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N REQUITE D LOVE.
BY MISS M. E. BlIAJ DON,
CHAPTER VL --Continued.
"You, cannot see your benefactor,
Lord Lashmar," said the stern voice,
"You will never see blue again. Cannot •
you understand what this. black gown
of mine means?"
"He is dead:" shrieked the child,
and then remembering that ominous
word dropped unawares by Betsy, "Its
was his funeral."
"Yes, uiy unhappy child, your beim--
factor
ene-factor was killed in the accident from
which you narrowly ree.^.ped with your
life. Tlie loss for you is a. bitter one
in the present, nitbough it tray be a
blessing to you in the future. My
step -sons foolish indulgence might
bane been your rain, here and here--
atter."
ere-after."•
Stella heard not a word of this lit-
tle sermon. She bad east herself on
Iter pillow, and was sobbing out her
heart in the passionate, hopeless
grief of childhood.
Dead: Never more to look upon her
with those thoughtful eye,; never
more to speak to Iter in that tow, ten,
der voice; never .stere to touch ber
with that hand whose gentle taueha
up,cn her head bad always seethed to
her an a blessing.
''My friend, my tether:" she cried.
"Oh, God 1 be good to me ;and !et ane
die. too."
That was to b:, her prayer at vegan -
tug :tad nightfall, fur many a day to
come.
CHAPTER VII.
July, with its roses and lilies. bloss
sowing lime :net long sultry days,
and lingering suih••ty lute into that
dean',} night, wee else, It waQAugust
nUd though Stanlut-r was stilt lovely in
the laud. the Sutuuter evenings were
sltertening, the ,vers were %V linker," a
Huth'. as to the litnitlees protusion
of b loo
to at dlt'Y new
life bed be -
bun. It wati verily :t new life; se en-
tirely: different from the old one that
it relented to tate and as if 9110 held
died and been barn again; in the :•;erne
place. hut with another personality.
And. yet. though she Mill hid her
ah;ole in L:a•,h*nar t'at'tle, 11 *mild
hlydly be said it was the stone plain
ea that whish htd tweet her Wine in
the lifetime of Milieu. Lord Lashmar.
e
• t ta'
II lav 1in*t :r
etit stet v Ili: qtr liiea'}I
now, and looked out of the windows
%hich all opened upon the stable
ye rd.
There were. eight housemaids at
Lush -mar O.tiitle. "Tricia had ben tbe
urtheitux number as long as the old -
ere inhabitant of Lanhmar village
could remember.
Betsy had leen reduced to the ranks
of the eight. She wus one of the sec-
ond housemaids and her province tits
the first floor, where she was under
the special sUpervishin of her aunt,
Barber, sh* had a room of her owes
in .tn obscure corner behind her lady-
ship's endo. Under Betsy's, eye, Stel-
la was to ba trained to all the duties
of can upper housemaid. She was not
to go through the baser drudgeries,
the water drawing and coal carrying,
the blac.kleatd brush and scouring
paper.
"You are getting short of breath
and unwieldy, Barber," said Lady
1, teltmct r; "by the time that child is
seventeen or eighteen I shall want
somebody to run about for me." Bar -
'her shook her head and pursed up ber
lips.
"I don't think Miss Stella will ever
suit' you in that way, my lady," she
began.
"How often have I told you that she
is not to be called Miss Stella 1"
"I don't think Stella will ever do
for a servant, my lady. His poor
lordship spoilt her too much. She
starts up in the middle of the night
sometimes, sobbing as if her heart
would break and saying that she is
forgetting everything his lordship
taught her. I don't believe she'll
ever made a good servant, my lady;
her life has been begun the wrong
way."
"She is young enough to begin life
again," replied her ladyship sternly.
I look to you Barber, to get all fool-
ish nonsense out of that girl's head.
'If I hear any more . of her fretting I
Shall send her to the workhouse."
After this Barber could sa.y no more.
Che knew the iron temper of that mis-
tress whom she had .served in all
faithfulness and ;submission for the
last fifteen years.
The banishment from that Eden of
her childhood had been effected by
the dowager in the 'briefest, most
off -hand manner. Having pronotinc-
ed this sentence her ladyship locked
the outer door and put the keys of
the tower; rooms into her pocket.
t "T shall arrange by-and-by, what
use. we ten make of those two rooiiis,"
she said. "No doubt they will be
wanted When his: lordship fills ;the
house for 'the,shocting.
Good-natured 3etsy was alhnost as
down -hearted as her charge at the
sad change that lad come over both
'their lives. She eon off to,,the tower,
founcl it locked, and then }veatto her
"I declare• the cbild hardly knows
how to hold ber needle," said the head
housemaid,
"Lord Lashmar did not like to see
aunt Barber, as the only safe come
munit•ation with her ladyship.
"Might Miss Stella bave ber books
• out of the tower room?" asked Barber
an hour later, when she was taking
out her ladyship's- dinner gown,
"C.rteircly net'' r •p•iett the dowag'°r, 't'vo women put their heads together.
decisively. "Reeding for a prang part There was very little use in appealing
son in herr position is only another to her ladyship,
I name for idleness. eliddleliain tells 'There was a little room on the
use th•tt she has hardly an idea of • floor over the servants' dormi-
plain needle work." tories, ninth was mostly given
D1'iddlehrim was the chief of the over to linen ,Insets and box -roosts,
• housem;*ids. the was a superior a roma atilt had i;een occupied once
ueecllewarean, 'those great bony by a valet. There ants a neat tittle
bends of hers could do nue stitching Iron betlsiead and the necessary
that looked as if done by fairy fingers. furniture, all of the plainest, barest
Under the euld gray stye of atidtite- merit uniateressting order. as duly
ham, Stella nrtde her first essays in snide and provided for a suhjea•t race;
lies;n ne die w,trk, lout when Betsy teeth the rbiid trp' to
Inc work," faltered Stella, •tearfullye the little room under tine tiles end
"You'll have to work now, and if told her that she a•ooki hrtve it for
yuu don't learn to work well. yott'tl ' her very eau, Stelde burst lief bys-
hatve to be sent to the workhouse." lacteal tears of delight. -
to look very ill. Betsy was anxious
about her; took her aside and ques-
tioned her. Why did she look so mis-
erable?
is-erable?
Stella burst into tears and ouburd-
ened her soul. She was altogether
unhappy. She stated the still -room
she hated Middleham; but most of all,
she hated the room where she slept
and the chatter of the maids.
"1 Hardly ever sleep," she added
piteously; "I lie awake all night wait-
ing to see the daylight between the
iron bars."
"That's very bad." said Betsy; "we
must see what can be done."
::he went off to her aunt, and the
se Id aliddleh.;n4.
Olt, haw Stull life waist How dreary
end unonotonuus, despite its clatter!
She looked up at the Summer sky. the
"Qh. flown- gooe of youl' she cried.
How sweet of you, lt'tsyl Some-
body laves me ;trill, flim'
"Of course. I love you. you faoti-h
only thing ef hetuty whieh she could !chile thtug. Whoever slid I didn cs
Boa from ber Burgeon, :4 sky of deep- Only- I dawn': disuw,ey h •r ladyh*p;
est sapphire, with fleecy elouddets bus s,,me day. pet'hap.. 1 shall he able
dancing gaily in the blue. to yea bold of a few of those Looks of
"1 do declare yon have not done; your'., that you have been fretting
eix still -hes in eta twiny: minutes," said about.'
Micidleltem. "I have been watching, "Will you. dearest - Betsy? \\tot,.
: you.' inv Lexie gran me:1- and the t;reek nue:
The pile. piaa•hed face reddened, and! tote end my Visg:l end the Greek retry'
.the noddle, went a little iluirl;ar over tales and til Led• of 1be l,akel
the harsh fabric,, five 0"4•144et: a! They are alt mar asst u" n• 8"asy, Iia
belt sounded and the first and se-'oad give. them tie rue. WI' :adysVH is a
hntt-euinidc r•Itt0 swarming in to tea. chart if site takes tbenu vnay:
It was lb, hotter at wheat they all '•tio, no, Steil t, you must not talk
unbent nit It onanVs an the tehle, and it like tlhee% Qtaty *f 111101- Lerd Lesli-
• te.e rowed into eaue ra-••the hour at g,1g mem grave +beta io ytlu it 19 ncturail
whieh they talked and h1
thtt you s 1af ewe, i r'
P0.9
loudest. en's, and Ill 'Pe what 1 eau
do."een-
.! don't tr lp .e there'll 1z
rhidrd i3Pasr, a°::gut•.y.
of a change yet an We." said Berber.
vile* happened to be taking ber tett in
the still -room. "His lordeltip is go-.
unix ;sway in a fortnight. Ile had
,, been appoitale»t First ;+eeretary of
Legation at Vienna."
•"You night hive tall 1S 111tI be -
She Iarceigh► Stella half a.1.►zen
books alrit night in her :neon. Stella
rt sed over 1 hese recovered Ire ;'+nt'ev,
in leer tiny ream as i;. la her dot user
resent' nt leakier tow aid the trio tops
anal the eters. And now this shad
of eleven years old eel herself with
.,
MaidIteF on as
e ret lwllle .t who was berme elirnr, e rn unaided
' fur , h tn.t1
hers
p
jenloun of 13arber'e superior oppnr-i atul alone the eduratiott aaite+ heel
tttnities. 1,hien So cruelly ititerrupt.ed hy that
"1 only heard it this. morning ash •n: id Orn Ire, to pro►itees, Death.
1 wits waiting on her ladyship. Ili'• "When I see loin in heaven. I hall
lordship ratite into her room with an 1 be Ale total li:tn What 1 htave done'
aped ietter in his hand. and Aloe ed
it to her. 'I must be off in a fort-
night.' ereys he. I could see alar she
. ,
was very vevexed..,!hat. was all very
well when you were a ytitutger son:
elle says, 'but f ain't see the necessity
for it nous.' 'Ila you suppose 1 want
to see the world any 1 he testi het'ause
11111 Palled. Loral •f"•tehhnar?' sayea he.
'What. a queer old mother you are!"
"Whet a queer old bother;" echoed
a chorus of beusehnaids, with Homeric
laught er. "Fancy ceiling her lady-
ship a queer old mother. lies a rare
one for cheek, is ?.faster Vieloriatn.
He's your right sort for a lord; h¢'ll
stamp 'em down wherever he goes."
"'Vienner'as Oeeen the dream of my
life; he says and then goes whistling
out of the room as light hearted as
you like, leaving her ladyship blacker
than thunder."
Stella sat amidst their babble, with
no relish for steaming tea in a thick
crockery cup and with a loathing of
shrimps and periwinkles. Afternoon
tea with Lord Leshmar had been a
poem.
Betsy was kind mild the others did
not mean to be unkind. They did
t beat or ine31 or starve her butl
no p ,
they were powerless to comprehend
t
the workings of that young soul.
They hrtd not spared her feelings In
their talk of the bead lord. They
had freely discussed the details of
the accident—now his lordship had
been thrown head foremost on the
hard high, road, and had broken his
neck. It was instantaneous death,
they said. But old Mr. Verner and
the groom had escaped easily; the
groom with a few bruises and a good
shaking and Mr. Verner, who fell 'on
the top of him, without a scratch.
Stella asked what had become of Mr.
Verner, longing for him as for the
only friend left her ; bat she was told
that he had left directly after the
funeral, to go home to his own people,
ease it was supposed.
Stella was sent to bed nightly at
eight o'clock, sent to bed in the sweet
Summer gloaming, while the birds
were singing so 'happily in the woods
and the flowers were only just begin-
ning to close..
t eight o'clook ygoo 1: will
knots the reyeti ason why, and at eigloI
o'clock Stella crept wearily up the
shadowy staircase and took off her
tear -stained black frock and said her
prayers, long, tearful prayers, and
laid herself down upon the hard little.
bed.
The }Sourly suffering of her days,'
sleepless nights andloss of appetite
soon had their effect. Stella began
site said to heasrit.
Those nightly r.tudtes, the rcpusefut
solitude til' ter remote little garret.
had a calming influence upon ha'r
s,ptrits, She bad her dream of *h' day
aaten ,;he Item Id he grown-up and
educated, and would be able to write
book, like old (la bilel Verner, and
w`heu *:ht' euigiht earn enough money
10 hu ea. tiny 4,u:itage of her own up -
the bunks of the riven, and to have
honest Betsy to live with her.
Lord Lashmar, the near lord, Vic-
torian, had left for Vienna without
ever ht;ving looked un the little serf
who bad one been his brother's darl-
*ng.
"You'll make a sort of semi -genteel
waiting maid of her. I suppose,' he
said lightly; "have her taught to cleats
your laces and make your caps—
ehenever the day comes that you.
eake•to caps."
"Perhaps that will not be till I
am a grandmother, Victor,' she an-
swered, smiling fondly at her beloved;
"%% hen you have a wife and children I
*hall feel myself verily a dowager,
And then J suppose I must take to
naps. By the by, deer, I saw Clarice
last week. They have comae back to
the hall,'-
"Iudeed! Puffed up by her new in-
dignity as a presented young person,
1 suppose,' answered Lashmar.
"No, she was just as sweea as ever;
quite! simple and childlike. I am toad
she was ane of the prettiest debutan-
tes of the year. The newspapers all
said as much."
"The newspapers are always ready
to puff n girl whose father counts his
fortune shy hundreds oe thousands,"
sneered "Lashmar, "I don't think the
Brumm people have quite made up
thetirintuit whether Job Danebrook hs
worth one million or half a dozen, but
they are all agreed that bas father
wheeled a barrow. Now, I thunk both
you and I retain an old-fashioned pre-
judice en favor'•_of good blood.'
"There is some very good blood_: in
Clarice Daneebrook's veins, Vetter. You
'forget that Iles mother was a Mont-
marency.'
"One thein treekle of blue blood can-
ned: p•tiri*fy the plebeian vat, mother.
I know wall what you are hinting
Fahulorus wealth is the thing
-people worship nowadays. It is not
enough to be rich; a ,man to be honor-
ed and• talked about mast be intordi
nately rich. But, all the same, 1 am
notoin to be m�anoeturvered into a
6 8'
marriage with Clarice Danebreok. You
can trot her nut by -and -!by if you like
and. *i I fall in lave wthi her I'll ask
her .to marry me. IA I don't, I won't
were she worth the wealth of Alan-
din."
alio, you suppose I would ever Isish.
you to marry Baty one you could not
lovef" said his mother, masking her
batteries. "I know you would catty
choose the hest and worthiest. Too
are too proud to make one of those
wretched matches •1iy which some of
your order have degraded their rank
of late years. I sbotxld never fear
anything of that kind from gout,""
"•t'Vell, non 1 am not quite an idiot,'
answeret1 Lashtttar.
"As for Clarice, site is a sweet lit-
tle thing, and I am realty fond of
her,' continued her Ladyship pkicid.
by; "but I don't think she is quite
good enough for you. She has wealth
but she hes not rank; and there is,
as ypu say, always that unlu-lxy tradi-
thon of the whielberro
"Dear old uioeber, we al•.nays think
alike," said V iutorian, tending down
to hiss the dowager's broad brow,
To be Continued,
AMUS SOLDIERS' EARS.
Reri)ns! tiet;or'>. i apertments gaTra44a 1,gl
R*Jrtkr stmt,.
1. one "Beggars' Guild," tinder tbe coma -
lions An the ki,:r" ;s l titre ofl au m;and of al king. whcsse orders are
ullelrestkn arttde a' loch h is just obeyed without 1:411, and what bas pow -
g er of life and deans over the disobethi-
iui hrenslu'cl to ahe• ' fe5b-ethrift r Put. Peking police leave the affairs
tut Ohren Neihuride• ° end a ekeh rs ' of the Pae
Rain the pen of Ifs. �1sa:l'r, nshq 1t+tit , ggaars' (build severely atonia.
hems studying t,l}• eui,j,.•r ran alta bet-) i'he Kine; need fedi nu interference
ilefie•lds of the Traasv-&it. 110 os -1 nw:th the exercise of his fune*ious by
ermined the ears of ninety -
bereft. and atter a beta to took plc: e. yRy acs by his 'subjects, and lie stands
Int f(.rty-funs of sit, ,,the- h, fuuucda 1n t oI Contaot with the oUioiaIla of
not.tbte cbuuges. Tit ",even c;'srs be c the Empire. \Vith th:'.':� he dopa nut
deal pereonatly, but through a Lord
Protector of the Guild -at present one
of ths Seven Princes of the Iran Crown
--des>eudants• of suras Manchu Chiefs
which hid been inhtrutraentat in es-
alsting the preaeaa clynasty to the,
t'llit►ebr 1 bne.
1144' ht'aodquartere of the Pelting
Il'gg•,re Uui.tti is to 1p faunal iu the
chain;'sc• town, near the g.,aa aalii; i
unty the :ton of I1e,tve11—rbe Emperor I
-wen pews. The awh.►le rosy 19 “iiia l-
ed unto ,a nit ; ,•t,
inns;•, of x96, a II . ,t tacit,
,
tem tr,
only exploited by :9 certain
group tit ltogg,rrs. One of the great
eat breis Iles of Wooers' etiquette 15
to venture into a strange disarir•t-a
anti revere punishment awaits the of-
fender.
"AN II -Tit ch T" alE;NItICr*,NTS.
tri{u;illy emelt a breech is e,etnmit led
by tile' 1104..311ed "fa1•e brethfen"—
OM
enth 4t is. bcgg;►re outside of the enin-
bane, ":taxi -ovist" tuanilae.ants. For
to .
�•K
meth' a
ort the Beggs Build hes
observed communistic principles, Ev-
ery beggar turns in his re: eipts into
a eammon treasury, and the whale* is
then equally divided. ,The tempta-
tion to enrie'il one's self at the, ex-
pense of the camiuunist ie p6;14%1 hes,
however, is great, and, in ;+pito of the
remarkable honor which is said to
exist among thieves, the beggars of
Peking are it veritable plague upon
the rest of the inhabitants, ahoy
terrorize the population in a manner
which leaves nothing for the unhappy
victim but submission. The police
are entirely unsympathetic!, and
themselves make contributions to the
guild. E,ve*y house is assessed, and
every householder hats to pay a cer-
tain tax, to the guild according to
his income. Woe unto him if he re-
fuses. The next day he will find a
horde of beggars blocking the street
and demanding money with threats.
Finally he has to give in, or his
house will be burned before dawn.
Mare than the loss of his house, tbe
Chinese householder fears the threat
of the beggar to commit suicide near
his door. There is nothing more
dreadful for the Chinaman than that
anybody commit suicide through him.
For, according to the marvelous laws
of the Chinese Empire, he who drives
another person to suicide must die,
HE BEGGAR OF PEE
THEY ARI'♦ QRGANIZI:p IN A "TRUST"
AND lidENACE THE CITY,
More entered by eatteens Than tate egret; n
tovetdera-•3lay *lay nn. important kart
to the orteatat War That Is Now
Trtreetenetl. �'
Peking is a city of baggers par ex-
cellence. There are at the lowest
computation 100,000 beggars in the
capital of the Chinese Empire. The
streets cif the Yellow City literally
swarm with them, and owing to a re-
markably clever organization these
beggars ate .a state within the state.
Even the court leas been obliged at
various times to reckon with this pee
cellar .social factor, and formal trea-
ties are in existence between the
"King and the Beggars" and the pal-
ace of the Emperor. While Paris
boasts a "Syndicate of People in tie.
ce.ssitoas Circumstances," the Peking
arganization is less euphoniously pain-
ed, but much more powet'ful.
KING OF THE Bt./CIGARS.
The beggars of the Celestial city
belong :alntost without exception
discovered email 11.111.0 n h ges in he
forte of lir Ile drapes of Maude :end int
one other case he fond ;.n unu'ual-
ty large bemarrh .g. la iharty. .
;event ruses int ue:,teced ah,ta 1110 firing
b9d caused alae nnatdeu• of the call
tlrinus to heroine quake red. Ile ue:•rn-i
ed, however, ;how an the a:J -s they eat-•'
reeled tied not been in .an ;aiist4lnietyl:
twit*/ eflnidil tett hrfua.• ah.. ter, ug II
took 'dare. In tsa-...x--.a sties ::he
soldiers % rt• ulr'alele ^,t, 1Jr,J1 nerds,
al, it were spoken uta .i `tae' ',we. 41
be sural a distaaa . 1 it $i 'h te's,;ta
'tete only saris of � veru , Mild ;in4',t of t
-my tau.'iing to 1', 'as P'ii,,
CI In eunc'usaun, 11r ,Mutter „ys„aet
in bis opinion 'eriu.as !esiuns o` . 4%
t
ears are extremely a ;rt• to the 111.0
of 4 howl suliliere; mho ere walled upon,
to preform tbo regtt"ar MO years'
Bei' *i'e, On the oth'•t• bend. he says
1 h 41 ahe aliens. and a -=pee etly thole
t
wh'n :tr'P *'rrluir'e,d 1t i,.ve rti�l4tU. *elate
.1n firing for a kung la'riud. are :apt
Ito beronne partially deaf. and rein i
furr.ht'a•ttattre. Nufter front boning in
1 :he ears. The der. -ler taa*ui*ned imine,
1im'h cteets,andhe faunal that in ail
the ear drastrhs 11 ere inure or loci,) aif-
fretelal, The lesson as bent hes ex.
pettenees in Fount Alien have taught
him u* tint ft is unsiss to admit t in-
to t be artillery any soldier or off*: a'r
whose ears are not in a perfectly
sound rendition.
w11.1't 1't TSAVE ES.
Aud what does the story of the
prodigal son teach ust asked the
l ei eber.
1a 'tenches us how to get the fat -
teal calf, was the prompt, reply of
the bad boy al the foot of the class.
PIIOMIxING.
No. Harry, 1 am sure we could not
be happy together; you know. Ial-
ways want my own way in every-
thing..
But, darling, you could go on want-
ing it after we were married.
NOT ALL THERE.
That kind of a man is Rodney Mc.
Ni b'bs?
Oh. he's the kind Thar would pre-
sent you with n second volume of a
book and not know it.
Triumphs of Dr.
Chase
Over the Most Obstinate Diseases That.
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Bring Health and Happiness to Cana.
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The marvellous su1eeeses of Dr.
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worth to the sick and suffering cant
never be estimated.
PILES FOR 23 YEARS.
Mr. W. T. Wigle, "Uncle Mike,"
Maysville, Ont., states :—"For about
23 years I was troubled with piles,
which at times would oause most in-
tense distress by itching, and would
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several physicians, and tried every
remedy I could hear of, but could got
no more than slight temporary re-
lief. A traveller, Mr. Goldlitg of
Toronto, recommended Dr. Chase's
Ointment, which 'I at onoe purchas-
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lief after the third application. Dr.
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me. Thatwas two years ago, and I,
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It has since owed many to whom I
have recommended it. and I am
anxious to have every sufferer knew
of its valve:'
• PALE AND WEAK.
Mrs. Stephen Dempsey, Albury, P.E.
County, Ont., writes :—"My little►
granddaughter, nine years old, was
very pale and weak, and had no appe-
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ance, and was delicate and sickly. I
got sots of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food
for her, and it has helped her very
much. She is gaining considerably in
weight and looks real healthy."
CHROMIC CONSTIPATION.
Mr. Geo. Benner, Wiarton, Ont.,
writes; "I don't like to have my name
put in public print, but I feel it a duty
to, my fellow -men to recommend Dr.
Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills. For about
four years 1 was troubled with ehroiaio
ooustipetion and weakness of the kid-
neys. My condition was serious when
I began to use Dr. Chase's Kidney -
Livor Pills, and I verily believe thab
they have saved my life. 'I am now
well and feel like a new man."
Dr. Chase's portrait and signature is
on every box of the genuine remedies.
Imitators dare not reproduce them.
All dealers, or Edhnanson, Bates A
Co., Toronto
and will aleo lose all happiness for=
ever after. Storekeepers make a
special treaty with the King of Beg-
gars, and, instead of paying a parts-
eular tax to a special beggar, they
pay a yearly sum, to the King, and
receive a ,sign en yellow paper: "Bre-
thren are requested not to molest
this house." The storekeeper may be
certain that :he will not be molested,
for a complaint would secure the
speedy execution of the offender. The
King does not believe in defying his
authority.
'WEDDING AND FUNERAL HAR-
VESTS.
During weddings and funerals hun-
dreds of beggars infest the neighbor-
hood of the ceremony. They coni-
sider it a good opportunity to J;queeee
money out of the pockets of cele-
brants and mourners. 13ut as the ape
pearance of a hundred or so crippled
cad disgusting vagabonds is very ir-
ritable to both classes, notice is giv=
en to the lying, a certain sum paid,
and the funeral or the wedding may
proceed unmolested.
Both morally and physically the
beggars of Peking ars the Ian -est type
of ,,unkind, ilr, Matignon, the pby-
siei.an of the french Embaesy, de-
clares that not one out of a thousand
of these beggars deserve the least
shadow of pity. They are the bulk
of the patients treater. at the French
1l°spite!. and they never have clown
the faintest t race of gra t it ude fur alae,
treat went accorded them. They are
pest masters in fraud and in thieving.
They generally turn up totally naked
at the partals of the, institution, and
are given some clothes- before being
accepted for treatment. The foreign
devils then find that at once after
receipt ai'the garments a number flee
to the nearest pawnshop. Others
stay two or three drays. and then ds-
eppear in the middle of the nigh'J
will, anything th"y lay their hands
THEY WOULD NQT
nnce (:rent It:rr;t it. 4 Teat Jiave nese
11ici.
Some short while ilnee a jeweller,.
when starting business in one of the
northern towns of England, sought to
attract notice, and consequent custom,
by displaying in his winalow a dozen
Weer broocbes, each: worth ten ehill.
Ings, but ticketed only two sitillin_ge,
and twelve similar articles lei gold,
which, though casting £2 2s, apiece,
were offered at t14e Sarhe price• The•
former. says a writer in Leaden Tit -
Bits, hada quick Belga but net until
the trades,nap bad censiderahly
raised the amount originally demand-
ed for tbe latter did they find pure
chasers. A gold brooch for two shill-
Ings 1 Yon don't oatob no with that
chaff, thought every one, and to their
subeegnent regret they refused to.
bite.
In the winter of 1898 a dealer in
curios and antiquse. who carried on
business in Seymour place, ,Marylebone
road, exhibited in his window, for a
wager, a beep of coins, among which,
in a protninent position, were a num,
Iter of English aovereigns, surntountt-
od with a ricket inscribed :-•-"Tbeaa
cease 155.. Gd. eaab. Fole a few days
attly." Although there were many
curious gasers there were lie Wryer*,
and tbe tradesman won Iris bet.
J,cast surrtmer a ..Parisian shopkeeper
either for a wager or for a.dvertisQ,
mint, offered for one month Drily a
riutribete at twenty franc pieces at five
franc-' each. They wore placed ,pro-
minently iu hie ►a:iudow, and at times
attracted a small crowd, curious, but
euatlticdous, None, went beyond
jocular inquire until tbe last day oh
the stated period, alien a .man en-
tered and, to the tradat,man's horror,
i eristeal on buying the let, WOW 111t7
Ira t.
Aaln hour later another man appear -
sat, handing user the twi'uty frena
011. piecees to the tvouderittg tradc'sutan,
Their simulating talent is simply' requested the return 'if the 250 fret:we,
incredible. \C+;th their real defects stating that the purchaser eras at
oft a weak body :and mind they combine the gentleman l intellnct,uho bad
most rem'rksble ,ability to elenulite managed to elude the vigilance of his
the most repnleive dice ,sem, 1•'ruan . friends, and as such was not one ef
t heir re rliest days t hey pram ire n horn advsutctgt, .htruld be taken.
this est. 414•1 they 4-a111 glass pointers • Netrdlr_•ts to say that the other was
las ibe in'e'. .kdltpd misters of Blinn- entirely of this opinion.
l.etina in I°runup' or °s.*n"ries. ',heir i tburut t1.' Ireganntng of the present
depravity is :sinapiy heyon:l b• lia•f. century :a Mr. \Whaley, ten Irish gentso-
'thete is martial! lt:un•ta :cbreut *been 'matt nett:l tot his eccentric wugers—
I,t'yon.t a eamain Biu Briny in etb. pe ion one neaaslon he 'non C`2,000 by
n'ith a htru►an b! nil, i .walking to t`onetantinople and back
They unaiert.eke o ten ,Vide int() the ,ss thin a year --gained no small stun
neighboring vi gee. ntd utter havingt r s,t {,
very
valuable c'
.
thoroughly
rowed tb• poor pn:t',nnrstrail:d• fur otle at a guinea each. M-
and relieved them 'n their thuvable'.'th"ugh by the terns, of the egret•meut
the Than; freak. Basin tb' 'h,of of the he sea, obtigrtt to gu:aratttee th. genu -
village, anal i:r)' ;i u'urunerat ia,. dnene:s of the stunes. his annrds found
nturchet,rnaw.,trt. lh it tlepreelutiotu na. creitence, and by deolintng to give
can only b• rwanp.rred a'a]s ilia dives. the prise demanded for what they
tattoos caused by a swarm of ioc'usts, •ennsidered saor,hless crystala the
13I:i(r .RS' 0.11' lti PEKING. pubis* enabled ale. Whaley to win his
money.
Twice a year—in the spring and in lit the early eighties a most eligi.
the autumn-% Beggars' Day is rale- late louse in ane of London's southern
brated in P eking. From sunrise to suburbs at as to let. There were several
sundown the Beget` the tnay help them- apptirauti, but one and all on being
selves to a !lindenl of rire from huge told the rent, for the ridiculous low -
bags piled up nuteide of every store. nee, at which no explanation was
The, Emp„ror nh ekes a pr„sunt of a
yellow suit to every applicant. They
loaf about in their yellow garments,
and then pelvis them—for they may
not sell tt garment with an imperal abode there, schen it transpired that
seal—and gamb e their earnings away -the house, together with other pro.
or spend it in drink. 'these hordes eif perty, had been left hem by a distant
beggars have prayed at various titnes'relative, conditionally on his refusing
a menace to the peace of the capital. to give any reason for tho merely
)';specially in tim. s of trouble, war or nominal rent that the was alone per -
rebellion they have shown themselves witted to demand.
from a very dangerous side. In 18R0,
when the Fren: h were marching to
Peking, the beggars became so threat-
ening that the Emperor was obliged
to sign an ignominious treaty with
their king. When in 189.1 itwas rum-
ored that the. victorious Japanese
army was advancing upon Peking the
beggars raided several business houses
u
and plundered a quantity of rice.
;,
They were more feared then the Jap-
.
ns
e and many
a
mandarin
deposit-
ed
-
ed
his cash in some of the foreign
legations, as well as decided to seek Neither would give in, and the dis-
refuge there in case of a genera 1 beg- pute waxed warm. From words they
gars' rebellion. wore near coming to blows when a
The Chinaman is a born beggar. policeman came up; but he could not
Nearly all travelers say that while
traveling in the neighborhood of Pe-
king well -to -do -children approach
them and, bending their knees, im-
plore to be given some "cash." In
vouchasfed, declined to come to terms,
suspecting drains, damp, ghosts or
other undesirable accessories. At
last the owner himself took up his
TURKISH POLICE JUSTICE.
4.00111111,
DOW a Policeman Settled a Dteal►ate Orel
ih , {►N 1.r,he ' "to, r eb ir,711 it ,X,
A trifling dispute between a Kurd
land an Armenian, on a street in
Constantinople the other day, led to
an amusing instance of justice as it
is dispensed by the Turkish police:
A tobacco -box was found on the
sidewalk as alIeged by
a Kurd. An
Armenian claimed the box as his own.
decide the question of ownership.
At last the Armenian sug$ested
that the policeman ask what was in
the box. "Tobacco and cigarette pa-
per,” said the Kurd, promptly.
Corea there is, on the contrary, not "The box contains nothing but a
a beggar to be seen. In Japan the twenty-five cant piece," said the Ar
beggars do not molest the passer-by menian, smiling. .
or the householder. What the be-
havior of these hordes will be during
the present disturbances is merely a
matter of conjecture. As none of
them are armed, except with huge
knives,, merely robberies of Chinese
may be expected. The foreigners
need apprehend no harm from them.
Their oruelty and impertinence is
only equaled by their cowardliness,
and only once have they attempted to
waylay a European who had no trou-
ble in dispersing them withmerely:
the show of'a revolver. They did not
wait for hien to fire, but: sasampered
off in every direction. As a trouble
to the Chinese troops,. however, the
Empress -Dowager will hear from
them before long.
The officer opened the box, 'aund
finding the Artnenian ivas right, set-
tled the dispute by . giving him the
"The Armenian is the owner of the
box," he said. "'Che Kurd is a liar."
Here he smite the Kurd over the', head.
"Allah be praised! For my trouble
in deciding this co.iiiplicated affair l
will keep the twenty-five cants."
13E HAPPY.
03e happy! Ee happy in spite 'of
everything! When a pereon is not
happy he is a, failure in life. To be
happy is 1:o be normal, and the normal
people are those who come, out on top
chi the long :run. Nature and human
nature' detest abnormal things, and
unhappy people are certainly abnormal
In warning there is strength,—Lew people: IIaplai oes is two things -=a
Wallace. good habit diad a spiritual state,