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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1908-10-15, Page 6• 0.0.0+0.0.0.0+0+0+0♦0+0+0.0+0+0+o+o.*.o+o+a} Brokcn Vow UNCLE DICK; Or, The Result of Diolomaey and Tact. 0 0 +0+040+0 0+o t 8:40+Ar1Q+0+ +0+0+0♦0♦CE+O+0+0+0+0 CHAPTER I. The advent of its regatta is usu- ally the herald ut a sea -side sea- son's demise. \Viyernsca, as yet. 18 not sufficiently developed to juste- fiy indulgence in a water festis al. So far, its carnival flights have been 1,er--smiled. The idea of Masters hutting a fly appealed to the nu - mor in theca. But, as the blackets hat may have :i silver -paper lining, so the wall served a good purpose. It acted as a shelter from the one thing which confined within the limits of flower costurhed the enjoyment of October chows and the treats of its Sundaylt; 1Vivernsea : that wind which is said to he good for neither man nor school. beast. Thoughtful hands had laced The builder ---his surname is Jerry I is around with a rule th(,tlgh. His a comfortable seat within the wall's conspiracy with the man mho plots shelter. lands and dispenses free lunch- s heCinledge of these things had in- lands and railway tickets, will pus- p Masters'journey to \Vi ern - se a. Where he had stayed before begin their youth at the wrung end eibly wreak a change on that part the landladyhad rooms vacant. of the map's countenance. I11creas_ –catch it up, as it were, after it ed population may render the place She knew his requirements and should have been left behind. And more famous -or infamous. So eery much depends on one's view- pcint' rot d solel • a desire to The houses of Wivernsea are built in its bey. Stuck in round the ip p y by rom telea! her talk. fringe of it like teeth in a lower Haying done justice to a hastily jaw. Picture to yourself the long Prepared luncheon, Masters' slip - ago -the bay's origin --and the pre- ped a note book into his pocket and sent appearance of the place may sallied forth. His route was east - sent , its termination his favorite `''bile Olive lay still, wondering if interrninabio and the years withouti—generally sells for nearly enough carne before you. if possible to in .eat at the end of the Parade. There lie knew how great that fight had end '1 While now the mornings s to pay for the winter's keep of the traduce a belief that there were were some hours left of warmth been animal. The winter quarters of a •come and go and the weeks fly and and sunshine ; the author's intent �\ hen 1 understood at last, I he the Years we count with little halt l s ^P, , require cleaning he, as a rule was to avail himself of them. gran to have a feeling for you that between, they go so fast ; and what out not more than twice during the Seated, he for a time succumbed vas quite outside myself, as it were. with my increasing years and the winter, and, with occasional bed - to the charm of the water as it stole I was filled with an acLuiratiotr for seeming quicker flight of time as we out and away. Listened to its lap- 3'= t1 -the dry old heart in the wok(' g; row older I find myself now, for ping as it broadened the ribbon of t p, and I found that I loved you; the first time in my life, in sight of sand at each receding wave. Then, Mr. Blake . Is this fair 1 I'm the end; and_ this is a new and seri- turning a deaf ear to the charm quite helpless here our awakening and an impressive to his note book, 'and I take advantage of it,'' and his eyes on tsensation. lie buried himself in the particular said Martin, laying down his pal -„sato see, when we are young, chapter on which he was engaged. t.tte, and turning towards her. still 011 the upward slope of life, 'You promised to listen, you know The writer's concentration was , -and i Ill afraid you roust. I want not (.f the plumbless kind. Sound of a girl's voice roused him from t , be honest with you ; I want to his depth of thought. It should not tell you everything that is in my heart.” "When I ant stronger, I shall be able to thank you for all you have done for me -or try to thank you He ]Dred children. Loved them -and I shall go hack into the world hest before the rubbing off of what and begin my life again. Because •1 failed once is nut to say that I shall fail again." "A few years ago,". went on Mar- ('H.1PTER X 11I. , .(Cont'd). She lay still, watching the sun- set, and watching biro while he worked. It was c•haraeterlstic of the !Ilan that li'r quite a long time as he talker] he worked also, with- out looking at her at all. "When I first saw you, I was in- terested in you, in spite of myself " marry you. I have no right to creep .,♦.♦♦„♦♦,,,,.,,♦♦„� f FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND SCIENCE DEFEATS DEATH into happiness like this.” He got up and walked away to the end of the garden. She sawover the --- hint standing there, looking out , which the sun 4 NOTES OF INTI:iii:sT FROM HER I .tNIM.11.S K11.1.F:1) )!ND THI:N was setting for -vire~day. He turned i 111 e 1 x.11 111 ♦ BANKS :1\V BRAES. BItO1'G11'I' '1'0 L1I'E. presently and came back, and I knelt suddenly down beside her. 4. "When 1 called you Olive Varney, (;+++♦+♦♦♦♦♦++♦♦♦♦+++♦+♦• 1 made a mistake, dear,” he said. "Olive Varney -poor unhappy girl, KEEP MORE SHEEP. bred up to a life that never should The constant demand and high have been hers ---is well forgotten. market prices at present and for But there are quite a number of smile time past said. "Phis strarlgc, Aunt Phipps � I art prevailing, for eole who bless the name of Aunt feed - who , who sprang suddenly , int(the liter II ing; lambs and mutton, certainly of people in whom I had an inter- Phipps, and love her ali►lost as well imakes the raising and feeding of , ►s -he drew est ----who was proud arld strung, and Lehdinto as 1 do. Aunt Phipps and looked sheep one of the most profitable ►t ry much of an enigma -held my r acs - branches of fanning; ><n Canada, attention. fine was hard and bit c lose into her eyes-- wont you let ter, as 1 afterwards knewshe ]lad me take care of�you 1" been taught to be; but she was al- es please, said Aunt Phipps, ways struggling against herself -- r:lways fighting against better in- stincts that belonged naturally to her. Ono had expected that Aunt Phipps !could be a middle -aged - es en an elderly person; this woman was a surprise." "I have never been young," said Olive quietly. "You are growing younger every clay," said Martin, glancing at her foi a moment with a smile. "Sonic hitherto, had suited hien admirably.I'm not sure that that isn't the best Had even acquired the knowledge youth of all. Well, as I was say - that his visits to Wivernsea were g, couldn't understand you; and when I did understand you, I hated you for what you had done. 1 didn't: know you then -not pro- perly; I couldn't see clearly what a fprht you had made for it." He was silent for a few moments, taking into consideration compara- tive cost of pruduetion in labor, food, and -cash outlay, a statement and hid her face against his 1. hich, judging from the scarcity of hands. sheep in this country, few fanners THE EI\D. appear to accept, though it chat- '1'- lenges successful contradiction. FLYING THINGS. Sheep will thrive and grow wool and mutton on pasturage on which cattle or other stock would fail or starve. Sheep help to keep the farm clean by eating weeds that other stock will not. In summer, sheep require practically no atten- don't begin to be in it with steauy dance, and in whiter, an average ging time. -'. an hour each day of a man's time "You sec, the eagle and the eon- flock sufficient to supply the wants of dor Saye to rest once in a while, :1 flock of fifty sheep to keep thein while time keeps a -plugging right 1'1 thrifty condition. while if fed for Eagle and Condor Not In It With Steadily Flying 'I'inle. "The eagle and the condor can certainly fly 801110, but," said the man with frost in llis hair, "they What is Going ou in the Highlands and l.ottlands of Auld Scotia. An experiment in dust laying with calcium chloride is being made on the road near Penicuik. Experiments 1%'ith Electricity to be Ptit Into Practice on 11u- III1UI !lefties. Louise O. Rabin.%itc•}► of New 1 otk and 1)r. V. Magnan are re - paring another step in their !aeries There were fine catches of sal- ,,; discoveries in electsic sleep ex - f criments, and t hose which Itavo been safely conducted on rahl►its and dogs will he made on human kings, patients in the insane hus- I'ital of Sainte Anne in Paris. 1)r. Rabinovitch has been con- ducting experiments with hopes of finding the means of doing away entirely with the usual anaesthetic's Ilion lately en the Solway, the hea- viest being one weighing 40 pewit's. Another outbreak of scarlet fever has occurred in Kirkcaldy in the Third Ward district of the burgh '1'}le band performances of the Sunday Society in } din1'urgh, irate 1•een so successful this Sulu:►ter :Litt they are to be continued. There has been a raid at Co, •r,- --ether and chloroform and so far has been very successful, says a cable despatch to the EL}•:uTRI(-' SLEEP. The city of Paris early in the Fay against rats, and it is bei:eyed that the !measures taken will er?'ee- t,lally clear the island of th. ro- dents. At Luughrea recently, And, ow Moran, merchant, was find -':'d senimcr fitted up a laboratory fo: for using a post uttice stamp, when the Hospital of Sainte Anne, and had already been used on a re .c►pt. there she has been working steadily. Inverary Highland genies were Already she has put a patient t(► held recently in favorable weather sleep by electricity without per - before 8,000 spectators. The entries firming an operation. Site has also along -there's something uncanny the !neat market, weight may be ad- were numerous and corl►pet-t'.nls in several cases u8ed electricity as (led at considerable less cost of food 1 keen. a local anaesthetic on a part of the about the flight of time. "Anel not only does it keep going' and labor than in the case of any Mr. Alexander Henderson, 8011 of aria or leg and has performed a : ether class of stock, and the pro- Mr. George Henderson, cooper, re- dight operation. Her intention so, but as we grow older it seems al• the time to be speeding up ; go- , duct, as a rule, sells for a higher siding in River street, Montrose, Low is, in which she is encouraged ing steadily faster and faster. Yoh price per pound than any other has been selected to be chauf fur 1•y the veteran 1)r. Megan, to per - know how when we were young the �(.' meat, while the fleece -an annual to the Khedive of Egypt. fe rin a serious operation made un - days seemed long and the seasons crop which no other stock produces For the year ending May, , der the influence of electric sleep. pante in the earth in those days it will make realization simpler. because it looks as if a ina:nmuth Iiacl snapped at the coast just there and bitten out a huge mouthful. If your imagination is sufficient- ly elastic to give play to it, con- ceive houses being dropped into the )darks left by the giant's teeth -a sort of dental stopping. So may be garnered a fair idea of the pre- sentment of this particular inden- tation in the land. When the goose of Michaelmas is e}:aking in its scales, Wivernsea lodging letters e ,croach on the farmer's privilege. The closing time of their harsest is near enough to be grumbled at. It is painful knowledge to them that visitors scuttle away as September ends. The exodus is due to 60m0 absurd 1 elief that the weather then -like a school at the advent of the holidays --breaks up. In the ears of one man -William Masters by "'ante, hinder - together -e1 -sensational -incidents - in - hook form by profession ---such grumbles tinkled pleasantly. Because the usual Octuher \Vivernsea weather is mild and bright and rainless. Being a non -gregarious man, the place shaped before his eyes as a land flowing with ,milk and honey. Ile knew it to be good then. Knowledge is the wing on which we fly to heaven. In this instance, the author's flight from! London was %ia the London and South Wester" Railway Conipnily's terminus. I.ater on he told himself that it was proving vcrtiahly----his Waterloo. \Vivernsea's wall is kneels locally as the Esplanade. Euphemisms -- eacrifices to vanity at the expense c.f t he seashore. The walk terntin- atr,.l eastwards with the abruptness i' a cinematograph view. A pric ate owner claimed the land there. It was not an undisputed claim. Opposition n,;0lr the owner handle the "natter with (nailed fist. '1'o snake his position stronger he erect- ed a high wall. If it did not pre- sent his opponents going further with their Tibial opposition. it ef- fectually prevented there from 1:+4- ing further along the parade. The ernbelishnirn1 s of the wa11 were, apparently, the o►ttco1110 of deep thought. Its top was artisti- cally embroidered with spikes and 'token bottles. This sharply jagged crown was known locally as a shit - cry-fre'eze. ilia c the at erage man ae opportunity to mispronounce a be gathered from that that the sex had any ext ram dinars influence ever hila -save when it was very young. is called their corners: she sweet- ness of what is actually the inno- cence1 the number of sane poor in S. it- This will be the first time that this land relieved from the rat's vets has been done anywhere in the 147,660, being equal to 330 per 10,- world. 000 of the population. 1)r. Rabinovitch has made some The fishing village of Wit,i ra was remarkable discoveries while she on fete recently on the occisi-,n •,f has been working in her laboratory, ding, the manure accumulated is of the wedding of four villagers, all and finds no difficulty in instilling first-class value as a soil fertilizer. eld, in one case a bachelor of 37 life into animals which have died on There is room on the farms of this marrying a spinster of 84. the operating table. The immense country for many tinges the number Musselburgh has 170 oldest inha- value of this discovery to physici- 0: sheep now kept, without serious- bitants, but only 100 of them will be ans when patients die by cause of 1'; lessening the crop. acreage or eligible for old age pensions. Even an anaesthetic can be seen at once. the number of other stock maintain- that number, however, totals up to ed. There is no country in which ti very tidy sum annually. DOG DIED 'THIi' EE TIM ES. not yet to the top of the hill, the .sheep are less liable to disease of whole world seems to us yet to comic; any sort than in Canada, and Inc and we advance to greet it joyfully, 1 complaint that dugs are a menace and then when at middle life we i to sheep -raising. applies with no There are two things which St. One dog playing about the labora- Andrew•s folks have frequently tried tory, the doctor told nle, had been to discover --where to get an addi- dead three times. "While under tional water supply and where the the influence of electric sleep 1 get to the top of the hill it s;►reads ! more force here than in other coun- entrance to the Cathedral crypt is. killed her instantly with chloro - out all around us, and of the end wel tries. Even in England, where A plan created n sensation at form. The heart stepped beating rever think ; but as we go clown sheep are many times more tillrner Aberdeen recently by diving into and respiration ceased. If the ani - the other slope there conies, as I i ons to the square mile than Isere, the Dee from Victoria bridge (& final had been left alone then it find there has come gently to me' dogs are in evidence in the sante re- height of sixty feet) and then swim- would have remained dead, but 1 row, a time when we realize that; lation, and do damage in proper- using ashore --where he was wel- immediately instituted artificial re_ our prospect is gradually but surely tion, but farmers there do not aban- narrowing. don sheep -raising on that account. we all carne into the world with --which it seems the business v"To be sure we give ourselves There are many floekniastcrs in this tin, duitr as if she had not spoken,, eery vear we can • we are going country who have kept large flocks „ of the world to destroy. Masters guessed from the voice that it belonged to a very little girl. Looking up, saw standi►;g in front f hien proof c'f the correctness of bis guess. A blue -eyed -wide -open - es ed-with-astnoishment too at see- iilg him there ---little maid. She had turned the parade corner and so cools en hint unexpectedly. --It was that never could be realized, and plain that she pulled up suddenly at that those dreams are -quite hap - teeing hint there. Just as sudden- pity. I as vire you -ended. fine ly called out in her clear, childish could niter have cared for me, an(1 least. little bit. You still have your every reason to believe that it will there was one woman -a mere girl to be long lived; not cut off at 70 for twenty to forty years without --in my life, and one woman only. er 80 or 90, we are going to live fo any ser•ieus less from dogs, and, 1 had known her mother ; I had he a hundred anyway, as we do not with reasenahle caution, there is grown up into an elderly young doubt ; but even so we Have passed comparatively little danger of loss man, with a tenderness for little the summit, we has e lived the from that. source. Lucy Ewing that 1 had for no one; greater number of our years, and ()wing to the present temporary else. I want you to understand we are drawing new ('n the steadily quarantine of thirty clays unposed that --I want you to see, in all fair- diminishing remainder ; and when be the United States against sheep cess, that I may have had dreams that idea once stIlkes you squarely from Canada, trade with that coon- s. that you take it in it gives you try. which has been enc best In:tr- sonlething to think about. ket f('r breeding i -t '('k, is being "lint not to worry over ; not the checked for a time, but there is tiOde-I should have made her life, and work to tlo, haven't y1,11 1 Why, "Oh' There's someone on your prt,habl3 niy °wilt, lulhappy if I lied sure, and you find ,n it and in every :eat. .'lass Miyy:ns '" taken advantage of any gratitude, • 1 1 ('at1 yeti draw a greater 1('y than The young lady se addres' cel came' she might have felt tow arc's me. (•ter. life is mellower and riper breeders and feeders ie that coun- into iii'W at that tnement, round Honestly and sincerely. I am glad and fuller of happiness. Yoe d('n't try en :recount of their• ht'a':thful- the hushes planted at the corner-- t' think that s.Ile gate her heart to wast(` time worrying 01 er trifling re ss and thrift, and the present is the little one halving run on :!head. another "'an.'' things. You come to have wings Of ' tctl flit' o►t'moills f:'.: orahle uppor 1111(• is reached om the I vibe let h1r hard drool) over t're 1 + During; the next few months the traein4s the Mise 1lia'vins flushed a little•. lie- s(.ur uw'n now (CH), 011 Whirl" Youll ((miry for Canadian farmers to , a1 inl8l is dead. .1 little farther on con►ir:gly, for otherwise the face Fide of the couch on w hick she lay; !bout to take :t wider suryc•s', to' found tt flock or add tt' existing British naay will be considerably 1he 1('(.111 11 r til ret lines shrew esti - nestle have leen consid4're(f atrifle Martin took it, and held it while he see with clearer vision, and youtfloc•ks. as most of the ',seeders 4f strengthened by the addition of tailked. plans Ills ships non• ppr4aciilgthe ficial respirateet, and still farther too pale. Thy p4�sihilits of the come back to your own corner with pure-bred sheep are heavily stook - child's speech bt•i111, c•u11 id' red 1•udt' 1 Then you Caine into in;; lift soil a contentment yell never had be- a ed, and are prepared to dispose pose 4f curupletion, Including four battle- i1ir1lairregular(' lints t show that t►1r induced her to sal' in :l i► undertone: who Wert: strr►K and fine and par- f,.re, rt kind('r charity. surplus stet sl ips and three zit -inured cruisers, t 'I las (sinew -need _cl t0 l,. e..tth( osefue I realized that you were I k at moderate prices. „ sFasn by itself. ,•11u,1,. Gracie. dear''' P -Life is ,irasant e'n this tti!o e,' I111 11 P.ew a(.sKels will augment tht. , The speech reached Masters' e; rs the. wiener) for whom .a man might cert pleasant ; hut. i de wish reel will ,e who buy earls' rat the season natal forces in the North Sea, The doctor is c4nfidt'nt that all Iears. } ( t 1 ill ( will Satyr the edytultaKc, of first lc•r experiments rata he put into He was sIriu-1: hi the FinKulnrls. wait : the W '111811 who would lift a intent. 101110 .ort of brake t., check choice, which 7)183' 1111811 a good deal "here they will replace ship, of an p i in 4. i \1']t. n sweet voice the g;r,yerness had. man tip. and makeso►mething of kiln the flight of time. 'Palk about eagles ir' some cases. 'Farmers who have elder type. iactic.4' on h Im.an he , K ' I"'uccc r could have made ('f him- : �' First of the battleships will be the anlival is under tit( lnileunce of When h1 l4o1 ed at the place whrnce{rl 1 womldr r :e \o believe rind condors. 1he3�are not in it gr:1(1, flocks will have a good chance the Lord Nelson. 'Phis shi , which; thr current it reacts te, nn stimu- th4' Dice iss(ir 1, he thought it the : s f 1 t ills"' u 1 c li f, r flying with tune!" this fill to secure a geed pure-bred t i ' i ins, and w.h1t the c•urrint is tr11- I r( (best moot ( he had ever yeti for the world that. 1 turned to yea -----.—_- rant to mate with their ewes, and l:ea been built un they Tyne, has c d off the rtwtlkenin is instZntanl uses on. '1IIt little droop of sacs with any second-rate affection ; may add a few pure-bred ewes to been greatly dela\l ( by lab°r trou g ours was different.. I hoed you ? Iles. Shp belongs to the, 1901-5 Ila ('u=. There is no after sickness !wi- tless at its corners (mellowed rather;: form the foundation c,f a pedigreed K' than took tt11:It from tite sweetness ile T11 thy` vers' beginning, almost 1 a constrttI(IIn well over t111'('e, `tulloi•• flock which will in a few years re- __,.�►__ cf it. without knowing it ; It was the hit sears. When cenlp),_ted she will _ The' lip= ripe reel in color. ('u- tlreSt nlonlent (if Illy life when 1join placr the grades and pros( a pro- ►.... ship, the . __.-.___-- ► TH 1: BEA1t! A11) THE MO f F.: . nun, in the 111'ore dii inion of the 1141114' 1' 14'('t. relieving the 111agnifi- he only for a comparatively short time, as our sheep Bre needed for that market. ttn(1 are popular with! coined by the police. question by means of electricity, The mansion -house t- f Galloway, . and presently the animal started to House and grounds, near Girlie - breathe of its own accord. Again, tston, and lands extending to over i,after I had killed the dog and re - 11 .100 acres. have been Feld b yt11e ' suscitated it, hemorrhage set in, Earl of Galloway to Sir Malcolm caused by an Operation, and tho I.`. M'Eacharn, Overstonc Park, (dug bled to death. 1 bruin,►ht it Northampton.Muck to life again. The animal is At Jedhurgh a whin bush is grim- at press nt perfectly healthy." ing on the top of a till tir tree. It 'While I was in the laboratory the 8 supposed a seed of the whin had (0 ('tor put a rabbit under the in-/ been carried up by a bird, and had ' fluency of electric sleep. In a e'en - found a crevice In the tree and 1'8rativ('ly short time, ellen the there started business. The trnnse- rabbit came out from ander the in - al growth ferns a pretty sight when fluence, it hopped away contented - the whin is in blcssom. ly. FROM DEATIH TO LIFE. For ,all her experiments en aei- tt•aIs the' doctor has kept rt•(•orrl0. SIi1PS FOR 'fill; N.1\'1'. which show t}ie traeiigs of the ;leli- -- ria!'s respiration and heart action Most Formidable Squadrons in the tl•roighuut the experiment. .1t the. World. Point where a perfectly straight.. —}- A 1)111:A 1)F I I. TI1O17(.HT. One clay Mare, the chase entail, le ported for ser' ice with a black i.ie's h('wed in shah, enchanting! had s -u8 letter telling me that I as the % were, slid not hold his at- 1 1,}'ould never see you again. tt.ntion ill iron bongs. His „lance "1 w"111(11'P have yon think that K•urd and his iicc•rss may be count- wand('red to her es es and hair. 1 didit t understand, said Olive. t(1 on eery tinie. Front that inspcctien ea8 formed, "But you forget that ()lite Var- \\'ttr11ieg• to trespassers anti en (P1111on- -one wheel be reser! r.Py 18 dead and that even the threats of pre see utlen garnished <bang(,(l other name i carried warn t thine. The features were the 'lost beau- 1 1f I have blundered, 1 have yet tiful and womanly ones he had ever, managed tt' creep mit of my 1►lun- seen. Just as sweet a face as a tier honorably enough ; let Inc go t^41nan with golden hair --that pc- awns' when i aril stronger. and be culiar tint of gold which the sun forgotten. i came to do a certain ever seems anxious t4 search, thing, and 1 hope 1 did something amongst and forget int not eyes, ; better. But all my life lies behind can possess at the age of three -and ; It.e -in shadows." teenty. She was gum' to look up_ 1 -All 11 sour life -your real fife -- on. lies hr•ft'rc you -in sunshine." maid (To be ('ontinnc(l.) Martin. "Let me tell you what I hese done. I recognized that Olive :1VOIDiN(G TEMPTATION. Varney 4eunc1 not appear among those who oncr had dreaded her Tommy ' Mn. 1 met the minis- coming; 1 knew that Aunt Phipps Oet en my slay to Sunday school, could not return ante'ng them; s4 1 n.ade up my mind to 11.111 4, l►chind ing on Sunday." me all the old things : - to begin Mater --''And w bat did you ray. t.Kain myself. 1 am going abroad darling 1" 1 can always find work to do. and '1'4rnnls --'•I said. `(;et thee 'e- I Stn not exactly is pauper. The lend me, Satan.' and ran right 1 1(1 studio in Chelsea is shut tip; away from him." said i want to marry :hint Phipps, r.nd take her away with 11:e. Lucy is safe ,and happy; Odlcy--bless her kind heart :--Odley goes hack ti! London, to be near her darling. You and 1, Olive. me out of the story. although we had so much to do ss ith it. Ohs(' I love yeti with all ley heart and sent; I can't bear t.' think that we should ever he parted again. \Vill you marry nae 1" "There is 114 Olive Varney in the she said. "And I can't fttable investment.---1'ariner's Ad - "Why. Mary," said her sympl- Ad- vocate. the 5511118 face e ith the liheralitw (•f almonds in a piece of French rock. The ewers d►►y man might well he excused a fear that there was danger in letting an unbu:trd- t'd eye rest on it. Amongst others. the wall barred the easterly progress of \\'illinnl Masters. in his instance no cha- grin rest,lted. It was a beast of his that he i►"ssesssed "views of his ( wn•'---the t},Ings which other pco- }•le smile at 11ttpleesently ar,d label -eccentricities." The owner of tier wall was a man after his onn heart. Undoubtedly a fell'.- feeling makes and he asked me if I c:er went fish - 11 wondrous kind. it is not good that man should be alone. But the author had not yet realized the greatness of that truth. H( had been heard to voice the na- tutc 4f his 1'ltirna Thule--undis- tt►rhed ea:`��,tell'0 111 :1 cot. Not be- side die iii'!, but in the centre of a big field. The situation to be en- hanced by possession of ,a Shot gun, its rc ;'it�1 to pepper trespassers on hiss solitude. Strangers who heard Masters freak 80, felt inclination to move away a pa.,2e : were prompted to thought: c4 anwell and Colney Mrs. Bubbles -- -Josiah, I am afraid Jo1►nnr hag caught the mea- sles. He's bsen planing with those Ikestein children.'' Mr. Rubbles - ''If the children are anything like c1(1 Ikestein. Maria, they won't gi'e Johnny the measles or any- thing else without our being chai'g- )fatch. His fr ende-rnutlter boost ed twenty per cent. for the accom- of his wast) ,e pot ert� atheir num- mt,dation. tl•et is mistress, "e hat a bad eye 3011 lint(, •, there's one e(,nsolatien. It "mght hays been e 4rsc." 1irs'nl." "S' '11 might hate haci hath 4f the in hurt." "Ye5'in. Or vt-ors 'n that : I - + 'MODERN MATERNITY. .1 little girl's mother attended a nllinher 4f card ',art Ws, lea\ ing the (1111(1 at henir with the nurse'. On One 1)0ea41011, the child's attention was attracted by the plaintive cries of a -'Dung calf. Bunning to the Little Dick, the iillage ''ha(I boy," was wading through a s ed - cent as flagship of the rear -admiral 1ow stream catching frog!; with r► i command of the battle squadron snt:tll landing net. it wits slow (the Hon. S. ('. .1. Colville). work, for the frogs weir nimble and 'Thr Lord Nelson will h" closely exceedingly shy, but whenever he f( !lowed by the three unproved succeeded in eaptni ing 1•ne Ito made I)readnotights 44 the 190e-7 pro- sure that it (lid not get away by g;l•anlrrie. The ltellerophon, built at putting it in a tin bucket that had l'ortsrn.uth, is nearly ready for a perforated lid. He had just caught a fine specimen and trans- ferred it to his bucket, when a seung lady. who vas out for a walk happened along. "Little boy," she 8nid, "don't sour know it's very cruel to catch those peer little f roggies i)S(k straightened tip and looked a; her. She wore a gorgeous ':Creation" on her iu-ad. ;arid soule- then)1 in its ttMMMiiItlTlg',: attra'led his attention. "I want •(•►u to wear on ray hat," arid. !night not ha' In -en married at all.' conimen:-ing her trials, and the Te- �______,,E,__ window, she exclaimed, "Peer little rrleraise. at. Devonport, is also in MEAN OF 'THEM. calfcy! has your mariuna gone to a forward state. The Superb, the card party and left you, too'?' 1 tlilcling by Messrs. :trtnstrung, Eva -"She never had a beau in \% hitworth, is not in such 8 satis- alt her life." — r factory condition, the labor dis- Katherine-`(And yet she has the putts hay ing affected tier as well as nerve to declare that her fuer is the Lord Nelson. She should. hew - her fortune." Eva-"(;r8c•i4usz ` 1t mast be one ever, be ready for ther pennant In the early spring o 1909. of those 'unclaimed fortunes' we These four battleships are all de - hear S4 11,1101 itbout.•' Stifled to join the Nore Division of 4.-- the Ironic Fleet. At present that F.111 M PHILOSOPHY. fleet comprises the 1►rr,adnuught ip e ctrlslu r in - ''It 'pears yew 1ne." remarked the chi(fleagf)sh, .\gntnemoftnh(,ru, Jupiterride, V'ic- rural philosopher. "1Iiat law air a t:-nioue and Vii, gnificent the last heap sight like a Celt." ' than twelve three being more ''How's that 1" queried the hired old. years (•ld. Owing to the delay in the de• inn re livery of the Lord Nelson the total -Somebody has yew l ,-e;tic it afore of six has had to be made tip by ea. kin tell whether it's envy good 1 er not," explained the old granger.t.►e cruiser -battleship Indomitable, which is temporarily taking the '1 Mace of the battleship London. UNAPPIIE('IATED .11'PL.11' 'E. - -----,F The tgre t cruiser is at present in Iliram Greene -"What (lid your 'Those who think they have all - hatl(asn do kyard, having a few sitter say when you told her I was religion are the ones elle most need minor defects attended to. t;( ing to tnekc a speech in the town 1.' worry whether they have any. hall to -night 1' \\'hen a man lets the wind blow \\'illie-''`lie (lidti't ,try n' titin' ; al' the shingles off his house he `he just laughed till 'hc had by- talks of t1i strange was of Provi- :.torics :" Hence. VINDI('ATE1). "Why do you wear that ridictl- 1(•n8 hat 1" he growled. "1)o you really think it ridicu- lous 1" she replied graciously. „How lovely of you. I was afraid :t wasn't quite the style.►, S}II•: REFRAINED. Morey ' ' cried Algernon. "Ilerr'` a elan diet) ('f brain fever, hi 'light on by i'latying chess. I am always Playing che'sc.,, "Yes. but yell know----" began Miss Sharpe, and then she decided she wouldn't say it. ''So Mrs. Gunson has only leen married once 1" "Yes; but she mads: another plan of her husband.' IN JI;STiFI('.1TiON. Police Justice -This marl ehergos you with stealing I►is watch, and the charge seems to be sustained. You were found w itll the watch in your possession. Prisoner--Y'r honor it ain't in; 1 didn't steal it. i rust him on the street and I asked I'irn what (line it was. He said it w as 1 o'clock. I says, 'I don't believe that watch is right,' and he says, 'You bet it's right ! It's just 1 o'clock ; you can take it from me.' Well, y'r honor, the first chance I got. I took it from hire, and now he's kickice about it:"