HE DAILY EXAMINFR, CHARLOTTETOWN APRIL 1? 1898

To be idle is th hardest of k Out andmothers wai t + i rt it 1 ri vith ‘ tt sk in be thei: rye if it were L[__° >) ee >. { , i ‘ S% ~~ ting Or crochet- ing. There wasa reasen for this

that does not ap-

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peer upon the uriace Our grandmothers

ie men, imbued with —y /{ a spirit of ambi- 9 , ?) tion end activity a ‘ that would not ‘ f ipernnit them to “WE : eT idle

Sig — “~~ o many modern women are much

jess active and more given to idleness than

the sta mes of yore, itis because they enjoy a small measure of good hea!th. s woman who snffers fronreweakness and ane listinctly femimine organs. . k vith pain, and tortured with ae ‘ nd nervousness, cannot be ac- 4 n ind invalidism re of suffering of this descripti 1 The poor invalid woman is got at fault, save in her ignorance of her own 1 1] make-up or meplect of het woman realth Thousa of women are oneglectful in this way because they shrink from the enr barrassing examinations and local treat met upon by the majority of obscure physicians Dr. R. V. Pierce, for thirty vears chief consulting physician to the Inva Hote! and Surgical Institute, at B N. ¥., bas discovered a wonder-

ful medicine that cures all diseases peculiar towomen, in the privacy of the home, with- out the necessity of these embarrassing ordeals. This great medicme ‘is known as Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It acts tly on li and important or- gans 1 burd@ns of wifehood end tnmotherhocd It makes them strong, healthy and vigorous. It theals internal ulceration and inflammation and stops debilitating drains It transforms weak, nervous invalids into healthy women

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aAddress, Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.

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stages of the disease, was now clear, albeit occasionally rather light. I continued to enjoy the boon of fresh air, having by this time opened every port I sould get at When night fell, I was untroubled by the multitude of hor- rors which had weighed upon me all the previous night. Nor on this sec-

lonely, but

ond night was I deomed to darkness. During my peregrinations in the day I had found an oil lamp, which, after

careful trimming and lighting, I swung from a rope in the centre of the cabin. On the approach of darkness I light- ed it, then lay and waited for the rats, feeling certain they would repeat their visit. Nor was 1 disappointed.

After awhile I heard a suppressed squeak, then a furtive scraping, and half a. minute later a whiskered gen-

tleman peered cautiously in to see how matters rright stand. Being ina tastic humour, I called on him -to en- ter, which, of course, had the effect of sending him instantly into hiding. But presently he came back, bringing a

fay ia li-

at home and feasting royally. I shoulé say the whole company did not num- ber more than a score, though to judae by the chatter have been several hundreds. The banquet last- ed for frtiy half an hour, and I am sure the host enjoyed it quite as much as the guests. Having finished the feast, they «lipped quietly away, judg- ing it good manners evidently to take

there might

their departure with as little fuss as possible. ; Next night they returned with in-

creased confidence and good will, and indeed every night 30 long as we mained on the brig they came to cheer my solitude am eat their supper.

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when I moved about the cadsther, I we continued long eneugh ¢6nIlv have am eonfident I could Pat to gambol taught them to love Mf it was, they and perform ‘ricks.,jstle and would knew nty eveingang eyes and looks come with queshave their meals. of expectancy¥e Bird of Paradise con- Meanwhif4ulously to foat. Many tinued ma ere I could make a sur- days ® ascertain the actual damage veyaad sustained or what stress of gmtther she mirht. still be nble to Kiand, but after the first day it was obvious that if the crew had not been cowardly in leaving her they had at Jeast been precipitate. But as I grew accustomed to the leneliness——mv have

companion with him to keep wp his heart, and the two standing fust out- side the door cocked their heads very wisely aml surveyed the apartment. “Then they retired as if for consulta- ‘tion, then came advancing boldly into the centre of the floor, put catching sicht of me scampered off in great alarm. When they returned after the wWpace of some minutes, they were ac- ¢ompanied by numerous friends, and ‘tthe entire body reconnoiired, now ad- ‘Vaticing, now retiring, and all the time keeping up a running commentary of squeaks

} - thr a shower of crumbled bis- muit, vhich I had provided my- self, on th fle and they made .off again; but. gaining courage, present- ly they carme back, and with many cautious l cs and squeaking whispers, hecan tentatively to nibble. The see- ond shower disturbed them less than the firat, the third less than the sec ond, and the fourth on at all By the time the sixth fell they were quite

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‘adually. got so familiar that toward | ——~ i are purely vegctable, re See seen of ver strange companion- | wO0d'S Pil! iianie, nenesciai. 250. ship they evinced no fear or bashful-,“_—_— — ————— ness whatever in my presence, but 3 asx if they knew they were welOgay | hardly even getting out of ™Y pad |

“ cag re (Copyright, 1893, by John Alexander Stenart.? (Continned.) | keeping strong—I was not sorrv they iene _ had gone; indeed as time ran and was SYNOPSIS. } Stil safe my fear was that they : ight Peter Clephane and Andrew Kilgour are | (PY, ?¢ brig and return. The wish wousing, students at Ecinburg University, | wy a. oe ae as tw en whom is a better fued, The | and he, f{ new. must ies aad shed ormer is the eon of a rich city Jawver and crew with my growing strength, and his consin is the heir of an estate ian the my Strength increased hourly. For Hs gbhlands that has almost passed into the | the fever troubled me in the vands of creditors. Afier a bitter fight | SYE™'™S, but hope and a good censti- a , oe ; | tutior With a fe grains of quinin¢ with his cousin, Kilgour is on his way | je, qa, raduially overcame it. and home when he falls in with company at the | , week I was hie “on sic aie “Hound and Stag” inn at Perth. Arrived | wa comparative LSe ut tl howe his companion on the journey turns | lower f the ship. Oa! to he hie uncle, Peter Clephane’s father. | ’ It hay the fift Pr sixt l'o retrive his fam jie’= fortune Anrew is| “** # the time I was deserted w! ~ent to | d “ Sa te crawi “> the een i va} and surely never shall I forget ~ tmprorvemenct may be judged ti en tic feeling that « : from the fact that ere Jong I began ' a ping agair nto th to think there are worse things in the! Sunlight and t open. air. It was world than a morsel of food. I got | lonely nd desolat enough, heaven out of my berth, and, after-some rum- knows » find one’s self the only soul maging on hands and knees, I disccv-/ on board a dere] ship in the midst erel a box of biscuits, for happily I | of t ocean, but en with desolatio: had ample provisions on board, i returning life, and I was glad crew at their departure having been yor expression. I stood for awhile more afraid of drownings than get- art Ul head of the stair inhaling the tins’ hunegrv. My fare was rath bait then I turned my attention to dry, and not so much as might be sup- the brig posed to suit the taste of a sick per- ) She was as ragged and battered as son, but I gnawed with so:much rel- ! @ny craft that ever encountered and ish that when the first biscuit was! Survived a hurricane in the tropics. done: I took up another; it, too, was i Jib boom was gone the broken finished. Then I took a drink of wa- | [Gremast lay over the side entangled ter. bathed my hands and head, and in a mass of shrouds and rigging that felt much revived. it had pulled down, the unfurled sails So much was I restored indeed that ; Were hanging in ribbons, showing that it occurred to me to go on deck, and | the blast had caught us unexpectedly take my reckonings, and see how the | #nd found us unprepared, and the deck crippled brig looked, and perhaps hoist | W4sS Strewn With wreckage. [ could a signal of distress. But that proving | not discover, however, that the hull an enterprise still beyond my strength, | hed suffered very seriously. There were I hawi another mouthful of fresh air | SPrung planks and boards indeed, the and returned to bed. Lying there I bulwarks were smashed, as well as tried to judge of the ship’s condition | part of the after deck, but as these by her movements, but these guided injuries were above the water line they me to no conclusion save vhat I} might not mean much. The most ser- might have arrived at without taking ; !ous damage was to the steering gear, them into account—namely, that since | Which was completely wrecked. The she had floated through the storm | brig lay neavily to one side like a ves- she might continue to float in the calm | S¢! running close hauled, and she was and that I might still be saved. So | #9ing so slowly that there was scarce my courage remained good. } & ripple at her cutwater. My exam- That day I passed in a sort of dream, | ination increased my hope. So long suffering somewhat from thirst, which | 4s the weather held fair I was safe. I frequently slaked, but otherwise al- | My survev finished, I sat down on the most free from pain. My head, which | Pooky hatch to take the air. The ovrean Was asleep. There was not a had greatly troubled me m the-earlier | S0Und in all the wide solitude, nor, so

far as I covld see, break the eternal

any livine thing to silence. The brig Was all alone, “a speck on sky-shut Seas,”” and a very insignificant speck, too, When you come to think of it. I Wonder if amy man ever before sailed those seas in a plight like mine or was

alone since Robinson Crusoe

S so utterly built himself a hut on his island.

I suppose it is evidence of the in- herent cupidity of hnman nature that very soon I began to think how I should dispose of my goods in tha event of my being picked up or of my drifting into some port. Would ths Profit be honourabiy mine or ought it to wa te Be. Matheson ? Tes, i should be his, for he owned both ship and cargo, I decided to sell the goods,

return to Bombay, hand him over his money, report the conduct of his men ard turn to my own affairs. My ex- perience had not yet taught me the | folly of speculation. Providence had | decreed that ship and cargo were to | he Aisposed of in a manner that I lt-

tle expected.

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