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SOME HORSE i'DONT'S." BULGARIANS' BLACK DEEDS
Row to Beep Animals in Good Con-
dition..
Don't water after feeding, always
before, so as not to wash undigest-
ed food from the stomach into the
intestines and cause gripes.
Don't be constantly washing
white -legged horses when dirty or
muddy; brush off instead when dry.
Don't leave the shoes on for
months, but have them removed,
even if not worn out, every month
or six weeks.
Don't feed Iarge quantities of
maize or beans during hot weather.
Don't give damaged forage of any
kind, as this is a. frequent cause of
gripes.
Don't race a young horse on the
hard roads, unless you want to
cause, splints, ringbones, etc.
Don't give food at irregular in-
tervals, as the stomach is small,
and no horse can be kept in condi-
tion unless fed at stated times.
Don't forget that it is the pace
that kills, not the distance,
Don't expect more than 120 to
140 miles a week regularly on the
road.
Don't tease, as vicious horses are
made, not born.
Don't put old rotten harness on e
young colt.
Don't let saddles and collars get
hard and out of repair, as sores,
etc., are soon produced.
Don't leave hooks and nails pro-
jecting anywhere a horse, can reach.
MATTRESSES AS RAFTS.
Paris Firm Working on Patent Said
to Be Unsinkable.
A large firm in Paris, France, is
hard at work just now carrying out
a big order for a new patent mat-
tress, whioh is said to be unsink-
able. This raft -like bedding is filled
with a vegetable material which is
not only light and soft and supple,
but cannot sink. Each of these new
mattresses will, therefore, consti-
tute an admirable little raft in the
case of shipwreck, As every pas-
senger must have a mattress while
on board ship, it is held that this
new invention should be invaluable
as performing the double duty of
supporting him in his slumbers,
and if need be of bearing him on
the surface of the sea. It is stated
that several large shipping com-
panies have decided to replace the
bedding on their vessels by mat-
tresaes of the new type.
A FOOD DRINK
Which Brings Daily Enjoyment.
A lady doctor writes
"Though busy hourly with my
own affairs, I will not deny myself
the pleasure of taking a few min-
utes to tell of my enjoyment daily
obtained from my morning cup of
Postum. It is a food beverage, not
an irritant like coffee.
"I began to use Postum 8 years
ago, notbecause I wanted
to, but
B,
because coffee which
I clearly
loved, made my nights long, weary
periods to be dreaded and unfitted
me for business during the day."
Tea 18 ,just as injurious as coffee,
because the drug, caffeine, is found
in both tea and coffee..
"On advice of a friend, I first
tried Postum, making it carefully
as suggested on the package. As I
had always used "cream and no
sugar," I mixed my Postum ao. It
looked good, was clear and frag-
rant, and it, was a pleasure to see,
the cream calor it as my Kentucky
friend wanted her coffee to look—
'like a new saddle.'
"Then I tastedit critically, for
I had tried many 'substitutes' for
coffee. I was pleased, yes, satis-
fied with my Postum in taste and
effect, and am yet, being a constant
user of it all these years. I contin-
ually assure my friends and ac-
quaintances that they will like ib in
piece of coffee, and receive benefit
from its use. 1 have gained weight,
can sleep and am not nervous."
]same given by Canadian Postum
Co., Windsor, Ont. Write for the
little book, "The Riad to We11.
vine,"
Postum cornea in two forms:
Regular Postnnt—must be weft
boiled.
Instant Potatitto is a soluble pow-
der. 4. teaspoonful dissolves quick-
ly in e,1 coli of not water and, with
oream and engar, makes a delicious
beverage ittataittly. Grocers sell
both kande
"There's a Leeson" for Patine.
DESCRIPTION OF ATROCITIES
IN RECENT WAR.
Arda Ls Now a Deserted Wilder•
nese—Complete and Wanton
Destruction.
Heartrending and revolting are
the horrors charged against the
Bulgarian soldiery by Mr. E. Ash -
mead -Bartlett in The London Daily
Telegraph. He has visited those
areas which have been in the hands
of Bulgaria since the outbreak of
the war, and now arraigns King
Ferdinand's troops before Europe
as the authors of crimes which
might well put to the blush a na-
tion of gavages. Murder and vio-
lation are described as common-
places of life under the rule of the
modern Vandals. Arda, says the
correspondent, has been occupied
by the Bulgarians ever eine the
commencement of the War, and has
in consequence borne the full brunt
of the invaders' barbarity and ex-
tortion, It was only evacuated on
the outbreak of the war with Ser -
via, and the Iast Bulgarian detach -
rants left the district when the
Tnrks advanced on Adrianople.
The country was formerly highly
proaperous; it is well watered, and
the soil is particularly fertile.
A. Wilderness.
On leaving Adrianople I found
that, in spite of its enjoying every
advantage from nature, I was pass-
ing through a deserted wilderness.
It seemed as if a blight or plague
had swept the land, and that an
earthquake, followed by fire, had
destroyed the villages. The first
place through which I passed was
Oorekkoj. It formerly had some
1,500 inhabitants. The majority
were Museulmans, but there was
also a fair sprinkling of Greeks. Of
the houses only two remain, and
they were spared because. they be-
longed to Bulgarians. I have never
seen such complete and wanton de-
struction. Nearly the whole of the
male population are dead, for the
Bulgarian soldiers killed off the
men from day to day, shooting them
surreptitiously when they had gone
to work in the fields, in order to
have uninterrupted access to the
women and young girls, hardly one
of whom escaped violation.
Beds of Ashes.
I then came to the village of
Doudzaros, which was also com-
pletely destroyed by fire. Isere I
found no inhabitants except a cou-
ple of old hags, who, like the witch-
es in "Macbeth," wore lurking
among the ruins, jabbering in an
insane manner, their minds having
given way. It would be useless re-
petition for me to describe each vil-
lage through which I passed in de-
tail, because each has exactly the
same appearance, namely, that of a
bed of ashes, I will merely name
One or two, notably J
K'ormul and
Simenli, which were both formerly
rich and prosperous. Then I came
to the village of Samana, at which
I stopped, because it possesses a
well which will occupy almost as
tragic a place in history as the his-
toric well of Cawnpore. From this
well were taken the bodies of 51
Turkish men, who, after being
frightfully mutilated, were thrown
in there to die. Samaria is abso-
lutely deserted. The horror of this
deserted spot fills the survivors
with superstitious fears.
Desolation.
I then passed on through mile
after mile of similar desertion, de-
struction and desolation until I
came to the village of Ortakeui,
which is the principal town in the
vil ay et from which it takes its
name. . . Now I will relate
exactly what the Bulgarians havo
done in this ono district of Orta-
keui. The facts cannot be disputed.
They are open for anyone or for
any impartial tribunal to investi-
gate, On entering the district one
Colonel Paulcho Apostoloff, of Ta -
tan Pazaudjikl was appointed as
Governor. This gentleman was not
only a savage, but also a religious
fanatic of the stamp of the renown-.
ed Torquedmeda. I have no space
here to explain .the religious differ-
ences which cause the Greeks and
Bulgarians to hate cite another far
more than either dislike the Mo-
hammedan faith.
Took l"very Cent,
To Colonel Paulaho Apostoloff all
Mohammedans and all Creeks were
equally repulsive. He believed
that so long as a member of either
of these creeds remained in the dis-
trict to which he had been appoint-
ed Governor he could not kneel
with a clear conscience at the altar
of his God. He therefore decided
on a compulsory conversion and re -
baptism of the entire population.
But, before embarking on the spir-
itual salvation of his unwilling flock
ho decided to relieve them of their
purely material possessions, doubt-
less thinking that soil well watered
with material despair would yield a
more willing crop, of converts to the
E-.archato. In the room in which
we were gathered was a safe. The
lock had been.forced, and it had
the appearance of having been bro-
ken open. In this safe the inhabi-
tants of Ortakeui, a, village of 5,00
inhabitants and 900 houses, fearing
the :roublcd times in which they
lived, had stored their entire
wealth, to the total value of £57,-
000. Colonel Apostoloff forced the
sate, 1ook every penny of ahie mon-
ey and handed the inha iteuts a
receipt which has just about as
much value as one of those far-
famed Confederate notes whioh are
still to be found in the United
States. The officers and soldiers
entered the private houses and took
anything they fancied.
General Massacre.
Then commenced the Colonel's
great work of converting the Mo-
hammedan population to Christian-
ity and the Greek population to an
acknowledgment of the Exarohate.
Ho announced his intentions in no
uncertain terms, "I am determin-
ed to kill you all off or to make you
good Bulgarians," were his words.
"You can take your choice." At
this time the Colonel seems to have
felt some qualms of conseience
about killing the Greeks, because,
after all Greece was fighting in a
common cause with the Bulgarians,
and therefore but few wore slain.
But his troops proceeded to kill off
the Turkish male population with-
out hesitation. The men were shot
or bayonetted, and the women and
children handed over to the tender
mercies of the Bulgarian soldiers.
I
em assured that hardly a female
between the ages of 7 and 70 re-
mains in the whole district of Or-
takeui who has not been outraged.
A Changed Race.
The correspondent then passed
on into the village of Kotchach,
where not a single woman, what-
ever her age, had escaped viola-
tion, all of whom had lost their
husbands, The Turkish women in
these districts no longer wear the
veil. They no longer try to hide
their faces from the camera and
avoid a European when he endea-
vors to approach and talk to them.
All the laws of the, Prophet have
been thrown to the winds in the
face of the realities of the last
eight months. They are like a
changed race, Their one cry was
for "help 1" Their one prayer that
Europe, that civilization, might
hear and deliver them.
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Gloomy Outlook for Doetcrs.
After reading the speeolacs ape.
the papers at the Medical CongresE.
olio gets the impression that the
outlook for the medical profession
is gloomy, indeed. One deadly dts-
easo after another has been tack-
led and overthrown. Discovery
follows discovery, each more bril-
liant than the last, and fraught
with greater benefit to inank/ed.
It takes a whole week of reading
and talking to describe the wonder-
ful things that clocltors have been
doing in all parte of the world
merely within the last twelve
mouths. Obviously, there must
Boon be no more worlds to conquer.
Every one will havo been cured and
no more doctors will bo wanted. It
is pathetic to see the crowded ranks
of the now generation of Bob Saw-
yers and to reflect that in a few
years their occupation will be gone.
Every Weak Throat
Quickly Strengthened
And Bronchitis Cured
Grand Results Follow the Direct
Breathing Remedy, Which Cures
Without Drugging,
The country 1c fairly wild over the
wonderful recovery that throat suf.
ferers are making every day with Ca-
tarrhozone. From ocean to ocean
come letters telling of rapid oures—
and cures when the complaint was
chronic and long standing, It's a
brand new principle upon which Ca-
tarrhozone works—not a single dose
of medicine to take—nothing to upset
the stomach or spoil digestion,
You can breathe through the Ca-
tarrhozone Inhaler medicated air that
is full of healing, soothing balsams,
full of piney antiseptic essences that
resemble the air of the pine woods in
the Adirondaeke. The piney vapor has
a truly marvelous action on weak
throats. It brings strength and health
to the bronohitio, stops that hacking,
irritating cough, prevents hoarseness
and difficult breathing. You Can't
find anything for weak -throated peo-
ple on earth more beneficial than Ca-
tarrhozone. It means heaven on earth
to the man that has had bronchitis,
catarrh or throat irritation. You will
realize this the first time you use Ca-
tarrhozone, which is a scientific pre-
paration specially designed for dis-
eases of the nose, throat and bron-
chial tubes. Get the large size; it
lasts two months, costs $1,00; med-
ium size, 60e.; sample size, 26o. All
storekeepers and druggists, or The Ca-
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Kingston, Canada,
LETTER- WRITING.
How the Roman Citizen Conducted
His Correspondence.
Modern letter -writing involves
more superfluous forms than the an-
cients used. There was an admira-
ble directness and brevity in the
Roman method of correspondence,
as we can• see from the letters of
Cicero.
He began most of his communica-
tions in this manner: "To Sextilius
Rufus, Quaestor," or "To Aeilius,
Proconsol" ; and when he had fin-
ished his letter, he usually stopped
with the simple "Vale." Some-
times, when he was writing to his
daughter, to bis brother, or to his
favorite secretary, Tiro, he would
say at the end, "Again I bid you
farewell," or "Farewell, and con-
tinue to love me." But nine letters
in ten he began with the name of
the person addressed, and ended
with the single word "Farewell,"
Sometimes` a Roman citizen who
had received a great favor from a
superior would put an expression
of thanks at the end of his letter,
as when Marcus Mareellue says to
Cicero "I shall • try to convince you
that you have conferred your good
offices upon one who is most sin-
cerely and warmly your friend.
Farewell." But this is an unusual-
ly long formula for a Roman.
During medieval times a more
e
laboriter
fo m of
letter -writing
flourished, and it eventually grew
into a most extravagant mode of
epistolatory homage, that prevailed
until the beginning of the nine-
teenth century.
Our forefathers were es cere-
monious and elaborate in their let-
ters as they were in their drawing -
room manners, Thus, in 1762, Wil-
liam Pitt concludes a letter to the
mayor of Norwich thus: "I am,
with truest respect and unalterable
attachment, sir, your most obedient
and obliged humble servant."
But even this was moderate coin.
pared with the forms often used in
addressing persons of :high rank and
royalty. In writing to Frederick
the Great, in 1771, d'Alembert oon-
i eludes a letter in this style: "Be
pleased to accept, eire, with your
usual goodness, the ardent prayers
I offer up for the preservation of
your precious life and for the pros-
perity of your undertakings, and
that you may enjoy that glory and
happiness which Your Majesty so
much merits. With those senti-
ments, as well a$ with the tenderest
and most profound respect, which I
shall to the last maintain, I am,
sire, of Your Majesty the most hum.
Me and affectionate servant."
5, •
Wife (drearily) ---"Ah, me. The
days of chivalry are passed," Hus-
band --"What Is the matter now Oar
"Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cloak
on the ground for Queen Elizabeth
to walk over, bub you get angry
simply because poor, deur mother
sat down onyour hat."
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COMMENT ON EVENTS
Transportation in Canada,
As Canada is likely to develop faster
than its railways tho subject of trans-
portation 1e likely to continuo a great
problem. Thorain production of
the Canadian West is this year five times
greater than it was ten yours ego. In
round numbers it was 100 million busbelq
ton years ago, and this year it la figured
at 600 million buehele. Stroh a crop
would 1111 600,000 freight oars, and yet
within three menthe one-fifth of that
enormous total will have to be removed
to the lake front.
In the autumn of 1911 the railwaye were
surprised at their inability to meet the re.
puirements, but on inquiry they found
that the product had about doubled �n
wtwoays years,
could fuwhichlly 5prone vidmeere for, bthanut thetlta ra 1.
ex.
parlance , made there active motive in their a
interest, while the Government did not
Sall to 73749 thorn.
It le said that during 1912 over 44,000
freight cars wore ordered and nearly 600
engines. These have long eine been de-
livered along with some orders for this
year.
It is noticed that loading is now going
on tern times faster than usual. In 1912
the Canadian Paoifio railway handled dur-
ing. September, October and November
43,369 care, the Oanadian Northern 19,770
ears, and the Grand Trunk Pacific 8,184
cars. The rueli of grain to market mode
011 unprecedented run of money and oro.
sit conditions. There will be unparalleled
card,facili
monttiesl2B. during this and the two
Just the Thing.
71 it be true, ae announced, that a
Prince Edward Island man has invented
x contrivance which automatically indi-
cates railway stations and which has
been pronounced "lust the thing' by rail -
war men, one of the greatest boons Lm•
aginable will be conferred on all railway
travellers. The device le ufbxed to one
or both ends of the car in full 7165 of
the -passengers, and as each etation is
Passed the next ie indicated in large,
plain, legible letters. That the device will
511 a long -telt want will be rsoognired by
07e89011e who bac travelled on the rail•
ways and who has endeavored in vain
to translate into geographioal significance
the name of the next station as announc-
ed by the brakeman,
Forestry In Prairie Provinces.
Much interesting information on the
aottvitlee of the Forestry Department 01
the Interior Is contained in the report of
the Commission of Conservation for 1913.
Lest year a epecial examination was made
of forest lands in the west. As a result
of these investigations it has now been
recommended that the foroet reserve area
1n 'Manitoba, Seekatehewan, Alberta and
the railway belt of, Columbia
ehonld be increased by 60111e 10,708 equero
mike, or approximately 43 Dor cent. Of
the proposed additions 72 per cent., or 7,•
698 square miles, is in Alberta, 8 per tient.
in Saskatobewan, and 4 1-2 per cent. 111
Manitoba, The addition recommended in
British Columbia amounts to about 15.5
per Dent of the total.
Public Protectlen.
Tho Canadian Pacific Bail -way le rigidly
enforcing the law asaluet trespassing on
rte treofts and roadbed throughout Can•
oda. The law equipment of 4110 eou71t77
individual property 10044
D ad veer 1 a !vide
area. the company is permitted to swear
in its own special constables. endowed
with all the authority of Provdnolal DO•
Ike. Strong efforts are pow being made
to keep poopls off the tracks. The death
toll last year was over thirty, so the pab-
lip will readily ace that keeping off the
rails is as much or more to the advent.
age of the nubile than to the company.
Saving Lives by the Million.
Mr, John Burne, the president of the
British Local Government Board, gave et
the recent International Medical (ougrese
an impressive view of the extent to which
sanitary, prophylactio and therapeutfosoi
Mice is today saving life—by the minions,
he 6070. Be cited the average number of
deaths in the years 1871 to 1803, and that in
the years 1809-11, and then ebowod that 121
those three years there would have been
772,881 more deaths then there were saved
in those three years by the prefrces which
had boon made an thirty years. In the
whole thirty years there had been saved
3942,000 lives of persons of all agee—for
the reduction in death rate hao been even-
ly' distributed among theo Seven
Ages.
s.
That is ono of the most, oeditabshow-
ings
w
-
tthat it old be 1b10 to make to
the beneficence would
gavrnmenat roan
a divine achievement to give man life,
and
to give it more abun408017 It more than
repays its original ocet; indeed, wo may
safely reckon that the achievereent has
been considerably greater than the figural
indicate; for if saving science had net
manic thio groat advance the death rate
would not merely have remained as it was
in 1071.00. It would certainly have 111'
creased, There hao been a deerenae,other.
wise which would have been inorcneed.
A more technical detail, yet one which
must appeal etronglyto thoughtful minds,
is the enumeration of prinoipli1 diseases
whose 7570406 have been checked.
Stupendous Automobile Figures.
The figures submitted to the reoont ses-
sion of the International Good Boase
Oongreea at London regarding tho world's
automobiiee and motor driven vehicles
are amasing. There are at present in
use in all countries a total of 1,161.911
motor vehicles. Of those, 1,024,913 were
automobile, and 136,995 motorcycles.
The U. S. loads with 628,185 motor v0•
Melee. Great Britain comes next with.
125,728. Franco is third with 89,185, and
Germany fourth with 70,006. An Interest-
ing item in this census ie the one show.
ins the growth of the commercial auto.
trunk. The total in use now approximates
69,656. Germany uses three time as many
motor trucks no pleasure cars (49,1261.
The automobile has oollgnered the world,
Egypt hoe 1,169, the Straits Settlements
1,041; there aro 659 in the Transvaal and
even Morocco sports 315 of thorn. And
yet thie oensu8 is incomplete, for there
were no figures obtafnob'o from Spain,
Portugal, Ruootn., 1 ngpry, BnlgoMa
Weetern Auotralia, Natal, Algeria and
Ceylon. But the figures aro stupendous
ae it is.
Made 111m Nervous.
He had once been a fine, robust
soldier, but after serving his coun-
try faithfully throughout a long
war, had become greatly reduced in
weight owing to exposure and
scanty rations until he was as weak
as a child. Arriving home one of
his old friends rushed up to him.
"Well, well, Pat," was his greet-
ing. "Oi'm might glad to see you're
back from the front," Pat looked
worried. "Begone:, Oi knew 01
was gettin' thin," he said; "but Oi
nivver thought you cud see that
much."
Nicknames of Royalty.
"Drums" is the latest nickname
of Prince Arthur of Connaught, and
he answers to it quite oontentedly.
It was bestowed upon him by a bro-
ther officer in the Scots Grays on
tho aound reasoning that "drums
and fifes must go together." Years
ago the late Duke of Edinburgh was
known to his friends by the extra-
ordinary, nickname of "Blazer."
From childhood the Queen of Nor-
way has been "Harry" to her fam-
ily and friends, Perhaps the most
uncomplimentary nickname of all
is "Blue Monkey," by which a
titled diplomat is known through-
out society.
Lortl Mayor a Lancastrian.
Sir Thomas Vansitturt Bowater,
who was elected Lord Mayor of the
City of London and will assume of-
fice on November 9, is the first Lan-
castrian to attain to that high po-
sition. After Sir Thomas, however,
there will be, barring accidents, a
succession, of 'Lancaatrian Lord
Mayors, for Sir Charles Johnston,
who will euoceed him, was born 1n
Liverpool, and Sir William Dunn,
who are next in rotation, are na-
tives respectively of Liverpool and
Olitheroe, in Lancashire,
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10 AS TO PROPOSALS
As they drew near a rose -covered
summerhouse, the young fellow
bent ovel' his companion, "I have
something to tell you, Lady Beauti-
ful," he said, and gently but firmly
ho gnarled her towed the latticed
retreat, Had the girl entertained
a desire to resist, the spell of the
moonlight, the flower-ladal+ damp-
ness, and the pulsing charm of
youth and music would havo oracle
it diul'icult. As it was, this yottug
suitor found no small favor 1n my
lady',s eyea.
As they passed under the arch-
way he began telling the story cf
his love. Softly the opening words
`full, alternately swelling and dying
away as with the rhythm of music;
trilled now with the pathos of tears
Kind now with the ripples of glad-
ness and exultant youth, The
charmed ear of the girl listened in
twain for a jarring note, and when
the end came 18 reminded her of
the last note of a perfect song. At
last, too, he folded her close with
the unerring grime of a "best sel-
ler" hero, and dropped a lingering
kiss full open her lips.
Then for the first time doubt en-
tered the arbor, and there flashed
through the girl's eonscioueness the
impossibility of such perfection
without past experience. Almost
involuntarily she ,put up both hands
and pushed the man from her,
"Wait," she murmured.
Miss Abbot's next dance was with
a comparative nonentity, and the
'next and the next, and she was
grateful, for it gave her time to
think. But the fourth was with a
man ae, grey at the temples, and
with fine little lines about the eyes
`that .betrayed the departure of first
youth. For years he had been con-
sidered a "catch," but an exceed-
ingly elusive one. All but a few of
the mothers of marriageable daugh-
ters had given him up in despair,
and some said it was just as well
for their offsprings' happiness that
they marry younger men who had
seen leas of the world and women
'than had Joan Field.
Henrietta Abbot had known
Field for two years and rather lik-
ed him, but, owing to her careful
Mother's vigilance, bad met him
only in the company of others. Mrs.
Abbot was among those who con-
sidered Field dangerous. This
particular night, with skillful man-
•oeuvering, he had been successful
in obtaining two dances in succes-
sion with Henrietta, deeat ethe
close of the first he drew her hand
through his arm and guided her to
ono of the small window balconies
overlooking the moon -bathed gar-
den. There lie dropped her arm
and stood looking over the tree-
tops while the girl chatted on gay-
ly, perhaps to cover the weariness
she really felt. But as the mo-
ments passed and her companion
said nothing she began to realize
his unusual quietness and turned
to him in questioning surprise. As
if in answer, he.alao turned.
The girl was plainly startled for
a moment at what she thought she
read in his face. Then her look of
surprise was followed by one of
amusement as it occurred to her
that 'she was to have only another
much -rehearsed declaration of love,
this time not a proposal. The idea
of marriage in connection withthis
"man -about -town" was preposter-
ous. And the eyes of the, girl grew
hard and her lips curled as she
waited.
Field was making an obvious ef-
fort to speak. Then haltingly, in ea
the words an embarrassed stripling
might have used, he told her that
lie loved her. The whole was cer-
tainly inartistic, almost crude, and
for a moment, in spite of what her
little worlds e,
of Field, the girl
was stirred to belief, until sudden-
ly she remembered that this was
doubtless a ruse of a past master
in the art of lovemaking, And
Henrietta gave a short, hard little
laugh:. Field winced,• and after a
moment of silence, he said, "I
never before made love to a wo-
man. No doubt 1 clic ib badly. I
have annoyed you. Forgive me,"
"At least you lie beautifully,"
thought the grl, and aloud she ex-
claimed mockingly, "Well done,
monsieur, I almost believed you."
Understanding flashed into the
man',s eyes. "You are cruel," he•
said huskily, and before Henrietta
was aware of his intention, he bent
his head.and kissed her reverently,
scarce brnalling her with his lips.
Three months later • a couple
stood on the same balcony, and
tbis time the moonlight was re-
flected in a solitaire on the girl's
left hand.
"When did yell begin t0' believe
in me, Henrietta " asked Flehl
happily.
"The first time you kissed me,"
site laughed. "It lauded on my
nose. T knew urea that yeti could-
n't 'have' made lova before,"
Then two low peals of merriment
joined and •floated out on the night
air. Ho had kissed the hose again,
4
Fx.
Because her husband is bald and
a dull tanker, a Japanese -American
lady is suing for divorce, Her plaint
is that though his head thlxles, his
conversation does nnta,both aro
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