HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1907-01-31, Page 6(►o+coo+0+0+0+0t+of,)+0+0 u/o+o+0+0+o-+o+,)+0+0♦AO"Oh, It It were only a tuystlflcation!' ******************++++
see
see lays, with a bow cry. "1 cannot 1 v •
.
DARE HE?
OR. A SAD LIFE STORY
e
.
•
+0+0+0404-0+0+0+0+0+0+0v° +0+0+0+0+040-•0+e.e•0+0+
CHAPTER XIX. of her character that she Ls going about
in unob'rueive forloniness, rho extreme
smallness of her elorctatino acgtuint-
ances staking it unlikely that she. has
found any one to supply tho place of Ute
friends who have become so entirely
oblivious of her. The conviction, prick-
ing ht,( conscience as he hastens con-
tritely away from the vainly repentant
[Wag, lends speed and ke• nness to hls
search. But thorough and earnest as it
is, it is for some time quite unsuccxss-
ful. She makes ono of no group, sho
toilers under no Banksia rose -bower, she
is no gazer from the terrace at gold -
misled valley or 'tweeted town, she is to
be found neither in hidden nook nor
evident path. She is not beneath the!
Loggia, bite is nowhere out of doors.
She must then, in her loneliness, have
taken refuge in rho house. Ito finds
himself in a long, noble room, with a
frescoed ceiling, a room full of signs of
recent, habitation and recent tea, but
which has apparently been deserted for
the sunset splendors on the terrace. Ile
can see no single occupant. Ito walks
(lowly down it to assure himself of the
fact of its entire emptiness.
There Ls no greater fiction than that
fur lune to go quickly implies that .t
roust nerds go pleasantly. Jim has sel-
dom spent a more disagreeable period
than the hours which follow his con-
versation with Byng, and which ho
pasties in his bedroom, with his elbows
en the window -ledge, looking blankly
eul at the Piuzzn, and at the great
"Bede" of Aronolpho's planning, the
church of Santa Maria Novella. And
yet, when the city cocks, which have
chimed unnoticed by him several times,
at length convey to Itis inattentive ear
what the hour Is, he starts up, shocked
and conhtsed at its lateness. Ito had
meant to have reached the Villa Schia-
vone in thne lc receive Amelia, and now
she must have long preceded him, and
bo attributing his tardiness to some
fresh neglect and Indifference. In tiv.e
minutes he has rearranged tes dress,
and jumped into a flacre. Through the
Porta Romana, and up between tho
straight row of still and Inky cypresses,
u) and up to where the villa door. pro-
mising so Milo and performing so much
opens, as so many do, straight upon
the road.
The day has changed its ravishing
blue gaiety for a pensive cloudy gloom.
and the guests at the villa aro walking
about without any sunshades. They
are numerous, though few indeed in
comparison to the Banksia roses on the
laden wall, over which, too, a great
wistaria—put in, as the host with a just
pride Plates, only last year—is hanging
and flinging Its lilac bundanco. And
seen abovo its clusters, and above the
wall, what a view from this raised ter-
race! Jim is really in a hurry to find
Amelia, and yet he cannot choose but
slop to look at it—from Galileo's tower
on the right, to where, far down the
plain of the Arno, Carrara loses itself
In mist. it is all dark at first, sullen,
purple -gray, without variation or stir—
city, Duomo Arno, Fiesole, and all her
chain of sister-hills—one universal frown
ever every slope and Jag, over street and
spire, over Campanil with its warbles,
and Santa ('loco with Its dead. But
now, as It draws on towards sun -setting,
In the western sky, there comes a be-
ginning of light, a faint pale lint at first,
but quickly broadening across the firma-
ment, while the whole httge cloud ca-
nopy is drawn aside like a curtain, and,
az n great bright eyo from under bent
brows, the lowering sun sends arrows
o! radiance over palet, and river, and
JJy_. X11 of a sudden there is a verti-
cal rain of dazzling white rays on the
plain, and the olive shadows, merged
all the afternoon in the universal gray,
fall long and soft upon the blinding
green of the young corn. Ile has for-
gotten Am:11a. Oh, that that other,
that creature herself ►nado out of sun -
rays and sweet rain -drops, were beside
hint. her pulses beating, as they to
surely would, to his lune, her whole
tender being quivering with delicate
joy at this heavenly spectacle.
Some one touches him on the shoul-
der, and he starts violently. Has tho %vitlt genuine alarm, bad besieged Jim's
In'ensity of his Invocation called her mind on his first realizing her crouch -
spirit out of her light body, and Ls sho e'J and unnatural altitude, now entire -
Indeed beside him?" Iy super: edes nny other feeling. Is the
"What a bad conscience you must nccidental delay of halt an hour, an hour
say even and hour and a half, enough
In justify such a parade of anenneti as
this/
curtly. the rnornory of Byngs commie "is It possible;' he Inquires, In a lone
Mention about his mother being ton et cold displeasure. "that I nun In atlri-
fresh In Iris mind to make it possible Lute Iles ---this state of things --to my
f..r him to answer her in her own rat- being accidentally late? 1t was a mere
1) ing key. "What have you done with occident; it 6 not like you to make a
Aun•Ln?" scene. 1 do not recognize you; 1 urn
"What n 'Stand•and-deliver' tone." very sorry (hut 1 was late, and that 1
says she. laughing still, but looking not have trade you angry."
unnaturally surprised. "Well, whero Is Tho chill reproach of his words seems
she?" glanctng round. "Site was here There is -wet a !reek upbraiding in her
mailed ore. t , tee humble and unex-
acting one w tech is habitual to her.
"Angry'!" site newels: "angry with you
for being late' Oh, you are quite nee-
takent in all these years how often
have 1 1 gen angry with tem?"
There is such a meek uprntding in her
teno that his ill -humor gives way to a
viten,. apprehension.
"Then what is it?'' he cries brusquely;
"what is it all nlrwt? 1 think I have
a right to ask you Thal; since i sow you
last something must have (happened to
you to produce this extraordinary
change."
She heaves a long dragging sigh.
"e;on (thing hos happened to mo; yes,
something has happened!" -
"But what-- what kind of a something?
1 have a right to know—I insist upon
knowing; tell nue!'
Ito has graspe I both her hands.
whose unneturnl col.lreet he feels even
Through her rather ill -filling gloves. So
estrange and mean a thing Ls human
nature licit even al this moment it flash-
es acmes him, with n sense of annoy-
ance, what I ,til gloves Amelia always
scare. Ices• w••r. he is not troubled
with them lung, for she takes them and
her cold hands quietly track.
"i will tell you, there is no question
o: insisting. 1 should have told you am• -
how; but not here"- glancing nervously
round the dropped curtains—"not now!"
"Why not here? Why not now?"
Iler taco quivers.
"1 e:eUld not," she goys piteously. "I
dr not quite knew how I shalt get
through telling it; it roust to somewhere
-somewhere where it will not matter
if 1 do break down:"
He stares al her In an unfeigned be -
wield meet, again alightly streaked with
wwrath.
"Have yeti gene mad, Amelia? or aro
you taking a leaf out of Sybille's honk:'
1: yeeu d ► not clear up !hie estreordin-
hey nty:stillcalinn al once, 1 shall be cone
pelted to believe either the one or the
ether.'.
Again her face contracts with pain.
By a singular and unaccountable freak
of the builders, the windows aro set !o
high in the wall that each has had to
havo a little raised dias erected before
it to enable the inmates to look comfor-
tably out. Upon each small platform
stands a chair or'two, and low over them
the ourtoins sweep. As ho passes ono
rece's, ho notices that tiro drapery Is
Miming a little, and examining moro
closely, secs the tail of a well-known
gown—of that gown which has mot
with his nearest approach to approval
among Arnelia's rather scanty stock --
peeping from beneath the stiff rich folds
of the old Italian brocade. 1t is the
work of a second to sweep the latter
aside, and discover his poor Minces) all
alone, and crouching desolately in 's
low arm -chair. There Is something so
unlike her in tho attitude, something
so different from her usual uncomplain-
ing, unpretending fortitude, something
t o dispreportionul to the cause—his own
careless but not criminal delay, as be
supposes ---in the despair evidenced by
her whole pose, that ho feels at once
terrified and angry. In a second he loo,
line stepped up on the little platform
Leside her.
"Amelia!" he cries. "Amelia! What
are you (ping up here? With whom aro
you playing hide and seek?"
Iler words and tier smiles are apt to
bo prompt enough, Heaven knows. to
spring out, answering his least hint;
but now she neither speaks nor moves
n muscle of her face. She scarcely starts
tit all at his sudden apparition and ad-
dress, and no light comes across her
feuture.e—those features which, now
that ho looks at them moro closely, he
seas to be set in a notch more pinched
' pallor than even throe watching nights
and a week of airless worry can account
for.
"Aro you ill?"
'"No; 1 ata not 111."
Tho sting of irritation which, mixed
have. Did you think that I was a bai-
liff?' cries Mr'. ilying, laughingly.
"Where is Amelia?' ho asks, rather
five sondes ago with \\'tllie. Poor
Amelia!" lowering her voice to a more
crnlldenlial key. "I am so glad you
hnve tomo at last; she is pntlence per-
ri nilleJ. 1 must cnngrnhtate you upon
the exeellett training into which you
have got her, but 1 thin(( that she was
beginning to look a little anxious."
"And I think that you have been giv-
ing rho reins to your Imagination, as
u -nal," replies he. walking off in a huff.
There Is another delightful garden tet
the beet( of the villa, and (here, having
failed to find her in the first, he now,
watt growing Irritation at her for not
bung more Immediately conspicuous,
seeks Amelia. It Ls a sheltered leisure-
ly psra.ILse, where while rose -ties, with
Inil!ions of bursting buds. are cnreer-
1ne over the walls in leafy luxuriance,
uteri) doulee well -f' veers ---bloody war-
riors, one should call them, if one could
connect any warlike idea with this Eden
01 scent, d peace --stocks in (migrant
tow aro flowering as we Retains 'never
see them flower in our chary isle, save
in the plates of n Gardeners' Chronicle.
But among them Ire finds no trace of his
homely English blo.som. 110 (Inds, In-
deed, him who had been nano.',1 as her
ihte confetti .n, Ilyng, hal it Is not with
Ante'ta, bol with one of the pretty young
daughters Of the house that he bi pee-
ing the straight walk in lively dialogue.
Jim ;motels his formally:
und.•rstoutl that Miss Winson was
vette you? Do you happen to know
where she Ls:"'
Ilyng stops sh,,rl In his leisurely pac-
ing.
"Why. where is she?" h•' says, look-
ing mend, as h s mother had deme. but
w•tlh a more godly air. "elle w•as here
five minutes ago. Where can rhe have
disc ppeared to?"
It :s but too obvk,us that in greeting
and 1 "ing greeted by their numerous ne-
se amtantee, beth poor Amelia's diaper-
( It and that chaperon's son have dam•
J.i'ely fore/e'en her 'sststenee. Always
n • e -misty afield of bring hurdensun►e.
Jim feels conrincd from what ho knows
e
tell you here; 11 is phy (:illy inupoeet-
ble to me. But do nut bo
with an accent of b.tterne-.s, Witt, It he
i• quite at a loss to account for- "yeti
shall not have long to wait; I will tell
you, without fail, to•worruw; loaner
row morning, if you like. t:ome as early
as you please, I shall le ready to tell
you; and now would pee wind leaving
me? 1 want l•, have a few moment;
to myself betula 1 soo anybody—before
I sea Mrs. Byng; will you please leave
in'
It Ls so apparent that she is in dead -
1) earnest, and resolute to have her re-
quest complied with, that he can do no-
thing but step dizzily down oft Ike little
dials. feeling as if the world were turn-
ing round wile flan.
"A quarter of an hour later he see; her
leaving Ise party with !Ors. Byng, look-
ing as simple., as collected, and not very
perceptibly paler than usual.
(To be Continued -I
els
FARMERS WANT MOTOR TRACTOR.
Gasolene Driven Machines Beet for
Agricultural Work.
Although Iho importance of tho univer-
sal Commercial vehicle, 83 it may ha
termed, that is to say, the machine that
is capable of being applied to the uses
or tho portable power plant as well as
the tractor and automobile vehicle, has
been held beforo the industry for several
years, surprisingly little has been ac-
COmlllisl,ed in (ho way of satisfying what
is acknowledged to Lo a growing de-
mand, says the Motor World. In tho
great Northwest there is considerable
use of traction engines of the massive
steam type, yet in many ways they are
too cumbersome or too expensive to be
of effective service. Ilenco the opening
for the lighter and more mobile gaso-
lene vehicle is an especially promising
one. Moreover it Le one to which the
makers of gasolene -propelled vehicles of
other types well may turn their atten-
tion.
Fens Western Canada agricultural
implement dealers aro reporting a strong
demand, positively expressed, for a gas-
olene traction engine which can bo used
for ploughing, threshing and stationary
uses as well as traction. The demand
for a suitable machine for ploughing Is
especially strong, and It is stated that
any machine which Is dependable for Iiia
sort of work can bo relied upon for either
of the others.
Tho fuel question has a more -impor-
tant bearing on tho matter than might
at first bo supposed, especially in locali-
ties where custom threshing and plough-
ing is done. In such cases it 1s the rule
for the farmer to furnish the fuel for tho
steam engines which aro commonly
used. This demands the constant wvork
of one or two men aside from those
actively engaged In operating the
tnachine, and as the farmer himself niust
furnish their board the expense is often
considerable where a great amount of
work is done.
With a gasolene machine It Is point-
ed out that a single attendant can look
after the entire plant. take on fuel
enough for a day's work in a few min-
utes and at the same time keep the
mechanists in good running condition.
This also means a considerable saving in
wages to tho owner of the plant, totally
apart from the added economy of the
gasolene machinery, so that from . all
points of view the Introductlun of the
gasolene motor to lite work would be
attended with marked advantages.
As to the probable cost of ploughing
with gasolene power, it Itas been esti-
mated that en engine w ith a gang of
ten ploughs with 12 inch bottoms, tra-
velling two miles an hour or better,
would turn over two and a halt acres
every hour, or twenty -live acres in a
day of len hours. But to be liberal there
should be allowed, say, one-fifth of the
time for turning around at the ends and
for loss in time otherwise, which will
cul the number of acres ploughed to
twenty Instead of twenty-five.
The fuel consumption for this work
will not exceed thirty-five gallons of
gasolene. which will cost nl 15 cents a
gallon $'l.25; at 20 cents a gallon, tn.
Add to this Iwo mens wages at 81.50
each, and the actual coil. with gasolene
at 15 cents a gallon. is 38.25 for plough-
ing twenty acres, or 11 cents an acre.
1f gasolene Ls 20 cents a gallon, the cost
will be 810, or fie) cents an acre.
On the other hand, it will keep one
ratan and a tears busy to plough two and
n half acres itt ten hours. A team and
man aro ruled as worth 83 a day every-
where. Consequently it will cost 81.20
1) break up on acre of land with ratan
and Team. against 50 cents an acro with
a gasolene traction engine.
et
TIll't T OFFICER .eNNOl'S KIN(!.
Orders Itoyal Grandchildren to Re Sent
to School.
Tho Duke of Fife and the Princess
(loyal live in a very quiet and Mende
fuihion wwhen they are at their residence
at Chichester Terra+", in Brighton.
Their Iwo children go for daily walks
with their governess. and, being very
simply but neatly dressed, cannot be
distinguished from other bairns of less
exalted parentage.
They were out as usual rine morning
last week, when n very officious school
inspector, whose duly it was to see that
new youngsters (.,caped Ilio clutches of
the English grandmotherly education
law, approached the two children and
ask"tl them what school they attended.
On being Informed that they were bang
educated at home. lie inquired be whonm,
whereupon the Gement' gowernc..ss who
was with therm said that she was teach-
ing them.
"You aro teaching them. indeed ?" re-
peated tho overeenlous officer of edu-
cation. " Why. you can't even speak
English properly."
Shortly niter the Duke of Fife wall
served with a notice requiring due rea-
sons to be given why Ills children were
not at school. The matter wvas referred
to King Edward, and shortly after a
sharp letter wati received at the Educa-
tion 0Mce from Lord Kuollys.
Sell and water teed 83 a gargle will
Clcntree the palate owl furred 4mgua. A
pin"h of salt on the tongue followed ten
minutes aeons ants by a drink of relit
water, often cunei a mid: headache. Salt
hardens gone., make, teeth while and
sweetens the breath.
About the farm
• +
♦ +
4+•+++++•++..++++4+++.
I'R.\CrICAI. l'OULTItV At:COL'\ i'S.
Titer.. are a number of poultry ac-
count books upon the marhet, and all
serve an excellent purpose, writes Mr.
M. K. Bayer. But 1 have failed to find
in any of them just what I wanted.
Thos may not bo strange, as 1 may Lo
of it different nature from other folk,
and not so easily satisfied. 1 use Trap
nests in all my poultry !houses, and
each hen on the place is known by her
number. I deem it very important to
know the value of each hen. These
traps aro run from January 1 to Juno
1; and from October 1 to January I.
During the hot months of June, July,
August and September 1 do not keep
individual records.
My reasons for this ore two -fold: First
I want to know which are my cold
weather layers, as (here is more money
et winter eggs than those of summer;
second, hens are apt to suffer it con-
fined ton long in traps during hot wea-
ther. i do nig cure so much Trow many
eggs tho hens lay in a year, as I do
how many they lay during the months
when the prices aro lite best. Almost
nny old lien will lay during waren wea-
ther. I breed only from our best win-
ter layers.
My record sheet, which is a part of
my systems of bookkeeping, tells the
variety in each pen, numler of. pen,
(tate, number of hen, days of month
on which she laid, number of eggs laid
up to the first of the month, color,
shape and sizo of egg, color of hon's
eye, style of comb, size of hen, color
of legs, and other remarks which may
be a guide in selecting the cream cf
one year's birds for next year's breed-
ing. Each month's accounts, too, showy
the number of hens in the pen, the
number that laid during the month,
and the number that did not lay on ac-
count of broodiness or other cause,
such as sale or removal from the pen.
This part of Ilse bookkeeping records
the dealings with the hens. They are
our employees, arra we keep a record
of their work. If at the end of.lhe year,
as pullets, they are unprofitable, they
tiro disposed of as market poultry; only
those are rota(ned that prove of value
as layers.
Aside from this Individual record sheet
! keep a pen recent, telling the number
of eggs laid each day in each pen, and
the total number of eggs laid on the
farts. This record, for instance, shows
that pens Nos. 1 and 2 contain a mis-
cellaneous lot of hens, unmated odds
and ends not used in the regular breed-
ing pens: No. 3 contains Light Brrhrne
pullets; Nus. 4, 5 and 6, White Wynn -
dello hens; and so on. This book also
records the number of days during the
winter the fowls have been confined to
their scratching sheds on account of
snow or storms. Besides these 1 have
hatching records, which show the dale
a hatch is due, tate number and variety
of eggs set, and the number of chicks
hatched.
Tho cash book shows the receipts for
home has sprays of Iris composed eel
the purchasers; also nmounls paid for
feed, labor and supplies, generally, as
well as cost of improvements and re-
pairs to buildings. M the end of each
month I subtract tho expenses from the
receipts to determine the profit. At
the end of the year 1 make n surmmney
wwhtch shows the 'Value of all stock on
hand at the beginning of the year, and
tho value of that on hand at end; total
cost of feed, labor, etc.; and amounts
received for all eggs and birds sold.
Thus, as I end up each year l know not
only how much money I have made,
but also the value of the poultry estate,
and the individual worth of the birds.
A petty ledger is kept to record run-
ning accounts of customers as well ns
credits duo others. 1 hove private tarn•
ily custotners who pay each month. es
it rule, the servants are sent for the eggs
oe to order poultry, and each month a
bill is forwarded Nellie head of the fain-
ily. For these accounts 1 hnve found
a petty ledger about right. I use fence
leaf binders .for the main reason That
all closed accounts are readily remov-
ed, getting rid of all dead smatter.
While 1 do not claim perfection for
the system, I am very Weill satisfied
that les le a simple and yet accurate
eat( of keeping records. icy it 1 al once
ant informed just ww•hat 1 own and what
1 owe; the amount of stoney I have
taken in (luring the year, and what is
due lite. In short, 1 know just how Ilia
business Is pnying. This date. gather-
ed each day, requires very little lune,
but at the end of the month and of lie
year i have a complete work on poultry.
LIVE STOCK souls.
Overfeeding horses wvilh hay is prac
teed by most farmers. It is a waste of
hay and exhausts the digestive system
rend results in staring coals and !abore.l
bres't,hng.
.tsrting lo keep bees, it is beat
not 1e commence with too many col-
onies. A half dozen in well nr•,►nged
hives would be sufficient. Learn to
handle them. As knowleelge is gained:
the npinry can 1* enlarged Id a profit-
able size.
As ge.rse b: come very fat when con-
fined during the winter, If fed nil Ural
They will consume, the eggs sometimes
fail to produce shone and vigorous gos-
lings. 'ro meet with mimeses it 6 nal
the ?snot to begin with the ges'se, by
tnnkin; prepnralinns for the spring.
Shut teff the grain And put Ihern on n
bulky Wel, such as cul clover, cooked
turnips, or chopped dibbler.. allowing
but Lttle grain, Writ giving a small pre-
t►nrtinti of animist meal, but Ih.y mist
not be ltd in a manner to ninhe thein
poor. Keep there in moderate condi-
tion until (hent laying lime; then he
crease the food it little (evoi Eng grain,
end they will lay.
•
FARM NorEs,
To avoid smut in corn, do not foll"w
corn with corn, n r use barnyard ens -
Mire en the corn g+.onnd. The IMP stmt
/Pates live over winter in the Boll one
ram{__ __- __==
eel
•
.46 I- te aL., �1
NOT A !11 AN -EATER.
5.
t'4+
ote
Colored Cadger—"Will you please (;h' mo something to eat:"
Housewife (threateningly) --"I11 fetch my 'usband if--!"
Colored Cadger —"Madam, pray do not trouble. My race has given up canni-
balism for generations("
In the manure in yards where tho stalks
havo been fed.
Neglect of little things means many
an extra step for the farmer, and the
loss of many a nickel. But the Winer
has so many duties and so touch to
think' of, that it is difficult to look after
nil the little things es he goes along.
Ills neglect of small matters doesn't
always cornu from carelessness.
if the land be not too hilly, with hills
sleep and washing, there can be PO
danger of hauling the manure to the
land in the winter. Experiments do not
show a serious or even slgntilcant loss
of ammonia by reason of exposure. The
first rains, after the spreading of the
manure, will take the nitrogen into the
soil. The manure will decay slowly,
and no losses of either mineral matters
or nitrogen will take place.
it is very deplorable that farmers and
their families should sacrifice, health arid
life, which by right is (heirs in the high-
est degree, by neglecting tho most
common rules of health. It would be
protitahle to have more general promul-
gation of sanitary laws and the result
er violating the same. Farm lite is so
generally regarded as the embodiment
of all That contributes to health and
Icng life that the Importance of observ-
ing certain rules is overlooked by the
average farmer. We should not wait
for an epidemic of diphtheria or typhoid
fever to enforce those simple rules of
hygiene and sanitation.
TALE OF BLACK WATCH.
flow the Famous Highland Regiment
Was Taken to England.
The removal of the Scots Greys has
a tragic precedent in the al of
the Black Watch from Scolland to Lon-
don in 1713—three years after they had
been embodied for the defence of the
Highlands—on the pretext that King
George II., who had never seeit a High-
land soldier, was anxious to gratify his
curiosity. The Scots discovered on their
arrival in London that the King. Who
was anxious to see them, had left the
previous night for Hanover, and it then
dawned upon them that they were the
victims of a trick to reduce the number
of the fighting supporters of tho Stuarts
in Scotland. Their Gaelic blood was
fire(. Without consulting Ilteit' officers
they decided In march home again, and
they had passed Northampton on their
northward journey before they were In-
tercepted and compelled to surrender to
superior forces. The main body of the
regiment was embarked for service In
Flanders, two hundred privates—men
-f good family-- were selected for banish-
ment. and three were tried by court,
martial and sho( nn Tower (fill. Their
execution was regarded as murder by
their hinstnen in tho Highlands, and
when hyo years liner tho White ('ockaile
was donned at Glenfinnnn, the story e f
the martyrdom of the three soldiers of
the Illack Watch did much to rouse the
nineteen. The pride of the !lighlan-
ed's In their birth is Illustrated by the
story of two !threes wvho, nt the re-
quest of George 11., were sent to St.
Jansen Palace, where they showed some
of the nation:0 sword exercises. On
leaving they were given a guinea apiece,
but these private soldiers as they strode
nut contemptuously threw (he guerdon
1e the porter at the door.
THE SHABBY GREAT.
Eminent Nobleman Shuffles Down Re
gent Street in 'leggy Apparel..
11 is one of ilio privileges of being
great that one can afford to have sam-
ples of by -gone repasts on one's waist-
coat, writes Mrs. John Lane in an article
on "the Tyranny of Clothes," in the
January Fortnightly.
The Englishman, she says, is not only
the apotheosis of the perfectly dressed,
but he can reach a degree of shabbiness
which is phenomenal. Not the poor and
obscure, but the rich and usually the
great. Who has not seen tho great
shabby and spotty to a degree?
"Before I had learned by experience,
1 remember being introduced to the
sttabbiest,spoltiesl kind of o'd gentleman
in, Regent Street, who was shuttling
along in company of an aged, greeny -
brown umbrella. Ile looked as 1f a
shilling charitably bestowed would have
been a godsend. I took a hasty inven-
tory of his spots, his draggled necktie,
his frayed waistbands, his down -trodden
boots, and felt rather superior.
"It was, therefore, with a start that i
heard a very fatuous Hume indeed. and
found myself shaking the limp hand of
n very eminent nobleman. Ile saw that
was deeply impressed, but distin-
guished though he was. iie could not
guess the real reason. I watched hint
shuttling down Regent. Street the thread-
bare seams of Zits coat boastfully out-
lining his bent back. and it struck mo
that he looked modestly triumphant as he,
climbed the bus that passes the palace in
which he lives.
"1f ever a man was tyrannized over by
a mean umbrella-, n threadbare coat. and
frayed trousers—the kind that hitch up
behind --that was Lite roan."
HELPING (11:11 OUT
"One, two, three, four. One, two,
three, four," again and again repealed
Mabel, a girl of sixteen, counting aloud
as she practised on the piano.
Little cousin Jack listened in surprise
for n few minutes, then -going over to
her said quite earnestly:
"Ee next is 0ve."
A detain molter was very much an-
noyed at the ditty condition of her toys
cap when the chi'dren canoe home from
a walk. ''flow did you come to gel your
hat so dirty?" she angrily asked. "A
Loy pulled it off my heed in the street
and threw 0 in lite ►nud." "That's not
so, ma; he threw the cap in the thud
himself." ineerru(4bod his little stelae.
"Well, I'm a boy, ain't 1?"
A story Is toted of a judge w•Irn ho(1
notorious scoundrel before hint. In
the cotes° of his examination his Iton-
or asked: "W hat tins become of your
associates In your early kite of Crime?"
"They're all hanged," said the prisoner,
"except your Honor and myself!"
Daughter—"\ 'ast i't Julius Omar ono
M the strongest men Met ever live!,
pa?' Father --"What makes you ark
that quest!on, toy little girl?" Daughter
--"1 was just reading that tie threw a
bridge over the Rhine."
M-eny a man's credit Isn't gond be-
cause he Wel able to make good,
•
4 0'0.44.00000.000 Q'$'C'Ce0•4�00
Grippe or Influenza, whichever you like
to call it, is one of the most weakening
diseases known.
Scott's Emulsion. which is Cod
Liver Oil and Hypophospltites in easily di-
gested form, is the greatest strength -builder
known to medical *dem:.
It is so racily digested that it sinks into
the system, making new blood end new fat,
and strengthening nerves and muscles.
Use Scott's Emulsion after
Influenza.
Invaluable for Co::,t,'hs and Colds.
ALL DRUGGISTS; t Oo. AN) 'COO.
0041 10444. IINY
.
•