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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-11-16, Page 2Mee ifiWeetAtAVYWeeeenee OUSEHOLD VINIMPASiAMIANWRIASIMVA TEE BRUSSELS POST. Nov, 16, itm 1 STORY OF THE WEDDING RING. By BERTHA M. CLAY, .aatbor of "A mune Amos Women," "How WI11 le Hod," "The thick•of •H"efol.'Hit, 0*.N.Ar''‘,'-...."..‘erfNeti.".0"%ifir'111to•S"t00.4 CHAPTER XIV, If the enjoyment of wealth, luxury, every earthly delight and comfort, Could give happiaese, 'may Waldron ought to eave boon perfectly happy. After the sending of he.r letter she waited for sorae them for a reply, Paul would be sure to write; there would be, perhaps, a pessinnate appeal to her to return -a passionate, cry for love and pity. She must answer that as well as alas could; the die was east now -no prayer, uo appeal would be of any use, She could eut alter her decision. But for the expeeted letter she watched and waited in vain. She would bays liked to bear from her hus- band. She had left laim deliberately - she had preferred money and grandeur to his love andthe pretty humble tome he had given her; still she low- ed to kaow What he thought of her oonduct - what be auffered-if he was very urthappy. Unknown to henelf, she was longing stilt for his love -for some of the kied words that had been as needful to her as the air she breath - cruel to deprive tuy beautiful Lou uf this grand heritage." So year after your messed, sea with lime her beauty developed inio meg- nifirent womanhood; see grew more XePbionable, eaten populer. Tito beautiful efre. Waldron was perhaps More universally admired than any other lady in London, The world lov- ed her, and she loved it. There were times when she .hardly realized that she, the admired and flattered beauty, the queen of the sea- son, the most pc:Outer woman i0 London was the wife of Paul Waldron. In the midst of her grandeur he look- ed bath with a skit, faint shudder on the past -that past wherein the Mid been the diseontented wife of a poor mean. She had rearhed the climax. Life hnd uoihieg more to give her. Wealth, luxury, magnificence pleasure un- bounded, admiration -all were hers, TU.. world she hid mum looked upon with such longing eyes uow ley at her feet. She delighted in her own ed. Here all was magnificence and beanie, she took the greatest pride m stately splendor. If bee head ached adorn.ng it, she was never weary of every remedy and every luxury contemplating it. were offered her; but there was no The admiration of men pleased and Paul to lay her head on his breast, to amused her, it did no more. She was soothe her with gentle words, and vain and worldly, she loved riehes and comfort until the pain had ceased, grandeur betLer perhaps than she ' She missed him more thau words can loved her own imul; but. she was nev- elt, and for the first few days she or even in theught, Inlet! to Paul Wal - looked so pale and changed that Lord dron. She never forgot, that, though earlswood began to fear he had made • velemo from hen -though she had de - e miseike. He did all lee could to sorted him -she ems still his wile. No rouse her; he gave a grand dinner . one dared to speak to her of love that party Lu which the elite of the country she could not receive. 'Yei some of were invited; he ordered a magnificent the best and noblest in the land. eostume from Paris for her, and she would fain ha -'e wooed her, had she was delighted, In the novelly and been free to be wooed. excitement. sbe forgot her eorrow, and Lord Carlswood noticed that trait in from that hour the world took posses- her character, as he noticed every - lion of her. thing, Lord Ceirlswood kept most faithful. "She is a true Carlswood," he said, ty every protaiee he had made her. He naere than once. "Slae is beautitul busied eirasele first in getting togeth- and pure as were all tlae women of er every proof of her bleotity, and he our race." succeeded, Then he formally declared So the years passed away, to Ismay Lithel to be hie heir; he made his will, \\Mellon, one of the most o.dmiredand bequeathing to Ismay, his beloved celebrated women ot her day. grandchild, a fortune wineb was to . have been dividedbetweenCHAP'eleR XV. : three of his children, and which would. There was one season In London have made each of them rich. Then when people were all talking of a be looked round for some lady wbo "new man," wb;o had made his entry would reside at Brcilyn for a time and into public life, ele was a Mr. Dale teach Ismay the leseuns he most wish- of Ravensdale, who bed been recently ad her to learn, He found the very returned as .M. P. for Taverton. At lady he desired -Lady elerton,. a tits- first Tories, and then Liberals, had tant relative of his own. She gladly tried to ignore him, but he was become oonsented to educate the beautiful hag a power amung the people. He girl so as to fit her for herposition„ could be ignored no longer. He bad "She will never be accomplished," matte some of the most brilliant said Lord Carlswocal; "it woula be usee speeches ever delivered in tee House less to attempt to teach her French, of Commons. German, and music; but with her great "If he would but become one of us," beauty, we may cliepense with =tam- steel the great Tory leader, with a plishments. Teach her to take her eigb. place gracefully as the mistress of my "If we could but ' get hem over on house - teach her all the little details our side," said the Liberal chief. of etiquette that every lady ought to But, Mr. Dale had taken a line of know, and I shall be. quite satisfied." his own and he adhered to it. He The result was perfect success. The was the poor nea.n's friend -some of little deficiencies ot manner were soon toned down, the musical voice took a more delicate and silvery tone; the ac- tions and movements, always graceful became more graceful still in their highbred eleganee. She was so quick in learning to adapt herself to her phere that Lord Comlswood wondered at bee marvelous progress, 'When she had been with Lady Merton for three months, one might have thought her whole life Mid been spent at Bralyn. Then when Lhe London season open- ed Lord Carlswood took her to Lon_ less he had suffered through one of don, to Bralyn House. She made her theee• debut in the great world, and was re - But no one even faintly guessed veined there with open arms. Lord ' that he hated the aristocracy because 17arlswood's prophesy was realized; her an old aristocrat had tempted his fair marvelous beauty and grace created a. young wife to leave him. . perfect furore. More than ever he He hail become one of the leading regretted her unfortunate marriage; men of the day -a power and a voice but for that there was no rank she in the land. Lord Carlswood, who might not have attained. The only wes a. great adrairer of talent, ad - thing that reconciled him, in tbe least . mired him, although he deplored his to il was the fact of the child's exise principles. ;thee, . "He hes not only talent, that man," There opened then Lo Ismay Wale he said, referring to him -"he has Iron a most brilliant life; nothing that positive genius. I admire hint even the had ever dreamed of equelled this for his honesi hatred; but I wish that magnificent reality, There was one leis talents were all enlisted on our drawback. She had one dispute with side -I wish he Were One of as." Lord Carlswood; be was very desirous People talked a great deal of him; that she should relinquish the name 02 IL was sald Mutt, although he was so Waldron, and that she would not eon- fierce a democrat, even royalty ad - sent to do, she memo. tut him mem mire(' him, and that princes Ind flashing eyes, her beautiful tame erina. praised lais eloqueare, Still, he would son with anger. , not enter what was called fashionable "I have broken my husband's heart," smiefi' she said; "I have deserted him; I have He wae welking one day through spoiled all his life; but I will not give : the park with Major Henehley, a great up his name. I was proud enough friend al Ids' and they saw the ear- ths day I bore it first; I will not eivo: riages of the ladie$ who were going to it up," . ' , the drawing-roone He saw that it was useless to urge ' Tim major, a fervent adrairer of the point, so he ceased discussing ii.' afaiiicii'. fo tiet.0 of his eemimegeees, women, stopped to look at tlaent, Ismay had more spirit and determine-. Mr. Dale Was foreed to the same, Sud- eten than he lad given her credit for,. A„,„ i,,,, ,•„„„ ,,,,, She was kaown as "IVIrs. Waldron," ' "''''''' — me. eeme pale, and the Lord Carlewood's beautiful grande t 1 ii„. . breath came in 1 hiek hot gasps from clang/inn Peop1., le at first used to e'"i"1„1:1" His hand Clasped the arra was hal -- and the answer was: Wb,)i -"ie-ela-omisnaP4thintti°1n".he asked In a fierce, ask -where was her husband - "She married very ' henna. whiaper. and is separated from, him." mush banes° hen! Major Health:le' y looked. After it time they ceased to ask, and! "That is the beautiful Mrs. Wale the beautiful Mrs. Waldron become, (Iran, the grandedanghter of Lord peen of th f li bl. . Carlswood. She is a magntfleent . ereman. e do tint think ehs had her Admired she west Men spoke of her ! ego I in Lontlon-ney, in all Eng - with wonder - of bar marvelous love- . Lone e liness and grace, her bright smile, her . eefee, melee°, e. repeated Mr, Dale quick, reedy wit, her radiant taco.1 in ti. low voice. Ismay Waldron enjoyed her lite. She , "I)o nee put the question Ova 110 gave herself up heart and soul to the . ens fails to ask, 'Who is her huaband 1" spirit of guYetel ne Darin, no leen, no I "1 rennet tell you; the mede some soiree was eomplete without her; she , tem marriage, I believe," was iudefoligable in the pursuit oi'l "Does a low marriage mean that pleasure,C Lord ariswood smiled as ehe married a poor mon'?" asked Mr, he watched her. !Dale, "1 was not mistaken in my estimate, ,t.1 supp,„ 00. 1 40 not mem, 1 of her character," he thought, "Sbe has forgotten her husband." . He beetene warmly attaateed to her, chiefly because her great beauty and popularity flattered his feriae, He lov- ed her, too, bemuse she so elosely -resembled her Mother, the Hatrine he remembered es a eland, und had loved so dearly, fle took greae pvide ind interest in the little Leo -his heir who wee to be, the Lord Carlswood of the future. There were times when Ismay Wal- dron looking around her, said to here Reef: "I did well; if the Hate atad choke were to come amain, I should do the same, It would have been oruel to waste such a lire as 01100 in It wood- of the (ley alter he had Seen, Lord keeptnee enetage; it would halm been Corlswood'a grandchild. his speethes were one long burning tirade against the rich and their tieatmeni of the poor, klewas pre- judiced an.d bigoted, bat Ida wonder- ful eloquence, his passionate words, carried with them a oertain force of conviction. He was rieh himself- tuastei of a fine estate -but he was no aristocrat. He thanked Ileavtni. that he had sought to buy no man's soul with goldeurewd men, who read Me speeches, said there must be a secret attached to his life; he could not hate the aristocraey so much un- hnve heard, in common with the rest of the world, thet the married bee beetle bele and is separceted from her Itueband." "'Demme he is loww-I San under - sewed that 1 tam Mutt is called a self - (triads man, mojor, it a highbred lady looked kindly on me and an alliance were formed, ehould you think she had contracted a low marriage1" Beam% ok you?' oiled the major, "Certainly not. Why, you are one of the most rising men of tbe day I" "X le dLttie.bt10 clbiavor Wljt1 low marriage le," mid eite. Dale; but the &range pallor did not die front hes face. VP Wail Unlike himself for Um whole , There were many who remarked at ide drawingrocera thaL tint beantiful Mrs. Waldron looked unlike bonier; ehe was not su brillitint, not so radi- ant.; there was more of thought on 11,r brow, of tare in nor eyese bum smile wes not so bright, eer repartee not ao ready. 1.1 Wits the truth, 'rhe pleasure8 ot the world were beginning tie pull upon [may. Perham; she had exhaueted them Lim quiekly. She luid drained the oup of pleasure to its very dregs; there \vim nothing left for her to with for-uothing to desire, Iler liee for ten long years land been one merles of brilliant; triumphs; the worle duti wornitipped bier; and during t hat time the had lived without love, without tenderness, eugrostied in van- ity, pleasure and love of luxury. She Wini in the very pride of bee magni- ficent womanhood now, and she was beginniug to feel tired of frivolley- wish for something better. She was al a hall oue evening, and mottle clue presented her with itmenti- Witt rose. She took it eareleseV, and held it in her hands while she e It down to rest. The perfume stole slowly upon her seesaw it brought back 10 her the time \teen sbe dtcb sal with Itf.r, bowl in the pretty shady garden; she remembere 1 her own mission of wee- der and emotion as she listened to his story, thee bei• husbend's face rose before her as she had seen it last- bandsotee, haggard, with misery, yet full of love and tenderness. She re- membered how he had clasped her in his anus ;Led kissed her lips - how he heil said to her: "You will find nothing in the world like my love." She started, for a warm tear had fallen upon her hand. "What am I doing?" she thought, "I have hardly thought of him for years. Can it be possible that 1 ani weeping for Paul?" She flung the rose away, but she could not (Hendee those haunting mem- ohm.; from her heart -Paul's love, Paul's tendernems, Paul's devotion, his ineessaat watchful cere. How proud be had been ot herl How madly he bad worshipped her! Inc the first time -so engrossed had she been in her new life - she begen to wonder what had hap- pened to him during those ten years. "He took my decision: very quietly," she said; "he never even tried to persuade me to alter it." How useless all such, persuasions would have been no one knew better than herself; but it began to strike her as strauge that he should have made no effort to see her - to indium her to return to him. Oft the tempest of pride and passion, of love anti despair througb which be had, passed, sne knew nothing. Paul, Paull Wby should she be haunted nowi she asked herself, im- putiently. Surely in ten years she had time to forget; surely there could be nothing so absurd as that she should wish for him -long to see hint now. OFFERS AT LADYSMITH SONE OF THE BEST FIGHTERS IN THE BRITISH ARMY. orwg, teeeteli or 100 'raviolis Milken le Metro ar the Fenn New lentinged 00 the 'WM norder-nrimant weevils ef 100 nee -Plenty Or ?Mod otiteere eager le lo the Fvetif Major-General Sir Archibald Hun- ter, wb0 joined Sir George While at Durban, to not tie his Wee of staff, is nen so well known to the patine per- soinially and In the flash 08 he is by name and reputation, says a London jeltIIcnin'eler came too late to England to bet more teen splashed by the wave of seunlatlecem hero-worship huit ewept over Kitchener after Omdurman. 'ble- ier Macdonald, age in, forestalled Hunter, and was more seen of men, a more familiar figure about London than the quiet, selfmonlained, unob- truelve young soldier, who had been Kit chener's right, hand through- out the Soudan campaign, and before It( in those slow years of patient pre- paration wbert the Egyptein army, hitherto deemed an uneeitain quan- ' thy, was built up and stiffened into an effectively combatient force. Egeiet, especially Upper Egypt, may be said the have made Hunter, but he has assuredly done much Lor Egypt; Lor England, too, in belpiag forward the recoaquesi of the Soudan, and the revindieatiou of the British name, The !recent military history of Egypt is i writ ten large, and fills almost ide tyhole specie of Hunter's record. He ! was with Wolseley in the Nile expect', don, and as a youngster did yoeman's service, especially against some of the ' outlying dervish chiefs, one of the most trueutent of whom he j CAPTURED WITH HIS OWN' HAND, ; and carried off In a gunboat in the verje teeth of the tribesmen. The work to whicla he next applied, his most strenuous effort was the per - feeling og the Egyptian army, and it was bis lot to lead it wbeee no anon tha,n a regimental captain in the Royal Lancashire, but a brigadier -general In the field, in the early actions that test- ' ed the newly -organized. force-Ginniss, Arguie, and Toski, when Nejumi's bold Invasion was eountered and broken down. Hunter's latest services are Laminar as housebold words; years ut great usefulness as Governor of the Red sea littoral, et the Nile frontier at Wady Ifalfa ; then Dongola, Abu Earned, the Atbara, Khartoum; he helped to write all the brilliant bat- tle names now inscribed on the Egyp- tian flag. Suoh gallantry galued hint a, rieh but well-deserved reward, that ofi promotion to major -general at the age of forty- a very rare achievement for a British emcee. tee person Hunter Is a span Of about the middle height, with a slight, well- built tigure, lithe and active, quick in hie movements; but in manner he is very quiet and self -contained -he has inherited, eantion and oireumspection with his Scottish biuod; he talks little, and, his homely, pleasant Path is more watchtul than expansive. It is the watcheulnees of the man on wires, with Len_se, strung nervee, ready to act like it strum loosed at the moment requir- ed; only his sharp, rather small and restless black eyes betray the baner, %tiger spirit; they are full of the fire od eesolution, and prove him ready to ace promptly and vigorously in answer to any sudden call. He thould be in- valuable in the role of CHIE.F OF THE STAFF, a post. analogous to that of manag- ing -director of some great -going con- cern. 'Mere are many good and ea,pable °Ulcers be.sides Hunter on the spot. First, Colonel tan Hamilton, who ranks immediately atter him on the general stalf, and will take his place with WitiLe wIlen Buller on his advent claims Hunter. .1.t is in the fitness of things that Hamilton should be per- mitted to try concluelons onee more with the Boers. liia earliest renoontre with them was as a youngster, a sub- altern in the Gordons the wretched reverse on Majube hill, when be got the painful wound which has left its perineuent mark on the crippled tin- gera of his right hand. Since that unpleasant emsode, lan Hamilton, Like Symons, Ime been labouring steadfastly to remove tbe old, reproaoh thitt the Beers shot bet- ter than the British, and among Many eleenrese aad changes of Marl service, that in which he was most usefully employed was as head of musketry in- structeoe in India. Sumo then he has been transferred to the control of the shooting of the entire tinny, and, cm commandant at illythe, his present post, from evbieb he AS only lone to Beath Arden., he has helped quite lately to restore taller confidence in the diseredited Mark IV. ammunition. Hamilton's very exteusive trials of the bullet at Hythe, after its supposed failure at Pirbright, ended in a seas - leering 'report. It May be remembered that Colonel Ian Hamilton was debar- redj from unech active participation in the Tirah cannyeign through being dis- abled, early by THE KICK Ole 11HOESH, 11, marked and highly setisfactory feature hi the army ok to -day is the nearly inexhansiible supply of good oxen on hand when any serious work ie afoot. Thie has no doubt been foster- ed by the jadiciouti eneowsigement given to those who are eager to get on. The State College is praotiettlly open to ell who Will qualify in its sehoolsespealel service and active em- ployraent falls within the teeth of most officers itt some dine or often, eu eonstant itnd widespread are the LIIIIIlarY limb; of our evereextencling Empire, lenertentie ovine are taken al, the. War OCCite nowndu ?is ha arrive at tt therm estimate of individuel value, to place it en record, and draw upon In to required. We may poin1 to many 'Yet by day and by eighi there was the lingering pain, the longing desire. At times wine she woke her pillow was weL with tears; there were times when she found herself moaning, "Paul, Paull" almost u.nconseiously to hersele. And this was the vain, faith- less woman who had left her husband because she valued luxury more than Slie began to long to see him. Once she had compared him with the polish- ed gentlemen she hd met at Bralyn, and the eomparison, in settle respects, had always been to his disadvantage; they were so refined, he was so home- ly. But now, 0.8 her eyes wandered wearily over the great crowd, she look- ed in vain for a farm like his, So slowly, but surely, repentance be- gan its work. She had been so eagee for riches, so eager to show her great beauty so eager for admiration -she had longed with such an intensity of longing for the pleasures of life, for its brilliant gayeties -she had been eager as a child; and now all that she had .bonged for bad been hers, For ten long years she had, been engross- ed, heart and soul, in the world's de- lights. She had been like a man in- toxicated with wine. Now the intoxi- oation was subsiding -her sober senses were beginning to return; and with them came a yearning, longing desire for her husband -for the love and kindness of other days. She had been like one in a delirium -now the de- lirium was wearing otf, and the real- ity frightened hew She had been so dazed, so bewildered, with the pros - poet bold out to hex that the bad never thought of the wrong, Perhaps years had steadied her,' had given to her better sense, clearer judgment, better thoughts, nobler ideas. One thing was quil.e certain -all that she had overlooked when she made her fatal ohoice came clearly be- ' fore her now -the wrong she had done to het husband, the enorraity of tbe sizi she had committed, "I was so sorely tempted," she cried Id herself -"I Wino!: all tbe wrong," She tried hard to drown all these thoughts. She went out more than, ever -tried to forgot, to drown her sorrow in gayeties. It was not pos- sible. By night and by day memory . was here to torLure her. She grew tbin and pale. People 50 - masked to each other and to Lord 1 Carlswood how changed she was, and I be grew emelt:ma about her. We will leave London earlier than; usual this year," he aaid. "You must , go to the seaside, :Imlay. Youare not , looking en well, my dear child, What I nits you?" She tould have told hient that it was an awekened eartseithee, a tronbled heart, an Uneasy mind, a longing de- siro to see her husband again, a long- ing wiell if possible to undo her sin. "Wee it a. sin?" The question roma suadenly to bee ;mind one duty, end startled her ter- ribly. A sin I She htid always ;been frightened at sin -it was not a pleas- ant word. Was this a sin -to have left the husband to whomshe had plighted her troth, foe no better rea- son then the desire ot being richt Not alt the sea breezes that ever swept the waves would bring heelth te the unnappy wife who had been so frail, so eveak oh purpose so thane tempted. No mechetne, no tonic yet diseovered, heel power to quiet the pain of her awakened eonsoience. To be Continued. The elrongest eentireene of the 'reek is his covenant, for lint mother, ele alvva,ya Mamas in her preeenot until invited: to sit down, a tomullmeni. Ite eaye Lo no one Hee, of the selections made recently In proof of this paint:flaking Amore:dhoti oft the fit test. 1 hen ['treacly dealt with Buller's imuiediale lieuteminte, lbe divisional and brigade generale. bat there lire S011iC of the general elate eloW noneuated who deserve more Llein a passing word. After Colonel Wynne, the DAM., already spoken of, there (mines Colonel Miles, who leaves the Staff College, where he is than mhadath, l0 liecenne A.Ael., one of the most intelligemtly active and highly - Menaced of modern officers; Colonel Ralph Ahlt,uu, whO be to be A,A.O., cif the atel Divielon, being on the 11 quarters St.aff, v. man win) tees in l3eit ua nettled, wii h Warren anii Walk- elc, of smell frame, but of tlie must eager, forward spirit, who speaks with brief incleivenees, anti net14 4. leL13 DU le.EUMel ; Colonel MainWitring, A.A.G., ut the Ist Diriaon, Nebo was in Egypt, Burette, and in the LIazarall campaign, and more espeeielly at Crete, ',meetly in eomincind of the Royal Welsh, when he won golden °pintoes; end Colonel Bruce Iiiimiltom A A.U., of the end Division, one of the survivors of the first Transvaal, brother-inelaw and A. .1): C., of the ill-fated Colley, but e, ho e.,caped the Majuba disaster, being too ill to teaciompany his chief on that sad clay, After them, Colonel Lawscni, ter exampie, u ecientific officer of the school of Kitchener, wuu gave up pure- ly engineer duties, fur melee serviee on tee staff, wbo found his account ia much stirring work in Egypt, and 1alm iii still remembered, as one or the heroes in the capture of Gedaref. Colonel Beckett, again, a cavalry officer who Is desigued to do duty with dyinons because that officer will control the movements ole large body of horsemen; Beekett'a merits are Idose of sound practical sense and much solid knowledge; be is a steady - going, ineahodiecti officer, not of start- ling brilliancy, perhaps, but well - trainee and entirely trustworthy. Nexe, Sir Henry Itawlinson, a prom- inent figure in tbe rising generation of soldiers; ono who has been rifleman, Guardsman, aide-de-caum, Staff Col- lege graduate, anct seen active service itw Burma and the Soudan, all in fif- teen short years. Lieutenent-Colunel 1. S. Ewart, another, a Cameron High- lancler, who has fought and studied, STUDIED AND FOUGHT, and served in meny posts; Major Fair - holm% an artilleryman, who was long in charge of the Turkish -Greek sectioe at out. Lntelligence Department, Was on the Boundary Commission for the settlement ot the Turoo-tireek frontier and afterwards our very able Commis- sioner in Crete; Major Hammersley, Major Wel en Major Birkbeck, Major Ratting, Capiain Gogarte-their name Id legion, alt good men and true, who have given ample earnest of their cap- acity, and wil1 not be found wanting Id the earning hours of trial. Lest, but not least, due justice must Id aceorded to the administrative staff in the great and all-important depart- ment of supply. Colonel Wolfe Mur- ray, who nee the present and until further developments will command the line of communication in Natal, as Sit Forester Walker will in Cane Col- ony, that "life -line" between- the sea and the furthest advance on width the very existence ot the many depends; the thimmissariat and transport offi- cers headed by Colonel Richardson, a strong man, but sotnewhne abrupt in manner, which tends rather lo friction, lane with long experithee of war, es- pecially in South Parkin ; Colonel Bridge, more tactful, hat not fess ener- getic, whose serviees in Mashonaland, his arrangements tor transport and the supply of materna. have saved the State many thousands of pounds; fin- ally, Colonel E, D. Ward, so long and favorably known in conneetion with the Milithey Tournament, one of the most popular officers in the serviee, but who has higher claims than his earthling courtesy and skilful manage- ment of a great show to the gratitude of Ms fellow-eountrymen, He has seta meth of grim -visaged war and largely helped in the successful con- duct of several campaigns. A FAITHFUL HORSE. ewe., Saved the We tir nos Master, a thaildina minuted ridieenian. Instances of /the sell -devotion of ani- mals en the serviee of their masters are not uncommon, but they general- ly have to do with some sudden, in- stinctive deed of courage. Passive ealthfultiess unto death, amoug beasts an among men, is the rarest form of self-saarifice. The story of the horse of a cerealn police sergeant in the Nortbeweet illustrates the courage of animals in, its noblest form. Sergeant Parker, a member of the Canadtan mounted pollee, waited a day or two after the departure or his men, in order to receive some government despatches, of which he was to be the bearer, Ill WitS winter on the prairie, and every trail was hidden beneath the snow, but as soon as he seettred the gripers, ho Dashed on alone, hop- ing te rejoin Ju company by a toned march, By nightfall Inc 'bed lost all sense or direction, mad \then he re- sumed his journey next day, he tett thab his seenb was hopelees. Still the despatches were important, and leo had both trusted evith them. For six days lie wandered about, starve bag and froelebitten. Theu snow - 'blindness mune upon him, and he lay dowse to die. His labI hf ill horse did not desert him, but stood likie a eentinel at its mas- ter's feel.. For a thy and a niglit it stood there,.atl on the morning of the sewed cloy of its watch e inailecaerier saw the motionless figure. He ap. prOaChed 'and. 'discovered Sergeant Perko:. It watt nearly a fortnight bolero the rescued sergeant regained etinFiCiOnfi- DEM, 111114 firSt gusetioe was titter his horse. The oarmeiated Beast was brought into the tent where ies Inas- tee lay, and at once began to lick his tece, Two days later the horse wee dead, MILLIONS OF STARS, Tee most wonderful esteems/Meal photogreph in the world is that whieh hem reeently been prepared ley Londene, Berlin and learisiatt tutteostomers. 11 le Maimed, to show el least ita,000,1100 sthre. 14.5111058 FOR, Tillt; 1111110. There is a Louth of nature which makes c1015' Wonutit kin anti a mother love In every womates beat% that bring:14 a flash and wave of warm mother love, al the thoughts et the iliac baby which is coining to tis or to one deice to US. No department in any of the etorett MMUs more little cries of absolute de- light and pleasure than that one width is devoted to baby furnishings, ifeW women .pass through it., :And seeing the dainty lace trimmed garments prettier - ed. .for the centime hinge and Queens uf the nureety, that an inward ejacu- lation deem not. come from their hearts: "Would Lhat I were buying ianne ti1311.611Ucilf j" naany a woman will purchase bums prinly novelty lot paby and In a shamefaced manner present It to an el.peciant Mother, meeting. Ler pro- tests aud cries of delight with: "Wed, J. just couldn't help buying it." Just now, whether Ibe stock 1010050 in evidence at this season of Lha year Dr not, the shops are. showing a mus1 bewitching and varied aasorionint Of novelties in liable& finery. 11, see= strange Hint 'Flame Fashion, that tyr- annous Jelly p.m rules he mothers, should also step in mut rule the auto - (Mats of the nursery, but she cloe.e, nev- ertheless, wale a rod, of iron, too. "Bul, then, baby has not mull to say in the matter. Ha must just don whatever in style, ouL and pattern the older moplo buy, and poor baby is a very much abused person in the taunter of. wardrobe, so soma say, though in general opinion fashions for little folks are much more sensible than they have ever been betore. Tile dreadful bellyband has been done away with, and now baby wears the sottest finest little merino shirts against the tender skin, and there are no more wrinkled Himmel bands to worry and tret tit small morsel oe humanity, teho, being unable to speak and tell what hurts him, has recourse to eries and yells, and is ineniecliately dubbed a "crosspalch," when In real- ity he i$ long auffering. There are no more shawls te tall oft the litele shoulden and Leave baby susceptible to a sudden draught, but daintly crocheted worsted sacks and irtilitoiin tiilyeoilibesf 1 e rttdnoiny eirsi noglovneens, in vIfull play, and, again, a sweet little silken coonfection, a perfect dream of a sank, is shown, and the nioney juet flies out of one's purse. Then, in imitation ol foreign baby, comes the ''en inaillot," or pilrow, as it is called berm upon which baby makes its first acquaintance With society and apOn Which it is brought fort h to be shown to family friends and Lo re- ceive the audible adoration of all mother's woman friends. Those pil- lows are covered with sheer lawe. cases, with delicate lace ruffles and prates innk or blue bows, according to baby's sex, for then is as meth form in the matter oE the color of the bows as there would be in the percedence of Lady So -and -So at the Queen's drawing room. Pink must be the prevailing tint for a young man and; blue tor the girl baby. In the matter of basInettes the var- iety is endleas. This pretty article of baby furnishing is an Improved model of the alit fashioned cradle, but cle such n daintinese as was undream- ed of in our mother's time. They are masses of lace, ribbons and fluffiness indeseribable. Baby tranks are now shown for holding the most, needed articles of the infantile wardrobe, and are substitute , eel for t.he old fashioned Minket by many. They are of wicker, the size, of an ordinary trunk, quilted inside with pale blue, pink, or white saLin, and fitted with innumerable pockets and reseptaeles for all kinds of Leman , es, aponges, pins, putts, and the bun., Bdraebdy,other things necessary for the , welfare and comfort of Mester or Miss: Of course there are baskets, which are usually presented by scene admire , ing aunt or grandmother, and la them as in all else, a medominanee of lath is de rIgueur. Daintiness, luxuriance and the wildest extravaganee are the ' order of the clay in babyland. In the naatter ot gowns, slips, wrap- pers, cloaks and caps there is little Change, except that there seems to be O superabundance of lace and sheerest lawn. Tee little slips and robes are made with an eye to the eomfort ot baby more than used to bo the cam There are no high neck frills ot lace and embroidery, everything be 1061 ad soft and pretty, and the baby of to- day is a much luckier person than the baby of a few years ego, -- COOKING IX SWEDEN, A. lady who ham ;Met returned erom the Land of the Midnight Sun said to a reporter: " After We had seminar fill of rooky needhunts and enchanted lakeand fjords, we wout to a seatecte resort, where we heel rooms overlook- ing the water, end went to ft teasel, or ' neettroome eoe our meals, as every one does in Lyseke. elle had eespecial table and were waited upon by the never -failing amiability by it speelal waitress, and we paid for etre 'Arty 01, tour 4310,80 per week for our meths.! What did we get e I assure you, n0! canned peas or skinnniLk, or Magill thickens. For breakfast we hadmoat, eggs, tea, (soften, dolielone flab and fem.' ay beeads. TOL' dinner, soup, fisle meat and to dessert, the whole preceded by the Swedish smorgasbord, which is it eort oe side liable Where all sortii of relishes are laid oat. Rarebits, eggs, sandwiches, 51111 01' pickled herringe, with chopped onions, aliced sausages,. caviare, atiobovieS, cheese, eardinee, pickles atel salted and savory meats ttro served in endlees verity, and, tholigh tourists usually fight thy of the smorgasbord, eve Imam° perfeet Swedeet as fax as it Wes ooncerned, We had such it good tittle at leysekit and saved SO much oC our peecione pelf that wo were able set the eutt of our stay Id take it trip. to Paris for a few days' 'hopping, a dinner ,a1; the Ambietem- dour's one a Nem 41 the befitting len volution," ilEADY FOR ANY FOE NOW BRITAIN'S ARMY MOBILIZATION SURPRISES THE CONTINENT, 61150 Dares nab 111c fitillforial le a Nen Veen ranise-Tio thstith lt1911,1Y. The New York Tribune prints lbe following on its editorial page under I114' y,e,11ption, "An Empire on Re- ne troubles In South Africa are a necond time plaoing the Briteth Empire on, rovieW before the world, The first 1111)1 6100 just after tbedameson raid. Orem, Britain Was then tit the height of her "splendid isolation.' There wee thiae unpleasant, not Le say menaeing, talk upon the Continent, The spectre of hostile latervention began to Lake form. It was necessary for the insular Aeleionsim to make a demonstration, against not the Transvaal, but the world. The word was given. And in the twinkling of an eye, from every, wave mewls bollow of ail the Sena Seas there seemed to start a British battleship, with deolea full clearel, fur action. Never, perhaps, WaS a more startling exhibition made of a great nationel readiness for weatever emer- gency might appear. Never was there quicker recognition of Buell readiness by the potenthil threateners. As that amazing reserve fleet steamed into view the possible ateddlon numbed. As "Own Paul," pat it le his racy aPeenh, —rho Old Lady just sneezed; and then %then were they ?" For an- swer,,i1rcsseeh e cfr o Vi5ienWnhat,illityhSe:-N4ljlieerge ret5aii16 Id uo question of the intervention of tauy European power. No One vill rob the Britisb lion of his prey." THE S.ECOND REVIEW. To -day, this second review is of a differeat character, It is not the navy, but the army. Now, the British army Iles been much despised upon the Con- tinent slime the MeanOry of Waterloo began to tads. Its hideous mismanage- ment in the Crimea discredited its sys- tem as much as Balaklava bonored iLs individual valor; and since then it bps had to 115111 with acme but petty Lribea or whit remote enemies. Upon the fields of Europe It bias been un- known, and Waterloo hits beet' eclips- ed by Duppel, eadowa and Sedan, Wit,h 00 conseription, outnumbered more than ten to one by rivals, and scatter- ed to the lour corners or the earth, It least:erne to be regarded as a negtigible if not an outright Minus quantity; Mit now that estimate is reconsid- ered. CONTle.IENTA.LS RUB THEIR EYES, With it promptness, a smouLhness, and an ease Lbat Milks the Conntint,nLal cap, :dna rub their eyes. a Braisli army is mobilised and sent halt wily around the globe fOr Wien; and It shows a fit- uess of physleal condition, a perfection oe equipment, nada discipline, and, in briee, an all-round efficiency teat ex- cite the amazement and adtuiration of eveu the German fleadquartere Staff tenti call therefrom a formal but most cordial compliment. True, It, is a small army compared with what, the great tad liter). powers could put into the le d. Ba1 siee does um always count,it shows in field action the efficiency width a German expert in the Soudeu campaign pronounced "simply, incred- ible." True, lase, ithati to be sum- moned trona &SUM parts. But them 1.00, all the seatthred colooles atand ready with their contingents. Itis not an( army from Grote Britain toad Ire- land alone, but frodi that Greater Bri- tain which ineludes the Hotninion Of Canada and the United States of Aim- ECCANY IrOle FM ION NOW. So the world is made to realize that Lea British Empire is still it military force on land as weal as sea, and on sea as welt as head. There has been some vain talk of Europe's oppomunitY, wbile British heads are busy in South Africa, for makiug anti-British ad- vances elsewhere in the world. In the first pleam, it is not to be believed that any power ur powers have such a pur- pose or desixe; and. in the seeond Mace, it is to be believed thnt despite hex busiuess itt eoute Lulea, Great 13vi- tale ie jusi as free as ever to deal with ally other toe. The hands with which she has been expected to grapple with Russian or French or Gement) aggres- sion are 1601 tied nor basy. lier fleet is nee engaged in the Trtinevital. Just a few ships under the gellenti Chichester -the: friend of. Dewey at Manila -are saffieleut Cor her purpose there. All the went, rematn. ott duty as before around hicif 000001, bii tho narroW Sens, in the Mediterranean, and wherever there is an Interest to guard or a mennee, to theclet id 1, 101 in vainglorious boast- ing' nor in swaggering Jingoism., but in. OA palm confidence of well prepared atild Nyell tested strength, that the 13ri- Cell Empire kends on review to -day, reedy, ite every point, on land end sea, to keep alike her Martial drUmbeut lieunding and her pelmet:0J commerce wavelet and her Vast realm inteet all ciiii.00lt)le thr e oimeonea eirele ut the MAKING le CHILD TOU QUIET. Plity ia the proper and natural outlet: Nett child's thoughts, To restrain bit inolion is to drive Wok his living flee- cy into tile recesses oe his mind, end this reettlts in his eeefusten and Ite.- lumpinesseinue children who are forced to be el ill end missive when they tire hniging for action fled relief 111 whispering over stories to thellisel- yen; but 1 iu an tiesittisfaetory substie tete for dramatic action, And it le also mortal v injurious for the necessity of conocallug one's bleat; deetroye aftet awhile the ability for fluent mores- sion, mail brings anenl timidly and dia. treat of our friends,, POOR CONtiOLATION, Slone waits do not a prifrion Make, or(ixtint,ted the prison visitete Hwy tiaoko. 0. hewn fee a faller lo got Mitybe ttot, Said tile Convict, but