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Oonstantia was bile's, With her ,
ternooe tea -table. Not that lt Was
afternoon yet, It was indeed quite
oariy, barely eleven o'clock, But
Constantia, nererthelees, was in 0
Very agony of bustle, this being the
diret time she MO ever entertainecl
anybody within the walls of the
'Cottage.'
And it was not to be the ortho-
dox, zneager tea either, where a cup
is handed round to one with A mor -
eel of cnIce or a bit of bread -and-
s better, but a real, honest, hand,
Beene nifair, With a 'snowy cloth, and
hot rakes anti cold cakes, and jam,
and honey, and delicate Sittle tart
leta that Mulcahy was an adopt at
makiag when safe from the thimble-
. fut. She, Mulcahy, was in wonder-
ful presoriaition so far, and quite
.gay ill the knowledge that she was
VerY Much the wore° for Wear after-
Warcia, I am Alighted to think he
Meet be eenelderably on this side of
"Nonsense I Donna sayS ho is only
thirty-five," exclaimed Novae, wile
was a rebid partisan 6t Strango'e.
"It would noe matter if he wero on
the wrong gale of n. hundred," said
Oonstentia, Puttleg hor head to 0/10
side to mark the effect of the last,
flower put into the Chelsea bowl,
"TO falleY hiin Would require an ef-
fort. He is in my opinion, about the
ugliest mom you could aee anywhere
for a penny,"
She straightenedher head and lift-
ed 11 to make another remark, but
tee words free° on ber tousle).
There was an open window right be-
hiucl where Norah and George were
star ling, a window /tallest on the
ground (as were all the windows on
somehow eircumveating Miss MeGii- the floor of The Cottag„e), and at it
licucldy, who would have died rather stood -Mr: Stronge I There was
than waste a cup of tea on anyone something in his faee that told her
Oonetantia had got out, all the he had heard her luckless speech,
best thine-- the lovery old Crown Her agony of regret, • her horror,
Derby that was shut away in a cot- so changed her expreeelon that No-
ner, and denied.the light from year's rah and George, looking at her, felt
end to year'e end, It, looked what that something awful must havd
it wee, very beautiful, and the silver happened. Instinctively, they gianc-
- • teapot, and sugar -bowl, and cream ed behind them, and then as instinct -
ewer of a quaint Queen Anne shape ivoly they fled!
7 ano70. Will elm litutlgh ?" Said tile
"Oh, how goOd of you.-Ilotit ;pito
too Ipoct 1" eaid Oollatantiee With
15 remorsefid glance at StrOnge.
"They Were the Very thinge, of all
OtherS, we wanted. But you heVe
robbed YOUrself," looking at the
largo and enparentiy very heavy bes-
het he had now lifted into the room.
"We -we shan't know what to 40
with all those,"
"To tell you the truth," began
Strange, growiug very red, and
bonding determinedly over the baS-
ket as if to take out the strawber-
hrioelsv,ev' orHewdhalritevenrotittewllomthbe4t tprtututls),,
ed in a rather ignominious manner
and looked so confused that, the
three pair of eyes watching hint
came to the conclusion that he was,
rliTseehior.w, thoroughly ashamed of
"Yes ?" said Oonstantia at last,
very gently, She was feeling won-
derfully kindly towards him just
then ; she wanted to help •hina if
oho could,
"Well, it is this," Bald Stronge-
"that I thought, knowing Mrs, Dun -
Mee abroad, you see, and being pret-
ty well acquainted with her taste,
I thought -in fact, I know -the
would like n. glass ef champagne;
and I - fancied -'it would please
you," looking entreatingly, as if for
pardon, at Constantin, "to have it
to give her. Of cativo°, I should not
have presumed to bring it but that
I knew of your 'emit's objection to
wine of any :•sort, and therefore
guessed it. would not be in the
house."
"In the house? Was it ever in
the house ?" thought Constantia,
I Constantin was alone. In her and her brow clouded, Strange, see -
There flowers, too, in profusion need (04..511e told herself bitterly) . the sudden cloud, misunderstood
though it was only May, and as yot they had deserted het:, and left her it:
the roses were a little shy. The to f4ce "the ugliest man you could
whole room smelled sweetly of them; seo anywhere for a 'penny" unbe- _"But -but if you think I shouldn't
the shabby little parlor, with its Mended I She stood motionless for _if, that is, you think it better not
dull curtains, and worn carpet, and a full minute, unable to lift,her eyes
; itation; "I can take it away again.
that
seizing the basket in his ag-
general Mr of angry depression, from the carpet; and then, having .
'
"Takit away 7 Oh, don't
There was an exquisite view from discovered that the unsympathetic: etSed Constantin, with a gesture full
I e
it, however, that had a touch of salt earth was not going to open and of entreaty. ,..onetnpagne 1 Why, it
spray in it, and a wild washing of swallow her up, she.drew her breath:
it is the very thing. I don't believe
waves against* great barren cliffs ; hard, and lifted a ince shamed and.
and. as I have seid, the odor of the crimson to lifr. Stronge. in Donna and tea conjoined, but
I Donna and champag-tie That
flowers pervaded it. 1 Ho himself was decidedly pink as ,
Norah was standing beside the ta- he stopped through the window andsounds quite correct." She went no
hie lost in admiration, as Constantia came straight towards her, to him. 7 -ler face was charming al -
put in a blossom here -in the huge: "Never inlnd," said he earnestly.
i
w
ways, but noit .was really lovely,
bowl that adorned the centre of it- Re took one of her hands and press- with the sparkle of excitement in
•
As jaraes liturchieen looked haelt
01111' Whet he Was pleaSed to call
hie career, it seemed to him that all
that had ens.' lie,Opened to Min had
been the result of some extraneouS
and irresistible force.
Sonutimes felt 0.8 if he had been
compresSed into a Mould by eircum-
etaoce; sometimes buffeted from Pil-
ler to post by eruel accifieots.
. Captain Robert Arnim was almost
the Met person likely to be in his
Mind. There had beep nothing in all
thew, years to pause Murthierm to re-
member him, and he was never More
Surprised han in bis life the had beee
when, looking up from his book -
his desk,.
keeping, /M bad seen Arnim. before
"1 eity Jim," Arnie, said hurried-
ly, "i want to speak with you. Can
you ghee= a few moments?"
"Certainly!" answered Murchison,
slipping down, from his stool. "Here
-take a :mat"
"Your wife's well?" said Arnim as
ho sat down.
"Oh, yes --very," replied Murchison
in peridexity. "Rester is in the
country now -e, little place where I
run down and join her qn Saturda.y.
And your wife?"' he went on teata-
tively. ,
"That's just it," said Arnim; bend-
ing forward, and putting his hand on
the arm of the chair on which Mur-
ehison 11115 sitting. "She isn't 'well,
and I've got to seed her to a Plaea
where she'll get better while I am.
away ''
"You're going away?" said Murchi-
son.
.•I'rn going to India. I am to
join my company at Aldershot, and
I've got to start at eleven to -night
to do it., 'You've never seen my wife.
Vere's her picture."
e"
saw the photograph of a
pretty young face -only the cheeks,
which should mnnifestly hrtve been
liettlehily round, were a little sunken.
-St was taken just before came
You understand, the baby's
cur tools out ono there. As she ed it kindly. The distress on her the eyes, and the quick smile on the just been born, and she isn't strong,
watched she crooned little verses to pretty face made him so miserable .umbils lips' 'Wow did you think of and I've got to go. ca't if
ileIse , an stoodnow on one leg that he hardly knew what he did. a ? she said. You are the
and now on the other. She Sons "what on earth does it matter? 1
kindest man on earth, I think. How
restless with excitement, and rather be exclaimed: "Think no more of it.,
you must have studied Dolma 2"
worried Constantin with .her eonvic, I cannot bear to see that look in
, could not have hurt him more. So
ti
If she had arrn,nged the speech, it
11101 lip 1.0 this Donri D015 your eyes.' •
daS had never, yet seen so desirable that was how. she took it ? assure you— M
,urchison be-
lle had become quite calm now,
an entertainmeht as was now going !Ind remembering, sought to release studied Donna ; not her Good gall.
lu not sure about her, sect can't
Le unless I have money. We men in
the Army get out of teach with busi-
neSS, and with people who have it,
and you have got to lend it to me."
to be offered to het. , her hand: but her fingers tightened•
heavens I how blind, how 'ingrate- "Well, you must have something. I
"Don't be a goose, Norah," said upon his, and held him closely.-ful a woman ems' be, When her shouldn't say enything about it at
Constantin., with that noble simpli-, "Oh, I am so sorry I" gm stare- thoughts are full of another I. He any other time; but this is a matter
city of language that characterized 'tiered, tears filling her eyes. "And . had felt great joy when his present of more than my own life and death
the elc0Illicuddys when conversing b 'd it 't 0 1 • was accepted; when he know he had to me. You know I got you tele
in private ono with the other. n°1 offended the one he .loved best
is so tormentiug. and he was saying,
"Donna. has lived in such an' atmos- _.-a on earth, in his.desire to please her;
She broke off abruptly, and
' pbere of luxury all her life', that but now ----
she grew oven redder. "I moan -that is
will feel nothing but •nn intense am- -there really wasn't a Word of "I was not thinking of Mrs. Dun-
usement when she sees the arrange- truth in it. I have known any ani_ da,',
he said stiffly,
'
ments you so much admire."
.ount of papple enr „ M1,0/1 Uglier.. "No, of course not," exclaimed
berth tore, and turn -about is 'fah
After 1126 ra VIC r 'S failure young
Marchlson had walked the streets
with nothing but the clothes he wore,
It was then, in Ids wanderings that
, on believe a wet ti of it, she oh, no,: that is not it I" cried she,. Norah, with an indignant glance at he had reel; Arnim, who had befriend -
said. "Evet•ything loolcs lovely; and .horrined at her last mistake. which Constantin, who had really meant no- ed him and found him a conifortable
if you ask a person to tea they indeed ceowned the other. .7 mean thing unkind. "You thought of Con- berth,
know what they are going to get. I have known many not so good- nie, wasn't that -it '7" She ha.d Murchison had worked ever since,
don't they? And there is only one , looking as—." thrust her arm \through her pro- advancing in position as the years
thing necessary, and that is to make
Mr. Stronge 'broke, into a. loud and tege's, and was looking at him with advanced, for he was a very accurate
c ,
it strong enough. I have told Mul- 'hearty laugh. It was a laugh evi- a touder, protective gaze. mathematical machine, and marrying
atty, and she says it will be sting°.
0b, Connie, how beautiful dently from his heart, and irrepres- I "Yes, that was it," returi,i,ed he, -for he had his moments of being a
YOU are 1 eible, and it had the effect of at smiling; something in Constantia's man -the sister of a Sallow clork,
arranging those flowers ! there must once dispersing the cobwebs of awk- surprised face that told him she had "I tell you, man, I've got to have
be some oharm in the ends of your , wavdness that hung on the mental meant nothing by her words, had the Money!" said.Arnim in sudden
it,"
fingers -a 'pishogue,' Mulcahy cans atmosphere. reassured hien.. "I only came down excitement, u
"Yo've got to lend it
I "Let, us adhere to the truth at all for a moment to bring these things," to mei Three hundred will do!"
A1 this moment Ceorge, who had
been fishing since early dawn, came risks," entreated he, still laughing, he said, "but I'll be back about la was just the 611111. lt•had taken
"If Nature refused Inc her blandish. four. Will that do, Miss- McGillieud- years to save it, and the next day
in, and flung his basket on the monis, who shall dare to blame her?. dy ?" Mureldeon knew he was going to
ground, and looked with an admire- . Not I, fOr one. WO Can't be all -1 "Don't be later," said she, with double it -treble -quadruple it. There
tion wide as brorah's at the table. !like you, for exaM mple." • an anxiety that sent hblood rush- Was a ' sure thing" about which 11e
"I say. what a spread 1" a dis- Ire bowed over the little band he ing gladly through his veins. Ile had 11117011 "Inside information." And
Mita joy in his 31e00e. "Efow did : still held, and kissed it lightly - so !baked round hint. now lie was asked to give it up. It
YOU do it e What na girl you are, 3 igh fly that it would have been im- "How pretty the table is 1" he was too -provoking,
.Con !" Re advabeed towards her pee:tie/0 for her to understand the said at last. Indeed, the flowers "You've got that, surely?" de -
with open arms. "What a regular depth of.the happiness he felt as his were so exquisitely arranged that mended Amain.
SWC -0 -0 -tie I Oh, why am I your, lips touched her. Ile was now smii-, they struck him at once. The whole "Yes -oh, yes; I've saved that, said
brother ?"
ling at her with the genalest oyes in' effect is so &melting that you meet Murchison wearily.
"Why, indeed I" r6turned ste, with, the world, . , forgive my reraorking it," "Welt give it to me, and I swear
cold disdain. "I am sure nobody I "Dut still -you must listen to tne--' They forgave hint with a heart and you'll have it again within the.year,
would think it.", II say you are not ugly," persisted a, half. They were indeect delighted Can I have it now?"
"What misfortune flung us both in Constantin. "And -and I don't sup- ' with his criticiem. The knowledge "Why," said Murchison, instinc-
the same cradle e If I were some- pose you will ever like Me again, that his own house was a very meg, tively following his nature, and de -
body else's brother, let nie ten ' .you but— ' nieceet affahe and that -footmea in laying, "I might give it to you this
(with an eye 011 those cakes) that I "no not say that," interrupted he, ' Plush and many such purchasable evening. The money is in bonds,
should not hesitate for a moment -I still smiliug, though now his smile /luxuries were not unknown to it, and I shall have to eeil Venn."
should instantly =try you," had taken a tinge of sadness, "7 only added to tho worth of Ms op- "I could come to your place," ex -
"I don't think you would," said shall_ always -like you -as you put inion, claimed Aruint joyously.
Constantia dryly. it," I "I have a few pretty things at Murchisongave him the name and
She moved back, to avoid the era- , "It is veil- good of you, then," , Inchirone," he said, looking at Ooh- address of the house where the "flat"
brace that wits descending upon her, said Constentin dejectedly. "And / stantia. III wish you could see was, -,
but too late, George, before she only hope tlint by-and-by when you them. You have been at Inchirone?" "That's just the thing 111 stop
could escape, had enveloped her in leave this, you won't think it tver . "Yes. In the Desmond's time," on my Way to the train, It will he
a bear -like hog that only gained in and change your mind about me. replied she, flushing warmly. The early, for I can't inissR; for, money
intensity as he felt her shrink from But if you do, please -please renteme Desmonds were a good old Irish fee 00 130 money I've got to go"
lt, bei how dreadfully sorry I was." ; mile, who heel efeno to grief, and Then Arnim had gfone, arid Min -chi- said the other man, pointing 1.0 a
Mg him away; "what a wretch you ly.
011 1" cried she indignantly, push.' ,iTat 2 islonsense I o said he gays' whtso estete had been put in the son had slowly taken his ,way back small street that branched off
I market d b ht b • . .
need; Mc/treaty, periwig direntlY, 5(11
that ho host came from Amine; in
time Arniln had asked help from
WM; it WWI 14 WO peWer to WV&
neSistanee; Areim was waiting
fer it now -for the aid. that wollid
save his Wife, nrehably, and Would
set hie Mind at rest. • Arid ho wa
running away.
Mere woe he now? It struck hint
With somethieg Of the foe of EL
thoilght mielirred in a half -broken.
dream that he had been walking lea
pm ins watch had etopped,
might be after tivelve, for all he
knew, no well as after elevea. Per
haps Arnim'a fate -hie own -might
be decided by the flight of.time, and
that he was free to go home and get
"gee srle;o8otd at the bead of a narrow
Street, branching off at an acute an-
gle from a broader one. There was
no neecl for following it rather than
the olio he was on; but in his rest-
lessnees he turned into it,
What time was it?
A clockl 'Glancing ahead, lie saw
0, clock, supported by a heavy Post,
that rose from the kerbstone. 1110E4
the sign of' a jeweller, and he thought
it would be sure to be right, He
teolc a few more steps in advance.
Twenty mhiutes past eleven)
Then it was all over. There could
be no 'recall -the whole matter was
over. Hailing a cab, he got in, and
50011 arrived at bis home, and blun-
dered upstairs.
Taking his key from his pocket he
Sons about to timers it in the lock,
when the door was thrown swiftly,
open, had time to see that the
room was brightly lighted, and that
Hester stood upon the threshold.
• "Ohl" she cried, before he had
time to think leafier, "I knew you
would come. I told Captain Arnim
you would be sure tO come!"
`4Yes-yes," said Murchison, drif t-
ing into the room.
"I came unexpectedly to town and
found him here. He's told me all
about it, and I knew that nothing -
nothing would keep you from being
here to give him the money. 011, if
I could have thought that, i'cl never
have seen you again---nevert"
"I -I have been delayed,"' said
Murchison, ircakly.
"Yes," said his wife. "You must
tell me all about that sonic other
time. Ohl" she said, with quick an-
xiety, "you have not had an acci-
dent?"
"Not exactly," he replied.
• "Then it's all right," she went on.
"But there's no .time to lose, Give
Captain Arnim the money at once,
for he has only just time to cateb
lilluttroamina.t'Icaily Murchison took the
bills from his pocket and handed
them to Arnim.
"Thank you!" he said simply, and
started for the door. 'Then he paus-
ed a moment. "I'll tell you one
thing. I'd made up my mind. that if
you didn't come I'd not start. It
would have been desertion, and 1117.
ruin, and would have broken her
heart; but have been with her.
T tat s the reason, March! X thank
you now, and you shall hear from me
again." Arnim was gone.
"What time is it?" Merchison ask-
ed, sinking into a, chair.
"Ton minutes to eleven," said his
wife. "Captain Arnim. can eittch the
train nicely."
"Very strange!" he murmured; and
then, as he saw silo was looking at
him, he went ons "Oh, you want to
know why I couldn't get here soon-
er."
* *
Murchison is the chairman of tho a
great insurance company now, and
no longer lives in a flat, but a large I
house that he has just built oppo-
a
13
NOW TUE WAR IS OUR
"MISTREIt 701201,E7'8" VIEWS
Ohr TRE StrE,TECT,
The Great Chicago Humorist IS
Merry at the Expense of
England.
"Mr. Dooley" is again witty at
England's expense, but, as the edf,,
tor of the Westminster Gazette,
which publishes Ids latest dialogue,
says, Englishmen will not grudge the
laugh,
'Whin rayspictable English people
go to war, they don't ixpict to have
to keep it up Swayer, They've other
things to do. But th' Boors amide
deit't stop. hianny attimpts was
made to con-ellyate thin), yo
will lay down ye'er ar-rms 7111' cut
yo'oi• hair,' said I,orcl Roberts 1.7
Oanclyhar an' Cork an' Pretorya. anI
th' dominyons beyond th' sea, 'an'
Prget Xruger an' tarn to eing
'Clawd Savo th' Xing,' yo'll be al-
lowed to stand again' a, vvall an' be
shot. Otherwise," he says, "I'll
Soon have to take dlirastic measures
again' ye,' he says.
" 'No,' says th' Boers, 'we're
sorry, but we must rayfuse yo'er
kind. wur-ud iv welcome, Ne.wthira
wed give us more pleasure thia to
provide good target practice f'r
ye'er gallant la -ads,' they says.
'But, gereat wud be th' honor iv
bein' burrid th' Union Jack, wid
a brass band to play over us, we
liko th' glad, free an' dishon're,ble
life iv th'
WHAT BOBS SAID TO Tab,
BOERS.
" 'Well,' says Lord Roberts iv th'
city .direetbry, le that's th' case,' he
says, •lan goin' home,' he says,
'an' capture a few more cities f'r me
title,' he says. •I nlver fought such
O mob iv rude, ungovernable sav-
ages in 010 1110, 110 says. quit ye,'
Ito says. 'An' ho wine. away an' left
Lord Kitchener to r -run game.
"Thin th' war was renewed with
gr-reat ineigy, r -road in th' pa-
mpers ivey day iv a threemenjous
inaagement. 'Ph Column undher
th' Hon. Lord Gin'ral T. Punting-
toe-Canew met to-da.y an' defeated
wite gr-reat loss th' Kootzenbam-
neer commando, consisting iv Mr.
an' Mrs. Kootzenitammer, them son
August, their daughter Lena an'
Baby Kootzenhairuner W.00 WAS 111
ar-runis an' will be exieuted accord -
in' to th' decrees iv May tinth,
fifteenth, ate sixteenth an' June
ninth, whin caught. Th' Ron, Lord
Gin'ral Puntington-Canew rayports
that he captured wan cow, wan
duck, wan pound iv hani, two cans
iv beans, an' a baby carredge. Th'
commando escaped.' "
KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION.
Then as to the . recent proclama-
tion : "Lord Kitchener wrote tit' no-
ticea Ile's a good writer. 'Ladies
an' GIntloinen,' he says, 'this war as
a war is now over. Ye may not
know it, but it's so, are've broke
th' rules, an' WO give th' tight to
oursilves on 0 foul. Th.' first prin-
ciple iv a war again England. is that
inimy shall wear r -red or purple
coats with black marks fr to 1d1 -
Cate tif location iv vital organs be
day an' a locomotive headlight be
night. They shall thin gateer
aisy range an' th' wurrud
'Fire I' Shall fall down dead. Anny
1 1211111111111' stauditt' aftherward will be
considered am spies. Shootin' back
is not allowed be Us' rules, an' is
overely discountenanced be our
adin' military authorities.'
"So there's tb' finish iv the Boers.
Plies have been set back f'r ebn-
uck onbecomin' au English °nicer
n' a gietleman. Our Anglo.Saxon
ousins acrost tit' sae ar're gr -003,t
eople. We heve to lick our inimy.
'bey disqualify him."
"I thought th' war was over,
nyhow," said Mr. Hennessy.
"Well," said. Mr. Dooley, "if Chic -
go was as peaceful as South Af-
rttica, they'd be an ngytation to ray -
00 C0 tit' polls foorce, Th' war is
over, Hinnissy, but th' English don't
know it yet."
site to the parks. The "speculation"
that was such a "tame thing" about
which he had suth reliable, "beside in-
formation" had within six months
proved itself a disastrous delusion,
that would have swept his money
away without return.
But Arnim's loan Itad been repaid
when•he returned, a lieutenant col-
onel, to succeed to a fortune sudden-
ly left to him, and an important in-
terest in a business that could hard-
ly have paid a greeter income if its
furnaces had turned out golden in-
gots instead of its machinery rolling
out steel bars. It was in this that
Murchison's money, with more now
added to it, had bred into a Swarm-
ing brood of sovereigns.
Often he thought of the change with
wonder. thought of it this
bright afternoon as lie walked with
another "substantial" business man
to look at a piece of property that
he was thinking of buying.
'Micro's a short cut this way"
10 1115 t tin slug.
are ! Now look ra my sleeve! The •
le At this juncture the door was par. the blanket 311011, Andrew Stronge's
is the lace in ribbons I"
couldn't bear to see the tears in her NV 71$ George. They had both
Op- father,
stood it thoroughly,
.. tially opened, and Noah's head
' "I 'really wash, George, You media peered. Findieg matters on quite 'But never since 7" asked he, talc -
take yourself and your horrid fish an amiable footing, she took • heart ing no notice of her quick change of
out of this," broke in Norah, who of grace and entered boldly. Behind color, though he felt it, and. under-
Constantim's eyes. .
s' been., evidently, listening outside in' "No." She shook.her head, pasts -
"Go and wash your" face and inalce the hall to see if their desistence ocl a little, and then said impulsive -
yourself res ectable 11 i tl
e ore ley I
would be required in case air. , lea but I should like to,"
come." Stronge should take the affair bad -1 "Should you, really ?" asked he
"At eleven o'clock I 3 think I see ly, Assault end battery might have e0g0117. "Of coUrSe I, have been
myself. At four. I shall put in a been ill their /Made, to judge of their longing to ask you, that is, every -
very dignified and aristocratic ap- anxious faces that first presented body, to Inchierone for ever so long,
pettrance, but not 11, ntonient soonma themselves. However, they new but there is something so specially
I. say, Con, I'm sorry if I vexed you, grew quite chirpy, and advanced • on awkward about being a bachelor."
old girl, See, I caught all those Mr. Strong° with beaming fncos and I "Still, I don't see why yon
trout, for you, and beauties they nre; a toi c) d 1 a mulct 't i '
X 1 e tan 13, l' 11 g 1.0 us a dance, or some -
fest, and 711 cook them
you shall have them for yeur breed: -
In 0 w0y I lle met Gunn half -way. He had' thing, in spite of that groat want
f yours."
graspee suation at a glance,: -
the Rea Ihdiane do them, and that o
d thit,
1 and was amused by it. When he had a, dance; with ()Meese Mu-
I
"Yes
I'm sure is a grand plan."
Constatitia latighedwhich meant
greeted them, he wont back to the teras 1» those lovely groves, and a
,
band, and a moon," cried ',Torah,
that the breach was healed. I whid°. — • clapping her kande. "Oh, do .. think
w and steeped outside Wits
ho going, away 7 The consternatio ,
"I was saying to,. CODIlit, bereft)
of the MeGillictidclys was intense. "! 'ear Itr, Strong° 1"
you came in," said Nornhe address -I
I 001181011t1115 grew plae. Stron To bo continued.
ing 0000510,with a tinge of'n
mela-
! however, on.ly stooped to the grougne
d
choly in hr n
etoe, "that I hope -
1017she marries slie will ba've ev- and then brought.td view a arge HE FELT SAVE.
eryt ling lovely round her, site would
know so well what to do with
,• them"
That remark would be quite as ap-
plicable to (00,"responded George.
• '7 should knoW whet to do with
theta. I should eat 1,115111. As for
marriage, I can't see why Connie
11081101.05 ; if she Won't have Feath-
erston there is ,Barry, and if she
turns up lice nose at Barry there Is
'still Strongo. ilea -117, 011 the whole,
think 1 11(0511(1 recoullnend Strange.
After the way in 1.7111011 ho distin-
guished himself tho other day at
hare' and •Itoundo by failing into and
0001'overYthPtg, W171110111 1001(111(1
basket, which he placed with some
difficulty upon the sill,
"I -I thought you might like setae
strawberries for -Mrs. Dundas," he
said. "My gardener tells me they
ate early, and so I brought them,"
" 3310e51151. them I" exclabned
George, surveyieg the dimensions of
the baSket.
"Drove to tho gate, and brought
them down the avenue "
"Strawberries 1" cried Constantla
and Norali its a breath. There was
another pair of famous Chelsea dish.
es downstairs; upon thom they would
look just beautiful, Norah ,oast
Lightning glance at • Constantia.
Mrs. Simsoe-Don't you know,
Willie, if you aro naughty you won't
go to heaven.
Oh, I don't know. Uncle Jake was
the ineanott man I ever heard of,
but you say ho is hi heaven now.
WRAP MISS WIIIPPERLY SAID,
Does Miss WhipPerly over goy any-
thing about ino? asked attelott, who
wanted to find out where he stood,
Well, yea, anewered Goblett, sho
Asked Inc to -day where you have
been lieeplag yourself, alio said you
hadn't called on her for the last two
Or three ndlulte.ii,
Arniin meant to repiev what he
borrowed; he believed that ho would
pay it. But could he?
With Mui•chison's knowledge of the
num, he readily concluded that any
such hope might bo nt once dismis- he could often bave been. Then in
sod. If the money was lent, he must:Ina instant he knew. It was the
make up his mind to consider ft lost
obliquely from the one they were in.
They turned iato its With the first
stop there seemed to be something
familiar to Murchison about the gen-
eral aspect of things, Yet it was
hardly a part of the town in which
By this time he had concluded the
work inunedintely to be accomplished
Applied for permisSion to be absent
for art hour, had taken his bonds
from their place of safe keeping, sold
Vieth, and was hack at his desk with
stir. crisp fi1ty-1)011nd notes.
Ile was crossing 0 small park on
his way home, when he finally real-
ized whnt he wits thinking, and had
to sit dowu upon a bench to pull
himself together. Net lot Arnim
have tho money! The idea, came to
him as a daring possibility, hardly
to be entertained. And, after all,
why bete
Money or no money Arnim must
take the train 8100010 �'0100k.
All arranged itself 86 perfectly.
Roster was net at home If she had
been there he know that he eould not
have done it. Roster was romantic,
as he sometimes Called it,
Just thee he was 13085111(1 a rather
farnoes pine° where he knew he -could
dine. Ile Went ins The first cloth
he saw told bite that it was eight
0'010511, Re had been walking for
three 1101)0(1,When he had finished (1115111(1,wandered out itito the street agIlo
ain.
Thre ewere two hears before him,
lle began again to think of the cir
m -
custeaces.
Arnim had befriended hint in his
511001 into which he had turned the
last thing before going home that
night that •had been the turning
point in his life, when, in some un-
accountable tray, he had got home
early enotigh after all to help Arnim
to satisfy Rester, to save himself.
"R i I
said the other, trying to make con-
versation with the great man.
"Very," said Murchison abstract-
edly. ITe was waiting for what he
should see next,.
It was there. He felt it would be.
And as his eyes fell on it, he paused
involuntarily, storing stupidly at the
thing,
Twenty minutes past eleven!
But it was the afternoon. Ile had
only a few minutes before, in his pris
vate room of the great building of
the insurance company, looked at his
watch, and seen that it was exactly
five o'clock, For tho clock -face was
only pointed, and the painted hand
had. remained indicating the same
thine11100110 re 411 the yeasInce that
night when they lutd Sent hint 1503515too soon -instead of too late.
"Ah, yes!" said tho other, seeing
at what he Was etitring. "ne Oof
those painted cloth's. Do you know
it has strilek Me that mistakes might
be made With those things."
Hospital death -rates • average ei
per cent, in Irish, 8 in Englieh, and
Di in Scotch hospitals,
enemy 1 tt e street, 130 113 it?"
MEN'S PAJAMAS.
36 to 14 Inch Breast.
The comfor23 awl the utility of the
pajamas are acknowledged facts.
Lilco many auother garment brought
to us from the East, they have be -
mane a, necessity and malce an essen-
tial part of every masculine outfit.
The trousers are silnple and straight
drawn up at the waist by means of
tapes inserted at the upper edge.
The coat is loose, bet shapely, and
out on excellent lines. At the left
side is p patch pocket, and theeneek
eisonlinrished with a soft, turn -over
Tc out these pajamas for a man of
mneedhlec;in swiziecie8a7yAcityalasi.dof mailt7erlian1015S01
i 5
wide, orl3 yards .= inches wide, Will
be required.,
0
1707 17171721717172GRAMMATICAL laND.
W .....--
teac'lliliettr,ie 0, conjunction? asked the
That Which joins tagethee, Was the
prompt reply,
Give Inc an illustration, said the
teTa.cille'cru.p-to-date girl hesitated and
bluehed, 'rho marriage service, she
Staid at last
ANIKALS OWN COUNTIES,
SOME HA/ItY ZANDED GiENTIPif
IN GREAT BRITAIN,
nerd of WU.: TCheeiiitu,
l0Rave BOO
Acres of. Pastureand: Settled
•
The Cranbury herd Of British wild
cattle in Warwickshire, England,
whieli are almost the only ones left
of their kind, have settled on them
800 041'0.8 of good fat pasture -land,
absolutely their own, and worth
about $26,000, Neither they 5100-
115511' owner will allow any 'trespass-
fliee.:dosimi thelr0e1setraat,a
25 tee4 bnycl 'tonly the
i.
This land runs to about ton acne
per beast, and they are. the 0010 sure
vivors of the old English race of
wild cattle-perteetly white -with the
exeePtion of one other herd, and 11.
couple of representativee in tbe Zoo.
They have a strewn of their own,
and their estate ie •walled off by a
ring fence. They are always in the
pink of condition -so pink'in fact,
that if any stranger enters their (10 -
main they soon make hint show his
very finest sprinting form. Utilesu
they tell die out -which is unlikely,
for there are thirty of them, ins
weasing sUghtly every year --the
land will never be put to 0137 other
use,
There ls a very proud old family
of beavers in Bute, Sootland, which
Lord Bute introduced there a long
time ago, and they have 100 acres of
charming woodland of their olon,
with river running through it ; and
nobody but themselves is allowed to
enter or build there. They have in-
creased to forty families, each fain-
tly having a house three feet high of
ite own building, with the front door
under water. They have the ex -
elusive rights of felling timber on
the estate, and have cut down e.
great many big trees, which tbey
slice ior building purposes, and
to make dares '
ACROSS THE RIVER.
They keep out weasels, rats, and
other vulgar outsider!?, and altoge-
ther aro very select. The lead is
worth about 85,000, aad the beavers
themselves possibly $1,000, more
but they are not for sale, asurneeeer
will be. Their chief amusement is
engineering ; and the dams they
build and the houses they ea•ect are
perfect master -pieces.
They have an advantage over the
bustards, of Norfolk, welch own
more land, but have not been there
very long. These birds, which have
the distinction of being the biggest
British feathered creatures, were
once plentiful In England ; but they
died out, and a new family of .them
has been imported from Spain. They
have an encloRed 20 acres of land of
their own, with the right to roam as
far as they please ; and they are
specially protected, it being under-
stood that they Inc not to be shot
at, wherever found. There Were
about thirty originally, and they
were teacen over to England at a.
cost of 81,-250. It is hoped they
will gain a footing, and they will
be allowed some more land if they
increase. All undesirable animals
are kept away, and nobody is allow-
ed to disturb their peace ; and When
their numbers increase they will be
able to hold their heads as high as
tho beavers.
Rats, as a rule, are not very
much cherished ; but there is a rat
aristocracy on Mr. Price Parry's rat
estate at Creenlees, Arontgbmery,
Which owns eighty acres al1 of its
Own, partly horns and old buildings,
and partly ineadowland and cop-
pice. These are tho
OLD BIIITISIS BLA.CIC
which are fast dying out all over
the couatry, for the ordinary brown
rat came from Norway, and has
almost exterminated the 0.711C tell 7.
English variety. 011 these eighty
acres the black rats hold absolute
sway, and no doge, eats, or brown
eats are allowed to °seep° the vigil-
anco of the keeper, and invade tho
estate. The old black rat is a.
handsome creature, and much more
docile and harmless than the fierce
brown variety, which kills him oft
whenever it finds hint. This estate,
worth 88,500, is an absolute dedicaL
tion to the black rat race ; and in
bard times sacks of graiu are left
about, for the owners and occupants
to help themselves !rem.
The Amor/eau bison, which fifty
yectes ago 0.06 vagrant, roaming
In millions over the great plains of
the west, is now almost extinct ;
but the remainder have become
letsured lantinwners, for they ha-ve
101101 reserve of lend settlec1 ou
them, and are protected from hunt-
ers undet the severest penalties.
They aro well off, owning 3,000
acres of enclosed land in the Yellows
stone, Park ; and there they lord ie
royally, and chase all intruders otI
their estate.
ro3N-rio PARAGRAPHS.
Happy is 1.110 11111(5 who can't bete
row trouble.
:filminess is the all that =Ikea the
wheels of care run smoothly.
Perhaps the man you think is a
fool thiuks you are in the same'
cless.
The meanest kind of suenk is the
man who eau pay bus debts but
won't.
When the leaves begin to tern the
teaches keeps the pupils busy turtl-
ing them.
When a girl is hund-iu-glove with 11.
young man sho doesn't give hint the
mil ten.
A girl's idea of a flatterer IR a luau
who is always saying' Mee things tie
other girls,
--
How long have yon 1,,em out of
work ? Well, I don't. hardly know,
exactly, rnitann, You see, the record.
air MC birth was lest.
Mothee-Tonnay, a little. 'bird i elk*
me that yon helped yonrself to cake
While 7 was out. 'laminas' (Itsitle),--
!Si wring that pnrrot's nook
a -as -
Of London pollee only 1211 nor
000 are 0 80 47117 Poe apnei 1`cl by
illness, of British .ttid
02 the Russian Aviny 76,