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CIIAPTEIl \.XX\'I11.—(Continued).
eiejeto pollee, having drawn the natural
ittference tiiet ne soon as the traveller
etas refreshed his testy 110 will wish to
:are 10 rest, lees put out the lights in
the •lnoking-r(xun ; the salt, is manger
:is therefore the only Idem U; the hotel
where lamps still burn, and in it the two
men spend the dreary remaining h,.urs
rot rho night, Ityng walking up• and .1.;%vn
like a rnpti%,• beast, frequently going to
the door, oeeiting it, pulling his head
-out into the Lehi iie'SS, end listening sus-
pici4!►4ly if. perchance, he may hear the
fcw,t(alt of teeeeeMh toeing away from
hien even Through the hurricane. As the
1:1114' f,•.,,•s on. his restleesnass increases
.rather than diminishes. Jilt has vainly
fried to distract his thoughts by putting
question, to him as to his pursuits and
companions since their hest partmg—by
Inquiries as to the extent and direction
of het travels.
Did In• get as far ns 1'nlestinO' flow
kung is it since he lett Cain)? etc. But
to all his interrogations Ityng gives
brief and- unsatisfactory answer.;, put-
ting a final stop to Uiem by breaking
.lis: excitedly :
"eelty do you go on questioning me
n? lo where 1 have leen. and What I
have done'' 1 tell you 1 have been lin•
where. and done nothing; I believe that
any boil' has been heli and there, but
my soul has been nowhere; it 11(1.5 been
Tying dead ! Would you expect a mt►n
who Inas been lying six months in ids
-cent to give you a catalogue of hie ad•
ventures? My soul las been dead, I tell
_yr u—dead and pulres•eent. What is the
use of pulling me enough a catechism
about its doings?"
itefore the long-de:laying dawn shows
its pale prul!lo upon the deep• obscurity,
it seems to J1111 as if sir midwinter
.oighls meet have pile e(1 themselves end
to end. Bet it coin's at last; and al
last also, by dint. of strenuous represen-
tations to has companion as to how un-
fit he is, in his prose ret travel -stained
and disordered) condition, to offer him-
-rel( lo Elizabeth eyes, he inducts hire to
let himeelf be led to the bedroom pre-
pared
ro-pared over night for hien, and to refresh
hini•.elf with a bath and a change of
clothes. Even this concession he ob-
tains only in exchange for an exacted
plan vise to seek out Elizelx:tli at the
earliest possible hour nt which she may
be plc:sentee' ears/elite, and urgently
t entrent of her an instant interview
with hi.; friend.
Jin) feels That 110 Ls keeping las wool
lennd.cunely when. not a /111111110 later
IIs 111110 o'clock, 110 finds 11111044i
-Weeee •kin ' at the of rho I.o Mier -
kr
:king I► door
•chane ;; apartlx•nt—Thal door with which
of late his knuckles have green so
pleasantly and friendly familiar. It is
.opened Io hint by Elizabeth herself. and
he follows; her silently through the ante-
room into the little salon. Arrived
there, Ire looks mournfully around with
.n sort of feeling as of taking farewell of
Pee familiar objects.
It is impossible That Elizabeth can
have strut the pest past stormy night in
gathering flowere. and yet the flowers
have a freshened air. She must have
leen carefully re -arranging Ihent. The
bits of brocade, ton, the Turkish em-
1 reiderics, the talks, end the praying
carpels. \year n more festal appearance
Ihnn ►Lanni. The 111114 rds,nl looks de•k,si
05 if for n gala. His jealous fancy can-
not lett feline that EIvaloth herself Is
dress -rd in her ordinary n1011)ing peen,
11(11 even over It some holiday transmu-
lalien las pass(d. Ile cannot truest him -
;oh et verify whether That holiday look
is en her ince too , •
"Ile has conte; you know that, 1 sup-
pose „••
\Vint n salol in her brenth ! Ile must
steal a glance at her. She will think it
unnatural if he skies not ; and perhaps
les eye may not be offended by s:, much
1-ndinnee as he fennel. In her \•.)ire
(here was something oil very dielanl
from n o-d,h. The result of hies glance
shows it..,'If in what somule like a re-
proach.
"1 do net believe that you went to bed
at all."
"les. I did ! yes. 1 did !" hurrying
away eapt.'rl• hone the subject of her-
self. net i01(1 v,mMhing irelevant end
importunate; "and--he--how 14 he?
11,11%• deers he leek ? 11811 not 114' a dread-
ful crse.sing? flocs he want to se,) me?
to tee, ale soon? le -day?"
',Isere Ls such n brealllkee pression in
tee lone. colleted with something se
Apologetic fer pulling her ques+i ,ne to
hint. that his heart hitherto half
fetiches!. half aegerell by the prelims of
hre little peeler:itMm. stella wholly Ice
wanes her.
"f)f .soar°e he wants lo see you- wants
11 very. very much," replied 114'; and,
111 hie rralil replies a it151u1 any beret).
eves marring the cordial kindness of his
tens. "Ass 'm h ns"—with a rather nd'!-
nneh.•le s'nine--"you want to ser hien.
AtmNo. do not Lw' angry. \\ by should net
yon wish lo /,e each other 1e
"Oh. there is every reason'" cries she
Ir -ratio- "the sante rea.s,n that then'
:e' • gee; was. Iiul"—with rising 'Kiln•
1 • :I "when' Is 11 l40 le? iluv septi'
\\ 11. 11 44Rea he wish it ?'
"Ile is %%aitI11g 0111%111e flow."
Rhe Marie painfully.
eNew ! oh, per fellow 1 we most
nal keep him 4' ailing ; and yM"—
Ftrelehing out her hand in delcnle)n—
"tell ale before he 'Nemo in—tell ale, is
he ,'hanged' Is lee'.' Is he the Rnme as
1).' wen.• ?..
1I11 hr'rilntes. mrd 111.' painful perplex.
11% %%ripen on his brow is misrend by
her.
"You are wrest! wills tn.' tar tensing
vie %%1111 se ninny tiresome que/.li ons.
of f ,rgi%o me! 1 ought net to lake me
%(1IIt, . of view kin.lie'.a; but we have
ger .t n 1(1 depend upon you se) ; and 1
w al. pl')t1. ! r not to worry you with any
other, if you will answer ale This one.
l: he changed—Much changed?"
"1 11111 afraid." replies; Jim, with the
dead N';S of one who is trying to e4)In'ey
m,pkvlsanl tidings in the least unpl'a•
ssan1. tomes. "that y4)) must I.M. prepared
!d. 1111(1 hint 11 good devil altered."
"AIIeird ! 1 low T.
"1 do not quite know bow to describe
il'—aru'asily—"bel you 'mist not b.
shocked if you find 111111 a g45)d deal
eliang.d in looks ; and ho is—he s.vms.
111 a very excited strata'."
She 'nukes u clutch at his hand.
"le, you 1110111 "—her \lifer has stalk le
a horror-struck w'iIisher—"that he is --
rad ?"
"Mad 1 Oh, of course not." with 1.
s'rai110(1 laugh; "pm lutist not julep ti
such conMusi.ilts. But. 1 do not think hr
is quite hinneif. that is all. Ila looks r►a
if he had not eaten or slept for a fort-
night ; and if you play such bricks as
that with yetirself, you must expect to
get a little off your balance."
She is still lerriliedly clutching his
Kruse, though w•ilh 110 cereciousne•;s o1
doing so. nor That the fingers so lightly
gripped by her are not made of dry
stick.
"You must not look so frightened," he
saes, soothingly.
"I would net have said anything le
you, only that 1 thought it better you
should be prepared—that it should not
take you quite by surprise; and also be-
cause 1 wanted In give you a hint, that
you might be a little careful what you
say to him, or, at all events, how yul:
say it."
Still she deers not speak. and (here is
s"areely any diminution of the horror stn
her look.
"I( you (k) not mind, 1 think it \void°
1e ns well to have someone within call.
if he—he—became---unreasonable." .
"Do you think," she asks. wills a sort
of scorn, "that. 1 ail afraid of hire ?—
afraid for myself?"
"No, that 1 nal sure you are net ; but
I cannot shako off the idea Ileal—poor
fellow !—he may be on the verge of
sc,nte grave illness; and in that sort of
clls0 ono never knows what nifty hap•
pen. So, if you do not mind--"
"As you please," she answers. docile
even now. "1)4, as you think best; and
wi.• you tell 111111 Viet i ant ready to see
him?"
'Itis+ misgivings wills which Jim coin.
plate; with this newest the 1101 11111 11 al.
toyed by the: manner 0)141 vox'(' of him
who receives 11, find who has Igen rag-
ing up and down the narrow corridor.
"She will not see me, I suppose?"
"On the contrail'. she will ser Yee
new. Bet slay'" cate11111g him by Ih.
min iLe he springs past him. "1)ne mo-
rn. nt ! for God's 5411.' control yourself '
I!.•ha%-e like it gentlemen. Do not Malo
her a erne; she is 11401 up 1., it."
Byng'e newer Is to fling hese» lfnlly
away 1110 detaining hand of his menhir.
while he s•Iy.;, with a rurieu;'sok coin-
ing into hie bloc sleet eyes :
"What do you mean by keeping no
here, preaching to me, while she e
wailing for elle?"
The rtidenasts of both w:,r.1; end ac-
tions is so unlike the real I)yng. that it
14 with an even more sinking spm -it Ilyu-
before That Jim follows him with his cp.:-
as
ye:as he passes out of sight into th • salon.
\i 50011 as Ike door IA 1,/1111 lwehi1ld hall.
hr hinLself takers up the position Ito had
suggested In the ante -room.
(:11.\f'1'Ell XX XIX.
There are few linings more trying le an
active -minded 'screen than to sit occu-
patku)k.cs. %ogue'y wailing. Al flat. t!
is tri:.'. the Leena, of Jinl'•s Mann pre -
voile his (teeing the ennui %%tide would
to the natural result (1r his 5It181iou.
1'elgnnnlly anxious questions ancone:l
owed other in his mind. Iles he had n1)%
right tee permit the interview al all
110%\' far is Ilyng accounlnhle for his
r• Pons? \\'11111 chance Ls (here 11)111 hu
artily necking meson \\'111 SIfind Ih.
slo.'k of a faceting which. even in his
sa11ca imeneuts, v%sntLI have se wildly
excihl him? Anil if tett, vial maw its
the coirecglsenros (freely headings of
new:speper paragraphs 'verde themselves
in 1110 air before him—"Ilonlicidnl
\Innis,' "\liirsler rind Suicide."
The (elai'14 of a Irngie story which.
eh:stralcd 1.y e.ens11lonal ooteletIs, he
had idly nod n day or two ago in n
enterable Police New;, left lying on the
smoking-rootu Inhlc, r0CU1' to 1114 mem•
Dry. 11 448.4 n 181e of n glr,n'n who. in en
(serene of Jeul.nl; undines•. hail sled n
1(•illeet 1%%,1•lh.'arl 1hneugh the head.
and Then lessen his own brains (1111. The
ani(• 111111 n►nde' 1.111 111110 imerteev,n on
hint n1 the lime—unhappily. it is scan'My
p" ssible lo lake up a pruned w illewl
IN eye alighting upon smut. 1115.11-- hal it
r,tucs back in tan 1:04 with lerrifvimg
vi%idnees. \\'hal security is there that
such tragedies may le ^0)11111,11 10
gt.r0ms and 14ilihcn-maid..' Ilnw (loe+
he know that Ityng buds cot n revolver
bidden in his br'n/_t-p1r'ket 1 flow can
111' tell that lie is not 11t this very um.
mint drawing it oil 1 11e Jin!) ought to
have made sure. before exlwesing h, r to
such a peril. that the danger was mine
tnized by Ityng s tieing w. nlx)nh•ss, Is
11 leo pale to make sun' of that even
n. +%% a
Ile lakes one step owned the melon -
door. then hastily retraces 11. Pooh 1 he
is growing es mad ns Ilyng. They will
vents, out t1114 111111 him e'w05dlr'npping.
Ile retreats to the table. which is M
IN, greatest distance nlloeed ley the
r(.on'c nerrnw- enceinte from the Irene
of the diem wle)50 denotement he le
exp -\'!ng. end. silting down. lakca up n
1onk. 11 happen` in be Elizebell 'a
Belem des reiseeI4w,'(, end the sigh! of it
temptress Trp) before hie memory her 1(1r -
esti' 11 Ire Mooring diaconal►n lel• over
page. ,,, w rattle's! in he Nowt' %
r 1 t %
n furs
I i.
n+ he hell even 11 on then teeny night
that R(0185 I10W so distant. Ile had
• aline her for -being lonely Then, Well.
e% hutever else sho may be, she is 11101
'ot).•ly 110W.
Ile calcites his Meath. It Ls quite a
porter of all hour sure he began his
I% aisle !low quiet they air! There is a
murmur of 1oiLee;,, but there is nothing
Oust in the least indicates violence. Be-
fore his .,ye; there flashes in grotesque
IXC(11k'(•lion the hideous picture in the
i'clico News which illustrates the high
..wads \viede which the ,atuslrolehe of the
groom and kitchen -'maid had leen her -
Aided. Ile Nee tern waking a mountain
al of n mete -hill; has been exaggerat-
ink his friend:s ems -teemed temps -sentient,
naturally further heigldeu4.1 by eleee'p-
1e.s►uess and want of food, into illClpient
etsuntty. 1f Ito were mad, er at all tend -
este that way, \would Ile be talking in the
'o%% 'stetted key w1( 14 he obviously
mast he? It is evident that her prowitee,
tee- eye, Iter—yes, what mote likely 1—
her hetet). have soothed and conjured
away what or excessive or perilous there
\. 4IS ill 11Ls 0111011011.
They lure loon together half an lour
row. All clanger is certainly over.
\\ by should he any longer continue his
.,fhri.,us and nocdlese watch ??—super•
Ilt:ousiy spying upon them?
Relieved as to what he had thought
liss worst fear, and yet with an uncom-
mon bitterness about his hetu't, he turns
to withdraw, and his band is already on
the lock of the door which kudos tido
tho core :dor. wheel suddenly, without
any warning. there reaches has ear the
nc.ise of 11 loud, crashing fall, follo ved—
aceompaused, tinter—by a piercing
eetlrll.
In infinitely 1es5 then a second he
fir:ds himself on his knees beside the
prssllr►le body of Ilyng. who, with Moos!
Touring teen his forehead, is tant4h(d
ul:cm the floor of the salon. Even at
this second there' Meshes upon hint,
nodienous and dreadful, the luentary of
Police News. This scene has a gro-
te•gue likeness to the final one of the
ga.:ant and kitchen -maid series, only
that int the preeent casco the heroine, in-
stead of staggering backward welt the
lot of her hated flying up to the ceiling.
is hanging unharmed over her fallen
lover.
"Are you hurt?" cries Jim in frantic
anxiety, looking at her acus the pros-
trate Ogt.re, and unable to eradicate
f►rinn has mind 11►e rersever idea. "Did
Ile hit you? I did not how a shut."
"Oh, no, no! but he," fetching hc-r
h;'ath in terrible gasps, and hanging
over the bleeding num will' that utter
abandonment of all disguise, in which a
great naked grief sweeps away our
seeltislioaliolss—"he is dead !"
"011, 110, he is trot," answers Jim tens-
ely. tenting open Byng's waistcoat and
't.yng his hand upon his heart. "Ile has
enly fainted. Get some water! have
you got any salts? N0; do not lift his
head"—soeing that she le ngonizedly
trying to raise his prone head anti rest
it upon her knees—"he had letter he us
TIII! as 1►e can. Quiek, some water 1"
She docs not need to be twice told. in
an instant she 1111.4 sprung to 11►e table.
and bn,ughl thcn_e the china jug out of
which sho is went to water Iter ih\v-
en;. and also Ili.' lig rel-glase bottle of
smelling -salts with which Jint has often
seen peen. \1r -s. 'Le Merchant solacing
herself when reeked with that neuralgic
Lcaditche 44hir11 means worry. Ile
splashes %enter• out of the ono iron
ItynKs ashy face, and holds the otter to
hl
pale nasttils ; while Elizabeth, once
nore flinging herself upon her knees,
wipes the bluest from his temples with
Leer little useless gossamer inch of hand-
kelrWef.
"How del it happen?" asks Jim. ra-
pidly. "Wheel- did he do to himeelf ?"
The (reads of the two ministrenls are
very close to melt other ns they bend to-
gether over the se,sinte1 youth. iinn
au soo a Mlle smear of ltyng's blood
upon one of her whits, cheeks, The
sight gives him n shudder. Ityng seems
1''
have, made her more his own by that
.cry baptism Ih .n by all his frenzied
vow:, and tears.
"1)h, 1 do not know." she nnsw'eres,
still fetching both breath and words with
tI llleet1t). "He ons standing up. and he
ove:lad quite right ; and then, all of n
,neem, In n minete, he went down like
a keg, and hit his forehead regainet he
sheep corner of the libke'—with 8 1 011•
villsivo shiver at the recolkr;iun. "1
ought to have snval him 1 I ought ; but
1 was Ilot quick enough. 1 51(041 51,44•k.
still. 111111 11 ny h' is de41/11 Yot1 any Iho1
I►' is 11,11 ; I41l 1 3111 surd he is (Wail 1"
"Oh m,. I10111,e11:11' ! he Le not," replies
Jine brusquely. lh!nkl&g a certain harsh -
nes., of manner the best recipe 6,1' heel•,
„Ile is alive sure enough; nr:d es for
Ih•• :'t,1 on Its forehead, now that you
Lave wiped his bleed menet you can see
ler yourself that. It is 114i1 al fill n 'hoe
en.'. It is merely a big violet'. 1 have
teen hail a worse out hunting from a
bramble, In jumping through a hedge.
oh. Mite. Le ...nt'?hanl, here you aro!
That is all right. \Ve have hail nn. acci-
dent, you sec'. Ile has fallen down 111 a
faint and given hhn eelf a bit 01 n knock.
'1'I:at is all; do not be frightened. It
k,oks worse than It is—Olt, \I. (418111n1.
von4 veil(1 ! Envnyez cheater 1111 1114X1e-
cin lout de suite! Ily a un \I. (:rump,"
catching he his dcstit,ton at th,' thought
of even Sybilla's oljeettsvu►lle friend.
tial hereupon half a dozen vniccs--for
1.y lhi5 lime even 1110re than flint mint-
ier of inm11105 of the hotel !MVO
thronged into the little atom—raise
Ihe•'nse \ es 10 pronounce another tante
--the name 01 one we -
et both stands
higher he medico! fame end is tnoro
4p.k kl' prdw•urnble. In senreh of him
%a11lelh. the porter. is lneantly de-
spatched, ane) 1111'011%%11110 nlw,ut the in•
animate l.os'y sy'nrpalhizers Mend three
deep, unlit -reluctantly dispersed by a
hint of re nnt(1rr' so Nona ns not to be
inirolmdersk)n4l from Jim. to the creel.
No the patient swine twee n better
chimer. of coaling to himself if hr were
1111014 041 to have a breath of air. Ih• the
tense ltle (Neter arrives—there is 4,1110
st1,n11 delay twos' Ito appears --ell air
g..' eel of. end. \Its. Le Marchant have
ing gone to give directions for having
Jim's nom arranged for the sick ,nen.
holt howls, it is on the ground -floor
and also of n better size than that al-
lotted to hint. Jim and Elizetx•lh are
once nimbi left tete-n•lete.
(To be eonlint,edl).
3I,,r1.L'v---"1',s. 1 del lend him !,130."
New.it1--"\\'el!, 1 suppose hell pay you
lack earns' day. but you can't make him
hurry.e Merkle'—"I 110111 I:now plead
1 r eight ., � 44:4 1
hal. th mere ghl t ne !kis g
a nate the sorrel has heed !hal effect up-
on him several limes lately."
FIRE INSURANCE RIDDLES
.1N E\(:1.1311 HOUSEHOLDER'S 1'ltE-
DIC.t4IE\T.
1\
riler In London Daily Mail Tells
flow Companies Treat the
Insured.
Every year enormous amounts are
)laid by Ilse Bethel' puttee as premi-
ums for the insurance of their houses
and goods against the leeks of fire.
But there is not a single householder
in this country who can tell nue lo%v
'much Lei would be able to get out of
the company which insures hits if his
Louse was completely burnt out and
his goods were totally destroyed. says
A. \1. Barrington in London Daily
Hail.
And the reason of this lies in the
absurd fact that, although 1. as a house•
':older, pay a fixed annual premium
011 a fixed insurable amount to protect
me frjtn the risks of fire. the company
will not pay me that fixed insurable
mnhunt, even though nil my goods are
&%,t. Although the company cheerful-
ly scoops in the premiums on £1,000
:• £3,000—.premiums, mind you, 111
strict proportion to the insurable
:amount—it is under no obligation to
pay that amount, and in practice :t
etever docs.
\\*HAT CONIES OFF.
It is only when the fire has caner and
destroyed all his j!oorls that the house•
'Iv;ler fines this oul. 'Then, \viten he
claims the LI.000 or whatever the sum
.11:ay be on which he has (said his pre-
miums, he is met, for the first time, by
o demand for proof as to what goats
.were burnt and whether they were
.worth that sunt.
Ile is required lo produce an inven-
tory comprising every amid,, to give
evidence of their value to slow lc -
counts and receipts concerning the
articles lie has bought, to prove that
they aro alt his and not belonging to
11', servants or his friends, and then,
'when he has done all this, he is told
that he has not allowed for dcprecia-
1':n, and that 20 or 30 or even more
per cent. 'lust come off his claim on
that head alone.
A HEAVY LOSER.
'rhe result is that, while lire insur-
ance as at present arranged acts well
enough on partial and inconsiderable
losses, when a total, or practically a
total. loss occurs, the unfortunate
t( useholder is a heavy loser. In ad-
dition to the amental trouble, such res
complete destruction of his home brings
on 111111, he is compelled within a very
short time to render all these innum-
erable particulars, and eventually, to
escape the anxieties and expense of n
lawsuit, to accept practically what the
insurance company determines to give
Iran.
And this is why I say that the lime
Sees come for a drastic reform of the
etre insu►•atce sy;tem—for it is the sys-
Mon and not any individual company
or group of companies against which
l now protest; and that the public should
'r•eco:ve, without question, tho full
mount on which they have annually
raid a proportionate premium, direct-
ly they havO satisfied the company Ital
Phe fire has taken place tender bone
tide circuwstnnese; and that the loss
leas been as complete es they claim it
to be.
UNSATISFACTORY SYSTEM.
That is say. on a total loss we want
.1 "valued policy"—a policy which val-
ves our goods (neer inspection by the
I:ompany) at n fixed sum, and gives
Us a right to that suns on the proof
of the lass.
At present one loses heavily under
the mist unsalisfnetory system in
e( gee. nue as there Li n•,lhi)1g like a
1'011,71'00 ci►se to 11111511.110 the working
of a system. i will give any own un-
'fedi:nate experience of illy Navy boa
'.ev fire. although 1 I1n,1 Ili -light 1 was
'fully insured against its rises.
CAST: IN POINT.
Some fifteen years ago I insured my
ft-tnilure for the sura of .01.2841, and
lever since 111m I had peel the annual
premium proportionate to thal amount.
`.s months since a lire brake out in
1h'' middle of the night. and practically
nil my furniture and effecle were de-
St:rey.'1 1►'fore the local lire brigade had
-got the lire under whet they called)
"control." 'Thereupon I sent in my
i'aim for £1.400. \villi such general ode-
fails AS 1 could COtr►pilc within the fore
bight allowed to ise by lite terms of the
1 'Iicy.
Then the trouble begun. 1 was re-
quired by the company to sot out each
article that 1 had lost, to place ngtinsl
Sl its value al the lisle of IIie fire. and
to produce accounts and vouchers in
tv.nneclien with these articles. It was
impossible for Ise to do any of these
thing; properly.
R1(:KED TIIEIII I:1: \INS.
My wife end 1 ra ', .I a sur brains to
114. pitch of torment to compile a list
'which probably left out a hundred a•-
tliele.--most of them email. 1 do not
ld:.ubt. The value of those we 'velem•
tiered we could in some Melan:es gauge,
tut 111 nUr11y ir)SInllces we c0(1111 1101.
'\We eou!d only draw "bows et n ven-
t -sure," and we had 10 be very careful
not to be 109 %ent'resonie, for we hail
1/(fore use n warning in large type that
in the ease of a claim Icing so exag.
'iterated as to be considered fraudie
1,111, all benefit under Il►e pulley would
1 r f rfeited.
Finally. as In accounts and vouch.
ars, we had practically none. A stray
invoice Or Ivo. some twenty or thirty
receipts not showing elenrly the par-
ticular article to which they applied—
Were all that we hail poesesaed, end
(hese had disappeared in the lire wtich
1.ad overwhelmed our home.
DEDUCTIONS \i.\DE.
The tipsier' of the whole natter wes
that the ee,tnpany CA.1unlydl 111Cre was
x1.004 w vett of go st% in the house.
declined to pay for engraving, an,l
mints (some of which were worth J:5
tend tin apiece) ',races Ihry had not
Steen expressly mentioned in ttie policy;
'or the same reason would not pay fora
two pianos; disclaimed reeponsibilily
tier several valuable family portraits in
Cd1s, ou the ground that they were not
tebsi11110ly mine, Leat were held in trust;
teed that the damage in lay study,
ev here 1 kept guns, Ilshing-rods, some
e orting trophies, and a number a I
books and pictures, was caused not by
the lire. bel by the explosion of a cuss.
If cartridges I kept in That room. and
'lheref•ere %vas not covered by the policy;
Reelected 20 per cent. for general de -
(predation, while allowing nothing for
the appreciation of some old Georgian
Fifer plate; and flnal!s offecred ►ue
.15:00, or the alternative of all expensive
and unsatisfactory arbitration (the Leone
Of the policy denying mo the right to
`place my cnse before a judge and jury).
"B'ALL'ED POI.ICV."
That, in brief, is the story c.f my fire
Insurance, and 11 must be the exp'ri-
t'nce of ninny persons after an over-
whelming lire. Some companies are
undoubtedly more generous than others;
but 1 maintain that the system is wrong.
tend that what we pay for we slums'
be entitled to get; that the policy
'. 1v ails' be a "valued policy"—in other
'words. if £1.000 worth of goods is paid
'Ur and is lost, £l.0110, and no other
'.um, should be payable to the loser.
ENTERTAINING ROYALTY
STILi. SOMETiMES A TICKLISII
THING IN ENGL.tND.
'King Edward at an Unceremonious
Week-end—The Shah a Trouble-
some Guest.
l'o entertain royally is the dream of
'some people. the bugbear of others. In
cldcn time.; the entertaining of royally
laxed to their utmost the resources 4:'
ele, richest noblemen, who scented like
Monarchs themselves in their power and
pr.digalily. Queen ElizoLeat's progress-
es ruined her hosts, though they vied
'with each other in offering her the
gorgeous masques, the fantastic page -
'tints rent( the splendid (castings in
which her soul delighted. But in Itis
democratic age, writes Lady' violet
Greville in the London Chronicle, roy-
ally slows itself less exacting, and en-
tertaining Is conclude,' on far simpler
lines.
The Tale Queen 1'icloria paid brief
visits to the castles of the great peers.
and has left on record in her diary the
unaffected pleasure she derives! from
her slay in Highland homes like 'Toy-
ntc.utll and Blair Athol!. where the
simple feudal life and the splendid
scenery of mountain and loch imperil-
ed to her unsophisticated taste. These
sojourns, flecked, decided tier to pur-
chase the Balmoral estates, where the
Nippiest hours of her active life were
spent.
English royalty loves to dispense ns
muck as possible with unnecessary eti-
quette and to join in field sports and
ce.tmlry pastimes. Even the foreigners
who land 4441 0111' hospitable shores en-
ter keenly into our ganles—our polo.
our cricket and our hunting. 1 vivid-
ly reminder the intense delight evinc-
ed by the Cennle de I's'is 011 the occa-
si •n of his landing
ITIS FIRST S.V.\ION
on the bunks of a wild Highland river.
phis pride and joy were those of n
schoolboy enol the I1•h, carefully wrap,
peed 111 11c0111er, w'115 pr.unpll• despnlcl►-
cd as n welcome gift to the Gomlesse
de i'ari'.
N4h%'ithslanding this laudable desire
foe simplieily. the entertaining of roy-
ally still remains a ficklest' thing. Kinge
and princes are often as exacting and
caprk•i0us as spoilt beauties—the shah
when tired frequently refused to budge
or Ia fulfill the engagements he lino
(i.nlraelcd—and if things db not b;c
quite smoothly they are apt to vLsit Ih,
annoyance on the uneffending host. II
is said that Louis XVIll., after he Wes
restored In the throne by the allied
f,reesv mortally Offended Czar Alexn)1-
vlcr by allowing his fnmiiy lo annex
nII the stale rooms In 1110 chateau
where he was entertaining. and com-
pelling the (ant• to content Weise!!
witls more humble ape:intents.
The King nisro suffered himself to 1.
R(-rwed first at dinner. fin unpardonable
breach e! etiquette. The ('zer, in light
dudgeon, ordered his caarriage end Ief'
next cloy. feeling himself from that slay
onward in ,re denten towers' the linun-
purlls!s, who lad strewn flint courtesy
Imd regard. It is on such lapses frnn,
etiquette and good breeding that lusts
ore apt to make shipwreck.
When English roynity %lees a cnun-
tda louse it is usual to .uhnlit eefore
(handl a list of the visitors that ere 1.•
1,:' received. which the greet perseuingt
approves, deletes or add; to os he pre-
fers.
On the orcns'n t 0f a King:: '.1511
epertnents are redecorated and retia.
rested in the style he is enpro'cd 10
prefer. 1110 daily menu Is passed by hen,.
and his principal n11end11111 p_,ints out
the dishes preferred and the Maur 'It
which he wishes his meets served. tette
ally the tnonnrch breakfasts
IN 1115 OWN Ai'AIrrMENTs.
Qusen Victoria 1na1e her midday mere
the pr;1cipel one of the clay. and -tier
dinner, taken late, .served the purpose
(1( Rupee,•, No mutton ons ever eaten
at her table, Lut chicken always (Iglu
(d there.
The present Kings gnstronnetle fano
etre has been exerted in favor of seme
ler and lighter dinners, and he pr.•f •
French cookery. (hough he oleo :
111:0h thoroughly English the
henna nevi bacon. The into hoe •
1:an11 ridge :showed gieal partiality 1.
hang, which, coil or het, always al•
peered at dinner.
Corok% of reynl houses are )14e !,
les -delete rind nc4.,rding to fpr!
1, m rewarded and even decorate 1.
teteent King has given the e'Lett
(realer to two ducal cooks who has,
forded him setisfeclion. Nohvlllee
lube; the extra trouble densest lit
la usd'h.11d the servante are delft:'
ends flattered by Ila,' advent of to,
King. for they are Imnd• m)e1y (4'11
rimed, while the heel and 1:o+ace+
s•
Ivri generally receive eserie cher' le
brei h c ci a
les0nl a
in or >c r rcl'
p g
I
case with the royal initials In dtanoudt
—as a sa,nenir.
The King is exceedingly careful to se-
lect gifts appropriate to the friend •ul
%%lion► he confers them, rend chooses
and L:stow4 them himself, knowing 1114
importance of tact and the personal
touch in all Sl►e11 matters.
Two kinds of royal visits take place.
slate visits, when everything is eves
I:.onious and a certain amount of eh.
(melte is exacted, and the itif..rn,ai
week end visits to friends in wh:cit the
le ng delights. On these occnsiens I e
hl dug; only a small retinue %%1111 Trim,
Iw . mote►:, and live chauffeurs,
reeling a meconicien, and he teats
d %eryl'ling with the charming wilily
rur,l b,n11OIIIie which have done s(1
na:clt to increase our'Input:wily abroad.
1; 1.e generally expected that 01'e1'y
one should lie ready and assembled be -
fere the King appears for dinner, and
at (orutal receptions ladies must always
wear g:oyes,
EVEN IN THE l: I (OUSE.
There is ualally some sport or event
fee which the King visits his host, such
as reefed.;, ~ustling or the opening of a
public building, but when he is quietly
ing with intin.ale Ir:ends golf, but Ige
es a motor drive amply suffice for Lis
annrsenu•ml.
The ling is very proud of his beau-
tiful gatdene al Frog'nore, where more±
Itratl a hundred gardeners are employ-'
et), and of the grapes and peaches,
which take prizes at the principal flow-
er slow.;; but even these magnificent
gardens with their long vistas of gloss
114•0ses d , not suffice for the royal
needs, feel 'many thousands of pound,
eve extended annually in fruits and
V(ge'ables. hostesses must provide
fruit of the very Lest and most delec-
table quality. "primeurs" of all kinds„
and the finest asparagus, green peas,
or whatever delicacy is in season.
Tlw arrangements of the royal apart-'
n.ents, the color of the hangings, the
cl.o!ce of flowers, !looks and bric-a-
brac, demand forethought and know-
ledge on 1110 part of the hostess. Queen
Alexandra likes pale and pretty colors,.
end she experts fresh sheets, edged
wah laee, laid on her Led each night-.
Queen \'ic'oria disliked highly scented'
ft ,%veers, a prejudice shared by all the.
lades of that period. who considered
them unwholesome. The late Dunce et;
Albany, on the contrary, loved them int
great variety. mid weltered his table;
strewn with books end Il:e %%tills co%••
cued with good prints. Pets, dogs. audl
arrakeefs ails frequently carried alone
L'y royally. The King himself acv: r,
slurs without his favorite dog, Cfesar,e
and the Queen likes her Japanese dog;sl
and her singing bird. around her. and
even takes them on her foreign trips.
Foreign royalties rise uncomfortably
early, to our idea, one others go to bed
%t ry later hal as a rule they retire et
a reasonable hour. Entertaining Ori-
e•tals is n more diflicull affair. The
~awl's suite carried on culinary opera -
liens in theft' bedrooms. threw the
chicken bones on the floor and left 1
(e I•rible mess of litter behind than.
(;AItl'ETs \\lila: !film:A)
rend curtains diets-lye/I. Hessian visi-
t( es in the Inst century refused to sleep
in leis. and lay en the [leer. Prince
Pu;hinni,
who spoke no English. liked
Euro!:ean fashions and preferred to
dine late. His suite were remarkably
pleasant, Mately end courteous in their
manners.
Oecn. !leered*. It Is the dependents
rind servants who give the 'noel trou-
ble, their rooms do not please them er
pee fotsi is not to (heir liking, ur They
are quick to resent imaginary sight:
r forgetfulness. Queen Victoria's te-
rtian nitendanls expected the finest of
hothouse fruits to be provided for them.
Catholic kings and their eervanis •0-
gCire all kinds of delicate mnigre dish-
es to be served on fast days and Fri-
day's. while 1lindu1 eat nothing a
Christian has touched.
Time many little slumlling blocks
tnust be avoided by the prudent host-;
,ss. Mines anxious cares and worries --1
f ars lest the dinner should not 1e punc-
tual, hot end wee cooked and IIIc nr-,
rengements go without a Miele—assail
her.' Royally sometimes expresses al
wt.!' to change the plans or go on 1601110!
eXpedtlien which lull 1101 been suggest -
'.1 before. and it Ls 1h, n Ilial the in-
geuuity or the treats Is put to the'
11! a a)(• \\ill likhlning-like eetcr•iiy :.1
I,, 1'.1 decide. issue orders and see that!
!Ley are obeyed. In fact the w• •mond
elm i, a good entertainer of royalty
ii a tern diplomat and 111 to Ink&' ikon
pinre of Piimte \Iina5ld'r. It is every
inte's ambition to reach the dizzy height,
hit for one who cuereeds many fail ig.4
'mutinously and retire forever abashed
end disapp einte 1 from the contest -
It 'lust Ix' consoling to the kneel• ant -
118,4 to know lied humanity L(•lievcs
il•a'I( specially medal.
On.' nice thing 0140.1 11,15 world Le
that the sun shines a. 1.rightiy 0t1 Ito
1111111 4)11 1e5)1 OS 4011 II►` 1111111 ill 4111 111110.
"Did you ever think seriously of neer-
singe "1'e's " '•I'h,n why aro you
ir,gte?" "Thal+ the 11115', r.
1',r'tn is the fits) \tnhnnunednn roan•
try 111 the world to be granted n (iiit,li-
hil:on,
The spelled swordlLsh of 11' Intim
ocean lute a huge 1nil•like doted pin.
and whinny uses this ns n hail. es -editing
l'fore the 44illd et a Ilse parr.
\Viten n fl -teeme is sen!envie' 4,14
Agee in the throne peeoune on 1t•e
el or the' tanned will 01411111• 4o'nit1114!
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NURSING) AN rivrANT. ANL IN THIT
MO((N• THAT C .3541 ALPOPI `THAT
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