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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1902-6-5, Page 70000000 efaettee01.0411080.41110(aelree0* so 0 ?I)) The o 0 es 0 Off a a 2 2 TIM riE8TRUCTION OF A PROUD SPIBIT. e ',401 4 a mcoeteeeeeseeeoeseloomeesego 060 00000000040 '11V a a lOW Fatal Dower 0000000000000e 0 dilYiSOPSIS QL PRECEDING CHAPTERS,-liargaret llEtoWard, 011 the eve of departum eo joia bee re" eretly married husband, leaves bar child with Suean Rivers and is drowned. at see. Susen rears the caild, Daisy, as Ler own, and dies. Her daughter, Margaret, alone knows Daisy's secret. Lord Lisle seelts his child, and Margaret, taking RaisY's birthright, announcee herself his deoghter. She fells in love with hie nephew, Philip. Daisy, Lord IASI 12110 daughter, loins her foster -els - ter, and captivates Philip, who Lord Lisle, on his death -bed, mekes pro - rise to merry Rita. Philip becomee Lord Lisle ; asks her to marry him. Ralph Ashton, to vshom she ie gaged, writes asking her to be true to her -e'ronaise. CHAPTER XXIII. "Rita," said Lord Lisle. gently, "despite your feverish attenipts at gayety, you seem very -exthaPPY. Whet is it? Have you any trouble? If so, share it with me. Let there be no secret between us,. If you have any sorrow or trial tell it to me. Yeti know I am your best friend." He looked so noble, so strong and true, that sae longed to kneel at his feet -and tell Idea ell, Better to xneet judgment from him than Irma Ralph Ashton. The impulse was strong tio'dri her, but she resisted it. re - 'solving ..to fight to the very last. and in that resolve sealing her own. fate. •. But he could not cheer lier. She talked to him ; there was no music in her voice. How could she either smile or forget, when she knew that B.alpheAshton Was keeping his stern watch near the walla the house, and that early to-morrovs morning she must give her answer ? She endured it tintil she could bear no more ; her energy seemed to fail, her strengtb gave way. The hands Lord Lisle held in his ONVZ1 were cold as marble. "I am -very tired," she said. "I must ask you to excuse me. It is your last night; here, 1 AM Sorry to leave you so early." • "I can, only hope rest May re- store you," said Lord -Lisle. "If you. • feel better iri the morning let me see you before I go." How little be thought, as he look- ed on her beautiful face for the last time, what the morning sun -would eee She was alone at last, and had time , to think what her answer should be. , Did evehatred- and love fight as they fought that night in her heart? • Did ever the pure stars shine down • Upon one so wretched ? Look where hc *would, there was 210 hope. She was hermned in with toils of -her own making, caught in the fatal web she had woven. /Inland herself, • If she refused Ralph Ashton and • made him despera.te, he would go straight to Lord Lisle and tell him all. She knew that he could easily • prove the truth of his, story. Daisy's likeness to Lady Sybilla I.Asie was one proof in itself. What would happen then ? Even if she were spared the prison cell, she would lose everything -name, • position, rank, wealth, and Philip. • .She, who had reigned a, haughty, and brilliant queen, would be driven forth from. the luxurious home that shelthred her a penniless outcast, *Mocked, scorned, nespised,' and in- sulted by those who had flattered her -she, at whose feet the noblest in Vie land had offered their hom- age, She could never live find endure tliti loss al all she had sinned so deeply to wio. On the other hand how could she renounce Philip and marry Ralph ? _What excuse could she offer for stith af a breach of faith ? The World she loved and served so well would dis- own her. With every preparation made, -with guests invited, and the whole ceremony arrhnged, how could she break off her engagement ? Cer- tainly not tin.der the pretext of "an old lover returned from sea." HOW C0111 d she present Ralph Ashton to a gentle, refined lady like Mrs. Wye verrie ? No one Would tolerate him. True, if she did so and married him, she would still have wealth ; the fortune Lord Lisle left her was • considerable ; but it would be wore than useless -it would be poisoaed by the continual presence of Ralpth Ashton. She would never do it. She would toyer, after the training of these 'few years, associate with one like Ralph Ashton. Never again 1 Life • with him would be livieg death. No 1 fate must do its worst. She . hated him with a deadly, rancorous hatred She wcand rather 'suffer anything, she would rather die atty death than marradlihn. He should not trample, upon her ruined hopes and prospeets. From the wreck of netr-life-he abould not rise rich and proeperous, Let him do his worst, egne would not marry him. The pale glimmer of the stars had died away, and the gray morning light cone into her room before She had made her final resolve. It was nuede et last ; her answer Was ready. • She looked, at her watch ; it ants then nearly four. She was to meet Ralph at seven. There was some little time to rest. A 'solemn hush and siletice over herig6r answer was ready and she could not foresee what it Would cost her. Surely the most Solemn sleep of all is. the sleep of • the condemned Man just before Itie' death. The deep repose that tinon the unhaplpy girl Was not more dreamiees or still. • There as no more torture Of decision ; her deswer WaS ready, She slept etatilatkie,' August ,sun shone full and warm upon her face. Per- hapsthe most painlul moment , of her life was that in which she woke. The first rush of merrsory smete box* like a, sharp sword. S",')he remembered all -why she bad, slept, 'where phe was going, and what* the day would bring forth. It wanted but a few moments to seven, and he dared not delay, lest, not meeting her, Ralph should coma to the house, arid an exposure take place before all the servants. She still wore. tie rich dinner -dress and cestly jewels that she had, put o te please Lord Lisle. She did not stay to remove them. A dark cloak flung over her shoulders, bid them from view. What was it caused her to stand for 0, few ruinutes at the door of her room, 'and look back upon its lux- urious quiet as upon a lost home ? No thought came 1,0 her of the next sleep she would take upon the pretty white bed,. Gently and noiselessly she went out into the parlor. None of the servants observed- her ; no one saw her leave the house, or knewat what hour she had done so. The morning was sweet and calm; dew -drops still glittered ienon the tall trees and the fragrant blossoms. The birds were all awake, singing of the quiet summer beauty, around them,. From the depths of the wood came the Music of rustling leaves and the singing -brook. Tire flowers had raised their bright beads. Na- ture is never DO fair, SO smiling, so gracious as in the early hours of •the day. The , befiatta- of earth and sky lerought no gladness to her ; the sweet, fresh summer wind raised no color to her features. .The flowers bloomed and the birds sung in vain for her. - She saw Ralph Ashton stansiatig the stile that led intothe, woods. He smiled at the shudder of hate thee she could not repress. "Tree to your time, Rita," he, said. "But you always were. If I remember rightly, you. were &ten at the trysting-place before nie," t She -71id not speak. ;.she had re - 'solved to.hear all he had to say in silence. She would give her answer and take her chance. Never again would elm heeel at his feet or ask for his merey. The beautiful white face was cold and.hard. "Let es go.into the'wood," said Ralph. "I mean to have thing settled this morning. If we renmin here, some of those prying servants. may see us, and interrupt what pro- mises to be a, very pleasant scene." She followed him into the wood - path, where the tall trees met over, - head and, shuts out tbe smiling, Mer- ciful. neaven. The tall, green geese was wet with dew ; pretfy wild flowers grew side by side with rare fern leaves. The wind made Solernii music among the leafy branches. As she 'looked her last tion the summer skies, and went into the deep shade of the `woods, the un- happy 'girl shivered • as one seized with•mortal cold. "Not so Warni here as in one ,Of Lord Lisle's hot -houses," be said, with a coarse laugh. "Now, Rite, let us have 110 tragedy airs. I have come for my answer, and I mean to have it. Whatare you going to do? Will you be my wife ?" "No !" she said, in clear, steady tones. "I have thought well. I would rather suffer any disgrace/any shame, any torture, any death than be your wife ! I.have sinned, and I must suffer. I thought to escape - to prosper in my evil deed -but a Mighty Hand has overtaken me. Do as 'you will; exPose me, degrade me. rob me of all I value and love, I am still spared.the greatest degradation •of ali-that of becoming your Wife If' Ws feed' greVi livid with passion, Had she seen the fury that flamed froni his eyes she would have fled for her life, but her face was turned from him. . . "That is your answer ?' he seid, in a low, hissing voice. "It is my final decision," she said. "Do as you will." ' "You know that X shall go straight to. Lord Lisle, and tell him how vile a, traitress he has asked to be his Wife ; that before sunset you will he thrust with ignominy and disdain from a home to which you have never had the sfiefest right 1" "I have a rikht," s.he said, "that you have overlooked. Even suppos- leg you carry out your seheme of vengeance, I shall but change places with my foster -sister. The late I,ord - Lisle -intended to befriend Susan Rivers' ohild, even as she had befriended his daughter. You . will disgrace . and degrade xne-your power stoPs, there," • The fury in his face would have alarmed her, but she never saw it. -"Ralph" She said, in yonder house everything is prepared for my wed- ding. I love rank and luxury; I love Lord Lisle. Make a compact with me. LOONV .xne in peace -leave /no to take aty own path, and you take Yours, I win make you a rich man -rich beyond .your wildest dreams. ' You gale nothing by dis- gracing me." - "'area" he replied,- angrily, "X gain my revenge," "You refuse, then?" she asked. "I refute. .1 have sworn and you have sworn that you will be ivy Wife. That vow shall be kept!" "Neverr" she said, calmly. "I prefer death. 1 have sinned myself, but I could never stoop se tont as to marry the Man , Who Could trade upon a, woinan'ia eeeret, Do your worst; you cannot hurt me mucl'S I will go with you, and look Lord Lisle in the face ,wbile.ertsu tell your story. I am no coward, Wiwi.all le don'-Wheit your worst, veegeafiCe la Iv/v*0 Oda nite-X aln the Vic- tor -not yeti. She Was frightened there for he seized her arm 'with a 'ue1, hard grasp. "No," he Raid, "you shell never cangner-X Will kill you ilrst," • She looked in the Aeree, angry fate bent. over her. "Ralph!" she said, "you cannot mean it!" As she stood there alone in the silent depths of the woods with that fierce „ wild man, Captain Darceds words flaehed across her, Xf yea ever want e, friend with a true heart and a strong arm, remember me." Ahl if he could but come to save log now! "X clo mean it!" he said. "I am 'Mad, you have made me sof You shall not leave stilts place alive un- less you ,proraise to be my wife -to go away with m'e aow and at once!" The hapless • girl $aw semething shining in his hands, and turned to fly. There was a ruele-a, struggle - sharp, shrill cry -a shot- fired --and the deed. was done. The sun saw it, and still slice on, the smiling heavens did not grow bolirre.aiek, and angry at the ruthless Down in the thick, dew -laden grass, crushing the fragrant flowers, sbe fell, her cleata-like Materes hidden by the fern leaves. There had been no time to repent -no time to ask for mercy -no time to plead for par- don. He stood for one moment stunned by his own act, then he knelt by her side and called her. Ile raised the white face from the ground and saw death there. "I did not Mean it," he gasped - "I did not mean it! You drove's:de mod, Rita!" Down again fell the dead face, aral he ',turned, with a try. that rang through the silent woods -rang up to the high heavens. He turned and fled. Blind with mad fury, glutted re- venge, and wounded, outragedlove,• the air like a, red-hotmist around him, he fled from the sight of the dead features that were to heurst him until his last hour, . The birds, scared for a time by the shot, resumed their song; the sunbeams began to pierce the dense renege mid gligten in the dew -drops;, the little brook murmured its own story; the flowers gave forth fresh fragrance, all heedless ofethe crushed, heap of shining sills and gleaming jeweis-all 'heedless olethe hair stir- red 'by tile slimmer wind or of the white face' hidden by the fern leaeres. (To Be Continued). 4 • MR. SIIIITIrS WARNING, -'Look here, what are you doing there?" ' - The man . who asked the question seemed excited, ,but the man to whomit, was addressed, was not dis- turbed in the least., He was damp- ing a load of rubbish on a vacant plot of ground. This was perfectly .appaxent to the questioner, too, so the:teethe question was clearly unne- cessary as a means of obtaining in- formation. The idea must have im- pressed itself upon the man at work, for he went on with his task. The other man became more excited at this non -attention, and asked the question again in a seeder tone than before. , Then the workman replied, "I am unloading some rubbish, sir." -But don't you see that sign?" demanded the angry man, pointing to a notice on a post not, ten feet ow ay . "Yes, sir." "What does it say?" "It says, 'Place no rubbish here by order of John. Smith,' " read the man. "Well, sir," the angry man went on, "I am John 'Smith, the owner of that ground!" ' "Glad to know you, sir." "None of Your impudence, sir, or I will have you arrested! Now, 1 wish to know why you dump rubbish on my land 'Alen there is a notice distinctly forbidding, it?" "I beg .your pardon, Me, Smith, but that notice does not forbid •mo from dumaing rubbish here.'f' "It .doesn't, • eh? What ,does it say, then, I'd like to know e sir?" • "Well, Mr. Smith, I've. read 'it to you once, but I will rearleit again if you wish. It says,, 'Place no rub- bish hare by order of John Smith,' and I have placed maim here by order of John Smith. I wit'irk for a man named, Robinson." At this the man mounted his coat and drove away, leaving Mr.' Smith very thoughtfel. The next day the sign was proper- ly punctuated. To prove to you thee Da Chase's Ointment is a certain and absolute euro for each and every form of itching, bleedingand protrading piles, the roarinfatiturers have guaranteed, it. Seethe- timonials in the daily press and ask your neigh - hors virhatthey think of it, You eau use it arid ggt your money back if not cured, 60o a box, at au dealers Or EDI4A1,18013,BATE8 C0,70r0Ote, Dr, Chase's Ointment steseennefeeseeasealteasaseeeseteiestesaleasee ete 2 • + I IIIE 11.111M11 11%1111! .0 4•41441+40:4 4;400 tt+C•4•0:4+Cs The Replies of England, by Which is meant the erown, swords, end other signs of royalty used at the Coronation, for the most part:dates back no further than the Restora- tion, as the °maroon:wealth ()facers destroyed it, and converted the pro- ceeds for the use of the Government. But, while this is true of the spe- 'dile articles at present, their or- iginals, and the meaning which they convoy, existed and take its root back io the days before the Norman conquest, St. Edward's*crown was made for Charles IL in commemoration of the crown of the Confessor. It is rich- ly adorned with preoloue steno of various kinds, diamonds, rubies, em- eralds, sapphires, pearls, with a mound of gold on the top, Stir - mounted by a. gold cross, adorned by jewels, and partieularly by three large oval pearls, one of which is on the top of the cross, and the others pendent on each limb. The erown consists of four crosses and as many fleur-de-lys upon a rini of gold, adorned with precious stones, from the top of whioh crosses rise fourcircular arches, The cap with- in the crown. is. of crinason velvet, turned up with ermine. The Queen Consort's crown is at gold, set with diamen.ds, pearls, and other jewels, and was made for the Queen of William III. - THE ROYAL SCEPTER. The Royal Scdpter, or Scepter' With the CrOSS, WiliCh is placed • in the iiight hand- ofthe sovereign at coronation, is 'of gold, the handle Plain, and the upper part wreathed; in length two feet eine and a guai-. ter inches. The shaft is emiched with rubies, emeralds, and small diamonds. The ancient fleur-de-lys, with which the scepter was adorned, were replaced previous to the cor- onation of George IV. by golden leaves surrounding a large ame- thyst, 'each bearing the rose, the shamrock, and • the thistle. The magnificent amethyst at the top forms a globe, which is encircled with diamonds, and surmounted by a cross Of precious stones, with a table diamond in the midst. The Scepter with the Dove is of gold, three feet seven inches in *length, three inches in circumference at the handle and two inches and a half at tne top. The pommel is garnished with a circlet or fillet of table diamonds, and in several places with precious stones of vari- ous hinds.At the top is a mound surmounted by a cross, sustaining a dove with extended wings, enomeled white; the mound is encompassed with a fillelit of diamonds, . The amen's Scepter, with the cross is of gold, adorned with precious stones, very like the King's for the most part, but not wreathed nor quite so large. TT-Trti ROD AND STAPP. The Queen's ivory rod was made for -Queen Mary, consort of James IL, and is a scepter of white ivory, three feet one inch and a half in length, with a pommel 'and cross of gold, and a dove on the top, St. Edward's staff, which is car- ried before the ,sovereign at the cor- onation; is a staff of beaten gold, four feet seven and a half inches in length, and about three-quarters of an inch in diameter, with a pike or foot of steel four inches and a quar- ter long, and a mound and cross at the top. The Anaoulla, or golden eagle, con- taining the consecrated oil for the anointing, is of gold finely chased. The head screws off at the middle of the neck for the convenience of put- ting in the all, the neck being hole low to the beak, the holy oil is poured out into a. spoon through the beak. The height of the Ampulla, 'including the pedestal. is alma nine inches. • The pedestal is three and a half inches wide, and the dista,nce from tip t� tip , of the extended wings is seven inehes. The weight of the whole is -about eight or ten ounces, and it is capable of contain- ing about six ounces of oil. The Ampulla now in use is Said to be the original, and to date Isac.k to the reign of Henry IV, AN ANCIENT SPOON. ,The Spoon, irons its extreme thin- ness, appears to be ancient, and it may have been used ha coronations since the twelfth century. There are four pearls in the broadest part of the handle, and the bowl. Is dec- orated with an arabesque pattern. The Orb, Mound, or Globe, which is placed in the Xing's hand imme- diately upon being crowned, repro- sente supreme political power, and has never been put into the hands of any but kings or -queens regnant, The use of this emblem is as old as the Roman Emperors, from whom it JACK, A COMMON NAME. In France the commonest Chris- tian name is Jacques (James). Hence, in course of time., folk got in- to the habit of using it an a kind of nickntone for a eornmon xnan-a peasant, for example. In England John is the omen:fattest Christian name, and it is said that'by a sim- ilar process in hnitation of the French model the familiar iJa,ck came to be applied not only to com- lnon Men, but also 1.0 common things, especially to things of every day use which took the place of ser - view.; onae rendered fly an attend - mit, Thus we have bootjack and blackjack, McRae?' atal jack pudding, and even Union Jack and jack tare In these laat two instances the word is used out of affection rather than contempt. TRAINED ANTS. Trained ants are the latest novelty in 33er1in. There is a little circus in which these performers appear daily, They dance, turn somersaults, draw miniature Wagginis, •fight sham bat- tles, aita perform other wonders. wee borrewed by the On Mere It le a gold b11, siX inohea in diam- eter, encorapiteeed With a band a geld, entieellished with roses of monde encircling enseralds, rubles anti beepphires, and edged ahont with pearl. On the top IS a remarkably fine emethyet, oval in shape, new- ly nu inch and a half in hoipte, whith terms the foot of a crose of gold, three indie$ and a quarter high and three bathes broad, set very thiels with diamonds, haling in the ceeere a sapphire on one side and an elierald on the other, hnd embellished with four large Pearls le the angles of the cross eear the cell- :a:et:leas: three large PedriS at the end of the croes. The whole height of the orb ,and cross 10 elevela FOUR SWORDS. There aree four sword*: Curtana, or the pointless sword of mercy; the swords of justice, temporal and ecelekastical, and the si:ord of elate. The latter alone is worn by the king at coronation; the others. being carried before him by .orficer$ of• state. • Ourtana is -a broad,. bright StVerd, the length of the blade being thirty- two inches, • and the breadth two inches. The scabbard belonging- to .fine, gilt wire, is four incises in length, besides the porfunel, an inch and. three-quarters, whicia; with the crosa, is plain steel gilt, the length of the cross being about eight inches, The scabbard be.onging to it is covered with a rich brocaded cloth of tisette, with a gilt ferrule, hook, and cape, • The Sword of State is a large two-handed • swords having a riCh scabbard of crimson velvet, decor- ated with gold plates of the roYal badges; harp, thistle, and rose; the orb, crest of a, lion standing on a crown, portcullis. The handle and pommel of the sword are embossed with similar devices, and the cross is ft:Med of the royal supporters, having a rose with a laurel on one Side and a fieur-de-lys on the other. The Sword of justice to the Spir- ituality is a, pointed sword, but somewhat obtuse. The length • of the blade is forty inches. • The Sword- of Justice to the Tem- porality is a sharp -pointed sword. GOLDEN SPURS. , The Great Golden Spurs are the symbols df chivalry. They have no rowels, but end in an oreanaented point, being what, are commonly de- nominated "prick spurs." The Ring which is 'used at corona- tion is of plain gold, with a large table ruby, on which is engraved St. George's cross. The. ruby has to be newly set for each sovereign, The Queen's ring is of gold, set with a large table ruby, an six- teen other small rubies set about, The .coronation ring is connected with St. Edward the Confessor' in. a pretty legend. A certain "fayre old man." having asked alms of him, he had nothing to bestow upon him but the ring. Shortly afterwards two English pilgrims lost their way in the Holy Land, "when, there came to them a fayre ancient man, with white hear for ago. Thenne the old man axed theym what they were, and of what regyon. And they an- swered that they were pylgrims of England, and had:de lost -their felly - ship and way also. Menne thys olde man comforted theyin goodly, and brought they= into a fayre Cy - tee; and whaune they had refreshed theym, and rested there elle nyghte, on the morne thys fayre olde man went with theym, and brought they'll into ,the ryghte way agayne. And he was gla.dde to hear theym tante of welfayre and holynesse of theyre kynge, Saynt Edward. And when he shaulde depart from them thenne he told theym what he was, and sayd, 'I am Johan the Evangelist; and saye ye unto Edwarde, your Rynge, that I greet him well by the token that he gaff thys rynge with his owne halides, which rynge ye thane delyver to him agaynen and -When= he had delyvered to theym the rynge, he departed from theym soddenly." The ring was received by the Royal Confessor and placed in-Weetminster, and preserved at his shrine.And the legend is com- memorated in inany places about the Abbey. IT. OAHE IN HAADY. • It is saitl that -when in India, Win- ston Spencer Churchill, Lord Randolph ChurchilPs son, presented a copy of his first book to General Tucker, who, pre- vious to his South Africen command, was all-powerful at Secunderbad. "Do you like it?" young Churchill inquired of the general. "Haven't read it. Is it meant to read?" "Why, yes." "Wish you'd told me so before. I keep it hanging up in my dressing room, and tear off a page everymorning to wipe my razor on." • All unconscious of danger, the lit- tle rabbit was sporting in the grass. "Look out for um!" hissed the snake, suddenly appearing near by. "I'm an adder." 'Pooh! What's that?" retorted the rabbit scornfully. suppose you've never heard how our folks multip/y?" 0 ou.S*gss aitrte Which Illar 14reVe Valuable iri Exteading Trade, It 1.211028 Lakes werth to make loleieess. Tbe proof of advertising Is the re- sitDon't advertise an eridele fur Whitt it is not. Tho 'best ttway get' business is t oalter e When in doubt about an advertise - meet tell the truth. It takes judgenent and thought, to giLee,, to advertising its financial va Be as honest with the (alStOnler as you would waut the cestomer to be with you. It is better to advertise Persistent- ly if you want to keep a persisteet grip on prosperity. Every aclvertisemeot should bete some reason why people eould expeet vottiteluriengwahee. they responded to the If you have values worth offering to bargain hunters it is neeessary 1.0 tell the bargain hunter in circler to sell the goods. I-Iow caw people know that you have what they want unless you tell them how inueli they want it and why they want it? A little advertisement is better than none, but often a little adver.: tisement is wasted where a great deal would show a decided profit. Every business man slimed keep his eyes open for businese opportun- ities and ahould use them properly tit the right time, A straight statement is the • best advertisement for anything it issede- sired to sell. Honesty is essential in every bit af advertising. Fair treatment of customers will do much to make the establishment the popular place the Proprietor na- turally desires it shonid be, All the push i the world won't overconie the bad reputation caused by unfair treatment of those who are entitled, at least, to consider- ation. The man who pushes for busin.ess gets people interested in his efforts and makes the bargains stand out, by his own continued hustle. Tee best articles comniand the best price. Dolift advertise that a first- class article is selling for half 'price what a, first-class article ought to briug. Every worthy article can be • ad- vertised and every business man should have that which is worthy in order to reach those who appreciate worthy goods, If all the advertising were planned with business judgment there would be no doubt of the financial value to tlee one who promoted the business represented. Advertising just now should be planned to sell sinnmery things to those • who want. summery things. The best way to know how to write that kind tat advertising is to know the goods that are to be sold and to tell others how well you know those goods and what you know good about them, HEARD IN BATTLE. Deeds of valor and self-sacrifice in face of the enemy are not always ac- companied by rhetorical fireworks. Daring the Zulu War, after an en- gagement in which the British troops were defeated by Cetewayo's black warriors and were compelled to fly 'for their lives, an English cavalry- man, whose scraggy little pony leap- ed from an assegai slash, detached himself from the retreat and gallop- ed back upon the charging Zulus. A glance over his shoulder • had shown him a dismounted comrade, stumbling painfully along trying to jain some cartridges into his clogged revolver. • When the trooper's pony trotted up the Zulus wene almost upon the two soldiers. Fortuakte- ly, however, they had discarded their spears and were mishandling eaptur- ed carbines. Now, in a melodrama, or ill a re- alistic novel, the language of these two gallant soldiers, one to the oth- er, would have been. noble'lofty, and inspiring. This is what they really eaid: "Get out of thisi, Bill, ye bloomin" ijit the bleak beggars will skewer ye," gasped the wounded man. "You climb up on this 'orse or I'll punch' yer 'ead off)." was the reply of the other. And it is delightful to be able to say that he did climb up, aod they both es(aped from the "black beg- gars," and that the trooper got the Victoria Cross. • —+— TELEPHONE FOR DIVERS. Several up-to-date divers' suits are being experimented with in different places round the British coasts. They have a telephone attachment, so that the submerged person can converse with his aids at the sur- face. The telephone is stated • to have so far prbved itself to be trustworthy*, . and a great improve - anent on the rope system of signal- ! ling. 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Toefeedas. sae wass xlmalcut, CZAR OF 1111881A THE X TVAISW, TEZIS WHT A sa:•$.41Ar, tits ]i'opnd the Czar a, Xazi df Foree And ta:n,4eZtisFic,a'rn.:en:140*,ve her keen, Clear-visiOned «Ord PeX" trait of the Czar, writes Frank $„, Arnett in Athelee'e Magagine, "HO hes the Most beailtiful eye Inraginieri, We, and expressive of se much seula aee Is ell kindness and tertelertneeet Yet, despite his lack of height and slender and somewhat 401140 phy-t Sitlue, he Impressed ins as a Mart of tremendous foece end aitdlity. Ile has a nature all sunshine, end is Perfectly happy with his childrens who were often with hiniin the tem- porary studio at the Palace. Re so loves his people that lie Simply Can- not believe that any of them would harm hint- ge is Positively with - his dorsky or his threerborsed troi- ka, unattended save by his coach - Mau, who has 'been in the fatally fOr years.. It is the same way • inside the palace, where he wanders abut in the inost informai way, the elate ter of his emirs, which he alwaYs wears, being the only onnolcricement we had that he was entering the room, All that the papers hare printed about hem -walled rooms arid a life of terror led by the Royal family is without one particle of truth. 'low can they print, suck ' things when they know nothing of the reel palace We, or else know', that what they say is false? 'All his life the Czar was educat- ed for kingship, and hie personality seemed to me that of a born ruler of men, modest though he is, and even shy like the Eixipress. Even in this ordinary conversationthat eccont- penied our sittings or the fatal/ gatherings that sometimes took planet In the room Where I painted, 2gain- ed the knowledge that the Czar hall a warm emotional nature, and a lit' orous intellect, that beneath hie. quiet exterior there is PASSION AND ENTHUSIASM. I think also, that I realized thart this beautiful -Empress of blushed and downcast eyes, by her loog reps sidence in England with her gran& mother, Queen. Victoria -she wass you know, a lonely and motherlese girl, being only six when Priocesst Alice died -has been given a greater equality of feeling than would have been possible, perhaps, had she lived more in Germany. "Most of my work was done al the Winter Palace in $t. Pf3ter9burge but on several occasions I was C,9.11* ed to sittings at el'sarkoe Seloe, the Royal summdr residence sixteen'atilei outside the capital, Overwhelming - as ie its size, beautiful as are the chalets scattered through its forest, Spien.did as are such rooms LLD the one floored -with ebony inlaid witte mother-of-pearl, it was none of these that interested me Most, but the fact that here the Czar and his bride spent their honeymoon. Here prace tically alone, they passed almost all of the first winter, receiving abso- lutely no one except ministers of state, and these only men upon im- portant business, the Czarina die- spensing much of the time even with the attendance of her lady-in-wait- ing. "When I was about to leave Rus- sia, the Empress cordially pressed inc to return, the following year; and so I should have done had I not had that ungovernable impulse to go to South Africa , and paint Cecil Rhodes, the photographs of • whose powerful head had an irresistible fascination for me, and who turned out to be as a sitter, or, the worst of elite -like caged lion in my sta., dio. Yet his only unfavorable com- ment on the portrait was the soma. what pathetic query: 'Can't you make me look a little kinder?' "The Itoyal family of Russia had made me so welcome tha.t I felt in- expressibly sad • at parting. More than that, it had been delightful to find them inbued with such a, true APPRECIATION OF ART. " Ret eatedly they showed me that they felt that artists are few, and that great artists are geniuses. This tbey have been, taught from birth and their love for the beautiful is natural, surrounded as they have been from childhood with greet mese terpieces. Then, too, it is an inspire ation to be with them, for they dO everything so well and with all theist hearts. They seem to realize that if it is not, worth doing that way, it is not worth doing at all and thee, just flora. "Royalty is not formidable. It is very human. It is, of course, above all, absolutely well-bred, and, helices is charming and lovable in its home life. It never disappoints an artist in appointment. All have their off - days, you May be sure, like the rest of us poortmortals--tired, headachy, and all that; but there is moor one word of comploint, far less any eine. dietitian of neglecting the sitting, 'low different is this from the orditie ary woman of sotiety, with whom tbe slightest indisposition ot fatigue ' IS suflicient excuse for a brolcen ea- gagameet, I really feel that the life of monarchs like those of Russia is one long, geecrous anti kindly .selar sacrifice; but it•must soinetiraes be herat-breaking to live up to the let.A- of noblesse oblige." IT DIDN'T MATTER. A little boy climbed a: sleep spoilt attached • to 1118 parents' house to get a bird's ueet. Ile was succeses ful, and was walking awate when a gentleinan who had Watched his dan- gerous feat, stopped him and said: "Ay little fellow, X was sorry to see you risk.your life for sueli a pal - hat Woulci have hap- pened if the, spout had given way?" etted the boy, 'it wouldn't) have mattered Mifele we're leeeing the house teatorrowl" Spokes -"The bieyeas ie a great moral. factor. Tt keeps women front gossiping about thcit, sleigh bors.' ' ignitdS--- 'Ugh 1 AS far an t' ran st,e, it helps them to rae people down more than over."