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� ,,��4- , � )phoao Up the military, Thal strik- had been go rap!413 1, I IT
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� ",;V I arks are out to a man, And they have ,the crowd failed to grip its detail cognition greeted his appearance 0 0 , .
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V '. - murder in thoir mind." before its termination, found Bell- As, flinging open the sash, h - W � - HaTe Been Revealed by
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�, , � , 14 he ,gave the animal its head 'and, hands raised tbe lad-aer once again Into position, Bellingham deson4- ... . .. � : A commonplace paragraph in thq .
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I'll., . to safety only . man .
� tockworth. . ce in real. life that is equal ;
: Springing forward, Bellingham. in the nick of time. Staggering to I I
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� � �S�� ,� . I I ... I -_ I at ai� reckless pace, wlien a sudden sessed, -till lie gained a, spot where stunned by a thunderous roar I � TT - The , �
. I ,� 9 A 9 �9 1. I I I glare burst into bove Repton stood supporting his daug.h- mingled with a crash of breakin -_ I sqp,ire who has just died a recluse is �il,, I
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�., . the crests of an intervening belt of ter's fainting figure. POSSGssilrg glass. Startled he glanced up- . by no means the first of its kind, I
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,9 , ., . . .,*-I,,-*- marry Bee in defiance of your a THE STANDARD says Pearson's Weekly. � -
. I I woodland. For a moment it illu- hims If of Beatrice's senseless forra -wArds todiscoverashodid so that I
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,� ��,q 11 , f wishes, I am not the kind of fel- mined the firmainent, died down, lie raised it in his ,arms to I After his death his servants were
i�, ��. � -. �, l low to urge your men to go back swing tile, window be had so recently ap- APUICLE - SOLD
11 .. I I . e * to work then anew sprang into prominence. her body over his shoulder. peared.at was now sharply outlined ls�rprised to learn that Ile was a *,_
1� 19 A groan escaped Bellingha)�u's'lips "Quick, man," lie snapped� as, by gusts of bursting flaine. The -ey had always look- t .
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I . I � I are right, their demands are just, as the sight met his startled eyes. clambering over the edge of the floor had collapsed I Had his es- I . . _.
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, . 1. Jabez Repton, coal king, belong- to be forced to do an obvious 111- in on. his mind, Bellingham turned I .5] � '11 I I 4
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( I The strikers had fired 'Mattock- Rung by rung Bellingham do- to find. Repton at his elbow. I e." . age of, e'ighty-one his will proved
I ed to the genus man who is usuallDr. justice at the hands of their trade I . lalsini", ii, i
', 1, I , worth Manor. � sceiided -earthwards, Tenderli car- "Pvegot it—safe V' ,said Belling- llilll,illtilll 1111§11111111l'il 11111, 1111111HIll, il that lie 'had been" secretly married -, - I
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9 1, . i� alluded to as bard-fiated. union I" � "Good heavens!" he cried in the rying big precious burden,, the ham, opeaking in sharp, jerky ac- S. in RI I I to his servant for thirtY7seve . V ,�,
� � � `�' The worker,of the Mattockworth Bellingham paused abruptly- anguish of his soul, "they have set Young land-owner,fought his wa . Y cents, "I've done my part of the I � , 11111,1114(1111 Ill ril 11111 :111 1111I.- 111111111ii, years. - � . ., � i
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: � � .1 eoal-fielda called him by the harder There was that in Reptou's crimson fire -to the place 1 The mail are ma4 downwards through at! � Irai V I I T'leir love-st6ry was indeed a 11.
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1 N � i I yet, perhaps, more comprehensive face which dema,nd,ed silence on his to -night; they Are just in the mood smoke till lie gahied the grouild's yours I Consent to the men's de- 1I 11 �J I strange one. He had long.formed I
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title of miser. For years he had part: In silence the coal -owner to let Reipton burn in his own level.' Here he found tile mob.si w- mands, Give them th' 1PU S s honorable attachment for I ,hi,i .9 , i
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I been locally known as Miser Rep turned sharply round on his heel I I I �"
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. hmse, -and—Heaven help me, Beat- ly recoiling On itself before the slow they want, and agree to my Mar � A& nable to
: , � 1� ton; for years, too, he had fought and, pressing an electric bell at his � well., 2 1 ................. .. r,�
� . 1, - e., rice as advanbe of the cordon of mounted riage, with Beatrice, and the jewel plain this to his family, he mar-
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�. ill, . an unsuccessful fight with the trade side of the fireplaco, indicated the Like, a man possessed the urged police now surrounding the buil4- is . . �11`
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I union I yours I" 13 rl.od her !secretly Only 'bar family .
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: ,� . I .L holding the colliers' man before him with a confemptu- his horse on by a lashof whip and ' Nor had they arrived' other 'Give the diamond to Me -1 eon- I his intimate ��,,�l
, interest at heart, had different inger as his but, Ing � . and one or two of
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� I ideas an the subject of wages to ler entered the room. . prick of spur. thail in the nick of time for the sal- sd-at to both!" L I M I 'r E 0 1 friends being aware of -the fact. ZI
1 9 . ) To his dying day Bellingham nev- vation of Repton at the collier's "When you've told that to the I 11
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1: I -In his luxurious drawilig-room said insult. er forgot the wild scene which met "" ry hands..' Cowering against deputation, and given publicity to -lie gall -
r he, with studied -watched most of � is acquaintances 4 !i!l��
:: � the coal king haA,received the de- , I 'Should he call again on either my- his eyes when reining in his sweat- theg, ladder, the coal-oN!ner both my demands I'll hand it over 052EXTIMM _ � tleman was a, . bachelor, his wiie still
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I legation selected from the ranks of d- ing horseas he �arrived on tile out- tile men's .at uggle's with the eon- to you, " replied Bellingham, W, -, 9�
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" . self or Miss Beatrice, you will kin in t ir effo In trust you far- BRITISH S31UGGLERS ABRO , _D acting as his ser i�
, 1. at ho' a i skirts of the yelling, maddened stables he rts. to reach cal ly.. ,,I don,t
: � ; , his, wc;rkers. With a grim ,Smile, ly inform hin� we -are not in i� crowd of strikers surrounding the him Listening to the yell of their ther than I can see you, Mr. ing wages as such. He coulJ never !
� I 1. . "contracting the corners of Ilia Let there be no mistake on th Rep- . I
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. ,, 11 blazing mansion. In the satiation ba;�led-out curses, he .shuddered. ton! I've risked my. life to obtain. How Tobacco and Wllis,ky are Sli
:- �. straight-out mouth, he listened to point 1" of their ferocity, the abouting mob "Bellingham, stand by me,, for possession -of your property, and P. place as his wife, and to the, end - �
�9 ;;L Y, the atguments put forward by their Smiling, Bellingham accepted his ped Into Russia. - 9
1 .1 - � I . spokesman for an augmentation of dismissal. Following in tile but- seemed to have forgotten th6ir pity's sake!" he q-Liavered. "They- I'll hand it over when I have re- � she rqferrerl to him as .
�' : manhood. Hesitating a moment, 'It teat Bee and myself to Pieces ceived my payment-." I The British colony at St. Peters- I
r , ! the colliers' wage. The knowledge ler's wake, he allowed himself to 0 "TR]q4 MASTER." � 9 .
1� k . -agh uncertain how best to ct unless ypu are by. You're their Bellingham's words admitted of burg numbers about 2,000 souls,
�: . I that the request was backed by the be ushered out of the house into the " the a .
I . in face of tht situation that had friend, I their enemy. It's MY life no -argument. Repton, like, a wise, comprising merchants, mill --in- The rdoney slic savi3d out of her
,. I � union itself left him unmoved. In roadway without; then, unaware
,9.1 ,� . � . silence he waited for the Man t that his exit had been observed by been forced upon him, then, obey- —Bee's—they want to have, - but man, realizing siieh to be the case, ! ployees, teachers, .�orae traincrS, wages she handed -over to her hus7
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I � �. ing asudden impulse, he 11 and all sorts and conditions. Liv- band without reservation .and de -
4' ; finish speaking, then, allowing his gang of grimy -visaged men, ung dis- with your help I'll cheat them. bowed to the inevitable. In re- I
�,� - : I . , a cretion to the winds and, forcing Talay've brunt the house Out! Let turn he received his property from I
. : smouldering rage sudden ex -Pres- strode angrily dovn the drive till -lie ing is -expensive, and although, sired that she should have no claim . I I
I 11 I his horse through t shrieking, the Manor go; it's insured 1 I'll his future, son-in-law the ,next generally speaking, the majority of on his estate as his wife except
.. I . . .sion, angrily and categorically re- he reached its gates. Here, to his C. - I
: - , 9 gesticulating mob, came to a halt mak:6 a deal, and— Oh, heavens 1 rnor�ing -at the -conclusion of an in -
1 � ,.. fused. to entertain the proposals surprise, he found himself sur- beyond their foremost. ranks. Bind- I forgot—the diamond I The Rep- terview he had with a deputation B-1-itiihers there� are doing well, what lie left her by will. He spent, I
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i . a hanf -erchief -across his ani- ton diamond! There's not a second of his colliers, in -which he acceded
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I .. , � Hot ,words succeeded the coal-own� recognizing him as a friend, hailed In- I Only had to their demands. ing, preserves tobacco, and so on every year, but the only present
! - - I. pression of his determination. him as such. mals eyes he� swung it round -on its one in Europe like it. cost so much,' owing to excessi've he
: :. I er's a-, 9 haunches, till it faced the howling it from the bank a week ago 1 Bat- "You ,should go far, Hilary," = , could prevail .upon her to ac-
. � ..,:1 The immediate result of his refusal I,, Us seed ',ee go in," remarked I
� , , .1 mob of strikers. . lingliam, it's in my bedroom, on the saW he, -viciously, glancing at tile duties, that the temptation to smug- cept was a watch. . I
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I. . proved a repetition of an oldstory. their spokesman, a burly cageman, . ,,you gle, is doubly strong, he
�, r. I I incy a tatable! I left i� there when the go glittering in his hand, and, as a r,e- As she lived in the country
�, 1-11, Leaving Repton's presence, the de- pushing his way to the front of his `Mon," he shouted, raisi � in
I I 9 legation proclaimed a strike, fellows. "Us knowed th ,,and above Iiis head to command alarm. of fire was raised. I have know how to make the most of an suit, respectable fathers of families, once engaged a servant for her, 11
1� � " � -el ee was go- --� I nee, "are. . Ton Englishman or thrown a quarter of'a million into opportunity." . - iies, and but she preferred to do the -work . , *4
,. , '39. - At noon that day the Mattock- in' to speak for us ,t' owd Miser §1 I governesses, clerks, meclia, _r
;., I Nl�,, worth coal -fields. remained idle, the ,im cave in q blackguaxds? This act of yours has the flames 1" "You told. me van would consent oth,ors make & regular practice of herself,, and When they were to-
� �C'.' . Repton. 'As ',ee made robbed you -of any claim to sym- Palsied in bi-, miserly fear of loss, to tAe marriage if I could. end the procuring such and similar articles gather -her only regret was thab
I-, I _ streets of the Mining village be- Speak out, lad." use. I do net Repton, wringing his hands, stared strike," said he, placidly. "Illave illrough friendly captain-, mates, other servants were necessary. She
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I .1� ... I ers which, as the days passed, grew "I went- to see him know who is responsible for urging into his oompanion's face with done so. What have You to growl- or stewards of thd regular steam- ,died -a year before her. husband,
., �, of business. Beyond a passing re- , but I bloodshot eyes. Wild appeal glar- at?"
1 . I �, hostile and ever more threatening Mark on the, trouble of Mattock_ you to commit this outrage ers. and her tombsWne testifies to the
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'.. I -wards Repton. am positive that no Mattock -worth ad fro 0 With smart Customs -officers as in love and devotion of the "sery u -
. � - ''I to worth, I made no reference -to the "I had hoped England, this state of things could and Wife. " I , . 1, �
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I Matters had reached their cli 9 terms Beatrice could have married a title.
. � strike, Shrieve " sand Bellingham. 'ollier old it
I � '. . ax, when Hilary Bellingham, a local "I'm afraid it'Wlll be some� consid- barm is done 1 Nothing can undo within big power to ��xact scarcely exist, but tht Russian of-� Another wealthy landowner con-
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i �� � Iazzd-v,W-niry cailed on Repton. Thu, erable time before Rept ficial, besides being easy to, bribe, tracted a second marriage which , I,
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t .;I �!', �-� _ - -- '4�oal king - )up kitchen out this stain on your honor. You. moment's hesitation, he gently laid Orthodox and wish you all happi-
.._ _, received him with a ftig sense; meanwhile, the si: hasn't the -energy to make trou- was only revealed after his death,
"t. know from past experience that I the figure ,of the woman who held ness." - � I
., id smile. That his visitor should be ble, and thereby cauge himself ex- as lie left a considerable ortion of
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. I . . ik- am your friend! ' Show yourselves his heart a captive -upon the grassy "Thanks," said Bellingham, with ,
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I il:, �� . � I an overt sympathiser with the str the strike ends." to be mine. The girl I love is in sward at his feet. a happy laugh; "on that score I tra work (without overtime Pay) his property, 9 to tWt)`,34AId*e11_b_X4_k1�__ — .
! -!�'. ers was in no way likely to predis- A hoarse Mutter of angergreeted that building! Hustle round and "If I get You this gam," quolth lie don't think there is the* least doubt, whilst inquiries are being made. union. 1 �1 k
:� pose Repton in his favor. the young landowner's -statement. So it is that young ladies fre- - Some*years ago' there died in
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!� get ladders and water also to put sharply, "I shall demand two Come, Repton, be a sportsman. i,
I "I received your letter, Belling- Tempers were like gunpowder in quently run down to the harbor '.
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i.,�, � out this infernal blaze you have things at your hands in payment for Bury the hatchet -and gi , London a Nrell-to-do gentleman who
11 :.�., ham," said he, with calculated pot- Mattockworth; it needed but a 9 . .1 scantily clad, returning home was regarded as one of the most , 1
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'' .., you have extended to Beatrice, ev- 0 Hushedinto silence by the unex- . "You'll be burnt to a cinder," Still smiling, Bellingham out- decidedly buxom in figure and ,convivial of companions and a eon-. lt:��
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I'll an if it is one I cannot accept. For "Weeks!" muttered ShrieT,do "It pectedness of his appearance and mutteredR`1 . an- firmed bachelor. He led people to �'I
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I I some time past you and I have, been tic ,a each, the but a madman would ,risk it." and Repton, suddenly abandoning ance. Did -one know the truth, understand that he had no respoa- -
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at daggers drawn on certain sub- senses, will it, maisterl Us will mob at first hesitated, then cheered Bellingham's face hardened. his distant attitude, .grasped it that eleg'ant bust consistslet a doz- sibilties of 'any kind, and he was .,��
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; , ,+ jects. You have a right to your op- * bring 'im to 'am this night 1 Us the man who had so unhesitatin "I have -a lot at stake," -said he, -warmly. . an Yarmouth kippers, a new sill- looked upon as something of ':
). gly "Gad," said lie, "YOU e a bat- blouse, a length of cloth, besides :1
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1.�� inions as much as I have to mine. lave, lad enough of these 'ere -weeks defied their power to their faces. , A WOMAN HATE R. .
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1. 9 V.- . England is a free country, but I of starvation. It's time as Miser 9 At that supreme moment Balling- terms, and I will run the risk.' ter man than I am, Bellingham, several tins of salmon. Needless .11.
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_11 ? � . have no desire to see a �nion be- Repton tasted a bit of what we've ham held the mob in the bollow of, "I can guess what they are h ' r ' re- n proof of the same join Bee ly East Coast aroma for some time Yet to everyone's astonishment his I 1
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. 1�. . being the case I see no reason for er would have 'act a tighter bit of conquest appeared within his grasp is no time to split straws. You have then, good-bye." . When a man has a suit of clothes wife testified that lie was the most
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,�;� prolonging this interview," the whip-lit,nd in this affair, and I
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, ,;;9 ! the obvicii-n m man in Mattockworth as -wouldn't at of the mansion's roof changed the roof the best w�
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t him in none toodelicate, a manner., Smiling, Bellingham nodded his Wreathed in billowing eddies of . and and the rest is very easy work.
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,;. me, fiarrow parapet of the blazing man . 'those made IIP'iyl flat beina unmarried, for she never.
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i ,t,y deal- Repton.1 7 sai. sion, shouting out frenzied appeals . re,bottles of 'whisky M .
,": " � smoke, up the ladder, -and on to his stock. Cows, for instance, love pacliets. Squa entioned a husband.
, �. should know by now I &in not the ringing in. his ears. for help to a savage crowd making - -
il? the roof. From below, -echoing up to have, something to toss with their are not in favor; they bulk too no It transpired, that when she was
.1� Rking capital of his helplessness. . .
I . ,. -e no for an ans- "Poor beggars," said
I sort of man to tal, he." moc horns, and a stout canvas sack, ticeably. in the, pocket. still a young girl she married the
11 1�1:p - I "Tractable as children if treated in The sight. stirred Bellingham to a from the gravel of the drive, came
��,� war unless it suits mv purpose oping stuffed with straw, will make them Endless are, the devices to evade f .
: ,�!Ji:'. , am sorry you do not approveof the the right 'wa,y. I only wish I had rage almost equalling that of the the clattering thud of gall , man o her choice, but he deceived
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19 l 11 yes, then, at- ing wheels. The Havering -engines post to rub against, and is as the narrowest of escapes recently- rallied about her money immediate-
19l� giving Beatrice up. Site has agreed no question of strike whilst I was the bandage off its 4�
� ife. In six the owner of the Mattockworth Col- lowing the terrified, animal to burst had ,arrived, at a moment, when a a toy tS them, as a ball is to a kit- He had a whole ham glung round ly after the � ceremony and they
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[:%�,',' months she will be of age, so,,l am liery. After all, a man is a Man,, its way through the serried'rankg dull, reverberating crash within ten, Sheep and � " his.waist by a, string, and, relyi parted practically at the church
�. . - swaying crowd, bearded the the bnilding announced tile, coi- butting, and a pig finds content-. on a flowing mackintosh to avoid d.04pr. .
" 14� afraid we shall marry in spite of all the world over, and as such de . of the l t in burrowing its nos '
4411 � . nearest collier. Harangui,ng the lapse of the first floor. men (3, in a d t, ver a . at eves up -on one an-
. . your objection. If -�ossible, how- serving of an honest wage." 6 L .1 will atection, stood waiting at the They ne �
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.11 9.1 9 ever, for her sake, I should like to TIlere was tragedy lurking in the man in violent language, Iliug- For a few moments the sound - has steamer pier for the ferry. A M other again, ,and the lady became
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-7- have your consent to orcr engage- air, though Bellingham Imew it him made him stand shamefaced ,sinister in its suggestion of growing some occupation to keep it employ- side was a Customs sentry, an , as a, recluse as she grew older; she
�:�- � -0 not. Not for a moment did be sus- amongst his fellows before the eon- Peril, held Bellingham ,chained to 7 -the fates would have it, a wretc a lived alone, and when an entrance
,, :�,, ment. I ameven prepared to go t -ad, And, just as. children a games wling about that was forced into the house she was
i, , some lengths to obtain the same. pact tile far-reaching effects those centrated venom of his tongue. the spot on which he stood. With a are often, the survival of old, war- little,dOg was Pro .
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I and tell me what'.1 can do to make of the, fact was brought to him by help V I" the, o�pen trap-door, as the engines . I �� - Jewe ���
9 . 9 .. ham, and, ignoiing sly kicks, ^sn The faithful family retainer is
11 . you fav or our suit." I a groom at dinner-tinie. Puzzled His words carried. weight with the with a vibrant roar commenced - 0— ad round his legs, fillod a whole usually* regarded as a Pei'son that � I
. I I .1 Smiling whimsically, Balling- by the insistence of the. man's re-- colliers in his immediate vicinity. pumping tons of water on the doom- letter- written next day (with a re-, is only to be found in fiction, but - ,,,
� I ardi into the stern quest to see him without delay. Though they muttered -curses from ad building from , a neighboring ILLU,efbN SHATTERED. mittance) to -the London provision tile ' I .
. I ham glanced up,w .. Inter-� beneath their breath, the men nev- stream. - , I death of a �
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9 trace of yielding in tho hard, grey viewing his -visitor in the hall, he, ,ertheless obeyed the speake � the sentry was admiria_q the ONCE WEALTHY BARONET
I I eyes levelled at, his own. Belling. learned with a feeling of almosty ders. Cowed bv Bellingham's per- swiftly -ascending -smoke Bettina- thlit -his father was distinctly sur- ever, � . .
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"I ham had seeri' ii;�t look before, and consternation that the strikers had 'sonality, awed 'by his dtnuinating, ham, with smarting eyes .and burst- prisea to 4catcli him the other day acen-ary in the opposite dir6ation Proved that she is 9 to * be, met iW1 ..,
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on each occasion that lie had done decided to vi6it. Rep i i horitative speech iggor- when the ferry�boa. 1.
. . to -L ii a body., aut h galvan- ifig langs, entered the building. iffiaking -his laprear-ed rabbit v , L i 9 114- in real life.
.1 . i e,houting, "'What's four 9 1 1 t title when
-n- -tiling a immediate -compli- ized. them into action, they hasten- Here, dashing into -a bedroom, be ously, and �,
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. re were few ance of ther demand, had resolved ed to act ii-pon, the bidding of -their ,a ; STRIKING TIMES. little more than a'
I fighting mood. The seized hold of & towel and, plung- times, nine V boy, ""but the
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I I men of his acquaintance who brook- to burn his house to the ground. self-constitilbad leader. Vithin ing it into a jug, -wourid the soake& "Tommy," said Papa, *1*hat are - Tli-e sch col -master! had.. found his esta,fes were heavily -encumbered, I 11 .�
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� ease, Bellingham braced himself to- hands. He coped with it by order-, proved sufriciont to reach tbe, level sodden surface was pressed against on ,shaking and repeating "Wha-Vs I a, Struggling against ad -
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gether to meet th anticipated ing an his swift. of the roof. � his mouth And nostrils, Bellingham fon, - time ave way ,an � .
e instant saddling of � 9 r a nine V ersity,his health g, d he ,
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� ,outburst of wrath. To his surprise est horse, � � . juncture, that a proceeded on his Way towllrds.� his, . 9 there appeared to be � every, p.ros- v .1. I . :1�
1. "T , why are y pecti of striking times to, come. . was reduced to a, mare pittance. I
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I none came, I 'There's a .sovereign to be earn b ollier's advent proved re- goal, With smarting eyes lie ape -d '*,Well pa," sobbed Tommy "he ' i ". , � I
, ' can, ing ,o 7 " Ah,'boyis," said the maste.r One 'thinking that a short rest migbb I
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r I ad, Jones, if you bring won't help me. ab ,8 day, "my poor cane has a, hard life do him good, he we, t to stop or a .
i, I - my own terms ro=4 to the door within fiv,6.inin- a, frosh crisis, a pping the end of , the second story as the echo of a I I tim. -11 An 01 t. BuL :� .
go back to work at 1� with muttiplied so quickly I" of it I You give, him no rest at, all short -a wit -d sery n
and I Will consent to withdraw my ute8,11 said he., "Quick, man; tile ladder, the man, with a mighty reverberating cragli ' r6li. . . I a
I and work flilm from morning ltili th,d,,ghort stay soon became a, long,i�. "t, 'A
I sition", , said lie, savagel,�- t1le'e, a ' I . . (10 . I
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I do I I lisle told Yoll 1" . Mattockworth Manor witbiri the "The servants is out, �so lot the None knew better than Boiling, Regular Customer—l"The-re used ""Les, air," Piped the wit of the anything for himself, and lie pos- I .
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