice. JOHN BELL,

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January 4,1869, MR. W. Hi. POPE

Beys to inform the Public that he bas resumed

THE PRACTICE OF THE LAW.

Orrick—A few doors below the Bank of Prince Edward J sland, Charlottetown, Murch 8, 1869 —Im

PAPER HANGINGS 4500

PIECES ENGLISH ROOM and For sale Cheap

HALL PAPER, iu great variety,

G. & 8. DAVIES, W. R. WATSON, 73 Granville Street. ratety adoa ria Building, April 26,1809, Leoden Hone, | olty res Siege, Peper 50, tame April 19, 1869. |

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Strictly Mutual aod charges only Cost of Ineurance.

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| NON-FORF CITURE SYSTEM OF INSURANCE ORIGINATD

BY THIS COMPANY.

Ifyou want a Lifs Policy, choose

ASSETS, .

Twenty-fourth Annual Report, January Ist, 1869.

Policies issued during the year, 9,105, insuring’$30.765,917,00 MORRIS FRANKLIN, President. WM. H. BE ERS, Vice-Presi lent & Actuary, WALTER BURKE, Manager for Dominion cf Canada. Blank Forms, Tables of Rates Reports aud all information eau be had at the office of

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HENRY A

rience, Abi:ity& Success,

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$122000,000

HARVIE,

LONDON HOUSE,

their large and extensive Stock of

British, Foreign, and American MERCHAN DIZE.

G. & S. DAVIES. May 24, 1869.

PHILLIPS & LEWIS, Carpenters & Builders,

HILLSBOROUGH PARK, CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. L,

Have constantly on hand a large stock of WakREN’s Improved Fire aud Waterproof

FELT, COMPOSITION, AND GRAVEL,

and, from a long experience in the use of this

material, can guarantee the laying of tle same

in the most satisfactory aid workmanlike mapuer. Angust 2, 1869,

MAKE YOUR OWN YEAST

OICE NEW HOPSfor family use, in

a QUARTER, ONT ced POUND PAPERS. For Sale by

GOLD BARK,

PINE APPLE,

allof which will Paid.

30,000

100,000

Virginia Tobacco,

comprising various Brands and Qualities, viz 3— NATION’S PRIDE, 6’s. BRIGHT POCKEL PIECES, AMOKET BARKS,

JUNE APPLE, ROYAL TWisT,

from $30 to $100 per M.,

among which are f Catanas, Partagas, Tigaros, Star & Rosarito,

of all Grades and Prices. _ All orders will receive prompt attention.

COLFORD BROTHERS,

4's,

TEMPTATION ROLL,

SILVER CAKE,

PEACOCK, lib, i tb,

MAY APPLE, OLIVE,

ADMIRATION TWIST,

NAVY, 1 lb, 1b. Zlb., 8's & 12's &e., ae, &e.,

be SOLD LOW in Bond or Duty

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—ALSO—

Mlavana Cigars,

Brands.

German Cigars

| @ | Wine Thousand Rolls ROOM PAPER | She sat hy the window,and bad seen a party

| May 24, 1869.

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PIPES! PIPES!! PIPES !! 'THE MANIAG'S

MER CEAUM. 7ARRANTED the Genuine ARTICLE,

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at the UNION HOUSE. Tobacce ! Tebacco ! Tobacco!

pas RALE TWIST, at the UNION HOUSE,

Cigars! Cigars! Cigars! OQ® the FINEST FLAVOUR, at tie

UNION HOUSE.

A Large Stock of the abava Articles have been imported by the Subscribers, and willbe sold, Wholesale or Retail, in bond or daty paid, at a small advance on cost;

O'NEILL BROTHERS. Union House, Queen Street, i

May 17, 1869. 6w N. B.—Our Pipes are of the Best Quality; our Tobacco cannot be surpassed in this Mare ket; our Ciga's are second tonone. Cal) one, cal} all, but den’: all call together,

O’NEILL BROS.

A. BERMAXS,

Bell- Hanger, Gan etd Tin- Smith,

Dorchesier “treet,

(Next to Reading Room Building.) ES to him since his atid asks fora coutinnance of the same. keeps canstanty on hand

A neat Assortment of

&Cc., &c., &c.

ALL ORDERS in the above BUSINESS will be punctually attended to,

Having lately wade large purchases in the Cheapest Markets, intended { such as Gas Fitling, Water

Ech Yittings, &c.. &c.,

Tam prepared to SELL THEM at RATES AS LOW AS CAN BE HAD IN THE CITY, aud will fitibem up iv a good workmanlike ety le,

To a generous publie, | would eay, that all

rdevrs in THIS BRANCH OF MY BUSI- o ESS will be attended to with Despated, NA Lot of Fist Class WATLR COOLERS on nd. SAYERS’ CRYSTAL BLUE,

Sold Cneaper than ever. July 12, 1869

9,000. NINE THOUSAND ROOM PAPER! RCOM PAER.

UST RECEIVED at HARVIE’S ECOKSTORE, QUEEN SITREET—

from 312 per Roll, upwards. H. A, HAKVIE

H. RASZARD. Commission sHerchant, GENERAL AGENT, AUCTI on EE FR Upper Queen Street,

Charlottetown, - - - P,E.L N B.—Orders from abroad, and the country

will receive prowpt attention. April 26, 1869,

KEUBEN TUPLN,

AUCTIONEER, AND GENERAL AGENT. Margcte, IP, E. Island.

REFERENCES : Hon, D. Brenan, Charlottetown. RT. Horman, Summerside,

April 22. 1869. 6m 1ryy . n JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE Cheap for Cash, HEARTZ & SON

AVE JUsT RECEIVED per Steamer from Britain,a LARGE ASSOhTMENT ofj

Dry Goods, &c, &e.

And afarther supply expected in a few days by midsummer vessels.

subscribers ofler to their customers

VERY LOW,

as they wish to make quick sales of the same, . to prepare room for FALL lwportations, Intending purchasers will please calland examine for themselves HEARTZ & SON, August 3, 1868,

AMERICAN

STSVBR SALGOR.

Queen Street,

Opposite W. R. Watson’s Durg Store

Best of Lignos Always on hand

BENJAMIN PETTIGREW, PROPRIETOR,

Charlottetown, ....- newest. 2 Aenea NB-.—Familes supplied with Fresh OYSTERS, Aug 2, 1869. 3m

Lees

OOD TEA, SUGAR, MOLASSES and other GROCERIES, together with

DRY GOODS, &e., &c., at the WEST END STORE, Rochford Square.

dune 28, 1869.

ITE Subscriber has just received fromBordeaux, via Halifax,— 50 enses Cognac BRANDY, 50 “ CHAMPAGNE 5 hhds Burgundy RED WINE! 5 + Good Graves White WINE, 5 © Pure White Wive VINEGAR,

— @ AS BOCSHIA SG

All of which are offered for sale at ext-emely low ‘OWEN CON NOLLY.

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‘TINWARY, KIPCHEN UTENSILS, |

or House Builders, | where the youth and

- SEORET,

OR THE

Privateer of Massachusetts Bay.

A STORY OF THE REVOLUTION.

BY SYLVANUS COBB, JR.

CHAPTER XXI.

C /NCLUSIOX. | A week passed away,und during that time | Rolin and Belinda were constant companions. | And only one cloud hung over the poor girl's way ; but even this was sufficient to give her much ;ain and disquiet She eould not drive | from her mind the still fearful fact of that \father whom she had left in Boston, At times, when she would turn to Matthew Clyne with her heart yearning and beating | with its load of love, the dark form of Fitz gerald would arise to ber mind, and throw un icy chill upcn her soul. To Rolin she whispered ber fee'ings and he smoothed them witb his love and tenderness.

‘QO,’ she murmered, ‘ would that I had never seen him, for he will haunt me al- ways!’

* Nay, nay, dearest,’ whispered Rolin. ‘He cannot take you from your husband. And | it we would be perfectly eafe let us unite our | destinies at once.’ | 9 Ag you wi'l, Rolin. will not refuse you.’

‘Then the ceremony shall take place at once, for when you are my wife no power on of earth can take you from me ’

Belinda made no objection, and from that moment the two lovers commenced their ar- rangements for their nuptiala,

In the meantiwe,old Polly Poll had ceased | ber ravings and now Jay in a feeble, dying jstate. She had sought Matthew's door while

I am yours, and I

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KGS to return his thanks to the general | the fever was on her,and when he had taken | public forthe liberal patronage extended | her in he found her powerless and faint and | commencement in business, | shortly afterwards she heeame raving mad, He and thus she continued for nearly two weeks,

| with only short intervals of rest. she had ceased her raving, and death seemed close upon her. She seemed very strange still, but she spoke not save when he had

| oceasion to call for drink,and then ehe spoke |

|cleariy and calmly. ; eye was gone, and in its p'ace had come an pexpepenen of deep, earnest thought.

‘ Rolin,’ eard old Matthew as he came ~ut maiden were sitting. ‘+o d Polly bas got a fanny whim into her

Fosets, head. She wants to see you and Eelinda

| married.”

‘She eball certainly be blessed with the privilege if she lives a few days longer,’ re- jturned Rolin. ‘But does not thie seen to | indicate the return of reason ?

‘Yes, my son, I think — in fact I know it does. Since she baa left off her raving she had a spell of the s:tks, like. I coutdn’t get nothing out of her, nor could I get her to say if she knew me. But now she ealis me Captain Clyne, and speaks of Belinda and Rolin She cannot live Jong, why uot have tae clergyman Come toomorrow 7’

Rolin looked into Belinda’s face and ehe sm ‘ted,

‘We will do 60,’ he said, turning to the old wan. ‘I will go and see the clergyman at once."

It was near ten o’clock on the following day when the minister came. Ile was an old man, grown white with honored years, and bis greeting bore that childlike simpl city |

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COMMISSION MERCHANT.

Direct from Bordeauy, mia Halifar,

which marked the nobe men of that period. | ‘The holy men had just taken a seat when a quick, low ery from Belinda started them.

of men who Were approaching ¢ e houre. | Rovn started trom his chair, and up n look- ing out, be saw Major Fitzgeraid, Jonas Danton and his son, and two ot bers, one of hem Rolin recognized as an offcer of the |king’s. Just es this party e: tered the house, Belinda fell fainting into her lover's arma. ‘Save me! Save me! she groaned.

‘Til die ere they harm thee,” wae all the reply Rolin could make before the mtruders were upon them,

‘Ha! major. who showed plain'y in his looks that | be had been fortificd by brandy. what possessed you to run away from your father?’

* Spare me now,’ the poor girl gasped cling- ing more closely to her lover.

‘ing a furious gaz+ up. our protector, ‘do you profess to be this lady's protector ?’

* You sbail learn to your cost, if you dare to place a hand upon her!’ Rolia replied in a tone and with a look that made Danton quail,

‘Ha! So you put on airs, eh ?’ cried the elder Danton. * But we have a power here that takes precedence of force. I,asa justice, | baye Issued a writ of habeas corpus and here we have the officers to cerve it, and remove the body of this old officers child. You will resist at your peril.’

‘That's my child,’ epoke the major, turn- ing to the two officers, and pointing at the came time towards Belinda. ‘Take her and bring her with you.’

Mathew Clyne had started to his feet,2nd Belinda rushed forward and clung to bim.

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them take we away.’ *What! uttered Fitzgerald. * Is it possi-

The above Goods, along with stock on-hand,tho| ble that you would leave your own father

| thos, and cling to another? But you must think better of this when you are once more

in your own home.’

|_ ‘Thisie my home! This is my bome! O, I want no other?”

* But we will find another home for you,

pretty one’ hiseed young Danton,

‘Come,’ spoke bis father, ‘ we have no time to waste. Officers, you know your dety. This man has claimed bis child who hae been stolen away from him, and you see her here. You have your instructions t> take her body. Do eo at once. I will be at my office in season.”

‘By the hosts of beaven!’ cried Rolin, seizing the heavy door bar that stocd near him, and raising it abuve his bead, — the first man emong you whe dares to lay a hand vpon that girl falls upon the spot !’

The major drew hie sword and in another moment would have rushed upon the youth had not Belinda rushed in between them and eank upon her knees.

* Rolin,’ she murmured,claeping her hands, ‘bring not destruction upon your own head in useless effort for me. My tate is sealed and { cannot ercape it!’

‘Now you speak sensibly,’ said the major.

‘Be generous, sir—’

‘Come, come,’ cried Abner, impatiently.

‘ Ay, adced bie father. * Let ue be off at nee.’

‘By heaven—no!’ shouted our hero ‘ There's no—’ ‘

‘He stopped speaking, for at this moment a seeming spectre glided in the room. It was pone other than old Poliy. For long years she had been haggard to look upon, but now she seemed the very impersonation of death. fler skin was ali sbrivelled and dry — her flesh all wasted away, end her eyes, which retained yet a etrange spark, were deep auvken in their sockets. She tottered to a seat, and the newcomers started back

hast.

* What have we here ?’ the woman asked, in dry. crackled tones

It was come time before any one answered,

but now

‘that wi'd look of the!

ed to render them speechless, But Matthew Clyne at length epoke :

* Alas!’ he said, ‘ they have come for Be- ‘linda again, and nor they will take ber) away !’

* Come for her?

* Her—father.’

‘ And who is her father ?°the woman cried, with sudden energy, as though the tide of life had ta en a new flow.

‘Tam her father,’ answered the major.

* Officers, do your duty,’ ordered the elder | Danton. | *Held, sirs!* cried the woman, in a voice | that made all present start. And then turn- |ing to the major she fixed her deep-set eyes | upon him,and gradually lifted ber long bony | fingers to his face. He quailed before her | glance, and a perceptible tremor shook his frame.

* Barton Fitzgerald,’ sha said, ‘ ere you go further in this, listen to me. I have dragged myself out bere to die, and you ehal! know a thing now which I had meant never to breathe forth to mortai ear. I heard your voice here, and I knew you at once; and trom the lips of Matthew Clyne I have heard the story of your presentclaim, Do you not know me ?’

‘Know you? No,’ tremblingly uttered | officer tle

‘ Did you ever hear the name of Marsella | Pau} ?’

* Marsella Paut!’ gasped the major, turn- ing pale.

‘ Mersella Paul!’ cried Matthew, wildly. *O, 1 knew you were Marsella! I knew it! Tell m+ what beeame ef her who was with you in that mad sea _ =O, tell me?

‘Stop a moment, Matthew. Let me speak | | with Barton Fitzgerald firet.’ hen turmng | | to the cficer, she resamed— You know me | jnow, cir You see belore you the woman, | who, but for your father, might have been | honored in the land of her birth. Do you | remember that bitter day when poor Marsella | Paul went forth from your father’s house a jtuined woman’? Speak, sir! Do you re- | member it?’

‘Yes! yes!’ gasped the major. am not to blame. I did it not’

‘I know it, but beware, Barton, for I! sow your whole life up to the time when | |this fair girl whon you now claim as your | ciuld, was a woman grown, almost. Mark | me, sir! Do you not understand?’

* Yes—yes—’

* Then listen,’

‘ Out upon this! shouted Abner Danton, | What have we to do with this siuff? If | you would hear her story, major, come here | agant, for we have no time now,’ | «No, no,’ gasped Fitzgerald. * Wait a few | momeuts.’ * | + But wherefore ?’ asked the elder Danton. | ‘ Because—be - be—’ | ¢ Recause | wish it,’ said the old woman. And now listen, all of you, for my story ix short, and need not detain you long. Cap- |tain Clyne,’ she continued, turning to M | thew, * you and IL both remember that fear. |ful night at the entrance of the Bristol | Channel ?’ | ‘Ay—ay—O, tell me!’ cried Matthew. | ‘I will, On that dreadful might your | wife feared that the ship wes every moment sinking. For a long time she tried to rush on deck, but I prevented ber. I told ber there would be no danger if she remained be- low. Barton Fitzzeraid, I wea a nurse then, When I was turned from your father’s house a ruued thing, I sought te shores of Ameri- |

Who has come for her ?’

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‘in his sober moments,

sweet child the moment I saw her; but stranger fancies sti!l worked upon my brain. I thought we were both of us children of that woman who had died, and that we were born in heaven. Bat you know the rest. I remember well of following Belinda to Bostoa a short time since—and of the sickness that came upon me. I have @ faint recolleetion of feeling that this place was my home, and of seeking it. Little elze dol koow until the lamp of my soul flamed up again,and | found myself in light and recollection. Now you know all. Barton Fitzgerald can you go farther in this wieked plot now ?

But before the conscience stricken man could reply. Belinda had thrown her arme about o!d Matthew's neck, and the tzars of joy were rolling down her cheeks.

‘ Father ! father!’ she murmured, wildly and frantically—“ O, my father, they caa- not take me Sono now !’

* Major,’ uttered Jonas Danton, in a etern, threatening tone, ‘ will you allow thie crasy woman's lies to influence you? Remember your oath. This is your child; and we car prove it!’

The poor major was sober now, and he hesitated. He looked first upon Danton, then upon Marsella Paul, andupon the fair girl whom he had so wronged. She met his hesitating gaze, and she read there the same natural sofiness of feeling which she had seen before when he had been himself. Oa the instant she broke from ber father’s em- brace nnd threw herself at his feet.

‘QO, sir!’ she cried, * be noble now, aad speak. Should this be our last meeting on earth let me not suffer more from you. Speak truly—O, I pray you, and say you are not my father!’

‘Gad zounds, girl, I can’t stick out this any longer. I've got a wife in old land, | expect, but I never had a chila— never! There, that’s the truth.’

‘ How—villian! Would ye betray yer honor now?’ gasped Jonas Dantoa, while his son started back aghast.

‘No Lil get back my honor if I can,’ re turned Fitzgerald, starting to his feet, and speaking in tones which showed that Danton‘s words had angered him. ‘When Captain Balfour came to me to help you in this, he

jtoid me there was a poor girl whom ycu

wanted to reseue from poverty, but to get her away from her fpresent guardian, he must use some deception,’

¢ Liar !’ hissed Danton.

*O, wait till I finish, for be sure 11 make a clean breast of it now. I don’t claim much virtue, but I can tell the truth when l’m myself. i came to you, sir. You knew how prone I was to drink, and how much I wanted money, and you plied me with both. Then you told me thie girl's siory, and hired me to ply the part of her father; and I have done it, By the hol piper, [ve done enough, I’ve had to drin more brandy to keep my heart shat down to this work than you and all your hopes are worth.’

6 Liar !’

* Oho—e1ll me liar as much as you please, only I think you wont want to make much boise about it.’

While both father and son stood utterly confounded, the major extended bis hand to Belinda, She caught it with « grateful emotion.

‘ Now, lady,’ he said, with more emotion than she bed ever before seen him exhibit pe and I may w

mever meet again, bat, atever may be

ca, and ere long afterwards engaged myself | the impression | may jeave upon your mind, a8 a nurse to (his man’s wife, and with her I [ hope you will remember this one act. if

Here s the runaway!’ cried the |

* Belirda, |

‘Look ye,sir,’ uttered Abner Danton,turb

‘ Pather! father !’ she cried, UO, do not let |

| went on a voyage with her husband to Eng-

\land. Mureella Pauli had become a common | servant! But, Mattvew Clyne, you were

| good to me—you and your angel wife both. You remember how far I Lad gone in my

ney:

| * Yes, you tried to keep my wife below.’

‘Ay, | know, yes, I toid her she'd be i safe if she d only stay. But at lust ehe broke | from me, and, with ber child in her arms, jrushed upon deck. I followed ber. 1 reach-

ed the deck, 1 caw the great sea coming as I |came up, but I noticed at not. I sprang for | my loved mistress, and L remember of seeing |you near at hand Next came the sea—I jtelt a rushing sweep ng seusation — and | 'knew I wagin the sea, It was dark—all, all | dark — bu: I could soon see a glimmer from ithe to pof the great wave that took me up, ;and when I ceme down | beard a ery in my ear. I looked aboutjand your wife was close jto me. She knew me, for she asked me to jtake her child. I took the infant — we | struggled together for a while, and then a | huge sea separated us But I c’ung to the jehild. On oa I went, and my thick clothes |held me up. But my memory soon failed |}me, and soon my eyes and sou) were shut. | When I came to myself, 1 was upon a warm | bed, in a poor fish rman’s cot. I wae told | that I had been found upon a huge mess of |sea-weed with the child in my arms. We | both lived—tise child and I ; but my mistress idied. She was found not fur from where I | wae, among the rocks,’

‘But where ? where?’ asked Matthew. ‘TI | hunted everywhere, and could gain no tid- \ ings.’ | *It was ina little cove called the Piper’s | Bowl. I lay there upon that bed long weeks, {but I know not how many—but when my strength came back my reason failed me went forth a poor crazy thing with the child in my arms. | remember how they tried to take the little one from me, and I would not give itup. Where I had been nursed they named the evild Belinda, and I remember that I called is afterwards by that name.

* And now the long years that have passed since that time seem like a dream, but yet I remember the chief incident’, even to my own ravings. It seems as though I have awakened from a sieep of ages, in which these strange fancies have been upon me. From the mo- ment when | awoke out of that deep sleep a week ago my mind has been new to me, and gradually the dreary, misty past bas been unfolding itself. It took a long while for me to realize it all, and hence I have not spoken before, for I had not wholly grasped all that dwelt so confusedly in my mind.

‘I rewember of wandering to Bristol, and of there getting a passage to America. I can remember of landing in Bogton,and of wander- ing about the country with the child in my arms. A etrange fancy possessed me, for [ remémber it plainly. I was searchiog for

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the child’s mother. I fanced I should find |

I searched and searched, but all in vain. I| made the woods my home, for I thought the | mother might be hunting there for her lost| darling. At length one coid day in autumn I | came to this cot. I saw you,and I knew you were Matthew Clyne. I thought you would kill me if you could, for I ‘ancied I had stolen your child. So my wild fancies ran | I remember of placing the derling on your, door stone, and then hiding mysel! near to | watch. I saw you when you came and pick- ed up the bundle; I saw you take it into your house, and then { ran away as fast as possible.

* After that I went to England, and for nine long years I wandered up and down my native land. Isaw you often, Barton Fite-

married. Ab, you cannot deny it. you often,

he had made. But enough of this. turned to this country, and here I wandered

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that mother somewhere about her old haunts. | again

| | ‘Come,’ whispered Marsella Paal, * let

gerald, and [ know when you first were 't I eaw o ’ Barton, and I only wished that | thankful emotions, he eaid the your father could have lived to see the wreck | which made two I re-| one forever—one in life,

this old woman had not exposed the whole affair | might have stuck it out, bat give me one kind thought, neverthelesa, for I leave you happy, I found you miser- able. There, that’s all. Good-by, I'm of’

Belinda kissed the bard hand she held, and in ® moment more Barton Fitazerald had left the house. The maiden never saw him again,

As soon as ths major had gone, Jonas Danton seemed to start up from his chagrin, and turning to his officers, he said :

‘You have your orders, and you have dus authority for executing them. Let your duty be done at once !’

‘Mr. Danton,’ answered the foremost of the officials, is astern tone, * we have orders to take the body of Belinda Fitzgerald, at the will of her father. We haye yet found no such person; and, according to Fits- gerald s own account, he has no daughter. Therefore we have nothing to do here,’

‘Hold, sirs!’ cried the enraged justice. * Beware how you trifle. You bold your offices at my will.’

* Not exactly, sir. I knew we received them at your intercession, but it takes the governor to remove us. You can rake open this affair as soon as you please. At least, if you make 4 noise aboui this, the whole thing will be known. * Good day,’ he add- ed, turning to Mathew. *If we have caus- ed you a few moments uneasiness, you will 803 that we did it innocently.’ Aad with

|thia the two officers left the house

‘ Now, sires!’ cried Matthew Clyne, sturt- ing to his feet, and turning his flashing eyes apom Jonas Danton and his son, ‘your presence is no longer needed here. Your villany ia all exposed, and you stand now where you ought to stand, ave us alove pow.’

It was some moments ere the introder could speak. We can imagine how the proud man felt to be thus humbled before those hovest people. fle could only cal upon his anger for support, and in savage tones he uttered :

‘You shall suffer for this’ By the host you shall! I've not done with you yet !’

‘Nor I cried Abner, turning a fierce gara upon Rolin.

‘Ha!’ uttered our hero, no longer able to contain his bursting indignation * Say ye

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And as he spoke he darted upon the young tory and seized hii by the throats and Lip and bore him aloft as though he had been s man of straw. With one ste he reached the door-step, and then he harl. ed the viper upon the ground. In an in- stant he returned to the house and seized the elder villian by the collar. His blood was hot ancf-evengeful now, and be stopped not to reflect upon consequences.