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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-11-18, Page 6OOLDEN KEY O. .The dventures of 1edjElrd." By the Author of "What Ko Coat Her." CHAPTER XXIV.--(Cont'cl). The Iiru boy nearer and nearer. Finally he stood upright on the rank, coarse grass and grinned at Monty, whose lean hands were-•outstretehed to`�varde him. He fumbled for a mo- ment in his, loin -cloth. The he drew out a long bottle and handed( it up., Trent stepped out as Monty's .ner^vous fingers were fumbling with the cork. }Ie znade a grab at the boy, w o glid- ed off like an;h whip- ped eel Instantly hz ped out a revolver and covered him. "Come here," he cried. The boy shook his head. "No %under- stand.» "Who sent you here with that filthy stuff ?" he asked sternly. "You'd best answer me." The Ii;ru boy,, shrinking away from the dark muzzle of that motionless revolver was spellbound with fear. He shook his head. "No understand." There was• a flash of light, a puff of smoke; a loud report. The Kru boy fell forward on his face howling with fear. Monty ran off towards the houee mumbling to himself. "The next time," Trent said coolly, ",I shall fire at you instead of at the tree. Remember I have lived out here and .1 know all about you and your kind. You can understand me very well if you choose, and you've just got to. Who sends you here with that vile stuff ?" "i\2assa, I tell! Massa Oom Sam, he send me!" "And what is the stuff?" "Harnburgh gin, massa! very good liquor! Please, massa, point him pis- tol the other way." Trent took up the f• is:., smelt its contents, and threw it away with a little exeIaniation of disgust. "How often have you been coming here on this errand?" he asked, stern- ly. "1�IQst every day, massa—when him Mr. Price away." Trent nodded. "Very good," he said. `"Now listen to me. If ever I catch you round here again or anywhere else on such an errand, I'll shoot you like a dog. Now be off." The boy bounded away with a broad grin of relief. Trent walked up to the house and asked for the mission- ary's wife. She came to him soon, in what was called the parlor. A frail, arimmic-looking woman with tired eyes and weary expression. "I'm sorry to trouble you. Mrs. Price," Trent said, plunging at once into his subject, "but I want to speak to you about this old man, Monty. You've had him some time now, haven't Toil "About four years," she answered. "Captain. Francis left him with my husband:; I .believe he found him in one of the villages inland, a prisoner. Trent nodded. "He left you a little money with after the old chap well, and You'll 1 never regret it." Trent went thoughtfully: back to the `town.' He had committed himself now to a definite course of action. He had made up his mind to take Monty. back with him to it.ngland and face the consequences. CHAPTER XXV. On the summit of a little knoll, with a pipe between his teeth and his back against a palm -tree, Trent was lounging away an hour of the - breathless night. Usually a sound sleeper, the wakefulness, which had pursued him from the instant his head had touched his travelling pil- low an hour or so back, was not only an uncommon occurrence, but one. which seemed proof against any et - fort on his part to overcome it. So he had risen and stolen away from the little camp where his companions lay wrapped in heavy slumber. They had closed their eyes in a dense and tropical darkness—so thick indeed that they had lit a fire, notwithstand- ing the stilling heat, to remove that vague feeling of oppression which chaos so complete seemed to bring with it. Its embers burnt now with a faint and sickly glare in the full flood of yellow moonlight which had fallen upon the country. From this point of vantage Trent could trace backwards their day's march for many exiles, the white posts left by the surveyor even were visible, and in the background rose the mountains of Bekwando. It had been a hard week's work for Trent. He had found chaos, discontent, despair. The English agent of the Bekwando Land Company. was on the point of cancel- ling his contract, the surveyors were' spending valuable money without making• any real attempt to start upon their undoubtedly difficult task. Everywhere the feeling seemed to be that the prosecution of his schemes was an impossibility. The road was ' altogether in the clouds. Trent was flatly told that the labor they requir-' ed was absolutely unprocurable. For- tunately Trent knew the country, and he was a man of resource. From the moment when he had appeared upon the spot things had begun to right themselves. He had found Oorn Sam established as a scat of task -master/ . and contractor, and had promptly dis- missed him, with the result that the 1 supply of Kru boys was instantly doubled. Be had found other sources of labor, and started them at once; on clearing work, scornfully indiffer- ent to the often -expressed doubts of the English surveyor as to the possi- bility of making the road at all. He had chosen overseers with that swift: and intuitive insight into character ; which in his case amounted almost to genius. With a half -sheet of note- paper and a pencil he had mapped tout a road which had made one, at him, 1 believe. 1 least, of the two surveyors thought - The woman smiled faintly. ( fuI, and had largely increased his re "It was very Iittle," she said, "but speet for the English capitalist. Now, such as it was, we have never touch- he was on his way back from a tour !: ed it. He eats scarcely anything, ! ahnost to Bekwando itself by the • a.id we consider that the little work I route of the proposed road. • Already he has done Chas about paid us for the work of preparation had begun. keeping him. -': Hundreds of natives left in their "Did you know," Trent asked ` track were sawing down palm -trees, bluntly, "that he had been a drunk- ? cutting away the bush, digging and ar?" making the road everywhere for that "Captain Francis hinted as much,"straight, wide thoroughfare which was to lead from Bekwando village to the sea -coast. Cables as to its pro- gress had already been sent back to !London. Apart from any other re- ' sult, Trent knew that he had saved the Syndicate a fortune by his jour- ney here. The light of the moon grew strong- er—the country lay stretched out be- fore him like a map. With folded; arms and a freshly lit pipe Trent leaned with his back against the tree , and fixed eyes. At first he saw no- thing but that road, broad and white,' stretching to the horizon and throng- ed with oxen -drawn wagons. Then the fancy suddenly left hire and a girl's face seemed to be laughing into his—a face which was ever changing, gay and brilliant one moment, calm and seductively beautiful the next.' He smoked his pipe furiously, per plexed and uneasy. One moment the face was Ernestine's, the next it was Monty's little girl laughing up at him from the worn and yellow tin- type. The promise of the one—had it been fulfilled in the woman? At • least he knew that here was the one. great weakness of his life. The curi- ous flood of sentiment, which had led him to gamble for the child's pic- ture, had merged with equal sudden- ness into passion at the coming of her later presentment. High above all his plans for the accumulation of power and wealth, he set before him now a desire which had become the moving impulse of his life—a desire primitive but overmastering—the de- sire of a strong man for the woman he .loves. In `London he had scarcely dared admit so much even to himself. Here, in this vast solitude, he was more master - of himself—dreams which seemed to him 'the most bea.uti- fur and the most daring which he had ever conceived, filled his brain and "stirred his senses till the blood in his i veins seemed flowing to a new and i wonderful music. Those were -won- derful moments for hirn. His pipe was nearly out, and a cool- er breeze was stealing over the plain. After all,perhaps an hour _f ror so's the woman answered. "That was one reason why be wanted to leave him with us. He knew that we did not allow anything in the house." "It was a pity," Trent said, "that you could not have watched him a little more out of it. Why, his brain is sodden with drink now." The woman was obviously honest in her amazement. "How can that be?" she exclaimed. ''He has absolutely no money and he :lever goes off our land." "He has no need," Trent answered bitterly. "There are men in Attra who want him dead, and they' have been doing their best to hurry him off. I caught a Kra boy bringing him gin this afternoon. Evidently it has been a regular thing." "I am very sorry indeed to hear this," the woman said, "and I am sure my husband will be too. He will feel that, in a certain measure, he has be- trayed Captain Francis's trust. At the same time we neither of us had any idea that anything of this sort was to be feared,. or . would have kept watch." "You cannot be blamed," Trent Feld. "I am satisfied that you knew nothing about it. Now I am going to let you into a secret. Monty is a rich man if he had ,his rights, and I want to help him to them. I shall take him back to England with me, but I can't leave for a week or so. If you can keep, him till then, and have some one to watch him day and night, give, your husband a hundred pounds for your work here, and build you a chut•ch. It's all right. Don't look as though I were mad. I'm a very rich man, that's all, and I shan't miss the money, but I want - to feel that Monty is safe till I can start hack to England. Will you undertake this?" "Yes," the. woman answered promptly, "we will. We'll do 's,ur honest best." Trent Iaid a bank -note en the tael . "Just to show I'm in earnest," he a. marked, rising. "I shall be up - a month. Look evu;itr• for about y THREE VITAL. QUESTI0ktiri 8resaiottinatomdhand cheat after eating,with Faro yon full of dotrgy vital force wind gsoorat constipation, headache diizincss, are sure signs of Indignation. Mother Seigel'a Syrup, rho great L the foundation of good health: Paine and op l herbal remedy and tonic, will curd you r BANISH STOMACH : P TROUBLES good health? Do you teow that good digeation t ■11 il'rti4+gi*tt, or direct on rcecbrt of $rice, iOc and 51.(1(1. The larges bottle contains three tic as rtnnctt as the tnrall"er, A, J. Watts dt Co. Lturrso, Garai$ Street. West, Mantteei. sleep 'would be possible now. He! at t;�t.; 1 1.°04� stretched himself and yearned, cast t? ��i one more glance across the moonlit .C31' plain, and then stood suddenly still, I stiffened into an attitude of breath- less interest. Yonder, between two �� lines of shruhla, were moving bodies— Mite men, footsore and weary, crawlinf; p�3bde - GS�rf along with slow, painful movements; one at least of them was a European, . A Few Pointers for Dairymen, and even at that distance Trent could tell that they were in grievous straits. ! A poor make): never gets the best Ile felt for his revolver, ,.and, fzncl results from a cow. A nervous aid- ing that it was in his belt,'deseended mal resents the bungling teuelz of the .hill quickly towards them. rough'or inexperienced hand. With every step which he took he M Why not encourage the little pecan - could distinguish them .more plainly, arities of the well-bred. dairy cow. There_ were five Kru boys, a native of She is simply a big milking machine a; tribe which he did not recognize, p' g arid as European who walked with reel- . xiid if her whims will produce more TheFarm mg footsteps, and wlio, it was easy to •milk let her have thein, see, was on the point of. exhaustion. If we are going to select a bull we Soon they saw him, and a feeble shout i would select the one with the worst greeted his approach, . Trent was temper, all other things being equal. within hailing distance before he re- Because temper and vigor show male cognized the European., Then, with a p g. little exclamation of surprise, he saw i characteristics which should not be g- that it was Captain Francis, ler a, They met face to face in a moment, A gentle sleepy bull, that' can be but Francis never recognized him, managed without a' nose ring does not His eyes were bloodshot, a coarse as a rule produce the best calves. beard disguised his face, and his It is downright cruelty, to keep a clothes hung about him in rags. Evi-'bull in a small enclosure in the sum- dently he was in a terrible plight. mer, a victim to heatand flies --but When he spoke his voice sounded shrill and cracked. many men who claim to be good "We are starving nien," he said; dairymen, do this very thing,. "can you help us?" "Of course we can," Trent'answer- ed quickly. "This way. We've plenty of stores." The j little party stumbled eagerly after him. In a few moments they were at the camp. Trent roused his companions, packages were hastily undone, and a meal prepared. Scarce- ly a word was said or a question ask- ed. One or two of the ICru boys seemed on the verge of insanity-- Francis nsanity— Francis himself was hysterical and faint. Trent boiled a kettle and made sone beef -tea himself. The first mouthful Francis was unable to swal- low. His throat had swollen and his eyes were hideously bloodshot. Trent, who had seen men before in dire straits, fed hini from a spoon and forced brandy between his lips. Certainly, at the time, he never stop- ped to consider that he was helping :he man who in all the world was most likely to do him ill. "Better?" he asked presently. "Much. What luck to find • you! What are you after—gold?" Trent shook his head. "Not at present. We're planning out the new road from Attra to Bek- wando." Francis looked up with surprise. "Never heard of it," he said; "but there's trouble ahead for you. They are dancing the war dance at Bek- wando, and the King has been shut up for three days with the priest and never opened his mouth. We were on our way from the interior, and re- lied on them for food and drink. They've always been friendly, but this time we barely escaped with our lives." Trent's face grew serious. This was bad news for him, and he was. thankful that they had not carried out their first plan and commenced their prospecting at Bekwando vil- lage. "We have a charter," he said, "and if necessary, we must fight. I'ni glad to be prepared though." "A charter!" Francis pulled him- self together, and looked curiously at the man who was still bending over him. "Great Heavens!" he exclaimed, "why, you are Scarlett Trent, the pian whom I met with poor Villiers in Bek- wando years ago." Trent nodded. "We waited for you," he said, "to witness our concession. I thought that you would remember." "I thought," Francis said slowly, "that there was something familiar about you . . . I remember it all now. You were gambling with poor old Monty for his daughter's picture against a bottle of brandy." Trent winced a little. . "You have an excellent memory," he said drily. Francis raised himself a little, and a fiercer note crept into his tone. "It is coining back to me," he said. "I remember more about you now, Scarlett Trent. You are the man who left his partner to die in a jun- gle, that you might rob him of his share in the concession. Oh yes, you see my memory is' coming back! I have an account against you, my man!" "It's a lie!" said Trent passion- ately. "When I left' him, I honestly believed him to be a dead man." "How many people will believe that?" Francis scoffed. "I shall take Monty with me to England. I have finished with this country for a while—and then—and then—" He was exhausted, and sank back speechless. Trent sat and watched him, smoking in thoughtful silence. They two were a little apart from .the others, and Francis was fainting. A hand upon his throat -a drop from that phial in the medicine-chest— and his faint would carry him into eternity. And still Trent sat and smoked. (Tobe continued.) Putting It Otherwise. His Wife -Oh, dear! I wonder if there is any perfect happiness in' this world. The Cheerful Pessimist—Not likely. Silver linings °are surrounded by clouds. • Unnecessary Exertion. Pullman Porter—Next stop is yo' station, sah. Shall I brush yooff now?', Morton Morose—No; it is not necessary.- When the'train stops I'll No Nightly Visits. Burglar (just acquitted, to his law- yer)a-1 will drop in soon and see you. Lawyer -Very good; but i;i the daytime, please. 'Half -a,. ,.lf a f,ulnea r.; the daily pay of rluarteeMaster in the lea,ling British cavalry regiments. How could we expect a cow to•keep "in good health and give pure milk when she is confined in foul and ill - ventilated quarters, winter • or 'sum-. mer. A' pair of horse -clippers can be bought for $1.50 and the use of these once a month on the .cow's flanks and udder will make it an easy matter to keep them clean. How many cows on the average farm give"milk containing more than twenty per cent. of butter -fat? Per- haps not more than one out of every 100. The separator should never be al- lowed in the barn or near it. A half dozen window sash, glazed, will make a dust -proof box in which the dairy vessels can be sunned and kept absolutely clean. Any enterprising• farmer living near a town of 5,000 or more can sell every pound of his butter at full re- tail prices or little above, the year round. For several years we have bought farm butter from the same farmer, at two cents above retail market price, every month in the year and glad to get it. Never attempt to keep summer but- ter for early fall prices, because it will not keep. All milk should be aerated as soon as taken'' from the cow. This can be ' done by passing it through the sepa- rator, but it is not as good as a de- vice which divides the milk into many fine streams and then allows it to flow over a wide surface in thin sheets with plenty of ice to keep the sure face cool. If nothing better can be had, mills may be aerated by placing the cans in a trough of cold water and dipping the milk with a long -handled dipper and pouring it back into the can until it is thoroughly cool. Never cover milk while warm, in the cans, as it will produce a musty odor. The milker who will thump a cow for squirming under the attack of flies, ought to be hoisted out of the barn on the toe of the dairyman's boots. Need not expect cows to keep up the milk flow during the tail -end of summer, unless you have plenty of soiling crops to feed.' Dead grass does not produce milk. The Value of Cow Peas. They can be grown as far north as Dent corn can be grown and pn land so poor that clover would not catch at all. They are called "the poor man's clover," because you can get such' quick results. A crop of cow iAdvertisernent may induce you to try the first packet of Fashion Hints but we relyabsolutely on the inimitable . �' ><table f1�e�rou>1' and quality to make you a permanent customer. We will even Offer to give this first trial free i ;g f you will drop us a postal to Toronto. GERMANY'S IGNOBLE BACK - DOWN. I3y Chas. M. Bice, Denver, Col. After much "erimination and re- crimination" between the govern- ments of the U. S. and that of Ger- many, the Kaiser has at last yielded to. the American demand respecting submarine' depredations. Some people call this a diplomatic victory for the Yankee nation; but others are equally insistent that Ger- many has yielded only because "the waters were made too hot" for her by the activity of the British naval. force. Whatever may be the real cause of Germany's acceding to America's de- mand, the result is equally glorious and reassuring.. Regret, disavowal and indemnity are all conceded by Germany, with the assurance that the Teuton will hereafter be good. We are assured that the Kaiser's oa der to his submarines has been made so drastically stringent that the re- currence of incidents similar to the Arabic and Lusitania cases is con- sidered out of the question. At the outset of the negotiations Germany asserted her right in unmis- takable terms to continue her original submarine policy, and stated in its first note that "the German Govern- ment is unable to acknowledge any obligation to grant indemnity in the matter, even if the commander of the submarine should have been mistaken as to the aggressive intentions_ of the Arabic." But, in the note a month or- so later, we were informed by Count Bernstorff, that Germany is willing to negotiate concerning. the amount of the indemnity to - be paid for the'disaster, and this is expressly stated, whether the. submarine com- mander was convinced or not, that the Arabic intended to ram the submar- ine; and Germany has gracefully yielded to the testimony of the Bri- tish officers to the contrary. The Imperial government, in the same note, assured America that "the at- tack of the submarine was under- taken against the instructions issued to the commander," and that "the Government disavows the act and has notified the commander, Schneider, accordingly." We have some recollection of a "war zone" decree, and the liberal dimensions thereof, as set by the Ger- man naval officials, but all this is now a mere reminiscence, it seems, and we. are to hear no more about it. This is a signal and surprising vie - tory for the whole world, for it fixes the limits of submarine activity for all time, and demonstrates how illy founded were Mr. Bryan's direful ap- prehensions that found expression in his resignation as a cabinet officer. What a chance for immortal giory his evil genius induced him to throw away! This is not merely an American vic- tory. In principle the U. S. has been defending the rights of all neutrals, and all will rejoice over the success of American diplomacy. The result will make it easier to broaden and strengthen the code of peas can be grown in three months, international rights when the present and it will be fully equal to a two war is ended. Force has bowed to years' crop of clover. You can sow rectitude, and morality has dominated the peas any time from May to Au- power once more. President Wilson's gust and can get a good big crop fol- statesmanship, inflexible will and lowing an early crop taken off hi lofty courage have again triumphed, June. Plowed under after the first and though harassed at home by the frost, they will leave the ground in impatient, and heckled bye, Teutonic elegant shape for a crop next year. The seed costs about $2.50 per bushel and should be drilled in at the rate of one half bushel per acre. Ration for Chicks. A simple grain mixture is corn, wheat, and oats, a little more corn as the weather gets colder and less dur- ing the summer days. A little buck- wheat and sunflower seed added to this mixture during fall and winter months is beneficial. Green foods, such as alfalfa, cabbage, sprouted oats or mangles should be fed freely. Fresh green cut bone or feed scraps and charcoal should also be supplied at all seasons of the year. Inventors' Fortunes. It is not always the greatest inven- tion that brings the largest financial reward. Roller skates are said to have brought their inventor $3,000,- 000, while nearly half a million was. y. i c.ahzecC by the man who first devised boot Laces. The ho inventorof the safety y pin, who took the idea from a repro- duction of a 'Pompeiian aameo, made $10,000,000, On the other hand, Charles 13eurseul, who discovered and described the principle of the tele- phone in 1355, died poor; Michaux, the inventor of the bicycle, ended his days in the utmost penury, and Fred- eric Sauvage, who is credited with the v i ntio the screw propellor, ne n of f z piop , was imprisoned and died bankrupt and insane, ZIKINZ D sympathizers,. he deserves and will receive the adoration of a grateful people. Certain papers in this country that stand for America's preparedness, however, are disposed to belittle the achievement, and claim, if th'%re is a triumph, it is naval rather than diplo matic, for, say they, "Germany has abandoned her submarine warfare against merchant shipping and the rights of neutrals because the British fleet has made the submarine question a dead issue." What about the Lusitania? demand these papers. That question is still unsettled. But Germany's answer in the case of the Arabic, and the concessions therein made, and principles exnuici- ated, should easily apply to the Lusi- tania when the time comes to settle that dispute. It is enough to know that the weapon she relied upon has been struck from her hand, and that ends it. The President got nearly every- thing he demended, bit by bit, and I the American public kept its head and fbacked the President. The war-toot- ersi- and peace at any -price fawners, and the angry hyphenated citizens have had their day in court. The public has had enough of them. Whe- ther the President "muddled through" in the 'diplomatic controversy, as some claim, or not, we have escaped the danger of being dragged into an igno- minious war. Never judge a woman by the com- pany she is compelled to entertain. The First of. ALL "Home Remedies" 6 i�ASELINE," in its many forms with their innum- erable uses, is the foundation of the family medicine chest. It keeps the side smooth and sound. Invaluable in the nurs- ery for burns, cuts, insect bites,. etc. Absolutely' pure and safe. AVOID SUBSTITUTES.In- sist on "Vaseline" in original packages bearing the name, CHESEBROUGH M,ANU- FACTURING CO., Consoli- dated. For sale at all Chemists and General. Stores, lltu,tratcd booklet free on regueat. CHESEBROUGM MF'G CO. (Conee:lfaated) 1850 CHABOTAVE., MONTREAL oinoilogg h..._ .th se Pains? Here is a testimonial unsolicited "If I had my will it would be advertised on every street corner. The man or woman that has rheumatism and fails to keep and use Sloan's Lini- ment is like a drowning man refusing a rope."—A. J. Van Dyke, Lake..vood, N. J. loan's Linimet i+a, 11 or RHE. �A4'I SP ...0 1111111111. What to Wear and How to Wear It, 1 The average woman looks with cold -storage suspicion upon bordered fabrics, and she may well do so. Only the cleverest 02 designers can use these materials .with good effect, for the result is nearly always that of too much trim. A very beautiful evening gown is. made of Dresden ' bordered chiffon, and it bears the cachet of the artist. The underdrop is of fine net with narrow ruffles with picot edge. The tablier, with front panel of lace, Is made of the chiffon, the 'figured bor- i der forming a -wide band that droops slightly in the front, lifts at the sides and drops again at the back. Attach ed to the chiffon is an insertion of lace, then 'a picot band of chiffon. The 4. lace panel that extends down the front of the costume parts at the waist line and continues hi two pieces up over the shoulders, permitting a bit of the Dresden design to appear as I a tiny vestee. The sleeves of chiffon are unique. i They have merely the short under- • sleeve, which takes on the form of a square -cut shield, held over the upper arm by means of crossed bands of narrow chiffon. The eeinture is a silver cord. If you are thinking of getting a new blouse for your street suit select the same color as that of your coat lining. It is said that this must be. The effect ie very pretty, when the coat is being removed. If your jacket lining is too gay and dizzy, then have your blouse of plaid or stripe, with one shade of matching. The humorous waists of the mo- ment have pantalettes attached to them, and the separate skirt is slip- ped on last. Another new note is the narrow ruching of taffeta sewed to the inside of the hem of the skirt. The color may match the trim of the suit, or the blouse. When the creature walks or canters, little circular skirt swings and sways, and little ruching looks very bright and cheerful, fluttering about hither and yon. Small fur pastilles, always short - haired, soft -surfaced pelts, are used as decorations for blouses of soft fab- rics, and make stunning ornamental effects. They are appearing not only on blouses of satins, chiffons, crepes and silk veilings, but also on lingerie waists, which to say the least—is a bit startling. Fitchseal, squirrel, beaver—all the short -pile furs, in fact—are utilized in this manner. They are sometimes sewed on, but more generally are at- tached by means of tailors' gum. Perceptible length of life may b.;. given to all embroidered edgings running a straight row of close ma- • chine stitching just at the head of the scallops or points. This is easiest done in the flat, but can be done oil garments already made up. With this treatment the whole inside of a ruffle will often give way before the edge. Judgment has to be used as to the size of the thread employed. No. 50 is coarse enough for heavy em- broideries, higher numbers for finer grades. The stitching is not notice- able after laundering. WHAT'S IN A NAME? British and French Regiments May Meet as OId Friends. In the great struggle now proceed- ing on the Continent it is more than possible that British regiments will -- find themselves fighting beside French regiments of similar numeri- . cal designations, and if our 24th Regi- ment — South Wales Borderers — en- counter the French 24th Infantry of the Line, it will be like a meeting of old friends, for, many months before the war, the officers of the former established a close friendship with the officers of the latter, says Lon- don Answers. Our 24th Regiment has also . ex- changed courtesies --and . valuable presents—with the 24th Infantry Regiment of Austria. The latter ac- quaintance, of course, was formed long before the present war was dreamed of; and if the British 24th should now by chance meet the Aus- trian 24th, it will no doubt give it a welcome of a much warmer character! It may be a welcome such as our 34th Foot --Border Regiment --gave the French 34th at Arroyo los Mo- linos in the Peninsular War, when they hemmed the latter in in the nar- row streets of the village and captur- ed the band and nearly all the officers. It was at the crossing of the Biclassoa in the same campaign, that many of our wounded of the 51st Regiment, who were left behind, fell into the hands of the French 51st Regiment, and were most tenderly nursed and s. afterwards treated with true Ga i z gen.erosit.y because of their common nttniei.•ieai designation. Out of the Wrong Case,. The Customer -See here! These eggs you sold Inctaren't fit to eat. The Market Man—Certainly not. Why didn't you tell me youwanted eating eggs? I thought you wanted • eggs to ,lend; to the neighbors. '