7 Se” A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF VOL: EVIL.’ 3 THE EXAMINER 1868. A Fortune for Sale ! 1868. FRESH SEED! IS PUBLISHER EVERY MONDAY By WALTER ©. GRANT, N consequence of the death of the Pro-| FBNUL Subseriber has received a supply . ; : " . _ TT sh taaoaap i: prise tor, the Salbsc riber is instructed to offer for of FRESH SEEDS tor early planting con separ itera igh ‘positive Sale, that beautifully sitaated well known | 800g 1 part o. rERMS:—Fifteen Shillings perannem, half in property, the Melon, Cucumber, Tomato, Cauliflower 4 aN Lettuce, Raddish and a choice variety of abbage Seed. ‘‘Amphion,’’ from Half Way Houso, Vernon River, | PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. R, REDDIN, |. PRI He, Land Consisting o Attoruey and Barrister - at - Law, ec A large supply expected per London f.about 40 acres, ia in that of enltivation that it bas been for some veurs . eee reer TAT YD > past, and will for years te come, vield a clear net ww R. WATSON. CONVEYANCER, &c. profit, more than Sufficient.to pay the interest on} Victoria Building, Mav 4, 186% the amount of purchase money asked for the whole , Office: -- Great Goorge Street, exiaviisnment. As a money muking invest) F h ld Pp t Charlottetown * Yael len Et ge pling eget wer teghonlioarpe reene Property at a wes, Which fact ent ‘ vely proved to \ —— Catholtc Cathedral ) inv person ul ut pu chas - lhe Steck of FOR SALE 7 : . ; ; l juors al 1 Stock f Goods in the Store can be 7 " ; : taken or not at the option of the purchaser Consisting of Town Lot No. 95, in Yay y ) rE ‘ ) ' ory rekon irs 4 —e : the 4th hundred of Town Lots, in \ | \\ | \ | \ | SHO! GEORGE ADAMS, Charlottetown, together with the ° 4 - ” P ® Half-way House, Vernon River : ny 18. 1868 ‘ Dwel use & Work-sho — Subser:ber would inform bis Trends ee - : - eng tert Mase She al me | 1 ’ tr > rhe omer lmprovetie Ss ereo ie above an? the puvite in ge neral, that he has I RANCIS S. LONGW ORTH, desirable property is beautifully situated in Fitzroy epencd a new PAINT SILOP above the Carriage Street : ‘ b ‘ Mel & Huater, Kent Street, wher Barrister and Attorney-at-Law, For particulars please apply to John Call, Esqr , : S : : nm the : : OrFrice — PAVII LION HOTEL, | OL tothe owner on the pretiises : House, Sign, or Carriage Painting, next door to Hos. Joseph Hensley's wii nee sei WM. MEIKLE. : ay 18t 86 we be F imetusty . Reatness, &1 Chariettetown, P.E.tsland. tet _— , : Jan. 14, 1867 “ech Needs , no Painter A CARD. AT MePhail & Hanter’s Carriage Factory, . —_ “. : i ’ "ae ‘ .< cone Te Pi I. Subseriber begs to thank the public APOTHECARIES’ HALE, E & rm A RAIL W Y | oe 2s _ il Pcne e te aoe _ Er / RE W Samples ot early varieties of ' aw: ' > ' ' s establishment atthe Old Stand. Lenn'’s; © choice Garden and Flower Seeds. Remain- ' : Wo s now prepared to execute with des- der expected by first ships from Liverpool 1=Gs=. 13=G™. pat ere which he muy be favored with lr. DESBRISAY. in his line as SHIP and GENERAL BLACK Charlottetown, April 15, 1868 “ a ° ‘ e . ee ae i sa i a : ‘ » april a, ». SPURS URIs So tec. tects chanver and Runes cen te — - Sizes i verat ‘ tyre an er Hanh can be { { { : women see at any similar establis ent inthe City. | } ( N and after MONDAY, llth MAY next, GEORGE H. FOSTER An + - 4 . 4 until futher notice, Trains will run as follows a DOWN TRAINS—GOING BAST : Lord's Wharf, Cl’town, 2 Feb. 17. 1868 § ly AND HORSE RAKES, A CARD. Leave St. Jobn for Shediac and Point du Chene a A QUANTITY OF MOWING MA- da. m.and Ido} . . ° . . CHINES, with several imprevements added, Leave St. Jolin for Sussex at 5 p. m. William Stiggins, are now teing manufactured in Charlottetown . ; weaw « oe Also a nnmber of HORSE RAKES, of the most | UP TRAINS—GOING WEST: Miachinist. impreved pattern av age t t. dol at 6.15a m y . : . ‘he int et *rs fee -onfide he 2 a-| Leere.s - oo : mpage 7 ite Next door to Wm. B. Allan's Tin Shop.) , os i ms oe - . : wee = - eae on : ‘ , tL / ‘a. coibes li yr e Salistactio oO persols aes 80 l l SusseX, u the lla Guus, Locks and Magnetic Macl ines, accurately purchasing a real good < \ mi She sc, as well asthe 145 and 5) repaire d Brands cut, Bell Hauging and Turning } ‘ i st. John w carry freight aah e ee ee - ye . MOWING WAC HING elg s fer & SsecX ai atntions Malti (eear supped to Order, West. w vthe 5; tra vy and Charlotretown, P.E oe OR ' it that Station re cleck May 18th, 1868 all city papers 3m H 0 R S BE R A K EB PF reigt r Sta ues Eaat of Sussex must be de- | ~~ ee "os wered at B.S re noon, dails €Coiton Duck. or eight ’ e% warded trom Sussex mnst be | delivered at that Starion at least Qa Tova. aod) (VUE SUBSCRIBER is Ageat for the) PRINCE EJ)WARD ISLAND ther Stations in St. Jolin, at leust AL? Sale of the celebrated js a mi <n ‘: aia s-H e the advertised depariure of any eee vege ae cae MANUFACTURES! Freig i u ia ; RUSSEL’S MILLS COTTON DUC K, The above cau be sold on reasonable terms, and & a for rinee oe — must aed ™M-! and is prepared to fill all orders for the same| uepected at the wit ie with Invoice or ontward certilcate OI Value, apse she I t possible de = ” . ina : Rhye sc our Rapa 1 oe mcm eek , Seed and Implement Wachouse Also on ati ttou vavl ucK, wie otton Ge . cnded for exportation ut St John. to Drillings. suitable for Boat Sails. sogether of — sl gett ha gh cay, with Cottou Sail Twine, Pure Bees EER & SONS when ¥ ; it { — a L Ae B00 2» accom Wax, &e oth April, 1868. 3m B l a7 Se eee L Cc. HALA. * een LEWIS CARKVELL, Ch’town, Mav 25. 188 - ee aS a yeneral snager . : " . ~ ’ Railway Office, St. Johu, N.B.? | Bristol Line to New York. NEAR WELSH & OWEN'S OFFICE. April 30, 1868 5 VIA BRISTOL. R. I SUBSCRIBER return thanks for = ow. a + hs ’ . . _ past favors, and begs leave to inform FARE: Cabin, $2. ‘his friends and the public generally that he ARS leave the Depot of the Boston and has on band Railroad, Pleasaut street. daily, A Large Stock of Ready-made Mens’ | Boots, Shoes, and Gaiters ; Womens’ Balmoraf, Elastic -ides and other Boots, ERSKIN’S BRAHEE SUGAR POWDERS, A Toni Rhewwatism of ali kinds, Neuralgia, lumbago, Sciatica, As also for FACE-ACHE, TOOTH-ACHE, EAK-ACHE, COUGHS, and alli iffectionsa from Colds [SoS See Lancet, under Mepicat Patronace Providence Sundays excepted. At 5.30 P. M. For steamer PROVIDENCE, Capt Benj M | Simmons, on Mondays, Wednesdays and rridays For Steamer BRISTOL, Capt. Benj. B. Brayton, on Tuesdavs, T bursdays and Satardays Passengers going by this line te Philadelphia, Sultimore and Washington, can connect with the New Jersey and Camden and Amboy Railroad and Unfailing Remedy for 250 pairs Children and Misses Boots, which will be disposed of low for Cash. WM. R. WATSON. This line connects also with the Athens line JAMES STANLEY. City Drug Store, Victoria Building, goiny to Saratoga and the West, landing at the Ch‘town, 18th May, 18¢38. Q reet, Se same Pier in New York . t. 16,1867 - —————-——————_ | Baggage checked throngh. WIL SON HIGGS | Tickets, State Rooms and Berthscan be secured 4 ‘ at the Ayeut'’s office, Old State House, corner Washington aud State streets, and at the Boston \ / ¥, the undersigned, Trustees of the late Mr. W. T. PETHICK, request all persons indebted to PETHICK’S BREWERY, to make im B, Commission Merchant }and Providence Railroad Depot mediate payment to HaMMoxD Jouxson, at his iE = "ER - Dispensary, Kent Street. Ch'town., AND GEO. SHIVERICK, THOMAS PEPHICK, I usseuger and Freight Agent. HENRY LONGWORTH. - ’v. ’ og _ « AL CTION EER, May 23, 1868. 3m HAMMOND JOHNSON. eee BE, bland. | OAL AMD LIMESTONE | _Arstcon.tscn. ANNOND SOUNSON ty FENH Subscriber is prepared to deliver JUST RECEIVED, Charlottetown, May 27, 1867 ¢ ALSO, | A MeN EILL, | small cargoes of Auctioneer and Commission Merchant, | MASON’S THREE-STOREY BUILDING, Dorchester Street. Caste. ccccee eves ey and. July o3 tt _ BELL'S | | Terms. Ch'town, May 23, 1868. LIGHT Coal and Limestone, at any of the Harbors, Bays or Navigable Rivers of P.E- Island. at shortest no-ice and on Moderate A. McNEILL, Anctioneer. 1 LIGHT!!! Txerosene Oil, 100 Bbis Extra FLOUR, (warranted good) 30 Beis. CORNMEAL, 50 Sides Sele LEATHER, 15 Bushels TIMOTHY SEED, Lot of SUGAR and MOLASSES, For sale at lowest market prices for CASH. GEORGE HOWATT. Crapand, May 18. 1263. HAY RAKES! odes "a ECELVED per Steamer PRINCESS OF NOTICE? WM. E. DAWSON’. R WALES— mprik UNDERSIGNED takes this op- | March 23, 1868. " num TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT. — : | | | pertunity of returning thanks to the large ’ y ———— 40 Doz. 3 Bow Hay Rakes, a ot Sm conan Sho tere o? eeaeey | CANADA FLOUR! | A SUPERIOR ARTICLE. There are, however, « considerable Per Sch. ‘‘ Notre Dame De Bonseur.”’ CARVELL BROS. } complied with ii wie on delivery number 10 have not paid thas promptly; and is seem Ch'towu,Jnne 22, 1868 he Pes ire ti ¥ reque sta all ench to ea and pay N OW LANDING— - ———_—— a their respective accounts without d lay. He Fi | ay i 9 ’ Q thit ‘ weuld further remind them that their respective 200 Bbls. No. 1 Superfine FLOUR, is at I Lhe il Ss ul i Ss ! amvounia, although a tritle to each, would in the 100 “ Kiln Dried CORNMEAL, ayuregute materially assist in making »some of | r f : their Indebledness bus JOHN & he Gelicit whic Feb. 17, 1363 "Lombs. MONUMENTS ! Headstones ! R. W. BRECKEN. | i a3 5 & | Telegraph Building, Water St.. 2 rT ) 5 casioned | ELI aoa | Lay 25, 1368 3m j — ~~ AAON FIRE FENHE Subseriber is prepared to furnish | GOOD FIRES. oh-tieg ‘entaienes a TOW selling at the Gas Works a) Vessel or Beat Fishiug, such as— é quantity of very superior COKE at FIVE | Salt PENCE per Busbel. N. Bb. Coke will last longer s sae and wive a greater heat than Sydnev Coal rere, Junnary 29, 18638 = Porgics, ontfits prosecuting Titty Boxes, Lanterns, Binnacle Lamps, -_ ’ mea ames nt —————| (lams, Lamp Wicks, Marble Works + INOTICE. oe | Be Aion o uv 8, erosene Ul, saa cliailde 'fEXHE Subseribers hereby caution all) Mackerel Lines, | Pewter, yersons indebted to the Estate of the late Ced do. | Lead, Kent Street, ae Charlottetown lJ (MES ROBERTSON, Esq., of Lot 34, to pay| Snapper do. | Fleur, l the aeveral amounts to themselves alone, as their Bait Mille, Bread, receipts ouly will be valid discharges for the same Jig Ladles, | Beans, FEViE Subscriber has constantly on hand ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, 2 pycentors | Jig Rasps, | Peas, LARGE STOCK OF MARBLE AND JOHN STEWART, Jan. " | Jig Mouids, | Butter, FKEESTONE, and is prepared at any time to| St. Peter's Rowl, Mu te 89. oe Clam Choppers, | Pork, Xe e lere of every description, such us aha se Mackerel Forks, | Beet, aa “ALHAMBRA.” | jucceret Jig | Lar Monuments, Tombs, Headstones «A Tad a Bet | — , SSTEAMSHIP ALHAMBRA, Nicker- | ae yr and Tablets. eee pa SHI! yr a wg me a adil | Bait Knives, Cuffee, son, Master, until turther Notice, | Splitting Kuives, Sugar, ‘leave this Port every alternate THURSDAY, al Throating do. Molasses, [he subscriber has for sale a large juautity of | Pickles. Io > ta workmanship, uw 4 tering, he : 7 . oat : ee aa t that the work executed at his estab. |6 p. m: for HALIFAX and BOSTON, calling at) iit Heavers, Raisius, lishment heretofore will compare favorably with | CANSO. Water Stones, Currants, chat from any other similar establislment in the RATES OF PASSAGE: Fog Horns, Dried Apples, Islnnd. j Ladies’ Cabin. Gent's Cabin. Forward. Chopping Trays, Spices, | do Kuives, Shelling Stones for Mills, al! sizes 'To Boston, 5Us. 55s. 45s. hora ee : ° ? “ Halifs De. 30s. ]Ss. He alse possesses superiot tacilities for inepect- JOIN CAIRNS. “ a aoe 95s. IDs. jing. packing and shipping Mackerel, Herring, arch 30, 1868 6 : ape nree lle ! Codfish, &e. ee Se = ik | q CARVELL BROTHERS, | N.B—Tbe HiGnhesT PRICE pain for all kinds May 13, 1868. Agents. of FISH. I. C. HALL. JUST ARRIVED! ae Ch'town, May 25, 1868 Gm ER Steamship ALHAMB RA, and ‘ | ee alienate Sehrs. J. G. McGUIRE aud FRANK, ° 8 | Grain ! Grain! Gesin | J‘ consequence of the scarcity of Voppes | | B the Subseriber has imported into ORWELL | from Nova Seotia, FOUR CARGOES OF UPLAND HAY, | hich he will sell for CASH or PRODUCE! -" R. J. CLARKE. aod for sale by the Subscriber, 400 Bola. extra and Superfine FLOUR, fh do CORNMEAL, i Cases NAVY TOBACCO—a choice article, 100 Sides SOLE LEATHER, 20 Casks KEROSENE OIL I. C. HALL. TE highest price given for BARLEY and OATS, at Coles’s Brewery and Distillery, Gin, Orwell Cheap Store, , key. Also—X, XX, aud XXX Ale. | [g@P Constantly on hand, at pricescheaperthancan be purchased iu the market,the best of Kum,Brandy, | Whiskey, and a saperior article of Malt Wbhis- |} May 2, 1808. el old) NOTICE! | @ LL persons having legal demands against | | the estate of the late James RoBeKtagn, | Roselyn Cottage, St-Peter’s Road, Township 44, Es: | quire, de« eased, are requested to fnrnish the sawe, | duly attested, to either of the undersigned, for set- | will be scld at this office only between the | tlement; and all parties indebted to the said | hours «f 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. | Estate are required to make immediate payment | Persons wishing to post Letters before or after to Ch’'town, April 27, 1868 NOTICE! Postage Stamp. ROM and alter this date Pustage Stamp - . Bbls. do Obarlottetewn, June 20, 1868 FOR SALE! He. Brighs SUGAR, da Bbls. Crushed = da Puncheons Bright MOLASSES, POLITICS, ‘-'This is true Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak tree. & CHARLOTLETOWN, PRINCE EDRWAD ISLAND MONDAY, JULY 1, | P. B. ISLAND Steam Navigation Com pany’s ' Steamer’s ‘ Princess of Wales” and ‘‘ Heather Belle.” The Steamer * Princess of Wales” Wir leave Charlottetown for Picton every ri KSOAY and THURSDAY morning at 5 a ow, in time for the morning train for Halifax Leaveas Pictou for Charlottetown « very rUEs DAY and FRIDAY evening, after arrival o Train from Halitax Leaves Pictou for Port Hood every THURS JAY worning at noon, immediately after arrival of Train from Halifax, returning to Picton the following morning Leaves Charlottetown every TUESDAY and FRIDAY night for Summerside and Shediac, at 7g p.m. Will connect with Wednesday and Saturday morning's Trains. Leaves Shediae for Summerside and Charlotte town every WEDNESDAY and SATUKDAY afte: immediately after arrival of ‘Train from St. John. ; The steamer * Heather Belle ” Leaves Charlottetown at3 a. m.,every SATUR ate hoous DAY morning for Pictou Leaves Pictou at 9a. m., same day for Murray Harbor, Georgetown and Souris, remaining at elther Souris or Georgetown over Sunday Leaves Pictou every MONDAY for Charlotte town alter urrival of Train from Halifax. FARES: Charlottetown to Pictou, or buck, £0 Zz 2 Pictou to Georgetown, - 0 9 6 Port Hood $s 012 0 Ch'town to Summerside, ” e > 0 wi Shediac, : 018 O St Jolin, fe, S450 ie ” Kustport, ” 6 00 ia os Portland, - [— 6h hm 7 Bostou ' 900 216 " Hulitax, ‘ AO 4.44:.0 | i Port Hood, vi 1.4 0 “ Georgetown, ba 9. 2 | " Souris, “ 012 0 | F. W. HALES, May 18, 1868 ~~ HARDWARE! Hardware! Hardware! ! —Sicamers and Traders from the States and Provinces—-an endless variety of GENERAL | HARDWARE, consisting in part:— | For Blacksmiths, etc., | Anvila, Vices, Sledges, Hammers, | Serew-plates & Taps, Stucks & Dies, | Horse-shoe Hammers and Nails, (best in town) | Bolts & Nuts, all sizes and shapes, | A large lot of Stubb’s and other Files, Borax, ®&c:, (cheapest in Town) For Carponters, etc., A great variety of first-class Edge Tools of American and English make, Smooth, Trying, Jack, Grooving, Plough, Sash Fillister, and other Planes, | Braces & Bits, (the new hind) | Steel Hammers, Hand, Panel & Tenon Saws, etc. For Painters. etc.. A supply of Ist class Paints, assorted colors, in 14,28, & 56 ib. Kegs. Dry Colors in variety, Copal-oak Varnish, Turpentine, | Patent Dyers, Boiled & Raw Oils, Superfine Whitewash, Paint & Varnish Brushes | Windew-Glass. Diamonds, ete., A Supply for Tinsmiths, Butchers, |+ Yes.” Coepers. Cabinet-makers, Carriage, House Builders and others, Tons of Iron, well assorted sizes, Spring, Axe, Blister & Chisel Steel, | Llip Sponge & Shower Baths, with patent Force | Pumps, | Knife cleaning Machines, | Mincing Machines, A great variety of Fancy Fur- nishing Goods. | Kerosene Lamps, Wicks, and Oils, Cow. Bells Spades, Forks, Rakes, Shovels, 110 Casks ot Shelf Goods — nuwerous from a | Needle to a Canunou or an Anchur—Cheap for Cash at the British Hardware Store. STONE & BOVYER. Reddin’s New Building, Queen Street, ? 5 June Ist. ioe OLD STAND, REDDLN'S CORNER: PWVHE SUBSCRIBER has received by Barque I ‘“UNDINE,” from LIVERPOUL, the largest aud best assortment of - China, Earthenware & Glassware | | ever offered in Charlottetown, which he is prepar- ledto sell WHOLESALE and RETALL, at unusual | | ly low prices. | CHINA TEA SETTS, | ‘ | Stone China do , white and colored; white and col jored Stone China Diuver Setts, &c, &e, unda | great variety of Goods in the above line, tov nu- inerous to particularise. A few Crates ASSORTED WARE for sale cheap by the Crate | THE GROCERY DEPARTMENT lig now stocked with the best qualities of TEAS’ I SUGAR, MOLASSES, TOBACCO, SOAP, CAN” DLES SPICES, DRIED FRUITS, &e. LIQUORS of the best deseription, consisting of Brandy, Gin, Kum, Whiskey, Port aud Sherry Wine, Cordials &e, &c | FLOUR aud CORNMEAL from Ib to 100 bbls. j ' | | | Having obtuined the services of a first-class BAKER, he ix prepared to supply his customers | with the best quality of BREAD at all times. B.D. REDDIN, Jnne 6in APPRENTICE WANTED. N apprentice Wanted to the Watch and Cloek | i Muking Business. ROBERT SNEESTON. North Side Queen's Squzre, ¢ June loth 186s. | * stents _ en k'ish Barrels! FISH BAKRELS, 500 For Sale by CARVELL BROS. June 1. TOBACCO CHARLES QUIRK, CUSTOMERS SUPPLIED ON Terms, Reasonable | ON HAND 20.0000 CIGARS, ‘Consisting of the following Brands, namely, Flor, De Cases, Prince of Wales, Star of the West, La Flora and Punch. —also— A large supply of these hours, can procure stamps at the Stores of ALEX. ROBERTSON, inal Bags Green COFFEE, Kane Pipes. D. Laird . H. A. Harvie, | : JOUN STEWART, Jr. f Executors | Bbis. VINEGAR: Boxes PIPES," i x I . E. Reilly Mrs. Brenner, fee SA, Bow. 0,000 _ Boxes, half do, and Qr. do. Layet Raisins, 200 Boxes LOZENGES, and other CON- G. board, r Drums FIGS. i : | FECTIONARY, 6 Cases 8 card Mra. Stamper, 3. Hubba I < Cmoyv al. Bble. Kerosine ; Sole LEATHER, MATCHES, 308 doz. SHOE J. D. MeLeod, Theopb. DesBrisay, Jas. DeeKrisay, H. Hazard, G. & 8. Davies, T. O'Connell. THOS. OWEN. P. M.G. General Post Office, Charlottetown, / rg R. HOMER having every encouragement o locate in Charlottetown, and for want of larger and more convevient rooms, has removed to the building oeeapied by Hesxy Haszann. Enq , merchant, directly opposite the Apothecaries’ Hall Muy 4. 1368. | Dec. 7, 1567. 5 | Puncheons Strong Proot Demerara RUM, | Cases Brandy, &c. &c. B. WILSGN HIGGS. Charlottetown, May 25, 1503. BLACKING, 115 DRUMS | FIGS, &e. &e. | Upper Queen Street, Chb’te vu,June 19,1868. 3m KD Ssy> ~S>” 2 AND LITERATURE - *---Kuripides. ISGS | They saw me standing op with the boat mere /hook, and, I suppose, thought I meant to fh iH 0 t E A N W A | a ’ |hook on when they brought up, bat io | another minute, it would have gone through IN TEN CHAPTERS with a crash. | | (From Chamber's Journal.) the bottom of the boat looked towards poor Tom, who lay asleep; Miss Mary was on her knees, beside her fainting sister; and I felt that the moment had come; when, with a prayer for merey— one learned years upon years before, and which now came rushing to my lips—I raised the pole. The ship would pass with- in twenty yards of us, I knew; but it was almost dark already, and as she came dash- ing down, the breeze seemed to freshen as if by magic; and ag the old Star swept by, my arm sank by my side, and I fell on my knees ip the boat muttering: ‘ Saved, saved!” for the ship was far astern, and | knew that before she could bring to under their clumsy management, it would be night, for even now it was dark. The change from despair to hope was so CHAPTER Vil continued. So when we had done all we could for the | poor fellow, we made a sort of a shelter over him; and then, as I was shading my eyes, and looking out towards the S/er, to see what way she made, I found as | couldn't see her, and that things looked swimmtmg and misty like, and then back [ went across the thwarte as if struck down. But I wasn’t long so, for I soon came to; and as i did so, and the horrible, deathly sick feeling went off, I felt the blood come up in my face with a rush, as a regular wild thrill ran through me, and I elosed my eyes, and lay quite still, as if I dare not move; tor there was that face bending over we, and those soft white bands were bathing my gudden that for a few minutes I could face, while twice over there was a tender, scarcley believe in the truth of our position, pitying tear fell upon my chesk. but a hand laid upon my arm roused me. ‘Poor fellows! what you have suffered and I exclaimed bow it all was, and that for us,’ she suid, as | got upand | was better! there was a chance of life. Then I set to now. and considered # little, and tried to think ‘It was that crack on the head, you see | what was best to do; but‘for a bit my brain miss, { said. ‘was all in a whirl, and [ could do nothing ‘What! were you wounded, too?’ she ex | [t was now dark, but not like the night claimed. before, for the stars shone out brightly over- * Oh, head, and there was a brisk breeze blowing. miss. One of those blackguards knocked [ ¢5uid fust make the ship out, and could me down in the seuffls. Bat,’ | said try- | see that they had brought up; but telt sure ing to puta good face on the matter, though that we could not be seen. Once I thought 1 could not help feeling better as I said |] jeard a shout; then there was the fash of it—* but I'm only a common, thick-headed |g gun; and then the fools began to burn ssilor.’ blue-lights, thinking, | supppose, that we were flies ready to go and burn our wings But [saw my way clear now; and set to work, and shipped the rudder as well as I could ‘n the dark; cleared and stepped the little mast; and before long bad the sail set, with a ivef in it, for the breeze blew fresh, not much,’ [I said; ‘ not much, | ‘Hush! she said, with such a qu e@ digni- fied way as she could pat on when she liked— hash! Don’t speak like that, when | you have acted so nobly, so heroically, and —and may God bless you for it!’ And here her voice seemed to break down, and NEWS. wo. 2 Se ————— “t NO, 10 | Mary sobbed quite aloud, and said she was guing to lose a dear, true friend. ‘No,’ said Lom, smiling sadly; ‘only a poor sailor, Miss, as tried to do his duty by you, and broke down; but Jack here wiil take my watch for me; aud God bless you all, for | don’t think I shall see the san go down again.’ ‘Come, Tom,’ I says, ‘ try and look up, mate; buat it was done in a cheerless way, and the poor fellow only smiled sadly. ‘It was that chap Ilicks as did for me, mate,’ he said; and then he looked hard at me, and we understood one another, for be looked as he did that morning when he told me to wash the blood off my face ; and sowe- how or another I could not help feeling glad | had made an end of the villain who gave my poor mate his death-biow. And poor Tom lay half-sleeping. half- waking, all that calm night, and | watched by him till just as the sun was beginning to rise, when he seemed to quite wake up, and stared out towards the eust, as il he bad been called. ‘What is it, mate? I says, lifting his head on my arm, and taking his hand. ‘Tell’em I'm ordered aloft, Jack,’ he whispered ; and then, with a quite smile upon his face, my poor mate closed his eyes, and dropped off into his long sleep; and there with the sun shining upon his face, I didn't know it, he went off so quietly, wll I heard the young ladies sobbing behind me, when I gently laid his head down, and sat at his side with my face in my hande tor some time, for Tom Black and d were old shipmates It was a sad blow that to fall upon our little ship's company; bat I did all as J | knew my poor mate would have liked, and and as | knew he would baye dome by me. 1 lashed him up in one of the sheete, with a }shot at his feet—one that had been in the ‘boat for ballast—and at sundown, Mise |_Mary said some prayers over the poor fel- she tarned away her head for a minute ; but directly after she was quite, and still, and reserved again, and tearing up some more of the sheet, as if to make bandages. ‘Let me jook at your head,’ she says al! at and then knowing pretty well where the low, and thea, with a more sorrowtal heart ship lay, shaped to give her the go-by in) than ever felt before, I hove my poor mate the dark; when I felt eure they would wait overboard, aud thea sat down in the bows, about all night, and with the breeze then feeling as if L didn’t mind bow soon it was on, and the long dark hours before me, 1,™¢ 48 was called, ull | thought of what I k ECEIVED by Spring Ships from England | ‘hoped yet to get clear off, once; and though I was against it, and Soon after, Miss Mary was sitting calm didn’t want her to, she would examine it; and cut away the hair with a tiny pair of | and quite beside me as I steered, so as to get scissors, and then bathed it, and bound it! all the speed out of the boat I could; and up; aud | suppose it was a bad cut, for if 1| after a bit, in the stillness of that bright and didu’t yo right off again just as she'd bound | beatiful night, she offered up a simple it up, and only came to feeling sick and) prayer, and so sweet and touching that it ‘done up, and without a bit of life left in| brought the tears from my eyes, unused ‘me hardly. ‘he sun came down fiercer and | enough to such weakness, but then I had fiercer, sv that we were all soon parched! been wounded, and had a hard time of it. with thirst, and glad of the water, as there | I'd heard prayers read often enough by the was fortunately a good drop of it; and Miss) captains I'd sailed with, and been to church Mary wetted our lips for us from time to/| times enough, but never heard words like time, for after about an hour | gave up, and | those that seemed to move the heart, as they was obliged to lie sull. |olfered thanks for our preservation from so And all this time the ship came slowly | great a peril, and prayed forgiveness for ‘nearer and nearer, and Miss Mary told me | our desperate resolve. And then there was from time to time asl asked her, and she| 4 deep silence among us for some time, and did it, too, without moving a muecle ; and | the brisk breese bore us aloug gallantly, 80 at last, towards evening, when we knew/|that one’s heart seemed to bound with the ‘they must see us as they came slowly on, | boat, and it was ali I could do tu keep from Miss Mary kneeled down by me to put the | Shaking out more sail. /bandage more comfortable, and then whis-| Alter a while Miss Mary crept forward, 'pered to me with her face and lips, too, quite | and saw to poor Tom, who still lay in a white: * Was any one killed last night when | heavy sleep; and then forced some biscuits, you escaped ?° I couldn't do anything else, and so I said that an excuse for getting them both to take some rest. But no; they both said they would sit with me; and they did, too, all through that long night, when that breeze, which was truly tor us the breath of heaven 'never once tailed, but bore us bravely on, | she whispered. land on, and on, with hope rising im our a he stars pale, the glow | Yes," I said; and then she closed her | breaste, ee oe A | a lin the east, and the sun once more leap up orn Sie 8, San Ne sakapenns: Sk eB | d shed tl Iden path across the waters ‘a time she leaned closer to me, so that || °° ee . ’ | now dancing with life! sould feel her breath upon ace, ¢ : pro ae Aa W my face, and | Although we were going so free, before then she whispered ; e shall be taken nee se | downed the sail, and when jagain, shall we not? ee : ‘Who was it?’ she said again in a voice | that didn’t seem to belong to her. | «It was his own fault,’ I said; ‘it was to | save my own lile.’ | *Was it that fiend who shot poor papa ?’ I could not answer, but I knew that if and anxiously for the ship, and again and the wind freshened ever se little they would | again sweeping the hurizon well, but there be alongside us by dark. But she wanted | was not a mast in sight, and so 1 told those (bo answer, for she read it in my face. lanxious ones, whose lips were quivering, | «God bless you, brave, noble man!’ she | and who dared not ask the question. * Not wine, and water upon me; when I made) }some, and | wanted them to try and get | \there was the full daylight, 1 looked long | jhad promised poor Tom, whieh was te do my duty ty them as was in my charge ; when I roused up, tried to make ail ship- shape, and waited for the wind, which soon came, and away we dashed again all thet | night. CHAPTER X. ‘Pat her head a bit mere to the west,’ Jack,’ said peor Tom, and I did; and tak- (ing turn and turn with me, Miss Mary gave me a watch below, or, of course I could not bold up; and one day—the second alter |poor Tum weat—I was dreaming about what |was the case, namely, that our supply of /water was out, when I felt my arm shook, jand waking up in a fright, I found that | Miss Mary ha. thrown the wind out of the sail, and there she was, looking frightened jand horrified-like, at a vessel standing right | acrose® Our couree. ‘Qh, what shall we do ?’ she eried. * Frigate,’ | says, ‘ man-o' war,’ as I took }@ good look at the stranger. ‘What! not the Star?’ she exclaimed, | clasping her hands. | ‘No,’ Lays, taking the tiller, and ran- | ning down towards the siranger; but though we were out of water, I could not help doing |it with a heavy heart, for it seemed that ae (great change was coming. But those two | loving hearts were togetber, and when I saw them praying, | kept my eye upon the frigate, aud would not show what was pae- sing in my mind. | In a couple of hours, we were alongside, }and our boat was hoisted on board, and the ladies hada cabin given up to ‘em; but it tell to my lot to tell the story of our suffer- ings, and I did to the captain and some of the Officers, for it was a Queen's ship. I saw the captain frow® more than once, and , he got in a hasty, fretful away, and aa /to mareh up and down the room till I’d done, /when be says: ‘ My man, we must have you, if you'll stay with us.’ | A few days after, we were at the Cape, said; ‘then we must join poor papa ;’ and | a sail in sight,’ | said; and 1 ap with our | where the captain stouped to land the la- (then she seemed as if she would say some | own once more; and away we went over | dies, of whom I had seen but very little sinee (thing more, bat did not speak for perhaps | the bright and dancing waters, while So we went on board the frigate, for they hard- (half an hour; when as the wind fresliened, | gveat was the change which had now come | ly left their cabin, though it was wounderful jand the ship came bowling along towards | over me, that in spite of calling myself 4) what respect the officers paid them, and how yess she spoke again in a whisper. | fool for faneying it, 1 could not help looking | kind every one was to me, epecially when | *You know, if we are taken, what is in }ut a pale face at my side, and thinking how |they saw how them two ran to speak to and |store for us; and I suppose,’ she said moaru- | *Weet tt would be to go on sailing like|.jake hands with me when they did come ‘iully, * they will not be merciful to you?’ this for ever. But directly after there came | on deck. | I gave my head a shake. auother change over me, and I felt bitter,| | thought it all over; what the eaptain ‘Then,’ she said with quite a smile on and sorrowful, and dull, and I couldn't tell! had said, and all about it; and | went te /her beautiful lips, * I want you to promise, myself why it was, unless it was because I Was | soe the ladies once, by their own invitation, lon your oath asa man, that we shall not—/ Such @ poor, common man, though it had | poor sister and me—fall alive into the hands | 9¢ver seemed to matter before. _ of those monsters. | ©What do you mean? I says, felling all | ‘ « j p ° ° . of a tremble, and with the sweat standing on | I contrived an awning this day, and on my forehead. * What do you mean?’ we still bounded befyre the wind, for the ‘For God's sake—for the sake of your | Pree ze held good, keeping us steady as could own mother—by all you hold dear and holy,’ %2- Ihe ladies slept by turns, and watehed ishe whispered, * kill us both.’ by turns poor Tom, who seemed, poor tel- *] couldn’t—I couldn't,’ [ groaned. | * Would you sooner see me do it?’ she unable todo more than tend him lovingly ; said, quietly and we did, too, for he had been like , : | 4 id ’ ceiti-en tale Gat | brother to me; but all seemed no use, and eg a a. Ce ee ae id a ‘| the poor fellow lay at lest quite light-headed — sue s ve ‘ > veer en It was no use; | could do no more. I kept _ way at the beatl'ul cr: ature who was talk- up to the very last, and until I felt myselt | ing 8» calinly and patiently of death. going to sleep every minute " | 9 oe Saal Te rae Topeat Mary tovk the tiller out of my hand, and aid—* se ;’ ant 2 tr ott — 60 promise , and she took Doth | doclaring she would steer, ordered me to lie imy hands, and I promised; for the blood Beit, S A cits } ao ih i |seemed to rush through my ve:ns again w I didn’t want to do 80, bat I knew I must | ' . i . »f joe held: my bands, cnd't thought of ths sleep sooner or later, 80 I gave her a word or |eries aud prayers | had heard as! hung on | by the rudder-chaine, and then I felt that I ishould sooner clasp her in my arms and | /plunge overboard, than that one of those iruflians should ever again lay a finger upon | her, | «*] ewear it,’ I says; and then, with a lehoky, husky voice, I says; *And you'll forgive ?’ « Yes,’ she says, ‘and pray for you. jnow | feel calm.’ CHAPTER IK. me if there was the least need; and then with the sun just sinking, I lay down, to he asleep in un instaat—a deep sleep, for [ was worn out; but] only seemed to have just lain down when I opened my eyes again tu ‘looking, with her white bands clasping the ‘tiller, and the little boat still goimg free beture the wind. [ jumped up, for I was savage and asham. On came the ship, with the wind freshen- | ed of myself, und asked ber why she had not ing every minute, so that our little boat be- | woke me. gan to dance a little on the waves. The| +1 was only too glad to have been of some ‘wun sunk down lower and lower, and the) use,’ she said, and then she gave up the tl- jeool breeze seemed quite to revive me, 80! jer; and after Miss Madeline had broaght | that I sat up, and then helped Miss Made-' out some of the provisun, tuey lay down, and liipe to sit up a8 well ; when, with poor Tom | jad a long sleep. ast asleep, I sat down in the stero-shvete | And so we sailed on for days and days, waiting for the end, with pneen, Aven vor | steering nearly due north, in Lope ol mak- burn ladies, one on each side, clasping my ing land, or crossing the path of sume ves- | bands, and trusting to me to save them, but sel: and then it fell calm. Poor Tom bed | not from death. In the calm of that golden, cl tended with all the care we could give _glorious evening, there was more than one him, but sn epite of all we did, he grew /worse and worse; and at last, when he re |pray:r said aloud by a sweet and touching 'yoice, as | sat mae how hard it Was to! .overed his senses @ bit, he was 60 weak and | die so young; a” poy - whe, with the feeble that we could esearely catch his | vessel coming “ on merete ow bed words. He talked to us, too, a good deal, }touch our buat, an yy 6 "ok kor, and did not seem sorrowful or ubappy, at ne | v2 hag 2 ied po | ee and though he 6aid Le knew he was going. en i Ba ; e , ; scar : | «I've been no good to you!’ he said to And sat waiting for the end. ‘low, to be getting worse and worse, and we | when Miss) two of instruction, and she promised to call | see the sun rising, Miss Mary pale and quite-! |while they were staying at @ gentleman's house; and | felt more low and sad than ever when I saw them dressed ia deep | mourning, for it brought all the scenes up again of that unlucky voyage; but I tried to rouse Up, for though no seholar, and only 'a sailor, | knew as it was now time to wake ‘up from a sort of wild dream as 1 bad beep in. So I said ‘ Good-bye’ to them and they ‘both eried at our parting, and made me |promise that ] would go to see them wher | was in England; tor I knew that there passage home was taken, and I had made up wy mind what was best; and I told the ladies J was going to join the frigate. I¢ was aead afternoon that, and they seemed bth of them cut to the heart to say * Good- bye,” and | was too. But the words were said at last, and they each gave me a little ring to wear upon my hand-kercher for their sake; and then, when] was coming away, Miss Madeline firet put both her hands in wine, aud put her face up as na- turally and tenderly asa little child would, and kissed me, and thea Mise Mary put both ber hands in mine—little white soft hands in my rough horney palms—and, she too, with a childish, loving innocence, and with the tears running down her cheeks, said * Gvod-bye,’ and she, too, kissed me ‘asa dear sister would a brother, | There was @ feeling as of something ‘choking in my throat as J too tried to say the parting words, for J was now quite awake from the eort of dream that of late had come on me ut times, and 1 hurried awey. | We did not return to England for two years alter that; but before I bad beea ushure—a'most 4&6 Soom 48 we were in port —there was gome one on buard as wanted to see me, and | was soon etandiug face to face with a tall, sharp-eyed, oflicer-looking gentieman, who told me bis name was Cap- }vain Horton; and he shook hands heartily, and thanked me for what he called my jgailant behaviour to his eisters- He said I was to go and see them, and left the address; ‘and when he went away told me, and gave it /to me on @ papet, that there was fifty pounds ‘for me in ope of the banks whenever { liked to draw it; and aleo, that] was never te CHaPTER VIII. | * Another quarter of an hour, and ther |death,’ I muttered as [ thought to myself; i but they both heard it, and Miss Mary luok- ed up in my face with so sweet and heavenly ‘a emele as she said: + Yea, dear friend; emi ret where there is no more sin and suff+r- |ing., no more pain and sorrow. Buta little while, and we shall be at peace.’ And nearer and nearer still came the ship; but now the shadow deepened, for we were where there was no twilight, but a quick |ehange from day to night. 1 could now ‘see plai ly the faces on board, and eve that “preparations were being made for shortening ‘wail; and then I laughed, for] knew what ‘our old ship was, and that she would shoot ‘by far enough befure they could bring ber to. Miss Mary as she was kneeling down weep | want for a friend while he and his eistere ing by his side one eveniug, when there was lived; and then be shook bande and leit me not cnough air to wake the sai] Dap—‘1 ve 'been no good tu you, but I did what ,could.—Put her head a bit more to the 'west, Jack,’ he added, aod just managed to take hold of Miss Mary's hand and put it to his lips; and then, ‘Jack,’ he says* ‘you've had it all todo, mate and you ve got it to foish; and L won’t ask my old mate to swear, but yoo N do whate right by them both, won't you ?’ * Ay, lad,’ L eaid, ‘I will,’ and the watr came in my eyee as] suid it; lor be spoke so that I wae afraid something was very nigh indeed. ‘Then I shall go easy, Jack, mate, for I am going to give upthe uamber of wy meer;’ and thea be was silent jor » bit, till Miss standing thinking of the by gene, and look- ing atthe packet be left with me. I took and opened that packet, and there was a handsome eilver watch in it, anda five-pound note inside a letter, which was written and signed by Miss Mary; but there was agreat dewl in it a¢ coming from her sister. It was a letter as | didn’t feel ita disgrace to drop 4 few tearg on: aad it was hike that kiss, such a one asa dear sister would write ber brother. It eaid I was to go and see them: and there was a good deal in itabout the sad past, and what ele, too, eclled my gallant bebavior, when it was nothing more than my duty. She said. toe. that they would ever pray for my wellver, wrsoanesapocpemnnonree sane aseemely oO pander eacitee apsenacinanenena a: ; i t i ; t Li 1