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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.
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HI3ALTH
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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.
"They dosay that most meenisters
leave some one worse than them-
selves to fill the pulpit when , they
go away, but you never do that,
sir."
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