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 mm sp:ed house, et East, Toro^ CLOC] he great »ttr8;Bn lificent try BstaW will welljrt «rhomajrft'^i atches. BgS :d as ibl« PSACRIFICE OB. for X^ove of* Her. [(.gAFrER XXXI.-(COKTINCKD.) of the Night,' " murmured Roy 'Bri"^^ j^yorite vilse, and I was so '":;b"n they played it ^^o™«^,t* yy *° j.ftce it with you, Mws Anthon. 'f'-Hheanswere^^ simply, aa she put 'don his arm. And 80 they went *° ^t^icTdown the long room, and then W forcotten that it was only a waltz. I V delicious languor stole over her '"*n effort to dance as she was doing 'fX feet 'seemed to move cf them- iTes j,jle the meltingly sweet music now faint and low, now -,. Dec. 14 loi' ppep3ia,aiidw;tb â-  '^eleton. i^^ f'^^fAbyilr.Tho^' ^^^)' and. raanyi ^~i pounds, thJ_ lew compound AROLINK POHBp,! ;f^ofMr.RJ ^SI ^E BUSINESS Pn^y Oiiying all cash h^i*! '^^^out 53,00) c^«;j â- -/â- ^ and term,.%^JJ LAND owners'â„¢ properties can gS;â„¢.! â-  Wj Kinif Street, Ei3 T':-2ndcoirpici'i lie north Piekerinif iitby;67i acres; b4l Hidings; Gnti]^ mrticulars apply toll or JOS. J, ^^1^ :(;!IO0LMASmd '.00 per week io your. Address witostsmw •er2630.-:|rontojt1 reeds, OctaTe -eds. Sub-bas8 and (i ancy pips top case,! 1 with Bell ChlmM^ ;â-  Box 500, Georgetow. BE PIAW«F«KTn1 d by the most a ' superiority of toneta taloKues mailed on a S NEWCOMBE 4l ^achmond Streets, Toi land Pianos by Chicki, lakers at close pricMTI MP APPI equ.i.,;ed in all of its season. J, S,STi onnty, X. T. JABLE" ED era of seeds to seod ?d annual catalogue I for 1883, sent free oil liio room, now idiuu ••"•^ »i/.ti uuti ^^d ringing. And Roy. too. had yield- *^!he almost intoxicatmg pleasure of momentâ€" the mysterious charm of 'il«t waltz. Unconsciously he clasped f^he dainty, yielding figure in his bending his handsome head until his 'imcst touched the soft, wavy hair, and A" twas besting wildly, just as hers 'toting too, for within them both was fc,..a strong passion deep and true. fr.^ last sweet note died away without I ord Roy P-aced Louie's hand upon his L,l led her back to the little room, ' e few moments before they had been diDK f^nly a waltz, and yet that waltz thown Koy Glenmore hisown heart he pathat ho loved this girl, whose face the first had held a charm for him such "o woman's face had ever held before. Nature had made Roy Glenmore noble H true the man who had been like a thtr to him had brought out and cultivated the noble qualities with which nature J jniicwed him. Until he met Louie Au- love for any woman had never come in- Lisbeart. It had always seemed to him kat love, to be pnre and lasting, must be the Upowth of a long and intimatefriendship, L result of a close companionship he had ever believed in what was termed love at ?t sight consequently he could scarcely iderstand tho love which, without any pre- hde of friendship, had suddenly awakened lis heart. Yet he knew it was pure and ice; knevv- that, although it might increase ttifflewcuton, it could never grow any JJinkingdowii upon a divan covered with Ijokt velvet, Louie laid her head against If casbions which formed its back. The (aih had all faded out of her "iace, leaving jvery pale; she clasped her small hands losether, â- wcnleriug why they were tremb- Ofl innocent, ignorant little Louie, she did Lt know that love is born out of a sea of Imotions The soft mellow light of an antique metal npcuspendtd by silver chains from the g, fell over her the dark rich velvet [i the cushions brought out in strong relief i lovely f ice with its framework of burn- ished hair; the brown eyes wore all the fcT.ctcr for the faint shade of physical starinesa in them. With something very Iikcaeigh Roy seated himself beside her. fche had heen his partner in a dance, had talked with him, had smiled up into his bace; her hand had rested upon his arm, her fiead had almost touched his breast as they wltzed together for a few hours they had jbeen like old friends, and yet it might be long before they met again. It had been Mj a German to herâ€" ah what had it been |to him? "Have you enjoyed the evening, Miss [Anthon " he asked, mechanically. Sae raised he head, a sudden brightness 'oning into her eyes. "Yes, so very much it was the pleasant- lest German I ever attended â€" the brightest, I happiest evening I ever spent." It was not one of the brightest and hap- piest, it was the brightest, happiest evening ;he had ever spent, and a faint hope stirred I m Roy'a breast that he had helped to make it the bright, happy evening it had been to ter. "So it was to me,"' he said; "and but liotyou, Mias Annthon, it would not have [been so." A faint rose-flash swept her face. "I, Mr. Glenmore " "You, " he murmured, that tender smile of his curving his lips as he looked into the uplifted face. "With the exception of one ot two, all those I met here to-night were sttMgers to m», consequently I did not ex- pect to have a very enjoyable time but Jii have been so kind to me, you have made it seem as though we were not mere ac- I ipaiatances, bat friends." "And why »hould we not be friends, Mr. Henmore?" ?aid Louie, impuUively. "I w not think it is necessary fw two people |o know each other for just so long a time Wore formal acquaintanceship can bo drop- ped and friendship taken up. For my part, 1 Mn always tell wben I hrst met a person ytiether orjnot I could make that person my •riend." "And will yiu let me be your triend!" ^f .Roy, wistfu'Jy. te«," she answered, folding her small '^ii in her lap, in a little childish way ^« was natural to her. "I shall be very " " *o have you (or my friend, Mr. Glen- 'Itiank Toa," he said earnestly. «su tune forward I am your friend From long y my lifo lasts. Sne looked np at him, not nnderatanding 'Je tn^Te earnestness in his voice. A sense 'r 8'»daesa was up m her that this man, j"" » eined so ditferent frcm all the men |f 9 had ever metâ€" this man, with tne deep, "o«Sh ful fyea, and firm yet tender mouth '*i promised to be her f.ksnd, not for r|^" nur far :» ew years, but as long aa whom be â€" upon •• -.d she could depend. F f " thoughts went no larthar than that. ^0 Have Roy Glenmore for her friend, that ' life »hould l»st .-â- ?»'-: »^e strong, firm friendâ€" one to â- '6 could go for advice, if it need b* â- Jose Word she could depend. Friendship TV, t' ""°"g'^»8 went n( ^0 have Roy g;^^^^^^ 7i^PpiL64s enough. I hsn It la a bond between us â€" we axe to QW t^^^aya," aoe a*id, with a UtUe An^ s'adDeas m her voice. th^T^y^M'^ougb it was only Iriandahip her 8T "" "^^ declared becwaea them. B«vo • '^°PP««J as they met h-s, and ra»n«r s^^^ ^^^" 'â- ' "»« --â„¢-«J with fan." " *°° ' »»* '**'*• 'i* » • b^utifnl f,^fJ^^.i"?.P"tt7 one." «id Lonie. nii?hf« no«^*^ two reception* unhurt to- •'I will have it fixed for yon " sairl Tl«^ •Certainly, Mr. Glenmcre." .« f ^S°^ ^^^^ •«'â-  address for a few mo- menlB they sat talJdng about iothiSgIn S^ ticular merely an interchange of thou^t and opmion upon different fubjects th«J Louie gathered up her favors wLch lay l^ bide heron the divan. tnl'f '5"-* ^°'" ^^^ '"'^^' regretfully, "it is too bad, 18 It not, Mr. Glenmore, thit plea:^ ant evenings seem so very mnch shorter than "X^"""" "°^" «hail«eeyou It was only a dainty little fan, -o fraU that he could have crushed it in his hand • yet, Roy Glenmore, walking homeward lone after midnight, felt all the happier for hav- ing that ivory and satin trifle in his pocket Ihe evening was gone, the German already belonged to the past, Louie's words and smiles had become only sweet memories but the httle- fan with the faint perfnme of violets cLngmg to it, wbb an actual reality and a sort of mute assurance, too, that Louie Anthon was an actual reality as well. CHAPTER XXXU. Roy took the broken fan to Tiffany's and had It mended then, a few evenings after the night of Mrs. Van Alstyne's German, he carried it back to its owner. It happened that Louie was alone that evening, Muriel having gone out with Arundel to attend a rec^ptioii at the Union League, of which club Arundel was a member, and althou|h Roy went with tho intention of making a short call, it did not require much persaa- sion on Louie's part to indue*, him to linger ever the half hour, which is about the time generally allotted to a first and formal call. Still, although the tall c^ock in the hall chimed out the hour twice while he was there, it seemed a very short call indeed to Roy G enmore, and the two hours he spent that evening in the exquisite little reception- room seemed to him about twenty instead of sixty minutes long. That was the beginnins of it. For the benefit of the young lady who was visiting her, Mrs. Van Alstyne â€"never so much in her element £s when she was entertaining young people â€" gave a series of entertain- ments. Sociables and Germans, some of them informal and impromptu little affairs, but none the less enjoyable because of that. She was indefatigable in getting up theatre parties and flower parties, mnsicales and private theatricals, the young people of her acquaintance were enthusiastic in her praise, and declared fervently, that there was never such a charming hostess. She was innocent- ly responsible for a great many of the en- gagements which were announced the fol- lowing spring, for many fair girls met their fates in the shape of their future lords, in her handsome parlors, and more than one young man came to the conclusion that the partner she had selected for him in a Ger- man would do admirably mell for a partner in the longer and more varied dance of lifo. The choice colleciton of flowers and rare plants in her conservatory were the mute listeners of many declarations of love, and silver lamps in her olive and gold boudoir shed their soft light over many fair heads that droped un- der the ardent eagerness that looked out of masculine eyes. Under this hospitable roof Roy and Louie met each other again and again, and Mrs. Van Alstyns smiled to herself when she came upon them talking together in the music-room, or looking over her bric-a-brac in the pretty room she had set apart for her collection of curios and prio less old china. It had not taken her very long to discover Roy's secret â€" the secret he hardly dared to whisper even to himself, and she hoped with all her heart that Louie would come to think of him as she knew he thought of her. "For if ever two people were suited to each other, they are," she said to herself. Mrs. Van Alstyne had more depth and strength in her nature than people gave her credit for under the smiling face and li^ht careless manner a true woman's heart was beating a keen, unerring sens© of the fitness of things. She had no idea how affairs stood between Louie and f eroy Evringham. She supposed as that young gentleman had rather sudaenly taken his departure, Lome had refused him, or at leart given him to understand that they never oould beany- thing more than friends, oon«qa«^tly she saw nothing wrong in thus throwing Roy ana Louie together. The seoond time Roy oalled upon Louie he waa introduced tohw father and mother, and though Muriel conld find no fault with either his face or his mannerâ€" the one being as perfect and highbred in its way ae waa the o herâ€" she coold not help wi»hmg tliat she knew who the Glenmores were aa for Arundel he to«k the moet unaooounteble and unroasonable dielike to the young mAu, a dislike which increaaed in strength the more be saw of him, until he al-ost hated the sight of the manly fa^e. with it« c«*r eves and firm mouth. Am a neDsral thing we disUke the person who reminds us of our sins and slwrvoom- inas. We dislike the minister who tears away with releatlw hands tne rage of self- paUiation .nd telf-coocell which wo have ^pped about «. and hold up before onr eyes, so that we »T» foroetf •«. JT Swn nik^lne«i we dialike the author wbo 8p*aks unhesitatingly of the vt^ee and oon- t^tible meani.e.» current among m. tor ia sJme one of hs work. *• ar. -ure f ^^f a shoe that fit- us «• tho^jh t»ad Lde for us we dislike the f"««i jho ulU plainly that we are doing tho thi«^ w» oofht not to do, and leaving undone the things Which we ought to oo- More th«Q any «ne elw he had •\«f^f»* did BTyOl^^reremiad Arundel Aiitho- fcrlh»trea«mh. dialikW him. H.«««ld notbejr to meet the tne, feoaerteym wfaiok •nwnrf to look risht thnmgfa him, he ooirid nothewtheaoandof hk cW yotoe which more than once in his heuiag h«d fnmedio words thoughts and opinions iriiich showed now thOTonghly the yoong man despised ataty and deccat. Thenâ€" it was vwy â- nans-e tooâ€" but there was a vagne intanm- Die something about Boy whieh reminded Arnndd of the Iwrother he had wnaged so temWyâ€" Ruseel, whom he had left to die alone on the plains of Mexico; not in ap- peatanoe or manners was he like him, but sometimes the tones of his voice made Ainndel grow faint and riok for a moment, taey were so much like the tone of another Toice. The week went by. Of course Eoy called opon Louie, but she saw him oftener at Mrs. Van Alstyne's or at the house of sane mutual friend than she aid at her own home. Every meeting increased the trust and confidence she had in him, life seemed very bright and fair to her since that night he had promised to be her friend as long as he hved. She had thought to speak to him of Percy Evringham, to t«U hun how she felt about the matter, to ask his advice and be guided by what he should say but the tune had gone on and she had not spoken, a good opportunity to speak had never seemed to present itself. Percy had not been able to come on since he went home to Baltimore his grandfather â€" stately old Howard Evringham â€" was in very feeble health he might go off very suddenly, his physician said, and he oould not bear to have Percy leave him for even a few days. Though he loved his grandfather dearly, it was a heavy cross to Percy to re- main patiently in Baltimore, when he was longing to get back to Louie Anthon still, there was no help for it, and he tried to consele himself writing to her, and there was not mueh consolation in that either, as, before he left her, Louie had made him prom- ise that he would not mention love in his letters. "For I want to decide wholly uninflu- enced by any one, even you," she had said in her frank, truthful way. She received his letters, read them, and answered them, and spent a great de«l of her time thinking abeut him. and the an- swer she should give him when he came back to her. Ckmscientiously and religious- ly Louie was trying to decide whether she loved Percy well enough to be his wife, and she found it a very hard matter to decide so hard, that at last she gave it up, saying to herself "I wdl wait until I see him again, then my own heart will tell me whether I love him." Had it not been for these thoughts of Percy, which filled her mind and clouded, of so to speak,her mental vi8ion,Lonie would have long ere this di-cove-ed the true nature her feelings for Roy G enmore. But.although she was totally unconscions of it, she was trying very hard to make herself believe two things first, that her friendship for Percy Evringham was love seoond, that her love for Roy Glenmore was friendship. Sue had almost succeeded, too, when the made a discovery. One afternoon late in February she was sitting alone in her pretty room reading, or rather trying to get up some degree of in- terest in a novel which, though it was one of the latest pnblications, and had met with the general approval of the public, seemed to her very stupid and uninteresting. To be perfectly candid, it was really not so much the book's fault as it was Louie's that she found it so unentertaining. Another day, perhaps, she might have thonght it exceedingly bright and interesting but the afternoon was dull, and gloomy, and gray, and Louie, who loved blue skies and polden sunshine, was keenly alive to the very de- pres-ing and dispiriting influence in the' at- mosphere. "i wonder why anybody wants to write such books," she said to herself, and laying it down she took up a bonbonniere Roy Glenmore had brought her the evening pre- viou8,and fell to eating chocolate bonbons in a rather dreary manner. "I th.nk I will go and see Aline this afternoon," she 'bought ••I have not seen her for two days " and she was just about to rise from her chair and change her pretty honsedress of pale blue silk and cashmere for a street costume, when there was a knock at the door, and a servant came to the room with a letter which she said the postman had just brought. One glance at the envelope, with its poet- mark, Baltimore, and its ssperscription in a very familiar handwriting, told Ixiuio her letter was from Percy. It was a short let- ter, little more than a note a few lines evi- dently hurriedly written, telling her that iftie need not be surprised to see him some day that week, as his grandfather was very much better, and was quite willing be should leave him for a few days. Louie read it very slowly, then leaned bach in her chair, a perp exed worried look settlinsr upon her face. Pjrcy was coming â€" and when ne came he would expect, aud she must give him her answer she oould not put it off any longer, yet it seemed just as hard to decide iww whether it should be yee or no, aa it had dime that snowy De- cember day wn«» ho had aakedher to be his wife. ^, •If I was aa sure that I loved htm as I am that I like him, it would be all right," she said to herself, wearily. "Perhaps it is not in me to lovo any man, for it seems to me that it is pleaaaater to have a man for a friend than for a lover. Ah, I wish that Percy was willing to bo my friend, just such a friena as Roy Glenmore.' And then l,)jie paused rather abruptly, vaguely «»• sciono that Percy oould not be such a friend as Rov was. ^v _i.^ Sae quite forg t that she had thought of going to see Aline Brentwood. Sbe sat there thinkmg de»ply aad earnestly, while the room grew darker and gloomier as the day drew near its dose. U Louie thought â€" *nd she honestly did thinkâ€" that she was holding commuttion with her own heart, she was very mnch mistakM. She would not allow it to say one word for itself she stifled ita voioe with romembranoea of Percy, pity for Percy, thoughts of Percy. How kind and twiuer Percy had always been. Bver HDce tnat day wban she ha-i first seen hm m the woods of Sobaffuausan, he had always done everything he could do for her; and he loved h»r, she was quite sure of that â€"pour Percy and if she shouUl tell him when he came that she oould not be his wif«, how sorry he would be^ what a tarriUa diaaffni n'""'"" t weaid be to him, and not only to him, bat her tether and mother m wtSL fh^y voald alltkiak horheartleas aad omel Pcovy woold «o away â€" his hand- some liM^e sad and s o rrow fu l, his heart filled with b i t tern e ss it might be years befoio Kf e would seem fari^t to him again. And at this jonetore, I^oie sighed heayily and said to herself, slowly "I think I will tell him Tea'â€" poor Percy." She had just arrived at this eonolndoa triien there was another tsp at the door.and again the servant girl came into the room this time, not with a letter, but with the in- formation that Mr. Glenmore was in the parlor and would like to aee her. Boy's quick eyes noticed the look half sorrowfulabout her mouth, the unusual pallor of her face when she entered the parlor, aad thoe waa more tendemees in his voioe tiian he was himself aware of as he greeted her. "I have brought you that pieoe of music we were talking about last evening," he said, as he seated himself near her. She murmured her thanks as she took the roll of music, thinking how kind and thoughtful he was. Roy knew every expression of the face that was se dear to him the look upon it now told him as plainly as words could have done tkat something was troubling her, so he talked brightly and merrily about dif- ferent things until the little sorrowful look disappeared from about the sweet mouth, the soft brown eyes grew happy again. Then she went to the piano and tried the song he had brought her, playing the ac- companment while he sang it, and by the time the song was finished, she had almost forgotten the worrying thoughts abont Percy. "Sing me that little German song â€" the one I Uke so much," she said, suddenly, rising from the piano-stool and obedient to her request, Roy sat down, and playing his own accompaniment, sang the song she had asked for â€" a quaint, old air, sweet yet mel- ancholy, set to some pafsionate words of Heine's, while Lonie, standing beside him, leaning against the piano, listened dream- ily. Roy did not know one note from the other on the piano, but was passionately fond of music, and played so beautifully and cor- rectly by ear that people could scarcely be- lieve him when he told them he had never taken a music lesson, aud did not know a sharp from a flat his voice â€" a clear tenor â€" was exquisite hsd it been properly culti- vated he might have rivaled some of the noted male singers of the day. "What is that ' asked Louie, as he play- ed over a few bars of a very sweet melody. "The air is lovely, yet it is not a: all fa- miliar to me." Roy's face flushed a little as he answered her: "It is a little song I picked up in London; it is not published, 1 believe, on this side of the water, I have never heard it sung or spoken of here it is a simple little thing, Btill it is very sweet." He did not ttll her that since he had known her she was always in his thoughts when he sang that song, and for that reason it seemed so sweet to him and so sacred too that he never sang it â€" though it had always been a favorite with him â€" except when he was alone. "Sing it for me," pleaded Louie, "I lovo songs that everybody does not know. What is the name of it, Mr. Glenmore " He raised his eyes to hers. "Thy Face," he said simply, yet those two quietly spoken words set Louie's heart to beating fast and loud, for it eeemed to her as though he had said. Your face, Louie Anthon. He played over the soft, sweet prelude, then began, and l^uie standing still beside him leading against the piano, clasped lier small hands tightly, the oolor setting in two bright scarlet spots upon her cheeks as she listened "Thy face is always near me, Tho' thou art far away It is a beacon bright and fair To cheer me on my way. It is a star to guide me. Thro" this busy world of pain A beacon bright to rest with me, Until we meet «e«i" "Thy face, ah, me, 'tis always near, Tis never from ray sight It haunts me thro' each long, long day. And fills my dreams at night. And yet it is a source of joy. It is my heart's great wealth And only would I Jose it. For the vision's own dear self." It is not possible for more passionate ten- demees to be thrown into a song than Roy nnooiMciously threw into his his very heart spoke through the words, the great, deep love he bore this girl found a vo.ce in the song. He knew when he had tinished it that he tiad betrayed himself he knew that he told Louie he loved her just as plainly ae thotigh he had said in so many words, "I love yon, Louie Anthon." Ha f de*p.uingly,half hopefully, he torned his face toward her, and their eyes met. There waa no need for words, he had spoken his love through his song, and the love that waa in her heart â€" ^the love she had triea to make herself believe was only friendship â€" the love which would last as long as her life lasted â€" «p(^e through her eyes. She kxiew now that he loved herâ€" she knew now that she lored him. A dO' p, intense happiness swept over her, making her face radiaot, her eyes wondrous in their loveUneee and that which read Rc^ m thxe lovelit eyes filled with the happi- ness deep as her own â€" a happineas with which was mingled a gr^st, glad thankful- xtess. Bending his bead he pressed his lips to the little hmd which lay like a seow- flafce upon the polished rosewood of the piano. "Louie I" "Bay 1" Pruoafoly he « ould have taken her in his arme then and there, bad not the rustle of si keu draperies reached tliem both at that moment, and Lonie drew h rs. If away frcmhim just as tier mother came into the room. Roy took his departure soon after, and when be had gone Louie went up stairs to her room, andwithout lighting the gas, sat down to think over what had transpired. Though the knowledge that Roy loved h r brought wita it }oy and gladness such as sho had never known before, still her faoe frew very soxrowlul whan she thought of «srcy. "Poor, poor Perey," the atad tohyiself, aadhr, muftteU him 'no' now." iTo xm aoB3xnxD.i KeMurkaMe Stckness of the Kee- watte Miae. a VcteiwB aiBer ttmm Om Kar West Says ar (ke rMspects-Tke aecyer the • â€" ta «s the tirtmitr tfce Wealth. Mr. W. D. MacGregor, mining engineer, has sent in his report ou the Keewatin Go's mine, and there is nothing contained in the report, though encoaragug as it is, that was not anticipated by the company. After giving an elaborate dissertation on the geo- logioal formation of the Keewatin district, the report deals with the development, thus fsr prosecuted. It states ' ' The shafts â€"models of themselves â€" have been sunk following the dip of the vein at an angla of 75* and give a good showing of quarts. The surface gives us a hard white, some- what silicious quarts, in vein of about five inches in width, with perfectly defined walks, to which it clings tenacioitsly, bet- ing depooits of iron pyrites, with arsenical iron famtly present, a trace of melibdium, almost 1 oz. of gold to the ton, (specimen assayed about 2 oz. of quartz] and a trace of silver. "As we descend the shaft, the amount of mineral contained in the foot and hanping wall will attract the attention of the inex- perienced visitor, and the expert will be looking for traces of the 'casing.' About twenty-five foet down these are plainly to be seen, and the olassification of thb vein is such that there is no room to doubt that it is a true fissure one. "At the bottom of the shaft, I find the vein has widenea to 18 inches, measuring from a perfectly formed hanging wall to the best defined foot wall I have ever ex- amined. The quarts has changed slightly in general appearance, being now of a bluer tinge, having dark "shades" running through it, with the iron pyrites massed together neer the casings. "These changes indicate a richer gold deposit, and the assay furnace is confirmatory of this, as I have had two specimens â€" one of casing and one cf quarts â€" assayed, with the following results "Casmg, gold, 3 02. 7 or, say, $67 per 2,000 pounds. "Quartz, gold 4 oz. 2; or, say, $82.50 per 2.000 pounds. " A trace of copper, row prefent, makes it more certain that a large and rich feeder will soon be found to enter the vein and in all probability it will be reciprocal with, if not united with, the cecond vein mentioned in the first part of this report. I "The vein will, without doubt, be found much wider and richer as a greater depth shall be attained, and the quartz much more decomposed. Probably the iron pyrites will be 'oxidized' or rusted out by the ac- tion of the water, and this ore, though still refractory, will be much easier work^, and here I must say that the company wiU de- serve [great credit if they erect the first complete mill as they now intend, and I can assure them that the custom work for their fumacej and retort will moi-e than pay them as all the Lake of the Wood ore is partially refractory. "With your many advantages of easy transportation, comparatively cheap labor and fuel, water at hand, rich ore aiid plenty of it, wealthy directors of well known integri- ty, and an able shrewed manager, it is bo h easy and safe to predict that your stock at par is a paying investment, and that in the near future it will be difiicult to obtain it at any price." By the above report Mr. MacGregor, one of the oldest, most experienced and well know miners of the far west, has plac. d the Keewatin mine on the same plane ai all the great finds of the United States. his re- port has been written within the latt three weeks, and nothing in it was no: ant cipated by tne company. When it is considered that Professors Chapman, Pike, Wal.'s and Hcunilton had all i eported their assays as from $105 to $110 gold per ton, 2000 pounds, it can be easily realized that the outside stratas of quartz oould pan out $67 per ton, and if specimen cabinet pieces were picked from the dump $1006 per ton would not cov- er the assay. Mr. MacGregor goes on to say that twenty-five fe t from the surface ".the classification of the vein is such that there is no room to doubt i hat it is a true fissure one, and as the formation of a true fissure vein is clear the width of the mineral depclsit increaees as depth is attained, it neoessarily follows that the value of tho mine is ^o increased. The deoomposition of quartz spoken of in the professor's report has become more and more apparent the further de^ elopements progress, and this in itself is a sort of satisfaction to the superin* tendent, who finds the cost of mining much reduced apd a great aid to the treasurer's account. The American papers are b gin- ni g to see tae advantsgei attending the de- yelopement of the Keewatin district, and ire clip the following from New York Turf, I\eld artd Farm oi Feb. 16: "Not only has coal m abundance been discovered along the Saskatchewan, b:^t the undoubted richness of the gold fields on and around Lake of the WmkIs is building up a mimng town at Rat Portage, 139 mUes from here, which bids fair to equal Leadville. From my olx servations, and the testimony of mining ex- perts both from the States and Canada, the quarts mining in ttiat section should attract Bjttention and capital from tiie financial cen- tres of the new and old world. I can only brirfly refer to this point in speaking of the richness of Manitoba; so will mention a few of the companies now in active operation and producing gold-bearing ore assaying from $60 to $500 per ton. The " Keewatin," of Hay island, imder the management of M. W. Meagher, whom you will remember as a New York oounsellor and journalist. The " Winnipeg Consolidated" under charge of John B. Brown, well known in New York mining circles a* an txpert and practical miner. "The lAke of the Woods" and ' H»y Lland." inoorporated by Winnipeg and New York capitalists, and the "Ar- uyle." These companies are working with best results. The diie\.torB, I learu, are men of prominence in finance and bosi le^s, and no wild-cat schem s have developed thu far. Here t e stck in the above mines is ob- taining a strong foothold, and numerous other companies will doubtless be incorporated io the spring." When papers like the above do not hesi tat« to endorse he Lake of the Woods or Keewatin dis net af er sending their own mun to the spot, surely investos oatnot bat help feeling s.cure in their purchases. I i 'I: HP*- m i. ,•; •, 4P :\ 'â- 1 â-  ,1 ' ' i i )â- .' H It 'fi f m' ii^^