Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 11, 1891, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Baily free Winnipeg May u four inscriptions. The fallen of the sons of Praise is England s crowing Praise above . Clothed nth Light and Fyfo of and flirt might of passion thought glands Burc in spirit sleeps not hero in drat. Var Loirs. A Star too Sovereign too Superb to fade when heaven took Floc from shake Speare s knew but son i b triumphal love s triumphant Bua Dace holds of who ii St in Placo and Omo made Angl jul d voice England s heart sub Lime e knt land the. Ufa up Sheik Esparo s so Spaic and i to sprang Forth i a music Strong As fir of lightning Sweet us of Day. Was 1 Drin Iii Day took night to wife Kajet to Bare to said and there was ufos. Marlowe o.1 Rill our fathers first beheld beyond t tidal Abb and flow of things if Jio Tidell and height of souls in Jay Tonkin or Borno on Waves or wins. Beyond ill or ought but Ami to first gave our Gong n sound that matched on Tea. Algernon Cha Les Illg Nonne. As very Eoff and bore those Josea it dub Sorvo the a Jatter from the other 1 was Butnick by his appearance. His wis one of Thom Mart Spicl Heirls stamped with Tho Seal of War upon whose brows Are Vrr Itten the Battles of Napoleon. About this old Soldier Wai a certain air of Frank Ness quid of Guyot a which always wins my he was doubtless one of those old troop Guoru nothing can Surprise who find foot for i Nuhter in the by Iii Pabins of i Comrade who i idly Bury and despoil him who Clial Liiko bullets with though their arguments arc Short enough and who would Hob Job with the Devil. In a few moments we had struck up an 8cquain.ta.nce, and went to Dine at the first restaurant at Hnud. At dessert a bottle of Champagne completely cleared Ory of this Strango old Soldier. To told Bis Story. Doling the expedition undertaken in upper Egypt by general Ivy six a Provencal Soldier who Lind fallen into the hands of Tho , was taken by these arabs into the desert beyond cataracts of the file. In order to put be tween them and the French army a Dis Tance to As sure their safety thai Man Grabins Mirulo u forced March and did not halt till nigh t. They then camped by the Side of a Well surrounded by a clump of Palm tree where they had before buried so to pro visions. Never dreaming that their Pris Oner would think of flight they bound his hands and All of them afr eating a few dates Aud giving Barley their horses went to sleep. When the bold Provencal Siiner his inies in Cable of Wato Hini him he pick no a scimitar with his Teeth and the with the Blade fixed Between his Gnu Cut the cords that lashed ins wrists in found himself at Liberty. He at once seized a carbine and a i provided himself with some dry dal and a Small hag of Barley powder balls girded on the scimitar aprans on horse and pressed Forward in the dire Tiu when he fancied the French army i be found. Impatient to the Bivour. He sour fied Tho weary horse that Tho to beast fell dead its sides torn with to spurs leaving the Frenchman alone int midst of the desert. After wondering for time am 1 the Sand with the desperate courage of i escaping convict the Soldier was forced i Stop. Is ight was closing in. Despite tvs Buty of the Enst Cru night he had not strength Auffie Lieut to on. Fortunately height 011 the top of fearful visitor was snoring Tran in an attitude As Graceful As that of a Kitten lying on the cushions of an Otto Mata. Her sinewy blood stained paws with powerful claws were spread beyond Hothead which rested on them and from which stood out the thin straight whisk ers with a gleam like Silver wire. A mpg As men do who driven to sex Tremmer at lost defy their Fate and nerve themselves to moot their doom to saw a tragedy in this adventure Aud resolved to play Hig part in it with Honor to the last. Considering himself As Good As dead he waited bravely yet with restless curiosity for the Awakening of his enemy. When the Bud shone out the Panther opened her eyes suddenly then she spread out her paws forcibly As it to stretch them and get rid of cramp. Text she yawned showing an alarming set of Teeth and an indented rasp Liko Tongue. She a like a Dainty thought the Frenchman As he saw her rolling Over with a gentle and coquettish movement. She licked off the blood that stained her paws and Mouth and rubbed her head with movements full of Charm. That s ill just beautify yourself a Tho Frenchman said his Gayety re turning with his courage. Then Emust say Good Aud he took u p the Short Dagger of which to had relieved the Mau Grabins. At this moment Panther turned her head toward the Frenchman and looked at him fixedly without advancing. The rigidity of those metallic eyes and their in supportable brightness made Tho Provencal shudder. The beast began to move toward him. He looked at her care singly and fixing her eyes As if to eng Netiam her he let her come close up to him then with u soft and gentle gesture he i hand alone her body from head to Tail Cratch ing with his nails the flexible Vertebra that Divide a Panther s yellow Back. The beast put up her Tail with pleasure her eyes grew softer and when for the third time Tho Frenchman accomplished this Sele interested piece of flattery she broke into a purring like a cat. But this purr proceeded from a Throat so deep and powerful that it re echoed through the Grotto like Tho peals of a Cathedral or Gan. The Provencal realizing the Success of his caresses redoubled them until the imperious Beauty was completely soothed and lulled. When he Felt sure that. He had perfectly subdued the ferocity of his capricious com Panion whose hunger had been satisfied so cruelly the night Hozore he got up to leave the Grotto. The Panther let him go but when he had climbed Tho Hill she came bounding after him with the lightness of a Sparrow hopping from Branch to Branch and rubbed herself against tie Soldier s leg arching her Back after the fashion of a cat. Then looking at her guest with eyes whose brightness had grown less inflexible she uttered that Savage cry which naturalists live compared to the sound of a saw. What an exacting cried the Frenchman smiling. He set himself to play with her ears to Caress her body and to scratch her head hard with his nails. Then growing bolder with Success to tickled her Skull with the Point of his Dag Ger watching for Tho spot to strike her. Bub the hardness of the Bones made him i afraid of failing. The Sultana of the desert approved the j action of her slave by raising her head stretching her neck and showing Herd e i Light by Tho quietness of her attitude. The e Frenchman suddenly reflected that in order i to assassinate this fierce Princess with one i blow he need Only Stab her in the neck. To had just raised his knife for the attempt when Tho Panther with a Graceful action throw herself upon the ground before his feet casting on him from time to time a look in which in spite of its ferocity of in had reached a height on the top were Palm Trees Whoso leaves j there was a gleam of tenderness some time visible far off and awakened in j inc poor Provencal with his Back Bis heart n Hope of Safaty. To was so i a Paim tree ate his dates while weary that he Lay Down on a Granite Casl inquiring glances now toward the oddly shaped like a Camp bed and went to f or deliverers now upon his terrible Bleep without taking the precaution to con Panion to an Eye upon her do protect himself in his slumber. I clemency. Livery time he threw to awakened by the san whose i i less rays falling vertically upon Tho Granite made in intolerably hot. Far away Tho horizon was marked off As on a summer Day at sea by a line of Light m Bright and narrow As Saber s Edge. The Provencal was Twenty two years old. He Down in the direction opposit-1 to that which he had taken when to climbed the Hill the night before. Grout was his Joy on discovering a kind of Grotto naturally Cut out of the enormous agents of Granite that formed the Bottom of the Lull. The remnants of a mat showed that this Retreat had once been inhabited then a few Steps farth0 he saw Palm True with a Load of dates. Nway a Date Stone Tho part adv used her Eye upon spot with inconceivable mis Trust. She scrutinized Tho Frenchman with a Businesslike attention but the sex seemed favourable for when he uns hed his poor meal she licked his boots will Jjck rough Strong Tongue to moved the dust encrusted in their creases but when she becomes thought the Provencal. Despite the shudder this idea caused him the Soldier began examining with curiosity the proportions of the Panther certainly one of the most Beautiful specimens of her three feet High and four kind. She was i feet Long without the Tail this powerful i weapon As round As a club was nearly at length wearied by the heat he Ull three feet Long. The As largess that asleep beneath the red roof of his a a a was distinguished by an sex Grotto. J pression rare delicacy True the cold in the Middle of the he j of. The Tiger dominated but there Turbed by a strange noise. He sat up. In j was it resemblance to the features of a the Pio Cound silence he could hear creature Vav ago respiration resembled nothing human. Terr of intensified by darkness silence and tar fancies of one suddenly awakened froze blood. He Felt the Sharp contraction of Scalp whet As Tho pupils of his eyes dilated to saw m the Shadow faint and Jellow lights. At first he thought lights were Home reflection of his eyeballs but soon the Clear Brig of the night helping him to distinguish objects in the Rutto to saw lying at two paces from my a enormous be Iii. Was it a lion a Tiger a Crocodile tie Provencal not sufficiently educated to know the species of his enemy but his Ter ror ill the greater since his ignorance afe isted i inn ignation. He bore to a cruel torture of listening of marking tin in was a j woman. In a word the countenance solitary Queen wore at this moment flu of fierce Gayety Liko that of Nero flushed with wine she had quenched her thirst in blood and now desired to the Soldier tried to come and go and the Panther let him Content to follow him with her eyes but less after the manner of a faithful dog than of a great Angora cat suspicious even of the movements of its master. When he turned Vonnda he saw beside the Fountain the carcass of his horse the Panther had dragged the body All that distance. About two thirds had i been devoured. This sight reassured the Frenchman. He was thus easily Able to explain the absence of the Panther and the respect which she had shown for him while he was sleeping the first piece of Luck emboldened him about the future. He conceived the mad of this awful breathing without i of setting up a pleasant household losing a sound of in or venturing to a a. Movement. Presently Ihu Moon now sinking Light 1 top the , nud in the Moon rays Grad shone oat n. Panther s spotted Slun. The of Egypt was sleeping Curit dog who is the pea Ceab. Posse Sor of i inept Loiis Kennel at i Aion .1 i-yii.-, which had Boon Opsut for Ouen in . Were now closed Agar its face v. Turned town in the Fren . A iho1 a i Kerr Rathul he invoke motion tlielv.r., that troubled mud of the Giinther to thought of shooting it a enough loom Between l tie barrel would thu Sumual. And what n Llu i Gnu , in the my nce to li., dirt to curbed the Loiti Mai Jan Tho i i mme to Frcek some menus of a. hid upon the intention of cutting of the enemy but the difficult him Irous i the Short Strong fur to tic idea. To fail was birr Tiiu death. Lie preferred the of conflict and determined to await the . It and Light was not Long the Frenchman Able to i Tim Ither. It was with blood. It Imsho reflected with out that the feast might have Tecu composed of human flesh in will foot be hungry when it it was a female. The for upon her breast and thighs Mione with whiteness. A Norm Little spots like velvet looked like bracelets around her paws. The Tail was also White but tipped with Black the upper part of her life together with the Panther neglecting no Means of pacifying her and of conciliating her Good graces. To returned to her and saw to his Delight that she moved her Tail with an almost imperceptible motion. Then be sat Down beside her without fear and begun to play with her. He grasped her paws her muzzle pulled her her Over on her Back and vigorously scratched her warm and Silky sides. She let him have his Way Aud when the Soldier tried to smooth the f upon her pairs she carefully Drew in her claws which Bud the curve of a Damascus Blade. The Frenchman who kept one hand upon his Dagger was still thinking of plunging it into the body of the too confiding pan ther but he feared less she should strangle him in her Hist convulsions. And besides i bin his heart there was a movement of remorse that warned him to respect an in Oieu Sivc creature. It seemed to him that he Hail found a Friend in this vast desert. Involuntarily he called to mind a woman whom to once had loved whom be sarcastically had nicknamed from her jealousy which waa so fierce that Dur ing Tho whole time of their acquaintance he went in fear that she would Stab him. This memory of his youth suggested a he idea of calling the Young Panther by this name whose Lithe agility and Grace he now admired with less terror. Toward evening he had become so far accustomed to Las perilous position that he almost Hazard of it. At last his companion had got into the habit of looking at him when he called in a falsetto voice at Sundown Mignonne uttered several to info a deep and melancholy cry. She has be60 properly brought up thong he the Light hearted Soldier arajs her prayer of tos she Oer peaceful attitude which brought the jest into his mind. All right my Little pet i will let you get to sleep he said relying on his legs to get away As soon As she waa sleep ing and to seek some other one later for the right. 1 the Soldier waited with patience for the hour of flight and when it came set out full Speed in Tho direction of the Nile. But to had Only gone a Quarter of a league across Tho Sand when he heard Tho Panther bounding after him uttering at intervals that saw like cry More terrible even than the thudding of her leaps. He said to himself she must have taken a fancy to me. Perhaps she has never yet met any one. It is flattering to be her first at this moment Tho Frenchman fell into a shifting Quicksand so dangerous to the traveler in the desert escape from which is hopeless. He Felt that he was a inking he gave a cry of terror. The Panther seized him by the Collar with her Teeth and Spring Rijk backward stupendous Vig or Drew him from that Gulf As if by magic. A cried the Soldier enthusiastically caressing her we Are friends new for life and death but no tricks and he retraced his Steps. Henceforth Tho desert was though it had been peopled. It contain cd a being eth whom he could converge and Whoso ferocity had been softened for him with out his Able to explain so strange a Friendship. However great was his desire to keep awake and on his guard fell asleep. Of Awakening Mignonne waa no longer to be seen. To climbed Trio Hill and then perceived her afar off coming along by leaps and Bounds according to the nature of these creatures Tho extreme flexibility of whose to Richno prevents their running. Mignotte came up her jaws be smeared with blood. She received the caresses of her companion with desp purrs of Satis faction. Her , now full of softness were turned with even greater tenderness than the night before to tie Provencal who spoke to her us to a pet. A Beauty you Are a respectable Young woman Are you not you like petting Don t Are you not ashamed of yourself you Havo been eating a Mau Grabin Well they re animals As Yon Are but Don t you go and gobble up a French Man. If Yon do 1 shall not love Sho played As a you Jig Pup plays with its master letting him Roll her Over beat and pet her and sometimes she would coax him to Caress her with a movement of in treaty. A few Days passed thus. The companion ship revealed to the Provencal the Sublime Bea cities of the desert. From the moment when he found within it hours of fear and yet of Calm a sufficiency of food and n ing creature who absorbed his thoughts his soul was stirred by new emotions. It waa a life of contrasts. Solitude revealed to him her secrets and involved him in her Charm. To discovered in the rising and the setting of the Sun a splendor hidden from the world of men. Hia Frame quivered when he heard above his head the soft whirr of a Bird s wings rare wayfarer or when he saw the Clouds change Ful Many coloured voyagers mingled in Tho depth of heaven. In tie dead of night he studied the of the Moon upon the sea of Sand which Tho Simoon drove in Ever changing undulations. To lived with Tho Oriental Day he mar veiled at its and glory and often after having watched the grandeur of n tempest in the Plain in which the Sands were whirled in dry red mists of deadly vapor he beheld with ecstacy the coming on then there fell upon him Benignant coolness of the stars. He heard imaginary music in the sky. Solitude taught him All the Bliss of reverie he spent whole hours in calling Tri Lesto remembrance in comparing his past Lito with his strange present. To his Panther to grew passionately attached for he required an object of affection. Whether by a Strong Effort of his will he bad really changed Tho character of Hig companion or whether thanks to the constant warfare of the deserts she found Rufil Cint food she showed no disposition to attack him and at last in her perfect to oneness he no longer Felt the slightest fear. To spent a great part of his time in sleeping out Ever Liko a spider in its web with mind Alert that he might not let de Liverance escape him should any Chance to pass within the sphere described by the horizon. He had sacrificed his shirt to make n Flag which to had hoisted to the Summit of i Palm tree stripped of leaves. Taught by necessity to had found the Means to keep it spread by stretching it with Sticks lest the wind should fail to wave it at the moment when the hoped for traveler might be travelling the waste of Sand. It was during the Long hours when Hope abandoned him that he amused himself with his companion. He had Learned to understand the different inflections of her voice and the expression of her glances he had studied Tho varying changes of the spots that starred her Robe of Gold. Mignonne no longer growled not even when he seized her by the tuft with which her terrible Tail ended to count the Black and White rings which adorned a and which glittered in the Sun Liko precious gems. It delighted him to watch the Deli Cate soft lines of her snowy breast and Graceful head. Bat above All when Bhe was gambling in her play he watched her with Delight for the agility the youthfulness of All her movements filled him with an Ever fresh Surprise. He admired her suppleness in leaping climbing gliding pressing close against him swaying rolling Over crouching for abound. But however Swift her Spring however Slippery the Block of Granite she would Stop Short without motion it the sound of the word one Day in the most dazzling Sunshine an enormous Bird was hovering in the air. The Provencal left Bis Panther to examine this new visitor but after waiting for a moment the deserted Sultana uttered a hoarse growl. Blessed if i Don t believe that she is he exclaimed perceiving that her eyes were once Moro hard and rigid. A woman s soul has passed into her body that is the Eagle disappeared in the air Whilo he admired afresh the rounded Back and Graceful outlines of the Panther. She was As pretty As a woman. The blonde fur blended in its delicate graduations into the Dull White color of Tho thighs. The Brill want Sunshine made this vivid Gold with spots of Brown take on a indescribable. The Provencal and the Panther looked at one another the Beauty of the desert quivered when she Felt tic nails of her Jill Aires on her Skull. Her eyes gave Forth Flash like lightning and then a Mcclo to d them hard. Rhobas Ghoul " he cried n be beheld Tho desert Queen in her repose Golden As the As their blinding Luster and like them fiery and alone. A but it ended As All great passions a misunderstanding. Each thinks the other guilty of u falsity oath is too proud for explanation and obstinacy brings about a Idoa t know bowl Hurt her but she turned on me like with Hei a Hajji Teeth seized my thigh. The action was not Savage but fancying that she meant to kill me i plunged my Dagger into her neck. She rolled Over with n cry that froze my blood she looked at me in her Hist Strug Gles without anger. I would have Given everything on Earth even my then i had not won brine Heyback to life. Its Sasin j slain a Obj Nan being. And the soldiers u to had Flag and who were Hast ening to Ray Succour found me bathed in tears. He went on after a no silence have Bee i through the wars a Germany Eia France i have dragged my Cai Caas round the world but to Fere is nothing he the desert in try eyes a it is Beautiful " wharf Dilyou feel i inquired of him Ohl that i cannot Tell you besides i always regret my Panther and my clump of Palm Trees. I most to sad of that. But Mark my words. 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Each of the thirty eight ass electoral divisions a constituted for is local House to requested to Send Flo delegates to Tho convention and where there arc no local conservative associations it 10 requested that proper Steps be taken so that delegates May be Bent the convention will meet at 8 o clock p.m., on june 17th, in Friendship Hall Mol my Eblock Winnipeg. Robert Rogers vice president. T. H. Gilmour secretory Man. . Association. Northern Pacific Railroad Tel Jung effect sunday March 29th, 1881--- Central or 90th Meridian Horth 12.65p 12.40p 12.17p 10.42a 0.43a 9.07a 7.60a 7-Ooa 12.26p 4.16p Bou d 4.17p 8 0 4.02p 9 8 3.47p 16 b 8.23p 28 5 s.19p 27 ;