STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT.

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1882,

BLOWN AWAY.

By Chabxks Barnard.

Til-KB were three of them—Kitty Maty, and little Tommy—the children of the eta tionmastter nt Black Kivor Junction, on the Great South-Western Railroad. The station s'ood alone on the opeu prairie, miles nnd miles from anywhere in parti-ulnr. Black River ilowcd through tho mountains, v hun dred miles awoy to tho north; and on clear days the snowy mountain* could b» seen glimmering on the grassy horizin. The line lending to the Black Kiver met tho South- Western here, aud thus it was tho place was called Black llivor Junction, The stotionmaster and his wife and thrne children lived in tho little depot quite happily, but thero was not another family within ten miles, in any direciou. At times the children thought it rather lonely. There was nothing iv particular to be done, except to watch the train-) that stopped at the junction scvrral times a day. Onco in a while, a freight ear would be left on the side track, and tbe children soon found that an empty freight car makes a capital play-house. They could keep house in the corners and make visits, or sit by the Dpen door and make believe they wero having _ ride. One morning, they were wakened by a litiniming sound out of doors, and they ail scrambled up and looked out of tho window. How the wind did blow llt whistled ond roared round the homo and played on the telegraph wires,upon tho roof as upon a hu^e barp. As the wires were fastened to the •oof, the house became a groat music-box, withi the children inside. After breakfast, ihe morning trains arrived, but tho wind was $o high that the passenger* were glad to nurry from ono train to another as quickly is possible. Then the trains went away, .od the great wind-harp on the roof sung louder than ever, Thestationmaster said it blew a gale, and that tho children must stay in the house, est' they ba blown away in the prairie and Be lost. The stationmastor's wife said it ivas a pity the children must stay iv the lome all day. There was an empty freight :ar on the side track; perhaps they might jlay in tbat. The staiioninastcr thought :his a good idea, he took Kitty by the hand md Tommy in his arms, while Alary took lold of Ilia cost, and they weut ont to the jn-pty car. Whew ! How it did blow ! They certainly thought they would be lifted up by the wind and blown quite into the sky. Tlie empty car was warm and sniK'j and, once Inside, they were quite out of the way of the wind. Mary thought the rear end would be a gaod place to keep house, hut Tommy pre ferred the other end, so they agreed to keep houso at both ends of tbe empty car. This was a nice plan, for it gave them a chance to vi3it each other, and the open part by tho door made a grand promenade to walk on. Louder and louder roared the gale. Pate and snng in the car, they went on with their play and thought nothing of the weather outside. Suddenly tha car seemed to shake, and they stopped in their housekeeping and ran to the door to see what had hap pened. " Why, it'a moving ! somebody's pushing it," said Mary. " They are taking us a ray on tho freight train. Come, we must go out." "I didn't hear the whistle," said Tommy. "I guess something is pushing th- car." The girls leaned out of the door to see what hid happened. Why, where was the platform ? What was the matter with the station ? It was moving away. No, it was the car. It had left the siding and bad rolled out upon the main line and was moving faster and faster along the road. •' Oh, we must get out I They arc taking us away." "No, no," said Kitty. "We must stay hero till the brakeroan comes round, I didn't hear them when they took us on the tram." "There isn't any train," Eaid Tommy looking up and down the line. " Oh, is the wind I It's blowing the car away. We must put ou the brakes and stop it" This was a good plan, but how were they to carry it out ? The brake-wheel was on the top of the car, and they were inside. Faster and faster rolled the car. It began to rattle nnd roar as if dragged by a swift engine. In a moment Tommy began to cry. Mary tried to look brave, and Kitty srared hard at the level prairie flying past. It was of no use. They all broke down and had a hearty cry alone in the empty car as it rolled on and on before the gale. The stationmaster's wife rolled up ber sleeves and started to put the house in order while the children wore safely out of the way. The station master, feeling sure the children were safe in tho freight-car, sat in bis office all the morning. At last, the beds were made, the dinner put on the fire, and the mother wondered how the girls were getting on in their play-house on the track. She threw a shawl over her head and went out on the platform. At once, the wind blew the shawl over her face, aud she conld not see exactly whereshe stood. Turning her back to the wind she begin to call tbe children. How loudly the wind roared through the telegraph wires I Perhaps, the car was on the other aide track ! No, the rails were unoccupied aa far as she could see in every direction. What did it mean ? What had happened ? She staggered back into the station and startled her husband with aery of despair. " The car ! The children 1" The stationmaster ran out upon the plat form and looked up and down the line. Not a car insight llt had been blown away before the terrible wind, and was perhaps at this instant rolling swiftly onward with its precious load to destruc tion. What would happen to it ? Would the children try to get out, or would they stay in the car till it was wrecked ? He sprang to ths door of tbe depot to telegraph the terrible news do>vn tbo line, but just as he opened the door he saw a faint white cloud on the western horizon, It was a train. Help was cor_i_-. At the fame instant his wife appeared with new grief aud terror in bcr eyes. " I cannot get a call in either direction. The wires are blown down.-' This only added to the danger, and there was now no means of sending in advance of the runaway car, It must go on to its fate without h°lp or warning. " Help is comiDg, mother. Here's a train bound east." ■'

Nearer and nearer came the train, and the father and mother stood watching it as it crept aloug the rails. It seemed as if it would never come. At la«t, it reached the platform aud proved to hi a passeiucr train bound up Ihe tilaci. River Koad and not intended to go iv the direction in which the car had beeu blowu avvay. Tho iustant it .topped, the stationmaster ran to the engi neer and told his terrible story. The mother with quicker wit, found the conductor and demanded that tho engine be taken oil'and sent after the children. ') he conductor was a man of regular habits, aud such a bold request struck him ns something extraordiaaiy. Take the engine off, aad leave the train and passen gers waiting at this louelv station ? The idea was pieousterous ! Some ot tbe pas sengers gathered near and. asked what wan tbe matter. Three children lost, blown away in an empty car. Someone said, " Yet, go at once. Vie can wait here till the engine returns." The conductor said: he must telograph for instructions ; but some one said, "The wires aro dowu," and the people only cried out the more, " Let tbo cuginego !" so tbo mother rm to tha tender and began to pull nut the pin, thai tile engine might start off. • lio'd on, mtrui," said v brakcman. I'll cast her oft' You jump aboard, if you wnut logo too." Fire up, Jack, and mike her hum." It was all done in a moment, and away flew the cugiue, leaving the conductor anil the stationmaster staring iv surprise at this singular proceeding. The stationmaster did not fed very happy. He had half intended to go with the ea;>iue, but it would never do to leave his post. " Fite steady, Jack," said the engineer to the fireman. "It's no use to get exci'ed, for we're in for a long race." " It's enough to nuke a fellow pxcited to see that woman." said the tiretuau. The engineer turned round, and there by his side stood tlio mother, her eyes straining ahead down tlie live in search oi the missing ones'. " Ob, air! open the throttle wide. Don't try to save coal at sue a a time an this." "Wc muit keep cool, mann, and go steady, or we shall ran nut of conl and water and corue to a standstill on the live." The wo-nau said not a word, hut nodded mournfully and leaned against the sido of the cab tor support, and then the fireman gave her his seat, where she could look out ahead over the line. How the engine shook and roared 1 The I't'le linger of the steam gauge trembled and rose higher and higher as tlie steam pressure increased over tho rasing fire. The engine seemed to bo eatiog up tbe track in front, and behind the rails spun out like shining ribbons in the sun. T_e station and train had already sunk down out of sight, and the grassy horizon oa either fide seemed to fly away in a kind of gigantic waltz. The wind died away to a dead calm, and in a few moment) a little breezj sprang up aud blew ia at the front windows. "We are beating the wind," said the engineer. "If we can keep up this pace we shall soon overtake them," "How long have they been gone?" shouted the fireinau above the roar of the engine. " I don't know," screamed the woman, without taking her eyes from the horizon, where the rails met the sky. "It may have b<en two houra or more. 'Jhey were play ing in the empty car." "How did she get out of the siding;" (He infant the car). t " It's one of the new switches," said the engineer. " Cats can easily jump out into the main Hue." Ah I something ahead. Was it the run away car? No, the next station. What a terrible pace ! Twenty mile* already I " Oh, dou'c stop !" cried the woman, as she saw the engineer put his hand on the throttle-ralve. '■ I must, nwriD, We are getting out of water, and perhaps we can learn something of the runaway." The sudden arrival of a solitary engine, containing two men and a woman, startled the stationmaster, and he came out to see what it meaut. He seemed to guess at the truth, for he said; " After tbe runaway car?" "Yes, yes. There were three children inside." "Oh, marm. I'm sorry for ye. It went past here, going twenty miles au Lour, It came down-grade all the way, but the up grade begins about two miles out. I was inside wlien it passed, aud didn't sec it till it had gone past the door." How long it took to fill the tender I The encine stood hot and smoking by the water-tank, and the water came out in a slender stream, while tbe poor mother stood looking on, tearful and impatient. "Good-bye. I'll put up the pipe. Heaven help ye t The up-grade " The rest was lost, for the engine shot ahead on and on out over the open prairie. The water tank seemed to sink down into the earth, and »he shining rails stretched longer and longer out behind. Ah I What was that ? A c'oud of steam on the horizon, far ahead. The en gineer took out his time-book and studied it carefully. "Freight No. C, bound west, stopping on th" two-mile sidio.." How swiftly Freight No. 0 rose above the grass and g'ew big along tha way ! Listen ! A wlrstle ! Tbe engineer whistled in reply and shut off steam. Tbe engine quickly slowed down, and they could see meu leaning out from the other engine, as if to speak to them. "It's ten minutes bick. Punning slow on main line—toad—clear " " Thank Heaven !" _ and the woman. The c gineer ssid nothing ; but at that in stant the engine gave a great leap and shot ahead at the rate of fifty miles an boor, lip the easy gradf. How long the minutes seemed, and yet each meaut almost a mile ! Ah! a sp»ck—a black dot on the horizon ! Thenar? Ye?. It wis t«e car. ft grew bigger and bigger. Now thay could see it plainly. But the children—where were they ? The tirenun sprang out through the forward window and ran along tlie engine and down upon tlie cow-catcher. The mon ster began to slacken its terrible pace, and in a moment it s'ruck thecar with agentlejar and stopped. The fireman thought himself a lively man, but the womau was before him, and sprang up into the car. There tbev lay safe and sound, in the corner of the' car—Mary and Tommy fast asleep, and Kitty watching over them. " Oh! mother!—l knew you would come.

Mary and Tommy cried themselves to sleep, anil I—I—"

Nobody could say a word. The fireman tried to rub his eyes, and only marked his face with black streaks. Thomo'hor laughed and cried all at once. The engineerpickod up tbe little ones and iiuietly took them into the cab of the engine. " There, now, my hearties, you have had a risky ride; but it's all right. Oorno ! We're more than thirty miles from home, and it won't do to be Into for dinner. Eire up, Jack."

'■ Ay, ny, sir," said Juck

Literary and Dramatic Jottings.

A NOVKI, of American life, called "Demo cracy," and published iv Kn_liind at one shilling, has created a great sensation, and be-in most favourably reviewed.

" Natural l.sligion," a new book, by tho author ot " Ecce Homo," is anuouiiced.

Two of the late Mies Keary's last novels, "Clemency Franklin," aud "Janet's Home," havobceu re-issued by Mucniill-U, at lis.

The wonderful skctchos of life at sea contributed to the London "Daily Tele graph" by Dr Clark-Kuss-ell (the author of the "Wreck of the Oiosvcnor," and "A Siilor's Sweetheart ") under tho norn ibi plume ol " A Seafarer," havo been collected ill a handy littlo half-crown volume, and issued with the title of "My Watch Below."

Mra Lynn Linton Ims ncnrly completed a new novel culled "lone." The scene is laid partly in England, partly in Palermo.

Mr Anstey's most amusing skit, called "Vice Versa, or a Lesson to Fathers," is dojcribed by the usually hypercritical " Saturday ficview " os "the cleverest bonk we have read for years."

Sarah Bernhardt ia thinking of taking a theatre on her own account. She figures a'uongst the would-be purchasers of tho Ambigu in Paris. If sbo takes it she will make her son, Maurice Bernhardt, manager —cntilrc, and M. Simon manager in reality. Sarah liernhurdt's son is a singular typo of the effeminate fop; he wears rouge and powder, and enlarges his oyes with the " crayon noir."

Eccentricities of the Parnells.

Thk New York correspondent of the Phil adelphia " Record " tells the following as facts concerning the notod Miss Parnell, lately deceased, nnd her sisters : " Miss Fannie Parnell, whose sudden death at Bordentown, N. J., hns attracted such wide attention, was remarkably eccentric for so young a woman. She was always doing queer things, anion, them, dropping ofl'iuto a trance and talking spiritual nonsense. She was a great walker, and every evening walked two miles out to the Crouswick turnpike and back, accompanied by two wolf-hounds. She always carried a revolver in her pocket, nnd would have used it too, f necessary. Only the night before she died she took her accustomed walk. Pistol practice was a favourite amusement of the Parnell girls. When they lived in tho lake house, iv Bonaparto Park, they would wander out at night in their white gowns, and the woods near the house would resound with tho reports of their pistols. The only wonder is that they did not shoot each othsr. They were all spiritualists, nnd held frequent seances in their boarding house. 1 believe the shooting had some thing to do with sp'ritualism, out just what nobody knows. Theodosia Parnell, who married Lieutenant Paget, is tbe only one of the sisters who did not seem to have n screw loose. She did very little before tlw public gaze, and after her marriage retired completely into private life."

Paraguayan Treachery.

Full particulars concerning the massacre in Paraguay of Dr Crevaux and his seven teen companions have reached Erance from the solo survivor of the exploring expedi tion— M. Didclot—wbo owes his life to tho sickness which prevented him from being with his companions when they were slain, M, Didelot says that Dr Crevaux, iinding it impossible to explore the Parana as he had intended, ascended tho Kiver l'ilco mayo as far as Arica, accompanied by several Argentine sailors. Aiter a few days' examination of tho country, Dr Crevaux went down the Pilcomayo again under the guidance of a priest from the monastery of Ccyo.who knew tho country well. On tbe 24th of April, thoy reached a place called Telia, where they met the Tape-Chios tribe, by whom they were received with greit apparent hospitality, but as soon as they had gone to rest the savages butchered them all.

Cradle of the Aryan Race.

An important journey was recently made by Dr. Hegel, a German traveller, in Darwaz. All students of Central Asian geography tknow of the interest which centres iv this most inaccessible cradle of tha Aryan race. Dr. iie;el testifies to the fact tint the Tadjiks of Darwaz are of pure Aryau type ; their hair sometimes dark, sometimes fair, is rarely shorn, and they wear a short dress. The womeu go about unvei'ed, and marry by consent, and their cast of features is, curiously enough, both European aud gipsy-like. Their dwellings are bui't with stone and mortar, and their national melodies are like those of Europe. These are curious evidences of the Aryan nationality which still lingers iv this secluded tract.

A Sinking Region.

Thk latest English blue hook contains much curious intormatiou about the con tinual subsidence of the soil around tbe Cheshire salt workings. Houses, bridges, locks, and towing paths keep sinking at a more or less rapid rate, and the annual damage is computed at thousands of pound-. In Northwich alone, it was estimated to have amounted in 18S0 to about £5,000, exclusively of the injury done to agricul tural land, railways, canals, gas and water pipes. In that year, 892 buildings were injuriously aH'cctcd, and many have since come in for their share of damage. Tims the Crown Hotel has had to rebuild under an order from the magistrate; the County Court is unsafe and unused; and the Con gregational Chapel, built only as lately as 1853, is now condemned as dangerous; in fact, the local authorities seem to be all thoroughly imbued with the conviction that Northwich will some day subside bodily into the brine.

SELECTED POETRY.

An Unpublished Poem by Henry Kendall.

TllK following poem by tho lute Henry Kendall, and which, so far as we are aware, has never liven published before, was written some six years ago, and at a time when the poet wis in ill-health, and in a very depressed stive of niinil. I hough not iv every respect up to his highest standard, the lilies convey some beautiful thoughts, expros-cd in graceful language. They will bear vory f .voura.'c comparison with some potions of the published works of Henry Kendall, and will, we hope, prove interest ing to the many ndmireis of Australia's sweotest singer, now sleeping in that quiet nook in Waverley Cemetery, close by "a. broad, bright, quiet sea."

OUTRE MER.

I see. ns in a droitmscape, A broad, bright, quiet sea; Andoverlit a haven— Tbe only home for me. Some men grow strong with trouble, But all my strength is past.; And, being full with sorrow, I long to sleep at lust, By way of chance and changes Man's life is hard at best: And. seeing rest is voiceless. The dearest thing is rest. Beyond the pea. liohold it ! Tho home I wish loscck; The refuge of tliu weary— Tbo solace of the weak. Sweet angel lingers beckon— Sweet angel voices ask Mr soul lo cross those waters— I dare not face the task. lioil help tho man whose trials Are tares that he must reap ; Ho cannot fuce tho future— His only hope is sleep. Across the main. A radiant vision Of sunsot coasts and skies; And glorious widths of gleaming watce Knchant my human eyes. I who have sinned and sntlered Am longing to be good: And I'niu would rest, nut yonder. drowned with beatitude. Because there is no refuge To shield away distress. Beside the realm of slum tier And great forgotfulnoss. HENKV KIiNDAIX.

CETEWAYO TO ARABI

My dear follan, I've been rcadin' In do nowspaper to-day, Dat you show your dam bad brccdin' Hy behavin'shameful way. \\ ot, you want to light lirent Britain? It ain't possible you win; Send a letter, nicely wrl'ton, Saying how as you gib in.

I hab tried it, my dear 'ollah, Onco I mako a desprit row; I am black, and you am yellah, Hut dey Ilk us anyhow. Once dey covet neighbour's landmark. Hot your shirt doy have it down, British war chief, put bis Imndmnrk Jolly quickly on your town.

Turn it up. Kgyptian brudd»r, Come and stay at my hotel; We will comfort one anndder— People treat us jolly well. Sabo yourself a jolly licking. Sabe your fellow-creature's bleed; What's tho uso of you n-kickingl You'll bo squaehod— you will indeed t

Come to London—lt am proper— You will bo a lion here; Oher dero you came a cr pper, In your blood Bull wash him spear. Take King Cetowayo's warning, Take one big ship and embark ; Look mo up, dear boy, some morning, At my kraal noar Holland I'ark.

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Ah. dearest, if our tears wore shed Only tor our beloved—dead; Although our Life's left incomplete. Tears would not bo so bitter, sweet, As now!—ah, no. Ah, dearest, if tho friends who die Alone worn tboso who make us sigh; Although liife's current is so ll_et)( Sighs would not bo so wi-ory, sweet, As now I—ah, no. If oft more pnin It did not give To know that our beloved live. Than learn their hearts have ceased to beat, (Ji-ief would not bo so hopeless, sweet, As now!—ah, no. Thomas nooc

The Richest Man in England.

TllK Duke of Westminster, who was re cently married to Lady Catherine Caven dish, is one of the wealthiest men in the world. Ho comes of an ancient family which crossed the Channel with the Con queror, but it is a family which acquired no distinction, save as great landlords with. fat rent rolls, until the present century, when the lirst Earl, Grosvcuor, gained a reputation as a -Uppsrtcr of the British turf, and the second Earl, by siding with the Reformers in 1831, give the family the Liberal bias which it still preserves. The third Earl and present Duke succeeded in. 1869 his father, who was so avaricious that when the Great E-istern was launched some London wit suggested that it bo named tne Marquis of Westminster, be cause it was the " greatest screw in exist ence." The present Duke is credited with owning 19,437 acres, which brings in a, nominal rent of i' 37,000, while he has expecta'iousof succc ding to his mother's estate, which yields nearly as much again, But his main claim to great wealth rests ia his London property. He owns entire blocks in tho fashionable West End of London, the rentals irom which _ now amount to an enormous sum, and will be greatly increa»cd at the end of this century, when the present leases expire. The Duke has numerous town and country houses, a magnificent library, the finest private collection pf manuscripts in tbe world, and a stable of thoroughbreds, among which are Bend Or, Shotover, Peregrine and other famous flyers. Ho is very liberal in his charitable gifts.rivalling iv this respect the Baroness BurdettCoutfs. His bride is thirty years his junior, but this is no un common circumsiance in the family, as an ancestor of his married at 70, • had live children and lived to the ripe old sge of 90. Yanderb'lt and Gould are counted as wealthy men. but their speculations will have to yield many fold before they keep pace with the increase of the Duke of Westminister's London property. The latter proves the oft-repented -abortion that nothitig is so sure to increase in value as well-selected real estate, The growth of London has been extraordinary, and its present advance and wealth is marvellous, but this increase is no mure astonishing than that of New York, Chicago or San Francisco. The solid millionaires of the [ twentieth century in this country will not be tho speculators, hut the owners of v ( a», I Inablo real estate in the great cities..



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