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CIIA'i?TEI; Xx, aghast, and nit hie ee11•possession
All suddenly, in the midst of her defeated hirew,nd he staredat hor
gladness, a very innocent but over- blankly—dumdv,
Powering coquetry took possession of kite extreme defeat touched Con
Constantia St •ong° ;had spoken to atonic and "mad° lien strong, ,S lie
her in rt whis1er, and -tire ruse had laid her nand Upon the wall near hor
boort suShe,ccessfulShe, too, would die-
o steady herself, and slowly with.
' guise her voice.; it seemed to her,
indeed, a much easier thing, in her
present confusion, to speak to
Featheesten•in a fashion thus sub-
' duod, than to give iter Tyke to his
criticism, She :felt, too, an almost
childish desire to baffle him for a
moment or two, to dally with the
happiness that had now surely come
to her.
"Sir 1" she whispered, drawing
back a little, and pretending ignor-
ance.
, "It is too late for folly of that
sort," ho said with ill -suppressed ve-
hemence, "You know nm, as woll as
I know. you, And though,,, for an
hour you have skljfully avoided me,
yet now I have found you, 1 will be
heard, though you have flouted,
scorned me," he said, "yet now that
I am with you, I forgive you all,"
Constmitia .could not speak. She
felt she ought to speak, yet ,some
instinct held her dumb.
YYou aro silent," cried he, coming
closerto he'r=so close that his very
breath lifted . the soft hair en her
head, "You are silent ; you do not
condemn my presence ; you do not
censure my persistent determination
to find and speak with you at all
hazards—even at the chance of roue-
ing your displeasure. Yet how cruel
you can be 1 I fancied foolishly—
without reason if
you that
at
sometimes those beautiful egos . of
yours gave me encouragement. Was
that so ? Or am I now to be told
that love like niine has come too,
late—that it is forbidden ?"
Constantia made a stop forward,
and held out her hand to him. Ile
was in grief—in trouble. What did
it all mean 9 How had she hurt
him ?
"Wily should your love be for-
bidden 9" site murmured softly. Sho
was hardly prepared for tiro change
that came over him -for the sudden
sense, of triumph that brightened his
oyes and raised his figure to its full-
est height.
yoqknow what such words ►I
moan," he cried, "from you to me ?
Not forbidden—not 1- You pernut me I
then, to love you ? Thero was more .I
than I dared believe in that littlo
message you sent me to -night,"
"A message 1" repeated Constantia
faintly. •
"Do not deny it. I will have n,o
evasions from your lips now. That
sweet message, see 1 it lies upon my
heart. It hos lain there over since.
Thai; one little word about the black
cross upon your shoulder, that was
to distinguish you from Constantia;
that told me all. It gave me hope :
it even suggested to use (forgive inc.
sweet) that you might bo jealous of
your cousin."
He still held the little scented bil-
let between his fingers, and a wild
forging to possess, to read it, seized
on Constantia. It. would be so sim-
ple, so easy ; whoever ho believed
bar to bo, it Was not Constantia. D
and by putting forth a hand she w
could gain it. Yet some honest in- h
stinct forbade her the act ; with a ly
beart bruised, and bleeding, and, in-
sulted, she still remembered "No- b
biosis oblige." tl
"I, sant you no message," she said, wt
controllitrg herself bravery. S
Are you afraid of flip that you
still persist ?" excladmod he eagerly. ce
"Can you not trust me 9 You think in
perhaps, that this note will betray h
you- 9 You do not know me." He. he
did not, however, destroy the note to
in her presence as another man might of
have done. "Tonna ! •my' beautiful, gl
Any beloved ono 1 believe.in me." ob
Tho girl stood. motionless. Tho .la
blood forsook her face, all her heart,
died within her. She knew now sure- S
ly, what some instinct had told her• re
before, that bar cousin was the au-: A
them of this note, She knew,, too hi
that Featherston whom she had w
believed in, as in her faith, was s
false. � he
Sho'forgot that she ought to speak, lin
to say something that should wither s.
him as he stood there. She remain- 110
ed Sloadly silent, because she had for-
gotten elle but the treachery. present
to her,
"You do not speak," cried he ve-
bemdntly. "Have you no word for
m0 9 1Donna ! Donna 1 Think what
anxiety is mine. whilst I—"
"Oh, sir, go 1" interrupted she, re-
alizing at this moment through all
her sorrow, the wrong done to him
in lotting him further speak. Go, I
entreat you 1"
In her agitation sho had spoken
aloud, and, as her clear, girlish
voice with its musical Irish broad -
MSS, reached his, earn so unlike the
truie,inte accents he had expected to
hear, he fell back a stop or two,
drew the mask from her face, H
pale, young, pretty face, sad in
pallor, and earnestnessc and e
tempt, looked straight at him, w
a beauty' he had been a little d
to, in the past,
"A mistake like third," site said, '
not to be remedied. Words would
wasted on it, I regret that it w
my misfortune to lead you so f
' astray, but—I was innocent of
tention 1" She looked at him wi
a . keen anxiety. "You must . len
that," she said.
Slip bad' given him, unconscious]
time to recover, To find hinis
mistaken. in the object of his .dev
tion, to know that Oars unmeant 11
listened t", his eentimeittal raving
this in'itself was enough to unset
for the instoiet the reason 01 any
dinary mar. ; but that it should
Constantia who had been the recd
ient of his love -confidences, pour
forth for another, was a vile ngg
vation of the horror that such a si
uation was bound' to hold,
Writhed beneath it, but during t
pause that ensued 'ipon recovery
and' the time•it,took Constantia
form and give voice to ,her protest
he pulled himself together 10 a me
sure, and now tried to throw
jaunty air into his speech.
"Not so much a mistake, as a goo
joke," he sa.d, acting the hypocrit
it must he confessed, with but apo
countenance, "What 1 Did you thin
I did not know ? That I could 00
see the difference between you an
your cousin 9 Could you not guess
You were always a little ,wanting d
the finer shales of humor, my de
Connie, but yet 1 believed you woul
have seen through my absurd pr
taste i
tt one
of
affection for Mrs. Du
Constantin started convulsively,
She tented slowly,u,l'aund, and saw
Donna's oyes gleaming at her • JI!is+
chlevously through Ler mash, She
seemed shamelessly unabashed. Con-
stantla, with her *W1 face uncover-
ed, regarded her svith a wonder that
should have seemed her, bad she
been possessed of feeling, The girl
was almost tae aflgr'y to spen.k, 'Phe
beat of indignation bad dried the
tears on her cheeks, and she stood
erect .before her, adversary, with her
head well up, though every limb was
trembling,
"No," she said slowly, "It was to
You.` it seems, to you --a married wo-
mari--,he uttered vows of love, he ad -
draftee Words h
4 � d that .could be regarded
Ter us insulting—to you !"
its! "Hy good Connie, recollect your -
sell," 1 entreated Mrs, Dundee airily,
Jth "7.he truth, the whole truth,' and no -
cad thing but the truth for me. It was
to you those flowery yowe were prof -
`Js feted, to you those insulting words
be were said. Oh, fie 1 Oh, Connie, who
es would have honeyed it of you 1, Oh,
nr well, really now, you know, the line
the should be drawn somewhere."
ih Constantia made a vehement ges-
ow tura, "Say what you like," site
said, "it will be without grace or
godliness,"
�s "You are angry," suggested Don-
a- na mildly, and apparently with cur-
ed prise, "Quelle betise f And with
s. me who haye perhaps done you the
tie best turn you will ever get. In-
gratitude avant; with silly girls like
O1L you,: Have I not, then, opened
'„_,*'° eyes 7" your
To what 9" coldly,
ra- "To the fact that Mr. Strange, if a
- trifle depressing, i$ worth a' million
He of the most fascinating hypocrites'
fro alivo ; and of such last, df I mis-
take not, is our smooth, friend
Featherston. It is scarcely worth
°'while trying to arrange matters, for
a you, you are so remarkably dense.
Why, ypu absurd child, can't you see
°' that it was by my will and pleasure
d lie was betrayed into thinking the
domino with the Maltese cross mine.
°' Zip gave me an unwelcome hint once,
poo and such debts I always repay four -
lc
d "You' wish me to understand you
7 are revengeful, said Constantia.
"That is, a valuable knowledge 1 It
n shows me what to expect from you
re in the future," _
"Let us prorogue Parliament."
° said Donna lightly. "To speak to
n" you in ,your present mood would be
her. She would never forgive m° 1)
das, (Pray do not betray me t
° to own myself as foolish as you.
A being with a -soul sprightly
yours should nave read through an
disguise, through any---"
"Had you been able to rc d
through mine," said Constantia cold
y, "this scene would not have been.
"Do you not still catch it 9" b
gau Ile, with a daring assumption o
angling surprise. But she stayod
rim with a glance.
"Oh, cease this. deception 1"- sI
You are bent on vilifying me in
as your own mind, so that n'gument
3' would be useless. Yet I persist in
a saying I am without fault in the af-
fair." .
"Does treachery, then, not count 7
Treachery, not only to your guests,.
fbut to one. of your own blood ; your
kinswoman. Was it nothing to
clothe me like yourself that 1 might
he pained, humiliated ? To press
,upon ins gifts that should help to
my- undoing ? Is your soul so dead
s within you that you cannot compre-
° liend the shame I feel 7 Have you th
no feeling 7 No 1 Stand back from f
a me. Do not touch me." Her " Irish
blood was now aflame, and'her tall, p
° supple, young figure, drawn to Its to
fullest height, shook with the -in- h
° tensity of her emotion. "Traitress!" 110
she said between her teeth, "1 would er
said quickly. "It is unworthy of
what I once thought you 1 No 1 No
another word. If you would do m
one last favor—go 1"
She spoke with vigor, though in
low "voice. Ile recognized the -power
of it, and turned abruptly away. Th
shadows caught and hid him, an
with a sigh of passionate relief, eh
sank once again upon the stone sea
of the parapet.
4
1 � 111:
t?
Ilnally, when the •last stitch has and dumped into the basket on
Christmas .morning, By the time
sack one had beth olid and eh'll over
tate roam was knee-deep with
wrappings of all sorts,
been taken, the last pretty bow tied,
and, it might almost be added, the
last penny spent, wrap up your par- 1 v r papers,
cels daintily and send them away ribbons and.
with a littlo verse or aiiectionata including pasteboard and wooden
greeting, writhe 1 t s Marsha Houk. lie, boxes, 'When all had been °]eared
ery gilt, should' be carefully. enveloped away and the presents disposed of on
In tissue paper• whether it is intended' tables and attire to be re-examined
for a member 01 your own household and showed to others in' the course
or Rut. It gives a gilt an added of the clay the morningwee gone
lustre to have it mysteriously and such a jolly morninit was al -
threaded from sight for a moment most like two ` days i' a a
after corning into your possession, ono1 Y crowded into
A sufheiOnt quantity of tJssue paper That plan wascarried o1 w
Pout with ne-
shouldd be laid in early in l7ecenlber, ver -failing 'interest in that house -
for at , the last there is always a- hold for several yogi's, and then
rush, for it often happens tnat 1n bige
similar but slightly allferent idea 1
metropolitan shells the supply gives was put into force. The basket was
out a week before (:llrlstmas. Lay foo small. So, instead, the different
aside, also, as many bolts of "baby" gifts were distributed about the
ribbon as you think you may need, room: No attempt was made, to con -
The paper should be white eau the ' coal them, although they were put in
ribbon holly -reds but many persons unusual places, One was bung from
prefer something more distinctive ,of the gaselier, another was on top of a
themselves, so have paper of a very picture -frame, • still. another peeped
pale pink with white or pink or pale out from 'a friendly vase, and others
green ribbon; or white paper and . stood up against the wall.
white ribbon, or blue or pink or j Paper after paper is sometimes
some other favorite color with which !wrapped about a single article, and
to enclose their gilts, [ two of anything are never done up
in the same package, Are half a
11 there are many presents to give dozen handkerchiefs the gift,' each
away or they are largo the ribbon one has a wrapping all to itself, Ev-
wiil be found a big .;item In the list en slippers end gloves are separated
of purchases. While not so pretty, from .their mates and presented' m
it will be much more economical and state, each one by' itself and with
quite dainty to use isntead a ball of elaborate inscription.
gilt or silver twine, red and gold ori ---
sometimes
and red and gold or some oth- By way of variety parcels are
or combination. J'th ins may . 1'
Y p y sometimes addressed on the outside
sometimes take the place of either to one person, and on. the instep to
ribbon or cord. It is wisp to care another. There have been gifts that
fully fold and lay away every bit of have passed through six or eight
tissue paper and narrow ribbon or hands' before they reached their right -
bright cord that cones into the ful owner, having been covered with
house against the clay of present- as many wrappers, each one address
giving, whether it be Christmas, a ed to a different person. An infinite
birthday, an anniversary or some variety of changes are worked out
other time. It will greatly diminish from these simple ideas and never
the price of daintrnuss when the fail of their mission of making
tine comes. With each gift; tucked Christmas morning one of the -mor-
in with the rinnon, have some pretty riest of the entire year in that
written senthnent. Sometmng orig- household,
inal is best, something dillerent from! Christmas sees a tree in that house -
"With Love" or "Kind regards," hold now, for one of the daughters
for however beautiful those Words who went, away ono year comes back
are in themselves they have become with a little babbler, who falls a -
so abused, they mean scarcely any- sleep before the open fireplace watch
thing ordinarily, 'mere are times, ing for Santa, but this fun-provok-
howevor, when anything more or less ing method of distributing gifts is
or anything different would spoil all, never abandoned. First is the tree
If you cannot do better, treasure up surrounded at its base with dolls and
bits of poetry or prose that you 'rocking -horse and woolly dogs and
come across now and then, look them: other delights of the childish heart,
over when you are ready- to distal- in which everybody participated with
lite your gifts, cum select what you a joy that leaves no room for
ink would be the most appoopriate ,thoughts of personal possibilities,
or the different once, illut . after a time all turn to the
If the gifts are to bo expressed,, things Santa left for the big folks
acic, them carefully ,r, a pox. fay on and they each left for each other,
p a note -a very tiny note, per- There the baby finds what mamma
ops, but still a note—and a sprig of land papa have left for her, what
fly. If the present is to be deny- Aunt Nellie and Uncle George have
ed in your own city, ao it up with given hor, and there the big folks
CHAPTER XXT.
She did not exculpate the hero in
the sorry affair, and blacken beyond
all recognition the siren who had led
him from safe harbors into the magi
strom of.a,love 'that could only end
n destruction. If she condemned
onna, she scorned him ; and there
as no place in all bar mind that
old so much as one of the old kind -
feelings he used to inspire,
By- degrees her thoughts traveled
nth to her first entry to -night into
tis ill-omened house; and after n
Idle . she recalled her meeting with
tronge, :-
How was' it ho had not, been -de-
lved ? Sho could not mistake his
anner, at all events. Ho had known
er, and, besides. she bad lot him
ar her voice. What instinct had
rbidden her to speak to—to that
her—save in a whisper 9 She was
ad in her 'soul, however, that the
eyed it, and that so' the truth was
id bare to.,hcr,
Yes, • it was strange that ,Mr.
tronge had known her he had not
cognized her, but the other had.
little glow of gratitude towards
m, that, had he but known it,
ould have raised him into' the
evonth heaven, awoke within hor
art for Andrew Stronge, Ile had
own through her. disguise, though
ho had not known him ; he could
t be deceived.
Some words—a line—ran through
hor brain :
"fll% 4 lovers eyes aro "sharp to'
see,"
Was he, then, the true lover—had'
Featherston never loved her at all ?
Hie eyes, in truth, had not bean
"sharp to see" he had proved him-
eelf utterly base 'and false -false to
the heart's core I
"ilow was it ? Has ,he gone 9 Was
ho making nary violent love to you 9
Ono can imagine it," cried a gay
voice at her elbow—is voice consum-
ed with laughter, "Did he comport
himself properly, Did he do it nice-
ly ? 1 hope for once in his lite the
starch' was out of him."
not have treated a dog as you have an
nd cord if necessary for roteetion protection. bits of paper, favorite pictures and
treated me," a
outer wrapping of plain paper .find scraps of bright silk, crumpled
t put a bit of holly on the out- broken but precious toys that have
de, Packages to be sent by mail been selected for them from the wee
is well to prepare and take to the• one's treasures, for , she has been
stofncefor weighing and stamping :taught that Christmas is not for her
early sumo morning, so early that alone, but that It means to give be -
She raised her right arm with an be
imperious gesture as if to forbid si
Donna's approach, and still holding ft
it uplifted, turned away and walked pc,
quickly towards the house,
olio have not begun' to think of .cause you love. In the words of a
uying stamps. If it is not time to ,certain little boy who had begun to
nd them away take them home doubt the personality of Santa, she
in and nail on whatever day you lie taught in a way to make her un -
ave decided upon as the one that dorstand when site is older that San -
11 be most timely, and allowing for to Claus is that fooling in your
ay in the Christmas rush: It is heart that makes you want to give
Donna looked after her,
"She is a little.savago now." she bu
said half aloud, "but she will be a s°
superb woman. Sho can have the
world at her feet if she will, but she hgu
will spoil her chances, and all her
good times, by her absurd moral- del
ity !"
She. -too, left the moonlit parapet be
and stepped lightly towards the near hit.
shubbery. Again the: amused smile
curvch her lips, her eyes shone gay-
ly • she saw some one who had evi-
dently been waiting for iter during
her interview. with Constantia, and
she waved her hand to him. As she
drew closer ho carte to meet her. It
was Lord Varlcy.
(To 13o Continued),
A GIGANTIC TUNNEL,
The subject of a tunnel connecting
Ireland and Scotland has been
brought beforo the British Govern-
ment, and the project will be pushed
If the requisite financial support can
be obtained, The estimated cost is
$50,000,000. The route provision-
ally selected, is from Strauraer in
Scotland to Belfast in Ireland, - The
total distanco is 51St miles, of which
34e miles would be tunnel, and 25
miles of the tunnel would be undor.
the sea., along a litre where the
maximum .depth is 480 feet. Elec-
tric motors would be used to drive
the trains at ab average speed of 60
to 70 milee per hour.
P
Dihbs (facetiously) : "This is a
picture of my wife's first husband,"
Dobbs : " Great snakes ! What a
brainless idiot! But I didn't know
your wife was married before she
niot . you." Dibbs: "She walsn't.
That is a picture of myself at the
age of twenty."
tBronchitis, or a Severe Cold on the Chest and L
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In the case of Asthma, Bronchitis, and all throat and lung ailments the recognized treatment 10 Dr. Chase's.
Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine, Doctors do not hrositato to: say that when the patient becomes flushed and
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there ill no preparation available that will give suck preaapt acid thorough relief au Dr, Choso's Syrup of Lin-
seed and Turpentine,
Mrs, 'George Budden, I'uteentvllie, Ont„ says -"X; feel it my duty to 1'oeornmend Ili, Chase's Syrup' of
Lhrseod add Turpentine, as 1 had tri° Asthma very bad; could get nothing to do me any geed. A been(' of
mine persuaded mo to try this remedy, as he had tried it, and it proved successful. I 'ti'iod it and it cured
me, 1 am thankful to -day to say I am,a well woman through the use of title remedy. I keep it.in the house
all the time and would not bo without It," '
Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine le so well known in tiro homes 01 Carman, that it seems urine-
teseary to Add further cofnment, but a word of warning may be needed, Thero are other preparations of
linseed and turpentine, imitations of Dr, Chase's, Ile sere the por'tr'ait and slgnatnro of Dr. A. W. Chase
are on the Dottie you buy, Twenty-fivo Copts a bettle; tanaily size, three times 08 much, Gpc, All dealers, or
Edatlenson, elates es Co., '.liorontoy
tter to be ahead of time than be- things," So the day is always
happy one. Sorrow has boon
guest in the borne, but on Christma
all thonght is centered in the healin
and the joy of that first great Gi
SIMPLE ENOUGH.
The advantage of keeping expert
of all kinds et military headquarter
dhand, especially at, Christmas,
Be - sure to enclose your gifts in
some wrapping. If you cannot have
tiss'io paper and ribbon or a ball of
new cord, savo•the paper that comes
around your parcels when sent from
the stores,,pi:ess it carefully, do the
a
Dnget ?'., tt'i t mel ee-.es
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: _".,dile-gtsief illinfeesevre wow,
IIs`= -fang -�tloh1 81g suckle soon die--,
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IS7Se "endedintaeB.patriiyo;a^
INSUPERABLR DIFFICULTY,
A Scotdunan who has been ern -
e
m
e played nearly all his life in the. build-
s ing of railways in Lhe Highlands of
g Scotland went to the nailed Stated
Gil in his later years and settled in a
lnew section on the plains of the
Far West, Soen afterhis arrival a
.
iprojoct canna up in his new home
s for the constructionof a railway
s through the district, and the Scoteh-
cord. up neatly, and use •them for
your Christmas gifts, was recently demonstrated l at tae
housoholde where there are no receivedsh war -office, s where n Solar was
dren and therefore no trees,the recurved from 'a soldier t South hf-
rdFa, containing the mysterious word
yfe.
In vain the heads of departments
and the clerks puzzled over this ex-
traordinary combination of letters ;
they were obliged to confess themn-
selves wholly at sea, At last it oo-
curred to a clerk to ask the hall
porter, a worthy man who was in no
tiway impeded by a university educe
tn,
"Can you tell me what this word
is, 'Simpson ?" inquired the clerk,
"0f course," answered .the porta
after one contemptuous glance,
roily came in ono at a time to dis- "Y -f -o spells wife. What else could
e of their parcels, au carefully it spell ?"
led, and .then wont out to make
m for the neat. When all had fin-
d they went in together and be-
te dive. Such a time as they
!
The things were done tip in all
nor or queer shapes, so as to de -
e the eye, and household jokes
e put into practical form for the
use of bringing out a laugh. One
ghter of the house on opening a
ioularly dainty -looting parcel
d therein a beloved but dilapi-
cl pair of slippers that had boon
subject of endless jokes and
dly jeers, but bad withstood all
s, With them was e, penciling
ug that oven aurid lite gladness
the hour she would feel lonely
ottt them. DOWn In tli° bottom
he basket ryas a parr of pretty,
slippers with a, virtuous little
on taking exception to the adage'
"'ait! friends are .better than
" It all depended, it said, tip
-
ho the new friends were and
the old. And so it wont.
In
chi]
eustom of giving and receiving seems
a rather forlorn affair. It is awk-
ward.
wk
ward. In one home 1 know of, after
passing through ono seen expurlence,
the tree having been done away with
for the first time, it was decided that
never again should such 0, failure bo
made . of. the ceremony. '.The next
time the glad clay :came around the
'clothes-hail/for was brought'into the
family sitting -room and the pr'esents
piled into It and around it. Each
one was done up so as 'to conceal it
from sight.. The members of the
fa
pas
lobe
roo
is
gam
hard
11100
ceiv
Ivor
perp
eau
pant
faun
date
the
friers
trial
feari
of
with
of t
nmw
e011h1
that
new.
011 l
What
man was applied to as a of
experience in swell• matter's,
"Hoot mon," said ha to the spokes-
man of the scheme, "yo canna build a,
!railway across this country."
"Why not, Mr. Ferguson ?"
I "Why not ?" he repeated, with h an
air of effectually settling the whole
platter, "Why not 7 Dae ye no see
tltocountry's as flat as a floor, and
ye dimia ltac any place whatever to
IVO your tunnels through 7
Nathaniel Conspius, a Greek, was
the first to teach Oxford students to
r, make coffee, in the year 1644.
There aro no fewer than twelve
separate parties in the German
]ledchsteg, which Ira 31)7 members.
Another uiernber of the family
found' a disreputable -looking pini. ci-
gar -box tied with it piece of clothes-
line tossed into her hip. She turned
my her nose at it at lust, then un-
tied .it gingerly,. to find inside two or
throe "stogies"'and another box. In-
side of that was a little`Velvet case,
within which sparkled and Aasliecl at
her when she opened it a diamond
sunburst, h:vory packego that had
corm by snail or expl'cse or had been
loft in person at the door in the last
Week hail been pat aside unopened
CI-RiST7IAS SHOPPING..
Hero'a good fun for girls and boys,
Taste tic candy and buy tho toys;
Iluntping•yaok and chatter -box,.
Libber
men and paper' ex;
l�ltr onises shopping* flue Mut 11001,
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,Y lllr, Isopia', CJ
"Be Iiivone," Said Mr, Doeley,,- "1
wisht I'd boon there,"
"Where ?" asked Mr, ITclanessy.
"At th' benlcdt iv th' Ancyent an'
T?.on'rable Chamber iv Commerce' in
]Yew York," skid ]d1', Dooley, "" "Tis
(a heard fate trait
eompele m0 to live
out .haze 00 tit' prairies among th'-
aboriginal Amcrfearrs fr'm Poland.
an' Bohaymyn. Me heart .at times
Js burstin' fir' to Jine in th''festivie
ties iv me fellow -Britons in Neo
York. Fir I'm a British subJiek,
FTinnissy,
"I wasn't born Was, I was barn
in Ireland, But I have a little
money put away, an' Ivry American
that has lamed to make wan dollar"' .
shriek to another is ex -officio, as Ido-
gan says, a British subjick.
"We've adopted a Meter fathers
Some of ue ain't any too kind to
ale' of gintleman. In th' niatthor iv.
th' Nicaragoon Canal we have re-
cently pushed him over an' took'
about all he had. But our hearts
feel th' love iv th parent country,
though our hands is rebellyous, an",
ivry year me fellow -merchants gots
together id Noo York an' f'rgete th'-
cares iv th' wool an' tallow bus!-.
ness in an outburst iv devotion to
th' of land fr'm which our fathers
sprung or was sprung by th' polis.
'Th' prisidint of th' bankit was
my !rind Morse K. Cheoseshop, a
mimber iv an or Yorkshire family
been in th' west riding iv. Long Ise
land befure th' Critneyan war. At
his right sat th'•. Sicrety iv Stato
fr tri' Colony, an' at his loft my
frind th' Ambaseadure to th' Coortb
iv Saint James.
'Fellow-subjicke,' says the Sic»
rety iv State, 'diplomacy, •,is a fan
diil''rent business thin it used to be.
(A Voice, "Good fr you 1") In th"
days iv Bisnarek, Gladstun, an'.
Charles Francis Adams 'twos a case
iv inthrigue nn' deceit. Now it foo
as simile as sellin' a pair iv boots„
In fifteen years th' whole nature iw-
man is so changed that a diplomat
has on'y to be honest, straightfor.
ward, an' manly and concede fvey-
thing, an' he will end bis opponents
will meet him half way an' take
what he gives. Unforchnateiy diplo-'
macy on'y goes as.far as th' dura,
It unable to give polis protection
to th' customer, so whin be laves th'
shop th' 'throng arm men. iv tht
Sinit knocks him down an' takes
ir''m hien iveything he got inside, ant
more, too.
Di-plomacy has become a phil-
anthropic pursuit like 'shop-koepin'„
but polities, me Lords, is still th:'
'same of spoort iv highway robb'ry.
But I done what I could to protist
th' inthreste iv' th' mother, fathers
an' brother-in-law counthry, an' be-
tween you an' me, if T don't deserve
th' Victorya Cross f'r prisinthin that
threaty to th' Sinit nobody does. I
will on'y say that hincoforth Lb' pol-
icy iv this Gover'mint will be as be-
fore, not to bully a sthrong power
or wrong a weak, but will remain
thruo to th' principle iv wrought'
tit' sthrong err' bullyin' tri' weak.'
"Th' Sierety of State was follow-
ed by th' Ambassadure, 'I wish to
tell ye,' he said, 'what a good time
X had in England. Bolero I wine
there I was sthrongly prejudiced
again England, I thought it was
th' noblest counthry on which, as
Pen'J Webster says the sun niver
sit without hatehin' out a' now col-
ony. But S did it a groat injustice.
It is better thin what I thought.. It
does not care f'r chaff oa gush such
as goes down in this counthry.
All an' English gintieman de„
minds is that ye shall be ye'ereelf,
frank, manly, an' sincere., A little
cry 00 th' shoulder, a firm grasp iv:
ih' hand, a brief aeknowtedgment
that we owe our language an' aro
payin' it back, our litherachoor, an'
our boots to him, an' his heart
opens. Ro cannot conceal his admir-
ation f'r ye. Re goes away. Ah
niver will I f'rget th' day I peeked
out iv me bedroom window at Wind-
sor Castle an' see'manny iv tris
sturdy 1ilefsts here befure m° . belts'
received in th' backyard be th' King.
I mind well th' wurruds that felt
fr'nf his lips whin ye left to take
lunch in the rile woodshed,
'"Choto," he says, "those were a fine
lot iv Americans," he says. "What
tribe did ye say they belonged to?
Soos ?" he says.
"So th' avenin' proceeded until
'twas time to go home, whin ' (If
chairman proposed th' cuetoluary
toast, 'Me lords and gintionton,
charge yc'er glasses an'. jive me in a.
toast,' he says. His Majesty Ed-
ward the Sivinth, iv' Gr-reu.t Britain
an' possibly Ireland, iv Inja.,. Egypt,
iv Australia, iv South Africa in a.
singe, an' iv th' Dominion boyant th'
sea, includin' Noo `York, Icing, • De-
fender iv th' Faith, I hope I got it
all in.' 'Ye did,' said th' Ambassa-
dure. An' th' toast was dhrtink with
ontliusyasm,
"Other toasts were dhrunk to tit''
rite. faintly an' th' Protestant Suc-
cession, to th' Jook iv Argyle, who
used:to own Andlu•ow Carnaygio, 411'
in manny cases th' rile merchants
carried tit' glasses away in. their
pockets, Jus' as th' company was
brcalcin' 111) .Fl. man vvhos0 gaiters
creaked rose au' said ; `Isn't there
wan morn•, totust?' 'Good Itivons f
have I f'rgotten somewan 7" said
Lord Cheoeechop. 'That woe all
there woe in 1,1' book. Who'd you
mane ?'"he says• 'I moue tis,' Feist -
dint iv th' United States,' teays tis'
mail, who confect fr'm' Batali°o.
'Oh, him,' says th' chairman, is a
relieved tone, 'Well, anllywaa that
wants • to can dhrinit his health at
th' bar,' ho says.
"And whet did 'Gcoegrr say With he
proposed 9" asked Ethel. "lie sttiti
nohing," replied Maud "be Started
to say scrntething, gasped, turned
deathly pale, and three fainted away.
Of course -I knew whet that meant,—
so when he cline to 1 told klm ho
might ask papa," "And then 9r'
"Phan poor George fainted stWeer
ag'airP,"
sen orMae. caeeaan