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carry her within a hundred miles of God- send Island.

She ran fast. On the second day some ducks | ssed over her head, one of which was observed to have sumething attached to its leg.

She passed within sixty miles of Mount Lookout; but never saw Godsend Island; and so pursued her way to the Society Islands, sent out her boats; made every in- . : : . quiry around about the islands, but with no

‘There you tee, General,’ said Captain eatin and, at last, afier losing a couple of onan casi denied 5, onli. de months there, brought the heart-sick father ae ig ati second-nand, said “sen~ back on much the same course, but rather eral Rolleston, with a sigh;’ and I have yore northerly. learned how everything gets distorted in a passing from one to another,’ (To be continued.)

‘Ah,’ said the captain, ‘we can’t help that; — = the thing is rare. I never saw it for one; vadeahinesticl be : ‘ and I suppose you never saw a phenome- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, non Of the kind, Isaac?’ oe

‘Hain’t 1? eaid Isaac, grimly. Then, with sudden, and not very reasonable heat, ‘D my eyes and limbs if 1 hain’t seen | the Peake o’ Teneriffe in the sky topry-| Sim,— Under the above heading we are turvey, and as plain as I see that there treated to choice pen and ink sketches from cloud there,’ (pointing upward.) the facile pen of one or other of the liter ati

‘Come,’ said Moreland, ‘now we are of Montague Bridge. ‘These notes or getting toit. Tell us about that.’ sketches are, of course, somewhat diversitied | Well, sir,’ said the seaman, ‘J don't care in their object and complexion. Some are to larn them as laughs at everything they historical, some biographical, others com- hain’t seen in may be a dozen voyages at mercial, statistical, efc., at limes contain- most; but you know me and I knows you: 29g useful information, But ‘not un- though you command the ship, and 1 work frequeaty these notes are either interspersed before the mast. Now, I axes you, sir, 9" Wound up with some malicions and

Charles Reade.

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SHAPTER XLIII.

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“Montague Notes,”

‘should you say Isaac Aiken was the man to Personal remarks about private in- |take a sugar-loaf, or a cocked hat for the dividuals This gives them a spicy Peak o’ Teneriffe?’ flavor to be sure, yet it hetrays the

vileness and cowardice of the For, through this medium. they say of men what they would not dare to say openly, or to one’s face, for fear of being electrified by the sudden passage of a brawny hand acroes their teeth, or of re- ceiving a shock from the vigorous propel- ling moti-n of a frozen boot. Hence they ty to injure a man’s character by having an

|her. She tay a point or two on our weather | Cccasional fling at him inthe dark. An

. article in the Patriot of the 17th again re- seer. er pw tears saggy ee then she |minds me that an estimable gentleman, J y o & ‘ump oO sugar! who comes in for a large share

We kept on our course a day and a ws ’ of the censorious criticism of those half, and at last we sighted the Real Peak, grumbling busybodies of Montague, is

and anchored off the port ; whereby, when | fini . a we saw Teneriffe Peak inthe sky tothe Pee the efficient Road Supervisor cf

winnard, she lay a hundred leagues to ae bole bin ee eed

; — s help me God : ; watched his official career closely, and I That is wonderful;’ said General Rel- just say a more competent, painstaking leston. and conscientious officer is not in the road ‘That will do, Isaac,’ said the captain. | service in this County. And that, too, is ‘ Mr. Butt, double his grog for a week, for | the opinion of all disinterested persons who having seen more than have.’ know him. I can’t be accused of taking The captain and General Rolleston bad a | his part. because he sails in the same polit- long discussion ; but the. result was, they ical ship with me, for he doesn’t. at I determined to go to Easter Island first, for hate to see a man—when he tries to do his General Rolleston was a soldier, and had best for the public service, and who is learned to obey as well as command. He | doing good work—continually snapped saw no sufficient ground for deviating from'at, vilified and belied by mean, Wardlaw’s positive instructions. |dastardly scribblers, incited only by some This decision soon became known petty spite, trying to injvre the man in the throughout the ship ; and she was to weigh estimation of the public, or to get into his anchor at eleven a. m. next day, by high! shoes when he steps out, water. My mottois: Givea man fairplay and At eight next morning, Captain Moor- justice. even if he differs from you. The land and General Rolleston being on deck, , paltry emoluments of a Supervisor wouldn't one of the ship's boys, a regular pet, with’ justify a man’s making a mohawk of him- rosy cheeks and black eyes, comes up to the self to attain them. gentlemen, takes off his cap, and, panting; One scribe there is at Montague Bridge audibly at his own audacity, shoves a paper who has a voluble tongue and wields a ready intv General Rolleston’s hand, and scuds pen, a gentleman of leisure, possessed of away for his life. good parts, but lacking discretion and ‘ This won't do,’ said the captain sternly. | charity, two very important elements to be The high-bred soldier handed the paper absent from a gentleman’s prayer book. He to him unopened. \it is who makes or inspires most of those The captain opened it, looked a little complaints against Supervisor Munn’s ofli- vexed, but more amused, and handed it’ cial conduct. back to the General. Mr. Munn and Mr. Wim. Campbell can It was a Round Robin. afford to treat such busybodies with the Round Robins are not ingratiating as a contempt they deserve; for the public feel rule. But this one came from some rough ‘satisfied that both these gentlemen will but honest fellows, who had already shown faithfally perform their officiv] duties that kindliness and tact may reside in a irrespective of village gossip or the as-

inherent

‘As likely as I am, myself, Isaac.’ » Writers.

‘No commander can say fairer nor that, /said Isaac, with dignity. ‘Well, then, your honor, I'll tell ye the truth and no lie: We was bound for Teneriffs with a fair jwind, though not so much of it as we wanted, by reason she was a good sew boat | but broad in the bows. The Peak hove in ‘sight in the sky, and ali the glasses was at

7 R. P. LEA, in returning thanks to the |

course envelope. The sailors ‘‘Springpok,” when they first boarded her; in the Thames, looked on themselves as | men bound on an empty cruise; and nothing but the pay, which was five shil- lings per month above the average, recon-

ciled them to it; for a sailor does not like to.

bunting a red herring trailed.

them afar off,

come under his eye.

If hypocrisy 1s always a crime, this was a | very criminal ship; for the men, and even| the boys, were hypocrites, who, feeling quite sure that the daughter was dead at sea months ago, did, nevertheless, make up their faces to encourage the father thinking she was alive and he was going to; find her. But people who pursue this) game too long, and keep up the game hopes | of another, get infected at last themselves; | and the crew of the ‘‘Springbok”’ arrived at Valparaiso infected with alittle hope. Then} came the Dutchman’s tale, and the dis- | cussion which ended adversely to their) views; and this elicited the circular we have now the honor to lay before our readers.

General Rolleston and Captain Moreland | returned to the cabin and discussed this document. They returned on deck again and the men were piped aft. Genera) |Rolleston touched his cap, and with the|

‘Round Robin in his hand, addressed them i thus :

| ‘My men, I thank you for taking my trouble to heart as you do. But it would ‘be a bad return to send any of you to Easter Island in that cutter; for she is not \seaworthy; so the captain tells me. I will |not consent to throw away your lives in ‘trying to save a life that is dear to me; but, ‘as to the Dutchman’s story, about an un- ‘known island, our captain seems to think that is possible; and you tell us you are of

into ,®" to the taxpayers back to City Schools. impaired, that its class rooms may be filled.

jthe same opinion. Well, then, I give up

of the persions of idle fools.

Yours, A FARMER. King’s County, Jan. 50, 1854.

Sirn,—The Patriot evitices considerable

ignorance of the work done in the Prince go to sea for nothing, any more than atrue of Wales College. sportsman likes to ride to hounds that are five pupils in this institution at present, inearly all of whom belong to Ch’town. But the sight of the General had touched | Hew unjust that the people of Belfast and His gray hair and pale face,' other districts should be taxed to educate seen as he rowed out of Plymouth Harbor, |the children of a few wealthy persons in had sent them to the yards by a gallant im-, the city. pulse; and all through the voyage the game | pensive had been to put on an air of alacrity and | boys may receive the rudiments of edu-

hope, whenever they passed the General or ,¢ tion’ city schools !

There are but twenty-

It is absurd to continue an ex- Coliege that “twenty five ema)! Why are they not attending the

Indeed; I notice at a recent meeting a worthy member of the Teacher's Institute

‘complained that pupils were taken from c'ty schools while their studies were elementary \that they might form a ciass in the college,

this institution of no benefit in the country, is a draw- Their efficiency is

d thus

The Patriot says “‘pupils must attend

|Prince of Wales College that they may qualify to matricvlate in colleges abroad.”

This is not correct. By an attendance at city schools pupils may be qualified to matriculate in other colleges

Young men in the country who desire higher education, proceed at once to colleges in the neighboring Provinces, or attend the Normal School, where haying obtained a certificate, teach a few years, afterwards continue their studies abroad.

Why should the editor of the Patriot seek to compel the poor taxpayers of the country districts to contribute further to this expensive institution! Why is he so auxious to prevent the farmers’ sons of Belfast from receiving the benefits of an agricultural education !

Yours, etc., SELFAST.

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Yes, we will go westward with a good heart

‘(he sighed), and a willing crew.’ | The men cheered.

The boatswain piped; |

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Moncton, N. B, ‘the anchor was heaved, and tho ‘“‘Spring-| made at Brown’s shop, on corner of Prince and

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