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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1891-8-14, Page 22 THE SIGNAL : GODERICH, ONT., FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1801 THE DISCOURAGER OF HESITANCY. 4- A soya'*'. To '•T.. LAYY, OR TML Tminn!" eY raAxa L IIT11t•aYUN. It was warty • year after tie occsrre.dn of that event in the aroma of the ssm1-bal- beric King known as the Incident of the lady or the tiger tlut there came to the palace of thou monarch a deputation of eye stringers from a ter couutry. These mea, of venerable and dignified amps* and de mearior, were received by a high slicer of the court, and to him they mate known their errand. "Moet noble ollicer," mid the speaker of the deputation, "it w happened that nue of our countrymen was pterent herr, in you: capital city , on that momentous awake' wheu a young num who hail dared t.. aspire tothe hand of your King's .laughter hal been placed in the arena, in the -1st of the assembled multitude, and ordered to ..pen one of two doors, not kisow:ig whether a ferocious tiger would sprung .out upoh him, or a beauteous lady would advance, ready to become his bride. Our fellow citizen who was the present was • nun of super ' emit ve feelings, and at the nxomrmt w hen the youth was alnut to open the door he WAS w fearful hat he should behold a horri- ble spectacle flat his nerves failed him, and lee fled precipitately front tht• arena, and mounting his camel rude homeward as fast e a he could go. '•1Ve were all very much interested in the story which our countrynuu told us, and sae were extremely Torry flat he did not wait to see the end el the affair. We hoped!, however, that in • few weeks wine traveler from your city would comae among us and bring us further news ; but up to the day when we left our country no such traveler lad arrive'. .1t last it was determined that the only thing to he dome was to semi a disputation to this country•, and to aak the question ; '%Vhich came out of the open dIoor, the la.ly ur the tiger !' Whet the high officer had heard the mil son of this most respectable deputation he Ise the five strangers into an inter room, where they were seated upon soft cwh.00 , and where he ordered altee, pipes, sherbet, and other aemi-barbaric refreshments to be serve( to theta. Then taking; his seat be- fore them, he thus addrwel the vial torn: •'\loot noble strangers, before enowerin the question you have .vele MAP far to Luk, 1 will relate to you an incident which occurred not very Mug after that to which you have referred. 1t is %%r11 known in all regions hereabout that our great King is very toed of the presen'ee of beautiful women about his court. .1II the ladies in waiting upon the queen and royal family are most lovely maidens, bought here trona every part of the kingdom. The fame of thiscuncourse of beaity, unequaled uo any other royal court, has spread far and wide, awl had it not been for the equally widespread fame of the sys- tem of impetuous justice adopted by our King may foreigners would doubtless have ruiner! our eourt. "Itut not very long ago there arrived herr from attestant land a prince ofdktiuguishel appearance and undoubted rank. Mauch • one, of course, • royal audience Wig grant el, and wee King met 'him very graciously and hogged him to nuke known the object of his eau. Thereupon the Prince inform el Ilk Royal Highness that, having heard of the superior beauty of the belies of his court, he had coins to ask permission to Hake ane of than his vette. "N'hen.ur Kinghcanl this hoidens* meet his face reddened, he tunnel uneasily on his throne., and we were all in dread lest some puck words of furious condemnation •houl,I leap from his quivering lips. Iltt by a nighty ::Hort he coutrollyd himself ; and after a rent's .ileac he turned to the Prince and said : "Your request is granted. Tomorrow at noon you shall wed one of the fairest damsels of our court.' 'Then turning to has officers he said : 'Give oilers that everything he prepared for a wedding in this palace at high nom tomorrow. ('oivey this royal Prince to suitable apartments. Send to hunt tailors, bxs,tmakera, hatters, jewekre,arm..ren.,uien of every craft whose services he may need. 1Vlatever he asks provide. And let all be ready for the are, mony ton arrow.' " • But,yourMajesty,'recbume.11hePrince, 'before we make these preparations 1 would eke, ' •• 'Nay no more,' neared the King. 'My royal orders have been given, and nothing more is needed to 1.e sad. You asks! • hewn. I granted It, auI 1 will hear no more on the subject. Farewell, my Prince, until tonorrow noon.' "At this the Kang arose and left the audience chamber, while the fj'rince was hdfried away to the apartments selected for him. And here .ane to him tailors, haters, jewelers end every one who was needed to fit ham out in grand attire for the wedding. Rut the mind of the Prance was much troubled and perplexed. „ •1 do not unleratand,' he said to his at- tendants, 'thou precipitancy d ! action. When am I t., are the ladies, that 1 may choose among them ! 1 wish opportunity, not only to gaze upon their forms and ries, but to become asivaintel with their relative intellectual development.' •' 'We can tell you nothing,' was the answer. 'What our King thinks right,that he will In. And mon than the we know not. " 'Hu Majesty's notions seem to he very peculiar,' said the Prince. 'and, w far as 1 can see. they do not at all agree with mine.' "At that moment an attendant whom the Prince had not noticed before came and stool beside him. This os a broad shoul- dered man of cheery aspect, whn carried, its hilt in his right haw!, and its broads back resting on his broad arm, an enormous cimeter. the upturned edge of which was keen anti bright se any razor. Holding the formidable weapon as tenderly as though it hail been a sleeping infant, this mean drew closer to the Prince iced bowel. "'Who are you! exclaimed His High Pers, star" Lug bask at the sight of the fright- ful wagon. ••1,' said the other, with • courteous .mak, 'fun the Discourager of Hesitancy. When our King makes hewn he whole to toy one, a .nhjeet or visitor, whose disponi tine in .emirs little points may he supposed not to wholly wined, with that rat His Majesty. 1 am appointed to attend him m'ow'n. that should he thinkd in ales path of obedience to the royal the ata look at me and precept • be Prince locked at hilas,ead preaaeded said. 'We know mashies el the molter.' '" Vow Nigbees,'mitthe i$s mmrstr r of Hesitaa•y,�wiia a sem* how 'wdi fehearre the gttalit of this dropped it epodge,' Amid s the a tuned edge headW oimotor.upon which it was cut is two at the mores' of -The Prima glassed mad termed .pas his heel. "Now came mitosis w onduct hint the grand hall of the palace, is which t aeronomy was to be performed. Hue Prince found the King seated um the threes with Ina nobles, hu courtiers and his errs standing about iu magnificent arra The Prince waa led to . position in front toted wenn" sad rebores Dab to youthful noes ed hasty moos .some. The grime .t this repel remedy, Dr. herb's 'taverns Prime ipiles, is but $1.00 • Weak, .ad seas, telm.da' i. .very ease i1 N bmes' give ealkrtslfea Mss guareets on bottle "moppet, COURTESY AT HOME- - elohiud the mother, but the heals and bet of the forms were slightly deformed. .Maris. dm daoebtor, had also gem 1 d gee tom ea sash head mad foot, s t her thmmks wwwdseelepod ea.rswhat cwt of prapoetiea. Aa rapist rh..eeood tie. --ell the children having married pai- sam sere with e.' kends aa{ feet d Sal vetoes fear children, thee_ showed the six emodins_. George bad two girls w! dz . mad wee, and a third girl with six tigers cm each hand and six toes e on the right foot, but only eve toes on the t left, &Ad( finally • boy with the ._neral uumb.r of thOta. Andre had away alit- ' dren, but all had nmol hands mod fest ; and of Marie's family a buy lad six toes, while her other three children' showed no departure from the natural type. From "What is l.heritaucr'" by Ile Andrew Wiliam, in Harpers Megaton'. fur August. tree MM a Qs ea$ Sem goose tessera. he IM e:.eeval hoadlMsalw. LIN Courtesy r the art of baiog agrerble on to moocher. It is time of the Meehan °lh•virtues, for ares wurtsy is hern of wwion kindaem, forbearance and unselfishness It of the King, to whom le ula.Ie obeisance, and then said "•four Majesty, beim I proceed fur titer - • „ At this moment an attestant, who ha approsobed with a tong scar! of &lice .41, wound it about the lower part tit Prince's fans so quickly sail adroitly aha be was *obliged to cease speaking. Them with wonderful dexterity, the rest of earl was wound around the Prime's heat is adesirable to all ranks of lite and in .11 places in brines, in the .hops, in school and among travellers --but nowhere is tt more ueceseary ur mote beautiful th.tt w the ,e tangly ore's, and then is uu,taco, perhaps, the when it is less practised. t I''ery mother knows that each one of lier young family is dilfereut from all the others. the One daughter is impulaiye, warm-hearted Ai/ that he was completely blindfolds Thereupon the attentt t quickly wad upentngs in the wart over the mouth and ears, so that the Prince :tight hreethe and hear ; and Warning the ends of the scarf securely he retired. " The first impulse of the Prince was to snatch the silken folds from his heal and fade, but ass he raised his hands to .de w he head beside hint the voice ..f the Ihaeour- ager of Hesitancy, who gently whispered : '1 nus here, 1 -our HighnessAnd. with ashal• der, the amts of the Prince fell down IIIA side. " Now before hut. he heard the voice of priest, who tad beg;uu the marriage servo in use in that senalderlwle country. .. had side he could hear a delicate rude seemed seeed to proceed eel frau fabric* o suit silk. Gently putting forth his hard lie felt folds of such silk clew Aside him Then .anis the voice of the priest request- ing Wmw take the hand of tl.e lathy by hk n side, ad reaching forth los right bawd the Prince received within it another land w ll sma, w w soft, . delicately fartuo rad and so delightful t.. the touch that a thrill wend (hn.ugu hu heli.. Thcu, as was the cue tau tit the country, the plat first askrel the Lely would she have this utas to be her husband! fo which the answer gently cause tit the sweetest voice he ever heart, • 14111. " rhe: ran raptures rampant through the Prutouch, blood. The toh, the tune. en chanted 1 ' . All the lashes ..1 the c t were beautiful ; the Ihacourager was behind Mtn ; and through has parted scarf tie bold- ly answered : '1 es, I w111. •• Whereupon the priest pronounced them nun awl wile. •• Nuw the Prince heard r little bustle about hen: the long scarf was rapidly un- rolled from his hew: and he cermet, with a start, t.. gam, upon hu bride. Tu his utter amazement there was no one there. He s:00.1 alone. Cieable on the instant to ask ai a questioor say- a word, he gazed blankly - about him. "Then the King arose frons his throne and came down and took hint by the hand. '• Where it my wife t' gasped the Prince. " •She is here, said the King, leading Wm to a curtained doorway at the side ot ,he hall. "The curtains were drawn aside and the Mansell Prince entenng found self in a long apartment, near the opposite wall of which stoodstxl a line of forty -ladies, all dressed in rich attire, and each one apparently more beautiful than the rest. ••Waving his hand toward the line, the King said to the frees : 'There is your bride ! Approach and lea' her forth ! Rut remeu*Ler this, that if you attempt to take away eats of the unmarried .lanerls of our (curt your execution shall be instantaneous Now, delay no longer. Step up and take your bride. •• The Prince, a. in • dream, walks) slow- ly along the line of belies, awl then walked slowly lack again. Nothing could he see *Io any of them to indicate that she was mons 'of a bride thea the others. 'their drawee drawwere all similar ush ; they all bled; they all looked up. std then looked down. They all had charming little hands. Not one spoke w word. \d, one lifteol a tinger to flake a sign. It was evident that the orders givengiventhem had Leen very strict. ''1%'by tits delay'' roared the Kits. •If 1 had been married this .lay to one en fair as the Indy who welded you 1 should not wait one second to clam her.' '• The bewildered Prince walked again up and down the line. And this time there was a slight change in the ountenaucces tit two of the ladies. line of the fairest gently smiled as he pared her. .Mother, just u beautiful, slightly frowned. •• 'Now,' said the Prince to himself. •1 am sure that it k one of those two ladies whom 1 have married. But which ! One smiled. And would not any woman .mile when she husbandsaw um such • caher husband turning to- ward het! Rut, then, were site not his bride, would she not smile with mtidactios to thank he had not selected her, and that had a' not led hum to au untimely doom' 'Then again, on the other hand, would not and an womfrown when she saw her hus- band come toward her and fail to claim her' Would she not knit her lovely brows! And would she not inwardly say, "It is I I Dont know it ! Don't you feel 11 ! Come But if this woman had not been married, would she not frown when she mw the nag looking at her ! Would she not my to her- self, "Don't stop at me ! IC u the next but h se. It u two ladies above. l io on "' And then again, the one who married me did not see my face. Would she not smile if she thought me comely ! While if I wedded the ohne who frowned, could) she restrain her disapprobation if she did not like me ! :)mules invite the approach of true love. A frown s reproach a reprch to a tardy advance. A smile —' Now, hear me !' badly shouted the en is King. 'In tseed(_, if you do not take the lady we have given you, s , she, who h just been made your bride, shall he your w.dow !' " Amides the last word was uttered the Discourager of Hesitancy stepped close be- hind the Prince and whimpered : 'I am here.' "Now the Prince orukl not hesitate an in to sat, fuel he stepped forward and took one of the two ladies by the haul. " Loud rang the hells ; loaf cheered the people, and the King oxine forward to eon gratolate the Prince. He had taken his , lawful bride. Now then, ' said the high officer to the deputation of fire strwrgerw trots a far moan try, •' when you ems denies among yourne melees which lady the Primus shoe!, the o who smiled or the neo who frowned, them will 1 tali yen u which arae MR of the vowed door', the lay " kilceoor the tiger' At the t aemts the Ilse strangers n kid et yet desidarl. noa d with • quick temper that Mar two e !lane at the leant prove:atom ; another u of • quiet temperament. but un•hued to tits of reticule's. It is the ante with the buys one is helpful, kindly and good-humored : •mother selfish, boisterous and fund of teas ung his brothers and cetera. 'There is no- thing that sill preveut clanks and quick words aiming aid these eunllictwgcharacters except courtesy. L.ye alone will not do it, for every ow knows that iu many households where the by members are bound together by strong us of lav e, w here iu case of sickness or our - • row they would cling to each other with e utmost fondness, the thousand and our t petty irritations of daily life call forth • m constant miss. of *egging and implement f words. There are where the dinner ta table is never serene, and this, u, annmig . people of education and culture. Even the s presence of a guest donot cheek the sharp disputes which .rise over;tbe nowt tritrivet,nutters. Thu is all wrung, and u really false to the true character of these young people who snap each other up at every turn. They do odd realize themselves what they are doing, aid if they etnwunter the I sine state of things in another household they. are the tint to coudeutu it. %Were a mirror hell up to them reflecting all their Ow -II words tot a week port they would be Wiled with dknay. " 1 never .puke in that way to my sis- ter,'. a young girl once said ni my hoaxing, when certain Isaiah words were repeated to her. When at war matte clear to her that she did, site dushe.b crunsou and said softly, " You know I never meant it-" Very true. She never did menu it. The harsh woreds were only an outburst of abed and thought- less lulnt, but they khan irritating imprs- eh roe all the sane. It is tot the great rock. of trouble wh prelate the Limduag dust of daily life : is the little pebbles by the way, anal there nothing smoothes over the little rough placer like the "fragrant tower of eau 'Key.' You may be compelled to deny request, to sey ter, and say it firmly, but you du it courteously- it will not hurt ha as much as if it were done with Wu roughness. The fact that you are court ow shows that you respect the request en are sorry you cannot grant it. True courtesy anticipates the desires an needs of others, and this is one reason w it is beautiful anal soothing in the fend circle. All well trainsd children are taught to yield and to be unselfish. It is a hard les- son for them to learn, for a young child is by nature a little brigand, and until he learns better by experience he sees no rew sou why ►11 that he wishes sboul l not be hi.. The tale of crying for the moon was founded on • natural element of infantile character. Now there are :any ways of yielding. Some children will do it sullenly, even roughly, as if their hearts were deal set against, and one as sure then that they would keep the warm corner or the soft easy chair if they were not afraid of rebuke. 1Vhen • young man or a young girl nese, and with a plummet smile yields the can fortable seat to an elderly person, it is delicate act of dwurteay which is sure to appreciated. Above .11 things should the parent. of the hobseholt be treated with curtsy, and here they themselves must set the example by their treatment Of each other. There are wives who wave up all the worries and trivial vexatious of the day to burst out with the dreary tale the moment the hue land and father eaters the house The daughter., seeing this, are very likely to tall in line with all kinds of petitions and requests, reasonable enough, perhaps, but untimely, and therefore discourteous. Now, there have been worries abroad as well as at home, worries in business as well as in the kitchen, and what the father !needs is • sweet, courteous greeting, which will !rake him feel that there is peace and rest a hu own hresidie, even if the outside world dos go wrong. He, too, must be courteous ; he must not enter his house after a day's absence with a surly face and gruff manner. Such • com- ing home will strike a chill to the heart of the brightest household. He may be weary, but it is one thine to be weary and another thing to be gruff because of it. It requires study to be tired cheerfully, but it is a species of self -centre! worth studying to gain. Ry all mean let father and mother put trouble aside at the moment of meetlag, mal each strive to be not only affectionate, but courteous and thoughtful of the other'. comfort. It is an understood thing that the day has not pissed without bringing irritating worries to both. Put them side for the present. If anything is of sufficient importance to demand being remembered and ltold there will be tame enough later wives matters that went wrong havealready dwindled to lesser proportions under the soothing influence of home. It is a nark of the highest breeding to he courteous towards those who serve you. The young princes and princesses of Enf- ield were invariably reprimanded by their wismother, Queen Victoria, if she over- heard them speaking rudely to their at, tenlants, and it k a rule in all well ordered households that the seevant must be treated mnrtoowsly by the children. There is no thing :ore displesaina then to hear a young girl address her maul fretfully or in aa overbearing and dictatorial manner. -Helen S. Conant. Meer e111daeedb bass. " 1 hare been bothered with neuralgle pains in the head and kw since childhood and hare tried all pied* remedies. A friend pomaded me la try Itordnok Blood Bettors, sad altar Writs seed it 1 obtained intent relief, ani dofeughly recommend a a. B." Jae lees. orodeolesey. Area. 4 Tam Straws• dere Menem tMbea. u r - f 1f tit e. ReieIeul.xch sought to explain it on the d theory that the mouth was the focus of the "clic lice" and that these two focil of • opposite sexes possessed natural attraction by•to each other. lye The fact that the mutual kiss between opposites sexes is not general among the tribes of tarn ;s abundantly shown by the observation of travelers us the Ian's where savagery and barbarism still exit.. %Vhere it is now practised it is not probably of vrcat aiti.luity. In some languages, not- ably the ,Japanese, there is no word for kiss. %Vhen, however, the kir was introduced to inelnde woven, its vogue, like that of other new inventions, was carried to exo.es. Acc irling to the chronicle of %Visage',, it was unknown in England until the Princes Rowena, the *laughter of Kung Hengist, of Friesland, instructed the. instriar Vortigern . in the imported salute. • Though the Saxon statistic* are not prole beably exact, it is historical that in England not many years ago it would hare been the imperative duty of a vkitor w kim all the ladies of the household, even with- out previous acquaintance. such was the experience of :any surprise.' literary foreigners, notably Eraamns. The contemporary drama shows the nage to have lasted into the I:sorgian ere, and it k to be enticed that the performance was generally calk*i a "salute,' sometimes "the salute. - I', 4'. KitiAaa d ('u., 1 had the nouse:les of my hand so con- tacted th]!t I with' not use it for two years. MIN.%RI)S LINIMENT cured tie, 4111141 1 now have the use of my Wiwi as well as ever. Dalhousie. Mks. R u haft. flA,•'iomm RICH t)ile. k Cu. 1 had a valuable colt so bad with nm.atte that 1 1..reel 1 would lose him. 'IIN 1RI) S LINT •:KNT cured him like angle' ILII.ousic. l'nmaror:mu Svt-N1,asi Sam Who theles. 11'e have know', el boys who fails! to secure good business faritiuns because 'they smoked. And it is reported of a pro - diluent merchant iu I:georgics that he prompt. ly rejected an applicant who appearect with a c an hill ..51111, saying to hint "The rex thine you want a place do not go into a ho smoking one of those things If all the employers should take a similar stand it would have more iueuence upon boys Hutt any a tit of legislative action, .0 of appeal from parents aid pulpit. In another instance we heard of a young girl who applied for and _misers' a sftatatwa as • bookkeeper which had been denied her brother because ause he was addicted to the use of cigarette.. These ewes furnish w tical argument termitic smoking, which, if mor.' general, would nesse boys to see what they are iu danger of lasing at they persist iu the harmful and expensive habit. Mulsrll{r Uspecala.a " I have used lar. Fowler's Extract of 1\'ild Strawberry in my faultily anti an highly recomntend it for Stunner compliant, diarrhoea, eta" Mrs. hies. %Vest. Hunts- ville, that. 2 WHEN KISSING BEGAN. {I Was Iasperl.•d Ione s:ozl.ad 4) Rowena, Wnaalerel `un= Uenatat, The :mutual kiss of affection or porion by the lipe between persona of opposite se. is generally considered to be instinctive. •Z'M salters and worked all night ;• mmYlaa~y Rio A Fact WORTR knowing fa that blood die. Bass which all other remedies fall to cure, yield to Ayers l iareap.r111.. Fresh ounarms- tion of this state- ment come to head daily. Even such deep-.eateid and stubborn com- plaints as Rhea matlsm, Rheuma- tic Gout, and the like, are thorough- ly eradicated by the see of lkiewoo- distal alterative. R. 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