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 Port and even Than 'â- 'J to Liverpool mi.; 'Is and passen^^fi i-om Baltimore riiHJ iverpool fortniglui.J from Halifax, Port^ uunnjj sununerbetwM y, t.Iassow and Bos^ hiladelphia, fortnirttt ler information appli 1 "re;S.Ciinari irJ Co., Chicago: Lovtl ;r, Toronto Allans r e, Philadelphia; H treat BRANCH. ceived at Current i led half-yearly. :res. for a fixed term of jre«i led, with half-yearly ecutors and Trustees aq 1 the Debentures of L A!sots of the Compuil received, depositors a safety. estate" at current r»t 5 to re-pa\inent. Moil res purchased. i\. Managing Director =9?« U' ".-l lAiJ. â- !:i. fm .-:X- '^.-*-*- â-  VENGEANCE AMONG THE SMUGGLERS. Tbe Most Fascixatixg Ocean Romance Since the Days of COOPEB AND MaBYATT. •Vt and ncii the said old Martin. " The captain is the cap- tain, and when he says go below, why, it's only right to do it." " I will go," said Gerald. Still with the hatchet, to which he clung with a tenacity that sufficiently showed he ipcii uic breast as he knelt ' "1 .tilt hiin. stunned and reeling, k-^='"L" the deck. »â- *•"'•â- â€¢ veiled Dolan. " Why do I '"IjioT a moment that the boy lay Y* '"' ii:iutiiig beneath the savage r 'lilil hceu made tipon him. Pale t':^*' 'ijij (Ir.ik hair dashed by the r!^'.,i.ri.ss bis brow, while his eyes, â- """'â-  {,f affection and con- [.fjSlVC L:tB' ,;5. llasheil a new light, he 1 ctiuf rented Ltolan and ' iiii feet aiu ed backward down the companion way to the cabin, j Then Ben Bowline spoke to Dolan in his ' growling, bear-like fashion j " Captain Dolan, you had better let the I boy alone one volunteer, you know, is worth a dozen pressed men and I don't know that a pressed boy is worth anything at all, seeing that a volunteer of that sort always I wants two able-bodied seaman to go after I him and see what he is about. Ain't that it Martin " "Ay. ay!" (.1 .,,^^^. ,,i t!ie boy was altered r'^Ji it ^^^^i"*^' '^^ though in tha. •i thi'l iiai^sed, he had stepped 'T. iiimndary lii-e that separates h.'iii ^Iilâ- a!lk back a step and â- .'rhawl i'lto his vest, as though ' I i;iiie concealed weapon, the \^),i^.li might at that moment 5;in [•MX'i vnU-e Icrald and the clear, of the boy rang through •Ih.laii. henceforward, between • tiii'ic i-i neither affection, peac e Till' tic i nature, if such there .„.;c vol! have, before Heaven, I .icfy you l-Mefvvou â-  â-  I lut one uri- ycu. 1 iiavc 's liut one father. I^h i in heaven." " utiicd w ith father now It is ♦ Our " These last such a gentle retain- im-itheeyes of the boy, t"xir ttiiiierncss and affection, danced vh iiietVahle love and confidence ti.u\. tliat the pirate crew-shrank :ini.-:: il"^*» their looks, and the \l.rtiii muttered to liimself â- ililmit lianii a hair of his head for uiiil pounds ,,k ill tlu- wintry skyâ€" a nft among ^;::i;;ckiids. right overhead, at this Ittthe softest ray from the Win- [;.-. ;reaiii down upon the world_ be- ij.hiiat ray encircled in its bright, tifting eiu.lirace the boy who so gal- •icd m;in to put tnist in (iod I'lWi'itiii.' pirate cutter glanced at â- .r, ami one sail, half audiVdy riflL'ht down this it of sunlight by y Fiither which is in Heaven. '" iLirn recovered from his choking 1 which the bold dcriance of theboy â- \:i liiiii, iiuil he niade a rush towarcls .obflted |;:.:irri'auead I An end at once I" i:i;i K'lio iloulit that the objectof iiiu o;iptaiii was to lo the lad some â- Jury and probably cast him into L i It with the (juickness of thought, Ipasseil liimand sprang upon the cor- liit boLm himself had mounted in :ii:ikf- his oliservations of sea and air, |t: iLiisiiig tlie light hatchet in his I rr.M ixiol :.;"ii. then. Dolan 1 Life for life â€" r 'iciith '" :â- Â»!" iMgo that 1 mrst from the lips of IftrEU'il Scarcely human, as he seized iiiiilspiko and raising it above his l«it!i hands 'was abjut tc make a Cibtl'oy with it. pirate iiew, a? if by one impulse i"r :hf wliole of them a movement, as tMtid liy one view on the instant, Ffflistrhcs hotween Dolan and the boy, :Riw!iiic in liis deepest tones called Ni' ' \Vc arc I'ad ones. We are frij-we may he something worse â€" aet'Ufie is a ]il;uik of tlie Rift between iTait-r. and while I set my foot on .youilon't harm theboy. Captain oerory and^anfither struggle on the ' IWau Was in vain.' Ben Bowline Uhe iron bar from him. halfdislo- liswrist in the process, and flung it say -y« don't liann him. What S«. is it to he as I say or not '" ^y â-  oried every voice. â- 'U'hecr. t'len." â- ~a hurrah ' hurrah "' CHAl'TER HI. 'FatSP r.KTKAVED To De.\th. l-"ee cheers rang over the surface of T*i startled the French fisherman s«r. the inaive of the little French *tk-.l in all its ricketiness on ,,;^TF.B II. -(Continued.) i ' hed his hands till the pressure -â- l-wa« painful and forced an *^ 'â- '"' from his lips. His eyes ' • e't and become bloodshot and â- '•Thfl«v spoke. Then, without a i^^^ed upon it as a needful defense, Gerald, j »â- â-  or angry preparation he gapped across the deck and slowly descend- • heavy heel â-  r^ •' " Well, then. Captain Dolan, you'd much better let the boy alone and put him on shore next voyage, d'ye see for he wUl ne- ver be of any use on board the Rift. " •' Never," said Martin. "Well, well," growled Dolan. "Don't bother about it only it's hard lines that a man mightn't do as he likes with his own flesh and blood. Keep her ofif a bit." " Ay, ay, sir." " You know, my men, that this is to be our last voyage, hereaway if so be as we are successful in what we agreed to do. " The crew murmured an assent. ' ' You see the Coquette there Well, you know that she trades with us, bringing us French goods and money both, for which You maj- kill me we give her English goods and money. Now 1 will not aid you in this time, she brings an extra cargo and w ill denounce you and I with a good round sum for English goods n and where I can ' Dolan, never j she expects of us. Well, asthis part of the v'thu worl father p.-tes my lips in coast is getting too hot to hold us and as I ""' ' ' "' kuow, for certain, the admiral of the sta- tion. Sir Thomas Clifford, has brought lown here a schooner, well armed and manned, on purpose to lay out for us and to follow us into shallow water, why, I pro- pose that we be ofif to another coast, up by the north sea, where, from Dutch ports, a good trade can be done." The crew assented with various expres- sions of satisfaction^ while the steersman bafiied the French lugger, the Coquette, Which evidently wished to come to close â- quarters with the Rift." " Now," added Dolan, "what I propose â- is, to take the Coquette, and all in her." " That'll do," said Ben Bowline. " Clear her out " "Ay, ay!" '•And then scuttle her." There was a pause of irresolution anKmg the crew of the Rift and Dolan hastily add- ed " They or us They or us I If one is left to tell the tale, it will be told and a ehessemaree will go across to, Falmouth with a flag of truce and the admiral of the sta- tion will know all about us. " " Its an ugly trick," said Ben Bowline. " But they are only Frenchmen," re- marked one of the crew. " There's something in that," said Martin. " Are you all agreed f" cried Dolan. "Ay, ay, sir!" " Then you see it is just as weU that Ger- ald should not be on deck," added Dolaa, while the strange, malignant look flashed from his eyes. By this time the French lugger apparent- ly had begun to suspect that the Rift, for some reason or another, was dodging her ajid she shortened sail and lay to, making only a little headway with the tide and sur- face wind. A brief order, then, that altered the trim of the Rift to a limited extent and her coarse a point or two, brought her down rapidly toward the Coquette and when with- in hailing distance Captain Dolan sprang on oile of the guns and shouted â-  " Coquette, ahoy What cheer " A light, active, little old man leaped with the agility of an ape on to the bowsprit of the Coquette and screamed .out â- " Captaine Doolan, vat for you â€" vat you call â€" make one game at our Coquette Captaine Doolan, si» I'honneur â€" le sang du Francais, bah I was mooch mad 1" "Wind and ciu-rents," shouted Dolan, "Alls right. Any news'" "Ma foi, non What you shall call com- mon â€" much usual. Plus de gloire pour la Grande Nation " " Oh, of course. Smashed the English â- fleet." ' ' Oui, certainement. " â-  " What does the animal say " Growled Ben Bowline. " That the French have beaten the Eng- lish fleet." " Does he Does he The lying oldâ€" i well, it don't matter. He's a goingâ€"" i Ben pointed into the sea and the crew of " the Rift grinned at each other as the lugger j now slowly drifted alongside the Rift, which i P"lan staggered back to the had lain to within a couple,of hundred yards i uie .oin|)iinion-way, on which he of the Frenchman. -: 4 groan of ra^e and despair. These two vessels, long engaged m smug- -^litsh and blood to turn against gling transactions, were adapted m every 'taiea-. •• niv own son and my own way for the rapid interchange of cargoes. â- Â«,to take his part against me; oh, Slowly they were allowed to drift broadside 'JSMlMhat will the world come to each other and then, by apparatus which to your father, Gerald '" i was produced on both vessels, they were â- " locked together, so that they heaved and I rolled in the "tide as one. The little French captain leaped on the deck of the Rift and lifted his cap with great grace to Captain Dolan and then to the m»te,- Ben Bowline, and then to the crew, and each time that he did so he mve an amiaWe grin, similar to that which la adopted by very polite people at public din- ^. ang out one of the men ners when they take wine with fome one. ^iily on the lookout. " Well, Captain Mocquet," said Dolan, " will yoH step below?" "Oui, Capitaine Dwdan, om, I sail step below but I sail, tf 3W« Mit ^ease, capi- taine, bring good*." -^ w.„ „„.. u^oi«.u,«x. " All right r ^! *« to do." at^ded captain Do- " The French capteitt, tlien, with great vo- if ' lubm^, gave Bome OTdera to «»« "je â„¢f» p pit on a lix)k of proud disgust. y} 'lut to hm-t vou. " j;.: «i'ik his liead and kept a firm ' {â- ^•anAiKX. for he saw a hyena-like '•;JOs out of the eves of Dolan. .;^«i you won't." shouted the pir- "^^ iis he spranr; to his feet. ' 'Now -ten. I will tell you what I have ^\y«. This boy- "•ibead rsanETont. .^"Iiat is she ::*• That-sit. ;^t Coiuette," cried captam Dolan, f'-^ked at the crew and hesitated. The Coquette. \^lWt want witnesses. But crew of the Co- Cil*\'^,^e awitness that inay hang that made np *he ^â- *ol« ,^ ^.^'^^lie likes, why, have himana qaette, aiid 4«y «MMaenoed tranrf erring to ^S stay ' •" " " "" a.^ jjv i«f th« IKffc TBTioiifl barrdfl and r^^bett, « go below, Mr. Gerald," ^e deik rf the I«fe various packages, not one of which w.« of saffiaent size or weight to exceed the power of » sii^e DMu to Uflraad ditti wtth, Hie object of this was that, Aoidd it In- come necessary so to d(k ibampag^tiigadd* might be easily flni^ into the sea, withoat much fuss or obeervatioii. The French captain then doMsaded- with Dolan to the cabinet the Rif t," i^sfrn ^e first person his eyes fell upon was Goald, who was close to one of the small porte, with the hatchet still grasped in his right hand, i " My son," said Dolan, gruffly. The Frendi captain liftM his cap and gave ' his usual amiable grin. Gerald bowed with I a sad look iqpon his face. " Le petit monsieur is not â€" ^what you say? â€" good â€" well â€" eh " " Not very well," said Dolan. A whispered conference then took place between Dolan and the French captain, which seemed to have reference to a sum of ten thousand francs, and to some cases of English cutlery, and marine chronMneters, and pautical instruments, but the particulars of which Gerald did not catch. Then they went upon deck, the French j captain not forgetting, as he left the cabin, j to bestow upon Gerald tho inevitable grin again, and tiie lift of the cap. "Francois " cried Captain Mocquet, "ap- portez." One of the crew of the Coquette appeared then on the deck of the Rift with a square box, around which some canvas was careful- ly sewn. Then Dolan took the Frenchman by the cuff of the coat, and on the pretense that he had something to say to him, he led him close to the skylight that looked down upon the swinging table in the cabin. The skylight was half off and left a considerable space by the side of it. " My dear Mocquet " said Dolan. The Frenchman looked curiously in Do- lan's face, with his head on one side. "My dear Monsieur Mocquet you must know^-" " Eh " " That there you go for you are not wanted here." As he spoke, Dolan clutched the French captain by the collar and his waist, and with one effort plunged him down the por* tion of the skylight of the cabin which was open. He fell with a crash on the table be- neath. " Batten down " shouted Dolan, then, in a voice that rang through both vessels. " Down with them Quick â€" quick That will do Ha, ha " The five Frenchmen were seized by as many of the Englishmen, and dashed head- long down the forecastle-hatch of the lugger on which they immediately placed its utul- weather covering, which they fastened in a moment. The Coquette was taken and rode side by side with the Rift, at the mercy of DoImi and his crew. " A strange sail to the nor'west " sang out Martin, who was sweeping the sea with a glass, at the direction of Dolan, to find if any vessel was sufficiently near to observe his proceedings in regard to the Coquette. "What is she?" " Don't know, sir. She looks foreign." " Not likely that but be quick Follow me, my men. You six, I mean who are car- penters,. Follow me with your tools. " Ay, ay, sir " cried six of the crew of the Rift, who had been privately spoken to by captain Dolan, and whose duty now was to scuttle the Coquette, while he repared to Captain Mocquet's cabin, in order to see if any small valuables could be- found there which it would be a pity to let go down with the lugger. So completely taken by surprise were the crew of the Coquette, that scarcely one of them uttered an exclamation, when they were seized and flung down the forecastle hatch of their own vessel. Now when Dolan and his six men went on board the Coquette, all they heard was sub- dued knocking on the other side of the hatchway covering. " Let them knock," he said. "It will be short work with them. Ben Bowline, hoy!" "Ay, sir." "Keep a good watch there." Captain Dolan pointed to the cabin hatch of the Rift and Ben nodded for he had seen the French captain cast through the opening iu the skylight. While, then, the six men from the Rift went into the hold of the lugger to scuttle her. Captain Dolan dived into Captain Moc- quet's cabin. At first he could see nothing that was at all likely to excite his cupidity, although he glared about him with the most eager eyes. Then he forced open the drawer of a locker and was gratified to find a watch and some fine articles of jewelry. Another drawer had in it a pair of silver-mounted pistols of great beauty of workmanship, although, from their being of Turkish make, they were but toys in comparison to English firearms. " I may as well have them," said Dolan, as he thrust them into his breast. He tried still another drawer of the lock- er and found that it was a deep one, that held sequins and other matters, apparently medicines. " That will do," he said. " Good-bye to the Coquette soon, and a good riddance, too for I do believe that Captain Mocquet by, dint of prying about and questioning some of my men, had half found out our great se- cret of the entrance to the cavern by the foreland thereaway, and in that case I would take his life or the life of any man who is dangerous. " "A sail westward " shouted a voice on board the Rift. " Another " growled Captain Dolan, as he still lingered in the cabin of,the Coquette, i loth to loose any article of value that he j could carry away with him. " I wonder i if these candlesticks are silver " J "Hand over hand, sir, this way. A I schooner, with the king's ensign at the fore," cried a voice from uie Rift, speaking I apparently, in answer to some questions I that had been put by Ben Bowline, prob- ably. " Hillo " cried Dolan, from the door of the Coquette's cabin, "are you ready? Have you done it " A strange rushing sound came upon his ears, and he could tdmost fancy that the lug- ger shook beneath him as the sea msfa^ into her. " All's done, captain," said one of tiie men. "When will she go f " Not for ten minutes good yet, sir." "That will do." "The Frenchmen are praying, sir, to be ' let loose." " Let them pray." " Oaaii akire Cxfkiah.' Didaa tttrned to ihe fjaian of .tb^ poquette and oonned his'iegres â- lowly around it, to be certain that he had !i M Qi q Md. !n nt hfn g, when; he almost u tter e d a shout 0^ suprise and .fright to see a portion oftlie ]^aii(imig of the wall suddenly slide aside, a»dthe most chaimingof faces appear at the opening â€" ^while, in the silvery acc^ts of childhood, a young girl of not more than twelve years of age, said " Bon jour, mon cher pere. Ou sommes- nou?" Captain Dolan stood i^hast, while with a look of unmitigated surprise, into which fear was each instant erowing, the young French girl fixed her oeautinil eyes upon his face. The Coquette rocked a little from side to side and the water gui^gled and rush- ed into her hold. " She's going by the board, sir " cried one of the crew of the Rift. " Tumble up, sir She's grang " CHAPTER IV. The Stabs and Strifes abe Unfcbled. So thoroughly surprised was Captain Do- lan to find that there was any one on board the Coquette but the French captain and her crew that although warned of the sinking state of the lugger, he was for a few minutes transfixed and incapable of action. But the utter selfishness of the nature of Dolan was not likely to keep him for many moments inactive, when personal peril to himself was at hand. He recovered fi-om his faculties with a shout of fear, and flew towards the companion-way, only pausing for one half instant to cry out "Who are yori Who are you " The girl made some reply which he did not understand and as he fled to the deck, he just saw her glide out of the little berth in which she had been sleeping. " Let her go Let her go with the rest!" he said, hoarsely, "I did not place her there. He should not have brought her. It is his domg, not mine. Let her go let her go " There was a faint stream from the cabin, and then the Coquette visibly settled in the water. Captain Dolan made but one leap on to the deck of the Rift, and then he shouted " Let go Let go she is going down I Let her go ' Keep all clear fore and aft, there." The fastenings that held the two vessels together were hastily removed, and the Co- quette slowly surged away down from the Rift. Then it was that Ben Bowline stepped up to Captain Dolan and said, in a low voice ' ' Sir, I don't like the look of things. " "What things?" " The craft there-away." "Ah!" So absorbed had been Dolan in his interest in the fate of the Coquette, that he had for- fotten the two announcements that had een made of sails at hand but now he turned his gaze in the direction indicated by Ben Bowline and at about three miles in the offiing he saw a small vessel, ya«ht- built and rigged, and evidently bearing down upon him while, at about the same distance from that agaiu, but iu a slant line, which brought it within five miles of the Rift, was a schooner with St. George's en- sign flying. " I know her," cried Captain' Dolan. "Which, sir?" " The schooner. It's the Spray. She is sent after us by Sir Thomas Clifford. I told you of her." " And the other?" "Oh a mere yacht. " " She has no colors, sir." " Of course not." "Ah, yes! Look, sir loek I began to to think tha^-" "Whatâ€" what?" Slowly and gracefully as the yacht-like vessel altered her point of sailing a little, a flag unfurled itself, and shaking its folds out to the breeze, presented the stars and stripes of the Great Republic. " American " cried Dolan. " No doubt of that, sir and a clipper. Look how she cuts her way, with scarce a ripple in her wake 1" "What's that?" Boom came the report of a gun from the schooner. And, as if the elements had only awaited that as a signal, a dense fog came whirling from the French coast, and in a few minutes began to encircle the Rift in its misty embraces in such a manner that it was quite clear, if it did not soon dissipate, her captain, would not be able to see from stem to stern. Boon came another report, and Captain Dolan cried out "How is it? That's a big gun for a schooner " "Special service, sir," said Martin. "Lord bless you. Captain I was once aboard of one that was rigged out for special service, and they took a couple of twenty -fours with them, and blazed away like a good one." " What special service " "After a. pirate." " In-deed. Ha Well, my men, the ex- ample has been followed for I happen to know that th@ schooner Spray is on special service, and that special service is to- himt down the Rift." A suppressed execration burst from the smuggler crew, and then Dolan cried out "S she gone â€" the Coquette " " There she goes, sir 1" Through the thickening mist, just faintly visible, as though it had been miles away, could be seen the low-l3ring hull and light spars of the French lugger â€" spectral-Uke she gloomed through the fog and what of her could be seen appeared to sway about as though she were in the gra^ of a tempest while, in reality, the little soft breeze that had been stirring was almost entirely quenched by the mist. A shriek-â€" one shriek â€" uttered in tones that Captain Dolan felt that he recognized, came upon the light wind and he felt Uus heart grow cold as he listened to it. " The girl in the cabin," he said. " The girl in thOcabin, no â€" ^no It was not sale to rescue her â€" not safe. I could not. Will she cry again ?!' A rushing noise now took place, and no longer was to be seen the shadowy form of the French la^^r. Captain Dolsm drew a long breath, xhe girl had not uttered an- other cry, and he was saved the t«ror of its remembrance. Botthe miswas enoi^:I SB^-eremhe â€" ^thatman stewed ininiqiuty and sin ihat man, whose hands were the red ones of a imirderer, could not forget the gentle look in those oUJ^^I^l^ ^7^* '^^ ^^ softNGadeabiM iif a«s«iM^oii9«r« she spoke the few Wtads, the mcnning of which was unknown to him. Hepasswl his, hand over hiibrDW\a^a(ec4d^^rq^na^n)Kttled upon his {a^,)and^hJb^6ok in every limb. " Gone gone I know she is gone. Why did she move the paael Why did she lookatrae? Why aid Ae spak to me? Gone gope " "The bigger, sir, I mean." "Eh?" Dolan started as if from a dream; and then, in a voice of rage, he said " I kuow she has gone Don't speak to me â€" and be hanged to you all I know, she is gone Keep her off tiiete we drift in â€" ^I am sure of it the fog thickens " "Ay, ay sir it does " said Martin. " And it won't clear away till midday, I should say." "Cutter ahoy " shouted a voice evident- ly through a speaking-trumpet, at this mo- ment, although through the dense masses of white mist there could not now be seen any- thing of the American yacht or the king's schooner. -( (to bk continued.) Ventriloquism. • Men will -iiever cease to wonder over ven- triloquism, though the accomplishment has often been explained, and is mastered with- out great difficulty. In former times the people stood in awe of the ventriloquists. Comte, a famous French prestidigitateur, was exceedingly fond of mystifying country people, and once caused a pig, which a pea- sant woman was trying to sell, to talk. The pig was accused of sorcery, and led by the ears before the judge, terrifying the man who led him by calling him an " idiot" all the way. At Tours Comte caused the people tx) break in the front of a closed shop, from which cries for help seemed to proceed. At Nevers he made a donkey accuse the peasant who rode him of cruelty, and the peasant, believing the donkey bewitched, leaped off the animal's back and took to flight. At Fribourg Comte was accused of witchcraft, and taken to a furnace by an excited crowd to be burned alive. But he caused a dread- ful voice to issue from the doors of the furn- ace itself, and the frightened people fan away. Although people nowadays are m no fear of Avitchcraft, some clever ventriloquism is practised. An Englishman counterfeits so skilfully the noise made by doors creaking and windows rattling in a draught, that people draw up their collars and button their coats to save themselves from taking cold. Most of our ventriloquism, however, is done with puppets aad manikins, which: one man apiMirently causes to speak in dif- ferent voices. La Nature, a French scientific journal,- explains the art of ventriloquism in~a recent article. It is based on a well-known acous- tic phenomenon, the difficulty which the ear experiences in locating the precise point from which a sound comes. We have only to lead the mind to suppose that a sound comes from a certain point to make it seem to the ear to do so. The chief difficulty in the art is the keep- ing of a perfectly sti-aight face, and speak- ing without moving the muscles. The de- ception is assisted by the ventriloquist's moving his lips and.face in a very apparent manner when he asks his questions in his own proper voice, and then restoring his face to a perfectly motionless state, or one in which the lips seem to move only in a slight smile. Ventriloquists fill their lungs very full of air, and expel it slowly aud ^adually in speaking. Facility in imitatmg various sounds is obtained by practice. Saint Gil- les, a Parisian grocer, who became celebrat- ed as a ventriloquist a century ago, and whose fame has come down to the present time, mastered bin art in ei^ht days of steady practice. Steering Straight For Home." BTSORA LAUOHSR. [A thoughtless young gentleman wheQ crossing the Atlantic had his attention call- j ed to the bright, happy look of one of the common sailors â€" a man of some sixty years â€" who, upon being questioned as to why he always appeared so cheerful, replied prompt- ly, as he reverently bared his head and looked up to the clear, blue sky "I don't know, sir, unless it is because " I'm steering straight for home." what an eloquent sermon do not these few words convey ?] lo storm or gliine I'm happy, sir. As o'er the waves I roam, I'll tell you wh.v if you like, sir, I'm steering- straight for Home. I do not mean my home on land, I lost that when Bess died, She and the young 'ua too, sir. They both lie SKle by side. ' She W08 my wife, the bonniest lass You'd see upon the main. That's why I always tr' to steer Straight Home to B^ again. Oh I shall ne'er forget the night When I breasted thro' the foam To find my girl's life ebbing fast. For she was nearing M^me. I was a careless chap, sir, then, Just thirty years ago But my life changed with her last words. Uttered so soft and low. She said, as she clasped our IltUe 'on " And her head lay on m.v breast " I'm drifting from you, jack, my dear. And oh I cannot rest Until you give me yoiur promise That you will ti; and come Where I shall wait you, ner tiie Sen, â-  Say, Jack, you'll steer for Bonit 7" The bitter tears rolled down my cheek, I knelt beside the bed, And since that day, sir, I have kept My oath, made to the dead. "Es easier every day, sir, I look across the foam And hear my Bessie calling me to tU«r r.ght ttnught fyT Bomu. Since the earthquake we are beginning to suspect tiiat the South is not as solid as repre- sented. " She did. wrong to look back didnt she, /Bessie?" "Yes, mamma." "And what do ' you tiiink Lot th«a|^t when he saw his poor wife turned into a pillar of salt." ' " I ^n't know, mamiha I ^spect he wondered wiiwe he could get a frsdi OBe." !( II 1% I .ii' " 1 il i -I il St :l 1! 1 :ni -i i V I lii i^q: m ^jL^^utt^m