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Or, The .Adventure,
°X Captain 1Fr se
CHAPTER XL--(Cont'd).
"No, sir," saki the cook, erpeetfully,,
it does make 'em larf, don't it, sir?
thought 1 can't see woe they're larfati
at any more than wot you ears."
The mate walked off fuming, and
to his other deties added that of in-
spector of pots and pans, a eonditiee
of thinee highly* efeensive to the cook,
inasznueh as certain culinary arrange-
ments of his, only remotely connect-
ed wall cleanliness, canoe in for much
unskilled comment.
The overworked crew went ashore
at tlee earliest possible moment after
t a o arrival in London, in search of
�eeuperative draughts. Ben 'watch
ed them a trifle wistfully as they znov
ed of, wlien Nibletts soon afte
followca their example without zt vi'
ing him to join him in ;i: social glass o
superior quality, smiles} m.ouxnfully a
lie thought of the disadvantages o
rank.
He aat, for some tizue smoking i
silence, ; leonaarch of all he su -vexed
end then, gazing abstractedly at th
3llerat eraft eroaaid him, fell into
pleasant dream, in wheat he saw bile
salt
in :itis rit htia.i positioi3 gas z aete '
of the leeem, and Niifletts, a,Raa1•"iered
fol artl.e.7nese, miming to him for
employ=ment before the mast. His
Meditations were disturbed by a small
piece of coal Ie. -making on the simile at
wheal he loaf,etl lazily, until, finding it
folioweci by two otT r pieces, be re.
luctently" came to the conclusion tha
went intended for him,
fourth 1>ioce, }setter (aimed, put th
matter beyond. ell reaeenaele doub
arid, looking„ up sharply, he caught the
svatehman i14 the act of launching; th
fifth,
'Dello, old 'en,,, said George, cheer..
fully, '41 thought you, was aeleep."
"'You thaaugght wrong, them.' said
the mete, seatax1 °; «Rlon't you do that
egleis"
dici "Yogi you?
a
"`And Iet us know,"' added her daug -
ter, giving high a card; "diets our ad-
s dress, end any time you're up our
way we shall be very pleased to see
You. Mr, --"
""Brown," said the mate, charmed
i with their manners. "Mr. Browne'
"`Ben," cried a voice from the wharf.
The new mate gazed austerely at the
small ofi'tee-boy above..
"Letter for the mane," said the
youth, who was unversed in x event, his-
tory;, "eaten."
1'fe-pitched it to the decl, and walk-
ed off whistling. There was only one
mate in Ben's world, sed he picked up
- the letter and put it in his picket.
"Don't luind us, if you want to read
r it," said Mgrs, Tipping, Iii Idly.
s- "`Oriy besia ess, I expect,'" said Ben.
f grandly,
s He took it. from his pocket, and,
f tearing the envelope, threw it aside
and made a feint,of reading the con
xr' tents,
"Not, bad news, I hope?" Bahl Mr.
e Tipping, notieing bis wrinkled brow.
a "1 can't read witheut zny glaeses,"
sai�.l the mate, with a measure of troth
iaa the statement, He lootregi et ;Mre.
n'Tipping,
' �" l
rp in and saw a eh,into of :weld-
ing ali..taan
'T'r'ays you'd just look at it and
see if it's intportant," he suggested,
Mrs. Tipping tool: the letter from
him, and, after real m Icing en the
strangeness Of the sand :eiizia;, read
severely; "but you won't liis•.
You teem it, an' all becos . you
poultice it with tea leaves," ,
She collected the things together on,
a tea tray of enoremee sire, areal holcl-
iag it tightly pressed to her sinal} t
waist, wats:hed with Fractious eyes. es
the heavy articles slowly tobogganed;
to the other end. . kande fell outside;
the door, and the loaf, after a mo
,
ment's hesitation, which nearly Cosset
the tray, jumped over the `edge and;
bounded downstairs,
Flower knocked the ashes out
his pipe, and slowly, refillirng it, be -i
ian to peruse the Merging paper, look-
ing in vain, as he hod looked each,}`
moaning, for an account of his death, ,l
Itis reading was interrupted by ai
loud knock at the street door, and
threw down the paper to be ready to.
recieve the faithful Fraser. Re heard',.
the door °pee, and then the vioae nt
M=.,... C
rushing upstairsof Miss *.r§:Lea-'z�
announce his ,Tisitor.
"'Somebody to see you, Mr, �,xr�rton,";
she panted,. brusting into the room,
"Well, show him up,' said Flower,
".Ail of 'ern?" de r,anded Miss Chif
fears:.
'"Is there more than ore?" i
' ed Flower, in a startled voice"
y ."Thmee," maid(,.. 1'• ims �.'3h3 fret R n3ed-�
ding", ""t„✓o geawtlenr'^epi' ad a'i1 ."'
".Ii7d they . ay what. then manes
x".'e:e? ' inquired he &k�Cher, turning.
v -rye pale.
Miss Co ffers E" eo.'C her head,, r7aa,I
then stopped to 3de gun a hair'pl"„
"Cele of Pan's called DEW' she said
at aloud
A° Deaar Jael,,,., If you want to see , r,
8 Norton, come; to 10, John Street, Wal.1
t' worth, and be mated nobody sees you.
"Jack," ,eaid. the satiate, stooping for' L
o' the envelope, ‘'Whys it mast he Meant
r Ills —for Jack Fraser,"
iFCereful ruoheely seer, von,"
user Miss Tipping excitedly',a
or, the elan*elope; from the :ii
the address is prietecl by heed '
thee and daughter looked et earl
It was evident that thei.
were catcher, :anti that cane;'.
;e known there without ehei
rc ua the lirfave hiaj ,penrR"y.
v it to hilar when 1 seo Mee
aa«tet Ileyan, thrusting the letter in
pocket. It don't seely, to he iln
tent. Ile ain't, in London px,es
ni ' a
..
1 don't thin}a."'
i sltoulun't think t was important
sad Mae. Tipping, soothingly,
"Not at all,"echo a1 her daughter,;;
se cheek was banning with excite-,
ment, "Good -night, Mr. Brown." I'renal " it "rages€1 Au"'
Ben bade- them good -nicht, and in,
lA*� capacity of host walked up the laalw�n'
ami with them and. saw them depart.r '1`bis typical 'Toile " ars riga
'Mico }}riga thing,- ain't she?" :rang' private is known ;among his
the watchman, who was standing men, is shown in :full winter
there, after 'Mrs. Tipping; had bidden ment. The photograph 'was
the mato good-bye; "bo careful wot on the Verdun front where thou
you're a-doin' of, Be,niDon't go and and thousaa9 ie of dais type are
spile yourself by= a,,wx}y."niarriage, tling with the Germans despite
just as you're a -beginning to get on, in inclement weather.
life, B •ides a nate might Beeides, ig t clo better
than that, and she'd only marryY ou
GlG"1NTIGORDERS.
for your position.t,
itussla H TakesEleven.
e un.drefi
of for ! LJniforuts'
Russia recently y. placed 1. c an
with the manufacturers o£ the
he
other,'surprieed ,•at his gone.
"'Next time you want to chuck emit.'
sit aaxaybodee'" cohtinnued Ben, with di ,
aatya, }"pier. tont ohne as" the 'ands; Mate
don't like awing conal decked at gem 1a
%etclfa:nen.'"y {y
"Leek who '\a K O e," gwi ped W.}f
,ze„}'shed George. '":hook a oho we
tire," he sepeated, helpifr"sly "Leek
re,'"
"iI£cep your place, watebmatin' eald
thea mate, severely; "'keep your place,
and 1'11 'keep nano."
The vegetal= regarded inn? £o
some time in genuine «astonishment,
end then, taking his old seat on th
post, Unmet Ws hands in his pockets,
and gave uterance to this shocking
heresy. "Mates ain't nothing;"
"'You mind your business, ;anwatch-
,
sn, said the nettled Ben. "and I Il
mind Hainer "
"You don't know it " retorted the
other, breathing r 1 <a'
t thing, laeasaily, baisidos,
you don't look like p. mate. I wouldn't
chuck coal at a real mate."
He said no more, but sat gazing idly
up end down the river with a face
from which tall expression had been
banished, except 'when at intervals his
gaze rested upon the mate, when it
Iit up with an expression of wonder
and joyw the which i, made t e muscles ache
with the exercise.
Ile was interrupted in this amuse-
ment by
muse-mentby the sound of footsteps and.
feminine voices behind him;; the hide -
fatigable Tippings were paying an-
other of their :informal visits and
calmly ignoring his presence, came to
the edgeof the jetty and discussed
'mays and means of boarding the
schooner.
"Mr. Fraser's gone," said the watch
man,, politely and loudly,, "there's a
new skipper now, and that tall, fine,
'aandsome, smart, good-looking young
feller down there is the new mate."
The new mate, looking up fiercely,
acknowledged the introduction with an
inhospitable starea look which gave
ivay to one of anxiety as Mrs. Tipping,
stepping into the rigging, suddenly
lost her nerve, and, gripping it tightly,
shook it in much the same fashion as
a stout bluebottle shakes the web of a
Spider. e
"Hold tight, mar," cried her daugh-
ter, excitedly.
"I am," cried Mrs. Tipping. "Help!"
The watchman stepped into the rig-
ging beside her, and patted her sooth
risagly on the back;''the' mate, coming
to the side, took her foot and assisted
her to reach the deck. Miss Tipping
followed, and the elder lady, after re-
overing from the shock caused by her
ate peril, fell to'discuusing the -eternal
subject of Mr. Robinson with the new
}nate.
"No, I never. see 'im," said Ben
.thoughtfully; "I never heard of him
till you come asking arter 'im."
"You must make up your mind he's
gone," Said Mrs, Tipping, turning to
;her daughter, "that's what I keep 'tell-
ing you. I never was so tired of any-
thing in my life as tramping: down
here night after night. It ain't re-
spectable.'
"You needn't come," said the other,.
dutifully. "He was last heard of an,
this ship, and where else am I to look
Jaz' him ? You said you'd lilee to find
ailn youracleM ,
"I should," said ans. Tipping, grim:
"I should 2il:e an' hire are o: have
little talk, if ever we do meet.'"
"If EeTer: he domes aboard this
stiid the mat,. ti 1 ' t
ort Yon."
vire?
iticiaya tee pin.:
"Tell them I'm re
e ,, hastily,
aa:3 ac t,t4„I' e o'e
(To be c
that. I
vee
$OCOT1
TES it TEItESTOa14 3i
ANKS AND BRAES._,
Art
CIr'1iZ
$rose
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c=iz
you pay
at you get I
s trio . n seco
There s r
—that's the old rehab
R8pct eete t "
ra ny he hi g heli
why n
Cana
Redpath.
0,1
lie
petrol
Mamie
told
wager t"itnt
La dy Mary
x .°attere to 11,N1'..
.Damage es k a
a' u. ee,C1 K ai'Fu
-?ale Sr,"le , l an via gee ora'
and Mali:eters, to cclasagow.
Se '1e.te9 3 C_.ree mea t is.
(rilee;x,
d at '.$25,000
eurrecl
?ASeC;d-r�:
0
ever (etre-
,.
i:, int dairying hav
M "F i"+�aala ,azfial hug;nods i1a1x
a,liast none iia'
a liar e d t; is tier /Ad
rot° 'ri is i lth ThIW
v hieb i tsb a 8sh'etl
"eg--a I, u* 4 vc42.2
in Qiita-4r
tea ,Senn
vly uppliea to t"he Pt
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held in aa:4
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0
en' tea-e".am b i ro
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tixn tl20a0 ,marl
sora axaafwtiri€t a t
nd.
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inter,
a , mrv. g.,n,n..me.sa.a ,xwa A*aAA„'�t% 6 ,d#NUFah'R`w'4.
701004ni%ctairca Ian nalaontaa raa�ality£ xatnlla deals
feolM, gradexl zxai nxad factors"ear hxa al cr
rotator.
1. was'gra aisaa
r eel% In Quebaa
ompilsos'y # and
`rnaea Provinces are
eti the Vetere. tere. Oat t6
Band the effect war: noticed
i}ure to win prises with but-, carer ,�i pee
u'heu ill
competition with other' t
r 6 �� � laa� f'ta& e.A.,ae'it,GS in the 111
Provinces F o 'inces However, the new Dairy q'uantit:y of cheese
,per 100 pound whi. x omes into force in.larclrill!: ORcsn; Icss. The system
em oti w
ot'u
provides ;far the grading cd' ail cream. "pooling" the milli so oomnnonl I sl
Such legislation should be 'we,..-. -d r .•c , yaii
p aGti ed pant a pretnixarn nig poor.
CHAPTER XII.
In happy y :ignoraariie of the changes
I p g,es
caused byhis sudden c s id len and tragic end,
Captain Flower sat at the open win- , i
lilalin for two
3 minione
I o adsov
a or
1.,'�'
Y
dow of leis shabbyWalworth lodging,'
smoking an after -breakfast eleven hums, miles, o£ khaki cloth
}afar pipe, and for uniforms, The o goods are to be de -
gazing idly into the dismal,..littered livered next Spring, says London Tit -
injured foot, which, neatly' bandaged at - - the i„LJ ALAS lt7i 117111[ as 471ec�� en IVA,It J . A yell n" o gut
Russia is never niggardly in the mallet , �, , , . • , ,
A het one pound of loge-g,rade lint- ;accordnn to ualn v ..seen plore mesey, I)tiae thcrxi into Llai
g q lit t ou1d. i1,A, � _
I
arde
Wes
5
ainta~aianed iaa
aatlnaryrefd. sin auver
4.2. Intdlt1
bc;
ai fiat
nlilic,.
given.
In the
tnt
In tbe: ,vest .tlia l'rr�snoll and
British graa arra ,axe itl n dor
uatic , the re ma of
rmy have broken down, anncl- riga
t imine German .armies islll be
rad
alike. milk, or at least encouraged "tee -year-old sirs tis ote, "`Sllnsot
lay producer and, :njHanufactaaxea Gdairy-
First -quality .butter cannot be maado",xnen to iar'ease the quantity at the dead many wicked French to they"
from eeme'Hud-g;"azdaze•a"Kt�taeent lletuartette a;-phnso if uratic �,,a .A,largely� x1.. nine -'ear -old boy wrote: iatli we
. from . , r ai i adr,, a C-, } �
hest butter be made from the mixture sponsible for the decrease in (pewter- ; boys say it would be splendid if the
'French,
of as first and second-grade cream. When .y, ,
g era. payment :1s ntnda on a ai:Ralt : ra?g,ligh, Rus�saan9 and Serbs
., it X „,.,
Tho dairyman who through careless- basis, it will be an incentive t came. We woul'al i've th*i» ,4"5”
nhetuselasCt g za ,
Hess in handling his cre • delivers a and bre theherding. I have .a sword r'i and � I.
'only
cd to improve tlno, � a o c helmet qal
i,
CC .At
second unlit
S
v Ms e
A 11.teat, 'which <i . � 1ah C}4 • ready --all T want >v '
o, h'�ia�in turn a•i t xao is u
7. �,,.„,�.M lY u . t win fiivc more of if
neighbor, alio endeavors to 11eepeein h e _teher cheese from 100 pounds of ` A boy' \vrite; to 'Hindenbur:g; "Dear
rte • ;Hindenburg,� . ,
am Yn he : o
m st n ro' a z.. seen cgood knock pp v cI man:ner, znlik, til.arx , >• d at present.. l�. 1 the Russian
bu 1
.ustry t u tends to trippla,ihe avholc .in- Ga,uding of ci�flpI,nt f,zesameries and,hard
and drive them .a1gaaan, iuto tlxtr
a localdispensary, rested : upon a wee_ of Government orders Burin
one Chi- finest quality. Mare free auiv' rx dairy”- e ..r,.om the a?r � *"
Y' erns- mon years ago... Ther loss cruised isv :�. clialit AL ", , e k" ativate �rotR.,
Million second chair—hung rather: heavily g ter will disparage 100 pounds of the to the best interest of Ontario
da` r " liraaa th at the Czar shay be lrniser able "'
her war with Japan she gave o
upon his hands as he sat thinking of c o ` f t� f
g, as given the poor stuff than the .lack o t - =""O deur Hinclenbur beat than Itus-
P f hese systems for bo long at: b, ,
ways and means of spending the •t ag firm a contract
or soh mi xolx in
a when there was a coal strike,in this thing; consequently, as competition producer of dairy ,products aiding in other holiday."
cont,71t"te R�TPI 'tussles rnttlrn r.n♦• nes- a.nA• becomes keener, - _ their working _ � the
pounds of beef. On another occasion, good. It is the ease with every -/time every Si•1 until the bits fl- a it
e cyan be'partly retrieved,by ns i y as
six months profitably and pleasantly.
He had looked at the oleographs on
the walls until he was tired, and even the rriarvels of the wax fruit under a her navy,
accustomed 'sun/lies of steam coal for taken to matufacture goods of the to be adopted throughout the Pro -1. German children, one of the authors
she cabled to a firm in the best ounlay
cracked glass shade begae to pall upon i e. a es an ou or or three mile - *
him Cream Grading. mrice, There is no queetion but that declares that the children know no
* lion tons. This was the largest ex- the Dairy Act to be enforced this 'limits in their gorine.es. The draw -
,T11 go and stay in the country a ee orning spring is to the best in lige, 80 to sa 1 P —
I i pad blood It is
bit," he muttered; "I shall choke here. Com • d ith h h d creameries were first established
He took a slice oe bread from the as ef t e .s,,,,hoie 1 ustry._ armerls1 nte bo ttl thley depict but, slaughter
mends as th se, the Australian order the West, so that dairymen were noti h 'ad E ' 0 f the vriters states aecording
tray and breaking it into small pieces
. femiliar with any other system. The Advceate• to the London Chronicle's translation,
egan. to give breakfaat to, three hens miles of cloth for military uniforms
which passed a precarious existene-e in seems a small matter. Yet, consider -
the yard below.
ing the comparative populations of the
"They get quite to know you now," two countries, it was not so bad.
said the small but shrewd daughter of After the South African War the
the heuse, who had come in to clear
the breakfastlhings away. I
British Government contracted for
t"'" " forty miles of ribbon for South Af-
you like your egg?"
rican War Medals. These were issued
"Very good" said Flower..
te about 300,000 rnen, each getting a
"It was new laid " said the small
nine -inch strip.
pile wonders how many htindred
She came up to the window and
critically inspected the birds. "She laid miles will be required for the Empire
. . troops at the end of the present ap-
it," she said, indicating one or tne
palling struggle.
three. a
"She's not much to look at " said --
HOSTEL et tire MEN ON LEAVE.
Flower, regarding the weirdest -look-
ing of the three with some interest. L H s
on on oh es ommaltdeered by the
"She's a wonderful layer," said Miss - British Authorities.
Chiffers "and as sharp aS you make
'em: When she's in the' dustbin the Twenty-six large private houses on
others 'ave to stay outside. They the east el e o Belgr e road, Lon -
can go ie when she's 'ad- ell she don, have been requisitioned by the
wants." War Office, and the tenants have been
"I don't think have any more informed that they must leave
eggs," said Flower, casually. "I'm "forthwith "
eating too much.. Bacon 11 do hmait-
self,"
"Please .yesurself," said Miss Chif-
fers, turning from -the window.
"Better," said-, Flower.
"It's swelled more thal: it was yes:
terday," elle said with ilaconcealed
the dah's
• The ,houses are wanted for the ac--
comniodation of soldiers returning on
from. the front and ,reaching
London at an 'hour in the' night 'when
ethey, aee .unable 'to 'proceed, straight
to their homes. , The tenants are
mOStly professional men , and retired
people, some of emem have lived ite after the cream properly. It, le 43,, are not good enough for the purposes
their Present reWelences from thirty the dairy:216-nel interests to aid, . in the war.' e cannot rblanle the
te 'forty years.. Thd .hcalses' are let facilitating the N'verk,ing out • (.')f the, Fr,ench and British buyers l'or not
atmente ' of -433-0, to `g1-0 a year, and 'new reendations. If cream is grac... mg these horses,
are live -storeyed . ed Noe 2, there is a CaUSe for it, and, ' ''The .farmer. Ple bl'eeding g
The order, waa issued umfer,-- the the catlae nsuallY to bp in the good heavy 'carriage horse and ,e leeletom "1 n
Defer -ice. of the Realm...Act imidling of 'ale ,the time- sized,-,Toadstete There. ,*111,.k44..),VAiftit:.‘bill yotli,s,",
General, Sir FraneisJaleyd, conini e ,leavesathe seilarater until it is de- be a -sale in .onada -for '01.614,1144,0,i,-0.„,,,. ion!
high quality product manufactured
has given them an enviable position.
In Ontario it has been different, Foe Speaking at one of the Winter 'Fair an obsCure Work, all lines and broken
cream whether it was of the best luncheons Dominion Live Stock Com- fragmentarY
missioner John 'Bright, had the fol. could make nothing of it, and asked
things. The author
years crearnerymen have taken the
the boy for an explanation. The an -
quality or not. It they didint take lowing to say regarding the future of
it they knew their nearby competitor the horse market: "Although horse swer was, "A Russian hacked to
The author's comment is:
would; the dairyznan also knew ea question differs a little from other nieces."
lines of stock, yet it is relatively in
and was aware that the same price "It is nonsense to say that the child
would be paid if it had a good flavor. the same position as far .as future who ditew this did it with childish
Pasteurizing the cream a the cream- P
rospects are concerned. Good spontaneity. It had been suggested
erY overcame Much of the difficulty horses are absolutely scarce en to him by the moral atmosphere in
butter, but that quality cannot be so real good draft horses were ever as ----*---
Canada to -day. 1 doubt whether which he lived."
and gives a 'uniformity of quality of
Work for Russian Army.
Horses Will Be In Demand.
that he visited a school where he no-
ticed a boy at a war picture. It was
good as if made from. only first -grade
cream. Besides, the careful dairy-
man suffered by the carelessnees of
his neighbor. The point has been
reached where something has to be
done to hold the best markets of On -
scarce as they are now.
"Horses differ erom other lines of
stock in that they cannot be convert-
ed into beef and they, therefore, do of Agriculture has compiled from
not find the same ready sale as beef Zemstvo reports a statement of the
cattle. Depend on it, gentlemen, activities of the koustar or peasant
tart° butter. second-grade cream that there is no live stock that you workers in the makiug of products
is not worth ,as much as ficst_gcods can keep on your farm with more pro- for the use of the army, Thus there
were made in the Government of
Viatka alone 167,467 short fur coats,
a good horse. You will not have to costing 1,568,890 rubies; 92,615 pairs
wait very long to find that out. a felt boots, at 428,684 rubles; 1.1,030
Horses ere goirg to be alimmitgly pairs of stockings, at 5,294 rubles;
scarce in the near'future. knittee gloves, socks and mittens to
Ne have a number of herSeS in the velem Of 1,952 rubles: 57 400
rery province, and a very large mum- earth -carrying bags. Large quanti-
ber in some provinces that are ill- ties of material are beir,g sent from
bred and poorly fed, These horses all the Governments of the empire,
are of no use for anything. They and the nature of the product varies
oath the local inaustry, Thus in the
The Department of leural Economy
Ana Statistics of the Russian Mihistry
for butter Making. To pay the same 'fit for the fuaire market or that you
price puts a premium oe carelessness, can breed to give better returns than
and discourages the careful man, The
Legislature has put an Act, on the
statute books, which conies into force
in March. compelling cream grading.
This will offset the competition for
cream regardless of quality and
cream ,will be paid for on a quality
basis, thus giving an incentive to
dairymen to take precautions to look
sections where. shoes are a linetur-
ed almost the entire outpu beine-
devoted to military -poses.
1:
n
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0
c
:end }nooses weave
etinsiaiarablc rilaz;
The Glace os3
completed their
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The British government has take
r some of the biggest of London
hotels for war work„ but never until
now has it commandeered a famous
historic mansion for such nurposes.
That, however, is what has happened
to the Duke of Buccleuch's palatial
Bore:ion residence, Montagu House,
Whitehall, as an extension of the Min-
istry of Munitions.
A few weeks ago the family receiv-
ed notice that this might be likely to
happen and now the Duke has receiv-
ed formal notice to quit. No portion
of the house is to be reserved for the
Duke's personal use and the treasures
of this great historic mansion are In
process of removal to tam of the deacal
country seats.
No other private residence in Lon-
don occupies a more interesting site.
As early as 1240 Hubert de Burgh
built a large dwelling there, which
subsequently became the property of
the. Black Friars, of the Archbishop
of York, and finally of Henry VIII.,
after which it remained the rhief
royal palace in London till it was de-
stroyed by the Great Fire. The pre-
sent house was begun by the fifth
duke in 1853, and the Cost of the build,
ing amounted to $500,000,
Montagu House is noted for its
great rooms, splendid furniture,
incomparable miniet e.s. Picture
'by Rulieus, Rembrendt, Raphael ono
other great masters adorn the walls,
but the collectien 01 miniatures is
for the
first time the
Duke to the V,
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