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With Edged Tools
your tIgt.',Isurluce..."
"Jack," laid Sir John as they passed
on, "when you hare been deprived of
Miss Cliyue's society, come and. console
yourself with a glass of sherry."
The dutiful son nodded a semi -in-
different acquiescence and disap-
peared.
: "Wonderful thing, sherry" ebserved
By HENRY BETON MERRIMAN Sir Jobe Meredith for his own %Utica-
-----!--. • One Generation to Another," Etc. --- • '. til. waited there until- Jack returned,
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his whereabouts better than the father.
I and then they set off in search of re-
freslunent. The son seemed to know
Author or "The Sowers." 'Roden'* Corner," "Ifront
1 "This way," he said --"through the
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1 , coSnisrerLalitiolrlyaVb'reditl) and bis son stood
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CHAPTER 1. • irtth, how intereStIng: 'Yee .must tell
-edeaxeemathemereeletteeniiite eme-alisabout-itreseee:a...,...--• a
call heart does not come be was watching the door all the
into the question at all." while.
Sir John Meredith was Presently the niusic ceased, and they
I
at ant afraid it is fietiolii, MiIlleent"
He took her IMO with a gravity
which made matters worse.
"What is to be done. Jack?" he said;
taring her two hands on hie breast and
locating up pleadingly,
'`There are two things," be answer
-
Ode The tint and the simplest." he
went on In tlie tone of voice which elm
had never quite fathomed -half cyn-
Mal, balf amused -his to pretend. that
last night -never was."
IIe waited for her verdict. .
"We will not do that," she replied.
softly:. "we will take the other alterna-
tive, whatever it is." -
Sbe sleeved up half shyly beneath
her lasbes, feud he felt that no diffi-
In silence Mahn; 'around theria. culty could affright biM,
nelly their eyes 'met. "The other is generally faupposed to
" ".Are you in earnest with that altar be very difficult." be said. "It lmeans-
asked Sir John abruptly. 'Waiting."
"I am," *replied Jach. He was snail- "my?,
"Because 1 11111 dependent on my te-
ther for everything, We could not
naarry althea his commit."
"But we can surely get that, between
us?" - . ,
They were both . wathleing a group- there, and one or two more enterieg , i.0 u s • "I propose doing without It."
at the other side of the great bail- the room and Peeking languidly round. He stood up his full six feet two and wwhat: abrightshouldm
likseyre
looked hard at his son whose eyes to"Dbeo?(Islihkens°0.1vie
od, "There comes the favored one," Lady
were level with his own. ,They were and one of those sudden descents into
, . , it
Cantourne muttered, with a veiled
hi
. Ideal representatives of their school, shallowness which he appeared to like.
Sir John's gray eyes followed the di-
" glance toward her companion,
"And what do you propose marrying
upon? She, 1 understand, has about 4Wi
.l'Arotli?tilician."
rectIon of her glance 4 { f I
sitting slightly behind " Lady Can made their way back to the spot 4 pie' .
tourne, leaning toward her with a whence he had taken. her. She led the "And. you think there is a chance of
Somewhat stiffened replica of his for- way. thither by an almost impercep- her nsarrying you-uuless, of couree.
mer grace. But he "Was not lookingsomething better turns up?"
at her, and she knew it, tible pressine of her fingers on his
With all due modesty, 1 d °
arm. There were severel men waiting el,
,
room.
"Sir John Meredith on Heart," s
the old. lady, with a depth of sign
. • A •
muses in her voice."
'Sand why not?' . .
eight hundred a year. I respectyou Tben 1 shall be a politician, he
"Yes, indeed. Why noti" "MI bright boy?" he inquired, with a
toe misdate suspect any foolish notions answered, with loverlIke promptness.
• -Sh. Jobe Smiled evith that well bred wealth of sarcasm on the adjective. •
of love in'a cottage." "That would be very nice," she said,.
cynicism winch a new school has not "Your bright boy," she replied.
Jack Meredith made no reply. He • and the eastles she at once began to
yet succeeded in imitating. They beth • "I hope not," he said curtly.' • I was entirely' dependent upOn his fa- build Were not entirely aerial in 'their
belouged to the old school, these two, 'They were watching a tall ,fair man
. . •
in :the doorway who seemed to knohither strueture
.. '
and their worldliness,' their cynicism
their econVersational attitude belonged everybody, so slow. Was his .Progress "Of eohase," Fiala Sir John, "when 1 This was net a new idea. They had
to a bygone periods -it- was a gleaner lido the room. The most remarkaino . die you will be a baronet, and there talked of politics before 'tits a ' possible
thinabout this manwas a certain. Will be enough to live on like a 'gen- career Per himself. • They . had moved
g ,
Period In some ways -a period deeold tleman. You had better ' tell Miss in a circle where politics and polilichms
of slums. •Ours, on the contrarY„ Is an grace of movement Ue seemed to be
age of slums, wherein we all dalsble specially constructed to live in narrow, ChYlla that, she may not imow it. held a first places.. a envie temoved
mpered placesHe was above six Girls are So innocent But I am not above the glamour of art and. wherein
ha.
to the detriment of our hands -mental, dead yet, and I shall ' take especial' bobernianiam was not reckoned, an at
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literary and theolog•ieal. feet but being of slight build he moved .
Sir John moved slightly in his chair, that with a certain languidness which saved care to ijve some time," traction
him from at enwieldiness usually es- "What Is your objection?"ll
inquired "But" he said, "It will mean wait-
. . .
leaning one hand On one knee. His we,
back was very Oat, his clothes- were , sedated With large inen in a drawing . Jack Meredith after a little pause
. "I object to the giii.". -
perfect, his hair was not his own, nor r9sm' • hI don't ear-ershe answered. s ---
"Of course," be went on, "I must go
yet his teeth, but his manners were Such was jack Meredith, one of the ' "Upon. what *rounds?"
best known figures in London society, "I should prefer you to marry a we- away. That is' the oelyeway-to get on
entirely. hie own. His face was eighty in politics in these days. • 1 Must go
h d hith t s cceeded in moving man of heart."
away and get a specialty. 1 must know'
more about some country than any ,
other man, and when I come back
. "But You must not go very far" she
msauidstskweeeeptlthy.at c.ountry ever before the
who reads the halfpenny .evening paper,
eye of the intelligent British workman
That is fame -that is politics."
"Africa."
e.s; j'Anfgr.Lca? !That does not sound inter-
.
"It is interesting. Moreover, it Is the
coming country. I may be able to make
meney out there, and money is a neces-
sity et present."'
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"Ido not like it, :Jack," she said a
forebotling voice: "When do you go?"
."At once. In. fact, I came to say
goodby. It is better to do these things
•very promptly; to disappear before the
(itemisers have qufte understood what
is happening. When they begin to un-
derstand, they begin to Interfere. They
cannot help .it. I will Write .to Lady
Cantourne, if you like."
• "No, I will tell her."
So be • bade tier goodby, and those
things.that 'lovers say were duly said;
but they are not for us to chronicle
••
years old; and yet he smiled his keen •
' society smile withhthrough themazes of that coterie, as be e "Heart?" repeated Jack;with a sus-
-Tm arand. Isolated Town Property - e. ...here a young • . ' now <moved through this room, without Pleion Of hereditary cynicisni. "I do
was not men in thest of them e. •
-OnlyInsured- - room, of whom he was afraid cenver. jarring auy one. not 'think heart is of much conse-
•
J. 13. McLean, President, Kippee P. ' Abet is my ,province. You would not
"Islo, LatlY Cantourne" he replied.' • CHAPTER H.
have her wear it outer sleeve?" •
O. ; Thos. Fraser, Vice -President, "Your . charming. nieee is heartless. . ISS gmucpNT CHYNE Was
Brucefield P. O. ; T. E. Hays. . See.- She will get .on," . vaguely conscious of succeas ' •. ' -
•"She could not do that. not enough
--DIRECTORS- Sir John Meredith had his own vievis
... glove farther up .her stout and •moth- le apt to make the best of us
William Shesney, Seaforth ; John erly right area ' • - . - . a trifle elated. , It was certainly one of •on ladies dress,
Grieve, Winthrop, George Dale, Sea- . "She will get on," . she adm the best bells of the season, and Miss . "But," he added, "we will -not Tier-
thithea- John Watt, Harlock ; John "As to the other, it is early to gi Chyne's dress was without doubt one of rel Arrange matters with the young
lady as best you can. I shall 'never ap-
Bennewies, Brodhagan ; James Evans an °please. the most successful -articles of its sort
-AGENTS- • ' ' • he \murmured. And Lady Cantoiirne Jack Meredithesaw that fact and my apprctval you cannot well Marry." :
Roisert Smith, Mario& ; E. Rill--• noted it as 'semi as he caine into the "I do not admit that."
-OFFICERS- . sationally.
•; goenee. Besides, in .this case surely
sleeve"
Treasurer, Seaforth P. 0 Lady Cantourne smiled and drew the -aed such a, consciousness
•
prove of such a mateh, and without
Beechwood, James Coanolly. Clintop. • 'She his had the best of traliaing-s," -there. •
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Seaforth ; James Curnminge,
Egmondville ; J. W. Yeo. Holmes-
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turned on him with a twinkle amid the
. .
wrinkles.
. room.. Moreover, it •pleased him, and "Indeed?"-- .
"For which?" she asked. . . he was Pleased to reflect that he was "Your approvalmeans money," ex--
"ChOisissezr he answered, • ;with a • no mean critic in such matters. There • planted this dutiful son .poldely. • "I
bow: - . • • . - •• .: . . could be no doubt about it, because he 'might .manage to make the Money for
The object of his -Detention was . theknew as well as any *Seinen there : He . myself." - * • ,. .
belle • of ' that ball, • Miss Millicent • knew that Millicent Chyne was dressed ' Sir John moved -away.
in
Chyne; who' ashemined in a corner the latest 'fashion; no furnished up .'.. "Yeti might!' he admitted, looking
w' , •
by a groupof eager dancers anxious gown from the hands of het. maid, but , back.. ."I should. be very glad to see
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to insert their names in some corner*amithette creation from Bond street. . ' . you doings se .It Is . an excexcellentthieg
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ofhercardShewasthefashten at: . "Well," she asked in a low voice air • ..---rnoney.", •', . .• .. . •
' ' .. ' e. -
that time, and She probably 'did .not -She handed' him her. programme, "are'. '''' :And :' be' welliedaelsureisl'awaY. • you pleased With it?" ... ' . . .
know Nig h
•at least half of the men
. . "Eminently,ae.". , . .
'crowded round ' because. the ;other half . ,, the glanced 'down- de her 'own, dress.
.. were there.: Nothing secceede like the '
It •was, not the teiVoui. glance of the
'access .that knows 'how to draw' a -
: .. . debutante but the practiced .fiash of eve-
perieteed eyes which see without ap.- 1 .
. •Sbereceived the ovation Self:possess- peering to look. .
•edly 'enough,' but without that hauteur ...; "1 am glad,' she murmured
• - • .
affected by belles of halls -an books. ' ' He handed her back the card with the. '
She seemed' he have a fresh smile for -
orthodox 'smile and bow of.. gratitude.
each new. applioant L• a , Smile .whieh but there wile something more in ids"
conveyed to each In turn the .fact that • -
., she . had been 'attempting all along to eyes; '. 'ea ' . •.
ale that what You did It for?" he in-
get- her programme safely •into .his '
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hands. A' baiting ,mesculine pen , will .
. "Of course," With' ' a glance . half I
not be expeeted to explain how she
coquettish, "half humble . • • •
CornPassed, this, 'beyond a gentle loth.- She took the card and ellowed it ,to
mation thatmasculine vanity . -had. a
(Iron pendent from. her fan without
good deal to de with-ber'succeis, .. loolting at it He bad written nothing.
"She IS shaving an • excellent time," ..
on it This was all a tot= • The
said Sir John, weighing on the modern ;
'dances that were his had been in- .
phri6e With a sehtlesarcatire. He • scribed on the engagement card loog. .
addicted to the use of modern phrase-. :befote bY smaller fingers than his. •
ology spiced with a cynicism . of his ,
She turned to 'take her attendant
own. -• • •• ' . •
• ''. ' ' - • partner's 'arm with a little flaunt; a .
"Yee; 'I cannot' help sympathizing . little movement of ss.e hips, tic bring.
with ber-a little," answered the lady.. her dress and posethly her self. more
• "Nor L It will not Meter, - . prontinently beneath •Jack 'Metedithlti
."After all," she said, elhe is my sta.' notice; tlis eyes followed her with
ter's child. The sympathy may only that . incomparablypleasant society
'Smile which he had no doubt inherited
from his father. Then he turned and
be a matter of blood. Perhaps I was
like that myself once. Was I? . You
eMi tell me." .
. Re fumbled at his litip, having,rea- mingled with the well dressed throng,
sena of his own for disliking' too close . bowing where he ought to bove, asking
'a eprutiny of his face <, tvith fervor for dances In. plain but
. . influential quarters where dances were
"hat hi more than probable," he
tinsWered tether indistinctly. to be easily obtained.
"Then," she ' said, tapping the back And all the while his father and
I
of his gloved hand witb be fan, "we ay Cantourne watched.
ought to be merciful to the Tanks of a Behind his keen old eyes Sir Jo n
succeeding generation. Tell me,. who ' watched' Jack go up and claim' his
isstbat young man With the long stride dance at the • handsof Miss thicent
'
. .• '* Chyne. • He could almost guess what
Whoisgetting Lleeeelf introduced
they said, for Jack was gra'(e, and she.
„nosy?" , .
."Thath 'answered Sir John, • • who smiled demurely. They began danc-
knowing every ing at once, and as soon as the floor
prided himself upon
one -knowing who they were and who became crowded they disappeared.
they were not -'hi young ()smut." ' Jack Meredith was an adept at such
" matters. He knew a seat -at the -end
Son of the eceentric °Beard?"
"Son of the. eccentric Oscard." .. of a long passage where they could.
' . sit the beheld of . all beholders Who
"And whore did he get that brown •
happened to pass, but no one could
facer
"He got that In Afriea, where he has possibly overhear their conversation,
been shooting., He forms part of some no one could sutprise them. It was
essentially a strategical position
rem else's bag at. the present moment." .
"What de you tnean?" "Weir'," inquired Jack, with a pe
"He has been apportioned a dance ' culler breathlessness, when they were
your fah, niece has bagged blin.,, seated, "have you thought about it?"
The other youngenerrratber-fell back - She gave a little nod; ' ..._
before Guy °mud -scared, perhaps, They fieemecl to be taking up some
by his long stride, and afraid that be eonversation at it point where it had
might crush their puey -thee This been dropped on a preVihria -mansioii.
very next dente, of which the musif society polish Wan 'very thickly 'coated
"And?" he inqiiired suavely. 'the
enabled Miss Chyne to give him the
was commeneingover the man, but hili eyes .had. a •
"I feel rather out of all this," said huugrY look. .,
Oscard as they moved away together. BY. Way' of reply her gloved harm
'aeon must eiceuse uncouthness," ' crept out toward Ms, which rested'
"I see no signs of it," laughed ivniu- on the chair at Ma. side' •
eent "You itre behavieg •very eicely. "jack!" she whispered, and that wits
itou cannot was an advantage and sernethIng to quite naturally, He was a judge of
be proud ot" larger and all.
Yhelp being . .
stronger than -.the others. I Should saY It was very prettily done, . and
, ' such mattets and appreciated the girl-
/ Ish simplicity, of the action fully.
IIle took the entail gloved hand and
- "Oh, it Is not that" reill'eSitiard; pressed, it levingly. The thoi.oughneta
"It ha a feeling of unkerapttess and of his social training prevented any
Want of smartxteat among these Men further display of 'affection.
Who look SO clean 'and correet Shall "Thank heaven:" he murmured.
We danee?" The ramie of the nett danee wits
"Yes," he said, "let as dance by all beginning, and, remembering their
means." obligatione, the Y both rose. She
lure she enemy her own proficiency, laid her band see his arm and for a
and in. a few, ffecefede she found -thee monient his fingers pressed here. 110
her Darter was worthy of her skill. snalled down into her Upturned eeee
"'Where he yen been?" the asked With leVe. but without Paseldn. Ile
preeently. "1 am sure yen have been
away oforaewhere, exploring Or BOOM<
things".
"I hive ooly, betn iti Attlee ehoet.
/'•
•
"Well," inquired Jack, "have va a thow,ght
astio•ut '
CHAPTER' IIL • .
ACK: had en appoititment with
Millieent .Cleine at half past .11
' the next moreing-nn hour When
. Lady, Cantaurne nalglit reason-
ably be expected lo he absent at•the
Weekly meeting of 11 .soelety. •• , •
•Jack Went into the flint jeweler's'
eimp he sew and bought a plain 'die -
Mond eing. Then he -walked on to .keep
his appolattneut with his ,aftlanced
Wife. . .
Miss 'Millicent .Clayne was Waiting
for him with that mixture of rnaideoly
feellugs of which' the diecreet eovelist
only details a 'selection. When Jack
Meredith' entered the mem she was
standing near the window; . holding
back the curtain .With one hand and
evatehinge half thyly, for his advent,' '
• • Whet stilt& Ilea at once was
..gravity, and he naust have seen the
droop in her eyes, for he immediately
assumed the pleasant, half reckless
enille tviech the world of Lontioe NO.
ciete hae learned to associate with his
name. She saw the diamond ring and
looked upon it with the -beautiful 'mile<
tiofis aroused by thoSe small stones le
the • female breast; but she, did not
seem to tecoguize her own finger with.
in the goitleu hoop. . 9
It wet .Itt this moment --while she
dwelt in this new, unreal 'wotid-that
he elected to tell her of his difference
.withhis tether, and when one walks
through a mazenf unrealities nothing
seems to come amiss or .to cause stir -
prise. Ile detailed the Very *tithe ,
they hid need, and to Millicent Chelie
It did not sound like a real quarrel •
such as might affect tufa lives to their
very end. It . was not important; It
did not come intb her life, for et that
tismatent-she did not knota Whitt her
life Waite
"Arad so4 eald Jack Meredith, finlidzs.
Ing his story', "We have begun badly-
fleer for eite&itid ritiked the "gentle. as badly as the most roMmatie Might
Man" Mid shered the "man." 110 WAR &dire." •
aliggilatile of It toreet pool itith 0 *mil* "But it Will be'9ll right in day Oh
ing, rippled erirfage. There 'thight,be two, will it nett It is not WWI*?
dentlik but had yet readied he., idee sea,
but be auld not'get leto ble IIPS. '711
Poured ream of the stuff' ever MP son's
face, but fortunately whited his eyee.•
They struggled on the floor in the dim
panting and gasping, but Sneak -
bag no word, sae etrength of the elder
Man was unnatural -It frightened the
younger and etronger combatant.
At last Guy Oscard got hie knee on
his fat -twee peels, and bent bis wrist
back until be was forced to let go his
hold on the bottle. . ,
"Get back to betli" said the son
breatblessly. "Get beck to bed:"
Thomas Oscard suddenly chauged bls
Metes. Ile whined ana cringed to his
owe offspring, and, begged him to give
him the bottle. He dragged arrose the
floor OD bis kneess-E3,000 a year on its
lames to Guy Oscard, who wanted that
reouey because he knew that he would
;never get Millicent Mayne without it..
• "Get back to bed!" repeated guY
sternly, and at last the man crept sul-
lenly b"etween the rumpled sheets.
Guy put things straight in a simple,
manlike way. The. doctor's lusAme-
tions were quite clear. If any sign of
excitement or mental unrest manifest-
ed Itself the 'sleeping draft contain-
ed in a small bottle on the mantel --
• :CHAPT.Eit ..IY. . .
.i N his • stately bedroorn on the See- •
:, .onudisfleollor,eteathree..mquil.etTestitomboausse Oise
. it -
card -the' ecielifife -Oseard-lay;
perhaps, a -dying. • . • ' • '
. Thomas ()sated hadwrittenthe fin-
est history 01 -2525 extinct people that
had ever been peened; and it has been
decreed that he who writes- a fine his-
tory and 'paints 4. •fine pictart. ean
hardly be: tee eacenerie. Our business
however,: does not .116 . in „the • life*. of
this bletcirittne-a •life .Whith cettitin
grate: sviSeacres. from :the , west (end)"
tied shaken :their heads over 'a.' few
hours before we find „him lying prone
on: a four poster counting for the timesandth thee :the nuniber • oftassels
fringing the roof of it. In bold Con.
tradietionof the medical 'Opioloo, the
nurse was, howeverhopeetil. Whether
this 'comforting couditiatt of mid arose
from long experience of : the... ways of
doctors or from an acqiiireephilosophy
• it be not our place to inquires But that
' her oisinien. was sincere, IS not to be
•.dopleted. She hods as a matter et fact
gone to the pantomime,' leaving -the
patient under. theenireediete eye tilde
son, Griy. ()search' - • . • •
Dere* the last forte -eight hours Guy
Oscard had made -the decision thetelfee
without Millicent Chyne would not be:
Werth'having, and in the hash of the •
•greittlibuse he was pondering over this
new featuWin his: existence, Like -'ail
`deliberate Men; lierwas placidly san-
guinea Something In the -life of a sties
age sport that he Mid led had no doubt
taught.bien to rely upon his own nerve
.and capacity More tie% most men do.
It sis: the Indoor atmeephere that cop-,
'tains the germ of pessimism. • . • .
-His- thotighte cannot have been dis-
turbing, for presently his eyes closed
and he appeared to be slumbering. It
It was .sieep,.. It was the lighteincede
sciousriesa 'of .the traveler; for a sound.
so .Sniall that waking ors -could scarce
44144,41°
For a, moment thcte tixis a strugglct
piece was, to be administered at once, •
or the consentiences Would be 'fatal.
But Thomas Oscard refused to take it. .'
He seemed determined' to kill himself:.
Tho son stood over bina • and tried
threats, persuttaion, prayera; •Mad all
• the while there .was in his -heart the
knowledge that unlese hie faher could : .
be Made' to sleep the inputed three
thousand a year would be bis s before
the morning.. •
It Wee worse than the aetual plays,
teal struggle on the decor. The temptes
' was einiost too strong.
Aftee awhile the sick man •became
quieter, but be_stili refused. to talieq
the opiate He Closed his eyes* and
•
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CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE.
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•
.War tnfhAir.
Major V. F. El- Beden-PoweLl, lee-,
uringebefere411
Society . recently, stated that. the'
French Governxnent possese one diri-
• gible airship, if net more, that seems
to bea really .practical air vessel .ofe •
Small halloorni carrying eself-reCord,
ing instruments had tecently ;temp&
ed. 82,000 feet or nearly' 16 miles,
above the earth's sutfitees •
• Meteorological kitehad been muCh
improved, and instruments lifted by
them had ascended to a height of four •
At Aldershot kites been. regu-
larly introduced into; the service.,
Men lied actually gone up to a height
of 3,000 feet' on theta, an elevation;
practically ,beyond' the reach of rifle,'
bulleta: ,
The flying-macliine had come to. •
stay, and very little more remained to,
be done 'before we could say that man
had veritably conquered the air,
Tiger and Elephant 'Hunters Wanted.!
A reward �f Rs. 40 offered for
the destruction of a man-eater that
has been wandering about the Vil-
4age of Chapparmukhir Salted Mauzi.
and which has lately killed et man
near the railway bridge at Mapper-
mukhir, He is reported to be doittga
'great have° among the cattle ef the
villagers and the Nepali klanti on the'
other side of the Titaimari :stream,
which is in the distrot of Nowgong.
The deputy commissioner of Kam-
rup also offers a reward of Rs.
for the deetruction . of it togue
phant,which has killed a man andl
is doing considerable damage ta /Pro-
perty- and villages on Marna
Pahbari. The elephant is ee'inakrta,
one about, eleven •feet in height with
tusk e about two feet ietig. --Band°
leirstararn.
. ,
Recruitin /Marches. •
have heard it caused him to lift his
is reportecthe military clubs,
lashes cautiously. It was the sound of • says The Birmingham Post, that the•
It n
bare feet on carpet. • :ever office will order 'certain regiments
Through his lashes Guy Oscatd Sair to send strong parties, accompanied'
his father -standing on elle hearth rug by their bands and colors, on a series
within two yards of hitt. There was of meruiting marches 'through their
something strange, something unnatu- respective territorial areas during the
coming stammer and autumn. •
Particular attention, it . is added,
will be paid to the rural district when
employment becomes slack, after the
harvests.; and among the regiments
which ' are expected, to be!called upofl.
to undertake marchesof this descrip-
tion are the 2nd Battalion Royal War-
wickShire" Regiment, the lat Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, the .2nd Gloucester -
with the word "Poison" M etartling shire Regiment, the • 3r4 Worcester-
shire Regiment, and lst
simplicity. Ito took this up and slowly Eitagozdshirc traetitthe.
ral and disturbing, about the move-
tnents of the man that made Guy keep
quite still -watching him. ,
Upon the 'mantelpiece the medicine
bottles were arranged in a row, and
the "eccentric Oscard'e was studying
the labels -with a feverish baste.. One
bottle -a blue one -bore two labels; the
smaller one, of bihIliant orange color,
drew the cork. It was a liniment for
neuralgic pans Inan overwrought
head-belladoena. Ile poured seine
into a tnedicioe glees, carefully meas-
uring two tablespoonfuls.
Then Guy Oscard sprang im and fund recently In London, referred to
wrenew the gum away from him, 1 the deficit for the Year and the urgent:
ted that
throwing the &interne into the fire, I Medof money. Ile regret
people.with big, unearned ineorries did
which flared up. Quick atetheUght, the net take much intermit in the sociee '
bottle Was at the al& man's Ilea. Ile ty 8 work, goys a special came from
was a heavily built man, with powerful i London to The New York Sufi.
Hibbs. Guy selml his, arm, closed with There Was, be said, $2,500,000,000
him, and for a moment there was a Iin England belonging to PeOlde who
deadly struggle, whilethe pungent I did not Weak. Therefore the society
odor of too pr000 need tee woes must tell the rich class that More
WW1 needed because it was
phere. At.last Cu- fell back on art; i --ing sharp toinpotition. with .
he tripped his father cleverly, and they
Altkerien. 'wealthy ps6pre did not
both rolled on the door,, respond to the demand they oucht
The Walt themolli helaahd fne-Uoki.4 to be guiflotined. " '
• Guillotine For Stingy Rich.
George Bernard.' Shaw, the. Britith
dramatist and critiee Addressing al
met ng of the national art collection