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     THE WIDUNG-GA'l‘lJ. 
     
    
   
   
    
     [Iron Cbsinbere's Journal.) . 
     
    

    
     It was ntshbesring-time at Grsenside, in the 
     
     ‘.31, .¢...my—-tlie last Saturday ofJuIy, the ill! 
     
     whence the earthen doors of our small churches 
     
     have their carpeting renewed with rushes fruit- 
     
     Miseton More. ' ‘here were two wagons full of 
     
     mm; “,1 upon the itoues’ heads that drew their: 
     
     waved their feathery tops; and in the drivers 
     
     hats. like kiiighily pltinies, they sodded; and upon‘ 
     
     each ofthe band that followed. playing 
     
    

    
     saue ‘e, they kept messtire with thoturie ; 
     
     end bound up gracefully with wreaths tit wild- 
     
     lovvers, and carried by young girls, still came 
     
     the Mtnetori rushes in procession. W here tltll 
     
     twin-rivers run into the Mere. they grow upon I 
     
     batik ol sand, and in the little bay beyond. under 
     
     those inoasgrown rocks whose heads are purple 
     
     with the heather. This is a great holiday with 
     
     as at Greensido ; the shops--there are but two in 
     
     the village-—are shut, as thouirh it were Sl||ld|l'~ 
     
    

    
     and the church-bell is planning : it is the same 
     
     which tells for service and ktrells for. burials, but 
     
     no one can rrtistalre its tones today for artythin_~.v 
     
     but inerrint. tit. Every urchin in the place I! 
     
     having his pull at it, rind, as many as cart. togeth- 
     
     er, so that it never gives two tiriltlea alike. to 
     
     be carried up by it into the belfry, and so hit 
     
     heads against the rafters, is rare fun. Our wo- 
     
     alten-folk are employed for days upon these 8"!‘ 
     
     leads, and every household striv--s that out of It 
     
     all be chosen the rualibesring queen. 
     
    

    
     ‘The fewer the ribbons the better, Phaibe.’ 
     
     was Dame Forrest's advice to her daughter upon 
     
     this occasion ; and Phtebe—who was but s_evt-n- 
     
     tsen, and likely to err upon the ribbon side- 
     
     made a simple girdle of blue flowers round ‘her 
     
     rushes, and was proclaimsdfieoen by acelaniation. 
     
     ‘Hail, beautiful Phebe orreat l hail, pretty 
     
     queen of the rushhearing. It was the proudest 
     
     moment of her young life, walking at the. head of 
     
     her subjects ; as it was too, without question. that 
     
     of her mother, whose eyes, however, were filled 
     
     with tears ;proudest. trio, of lreonsrd Hlldla lI6|' 
     
     lover, whose loolt never strays away from her, 
     
     nor relsnes iii itsirtssdinets: one would think he is 
     
     watching a deer in Martindale, lest it should creep 
     
     out of rifle-range. A powerful yottnll f|'ll"‘l'r 
     
     with a fine face. but for a little too much sell-will 
     
     about the moutli. lie has the Ieett-st foot tsfter rt 
     
     hill-fox in Weaimorelaiid, and is the kinii of the 
     
     dalesnicn liert-abouts in the wrestling rintr : and 
     
     the fear of the men and love of the women have 
     
     spoiled him .; he says he Vtlll marry Phebe Foi- 
     
     rest whether she will or no-—atid Plicebo says no 
     
     —which seems a station sort of wooii-g. 
     
    

    
     There was butonc iii Llreenside that summer 
     
     noon. who had not vet acknowledged Plioehe his 
     
     queen, and tli it was not for lack of love. not 
     
     loyalty neither. Frank Meredith, the laiitlscape- 
     
     peititer, who lodged in the farmliouse on the hill 
     
     —he was the rebel : he had been there for the 
     
     last three years, rriitil his portfolio was filled ti- 
     
     overflowing, and scarcely a rock ltl Westinorclatit 
     
     had escaped his caiiv-as-a ; but still he uavt: n- 
     
     sign ofdepsrirrie. The artist flood was iiotv roll 
     
     ing over our lleitullftll valley for the fotirtlt lim- 
     
     eince his arrival ; brit however pleasant lit.- 
     
     hreilircn—lrowever lovely was High Crag, ltl 
     
     wave ever bore him t-lllt it ftirthertliantlie llr'.I-_'l| 
     
     bouring dalcs. t.'etiaii.ly his liovrie-view was 
     
     so berrutilnl, as not to be excelled elsewhere : th- 
     
     grassy mountain-side sloped down to the river 
     
     and woodland from his door, and lllinetori .‘.lerr: 
     
     lay not sofar beyond it. but that every snott-~ 
     
     white sail upon its boson ‘could be secii. 'l'wo 
     
     sycaitiores gave forth perpetual bee-tntssic to the 
     
     song of the dancing broolt within his aard-,n ; and 
     
     towering behind and above the farrriliotise. crow- 
     
     ded tho whole eiouutain-world. Still, there was 
     
     something beyond the beauty of its larrdecapethst 
     
     year after year, chained Frttiik Meredith to Green- 
     
    

    
     eide—its gossips said. They had found out all 
     
     about him before the second year was otit: how that 
     
     he was a black sheep, and hail disgusted his noble 
     
     family, end was allowed a pound a week, upon 
     
     condition of keeping out of their way ; which 
     
     was not Frank’s history at all, nor anything like 
     
     it. He was itideed of an eiicient stock of painful 
     
     respectability, and had shocked it a great deal 
     
     by his inartificisl behaviour. He was by nature 
     
     vulgar, or at least had preferred laiidscape-pai_rrt- 
     
     ing to airy gerrtlemanly profession ; and having 
     
     been intoxicated with sortie slight success, pursued 
     
     it; which was his relatives‘ account of the mat- 
     
     ter. And his uncle, indeed. front whom he 
     
     should have inherited thousands _snd tons of 
     
     thousands, and chariots and horses,did, we know. 
     
    
   
   
    
     0 dis herit irn for making negua of his particular 
     
     It 
     
    
   
   
    
     s e -t be fellow put but water and sugar, 
     
     sh, to my 58, at eighty-lour_ shillings a dozen’- 
     
     and the fseaily following suit to ll‘Il_l‘l¢h uncle. 
     
     washed their aristocratic hands of him, leaving 
     
     the young artist to live as lie could_ upoa e_ hun- 
     
     drs year ofhls own, and upon his cunning in 
     
     water-colours. 
     
    
   
   
    
     HASZAl{1)’S*tiA'l.E'l"l‘li DECEMBER. 6. _ _ 
     
    
   
   
    
     place than that on which the perftct moon was 
     
     then outpouring her silver treasure : the songs of 
     
     the holiday-makers had not yet ceased, but came 
     
     up from the valley beneath on rt gentle wind, 
     
     which set the clouds afloat over the mountain- 
     
     but could not bend the fir-trees _on their 
     
     crests ; the lake lay sleeping with a quiet srriile, 
     
    
   
   
    
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     lgrellol diflicutly, so as to have become of late by 
     
     far his most formidable antagonist. Frank wt-ll 
     
     knew by whose uiicleikly hand the desire to be 
     
     ‘king at Carol’ had been_carved upon the wlIlllIlfl- 
     
     ‘gate, and be determined, if it were possible, to 
     
     l horrible Leoniird’s pride on the niorrow in presence 
     
     of tliu three counties. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Mm a maiden drflmmg ,,,-p,,.,,_ 1, I, of love,‘ Uur tti-estlirig in the rtorih is a Vt‘f_V different 
     
     too, the painter dreams as his charmed ey-erlllltlleflruln prize-figlitiiig,and l_s|iotild be sorry 
     
     Wanda, 0",, me ,,,,,,,e ; M, “P, m, PM-[ed mil, , it it ever grew to he like it : ltispeldutti that airy 
     
     3 "mp, ",0, I, he WM, 8" mg WM, acyogg the  serious hurt bclalls the coriipetitura, and victors 
     
     gate. How many hall-believers before him havelntl Vttuqtalietl appear to be equally in good- 
     
     dom, me “me, in ‘ha, um, place 3 uuw mg , liurriour. Tito hoirour of being lfI‘|lI0 last two or 
     
     onwd bl, ,. cu, along “H, ,,c,,,,, ,,-m. the three pairs-—muclr_inor_e that otbeing sole conque- 
     
     varioris desires of men ! some of them in sober I'or—ts esteemed lar higher tliirii the prizes theor- 
     
     pm”'and gmngin “mpg. mu‘, bu, .“ «of [he selves, whit-li_. indeed, are of no great value. 
     
     “rm. “,,hy_s 1 Wrestling at Lerel, to a youili who is only expe- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘A woodbiney Cottage and Kowe' is, alas, the 
     
     best of them. ‘4000L.’ is the limit ol one eriihi- 
     
     tious morttil'e wishes ; and ‘A five pound note’. 
     
     contents srrother. ‘Carriage and Pair,‘ exceed- 
     
     ingly well cut, and with a flourish, must, we 
     
     think, he syouug lady’s vision of bliss, and 
     
     ‘Susan’ as unmistakably a young gentleman's. 
     
     ‘King at Carol’ is the most remarkable inscription 
     
     and would puzzle nirrny to decipher ; but Mere- 
     
     dith, who is an excellent wrestler himself, and. 
     
     well conversant with Westmoreland aspiratioiis,§ 
     
     recognises at once the darling hope ofsonie young , 
     
     athlete that he may win the clianipion's belt stl 
     
     the approaching meeting at Carel (CIl‘lIlle).l 
     
     Frank Meredith smiles again and again at all.‘ 
     
     these things, but nevertheless, he draws forth his; 
     
     penknife, and begins to inscribe a little wish of, 
     
     his own 'P’—that has something to do 
     
     with rtintirig, or perhaps power : ‘PH‘—thatl 
     
     may possibly be the way in which an eccentric! 
     
     genius may spell fsirie : ‘PH(EBE l‘0llREt‘T Pl 
     
     —-the note of admiration is our own—-is what it 
     
     last came to l I 
     
    

    
     ‘And here she is,’ said a sweet low voice as hel 
     
     finished the inscription, and the queen of the, 
     
     ruahbeaviog was standing by his side. She had 
     
     laid aside her scsptre, and taken the wreath of 
     
     flowers lroiri her hair. but looked no whit less 
     
     lovely than before. Frank gazed at her an in- 
     
     stant, as though she were indeed a supernatural 
     
     visitaiit who had obeyed his call. and then convin- 
     
     ccd ltirrrsell of her humanity by an embrace. 
     
     was very ltandsoine, and, although still something 
     
     ttio youtlily in figure, liitd a frame well knit and 
     
     active. ' ‘be two seemed. in that time and place. 
     
     to be lit llllllllirlritrls of sonic. in.-w lgden Ggfdrn, 
     
    

    
     ‘I could not mine before.‘ she said, ‘Frank, 
     
     for Leonard Ill toe tire dance \\l|lr him three dances 
     
     on the green tlit-re '. and as it is, I fear ho, linll 
     
     suspects us’ \ shrill scrcarii coriclritled the 
     
     rttiiteitce, as the huge form of ilie young dalcs- 
     
     iiian strode iir between the pair. 
     
    

    
     ‘l do suspect you, Pltcebte, (M d l blush for you,’ 
     
     he said. ‘Go you llttllld to y -or mother, went-.h_ 
     
     at once ;and for this ytitiitg _t_'t‘.lillt’flI:|n, I \|lll 
     
     t'dl(v' his cliaslieriieiit into tir_\ on it hands’. 
     
    

    
     ~|)ori't move it stop, l’litt-lit-, c.r«~|:iitiied l~'rarrk. 
     
     liy what right, iiitiii, do yoir dare iiiirvrfcre be- 
     
     l\\cPii her and iiie !’ 
     
    

    
     ‘lit-carrse l airi her cousin, i\lr. lllten,-tliih, arid 
     
     allllll be her llllebfllltl. ilcflltst’. I would not have 
     
     your blood upon my liarids, wlriclr, as ilit-to is .i 
     
     tiritl lll llUZl\'L‘II, would be them if dtslioiiotrr' 
     
    

    
     ‘.‘lll:llL'€. str 9’ tliiiridt-ictl l"r‘arik. ‘Go lrtiiiit-, 
     
     l’lr(t be. Nay,’ he added. as lit’ saw lit-r ii:-sitatu 
     
     ItiltJ.iVt.' such angry lulk trig.-ilrt-r, ‘we are not 
     
     gtriii; to fight, dear.’ Arid slur (il).'_\'t‘Ll liirii iii- 
     
     srariily. 
     
    

    
     'l‘lre rwo young lIll‘fl stood . ppu.-ire each 0lllI‘l'. 
     
     lace to face, and there was no t'ii‘.\:tl’tllCt5 iii t’llllt.‘l,5 
     
     eyes. 
     
    

    
     ‘If, Leonard llirrls, you f.'dlIlt' up lrcro to stand 
     
     between the and her who is to l:.: riiy t\‘llt,‘, I will 
     
     ilirash you to-nrorrow, big as _\riri arc, in a iriiriii- 
     
     niy ; it you really cairiu to rl--it:.rrl lllt‘ purest and 
     
     lJt‘§l «,_tirl on earth lflllll llllll ton .~lll|[ltlSL‘tl to he ti 
     
     villarir, l for;_tive and liorioirr you’. 
     
    

    
     ‘I tlid think you meant l.ll>l‘l)', Mr. .'\lt-ierlrilr,’ 
     
     sai.l Leanord frankly ; ‘but non , l loo liltttll 
     
     you, Icotiless you do not secxir like it sediiccr. 
     
     With regard to Plitobe licirig your tvift.-, that 
     
     shall never be ; and as to the ihrrrslring to a muni- 
     
     iiiy, let us try at once.’ 
     
    

    
     ‘I lirrve promised not to harrii yoti to-night,’ 
     
     returiicd Frairk. 
     
    

    
     ‘llut to-irrorrotv,‘ said the young giant, ‘I shall 
     
     he at Carrel in the wrestling ring.‘ , 
     
    

    
     Frank lwstlaled :i iiiorrieiit, and lllt'll replied? 
     
     with incet-tug : ‘And I shall be there also, Loon- 
     
     nrd Hrids ;’ and each took his way lll silence to, 
     
     his own home. ' 
     
    

    
     The two young men were not without respect; 
     
     for one another at heart ; Frank Meredith knew, 
     
     that amongst the dalesrnen, with most of whom; 
     
     he lrrnrself was perfeely well acquainted, Leonard 
     
     was considered highly; it was true that he lied 
     
     lorbiddsii any to aspire to the hand of Fllmbfl. 
     
     save himself, but this pre-eminence ofhisexcused‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     ’t.'lll)U;'_lI tvlicri i~ti'ippetl. 
     
    
   
   
    
     'rlericed iii contests with his rreiizlrbour drslelllllll, 
     
    

    
     is what speaking in the House of Coiiinions is to 
     
     a Cicero of ‘the Urrioii’ at Cambridge or Oxford. 
     
     Tliere are a great number of pairs, and a young 
     
     and uriltriowir wrestler rarely ‘stands up’ more 
     
     their one or two, and there are thtiiiseiids of spec- 
     
     tators to applaud or criticise. Raised and covered 
     
     se.ris for those who fear the rain or love high 
     
     places, and forms let otit at a lower rate, enclose 
     
     the arena, rind it pleiiiiful sprinkling of the masses 
     
     lie down within upon the grass. The umpires 
     
     also stand wiihiii to watch the combatants, that 
     
     the fall be not attcnipled until each has obtained a 
     
     fair liold—orre srin under, and one over, and that 
     
     when they have oirce grappled, neither shall 
     
     let go. 
     
    

    
     Two men came forward chosen as the first 
     
     pair by lot, and strip themselves, except to their 
     
     shirt aird drawers ; they have been weighed in a 
     
     iieighbuuririg field, and are light or heavy weights 
     
     as they are under or over eleven alone. ‘I hey 
     
     shake hands before conrrnencing, and endeavour 
     
     after a hold, each seeking for the best purchase, 
     
     and grspliog tightly when it is once found. Their 
     
     comes the tug and the tussle: their arms are 
     
     almost at a stretch , their faces, which were:biit 
     
     now seen over each other's shoulders, have dis- 
     
     appesrrd ; the backs of their heads are alone 
     
     visible, drawn down on a level with their spines. 
     
     ' ire strain for a few inintries is very great, but it 
     
    

    
     oes not coinrntitily last long ; one of them is 
     
    
   
   
    
     He dragged downward, and touches the ground with 
     
    
   
   
    
     his knees, or their legs mingle Iltgelllel‘; and, 
     
     alter rcvolviiig twice or II-rice with great velocity 
     
     they both come to the ;_rronnd—ilie uppermost 
     
     being of course the wrnrrer. The cries of tuniiiiy 
     
     Aiiibleside " ‘lloiiny Nititlitvaite !’ or it-hatevt-r 
     
     may be the dttclliirg-plat-cs of the fL'SllE('|l\'€ 
     
     athletes, never cease. 'l'trt: pl”-;,,,e ,,g .3u“"y ye“ 
     
     one‘ puzzle the sirarigt-r a good dual. aitl begins 
     
     to think it some exirerm-ly populous district ; but 
     
     ‘ "ii We‘ It-cans lllllc orru—rlie smaller or the two 
     
     ltiiiiipt-l Hits. 
     
     At this ptii-liculitr Carol rncctin , the light 
     
     itiid lictivy tvrt-stlers were iuixctf. rind the 
     
     rizcs rnnde goncrttl irilliout regard to weight. 
     
     We of(ii't~t-risirlo liiid 8t3\‘L‘l‘.'ll likely votitlrs, but 
     
     Lconnrtl llirrls \\'llS cur In-51: man "by far, uu,-1, 
     
     to our :i<toirislrirrciit, we sl:|\\' the young painter 
     
     di'iiwiii;.: his lot :l1llt)ll,-_‘.~t the rust. itt wlioiii 
     
     l.:.-oirrtrd threw it coiitcriiptuous Stllll(', :iritl wits 
     
     t.'\’ldt‘llll_V tlisiippoiritod at not lining in the piiir 
     
     with liirii. l-'i'rinlr .\li.-rtttlitli looked fragili- 
     
     Utio itricicnt wrcstli-" 
     
     —nuw with 0llt.' lr-,_r_ niirl one tirrn only, their 
     
     fr-lluws lrrtviiig l)l_'(‘l| lIlti\\'fl ttwriy by priwtlcr- 
     
     blrtsrs in l.itiigdrilo—wlio ttlwiiys nttoiitls this 
     
     scciio of his liil‘llllél' ft-tits, iisstirt-d me that ‘ tlic 
     
     lrunirylziil \\'tIllltl lltlliI‘tIl\'t'1llllll\\'1ll'l.illl3lllltlllleil 
     
     l\lltllllllt‘l'\l he did look l‘.ll.lit‘l‘ tiiispisli ttltout 
     
     tho w;ii.~'I. i.i~i first ooiripr-‘tilor was it Izirgc 
     
     iiriil pnwt-r-l'iil follow; tiritl \\'lll‘n. uftor it long; 
     
     B[l'll;I:_;‘lt', i-'r:tiii< oust hint to tire curtli liv tlilrie 
     
     ‘ swirl-,:iii;; li_tpi,-'—tl.c kiir,-c tlrrowri iiilwnrd 
     
     slraii-ply rrgairrst tlre ndi'crstiry's tlrigli—-tlicrc 
     
     :ti'~.~c ii ',:i'r-:ttt-.ry of tistoiiisirctl jay. llo was 
     
     :iftor\\'arrl.s' lticky iii his drawing for some time. 
     
     and olitztirrctl pretty easy victorios: his l»._-riuly 
     
     ttiid _\‘otrt!ii"tilnriss, the smile upon his f.it-c us 
     
     he shook llillitlrl lit-fore t‘ill,‘lI corrlcst, :irrtl the 
     
     syiriprttl.isiirg loolc, witliotit it trace of vnirnt, 
     
     with wlricli lrc rt--,;iirdt-tl liiri iinsucct-s.-=l'ul ri- 
     
     vals, iiiiitlv.‘ liirri popular '.t itli the whole llS:!UlIl- 
     
     lily, itllit-it tlicr-c wits not one iruroiigst tliciii 
     
     who could hope for his final success. .\'c\'cr- 
     
     tlrclcss, it did so lirippcri tliitt the day wore tin, 
     
    
   
   
    
     bird the pairs grow fewer and l'ewcr, until 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lcoiiiird llirtls rind Frttnk Meredith nltiito 
     
     * stood up,‘ of llll competitors. Tlroro hnd l)t.'L'f| 
     
     it quiet dctcririiiiiition riliotit the latter tlirougli- 
     
    
   
   
    
     lout. like the t-oiiccnlratt-d purpose of i'evorigr-, 
     
    
   
   
    
     wlricli littd jtruiriptctl liiiri to tttltc the lll_lItlllt_'.\‘t 
     
     pains in t-very coiitcst, while the foriiit-r had 
     
     thrown his opponents to right and left like it 
     
     riirtdriinn, its though they intercepted his it - 
     
    
   
   
    
     preach to some more worthy antagonist; both' 
     
    
   
   
    
     ad opened their lot-tickets with greediness, 
     
     and read them with dissppointmsnt ; each 
     
    
   
   
    
     him soniewhst is the psinier’s eyes, who made, Hired. up till now, a combat with his particu- 
     
     allowance for his arrogance as he would hevallflr foe. Tho embroidered cbempion‘s belt, 
     
    
   
   
    
     outing game rushbaaring night, he stards on 
     
    
   
   
    
     for the like pretensions in a higher rank, where a! and the honor of being * king st Usrel,’ must 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘pd [auto never bed a more lovely d elliiig- 
     
    
   
   
    
     du “N”. “In” "M Ind. hm, G,,,¢,,,.,,i,, lortune as well as a bride might have been tlisj needs now remitiri with one of them, and the 
     
    
   
   
    
     . - 0,, ‘M ,,,,,,,,-t an prize. and heir-triggering, twt-nty-peeing cottain 
     
      ,:‘:“,'l?.|.::_fi.|d. ",4 .,,,,,|‘:5,,. the monopolist. On the other hand, n_aid 
     
     shaky-pips. shes not with i.rrrt,wo...ioiiti Hmh V,"-0'4 freely, own. Ih-t {hate us "°ll'"'l!_ 
     
     to day, the instruments of his beloved art. for he , “"0 l“’“l° ‘l?°‘" ,"]"l‘ M°'°d"l'i 5'" l’l°'"V °l 
     
     ha "in. ml, “aw ‘in, [mm nu, w,.y,,,,‘.n,,,. pltiek and spirit. lhe young painter had long 
     
     mm... q|ti:§”pooiie legend has attached this ' 
     
     suggky stgivltig? and to none with a more har- 
     
    
   
   
    
     mestoes stssss than to this at Grssrtsids 'l'lis'“|'°f|l|h = 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ". mu, ",0" ,. ,5. accusionied himself to Westmorelsnd a one, and three falls; and it was evident front 
     
    

    
     was especially skrlftil in wrestling, me big it in ning tlist the design of the _ 
     
     litherress and activity for what he wants in weary Meredith out. Frsnkitistsnt y obtained 50"’ Gllllflttftl I! Pfl|’l|0|ll'||' “WW 
     
     , been thrown by the young his bold, but the other refused to clasp his.of experiments sirico I849. In order! ll- 
     
     fdalssntss often enough, but each time with the own hands for a greet while, so thstthe etrsiii certain the brat composition to 
     
    
   
   
    
     excitement grew intense. It was evident that 
     
     Leonard Hit-ds thought seriously of the task 
     
     i before Iriiu,antl would not let slip a ehttiree of 
     
     lsucccss through contempt ofliis loss sturdy 
     
     ,i-ival. They were to wrestle for the 
     
    
   
   
    
     stronysr woe to 
     
    
   
   
    
     of 
     
    
   
   
    
     ithe Bureau of Yards and 
     
    
   
   
    
     might fatigue his ants . Men shouted 
     
     to the young painter to of. is, to; 1,. 
     
     wits a favourite. so we hstesid, and mi-an 
     
     bud rnsde himself msiiy oldies through l||‘l0~ 
     
     games; but Meredith gave solissd to us in his 
     
     excitement, forgettin that toltimsdf none had 
     
     ‘laid down,’ while to is foe no loss than four 
     
     had succumbed without an slut, leeving him 
     
     by so much the fresher. Frank sulsredss we 
     
     feared : after many loosinga. iirwbieh bis object 
     
     had been greatly obtained, baoiisrd took up 
     
     earth in his lnii.ds~ris is the custom for the 
     
     firmer hold—lor the first time; and we knew 
     
     the struggle was nigh. Both of them ‘ held ’ at 
     
     once and together, strained to their utmost 
     
     shoulder to shoulder, and then head to head, 
     
     rs idly whirled round for a second or two, end 
     
     fslll—-Hirds uppermost. ' 
     
    

    
     The chances sgrtinst Meredith were now two 
     
     to one, and his strength seemed failing besides. 
     
     Some s ks to him lltttteringl of his bsvin 
     
     obtainegotlie second prize; siideven his i-lva , 
     
     as he shook hands after the fall, said something 
     
     toathe sanyls elect, to which Frsnk answered in 
     
     a one w is or, theow him , 
     
     and be ‘ kingpof Cat-cl‘ after all. It steda’ 
     
     if the psinter‘s darling hope wsa now to be the 
     
     winner of the wrestling match. In the second 
     
     trial, they took less care for holding, as Leon- 
     
     nrd found he could not play t some gains 
     
     twice, and both pled at once, as if with 
     
     books of steel. 1‘ e dsleaman clasped his rl ht 
     
     leg round his rivslls left, and bout the also or 
     
     body backwards like a read. With over mus- 
     
     cle at fullest stretch, and the veinsstsndtn out 
     
     on their foreheads, but without s trace of ero- 
     
     city, they stood—models of power end firmness. 
     
     I-‘or upwards of a minute and s hslf they stood, 
     
     every instsnt of which we expected Iferedltli to 
     
     give way, with the whole wei ht of his men 
     
     thus thrown upon him, and he imself of the 
     
     perpendicular ; but all on a sudden, Leotterd'e 
     
    

    
     o -clasp failed; we saw it ble, end their 
     
     re ax. and almost instantly, ts so at s fright- 
     
     ful disitdvsntsge, the young giant was thrown 
     
     heavily. A great cheer burst from a thousand 
     
     throats, but not so much as s smile earns over 
     
     Meredith. Althou Ii his rival flllierod him- 
     
     self up. and retire into the tent without dil- 
     
     culty, Frank knew that lie was seriously hurt. 
     
     An ovcrstrttined sincw had indeed given we ; 
     
     nnd while the spectators were itwttitiiig t 0 
     
     issue of the lust ‘tie,’ the contest was virtttslly 
     
     titer, and the victory remained with the young 
     
     painter. At present, none knew this but the 
     
     two combatants. 'l‘lre victor followed the van- 
     
     quished to where he was siting nlorio, rind took 
     
     his hand. ‘You're king, sir,’ said the poor 
     
     giunt, ‘ through this cursed strain.’ 
     
    

    
     - You rutist have thrown riie, else. Leonard,’ 
     
     exclrtiiricrl l-‘r.-ink honestly; ' and it is not fair 
     
     that you should be de rrived of your honours 
     
     by an accident: your it-art was set upon this 
     
     victory. its I lriroiv by wlirtt was written on the 
     
     \\'isliing;-gate, and I shall “ lay dozvn” to you, 
     
     Lcnnrird llirde.' 
     
    

    
     Leonard lifted liirnselfup with pain to creep 
     
     Iris rit‘ril‘s linnd, and tears were standing in his 
     
     eyes, us. after it little pituso, he said : ‘Thank 
     
     you, thank you. sir! oir't wonder tat Phra- 
     
     lic Forrest's preferring so generous it follow to 
     
     me. I-‘rorri what I read, too, on the Wishin - 
     
     gate last night, I think I know the dearest wis 
     
     ofyoiirs too, .\lr. lllercditlr. What interest I 
     
     uiiiy have with my aunt. her mother. I beg then, 
     
     to trarisfor to you. I took too ritriclr upon me 
     
     cvcry wuy. trusting to this brute strength of 
     
     mine, rind I out litly liuiiihled.' 
     
    

    
     ‘.\'riy, then.’ said rnnk, ‘ you have more 
     
     rozisoii to be proud of yourself then ever, and 
     
     liirtc conquered at Carol indeed ’ 
     
    

    
     'l‘lit-re was great disappointiirent and rat 
     
     disripprohrttitin when it was known that lcr_e- 
     
     tlitlt had given up so good a chance. and ‘ laid 
     
     down‘ without it struggle to his antagonist. 
     
     It was thought that there would be no living at 
     
     Urcorisitlc now, for tho uirs the victor would 
     
     he sure to give himself. But from that dly, 
     
     on the contrary. was our young dslesmoii alter- 
     
     ed, in all points for the better: and Fr!!! 
     
     .\lci-t-dith, on his part, was amply consoled for 
     
     his loss of the kingslrip at Cure , by his gain of 
     
     the ipicr-ii of the rushbcnring. And thus did 
     
     the good fnirios of the Wisliiiig-gate give to 
     
     each rirnri the gift he desired. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     'l‘llF. TEREIH), OR SHIP \VOIM. 
     
    
   
   
    
     [Front the scientific American.) 
     
    

    
     The last number of the U. S. Nautical 
     
     Mugnziiie contains it paper on the above 
     
     subject, by James Jarvis, Esq., read by 
     
     him before the National Institute at Vl'ssb- 
     
     ' too. The iiitrodriction to his paper is 
     
     to on, as he says himself, from various 
     
     autlrors—especiully Recs an Tredgold. 
     
     We will pass over this and 
     
     observations and experience as briell II 
     
     possible, its it is worth a thousand little! 
     
     more than all we have found in the Old 
     
     authors referred to. _ . v 
     
    

    
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