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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-2-28, Page 2W71441ItglliMMIV4'.t" THE WHITE ROSE. 4 He geld to belt that to look et th Aar Angelic Ninety of Dolores after nage from thole dark eyes was, lik ollatniginef too sultry beams of a bo noonday gun for clear n3oonikebt. Cu fortunately he put hie thoughts int woeda, "flow beautiful Mise (Manion leek toenight I What a poetical face eh bag 1" he eatel. The remark gave Lola the very epee £i1 be wented. Yes ; the looks more like a white roeo than ever. But, do you know, Sir Karl, I have more than a suspicion that the white rose le won alreadyn Was it the changing light of the chendelier, or did his Parse really grow pale tee tehe woke? She could not tell. " Zes," abe continued, "the wars of the roees-ste far as Dolores and Iare eoneerned-are, I believe ended." " You speak in riddles." Miss de Per- ras," be said, "and I detest riddles. What do you mean 8" There was Sortie little emotion in bis voice. "lou must promisee me not to tell," abe replied, "I have perhaps no right to speak, and mind, Mies Cliefden her - *elf hale not told me; hue I know -I an " 3tou know that I shall respect your eonftdenoe," be said, "Why should I not ?" "I believe," eh° went on, "and I have every reason for my belief, that there is some understanding or prem- iere between Lord Rbyewortla and Do - lakes Cliefden." " Lord Rhysworth I" be (tried. in horror, " Why, be is old enough to be heo father 1" "'Better to be an old man's darling than a young man's sine,'" she quot- ed. Out be did not heed her. He was muttering something under his mus- tetehe-worda of anger and annoy- ance, which pierced her to the heart. Why should be care 'What could it posedbly matter to him "1 wish you would speak a little more plainly," he sate., impatiently, "Do you mean that they are engag- ed 8" I must not any so in so many words," the replied, "but I believe such to be the ease.". 'Six Karl felt that he had last the • only treasure life laeld for him, for a sudden conviction had come to him that he loved Dolores Cliefden as he should never love any one else in the world. • It was with something like wonder that Lola watched the handsome face of ber companion. There oould be no mistake an to the agitation and an- noyance expressed there. She asked herself if she had been blinded, mis- taken, misled. ,Was it possible that he oared for Dolores after all? " Are you quite sure of what you eay, Miss de Ferree?" he asked, pre- kently. - "Quite sure," abe replied, "and an excellent match it .will be, I laugh now when I remember that on my re- turn from Germany I considered Lord Rhysworth the meet eligible perti in the county." "Do you not now ?" he asked, trying to speak careleesly. She looked hien fuel in the face as she answered, her eyes flashing- " No, most decidedly I do not." He was flattered by the implication. He knew that she referred to him, but he could not rouse himself sufficient - lo to talk to her. After a few more words, be made Some excuse for leav- ing her. He was angry and annoyed, though Ile had no reason for feeling so. He considered himself injured in some fashion, although ha could hardly have told how. She need not aurely have been in o meth a berry," he said to hiroself, "Ow a ie PAW very young', How can eche mere e ry a man of more than double her age? t It to impossible that she can love hIna; - else Meet be merrylog hien for hie o money. It its shameful for a young girl to be ge% mereenney. I am dlealo O painted in O And, to show bL displeaaure, he kept away from her. Neither in the draw- - ing-room nor in the dancing -room dia he approaoh her, She watched closely, her sweet face growing puler as the !mune moved on, and the sha- dow deepening in her beautiful eyea. e was angry with himself and with ber-.with himself because he had not sooner discovered the state of his own feelings, With her because she load made what he believed to be a hurried engagemmet, Bo could not quite un- dergtand it. Ho had, never scan the least sign of any flirtation, or even of any letftioular Interest in Lord Rhyeevorth. Hee knew that the Squire and the madter of Deeping Hurst were good Preemie, nut teat was no reason wby Lord Rlayerwerth shelled marry the, daughter. Either she muat have concealed her Intentions and thoughts very cleverly, or she must have made a very hat y decielon. Only three days ago he bad been in company with her and Lord Rhygworth; several oth- ers bad been present tee; and she had not be.haved to himeat all as a newly - betrothed girl would naturally have done. She had talked but little to him. spent but little time with him, and successful." now he was to be his wife. His faith She locked up at him with a smile. in all women was artaggetred. "Since yoi ask me,' and it will "I wonder," ke said to tilmaelI, "if please you," elle replied. "I will sing all that men say abou,t women is true, -but not at presem t. Tbe room is so if money and position are all that terribly warm. I wonder if I could they care for ? This girl with an an- get an ice?" gel's face le marrying for money, and she looklike the very embodiment of love." Vexed and ixritateel, yet without any 6 rI veil, atte Ore, Where X baetk talle X waot Yott t9 Oeneuede Mtell 011etden to dug tier tee," He felt no irkelielation to Imo& to ber dealre. You buy° faeled 1" he Said, qebeitil% " Then T obeli WI, and far more lg., neminieeely. "I do eot think go," Mid her ledy- ehip, with a peettlier eraile. "At Leat let me urge you to try." You wish me to ani Mint Clieffien to aim?" be gale; and then, utterly ignoring the fact that he had been wetehing Doleree intently for the laet half lour, he asked, with happy wade. city, "But where Shall I find Miss °Haden V" Rea' eldership replied, promptly: 0 Do you not see bar ? Ah, no, that screen of planta Wee her from you I Nov do rey bidding, and remember that a. brave man never takeNo,' for an aneever, Lady Fielden laughed softly to her- gelf as she went away. "That went atraight home," he said to bereelf. "As though I had never read love in bet eyea 1 I am oertain that he likes Dolores Cliefden." Dolores thought that the desire of heir heart wad to be acciompliehed at last. Six Karl was makng bis way to her. Her heart tnrobbed and her face fluthed; then a great, almost solemn calm eame over her. If he cared for her, she was euro that in some vague manner she would discover it, e did not loOk very happy; the ring, had gone from hie voice and the laughter from his face. _In brief words be told the errand, adding: " I fear 1 hall ask in vain. If Lady Fielden could not persuade you, it is hardly likely that I ehall be more He took the hint and offered her his arm, and they went in search of re- freshments. _Sir Karl found Dolores a seat; and then, remembering her jut grounds for these feelings, Sir resolution that the would be neither Karl avoided Dolores; and, the, whose cold, by, nor prou,d, as she partook "last chance" was rapidly failing, grew of the lea and fruit he had brought sad at heart., She was standing In the she talked to him brightly and gayly. drawing -room, her dress falling in The more brilliantly she chatted,how- pietureeque folds round her slender ever, the darker grew 1112 face. Ile girlish figure.. Behind was a magni- said to himself-, , fluent group of exotics, She turned, "It is all very well for her; she and, while looking at the waxen blos- can be happy and bright, she has no soms, debated within herself whether regrets. She is going to marry for the night would paes without his money; and she has secured one of speaking, to her, pr whether, on some wealthiest men in England for a pretext, she should address him. She ; husband." the would never lose one iota of her maid- Rig face grew darker and graver. She enly modesty and dignity; but this "eer it and her heart failed her. She was her last opportunity. Trb--til now; remembered how interested pe had Sir Karl had always been kind and; looked when Lola talked to him. Grad - attentive -he had always contrived ' ually silence fell upon them both. w hen they met, to have a few min- "I am aimed, Mese Cliefden, that utes' tete-a-tete with her ; but this r you do not find my society very en - evening he did not name near her -j tortaining," Sir Hari remarked pre - only stood aloof, watching her with'sently. a look of anger and vicinage on his "I do not remember ever to have face which was quite unintelligible to known you so silent before, certainly," her. She was not conscious of hav- she Said, with a forced laugh. hag displeased him in any way; in her I Just then a musical voice near them Own mind site could attribute hie man -i exclabned- ner only to indifference. She was start- "What a melancholy tete-a-tete 1 led from her dreams by Lady Malden,Sir Karl, I could not imagine where who had been sent by Madame de you were. Do you remember having Ferree to ask Dolores to sing. promised to arrange a charade for "I fear I intuit ask you to excuse ' us?" me,". said the girl. "I do not Emil "Did I? I am afraid I must ask equal to the tagic this evening." you, to enlist the services of some one " You do not look very well," replied more competent. I am not quite my - Lady Fielden, "perhaps in a abort sell to -night." time you will have recovered mufti- "Nonsense!" said Lola, gayly. "That &witty to favor ue." is like a bad riddle. If you are not Lady Fielden had a theory of her yourself, who are you? 1 cannot let own anent Dolores. She believed her you off your bargain. I have set nay self well versed in all love -matters, heart on a charade; and what I have and had for some little time entertain-! set my heart on I must have." ed the idea that Sir Karl was In love ' She looked so bewitchingly defiant wiLh ber. 1 ' Lbat it was impossible to refuse her. "In all probability," thought the A. moment later she went up to some astute lady, "abe will sing for him." j vases and took from them two flow- • By and by Lady Fielden went up to ere ; one was a white rose, the other " him. a red one. Sir Karl," he mid, "you will pre- I " This white one Ls called Queen • Marie,'" she said, "and the red ono pa eadli r nail SaUi Says Dr. Dlillogharti Of the New York Health Beard -The Dreadful After-Effeets Most tO 8 Dread. ed. Every reader of this paper can recall • many cases in which the after effects of la giippe have proven fatal. 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Fifty cents a lent, all dealers, or Edlinaltie0A, Halt00 & Co,, Toronto, Ls Erin a Pride.' Which will you have, Sir Karl ?" Sir Karl bad been piqued and hurt; he thought only of giving a passing thrill of vexation to the girl whom he really loved; but by one trivial act he decided her destiny and his own. Dolores watched him with wit - fu/ pain. If he took the white rose, she would klaoev that be loved her best; 1.1 not—" _ Lola looked with great shining eyes into his face. " Take your ateice," she saki and he took from her hand the deep erina- son rose, "Erin's Pride." No one saw that the fair young face grew deathly- while, that the golden head drooped ear a moment. Then Dolores raised it with proud, earelese grace. , "I will sing now, Sir Karl," she acid "1.1 you still wish it." " Certainly I do," be replItel, again offering her bie arm. She laid the nee of herr white fin- , gene on it. Of abe bed looked, she would bane aeon that hew -red sollt- the for the red rose that it lay upon the ground. She went at onee to the piano ; and she wnrda abe aang haunt- od him ever atter. "Good -by, teat friend The time will come when thou wilt 61011(1 Where Thinking et par frtnethiblp teed, With a etrgkehge Yeerifling sorrow OO MY brow.. 'TOO late , too late I" I nex, With tear. Lege eye, Goodeby, good -by 1" To lee Voila/wed, PERSONAL POINTERS. interesting Reading About Seine Of the • Weria.8 tireet Potpie. The Pope do ee his peevete writing with et gold pen, but the Pentifleal signature is always written with a pee made from the feather Of a white dove, In 1112 pa.rk at Yildiz the Suiten Of Turkey bee some curious Island eocia got lin the medal: of artificial lake, An eleotrio launch earring him from place to place. His Attjesty, by the way, la not only a clever pianist but a skilful earoenter, and he recently presented a writing-deek, made by his own hands, to one of his Ministerat The Duke of York in taking over the poeiteen of Colonel -in -Chief of the Royal Marina Freee succeeds his late unele, the Duke of Saxe -Coburg and Gotha, who was appointed in 188e. He Is, moreover, not the first Duke of York who has held a seminar poeition, Jaime Duke of York, afterwards James II., was colchel from 1660 till 1685 of "The Duke of York and Al- bany'e Maritime Regiment of Poet," who were the forremin.nere of the Roy- al .31:Corium, and held office ontil his accession to the throne. Count Toletoi is the most pains- taking of all living writere. Blast of his books are written six times over, and certain . parts of them as many aa ton times, before they reach the nrinteee hands, yvhile his proofs 1 aro a maze of 'corrections and addl.,- Vona which are the despair of coin- Ponliars. The famous Russian nove- list neithe,r drinks, smokes...2m: este meat. It is his boast that he does not pogsess a single article he could possibly dispense with; and he has 0 era .refused to receive a bicycle as a present, on 'the ground that it is t a luxury. His recreations are chess t and lawn tennig, at both Of which d he lei an adept. An amusing instance of the Bishop (1 of Oxford's humor is given in the fol- lowing etary: Aanongst his country t clergy ie one Who any be ealled TcLr.t Blank, of Blankton-a man full oft s' fancied alinusote, who considers con- stant change such an absolute ne- cessity that, at the date of the story, he was quite a stranger in leis own parish. One day he came to the Bishop with his usual request: "Not t eery well, my lord -feeling decidedly t 3 OF THE THROB SOME Of THE RESULTS OF THE 41DEEN:S_DEATII. t Late queen No Family Ifaine-iiieinic m or Guelph Come tete Power 01 Ger. many iictore Sues 'rhino Were t'un"ue°: ifiliod11 of. Queen Victotria and the ameeeiou el the Prinoe of Wales to the British throbs helve been the oeuae of a large nendeer of question; upon vaireatte muttony of:enacted with the Mingle royal family and conatito- then, Peenepe the einmeest plan will be to answer them together. • Onemediately nIOM the death of Queen Victoria, her eldest EiOn became King; no cererniony wee neeeasary to paeg the title, the coronation no long- er belog, centuries ago, a ceremony on which tbe legal tittle depended. When the Mimeo of Wales became King the titie which he had borne for nearly throe-4(10re yeara became extinct; that Is, there is now nit Prime of Walee, mw will there be one unless Rasa until the title is recreated etre peoloaly and bestowed by patent upon the Duke of Yet*. Tam Enke of York became at once Duke of Cotelwall, for treat title, though ikabeirent tot the heir 01 the throne, does) not merge in the King- ship, but does 10 an heir, if living, or remains in abeyance -until an heir la born. ffihe Deuthy of Cornwall brings to its helder, revenoeg amounting to abbot £50,000 a year. The other titles to which the present King sue- ceeded at lids birth, likewise devolved upon the Dkike Of York. Timer are : Dolce of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron, tit Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Ranee ape Gwent Steeteird of Scot- tund and Earl of Liellelin. DAUGHTERS ,WOULD BE HEIRS. Ead there been no living don of the new Ring his heir would be the eldest son of his deceased son; failing a grandson, a granddaughter. In de- oult of children of a son, the Prince • Wales' daughters would be heir- eses to the theme in the order of 'heir births, and their children after he, the dmogiletere of the eldest nughter standiog nearer to the throne theta the sMis of a younger aerator. It. was tide rule of sue- ession that brought to the throne he Priceas Victoria, daughter of he fourth son of George M., though 's be had uncles, one of whom succeeded g to the throne of Hanover, which could not be occupied by a. Queen 0 Regoaaat. PI the Prince of Wales has no (Mil- PRETEITED A MAT WAR HOW VICTORIA. AVERTED WAR RE- TWEEN AMERICA AND ENKA'S% She Drafted a Co/1011000r, fl�piy - Her On 6110 8.e4 Alletter root ropiero tiViy -Wrath, and Avoided Terrible war, It wee at the time of the "Trent Affair" that Queen Vietoa•la render, ed her nerer-toein-forgotten service to the English-speaking race by moil - lying en offielal eote that would have provoked war between the United Kingdom and what Wan then etYle4 the dig -United States. The seizure asiintira4ieanoi, conVal toefaelMaoStearficAm. kicansosniona:81 to England and Prance, who were passengers on the Royal mail paeket whicili galled from Havana, by Corn - mender Wilkes, of the United States warship Jacinto, violated interne- tionel law and constituted an af- front, which no 'firat-class power could brook. The blunder was 1m - media tely reoognized at Washington, but public opinion tlunughout the North justified Wilkes and made a bero of him. On the ether' aide of the Atlantic under which there was no cable in thos'e doge, the British nation .had beeu stirred to Its centre by the ex- aggerated reportg cif the high-haod ed manner in which the sanctity of the British flagon the high seas had been violated. In garrison and bar- rack there were feverish preparations for war, the shipyards were busy day and night and tropa were being de- spatched to Canada with all the en. ergy the emergency eeercied to de- mand. THiel SOUTH WAS ELATED at the prospect of a oonflict that meant euccess for the Confederacy. On November 29, 1861, Lord Palmer Ston laid before the Queen recopy of a letter which the Council of Ministers had prepared to send to Lord Lyons, the British Minister at Washington. It was a peremptory denaand for the release of the prisoners and a dis- avowal of the act. In nage of refusal Lord Lyons was to demand his -page- ports. This meant war, for the dan- der of bath nations was up. Victoria and the Prince Consort ex- amined the proposed despatch with the greatest. oar% The Queen dis- approved of the harsh language in vhtch et wag couched, and at her sug- estion Prinoe Albert prephred a memorandum for the Ministry, which bo revised with her own hand. That memorandum, ae it appears in "Roe ife of the Prince Consort," is as fol lows : "The Queen return$ these import- ant diate, which, upon the whole a ebe approves, but she cannot help feeling that the main draft -that for communicatian to the Amerioan Gov- ernment -ea somewhat meager. She would have liked to have eeen the expression of a hope that the Am- erican Captain did not act under in- etructione, or, if he did, that he mis- apprehended -that the United States Go,rernm.ent meet be fully aware that the British Government could not al- low the flag to be insulted and the se- curity of it mail communication to be placed in jeopardy, and her Ma. jeaty s Government are unwilling 1,0 believe that the United States Gov. e.rnrofent INTENDED WANTONLY to put an insult upon this country, and to add to their many distressing complications by forcing a question of dispute upon us; and that we are therefore glad to believe that upon a full consideration of the eireum- stances of the undoubted broach of international law committed, they would epontaneously offer such red - reels as alone would satisfy this coun- try, viz:, the restoration of the un- fortunate passengers and a suitably apology." The despatch to Lord Lyons was eriodefied in accoOdance with Viotoria'a eugge,stions into that soft message "that turneth away wrath," and opened the door Lincoln wild Seward were looking for to escape from the consequenees of an act of ill-starred folly. Looking back we shudder at what would have been the coneequences if the inetructions to Lord Lyons had been of a nature to further Inflame noarthern eentiment against Eng- land. It woulte have meant war with Great Britain, the opening of ay. eryConiederate pori to supplies, the replenishing of the Southern Treas- u.ry, and we know dot what assaults up= aur eaboard cities. For tilts we have to bless and honor the memotO or Queen Victoria -Am- erican Paper. deem or grandcleldren his next bro- herr be heiro and lkter dim hat brether's children in order o heir births, and after the Prince' brothers hie sisters and their children. The Gunman Emperor is 25th in line of succession; the daughters of the Doeheee of Fife, the eldest daughter of the Paibee of Wales. the Ladies Alexandra and Maud, Duff are sixth and seventh in that line. Mho Royal Marriage Act of 1772 'dis- poses ot the claims of any descendants of George W. and Mra. Fite -Herbert, if any such there be. itt forbade the marriage of any Englisth-bern de- scendant of Geblrge IL under the age of 25 witihbut the King's consent, and after that age without the Garment of Prialiament. The present Duke of York was said tee have been married in Malta to the daughter of a naval officer, butt the story was denied in azhament, prior to his marrying the lorinceee Mary of Teck. At all events, 12 married to the Prineees Mary letly in accordance with the laws England. Mt is believed vet* generally that Queen Viretoria'e funnier name wee Guelph, and Unit on her marriage in accordance with custom, she took her husband's name, in its turn believed tee be Wettin. ,The house of Guelph, to wthiroh Queen Victoria belonged, be- came a reigning hbuse in Germany before family names became common ; SO, as a fad, She had no family name. Her 'husband bed none elther, though he waa of the hontee of Wettin. The °n ot Auguetus, Duke of Sussex, and Lady Augusta Murray was known as run down -immediate change of air most -u.rgent." The Bishop's eyes twinkled, but he spoke quite quietly, 'Try Blankton, 017 ear air -try Blankton 1" Princes Charles of Denmark, the youngest daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales, epandel much ,51 her time in England. 'Appleton Borneo, where the Princess and her /misbrand are staying, is a very de- lightibl, though unpretentimea-look- ing, grau.p of buildings. Prince and Princes Charles are both very popu- lar on the Prince of Walca' Sanaring- ham. estate, the Metre so that, unlike moist modern young couples, they be not leave their borne often; indeed, they very rarely pay conntry-house visits. 'The Princess takes. great in- bereet in her housekeeping, and she he eta' of is never happier than when enter- taining a small party of her near re- lation e ,lunch or dinner. Although the Empress Frederick of Germany hes clung to English modes of thought and life, the Germans look upon ber as a model German wife and mother. It ie chained that to her the women of Pruesia owe much for their . improved intellectual and ao- oial condition and the betterment of wage-earning opportunities. She has not only aided in the building and management of hospitals, schools, and churchee, but she has also been the patron of art and acienee. She paint a portraits and landscapes, and is there ie a beat Of the Empress Au- guste, graven by her forty years ago. To her scientific knowledge of gardro - ening arc dm. the floral arrangements around the New Palace at Wildnark, 011 near Potedano Gr Loud Wenlook, who will accompany an the Duko and Duchess of York on Tih their visit to Australia, Is ono of Es those people whom everyone likes. 01 "Bingey," as he is familiarly known to hie friends, is, basideO being a popular and intelligent member of soeiety, a good all-round sportsman. Ke wee governor of Madras from 1891 ; till 1806. Lady Wenlook, who is a sis- ter of the pregent Lord Ilarewood, is a brilliant and accomplielled woman. Amon her other entente is paint- ing, and her eketobes rondo during 1 her reeidencie in India, are well known. a Silva hos never oared ranch for the ath(111 - leek pursuits which are sometimes p indulged in nowadays, but she skates d teary well. Escreek, Lord Wenlockeelo YOrkalikra estate, ie let to 1Ofr. Mete d 21%4. Some men are in advance of theftage, age, but women are alwaye a few years behind ✓ Augustus D'Este; and for this aeon. the name D:10Ste is assumed lemetianes to be the family name of e present German sovereigns of eat 13ritain. But this assumption is error, fox' the reaso.n.given above. e Grand Duchess allaria of A.ustria- • Princerss Imitpold of Bavaria, is e estimable woman whom some per - ;nue acclaim ap Queen Ma ry IV. of gland. 81 the succession to the hrone had not. been changed by the Aots of Settlement of 1180 and 1702, his Princess might bo Queen. As it is, he to neither de Sure nor de facto ueon of Great Britain and Ireland, THE CHINESE ALMANAC The Chinese almanac fe the monope- y of the Umperor, none other being 'lowed within Itis dominions. No imonan doom his household cora- tete without a copy of this unique comment, on acoeue1 of the wonderful formation as to lucky and* unlucky aye which it contains, ,Ars the esti- ated population of China ts, eomee bloat like 100,000,000 sole, it would seem that, ff over a Monopoly were worth retaining, it le lee 0111004r almanac, MILKING COWS BY MACHINERY. A ?level Milting Device In Use in Tort,. shire, Evist:iliel. The scarcity of agricultural labor in Yoekellire, Eogiend, baa resulted im the widespread introduotion of mcie chentml appliances in order to cope With tbe work. One of the most novel is 0 mechenioal milking deeiee, but whith, however, has not bean employ- ed with very great success. The re - suite of mechanical milking are far below those obtained by hand, which is principally clue to the fact thst no two adder e are alike, and also because the animals object to. the tuhes, ARIZONA KIOKLET% The yiney gaiter GiveHZ. 'avoi sooty Intereetli4 We have the names Of at leatli three teritters in this two who are benkering for our job as postmaster and are Wait- ing tp see us Douneect. We ere hiloVe with the job and intend to bold no It and if there is anybody Meals terri- tory who can beat tui at Pulling wires and mending feeleele wo 117111 doff our bat to blin Wben be hag Ile on our back. Mr, 3. B, Williams, our esteemed fel- low toweeman, Is about to remove to feenta Fe, N. M. to Open 8 Palace of •rs7 WE DEPEATED TOE APOLOGY. poker and drinks. We have found him a square man on the deal and a connois- 00138 on drinks, and we wish him all 'prosperity In the new field to which he is going. He is something of a liar and knows very little about a gun, but these are faults which can be overlook- ed In almost any eommunity. We understand that Lawyer Moss is telling different parties around towb that we threatened hie life last Mon- day. What we did do was to visit his office and bold a gun on his chin and warn Mtn not to pester us with any more libel sults, but no threatswere made. Indeed he caved In so quickly that no threats were necessary. We have nothing against Lawyer Moss and hope he may live for a hundred years yet. We made a holy show of ourself on Apache avenue the other day when e stranger got the drop on us and held a revolver to our ear.. Yes; we knelt down as be commanded, and we re- peated the apology be so kindly word- ed for us, and we expect to lose 110 sub- scribers by it. However, we had rath- er be a live editor than a dead idiot. Wben a man who means shoot gets the 'drop on us, we are his mutton for the time being and don't propose being laid away in our own graveyard. 'The editor of the Lone Jack Banner calls us a liar in bis last issue, and intimates that we don't mere to meet him face to face. We shall be In Lone Jack Monday afternoon, and if the editor of The Banner doesn't take to the woods half an hour before our ar- rival, and remain shivering among the bushes until we leave, we will pay over 5100 to any charity he may nanie. He's a squirt gun man, and we've let him live on just to bother the flies. M. QUAD. Ills Opinion. "Do you mean to say that you have walked all the way from the town in which you last played?" "Certainly," answered Mr. Storming. ton Barnes. "I always walk when there is an opportunity. The trouble about the drama of today, sir, is that Its ex- ponents put in too many hours over dull, prosaic time tables when they ought to be meditating on Shaker speare."-Washington Star. There Yet. Bighter-FOS, sir. I'm dealing in gilt edged investments now. Bitton-What are they?. Bighter-Gold mines. There's moo ey 10 them. Belton -You're' right I lost a lot ot my money In some of them Not Any For Him. Cholly-Ole thermic, why don't you have a pair of these rubber heels put on your shoes? Pwedrly-It would be too much trouble to keep them inflated, deah boy.-Obleago Tribune. interesting. "Did you have an interesting literary club meeting, Alice?" "Oh, yes; every woman there was 'working on a new pattern of batten - berg lace."-Indlanapolls Journal. rneomplete. "I suppose reCkrnitn is happy, now he has a handsome wagoe." "Well, I don't know. What he needs to complete his happiness is a naglees wife." --Philadelphia Bulletin, Elora Lock. Traveler -Get OE, man; get onl Wake up your nag) DriVer-Shure, sor, I haven't the heart to bate him. '91:raveler-What's the matter with hini-ls be sick? DrIver-No, he's. not sick, but it's unlucky he 18, sor, imlUelryl You see, sor, every morning afore 1 nutalin in the car T tosses biro whether he'll have a feed of oats or I'll have a drink of whisky, and the poor bestelina lost five mornings runningl-Pciaeli- - % e