Chapter VI

Intently I listened, but scant my reply;
Sorrow and gladness o'er-misted the eye.

Gladness for light of a long, lustrous day;
Sorrow for sunshine fast fleeting away.

More dense than the doole of a starless night
The gloom of a soul which knoweth no light.

Down-coursing as cataract o'er the steep hill
That will which opposeth the Higher Will.

Unbeauteous is age when it crusts itself round,
Or buries itself in a selfish mound.

But blessèd be those who in soul-growth expand
'Neath the milder beams from the glory-land.

Yea blessèd they be! when the river is passed,
They shall enter the gate with the palms at last.

FINIS.

NOTES.

"Skilled Nurses." Page 16.--
When the epidemic of small-pox visited
Charlottetown in the year 1885, three nuns from the City Hospital
volunteered their professional services. The generous offer was at
first refused, but afterwards gladly accepted. Sister St. Thomas
never recovered from the effects of her labours in the improvised
Hospital; she died in Montreal the following Spring.

"Whose skill and courage." Page 19.--
Dr. Richard Johnson, Health
Officer, distinguished himself by unremitting devotion to his arduous
duties; and also, along with Dr. Warburton, attended all cases in the
city; while Dr. J. T. Jenkins, with his son, Dr. S.R. Jenkins, were
in constant attendance at the Hospital. Notable also were Mayor H.
Beer, and clergymen Carruthers, O'Meara and MacIntyre.

"The Hiding-place." Page 29.--
Incidents in the career of the much
beloved and widely lamented Bishop MacIntyre.

"In Memoriam." Page 98.--
In memory of the pious and charitable Mrs.
M. M. T. Hodgson, daughter of the late Hon. J. Brecken, and wife of
the Hon. Edward J. Hodgson, Master of the Rolls of P. E. Island,
Canada; who died on the 19th October, 1889.

"The heroes of Skye." Page 143.--
During the Peninsular war the small
island of Skye sent out, to fight the battles of Great Britain, no
fewer than ten thousand men, many of whom arose to highest positions
in the army.

"Two frigates." Page 153.--
When the descendants of many of those
brave soldiers lately rebelled against landlord tyranny, warships
were despatched to Skye, to intimidate the oppressed.

"Bonnie, braw Dundee." Page 145.--
Graeme of Claverhouse, created for
his military services, Viscount Dundee; noted as an able General, but
held in detestation as the cruel persecutor of the Scotch Covenanters.

"The Macneill." Page 142.--
Archd. MacNeill, Esq., long the President,
and ever an ardent supporter of the Caledonian Club.

"The spirit which rose." Page 180.--
Daniel O'Connell, the Irish
Liberator.

"Who dignifieth, etc." Page 186.--
Hon. Senator A. A. Macdonald, for
some time Member of the Legislative Council, and one of the delegates
to the Quebec Conference anent Confederation. Elevated to the
position of Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island, 1884; since,
in 1891, appointed to the Senatorship. For the last fifteen years the
honoured Chief of the Caledonian Club.

"H. M. S. Blake." Page 191.--
H. M. S. Blake, Admiral Sir John
Hopkins, anchored in Charlottetown Harbour, 18th August, 1893.

"Abegweit." Page 191.--
Home on the Wave--Indian name for P. E. Island.

"Port La Joie." Page 192.--
Former name of Charlottetown.

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Transcriber's note:

1. Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical
errors.

2. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.