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CHAPTER. 'XII.
night was very dark. Clouds
wen landward by a misty wind oft
a Cured Ito lights of heaven, save now
and then when a planet shone forth for
a moment through the gaps of the fee-
ing rack. A strung, fucous odor per-
vaded the moist utmnsr here: The sea
roared in ringer as it broke upon the
h. as (hough it longed to vent Its
upon luckless sailors and satisfy
cravings by hurtling on its
breast the timbers of dismen-
Ips. !fere and there in the vil-
e a light still burned cheerfully, and
the foggy air looked like a blinking
e -fly bewildered in smoke.
"There's something rather fierce about
night," remarked Dare, as lie drew
elable's arra Into his, and walked
and in the teeth of the watery wind.
ELS a poetess, you, doubtless, enjoy
s Byronic scene as this."
yes; it's glorious. It makes such
e!ontrast 10 the light and warmth
ust left. I do so like contrasts.
r+v how we'd get along In
without 'em. Do your'
ev do seem feeer;;u yrnro a
atac1,'rac cnowledg;eri Dare,
at over his eyes as a blast
ted force struck him full
Now there's Miss llilda's
von Burstein, for in-
different from me. I
uld like him on that ac-
e really a connaisseuso
OR, A HOPELESS LOVE.
an, f suppose." remarked
In a pensive voice, while
her curls to save ihem from
the impudent breeze. "1
w but one of that race. and
wears ago. I was very fond
ugh."
is of the evening hnd nwek-
'-slumbering memories in the
Atehelable. Wine, flowers,
flattery had token her back
uthful days when she had
m of love, and had buried in her
it the one sentimentel passion of
life..
re dreg' her arm closer to his side,
d es I left the breezy heights up-
hieh tood t c
0 1
o the van r
n . In
k +''ell n
. wns
hle to watch her face more closely.
die?" he fished.
table was agitnted. She w•ns In
mond to talk of the faded ro-
tier life, but she had kept
po the subject for so many
that st'e felt as though in refer-
() it she was committing sacri-
But. she argued, would not Dare
What was In her mind nnywav?
he would. She alight as well
pleasure of confession, ns he
learn iter secret in the end.
she said in low lone, "you
tell anybody, but I was en -
married once. 1 dnn't know
y lover died nr not. but he
to. Thenr's hard words, but
m. Ile rnn away, and—and
rake my heart."
was something like a sob in the
man's voice.
bei was a German " asked Dare.
1 e was a young widower. Oh.
so handsome, Mr. Dare,—that
he ran away. I never thought
'a' looked very well afterwards,
Must (have had sneakin' re-
in his eyes. ile left n little
hind him. besides Inc. Fritz—
w Fritz --was the baby. 'Si)an
Ake rare of him. Nobility but
er knew That 1 was engaged
seine:ster, and he w es nwful
Karl ran away. But :Sniab's
heart. In spite of this sharp
rad he's taken pnnly good care
ever since his father deserted
1 nie."
she seemed on the verge of a
tithrenk.
have never heard what became
hen?'
1'ntnnket ntn't m11rh of n
gntherin' outride new:. May-
w•ned hlrii elf, mav;•e Ile e-cnt
d n:nyl.»--maybe he metrkvt
r women."
'as no doubt about her (cars
v were falling fest.
ery." pleaded Dare, who. like
, eft helpless nt sight of a w.'ep-
w•omnn. "It is better for yon That
an away before rn;.rriage racier
rr.'
d seemed In shriek mocking -
shed post him and chased the
d toward the Inland hills. e
t hal caught his words nntl
l they were but cold comfort
1 maid.
whllo van Slack. with Yvonne
• o tum, had permitted Dare and
fehelable to lose theniseles in the dark.
gees,
"Ilnrry." Yvonne had whispere.l nerv.
ucly. Its she tried to quicken her gait. you lover"
"D' net ip t►ukYld, Yvonne," he had Ile hnd herd 1n kiss her, hit at her
yd, roslratntergently. "Remem- words he relea•ed her and stood tremb-
ber, this must be our last interview. In-
side there It seemed as though our
parting was but the shadow of n re-
mote sorrow. But here it is real, bitter,
Imminent. Tis a desperate night. It
suits my mood. Good God, Yvonne, I
can not let you got'
lie stood peering down into her face,
his cold hand clutching her arra, and
his strong frame trembling as though
the scurrying moisture from true sea
had penetrated to his marrow.
"Oh, come, come! let us hasten," she
implored, looking up at him with eyes
dark with agony. "You roust be gentle
to me now. I have done so much for
you lo -night! i sacrificed my pride,
risked my husband's anger, endured re-
morse and *Paine, and felt my heart
breaking while my lips must smile, all
that I might keep my word to you. Mon
Dieu, does not that appeal to you? You
will hurry home with one, monsieur? light from Pnre. hi ned his hack to the
See, 1 shiver in the wind. 1 am so cold! wind, and strode away quickly.
There, give me your area. You are very "!loll on. Rutger!" cried Dare, ns' -n -
kind, cher!,thank �n "
� . - � 'shed at his cnuipnnion's drscr•finn.
The cnre.sing echo in her melodious "\Won't you give me the pleasure of rs•
voice as she uttered these words seem- costing erne home?'
el
lo quiet therisltu rebellion in van Van Slack slopred mechanically, aril),
Abel:Ts 8lmod, or her writhed on ?or A when Dare reached his side, hurried on
time in silence. At length he said: again in silence.
"So your husband returns to -night?" "Well, I've enjoyed the evening int -
She pressed closer to his side, as she measely," began Dar. who seemed to
nn.swered: Le in such high spirits that even the
"Yes." storm, his comrade's brusqueness, noel
Then she seemed to recover full con- the tendency of his cigar to burn down
trol of herself, for she said, in a most at one side, as though the wind were
ceremonious tone: gelling in its revenge, could not restraint
"Ile telegraphed me from New Ynrk the cheerful echo in his weice.
tine morning. 11e reaches Greypnrt Von Sleek made no answer. Perhaps
about eleven, and will Lave to walk he had not ~heard the words addressed
over. it's n terrible night for such n to him. Dare renewed his attack.
le,nely walk. i shudder to t''ink of it." She !coked very beautiful to -night,
\'nn Sln'k listened to the mighty din- Van."
raison of the sea ns it echoed from the The reaterk was rather indefinite and
storm -beleaguered bench. The thought had no effect. Perhars a direct ques-
nf Natures cruelty nnd power was noon tion might bo more successful.
hint. Hew helpless he seemed beneath "When does Durkee get hack, oat
Iles pressure of n universe rushing In rnen?"
its Intel Could he stop the wheels of Van Slack turned instantly and lonked
Time? Could he chnnge what, wag for at his friend with nn expression on his
what he thought should he? Could fact which Dare never forgot.
he do aught but nequk'sce In the ordain- "For God's sake, keep quirt, will you?"
ing; force of laws pitiless in their fug. \Vas this the self-contained. ceremeni-
flllnient? Ritter Lc Ihnt moment when ons, polished cnsmopolitnn who spate
a man first recognizes his own inherent Dare was astounded. Ile felt. for the
!nsignifl•nnre. It is sn pleasant to pose first time. that he was in the presence
ns the centre of creation. to feel thnt o: a Henn who was passing thrnugh n
hcenuse we wish n errinin thine the great e.notional crisis. "Gan. I didn't
ends of spare must vibrnte with the ef- know he was so hard hit," he muttered
fret of the universe In sntisfy our long- to himself.
ing:. Rut there mows a time when the The gloom of the night hnd grown
tens! arrant egotist Is confronted by The more intense. The lights of the village
infinite nhsurdity n1 h!s nwn preten- which they hnd observed n while hefnrn
sinic. 11•• 111nks of the crnnrtless aril- hart disnppenred, rind through the mist
lions rd men who were, and are, and Iht houses and trees loomed up in d-
are to le. The weight of n11 the ages pantie Meekness. No longer did the
crushes nut his Individuality. The night- slurs peer through the rents in the Gulp
wind Jeers at him as it smites his fare. Ing clouds, but an inky curtnin covered
The heaving ocean Seems shaken by In- the sky in all dlrectinns. Was flint n
term! laughter. The clouds appear In man ncrnss the rand? Dare was net
whisper to each other, as though they certain. It might have been a wander-
gesslpe.l of his fall and called him Ing horse nr cow.
"Feel." And the comes the conviction What sound was that? Wns it the
Ileac all this is hal another outcome of shrh'k of fee wind or n human vnires
Ids vanity; for what have the winds and lie could not tell. The rnnr of the sea
sen and sky to do with one man's pain? and the whistling cf the Most might
"You are very silent. monsieur," said readily drrelvc hien. 11111 ihnt is surely
Yvonne softly rifler n lime. the figure of n mon just filmed of them.
"l'nr•lon roe. 1 did not mean to Is' Nn, it :c the stump of a lightning -shat -
unsociable. ilut life seems so dreary turd Ire'. Great Hrnwens. +whet a weird
ler me now! There is hal one thing in night It is! A night for witches to stride
ell existence worth the having, and thnt their broomsticks and scurry over land
is love. To flnd the jewel of the world. and sen with yells 01 dermm�inc joy; a
rind lose it molest helot the renllzattrm night for g beasts In wander from the
o. IIs glories is complete. Is an ordeal ginvevards and wrap their trembling
1 , .)rive n roan to desperation." bones in while shots of denlh-hearing
Ile sprites in n hopeless way, anti there mist; a night for (:rinse to raise its grin-
wns a no'e of recklessness in his voice ning head and gaze upon n wicked
which sounded ominous to the woman world in triumph.
al his side. "(hurry. Van! hurry!' exclaimed Dare
"Attendee' she said imperiously. as nc they reached the rand leading to the
she withdrew her nrnn from his and villa.
:boon stili. looking up into his pale, set "(,o nn,' 10 (110ed van Shark, in a cult,
face, "You nre drifting into n danger- t,nr.l tour. "1 can not go with you. 1
otic slate of mind. i can not ask you stool walk awhile alone."
I b' mar.' cheerful Ilion 1 an myself. The -e strange words filled Dare with
Lit Inst. night you spoke of the future. (t -quietude -
(lave you f:ergniten your words? Are "It's a horible night, nil man, rind
we not very wrong Why do you make the storm is constantly gra ving worse.
this g nrtinz' so bard for us both? Lowe You'd hiller come with 110'."
is eternnl. Is it not? Can you not be IIs' wins talking to the wind. Van Slack
happy in the memory of all that tins !:nil disappeared in the darkness.
passed between ns, and in the here— Darn turned. with n heavy heart, tri-
te the hop,' --T' ward home. "It's n strange mond he's
"In the hope of what?" he broke in, in to -night," he thought. "I should not
airmen brutally. "Yeti 1 .ve ac n woman; have Int (him go. i nm astonished nt
i as n man, The pnst and fnle;rr' salify Chi' way ler hakes this petting with the
your sec. The present is nil in all to %vermin. What I thought was nothing
us Brooding over the events of the last na rt' then n mild flirtation seems In l e
t vn dnys would drive me mail. Peering Verging c'o=e on Irng.ity. Poor fellow!
mote the future, wailing for a nrnele'cc I knew \vital it is In love a women be -
event. forever recalling your fuse. the lunging to nn'.Ihcr."
glow of your eyes, the perfume of your ile was glad to see the lights of the
presence, vtint would all that leael lo? Cottage ns he entered the lawn. The
rah, Yvnrme, you do not know me. 1 et eerfuirr-s of his mood lied Inns+ di-
d : not know nysetf," :torten hint, and n feeling of nrninov.e
Ile threw his arms nrnun•i her and depression. n prophetic intimation of
drew her In Iii t' east, 11c wns cruel npprnnchine trouble. tend chilled him
ire his passion, and she Cried out in en during his lonely wale. ile realleed
agony of shame: thnl he had never thoroughly under -
"For God's sake respect the woman stncel van Mork. There were InennsLe-
tecicc, even wenkneeces. In his friend's
ling And
'I Commend you to be calm,',
said, almost ungr,ly. "If you love
you will hnve pity on my helplessne
You are a elan of honor. You havo_4de
1n your power. But you roust noty EhalT,
not kiss me. 1 Lave dents wrong enough
already. Come, ee have lingered much
too long."
They turned and w; 1ked hurriedly en;
Lul site did nut Iuhe has arnh.
11' felt that lie had been a coward,
and he hated himself fee it.
"Forgive me, Vvunne." he pleaded.
"I hnve no defence to reale. I can only
say, 'forgive nen"
She put tier hand Into his, and looking
into his face, with a sad smile on Ler
lips., said:
con net Cc cense with you now,
for in unothcr moment we must part."
Again he trembled as Neigh with
colt!.
"1 have bat one thing to ask," he re-
turned hurriedly. "1 shall go to Europe
sc•on. Promise me That you will be in
texts in November."
"1 will try 10 be," she answered simply
and in another instant they had joined
Dare and \khetuble, who were waiting
for them at the gate of the Durkee hone -
stead.
A few cererncnic.us words of farewell,
sob or two firm Mese...ohne e, who was
still hysterical, the click of a closing
gate, the sound of retreating footsteps,
and van Slack steal watching Dare,
who was trying to light a cigar in di -
fiance of the wind. As match after
niateh fln:hed into throe. nnpronehed
the end of the cigar. end then turn, .1
to a blackened slick just at the moment
when it should have transferred ifs fire
to the tobacco. von Stack [rectum in-
tensely interested in the star; tde. Ile
did not seem to feel pain, dLsct,point-
rreent, or despair for the moment. His
whole being was ntsorbed Ly the ques-
tion, \Fin Dore defeat this delestnble
breeze? The onswi r soon can:e. Dare
gave up the fight for lack of ammuni-
tion, and made one mr two exclamations
whfeh were almost fiery enough them-
selves to light the wrong end of his Pcr-
fe'ctn,
"Ilere, sl,•p behind this tree. John,"
exclatmetl von Slack. "1 hnve just one
match. Now hold your tint close to me.
That's it. Are you ready? (lend down,
then."
Puff. puff, puff. A cloud of smote
floated nwny in tr:urnph nn the Inflict'
wind. Van Sine': snti'ed as hr eilnesser
the success of his s'rategy. Taking a
cigar from his rn, ken, he mt t lined n
•
1
et:merles which hal long puzzled him.
If. knew that such a man was not to
FSVFPFXk1INKOF CANADA
To the Shareholders,
OFFICE OF THE 2nd VICE-I'REJIlD1EAT AND GENERAL MANAGED.
Montreal, 10th November, 13CG,
The Sovereign Rank of Canada.
We have pleasure In enclosing herewith statement of the Bank's position as et the close of the fiscal half-year,
ending 31st October, torethe' with cornpsralive statistics for the past five years. The figures require no special expla-
nation, and wo feel sure the progress and stability which they indicate will afford the proprietors and friends of tee
Bank complete satisfaction.
The Bank's Aineericuu and Foreign bu.siness has now attained considerable importance. Our connections abroad.
as well as our focalities at horse, enable us to handle British, Continental and American transactions entru-sted to us
c.: a favorable basis, and the results to far have been satisfactory to all concerned.
Our principal business is, of course, confined to Canada, and Is concentrated in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec,
shi':h long experience has proven to be the safest territory in the Dominion for the conduct of a general and com-
mercial banking business. in these two provinces the flank has 5$ branche- and 22 sub-otlees, the latter bait r
managed from central points, and in stento instances open only two or three days a week. We have not yet opened'
any branches in the North-West, as competition there seems to be unusually keen, but with the urrdoubtt't progress
which the country is snaking, these condttiuns will probably right themselves later on, and in the lneattuue wo have
very satisfactory banking arrangements for the conduct of our business throughout that territory.
The capital of the Bank (44,000,000) will be fully puid up in u few months, and it is a source of great satisfaction
b know that our shareholders number nearly 1,200 and Include some of the most powerful financial people in the
lvor)d.
T'he Sovereign• Bank Is at present the eighth Inrgest chartered bank In Canada in point of capital. Its assets
amount to $23,343,4(, a large port of which aro "liquid," and 1110 continued growth of deposits testifies to the popu-
larity of tht institution throughout 'he country.
The Note Circulation shows an advance of 83 per cent. over last year, and both the Circulation and Deposits have
Increased materially since the present statement was compiled.
The past half-year is the best the Bank has ever had, and we have every reason to think that the current half-
year will be al least as good.
Your obedient servant,
D. M. STEWART,
General Manager.
RALF-YEARLY STATPYEN!
31s1 October, 1906.
LIABILITIES.
Crpital ~;tock paid up .... 43,942,710.60
Reserve Fund and Undivided
Profits .... .... ........ 1,335,847.22
Ncles of the Bank in cir- 45,278,557.22
culation
f)eposils Payable on D...•
De-
mand .. ••••••.. 45,685,321,00
Deposits Payable after No-
tico ...... .... .... ..... 9,893,598.60
2,850,675.00
15,574.919.75
Other Liabilities .... .... sees ........ 1,635,249.15
ASSETS
Gold and Silver Coin on
825,313.4n1.12
nano $ 538,989.53
Deminiun Government Notes
on (:nand .. . 1,121,447.00
Note's and Cheques of
other Banks . . 1,155,30199
.Balances with Bankers .. 1,101,101.00
Cash Assets .. .. $3,916,842.57
Cash Deposited with Do-
minion Government for
Security of Note Circula-
ttnn 80,000.60
Teovincinl Government and
other Securities .. .. .... 1,612,831.16
;Cull and o-
Short Loons S
cured by Bonds, etc. .... 4,0014,067.60
Ccmmerelnl i.oans, (less re -
hate of in'erest) .... ...414,640,510.10
'Bank Premises, Real [•'s-
late, Safes. etc, „ ,. .., 473,837.57
O:her Assets .... .... .... , 5,312.42
010,223,740.73
15,119,660.39
425,343,401.12
D. M. STEWART.
Gen eral Manager.
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS
31st
Octo- Capital
ber Paid-up
1002 81,173,478
1903 1,300,000
1901 1,300,000
1905 1,610,478
1906 3,942,710
• LIABILITIES.
Reserve Fund
and
Undivided
Profits ;n
$ 240,000
369,E+3t3
420,373
523,461
1,335,847
Sovereign
Rank Notes
Circulation
$ 7,9,9)5
1,237.650
1,281.840
1.550.79')
2,8:'3,675
Deposlls.
"
$ 1,6.51,730
4,3.79,433
7.196,741
10,134,209
15,578,920
31st
Octo-
ber
1002
1903
1904
1905
1906
Cash on Eland
and
at Bankers
4 383,097
622,774
1,214,822
1,491,398'
3,916,342
ASSETS.
Bonds
Debentures,
etc.
$ 439,363
713,397
672,034
791,153
1,612,331
Loans at
Cali
61,630,199
1,747,342
1,170.5,40
1 561,1(4
4,614,067
Commercial
Loan:
and Discounts
$ 1,35S,469
4.074,018
7,014,133
9.578.850
11,640,510
list
Otto- Total Assets
ber
1902 $ 3,855.203
1"03 7,209,920
1901 10,201,954
1905 13,818,938
1006 25,343,401
GENERAL.
Excess of
Assets over
Liabilities
to the Public
51,413,178
1.002,e33
1,720,373 .
2,1:13,939
5,278,557
N. B.—This Bank conlrnenred D.
business 1st May, 1902.
Ilrenrhes and No. of
Sub offices ,:hareholders
17
23
42
53
78
757
819
854
1004
1195
M STEWAliT,
General Manager.
be judged by the stnl4rds which inen-
sure average humanity. Ile was uc-
quuinled with van Slack', inconoclaslic
theories of life, his ekepttcism, his dan-
gerous tendency to follow the teachings
of philosophers whose influence on cer-
tain natures acts like poison; and as
he thought of all this. he grew more
restless end nervous. Ile did not krinw
exactly whet he feared. but the name-
less dre:.d whirr' posse -sed hire made
hien look pale and dish -might ns he en-
tered the hall. Ile was met by the but-
ler
"Ilas Baron von Burstein returned?"
asked Dare.
"Yes, sir. 'E just came hin."
"Well, leave the light, and don't lock
the door. Mr. van Slack will be in
shortly'."
"Yes, sir. I'll wait for 'Im, sir."
Dare went to his room, but he could
not make up his mind tm undress. i1e
sat down near the closed window and
listened. Ile could herr Ute distant roar
o! the sea, while every now and then
the wind struck the house. rattled
ngainst the blinds, and then (Heil may
In sobbing echoes. The interior of the
cottage was Intensely silent.
"I enn'I s'nnd This." he reclaimed at
lace ricins and pi -opine his wny In the
d•'nr, "1 must go and find him at nil
hnznrds."
fie sunned softty to the stnirs and
wnc about to descend. when the front
door opened and van Sleek entered. ills
ARISTOCRATIC FAILURES
SPtUGS OE NOBILITY Y lIO IIAV6
COME DOWN IN IDE WORLD.
Their Strange Adventures In Sout1
Africa, Australia and
Canada.
If you wish to know what becomes et
many of 11.e younger sons of our noble
h,,uses you should go to the Colonies,
said the friend of a writer in London
Tit -Bits, who has spent half a lifetime
in "globe-trotting." '!'here you will run
net oss them in scores in the most un-
expected 'nacos, and doing work which
they would rather starvo than touch in
England. 'There is scarcely at Britis
colony in which you will not meet
nei-tocralic derelicts ++ho ha%
turned --or, rather, in must cases have
turned lheinselves--adrift to maka a liv-
ing as best they cnn.0.
In Johannesburg alone, when I vas
there n few years ago, just before the
war, I was told that there were at least
sit'
y of these sprigs prhgs of nobility, some
of them men w'itth titles, tilling all kinds
of humble, roles, from barman to groats
and from loafer to liftman. Among tine
non working in one livery -stable on the
Band were two young fellows who bore
two of the proudest names in the peer-
age.
One of these hod held a commission
In a creel: regiment, and had been one
of the most fashionable and popular
men In London society.
IIE HAD A MANiA FOR GA\IRLING,
however, got heavily into debt, and, as
les father refused thins any further as-
sistance, dLcappeared one day and turn-
ed up in South Africa, ++•here after a
close brush with starvation he was glad
to get employment as a groom—about
the only lend of work for which he hnd
any qualification. This ratan is the son
cf an earl and is closely related 10
many of our great noble families; while
his comrade, wtio is brother of a well-
known baron whose_ purse is as shirt
as his lineage is long, had no resource
heel 10 emigrate after falling to qualify
for the Army. There are many men
of noble birth, too, who are working at
the gold -mines, including the brother-
ly -law of one of our dukes. who, when
i was on the Rand, was acting as her-
mit of it gang of tinflirs.
In different parts of America thio
ere literally hundreds of these aristo-
cratic failures, living in log -huts in the
backwoods of Canada, acting as cow-
boys in the Slates, as clerks and por-
ters in New Turk and Chicago, rind '..
nn. Two of them whose acqunintancn
I made hail enlisted as privates in the
, nteri:•an army and fought through ;ho
war with Spain. One of them was the
son of a S' ottish earl, n handsome, cle-
ver man, %%-ho ~night have done some-
thing good al home if it had not been
fur his love of
ROASTING AND ADVENTURE.
The other, who is the younger brother
rind heir presumptive of an Irish peer,
had t'ee'n an of lrcr in our Army and
had distinguished himself in the Bur-
mese \Ver'. But he was extravagant far
L. gond les means. and after his family
grew %%rimy of extricating hien from
debt he had to resign his cornntis:non.
After a spell of act.g with various
timing companies. he tssed the Allan-
;I;r and was glad to drift fide lire my
as a private. `
But it is to Australia that the nee lee.
erode ne'er-do-well mostly gravitates,
ince wns ghastly in its pallor, and he I GREAT SUN DIAL OF INDIA. noel as'n rule he is a most undesirable
dirt not seen to notice the butler, who immigrant, who quickly degenerates •n -
lo a drunkard. I:unnier, and loafer, If
nothing worse. Not long ago the n1ng-
islrate: of a small town in South Au-
s'ralia had before them. within a iZw
days, three counts, a Russian prince,
the sort of an ex -British Cabinet Min-
ister: end three cadets of English noble
famine:—ell chnrged with drunkenness
and itisorderly conduct.
In Melbourne 1 had pointer! nut to
me a cabeiriver who in England wns
known as i.ord ---, the younger son of
dune forward and took his hat rind
coat.
"Lock up," he said, as though from
force of habit, and caro directly up -
stifles.
Dore softly retreated. and in nnoth•er
In -dant the house wn; plunged in dark-
ness, and no sound save the creaking
of n board, or the rocket of the storm
outside+, broke the stillness.
"Ilit:s very queer," murmured the but-
ler to himself, as he sought Iris room.
"Titre of 'en, and hall In come hin
separate, hos hit were. lookin' like
corpuses. 'i-:avena, what a night All
is."
(Te be Continued.
A RF'c1PE FOR SANITY.
Are you worsted In a light?
Laugh it off.
Are you cheated of your right?
Laugh it off.
Don't make Irogedles of trifles,
Don't shoot butterflies with rifles—
Laugh It off.
Does your work get into kinks?
Laugh it off.
Aro you neer all sorts of brinks?
Lough it off.
if It's sanity you're niter,
There's no recipe like laughter—
Laugh it off.
Grippe -or Influenza, whichever you tulle
to call it, is one of the most weakening
diseases known.
Scott's Emut.slon. which is Cod
Liver Od and Hypophosphites in easily di.
gested form, is the greatest strength -builder
known to medical science.
It is so easily digested that it sinks into
the system, making new blood and new fay
and strengthening nerves and muscles.
Use Scott'', E m a Ls to n elftelr,
Influenza.
lilralirabIe for Combs aN CrOW&
ALL DRUOOISTS a 600. AND $1.001.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sbadowi Fall Upon Marble Arches
Built in Seventeenth Century.
The largest sun dial in the world is
at Delhi, in India. Dr. Beim of the
(loyal Astronomical Institute in Berlin,
Grr►nany, ha: recently completed the
difficult task of ranking n model of this
gigantic piece of won k. About 1650—
the exact dale is not knrwn--Jai Sing
influenced probably by the Jesuits,
erected at Delhi. Benares and other
places observatories, the ruins of which
still exist. The natives know little r
nothing of the meaning of Ripe ruins
and reports of English travellers of the
eighteenth century give the only definite
Information which we possess ns to lite
term and use of the mural instruments.
The peculiarity of this work, giving
it a unique position among the n tro-
n'.nri•'al monuments of the world, says
the Deus •he l'rrnnrher Zeitung, is That
senll and instrument are one. It is one
of the oldest which have been preserved
(the oldest in Europe bring the Leyden
Obscrvntory, built in 1632), and here
were determined the mhligiity of the
ecliptic, the length and breadth, declin-
ation and position of the equinoctial
IlndS,
A arrow flight of stone steps like a
ladder pnrnllel with the axis elf the
earitl leads straight upward. its sup-
porting +vntls nre smooth marble ant
the shadow falls upon great marble ares,
built out at the right and left, and
marks the time when the sun is shMing
10 minutes. Galleries and steps allow
access from ell sides.
The pinlforni of the building were
once used, prneabl•. for smaller port-
able instruments. which have fallen to
pieces. Before the year 14(0 English-
men fo;:r:d the building used for horse
stalls. This equatorial gnomon is about
58 feel high, the length of tiro oblique
ed,,'ps is 116 feet and the radius of the
circle atria 19 feel. Near it stand the liens, he will thus show !hat it is
reins of an obliquely inclined astrono- ng r Inst his will to speak of his patients
nitneents. Acting thus ender criee ud-
sinn, mrdical men are absolutely sore it
slender onions nri' hn1rnti' d l y 1ntgry
patients against them, for such e+idence
Is privilegitI.
In France it 1c hy no mrnnc rare to
hear of actions !wing brought against
medical uteri for giving cvidenee reget-
ing their patients' health, and in New
York there is n stulule which forbids a
medical man to disclose any information
which he may have acquired in alten•l-
I^n any patient in a professional chars•>
ter.
a w•ell-know•n marquess, and the e••n-
du'lor of n tram -car w•hn, ns the sr.n
(1 an Irish Karon, was entitled to call
himself "Honorable."
PROFINSIONAL tTIQU'ETTE.
Medical Secrets 'Were Told in Court and
Raise Nice Question.
In a recent breach of promise nCtinn
in England a medical man +vas close)
cross-examined as 10 tile profe1 inng'4
etiquette regarding ++hal lind pm�
!.
!wren n patient and himself.
The nieli•vt1 professiotn certainly laj>'i
it down that such smatters ought not to
to. divulged to third parties without the
consent of the patient. And the law.
ton, as (sheen In n C0' -e a few years
hack, when a lending physician was
ntuicfel in le.avy (lamages for telling
this wife alnwt a lady patient, upholds
This contention out of court. But in the
witness hox a dnntor is rnrnpelied l y
the rule; of law as mitt down by Eng-
lish judges, however enntidential the
'ornntunicalions may have been, to
tinswrr gir,tions Concerning what iris
passed and whnt he noticed.
The ndwice usually given by writers
to medical men is that they ehould ap-
peal to the judge, niel, thenhgh the +vit-
ness will hr compelled to ins vr•r roes-
tnical coostruchon whose purpose is un-
known.
The oI servatinnc seem In have been
longer continued al Benares. the resi-
dence of the great Winne. At least Dr.
Rrem was able, guidrel by information
from English sources of the eighteenth
century, to reconstruct some small in-
struments which were still known at
that time In Renar'es.
Rut the saying 'ex orlente lux," ap-
plied to the science of astronomy, seems
to have no great significance here, for
in spite of the conalructlon of this ob-
servatory, no accurate results were ob-
tained.
1t virtue were not Its own reward it
would go unrewarded In most caste.
There le no place like home—accnrd-
Ing to the glowing description given
1 the Isla who %IW1a to leu hla,
NF,XT 1
"What do you mean by using such
tengnage Lefnre me?"
"Hour the deuce was 1 to know y'on
wanted 10 thw ii AIM r