Gulf and Glacier

abo

in the faces of the throng that hurried to and fro, like an a

red through the doorway in an almost continuous stream, carrying baskets of lunch, b

rs, without change, across the broad American Continent. From the windows of those very cars, the travelers were to look out upon the rolling Western prairies, the ravines and snowy summits of the Rocky Mountains, and at last, the blue waters of the Paci

e a delightful companion, I wonder?" they said to themselves. "Is she to be a li

shouts the c

lem of human life, with its brief merriment and grief, it

emselves to moral reflections. Certainly Tom Percival was not occupied with philosophical meditation, as he stood on the lo

nd beckoning to a young man of about his own age, wh

red," he added to a companion at his side. "Here's th

l-shook hands all round, and then, standing on the car platform, turned to

by! go

re to

totem pole f

ah! h

tic wavings of handkerchiefs the lon

examination successfully at Harvard, while Tom was rejoicing over his admission to the Freshman class, with only one condition. Fred was

s?" inquired Randol

rs, all talking at once, and bes

You know father and mother have a jolly little room all to themselve

or Braintree," remarked Fred, eying that young man calmly.

you'd ground up on this trip as I have, perhaps you'd fee

as usual," interrupted a merry voic

Sibley!" said Fred, wit

m going to be just 'Pet' on this trip, any way.

g on the arms of the car seats, entered into lively conver

during the winter, and Mr. Percival, being a man of ample means, as well as of good sense and thoroughly kind heart, had include

ons from sea to sea, up the coast of Alaska, and back by way of Yellowstone Park, all within the space of seven weeks. Careful inquiries satisfied

val, coming up at this moment, "

lder. They were very near to each other, these two, and the companionship of thi

es next, taking the upper berth at night. Some gentlemen in the party will probably oc

all together, right in

h us this year!" lamented Kittie. "They would j

Oregon, with their married sister. You know she and her husband are going to live there

d Mr. Percival, "on our return trip. We'll

explore their surroundings. The country through which they were passing was so

l chattering briskly and settling themselves into the cos

neighbors, had found a missing pair of spectacles for a sweet-faced old lady not far away, and had pointed out various objects of interest (th

elves as Rev. Rossiter Selborne and his sister, Miss Adelaide Selborne. The young clergyman could not have been over thirty; his sister, a tall, pale, timid girl, was apparently of about Kittie's age. The new-comers were evidently painfully conscious of the questionin

, and in another fifteen minutes they were swept into the current of song. The young minister proved to have a fine

ly to be hustled back again, barely in time to miss being left behind. The train was sp

oon left behind, and the train drew up

the way, as usual," remarked dignified Fred, peering th

inging once more-this time the "Soldier's Farewell"; Tom striking it a third too high, and going all to pieces on the second "

s. "There's a sho

he rain in long exclamation points all over the window-panes. A glitterin

ing this time, but the blessed sunshine, in long, slanting rays from the west. Even the boys catch th

won first the confidence and then the regard of his hundred charges, at the very outset-came through the car announcing that at a

d Lachine, the lights of Montreal twinkled out of the darkness, and our friends

d during the forenoon, most of them going to church. Randolph and Tom, with the girls

ur familiar "Keep off the grass." The names of the streets carried them back to old times, when the whole province was held by France-"Ste. Monique," "St

fty granite building with two square

t the doors, and the youn

th worshipers, not only on the main floor, but in two immense galleries, one above the other. At the further end was the high altar and the figure of the crucified Saviour

the marble pavement in the midst of the crowd. Members of wealthy French families passed down the aisle

ar the hotel, where there was an Episcopal service, and a good sermon by a blu

do," said the good rector, "don't si

e left the church with the rest. "That'

l-giving them a glorious view o

35 it was a little Indian village called Hochelaga, which was in that year visited by Jacques Cartier. Two hundred and fifty years ago, the French established a trading-post here, and i

n extract from Kittie's letter to Susie

l, July

r S

ng to like that quiet Mr. Selborne a good deal. His sister is dreadfully afraid of everything, and keeps saying, "O, Ross!" whenever he does anything out

le for good places! It was really wonderful, dear, going down those rapids. You felt the great ship settle under your feet, and once we headed so straight for a

eer place called Banff, next Saturday. We go on board our train again at half-past seven. Bess

tiona

M. Pe