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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1910-10-13, Page 2• TI 1++++++++i•+++++++++++ samething very special to say to .'. mother,' • Obediently she went 4ot--1ie aloe- `: Wile ed the door and walked back to the �Of ��llp�fireside. Mrs, Challdner hlf roo Iui • • from the couch, /reeked at him, look- ea away from him, and •sat down .4 again, her fingers restlessly lacing +++++++++•++++sada+#++++•01 and nnl'acing them+selves in her ,'site rain was Coning down in a `]aWWith head erect he walked tip Steady drizzle that showed prom- the room and stood with his back he of developing later into a heavy to the glowing coals, looking Clown downpour. There was a chilliness a her, The man in the garden in the air ,that fully ea -counted for glared in at him, a fierce look on fire cheerful fire .blazing away mer- his face, his hands tightly clench- ' eseinthe big bronzed grate of the ed. ong room -:a spacious tipartment, There was' a tense silence in the with I+reneh windows opening on to room ; then the Major broke into a wide expanse of garden, thick speech, with bushes and shrubbery. One of "Mrs. Challoner -Doris," he be - those windows, devoid of .blinds, gan, haltingly, "Molly's childish was slightly ajar; a shaft of light lips have just framed my thoughts from the fire -the only light in the and hopes of many a long day past, room -gleamed out through it to the We have been' great friends, you II/Cade-Ws of dusk gathering darkly and 1, haven't we ?" Be nausea. ttci•oss the garden, Mrs. Challoner inclined her head in Out in the roadway beyond the 'token of assent. "Well, ever since first we met I've thought to myself, 'Here's the one woman in all the world's millions that my soul longs for.' I'm an old soldier and have faced iiaany dangers, but -I've put off, and kept putting off, telling you my feelings, because I'd sooner face e battery of guns than dare to tell you -but it's out now at last. I'm older than you a good bit -I've roughed through life ' -a good deal, but -here goes -will you have mei I love you truly and fondly; if you could care, for me even the tiniest little bit, I'd strive all the rest of my life to make you happy," Out in the garden the watcher devoured tier face with hungry eyes and crept a little closer to the open window. Mrs. Challoner looked into the glowing coals as if she saw pictures there. "I thank you, Major," she said at last, visibly agitated, "for your words. Any woman would be hon- ored by the love of such a brave, true gentleman as 1 know you to be. You ask me a question; but, before I answer it, let me tell you something." Mrs. Challoner looked up at him with a smile, but he saw the tears glistening in her eyes. The story I am going to tell you is my own." "But," he exclaimed, "I don't .want—" Stop,•please''-she raised her hand to silence his protest} -"you must hear me; it won't take long in the telling. Ten years ago I met my first husband. I was only a girl then; he was a man of the world. I thought him all that was good; Iso proved to be all that was -other- wise. Our married life was not a happy one, and only the birth of Molly prevented 'me leaving him." She paused a moment and stared into the glowing fire, her brows wrinkled with unpleasant thoughts, The man in the garden watching her set his teeth hard, and listened in- tently. "I won't enlarge on his misdo- ings-he was capable of anything; but just this I've to tell you: when Molly was only twelve months old he was arrested for forgery -arrest- ed, tried, and found guilty. He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. I have never seen him ry three =eats of his mince. Hese d sic S time, then escaped along with an- other convict. Six weeks afterwards the two men were recaptured. In the course of a fierce struggle to get away again one of them was shot. That ane was my hesb'and." The man in the garden crouched data ran to him, with hands oat- down in the .bushes and smiled a I drawing nearer. He paid no Beed "I'm going -this time -,gut of her tretched-ne caught nor sup rind 1 weird smile. The rain beat down'to the sound, but plodded on along life-.£orgever-what •sire -she want- faster -be heeded it not. swung her on to his shoulder, the middle of .the road. Then Cud- ed -long ago -I don't -blame her "I'm not Miss Challoner to you," "He died in the prison hospital denly, round a bend of the way, for=that. You -love her -she - Y ' i sliortl afterwards. 1 read of it in came a motor thriven at fairspeed. she said, running her fingers Y mloves you. Be goad -to her -won't g g the newspapers at the time. The two acetylene lams shot a " ChrIbis thateloo otinsid cur'Iy Outside in the pelting rain the bigglare aheacl. The sight of them you t haId net a feeble band;. the lair. e, b . to outside folks, He of course, brit Molly to special peoi. man in the garden glared at the dazzled him, and he stood blink-, He clasped it without hesitation. l likeyou." two people facing each other in the ing at them as they rapidly neaijid "I will," he said, simply. P e y ° " laughedr glow of the fire blazing away mer- him. The ehanfreer caught sight of A .smile slowly spread across the Now, Major, Mrs. ri)v. Once or twice his lips moved o s g :hallo-- , as she seated herself on face of the.dying man. a low couch near the fire, "there's "That's good h Never let her - an unsolicited testimonial for you.!' know you met -me -here now, garden a Stan stopped ,short at eight of th,e' gleaming firelight from the window -a man gaunt and hag- gard, •scantily clothed and miser- able -looking. With furtive glances to right and left, he slipped in through the gate and stole round, in the shelter of the. bilshes, towards the open win- dow. lie got near to it and looked in; no one was within the room. He opened the window wider, paused in momentary•irresolution and then boldly entered the room, stole swiftly across .to'the fireplace and went clown on his knees on tite big crimson rug, his hem -imbed hands outstretched to the blaze. Withinfinitesatisfaction he rose from the rug and stood with his back to the fire, glancing all rounal the room with keen curiosity. ern all sides he saw luxurious furnie s- angs-cabinets with rare china eb- eny tables` with costly bric-a-brac. One object caught his inquiring gaze -caught and held -it• -a Iarge cabinet photograph ' in a silver frame, on which the firelight gleamed -the photograph of a beau- tiful woman, the face full of espres sign. He started violently, took a fete steps forward, and gazed at it with rx .curious expression in his sunken eyes. His hand reached out as if to "catch hold of it, drew hack again, and fell to his side. A name broke from his parted lips in husky whisper : "Doris I" A little color come in his white faee; he moistened his drylips with his tongue, stole forwarto where the photo stood, and picked it up. There was a tremor in his hand as he raised the photo up, stared at it curiously for a moment, then pressed his lips to the pictured face. A sound, somewhere within the house, startled him,• he put down the photo hurriedl and darted Y, across to the window. A patter of feet in the hall outside, and he was out ;through the, window instantly; just as the room door was thrown open and a clainty little maiden ran in,: peered all. round inquiringly, and cried' in a sweet- childish treble "Mums! mums'. -where are you MUMS f' -As if in answer to her call, there through the a doorway P the'originalf' 1 o the foto a tender smile on her parted lips, a. flush on Tier cheeks, With her came tall, ' '11 -Let -sip man, grey mOus- tached,.keen-eyed solclierly, , e44; Miss Ghal.loner? said the latter with monk formality. The fa son's wife, You start!" The Ma- jor had made an involuntary ges- ture of snrpiise, "You knew him 1" "No," said Major Grant, gently; "but• -pardon me ,saying it - that name was -well, a rather notorious one acme yeaa•s ago." "I.kuoly that only too well," she said, With bitter emphasis; "hence my desire to meet the world as Mrs; Ohalloner," The Major released her hand and roso to his full height, "Doris, 'I love yon," said he, "1t matters not to me whose widow you are -all that matters is that you are -jest you. Do you think you could learn to care for me?" She looked up at him with a queer little smile. "I'm afraid y couldn't -learn." His face fell; he . drew back a step. Yon ''Yom -couldn't ?" "No, Major," she said, softly, both hands outstretched to him, "because- I have already learned to do so," In a moment his arms were round her, her head pillowed on his shoul- der. Outside, the man in the garden glared at them, an expression of absolute hatred convulsing his fea- ttires. He shook hits clenched fists in silent fury and strode towards the window, intent on' entering, His hand was on it, when the rooni door opened inwards and Molly entered -to stop short with a gasp at sight of her mother in the Major's arms. Oh, miens!" she cried, breath- lessly, The man in the garden stopped irresolutely, his face twitching. Her mother raised a blushing countenance t0 meet her surprised gaze. "Come, darling, you are going to, have your wish -the Major is go- ing. t0 become your 'Paddy in fu- ture, Are you glad'i" Molly uttered a shout of glee and sprang at him; he caught tier to him with one arm, the others round her mother's waist. She flung her arms' round his neck and showered kisses on his upturned face, with gleeful ejaculations of "Daddy! Daddy!" The man in the garden shrank back as if he had received a blow, Re turned as if to slink away, then retraced his steps and gave a long final look in through the window, the firelight shining full on his face. At that moment Molly, turning suddenly, saw him. She uttered an excited shout. ' `plums -mums -a horrid man 1 Look -look'!" pointing towards the open window. Her mother, startled, hooked, but saw no one. The Major threw open the window to its fullest extent, and leaned out. There was no one there. * * * * * Down' the dark road :staggered, rather than -walked, the "horrid man" Wiese white face had start- led Molly. His brain was in a whirl of con- flicting ,thoughts. Every word of what he had so recently heard danced before his mental vision as it focused on a screen. He plunged blindly forward until his tired limbs refused to carry him under n e sank down de farther; the h in of overhanging the shelter an g g hedge. Here, exhausted, he lay for a long time, then staggered to his feet again and trudged on aimless- her badly. 13nt-you're a -good ly-not knowing he had turned back sorb -I'm sure -she -she laves -you in the direction when he had come. -saw that in -her eyes -when she Borne on the breeze camo faintly looked -at you: there in the -tiro the hoot of a motor -horn, gradually firelight," Another long pause. MOST PERFECT IlviADE We know and users of Royal Yeast Cakes know that these are the best goods of the kind in the World. Bread made with Royal Yeast will keep moist an$ Fresh longer than that made with any other. Do not experiment -there ie no other "just as good." E. W GILLETT CC. LTD. Toronto, Cwt. �! 0 Winnipeg Awarded highest honors at all Expositions. Montreal No. 279 MADE IN CANADA "`Never - saw you -till -while Mrs. Grant, serenely happy all ,.. ago,' said rite other man. the after years,: never knew how - ARSENIC POISONING. 1 ; Tell rno your name."been de- „ that happiness had pearl eo Ro .r L]li y son, The Torture That Ensues g`eBefore • t r o fateful night i pied to her, n that The Major staggered back as if when Molly's impulsive words -and Death Brings Relief. shot, actions-tua•ned away "the man in When a single dose of arsenic in sue Xes, said the ether man, with the garden," :London Titrl3fts. (Went quantity to be felt has been taken colicky pains, bowel disorder and perhaps nausea result. in the course of an hour after a poisonous close has been taken an Intense burn. ing pain is felt in the esophagus and stomach. Tats spreads to the entire anterior portion of the lower part of the trunk. A sense of coustrictton at the throat and an 'acrid, metallic taste accompany the path. Then vomiting and relaxation of the bowels begin. As the case progresses the symptoms a wry smile, . his voice gaining temporary strength, "I saw you - from garden -you and Doris -and the child -little Moly-God bless hes'-my child." • "But Roger Ellison was shot and. died in prison hospital," interject- ed the Major, "Wasn't -other man shot-died-- mistake hot--died= mistake -in newspaper. I finished - sentence. Got out, `end l'f it - couldn't find her -gave up looking. Didn't know of-Uhailoner's mon- BUILDING Tilt NDEREE. En lish Nay Yard Where Dread- nought is in the Making. Long before:one reaches the. yard the dreafening and continual nein of hundreds of hammers at work on the huge steel plates directs the visitor to .the "slips" on which the Thunderer, the admiralty's new dreadnought, is in making .at the 0y -reneged flame -all the better Thames Iron Works and Shipbuild- for her, too, 1 -didn't. Drifted ing Company's' works at Tidal 13a- ctownward-same as ever -always a sin, says the'London Daily. News. bad lot" He paused for breath. Towering high above the cur - "Here nor -merest chance - just rounding buildings a huge forest of drifting ander. Saw Light out win- scaffolds, derricks and cranes, from thel which floats theUnion clow -was inside -saw photo - tallest of wh cl f oa s hers." Another pause. "Then saw Jack; one may see the Inge shape kiddie -I'd have shown myself but of the ship in construction. The -you there, too. Waited -watched scene is a busy and strange one to -listened-heard all," the visitor unaccustomed to the A queer grin distorted his fea- sight of the building sof snips, He tares; then he went on :- has to carefully pick his way oyer "Mad at first --you making love- stacks of long iron girders, across my wife -nearly went in -several wide spaces of sheets of .steel await - times -felt could kill -both of you," ing the mechanics' attention, "But she -we -didn't know," be- through a naaze of wooden supports gap the Major, hastily. as thidk as the trunk of an oak, past Roger Ellison raised a wasted workshops and sheds, where he en hand . feebly. gives are at work cutting eke so "I know - felt like murder, many straws the lengths of iron though -made up mind -go in -put and steel ,to their required sizes stop to everything -but Molly -Mol- and -shapes; Then underneath the ly came in again" (another pause huge keel of the ship itself, and one for breath) -"saw her -kissing comes out upon the little town of you" -a shudder went through the .shipmakers busy. wit hammers and wasted frame -"heard call you- weird instruments putting together daddy -and -so gladly too. I --,the parts whin go to make the I—„ dreadnought. He closed his eyes and lay back Each of the 2,000 men has his par exhausted. The Major knelt on ticrtlar part to play in the making one knee in the muddy road and of the huge vessel. For the twelve put his hand under the other man's hours commencing at 7.30 o'clock head as a prop, Roger Ellison each manning, the w ork gee's on un- opertcd his eyes again. teasingly. About the scaffolding "You're a -good sort, Major, and platforms surrounding the Molly --settled things -far as -I'm growing hulk men in bine overalls concerned. I couldn't walk in and Art hither and thither. From the -nnrl blight her young life like- ground below they appeal to be that; why, the sight of -my face at courting danger at every step - window -frightened her. 'Horrid . Down toward the ,stern, me - man' -,she -called me; called her- chanes have put into place the father. Think of it." spectacle, frames for the .screw pro- A longer pause this time, the Pollor shakings, and 80 feet above voice perceptibly weake, waren he the slips the boy's head towers.' It appears incredibleonlythree cr o that resumed. PP „ - months ago the first keel plate was n h g I never loved -Doris -r uc until I couldn't -find her; When I laid. The work has been proceed- saw her -while ago -felt I -wanted ing at an astonishingly, rapid rate since that time, and it is expected that the Thunderer will be launch- ed at the encl of the present year. Then she goes down the river to her berth at Dagenham, but before this happens every watertight ooni- pai•tment will be tested, filled with water to the depth of 40 feet. At Dagenham the main machinery( and boilers and the major portion of (lel armor will be fitted in. Hugel cranes will lift the. gun mountings,. all complete, onto her decks„ and. themotionless figure, and sounded in silent whispering; once or twice i his horn shrilly several timely, But the man did not move; chid tot seem capable of moving. 1e chauffeur, unable s o . in time, with a great effort swerved to one side -almost into the hedge. At that precise moment the than in the road made an effort to get out of the way, and staggeredright. m front a the ear. There was a sudden impact, a hoarse cry, anda startled shout from the chauffeur, who rammed down his brakes with frantic haste. But the tramp was "gone un- der." With face white to the lips, the chauffeur leaped from the ear, fol- lowed by his companion -a tall, np- rl t figure in a big motor coat, Tenderly they brought forth the the Tight, of the glance showed we ass condition was hopeless, As Lite bent over rim as eyes ' a spark ofrecognition il- lumined - lumined them as they rested on the • "il " r. Grant" he whispered, 2ajo P 'PiloMajor--for he it was -start- ed, and looked keenly at the wasted features they were quite unknown to him, "Send Send -- hint away,"ttihts Cr the dying man, his eyes tithe chauffeur, A a sign ronl s mina• he made as if to reach the open win- dow, but eachtime stopped himself with a strop effort. "Out or my life he went for ever," centineed Mrs. Challoner. "I was free; I was glad. I had little Mol- ly, and was readyto face the world with a fight heart, They say it 'never rains but it pours. Two days fater the news of my freedom a lawyer's letter informed me of the deathof .an almost forgotten elide who, out in Nevada, had .amassed considerable wealth,and it was a willed to ne. Since then I have devoted myself to the bringing rep of Molly; she is a dear girlie, as you note yourself,having known her ora considerable tune -an act r' e settled here. h over sincew sc d e e. S e has no'recollection o her father. how could she, when ho was taken away from her at such an curly stage of her existence? I. have led her to believe h died `est after she ° ] was born ; she must never earn otherwise." She patine),The ..a or waited patiently, his hand clasping hers. "There is ]tree another thing I ware oma eaccan roasts -it ie only right you should know. You know now I am the widow of a Coii- vic d felon; Ion' i. m Molly, it off• s s ring, 13et it addition you mu e o thatthe name am Lown by le not rightly mine, George tar the latter moved away out of Gfialioner was my uncle; when 1 earshot. ,r foetal myself his heiress, I adopted 1 dent anew yore, 3104 Major hie nape to hide from the world Grant, "though thatr one been i- me. "Which I greatly appreciate, re- P P g PS omise. r"'--'`tui'necl the Major: g The i ff bI to t p I promise," said the Major sol- empty, He carne up the long room, anti Molly, from her high perch, turned "And be good -to Molly - God solemn eyes on her mother, Some h bless her !---my little Molly, That's Was takinghin bee mind,y' t -all settled so -1 re a--goner-this idea t as shape e but Cho spoke not a word until the l T f 1 1 time -no further worry to anybody. Major, lotvt ring her to her flet, Mind, now, Doriso-never to know *at in a big, roomy arm -chair fac- a ] d 1 t how I -I drifted out. And you're and petalled the ],-a good sort -Major -so he fond- irlg Mrs, Challoner n pro 1 1 of Doris -and little Molly God r clitltl on his knee. Chen the looked Ij his f acgravely,ttuned to bless-- " I into s ace , ab ]] His roice trailed off into an in- tact., with equal gravity at her mo- tbrr and calml • remarked:- articulate whisper, a shiver shook y ,i P , the wasted frame. A feeble pies - "Mums ul 1 ' Ise nice if this Mnm„ wo t n t it ryas da.ddyi" sato on the Major's hand the ha- ves Mrs. Challoner started in conk- . k if gers relaxed. the eyes closed, An. Cion;: lies face crimsoning from chin f fact, gh g l g other convulsive shudder, and Hog- x- ex -convict, had passed alsostarted n cr Ellison,n r v he Major to h of t M ] f f h stricken man and examined him 15 the last of life's milestones, eager look in leis eyes as,they tarn- 1 l 1 h hunt. A 1 * * * it * -ad to sears her flushed cheeks -'she 1 o d i " di ' side til death" was the vet'- , AC n sh=irred her gaze hurriedly. , g Y i h' diet of the coroners jury, who ex - wattled, in the gardep the matin opened I onerated the Major's chauffeur from 6e e mow metwithin t , P ] w t dti i h the ,v ]i - i t�etn froom listened to everyword, all knownmo. The remains of h owner of the car. man were interred in the ,Again Molly spoke, the clear ire- S d irf j little -linage graveyard at. the Ma- dile ranging out through the Cha- 1 with an effoib. r' expense and later a nameless dow'. 1 Ma- jor's. the little plot in "'I'd like you for daddy," slit t t k 1 b £ acre, staid; patting ono aria found the "God's " A pretty little wedding took'piace Itjor s neck. monthsAfter in the a i] -de- some Y l.lrr ] f • g t, e s strained silenc for Na9As n e h happy r Y y d c u• after esthe or ted h 1 o a moment ;i theMajor nee with �i r nt; then o. t p , , Y meat � � Coapts pa;ssod ,out after. the .acre• 5r, squared his shoulders as if go- b told 1 1 k E T his mon the Major's lienee invodtin- f into fiction, e&trMd her in bis y q rarity tttrnetl towards the nameless ens to the door, end put her down tee, grata', The identityof its eceupitnt was ea Molly,"Ire said, quietly, you stem to knave et to caked kr ever in ] a seer ,be 1 tame/ for a littl+i tvirito. I've I I ad C I RogerR Ell' „ his breast. SOME "FAKED" DEATH MEN WHO HAVE PRETEN©OD TO, DIE AND HAVE BEGUN ANEW. The Archduke Johann of Austria Re. ported Lost et Sea Is Believed to Ed, Still Alive - General Hector Mae. donaid Is Said to Be In the Chi- nese Army -Oscar Wilde Is Declar- ed to Be Still Writing. When a man has made a "hash" of his life, one can easily understand how ardently he must long to be able to start afresh, away from the seenee and people that have witnessed 'his• folly, On is tempted to speculate on this phase of Truman affairs on hear- ing that the Austrian courts have an- nounced that. the Archduke Johann. Salivator -of Austria will be declared dead and his property distributed un- less la 1 h o h'existence ss nut entic roof f is forthcoming within six months. Austrian archdukes seem born with a tendency to snake a mess of things, and certainly the Archduke Johann • did all that was "humanly possible to• bring about his own downfall, He quarrelled with his relatives and the high officials about the court, Imo published books adversely criticizing" the army, of which he was an officer, and, finally, he contracted a secret marriage with an actress. When this last indiscretion was dis- covered, the old hmperor was so an- gry that the archduke saw there was• nothing for it,but flight. He hurried. to London with his, young wife, -renounced all his titles and dignities, and assumed the maim - increase In intensity. Then comes a of "Johann Orth. thirst that water will not allay, al- though it apparently increases the stomach disturbance. The victim groansand writhes. Now he implores the doctor to save him. 'Then he begs to be killed and put out of pain. The extremities become icy. The pulse is small, feeble and fre- quent, and the breathing is labored, embarrassed and painful because of abdominal tenderness, The surface of the body becomes dark and of that bluish color that medical men call cy- anosed. Violent cramps add their tor - tire, exhaustion becomes collapse, con- vulsions or cocoa ensues, and death ends the agony. The torture lasts sometimes from Bre to twenty hours In some cases these syniptoms occur. but in a modified form, and the doctor will apparently get the better of the disease. The remission' will be but for a day or two. Then the abdomen will swell, and icy coldness will pervade the frame. Shivering will become pro- nounced trembling, then cramps, con- vulsions and death. • .. Missed the Squeak. Some persons like one sort of shoe and some another• but the 'kind which was desired by Pierre, the French Ca median mill Band, has never enjoyed a wide popularity. "Shoes for Sunday," Pierre stated to the young man who advanced to meet He bought a sailing ship, which he named the Margarita after his •wile, and in this way they sailed to Buenos Ayres. After a stay of some weeks, they left in the Margarita for Val- paraiso, via Cape Horn, and that ia. the last that was ever seen of them. The idea has since g ined ground that tee archduke simply wanted to• "disappear" in order that he might make a fresh start, and that he so• arranged things that it would appear bo had gone down in the Margarita. Innumerable people have since de- clared that they have seen him. He has been positively recognized in the - South Sea Islands, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand, Nothing definite has ever been dis. covered, however, and now his heirs Have decided to wind up his estate. There are one or two other "dead" people who are declared by rumor to- be still alive. The most persistent of these rumors is, of course, connected with the name of General Sir Hector Macdonald, who has been declared most positively to be an officer in the Chinese army. Another group of people are equally emphatic in declaring that the gen- eral did not commit suicide in Paris as was reported, but these give Japan as the scene of his present -labors, They can go so far as to say that he is really none other than General Kuroki. Paris seems to be the centre for this sort of "resurrection." Mr. Oscar Wilde is another who is said to have started life afresh by "dying" there. him as be enteredthe salesroom of Every now and then the rumor crop" up that he did not die in Paris as was the big shoe factory. He then sat heavily down on one of w Titin d' but is still alive and is still the red plush seats and allowed the Yet another case from Paris is that. salesman to ,Insert his feet in a pair of Col. Henry, who became notorious of bright yellow shoes. When they in connection with the Dreyfus case. were fa1My on; Pierre- stood, moved Ool. Henry had risen from the his feet this way and that,; took 'a few ranks, and.after a very creditable steps and, shaking his bead, sat down "Whits the matter? military career he was appointed chief again.. of the French eaptonnage depart- ment. He . first r leaped t tto wide Pe asked the celebrity when, during the Zola trial cleric. "Do they hurt you?' Are they he called Ool. Picquart a liar. A duet too tight?" was fought between the two oincers Pierre shook bis head violently. as a result of .this episode, and Col, "She no tight," be said, "but MMee^ Ilesury was wounded. she no talk. Shoes for Sunday must Later he professed to have obtained talk, talk, all the way up in church fromg the servant a of ta high personage fragments D n letter that seemed for to some stylish, see?" -Youth's: to point' to Dreyfus' gutlt, After this Companion. - Aseeq..tei ti; document had been published with - much joy by the anti.Dreyfus party,. M. Cavaignac, the Minister for War, • Startling Encouragement~ . sent for Henry and cross-examined "Was Amelia's father encouraging him. Henry became restless and em - when you Went to him to ask him for. barrussed, and finally., to the 'horror •her hand?" of the Minister, he admitted that ho "Not very. Be asked me to put the by March, 1912, she will be ready. proposal in writing, so I couldn't back out. as all the otber"sdid."• for commission. The transfer of this new dread-, nought, upon which nearly 110,000,- 000 will have been expended in its construction, is a very simple mat- ter. Two :small pieces ofpaper, signed respectively by the Admiral- ty officials and the Thames Iron Works Company's representatives, will change hands, and another will be added be the list of Britain's dreadnoughts. THE KING'S HORSES. Tourists who are lovers of good horses make it a point of seeing "the Icing's horses" and the stable carriages. Indeed, viewing the stables at Buckingham Palace has become almost an importartt item in the touritt'•s hurried programme. 'The charger belonging to the Iato King Edward VII,, which was led behind the king's coffin in the fun- eral procession, is shown to the visitors, and this beautiful animal; invariably raises: their enthnsiteslt." gyp, The Trouble. "Do yon find any trortiie writing stories, Daredly ?" "Tone whatever. Bnt.t'il pay a span well that could soli !.tear for me,"-- Pbflfldelphla Inquirer • ,. ea - A petro Play. 1 re -y len anl3amnatn. x teliont one. B doyou think 1 year '� wire will ngreq'to It? Hassled 'den-, Ob, yea. iii.{.p her some One etee one. gutted ft, and t'll call 15 en Idtot'g flex, you can't Oder remembrance eat, of a man's rnlnd-rrhaciceiopl, ¢1 , N Musical Note. Irirst Young Thing (during the so- nnta-1 just love Brahms, don't you? Second Young ThIng-What are Brahms? -Musical Courier. A Boy's Idea of Paradise. even I go up to heaven i1 . An' loin the angel bands, Goo, hope 'at no one there `1• 'IA say, "Go wash those „hands;" i Lippincott's. ). It Happens Eaeily,r "That horrid cat!" "What's the matter, giri?" "Oh, the cat went to sleep on my new bat. and I wore her downtown and back."-Washiugtou Herald. Shame. We ought to be eshamet JJb, k •When little fro !lhes'�irot ,When so ewer �f'ijat is good and Sine Yv. ,,,aiost'daily get, -Detroit Free Press. Cut Low In the Neck; Wt iter t i)id you aider beef a le Mode, , 5r? Diner (impatiently) -I did What's the matter? 'walling for the styles t0 change?• -Boston 'Transcript, lea Day Off. Wen trouble come for see hint 1 1 Ile dropped do honeycomb , An' hollered rum do etrlmbi to '. "00 'way/ I ain't at horn l" -Atlanta Constitution. SOH a Chance, '7Tatie you ever loved and lest?" Balked tiro sweet young thing. "Net eat," replied the man who had NMI dlivoreellthree times,--Chlcaga had forged the incriminating, doeu- meat. There was nothing for it but to arrest him, and almost immediately. after he had beenplacedin the prison of Mont 'Valerian, Paris, -and, indeed, the world -ems startled to hear that he had committed suicide. Some little time ago, however, the curious rumor went round that the suicide had been "fatted." Another extraordinary ease is that of the Emperor Alexander 1. of Rus- sia, who died very suddenly at Tagan- rog. Various Accounts of his death have been given, and though it is now generally accepted that the symptoms of his lest illness point to enteral causes, ranter was long busy suggest- ing murder or suicide. A still more surprising story gained a certain amount of credence at fire time, This was to the effect that the Emperor did not die at Tagsrrrog, find that the coffin that was ceremoniously. consigned 5o the imperial vaults cori- itt'fied nothiug but stones, lee e hadSu n� a . s e s country invaded by foreign foes, and the shame of it is said to have preyed on his mind dur- ing the latter part of his reign; in cousequenee of the many conspirlaciee end secret societies prevalent itt Russia, the Emperor • became more suspicious and unhappy. He decided.. AO the story goes, to free himself ficin the trammels of state, He achieved this end by neaps of a meek death and futreral, and thenceforward be. earn a wtrndeter in the wilds of Siberia. A Cor ect'l , r cit The habit oft con radiclinq same - Drams Perohecr hewed ftitself" ' ixtremarked lounger at the crossroads store "that' t' Jelin Henderson over b Woodville ' was Once of eighteen sons' °TThat's whnr ye ,herd wrong," re tributed the eirrotric kicker. "It wasn't John Henderson at all,'Twits a bre: thee o' lrla'It."