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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1906-08-16, Page 3h(togenoN1reMl p,,ree tAweV1freeAA InAAA /V1/N N ' "We wilt leave here apparently together. but instead of going with me, you shall go directly to an old nurse of mine who does not live far front here, and there you stall remain, sure in her charge, II until yuu are free and 1 can conte to claim you." ovc Came Too Late "Gilbert!" she gasped, as the full II meaning of the proposition dawned upon her; "oh, Gilbert!" "Would not such an arrangement be OR eminently proper''" he queried. "You leave a ,ran who won you through pity of his illnese, working, as he did, upon your sympathies, and you, finding out, when it was too lute to unsay the words which bound you to him, that you could not endure lite chains, left hint—that is alt there would be to il— in a 111 01 pique; he would (nee you. Thal NNVZ/�rV�/1/1/t1�111/u�MtllfV'V1/W �w . ii all you us., alt 1 want." "Then you mean to tell me that there Be, not too hard with her, reader mine, that she listened too long to lite subtle I is no truth initheng statementBaxter that you voice that pleaded so earnestly with her were masquerading the and,farm nsin' ell the words a lover knows s0 in the guise of a gardener. and, In lite ttellkho•.v 10 employ. end. eloped with Lawyer Barlow's - If ae had asked her for her very lily daughten, who was staying; there'''' :he She would not have known how to stand asked, incrtword,slY slut- very long in reusing his demand. "Not one word, one grain of truth, in At length she saw only as he pointe it," he declared. "I can raise try hand out her course to her. and solemnly aver that I know nothing •Iticl+al.d Barlow will not live the Werk whatever of the whereabouts of Conine out" she argued within her troubled A MAN'S FALSE HEART. cll:\i'ft::t \.l'\{V. Glberl Forrestct never took ti::rt to loot: atter the little figure that flitted down the white road with the bitterest cry that wee ever heord on human lips; he was used to suc;►'seenee, and had the fueuliy of forgetting with remark- able ease. "('hank Heaven, that business is over at last," he unuttered, as he turned r bruplly away on his heel Ile never asked himself what would Barlow at this mornent• hent. 'gra is unconscious halt of the become of the Ingle himself flower that Ilei Vetter judgment strand her that time now, as it stands; I have not known be haul hued from nt her native element she ought not to believe or trust him, him long enough to feel even friendship b'ds 01 iliaant but she Iotel the handsome man b J for him; why should 1 not leave him out into lite coW n et stn fore her so madly still (hal world, to live on, to die quickly cfshe closeand follow the path my lover points blight, as the Lord In His mercy saw 111. "Now for Estelle," he muttered, quick- ening his pace, and fairly flying across lots and fields to the railway station. Ile was just in the nick of time to catch the Mtiyville express, and swung aboard as she was pulling out of the station, fairly under headway. On his return trip, ho planned out carefully his plan of procedure. Estelle and the wealth she had so cleverly won moot be his, he vowed to himself; and he smiled at the thought of the easy conquest he expected in that direction. It was afternoon when he reached the station which was nearest to Linden I tall. Ile alighted at the village, and, after securing apartments at the village host- elry, tie proceeded to freshen himself up a bit, and after that was arranged to his satisfaction, he lost no time in making his way to his destination. Froin the innkeeper he had learned of the many changes that had taken place at Linden Hall; only Alice Warren and the lawyer remaining, the former only until she vas able to leave, -she being ill„ suf- fering from collapse. --- "Willi an entire new set of servants there, 1 have nothing to fear," he mut- tered; "my only anxiety being that my path and Alice Warren's do not cross; it, is as well to avoid her." For this reason ho waited in the grove until the gloaming fell over the grand old hall, the trees and the sleeping flowers. ile was just on the point of going boldly up the graveled walk when he beheld Es'ile. the object of his thoughts, iffi einefrom the house, cross the porch, and sfrnll into the rose -scented grounds. Each step that she look brought her nearer him. When she was quite near, hr. emerged from his place of conceal- ment and stood directly in the path be- fore her. At that mnment the girl raised her eyes: site was just then thinking that, despite all the wealth which was now hers, there was something wanting in her life to make it worth the living to her, and that something was the lover excuse for her Intrusion to the guilty G1 girl w ;thin. The knob yielded to her touch, and the door swung slowly back on Ito hinges. Instead of beholding Estelle sitting at the writing desk in the alcove, as she had expected• the room was empty! Everything was tossed about in the utmost confusion, end the open window, which led out on the balcony, which ran the entire length of the house, and led down into the garden by a spiral (light of stairs, showed plainly enough wheel way she bud gone. Alice had not even thought of the bal- cony and the stairway, they were so lit- tle used by the members of the family. She dhii not faint, or cry out, or ut- ter any moan, but stood like ane para- lyzed, looking at the chaos around her. I:telle had been wedded only that day to her poor, deluded uncle, and she had fled from him. All of his property, everything he had on earth, was in the hands of the un- scrupulous women, and her next step would probably be to turn the sick man out of Linden Hall. (1'o be Continued.) CIIEf:ItFU'L GUESTS. Cable -Layers Eeperirnce in an .African Village. Too much concern about ones physi- cal welfare is likely to bring about a 11 her ears to the warning voc._ cut to me?" condition of mind and body almost as "Swear ill" she cried, advancing close- i. lose- •I'lie more she turned the matter over much to be dreaded as the particular ly to him and looking keenly into his •In her wind, with her handsome lover evil which was feared. Persons w•ho face. standing near to laugh away her fears are always thinking about themselves "On a thousand Bibles. it you like.' and seraIles, the further her conscience are seldom pleasant companions. Mr. he answered, promptly. "Do you think , I would wed any woman on earth, atter gradually leaned away from duly, and Crouch, author of "On the Surf -Bound having lost you so tragically, as 1 sup- n' the end he teas victorious, as lie knew Coast," discovered this to bo the case posed?" he remarked, reproachfully. he would be. • when, during a cable -laying expedition, "No, "I will wait fur you here, Estelle,' b and some companions visited an Af- n thousand times no. I intended to h. murmured, passionately limn village. Come here and lake a look at the old both of her hands in his own. "6"1 Mr. Crouch and his comrades had place the moment I found myself free your things hastily together, and we left the ship fora few days, and were from my captors, and then i—l—intend will be far away before he can discover established in a hug near the town. One est to go to the old bridge and find death in lite waters in which 1 believed you your absence and cause theta to look for especially bol afternoon the hours (frogged slowly on. Dinner was suppos- had met such an untimely fate, Estelle." yo hill angry the bane of that hypnotic e.l to be at six, but at a quarter of env - Her reason assured her that he was influence which she could not overcome en it had not been brought in, and all speaking falsely; yet while in his Arcs the girl turned from him to do his were in bad tetnper. ence she seemed powerless to exercise bidding. Just as patience was giving out two her own will power in U, ieveing stunt It did not take long to gather her ef- figures appeared, muflled in heavy was true and rejecting what was !else; fects together, and all of the important clothes. 'They were from the German In short, he had such a complete, hyp- papers which gave to her the entire -es- mission, and had conte 10 call. Dinner notic power over the girl that he could tate of the ratan who was ill unto death made its appearance as they carne in, make her believe what he chose. and whom she was leaving so cruelly and they were invited to share the meat. "Meeting you here face to face un in the hour in which he needed tier most "thunk you, we have dined. \Ve al - nerved ma so that I thought 1 should "Gilbert must indeed love me," she ways dine punctually at live thirty:" lose my reason for a moment; my joy. muttered over and over again as iho:tgh The half-famishedbusts, however; :at was so intense. As you saw foryour. self, (could not speak, save to idler the that snub( along for what she w'11s down to anti excusing themselves, and about to do. "Ile loves me for myself: offering their guests a pipe. one word, Estelle. 1 have proved the feet at last. \What „No, we never smoke. We find it "Now that we have been reunited in' vtould he say, think, or do, if he knew' does not do in this climate." t e Barbee •• ver tell when my wife and together we will go forth whom she hail never been able to for- get, false and cruel though he had shown himself. Suddenly, raising her eyes, she beheld the object of her thoughts standing di- rectly before her its the path. "Estelle(• he whispered, in a low voice, extending his arms. For a single instant astonishment held her spellbound; then the color crane to her face with a rush, and she gained the use of her tongue at the same time. "You!" she cried, in a voice of sup- pressed fury. "So we meet again, do we, Gilbert Forrester, despite the fact' that you lured me to what you supposed was my certain death, and you left me to my fate with as little concern as you would have shown a doll" ate folded hie arras across his chest 11 i leaned carefully against the trunk of a Ince--allempling no word until she Iced raft gird all the vials of her wrath upon hint and was speechless !corn sheer evlun::stion. "1 da not blame yon for' hating rte. Estelle." he said, humbly, but even a condemned prisoner on trial for his life It allowed to speak in his own defence. I know 1 merit your hate and your scorn for the past; nothing I could ever do would wipe that out, I suppose; but I aro here to say a few words in my own bet ll.'' `h,• held up her hand with a gesture of silence, but, not heeding it, he went on: "I do not suppose I can ever stake you realize that I did not know that the bridge wns out of repair—dangerous, in fact—but, whether you believe me (.r net, such was the case. When you dis- appeared, 1, was beside myself, fairly paralyzed with horror for a moment; 7/then I realir•d that my only hope of rescuing you lay in l ringing help im- tuediairiy—bringing proi.le who were acquainted with the nt ;age --for. as you fell, your voice seemed to be going down. down. "On my way hack to Linden Hall. I was overtaken by footpads, who knuck- & me down and robbed ine of whet lit- lions. Keep up h.'irt until then; n Can- tle I had in my poekels, and when day- net 1••' f -u• 1 .ng." light carne. and they found Inc still !y- Ile had t,, bite his lips fi rcely under ing ancon rims in the road, they pert t.'s curling; miretactie to keep from tie into the wagon in which they were Inughine nittrig;ht. Ile wondered what riding and abducted tie. that Il.'re rhe v:ou!d .say i( h.� were to yxrlaim, aught be nn evidence about to tell the r , ,lite: "1'o'u !este alt of that wealth stop y of their crime. I have Men at a- v ii.: di eesal n .w, any la•ty Estelle.' bit',, rendezvous ever since, mast of the time unconscious." ".% very pretty story," sneered Batelle. "1 might credit it did I not know" of your going to make n propositi•,n to you. Es- ttltl.• escapade at the Reeler farmhouse. !elle," the whispered hoarsely. "Give and how you rappel the climax of your him up and fly w•itti rte: let him keep most romantic wooing by eloping with his wealth; we can do without it. We Corine Barlow." ' will go so far away that he can never "11 Is (elee, every word of it," he de• find us. nor will he rare to. nfter you elere�l, coolly. "Why. niy very presonee have r•'nomheed him for another. Ile hen refute: Met chnrge. 1f 1 had sloped trill speedily free you; and then. oh: wltlh the girl. world I not new be with happy day a'nI hour. my darling, 1 her, instead of being here. Estelle? 1 can claim yell as my awn. cannot tell tMAo has gotten up these "1 ant n .1 nreing ,•ni to lake a step alachevious faleehnni 1n spoil my tenet. ie l' -e dontever.1 thea' on. F'.I, tbe," he ve VW son would liesleuP.l to add. seeing her recoil from be wondrous a fashion, we mus never the truth* that 1 nm now• a great !tell.- "Is there much illness?" be parted more, Estelle. You shall es nyt the. heiress of all line ! Oh. veal One can ne millions!" he will be down with the fever. You ass of Iced CLt'YLO7NT Th.A Will be found Most Beneficial this warm weather. LEAD PACKETS ONLY 40o, 50o and 600 per Ib. At all Greeters. A (:LE%'Elt ENGINEER. Saved Kimberley for the British in the Iloer 1\'ar, one of the most remarkable stories of recent military history, one which Is too little known is that of George F Labram or Detroit, who was killed in the de- fence of Kimberley in the Boer War. So much did his achievements have to do with the ultimate safely of the diamond camps that tie received the Chunks of the British Government, and was re- ferred to by Lord Roberts as having done something unparalle d in modern warfare. Mr. Lnbr+un wase al [tie out- break of the war, says a writer in the Century elagazine, chief engineer of the De Beers consolidated mines, a posi- tion to which he had succeeded after Craving installed machinery there. The Boers almost at once besieged the town. Mr. Labram, seeing that there was a considerable stock of cat- tle which probably couln not long be kept grazing, and knowing that the ;neat would not keep more than a day, at once set about the construction of a large refrigerator plant, using. at Cecil Rhodes' direction, the shops of the com- pany for material and apparatus. Without further assistance than the mining -camp could provide he accom- plished this dilflcult feat. The cattle were slaughtered, and the flesh was kept sweet until needed. It supplied the garrison for many weeks. While this was going on Mr. Labram planned and constructed a telephone system connecting every part of the fortifications of the town, and built an elevated steel "conning -tower" in the town, to which all lines ran, so that the defence could be directed from that point When the Boers cut the mains which brought water to the city end tints threatened to drive out the garrison, Mr. Labram installed a pumping system GIRL FLOGGED TO DEATH MISSION.11tl"4 TEi%IUUI.I: SToay OF IIIE CONGO. into the world and commence lift; ,nett. So deeply had they been engaged in may be to all appearance in excellent and secured nn ample flow of water I will work for you, Estelle; toil for, �ou; concersafion In the path that led health at the beginning of the week and from a deep pit in one of the diamond 1 will delve night and day l0 11 through the grove of linden trees, that buried at line end." _ mines. To prevent night attacks, he im- you in at least the comforts of lite, un , they did not see a slim 1(gsure silting up- i '•\\ gnat call you say for the water? til 1 inn work up. I will love and cher•: on one of the benches, quite screened by "11 is very serhad. All rain -tenter is pre- ish you -1—' 'the branches. It was Ali -c Warren. ved in tanks, and we have had no "Stop!" she broke In, with a grasping 1 The girl who had crept out into Ih(' gain for several month:, shut is left is little cry. "Your offer has come too grounds for a breath of air• Thad seen tell foul." late; I was wedded this morning to Gilbert Forrester approach, and three' • pretty was pleasant. It[chard Barlow:' ! sur prise [rad for the moment held lu•r • "Do you ever bathe in the sea?" asked Gilbert Forrester was the best of ac - speechless. Icer first impulse was In Mr. Crouch, to change the subject. tors; he souls have made fame and cry out to him and ask for Corine. Wily . "Ole, no! And 1 should advise you not fortune upon the stage. was she not by- his side? Ilut ere she ' to It is highly enervating." "�larrled!" he gasped. "My God, 1 He reeled back ae though she had could Carry out ter Int cn u \hCrouch teen J him a sudden and terrible blow. g r what they did do when the visitors rose. appeared, with the result elreaelt r "ti\• . must go now:' they said. "It is provisod a number of huge search -lights and mounted them on the corners of the fortifications, whence every night they swept the surrounding plains. The siege had not. continued long be- fore the garrison began to run short of shells for their twelve seven -pounder poise Shell -making is a highly speci- alized trade; but Labram, after exam- ining a seven -pound shell, designed an entirely new missile of his 'own to Ille the guns, and began in a short lime turning them out of his machine -shop nt the rate of sixty or seventy n day— shells so good that after an exhaustive lest in service they were praised as "ex- traordinary" by military experts. But ammunition for seven-pendors was not enough. The Boers oon brought up a huge Creusol cannon, c.1 . r it us Estelleust 111)0111 to asl: struck cannot believe it. If I did 1 should po ` known. Front her screened nook :thee. e, n mad( It is cruel of you to try to frighten could hear and see all that trentepiree. getting late. We are always in hid by and the scene that met her gaze and the hal[ past eight Later does not Direr me thus." he added. striking his Ureas[ . [words that fell on her startled ears , with us." most dramatically with his clenched (hint• held her spellbound. She heard They put on ulsters and wound silk hands. Gilb,a •1 Forrester deny •distinctly Thal i hnndkerctdefs about their throats, any It was little wonder that she believed . h� had gone away with Corine, or even • fist: s emotion genuine, knew her whereabouts, and the horror I Nights are damp. It is safer to wrap "It is true. Gilbert," she sobbed, tt)' of that acknowledgment almost cost her { up Human Beast \\'reeks Revolting Ven- geance Upon Defenceless Girl. So [horrible have been the derails et the revolting atrocities in the Congo Free State that they would be almost incredible did the evidence of returned missionaries not only confirm, but emphasize, the telegraphed reports. The Rev. Dr. Nassau, who has returned to America after forty-five years cf missionary work on the Congo, adds his testimony against the iniquity ef King Leopold's administration In the American Journal -Examiner. Ito took home with hint a grim reminder of the scenes of torture, so frequently enacted, in six rhinoceros hide whips, with which native women are beaten to death by their white masters. One in- stance of such brutality, which he de- scribes as "exactly, pitiably true," Dr. Nassau gives in detail. WRITHED IN AGONY. six-incit caliber, which was able to sterically. "i was wedded to Richard reason. • � "1 suppose it well to be on the safe bombard the town from a long (lista.. •e, Barlow only this morning. Ile lies to Nene( had (orinc meant, Ilien, by the ,side.:. remarked \b . Crotch, surveying and if not replied to, would soon have there, ill unto death, and—and — because' teller she had left tabu( her? Ana 1 then[ as they stood scuffled up 1n their et much that 1 cannot explain to you i where WAS the child".. And agate. in the i ears. "But don't you gel hot walking now, l-1 consented. agony of her soul, elle (Tied front the i In nil those clothes?" The man she loved reeled backward diplhi of herheart mei Juhc�ekledge "(►h, we don't walk. The night nir with a bitter cry, crying out (hal if she vvnnla soon yearn hnnu• m'li nld herI I, reit._ injurious. Our carriage is wait - were indeed wedd('d to another life was"h di.ecovering the whereabouts of the iitg." all over for hint and that he wolild d'e darling they both loved so fondly. -_ then and there'd( her feet. When Alice heard It telle plan so "It was you who first put the idea In- Coolly to leave the man who had done \\'l10 \\ OL'LD\"f, to gay head," she cried, weeping bitter- s, much for her, her hero; Ioun'ded. ly+"surelyHer first impulse was one of joy. dc- 1 1111? r t o11)hSrlllhal nestling you well( It was only a jest," he cried, spite her indignation. that the girl whom you knew that. 1 never imagined your site disliked so much —Iho usurper of Close your rry 's in sweet contentment, would lake that remark seriously: Linden Hall and its width—tens flying 'Noel' soft slumber's soothing spell. "Il is too late to repent ft now, Gil- froun it hke n thief in the nil la. Her Little one, so warm and leader, berg" she moaned, wringing tier hands. uncle teas by fur too 111 to be told any- All yuan• sky is bright and blue; "\\'e must pari; your love comes loo • thing concet sing what was taking place; l ou awake to loco 1111(1 kisses-- lalef' there was not one on earth whom poor Ilnby, Would that 1 were you( Alice could confide the terrible story In, Kisses ;teen first thing In morning, all of lite servants bring tete 10 the Kisses given last thing at night, piece. Should she go to Estelle and tell li i• Kisses• prises. looks of wonder— that she had heard 1111 and I eg her to Look that speak of heart's delight; change her mad reeolve and remain; to Stich n (loud of love and pleasure, Bunning all your daytime through, Clad with health and cause for laugh- ter— Baby, would that 1 were yell: Lillie one, su blest end happy, CIiAPTER XXXV. Slowly Gilbert Forrester quoted the words, "Love carne too late"; then turn- ed slowly away. repeating that he could not live without her, and when next sacs fromcruel smirching the. Rarinw she heard of him it would be that some laborer going to or coming from his honor. (lint her poor. inf(tualea uncle work had found his dead body close Ly had alwnys kept untarnished; or lel her the bridge. go tier way? The) will (lad n bulla) wound in my The temptation was so strong Met heart, and will say That it was that Alice nearly swooned under the eM. il. i;hi!dhnud's days ere tree from core, which brought about my end, but they limit of Childhood's rho I+Is are thoughts cf 5l decided II at Il wo would do me g will be wrong; it will be a loss or n. I I the handsome ,null;- sunshiny. woman 1 toted so madly ►n could not endure life without her—that was the cause of it." Estelle threw herself upon her knees ai his feel, begging hien not to destroy himself. "Listen, Gilbert," she cried. in a fear- ful whisper; "the man whom I have just wedded et ill unto death. Ills days She mode her way up through the 1 lh 1 to h dl that 1 I 1 Foot( to appeo n u ten I Bright ns rainbows, light ns tint profli- gate who was paring anxiously up and lilllc one sn pure and ei I et, down under Ihr mars, (+nnelienlly nw•ntl- . (;towing nought In make you rue, lag Estelle In join him. No, she must appeal to E. -delle herself. Or of yin, or dead, or sorrow— Full of this resolve, .\lire silently 1 Baby, would that 1 were you! threaded her way back to the house through the trees without being of served w PIIOGItESS. wiped old the defenders. Mr. Labram set about constructing, with the facul- ties of the diamond -mina repair -shops, a carman w•hirh would reply. From some steel billets designed for shafting and several bars of iron he built a four - Inch breeeh-londing rifle of on excellent type. To complete This he had to design and build special machinery, and touch et the work was done under fire. Never- theless, It was accomplished in twenty- four days. During the same time •t tluantity of twenty -eight -pound shells were made to use in the gun. The rnngo of the rifle wns more than eight thou - mind yards, and it snecessfully held the Boers back until the rescuer; came. Mr. ',elven' himself did not live to MILES iiF fiiiitEEs 1111•: I:%1'1'llt lel"%l%TiDn OF TUE "GoLUI:V Cl 11." Mealier 4rehliet tun• of !ttann^,burq - Laid out ee let Great Rt.Julai ivy. After slrug! fling for halt an hour through pungent brickfeids of arid clay. cracked by lite heat of the run into a thousand fissures. dodging shunting trains and snorting engines on a mazy goons siding, the inquisi• live visitor to Johannesburg finds him- self on the autskirts of "Tin Town." Topographically, the district is 1'vcdodorp; technically it is the "ex- propriation area"; actually it is the Kallir quarter of the "(;olden City." Here the black plan foregathers with wife and fancily, and here the fiery cross of revolt is being raised, with what results only line future can show. writes a correspondent of the London Express. "Tin Town" is more than a mile in length and three-quarters of a mile In breadth. It is laid out with great regularity on the American block system. The streets are unpaved, and the at- tempts al the construction of side- walks aro pitiful In their primitiveness. l'he roadways of red earth -dotted with 'crawling Kaffir babies -are starred by unpleasant undulations and hollows filled with stagnant rain water, near which myriads of pugnacious mosqui- toes aro forever buzzing. The crowning feature of "Tin Town" is its architecture. Never were houses more strangely built. nor the weird structures of nightmareland more ac- curately realized. For some trivial fault a certain offi- cial took a dislike to ono of his wives, a mere girl, and proceeded to wreak his vengeance upon her in a particularly revolting manner'. "Ile instructed his black soldiers to seize her and lie her to a stake. Then he advanced, bearing in his hand a stout whip of hippopotamus hide, simi- lar to the ones i have brought home. liaising the whip, he brought the cruel lash down on her unprotecetd body. causing welts. The victim writhed with agony, but her sufferings only added flame to the man's lust for tor- ture. Again and again the heavy lash swirled through the air and fell across her flesh. until she was cut in a hun- dred places. BEATEN TO DE:'�TIL. "But even then she was not released. Night approached, and still the girl hung to the slake in a frightful condi- tion. Death did not come then to end her suffering, and so through the night she remained there in a torment words cannot describe. "In the morning the while officer surveyed his work, and finding that the vital spark still flickered faintly, he ordered honey to be smeared all over her wounds, and she Was left in the fierce glom of the tropical sun. "Soon the scent of the honey at - !reeled myriads of insects, which set- tled on her In droves. Ants swarmed over her, pestiferous insects fought for roost on her body. while the sun streamed down, and the young woman suffered worse than death. "When the second night fell the officer, tired of prolonging the ordeal, and siezing a whip, ho beat her to death." • seo victory achieved. Less than a week before the relief came a shell from the Boer Creusol entered his room and kill - el hien instantly. Ile wns buried with military honors under fire from the en- emy. WOOLLY IlI'NS. Time domestic fowl is supposed to have originated in Eastern Asia, whence are derived, even to the present, many r f the finest breeds. The primitive fowl of four thousand years ago was, prob- ably, something like whnt is known to- day as the "Cochin" --a variety still common among the Chinese, who have envoys been great fanciers of poultry. The are -lent Egyptians kept hens and were familiar with the principles of ar- tificial cultivation, for. ruble') purpose they employed ovens, heated by Imps —ay! his very houre--ere numbered. I narrow sIairWrly, which was little used. Is your daughter getting along wen lu an even leniperatwr of I00 degrees. will soon be free, free as the winds, to to the corridor ['neve, and which open 'd with her voice culture?" we ask of the The old Greeks and Itnnnons had fern - wed again whomsoever i chats.', and out opposite the door of the woman who num whose daughter is thought to be orfs strains of Chickens. In Ihetr title 1 fabulously rich► bore her uncle's proud old nonce 1 f i 11 ' prima donna eock-Ilehtitg was much in vogue. Of then I will be very rich. n + , b .uc, ng , (.;;bent beyond your wildest expecte- pray God that I may be in time to drive ..mighty vefl " he rel•lie- "why hag the bantams they raised Pliny speaks, Inured, Uquivering h(: t J I hen Met is eetra little end c h •crl•►ting; now rind Bien whether she the words she sings.1 tell you, that h n (lend'01 woolly hens*w hu h are I I' 1 r [ hairy her- and the (nintly honor," she mur only eetstudying for two months, but referring to them ns "a d vnrflsh kind of are, , w i n ' ,.. Dien now she ins made such progress yet "I'hr, atenrd !,fen live long:' he declar- ed. "Men have been known to recover front the most serious illnesses. I an: fruit - For quite an hour Alice wailed there, that vont cannot understand over hair fill.' Ae•nunts are extant. In Inneung, s should g o boldly forth and knock for is a t m n artiste.. 511+d In have formerly rei, ., : , atlmlltnm'e on F.stelle's door or not. girl That hour seemed like long years '.1 torture to her. \v!int was the mistress of Linle11 hall doing Ihnt she should be detained so very long while her Inv- er awaited her ;n no little impatience In the gre al the further end of the garden?ov Aliec conelud.eI that the only Thing thnl coup keep her ..o long was writing a letter to ith•hard Barlow. But when another half hour elapsed ant there was no sound from within. Alter went boldly forward and rappel on the door. 'i'Ihere was no response; ora a second rap met with the same result. Fearful of she knew not what, Aline turned the knob of the door, trying the ante b1N to trams sores sort of 61 We like test to tall SCOTT'S EMULSION a food because it stands so em- phatically for perfect nutrition. And yet in the matter of restor- in` appetite, of giving new strength to the tissues. especially to the nerves, its action is that $ of a medicine. Moab* fee semen scow a newts & ct,..t i. ?. ' u., pa. a+deeea; v11yMa iter).• niece anti of w•ingleee and Mikes fowls; nt horned rooters and other barn- yard curiosities. Unfortunately. how- ever, like the dodo and the great auk, iheee are all extinct. FOI.1.(\\'IN(i 'fill: LEANT. The wife of n certain miner was nne of those who could hardly stay a month in one house. The other day she was again removing. and ns her husband, looking very gloomy. was w'all:ing he• bind the van, an aeg(Ininlnnee ,•hauled out:— "Itrllo. Tone weeretrr are yell Ruing M Ibis timet" "Going tot' kaow. I'm I\11'It9\11'11 \111(:iI-M%KING. THE PRINCIPAL MA I EIIIALS from which this great living arca has beep constructed aro petroleum tins, the lin or zinc linings of imported packing cases and large qunntities of the lead used in the tea trade. From these limited means, with battens of wood for use as framework, are con- structed dwelling places very similar to that made by Peter Pan and his youth- ful crew for the protection of Wendy. Every man is- his own architect and builder. and the work of erecting (hese twelve or fourteen feet high sties Is simplicity itself. First the ground is marked out, generally exactly square, and at each of the four corners a sturdy stake, some ten feet in height, is driven in. These are strengthened and sup- ported by cross pieces. Then the archi- tect, his wife and eldest children wan- der abroad in search of lin. In the colonies ono seldom, sees petroleum In a cask. It is generally sold in Iwo, four, or six gallon tins. The consumer purchases a specialty manufactured pump and draws off the oil as he needs it. As the tins aro not returnable, they are pressed into all sorts of strange services. Filled with earth they are used for building walls; painter( green they are turned into flower boxes; they are in common USe as pails, thinking troughs for cattle, boilers, cooking utensils, besides a thousand and one other familiar ob- jects. Yet, despite this acconunoda- tivenes3. many find their way to the rubbish heaps. and aro eagerly pounced upon by the "honing" Kaffir. The tins are cut open. hammered Qat and nailed to the upright battens. In a couple of hours—given a sufficient sup- ply of material—the citadel walls aro complete, and this sound box of a Crouse only requires the corrugated Iron roof and a tin chimney—or, rattier, smoke outlet—to finish i1. The luxury of fire grates is unknown. The lire may be lighted anywhere, and the DENSE VO1.UMCS OF SMOKE •. •stances Where Engagements Have Been sla+le on Short Notice. [l sea -captain called at a village inn nrt.t asked the landlady, a yuurg ow:— "I)o you male?" "I ant very sorry for you, Mr. —" she said, smiling. "I want a nate, ton, and cannot get one. As we are in the same position, l'lI tell your what 1'11 do; ti you'll bo mine, I will be yours!" Ile closed with the bargain; and, the widow keeping her word, he is now supplie1 with two mates. A dot for who had saved the life of a lady. e personal friend, was asked his chart e. Ile said he generally allowed his (,stunt friends to remunerate hire as they thought befioftentel "L'ul don't you n get disappoint - nil on these terms?' she inquired. "1 tnny any, never." "As you are seo easily pleased, here," and site playfully gave hint her empty Land. while in the other terns concealed a cheque for a handsome sum. "(low easily 1 could have taken you In!" she nailed. producing the cheque. "Ilnl you have only succeeded in draw - Ing: me out," he said, declining to re- linquish her hand. "Don't insult me with a cheque; 1 am most generously r,•wn riled," Perhaps she. understood the doctor's difficulty and •u-ished to help hint out of II. At any rata!, the giving of her hand icd hien t, offti' his heart. While in a tobacconist's shop a gen• Iternan nsked n girl behind the counter, v.tv happened to have red hair, If she Cold oblige hire with a match. "With pleasure, if you will have a redheaded one." she promptly replied, with such a suggestive, demure smile that she nroused his Interest. Further conversation proved her to be a person worthy 01 regard, end eveol.- nlly the red-headed match was handeJ ou et. ta.l T an. "I den'( etfowing the mii:us." Icnow where i can get a are expected to ascend skyward in the manner provided. Those of the 80,000 Kaftrs In "Jo'burg" who do not dwell In mining compounds reslde in one of the several miles of "Tin Tov.Ri" streets. Seen from a distance In the strong glare o the Agfric.,n sun 'the bizarre collection of•Iiumnn dvrlli+lgs looks like some en- chanted dream city. The lin walls re- flect back the sun's rays like wade of silver, and even the dull roofs of cor- rugated Iron are Iran^muted info something "mystic, wonderful" by the philosopher's stone of the sun. At close couriers the scales fall from the eyes, and (he awakening is rude Indeed. The Kolllr multiplies prolifically, and these unsavory roads are always filled with their nuked. copper -skinned off- spring. They crawl about the ant - infested roadway and paddle or flounder In the hollows of foul smelling water with evident enjoyment. They aro plump little mites, these children. They are much more precocious and develop more rapidly limn European infants, and they certainly take lite much more good humoredly. The male popuinllon of "Tin Town" does not nrrive home until evening. but always before 9 o'clock, for by the law of "Jo'burg" no block, save those in chnrge of rickshaws, is allowed on the streets atter this hour. - Then he can loll up against his lin walls—making them crackle and rnllle like concentrated thunder—and smoke his clay pipe, while the discusses his short. but seditious. evils to freedom. In the frail habitations of "lIn Town" the flames of revolt have been steadily fanned since the Anglo•Boer peace, and it would be a suicidal policy to under- estimate the present menace or to ig- nore what is behie d it. The Greater Hal$-JNre'a a sad affair; a young man about hi Mad 1W bllrothed 1) the altar was rte laws as/ killed try en apprise Vita. The Leaser Halt tabes( *pat a sorrow eameel 41-. 1tl V- '.N ENOUGH. Bent• .lent old gentlemen. rescuing one arta.( boy from the pummelling of two "there : "What are you hurting L'.is boy fir 1" " Recauce he made so many mi.aakea in his arithmetic this morning." "But what bus+ne-s was that GI yours?" "Why, he let us copy our eniwere from his." TAI man who has never fund ooll bow fusty It is poseto lm Wla/s of riches are as aasaWfatlNara PIM Mogi M/mak•