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CHAPTER,' srl,
Rlidnlght had struck whoa a you
man Grossed the hail of Ara •lin, ane
looked sonhowhtit vat u n
vaguely round Jill
It was late to arrive anywhere, and
of Course thele was. . no one to w01.
cOme him,' o2' put hilt au fait with
his surroundings, .Iio wandered ri
then aimlessly through the salon o
Tris left, and, avoiding the bail -roan
which Was unmistakable because 0
t110 fiddling, wool for a rluiot little
nook of a place that appeared to
aim to be. empty of everything' hu
lean, and a prey only to flowers and
a dripping fountain. It was badly
lit, and ho was quite .into it before
ho discovered that humanity after al
had a place thorn- •a humanity re-
mote from himself,
A slender' form clothed in lace was
Bending over 0 cactus. The amor-
ous plant had seized her dainty robo
and was holding it fast in spite of
alt
the otvnei's efforts to release it.
O'Grady went forward, and addres-
sed himself lo her.
",Perhaps I can sot you free," lie
said, "Let me at least try, A cae-
tus is such a hurtful thing, and you
are wounding your fingers.l"
"If you think you can," she said;
she lifted her head and looked at
• 41im. "I have been very awkward,.
but--"
Site ..paused, and O'Grady, stooping
over her strove with the prickly
plant for mastery. Eventually he
gained. She stood released, and
gave him ns his reward a lovely
smile. It parted her lips and shone
in her lustrous eyes.
!kind, or more replete with gentle
1dignity,
1 "Yeti were saying---" site began,,
:and theft hesitated as if in doubt as
howl to proceed.
was Saying. how I lead omitted
,to present myself to my hostess,."
t- replied he, gayly: "An ornisslotn I
11 have no doubt slip will appreciate,
Poor woman, I expect it was a kind -
f 12050 to relieve her of so much of her
duty."
"You think:" said she, looking
1 downwards at the fun she was idly
swaying to and fro, `'that Lady Var-
ley is one who would willingly evade
a duty?"
1 "i am not thinking of her at all,"
declared he, 1ttuF ping, "Why should
I? Strangers we are, strangers wo
shall probubly remain. She knows
as little of me as I do of her."
"As little, indeed," said site slow,
ly. "iiut let me tell you--"
"Ah, 1P you are a friend of hers,"
exclaimed he, rising too., and spealc-
ing with a sudden accession of oai•-
nestness, "Iell her from mo, that
though I have not had the Morl5tlre
of being made known to her, that
when I had only been half an hour in
her house, I knew n, greater happi-
ness than 1 had ever ammo exper-
iencocI."
"Sir," said site very gently, "I am
Lady Varlcy! '
"I am indeed indebted to you,"
• she said courteously. She regarded
him very thoughtfully for a few mo-
ments. I do not think I saw you be-
fore this evening," she remarked at
Itsgt in a gentle, gracious tone.
O'Clrady smiled. It was su•eiy a
singular speech for a girl to rualce to
an utter stronger, but as said by her
it pleased him, and besides she struck
him as being altogether unlilke the
Ordinary run of people.
"That is true," be told her. I ar-
:;ved quite late. I meant to be here
yesterday if possible -that, is at my
cousin Featllerston's place -but I
found it impossible to get here until
to -night; an hour ago, in fact, The
last train brought me so you can
imagine what little time I bad to
hurry into my clothes and get here.
To tell you the truth:" here he
loathed involuntarily, and lowered
his voice to a confidential tone,
"knowing nothing of my hostess, I
had no great desire to get here at
all, but Featherston was imperative;
and now that I ant !rere," with a
lingering glance at her. "I em more
Ills companion blushed vividly, and
an expression he failed to under-
stand widened her eyes, Was it sur-
prise, perplexity? And if so, why?
"Your cousin lives at the Grange,
I think," she said at last.
"Yes. You know him perhaps? I
have been in Egypt for the past year
or more, end on nay return to Eng-
land was quite glad to receive an in-
vitation from him to my native
slhore. It seemed to me- sick of
arid plains -an excellent thing to
comm down here and thoroughly
vegetate for a bit. I am Irish of
course, nay name is guarantee for
that., but I had not seen the dis-
tressful country for many a year. It
has reit itself open to comment,, be-
yond doubt -to abuse, perhaps; but,"
with an irrepressible glance at her,
"it certainly has its compensa-
tions."
Again that curious look flitted
across her face.
"Trudy it is an unhappy land,"
.slue said. Her tone was colder this
time, and she regarded hila with
what plight be almost termed dis-
trust. This distressed him, though
he hardly then understood why, or
what it was that had befallen him;
lie only bit that he could not remove
his eves from the face befofe him.
Its calmness, its purity, the extreme
beauty of its gentleness, touched his
very soul. And there was a sadness
than glad I came."
about it too, that 0011aaceo rather
than detracted from its cltar•ml. He
was nstolished at this athmiratiotn,
but not displeased; yet it did occur
to him as strange that he shoal
have travelled over half the known
• globe, only to return to his staring
point to find the one woman at
whose feet ho would choose to lay
his heart.
All this was vague to hila no yet;
but still he knew -vaguely, too, in-
deed -that this fate was sitting there
near Minh, grave, and a little cold,
perhaps, but only as he would ,bane.
her. Who was she -this calor, still
girl?
"You are not dancing," she said
;presently; "ydu sn.y you cam') late,
and perlinps-•--"
"So absurdly late, that i,. 10 of no
nee, '.f iinn.gine, to thick of partners,
Unless, indeed -of course, 1 know no
one. I dirt not even present sent myself
to Lady Variey-a nudeness, certain-
jy, but one T dare say she will ron-
dorle, when she knows at what an
unearthly hour T put in an appc;.r-
iuir0-ghat is, indeed, if she hears of
11' at all."
At this site started, and looked to -
weeds lain as if to speak, when some
one passing by her, laid a linnd.
lightly on her shoulder. It was a
large, distinguished -looking woman,
at ihr, generous side, of forty.
"You here, Yolanda?" exclaimed
She, sinning. "You ora a wraith -ii
-veritable spirit. 1 was positive I
Saw you in the supper croon a mo-
' moot since, and yet note---"
• 'Perhaps 7011 111rl; to -night 1 ran
21bitlill 1ous.' Thr. -new-comer Iaugh
ed and went 012, bat O'Grady ]:ardly
noticed her departure.
YolmUlcl.. Trow the name Suited
Berl Surely it was made for the
pale,, siatur:schme creature beside
hila; could any other so 221111 befit
the clear, soft ryes, the open. brew,
tllc p11l2, sweet lips? Yuletide! No
high-b',rll elm el01110 02 0111111 day' j
00111d 110V0 ,11100/011 rt Itnngs:t]er ern -1
lllr;, e serener 001114, '11 ;11100 mere
CHAPTER. VII.
It was about this time ' that the
greatest difficulty of his life w00 ex-
poriencod by Tar. Stronge. This wast
to keep away from the Cottage, as
Miss McGillicuddy's very unpreten-
tious residence was called. There
was something in it -literally In it -
that attracted him to am ext.raordi2l-
ary degree.
Itis own place. Incltirone, was situ-
ated about eve tulles front it; yet
thele was scarcely a morning that
11ir. Stronge did not discover some
special busines•, that led him past the
modest gate behind which dwelt Con-
stantin..
To -day -]raving absented himself,
with a courage that was Spartan,
from The Cottage for utne days -he
felt the might call thea' without be-
ing regarded with coldness, or snub-
bed as a too persistent visitor. It
was a fine 11Iay afternoon, and as he
walked up the steps and knocked at
the hall -door, the extreme beauty of
the hour, the season entered into
him. The door was opened pre-
sently by the demure Minnie, who
wore, besides a jubilant air -that sat
very ninth at hone upon her pretty
face -a new and remarkably smart
cap. It was trimmed with cherry ,1
colored ribbons, and was of a most
abnornaily small size.
"Miss McGillicuddy is not in sir,",
she said in answer to his question.
"She is off to Dubling, but Miss Con-
nie and Miss Norah's at home. Conte
in, sir; they an' the young gintletnen s
is in the garden up to 501110 gain or
another. They'll be real plazod to
see ye, for there hasn't been a sows 1
near the place ull the mornin' "
Stronge went into the shabby little 1
drawing -room to wait for Constaa- p
tin, ieeliug alntoet as glad Its Minnie and thele, far away, at the 5017 011d
herself thitt Miss 11eG111let1ddy 1(128 in of tho 1011g (told that stretches to
Dublin, That month absonsi•0 from their loft, a fragile little creature in
The Cottage for a day or two at .all a short white frock and with golden
events, perhaps far a week. 1Youlci ilent]arg tresses 0011 be 80011, still 111
1 t
possible bo fol,• hien to cull at her good wind appurontly, and lnalllug
la (Win' 1 use t u in het' adsouco with, say,for a gap that will 'girt) her a chanes
g1
an'ostonslblo nle5sllge for the 'boys? of doubling 011 flet' pursters,
q'o b0 ilblo to call upon bor (slue had A. Still euabank:meet bounded this
{'cv*is
UV" 1 O a long, 141115 now), field, with ft heavy fall 011 the other
evert for a Momnent or two, every gideof rat --n treacherous fell,' its it
day fora week; to bo able to see her was impossible to ,judge it from the
once in every twenty-fotu•.1101110, It wooded side, 7'o the llictilllieuddys
scented too good to be true. IIe it was evidently ilii old fmbvnd, as
2011.0 00 Svrnpp021 up in 1110 1.)1 1901U1 t1107 all made for it in 1 body, clear, -
drowning, that it was with a quick ing it like so many birds, and were
start he tur110d from tate open wlu- 6000r111g away down the field before
dow hear 20121ch he was standing, and you could say "Jack llobinsatl;"
which woe only a foot Iran the Not so Mr. Stronge! Essaying to
ground outside, as the door of the emulate them ho found his wings
drawing -room was flung violently were clipped by time, and, missing;
(Mem Ile glanced towards it expect- ids outdo, caught 'his foot in a ma] 14
tautly, and then se1nothiilg-souse Mous bit of bindweed, and 'rolled
one -dashed past hilly. cleared the comfortably on his face and hands.
window sill, and was gone like a Not hurt, liaw•Oveel Ho was up
flash of lightning round the corner. again ill alt instant, satisfied 111122..
It
was ei little fitting figure . with self that Constnntia had not been a
silken hair streaming wildly to the , witness of his downfall, and was pre -
wind. It was Norah; her oyes blitz- eontly tearing along again at a rip -
fug with excitement, and evidently pfng pac0. He scouted the notion
in road fear to judge by the rapidity ( that the was considerably out of
With 1111101) She ran, She had liter. 1 breath, and, indeed, put on such a
ally flown past 111m! "0h! Mr. fresh and gallant spurt that in a
iltrolge,'0 she Itael gasped, and that, minute he had caught up Jimmy and
was all. In another instant she was? actually passed him --passed a lad of
out of sight. twelve! "lo triuniphel Viva! Itur-
Again the door was thrown wide, ,
r ll Tally
hof"' 1O shouted to him -
and in rushed the rest of theGsO1f
in leis glee, and was so far cdr-
lieuddys 012 masse. I?Irst the coke- h•ied on by his delicious enthusiasm
gfan, then Constnntia, then the two that presently .he passed the other
younger boys, They all anode for the boy, and came up with George and
window; they all went through it; all Constnntia, who had eiroumvonted
save Constantin, the, wretched little hare, and now
She paused with ono foot on the were pursuing with stands outstretch -
sill to cry aloud to him i13 a breath- ed to grasp, so near was their prey.
less way. They were on the outskirts of a
"Come on. Come on, She'll be rabbit warren by this time and it
round the corner, and if she once was easy to see that Norah's race
gets to the wood we'll never catch was run. George made a plunge for -
her. There never was a hare like ward and caught her by the arm, in
Norah." doing so he got his foot into a bur-
Dawn broke upon Stronge, A l'ow, and over be and she went, Con -
hare? Aare and bounds, of course! stantia trippet% too, and so did
All this extraordinary excitement Strange, in his eagerness to seize the
then, was about nothing greater than luckless quarry. The two small boys
a game -a simple game -an old game, in the rear followed suit, catching
lie remembered it well. The very their feet in a (holo likewise; and in -
sound of it brought back his youth. deed over they all event.
ful hours. It was absurd; but as They were on their feet again in
this picture grew before his mental an instant, the captured Norah in
eye, Iris heart began to beat vigor- their midst,
ously. Could ho fall in and hint the • "Ha! 11a! hal" roared Mr. Stronge
flying Norah? Should he -he, with still full of the glad excitement that
his years, his size? It would be un- had held hint all through this me-
dignilied, of course; and yet- morable pursuit.
In another instant he had sprung "Hal ha! hal" laughed Constantly
niter her through the low window, in concert, George joining in. The
and was miming as if for his very two younger boys fairly chuckled in
life. their•, joy; and even the poor hare,
"Follow 100; I know a short cut. dead beat as she was, gave way to
We'll catch thein up this way," pant- wild merriment in gasps and sighs.
ed Constantin, f "It was mean! panted she at last
He followed wildly ill Constantia's pointing the finger of scorch at Mr.
footsteps and found himself presently Stronge.. The child was so thin that
in the orchard, tailing at breakneck her finger was like a claw, but there
speed up a stiff little hill, which, was a world of meaning in it; and
though short was steep, Itis, when ono is physically exhausted, ae-
Sirougc went bravely up it, though tion costs less than speech, "Horri-
pnuting and putl]ug is a rather bly mean! To press a stranger into
alarming degree; but Constantia tools the hunt!
it hike a young deer. At the top of Words failed her.
t they overtook the others, still in "A stranger. Miss Norahl Am I
full cry, and rusted with them always to be that?" demanded
through a w00(1011 gateway into a Stronge reproachfully.
small 3100d beyond, made sweet with I Norali grinned, and slipped her arm
shadows and cool winds, and in all,within his.
whys desirable as a retreat from the Constantin, who had been laughing
burning rays of the young spring all the time, now drew Iter' breath
uu. • 'sharply, and laid her 11CLCc1 upon her
Hut if Mr. Stronge imagined he heart.
avas to 1-e allowed to breathe hate i "This running is a terrible tiring,"
le was much' mistaken. At this in- said she, "when one is growing old,
tant a with shout arose from the Such a pain as 111ave here! It is a
ending McOIliicucldy: boy. He , lesson to me; I shall run no more."
elated frantically with his hand, They all gave way to mirth again at
[DEAR CANADA; T THEE.,
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
fiords by JOHN I!ttiiME:
Con spirilo. '
Music by J. P. JOHNSTON'S:
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n • nite, To sing our country's praise, For God,, and, glome, amt
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Gists,
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right, Our vol . coo now we raise; -Dear Can • a - da, to thee.
Al. -074=Z
Homo'
of the bravo sad free, With heart and voieo,Wcoota rejoice, To sing in praise of thus 1
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2 From sea to sea oar land;
Extends her vast domain,
Mid' scene1 sublime and grand
Wo 1ingthat glad refrain; -Cao,
We'll welcome with a cheer,
Each hardy eon of toil;.
rot happy 1omen are here, -
With fruitful Vil!gin 11011 I -Cue,
•
4 Lot prairie, wood, and field
2ta.eeho this our ming
Our sone obeli novor'yield,
What rights to them belong! --0g0.0
8 Then Wave our flag on high
The Maple -Loaf and Ileac,
Por Canada we'll olio
.Or venquimi3 all ltbr foes 1--011e`.
1;1210, Wing still ullsatfeficd with
laug'111101'] and Coltstaaitia Still With
lel' hand trp0la her 110111'11, looked at
Strange, "duct you over have a pain
here?" said she.
• His face 0llanged .a little 05 a
tench of his o ry-dayexperienceni
cioo
value back; to !dill through the gba11a•
our of this ono sweet lloul' of Holiday
malting, In itis heart --a pain?.
"An eternal ono," 110 saki quickly,
giving 1111115011 110 bine for thought.
indeed, 110 spoke ill a 100111ent of 11)-
apundlse1.-atd110
i1p3 llySoOnnt1g1aelt , 1510 d 0111 it0s70i0t
lusted, than oven the chance race had
main hila,
Ccllstantia must have seen solve-
r thing in his glance, though it was
very gentle, if extremely earnest, to
disconcert her, because she 00101'00
deeply and let 12e1• eyes fall upon the
sward at 1101' feet;
"1 sayl" ;said Norali presently in 0'
healthy 0110, "lot us all come 110100,
I'to starving." •
'Yee," seconded' Jimmy, "let's try
to squeeze a cup of tea and some hot
calm out of Mulcahy."
They wore terrible children!
Norah grew a little rod, and lair,
Stronge saw it and ilositated, about
accompanying them, Jimmy, .who
tied long yellow hair and blue eyes,
and who Was, by a freak of Nature,
a regular Norseman, though nothing
but Irish blood ran 141 his veins, no-
ticed the pause he made and Instant-
ly grew elamourous for his society.
'011, yes, please do come," said
'Constantin then, with a little smile
that covered the secret fear in her
heart that Mulcahy might not have
the kettle boiling, and that Minnie
in all probability was ort to the 111X1.
bawn where her sweetheart lived,
She MIS lost in a labyrinth of mis-
erable doubts, wh0n a' word or two
falling from , the lips of 'Norah
brought her back with a jerk to the
present,
Aunt Bridget is gone to Dublin.
Didn't you hear. Didn't Minnie tell
you? When the cat's away you
know, the nice may play, We aro
going to play -we are going to give
a party. She broke into gay
the
laughthouter ght. at tbo very extravagance of
George laughed too.
"Norah's molehills," he said.
"Donna Dundas is coming to after-
noon tea on Thursday, and that's
her party."
"Yes, it is Donna," said Norah,
hooking herself on to Mr. Stronge's
aria and smiling up at shim. "We're
a little troubled, of course, because
we don't quite know what to vivo
her, or what she would like, she has
lived so long abroad,"
"Garlic," said George.
"Nonsense!" interrupted Constan-
tin, whd was now very red. She did
not mean to 'invite Mr. Stronge to
meet Denim, and it scorned so dread-
fully inhospitable to be discussing
the little insignificant affair with.
him, when he was not to be ono of
the party. Altogether, this after-
noon in perspective has proved a
source of much annoyance. Donna
for one tiling had invited herself,
partly with a mischievous
longing to do what Miss McGillicud-
dy would certainly never have per-
mitted had she been at home., partly
for other reasons. To entertain her
properly was causing Constantin
many troubled moments; the resour-
cos of The Cottage being 'united,
It seemed quite 11 tremendous
andertaking for Constantin, this sim-
ple cup of tea., so unaccustomed was
she to receive any guest within the
walls of The Cottage. She would
have liked to ask a good many peo-
ple, of course: 11Ir. Stronge, for ex-
ample, and -and Standish Feather-
ston, but her courage failed her. And
besides, if her aunt should hear of it?
Bore George broke into the conver—
sation with a genial air.
"You'll come, won't you?" he said.
Constantin grew pale. But she
Smiled bravely.
"Yes, I hope you will come, Mr,
Stronge," she said. "Four o'clock;
and—" She stopped because she
didn't know what else it was she
could say,
Stronge looked at her, and read
her correctly. He saw all the ner-
vous shyness that. was consuming;
her; he saw, too, the little thorough-
bred air with which slue had bidden
Min .to ncr lhouso-surely against her
will! He was on the point nf'de-
clining her invitation, when a revul-
sion of feeling set in. What! was
he always to bo regarded by her as a
stranger -as one apart? No, he
would break clown the barrier;
h-•nk you; I shall 130 very glad
indeed," he said.
To be Continued.
o----
1131701111121 TORY LIGIITNING.
A group of men sitting on the
dry -gods boxes in front of a 001111 -
try store were discussing 0 tremon
dour storm that had swept over the
neighborhood the day before..
There's no use in talking, remark-
ed one of them. We are all badly
scared in a thunderstorm.
I remember one time when I was,
sure enough, said another. It was
about a year after I was married,.
and S was 0/1 my way home from
town. It began to thunder and
lighted. when I was about half -way
there, and the rain fell fh sheets, I
stopped under a big tree. I know
that wasn't safe, but I thought I'd
risk it.
In a tow nlinutes the lightning
struck' a tree about a ihuudred feet
away and 1 fell down, either from
the shock or from fright -I don't.
know which, to this day. But I got
up again, and my hair rose on end
when I remembered that 1 had a
plug of tobacco in my pocket.
Witat had that to do with it ?
Nothing but this. My wife didn't
know I chewed tobacco.- She slated.
the weed like poison. What if I had
been killed and that plug of tobac-
eo found in my pocket ? I thought.
I think 1110.11 tho worst fright then
that I ever had in my life,
Well ?
Well, before the next flash canto I
tools that l,lug out of my pocket and
tlirety it as far as I could send it,
and I have never chewed tobacco
since.
Police lingistrato1 Have you ever
seen the prisoner at the bar? Wit-
ness: Nevar, your honor; but I've
seen 111111 when I strongly suspected
he'd been at it.
WQNDEIt or TME TWENTI1dTM
O'NTU
I± a3X =SCRIBED,
Ise ,
The Manufacture of Paper from
Pulpwood by Many 'Interest,
ing E'roees50s.
Today, in all the hardiness of
growth, and to -morrow in the course
of distribution among people in the
form of, new'Spape2:s, is the I'elnaf'ka-
bly sutidol2 fate that can be given n
spruce tree,` indeed, it serene almost
incredible' to think that we eon look
on rt,,,spruae in Its Natural state, and
in tenor twelve 110111•s afterwards be
reading the time of the world from
o11' a portion 0f its product,
Such an aelnevonlent has been made
possible thv n, gon1us, W 11,11-
in the-pastby ha
0020 yendl'5of processes lia7'O
been discovered and lllaohinery in-
vented for the rapid transfoilnation
of 5prtlee, or in fMet, almost any
kind of wood into pai101', But
sprlfee lends . itself more favorably
than any other sort,. on account of
its fibrous nature. And this i5 an
especially fortunate thing for Canada,
in view of the great abundance of
spruce in nearly every district, 10111011
until only Y a -short too ago +o w as re-
garded as of no value, excepting for
fuel and little at that,,`
FROM THE WOODS TO PRINT.
While means have been devised for
the speedy c0n1O1'5i011 of the tree in-
to paper, providing it is within close
proximity to the machinery, yet, un-
der ordintu;y circumstances it gener-
ally takes some weeks, and oven
months after the sawyer cuts the
tree that the manufacture is com-
plete. The tree is cut into four -foot
lengths, running from eight to
twelve inches in diameter. These aro
then drawn out of the woods over an
improvised roadway, to the nearest
lake or stream, and thrown upon the
100 where they remain until the
"break-up" in the spring, and then
are driven in the water to the mill.
This is the way the groat built of
the spruce is token out, although in
some instances,. where it is cut in
close proximity to a railway, it 15
shipped in fiat cars. It is taken up
a gangway from the water to a sul-
phite mill, the same as large logs to
a sawmill, is run against a saw and
cut into two -foot lengths, then to it
machine where it is strip;.ed of bark,
and thence into a chopper, that slices
It up into chips. From the chopper
the chips fall into largo digesters and
these go through the secret sulphite
process, which is commonly known
as "cooking." Underneath the di-
gesters are great fires of coals, aug-
mented by the bark taken from the
wood, Tons and tons of water are
afterwards thrown on the cooked
material in order to bleach it and
take out the dirt. It then looks ex-
actly like a drift of snow, pure snow.
The time taken for the cooking pro-
cess varies, as there are the slow and
the quick methods, one Inking about
fifteen hours and the other about
half that time. -
AN ESSENTIAL PRODUCT.
This white material is the essential
product in the manufacture of paper.
It is that which gives tho paper its
adhesive quality. It is mixed up af-
terwards with a simple wood pulp,
or what is termed as "ground wood"
and the mixture is then ready for the
paper•. machine. It is swallowed top
by this machine, which, if of modern
make, will turn out paper in a few
minutes afterwards at the rate of
500 feet a minute width of twelve in-
cites. The paper is turned out in
largo rolls, and in such is ready for
the printing press which makes it on-
ly o, matter of a second or two be-
fore being rl folded newspaper, ready
for distribution.
Some of the paper manufacturers
have no sulphite establishment in
connection with their hills, and it is
therefore necessary for thein to pur-
chase the prepared material to run'
through their mills. This is shipped
to there in large rolls, weighing from I
one thousand to fifteen hundred
pounds.
0
Mr. Youngwed-Do you. meal to
say you are 29: years old to -day?
Why, you told me mix months' ago,
just before the wedding, that you
were only 31.
• 32225. Youogtvcd-Sus, I know; but,
my dear, I've aged so rapidly since'
we were married.
TILE LIGIIT'S N' TIIE SKIES.
Over out' sorrow
And over our sighs
Ever this message 1
"The light's In tb.e skies I "-
Joy will bo blooming
Where hope faints and dies 1,•
VOA, and ever -
"Tho light's in the sides l "
• HONEST.
I found an honest titan one time,
"You are a thief," 2 cried,
Whoa I had caught hint in fila act,
"I 8111 511'," 110 replied,
11+' .SINGS AN IIIAT'DN
11b1 X9 A VIN?] ,A.z'T1r1wS.,1)INNEyt
P'
Speaks With. Distinct Enunciation
And Without ,A* Hesi-
tancy.
"There are ° "
u few spvaicvrs, said. the
late Mr. Gladstone, "salient I listen
to with more 21 h
1 pleasure than the
Prince nce of Wales, His epee, hes aro'
ill'l'ill•iably marvels of - conciseness,
graceful expression, and clear elocu-
tion" ; and 31.fr, P1loips, the lotto
Ameriolln Ambassador at London,
himself "a man of silver tongue," de -
elated i11 the wl•ilei''S hearing that
there 10125 probably ,o11y 0110 bettor
after-cllniter speaker in England, if
indeed, Lord I2osebery was the
Prince's superior:
Meg' Edward VII.
ed + has bcen�clndow-
witl t that prilme requisite of a
public spanker, a clear and beautiful
voice, which can make itself- board
without apparent effort in the tamest
hall, This voice is largely natural,
as anyone who can recall his orator-
ical efforts of forty years or so ago
will admit; but it is also partly the
result e ult
of a Ib
ntraining
g in elocution
t n
by ono of its best masters.
In the early years of .manhood the
King hated no part of his public
duties so mucic as the necessity of
making public speeches, but, he early
determined that "as ho had to speak
he would, at any rate, -plaice sure of
being heard"; and under the guidance
of his father -himself a trained and
effective 511eaker-and milder 0.1) 010012 -
tion master, Iso rapidly acquired that
clearness'o' enunciation which makes
his speeches so
PLEASANT TO LISTEN T0,
In those days he used to practice
so assiduously that if he ever could
not be found it was always concluded
by his brothers and sisters that
"Bartle was somewhere learning to
spout". end stories are told of how -.
he would try his 'prentice oratory on
his young brothers, planting them at
different angles and distances, and
practising until each one heard every
word.
In these early dnys the Prince 2008
obviously and painfully nervous; and
even to -day, although long familiar-
ity has moderated his tremors and he
has better learnt the art of conceal-
ing his sensations he has confessed:
"I always have a bead quarter of an
hour before I make a speech in pub-
lic, and there are times when 1 would
give much to slip quietly away,"
And yet, to all appearance, the
Iant, as The chats genially with one
and another, or listens with a smile
to an address, is the most self-pos-
sessed roan present; but a close ob-
server will detect certain nervous
nlovemonts-the furtive stroking of
his moustache, the toying with his
watch -chain, his slat or stick -which
prove that after all the Icing Is hu-
man and has nerves.
In his infancy as a speaker his
speeches ware carefully prepared, cop-
ied out, and committed to memory.
On one memorable occasion the
Prince had forgotten to take his
manuscript, and although he rarely
referred to the copy of a speech, the
knowledge that in tills case it was
not, available for emergencies
SO UNNERVED I1I8I
that his memory completely failed
hien, and he had for once to trust
to impromptu efforts. Fortunately
be succeeded so weil,that, he was en-
couraged to trust less is future to
memory and more to inspiration,
with the happiest results Now his
speeches are only typed in outline.
Unlike 111s nephew, the German -Ent-
perm', the Icing studiously avoids
any attempt at oratory, sentiment,
017 extravagant gesture. IIe speaks
slowly, with a distinct enunciation of
each word and without any suspi-
cion of hesitancy, each sentence be-
ing as skilfully rounded as It is
gracefully and eloquently expressed,
"Brevity," he considers,"is the
soul of oratory," as of wit; and ho
not only makes short speeches him-
self hut expects than of others. He
studiously avoids quotation ospeeinl-
ly of'poetry; and .never tries to be
funny. His attitude is easy and un-
conventional, his left hand resting on
the treble or on his hip. and the right
hand left free for the :very limited
gestures with which he ,emphasizes
the points of his speech,
EIGI'ITY DE1i.TFIS.
Smallpox Record of New York
city for July,
The Ontario Health Department
and the newspaper, of Ontario havo
been criticized for reporting and pub-
lishing, every 012410 of smallpox in the'
Province. .it is held by .these critics
that this course tends to keep away
tourists and business mon, who get
the impression that the country is
dangerously Pltil of smallpox, when,
its n. matter of fact, there may not
be heir as 11211hy cries _as in 11)01(1
own Sla.le, the authorities of which
pursue the plan of keeping things
quiet,
The answer Dl'. Bryce seCtetaly to
the Provincial Health Bonrcl, make:,
to this is that full publicity is the
rest quarantine, and the urges the
teal tit authorities of every nitinici-
lality to hunt down the (Itemise with
the utmost more;(, fn oiler to clear
themselves of the artium of Raving
smallpox in the district.
• That the 111ai1 of hushing (1p news
of smallpox enscs does not kill out
the disease, or 111i1ke it less virulent,
is 0110w11 is the monthly elate -meet
or Only of deaths in New York
State. This report shows that fu
this one month in the city of Nett
"lock proper there were ;:n deaths
1'l'onl smallpox, including the bo-
roughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan, (incl
the Bronx, 110 deaths.
In Ontario there were nhc:ut 7021
cases of 10111211!•10x, all told, fr';111
January 1 to ,'July 1. w111elr 1.1,•4
the .period of the outbreak, 12(111 of
these not more than one per con!.,
Were fatal, ')'here are now less Gum
n. dozen cases left, anti it is hoped i11
0 very short time lo 1a..•c the pru-
vlbco clear of the cllsea,,..,
1
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dog -tax.,