One of the traditions about the falls is that a large party of mountain-warriors, who were at war with a coast-tribe, attempted to surprise a band of the latter one dark night while they were encamped near the base of the cascade. Being unacquainted with the river, their canoes were hurled onward by the turbulent current, and, despite their frantic ef perhaps thirty-six thousand, is certainly a good showing, and speaks well for the people. Seattle is justly proud of its prosperity, delightful situation, and the fertile country about it; but its greatest boast is its institutions of learning. The city was formerly called New York, but in a fit of generosity the inhabitants changed the name to that which it now bears in honor of Seatl-h, chief of the Du-forts to get into placid waters or reach the shore, wamish tribe of Indians, who proved himself the steadfast friend of the whites during the dark days of 1855-'56, when they could not move out of the town without risking their lives. It was he who sent word to his pale-faced brethren that they would be attacked by a large body of warriors on a certain day; and this timely information prevented not only a massacre, but was the means of driving the warlike savages out of that section of country; for, when they attacked the settlement, they were received so warmly by the little garrison, and shelled so vigorously by the sloop-of-war Decatur, that they never again attempted the capture of any village along the Sound. The old chief, who possessed a face unusually kind and expressive for one of his race, lived to a ripe old age, revered by all who knew him. | From Seattle I made an excursion to the Cascade Range, several miles distant. My journey proved only that some of the richest alluvial land on the continent was to be found deeply buried in the woods; that mountain-valleys, as pretty as any scene the mind could portray, were hidden amid rocky pinnacles; and that streams, unsurpassed in vigor and pleasant accessories, burst from their snowy couches only to steal as gentle brooks through meadows far below their origin. The country was so new that I felt as if I were alone with Nature; and, in thinking of my situation, I felt as if it would be pleasant to fall back into primitiveness, provided the vision presented was always as agreeable. It is wonderful how soon one forgets civilization amid such scenes, and how very easy it is to relapse into that errant life peculiar to the red-man, which is so free, yet so uncertain. If that alone constitutes barbarism, then I can say that barbarism, for a time at least, is very agreeable. One of the pleasantest excursions about Seattle is a visit to Snoqualmie Falls, called by some genius of a poetical temperament the " Niagara of the Northwest." These have a height of two hundred and seventy feet, and a width of from twenty to eighty, according to the condition of the river from which they receive their name. Being hemmed in by dense woods, enveloped at the base by huge crags of augitic basalt, dark as the shadows of night, and fed by a rapid stream, they possess in a large degree all the elements of the best scenes produced by falling water. They are more than picturesque; they are grand, and have an air of solitude and isolation which one feels the moment he enters their presence. They are carefully avoided by the Indians, they believing that the roar of the water is the wailing of the dead who are lamenting their sins, and that any intrusion on their ground would be resented with death. they were carried over the falls and dashed to pieces On the prairies back of Seattle may be found a ments; so, when pursued, the animal digs a burrow their own race. For this reason they pretend to ento secure safety for itself-or attempts one, at least-tertain some reverence for it, but they take excellent care to feast on its flesh whenever they get an opportunity, they considering it a delicious bonne bouche, and unsurpassed in gastronomic qualities. if its own is not convenient. Being the only species and genus of its family yet found, it possesses much interest for naturalists, as it is a rare occurrence for Nature to be so stinted in her production of variety in animals. Its purpose in the economy of creation, unless it is to keep up the harmonious chain, and connect the squirrel and beaver families by gentle Having visited all places of interest around Seattle, I took passage on a steamer whose course led among the islands of the Washington Archipelago and the hamlets along Possession Sound. The gradation, is a matter of conjecture which has not yet been solved. Being only about thirteen inches long, and from five to seven high, it is preyed upon by prairie-wolves, foxes, and badgers, the latter being its most determined foe. A brace of badgers will destroy a showtl-colony in a few minutes, as they follow the defenseless occupants into their burrows, and kill them with the same spirit and ease that a terrier would a house-rat. The Indians have a tradition that this little creature was the first animal endowed with life, and the source whence sprung route to the north revealed the same apparently limitless sea of foliage and towering snow-peaks, whose solitude seemed unbroken by the presence of man, which I had passed farther south. After a run of a few miles, however, the heavy, curling smoke which loitered above the tree-tops in several places proved that we were approaching the celebrated lumbering-towns for which Puget Sound is famous. These are occupied only by those engaged in the mills, outsiders being tabooed for fear they might undertake some mercantile transactions which would injure the business of the companies owning the fac- Like all places possessing an alluvial soil, esculents, tories and town-sites. tuberous roots, and grasses thrive admirably, and are unsurpassed in size and quality. I loitered there several days, thence proceeded by way of Possession The most important of those that we passed was Port Gamble, which boasts the largest lumbering mill in the world, its capacity being estimated at one hundred thousand feet per day. This is situated on Hood's Canal, a branch of the Sound, specially remarkable for its pretty harbors and charming scenery. Its bluffs are so bold that a ship could be ranged alongside and fastened to a tree on shore without incurring any danger of getting aground. This assertion might also be made about the whole of Puget Sound with few exceptions, and it is this fact that makes it the finest and safest harbor in the world. Having passed these places, the next object to attract attention was Skaget Head, a bold promontory which forms the southern limit of Whidby Island. This island is remarkable for the peculiarity of its cervidæ, nearly every deer upon it being handsomely mottled, while some are a pure white. This effect is undoubtedly due to climate, as the animals belong to the white-tailed species (Cervis leucurus) indigenous to the region bordering the Pacific Ocean. It also contains several vagrant plants, which, according to botanical lore, should remain farther south; the principal species being the Lathyrus maritima, Potentilla anserina, Plantago maritima, Glarix maritima, the Ruppia and Zostera. It is also famous for its lakes and the fertility of its soil, it being no unusual thing to produce twenty tons of cabbages or carrots from an acre of land. Sound to the Snohomish River. A canoe-trip up this stream proved the difficulty of forcing a passage through rapid currents and heavy jams of trees with the power of only two Indians, so I relinquished my tour the second day, and turned my face toward the Indian Reservation of Tulalip, where half a dozen coast tribes live together in peace. Here I was received kindly by the acting superintendent, Father Chirouse, a missionary who has spent his life in trying to civilize and Christianize the Indians of the Northwest. He has been more than successful; and not an Indian is there on the reservation who does not bless him for his zeal in their behalf. He has two schools under his charge, one being devoted to the girls, the other to the boys. The Sisters have charge of the first, and a priest of the Oblate Order and two Christian Brothers of the other. The boys devote the forenoon to study in the schoolroom, and the afternoon to instruction in farming and gardening. They are now such adepts at the latter business that they raise all the fruits and vegetables needed for their own food. The girls are taught plain cooking, how to make their own dresses and repair the clothing of the boys, and are well grounded in rudimentary education. They are, besides, taught true politeness, and few young ladies who attend the most fashionable academies could instruct them in etiquette. When I entered the school room all the pupils arose without a signal, and bowed the remainder. After reaching the cabin several of as politely as if they had graduated from Mrs. Grun- the men delivered orations, calling upon their audy's fashionable establishment, and remained stand- ditors to do good, and that they would all rejoin the ing until ordered to be seated by their teacher. Sev- loved one departed in the land of eternal bliss. eral of them read aloud, and answered questions in Many an affirmative "Ugh!" was grunted out by mathematics and geography with a readiness most the listeners to express their approbation of the rude surprising. They also sang patriotic songs in Eng-oratory; but the squaws, who sat perched on their lish, and hymns in French and Latin, with a precision one would not expect from the children of untutored savages. I was so pleased with their proficiency, and the cleanliness and tidiness of their persons, that I felt free to say they were the most comfortably-dressed, well-bred Indian children I had ever seen. I found on investigation that the pureblooded girls were equally as intelligent as the halfbreeds, of which there were many-the majority, in fact and excelled them in many respects. If all teachers took the same pains with their charges that these humble, holy women do, we should hear very little about Indian wars. heels around the room, had not a word to say. This ceremony impressed me as most poetical, for the previous Indian burial I had seen was among the Diggers of California, and they not only burned the body of the deceased, but kept up a most fearful howling around the pyre all night long. The contrast between both was so great that I could not help comparing them, and deducing that Christianity had benefited the savages in one way at least. Bidding good-by to my hospitable hosts on the reservation, I took passage on a steamer for Port Townsend, formerly notorious as the home of the "beach-combers," made famous—or rather infamous During my stay on the reservation I witnessed by Ross Browne and other writers of the early days one of the most interesting burial ceremonies it was of the Pacific coast. They have long since departed ever my fortune to behold. The child of a young to another land by the same means which they used man, a graduate of the school, having died, Father to gain a livelihood, so the place has now become a Chirouse was asked to read the service for the dead quiet, pleasant abode for decent people. Its greatover it. With his permission I accompanied him to est human attraction at present is the Duke of York, the hamlet where the child lay, some two miles dis- chief of the Chimicum Indians, who enjoys the tant. On debarking from our canoe the entire vil- | proud honor of being married to two spouses named lage turned out, and escorted the priest to a cabin | Jenny Lind and Queen Victoria, while his sons rewhere the corpse rested in its humble casket of pine- joice in the names of Napoleon, Andrew Jackson, boards, covered with white cloth. Arrived there, and Thomas H. Benton. He is a very important perthe holy man donned a few simple vestments; the sonage in his own estimation, while the county aufather of the deceased lighted two candles, and gave thorities consider him a nuisance, owing to his bibuone each to two men who stood at the head and foot lous propensity. The country around Port Townof the coffin; the priest read the prayers for the dead, send is famous for the esculents it produces and its and, sprinkling the bier with holy-water, ordered the immense parks of rhododendrons, which in size of auditors to move close to him. He then explained stalk and brilliancy of colors are unsurpassed. The the purport of the ceremony in their native tongue, city—every hamlet in the West is a city—has a popand gave them to understand that, inasmuch as the ulation of eight hundred, contains the custom-house child was free from sin, it had gone to its heavenly for the Sound district, and a good marine hospital. home. This finished, the coffin was taken up by Some fine views are visible from its bluffs, the most four men ; a procession of the villagers formed be- notable being the volcanic snow - peak of Mount hind them, and, with the opening of the solemn Baker, which frequently emits heavy volumes of chant of the Litany for the Dead, marched to the smoke. Leaving this place again by steamer, I went grave. A boy at the head of the column rung a on a tour among the islands of the Washington weird-sounding bell every few seconds; the priest Archipelago, and wandered about them for two sung in Gregorian voice the “Laudate Domine" in weeks, making my excursions both on foot and by Latin, and the processionists answered in their own canoe. Many of these are still unoccupied, although guttural language. When the casket was lowered they are exceedingly fertile, well adapted for grazing into its humble receptacle amid the dripping shrub-purposes, and stocked to repletion with game, both bery, a final prayer was read, the grave was sprinkled with holy-water, and the ceremony was finished. The mourners on their return homeward sung in a most plaintive manner the "Pater Noster" and "Ave Maria," an old chief, in deep, sonorous tones, chanting the first part, and the responses being made by | fur and feather, while every stream and tarn abounds with delicious trout. Were it not for their distance from a market, they would be one of the pleasantest abodes farmers could wish; but to tourists they afford one of the finest roaming-grounds on the continent at all times. I BY CELIA'S A NOVEL, · ARBOR : BY WALTER BESANT AND JAMES RICE, READY-MONEY MORTIBOY," CHAPTER VII. AUGUSTUS IN THE LEGAL. HAD one short experience of the way in which other people work for money. It lasted three months, and happened when Mr. Tyrrell, out of pure kindness, proposed that I should enter his office. He said many handsome things about me in making this offer, especially in reference to his daughter, and pledged himself to give me my articles if I took to the work. I accepted, on the condition that I kept my afternoons free for Celia, and began the study of the law. " THE GOLDEN BUTTERFLY," ETC. stipend of thirty shillings was a large and magnificent income, and that the firm was maintained by his own personal exertions. Certainly, these were not wanting. He was in the office first in the morning, and left it the last in the evening. He kept the other clerks to their work, not only by example but by precept, admonishing them by scraps of proverbial philosophy, such as-in the case of one who longed to finish and be gone"Hurry and haste are worsen than waste;" though I have never seen it in Shakespeare. "What," he would say, "do we learn from the poet? Get up betimes, and at the dawn of day For health and strength to serve your master pray. "It should have been nine," he would add, "but or of one who was prone to scamp the work in order to talk"Sure and slow is the way to go; ;" Well, suffice it to say that after three months the captain became my embassador to convey my resig-of one who came too late to office, he had a verse while in the case-too common among lawyers' clerks nation. And the only good thing I got out of my legal experience was the friendship of the Bramblers. Augustus Brambler, the head of the family, was one of Mr. Tyrrell's clerks. Not the head-clerk, who was a man of consideration, and had an office to himself, but one of half a dozen who sat in the room built for them at the side of the house, and drove the quill, for very slender wage, from nine in the morning to eight at night. Augustus was no longer young when I first met him, being then past forty years of age. And, although the other clerks were little more than boys, Augustus sat among them with cheerful countenance and contented heart. He was short of stature, and his face was innocent of whisker and as smooth as any woman's; his features were sketchy, his eyes were large and bright, but his expression, in office-hours, was maintained at a high pressure of unrelenting zeal. Nature intended him to be stout, but, with that curious disregard for her colleague which Fate often shows, his income pre-beautified by Augustus with such painful assiduity. vented the carrying out of Nature's intention. So that he remained thin, and, perhaps, in consequence, preserved his physical activity, which was that of a schoolboy. I was placed under his charge, and received papers to copy, while the chief clerk gave me books to read. I did copy the papers, to my infinite disgust, and I tried to read the books, but here I failed. Augustus Brambler, I soon discovered, did the least responsible work in the office, enjoying a certain consideration by reason of the enormous enthusiasm which he brought into the service. He magnified his humble office; saw in it something great and splendid; beheld in himself the spring of the whole machine; and identified himself with the success of the house. You would think, to listen to him, that he had achieved the highest ambition of his life in becoming a clerk to Mr. Tyrrell, that his weekly His eagerness to work was partly counterbalanced by his inability to do anything. He knew nothing whatever, after years of law-work, of the most ordinary legal procedure; he could not even be trusted to copy a document correctly. And yet he was never idle, never wasting his employer's time. Mostly he seemed to be ruling lines laboriously in red ink, and I often wondered what became of the many reams At other times he would take down old office-books, ledgers, and so forth, and, after dusting them tenderly, would turn over the leaves, brows bent, pencil in hand, as if he was engaged in a research of the most vital importance. At all events, he did not allow the juniors to waste their time, and, as I afterward found out, was only continued in the service of Mr. Tyrrell because he earned his weekly stipend by keeping the youngsters at their work, carrying with him wherever he went an atmosphere of zeal. He had not been always in the present profession. "I have been," he would say, grandly, "in the Clerical, in the Scholastic, and in the Legal. Noble professions, all three! I began in the Clerical-was a clerk at Grant & Gumption's, where we had-ah! -a royal business, and turned over our cool thou. sands. Thought nothing of thousands in that wholesale house. Mr. Gumption, the junior partner-he |