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The Brussels Post, 1915-4-15, Page 3The Trawler's • Sweetheart fIn idleness, when your brothers ere fighting and dying? Tale that l" Luire'is blue eyes twinkled•, He accepted the white feather the 7atdy thrust uwpon him, and used it as a pipe -cleaner Luke . was feeing perils quite ae deadly as the pea'das of the .trenches, Two hours later the green seas were lurching against the bows of the trawler and coming aboard in a frothy .smother, Through the flurries of snow and mist Luke could see their partiner-a second blowier'-lhelf•ewaslh, and astern followed a destroyer, almost de- luged. from time to time, Luke Pen - ridge laidhis hand on the wet, straining trawl -mope. There was a rumor that a etrange boat had been sighted, and theee strange vessels senietimes heft gruesome reminders behind them, Again he laid his hand on the rope, and tugged. The sig- nal was passed; and the "trampling noise. of tlhe engines ceased, Then a grey -brown, glistening object like a• gigantic muehroom Polled to the surface -a, mine. o A second mine appeared closer to the other trawler, too close to be pleasaart, They buoyed their ropes, and scuttled clear. Flashes of flame' leaped from tlhe deck of the destroyer, and the mines vanished in e, tumult of Blond and fire and smoke and up -flung water, as the guns, spat flame into the mist. It was 'nerve -:shattering work, and it was blind work. Half a I. . As the girl stood ldokbag down over the dove stone wall into the deep Swallow beneath, the knitting- needles in•'luer brown hands kept alp a steady •elieleing, and glistened in the pale sunslhine. It was a £'amiliar and everyday scene, and site 'watched without curiosity, A'feded red flag jerked itself teethe steeinit of the flagpole above the .secured Nee of the quar- ry, and a boggle uttered a thin note of'w:arning, Then tiny human fig- ures appeared-tlittle toy men, run- ning with a rieltio douis showof haste, aike startled ants -and lis- appeared. A white billow of smoke heaved itself lazily against the grey ridge of the workings, and the faint, far -away boom of an explo- sion cameup to :her like a sob, It was not war, although the flag, the bugle, the meat seeking cover, the shot, and the,smoke all bore an odd resemblance to the grim game in which crowns and empires are the stakes. It was a peaceful pic- ture enough ; -they were blasting into the iron heart of the granite to build up with, not to destroy, Suddenly the girl parsed her red lips and uttered a low whistle. A burly man, in a blue jersey and sea - boots, was climbing tate (hill, carry- ing something in his arms. She slipped into the -centre of the •road, and the mann stopped, There was an ugly scowl on .his handsome face. Before she could: speak ho turned down the corner of the shawl, .re- vealing the face of the sleeping child he earried in the hollow of his arm. The child gave a drowsy whimper opened a pair, of blue eyes and laughed up into the dark, troubled face of the man. The knitting had fallen into the dust, and the color had faded from the girl's cheeks, "'Tis not often that•I pray, Ruth," he said, in a low voice; "but as we ran through the storin dost night, I prayed that me and him might not meet- If we meet, [ass, I shall kill him! And he's your brother, Madge, and I love you," She putout her trembling hands. For air instant he raised one of his own, as if to thrust her back. But as he 'sane the sorrow in her eyes and her tremulous lips he yielded. The next moment she was rocking the child in her arms, and her shoulders were waking. Two years before there had been scandal in the village. When the handsome young artist, who had come from London to paint pic- tures, had driven away in his mo- tor -car, Luke Pen,ridgc's pretty sister, Nance, had also disap- peered, Madge 011ey's brother, Drake, had sailed "foreign," as they call- ed it, about the same time, But Nance Penridge had openly flirted with the ,artist, and for the busy- bodies that was enough. Only one num lead dared to breathe bhe scandal in Luke's hear- ing. lie still •spoke with a lisp, for he had gone down like a nine- pin on the sanded floor of the par- lor of the Lighthouse Inn, and lost Six teeth. . "Tell me, Luke," said Madge, with a sob. "I found Nance do London a month ago," answered Penridge, biting hard en the stem of his emp- ty pipe, "I11 and nigh starvin' she was -til and -ci in'. He'd married her „fair; that was the only good thing in him. Then he goes `for- eign,' and stops writin' and send - in' money. 'Twos the mad pride in her wouldn't diet her come to me and ask help. Site fought it out for the child with her own hands, till her •health broke. That's Deeke 011ey's son end her'n, Madge. Somethin' came to my daps just now, lass, as 1 couldn't keep back. I love you, Madge -love you pure and strong as ever a man (loved a woman. And 'Wats for the love I bear you, rpq:ayed God (last night to keep me and your brother apart, for if we two meet face to face rill Bill. him I" 'Without raising her eyes, Madge caught his rough hand, and pressed it for an instant to her burning cheek. "Come," Atte said, with a catch in her voice, "let us go and see whab is to be done, Luke," .After a- he of hysterics, and . many lamentations over the perfidy of her son, IYIrs. 011ey had taken her grandson to her .mobherly 'heart and begged Luke to let her take .dharge of trim, Luke had nob yielded up the child willingly, In his first passion he had clete•rinined that the boy should neves hold intercourse with Drake 011ey or his peoples But where Madge pleaded, Duke was com- pelled to currendem, As Luke was walking down to the (harbor in the driving rain he almost oollid'ed• with an open umbrella. 'I'he village had given of its beet young blood to the +war; bet when the lady who 'owned the umbrella "--is visitor at the rectory caught sight of the bully young giant, elle pounced, "Are you not aahanned," She ask- .ed, "a great hulking, healthy fol- low like you, to be lounging about fathom too much to port ,or star- board, and they might strike one of these infernal inventions and be hurled ski -high. - Instances. As they searched the danger area again, the day grew darker and colder, and snow squalls were more frequent. Then the siren of a ves- sel droned through the gloom. She got her warning swiftly -two short blasts and a long • one -the signal that she was standing into clanger. pee second trawler coughed the weening ab her in turn, and the destroyer followed with a shriller note, Then male a deep and hollow roar. "By .the great Harry," pried Luke Penridge, "she's found one 1 That's a nine." She was a small tramp steamer, with a cargo of nitrate, and though they almost blew up their boilers to reach her, they we're too late. They launched their boats, though it was risky work, and pull- ed about. They felted a mongrel dog swimming for its life, and Luke Penridge honied it aboard, "Easy 1" he cried: "We don't seem to be able to do much good," He put his hand to This mouth: "Any luck, Sammy?" "Not much, poor beggars l" bawled a voice from the other boat. "Will you take the .chap we've pick- ed up? He's dead. You're going in to -night, you know, and we're not." "Give him to Braylcy," cried Lukep, "Pull aboard; lads 1" They were making,for home when Luke went tb look at the body' Then he tore off his sou'wester, and stood like .e man stunned. Heaven had brought there face to face, but Heaven had avenged. 'For the, drowned sailor was Drake (alley. • you. I love you, Madge. Luke:?' So Luke wee spirited awate in the wind anti ,snow on hie perilous mis- sion, and Drake 011ey was laid to rest in the villa •e.ohurohjardt. Stories of fighting and glory smile from the battlefield, tales'of gallaaa try and pluok Teethed the village from'the fleet. But of the fearless men•who laid the deadly mines, and groped in the depths- of the sea for those laid by the enemy, with grisly' death standing for over at their el- bow there was no word, But. Luke Penridge came at last, with one finger, tluat had been frostbitten, mussing, The sum was whining that morning, a,nd he turn- ed urned into the little barber's shop on the quay for, a -shave and e trim -up,' Luke smiled as he saw the smoke rising from the °hammy of hie cot- tage. No one knew.. that lie was coming, but the smoke proved that he had not been forgotten. Seeking out the humble cottage which was Maclge's home, he paueeci. at the doorei monreut. He heard uncouth music,' strange gurglings, and :girlish, •laughter. Very cautiously he' turned the handle, and looked in. Madge, her hair all tuwnbled, was kneeling on the rug, holding a toy drum, which the baby was bi''ating joyously with its chubby fists. The next instant Madge was al- most lost to view in the embrace of Luke's great arms. -London An- swers. • WON ERFUL :1L1;lIGRIES. Scone of the Most Extraordinary A torpedo-boat, darkening the very air with smoke and cinders, entered tire• harbor in front of them. • The trawler was hailed be- fore she could reach her moorings, and a G,overnmtent envelope,. ad- dressed . to Luke Penridge, was hander over. • III. Madge had inveigled the key of his cottage fruit, Luke Penridge. After be'ing untenanted for nearly a month, though Luke had done his beet, the place -sadly weeded the magic touch of is woman's hand. 'Luke expected to be in the harbor about seven. • - Madge lighted,the lamp', and,went home, leaving a bright fire burning and his supper ready. Even in her sorrow for what her brother had done, end her -dread of what would happen when the two men :tet, the girls heart was sin.gdng. It tves no ;light thing to liave won the love of a man like .Luke Penridge, whose name ranked high with all who knew him• for honor and integrity. `lute baby ban been pub to bed, and Madge had taken up her knit- ting, when the knocker sounded heavily, "That be Lake, la•ss," said Mre, 011ey. "He's 'come to feboh the key.,, It ways not Luke, but Sidson, one of his mates, "I've got .a note for you, Miss 011ey," he said!. "You bain't like to sue Luke Penridge for long enough. He's so good at tale mine bueinsss, the Admiralty elhapc-dleas fetched him away, and they don't. let on where. So he writes this and tells me to give it you. Good- night l" He nut a ,purse and an envelope in Midge's hand, Madge gasped, and turned white as site reed := "Dearost,-Jim Sidson will toll 3'ou I'en going envoy, The money is for the ohild, T don't know how to tell you, but it mast be told. Me mad your brother Makemeet to=day 'sub there et sea.-Tlrore --was a little steamer niinsd 11 OI hitch 1 think she ' wash -and We ppa hexed 'npp your brother's body, All the bah- ness eaid revenge bas gone out of nay lhsarb now. X can only have good hi it. For I keep thinking of Many librarians have memories that enable them to carry in their heads long lists of titles of `books, of the names of the authors, and even of the numbers of the hooks, to say nothing of their places on the shelves. Long practice, of course, has given them this accom- plishment. In . some cases it amounts to downright gegius. One of the most extraordinary in- stances of that ability is to be found in the case of Antonio Magliabeo- chi, librarian of the Gi:and Duke Ccsimo III of Florence. It is Said that if ca priest wished to compose a panegyric on, a saint,. and came to Magliabecchi, the librarian would tell him all the references to the saint in -literature, even to the parts of the different works where- in they were to be found. He coeld often quote as many as a hundred writers. Magliabecchi could tell not only s ho had treated a subject fully, but also who had touched on it in- cidentally 'in writing upon other subjects. • It is related that when Maglia- becchi visited' other libraries, his memory was so remarkable that he needed to see and consult a , book only once in its place to fix every- thing about ib, permanently in his mind. One day the grand duke sent for the Ilbraiian to ask whether lie could get for him a book that was decidedly rare. "I am sorry, your grace," replied Magliabecchi, "but there is only one copy in the world. That is in the library of the grand seignior at Constantinople. It is the, seventh book on the second shelf on the right,as you enter." It is said that Macaulay, who had one of the most remarkable me- mories of which we have any in- formation, wads once caught trip- ping with referenceto a line in "Paradise Lost," In a few days he appeared with'the poem in his hand, and, offering it to the gentle- man who had "caught hien," said "I do not think that you will Catch me again on this." And they did not. An extraordinary memory was that of Dr. Addison Alexander, of Princeton Theological Seminary. His memory was not only tenacioas of facie, but of mere words. For the amusement of young people lie would sometimes say, "Now I am going to talk without thinking." He would then pour forth period alter period of strange words and incon- gru•ons images, harmonious and even ,rhythmical in sound, but wholly destitute of sense.- If that seems an easy trick, try to sus• Pend your reason and give free Sib, to your fancy in periods that shall be grammetieally torrent and yet without meaning. It's a poor foot rule that won't measure both ways. ' To clean lace yokes and sleeves, -Rub pulverized laundry stanch in- to lace yokes and sleeves and mois- ten with water. Let stand a few hours and slieke the starch out. To clean enamel, -Enamel bath- tubs and sinks may be cleaned like magic with a flannel wet with kero- eene. Even this is problematical. It is doubtful if sun power ever can be generabed as cheaply as water pow- er, in certain 'favored regions, and it will be many a long year before the new development eut down the consumption of coal. Ae. Well girl called at Mrs. Green's to get the place as cools. "Are you a plain cools?" inquired, Mrs. Orem. "Well, arum," re- plied the girl, "yez may t'inic so, but Officer Mulligan war either tellin' me thot mg eyes wet Mike the Lakes av Killarney." Germany's Shortage of Cop per -A. Graphic Illustration, Owing to the shortage of oopper in Germany the school teachers have been instru•eted to tell their scholars to bring all the copper arti- cles they have at home to school. The picture shows the result of one day's collection. f 1 Hints for the HOme Tested Recipes. Crumb Cake. -Put three cupfuls of sifted flour into a mixing bowl, one and one-half cupfuls of dark brown sugar and four or five tea- spoonfuls of cocoa or chocolate. Stir all together, then add one- half cupful of butter and rub in- gredients together as for pie crust. Add one cupful of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda and a pinch o' salt; beat all together. Pour bat- ter into a greased pan and bake in a slow oven. Ice if desired. Sausage Rolls. -Male a rich bis- cuit dough, roll thin and cut with a large cookie cutter. Home fried link sausage piping hot; roll ane link in each disc of dough, pinch the ends together and bake. Serve on a hot platter with brown gravy. • Coffee Cake. -Three cupfuls of flour, one coffee cupful of granu- lated sugar, three-fourths of a cup- ful of butter, one heaping teaspoon- ful of baking powder, one.half tea- spoonful of salt, one cupful of cur- rants, two teaspoonfuls of flavor- ing; roll. about one inch in thick- ness and bake in moderately loot oven,. Giugcr Cookies. -One-half cupful of molasses, two cupfuls of flour, one-fourth cupful of butter, one tablespoonful of ginger, onesha:lf teaspoonful of cinnamon, one half- teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoon- ful of baking soda. Roll out on a board, cut and bake. Creast Spice Calve. -One cupful of sour •creaan (not to thick), one cupful of brown sugar, one tea- spoonful of •soda; one teaspoonful of baking powder, a pinch of salt, one-fourth teaspoonful eaoh of gin- ger, allspice . and cloves; one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon. Stir with flour enough to make quite thick and bake in a moderately hot oven. '.l'tursy Ctilcia - One quart of white flour, one quart of sour milk, two teaspoonfuls of soda, one tea- spoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of minced tansy. Place all in mix- ing bowl and stir until smooth. Bake on hot griddle, ,,, Buiterless, Eggless, Hiltless ('tike. -One cupful of brown sugar, one cupful of water, two cupfuls of seeded raisins, one-third cupful of lard, one-fourth grated nutmeg, tea teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of ground cloves .and a Piech of salt. Boil together three minutes, when cold add one, tea- spoonful of soda dissolved in a little hat water. Add One and three- fourths cupfuls of flour in which one-half teaspoonful of baking powder has been sifted. Bake in a loaf in .au moderate oven .fur thirty min cotes, ]bead Sponge Cake. - Two oup- fuls of light brawn sugar, one cup- ful of lard, three cnpfttls of light bread sponge, two cupfuls of seed- ed raisins, two capfuls of flour, one tablespoonful emelt of cloves, all- spice and cinnamon, Add one 'table- spoonful of sada dissolved fn one- half cupful of cold coffee. 'Mix hu- grodie.nts and ,let rise kr one-half hour.. Bake one. hour in a slow oven. This will make one large loaf or two smaller ones: Economical al Cookies.- -ane cupful of brown sugar, one cupful of short- ening, one cupful of molasses, one- half cupful of boiling water, one- half teaspoonful of salt, two tea- spoonfuls mall of !baking soda and ginger, one quna'ted flout or enough to make dough their enough to roll. Reid one-half inch thick. Bake in a quick oven. White Cookies. -Two cupfuls of .white sugar, one cupful of sour milk (or buttermilk), one cupful of lard or butter, a pinch of salt, one 'teaspoonful of suds, one teaspoon- ful of nutmeg. Dissolve soda in milk arid mix soft with flour. Add to other ingredients, roll out dough and bake in a quick oven. Ginger ('arils. -Two-thirds of a cupful each of butter, sugar, and sour milk, three teaspoonfuls of soda, one teaspoonful of ginger, one :large cupful of molasses and flour to roll. Roll thin, sprinkle with white sngar,'bake in moderate oren., ('oeoamut and Ginger Pndtliing,- Crumble one. pound of stale sponge cake with one-half pound of grated cocoanut. Pour over this one pint of sweetened milk that has been brought to a boil.. Cover the dish and when the milk is snaked up, stir in four well -beaten eggs. But- ter a pudding mold, and arrange four ounces of preserved ginger around the sides. Pour in the pud- ding end steam for one and one- half hours. Serve with the syrup drained from the ginger; it should be warmed and poured over the pudding just before serving. Broiled Kidneys. - Cut kidneys into thick slices. Melt a little but- ter and stir into it a saltspoonful of mustard and a dash of 'lepton juice. Dip each slice of kidney in this, roll in cracker dust and set aside until coating stiffens -half an hour will be long -enough. Broil on a small gridiron over a clear fire, turning often that the kidneys will not burn. Cook thoroughly and serve very hot. Southern Corn Pone. -Two cup- fuls of corn meal sifted with one teaspoonful of salt and one-fourth teaspoonful of soda; add one heap- ing tablespoonful of lard, pour one cupful of boiling water over it and mix well; then add three-fourths cupful of sour milk. Have ready a hot baker; well greased; make out the three pones, and place them un the' baker, greasing the top of eaeh with lard; let bake until a light brown, and serve with vege- tables, Scalloped Salmon, -With a fork, break the flesh of a pound can of red salaam and noix in salt and pepper. Spread in a shallow bak- ing pan with alternate layers of cracker crumbs. Moisten with the salmon ail anti hut water, and bake hall an hour. Useful Hints. To remove gasoline "ring." -Ib ellen 'happens that a ring remains around a spot which has ' heen cleaned with gasoline. To prevent this, place a piece of blotting paper under the spot while cleaning it. To clean an old straw hats --Dis- solve a few grains of oxalic acid in half a eup of warm water. Then sponge the hat .well with this. This not only cleans, but will bleach a. vary yellow 'hat real white. To shrink wash goods. -Put the geode into a pan, cover with boil- ing water and' lot stand until eool enough to handle, To remove chocolate stains. -If cocoa or chocolate has been spilled on tablecloths or napkins, sprinlele borax on the stales, waah in cold water and they will entirely disap- pear, For fried fish -When frying fish, dip them in milli: instead of egg be- fore rolling them, in bread erutn.bs; thie is more .economical and the fish will taste ibetter, too. Treatment for a corn, -A corn or bunions nay be re.ducod by rubbing briskly each night with sandpaper, 'Phis doe not Cause the soreness that paring does, :arid in time the, calico ed part will he entirely ab- sorbed, THE SUNDAY SUR STUDY - INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 1d. Lesson III. -The Shepherd Psalm. 1'sn. 23. Golden Text: - Psa. 23. 1. T. -Tile Good Shepherd. (Verse's 1 to 4), Verse 1. Jehovah is my shep- herd -To regard a ruler as a shep- herd in a pastoral country was natural. Jehovah is frequently epukee of as the Sheplrerdof Israel, and Israel as his flock, Jacob speaks of the God who ohelheeide,d me" (Gen. 48.15; see also Gen. 49. 24). David himself as icing was called the shepherd- (see 2 Sam. 0. 2; 7. 7). The future king, of Whom David was a type, was called a shepherd, (Mie. 5. 4; Ezelc. 34. 23). The use of Shepherd applied to Je- hovah is frequent in the Psalms (74. 1; 77. 20; 78. 52; 79, 13; 80. 1; etc,), The emphasis en the personal pro- noun my is striking. I shall not want -Future assur- ance based on past expgrience, Looking back un the journey through the wilderness, Israel :saw that she "lacked nothing" (Dent, 2. 7), Hence she could look forward to the Land of Promise :and say, "Thou shalt not lack anything in it" (Deut. 8. 9). 2, He maketh me to lie down in green pastures -In pastures of ten- der grass. This suggests tate shade and coolness and rest during the uptime hent He leecleth me -in the Orient the shepherd never drives, but always ! the appearance of a ledge of reek leads his sheep. Such was God's ie the water. guidance of jus people (Exod. 15.1 One of the men jumped out of 13; Pea, 31. 3; Iso, 49, 10). the boat with an end of tate wmio Tif 11L4.11SIiALL ISLANDS'. A. Missionary's Experieneo With a Native Fishing Petty. We were on our a'•eguier• annual tour of the Marshall bleeds wit:#' out ship, Morning Star 'waited ' returned miesionaa'y, At `nee (pee pounced Woo'i), once of the north• western islends•, we were invited by the people to join them in the night fishing, and. we atcooaddnl y;' went ashore at the appointed time to join them, There were in our company from the ship some of the officers, a few sailors, about ten of my native schoolboys and any - self, about twenty in all, We met about an equal number of the natives of the island on our arrival at the shore. A man was first •sent int in a smell canon to and the school of fish in. the :shallow water at the border of the lagoon. Our implements uoirsisted of a rope=like mass of leaves about -two hundred yards long, called a mesio, two or three dip nets, ;sumo spears made of ordinary round iron barred hoop. The mwia was niade from cueoanut leaves, and served as a seine, but it was in reality nothing more than a, long string of bark with the leaves pro- jecting inevery direction. The cocoanut leaf is like a :wing feather of a fowl, twelve to sixteen feet long, except that the two sides are equal, This wntio was made by splitting each side of the leaf from the midrib. and then twisting these round the bark, We soon 'heard the maty calling out that he had found the fish, and we all took our places in the boats, and started at once to get between them and the deeper water, When we approached the school it had The still waters - In Hebrew, "waters of gest," where refresh- ment as well as actual rest was found. 3. He restoreth my soul -Food and drink and rest precede the re- storation of soul. The Gaol Shep- herd renews and sustains life. He guideth me , .. fur his name's sake -He could not be untrue to himself. Hence he must guide into paths of righteousness (see Excel. 34, 5-7). He "has regard to his revealed character in shepherding hie Iamb and will give direction because he is what he is, and in order that he may be known to be what he has declared himself." 4. Valley of the shadow of death -The pastures of Palestine were not open fields or meadows, but narrow valleys and defiles where all sorts of clanger lurked. Wild beasts were about, clefts and deep ravines invited to dangerous falls. Yet in •such a valley there was no danger. It was necessary to go through these valleys to find food. The phrase "shadow of death' means "deep gloom." Thy rod and thy staff -The shep- herd's crook was at once a "rod," or chub, with which to defend his sheep from attack and a "staff" on which to lean, IL-eThe Bountiful Bost. (Verses 5 and e). 5. In the presence of mine enem- ies -Or, adversaries. Life is not only short, it is full of conflict. To prepare a feast of good things in a short life full of conflict is even more indicative of a Father's care than to lead into green pastures and beside still waters. Thou hast anointed my head - "And, therefore, I know that thou. wilt again anoint nye." This does not refer to the anointing of a king as Saul and Daviel were anointed by Samuel. The reference here is to the perfumes and unguents ssed at an Oriental banquet (see Psa, 45. 7 ; 92, 10; Amos 6. 6), My cup runneth over --In Pea, 16. 5, "eup" is used as if food were meant. Whatever the "cup" was or whatever it contained, the idea is of Jehas,ob's bountifulness. 'He was no niggardly host. What he gave was in abundance far beyond what his children could ask or think. 6. Surely -There could be no question that goodness and mercy, or "lovingkindness," should follow one who followed such a leader, The word for "follow" literally means "to pui'rsue," There was eo escaping the "goodness and lov- ingkindness." They would over- take the "follower" of .Jehovah in spite of anything the "follower" might do. And I Abell dwell in the house of Jehovah forever -•The Hebrew has the expressive phrase "for lengths of days." A perfected kingdom. is coning in which we shall not be disturbed/ either by heat or drought or famine or enmity,. "There will not only be refreshment and rest on the march; there will be a continual abiding in the Father's house, at• - Mr. Meeley=•-Well, nsy dear, I've had my life insured for $5,000. Mfrs. Manley --How very sensible of yon. Now I shan't have :to keep telling you to be so careful every place you go, "Aare you the defendant?" aslce r " e os 'e -heel the Judge. iso, boss," }} the man, "I ain't do, e nothii'i' tgg be called names like oat, liceof a lawyer here." '"Then wile are you?" "Why Ilse the gen'leman at took de ohielte6s,'' in bis hand, and 'thee another. and another. At first it was necessary for them to swim, for the water was beyond their depth. In is short time all of the rnwio was in the water, and with it all of the party except two or three who remained to take care of the boat. At first the mesio was only slightly curved, but as the fish were driven farther from the deep water it was necessary to draw the ends nearer to each other, until they were fin- ally brought together, 1'4 were const=antly working the mesio and the inclosed school of fish toward more shallow water. The fish kept swimming round and roatnd to find a place of escape, and as they swam past we saw several good-sized sharks among them. Some of us were inclined to be afraid!, but the natives said, "You need not fear then, for they are satisfied with fish." And so it was. As soon es we gave them an opening, they were glad to make their escape. The ends of the mwio were brought past each other and round until they again met, and the whole vita drawn partially out of the water. Then the real fishing began. The shorter distance round the inclosure brought us within four tor five feet of each other, and this was quite close enough for safety. For in the excitement of spearing, the fishermen became somewhat careless of each other's welfare. It was not at all difficult to spear the fish, for they were now collect- ed in such small compass that they completely covered the bottom ren- der the shallow water. These who were fortunate enough to have a dip net literally- scooped tip fish, and turned then out into the Ca- noes. behind them. We frrnt the ship threw the fish that were t,, be our portion from the flatboat into our own' boat, and the people of time island took their fish to the there, The fish wry e something like mackerel, and were ten or twelve incites long, The p'op'e u"t shore built fires at on,., e•ual nut the fish on the crab' to reek, 'ria,' next day they spread them oet in the sun to dry. .lfee Heine,• ilea' the fish will keep for peeks, "r ,menials. It is needless to ea: that ewert- one on board the r'iip ha l ell the fresh fish he wished to cat t'te text morning, and we salted - i oigh t•., fill three or four empty beef bar- rels. .1. %l'hy Eyes Sparkle. Merriment causes- a frequent movement of the eyelids up and down, and as it is the functirn of the eyelids to release a tear melt time rt. cones down, the repetition has the ffect of covering the eye wite eotreider':able moisture, The light shining on this moisture gives the sparkling effect. Inasnnulr. as the merry appealr.ance of the eye is caused by tears, we are apt to slued them from laughing as well as fr,vm crying. Tears are intimately asso- ciated with am merry .and run Asad moods. t, The .Past Not ike Future. Fortune Teller -"The lines on your hand, madame, indicate your future clearly. You will marry a second time." Woman - "That proves you a fraud. 1f I ever marry again ib will. be for the fourth time." 1iaeh map has his special duty to perform, tris, spoeial wank ko do, If ho dei.l it not he hipiself suffers, t " safer with him. His arid o� fle,y Q su f iv t 1 Jdipns. ,1nfdota at"hers,, arkd propa- gates a bad example.--1Smiles.