Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 27, Number 43, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 August 1885 — Page 7

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JASI'KU. lN'MAKA THE aCHOOLMA'AM. VN0HtlHi' HtHW! Mh lHVM twhial KtMOBlMlity uih! wr. Awl tu the HunjntMlH h(W to Nmt KtHM4 hihI (HHilth'rwtoriHtc Hlr. Wltk sturdy Men she dlml the peaks To view the MS'iies tliHt round ntr lie; Htmltk's roes Klowintriii bur clicks AhU 4wwure sjmrklliw Ih wr wye. Tk oataract'a thunder In the trln tMw hHW : hriI, lmtenliiK to tM nolae, ,$hi fanettKi fHfl' Ht home hkhIh, lit setiool, utHOHK th little lioys. lbtrtvn Vourltr. A STRANGE STORY. Remarkable Dream and Its Fulfillment. Mine is & strange story, the story of the one event fraught oven now with a haunting mysteryin a life otherwise monotonous and uninteresting. What .subtle instinct prompts mo to toll nty tale, I know not; unless it bo the halfunconscious wish to communicate to others that which must over 1 connected in my own mind with so much that Is weird and inexplicable. Even now, when it all Ilea behind me like "a tale that w told," fast receding and fading away into the outlived piit; when uiy blood How coldly through my veins, and my heart, like a wearied, wasted thing, drag slowly on till the -chill hand of death shall stay it forever even now I shrink with shuddering rcpugnauce, and would fain draw back from mv self-imposed task. I doubt if, under Uod's Heaven, two human souls ever loved each other more devotedly than did my husband and mvself. W had been married but a short twelve months when he came home one night with a haggard, absorbed look on his face, that told me instantly something of importance must have happened. What it was I soon learned. Business of tho utmost ur goncy required him to start at once for lirazil. Wo were to ou soparaieu, ne and I, for six long mouths he to jour ney across a world of wad, angry waters, 1 to drag out the weary days in lonely waittug anil watching for Iib return. Of tho desolate weeks that followed ray husband's departure, I will not now -speak. The days dragged slowly on, one by one, and at last the time arrived when I might expect to hear from him. The mail from ltray.il -the one ho had promised to write by came in, but the letter I had watched for, longed for and praved for through so many weary days and restless nights, came not, nor had any tidings of his ship been received. I went into hH office, whore 1 knew they -would hear directly ."he arrived. They tokl me there was no oause for anxiety, the ship was overdue, but that was a common occurrence! some accident had probably delayed iter; they wotdd telegraph directly she was "advised. Days grew into weeks and weeks into months, and yet no news of the Osprey. How I lived through that awful time, God only knows. Night after night, 1 lay awake thinking, thinking, thinking, until, utterly exhausted. 1 fell into a restless, dream-haunted sleep; only to to.s to ami fro on a wild heaving ocean, over which I was wandering in search of my lost husband. Day after day 1 would .shut mvself up in mv room to lie prostrate on the floor, sobbing: "Oh, my busband! mv brave, noble husband! God eive him back to mo! give him back to Sie." I will not wean the reader and Wring my own heart afresh bv dwelling upon tlte black misery and hopeless agonv of that learful time. Two long voars had gone by. and nothiug being heard of tho Osuruv it was considered as cottlcd bevond doubt that site had cone down and nit on loard perished Just at this time an old maiden aunt of mv husband', who had lnjon very ill. took it Into her itead that she would like me to go and stay a few days witli her. As the doctors said she could not possibly live more than a month or two 1 Had not me uoari to ruiuse; ami so. for the tirsttimo since my marriage. I found myself .sleeping under a strange roof. It was a little country farm house wav un in the midland counties. I iiad never been there before, and, as the journey was a long one, ami I was very tired, I wont to bud soon after ir.y arrival. That night 1 dreamt a dream of such intonso viviuness ami runucy that even now I can recall it to my mind, fresh and unfading as if it had happened but yesterday. I found myself. I know not how, standing alone at midnight on a bare, bleak heath, lit only by tho weird light of a low-lying moon, far away in the starless south. Across her wan face stretched a ragged skirt of black, angry cloud, on cither side of which the intercepted rays broke into two long hazy beams o light-one shooting far across the calm heavens, tho ther bending down towtrd earth till it wag lost iu the ahadowv horizon. All around me", as far as the eyo couh reach, spread tho wild waste o nuwirlaml saw that awav to tho fizht 1 saw the dark outlino of some building aimarontlv'a deserted shed or cot tar. A t stood there, numb am! trimihllmr in the chill night air, strange irresistible impulse I know sot whatseized me. bv which I was

.Impelled, an by some uHemi jKiwcr. iu

the direction or iw object. 1 drew oliMter and closer, my heart wrenching in wild, uneven eflbvt in my bosom, my breath coming iu short quick ga$s, and my ears so unnaturally strained for the slightest sound, that 1 could hear the blood hissing and rushing through tho veins in my temple. Suddenly I heard a sound as of soiiih human being iu pain, ami then a wild, wailing cry: "Harry, Harry, Harry! (1ml help me!" and then a low moan again. With one bound I rushed forward, ami thero in tho shadow of the shed, crouched up against the wall, I Maw tho form of a woman. apparently dying. 1 knelt at her side, raised hor in my arms, and, as the pale light of the moon fell on her face, 1 recognized the features of my lost husband. I recollect a wild, unearthly cry ringing in my ears, whether uttered by mysolf or uot, I can not say, and thou 1 awoke to Unit mysolf lying theru in that silent house, w.th the cold light of a cloudless moon falling full on my face through the uncurtained window. Sleep, with the recollection of that dream haunting my mind, was impossible; so I rose, and, on looking out, found that my window opened on a pair of iron stairs reaching down to a garden. In a dull mechanical wav I dres-ed. slipped a shawl over mv head, and stepped out. I passed through the garden, unlatched a gate, and found myself in an open rpad, bordered on cither .side by tall hedgerows.; In front the road rose in a kind of hill, until it met the line of skv. bevond which I could sec nothing, As I stepped hurriedly onwards, the moon, which, till then, had been shlniusr full in mv face, darkened, and when I res ? to tho brow of tho hill a strange consciousness of having trod den that path before came over me; and as I found ravseif on the summit. and looked at the view which suddenly broke before me, an icy chill through my frame, and I nearly ran fell fain tin' to the ground, for there seen !n tho wan Unlit of a low-lying moon. Mcross which stretched a ragged skirt of black, anirrv cloud -spread tho wild heath of mv dreim, still. silent and somber. And. as stood there trcnibliug and shud dering, two long hazy leanis of light one alravc and one ImjIow shot out from either side of the darkened moon, iust as it had aimeared before. It was some seconds ero I could nerve mysel to look to the rigid, but when 1 did so, there, dark and "dim, I saw tho outline of the deserted shod. Once more the resistless impulse seized me, once more I was drawn gradually but surely to wards the shed, I heard the low moan. the wailing crv, and saw, just as I had seen it in my ureani, mo tiar irm crouched up in tbo shadow of the wall! Hut this time there was no awakening, tins time it was no impalpable form that 1 touched, out tno iraguo iigiiru oi woman. Iter hair loote-lying around her, her eves gla'.ed as if in death looking up into mine with a dull appealing look. Trembling and affrighted as I was, I recollected that I had a smith bottle of brandy and water in my pocket, placed andy ; ere in th case I should require it on tho journey. Hh great uiincuuj a suc ceeded in forcing a lew urops pasi ner lips, which seemed to revive a mini uuitering in tho well-nigh lifeless bosom. 1 saw that she was perishing with colli, so 1 raised tho poor creature in my arms, took off my sltawl ami wrapped it round hor, and tried by brisk dialing and nibbing to restore animation. Then, with all the strength of my lungs. shouted for help, but except tho angry bark of some dbtaut watch-dog there was no answer, hue was co neany gono that I dared not leave her, oven for tho half-hour which it would take to hurry home and obtain aid; and io the long night through I sat there on tho damp clammy ground, bareheade i and shivering, wmi tno noau oi uiu iioipi woman on mv lap, striving to koett the faint, Wickering spark of life from being extinguished. "At last, towards day break, I hoard a waggoner going oy. and. hopelessly hoarse with cold and calling as 1 was, succeeded in attractin" his attention, and inducing him to drive us both to the house. A doctor was hastily sent for. who said tho poor woman was almost dead from hunger and exhaustion, but that by care and attention her life would be spared. That night 1 went to bed with my head burning like a furnace, and every limb aching with pain; and when morning came it found mo stricken down with u raging fover. brought on by the exposure to tho damps and dews of midnight on tho lonely heath. How long I lay liko tltat I know not. It must have been many weeks, for they told me after I had been twice "given up" by tho doctors. I the creator part of tho time, and. have no recollection of any-; thing, except that when I was getting bettor, I had a dim consciousness of :i familiar presence in the room, and onco fancied some one kissed mo on tho forehead. Tho first person I recognized, when mv senses cleared, wore my mother and tho woman whom I had found on that eventful night lying in tho shkdow of tho shed on tho bare heath. I grew strongcf and stronger, was pronounced out of danger, and at last was allowed to sit up in bed and talk. One day tho doctor asked me if 1 had heard tho history of the woman who.m life, he said. I had saved, and when I told him: 'No," he answered: Ask hor to tell it to you. It is a most tragic affair. She. too, has lot her husband, and I think you will be interoated." That very day I told her the doctor said Iwm strong enough to hear her story, and begged her to toll It. to which she consented readily. I give her tale almost as it came from her own lips, omitting my question and interruptions.

'My husband," aha said, "died six months after our marriage, mid as 1 was loft alruoet pcnuiloes, my brother in Australia wrote to mo to count and keep

lioue lor him. in tho steamer 1 went ut by there was a young Germ in gen tleman called Wagner, who was very kind to me. We wore within five days' journey of our destination when I woke uii one nli'lil to mid inueir alona in the cabin, and the ship on tire. I sprang to the door, but fell back almost stiilooated by tho deadly smoke, and just as T t.Ak M r ner rushed in, seized me in his arms, and 1 knew no mow, until, when consciousness returned, I found myself In a small boat with my deliverer, tho lirst mate, and two sailors alono on tho wide sea. A keg of water and a package of biscuits were ait wo nau in ino way oi provisions enough to last us about throe days. The lirst mate, However, ueciareu mm it might lxi weeks before wo were picked up, and that he must portion them out so as to last ten days, at least Seven long days and nigliLs went by, no sign of succor and all our allowance gono! Eacli dav Mr. Wasrner had taken his share of biscuit, but the tablespoonful of water meted out to, him he always gave to me. I did not pretend to refuso, brute that I was! in fact T hardly thanked him for It, so utterly mail was I with tho foarful cravings of hunger and thirst I hud noticed, however, that htrong as he appeared tho awful privation to which wo were subjected seemed to tell on him more than on any of the others; ho was weaker, paler and more exhausted. 1 soon found tho reason. For now, when therti seemed nothing before us but blank starvation. and wheu the strong men began to whiuo and pule liko Infants, he turned to me with an attempt at a smile, biddim? mo to keen 'a brave heart,' and showing mo. hidden awav in his pock et, the whole allowance of biscuits that had been doled out to him. ' lhoy are all for you; I kept them on purpose,' lie said in reply to my savage demand for ono. God forgive me! 1 snatched it from his baud like a wild beast, never even thanking him for his noble sclf-sacriiice, although I saw that the poor fellow was fast sinking from hunger and exhaustion. X can see now, though I did not notice it at the time, the sad, painful look on his face, as he turned away when I fiercely demanded tho other biscuits, then and there, and oven attempted to tear them from him by force. I was mad mad with hunger and thirst!" The poor woman broke dowu hero utterly, and it was some time before I could' soothe her stiiliciontly to go on with hor tale. "Wo wero ten days in that boat," she continued, "and on" the morning of tho eleventh, wo saw. when daylight broke. that we wero fast approaching land of some sort V e were too weaK to row, or direct tho boat in any way, but wo soon found we wero drifting rapidly in. Fortunately, iu-t as we came into shal low water, a large breaker lifted us clean up, and flung the boat some way in. loAViug it stranded there; otherwise it would probably have beeu over turned, and all washed away by an outsroinir wave. As we crawled out of tho boat, which was lying on its side amon? the shinsrle. one of us noticed nuantitv of shell-tish adhering to tho b ittom. Wo had just enough strength left to tear them ofr greedily, open and devour them. If it had not boon for this, I lielievo we must have died where wo lay, for thero was a long stretch of sand and shinglo to pass beforo wo could get sufficiently inland to obtain any food. However, hard as tho .shell-fish wore they served to support life for a time, 'liien tho mate, who was the least exhausted, crawled a little way in, ami at last returned bearing some turtle's eggs ho had found. Day oy day passed," and wo grow stronger and stronger, all except poor Mr. Wagner, whose noble selfsaerlfice noarlv cost him his life. Ho got a little better at last, and was able to accompany the others on short hunting expeditions, but in nil long or dangerous adventures ho had to be left behind with mo at home.' How loug wo wero on that island (if it wero an island) I oan not say. It must have been considerably more than a year, but there was nothing to mark the days bv. Tlinv oame and went one after another. bringing alwaj-s the samo ovonta and the samo requirement We saw several ships pass by :v long wav out to sea, but could not succeed in attracting attention. Ono morning I lowevcr, when all the others had gono 'or a whole dav hunting expedition. for leaving only Iflr. Wagner and myself 'at home' ih the cottage-huts wo had built, we saw a vessel come within a f..- inMi of tho island, and went almost mad with joy to seo that they wero loworiug a boat in reply to our signals. It was a little trading ship, bound for Liverpool, and manned bv as rullianly a set as I had ever seen. Wo told them tho other would bo back in tho evening, and begged them to wait; but when thoy found what littlo chance there was forgetting anything for their pains, thoy said roughly that if wo liked to go with i.om U nnnl.L but that thov wero bohind already and could not aflord to wait another hour for any ono. Yo bogged, prayed, promised they should hn amnlv rewarded, but all without of.w,f anit H-r nhlle-od at last to go with them, leaving a note behind for our absent comrades, tolling them that, wo would take stops to insure their dellveratico on gctwng io Aiigmuu. Waguer told nio that when we landed at Liverpool his first action must Iks to lot his wife -I mean his mother know of hto safotv Ho said he would tako me home to her, and I could stay while I communicated with my friends

In Australia. Poor fellow little dkl he tliiak. what wa before hlmJ Tho very day of our landing, lMtfore he had time even to telegraph home, he fell down in the streets in a sort of lit. They carried him to a dreadful hospital, where I followed and begged to bo allowed to nurse 1dm; but wheu they asked if I were his wife, and I told thorn 'No.' they refused to believe or

oven listen to my story, threatening to give mo In charge as a vagrant if I came aga n. l hero was one uocuir who looked kind, ami I waited for him outride, boggiug him to tell me if there was any hone. He said ho was afraid not. If my story were true, and the patient'! friends could ! found, lie thought, perhaps by tho greatest care and attention, such as it was impossible for liiin to receive in the hospital where he was, which was only a ktud of nauuer institution for foreisrn seamen, he might possibly recover. He said lie would write Mr. Wagner's friends if I irave him the address, but when I toldliim 1 did not know wlieio they lived except that it was somewhere in London, ho shrugged his shoulders and went awav. Then I determined in my mind, that, Owl helping me, the man who had laid down his Hfo for me, as it wero. should nitdio without an of fort on my part to save him. I had friends in 'London, if I could ori'y gat there, who would Iieln mo to lind his mother. I had enough monoy to pur chase a ticket for half tho journey the rost I would ouiieavor to walk. When vou found me. madam. 1 ha. I had no food for three davs. anil had been walk ing tive days and nights, very nearly without i ostitis'. " And your preserver, Mr. Wagaor," I said, "tell me is lie still living?1' " Yes. madam, thank uod, ho is bet tcr. but still Aorv weak and feebo. Directly I could seeak I told your kind mother ( Hio had b,?en telegraphed for wheu you Xt.il ill) my story, and prayed her for the love of Heaven to help mo to lind his relatives, isho wrote immedi ately to hor brother in London, tolling htm tho whole case and begL'inir him to make every of fort to lind Mr. Wagner s lamny, which ho did. without dtthculty. I be Hove. His mother and s'ster went down to Liverpool instantly. Thoy wem only jit3tin time, the poor fellow wa almost gone. However, every tiling that could ! done, was none, une oi mo nrst physicians in London was telegraphed for, and by the greatest care and devotion his life was saved. He is still weak and feeble, but much bo'ter, strong enough indued to bo moved from that horrible hospital." "Thank God!" I said, the tears com lnr Into mv ovo. "How 1 should liko to seo him, and tell him what I think of him. Ho must lw just such a ono as my Harry. ' "Yes. madam. I think he must.' answered the woman: "shall I describe Mr. Wairner to you?" I nodded, for mv heart was full of my husband and 1 could not trust myself to speak. "He is tall, but so broad-shouldered that you do not notice his height; lias a ruddy coniploxiou. much bronzed and sunburnt; dark hazel eyes that have a nlnnr honest look about them: and a voice that has such a ring of genuine manliness and truth that it goes home to your heart like a ray of sunlight: hair " bright, fresh " Why, you are describing my Harry," I interrupted hor with a sob; "lie was hist such a one as vou say, and iust such another heart, brave and no ble. Oh. my husband! my lost hus band! (iod give him back to mo! giv( him back to me!" There was a silence of some seconds, broken only by my sobbing, ami then tlte woman stud, in a forced, unnatural voice: "Yes, madam, it is very strange. Mr. Wagner must have been greatly liko your husband -" and then sho broke out in a wild hysterical kird of laugh: "Can not you guess? can not you guess?" I thought sho was mad. My brain was so confused I could neither think nor consider. "Guess what?" I said. "What do vou mean?" " Wo dared not toll you at once," she replied. "Wo were a'raUl of tho shook. I thought you would huvo suspected the truth long ago -can not .Vou see it? The ship I went out in was tho Osnrev. I was not going to Australia, j i,t Hfazil. My noble deliverer was no German, but an rcngnsuman your nus-band-hore he is ho is coming!" As site spoke I heard a footstep on the stairs; it was slow and feeble, but I knew it! I knew It! it was no my husband mv Harry come back from tho grave. The door opcntM. 1 sprang up ih bed with a "groat yearning cry of lovo and jov. anil, in anothof. moment. we two wero locked in oacn outer s arms together at last! Mgravia. Sex in Education. State Superintendent Robert Graham, in tho course of an address to the Wisconsin State Teachers' Association, said that only ono-seventh of all the teachers of Mm State are of the male sex. Presi dent Burton, of the Association, admitted that tho, female teachers wore doing admirably, and were, on the average, aimnrinr to won for certain phases of educational work, but thought raalo teachers woro needed to exercise those disciplinary influences over hoys-which women could not exercise, oupcimt.,i!i..nfc Graham concurred In this view, believing it advisable that tho schools should be supplied with a larger proportion of moti. The question why so many more woman tkaa mea seek the tKJsitiou of teacher was not diaeHWod, despite the inviting opportuaity. Vw r&nL

GONE IN SMOKE.

A Million I)Ur Flr at TrMt, inWi A DlMttrr UnH-e4Ntil In thm MMtwy r th Ciljr-Several Mm Knvmlr Hinted HHtt One, Vera? Iwe Uw I I.Ut ttftfcit IM. Toronto, Ost., Aug. 3. Oh of the most destructive fires that baa ever take place In Toronto begae aeoat belt put twelve o'clock this noralRf la tk Urge bilok belidlu erected by the Toroate Sauar Haflnlng Company o the eepUe ade. A strong wlad was mowing treet the oust, and carried ebtinks of the bsraIng Umber along the esplaeade, IgBltlag the wooden balldtnge as far west a ive or six blocks. la a abort tine nothing was left of the segar refine ry but the bare walls and smoke stack. The buildings of Saulter, Evass It Hkjke, Gunnel! & AbboUioa, all boat buildings, Held &. Co. and Walsh & Co., lumber erchanlH; Carrie, Martin & 'Co., beiler makers, aad other buildings are la bjbws and unless the wlad changes the whole south side of the esplanade will have te succumb. Sparks are flying aad lodgleg on roofs of large warehouses oa freet and Wellington streets aad fears are eatertalued that several of them y take lire. The Jlreraea are powerleee. The streets are'llaed with people. The loee will be enormous. Three schooners have already been burned to the water's edge The tire Is now a mile in length. At this time the beat was ee Intense that the Bremen coaia eereiy f-o within half a block of the balldlag, and were powerless to stay the iaaee. A rumor was soon current isat uarj Wort, one of the watchaaea ox tae giecose factory, was mlsslBg. He wae seen a few minutes before tae are was discovered, and was tela to save goae alter ine oooss m toe wmjuij. Diligent search laiiea to Deie any tt to hie whereabouts, aad he laast bare perished. The sallow oa the fiae schooner Annie Aiuivey, iwueu wiv coal, which was ualoaaiag ac nogera' docKs, aojoining me iwiui;, had a terrible experience. Ia attempting escape, William McCallam, ot Port Hope, a aallor, was baraed so badly that he may die. The men were all in their busks, aad were aroased bv the inn.i cookilne noise of the flame. Whea Qn d.k the and rKSiax0 lue vessel were enveloped ia flames. The heat from the roaring lurnaace to iae cast of them was so intense that escape to the esplanade was cut of. Tne ea then made for the south end of the wharf, jumped Into the water and swaa to the adjoining wharf. Ia doing so, however, they were all more or lese burned. William McCallaat suffered a terrible tcorchlBg. The Captain of the Mulvey, Thomas Uglow, of Port Hope, aad James McCallum, brother of William, were also badly scorched. The Mulvcv was valued at 120,000, and was burned to the waterTt edge la lese than halt an hour. The rapidity with which the flames spread was marvelons. A strong east wind, amounting to a nurrlcaae, was blowing when the Are broke out.,, Great spark and burning cinders were blowa westward with great rapidity, aad by two o'clock the fliraes had reached the foot of Scott street, aad almost everything In its wake, atatloaary and afloat, from Princes to Voage street, a distance of over halt a nille.waa burned. It is Impossible at this raomeat to give any Idea of the amoaat of loss, but it will be over a alllloa. It waa nearly five o'clock before the lire was uader control. A light rala begaa falllagat four o'efbek, and the wlad shifted to the aortheast, so that the flremea were able to check the flames, jasi as ibbj reacaeu Yoage street dock. LATRST. The flames were luckily coaflaed to the esplanade, and the valaable Duuaiags oa th north side of the alae blocks over which the flames traveled escaped with a scorching. The followlag are amoag the proper, ties consumed aad damaged: UST OF THK LOSKRS. Glucose factory, owned by a syndicate; a brick balldlag, eight stories aiga aaa cost 200,OOO. The schooner Annie Muivey. Itogers' coal docks, with sever haadred tons of coal. Thomas Saulter's boat-aoase. K vans' boat-boase. lleake's beat-house. (Junsell's boat-house. Ibbotoon's buat-houe. Held & Co.'s lumber ynrd. Walsh, James & Co.'slumberyard. Currle, Martin & Co.'s boiler work. Corporation Wharf. Wlmaa's awlmralag baths. Mrs. Itennardson's boat-houte. Hamilton & Sons' elevator. G. &. J. Warlua' boat-house. Joseph Adaaison's Ice-house. Williams' roorlng works. , William Poison & Co.'s caglae works. ' Hoard's wharf and elevator. Oag's blackstalth-shop. Unlldlaga in Lloael Yorke's stoaevale & vei'a njnr uauci Ontario Tanners' Supply Company' Factory. Nelson & Sons' scale factory. Adamson's wharf. St Lawrence Wharf. V r; J. Stmmlngton's cigar box maaufactory. Win. Adamson's wharf. Scrane & Co.'s coal docks. Donahue & Oliver's lumber yard. Bailey & Co.'s coal yard. The fleet of ferry steamers, Oatarlo. Mazeppa, Annie Craig aad Theresa, at the foot of Church street, were nearly all destroyed. The store of Hooker. The Madeline and Mary Ann balldlaga, between Church and Yonge streets. The Bay Side Rowing Clab house. Cook, Jones & Ingles' works. Geo. L. Umbers' fruit market HamllloH'a wharf. Mrs. Grieves' ooat-nouse. D. 0. Lorsch's boat-notise, p. Burns' coat docks and Mlhey't wharf.