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 r«r ^iJA'A W MULAH^^^- ' jm^ 4"W ' ,. â-  ii.W'Jt, ' ' T-W-!Pr^ RIFT ANi^tSfmA^, LOVS ANDLVEHOEAHOE AMONG TmWIMOLBBa Thx Most F^flciKAniro Ocxak Bomahcb Sutcb thb Dais ov COOFKB AXD liABTATT. CHAPTER XV. â€" (CoKTinv Jti). » You are a good sort of dear, you are," «ud Joseph, in a contemplatiTe tone, as ^oueh reflecting aloud. .. You will take care that Mra. Wagner ion't know that I ever go, Joseph becanae, ^-on and Tom did not help me I could not lio'ao. y*" know." " All's right, Miss Graceâ€" all's right. I onlv hop«8 that if I am ever laid up in or- disaiy, like poor old Jabes Hutchins, miss, jome good angel, as like you as possible, will look after me a bit." " I will, Joseph." " Lord bless you, miss you will be J grown up lady by then, and be getting married." ' " Oh, no â€" no I mean to stay with (.eraUl all my life, Joseph." "Well, miss, that's as it may be but Tou was a-goiug to tell me something." ' " Yes. I did not see Hutchins, but at the door of his hut a gentleman met me, and took the basket from me, and while I was Talking to him I saw a green rocket and made sure the Rift was close in, so I ran off a: once and made Tom row back," ' Well, miss, it was all right enough about the rocket, and the Rifs is coming in, bat she is beating on and off a little, for some reason or another. That's all you see, my dear Miss Grace. Captain Dolan has a reason for all that, you may depend; but the Rift will soon be in, I take it, and then TOU will see Gerald again, poor lad." â-  " Yes, yes," sighed Grace. " I will hope that. You do not think, Joseph, that there has really been a battle " " I don't know but I will own that it looks like it." " Butâ€" butâ€" " "What is it, miss?" " Nobody would think of hurting Ger- ald '" Joseph shook his head. " Bullets and shot, my dear, don't much mind who is in their way but there may e a good many shots fired at such a little cud (Ting vessel as our cutter and not one hit her." " Yes Oh, yes And so she has es- Lxped " "I hope so." "Oh, dear! Oh, dear " " Now, what makes you sigh in that sort if way, miss?" •' I was thinking â€" " "About what?" "That gentleman I saw at the door of Hutohins' cottage. And it was so strange, ;(Ki, Joseph, that after Tom had rowed the [luiit quite round the rocks, I thought I lie;ird some one call out my name." "What name, miss?" " (Jrace Grace " " \^'ell, that's odd but you see it iiuldn't be, so there ain't no sort of good in worrying about it. There we are â€" there wtare." Another rocket at this moment came high into the air and, as the others had done, tent down its shower of green fire. " Now, miss, the Rift will soon be in and Laxitain Dolan will expect to find the cliflF ojien. " "Y*es â€" yes," sighed (Jrace. "Oh, that ^iiitleman, it seems as if I could lie upon \]U breast and go to rest so sweetly and so -Liftly. But I shall see Gerald now^my iwn dear brother, Gerald Oh, Joseph, he ,i;i.'-t not be made go again on board the Rift." •â-  Hush, hush II will speak to you about |:liat another time. Miss Grace." ' C)h, you will, will you " muttered a |:ii:iale \oice from some dozen paces distant, a rugt;e 1 staircase in the body of the lift. "Dolan shall hear of this " The voice was the property of Mrs. Wag- ii.:-. a woman of half Dutch and half Ger- Im.ii descent, and who had been the house- keeper) if the expression may be used in [regard to the cavernous house of the smug- J.kn) to Dolan for the past five years, and I'vho was deeply in his confidence. Mrs. Wagner now stepped forward, say- r.g as she advanced '• Come, (ii-ace, it is high time for you to |:ttire " • Noâ€" no " ' Xo But I say yes " ' Xo, Mrs. Wagner I ventured to stay [â- -p to. see my brother Gerald come back." ' Your brother Gerald " sneered Mrs. n.igner. " A pretty brother, indeed, who jiiil to be carried on board his own father's jiip '" â- â- (herald does not want to be a smuggler!" " 'h. dear, no That is too good for I V 'eutlenian but perhaps he will have to '^^" • ' â-  ' ' â- , X '.Ail' when the Spray's boat ihe Spray's boat was swamped bribe ;â-¼â€¢ I Kst my eyesigbt, 'OtY^ be Ut. Qnm, wftka Plainly now visible from the clxb was the Rift, aboat half a mile from the shoie, and apparently heaving to, whil« in the offing,' imd, so to apeak, shnttingthe Kft up in the ^3aly, was tiie Spray. jiuswaB the position which these two vessds held at the commencement of our narrative, and which it has been our duty to follow themTto, through the many adven- tures and hair breadth escapee of the smug- gler and pirate. We shall now see how it was that the Rift so mysteriously disappeared before the eyes of the astoniidied officers and crew of the Spray. CHAPTER XVL THS CATSRX IS TH£ CUFF â€" THF SIFT DISAP- PEABS IN SMOKE. To all appearance, the Rift was slowly drifting either straight to the beach or right on to the cliffs that rose so abruptly from it. Abutting out into the bay some couple of hundred yards was a huge mass of cliff of about a quarter of a mile in total width, although irregular in its surface and present- ing every possible variety of indentation and jagged outline that a chalk mass is suscepti- ble of. So far did the greater portion of this cliff extend into the bay that the low- est tide still left a good depth of water laving its base and when the sea ran high, the wavcs roared and lashed themselves to fury up the stormbeaten natural battle- ment. The rains of ages had dashed upon the face of the cliff; and from above there had poured in long, devious rivulets, little rills of water, bringing with them various dyes from the scanty soil on the cliff-top, so that the face of the rock next the sea presented not only a most disorganized mass in regard to shape, but almost every possible color in the way of paint-stains that could be found in the earths above. It was right on this chalky mass that the Rift seemed drifting to her own destruc- tion. Apparently commencing at the surface of the sea, but in reality going deep dovm into the chalk formation, there had beenfan open cavern â€" a sort of clef t in the cliff of about fifty feet in height from the sea-level at half- tide and some forty or more feet in width. Into this cavern the waves had been in the habit of dashing with a wild fury that would have appalled any persons who might have been seized with a desire to penetrate its depths but yet, it was evident that there had been persons adventurous enough for the purpose, and but that there were some: special circumstances that made that par- ticular portion of the cliff avoided, no doubt the cavern would have been much better known than it was. The cliff above was undercut to such a depth that a notion had taken possession of the country people and fishermen that it was dangerous and w;ould come down in a mass some day and this being represented to the lord of the manor, whose jurisdiction Citiuded to the verge, he had put up a rail- ing and a warning â€" which, for a consider- able distance inland, kept people from ap- proaching the cliff's verge. All this helped Dolan and his crew. It was many years before the time of which we write that he had thoroughly ex- plored the cavern and found out, no doubt, its great capabilities as a refuge for a small smuggling vessel. But that was not. suffi- cient. Not only was the cavern to be adopted as a refuge for so small a vessel as the cutter â€" if hard pressed by any pursuit in the Chan- nel â€" but some means must be adopted by which the character of the refuge should be unsuspected entirely. This was accom- plished ingeniously and successfully. Several old mainsails were procured by Dolan, which, when sewn together, were sufficiently large to cover up the whole en- trance to the sea-cavern. By strong eye- bolts fastened deeply in the cliff, and some cordage, this canvas covering to the cavern could at any time be made secure or un- shipped at pleasure. It was well daubed with chalk, and the stains of the Winter^ rains upon it assimilated it to the color of the cliff most exactly. It wrapped itself round the projections and fell into the hol- lows and at half a mile distant, no one could possibly â€" unless specially informed that there was something to discover â€" have detected this canvas covering from solid cliff. It was by the firing of her guns at the Spray for some few minutes, and by the smoke made by the Spray in answering that M^'int thing worse if he does not get cut off firing, that the Rift got up sufficient obscur- the prime of his days " ity on the night in question to enable her "^^ ' "' â- "" '" "' '" ' to slip into the cavern and have the canvas covering replaced again securely. All was darkness in this home in the solid cliff, with the one exception of a gleam of light in day-time that straggled down through a hidden opening about half way up and toward which rude steps had been mctde. This served for ventilation to the cavern. It was on the little plateau on the face of the cliff at the top of tiiese steps that Joseph and Grace had stood during the progress of the talk they had together, and it was upon these rude steps that Mrs. Wagner had come to order Grace to retire for the night. A couple of the crew of the Rift were al- ways kept at home in the cavern to manage the canvas covering; and when the green rocket was reported as having been seen in the offing, it was the understood signal that the Rift was coming for shelter. And so, amid the smother of the smoke from her own tons and from those of the Spray, the Rift disappeared bodily from be- fore the astoinshed eyes of the officers and crew of the gcfvemment vesseL Slowly did 'the last renuumts c4 tiie- smoke cnrl np over iht brow of the diff, and sVeetly now did the moon look down upon the waters of the little bay,. With slackened sails and beating off and on infii heatingi restless motion, tiie -^ slowlv drifted iato the bay. super- **or is it true and real'thiik the â- "GoM, indeed,*' said stnaoefy pusled look. "tshewasther«L" "She wae-yes. slis was th«e,f ^fi The emw* of' tke fiMegrbad gUkwIillo the port bow, which lay toward the shore, and in silenoe gased into the waters of the bay, iriuch ^ukled now }n the nraoabeams,. and looked calm and ^acid â€" laad-locked as they were to so oooaidvable an extent. It appeared to them as if shehad ran into the bay, not with the object of avoiding ok^ tureâ€" for that was too abenrd â€" ^bnt to land her crew, and the 'fixed opinion of every sea- man on board the Spray was that they wonld just have to take possMsion of the Rift, which would be abandonm, and that a shore hunt would have to be nuwle for the crew and for Captain Dolan, her commander and owner. his to What do you mean, Mrs. Wagner " 'â-  Just wliat I say, and neither more nor 5* so come in at once, will you " agner "Xo. Mrs. W; -Xo?-' 'Certainly not. I intend to stay here l-^i see the Rift come in. " "Then you won't " 'Irs. Wagner made a movement to take |; ace hy the p.rm and force her away but -f young giri stepped up close to Joseph ' *lie said '^Protect me I will not go I" '-^vasr, there, Mrs. Wagner " said Jo- rPO- "Cant you let the young thing â- jse " I 1 ou mind your own business or perhaps [â- ^ say a something to Captain tHakin that I'^^on'tlike." t ' "ell, then, Mrs. Wagner, since you say inch you can just go and say and do t* Y°'"" and I won't have the young [interfered with. I don't care about R Captain Dolan. What is he to me, or W of us We all row in the same boat I s a smuggler and so are we, only the T happens to be â-  his, so we no out with but he has no more power or right to PJwmeor any of us Do this or do that ^^i^e have to him." /maismutinv " â- !:!«Ph laughed. °^ stay here Miss Grace, and you Stini^ dowly drifted into the W. seethe Rift come in, whether Mrs; i S^rpriM, not ntainingled ^ritn.a ,yer Ukes it or not." ' ' ' i^~~^ will Oh thank jtoa^ Jo- 'sl^^^^'" ^il ^^n- Wraner, ina tione-' st^JMlM^h H^ ^^d rage-" very well, fiM wfk- anoeofKl^^SM^ ,_ ,. ^^ " Av ^}}' ^^Vi^in Dohui 1" I ments before be noke to the heatenant, Mr. Jj ay cried Joseph. " And there's Green, who was fy his side, and wlw had ' _i_ !._ .«......» nrbnmincr saTSd blmSWf Hence it was that when the smoke disap- peared and they saw nothing but sea and cliff they were both disappointed and aston- ished. "Mr. Royle," said Lieutenant Oreen, " he has sunk his vesseL" "I don't know, sir." " What else can have happend " " Well, Mr. Green, I never did till now give way to these ideas." "What ideas?" "About phantom ships, sir, and those sort of things but if it be possible that a Fhantom ship show itself on the bine water should say that was one with whom we had a running fight for the last six hours." " Phoâ€" pho " " It's all very well to say ' pho â€" ^pho,' sir. but where is she " " At the bottom of the bay." Mr. Royle shook his head in evident in- credulity on that point, and it was equally evident from the strange and anxious man- ner of Lieutenant Green that he did not feel quite at his ease on the subject. After a further pause of some few moments he said " We have a boat left, I fancy." " Ay, ay, sir but it is the small one." " Neveir mind let her be launched and manned. I will go myself to see what I can of this mystery." Mr. Royle gave the order and in a few moments the only remaining boat of the schooner â€" ^which was a small one that wonld not conveniently hold more than four rowers â€" was dancing on the waves by the side of the Spray. Lieutenant Green leaped into his jdace and took the tiller-ropes in his hand, as he said: " Pull in, my men." With slow strokes, the four sailors pulled into the bay and then one who had grown gray in the service, and who was always put forward as spokesman when anything had to be said to the officers, gave a pull to the grizzled locks of hair that hung beneath hat and said " I beg your honor's pardon." "What is it, Joe?" " May I be so bold, your honor, as make a hobservation to your honor " "Yes, yes what is it " â-  " Why, then, your honor, it ain't lucky." " What is not lucky " " To pull in after the craft as has gone up into the air away yonder. Lor' bless your honor, I've been to sea, man and boy, a matter o' forty -nine year, and I ought to know, by this here time, what's lucky and what is not." The other sailors looked at each other and nodded, as though they would intimate their opinion of the incontrovertible char- acter of the argument or hobservation just made by old Joe. The lieutenant smiled. "So, Joe, you really believe we have come across the Flying Dutchman " "No, your honor â€" no; because your honor sees, as we have all heard of him, and his was a square-rigged vessel, and not a bit of a cutter like this, as we have been bowling along after ever so long. It isn't the Flying Dutchman, but it's one o' the same sort." The men pulled so lazily at their oars while this Uttle dialogue was in progress, that it was .evident they calculated upon some impression being made upon Lieuten- ant Green's mind, so as to induce him to discontinue the expedition. In that they were much mist«iken. " Well, Joe," he said, " is that all " " No, your honor, I rather thinks, if we goes on in this moonbeam, and gets to where we last saw the cutter, we shall come to a bad end." " Very good, now I rather think, if you don't all of you pull with a will, I shall re- poi*t every one at you as soon as I get back to the Spray." This threat had its desired effect for if it pointed to nothing else, it certainly did to certain very uncomfortable stoppages of grog â€" which was not to be thought of with any degree of calmness. So the boat from the Spray shot through the water and although the men tried to keep it as clear of the ray of moonlight as they could, Mr. Green most proviingly would steer into it and old Joe kept up a perpetual skaking of his head, as a kind of continual protest at the foolhardy character of the lieutenant's proceedings. And so the boat made its way, until it was about a hundred and fifty yards from thes cliffs, and evidently as near as possible over the spot on which the Rift had been last seen. The lieutenant made a sign with his hand, and the men rested on their oars, wly how and then giving a light pull to keepuie boat from drifting. " This is where she was, Joe Â¥' " Ay, ay, sir." " Over with the gr^ple and pull slowly." A barbed hook was cast over anfl let drop about twenty feet into the sea, and then the hMoat was slowly pulled over the spot twicei ' " H the cutter had bem sunksdrely tiiali grapple weald have teaVked. her." " No," 8aidLieateDantGreei^battaloud, " if she has sunk Ae must lie vary much over." Old Joe shook his head. .-It feii«i-^K»K ^^ jrbMi .iadaosd the lieatsMat pavw i|i bis â- nwnM^ JiJNil M tlie hmi «f the gpnyerossed tite b^iMBM of tbeapoB Main, sm^ldqg ainear. ed^^flha^intSs wMer iriiich fi^ed like a small keg â€" snch ara man miffht ding •nmnd hie waist or across hisuoniders if taking a jonn^ wherej^itinbment wonld be scarce, or impoasiUe to get. '^WhatistkatT b iHth it I" cried Uea- taiant(keea. "naftwillda" The boat was basked » stroke or two and one ot tiie men, leaning over, caught the little keg and dragged it into the stem at the ^t of Mr. Green. "What is it?" "Ak«g,sir." "It is metal, surely." "Hold, sirâ€" hoU haid, ahoy " shouted Joe, as ke suddenly snatched the littie k^ froBS the Bentenant and flnng it into the relnetanee Um order to It was a The lientenant n^w looked te th^ right ^gaMaktiti lasting sit' Imors, the R^ was i Stepttie, not ™™™«i^^«^i^r£rf .Bortthronrfi irtidi the c ^^S£?^ii^'^S '^S^PnlBTgg^^ til fiyr^tM^ â- tiiiliililHf Wi Hie- wiiiitfrir ktr*^ f**^ iL„-^L ^^ ifiitap iii..'itrf3ii( aaHj by strong sw imming Joe was not one moment to aotm with this movsnent, for scarcely ha4 the object toachedtiie surface of the water than it exploded with a loud report. u%e fragments of it new over the men, bat no one was hurt with the exception of Lieutenant Green himself who got a slight grase upon one temple. The ccmfoaion which this little incident excited was soon over but the men still kept tiie boat in the same position. "This is diabolical, said Lieutenant Oreen, as he staunched the blood from his forehead with his handkerchief. " Are you much hurt, sir " "Oh, no. A mere scratch. shelL" " A sort of shell, sir." "But what made yon know it or suspect it, Joe?" " I heard it make an odd noise, sir, and I all of a sudden recollected I had seen such a thing in the Spanish Main, sir, when the pirates came into a town called GuyaquiUa, or something like that, sir." "There is something more in all this than I can make out," added the lieutenant. "Pull back at once." " Ay, ay, sir " The men soon traversed the distance now to the Spray and Lieutenant Green at once dived into the captain's cabin, to report what had occurred to the Honorable Charles Minto Grey, who was lolling as usual upon a sofa and smoking. " Sir, I would report to you." " Oh, well, sit down. Take a weed." "Thank you, sir. The Rift has slipped through our fingers." " Very good." "Good, sir?" " Ah, yes I suppose now we can make sail to Ryde, or Cowes, or some of the yacht squadrons' places for I never was so tired out in all my life of this den they call a state cabin. My man, too, says that all the Moselle is gone." "Well, but, sir, it's- the most singular circumstance." " So I say for* by Jove, I haven't drank it." "!But I mean about the Rift." "Oh!ahâ€" weU?" " Perhaps you did not pay much atten- tion." " Oh by Jove, I did, though, fori fully expected another shot into the cabin. Why can't they take better aim. They must know where the captain's cabin is and what is the use of plaguing him Upon my word it is too bad What is the use of having a great uncle in the admiralty, I should like to know? What is the use of everything and everybody I'm bored to death " After giving utterance with unnsual ener- gy to those patriotic sentiments. Captain the Honorable Charles Minto Grey lifted his feet on to the sofa and made two or three plunging kicks, to signify how disgusted he was with society in generaL "It is provoking, sir." "Oh !byJove!yes." "But still, sir, the best and the shortest way out of it is to capture the Rift." " Go and do it then. You have my free leave. As long as I can have my weed and my Moselle, or sittiug in peace, I don't care what you do." "I will report to you then, sir, what hap- pened. We chased the Rift into the bay and thought we had her quite secure, when she disappeared in a wreath of smoke. " "What?" " She disappeared in a wreath of smoke." The Honorable Charles Minto Grey puffed out a volume of tobacco smoke, and as it curled up to the ceiling he said "Like that?" " Something like that, sir." "What then?" "Why sir, here we are and the Rift has gone " " Very good. Pass the bottleâ€" help your- self." " Thank you, sir. I woidd, therefore, re- spectfully ask what you would wish done " " WeU, I teU you what I will do." "Yes, sir." " I wfll play you at cribbage for a half guinea a game for one hour, the winner to consent to play again for one hour whenevei: the loser likes." " But about the Rift, sir?" " W^ell, didn't you say it was gone?" "Yes, sir." "Then enter in the log that the Rift is settled and had gone off in its own smoke â€" I don't know what the admirality require further â€" and then make for Portsmouth." " Were not the orders, sir, to report to Sir. Thomas Clifford, the port admiral, at Falmouth." " Oh by Jove, yes Well, make for Falmouth." "Yes, sir." " And let them be smart about it. I shouldn't a bit wonder if old Clifford don't keep a good cellar. Those old muffii often do. Ske for Falmouth at once." " And give up the chase, sir " " Why, good gracious, where is the chase Havb you not just told me she has gone off in'ajra^of smoke or something of that sort? tmmieted; of course. Founoered at sea. Yon caneiiterin the Idg that after an en- forFabnouth. itf^ "No, «bi ' Cb^' BSiii i s t st n le on the top oftbaeliC" ' 'T^ "Q^thafb nothing.' **Ii atDft fliMdi, air-only the odd, iiiag is that the^ seemed to come ti^a ir»7 over the edge ol it, and tikairget ont of tdAt somdioir tilst I cantihake oOL" "LekmehMk.^ wi 4 V Lientenant Oreen Utck a kmg totlk and he saw the same ph«i«neiioa that had SBrpris- ed ib. Royle. Along the top of the ^he saw a man comeln WNnewhat of a cronch- ing positiitt, and friisn hi cot to the ex- treme vsrge, he seemed to ai^ear over it, or into it, in soete wav. For the mmnent the ifeiitenant thought that he most have fallen over, and he shut- ed the {^ass down to the sea, expecting to see the splash of his fall but snob was not the case. " I can't make that out," he said. Nor I, sir." " It strikes me, Mr. Royle, that there ia something more about all those clifh and rocks than we know of." "Sureof it, sir." " And now we shall see no more." (to SB ooxmnaBD.) Unknown Iilandi of the Facifie, The fact that two islands of oonsiderable size have recently been disoovered in the Pacific Ocean shows that we have yet much to learn of this great watcny expanse. The latest discovety is an island lyiog less than 100 miles from the northen coast of New Gumea. It has beoi named Allison Island, is nearly three 'miles long, rises from 100 to 150 feet above the sea, and has abundant timber. Several speck's of fertile and inhabited land, some of theni much larger than Allison Island, have been found within a few years at a distance of one hnndied to two or three hundred miles from the New Guinea coast, and similar discoveries are made once in a while in various parts of the Pacific. Oceanica is so large that no map of it can be given in an atlas except on a minute scale. We see hundreds of groups and soli- tary islands huddled together on the maps, and get the idea that the Pacific is thickly studded with verdant bits of land. The fact is, however, that vessels may sail among these islands for many weeks without onoe coming in sicht of land. Onlv a few months ago a crew that had been shipwrecked in the great island region of the Pacific rowed norw for forty days b^ore they reached Hawaii, the nearest land. Mr. A. R. Wal- lace, who has travelled widely in the Paci- fic, expressed the opinion some time ago that there are still a good many islands there that have never yet been se«i by white men. Once in a while a Pacific trader finds some new or little kuDwn island, and oiens trade with its inhabitants. If business thrives, he keeps his secret as long as he can, so' as to^ enjoy a monopoly. It was found a while ago, when the Woodlark Islands were explored, that an Australian firm had carefully charted the islands sev- eral years before, and had been quietly trading there, all unknown to the other Pacific merchants. • The EngUsh in Bgjp: English influence in Egypt is of such a character that It is doiibtful whether England will ever be able to withdraw. The quality of English justice is uow so well understood, not only in Lower Egjrpt but all over the country, that the Felli^ ofUppcr Egypt are beginning to come long distances, in many cases even on foot, to Cairo for the purpose of seeing the " Englishman," meaning some British administrator whose assistance they seek against the tyranny of the Pashas. They appear to have perfect confidence that if they can only " see the Englishman" they will obtain justice and relief. On one Sun- day recently no fewer than seven petitions were received from natives of Upper Egypt against acts of the Pashas. This feeling of the fellaheen in favor of English administra- tion and the confidence these poor people have that in any case they are safe from the vengeance of the Pashas is one of the most hopeful signs in Egypt. The Fellaheen of Egypt like the Ben^ese will always need the protection of a stronger race, and their appreciation of English administration will probably end in their becoming eventually recognized British subjects. The Prench Havy. There is no doubt about the French navy being in a deplorable condition, and the re- cent disclosures of Admiral Aube to the bud- get commitee have directed a good deal of public attention to the matter. But, besides the inferiority of the French navy, not only to that of England, but also to that of Italy, the inefficiency of the French naval ports is alsobegiimingtocausesome uneasiness. Cher- bourg, for instance, has been called by ^e minister of marine a veritable nest of bomb- shells, and any ships that would seek refuge there in time of war would be doomed to in- evitable destruction. Other critics Jiasten to point out that England holds the Mediterra- nean in order to envolep France in an im- mense net which is spread from Gibraltar to Malta and thence to Cyprus and Egypt. Considering the dismal prospects conjured up by the An|;lophobists at the present moment, it is surprising to hear them call out with all their might for the reorganization r f the navy. The Gramc fleet will, nowever, have a long and arduous task whenever the duty is as- signed to it of transforming -the Mediterra- nean into a " French lake. The Wore "Baft»i It is more than probable that nine out of tem'readers, if suddenly called upon to give an iWMoant of tt^ â- waf(f^"Jft^^i^%ild put it down as the creatM» ii JiJtaMrioan dem- ocracy, thongh nothing oenld be farther from the mark. A refraenoe to Dr. Murray's and to the left, bnt there waa i^lhiiig lont IhaBed -no »eiid:ortiBMsand at last hit he- tfae tall cliff vinUeâ€" not tin onening; « any tween wind and water and down slM- went^ eatl«rta5Mf VHn «rith all hands. ^Smt vilLd«!» X take k." :â- !. -i..-: "Verygdod.stt." â-  â- â-  â- -•'â- -^â- ^^•' ^-Hi^^t Oreen vHdHArtAf wp» snfficieat of tiie saUor i APt^fM'.tMJ |i|t0fe%«MHi whispeied Jce tothe ^â- ^^^^H^t'W^^fQ^^ man next to him. mutui^^lAMwht^wlffll Mn'wttM Pull back, my moi." [dieappeanmceof theRift, itwaeyiflipeat TT-iigliiili Dic^naiy Siom'lhat debC«d for m wpr4 that afthis /t on every lip to the Veimian bl It wai borrowed direet^ froi|ft-th^ and Ttakem its first appearance in " ' both as noan and verb, so early as 1£ WiUie»* ThMnfa'i m/itt^.qfltailu. ibaDofrwas of cbwse in ^e| first 'Maaess the actual ball drome^iirtottstA^ in' mg so thatfadrttMj^lpre. wf m sound ety- mology M '^wee wttin tlie hi Mr. Bexnal Osborne's idiBntificalion â€" tiie soene was laid in Irelandâ€" (rf" vote by ballot "and "rots bybollet" i- (| .^,!..iaiUi ^i^t.4k.i.tLm