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The rain ;drtz led down outside
pit. Pat, epluteer,, splutter On the
leadezt reef, and Gordon Olathe
stared Up gloomily At the top part
of the offwe wiesiew which WAS net
frosted. and Vl ich CoMenanded
view of dull slcy and telegraph
wires,
Ile bit the top of his quill pen
lead looked down sgb=atn at the /ease
offpapers on n i
s desk,• Another Will
o copy ! He teas sick of wills' to
Copy , It Was his business Morn-
ing. noon and night, copying out
details of other people's fortunes ;
end
..s be p moats_ not Iii ety to have u
fortune bimeelf be detested every-
body who was.
This will. Corday, however, had an
rtnaasual interest, and the man at
the sled pact hint leant femme.
"Yw ve got old fl'olanson's will
to cola]'. hewn t oeve 2" be asked.
"Zip's dying, The governor Wan
these Nat night with ate. anti I
heard the doctear say that he
couldn't last more than at few
weck5. And he hasn't found his
daughter yet,"
Gordon Clarke looied carelessly
the will.
"Ile: S mad. isn't be ?" he asked.
The other laughed.
"IIe's been sharp enough to :snake
449,009 or so." he Said, "and 1
shouldn't Cell that being mad my -
Eel!. But .he
u isbi u
ft t queer, Toren
Sears ago ho quarrelled with hes
daughter and she rain away. Ile
Mere she should never come back,
and that she n ught rile before hued
look at ben again. and all the
years he hue kept his word. 'Ile has
lived : alone, never mentioned her
dame. and willed all his money to
charities.
his will, he's die azul bas altered,
ill, and is :ndvertieing and
ssarcbing for her evereovlhere, and
can't end her. That's Fate, mad
t;era;-es !alta; right. He only quarrelled
with ler beeeaus she w uited to
drew sTsuone. lie didn't approve of
wed NOW I sarpinort+ the poor tleiui;'s
etervirjg come wh4eret nav;er dreaming
that there le a fortune waiting for
her and her a children, a If Area lr a
any. But It will terve old dohn:"on
richt if he dicta without recing her,
Ile was creel."
Gordon bent to his work. He
eaartdnothing for Jolene:Ws daugh-
ter. file eared nothing for alrybocly
15 except liinuwaelf. and Joie face was let-
ter and ugly an leis Tien mewled
alowty the lIraat words on the parch- t
moot,
"This is the lana will and testa -
meat of soar. Abel Juhnron.•'
tithe pen swept ruuand the loops
gild donor fella, and down the thick
strohees, and then Suddenly the color
ieeft his face, and 'instead of writing
he tool; to reading the will that hay
before hint.
It w.ss a very frhort one, but , y
these w.0 something; in it that
startled him. It was a de: crilrtion
of Ahel Johus;on'n daughter, who ran
away twenty years ago to marry a
loan n^tmed Glenny.
Gordon. starred at the name. !es-
cheated -Weeny 1 11]w heart began
to throb and the blood run through(
his veins. 'l'he fortune ,aright be h
ntareer hint than he bad thought. Ile 1
might get it binr�-elf-•if be were
careful. 1:80,000 1 • l
],ie clutched the pen and stared at Ai
the pnrchment. Twenty .years ago lc
Abel Johnson -s daughter had roar- t
ried a roan named Robert Airdslip
Glenny. Airdslip was an uncommon t
name, and it was not likely that
there could be any mistake. Gor- t
don Clarke knew a roan named Aird -
slip 'Glenny, and his daughter, a girl
of eighteen, was called Minnie John- d
son Glenny.
Itis hand began to tremble. His h
heart throbbed heavily. 1;50,000 1 h
Ile stared up at the leaden b"�y 1
and tried to think. There surely
could be no doubt about it ? The 11
man be lmew--tbe man who was
starving with his daughter in the
garret above his own room -was the h
man who had married Ellen John-
son twenty years ago ! It must be!
It was impossible that there could t
be any mistake 1 a
Ire turned his (eyes away from the h
window, and went carefully through
the will, copying it closely, and allh
the thne with his brain thinking out
carefully how he could get hold of ' I
the £50,000.
When he put down his pen at last
it seemed to him that the fortune
was already his. Robert Glenny
was starving and proud. Abel
Johnson might advertise for years,
but he would not answer him. He
would rather beg_ than take a penny
from his dead. wife's father. It
would only be for Minnie's sake that
he would give way, and Minnie was
a delicate girl, suffering already
from want of good food.
Gordon rose from his stool with
his lips. set` tight. He had . a little
•money saved, and, only a few days.
ago, Glenny asked him to lend him.
some in order to'• pay a doctor's
bill for Minnie,". 'ho had been i11,
and to. get an evening' suit. Glenny
was: a `accomplislteci musician, and
an .evening engagement; had` depend-
ed upon the suit. He could not
take it unless he had one, but Gor,•
don had refused to lend even that
small amount.'
He set his teeth as he thought of
it. He would Tend it now ! He
A,. would lend it, and marry Minnie
and make his fortune'at a leap; !
But the money came, too late for
`Glenny, for when Gordon returned
home that night, he was met
by his landlady with the news that
he was ill in bed with brain fever,
and that the ~doctor had forbidden
his. removal.
""And he owes me £5 if it's a
penny," she cried, "and 'ow I'm
ever to get it I don't know."'
Carden put his umbrella in . the
stand ineelianieaIly. ` 'His thin 5•cl-
Smi
thli
a
d an uneasy recollection
that he had smiled in the same way
when he had seen a Anon he hated,
knocked down and run over in the
Street, She looked at hint uneortr-
fortably, and wished she hadn't
mentioned the bill,
"AU the sante, Mr. Glenny's a,
gentleman," she added, ""and his
poor little girl_._.-,-"
""You leave thein to fine." Gordon
said slowly, 'TU look after them.
Mow much did you say his bill
was -4 ? Pet on mine next week,
111rs. Smith. I"II see to it."
Mrs. Smith stored as he turned
rs
arae. y. and wished with A sudden
feeling e{
n width, hi
to h se could 0.1
u d not
r=
n de
stand that Dr, Seeley would corgi
in .and tell her what it meant. Oor-
n
do... Clarke was. a good lodger,. re-
gular in leis pa3'meats, steady and
respectable, but she had never 'eked
him. and now she liked ltiztt less
though the Cleave, poor things,
wonted ted
n friend CED. '
d
badlyenough.
nap la
Site stoo,cl for ft. znonacaat in the a
passage, She had never yet hnowa
Gordon( Clarke give away anything g
rznless t0 got heel: double wbat he
Pave, and now his offer to. pay the
Glennas' bill was beyond her comp
prehension altogether. It meant
Mischief of some kind, sive was posi-
tively sure of it.
Shp was stilt snore sure of it
y or two later, for. Clothe beea curious about t
"nnx°s, lIe sought them. now
h arcs. he had avoided them belts
for son a strange reason. 3,ti
o was uneeCountably nervous
him.
Mrs. Smith watched her sherpl
The pallor of her face and the
orf round
her r pr
es were
sot eau
ed en i ,
_ _t_r .1
At least, sol�?Mrs. Smith colleted
nod a. week later. when Air. (Ile.
Was lying still and unconsclous,
be waited for Dr. Seeley's rat -tat ail
an odd misgiving at heart. When
came at Iaat she flew to open t
door and faced bila breaathles:iy,
Dr. +Seeley was young; and etron
with a hind, keen face and grey e3 {
and he looped at her now with
good -Immoral twinkle to then(,
Sl►ej aalwa ee had a. string of woes t
relate to ;bim.
Ant: more tragedies, Mrs. S.auit
be Iasi sl
ar
€(3170
lie
aS
re
Ile still held her bands.
4'Ts it ,your father ?" he ask
and lie .saw the tears well up afros
but she did not reply.
"Tell me What is worrying you
he went on. Then suddexxly his hen
stopped beating, and his breath
seeizted to stop in his throat, for
ho knew is a moment that Minnie's
was the one face in the world for
hint. The hands that held hers
trembled a little. and then be
clutched theta tighter.
""Aflame." he cried, ""tell me, Let
me bele you. I want to help you.
Z' want to help you always. &ftnnio,.
I love you, book into tray eyes, dare
ling. I'in a. poor man, but you'
poor too, or pa
p ,
should neverkoro
speak, and I can only offer you.
poet" sort of home, but I lot
you. '1
17 give C you my whole life t
trying to wake you happy, darlin
if you can bring yourself to care
little ter me,'"
She
Zook
ed Up and the
plast h
ofI
sopor aE=t'el froAn her 'face.
"1 can't,"" she starrtaered.
can't -Iasi Eaight--1 lax'orA sedgy --35r,
Clarke-""
Dr. Seeley caught his breath.
""What ?" he cried,
""I protinised to marry bluer" said
Minnie, slowly. She did not add
that the had promised for her -
father's sakee efor the sale* of the
help and food *zed nonrishz ent Ger-
des had prongeed thein.
The Seeley looked at her long and
steadily, and then drew' his breath
again with an air of relief.
"You don't care for bine,,
ed,.
B. ,{
ted /4 i .. 1r
P MAID
OF ZE
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h .e e £
o a
�' Quaint Statue
t in
a
Town in Germany,
heart The anegent town of Lerbst' in
Germany is preparing to erect a new
column On Which to set one of its
two butter maidens. The butter
maidens are among the most re-
mar".able of the city's curiosities:
One of the figures is 440 years Q14
and the other, 650. An extremely Scene at Westminster
•ba'.
a �
X43
to
Pen Picture. of • a Brilliant
old legend espleens them in this
way
Many centuries ago no one could
buy butter inside of the town of
ro 'Lerbst because the city tax was so
to high that the peasants refused to
enter the gates. Consequently, g se uen
t , hQusc-
a
3
-e keepers had to Walk 3ttany miles to
a a plaice outside „the city called the
Butter Dam,
where the peasants d
e c a
i_.
p
. saz had
g' established a butter market. At
a last a countess took pity on the
red • women of Gerbst. She appealed to
h u ,
the tlaorites tbe t e tow n, but
" they declined to lower the tax. Fre-
e* ally', finding that all appeals were
in vain, the countess offered to pay
the city authorities a golden dollar
for every foot of distance by which
the butter market was moved nearer
to the city. Her fortune lasted just
sufficiently to pay at this rate for
moving the better market to the
spot in front of the Tows( hall,
where the butter maiden Stands Row,
According to this story the butter
maiden was placed there as.a tnerno-
r"sal of the worthy deed. One of the
ures is shown with a big round
part of butter in her band, Tho
other holds a, great bag of money.
An ancient tradition provides that
whenever the wooden eolurnn on
whichthe r
w r figure stands is o r
1
t be e-
c
la i,
placed a new one, the one figure
Y 4 f e
must not he removed until gthe
other ane is put up, so that the
town shall neva'be without a but-
ter maiden.
Ir. cried suddenly, i'I can see it in
of 'your face, and what I have to tell
you won't hurt you, but be prepared
y- for a shock. lie --he is married AI-
M ready. He doesn't know his wife is
us live. Ile ]taif killed
her r r
iia
re.
ye -are
Hines.J
, and
3
g to l he
left
her for dead. ad. bu
tI
ed• pulled. ber through, and she Is zny
Olen hawse -keeper uow. I tried to get her
toto prosecute him. but she would
not. She doesn't cars" so long as
it she can hide from bks. And nd--
Ire 'Minnie -look up.. -do you love me 2"
There way no mistaking the loot;
g. be ssnw in her face. and he caught
`s her in his Arms.
tr ""My little, girl," he said.
for When. Garden Clarhe value borne
o that night a surprise in the forte( of
�• Ile. Seeley':awaited hire. life Came
Smith a
Mrs. S'milb gave :a sigh.
'"tor% no, sir', no niece yet
it win seem lithely as there may,
worsen we real+on on, sir."
„c "
',oh ?
Ails. Snaith glanced furtively
the stair.% and edged away to la
Own 1'o01n.
"It's about *b'. ('Dazrlae. sir," sh
said. "'Il'e'a a good lodgel'°•t'egula
in his habits and all Haat, but h
do stern to be upsetting of Ali
itllnnte fa a tine state. She's nein
o lie 111 herset, or lily name's no
Martha."
Dr. Seeley's face lnolbesl grave.
"What has Clarice tel do 'wit
than 2 loo ask rd.
Mrs. Smith ;hesitated.
""Nothing, sir, but Alissa ldinul
Crud me -it's quite` private, sir, yo
anderctancl, hut seein' as you lino
something. of hint, and jumped whe
ou uu't faint in the �paseage th
other day. I thought I'd tell you."
Pr. Seeley looked at Mrs. htIti
frith' a slightly purled look. len
dads before he bad stumbled e
(Gordon ('larks in the passage, an
lie ]rail stented indeed, but be d1
not think Mrs. Smith haft seen,
"Well 2" .be said.
1'rs. .Smith, looked up hesitating -
y, and then plunged.
"Why tillss, sir," she said. "Ile's
ent 'em looney, sir. I never liked
r. Clarke, and • Eeoein' that you
now something of him, and seein'
hat lie's tormenting Miss Minnie
nearly to death, 1 thought I'd bet-
e)?
tell you. But he's worrying iter
that's what he is, sir, and I
bought you'd better know."
J r. Seeley's heart grew oddly
heavy under his thick coat. A sud-
en vision of a fair, pale face, with
-isle, tearful eyes, flashed up before
bn, and he sighed again. Yet what
ad lie to do with Mrs. Smith's
odgers ? Ile was only the doctor.
All the same his voice sounded :a
ttle thick in his own cars as he
spoke.
"What is ho worrying her about?"
e asked..
Mies. Smith shrugged her shoulders.
"Why, marriage, I believe, sir,
hough you'd never think it, seem'
s he's forty if he's a day, and
and -faced and nasty into the bar-
gain, and she's as fresh as a daisy
wen things are all right, and I
thought p'raps-p'raps you .might
e p her a bit, sir."
"I ?" Dr.. Seeley wondered if he
were flushing under his tan. He
wondered if Mrs. Smith were aware
of the sudden rush of blood to his
heart.
"I i Really, I don't know. I'D
l
see. It may be nothing -I may not
he able to interfere, and you know
you are always imagining things,
Mrs.. Smith. You're a true woman."
Mrs. Smith curtsied, not knowing
whether to accept' it as a compli-
ment or not, and Dr. Seeley went
upstairs.
He went .up slowly, with his . head
bent, with that curious vision of a
girlish 'face` still -before his eyes, and
opened Mr. .a Glenny's sitting -room
•
door.
•
"Ile 'opened it so "'suddenly that
Minnie, bent face downward in a
chair; ' had • not time'to spring - to
her feet. -
She faced him with tears running'
from ' her, eyes, with her ` handker-
chief crushed in herd hand, and;at-
tempted to rise.
For. a bare second he stood. Then
he closed the door quickly behind
him, and strode across the room;
Sometimes he tells her to this
day that he did not know what he
was doing -that he.. took' her hand
without knowing it, that the hoarse
words broke unconsciously from + his
lips, but she does not care.•
"Minnie -Minnie," he cried.' "What.
is the : matter ?"
Her lips tretiabled.
It is nothing -I -oh, Dr. Seeley.
•(lon't look.at me like, that.' I shall.
'be all richt in a inch"n. Pot "
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d d
ranee with a, decrial Beare in his
ticket, with the I,noerledge that
'►fr. Abel Jolie; on was at death's
cora and that the advertisements
nd brought no news of the missing
aughter, r e
. and now 11'
r, Seeley
waited
him orals the news that his
rat wife was alive 1
It was an ugly blow and for a
Gwent Dr. Seeley was half afraid
f Oordon'1r yellow face, But. after
it was no tise, and the savage
Alice that, fiasb ed up In his eyes
died away again into a hideous
axile.
"Alive is she 2" he asl:Ml. "It's
st like her -,post my luck that she
noetic( Como between me nand—"
Ile broke of , and Dr. Seeley rose
o his feet.
"Thank. Clod she has coma between
on," he said. "You would have!
ralcen 3111nn1e s Irene(,"
But that was not quite What Gene!
on lneaant, and Dr. Seeley did not
;Abe it until three weeks after -1
ards when he and Minnie were V 1
rout to ,starttsr their honeymoon
ith an invalid in tow. Then it was t
Innis who saw the dying Abel:
ohns:tn's advertisement to his
JUST BY gee
Vegetables That Lee Said to
e; Menlo
ths1tl1.
Olds who value se good cann-
pl{exion and cheerful spirits aro
edsiaed to eat plenty of spinach, It
contains salts of potassium. and
lion and other wholesome Ingre-
dients.
The ironin it is easily as-
siauit+atevl. (1 vegetable not gener-
ally made iuuClt of by housewives
bemuse it is among the less expen-
sive o l Inds Is
itr
Put In first e
p t lac.
by the food experts and deserves
more prominence in public esteem.
People troubled with poor memor-
ies are urged to eat mustard. The
seed of the mustard plant Is ere -
tilted with very quickening. livening
properties said to have direct in-
fluence on those brain cells that
have to do with forgetting and re-
membering.
Nervous folks ought to partake
often of cheese, which acts as a
sedative.. They should beware of
eating cheese in excess, however, as
It Is a tax on the digestion. Only
moderate consumption is efCaelous.
A too steady diet of potatoes in-
duces fatigue of both body and
mind.
Apples are now ]field to contain
ouch sustenance for the brain and
o have an exhilarating effect on
Ire spirits. Apples contain phos-
lelaorus and also ohmic acid, which is
most bene1lcial for people ander
Mental strain or who habitually do
work Which prohibits exercise, The
apple should not be munched be-
tween times, but taken as a com-
ponent part of the regular meals.
ong-lost daughter to come back,
and pointed It out to ber father.
Glenny hesitated, and then.
"Ile was a hard, cruel man," he
.said, "but, perhaps --as he is dying
it might do hintgood to see you -
his daughter's child. Perhaps we'd
better see what it means, Min."
And that was how, a little later,
Dr. .Seeley found to his surprise
that he had married a rich wife,-
Pearson's Weekly.
I'ROGItESS 031' ING'E\TION.
Successful experiments have been
made for obtaining alcohol and sug-
ar from pine and birch sawdust.
31'rencli cabinet makers have learn-
ed a way of preparing sawdust and
making it into articles of ornament
that resemble carved woorwork..
A Canadian inventor claims to
have invented a system of telephon-
ing between stations, utilizing the
railroad tracks instead of a line of
(vire for the transmission of mes-
sages.
The Automotor Journal, London,
describes a new traction engine call-
ed the "pedrail," which literally
walks upstairs with the stride and
surefootedness of an elephant and
hauls loads far in excess of those
the wheeled traction engine can
move,
One trouble with the pursuit of
happiness is that other people get'
in the way.
A PRACTICAL VIBW,
"As a new woman," he said, "I
suppose you will object to the wed-
ding-ring,as a symbol of man's
tyranny i"
"Of course I shall," she replied.
"tinder no circumstances would I
consent to wear such a thing. It is
not essential to a. marriage, and it
stands for all that is objectionable
in the marriage relation."
"And on the same theory," he
continued, "I suppose you will re-
fuse to wear an engagement -ring
alo ?"
"Well -no," she answered, slowly
and thoughtfully. "That's a very
different matter,"
"But theoretically it—"
"There is no use arguing," she in-
terrupted. "I don't care what it is
theoretically. Practically it is very
often a diamond, while the wedding -
ring is only plain gold, and that
makes all the difference in the
world."
Mrs. Fortey-"He was pleased to
say I held my age very well." Mrs.
Snappe-"Wity shouldn't you ?
Think of the years of practice you've
had."
LITERARY EFFORTS.
"Blamed -if ; a `school excuse ain't , a s hard to write as . a whole love -
ivy 4 Siam l'4 r, 49A
The London Times publishe
vivid word picture of the scene
the House se
of
Lords
when, Xing
Ward a cf opened Parliament in State
centiy,, frmn which the following
t
r
ac
isr
a e taken:
The Peers, as on former occasio
fxave up the greater part of t
House to their ladles, and limz
themselves to two of their fr
benc hs
{'
,end
x
s
the floor, wbeze,l in course oftithey themselves made alowin
tare, with an. g g p
exceedingly flatter
frame,on, two sides at least.
dazzling brilliance and beauty.
were all in their crimean vel
mantles, distinguishable as to th
rank in the peerage, therefore,
the number of ermine hal•
ra
d a -Throne -- the entrance having kith'
in erto been ntade on the western, side.
Tel -
t was
made known to eve~ty]zody,
that the State procession had :arriv-
ed. .A; moment more and the Pu-
suivants were passing the Throne,
ns, facing it, and bowing to the Say -
heir ereign� s place. The Heralds In their
ted wonderful tabards followed; then in
o , stately, hotel
y, but byno r
znea.is sieve, sue -
on on cession the officers of the House -
me, hold, the Lord High Chancellor, who
ice took his piece to the right of the
ing Throne (spectator's left). The King
of handed the Queen to the chair on
They his left; she, bowing. took her seat
vet with bun. Their robes were quickly
sir arranged, the King's by one well
by known to the House of Commons as
in ' Sergeant,at-Aries, but here acting in
in his capacity of Gentleman( Usher to
for the Robes; the Queen's by the
es, brightly Boated (scarlet and gold).
be- Pages of honer. The Queen's In -
se, dies -the Countess Dowager of lot-
el- ton (as the Lady of the Bed-chane,gen- ber), the Duebe<s of iluccleucb (the
ep- Mistress of the Robes), and the Ilon.
Cd Charlotte Knollys (the Woman of
eat the fled -chamber) -... take their places
as behind the Queen's chair of State.
rid
Mr. Fr. k •e
s fine retires
to h
e t right 1 t
t7
of
r- the Lord Claauree]lou=, the pages also
Bow- stand inside. The lord bearing. the
or- Cap of Maintenance on a wand (the
sed Marquis of Winchester) takes his
as- place on the steps of the Throne to
nc- the King's right; the Marquis of
Cor
nation bearing aloft the
al- Sword of State', takes his place on
e, the King's left, where with marvelous
of steadiness the sword is upheld for a
she
quarter of an hour. The Duke of
lc, llevnusbire, as Lard President, bear -
e3', ingthe glittering Imperial Crown on
0. a cushion, supported from his melt
tlao; by ribands, is next on the right and
s- somewhat in front of the peer with
l
d the
Capof tin
Maintenance, while the
we
• Earl Marsbal (Duey of Norfolk) with
re ,bis wand of office -is to the right at
a- the Duke. Tile Lord Creat Charn-
nly berlain is at His M s •'
net left. n
j e, and
ne
almost lam •
eotratel:v the I,orci Stew-
ard and all the other *tracers of the
household are ranged on or about
the Throne.
Sszny cases otherwise disguised
these robes that sero reserved
State occasions,.
closely arrayed. i. But the ws
y n four loltg rots;,.
hind: tbeui on each side of the bi.ou
had come out in their lightest c
ors. The darker tints were so
erelly avoided that the .few exc
(tonal dresses in waren color sere
only to emphasize the general elf
of ,1 g]itterie silver setting to
e
i torr
p G of the
1'ee • .
Peers in Crinis
on ar
white and gold, -. Thor were Pee
asses' mantles, too, with the p.
tiered ermine denoting rank, and c
octets whose littering pearls, rat
or not raised, on points, or stra
berry leaves, told also of dist' .
tions of rank, and there were Co
nation robes here and there, and
wia trains; but, the day being An
there was no close wrapping up
the brilliant costumes; so the sh
of the satin an4 brightness of sil
and richness of lace and embroide
and softness of swanedowzl and tell
and the sparkle of diamonds. and
glow of .a Sweet flower skilfully dr
posed where the poet swore he wou
never plant a thorn -- all these w.
well open to the gaze long befo
the moment mime en forgoer oec
:ions, they have been revealed a
in a wonderful fl
transformation nsfo
r
rrrat
the Sovereign'snon see
on
arrival.
FAIRYLAND ON i1IARTIT.
It was not only on the floor tb
the Peers found themselves delfghtin
in this beautiful setting. The lig
balcony. which, starting from t
canopy of the Throne at the sout
ern end of the House, turns at tl
angles and starts each side of tl
Chamber, was filled also with bri
liantly-costumed and bejeweled 1
dies, Most people know that th
balcony skirts the center of a tin
richly -carved, and lofty oak panel
ling, reaching from the floor to tl
stained stat glass windows. Above ti
balcony, in what appears to be 1I
solid oak panel, there is a sudde
opening observed from time to tins
and beauties enter as if they can
through the wall on a magic sun
mons from fairyland. The openin
closes hand they adorn the pane
Titus you might at ono moment du'.
ing the composition of this brilliaa
picture, see a great blank space o
oaken wall unfilled. and turn you
attention to another part;of th
canvas. When you turned again th
blank was filled from the faifylan
and nothing to show how the prett
change had happened. This is wha
can be done with the House of Lord
in the way of surprises. The bar
ons who got us Magna Charta til
up niches between the windows, an
have guardian angels to keep the
company; but these angels are, wit)
all their gilding, dark in compariso
with the bright .company that
Royal opening of the session bring
to them. The Kings and Queens
from the Conqueror onwards, look
ing down from •the stained glas
windows shut out, to tell the truth,
rather much of the light of heaven
from these scenes; but the electric
light which now takes the place of
the sun in darkened interiors is in-
creasingly turned . on from time to
time, and the old Kings and Queens,
who have had their day, are in their
turn thrown into obscurity. Their
successors and their modern nagean-
try are iil'uminated, and it is only
the emblems of their ancient Royal
houses on the deeply -panelled ceil-
ing, and whatever else of their time
has survived to serve a decorative
purpose in Parliament, that is al-
lowed to assist in the business of
the day. The• canopy of the gilded
Throne monopolizes, and pictur-
esquely, too, the greater part of the
southern balcony, but from between
the coronal pillars of that canopy
it could be seen that there also la-
dies were seated; and in the eastern
corner fittingly sat a visitor from
China, and due south, another from
an equatorial clime.
- THE ROYAL PARTY.
at • TRK PIGTt'BE COMI'LETB.
lit The picture is complete and su-
he perb. The lights have been turned
1- up. The peeresses who had not al-
ready done so have thrown back
re! their mantles, and all their bravery
1-• of attire andtheir jewels are flash-
a-' ing and sparkling like living things,
is. • But now their light -hued gowns
e, serve for the most striking contrast
of the day. 'rho (ween. when her
10 Royal robe is thrown aside. is re-
ro vealed in a black costume, and they
se' throw it into greater relief, if thatn were possible. But our Queen needs
e, no aid from surroundings. She
✓ could call sonibre, not only because
0 of the light tlmt ilasbed all about
e it from the jewels she wore and the
d Royal, tiara or coronet, but because
Y this Queen wore it, and, wearing it,
t seemed to answer to -day as much to
s the description of England's falr
- daughter front over the sea as she
did these forty years agone. Tbe
King gave plenty of -Liaise for all to
look at the Queen and to note his
1 own apparently vsgorous health.
11 There was, in fact, almost an °m-
a barrassing interval of waiting while
s General lliddulph was gone to fetch
the Conunoners, especially as during
all that time the company remained ,
s standing. The Diplomatic Corps,
takang it for granted that the cus-
tom of former years bad been fol-
lowed, or perhaps mistaking some
recognition of the King's for a com-
mand, sat down for a moment, but,
seeing the Prince of \Vales and other
members of the Royal Family still
standing, promptly rose again. The
company stood, in perfect silence,
and would, perhaps, have Welcomed
the old helter-skelter of a rush from
the Commoners. But they come in
decorum now. The Speaker was ac-
companied very quietly to the bar
by the Prime Minister, the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, Sir William
Harcourt, and others. The King
read his speech in the clearest tones,
dwellieg, perhaps, with a little, but
hardly perceptible, emphasis on the
satisfactory progress of events .'in
South Africa, and the great celebra-
tion at Delhi. The Queen appeared
to be the most interested listener as
she leaned slightly towards the King
and watched his progress as he turn-
ed the leaves of his speech. When it
was concluded a dignified Interval
passed after the Speaker had gone,
and then the procession, reforming, ,
went alinost as it came. The bril-
liant scene melted away, and the
session of 1903 was begun.
There were few incidents during
the waiting, only once an order of
ceremonial fell from the balcony
among the countesses, fortunately
without causing anything but good-
humored commotion. Al length ap-
peared the Prince of Wales and the
ether members of the Royal Family
who were expocted -- the Princess
Christian, Princess Henry of Batten -
berg, Princess Margaret of Con-
naught, and Prince Christian and
his daughter, Princess Victoria of
Schleswig-Holstein. The Prince took
his State chair to the right of the
Xing and Queen's State chairs on
the Throne. The others sat on
chairs -on the west side of the
House, arranged in line with the
front Opposition bench and not far
from the Queen's State chair. The
company, of course, receiVed them
standing, and sat down only when
the Prince was seated. He wore his
Duke's robes over hiS uniform. His
solitary position until the arrival.
of the State procession "was most
Presently by the stir Of the Gen-
tlemen -at -Arms and theoopening of
NEEDED THE MONEY.
Her Father-, I hope you realize
that in marrying my datighter you
marry a large -hearted, noble girl."
Her Suitor -"I do sir, and I hope
she inherits those noble qualities
from her father."
"I wish,". said the girl thought-
fully, "that thsy wouldn't use that .
expression `launched upon the sea
asked the young man anxiously.
"Well, you kriow what kind of time
I always have on a sea voyage."
"Well, Jones is certainly a patient
man with a temper hard to ruffle."
"Patient is no name for him. Why,
that man has been known to go out
with his wife to select wallpaper
and go through the ordeal without