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THE GOLDEN KEY
Or "The dventuro$ of LotiOrd."
y the Author of "What He Cost Her."
CHAPTER XXXIIL—(Contid), I
He nodded, and Wilted to the num-
bore which were going up. She lash -
s ed a sudden look upon him which more
than compensated him for his defeat.
At least he had Gamed her respeet
• Ant daY, as a man who knew how to
Anept defeat gracefully. • They woilke
ed. elowly up the paddock and • stood
On the edge of the crowd, whilst a
• • gheret. pereon went out to meet Mai
horse anddet a •atorn of cheering..It
chanced that he caught sight of Trent
on the. way, and, 'pausing for a nnos
ment, he held out his hand. •
"Your horse made a magnificent
fight for it, M. Trent," he said. "I'm
afraid I only' got the. verdict by a
fluke; Another time may You be
the fortunate oriel"
Trent answered him simply, but
without awkwardness. Then his horse
cane in anhe het.aris hand to
tISa ereste .:iteef•oiricey, whilst with his
left. he patted Iris's head.
Never mindaeDick," he said cheer-
fully, "you rode a fine race and the
best horse • won, 'Better luck next
time."
Several people approached Trent,
hut he turned away at once to Ernes -
dee.
"You will let ine take you to Lady
Tresham now," he said.
"If you pease," she answered
quietly.
They left the paddock by the -un-
derground way. When they emerged
mop the lawn the band was 'pleying
and erowds of people were strolling
• about under the trees.
"The boxes," Trent suggested,
"mut be very hot now!"
He turned down a side walk away
from the stand towardsan empty seat
• under an elm -tree, and, after a mo -
merit's scarcely perceptible hesita-
tion, she followed his lead. He laugh -
t1 softly to himself. If this was de-
feat, eihat in the world was better?
"This is your first Ascot, is it
not ?" she asked.
"My first!"
"And your first defeat?"
"1 suppose it is," he admitted
cheerfully. "I rather expected to
win, too."
"You must be very disappointed, I
am afraid."
"I have lost," he said thoughtfully,
"a gold cup. I have gained—"
be half arose and shook out her
e clefs as though about to leave him.
He stopped short and found another
conelusion to his sentence.
"Experience!"
A faint smile patted .her lips. She
resumed her seat.
"I am glad to find you," she said,
hie much of a philosopher. Now talk
to me for a few Minutes about what
iesu have been doing in Africa."
He obeyed her, and very soon she
forgot the well-dressed erowd.of men
women by whom they were sur-
rounded, the light hum of gay conver-
sation, the band -which was playing
the In 'enable air of the • moment.
She sene netead the long line of men
peelane-S'aces, stripped to the waist
nd toiling as though for their lives
under a tropical sun she saw the
again. He did not make his way at
once to the bandstand. Instead he ene
, tered the small refreshment room at
the base of the building, and called
Ifor a glees of brandy, 1-te drank it
slowly, his eyes fixed uponthe long
row of bottles ranged upon the shelf
• opposite to him, he himeelf carried
beets upon a long wave of thoughts to BRITISH ARISTOCRACY SIIOW
a little West African station where
NOBILITY HARD Ifir lost his third aen, the Hon. Francis
Pearson who enlisted as a privatej THE TURK AS Mil IS,
BY THE WAR
GREAT GALLANTRY.'
the moist heat rage in fever .miss
. and Where an endless stream of men •
passed hawkweed and forward to their
Ceske with wan, weary fares and slew- •
dragging, limbe What a cursed
care with which he had platted himself .ly •
•
chance ,whieh had brought him once
in the hands of a Saville Row tailor
more face to face with the one weak
were all for her•S ake . It was true
spot in his life, the one chapter
that she had condescended to Bohem-
es-hich, had he the power, he would
denim, that he hod first met her as a
al most willingly seal for ever! From!
journalist,. working. for her living
a plain serge suit and a straw hat. outside came the ringing of a bell,
hoarse shouting of many voices in
But be felt sure that this had beete the
to a certain ' extent a whim With her. the. ring, through the open door a
vision of fluttering waves of color,
Iike stole a sidelong glanee at her —
lace parasols and picture hats, .little
she was the personification of dainti-
trills of feminine laughter, the soft
•
nes, from ' the black patent.' shoes
showing benenth the flouncing of her rustling of muslins and silks. A few
mements ago it had all seemed so de-
' eleirt to the white hat with its Ouse
1 • , liahtful to hum—and now there lay
i tors of roses. Her foulard gown was
'as simple as genius could make it, a hideous Mot upon the day.
It seemed to him when he left the
and she wore no ornaneents, save a
- fine clasp to her waistband of dull little bar that he had been there for
gold, Quaintly fashioned, and the hours, as a matter of fact barely five
; fine gold chain around her neck, from minutes had passed since he had left
which hung her racing glasses. She Ernestine. He stood for a moment on
was to him the very type of every- the edge of the walk, dazzled by the
thing that was aristocratic. It might sunlight, then he stepped on to the
be, as she had told him, that she chose grass and made his way through the
to work fur her living, but he knew as. throng. The air was full of soft, gay
though by inspiration that her pee- music, and the skirts and flounces of
ple and connections were of that the women brushed against him at
world to which he could never belong, every step. Laughter and excitement
save on• sufferance. He meant to be- were the order of the day. Trent,
long to it, for her sake—to win her! with his suddenly pallid face and un -
He admitted the presumption, but seeing eyes, seemed a little out of
. then it would be presumption of any place in such a sense of pleasure.
man to lift his eyes to her. He esti- Francis, who was smoking n cigar,
mated his chances with common sense; looked up as he approached and made
he was not a man disposed to under- room for him upon the seat,
value himself. He knew .the power "I did not expect to see you in
of hie, wealth and his advantage over England quite so soon, Captain Fran-
cis," Trent said.
the crowd of young men who were
her equals by birth. For he had met "I did not expect," Francis answer -
some of them, had inquired into their ed, "ever to be in England again. 1
lives, listened to their jargon, and had am told that my recovery was a
come in a faint sort.of way to under- miracle. I am also told that I owe
my life to you!"
stand them. It had been an encour-
agement to him. After all it was only Trent shrugged his shoulders.
serious work, life lived out face to "I would have done as much for
face with the great realities of exist- any of ray people," he said, "and you
ence which could make a man. In a don't owe me any thanks. To he
dim way he realized that there were frank with you, I hoped you'd die."
few in her own class likely to satisfy "You could easily have made sure
Ernestine. He even dared . to tell of it," Francis answered.
himself that those things which ren- ' "It wasn't m way," Trent answer-
, dered him chiefly unfit for her, the
: acquired vulgarities of his rougher
• life, were things which he could put
away; that a time would come when
he would take his place confidently in
her world, and that the end would be
.
success. And all the while front out
and wounded in two engagements pre- ble, and he has a sense of humor. In ousan s a
f the blue sky Fate was forging a I'm not over-anxious todo ou a mis- Brothers of peers, baronets,
• thunderbolt to launch against him! i chief. But you must tellmewhatyou knights who have either been killed foreman with whom the correspond -
was taken prisoner, and shot while Not the Villain and Ragamuffin 1Ie Is
trying to escape. Supposed to li3e.
• Only recently Captain the Hon.
There is an old Turkish saying in
Agar Rebartes died of wounds. He
these worclsi "When we are driven
was the son and heir of Viscount
out of Constantinople, we will go to
Clifden and represented a Cornish
Broussa; when we are expelled from
constituency in the House of Com-
Brdussa, will fly to Paradise." The
mons. He was a member of an ine
saying gives a very good insight into
separable trio consisting of Neil Prime
rose, Earl Roseberv's second son, and ° an" el.° e s as a realty
In Many Cases Children Succeed to
Peerages When Heirs are
Jimmy Rothschild. Captain Robartes 8.
was the Corinthian of the House of Fatalism and a simple but profound
Commons, and his naivete in speaking belief in hie religion aro two of his
strongest characteristics, Although he
was greatly enjoyed. He frequently
will tell the most outrageous false -
broke the rigid etiquette of the House
SCOTCH WORKING
HARD ON MUNITIONS
200 -ACRE PLANT GREW UP IN A
MONTH.
Participation of Women Apparent en
• Every Hand North
of Tweed, •
hoods and exercise the deepest cun- It might be assigned that to expand
The old French adage "noblesse ob-
lige" has never been more true than by uttering such expressions as mare than two -fold the great • ship'
ning in driving a bargain, he is, in blending plants an the Clyde so fa/
now, as has been clearly demonstrat- don't mind betting."
young- the main, a 'Ample soul, contented
cracy of Great Britain in the present est brother of the Earl • of Durham,
ed by the part played by the ariato- Hon. Francis Lambton, the
would be all that is expeeted of tilts
! with little, and blessed with the most. as employes and output is concernea
enviable powers of endurance, centre in the way of munitions. But
war. No recruiting officers, no bawls, killed, was a lieutenant in the Royal
In many ways, of course, the Turk
•
no parades have been needed to bring Horse Guards, and before the war !
is an abomination, and utterly out • of it is not all that the Scotsmen
the sons of the finest families of Brit- : maintained successfully a training.:
place in twentiethecentury Europe, by any means, for here as in other;
the western coast are contributie-
ain to the colors, They have rallied, : stable at Newmarket far Sir Francis
but he has his points, as only those parts of the kingdom new workshops
fought, and fallen in so great num- Cassel.
who have travelled and studied him
hers that there is practically not a! The death of Capt. Andrew de Ver
at home can properly appreciate. He plants intended originally for other
are being erected for munitions and
noble house in all the United King- Maclean leaves that romantic figure
not the complete villain and raga- purposes are -being turned into shell
dom to -day which is not mourning. Kaid Sir Harry Maclean, the real !is
Sole heirs, eldest sons, youngest ruler of Morocco for so many years,
sons, fathers, and. brothers of the childless.
greatest and most famous English Great Old Families.
families went to the front at the very Others who have fallen for their the Turk is a scrupulously clean per- I plant, which has grown up fie a little
offset and are now in the trenches in , country are: Capt. Lord Richard son where his own body is concerned. ! more than a month like a magic city,
France and at the Dardanelles or on Wellesley, the second son of the Duke His towns and streets may be, and ; with its scores of separate structures.
the high seas. There can be no doubt ;
, of Wellington; Major the Hon. Wil- mostly are, filthy; but not so the Turk I There are no less than eleven miles
that the peer of England is paying liam Cadogan, the third surviving son himself. Soap is scarce in Turkey— ! of trolley track to carry shells from
toll, not less willingly, but even far of the late Lord Cadogan• the Hon. to the majority of the inhabitants it is , place to place. Tho plant will be
Hugh Dawnay, the second son of an unknown luxury—but the religions finished soon and workers for it are
more than the men of the working
classes. . ; Viscount Downe; Capt. the Hon. John
. . . of Islam demands daily bathing, as : now being trained elsewhere.
muffin he is so popularly supposed to factories.
be, "Somewhere in Scotland" an As'
As befits the introducer of the , sociated Press correspondent recently
Turkish bath to the rest of the world, ! visited a two hundred acre filling
. n i urrona mg i Boyle, the third son of the Earl 'id well as certain ablutions before oft -
fact was given recently when the Glasgow; Lord Charles Merces repeated prayers.
members of the much. abused House Nairne, son of the Marquis of Lans-
The Religion of the Turk.
of Lords refused to pass a motion aus downe, the 'Unionist leader of the
thorizing the return from the front House of Lords; Lieut. the Hon. H. His religion also keeps him sober, on a tour of munitions plants much
of those of its members who had R. Hardinge, the heir of Viscount 1 while his kindness to dumb animals of that sort of thing is seen.
,
gone to the firing line. . Hardinge and nephew of the Viceroy , certainly puts many more ei ...ilized Engineers of large. experience and
Already five peerages are without of India, whose eldest son, Lieut. the! and enlightened folk to ' :earning reputation and owners of big estab-
heirs in remainder through the war, Hon, E. C. Hardinge, D.S.C., died of shame. The prosecution of a - Turk lishments are "doing their bit" with -
wounds in December; Lieut. the Hon. for cruelty to animals is an unknown.out a thought of personal gain.
i! namely, the marquesate of Lincoln-
shire and the baronies of Knares- Arthur S. Coke, second son of the ! thing; no Moslem would ever over- As in the case of the famous ATM.
Earl of Leicester; Captain the Hon.; work his horse or his donkey,or beat strong works at Newcastle plants en -
borough, Playfair, Ribblesdale, and
Stamfordham. William Andrew Nugent of the 15th : his dog. He would as soon assault gaged. in shipbuilding on the. Clyde
were open to inspection.
Six peers have already been killed, Hussars, brother and heir of the Earl ' his own father.
namely, Lords Congleton, Hawarden, of Westmeath, who died of wounds; The• Turk has an extraordinary and The shops on the Tyne and the
Brabourne, Annesley, De Freyne, and Capt. the Hon. R. G. E. Morgan Gren- apparently inevitable way of immedi- Clyde are playing their part, and a
Petre. ville, Master of Kinloss; Capt.. Hon. ately deteriorating when he has any tremendously impressive part it is,
par-
ed shertly. •"ow what ;le you want
or when In Glasgow as elsewhere the with me?" •
Nearly thirty heirs to peerages have C. H. M. St. Clair, son of Lord Sin- "official" work to undertake,
! been killed and almost as many dale, and Major Lord john Spencer he is bonded with others of his race ticisnation of women in the industry is
Francis turned towards him with a ' wounded. , Cavendish, youngest brother of the for any purpose; but by himself, in apparent on every hand. In their
fcaucreirs mixture of expressions in his n
• private life, he is often quite a charm- khaki or blue aprons, with dust caps
i Fifty sons of peers have been kill- Duke of Devonshire.
"Look here," he said, "1 want to be- ed and the number wounded is in the Lord Ribblesdale's only surviving ing person: He is courteous, he is of the same color, they are busy at
lieve in you! You saved rny life, and hundreds. son, the Hon, Charles Lister, was kind, he is considerate, he is hospitae the lathes and swarm in and out in.
Contractors Make No Profit.
The plant is being erected by con-
tractors who will make no profit and
viously to sustaining in the third the fact, when he likes, .the Turk can be
CHAPTER XXXIin "Don't you know where he is?" ! or wounded number a great total. wounds that !caused his death. Perfect plication of the efficiency of women
eat talked was enthusiastic in ap-
have done with Vill—lidonty."
a perfect gentleman with
"You Trent asked quickly. 1 How heavily the titled, families Lord Stamfordham, the private sec- manners.
"And now," she said, rising, retary to Ring George, has lost his But, unfortunately, the bad traits of of the works. Of course they are
"Y'". "I? Certainly not! How should have contributed themselves to this
e.,, •! conflict may best be imagined when not set to work at the heavy ma
chines and they are chiefly given
really must take me to Lady Tresham. 1 ?,, only son, Capt. J. M. Bigge; Lord the Turk far outnumber the good
They will think that I am lost."
I "Are you still at your roomsV' he , here's the truth. When I got back to sons of peers are already serving with has lost two sons, his eldest, the Hon. his women, for instance, is archaic. •
reviling on 5 ew a -
She nodded. I Attra Monty had disappeared—run the colors. , Julian Grenfell, and a younger, S. W. For a few years a Turkish girl is perience, In every establishment, the
asked.
"Yes, only I'm having them spring- Grenfell. . allowed to run about and play and women workers lean how to work
away to England, and as yet I've .
heard never a word of him, I'd meant Boys Inherit Titles.
cleaned for a few days. I am stayingthethe aremmeauclii 1 e sfo takenroutthfloi rg theht Gr u is ha eultli s. ,
to do the square thing by him and • The haves that this war has played; Death has also claimed the eldest mix with little boys in a more or less
at Tresham House." ! bring him back myself. Instead of with the aristocracy may be best in- . son and heir of the Earl of Yale- rational manner, except that not much
. dicated bya partial list of members , borough, and two other sons the attention is given to her clothes, and ' facture . of the heavier munitions.
"May I come and see you there?" ' that he gave us all the slip, but un-'
1 The man's quiet pertinacity kindled
a sort of indignation in her. The end- less he's a lot different to what het of prominent families 'kilted, including Hon. George and the Hon. Marcus her attendance at school, despite corn- Problem After the War.
bearable. , fit to be about alone." not generally insisted upon. this change in. the working operations
What the permanent effect of all
•
was the last time I saw him he's no
• den weakness in her defences was un- !Lord S. D. Compton, a lieutenant in Sackville Pelham, are fighting in pulsory schooling being in force, is ;
. 1 "I heard that he had left," Francis the Royal Horse Guards, brother and; Flanders.
•! said, "from Mr. Walsh." heir presumptive of the Marquis of I Marry Their Mother's Choice. • of women will be after the war is ir,
"I think not," she answered short-
, ly. "You don't knovr Lady Tresham, • --es --
• Marry
and they might not approve. Lady ; "He either came quite alone," Trent Northampton; Capt. M. A. de TuyIll CRUELTIES _UNNERVE MEN. . I not concerning the employers now,
said, "in which case it is odd that no- of the Tenth Hussars, youngest son . early there comes a1 though they appreciate that it will
! Tresham is rather old-fashioned." But very
"Oh, Lady Tresham is all right," - g
! thin • has been heard of him, or De of the Duchess of Beaufort; Major ! German Soldiers Suicide Alter Moral
says she is grohring big., and she must ! tion later. To the women it is its chain of problems for solu-
change. Her mother looks at her and! bring
he answered. "I suppose I shall see bora has got hold of him."
, the Hon. C. 13. (). Freeman-Mitford,1
"Perhaps not," Trent said, "but ' it is stated that 213 peers and 424 Deshorough, the famous sportsman, ones. The position which he allows to t • •' • lif d ys ex
-• h h h e•I ready bringing more money than they
(To be continued.) 1 ever had in their lives before and - a
Redesdale are serving with the col- The London Dal G h" t
silk cloak reaching down to the ank
burning sun and their places taken She was taken aback and showed. y rap ic men s
?), Torture
Trent nodded. D.S.O. eldest son. and heir of Lordn pu on a c ars a . c ais a is a
- great brown water -jars passed down you to -night if you are staying there.
the line, men fainting beneath the They have asked rne to dinner!"
1
ors, two in the army and two in the the follwing despatch from Petro -sense of independence never experi-
les and up to the top of the head, -and '
by others. She heard the shrill whistle • it. Again he had the advantage. He
.
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navy. The Hon. Colwyn Phillips,: grad: •; it impedes the child's movements, ne- •
•
of alarm, the beaten drum; she saw ! did not tell her that on his return he ,
elder son of C
the emote exchanged for the rifle, had found scores of invitations fromSOLDIERS ASK PRAYERS. rd St. Davids, was an"In view of the statement of Genildly. She uit also wear a thick - This alteration in the industrial fab- 1.
!i o!
— Wm
early victim of the war. His brother I eral Hi»denburg that the victory in veil, never see a little boy again, and .
! ric by women's increasing activity and
and the long line of toilers disappear ! people he had never heard of before. ! —
speak to any inan but her
hehind the natural earthwerk. which I "You are by way of going into so- ' Canadian Highlander Voiced Senti- Roland, who is now sole heir, is a ; this war will fall to the nation whose . never fig; broadening opportunity is prahaps the
eheir labors had created. • She saw , ciety, then," she answered insolently. e ments of the Men. lieutenant in the cavalry. •
soldiers have the strongest nerves, it thee until she is married. • I most vivid impression la& on the
; mind of one who devotes a week to a
' black forms rise stealthily from the ! "I don't think I've made any par- I When the Earl of Erne (lied his son : is interesting to note that cases of The majority of Turkish girls mar -
long rank grass, a flight of quivering : ticular efforts," he answered. i Annie S. Swan, the well-known suicide are increasing largely in the l'Ythe man their mother chooses for . . -
tour of the munition plants, second
and heir, Major Viscount Crichton, i' -
spears, the horrid battle -cry of the na-.1 "Money," she murmured, "is an writer, in a letter to the London who had been equerry to the King, ; German army. During the Russian only to he comprehension of the ene
them. But as the mother may see no
th'es rang in her ears. The whole everlasting force!" ' Times says:— man except her own husband, she ,
! ormous scale of production that the
The Chaplain -General's appeal for •
was reported to have been taken . retreat the enemy strove to demon -
drama of the man's g-rerat past rose up 1 "The people of your world," he ' • ,
prisoner in Germany. Later inform- ! strata the possession of et meg i
e i , nerves I must rely upon the advice -abased on i Ministry has planned. It is in all pro -
before her eyes, made a living and ; answered, with a flash of contempt, more faithful prayer for the troops ion ! rumors and hearsay of her woman •
bability the biggest engineering and
ation showed he died from wounds ; by inflicting numberless cruelties
real ihing by his simple but vigorous "are the people who find it so." le .- e . 1.. 1 f • ' labor enterprise in modern history.
language. That he effaced himself She was silent then, and Trent was recalls to my remembrance what a about the same time a 1 ' f th '
s us • a er.1 the innocent population of the towns ; nen s—oi e se emp oy a pro essional I
1 e.
from it went for nothing; she saw him far from being discouraged by her Canadian Highlander, just down : Viscount Crichton . ,
left a son born in ! and villages. Near Durnbina, in the !matchmaker.
. vi age o mina, e amens cove I
11 f Cl • the G • After she is married, a Turkish; HOLLAND IS HURT.
the e perhaps more clearly than any- momentary irritability. He was cross- from the trenches, said to me one ; 1907,
who at the early age of eight ' •
, ire desire, a man of •brains and nerve ing himself well, with a new con- "Go home and tell the women to I years has become the Earl of Erne. i ered the streets with the bodies of i woman
thing else, the central and domineer- ing the lawn now by her side, carry- evening in a camp in France.
just "sits." She sits for hourl
*th his life in his hands faced fidence in his air and bearing which pray for us, and never to leave off.1
I Another pathetic case is that of .. tortured men, women and children, ; after hour placidly, with her hands • Textile Industry Deprived of Raw
lel i
h I she did not fail to take note of. The ; Captain Lord Guernsey, whose. little but the next morning nineteen dead I folded, in ;he manner of a sleepy cat. Materials and Dyestuffs.
!the Golden Horn is a thrilling event in The textile trade, one of the princi2
P Y ' A .day s shopping or a rowboat trip on
the chances of death. Cer. sunlight, the music, and the pleasant by the prayers of those at home,1 son Michael,. born in 1908, becomes , bodies of German soldiers were also .
; seen. These had ended their lives bit ;
e She plays very distinct sec- pal industries in Holland, is suffering
enilasee in Fred's letter had sunk air of excitement were all in his veins. the heir to the earldom of Aylesford. I
ii into het mind, they were recalled He was full of the strong joy of liv- and in the trenches we 1,:now when;
Ly vividly by the presence of the ing. And then, in the midst of it all, they have had a slack (lay." ond fiddle to her mother-in-law, who
her lif . • • attack from both Germany and Great
1 Through the death of Viscount ' suicide. In common with their fellows;
eine sat in the sunlight with the mu- though all his castles in the air hail Swan one is astounded and uplifted ! ° •
f Ranturly, the heir to the earldom I the strength of their nerves hy cap -
I and larder, and such astimes as read-
provide sufficient dyestuffs, while the
Britain, the first of which refuses to
I Northland the Only son of the Earl I; these nineteen men had been showing
.en himself, telling his own story, came a dull, crashing blow. -It was as Everywhere over there, adds Mrs.1 . i I retains first call upon her son s purse
ziein her ears, listening to his abrupt come toppling about his ears, the by the reverent perception in our . is Northland's little baby, born in
• i
! taring and shooting peaceful people.
ing books, playing cPards, tennis or latter restricts the supply of the raw
which. blanched her cheeks and caught ancl the sweet waltz music had bm
ecoefighting spiritual which are necessary as the material !
: came into notoriety some years ago were firing thousandsgoare nearly unknown to Turl
of guns, some ; . materials required to lseep the Dutch
spindles going.
vivid speech, and a fear came to her blue sky had turned to stony grey men of the forces 1/1i ay of this year. Lord Northland ! "At Przemsyl, when the Germans
1 lf dsh
in a sensational divorce case.Ever since August, 1914, the varl-
et her throat The hand which held a dirge. Always a keen watcher of iby being named as the correspondent • or their soldiers with bloodshot eyes I women.
her dainty parasol of lace shook, and men's faces, he had glanced for a sec- ones to the conduct of the 1 The Turk hates reform; what was
i were seen rushing into the very thick I ous branches -of the textile trade here
an indescribable thrill ran through ond time at a gaunt, sallow man, who I Lord leille.mn s heir is now the baby;of the hand-to-hand fighting, oblivious good enough for his father—and his
her veins. She could no more think evore a loose check suit and a grey I
i son of Lieut. -Col. S. H. Morris, h
woo ' of the wounds they received. They I have experienced difficulties in keep -
Lot father before him—is quite good
I was killed some months ago. 1ing mills at work. At first there Was
of this man as a clodhopper, a coarse Homburg hat. The eyes of the two ie I enough for him; and . although he
of the fight. Others, frenzied by the : a certain amount of raw stuffs on
, appeared to be intoxicated by the fury ;
1 d Ninian Crichton-Stuctia, who ; eornetirries wakes up fon a moment
1 - inizing of his country' or his natio hand to furnish the looms, which were
has lost his life in the war was a • i and passes laws for this dr that mod -
with their own rifles or pierced them- " - 3r s ns Dutch military authorities for cloth -
kept busy by the orders from the
fearful scene, shot themselves dead
brother to the Marquis of Biute. 1
e e When Capt. Chai•les Monde wile '
, selves to the heart with their bayon-; al life, his enthusiasm soon dies down.
ei , e s. ing for the rapidly' mobilized Dutch
killed his nine-year-old son became! t . f and the laws are ignored or else re -
"After Przemsyl General Macken- ' troops. Then, however, came restric-
tions on. imports and exports, which
heir to his grandfather, Viscount ! (lined to an absurdity by reason of
War.
upstart without tnanners or imagine:- men met. Then the blood had turned
tam eIn matey ways he fell short of to ice in Tint's veins and the ground
ad the usual standards by which the had heaved beneath his feet. It was
rein of her class were judged, yet the one terrible glance which Fate
elm suddenly realized that he possess- had held against him, and she had
ed a touch of that quality which lift- played the card.
al him at once far over their heads. Considering the nature and sudden -
Tile men had genius. Without edu- nese of the blow which had fallen
eaden or culture he had yet achieved upon him, Trent's recovery was mar-
ereatness. 13y his side the men who venous. The two men had come face
were passing about an the lawn be- to face upon the short turf, involun-
ramo euddenly puppets. Form and tarily each had come to a standstill.
style, manners and easy speech be Ernestine looked from one to the other
•twine suddenly stripped of their sig- a little bewildered.
wheelie° to her. •The man at her side "I should like a word with you,
end time of these things, yet he was Trent," Captain Francis said: quietly.1
nre.ater world. She felt her en- Trent nodded.
mitei towards him suddenly weaken- "In five minutes," he said. "I will
•ed. Only her pride now could help return here—on the other side of the
her. She called upon it fiercely. He bandstand, say."
was: tile man whom she had deliber- Francis nodded and stood aside.
etely believed to be guilty of her fa- Trent . and Ernestine continued their
he -s death, the man whom she had progress towards the stand.
eet herself to entrap. She brushed "Your friend," Ernestine remarked,
' ,d1 time other thoughts away and "eeerned to nine upon you like •
of manner '
.been drifting.
banished firmly that Banken cue kind- ern Banquo."
a mod-
.
into evhieh she had Trent, who did not understand the
! illusion, was for once discreet.
Monek. 1 sen issued an order to the army in
Lord Cengleton b; succeeded by his i which he evened his troops that the
brother, the• Hon, John P. Parnell, a wives and children of •the• soldiers
lieutenant in the army, and heir to
.
the. title is his brother William, who
Who committed suicide would be de- I
the corruption of the officials appoint- were accompanied by depression in
ed to carry them out.• the home purchasing' market.
• ..--___.e, This district is the centre of the
textile trades. In the immediate vi -
01'.
WAR.
init of Twenthe in normal times
27,000 looms and 800,000 spindles are
LATEST IMPLEMENT
prived of pensions. The number *of,1
is 11 years of age. German soldiers who committed std..'
— . .
• Lord Kinnaird lost his eldest son, • German Trench Mortar Hurls 200, i
aide at Przernsyl was 111. On the busy, and for the most part they de -
Capt. Douglas Kinnaird, P 1 SI 11 .
while an- Dneister and near Juravno there were pend on foreign countries for raw
similar cases caused by the dislike of ; Germans on the western front are materials. Altogether in Holland
the soldiers to face an overwhelming tieing a new trench mortar, or mine- there are engaged in the textile trades
. .
fire. ' ! I werfer, as they call it, :Whose projec- 370 power factories and 200 other .
d'Very often the cruelty of the Ger-; tiles make a hole -big enough to bury works, where purely luinclela,bor is
man officers was responsible for cases '. an automobile in. ! employed. Isi these concerns about ee
of sui(dde. On the very day that Gen -1 Each shell weighs • two hundred 44,000 people earn their living.
other son is serving in the army.
Lcird Balfour of Burleigh'a. eldest
son, the Hon. Robert Bruce, the mas-
ter of Burleigh, was killed, and his
-
brother is with the colors.
Picturesque Figures.
The death, of Lord Annesley result- era]. Mackensen areived .at Vladimir.; pounds and steads three feet It Up till a few years ago much of
ed frern his being shot through the Volynek he saw the body of a Ger- 1 splits • two strips that measure ficin the men's and women's ready-made
bead while making a brilliant store- men. soldier who had hanged himself.1 two to three feet in breadth, the clothing sold in Holland came from
plane' attack upon Oatend. The officers looked confused at each • edges ,'of which .- have jagged teeth Germaely, but • recently Dutchmen
1
keen pleasure when he realized how dealings with abroad, Inc, said.. 1 did The death of Caldiain the Hon. R. other, but the General was determin-i like a saw. ,
I 0 have applied themselves to this trade,
i i f th. war
And he, on his part, felt a glow lef "He is a man with whorn had
. .
The Viacountess Archemon
the evente of the da had gone in hie not'expect him to turn up here."
. , ' favor. If not yet of her world, he "In West Africa ?" she asked quick -
knew noev that his becoming so would 1Y.
nbe hereafter purely a xriattee of time. Trent smiled enigmatically,
He looked up through the green leaves 'There are many foreign countries •
at tho ,blue shy, bedappled with white, besides Africa," he said, "and I've
fleecy clouds, and wondered whether been in most of them. This is box No.
be g,ueesed that his appearance here, la then.' shall see you this evening."
his ownership of iris, the studious .She nodded, and Trent was free
rormerly Miss 141ildred Carter., ,of Bab.
theore, the only daughter of J. Ridge -
ley Carter, former Americau Minister
to the Balkan State, whose work on
the Duchess of Marlborough's War
Relief Committee of American ladies
bate been highly commended by Queen
itlary.
Wyndham, heir presumptive of his ed to .gee at the cause of the man s ; These shells conic tearing through which, at the beg nn rig o e
death, and ordered that his body j the air for a qual•ter of a mile or saw itself almost entirely in butch
should be searched. He read aloud. more, cutting through trees that stand hands. People in this country have
in theft, way, When one of the shells been forced, however, toeconomize by
explodes the concussion can be heard the prevailing conditions, and the
for ten Miles. The British soldiers clothing manufacturers have felt the
brother, •Loi•d Leconfield, the. nephew
of Lord Rosebery, makes the. • third
member of the Wyndham family to
fall in the war.
Lord Cowdray, the heal of the fam-
ous firm of Weetnian-Pearsoi%s so ed by Lieutenant GlaubcPrivate have nick -named the mineveetfees pitch of the war pest as much as eny
prominent in the oil fields of Wilco, Conrad Durnmler.' " . other branch Of the textile trades.
. the contents of the note which was
discovered: '1 cannot bear any..longer
the beating and moral torture inflict -
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