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5u*f^ _J DREAMLAND Prom Longman's Magazine'/!^ Jin the dim realm I wandeerd through, The shadow land of sleep, Came many souls of lovers A tryst unknown to keep. There came the (Jod of Dreams to rula His phantom kingdom o'er, -Androses white and wonderful,'*| *§*$" And ghostly lilies bore, JLnd as I wandered, loneliest -?•$£ The snirits free amonff, ff 3Jnto all those whose lo\e wa1*blest The fan est flowers he hung. I Then I caught his garment's floating Item, Murmuring bitterly *»King, all the daylight is for them— And hast thou naught for me?" A yistanfcas I stayed him there He looked upon my lace, B«ior» bis garment's fold of air Melted from my embrace. Then, swifter* than a shadow fhe3, He passed and no flower fell— „i$Jut his eyes were as my lost love's eyes, •Looking a last farewell —May Kendall., A LEAP IN THE DAKK. N May, 1779 "Th a Miller," Deoaar. est, owned and operated the grist null at still stands though abandoned and in a runious con dition, near De lft arest, New Jer sey. In the "house a one hundred a away he miller lived with his two and two daughters, within full "view of the shadowy woods sweeping *«P the western slope of the so JPalisades. At midnight on the eleventh a of that of Ma the miller was ^awakened by sounds at he had, for tman a night, expected to rouse seized his musket, called hastily Jbis sons Cornelius a a a ffollowed by them, an quickly down stairs, and out at the back door This as the third time they ad been us .-roused £o repel the a of ma •standing Royalists tro steal their Worses. This time they were to late to save ^the animals. Th a of a a *ltad already ted two fine horses from he barn and were in the saddle again wVen the miller a his sons ar rived two parties perceived each oth at the same, moment, and fired on ""the instant. Demarest and his sons were unhurt, a yell from one of the raiding a showed at he was struck, they all rode away at the to of their speed, leaving the miller a his sons alone. Cornelius Demarest was twenty, a eighteen years of age, were tall and strong. Their. mother as dead, and they were*principally solicitous for their young sisters, May »and Lucy. The miller ad made himself highly ©bnovious to the Britisn and Tories by frequently furnishing supplies of meal and flour to Washington's army •encamped at the little village of a a a tew miles away The expected a return of the a a soon they wrere visited again. Shortly after nightfall on the second day after their encounter Mr. Demar •est went to the spring not far from the )Jiouse to fetch water. Th boys heard a shout from their father and rushed out at the door. he mill was on fire. They could see figures moving about in thehghto the fire. •"They've got father prisoner' There Vhe is!" said Hancomb pointing to a 4»roup where a struggle was going on. At at moment there were two mick reports of musket-shots, and the boys fell to the groupd and lay prone on the grass far from •the door. May a Lucy an to the door, T\here they were confronted by a party -of troopers. The leader seized Ma by he arm, and pointing with a fierce gesture down the sloping lawn. "Ou of this' You brothers are there. They've ground their last 3»rist." Th a rushed in to complete the -work of robbery and destruction. •Only one an on guard at the front ••of the house. Lucy and Ma an to the a where their brothers lay. Trembling -with fear, they listened to discover if -their hearts weie still beating, a •were overjoyed to find at were still alive. It was the work of a few •moment to bting a back to consciousness, for a bullet had barely grazed his skull. As soon as he arose to his feet the •duty of rescuing his father came back to his mind. S a here a keep quiet," hesaid. I off." a leaped stone wall -at the base ol the slope, a crept a in its shadow till he reached tne igcanary, beneath which were several partially decayed pumpkins. se lected the hardest and moved to a he sentry, keeping in the a ^shadow ot a group of pines. Th vnotse of the a a in the house ^enabled him to approach within a few feet of the guard, who was intently observing the road Carefully ppising in a *comb se*nt it straight at the head of ^the'tTory on guard. It struck true to ^rthei»ark, broke into a dozen pieces-, „|saad laid the trooper ,senseiess.updn 3 he grass. a dragged he stunned an •within the shadows -off 'the pines, *1)Ound him with a halter strap and 7|?agged him with his own neckerchief aa soon as tie began to recover breath. *gpCUen tbe.boy-8trJDped the trooper of his goat, a accoutrements, a them on. Having'secured the at and musket of his fallen foe, a rushed to 1he door to personat -the sentry. shouted "Run for horses! There's a rescue a coming!" Th men who were sacking the house instantly an in panic, leaped the fence, and rushed down the ad to where their companions a horses were concealed*. Wit no definite plan, but trusting to some favoring opportunity to as sist his. father to escape. a was first to reach he men with he horses. jumped upon the nearest h^orse, a seized the bridal of at upon which his father sat, gigged and bound. a shouted the captain "Prisoner to the front.' Away they swept down the a highway to a the city of New York. They had gone a short distance when the captain spurred his horse to the side of the miller, a seized *the bridle opposite to the side upon which a rode. A fear at he was discoyered thrilled through the boy. "Here, said he captain. "See at you keep a tight hold on this bridle, a watch the prisoner's hands If we are overtaken, him on the spot a an let him" escape." "Le me alone for a growled a in a disguised voice. I like to see the corn-husking lebel es cape' Wit no suspicion of he hidden meaning in the supposed trooper' reply, the officer, satisfied at the prisoner ad a zealous guardian, dropped the bridle, a with a growl at the moon, which as just breaking through the clouds, rode forward. a now felt secure from dis covery as long as the general panic continued. pretended to examine the miller's wrists, a repeat ed loudly at he had replied to the captain "I' like to see you escape!" Th prisoner turned to a his brave son, a the flash of recogni tion shone in his eye. Bu he said nothing. a and furious they sped away the sparks from the horses' hoofs flashing like a flight of tiny meteors in the darkness. Now a then, as they scurried a a roadside farm-house, a white-robed figure would be seen at a windq^nr, wondering what mischief was a a At the to of a hill the leader called a halt, to-listen. Bu no sound of pursuit was heard. "We've shaken them off," said the captain, with glee. a Jn the confusion of the few moments halt, a ad leaped to the ground, down his head »to avoid recognition,'and busied himself with the trappings of his horse. At the word a he rose and the keen blade of his knife cut through the rope binding the captive's hands A the same time he saw at his father bestrode one of the stolen horses. a position was becoming more hazardous Now the leader, feeling secure from pursuit, adyance to the head of the a By adroit maneuverin the Dem arests ad dropped somewhat to the rear, when a weird soifnd—now faint, now deep and hoarse—rose above the hoof-beats. It was familiar to the patriots,bu appalling to the troopers The drew rem and silently listen ing in a confused and widely separated gioup. Now they were near where a the present village of Tenafly, near a deep forest-lined gorge, in which there is a succession of waterfalls called the "Caulders," leading up to the Hud son Palisades. a saw at the opportunity for Escape ad come. Th on was now hidden, and it was quite dark "Now' a whisnered. They ad managed to face up the road The miller lashed his horse with his belt-strap, and dashed for ward. Th captain was between him and liberty, only for an instant, for a blow from the miller's brawn fist sent the leader reeling from his saddle. There was a chorus of yells from the astonished group of troopers "After him shouted the ser gant. "He' broken the captain' head. a him alive, and we will roast 8 him for this!" "I'll a him alive, or die in the a exclaimed a And before those who were assisting their leader could recov er from the sudden confusion, he gal loped after the fugitive. Soon he wras close behind his father. Th miller, who ad snatched off the gag, turned to his son. a said he, "we never can keep up this pace and if we do they will shoot us when we a back near them round the bend in the ad ahead. We must take to the marshes till the troopers pass, then climb the slope to the old Indian trail on the to of the Palisades. "Yes it's our only chance. They're after us. As the on broke through the clouds, the crack of a pistol mingled with the hoof-beats. JHancomb was doubtless suspected. Another shot! The at of the young a rolled in the dust. A shout went up from the troopers as he was seen to fall forward, as though struck by the bullet. Bu he ad merely thrown himself upon the horse's neck to shield himself as mucti as possible. Next the'bend in the ad was passed. f^' *"£, Checking the speed of the horses,'the miller and his son leaped to the ground just as their pursuers swept the cut ve. the left of the ad were a few straggling trees, with a moonlit mead ow beyond, a then th6 marshes the right was a re am lined with rushes, _f. "i The hill-side was echoing to the pur suers' exultan yells, when the Dema rests leaped across the ad to the right, a were lost to view. Th troopers dismounted with a great deal of uproar Th captain' order to beat, the a of the stream could be heard above the "Kee close behind me, in he shadow of the rushes, said the millergf the rushes end a little way ahead W at shall we do "Strike up the hill-side.^ is th only thing we can "C^ The soon reached a a of low, thick-set bushes, extending for some distance up the side of he MIL IProm this point they cross a wide, open space in order to reach the woods. They ad hardly cleared a third of the distance when a fierce yell showed at they were discovered. On they went, over he thin grass a the outcropping rocks. The ad nearly reached he edge the wood when a volley was fired. The came a shout of as a was seen to fall. "Son, are asked the miller. "No a scratch.' father. I stepped into a hole. We'll give 'em the- slip yet. a God, we have reached the woods. Bu see! they're coming." "Yes. I won't do to a the trail. We get down the rocks to the river, if we can. %,%,\ ^3*5538?' After running a few a they turned east to a the Palisades. This lofty, picturesque wall ot igneous rock, a miles in length, is familar enough as seen from the so River. or almost? its entire length its -to is a narrow* forest-grown plateau, which descends at the west in irregular slopes to the Hackensac Valley. he basaltic formation forms groups of huge columns, whose flat upper, surface sometimes rise one above another, like steps cut in the rocks Here and there the giant ridge is in dented by steep slopes, clothed with a stunted growth of bushes a small trees. Now a noisy confusion of voices came rolling through the»forest. Han comb, pausing for an instant heard the a given to search the surrounding underbush, where he ad fallen. Th troopers doubtless ex pected to find him, wounded, a the miller with him. The soon found they were ap proaching the verge of the a es carpment, at the base of which four hundred feet below them, rolled the Hudson at was a lucky fall of mine," said a I as thrown off the scent." "Yes we are of the woods, yet my boy. Caution's the word. Keep in the darkest shadows, and bejsilent." W go down he first slope we comeSto, a work up the riv er?" ••We would break our necks. It's, dangerous enough in daylight—doubly so with the cliff in a deep shadow like this. No, at will never do. We'll strike strairh for home I believe we have shaken off he enemy. No! Goo heaven! They'v got a dog on the a Th wind brought to their ears the baying of a hound, a the sound was rapidly approaching them retrace their steps a cap ture. At their right was the precipit ous wall of the Palisades. the left the baying of the dog sounded nearer a nearer. Before them stretched an open, moonlit glade, a hundred a a re in width. They sped forward into the telltale moonliht. Scarcely ad they left the shadow of the trees when a a of their pursuers leaped from the woods in pursuit. No a shot was fired. I was evi dent at the intention was to cap re the fugitives alive. Wear from their exertions, the Demarest were rapidly gained upon a was just behind his fath er. Suddenly he turned to the right, a sped to a the brink of the frightful precipice »a hundred a away Puzzled by this unaccountabl movement, he pursuers slackened their speed. Some an cautiously in the direction the boy ad taken he hound led the advance. or a the form of the young hero stood agairifet the eastern sky. The after one glance backward, a a longer, steadier look into the gulf before him, he leaped into the air a was^gone. Next moment the hound, unable to stop his speed, shot forward with a cry almost a into the a abyss. yelled there was a fam rattle of dislodging debris, a all was still. Th .spectators, their blood chilled by this supreme act, gathered together upon the rocky verge a held brief council before they turned and moved slowly up the glade. In the meantime the miller, think ing a far behind him, ad plunged into the a shadows of the forest. Missing the sound of his son's course through the bushes* the father turned and found himself alone. ad heard no outcry, no shot a where were a the tories and. the hound' Th miller retraced his steps with the intention of going to his son's res cue, at the risk of his own life. saw through the trees the excited group peerina over the rocky verge of the cliff. saw the men and disap pear in the forest. The all the world was a with or to the a father. v'Whon he looked again the glade was vacant a nothing was heard save the rustle of the leaves. A white cloud swept into the halo of the moon to the father's half-crazed fancy it seemed like the ascending spirit of his son. Th miller crept to a the preci picej looked down into the awful dark ness, a moaned vW TSS a a ^M Th words ad hardly died away when a whisper came up from below, thrilling the already overwrought nerves of the listener. Then he heard a scraping noise, a a black head rose above the edge of the cliff. & "All right, father," a pered, "Len a a he revulsion of feeling in the miller almost sent him over he brink, in a the a was ns f*& standing beside bim.^Tears? stood iu tfoe old a eyes as he folded his a ms a his, son.' |*2 Tell tne, a how^ did dodge 'em a how did get here? "Well, see. father, when we ad nearly reached the woods across he glade, I thought at if I get rid of he dog there be .some chance of escape." "Yes brat there as he chance of being "Well, I didn't in of a I thought if the dog foil owed' closely he might be able to stop himself on the rocks a at was just what happened. as eiose at my heels. I stopped a second or on the edge, a he came on faster an ever. I could see the a upper surface of a column, three or four feet below, a I jumped for it. "Ther I thought I was gone for a large piece of rock gave a beneath me just as the dog bounded over my head. I hung on with'm hands a then let myself down to he next ledge, a four feet lower. There I found a fissure a crept into it. he Tories could see me. I heard consulting. The said they ad ad revenge enough, a one of us was in a grave four hundred feet deep a ad no dog to find you. So I knew they were giving up the pursuit. Th saffron glow of morning was mantling the east as the Demarests, standing upon a rocky eminence, looked down ujjon their hill-side farm. Th wind ad died away, a the still air columns of bine smoke rose from their ruined home. Bu the mill ad been saved, and there the sisters wrere found, nursing their wounded brother. A substantial mansion rose on the site of the burned house, a the old mill furnished a a goodly store of flour a meal to Wash ington's a a my at a a —Benjamin Landeri Youth' Com panion. CHINES E WITCHCRAFT A Younsr W an A re for Bewitchin He a Students of folk-lore will be much interested in a tale of witchcraft re ported by a Chinese journal. The often complain at the in a it a of at a empire do contribute a appreciable share to the records of tradition a mythology which a the whole world kin—not, probably, because the Chinese do possess such, because we a yet collected them, says the on Standard Th story now referred to.shqws at a superstition which is always found wherever "it is sought, prevails in China also. A young an was arrested tor be witching her husband, a the police searched her house. Under a re of her bed they found a paper in scribed with the word "Yen," at is a a three tigefs' heads: while a doll tied up with red a green strings a some slices of were found beneath the bed itself. Here, evidently, we have an instance of magic practices identical with so a charged a proved all over Europ in he Middle Ages, still emploved by he red Indians of America, by the Sout Sea Islanders, by a great number, if all African tribes, and by he in a it a generally of Hind oostan China was the a in this world chart hitherto There are dif ferences,, as we should expect. Th witch writes a in scarlet charac tersf just as the redskin makes an outline of the figure, while European executed a model in wax, a Indians a it of clay. Th slices of pork, doubtless, were there to grow putrid negroes employ a vegetable substance, a Eureopean used to melt the wax figure itself. The notion is the same all through—tha an individual bewitched will perish gradually as the object decays. re a on in A A Recent excavations at Athens have added some interesting facts to he history ot cremation. Th graves in the Ceramicus or '-potters' a have been opened, a none of the bodies contained in them have been found to have been burned. Burial without exception was found to have been the rule. the poetry and other objects found in connection with these graves the a of them is placed at a 70 0 C. This would show at cremation was intro duced at Athens, then, at 65 0 B. as the tumul found at a a Velanidesa and which a from 60 0 B. are filled with bones. As showing, however, at burial was wholly given up at once at Athens is the fact at as late as 500 B. C. bodies buried and bodies cremated are found side by side.—Boston Jour nal. A or to Th Buffalo bug, is a comparatively new pest in the households, hundreds of housewives have learnt to fear him. as various forms in various states of being, so at to describe a Buffalo bug is to tell what he is from worm to fly. is best known, perhaps, as a hard-shelied, a thing, unlike the lady-bug in shape. will lunch on tmy fabric, woolen or hempen, and Tphat he does eat he destroys. Fometimes he a on the edge of a carpet or rug a eats his way a a room Only poison can a his course. Sometimes he gets into he crack of a floor a eats the carpet in a straight line from end to eud. Whe the bug a on such a tour he housewife's only resource is to a a her carpet witl* turpen-* tine.—New York Ledger fe\ A BUftCLAR N O S O 9 A Retire Burgla Relates 1 Sorne? of he Incomrenfencie of His 8ion* t£ *$ A4 "Occasionally/ Said a^etire burg la the a a an transfers to himself aaingle sight the a Jafcions of a a lifetime^ these instances are- very Bare, a ad nothing could be farther from he an he idea at burglarly is as quick and easyroajeS to- wealth. The faet is at the greajt majority of burg lars make* a seam living, and' to a even at tbey encounter" miany difficulties- a dangers-. The burglar's reward, whatever it a be, is never commensurate to-^he risk-he uau&es. *$# H®St-» I have myself acquired some pro perty if 1 ad my life to live over again I should chose some other oc cupatio an burglary. Indeed, when come to consider the incon venient hours a the general worry a uncertainty of at business, he wonder is at anybody should go in to it if a an is at all inclined to be sensitive he should certainly keep of it. I remember a long time ago going late one night into a room, in which there was one an sleeping. His clothss were on a chair near the head of the bed. I was bending over those clothes and a to a into the hall, when the an suddenly woke up W it an instant' hesi a on re his a ms a me. I was young then, a strong, this an was four times as strong as I was. I think he could have orushed me if he ad wanted to a he me out of the house with the greatest ease. before he did at he car ried me over to the table and lit a light. As he looked at me my watch chain caught his eye, and do you know at at an to ok my watch and chain a kept O MAKE N E E E S SWIM. Althoug Solid Metal, Ca Bfe a to Float on W a A of water on a piece of glass spseads in all directions, a drop ot quicksilver retains its circular form. The difference between the two pro cesses is explained by the water moistening the glasSj while meocury does not Solid metal possess this quality oi adhesion in less degree an most solid bodies metal, the fact at they do possess it makes it pos sible for needles or pins to be made-to swim on the surface of the water. It is necessary, of course, to place the needle in an absolutely horizontal position on the water, when it will swim exactly as a a would, for example. Th needles need not be very fine with care a oircumspec tion even a darning-needle can be made to navigate. Th experiment is a trifle to perform because of the care at be observed, with the aid ot two loops of thread in. which the needle hangs it can be laid on the surface of the water in an absolutely horizontal position^ The re a must be caustiously dropped, so as not to ruffle the water they will soon absorb it and sink to the to of the glass. Person with steady hands can a a needle by the point and lay it slowly down on the water. A fork can also be used to advantage Bu the simplest method is at ot laying a needle on a piece of cigarette paper, on which it floats at first. As soon as the paper a so the water it sinks a little a an be easily pushed aside with the aid of a piece ot fine broom-straw, always- taking care, however, at the water is ruffled in the least—St Louis- Post* Dispatch. JiU'ST WHA A CORKER IS A, in AJbout a Much-Used Word* Well a Th word "corker is- a much-abused one, for the re a so at its real mean ing, is-unknown, to he vast majority of those who use the- word. It is derived from the French word "cor quer," a at comes from a in "corcare," which in a was born of the Greek word a signifying "incomparabl oae. Throughou the Homeria epics the goddess whom we call Venus is referred to as Venus the corker, and the epi thet as originally applied seemed to imply not only a a a inherent qualities DUG also shining and distin Eruislaed accomplishments—personal and intelectual a attractions charais, gifts and a Ou word pervented by the ribald usage of the ptofanely heedless, as come to imply a certain disregard of consequences, so at when one speaks of another as a corker the multitude gathers there at lie who is designated as a corker must necessari ly be a well-meaning but heedless pyrotechnist in speech and action. The word "thoroughbred, corrupted by the brutal familiarity of,idle ton guez, as come to have a similar meaning. r^ S a in on His a Wagner, the eminent composer, ad the, nerves of an acrobat Once he was climbing a preciptous a in in company with a young friend. When some distance up and walking along a narrow ledge, the companion who was following called out at he was growing giddy. Wagner turned on the, ledge of rock, caught his friend, a passed him between the rock and. himself tD the front. His biographer, Ferdinan Praeger, relates an incident of a visit to Wag ner at Iris Swiss home. Th two men at one morning on an to an in he drawing-room, talking over the events of the years. Suddenly Wagnery who was 60 years old, rose a to on his head upon the to a *, "j At at Wagner's wife en tered. He surprise and alarm caused her to to her husband exclaiming: "Ah! Richard! Richard!" 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