HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-11-5, Page 6Money Maks Money;
Or, A Strange Stipulation,
i'It. \leentl1 1Y;
When the 1;twyere employed bythe Lite
• Man Alarnock, Iola() were administrators
of her estate, lutd informed M. Bryant
of the extraordinary legaey left to him
by their late client, they lead further in-
structed him that he wens to be allowed
only e certain amount of time in which'
to come to a deoleion.
Messrs. Pleydell & (Nevem etiowed Mr.
Julian Bryant the greatest courtesy, and
in a degree sympathy.
It appeared that Mr Pleydell, the settlor
partner. had received direct instructions
y ex' se before her death, from
Mrs: AM•arnock lueeelf, regarding the
money 'which she desired to bequeath to
Mr. Bryant She had, it appeared, duly
informed the lawyer that with this be-
quest a certain condition was attached,
find Mr. Pleydell was the, fleet to assure
Air. Bryant that had he been aware of the
very peculiar nature of this condition,
lac should have done hie best: to have ad. '
vised Itis late client to abandon it. { 1
It was not. however, until after her
death, when a eealeai letter arrived and
had been opened. that Mr. Pleydell had
been informed of what' haat been in Iris
late client's mind.. Be had no hesitation
in declaring that he found the suggestion
something more than peculiar.
It ie a downright incentive toimmor.
ality," ho had said in hie first interview
with Air. Bryant; and the young man
had azaswerecl -hizn bitterly-
Marneek wars very angry' with me because
'
go. into tate country, wed Y •didn't
get
heck till quite late. Bled wasn't there-,
I can't tell you what I felt like 'when 1
realized that. I couldn't Red my wife
anywhere. I roused the people :.in the'
bow% and they told nue •she. had one
away tasty in tike afternoon, and lame Lad left n letter for me: here it is.
The lawyer tonic the letter fioiu
trenlhliug, outstretched hand.
his
"Dearest: husband." Brad had written,
I want you to forgive•uto,, but I have
grown. tired of this life, so tired of being
a ueelees weight on your shoulders, You
say you will not let me 'work, and thatyou slave must supiiort us; well, I don't
agree with yon, and so I am going to take
up my share of the burden. I am going
to work for myself. To live on as we are
living now, don't you feel as X ere that
the sweetness and the beauty of every
thin is lest? X shall a'iwaye love you,
but I must work, end if you are wise you,
will not try to firing me back again, at
east hot until things are better for both
of us."
After hex signature there wore a few
aro words
"Don't fret about me I can take care
of myself, and I will write to you when X
]cave good news,,'
"She must` be found t " ,?aid Julian I3ry
ant, ,"she must be found!'
Mr. Pleydell folded _
!nit it on the table.
It is not immoral, it is in�Iiman. Mrs. I t
T
married without informing her of any
intentions to do so. Size disapproved of .
early marriages, and, though they never '
met, she hated my wife, This ie her way
of hitting at me for having dared to be' x
independent."
"Very curious," Mr. Pleydell had said, , to
"but Mrs. Alarnock wne a very unusual g
woman, most unusual. o
"I would rather a thew -and tunes she
had forgotten me,' Julian Bryant said, E „X
He had the agonising conviction pressing ; h
on his heart that she had misread that
last appeal, and that she thad supposed yo
him not merely beaten: by fate but self-' ea,
confessedly unhappy in 'his married life.; an
The mere thought was eo cruelly disloyal so
to Bnid, he told himself. he would rather ,w
die than let her ever know of this strange ' to
legacy.
He had sat a long time talking matters the
over with Mr. Pleydell in that first inter-
view, and finally
had gone away in a
most wretched pondition. Hes attitude
had been m ai
fir ri ss tself.
"If the money had been six times what
it is," he said, "I eluouid refuse it."
Nevertheless, it was almost pitiful to
It le evident that your 'wife knows mo-
iling," he said.
But Julian Shock his head.
"She'd never have left me," he said.
when lie stretched out both his hands to
the lawyer.
'Pleydell,'" be said, "help me to find her.
no
Have got,body else to whom I can go,
nd if it ecru money I'll work my fingers
the bone. to give it back to you. I've
of my chalice at hest; they've taken me
n as a regular driver."
'I will do all I eau," said Mr. Pleydell.
t won't be difficult. I am sure we shall
ave sumo news of .her before another day
as gone, Prom what you have told me
me
et wife has no friends. She
Inuit,therefore, have been Helped by
ybody else, and people do not disappear
easily, you know, Air. Bryant. Now,
on't you promise me to go home and
ke care of yourself?"
Mr. Tenderten came into the office at
t moment .and, looked enquiringly at
eeir Bryant is ill," Mr. Pleydell ex-
plained: ed "He has as hada great e tshook.
1
gam
persuading him to go home."
"What sort of shock?" aeked Air. Ten
ten,
or ana"wver Mr. Pieydell picked up I)nid's
ter and ,.gave . it to his partner,.
Air. Tenderten nd read it through .athen
t it down with a slight smile.
Well, this leaves the way clear, any
a w,' he said. 'This fulfils the condi-
ns required by the testator."
he man in the chair opened his eyes
and looked fiercely . at the speaker. He
struggled to his feet with difficulty.
'I won't touch the money;" he said
thickly, paseionately.' "Do you hear me?
I won't touch the money! That's my last
word. I had to give it to you sooner or
later, and now you've got it!"
Just for an instant he.looked into Mr.
Pleydell's eyes.
"I trust, you," he met "You axe going
to find her; you swear it."
"Your -wife shall be found, Air. Bryant,"
the elder Sawyer answered' hie quietly.
Julian Bryant closed his eyes and stood
eying uncertainly on his feet for a
atone then he moved like a drunken
n to the door.
Don't come with me," •he said to Ten -
ten. "I can get along alone-'"
ut as he spoke he caught at thesdoor
losand eyes' closed, again, then god-
ly he let go big hold, swayed to and
heiple,?.sly for'an instant, and then
ped rather thatefell to the floor,
r. Pleydell was' quite agitated.
Wo must send for"a doctor," he said.
oor fellow! I knew "he was not fit to
out."'
e knelt down :and tried to lift Julian,'
Tonderten advised lean to leave
man where he ',vas.
e must get him home," said Mr. Ploy
-
der
note the way in which. Bryant was drawn let
to go back again and again to the office
just to talk over the legacy, to discover nu
if by some means at least, a little of this "
money could come to him. h
"I hate myself for even giving it a do
T
thought he said to Mr. Pleydell on one
occasion "but when a man's down as far
as I am it is simply awful to be mocked
by the knowledge that there is so much
money waiting just out of reach?!PleydelI & Consents sought counsel's
opinion, but without any satisfactory re-
sult. z?rotesm
gne, immoral, inhuan cail
it what they might, the terms attached
to this legacy were binding. If he chose
to remain with his 'wife, Julian Bryant
would not inherit one penny.
fie stopped going to the lawyers after
the first fortnight, but every now and
then he wrote, and always the same an-
swers came back to him; and the time
was growing shorter and shorter. The
date on which he meat give his deeision
was drawing very close.
sw
mom
ma
The younger member of the firm of der
Pleydell and Colleens was a certain Mr. B
Tenderten. Ile was of a different calibre and
to Air. Pleydell, who was an old-fashioned den
man; one who was just a little over- fro
weighted and Sustered by the new ele- slip
merit which Mre. Marnoek's will had et
brought into the firm,
Mr. Tenderten professed a little sym- I "P
pathy for Julian Bryant. Re was not a , he
married man himself, so perhaps that'
was ono reason why he thought it was but
ridiculous of the other man to allow sen- the
tinaent to etand in hie way; but then Mr. w
Tenderten did not really believe that, Ju- • dell.
Tian Bryant would hold out to the last. I "
He was .prepared to take a bet on the sub- ask
deet, He rather annoyed his colleague by to t
mis assurance that no man living would dead
sacrifice so much money for isucli a reason, can'
"You'll see, he'll find a, way!" he dealer. wa
ed to his partner; but the days went by fusio
and nothing happened to prove lir. Ten- do
derten's conviction. to B
On. the morning of the day before that "1.
on which Julian Bryant was bound to Ten
give his decision one -way or the other, the ant.
Young man appeared at the office of Pley- your
dell and Cousens almost ,before the doors mit
were opened. but
One of the junior clerks informed him Mr
that nobody had arrived, and that Mr. then
Pleydell was not expected for nearly an a cle
hour: He asked Mr. Bryant to wait, but tor,
Julian refused, He said he would walk it w
up and down outside. To sit in the dull him.
lawyer's office would have been absolutely a ngf
impossible.
Mr. Tenderten, alighting from a taxi, em•at
saw him in the distance, •and was quickly food.
what will he do when he gets home?"
ed the other 'man. "There is no one
ake care of him. The thing's gone
out of his hands. You can see that,
t yott? Whether this is straightfor-
rd, or w]iether they are acting in coi-
n,tho,fact. remains that the condi-
ns are fulfilled. This money belongs
ryant now. : a
don't think wveanust'go so' far as that,
Ten(
sant Mr„ Pleydell- "Mr. Bry-
wvas most .emphatic. You heard him
self. Possibly this illness may per -
us to give him a little longer time,
We must not act 'without him."
e Tenderten
tho eta room .and
rk. He sent him for the nearest doe -
and when the medics; man arrived
as Mr. Tenderten who interviewed
As far as the doctor could
nose the ease 3m ,pronounced. ft
orm of inflnenza, aoce<ierated by
ion and fatigue and lack of
He prescribed conditions which
have bean practienily impossible
e little place where Julian Bryant
enlightened by the man's look that some woni
thing had developed- in tlz
been livinr:
Mr.
him
cond
,lir.
ours," ly into a large fortune, and the 'whole
Inside lie was given the information by had
his clerk that Mr. Bryant had been wait-
ing nearly an hour.
"'Wouldn't eome in, sir; seems upset
about something. Ile is waiting for Air,
Ploydell."
"All right," said Mr. Tenderten.
Ila felt quite excited, and only regretted
that .he had
not forced his partner to take
on the bat he had offered,
of-
fice, anr. dejustlassyhe0reaecdhed1theoentraan e
he was aaiccsted by a wild looking man,
whom at first he hardly recognized.
"You have broken your word to me,"
eaid Bryant, "you have done a dreadful
thing!"
Instantly the lawyer grasped that he
had to deal with a man who was hardly
sane.
Come inside," he said. "We can't die-
rusa business here, Mr. B1•yant.
The, oft'ice was on the first floor. :kir.
Pleydell
hit] tolold on to the.stairagaailing
like a ncno who was not sure of himself,
or his own oteength. When he was in hie
office Mr. Plr ydel'l pushed forward a big
chair and the Young man fell into it with
a groan.
' Oh0 my head!" he said, "the: pain -the
halo is torture."
In fact he was trembling like u man
with •argue.
Yen are not fit to be out," said
Pleydell. 'You are very fl!, "
".1 have been walking the streets all
night have
Bryant answered, cpoaking
hoarselse "MY Wife has gone--gone----
Oh, 'diet shall I' dol"
"Corns, eome,"
eat d Air. Pleydell, going
forward and putting his hand kindly.o
Jali iu's shoulder. 'pall yourself to-
gether, Aryant. Tell me what hes hap-
pened
Fred bee left me," ane your„g irate ten-
s'wered. 'Somehow "enmehcrw elm has got
to know of this' cursed business, and that
is 'why alto has eons."
"Slee has heard nothing f seen me, Air.
Bryant." the other said quietly, 'Your'
iris(ruetioms have been c�'beyed tic, the let.:
tet,"
ilittin • forwrc -with hitt sealing, ]lead
eu,porteri wit]) hire two ahuking hands,
.lutlan said do,rggc:dly:
'Well. there, r.be has pet to know of it
ooc'w other way. 11;; t! w . doesn't rime...
ter 0017, +a11 that uta •n -alae hey gene
and it cs', going, tri Bill • Pleydell; "tbreee
wiett iter going to dao
"imt's talk this ou 1•ir, Bryant level-
biy there tntty be some mistake. 'i'ell mo
cvezything."
instant liotcould +notes chair,
ilio oan
were contracted 'with vain. In that brak-
er, :n•dietinct voice Ile eaid;
Tau .know I ]lave been wprking a,t it
traragci lately, lemming to drive ive c
Ycsta•: a
i
ear.
.al I
got
F ;m
dig
y t t i, .
a
i 4.
Ila
a t
d o
Tenderten very gladly took upon
self •all the burden of arranging : to
net the sick man to a nursing home.
B•yant is a very. valuable client of
he said. "He has came unexpected.
thing has been too much for hire "
few aniiintee ize would be asleep
agot
inert insttructoi' sand, the, girls in a
Wu, lie must clot sleep again <ho mus
gain. rural niad�el farlll ununder'a Goeeen-
up Ilse opened ills wee quit; widely
room was clitenged , It 'zrae, larger,
ncettioi there 'were tlotwers nit the
Ito loolcc(1 .tbotit ,taint with lits )Stow
tcacted in a lluczlee, frown, putt a
ntautent the door opeued:ivnd e manse
It is time for. 3 oui ,emoAlotzze, :Air.
ant,,. she Bald•;;.
Julian lifted himself on. hie elbow
looked at
Medicine,' he Sa'd. "I wvant':my .1i
fast,"
The 'nurse laughed,
3"on• bare bed' your bleakfas't ',cL
time age.'
I'm quite in amuddle," the Young
said 'Weakly, wlid 110 sail back oz
pfilaws again, ,Ile envelllowved the •
ditle,- aced the inane • moved °away,
soft fasbean. _tt the,dooc' 110 pa sed
"Your servant' Stephens is waiting
eoect0 ire"
.r,,ican r,--- l; -Made' Jn0 an,SNer,. and
m'Il
n�
dt
model ar
tupl0, ( nh Wnle, but the nigh s.
s axil are spent at their own homes, Here
t that they learn to do' by doing, and Tiley.
came still get physical exercises 'that they
Bry' may have eibrong bodies. They'also,
aid have Danish folk high 's�ohools,
which most of the young people 'at-
reale tend. As-a.rule the youngmen go
in winter arncl ,the wornetn' in sum-
mer. Here they get lteetures on
myths, history and literature of
i tlio their own aand other lanais. The
y
id, are �villlig: to
listen .with . interest
to 1 to long eager
spee�cihes and to.dis-
g� to 'cuss therm later, "
, for they are train -
long
man
nurse130seed-out, her .,,htmiia
oetinnsdiately llyt�i400krgvaWleitl,li
half-o'losbd oyes. Bryant"
this pian,>in plot�ea
on a clear.BeIp wee aorat}gin„ sodic t;Tsorers
Flitting out some smart •sociis
and bed.ioem .slippers; thea he came and
etoo y the bed..
"Would you like to be •shaved now, sir?"
he asked.
"I always shave myself," the max "in bed
answered,
The valet made no remark, only observ-
ed-
"fiery well, sir," and turned away; but
as he was going'Bryant called to him
"I say, who are you? What are' you
doiug here?' .
'Aly name is 'Stephotw, sir. I was en-
gaged by your lawyers.
How long have you been with me?"
Gcerm' on for a month, sir," said Ste-
phens.
t month!" fepeated Bryant; then he
eeezued to wake up completely. 0e..drag-
ged him
self into a sitting posibiozl. ``I
don't remember anything," he eaid; and
Stephens answvered--
` No, sir; you haven't eeenied to notice
anything: I'm glad, sir, you have had a
turn for the better. Would you like to
get up, . •sir; tbe doctore, especially Sir
Joseph, wish you .to be roused. He thinks
itevery wvouldday." do yon good to sit up for a while
Bryant looked at him in a o tions
faoinoe; then he .said -
Yes, I'll get up."
But it Ives not an easy task; more t
once he would have fallen if Step
had not held �1iim firmly!' and 'when "
last he was sitting .in the chair by th
'window wrapped ".abort .in a silken dr
ing gown, he felt too weak to speak.
He was roused from another spell.
vain thought by Stephens asking him
question,
Tile car is here, sir, and the chaff
wants to know if you have any order
Bryapt looked at him.
"A. car? A ear?"
"Your own car. sir. It cozies every
about this time. Sir Joeeph is very
ions that you .should go out in the
I have got a light ovei.•eoat awaiting fo
u
h
hr
e
s
d
a
a
you, sir; I took measurements from y
other It clot
h
es." •
ed to tliirik rather Itibni to - be
wallrine enayclepaedies.'• Also they
have local rural .schools of agrieul
tore where the young nha.n learns
technical and practical' agriculture
while the �olip:g woman is learning
home econonne•s in another. When
through these 'sea -weds . the young '
folk are filled with a dove for'ltheir
country and its soil and join hands
and build up new homers,, I
His second address was"Dan-
ish
on Dali
ish Agrioultural Co-operation.''
Co-operaitio.n seems to• be the key-
note of Danish business life and
success. They have co-operative,
bacon factories, creameries and
egg-eircles, as'well as a system of
co-operative •credit : under which
money inlay be borrowed alt 3% or' 4
per cent, antere,st, : Tho Danes raise
white pigs and the desired' weight is
from 120 to 130 pounds. Before;
killing all hogs ,are scrubbed anaa.
taken to �a . aeon factory, where
they are tested and stamped before
and after killing; Only pure meat
may be sold. The country boy is
ens' taught to manufacture his law pro
at ducts and.lsed1. it in the, world's
ass market; thus eliminating middle-
s- profits.
of His third addresswas on "The
a New Yarm School." Even during
ur pioneer and hoarse' economy days,
;'+ when the ,people were busy Making
homes. and furniture, they gener
ay ally had a log school where the
u: three R's were taught by men who
r believed that "licking makes learn-
'
,�
ang. :After that came a time when
The valet etits d, and go the sick men sat
on thinking; but his thoughts trouble
hint- As Stephens came back he sat fo
ward''ant-Iii-wanttlair aPleydellll,' Sen
and ask him to come, ho must coma,"
"I91 ring through, sir, to the' office."
In a very little while Stephens was bac
waswith away,'and mould riot be back in Lond
don for .a fortnight or,another thre
weeks,
Mr. Tenderten is at your service, sir.
"No," said Bryant, ' No; I don't wan
him to come and see me."
(To be continued.)
DENMARK'S AIDEgarCE.
Notes of Interest to . Farmers
School Trustees and.'Teaelrere.
u. t. going to the oi(ty seemed the best;
d but once .again the ley seems to be;
r- "Back to the land." But unless
d
people are rural-nhinded,` keep them
in the city. In early ; days one
church did the neighborhood, then
u followed' many1�
, ",til dead and
abandoned churches became com-
e mon; now (the tendency is church:
union. Since earily days we have
t got many public schools, often with
a few pupils, high taxes and ill -paid
(women) teachers. -Now we ;seem to
need 'consolidated schools, and the
country;which produces the greater
part of the nation's wealth, is sure-
, ly worthy of .schools where parents
can educaitie their children: without
moving to town or sending the chil-
dren from home. "What think ye
of in 2 Let the country folk organ-
ize socially, religiously and econo-
mically to ove-rcome isolation in the
country. Let thelearn to know
atnd se love nature and nature's God:
May they learn the truth of Words
woworth's words when he writes--
'-
At the Rural Teachers' Confer-
ence at the O,A.C., Guelph, Mr.
H. W. Foght, specialist in rural
education from Washington, gave
three lectures. The .first was on
"Tile Schools That Made Denmark
Famous." He told how after los-
ing nearly one-third of her country
and people in !the war- with Austria
and Germany, Denmark saw that
she could not claim greatness of
size, iso the people determined to
remake themie country, and schools,
until now the Danes are the most
scientific farmers of the world.
They drained the swamps and tied,
down idle sand dunes with trees,
and it is every farmer's aim t.0
leave his farina better than he re-
ceived i,t.. They have rural elemen
Lary schools 'for the children from
to 14 years of age. These have
beautiful grounds and experiment
gardens. Nearly 85 per cent. of the
tea"Jheris are meo who remain fax
years in the same school and live in
the teacher's residetncenear the
school for seven days a week dur-
ing twelve. months in the 'yeax, All
!subjects are well -taught and cor-
related with agriculture. Each
school is provided with 'a gyanna-
,
graveyard and the manse, From
the ages of 15 to 18, as a rule, the
i
siumNearby
are the church, the
boys work during the day . on a
Air. Pleydell held Himself aloof from the
arrangements which his partner made
and the younger man was perfectly well
aware that his action was not by any,
means approved of by the •ether ma,n.
This, however,. did not trouble air. Ten -
denten.. He was ersseutially practical.
"'Ile will be the first to thank me one of
these days," 3m said to ben/sell •alter be
had seen Mr. Bryant comfortably housed
in •a large, airy room with everything, 118'
cossary for his comfort surrounding him.
"We 'will be responsible for all expense,'
he had said to the doctor; and the went
back to the office very wen satisdea with
the morning's work.
CHHAPT.EIt v,
Julien Bryant, layin the small, ex-
quisitel - neat bed and watched .the sun-
light slier through tho lace curtains. The
window was (mien and the Weide moven
to and fro with a pleasant rythmled•1
sound, He moved. a tittle on hie pillow e
and gave a sigh every now and than, .It
was ea pleasitzit to lie still and wake up
slowly. Pleasant,. and ;yet there was that
sense of doing something seise, ought 110t
eaeeoueflola1,swld bfollowed y 0, need :ax
tra Baste and industry,.
Be east beendreaming t?o busily and he
had worked S0 Berd in his cireame that'.
he felt he might, permit; himself just w.
few minutes more
had been :driving for miles so it
ermined to him, driving through the dust,.
and the euintner heat ra.aid ten tireugh
the 0001, splashing rain. He bad got,
along first rate, doing far better in fact
than he had expected to.,
That was a brilliant kites of Derrerean's,.
the ou •gostforc of lea,rniiig to drive a
oar. The'work :was po interesting, but it,
was very dirty Still dreaming, Julian
lifted his bends to the bee] and looked at
them. Ilow .had they managed to get
so alea,n?' The grease and the dirt 1104
seemed to stain thein beyond all redone,
tioci, nand he hail once beet, se vain of faint
hands. iurioue how. the urinaldrifted
back and back; he could on things quite,
)learly in the days whetr.lie he,t
al been
little boy, If he_phwww 11i$ eyes quite close- '
Sy h0 was ant:Mary ii'ving, in that throe,' •
lie turned once as l•,:tin en_ that
pillow e.
The bed was oert'tinle very etitleing: but
it newt be more than Ilme to stet up'. Then
alt at once ire roilte0ibered drat .he bad.
axrangecl to tales a day 05!. a vert,
y- tired
thing to do; he really wvaus awfully- tired,
Itwasabominwirytart'ofbn;1 tinct
One day in the vernal wood
May teach' you more of. man,
Of moral evil and of giood,
Than all the sages can;
A. 'man was fixing his a.utonio'bile.
" Tgoubie 1" asked .'a tby,stander_
"Some,'' was the laconic answer -
"What power caris it 'l" "Forty -
horse,'' came the answer, - ``what
seems the the matter with it?"
,`Well,'i from the way -She acts f
should say that thirty-nineof t!he
horses were dead.''
An Irishman and a Frenchman
were disputing over the nationality
of "a friend of theirs, • "I say," said;
the Frenchman, "that he was born
in. France; therefore he- is a French -
'man." "Not at all," said, Pat.
"Begorra, if a cat •should have kit-
tens in the oven.. would you call
thein biscuits."
Pretty l at,tti! irDltllg'l�i.tu' at the King' of litr,piral
sent a ,llefugce in England.
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Diamonds and. Wills Found in
'Wastepaper."
The wastepaper trade is as full of
surprises as a lucky -bag at a ba-
zeal', says the London Standard,
A • diamond ring was ''recently
found at the paper-sarting.depot at
Whitecross Street, hi which the Sal-
vation Army employ many men.
The 'man who made this discovery,
thoughnaturally poor, handed up
the ring, and the owner was traced,
At the. same.place, two £5 notes
were 'found among some waste-
papee•. In this mase they were also
handed up.
But the most frequent source of
piquant discoveries is discarded en-
velopes. In an. East London store
the back of an envelope was .torn
while the manager; was handling it,
and three postal orders for one
Mound each fell out. The name and
address were still legible' on the en
velope, and by this means the postal
orders were returned to the owner,
who proved to be an abed woman.
The money had been sent her by a;
son' working in the north. of Eng-
land, who had refrained from'a'nen-
tioning his gift in his, letter, and
the mother, being nearly blind, had
not noticed the orders when pulling
out the letter.
A. bundle of love letters, delicate-,
l'y scented and tied with blue ribbon,
was discovered among a 'quantity of
colored paper used forfancy de-
torAtions.. They were human 'little
epistles, startingin a bright, t
opti-
mistic vein, graduall,y dwinling in-
to'a sad di1l3tnttendo•, and telling the
whole story of a courtship and a
severance
But it is in the rag trade that
most discoveries are made. For
every opportunity there is of losing
things among wastepaper there is a
dozen among old clothes. Romance
in rags I People put a purse or a
document in a pocket, and, discard-
ing the garment, forget all about it...
In this way a budding .author re:
Gently lost a manuscript on which he
h.ad pinned high hopes. While re-
vising it he was disturbed by a visi-
tor, and placed the valuable docu-
ment in an inside pocket of his old
working coat. The next morning
his housekeeper sold ;this shabby
coat two an "old clo' " man with the.
manuscript .still in the pocket, .1'or•
tuna,tely the housekeeper knew, the
man to whom she 'had sold the coat,
and the writer was able to recover
bis in.anitsrript.
The finding of wills among rub-
bish is more - easily understood,
.Many probate suits are caxtsed` by
the action of eccentric old people
secreting their wills, and several
cases are recorded' of 'these docu-
ments being picked out front & on
waste materials, Marriage oei•tifi
eates,' too, have a habit of turning
up in Unexpected places..
The Swedish' Parliament has the
jected. the wamat,neeliffa,e,ge• bill,
Lady •--- Tour reference says,
among other, things, that yotl are
accustomed to cooking course din-
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then it do be a mistake. 1; cooks
very foine dinners,