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CHAPTER XVI.
yen, no! A strange look grew upon
The little child was slowly but her, faee, and she clasped the fragile
surely fading from out Of hur arms. little form to her bosoni,xtith a wild,
It might linger for a day or two a hungry gesture, It, was her all!
w.eek, perhaps. but hope there was "She is strong -quite strong!" she,
none. So frail now was its hold on said vehemently, as though Mrs,
earth, that already-inost blessed Dundas had been denying it. Then
child -heaven was within its grasp! her voice, sank, and she looked down
It was dying gently, calmly, vain-
lessl,y, a veritable fa1Un f the bud,
and the only one -who eellid, not See
it, was the another.
She was walking up and down her
private drawing -room with it now,
clasping it closely to her breast -
not hushing it to slumber or sooth-
ing fractious cries '(alas, how gladly
would she have hailed them!) be-
cause the little thing- was marvel-
lously still and quiescent, and lay
prone within the clinging arms with-
out a moan, without a movement. deed touched by this fierce grief, it
She had sent the nurse aWay that altogether surprised by it, To care
she might have it all to herself. A so much for any living thing! It
hungry desire to shave it with no one was absurd, but piteous beyond
was full on her. She started percep-, doubt. To her, the child seemed dy.
tibly, therefore, when the door was ing, and she thought, it repulsive,
thrown open and a servant announc- having nothing of the maternal
ed Mrs. Dundas, about her; but she felt herself bound
Lady Varley lifted her head with. a to say soinething that should create
sudden flash of amazed displeasure, comfort in the other's mind, if only
that was, however, no sooner born ,to avoid a scene. A scene was de -
than crushed, But Donna saw it. , testable, always, unless a disappoint-
Ilere! To have a -a stranger shown ed lover was the hero of it; and so
into her favorite apartment was an she ignored Lady VarleY's agitation
act that plainly angered her. She with great tact, and finally, by her
conquered herself at once, and mov- own assumption of belief in the
ing forward, received Mrs, pandas child's good health, subdued it,
with her customary gentleness. I As she was leaving Araglin, she
'They told me you were in here 'met Constantia, coming up the stone
with --baby,'\ said Donna, with a steps. She put out her delicatel
at -tins little waxen lace below her,
''My child! •My life,l" she whispered,
and then broke off suddenly, as if
choking. She stood panting before
Donna (almost forgetful of her, in
the awful fearethat had assailed her)
with the child crushed against her
breast. Some cruel doubt was tear-
ing at her heart -strings,
lour nurse is, as you say, experi-
enced; she should know," said Donna
cheerily, unkind kindliness prompt-
ing the hopeful words. She was in-
,
from. under her long lashes, whilSt but of Yourself. You are our cousin.
the ponies fleW swiftly through the Your dishonor 111103t touch 315. lt
Seellied air, "why don't you speak? horrible to nie."
Come, out with it. It is evidently "Your nobles have come to nine -
something too great for that youth- pences," said Mrs. Dundas, with It
ful frame of yours to hold," gay laugh. "Your concern, after all
an`gl.e.ci.sedtenttyhenh!ela
''. saiird Constantin, on n Your owshowlug, is only selfish
of suPPreSscd ness. You dread an eselauare
amusement. She grew very pale, cause it will drag you into its whirl -
and then, all at once, she took her pool. Well, be happy; there shall be
courage ha her bands and spoke out esciandre where I am concerned.
When she' drew near to the end of her And .as for your Saint
Yolande-
tory her pallor left her a id when pouf t 15 is not I who shall make
.she told, with strong gh•lish hesita- her unhappy,"
tion of that last act, in her drama- ''Y01 ,, promiSe that?" said Con -
that disgraceful caress -her breath Stantia eagerly; "leaning forward sO
ca,rqle quickly, and a hot blush of as to see her. face.
shanle 'mantled on her Cheeks. But "'No, I shall not be the, one," said
she bore it all in her loyalty to her Mrs. ,Dundas, sorihing hialldlY into the
friend, and in her desire to shield her girl's earnest eyes.
growing troublo. To be Continued.
''Yes?" said Donna interrogatively
when .•slie had finished. If she had
been at all taken aback by Constan-
tia's disclosure, she did not show it.
She smiled now serenely, gazing at
the girl as if in expectation of some-
thing further. "Go on," she said
encouragingly, "give ;go the rest el
"The rest! What more would, you
have? Good heavens, Donna, are
you lost to all sense of -of-"
Virtue Don't hesitate about
:laying it," said MIS. Dundas, with a
friendly little nod. "But you mis-
judge me, really. I quite, -thought,
because of your tragic expression,
that, there must be something more."
"What more could there be?"
Mrs. 1-handas laughed.
"My1 what righteous indignation!"
said she, turning her head so as to
regard 1 -Or fully. She was evidently
unimpressed, and by no means offend-
ed by the other's outspeaking. "And
all about a little kiss. One more or
leas in the year's account -what does
it matter? If Lord Varley as rude
enough to kiss me -mind you,"
laughing, "I don't admit the soft
impeachment -it is part 01 inY princi-
ples IleVer to admit anythin -bat if
ie kissed me, why, that wouldn't
ring the world to a close, eh?"
"If you kissed bun, you mean.
""
Even that wouldn't bring the up-
heaval ,of the universe; and, of course
I deny it. Any nice -minded woman
would,"
She laughed gayly here, and flicked
up her ponies with a sense of thor-
ough enjoyment in the turn the con-
versation had taken.
charnimg, smile „and -the :Prettiest gloved hand tO her with her 1 1 1b
the word ' 'They would . both' very coldly
touch of hesitating tenderness before radiant smile; Constantia, Uceepted
have taken me to the drawing -room I "Truant!" Said :Mrs. Dundas.
eloW, but I wanted so to see her. "How Many years is it since you
May I?" Iltave been to see me?" She did not
She advance -a towards the child, really care whether Constantia ever
..a.nd looked quite entreatingly at came to see her,' whether ahe lived or
. Lady Varley. One might readily Ira- died, but to be charming to all peo-
agine her whole heart to he in her ple was a creed with her: There was
Toques t. !no one born who could say, that Mrs.
Lady Valley hesitated involuatarle .3..Tiniclaa was ever wilfully rude to
ly :but momentarily, then sighed, -them. Slie put theari to one, side
the snillech and so the battle was when they ,obstructed the path in
won. 'The mother could not resist which she would go, but. otherwise
• the woman who showed an interest they were Welcome to breathe the air
in her child. She drew back the that she did.
coverings, and: let Donna look at the Coastantia took no notice of the
baby's small, pinchedface. implied reproach. She appraised it
Dundas bent over it with at its exact value, and letit drop to
Quito an air Of hushed rapture. She her feet,
not.' admire it at all. It was "Have you been inthere?" she
like a little rabbit When skinned, -she asked. Youth is always a ljttje tra-
told herself, and she blessed her gic when its sense of honesty and de -
stars that she was riot the mother of cency is hurt. "Halve ..:.you seen
SUell all one; but she prodded its thin , her?" "
little cheek with her finger, and car- "Why, 'res," said Mrs. Dundas with
essed the tiny hand, and did,: indeed, an amused air. "I have been there.
all that could be required of her. , mid I have seen her! What prodigal -
She was studiously orthodox; she ity of emphasis, and What a Ber.n
omitted no conventional word of ,hardt pose! a Any .reason whY
praise; only she did not kiss it. I shouldn't?"
That, .she said afterwards, was. more I "No greater reason than you alreaa
than anyone could. expect. One ely know," said Censtantia, coldly,
Should never kiss a baby unless :one who W-SiS strong enough when occa-
had a bath ready in the next room, .sion demanded it (as she new be -
into which to plunge oneself after the Beved it did), tci be proof against
ordeal. And then; such a babyl: ber cousin's Mockery;
Of coarse, she saw it Was not "You axe enigmatical, any pretty
doomed to live. She saw too, that sphinx," said Donna with a sl,ight
Lady Varley did not believe this. laugh. "You are 'evidently fUll of
She had certain' eleMents of geed na- .ptirpoSe, and therefore, no doubt,
ttre in her, or she, would have amusing. 'Come, you shall disclose
laughed -at 'this. She..still bent over yourself to me.. Better, :therefore,
the baby, and made pretty remarks take -advantage of any ponies and re -
about it in a low, traihante voice turn with .the, and give m6-2-beisicies
that fascinated inoSt people: the inestimable .pleasure of your -.So-
"How qiiiet!!". she said. "How cietyytr secrtaY! Crombwithoe.ton'aeggood!it; one can see th
"Yes, very quiet; such a good lit- surrender yourself to me."
tle angel!" said Lady Varley, with "I will go back with yOu 52 3700
feverish eagerness. Then, as if will. It is as good an opoortunity
struck by some sudden horror, she as another," said Constanlia, still
stopped short, and Mrs. Dundas coldly. She turned and walked down
could see her color flew and left her the steps'after'her cousin, who swept
livid. Love grows superstitious, andon before with a little laugh.
now that word "angel" had driven a "You would make your fortune 011
nail into lier heart. By her 05111 the stage," she was saying. "It is
mouth- she had conclenaned her little a sin to waste such force upon the
one, and driven it forth frori the birds, the trees, the cabbages. If I
fond shelter of the mother's arms to had you M town for a season, why,
the unknown. --the awful! In her an- you would nialce a furore, and have
gaish, She sweetness and rest of Ilea- all the gilded youth of the empire at
yea. was lorgotten. "Oh., not alto- your feet. If you encouraged your-
gether an. angel, I assure you:' she self a little, Shat is, if you were a.
c,ried, in a strained tone. "Smile- degree more -more---- It is difficult
times we cannot nianage her -nurse to mune it. Well, step in." She
iind I; but, just now, and usually, she turned to the groom at the- ponies'
is calmness itself. A sign of health heads. "'Wall: home, Smithson," she,
I take it. At least that is what said, :Ind touched up the ponies, and
"j/argan, her nurse, says ---a very ex- was well ilp the sweet-sniellingalime
periencecl woman. And to be al- aVelale before ConStantia quite knew
ways quiet, surely betrays a singular in what words she was going 'to
freedom from pain or abhe. You clothe the speech, she was befit on.,
think so?" making. She had argued out the
"It is beyond question," said matter with herself, early- and late,
Donna. for 1111 the days succeeding the scene
"She is cainutess itself. She never in the garden between her cousin f.trid
now,
cries or 000iplain5. TlieY tell me Lord "trolley t1, d:. she 11.-, ,1 Witnessed,
she is delicate," said 1..sady "Valley, during which time she had absented
with an attempt, at a scornful smile; herself from Donna's presence; and
•'but 3 prefer to judge for myself. had at last decide,d that she would
You can see how good-tempered she tell her what 5110 1111(1 seen, and c,oni-
is: how unlike other children—'' pel her to desist froni further inter
She paused again. Was every idle ference 511511 the ha opines s 02 Lacly
word that fell frorasher to carry to Varley.
her breast a bitter pang? "Unlike' "Well," said ID's. Duncltis, glancing a
other children!" '.Oh, no! Kind Ilea- at her with a rather amused regard f
''Well, I warn you'of one thing,''
said ConstantM. "I shall certainly
tell her."
"Tell her what, my good girl?
That Varley, her husband, was an
old lover of mine, and for a moment
forgot himself?"
"There was 110 forgetfulness, save
of personal dignity: There was pally
remembrance," said the girl bravely,
but with a pale face. "And as I
have said, I shall certainly 'put her
on her guard.'',
"You. mean you will adopt the role
of mischief -maker.''
"I mean that I shall tell her what
I saw."
Mrs. Dundas turned anti looked at
her with a calm questioning i11 her
eyes.
"But do you really think, you saw
it?" she asked pleasantly. "Don't
you rather think that those tricksy
moonbeams cheated you? If I were,
yo0 1 should be inclined to thdt be-
lief; and yet with that doubt on
your mind---"
"Doubt!" interr up Led Cons tanti a.
with wrathful protest. Could dar-
ing go farther? "
"Strong doubt. ytpu wall, then,
f•
take this canard toi Lady Valley, and
embitter her life with a tale in
which you yrourself have not Much
faith. And even looking at it at its
worst, what was it save it vague in-
,cleseretion?"
"You treat the matter very lightly
but I do' not. She is unhappy
enough as it is, and I' will not sit
quietly by and see her made more
so.''
"You say that? And yet it is
now you would choose, to awaken
suspicion in, her breast. You wOuld
create all affaire between Me and
Varley just when h.er child lies dy-
ing, -when her heart is smitten. I
saw her, she is torn with a suppres-
sed fear and emotion. , You are a
true woman, iny pretty Coestantia.
You lova an inaln•oglio."
"37ou wrong me when you say
that, Do you think it doesn't hurt'
rile to -to accuse you, any cousin, of
so horrible a thing, and yet how can
be silent when such things are?"
, "r, then, am to be the victim. 'You
sacrifice me," said Mrs. Dundas
''So be it. I shall deck myself
for the altar. It is something to ray,
laceritted feelings to know that 37011
feel regret aS 37011 billd tile eOrdS•
You are stem justice itself, a verit-
able Brutus in petticoats. All for
virtue, and the world well lost, is
your motto; a cold one and insiffh-
eient, as you will learn in time. Well
go to your Saint Yolande, and tell
her of Varley's treachery, as I feel
sure you 'call it in y -our high-hown
tragical Stylc, and -take the cense-
qu en ces "
-'flave you no conscience?"said Con.-
tantia, very pale. Give up this un-
,orthy part, Donna, 1 ,entreat you,
or 'tile sake, 'not of Lady Varley,
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STEVENSON'S PRAYERS.
Beautiful words That Show N
Sign of Bodily,Infirmity.
Stevenson's books and essays are
so redolent of health, and so purified
1,44fresh air; that one cannot think
of them as being written by a con-
firmed ; yet while, the great
author was projecting his bold; un-
daunted. spirit into the stout frames
of his heroes,. lie himself was daily
struggling with physical ills and
bodiiy weakness, and eVe/1 fightin,g
death itself.
But it was not his own strength
alone on Nvhich he relied. He felt -
and acknowledged -his daily depend-
ence on God, and expressed that de-
pendence mast beautifully in thei
"P
"Prayers Written for -Family Use at
Herd the true nature' of his healthy
soul is 'revealed. in these wonderful
prayers broods no melancholy. Like
so many thousands of consumptives,
Stevenson was far from home in
search of health, yet his prayers con-
tain no reference to his pathetic
quest, or to his necessary expatria-
tion. Nor did he speak much of
death, although he was daily walk -
ng in its shadow.
On the contrary, he preached al-
vays the gospel of cheerfulness and
of life. "Prolong our days in peace
and honor," he prays, a,nd then con-
tinues with naive charm, "Give us
health, food, bright weather and
ight hearts."
"Let us lie down," was ,his prayer
at night, "without fear, and awake
'Ind arise with exultation. As the
sun lightens thio ur
e world, so let. o
ovine. kindness make bright this
muse of our habitation."
Stevenson's prayer, -At Morning,"
s one of the most perfect and beau-
tiful prayers of modern days. IL
cheerfulness, abounds with industry.
sufferer, and deserves to be framed
n every heart. It is this :
"The day returns, and brings us
the petty round of irritating con-
cerns and duties. us to play
the man, help us to perform them
vith laughter alld kind faces. Let
chcerfu,ness abound with industry.
Gave us to go blithely on 'our busi-
less all this day, bring us to our
resting beds weary and sontent and
undishonored, and grant us in the
end the gift of sleep." -
I -Tow manha
y of us who 1110 strong
ad nwell pray as simply and ration-
ally and unselfishly as that ?
A FEW STATISTICS.
There was a el:MI-looking, middle-
-iged woman sitting by 11035012 111 the
'ailwaY waiting -room the other
day,- vghen a 1111.111 with a pencil and
lote-book in hand sat down beside
ier and quietly observed :--
"Madam, I am gathering statistics
and 1. trust you will cheerfully an-
swer a few questions."
The woman looked at him doubt-
fully and somewhat indignantly, and
closed her lips more than firmly.
"It is asserted," continued the
man, as he moistened his pencil with-
his,tongue, "that the crime of -wife-
Jeatillg' 15 011
11 51003(111,"
sthes
e iii.::::)e,pacsrei.: You are
h
'`And probably a wife
"Yes, sir." ,
"Very good. not „detain you
long. Of course I shall not use ,your
name i11 any information y-ou may
give me. My statist-P2s will go Us
headquarters, and there be compil-
ed under a general head. Each
county will be, taken by heself, and
in this county 3: hope to show that
wife -beating -a's a crime is scarcely
10105111 110 the
"And what 'do you want of me ?"
she demanded.
''You are a, wife, mad a ra . You
have a husband. Now. then. it is, a
delicate question to ask, but, does
that husbiarid--does he—''
GRAINS OF GOLD.
, „
No Man ban, he -brave who :thinks
P1011 the grea,test evil, or 1:einperate
a -ho considers pleasnre the highest
375 ,is. hard. to believe 'that „, 'others,
eamiot see wleat. seems plain to us;
bat we cannot see the sun at night ;
anal for all that it is. quite plain to
these on the other side of the world.
plverything is in the position one
happens to oecuOY.
The habit of coneelltratill g all the
powers .for 31, certein tune upon a
.clefinite object isnot gainegl without
dieipline and .practice. 'Many jure,
sons' meaning conscientimislY- to pm.:-
forM,the work that falls to their,, lot
have,o for Nvant of that- habit never
learne(1 how to do it with_ thordughe
n e Ss on lid di spatch.
Thc safeguard against teniptatiOn
is not .seclusion, but aelf-citl.thre. -As
It is not disinfee,tants which wili
most certainly secure one against in-
fection, but a, Sound constitution, so
it is not rules of life which will
strengthen one, against temptations,
but a, soul. One Must beild up one's
moral deed ,and high thinkiiig, by
fellowship with pure womenand
honorable then. The chief ,aidS . in
this regimen aro literature and
friendship.
1
' 'The record sturgeon has lately
been caught- in the Volga. 31
weighed 1,700. pounds. It yieldeid
220 pounds of caviare,- alld WaS
,
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Vailled altogether at $1001..,
. On an average live persons live in
each of, Britath's 7 Million houses,
eet**At*t4t*t*tt#0.*:,
4 About the "
House
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sweet cream, 11 you have it, and stir
,
1)1 the butter and flour. Let boil up,
E., and serve with fried bread ohips,
na113>seteffkStiloufir)07.1-113°tillie ab(g)::eostl. be:'Ifem15:1-70-
the meat from the kettles repia.e.ing
• the bones, and, let boil half an hour
longer. Take out tie bones and
add 1 cup heti to, 4 (its soup, Ile
turn a portion of the 271e05 to the
soup before taking it up for 5110
'table. Beef soup should be cavort -0*
bslodiiinminetdo tha sb;Ifto:eif itnocloIntteiLtio
boil, as the dark- colored 5011111 Will
ofl
, at that, ,time. It should be seaiioned
with sait and pepper half an hour '
- before takieg out the meat. T'ho
meat saved from 511e soup may be
made into a meat pie for the next
meal, or served cold. Irish potatOes
and other vegetables may be added
instead of the rice, if preferred. „ An
onion improves -the flavor.
FOR 1.1rEP1 MAN' OF THE 'HOESEI.,
No family purse is so small that a
wife IS not entitled to an unques-
tioned share of it. An allowance for
household expenses is prudent, and
commenda,ble ; when the income is
limited and must he adjusted fo fit
17 neees of a giowinf,,, household,
it is almost, obligatory, but over .010.,
ribovu this allowance there should
be a sum set aside, if it is only 82
oe, 38 a week, which sball be wile's
unmolested and umnspeeted pin mo-
ney. is her discretion in the matter
of outlay be questionable, the huS-
btand justified,, in case his finances
denictnd it, in r f ing further per-
sonal spendi ng. money to „her. She
must make up ex travag a nee one
month , by economy the next., a pro --
ceps that in itself leaches wisdom
ra,pidly., That she should, wi thout
trial or cause, be deprived of the
dignity of a private purse and the
independence of disbursing it as ,she
!pleases is an insult to her character
and an outrage to her wifely rights.;
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13E CABEI
Almost daily we read newspapei
iteetallltS 01 :1,eCidental poisoning
Most of the en -805 arc due to the
careleseness on the part of thoSe
\avIllTici)%ipialioaailicis:sibido:ynaoh(1111-idYbeteli:j.el:)11gk11710.1.aileY11 l(ctilat),,1111eil
dren or careless persons, and, medi-
cines should have their partieulai
Place apart frUm all other articles
of household USO, It IS best, always,
to keep them under lock and key,
and 0110 reliable member of the fam-
ily should be made responsible , for
'their safe keeping, and he alone
should iiand them out 1\'1142n (111(1 p015013111137 S0p01'ilStl3lld the eplilllesa0(11,
550 51111011, they 300 pilt. Thia 1
may seem a little troublesome, but
it is the only safe way, and by its
practice many ec,tlamities might be
avorted,
ofInhoisi:e1111.10olefia1111510110:11311•1PeClalleeei:Ile:i(h7bibeyil
are 'sometimes poisons, and articles
side in the cupboard. Bottles from
which the labels of former coatents
have not been removed are used for
holding dangerous drugs, and to this
careless custona are due 111111137 eaSeS
of accidental. poisoning.
TWO eaSeS which came under my
immediate notice, though they hap-
pily proved harmless, illustrate the
danger of careless handliug of drugs.
A farmer's wife, having occasion to
bake biscuits for breakfast, used
what she supposed to be baking
powder, taking it from a baking
powder can in her cupboard. Being
Minded, ,she did not inotice, in the
dim light of the carry winter morn-
ing, timi, the contents of the can
were magnesia and cayenne pepper,
which had been mixed and placed in
the can by the invalid of the family,
who used it as ,medicine. Nothing
more disastrous than a general fit of
sneezing by the whole family, caused
by the pungent odor of the pepper,
and a mess of heavy biscuits resulted
from the mistake, but it was from
no forethought. of the cook that the
entire family was not poisoned. as
the material was right tit liana, and
it was only by a happy chance that •
she selected the mhdicine.
Another case was that of a lady,
who in making .11 cake, flavored it
with liniment instead of veal ill , the
liniment bottle being similar in size
and shape to that or a'conimon
vanilla bottle. -and the e,ontents the
same in color, so the mistake was
very easily made.
In both these cases medicines and
Poisonous arugs, together with arti-
cles used every day in cooking 3170/11
placed indisciiminately on one shelf.
When one,realizes that this careless,
almost eahninal custom nrevaiis 10
111a1137 households we are lod to won-
der that the resalting casimIties 00
nut inure numerous,
SODPS.
Pork Soup. -Slice as much salt
pork as would be needed, for a, meal
if fried (say slices), wash and then
fry in the kettle in which the soup is
tb be cooked. -When done, pour over
it enough water to make as muchl
soul) as required. Add 1 qt pared!
and sliced Irish potatoes and 8 good I
sized onions. If turnips are hiked,
put 1 pt sliced ones into the water I
before the potatoes Inc added, and
iet them cook awhile before putting
in the other things, as they take
longer to cook. Carrot may also be
put in with the turnips, if desired.
After ali the' vegetables have cooked
a short time, add 3. cup rice. Sea -
5011 Nliith pepper and salt. 'This is a
very good "soup for those who cannot
procure fresh 'soup' meat.
-Vegetable Soup. --three, onions, 3,
carrots,- 3 turnips, 1 small cabbage,
1 pt tomatoes. Chop, 1111, the veget-.
except the cabbage- and',
toniatoes. Rave ready .in 11 ponee-
lain kettle 8 qts boiling water, put
10',5110 chopped vegetables, and sim-
mer for half an hour then add,the,
cabbage, chopped, and the tomatoes,
stewed, also herbs to ,season,*: if de-
sired. Let the soup boil 20 minutes,
then strain through a sieve, rubbing
all the -Vegetables through. 'T.a.ke 2
tablesfio,ons butter and 1. of, flour,
and rub to a cream. Pepper end
salt the soup to taste, add If cup
SOME HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
The yolks of eggs dry almost as
soon as they C0111,.1 in contact with
the air, but if dropped at once ilito a
cup of cold water will keep 111 goorl
condition in the refrigerator for
three or four days.
Whites of eggs, saved one or two
at a time, kept in a cool place, allay
1)0 tined for angels' food, cornstarch
cake, white layer, cake, apple snow,
or added to the various fruit
sponges.
The saucer of presei'ves left over
from yesterday's luncheon may be
added to a little whipped cacao],
slightly thickened with gelatine, and
used for to -day's dessert.
Cold boiled, 11a1i.ed or broiled„ fist"
inay be made into devilled fish, fish
croquettes, a la creme, or may be
sei.ved on lettuce leaves with may-
onnaise dressing- for a luncheon
sal a cl.
THE REASON.
Why tlie British Navy Loses So
Many Ships,
Many people are quite at a loss to
explain, why the British. navy _loses
SO many ships through striking
rocks and running aground in all
parts of the world. The percentage
is large as 'compared with other
naval powers and yet the fact is
beyond refutation that the captains
and conmianders--and more particu-
larly British achnirals-are equal
and in -the majority of cases far 'and
away --- superior to those of their
COltinental and American 23303) (15.
The reason why so many 13.ritish
warships meet with their 410.011?
through such accidents as have been
mentioned, such as the case of the
Viper recently, is explained by "the
reason that pilots are an unknown
quantity,- to the-1.1ritish navy.
Britain is the only. great , naval
P05101' in the world whi,.th- dispenses
With tile Services of pilots, and the
value of making her naval ()Dicers
responsible for the safe conduct of
their ships through difficult 'pas-
sages, and in and out treacherous
harbors, will probably never be, 11411 37
realizedeuntil,13ritain is plunged into
a naval war. However useful and'
orthy pilots may be in the days of,
w
Dbace and plenty, it would be catin
to courting ctis,aster to rely upon
thein in times of war ; that is, the
pilots of other natiens than her own
One has only to point to the South
African war to realize the trails of
this doctrine, for the employment of
guides in that campaign by 13115115-
peetillg OirleerS lecl British trOcips
into many death traps.
"TN PARTE."
T'no Garcon-"Monste,ur does riot order ze dinnritre like }lets sou."
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