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nd Stream.

I wind was calm, the tide was low, rhe sa ill fapping hung, \nd cra ime sidling o’er Ube sind, { Lk ramMo With sed feet a fisher maid i rowned as jolly tar, es \ lor { i the l \ | pon th bar i Ww kl » Crept i i ! 1e to th s view WW 1 days are weeks and | re ths \nd pleasures new V¥ ita ngthenec bngers on th \ mn Grasping themurky shore, While peril to the fisher maid

Was all the song they bore.

And billows rose and billows { With seething, foaming crest,

When Hard to leeward !” rase Vith tac sou-sou west,”

In whitescapped glory on they tossed

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SIRE EPE Gk 2 IR ABE TET BIRT NESS the old gentleman , che brown great coat, who was unwearied as himself in

supplying water to the engine | * Here I him. ‘ You now see that you hid no ocea

sion to blame me.’

am again, sir!’ eried Ulric t

A friend y look from the keen grey eyes

seemed to Uric to ask his pardon, for

there was not time for many word lhe old n irked

- y y the t ‘ ing } : y ey l ly to the t i I i ne | 1d} n | hori Min, who pointed y to t tory of a ho t ex part of \ i in flames. At a 1 wind nac iild, ho o] who 4 rounded by « is of smoke, and the sparks fell upon him like a glittering shower,

Merciful God! my child! my child

Save my child, or he will be burnt!’ exs

lift tosheet and spar— claimed the unhappy mother in a tole of No lor . wi e* Mary Ann” ; ; Tea ‘ i iy cher My ABA despair, whilst the child also wailed pite- Aground upon the bar. : ; _ } ously from above and stretched ont | las} rid ng shroud of foam, little hands towards its mother. wa br S$ Dol ae a ee we : A deathlike stillness sudden! fo where the tawny fisherman es ielge Bent, dragging nets ashore ; |! over the multitude, interrupted only by And dames in gowns of Scottish plaid, the crackling of the flames, so that the

With ‘kerchiefs white and blue, Gossiped of neighbor's weal or woe, And vowed thie ssip true, Now often when the tide is out, And sailshang flapping low, When crabs come sidling up the sand W here tangled seaweeds flow, rhe sailors see a phantom maid Fog-browned as jolly tar, Speed joyfully to clutch the craft Aground upon the bar. —Chester, N us March, 1875.

7 enn, MrT yy) LITERATURE.

THE TRIVMPH OF TRUTITL. CHAPTER Il.

Suddenly eries of ‘Fire, fire!’ arose, which, spreading from mouth to mouth, was soon heard in the remotest corners of the great city. At the same time the alarm bell pealed loudly from the church tower; a crowd of people rushed from their houses into the streets, and with pain and anxious faces inquired of each other where the scene of disaster ‘ay

No one knew with certainty where it was, oO} inic Street—a

heard —‘ The Wall warehouse full of sulphur,

was

yoice

oil and

is in flames !’ Ulric felt his heart quake; for the cot- which be lived with his foster- mot! the Wali Street. Doctor, chain, and everything were for-

tage in

er was very near

gotten in his anxiety, and he hastened, as

though he had wings at his feet, towards | He pressed with energy | mass of people who were all | shoulders

his dwelling. through the running towards the same point, and ar

rived breathless in the Wall Street. Here | 9 possibility of deliverance, we s!

he moderated his p2ce, for the rising sparks and smoke indicated that the fire

was the whole length of the street from

ns were divided, until at length a |

child’s plaintive cry was distinctly heard—

‘ Nother, mother help me!

I cannot come down !’

The spectators looked on with intense anxiety and sympathy, whilst the lamenta- tions of the mother and child were heart- rendingly blended together. But no one ventured to assist them for the fire was so hot that they must have inevitably per- ished in the attempt. The lower part of the house was entirely in 'already appeared through the windows ;

the staircase was also blazing; and it was

flames, which

likely to fall under the steps of any one who ventured to ascend, and plunge tlie

rescuer himself into destruction.

| by excess of grief, fell upon her knees;

but another cry from her child again

She sprang up, and rushed with distracted countenance the

door of the burning house, apparently de

aroused her. towards

termined to die herself and save her son ‘from the flames

at once extended to withhold her. She

hundred

arm were

| tore herself however away, but her strength failing, she feil witha piercing cry sense

i less to the ground.

‘A hundred Louis d’ors for the brave | ynan who will save

the! ventleman in the brown coat. ‘|

the child!’ excl my men, courage! I myself am an old man

are young and active—

but many of you you might save him if you tried.”

The men seemed embarrassed, and look.

ed into the sea of flames, shrugged up their

| 4Sir,’ said one of them, ‘if their were even 10uid have waited for the offer of a reward, but look ! already a part of the roof his fallen in. There is nothing to be done, (rod he

his home; the wind also carried the flames | merciful to the poor boy !’

in the opposite direction, and there was not the least danger to be feared for his mother as long as the wind continued in that quarter.

Ulric

tinguishing the flames, and had already |

puck but it | occurred to him that he cought first to assure his mother that there was no dans |

seized a bucket for that purpose;

ger, and he therefore hastily threw down |

the bucket. ‘A good for nothing lazy young fellow! ssid a”

stern voice close to him; and upon

Ulric turning round, somewhat surprised,

he observed an elderly gentleman, in a

brown great coat, and silver-gray stockings,

| over which stiff, shining boots were drawn.

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‘A good-for-nothing, idle young fellow!’ repeated the stranger, and he looked stern- ly at the boy. ‘Cannot you also assist e that every one tries to help, ay, even old people like myself? ’

Ulric feli disposed to give a short reply to this reproof, which had been so unjustly given, Lut the gray hairs which appeared from under the cap of the old gentleman, and his penetrating glance, which looked reproachfully upon him, awakened other feelings, and he answered quietly,

‘lam only going to relieve the anxiety of my sick mother. She lives not far from here, sir. It will not take me more than and I will then return and

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two minutes ;

| and willingly carry water with the others!’

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|seized another, and soon was

engaged in the same business, it would |

fiaving said these words, Ulric sprang

round the next corner of the street. Much

| struck by his appearance, the old gentle-

man looked after him with some interest.

‘A fine youth,’ he murmured to himself. Eyes like fire! Ha! ke would have been just the same age!’

He said no more, for hosts of people were crowding to the spot, and a thousand active and strong arms were employed to extins guish the conitnually increasing flames. The old gentleman gave the bucket which Ulric had thrown down, and which he had

formed a livimg chain of men, Who, passing the buckets from one to another, supplied water with wonderful rapidity; the old gentleman was in the centre, and in the next moment he had forgotten Uiric.

In spite of these exertions the fire spread frightfully. An entire warehouse of in

‘flammable goods was in flames, and con» WILL FIND CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR |

| water which were poured over it. the lapse of a few minute:, the neighboring |

tinued to blaze in defiance of the floods of After

report followed upon another.

returned, and had pressed into the row of | | : ane land succeeded in carrying out their ins

a - . “aplcarc +} a) tc | : helpers, where he werked with all his that the prospecting

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Fire engines came rattling up, men calls ing, children screaming, mothers weeping, the flames crackling; here and there fell,

with a frightful crash, a wall, a staircase, or that ‘General Ord has received intelligence | from military sources that the miners in

i the Black Hills are suffering for the lack

an entire floor, and in the midst of all this tumult stood our young hero, who exerted himself till the perspiration ran down his forehead, though the weather was piercing ly cold. The heat, however, which the burning building emitted made the air around desperately hot. The enormous clouds of vapor which the wind brought down, and carried along the street, and the sparks which were incessantly whirled up-

wards, and immediately afterwards fell like a shower of fire upon the heads of the,

extinguishers of the flames, causing many

of the men to withdraw from the fury of |

the destroying element. Ulric, however,

tee

ardently wished to assist in eX~ |

remained, and found himself suddenly near , at Washington. —Mont. Gazetle,

1 } ty if (tHe ti

The man was not deceived. terior of the house the flames roared and

orackled “a thicker cloud of smoke,mingled with sparks of fire, burst through the bros ken windows, and the whole hou emed tottering to the ground.

‘Back ! | " eried rt i may fal men Lt ruins ! Y

hie ig ‘ ly t nevert s, no one could wi raw | gaze frora the poor « ld, who still p | pitiously, and now more eagerly and d paringly stretched out its hands for help. |} At this moment Ulric appeared ; he went away just as the unhappy mother, overcome

by anxiety and te:ror, had fainted. The

lad carried a short ladder upon his shouls

der,and he had a rope round his waist.

also 1

His black hair and his clothes were had previously jumped into some water, in (order to accomplish a purpose which wis | now no longer a mystery to the spectators, He speedily placed the Indder against the burning house, and when he found that it reached as far as the window of the first floor, he shouted with exultation.

‘Youngster, where are you going? what do you intend to do?” demanded the gen- tleman in the brown coat,and he seized -him by the arm.

‘ I will save that child from death, and its mother shail again be happy! Let me go air

The old gentleman loosed his hold, and Ulric ascended the ladder with the activity ofa cat, whilst a thundering burst of ap- plause from the surrounding multitude cheering himon. Clinging fast to the bars of the window, Ulric swung himself into the burning building, and then, plunging into a cloud of smoke and sparks vanished from the sight of the breathless multitude.

‘Merciful God, he will be burnt! must perish! God help him! both lost!’ So spoke the men who had not ventured to attempt what a young boy had dared.

He

ed with the most rivetted attention towards

the window, where the youth was expected

to appear, in order to save the sti] weeping and wailing child.

To be continued.

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{ Our American cousins seem to have a | curious way of dealing with the Indians, | Not long ago an expedition was organized | for the purpose of prospecting in the Black | Hills country, a tract of land belonging | exclusively to the Indians. Notwithstand- | ing the protests of the latter, and the know

| ledge of the facts by the American Govern- | ment, the miners actually carried out their | object, and are at present said to be | strongly entrenched in the mountains, and | earrying on gold mining operations with | great success.

ities to ‘intercept’ the white marauders

structions so well party were successful. A few da news was received of the mining ex; | tion, the members of which were said to in good health and spirits and wel provi 'sioned. A despatch from Omah. now says

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of food. An expedition will be sent out from Fort Russel! for their reliet. also informed that other expeditions oi

for the Black Hills. It is stated that Gen

As it could not be exs ei . ‘pected that the miners could fight their | buildings were also on fire, and one fearful way through the Indian country, military

Ulric had | expeditions were sent out by the authors

e

Le is miners are preparing to leave Sioux City

eral Ord will send a military expedition to protect and foster a colony now firmly es~

| at seeing a

| certainly should be the first in the land to

The unfortunate mother, overpowered | #! | right

and can do nothing but pray for the child, |

They are |

Some of them praised his courage, |

tablished, and two military expeditions to

worst of it.

. cut off’ two more mining expeditions ‘as soon as they start,’ make the situation appear as though the Indians will get the ‘he policy of extermination advised by Sheridan is likelv to be carried / out sooner or later, and ina short time a iving State will grow Up on the territory | aii ae indian only,’ as per finical gentlemen who got over to the other

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|} day which must be

| the smaller provinces unless they had the | Senate to

dripping wet, and it was evident that hej s

| alluded to had adopted.

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others lamented the sacrilice of his young | life which they inevitably lost ; but all looks |

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WINTER STEAMERS.

lion. Hlowlan moved for a copy of | the advertisement calling for a winter steam t Prince py of the contract entered into for the |

Edward Island, and also for a |

performance of raid service. Last year he | had spoken about a winter steamer, but his |! nly obj it that time had been to put

Government on its guard against buy- |

boat from Dominion waters for such

_ of being ridiculous to those in the opposite

| . . : _ his adhesion to their present mode of Con-

so reconstitute them as to mould them to) the popular will. A seat in that Chamber | was not worth being purchased at the price

branch. He would not enter into their pos | | sition, however, that evening, as it involved |

a great deal of argument, analysis and in- | vestigation. He was not prepared to give | '

stitution as being the most proper and the | one best calculated to advance the best ins |

1 \ m the kn wled ge he possess~ | terests of the Dominion, but he was pre- | rvice he kne w there was none | pared to question the right of gentlemen in cap 0: performing the duty required. | the other House to hold them up annually Ile tho t_thatif the Government had to the scorn of 4,000,000 of peop’. While warning they might have been able | the Constitution remained intact, they pros £ outside the Dominion for such posed to fling back to them with scorn such | Mais winter line h ‘d been one | imputations. [Here, here.j He had a/| ' he terms agreed upon for Confederation. | yight in a constitutional manner to argue | ite himself had been one of the delegates | this question. He was willing that his pos | who came to Ottawa at that time to ars/ Jitical existence should be canvassed, but at ge the conditions ; and he could assure | the same time he must deprecate the un the House that ail the people of Prince manly attack that had been made upon his Edward is! tad, Ww hatever their polities, political life by a person who proposed, feit satisfied that this service would be pers | swo:d in hand, to march from the Opposi. 101 med. i 3 wae not aware on whose tion House, and, to usea Dufferinism, stab houldeis the blam » rested, but he spoke | him under the belt. It was very easy to from practical observation, and he could

more inef- winter service it would be e to selee The boat Was not fit

Government that a fel nt boat for 73.2 bhi

assure the

ImMposs A

for the gulf service even in the finest wea- lt was the only course left for the

ople of Prince Edward Island to bring | matter bi the notice of the Senate, |

Each Govy- und by the arrangements of their predecessors; and on all the negoti- ations for Confederation, efficient steam communication in the winter season was guaranteed to Prince Edward Island. It

is not merely the whim or caprice of the had in lieu of Acts of Where was the protection of

wGOpiead That course,

Parliamont. shield them? Prince Edward [sland would not have entered Confedera- tion had she expected such neglect as this, and he questioned very much if the Mari- time Provinces would either. He could not, therefore, help expressing his sorrow neasure in the ocher Hous— (the hon. member alluded to Mr. Mills’ motion for a reconstruction of the Senate)

receive the quiet assent of gentlemen who

detend their position. If the Senate had any right in the Confederation, it had a to their respect, and he was not aware that taere was any Act of the Senate to warrant that ungenerous, he was going to say cowardly, attack—(hear, hear) which had been made from time to time in another

place. ‘The constitution of Prince Edward {sland was ;uaranteed, it came in under the Act of Confederation, yet last year it

was swept away by one Act of Parliament, and had it net been for the Senate would have been totally lost.

pecimen oj

another man who 4

ife would mention | the legislation of a| is known as a philosopher

in this Dominion, but whose bill was one of | the most disgraceful that ever disgraced |

vent

; : at any legislature. He referred to the ‘Bill | No. 28, for the removal of obstructions from navigable rivers,’ which amounted to

nothing less than legalizing stealing. There were thousands of tons of timber

unk in the rivers of the Maritime Pro- vinees, and those largely engaged in lums< bering Operations never thought of |

ing it till the market was ready. | This bill came up from the other end of | Parliament, vas discussed upen it merits, | nd the wisdom of the Senate threw it out. Then there was another instance of the | wise legislation of the Senate. An ins!

iquitious bill was passed in the other Chams | ber to take away a portion of the Tucker-

1 haon alarctar ie r nes Evew wae as Oey a ae d, ag nea o a _ yey to that frightful extent that. passengers had Phis bill had eles ‘heen coe ee | to be put on starvation allowance the whole Senate was now on its grand trial, It was a , ey big _——T ~~ rn Se to the Senate that these emailer provinees | and yet it was rumored that she had obs looked for protection. It would appear | tained from $10,000 oe ~ that the representatives of Prince Edward | esate — a an a — = Sela tn the offiae Elbkina Wess calle Gat ; amount herself. As regarded the mode in | a CAkk ahs Co eka ak oS | which the advertisement was issued in the | li aa fel ie ae r aot al first instance for the contract, and the way | nd obieee benbcl Of tise leciileuas tae which it has been accepted by the Govs | ; cic “68 ernment, he had been instructed to the | cht ay peak, he tor one did not know | effect that advertisements were issued for |

people of that island would do. | Ile hardly theught that the whole interests the people were rightly represented,and ) was very much of opinion that if some men who had been returned | to seek their verdict anew, they | find a very different result from | tents, who would be slow to | rgive the political tinkering of which had been guilty. The only way the | itution of the Senate could be inter. | rred with, was by a convention of the | whole people. He hoped the Government | of the day would not be so remiss ‘as to|

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shrink from the responsibility of their po- | ition by silently acquiescing in this kind of | political tinkering, whieh it would be | ilmost discraceful in a Government to | alloy IIe hoped his remarks would be

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man who was «rying to break up their con. | stitution, Such a question, if moved at all, | ought to be moved by the Government, |

nd not sprang upon the people in the underhand manner which the hon. member

As to his motion he assured the Government that the ques- tion was an jayportant one, and that, in re~« questing an efficient steamer the people, of | Prince Edward Island were only asking | for what they were entitled to obtain, and | he would not rest satisfied till a proper | boat were put on the line. He supposed | that in selecting the present one the (iov- | ernment had been deceived, for all it seemed capable of doing was to get up] steam. It was built a yearand a half ago, | and was characterized in one of the Goy- |

ernment papers as a first-class river boat in every respect, but a first-class river was not by any means a first-class boat for a gulf, and if the Government con- tinued to allow it to run it would be a com~ plete farce and a waste of money. If the | Government had sent a competent agent | to St. John’s, Newfoundland, they might have procured from amongst its fleet of | sealers a competent boat to have performed | this service until such time as a proper one | would have been built for the service. He would suggest to the Government for the last time that they should procure a boat built expressely for this ice service of not ess than 150 horse~power, of about 150 eet keel, not Jess than 300 tons, or more | an 600 tons, barque and ship-rigged, which, if built of proper wood, judiciously | selected, would be well able to perform the service required. When this was done,and | the matter was put beyond any doubt so far asthe performance was concerned, he wouid rest satisfied, but not until then. lion. Mr. Carrell said that some four or five years ago he obtained some constitu- tional rights, and among others that of a seat in the Senate. It had been his lot, however, to hear re-echoed from the Oppo- ition Hiouse on the other side (laughter) n annual belittlement of this Chamber which was unmannerly, unjust and unjusti- fiable. Hon. members had a perfect right in & constitutional manner to ask for a constitutional change, but he objected to a lot of gentlemen in the Opposition Cham- ber getting up and stating what could not be verrilied by fact. He was assured that gentlemen had that very day got up in the House of Commons and made statements as to the insecurity of their seats in that House if they resorted to the popular will. What was the position of the body oppo- site? Was it nota fact that out of 80 mem-~ bers fer Ontario no iesss than 75 had been petitioned against for bribery and corrup- tion. Many of its members held their seats by a majority of from two to four, and these were the gentlemen who charged them with not being the representatives of the popu- lar will; but he for one stood in that Cham- in the solemen and steadfast conviction that the position he held there he could have obtainea day or any night. He considered it a sotemn outrage that the Senate should be

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| been entered into without fair competition ;

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| question which had arisen incidentally, and

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