The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-04-23

deeds with its solemn folds. -.
The little town OF Bytown. even now aris.
en- to be called the City of Ottava--and.
from its position as the central medium for
trai!lc between the States and Canada, des-
Tuned to be soon one of the principal cities
on Inc coiony-is, perhaps, the only recop.
nized haunt OF men ia which these wild
tribes are ever to be seen. Ihither, thew
are compelled occasionally to come: there
Is the great depot whence they supply them
selves with provisions to last them during
their protfacted exile there they effect thair
engagements with the various large timber
and raft owners by whom they are employ
ed and there, on Bytown wharf, some hun.
dred OF them were standing on bright Ju
" morning. in the year 1850, when /, being
at that time engaged in Canada in the civil
service Of her Majesty, lounged in amongst
Chem.
lhe entrance Of stranger into such an
assembly never passes unnoticed; and rs |
movea among the different groups every
head was raised, my personal appearance
was scanned by all, and made the subject Of
free comment 10y many of them. l waited
for nearly an hour, putting my cigar and
listening t" the loud laughter, the noi.y al
tercalloi', and the queer jargon Of the people
GROUND me, and was almost lasping into q
cGtiHns day dream relative to their previous
and filWrc career, when was aroused by n
man who II appeared to hold some superior
position among them, and who ordered them
at once to prepare ia start. The instant |
set eyes upon tins man, l recognized his
features, and a painful sensation that we had
met before, and under UNPLEASANT circum-
stances, came over me. lie was younT.
handsome, and in spite of his rough cos
tumc, looked like a gentleman. His hands.
too, though tanned by the sun, were well.
shaped; and, as he pointed towards the riv-
er, noticed IN his little finger thin hoop
of gold, like the guardrings of women.
which must have been there for some time.
as the flesh seemed TO have tichtened be.
meath it. | could not recollect who he was.
nor where had seen him. looked again :
and, rs stood with open mouth and ewes,
gazing at him, he turned sharply round, and
Our eyes met. But for an instant, thouph .
for flushing scarlet, he turned on his heel,
and, followed 10y a body of the lumberers,
strobe rapidly away.
10 person of nervous temperament like
myself, such a circumstance was particularly
unpleasant. 1t was plain that the reconni.
tion between this man and me had been mu-
tnal, and it was equally evident that he too
must have had some unpleasant recollection
oi our former acquaintance, or why should
he have hurried away so abruptly? Who
could ho be? worried myself with the
question all day and, when went to bed
at night, turned over incident after incident
OF my past life, but could connect that face
with none Of them. Where had we met.
and what made the recollection painful !
Could he have been at school with me at
Lowebarre, and, as monitor, have thrash.
ed, and bullicd, and tortured me No:no
one did that but Gambler, and knew that
Gandler was dry-sater in Cripplcpate.
Could he have been with me at Bonn. and
did we quarrel and go out to Popplesdorf
aud have it out with short swords No &.
Leisten was my only opponent in that way.
and he is dead. poor fellow. Had he stood
in my way in love in business. in pleasure {?
Was he AN editor who had refused my con
tibuIons, lawyer who had sued me on n
writ, Joker ana diner-out in society He
was none of these.
was up early the next morning, and off
on my journey to Calumet Island, a small
settlement Of French, Canadians, Americans
and l'ishmen, some fifty miles further to-
wards the source Of the Ottawa As pro.
ceeded on my monotonous route, my brain
once more fell 10 work, trying to solve the
mystery Of the previous dav PASSING
through the little village of Clarendon, was
surprised to find The main street thronped
by the inhabitants all dressed in holiday eos.
tune, and ! found, on inquiry, that they
were assembling to witness the laying of the
first log OF n new church. OF course | stop.
ped to see the ceremony, which was per.
formed by the village cIergyman-a fine,
whiiehaired old man, who invoked fervent
blessing on the undertaking. had no
sooner resumed my journey than suddenly
the whole story Of my mysterious acauaint-
a1ce flashed across me. am not sufficient.
ly versed in metaphysics or the sub,ler the.
ories OF mental pathology 10 explain how
this occurred my belief is that tie sight of
the clergyman and the gaily dressed villa
gers re.awakened the slumbering reminis.
cenee, and dsolved the mystery.
Three years previously, after a long and
dangerous illness, haG been removed TO a
seaside watering.place in Wales, which I
shall call Plenmouth. Watering place 1t
did not, in truth, deserve the name. There
were no parades, esplanades, terraces, cres-