HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-09-07, Page 3.:.••;•••:.••:.e 4se e' tsee. s.:•• One g.it. !than two years. Yet. now that I
um about to return to England, I
t. jfeet that the bast I run (10 is to
stake a clean breast of my infamy,
j and throw Myself on your mercy. 1
•a• was a scowtdrt I. 1 know. Nina. I
WOMAN VUORNED j enva+ lied systcein exten•uation
tionthf
and the. yet, in rxteuuutiun o[
my conduct, 1 want you to believe
j ate when I say that I really went
out with the intention of making a
i % lame for us both. But my money
,:.•:•:•• Y••: ••: ••: ••:•••: •e •':'• went like water. and 1 %vas ail but
I. I penniless in a few weeks. I gr ebbed
"My clear girl. what. possible along as best 1 could; then— good -
chance b. - Hero of our ever being nc•ss knows. 1 was at 1ny with. "(I—
happily autrricd? Hem 1 aro, 1'ri- 1 became acquainted with toy wife.
v:ue Jack l) lane, without so touch She bud money—plenty of R. 1 had
!f none. :=he liked ane for•sonte reason
as a wretched conduct stripe! or ether. and the end of it was we utnrried, you would have to go were married. i have two little ones
on the strength of the regiment—al and I have called the girl Kiva. Now
ways allowing that I could get the • 1 can only ask you to forget the
colonel's permission. They you past and forgive your erring
would be in an enviable position, "JACK 1)FLAN1'.
ray love. Tu lite even in the most P.`i.--11'ho knows? 11'e shall 1)e
111/14;1' 1.1 stye, you would have to in England alutost as soon as this
take iu the noncom's washing, I letter arrives, and in time you may
"
and--'' 1 et to know, even to like, my wife.
don't .lack!" triol the girl, I enclose cheque for forty-four
shudddd ering. "e by were you so foolpounds, and once more ask for-
lsd as to give up u gond business. g{iyenes9 to: my sin.
In the lust place, and join tho • • • • • •
Army?" '{`h(, Empress buck at Soellhrttnptnn
"Why is any man an idiot? Bu- was a amass of foam as the thump,
cause he is. There is no other an- thump. thump of the huge engines
ewer," replied .lack Delano. "Any-
way, 1 ant just presenting the en- on the American liner churned the
tiro thing to you in a-easonablo water all manner of ways.
and proper light. I was never built Then. when the great steamer was
for a redcoat; the very surroundings finally brought to a standstill, and
sicken nue. ily Heaven," he added the gangways were thrown down, a
vehemently, "if I had but !iffy merry troop of passengers swarmed
pounds I'd cut the whole thing and to be received in the arms of their
go to Canada! Fortunes aro made joyful relatives.
there by chaps who have got brains; Amongst thein was a sun -browned
but. 1 hrven'tthe stoney. and there's man, while by his side tripped his
an end of it." wife. Behind came a spruce nurse -
Tho girl looked strangely at him maid, with two children.
fora moment. "dere the aro at last in dear old
"Dear," she said, "that would be England. thunk Providence!" cried
desertion.•• Jack helane. "Come along. let's
"Ayr" he replied fiercely. .q get away from these smelly clocks,
only wish I had the chance of carry- (fear!"
ing it through! Once out of tho Front out of the crowd below slop -
•country, 1 should be free as air. ped a burly corporal of Marines,
with the world before ane. and an while close on his heels were two
opportunity of making a home for stern -looking privates.
you. Nina. But the very thought. By the side of the corporal stood
mocks and gibes. What use to Nina Prague.
talk?" "'That is Jack Detente, corporal,•'
Nina Prague went a little closer she said.
to her lover. The burly corporal nodded.
' Es(ort," he yelled smartly, "fall
"It would be (111110 sate, dear? You in on your prisoner!"
•could get clear away?"
"Of course—easily!" he replied. The two privates ranged them -
Then he st..rted a little. "Why?" selven quickly alongside of the ash
he asked anxiously. en -faced man. 1
"You love me with all your heart, “Fix bayonets!"
-dear?" The wicked -looking arms glinted In
"Yes!" he ejaculated. "More than the sunlight.
Anything else on this earth!" "By the right, quick ma-r-rchi "
"Jack. dear," she said, "1 have —London Answers.
nearly fifty pounds saved up."
trust himself to speak. Ile could not A MILLIONAIRE YOUTH
Ile stared "And we love each other, clear. —
Will you take it and get clear away? HOW THE YOUNG I14.AN PUTS
:Work, Jack—work for a name, work IN HIS TIME.
to retrieve the stain of (desertion.
and for sty sake. Then, when youAn Authentic Story of a Gilded
.are ready for me, write mo, dear, Child of Fortune With
and i will conte out to You and the
bottle you have got for me, no mat- Money to Burn.
for how humble it is.•' Julie); Chambers, in the Sunday
lie clasped her In his arms and Magazine, gives the following as a
kissed he: fervently.typical ore -day experience of a gilled
"Heaven is good!" he cried. "A youth in New York, who inherited
little patience, Nina, and I will $20,000,000, ant has nn Invouto of
.show you what I ata made of!" $600,000 per year. '1110 writer
She ran upstairs to her roost, ro- vouches for it as botii authentic and
turning in a few minutes with some- characteristic, and after reading it
thing dune up in a handkerchief. need on:' wonder that there are Soci-
"Here. darling!" she said. "1•'orty- mists in the land.
four pounds. I have slept with it At 11111e o'clock a cleanly shaven
under my mattress, added to it. alert man lets himself into the
every week for three years. Double bachelor apart:rwi is of a New York
and t relit() it, t hen send for me. I
have patieece: I can wait for you.
!leaven bless you! Good-bye!"
A long. tender embrace, then. re-
leasin;: her, he said:
"i will catch the Southampton
train this very night, buy civilian
clothes when 1 get there. and take
the first boat across the water. I (retest or real, is evidenced in every
ant not a deserter until I have been move of the man. The valet 1111119
away twenty -ono days, and by that his orders upon an ivory tablet. dat-
time i shall be thousands of miles 0,1 time new "('all me at. ten!"
off. Heaven keep neon till I am %Then the cluck nt rikey, the eervant
ready. Nina!" enters the bed -chamber, gently with -
She kissed hits once again, and (iraws a pillow from the heed of the
said: sleeping mon, pulls him to the edge
".lack, my mother was a Spred- of the couch. tied turns hire upon him
ard. T suppose 1 nm more a Spent- back. I.nther then ie applied to the
and than anything else. Wo love upturrl.e(1 face, and the valet becomes,
owe) in our lives—only once, .lack a barber for the time. A towel,
dear. Remember that, and reheat- soused 111 c0111 water. 1s applied to
Dor also that If you turned out—" the brow and cheeks. noel the Drowsy
"Far Heaven's sake, (10 not occupant of the lied opens hie eyes.
breathe such suspicions! They are when the unlet has prepared fhe
Ilacrilegie darling!" ho cried. tenth he tincts his charge asleep again.'then kissing her fervently, for the •I he properly trained body -servant
last time. he left. asserts himself.
• • • • • •
grape -fruit. flavored with Made'ria, Is 'he walks into the rear roust. This
served. Next, luscious broiled lllullh- Is one of the few getut•,ling houses
roosts on toast. followed by chicken in town In which the bank is sold.
livers en brochette, with creamed 1)0 The last visitor banters his friend to
hints. With a 9111811 cup of lilac's. • sell. He buys the bunk. The price•
coffee conies half an orange. the yet- doesn't mutter. Wes it ono thou -
low skin of which is turned up to sand or only two hundred (foliate)?
form a cup. into this little bowl 1\lsat's the deference? Ilo (1.41199.
the waiter drops a block of sugur Lucky at cards, bec:tunre unlucky in
and pours a pony of brandy. 'h he
guest lights the liquor with tits same
match that f,irniehes tire for a cigar,
an.1 the bluish flame, (ell by the al-
cohol and the oil in the orange Owl.
converts the drink into curates°. 'Title
is taken as a "chaser" for the cof-
fee. The check is three dollars, and
111• member's Initials convert it into
an obligation to be stet at the end
of the month.
'ihe ea:•1•v start on this particular
moieties is due to a projected auto-
mobile trip to the Country ('lube en
route to the races at Morris Park.
Devoting a few minutes to the let-
ters that aro received only at his
club, the subject of this etude takes
a cab to his apartment. where three
friends already await him. Before
his door a touring car (he has ftvo
autonu,biies Of different stakes) is
wheezing, and a French chauffeur,
standing at attention. salutes.
Inside, in the "den," are two
young women and a callow youth.
all s;howint: evidences of late hours.
The valet, who understands what is
expected of him, is doing all he can
to reconcile his master's .guests to
the trials of waiting. A copper
samovar has impelled tea for tho
women. w.ho are English, and tho
young American sips a pony of
ItYI' WHISKEY NEAT.
because his ancestors hailed from Vir-
ginia.
The host changes his clothes, with
the valet's help: a clicked suit is
replaced by a 1'ritr_•e Albert Coat, a
silk vest, awl striped gray trousers.
All nten)ber•s of the party then en-
velop themselves in automobile
wraps anti take their places in tlie
car at the door.
The trip up the avenue and through
Central !'ark is mala rapidly, be-
cause the carriages of fashionable
New 'York have net. yet mode their
appearance. Above the ifarlent Riv-
er, the goggle-eyed chauffeur pushes
the lever to the speed linnt. Thirst
suggests a halt at the first road-
house on Jerome avenue, where mint-
julepe are imbibed.
An hour at the Country Club,
clocked by four high -balls, sutflces.
Whilo the machine is conning to the
door, luncheon at the Morris Park
Club Tions(• is ordered by telephone.
As a patron of the turf, the enter-
tainment of this party belongs to the
racing association. In half an hour
the automobile stops upon the Mor-
ris Park lawn, and the Bost leads
the way to the restaurant. Green -
turtle emir), a squab on Loast. cold
asparagus, and fresh figs for cieert,
with a nutenunt of '93 champagne—
or some other "cornet year"—consti-
tute the luncheon.
INTEi1EST SOON FLAC:A?
A handicap iv the event of the
afternoon. Wagers, for which their
escorts supply the :•lune)', are laid
by the women. '1 he host has ac-
counts with two "bookies" and bets
a few "puniest." 1listory does not
record who wins or tome. The sport
soon palls upon the merry -makers,
and after the fourth race the auto-
mobile is or(kred, 'I he dinner prob-
lem already rises above the horizon.
1)110 of the two women has to "go
on" at the Jupiter Theatre at half -
"Johnnie." It is a splendidsuite past eight, and must be in her dreso-
ing-roont twenty minutes earlier. To
of roods, near "The Avenue,' aril meet her wishes, the party will dine
comprises foyer, parlor. dressing and in sleet garb at a well-known (rife,
bed -rooms, and n luxurious bath. 'Phis "actress" hos few line's to
'I7)is valet is English, because the speak. and need not fast before her
hest sset•vauts are trained in London. et'eming's work. The homeward (1x911
His step 19 mils..•le•ss, 1)19 nlnner is more exciting than the morning
f- trip: the chauuvur lou has hall ft
quiet. Devotion to his "roaster," n
n
drink.
Dinner serves to kill. two hours.
The chatter is of the most frivolous
character, and 19 brought to a mid -
den stop Ly the most vivacious mem-
ber of the party, who hurries away
to the singe entrance of the Jupiter
Theatre.
The automobile carter.; its owner
to his apartment, where evening
clothes are laid outfor hint. fly nine
love. "Nine!" "Nine!' again.
"Nino!" evert time. In twenty 'sin-
utes he has won ten thousand dol-
lars. Old gaittbic•rs gather abort the
tal:le. and watch the novire "abuses
fare is white as marble, 'hos' hated
is first as a swardsmates." The pro-
prietor congratulates him, because
"the house" exacts ten per cent. of
the bank's winnings, and takes no
risks.
Some new blood conies in. A
youngster just front college and with
a face like a girl's drops into a seat
and begins touring large bills upon
the table. "!lave you any limit,
Mr. Bunker?" the rosy -checked boy
inquires.
"None."
The ploy goes on. The boy storm
money; he wagers yellow -hacked
notes with scarlet silken fibre in
their texture and four figures upon
their faces. 'Twice lie bungles his
cards. when 11 is his turn to play.
and incurs the enmity of his fellow -
gamesters. While other players are
staking tens he is betting hundreds.
The hank is a large winner. The
newcomer loses his last thousand -
dollar note and quits. Our
"Johnnie" is offered five hun(tr(d
dollars for the bank, and eel's. His
clothes are full of mon •r. Ile orders
a cab, and asks an attendant to ac-
company hint to the street. When
he reaches his apartment a reaction
overcomes him. )to undreseses in a
stupor, leaving his clothes upon the
floor. What he does with the money
19 a mystery. }low he gets to bed
he doesn't know.
• • • • • •
Acting on a hint, possibly from
some hunger -on of the gamtbling-
houee, burglars enter the bachelor
apartment by its lire -escape, and
rummage every th•nwer and corner of
the suite. When the valet arrives,
the rooms appear as if they had been
swept by a cyclone: but "master" fs
sound a'h.•ep. In the Absence of or-
ders, hs isn't awaken d till noon.
Then, by the same ceremony as on
the previous morning the she•per is
roused; a now rummer suit, just
from the tailor, is donned, and as
the young ,van is about to leave for
his club he drawls:
"I say, .fames, I haven't any
money!"
"I didn't see any, sir, on tho
dresser tet -day."
•'No money? Why, man I have
fourteen thoesansl dollars some-
where!"
"\'es, sir," stammers the valet, in-
credulously.
"It must be in my clothes; hunt
me up a few hundred."
'there is a knock at the doer, and
the valet admits the l'olice Captain
of the precinct. Burglars were in the
house In the night, he explains: sev-
eral apartments have been looted.
A great light breaks upon the
eiseies of the valet, and he suddenly
turns pale. "The back window was
open, sir, and these rooms were up-
set." he stationers.
"They came in here," says) the of-
ficer, stepping to the window, anti
pointing out the marks of a Jilun)y
on its sill. Trvming to the owner of
the apartment, he asks: "Is anything
missing?"
"Yes: 1 can't fad a lot of stoney
i brought home."
"Where did you put it?" demands
the Captain.
"('an't remember, really."
"flow h did you have?"
"Ch. I (don't know exactly—about
fourteen thousand."
The Police Captain nnn°unecd the
robbery to his chief at headrluartere.
using the telephone in tlie apart-
ment; then he turns utter more to the
young "Johnnie" staieling in over -
cont anti gloved, the least excited of
any man in the room. Glaring at
him, 89 he thinks only of the missing
money, the ofllcer demands:
"Where did you put it?"
"Ah! Ily Jove, it comer back to
roe!" answers the golden youth. "T
emptied my pockets into that .Ja(pan-
•
ONE MAN'S BIASED VIEW LIFTS IMMENSE WEIGHTS
HE SAYS CANADIANS ARE NOT
HOSPITABLE.
Worse Than Welsh Boarding House
Keepers, Says a Recent L•:t-
ntigrant.
GREAT POWER OF Tlii, ' E!N
MAGNETIC CAUSE.
Mechanism Employed at Iron
Works — Useful for Crack
ing Skulls.
A f ttr weeks ego a sonnet youth in I•:leetcicity. width in these Jaye
a Liverpool ullice went to the senior takes the place of sp tunny pairs
Penner and said, "Is there any pros- of stands. is peI'(ort)ii•Q magic by
peel of advancement here for me?" means of lifting magnets at the
"Fin afraid there a e't much." said great iron and steel works. Tons
the senior. 'fisc lad 1 .o'lght fur a of metal aro lifted up and dropped
element and then cu.'1 remarked. again as front some flying carpet by
"1 went to get murtied 11 ill You the turn of a switch.
give Inc £:,O to start hut.e.•!se •i•i'lg The latest use to whi:in the gigot
with?" "indeed, I'll do netetee of magnet has been put 18 in the hand -
the kind," said (110 111,111 of 1,,:: :. ; ling of castings, beaky bars and
severely. "A fellow "ail you) tui.,; s pigs of crude metal. These metallic
11110 prospects has no bcsine ; t.. at ' musses were formerly shifted by hand
Intlrried. "Thea," said the ;out h, 111 was often required to unload a con-
n° wise abashed, "1 think 1 shall gO signittcnt. Now one man operating it
to Canada. Will you give oto Lae crane which carries a magnet lifts
to start lee there?" Overwhelnmxl the contents of a car with a tett
by this sublime audacity, the em -
passes of a magnet with as umcY
ploy er replied, "Yes, 1 will." And ease as a schoolboy would take ulr
in less than a week the young ratan iron tillage with the familiar horse•
etc od on the deck of a western-
buutd steamer with a ticket for mon-shoe. The process is it simple one.
trent and the change out of n £50 'The magnet itself is useally shaped
note in bis pocket. Last week the like the top of a mushroom. acid
benefactor received the following let- variesfront 10 to 50 inches in lin-
ter from AIu►areal:— meter. It is charged as soon as an
W041'111 COMES FIRST. performs
current is turned through it,
perforins prodigies of lifting. and
"As regards the place, it is rather drops its -load the instant the tur-
a good town; but in business circles rent is removed. It is better than
'influence' is us important herr, 1 those magnetized tack hamsters
find, as at horse_ Opinions us to
prr.spccts are very much divided. Oar which a Yankee genius once used in
Canadian says that I shall find 11,) deluding a lung -suffering public. The
. gest and
difficulty in making a career for sty- hammer picked all manner of
s
tacks, sntnll, to say
no -
self, while another will say that thing of tenpenny nails ea occasions,
there is no prospect at all. I fancy
but it would not let go until choked
that it good turn needn't fear starva-
tion here, for the first recognized and beaten.
thing is worth; but am to pay—well, IIIACICINO SKiJ1,I S.
so far as I can see, n business mean Ono of the principal uses of elec-
is no better off here than at. home. tricot lifting magnets is skull crack.
Warns may be higher (mite aren't). ing. it can crack more skulls with
but so is the cost of living, while less loss of life than any dew°
rents are simply appalling. Still, I i:nown. When the operation is corn-
ice' that there is a future before the plete nu (rephining is necessary. A
country, and the land will certainly skull in the iron and steel trade is a
at no distant elate take a good place mould for ingots. It is made of
in the world's commerce. Protection cast iron usually and is set on the
is everywhere, and even a packet of ground while the steel is poured in -
pins is taxed. Car fares aro 2#d.; to it. The ntoulds in time neconte
no penny rides here. useless through flaws or cracks and
EYE TO MAIN CHANCE. are broken up. The old method was
"Food is about the same as at to send a brace of able-bodied Itali-
Itu►ne, 111110 wearing apparel, etc., is ens after them with sledges. Often
rather dear. Chamberlain said that
in fracturing skulls they injured
the increased pay under protection their own shins. Then the nutuma-
wuuld more than balance increased tic skull cracker was invented. It
cost of living. Well, I haven't work- consisted of a bail of iron weighing
ed out a stmt yet that would bear four or five tons. It was swung up
him out, but I don't size up a coon- by means of a ring which was bolted
Uy's fiscal policy in ten days. I do into it. After being swung over
not. like French-Canadians; hero they the skulls to he cracked, the iron
ride tho town. A good percentage of ball wag released by a jerk of a
the people cannot speak English, and latch hook rope. It fell on the
the tricolor is flaunted pretty much; moulds and reduced them to small
in fact, I fancy that half the French pieces, which wero gathered up by
here think that they are ruled from laborers, loaded into a car and sent
the Quai d'Orsuy, with their news- to the melting hearth.
paper culled La Petrie! The Cana- HOW 11' DOES IT. ;
(liar is more patriotic In talk than The lining Inagnet picks up an
soy Englishman. The bells here, in-
stead of giving a sweet, musical peal ball weighing, 11,00 pounds
at the (tour, as our English bells and
conveys it to the proper place.
would do, clung out a few verses of fly means of a plug switch the crane
'God Save the King,' or 'Mule Bei_ roan (ler lagnetizes the carrying de -
tannin.' And yet, when it cont:s. to
treating an Englishman with kind-
ness and hospitality, thee are worse
than a Welsh boarding-house keeper.
No, when you want the best con-
sideration for your own peculiar
needs, you will find it, I fancy, over
the border in the States.
SCUM OF THE EARTH.
"'Then again, a ratan comes over
here front the old country with
jected to the risk of injury the labor -
about 25 cents in his pocket. Ile err on the ground who were waiting
gets knocked about a bit; then, say,
he is successful. Ile doesn't remem- for the crushing process to bo tom.
ber his own sufferings and help other plcted. Only one. mon is needed with
strangers accordingly, but just the new method, for the magnet puts
bents the Canadian nt getting all lie the skulls in place for cracking, picks
can out of then. I amt told that up all the pieces and conveys thetas
Mo,:trenl is not the best. place to live to the small cars in which they ars
in. on account of the scum of the trundled along to the place where
they are to be molted.
The strength of the lifting rnng-
nets 1s exemplified by the fact that
after one of them is attached to a
heavy plate of steel three sten
stand on the metal ,hest and he
swung as high as the crane will take
1110111 without incurt•ing the slightest
risk.
vice and the !mass of metal fractures
all the skulls in reach.
The magnet then picks up the
cracker and sets it aside. By the
former mel hod much time was
wasted in turning the ball around on
the ground until tho ring could be
turned up again for rigging pur-
poses. The magnet can take hold
anywhere. The uncertain aim of the
old-style skull cracker often sub-
enrth which Makes its unsavory bed
here, but it is a fine centro 'from
which to find employment out west,
so 1 stick here lentil I can move to-
wards the setting sun. Plenty of
English out west, and, (relieve me,
there are no better all-round men on
the earth to -day than they."—Liver-
pool Post.
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NEW ZEALAND PRACTICAL. S(•:N'I'I:?:('J; SERMONS.
Love alone can lift the lost.
School Children Equip Namesake Surfeit is the foe of serenity.
o'clock 111• look); in at his club, tilde's ewe vase on the ninntel." I Warship. Love is the seeking to help.
a rubber of bridge. drinks a "I1. and The valet grasps the jar. thrusts 1 II.1LS. \ewe %reload sailed from (JNl-os'is the • heart only the obverse of
5.,:' lights a cigar, anti drives to the his arta down its neck, and draws'
Jupiter Theatre at. ten. An usher tojoinurt, I?upland, tot long; ago obligation.
takes his card to his companion of furl lin on 11(.. of money, again am! to join the Atlantic squadron. Consideration for others is the
1 0(cnin. until tit.' hills. forst a green The present of the school children noblest courtesy.
the envenom.; but he is. kept waiting; li. np upon the table. of New Zealand to the ship had pre- ]Resentment bears heavy fruitage of J
andwhen permitted to go "back," 'the owner of the treasure hands n viuusly been forwarded to the west- regret. ;
Is told that the woman line gone. note with a yellow back to the Cap- ' ern port. 1t consisted of a gunnery Ito '.s ho is a friend only to himself ;
Three weary years went by. Nina t'A1{1111'.D '1'o 11IS ItA r1T, "A previous appointment, which I tnin next loss valuable ones to the shield and rt bell hung bore a full- is a too to all urea.
'limpet up by the loving letters of "Herders is borders, sir!" he ex - 'hind forgotten," she explains in a sllh(rrdinatem. ile stills some money sired head of n tatooed Maori, who The things of life nee likely to get ;
the absent .lack, welled and wallet, Ptnins. as he persists in gcitfng
the! note which t he st age doorkeeper de- into his own pockets. nod 1e11'( his holds in his lcet.h rho suspender fur In the any of life itself.
wailed and worked, ever and anon 1 "111891 l ' up, undetrrrrtl by threats ' livers. Smarting with jealousy. he valet to earl;v (he rest to the Wilk. the same. This mask, which is of an clod never calls n mtnn to command
smiling jnynnsly as she thought of of dislhaIge•Itais.in; the young '1ri•..9 away, leaving the cabman who after which he sets out for breakfast '•`t(.•rlingly weighty charae(or. Is until he has learned to uhey.t
him who stove so hard that they man to it sitting posture, the valet 11.1.1 brought him there to inn a bill at the club, completing 11 . ry(ge of made of bronze. 'I'hc hell is sitter- Myst lien are made by their eno-
both might soon be happy. place" soft slippers upon hie feet, a':it1'.st bin for 'a'nitin: '' itis ince „110 day's hislery, plated and weighs, with the clapper, tnni.•8 and marred by themselves.
"Things err going; grandly. dor- lifts biro to rtn °reel- position ()Weide1' known to every "night -Hawk" in � He has forgot len that he lost. se , 1110•111 200 pounds. Where there is no heart in the work
ling." he had written many months! the hurl, and 1ittcing him lirrrtly about the Tenderloin. i' smell] a s:arn. exnrth• as Ir: h,ts for-' The gunr.ery shield, which is nt there is always plenty of tnrdshlp. I
before. "Everything 1 touch seems the bosh- earriee or Lushes 11int into j ('I1A\'I•:' l't)it GAMBLING, rgatt0n t!)at •he neon it at ploy, for lentil silver mounted on oak, has then No mon tvnnders more easily than
to turn out n perfect surres:+. Anon the bath rooms. There he is Sxrublx'(l j Ile intends to return to his club following inscription on it: (ion-ihn who watches only another's ways.
his father I. ft hits twenty million very shield ,resented to i1.JL S. New T'rozen faith is effective only In .
1 shall he able to give you the hap- and thovvcred nn.l doused wish 00111 f wfi, n he leacev the theatre. but poker :.lollnre, and he has six hundred 1hon- , the -
pt• honto for which You have so note- anter, after which he is rubbed nig- .or bridge is tau slow tinder prest•nt ;sand rt year—that. Is to sear,-lxlee11
!her tlnur namesake colony." om �1Uiii 1hi,< shield freezingl children of Meu11.>) spend f tl1hefr time knock -
Zealand
waited. Heaven keep You! Love oruusly w ith n crash towel. In course : c,:nditlons. Ito craves the e'0 t•'ii ' It I hands', (I
end forty-four dollars n (111y . (hero are over 210 ounces of silver, in); Hover open any doors.
and kissev. .1f ('i�." • of the Inst prnct-:s n cup of strong jof roil Farnhling. Jlen cit him in -j to throw away. 1t.'h'vs of Auckland, the four princi; It is nhcstys n plens,ne to the nver-
'I'his and other ouch loving (pis- Collet., which the valet has prepare(!' I carne nod credit are welcome at the l '1'hls is no rtctunl carr. pa: cities of the colony. the battle- ` age )inn to boost mealier sinner
Ile" she would {)cess to her lips, is swnllowerl' sonrt gambling -ferule before which shit New Zealand as she now is, and ;down.
ngbfessihire for his constancy. The or' of dressing n man with 09- g , S l---� i
he alights. Ile is fee.•ived obse.eti- the Maori eel canoe oftiowancient days. , The religion that cannot eland
"Invu noel" she would say to I*dillrnl it known to this valet. One
ously by the "look -oat," is conduct- (:1':T':S1'. AND FEATHER Ili:DS. lit the centre is n gnnrerum scene mid,enttlping out 1)1111 better be left at
herself "Yeti deserve env greed • after another the articles are handed r,l mistaire, thence into nn adjacent the vim)); are surrounded 1•y a de• /hem' In the ice box.
fortune thrtt cerate la you!" out. The neckwertr for the nutrnlns{ boort. noel down one (tight to a The pinins Of 1lnngat;v are well Riga of Jlnuri elle implemeete and ` The nano who delights !n giving
'Then came n period of wetting.. ie ehosen nnil deftly knelled. The adapted for the raising of geese, anti colonial arms. The birds nett flora faithful wounds docs not thereby
Nina began to pot fretful. Ile had scarf -pin is adjusted. The tarrhue(1
gambling -room. The intense sit:ace travellers in that (unntry are eines) of the country are also depicted. To prove himself n friend.
nt tho faeo-table gives hint a shiver. c
*ever kept her so long as this. Ilea- gloves: and the black derby hat are
The whirr of a roulette ball is sic entertained
gre by se.•b►g, from pressing Lady Itnuhlrly was given the task There is n good dent more charity
•(n ('rhed Post nnything should nt hand. find in exactly halt an hoar lrnhts, great flocks of geese feeding of select ion of n design. lin withholding; the word of malice
hst•e happened to bite! niter attnkening this gilded youth of to his ears. A young aunt of his 1 1
At last. the welcome rat -tat of the the new century takes hie departure
postman sounded nt the door. and for hist club. Of late It Is not in tho
In nnnrher moment she was tensing best form to drive to one's brenk-
open a letter in tho dear old familiar- fast.
kind. BTR(?:AKFAS'l' $:i.
11.
What wile it ninth• her cheek
blanch
Why did Nina clutch wildly at the
chair arm, with set teeth find un -
Peeing eyes?
••tiv dear Ninn." ran the letter,—
"Heaven 1news, it hag been hnrd
a'0l'1<' tar me to have kept tip this
Jhar''sl Irma ref deer': tina fp; more
At the chub thin member Pi shown
to a tnhle already *et for him, be -
mum the valet line given his order
for breakfast over the telephone.
First 1s the meriting "bracer," a
grinse of nbsinthe, that insidioua de-
coction of wormwood, alcohol. find
anisette that destroys the braine of
men who hove them. For appear-
ance's sake, a morning newspaper Is
taken up, but le not read. The
n the fields end watched by goose- The people of New Zealand aro cl-
own ret Is dealing baccarat in n rear herds. So nanny feathers are yielded so giving a donation, t,hich will be
room. The new -comer wants quick by tilt se gre,•sr that four "beet -feather emnewher( bet ttrell £1)0O and £'1, -
action. Shall it be roulette or bac-
carat? The wheel by n11 meanie!
"Five sIaeke of blues!" ho corn- 0001b t "0 0 1 f
mantis. 'They are pushed over. and a
mother -cif -pearl "marker" is pineed
on the rim of the wheel. Blue (-him( �"�--'-
are worth five dollars each. and '••They say that Versus's wife eine-
there are twenty of then: in n set. rie(1 hits while he wart still n strug-
What child's play to win' Whnt gong poet, on the ground that. so hate been carried reit nt the requestsweet revenge to logic! b.vnus1' the thoughtful n than must make a good of the cot 'Hee . f Lord ilnnfurly.
money thrown away probably would husband" " "1Tow did she get that -��--
have been hers—lnsnnil:g; the fickle idea about him''" "When he wrote •1nmee (who 1s broke)—"I have one
—
soubrette. As he feel., he'd rather
Glatt when the Inst chip its gone, to her, offering; her hie bond, he en- faithful friend I,•gt Milks (ale')
burn it. clns(ed n stamps" and addressed 0n- broke)—"Who is it?" ''Uy pipe. I
velope!'' can still draw on that.'
markets" are held annually et lied- o00 invested at nhnut 4 per rent.,
n{rest, aea
nd nt ch market from (10,),- tile proceeds of which are to 1)0
o d, 00 b. u Sed feath-
ers are placed on sale.
nenrded ns gunnery Meet's. •Phe
school children, in addition, are Fiv- ing into later. They are made of
inp an ellen), w ith illonlinntrlt ad- strong, tempered glass, and are deli•
the)s, lout this album is net nt pre- calve% lrinune,l ttith blinds of sitter,
sent completed.... Inside the teapot a hollow ball of
n r te i
'•111.••• vthole arra F uents In detail 1 silver rolls about, mei by prompt
ctlsu►ptian of the heat of the boiling
water prevents the glans from crack-
ing. The charm of the zrystal tea-
pot lies not vthol!v in Ile beauty, for
thero Is 1 h nddittonal all ant Ir•
that the lenmaker can acv jest a11.,A
quo•;' Ity she hna on hand.
thnn In giving any kind of n wad of
money.
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G LA S.'- 'I'E:\ 1'O'i'S.
Glees tenpnts are, it is said, cottl-