A ROMANCE OF CANADA

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 218, 2 October 1873, Page 3

A ROMANCE OF CANADA

JueT thirty years ago this summer, ea^B the News York 2W?, a little child three years old, was plnv:ng on the Moopoi hi« father's lmu«i in Q.iebeo. TJio hens-» was in Birliirdson strt*>t, and m what are known n* at. Rot he SubnrH 3 For tome reason tha child'- nuiao wa9 out of th<f way for a time, and r.o oi!e kept wat-ch on ite movement*. When the frmiU lime to look for the little one— a great favorite with all —it *n< gone. Inquiries were made in •wy direction, but in vain Night w«h turning on, kit tho whole luburb was searching; and through the long hours of da.rknesi the distracted paunts, aided l>y neighbours nnd police,* hunted through tho cily. Next duy n iewml yin offer d, ,*vji the hunt was kept up more assiduously thau boforo i kll vas fruitless. Weeks, months, ami rears rolled away, ar.d the child was unheard of At last the fum ly mourned their treasure as dead Whatever its fate, lhi>ie aeemed no enrf hi y chance that they «ould ever hear or it moro. And vet, about sn weeks ago there came a denmistKe»t to this story of real hfo so odd and unexpected n> to detjrr© record among the much talked-of cases wherein life 1 " ac'ual events transcend tliose of fiction. One tuorn-mgl'-'t "\fiiy a gentleman went from Quebec to MonlrwO, fi.ni being in t he latter city , stepped into a al.op to bu^ a hat 'Him gentlemen was a iriend of the family v>lio lmd log tho c'uld, and «lioee name was Rid a"d lie obsei-ved I o i entering the shop that the keeper's ninne was Richmond. Tins trifling and partial coincidence would have made no impression had he not directly after noticed ti surprising j resembhnco between the Richmond tho hitter, mid the j Richardson famih of Quebec. Going home to his loduiuna, lit wrote the adventure to his mother, who lives in that town, and, after posting the letter, felt strmijly moved t" j return a"d question Richmond respecting Ins ornzin. Tim wa=> done, and to some purpose, for Richmond declared tbat he had been reared from infancy by an Indian woman, whom ho had been taught 10 reg. rl a-. Inn mother. She had always been kind to him, but never, until lying on her death bed, confessed the fact that she had stolen him from his parents' door when an infant, had bi ought him into the forest among her own red brethren, and raised him for her own. His family name she laid she had forgotten, but gave him that of Richmond as being something like it. After the squaw's death the young man went to Quebec and tried to find his people. But tho change of name, his own extreme ignorance and simplicity, and the probable absence at the time of his parents, prevented his success. Afterwards he made his way to Montreal, and got into the trade lie was following when discovered The story was quickly eoareyed to the Richard family, and the mother came on to Montreal, where by certain birthmarks known to herself, she was able to corroborate the identity of hor long-lost child.

Ingenious Spy. — It was customary with Marshal Bassompiere when any of his soldiers were brought before him for heinous offences to say to them, ' Brother, you or I will certainly be hanged, 1 which was a sufficient denunciation of their fai'e. A spy who was discovered in his camp was addressed in this language, and next day, as the wretch was about to be led to the gallows, he pressed earnestly to speak with the marshal, alleging that he had somewhat of importance to communicate. The marshal being made ac-quaintsd-with his request said, in his rough manner, 'It is always the way of tlioso rascals, they pretend some frivolous story merely to reprieve themselves fora few moments ; however, brm;; the dog hither.' Being introduced, the marshal asked him what he had to say. ' Why, my lord,' oaid the culprit, ' »hen I first had the honor of your conver-ation, you were pleased to say that either you or I should be hanged; vow I am come to know whether it n your pleasure to be so, because if you don't, I must ; that's all ' Ti c pnrshal was so pleased with the fellow's humour that he oidered him to be released. Mr 9 tl B Stowc, in a letter to young women on connubial love, says : — Manv women suppose that they love their husbands, when unfortunately they have not the beaming of an idea of what love is. Ltfc me explain to you ra\ dear young ladies. Loving to be admired by a man, loving to be caressed by him, loving to be ordered by him, is no loung him. All these may be when a woman has no power of love. They may all be simply because she loves herself, and loves to be flattered and praised, eareiaed and coaxed, a* a cat likes to be caressed and stroked, and fed with cream, and have a warm corner. But all this is not love. It m&v exist, to bo sure, where there is no love. Love, my dear ladie3, is self-sacgfice — it is life out of self and in another. Its very e*«ence is the preferring the comfort, the ease, the wishes of another to one's own, for the love we bear. Love is giving, not receiving. Love is not a sheet of blotting paper or sponge, sucking in everything itself IU motto has been dropped in this world as a gem of great price by by the lovphest, the fairest, the purest, the strongest of lovers that ever trod this mortal earth, of whom it is recorded that he said--' It is more blesaed to give th.vn to receive. ' No ; in love there q.vq ten receivers to one giver. Don't be afraid of a little fun at home, good people. Don't shut up your house lest the sun should fade your carpets, and your hearty laugh should shake down some of the musty old cobwebs there. If you want to ruin your sons, let them thirk that all mirth and social enjoyment must be left on the threshold without, when they came home at night. When once a home is regarded as a place only to eat, drink, and sleep in, the work is begun that ends in gambling and reckless degradation. Young people must have fun and relaxation somewhere ; if they do not find it at their own hearthstone, it will be sought in other and less profitable places. Georok Eliot's Sayings — If a woman's young and prottv, I think you can «co her good looks all the better for her being plain dressed . It seems 'to me as a woman's face doesna want flowers ; it's almost like a flower itself It's like when a man's singing a good tune, you don't want t' hear belN tinkling and interfering wi tho sound. — You can so seldom get hold of a man at can turn his brains to more nor one thing ; it's just as if they wore blinkers like t' horses, and c uld see nothing o' one side of 'em — Tho best fire doesna flare up the soonest — I know forgiveness is a man's duty, but to my thinking that can only mean as you're to give up all thought o' taking revpnge ; it can never mean as you're t' harbour your o'd filings back again, for that's not possible — There's no rule so wise but what it's a pity for somebody or other. — It's poor foolishness to run down your enemies — When people's feelings have got a deadly wound, they can't be cured with favours. — It's them as take advantage that get advantage i' this world, /think i folks have to wait Ion? enough before it is brought fo 'em — I might mention all the divine charms of a bright spring day, but if you had never in your life utterly forgiven yourself in straining your eves after the mounting lark, or in uandenng through the still lanes when the frpsh-oppn°d blossoms fill them with a sacred silent beauty like that of fretted aisles, whore would be the use of mv dpscriptive catalogue ' I could never n ate you know wh it I meant by a bright spring day — It seems to me it's thp same with ]o\e and happiness us with sorrow — the more we know of it the better we can feel for what other people's live 3 >re or might be, and so we shall only be more tender to 'em, and wishful to help 'em The more knowledge a man hai tho bett-r he'll do's work ; and feeling's a sort o' knowledge. — It takes something else besides 'cuteness to make foils see what 'ill be their interest in the long-run It tak»s some conscience and belief in right and wrong, I see that pretty clear Tho other day there was a little parliamentary discussion in the Florida Senate, in the course of which the President pro tern was knocked down bv an honorable mpmber and scattered over tho floor, his wig going one way, a glass eye in another, and his false teeth in several He asked time to ' collect him«plf,' which was unanimously granted. We (Otago Daily Times) learn that by telegram reoeived in town the other day, Messrs Shaw, Saville, and Co. have reduced their freights from London to 30s per ton. A young man's friends object to his being loose, but, •omphow, they have an equal objection to his being tight. Why is a philanthropist like an old horse ? — Because he always stops at tho sound of woe Tn the Legislative Council on the 12th August, the Hon Captain Prazer stated that there were at present six hundred lunatics in the various asylums of the cilony At a late revival meeting m \ppleton, an impulsive young convert prated that God would bless the two young ladies between whom he had been sitting, "especially the ono on the right "