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four outh pa- ts. n La Tin! Aonreor: 240 g COD mp5 - - For the CbURIER 1 MY NIGHT. By Gertie Leland? +4 \1~ht her deep nu] 1mm earth has drawn ; \- But still the sad winds sigh. 4 .The sun comes not: fut with the dawn 1) 11k clouds dritt o'er the sky. The birds from silence wake to sing But soft, subdued Lpur lay ; Xo glmlnehs to the 'héart they bring, Nor hope of brighter dd) The willow neath the blighting blast, Droops low before its might; And hopes, born of the sunny past, ~hrink from flu, fufgure night. _o nne n n n @ 'o @- For thé Cou®RIER. ROWS SEA VOYAGE. By C. S. --a The good ship Mediator had begn alum\ 1 cargo at the wharf. ang -Roy rad had a free pass over her from stem fo stern. he- was on such exeellent Zerms with C 'uptain Oleson. Not a day had passed since she lay there but Roy «questions. longing w 1th all his impa- ng how delightful it would. be if he ‘sgm‘uns‘ul and do something. He pig Xured himself tossing on tilt, wide se. { san the wake of some thw itening pirat ; craft, or rescuing shipwrec Red clown. nd touching at mange and date grow- ng islands. **Come, Roy won't yum shlp with s?\ said Captain Oleson,. -~we're a rand short, and a bunuk-empty. - Here's @ chaneg to see the world, and make a ailor of yourself.\ 1 So master Roy proposed the same at 'home, and was.consequently forbidden .. - f i - 4 | a 5 f * ~ 1. (UBA N. Y., N’OVFHBER. 377.“ 3nd paid his respects ; asking countless, ient heart to vlunb the mast, and think- Aould ouly man the yards, take in the f - a- No. 3. 1 to gé down to the wharf in future for fem he should, by chance, turn into a 'sea tijchin. . But the Hedlzltor was to .. sail on the next. day, and he could not go to gimp for thinking of the beautles of a sda véV‘wc. * Only thmk. to take a trip around the W011d and come home and tell \the boys\ about it! He felt véery sure of 'coming home, although they mlght - get shipwrecked] take to the long-boat, and\ live on a crust of bread till some. 'other vessel picked them up. It was . a mwhty pleasant thing to R lymg g suugly in bed, to be wmchfifl res- cued. ''The follo Wlng (L1) foun g him. \ again at the wh D \Shall you sail to—d‘ty a he asf about fieady, holds.\! was theFlmx er. **Where's Captain 01050115?\ BL c \(Iona to bid his farm]; good ye.” umtv But wharf expand W hapt an oppor was shppmw away from him!i why let it slip? Why not seize ft? - He had read Captaini Mayne Reid's story, in which the hero hides, him- self in a vessel and goes thr Olloli most charming adventures-to lead dbout.. W hat w #s to prevent him from imitat- ibg such a glorious example? Cdptam . Ulfikflll had invited him; there was g . vacaut bunk; why not take possession till they were out of gight ofland; and | then appear in all his (Mung ~ Inthe mean time it would be conven- ient to have something to eat ; therefore he patronized the nearest pant” shop, and, like a true sailor went aboard without a red in his pocket-w here,'to be sure, there was no space to spare I be- tween the cakes and tarts. No oné noticed |that Roy had dlqappe‘ared in ' the wrong direction, and !somewh¢1t e % ' ° P.. ip