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' TO THE BITTER END. A TALK OF TWO I.IVKS. HI APTKR VIII. . aeked her whuh w .1 decidedly not pi .-p..* i N..TI, MI isg. ,T IM. vs., mi K t M-.I. ,cr. :" fhe had [-en before bin. fit .- miniilei the coroner hail decided, rightly or 1*11 the lint wilneu !" ordered I wrongly, efcat efc*. wai keeping sonu-lluni; coroner * ia:ply. fMck> Tm , 1)1(W U( , tur n y UU | C kened his in- Ihe policeman threw open the door, and ' tercsi in the ease filed Ins eyes upon a little knot of men and .. |{ ow lall( , hv \ t |, e .leccued been a lod- wonien who were whupsring loge'h -r in a ' ger O f yours?" he asked, cornei of thi paseage. 'Mike Ifc-iHton," he called, "you're wanted' Come this way." A tall, liroal-iihiiuldered man in the garb of a navvy detached himself from Ihe group and came forward. The policeman aoleniu ly he. kon.-d him into the 10,111, motioned him where to stand, and cloned the "Y ui' rename U Mike 1> t h'- > i-roner. ^^^^^ " I should like ter tee the n^^^Hud it warn I, "wu the Mumwlia' pnf^s^Hf* re ply. The wilnesa haid been preparin]]|fuiii- keif fur the unaccustomed irde.il ihn.ugh whioh he had to paw by frequent t 'sits lo the lap r i, with the result lliat without ; drunk he w** inclined lo he quarrel Bui a glance al the coroner aenl all the Dutch courage oo/mg out of his heel* The latter wai used lo such witnesaes and knew how t.itflssH them. lie had avtumed ejii ur ejt ihe trveree*ai}ispleasur<i, and the frowning HaejMlitfiA ne hetil up .n the nn- tsjrr-nai* ilr T. M**i ., ^ ieu.^. t I.. :\ntf to llial gentle**^ * t " Answer simply yes or no," he rerrnrV ed, nharply. " i our name n Mike Kea- ton'' " Yesmr," was the much-subdued an wer. " What are you by trade ?" ' Miure I work at anything, I ain't 'ticular. I've been on a job al Kgscu's VYharret the lasl month lur. " " You lodge at I'J Bloomer's Plac,- ?" ask- ed Ihe .-oroner. " For sbnre, yer honor," replied the wil- ness " And your room wat on the floor above the one occupied by the deceased ?" " Yei, sur." "Al what hour did you return home on Tuesday night ihe 17th'" " 'lloul aif 'our arter rlosiiig time.'' The i oroner lo ked up, mystified. " Do you mean " " lleg pardon, sir. He meant after the Can piiUic-hoiiM-iara closed," interrupted 1'. '. | arrived."' I!H, mgnilicattly. '1 Mi- or Mile hut pr uii|itly faring, to the (''x i -Slimed t ty, and i arniu.tion dnl n ' llnl y I go atraight t . -it lion- the coroner "Ki MIII- I did ; ttha' r.. ,|o III mj llt <>' linil, 1 ..! ..ll th fast >l .p in " Yo i heard no IIOIH in the room lielow " S.'i.e, yer honor " Nor aa you paucd It on yoni way " Nearly two weeks, sir." " What wai her occupation during that lime?" " Mie did no work, sir, as I know on." " Sh- paid you regularly, thru ?" " Trolly well." " Dnl il never strike you that she WAS a different lorl of perioe lo your other lod Rers, for instance " Uau'l say u it nid, particular. I didn't take ii.nch notice of her." "She gave you ihe name of Mr. Ward when she came?" "Yea," "Had you auy reason to suppose lh.il this was 110% her real name?" Nn. I didn't bother my head aboulit. One name wu u good at another to me." " How did the deceased pass the liire if she dm no work ' "I don i know. How ihould I? I've umiinit eUe to do bes'dcs watch my lodgers alnmt." "She went out occasionally, I suppose?" " Oh. yes ; ihe went o it Sometimes. " " Did she ever go out at night ? " " I ilon'i ks*w as sl.e dnl7' the witness admitted. " She kept herself respectable, seemingly. She wu moitwayi at home crying at nights. " Did -he ever have any visitor* ?" " Never until tho night she wu murder ed." There was a slight sensation aftiong the jurymen. M. de reurget. loo, leaned for ward wilh nervously twitching lip* and bloodshot eyes. He wu evidently deeply interested. She b ul more than one viiilor on that night, then ' ' the hail Iwo. " " Did Ihey come together, or at different times ?" " At different timen " " Were they tiolb men ?" " Yei." Now, tell me at what lime the first one witness reuiained sullenly silent, her l>eny ringers reatleavly interlacing ttieio telves with the fringe of her ihawl. lli msnner in.reaaed tho mipputiliori thai she had MIIII. thing null lo reveal. "Did the womaii HuUy Crane c une in :iJonu ?" " I diinno. I snppoee not. ' You could hear anyone going upsUurt from your room T" "Yen. "Anil you heard footitrp* after the wo- nun 1'rane hi, I elit.-red'- ' "Yei." " rhe > footst-p< of one person of of more i i i .n one " There wu a man and a worn in." " You will w.i; that you did lint ee Mio man ?" . lf Vh\ tby enter the loom which the woman I'ratie . " And did you liear either of them leave it?" " About 'lalf pii nine.' r"ll dt-serilx' him diiiino as I can. He just knocked o-ir o' iny r.Miiu ; no 1 i*-/. ' I '..me in. lii i it*, ii."" tb, in just come half t lajnp on tlie table by me, so [kejeJMMiic/, Win, b imt 'IS^^I !/ ' Second ..ii.l nil he goes. He wur a lit , yer li >una." 11 N.I, sur " Not even i.iicet*' > Not even tones, tur. It wai all u ijlllel al Hie I I'n' il what lime did you sleep?" ' ll win itlmut half pa.-it six when I woke , i turn, d .ml straight away." "Til; in.- tilnl you f aw on your wiy downstair*." I MitiK-ns, who was now quite at hit raw, run OIK- hmid slightly thiongli Int li.ur. and it', i a line) pause to i olivet hi< til. IllglltS, COIIIINI-II i-d '.olnlill, I. lit ill- . niiiiectedly, to explain the en. 'iiinnt. up c* Hlii'lt If. I to hi* U-llig ro:ine. le.l Hitli the 11 witni'as He wu on hii w.iy duwn tairs, and was just pasting the ,|.,,.i ..I the i. MHO U'low IIIM wli.n In- noti.nl it daik lain on the limd-, whi.li, H hen lie p.it his fiH>t mi it, he peri en . ,| .1 i M , 1 He ni i u. 'k i\ IIK'"'. al "l stooping down, found to his horroi that it w*i lilood which wus nlouly in. kling in a little xlri-am from nnderiieatli the d.Mir of the i ..,,,, which he wss |>a-iiig ll" 1 " ) un lie chap and thin ahoul the M/e of thai ' w " r ^here gent" aud ihe pointed to M dr. ^'Hurget, who frowned and seemed ill pleas id .il I he i ..nips' nton. " How long did be remain upnlairi ?" " Not more than 'arf an hour, 1 thoiihln I think. ' " Did you hear 'heir voices?" " Yri. now and agcn ' " Were they lalkmg in a loui'i key ? Did they seem to In dma^reen _ "Siiminut of that -.on. She wur a-sob- bing snd carrying on, and he wur terrible angry. ' didn't overhear any part of the " indeed, yet honor. I wur fa 'as pi - i, | ir ila/ed, I wur, when I Hee'dit, and I didn idomtwlhin' for a miiiiit* or two but look at it. Then I . HIM In ineM-lf, and I knocked at the dooi. 'Mrs. Waul,' SB/ I, 'Mrs. Ward, open t.'.e door, there's a g "l 'nn ;' but there warn't no answer, so I just pill my fool agaiimt it, like, and open it w -nt. I te seen -.-iiiei|iierr sights in my time," the witness i limed, in all awed lono, "bill thai . ., wss a llcker, and no gammon. I wur awful, for ilmre. She wur A lying '' * - on thu ll'HH with her head .il.onl a yanl off the door and one i,f her hands clutched in the bed things, nud there wae t long, thin knife aipieer nha|.c like I,,, i i.-d m her cheat. 'I'he blood had 'I. wed f i n> t..- 1, -.lie wiirslahlied rigliluisijci nealli ." it u.t.1. ..... frel i ue and ld just lo look l it. I .. M ,.,., yho', ., ,| ()11( . but, Ixird, it warn I no 'o her S'IK wur dead u a illnost oold. Well, 1 ini- i ' f.ii Mis .Indklli' | - " <lh. t ' w 1.1 rnre to .),. 1 1 , i, I '1 nilw in. ' .in - i nntersalloli " " No. I didn't li.itcn. " "\Yiiat li.ipiH-ned alti-i tbn first visilor had left?" " AnolUer gent came about ten iniiiutes afterward." " Did you MC- anything of hi.n Can you .let. I ll.e hilll ?" ' No, that 1 can't. He wur tall and Inn. and h i.l a l.e.inutul voice, but I coiildn tsee not lung of hit face, he wur so inullled up. I know one thing about 'nn though, llettur a gent, Ihe propel mirl, I. MI " " Did he auk you lor Mrs. \Yaid?" " Yrs. I called out ' r'ust door on fust landing,' and he iav.it ' Tli.-ink'ce, and oil he goes." " Mrs. \Y 'ud's n ...m wu the one just above yours then ?" " Yei." " Did you hear them talking?" " Never once ; they were very .piiet. " You did not he.ir nny quarrel e> scream or the sound of nnv falling body '" " Nothing ' " Thai seems very strange. Of tho two tisitors, it .-erlamly Keems a* though tha last must have U-en the murderer. And v.-t you nay thai you did not even hcaran ordm ary iiuarrid ?' " No." The unn.-.-i bid s.itUenly berome laci inn She itnod n.-rvously drawing her shawl closer around her sRoulders, and, not withstanding the l..--ly sel lip, there was an air of n resolution about her which ' inner was ignick In notice. 1 t .01 -.ce tin-, visitor when he camu " Ycs. " Wm.-h -: " Th" woman." " When ' "About five minute* alter their arrival. I was going ti bed, and I met heron tlie stairs, coming sfotvu. Alone?" It. " Alone.'' " Where was her companion ?" " She raid that the had left him in the room while the went out to buy sonic thing." " Did she return? ' "No." " Hate you teen her since?" "No." The proceedings were Slaved whilejto coroner gave some whispered instruction* lo the constable, who immediately Ieft_ Uio room. ' Wns her compasuon found m tWfOorn this morning?' " No ' " Did vou hear him leave?" "No/ 1 "Thank you; that will do, Mr. .Tudkni." Mi t. .ludkiii gave her shawl* tin il twitch snd left the room with an unmistakable aar of relief in her hard, e-pressiouless face. Th.- coroner finished inakingsome notes, **l then, laying down hi- pen, turned lo the jury. "I have sent for the womaii Betsy I' r- ne," he said. " I think you will all agree with me that she is likely to prove an im porls.nl witness. " There was a murmur of assent which had scarcely subsided when IV I'. 1!H entered the room and made hu way over to ihe c. roller's chair. " I have discovered the woman, sir," ho announced, in a si If sat ntic. I lone. " MIC lUtside. he coroner nodded approvingly. *** Very good," he laid. " S.-nd h.-i in al Urine" wu called and Betsy ap|-ared. She was a tall, stout woman, with a pile oi \.-ll. ,w hair unlidilt arranged, coarse, unpl. i.- m> features, and a Iml.l defiant expression. She waa dressed in .Home co-tt otflinery, . t nlently purchased at a second hand shop, mid .dtogrther her up|ie.iraine could only li d. .-nlM-d si re pjlsite The coroner drew a Iroih supply i.t |>.i|H-i I'.Hard him and commenced his ex.iniin tllon at once. " \ oi.i n.Line it lletsy I'rane " Yui, ii is. " " You were at I'.' Itloomer'i Place, on last Tuesday night, with a man' 1 " Well, and if I was; " \\ ill vo*i loll u who your i-.mp.ini.ni wu?" " 1 would if I knotted, but I don i ' ' llott long had yon known him liefore l.i king him I . " AUuii an hour." " Wli.-ie did y.>u meet I, nn ' " III the Crown and TlMslle bar. " " You Inul never seen him ln-f..ie, then ?" " Netei. " Did he speak to you first, or you to him "" The witnint hesitated. The coroner wan used to all 1 1 pet of w Uncases, an.i made up his mind ijuickly how lo treat this one. " llelsy I'rane," he said, sharply. " I don t know whether \ on hat.- etei been a a wilnes* at an mum -i liefore In c.isc ton haven I, I led it my duly to urge upon ton Ihe necessity and wisdom of upeak ing :he truth aud of telling every 1 1 in,; you know ...iiern.ni; the in. ill. i you are asked it bout. Yon are on t ..in oath, you must remenilier, and you .ire liable to lie prone, me.) for perjury if you make a dingle false statement or attempt to evade the tiuth in any WH>. We are here to mft this milter lo tin- boiloni. and wo ki.ow i deal already, ' he added, significant!) The wilneu wil cowed, but put a bold front on it. " There's no HIM d for all that | she laid sullenly. " 1 should have Mid ton .ill I know ml wi' mil. Il was like thii 'ere. I was a sitting in the. <'mwn:tnd Thistle, having A glass along wi a lady friend o' mine, when a siring. -i chap esuie in, and I ear. I 'im .isk at the I ar whelluii t hey know eii where .1 Mix. .Indkin livid. Well, Mr-. In.lkiii ,.iid me I i-ing |iarticuUr fi lend-, I to 'nn. ' I know where ' I bus a 11.0111 mud nid 'iih- much Kood, for he hail a false heard and fall* whiskers, and false 'air nn ; and I'm prelty auro he wasn't uied to lacli clothei u 'c wu wearing, which was rough 'uni. He wur rather stout, wi' u yellow beard and yellow 'air, rather a long thin In igtit eye*, and e eld 'm 'ead l t-i. i A BlriU lliiniN TeaaslB* with Cam* Mrenm* filled Kllll I r.iul y.l etmtTf P....IIII; i:r:iulllul. Alotka it chiefly known lo the general face, wi' j public ai the home and dwelling place of though the fur teal and a place where luuriil* go be wur a gent, aud 'e walked like one. He ' during the brief siimmur season lo see some wur dressed rough enough, itiil 'il 'ands wur o f the grandest scenery on this continent, white an 1 soft. I can't tell yer much more. | To speak of Alaska is losuggiil to ihe mind " If you could describe his clothea little, * picture of vast glaciers, ruggt 1, inow-cap- it might help us," said the coroner sugges p e d mountains and unpenetrable forests a lively. I (and of desolation and silence. " Well, he wor- a long, daik blue over (low different from this mental picture is over wi'a coal, ;.at, lied in a lot o' places, and hole or two in ; a billycock 'at, broke al the top, and a dirty while 'andkerchief tied round 'is throat." " You are quite sure that you have nol seen him in the neighlwrhoo.l before?" " 1 11 take my oath I ain't. ' the reality ' "' only '* underitood after a trip taken to thin land of queer contrasts which will not only cover ihe ground usual- ly traversed by ouruti, but extend to tin westward along the beautiful Aleutian archi- pe'ago, the numeroui islands in liehring Sea and the ice girdled ihores of the Arctic . r . i 11 " Very good. That will do, Mrs. 1'rano." Ocean. During six monthi of the year all The witness, who had quite recovered her thii region actually teems with life. There compoeure, nodded jauntily and iwaggered , ( ,,,, l Ul isUnd nor rocky ledge in Behriug out of Ihe room. Several other witnesses. sa which will not hold the obterver's al- including the doctor, were examined with tention for hours if he be a lover of nature, out any thiog fresh coming to light. Then vrith the myriads of bird* which find in the thn weapon with which the murder had been ' crevicei of the clifTa just the pine to rear commute. I was produced and handed round. | their young. It u uteleat trying to de- The interest in the case, which had Hag ged a lit tie, wai revived al once by it* ap- pearance. It wu of strange, graceful lhape, if the finest Damascus steel, and with an elaborately carved handle. One hy one the jurymen handled it. and each passed il on with a little murmur ..I admiration. " Thii weapon should certainly furuiah a clue, ' the coroner remarked, IiWaing it back to the umiuary of the police. " U must have been stolen from somewhere. " The man nodiled, and thought that there wu no doubt about that. Then there wu a few minuter' contulutiou and the verdict wai recorded. " Wilful nnrdcr againit some person or perauns unknown.'' A couple of hours later priuled bills with all the of the ,on which had been obtained ung on the d.wrs of every police nt 0*1011 in London, with the ominous tcribe the immensity of their numbers, ai it ii impossible to form any estimate in mere figures. At St. Gcorf* iiland, one of the Priby- Lit gc.iup, there is one particular place that never lute* it* fascination tor Ihe Undent of bird life. The northwest end of the island showi a perpendicular mural .-litf nearly a thousand feet high, facing the sea. It is shattered and broken into millions of shelf i like projection!, bultretae* and pinnacle! ' by the action of frost, and during the height of the breeding season every little device seems to contain a bird There are murret and gulls, kilty wake*, ahagu, purhni, and all the known members of the sea-bird ! families, screaming and chattering a* if their very live* depended upon making a noise. But if ihe light of to many birdi partially concealed by the r.x:k is inspiring, the ex- heading : "U anted!" and by nightfall | hihition of life and energy ii'overpowering det*cuvet with a copy of the bill in their , when, u sometime* happens, they are dis- pocket books were watching every train i turbed. Then from the face of this great which arrived at the great portt of the c \ l g i a ihouiand feet high and over a mile country, and every oul ward bound veasel of ; long, a cataract of whirring, icreammg, every sort m* placed under a rigid espion- shrieking birdt pours down and toward the age. The whole machinery of Scotland Y ard was set in motion to discover the man in the long blue overcoat. had ditmiyd her maid an hour tgo. and since thenwif had b-en Hitting there motion lessand tilen' At tirsl tlicdaiicingtirelighl had played upon hi-i pale, haggard cheeks, and around her black robed form and had ftparkle.l 10 hei dry, Inilrrleits eyes ; bill now the tUrne' kftd bum, I lli -inielves out. and she sal in i hnmsdnw ,alinol in .In kness. rilhtig the air with an indescribable, denfemng roar, and then, ruing again, they form long lines of tlight, which seem like part i -colored ribbons girdling the island. Leaving the 1'ribylov group and tteering CIIAITKR IX. to Ihe northwest some two hundred miles, the next land lo be seen is St. Matthew's A I.KM -KKATr. WOMAN. Island. Here, too, birds abound, aud u ^^^__^^^ the Mian. I is uninhabited by man, the birds sat alone ui her ""nin, leaning back in a low are flee from disturbance, except from their vti, ker hair and watching ihe fitful flames natural enemy, the foil, and an occasional and dull eiuhereof aslowly ilyiug fire. She Polar bear. Around the edgei of the salt mirshes found on tho eastern end of St. Matthew s eider ducks are found in great numbeit. The birus are 1ml indifferenl flyers, aud il is one of the amusing experi- ence* of the Arctic voyager to see the awk ward efforts of the clumsy bird to gel out . of the way of an approaching steamer. They ,. _ -- ^_.-, ""< " extremely dirKcult to rise from the ' It had liecii . i ten il4e hour for her- -it was BO water, especially if there he no wind, and still. A tank frsu* which idie shrank wilh a < so approaching vessel ca ises them to ua less hum* lay liefore her inevitable, ' Map noisily along the surface for n distance, yet hideous. For long she had tat ihere ! and then, u if animated by a tingle purpose, with herself, striving to cruth her I hundreds of them will dive, only lo reap- " pear a few moment* later and struggle off scruplo, IIIT fears, her overmastering dread -and she had not The great ho From outside the 1 noise of some interval* the l.io kin l.y the d< Westminster clock lianqtlll Hllen I e.irly ; Lord I'.eina Harrow dean alone Midmght had co jitarters I. id struck ee.led. ill lit at Ihe grave. MMB* The lover of field sports would tindagun- n caiicnally the ner's paradise along In* shores of the Arctic in-le, and at regular Oce.in in the summer seaiion. Curlew, snipe, .if the night was | and ducks are to plentiful that one tires of mellow booming of , shooting lliem. So far ai known the can vu t iniiJethere was a ! lck du k, so much pri/ed by gourmands, rvsnt* hud retired it not found north of the Arctic circle ; bul h. i still. Lady Ihe delicious lillle blue and green winged itch of th* night', teal and toothsome mallard are found every- >ud passed The where along the coast and on the banks of three times, and the the streams. timl hoi of morning w.i nearly over. Tlun Diinug the lut of May, when the late I . U Hn rowdean sin rtd -lightly, and woko Arctic spring Hrst thowt signs of opening, fiom her apathy. ll " natives beiriu to look antiously south- A I imp and a newsi>ape^rtk| on a sin ill w.ir.l for the coming of the emperor goose. n m: i taDle hy her si.l. H Ktui n. d tlie This bird forms .me of the principal articles former up, adjusted theiJJrM. and com of fowl supply to the native*, aud during in. n. ed to read. The paper wan tho Tele the moulting seuon the slaughter of the guph. the date the day after ihe j|i|uest at birds n enormou*. Longuots are set acroes tii.- Ili-iink; MIII, and liie (MragrsA Inch the ni.ushes and the waterfowl are driven sl'euas reading wu -the acooumf t %liat into t In-m by the native*. Thousands of in. (licit. ta^B young birds no killed in these drives by Ihe she knett il almosl by heart, but ahsJsWd, WMletul tavagei. who excuse themselves) by u otei- again tlovly, and stopped at one' ^y ing that they will thus prevent t" place. A I way thai one place ! She had read U'in in the way the next drive. it ,itei In-fore, and had stopped there each OAof the handsomest small birds foil time. There seemed to be a tort of fast-ma in AlaMa. and one affording the best sport lion for her in that brie! disclosure hy the for shiwtiiig, is the red pha*rop. It it u a io ila^Wng e fcofil t. . oioi.ei . Cut it wu the fascination of ter- !ror! Shu put ll'c newspaper down and rose l..ly lo her leel. Due o'clock struck while he itood tin ! hemtitting, and the Hound ol the hour -..mrd to give her courage. She crostod the room and opened an elahorately-rarv. d massive ward robe. After a few moments' inspection she took out * 1.1114 loose dreasiug gown of some dark ma- terial, and, hastily diverting herself of her wrapped it around her. Then she ns n|i, ai' ' .'minhspt *^V< tne coast anil ou nil ihe is .of l'..-fMng Sea, at i it ing aKn:t I une I , IS itifnm-., .ntlll-l. -Jl. The Illghl of the ph1afnr ta*'i) cir.tti -, and the gun n. -i fond of wing shooting has in tint bird an excellent chance to test hit skill. Should the sportsman grow weary of tramping over the half flooded Hals anil timber pliini of the imithein coast, whicli form tiie breeding places of the waders and snijM-, am! desire less monotonous gunning, let him I in. I ..n anyone of th* Alenuii gown, wrapped it exchanged her lu K h heeled shoes for eoft isUnds, and Ihere. high upon the tide* ot bedioom flippers, which tank, noiselensly I the mountains, he will I, ml the ptarmigan into the heat) carpet, and, recrossing the or rock groune. This l.eautifttl bird fic.|iiente room, took up the lamp. Si.mething of the higher slopes along the snow line of desperation seemed to have stolen into her j the hiHs during the summer season, an i tu white, haggaid face, as she madu thcee reach its ban-its one must I* a good elnnlwr, preparations, but it was dcs|ieratinn mixed sound in wind and limb indeed, for the way with a great, shrinking fear. There was is i on gh and I here are no roads. great something to be done win h seemed to i.- ni u e awful than any other task which could have been set liefore lur something whidi he would have given years of her life 10 'ate been able to have left undone. Hut re wax no escape, no second course. It be done before morning broke, know it, and the knowledge gave her V Wilh swift, even footttep:) she >ie floor, holding tho lamp oter her xoftly turning the handle of Ihe room. . ..NTiM ni.i I p the tiei p grass-covered slopes the him ter s journey will lead him, over intercrop- '> make their y. It would rrlier of the Legislature what will ping masses of volcanic rock and across brawling mountain streams, where the trout love to live in the deep pools, and so on until he rcacheithe snow. Here he may paute for a moment to ga/e downward where the blue-tinged waters of the bay are softly lapping the shore. Hut hit hiinter't bl.mj will not permit of long delay, and when the deep whirr r r of a pausing grouse arouse* him every nerve ia strung, an I amid tomn of the most beauliful scenery in Amen. .1 his pott U-gin. I'.ut the list of Arctic birds i? not limited In those which are of interest merely from a npnittinau's |H>iut of view. Theie are others which must not he forgot MU and which would be sadly missed by tho true l.ii.l 1 iver. All through the dimmer days the clenr, iweet notes of the aong iparrow are heard ;ts it Hit* over the flower-strewn t.tlleyfl of the Aleutian islands. Tho tiny and rare mow flake is found on the grassy lopes of Hall's Inland and the red-throated i er<, wrens, ami lubins tire common , visitants to this land of Bo-Called ice and <e."W. Aw*t up in the interior of Aluka ivWn ll.u Arctic ciroje the vicinity Pt "iir hvls^^^He r>y the familiar ' "o ws.no w tkiminmg iwiftly binl ovw a cluster