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CHAPTERX�.
Freak.11b IIA=collt had said to 3x
u
-
F>lf that he would go hack to tow1.x
upon the following
clay, believing
that to gu back to town would be
the wisest tilihig tllatt ltc could , do ;
rad yet, when the alert day tatme, it
foams hien stall at Woodlands. Per -
hope lie had not the courage to at-
tempt sa speedy,ersy and ect
t a
depax tore—to tee;e astep that t►ould
arouse a hlandred .q, estioes and eon=
,yeetures. "1 shall heel rather lite a
fool if 1 eon away," he oven said to
Jansen, - "If a men is aaway"a to take
to his heels Whenever" ho cones with-
in sight of teaulatsttion. he is likely
to bate- an aetive time of it."
leas he to pants another day with-
out. speaking to her ? He Mowed to
nivaself soddenly that he would 1sot
he would be careful ; be would per-
mit himself no repetition of the folly
of eienulay. -but be would go to the
house land call ou Mrs. Trelawney,
and --enjoys the delight at least, of
looking again at llorcat9. It -was
ate.trly threw o'clael: then. IIe should
:And betty at boom, he huew, for she
was at hoaue always ; but, as he all
propelled the house. he begins to vex
1►ia11as1.lf with fears of wis:leg Dort'as.
On as tree- day litre this site WAS mast
likely to lett out, he told h%mrelf ;
and so Indeed) it neared, for Lctty,
on she (' slum into the rooms, g;reetted
laim with au 4eselztuu tion of regret.
"(ih .' 1 ;Un $a sorry. but florets
has go)4!, to wed. the afternoon at a
Mrs. Gibson's." she paid.
'Vas 11I ? That is jw'1, any la CL
you sae" Fame answered. in a loaf'
of vexation. "1 have been tookiaa"
for her ;All lhve 411(1raaa ac;. Jolliare eine
xuietilt le reelitl4," t41 entitle"'
••eat, ; else s.hated a littler y,eeler-
doe lett she dial Cant care ,ebor 1 new
jag lues. agate tar 1 ray—in fart I
don't think she had anybody. to g40'
with." stens 1 ea ay na.aacweaitly.
n•caa:dt x Sd s rte . ocibl new gene
with le ! veiled the a.o,aa,g tnar
nigh a sa title'og itnp"ul' ", tai: l.ra.tleu-
tlr"1 r;e, calves iia tela 9;tstatet glow to
the ulnae.
•'I ant ;>t1rt ,.he tt-o'd." stain 1•atty, :
"lrn yon think rhe would go zwith'
Hie If 1 .e,atee for haat ttl.laurrls
"I `~laminal /gaol else vtuultl fibre
eery et:aeke3
"Theo; Mee, '1.';r' atvnee"- eget it's
"trill you 1 • her I will call for foe,'"
her ? At Mint hour eball 1 a°teae
At eleven .r'rtcad: ?"
"1 thins; eleven ta"cleet; would 110
tei;v nitol,v, Shm will enjoy it. I am
t,ure 4) nlnc•h." Bald .1.01v heel
tea dali..httd iu httm Seerse41 a Cleate
acre for her (Wilm,
YOU. It 1$ not likely we shouldd'o
Gentility it that.'" she said,
"What else der 6111. it vwhcn
you write ane such a hate an you did
�s.' last night ?"
Nobility of Soul + o! wrote trl,lit > dial hist nx.,ht he -1
cause"—with a little dole's--
ifir0Shnhaese44neeffirqiewt994-4-hre--# ,:s cause I thought, le would be a. relief
to yourAtura your
back own
e.
wanted to see, so he asked for be "What an opinion 1.o have of mei"
� 'l1.
t'i I3 ells
kthe 1 a: t 1• and thought, on had card
ben se •w__xt him n l z1. "11.h a
n le i . a
uunute after he hiid beep shown int stete" about:manumit since you were
y
,.
-I
e w' •o 'I r on ^
d 1 S to113 toSu
t r ra x o came 1. GSunday."
the ,t x nr h a e t
drawing
-room.b
",
there. ;at1e tepee rather quickly, i14 aI know what made you think
Weed way. Slee did riot think that that. You thought it beta mee I did
he head net come in spite of her let- not speak to you schen we were all
ter, but she thought that to bad skating, Yes. ;And that is how F,eo-
sonleltow felted to receive her letter, pie get misjudged 1" cried the young
..
a in"S
rna e burst. i di i n, If
a ur of n t o
a
you knew the truth, and what it
was that really kept erne . from cone
#ng to Voll,. -e" And then seuldeniy he
and she was annoyed, because now
a ct1 0
,
she ;saw she should hast to tell bine
in Words (which aro often so far
from easy to speak, especially when
arae
are not euro of your own desire '!broke off his sentence. with Ins face
to utter thein) 'what she had been on tire.
flattea•irig herself for the lust few ""You would have spoken to` me, I
hours that she had told hint salready ithink, if you bats not been with bliss
so very neatly and effectually en Wn,rblrrton," Dorcas said, very
Paper. quietly, after a monxeet or two's
silence.
"Dorcas, I am not ashamed of
you 1." the young u au cried. ,
could not leave Maud alone yes %e-
dany you know .f could not. But
what has that to do with it ?
Ashamed of you 1" be repeated bane
riedly. "Did it look much like be.
} "I crate els prevent you froth. tak-
ing
o -ing the trouble of coming," site said.
"And why did you root want mo
to come ?" he instantly demanded.
1 "I think you understand. though
you will not allow that you do,"
she said swally.
"Upon ray word. I do not I"
No ?'" ing ashamed of you to ask you to
*"No ---a thousand times over i" conic to -day and skate with um, he -
"Well, I only' mean this 1 I think fore them all ?"
'Abet something you have heard about• ""You did not ask .nie to do that
%I5 Since u day sorttetiaing you have' of your own will. It Was MAMMA
hearts about--rnanma"....trityl a. drop, who fftat. you to do it, lne told
its her voice and a sudden tonder• tine."
nese--"hast made you ashaaned-3 "You thought that I did not, and
t:Ann1 then to lump came Wet her that 1 do not, care to be with you?"
throat and she stopped, '31 thought, and I Walkstill,,•--I
"I don't quite understand yon," tuna then she raised her bead" and
he said. Ho felt intensely sorry for there rattle at little quiver In her
the girl, into chose face the color voice—"that youwould rather not
, had flushed hotly. Ile began to have otherpeople !mow -Wet you are
petit quietly and eagerly, "'I dont on intimate terms with :aaa,< of toe"
'mite undevitaand you, hut if you, "Ibueaas 1"' lie cried, ",'''an will
mean anything about your ntotleerhe simply 41ri to me with i6 .on go sera
marriage, ge, then you are Utterly", ere elleg we Thee this," be F{3141. "You
wrong ata what you tlainh for Ihave, rel how ratarin power you have to
a tsio'6ft 1h61 1.n/', and eta sou u' -e your power
P "Yeti imee •?" elm Laid. with quiet-e.l8(1 it is 44444 WWII/Ms."
s;ao1 int 1st• - "Welt, its not generous ? To fait
"Vest coracliui ^ I have." y ala what 1 nessea to 1.a, the Mali ?
6 cos• 1 lsMotto mast on Ea:k 1 thaz.l: It et her stater to be luneeit"
she answered. after a few momenta"' ela ea ht ll:ndcl;ta, "than t(1' eons
�loaia t' : '44014 !as that is en, 1 asst, that you do not understand,'
tva•4raag, in wheat 1 th(U Itt. At lea"A,' "If 1 told 'MAL whale truth to you
1 mean 1 ahs wrong in part. of it. • at this tnosut'it. sou would sea
ltitt
stili -1 love 1,c4•11 thinaltta;, wed whether °on had been uudersislnding
I
she it hag been a mistake"—and hitherto or not." "
ti erg Jar z ceif"e. ht14:4119 1.,r t rV1n1:1e 34:And then the blond :rang up
li t tri•"1 ; ee it bee lee" rasetaal:e ,into Faneen lraaremart's; Wee again.
"tai 1.;s t4• iaxa 1,0 n ",•,;t to eneeer aeon; and the words lie- did taut want, or'.
teaec in ;racy thing iil,e 1.110 vow wary at leant did not dare, to remelt.
in with 11 LP' slid when ;not wero here it;let so eery" close to his 1fpn that
Iteaf nave, 'We lrmr0 both children Int? btartell to hie fret, and went to
thou. awl our different poeitiftns did another part, of the room. and turn
ntlat nu;tt l>r, you know. Ilut now we, ed bin bee.'. upon her that, be might
�• z TXa 05not utter therm.
t�p uM a Was the girl fat reelf glad or :sorry
�!? when he left her ? "When will you
Ai �t t t�7 tra
1'ta hot xne. come again ?" be said to
1c s:at detect to the, dbema ber, as be was bidding her gond,
rent by tee improved reaer, by at the ball 41oor ; but she only
weals 14c ulcers, dors three- , shoole leer haad.
d.
Neves, ateth ere -;133 s le
throat and ?eereoai.aant(y cures
deliaad iloyFtaSafree. dsaAwCh
l tcdtalna. Co„ Toronto and Duralo.
••1 daresay 1 shall see. 11410 lust
water, ;About thir,i-but I'm bunged. it
1 core 1" he rano impetuously 10 l
himself, wit h host. reprehensible
reur..lA , sau;•s:., as he, walked rapidly
along the frott.-bound road to Wood -el
latncb . r
And lie was so unwisely; elated that,;
he ainnord laughed aloud WI be pic-
tured to himself the effect that would,
be produced at Woodlands tosnore
row wilco he should unnotmce his ilt-
teetion of forsaking the company of
his two fair friends there for thatt
of 1)oreue 'Yre1a1wney.
But, as it turned out, he was spar-
ed either the pain or thepleasure of
Making this anlla.uficelnmzt, for when
he canie down to breakfast nett
morning, he found upon hie plate on
the table a little note, bearing his:
name upon it, i13 at handwriting that
Ile did not know, hacked, but that,
-sone instinct, told bila in a moment
was Miss '1'reinwney's.
It had happened, unfortunately: fork
hill. on this special morning, that;
he MIS the last to enter the break-
fast soon). ; the rest of the lankly
were all assembled when he sat down
in his place, and every feminine eye
in the room (as he was guiltily
aware) was on hint either opcuit or
furtively, as lie took his letter up.
It was a very Short note, and it
was as cold as the winter morning.
"Defer Mr. Harcourt" --Dorcas had
Written--•'i<.la.lnnla. was iui:taken
when site thought that 1: should like
to skate to -morrow. As I have no
intention of skating again, please
do not trouble yourself to conte and
fetch. me." That was the whole ;
and she signed herself—'•'1'rlrip yonrs
1)arcas 'Trelawney.''
He tirade up' his mind without al-
most a moment's hesitation, that he
:would go and ask Dorcas for an ex-
planation of - her letter. Its tone.
had disturbed and puezled him, and
to go to her, and ask her what she
meant by, it, seemed the only., pa-
nelled andstraigh't'forward thing to
do. So, half perplexed and half
itngsl•3', he presented himself at eleven.
o'clock, in spite of Dorcas' injunc-
tion, at the T1•elawncy's door,
;it -was Dorcas alone whonl'he
A
Cainnot meet any longer as if tto
ware etlualy, 11.:hen Jai reality Axa are
not equals. 1 xxlean socially;," s'lae
said, with. it little teach of pride.
"We cannot bo friends when tiie pea-'
ple you live ttnnougSt look down.
noon Ane."
"Whitt have you to do with the
ls"eap10 I live amongst 7" he answer-
ed hotly. The color had cofno to his
faces Ids position was a painful
one. Ifo could neither deny what
she lead said, nos" assent 10 it ; for
how could he deny it When it was
So nearly true ? and how could be
us_seet to it when assent meant et, -
Partition from her ? "You may be
'Very certain that I do not care a
straw for what the Warburtons
think 1"
"Yes—but you care for what your
mother thinks," she said, i11 a low
And then the was confused for a
second or two, and she saw Ids con-
..
"Of course 1 care for what my
mother thinks," he answered hastily
after tIlat 2110111011t 11,17 .silence—"but
what has that to rio with your argu-
ment ? 'There is nobody—nobody in
the world---wlho would appreciate
you more than my mother—ii she
knew you."
It wits certainly hard for him that
be could not say to her, "My moth-
er is not like the Warburton. 1
have but to speak a word to her.,
and she will come to see you. He
had scarcely- ever in his life longed
to say anything more than the longed
to say this, and yet be could not
do it. .Alllie could do was to ask
her presently not to make' hila suf-
fer for the prejudices of other peo-
ple. "What they say T have nothing
to do with ; what they think 1 don't
care a straw for. But 1; care for you
and your mother, and if you are to
tern yoilr backs upon Me, Fil never
I I
Throughout all the rest of the clay,
elle could not keep from tidal/a,' of
him. She tried not to do it. and
yet, try as she would. Itis words and
lo0118 ants tones :came back to later.
"i\Tens T hard on lam—as he said?"
she began to ass: herself. "Ire Was
so good to me, and I think 1 never'
let hien See that I cared for hie+
goodness'. Perhaps he has gone away
believing that I meant to reproach
him—and I never meant to roproaeb
him. Would T not have gone with
him gladly to -day if I had only
thought of my own pleasure ? But
1 ict hien go away, niol never' told
hila that 1 cared—and now, perhaps,
bo will not conte back any; more—
and 110 will racier hnow—"
Whatwas it that he would never'
know ? The girl broke off her sen-'
tense there, and sat looking a little
sadly into the fire in silence, with
her hands cheeped on her knees.
(To Be Continued.)
4
ANIMALS AS ACTORS.
Clowns aud Tragedians Outside
the Human Family,
Most observers of animals know
well enough that -making pretend,"
as the children call it, is not 'a prac-
tice
raytice unshered outside the lnuuan
family. Dr. Zell, in a letter - to a
German publication — the Zeitgeist
—gives numerous instances of what
he calls "dreunatic art in animals.
Ile points out that the Greeks and
Romans were aware of this faculty,
cuid goes on to relate the followings
anecdote, told by Aelian:
"Ili Mauritania, on the north coast
of .Africa, the leopard never attacks
monkeys, directly, for he knows
'they will at once take flight into the
trees. Ile faids out where a pack
of apes are sitting in a tree, and
lies downunder it, stretching him-
self out as if be were dead. The
monkeys, catchthg sight of him,
watch for some time to see whether
he motes, ' and then, one by on
ith
rrorrr Skeleton of Skin: and Done Mrs.' Edwards: Was` Built to
.uia,
Strength '
Health and .rti'tn $i^d !� Dr. Chaseis i�etl"v
n i .. is O'!!O d.
Mrs. le, W. Edwards, 38 McMurray street, Brantford, Ont., describes her case as follows
-taros fife years 1 have suffered more than words can tell from; nervous headache, nervous dyspepsia, and
e;.1au:st;.ion. '.l'he pains in my head would at times • almost drive me crazy. 1 could not sleep nights, but
would tell: the floor in agony, ulitil l fell exhausted aaid unconscious, and me hesliaud would have to carr
ine l)<tcl.' ter -bed. Y
" Soinetliucs I could truce no food for four sats at a. 1;line, and experienced terrible gnawing sensationss in
the stonta,ch, : had taste in. the .1)106111, and coated toiigiie. 1 was pale, nervous, irritable, easily ex-
ha.usied, t';a'i veduced to a mere skeleton' of skin anis bone and xray hart would palpitate < s though
it was aiboot to stop•-beattin , My •reate1,1 SUI1+r't i,e pip e t se ra
t, .: 6 5 a, i ug c..5 c<au..z,d 1;•y ilae dreadful- pains u1 my hells, 'week,
'and back, and all this was in spite of the best epi"rts o three leading
"For
, ,a f 1 ce doctors of; the-... city..
Lor -the past nine xlonths'1have .1hs d D1..CL, .s 'w
Nerve Food, and for a considerable time X have not
experienced a headache,' 03' a11y of 11 e symptoms mentioned above. Tremr�,a meio shci'ctnratliS 1c-1ci
ne hale
built rale, up in flesh and theitiht, mites now T: am strong ahicl' w11
� e do my own laonse;tork, walk ata for 1.::o
hours;tvitheut feeling tired, and lgratitudeanitheroug•hly restore(' to health; Is it •atiY v:
wonder that orc" fail to ex-
press .. ; r
press my gratitude for this ferns close ?I You can use this testimonial for the benefit fi . i y i1 , •f�
e e t of cl-cr su
ferers,"
1t,; would be 'iut possible ice believe to produce stronger i
1 p t gel: ,eridclrce to prove the wonderful power of Jz .
Chase's: Nerve hood as a system -builder, It contains the L
ely es..ealce of the snort potent t•e••tozalities, of
;rad is cert.; n to b of ben ft to -•ou.'
nature, a • e c y.. 50 cents a botiG boxes- for .2.50 all dealers, ,' ,:.-
bon, 'dates 61;, Co., Toronto; 1S, ol,_1dn1<an
At e ae
•
tareat ba►sinese enter3'rises of our
day and gene.atiou hate some re
gats for the beautiful,Itcen. up•o
,daebaSi Ces plot hose aneye fo3}.
the attraction which - art artistic,
tasty warehouse ; and appointwents
have for the buying;public. In the
shatter of Advertising. as well as in
Advertising.
he architecture
te• a n in-
ternal
and C7F n na __i and 7
ternal fittings of successful business
houses to -day, ibis aesthetic note is
very apparent. During the last five
rears many fine business establish -
Meats bare been openea in Toronto
Kith all the conveniences in ware,/
housing and appointments that roo-
o Y and taste caincco
r
andThese
>s11e:1did model buildings are still
being erected, and to -day the present
pur readers with a picture of the
latest prominent business lnom9e,
Width has attracted the attention of .
be thousands of people who pat*,
1rp and down Forage street every;
clay. 'Tielarge, new shvstorey nada
A
CO' `PA!
Ceylon teas and also believed that if ; tonded the business througho.tt
Ceylon tea Wass ;:re"crated to tea."?•e°ew k aglard States and it can
d1•In'h031, in a manner that would eft- be
h.4134
_that S ;iedh ;
ff as
5t1ara i0o3f6CtOhoet.e14iSh0144r)4 d 1.rt34r1,etelT
i4f$a4loswnRsi:n iethhh,xtiouren✓ai1nal?fenw
Tho
t itiC9,
twcrtlld eo;1n rhi+e the aadultelaited,Agencies have also recently bean oil-
teas of 1,'bilsa from. the market. `A'he `tined fs1 ?fear York. Il clt t. r Cl r
r a 0$e
1 • , R`
old-fashioeed•housev, Set#slied to log
It d..
llt1 isnort �ani
to t
o,
411104.
alora in otdfas1.io1ed
sneered at the innovation, but lifter t a e 1.s ncities.
l•
Year or two e084u1e.:.it'd to rAv.o - UP to tI e weer I'i **a:3 Gey 1 en pro-,
4iie the merits of the Salado. tea, y+dt'ced 1 otla3nr, but its deticioue. W .e14'
E
and the favor that it received it 11e ,, t,SaS, but slime then it has been.
hands of the public, 'Fie besietss-, g1oring; the /:oast excellent green:
grew, until the Salado- Tea Cne31l:a18', teas tiett, the world. Itee hitherto ea -
had
t1 take lar e pre. m.ga,,Jazrd Such wonderful progr, r, hasi
a
Front street east. A ,year or tvaohbePn made withtl1*:se as 1.1.4t the:
passed nand their lack of st'ace ob-;Salida GolnInertY b,acieve that theX,
liged there to absorb part of the ars- will entirely (llsp1"ee Ja '.L3 este
,ioining warehouse. Time pa s ed, the greens, just os itherr blaic,n tea h4
business grew and the firm purclxan. eel ` alit placed alt 6`initaat lalaack teat in
the Warell,ggsse, at Yosge 4zeet, ° Cnnatla• Tsaa3 dritatsrr oaf Jrpar era
which then consisted of a fivatstoreye has otnlr to taste these 1% as oncra
building. In three years tllais edi4 res, in order to he convinced of their sw-
beeenee toe >s li and leeeeesitaitet nlaerxor merit. treelike Ja0F is teas,,,
j
then
basement sandstone building le
occupied by the Salado. Tea, Come!
pany, nem. the corner of Yonge anti ;
Front streets, opposite the Board of
'!'rade building, The building is eery
attractive 131 appearance, and is in
truth the largest. most modern and.
*host complete tea, warehouse on the
continent. The Toronto home rah
Salads has a frontage of 40 feet and
a depth of 21:3 feet, and is a mag-:
niflceut building in every respect, an
adornment to the business section.
The history of the Salads tea hu<i
*1es0 10 a. striking example of up-to-
date, alert enterpriew. The business
originated in 1892 in a very small
way on Wellington street, and was
commenced to introduce the teas pro-
duced in the island of Ceylon. At
that time the tea wants of Canada
were entirely supplied from China
and Japan, The head of the Salado.
firm, Mr. P. C. Larkin, quickly re-
cognized the healthful qualities of
the erection of the present fine ware,', the Ceylon teas are entirely witha!
]muse, which is a eredit to the firm' out artificial coloring.
and to the city. 'I he enterprise shown by the Sae
In the meantime, the extension of alada. Tea Company is not only bene -i
the busing in Quebec and the Mar -}ficial to themselves and to tanredal
ilium Provinces necessitated the 4p -I generally, but by bringing the mere,
ening of branch warehouses. Tho its of the product of one colony Ani
first branch office was opened 411; the attention of the consumer in an-
Montreal, under the management. of ,' other colony is doing much to weld
Mr. George Mann, Salado. met with. the olupire together, for the Ceylon,
so muck favor in the Lower Pro-> ten planter is flesh, blood and bone,
~ince that the beant•h there soon; one of ourselves and the n3rrchtnti
needed the commodious premises';
which It nota' occupies, oh the earner
of St. reedlike and St. Paul streets.
A bratle& was also opened in I3uf-
and later a branch was estab
lished in Pittsburg, then one in De-
fakettro#t. under the supervision of Mr.
Charles Sutherland of Hamilton.
Subsequently, Mr. James McGuaue,
of Toronto, who I1as been one of the
backbones of Saluda, since it. was
established, lett this city to found a
branch in Boston. ITe Itis 8;2160 (IX -
nom.
or a nalluia0tur4er who brings about al,
close connection between different:
parts of the empire is ,perhaps more
useful than the average politician.
It is also worthy of comment that
the Saluda Tea Co. is making Canada
the distributing centre for the vast
quantity of tea imported from Cey-
lon
eylon every year. ('.nada is the only
coi,bry in the world to which tea'
is adntitted free of duty, and the Can-]
a4lan public etre able to :tauy their tea.
cheaper and better on that account,t
with many alarms and returns to
their tree of safety, gradually gath-
er around the body, smell at it,
touch it, and finally begin to gam-
bol about it. The leopard waits
patiently, scarcely breathing till tiro
apes become quite confident, and
then suddenly springing up, is able
to kill or mortally wound several
before they have recovered from their'
astonishment."
The writer then describes the man-
euvers of two wolves, who set out
to kill a watch dog. One wolf went
to .the entrance of the courtyard,
and as, soon as the feitlhful dog
rushed at him, galloped away.
dog in hats zeal; ;Tussled after- hint to.
considerable distanrace. l
csn
'tulle
the second coli •hack cut off
his retreat the first wolf, stopple,,''
inhis flight, tul;neel round, and be-
tween there they soon 1419(1e lnil1ee-
meat of the unfortunate dog. .,1n 'a
1611ily tcitil which 1)r. Zell wee ac -
(painted, .there
c-
(33uitted,.there was a favorite-, carr
very intelligent clog; tT.is uhaster,
was a very !Nod -natured man, whose
wife sometimes had to use means to
prevent his beim 'imposed on. 1)r.
Zell went • often to dilate' with hila.,
and regularly observed the follow-
ing 'proceedings: As long as the
mistress of the 1011se 'was in ' the
rooks the dog 11)37 still in his corner,
never atteuspiing to move 33ut, as
soon :as sate left the roods on sone
doe esbie (.11•and, the dog at once
J1(111,r.ai up;, ' and. ran to the table,.
ba , .,r of his 'master with groat
Success. - No sooner olid he hear- the
retureii g; footsteps of his mistress
tllal.0 ltc rail 1>acl:to his thee, end.
pretended that he 'had fleece nutveci.
This era'i:t iS fairly cm1uuoli, in
dotes, and we l.:clieve the allow could
easily be -m itched. in 111.e experience
of :many of our readers:
ITAD TO STAY.
An English nobleman whose enter-
tainments are noticeably dull is nev-
ertheless himself a man. of rn.ucII dry
hunior.
One evening he was leaning against
a wall for a. fete moments' refresh-
ment, and surveying the throng of
guests gatl'ed aihis w'ti
ding with hea. speelhl.1ae gaze, ifes ttihend-
a voluble - young man stepped tip to
shim.
"Pretty slow, isn't it?" volunteer-
ed the lively stranger. "I Wonder if
the parties Lord and Lady — give
are never any livelier than - this.
"Never," returned the unrecogniz-
ed b ort, promptly.
l.hen 1� slail al.e
"„ 1hl
Sliy bow stats"
take myself off at once," said tale
young man.
"Lucky fellow, said Loi(1 --- ,
with a. ��hirnsica,l x111110 "1 411 oblige
ed to stayi„
Something in his tone enlightened.
the young man; who tutee i Crimson
and began to stammer apologies. But
his .' host waived, a.11 such attempts,
and held out this hand to his unwise
guest.
'I%eu can go with a clear Con-
science,'' said he, pleasantly; 'nor
6
you've riven me the only a111111se-
spent I've had this evening."
A FEW POINTS,
Hush money proves that silence is
golden. - -
Too much pride is nothing to 1}e
prolid of.
A 111au's lass lick is often due to
Itis' had habits.
A donation pa1•ty-1110 fellow who
is -out for the dough.
A''whistling 6 �>ir1 soliletinles de-
'4etops into a crozving 11011.
AT HONE IN THE XITC'N"n:N.
Queen .A.lexandra Is a Splendid
Housewife.
Viewed from a human standpoint—
Just now a. paptillU' one from which
to contemplate royalty --Queen Alex-
andra is the peer of any lady 314
England in. housewifery. For her
proficiency she has to thank her ex-
cellent n1ot11er, the late Queen Louise
of tenu ial•k, and the exigencies - 03'
her childhood life, which was the re-
verse of luiourious.
'There were were not many servants et
the Gule Palace, says the author of
a recent "l.ife of Queens Alexandra,
and the young Danish princesses
Were required. to dust their own.
looms :led make them.5ei es gen-
erally useful ahont the 11Utt5e and at
meal -times, A eientlemaii who one
day was • 1Ilt heed to partake of the
informal fainily:..lenchcolh at 111e
palace recalls that the isuuily .huller
dish. chtinee(1 to needreplenishing•,.
and the Princess Louise, instead of
summoning a servant, turned to her
elder daughter, and said :
"Alexandra, will you fetch some
more butter
And the future Queen. of England:
departed willingly and gracefully on
the homely errand, to the larder. '
During ;t visit paid by her in 1.888
with the Crown Prince and :I'rineess
of Deninark, ` the Princess of 'Wales,
after inspecting eveay part of the,
Home for: Scandinavian : Sailors, said
to 1313 ?+3elin, the superintendent
Would liketo see the kitchen.'
•t n e '- and tile cook
:I t was d1. 1 e1 Lilne o
was frying fish.
"T caa1: cook'i]s11,',' wild the 'prin-
cess "let 100- show you if 1'' c•al,n-
not•" She went to the coteeint
range, • 1111.1 deftly tttruetl the i h 111
the pan till it had tae efl the recials
ite brown,