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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-1-29, Page 2Doctor jack 13y Ste Qeorge Rathherne. The palace of Abtiallah Paella its net a, great distance front the grand residence: a las sultan4 and thoVith not a,tterapting to rival the. latter, It Is a place of no mean oretensions—the beading itself' bean; of marble, tilled wah eostly or- naments beught in "Western capitals like Paris. and the grounds of spacious eetere, waned in, and tilled with trees sate ehrtzeinty that charm the :leen Seat Wont in it aefore—the zees =ors- of that awful night cen never lees e nand. and mire than once he awe before heard such a voice, and it was here on the Bosphorus. Can this be Sady, the lovely latari svith whom bold Aleelt fell in, love and to resale whom he played hisoself in, his present terrible condition ? Jack's mind goes beets to the scene on, the border of. the Bosphorus, when last he saw this enceantress, and he decides In the affirmative. What is she doing here? It is folly to ask—love, blind god tbouelt he maY be accounted generally, is keen of eye, and Sady bas not only discovered where the one she 'oyez is incarcerat- ed, but has also found a means ot communicatiatt with aim. Even, as they loolt she 'rises and. glides away in the eirection of the harem, and the last words they hear bei.' drop through the grating are in Eugliett hee seught wnett a:: overage that so "i w I wall come if I live, Aleelt." fair :1 Sttc ttld lve owned ey Sectit - Jack is tempted to stop 1er, but fears an reee as; the obi Pashe, but such a lest he may be surerieee into crying ; the ewe: en this world, weere d and bringing upon the scene n. se net I:eve te 1)3 noteurifte in some of the Passeves taniza,riee, rernn- 0' : "anew :owes- ereations. ants or deseenSante a the fartuVIS at,. much as • - a.na whites was !woken into free:a-tents az :rcrt,it ree nen teet 11,311v b.i -nheh heeee--ee nis . a teisee's greueele. ' ""- Aleeli. and tbe beauty whoso face t atz energetic'. s strewn ein; into this dlre :serape e: Li- --sew tee avorage Tnek ',nee baewed out of the question al - ranee t. et the E esseeet, eier. • zee ; • v, 21t.11.«.;« elaveo .1 no lenger aeleis bitch. now 1v1I'r.re t1u rl has, away, and in Ise , ezetala O'er. irn • ,.. aeorate rain -et' Jack. bias his o neetwee, ntones resting see e the graveng that of a sneeze:1 - osween Ateiet Morton and liberty -v peaeuces it, Tile fail. Axis and his own 4.nelei froln eine lwast. lizetireerively he feel' eeritel1 te teat their resisting quell- 4.sees- teen emilee ;se relnembere the mese e strength tnat in his own a neat' of eturey arrse axle 110-cu1l:en shoultlere. If it eereee te wig of 'Naze doee set (loins but tilos he will be able te oar the %thole greeting out, anti time e an opening for Aleelt W pass rotafeh Achre d saye Pothiege but goes a tit - farther oa—the fitithful arinourer mita mount guard while jack holds ts COn-ettrsath.41 ants the matt in the tingeete,r that he may warn tnera n time ehould any one epproa.cb. it ueula fie hard to define the feel - of the skreeritan, as he crouchee ow and pots hs head near the grat- ng to nasal. Surrounded by the manY thieve that remind him of the feet et bie beire in a. Turitleh surdasand a ionen Of e. bitter exleme at thee, ne e waiters that 1.13 is Jack Evans. le friend the brother ot the glrl ese, Hee In 3. dungeon helaw, e" inter:We he eau hear no —all is as silent as the graVe, Lomb he bangs over, It could tew desolate and still—truth to llving tomb for the 'wretch - of the Pasha. Jas n atom' it no longer—he mus alt,ana know the werst. So he preseee his face close down to the rueI bars, and whievere " Aleek The sound seems to Fiteal down Into ze awful sleekness of the dungeon, but reply comes Week to greet him Jack istens for a minute, and theu tries eln, this time In a. louder hey. believes he hears a rustling sound —on the instant he imaginea it is the clanking of chains, Achrited eas not haisl anything abut Aleck being ;se:gated &Am this way. and a feeling a actual horror seizes jack at the rem* thought. Ile cone, wes an idea—in the old days 'ellen :Owls and he were olaums they liada secret Uttle whistle used as a signaI—it is eaelly given. and by a :erases -ter might be mistaken for the "tee of eeme siesta' bird awakened the wrong hour. Jack smilee to remember how history repeats itself"— bow, ellen, hundreds of years an, in the tins •e" of the Crusades, the English king, Diehard Coeur de Leon, was held aptive by Duke Leopold of Austrie in he old castle of Dureasteln, his faith- ful minstrel, Blondel, roaming all Eu- rope in search a his missing master, played and sang the familiar romaunt under the walls of the castle. and In this way discovered his king, who re- cognized the air he loved and the voice ef Blond.el. He gives the signal whistle clearly— teens is a distinct movement below, and then a groan. A. voice breaks on les ear, full of lamentation and misery —he can hardly realize it Is Aleck who thus exclaims: " Surely ray dream is come true—my mind wauders. I imagine I hear sounds that in the nature of things cannot be. Let me look the truth talinly in the face—what does :that in- dicate? Am I to go mad? Oh ! ye gods, A is a fate I have always shud- dered at. Anything but that. If he would only kill me outright I would thank him, but to die and yet live for years—what can I do to bring the end quickly? If he would put me up and have a file of his soldiers shoot me, I would show him how an American boy could meet death with a laugh, but such a fate as this—I wonder if Avis will ever know—dear Avis—never to see her Aleck again—I hope she xnaY be happy in her ignorance of his cruel doom." Jack can stand it no longer—a great lump seems to have arisen in his throat as he listens to the ravings of his friend in the prison below. " Aleck 1" he calls, perhaps louder than prudence may have dictated, but for the moment caution is a secondary matter with bim—the querulous voice below ceases its murmuring. " Who calls me ?" asks the unseen Aleck, in a quivering tone of mingled hope and fear. " It is 1—Doctor Jack.". "No. no, you deceive me—he is dead —they told me so—they swore it to me," cries the prisoner. "Then they lied to you," cooly re- plies Jack. " Have you any means of climbing up here to this grating so we can talk ?" for he has a pretty good idea that .Aleck was close to Sady at the time she cooed her farewell to him " Yes, yes in a minute. Wait for me —don't go away, Jack, for God's sake rm coming, indeed I am", he talks constantly, poor fellow, as he labori- ously climbs the wall in a way he has erranged long ago, just as though he fears lest it shall all prove a delusion and a snare . "1 have been up here many a night looking at the stars and wondering If Avis were watching them then, Here I ata at last—I was sure to get here—where are you, old fellow You haven't gone—you wouldn't desert We lee N." Isere - -se tenteli of 4. Wee :sews are 1-,32. I :It ,eireeesw of thss reent fee ewe d •slen„ theizelz ehurp s li,/.114•1:?-41 even azale the ge▪ eeee eloeeze Aii is silent areune evire nelee; ef. tiee eity have "7; I dt. isexiel. ate': la this region of 14tn •le Se: et en; o tte. repe, and moving r:.:t f.,'-;41 te ...Olen'. epee. vests it csete nee. Having ouce upon a time hotel ;e essevises: in T,,,•NaS. he nnows how 1,:weil • a ae; as- Iris% in that ie farweee 6s 1t0-0, SO that A only reevitree a few threws in order to f.a-ent. the aecees. enet twee e, tee vesestat den szot dies Ve.-n" r•he twee it ne se:aunts upward hea1 .se hetet, le 1tia the agatty of a .1;4,4 Tar. Iteaehieg the tOil a the Twill.14.0 es,aite few Ashmeti, whoIs lore se csang. and zeal': lie Is cent- e.ale I :^s -31'Fit lay an energetie pule Is eaey erre:Isle o.nal pre. essele toes- sestel an the gartlen. Jac% Plat; ; a note Of the &pen by sneaus of. ;1 eereee tree that leatts towerel the veil,uU Wale feels sure oE finding It agewi et' a hurry. for there is ;22)tr 4.,ing what adventure may bofall teem ore they :again see the outside of th•ree lie has ntele inquiries of the Turk with regard to the trutr, of the rumour that a peek of fierce hounds trent the eael,ree of Siberia. aecustorathl to pull- ing sannt wollvee down, or.: let loose in the Pasha's gardetia at nightfall. Ateireeti Can atteA 'to the preeence of the %Vete. for that slay he $OAV there in Weer ircimels, but he lo•lieves it is In- terelea that the Iieree brutes ellen only Ise reerst their liberty on certain °c- ease 1 e, and that the report has been waned ey maple .07 the newspapers tan be lets or sq e4 tiXis.'heta Vt110 read them in tk. oafttS, in order to ftsele ,02! who treelat be tempted, to cleeib tile nalle and enter the n'asea'e en ends. Te•• ••xe• experience 1.401 3.1711 initteteuve foreign, - e▪ re, •n tees of them so nearly ran see e ;ea prat, viewer ..zt hls harern, h.1 b.u a lesson to hint. iSie- est among tiiO trees, represent- ing mem. ceunteies. awl along wonder- ful tearer !eels, that in the daytitne ereoent a gergoaus spot:twee, *Teak and oot:TatitOlt dale nt•ar the white ello •• the eala.w, which is built sozneneine after tee matinee of a mos- que. Wales; a Pleme, and several mlnae nes clorzeisie. ea. ver so. snarling" from one quarter telio where ties eilwrian hounds are heat in leaele ter.a javit puts one hand tn -where he has his faithful revolver, for elotuel ria se brures get loose, they e evestake Went loeg before they e 4. rewsh the friendly wall at the .1,e. vi hea• the rep s dangles. a.nd 3. tera.ible onenunter must task the prow- ess the American adventurer to the utniesi. Still. net a twinge of fear gees through his heart—the man does zate. eznow its ineasanve and has faced mane a danger even more dreadfal wit eout flinchinat No. they reach the wall of the =aril z palace, c.nd Achmed turns to get les losarbigs. so he may lead his benefacaor te the spot where he saw the grating over the dungeon in which the "dg of a Christian" is immured. "This way," he whispers, and Jack follows without a word—they get down on bands and knees, e.nd inch by inch crawl along, making not the faintest sound by means of which their pre- sence can be discovered. It is exeiting work, even if silence does mark their progress, for they are on the grounds of the man who hates Doctor Jack with all the vemon of his eastern nature, and, once discovered, their position will be one of extreme peril. Jack chvekles as he thinks of A.dbal- la,h Pasha, fretting and fuming over some email delay en route—if he only knew what the Christian dogs" were up to how he would tear his hair and gnash his teeth in impotent rage. Somehow the thought encourages the American, and gives him new vim to go at the business in hand. Ile sees Achtned come to a dead halt, and crouch low. Has the faithful fel- low found the granting ? Are they over the dungeon where poor Aleck lenguishes ? Jack is about to speak when a sound falls on his ear. He is rooted to the spot, for it is the soft voice of a woman he hears. Looking beyond the Turk, he now • seepa white robed object close to the ground, and as it moves he realizes' that here is the source from whence emanates the sounds: he has heard. 33oth men are crouching low, that heads are neer the earth, which IA a splendid conductor of sound, hence they can hear plaingly. It is te female beyond, and her voice is like the rip- pling of the brook in the forest, soft, mellow and musical. Jack has only eclat eleca ss Answer me, my brain will burst—auswer, for }leaven's sake." Jack does more—he seizes the 'mud that has been thrust through the meet- ing and squeezes it in both of his—aY, bends down and kisses it, and without shame to his manhood, drops aescald- ing tear upon it, as he realizes how thin Is Aleek's once plump member. tyneer7.1,:ub n:is greeted with a low, sil- " Senor Jack does not halfknow my accomplishments, or he would not be so surprised. Vaya. 1 I ant here, and every shave in this palace obeys my wile If I uttered a signet a score tanizaries would sweep the garden from end to cnd and we to t• ny hiv- ing thing they found there." " Poor boy 1 poor Aleek ! to thirds' She utters these words slowly, ae if whet you have suffered beta, while 1 to allow them to fell deep into the roamed tee strcets of Paris with every heart a the man who listens, so that luxury that money could buy. I never ne may comprehend their full signIA- dreamed that you were alive uetil eaave, and Doctor eace, for perhaps lately when I learned certain things the first time in his lite, has a soasirt that gave ote o. elew, and I rneatt 0,11 92 re4r "eel) "er haste to rea.elt your side," fte earesses the thin hand as * (To oR cO$TRIUBD.) aother might that of her sick Oahe I cies hardly believe my senses. Can CARE OF THE $1CK-ROOM. it be you, indeed. racer? Teen my pray(5rs. are answered and—bend down, X aid let ale touteh eeur fitee---1 'cannot e yeah but I may feel," ',the hand creepe over Jack's face— how it teasel* him—then a feelluev of terrer streets to his soul—Aleck has w he could not see. Ilave they =wet cut his eyes in torture? It is 3. favourite teethed a revenge among he Turks. 'Clem Heavon 1 na are not Nine. Aleelethve —ey haltkit put out your yes ?" he crew. ,11.T.,•••••• t should be Rein sovilpuiously Clear' anti Free I')02151o1se• Mrs, Burton Iningsland, writing or 'When Nursing the Sick" iu the Ladies' Houle Journal, insists that "a tranquil mind 15 32 the utmost importance to the patient, and consequently everything must seem to be moving smoothly and eaeily. no matter what difficultiee the nurse may have to encounter. The invalid simnel nos 1/e allowed to feel any re- speortibility whatever about bie own case.. The sielaroesa eheuld be nept serupa- n'4. it ire the air twess I core- I Ole:toed of. I•kraeov eon are Jaen feted 3. thanti 'Cod fer tee fa er of pees cla vow earry 4.71.,i news my fate home ,23 • " C.%t1'y hihd1t1 eerne tere ta twee yen away wain m4\ and lea going re de' it rownorrow night 12.1 heve to biew the triesie caetle of the Paeha tO ileeewe " That would be. joy Weald.bet V. em afraid you 'eaneot ae it. Jaik. Yon wet be -caught arei pur todeath—we mile never quit' the coupler. Wetter leave me to my fate." rigoet weber your heatl about that. Wow ateuree that ;vheu ja,eh weasel olessieee to do a Untie mountains watet halt bine Out of teit sent comein.a,n- other night (lead certain. I've male all preparations, one femme ens ee„, seon be beyond the jurisdiction of hla Turn." "You. alve me new Ilte—aireany 1 eon to sniff the Petite' air of liberty. yes. I will go with you, and if we Wee , I Shall tale you to Avis—you re,. slither how often I have talked of ler—she shall reward you for your noble devotion to ber Aleek." Jack's heart bears like a trip ham- mer—the words seem eo prophetic that he lents merrily. - " old roan. I've got the start f you there. Avis and 1 are good reends-eht is as Much for her sake as your elVil that 1 am here now." "Avis—you ltnow bier ?" surprisea awl delighted. "Know her—yes, and love her with all my heart and eon" earnestly. - "Thank Ood far that—it is what 1 'have longed anti dreamed , for In the past. Where did you meet here - where is she now ?' "We met in a picture gallery at 41—s11e was at 'the bull -fight, and • tee get away with a black devil of a. tow tlutt 113.41 flung the regular mataaor out of the ring. eeme etrtinge dventures followed, and, we have be- come very good friends'', indeed—sworn. allies in the design of reecteing one Ansel': Morton from the bends of 'axe wile Turk." " She ts here ?" - in Stamboul, ready to Mae any aSsietance in her power, to show her love for you. nut no more nsed be said—I must go now. You will be ready to -morrow night ?" "Ready—the minutes between will be years," breathes the poor prisoner. ".Well, good -by until then, old fel- low. Take carer now You descend. Have your trunks all packed ready for a sea voyage," a. squeeze of the hand, and Doctor Jack turns away with tears in hia eyes, for this meeting has af- fected him in a most extraordinary element misty neat and made as cheerful and at- traceive as poesible, thee the eyes of the petient may rese with pleasure upon his, surromulinge. feho nurse herself may; cenerileate to the agreeeble envinennent if her own arose be simple and tAezefin, ; anti abeve ail, eanspicuously neat. Alli soiled ilidiee should be renteved innuese dlately after being need, and no mod. kept lu sleet, Even the medicine liettlee; need not be obtrusively in evidenee. "Stillness has in iteelf a POWer soothe, and, AO all know, when the nerve are qUt(54.2S. ' • e proeesse2 e n NvIthout enlivenment. tereteeng shoes, ; rieltlieg of garments, the reining of disece end nincirea neitti'S aro often. five asion of positive suffering to an in-' id. To accidently jar the bed, to spin the usedieine when administering it, to 1-"I„ y' are cAsee where 'a small unkintineee is a great offence' in the hyperemeitive coutli.! tLou of the nerves of the patient." CHAPTER XXL Time Is valuable to Jack, and really there is nothing more to say to his friend. He has already forgotten all about Sady, nor does she come into his caleulations ; but It would- have saved lam some future trouble had he figured on her in the game. He makes a sign to Achmed, who knows the interview is at an end, a,nd once more leads the way along the pal- ace foundations, with the intention of reaching the wall at the point where ,he friendly hope hangs. Sack has a dozen things upon his mind, anti is endeavouring to solve a certain puzzle, when something hap- pens to arouse him Tee Siberian wolf - dogs burst out into so fierce a clam- our that one can almost imagine they have slipped the leash, and are run- ning loose. This sound gives Jack a start, and he gIences up, to see A.clamed trembling just i21 front, as though he bee looked upon a ghost. Senor Zack 1" conies in a soft voice, as if from the very palace wall. The Ameriean does not restrain the cry that bubbles to his lips—he recog- nizes that voice, and yet can hardly believe his senses. Those eoft tones he listened to in the flower mart of Barcelona, again while the nun from Gerona bent over his wounded forrn, then at the bull -tight in Madrid, and later when the traia stopped at the station, and the seeming peasant boy warned him of the danger beyond Logrono. Yes, it is, indeed, Mercedes, taut what in the name of Reaven does the Spanish beauty here—he has fond- ly believed she still searches Paris for him. A terrible suspicion flashes into hie mind—can the pasha have arrived ahead of time ? Almost On the in- stant he dismisses it --such a thing is Impossible—Mercedes was net detain- ed in Pales like the pasha, and there has really been nothing to prevent her following them- in some clever dis- guise. These things go through his mind with the rapidity of lightning, and a very few seconds serve to convince him that there is no reason to believe all is loet. Of course the mystery of her presence remains as great as ever, but that may speedily be cleared up. /He turns toward the marble wall of the palace, and discovers a email opening—a window of some sort un- doubtedly. In this he sees Mercedes —she is not three feet away, and Jack can account for the voice almost breathing in his ear his own name. " You h.ere. senorita ?" seam- The (Mt SUPW. We loge of an Artist's taste, his intel- ligenee, his elittraeter, by jnst the paint - jigs which calm forth from his pencil. r, Why not leave our creator's finest attri- bute from the forms of wontledul beauty , we see In creation? .And if we put nature and the word together they will teatit us , ranch about the feet and about the ng - use. Suovolakee lutve been caught at the ra0Ment Of falling; and well° they gIls-! tonosi In unbrokenb of bleak velvet, the scientlets have elasel-! fled the shape of the crystal. Ninety-three exquisite forms of star and cross and Drown and what not else they him put on the catalogue alreadY. There newer was a meolutuism with so excellent an' eye-glaes or so steady a nerve that he, could out a pattern which would not be rude in outline and rough in surface be- , side one of these. And then especially the eauliness of a field thus lowly covered Is a display of spotless purity inimitable and unmistakable, All these white blos- soms of winter falling around us, like fruitful petals from a tree of life, or like feathers AVM the wing of altnighty pro- tectione all this exquisite frostwork on the window; all these loilgtel rainbows In the icicles, and these jewels in lifesaver drapery almat the eaves; all this pluming Of the gateposts, like the 'helmets of hes- itate; all this crowning of the mountains and tbis fringing of the streams—all this is just the clear presenting to us of God in his -character. Snow has been ohosen as the symbo1 of the grespelof redemption. Tee stream of salwition is offered: "Will a man leave the StIONV Of Lebanon wbich oometh from the rock Of the held?" no the promise is couched: "As the snow comoth down from heaven, so shall zny word be that goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall acconipliell that whereto sent it." The gospel has no tinge of earthliness in it. "The word of the Lord is very pure." Snow has also been used to smybol the standard of complete sand- fication, God engages nothing, will accept nothing, but perfect purity in his people. "Come, now, and let us reason together; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow." 0, what a rebuke one gets sometimes, as he looks forth from the casement on a winter's morning and sees the undefiled sheet of shining whiteness with which God has covered the beams and rooks and pools of the rough road in the night! "'Whiter than snow"—how far off we are from it yet 1 To Those Who Do Not nelp. In many churches a few are left to do most of the work, while the rest of the members, who ought to have the saane interest, either do eothing or are critics. There is no better way to keep all heeds from mischief than to find some good for them to do. Many a captious critic has been cured of this habit by being put to work to do better than those whose work he criticises. How much happier are the people who can justly feel they are of much use in the world than those who realize that they are mere drones! There is no comparison between them in real satisfaction. Men sometimes complain of hard work. But there is no man who bas so much reason to complain as the Man who has nothing to•do. -vs -n-61 If you Know what you Want it is your own fault If you don't get it. In days gone by dealers were able to sell people just what they pleased, but tb.e public of to -day are inclined to find out for them- selves the best article in everyline and they insist upon getting it. I don't take anything titet comes aloes. I goetraight for the 'Omelet' for 1 !mow it is the best. Granby Rubbers AND OVERSHOES are known throughout the whole country to be the best in fit, finish, quality and durability and that is why people will have Granby's and no other. The extra thickness at ball and heel makes them last twice as long. GRANBY RUBBERS WEAR LIKE IRON. tutwAsuutsuit..22,AALR,2m.zsuls.s..$6 loommoriromok ‘1 A- ORS. and smothers the word widen 122 112* ke tte of her erttence in a. 1111tint'4 Noicv. Hu. should he full of one's DAtiOHTEP? OF i'S`.7 COMING TO Trir sulonet Onew how to deliver one's words FRONT AS ,9.. K PEAERS. nnd 111'4 ns ilSof itirget 13elf and thipit only speech and menace, odd, 'A poet is born, not -Grabs Bove Developed Tw Their roer% 111‘,1,11.1.11:1117141;11.1,111::ratve is mide at tho expenso litanies ft dilresles - Some 1V4.,o 11a- • Of itiS utt(iiimet ,' end every /allele speaker Sacred Fires. The sacred fires of India have not all been extinguished. The most ancient which still exists was conseerated twelve centuries ago'in commemoration of the voyage made by the Parsees when they emigrated from Persia to India. The Bre is fed ilve times every 24 hours with sandalwood a,nd other fragrant materials, combined with veer dry fuel. This fh•e, in the village of Oodtvada, near Bulsar, is visited by Parsecs in large numbers during the months allotted to the presid- ing genius of fire. conot 1.4putntion, Tw, would do well ti near that in mind. 'non • 1 neet began ste.teing in public, I "used to 1°rs' 1/14/'" 03 tr1(1 Elsentlat lushi.isl.go out info the hiellways and hedges for The neushreein growth of womezer 137 ellahnensi• nethering of IleoPlo v:1;1111)1/41 hteo 1111;1:m7:7i 1811 17"r:271i:et e(41111.nii 211serstZTIE:Iyfl,4 VI 1'711 vint;ot0i4;1"et1Silliellt:81 ileU{Lrlt) 11Se le1151411in(71doiltUrttliteltite111117* Inglorione" eratore who for .r, ors 1664.1 hails, in rlaelunpes and at private rest- " been Waning their commend of lunguart. dences."s-Wew York Commercial Adver, fri hr le A mild aril agreeable eeneation t " 1 .041)1 tile w6ei °L the p . tieer. %II Caudle le.eures or allotting it to nee Away in silence... Then came the womau's club, and with it public smell:lug. Tim .0r,rve Persitture, Iselectingeli deeervedl ,e Oar fur - firer srte ehee were pot edifyittg. Stage I) e .., Y 1 P eaupared to tie: etnoth.n oe the treieloiee, ilensenntid 'I''"°11t1 not e farg1"treu" Itth* Orate carving that charms the eye is a des , spair to the netwou who has Its deSting in Charge, for it is impos.sinie to get at its Minute details with the ordivery duster. A flue brush is the nearest approave to a thoroutth elcuneer, though even tbia is nat altogether eatisfactors. With this do- mestic dilemma in mind tim wise house- wife secures fora room that ts much used, with the veceseary dust that that fact lin., plies, a table which is merely one great, " thick' slab of nieliogany, highly polished, but with no ernatuentation whatever ex- cept its correspeadingly largo claw feet. " =More who. with every frill on her gown fluttering awl every ilower in her hat quitering witb excineneut, put her hand on the back of her chairand said,"P-f-fl• monouctubers and g -g -guests." Sometimes she stopped at this stage of the proceedings and sometimes she went ou with the courage born of despair, her un- trained voice wavering Mni halting, now shining to a sepulchral whisper, now ris- ing to 22 squeak. When it was all over, she promised herself that she Would never' speak again—no, never. Occasionally the memlars sceretly resolved 'Wet she never sbould, but the growth of tetzles. Political: literary, weevil mid scientific, has clump .1 all that. The eluinvoinan can now die Mass with ease oral tiplomb to)y teplo. has studied her every tone and gesture and retie:need even tee manner tit rising from her chair and the precise degree of sweet- ness to put Into lier 8)11110 32 pietism.° ween the applause bas become deafening. The wife of a well known num recently male her maiden speech in public and nebieved raoh 33 rirmenal sneeess thnt the teacher of elocution, who naively claimed the 31e3.11 of her SUCCOR, bus formed a /low Separtment in her school. In this depart - DICTA \Vomit W110 nre to speak before claw or cougresses aro trained. The Roman women were eery fend of having a finger hi the marrImonitti pie, and it may bo gently said that had the Sparta) boy been brought befove Ms meths sr instead of hefOro the ledge he would have heard a bit of oratory that wOuld base hula gate as nnich as did bis dearly bought fox. Boadicea. queen of Britain, berauguleg her soldiers before leading them to war, was 64. type of tee wonaae orator. nenairiunis, who may be a myth, but who was a very substantial one, was alot alone a seaman of words, but a woman of wores. it was wile, suoceeding her husband, tee founder of Nineveb, ruled as queen of .Assyria, built the tower of Baal in Babylon, which was famous for speech of an and every kind, as we read, conquered Egypt and superintended the building of the hanging gardens of Baby- lon and other wonders of tbat city. Cath- erine of Ruesia, Margamt, queen of Nor- way, and nee. Roland of France were other great women and great speakers. In .America Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan- ton, Mrs. Mary Livermore'Anna Dickin- son, Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Lillie De- em= Diake, Mrs. Mary Lowe Deakin - son, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cate Rev. Anna Shaw and Mrs. Isabella Charles Davis aro all well known and have all lent luster to the bright and shining record of women orators. Mrs. Stanton, wbo speaks very rarely now, owing to her advanced age, 13 her younger days was eery hand- some and besides this very patent argil- .ment in her favor as a public personago. bad a beautiful voice. She had ci greet command of language and spoke with wonderful fervor. Susan 33, Anthony is satirical in a dry, droll way. She puts commonplace facts in such absurd lights and treats the ponderous arguments of her enemies in such a sarcastic anti amus- ing way as to disarm even the naost witted. Anna Dickbason was poetic. She was tremendously in earnest aed had aililino ivntt oIteeh ea alp ar LSI weeecahltels1;(4 Pmtla Imagery Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease is another wom an born to lead by virtue of the gift of elo- quence. Mrs. Ballington Booth, who pleads for souls instead of votes, is a type ot the emothmal orator. No matter bow much in earnest or bow indignant site may be, there is always an undercurrent of tenderness in her speeches. Her voice is clear and powerful, but caressing, and no one knows better than she how to play upon heartstrings, no matter bow out of tune they may be. Mrs. Litho Devereux Blake, wbon asked her opinion of woman in oratory, gai'd4omen are the world's natural orators. A good conversationalist makes a good public speaker. There are many brilliant conversationalists among women. Only the exceptional inan talks well." "What do you consider the most essen- tial quality for an orator?" was asked. "Opportunity and. practice," Insisted Mrs. Blake. "Tim reason there are not more women orators is tbat there have been no opportunities. ,0nly the suffra- gists spoke in public, and so today the only orators are'suffragists. To be a successful speaker one must be very much in earnest, one's thoughts must be clearly and log- ically expressed, but they must well up from the heart. Then One moot study. The beginner always' emphasises the un- important worda, dwells 011 the lands,' Indirect But Ineffectual. "Ili is very nice in your wife to buy °hears for you," remarked one man. "Yes," replied the other atter some reflection, "it's a delicate and consider- ate , way of keeping me from spoiling her lace curtains with tobacco smoke." High Temperature. "Doesn't it strike you that the tem. perature of this room is rather high?" "lhere isn't any doubt about it," re- plied the frugal young man. "Every ton of coal costs six dellars."--Warshington Star. The Giratrea Dilemma, ah1les2 us have an affectionate regard for that old joke abutzt toe itiraGe's happiness when he is eating strawberry shtintealto.' 'We also have wondered 12 120 is subject to sore throat, still meat, enlarged tonsils or any of the other uilments that mankind 140411:IN CiPtitft's. is heir to. The accompanying picture is front a pbotograph. The unfortunate gi- raffe, having been constructedfor the pur-' pose of feeding on high trees, has consid-' erable difficulty in dining off a low bill of fare. But he has to do it in his captivity Or starve to death.—Chicago Xews. Tho reldnight Sun. Our talk was of the far, far north And Norway's sleepless sua. A bashful little voice piped forth When other folks had done. "How lovely it most look, mamma," Was Sidney's sage ronutrk, "To see the sun, like some big star. A -shining in the dark!" —Frank Valentine in St. Nicholas. Win sentence. Teacher—I want each of you to make a sentence, using the word "delight" in it. Small Boy (colored)—De wind come in de winder an blowed out de light. —Phila- delphia Times. Knights of iambus Delighted. SIR KNIGHT JAMES OSBORNE, OF BARTON TEST, No. 2, CURED OP BRIGHT'S DISEASE. "Kootenay" was the Remedy. Word was received by Barton Tent, _ No. 2, of Hamilton, Ont., that Sir Knight James Osborne was very ill, and the sick committee" was instructed to wait upon him. It was found that he was suffering from Bright's Disease, a disease heretofore pronounced incurable by the medical pro- fession, and it was accepted as a matter of course that death was inevitable, attee, his lodge insurance would have to shortly -- - be paid. oWhat was their surprise to have hint enter the lodge some time afterwards in good health. His cure he ascribed simply to Koot- enay Cure, as he took no other medicine. Before starting its use he had all the , characteristics of much -to -be -dreaded Bright's Disease. His skin was pale and puffy. He had Indigestion, Heart Palpi- tation, Shortness of Breath and great weakness. There was puffin6ss of the face and swelling a the legs. His urine was scanty, painful to oass and loaded with albumen. He felt that lifeWeas sliroptcrg from his grasp with, great rapidity. Kootenay Cure carne to his rescue. It restored his kidneys to healthy action. It cleared out all the poisons that were pent up in the blood. It made him well. Chart book free on application to the S. S. Ryckman Medicine Co., (Limited), Hamilton, Oat *toe