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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, October 27, 1862.

LITERATURE. AUTUMN.

© Raler of the waning year Llow calm while summer lingers here

Is thine enchanted sleep, When murmuring woods are full of songs, Aud all green leaves are whispering tongues,

Aud tields grow rich and deep

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| Till waken’d by the shrilly sound

Of the sharp seythe along the ground, } Thro’ Nature's tlowering heart ;

| Or shouts of jocund Harvest home,

That down the echoing valleys come,

From laughing hills apart How calm a splendour ever lies Within thy reyal waking eves, © wondrous Antamn-time! Like the glory round a geod man’s head, When angels light about his bed, And waken thoughts sublime And who could dream yon soft sweet light

Were herald of the veur’s dark night,

i | And north wind's stormy breath ,— That all thes« tints of red and gold,

Barning through every starry fold,

| Were signs of Nature's death! Ah, me! thy coming stire the sense, | At every portal calling thence

| The troops of awe and fear

We think perforce of days gone by,

And day s that all as swiftly tly ,-

Kuowing thine errand here

| We eannot with the swallow flee, | | ;

And shun the gloomy days that be So fall of winter snow : We pass into our Orient land Across dark seas, where some bright hand

| Calls from the de eps below

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| Thon art the gloomy spirit of all

| The wondrous years that rise and fall

} Within the glass of time

Thou wert in fair Creation’s bound,

When first the child-like Earth swung round,

Exalting in her prime.

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| Born when the black pine crowned the hills, And violets pierced the soil that fills

The elm-trees’ ragged spurs

When wore the thorn her snow white crown, And chesnut-spires fell softly down Among the golden furz Still thy dread pinions, as of old, The sylvan bills and vales enfold Orer all the spreading land ;

And earth's sweet fave, once brivht and mild

As the fuir forehead of a child,

Is seared ag With a brand ; And still Man's conscious spirit feels, While far and wide the east wind peals, Tis God's aluizhty breath (While as in praver all Heaven is bowed rer hill and valley blowing loud,

Phe Autumn-blast of Death. (s+

A KISS AND ITS REVENGE.

Down a green lane dashed madly a horse, while its rider, a lady, leaning forward in her saddle, urged him on by constant ana severe lashes of her whip, and sharp quick words of gncouragement.

Very lovely was the pietare?Ellen Perci- val presented as she swept recklessly home- ward, her long golden hair streaming behind her like a cloud of suushive, her great eyes sparkling with excitement, and the red flush deepenirg the rosy tint ou both checks.

Uaward she flew, (it almost appeared), followed closely by a young man mounted on a magnificent black hunter, whose handsome

proud face indicated equal excitement to

her’s, for his haughty lips Were‘tightly com- |

pressed, his cheek pale to ghastliness, with the exception vf a red mark which glowed brightly across uose, chiu and cheek, and the blue eyes, 4o sad and tender, usually, were bluck and piercing now; his horse's bloody sides.alse indicated his great excite-

ment, for his spurs were geuerally worn!

more from custem than for use. ‘Un they dashed! Ellen Percival always two lengths ahead, notwithstanding the mad efforts of Leigh Waring, for such was his name, to overtake her. At lest the wide gate of Per- cival Hal! was reached—the smiling porter-

+ ess Opens it with a low dropped curtesy, and

Ellea Percival, with Leigh Waring now by her side, galloped through it and up the long

| * Your wife I never will be ; and my cheek will always feel the stain of your hated kiss worthy person, Modesty is what ails me. | repeated—* Nihil fit.’ 'when my eyes rest upon you, whom I no| That's what's kept me under. | * Exactly,’ I said. ‘longer esteem a gentleman; so henceforth,! I meanter-say, I shall have to resign if| a strategy feller.’

L wmmand you, let our paths be wide apart,’ I’m drafied everywhere I've bin inrold. | answered Kilen Percival, as she rose to her | feet, and looked seornfnlly into the face of {her companion, which was lowering in its ‘anger pow.

| ‘My bride, Ellen, or my enemy! Once ;more L ask you to decide. Do not bid me go, for, if you do, the cut across my face

of 200 different towns. If 1’d kept on tra- Virgil.’ velin’ I should hav eventoally becum a Bri-| « No, I don’t know him. 'gade, in which case I could have held tives

meetin’ and elected myself Brigadeer-ginral | draft,’ ‘quite onavimiss, I hadn’t no idee there | /was so many of me before. But, serisly, 1 | style, and the subseriber took the stand. shall be avenged,’ said Leigh Waring, while | coneluded to stop exhibiting’ and make | ; his face was pale with emotion. tracks for Baldinsville. but it had brought all its relations. | *'Take your revenge, Leigh Waring, how | 7 /to me, as you ean never have it in your the gods!’

| power to do me evil, and good I would not; She reads the New York Ledger. ;receive from your ruffian hands; and now | ‘good night forever!’ and with a haughty said A:temus, Jz, He reads the New York | of war as they like, I’ bet ye. ‘bow of her beautiful head Ellen Percival Clipper. says 80 too. “swept from the room, leaving Leigh Waring) | My wife was to the sowin’ circle. I knew jn takin’ Washington, and they seem to be | loving her more madly, more hopelessly, than | she and the wimin folks was havin’ a plea- advanein’ that way pretty often, I shall say |he had ever done before. , sant time slanderin the females of the other | jt is strategy, and Washington will be safe. ‘I kissed her! [ kissed her!’ he muttered | sowin’ circle, (which likewise met that at-' And that noble banner, as it were — that |as he rode swiftly homeward iu the darkness | ternoon, and was doubtless enjoying’ their-| banner, as it were — will be a emblem, or (of night, folding to bis heart a memory that | selves ekally well in slanderin’ the fust) rather, I should say, that noble banner — | became his curse. vamed cirele,) an’ I didn’t send for her. I asit were. My wife says so too. [I gota - / allus like to see people injoy theirselves. | little mixed up here, but they didn’t notice Three years from that night, Ellen Per-} My son Orgustus was playin’ onto a floot. | j¢, Keep mum.) Feller citizens, it will be ‘cival stood by the seaside, with her hands Orgustus is an etherial cuss. The twins |g proud day for this Republic when Wash- lelasnped together in a_ wild, beseeching | was bildin’ cob-houses in a corner of the |jnpton is safe. Gloucester, Massachusetts, | manner, as she peered, with streaming eyes, kitchen, lis safe. Gen. Fremont is there. No danger through the gathering darkness, out across} I[t’ll cost some postage stamps to raise | of Gloucester, Massachusetts, as long as the ocean, whose white-capped waves dashed | this family, and yet it ’ud go hard with the! Gen, Fremont’s there. And may the day | angrily against the shore at her feet. There /old man to lose any lamb of the flock. | be not far distant when I can say the same she had stood immovably through long,| An old batchelor is a poor critter. He! of Washington. But if it is saved, it will |} weary hours; the storm had burst and yet) may have hearn the skylark or (what’s nearly | he by strategy, Vermont will soon be safe. ‘all remonstrances were unavailing to draw , the same thing) Miss Kellogg and Carlotty | Gen, Phelps is comin home, Let us ail re- her from her anxious watch. | Patti sing; he may have hearon Ole Bull joice that Vermont is about to be safe. My | *Who is it your watching for, lady ?” fiddle, and all the Dodworths toot, an’ yet | wife says so too. said a tall, dark man, with flowing hair and he don’t know nothin’ about music — the| Th editor of the Bugile-Horn of Liberty | slouched hat, to Ellen, real, genuine thing—the music of the laugh- | here arose and said: ‘1 do not wish to in-

‘For my husband, sir, whose wife I have| ter of happy well-fed children! And you terrupt the gentleman, but a important dis-

only been one short week. Oh, God! what! may ax the father of sich children home to patch has just bin received at the telegraph if he should even now be dead ?”” and Ellen | dinner,feelin’ werry sure there'll be no spoons | office here. I will read it. It is as follows: | Percival wept aloud, unearing for the pre- | missin’ when he goes away. Sich fathers}: Goy'ment is about to take vigorous mea- jsenes of strangers. for many bad collected on | never drop tin five cent pieces into the con- | sures to put down the rebellion!’ {Loud | the beach to watch for the coming of the be- | tribution box, nor palm shoe-pegs off into applause.] jloved and young busband of the heirs of} blind hosses for oats, nor skedaddle to Bri-

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‘ Our venerable friend,’ said the school- must now, furrinstunns, be inrold in upards master, smilin’ pleasantly, ‘isn’t posted in

The schoolmaster wound up in eloquent

| Pereivall Hall.

The stranger turned suddenly, almost rudely, from Ellen, as she spoke, and walked jrapidly away, but he soon returned and 'stood near her.

| A half hour had elapsed — a half hour of

breathless anxiety—when a boat was dis-

icerned, while a man clung to it unable to

lsteer her.

| ‘I see him! it is Ralph, my husband !’ lif to rush inte the sea to meet him, but the strong hand of the tall stranger held her

; back, while he swore to her that her husband |

should be saved, even if it cost him life itsel! |to bring him to her, The handfuls of gold given by the stranger

soon seat a boat with men to the rescue of

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Jieu's husband, while he stood at the helm add cucouraging the men, from time to time, with promises of more gaia if they should

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ouly reach the boat, before a man let go dis,

holi. Manfully they pulled upon their ears, und svou the boat was gained, and the almost dying man was lifted in, while the tall stranger received him in his arms, andre-

igued his post at the helm to one vot nearly | as competent as himself to guide the frail!

vessel, us Was too svon proved, for when they bad scarcely started back for the shore

ithe boat was sudden'y upset, and life de-

pended wpon the power of each to swim ashore. Boldly did the stranger s:rike out with

Kilen’s helpless husband for the strand, and it | seemed as if God gave him strength to fulfil)

his vow to the despairing woman, watching so anxiously on the beach, for the shore was reached safely, and Ralph Eustis was re- ceived and watched over by his wife, who walked by his side, as be was borue by lov- ing servitors to his home.

Leigh Waring —for such was the stranger —was carried by the rough seamen, for as le reached the shore, and saw Ralph Eustis safe, he fainted. and the blood streamed from his mouth and nostrils. to Percival Hall by the order of its mis- tres, who little knew who it was that bad saved her husband’s life.

The hemorrhage had ceased, and Leigh | wiile

Waring lay pale and insensible, Kilen and Ralph Eustis watched by his

avenue until they drew rein before the open j side,

doors of Percival Ilall. Its master stood

smiling lovingly upon this mad race (as he|

thought it) of bis only and idolized child. Huastily dismounting, Leigh Waring accept- ed the extended hand of Mr. Percival, while he said in a most nonchalant manner:

‘You see, Miss Ellen and I have had a race, but her Arabian was too fleet for my poor charger, and | have not only lost the race, but have also received a stinging mark across my face.’

‘Lt am sorry, Waring, but it is not my fault, for | told my overseer many days ago to have those limbs cut away, as 1 knew that road through the woods was my daughter’s favorite ride. Come, let me give you some arnica, it will relieve the stinging sensation,’ suid Mr. Percival, as he drew Waring by the arm into the house, and Ellen ran with eager steps into the room.

Ellen Percival and Leigh Waring were

‘alone once more in the great drawing room ‘of Percival Hall, she sitting in a low sofa

while he stood before her, looking down upon ber with eyes filled with a strange mixture of anger, love, and almost despair, for the face he looked upon, so calm, defiant, was scarcely one that would make a lover feel

happy. ; - * Ellen, you have to make a decision now

this night,’ he said, breaking the silence, in

a low, hissing voice, while his proud face became dark with passion.

‘| have to do nothing that is disagreeabe to me,’ she answered, coldly.

‘You shail decide this night between me as your husband or your—enemy !’ rejoined Leigh Waring, while a cold, hard expression fell over his emotional face,

‘Tbat decision, Mr. Waring, is not hard to make after what has passed this evening. Had you asked me for the same decision a few days ago, it would probably have re- ceived a different judgment,’ aaswered the

| young girl, while a flush of anger mantled

her cheek.

‘It is I, Miss Percival, who should feel aggrieved after what has occurred this even- ing, tor the cut from your whip is still burn-

ing on my cheek, but L will forgive the hand

that struck the blow if I may call it mine.’

A soft, tender stile curled the lips of the young man as he finished speaking,

to me.

‘Will he never wake, Ralph? will he

never know I yearn for him to bless and for- give me?’ whispered Kilen, while tears |

filled her eyes as she looked into the face of

her busband, who was almost as much shaken |

with grief as herself, as he watched the face

‘of the man he had loved in his boyhood, aud

unconsciously bad rivalled.’ ‘I hope he will speak to us before he dies, Ellen; but, tell me, is this your first

| meeting since that night he swore vengeance against you in this very room ? questioned

her husband,

‘Ile went from home the next day, and [ have never seen him until to-night, when he returned to bless me in giving you back Oh, Ralph ? and she clung passion- ately to her husband’s breast.

*‘ Klien,’ whispered the dyiog man, open- |

ing suddeply his eyes.

She turned hastily toward bim, and tak- ing bis hand, covered it with kisses and tears. while Ralph knelt by bis side, aud buried his face in his hands.

‘I am avenged, Eilen! Does your cheek burn now @ whispered Leigh Waring, while he smiled into her face.

‘Uh, forgive me, Leigh, and bless me,’ sobbed Ellen, as she fell un her knees by his side.

‘And bless me also, Leigh, for I have wronged you in loving her whom you alone are worthy of,’ said Ralph Kustix, as he clasped and kissed the extended hand of the dying man.

«| bless you both, and pray, as I am dy- ing, that God will protect you and yours. E.jen, won't you kiss this mark off my check before I enter eternity ?”

Very pale had become Leigh Waring’s face as he spoke. Killen Eustis’ lips dwelt softly on his cheek, and when she lifted up her head his spirit had passed into the land of sunshine, and Leigh Waring died aveng-

ed! THE DRAFT IN BALDINSVILLE.

BY ARTEMUS WARD,

If I’m drafted I shall resign. Deeply gratetul for the onexpected honor

thus conferred upon me, I shall feel compeld

jeried Kilen Percival, as she ran forward as}

He too was carried |

That, said I, is cheering. That's soothing. And Washington will be safe. {Sensation.] Vhiladelphia is safe. Gen. Patterson is in Philadelphia. But my heart bleeds partic’ly for Washington. My wife says so too.

There’s money enough. No trouble about sta: : money. They’ve got a lot of first-class to *pologize, on behalf of his parients, for) bank-note engravers at Washington (which bein’ here at all. The happy marrid man plaee, I regret to say, is by no means safe) dies in good stile at home, surrounded by , who turn out two or three cords of money a his weeping wife and children. The old | day— good money, too. Gose well. These batchelor don’t die at all — he sort of rots) bauk-note engravers make good wages. I away, like a polly-wog’s tail. : expect they lay up property. They are full

My townsmen was sort o’ demoralized. | of Union sentiment. ‘There is considerable There was a evident desine to ewade the | Union sentiment in Virginuy, more spe- Draft, as I observed with sorrer, and patri- cially among the honest farmers of the She- otistm was below Par—and Mar, too. [A nandoah valley. My wife says so, too. jew desprit.] I hadu’t no sooner sot down | Then it isn’t money we want. But we jou the piazzy of the tavourn than I saw six- do want men and must have them. We teen solitary hossmen ridin’ four abreast, must carry a whirlwind of fire among the wendin’ their way up the street. |foe. We must crash the ungrateful rebels

‘What's them? Is it calvary ? |who are poundin’ the Goddess of Liberty _, ghhat,’ said the luudlogd, ‘is the stage. over the head with slung-shots, and stabbin’ Sixteea able-bodied citiZens haS lately bo’t) her with stolen knives? We must lick ’em ‘the stage line "tween here and Seotsburg. | quick. We must introduce a large number That's them. They're stage drit re. Stage | of first-class funerals among the people of , drivers is exempt.’ _ 3 ‘the South. Betsy says so, too.

I saw that each stage driver carried a| This war bain’t been too well managed. letter in his left hand. We all know that. What then? We are

'tish sile when their country’s in danger— nor de any thing which is really mean, I don't mean to intimate that the old batche- | lor is up to little games of this sort—not at all—but [ repeat he’s a poor critter. He don’t live here ; he only stays. He ought

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| ‘The mail is heavy to-day,’ said the land- | aj) in the same boat—if the boat goes down,

lord. ‘Gin‘rally they don’t have more’n | we go down with her. Hence we must all /half-a-dez-n letters “tween ‘em. To-day | fight. lt ain’t no use to talk now about they've got one apiece! Bile my lights and) who caused the war. That’s played out. liver! |The war is upon us—upon us all—and we ‘ And the passengers #” | must all fight. We can’t ‘ reason’ the mat- ‘There ain't any, searecly, now-days,’' ter with the foe — only with steel aud led. said the landlord, ‘ very much prefer to walk, the roads is sO sun, a speckled jackass boldly and mali- rough.’ ciously kicks over a peanut stand, do we * And how is it with you?’ I inquired of + reason’ with him? I guess not. And the editor of the Bugle Horn of Liberty. why * reason’ with those other Southern who sut near me. _ | people who are tryin’ to kick over the Re- | ‘1 can’t go,’ he sed, shakin his head ina public? Betsy, my wife, says so, too. very wise way. ‘ Ordinarily I should de-, [| have grate confidence in A. Linkin. light to wade in gore, but my bleedin’ coun- ‘The old fellow's heart is in the right place, try bade me stay at home. It is impero-' and bis head is clear. There’s bin sum tively necessary that I remain here for the ‘queer doin's by some of his deputics- -civil purpose of announcin’ from week to weck, and military, — but let it pass. We must that our Gov’ment is about to take vigorous | gaye the Union. And don’t let us wait to _measures to put down the rebellion !” ‘be drafted. The Republic is our mother. |For God's sake don’t let us have to draw

I strolled into the village oyster saloon lots to see which of us shall go to the rescue where | found Dr. Schwazey, a leadin’ ci-| tizen, in a state of mind weich showed that | doo ansnadine.thate her. teaienh oon delan tial he’d bin histin’ in more’n his share of PizeM- | into the sea!

* Hello, old Beeswax,’ he bellered ; how's

your stuffed animals ? ? ; ‘showman. You've heard my wife, too. ‘What's the matter with the eminent) 51. and Betsy is 1. physician ?’ [ pleasantly inquired. The meetin’ was broke up with enthu-

‘This,’ he said ; * this is what's the mat-|sisem, We shan’t draft in Baldinsville if ter. I'ma babitool drunkard ! I’m exempt!’ | wo can help it.

* Jes’ so.”

* Do you see them beans, old man?’ and) he pinted to a plate before him. ‘ Do you} see *em ? be ee :

: , . | It wasa brilliant eastern morning, in the

: do. ae are a cheerful fruit when ‘early summer of 1814, when his Brittannic used tempritely.’

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since last weck. eat beans then. ‘It's very proper you should eat suthin’ once in a while,’ I said, good idee to occasionally instruct the stum-

mick that it mus'nt depend excloosively on ‘disappeared. Numberless sailors spran licker for its sustatnance, i | aloft, and clambered the shrouds, and

* A blessing,’ he cried—‘ a blessing onto on the yards, while they furled the sails ; and the hed of the man what invented beans. A the ship, slowly swinging round by the head, blessing on his hed !' |‘ was brought up’’ to her moorings and

* Which his name is Gilson! He's a first | !#y still and motionless, casting her broad Gomile of Bostic,” eid I jimage for many a rood over the glassy amily of Bostin,’ said L. oe

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This is a speciment of how things was ae = . st tien tlie —* goin’ on in my place of residence. only ride, through the city and adjoining

A few was true blue. The schoolmaster country for several hours, halted at one of was among ’em. Ile greeted me warmly. the khans or hotels of Alexandria. Refresh- He said | was welkim to those shores. [le ments having been partaken of, it was de- said | had a massiv mind. It was gratifyin’, bated what should next be done to wile away he said, to see that great intelleck staikin’ | the hours ere they were bound to return to in their midst ouct more. I have before

‘the ship. The dragoman was consulted ; ‘and he, good soul, wearied to death by the had oceasion to notice this schoolmaster. He oe e parene So, Santn Sy is evidently a young man of far more than

merciless activity of his employers, protested ord’vary talents.

it was utterly impossible for them to find more in the city than what they had already

‘The schoolmaster proposed we should git up a mass meetin’. The meetin’ was.

beheld. ‘* Allah il Allah they bad seey it all from the apne to the prisons ; and what

largely attended. We held it in the open "or could the

air, round a roriu’ boufive. east their nativities, and with his ostrolabe, The schoolmaster was the first orator. joke known to them how many years it

He's pretty good on the speak. He also would take them before they were all Ad-

writes well, his composition bein’ seldom _mirals of the Fleet.””

marred by ingrammaticisms. He said this) ** The very thing, Alee !"* was the univer,

inactivity surprised him. * What do you sal exclamation, ** Let us have the juggler,

think will come of this kind of doin’s? Nihil by all means.

tit——’

Alee departed in quest of the magician, ‘ Hooray for Nihil !’ [ interrupted. * Fel-

and, after the lapse of an hour, returned, / er bringing him with him. Along with Ma-

low-citizens, let's give three cheers for Ni-

bil, the man who fit!’

I never mix my vittles!’ | rounded the Marabout Islet in the har a little Alexandria. Immediately after, the clatter- ‘I's a ing of the chain of the bower anchor, through

| white drapery of the gallant veseel sank aad

graubin came a Coptic boy, about ten years old, whe wasto be the expounder of the

and what fuw there is When, in the broad glare of the poonday |

of our wounded and bleeding mother. Drive | the bene bite the aitcchel Gta af a

a time. And then, if it is worth | chosen,

x 7 while, stop and argue about who caused all | active service, until, finding his calls disre- your grandmams ? When you goiu’ to feed tis in the first place. You've heard the | garded, he reluctantly ceased to make them.

: , . _ | Majesty's ship Vanguard, with all her light | ‘ Well,’ said he, ‘I hain’t eat anything | gaiis set, and every additional shred of canvas I eat beans now ‘cause | which could woo the failing breeze displayed, ur of |

h 2 t -|® the bawes holes was besnd, apd She Sew) Oates ere ase ae

senors Inglese wish for? But | there was Magraubin, soothsayer, who could: sailors,

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to resign the position in favor of sum more! ‘The schoolmaster turned a little red, but | magical discoveries ; for the Egyptiau savant

‘declared that, to the young alone, into whose

‘ Nihil fit. He wasn’t bosom no impure thought had come, could

juturity reveal itself. Ile would invoke the spirit, and the lad would make known to the ‘company whatever intelligence, hidden in the Uns:en, it wonld be their pleasure to demand, | A chafingdish, filled with live charcoal,

But if he’s a was now brought in and set on the floor. bodied man he must stand his little Snee pens, and ink were produced, and |

e magician having in ted his com- | pany as to what inquiries he id make of | the ** spirits,’’ and received his answer that

each wished to know what was to be their ul-

I said the crisis had not only cum itself, timate destiny, seated himeelf on the floor be- It has fore the chafingdish, and placed the boy right My only daughter threw herself onto my |cum, I said, with a evident intention of opposite on the other | you will and where you can, it matters little boosum, and said, ‘ It is me fayther! Lthank makin’ us a good long visit. It’s goin’ to| ‘take off its things and stop with us. My ; 'wife says so too. This is a good war. For ‘Tip us yer bunch of fives, old faker!’ those who like this war, it’s just such a kind

side. He now tore the paper into small olin. inseribing each with ' Arabic characters. He took incense and flung

it on the charcoal, and began hie incantations by repeating some unintelligible words. The fumes rose in thick wreaths from the

My wife) dish, and the magician swayed himeelf to and If the Federa! army suceceds | fro, still going over the same words as quick

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/as possible. He suddenly paused ; then fold. ‘ing a piece of paper into a cup-like ehape, he half filled it with ink, and comm

| the boy to fix his gaze steadfastly on the jetty | liquid, and cry out when he saw anything. |The incantation now proceeded with redoubled vigour. Presently the boy's ery interrupted the operator.

‘*T see,’’ said he, ‘ people with brooms sweeping the street, and now there is coming down towards them a stranger mounted on » white steed.’’

‘* Enough!'’’ Magraubin cried. ** Now, Senors, make known to me your separate a wo ais

ereupon & young midshipman etepped forward, and in E quiet but onubates serious voice desired that the eveni about which a¥ are more or less serious—the closing scene of his life—might be declared to him.

A bow from the magician signified hie comprehension of the young man’s wishes.

Fresh incense was sprinkled on the chafing- dish, and now more abundantly did the ma- gician pour his scraps of paper on the fire. Clouda of incense rose thickly around, envel- oping Magraubin and his attendant boy, re a8 partially to concea) them from the tators. It needed but little exercise of the faney toshape thuse waving wreaths of smoke into supernatural forms, that ap to throng round, as though hearkening to the shrill summens which he continually yelled forth. Again the boy's shrill voice was heard in interruption, and the magician command- ed him to make known what he saw.

‘« An island planted with trees dike the date palm, i now see very plainly. It is a beautiful place. The soil is verdant and flowery, like the plains here, when the Nile is gone down. There is a harbour in front, and now a large shipissailing in. The sails are very white, and the last one has a flag flying from it, with a red cross on the flag. There are people on the shore such as I never saw. They are tall and nearly naked. Their houses are new tome. They are formed, I think, of trees. That picture is gone. I see now sailors like these here, but they are not all dressed the same way. Only one has gold on his coat. The others have gune, while he hasa sword. They are on that beautiful iwland, but are not near the shore. They | walk up to a hillock on which stands asingle tree. The savage people attack them. Thev fight bravely. Crowds of the islanders fall dead before the sailors’ guns, but larger crowds collect from every quarter. The sailor with the gold on his shoulder is slain, and some more of his men are lying dead along with him. They dig his grave under the tree that was on the summit of the hil- lock. * * * TI can sce no more.”’

The other individuals of the party simi- larly had incantations gone through for tiem, and various were the ications of their destiny. But it would be wander- ing from our purpose to give these stories in detail. Let us confine ourselves to the one we have selected, and a very few words will now suffice for the denouement of our story.

Years passed by. The general peace which followed Napoleon's overthrow caused the disbanding of the vast armaments that had been prepared against the Corsican’s ambi- tion, and with some dozens of his shipmates the young officer who had been the first to consult the Egyptian’s handicraft was placed on half-pay. Among other stories of his foreign adventures, wherewith he might amuse his stay-at-home fiends, this narra- tive of Magraubin's prediction was oceasion- ally told. It bad made no impression on hia mind, and was listened to by others with merriment, in which he cordially joined. Walter Croker, for so he was called, was of an Irish branch of the Crokers of Lineham, county Down. Of ancient lineage, he had

rsonal qualities not unworthy his descent.

rave, frank, hospitable, he attracted the regard even of the passing stranger, und ere long converted the ordinary acquaintance of

Devoted to the profession he had he eontinually made application for

le withdrew to his paternal property at Lia- nabrin, county Waterford, spateied, ond be- cume & country gentleman, ing the

| good will of his neighbours universally, frou | his friendly and courteous affubility.

Twenty years passed over, and Croker, who had deemed himself forgotten by the Lords of the Admiralty, was surprised—most agree-

| ably so — to receive a communication from

them, to the effect that his services had not been Jost sight of, and that a fine new frigate would be soon commissioned, to the command of which he was to be appointed. He re- paired to London and found the news to be true. The intrigues of the French among the isles of the Pacific, evidenced by their

occupation of Tahiti, made it necessary that

few ships, commanded by men of expe- | motions: and Croker had been selected for this honourable service. The ships were to be few lest they should excite jealousy ; and the directions the captains received were ty eyoid all collision with the vessels of other

nations, while, at the same time, they should

seek to preserve to Britain that prestige of

|hayal supremacy which seems necessary for

| her existenee.

| In the course of their duties, Croker’s ship entered the Hay of Tongataboo. Her special object was to give protection to the mission- aries who had formed a location on the is- land. The liyes of these good people had been threatened by the savage people, even before the latter had heard the message of