HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1891-10-22, Page 6TIES, HUMAN AND DIVINE,
elhIther of. "Great Porter Square," "Theo Mystery of M. Feline" "Bread and
Cheese at 12seets,1* Eteh zao.
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The Luk -Supplied by Mr. 111111agtsn. or Shepherd's Bash.
CHAPTER X XI f heard nothing of her. London is A east,
eity, Miss liehlane ; one may °Emily lose
e landlord of The Brindled Cow watt oneself therm"
tioyed, or preteneled to be, ot seeing Fne, I " 1 ant greatly distressed about her," smid
youme tuet Hee au old erieudy, eela he, iss Heiden,. "She Rent ens a strange
"end You're going to be treated like one ter the day before yeatertiay, and I am
whenever you put np at the leeiaaled Cow," raid ta think whet will heeeme of her,
Tide meant probably a sliglte increase in ithoui a itonte or trim's. Here is what
his &urges but, I met Ins cercliality it& " she wrote. I cannoe understated it.
tmeiprocel eaeltion, and said that, of all the ; She gevezie the letter, anti I waa eurprie-
eountry pleoen I had ever eisited eltudleigh ed at the elegance of the writing,. It ran as
wae the pleaeautest, mad of all the hotels us. follows :
which I had eaten and slept 'Ilse Brintilert " .afy deer Benefeetrees,-;twould mid to
(low ranked A. No.1 / my misery if you were to belieye that I eaa
" It's got a net' -e, ba$ The Brindled C -ow," ungrate=M
ful or odica of ail you baye
saki tbe landlord. s; mug defy yo, ar way done for in, met I write to beg that you
leen to iind a better, or A juicier, or e better- ! will not think itis so. A5 longaa 1 liYo IahalI
cooltei ioint then alwaya dui on my hold you in greteful remembrance. I have
trthie. Vegetables fresh cut for dinner one given you a base retern for your kindness ;
O my 0W21 garden ; fruit iikemeise ; anti hull been witae you wished me to be, a
taetier etrearubere you'll not meet with titan goad woman, I could never have repaid you.
my frame grews, To eey nothing," he acid. How much lees enn / ever hope UOW to do
ed. "0; the wale, cellar.' no, beiug Whitt I AM? Vott will never her
I tereitieeeett without a display of hypo. from me agaim Forget me. I am not
erisy„ foe, miongh a peer judge et wine, big worthy to live iu your remembrance. But.
'WA* certandy the best, 1 heti ever drunk. ;‘' it mity happily .1m thet I eau pee you on
st To Fay htothing." I repeeted efter hitn, !Veer gimlet nailed ono who, I understand,
a the wine cellar," intending the mem-i reeetved iiiyoui father% house es arriend.
t Won as a mark of uri; iQfl Ilt whieh ' Ife wee titere oaf your birthday. end on the
eense he sterrepteil it. clay 1051110 baCit 10 the village, end was
Mehl you believe," be eaid, " thet i Wanted out of it. I -lie name, it. Anetin.
my mine celler theme* wine bought by my Iltdieve wit a word ho *Va. If he ie alreaAtY
father when he wee a young mane • your friend, let hint no lour be so. Ile la
You don't exy se?" I excatimed. Cittterly ethani Mack -tweeted. I, who
4, I (10. There); port, and eradeire, mot !mow hint well, tell you so solemnly, awl I
sbn'tvs thet thiels with eobwebs and fun- swear to alod I epetek the truth, efeettwell
gne that it t':H1 tt '.wri1t'ge to Ouch the for ever,-Hosoet t."
ttott!e% It's only tione on rare occasions. In eilenee I read the letter ; ill silence I
Theta are two or tbree committees theereturned it.
mune down regularly se many timea a year " I can :artily hope," eaid, eliss lIeldane,
to dine with me, and they melee beforehand tieeley, that you eau give me arty clue to
the beet I've got. Some of them are old this mystery, as it was only oo ray birthday
teen who knew my tether, and. remember you first came to Cliudiemla May 1 aek if
when some of the who: waa bought anti by tfonerie Held Anything of tide to yQ1t?"
the we' they lift the bottlee and. Melt at "She seid nolisime of it to me " I replied.
the!'1 atld handle them you'd think tltyt It W.14 a truthful =ewer, but 1 wee guilt'
were eet children they can't utelte enough eonstious thet I waspreetisingilereptiem
Ott I never teach a glass myeelf at my own The eenvereatioa we \Vern liamiug wee a
exoentet but they alwttea me M to drink privote onm Miss lfsidane having sent
their healtlie ; pod when they're here, I look Raehel &OBI, the rfeen before she ge.ve iNc
forwerd to it;
" They have to pay einnething for that
'wine." I rename:ea.
"As a matter a couree," said the
"It pr.5 upevery year. If yon nut
tee letter Mt real. But how dare I MOU
a the world, reveel to this pnee creeture
the. deplorable :dory of Honorm's fall
" 1 ant aremainted with no gentlemau,"
tmatinued Niels Holdame. " of the moue or
be' meneee you get intereet ; ha -mem with
; e Anettn, end he le not reeetred It my father a
whm' When tit'l eall fer the 1411 1 rat" i house es 1 frtead. Boer lionorie. meet be
it ont to thent. Do they grumble? wt9t.Ni meeting uneer some delusion. I am ao
bit- "We nothing bet what% rinhla 'amt.' young :del ineeperienced, Mr. Millington,
lot (1,- they Irey. We're garel to phy the , mut i gm at, a !CMS for words to exprese
extra ; glad toile here to pay it,'.v:ei.Ity, are i. ammelf, seartely knowing, indeed what it is
the:e 0" 1 i ask ea% Mr' """mg"41' I I with to express. I should not iteve the
why they ere gled / 'Ale vou haven't, got ah ! et.
I arage to speak to anyone else real, am
newer bendy. I'll tell -you. Because it , spatitiu3. to you..
4Ofullet COMP ont of their pockets. They're
on road corenutteeta and ratlwey comnutteee
end they get to many guineas a, deer, whet)
they come te inspect awl inquire ani teport,
and all expenses paid. ',aim of U4 Nrould
like to bo on that joli, wouldn't we? It
isn't. moth tithy inspect,. and it isn't mush
they inquire, nut I've heard tell that their
reports eover any number of pages. It
evotildbe dry work it it Nrastit for me, eel -
lam"
A good 'Weiler is always sure of favour
from the illatt who Mike, and I was no ex- saute time the villain Austin who had
ception to the rale. the kutedora regariliree , brought llonoria, to shame, to acquaint her
me with fervour, tingea, no doubt,
with
"mutation es to tow me& he would ;mate beuefactress on her guard ; she lua tfailed.
', I with this fatal trattoria wihed to put her
e
out of me. / inquired atter ;eleven, and i I could do so with better effect. !Should I
was informed that he was in Leedom This 1 ahirk the duty t It might be that the say -
rather rimed my eariosity, as Siavoa had * itIg or the rum of an innocent and conlid
pleaged hinmelf to spend an - evening with ing gters happiness was in my hands. Cele,
me there on the fleet opportunity. -Hen, 1 tart tt was that at that moment I was the
ever, I did not mention this to the landlord, t only person, apert from the villain himself,
but said a few words to the effect -that Situp- I who "wa4 In pessession of his infamous
504 was a bustling, pusaimg man W110 seemed I secret. Straightupon these conaiderations,
to know his way about. upon which it was impossible for nte to
" You may ea.y that, assented the land- oerne to a swift decision, flashed the open.
lord. If he deeen't know the ropes 7 miaoslion 'Whether Met young lady in whose
should like to see the man who does." . presence I steed was the daughter of Ad -
Homing fomanged to dine at The Brindled I line Dueroz, whom the lute less mother
COW, and sleep there thatnight, I proeeeded I believell to be dead. For the time being I
to the Hall. There I received the news that I set all these matters aside ; I would eon -
Mr. Haldane ans also in London, which AV- eider them le.ter on. They needed steady
eounted for Simpson's absence from amid. reflection, a mini mind it cool judgment, ;
leigh. As I was makieg my inquiry anti 1 better to be them bide awbile.
listening to the answer a solemn -looking in- "Mr. Millueston," said Miss Haldane,
dividual presented himself, who Iwas after- [ " what chance is there in London for a girl
weeds informed was the house stewara. He he poor Honorien position?"
informiog him that I had written to Mr. thanks to you," I replied, writes a good
tieked rimbusiness anti name, and. upon my 1 " She hart received a good education,
Haldane and had come down on purpose to , bend, expresses herself well, and, properly
see him, said that he was inetrneted to re- I dressed, presents more than a decent
mime me, in ease I arrived at the Hall white ; appear:Inca There are thousand.; of youug
Mr. Haldane wee away, te remain in Chud- i girls in London earning a fair livelihood in
leigh until Mr. Haldane returned or com-1 n. respectable way. I don't speak of the
snonleated with rite. I had= objection ; I . unfortunate neediewomen who have to slave
wantea to get the business over as soon as i half the night through for the barest
possible, and not havethe trouble of aitother ; pittance, and who arethebountlbondswomen
journey to Chudleigh Park. Before leaving 1 of graeping sweaters."
the Hall I contriveii to see Rachel, whose i " Grasping sweeten !" exclabned Miss
manner was not as sparkling as usual, al- 1 Haldane, in deep concern, as though e was
though she received nte with affection. 1 introducingto her a species of unparalleled
"I have brought your album back," I 1 monsters ,
. ' What kind of oreetures are
sairl, and the new one, a -present from a I those?"
triend. It is at The Brindled Cow. Per- I "Alen," I add warmly; itwas a theme
baps you will come and fetch it this evening ; I upon whieb I felt very strongly, "who
then we can have a clan" l grow rich by grinding their helpless
" Yes, I will," said Rachel, " bid I creaturedown 'eand driving them to the
thought it was you who was going to mike thiit line of starvation. I beg your pardon
me a present of the new album." for mentioning them. A young girl like
" A friend was with me when it arrived," Honoria is not likely to fall into their
I replied eyesiveTy, "and he asked Ine to clutches. She Ems too much sense "-
let him buy it, instead of me."
I eahl I was Itenoural by her tionfidonee
in me, tool that I would entleftvour to prove
worthy of it -feeling, all the time 1 spoke,
that, tu a certain eenee, I was Iamng0.
treacherous part towardher. n truth,
the conflicting views that ?emitted them-
sekce to me cenfesed and bewildered me
man cf the world as I was. One of these
views was, whether it was not my duty
kuowing that her friend and her lather's
Mewl, Mr, Limit Redwood, wee at the
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netural remdt follows. He proposes, sit k
S LONDON ALE AND
nttpou themselves yr
aneepta, and they marry, mid cornmeal a
ew life which depends only
to turn oat happily,"
" Mr. Millington," maid Miss Haldane ael " 1
sweetly, holding ouher hand, "you beve
rendered me as greet service. I an much
easier in aty lama tthout flonoria. Thank
yea, 'thank you. I am very grateful toyou."
" You Itemattg r thought L as the inter-
view ended, I was welkin through the
lovely perk to the Briadled Cow. You
wretehed hypocrite, to buoy Mise lIeldeme
up with hopes which you know well will
neer be realized. AA if you had the least
notiou that ally such happy future lies be-
fore Honoria. Yee weld forecast what will
become of 1101' pretty accurately if yea set
your mind to
I did not set my mind to it, my thoughts
running upon the past and not upon the
future.. The singular resemblenee between
the lives of Adeltne Decree and Houoria,
forced iteelf vividly upon me, F,aeli haa
Isom betrayed and deserted, autl their be•
AWA RDED
'111,111,1191,2OZP.F., .710"111(1
STOUT,
tfAOLD MEDAL AT INTERNATIOAL EXHIBITION.
JAMAICA, 189i.
Only (told Medal Awarded for Ale to Canadian or United States
Exhibitors.
false name. Notavithstanahm my deter- e LARA.TT LONDON, CA1TAD 4
trayem had each pla.yed his part under & mow
mination to hems no farther business deal- Tex le 2-UI.L-011 9
eves with Mr. Haldane, I could riot but take
a C"leep interest in the ultimate issue of the
ba.se wrpnghe had perpetrated ;beta, suttee 1 " Here in Olaulleigh, and there in the
me much itetter to be a. lookemou in tree world in general, London being11 goodish
game of cross purphsee, the result of which bit of the world, SO far as pleaetire goes."
it would take n wiaer head than, mine to o yon eurpeito „nth,1 mitt aonett15t The
foresee. worthy. landiorcl wee presenting a new Ifietr
to me, "31r. Haldane amen of pleasure 1"
"Pou't you take things for granted,"
eel(' the landlord with ao air of greet wiedont
"You Loudon eltripe twosome, folk, but you
don't kuovr everything. Why there wee a
clergyman I beard of owe who preached
morality that made folk weep. Ana ell the
while he preaelted Ito was earryiug an a gay
want in rade that made hie congregetiou'e
heir stand ou, end when they come to know
of it, it's being found out that you've goe
to he aware of. I'm not preaching iamb
nyself you meleretendt"
"I tinders tend," I said, receivitig hie
eommoupleeee with pyofottuel Ninon:Lion,
and tte Omega I Waa til the presence a a
philosopher of rare originality."
"I'm no better thaa lay nenthbore, I dere
say, and 310 WM, We're remelt of a much-
ness if the truth was told,"
"You've learnt semething. at, all events,
in thie quiet vilify."
0, but I've been 111 Leiolon wave time;
I go twice a, year, and tom to iteep it, up.
lint we wee speakilif of old Mr, Heidene
CHAPTER XXIL
For taegreet p me of the year the villages
of Cltudleagh ITJA a kind of Sleepy ;
tt woe may epee rare ofmasioro that it. woke
up and exhibited aymptons of liveliness and
itilerity. On my previous visits I had. seen
it in its, latter aspeet ; on my present visit I
saw it in Be forma
It was eveniug. The eottege door a and
wiudows were closed, helmet &daily sealed 45
it, were ; there were no gossips about; 011
my walk Welt to the Brindled Cow I bad
Wen- bet ono lik411, and he seemed te walk
with muffled feet, There WA a rout in
the bar of the public -house; the tap room,
with its bagatelle table, was rleeerted ; ante
the landlord, a merried men witlx uo child -
roe, and with a wife who spoke with beted
breath, would lieve been deemed 10 0. night
of *Foam and lonelhass had it not been tor
my. companionship. rereeptell with
Avidity my invitatien Ilinnern and iltank
his owe wine with opereeettion. I Wai nox
spring al it. Wine le e hey that. *interim
mew a lunuen aefe, aud it '4434 effettuel
with tho leudiord of the Brindled Cow, front
whom I wielted to extratt eertein
auti the will he da IA leave Leland him,
The Mr. Haideude you know was &wild ala
in his yetusg and I shouldide like to
Mkt, my eatli th tt lode reformed. Ile kept
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His grant -battier bad never beet. odor R. emHellmes other parte. The young rake
" Think o. that," t:e eaid. " doze waen't at hem more then a month or two
miles from Chtulleigh, and the world wee r" Y,eae' he hml game 1'0 11:( eleev'hme'n
sealed book to him." 'It's worderful," I "how these
° thine reeehed pier earn"
" Happy man 1" I mid.
* I don% agree with you," said the lana -
lord. " A follow might as well be like one
tko toadsI've reat al that live up '
rock for a thousend peel or more. What's
the world for, I should like to kaow ; What
are Ioreigu eouutt les for 1 What are teas
for 1 NS' tat are ships and radromla for 1"
there were no such thinga
in your grandfather' dame. He livea to 24
good old. ag,s, I'll be bound."
"He wee a hundred yeare old ou the day
he diede'
" There's an age for you," I said,
" What was the good of te to hun ?" re-
torted, the landlord. "A hundred yaws in
this dead and alive plave 1 How would you
like it 1"
" Not at all," I answered frankly.
"I hope so," said Miss Haldane, piteous -
"Is lie George's friend as well ail youre?" i ite "with all my heart 1 hope so 1 I have
asked Rachel. I always thought London a beautiful city, but
" "Yes; he has known George sines he i as you speak of it, ie is -terrible, horrible !
wee a child, and he wants to know George's , And my poor Ircatoria is there, alone ! Mr.
sweetheart, and to slip into her good i etigiegoo„, I can hardly bear to think of
graces." I it." . .
This satisfied Rachel, and ihe said notle 1 a Teen don't think of it, 111155 Haldane,"
ing more on the Filthjeet. I 1 said. "1 ought to have known better
'"Itty young lady would like to see you, I than to distress you so. If lionotie likes,
think," she said. '1 win run up end esk she is sate from the worat side of it. Haber-
her."1 dashers' shops, milliners' shops, mid plenty
She left me and returned with the Ines- • of large werehouses are tilled with girls
sage that, Miss Haldane woulcl be pleased to I eamdeg enough to keep them. 'Better still,
see Inc. Upon entering the young lady's there are the post office and the telegraph
loom I noticed, also, a change in manner : mums, always glad to gee -held of a well.
there was trouble in her isoe, a,ud I was educated girl, who, once the gets a footing
sorry to see it. My present visit to the I there, can earn good wages, and has only to
Hall had oortupied only a few minutes, but .reespect herself to melte others respect her.
there seemed to me to be e change in the There an plenty of chances, alise Het -
whole air of tbe place. It was all life and donee, . .
animation ou mee1y previous sits, but uow "Yon inake me so melt. happier by
the light appeared to have died 0111. of ih I speaking in that way. Honorise is swill a
1
"After all," thought 1, thinking of my own wry [am sure she is."
little home in Shepherd's Bush, 'give me a .. men," 1 pursued, warmingup to my
theme, and carrier, away by my desire to
lighten Miss Haldane's haute " a bright,
presentable, and clever girl, being in one of
those situations, makes acquaintances who
invite ea' home, and perhaps in one of those
homes she makes arrangements to live,
eameing, sufficient to pay for board and lodg-
ing and dress, and putting 1)7 11 little in the
postoffice sayinge bank. She meets e malice-
teblc -etenig man who falls in love with her,
cozy snuggery, with e few rooms in in for
real happiness and comfort. If I had to
live in a great mansion like this I should
feel like a man in a wilderness." I kept my
thoughts to myself, and Miss Haldane kept
hers; ogee the less did sympathise with
tier.
"I was going..to write to you, Mr. Mil.
lineton," she said, "and lam glad you 'Jaye
dome. Cm; son tell Inc rorything about
eet" and it bappens over and over again that he
" NO." "1 home ;seen and is tas stereeehle to her as sheis to him. The
4.
"Give me London," he said, emptying
Ms gloss in one gulp. It. was his faelnott of thanttful for. For a goodish time the new
drinking; he raised the slam to his lips and master didn't sbow up much at the Hall.
e e He /melt his money in foreign parts, Ho
pourea the Epee down his throat. " (.1"."
me Loudon" could do as he pleat.ed, of course, but it
He had an ambition to become the land- akin% speak well for 113111 that he held him-
self off se. From Hutt day to this beet done
lord of a public -house in thegreat eity ;but nothina for the village to give it a, spurt If
the way ho spoke of it such a position was auythiiig, its duller and Armor now them
,'
CS high its any reasonable Malt COUitt 1303)0
" they del, miniehow. 1 lungs float in
the air, you know. Well, matters come to
such a pass that, the old gentleman awore
that he would distultent lits son.He . e travel-
led be& to the Hall in a towering rage, and
scut for a lawyer to make o new will. Dowu
cam the lawyer with quills and parchment,
and blue hag; but he arrived too -late. The
old gentleman had morked himself up so
Wet he fell in alit, and flied, after teeriug
up and burning the will heel made in favour
of it's son. Ltttle eharrea bits of it were
found ut M
Ms room. It didn't make any dife
ferenee to the son. He was the lawful in-
heritor, and he stepped in and took poacs-
sioll."
" A change for the better you found it,"
I observed.
"Not at all there was nothing to be
to °bathe enterea into his humour, and
when he had exhausted hur
ie theme I tned
the conversation .10 the direction of the
family al the Hall.
"Can they Say 11111015 88 7011," I asked.
"Are they as old in the village as your -
elf ?"
"Not by a long way," lte replied. "Tint
present estate was bought by Mr. Madames
father. He can't go beyond that. I could
go back a good many generations if there
was anything to be gained by it."
"The estate," I renterked, " has a h istery
apart, from the Haldane family."
" Rether. It dates =dudes beak. You
may read about it in the county book,
Queen Elizabeth stopped there ; they've got
the bed she slept in. A very old family it
when I was 11 boy. No wot kahops' no
manufactories, no anything. He won'tal-
to* a new cattoge to be built, he's that
masterful end that jealous of everything and
everybody."
" There must bave been gay doings at his
wedding," I said, coming to the subject upen
which I desired enlightenment.
" You're mistaken again. We knew
uothing about his marriaao from what took
place here. We heard that heel married in
London, and we looked forward to a bit of
femivity ; but he took no more notine of us
then if we were cattle. It was titre years
afterwards that he came back here, with his
lit: le daugbter, His wife was dead, we was
told, and not a man among us had ever set
eyes on her. :That wasn't a proper way to
That eleemehusetts has already expel lane -
ed titis danger is proven by the cases which
Ur. Andrewa of the old gardeuer, who him
had himself committed to the /douse el la-
dustry more than a hundred times, and of t
the Salem youths who wished. to have their
Oeutence* tuerea,sed front four to eight
menthe, as well as by that of the physician 1
imerisened for melpraettee. who remelted
ono day that he enjoyed prison life so MIK%
that he should not be wry 31 1110 pertain for
whieh he applied wee vetoed hint. Mien
suelt a condition of allitirs 0,5 these iudieate
can exist in our prawns, it is time to reform
the reformers who hew brought it about.
IClitinged tlie Sabjed.
One f the aunt, difficult Hauge to do
gracefully is to change tlte cermet of an
unplea.sant conversation. But the mall boy
cau do itif circumstances make it necesseme
" Thoinan will you pleame tell inc Why
you pulled up the endow front my Denvere I amen Ph
UnEa3 STRONGEST, BEST.
onion-bedt How ntany times have I toll IF
you to keep away from the garden?
was, gone to the dogs many a. long year ago. treat us, was ib?"
" It WAS certainly uot a way to wm your
Spent their acres right and left, Ma Hal- I affection. The daughter you speak of is
de's fah& was a contract man; made bie t
fortune, bought -the whole place up, stock Miss Ilaideate."''Yes Ood bless her !" said the landlord,
end block; and settled down there. They with a tfash of enthusiasm. "She's as much
give themselves air3 they're tot eu titled like her father as chalk's like eheese ; there's
"Good," thought 1; " we are on the not a man or woman in the village who bus
road."
an ill word for her, and who wouldn't be
"There's a many here," continued the happy to do her a service: It she was the
landlord, "as look down on them MB muoh magning lady things would be differeut ftom
us they look down on us ; but they'vewhat they are."
got (to IM comer:fume)
the upper hand. Old families are like old -....
Wine ; there's a flavor about them, ae a body
may say, that's wanting in tiew bottles. The A New Prison Reform Needed.
coat of arms made in -bloody ware -that's For fifty years philanthropists have been
y
the sort el thing. all men must bow down tring to elienge the old system of prison
nu'inemernent by substituting a, reformative
to whatever their politics."
" Was Mr. Ralclaue's father much liked ?" for the purely primitive method. IL is mt.
itsei It'oPtce's('But ti
t itiattrlietlliea uciaotii.gof °lk
a: s'it).?iet-1
"So so," said the landlord. " Re spent ftontatlbeto
his money free, but we didn't see the color
ing article ou prison ref
of ie It was spent upon himself and his reform in the Oetober
family and the quality folk he entertained at Foram, Mr. William 1'. Andrews, who has
tee Ham Heedidn't gain much by it. They mammal Court been for more than forty years clerk of the
elute of Salem, Mass., and it,
wouldn't accept hint at his own value, and
then he got savage, and 'Otero was dull therefore, an authority on this subject,
thinks that this ehfutge has been a step
times here all the rest of hie life:" backwards. Mr. Andrews puts in sheep
"Did he have a large family ?"
" Three sons and two daughters.' contrast the lave systems.
They
" nem the report of the Attorney -
all died young except the present Mr. Etat. Cleneral for the year ]30," he says, " it
dene.",
That WWI the reason, Perhapsn of his awppears that he the dark ages of 1836-38,
hth
en e primitive idea was still esm
teeed
ehutting aimielf up ?"' as valuable am]. in aecordauee "%Vial
‘` It's a matter of opinion ; eve don't take with a
it:that way." , immutable hew, Eugland and Wales,
Population of '11,0110,00e, lied but 14,771
" And, the father dying, the wbole estate
passed to the 'gentleman who, how owes prisoners, or one to every 018 inhabitants ;
tNew York, with a population of 2,003,000,
it "
-
''Thans so, but he dial without a will." had 1,086 prisoners, or ono to every .. 0 ,0e0
(the reformer was not then active in hTew
" That's strange."
"Tho story goes that the son and Mhe York); Massachesetts, with a population of
inan's dein h. Ve ould 700,000, had 85,Speisoners, or one to every
father weren't friendly fm• some years be-
fore the old gentle 820 inhabitants. The last report of the
think it, to look at him, thet Mr. Hal- Commissioners of Prisons, which bee con
-
you
tinued this portion of the reports of the
clam was much of A gay marls ,?"
" That I sliould not. • He teems too earlier Atterney•Generel, shows that this
serious and grave.",
"There's nwely a 11 1311, " said the lenIlord . ... ,
With sententious philosophy, " that carries
two fame under one. hat. T ha ee my opinion
of the mastee here. I've ot my reaeons for
saying so. Ife's one men lore, and another
num there,"
proportion of prisoners to p tpulatiou line
vastly changed. The population has oely
trebled but the iraraer of prisoners hes
increased fifty -fold.
This is a serious showing, and eau that
must needs make the prison reformers slop
and think whether they are vor roatesoi
"Here in Chaeleigh, ,aou inea0, enreally working in the interests, ofmmatty.
'sI Surely, thete. is a danger in maldee p
there in Londont" too attractive.
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POWDER
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THE IM
RIAL
AKIN
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Couttans no Alum. Ammonia, aerie,
Thomas Prow red in the face, end ids Peeepeetes, er entr ineeteact.
grantifeelter wen', on to depict the evil fate
t hat was mum to befall boys who wentaround E. W. an.LETT, Tororm, opt.
destroying what their eldeta beil yielded,
Meantime Thomas had pulled lituteelf to -
water, and, as the harangue wee eoueluded,
be ;laid, with a smile, referring to an event
of the previone week
"Pity our old mister 411A, Win% it
grandper
..e.• wenn Mk
A Very Small Railway.
WiLtt is the smalleeerailemy in the world I
Surely that front Reveuglate to Mot. in
Cumberland. It is like a large toy. The
ming° is three feet, the engine an absurd
little thing, and the oerriegee Uhe miniatme
cape. As to the stations, they resemble
double, bathing -boxes more then anytime;
oleo. The raltway officials are eaelly summ-
ed up -the engine -driver is ,elso stoker,
guard, tieket collector, ticket dietributor,
and tinter. Being late for e train la not a
erioun disaster, since any active person ceu
vertako it, and it will stop to pick up pam
11 segere anywhereomf mlf afa f hat gto.
Dastardly.
" Ifarkine played a, mean trick on hie
(neighbor down at Metuchen."
I 4. What With itt"
" Why, his neigabor bas been fettening
a turkey for Thanksgiviug all aummer, and
Harkins mixed a bottle of aulafat with the
turkey's food."
A new mode of furuishing power to motor
engines by mixing steam with hot gases is
ereeting a great deal of interest in Englielt
cirelen
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