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Pan be yourself again, not go -T The marquis
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T",(D)qis.,,C)4200,?..0$00.Q.00,L-iX)0CDOC,
To day's work over, 114.110St PrQS-
per Evana would often leave the_
shop in Duke street and go for a ed young- Evans, greatly surprised.
stroll among various squares and "Yes -before I came of age; before
highways from wliich Mr. Jarvis 1, got'the property tnd the ready;
drew his large and fashimiahle behaved tike a young ass! I had a
tele, good allowance, 'but I asked for
The exteriors of the vast mansions nore. My trustees declined, and so
inliabited by these favored mortals I went to Baxter, You know Bax,
filled the young hosier with, awe and ter, of Jetenye. street? He lends
wonder; and sometimes as be passed anybody with prospects as much as
down Mount Street or through Gros- he likes, against a mere signature.
Yeller Square, he would, catch brief I raised fifty thousandoff him in
glimpses of thz, splendours beyond, two years, and lost most of it back -
Often he knew the address, and ing horses and buying jewellery. I'm
had waited on the male occupants. afraid to say how much he got back;
Outside a certaia house in Park but it was a good deal over the hun-
Lane he would murmur: "The lion- ("red thousand, and I can't touch
<>usable Bruce Lamb -silk vests, a him."
dozen at a thee, and no marking "How does this atlee,t me?" asked
but the plain initials." Outside an- the hosier.
other house in BeIgrave Square it The marquis smiled.
was different. Here he would say; 'Til answer that question if
"Lord Gargoyle, and coronets down you'll promise to come here every
to his dressing-gowast" 'evening for a month, and be in -
The young hosier took an infinite structed. 1'i/a a plan."
delight in thr,Ise excursions and the
lug .to pay you; but, if you: like to.
help yourself, -there's a fortune in,
"Explain!" said the young hosier.
"Veil, you remember when you
spoke oS credit the other evening,
you gave me, a turn. It's a subject
I'm not particularly fond of. I've
had too lunch experience of it. Six-
ty -per cent, compound was the in-
teres.b I paid; but in reality it was
over a himdred."
"You have been a borrower?" asks -
thoughts they inspired. If he could 11,
not share in the state secrets of a
rising politician, he at least lenew
the exact size of his collars, his
taste in neckwear, and his prefer-
caices in underclothing.
Bent on his favorite relaxation,
young Evans hacl gone North one
evening to call on a. certain duke
whona he had served the previous
afternoon. Standing against the
railings of Portman Square, he look-
ed up at the tall mansion opposite.
There were lights on three of the
floors, but the blinds were drawn,
tIe passed on with a sigh, walking
in the direction of Seymour street,
where dwelt Mr. Neill, another and
less potent customer. The door of
one of the big houses opened as he
crossed over, and a young man em-
erged. A pleasant light escaped
from the great hall. Ernest Prosper
Evans halted for a moment.
So did the young man. Then,
stepping forward, he said, with a
“Why, you're mei Come in-
side, and let's have a look at you!"
Completely taken by surprise, the
young hosier dumbly allowed him-
self to be conducted into the bril-
liant hall, where, looking , at his
companion, he discovered that in-
deed here was his other self. The
likeness was remarkable.
was going out," said the young
man ''but this is really more im-
portant." And he led ltis willing
doable into a spacious dining -room,
whose windows overlooked the
square.
Ernest Prosper Evans was in the
seventh heaven as he sat at his ease;
and when, in obedience to the young
man's orders, a solemn butler
brought them wine and cigars, he
began to feel as though one day he
might enter' ,Jarvis's and order il-
luminated socks.
"My name," said his companion,
"is ,Catining-the Marquis Canning.
Who are you?"
"Ernest Prosper Evans, an assis-
tant at Jarvis's, the hosier, in
Duke Street," replied our friend.
The marquis grew thoughtful.
"7ou would conic in very useful,''
he said, looking up once more, "at
funerals and public dinners and in
the Lords. And you might call on
Aunt Jane. She'd never know the
difference. Gad! I could lead a
double life!" U sprang up gaily as
he spoke. "What is your salary?
I'll double it if you agree."
The young hosier named a figure
slightly in excess of fact.
"Well, I'll pay you double if
you'll be the Marquis Canning when-
ever 1 command."
Evans hesitated. The proposal
was very tempting. He longed,to
play the part; but on four hundred
-and funertals, public dinners, and
Aunt Jane!
'Thanks, very much," said he;
"but it's hardly feasible. I have
prospects that I must not over-
look." ,
"Name them," returned the other.
"Well, I hope some day to open
out a hosiery establishment of my
OW n."
"That's rather 'awkward," said the
peee. "But you'll want capital?"
"Certainly," replied. young Evans.
"Well, I'l 1 give you a thousand at
the endof five if you come here in-
stead. And I'll pay your bills as
well. You'll have everything the
same as myself -the same clothes,
the same hosiery -so there can be no
Mistake -or, rather, nothing* but one
long mistake." And the marquis
smiled, "Say a thousaud?" he con-
cluded judicially.
The young hosier hesitated.
"I'l1 make it two thousand'. Come,
four hun.oreu a, year for five years,
and tWO thousand down at the end?"
entreated the marquis.
"Couldn't do it," observed the
young hostel:. "I'll want at least
ten. You see, leaving the firrn now
will spoil iny credit with the manu-
facturers."
Once more the marquis lOoked his
companion attentively up Alld down.
"A perfect double," he muttered -
"perfect! I'rn hanged if I'm going
to waste him!" Then, raising, his
voice: "You're sore yoU won't take
thee° thousand to come here for
those five years andplay at, being
me?"
But young Evans only shook his
A week later he received a letter,
stamped with the °aiming coronet
and cipher,
''Come round this evening," it
read. "1 think We cart find the cap-
ital for that busineSs of yourS."
This time he was Shotin into a
smaller room, and One more suited
to an informal tete-a-tete.
• "Now, look here, Evans," said the
Marquis, as soon ns they were seat-
ed. HYOu'Ve got to be me after all,
for one montk. Yome, gratia end for
idOthing! Anetr, then, if you like, you
Feer weeks later the two young
men :sat' together in the sante cosy
100111 111 ,Portanan Square.
"Well, it's to be tomorrow?" said
, the Marquis.
"Yes," 'Said :.the young :hosier,
"I've asked .Mr. Jarvis for a day. off
.s -.-as wedding, my . only sister's -.-and
I'm ready." ,
A month of evening parties,ta few•
days at Meet and Kenipton Park;
carried out under the marquis's
guidance, diad put the finishing
touches to his education, By a pru-
dent avoidance of certain subjects.
all Carefully tieketede he could pass
ne the Marquis .Canniag in any
panY.
He had taken :part in a debate in
the House of Lords, he had: ridden
in the Row, dined with Aunt Jane,
and attended several funerals. The
marquis, on the other hand, in-
structed by his accomplice, had serv-
ed in Jarvis's shop, cleverly avoid-
ing recognition by such of his ac-
quaintances as patronized it; had
made up accounts, measured Milner-
ous customers for Shirts, and la -
vented a new shape in scarves.
"You're :an right now!'' thhid the
marquis one evening, when • they
were discussing matters •OYer their'
cigars. "There''s .the opera for you
to go to tonight.; • and, mind, I de-
test Wagner, and don't forget to say
so if anybody asks you. And keep
clearof old : Lady Malet later on.
She's trying hard to land me with
that girl of hers, and if you give ,
her half a chance I'm cornered."
"I shall:stick to Aunt Jane," said
the young hosier with a grin.
off to the Empire, and sun -
Per at Jinimy Harding's," said his
lordship, making for the hall.
The next day, at three o'clock. pre-
cisely, Ernest Prosper Evans left the
house in Portman Square, hailed a
cab, and was shortly afterwards to
be seen driving down Jermyn Street,
in dangerouSproximity to his place
of business. Arrived at Mr. Bax-
ter's office, he gaily entered an-
nounced himself as the Marquis Can-,
fling,' and Was reVerentith Conducted
into the presence of the great Bax-
ter 'himself, ,
"Good-afterrioOn, tn3r lord" said
Baxter, a Plump Scotsman, with
sandy hair, small eyes, and ,a dis-
cordantly cheerful manner,' "It's.
some time since I've seen your lord-
ship.''
"I can't say :I've Missed you,"
said young Evans.
"No; people generally don't; teel
it comes toa peench," ingseonged
the Scot. " 'Wow, what' Can I •de, for
you this time? 'How mach is • it to
"Thirty:.thousand.-in fact, twenty
would be enough." .
Mr. ' Baxter .disdained the smaller
figure. The Marquis was safe, and
the :bigger the loan the bigger his
profits. "
"Say forty, if you like," he said,
With a tempting prolongation of the
numeral.' •
Young Evans hesitated, stalled..
"Well, if you will have it so," tie.
agreed.
Thereupon the jubilant Baxter
went out •of the office and:instructed
his Clerk to prepare the usualdocu-,
mentS. ' • . •
"1 wish I had said.fifty!" reflected
young Eirans, . •
Baxter. paper S in hand, was .bach
before"vety long: .
"Yea will eign. these?" he said;
hovering over: his. victim 'like a bird ;
of prey.. "Yon tan read it after-,
wards'' -as the young- hosier delay-
ed •
Met 111111 at dinner-
"Ilxcellent,!" he said. "We must
get these changed for gold, and thea
were safe.''
By the end of the month the young
hosier had, with the assistance of his
fellow -conspirator, not only effected
the desired exchange, but deposited
the whole of the forty -thousand
pounds in a dozen banks. Ile had
also grown a mustache, orderea
clothes totally unlike anything worn
by the Marquis Canning, and com-
pletely emancipated himself from
the old Portman Square voice and
manner.' At the Kane time he had
reluctantly. disappeared from the
brilliant circles hi which he had been
wont to disport himself. Despite his
riches, he still eontinued to serve
behind Mr. 'Jarvis's counter.
It WaS hot till early in the follow-
ing year that the mone3r-lender gave
the marquis the sport he had Man-
tled. ,
The sequel to Evan's exploit was
somewhat tragic.
'Slaxter's gone raving mad!'' said
the marquis, ono day, when his
friend came in to hear the latest
news.
"Lor!" exclaimed the young hos-
'You , remember. I returned his
first accouat, with a note asking
him what thedeuce he meant by it,
and threatening ari action for con-
spiracy.'' .continued the marquis,
"That fetched him, ITe came down
here with his papers next morning -
before, breakfast too., I was half
asleep, but he fairly woke me."
" 'A forgery,' I said, quite :kindly,
when he showed ate your signature.
'I'm sorry, Baxter; but you've been
had.' '
" 'I can sweer it was you!• My
clerk can sweet it was yoii!' he
U .
cried, waving his papers -you know
his funny Scotch accent. •
`Swear away,' said I. Then,
laying on the silk again: 'The date?'
1 1 asked.
"He mentioned it and the hour.
"Of course I produced my diary.
" 'On that afternoon,' I said, 'I
was up at Heath street laying the
foundation -stone of the new soup-
1ejtche, YoU Will dasi a full le -
port of the proceedings In the
'Hampstead and Highgate Express'
of that particular date; also mY
portrait -a very bad one, but well-
meaning, I believe -and the trowel
is up in the drawing -room.'
"At this he grew furious.
" 'But my money -you've got my
beautiful money!' he cried, his hand.s
working desperately. I could al-
most see him. wallowing, in the sov-
ereigns as he spoke. 'You've got
my beautiful money!' he shrieked,
purple in the face.
" 'I'm blest if 1 have!' And I
rang for breakfast.
" Tut I'll county-coiut you! I'll
have the law ---1'11—'
“I cut him Short.
All right, Baxter, I said;
'you've been done, and I'm jolly
glad. Case of the biter bit, don't
you know. Congratulate the other
fellow for me when you.. see him.
'You can go, now.' And 1 handed
him over to Draper, who declared
, afterwards he had neves heard such
' t., -0e."
.1•••••.••..
THE COW PASTURE.
Not every cmarynaan can so ar-
range his business as to adopt all at
once the practice of soiling, which is
the growing of special crops for the
feeding of his cows kept M yards
and stables. This improved method
oi feeding cows must be groWn up
to from a small beginning at first,
until the full practice is possible.
But at the very beginning of it, it
may be turned to great advantage.
For the beginning of it is to get the
very best pasture possible, 011 to
which the cows may be turned as a
rest and change of feed, on which the
fullest product of milk of the best
kind may be secured. The pasture
is the • main dependence in case of
accident; it is the ' life -boat, so to
Speak, which hangs at the ship's
side, so as to be ready in case of
accident, and yet may neve:: be need-
ed.
.A pasture should be first and last
and all the time, a feeding place for
the cows in Whicls they may be sup-
plied with a full feed of the very
hest mille-making food; and this
witheut the labor of expending the
steengthe derived from the 'food in the
mere gathering of it, Afairly good
pasture' for COWS should be such as
the cows may rest on seven -eighths
of the time; taking but one hour out
of eight in the more act of feeding.
The rest of the -time will be devoted
•to resting, chewing the cud and mak-
ing 1111110, Thus the first thing after,
or it may be justly considered before
the quality of the grass, should be
the shade, under which the cows may
reet.,
It is the grass which makes the
pasture. The best grass can only
be made on an old field. It requires
many years to grow. grass fit fin
pasture. But when it is once made,
if it is skilfully used, it may be made
better each year for many years.
Indeed there •are always some spe-
cial fields which. may be made most
profitable for this use, and when any
such field may offer itself for any
good reason, for a permanent pas-
ture,' it should be made the best of
its kind by due preparation at first,
and constant preparation afterwards.
A good pasture cannot be made in
one year. It must undergo a thor-
ough course oi preparation for the
use it is put to. If it. is apt to be
wet and to hold water, it should be
thoroughly drained. One of the first
necessities is a supply of water, from
a spring if possible, otherwise from
some source to be led into the fields:,
where it May be permanent. The
next is that it should be dry other-
wise. The soil should be neither
light nor heavy; a loam tending to
clay is the best'. The surface- will be
most satisfactory in every way if it
is as nearly level as may be. Grass
refuses to grow, as a rule, on dry
knolls, unless the most careful
treatment is given to these easily
worn out places. So that for a per -
The marquis laughed heartilyt be- manent pasture the sUrSace... should
fore proceeding. be as nearly level as possible.
"I had to go north that day," he There should be a preparatory
resumed; "so I handed Baxter over course of culture to fit land of any
to int- lawyers. I wrote to Yoq kind, even of the best, for pasture,
about it. He took some time bet It should be deeply ploughed, not all
lieving ,p
iny bank, and wasted more money
over a detective. Now, he's given
up. The truth has dawned tipon
him, and he's gone raving mad." •
Evans figeted in his seat as • the
marquis concluded.
."1 -lad I better own up?" he said,
half -way towards repentence. "Af-
ter all—"
The marquis interrupted him. •
"The beast' did me Out of more
than that! Serve him right."
"But—" urged the conscience-
stricken Evans.' •
'`Owning dp won't cure him.''
And -there the matter rested.
Eighteen months later Baxter re-
eovered, and torthwith retired from
business. -
"I've done pretty well," he said,
reviewing his past activity; and one,
must take risks -they're part of the
game. I'll marry money, and go
and live in the country."
He was so far successful in these.
newer and more laudable ambitions
that, the autumn found him involved
in various forms of romantic expen-
diture. Included was a large 'and
somewhat gorgeous trousseau. 'This
he purchased at a brand. new shop in
.13ond street. "Fl. P. Evans" was
inscribed in gold leaf over the win -
dowse, and there was something fa-
miliar, yet elusive, about the move-
ments of the assiduous proprietor.
"Do you know," said Mr. Baxter
one day, "you remind me of a noble-
man whom I was 07100 proud to
number among my clients,"
-"What line is yours; may 1 ask?"
politely inquired the proprietor.
"Er -banking," said Mr. Baxter.
"And he owes me eighty thousand
pounds," he added with a flourish,
."You don't, wish, to open ally more
accounts?" lightly asked the .hosier,
whose identity the reader will easily
recognise.
Not just now -not juet now!
said Baxter, purpling.
"The next article?" said Ernest
Prosper Evans. -London Answers
' ,
Evans signed ``Canning" 'with a
flourish. "
"It's a wee bit firmer than it useil
to be," said Baxter, stooping (wee
the signature.
"Age, my d " returned
Evans. " Afid now for the coin -an
Open cheque or notes will doe",
"Going racing?" asked Baxter.
"A little."
The money -lender gave a small sigh
of relief. ,
"Plunging!" he said, "Plunging!"
Pc repeated to himself as he wrote
out the cheque. "Well, he'll he here
agaia before very long, and he can
Parc all he likes up to a, 'Mildred
thousand."
The young hosier pocketed the
cheqtie, drew on his gloves, and lit
a cigarette,
"I got Jtnanicis th'S Inomning-
straight from the stable," he said.
"It's a dead cert. Shall I put a bit
on fot you?"
"I'd sooner bade your lordship,"
replied Baxter.
Whereupon the yoting hosier Po -
ed, and, with a stalling "good -after-
noon,'; clod the transaction. He
Made straight for l'Aextet's bank,
and obtamed notes in exehange fOr
the cheqtte,
• A DAINTY PANTRY.
Upon moving into a new house the
writer made up her mind to ,do aWa,y
with paper ori the pantry shelves. It
conceals crumbs and all sorts of left-
overs, harbors roaches, gets tangled
and worn and is a nuisance. The
new pantry has a large window, it
waS stained and varnished in light
wood and had a painted floor. Be-
fore the worlenen carried -1,w,ty their
paint pots I had all the shelves,
high and low, the insides of the
drawers and doors and the plastered
walls treated to two coats of daz-
zling white paint. When that hard-
ened I wont ovet it with two coats
of enamel. It iso wonderfully easy 1,0
keep clean and it costO very little.
at once, but for each of the prepar-
atory crops, taken with the chief ob-
ject of fitting the land for the pur-
pose. The first crop should be roots,
potatoes, or beets, chosen as the
prelhninary culture for the deep
ploughing needed for those, and the
clean working of the land will de-
stroy weeds and deepen the' sotl. Ar-
tificial fertilizers should be used for
these crops, and through the whole
course of work ordinary manure
should be avoided for this reason -
that it willnever' be free enough 6f.
-weeds to Meet the necessities of the
case.. After the root crop should
come winter grain, .of which rye is
to be .ohosen first, With this, in the,
spring, clover should be sown, and
the next 'year be made into hay' or
turned under for manure late in the
Season when the seed will be ripe.
The land should be worked over with
the broad toothed cultivator ' aS of-
ten aS may be needed to destroy any
weeds that may appear, and so the
land will be brought into such a fa-
vorable texture, and condition other-
wise, as to be ready for the seeding
the next spring. It should then be
sown with 'barley, which .for several
reasons is the best seeding nurse -
crop. Two bushels pf seed . to the
,11010 of this grain should be sown
and worked in with a broad toothed.
, cultivator. , This will finally bring
the surface into an excellent condi-
tion for the, grass seed.
The seed is very important. The
design is to have grass that will
occupy the ground for several years,
if not many. For what is wanted is
togot the pay for all this work in
duly liberal proportions, eturned in
a meadow whieh'Will. be profitable
for sevetal, if not many years. Se-
veral kinds of grass are thus desir-
able. Some of these will elast but a
short time, but the object in using
them is to have the ground •fully oc-
cupied from the first, and then as
these temporary, kinds run out, the
other kinds which increase from their
root's, and make a close 'sod, fillthe
vaeancies, and fully cover the
ground. These permanent kinds of
grass are blue grass, creeping mea-
dow grass, foxtail grass, yellow oat
grass, orchard grass, hard fescue
geass, ta'.1 1 meadow fescue, meadow
fescue,, and timothy, of each thr6e
pounds; or perennial rye grass
twelve pounds, red clover four
pounds white and Alsike clovcr
th roe p °Om Os, and perennial red clo-
' ver three pound, per acre. Some
of these varieties will grow at first
more luxuriantly than other.' but
may soon disappear when the others,
niore robust and of permanent root-
ing habit, will rein Mil to oeoupy the
land for a nuinber of years, during,
or after which 801110 11 i'iiiicial fertil-
izers with fresh seed, and a fall liar
-
rowing will help to restore any fail.-
THE WEEDEIt AND. MON ItAIC,E.
\Mit the use ,of the iron -toothed,
rake in the garden is, is the use of the
weeder ,in Mtge fields. It is but an
iron -toothed rake of 11, different pat-
tern drawn 'by a• horse, or two hor-
ses. It kills the weedS whose seeds
have sprouted near the surface, ancl
does not iujure the crop .whose seeds
were put an inch or more deep, and
both have their uses even before the
eroP • comes up, When the
rain ' or other calue has jemmies, creWbaes, and skeleton,
made the surface of the 'keys are out of date. They may dti,
ground Ueda) to a hard crust. To for the old-fashioned • burglar who
STORIES OF
SCIENTIFIC MR. szKrs.
Robbers Are Now Men of Sciencee
and Know All About Heat
and 1VIetals,
loosen this and make it fine not on-
ly enables the young plants to come
up quicker and with less energy, but
it makes the surface soil and earth
mulch to absorb moisture from the
atmospheve and conserve that which
is ,beneath, and draw it up from be-
low the point where plant roots can
reach it. We know that the growth
of an oak from an acorn dropped in
a crevice of a rock can rnove heavy
masses of stone and earth as it
grows. At our experiment station
they demonstrated that the growth
of a ,squash could lilt many tons,
11(2 01 WO have read of mushrooms
raising paving -stones, but we have
not yet learned that in either ease
the growth which had such obstacles
to contend against was any better
or larger because of being so con-
fined or limited. Just so young
plants May break through: or' Ilft' up
the crust, ofrain-beaten and sun-
baked soil,' but we do not think they
grow any .better or even as well for
baying to do this. So we say break
up the surface soil and keep it fhie
with the weeder, in large fields, and
with the iron -tooth rake in the gar-
den, and we' think it will promote a
more rapid and stronger growth of
the plants. The light harrow with
small, sharp teeth has proven a good
eubstitute for the weeder when it
was not at hand.
BRITISH LOOT AT PEKIN. ,
lobs the country parsonage, but the
tip -to -date criminal knows a trick
worth several of these out-of-
date, noisy implements.
The burglar, of to -day takes a
course of lessons in chemistry, and
knows as much as an engineer
properties of heat and the resistance
cif metals.
When the Tottenham (England)
Court Road Post Office officials
found their safe open, and minus its
contents one morning last spring,
they wondered what on earth had
done the damage. There •was
geeat hole in it, which appeared to
have been melted, though what,
could have melted chilled steel no
one could at fit'sst imaging,
At last it ,was discoveted that ' a
blowpipe.flame must have been used-!
The thief had been armed with a bit
of rubber tubing, ,a blowpipe, and a
small cylinder of oxygen t a gas
which has the property of doubling'
theheat of a flame. ,Fitting the
tube on to the nearest gas -burner'
the oxygen was , connected, and the
blowpipe flame directed upon: the meet
tal, which ran like water sunder thlkt
terrific heat of 2,00a degrees Fahren-
heit.
This is only one of many recent
instances of science used in crime. A.,
wholesale tobacco shop in a North-.
ern town recently lost $1,000 from.'
its safe, which, from its thickness,
INW.)::110:005f:-.119PTISleedthtioeVirS uar gill oafe-
by the use of the electric light
Vienna suffered severely one day
Sir Claude Macdonald's Defence Of
last Alarch from. a gang of criminal
English Troops. electrician, Those .cut' the electric -
The North China. Daily News of liglitw-thheesta to fall upon the tram -
actions
snowstorm
,Shanghai,
a snowstor,
Shanghai, says that five classes of
causing
actions by the allies after the siegel
with lines, which so became charged
t.h electricity, and most dangerous,
gto the
in Pekin were unjustifiable, accord-
v
males 'adopted at The Every horse that touched thm ewith
Iiinagueconference. It enumerates his iron -shod hoofs Sell. Then,
them at follows; when the frightened occupants al
First -The atrocities Committed cabsout, the
d telauele
rl'i.asguad
esciateipslcertaenniebeoilhg1
by the Russian troops. ,
Second-Thpunitive expeditions assisting them, picked their pockete,
e
organized by various Powers. The whole gang were provided with
Third -The armed support given rfraobruuberasso37da1cdh
to adjust the claims of Catholic shoos, t
rsthrough
setelt)phicii
liii
Christians by the French authorities on live wires.
When the strong -room of the Gib,
son building in Glasgow was robbed,
it was a puzzle to the owners and
police how on earth the burglare
could have known . where to cone
menee, operations. The latter had
taken a house next door, pulled the
bricks away, and then bored theAe
boiler -plate casing exactly behincl"
where the safe stood. They had
blasted open the safe with a tiriY
charge , of tulminate, and got 'safe
away with $8,500 worth of gold aoin
and jewellery.
When, a year later, Peter Bake
better known as "the Smiler," was
caught in Hull,. England, and sent up
for five years,' he confessed that he
and his gang had ascertained the
cation of the Gibson safe, as well as
having Made several other simila'
discoveries, by the use of an X-ray
apparatus. '
That some criminals are mechanics
of a very high order is proved by a
crime relic now in the possession o
a retired police -officer. It, is a safe -
'or, rather, an imitation safe-- made
entirely- of cork, and so light that'
one man can lift it. Although, when
set tip, it forms a perfect imitation.
of the genuine article, with every de-
tail complete, yet it can be folded
and carried in an ordinary postman
or. at all events, by French troops.
Fourth -The looting of the Pekin
Observatory.
Fifth -The charity from loot prac-
Used by some American and British
ilIi(lOiOnari es.
Sir Claude Macdonald, the British
Ambassador, on April 18 last, de-
parted from the usual diplomatic
procedure and wrote to the Kobe
Chronicle in Japan a spirited denial
that "wanton, cruel and indiscrimin-
ate looting" had been -practised by
the British trdops. , He said:
"The empty houses and palaces
were converted into quarters and a
milistary hospital for the troops who
otherwise would have had to bivouac
in the streets of the dirtiest city in
the world. I inive since heard that
a prize fund has been expended in
buying rice for the starving poor hi
Pekin during the winter months."
Sir Claude said in his letter that
he was constantly „walking or ' rid-
ing,- through the streets and that
within a fortnight from the time the
troops entered the city "no Chinese
who had remained in their houses
were ejected or molested."
The British troops had these or-
ders: "Nothing is to be burned, de-
stroyed- or...looted 'without orders."
The News gives this table as to the
amount realized from the articles
handed in by British search parties:
Treasure (Government)......$140,00 0
Silk (Government) . 1301000
Sundries 60,000
, Total...at . . •-$330,000
"This," the Ne -WS says, "divided
up, yielded only $27 a share, and
shows that the principles ofthe
standing orders were the practice of
the force."
A MACLEAN AND A CAMPBELL.„,
When Sir Archibald CamPbeti was
Governor of New Brunswie,k
chanced to meet with an aged High-
lander of the name of ,Maclean, who
had done brave soldierly service for
his country, and had borne himself
well in many a fierce encounter. Af-
ter his discharge he had settled in
the woods; but things had not gone
smoothly with him, and his circum-
stances were quite straightened.
Anxious to befriend him, his excel-
lency invited him to Make his home
at GOVernMent House, where he
could find easy work to do in black-
ing boots and shoes and such like
little things. The old man was
qutte indignant, the hot blood
Its ntaleer wap not, a .burglar, buti
a sham insurance agent. His meth-
od of operation was to hire an Office
some big block Of bUildingsa in-
stal his safe to give the place a hitsi-
ness-like appearance, and then; alter
duping as many victims as poSsible
in a week, steal away, safe, and all,
leaving no trace behind. ,
Even the drugged cigar has now
•
given place to more scientific meth-
eds. The thieves who robbed Lady
Marshier of her jewel -case last sum-
mer in the Paris express must have
been in possession of a chemical lab-
oratory in Which they had conducted
'elaborate experiments. Lady Mar -
sines, it may be remembered, admir-'
.ed the lovely flowers which a woman
in the same compartment carrieda
The latter presented lier with therS
bouquet to smell, and that was
last the victim remembered for an
hour or more. What the subtle poi-
son that had "been sprinkled on the
flowers was composed "of has 'levet!:
'been discovered.
WHAT PAPA SAID TO RICHARD.
Mabel had been waiting for her
lover's return for what seemed to her
iniiiogy inomeifu pt
tinsgtohis0 sllheight,ciiiieckfsu;anil,dree
ae an age. Her heart turned to stone
Pc as she thOliglit of him, Yon.ng, sten-
i•eplied, with all the dignity of a der, but brave to rashness and reek -
lord, "Na, na,, sir--na., na. A Mac- lessness, closeted alone, with her
3O0aai.111).pibleelvle'.1'; blI..aieekiptreitet'rrehdooptrivioartioial. 'srtiPler'll cflaotdill'e I: cri 1)10 tl ehde grimtlast old 1 i 13 id'a i'lYe. 4
I i . aan i
With indePenclenee an the farm, to stood: before her, 11. flu1
s,1 on his
ease as a menial in a rich man's checks ancl an expri
ession n his eye.
hotise-Ta feeling that 'was aPPreciat- Did Yel-1 Scc, PaPa, Ricilarci? she
'etialby'gerIn0ist0lilaenidn°1cricncilevlit'ert.,1.1,1i1:1t5Tedtil ,e,nt•lo.c .07_ 1.°1.0s11.5'6Icil.'1 ewr Itinh thliesincbtildiansg 191' 71
norwithout speaking. ,,
:
' Yes, clearest, he said, at length,
THE -----1551.-1-1-7S1..,A.NG, .
And wha.t did he say, Richard ?
.ell nee what lie said! 1 -le l'efilSeci
,
T
Slang , ng has e, deeper, ,intere,st thanyou? Ohl your eyes tell' me! Ere
illere 'Curiosity. It is, to say, the refused; he will not give me to you?
natural speech of Inankind. 'The But 3 will be -I am 370016:-.1: do not
further, we get from civilization and fear his harshness --we will fly!"
the restraints imposed by it, the But Richard looked down into her
more . eloquent ansi quick-NVi tlied i pleading face and shook his head
grows the lingo of .street and hedge -1 Slowly, like a Irian in a dream.
row. The II.n.rsli simplicity of what i 9.'ell mo, then, for I cannot wait!
G rose ,Cal Is the vulgar tongue is; Was 'be brutal and cruel to you 7
itiore rapidly expressive than the I Str.licit did he do? What, did he say?,
triin rermerneht of written 'tuglish. Richard drew a long', deep' breathe'
Yet It ' the life of slang -words is ads' and again looked down at the face
venturous while it lasts,. they 11111 I turned up to inect Iris, troubled
pl'ill'icn'trci;'1;'1!('s iulC
0fi 1.) t;litillaberleY N(vlit1)7(1;1111' cOlnifetir:' roaliCye'',----' Ile' s_igiled ' 'and :.%.111isileral
i
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imumrtality, atul Oral tra,tlitidn. is .110 only said 'Thank Heaven!' ack4
only trustworthy among savages',,,, went 'bn reading:, ,
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