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tise"
Or, Doulcie's confession
herself, having eseaped from lehilipInVe
CHA.PTElt. er.—(Coutieued).
The following day was" fate, and in th0 tiahA agiew l)ee,:rrtatelarV7li'ltt.a4le
t•ei
efterneen Dultele anti lerimreee went o , e
-vette ttassery.. ttiat d, not knew
the woods as uetral. Priteraee diet lot what would happen to ber whenPrianyose
Id
want to go. but as Dulcie eat
o bY herself if her iter wottlel not me
eamearter her. Primrose gave way. They
Wain met Beitarbet and the ,Herrietts.
Beyond the eenventional geeet•ing,. Hr
e
lett took ne notice of Delete, end esl-
though that yoUna, lareon'e
hart, she did riot ehow it, but tallted gaily
to Belturbet. and told him that lier father
had said that they were net to eeeek to
him or bis friends.
"But we steal, anlese you geve um up,"
she 6itid. "Onlly 1 thought I land better
tell you, in case father should follow wit
And make a eeene."
She laughed, but, Belturbet lookea
etteSs•
"Never mind," elle added, "I don't sup-
. pose ae will take the trouble. Anyhow,
let ue make the beet of this glorious
afternoon.
eleriett talked toPrimrose, .whillet Du.I--
cie kept Belturbet at her sloe, aid al-
though his eyee sometitnee strayed to
Primroee, he let, bimetal be a-raused and
beguiled by pretty, blue-eyed •laugbing
Dulcie, who he eould see wee too inno-
cent and childish to have formed any
ma•trimenial plats.
So the game -went on. Ileriott, Arm in
his resolve to beve nothing to do with
Dulcie until he apoeogized, and Dulcie
axed In her determination to lure Bele
turbet into a propoeal, which would, for
one thing, ellow Jim Heriett that she
could do extremely 'well wethout hisn, and
for another enable her to leave her fa-
thec'e roof. Whatever Priraroee felt she
concealed it.
Philtre:la write:hett both sisterurious-
ly. but she coned not make up her mind.
whether Duleie -was •onlye =rent flirt,
or had "designs' on serthur Belturbet.
Rae contented herself -with breaking up
their tetaa-tete whenever possible.
This continued fee' a week, asnd nothing
happened to dieturb the long, delightful
afternoons in the woods. Mr. Cerwa.rdine
did net inquire how thee daughtere event
their time; he oeldom spoke to them at
all now. Re had, as he thought, taken
stepe that would snake them regret their
defiance of Ids -wishes).
One afternoon a big, old-fashioned cor.
and shere weleft •Itione.
"Bet Mr. Camessreiee ie not g*.c. Into
,dia yet," esid :Arthur Beiturbet, some -
'what astonished.
Tooter Crewe does think •be will
live long," teak. Duleie, her 'blue eyee ftll
tug with teases, wbile she fumblea for a
ha a dkerchief.
"Detemeryt" urged 13elturbet, haetily.
"ael—cemata help it," tested lautele, tee-
ing eare not to diefigure her pretty face.
"I tan eo dreteaully unhappy—life is so
eold te
and had."
She had read this east phrase ecexte-
where, and thought it e2unded pathetic,
"Not for you, I'm sure, replied Beater -
bet, alarmed and, embaraseed. 'You are
made for happiness and smiles, Don't
cry, "levees good girl!" „
But Dade only appeared to oar the
mshw
ore, and as e as eitting ole Bel-
tarbet on a rough 'eat in the woods,' he
gently put hie arm about her shoulders,
and her pretty- golden head drooped nu-
turally on to Ilia shoalder. •
"I am so vevery mieerable," the 'wleie-
Pored.
'But you must not be,'' he said. with
gentile reproof in hie veice, tainking it
-was not at all an unpleasant taek to
comfort a pretty girl.
"I 'cannot help it."
The shameless girl actually sobbed.
"But why are your he asked, ^Slt is
quite probable that your f,ather will re-
eover. Doctors often snake mistakes!"
e"It is not only b-beeause of—t my fa-
ther," she quavered, her heart 'beating
rapidly.
"Witat is it then?"
" Belturbet, looked kirldity into the flush-
ed little face. Dulcie spoke no weeds she
raised lier hea& and her blue eyes shot
a. glance into hte he".colad not mistake—
that tem hid her face ea his shoulder, A
thrill paosed through the sympathetic
man.. ,This pretty. innoeent ,girl loved
"Duleie," be eaid, eoftly„ "dear Eclat)
Dalcie I My dear little Duleiel"
He kissed Duloie trembled With ex-
citement. She had won after all.
"Oh, Arthur," she breathe& "do you
really are for me?
riage and pair drove up to Blue Poste , "Should I kiss you if I didn't?" 'he ask
and an elderay lady, accompanied by s ed wita n laugh,' and being a man he
gentleman in clerical dreers, alightedand kissed her. again. ,
inquired if Mr. Carwardine or the Missee ''Don't let us teili any one yet," said
Carwardine 'were at home. They were Dulcie.
tartly ieformed by Martha that no one "What is thereto tenr be' asked quiz
-
was at home. The cards left were torn ziciely.
up by the hard -featured old woman, who "That—that we are engaged," ' replied
epoke no "word about the collers and the Dulcie sweetly. "
sisters.
Belturbet' experienced 4. distinct shock;
One evening, when Dulcie and grimacee he became suddenly cold and desmaYed.
were seated in a little room upstairs, It was hie own fault! He should not
where they often did their sewing 111 pre-
rerence to either tbe dining -room or
drawing -room, the door was thrown open
by their father.
"Who has dared to. touch my books?"
he cried in a towering rage. "Four are
missing from the top shelf, of—of great
value!'
Tie glared furieuely ea•ch girl.
-"I bave not touched your books, fa-
ther," said Primrose, pale and frightened.
"Nor I," declared Duloie.
For ten minutes the angry man storm-
ed at them, and once Printroee thought
he was going to strike her. At length he
-went dewnstaire, and they heard inni go
into the study and bang the door.
"Wouldn't it be awful if he found out
the truth," said Dulcie. expect he
would turn me out of -doors. However, I
don't think I should mind if he did."
She was rather alarmed, but by no
means subdued.
Primrose wats silent. She knew what
her sister was thinking, aid her heart
sank. Dulcie intended to marry Arthur
Belturbet. In spite of her faaate, the girl
coned be so sweet and winsome that it
would require a very unimpressionable
man to withstand her—and Belturbet did
not appear anxions to do sot He seemed
pleased that she should be so ready to
walk with and talk to aim, and if Prim-
rose wondered why be occasionally look-
ed at her with an expression in hie eyee
that elle could not understand, she did
not allow herself to speculate on the
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tion, etate fairs, associatioas and
oftentimes individuals directly or
indirectly benefited, offer
prizes to encoueage breeders to
spend their time, energy and means
in fitting their animals for shovss.
Exhibitors, however, are usually
beriefited most by tale ax.t and skill
which they develop in selecting and
feeding their animals and from the
publicity they derive ,from shOwing
thcoa. To be able to show superior
auimals is the best kind of adver-
tisiog a stockman eau employ. Such
advertising via more to be ,sought
alter than the prize m0003, Offe,red
as premiums. On the other head,
poorly selected and fitted animals
detract from the educational feat-
ures .of the show ring, misrepresent
and injure the breed represented,
give the owner a poor reputation tee
a breeder and 'discourage, rather
than encourage, onlookers in sel-
.,
ecting and rearieg better live stock,
Too much emphasis cannot be
placed, the,refore, upon carefully
selecting and fitting animals which
are to serve for show purposes.
Well fitted animals exhibited in
the show ring, e,specially fat breed-
\ ing animals of meat producing
types, are frequently condenaneclby
farmers and breeders W.h0 have
never fitted and shoWed live stock.
It is true that one e'en justly criti-
cize the high condition in which
such animals appear if one does not
understand.that the owner lits fit-
ted them siniply to show to the pub-
lic the possibilities of animals of
sach selection and breeding: The
ShOW ring is not intended to "edu-
cate the stockman to have his ani-
mals in show yard: conclition at all
times, but rather to educate and in
spire him to seleet animals of su-
perior breeding and of such individ-
uality that he oan make them at-
tain the size, conformation, quality,
and condition most desirable' when
the time conies to market them.
Though the extremely fat animal
. .
is in poor condition to breed most
succeasfullya in that condition it
demonstrates the possibility of off-
spring which it or similarly bred
animal:a may produee when in pro-
per breeding condition. The fat
steer, wether barrow, is a safer
means of demonstrating such quali-
ties than is the breeding animal,
but there can be no objection if the
owner chooses to fit and show ,sonie
of his breeding herd or Rock at his
Own risk to promote the inter-ests
of the breed and advertise his
work as a stockman. While be may
be criticized for overfeeding, many
stockmen may be critieized for un-
derfeeding and failing to bring out
the full development of their ani-
mals. No .serious objection can be
offered ti show yard ,aninials When
people understand the object of
showing and know better than to
invest their time and'money in en-
deavoring to imitate show yard
standaadis of condition in maintain.-
iflnogekth. e pra•ctioal,breeding herd or
threw out his ohest, and assuming a
When sheep have been once high-
ly fitted and shown they cannot be
kept in that -condition, but rnuet be
reduced in fleSh. 'This must be done
most carefully, or the sheep may be
seriously injured, or even killed.
However, if the owner is a careful
feeder, he does not sa,crifice as many
of his animals ba show .fitting as
many believe, beeause he under-
stands reducing their .flesh, as -well
as put/Eking it on. Redacing show
sheep in flesh is accomplished chief-
ly by elating down their feed very
gradually and being „sure that they
obtain an abundance of outdoor ex-
ercise.
The , standard of exoellenoe,
which governs awards made in the
show aing, demands the highest de-
gree of perfection it is possible to
obtain. The exhibitors must breed
and care for all a,nimals in a man-
ner to bring out all the inerit and
the possibilities they, possess, the
same as the horseman breedS and.
trains his horae to develop all the
speed possible in order to go a mile
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Iler First Hair -Up StudiosPartrait : Princess Mary, the Groan -Up.
Princess Mary. it is, courie, unnecessary to remind our readers,
is the only daughter .0f ouir.. King and Queen. She was born on April -
25, 1897. Her full names are Victor,ia, Alexandra Alice bilary.
he seem to you to,hehave like a man -who
—who le in lave?' .. •
eeeme a pecueiar affaix, anyhow."
"Oan't say he dose," replied Tina "It
In fact, the moreate thought,of it the
more • peeuliar it eepearesa. Certainey
Arthur Belturbet did aot in ,any. particu-
lar falai the popular idea "Of vent
newly -engaged manesbOuld he. lie eel -
dean, spoke of hie, beide-elect, or their fu-
ture plans, arid when Philippa hed asked
him when he was going 'babe mareled, be
had reelied that Mr. Oarwardin.e's health
was too precarious for, anything to be
decided. -
"They say he cannot live very much.
longer," Philippa had remarked, with an
unplleasant smile, 'tee no doubt Old
have kissed the girl if he did not intend 119ue5 wxil have 'a mistress by this time
to marry her.. That, was 'What he always next'
said of other men! And she IN'3,3 a dear,
pretty little thiag, gay and 'good-temper-
ed. What, more could a amh want? For
a moment a pair of grayeeyee seemea to
pare before him. •
"Perhape he will be almost as pleased
fee her sister to marry me tae if it had
been herself," le reflected. • -
"I think we -will only tell a few people,"
he said aloud. "Heriott and his eieter,
and your eister, now; waiting until Mr.
Carwardine is better before we announce
it publicly."
Dulcie nodded.
"Yes, that es What. I should. eikee-just
to tell your friends, and mine," ehe
agreed, and the slipped an arm 'within
hie. The 'world seems quite different
now, Arthur," she added, with a tender
ineeetion on the lest -word.
"Does it, dear?" he answered rather ab-
sently. "So it doss to me!"
"Everything was dark before; now it is
light," said Dulcie.
She chattered gaily until he left her at
the gates of Blue Poste, after a kiss that
was not excessively lover -like.
'Be isn't very much in love with me,"
the girl said, feeling piqued in spite of
her emcees. "But 1 will make him jeal-
ous—by means of Jira—and then we shall
see."
She smiled as she entered the house and
ran -upstairs. Primrose was in the little
sewing -room, pale and tired.
"Oh, Prim!" she cried. "Congratulate
me!"
Her taster looked at her with startled
eyes, but eat very etell.
,
"What, do you mean?" she aisked.
"I am engaged. to Arthur Belturbet!"
was the triumphant reply. .
"Engaged to Arthur Belturbet?" re-
peated Primrose dully.
"Yes, 'dem There! I told you I should
marry him!"
"I hope you will be very happy." said
Primrcee, but try as he might she
could infuse no enthusiasm into her
voice.
"You don't eeem very pleaeed," corn -
planed Dulcie. turbet wee -wanted at once. As he eeeme
"Deare,st, 1 am delighted," said prem. ed in a, bit of a fix between love and duty,
aB it were I offered to come and lay the
matter before you. and in case you migbt
cry because Belturbet was not here. I
brought a clean pockethendkeroblef."
As he spoke he held out a handkerchief.
"Do not be silly!" said Dulcie, her oyes)
sparkling. for it eeaely seemed as if she
-were going to enjoy herself after all.
-Do not mind crying in front of me,"
invited lierietts
reason. -
The eisters talked in whispers uutill it
was time for there to go to bed. The
great dimly -lighted house was silent ex-
cept for the ticking of the old grand-
father's clock in the' hall. Primrose shiv-
ered as she folded. up her needlework.
Suddenly there were emends of a comma
tion downetaha.
"Miss Primrose!" called. 'Martha. "Mies
Primroeel Come at once! YOUT father is
ill."
Both girls flew downstairs!, and found
Martha, in the study, trying to raise Mr.
Carwardine to the sofa. Re lay on the
floor unconecioes and breathing heavily.
"What is it?' asked Primrose, while
Dulcie stood terror -struck and helplees.
"Apoplexy, or a fit of some sort," re-
plied the oed -woman, with a fierce look
at the girls. "You have been upsetting
him again with your goings on! This is
the rezult!"
Ey.
Primrose looked at the -woman etead-
"Martha," she ested with quiet dignity,
"you forget yourself. Help roe to get my
father on the couch, and eend the .girl at
once for Doctor Crewe."
"Send for the doctor youreelf," was tlae
rude retort. "'I'll look to the master."
Primrose, feeling it was no time for ar-
gument, daspettebed the little servant for
the doctor. Doctor Crewe came prompt-
ly, to announce that Mr. Carwardine wae
sufferingfrom a severe a,poplectie stroke,
from whieh it was probable that he would
recover. Ile regained conecieueness the
next day, but 'was partly paralyzed,
"Chained here like a log," he muttered
thickly to the doctor, who seothea him
and euggeeted a nurse.
But John Carwardine -would not Eaten
to this.
"Martha can look after me," he said
repeatedly, and Mattha, her cunning eyes
shining at the power she would now poa
sees, professed perfect willingness to d0
10.
The household was, therefore, reorganiz-
ed. Martha spent meet of her time at-
tending to the invalid. Active as she was,
yet age was beginning to tail on her, and
after giving her master Ws mid-day meal,
she rested in her bedroom untie stem -time.
Primrose then took her place. Dnicie had
visited her father once, but he had or-
dered her out of the violin.
"gad it not. been for yeti," he rautteFed,
'/ should not be lying helpless here.'
Fealcie, for mice in her life, held her
tongue!, and went out Of the room silent-
ly. Afterwerde she protected hotly to
Primrose of the inductios Of her father's
"aerate:
"alt was not what I did," she Paid, but
own =governable temper that TniDde
)1ini
"Don't some in hie reran, dear," Prim.
rose only reelied, sully. "Go into the
wesela the eammer will (mart be gone."
"But ft Wag nOt. WVfault father had a
flt, was it?" pereistod Delete.
'Of eouree nota, answered Prinirnse, but
0(11140 (illicitly, -It Vas a pity, though,
that, you ever touebed those booker
Dulele took her Sister's advice and
weight the woods. She told the tows to
Belitirliet and, hie friends, who symps,th•
irecl with and eerietoled her, hitt she did
not tell everything quite accura_tely, fax
oilui led her hearers to Mier° '$114) spent
her mornings in the Invalid's rooni, While
Primrces•went out, After a few ilaye tlae
shriek onett itself, iind she regained ber
eteirlie, arid analiod hortioti with reneweil
eleor to the furthering Of heft plan.
'Perlett igeered her.
-Very well, let him!" alio said to 11115.
r,e4P end turned the bettery of
hce vvilre and graooB tun on nalturbot,
oonattod in him, Often .thiserlb
ti Aireary lite She led at Blue Posts, an
0111. 1fie730G0 'tht.en ehe had got kiln to
Belturbet, had frowned, but had made
no answer.
The "lieriotts continued to. eta* sA Old
House. Belturbet urged them to remain,
for he disliked being left alone, and
neither of his guests wasanxious to re-
turn te Londou—Philippa, because) August
and September were dull and uneveutful
menthe to, her, and Jan for ''eentement-
al" reasons. He had only se= Delete
once einee the announcement of her en-
gagement. He had congratulated her
'with every assumption of egoodwille and
Dulcie had smiled eweetly at him, and in
the moment, of her triumph forgothow
they had quarreled.. ee
A. fortnight after Dulcie had sebb.74
successfully on Belturbeta shoulder, Bel-
turbet admitted to himself bitterly that
he had been a foolbut as be was -an hon-
orabee man he WaS prepared to pay for
hes foNy. At the sa,tue time Dulete also
&nanny confesead that her lover -wee, to
her, uninteresting and •dull. Strive as
she might to charm alin, she knew that
hie pulses did not quicken at sight of her.
She fully realized that she bad ,drawn
him into a position from which he could
not honorably retreat, but all her wiles
failed to win from him Ratio more than
ordinary politenees. Be liked her, in a
moderate fashion, and he kissed her sev-
eral times -whenever they wee* alone, but
she left him each time, feetieg that her
engagement was a very tame affair, very
flat and dull.
On arriving at their trysting-place in
the woods one hot September afternoon,
trying to feel cheerful, but with a decid-
ed sub -current of irritation, Dulcie vvas
surprised to find Belturbet was not wait-
ing for lame She found instead a inan
with rough red hair, and a, strong mouth
that appeared to smile beneath a red-
.
dieh-brown moustache.
"I am awfully sorry to disappoint you,"
he drawled, but just as Belturbet was
leaving tbe house, hie head men came
rusagng in with the news that there had
been an accident .at one of the tarms—
an badly, I believe, and Bel -
rose, yet with a queer sinking at heart,
-but I feel so -unhappy about father —
nothing else seerne 01 anatter really. Doc-
tor Crewe is afraid—"
She left, the ,sentence unfiniehed, and be-
gan to .weep silently.
'Aimee of what?" asked Dulcie, grow-
ing pale.
-That.he will not live more than a few
weeke," was the almost whispered reply.
"Se you must forgivame if 1 do not seem
able to share your happinees."
"Poor cad Prim!" said. Duacie, with a
faint touch of patronage. "But you will
-when you live with us at Oki liotteee
She smiled with intense satisfaction.
Primrose winced; -wares rose to lter lips,
but she kept them back. This, after all,
was not the time for idle diseussion. Her
father was dying, an•d she meet do all
she could to inake hie last days less ter-
rible for him.
John Ca,rwardine was a hard man, and
hated his two daughters, yet Preenrose
did her duty tenderey and devotedly, in
spite of the hash words lie threw at her.
She sat by the dying man's bedside,
whilet Dulcie went out to meet her lover
in the -woods, where the auttunn-tireted
leavee vvere now beginning to fall.
The Heriotts had takenthe news of
Belturbet's eligagenaertt very quietly;
their congretulations were not over-
whelmingly hearty, but they sufficed. If
the happy onem had been able to read
Jim Iterfotteg thoughts, aowever, he worald
have beets rather 'surprised, .
lieriote 'lead meant to give Dettlele Oar,
Wardine a lesson and to punish her, as
ono would punka a naughty *held, for
her behavior to him after the garden -
party. Ite was very ninth in loves with
her, but he did not intend to be the slave
of pretty, impertfueut Dulte, or any
othet woman. While he bad eon, oe
tbotight, administering a lesson, Dulele
had tamed her attention to a.nother man,
who had very easily, and almost =me-
'•cliatelee_ enetaehorically, at her
feet, Ileriott's feelings, therefore, were
anything but pleaatuit, and he was ex.
trernely 'annoyed to find he wee fittiouely
lealls of Tietturbet, hie almost lifelong
On afternoon ha was •walking moodily
ne•n ,
With Philippa, round' the garden of Old
House, their host betng absent, preeum-
ablv with aulole in the woodsy alien the
• tonehed/Oft 04 '91 OTFa
s striae you, nr, 6 t sielsed
"that Arthur Beiturhet, fr.>r
ne▪ wly-en,gaged mails does not eeme vi0.
leittly happy r,
Jim 1b.rifkgect hie ehoulaces•
"Itethar qeeer bry replied,
eareeeeeesee "me takes his pleasureo sadly,
/ stopover'
"Of ooltrkso, sho Inerrying Terri for
his Moiler,' saki anistaps, -sae It had
tO inc that be'mayhave, had
/settee ettetigh to find it out.,'
"Se that is Whet you think, is it?"
"X Sena ,teere 01 lt, Tho only part elietit
the affair I cannot. untleretaatd, fellow he
earn° to ieteficee to 1Lar, I don't believe
ba Is in 4eve *Nal hey at all, Nov* dose
"I !thought You did not intend to peak
to
to me until I had apologized, or done
something equally idiotic," said Duleie.
•-"Cireunistancee alter eases," was the
calm -reply. When I said that—on, the
evening you were so- rude to ene—I
thought—Wele, I elmen't tell you what - I
thought, but now you are going to marry
my greatest friend, everythirig that hae
gone before is cancelled."
lie looked her full in the eyee. Dulcie
reddened, thinking of one evening when
he had kissed her. •
(To be cOntinuede
'
THE CZAR AND THE 3 -ESTER.
ilow Ilitiatincav Obtained a Three
Months' Leave of Absence,
-The court jester of Czar Nicholas
I:, who was a skillful mimic, <moo
deeided that he. would like a vaca-
tion and scima money to spend. So
he presented himself at the ()Elbe of
the nia,rahal of the palace to talk
over the matter, While he „ was
-waiting in the anteroom, the Czar
entered.
"What are you doing here, Mar-
tinow 1" inquired Nicholas. "
I •CaIlle, here 1.0 ask the marshal
for a leave of Sele e 8 le ee:'
'Come along with me and I will
ep"fer chnteQyou4rot.a
aIsc .foonip
ryoainay"
owith tiie
jester, entered the -marshal's °FAO,
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yo 'ma e Aro rig tricbtfai
)2,10"--4,nd be to to
'fin t yotx rn u st make some fun -for
rtinow was ern b aarassed , I' m
afraid f can't do it, your Majesty.
I haven't aosthing here to 'work
take yoy helmet,,"
tita.,Ainow pat it on his, head,
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Fitting Sheep For Exhibition.
Fitting- live stock and showing it
at lairs and expositions has become
an established custom in countries
-where improved live ,stock is main-
tained. Beginaing with the district
or oounty fair, where the show is of
local interest, and passing to the
larger shoWs of national and inter-
national scope, the fitting and show-
ing of superior types of farm ani-
mals is of great value and import-
ance to the live sstock industry. It
impresses upon the minds of all who
see the exhibits aknowledge, of the
types and breeds of farm animals
adapted to -various purposes, and
demonstrates the possibilities in
well bred and well selected animals
when brought to the very best oon-
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Writes Mr. G. C. Humphrey.
To promote this means. of educe -
haughty air, addressed the marshal
in a tone exactly like that of the
Czar: "Sir, how well are yisu
tisfied with our jester, Martinowl"
Without waiting for the answer,
he took off the helmet, and assum-
ing the bearing of the marshal, he
answered- din, the latter's tone of
voice, "Very well satisfied, indeed,
your majesty."
He then repleeed the helmet on
his head, and said, imitating the
Czar, "If you, sir, are satisfied with
the jester, then we.shaa let him
have a thousand rubles and a, three
rnontths' leave of absence."
Then in the voioe of the marshal
he said, "It shall be done as you
wish, your Majesty; it shall be
done
The Czar laughed uproariouslya at
this clever bit of dialogue, and
said, graciously, "Since Martmovv
has ordered it in the, name of the
Czar, we must grant it. All right,
Maktinow':take . eare of yourself,
and good luck to you!"
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El the 'sugar is the
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A Prudent Scot.
A friend caps the story with an-
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They were at sea together ---in the
literal sense—and had just left the
dinner table. There was sufficient
roll to produce _intertal uneasi-
ness, aaid the husband was seen to
be making progress to the side of
the vessel', when his wife interven-
ed. "Remember, 3-ohn,''''she said,
"you've just had your denner, and
it's paid for." It was not lost.'
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they often make a pair of specta-
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