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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-12-18, Page 2E ---- A„ Dark Shadow; Or, A Coming Vengeance - .t ..t CHARTER SS.I,---ht'uutinuod). a. Clive theme same letters and a telegram, whleh required immediate attell Wen. awaiting hien; andwhen he returned to Grosvenor 13gtaro the Phaeton was at the dtor; but 'e Ruud Lady. Edith In the Brewin�•room looatear downcast and dis- aiwointed. "Father has just sent to say that he luta been detained by important business -- p• olitics, of oeureel We eat and drink and { sleep polities- he suggests that Ivo should ! go Ay train later. But it isn't at ell the thing we planned, ie it? Who want, to go Fr in a stuffy tsetse' I want to drive behind the new gees.' Her dieappointinCets vas evidently to rt keen that Clive said, aha oat unthinkingly: "Why shouldn't I dris a you down. and Lord Oheeterleigh join tis by treinP" Why, bow clever of your she acted, her face lighting up. ',that will be splen• d�di We shan't lose rem drive after en. 111 write a note to father. She stopped. and the Dolor rose to )1m• face; for she bad oirddenly remembered that it wile scarcely the conventional thing for her to bo -driving about the noun• try alone with Olive, end yet hew delight- eulit would be! After all, they could take Ahe groom. which the/ had not intended doing. And even if it were a sin againet 6oeiety'e unwritten cede, would it not be worth while to commit ItP "Yes; . I'll write father!" b The nearest sth4n9 is called Perry, remarkedd Clive, who had been looking looking att the Bradshaw, and had not noticed her hes ttation and her Much, 6be scribbled a note, and placed it on Qp p e phaeton, L b desired. +ltd 61t i d b Il f thet lather use forwrit. ing table which her i et it ing; and they wen out to the ctrrlage. 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Made from choice selected Liana cedar, by the moat modern and partoct maebiaery, It is now offered In three different sizes of grain - mall one the choicest quality. St. Lewrenee Soar le peeked to 1001b., 251b. aid 20 ib. Laded bate end aloe in 5 lb. and 21b. oilstone, and may be bad at ell first clue dealer.. Buy It by the bad. 5T. LAWRENCE SUGAR REFINERIES LIMITED, MONTREAL. ® 03-x0.13 Clive and she etarteu; they Tone atilt hlg t- er us they left London behind and dro e. through the lanes, softly glowing in the r spring green. Clive wan glad to get 00703 from London andthe eternal round of work; and /to felt happier, at any ra e more et pewee, than he had been Wince the fatal Clay tibia had eget him oft; Indeed, it would have been rather difficult to he. unhappy 1n such perfect weather, .and with so beautiful and bright a companion. They halted halfway, to rest the heroes "a Sialada" Tea is N�11-drown#� "Hill-grown" rich, delicious fragrance, leaves— with dveet �H><-nwn tea has the small, t tnder redolent of the spicy tropics. 'Tea is grown high up on the mountains of Ceylon—with its native delicacy and fragrance held captive in the sealed lead packages. BLACK. GREEN or (NIXED e55 and et some tea for themselves, and, In defiance ofconventionality, they drank it at thetable outside the rustto inn, When they started again, she asked OHM to lot her drive. "Do you think you can manage them?" be laid, They aro young and fresh tithe," Oh, yes,' she replied. "Besides, I can't come to any harm while you are sitting beside me." He told the groom to take up a link in the curb, and he eat and watched her closely as the drove, and with a certain admiration; for she managed the high - fettled horses very well. After a while Clive turned to the groom to ask if they haus got the horses too tightly curbed; the man touched his hat, and bent for- ward as 11 he did net hear the question; and Lady Edith said inanundertone: Y /speak a little louder; Willa- Ot t is rather deaf at times and lthia is one of hie bad daye. He is much older than looks," k she remarked after (Mee had repeated ipeated the question and had re• celvtd a eactory reply; 'but nearly all our servants are old; we scarcely ever discharge them for anything short of mur- der; and I think that some of them are really attached to us." Your old ayah, Sara, for instance," said Clive; "the seems very devoted." Lady Edith nodded and laughed. "Oh, she is quite silly" she said. I mean in this devotion of "here. She would let any of us jump on her, She belongs to a very hot and passionate race, and is uvewerv- ing in her love and hate. Sometimes she reminds mo of one o1 the tate. the hg wild ,pts in her own jungles; softly purr- ing one moment, all claws and fury the next. By the way, 700 are a great favor- ite of hens; I hope you feel flattered." Ione laughed as ole glanced at him. I do,' said Clive; "but I am rather sur- prised. I thought aha regarded 010 some- what unfavorably.' "Oh, that wae 60100 time ago, perhaps, when she first knew you; they always re- gard one with a certain amount of sus• pieion: it is their nature to, as Dr. Watts 0096,"' Well, I'm glad I'm in her gond books now, at any rate," ,aid Clive. "What a pretty bit of country coo are going through." Isn't it lovely!" alto responded, "I don't know when I have even anything so beau- tiful, or when I have enjoyed anything so much as this drive, What nonee1100 it is to say that there is no happiness in this world.'' She turned her filo to him; it was radi- ant; her eyes, blue as the sky, shone with the happpiness of wbich she had spoken, ler deltoatelyeaut lips were haleparted wuh a smile of unalloyed pleasure. Clive checked a eigh. I ant glad," he said. They reached Palms's Green, send their arrival created no little stir at the tiny, out-of-the-way inn. It was a charming lit- tle place, half -covered by i'ry and alight with spring flowers. The parlor" wets scrupulously Olean, and, for a wonder, had an odor of lavender instead of damp. Clive found that chops were above the capacity of the establirhment• but he or dared ham and egge and a high tea. Tho landlady, quite one of the worthy old type, took Lady Edith upstairs; but bust- led back to 01170 Gt aaouro him that she would make them ae oomforiable ae she pceeibly (hued Perhaps yen and your good lady won'd like too and deo the church while the weal's bein re g prepared. ear," she seed. Ire considereddthre W be a very fine old end- ing, and there's some rare ancient monn- m0nis and carving." Clive looked up sharply at the "your good lady," and was about to correct the' woman; but he checked himself; it was I scarcely worth while to take any notice of the mistake. He proposed the ohlnul to Lady Edith when she came down; she. assented promptly; and they atrolled to it. It really was a Sine old church' and they got the key from the sexton's cot- tage, and examined the monuments, the carved oak, and the brasoee. There coos a sugestio0. of intimacy in the way they sauntered about alone together, of 'which: Clive was vaguely ooneciove and which Lady Edith keenly felt: certainly her hap - mimes mimes was not yet waning. "I wonder whether Lord Chesterleigh will be here in time for tea?" he said. I don't know," replied. Lady Edith eas- ily. He may not come until it is Just time to start for home. It will be bright moonligbt tonight, and he will enjoy the drive. I know I ;hall." They wandered about the lanes for half an hour, sometimes silent, sometimes talk. ing in the leisurely, .rambling way born' of the (evasion and their surroundings; then they got hungry. and made their way back to the inn to find a nondescript but enticing meal awaiting them, Lady Edith enjoyed It immensely, and deolared that she would often have just euch it meal at Grosvenor Square. "But I am afraid it would be different there," eho said with a little sight. She presided over the tea at ono end of the table, and Clive. sat behind the ham and eggs at the other; and they certainly looked so very much lute a recently mar- ried couple that there was some excuse for the landlady, who waited, beaming en them benevolently, after the maturer of her kind all the world over when they are regardinga bride and bridegroom. I realy cannot eat any more," Lady Edith declared with a laugh, ae she re- Atmed a, further 0np1'7 from the huge dteb. I have enjoyed it so mnoh." "They hare certainly done us very well," admitted Clive. "2"11 go and look at the lintolee." ('hat means that you want to smoke,' id. Lady Edith, smiling up at ben.( 'Pray do so hero, when you come back,' if Ton went tn. I like it." Clive found the horses all right. and talked them over with the aged Wiltirm, 'You don't know how far it 1s from the station, ,I suppose?' he asked. Lord Cheeterleigh 1A coming down by train," William touched his hat, and rop:ied In the negative, and Olive, as he sauntered of? peaid; baokt'a can loosen those verbs going "At once, air?" asked Wiillam, "Eh? Oh, yes, if you like, said Olive absently, Ileanwhilo Lady Edith had wandered Ink; the old-fashioned garden, What beautiful ltowere You have," she said to the landlady. "Y did not know that there were eo many blooming s0 early in the year." "It's my son's hobby, nisei m," said the landlady beamingly. I hope you'll please to pick any that takes your fanny, and malto a buwkay fur your good gen- ! ttamail,., Lady Edith's face flamed, and, like IClive, she was about to correct the wo- man, but she toe checked herself, think- ing, 0e he had thought, that it did not matter. But the otmplo words rang in her ears, and made her heart beat quickly, and site etooped 0000 some fragrant stooks to hide her blushing face. Cleve found her plottingthe flowers. •I've fulpermission," she said. "Are'nt they, lovely! Smell!"6be held the bunch to ]tie fate with a novel air of abandon- mout, of simple gaiety whichwould have charmed any man. You shall have on for your coat. What shall it be -a bink?" She selected one, and he tumbled with it at his buttonhole;b n en arenotori- ouely clumsy lu h smatters, nd she with a little gesture of impatience and 'womanly acorn y n o at hie and efforts, Dot it Snits laws found apin,nn fixed1 1 She was p d t. o "Bute -but it es very late already; by the time you have got the 11y and we have reached London, 1t w111 bo--" $bo &top- ped and bit her h1 I know," he said soothingly;abut I will explain to Lord Cheoterleih." hM7 father?" elle said, looking beyond him with a rowing fear 111 her oyes. He well understand; but the servants - tare other people?" Give's beast emote him, and he felt as if he could knock his bead against the wall. And the worst of it wee that he could find nothing to say that would set her fears at rest, nothing that would not be too hopelessly banal. He took up We hat as he haul the landlady's step in the pn50050. a 2 do hope you will not be more dis- tressed than you can Jeep," ho maid. I eha11 never forgive myself for my care. leeenese-I will be baok as quickly as I y oaa; ploaee don't fret about it. He took a step or two towards her; eho a n thechair again, and - ith had s k into ells w ci a wae tar - heads tint y clasped !n bar lap io s 00 I anxiously at the No man from m p hangt in his bosom emild refrain from pitying her. She dermad to Clive like d child, to be soothed, reassured. His hand went to her shoulder; but it loll to hid side again before he touched her, and ;without another word, he left the room quickly. He and the boy Trached 1Inolord, to i find a ,mall village wrapped n peheefal slumber. With some diitiaulty Clive :suc- ceeded In waking up the landlord of the Ann and obtaining It ramohaokle fly --it I wee, in fact, a vehicle which only reeemb- I led the ordinary fly In its antiquity and mustiness -and with stet greater die faculty obtained a driver, with whom Clive and the boy returned to Palmer', Green. Lady Edith was already dressed for the ieurney. She was calm but very pale, and letter's a swift glance at Olive, her eyes avoided his, He borrowed some wraps and a rug from the landlady,- and made Lady Edith as comfortable as he could in the vehicle. At the last moment he got a glues of hot milk, and insisted upott her drinking at. He wondered whether the would prefer that he should ride on the box; but, unable to deofde, he took hie isent beside her, The night was as lovely as the day had been; and, under other circumstances, the dri,'o 'would ]nave bees. enjoyable enough, As it wae, Clive saw that it was . incumbent upon him to render it as lit- tle miserable ae poe,ible; and he tried to talk to her to divert her from dwelling on the embarrassing situation; and after a time her fate lost its pallor and grow brighter: the foot wae she could not be unhappy while she was by his side and so near, so very near, to him, She said very Iitt'e, but neetied amidst her wra s, her eyes glancing at him now and again, and at times closing as if she were asleep; but she wae not sleeping: soh° was aching herself what he wonld do !when they reached towel. World he -'was it poe0lbte that a still 'greater happiness than that she was; feeling might be born of this contretemps? Olive woo also asking himself, during the intervals in which she seemed to be eleeping, what course he should take. Had his earteeeenese compromised her? If eo, his course wae plain, his duty obvious. A vague doubt that was almost a dread as- sailed him; and yet with the doubt was mingled an intense pity for the woman he had placed in such, an es:kw:Led ere dioamont, whose good name he had so unwittingly imperilled. (To be continued.) Mit ITAlY AA NAVAL SPIES WONDERFULLY BEATJTIFUL AND ATTRAC'T'IVE. 010006arily very aloes to himsadae he looked down at her -he had n look far, for she was tall -be 'not , not faill to notice the lovolinees of the upturned face in its frame of golden hair, blown e little loose by the soft breeze. She glanced sip to than her work, and met hie gate; her eyes fell suddenly. a faint blush rose to her face, and she turned bee head away. Clive was only human, and, like most men who are worth anything at all, ad- mired beauty' of any kind. If there had been no Mina he would have been stirred to the depths by the proximity of this ex- tremely beautiful woman; even ae it was, he wae not insensible to her charms. He moved nneawlly. "Shall we walk towards the station on the chance of meeting Lord Chesterletghr" he said. Lady Edith stifled a. sigh, but of course assented promptly. Having received min- ute instructions ae to the way, they start- ed: and, of course, lost it. However, they reached the etetion at last, and, inquiring when the next London train came in, were informed by an aged porter that it was due in about an hour t time. Clive tip - ed him and, describing Lord Chewter- leigh, told the porter to direct the gen- tleman answering that description to the Theyd from a bask bank toff clouds, and the pretty, gentle" country seemed lapped in peace; it wee a night for lovers, and the mnsto of a thrueh singing softly an an elm was echoed by Lady Edith a heart. If only these wonderful, happy hours could last! If she could hold the a0eur- ante that they too should spend many such hours together alone! Otto glanced at him now and again: but though Clive was too well mannered to be absent or preoccupied, she Ned a painful (sense Vint hie' feelings were not in ltarinony with hors: if taey were, how could he refrain from speaking the words of love for which her soul thirsted? The night grew slightly chilly; the land- lady. with kindly forethought, had lit a fire, and though the room was not oold,- the blaze, reflected 1n the old -panelling, made the room cheerful, Lady Edith drew a low chair up to the fire, n•nd.leant forward with her kande clasped round her knees, making a very graooful pte- tare: it wee ns If rank and faehlon were playing at ap- peared inrewcry haat hitt nig,. thought Olive as he leant agnlnst the manteishelf above her, and smoked a Gig. arette, Her voice, when oho ep01te-there were long Intervale of siictioo, broken only be the spluttering and the or•:wkling of the fire of groat logs -'was soft and low and almost dreamy. Consciously or unconsciously, the Wag exerting the influence of 00x; and con- sciously or unconsciously, Clive was be- ing drawn under its ,poll. A clack struck the hon'; ho started, and looked at his a w "Lortch.d Cheslorleigh ought to have been here half an hour ago," he said. 'How the time Meer Father is not Doming," elm swirl, with anything but poignant ,egret. I sup- pose we ought to be starting? Olive know that if Lord Cho,torleigh were not coming, they ought not to be ,just starting, but ought to have done so some hours ago; indeed. Mhg''t not to have come at all; but he nodded cheerful y, end went out to tell William to put the horses to, and to help him if necessary. Tho horses were not in the stable. the car- riage wae not in the yard, and William wad not to be Been, and did not enure when Clive called hum; but the landlrdy eame to the back door, and regarded Olive with come surprise. "Were you cal int tar your man, sir?" she inquired. He's gene." "Gone! Gone where?" asked Clive, "Gone back to London, sir," she re - o started bnek a long While ego.' Oho saw be Olive's face that oree- tiring wee .amiss, though ho lrotantly sup- pressed any show of snrpr:so. I gave him his tea early, beoo"oe he said that you ware going back by troth, and that be was to take the homes back to Lon- don at once." Ill, yes," said Clive caennl1y, "When is the next train, by tate way?" "I'll ask, sir," ebe said. "Tho porter le in !ho taproom." Clive returned to the pallor with a emile which he trusted would not appear fabs to Ludy Edith. Yonr man mtennderrtoed connethirg that I said, and has driven bank to Lem don; wo than have to return by the train;" he sold in a matter.offact tone, "I in very sorry." Ludy Edith laughed. She wnnl.l hnvo preferred the drive home alone with hint; but they might be alone in the railway erriaee'-and the ]englr was still on icor lips when the landlady came la, dropped a mtrtsey, and said: "The last trete bas tone, elle it wont 711030 than half an hour ago." CHAP'1LIt ABII, The laugh died from Lade Edith's line, and eho stared with dilated eyes at the woman; for sudden)y, In a flesh, alto reel - ]zed the situation. The andlttdy looked from one to the other with Tomo (retreat], "i'm very sorry air," etre murmured. "If se he tie youd like to stay, Td do my best to make yen comfortable." Tho bleed burnt in Lady Edith's face; then it died away. ate pale to the lite, aho naso 10 her feet Clive WAS pole Loo, and he said instantly, nlm0st sternly: ems return to London, and ea. right, et ante. Will yen Mame got us a oarringo, n fly, anytningse Thelandlndy bennn to see her mistake, and -nervously stammered an apology, Clive out her rthort. Yea. yon) No matter) Tito carriage, We don't ask yea to pay us o cent until you have used this wonderful modern light in your own home for ten days, then you may return It at our expense if not perfectly satisfied. We want yt111 to prove for yyourself that it gives five to fifteen times as light as the ordinary oil temp; beats electric, gasoline or Much acetylene. 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"Thorn lent ohrh a thing In the ranee, sir eho Azad, Wo'vo no here, or carelago of any kind; there's nettling but it rough pony' alt41 cart, not 11t, --' Where cn.n I get tete?" Olive 01501 "Piny do not be alarmed It wae not your Pettit --it conA aline, ail mina. What is tlt0 ne0rsot pinch?" "Yost might got n fly etianeferd; that's nigh nn0n three miles 1t yen go zeros 1110 felde, ail. 2'11 semi my tboy to neo if he hnt ins will, Oh,hdar dears IP all my Y lawn." , "I will cm," esiet Give; "tlto boy ran ah(sw tie. the way.' lin 01a0ed the doer'0» the woman and foreee A, 0711114‘. "What an awkward eel" he paid, "nut I shall ni pars to ilei ,non kis+d ,o5 'ear' Timis i°len ro tinri't 10' dietreeaOd "e nus n01," sho 00,14 111 It ICA; voleo, A. German Governess Sorely Tempted .a Young English Officer. Four years ago Frieda Schoberg, re- presenting herself as a Gorman gov- erness, shoved into a vineclad cottage In Southend, a little village just out- side of Shoebtu•Yness, England. Frieda Sohoberg told those who were inquisitive enough to inquire that she had been employed by several prominent families to give lessons in German to the children of Southend. These lessons, she declared, were to bo given in their own hones. I A governess, thus employed, finds occasion to go out a great deal, and in the course of reasonable time Frieda Sohoberg found it necossary to take frequent journeys to Shoeburyness, where the English government main- tained a school of instruction for naval officers and where naval experiments were carried on. Here Frieda formed the acquaintance of a young naval officer, who seemed to take keen in- terest in the govorn.ess. At South- end, in older to avert suspicion, Frieda Sohoberg subtly let it be known that she and the officer were soon to be wed. The governess's visits to Shoebury- ness became marked by their fre- (lueucy. She was a beautiful woman, brilliant, talented, refined. She took more than a casual interest in guns and naval affairs generally, and this unusual interest Is thought to have proved her undoing, The English officer, on the point of losing his heart to the captivating governess, Pulled' Himself Together, This woman's interest in affairs in and about Shoeburyness were of. 00 char- acter to arouse his suspicion. Ifo withheld his proposal, but became more attentive. One afternoon while he was driv- ing with the governess, Frieda Soho - berg brought up the mutually lutes -- eating subject of naval warfare, She intimated, as only a daring adventur- 00s can, that in exchange for certain plane of fortifications and kindred things a aura of money that would make the young officer independently wealthy was, at hie coruhnand, The officer Immediately reported the at- tempted bribery to his superior offi- cer. • Frieda Sohoberg, believing the gal - ant officer to be deeply in love with Iron; fog a few days thereafter colt' tinned in heII role te6 gdveenelai . Plariy ono in:oiming she was requested to appear before the commanding calcar at Shoeburyness. Undaunted, she went to him. What the commanding officer said to her never will be known, but Frieda Sohoberg hastened bank to her humble vineoiad cottage convinced that Southend and Shoo- buryneos were unhealthy places in wlltoll to spend one's life, Frieda Sohoberg disappeared, later reporting her .unlucky attempt to the govern- ment in whose employ she daily risked her all on the single throw of the dice. This is but one instance in the life of the military and naval spies of for- eign countries. Tloave aro hundreds of them, all wonderfully beautiful and attractive, who follow this vocation. They are to be found in all parts of Europe, living as peasants, waitresses, soolal leader,. Beauty, vivaciousness, culture are their principal assets, Without these qualities they cannot hope to win the confidence and affec- tion of the men who best can furnish the In formation they seek. Have Unlimited Funds. They must asoertain, under what- ever pretext they ohooee, information concerning the military and naval eeorets of the great nations, That le what they are paid .for and what they risk their lives for, Minute details of the armaments, fortifications, for- ces and defences of the countries they Invade must be sent to the govern- ment that pays heir wages. The women spies of the European nations are supplied with almost un- limited funds. They may practice their e r art wherever they will,solong g as they do so without involving the Ioountry in whose service they have enrolled, A few weeks ago George Herbert Parrott, thee( a gunner in the English navy, was adjudged guilty of commun- icating naval secrete to a foreign power. Parrott, it is conceded, was the victim of a woman spy, who is said to have been Margaret Tyrrell. He met her in a musto hall and im- mediately became one of her moat ardent admirers. Parrott was sent- ended to four years' penal servitude. In imposing the sentence Judge Darl- ing addressed Parrott: "I have little doubt," he declared, that you were entrapped by a woman who was nothing but the agent of some foreign person engagedin this traffic, and that you were Ingeniously entrapped and fell. Because I think that, I may show some sort of len- iency, but it cannot be light—the crime is too great." Many women were employed as spies by England during the South African wan They were in the field hospitals as nurses, and it was while acting iu this capacity that 'they exer- cised their subtle charms and fascin- ations over many of the wounded Boers, thus obtaining military secrets which the British could have procured in no other way, A Young Russian Woman, Rose Path•ovitclr, employed as a spy by the Russians during the Russo- Japanese war, was one of the most daring of these adventureeses of mod- ern times. She is said to have been a member of one of Russia's most distinguished families. At Manchoorfa she met a young Japanese officer, who at once became her devoted slave. Tall, graceful, ravishingly beautifu,l she was a woman. who would gladden the life of any man, Rose Patrovitoh desired, above all things, certain details and plane re- garding the guns and movements of the Japanese army and navy. The officer, maddened by her beauty and infatuated with the prospect of be- coming her husband in theeventhe played into her hands, threw discre- tion, loyalty and patriotism to the winds and agreed, to furnish the in- formation she sought. A fellow officer, however, in some mysterious way, had learned of the plans of Rose Patrovitoh and her Jap- anese lover, " He called the matter to the attention of his superior officer. The superior officer, on investigation, found that his country was about to be betrayed. The following morning Rose Patrovitoh and her suitor dis- appeared. Apparently, they met with a merciless fate, for they have never since been seen or hoard of. Jeanne Renee, alias Bourg, was an opium slave. Despite her dissipation, she remained unusually beautiful. It was while in an opium den at Toulon that she met Adrian Julien, a naval mechanic employed in the workshops of the French navy. Julien promptly lost his heart to the fair adventuress. Working 00 his sympathy aand his de- votion, Jeanne Renee sought to in- duce the young mechanic to reveal to her secrets regarding some of the French submarines. Julien forgot his love for the young woman and re- ported the attempted bribery to his superior. Tho beautiful spy was ar- rested, arid to -day languishes in a French prison, the victim of her own greed for affluence and power, Never Heard of'Agaln. Posing as a teacher of languages, Marie Peterson, suspected of being a French spy, was arrested in Kiel, Ger- many, some time ago. Coming t0 Kiel, the woman cast the spell of her beauty over Emil Dietrich, a non-com- missioned officer connected with the German explosives department. Diet- rich was madly in love with her, and after she had attained complete as- cendency over hervictim she request- ed that he reveal to her the situation of port mines and the formula em- ployed by the German army in the manufacture of smokeless powder. Dietrich, fearing he would lose her, furnished her with Partial information, but before he could disclose all the closely guarded processes tiro author- ities intervened and brought the love affair to a speedy close. Marie Peterson practically betrayed her Own secret to the German secret police, Supposed to be teaching lan- guages, she always had a. well-filled purse and • spent money lavishly oil fashionable clothing, jewels and en- ter'tainlitent. She was arrested, never again to be heard- of, La Belle Lison was a notorious htreneh beauty. Lieutenant Ullmo, a young,Pi'enclr officer, fell under the fascinations of her rare charms, He found her tattoo extravagant and hies Means wore not sufficient for their gratification• She suggested to him r' that he :might replenish his s Pt r ao by Wittig home of This country's secreta to to, foreign power. Ile at 11ret.seofted at the idea, butt when silt: tllrreat;ened CHRISTMAS APPEAL F011 The Hospital for Sick Children COLLEGE! BT„ TORONTO Dear Mr, Editort— Thanke for, your kindness in allow• Ing nie the privilege of appealing at this Christmas time on behalf of the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, It would talte more space than you 0011 spare to tell of the good work done for the Melt and deformed children of this Province, Let ine, however, is a few words, tell you of the progress of the work of the Hospital. One nurse, six little white beds, few dollars, a few friends ---this was the beginning. The beds have grown to 250, the dollars to thousands, the friends to hundreds, 1875, the first year, 44 inpatients, 67 outpatients; 1918, last year, 1,648 In -patients, 26,507 out-patients; 1875, 1 nurse; 1913, 70 nurses, Since 1876, thirty-eight years ago, the Hospital has admitted within Its walls 21,018 children as in -patients, and 169,231 as out-patients, a total of 180,249, or an average of 4,743 per year. Of the 21,018 in -patients, 16,200 were from Toronto, and 6,818 from other parts of the Province; 10,150 of the total in -patients were cured, and 8,367 were Improved. In the Orthopedic Department last year, of the 1,648 In -patients, 278 were treated for deformities 26 1119 disease 37 Pott's disease, 2 knock-knees, 19 62 club feet 8 lateral curva- ture Sr i e 44 infantile paralysis, ureafthes n t P P Y 6 wry neck, and 76 tubercular disease of knee, hip and ankle. In 1913, the Surgical Apparatus Shop manufactured 427 appliances tor In -patients and out- patients, including ankle braces, spinal braces, hip splints, bow-leg splints, club -feet splints, plaster jackets, etc. In this Department in 38 years near- ly early 800 boyo and girls have been treat- ed for Club Feet and 650 corrected, Half of these came from places out- side of Toronto. Surely we have a Lair claim for help from the people of this Province. Will you, the reader of this latter, help to give crippled children a fair start in life? Busy dollars are better than idle tears. The sympathy that helps is good, but the hospital has to have the sympathy that works, While Christmas Bells are ringing to the glory of Hiin "Who made the lame to walk and the blind to see,' give, give, give, and help the hos- pital to help God's little Ones, upon whom the heavy hand of affliction has been laid. Will you please send a dollar, or more, 1f you can spare it, to Douglas Davidson, the Secretary -Treasurer of the Hospital, or J. ROSS ROBERTSON, ^*�trn,np of tho Trustees, Toronto. to leave him he capitulated. Before he could do any great harm his treach- ery was discovered. His trial was a matter of form. The woman who had ruined him was the principal wit- ness to testify against him, He was found guilty, publicly disgraced and sentenced to life imprisonment. Pat Still Alive. Some time ago a notorious char- acter in the North of Ireland wag sent to jail for two menthe. Dur- ing the time of his incarceration a false report got circulated about the village that be bad died in jail. One day after coming out of jail the priest met him in the street, "Well, Pat;" said the clergyman, "I heard you were dead." "0h sure, I heard it myself," replied Pat, "but I didn't believe it." France has 2,000,000 ohildless homes. Although oho is 87 years old Em- press Eugenio is still very active and retains her faculties and strengbh. In England and Wales there are 7,179,278 women who cannot hope to get husbands, this being the number of females in excess of orales, Several white men have married Esquimau women, but the only case of a white woman marrying an Es- quimau is that of Miss Eales Grath, a pretty Danish girl, who recently bit her native home in Copen- hagen for Upernavik, Greenland, where she will be married. Na-Dru-Co Laxatives accomplish their purpose with nraxinlum efficiency and minimum discomfort. Increasing doses are not needed. 250. a box at your Druggist's. l74 NationaaDrug, and Chemlwl Co. of Canada, L United. a le eel' that NY NE can use The Guaranteed "ONE BYE for All Kinds of Cloth. Cleo n,Simple, NO Oltance of meek... `lee 1 eeee tar RAM Color Card nod Bookie. The fohnean'met, aeon Co, LIImlted, M"ntteel 1 III; ,'.LLDdlinlP.la! ._".':;Ptl$Im2C; I ACTIVITIES DP' WOME�N::�l ,ii ills'{n-TT�j"Tommy-uYyl,'l-il�'!n",p]n-r� Chili has women stxcee-car con- ductors,. The women of Chines, India end Persia still wear pantaloons. Women journalists in tdo United States number 2,103. All the public' poaitioao jo Frois- ay, Franco, are hold by women. .Society women 1n Paris are wear- ing wigs to match their costume's. Queen Wilhelmina is sal aetu mer, There aro 209,000 more ws:',; n than men in London, New York City has a sorvani maids' club with 20 members, According to statistics a woman loves strongest at the ago ct .:). Of the 200 women cherttiets in England twenty own their own b usinise, There aro 10,000 working girls in Philadelphia who aro livi ;,z iw fur- nished rooms -away from home. Mrs, Rosa Lohn of Appleton, 1 W ,. recently centpaid Y afinoof $21.80 >g for gossipirrg. Ninety per cent, of the teaoherei in the public schools of i phis. aro women, • Tho Duchess of Portland has been appointed mistress of the robes by Queen Mary of England, The town of Mcntreaa;-lea-Mines, France, has a birth rate of only one per 1,000, London has a hotel which is ex- clusively for the use of children and run by a woman. During the war in i '"'la the women fought aide by side With their husbands, Premier Asquith of England em- ploys a woman secretary in addi- tion to the men. who sant on e staff, As a result of a dispute at a meeting in connection with the election campaign in Italy, two Wee men fought a duel. In recognition of lAure talent, Mme. Chaminade, the well-known composer and pianist, has been: decorated with the Legion d Hou- neur. Quite a number of women were aw arded prizes by tbo Carnegie hero fend commission, which has just given out over $100,000 in prizes. TWO sisters, Clare and Clarissa. Pritchard, who are twins, success- fully passed exaanin: as mem- bers of the bar at Albany, N.Y. Out of the 30,000,000 or more Wo- men in the United States there are nearly 2,000,000 in business, or one. In every fifteeIn. The present 'genern;'i of women aro taller by 1% inches than their grandmothers, whose average height was five feet 134 inches. English society Itis become shod over the tango, and even. Queen Mary is said to hays; xj Emitted hes daughter to learn the steps. Russia's women have taken vio- lently to l&port end aspire to lead all Europe boilh physically and mentally. Rome has a burs. for the care of wives and children of men who have gone to America and who can- not or do not send hack funds to support their families. • Mics Edith Pierce. Philadelphia's only woman street inspector, is.. snaking a tour of the city address- ing housewives on how to help 1 keep the city clean, Miss Ina SlhephC*l has charge of tho clearing -house at Birmingham, Ala,, and is probably the first wo- man in the United Staines to hold such at position. ,Scotland Yard L..» two women as- sisting in the work of the convict supervision office, whore they have shown that they are equal to the: men in tact and i\vnrneas. Of the 11,043 women employees in the factories of Christiania, Nor- way, 1,669 are married, 7,501 above eighteen years of age, 1,234 be- tween sixteen �.3d eighteen, and 639 frost twelve to sixteen, Mrs. Frederick Penfield of Phila- delp!hia, will probably pay a larger income tax than any titled or un- titled woman tn Europe or this Country. Her income is estimated to ho no less than $2,500,000 ft year. After giving up et life of gaiety to become a nun et year, Miss Vella R,andlin1 daughter of a Saint Iquis millionaire, has startled society by renouncing the life of a nim and announces she will again enter so- 1iety. rive hundred girls arc doing po- tion duty in a quiet way in • New `.'orlt City, where they aro watching the dance hal \ and trying to keep the weaker odes of their sex from going .astray. Miss Jessie Ackerman, who h,A•0 just returned' from an eight-year trip around "Ae world studying the social status -of women, is tile only woman ever -,'.nutted EIS a fellow of the Royal 'euiottitlt Gcogrephi,oal society. Though she. it only twelve years a'tlt C,'hrisi';.rlella Mitigate is lady Mayoress of the tc-vn of Newport, Eng, Her father is tnaver, and her lnCethr?r beirttt., dead, site performs the ditties , her position fan all p111t101'-