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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Star, 1899-12-15, Page 2• 1' e "Well. 1**0 itur, 110* .t**3* to of- fer my tolefteatttletions. preaume air a Itilletervattending the at- tar hall Wore oft. land you aro really to receive them lu ell due form, accom- panied. Of Waste by the regulation blush. rule helf-disclaliner manner el its verity.” "No," aneareted the girl addressed, thougla bright spots of scarlet bad mounted to her pale eheeke. ita she rose Wane the chair In which she had idly reclined, "I utter no dieclaimer of a feet whieli has been *tread, pro- cleinaed in our little world. 1 naVO La' deed promised to become Mrs. John Fraokilu." "And you are very, very happy." "fle loves me very dearly." was the ambiguous reply. "I am very tend of bine Somehow his will carries mine along with it. I tell him his wooing bee been different frona tbat of oth- er men. It is a sort of carrying the fortress by storm. I am not sure but that I shall some day wake up to dlsoover myself a martyr. You know be has not a particle of romance in his disposition. It is all with him stern, matter of -feet reality." "How, then, did ne teach you to mire for !Anal" "I really do not know, beam, he ie in every respeot a totally different man frqm my imaginary idol; but he is so strong, so nutererful, he does not give me time ovate to put tee enigma fairly before myself." So the conversation ran ou, until, at the close of an hour, Miss Rue, bidding her friend farewell, said. gayly: "Well, lea, 1 isame to congratulate, but, after all, I am half prepared to condole. What is itt he poet says about. " 'Two aouls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as °net" Is not that tire poet's idea of mar- riage? However. perhaps all that comes afterward. In your case, oertainly, I trust so. One thing I cannot forgive him, and that is that he is going to take you away from us all, into a new oity, new friends and new associatione." "Ale but 1 shall not forget the old, Elia, Walt until I aro quite settled in ury new home, when I ehall send for yuu to become a veritable beholder of my domestic happineas." But long after her friend had left her Ise sat buried in thought. Some- how the words she had just heard jar- red upon her - jarred from their very unison with her own thoughts, Would ishe be happy as John Franklin's wife? '1'o him the realms of Imagination, whose gates were guarded by the men- uf romance and eentiment, seemed au unknown region. They •were her dwelling place. Could ene lure hen upward, or would he drag her downf "Well, little one, dreaming as usual, and all forgetful a your engagement to ride with me. Absolutely, slippers and morning-grownl Ahl I see, you weal to teat my Benedictine patience." /Somehow, a fresh, bright air from the outaide world appeared to enter with the speaker. Ella clear, gray eyes, sparkling with fun, showed the strong, earnest nature of the man; end, for a mornent. as he bent almost reverently to kiss the lips upturned to his, one toad in theit depthe an elmost Worshipfel devotion for the girl who, a few brief Minutes before, had declared him lacking in romanco or sentiment, "Forgive me, Johnl I did not know it was so late. Indeed, I will be ready a moment!" she contritely exclaim - id. In apite of the feet that the mom- ent ran into sixty seeonds t wenty times told, her lover felt hinwelf rich- ly repaid for the waiting when she at last returned. and stood ,before him in her olose-fltting riding -habit, show- ing to such advantage every line and curve of the perfectly rounded, figure, ana an arob smile at her trial of his patienoe playing about her beautiful lips, The love In his heart rose up in a naighty wave as he looked, at her. He (meld have snatehed her to his breast, have covered the lovely face with pettis- h:Mate kisses, have oriod aloud in his thankagiVing to God, that He had given bine thievinerian's heart, in its exquisite ehtting, retells own, his very own, to stlard, God helping him, his life long; but she might not understand, he thought. How, could she understand the weight, and breadth, and depth of Miele a levet So he only smiled, as he held open the door for her to pass but to Where the horses stood waiting, while he follouted as reverently as in the wake of a queen. And yet it Waft thia man whom she had &related wanting in poetry of soul. Abl are net Ute waters of the ocean Illitseper blue, clearer. where no eye ever pi.tnetratie, unless that of the bold diver, Who woltid drag forth its inner- most apeorstat And tan he put into ',fit- ting Words the Wonders that he finds theret • • • • • • "Why was It that we never met he - fore, Uri. Franklin, Or, orin we truly *ay We baVe net tztet ln thought , and sentiment always, Surely we must not meallure our tioqueintance by timer It Wee at a party, given in honor of Sohn Ftanklin'a three months' bride, tint Roscoe Willis, the youag poet, With bla handtiottie faeti and dreamy eyes. Vile dilly 'brought forward and presented as one of the "Ilona" of the megaton. And three weeks later. at her own hone, In a morning mill., with the won- derfttl .dreittay eyes reiting on her facie, he put to .her the foregoing question. From another man -site might have raliebted theta. From him she regard - lb as a peals eriellegte Besidea, to Whelks Mannt telk ais beretofore she '-heitifiener trawl, net even to the man lirlielbt Menthe, bed bed -the right to latikterShet every thought. The. Vert room in Which she sat ,evi- elenned Mire ter her. Every ap- poktnietit her home was perfect in iteeritreetrieitianorree Jae single wish was lettlitigratifitid; and yet she felt an "4*PtitAeal jIdtlifn she dared riot ao• • knew/edge heratillt- iletOre the *ad, inetitoocoe Mina it Wee Weetittg. Amway, ' Stanehow. het enbend'anielle bed ibh Wet* brittt hoe. hook, •Itutt. tottbc bet that ,ItTit 'gentle. Itteedet wee 'bolter' tireth eleerdek.,t0atil Jibe Itad•dfilUnd '11 tIOette Iteete *hue 1.1ae *Ord* 'flawed u" water btliklingltent the toottottin -AAA' SS he lieksdi have *4 ,'.0e1ter 'tut heft:der- Itotat, noel Sehtlett tnneition, So:1C heft", .150 did net knee* thet 'liesietee, 'Ouse* wea greeting *****Alttr ttor *Ai tut ituks bstittb. tumid lot* mitkititISC Inlet' hothead. hie Wel MA Ueda, to *lath MO rellptitititag the Pettitheet ;Mitt .and gneet.',,Vinte IOW: Met theta etinht ;dattitst • inthitig to Ida Wife ..tttever eltatuntat ,Niever , entered. *NO* teet# of 'the iiien4„litatut* That lie itnettnattet4 wAs ,tIttliralt Joke*** *Out Untilailti meat. vthiek hit ;10111 *tang* undo* of nature hen ite ruts, into itht huff,' aunt* litd *War Wait,' He let it tb Ink• • etir final etio4•14 rded se* te,:foliet toreeil rookie. tie • edge's -am though you trate:pleated ter* the botehtillied "Wb7 di4 we litinr meet before!" At fleet the questiou teamed to have ao hidden meaning, but there came a time ween it grew elnaost iuto a wail. and wben neither the Man who asked it, nor tee woman who heard, dared put lute words en atiewer. "So few men understniad the peculiar needs a wouten. their higle-strung. natueels, the chord which jars. or the chord willeh Strike* iu 'unison," be *aid to her ono day. "Air, met when 1 see men possessing such peculiar privilege and unmiudful of it, their minds en - poised hy baser themes, I almost stiudder at their blindeuisal You are going to Mrs. Laurence's reception this evening, of courser "Certainly. I shall be there." "And 1, awaiting the inspiration whieh is at once my passion and my torment." With which words he ranted. the small white hand he held to his lips witb an easy grace. then bowed. and left Jaen Jona Oalte home tired that night, his head throbbing with a dull. heavy pain-eiame home to find awaiting him a vialon of beauty. dressed in black velvet. above which rose the peerless, gleeful/3g shoulders. and the white tbroat, on which the small head was set Se regallY• "1 dressed early," she tsaid, "that 1 might not keep you waiting." "Ab. it is Mrs. Laurence's recep- tion night," he anawered. "Would it disappoint you very much if we did not gee' The lovely face clouded, and the wan's watching eyes were quick to dis- cern it. Before she tiould reply, he edded: "Perhapts I should clay, if you went without me. Once there, yuu will hardly mine me; and my head is assert- ing its exiatenoe too painfully for me to be other than u drag." Hie flushed faoe, his eyes bright with fever, attested the truth of his worda. Bes wife's first impulse waa to snatch oft her drese. replace it by a dressing- gewn, and, darkening tbe room, min - liter to his needs. But -In those other reunite soule one was waiting for ner. After all, it. was only a headache. John would be bet- ter alone to sleep it off. "Isa, remain witb me," his heart said, as she bent to touch his burn- ing brow with her lips; but no word escaped him, nor even tbe sigh which rent his heart. An hour later Mrs, Franklin entered Mrs. Laurence's drawing -rooms. She looked about for the man who was to have been awaiting bee but could not see him. She was not in a mood for gayety to- night, and so, finding a quiet retreat, she slipped into a window recess where she could watch the scene unob- served. Voices roused her. "I have not seen beautiful Mrs. Franklin to -night," said one. "No. but ebe will be here," answered the other, in a tone of proud confid- °nee. and her heart beat fast and loud- er as she recognized it. "What a ,pity such women ever marry!" -Indeed! Do you not, believe in mar- riage'?" "I would not marry on angel. What! tie myself to woman's needs, necessie ties, and caprice? My dear fellow, poets soar in the clouds. It is true, •but they 800 tO0 much of the earth to thus fee. ter their wings. Women are made for men's amusement -the playthings of an hour. If perennial youth. peren- nial beauty, were theirs, it might, per- hape, be a temptation, but in time a wife ages. Younger, lovelier women appear on the scene. Imagine the winding chainsl No, no, my friend. Swear what vows you will, so that you keep your eyes wide open that they are not binding." And it was for this man, that she might not disappoint him, that she had left her Wok and suffering hus- band -this man. had talked to her of women as something too holy to breathe the air with men, whom she now heard speak of the plaything of an hourl Even in tbe darkness a hot blush dyed her cheeks. A consciousness of how near the brink of the precipice she had stood dawned upon her; the silent; untiring, watchful care of her husband aroae in contrast. She had put forth her hand to grasp a myth, and let the reality pass her by . Making hasty adieux to her hostess she stepped into the ball, only to be confronted by a messenger. "Mr, Franklin is so much' worse," the man said, "we took the liberty of sending for you." A dull fear took possession of her heart. As fast as her horses could bear her she returned to her home. Her husband no longer recognized her. "What la le dear?" he would say in his unconsciousness. "How have failed? Isa-oh, my darling, my daris ing, tell me how to make you, love mel" Then he had suffered, too; and she, in her blindness. had seen nothing of it. It was many days ere the mists of fever scattered. and John Franklin, weary and tired, woke up to thee emer- gency of living. Somehow he did not seem to care to buckle on his shield ,sgain; but one morning, with the sun- light streaming into his room, his wife, kneeling by bis side, and hiding her faoe on his breast, whispered her 000(0881013. "I would never have told you," she finished, "but that I felt I could not quite stretch out clean hands for my future happiness did I not let you know how very near I had mistaken the tinsel and let the gold pass. me by -accepted the tomb whloh, going out, God's sun shone in tbe heavens above me. Oh, John, say you forgive me! Take me back to the great heart from which I have wandered." But John. to whom words were ever difficult, pressedenstead a kiss on the bright hair. Her face was bidden, and she could not see the tear which rested there with it, • COLOR IN FLAGS Red Predominate.. eargety le the wand are. of Mc teller %neon, Though the policy of military au- thorities in using leas glaring colors in uniforms has been very marked of late years, red remains the moat pop- ular color for national standards. Of 25 countrios, 19 have flags with red in them, the list ineluding Great 13ritain, United States. France, Ger- many, Austria, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Tur- key, Mexico, Chili, Portugal, Vene- zuela and Cuba. The countries while) balm blue as an element of their flags are Great Britain, United States, Ruasia, France, Holland, Eouador, Portugal, Chile, Venesuela, Portugal ated Cuba. Three coin:dries have black as one of the elemente of their flags- Ger- many, &lei= and China, but Ger- many la the only one of the three that he* black and white together. There are als countries which have green as a color Ireland, Brazil, the tlag of which is green chiefly, Maxi - 00, tiRgerict. ftaly and Penne. Nine etauntries have flags in which the color fa Pertly yellow. Thetie coun- tries ere Austria, Spain, Belgintri, Egerrt, Sweden, China, Persia, 'Mardi and Venezuela. Colantriiss with flags pertly whits are this United States, France. Getrnany, Ubelda. Alketria, Italy, Switetriend, Terket rattle. Japan, Mexico, Rolland Lattinsar Flortizgali Cube, and Chili. -There AO white in the netional • titiiiird et England/And the ttrititili "Ho* told, how indifferent he hoe naval filet hint- WhInit backgrerMd. lfroltio. Sooty he etver eould have The Deg et &Wider le Metro vitae haVerd tee; *bele 1-ahl Thornton, hoW Cupid's Revenge. 1.1.1MIM • 'Your wi.fe, Thorntou I Wby, it acenis only yesterday you were car- rying nay books to *chime What do boys know of love d" A.ad Nellie Rivera glanced innocent- ly up into the fane of hits elle addrees- ed-as innocently as though she had net kuman fur many a mouth the ques- tion Best put to her had Well I -relen- ting on hist eager lips. A hot flursh dyed Thornton Delay's checker at her worda. The lattt sent- ence cut like a knife ; a flaah of an- ger leaved into the dark eye*, mo - Mont before 60 tenderly marmionate,aa he answered quickly : " I .iuu here to talk 01 a manes love, not a buyer. I am twenty-six, full eight yeana your senior, Nellie; but, chits its /subterfuge on your part, and all unworthy el you. Anewer me, dar- ling; tell use eou will be my wife, will place your bappinese into my keeping, to guard (Or over more I" " How prettily you talk, Thornton! It reade just u stury book. Really, I'd esearee expeot one of your years - Now don't be angry, but you have tak- en 100 eo surpriese, 1 imedly know how to reply -except, Thornton, I be- lieve I won't Wink of it enlist now, if you don't mind. I axis afraid your age would weigh too heavily on your about - dere to burden them eith any added e eight." And the imughing %Woe had M it a riug mockery, which gave to every ikord an added 'Rug. " Flirt I hear tit I • buret in a muttered whiesper from the young manes while iipe. Then he rose, with a diguity which seemed euddenly to have !wrung into life. "I will not, then, detain you long- er, Mesa Rivers; but when another man offerer you an honest love, sealed by hie name, will you not remember that true women wound when a wound la necessary, if not with regret, at least with care that the spear -thrust go no deeper than the 0088 demands? I shall go abroad to study my art, to remain indefinitely ; and since I shall not again see you, I will now bid you good -by I" And, eithout even extending h's hand, with esimply a low bow of cour- [may, he left her. ahe sitting motion - lose, the echo of the closing of the out - aide door ringing in her ears strange- ly like a knell. • • • • • • "If you would wreak revenge upon a woman, first gain her Insert ; then ehe is at your mercy. - Four yeasts had wrought but little change in the young man who had left hie native land to find elsewhere forgetfulness, and who now stood once more upon its shores, with this sent- ences -a piece et advice picked up in some book on his foreign travel -ring- ing in his care. An added shade of bronze was 011 ble cheeks, the broad shoulders were a trifle broader ; the dark eyes wore a more earnest look ; the long, silken mustache drooped more heavily. Thie which fell LIPOID N01.110 kt.v Ilistext-1, int ear. h mu OF OltEAT BRITAIN he had seen the Pic Lyre whic- they ipoke. The lovely nainted face rpm once more before laughing mouth, the the passionate, luminou rippliag in dark wavee white brow. makiug witching whole. And this was the meaning of hie indifferemode when she would hone outdo atonement forr the past -for the folly of a girl, who did not know hee- melt end wbo had learned the tension only through tour years of bitter stff- WOW, of %Web tble was the end. "Dreatrung, Miss Nellie, and alone! What does this mean V" Wan hi* voles which broke Mims her reverie, hie eyes resting on hen from whom, at any coat. she must bide tbe truth. ".1 am growl,ng old," she answered, lightly. "Like yenned, I have put away childish things, though. unlike you, I have not assumed fresh resPons sibilities, upon which. by the way, 1 belteve you are to be congratulated, although you hardly deserve it for keeping such a secret from your friends." " You 'meek in enigmas. Of what do you ;meek ft" " If ireeet is a Spanish enigma. and Painted in very lovely characters, how- ever cabalistic they may bee' "Oh I" a sudden light breaking in upon him, " you speak of bay picture. And does rumor give her to me as er-the half- ITS PERSONNEL, ITS ORGANIZATION heats nose. AND ITS MANAGEMENT. oyes, the hair ver the low. perfect. be- my bride? I am indeed. then,.open departments uf military aervice were to your congratulatione. But Come, as I am not yet a benedict. may I not controlled by the conunanderen-chief have this waltz?" of the army aa the sepreme head, with " And this is my revenge I" thougt the Adjutant General as hie chief of Thornton May, ae a few hours later e eat alone in his bachelor apartments, staff ; while the civil departments were moodily surveying the dying embers directly under the financial secretary. NvW the Secretary of State for War, under the new system is in control of alt branches of army service, and the heads of demure:I:tents are respon- 'Jibes tu him. An army board, consist- ing of the. commander -in --chief as president, and the Adjutant General, Quartermaster General, inspectors ere-. learttanteer Exeretses Cunene of Me armory -011kere ter elie altatilquanen, "air- Tke Waliontova &may -Rant* er ike mititta-Thet, ray of eelireel "r"- Experetemares ter tee Arnie. .1.1eider the provisiona of the bill of riglate of 1689, Eaglet* eau not main- tain a standing army in the time of peeve without the consent of Parlia- ment. and since then the &lumber of trot:Mac and the cost of the different branchee of the service have been *auc- tioned ey au annual vote of ttos House ot COMMOLUI. artother wey Per- liaraent exercisers control of the arnay, passing at the comeneecement of ev- ery sealskin an act entttled the army turisual bill, Investing the crown with large powers to 'make regulations tor the gpod government of the army and to frame the articles of war, which constitute. the. milituey code. • An order of ectlineil, deted November 21, 1695, reorganized the military ad- ministratien and defined the duties of the principal officers. Under the system 1.0 vogue before them, all the In the grate. "1, who fancied her voice could no longer thrill, or her beauty innve me, have but riveted the &mina I thought etruck off frorn me forever. To -night how differently she congrat- ulated me upon my supposed engage- ment I Had things been different, how charmingly my pretty model might have helped out my plan! I will put the ocean between me ere in roy weak- tnoeems'ocIk"meee."more give her the right general of fortificatioes and ordnance and thp accountant general, us the . . representative of the financial eecre- "Going away, Mr. Mayt Have you tried so soon of your old friends that Lary, as membera, reports on promo - you must desert them! But I f orget- some one is waiting for you." In spite of herself, a thrill of sad- neas rang through the girl's tone.She had known that this must come, yet the shock was none the less keen. "Yes," he answered. "I must once more say good -by; but this time, Miss Nellie, I hope you will add God -speed! I have not forgotten our- Wet parting, though I hope my folly has long (waft- ed to be remembered. You were right. It was a boy's presumption, and I must thank you for my lesson." This was dirtiest more than Wheel:mid bear. For a uaoment tears shimmer- ed in the dark eyes, a sob rose in her throat; but she answered. bravely: "It is I who should rather ask your pardon for the idle vanity of a girl who knew not the meaning of her: own words, but who through them has been the only sufferer. Good -by, Mr. May, and God-speedl" She the only sufferer! What could she meant For a moment a wild hope °reseed his mind. to be extinguished the next, as he glanced into the calm face, and the eyes from whence all trace of tears bad fled; but at the hall door, a mom- ent later, he paused. He would return, to disabuse her eons and appointmeuta of officers of superior rank and on all proposals for estimates. These duties are the chief functions of the boArd. 7:11E COMMANDER - IN -CHIEF of the army exeroises general com- mand, is the priacipal adviser of the Secretary of State and ia charged with the plans of mobilization and for de- fensive and offensive operations. As- sociated with the commander-in-chief in hie depertment are the military sec- retary, director of military instruc- tion and the officer in oharge of the mobilization service. The Adjutant General has to do with the discipline, education, trauaing, clothing and re- cruiting of the forces', the Quarter- master General provides the suppliee and equipment for the army, and the inspectors general of fortifications and ordnance are charged with the con- trol and maintenance. respeetively, of those departments. These are the principal depactments of the British army. One feature of interest pro- vided for in the present. system of de- fense is the cabinet of officers to which in the time of war, is referred the work of co-ordinating the dut7esel the_ Regular officer; [Rey leetelignedi te the militia as instructor*. andlsef sotdiere ite reiterve may titt s.ffecised tee it whenever called out tor Menetteare. Tim ;militia reserve numbers ailiont one-fourth as many men as are in the militia. Their terra of enlistment is also fer lex years. Another tone, called yeoman cav- alry, consists of about 19,000 men, who are ottaintied as light eavalry. Every man furnishes his own horse, end. when called on for sterviee, each man is paid 7d a day. The yeoman cavalry drills eight days a Year and is 803' ject for duty in oases of riot or insur- rection. The vital principle of the present army syatem is the training of men by ehort service lin the regulars and then paesing them into the reserve. After serving throe years in the ranks of the regular army soldiere are per- mitted to go Into the reserve, where they receive 6 pence a day in conidd- oration of being liable to military duty. Thus the regular army has a body of trained soldiers from which to recruit its ranks IN THE TIME OF WAR. When called back into -active service they go eito the brunch of the armY in which they were ortginally orirolled, They acre:tire the rIght to a position if called back to the colons. Except in the ease of Ireland, the direction of the army is exereieed through the general officers command- ! ing districts. Great Britain and Ire- . land are partitioned into fourteen j military districts. For the infantry there are lee2 sub or regimental die- ' tricts. each under tbe command of a line Colonel, There are also twelve subdistriets for the artillery and two for the cavalry respectively. Enlistment in the English army is ; voluntary, carrying wih it in the time of war the payment of large , bounties. Twelve years is the term ' of service, with re -enlistment to twen- j ty-one years, which entitles the soi- 1 dier to a life pension. To command England's large army there are 9 Field Marshals, 20 Gener- ' ale, 40 Lieutenant Generals, 125 Major Generale and 23 Brigadier Generals. THE RATE 011' PAY PER t year In pounda sterling of the differ- ent officera and men, approximately, is as follows: Commander-in-chief, field marshal, £4500; General, £2400; Lieutenant General, £m° ; Major Gen - arise, £1560; Colonel, £1000 ; Lieutenant Colonel, £320; Major, £292 ; Captain, £213; Lieutenant, £118; Enaign, £10e Sergeant, £38; private, £18. In 1897 to 1898 the expenditures for the army of Great Britain amounted to a little more than one-sixth of the wbole expenditures of the eountry, and was at the rate of 9 shillings per head of estimated population. During the following year the army expendi- tures showee en increase, being a total of £22,359,599. For the year 1898 to 1899 the army expenditures, in detail, were as fol- lows: Fot effetstive services. 1. Pay of army. . . . . £7,426,400 2. Medical (establishment, pay, etc. . . . . 297,100 3. Militia, etc. . . . . 568,000 4. Yeomanry, pay, etc. . . 75,010 5. Volunteers, pay, etc. . . 614,700 6. Transportation and re- mounts. . . 788,100 7. Provisiol, forage, etc.. 3,892,200 8. Clothink establishments, etc. . . . . . . 1,295,600 9. Warlike j and other stores. , - . 2,373,900 10. Works uildinga and see - Pet . . . . . 1,1,75,645 • -nee: se. — 'CM aS'e_teloSses• eceiese • , eeeet•__Jese_seeeeraafteeeelbeicsee-eeere . • •-•ee "'"- lee ereeseeeee. . . rum. 161.10111.11111101.... -ewe PARADE OF THE FIRST LEICESTERSHIRE REIGIKEINT AT LADYSTITITH Showing the British Camp and the general lay of the Country Round. wile ail. Id all else Thornton May waa unchanged outwardly. Within no eye ()an penetrate. But an once more the sentence rose before him, hia eyes kindled and he said aloud: " Revenge is sweet." " Four yeans have not failed," he add ed to himself, " to teach the folly to the peist." " 11 you would wreak revenge upon 'e woman, first make her love you." 'Ah, this wart the work left him, this the street revenge -to gain the heart whioh once had mockingly trampled on his own, then show her how worth- less was the prize: Once more be stood in the library which had witnessed, so long ago, the scene branded upon hie memory. Was it possible it still had power to burn, ea he strode, with impatient steps. uP and down, waiting the moment of Miss Rivera' entrance./ She had trent for him. Purposely he had waited until she should do so, -un- til the meseage should come asking if his old friends had been forgotten. But the door opened. Hia reverie was interrupted, as, glancing up, the alight graceful figure, which in spite of himself had entered so often into his dreams, stood before him. The rears had added to her loveli- ness but deepened the rose upon her cheeks, but lent a softened brilliancy to the dark gray eyes, which rested so reproachfully upon him. " V/hy did you make me send for you t" ahe asked. Once more the low, sweet voice thrilled him with ita old magic power; but, remembering the part he bad to Play', he put hie weakness behind hen an he anatwared: "Four stare make many ehangea, Miee Nellie, I did not know I should atill find a place in your memory." "Yon have grown older I" ez- claitnek unthinkingly. " Ah, I have put away boyish things site% I last sate yoir, Miss Rivers." The hidden Meaning of the words rang threugh hits tone, and ecarlet crept up to the white temples; but no ether Olen betreyed her, and so for nn hour thee' chatted oh concerning the erest One. pertion of which both so °artfully avoided. " Aa hotlines a flirt as ever I" he so- liloquised sa he dentended the eteps, remordbering her glance of welcome, which Ye:reined to say so much, ne in the olden time it told the self -tune story. " The Man who wrote hie wise edelee ribetild have given ua mime oth- er iteetnefi for women who poessess no heart," he added, all uneonecioutt •of the grit" eyes wetching hie figure it wen bittrred by a Mist of tears, while aehhing cry broke from the red, pert. 4,1110* hh'Y t'lls44" joihatl'F• being mtkge Went atititan tibiae I het* Dented thet 44 'twin Partillel *hitt tele** r witht hftet !" wee* whieh. nolintlin of bine, n • • • • • tik* white Otte. t' • "'They eity Thertiton May Is engag- . ilitANSWERAHLE• *nide in hie art0 totnetitator,alifiv iikollrt lf 106 tank it * right to alio* the. inloone di tell ell night Ring,' Preddirserk Pelle* OfileilineiVirbir Anti t INN Se ehort the Vent been- AO .hikeit the Ott 'ta. koi thity itttil got* fat' * et* , mind of this idle folly (Ibis engage- naval and military departments. 11. Military education, pay. , ment. So again crossing the hall, These officera compose the headquar-j etc. . . . . . . . , and mounting the stairs, he stood up- tars staff of the British army Field 12. Miscellaneous effective 182,300 1 on the threshold of the room he had Marshal Rt. Hon. Viscount Wolseley, I services.. . . . . . 61,800 left so ehort a time before. But, oh, commaniderein-chief ; Maj. Gen: Sir ' how changed! , Coleridge Grove, military secretary ;1 13 War Office, salaries and charges.. . . . . . 245,250 --- Down upon her face lay the figure Maj. Gen. Sir Charles Ardagh, director . of the girl who had haunted him all of military intelligence; Gen. Sir Eve- Total. . . . . . . . £18,441,405 these years, while sob after sob rack- lyn Wood, adjutant general; Lieut. Non -effective services. 14. Retired pay, half pay, etc., for officers. . . . £1,938,280 15. Pensions for warrant officers, eta. . . . . 1,802,535 16. Superannuation, etc., al- lowances. . . . . .. 177,453 -- FTootralt '''' year the estimates for or- . £22,359,599 dnance factor,,_ies aggregated £2,922,000. THE USE OF DOOS IN WAR. ed her frame. Gen. S:r R. Harrison, inspector gener- "Nellie!" he said, and at his voice al of fortifications; Lieut. Gen. Sir she sprang in an instant to her feet. George Stewart White, quarterznaster "How dare your she cried. "How general of ordnance, office vacant ; dare you come back? Did you want an Maj. Gen. Edward Arthur Gore, in - added triumph!' Was it not enough to specter general of remounts; Maj. Gen. taunt me with the past, to show me Thomas Kelly -Kenny, inspector goner - how gladly you; would recall It, but al of auxiliary forces and recruiting; that you should, add this to the tale Maj. Gen. Henry Fane Grant, inspector you will pour into the ears of your general of cavalry; Surgeon General Spanish bridal' enrolee Jameson, director general of burst from her trembling Impetuously, eagerly, the words medical department ; Col. James Dou- lips be te, glas Porde-Jones, director of army whom they were addressed seanding scheols; Rev. J. Cox Edghill, chaplain transfixed. general. His revenge was in his hands at PERSONNEL OF THE ARMY. last. The moment had come to mock According to figures given in Whi- her as she had mocked him; but surely the light growing in his eyes had no taker's Almanac, for 1899, the person- nel of the British army is as follows :- mooking ray, as he clasped the sob - Regular army, at home and in . bing girl close to his heart. "Is this trues my darling?" he said, "and has our game been croas-putposes all this weary timef 0 Nellie, my pride would have kept me, but I forgot I bad learned the lesson long ago --a lesson whose sweet tenobinga will gttard all my future life." Thin; with IIp pressed heart to heart, her etas happiness, Thornton May revenge. to tip, and now sobs of wreaked hie GLENCOE HERO'S WIFE. Indy 1.1)1110n. lintannsely Papal. r in sactiii (Melee. Lady Symons was as a girl n Miss Hawkins, of 13irmingham. Her parenta lived at Edgbaston, not far from the residence of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. Miss Ilawkina was very quiet' in dis- position, but was, nevertheless, one of the moat popular girls in that suburb General, then Captain, Symons was visiting some friends in Birmingham, connected with the volenteers-in which corps, by the wey, he took great interest -when he met his futttre wife. The impreasion he gave the nirming- ham folic he met .was rather that he teas not a man to distinguish himself. as he struck thorn as being specially quiet and retiring, and =lob seep -rise was felt tvhen the engagement wits announced that two [Attune tie reran lar deniesition orhould have helm noutuelly attracted. On the •ivholo, the feeling was that Min* Hankins had ri4rrItid a num who etas bound tO undistinguished. (krintient)," his re, tatirktible earlitirL„tind the heroism he believer evineed 'hive taken the doubt - ere it good deil *beck. But' it is not the first inathrite of great qualities not being early reeOgnited.' The mar. Wonder/fit indeed. but who its the riage tee turned out a great sue. notintilati bt• eitieh Prillaer Nem, mid Leo newels te eteineeeely "A *irk* Whilvo he 014st pottier fa moiety, tliteNth both eh* 66140bistk:tdopt, nzboit likbont whielt *rid her knaband eine,* pteferred Ohre net le 'IOW, hi; WO to be biit reitiate life, end bed the Irreettet t anything ee°00ttntt bt rietarl- Atitt loot the tale Vereetion at ,,loty. Very neaten le 1401! e'roWlatt th Meath* leite0.' Hon prottd ehe Janet be et Weil' eillikt evOirdeitilti atrides hatt Iltriallta of Experinkenot mete be Mc Ger- man Amy Lunt Ka caner. The urie of dogs in war detests back to the Greeks and Romans, but the modern idea of training them for ape - colonies. 171,394 ei IGemrelatiatanryy. saenrdviefea„wtabso bpoarant itnen1808r0 Regular army, In India.. . . 73,162 Aorrayestesetve,•first amti, second, 83.05,3 twelve years each battalion of German Militia, including permanent staff and militia reserve. . 3,9116 Meitia, ohannel . . 3,103 Militia, Malta and Bermuda. . 2,472 Yeomanry cavalry, inaluding staff. . . . • • • 11,981 Volunteers, including . 263,963 jagers has had eight or ten dogs as- signed to it for this training. The two or three dogs thus fallin,q to each company are placed under the care of a non-commiesioned officer and two men, and each regiment has an officer detailed to superintend their instruc- tion. Total.. . . . . . , /42,421 The dog is to be used for various The lateai eatimatea in Whitaker's special duties, such es the aerviee of for 1899 show that the regular army information and aecurity or scouting, of the United Kingdom. exciltisive of on marehes and reconnoissances and India, consists of 8109 commissioned patrota, sentinel duty with the out - officers, 1087 warrant officers, l'7,100 !posts. ea mesniengera on both theme Sergeants, 3011 drummers, trumpeters, duties, as carriers of supplies and em- ote., and 150,267 rank and file, a total munition on the battlefield. and to of 180,613 men of all ranks. hunt up the wounded after battle. There are, in addition to the reguler To teat the requite thus far obtained, army four &eases of reserve or eye- a number of dogs -belonging to vari- iliary forces --militia, yeontanry 'rev- ous regiments were assembled at Oels airy, volunteer oorpe and the army re- in Pruasian Silesia lest July for trial. serve force. In ease of invasion the There were sixteen dogs in all, six of volunteere, nett to the regular army, them under 2 years old. They were conatittite the principal defense. They tried on the following Conduct are organized as infantry and garrison aa watch dog, return from patrol to artillery, end niimber about 284,003 tnaster, going from Master to patrol, men. The Velutitetits receive their following master by scent -alone, and arms from the government, end are tying down. The firat point was test - instructed under thit direetion of the ed by placing the dog with hia maater commaneers „of &eatery distriete. On at• an outpoat giving only a limited joining, redrafts are required to attend viete. and then causing two jagers, in thirty drills, and afterWard * mini- enemy's uniforni, to approach under mutn of nine drills anniaallY are atif- colter from a point about 400 yards Relent, Offitsers of volunteersare distatt. The second mad third points pointed by the Linden/into dr nun- worn tested by sending four dogs at titta, subject to the apptoiral ef the one time from an outploat, or patrol, Queen. The Volonteers ire Mobilized to four different ittentinels, then back in case of invasion or war, end aro itgein.. to the oUtptitit, or patrol, back held tor permanent service. *gain to the sentinel, mid Once more to the outpost, et patrol, the ilatter hevingeraisanethile chenged ita pose. then, and Orietif tho dogs r reel 96 out of The %Wiens peInte wiz given value*, a posaible 100. The otts Were of dif• reverie breeds create, brit the beat -Were Wilke tind shepherd doge, The *Wage rate aqtrivrell ot the dogs et theeitengers wan eb011b 91,4 !les 001,1160. Munn Weft& taken atth- .)ett Other Whine beeldes t Of (4hreertte° de'itteette4d) 1:01464., tjdrigtt tetiktrY4613bot terehialIY bred ttir sertgelinrid t •*Otitsidefebin'ttintiber Ittilitted'vn the biladee. ; ; ' Tilt MILITIA toneista ef ebent IA000 WhO 10.e intandad tOr defetiats, but may he ordered anytlere within the limits of the United ifintfd0/4 and terlke„Aillo !mailable tet soe dute tti mate lentre Mediterranean fortrileatte Thiti force la Orgarilita at infantry and ttN Enliiitment the terin is for Ain Yeere. Offlenee the Militia *ft biononiseittited hY the Queen, end thnGettesiels atnitotending the Water, distritite iniMiniater kil the detilla ef intermitleitett, itte WOW. tion, rot trete:MI(1e ttii tette *entre MintiellY the 4141141e Irl &Rea mat for inetrnetton, Med Chi/SHIMS SAO bete** tended° to eight *rug*, if aseantyy. ak wan nes Wey 14 illitietreetteet • Metteetutat IlellOneents Sie'rGeoerne Wiettrevtlaweenintesniis the Natal forges, 4* Sill Irholl ',taw. who did all his regimoittat,snrvica 0,1val wen hie way to dieter:WOO* in A lilithinlavl regiment, nye Maiety Ahont torentire Like Buller, ha sveerstlhAteeVideritl'eliit of bronze, ' the Vieterieffrefee. lean , it 1.n Ateetianistate irtjthe bardsfettelre battle uf Charaeietr, twenty Year* teffni Wnite told the G014.01.14 tliat beCeitete ed on them to carry a hill will* lInt bayonet. Up hey iv e t, twq cempeetie,s 94r leeetidesne in front, test, mere eupport, *nil Hee ****Y grestile W048441 Gazette tells, what ionowed, in record., iag While ctatas to tee cross. "Ad- vaneing wite two commutates of jai* ee- giment," 11 says, "s.nti elimbime ;Mtn one steep ledge to anotber, heetiame upon a body of the euemy etre/3'0 posted, autt out liumbering tertie eighteen to one. Hie men being =pat exhausted, and tuunediate action being eecessary Major White took veleta, aud going on by himself, shot d • ct MAIM .4110a4 int "kik 1"1" 11.011%, Ns*. kvi Iblej ntenges Sok 1010101004 Orlri0 4-104 Strum hetwe et Weetertellhouno. that &Wane 4e:tw4tOvi. ae:lht:•.eprrox., 4 , winter. - " In peder te mulish ti t4* bti Yee ea ledg to t evn:, 4.1 i 10 me tt l i 1 li ir:Ai t el 4t I es." *i.rae4 itbneoe:n9;*:Itiw, b 1 tbeir use nerd Se bit sword,. in hand, trying to beteg ehreetrier" ' hie men to the charge. If they 41,1 tLiinsr, tib.: ,ad.riaoy:tlitaellitnage adiotrwee-iy tidu at &nue ,e.i defieed ocean cur- ' is go tir,I1.14 Meat hither and leader ot the enenay," When "efts fired the Afghan was rushing upon Die kts,Y-"Te ;mew thti 11 euree on Meer secret unseen come on mere Weight. of numbers meiht beroie leader, rushed oa with levelled ele GULF eittliAel. have hurled the handful of Highlame fanatic chief produced something like ere down tbe hill. But the fall of the A car study uf the drift show shooting down the flying foe. On this uoiriie f:ftiruestt, Las a.:Woutat d a panto !among bus people, and the , ,j bey, e, lie. a stertin Highlanriere, cheering wildly for theli `11' ments. The ridge Vk 0.8 won, and this'll 'brit northward along the coast and bayonets. Alt wan over in a few MO, h Boutheru rairem,ty k Weld, deadly rifles of ens victure were busy occasion he would have won the Vic- toria Cross, and awe at Candahar, when, charging again at the head ot the Gordons, he captured one of the enemy's gime. Sir George White is a tall, soldierly -looking man, with a handsome lace and a very charming manner that has won him hosts of friends. lie has had always in his fa- vour a remarkably strongconstitution and is stilt, to use the popular phrase, "as hard as nails." About a year ago when another distinguished general was temporarily invalided through a bad fall, a friead of both reinarked to White that he doubted if the injured officer would ever again be fit to mount a horse, for he had broken hus leg in six places. "Why should he not get well," said White, cheerily, "he has only broken his leg in six places. I once broke one of mine in seven, and 1 don't think I am any the worse for it," QUEEN VICTORIA'S CHRISTMAS GIFTS. Simplicity does not alevaye dwell in elle cottage, nor its 4pposite in the palace. Household Woeds some time ago gave an interesting pieture of Queen Victoria's observance of Ohri owe Slade the death of el. Consort the holiday has spent at Osbo ' There the for her C and a 1 ber 6. imaa gifts and g list she has, for Jniade the ealeena isiands, spread -mg out as it gees, but aiwaye Iadldig a certain wee defined limit, Vildch easily told by the tempera- ture of the water and the cold wails or eusrene on either side. At an average rate of twu knots per hour, u eweess by Cape Hatteras, teen, veering te tbe northeast, flows stead- oi ifYNem:v'fatiinendelea iireeareiceette titirnh(li mo to the eastward, but, spreading o tiiikree ket,t "esstmuefeeEeutruouse'11anedkiratfefetelites et (climate an before mentioned. The 'upper half, turning sharp!, the north, reachee the coast of land awl Norway, and even lee The ahoees of England, irelan Fvvrettanteeernate washed by the midd a big curve to the eouth, touch tion, while the southern branch rica tu more and mo gwoe0isnfttgw att. orhdet ' ordeventern coaat aenalward of the A aoross the reoLz....,to.--- pral.HONOLts.D Shoes" 7o, and boy's at at 82o. and T YOUR TRfIDE, atuvbe- ' r your money then yoU Ireva. . • • - e t tyleS, at Lowest Prices. , ✓ large famlly is 1 el all her friends and min ceive greetings from her. CASH SHOE, DEALER. Sbe invariably writes to way. Chrisimaa presents in; to North Bid° the Square. orprezipuitageniThee abantde eLxo-rdqueBeenacoieinsauf'i often received a present from her, a Lord SaiiSbitry honored In the ea forgotten. Every royal servant REID'S ()LD STAND. leer ladies an.d gentlemen-in-waitin and the more humble servitors are n °elves a gift from the queen at Chris mace She sends cards to her form maids of tenor, Ler favorite clerg men, doctors, singers and musicians. The queen a taste in cards is not go erned by faabdon. She does not c for the private cards bearing a print greeting, now so fashionable, but pi hat the price. • stricily Winter Goods( fere to select a suitable card for ea reeipient. For her immediate rel bona she chooses a simpie card, o which, for a specially favored one, ab paints a rose, lily, or some unpreten (lotus design, with a Christmas greet- ing in her own flowing bandwriting. Her 00ttlai gifts are eri as sige•-3 a soale as tne cards. She does or expensise presents, but pre give and receive tokeas slight in selves, bat expressive of the g00 ea end affection of the donor. Her majesty is very feted tin,g. straw -plaiting and cr with Large ivory hook and so land wool, and the quilts, mittens and hate made by t bands are greatly prized by th bars of her faartily. Flower dainty bonbon dishes, pilot fraones and beautifully bound figure largely in the queen's memento. Tradeamen who, by royal war are "purveyors to her majesty' ward to the queen large conaign of articles suitable for Christma enta, and front these she can sees she requires. It often happ s, ever, that a pretty advert' one of the weekly journels will bring a command for a- selection of the goods to be sent to the queen, fol- lowed by a substantial order, even when the firm is not a warrant hold- er. To her younger nephews and grand- sons the queen gives handsome tips, and to the girls dress lengths of fine stuff, with the direction that the dress is to be made WO as the rectpient pleases, and the bill forwarded to her majesty. To a favorite grandchild the queen will sometimes send a fine uncut jewel, with the message that it is to be set as the receiver chooses, as "grandena.mma does not know the latest faabion in jewelry, but will be pleased to pay the bill for the set - Ong." Whoever else is forgotten, the queen alwaye remembers her old ser- vants at Ohristmare Those who were in her service before the deatn ef the Prince Consort are specially favorer'. Thee,. are allovree to ohoose fot their selvee some artiele of sitver plete rine ou Oteriattetur day thetr receive their present, adoomesanied. by a large black -bordered iserd hearing tbe touching inaorietien, "With good wisher, from Her Majesty and Prince Conaort." —cirCoilj;SiAn", cuCso;i1NEthreT:O-Sft!,111 i'''''''tWeaesi°littviihtbisa'„I a es. I have had catarrh for ewe ropes. About fo ElliC011/8=-12tiartt0^,p Frieze , Overcoats, doWn e heels; up to your eark:':'4010 tizasted, storm .eollar, Slitalqcih S, good Tweed lining, gowytt sio.00, our Nevem. it' Clearing Safe..., ii17 COATS — Very fine t satin,linetl, ,gotP• he latest styles, goy 2.g0 our ' clearing, 004: TS—BeavperOZ. wool, ?itorritt ok tab, irtotyzIf ted, Vital r eptione they - t Tia4K 'oral eoutee Of thee tioned, e turning up In Brent Norway, others on the coating o land, Shetland and England, win e others -land in Holland, Prance,' the northwestern coast of Afrititt even along the shores of the *Mit dian Islands and the Gulf Of Met --O- A FOOTBALL WORK BOX. Thia work box is a novelty this Christmais which will find favor with many because it Is so easily made. First out out from stiff cardboard three oval pieces, es shown in !the it- lustrettion, eight incluse long by 3 1-2 imam wide in tbe wideat portion. Cov- er these neatly with linen, face them with red strain et et* OA 614(1,00 edges with a helt-iii0h Wide atitin hon. Then plit the pitiett, tegother• dew toe° bidet blind -ditch, *1St hea red' Neat. At the bourn tie. boat Jef ribleen aid the the tott opening 00. ttoo,•1600,, Will Marne -ars 'ft h./indite the tieteh 'being tieiven evity tightlt iteikeir .otigit sprint te keep' the 'beit *bee • net idinitek • Otitt llettira tkilMW .100" neen:tn'' thine. bona.% , feel ietth--reColhigin 1110**t4 ,githi, OAT %other& iturt fOr ,-velliiit Meek nibbettidienti. IOW nair the Ifanttiortin',66*bi tIon *Ode nit *tern AN INTERESTING TRItti.' Perhaips the most Interesting ,'Of el Is tbe record of those "bottle patters' numbered 04, 95 end 96, launehecifrOm the Dago Oetober 29, 1897, When the ship was in 52 deg. north latitude 'and full five hundred miles seat of Johns, N. F„ Aa tnis position is elates to viding line between thet rent and the Gott ettvdtu, latter curves to the northw three companion voyagers taken a trip to the Aro ,re and back before drifting ISint eatiterly flow of the Gulf er setting out On 'th.eir veneers,' t coast of Europe. • , Day after day they weht "Whirl along, and all brou ht u t paratively short a Aso each on a differe together as to in eral drift, On t ruary 28, let:, NO. founo after an intetiek each oovertng distmeaetsteltate hundred miles, Althettitry.•. •. ashore on the Hebridini, off eosin of Scotland. e_tre, different Wanda. 0. somewhat longer voyage, it found Until Mareh'7,. little to the northemits en One Of th o ney Islands. e THE 1.10091ERAN4.' 'The Australian abOrlftlilint. the only users of the beenterei* were they the filed lie held': Missile. The EgyOtiene Meant it.. just is theY knOWn all about everything e tba preterit day the hoOnteran 'by 'Settee, Mettle/0i Indio* t by the Dravidian tenni Of eta, .The attune titled adroit ha' t • Igegl uncle item °fel hapt jat the tette Seer of IN ing e Go uto of t ▪ I n0q, - Joh Won eery Mee moat wilt FOR ati4 the • deem Stan este Free true whie Here 1VV ,Jat • 701 isin 'art t rOWn r ant espoo Nut. o milk, lopped. 'bicker' a lel Itseate rid, fres CREW sh Roaa fore co meaner en!, bre Is hay n wi hy tu roe rt t el Pi entil fro . Pt ayes' t ish ia -Iiiyer 'be Of bu ettater hieken the teri tern el gh 'Whit 40 aii rine niShl ij, ate atter Ood Pr-sA CIAM pant Ter*