Western Carolinian

              the western carolinian • not deleiiateh to thk united states by the nv it to the states ake bbbkrvkd to the si irm , ui iu nu pbo w.e — amendmentt to thi constitution irticle x — — — 13 austin & c f fisher j editori and proprietors ) no mil of vol xx whole e 1003 salisbury n c s 13 1839 may judge from these heavy drops then the many of our bravos ee ho hud loudly sworn tu careful aeotinel listoiied attentively and lie heard eat tins lancor and ins nurse noev prelended not a rushing sound approaching ana afterwards lhe to hear tins challenge hut the generous blood uf hasty hoofs of horses and llie clang of satires a young juger was up and itc was determined to , hull evho goes there v cried the alarmed codquer or die many of hiscomrada laughed scorn i sentinel fully andsmd — " ay ay away wilh thee my lad ; . " the general nnd lus suite evas the answer lho lancer will surely licliic the under the rib " halt general forward mn of the suites the brave young man disdained reply iiiii with suid ihe evell instructed sentinel evho now demand sabre swinging t bis wrisl he left uur line the cd the parole before he evould let even the gen ' lancer perceiving his advance presented hia lance ei.il pass i in ihu middle space between the opposing comba in the rnciin time the distant firing luui become tanls they met and instantly cut and stab bul hei mlich mire livei , and uppiuacheil nearer mid near j her rider fell ; then ihey faced uhout sprang at or the roar ol the caution was heard and the vast each other again and cut ami thrust with might iron halls milled through ihe air plunged into the and main tho tiring ceased at either side io earth or scattered tbe bare branches i the trees watch the issue uf the champions strife blood us ii in corn of thair feobla opposition the ene streamed from llie young jager lirst for which lie my waa making a general attack upon our outposts returned a liisty blow and slightly evounded tho uud our trumpets sounded tin shrill alarm lancer dp sprung our sleeping men like a swarm bf an 1 " lil ! lla ll "' u an a *"' nvc prussian cried grv wasps disturbed in their nests and hew lo u lhe pole ; " such an enemy imvo i never met be die one could not lirid ins horse ; another limped fore come hid her comrade thou must drink out up.ui one leg the other being cramped or not jet l rayfiatche awake a llnril snatched a masted potatoe out of "' m assured now thut here is uu deceit iu lhe ashes a fourth hurried lo fill his flaschen «" oe >" sttil1 ••»• luge and i will pledge thee with schnapps from the busy camp-nower one and in full confidence he sheathed hia bloody aword sleepv dog who contrary to orders had unsaddled d approached ibo pule who had luid down the lus steed had now in his hurry girthed in the pro i '■■ e bollow of ins aim pointing backwards iecttng hough uf a tree under his saddle and sel the pole held out the jlasche ,- then ibe warriors ins horse uicleiug mad ; another only half awake surveyed each other evilh curious eye and their sat nodding upon his horse hut could nol move foi - horses luid their heads together as if ihey also wards because his steed still remained fast bound would make acquaintance to the piquet stake here one stumbled ovor the " uriel comrade ! drink success lo lhe brave camp-line there another floundered into a hole whether friend or foe said the pole to thu young evhich had been dug into lhe ground for erookerv ' russian purposes many wandered hither and thither and " here's lo your health comrade replied the did not aeem quite certain whether they everu young jager and aa he took the fiatche added about o meet friend or iue a strange and run ihough at tins moment my sharp sabre may per oils night-piece is an alarmed bivouac particularly hups l vc endangered it when illuminated by tho enemy's fires why aye the sabre bites keenly enough as our men mounted thev were instantly formed bl,t j»»ee and thine have often bill the s.iug of ins into a line and already our advanced party was si ood la,,ce ' a » l1 "° ur "* are f performing in u piece where ihe i or ■ played lhe " if we gain a victory to day suid llie jager principal part •' take care i take care my lads " bow long do you think it will take us io march lest iu the dark you sabre your friends listen to 1 aris . . lor the french tongue and then slash away said " comrade this is a matter we need not speak our prudent commander a1 *""." i d *>» ll "' ccr " " "° , e itla * °" c " """° doubtless from our resistance the french judg out ul my fiasehe ; wc nre triends el e.l that we were in much stronger force ; but is ay but once wo join our ranks we aro iocs the due begun to iliiwn tlu'v were astonished thai , again . ours was a more cavalry post and instantly order then their quietly turned their horses and at ed fresh men to attack us the tsrdy sun at last twenty paces pull-pull went llieir pistols al obob arose and the cry of our commander was l-'or tier's beads us ihey galloped lo rejoin then com wards forwards volunteers i snd a gallant crowd rades . sprung out ol our ranks and joined the front '*■'!'« rattle of some thirty muskets from a thick .,.,,,,.„, , , , et where pruasiun fusiliers lay 111 ambush wns " there lie is exclaimed a dozen voices ; und , , . , , . i t . o.icn 3 s.xsxixt i ,,,„'. heard and lhe brave luncer and lus wine horse nt llus moment evas seen iu the dim distance rap . , , , . . ,, u.i ,■ . r i evere seen to ro upon the ground together lu a id y advancing upon a while burse in iront of the »«"•»"""•' l o 1 5 , j ,',,.. i it,t moment the ai vuucetl guard ol the enoiuy was chasseurs a shg it y formed lancer lus sky-blue '■»«»* •■ r . . .. |._-... »**,',, i ,• i broken und look to light caving thu white lancer uui orin was need with crimson ami irom hisscnr , , . , ,.,'*„,' .,„,„„;,. j u i i r „. , ., x j i i i . ill our bauds lie wus nol yet quite dead uut rui ct hat ike n cornel slail streamed llie inilk-wluto '" ." ,..' ... . ' . r \ ,„.,.,' ;„„,, , , , , r tin snur nmsel with a dying e hurt he exclaimed — borso ha r lis glittering lance from evlneh flut . n t t r „ i 11 n u „. mi.rfi u...i *.,,!. , , , , ,, , j . t i i • .. '* poland forever i ills gallant spirit noil willi tered the red and vellow baudrol sparkled in tho <""*"" ' » i morning sun beam reader this wus u.e dreaded ll,e _ wor,la " b u " ercu - „, lm ; r l ,.,„ „ , . . i*i r , - r i i e though overy ono feared yet all admired the polish uticer i us poo was one ol the last ol , f , ' , , • i t • .. i , , ., a , i i-i brave win to oncer and eru uirinl luui in a deep that ga ant bant , the flower o cavalry — which »«'» »""» »» i , , , , , , ., u u i grave and bred over bun three volloys in luenor had he hied lu gam or llio french miiuy a glorious *>. / ' , ,. , i i . i iv ,., i i ii i .„...! 7 r 1 o his bravery lus lunco and ve lute horse eve victory uuiibt'ess be hid been itiducud lo light i i who to believe "" the hce-h iiiiiih it'.h our l.uid.")h luncer — uin/h is thciih hu warh „. w-.'.r'i carolinian r j published every fri b >\ sl two dollars per annum rl pnnl in sdvance or pn l!nr and fifty cents if nut paid before the ex mrslion of three monfts so paper will be discontinued until all arrearages repaid i tl ■' lhe discretion of the editors and a . ... notify ihe editors of a wish i discontinue r j year evill be considered as'a neeven i ii advertisements evill be conspicuously ami c irrectly :. at one duller p"r square i',.r tho first insertion cents for each continuance court and judicial ndveruse uents erll be charg 1 35 per cenl in re than the above prions a deduction nt 33j per cent froni tho regnlpr prices will he ui.nl ■ to yuarly advertisers : ti in ■ ii sent in for publication mm-i have the r i nm marked nn thorn or thoy veil be inser ted nil forbid and charg : foi ac lordingly letters addressed to lhc e litoi - on bus -.- tnu i be *.,.*■< paid or ihey evill not be attended to terms of carolinian ring alone lo hor chamber und event to bod a btllc ' abuut the court whether true r lalse these si before ten o'clock exactly us the clock struck rius huvo brought a bud name upon my house und twelve she was awakened from her sleep and dis uol a tenant will remain within it unclly beheld lhe apparition she had before seen >• enough cried the unison sturdily — " let me advancing fro ll the table on which blood her night live iu your house rem free until some 1 iter lire lamp till it stood opposite lo hor nnd drew aside senls ami 1 will engage to pul ll in repair and the curtains of her bed a sense nf suffocating quiet lhe troubled spirits lhal disturb it i am a oppression deprived her of all power i scream | good christian and a poor man and nul tu be duun aloud slur di se.ni>.s her very blood retreating ted with icy dullness to her heiirl from every vein — the offer ofthe poor man evas very readily nc tbe countenance ol her beloved in life evore not copied he moved wuh ins family into the house ns benevolent aspect ; thu eyes once beaming wuh i and fulfilled ins engagements lie little and little affect ion were now fixed in etern regard un ihel he restored it to its former mute there was no ir bling half solved being who wiih ihe cour i longer board tbe clinking of gold al nighl in tho age of desperation thus adjured bim — charles i chamber but it began to be beard by ddy in the dear charles why are you come again v " jes 1 pocket of the living mason in a word he ni si slowly and solemnly respired lhe shadowy creased rapidly ia wealth la the admiration of nil form waving in his hand a small roll ol written lus neighbors and became ono of the richest man papers " jessie pay my newspaper accounts and in orcuedii he gave lurge sums io the church let me rest in p ace ' by evay no doubt ol satisfying his conscience and never ou hili ill to \ nai.^^'^sal nivimi there evus once a poor mason or hnckluver in • , grenada who kept all ihe saints days und holy \ , man - v " """' '"" »"•"•* """"'~ u t0 . dn wr " n 3 days and st monday in the bargain/and yel he , ul ° ah " m c ' m "°" t '"""« 1 ' '" v "" tes » "' grew poorer and poorer and could scarcely earn j whoso despiseth lillle tilings will never ottlam bread for ins numerous family one night ho evas ; ureal things aroused from ins tirst sleep hy u knocking tit the to live 10 ourselvos to luke pleasure in the mis dour hi opened it and tiehelil before hnn a tall fortunes of others to have no heurt for devotion ineogre cadaverous looking priest ; evlien in prosperity and to regard our oevn allaiu " hark ye honost friend said lhe stranger " i nients as extraordiiiary are imr signs ol a corrupt have alien observed that you are a good christian heuri evhich cannot be mistaken and onr tu be trusted ; will you undertake a job no man on hie death-bed ever regretted any act this very night i " of self-denial or benevolence practised by himself " with all my heart sonor padre on condition • i * hl . r „ s ,„ lh , sj , hl „, ( ;,„| ,,„ raaiteriai diffar that 1 inn paid accordingly edoa between thu inorul chnraclcr of the covetous tlnu you shall be but you must sutler your m , ,, ml „.-., wor8 hjpber ofthe sun or a follower self to bo blindfolded of tjaudainu to this the mason made no objection ; so being advanl(lg0 of lrulh ovnr f.^hood j hoodwinked ho was led by the priest through va lm mrm „ rv . rious rough lanes and winding passages until nn • stoppbd before the portals ofa house the priest out «» •«••■*•■ evidence of friendship is de hen applied a key turned a creaking lock and «'"''<' ">*<">*> rtghllg dwnh b p«d opened what seeu'ied to be a ponderous door i he heal method ol disposing ol alf iho slnn thoy quickly entoreil tbo door was closed and elers ol lhe age is to pay thorn no attention tho boiled and lhc mason wns conducted through an other half limy be lived down watchman ophe here ev m i or u i uni ■ in the iir-h under hiuih lo a j h that ho w.uucilb ibo !>•'■■ ihe a piece iittnh hisjlirn •'"" i luui in " ie to return >"- lr b , i am p.ii.l '■ " to-morrow cullh again he iliil^bnnil iii vault ens rumi'lolouv^j i i s t it l i a n it hi's the polish officer a prussian tale ok napolbom's ev.ltl the nighl evas keen and hitter tbe report was run that general maison had concentrated his di visions near to courtray and was disposed to give us battle so lhat a warm day might be expected after ihis cold uigbt " i wonder said rule of my comrade , " ll lho while living luncer shallshow " " s.tm doubt it repbi'd another why man he inhere and there and even where ay indeed a very ik log dragoon whoso lance has futieited in the heart's blopdofour brave , unlades ; our halls refuse lo enter ins carcase — had why '! because some say that he has sold hnn sell in lhe old one hut if ever i meet hnn hand 10 hand ." iu answer lo some inquiries i evas informed thai as our prussians daily came in contact evill napo leon's troop u polish officer had by his during deeds rendered uiinselfllls fear and wonder of all in every skirmish evas lm to be seen and ever thickest in lhe light ii • evas not only rashly brave but he evas the h"sl rider and the most ex pert liurlor of the deadly liliice ihere evus not n bolter horseman at bast in the french rinks — like the rapid lightning us he seen here and there darting among our 1'russians upon a bool white stood — whirling his inner uud sinking with unerring unn some gallant breast — then dashing aevay singing his polish war song as if in derision uf his wondering foes i gave an attentive ear to these accounts uf lhe wlii'.i lancer evhich a slander by observing sii.l — " all hue us gospel comrade ; il he pricks thee with lus lance lliou wilt have no need of troubling lie leech for some lime ufter for tie bleeds freely enough " ay ay the ivcrl's lance is sharp said anoth er and be daily ireals us to a pistol shot a sharp fclab or a shar|ier word " do you know said u third " ihnl thn ciuner al had u narrow escape front inin to-day as he waa ,.'. iiiii htei iii ' yorkshire humour — an action brought against the oevncr ofa waggon which by tbo carelessness of ihu driver bad crushed an unlucky donkey a gainst the wall and killed it a learned sergeant well known for bis roughness of exclamation was perplexing one of thu witnesses who found no olh or means of'extricating himself than by giving a graphic lescripiii.ii of lho matter in question " well my lord judge said the hesitating cloevu " i'll tell how il happened as near as i cun my lord suppose i am the evaggon bore i was now my lord-judge ynu are the well the describer now paused us il trying to recollect hia third posi tion " come follow exclaimed the sergeant " out with tho story nt once you havo not told where evus lhe ujs i " " my lortli^^^lexclaini c"d the evilnoss with a sudden - sparkle iu lus eye;*l " lus liutior llm ciiuiisel is the ass of course lhe court was in a roar a stranger amongst strangers w>^ovs said lha priest yuu must help nm 07 bring forlb the bodies thut aro to bn buried in this wuult ptiorninijrm'*ilmii-ro9p on hhhicadiimleeao xm_io_^e .. a iht general ! but ar adjutant is nbove a match for this lance ; let him catch the adjutant sleeping with both eyes shut if he can tho while lancer met the adjutant in a narrow wav ; well what evas to be done escape was impossible ; but then lho adjutant's wit was keener fur once than the polish lauco willi up comes the flying ian ccr uu.l without reigning up made a stab at the adjutant off his borse rolled the wily adjutant into a s i comfortable ditch full nf green weeds nnd mud and ihere he lay as il slou r dead the pole recovered his lance shook u iili its bloody pennon fluttered and continued ins mod career l lien llio adjutant crawled out shook lus ears and for that lima cheated ibo dead list of his name many other wondrous tab's were related of the wild polish lancer — boev he sometimes tickled lho r,!n and at others lhe inidrifl with tho point of ins unerring lance it was midnight — many wen calmly reposing near tho bivouac lire j i also stretched mysoll in lhc most comfortable bpol i could find and drew oer me a fetnnlo's uianlle which a cosiaken had bartered wilh ma from his load i plunder for a glua of modka an upreared door wrenched probably fr un some chateau sheltered ihe a little from lhe hitter wind my ready saddler horse fastened to the piquet was slumbering upon three legs lt was a beauteous elear starliglll night and the crescent moon sallied majestically through the line ethen 1 vault of heaven all wss calm snd still save tha mun lung ofa hungry guard just relieved from a distant posl — i"ie diligently plunging ile r swords int the grerii euil'li n un i cramming themselves with lhe j iili plcuteoua fragments of fowls and goose and washing litem down with cups of p.ilenl schnapps hi a il ri distance might be seen a party nf mix i us gamblers souti d upon ibe bare ground a knap ack si-tving to ihroey dicu upon another group re huddled together over soma husks of will evhich doubtle ihej had fallen in eviih in some of i ar marauding parlies close i ibe lire sat one nr iii dan i scraping together lb scattered re mains f the dimming ftrei another full of etrong iri.k to the point of mischief was amusing him elf with throwing gunpowder out of his llisk into the lire lien toss an i tumbled some end oth en lay scattered snoring away in st mh irinoni umly the outpost continued his hilent melsn ch ily march backwards and forwards occasional ly humming s ev.tr snug in keep himself in spirits or listening to4lie clanging of bis own sabre in lho rear ol lie bivouac huddled together bey lho j camp lollow.rrs ready lo sell their potent fir*.wa ter or io purchase from lha marauders ihoir pluu ; bi ai one-third us value 1 would fain have slept bul to sleep was impossible ilu snoring and iruin 1 isribnss of oiv envied oomradea kept my weary 1 iron closing oil would our lagers fancy themselves in pursuit or pursued by the while inn er whin iina_.e mot them in their dr'-arn and lm ni ye wilt upon huur sleeping lips i lln iiiom.'iil u bulhi came whistling bv the " itposl and itiuek tho ground mil fur from one i ihe sleepers whu merely mis i his heid rubbed i is heavy eyes and dropped into il deener sleep — i ." horses snorted anil pricked ih.ur unr •• lei hem lire away ' " meiiterod one near m mo " thai i i li i ih | ii s^^p nil in i | ejj mt a retired chamber of the mans , expecting wrhtr^mrlitv^wtutton^o lo behold some ghastly spectacle of death hut was ,**„,„, ,|, an lnobc inl0 w i,j c |, trangora are ullen ~ relieved on seeing ibreo or four portly jars stand thrown in their lirst allompls to make themselves ing in one corner thoy were evidently full of understood in a slrunge ton ue wo wero so money und it was with great difficulty hal he and ml . cll uiilurtcu y„siorday by the recital of some odd the priest carried them lo tho tomb the vuull cvo t s „, t o expurienco of u gentleman who has wiih then closed the puveinnnt replucod and all „„,., mac \ t 0 { ,| 10 variety of life in europe und traces of tho work obliterated america thai we must make out a sketch of ono the rnaaon wus again hoodwinked uud lod forth ur , wo incidents which hap|ioned soon after his ar by a route different from bul by which ho hud mva | „, loudon from ihe coutineiit ho was not como after they bud wandered for a long time inuc i ucquaintcd wilh ibo english language and through a perplexed maze of hums and alleys f()u , d ,, i mc .,.|, lo nla |, 0 himself understood nnd ihey balled iho prion then pul two pieces of wa sofiou obliged to draw upon a friend lor phrases gold into his band " watt hero said bo " until jn w|jjc | 1 l0 cxprmt 8l ., lie 0 c t 10 simpler wants und you hoar the cathedral hell toll for matins if you vv1b |„.„. presume to uncover your eyos boforo that time ,,„ ,,„„ orc , l8 i n | m nll d wr itton severul loltors evil will befall you tvi saying he depsrlcd j lo |.,„ f r . 6 i on t |, e coiillnent but not knowing the thn mason waited faithfully amusing himself | ejinct siluulion of lho i'.isl ollico applied to ins by weighing the gold pieces in his band and clink friead for instructions how lo proceed ilu gave ing them against each other tho moment the hnn the phraso i do not know where lhe post bell rung its martin puul he uncovered his eyes and office bj und directed him to repent il to some found himself un the bunks of the penil from poison slier ho bad proceeded a certain distance whence hu made uie best ol his way home nud and he would be assisted iu bis search levelled with hu family for a whole fortnight on anxious to avoid mistuke lie started with his lot the profits of lus inghis work ofler which ho wns tors constantly repeating to himself — i do nol know as pour ; . ever he continued to work a lillle where the l'ost ollico is — but ho great was bis ninl pray a gisid ileal to keep saints days and bo zeal to bo right thai before long he had droopod a ly days from year lo year : wlnlo bis family grow siitch or rather a knot in the wub of his discourse up as gaunt and ragged us a crow of gipsies evhich ho still repealed with tho utmost pulietice as ho was seated one morning ul the dour of his until he full in wilh a person lo whom bo thought hovel ho was accosted by a rich old man who was ho would impart llio secret of his iiog.itivo acquire noted fur owning ninny houses and being a griping munis in respects lo the locality of llie l'ost office landlord ""'' *"'' n ch politeness nrcrmted him ; — tho mau of money oyod bim for a moment from " i do know where the l'ost ollico is beneath n pair ol shaggy eyebrows " riir " i urn told friend thai lliou art very poor " i do know where lho post oflu .• is " there is no denying lho fuel snnor il speaks the straiignr stared a moment and blatter nwny : lor itself thu devil you do — eehnt is thai in me ii.iiui " i presume then you will bo glad of u job und your business work cheap the first pari of the reply was sputtered forth " as cheap my minder ns nny mnn in grenada loo hastily for the poor loreignor lo retain lho " that's what i want i have and old house go words but " mind your business made a distinct ing to decay thnt costs mn more ihiur it's evorih in impression ; ami ho b-ft ihu gentleman wilh many keei it iu repuir for iioboely will lieu iu ii j so i j ihunks supposing hu had obtained lhe name of iho must contrive lo patch il up and keep u together | streot where tho post ollico was situated und pur at as small an oxpoiimo s pussible i sued his way studying over ins phrases with tim mason wai accordingly conducted to r huge i greater diligence limn ever deserted house thst seemed going to rum pass presently lm decided to mitkn another attempt ing through several empty halls wol chambers he ' to obtain assistance nml accosted u full led person entered an inner court where his eye was caught | ng wilh lus ruddy dice half covered with a ban by an old moorish fountain daniw , thus : •• i do know where 1.3 i'osl office " ii seems lo roe saiil be " as if i had been in is t nnnd your business !" this place before ; but it is like u dream pray tins address called forth a volloy of abuse which who occupied thia house formerly 1 " p.nle.nly astonished lha interrogator and lm did " a im.'si upon him i cried the landlord " it ' not win for further communication bill pursued wns nn uh miserly priest who cared for nobody | ins search further and finally found tho lice inn himself he wns said lo bo immensely rich ; the custom in france wus lor an individual de rm.i having no relations it wus supposed lm would positing a letter 10 give it immediately into thn leave all bin treasure to tho church ho died hands of llm post mailer or hu clerk and our suddenly and thu priest nnd friars thronged in lo friend accordingly marched up for this purpose take possession ut lus money but nothing could and delivered his letters hut the clerk supposing they find but a lew diicali in a leather purse lm wished in pay lha postage r rived them with the wnrat luck bus fallen upon un for since his one hand ami entombed the other for the money death llm follow ciiiitiiiuos lo occupy my house taking thlt'as a desire jungerc de jrlras tho warm without paying rent and 1 find there's no inking the hearted sit anger seised the extended bund with a law in dead man the people pretend to bear hearty good will anil gave il a regular pump bun he t linking nf gold all ughi long in thn chamber i die shake which almost brought ilia clerk through where line old priest slept as if ho wis cnunting ilu atmirliirn lor ihe delivery of b.ltera his money and somotimes groaning und moaning the man of loiters fj"w at once into a rag aud hope and destiny — there nro some beautiful passages iii the " gentleman of the old school " — passages lull of poetry und philosophy witness tho folloeving : " lt is strange — perhaps ho strangest of all the mind's intricacies — the sudden the inetantaneoua manner 10 which memory by a single signal casts wide lhe doors of one of lliuse dark storehouses iu which long passed events have been shut up for years that signal be it a look a tunc an odour 11 single senienee is the cahiliisiic word ofthe ara bian mi at tbo potent inngiu of which the door of the envc of lho robber korgetl'ulnuss is cost sud denly wide and ull lho treasures ihal ho had con cealed displayed this also : song tlie chasseurs followed fast upon lho flying hoofs of the lancer's while steed forwards cried our commander strike bard my sons for ihe honor of your lather land the word evas again thundered forth forwards i " than came the dread shock — then throbbed many hearts as we firmly clutched our swords spurred our lulling steeds nnd wilh a loud liurruh rushed upon the foe hut what pen can portray or tongue describe the mixed sensation of thai awful inomeul '. the rush was made — ihere was no longer ime for thought i was that day mounted on a wild unbroken mnro ; und when she heard the trumpet sound the charge the skittish jadn brok • from lhe ranks and hurriod me unwnrd threclly towards where lhe lan cer was wheeling ami careering on hu well mana ged milk white steed " be ii"t so rashly valorous my young comrade cried the veteran major " front the collage 10 lho palace from the cas tle to the hovel through all tho imperceptible shades and grades of lite and station i but intervene between greatness and littleness ; from lho sage to llio idiot from the conqueror to the worm fate in darkness and iu silence with movements thnt men sold mi see and never appreciate is spinning thai small fine but binding thread which weaves llieir common destiny into one inextricable web it is not alnno lhat the mouse disentangles the lion from the tolls ; it is not alone that lhe stronger savos or destroys the weaker ; but it is that every being ul every step affects the destinies of millions of others present and to come nud carrion on the irani of cnuso and event thut is going on from eternity tu et'-riiile . " the dependence nf the great upon the small and the continual nrl.rriru.rii of our fate to putty cir cumstances is a consideration full of weighty mural nml is never to be forgotten would to heaven thai my mure had understood the warning words for il was ibis skittish bcssi aud not exactly my but courage winch was hur rying me into the lion's jaws iii ihe same man ner ii i.i she only a few hours before brought to us an unlucky preneh chasseur and delivered him into our hands ami now h appeared vory probable thai a frenchman would again back tins unruly iii lllll uli 1st story the evhitu lancer witnessed tny forced ignoble career and laughing and uttering one of hia bit lei p'sts he twilled his fatal lance and slabbed uie lightly al inn very moment and before ba cnnl'l repeat ins i.i iw the enemy most fortunately in me was driven l.'i.'k though probably the proud haughty french merely intended lo show in or dndnm of us hv turning iheir bricks upon us an apparition has been seen m canada according to iho montreal transcript no is.dy can read ih last paragraph ami disbelieve ihe account no wonder tha poor man could not lie quietly in his gravo after dying unannealed of such u sin " leal tuesday fortnight mrs a lady of litarnry laatu and studious habits sat reading in her drawing room ; the clock ou lho innntlepiece struck twelve as tho lust stroke reverberated through tho apartments its door was suddenly flung open in ibo acl nf raising her bead lo reprove tin iiitiusion uuruiig for nl tbo servant hor eye rested on the lorm of her late husbuud ; she scream ed und fell senseless on tho carpet this brought up such members of lhe family aa bad not yet re tired t rest reslorntivoh vcre administered aud when mrs hail regained possession of bur suspended faculties and being a woman of strung mind und highly cultivated intellect miio fell dis posed to consider iho whole ofthe distress she hnd undergone as lho result of cerium associations ho i wii'ii tho melancholy lulu she had been poruslng und her late iom operating on a partially dirrniigf'1 nervous system hiu however deemed ii sdviea ble that her maid servant should repose in her chamber feat any return of whal ho bad deter mined lo consider a nervous affbclion should dis tress herself and alarm lhe family lesl tucs dnv night feeling stronger uud in battel spirits than the had enjoyed for several months past mrs ih.,i nsinl with ill presence of her attend mt reti the whito lancer was by tins litr.iiitifnl inanuuv re f ihu prenoh the reannosl of ibe rear he colly dismniiiiiird lo giee hn-alh to his smoking ntued and thon sealed himself upon u g'i'i'1 sloue and us if in disdain of our flanking lire began in em ins breakfast as if he were upon lhe parade ground of hu lather-land and had heart ihe order " stand nt ease . " look al thut impiident rascal '." arid several of our irrilutcd men dashed at inin bul like light ning the lancer sprang upun bis horse and hew laughing upon bis fleet steed right and left sooring for a prey for hit sharp innco and miracuously cs ca|w*d from n crowd of enemies and regained the ranks ol oui t'on who strongly reinforced udvun ced again and then came our lurti to retreat the inner upon his whito grey hound gallop i'd lightly over the ield fiuttoring ilia inn huwk high in ibe r.ir quivers lis win ere it stoops over us destine i victim ; then be laughed milling iv " ho hoi cried be in lo as pf derision " which of you vallisni prussians will try his su iguin-t my luu 1 ' uno nn mine on i'rue ■ lane is no novelty to us ; •' ami iigaiti he lsnl his weary " id upon his kuapsjkk then srhimryd l.y anoth er an i another bullet " oho i cued llie rkitnnst ig i li , " ilu re is o sl inn al hand if one