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Or, The Story of Miss Percival's Early Life.
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There was a moment of awful
stillness after Mrs. Cushmans im-
pulsive and brutal act, which sho
repented as soon as it was commit-
ted.
Then Esther, without a word, laid
down her work removed her apron
aleliberately and neatly folded it
and placed it upon the table ; after
which she arose and shook the
threads from her dress.
"What does this mean 1 We,
are you going to do?" demanded
Mrs. Cushman, but in rather a
breathless voice, as the girl attemp-
ted to pass her.
"I'm going to my room to pack
ray- trunk—I am going to leave your
house before the afternoon closes,"
Esther coldly returned.
"Indeed you are going to do no
such thing," energetically retort-
ed the matron, quickly recovering
herself in view of this spirited de-
termination; "you aro legally un-
der my caro until you are of age,
and you aro bound to obey me."
"I am going away," Esther per-
sisted, without raising her tone,
but with an inflection it was im-
possible to mistake; "no power on
earth can keep me here, after such
au insult as you have offered me.
Neither my father nor my mother
cter struck mo a blow, and by such
an outrage you have forfeited all
rig' t to control me—all right to
obedience or respect from 1no."
"Where will you go 7" Mrs.
Cushman inquired, a frown of
mingled annoyance and anxiety
sweeping over her face.
''I do not know—I do not much
care, so that I never see you
again," the girl replied, her out-
raged spirit now flashing forth in
words, for the first time during all
her servitude, and, without allow-
ing her companion opportunity for
iu,fther controversy, she left the
room, and fled up to her own,
where her pain, mortification and
anger found vent in a wild outburst
of weeping.
Mrs. Cushman, meanwhile, sank
into a chair in the sewing room,
V. hero sho sat a long while, absorb-
ed in a state of perplexity and
nnxiety that was anything but en-
viable.
Sho was disagreeably conscious
of the fact that she had abused Es-
ther ever since she enteral her
home—that sho had imposed upon
her in every possible way, mado a
slave of her, in fact. Sho knew,
well enough, that, her husband had
intended to do very differently by
her, for her mother's sake.
He would have allowed her to
pursue her education from the first;
be would have given her every ad-
vantage that she desired; for had
he not said that she was to share
equally with his own children in
every respect?
Possibly Mrs. Cushman would
not have been quite so cruel if her
j, alousy hod not been aroused ; her
suspicion that her husband cher-
ished a liugering fondness for the
girl's mother had from the first
paved the way for hatred.
She had not quite dared to repu-
diate Esther even after Mr. Cush-
roan's death, and she held tho reins
in her own hands ; she had not the
courage to turn her homeless into
the streets, and so since sho must
tolerate her presence in the house,
elle had vented her jealous spite up-
(.n her by making a servant of her
and thus saving the wages which
hitherto she had been obliged to
pay her nurse and seamstress.
Esther had always appeared so
attractablo that she had not once,
suspected her of posscesing such
spirit and indepen.lance, ani she
Lew regretted having been so rash
end severe toward her.
Sho did not want her to leave —
elle had never had a girl in the
helots who accomplished a tithe of
the work that Esther was capahl
o
< lug
f 1 1 Y l-
Then she was so uivar
ably sweet and kind toward Daisy,
w ho seemed a different child with '
her, while her influence over Frank
had become very marked.
No. her loss would be irreparable '
aid she did not like to contemplate
Inch a misfortune.
"1 do not itelieve she will go. -
she muttered, with a frown. as sL.
oat there nlune with the piles , •
w( rk staring at her from all sits.
(•f the r Toni ; "i do not believe she
A - 1 dare take her into into 1e•1•
u hands, and go forth home!
the. streets of this great city
Cut ellen lunch time came ali..i
1 ;her refused to conte down to
t iperinte;ld Daisy's meal. as mita:.
the began to fear that she posses,
ed more resolution than she had
e:‘ en her eredit for.
Slrortiv afterward, Daisy. feel-
ing lonely an<i longing for the
pitnionship of her faithful attcid
ant. whom she dearly loved, found
her w•ay up to her room, where she
was busily engaged folMing and
rncking her clothing.
"Where aro you going, Esther!"
1
questioned the child, wonderingly.
"I don't quite know, dear —
away somewhere," was tho low -
voiced reply, made with quivering
lips.
"Aren't you coming back again 1"
"No, Daisy."
"Truly 1"
"Yes, truly."
Tho child stood looking at her
fiiend for a full moment in silence,
her little chest swelling with grief,
Ler heart beating with quick, start-
led throbs, in view of this terrible
,calamity of losing all that made
life most enjoyable for her ; then,
suddenly, with a wild, shrill cry,
sht threw herself upon Esther's
breast, clasping her arms around
her neck and sobbing out hysteri-
cally:
"No, no, no! I can't let you go,
Esther; I shall dio if you go. Tell
me you won't. Oh, mamma! mam-
ma ! come quick and tell Esther sho
must not go."
Tho girl gathered the little weep-
er close in her embrace, and tried
to comfort her.
Sho had not thought that sho
would take her going so much to
heart, or she never would have told
her of her contemplated depar-
ture; she would have gone quietly,
when she was absorbed in her play,
and thus avoided this harrowing
scene.
It was long before she could calm
her turbulent sorrow; but it final-
ly spent itself, exhausting the child
also, and sho fell asleep in Esther's
arms,
Sho continued to hold her, weep-
ing softly herself over the approach-
ing separation, and thus an hour
slipped away and the sun had near-
ly set before Daisy awoke.
Then it was with a sharp, hoarse
cough thatsent a thrill of terror
through Esther's heart, and this
was increased upon discovering
how flushed and feverish sho had
become.
"Shp has taken cold," she sai<
to herself, and, rising with the
child still in her arms, she went di-
rectly below to Mrs. Cushinan's
private sitting -room.
"I fear that Daisy has a severe
cold," she remarked as she enter-
ed; "she has been coughing hoarse-
ly, and seems very feverish."
Tho mother started up with an
expression of anxiety which was
changed to a look of blank terror
as that shrill cough fell upon her
ears,
"Sho is very ill !" she cried. "Es-
ther, go down immediately and tell
John to hurry for Dr. Melrose; and
you certainly will not think of leav-
ing 'no with this sick child on my
hands," she concluded, with a
note of appeal in her tones.
Esther flushed, but after a mo -
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went of thought, she said, in a
low tone:
"No, I will not go until Daisy
is better."
Then she went to tell the coach-
man to go for the doctor, who, how-
ever, did not arrive under an hour,
curing which the child grew rapid-
ly worse.
The physician pronounced tho
case to be ono of malignant diph-
theria, whereupon Mrs. Cushman
went into hysterics and became
worse than useless; and thus poor
Esther was left to bear the ordeal
alone, as she had done so many
times before.
Dr. Melrose looked very grave
over this state of things.
It was evident to hint that this
little patient would have a tough
battle for life under the most fav-
crable circumstances; but with lit-
tle or no care from the source where
she should have had the strongest
and tenderest support, tho case
looked dubious enough.
"I will send a trained nurse im-
mediately," Dr. Melrose remarked
to Esther, after having ordered
.Mrs. Cushman to bed and given
her a strong sleeping potion.
"Do you not think I can take
:caro of her 1" the girl inquired.
i"Daisy dislikes strangers, and I
Lave been used to sick people for
a long time."
"I seo that you are very effici-
ent," the elan returned; "but this
as a case that will require very
.close attention, and ono person
could not possibly endure the
strain. 1)o not allow any member
of tho family—unless it be Mrs.
Cushman—to enter the room, and
do you be careful yourself about
taking the child's breath."
"I am not afraid," Esther quiet-
ly replied, as sho bent a fond look
upon the little one ; and, bestow-
ing a glance of admiration upon
her, tho physician hastened away.
Within a couple of hours a nurse
from one of the hospitals was in-
stalled in the sick room; but, as
Esther had feared, Daisy, would not
allow her to comp near her, to be-
stow the slightest attention upon
her.
She clung to our young heroine
every moment of the time, and was
only quiet and content so long as
she sat beside her, holding her hot,
little hand or ministering in some
way to her.
Every hour the child became
steadily worse, until her throat be-
came so swollen and inflamed that
she was utterly unable to swallow
and all internal remedies were
abandoned.
The third clay Dr. Melrose felt
obliged to tell tho almost distract-
ed mother that he had no hope of
saving her.
Sho had been the idol of tho whole
family, and every member of the
household was in despair in view
of the probable loss of their sweet
little favorite.
Eftther alone refused to accept
the physician's verdict.
"I do not believe she will die,"
she steadfastly asserted, with a rig-
id face and firtnly set lips, when-
ever the subject was referred to.
"Why do you say that' 1" Ur. Mel-
rose questioned, with some irrita-
tion, when, after having remained
many hours ministering to the child
he said the end was very near. and
Esther had reiterated her oft -re-
peated denial.
"Only Cod himself can save her
mow, and the age of miracles is
past," he concluded.
"God is life, and God is omni-
petent and omnipresent," Esther
reverently replied, with a look of
faith that was almost sublime.
The physician made no response,
although a skeptical expression
swept over his moody face. Materia
n.e(lica was the only god the recgg-
t►ized fer sick people, and he had
too often found even that to bo
strangely impotent.
An ominous and depressing si-
lence settled upon the occupants of
the roost after that.
Dr. Melrose stood nt the foot of
the bed waiting for what he believ-
ed must soon come ---death from
strangulation.
The trained nurse w•ay seated by
a window, calmly reading a popu-
:ar magazine, while Esther, heavy -
e; ed and almost exhausted from
Wig watching and sleepless nights,
still held the little hand which had
now lust its power to cling to her.
Suddenly Daisy coughed dis-
tressfully and then almost instant-
ly
nnnt-
t
ly lapsed into what seemed to be
a convulsion.
"Oh. what is this?" cried Esther,
springing to her feet and turning
he r wild, affrighted eyes upon tho
physician.
"You had better go nwaw," said
the roan, approaching her and gent-
ly trying to draw her from the beef.
"No, no 1 What is this 1 What
makes her scent as if she is suffo-
cating?" the girl imperatively de-
manded, and rudely shaking his
bard from her nrtn.
"My child, she is suffocating —
it is the membrane; if sho could
have expelled it there would have
been some hope,"
"Then why don't you remove it I
Oh, there must be some way to save
her:" cried Esther, wildly, as she
bent over the suffering little one
with nn agonized leek and tremb-
ling in every nerve.
Again Daisy coughed. tho ef-
fort appearing to bo accompanied
by nausea.
Esther stooped and peered eag-
erly into her mouths which was al-
most wide open with the exertions
to breathe.
Tho next moment the heroic girl
had plunged her fingers resolutely
into tho child's throat.
When she withdrew them sho held
the fatal membrane between them
—a discolored, unsightly thing that
looked like a strip of leather.
"Good heaven 1 1 had no idea
that could bo done 1" exclaimed the
startled physician, as ho snatched
a towel from the table and wrapped
it about the membrane, w hen,
throwing the whole into a bowl, he
deluged it with a powerful disin-
fectant.
"Nu se, go downstairs and pre-
pare some strong beef tea," he then
commanded, as he put poor, weak,
shivering Esther into a chair,'and
then stationing himself beside
Daisy, who now lay panting and ex-
hausted, but relieved from the ter-
rible sense of suffocation, admin-
istered stimulants every few mo-
ments, until the nurse reappeared
with the broth, which was immedi-
ately fed to her. In less than half
an hour the child was sleeping
quietly and restfully.
"Will she live 7" breathed Esther,
when Dr. Melrose finally turned
away from the bedside, a sigh of
infinite relief escaping him.
"I hope so," he said, but not
quite steadily.
"Will another membrane be like-
ly, to form?"
"I trust not—I shall fight it with
all my skill. The child has a good
constitution, naturally, and if we
can make her take sufficient nour-
ishment, I believe she will get well.
Now, my brave girl, be comforted,"
IR added, with exceeding gentle-
ness; "you have probably saved
her life; so, while sho sleeps, do
you go and take the rest which you
so much need. I will not leave her
until I am surd I can safely do so,
and the nurse will also be here,"
Outraged nature had asserted it-
self, and Esther was forced to yield
--she simply could not hold out any
longer, and crept away to her room
weak, trembling, exhausted.
She slept for many hours, and
when sho finally awoke it was to
learn that Daisy was much better,
although it would yet be some time
before all danger of a relapse would
be passed.
Sho continued to gain, however,
and her
t vc n was very lin ro me t
ra-
pid, but her illness seemed nly
the beginning of trouble, for Mrs.
Cushman and Madge both succumb -
<d to the dread disease, and thus
the demand upon Esther's strength
and patience was heavily increas-
ed.
For five long weeks the house was
turned into a hospital, and though
reither mother nor daughter was
regarded as dangerously ill, they
were both so thoroughly frightened
they imagined they were much
worse than they really were, and
thus the care of them, the catering
to their whims and caprices, was
something stupendous.
Esther held out bravely until
Daisy was running about the house
again, when sho began to droop,
and finally, one day, while brush-
ing out Mrs. Cushman's hair—that
lady having kept her standing at
her work for upward of half an
hour—she slipped to the floor and
quietly fainted away.
(To be continued.)
ilk CRNAM ORDER OE FORESTERS
THE TIIiRTIETII .tNNt'.IL
SESSION OF 11I(.11 COURT.
'fhe Year 1909 Was the Most Pros.
perous In the history of the
Order --.t Large Delegation
in ,Attendance.
The thirtieth annual session of the high
Court of the Canadian Order of Foreceis
opened In the city of London on 'roc ,:ay,
June Sth. with a large numb(r iu attend-
ance, including Mali Court omcera and
delegates representing Subordinate Courts
of every Province of the Dominion. it
1s just twenty years since the Order last
met in this city, and the event is an im-
portant one, not only on that account.
but also owing to the fact that in this
city just thirty years ago the society first
saw the light of day. !fere itreceived the
name of Canadian Order of Foresters. Its
founders were fortunate in the choice of
a name. at once euphonious and patrio-
tic. Since then the Order has steadily
grown in Importance. until Its interests
are now firmly estahlished in every
Province of tho Dominion, and its record
a splendid testimony of what can be ac-
complished by Canadians in Canada.
After the usual opining ceretnnnies and
the appointment of the several standing
committees, the 111gh Court ofcera sub-
mitted their reports, whieh showed the
Order to bo in the most flourishing con.
dition.
The High Chief Rangrr, .1. A. Stewart,
of Perth, Ont , after extending • hearty
welcome to the representatives present.
submitted his report, which was replete
with facts and figures relating to the
growth and extension of the Order during
the last year.
The year closed with a membership of
70,757. The ineresse in the insurance Re-
serve daring the year anu.nnted to 0:02,-
149.67. On January 1, 1906. the amount on
head in this 1:ra1NY was 82.4:6.690.87, and
at the close of the yrs, 52.77a,990.54. There
were 391 death claims p:..d, amounting to
0396,881.8.
The St(k a:•d Funeral Benefit depart-
ment is also in a flourishing condition.
During the year no lest; a sum than 5134,-
371.85. covering 5.136 claims, was paid in
this branch. The amoaat to the credit of
Small Investors
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this fund at the close of the year was
66142,806.70.
Thu high Chief Ranger, In concluding
his address expressed the hope that the
meeting would be a pleasant one for the
members and a profitable one for the
Order, and felt that if ever there was a
time in the history of the Order when the
members should all feel inspired with
hope and confidence in the future of Cana-
dian Forestry, that time was the present.
In an inspiring address be urged upon the
representatives to do all that iu them lay
to make 1909 the banner year of the Order.
The report of Geo. Faulkner. high Sec-
retary, covering the general work of the
society was next in order. and showed in
detail the large volume of business trans-
acted through the bead office in Brantford.
The amount of insurance premiums re-
ceived during the year was 11597,273 16.
which, with the large sum of 0101,853.33,
derived from interest earned on invest-
ments, made the total receipts in this
branch 5699,131.49. There were 391 death
claims paid, amounting to 5396.881.82, leav-
ing the large sum of 5302,249.67 to carry
to the Reserve Fund, which at the close
of the year was 02.728,940.54.
The Sick and Funeral Benefit branch
of the Order also showed a marked ad-
vance. The amount of fees received dur-
Ing the year was 5159,139.61, and interest
earned 05,174.49. The total receipts, there-
fore, amounted to 0164.314.10. There were
6,836 Sick and Funeral Benefit claims
paid, amounting to 5134,371.88, leaving 529.-
942.22
29:942.22 to carry to the Reserve Fund. which
at the close of the year amounted to
$142.806.70.
There were 70,757 members in good stand-
ing at the close of the year, carrying
071.175,500 of insurance, and the member-
ship in the Sick and Funeral Benefit
branch was 43,654.
There were issued from the high Recre-
tary's office 6,758 insurance certificates. nod
6,047 membership certificates, or a total of
12,805. and in addition there were endorse-
ments made on 1,388 insurance certificates.
The report of Robt. Elliott. high Treas-
urer, showed the funds of the Order to be
in a most satisfactory condition. The
receipts in the several funds were: In-
surance, 699.131.49; Rick and Funeral Bene-
fit Fund, 0164,314.10; General Fund, 591,-
948.27. Total receipts, 5955,394.56. The total
expenditure in these funds amounted to
$625,897.29. Tho surplus income over ex-
penditure amounted to 0329,497.27
The surplus Insurance funds are invested
as follows:
Municipal and school deben-
tures ........ ..... ..............$2,538,169 05
Dominion of Canada Stock..... 150,000 00
Deposits in chartered banks. 20,000 00
Current accounts iu chartered
banks ............ .. 20.771 49
Total ................ ......52,728,940 64
The total assets of the Order amounted
to $2,928.399.39, and its liabilities $38,660.59.
Assets over liabilities, 02,889,738.80.
The report of Dr. 1'. II. Stanley. who has
been Chairman of the -Medical Board since
the inception of the Order. shows that the
death rate during the past year was only
5.53 in the thousand. The average death
rate for thirty years is but 5.12 in the
thousand. There wcro submitted to the
Medical Board during the year 7,885 ap-.
nitrations, of which 7,231 were accepted,
and the retraining 649 rejected.
The report of W. G. Strong, superin-
tendent of Organisation. showed that dur-
ing the year there were 6,597 initiations.
There were 37 new courts instituted, with a
membership of 732.
At the close of the year there were 1,047
courts in the Order. representing a mein•
berehtp of 70.757. 'There were 490 courts in
the Province of Ontario, 178 in Quebec, 58
In Nova Scotia, 70 in New Itrunswiek, 15
In Prince Edward Island, 121 in Mani-
toba. 63 in Saskatchewan, 36 in Alberta,
and 16 in British Columbia.
Among those in attendance were the fol-
lowing: J. A. Stewart, High (thief Ranger,
Perth; Thos. W. Gibson, }Ugh Vice -Chief
Hanger, Toronto; Ooo. Faulkner, High
Secretary. Brantford; Relit. Elliot, Sigh
Treasurer. Brantford; Dr. 1'. M. Stanley,
Chairman Medical Board, Brantford; C.
E Britton, P.R.C.it., Oananoque; E. 1'. D.
Tilley, St. John; J. A. A. Brodeur, Mon-
treal; A. 1'. VanSomeren, McLeod, Alta;
W. 31. Couper, Montreal; members of the
I ceutite Committee, W. IRogers, nigh
Auditor, Brantford; W. Walker, nigh Reg-
istrar, Montreal: Her. W. J. west, high
('hnplain, muevalr; W. G. Strong, Super.
intendcnt of organization. Brantford;
Lyman I.re. high Court Solicitor, Baron -
ton; J. B. O'Regan, Chief Agent, Province
of Quebec, Quebec; D. E. McKinnon, Dia -
Inlet high Secretory, Winnipeg; 1', 11,
Davidson, D.I1.('.It., Winnipeg, and W. D.
Dunbar. P.11 C.R., Napinka, Uan.
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IMl'(11iT.\NC'E OF FIa:I,ING.
When utero is plenty of fodder
and grain in the barn, the nnimals
are, as a rule, well fed, or at least
fed sufficiently if not wisely.
A cow is a mnchino;. Perhaps
yell are tired of hearing this, but
it has not yet taken root in the
minds of many of us, and it's, there-
fore, our duty to pound away at it
until it becomes an axiom that a
cow cnn milk only in proportion as
she is fed.
You have scales in your barn,
every well regulated farm should,
and know by weight just exactly
how many pounds of milk is Risen
daily by each cow, and what it test:
in butter fat. Yon know tae crcci;1
side, and it's well that you :1,
because ,with it you can tell in an :
approximate way whether your
cows are paying you or not.
But now y ou roust use the sealer
at the other end too. You must
know what you are feeding and
how much it is costing to produce
your milk. The difference is the
profit, and how can you know the
protit without having the cost side
of the account, to subtract from the
receipts.
This is where too many of us
farmers and publishers fall down.
\1'o don't know the cost of pro-
duction, and we don't know whether
the margin of protit would not be
considerably greater if the feed end
cost us more.
The capacity of dome cows, we
plight safely say the majority of
cows, can be easily increased by
giving them more raw material to
work with, or by changing the char-
acter of the feed in some particular.
Use the scales, follow instruc-
tions for feeding so frequently given
in our columns aria in other farm
papers, and experimient on your
own hook—not too radically, be-
cause there are general scientific
lines outside of which it positively
will not pay to step.
And remember ono great point
about manufacturing—because that
is what you may call making milk
and butter—the more you put into
raw material the better off you are
so long as you are making a pro-
fit, and if you aro not making a
profit and cannot change things so
as to make a profit, better quit en-
tirely and take up some other line
of work.
It's the margin of profit that
counts, not what your total ex-
penses are, or your receipts. Many
an old and large firm has gone on
the rocks by overlooking this little
fact. Better do a conservative,
limited business at a fair profit than
to carry on the largest business in
the country at a log..
Of course there are off years, un-
profitable years in farming as there
are in railroading or any other line,
so that takes the result of two
or three years to determine whether
or not your operations aro worth
while. By use of scales and test
you can know what each cow is do-
ing for you every month, but if an
accident kills two or three, that may
111C/In a loss on the year's work, but
does not make the rest of the herd
unprofitable. Such a loss is right,
ly chargeable to capital account.
COWS AND THEIR MILK.
The matter of quality of the milk
of cores has been pretty well settled
by tests in this country, and an Eng-
lish authority is in agreement with
us, as shown by deductions from
their own experiment, as follows:
1. "That when a cow is in full
milk and full flesh she will give her
normal quality of milk for at least
a limited time, even though the
quality and quantity of food be
very deficient,
2. "That when in good condition
a cow will take off her body what,-
ever
hat.-ever is deficient in food, in order to
give her normal quality of milk.
3. "That an extra supply of
nutritious food, at all times increas-
es the quantity of milk, but the
percentage of fat is not in any way
improved by it; if anything, the
tendency is the other way.
4. "That an extra supply of
nutrlltious food almost invariably
very slightly increases the solids
net fat of the milk, hut has little
appreciable effect on the fat.
5. "That with a poor ration, a
cow in full weight will lose carcass
weight•, while on a rich diet she
will gain weight.
0. "That although the percentage
r,f fat in a cow's milk may vary
daily we nt present seem unable to
control these variations or to
account for them.
7. "That for limited periods, up
to ono month or thereabouts, all
ordinary quantities and qualities
of food seems to have no mnterial
effect nn the quality of the milk.
8. "That some foods exercise a
material effect in raising the melt-
ing point of butter.
9. "That the aim of all producers
of milk, butter or cheese, should be
to feed what will give quantity, in
moderate amount an of a mixed
nature, and the produce will be
the beet that the cow cnn give.
10. "That extra qunlity must he
looked for by- improving the breeds
and judicious selections, rather1,versing across the fence that separ-
than by any Special fonds or ated their respective clothesyards.
mctheda of feeding. A high wind was blowing, and (Itchi1. "That rho tarlatlon• in the woninn from' her post amid the
percentage of fat in R cow's milk I since had to shout to make herself
aenured by something brit what• heard.
thatre something 18 we at pre itt i "Ifrs. Sullivan." shouted Mrs.
do not know. though if we del ve • Ilairigan, "did yez go to the hall
might be able to influence t! lout night 1"
quality." 1 } is,,, shnutn,l ►hr nth(',. in the
gn'e. "I was
The Pr testae!, in Vie a, rldt now "Was what r' cit' 'i !lis.'•.11;tan.
number 1h0,000.000. t 1\'intJ"
kNAKC!I1STS IN LONDON
('It(1('1:EDS OE' ('Rust: F't'RNISU
THEM St 1'1'1.1 ES.
these Terrorists ore at Liberty
The Anarchist beefy n Londe
•on- is chiefly of fer•eig artisan
1 ed for the most part as ca•
enet-tnakers, tailor electricians,
shoemakers and waiters. 'These
!nen as a rule are in receipt of geed
wage and contribute freely to the
cause. Th. is :•! t!,�- '•:.et in S(,ho,
Haniinersmlt,,, '1._6:'-1;'1:i 1►, in the
East -end of London, and sone other
places, says the London Times.
Their numbers in London may be
estimated as from 700 to 1,000, but
it is, of course, difficult to calcu-
late the numbers of an organiza-
tion which is of such a nebulous and
shifting character. Nor is it sug-
gested that among this number can
oe found many to undertake the ac-
tive and dangerous task of conitnit-
ting outrages on society. Never-
theless, at appropriate times the
money and men aro always forth-
coming in Anarchist circles. As to
the money, it must not be forgot-
ten that the proceeds of burglaries
and highway robberies have always
been welcomed as supplies for the
ANARCHIST WAR CHESTS.
This doctrine has been frequently
declared, and a notorious disciple
of 'this school was the Anarchist
burglar Pena, who successfully
conintitted a long series of burg-
laries in Paris in the early' '90s be-
fore being arrested and sentenced
to a long term of imprisonment.
It was known to the whole An-
archist body in Paris that Pena
committed these burglaries, but the
fact that he contributed freely from
the proceeds of his crime to tho
funds of the movement caused his
secret to be kept, and instead of
being looked upon as a criminal
outlaw he was regarded as a hero.
Furthermore, his example was fol-
lowed by others. It will also bo
remembered that ono of the most
cherished ideas of the Walsall An-
archists was the use of c 'oroform
t:i the robbing of capita sts; in-
deed a bottleof chlorofor for this
r fur
purpose was actually found in pos-
session of one of the prisaiears. The
proposal was that men known to
possess money or valuables should
be followed into railway carriages
or when going home at night, and
CHLOROFORMED AND ROBBED
This may seem strange in -ink
country, but the device is touch em-
ployed in robberies on the Contin-
ent. The Lettish revolutionists in
England chiefly' reside in Leyton-
stone, Tottenham and the East -end.
They are well known for the method
cf terrorism they employ. Within
the last two years these revolution-
aties have been carrying on a ane._
paign of robbery in Russia similar
to the recent outrage in Tottenham,
the proceeds being devoted to the
funds of their party.
In spite of much discussion and
notwithstanding the numerous out-
rages which have been committed
i ractically nothing has been done
by the police authorities of Europe
in the direction of combined action
for tho (prevention of Anarchist
crimes. The police conference in
Rome contributed little to the so-
lution of the problem of mutual as-
sistance, which indeed seems littlo
likely to bo solved.
In this country the police keep
in touch with the movement by
patient and long coutinued surveil-
lance. Those known or sus i ec
to bo dangerous Anarchis
closely watched and their
ments aro carefully notitie
nrivals from the Contine
come early under observatio
their haunts aro disoovere 1
police in England, howet•;
linter
A SERIOUS DIS.\I)W:\NTAO.
as compared with their foreign co
freres, inasmuch as they may ns
legally interrogate the incomers,
and when once a foreigner Itas ar-
rived in this country ho is at liber:-.
ty to travel when and where he
pleases -
On the Continot, of course, a dif-
ferent system prevails. The travel-
er has imtne4liately to fill up the
hotel bulletin, giving his name,
age. nationality, occupation, ],lace
of birth, etc., to the police. If this
i.; not considered satisfactory the
individual may he irn'u ,i
haled before the I►oliee ofit•me
whom his stat civil is carefully 1
cd, and he is subjected to a pen
ing and thorough interrogation.
1'r ►el 11here They I'Icase
in Englund.
f
TO BE SURE.
The necessities of conversation
frequently lead to odd abhrevia-
tions. Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs,
ltarrigen, the other day, were eon-
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