HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-1-7, Page 2Illoricy Makes Moncy;
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Or, A Strange Stipulation.
I lodgings of licr first little hautewithoTO•
lion, #.10.0 at least. SIM 'World ne'lenown
and treated Ivie,1 aniveN.it.
"TIMM welrld be ns lotr,", she said ,to
heroolf
bit .ii', "Of Anyone emailog, .to
find Me. If ho bad *anted to do thot, 10
could have demi co a long time ago.'
Ate anode M• way .bUtk to. the omnibus
route and travelled out to lotion.roury,
tom meld not, see very cleaVy when oho
reavbed the tArcet lthat woo eo familiar
to her,
Mt.:tonnes onon crowding on her. 11
seemed to 'her oo strange that °nee elm
bad paccal up and down t1it3 verY street,
o herr!, So light-heartedly, that she had
h7Ott wOut to e.,:og. n0 ctn. walked. •
it no.' with a nensation' of noillething
of souielhing akin to joy that whim she
larechod at the door she found herself O
moment later Toeing the weitilun wio
'this house. There might have been 0
O1APTS11, XLII.-(0,oatinned).
Ifo was no like, yet se unlike, the Man
eibe Reved. Julian was yomiger:1band.
Selmer t to anOst women &alto:ton II10 would
have been the more attromOve; bul she
had •always +before bee, eYes Adrian Dew.
ney's face, nvith Nis strong, frIale cll'arce•
OiOn. Rhoeould ore him no•w eo clearly
re he had OTQUe t000rde her in the little
garden.
tem almcin haled herself for letting anY
Other man Gall her friend, and yet Me
woo vo emplloono ;lonely!
"I nvue't imeattclerotand you, MrlitY•
ant," tato eadd; "hut you do not know, f
tlaink I mat:111 yoU he good to me
In the way you moon. ACtor Ploy.
dell is right; I am here:bey extravagant!
X do make My own and I thak
it 10 0, good lowon for ate to light and not
pat inhent on to somebody see."
"I don't quite agree with you," Julian
Bryant caid.
the smiled tit bini,
"All" she said, "yol belong to the type
of man •isho lusles to see any wealexi fight.
ing und otruggling, and Minks that 101
%%mei Laioteld be tenderly gnarded told
hero!, away hewn everptivIng that is rough
and cruel."
He turned white to h's lja, mid did not
speak for mc,nen•t; end .toen he ..aidt-
"You-you judge nae wrongly, Lady El-
den. I tint afraid I don 1 mer.t this good.
Ho 15C3 thinking 10 be turn ,tal mime -
thing other than this chniming little
room, with oh:o protty, dcoglitiul
Mon fao.ng Iltut, He had gone I, •It tor
an 0110 111111 las Old uorclid, narraw, no,
happy IlIe, with Enid altrayo krave,
wayo resourceful, 11001.170 brlgat-tempered;
and rho r,aug that went -through 1206 heaat
11.11 lake pang *1moo al rain.
It
'14 11 this very mcanent that the
butler announced Mr. Tenderten.
%the Quick -eyed lawyer wok in the fact
that timait these people had a, confused,
norvoto us,pr(a.sionl and 11,.1 jealous 110.-
ture took game at onee, whilst 'at the
tome Hine s. eruiek, mannIng sugacution
tome into his mind.
"I hear that you rang me up, Lady M-
en," ate ott'd. "I tried oe got thiough to
you several tittles; but Oleo I thought
serhaps it would he better if I come to
'gee you.'
"'Mat 06 ve:y go•ad of you," cold Lady
Ellen, with an effort. 'You know Mr. lItry.
ant, or corms.'
"Mew do you do, Bryant?" said the
youog lawyer, rather com.ty.
He averp.ed a cup of tea, and began
talking in ans cnost •agorctolve Caotoon,
and in a very little •wt., Bayant
got op and took his Moor:lire.
"You are Isaving town again at once,"
inquired Lady Ellen, Ihutraot.y, a,, ,Jae put
her hand azain into 111,
Ile nodded Ole head.
"Yes, :ma )•02.1.r
"C111, rat very unnertain. I rather think
I shill go •ro Homburg., I don't know if
I can manage it, but I'm 0. ,ask oI Lon-
don: It bas been eo 1100 this year, hasn't
itO"
Julian d10. not. ohake hands with Ten -
ate 'to put alum right. I eat ready
make any saerilices and to ettort at once '
Another letter she wrote before she
went to bed-
"NIroty Mean," 11. begam-"You know
it wan very mean of you to oend nut 0100110
on. •Fatueday. because I did so badly want
10 otay; and onee upon a Mane you tuvit.
ed me to he your otteot, 'Yoe shall Move,'
,You said, 'trie most charming bedroollt
imaginable, looking out over tile old gar.
dole and the orahardo away to the sea,
1 never saw .the charming bedrcenn; 10
coldhearted farmer drove 7110 awaY. In
a little while I shall have 601110 news -to
•glve you about anyneelf; but don't write
to me, at least fora month, 11(002011" I
rholl be far too busy to answer you, Ever
'yours, Noll.
"P.R.- Did you enjoy the music verY,
very much at the Rectory? I went to bed
00 ten I hear the ethers played bridge
tit four o'elock in the morning, I aan
done with that lot. I shall never go there
again!"
CHAPTER XIV.
Deopite all Dirs. GreshanOo endea^rs to
Persuade Ina to remain, Enid left: the
Rettory early on•Monday morning. She
had .fulfilloO her promise, however, and
had remainect in her room throughout the
long .hot day of tiunday, and she had
the:et:Ore InOsed her chat tvith Colonel
Downey, who bad aawived at the Rectory
about teatime. Inotead of talking to her,
ho talked ,k) MX& Gresham.
"I can't help thinking tbat Wee Sinclair
is in real need of friends," Ite eald, when
he and the Rector's wife found themselves
alone for a little while.
Mrs. Gentile= was very Quiet for a. 1110.
ment, and then ale raid -
"It useless to disguise the fact that
Deanoud 113 Yery inttit in love with her.
I. feel a little worried about it. I am sure
it nvcrald upset his another a good deal.
You see, he is too young to marry yet
awhile."
"Ch, yes, I undentand," said Colo•nel
Downey, with O. faint &,mile; "but Haan -
mond will grow out of this .foney. It is
inet n coe of prrninquity. They have
been thrown together a, plod deal. Sho le
3, very lovely young creature, and O.
would be a very queer sort of young man
who dill not 11!6 heart to her. I don't
fanny phe ree:precaten .3.ffect4o1l."
"1 om quite sore ,;he does not," Mre.
Gresham mid; "es a matter of fact I Will
confide to You that she told me that she
was .r.ot going on with the 101100, and I
guesmd at onco the real reason."
"You are going to look after her?" quer.
Jed Colonel Downey, II moment or MVO
later.
Greeham answerea promptly.'
"I.O,; if ;he will let me; but we are
stratagem, and although .she may like me,
juot ros I ant drown magnetioally. to her,
I have no real islace in her life.
Colonel Dawaey got up. Ile stood, tall
and ooldierly, looking ahead of him for 11
few eeconds, and then he gaol -
(torten; be 1i:reply gave lam a. mad, and ao "I don't 001 a rule interfere in my neigh -
be N1,0111.CAMV t,'.10 lawyer toughed. ia-•ra affairs; but there hi something
"Ilo 111.13 dropped into things pretty about this girl whith omens to me to call
quiek, been't be?' he said, with a ',neer. for mere than ordinary sympathy, I um
"One would 00091' imagine, to Lok at a man, and I can't do anything, but ---at
him, that he hod bees down so %IV as to le differeat with you: however," he held
datoe 10 cab." out his hand us be spoke, and smiled,
If he thought to sorprOse Lady Ellen, he -here am 01 teaching you your business.
failed. the Mit ouddetely 01. goettt mug- I 011101101101 0100 don't box my 0111,"
nonce to Mr. Tender:en. "C'omo and see me again soon," said
out you see *be mod, "Mr. Bry.
art would 0201111"o be the rIght thing,
wba.terer be did"; and this was a speech
whit a brought the hot 10 000 into Mr. Ten.
del .1101',
"Ycli W.124 to go to Homburg, I hear,"
he soOd, os he ynt down Iles cup.
„ I ult I 'hall go it you can sOnle
to try re,eu,"'ca'd Lady Ellea
the runnzed very (Illicitly that ehe could book to me, '014011 01
not afford to quar-e. with him. olthough Enid looked at Oleo. Gresham quietly.
mt the se7no 1101 &021 awakened in thio "I can't make any promises. I am.
moment .:hat he found him absolutely de- afraid I shall have to go to Canada. 1
tco.able. have peop"e there, you know. They won't
Ilc 1100111011. be very .plensed to see MO come bask, ae
o
.roud to think 11201 I can be of I, hall go, but at leaet tbey ore my kith
emia.m.P.rtanee in your life, Lady Ellen." and kin, end I have a, right to turn to
he clic!. them. This much at leaet I will premise
thrligneO her shoo -alders. you," Enid added the next moment; "and
"Well, You vcry (lever, and you have that is tbat if I do not go back to Can•
haI,ic.1 me 03 adq and I find myself very, very lonely, I
"And 7010 V. ar.0 nie to hen you again?" will ,,,I,. to you.
l'here woo: a uote in lr's voice that wont
to the ears cl • en Croal/ero proud heart.
I don't think •to, 1110. Tonderten,"
61310 n.,y'd, "I I ant already too deeply in
Your etc.ht. I mu loot ,,11.11Pig1.? OI1 .100114*
1)17,1 1 can.'
lie gave her n foxy lock. CO' course, he
jowl -Ad ot 041:0 to the cow...no:on that
Err n ao ng to e! hor.
'In oorry," sa4l. "I thought that derstand?
Yo011 tvoulti rely upon me. Lady Ellen." "Perft•Aly," eald Mrs. (Trevino= e,miling
oae answered tom tranklY. Just for an inotant. "Well, leave It to
"that I bate been relying 1010 01111011 on roe. T will drive you to the waren res,
even.110117 01'l my life, and 1100111 time mil. You shall have your breakfast be.
I d11 otonothing for myself. Eo 'You fore right o'clock, and -we ,vill get away
know, Mr. Tentlerten, I sat aiOald Mr. in time to oateh the expreo; at the June-
Picyclell is right! As long ao I remain in tion whieh leaves a little alter nine."
th'e .1110.10 1101)4 keep up ail thIci ectablIeh. Tit's programme 0130 carried out, mid so
mom. I ith 111 never be out of debt, or it was, that Enid found herself travelling
C011if", hate eying It up. but,"--• rapidly natoy from the country on 21. veto/
she o02rugge:1 her chou'ders--"well, we
have In do so moity :bingo we bate, &tit
Wee
He lo.ked at her in a pirarled fashion.
Ile dial not (fifth uuderstand the drift of
her WeirOt. Certainly he was not prepar-
ed for thin declaration Of independence,
"./O: I toll you pome months ego, Lady
Ellen, I never cou'Al ,Te the need far each
.throsre alteration in your life; and if
you are content to leave things to
Mrs. Greeham.
An hour or so afterward she went soft-
ly to Enid's room. and found the girl up
and dressed and sitting in a obair.
"Colonel Downey has sent you mane
aneo.tges. He was very much disappoint,
ed not to eee you. Ile still hopee to hear
you rlay and too -one day :very
oeon. I want . you t0. promise to come
ttre alwaye here, lire. Gresham
said. "It we go away it is only rex 0, few
dans; the Reto
cr never eaves to leave his
‚11101110. Now you really fecl rested?"
"Oh, co much better -quite another Pee
a
von; nd I ham 0. favor 10 ask you. I
ww
ant trr go aay tomorrow quite- quite
early. I don't '01,101 to hurt Mr. Ham-
mond in any way. I --I wonder if you un
She went when elle reached London to
Sethi] Jackson's Ilat. There sbe Wile met
by the information that Miss Jachoon had
gone abroad suddenly.
°Something. to do with that there We.
men o Rights,' void tihe porter, "I did hear
her FON es elle boo gone to Amain., but
that mayn't be right, YOU. know; any
way. she's looked up the flat and I've got
the key. Will you be Gtaying here, miss.
Ohl" the porter added, "there wae an old
"Don't think me ungrateful, Mr. Tender- rentlernan tome inquiring for 7011 once
ten," Lady Ellen mid, "if I decide to wake 'or twice edam you've been away. He
up and do thi»gs W
for myself." She chang- seemed a bit vexed he didn't see you."
('01d toe sublet,. grace:.3y. What have
you been doing all 111', time? You here
not I mot in London. have you?"
. MroTmh
eo•ten 11,11.1101011n h
rged nooie doings
and throw in a 1< 3' hig 0,0120001but in
1 ratty he wan perturOel. It -rots not at
all 11',game to .111 I.ady Ellen get out of
l.'s bards; and he know that, without
tr
bell/ am 0100110(1:,, if she chore to sell
her 010160.111201 each 103 .C1e bad, dOomee of
her ale:tures and her furntture, olio would
be able 10, raise (1110,100111 01100(11 to 1107him, 'end .11 any .rote seine the larger
voodoo of her qlrbts. felt to had Made
a wrong move and at once 11,19301401 10
(111121100 this; •but he was not wholly 0<10.
lady 10111(0s
dlen at cmoe thee, enter be had
;Wild twiny •thiirlOng deeply; and she had
just gone upstairs to tires tor her lonely
(Mimeo when a tote Ives brought to her,
011 vo.ts.fr,...m Julian Bryant. Inside there
1111014111 Ott'e ercksure, and in thie 0210106'111*e vas a ch
blank eque-
"I' am leaving to -morrow for .0100641
1011"
Wrote. "My 20111121ve.7 tomer-
win. Perlman you have gueo.ed that T
am not a very harpy man, Just as I have
parraed taint you are tetulerhearted arv.I
moo!: flidoepathet:41. Dan ask:ng you then -
fore. to he goad to ane, and to 11011611 1110
to stretch out alicind to you now that I
know from -our own 21400,3,0,1tennt you
lined frIend's hood. If T am goolty 01
an vet Tooth 1011<21302'' rut, .100.1 10,11 11111
thio loiter and all it 11001.0 ''3 ±;,;11,•7
some Jay to lorrive me."
TARTY Ellen mother lore tip 21110 loiter
nor did the O114/W01` it, Abe mak that lit.
tie cocksure 40,4 11,4ted it aw n'111120120e 0111010): bee 1101','WOM M00% A olie did
so. Ire woo 1') Mee .Ialr'an, alone
novo him 0. 10.;11, in her 1,Intaehi ; 'ant oh*
likti,1 him for hinoicif a'so, an:1 00.1.,ee
1100 101111 110 had (01.11 lirr he was on
121010.
oho; welt'. otter (''111" the' wrote a leo
ter to Mr. ((''(.141 2:101 adl0000d it to
01110 ni•O: tc odellor.o. r
W trl ACV 10.1'2," Wrote, "r \et II
74',0 tO 11019 I've 11''!.!010; 1.4
*PIM' 11,111.
1'0, ais..1 rev/ 1. 111 Nee 1001<,•Ivith really great diff'oulties. Please help
"No; I Lhan't 01117 here, mid Enid.
"Mies Jackson might not like it, and be-
sides I- I'm only In London for a, few
hours. If any. luggage or letters cone
Lr me, do you think you would take care
of them?"
The porter :meanie(' eagerly, and as his
hand ckood over the ba,Itcrown that Ontd
gore hina, be said-
"Perbays you'd Ithe a bit of froannutt to
eat, Mcal nOssus could (molt you a
thon cart,"
,thank you, no," said Enid.
"I',m lunching out,"
She bad only a 611,001 141 ease with her,
and no dm walked awaY thie hung heavily
in her hand. Now what wee she to do?
Where w"' ,'110 to go? Elbe hod GO little
meney, and Sybil Jeckson was really the
only peoson wheat she could turn for
prate..cal •help and advice.
Noe oalked on till she (Name to a Wanes
where ithe could get en oranibee, and she
nut hemelf into one without in the least
knowing what direction che would go or.
what she vreulcl do when she got to the
end of the JoiarneY.
Indeed, an the onmilnot was rolling post
one of the entrances to Ilegent'e Park ehe
suddenly determined to get out and eit
awhile under the trees.
31 ragged 'little 'boy rem up beside her,
11,111110 to hold her bag, and the gave It
to him, for in trntlo she was not strong
enough to carry it, and though every
penny 4'4 V01170 10 bet now the part.
eel w'th n caml coin gladly.
:not for ‚(t',00* elm was ton weary, ton
heartsick to work and think and plan
not nny future aorton,
ws.a 14-1y nlesint under the treeo,
even thourb the park manned With the
children 1." the poor.
ruId ltsr4e (1101. the noonday sun
w••ehetl tie he'gbi.VAS 00,1.;
t feelirl an bahnuetIon
orme 110.11' .0 oho had not touched "m4
oince the verv early morning; ond no at
twee Ate trwekencl whit a start to the
Icroc oe !Oat .-11P moot do emnothing
or nits. ;relit ‚00111.',! be on her before she
lomw where she was going te einem
Thew -Immo thc o acted thinking in real
ormoot ctol o O'io went over 1,11 pneetl•
FOP:co ,ho 41p...1/1.al that it would be per-
he.ps ttiO hot plan if she wont, '.1* the
Change, and elm might have found
strangerro bout tb.lo was spared her, and
ae ilbe 1,14h3 greeted warmly. Enid felt that
she hod found a friend.
"Why, Moe Bryant!" exclaimed the
lanelladY, Et brisk, clean, middle-aged wo.
men. "I was thinking about you onlY
the other sla:,. and wishing' I could have
you back agatn. I'TO 31414 110 11101S VI 11
mY rootus slue you 0,011 Mr. Bryant loft,
and that's the truth; but won't, you come
in? It hoe been a terribly hot, day, and
you look wore out."
She took the kit moo from Enid's hand,
a 0 erl r showed the WaY 11110 11, front
D
"Would you like a, cup of tea, or per -
hams YOU'VO bit4 10"
101114 thanked her eagerly.
"I haven't had anything to eat einco
the morning, Mrs Chaplin. I've oome 011
from the Gauntry." she explained.
"Oh, then you'll be wanting something
badly. juat. sit down, talcs off your het."
As she buotied away the landlady Shook
her load. Rhe had no need c•I words to
tell her that Alm. Bryant had faltlen on
hard times; 112 fact she did not Quite like
to inquire after Julie,n. Sloe was afraid
leot something had hoopened to him. She
was back almest direetty with a rough
tray, 4,11 which was spread teacups and
a loaf and some butter.
"No; I've never had no decent folk
since you went away," she chattered on.
"TOT often wondered about you, Mre. Bry-
ant. Did you get along comfortablY
where .you went?"
"Yeo, Said Znid. "It waen't like being
with you; but we manned all right,
times were very hard with us. You know
we should never beam left you. Mrs. 0110)'
lin. if we could have afforded to stay."
hire. Chaplin cut some slices of bread
and butter, and went to and fro into the
11110e adjoining room, bringing, back at
lost a teapot and ft boiled egg.
"It 6eCt116 to me," she mid, "we get no.
thing but bard Greco, some of uis; but I
did hope things was going to be
better with you, my dear! Mr. Bryant Jae
were such a fine etrong man, oe strong
and willing, wouldn't have minded who*,
he did now, would be?"
Enid Wok her courage in bath ha
"I've come to you, Mrs. Chaplin," she
said, "becomee I -I'm sal alone now, and T
want to liye somewhere where I ara
known. I can only aolfrd one roora."
"It'll be a pleasure to 'aye you in the
house," said blrs. Clotplin. "Now juct eat
that egg and mink the tea, and then
we'll talk."
O,ntel drew near the table, trying verY
hard to keep hack her team. But there
was something that hod to be mad, and
she said it at once,
"X am going t* ask you a favor. Will
700p10100not--not speak about Mr. Bry-
ant?" she said. "I have been very, very
tinhaPPY. Mrs, Chaplin, even now I -I
can't talk to you aboul him easily."
She kne,w tbat these wordo 0101114 imply
fomenting wbich was not the truth. But
then the truth must never be told to any-
one. That had become a creed nvith Enid.
"011121011' how you feel, my clean," said
Mts. Ohan'in; "and eat ask no more Ques-
tions. I'm glad you came to me. You're
one of the tort as I like. Now drink your
tea, and don't you fret youreell more than
you can help.'
"Won't you have mine tea, too, Mrs.
Chaplin?"
Mre. Chaplin eat down at once and be-
came sociable.
She inferred Enid, that though she had
hall no Welt with lodgers, things were not
quite so bad as they .had been with her,
fo.rneelay" heel come into a little bit ,'ff
010010?,
"In truth, you know, any dear," she
said, "thoug'n it'e not much, yet it do
help, and so I haven't worried myself so
much about letting ea I thed to do; and
that makes it easier for you, too, because
I don't Ince the ides, of your being in one
room. What you'd best to do is to take
the tWO and Just pay mo what you onn
for them. We shan't fall out."
Enid bit her quivering lin,
wiroa ore oeoy good, Mrs. Chaplin," she
paid. "Jost for the moment I van% ce-
tera very anuctia, but -but I -I'm going to
work. I must give lencone. Do you 110'
111320311.1' when I was here how we ueed to
talk it, over? There were ore or two chil-
dren you told me about then who could
have come to me. Perhaps I could teach
them now.'
"I remember," said Mrs. Choi/Ent "Mat
your poor iruebased he woe that proud,
you know, he didn't wont you to have to
work, GO fell through. But to tell the
truth, my dear," Mrs. Chaplin added.
"you don t 600111 10 MO none too strong to
take on
"Oh! I am much etronger than 01 look,"
El1 1 11 Gold, bravely.
It was so hot in this little homely par.
lor, and the house, novr that she was in
it again, seemed crowded with memories
which were so vivid, PO hcartsearehing,
that for the moment her courage faltered,
noel the dad not know how she would be
able to live among them: but Mts. Chap.
lin's brisk ehlotter and hearty pt•antleal
sympatlw Watt very cratforting and helm
ful. And when ofter the tea, vrae finieh-
ed, Enid climbed the narrow stairs to the
two rooms where once she bad been so
happy, there came over ber 0 sense of
something' like joy. Here at last, ehe
would have reet and peace and dreaming
of the old days, live once again through
the hones and feare, and thoee hours of
Sweeteet, nommunion which had gone from
her in actuality for evert
(To bo cr tinned.)
* 'that Soothing Stimulant.
Sir Lauder Brunton some years
ago made interesting researches in
regard to the effect of alcohol on the
system. in he,alth and disease.
Amongst other things, he discover-
ed that the idea that cold may be
werded off by mean,s of spirits is
nothing but a myth, and gave the
case of a party of mountaineers who
had to cemp foe the night at a high
elated°. Some mein,bers of the
party partook liberally of alcohol
before getting into their Sieoping
bags, others took just a, little, while
some of the party drank none at all,
The following morning every one of
the first group was dead. Theme who
had taken a, little on the previous
night woke feeling cold and miser-
able, whilst those wh,o h,ad left
themselves in the hands of nature
awoke feeling refrethed a.nd
though they had been the last to
fell asleep. When a, stimulant is
required owing either to cold or fit -
nap Tit ANCIENTS, LIKED
NOT so VERY wont bur0R-
E.V1' FRO ,OUBS,
Cooks Held in Itigh Esteem After
the Simple Life Been
Pushed Into e.
The Anciente, by 'whom we inea,n
the Greeks and Romene, ate -Niers,
mire') the same food that we eat tos
day, and with the wee appetite.
They looked upon the proem, Per -
baps, with an eye of greater cere-
gwl.i4bInlaTterfIlletteti03341 4.414•1"i47nlrgiy
0110 '30011,13
Lucullus, and the freedmen's fancy
was separate and ids (mu,
After the gustue came the regular
eoorees (feroula they are ealee(1),
which; might be three, Q1' even 00 -
van, in the heuses ef epicures,
The Satirists and HiStorians,
418 308 kInvehww,h coveadariny intehreeaessaliedrauvan:
der the ern,pire, and whieh bade the
IllaTitibeYss citlillicaliesstoen4thekerndtsheoirf
the earth, Sittire had no more ef-
fed ehan sumptuary lave, and the
banquets of rieh patriciane 0,nd
wealthy freedmen are legendaree
First came the fish, tor Poor as foe
teeny. Homeric times the gods necessity of the duper, See -
took their share of every banquet, bar el and *he turbot of Baseline
were the favorites and the heAdeek
was not diedained.
Oysters were a,s bighly prized at
Rome as in modern London, and
were brought by the literately front
Britain to be fattened in the Ut-
erine Lake. Of the birds, the chief
in esteem. were fowls and peacocks,
and field -fares were as eagerly.
sought for in' Rome as in the Athens
of Aristophenes.
But no banquet alt. Rome was
complete without a wild boar, whose
entrance upon the table, roa•sted
whole, marked the, higthest moment
of the ceremonial feast, Petronius
haS described the pomp of its com-
ing with a vast deal of cireum-
stance. "A tray was brought in
with a, wild boar of.the largest size
upon it, wearing e, cap of freedom,
with two little baskets wove of palm
twigs hanging from his tusks one
full of dry dates and the other of
fish. Round it lay euckling pies
made of Simnel ealce with their
rnouehs to ehe teats, thereby show-
ing that we had a ,sow before us.'
So valiant a beast, freed because
the guests of yeeterclay had sent
him away untested, de,served the
ministration of no mean carver.
And a big bearded man in a span-
gled hunting coat plunged a great
knife into his side, and as the knife
entered, out there flew
A Large Number of Thrushes.
It was a fa,nea,stie specta,cle, and
suggests not the banquet of an epi'
euro, but what the newspapers of
today call .0, freak dinner.
And the Rognanai.no lesethan the
Greeks, proved their leve of the pig
by the preference they showed for
sausage and blaek puddings. For
the rest they esteemed a hare, a
goat, or a dormouse thee had been
fed on chestnuts as rue dainties,
and they finished their feasts with a
fine array of pastry a,ncl fruit. Some
there were who praised the simple
life, but eve may assume that Hoe -
ace, when he declared his hatred of
parsiei apparatus, was expressing
no more than the remorse of &jaded
pit'Ylaette.11 we compe,re the luxury of
modern times with the luxury of
Rome, we shall 'observe bile few dif-
ferences, We do not, like the led-
ma,ns recline at our meals; we do
not observe the ceremonies of the
triclinium; we are more eensitive 111
keeping clea,n our hands, a,nd pre-
fer kirks, to fingers, bett the taste
of man has not greatly changed in
2,000 years, and if it could be our
good fortune to dine with Lucid:lug,
his table would Onatee us 110 confu-
sion and but smell surprise.
A.FRICAN MARESBEN.
Whose Cross -Bows Shoot as Sure
as Guns.
The proficiency of the Afrieen
cross -bow men amazed the Duke of
Mecklenburg, who wondered how
the weapon of William Tell found
its way inte the Bonganda country,
But there it wee, handed down from
a dim antiquity which the nativez
were unable to reveal. Several of
the hunting tribes use the weapoe,
and some of the rnerkemen are so
skilled that they can bring down .1.1,
high soaring bird with the same
sure action of the man with the gun.
"Notthin.g is done to the arroWS
used for killing birds," writes the
duke in his recently published work,
"From the Congo to the Niger and
the Nile," "but for bhooting mon-
keys they are invariably dipped in
strophaethus juice, a poison which
kille them almost immediately,"
The duke was at the h,ead of the
German Central Afric.an expedition
of 1910 and 911, undertake,n to sup-
plement the work of the expedition
of 1907 and /909, Though the book
makes a marvelleue contribution to
our knowledge of. Central African
fauna and flora, 0,nehropolegy, eth-
nology atel meteorology.. and shows
the perfection of scientiec reeearele
to the layman there are .pertions as
interesting we the most itnaginative
fiction, One at times, despite the
unvarnished narration, is remieded
of the wilcl African stories of Rider
Haggard. Even a chapter bearing
devised to stimulate appetite, not
to satisfy henget. It consisted of the extremely praetical title of "tee-
pee elaborate arre,y of what we call search Work at Molundti" is en -
hors d'oeuvre, and yet resembled livenette by a vivid deseription of an
the loaded aide tablee of Sweden attack on the expedition by "dri-
and Russia, more nearly than the ver ants."
modest dishes of Femme. Them Scie,nce is not pursued on eaey 01*
were thellfish and eggs and vege- eemfortahle terms in these wilds,
It is a mo,meet of real terror when
tables,
At the famous banquet of Tei- the negroes rater: the cry of "Ants,
and in a later age ef the placing of
the guests, the vended of •blie sym-
posium, were of equal import with
the ehoice of the meats and the
winee.
"He dines nee who eats alone,"
was a maxim which never fell upon
dishonor. That we ehould notice
similarity rather then difference, es
.we look backward, is but natural.
The creveng for well -cooked food is
wholesomely human, and if the pal-
ate grows more delicate as the ap-
petite becomes less geese the ohange
is not peeuliar to this country or
that. As in poetry., so in food, the
love of simplicity is the proof of a
golden, if primitive, age,
The heroes of Homer, for in-
etance, were not nice feeders. They
seem to have had the healthy plain
food and plenty of it. They lied
neither butchers nee cooks. They
slaughtered their own beasts and
prepared their meat as well as they
could. They heel little -taste for
fish, which they ate only when there
was nothing else to be had and they
looked upon game as no better than
the food of necessity. Nor were
vegetables pleasing to th,eir sturdy
palates. Meat, bread and wine
were their staple fare, and they
asked for no acc,essories. Pork send
mutton and goats' flesh they ate
willingly.
Pork Was Highly Esteemed,
Indeed, the beast which, to some
is still unclean, wee very much to
the taste of the Greeks, and eva,s
highly esteemed at their banquets
unto the end,' Athen,e,eus writes'in
lyrical strains of a pig that once was
served to him and his' friends the
half of which was carefully melted,'
the other half boiled gently, as if it
had been steametd, and the whele,
stuffed with thrushes and other
birds. But best of all the Homeric
heroes liked beef, cut inth pieces
and grilled upon spits. And it wa,e'
only on occasions of sacrifice that
their desires were wholly satisfied.
Though the gods, to beseire, claim-
ed the daintiest morsels, there was
enough left to appease the stoutest
hunger. Nor did they demand any
adornment to such 'feasts as these
save fruit.
As the years passed the Greeke
grew daintier and more critical of
their food. The three meals which
broke their day were not unlike
those which still obtain. Their
first breakfast was simple enough,
consisting of bread dipped in neat
wine. Their luncheon was taken
about noon, ancl their dinner wasas
lath as ours. Spoons and forks
they knew not, nor tableel,oths nor
napkins; but, if their service was
bad, in -the fifth century luxury had
already invaded Athens,
There is Tao better proof of the
delicacy of the Greek palate than
the honor in which cooks were held.
They plied their trade with the
greatest freedom, and, not being at-
tached to this master or tent, they
A'ere called in by the rich on occa-
sions of Militant festivity.
What wonder then -the cook's was
a, respectable profession, becoming
a free man 7
When we tern to Rome we find
the same progress from simplicity
to gluttony.
The Ancient Roman,
like the Scot, grew strong upon por-
ridge. Pule was the staple of his
diet. But foreign victories brought
foreign manners, and luxury made
an easy conqueet of Rome, whieh
presently adopted the three meals
of the Greeks, th divide the day. In
the early morning the Roman wits
satisfied with bread, dried fruits
and eheeee. Then at noon eame the
prandium, which consisted, in sim-
ple household, of the broken meats
fram yesterday's dinner table, with
a pleesant addition of eggs, vege-
tables and wine.
But it WaS. the cena to which the
epicure looked forward as the very
climax of his clay., when be might
take his ease and indelge his fancy.
The cena, indeed, was an elaborate
meal, which followed a rigidly pres-
cribed plan. First came the gusto%
*eve, a tumbler of milk, as hot its bored,
malehio, which, it sheltie' be rernem- 1110MM, sIati
can be sipped, is the best, thing that was not, merely 11 banquet, "All the eriiders, lizards, and,
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safety in flight, and the boys'
screamed whenever they were bit-
ten. Our combined efforts succeed-
ed in diverting the main attack in
another direction, The infuriated
insects clung for seine time to the
roof, hanging in bunches to the
palm fronds of which it was com-
posed, and dropping one by one to
the ground. ' Woe betide the un-
wary individeel who received an
ant in the neck I"
HOW HABITS MAKE WRINKLES
•
Different Causes Are Gieen for
Their Formation.
There are different causes for
wrinkles, which are net entirely due
to old age. Habits of thought re-
flect; themselves in the face, and if
persisted in create wrinkles through
the repeated exercise of certain
WOMEN WARRIORS OF OLD
EVERY WAR HAS A NUMBER
THEN IN THE FIELD.
Feminine 'Delight oe Strife and
Battle he Legend and
IlieterY•
Those who believe that the wo-
man's vote meow inthrnational
peeee have never read history, or
they would know that *he female
portion of the world's population
has from earliest thins shown war-
like propensities and keen patriot-
ism when its nationhave bee/a ene
'gaged in comlbat. While it is true
the female is the least combative of
the sexes owing to the preponder-
ance of physical force being with
the male, certain individual women
or groups of women have actusilly
engaged in war, arid the entire SOX
Lie cheered itsemen to fight and bit-
terly hated its opponents. No true
woman likes a timid man and every
female heart has a tender spot for a
warrior, a feet appreciated -by the
artistic Greeks in the myth of Ve-
nus and Mars. The Greek poets told
many ±0.180 01 the Amazons who met
their fate at the hands of the Athen-
ians to Dhow that while superior
women may wege war on inferior
men, when the average of the sexes
meet the male has the physical ad -
Vantage.
But is it unnecessary to look back
to the tales of Plutarch or arab°
to find warrior women or to delve
into the mitts of far antiquity for
a Boadicea or a, Seniiramis. We
have alining examples in Joan of
Arc saving Femme for a worthless
King, Isabel of Castile, wresting
Spain from the Moors,
Mary, Queen of Scots,
cheering ber troops, Caelearine of
Siguena saving Nice and La Grand
Mademoiselle pointing the guns of
the Fronde. More humble types
are found in Ha,n.nah Snell, who, as
, a prevateeof infantry, fougWin '45
eveder Cumberland and later with
'Ieraeer's marines partieipated
•elie siege of Pondicherry ; Mary.
Anne Talbot, natural daughter of
Baton Hensel, who as a drummer
was wounded before Valenciennes
in 1791; Mother )loss, who served
under William III. and Merlbor-
migh in Flanders; Deborah. Samp-
son, who fought with the Continen-
tal troops throughout the revolu-
tion and Loretta Velazquez, who
wore a lieutenant's shoulder straps
in the Confederate army.
Aside from individual cases, there
is no doubt that every war has bac'
a certain number of amazons in the
field, both as spies and as soldiers,
and the hiseury of Europe abounds
ID such narratives. Innumerable
women followed Peter the Hermit
on his first crusade and throughout
the Middle Ages every army had a
large nmnber of female camp follow-
ers, who were often inclined to push
into the fray beside their masculine
friends. Spanish women have shown
a marked inclination for wee, and
during that of the Suceession Bar-
celona was long defended by its wo-
men before Berwick succeeded in
muscles in fixing the expeesteon of e„te,,,eg it. Again during the
the features. A conetaetly fretful. French invasion, when Lefebvre at -
01' ‚1V02'1'11302110 eeetreetlee *1 the tacked Saragossa, the women form-
ed themselves into companies of et* .
rind 30•) and fought side by Fide with
the men under the eelebrated
1,101121 ofe.Saragossa.
skim of the forehead will cause
wriekles there independent of the
eige of the person.
In persons of a jolts-, laughing no.
ture the lines running outward and
downward froin the eye, caused by
laughter, will become mere or lets
fixed.
Wrinkles running across the reot
of the nose, between the eyes, indi-
cate eoncenteafied habits of thought
in general.
An over -exercise of decisiveness
or determination will make permit-
aent lines from the shies of the nos-
trils to the outer edges of the
mouth.
The natural cause of wrinkles as
they come with advancing years,
however, has nothing do with the
expression of the mind in the fa,ce.
In the French Reerilittion.
Endeavoring to emnlate their an-
cient Germanic and Gallic inothere0
who fought against the Roman le-
gions, the French women of the Re-
volution formed themselves inte
militant; bodies and the dames de
Halle and the Faubourg Saint An-
toine, in short petticoats, red Phry-
gian caps, with pikes in hand, be-
came censpieuous in the early daye
of the Terror, and the Amazon of
Liege, grasping her lighted match,
astride her ca,nnon, was dragged
by a mob of demented women to
Versailles when the royal family
It is caused by the lack of nourish- was forced to return 01,0 Paris. Wo-
men* for the skin to keep the eine- men were alece prominent at the
barricades during the Commune,
and many a murderous shot was
tired by a woman's hand from the
windows of the capital.
lation of the blood up to ite youth-
ful strength, As eve grow older we
lose the fat that has accumulated
under our skin, and which is due
to an imperfectly adjusted circela-
teen in all parts of the body.
Wh,en fat aocumulates it; makes
Ciba skin grow larger, line when the
feet disappears with advancing age
the skin is too large, end in the act
of contracting the wrinkles are
formed,
Selma' children should be taught
Bee precaution.
Dyepeptia and pessimism have a
lot in common.
Do 1101, let the children pley with
matches,
It's one thing to teach the young
teem how to shooe, but quite an-
other thing to mipply them with am-
meniten.
'but ti Inirlesque, and 1100.8 giver! by , , -
eau he taken.
re me -in ona le, tie vie sleet
cell him te day, the guetus \meet
A womens club is something she have served the most; ef men fer a
dinner. A donkey of Corinthian
berenze held two baskets of olives,
white on one side, bleek en the
other, Then' there were elermiee
covered with honey and poppy seed,
holds over a man's head, .
leesitore-Theae pigs of yours are
in fine condition, Hodge. Hedge --
Yes, zer, they be. An if we wus
un us as fa to die an thEIM are, ' het ewe:ages on a Over grill, anel
eine we'd do. --English paper. beneath them clainsone and peme-
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hoving th.• dOsecoe, by the'llg P D:C,V5 DISTEMPEA
COMPOUND, 1100. 03 the lengne or In food. Acts on the
blood nod expe's gern of fortes or teetetrece, 11201 1,0111.
edy ever 'known to. inaros in teal. DimprOgo and 1,011.000,3k
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and Baotoriologists.
•
During the present Mexican an-
archy and brigandage the brown
women south of the Rio Grande
have followed their men by hens'
deeds and gone hie° the fight with
rifles in hand. The Boer -women of
the Transvaal fought beside their
men in prootietilly every battle of
both wars with England and 00011
many laurels, by their excellence iii
marksmantthip and bravery, There
tire battalions af Ohinese, women
ready to sepport the Celestial re-
public, It; is reported that female
battalions are being formed in Ire-
land to defend the homes item in-
vasion. Throughout tee Balkane
women are prepering for military
activities,
Ilk First 'Company.
An English reernit Wa' stopped in
the street recently by all officer fur
failing to salute. The young fellow
confessed his ignorance ef ths reg.
Watkins (having -on)y just onlietede
,end received an impromptu leestne
The dialogue concluded 'the reeruit
seluted correctly, "By the way',"
glicl the officer. "to uhat company
di you belong?" 'Tlease, sir, to
the Wigan Coal mid In Corm
pany," was the reply,