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SIR GUY'S WARD. A THRILU.NO STOItY OF LOVK AND ADVENTFRK CHAPTBUMV. *V\" , V. I ni-Tf r -aw a Ixtter fa-lnon d frown. Jfore iiaaiat. more ..leaving. nor more rom- meidah'e.' Til'ititt'inl I If Sliivir. Tlii* dressing of Lilian for the undoing of her cousin is a wonderful affair, and occu- pies a c inaiderable lime. Not -thai she any of it iu a dainty hesitation oer each other, oppressed wall thought* widely d'fferent iu character, while Taffy remains blii.fully ignorant of the situation, being now engaged in a de*perate conflict with a rtfractory tic. Then one of the brushes fall* from the ilranger'a hand', and the s(>ell is broken. Mini Chegm-y, turning impetuously proceed* to pan.' out the vial* ot her wnth -| -/ " *m.j i.t^j., LM i li'U U1VI Illnll 'I'fc *v r'thrl ' }i h 1i* W u 'T* ', *, rk , 1 " 1 -Uluut you might have Lold me." she rthro ; all thai has bee,, ,1..,I.. ., wil , , ^J^SftmH ca.tingupon him long ago, and the irmt of ,nny day. deep a !ance f o ' w4th er But M". Mus .ought now lies upon her bed bearing in ve diitinet , rafu 8 to bc wither . d . U every fold-m each soft fall of lace-all .. ,.-,, , Wh * R Jtii . f ,, the ; |,t,gu,.h,ng mark, that .tamp the ,, , he awfl ,, ,-(.,,, c , awn . ^ the inimitable Worth. Meanwhile Lilian. weep* m.jeitically to the At length-nurie having admired and d ,, ,.., tniii v n M , iaA h / r . A11 |nM her to her heart . content, and .iv- ,, , kitteuj . h wav ,| l)4V( . disappeared : en the last fond fi nl .h,ng louche, to her . walks as a young queen might who ha, oilet-Misi i < hesney .lands arrayed for lwen , ?,* | ' in open J^ .miuest She u dreed m a marvellou. .. (; , e v f )( , honor , ^ , w .. obe of back velvet-cut a / /V,.,-.. nv.rmur. Taffy, from the spot wh.re h. is simply faslnoned fitting a ,rr,/fr,_lu g roote.1 through .heer di.mav. Hi* tone, yet in mourning for her father. It i. a lilt e 5 . <1JMlal m 8 lhe , b,,' Miss (he, open at the throat, so that her neck-soft nev diidtllll , to hear 01 - argue . alui , goul|{ and fair .s a child .-may be partly *een ou ; clofe . llle door wll |, ,,,,, de urmina looking all the winter for the blackness llon ^^ her The . trln g er> ...pp.....^ that frame, it in) and ha. the sleeves very i a , mi|e , toop , to p j ok ,,* ^JJJ brusl t,g it and ending at the elbow, from which all( , lhe .,, J end. rich folds of Mechlin lace hang downwards , ^ wn the stai fu ,, of vellement in<Upla . Around her throat area narrow bond of lio n. g,. Lilian, though s crowding upon bla.-k velvet and three lit tie strings of pearl* that once had been her mother's. In her amber hair a single white rose nestles sleep- ily. Stan.'ingerect before lierglas' she contem- plates herself in silence, marks tue snowy her thick and heavy. Could anything be more unfortunate ! .lust when she had got herself up iu the moat effective style, just when she hail hoped, with the aid of this velvet gown, to make pleising an 1 delightful r,,trre "7J a pleising an I deliglitfu! fiitret. into ovelmea, of her neck nd*rms, her slender I ,,, pre n * u in the drawing-room below.- hanu. ion one of which Guy . ring .* spark- ' , he had bffu , ed jnl4> m . A nii ac inl . ling br.lbantiy) her rippling yellow hair in , a , 10 . in Taff .. b^,.^,,, , O |,". norror ' - she .U IU ii.ttudie.1 *leekne. the tender ex- | . ^ to (iMJ . w . th him , hi , M ^_ quisite face rose-flushed, aud. linking glad ly upon it all, for very love of it, stoops forward and presses a kiss upon the delicate beauty that smiles back upon her from the mirror. " How do I look, nurse? ' she Mien, turn- ing with a whimsical grace to the woman who is regarding her with loving admir- ations. "Shall we captivate our cousin!' " Ay; so I th-nk, my dear," replies nurse, quietly. " \Verc you willing, my beauty, I'm nigh sure you could coax the birds oil' the bushes." " Von are an old dear," says Miss Che*- ney, tenderly, prcesiug her own cheek, soft with youth'* down, against the wrinkled one near her. " tiui I must go and show myself to Taffy." sleeve*, with (us odious brushes in his hands, and a stare of undeniable surprise I upon hi* hateful face ! Oh ! it is insupport- able ! And what was it she said to Taffy ? What did site do? Hastily her mind travels back ward to the conversation that lias just taken place. First, *h. oml>"l Talfy'i hair. Oil : miser- able girl '. She closes two a/ur eye* with two slender finders from the. light of day, as this thought occurs to her. Then, she smirked at her own graceless image in Taffy's glafi,aud made all sorts of couceited remarks about her peisonal appearance. uud then she said she hoped tcsubjugata "/urn.' What "him " could there be but this one? and nf ouiw he know* it. Oh ! unhappy woman ! A* for Taffy, bad, bad boy that he i, So saying, she opens the door, and trips ] youn .. away from Mrs. Tippi g s adoring eyes, / m . . , r \ J* ^ * , I AS Iwi A u v , iwi, UAU wy - u*b oo IB, down thecorndor, until she step* at Taffy'. nevcr to glvc hei . a hint . V'enircance ,.re' f, r ' T T , ! ly ii in store for him. What right hoii he ally ' Yes." The answer comes in muffled tones. " May 1 come ia?" " Yes," still mure mutHed. Turning the handle of the door, Lilian enters, to find Mr. Musurave in his shirt- sleeves Ijcfore a long mirror, struggling with hi* hai, winch is combed straight over hi* forehead. " It won't come right," he says, casting a heart- lending glance at Lilian, who laughs with most reprehensible cruelty, considering to forget ? If there is one thing she de- tests, it is a parson devoid of tact. If there i* one tiling she could adore, it would oc the power to shake the wietched Tally out of his shoes. What M there left to her but. to gum her room, plead bad headache, and spend the remainder of.liic evening in retirement? In this mood she gain* '.lie drawing room door, and, hesitating before i', thinks bet- ter of the solitary-coulinement idea, and, entering the room, seals herself iu a cosy chair and prepares to meet her fate with the situation , adtnir!lb | c ,,.. I am glad to find you are not quite iuf- 1)iniler is ready.-wmiting ,-jid still no focated she sav*. " From your tone, I Arc | u |, M . Tb*i there i" a step in the ?,^ P '7l? l ?* 6l -T OU '' lde - f C r _ l .? e *?"'' !'. the door is tbrown open, ami he enters, a. much hnrriud as it i. possible for a well-bred young man to be in 'hi* nine- teenth century. Lady C'hetwoode instantly nays, with old fashioned grace, the sweeter that it ia somewhat obsolete, "Lilian, permit me to introduce to you your cousin, Archibald Clitsney. " Whereupon Lilian l>owi coldly and re- fuses to meet her cousin's eyes, while kind Lady Chetwoode thinks it is a little stiff of the child, and most unlike her, no' to .hake hands with her own kin. An awkward pause i. alnvjt inevitable, when Taffy says out loud, to no one ia par- ticular, bat with much gusto, " How odd it is they should never havo seen each other until now '" after which he goes into silent agonies of merriment over hi. own wit, until brought to his sensed by an annihilating glance from Lilian. The dinner-hour is remarkable for noth- . Here, bend >ur head, you hopeless boy, and 1 will do it lor you." Taffy kneeling before her submissively, iiep-rforras hor task deftly, successfully, and thereby restores peace once more to the Ins >m of the dejected dragoon. "You should hire me as your valor." site says, lightly : " when you are away from me, I am afra d to think of all the Buttering* you must undergo Aro ,-ou ,--.i:er !' yn"r mind now, Taffy ?" " Ob, I sty ! what a s wril yon are '." says that young man, when he is sufficiently re- oovcred to glance around. " I call tnal rig- uat downright fetching. Where did you get that from '" " Straight from Monsieur Worth," re- turn* Lilian, with patdonablc prid, when noe touiember* what a success the is, draw- up her slim young ligure to its fullest ght, and letting her wh.'to hands full ctaped before her, as she poses for well ' brows of inquiry and carefully studied ig- norance. " 1 mean my unfortunate r in-vnt?t with you in Musgrave's mom. " i Hi, den-, no," with cleai < * - seldom grow angry over '/-'* . Thnve nnt tt.ought of it since." She uttun hor lib bravely, ihe truth being that all during din imr slie has b-en consumed witli shame. " Have you not ? / have. 1 have uren utterly muraul ever since you bestowed that terribl look upon me when your eyes first met mine. Won't you let me explain inv presence theic ? I think if you do /on will forpi"e me." " 1 1 van not your fault : there is nothing about which you need apologize," says Lilian ; but her ton* i* more cordial, and there is tlie faintest dimpling of * auiile around her mobile lip*. " Nevertheless I hate myself in that I raii.se. 1 joii a moment'-^ uneafines*," says Mr. Chesney. thue being the amiable worb ho employs for her ill temper. " I shall be dim mi I en ted until 1 tell you the truth : SO pray let mr. " " then tell it," says Lilian. " I have a man, a, perfect treasure, who 'an do all that mm ci*a possibly u*>, who i* iu fact faultier, -but for one small weak- ness. ' And that is':' " Like Mr. Stiggins, hi* vanity in bran- dy hat. Now and then he drinks more of it than in good for him, though to do him justice not very often. Once in jix months, regular as clock-work, he gets hopelessly drunk, and just now ihe time being up, he, of course, chose this p irticular day to make his half-yearly exhibition or luiiiaelf, and, having imbilcd brandy ad lili., forgot to bring himself and my traps to Jhetwoode iu time for the first dressing-bell." What a satisfactory s >rt of servant!'" 1 ne M vi ,_, , SMI he iz sober absolutely invaluable. An then his little mistakes oc- cur so seldom. But 1 wish he had not hosen tins night .if all others in which to play me false. I don't kuow what I should havo done had I uot thrown myself upon Mnsgrave's mercy mil borrowed his brushes and combs and implements of war generally. As it waa, I had almost given up hope of being able to reach the drawing room at all to-night, when just at the last moment my ' treasure ' arrived with my things and any amount of concealed spirit*. Do I bore you with my explanation It ia very good <'f you to listen 10 paticutly, but 1 should have been loo unhappy had I been prevent- ed from telling you ill this." " I think, after all, it ' I should explain my presence in that ro im," ays Lilian, with a gay, irresistible laugh that causes C n . | who is a: the other end of the room, to lift I his head and rtgard her anxiously. He i* sitting near Florence on a sofa (or rather, to apeak nure correctly, she is sit- ting near him), and is looking bored and ' :!''. Her laugil pain* him unaccountably; glancing next at her companion he marks I the still admiration in the dark face as it I ga/es into her fair one. Already a/rrmsy ! be is surely < //.. " But the fact is,'' Lilian is saying," I have always been in the habit of visiting Tally* room before he lm.i.|inle finished his t dressing, to see if there be any little final ' touch required that I MI (flu give linn. l>nl i you meet him in London "No; never saw him until a conple of [ hours ago. Very nice little fellow, 1 should | say. ( 'usin of yours ?" " Yes : iso': he a pet?" says Lilian, eager- I ly, always glad to hear praise of her youth- { fill plunger. " There are very few like him. II" is my nearest relative, and you can't think how I low that boy." " That boy ' is, I should say, older than you are." " Ye es,' 1 doubtfully, "so he says : about a year, I think. Not that it, mailers," p-ayi Miss Chesncy, airily. " as in reality I am any nuiu^er of years older than he i. Ku i noming but a big child, so 1 have to look after him. " eatned admiration. "I. not it pretty ?i; . t Lilian's silence. This, being And doesnt it 6t like, glove? .o utterly unexpected, u worthy of note" suppose you mean mischief. " Well, if this doesn't soften his heart, nothing will," replies Minn Chiwney, vain- ly, regarding h*r velvet, and alluding, as Mi'.-gtavo well knows, to her cousin Archi- bald. " You really think I look nice, Taffy ? Yen think I am ttift" " I do, indeed. I am not a judge of wom- an's clothing, but 1 like black velvet, and when I have a wife she shall wear else. I would say more in your that I fear over-much praise might have a bad effect upon you, ami cause you to die nf your 'own dear loveliness.' " " M'-.-hmii '" says Lilian, with a charming pout. ' Never mind, I know you admire me intensely." " Have I not laid so in the plainest Queen's English ' Rut that lime Has fuully reveal- ed to me the real character of the beside her with modest determii"ition. Mi-* Chemey, railing her eytc, regards him curiously. He i* tall, and eminently gloomy in ap- pearance. His I. AH- is of a rare blackness, ln eyes are dark, so is his skin. His eye- brows are slightly arched, whicn gives him an air of melancholy protest against the world in general. Hit nose is 01 r that COOKS under aquiline, or hooked, as Before his arrival Cyril . 1 IIP w ** VI It! Ill a rill I I*' ,r nothing the high and inightv or.lc favor, but tne j ei)on)mat j oll o f aqu j] may suit you best. used to trll Lilian that if Nature had meant him for anything it waa to act a* brigand in A private theatre : and Lilian, now call- ing to mind this remark, acknowledges the U-iiih of it, and almost laughs in the face of her dark- browed cousin. Nevertheless *he refrain* from outward mi.th, which is ", l'" r } wiadon on her part, a. standing in thonc costly garments, I feel I should fall madly night." 'S in love with yon to- illy child!" turning lip her small note with immeasurable disdain,--" do you think 1 would deign to accept your boyish homage? No; I Yiko nun'. Indeed !" with disgraceful c.ffectation, "1 think it any duty to warn you not to waste time " ridicule in his '>' Despite the extreme darkness of his com- plexion ho is unmistakably handsome, though somewhat discontented in expres- sion. Why, no one knows. He is rich, court od, an are all young men with a respectable rent-roll, and might have made; many a titled il,lininiii' Mrs Chesney had he o ,- . ,, i chosen. He has not even a romantic love- burning your foolwh lingers at ,,, shrine affair w fal , back ^ exc|lte , or hjs She moves him aside with one .mall dujecUoll . no unfo| .tunate attachment has finger, the better to sec how charming she arjgen to 8our his existence. Indeed, it i is in another glass, fins one reveals to her M , dom thn owner of Undcd pro|>< , rtv ,, to nil th.. sweetnes. she ha* seen before -and ; lajn on lhii score> all , ueh T, m ; rie , be something more. Scarcely has she glanced . *^ nt f,, r , he p^r o f the earth into it, when her complexion, that a moment since waa a soft and lovely pink, changes suddenly, and flame* into a deep crimson. There, at the farthest end of the long room reflected in the glass, staring back at her, coatleea suspended from lost ia wonder and mist (Uttering astonish- ment. Misj Chesney, turning round with astart, finds that this vision is not belonging to the Archibald I'l.ciuey'i gloom, which is lie- coming if anything, doe not sink deeper than his skin. It gives a certain gentloness to his face, and prevents the ignorant from wildest, mail an rcg*rd decides that ho is good to look at, and that his eyes sis pe- culiarly large and dark. Are yon angry with me for what hap- , . . , to ins lace, ana prevent* me ignori , the glass, -staring -back Mi that he is one of the wild, , nioti.mlee., with a brush ^estvoung men about . Undon. l.iliat ZZj5^l ...gl>i.uw,,h, l uiet,cnainy,.ecide.t other world, hut ik a real bona fide ci-ealurc ' pened lip-stairs ?" he asks, gently, after flcih ..ud bloo.1, --a young man, tall, pause spent in a* earnest vi e\ in, . iti.>i< of ho- as any she ha* In-mowed upon him. I'p stairs?" says Lilian, with raised liroad-ehoo!derd, and very dark. k'or% 'utl mii.uto they stare ilt:iily at " Von have, I suppose, constituted your- self his mother '" a*k* Archibald, intensely amused at her pretty asauinpUMi of mater- nity. " Yes,'' wi Ji a grave nod, "or his elder sister, justa I ltd u my duty at tbe moment j to pel or fc-ol.l hint." " H.i|i| v Tally !" " Net that Iu; gives ID* much trouble. He is a very good boy generally-" " He it a very uaodiiome boy, at all events . you have reason to be proud of your child. 1 am vour CUIIDIU al-o. " Y " Yos." A pause, after which Mr. Cliesney says, meekly i " I suppose you wou'il nut, take me as a second sou ' " I think not, " say* Lilian, laughing : I "you an- M icli too impoi Utnt a person and fur tou old to be either polled or scolded." " That is vrry hard lines, isn't it Y'ou mi);bt say anything yon liked to me, and 1 am almost positive I should not retcnt it. And it yon will be kind enough to i inn your rye.-! on me once more I think you will acknowlodge I am uot so vciv old." " Too old tor me to take in ham). I doubt you would be an unruly member, a inn " 10,1* .//, a disgrace to my teaching. I should lose caste. At dinner I saw you frown, and frowns" with a coqucttishly plaintive sigh " frighten me ! ' "Do you imagine me brutal enough to frown upon my mother? -and Hiieh a mother !'" " Nevertheless I cannot undertake your reformat ioift Yon should remember you aro scarcely in my good books. Arc you not. a usurper in say eyes'.' Have you no' stolen from me my beloved Park ? ' " Ah ' true. But you can have it back agaiu, you know," returns he, iu a low touu, half jest, though there is a faint under- current thai ia almost earnestness run- niiig through it. At the moment Lady Chclwoode saves ! Lilian the embarrassment of a reply. "Sing us something, darling," she says. A. ill Lilian, rising, trails hor soft skirts after her across the room, and, sitting down at the piano, commences " Barbara Allen," sweetly, gravely, tenderly, a* is her wont. (Jtiy a gaze is following her. The pure though iiii/Han'' face, the gulden hair, the rich old fashioned tcxturo of the gown, all combine to make a lovely picture lovelier. The words of the song make his heart throb, and bring to life a certain memory of eatlier days, when on the top f a high, wall he first heard her singimr it. Pathetically, softly, ha sings it, without affectation or pretence of any kind, and, having finished, still lets her fingers uidui idly over the notes (drawing from them delicate min r harmonic* that sadden the listener), whilst the others applaud. tiny ulooe being silent, she glances at him presently with a smile full of kindliness, that claims anil obtains an answering smile in return. " Have I ever seen that gown on you be- lie ***> *Un - ,/u .-. "!\o. TTiTs itress is without doubt an Qsilsent siieeoa*, as everybody admire* it. No : vou in ver saw it before. I 'o you like ft -."" " More than? m nay. Lilian, yon hve formed your opinion of your cousin, and you like him 7" " Very much, indeed. Re !x handsome, '/ '> niiiiiii: . all that may be desired, and ' quite like* Taffy." " A pauport to your favor," ray* Chet- woode, ir.ilinir. " I'lio igli no one couli help Inting the l)y." Then his eyes seeking her bunds once more, fasten upon t':e right one, anil he ae:a the ring he had placed njion the third finger a few hours before now (jiisu-ini hrav< ly upon the second. The discovery causes him a pang so ken that involuntarily he drawn hniuelf i>p to his full height, and condemns himself a* a superstitious tool. As if she divines hi* thought, though in reanty she knows nothing of it, Lilian says, ga/.ing admiring- ly at the glittering trinket in question, "I think your ring grows prettier and prettier every time 1 lock at it. But it would not stay on the finger yon choee while I was dressing it fell off : so, fearing to lose it, I slipped it upon thus one. It looks as well, does it not?" " Yes," say* Chetwoode, though all the time he is wishing with all his heart u had not fallen from Uw engagement finger. \V hen we lova we grow fearful ; and with fear there is torment. " Why don't you aak Florence to sing ?" asks Lilian, suddenly. Archibald ( liesney has risen and lounged over to the piano, and now m close beside her. To tiny'* jealous ears it seem* M though the remark was -node to rid her of Ins presence. " Because I detest French songs," be answers, somewhat sharply, Miss Reauc- hamp being addicted to sucli loreign music. " Do you ?" says Lilian laughing at h's tone, which she fully understands, and straightway* sing* one (the gayest, bright- eit, most nonseniical to be found in her r/*r'i>') in her *weet, fresh voice, glanc- ing at him with a comical challenge in her eyes every time the foolish yet lender ru- train occurs. When she bail finished ihe lav* to him saucily, " Well, Sir Guy'" And he answer*, " I am vanquished, uttery convinced. I confess I now like French song* as well a* i any others." " I like them ten time* better," says ' I Archibald, impulsively, "when they are 'sung bv you. There is a rrrif, a gayety about them that other songs lack. Have you any more ? Do you known any of Uounou's ? I like them, though they are of such a different style." " They are rather beyond me, ' says Lilian, laughing. " But hear this : it ia one of Beranger'*, very (imply set, but I think pretty. Thia titnualiesings lolinii, unmistakably a soft tittle Norman love-song, full of grac and tcm'erest en treaty, bestowing np.m him all the beguiling umilui the had a moment since given exclusively to her guardian, un- til at length riirdiy, mufenng "coquette'' to hit own heart, turns aside, leaving Chesney master of the field. Lilian, turning from her animated discus- sion with Archibald, follows his departing footstep* with her eyes, in which lice a faintly malicious smile : an expression full of suppressed enjoyment curves her lips ; she is evidently satisfied at hi* abrupt ro- treat, and continue* her interrupted con vernation with her couiin in (till more joy- on* tone*. Perhaps thi* i* how she mean* to fulfil l.or mysterious threat of "showing' Sir Huy. (TO nr. r IMBIAVM hill MM i v, TroMl.tr fterruw i.inml t rarlr'easpletrly nihiii. ,1 A Vancouver, B.C., ejeesBBtoB sayi ; Stanley Smith, who arrived here from liella I'ooU a few day* jgw, brings word Uiat rmors are in circulation in that district of a terrible Indian maJ'mrr" that took place a few week* ago on Sorrow island. Soinn Kivers Inlet luaioii* went there U hunt otter, and on the ixlaud were >ome of th>- iutkatalas tribe, further north, also hunt- ing. The story is that a Rivers Inlet niau molested a Kitkatalas girl. Her inbu tvengcd the insult by killing the offending man. A general fight ensued, and the divers Inlet men were vanquished. All were killed with the exception of throe chiefs, who were spared becauae of their rank. These chief* were imprisoned ia a hut. The victorious Indians held a DOW- WOW and it waa decided that if the l'.ivcr. Inlet chief* were allowed to return, their tribesmen would avenge themselves, >o ir. was decided to act on the maxim " dead men tell no tale*." They were then-font hut to death. The story was told to Smith by some Indiana, and he also heard it men- tioned by several of the crew of the steamer Coqnillon, which had just returned from a fishing cruise in the locality. Sorrow island is quite distant from any trading post, so that it is probable the affair will not become generally known for several weeks. The Indian agent at Alber' Bay has been noli- fled of the matter, and he it making an in- vestigation. HOW t HI It II 14 KOI Mil II I r U - i n. . ir.i ID Vtaua f I , ... IM,, .r aril Ki.l ^ Ttlc general round up of a dillrict re- quire, from sixty I o one hundred cowboy* and from three hundred to five hundred cow p*iuu-v THO or three big wagon*, lillc 1 with bedding and cooking and camp' uUu.il*. ai'cninpaiiy t!:- round up over mountain* and across valleys and bad lands. ' The entire district in ridden over thor- oughly by theeowboys. <iulchen, canyons. : draw*, aagebruah bottom*, cotton-wood < groves, bad lands, in fact every foot of the district ia explored and every head of stock driven to the daily camp of the round up. | Viewed from the hill* friugiiiu some vast valley a round- up, willi it* circling cowboy rider*, big herds of noiiv cattle, bandn of led horse* for the riden aud the wild Western land-capo of lar-atretching plain and dtitant moiiutain, combine to make a thrilling ami picturesque scene. Fifty or sixty miles of hard riding a d.iv is tbe average distance covered by a cow buy during the round up. Five or seven horse* are in hi* string. Tough and wiry as they are, the tierce chasing over broken, rough aud .tony country u*o* them up and for a time lakes the spirit out of them. No day's riding i. too hard, however, to keep a cow- boy out of a race if one i. propor.ad. No cavalry charge could liea more spirited sight than that of a line of cowboys, every man yelling like an Indian and every hone lining his best in a half-mile ra?e across some level stretch of soft prairie. There is quick work to be done when some mother and calf too weak lo be driven with the herd are found. A couple of ropes thrown around the head and leg. of the lusty young i alf hold it to the ground. A tiro of sage brush or drift- wood heu:i the branding irons to a dull red and the cabalistic sign* which mark the ownership of the victim are burned irradio- *!)ly into the animal's quivering side.. There are but two meals a day on the round-sip. Breakfast is long before sun up and dinner when the day's woak IH over. After dinner i. a period of enjoyment. The' appetites, sharpened by fifty or sixty rnilo* hard riding, have been appea.-cd with bacon, potatoee, hot biscuit and coffee. Unlucky candidates for the duties of night herd havo gone swearing and grumbling from the camp to their lonesome duties, and there is noth- ing to do but talk over the day's adventures, ' smoke and tell stories. The anticipated I routing out at 4 o'clock the next morning .n'- short the evening s pleasures, and l>\ I the time dusk changes into the early dark- ness of the spring night beds are pulled from the baggage wagon and the camp in asleep. I IK v..rl.r. I . One of the greatest authorities on coal, Herr Masse, ihe official i: ining expert ol Prussia, has just published the result of hit long investigations as to the probable dura- tion of the coal aliata of tbe world. He be- lieves that the next five or six centuries will exhaust the coal of Europe ; that tin supply of Austria Hungary, France, and Belgium will be the first to give out: that the coal mines of Ureal Britain will be ex- hausted next, aud finally ihoteof <ierniany. Herr Naaoe doe* not believe the American product will nut lam that of Kurope. There are, however, source* of supply which do not enter into these calculations, and may eke out the world's joal resources for some centuries longer. Coal is found in riany of the newer part* of the world. Itecent di*coverie> encourage the lielief that other find* r.f importance may be made a* ex- ploration goee on. It is only within th post few month* that we have heard, upon good authority, that along the northern bank of tbe Xambesi River, about three hundred -mien from it* mouth, are some thousands of Mfuare milen of bituminou . coal lands. The coal is said to be of excel- lent quality and well adapted for the fur naces of ocean steamer*. It is only four years since it was discovered that in the Clnnde branch of ihe Zambesi delta, ocean and river vessels may meet : and Mr. Kankin say* that the product ot the new found coal field* may very cheaply be placed IB the holds ot ocean steamers. We know just enough about the coal fields of the middle and upper VangUe Valley, in Cluoa, lo be able to assert with confidence that they are among the greatest in tin- world. It. ba* been aeaerted that the Y'angtse-Kiany coal tield* can supply the entire need* of ihe world for many genera- tion*. Thus far this great source of wealth has availed even China very little : the native methods of mining are very rude. Tins coal resources of our own continent are still very imperfectly understood. Not many yew* ago it was thought that the long, cold winter* and the almost total luck of timber for fuel were an unsurmouiil- able obstacle in the way of colenmng the Canadian Northwest. Then came the dis- coveries of coal in southwestern Alberta, British Columbia, and along the northern branch of the Saskatchewan Kiver. The fuel question was solved. Canada has coal for her own use and lor export. The known ate of otr coal lauds, still almost untouched, n as great that of the United Staiea and it i* reasonably certain that coal will be found in large qiiantitie* in the 1'cacr River region, where petroleum will be among the products of the future. There are many thousands of ocns of coal in Alaska, and coalmining will noon lie an important in- dustry of that Territory. The Alaska Coal Company, which is about to begin mining on a large scale, *a)s it can moke a good profit by selling tin: product in Sun Fran- cisco at *^I..">U to $4 a Inn. The company'* property i in Cook'* Inlet, and the coal, aemi-bituinmous in character, lie* in veinn of six to eight feet in thickness. It is a good deal more likely that, in the progress of knowledge, a desirabb) 'ubstuntu for coal as a heat producer may lie discovered, than that the world will be panic stricken on account of the exhalation of its coal supply ; beside*, we may draw frr oal upon region* still little known, for cen- time* after our present sources of supply give out. * !! r. l.lr.l A British Columbia paper says: A horrible accident occurred on board tic- steamer Nelson on a recent run down Koot- enay Lake. A man named McDeimott.ono of a party of three prospectors, tried to steal a ride on the boat and avoide.l the puner on his rounds. One of the slight wooden railings on the upper deck waa found broken, and on looking below at the stern of the boat alongside the paddlclmx, the bulk-head was found to be stove in and por- tions of % human skull were discovered. It is supposed the man, who was not sober, tried to get down aud the rail giving way he fell on the crank arm of the paddle wheel, aud after being rushed by a few revolutions was pushed overboard. No sign of the body existed ami the wash from the wheel had obliterated all traces of blood, etc. Captain McMorns states that this is the only accident that has occurred in con- nection with the steamer. The steamer La Bourgogne which sailed on Saturday from New York for Havre carried $l,iJO,iM) gold. Late report* from the gold mine of Mount Morgan, in Ijuoeniland, Australia, the rich- est in the w<- Id, show that the prospecting which has been carried on makes it evident that gold bullion lo the value of ncetes of million! of dollars will be taken from this deposit before it is exhausted. Ten yean ago the entire hill which goes by the name ot Mount Morgan was nolTfor ?.'(_'< N>. :-mco that time it has paid in dividend' to the stockl olders i-> the company thav own v,u line more tb*v f)5,QOO,(K>U