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w- AS GOOD AS GOLD; CHAPTKR X.-(C(mtlnu*d>. It was with u gentle delicacy ofnian- IMU', au.ri>ri8iuK to Elizabeth, that be â- howAd her out o( the office, aad throuKh the outer rourn, where Donald Farfrae waa orerhaaliiis bins and sam- plea with the iiuiuiring inspection of a begianer in churge. Henchard pre- ceded her through the door in the wall to the suddenly changed scene of the irardeo and flowera, and onward into the bouae. The dining-room to which he introduced her still exhibited the reouuuita of the lavish breakfast laid tor I'arfrae. It was furnished to pro- fusion with heavy mahogany furniture of the deepest red Spanish hues! Pem- broke tables, with leaves hanging so low that they well-ni^h touched the floor, stood ugaiojst the walls on legs and feet shaped like those of an ele- phant, aikl on one lay three huge folio volumesâ€" a family Bible, a "Joaephua. and a 'Whcde Out/ of Man." In the chimney oorner was a fire-grate with a fluted semicircular back, having urna and festoons cast in relief thereon ; and the chairs were of the kiiMl which, since that day, has oast lustre upon the names of Chippendale and Sheraton, though, in point of fact, their patterns may have been such as those illustrious car- penters never saw or heard of. "Sit downâ€" £li2abelh-Juiteâ€" sit down," be said, with a shake m nis voice aa he uttered her name ; and sitting down himself he allowed his hands to hang between his knees, while he looked upon the carpet. "Your mother, then, is quite well!" I "She is rathex worn out, air, with travelling." "A sailor's widowâ€" when did be diet" "Father was lost last spring." Henchard winced at the word "fath- «r," thus applied, "Do you and she come from abroad â€" America or Aus- tralia t" he asked. "No. We have been in England some years. I was twelve when we came here from Canada." "Ah ; exactly." By such conversation he dLscuvered the circumstances which bad enveloped his wife and her child in such total obscurity that he had long ago believed them to be in their graves. These things being olear, be returned to the present. "And where is your moth- er staying t" "At the King o' Prussia." "And you are her daughter Elixabeth- Jane," repeated Uenchard. He arose, come close to her, aitd glanced in her faoa. "I think," he said, suddenly turn- ing away with a wel eye. "you shall take a note from me to your mother. I should like to see her. . . . She is not left very well off by her late hus- band!" His eye feLI on Elizabeth's olcthes, which, though a respectable suit at black, and her very best, were decidedly old-fashioned, even to Caster- bridge eyes, "Not very well," she said, glsd that be had divmed this without her being ^'bliged to express it. He sat down at thu table and wrote a few liiu's ; next taking from his pock- et-book a five-pound note, which he put In the envelo|ie with the letter, add- ing to it, as by an afler-thought, five- shiUings. Sejiling the whole up care- fully, lie dir«rl«d it to "Mrs. Newson, King of I'ruaiua Inn," uud hsnde<l the packet to KlizalKth. "l^Uver it to her pi-rsonally, pli-aae," said Heuohard. "WrilJ, I am glad to sue you here, Kliizabeih-Janeâ€" very glad. We must have a long talk togetherâ€" but not Just now." He took hrr hand at parting, und held it so warmly timt she, who bad known so little friendnhip, was much affected, and tears rose to her aerial-gray eves. The instant that she was gone Iltn- ehard'H stal«! Hhowed itself more dis- tinctly; having .shut the <l(>or, he sat m his dining-room stiffly erect, gaz- ing at the opposite wall aa if he read his hiNtarv tlutre. "Begad I" ho suddenly exclaimed, JuBipiiig up. "I didn't think of that l'< â-  L'erhaps the.se are iiiipostorS' and the child dead after all I and Susan However, a sometliing in Elizabeth Jane soon asHured him that, as regard- ed her, at least, there ixmld l>© little doubt. And a few hours would set- tle the question of her mother's iden- tity ; for lie had arrangiMl in his note to nee her that evening. "It never rains but it pours I" said Heuchurd. His keenly excited interest in hifl new friend the Sootcbiniin wa.s now eclipsed by this event ; and Donald l'"arfra« saw so little of him during the rest of the dav (hat lie wondered at the suddenness of his einplnyer's moods. In the meant uue Elizabeth had reach- ed the inn. Iler aiolhnr. instead of tak- big the note with the curioNity of a poor woman expecting as.siiilan(«, was much moved lU sight of it. She did not read it at once, asking Elizal)elh to dcsCrilMi her reception, and I he very words Mr. Hencliard UHed. Elizabeth's back was turneil wh«n hur mother open- ed the letter. It ran thus:â€" "Meet me at eight o'clwk this even- liig, if you can, at the Ring on the Budmouth road. 'The place w easy to find. I can say no more new. Tho news upsets me almost. The girl seems to \>e in ignoorance. Keep her so till 1 have seen you. M. H." Uu said nothing about the enclosure of five guineas. The amount was sig- nificant ; it may tacitly have sold lo her that he Itoiight her back again. 8h« watted re-stlc-wly for the close of tho day, telling Elizubel h-.Jane that Hlie was Invited to st'e Mr. Uenchard ; that she would go alont!. Hut she said nothing to show that the plaoo of meeting was not at his house, nor did she hand the •wte to Elizalwth. CHAITEII XI. Tne King at Casterbritlgo was mere- fjr the local name of one of the finest Baman Amphitheatres, if ool the very finest, remaining in lirituin. Casterbrldge announced old Home in every street, alley,, and precinot. It lookAd lioman,' uespoke the art of Home, concealed dead men of Rome. It was impassible to dig mogre vthaa a foot or two deep about the town fields and gardens without coming upon some tall soldier or other of the Eiuplre, who had lain there in his silent unobtrusive rest for a space of fifteen hundred years. He waa mostly found lying on his side, in an oval scoop in the chalk, like a chick- en in its shell ; his kneea drawn up to bis cheet ; sometimes with the remains of his spear against his arm ; a fibula or brooch of bronze on his breast, or forehead ; an urn at his knees, a jar at his breast, a bottle at his mouth ; and mystified conjecture pouring down up- on him from the eyes of Casterbridge street-boys and men, who had turned a moment to gaze at the familiar spec- tacle as they passed by. Imaginative inhabitants, who would have felt an unpleasantness at the dis- covery of a comparatively modern skeleton in their eaideus, were quite unmoved by thuse hoiiry shapes, 'fhey had lived so long ago, their time waa so unlike the present, their hopes and nootives were so widely removed from ours, that between them and the liv- ing there seemml to stretch a gulf too wide for even a spirit to pass. The Amphitheatre was a huge circu- lar enclosure, with a notch at opposite extremities of its diameter north and south. From its sloping Internal form it might have been called the spittoon of the JotiuiB. It was to Casterbridge what the ruined C<4iseum is to modern Rome, and waa nearly of the same mag- nitude. The dusk of evening was the proper hour at which a true impression of this suggeative place could be receiv- ed. Standmg in the middle of the arena at that time there by degrees became apparent its real vastneis, which a cursory view frooi the summit at noon- day was apt to obeoure. Melancholy, impressive, lonely, yet acceasible from every part of the town, the historic circle was the frequent spot for ap- pointments of a furtive kind. Intri- gues were arranged there ; tentative uiev'lings were there experimented after divisions and feuds. But one kind of appointment â€" in itself the most com- mon of anyâ€" seldom had place in the Amphitheatre â€" that of happy lovers. Why, seeing that it was pre-«minently an airy, accessible and interesting spot for assignations, the cheerful lest form of those occurrences never took kindl/ to the soil of the ruin would be a curi- ous inquiry. Perhaps it was because associations had about them something sinister. Its history proved that. Apart from the sanguinary nature of the games originally played therein, such incidents attached to its past as these: uhat for scores of years the town-gal- lows had stood at one comer ; that in 1705 a woman who had murdered her husband was half-strangled and then burnt thi^re in the presence of ten thousand spectators. Tradition reports that at a certain stage of the burning her heart burst and leapt out of her body to the terror of them all, and that not one of those ten thousand peo- ple ever cared particularly for hot roast after that. In addition to these old tragedies pugilistic encounters almost to the death bad oume off down to recent date-t In that secluded arena, entirely invisible to the outside world, save by ollinbing to the top of the enclosure, which few townspeople in the daily round of their live* ever took the trou- tthe to do. So that, though close to the turnpike-road, crimes might be per- petrated tliere un-ti-eD at nud-day. Some hoys had latterly tried to im- part gaiety to the ruin by using the central arena as a cricket-ground. Hut the game usually languished, for the aforesaid reasonâ€" that of the dismal privacy which the earthen circle en- forced, shutting out every appreciative passer's vision, every coiumendalury re- uiark from outsidersâ€" i^very thing, ex- cept the sky ; and to play at games in such circumstances was like acting lo aji empty house. Possildy, too, the Ixjys were timid, for some old people said tliat at certain moments in the summer time, in l)ro:id daylight, per- â- sons sitting with a ixxtk, or dozing in the arena, had, on lifting their eyes, l>eheld the slopes lined with a gazing legion of Hadrian's soldiery, as if watching the gladiatorial wimbat ; and had heard the roar of their excited voice.") ; that the scene would remain but a moment, like a lightning flash, and then disappeadr. It was related that there still re- mained under the south entrance arched oells for the reception of the wild ani- mals and athletes who took part in the guuies. The arena was still smooth and circular, as if used for its original pur- pose not so very long ago. The aloi)- ing pathways by which spectators had as(vnded to their seats were pathways yet. Hut the whole waa grown over with gratis, which now, at the end of summer, was bearded with withered IjenLs that formed waves under the l>rush of the wind, returning lo t he attentive ear Aeolian modulations, and detaining for moments the flying glolx'S of tbinlledoHu. lleju^luwd had chosen this spot as be- ing the Hiifost from oljservation which he could thin kof for meeting his long- lost wife, and at the same time as (mo cosily to Iw found by a stranger after nightfall. A.s Mayor of the town, with a reputaliiin to keep up, he could not invite her to ciiiiie to bis house till some defimle course had liceii decided on. Just liefore eight he ajiproached the deswrted earthwork, and entered by the south path which deiic^tnded over the del>ris of tho former dens. In a few moments he could de-soern a female fig- ure creeping in by the great north gap, or piililic gat«wuy. 'rhey met in the middle of the arena. Neither spoke just at first- there was no necessity for s^seeclvâ€" and the poor woman leant agaiiust Henchard, who supported her in his ariua. " 1 duii't drink," he said in a low, hultmg, anoliigetlc voic^j. " You hear, 'Susan tâ€" 1 don't drink nowâ€" I haven't since that night." Those were his first worda. He felt her bow her head In acknow- ledgement that she understtxid. After a minute or two he Again began: " If 1 luul known you were living, Sus;in 1 Hut there was every rea.son to «upp(«e you nnd the child were dead and gone. I took every possible step to find Jrouâ€"travolledâ€" advertised. My opinion at last was that you had .start- ed for some colony with that man, and had been drowned on your voyage out. Why dill you keep silent like tiii.>ir" " Oh, Michael, Ix^cauee of himâ€" what other reason could there l)e? I thought I owed liim falthfuLiioes to the end of (me of our livesâ€" foolishly I Iwliaved there was eomethlng solemn and bind- ing in the bargain ; 1 thought that even In oonour I dared not db«ert him when he had iiaid so much for me in good JCaith.. Inieetyounowonly aabis widow â€"I aqn«id«r toyMlf ,tbat, and that I have tio claim upon you. ' Had be not died, I nbould never nave come â€" never. Of tbrt you may be sure," ! 'Tut-tut I How could you be ao I simple ?" " 1 don't know. Yet it would be very ! wickedâ€" If I hud not thought like thatr said Susan, almost crying. " Yea-^yes- so It would. It is only that which makes me feel ye an Inno- cent woman. But to lead me into thisl" " What, Michael ?" ehe asked, alarm- ed. " Why, this difficulty about our liv- ing together again, and Elizabeth-Tane. She cannot be told allâ€" she would so despise ua both thatâ€" I oould not bear it!" " That wa0 why she was brought up In Ignorance of you. I could not bear it either." " Wellâ€" we must talk of a plan for keeping her in her present belief, and getting matters straight in spite of it. You have heard I am in a large way of business here â€" that I am Mayor of tiie town, and churchwarden, and I don't know what all ?" " Yes," she murmured. " These things as well aa the dread of the girl discovering our disgrace, makes It necessary to act with extreme caution. So that I don't see how you two can return openly to my bouse as the wife and daughter I once treated bad!y, and banished from me ; and there's the rub o't." " We'll go away at once. I only came to see " " No. no, fiosan ; you are not to go â€"you mistake me I" he sak' with kindly severity. "I have thought of this plan: that you and Elizabeth take a cottage in the town as the widow Mrs. Newson and her daughter ; that I meet you, court you, and marry you, Eliza- beth-Jane oomins' to my house as my step-daughlter. The thing Is bo natural and easy thbt it is half done in' think- ing o't. Tltls would leave my shady, headstrong, disgra(%ful life as a young man absolutely unopened ; the secret would be yours and mine only : and I should have the pleasure of seeing my own only child under my roof, as well as my wife." " I am <juite in your hands. Mich- ael," she said, meekly, " I came here for the sake of iEUzalieth ; for myself, if you tell me to leave again to-morrow morning, and never come near you more ; I am bonient to go." "Now, now, we don't want to hear that," said Henchard gently. "Of course you wno't leave again. Think over the plan I have proponed for a few hours ; and if you can't hit upon a better one we'll adopt it. I have to be away for a day or two on Imsinnss, unfortunate- ly : but during that time you can get lodgings â€" tho only ones in the town fit for vou :ire those over the china-shop in High Streetâ€" and you can also look for a cottage." " If tte lodgings are in High Street they are dear, I inJ4>pose?" " Never mindâ€" you must start genteel if our plan is to be carried out. Look to me for money. Have you enough till I come back!" "Quite," said she. " And are jrou comfortable at the innf" " Oh, yes." " And the girl is quite safe from learning the shame of her case and ours fâ€" that's what makes me most anxious of all." " You would be surprised to find bow unlikely she is to dream of the truth. How oould she ever suppose such a thing I" " 'True I" " I like the idea of repeating our mar- riage," said Mrs. Henchard, after a pjiuse. " It seems the only right course, after all this. Now 1 think 1 muiiL go Imck to Elizabeth-Jane, and tell her that our kinsman, Mr. Uen- chard, kindly uishes us u> stay in the town." " Very wellâ€" arrange that yourself. I'll go some way with you." ' No no. Don't run any risk," said his wife, anxiously. " 1 can find my way backâ€" It it> nut late. Please let me go alone." " Right," said Henchard. " Hut just one H ord. Do you forgive me, Susan?" She murmured something ; but seem- ed to find It difficult to frame her an- swer. ' Never mindâ€" alt in good time," said he. "Judge me l>y my future works- good-bye." He retreated, and stood at the up- per »ilde of the Amphitheatre while his wife passed out through the lower way, and descended under tho trees to the town. Then Henchard himself went homeward, guijig so fast, thai by the time he reached his dtxir he woa alnitMt Upon the heelb of the unconstuoiLs wo- man fr(Hn mhiim he had just jwrted. He watched her up the street, and turned into his house. (To He Continued.) JOHN WATSON'S ALMANACK. ! the schooner. They were fUiaHy pick- ' ed up by a French fishing vessel and ^, . . ! lauded at Catalene. John Lott and (â- riean laroraialloa Abeas lUsBtteMYe* (^<^.,^lgy 0,,^^ gf tjjg gehooner Clad- KlBgdom In ITM. ' stone lost their vessel on Eunk's Bank, A curious little book is the "Gentle- fad ^*'* """^ picked np until five days _,„„ „ , „•.• , A i_ 1," #„, iiva bad elapsed. Their food supply con- man and Citizen's Almanack for ihe ^^^^^ ^J^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ j,»^ ^^^ year of our Lord 1764, and the fourth h^K a gallon of water. After • being year of the reign of King George III. ' without water for two days tliey re- It was printed by S. Powell in the city newed their supply bv securmg ice from , r, , f ' large bergs and melting it in a bucK- ot uubUn. et xhey were picked up by the Nor- The front fly leaf contains a list of wegian brlgantine Lizzie, which land- stage coaches to various cities in Ire- ed them on the Newfoundland coast. Und, together with i^i^^^-n^an, J^'P^'^^^^J^^^^'^^^^^^^^^ names of comforUble inns along the geivea Into an association for purposes route. The book itself gives the days of protection. At present they are of the year and month, the sun's ria- ' obligeti to l^ve their vessel in a small^ ;__ J ..- .u , .4 ' frail dory for trawls, which may tie mg and settmg, the moons age and situated five or six miles away from changes, old style ; tables of the mar- where their vessel anchored, without riages and deaths of the princes of having supplies to siutaln life in their Europe, and a list of the Lords and "lofy "» F?« »'. emergency. -They ars i~. «iu • i»i. wi ..uo x^uiuo ^^^ provided with even a pocket corn- Commons of Parliament. There is an p^^ [„ enable them to find their ves- Indez to the courts, societies, hospitals, sel. Shipping men say that the fisher- forto and garrisons, and fire engines men are themselves to blame, because aw^A ..,-♦ _.„ A u I- . «* they should refuse to leave their ves- and watermen. An exchange list of ^^ '^^^ ^ ^^pp,y „, ^^^^j. ,^^ ^^^ corns and values in the United King- were given them for use 'n case of dom is followed by a table of values of accident. They also express the opin- foreign pistoles and moydores, with the '"n that the United States Govern- . . . ' .. • J â-  ment should enact a regulation com- grams and pennyweights contained in pgUing the proper victualling of dories each. A dagger oo the calendar marks before ibey leave United States schoon- the " nights of the greatest moonlight," era for tiawling grounds, and that un- and the table of the rising and setting ^^ .*.,""''*" Pea^ty. This course would , ,, , **~"<? "" . " doubtless save many lives and prevent of the moon makes special exception much suffering, to some part of the summer " when there is no night, but ail twilight." A HAND ON THE CALENDAB indicates the days on which the act against " cursing and profane swear- ing " may be read in churches and chap- STEEL TOWERS ON WAR-SHIPS. A rest sf Crcal Daascr BwlBS a rigkt at In that coming ;:aval battle between els. Penalties are one shilling for an the steel fleets of the two first-claw oath, two shillings for two oaths, or Powers to which nautical authorities to be set in the stocks. A child under have been looking forward ever sines 16 years, for Bwearimg, is " to be whipt [ aodern battleships became the might/ by the constable, or by the parent In engines of problematical forces that the constable's presence." The table for . they are, the military mast and fight- finding the high tides gives many i>laces mg top will play a deadly part, and that are not found on modern charts, be the station of danger and heroism, or that have acquired new names. Two As everybody knows the old mast, of them ^re the south coast of Bretagne the mast of yards and salLi, has van- and the banks of Flanders. There is | ished from the modern ship of war. a table to regulate the spinners, show- i The place of that mast which was erect- ing how the quantity of yarn ought to , ed for sailing purposes is taken on ths be adjusted to the price of flax, to ' modern warships by a steel tower, prevent its being spun beyond its sta- \ which rises from the deck to support pie. Then there is a scale of Interest one, or maybe three or four circular at six per cent., and a calculation of the galleries, where rapid-fire or machine hire of a coach or chaise around the guns are placed, which In time of &»• city of Dublin. A ring's end chaise for ^- j^^j^. ^^, „( 4^^,,^^^^ ^^ ^^^ more thun seven miles must be hired ,1^1,. rr;,,, ^^„ „, ,h^ hostile ship. gunners, foe most power- more I nun seven mu«. musi o« uu«a ^^^3 -^„,, p^rt^ ^j t^e he by agreement, and al <»mplaint» agamst ,j,^ ^,^^J^ j^ ^^ ^j„ ^^^^ drivers must be made to the Heer^^ters ^ ^^ se;f:JBvident that the office within fourteen days from the . . _2i is nowerl«*i if its crew ii dead time of dispute. The beginning of each M » 'Ji^^^^^Tp'^uch" storm of reign smce the Norman conquest ^ no- ,^^j eould*be driven^ upon th«« great lums for the encouragement of husban- „;,;,,„ ...„., J ".....„".â- '.* military mast of its adversary. As one well-directed shot will send the mast tumbling, it is not probable that any ship will come out ot on en- gagement with its military must stand- mg. The shooting away of the mast ill, of i)f course, mean the death of ev- i„„i ,^^A^r^fr^ .^' ery â- Â»'« ««» ">« fight '°K tope. Men sent ugns on copper pUtes, and j^ere will know U they climb the dark lelt nats. | ladder to their stations that they go dry and the useful arts cover three pages of the book. One Peter Wlnfleld received a prize for showing two watchivs " of transparent enamel, not attempted here l»fore." There were prizes also for growing barely off tur- nip ground, for painting mezzo-tints,' for new desii ' " ^ for making loit u«,«. , ^^^^^ ^^ ,^^4^ stations that they go to almost certain death, and will havs „.,,,. . ... ,1 only one duty before them, to kill aa New l;-ngland. east an(l west New Jeir- [ ni,xny of the enemy as they can before sey. Maryland, and other English col- , the crash comes. oniee (jii the North American continent | Men who in turrets and sponsons be- was: Single let era. one shilling and . low are handling the great guns have SIX pem-e; double letters, three shil- ; every hope of life an(l victory before Imgs. Of some letters there was no , them, but the men of the tops go to certainty, there being no conveyance : their duty with no such hop«s^Ind ex- for letters, since the late peace, U) any \ pecUtions. To man the fighting tops in of his Majesty s islands in the West ; action will be a kind of martydom es- Indies, excei>t by occasional ships." The Jenny poKi existed within the cities of London and West minster, and the bor- ough of Southwark and their suburtw. pecially hard to endure. penny poRt existcu within the cities 01 - To perform deeds of valor in the face London and West minster, and the bor- of contending armies or to suffer witU - â-  . . , . , fortitude in the gaze of admiring thou- One penuy wiu* jiaid on the letter de- | ggn,,, j^ ^tw thing; to climb up calmly posited at the P(«t Office, and unotb- i mside a steel p<»st and work away at er jienny waa collected on the delivery . . j of the Ki'ue letter. Letters direct from London to Holland, France, Flanders, and to the town of Geneva, through France, paid no foreign postage. But letters arriving from the same coun- tries pttid 10 pence at the port of London. Tlie mail was sent from Lon- don every Tuesday and Friday to all parts of Eur(,pe, except the Lisbon mail, which started every Tuesday. No let- ters coutaining money or rings could l)e sent by post. Tjg ! almanack was compiled by J(»hji AWtson. and sold by him at bis book store, at the Hibleand I'riiwn, near the Old Bridge and Bridge street. away such an unpoetical mechanical devi<-« as a rapid-fire or machine gun until such time as it may please tne enemy to blow one into "kingdom come" â- â€¢ quite another thing. Yet the modern man-of-warsman is enthusiastio over the advantage of the military mast, and would ol)ey an or- der to man a gun in the fighting toa as readily as he would the itugle call which summons him to his meals. BLENHEIM CASTLE. Bvrr.?lhlUK tboiil â- â€¢ In en a litr%r Kraleâ€" :Mh Feel 1.0ns. The lute Duke of Marll>orough. in al- luding to the size of Blenheim Palace uwd to say by way of joke, that it wos the only re-"ridence in Europe w di h re- quired f 4,000 worth of putty a .» 'ir to keep the windinv panes in order. Mon- ey went a good deal further in the last century tJiiin it does now; cons»-quently when the House of Commons voted |1,- nOO.OOO lo build the first Duke a rrsid- enc* tliero presently sprang up an edi- fice, 848 feet long, and witn an interi- or so vast that, when a Government me^iaenger onc<* came iKMit-Tuusto there to tho late Lord Rand(>lj>h Ohurchill during one :>( bin visits with a despatch it waa over hiW an hour iM-fore his I.oid- «hip, who for exercise had Iven explor- ing .the P'-ic^s with its 15 stairca-ses.was found. Thfl last time it was reiviirod the late Duke was oliliged to apply to Piirliament for permission to mA\' the pictures and !ilir.iry to pay the bills, which amounted to more than a mil- lion and a hn\(. It is therefore not surprising that, although the estate yielded 9-00,000 a year, the exi)en.sesof keeping up this preposterous re.sidcnce kept the Duke a poor mam. Altogether everything aliour. Blenheim is grotes- quely large. Some ot the pictures are â- 70 feet Kqunre. The statue of the great Duke, near the liig lake of 200 iicreB Is 182 feel high Bind cos* Si'SO,- 000. HE OET.S IT. Sheâ€" I think your young friend i.-i en- til led to great credit for the way he is doing. Heâ€" Yes, and the feMow gets It. He owes, more than he can ever pay. SUFFERING ON THE BANKS. SUrvlUK rivkcrmea Whv Hlukrd ThcK Thlntl nilh 4'h«nk» From Irebers*. Some horrible experiences have lately occurred to American fishermen in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and upon the Hanks of Newfoundland. Some of these stories have been brought to Quebec by Captains who have reai^ued the perisbing man. The fishermen usu- ally lielung to New England ports, but Bouie are from Nova S<'otia and New Brunswick. Thomas Collins and Thomas Stanley ot the Gloucester v(\sael Henry M.Stan- ley were out for six nights and seven days without food, having missed their vessel in a tog on Funk's Hank, near Newfoundland. They saw no sail ilur- ing all thU time, but finally landed at Cape Fogo Island, weak for want of food, iuid only able to crawl '^ the nearest habitation. All Ihe provisions in their dory when they left the Stan- ley were two buns and half a galbm of water. By chopping chunks of ice from l>ergs they supplied themselves with fresh water, and this was all that kept them alive. Collins suffered much trom swollen feet. One day, during a gale, he was washed into the se*, but managed to swim back to thti boat. Stanley wanted to satisfy his hunger by eating raw fish, but Collins would not allow him to do so. Gus IliU'.rt and Andrew Ross of the schooner Norma were out for six days in a similar plight. They ate nothing but setvweed during this period and all the water they drank was one quart they took Into the dory when leaving A RIGHT TO SPEAK, a "James. I have nlways been • faithful wife to you, haven't I?" "Of course you have. Miranda. What are you â€" " "And in all tjiirty-three year# we have lived together I've always dons my duly, haven't I f" "Certainly, certainly. Who's deny* ing that youâ€"" 'You haven't ever found me making trouble or kicking up a fuss over lit> tie things, h.ive you*" "Of course nut. I'd like to know what you'reâ€"" "I've hud my shore of sorrow and stood it without murmuring or com- plaining t" "Now, see here, Miranda, what's all thisâ€"" "If thiugti don't go to suit me I ^nerally moke the liest of it and let it go at that, don't I?" "To be sure, is there anything that ,, "And you don't think I'd make a disturbance al>out anything unless I bad a good cause, do you ?" "Surely not. What under the shin- ing canopy are you driving at any- how I" "James, 1 wouldn't say a word about it if 1 could stand it any longer, but thase slim little piiiestem legs of yours look 80 distressing in your bicycls Ettx^kings and knickerbockers that I just can't keep still another minute. If you don't either wear long pants or pud your calves hereafter as sure as I'm a living woman I'll take the chil- dren and go to Aunt Rachel's and nev- er come back I" SUE WAS MISTAKEN. She had given him a square meal, and as he was al>out to Iieave, she remark- ed: A tramp's Hfe must tie very di^ agreeable." I am no tramp, madam, he replied. I am just coming home fr<m a summer resort.