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;Adventures of Led ard."
or of "What He Cost Her."
CHAPTEIi.I. hist; I've craved for such a chance
Filth," grunted Trent ---"ugh! I tell as this ever since I set -foot in this
you what it is, my venerable friend— cursed land. Its come late enough,
I have seen some dirty cabins in thetoo late almost for me, but I'm going
West of Ireland, and some vile holes through with it while there's breath
in East London. I've been in same in my, body, .Swear to me now that
places; which I can't think of even now Trent'? will SWEAR!"
not
'ni out! ! Do .you hear,
without feeling side. I'm not a pare
ocular chap, wasn't brought up to it Trent looked curiously 'at his coin-
---no, nor equearmish ;either, but this pinion, vastly ,interested in this sud-
is a bit thicleer than anything I've den outburst, in the firmness of his
ever knocked up against, If Francis tone and the tightening of the weak
doesn't hurry we'll have to chuck it! ' mouth. After all, then, the old chap
We shall never stand it out. Monty!" had sone grit in him. To Trent, who
The older man, gaunt, blear -eyed, ` had known him for years as a broken
ragged, turned on his side. His ap- down, hanger-on of the settlement at
pearancc; was little short of repulsive. , leu a to all ,appe ran'ce hopelesslyle1asly
irunkard
Hie voice when he epoke'was, curious -
creature
ly Chong{{, the voice of agentleman,' gone under, this lank and this almost
thickand a trifle rough though it passionate appeal were like a revels -
sounded: ,tion. He stretched out his great
"Myyoung friend,' he said,"I agree hand and patted his companion on the
with yo in friend,'
-ma1arggily.ee back—a proceeding which obviously
causd him much discomfort.
The place is filthy, the surroundings;
are repulsive, not to add degrading.;i«Brava, old cockle!" he said. "Didn't
The society—er—not congenial—1 al- magine you got the grit. You knew
ludo of course to our hosts—and the I'm not the chap to be let down easily.
attentions of these unwashed, and I Neill go through with it, then, and
am afraid I must say unclothed, ladies take all chances! 'It's my game right
of dusky complexion is to say the , along. Every copper I've got went to
least :of it embarrassing." pay the bearers here and ,to buy the
`"Dusky " complexion!" Trent inter-' h1• kshaws and runs for old What's
-
"Dusky
ted scornfully. "They're coal •his -name, and I'm not anxious to start
',black!"p , y again as a pauper. We'll stay here
1 till we get our concessions; or till
Monty nodded his head with solemn; they bury us, then!It's a go!
emphasis. 1 Monty—no one at Buckomari had 1
"I will go so far as to admit that ' ever known of any other name for 1
you are right," he acknowledged. him—stretched out a long hand, with
"They are black as sin! But, my delicate tapering fingers, and let it
friend Trent, I want you to consider rest for a moment gingerly in the
this: If the nature of our surround- thick, brown palm of his companion.
ings is offensive to you, think what . Then he glanced stealthily over his
it must be to me. I may, I presume, shoulder and his eyes gleamed,
between ourselves, allude to you as "I think, if you will allow me, Trent,
as one of the people. Refinement and I will just moisten my lips—no more
luxury have never cone in your way, —with some of that excellnt
far less they have become indispen- : erandy."
sable to you. You were, I believe, Trent caught his arm and held it
educated at a Board School, I was at ; firmly.
Eton. Afterwards you were appren- "No, you don't," he said, shaking
ticed to a harness -maker, I—but no his head. "That's the last bottle,
mattert Let us summarize the situ- and we've got the journey back. We'll
ation." � keep that, in case of fever."
"If that means cutting it short, for; A struggle went on in the face of
Heaven's sake do so," Trent grumbled.' the man whose hot breath fell on
"You'll talk yourself into a fever if Trent's cheek. It was the usual
you don't mind. Let's know what thing—the disappointment of the baf-'
you're driving at." fled drunkard—a little more terrible
"Talking," the elder man remarked in his case perhaps because of the
with a sight shrug of his shoulders, ' remnants of refinement still to be
"will never have a 'prejudicial effect traced in his well -shaped features.
upon my health. To men of your— His weak eyes for once were eloquent,
pardon me — scanty education the ex -' but with the eloquence of cupidity and
pression of ideas in speech is doubt-. unwholesome craving, his lean cheeks
less a labor. To me, on the othertwitched and his hands chook.
hand, it is at once a pleasure and a! "Just a drop Trent!" he pleaded.
relief. What I was about to observe "I'm not feeling well, indeed I'm not!
is this: I belong by birth to what The odours here are so foul. A
are called, I believe, the classes, you i liqueur -glassful will do nee all the
to the masses. I have inherited in- i good in the world."
stints which have been refind and i "You won't get it, Monty, so it's no
cultivated, perhaps over -cultivated by use whining," Trent said bluntly.
breeding and associations—you are' I've given way to you. too much al -
troubled with nothing of the sort! ready. Buck up man! We're on the
New Millinery Model From Paris.
An undyed satin toque trimmed with rabbit ear bows of black velvet.
Sorelli, of Paris, considers this one of the smartest creations of the season.
The lower hat is a straw turban with broad band of blue, taffeta trimmed
Therefore if these surroundings, this; threshold of fortune and we need all with large silk poppy on either side.—Designed by Eliane.
discomfort, not to mention the appal -.our wits about us.'
ing overtures of our lady friends, ares "Of fortune—fortune!" Monty's
distressing to you, why, consider how head dropped upon his chest, his nos- know nothing of, I will be steeped in�� ���°
much so they must be to me!" tries, dilated, he seemed to fall into a joys which you will never reach more
Trent smiled very faintly, but he _ state of stupor . Trent watched him
said nothing. .. I half curiously, half contemptuously.
He was sitting cross-legged with I "You're terribly keen on money -
his back against one of the polesmaking for an old'un," he remarked,
which supported the open hut, with{ after a somewhat lengthy pause.
nearly than the man who watches a
change in the skies or a sunset across'
the ocean! To you, with boundless
wealth, there will be depths of hap- I
piness which you will never probe, 1
his eyes fixed upon the cloud of mist, "What do you want to do with it?" joys which, if you have the wit to ORGANIZES RNID MANAGES MILI-
hanging over a distant swamp.. Al "To do with it!" The old man rais- see them at all, will be no more than
great yellow moon had stolen over1 ed his head. "To do with it!" The a mirage to you. TARP HOSPITAL.the low range of stony hills—the mist, gleam of reawakened desire lit up his Trent laughed outright, easily and
was curling away in little wreaths face. He sat for a moment think- with real mirth. Yet in his heart I
of gold. Trent was watching it, but ing. Then he laughed softly. were sown already the seeds of a' '
"I will tell you, Master Scarlett secret dread. There was a ring of Dr. Louisa Garrett Anderson Has
Trent," he said, "1 will tell you why passionate truth in Monty's -words. He , Served Prison Term
I crave for wealth. You area young believed what he was saying. Perhaps
DOING FINE yRK
if you had asked him he would have
told you that he was wondering when
the alligators came out to feed, and
now near the village they ventured.
Looking at his hard, square face and
keen, black eyes no one would surely
have credited him with any less ma-
terial thoughts.
"Furthermore," the man whom
Trent had addressed as Monty con-
tinued, "there arises the question of
danger and physical suitibality to- the
situation. Contrast our two cases,
my dear young friend. I am twenty-
five years older than you, I have a
weak heart, a ridiculous muscle, and
the stamina of a rabbit. My fighting
days are over. I can shoot straight,
but shooting would only serve us here
until our cartridges were gone—when
the rush came a child could knock
me over. You, on the contrary, have
the constitution of an ox, the muscles
of a bull, and the wind of an ostrich.
You are, if you will pardon my saying
so, a magnificent specimen of the ani-
mal man. In the event of trouble you
would not hesitate that your chances
of escape would be at least double
nine."
Trent lit a match under pretence
of lighting his pipe—in reality be-
cause only a few feet away he had
seen a pair of bright eyes gleaming
at them through a low shrub. A. lit-
tle native boy scuttled away, as black
and an ignorant man. Amongst he was right. The man's inborn, as Suffragette.
other things you do not know what hatred of a second or inferior place'
money will buy. You have your in anything stung him. Were there Since September Miss Louisa Gar -
coarse pleasures I do not doubt, which to be any niches after all in the tem reit Anderson, an Englishwoman of
seem sweet to you! Beyond them— ple of happiness to which he could; note as a suffragette, has been doing
what? A tasteless and barbaric never climb? He looked back rapid -;great things for the wounded. Early
display, a vulgar generosity, an ig- ly, looked down the avenue of a in the war she and the British Gov-
norant and purposeie''ss prodigality. squalid and unlovely life, saw himself
Bah! How different it is with those the child of drink -sodden and brutal ernment felt mutally shy of one an
who know! There are many things, parents, remembered the Board School : other, and her first hospital was
my young friend, which I learned in with its unlovely surroundings, his • opened under French authority. Her
my younger days, and amongst them struggles at a dreary trade, his run- • next hospital was at Wimereux,
was the knowledge of how to spend ging away and the fierce draughts of v, here she was among her own pea -
money. How to spend it, you under- delight which the joy and freedom of pie, and where the rations (most in-
stand! It is an art, believe me! I the sea had brought to him on the
contestable of all evidence of xecog-
mastered it, and until the end come, morning when he had crepton deck,
it was magnificent. In London and a stowaway, to be lashed with every nition) supplied to her patients were
Paris to -day, to have wealth and to rope -end and to do the dirty work of the official rations of the British sol -
know how to spend it is to be the every one. Then the slavery at a dier.
equal of princes! The salons of the Belgian settlement, the job on a I The mutual shyness having been
beautiful fly open before you, great steamer trading along the Congo, the dispelled, the War Office asked Miss
men will clamour for your friendship, life at Buckomari, and lastly this bold :Garrett Anderson to return home and
all the sweetest triumphs which love enterprise in which the savings of ,
and sport can offer are yours. You years were invested. It was a life make a hospital in London. Out of
stalk amongst a world of pigmies a which called aloud for fortune some her own resourcefulness, experience,
veritable giant, the adored of women, day or other to make a little atone -1 and initiative she makes her hospital.
the envied of men! You may be old ment. The old man was dreaming.' It has five hundred beds; it is to be
—it matters not; ugly you will be Wealth would bring him, uneducated !in working order in record time; it
fooled into reckoning yourself an Ad -though he was, happiness enough and : is to be wholly self-sufficient—that
orris. Nobility is great, art is great, to spare. `is to say, Miss Garratt Anderson her -
genius is great, but the key to the A. foot step fell softly upon the 1
pleasure storehouse of the world is a turf outside. Trent sprang at once ; self is wholly self-sufficient. How
key of gold—of.old!" into an attitude of rigid attention. j has she come by the necessary abil-
as night, woolly-headed, and shiny; he He broke off with a little gasp. He His revolver, which for four days had . ity? Not, certainly, by the fostering
had crept up unknown to look with held his throat and looked imploring- been at full cock by his side, stole out ; foresight of a paternal Government.
fearful eyes upon the wonderful white ingly towards the bottle. Trent shook and covered the approaching shadow I No count was taken before the war
strangers. Trent threw a lump of his head stonily. There was some- stealing gradually nearer and nearer. of the possibility of a woman doing
earth at him and laughed as he dodged thing pitiful in the man's talk, in that The old man saw nothing, for he the things she is doing, and even af-
it, odd mixture of bitter cynicism and slept, worn out with excitement and ter the war was well in hand there
"Well, go ahead, Monty," he said. passionate earnestness, but there was exhaustion. was still no effort .made to secure
"Let's hear what you're" drivingat also something faseinatin As re- (To be Continued:)
g e Y Ithe services of the whole group of ex-
What a gab you've got to be sure!" girds the brandy, however, Trent , traordinary young Englishwomen to
Monty waved his hand ---a znagni- , was adamant ,
ficent and silencing gesture. I "Not a drop, he ec are . a
"I have alluded to these matters," a fool you are to want it, Monty!
he continued, "merely in order to show You're a wreck already. You want to
you that the greater share of danger pull through, don't you? Leave the
and discomfort in this expedition falls filthy stuff alone. You'll not live a
to my lot. Having reminded you month to enjoy your eoin if we get
of this, Trent, I refer to the conduct- it."
ing sentence of your Last speech: The "Live!" Monty straightened himself
words indicated, as I understood them, out. A tremor went through all his
some doubt of our ability to see this frame.
thing through.' "Live!"•he repeated, with fierce con -
He paused, peered over to where tempt; " you are making the coin-
Trent was sitting, with grim, immav- mon mistake of the whole ignorant
able faee, listening with little show herd. You are measuring life by its
of interest. Ile drew a long, deep length, when its depth alone is of any
breath and moved over nearer to the import, I want no more than a year A cock -crowing competition was showed any special interest in get -
doorway, Hie rrianner was suddenly or two at the most, and I .promise ,you, held in Paris ten years ago, the utter- ting and keeping hold of her was
changed: „ " • Mr. Scarlett Trent, my most esti. er of the greatest number .of cock -a-' when a` magistrate, not without corn
" ncarlett "1Trent,' he cried Scarlett able young companion, that, during
! You are *young that . ear, I will live more than in doodle -does in a. quarter of an, hour ments, sentenced her to six weeks'
Trent, listen to me f g y r being proclaimed champion chanti.- imprisonment, For forty years her
and I am old. To you: this may be one your whole lifetime. I will drink � mother and her aunt had worked
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The Handy Barn.
Good barns cost money, but when
the farmer once knows that by the
proper construction of his barn and
other outbuildings, he can save the
work of a man, it will readily become
clear to him that the investment will
pay big interest in the long run.
There are a few things that are
absolutely necessary in the farm barn,
It must be well lighted, well ventilat-
ed, easy to keep clean, so arranged
as to economize space, so as much
stock as possible can be 'housed. It
should be easy of access, and its loca-
tion should be such as to insure a
well -drained barnyard. With the
above features incorporated into the
farm barn, the sort or style of the
building matters not.
A Well Braced Long Ladder.
Farmers who have occasion to use
long ladders often find them weak
and dangerous when set up at the
proper angle. This can be overcome
by a wire brace. Get a blacksmith
to make two V-shaped irons, and fas-
ten them to the side sills with small
bolt. Bore small holes through sills
at each end. Take two pieces of No.
9 wire and fasten to the sills at one
end by passing through the holes and
forming a lock by turning the end
back through the holes over small iron
pins, then pass the wire over the V -
irons, drawing thein tight with a lev-
er and fasten at the other ends in the
same way. This brace will more than
double the strength of the ladder and
add but little expense.
Making Good Butter.
What to Wear and How to Wear It.
We tolerate unbecoming clothes as
we, tolerate tiresome-aeguaintances,
and ,we enjoy beautiful clothes as we
enjoy the sweet Companionship of
charming friends, writes Mme, Qui
Vive: Why not, then, choose gowns
and comrades with, wisdom and alis
cretion ?
We have been accustomed to place
our precious retchings about our
necks and 'tis very fine we feel, too,
with such soft elegances framing our
alabaster chins. But it is not enough, .
my hearties! A good thing is better
when there is more of it, Hence we
are now putting retellings about the
hems of` our skirts, A lavish act,
surely and an extravagance of which,.
any woman should be ashamed. But
it "must be did."
This native trimming appeared
first on a model designed by the fam-
ous Cheruit, the material of eehick
black taffeta with moire in 1
wasleaf
effect, The bodice was draped in
the back with crushed folds which
crossed in front, surplice fashion,
The essentials in the .akin of and were tied in a sash at the back
g of the waist. Nothing very startling
good butter can be secured by any- about that! Perhaps the great de -
one who will take a little pains. There signer was disappointed and had to
has been so much discussion of the give to the thing some strange new.
subject of caring for milk and cream. touch. So the hem of the skirt was
through the columns of the farm pap- finished with a white ruching, the
ers that it really seems that a bet-, very same that we stitch so tenderly
ter grade of butter could be made in our stocks and collars.. Say not
now with modern equipment than at there are no new ideas under the sun.
any time in the past. And if a high- Study fashions and you will find that
grade article can be produced, and it some new cry is screeched each day.
is sent to market packed in a dainty And many answers the call.
manner that will appeal to the eyes
as well as to the tastes of the buyers, Speaking of strange "newnesses" in
it will sell at a price that will assure the shops, there are the new under -
the producer a good margin of profit.' muslins of figured and flowered or -
Ten Good PoultryRules. gaudy' run with black velvet ribbons
instead of the old-time wash ones.
1—Provide fine grit, charcoal, shells and chiffon, all generously flowered
and bone from the start. I Combination suits, of corset cover and
2—Give grass range or plenty of bloomers, come in organdy and net
green food. I and ribboned. They are lovely and
3—Have fresh, clean water always only the strong of mind can resist
available. I them. For nightgowns, petticoats
4—Feed only sweet, wholesome' and negligees the flowered materials
foods.
5—Avoid damp and soiled litter.
6—Disinfect brooders frequently.
7—Test all beef scrap before feed-
ing.
8—Keep chickens active by allowing
them to become hungry once daily.
9—Feed moist mash sparingly.
10—Keep dry mash always before both warm and light and a bit more
the chicks. 1 elegant than the old-time convenient
wool affairs. Unlike sweaters, the
with all propriety, for the cause of
Women's Rights. After that space of
time, the ridicule of Parliament and
the booings of medical students—of
students beaten on their own ground
—palled on the younger generation,
and a window was broken. Some
good, as it happened, came of the in-
cident—and the sentence. Miss Gar-
rett Anderson's articles on the condi-
tions and management of women in
prison make, with Lady Constance
Lytton's papers on the same subject,
an invaluable basis for reform.
The family record is an extraor-
dinary one. Her mother, Dr. Eliza-
beth Garrett Anderson, was one of
the first women doctors. She be-
gan her medical studies in 1860; and
though the College of Surgeons and
the College of Physicians refused to
admit her to their examinations, she
obtained a license to practise from
the Society of Apothecaries in 1865.
Paris had fewer prejudices than Lon-
don and, passing the medical examin-
ations of its University, she receiv-
ed her M.D. degree. Later on, when
England realized that she was not
to be denied, honors were not lack-
ing, and her daughter's degree is a
London one.
H.M.S. Warrior, launched in 1860, ,
"Wh � was the first ironclad• which she belongs. She now holds
authority equal to that of a Major
in the R.A.M.C., and the. Press is
Bees suck over 200,000 flowers for' eager to give her the salute. She ra-
every ounce of honey. ther relishes the humor of the situs-
------- tion when she tries to persuade the
When a young man Sir Hiram public, against its will, that she is
Maxim contemplated becoming a not a Major—that no woman can.
hold a commission in his Majesty's
Army.
Once in Jail.
She remembers that the only time
before the war when the authorities
prize-fighter.
During our wars with Napoleon our
Navy captured or destroyed 683
French ships.
are lovely, and they wash like fine
linen and look better after every
laundering. Get busy these sum-
mer days, little one, and make your-
self a brand new outfit of underwear.
The sweater is giving away for the
sports coat of knitted silk, which is
An Unusual Family.
After a long career in London, Dr.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson retired
silk coat is lined, and the color of the
lining appears in collar and cuffs.
Sometimes there is a belt, while again
there is a sash with the fringed ends.
to her native town of Aldeburgh, and Semi-norfolk jackets come in the
was elected Mayor. To Mrs. Fawcett, same materials and are very fetching.
another of the remarkable Garrett Fashions come and fashions go, but
rememsisters, belongs the enterprise of haw -1 norfolknobodwasn'trs time
theegn the
ing married a man who had neverg
seen her and never and never could of styles it is a perennial.
see her. Mr. Fawcett had been
blinded by a gun accident. During
his political career his wife played a
prominent part. Few women, indeed,
have been more closely associated
with practical politics, for hers were,
in a sense, the eyes of the blind Post -1
master -General; and, as a fellow -
seer in the larger sense, she wrote,
in conjunction with him, various es-
says and lectures on political econ-
omy. Her daughter Philippa was
Senior Wrangler of her year—or,
better still, beat the man who, apart
from feminine competition, was the
winner of that high distinction. All
these ladies, including the young
mathematician who astonished Cam-
bridge, and the young doctor with
the hospital in Endell Street, retain
the name of Garrett. It is part of
feminine history.
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Pin tucks are used as decoration
for blouses, and white handkerchief
linen is very "voguey.' A beauti-
ful blouse, recently viewed, was made
with pin tucks in groups, with one -
inch tucks between. It had long
sleeves • and deep tight cuffs, which
were piped with blue and finished
with French knots in blue silk. The
collar also was piped with blue, and
both blue and white crochet buttons
were used as fastening. An under -
bodice of light organdy was worn
with it, Very chic and "sassy."
CROWNS MAY PAY FOR WAR.
The Austrian Crown Has Been Stolen,
Lost and Pawned.
European powers may be pretty
hard up when the war comes to an
end, and all manner of schemes will
probably have to be adopted to scrape
money together. Will the royal treas-
ures of the war lord and the Ausrian
emperor be sold or pawned?
It is interesting to kn.e.e that the
crown donned by the monarch of
Austria, which was made originally
for Stephen of Hungary, some eight
centuries ago, has been stolen, lost
and pawned.
On one occasion it was pilfered by
a queen, who fled across the frozen
Danube with it, and there, being in
need of ready cash, she pawned it for
2,800 ducats. When it was finally
traced' and recovered it was placed
in a fortress in Hungary and guarded
night and day.
At the time of the revolution it was
buried in a forest to prevent it being
annexed by the Austrians, and it re-
mained under the soil for nearly a
hundred years.
There is no doubt that this crown
would fetch a big price if put up for
hale by auction. It is adorned with
53 fine sapphires, 550 good-sized rubies,
1 emerald and 338 pearls. The gems
are sunken in a mass of pure gold,
and the crown weighs altogether
about fourteen pounds.
There were some very severe storms
at Cracow, the Austrian fortress,
which was formerly (1320-1809) the
capital of Poland, some time before
the war. Terriffic gales uprooted.
several trees, one of -which was an
encient elm. In the disturbed esrelt
at the foot of the fallen tree the
crown m•arn by Former kings of .1' i -
land, dating back to the fourteenth
century, was found This crown, by
the way, has been to .t sight of 'since
the middle of the eighteenth cont.,ry.
The British navy is the only navy
that had practises{ firing a#• submar•
ince-before the war,