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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1904-10-13, Page 2:.0 ..... „rrrrr, ,rr, ,,,, ,tmin,,,,,,,m.m'n,,,,tm;mn',T. }r,''Jr'',, lccof crty OR, A MIDNIGHT CALL ONirTr,tfih.,,,gn,,,n,ann.,n„ayLlrTil+T, r,,a�,n„a,,,,,ayyTyyLyTTTjy,i ,yJ!u,:Wil1'�^1TT.ut7 CHAPTER XV, Xhwid Steel followed his guide with the feelings of the man who has given Willson over to circumstances. There was a savour of nightmare about the whole thing that appealed distinctly to his imagination, The darkness, Tho strange situation, the vivid streaks of the crimson blinds -the crimson blind that seemed an into- gral part of the mystery-allserved to stimulate him. The tragic note was deepened by the whine and howl - bag of the dogs. There is a man over there," Dav- id whispered. ".A. man who is going to stay there," Enid said, with grim satis- faction. "It is virtually necessary that Mr. Reginald Henson should not be disturbed. The dogs have a fool- ish weakness for his society. So long as he shows no signs of boredom he is safe." David smiled with a vague grasp of, the situation. Apparently the cue was to be surprised at nothing that he saw about the House of the Sil- ent Sorrow. The name of Reginald Henson. was more or less familiar to him as that of a man who stood high in public estimation. But the bitter contempt in his companion's voice suggested that there was another side to the man's character. "I hope you are not asking me to do anything wrong," David murmur- ed. "I am absolutely certain of it," the girl said. "it is a caseof the end justifying the means; and if ever the end justified the means, it does in this case. Besides—" Enid Henson hesitated. David's quick perception prompted him.' "Besides, it is my suggestion," he said. "When I had the pleasure of seeing you before—" "Pardon me, you have never had the pleasure of seeing me before." "Ah, you would make an excellent Parliamentary fencer. I bow to your correction and admit that I have never seen you before. But your voice reminds ine of a voice I heard very recently, under remarkable cir- cumstances. It was my good for- tune to help a lady in distress a lit- tle time back. If she had tad me more I might have aided her still further. As it is, her reticence has landed me into serious trouble." Enid grasped the speaker's arm con- vulsively. `I am deeply sorry to hear it," she whispered. 'Perhaps the lady in question was reticent far your sake. .Perhaps she had confided more thor- oughly in good men before. And suppose those good men had disap- peared?" In other words, that they had been murdered. Who by?" There was a, snarl from one of the hounds hard by, and a deep, angry curse from Henson. Enid pointed solemnly in his direction. No words . of hers would have been so thrilling and eloquent, David strode along without further questions on that head. "But there is one thing that you must tell me," he said, as they stood together in the porch. "Es the fust part of my advice going to be car- ried out?" "Yes. That is wliy you are hero now. Stay hero one moment whilst I got you pencil and paper. There ! Now will you please write what I suggest? Dr. Bell is with my sister. At least, I suppose be is with her, as Dr. Walker desired to have his opin- ion. My sister is dying -dying, you understand?" Enid's voice had sunk to a pas- sionate whisper. The hand that she laid on David's shoulder was trembl- ing strangely. At that moment he would have done anything for her. A shaft of light filtered from the hall into the porch, and lit up the paper that the girl thrust upon Steel. "Now write," she commanded, "Ask no questions, but write what I ask, and trust Inc impliciWy." David nodded. After all, he reflect- r ed, ho could not possibly got hint r self into a worse mess than he was in already, And he felt that ho could trust the girl by his side. Her beauty, her earnestness, and her ob- vious sincerity touched him. "Write," Euld whispered, "Say, 'See nothing and notice nothing, I implore you. Only agree with every- thing that Dr. Walker says, and leave the room as quickly as possible!' Now sign your name. Wo can go in- to the drawing -room and wait till Dr, Bell comes down. You are mere- ly a friend of his. I will see that he has this paper at once." Enid led the way into the drawing - room, She gave no reasons for the weird strangeness of the place, it was no time for explanations, As for Steel, be gazed around him in fas- cinated astondsliment. A novelist ever on the lode -oat for new scenes and backgrounds, the aspect of the room fascinated him. He saw the dost rising in clouds, he saw the flowers, he noted the overturned table obviously untouched and neglected for years, and be wondered. Then he Heard the babel of discordant voices overhead. What a sad house it was and how dominant was the note of tragedy. Meanwhile, with no suspicion of the path lie was treading, Bell had gone upstairs. He came at length to the door of the room where the sick girl lay. Thererras a subdued light inside and the faint suggestion of illness that clings to the chamber of the sufferer. Bell caught a glimpse of a white figure lying motionless in bed. It was years nowsince he had acted thus ina professional capacity, but the old quietness and caution came back by instinct. As he would have entered Margaret Benson came out and closed the door. "You are not going in there," she said. "No, no. Everything of mine you touch you blight and wither. If the girl is to die, let tier die in peace:: Slie would have raised her voice high, but a lightning glance from Bell quieted her. It was not ex- actly madness that he had to deal with, and he knew it. The woman required firm, quiet treatment. Dr. Walker stood alongside, anxious and nervous. The malt with the quiet practice of the well-to-do doctor was not used to scones of this kind, "You have something to conceal," Bell said, sternly. "Open the door." "Really, my dear sir," Walker said, fussily. 'Really, I fancy that under the circumstances—" "You don't understand this kind of case," Bell interrupted. "I do," Walker dropped aside with a mut- tered apology. Bell approached the figure in the doorway and whispered a few words.rapidly in her ear. The effect was electrical, The figure seem- ed to wilt and shrivel up, all the power and resistance lead gone. She stepped aside, moaning and wringing her hands. She babbled of Strange things; the old, faraway look came into her eyes again. Without a word of comment or sign of triumph Bell entered the sick room. Then he raised his head and sniffed the heavy atmosphere as an eager Bound might have done. A quick, sharp question rose to his lips only to be instantly suppressed as he noted the vacant glance of his col- league. The white figure on the bed lay per- fectly motionless. It was the figure of a young and exceedingly beautiful girl, a beauty heightened and accen- tuated by the dead -white pallor of her features. Still tole face looked resoluta and tiro exquisitely chiselled lips were firm. "Albumen," Bell muttered. "What fiend's game 19 this? I wonder if f that scoundrel -but, no. In that case there would he no object in con- cealing my presence hero. I won- der—" e He paused and touched the pure white brow withh' fingers. Y n his ares. At the g same moment Enid came into the d ter, better or-Hatherly, read this." rtf r;be'V aA'e "s gv�,eq The last words were so low that I�+ Dell hardly beard them. lie shot a 'p'6�t:d i s, he of opened glathee his colleague hetero 'C'.ri Hi �8n he opened the paper. One reels. and it it 110 had mastered the contents. Then 'I1 the swift glance was directed from A Walker to the girl standing thei looking eft Dell with a world of pa. sionato entreaty and longing, in her eyes, "It Is your atster who lies there, 13e11 whispered, meuningly, "and yet you---" He paused, and Enid nodded. There was evidently a great struggle going on in Bell's mind. loo wan grappl- ing with something that lie only par - tinily understood, but he did knot perfectly well that he was being ask od to do something absolutely wror and that he was going to yield fo the sake of the girl he loved. he rose abruptly mein the bodsid and crossed over to Walker, "You are perfectly correct," h said. "At this rate --at this rat the patient cannot possibly last til the morning. It is quite hopeless,' Walked smiled feebly. "It is a melancholy satisfaction t have my opinion confirmed," he said "Miss Menson, if you will get Wil liams to see me as far as the lodge - gates. It is so late that -or--" Williatns came at length, and th little doctor departed. Enid fairly cowered before the blazing, searchin look that Bell turned upon her. She fell to plucking the bedclothes net vously. "What dons it mean?" he asked hoarsely. "What fiend's playthin are you meddling with? Don't you know that if that girl dies it will be ur e m d t? It was t o hly for your salve that I didn't speak my mind befor the fool who has just gone. He ha seen murder done under his eyes fo days, and he is really to give a cer tilicate of the cause of death. And the strange thing is that in the ordin- ary way he would be quite justified in doing so." "Chris is not going to die; at least, not in that way," Enid whis- pered, hoarsely. "Then leave her alone. No more drugs; no medicine even. Give Na- ture a chance. Thank heaven, the girl has a perfect constitution." "Chris is not going to die," Enid repeated, doggedly; but the certifi- cate will be given, all the same. Oh, Hatherly, you must trust me -trust nae as you have never done before. Look at me, study ane. Did you ever know me to do a' mean or dis- honorable thing?" They were down In the drawing - room again; David waiting, with a strange sense of embarrassment un - Ser Margaret 'Henson's distant eyes; indeed, it was probable that she hard never noticed him at all. All the same she turned eagerly to Sell. "Tell mo the worst," she cried. "Tell mo all there is to know." "Your niece's sufferings are over," Bell said, gravely; "I have no more to tell you." .- A profound silence followed, broken presently by angry voices outside. Then Williams looked in at the door and beckoned Enid to him. Ills face was wreathed in an uneasy grin. "Mr. Henson has got away," he said. "Bless if I can say how, And the dogs have rolled him about, and tore his clothes, and made such a picture of hies as you haver saw. And a sweet temper he's in!" "Where is he now!" Enid asked. "'There are people here be must not see." "Well, he carne back in through the study window, swearing dreadful for so respectable a gentleman. And he went right up to his room, after ordering whisky and soda -water." Enid flew back to the drawing - room. Not a moment was to be lost. 'At any hazard Reginald Hen- son must be kept in ignorance of the presence of strangers. A minute lat- er, and the darkness of the night had swallowed them up. Williams fasten- ed the lodge -gates behind. thein, and they turned their faces in the direc- tion of Rottingdean Road. strange night's work," David said, presently, "Ay, but pregnant with result," Dell answered. There was a stern, xulting ring in his voice. 'There is much to do and much clangor to be aced, but we are on the right track at last. But why did you send me tbat note just now?" David smiled as ho lighted a cigar- tte. "It is part of the scheme," ho "Part 4c deme said. o myscheme, you un - r er•stend. But, principally, I sent ou the note because Miss Enid asked me to." (To be Continued.) PROTECTING THE CZAR. An Elaborate System of Police Espionage, Sp '�.dei'�d'l,tl' .ti�i<9�¢.411,, 9mes & UNIFORMITY IN 1l1t1 h;DINC}, In a few favored 1300t.inns of the country 1t is possible 111 go out and buy a matched team of horses, but it is astonishing' bolt' few these plaices are. 'There is an oleo enying that "it you have the price you can always 1101 the goods," but there v aro 0ccas10ns wh014 this $1alente,,at t- dues not held good, In a curtain tig, section well and favorably known Inc ✓ the production of light horses, an ntteurpt was recently' made to buy a a tnatcliee team. While the typo of horse desired was well defined, there o was a wide range 0f choice in style, o action, breeding 01111 0010r, and it 1 was Just here that ell the difficulty 1005 experienced. It would not have been a serious problem to finer t110 o horses differing in color of practical- . ly the stone conformation, and so - far as work alone was concerned they would have made a good gen- eral purpose team. Style was not e the only object in view, and it was the sincere desire of aha purchaser g to obtain a fairly well matched team; at least alike in color, is 00- - tion and in conformation. Tho search was maintained for several months and tho services of dealers of large g experience in that community were sought, but without avail. It orae not difficult to secure a most varied assortment of horses, some of them O splendid individuals and possessed of s those qualities that make the heart r• of the horseman glad, but unforLen- - ately no two could be found alike. This does not 010011 teat the dttfae- ences were of minor importance, but they were so distinct and varied as to render the securing of a matched team n serious problem. Does it seem possible that in a cultured and intelligent community, where horse breeding' has been a matter of considerable importance and the principal source of revenue ter many years, that this condition could ex- ist ? Are there hot many who 'eat accuse the writer of overdrawing the picture? Some of limited experienro and some who are narrow in their views may assert this to be the case but the men who know the business thoroughly, who understand the con- dition of horse breeding in many communities at the present time, will realize the facts set forth in the case. WHAT IS THE MATTER ? nom. Slie panted like ono who has un fast and far, "Well," she whispered, "is she bet- � sixteen Velars of Croat ©lstt'OSS From indigastlon and Lever TraLlble-EIDutors Failed, Liar, b'. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills Brought Quiok iloilef and Etfeotod a Thorough Cure. In most cases of ehrnndc indiges- tion the liver and kidneys aro et 'fault as well as the stomach:, and be- cause of their combined actdoe on these organs Dr, Chase's Kidney- Livee kills cure when all ordinary means tall. The case of Mrs. Husband is not unlike scores and hundreds which axe reported to us. There can he no bet- ter evidence as to the thoroughness ei 111 effectivonass of Dr, Chase's Kid- ney -Liver fills. Mrs. E, husband, Moore street, fit, Catharine, Ont., states ; "I was ser- iously afflicted with indigestion and stet/inch trouble for sixteen years, T'lnally 1 became so bad that I oould.acarcely eat anything without stinforing terrible distress, 'Gradually I grow Weaker and mare etnaeiat fel and thought treated by three doctors and a specialist l received no belie - 111. "After a time a pain begun in my right side, which medical mon Sabi 1105 liver trouble. I never got relief until I began the use of Dor. Chasn's Kidney -Liver Bills, and they lteillecl me at once. By using about a ow, - en boxes I was entirely cured. 1 owe my cure entirely to this treatment, and make this statement with the hope that some poor sufferer may benefit by, tey experience," Dr, Chase's Kidney -Liver tills, Ono pill a dose, 25c a box, at all dealers or Edmanson, hates de Ca , Toronto, To protect ,you agains( imitations the 'portrait and signature at Dr, A, W. Chase, the famous receipt book author, aro on every box, In Russia the safety of the emperor is a sufficient excuse for setting aside, when necessary, any law or regula- tion. Regiments of soldiers aro sta- tioned near each pnlacc, and selected troops are detailed for duty 111 court- yards end buildings. In addition to the regular uniformed police, who patrol the streets with particular caro when the 07.a.r 18 passing, there is a large body of secret police, who have agents in Berlin, London, Paris, Buenos Ayres, New York, Chicago and Paterson, New Jersey, Spies aro in every city In Russia and In every department of life. 'Between St. Petersburg and 'Psarkoe Selo a special line, with a private station at each end, has been built for the ex- clusive use of the imperial fancily, Every yard of It is guarded constant- ly, and particularly when a train is to pccsn. The present ruler of all the Russfas appears to be personally courageous, and goes out a good Ideal. ,At Tsarkoe Selo and Peterhof,This t:we favorite residences, he is un- ' deretoOd to occupy small villas in the grounds in preference to the largo palmate. Ile is under elosor surveil lance when in lily apartments than nt ally other time. The military guards inside the palace are never even by the, public, They are intended es a precaution against possible ronspire- ties hl High quarters father than against individual Intruders. Theories cause more worry the facts. Why is it that these difficulties should be experienced?- Mention has already been made of the many ex- cellent individuals that could be found in that community, Ono would suppose that matched teams wero not in demand; ono would then think that horses of superior quality did not conunand 0 good price. But all this is folly, for animals of su- perior excellence and teams that match'fairly welt,.and have the re- quisite style and action, are in great demand and ready pnrebascrs can be found at a profitable price. This, then, is not the explanation of the trouble. The real difficulty, lies in the great variety of sires and dams used in any one community- for breed- ing purposes. This year Farmer Jones breeds from ono sire, next year from another of entirely differ- ent type and quality, and the third year from still a different type; and so it is with practically every farm- er in the community, and the same is true of the dams used for breeding purposes. They are often, unfor- tunately, the odds and ends of :he farm, of little use for further ser- vice. They may oven be diseased or have various defects of conformation that are almost tertian to be trans- mitted to their progeny. This does not loofa like business, and it is not business, and it does more harm to the horse breeding industry that all the other agencies which operate against it, such as the automobile, for example. The whole difficulty arises from a failure to appreciate the import- ance of uniformity of breeding, of is a Food -medicine For the baby that is thin and not well nourished and for the mother whose milk does not nourish the baby. It is equally good for the boy or girl who is thin and pale and not well nourished by their food; also For the anaemic or consumptive adult who is losing good flesh and strength. In fact, for all conditions of wasting it is the food- medicine that will nourish and build up the body and give new life and energy when all other means fail. second fr.00,ell erugg!tea. SCOTT 0 IiOWNL Chemdrla.Toreela, Ont. .., DON'T 01011 &FA TEAS CEYLON NAT!J A.L GREEN tea is datural leaf, sight color in the cup, and with a peculiar leaf fragrance, captivating to all. Sealed lead paohets only, same forret as the 'amicus "SALADA" Black tease 25c and 400 per Ib. By ail Grocers. breeding for a definite and specific purpose, of breeding for high: ideals, and of studying the demands of aha market, There is an utter lack of co-operation among horse breeders that is simply appalling. There are any number of horses on the market, and yet they are not of the class or quality which tho market tiemonds, is it not possible fur the breeders to get together? Cruz they not real - iso these defects in their present methods of doing business and organ- ize into societies in the different communities and matte them famous Inc the production of animals of a given type ? There le money, big 1110110y, 111 such an enterprise. Tt sloes not require very much capital; all that is needed is harmony of ae Lion, This matter is of such serious and widespread importance as to bo worthy of the earnest 'consideration of every community whore live stock breeding, no matter what the class, is a matter of any considerable con- cern. Shornclhfe when he was eighteen, just before he set sail for Caladn. The first Royal newspaper was lnsb- 1is9sel for the Emperor of Austria., About thirty years ago he gave or - dors that a private newspaper should he supplied to him every horning. Each important article is condensed by a competent writer, and the re- sults, written out on small, square sheets, are slipped into a binding cover and placed ready for tending on ilis Majesty's breakfast -table. Nothing which concerns him person- ally, whether disagreeable or othcr- 11'is0, 15 omitted. A story told in sporting circles of - Mr, Kruger during the early days of the South African War may bear re- peating hero an showing the simpli- city 01 the oleo man recently passed away. When the first Atietralinu contingent arrived. at Cape Town, Mr. Kruger is said to have asked General Joubort if ho knew anything about these Australians. " I only know that eleven of them once beat All England." "Good heavens!" cried the President, "we are lost; thirteen thousand of them have just landed!" HOG NOTES. Hogs closely confined should have a good variety of food. Improper feeding of the sow of- ten causes serious disorders with the pigs. Bettor bring in ono or two sows at a limo rather than to discard all of the old ones at one time. Young growing pigs crave a varlc- ty of feed, and it can be given them in the Corm of slops better than any other way II is best not to breed n sow un- til she. is one year old, as she will be better •developed and will bring better pigs. Grass and clover in abundance should be accessible to the pigs as they are tide cheapest and best foods available. As a rule the litters improve in size and quality as the sow grows older, and usually her supply of milk will increase also. In selecting sows for breeders it is well to remember that the sow im- parts to her offspring the •feeding capacity. salt once a week, the more charcoal Give the hogs wood ashes with the ashes contain the better, The boar is often injured ty breeding too young. It will make him steep in the rump, narrow in the loin and undersized. ' The best resales aro obtained in hog raising 013 lands that grow clov- er most readily. It is an item to keep the brood. sow in a thriving condition, sails- fying her appetite without using Ino rich and concentrated foods, and avoiding constipation. Even with fattening bogs a better appetite can be maintained by feed- ing a variety than by depending up- on any one article even though it be a good sound corn. No matter what kind of sows are to be bred it will always pay, to use only pure bred males. To reach the best: results front feeding it is important to keep the animal as regular at feeding as pos- sible. A boar shotdd do but little ser- vice before ho is old, and if a good breeder he can be used until four or five years old and often longer. By a more general practice of care in the feeding there cnida be a vast improvement in the sanitary condi- tious of the pigs. BUTTER THAT WILL KEEP, It may be laid down as a given rule that the longer you churn the more water will be retailed In the butter. On this question the Wis- consin Experiment Station reports that in trials, stopping the churn when the granules were from the size of a clover seed to the size of grains 0'1 001.1, the average water content of the butter churned to large gran- ules was 12,15 per cont. -with, of courso, similar working and salting. The old style of chsn'niug until till the butter formed in one la•ge lump, put the greatest quantity of water in it, which had to be worked oat at the imminent peril of its grain. To melee dry, long keeping, well flavored butter, therefore, stop the churn when the butter breaks to the size of clover seeds, and wash the, milk out with cold water; then press that water out with as light work- ing as possible. PERSONAL NOTES. Gossip About Prominent People on, the World's Stage. Although. the British Chancellor of the I.xahec,aer is invariably alluded to as Me, Auston Chamberlain, his first Christian Hunte is the salve as that of his distinguished father. The Xiieg of the Hellenos ie -one of the finest combiners of the clay, His Majesty excels in long-distance swim, ming, and can remain in ci.eep tvator for Hours without exhausting him- self. He is en all-round sportsman, an unerring shot, a successful ang- ler, and a wonderful 10anager of the most fiery-temcpered of horses, King Edward made his ihtat speech in public when he lues ton, Ho was visiting Newcastle with queen Vic. twine and thanked some member of the Corporation for presenting Him w1111 a handsome paper -nutter, Isis first official speech es Prince of Welea, however, was delivered at The young Marquis of Bute, al- though he derives the greater part of his immense income from South Wales, is one of the most perfervid of Scots. He insists on his titular island being considered as an integ- ral part of the lligrhlands, and a pi- per "slrirls" nightly round the family dinner -table, at which Lord Bute and his brothers always appear arrayed in fullest Highland garb. 11 has just been announced that every workilmn employed on the estate can, by applying at given tailor's, be equipped with a kilt of Stuart tar- tan. Euclid is not often put down by great men among the books that have influenced them. But Mr. George Jacob Holyoake, the famous lecturer and writer on social ques- tions, says that Euclid was the work that most impresser. and even fas- cinated him when he was a boy, be- cause of the clearness of its reason- ing.. Ire made mathematical instru- ments otet of old bits of sheet -iron , because he was top poor to buy pro- per ones, and copied out six books of Euclid with his own hand. IAs a boy lie worked at a button -maker's, a tin -smith's, and a foundry, ' Millen Lord Roberts was at Eton life there was very much harder than it is at present. fags had to fetch water to their masters from the pump in Wes -ton's Yard, an. bring coals in their gowns from Windsor; and frequently the new boy had to put up with almost unbearable ill- treatment, , Just before Lord Rob- erts went to the college a boy was nearly killed thr•ougli, being tossed in a blanket; small boys were some- times used ns living footballs by their seniors; and it was no uncom- mon thing, it is said, for a boy to be dragged out of bed suddenly by a cord fastened to his toe, and pull- ed round the room in this painful fashion. Hero is a confession from the Ozar of All the Itissias: r1X lova travelling, but only when I: can do it in my own way. I never travel otherwise than at night, and spend my day visiting museums and quaint old streets, bazars when I am in the East, anti- quarian shops when I am in the North. I am more of an Asiatic than a European o in it tastes, p 1 y and X have not only a vast collection of Indian curios and quite nn army of Buddhas largo and small. but also a. library composed of books treating of Indian subjects alone, anel menthar of books dealing with Egyptian law. Were I not well, what I am, I should be the greatest bookworm in the world." There is little 100111 that the late President Kruger had a sound know- ledge of English, but this he al- ways slid his bast to conceal. An English missionary was given an in- terview with the President as ho was passing through Pretoria 801/10 years ago, During the interview D'r, Lcyds interpreted, and when outside the correspondent fixed his oyes as searchingly as 110 could on Dr, Leyds, who had accompanied him, and tasked, "Docs President Kruger renlly know no English?" With a meaning look Dr. ',cycle replied; "If you are praising him, or speaking Well of the Transvaal, he knows no English; but if you are speaking ill. of hinny, or saying anything against the Transvaal, lie knows every .Word you sayl Count Tolsti is the son of a Rus - sten nobleman who was a great gambler; and in lits youth Tolsti himself played for heavy stltkee-in fact, hie book, "The COssaelta," lwaa f niched fn 01'101' to pay off a gamb- ling debt, Ho fought at Sebastopol; but mote lie does not believe in war- fare. Count Tolsti, though he livee in a palace, and though his wife owns la'ge estates which he Inas handed over to her, adopts the ha- bits and costume of a peasant; ho makes his flies, digs his potatoes, cooks his food, and makes hie own boots, 'clic lash ac0011135iehmenb must be useful; for email/toe he fiats. been known to take off his b'oots and glvein diem to a tramp, 00 -0o000 -0.0O0'00- 0O0*0O q YOUNG FOLKS O'OOOO.00•0000-O0 oo*oO0OO.O 'p1lhl FAMILY NIST 1)0011, "When may we go, ma ntl?" plead- ed three voices, "one of these days," said Mrs.: Carr, cheer11111y, "Why, children, what would they think if you wont over to play the very day tatty mov- edinto th0i1' 113110 home?" "They cane last Might," said John quickly, "1 saw tine stage drive up and some people got out, just after. dm'!c," "You see, they, moved from anoth- ar town, which is much worse than only going from one house to anoth- er in the same town.," explained mama, "and it will take them a long time to get their things settled. Perhaps there aro no children, any- way, so you must not count too much on having little playmates,' "There's a big boy," said Freddy, "for some ono called, 'Bob!" two or theca times, and if he was little they'd cull him Robbie." rreddy was beginning to dislike his childish barna, and supposed that any, boy who had outgrown "Robbie" muse be very large indeed. "I'm glad of that," said John, "We can have fine times, ;)laying ball and doing everything together. There is a little boy, too, Fred, for the lady next door spoke to some oute this morning and called him Bertin., That will. suit you." "I ain't a little boy!" said Freddy, indignantly. "if there's a little chap over there he can May with Bess." I saw a little girl on the parch just about as old as Bes 1s.," said mama. "I am so glad you are to have a nice time, though I thought the child looked like Nellie Curtis, and didn't belong to the new peo- ple." "0 mama, if Mrs. Curtis let Nellie go to visit them, why can't we?". asked Bessie. "We'd only stay a lit- tle while. I am so anxious to see the baby I can hardly wait. I heard the papa say, `Flow's my baby?' and you know there are no other babies on this street. so there must be a baby" The Carr children lived in an old- fashioned house, with a large garden 111 front and behind, and would have been: perfectly happy if there had been other children near enough to play with. Most of the neighbors were elderly, quiet people, so tho three ittle folks thought they had a dole- ul tine indeed. But now the big louse next door had been rented t,, a new family, and although the tall hedge between the two gardens kept them from seeing the family, their quick ears heard ever'ythiug, and they were wild with delight. "Four children?" said papa, when he had Beard the wonderful news. 'And you know their names al- ready?" "Yes, papa. There's Bob and Ber- tie and Robs. and the baby. That makes four, doesn't it?" said Freddy. "Mama thought the little girl on he porch was Nellie Curtis. but I hoard the mama calling Robe three imps, so she belongs there," ex- phoned Bessie, "The baby's name must be Mary,. aid papa, "for an old lady was out n the parch, and I heard her say, n some one inside that it was time or Mary's nap," "Maybe there are two little girls, nstead of one," said Bessie. 'Wouldn't it be lovely, if they had a tenet big family?" lout whop thug went over to play with the children next door, the lady told toear her little girl was taking a nap and would be up in a few minutes, "Whore are the rest of your children?" asked three voices at . once "Wo only have one little daugh- ter," said the lady, with a smile. 'Did you think there were lots of children here?" "Where aro Bob and Bertie and obs. and the baby and Diary?" ask - d lrroddy, in surprise. "Baby's name is Mary Roberta," xplainod the new lady, and we all ave different .names for her, The argot calls her 'Bob'; her papa, baby'; grandma says, 'Mary,'; and o you see it sounds es if the house as full of little folks. I sorry s am so y ou are disappointed, but Bertie will o glad to see you when she gets up," t The Carr children found little Mary r o e sweetlitfour-year-old b to a L le irl; but they always felt cheated vbenover they thought of the large anally, they, expected to find next BOATS W1TH EYES. In China., where so many Hundreds of people live their entire lives on boats, there is a very strange idea that an e3'0 must be painted on the holy of the boat that it may see its wey through the water. An Englishman traveling in China at in the front of a small boat with his feet hanging over the paint- ed eye, The owner became ankh excited end begged the traveler not to cover the eye of the boat, as It must see its way. When the first railroad was built through China the native workmen teem anxious to, paint an eye on the front of the locomotive. They . thought it was not safe to allow such a fierce looking creature, as an engine to run about blind, nLTNI3 BOYS' 1IOOTBALL. Pootball and many other games are played by tho blind, cer- tain changes being made so that. in each game 11(0 Sense of hearing tapes the place of sight. In football, for instance, a tiny bell is fastened to the ball, and by the bell's ti.nk10 the ball's location 10 determined, The blind delight in races of all sorts,. They do not' run toward 0 tape, as the seeing do, but t011)11(1 a doll that jangles briskly, It is oder to see the blind at their gahng5, They play gravely and they maintain, it profound 111011ce, foe if they matte it 0 )ise the voices of Dole gelding bells Wild .not be heard,'