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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-07-13, Page 2*0+0+0♦0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0♦0+0+010+010+0+0♦0 is door in a high wall, behind which 11..iitt he could nee the upper windows and chimicys of an old cittago. As this wits the only house in the ; lane, Cyril concluded thut it must ' bo Mr. Guildford Berton's abode. and ho was as unfavorably impressed by it as he hail been by its owner. One experts a country cottage to l.o light and cheerful; Mr. Guildford Derton's resembled a small lunatic aSVII11n, and hod u mlorso and for- bidding apptetrance, singularly out of place in the pretty green lane. Ile tried to open the dour, but it Was locked u},purently, and he touch- ed a bell handle, which hung high up in the wall, above the reach of infan- tile hones. The bell clanged harshly and quite in keeping wit h the gloomy appear - anew of the wall, and, after it few minutes, the dour was opened by an' w uid woman, who lycd him with an: expression that. puzzled him; it was' nut exactly one of suspicion. but rather tlw concentrated look -,f a; person who lacks one of the live senses and is undtavoriug to make up for its loss by more than nrdin-i ary acuteness of the remaining four. "la Mr. Berton at hotne?" asked Cyril. The woman nodded and, opening the door wide enough fur hint to ell -e tor, lot it go and it fell to with a' sharp clang. 'Then, with a slight gesi.ure, she beckoned Cyril to fol• - low, and, leading the way up a path which was lined on each side by thick shrubs and wound so that it hid the cottage, she stopped before a± door and motioned to him to enter,' instead of preceding him and an- nouncing hint in the usual way. Cyril found tho door ajar, and, pushing it, entered 11 staall halt. Tho place was remarkably quiet, and after waiting for a n►inuto to see if his host would come out from mime room to receive him, l'yril knocked at a door which he thought' might be that of n sitting room. No response 08.010, lend, after an - INE HEIR Of SNTLE1GH OR ----7' THE STEWARD'S SON • 0 ♦ ♦17 •*-4 r+*+*♦*•*+fit♦joy+-3:4+ +*+0•tR♦f0+3044: ♦ ♦3Rt 00% C l LL 1'7'1•:1 t Cyril lturno stood looking after Norah and the earl for some mom- ents. �, t c (. mt. then h • weal back to his easel. But he could nut work. The beauty of the scene which ho had so reveled in a short time ego had mysterious- ly fled; the sun was still shining, the trees still in their summer beauty, but the joyous light had somehow disappeared at the moment Norah had passed from sight. He sat and gazed absently at tho sketch, hut. he saw not it, but the lovely Lace, with its expressive cyts and the wealth of golden -brown hair. Ile had been smitten by her beauty on the preceding afternoon, but now thathe had talked with her. busked in her smile, watched the thousand expressions that flashed in the lovely eyes and seemed to dunce on the sweet lips, his admiration had grown into—what? 'That uching in the heart, a craving to see n►oro of her, to hear her, to be near her, which we call love. His face grew pale in the intensity of his thoughts, and unconsciously ho murmured: "Lord Arrowdale's tl itghter, and I—tot a poor painter! And it was she whom I heard last night! I knew it! Lord Arrowdale's daughter) Will ho be angry with her for staying to talk with toe? For letting me, paint her? Perhaps he will tell her that she sinned against the fetishes, l Conventionality and Propriety—will forbid her to recognize mo when she+ sees mo again. And I must see her! 1 nfbst! I must! Norah! I never yy thought tho name so beautiful be- fore! Oh, Jack, Jack, you didn't call 100 a fool last night, but I de- served lo-served that you should! Norah!" Ino murmured the name as if it were the sweetest music in his ears;' then he looked at her figure in the sketch and, as if it cost him a tre- mendous effort, he gently and softly drew the wet brush over it. and ef- faced it. "I stole that," ho murmured. "it was not fair. It was sacrilege! But some day— Ile broke off suddenly, becoming conscious that he was not. alone. At the right of hie, among the trees flickered a patch of pink. It was a wOItlitll'm dress. Ile looked at it with some surprise, and saw a tall, slim girl. with black hair and dark, melt- ing eyes, which were fixed on some- thing umo-thing in the distance. She had not sten 1 ' and he httd sat too mo- tionless and quiet for her to have heard hire. Ile wondered vaguely what she nus looking at until ho saw a waiting, impatient look. A lover has no eyes for any other wotuan than the mistress of his heart, but. Cyril horns was an artist and he noticed that the girl was mono than pretty. and he watched her as she stood tapping her small foot on the ground and plucking at the cheap but neat lace on her dress —watched her absent-mindedly. Suddenly she turned her head, as one instinctively does when ono is watched, her dark face flushed and she le a movement ns if to con- ceal herself behind the trees, but as Cyril mechanically raised his hat she stepped forward and stood looking at him half -shyly, halt -defiantly. "It. is very warm," said Cyril, for the sake of saying something, won- dering whether she was it servant, and inclined to decide that she was a farmer's daughter. Bowen Inclined her head. "Yes," she said. "What aro you cluing?" and her dark eyes wandered curiously to the picture. "Painting," ho replied, checking a smile. She conte up to hint atnl looked at the sketch, and the thought crossed Cyril's mind that he had quite a grand private view that day. "It's very pretty," she said; then, as she looked at him again she made a half curtsey and said, her faro crimson: "I—I beg your pardon. sir. Irl didn't know you were a gentler titan." "Didn't you? Well, that's a mis- take other people often make. And, after all, perhaps I'tn not. But we won't argue the queettion; you have (Ione nothing that requires my par- don. Are you waiting for some ones' "No," she said in a low voice. "I was looking at the deer." ile nodded. Ira was sure that he had not seen her before, and yet a •how her voice seemed familiar to him. Suddenly there flashed upe•n him the recollection of the fragment of conversation he had heard by the horse pond last night, and he looked nt her with more interest. "Do you live near here?" ho asked. "lit the village. sir." "Well—[ suppose I mustn't ask you your Hoene?" he said. pith the frank 8111110 in his eyes and about his lips that was so characteristic and irre gist il.le. "Oh, yes, sir; I'm Recce South." "Reece? '('hat's short for Rebecca, Hump Back SCOTT'S EMULSION noel maks a Ihum* bast stWallet, madras welt it mete a shore kg Intl, tot 11 feeds soft belts and heals dinned beat slid Is among the few gsaeiss means of retavery Ill Hdete mil Una ssiasuriptiea. $0111 ter fres ones SCOTT 0 POWNE. Ches,.ts. Tse%•als. COMM SOS ele(a /, (w; .:i anee.(.. Same I suppose? Well, it's a pretty name, and"—"you're a pretty girl" ho was going to add, tl ghtlessly, but it struck him at the moment that. wisething t d was scarcely thrt o 8.e d, it A u a Yb to the vanity already exist ing be-' hind the pretty face—"and now 1' must he going," he said instead, and he began to pack tip hisehings. 10 doing so be dropped his box of col- ors, and (teem quite naturally went down on one knew to help in their recovery. "You aro very kind and I ant very clumsy," he was saying', with a laugh, when, as if from the ground, Guildford Berton and his black horsei stood before then. liecca uttered a cry and let drop the box, and Cyril, looking up, fan- cied he saw. if not fear, a look of, recognition in her face, which had grown suddenly peony -colored:. but fir. Guildford Berton glanced at her in a cursory sort of way. "Ah, Mecca," he said carelessly. She stood for a minute, her eyes fixed upon the ground; then putting the box on the edge of the easel, turned and disappeared among the trees. Cyril expected Guildford Berton either to ride on or to commence a verbal, perhaps n physical, attack upon hint its c(gitiuuation of that of the morning, but calmly wont on ar- ranging his painting tools. But, to his surprise, Guildford Hor- tou dismounted, and conning up to! him, said: "Dir. Burne—for I have learned in the village that that is your natme- 1 have come to offer you an apology, for my—discourtesy this morning. I� was engaged in deep thought when I! came upon you maidenly, and, being quite unprepared for your presence, I —1 candidly admit—lost my temper. I beg to tender you an apology." "1 accept it. Mr. Berton," he said. "I fancy we bot h lost our tempers, didn't we? At. any rate, I am sure: I (lid. llut, you see, I disliked being) disturbed at my work as much as you did at your thinking. And, at ter all, it was I who was in the wrong, thought I ant glad to Mel that I was not quite such it crin►in.tl as—well, as I supposed," he said, good-naturedly, for he was going tot say, "as you tried to snake ata out." 'I hear that you are staying at the rooms at The Chequers?" "Yes," said Cyril. "and very jolly little rooms they are." "Yes. l am living in a small cot- tage in the halo close by; any one will show it to you. Perhaps if you aro not more profitably or pleasant- ly engaged you will come in mall smoke a cigar with me this evening?' ile gave the invitation almost in the sante tone as that in which hell), had offered his apology, and ('yril' would have liked to have declined, but, thinking it would stein ungra- cious, he accepted at once. "I shall he very pleased," he re- plied. "Very well, then," said Guildford Berton. "I atm going to the Court," he said slowly, "and shall see the e.u) i am sure that ho will permit Inc to convey to you his permission to god about the estate." "'Thanks very ntch," said Cyril. It's t'ery good of yon. But I saw; the earl this afternoon and he was kind enough to make me free of the; place." "You maw the earl? I'm very glad. Then—this evening?" "Ve:s, about nine o'clock, if that's not too early," and Guildford Ber- ton rode off slowly in rho direction , of t he Court.. Some feeling that he could not ex- plain caused Cyril to glance neck! after he had gone a few hundred! yards, and he did so In time 10 see the pink dress flit close up beside the; black horse. It tins there only a moment, for Cyril sow, or fancial he! saw, Guildford Berton raise him hand with it warning gesture and Becca disappeared again. ('IiAI''I'EIt VIII. Cyril worked at his sketch all the afternoon with a keener delight than he had ever before experienced; fur. though tie had painted out Norah's , figure. the picture wail so slosely con- , :riveted with her that her presence ac- tually ste•mrcd to be in t he room as he painted; and ho paused now and. again to Icon back and recall the morning, which she had made so de- licious ,a time for him. 'Then, when he had finished his fanner—a 'impel•• affair of chops and n tart, but which; he enjoyed with the ?est which youth and n good appetite alone can • give—ho lit a pipe and bethought himself of Mr. Guildford Ilerton's in -i t'ilatien 11 Cyril had followed his own in-; dination he would have avoided any further acquaintance with the gen tlevnnn who could be oiTemsit•e one hour anal conciliatory the next; but he had accepted and intended going,' !though there was something about Guildford Berto■ which repelled e':rip. h -'or ono thing, he did not Tike it men whose eyes so continually. Relight o },ht rho ground Instead of those; of his fellowmen; end there was a certain turn of the lips and the chin; which offended) Cyril'* Artistic sense. Ifnd the face been positively ugly he would have forgiven it. but it was the expression which marred it and of which he complained to him- self. .lust before nine he put un big hat and started in search of the cott Age. i following Mrs. Ilrown's directions, he walked up the 'eine behind the ',horse puli.i anti ptroacntly camp Donn not lea spell of waiting, he walked to Mei font door and looked about for • the woman who had let hint in; but the winding path, with its thick shrubs, effectually hid everything from view, and, not liking to shout out "Mr. Ilerton, where aro you?" ho returned to the hall and gently open- I ed the door of the room at which ho had knocked. It was a sitting room, as he had' suspected, but so dimly lighted by a i small petroleum lamp that at Inst ho could scarcely distinguish any-. thing distinctly. Then suddenly, am he grew accustomed to the light, he wits startled to see Guildford lter- ton's figure lying back in an firm - chair. 1t was placed with its bank to tho window. and Cyril, thinking that he had fallen asleep, wondered whether he had not better return as quietly as possible and refrain from waking his host, who had apparently sn completely forgotten his visitor. But as he turned to go, with a sense of relief, something in the attitude of the figtire struck hint, and he noise- lessly drew n little nearer. Guildford Berton. if he e'en) asleep. had fallen into slumber very suddenly and in a very uncomforta- ble position; his head lay all one side of the choir and his Ills were stretched out with it peculiarly help- less expression about them. As Cyril looked he experienced a sudden shock, for the thought nestl- e! 1,1)011 bite that the mutt was dead! 'Ilio stillness of the place hung over it like a pall, and, for the first time, he noticed n faint and peculiar, odor in the room, that reminded him of the steel) hanging about a chem-' fist's shop. ile went up to the motionless fig- 1 ure and bent over it.. The eyes aero half open, the lips lightly compress-' ed, but, whatever else was tho mat- ter, Cyril maw by the slow and lab- ored breathing that Guildford Ilerton was not dead. Considerably alarmed, he looked round fora bin, hut, not meeting any sign of one. he went to the door and called to the woman, "Ili!" No response cause, the stillness was unbroken and, hurriedly return- ing to the unconscious man, he shook hint gently by the shoulder, and called hint by hie name. '!itis failing of effect. be searched the room' for some water, and, seining a carafe' from it side table, poured out some of Its contents into the palms of his hallus and bathed Guildford Berton's' forehead. After a few minutes, which seemed years to Cyril, Berton opened his eyes and heaved a long sigh; then a glea10 of returning intelligence came into his fare and, making an effort to sit up, he said, staring at 1 is visitor: "The bottles Put it away!" "What bottle?" Cyril asked anx- iously. "1 don't see any. What has happened? Are you ill"" :I--1 beg peer warden." Raid Ber- ton with an effort. "110 very :;oro' The (net. is—" His eyes wandered from Cyril's face to the table, as if seeking something, and it look of re- lief seemed to come into his face In' its absence. "The fort is. I—well, II suppose 1 have had a tit." "A lilt'' said Cyril. ".Ire you sub- ject to theta, then?" "Well, I've had one or two hefore," repl4eell Guildford Ilerton, avoiding his questioning nnl anxious gate. "(bit—hut," said Cyril more grave - Iv still, "if that's No, is it wise to live in such an out-of-the-way place and so much nle,ne? I've tried to cull your servant, the woman who opened the door 10 mei—but all to no purpose; and I'in afraid that if I had not happened to come in it is likely you might have lain here 11n - (1l—" died? "I It There P wag no fear of that. it isn't fatal." ile dropped back as he spoke, and a shiver ran through him. Cyril, taking it as it Rhin of it relnpso, looked) round the roost for some re- storative. ilehind the chnir was a cupboard door, and, in the hope that. he might tin(% seine brandy, he open(.! it. As he did Po the pungent oder he hail detected before clime out to meet him strongly and he saw that the cupboard contained a 1111111 - tier of bottles such as aro MLIAll far themieals. One—a small phial of FEEDING FOR A RECORD, In a letter to the London (1'41g.) l:aeette, au English dairyman givt.. his method of feeaine cow's during u public test, with advice as to treatment, %%Inch has the merit of Ling simple and easily fu.lowtd. "'Ihe production of Hulk Mobil; Le - come the staple industry of farmieg. the breeding of good dairy cows should receive encuurugement and liberal support, and there is MO - thin, that will further the object more than carefully conducted tuilk- 1 Is , t 1 butter tests. i trials au t b impassible to select the best dairy COW from a fair -shod class without testing them. ''7 he feeding for quantity and qua-• lily of milk needs great skill and at- tention, although there i:; nothing more written upon in our live stock and agricultural papers than the ra- tions for daily cows, and nothing more variable than their formula. '!here is a difficulty to bo met at this time of year that seems to have escaped attention, that is the dif- ficulty of obtaining suitable green food at our suntlmer shows for cows that have beets allowed to grass previous to their being cxbibited. 'l'ho green food found by the societies varies from lucerne and )sainfoin to )nixed clover and grasses, often so moth fermented by being cut too long that the cattle will not eat it. The safest course to ensure. success is not to feed on green food at all, but to depend only on such foods as can be taken with yo'i, thereby avoiding the pos'ibility of your cow or cows being thrown off their feed just when you want then at their beat. "As regards cake and meals, there is probably nothing to equal or sur - {:ass one part of best linseed cake to three parts of decorticated cotton cake, with good hay and water ad libitum. Commence with four pounds of the mixed cakes per day, increasing to eight or twelve pounds per (lay, according to the sire and appetite of your cow, keeping a watchful eye so as not to sicken or purge; the cakes being rather hard, requires good mastication, and being greatly relished, causes a free flow of saliva, renderinv, digestion easy and assimilation perfect. Be sure to ob- tain your cake from a reliable source, with a guarantee of purity. Many competitors feed with (noshes and other slops, with the result of a large quantity of milk of poor qua- lity, and this is attributed to tho food being swallowed. too rapidly and not being properly digested: in fact, to overload the stomach defeats your object of obtaining the best results. "The treatment of cows having to travel any distance to shows requires attention. They should be led spar- ingly the day •previous to the jour- ney, and should only get a little hay and anter on rho morning before they start. '1'o truck cattle with loud((! stomachs upsets their whole systems, and causes the attendant a lot of unnecessary work; but if light- ly fed the animals will stand their journey much Letter and commence feeding as soon as they reach their destination. A careful herdsman will see that his charge is not disturbed by every carious passerby. Quietude is essential to (fairy cows. "'The Milking is it most important sten•., and upon which success h depends. The cow and her milker should be on the best of terms, in fact, they should Le positively fond of each other. The milking should be done so carefully that the cow looks forward to the operation us n relief and comfort, the pace at which the milk should be drawn must be regu- lated by the cow and not the milker; it is all very well for men to talk aboutfast or slow milking, but it must la dorso in accordance with the construction of the udder and teats, if the litter are large and the outlet the same, free milking may take place, but if the teats are small and the passage somewhat constricted, It is impoesilele to force out the milk rapidly without causing the animal pain, lheri•fore, slow milking :►t be resorted to. Ile sure and get the lust drop out, that is often what wino." ['E(:DING SOW AND PIGS. If all goes well nt farrowing time, the feed fur the sow may be gradu- ally Increased after two or three davit, with the Increasing flow of milk and the growing demands of the pigs, until n full ration is supplied. Brood sown should he heavily fed. for the gains of yelling pigs are tondo at low cost for fee's) cnn»(Inne.1. Good ).rood SOWS with Targe litters will twenty fall off in weight despite the best of care and feed, but such de- crease is no reflection upon the skill of the feeder. In feeding' a brood sow the herds- man con drew upon all feeede at his command. Middlings, ground oats an'l corn meal are particularly useful and ablaut(' be liberally supplied. 'nine bran. gr d peas, barley and other grains will prove helpful. The bp -products of the dolry, skituunilk and but.ternlil'l, are always in place, and may be used to almost any ex- tent. Cooked roots;, potatoes or pumpkins, with n liberal admixture of meal. form a good ration. Wh n two sr three week* old, pigs will take a little nourlrhment pro - tided for there in s separate trough, which should he located at a con- venient point. in pen .tr lot aeceer►sihle to the pfgs but not 1.1 the dale. AL Melt, place only a pint or two of feed in the trough, and when thio is eaten give mere. Mkiminllk will be the most relished, but in its air blue gins*, with s medicine measure famish) it—stood at the extreme et!ge of the shelf as If ft had been hastily place there. (To lie Continued.) The Most for Your Money and the Best for Your Health44 LAD Ceylon Tea, Positively the purest and most de licious toa in the world. Sold eally In sealed lead packets. 4oc. soc, 6oc. By all Qrocars. Mlgh..t Award, at. Louis, 4eo4, The Standard Bank OF CANADA. Report of the Directors Submitted to the Shareholders at the Thir- tieth Annual Meeting, Held at the Head Office of the Bank on Wednesday, 21st June, 1905. ho Directors have pinastrro in presenting rho statement of the affairs 01 (heT)lank, fur the yvear coding :lest Dfay, 110)5, The profits for the year have been suti<facto•.y, and after providing for the usual dividend of 10 per cent. ($100,000), reducing Rank premises and office safesnd furniture accounts $17,3'94.72, the balance, $39,600.- 87, has been carried forward to Profit and Loss Account, which account now amounts to 862,114.83. An Agency of the (lank has been opened at illenheitn, Ont. The Head Office and Agencies have been carefully inspected, and the Officers of the Bunk have discharged their duties with zeal and efficiency. All of which Is respectfully submitted. W. F. COWAN. Toronto, 31st May, 1905. President. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 1tlt. Balance brought forward from 31st May, 19o1 $ 22,513.90 I'roftt.s tor year ending 31st May, 1905. after deduct- ing expenses. interest ac- crued on deposit_~, and makingR.rocio-(nn for bad and doubtful debts 150,995.59 CIL. Dividend No. 58, paid 1st Dec. 1004 150.000.00 Dividend No. 59, payable 1st ,luno. 1905. .., .... 50,000.00 Written 011 bank premises Hud °(lice safes and furni- ture account 17,394.72 Carried forward to credit of Profit and Loss Account 62,114.83 $179.509.55 11179,5119.55 GENERAL STATEMENT LIABILITIES. Notes In clrculatio f Deposits beariu interest includ- ing in- terest accrued to date)=11,215,209.07 Deposita not bear - 'ng teresttn.. 1,347,200.04 Due to Agents in (Treat lbitaia Duo to other hanks in Canada Duo to Aegents in the United ,tat.,s Letters of Credit issued Total L•nbilities the public Capital ,aid up Iicsor.e Fund Rebate of interest on bilis discounted Dividend No. 59, pay- able tat June. 1905 Balance of I'rolt and LOSS Account carried forward ,.. 838,586.00 12,592.400.11 703,848.34 1,407.18 258,082.50 100.:153.07 114.500.680.20 1,000,000.ml 1,000.000.00 40,000.00 50,000.00 62,114.83 $16,652,401 .03 ASS feTs. specie $ 212,057.03 Dominion notes, legal tenders .. 976,418.00 Notes and cheques of other banks 481,233.34 Deposit with Dominion Government for secur- Ity of note circulation 50,000.00 Duo from other banks— In Canada 289,512.77 In United States 147,080.20 Dominion' Government and other first-class bonds 2,595,189.32 Loans on cult on Gov- ernment. municipal and other first -clans bonds 325.951 7.4 Villa discounted and ad- vances current Acceptances re Letters of Credit issu- ed secure%! .435,235.00 Letters of Cre- dit outstand- ing 21.118.07 Notes and i1111s overdue ee,timat.e:I loss provid- ed fors Dank prmuises Other Assets nut includ- ed under the foregoing $5,107.745. 10 11.285,452.27 100,353.07 44,571.52 100,000.00 8,078.77 $16.65.2.1401.03 GEO. P. It1:ID, General Manager. The chair was taken by the President, Mr. W. 1e. Cowan, and Dir. George 1'. Scholfield, General Manager, acted as Secretary to the meet - ins. en motion of Frederick Weld, Esq., seconded by T. R. Wood, I•:wrl., the %Milutes of the previous meeting were taken as read. Tho President then rend the Report and Statements, and after snak- ing a few remarks thereon, moved, secoadrd by the Vice -('resident: "'l hat the Report and Statements now read he adopted and printed for circulation among the Shareholders." Carried. Moved by G. 1i. Smith, i•:sq., and 8ecl.ndcd by Wm. Spry, Esq., "'That the thanks of the lshitreholders be Riven to the President, Vice -%'resident and the other Directors for their attention to the affairs of the (lank during the year." Carried. Muted by 11. I'sq., and seconded by Wm. Glenne, Esq.: "'('hat the -thanks of the meeting bu elven to rho General Manager, As- sistant General Manager, and Inspector. and the other officers of the liank for their services during the year." Carried. Moved by IL. C. Itickerstatl, Eng_ seconded by 1/atid Smith. Meq.: "That the ballot now open for the clectiu►t of Directors be kept open until 2 o'clock, unless five minutes elapse without a vote being cast, when it shrill be closed; and that Messrs. .1. K. Niven and II. Langlois act as scrutineers." Carried. The scrutineers declared the following gentlemen unanimously elected Directors for the ensuing year, t•Ic.: W. 1'. Cowan, Frederick Wyld, W. F. Allen, A. J. Somerville, '1'. It. Wood, W. it. Johnston, and Welling- ton Francis. At n subsequent meeting of the Directors W. 1'. ('ownn, i:sp., was ro-elected President, and Frederick Weld, Erse. Vice -President. GEORGE P. SCHOLI'fMT.D, Toronto, 21st .lune, 1905. ((•neral Manager. senco a thin porridge of middlings or sieved ground oats with a little o,1 meal will prove satl-factory. KEI•:TING Wia':DS iN CHECK. Our readers of this season of tho year are planning a campaign against weeds. Prof. L. Ii. Bally and if the person hod really died from phosphorous poisoning, then he would destroy the phosphorus, anti could never discover the cause of dathha. Wt us•Ially happens is that a hint is obtained from some liquid or powder found in a glass or bottle, or paper. The appearance of the body, externally nnil internally, gives further information. And, with these guides. perhaps the analyst goes 81teight to the point and dieeovers the poison quickly. ilut. if ho has nothing to guide hi0i, then his task is a long and tedious one, far too complicated to describe in detail here. Archie wits on hlc first sett voy- age. Pale, limp and ready to die, ho lay groaning in his Trunk. "Char- lie," he Rnid, feebly, after a par- / 1 t 1 par- oxysm ,f in Is cal violence had *Peat Itself and he had become cotnpnra- tively calm, "a fellow ought to be doosld thankful he Isn't a camel." "Why?" asked Charlie. "ie•cause it cancl—waugh!—has got seven stom- achs, don't 'y know. ''1►o you think that n man is time- less to society when he Is forty?" "it isn't true of all mere," answer,'d MIAs Cayenne. ")tut a great many are just as useless at forty as they were at twenty and thirty." "Woman," maid the defected young man, "is u disappointment and a fraud." "Indeed!" spoke one limten- er. "Yes. I saved up all my tobac- co money and lived on porridge two weeks to treat Miss 'Truelove to the opera and a supper. 'ilv•n I asked her to marry 1114'. and she said eh( was afraid I Was too extravagant to make a good husband." "Is your hushnnd nt 1 , mod• lin?" asks) the culler. "Sine and he's nut," said the big red-faced women who had opened the dour. "You sir, madam. 1 nm n travelling phrenologist. and I'd like to examine the bumps on your husband's head." "You're too late. We diel have a bel of an argument title morning, ant my husband's gine down to the due tor's to let him examine them. first Vilinge Dame --"Did I bring you track that basket you lent 111( last week?" Second Danny (etephat icully)—"No, indeed. you did tot.' First name,—'"('hat's a pit,', for ; just came round to boroow It again." There are two things which are ak- constant wonder to the boy who has recently started in business—how the world got along before he left school and how it is going to get on rhes he Is dead. We know of it beautiful girl Who world prove n copitnl Rpfet•olatton for a fortune-hunler of the rli4ht sort. iter voice is of silver, her hair t$ gold. her teeth of pearl. hey cheeks of rubies, and her eyes of eto ,,oads