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The Exeter Times, 1924-9-11, Page 6elicious Flavor from the leaves 0 ft 14 TEA i146a h woo it rai.11iott. �r use ^ °'$m90144 y on grocers.;a;,tor a pac1tag. roam' a, NA TORONTO R SA S n$ GREEN TEAU�' N S '. SAlA t te Ilouse Inc Up For WcnibicYa Remance in the Gorgeous Setting of the Creat Exhibition that Unite Eaet and West and Noath aid South, Fifteen Fires An Hour. According to statistics just publieh- ed in tete United. States no fewer than. 359 American houses catch Are in each tweety foot hours.. in other words, a new fire Starts every four minutes day anti night. year In and Year out, Although, of Bourse, many of these fires are promptly oxtleguished,• yet t1 the fire losses hi'the 'Unite i States run to $15 a e•eco11t1; $900 a minute, or, in figures, something ----- roundlike five hurl- PART iv ehun- PART 1 cafes afraid' of his own, compan. t office' Of the opera]' office Elsie Payne liadlCanada that evening, and made a eeption of Russia fire does niotca dam �ci n and a hewould egethan anywhere else. many opportunities of ; sect g sudden resolve. To Canada there Y - :eat Bin o Jim .Franklin, who was o The chances of his meeting The direct lora by fire in Gr, speaking , t also g , ' Department.tt two thousa id to, rain Is five inl1T an a montli,'or X60,000, inthe Freight D p Elsie were ,cher ea . e ' r`1 This is the direct loss Jim Franklin because( ne but Jint lied always 'Rad a n y 000 yea y Elsie liked.I o , one '; It does not include the cost of he did not attempt to flirt with her, far long odds, y did the other clerks, and she was He caught the train for i, rernbley, fire brigades, and the heavy indirect asuse iter Exhibition, be took' losses'r one kind and anohher. Take just a little sorry for him bees 1 A.rrising at the E y, his I died millions a year, America is a country of own thoughts, Wboden , Then he remembered that Elsie houses, and also of forest fires' on a a 1'sa'd• that' she hoped to visit huge scale, and with tkie •possible ex Ili d 1 On het.way from the private the eat man -off. the l3ouiter Line all these into consideration, and the fire bill is more than, doubled. In London alone the, yearly damage< u and there, for two hours, gazed upon by fli'e varies between $2,000,000 and the exhibits. 'At the end of that $3,500,000. Nearly a hundred lives are he never wanted lost in Loudon each year through fires, cls and the gar - seemed so utteily out of his element i no notice or the an n office, She knew that, after the dens, the.lake, and the amusements, in a influence `War had crocked him. up, but straightway sought 'out Canada, i had got hills. this job, and she was also 1. sadly conscious of the fact that lathe- enee was at work to get him out of it. pub - THE uc ate. Well educated, 1 ve aordinary,y iso antan birds are : As le . of a Unless d m MARY'S. U 1 TO T IiE P A TH l - Go Mary csince It was six months_ She had been a quiet Col- lins had died forefront woman and was never in the of anything; but after she ,had gone 'were amaaed to find how closely people she had been interwoven' with all the indeed been not i village; life, She had n in, the forefront, but she had been at the warm,. beating heart of it all, Even h 1 Jim Fran an in w kill! tan to 1 n best shoe itis is c tueT think1 , breeding value 1 he Was s clerk theme as this recluses the summer and goods, bait. as a freight Clerin 'the must bel a washout, He made blunders tall feed bill. Of courseY l every , day,and Mx. replaced by cockerels, which also take, simple arithmetic feed, but t find that well developed Manson, manager of the Freight D r more apt to al artment, hadoMarked him out fo De - cockerels are p producel P larger per cent. of fertile eggs than destruction, pipe and smoked savage- e Jim's He lit his pip When selling old,entirely'becaus I t older male birds. g That was not seated on a chair, his hands, thins rather be -11y, find.. the k but Balers IY she to cit dtic was Y, -birds• throe savage - cock Yarithmetic s. i his pockets. ket 41 in dee do not often like them at any price, cause lie and Elsie Payne seemed to deeply P t kl' as h time he felt that le again. A n g upon .a P to lookP Despondently he left the building seek- ing the grounds, a wandered int and The • uel rted frequented parts. ing the.less q li lits on the water, the sound of youth—all l music, the laughter of yo t1 eee brought more, and more anoholy upon him, ' o E England and in the two countries' S g mei- "I'm an incompetent fool and senti-. now, after half a year, no event ap-1 be getting over friendly; for Mx. 1\ an- ened in the village that some one did but will buy them at the rate oofabont, t forty,who P "It'seenis as if Mary 12 males to 20 hens. Some dealersson, a big man of shoo . not say wistfully, tel„ b them all at the same price per rally Collins might come in any mina dressed very well g Martha Brooks, who had been spend- ing ice erreandwas enc pound and then deduct one pound reckoned to be a fine-looking .fellow, each cock bird. iia the crate. This saves i had his own plans about Elsie, who using a separate crate or was• repot e o have ing the afternoon with Mrs. Thayer, t f the male t d t h a big pull with had been talking , of Mary for some mental idiot!” he muttered to himself. "What right have I to fall. in love with anybody?" (To be concluded.) great Mr, Boulter himself, -whose Mary's birds and saves some time in weighing theOddities in t7lieNews. M Th had been closest Essen tender„ It often pays t t d ith the des It was, a sweltering day 'in mid-, human being is• a veritable wireless fell between the two warren, a h oultry anklin sat with s ndin out waves• of varying silence full of memories:: o sir- summer when Jim Fr The` station, sending meat. After. buying a pound f sheets before him. lehgtli that aid him in his daily work, Martha $ro say nt y' oe it. She had,dozenpork chops, the his freight -` a 1 out the window ##loin and half a .advanced by beenl lam absently' I too b and suddenly something unucsu her' attention. "Why,. kda,l thing else. Then you say, "Yes, sir. you've , '- dahliabed 1" she Would you be able to use. four o eelai moved your and fortyhens next Thursday �cla%med, roosters birds ex tt : i . in ? Theyare. fine plump oxn Mrs. Thayer smiled. I was waiting morning? d gwill .deliver them at the back she said "Loo time; rs, Thayer neighbor.Presently a silence in the consignment at the market. o•raew deal- ers to whom you wis- to sellp confidenti al secretary she was. The-. startling theory that every Itis imagine-' ced the famous inventor, Madagascar—Santiago— Lakliovsky. He calls these waves i names that he read set is . all dealer smiles and asks if there is any - "human afire. "human waves." Lakhovsecy believes that eventually it will be: possible to eliminate maladies by overcoming A and and' Wales the deaths from fire total earl *. nearly two thousand Y � The great majority of victims are children, of whom 1,200 are burned to death in a year. In the United States the death roll, already enormously heavy, is fn eats Vera Cruz-heaps.more. Ile conjured up the scenes. Surf - beaten shores, palm trees, white, sun- lit un- li t houses --all that he had read about t k aii we for you to notice that," houryour man in books. He longed to these s- the other way,— door at exactly the 1 laces whose no visits he wrote along the path,—no, h 11 Thi ft n re tent p the path to Mary's." d 1 to down in a g " Mrs. Brooks turned. The path to Mary's led along the fence and; then through an orchard; and all the way to the orchard the dahlias stood glow- ing and splendid in the September sun. "Why, --=what,—" Mrs. Brooks gasped. "It was Betty's idea. She had been Lincoln learning in school about the Highway, and she proposed making a memorial path over to Mary's with me; dahlias and'hers." • "But it isn't nearly so good a place for them,; is it?" Mrs. Brooks asked. Mrs. Thayer caught her breath. "As if one could think of that when it was Mary! she cried. tRI She was silent for a while; then, think of this so often, Martha. Betty isn't going to stay at home always. She will go away to college and then to her own place in life. And it may be in. a city—most of our girls do go to cities these days,—and neighbors are: not so common' in cities. I want Bet- ty's little path'of'remembrance to be, something she never can forget." She has every one of the dahlias named for some lovelyt or service. That � for the long line of scarlet ones is weeks when she had scarlet fever and Mary came over every night wants to dress them, s o e -1 bi book in Cockspur Street. sults in obtaining an: or. er slips' in his blood, yet he had Travel wa tin the birds;'and fair payment• ` ld "than the b g Some. dealers seem to like to keep- a � never been farther afie ile trenches` of France. farmer standing on one foot wh { r of the work on hand. Then,. they visit with salesmen, kid the clerks I He fo g in but write out suddenly, a bright voice addressed and do almost anyth g e • him "Dreaming, Mr. Franklin?" h a start and flushed. Jim sat up wit , 'n b i ue enc i th d '1 vii g ret tr , VEr tY g A YP eyes,: stood .before. him• ,; he con - "Yes; I'm afraid I was, o - fessed. "Of our big. steamers. It m t be fine and cool on the sea to -day." "You haven't, been .for your holiday yet?" "No.; my turn conies in„ November. Where ought one to go in November? a cheque: This can also be avoid d by bbu yin a few necessities of them after Y g they have bought of you. Have them take the pay from your cheque and it may speed up the whole transaction. And then such dealers' soon find out if a roducer is anxious to give them. P first class goods• and be friendly and soon they become more friendly whic adds, satisfaction to the job.—K PE STS•• Change. a Tire? When You , -a trouble b Then avoid tlre y equipping with/ AERO CUSHIGN INNER TIRES No more punctuees. No blow- outs. No need at all of a pare tire -and double the mileage your casings. Easy riding. If there is no _Nero - Cushion S erylee . Station Ticar you write for particulars. Ire. 2r Tire io III'r� - LF5�I � .�eri3 and Rubber: 'Co.,' Lhiiited WING -IA , ONT. cr — est "Seers ago it was 10;000 ing. TwentY "See a year; in 1922 the deaths from fire' amounted to nearly 15,000—that 1,,, one person was burned to death every.. thirty-five minutes, The losses caused by forest fires are almost incalculable. In the province . of Ontario -over $2,000,000 worth _ of timber is destroyed each summer. The forest fire bill for the whole of Cana- da is than ten millions yearly. da It is reckoned that in the world at large fire destroys nearly $10,000,000 daily, almost ail of- wnrt% - of property which would be saved if due caution were observed. Why He Was Poor. Once while walking through the of microbes, and that some 1 laud of imagination, I saw a dull -eye ' tions radia mall day men may converse at a distance 1 man, sitting at time door of a s , by directing their own waves. dingy cottage• 7 asked: raffic towers are being "Why ase you so poor. I Miniature t les "I'm not poor," he answered. indig- wsed on after-dinner speakers tab rneath my T� the Sow of ora- nantly. There is coal unde f u 1�, ew 1 ort; to 'curb li ghts warn_ garden—one hundred thousand tons of tory. Amber and green g , the sp eakers that their tine is about it." it it ?" I' P p . • Bile a red light. is signal __.."Then why. don't You dig to oxpaae, w asked• fora'full stop. as used "Well,"• he admitted, "at present. I Skin from a patient's arm w I don't like digging.. ke him new eyelids in an unus- have no spade and, to mak 1 -- rt N. Ca ss on, nal operation reently perforzn.ed at the. ;ierbe LiverpoolRoyal Infirmary HII�rT.' Five aric human: skeletons, A SERVING - standin upright in vndisturtied strata We all.know the difficulties we have I geles, have been, discovered. l head letdnee. waes ` e are S eros ng , ut esti g to tlieilastbceeve the skeletons .date not rovided with'ta salad fork. One. P to rile last Ice Age, 125,000 years ago: lace where I was visiting the slices A.British' sere $ d f lettuce -and tion some photo- I ' were cut in small tronnmical>Assocfa l e slices in turn _A hes ors were on e sa a The eneral tint of the "left the' slice's intact but. lunar surface resembles weathered i made it much easier to eatthe lettuce,. ,ONLY A KING d i ➢ .QUEEN By Leo Larquler Translated by'i 'W. L. latcPherso arm Queen .A bens was awaiting (Arris Ilan ;Stier ator 1V„F`iting, of Cgrintliia, who had been her guest for' 'three days and who vas coming to take leave of her.. Ai eighteen when she wa 5 a little f t'iece,aa, who sainted' ii'ate'f helars ,;in tile royal bark„ she .had fallen "dea- 1 pei•ately In love with the Crown 1?riees Salvatar, But.the-chaneelleriee were the alert. end old Europe, which had an proved a wicked fairy to them, was alarmed at the idea of 0 marriage avhtch would reunite two neighboring kingdoms. 'Alberta had married a vague Prince . Consort, who had died in the course of an orgy in a hunting lodge. They had' found for Christian Salvator a royal Highness who was an accomplished materfamilas, and for len years the Queen of Sylliria . and tee King. of, Carinthia had not. seen each other. an The trumpets. of the board company blew in the court of honor below and few forward a �r d •e Porgy Queen Alberta walked steps In tire immense salon, filled with 1tapestries, mirrors and armor, to meet the awl -larch wile , was About to say Igoodby., Suddenly he stood there on the put - 4 South Africa, perhaps! But one can't A farm wgman needs to know a lot do South Africa in a fortnight or; on about getting rid of pests. l six pounds a week." It is .a matter of history •that mice "Noy" said the girl; "I'm afraid you can't. ' But it's lovely to see places. eve , h ene dn't b th r to cut o to r I've seen India and' Burmah and Aus- ever, she .needn't bother to cut off traha.' I P' pick on the farmer's wife—witness t tails with a butcher knife, If mint trHow ri ping! It has become a leaves are spree w erever m ce kind of obsession.. d h i are of mine to see the to be found, the pests will leave for world: All through making up •these istinct� aversion. ose. 'The names oot They l have a d . free ht sheets, 1 supp ff g to the smell. Essence of mint wall have a kind of magic in them." answer, the purpose' if leaves are n . e t r to relieve be to 1 bitsP t d for. ng ' theof h d Mary e . of silk and ribbons getting o Jim, town Some of —and so on.k d dolls —and Betty's f of "I saw•India and Burmah last rocured. - i ht" said the girl. I hopeto see o s me s� i for die 1t. e s hon - i i don. are n ' ate here a to xis T ad the variegated an g e• C rn g favor- d ibb M y used to save tt' id f flies I have two f d " ,• no nt tees: tin a, wererot g wu you, , them would sound funny to you or me, l When the season makes it possib ,1 he grumbled. You mean you've been didn't. z tt i le forgetclover about the ?" but my little'girl never willg I distribute sweet c o to Wembley?" it means to be a neighbor." ['rooms and the flies keep out. Again it t'Quitel Igo there most nights. T "It's a queer no ',s e odor— live close but I guess I is distasteful t Harrow." tion d that b a i the 1 by �• like it" Mrs Brooks replied. If, h the flies have got intrtAh� I der if you would—" er, on owevw the house, the es method is extern -I-1 J Have Summer 1%0 ri` S�v3 cl3vavc�a. A Warne hense anda cool cella` day and night the win- ter thrb h: And a saving In our coal mlmsoiafromz"toee Y � , ,L A KELSEY, WARM AIR GENERATOR in your cellar will ensurethis. The ltefaeyr isthemoot efficient and econo,nIc& System of er devised home heatS+t� �+ and will hes the smallest rnttage or the r�}esi mansion/ . properly andhsatthfuliy. MAY WE SEMI YOU PARTICULARS? pie' rug 'in' the doorway. Across his coior- white tunic he wore the ora•iige c. ed cordon of the Sellirian Order of the Grand Eagle. The swinging doors which had open- ed closed behind him. They were alone. His first words were commonplace . and formal. Bowing to -her he -mor- - / mur�ed: ae""I wish to pay my respects to your /. lnajesty before returning." Hes •• a up. • ; � � .,.tr aightene 1 "You have been crying!" he said. w ith her lace She wiped her eyes v � handkerchief and began to talk ex-_ citedly, as ii she were aehanied of hav- ing been taken by surprise, "Pardon me. Did you see it? Dur- • ing these three clays:I:did not falter once. I smiled and saluted, sitting. m y 1 carriage, he e a i t i ,� bes.de youn heart breaking under the diamond in • r order. Flags, acclama- i signfa of your CANADA FOUNDRIES & FORGINGS JAMES SMART PLANT BROCKVILi.E ONT.. m x - atete' s tions, speeches by slayers and alder- ' seen at every pause in the procession,... military parades --the reception was perfectly orthodox. and we, were not left alone five minutes. To -day I•ani 1 nothing' but a poor woman and you are -' only a man, and wo' suffer as do all those who carry ,n their- 'souls the memory of an' impossible love, Tell - me, was it not beautiful -...,out love, Lincoln's' Flute. against which the whole diplomatic I am not bound to wit., but I am hound corps was drawn up in battle ar,ay?" le be true,' The King had not let go the' Queen's I am not bound to succeed, but i am hand. bound to live ""'r "Yes that warfare was odious, he a recent meeting of the cut from the ea c , fight call the evening when t hat' -I ,have, . said. I often re t Up tot stand with anybody that my uncle made me unclereninrl with - were moon in natural col ter th 1 d. I -mus graphs of , squares of they h t i 1 e shown. g 1 . h ti hs s T late P I stands eight,: out circumlocutions that, as arctic u Abraham Lincoln, in succession to the throne;, I could stone, concrete, or dried mud. These photographs promise to increase our knowledge, of the nature of the lunar h b t th d Jim's daring -invitation was inter - try ORD ROOSTERS. •ination•' For years I have' concocted ruJim' by lilt+ Mvitati s peremptory the old roosters at home. lately harmless to humans . One tea "Franklin, I want you! g About hour at fifteen pounds pies spoonful of back pepper, James Franklin, e 7 that a son is absa cooker' .poison ecounfailingfl pressureY P If you have a steam , an voice,. tr - osis - „ e _ t r two tea- ex -major Machin boo an will make an old rooster, in our spoonfuls of- sugar and four table- Gun Corps D S 0' followed the big sure button h le become' about as tender as a 1 spoonfuls of cream. Mix in a fiat dish the cooker,and faced him springer. The meat' drops fiom the' and set wherever the flies are most bones and is fins for chicken pies and abundant. pressed. Chicken. When you sell old mosquitoes cannot be killed readily roosters to private customers without but they can be driven away- Penny- , steam pressure cookers they may half royal is effective. So is spirits of nook' the birds and claim they were lavender. which is the case. A few meals For cockroaches there is nothing, tough, w , , of tough chicken sicken them ,4of pool- better than powdered• borax. try and soon the beef steak market is If you have a rug that is infested benefitting while the poultry market- with moths, spread a damp cloth' on surface. It is hoped to take similar pictures pf some of. the planets. Five tons of fish, preserved by car- bon dioxide, in place, of ice, reached letontreal from Nova Scotia after a when '1l r ,` •q w The First Envelopes. , not aspire to your hand. "It was• in the old palace «dere r_ spent my childhood ---in the big hall where, since my early' hoyberci. 1 1 always dined, with a: d tckey ', 'rr .�.1 one and a single silver ca n l' eat on the table. j "Suddenly they anis• .ilei:' 'His Ma- •------.-- train journey as fresh as •..\ l.. 4\ w, 1 ,. th water. •s e nt taken from.i Ma - r t \\\/ here r, is l,. v s envelopes, el o es 0 f tib ! sty p The Sr f r w 1 y t I I a I r , to i le t d inclosed le a l,nw g is any\ l liam VI ago b• Sir ti a 3 0 rs g 226 t Y ,l epistle dealt with English affairs of " Milli sent • 11111 11 1 i vie. The , Ogilvie. to Sir James g Turnbull state, and, with its covering, is care- 11 fully preserved in the British Museum. I At that period, and long afterward, it -was the general. custom to fold letters and seal -them with wafers of wax. Early fu the last century envelopes began to come into more general use, and stamped adhesive envelopes n with,. . •' flamboyant o achieved wide popularity in Eng an ma private room shtirtiy after the establishment of the into his ppe posts in 1840, and by 1850 were with a sinking heart. In three minutes he knew the worst. largely used ou this side of the At "You're no good to us, Franklin!" lantic. Mr. M anson said, with , relish. "No The first machine for the, manufac-. ood at all. You're on a weekly basis, ture of envelopes was patented.11 aren't you?Well;' g draw yodr next 1844 by. George Wilson, an Englir - ; ., improvements were. mails •. week's screw and beat `it! Good morn- man, and p. arren De La b;W - yeary i, following ! th e in I It was .done cruelly. Jim. wRue and Eanted to E. FIil_I. loses a customer. 1 the rug and iron it dry with a hot iron. The steam acts as an effective destroyer, A few drops of carbolic acid in the .�^. ra-, .•or . � �, .h s suds used to wash out closets is a good 1 moth preventive. .After every meat A.xilleasat'at. seklagreediele sweetand a lea -s -t -ten - be rseil lU ears wet'. Gernll fear teeth, b,ee the and digestion,. Makes the next cigar taste better., IRONING PONGEE, a The popular craze for pongee for women's wear and. children's dresses,: not to mention the boys' and men's e say a lot of things, but thought it was not worth while ' After all, the boun-, Solitude. - 1I -lave you breathed the faith of fir der . was right. Jim knew that be was no good at his job. ' He turned on trees, by the . lure of camp•flre his heel. and left the loom. light? fWhile he was finding his hat in the Watched the wistful shadows creeping. ffice Elsie Payne met him! towards the restful lap of night? isuits; brings up the question of its • proper ironing. Pongee cannot be ISSUE lab', thoughts - "Goingout?" she asked. ing to, the source of space and « izl aid Jim bitterly., ?• Yes -for keeps • s time I've got the push!" I Felt the pulse of soul communion full HCl II freqh e t ar L r • Pl bbs% ✓1 F is admired L# E3 by h� y L on e � Sad' � aJ QU must frequently' purify your skin, antisep- tically, make and d it healthy, to bring to it �. ;:eep a glorying beauty. women have realized this, which Thousands of men and v, er Lifebuoy Health Soap has become the most is why I� Y widelyused toilet soap in the world. Lifebuoyis a scientific skin purifier—a real health soap. Yet soap cannot be made more .,pure, more bland, more w beneficial to the skin than Lifebuoy. LafebEloy ptorque Its rich coppious lather releases a wonderful antiseptic 1rnng e- dacnt which is carried down into every hh° clean iandasafe. al impurities and leaving' the' skin thoroughly "Oh I am so sorry!" There was l and firm with the divine? n do? thepurpose of the whole? i _ k ��-�1'��€S�t.�i%�Ft�it nothingIca ped 1 l�� xe than. � p there "I'm afraid not; except --I'm glad` Then +oil know the mystic sweetness l you've been an. awfzrlj tries stealing o'er the soul,_: BROTHERS LIMITED, you're sorry. ile I ve b I that comes LEVER BRO to me•'while` I've been here, Miss! As on bei Tana . boughs Spread thickly TORONTO brick e ,z •n sod. a n I on the mossy mountai PY oks r t e es to ]? bu '+ sin more,t.cr 1te,. g a c•'li to av.rt t0.51 0 Y+One hiewan�ds again the voice..came from Mr, Man- ward to tele very heart of God, son's office. —M. D. Geddes. real regret in the girl's voice "Is'Sensed the wonders of creation? Cl?py ' laundered in the usual way and look HEALTH. SOAP i right. In the first place, the material should be allowed to dry aiid never°be `.sptinkted or dampened at all. A me- diem hot iron will give a beautiful 'find n ee and n dr , .the g , h o n YP fms that I get' even better results by iron - . g Really, when,one knows how, it is "Miss Payne.” much easier to "do up" a pongee dress To Jim the financial, crisis that had than any other kind for there is no arisen. was sexious enough, but not starching and dampening to do.` The nearly to serious as the thought of person who irons a; pongee dress while' losing sight of Elsie, He had just still wet makes a lot of work that is. realized that it was because OE Elsie unnecessary and produces' a very un- satisfactory result. in it on the wrong sree first Many times the reading of a book has made the fortune of a man ---has decided his way in life.—Emerson, e , lytinard's Liniment heals Guts.: Second Sight. Small Nephew—"Did you ever fall. in love with a alai at first sight, Uncle 1 Ned?" ' Bachelor `Cfnt`r.e)•--" ?'ns, my boy, 1 that he had not gone abroad. He hed,l did °:tye hut i went, hack the next been suffering the drudgery of office merlins- a0(1 took0 =.sconce look at work only beeause in the office he s'fl"''w•lie% Elsie every day. jinn }l'renklin left the T3oulte'ri The, soul of the self centred iman So J`Ioffice feeling more loIv-spirited than win vria alivr+/s•t,rave, ina sr -tare circle, any healthy young' man has a right) -"_ to feel.' Ito was at a loose end; he For Sorc ;Peet—minarci's Liiniment. jesty the Kin> til royal l 'L:ll e, • his1. with t011: dried betels to -the blare.. retail oL.,:his +' � , tunic, i mite e p., r• 1 r ,\ on le ten in l a spair. no he talked 1 saw Soar dear silhouette gradually recline out. late 1e trowue d on our love. t0Inc weakly; ythen called �culy ee wre silenced. lIc kept 00 talking. ing. He leitateeda P r omizeand The bugles sounded again in the pal• ace courta Queen Alberta withdrew the hand which Christian Salvator had �h Hing been holding, "I. am only a queen," she said, "and 'you are only a king. Those bugles en- doubteclly mean that the soldiers of -the Guard are presenting arms to our Ministers of Foreign Affairs,, who are about to enter. Christian; bef.•ore they arrive I should like,to make a -confes- sion.. I love you now as I did then." 'Alberta! They were about to fall into each other's arms: But a bell on the table rang; then a Mackey announced the ministers, who were coining to sign in the' presence of their sovereigns,. some sort of commercial treaty. Gaudy uniforms were ,reflected " in the tall mirrors, set between sombre suits of armor, and at the moment of leave-taking King Christian Salvador IV., stiff as a soldier on parade, con- cealing his ,emotion, spoke the custom- ary formal words: "I thank your majesty," he said, "for the welcome which she has given me, and I thank leer also, in the name of my people, for the. new•.aliiance which she has permitted hue to.concluclo." She stretchedout mechanically a. hand which lie;grazed with his lips., Queen Alberta next noticed the backs stiff with gold disappearing at .,._,_,..,� the end of, the gallery, Then tki® ? ha"si -- - •-N- ==' `" trumpets blew in the court, She went p -----=--= •cur- tains,th�z window and through the cu tains she saw disappear , i'i14, the rain the carriage which, bore offs c„. man whom she; so hopelessly loved '' who. seemed - almost brutally tox Away front her by the cavaliers of his wen cort. vele s • Id • Mighty Ruler. Teacher --- "Now, Tommy, which ruler inspired the most respect and fear?" Tommy—"Please, sit,: the one on your dealt."