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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-8-13, Page 666O1d House" Or, Dulcie's Confession CRAMER I. Tlio June, sun . blazed overhead, yet in the wood where Primrose and Dn1e Car- wardive were eewttad the air was delleieue- ly cool, and the leaves of the trees afford- ed u eat, verdant screen. rlverything Mas. calm ,,rid peaceful do tho eye. 'The words which tett from the easy live of Miss Del - Me, however,.wer'e Anything but xeetful. "le le eimu•1y abominable!" ,sic said, with considerable sheat "Abominable that now we ere of ago ae have to live like men - Pere, -while our father squanders on books and cnriceities the anoaeY that belonged to OUT Mather, nud 11711kb, should be ours by eight! It is more than abominable, rt is iniquitous!" The meeker quivered with indignation. "Dulcie!" pxo'teeted the other girl, "Please do not go over the old greuud there'sagain, ere's as dear! I have agreed wrtdx Yon hundreds, of times that we are rather badly treated. It Is oerteinly very aggxa- treating to know that the money wlnoh ought to have been ours, and -vhieh would, , have enabled us to enjoy ouzuelves gas other girls ere is being thrown merle, whilst we have, literally, to go without teethes." The speaker gazed sadly et an " tea{t matched shoe which protruded from be- neath the hem of a cotton dress, once blue. but from wldieh .all aennblence to any collar wghatever had been waehed.� u1 to wee silent for A, few minutes, n n spoke mora deliberately. "I call father a thief," she said. vide,: sister be- ing shocked at uchau fidairemark• "Why?" wee her placid inC e1ree "Why? Because I a,m certain he only married our mother because lie knew else would, be a rich 'woman some day, and then when she died. a few years aftea:ain- heeting our grandfather's money, vd when we were too young to know m i thing about •it, he got it de into ,his own hands and told everyone that our another had left it all—every penny—to Meal" "Perhaps she did," said Pr,murese.. 'I don't believe at!' "But ourmetther s Wd 11 "He made her sign it, of course," Dulete declaredspar sly. "You know . she was afraid of him. i shall never believe she meant him to leave everything.rind us, her chaldreu, of whom she was so fond, no - thine." " Dulcie." said Primrose quietly, "what is the use of recalling all 'this? You know we have agreed that there is nothing for us to do but to grin and bear it." "I awn not going to do either any long- er," said Dudoie: "Dear me! What is your alternative? "To get out of it," was the energetic re- Pei eree;e looked at her sister with leeches 'increased interest; she was -peed to Dulcie's outbursts, and although: 'they invaxiably ended in words, yet they caused. some slight diversion at the time. "How. my dear?" she asked. "I mean to marry the man who is com- ing to Old House: was the reply. "The idea °metered to me the other day when our dear farther said. 'In future you are, not to go into the 'hoods or fields belong- ing to Old House, for the Chancery suit in connection with them was settlled some monthsago, and the owner is shortly com- ing to take possession. You -will keep to oar own grounds in future.' " Dulcie mimicked the harsh voice of her father with great success. and her sister laughed enemas,. when .Z '"Bo:" continued the and ale, heard the owner was a man, and what is vastly more important, a bachelor, I made up my mind to marry him." "It is indeed a brirl:Iient idea," said Primrose unmoved, "but I do not quite see how you are gonna to make a man who does not know you, maa'ry you." "Oh, be will soon 'know ane!" was the confident reply. "I mean to sit in these woods from morning till night. lee will come along some day and find me, and then I shall apologize sweetly for tres- nassing, and.. of course, he will beg me to same whenever I like; and that is how it will begin. The end will be elicevere of rice and a wreath of orange blossoms:" " 'First eateh your fish, " murmured Paimlrase. If the sisters had not been so engroesed in their conversation. they might have heard a faint, masculine chuckle, coming amnereptly from the thick undergrowth behind them. "Oh. I ehall catch him all right if onily I can meet him!" averred Dnloie. "What is the matter with me? Any man ought to be only too glad to have the honor of marrying me." She tossed her meets head; and if she was really vain, she had ample excuse. Both the Carwardine girls possessed youth and beauty. Tails. diem an:Edens, straight as young larches, their email beads were crowned with miassee of bright fele hair. which waved and misled most charmingly. Delicate regular features, and large eyes set beneath very distineely marked eyebrows made them more than ordinarily pretty. ' Dalcie's eyes were blue as forget -me -nets; thcse of Primrose were gray. Slender and ,fair, the girls were surprislTPle alike to strangers. Primrose. who was the elder by a year, mid had just passed her twenty-second birthday. considered it necessary, on ac- count of her seniority. to offer a rebuke. "Little merle should wait till they are asked." she eeed. "1 ehabl " replied Dulcie, "But I don't intetsd to wait a moment dongem than is absolutely neaessaa'y.' Again.!41 the Misses Carwardine had not been so deeply occupied with their own affairs, they might have heard peculiar sounds eowin" from the direction of the nmdergr'owth. "It is like thele," Dulcie went on grave- ly. "17uleee one of us marries, there ie n0 eecape for either of us. and I am cure nothing creed he more pitiful than our Present state." "Humph!" said Primrese doubtfully. "A husband might be worse ' than father.' "Imnossble! Anyhow, I mean to marry Arthur Belturbet if hes as ugly es sin and as wicked ae—you know whom." "Sow w on earth did you find out his name?" asked Primrose inn astonishment. "I asked James the gardener, and he showed me a eiece of an old newspaper he had been treasuring, which said tbat Mr Arthur Belturbet would shortly take up residence at Old house. ,lames has hopes of being engaged by the new owner it seams, as he considers he is underpaid bore;" "James is .an ungrateful old man! Ile does practicalble nothing, and is paid ten shillings a week and has a cottage to live in. Besides, I awn quite certain no one who wants a pardoner, would take ,Tames,' "Oh, bother Jaaneel" retorted Diddle. "Wha.t is a pardoner's ingratitude cofn- nau'ed with my marriage to Maus BelY:ou Pat remember," said Primrose enorlog^etically, "that I have known James froaeye0i`e, andd_, only trhie minute heard of Attfiur Beltuin e You will !hear more about hien before lona, Raid Dulcie retie, because 1 in. teed to marry hian. 1?'rianrose llaughed, r wide you duck in the task von have sant eozireelf," the s -.!d, "but don't ask me to hada, you, that's all. "I hoe* to be able to a>nanege it entire- le unaided," "feumnoee he e11a11ld prefer mo to you?", i'I elmen't `vino him time to," was Due to ggested Pramamee° efe a reels. And as we made eo much alike. It Weever; that if he admires you, he will ,desu a me also. Didn't somebody ` or other say that any. woman could get any Paan she liked If ehe only took erre/web ttreelale?" In any oatse, it 'wall add a zest to life this avm mer, said Primrose, 'than rh' Added, with a eehange of tine: "1t fs time for les to eo. Durkee, If yeti are late for ten flier( will bus the uenel fuse, Com fele s":sirs: Wt' her feet, and 7)ule.ir, die el:twe unx). They shook out theirtumxbled skirts, and lido by fide sauntered down an nlineet obliteratedpath through the wood, It had been so long uutrodden ex - cope by the eie3.ters, that they'iiad to push aside the eueroaelting bushes ms theY walked, Their retreating form were eioseey eerutinized by e pair of keen epes, belong ing to the seen whose ehnekles had came from the ehloket behind the old, oak tree againet ichielx the mieses Carwardine had rested as they talked. Ween they were out of eight and their voices r10 ,longer. audible, he emerged from the undergrowth tufo which Iso lead been. limed by the faint trace of a path, and sauntered up to the old oak tree. If I could have seen their eases!" he murmured, "I might have been able to. gages wheel of the two is bent on marry- ing me, As their .appearance front the back tend tho sound of thole voices. axe ,prioisa- ly the 'sante, it will' be rtatther diffemit. Steil, life wile Have an uddstiouat net for me too. this summer!w 11e lit his nine, which had one out be- fore he found liiineelf ewvesdropping, and which he had not dared to relight for fear of being ddsoovered. Then he seated himeo!lf at the foot of the oak tees ' and stoked peacefully. "Isieteners certainly never hear stay g sod of th eaneelvos," he srilflonrtxsed, "}Jut I will be hanged if I en'peetedto hear tine - thing as alarming as 'this! Here I am, Arthur Belturbet, lately •ti brieflees barri- ster, wham careful mothers have. I know, labelled 'extremely ineligible' on ,account of my lack of worldly goods, suede/11y and unexnpeetediy became ,Partieudarly well off. At the very motnent when I atm congratulating anysaaf that now 1 Shall be able to enjoy elle to, its utben:ease, and go where I like anddo what I like, 1' find. that:. any fate le ab-eedy seated. A eatiy,: apparently young, for I swear by her voice thate•ehe is under twenty-five, and certainly of a resolute and daring dispoei- tion—has marked me down as her prey," He scnitled, continuing to smoke content- edly, "1 ~suppose," he resumed, "that when I heard ioiees 1 ought immediately to have burst thio ugh ' the trees and announced myself, ox else: stopped my singers in me ear's: as it happened, however, when T heard a voice .gay: 'I intend Quarrying the man who is caning to Old House,' I felt it mg duty to myself to remain at all baz- arde, and hear snore of the plot. The dif- flcnity -wall be to find oat which of the two means to have me. I•t requires to be care- fully thought out. Now, didn't she say she was going to come here every day and then 'apologize sweetly for trespass ins*, whereupon I, of course, would beg her to oome -whenever she liked. and it would end in orange-bioeeoms and showers of rice-" The young man chuokled with touch delight. 'Now I have you, any dear Young lady. As Goon as you apologize sweetly. - I ;shall know you. Airtime, my boy. this hooks as if it would be rather amusing! I 'wonder who the minx is, by the -ray. 2 dare say I can soon find out. Stalstead is not 50 thickly populated that two young ladies are so remarkab'Ly alike, and who possess an irascible father, should be unknown to any .household." Re continued to smoke for some time, then rose and stretched himself. He was a tall man without an ounce of ,suuerflu- ous flesh, broad -shouldered, but with n sisalib stoop. Evidently he was devoid of personal vanity, for his clothes -were any-, thing but new or becoming. His clear, pale complexion showed that lie had not led an out -cif -door life. Bis: thein; clean - shaver face was certainly not handsome,• yet those who liked Arthur Belturbet found much that was agreeable in it. The eyes -were dark and deep set, the eyebrowe strongly marked. the mouth large and. the. chin firm. The had excellent teeth, which were reanarkably good, even and white, f sad his smrdiie was particularly pleasant. "Yes, et will be very interesting," he ad- ded. ':and I feel anxious to meet my fate. I think. however, it will do her good to wait a little while. An affair of this kind should not be hurried." Steil smiling, he turned to walk in the direction of 014 Howe. of which he was now the sole and undisputed Possessor. It took him nearly a quarter of an hour to reach hie destination, as the path through the tittle wood wound in and out but at length he came to a flow stone well and a gate swinging on rusty fringes. If this .place had been ownerless- much longer it would have .fallen to nieces!" ex- olaimied the young man. "There is harely a nate 'that bee decent binges, and certain- ly not ins that well fasten •properly. I will get the work of renovation started, and then—IIeigbo. for any travels!" Re walked quickly towards the house and 'azed at it with affection. It was a nosset sfon of which any man might have been proud. A. Tong, two -storied house, with. many .gables, covered with ivy to its chimney tops, it was set on the very high e;rt point of the land. and aueroached on foot be a series of terraces ,and old atone atpps, whilst a darriaae drive of nearly hallf a nide circled the terraces. Arthur Beltrurbet steed sell for a few moments looking at it. A place like this certainly need's a Mis- tress." he is-tress:"-ire said whimsically. "but as I go with the house, I mean to have a voice in the selection of one. So, perhaps, my dear young lady, things ,may not turn out pre- cisely es you anticipate. However, I arm extremely grateful to you, -For—you have nut me on my -guard." CHAPTER; II, True to ber word, Dulcie Carwardine sat. or rambled. dater—weather nermitting —in Belturbet's woods, sometimes by her- self. but more often accomrianied by her sister. For three weeks; :however,her per- reeveranee 'went unrewarded; the owner of old Rouse remaned unencountered. "Why doesn't the -wretch make it into hie head to visit and explore this part of the property?" she demanded irritably one metre afternoon. I'm euro if I had not the nattience of a saint I ;should have giv- en him no week's ago!" "Don't scowl about it!" said Primrose, laughing. 'lie mxight some upon us un- awarce. and sou don't look a bit nice When you frown." Dulcie smoothed her pretty forehead. I wish he would hurry up," she replied disooneolately. I am tired of waiting She paused as the sound of a man's whistle came faintly to their eare, and sat upright, her cheeks crimsoning with ex- citement, It ie hes" ahs whispered. "Ob, I wish we were nota here! I feel so dreadfal'ly nervous—I know I' shall .never be able to amologize properly. Primrose, you must do it. and say how sorry we are for tres- passing, 1 can't—I'm shaking all over with fright." "Ankle!" paid Primrose reproaohfull,y, "It is too ball of yeti to bring lie into a eeraaud like this, and leave me to do the didagreeable wnrk of wriggling out," The wbislie cablenear r. 0h•fm , flee Prro I'"' 'tfitteatod ,Dulcie, "Just thle once! 1 vow I will never ask you to do anything for me .again. Look at me --look! I ria aottxallY trembling vItill fright!„ Pii=eoreele clear gray eyes looked un- svnlnatheticmlly a•t her ,sister. It is your guilty conscience;" she safe, "1 sem as cool no one of old Jaames's cusum. berg. Bo =pull yourself together and for. ret alt the non'enso you have, talked. Dulciegiggled fedble. "1 can't. :she said. "'Besfdoe, 1 am deathly earnest. Ilore he is/ i.rthur Belturbet's tall figure ramp in eight.Bothgirls sat motlonlese until ha ,vacs within sa few va,rde of them; Dulcie with giowing cheeks and ntedeetly down- et eyes, Primrose. apparently unrnffied, but dietinctly conscious of a fast -beating heartheart. ?rhowaited e. few tuaments, hairing that , would enoak, but chat bluslting Young neteeP was too agitatezi,'to do any- 'hing but keep her epee fixod firmly en i;olturbet'rs boola, eo Prinooee' raised bar .vel and gnoka apologeticaily in a emit, clear. voice. "T am afraid eve ere trcepasefng," errs aid, k i 41, a io ai ak. Met ee lie rt iis'd his cap gee. 'thought: 'So you are, the 4e- eiginine, Settee l'" • I t • nk perhaps you are," he re,ielle.d, like,' ""And. leoPe You Well de so ark often as, you You axe very kind," said Drauaa ase, "Old Rouse 'leas been unoccupied raw do Tong. that we have grown into the beet of coming into the 'woods without reattz* M teat we ,lied no eight , to.' `Please don't heel.tate to come here whenever you wielie a•eseonded ,Beleurbet, pleasantly. "Nemo use the woods ;art,AG you •have dente before Do nee let the fact. of my existence make any clittelence." Duleee, having soutewilxat recovered, .look- ed at him wits •ineeeent, blue eyes. "It ie oxeeedinely Bind of xolt'.' she near - allured. "Wo do leve• the, woods, but--are-- Ye1a sure you don't. mind our „< lung° hese?'" 1 shell be only 'too happy if you 'W crane AS often as you please. Belturbet lvae looking •at both the girls `1vit;r ramie - thine seespiciouedy ldlce e twinkle in= hie e1ee. "May I introduce znyso11--1 AM Ar-; thus Belturbet." ° "And we are Dulcie and Primrose •Car hard ne . explained l'rienrcee. "Rahe Misses Carwacedino ofBlue` boats? asked Belturbet. "Yee." a•eplied Dulcie gaily, "Is it . not an idiotic name, far a, house? "It is an uncommon, one," lie admitted. Then, as the treauassers were both young and Pretty, and ,although—nor perhape be- eauseeles knew et 'the plot mgr inet hian, he added: •I wonder, as 1 sura stranger: in the land, if I might sit down and, yogi would tell me 141ho My neighbors are, and something about everything' generally?" Re at on. the ground at a little dietanco from the rower. ladies in a peeitiezlfrom ethical lie could see teem '.botii. 'llba mtian- sen roses In Duulele's cheeks bad fadedto m faint blush, end no man' could help no- ticing tiro delicate einem of the two sis- tea's. It struck Belturbet im'mediatsiy, Yet. " ria thought, "Miss Gray Eyes: liae, en exceedingly keen inetinat for plunder! Faugh! Is there such a thing as a (Baan; terested uereon to be found I wonder?" ' Nevertheless, be made 'liimeelf very agreeable, and listened attentively to the desoription of his neighbore. " _4nd we are Nobodies," concluded. D1ul ale. We go nowhere, baoaueo'•no one asks us—we are without the pale : of Stalstead' society. We axe poor and shabby and im- pertinent to our elder's, end wee not ' .be patronized: so Primarosa and I are, cora' signed to •oblivion." "You do not sound as if eon- minded' teucih. remarked Belturbet. "We don't," was the prompt reply. "Oniy' it is a'atiteer dull at times. Even a garden. nasty at the vicarage is better than no- thing." :When my house is in order. will you I comae to a garden-parte* if I give one?' he asked, "Yee, thank you," 'replied Duleie prommtpt- ly. "But do not ask our father if. you 'want us to come,' Then, as Belturbet looked a little surprised, she explained; "If von send a 'formal invitation for Mr. and the Ifisses Casrwardine, i,t will be.are fused, but if you ask us in a -friendly way.; as you bare just done, Primrose and I , will come." (To be aonl inued)- PHILIP SNOWDEN, M.P. Soeialist M.P. Is An, Implacable Fighter for the Cause. Philip Snowden, M.P. for Black- burn, England, who has been spend-' ing' a few days in Toronto with his clever wife, is one of the -heroes and leaders of the Socialist movement in Britain. His election in Black- burn seven years ago was the first big election win for the Socialists, Mr, Snowden, now in his fiftieth year, is an apostle of revolutioin rather than reform. He has the ie putation of being such• a• thorougli Socialist that he w=ould willingly go to the stake for the cause, .Snowden cares nothing' for himself, his per- sonal success and political rewards. He is a zealot. Lloyd George's Liberalism is no more pleasing .to him than. the Conservatism of Bon- ar Law and Austen Chamberlain, Lloyd George aims to reform abuses and readjust a deranged system of social life. Snowden wants revolu- • - Mr. ,Philip -Snowden, jif..P. tion --bloodless, but nevertheless radical and absolute, Efforts to reform society, he deems, were hurtful trifling; he would cut under e fabricsociety the wh le of so sty as it is and send it tottering into collapse. Liberalism be regards as more dangerous to his cause than Con- servatism—the latter holds out no hope of a change and in a sense just- ifies revolt, but Liberalism, with its forms, lessens the strength of So- cialisin and kills its nerve. Like In .Accuser. Snowden is numbered with the Labor members, but he is not of them. They are too yielding for him. His voice is shrill, and as he speaks in the blouse of Commons he points a long lean finger, aeeuserr like, at the man he attacking, and hat lean is frequently Lloyd. gorge; Mrs. Snowden is an .ardent suff- ragist—but not a militant, She does not agree with the Pankhurst methods, but she speaks sympath- etically of the militants and defines theirs as being more sinned against by the Government than sinning, Mrs, Snowden is a clever little woman, with a voice as clear as a belland a pronounced turn for.log- ical argument and sarcasm, P'oron- tonians will remember that sbe spoke in Massey Hall some years ago just after Mrs. Pankhurst had been here, She has the saving Bouch of humor that keeps her audience in good spirits, and when she spoke here, one of her most pronounced hits was a burlesue of Austen Cham- berlain. This is how she told it: "Adjusting his eyeglass and e suiting his his notes he began,. '`Ladles and gentlemen --- oh (that's Parliamentary)—I do not be- lieve in votes for women. I-€ih— do not believe in vote's for --ah-- women. Men--rah—are men, Men Are men. And•- ah• --women are women, Nature made them—ah' different. An Act of Parliament cannot make them--ah--the same. "In the face of this astonishing piece of information howcould they go -on?" ended Mrs. Snowden amid ironical `cheers "and laughter. Satire on l'Lrs. "Ward. Her satire' on the attitude of Mrs, Humphrey Ward, the noted novel- ist, toward the suffrage moven:mut was also very funny. She said that Mrs. Ward was not in favor of votes for women, and then folding her hands and turning her eyes down- ward she said in prayerful tones "for which we may be truly grate- ful. Amen." • She had no patience with any specimen of arrested development. "Havelock Ellis has described the womanly woman as a: cross between an angel and an idiot," says Mrs. Snowden. "Mr, Ellis knew what he was writing about. It is the anti- suffragist that would make women coarse; never permitting her to for- get her sex,". "If the suffrage movement means one thing more than another, it uv Mrs. Philip Snowden. means less of sex and more of hu- manity. That does not mean any defection from the sacredness of motherhood—her noblest work:" t"The average noblewoman looks. for home, desires a home, but it does not follow that the woman who never goes beyond her own four walls will make the best wife and mother, SWINDLERS ON OCEAN LINERS. Detectives Keep Close Watch on All Suspicious Characters. The discovery of five gamblers aboard the Lusitania on her latest westbound trip reminded a. 'detective, of an experience he had this summer. A woman travelling second 'class on one of the English lines had ` played poker with four men during the pas- sage and; loaned money to one of them. In port the borrower com- plained that the woman had robbed him, and it became the duty of the de- tective to take the woman, an Ameri crit, into -the smokingroom of the second-class and lock the door and search her. He found on her a roll of $2,300. "Where did this come from? asked the sleuth. "You look like a nice .fellow and I'll tell you," said the :woman.- "It's the proceeds of a robbery, and the man who's kicking was in on it and got his share. Twice 'he;;tried to rob me of my , share. He's a gambler, a parasite and a- thief." "The, crooked gamblers, are travel- ling ravelling second-class now. That's: where the rich pickings are. The, first-class is panned out. Among -the second-class are suckers who have saved their earnings for the gamblers. The pros- perous' farmers from the West are very wise in their own conceit- In. fact, they're easy marks." The crooked gamblers cross and re- cross so frequTently that the women adventurers„ known as "white slaves of the Atlantic," know them. These women are known to the detectives,. but to few of their fellow passengers. On the Lusitania's last trip extra warnings : were displayed. The lines now have a warning printed' in red ink, which is hung up as soon as a gambler is discovered., Sometimes when the smoking -room, steward. goes ,to' breakfast the gambler tears down this red card. When the steward re- turns he hangs up another. Some times, but not often, a eateward be- comes too friendly, with the pirates; then he's transferred and occasionally given a reduced rating. It is now the custom of steamships as soon as a professional gambler is discovered aboard to send a wireless. to the detectives; ashore on each side of the ocean informing them of the fact, so that he may be spotted as soon as he goes ashore. The detec- tives meet and check up together on the gamblers. Each gambler has a "foundation" name, generally his real Pante, and by this 1e is known to the detectives. One gambler has been going out, on one. of the German4ines and return- ing regularly from Liverpool on a big British line. The White Star line, according to the detectives, as Soon as a gambler is spotted displays a red sign reading; "We have aboard this ship' a gambler and swindler." \ o, Adolphus, not all the gush. ing letters are written with it fount ain pen. ".M Why take chances by asking for "A Dollar's Worth of Sugar ?' Buy REDPATH in; Original Packages and you'll be sue of full weight —I highest quality — absolute purity. CANADA SUGAR REFINING Co., LIMITED, MQNTREAL Peefieeeletelitelbeefegireseee-exierreeeezeeeek, HI3ALTH 0 Exercise. If you are to be in perfect health the blood stream must course freely through your body; When it fails to do so for any reason, you have "poor circulation," 'a condition that shows itself in many unpleas- ant ways—cold hands and feet, chil- blains, headaches, low spirits, .bad; temper, and a general sense of dis- comfort and inefficiency. Many young people, and especi- ally many girls, suffer from this condition. Girls as a rule take less active physical exercise than boys of the sameage, and there isno- thing like hard physical play or work to improve a • stagnant c'rcu- lation. But some people are not strong enough to undertake much active exercise; their cases must be dealt with in a different way. A frail and delicategirl in tennis and basket ball or gymnasium work will do well to try massage -until she gains stre'ggth enough •for -other ex- ercise. As she feels her strengthin- creasing," she should let exercise I gradually take the place of massage is as a ssubstititefor muscular act- ivity' when that - is ' impossible or unwise, it is not nearly= so efficaci- ous; for healthy persons as actual exercise. If 'massage seems to cost more than the pa;ti'rat can afford, remem- ber that some member of your fam- ily can often learn• in afew lessons, how to give -very successful massage Remember, however, that when you use massage, in order to keep up a, good blood supply to an injured. part -ofthe°body, such as a sprain- ed ankle or a strained muscle; it is very important to find out just what movements should be made, or you may do harm instead of good. For persons in good health there is ` nothing like the cold morning bath, followed by vigorous rubbing with a rough towel, to keep the cir- culation in good order. But that is too harsh for frail people, and they will be wiser to temper the bath, and trust to the rough towel, to bring the blood to the surface of the body. Even if you must some times omit the bath, do not omit. the "rubdown." --Youth's Compan•• ion, Cure of Sleeplessness In mild cases of insomnia, change of scene, a seavoyage, moderate exercisein the openair, tempor- ary withdrawal from the ordinary activities of life are, each and all: of them, minor measures not to be neglected. It must also be_ remem- bered that in those who sleep light- ly, trivia discomforts xray be enough to produce sleepless nights. Cold feet, an unwise evening meal, an absorbing game, a heated dis- cussion, a is-cussion,.a postponed hour of retire- ment. and a hundred other small departures from. the accustomed routine may be responsible for a bad night. It is quite remarkable how this is exemplified in .the coin - mon experience of a sleepless night on Sunday, when the usual "activi- ties of the week are interrupted by comparative freedom from care, more than the usual amount -of re- pose, and frequently also more than the allowance of food and drink. Massage, especially when practiced ;thoroughly and rapidly over the ab- domen, a hot bath, a mustard foot bath, a wet=•pack appliedto the • trunk of the body, a hot drink for- tified by alcohol are all homely measures which, by provoking a temporary anaemia of the brain, are conducive to the acquisition .of refreshing sleep. Many forms of electricity have also been requisi- tioned with varying degrees of suc- cess,—Dr. Guthrie Rankine. His Answer. 4 Scotch minister had been away on a vacation, and on his return asked the sexton how all had gone in his absence. "Very well, in- deed,"' was the cheering response. 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