THE FOOL'S PRAYER. The royal fanat was done; the King
Sought some new sport to banish care, "And to his joster dried Sir Fool,
Kneel now and make for us a prayer,' Tha jester doded his ep and bella,
And stood the mocking court before: They could not soo the hittur swile Behind the painted grin he wore.
He howed his dod and bent his kneo Upen tha monarch's silken stool; His pleading voita arowu:
O Lord,... Be merciful to me, a fool!
No pity, Lord, could change the hoart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the sin; but, Lord,
. . Be ferziful to me a fool!
Tis not by gaits the onward sweep
Of truth and right, O Lord, we slay'; "Tis by our inllies that an long
We hold the earth from heaven away. These churisy feet, still in the mire, Go-crushing blossoms, without and These hard, well-meaning landa wa thrust
Among the heart-strings of a friend.
10 ill-timed truth we might have kept; Who kifo wa huwaharpitpierced and slung? The word we had not sense to any
Whe knows how grandly it had fang
*Our faulta ao tenderness should ask,
Tiendastening stripes must clearse them But for our binelers
Before the oyar of heived we fall
Earth has no balsam for mistaken;
;
Tho mother was an overcome that she dropped into a chair and begon meaning and wooping a terrible shook to the girl, but she realized from the first mo- mont that if she was to be saved from the fate planned for her slid must save herself. She therefore went alioat with the prepara tions for the meal, and about the time the men wore told to sit down to the table the mutber linhbled out and sat down beside the dead body of her husband, ao alized and terrified that she could et slied a tear. After the first shock the girl began to plan against the gang, and very more made by the mon was uncrowly watchod As the place was foolated they had no four of being disturbed and took matters very leisurely. They talked of the shooting of Bontón a coolly as if they had it only upon a dog, - and as they drew up to the table-Cummerford obeurted:
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The real cause for wander is that poatry should have stayed so long in a world which has rejected nearly everything upon which it battens. Materialism is the death grows of eng, and the more prosperous it the more prossio does it become. Hitherto, indues, we have beening largely upon our inbocitation in this regard. We could not at once exhaust the great ups of ima gination which descended to as from ages that preserved ideals and did, bot wholly exclude the spiritual from -oxistence, aud upon that ancient stock our pools have drawn. But now we are approaching the end of this inheritance, and as we begin to fall back upon the original products of dur Ought to have kit, him about two inches owa time, their ridity strikes a death- lower, but it wasn't so bad for a sing-shot.chill to the art of Bootry, and it There is, however, withers. Kinder-sorry for the old woman, hur shall fade and wit feel better after we fine the body into the so nicely shaded a gradation in the pro- Acusses by which, as in the working of river, Say, gal, how dye-like me, any C way You orter to be proud of such amandisolving views, une tendency disappears and sinthet takes its place, that paradoxi- sal as Jack. Cumulu
Come; Jack, be a a bit easy on bot until pl occurrences pquestiace marle the transi tico, Thus among the londers of scientific we git afluat, remarked one of the others.
She's inaterialiam to-day may be seen men of Oh, surtin, chuelded shouthw. kinder fraid of as now, but she'll soon be genius, who unconsciously deries from the proud of her husband. Rather pooly gal, idealisus of their ancestors an imaginative Hattie is-Sorry I didn't comie laat week, force and brilliancy which they employ in the destruction of the intuence furnishing strongest and most effective weapons. thoir entile itangination owes its vitality to the indout which it denies. This to this dise teal that the world is under our ite obligations for whatever it enjoys and pas sesses which is not at bottom bacharism. Paychology is the least developed science. Its students atong the Western nations. they have not succeeded ros in attaining au revolva like squirrels in their wheel, and equal hoight with 'Plato, nor have they rouched more deünite knowledge than the astronomer-pout of Persia, Omar Khayyam, had acquired eight hundred years ago.
but
my motto isto atlead to basiness fast, Sey, gal, don't be ateared in laugh if you fed had brought his rifle or earbing to the house, while the others had firearm store the boat. The left their Man crown the knave and scourge the foot carbine leaned against the wall in the rear of the man, and just ne they got fairly to That did his will; but then, O Lord,
Be merciful to me a fool I
eating the girl examined it sufficiently to note that the saber contained four of five bullets, Nicooner was the curtain of this than the niched it up and run out of dacra, and as al ran forlier mother, who w in the direct line of the bout sho: call. ed to lur to leave the body and hasten abcard the craft, Dazed as she was, the A second boat mother did not hesitate. A
and she was aboard before any complying, and of the cutlaws chore. When they did appear it was to Hnd the girl with the carbine at an aim, covering the mother's res
.. The rooms was hushed; in silenco rose
The King, and songht his garden cool, And walked apart and muratired low,
Be merciful to me, a fooHe „**/
-Edward R. Sill.
EVOLUTION. (Spectator.)
We were a soft macba
In ages past and gone,
Ere you were Queen of Sheba,
And I King Solomon.
Unorganed, undivided,
We lived in happy aleth,
And all that you did I did,
One dinner nourished both:
Till you incurred the odium
Of Gasion and.
A severed on
You strayed your lonely course.
When next we met together
Our cycles to ful£l,'
Each was a bag of leather,
With stomach and with gül. But our Asian toorals
Recalled that old mischance, And so arcided quarrels
By separate majatenants. Long ages passadour wishes Ward fet serless and free, For we wore jolly Gahes,
A-swimming in the sea.
We roamed by groves of ourál,
We watciod the youngsters play- The memory and the moral
Had vanished quite away,
Next, each became reptile;
Withiazge to ating and-slay No wiser ever crept, I'l
Amert, deny who may
But now. diedatning
trammels
Of scale and Fimbless coil, Through crary grade of mammals. Wo passed with upward toil.
Till, anthropol and wary,
Appaated the parent apg.***** And soon we grew less hairy, And soon began to drape.
So, from that at Amceba, To ages past and gone,
You've grown the Queen of Sheba,
And I King Solomień.--
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and suggestion to a world which is stored to Hizkung, August 31, 1887 leave the house or wait upon herself. The brethren. King Paol I was his loan suspensaovided, which is becoming spiritual ple soon learned that to attempt any love. It lies off the northenst east of Sardinia,
more atrophied as to its mors be pretty
broad Paul
which rojoices iu and is five.miks lung and one
agnostin making with the girl woul
all certant to end in somebody-death-The had just foxy subjects, and won three or four
bighing gallante who came
To about were made to walle the plan, and ing torms in time it came to be known along the river | kingdom daniaga da ruling a pocket of intelleet upon the present alone, TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS and Friday, on account of coaling
those
and numerous
a-visit-out that drie curtain ove
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AND OTHER CONNECTING A RAILWAY LINES & STEAMERS.
like Tavolaen that is unt possessed the question, What man the answer of that old man Benton looked upon his by the nouarchy of the somewhat more science is, A little higher than the boats' daughter as too good a match for any one is powerful islands of Great Britain. If the the answer of revelation is, A little lower paris. Then i was that an outlaw subjects talked Socialism or anarchy the than the angels, Burus There is no con- to-day it is science. named Kuck Cammerford sent the old man King went right down among them and that speaks ea
message that be was coming to make persuaded them out of it. As they were tent, nor enduring satisfaction, nor evolu- THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY Hattie his wife. The fellow was proprietor an easily persuaded people Paul L soon got tion other than animal, nor invention other of a douting whisky slanty, and had two thom talked round. If us of the subjects than sensual, nor culture other than-al- or three hard cases constantly with him. proved stubborn the King did now call out less when spirituality is exofaded, or dor. While there was no question that this crew the army. He merely threw off his coat, mant, or paralysed. Huuma history in tho wore guilty of sterling and robbing and there and then, and they had it out past has been a monotonous iteration of THE British Steamship PARTHIA, worse, the victims hesitated to complain on the spot As the King was a muscular issons on this one theme. Poverty, thrift, 3,167 Tons Register, C. BROUGH, and the law to arrest...
he led little difficulty in prosperity, wealth, luxury, corruptness, Commander, will be despatched for VAN- Man, he Cumme:ford heard of the girl long enough vincing the subject of the error of his way degradation in these seven words the fate COUVER, B.C., vid KOBE and YOKO- before he saw her, and the first Bonton If the subject still refused to listen to ten- of many great empires is told. The HAMA, on THURSDAY, the 29th Sept., heard of the outlaw was by way of a she-sau the King would say, "Oh, let's change is the burial-place of extinct civilisations, at 3 p.in. Exge in which Commerford told him that ho
hothe and the obstinate
the obstinate man was and materialien was the disease of which would be on hand in about ten days to look thereupon sent to the mainland, au& leither one and all diso."
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Ma-tau Totin, '7 the girl over, and if she suited him he would opinionated fellow brought back in his
en the 8th-November. de Lake.ber way. The father boiled over at place. There was sons of that heart-burn-
Theag steamers, formerly in the CUNARD 'TS PUBLISHED suit the Departure scholarship is now assiduously onltivated, the impudence of the message, and hearing about presentation as Courts watch is,
Secries, lately received Now Engios and of ooh-ENGLISH and FRENO MA and where novozally represented in the first Ma-tau Wai ranged to kill the outlaw en sight. Had it alas too frequent in the other Courts of
respective Boflays, and can maintain a speed at sea of and is foras published fortnightly, but creditaule to the Reike, by papers highly Marti bean known just how he would come, Cuat Eurare If the King happened to be hoeing
and Ngan Ping. 13 to 14 knots, merford would have been welcomed with a or wooding cut the luxuriant macaron, the
Connection will be made at Tokohama as it was deemed of spacial importance that Some translations from Chinese novels and Ngan bullet; bat the Enesenger lid not stats that subidot would call bin to the fence and ULES MUMM & Co.'s with Steamers from Shanghai and Japan a weekly budget of news should be prepared, plays are marked by both accuracy and fresh. Ngeng chắn Chau.
and after being on his guard Hollo, Paut, how's things?' and the King J
OBAMPAGNE,.. Ports, and at Vancouver with Sau Frau it was decided to ime it weakly. Subness of style; and an account of the careet of Pak-shui Wan days the father began to relax his
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to the fact of the Canadian Pacific paper for their perusal will welcome the datinguished by its literary grace. Beside
change, The Overland China Mail, now actices of new bocks relating to Chius and Your of Kwong, which in the style of find a shanty-bost moored at the bank and a mine over from Sardinia. He's in the hand
WHITE WINES. Railway being the best built and the weekly compendium of news from the Far the East, which will be a useful feature of H. M. the Emperor of Chin, and is of rough-looking fellow just coming ashore, organ business over thore, and that's the sort
splendidly equipped lias ever constructed Jack Cummerford and his gang had arrived of a Bardins be it. The King would then Baxter's Celebrated Burley Brea
WHISKY 87 per Case of 1-dez-on the American Continent, and specially East, contams special Commercial intelli- the Reviete, if carried out with punctuality course applicable in a British Colony.
we are glad to notice that and the rillain intended to make his word shake hands and borrow a chow of tobacco,
genes, special tables of Shipping, and other and detail, GIBE, BIVINGSTON & Co. adapted for Summer travelling. good. Henten was not afroed the outlaw or ask the crowd to tho paises to have a
Cousular Invoices for Goods to United information. The varicus Reports of Courts Notea uc Queries are destined to had a rite in his hand. Suspecting some drink. The king's navy gave him very
Hongkong, July 18, 1884.
States points should be made out in quad and Meetings, and all other news, are given and place in its pages also. It is to be hoped that this opening for contributiouss il the pioneer started to retreat, but was little trouble. It was not mach better than
ruplicate, and addressed to Mr. D. Ein full as they appear in the Daily insta
The attention of Advertisers is directed on Chinese subjects may oroke a similar shot in the back before he and gone thirty the United States Navy, and so the old
Brown District Freight Agent, Vancouvery
to a weekly newspaper, which is circulated degree of literary real by that which wor foot, and he was deed almost as soon as the man -wax nots vary proud of it. He
B.C., and sent to us. outlaw reached him. The thres then pro rarely used, it except to take a row in the
Freight will be received on board until among old China hands and others, both displays during the lifetime of its prede at home and in the Far East, who do not ceasor in the field, and that the China Remou. Deeded to the house together. The mother evenings or to go out Solung in on the
Long-routes the suppert sosomary to insure and daughter were preparing breakfast, and Saturday half holidays. Last time he was A
4pin on the 28th September,
take the daily journals.
it continuanc were ordered to make provision for their on the mainland he bought a tin dipper to visitors. They had heard the rifle shot, but buil it out with, and the financial crisis before they could voice their auspicions of brought on by this expenditure was the what had happened, the leader of the gang only disturbing element in long and Heafu reign. He was 78 years of age when Conte, now, hurry up. T'es come to be died and he was sincerely mourned by take the gai away, and I thought the old his forty faithful subjects. Let us hope
several
brutally said
znan might object, I laid him out on the his successor will reign as palmly and well,
tart No eniveling now, but git hrazkipst ready, and then prepar' to go with me...
and do a little as he did to disturb the somewhat souaby poacs of Europe,
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