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Or, Married to a Fairy,
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CHAPTER. XVIII.—(Continued),
This was the wonum my soul longed
for,. the complement of my own nature,
the being presaged in my dreams, whose
diaphanous form had so often seemed
to flit, w111 a'-tile-wlspkike, between 0101
and my canvas long before my eyes had ,
ever been blessed by a sight of her. 1,
was positively startled to realize how 1
wonderfully like Liltch was to those i
dreamt fancies of mine, which had for-.
ever pictured a slim, blue-eyed, yellow-'
hatred, youthful, unreasoning creature,
all laughter And all love.
At four o'clock I went to bed at last.
and .slept heavily until half -past eight.
At vino, while I was enjoying my morn-
after n short night--Wrenshaw tapped 1
at my dressing -room door.
"It's Mr. Wray, if you please, sir. I .
told ,hint you, were out of town, as were.
y0Ur instructions. but he insisted 000n
.gaing up to the studio, saying'as he had
left some canva0Os:and things there.'
Hang the fellow'. I stuttered, below
my breath.
Wray was a desperate stayer and
train started at eleven thirty-five.
Get rid of him as soon as you can.:;
and let -me have my breakfast," I said
aloud.
But half an hour later Wrenshaw
came tome again, a comic picture of 312-,
spat',
That .lir, Wray, sin he won't go. IIe's
got his canvas, but he's taken the arm-
ohaalr, and his feet on another, and he's
filling the ro0n1 with his nasty. cheap te-
am) smoke. I spoke to him strongly,
sir; but says he: Your master would
never refuse an hour'srest and shelter..
to a man w110 is down on his luck and
tired out; he. says. Depend upon it,
he has come to borrow money. When a
gentleman—leastways a man—won't be
put off from seeing another, it's always
a- favor he comes after; and it's gener-
ally ready money."
Wrensbave seldom delivered himself
of so many words; but he disliked Wray,
Ibelieve, only a little less than he dis-
liked Lilith. For my own part. I was
exceedingly annoyed by the presence ofi
this uninvited guest at my studio, It
was especially Irritating to reflect that,
.although 1 might indeed breakfast,
down -stairs or out of the house, and slip 1
off to Bristol without meeting him, i
"should. practically leave Lilith's repute -
tion in his bands, since he was quite
unprincipled enough to and out for him-
self the many new portraits of Lilith
which I had taken down from the walls
and placed just within my desk and
quite artful enough, by pumping the Un-
friendly Wrenshaw, to discover that she
had visited the studio not many clays
ago, Little Wilson, a friend of his, had.
seen me dining with her tete-a-tete at a
Regent Street restaurant. Charlie
Erookton had recognized me bS her side
In a cab; and Madgehad already openly
put the most unjust and cruel interpre-
tation upon my relations with her.
Certainly I was to marry Lilith at
once, and so put a stop to all possible
scandal: but it was intolerable to me to
think that her name should be made
light of, even for a short time, by a man
ofso bitter a tongue and so cynical a
disbelief In women as Nicholas Wray.
Under these circumstances I resolved
,ta.see him,and so at least get him out
of the studio. From Wilson's account I
guessed, too, that he was 1n very law
'water, even had not his own words to
Wrensbaw confirmed the idea. For many
..months none of his brilliant black -and -
white work bad been seen about town.
and I could not bear to think that a Man
of such brilliant capabilities should
.really be in leant, even though his mis-
fortunes were mare often than not the
result of his foolish excesses.
Moved by all these impulses, I ascend-
ed to the studio, and found Wray just
acs Wrenshaw had described ham, taking
lilo ease 111(011 a couple of chairs, and
filling the room with smoke from hle
pipe, a handsome amber -mouthed and
elaborately carved one which I had
never seen before.
Wray 'looked, as ever, handsome. pic-
turesque. and dirty. In spite of the
shifty life I had heard Ile was leading,
Itis tall frame was less thin than be -
fere. A loosely knotted yellow silk scarf
encircled the wide turned -down collar of
his flannel shirt, which, with that brown
Velvet painting -coat of mine, 1111th he
hadcalmly annexed after his last visit
to me, helped to produce -'a very strik-
ing and unconventional ensemble.
hello. Hervey! I thought Old Wren-
shaw was lying!" was his greeting, as
- lis lazily stock out one of his long,
white hands,
"I had told him I was not at home to
anybody," I answered shortly, "i am
only in town for a few days, during
which I. have been extremely hard at
work; and in two hour's' time I am leav-
ing Landon again, So you will excuse
me if I begin any breakfast."
He lay still for a few moments, StliI'
bit at me over his pipe, and smoked on
in silence, while I rang the bell and gave
some orders to .\Yrenshaw about my
'breakfast:
"May I ask where you are going in
such a deuce of a harry?" he inquired,
es the dant` closed on the man.
"I atm going to Bristnl."
"To Bristol, eh? 11 wouldn't be a barn
notion fur me to go to Bristol and ask
my Cousin Bate 1Iorltuul, to put me up
for o few nights. Would you like a
'fellow -traveler?"
"Na Wray" T replied emphatlnaIly.
I most ren talnly should .not.'
"Well, that's frank, at any ratel" he
observed. lasghiug lm1,1(01ably, "And
may I ask what takes you to Bristol of
all plates?"
"Surelyyell must remember," I said,
that a young girl in whom I am deeply
interested is in the care of your cousin,
Mrs. Shanhone 31otlana?"
bh, all, yes, of Bourse! Fact le, I
haven't been near my cousin for so long,
MA. haven't heard from you, 'and I'd for-
gotten all about it. Ilut, nOu' that ynU
recall It. 1 remember a little dancing
heggn.0-girl you hcve somehow picked
311, who insisted Upon having supper
with .you and me- in the studio. and
wanted to spend her life with you."
Tlease he careful what you soy," I
said 001311y. I am going down to
Ftrietol to -day toaskthat girl to be my
•1Ritfo"
yray sprang up in his chair. Ile had
grown pale with excitement, and was
. stating at me incredulously.
What in the world are you talking
about?" be exclaimed, 'Th six months
ybti will be mo.rrtel to Lady Margaret
.,rimer; the- pancrs are full of It•�"
"They w111 have to be lilted with con-
trn.d,tctlnns. Lady Madge dissolved our
engagement yeeteeday morning,"
Oh, a lover's nuarrell That Is na'
thing." sal0'Wray, Intonesof relief. If
you smalls/ have been keeping that danc-
ing .child at Hate's school all this time,.
and it' eras' Mme to Lady -Mange's ears
11n'oug1 'satloe infernally good=natured
friend,: at;course there would be rue-
ikons, nee .magnificent Weiner; Would
be a tigress of jealousy, and would
• s, roelt,h'o rival. She is quite right, mind,
/She 1s ga41su11erb''c enttm'e; aol ae tot that
' Irl--.pT tU1 0 11031 tilrettsl eapeJ', 11nd
' bio»' ti , f I re,netnb 1' r illi y,
61011111531'lier and your oat asleep 30-
gtttiner,' i'thanght ehe.was about twelve,
Why; site's a child, Man, o: mere obild,
anti .you are --what is ht? Thirty?"
d'went3-elght• And Lilith Saxon is
aevehteen
In, Years, Perbane, But you look
Ih�rty-+•Slri my
word you do, rdo, and she
loolts' fourteen! It is' preposleraus, Her-
vevl A mad freak on your Bart, horn
ofr aiaue because you Have quarreled
ivitlt.'tha.t' Splendid woman. Ile man
in tris .ei hger Would descend 'from
a benutiuht ee brilliant accomplished, andtveeltlly' Innen 30tle 10 •a little, 131 -bred,
imforallett, uhla3iltehted minx of a dant-
lnet, i'lraa
•You ale speaw ut,bf the lally,whn 1a
m
to becoe my 'whfq ' T gala; spelmlhg
front my altalr; "and unless you instant
lY apolegiee anal retrad: y'OU1' words, Y
must asst yeti to leave 31110 bongo and
never id vlelt 1t ag'a1313"
Ing tub never
"Great Scott! What. big words and
big looks! Hervey, if you thought a
1nan was a decent fellow, and saw him
about to conuntt suicide, wouldn't •you
tr1 and stop 11 n? When you came t0
me in my studio at liensington a year
age, you Interfered Met when I meant
to juin the majority—and it wits to
thousand pities You didn't letmealone!
Anyway. I lute you, respect you, and
admire you. In many wu3s your no-
tions are too high-flown and you're too
good for this world; but youre one of
the best, and I can't see you deliberate-
ly setting out to cut your throat with-
out a pretest. For Heaven's sake, don't
mart" that girl! It would be a social
and artistic suicide. I understand wO-
saw ]lei tforta. few minutes h1 have inet
girls Of her type before, and I under-
stand them, No map of sense marries
a women of that sort. They belong to
the kitten or chorus girl species—pretty,
graceful. good-tempered. and atlectlon-
ate, to all appearance, and full of 111112
caressing tricks and ways; but at heart
they are nothing but ignorant, shallow,
heartless, ungrateful, and immoral little
animals. Hervey, don't waste your heart
upon such a woman. She mall take it in
her claws and play with it and purr over
it; and when she is tired of it she will
throw your heart aside, and take her
soft words and pretty tricks to Borne
licher or better -looking man, or even to
some penniless and ugly scoundrel, out
of mere frivolity and love of change.
The only man to deal with that 331/e or
woman is the bully, who frightens her
into faithfulness by oaths and blows.
With such an cleat and romantic and
sensitive nature as yours, marriage with
Lilith. Saxon would mean a tragedy and
Your utter -ruin, body and soul, Give
me your word, Hervey, not to carry out
this mad freak of yours—or, at least,
Promise me to see Lady Madge before
you attempt t0 go down to Bristol."
He was lividly pale and the perspira-
tion stood out upon his face. His un-
cooked for vehemence. so utterly at va-
riance with 111s usual lazy equanbnity,
Partly astonished and partly angered me.
But during his long and passionate pro-
test I had time to reflect that, being the
man he was, he could neither understand
the love I felt nor the nature of the girl
who inspired it, So I affected to eat my
breakfast, persuading myself the while
that I must forgive his abuse of Lilith,
since it could be only hie genuine con-
cern for my welfare W111011 inspit•ed 1t.
"1 am sure you mean well, Wray," I
therefore observed, as calmly as I could,
when he had finished speaking and stood
holding on to the back of a chair close
to the table at which I was seated, "and
therefore 1 cannot resent what you say
as I should otherwise do. But you must
understand that this is the last time
that Lilith's name 1s mentioned between
us until she has become my wife,"
He drew a long breath sharply
through his teeth, and remained silent
for several minutes.
Then. in a strangely subdued manner,
be took his hat and his canvas from the
chair 011 which he had tossed them, and
without once looking back at me he left
the studio,
I have warned you." be muttered,
witlt Ills hand on the door, "I can do no
more. The consequences be on your awn
head."
CHAl"T11R XIX.
Little enough I thought or eared for
Nicholas d'ray's warning as I 'tools my
place in the train on my way down to
Bristol.
My mind was wholly concerned with
wondering how Lilith would take my
wooing. what she would say, and how
she would look at me.
ltad she not herself wished that all
days might be like the brief time we had
spent together in London? Had she not,
little more than a year ago, clung to me,
sobbing her heart out on my shoulder,
and imploring me not to leave her among
strangers? Had she not professed her
willingness—nay, more, her eagerness—
to adopt any menial position so that she
alight not be parted from me? And,
above all, had she not escaped from Mrs,
Jackson's at midnight, a fortnight ago,
fur the mere pleasure of walking up and
down the street outside my studio door?
How could I help thinking she would=
be glad to receive me in my new char-
acter of a humble suitor for her hand?
It was not, surely, a question of vanity.
I was her only friend. For weeks after
entrance into Morland House establish-
ment she had, as she admitted to me,
looked for and longed fur my visits
every day, flet• present position was
u11(013ain and invidious; but as my wife
it would be secure. And best encourage-
ment of all for an anxious, eager level',
there was that soft kiss of iters like
Diana's kiss unasked, unsought," that
had quivered upon my cheek when we
last parted,
In 50011 thoughts and recollections 1
beguiled my journey. 1 cold, moist wind
was blowing over the downs as I drove
up from the town 1n an open fly, the
driver of which enlivened the way by de-
scanting upon the popular local topic
of the number of suicides frustrated or
sueeesefully carried through from Clif-
ton Suspension Bridge during the last
Year. I wished, with the uerellsotable-
nese of lovers that the weather had not
changed so suddenly for the worse, end
that the near neighborhood of Worland
House were not renowned as a suicide
centre. But the sight of the lots -lying
building nestling among its elm -trees set
my heart hounding with a boyish delight
and my blond tingling in my veins, ed
that 'I longed t" spring out of the cab,
and bound on ahead, shouting to Lilith
that I was coining to bear her off as
my brine.
Another and as older servant than the
girl I had seen on the occasion of my
last visit, opened the door to me,
Mrs. Worland and ;ills Saxonwere
both at home, she said, glibly In answer
to my Inquiry. Would I walk into the
drawing -room?
Mrs, Worland d1d not keep me wait-
ing long, She rustled into the room In a
handsome gray sills dress, elaborately
trimmed with lace and steel, her curly
dark hair dressed in the latest style.
and looking altogether lute a plate In a
1'aslti011 paper, She held out a small,
Phlmp, much: -ringed hand for oto to
shake, but I noticed that its touch was
strangely cold and clammy, and that her
comely, fresh-eomplexloned' face wore
an anxlotie expression which she strove
vainly to mask in smiles.
'Delighted to see you, lir, 13erv'ey,
Pray sit down. I was so sorry Lilith
wee not Here yesterday, But you see,
the dear girl had 6eemed just a little bit
—1101 exactly ill—but droopy lately', and
I thought a day or two at the seapide
of the house of a lady who Was once one
ofmy assistant teachers—a most charm-
ing and cultured woman of responsible
age—would do the dear child good, 141-
1th is growing very fast, and she re-
quires a little petting and change of air
now and then,"
It Is very thea htful of you, I'm
sure," I earn, speaiting with some re-
serVe, "But 1.11lth will, I hope, have
plenty of change from this time for.
word„
Took of unndlstait0,tlle alarm flashed
into Mrs, Morland s eyes,
You do not contemplate taking her
OW03 from hers, surely?" she SUggestod;.
The place sults her SO admirably, and
she 10 making such progress, .And then
---pardon ane—but it Is an undorstandIng
always that 1101(110 remain With 1310 not
nesethen two years, I cannot 00 Myself
.itlttico in less than that time, I thought
I explalnel MY custom in this respect
to you on the occasion of your first vlslt,
and i certainly understood that SOU
agreed to the arrfpgement"
If. Misty 4a3on Reece Wayland Ilatiee
the e �lwo' ye)trs •rro up," 1 staid
very -coldly, for I was thinking of Tel -
1
Ut'e. worn-out boots, anal UU'earlbare
gloves you,w1113103 h o. e loser' if I find
thatT entered ,int any' agrcen1en't of the
Kind, yen suggest ".
'But rho is much the Yblleg and too
Ignorant to leave aeherd yet. She kitoty,
bathing of the world, Iter maim610 am
King Christian and Queen Alexandrine.
An unconventional photograph of the Rulers of Denmark, taken at
Buckingham Palace on the occasion of their recent visit to England.
mind are unformed. And, t11en, she is
so much attached to me that it would
break her heart to part from me sudden-
ly. Besides, although It sounds egotis-
tical on my part to say so, where would
She and the affectionate sympathy, the
real home influence which she enjoys
under my roof?"
Mrs. Worland was evidently much ex-
cited. Her sweet voice actually shook
with feeling, and I hastened to assure
her that I had no Idea of removing Lil-
ith to any rival "finishing" establish-
ment,
Bot Lilith is 110 longer a child," I
went on. "She Is a beautiful, marriage-
able young woman—and, in short, airs.
Worland, I have conte down here to ask
her to be my wife."
Every trace of color faded from. Mrs.
llorland's face.
Tour wife!" she repeated blankly,
staring at me with a consternation she
did not attempt to conceal. "Mr. Hem**.
Is this a jest? Everybody knows that
next season you are going to marry Lady
Margaret Lorimer,"
'Everybody is wrong, Mrs, Worland,
Lady Margaret has dissolved our en-
gagement."
hnd you really thought," Mrs, Wor-
land said, rising. from Iter seat in her
growing excitement, 'you could really
Possibly think of proposing marriage to
a girl in Lilith's station of life just to
pique and spite your former fiance?
Surely such a proceeding would be al-
together beneath you. Let me beg and
entreat you to think better of such a
preposterous plan."
There has never been any question
with me of piquing Lady Margaret," I
said. Pray dismiss such an idea from
your mind. I wish to marry hiss Saxon
because I love her, and for no other
reason."
"Oh, my dear inn Hervey'," TA's. Wor-
land exclaimed, in her softest and most
persuasive tones, sinking down of her
seat again and joining her hands in
what appeared like very real anxiety,
for your own sake, for thesake of your
family, Your genius, and the splendid
career before you, I implore you to give
up all idea of such a terrible mesalli-
unee. Lilith herself regards you with
respect and gratitude, wholly in the
light of a protector fir father—"
There are just eleven years between
Us."
"Years are nothing. Remember your
relative positions. As far as I can ga-
ther. Lilith's early training and asso-
ciations were of 111e lowest 5.11(1 most
sordid kind, You have educated her out
of pure charity: but If y'ou were to
marry her, would the world believe it?
You know how shamefully- censorious
people are, Could you bear the sort of
tiling that would be said about your
wife?"
The world. Mrs, Worland," I said, "Is
nothing to me, an artist makes his own
world." iTo be continued.)
"Granny's" Tribute.
The Rev. Mr. Lawrence had
boarded for so long a time with the
Granby family that when 115 was
obliged to remove to a new field of
labor, the family keenly felt his
loss,
"The best pastor we've ever had
in this town," declared Father
Granby, heartily. "I don't expect
to see his equal again."
"Such good company," said Mo-
ther Granby; "and so svmpatlhstic
if the least thing went wrong."
"He was the easiest man to cook
for I ever knew," contributed Aunb
Ann. "He was always satisfied
with what he had to eat, and he
never grumbled,"
"He had such a serene disposi-
tion," sighed Sister Laura, "He
brought ,an atmosphere of peace
whenever -he came into the house."
"Granny" Granby, in cher cor-
ner by the fireplace, shook her
he -ad dolefully as she added her tri-
bute of affection,
"I'11 miss him dretfully," she
mourned. "He was the best band.
at ketohing moth millers ever I
did see,"
Can't Sidestep That.
".non t take any notice of the
cook, myclear,"
"But John, "I have to take it when
she gives 1t to pie," -
"When I marry itwill be for love
only." "Is that so?" "Positive-
ly," "And if some poor 'nan pro-
poses
takeUyolgood carelnub lat toahill in
love with any man who isn't able
to provide Inc with what luxuries
I require."
Oil thc Farm
wessaiscsns.ss.ses-noes.asnoessacs.a�
Feeding the Calf.
The mother's milk should be fed
the first week, beginning when the*
calf is 24 to 36 hours old. The milk
must be fresh and warm, about 95
to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and most
always be fed from a clean pail,
preferably a tin pail. A wooden pail
is too 'hard to keep .sweet and clean.
The second week whole milk from
any cow may be fed, and the third
week, if the calf is in good health
and growing nicely, the change to
skim milk may be begun. Do not
make the mistake of feeding more
skim milk simply because the cream
is removed. The whole milk con-
tains about as much protein as the
calf can handle and when swim milk
is fed in large quantities the calf
gets more than he can use, and as
a consequence a sick calf is the re-
sult.
The change from whole mill: to
skim milk must -be gradual: from
ane half to 1A pounds a day, de-
pending upon the 'size and vigor of
calf. To an average calf, two weeks
old, we would feed about twelve
pounds •a day of whole milk. 'Bhe
first day of the third week, or when
it is desirable •to begin the change,
the daily feed would be eleven
pounds of whole milk and one
pound of skim milk ; the second day,
ten pounds of wh-ole milk and two
pounds of skim milk, and so' until
the complete change is made. It is
just as essential to feed the skim
milk warm as the whole milk, al-
though when the calf gets larger
and stronger, six to ten weeks old,
a gradual change to cold milk may
be made.
Allow the calf a clean, airy pad-
dock of box stall in Which to get
exercise. Give him some well 'cur-
ed hay, such as timothy and clover,
or timothy alone, al soon as he will
eat it, which will be when he is from
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in small quantities may be fed, but
with this roughage there is danger
of the calfs eating more than lie can
properly digest.
Grain may be fed as soon as he
will take it, and for this purpose a
mixture of bran and crushed oats
or, crushed oats alone is recommend-
edi;
Protect the Tree Roots.
In digging a tree, preserve as
many of the roots as possible, espe-
cially the fine roots which feed the
larger ones. Do not let these roots
dry in the sun or wind. They
should be protected with burlap,
canvas or straw until they are set
in the ground. This is especially
true of evergreens. Exposure of
the roots to 'bhe sun or wind will
set the resin in the
root
further development of the plant.
This is a matter that does not seem
to be well understood, or at least
heeded, by our tree planters. Thou-
sands of evergreens aredestroyed
each year by careless handling,
either 'in the nursery or, as is the
usual case, by the planter. One
cannot be too careful in handling
either the evergreen al' the hard -
weed trees to keep the roots from
drying.
Sunlight.
Sunlight is one of the best and
cheapest disinfectants a't our dis-
posal, and we should take advant-
age of this fact ab every opportun-
ity. In the construction of barns
or shelters of any kind for animals,
ample provision should be made for
the admission of the maximum
amount of sunlight. Soutlhern ex-
posure is desirable, that is, having
the majority of the windows facing
the south. The warmth this pro-
vides in cold weather is desirable,
and much of the excessive heat in
summer can be avoided by provid-
ing suitable cuT1tains o'1• screens.
Most disease germs are easily kill-
ed by direst sunlight, as has been
repeatedly shown by experiments.
4r
Botil Const: Beek.
"You know what a boomerang is,
don't you, Johnnie?"
"No, ma'am."
"Why, -a boomerang is something
you throw out and after a little_
while it turns and comes hack.
"Please ma'am. it's somethin'
like the prodigal son, ain't it?"
The Proper Term.
"What's that?" cried the new
doctor in the mining camp. "iron
say you have 'shooting pains' in
your back. Why, •you're wounded,
man I"
"That's what I said—'shooting
pains,' " said Flute Pete.
CURES BY A POLISH PEASANT.
Patient Sends Only Christian Nance
and Date of Birth.
Stanislaus Ratajcsyk, a Polish
Peasant living in -the hamlet of To
polca, near the ancient town of
Lenczyca, Russian Poland, has won
false in Russia, Germany and Aus-
tria for his strange cures.
The patient, who may be in New
York, Vladivostock or Warsaw,
sends by mail or wire his Christian
name, with exact date of birth.
That is all. 0'n getting his data,
Stanislaus puts the letter, message
or cah'd before him on e, table, sits
down in front of it, drinks a glass
of cognac and goes into e, short
trance. Then he says to his secre-
tary, "I see such and such a thing
in the patient's body. He must do
so and so."
The secretary writes down the
medicines and treatment and the
prescription goes to the address
sent with the Christian name and
date.
Stanislaus can neither read nor
write, but his cures bring him enor-
mous crowds, as well as stacks of
letters and despatches. Though
Topolca is more than 30 miles from
the nearest railway depot, patients
of all sorts and conditions, from the
poor peasant who can pay nothing,
to the rich in their cars and £ur0,
Reek to him. When they come, in-
stead of sending their navies by
post, he does not ask them details,
but goes into a trance and tells
them what is the 'natter.
His fee ranges from a few cents
to $5, according to a patient's
purse. He also levies a toll of a
bottle of French brandy from a11,
except the very poor.
Many scientists of Europe havo
vainly sought to solve the mystery
of the peasant's strange power. A
correspondent made the tedious
journey to 'Topolea to investigate.
«'hen lie arrived at the healer's
house, Stanislaus was saying to a
Russian official who was suffering
from alcoholism:
"What is the use of your coming
to see me? I can only heal the
body; it is your soul that is ill.
Control that and you will be well."
Turning to the correspondent he
grumbled: "You are not Fick. You
have come to find out whether I am
a fraud or not. You are not from
these parts, but I cannot tell where
you are from, as my gift only ap-
plies to the sick, not to the
healthy,"
His latest striking achievement is
to grow a fine crop of hair on a
n
perfectly bald trate, and, since news
of it got abroad his house has be -en
besieged by rich people ivho are
hairless. He says his remedy for
baldness is a decoction of snake -
weed.
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ARIl DOING.
Progress of 1110 Great West Told
in a Few Painted
Paragraphs.
Fire almost completely destroyed
the plant of the Royal City Lumber
and shingle mill at New Westmins-
ter, B.C.
The Building Inspector at Van-
couver reeonlniended that 19 build-
ings in that city be condemned and
torn down.
Godfrey Haggai', the Revelstoke,
B,C., Rhodes scholar. won a Cob-
den essay prate at Oxford, which
ryas worth 8100,
The steamer Elihu Thompson,
which left Vancouver for Nome,
took with her 18,000 fresh eggs
packed in 5 -gallon oil cans,
Police of Vancouver are showing
great activity in preventing Chinese
from delivering and collecting laun-
dry work on Sundays.
Forest fires at Coquitlam and
North Vancouver caused losses of
over $300,000 in 24. hours. The
fires were finally quenched by rain
New Westminster "native sons"
held a great re -union, honoring
several surviving members of the
Royal Engineers' Corps at a ban -
An order was placed with Van-
couver firms for five and a half mil-
lion feet of lumber, to be used in
connection with the new dry dock
at Quebec,
Madame Icla Estey Newlon, a
Imminent Vancouver musician, was
shot and wounded by her husband,
who then committed suicide with
the same weapon.
The Assizes Court Jury at Van-
couver brought in a verdict of man-
slaughter against Jack Kong, the
Chinese why killed Mrs. Charles
'Millard and a burned her body.
v.
Charles D. Donnelly, of Vancou-
ver, had 888 in his pocket'011en he
was struck by a street oar and made
unconscious. When lie recovered
consciousness later the money was
gone.
Vancouver Inas a large number of
tall men on its police force. Of a
total force of 221, only 82 are nn -
der 6 feet. The whole f a t,see rangeb
in height from 5 feeb 10, to 6 fee - CO
inches.
The Vancouver City Council all-
thorized Mayor Baxter to demand
information from Great Northern
Railway officials as to what they in-
tend to do in connection with the
proposed terminal, viaducts. etc.
The British steamer Rohl:' dol-
lar, took 5,000,000 feet ,t Huber
from Victoria for Tor,nl i.n.l itun-
bel• to be used in barber improve-
ment work in Toront=:,. There are
25,000,000 feet in all In be used,
and it is expected that most of it
will pass through the Panama ca-
nal.
Miss J. W. Carr, a clerk in a
Vancouver jewellery store, 13 /18 in
the store alone when a num came
in and went round the counter to
steal. Miss Carr 'got the jeweller's
revolver and backed the man out of
the front door of the store. Ile dis-
appeared before a policeman meld
be summoned.
John Scott, a weal -known Victor-
ia, B.C., merchant, declared at a
banquet that the time was corning
when it would be necessaay for the
Government to appoint a rental
commission, with powers similar 'to
the Railway Board, to solve the
rental problem in Canada, which 'at
present, he said, was one of the
main causes of the present business
depression in some Maces.
THE HORRORS OF WAR.
Pen Picture of Scenes in Franco.
German War.
The lath Sir Henry 13raokenbuly
\vent in charge of the Englitah Red
Cross work in the Franco-German
war, and ire afterwards wrote :—
"PresentlY we reached Bazeilles,
which Joanne calls in this Guido a
town of 2048 inihahitanbs, situated
in the midst of beautiful planba-
tions, with cloth factories, forges,
and other industries. It was a heap
of blackened 'mins. Nob one ]louse
stands from one end of ,the town to
the other. Burnt Walls, heaps of
stones, mud, and desolation, . con-
stitude 'tine town of i3azeilles."
Another pi'ebure is that of the, ac-
tual seem in the hospitals, where
French and German wounded were
lying side by sidbo: '
"Floors covered with the poor
fellows, with every sort of wound.
Some dying with balls through the
chest, some with crushed arms or
legs from shells. One Frenchman
had lain three clays in a ditch and
was brought in to have his thighs
amputated. He asked ter a cigar
the moment the amputation was
over, Another Bavarian 311131 his
thigh and hip smasihed to pieces by
e shell; and, alas! in such condi–
tion ;bion I could not 'go near him,
though his wounds aro dressed with
pure catholic acid. The wot,nd5 are
now in their stage of suppuration,
and a cigar was necessary for men
wl:,, ince myself,, are pot aeons
nomad to such pl ees." •
Sir Henry himself 'fought in the
Indian Mutiny, in the Soudan, and.
elsewhere. • , .
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