Year: 1879

comforts. She must on no account be
removed from the room where she now
lies. But this people about us will not
wait two or three months before they
carry out in act the treason they already
talk, and I, the avowed friend of the
king, and ready and willing to execute
his will in this rebelious province, will
very probably fall one of their first vic
Tins; or if not personally, shall surely
suffer in property, and be stripped of
land and house and even personal be-
longings. Were your mother able, we
should all migrate at once TO the still
loyal northern provinces; but as 1t is,
you shall go alone, carrying such valu-
ables as we can collect, and remain with
your uncle in Halifax until Perhaps
Gods goodness is without limit-per-
haps may bring her with me-"


Must leave my mother 7" cried
Dolly, in dismay. What matter for
our possessions, compared with the COM
fort of her last hours And how can
she spare me 2? and, oh how could
spare her ?"


Girl, there are perils in time of
anarchy and war of which you know
naught-perils for young and comely
woman of which 1 may not speak
Your mother will be cared for, since it
will be the one duty of my life to care
for her, and it will remove weight from
my mind to know that you are safe and
shielded from the possibilities of evil
Say no more; it is decided"


Dolly, stout-hearted as she was, dared
say no more, for the girl of century
ago was trained to obedience as the first
duty of her sex, and to silence and re-
spect for the authority of man as the
next nor was Dolly's father man to
soften the stern and unquestioned rule
every head of household felt bound to
exercise in every particular. So the
preparations for the young girls de-
parture went quietly and silently for
ward, and the schooner Dolphin, small
coasting craft owned by Major Catheart,
received cargo so various in its charac-
ter that neither master, mate, nor the at
tentive loungers who inspected the pro-
cess of loading could possibly determine
her destination.


Not until the very last days before the
DoIoh5n's sailing did any one outside the
majors own family surmise that his
daughter was to be a passenger, and so
oaaraflxy I,
carried aboard that very few persons saw
it at all. Among the rest was one arti-
Gle singular enough as part of a young
lady's outfit, especially so healthy, ac-
tive, and blithe a girl as Dorothea
Catheart ; it was one of those large
square, stuffed easy-cbairs still to be
found in old country houses, sometimes
dishonored in the lumber-loft, sometimes
carefully preserved in cover of white
dimity or gay old-fashioned chintz in
the chamber of the grandmamma. This
one was covered in green moreen, and
had stood In Mrs. Catheart's own bed
room, although that dear old lady had
not been able to occupy it for many a
day. A short time after the decision
with regard to his daughter, Major
Catheart had removed this chair to his
own study, and both he and Dolly had
occupied themselves over it for many
hours, until at last the girl deftly sewed
wrapper of tow-cloth over all, and
said to her father, who stood watching
the operation:


"There, father, 1t will stand in the
cabin, and shall-say that is covered
lest any but my dear mother should use
it, and am taking 1t to her invalid sis
ter in Halifax, whom am about to
visit"


81 doubt not your shrewd wit will
suggest many quip and turn" replied
the major, with grim smile; g but
take care that you do not pass the
bounds of truth and discretion"


81 will take heed, father. The bar
rels are all ready, are they not p''


"Yes, and shipped. Here is the bill
of lading;" and Major Catheart took
from his pocket-book and handed to his
daughter slip of paper worded thus:


"Shipped by the Grace of GOD, in
good order and we'll conditioned, by
Reginald Catheart, in and upon the
good Schooner called the Dolphin,
whereof is Master under GOD for this
present voyage William Peters, and now
riding at anchor in the Harbour of Pill
grim Vale, and by GODS Grace bound
for Halifax, to say, Twenty barrels and
boxes of sundries on Acct. and Risque
Of the Shipper, and consigned to