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| CHAPTER LY.
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Arnraer WarkpLaw was ithunderstrvck; and for some time sat stupidly staring at her. Avcd to this blank gaze succeeded a
‘look of abject terror which seemed to her isirange avd beyond the cecasion. But lthis was 10: all; for, atter glaring at her with scared eyes and ashy cheeks, he got up and literally staggered out of the room without a word.
He had been taken by surprise, and, for once his arts had failed him.
Helen, whose eyes had never left bis, face, and had followed his retiring figure, | was frightened at the weight of the blow she had struck, and strange thoughis and conjectures filled her mind. Hitherto, she had felt sure Robert Penfold was under a delusion as to Arthur Wardlaw, and that his suspicions were as unjust as they cer-) tainly were vagne. Yet now, at the name, of Robert Penfold, Arthur turned pzle and fled like a guilty thing. This was a coin- cidence that confirmed her good opinion of Robert Penfold and, and gave her ugly thoughts of Arthur. Still, she was one very slow to con’emn a friend, and too generous and candid to condemn on sus- picion; so she resolved, as far as possible, to suspend her unfavorable judgment of Arthur, until she should have asked him why this great emotion, and heard his reply.
Moreover, she was no female detective, but a poor creature bent on clearing iuno- cence. ‘The object of her life was, not to discover the faults of Arthur Wardlaw or any other, person, but to clear Robert Penfold of acrime. Yet Arthur’s strange behavior was a great shock to her; for here, at the very outset, he had somehow made her feel she must hope for no assist- ance from him, She sighed at this check, and asked herself to whom she should apply first for aid. Robert had told her to see his counsel, his solicitor, his father, and Mr. Undercliff,an expert, and to sift the whole matter,
Not knowing exactly where to begin, she thought she would, after all, wait a day or two to give Arthur time to recover him- self, and decide calmly whether he would co-operate with her or not,
In this trying interval, she set up a diary —for the first time in her life, for she was no egotist; and she noted down what we have just related, only in a very condensed form, and wrote at the margin, Mysterious.
Arthur never came near her for two whole cays. This looked grave. On the third day she said to General Rollesten : ‘Papa, you will help me in the good cause will you not ??
He replied that he would do what he could, but feared that would be little.
‘Will you take me down to Elm-trees, this morning [
‘With all my heart.’ He took her down to Elm-trees. On the way she said, ‘Papa, yon must let me get a word with Mr. Wardlaw alone.’
‘Oh, certainly. But of conrse, ‘you will not say a word to hurt his feelings.’
‘Oh, papa!’
‘Excuse me: but, when a person of your age is absorbed with one idea, she some- times forgets that other people have any feelings at all.’
Helen kissed him meekly, and said that was too true; and she would be upon her guard.
To General Rolleston’s surprise, his daughter no sooner saw old Wardlaw than she went—or seemed to. go—into high spirits, and was infinitely agreeable.
But at last she got him all to herself, and then she turned suddenly grave, and said ‘Mr. Wardlaw, I want to ask you a ques- tion. It is something about Robert Pen- fold.’
Wardlaw shook his head. ‘That is a painful subject, my dear, But what do you wish to know about thet unhappy young man?’
‘Can you tell me the name of the council who defended him at the trial?
‘No, indeed, I cannot.’
‘But perhaps you can tell me where | could learn that.’
‘His father is in our office still; no doubt he could tell you.’
Now, for obvious reasons, Helen did not like to go to the office; so she asked faintly if there was nobody else who could tell her.
‘T suppose the solicitor could.’
‘But I don’t know who was the solicitor,’ said Helen, with a sigh.
‘Hum! said the merchant. ‘Try the bill-broker, I'll give you his address; ’ and he wrote it down for her.
Helen did not like to be too importunate, and she could not bear to let Wardlaw senior know she loved anybody better than his son; and yet some explanation was necessary, so she told him, as calmly as she could, that her father and herself were both well acquainted with Robert Penfold, and knew many things to his credit.
‘I am glad to hear that,’ said Wardlaw; ‘and I can believe it. He bore an excel- lent character here, till, in an evil hour, a strong temptation came, and he fell.’
‘What! You think he was guilty?’
‘Ido, Arthur, I believe, has his doubts still. But ke is naturally prejudiced in his friend’s favor; and besides, he was not at the trial. I was.’
‘Thank you, Mr. Wardlaw,’ said Helen, coldly; and within five minutes she was on her way home.
‘Arthur prejudiced in Robert Penfold’s ‘favor! That puzzled her extremely.
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Mr. Adams said obsequiously, ‘Anything in the world [ can de, madam.’
‘It is about Mr. Robert Penfold. 1 wish to know the name of the counsel he had at his trial.’
‘Robert Penfold.
‘He was accused Helen, turning red.
‘Accused; madam! He was convicted, I ought to know ! for it was my partner he tried the game on. But 1 was too sharp forhim. I had him errested before he had time to melt the notes; indicte d him, and seit him across the herring pond in spite of his } arson’s coat, the rascal !’
Helen drew beck as if a serpent had stung her.
‘It was you who had him transported !’ cried she, turning her eyes on him with horror.
‘Of course it was me,’ said Mr. Adams, firing up; ‘and I did the country good ser- vice. I look upon a forger as worse than a murderer. What is the matter? You are ili.
What, the forger ?’
of that crime,’ said
(To be continued.)
WINTER CONMUNIGATION,
> | very apparent,
DEBATE IN THE SENATE.
SENATOR CARVELL’S SPEECH. i
Hen. Mr. Carvett—As some of my! references to the condition of the ice in the | Straits of Northumberland have been repre- sented to be very strong, I wish to strengthen them by saying that all the steam power in the world, if there is any vessel in the world large enough to carry it, could not pass through those Straits at times. I believe it to be impossible, When icebergs, many times larger than this chamber, with sufficient small ice for broken stowage, are pressed together by winds from the northwest, blowing for days together, it becomes so packed that it is simply as impossible to run a vessel through it as it is to run into the face of the Rocky Mountains. This is not a con- dition of things that exists occasionally. I have known Georgetown harbor to have been blocked by ice on the fifth of June, but it is an extreme case. on the other side, has kept one of our steamers imprisoned for weeks with ice, until it was the twenty-third of May before she could get out. This is another ex- treme case. The importance of this ques- tion is very great, and I would like very much if hon. gentlemen would disabuse their minds of the idea that it is merely a matter of local interest. Prince Edward Island is very largely a market for the sale of manufactures and importations from Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Kingston, and other parts of the Dominion, and the pas- sengers to and from Prince Edward Island are composed more largely of residents of other parts of the Dominion than of Prince Edward Island. The ‘‘Northern Light,” in my opinion, has done very good service. To me it is a marvel that she lives, perhaps not so much a marvel when we consider the enormous sums of money that have been expended on her in the last few years. She has beena very expensive vessel annually to one Government after another, until, | suppose, her first cost is very small compar- ed with the cost for repairs. She has, how- ever, done a very good service in the early winter, and in the early spring. She does a service which I very much doubt can be much improved upon. The boat itself I look upon as being admirably adapted, so far as her model is concerned,to the service, and there I differ from my hon. friend from Alberton. She has never been used in the manner in which her builder intended her to be. The idea of her builder, as shown by her model, was that she should never be permitted to run into this wall of ice in a wild, haphazard way, but to be run upon ice which, failing to break throvgh with her bow she would mount up upon and break down by her weight. In crossing the Straits of Northumberland at all seasons of the year, I dare say I have had as much experience as any other gentleman from Prince Edward Island of the navigation there, and I have had the felicity of spending forty-eight’ hours in the ‘‘Northern Light” in the Straits andhave been comfortable under the circumstances, although we did not get along very fast, as we were obliged to wait patiently for the chapter of events. My hon. friend from Lunenburg, seems to have got this navigation question rather mixed up. He has mixed up the open boats service between Capes Tormentine and Traverse, and the steam service between Georgetown and Pictou. Isay that the service is not only a very important one, but [ think it has been very well performed. The uncertainty is when this ice comes down from the north, because, as it has been stated, it is not the local ice that in- terferes with the navigation. I dare say the “Northern Light” can master all the local ice, but the great icebergs that are swept down from the nerth, block up the Straits and make it impossible for the ves- sel to force her way through it. I do not hesitate to say that it will be found after the new ship, which I am glad to hear the Government are providing for
Shediac harbor, fshe does at present.
VOL. 14.--NO. 81.
fact that she had, a short time previously, been taken out and thoroughly overhauled
When that was Giscovered she Was sent back. Our peo} le got alarmed and ought that the Government were rot Going wha they should have done. What her actual condition is I do not know. Just on
word In expial ation OT What seemed toa good many peo le to be wroi g. The boat had very shortly before that been hauled out and repaired so far as was deemed necessary. The life of a boat being seven years is not an argument at allageinst ai other vessel being built to take her place because really anyone who has been on board her during the heavy ice season would wonder that a boat could live se long. The ex- perience of passengers on board the ‘‘North- ern Light” last winter was very trying. As has been said, after the vessel had been ont for some weeks the lives of passengers were ‘spared not throvgh the experience of the navigator, but by the goodness of God. During that voyage she twice circumnaviga- ;ted Pictou Island, which very few men ex- |pected that a vesse! drawing 17 feet of \water could do in open water. As I have istated, the importance of this service, and ithe necessity of looking ahead long enough to get an eflicient boat there, is, I think, and I cannot help ex- pressing my appreciation of the course that is being taken by the Government in this matter. In the autumn, after the ordinary travel boats are obliged to stop, the vessel can do good service during the early winter menths, but there will be a time each winter when the ‘‘Northern Light,” can do better service than any larger vessel.
SENATOR MONTGOMERY'S SPEECH.
Hon. Mr. Monrcomery—This question has been before us now for a couple of years, and has been pretty weil discussed. Itis not my intention to occupy the time of the Senate very long, but I might say that the ‘‘Northern Light” has done very good service during the last season. There is a great deal of freight to be carried from Pictou over to Georgetown, and the consequence is that the vessel is generally loaded too much by the head, is not well trimmed and runs into the ice too much; if that were not the case, I think she would answer the purpose for which she is intended much better than Une thing shouid be brought to the notice of the Gevernment-— if anything should occur to the ‘Northern Light”—if any accident should happen out in the Straits—there is no possibility of rescue under present conditions. I believe it is the intention to place another steamer there, and I would suggest that the “Northern Light” might then be placed in such a position that she could be kept in reserve in case of such accidents. ‘Two years ago the ‘Northern Light” was out in the Straits for a fortnight, and the pas- sengers got so alarmed at last lest they should run out of fuel and provisions, that some eighteen or twenty of them one day took to the boats and made for the shore. They were out all wight and fortunately were rescued by the inhabitants, but it is a wonder they did not all perish. There is great need for having some craft in reserve which might come to the rescue in such cases, for it is hard te tell what might occur to passengers out in the middle of the Straits in bad weather, un- less some such means for escape are pro- vided. Even if a very inferior steamer was placed there, she might go part of the way towards the distressed vessel, and might then connect by means of boats; but, at present, in the event of accident, all on board the ‘‘Northern Light” might perish. I crossed in her this winter, in the middle of January, and J must say it was the best crossing I have had from the Island to the Mainland. We left Georgetown at seven o'clock, and arrived at Pictou wharf at a quarter past oe. We had a great deal of ice in the Gulf betwen Cape Bear and Pictou Island, and we had to run three or four miles at one time out of our course, as we got into broken ice. Where the ice is not solid through, the ‘‘Northern Light” makes very good work, in factshe surprised me many a time by the way she got through the ice; { have seen her go through fields of ice from a foot to fourteen inches thick,— breaking her way through,—but as soon as she got into solid ice I believe she was tco much loaded by the head, and when she went into the ice, they would be unable to back her out by reversing the engines. I crossed some five years ago, and there was on board a passenger for Newfcundland, who had for severa! years been seal-fishing on a steamer there. He told me that the steamers they had there would not mind ice of the sort surrounding us any more than if there was nothing before them. He said the ‘‘Northern Light” was not built properly for ice, that she was too much like a wedge and went into the ice. However, the ‘‘Northern Light” has done a great deal of good service; she has continued runing between Pictou and Georgetown for a month or six weeks to two months longer than the other steamers we had in the Island, to keep up communi- cation between the Island and Pictou. As to certain seasona of the year, I think it is impossible for a steamer to yet through at all times. The route by the Capes must be kept open, and some improvements | think
that in conjunction with other services, will not be any more successful, and that it will be found that the ‘‘Northern Light” will make the passage when the new vessel will be unequal tothe task. Her length will be a very serious objection, because in passing around between the icelergs it is absolutely necessary to be able to turn in a short space, and when a boat is built specially, as one should be built,
not strictly adhered to, will be very nearly adhered to in making ita success. The
| She put down the whole conversation ‘while her memory was fresh. She added ‘this comment: ‘What darkness | am group- ing in !
Next day she went to the bill-broker, and told him Mr. Wardlaw, senior, had re- ferred her to him for certain information. ‘ Wardlaw's name was evidently a passport.
Lover to Pictou to go on the slip.
condition of the boat at present is a source
_of some anxiety to a portion of the travel- |
jling public. A rumor got afloat last ‘autumn, in Prince Edward Island. that the 'yessel had something wrong with her, and the Inspector of Steamboats ordered her The in- spectur was ignorant at the time, of the
for that service, | think the old raodel, if
‘might be made there. That was spoken of llast year in this House, and one suggestion |was to have boat houses built upon each iside of the Straits. I myself have come ‘down to the shora, and on reaching the ice I found the boats turned up, it is true, but still they were full of snow and ice. if proper boat-houses were provided the boats could be kept dry and free from snow, which would be of great benefit both to the passengers and mails. lf the Government will give their attention to this point, I think the crossing there would be greatly improved, SENATOR CAMPEELL’S REPLY.
Hon. Sir Avex. Camrsett—lI have no dovbt that the explanation given by the hon. gentleman is the reason why the ‘Northern Light” is not a greater success than she has been, and I will cail the avten-
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