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‘C'eOsst4?):Kee;O::•Wet)14,4*0.+4!'.i. "All' that is just' it." o'ialtried iio
reoesety. 1would h*tve
The
Of
Wooing
COnStailtia
;..1; *
OP3IS. OP pxulic:ExcaNa Iniust know, but I confess there was
Constaietia's cousin, !a Moment when my spirit quailed. ,
:tonna, after travelling abroad, re- 'Yon _nuiet admit however, I was very •
turese hone as Mrs, leundas lead finds :obedient, shoeviid o. high aPPreciae
that during her absence ',old Var1ey 1 tion of your charactein You Said.
an old flame, has inarried, While e:Pruet, me,' and I did, though 1 he --
Garret Barry, a euiter 01 Constall- lieved in my inmost heart that a
tia,'e is calling on her:, Featherston? "damp grave yawned for me."
another suitor: is announced. They All at once, he never kueW how, he
discuss a ,bctil to he given by Lady :laid his heart bare to her, and threw
Varleys At this hall O'Grady, cous- himself upon her mercy." Yet ' even
In of Featherston, fells in ,esee with ;le this supreme moment, filled, too,
his hostess not recognizing her. • of impulse,. so, calm, so controlled
Strange, a suitor of' Constanrict's, was the man's nature, that he
Stronge, a suitor 01 C011Si,1111 ''spoke in a clear, uniinpaseioned, if
overhears a tender passage between ;very earnest tone, .
;Lord Varley and Mi. Dundee, She „you could truet, me then," he
rebukes her cousin. said, a faint quiver in his voice
--- atone betraying the terrible agitae
CHAPTER XVIII. tion lie was feeling. "It was but a
little thing, Constantia, .and yet you
One .day Constantia was on the trusted. Could you, trust ala for -
lower pathway that led to the: woods ever ---for all your life ? I love you.
,of Grange. She Often, Wandered there There is no need, to say that, I:
because the Poverty el , the shrub-. think e but yet it pleases Inc to saY
beries tha.t surrounded The • Cottage it ,aiotid; 1, love you. Will you
Oppressed her, forbidding ,thOught, marry inc .
and a great longing for the dveainY I She grew very Pale, and a little
silence of the dense woods drew lir tiernbling shook her, She had a •
to, them. Only a little brawling, yes_
y tender heant, and to give pain
angry brook, now finehed and noisier to mily one WaS to give groat pain to
than usual, because 0! last night's herself. She raised her eyes to , his
rain, divided her from these wished- with such an anguish of' trouble and
for retreats ; but as she came , close ,regret in them, that he was eanitten
to the brink, she found the stepping- by, it. She tried to speak 1
stones had disaPpeaved—buried he- stopped her. Why. should he be the
neath the savage little flood that one to cause her suffering. even of
eame :tumbling down from the 1i1 this •
above her, The old landmarks Were • ‘'I know," he said quieTSly, stappres-,
covered or swept away, and hciNv MIS sing his own Wounds—nay, losing
he to, find her Way into the beloved sight of them iii his fear for ,hers;
woods ? know all you would ,say. Do not 1
As She sto°d, puzzled and Perplex- distress yourself. You could not like
ed and grievously disappointed, She
me well enough, -then, you think 9",
Saw Stronge coming towards her, on , "No. Not in that waY," said she. ,
the opposite Side of the broad stream Her pallor forsook her as speech ,c
walking quickly through the ,green came; and now she grew crimson '
paradise as though dead to its buds and.heavy tears rose and shone in
ding beauties. ,
her large distressed eyes..
She wronged him overmuch how- "Well, never mind,'' said he' cheer -
He was hurrYing sec her• fully. What an assumption of cheer-'
ever.
He lost his hold on the beauties of fulness it was ! "I didn't really
nature round him, because before his ,think you CO uld you know, only it
eyes: there was pictured a vision
her that blotted oat all the eest,
01 lhas been in My mind for so long, and ,
thought .I'd get it over, so that
Bornehow, when she found how his •e nes, ei lave to worry- myself
face lit up when he saw her, she, I apeain with a pretence of believing
beinga woman, forgave nit 10e sins; trust you—that is, that it—might 2
"Oh, how am to get ,across `;'' :have been otherwise. It really is not g
she cried ; a,nd then as she ;worth another • thought of yours. g
remembered 'he was nrobalely
ewu-'4.; iYou must put it all out of your eL
to 'The Cottage, and that therefore hiead at once, because for all the
she had no right to dream of a, visit 'happiness the earth could give me
to the woods when. her guest required would not be the cause ef even one I
her, she continued hahtily, you aro- 'tear in your eyes." Her eyes were
COMing tO Sqe ? Come, then." very full as he, sPoke, and the tears '
"I was coining to see you," said hurt him, at the instant, with a play -
he plainly. "But why waste the sical pain. "Don't look like that,"
minutes indoors 9' he went on, de -i- 1 he went on nervously. ,"And yet
vining her desire to enter the wood.s 'know it is kind of you.. By-and-by,.,,s
"behind him. I not pay n'Y !perhaps, I shall like to remember
visit to you here as well as there ?" that you shed a tear, for me, but now 1
he indicated The Coltage by a —it is terrible to mea,
Y '11 • "
glance.
; ' ou svi not go away ? said she IN
"You may, indeed," said Cone qUickly ; there was undeniable regret
stantia, laughing. "But are we to rin her tone. Her face mashed. ,
talk cormrionplaces at the top 'of :our I "Not if :you wish me to remain -L.
-kings across this terrible little not if can be of any use to: you."
Stre11311 9 confess I do not see how He regarded her very earnestly. Yes,
Ji
I am to get to you, or you to me.'" icertainly she had seemed sorry at the
"Walk down your bank a little ;thought of his departure. :"Con -
_way, and think I shall be able to hetantia, are you -Sure of yourself e"
help you' across," he said ; and he went on hurriiidly, "would" time
Constantia, catching a glimpse of , do nothing for me ? We are friends s
a large stone with her
bright cYes? 'already ; .you.3ike me. After a while,
hurried towards it. 'perhaps, you would learn .to regard .7
Reaching it, Stronge made a spring me in a warmer light." Tben some
and alighted on it. It was hardly ill words, eushed to his .lips and passed s".;
'mid -stream, being considerably near- ;through before he had time to weigh "
:el' to Constantia.'s hank than to his. :them : "I could do a good. deal for P
Ire stretched out his hand to her. the children." •
w
"Now, be careful. Take, time. He etopPed short` abruptly. When :w
Trust to me. And when I say `Now,' it was said, the bribe offered, he
jump," said he. Was honestly ashamed of himself.; 7
Constantin. grasped Ilanth 'She he would have given the 'world to re- ."
took time --she was careful—in fa.ct, call it, but it was too late. He 'de
she followed all his directions ; and lowered his eyes and waited, con- 7
:when he said, "now," she jellified. science -stricken for her rebuke on
It seemed quite an easy thing to her this his first mean action,
c
to do, but when her feet touched the "I know," she said gently. P
stone, she found it d,amp and slip- linow, too, that Many girls would
pery, and she NV0uid ,probably have think it almost their duty to sacri-
fallen into the water had not Stronge lice. themselves fer.the sake .0f:their
caught ,her in his' arms, and then brothers. and ,sisters ; but -1 am not Je
Alley both laughed a little, and Con- one of them. I -would nOt marry a c
, • . •
JuSlleCl
al 1 37, am a htthe man unless I loved him, for even the ,
quick, shy light came into her eyes children ; it , would he:. unfair, •
that made his plI1S0, throb. , think, to myself and," softly, " '
But the danger Ives not over Yet. the man, too.''
She clung, tightly to Stroup's aT111, "
you t1irougi theue—throtega your
love—yottr devotion to them, 'There
lay the, baseness, the selfishness of
any words. t am glad they Ined no
efaset upon you."
deeo," she said, "that is true ;
they eould not touch me in that way.
could not give myself - away like
that. 1 could starve with those I
loved - I couid not betrey myself for
them. And, besides; I should wrong
them if I believed for one inoment,
that they would, have it so. Oh, no,
1 am wise, indeed." Her tone had
grown tremulous, .but now she drew
her breath sharply and became quite
cable again. We are poor people,"
she went on lightly ; ''yet still we
seem to pull on somehow. We are
always on the brink, as it were, and
some day X expect we shall take a
header and never C-ome to the sur -
Pace again; but ,still I •prefer risking
such total extinction to—toselling
myself !"
''I understand, You are right,
quite right,' he said. "All along,
iadeed,'I understood you well enough
to know that DO temptation 1 could
hold out Would move you. Et was a
miserable mistake, my saying Nhat I
did."
"Do not let that, trouble you,"
cried she eagerly. "Why should you
not have shown the cliildren to me,
why not have brought them face to
face with me and the good that
through me you could have done
them, ? You sought to gain your
own end. That was quite fair. In
you, ease"—with a kindly desire to graced ; he had pictured her to him -
make him once more comfortable- self a thuusanth times as wandering
-ThrmIgli all
dono anytliing to gain a cause that
ad been very swoet to bin.
w dear to, me mis-
tress,
'11 he must dash his brush
hisThen she thought she had said too liut
much, had laid too great value on aer°ssall his pictures, leaving the
canvas blank as his own heart !
(To Be Continue:4U
NOVEL
PICTURE OF
EDWARD VII:.
This is a picture of _King ls'clward.
VII. of England, and was recently
printed ia the London 'reticle It is
entitled "A Royal Buttonhole," and
Lor this reason has been criticised as
a misnomer at least. As an artistic
arrangement, however, it has been
highly commended.
KING
the gaining of herself; tind blushed
deeply.
"It was the dearest cause in the
world. It, ;vas the only cause E
•eally care to gain," feturned he,
with a sigh. Yet in a sense she had
comforted him. Tf the word "happy"
could be applied to him just then, he
ertainly felt the happier be.cause of
ler words, and the assurance they
gave him that she did not despise
-dm for the suggestion he had held
out. "Well !" lie said after a bit.
TR'ir TITISeON YOUR FRIENDS.
The .other day Brown and Smith
were travelling in the train; when
who should get in but Jones, a very
old friend of theirs. They hadn't got
far when Jones said that, providing
they were willing,he would try and
give them an electric shock. , Of
course they laughed at him, but con -
You were anxious for a (inlet sented.
iere, and I have only disturb d walk He then sat in the middle of the
compartment and took hold of one
,
e you
geoitoidi mbyyeitewd,reaanmds.lati; have
at of Brown's hands and one of Smith's
yoii and told them to put their other
you
east one hour in peace." He smiled hands against the window. This
out01(1 hcicl lan .
"But it is only good-bye for the
/lenient ; you have said you will not
-o away," said she, slippingher
lin-
'ers trustfully into his. She seemed
Anxious, fearful. If he went, a good
riend would go from her, and some
nstinetive feeling that he would be
vented here in their little coin -
nullity sooner or later awoke iu her
ereast.
"Of course I shall stay, I have
iven you my word. And why should
run awa3r ? I am no ecoWard," he
aid, very bravely. Then, he parted
rom her. and turning a 'leafy eer-
ier was soon out of sight.
He walked on heavily, hardly
noising why it, was that his heart
vas so dull within him. He knew
e was no long-er the possessor of
yen a fainting hope..such as had
ustained him for inany weeks, but
s yet he could only think of her,
ow she had looked, what she had
She had net returned his gaze when
e was -going. Rather, her eyes had
ought tle ground as if in regret,
nd sorrow He was glad of those
igns of gentle grief ; they told him
hat at least she had felt for him. It
as a great kindness in her that she
ad thus shrunk from meeting his
arthig glance. She knew there
ould be despair in it, It was a
arm and honest heart that lay m
er sweet bosom—a heart that • hacl
uffered a little for the poor wretch
t had been oblig,ed to condemn.
There was, too, some melancholy
atisfa.ction for him in the thought
hat he had borne his defeat with
onsiclerable spirit. He bad, to sup -
ort hinig the assurance that he had
nitted her pi-jesence with a calm
earing—not as one crushed or hu-
niliated. Why, indeed, should his re-
ction by such a kindly creature
anse humiliation of any sort ? a
suppose so." He agreed with
and from. their desolate island looked hee outwardly, but he nevertheless ,
across at tile promised I and before
"I'll never do it," she ea id. 'It
is twice as long as the last jump;
arid only for you 3 should now be as
drenched as a merniaid''
'3 1 you will only shut your eyes,
and wdiera, say 1,111'eC,'' S411(1,
"spring. Now. 11 1.0, 51011 ready ? One,
two, three !" 10
guve her the impression that he
would gladly have taken her, had she
g1V0n lierSelf to hire, notwithstand
iag the unfairness, won:id have
risked that.
NV0111(1 not have me Marry
you unless I loved you ?" she asked,
a little impatiently.
"It would not be the way, of
COM'Se, 0.11sure ymar happiness."
.111 anothet moment she _found her- "Nee yours either," P
self on the opposite bank, high. and , h
310 was silent ; then, after quite a
dry, a ml tri an ph all t.
minute : ,
' 'What a strong main " she thought
to herself, nud lOoked up el, him "I 0111 sorry I made you that h
with eyes full of honest ildniiration,
speech," he said.
"How well you did that!" she said "Do not regret it," entreated she, t
aloud. "I" am more obliged to you very sweetly. "Indeed, it does not w
than you :know. I had set my heart inatter a,t ; it scents to Inc to be re
uPon 0 rambling excursion to -day, such a natural thing to say. WhY v
and hut for yea 3: could not have not 9 "Why shonld not, Norah and n
niuringed 21. ani not a coward, you t)
•• A
Fiseswatvalawsv,....war=travazraurvrarara_temorn=an=ozzaraor-i=larna==trraa...i.zarsw..szniannasendie=
they did., Then Jones slyly ,itniark-
ed :
"Can you, feel the pane ?"'
Brown and Smith 'recovered from.
the shock this Morning: •
BEFORE DEAR UNCLE GEORGE
HAS DINED.
YOU SEE HIM AT HIS WORST.
•aasuaAau
SiNI11,12.1-.1aAa ,LVILI, CE.NLI
TIIA aoz. uaamia Kaaav 1,na
co ti NSEL TO SMOKERS.
From the Royal Academy of Bel-
gium conies the following sage ad-
vice to smokers: ---
'Do not use moist tobacco, since
nicotine then escapes with the vapor
and is not decomposed. /
"When smoking cigars or cigarettes
mars lowered because one woman out I always use au amber" meerschallm'
of the whole universe does not find i horn or cherry holder. • '
him exactly to her taste ?To
N "1 ' ,e`Ni,cotiiic vaporizes at 250 degrees
, 1 ,
was foolish, and yet lie couldi not and ,that, port ion of t which is not
help fettling glad that lie had left lier
dec°1111:°sed in
nie the
eii eketnnctroaciscunaitttallaatcets-
cariying with hini so undaunted an 'el toward ti ti I
extei.nii.. , c ' there; it is, therefore, prudent to
throw away the last, quarter of h cis
Sadly, slowly Strange tvalked on-
wards, alive, indeed, td the .1(2101V-` gar' '
Of all methods of smoking the ci-
ledge that, a great ill had befa,ilen "
garette is the most ofiensive.-
him, but hardly realizing to its full-.
Both coal and tobacco smoke are
est the extent of it. Not until lie
bad reached his home and entered very injurious , to lacquered sere
the hall, and wandered listlessly into faces
lie huge drawirer-room on the right
.a
..............._
s de of it, did be quite corn- T.Tncle John—"Well, jimmy, ha've
rehend hOw con-Intel:ale- life fon him You: enjoyed yourself to -day ?" Jim -
ad been bereft of its flavor. my!'No, 1 haven't. I've had a mis-
Here in this large, erable clay.. Uncle .3ohn—"Miserab1e
tarnished reception -room where in day, , ? How's that :9" Jimmy'-'
ishappy musings he had seen, ,:, her ",Aunt Betsey told me to 'eat all the
ielcoming herdguests ; And there, in dinner I wanted, and I couldn't.",
bo pretty ,ni ornin g -r o om beyond, , •
here be, perchance,„ and she alone ' Winkle --"What is the matter,
Night have ' sat in pleasant con- Henry ?'' tlr Winkle—'ef 'just Met
use ; and in the dainty octagon YOurig Broke, all,d he says that if
est :iipstaisre all gray and silvers iClitiyi/1 11050 3 hat taloint);02:if:tilllie'nilcl 71.0111
that .?" :Mrs. .1Vinkle,-",1 think he'll
have' his hands. full if, he :does."
'To you think, 3/Ming, maM'' lie
''that you will 'he able to take
care of my, daughter Flora, in the
style to has bcen,.a,ccus-
toined ?'' '1 think so; ,' anSWer-
ed the. yoUng 11101), conlidontly. r`S.ho
ieftse.d to go to the Concert with me
I ;.:S 1"; Week, because she said, she iiad
'nothing to "
,
hate liersweet „preseece might have
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Scores .0,ml hundreds ot peoplc who ane e.otriplaining almost daily' of "backache, pains in the limbs, not
unlike rhouniatisan, and stinging, scalding sensations whee urinating, do not knew that they are in reality
suffer in g from kidney dere tipsemen :" Gradually they become thinner and wreaker, . experi en cc more or less puf-
finess -entice: the cyr,s, and swelling of the limbs, and feel chronic disease fixing itself upon the system,'
It is not I1eee51ry for you to undergo all expensive :examination 1.,0 ,find ceut if the kidneys are diseased.
Vai:it:\ 071: 3.1.0nalkned::1:115eirte:licilifleavitci:nticet010'1Y:(ilicillewli''aisf'::::: a clean glass vessel and allow 001310 lirni° 10 stand in it
for cw(mty-1001. hour. 1.1 iti, thn,t Limn there uro deposit:4 iil the bottom of the vessel you can he certain
that the kidneys are not in hertithy working order. '1'10.8 teet, accompanied by the symptoms referred to
Or. hiWs Elithtey :war • PElis
is no longer any question about the' hfficieney of Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills as a pronipt,
t ho rough and Jesting en re, for evuey form of kidney disease. Their coiribined action on the kidneys and 1 i ver
enables them to (etre chronie and co ins) icated diseases which cannot be: -touched by ordinary kidney
medi-
, n acepem on 3)r. Chase s Isidney-Liver P111s °Very 1.13130; Cile pill St dose. 'eentS: abox; at
ali dealers or ildmandSon, Bate e & Co., Toronto.
,Uncle—"What are you crying for,
deorgie ?"'Teacher Cat ed
me because 3 was the only one---hoo—
boo—able to answer a question :to-
day ' indign antl,y)--"r,rhis is
sCa nd 0:0 S, My poor boy ! What was
the question ?'' Ckeorgie (between
sobs), -,"Who put the bent pin in
teacher's chair ?
,ruST-,A 13110f1C.11,N ()N1Fi.
'Look '1.1,1, the pretty
'Cdflie.;" 80.01 'a mother
Year-old horictful,
s"Tliat, ain't 00, neW moon," replied
thel little fellow ;',,,Ahat's' an old
bi'okee. one."
11CW 1110011,
to her .47
AN ELEPHANT BUTIGLAR ()! virulent anti PerlSteut wasPs at-
, tacked 11 Hoek of iambs whic11 were
easing driven through the Braes ot
ANIMALs AND raszCTS THAT
BREAK THE LAW,
TileY feiloWed the
:dock for miles ande were suecessful
capturing fifty lambs which the
wounded shepherds had to leave ly-
ing at the roadside,
So bad wee() affairs in Lineobishire
that all the grocers' aseistants Wert)
obliged to wear veils to 'protect'
theins9Ives from the attacks of the
bloodthirsty creatures. The 'N'Vaspa
robbed the orchards shamefelly: leav-
ing 'behind then" nothing' but apple
shells.
New Mills, in. Derbyshire, iS be-
saiged he, rats. lho beseiging armY
numbers Many thousands, and bodies
of New Mills 111011 are tit work with
rifles shooting shoals of them. The
district is in such a slate of panie
that numbers Of People are afraid '01
opening their doors. In spite of the
great, slaughter, the roderits have
not retired from the, field yet.
At IVIlippingham the rate have
made a, successful raid. They infliet-
ed a loss of $250 upon one poor
human being. Cramlington, on the
other hand, has been stormed by a
horde of fvogs. The Jane's and streets
teem with young damphibians, which
cause the greatest distress to the
peaceful inhabi tan ts,.
A very yeniarkable or me has bete,
committed by a brigandof a beetle.
:Mrs, regrume, of, North Weald, Was
stung on dthe arm by some, insect?
with the result that her arm swelled
in an alarming manner: pr. Fowler ,
discovered, on probing' the wound, a
live beetle, half Au inch long', under
the flesh. Apparently an egg was •
depoeited when tim. sting was insert-
ed, and i,he warmth of the arm caus-
ed it to hatch. 'The doctor has taken
the brigand prisoner.
An orang-outang recently broke
out of prison at, Sittingbourne, and
was not captured unti1 an exciting
chase had occured. More alarming
still was the result 01 ,01 accident,
by which two tigers were let loose in
the streets of Ramsgate the other
day. The horse attached to the Van
!bolted, and upset the Cage contain-
ing the wild creatures, causing the
folding (lodes to fly open. The
streets had been thronged ; inside a
minute the crowds of peopte, aided
by the deep grow-ls had vanished.,
,Fortuna,Sely the anima,.. wine, too
; astonished to emerge from the Van`,
--_-___4_-
Freight Train Held Up by Grass-
hoppers,—Bees Defy the Gov-
ernment.
"A train 'held up' by 4.„,rasshop-
pers !' you may exelaim.
Yet this actually took place in it dis-
trict of France during the past Mill -
5011111101'. l'11101111011S^6Wall.110 Of grasSe
hoppers invaded the district, advanc-
ing in dense masses along the
way cuttings. The countless horde
covered the rails, blotting out the
traCk• and succeeded in stopping it
freight tram /lean Pampron. It took
a gang of navvies over twenty min-
utes to remove the slain. The way
had to be cleared with shovels,' ond
the wheele of the eegine cleaned be-
fore the train could proceed.
Greenlaw, In Bel'W1CliShlre,
Scot -
11111(1, hod its manse burgled by an
elephant the otlier day. A circus
visited the place and the nefarious
inimal was left for the night on the
green, Early in the morning after
the performance he cast off hiS
moorings and strolled .011 for a tour
on his own account. 'Eventually he
came to the manse, and set about to
burgle die He managed to squeeze
his way through 0 small entry which
led, to the back premises. On arriv-
ing at the 1100r01 the manse the sa-
gacious animal 'managed to open it.
As the entrance was too sntall, he
got over the diffieulty ,by shoving
down a part of the side wall, und he
effected an entrance Into tee kitchen
in the same way, by removing part
of the wail. After this he breakfast-
ed by helping himself to a loaf of
bread and other trifles. The noise
awakened the people who were in bed
upstairs. TheSe thought that burglars
were in the house, and so they shout-
ed for help. Finally, the, good-
humored burglar was induced by his
keeper to leave the preinises 'into
which he had broken.
RHINOCEROS TRAIN WliECRE'llS.
According to a Government, report
recently published, these unwieldly
animals often commit dacits of brig-
andage at the railway etations in
the East African Protectorate. Oc-
casionally they occuey a station, and
in their curiosity, ravage the ticket-
ofhce, sand steal tickets whichi cannot
be acconnted for afterwards when
the ,ollicials resume possession.
'The:obstinate and:less intelligent
rhinoceres,is a bold,:bad, Wreeker ,of
the Old .style, EEc lies in Wait for
the' train 'in some 'ilareow cutting,.
and there "holds 11 171)," .He :does
this ,bse the simple :plan of getting
Into thedteaek and charging the • ap-
proaching engines. .14e asually suc-
ceeds 113 derailing' the train, though
he perishes in doing, se. .
' Two swarms of heeS have 'been
guilty of atrociritis :conduct in delys,
ing•the .Govennment Of::Greal Britain
13oth.swar3ns are ,sets. of ',pirates.':The
one at Pointonancar Billiughorough,
England; • besieged and took poses-:
eion of the post -office letter box. The
postmaster had:an exciting time :ex-
tracthag the letters .with a pair of
tongs.. He gradually NV 0.1 drew t110131,
though .the insects .had to be shaken
ell 'the. letters. , • .
The other case is far Moraserious,
and ended in the 'postmaster -general
THEY CO FOR YOUR LU1s1.0&%.l.
Despite the fact that we are as
constantly hearing about the lungs,
there are thousands of persons who
cannot tell you exactly where they
tare, even if their lives depended on
it. Yet almost all animals, from the
naan-eating tiger to the house -cat,
know the position of the lungs to a
nicety. Watch the cat as it springs
on a bird and you will find where
the bird's lungs are situated. The
cat infallibly springs on the bacIld
just on what would, bb under the
shoulder of a man. Tf, thwarted in
its spring. or in any way preveuteil
from doing the thing 111 its proper
style. the cat will probably ma,ke
for the bird's' head or endeavor to
cripple it, but ,with a fair chance -et
will go for the lungs. The tiger,
too, does the same, and the lion 101-
10355 suit. We can recall cases 01
well-known travellers who ha,vo had
a shoulder torn by n. lion or tiger.
offering 'a reward fel` the chAttnio of Livingstone described how he belt in, -
the law -breaking scoundrels. They der the ordeal. These animals -us-
seized possession of the lotto box at ually crush right through the shou1-
Mullingar, and resisted 031 the plans der and get to the lungs.
of the post -office authorities to dis-
lodge them. 'The freebooters wonld
FRENCH PROVEIH3S•
lneottteiL.s13.,nawndanaybdoeadydloteok ii.eemsuolvieed. Re
- The first and worst of all frat
source was had to the rostmaster-
to cheat one's self.
General, who,, it was subsequently To be happy one must have notbe
announced, would reward with fifty ing
to iorget.
The slave is not she who is sold,
but she who gives herself.
A good intention makes but a short
ladder.
Bee freebooters have been very HaPPY is he who IS not obliged to
busy in England sIbis year A swarm sacrifice anyone to duty,
invaded the parish chnrch at 13icker, For n.11 misfortunes there are
in Lincolnshire, and turned out the reinedies—time and once.
Indifference is the heart sleeping.
The greatest, the strongest, above
all the, cleverest man is he who
knows how to wait.
,The Sorrow of -to -day makes the
happiness of to -morrow.
HERESY.
tis is
cents any person dislodging the bees;
'Phis tempting offer has produced "no
result. .
WASP LAMBeKILLERS.
WO
choir and clergy. Some. at Collis-
ton, have actually become murder -
The queen of a cast, of bees found
her way into the mouth of a plough,
horse and the workers immediately
followed her. Ultimately the found
their way down the throat of the 1111 -
fortunate animal and into its sto-
mach. The horse, consequently was
put, into ag,onizing pain, and ina.dly
rushed all over 1.110 fields until it
became exhausted and fell to the
ground. After several hours of
agony it succumbed,
Wasps also have committed crimes
as atrocious this autumn, A swarm
He—"elly idea about those girls ot
()tars is that they shoul(1 learn how
to earn their own living."
She—''0, Henry I That I shculd
live to hear you say such a thing 1
Why, don't you know that their
%%hole future depends trpOn how use-
less they can be made to became 9."..
.7ezi
e
‘10,'
'Von look charming.
011! you flatterer.
Positively 1 didn't recognize you,'