The Brussels Post, 1917-1-25, Page 6DRIFT ".
sand u tram maid appeared. Ys; her
lmistress was out, and had said she
Iwould not be back till late,
Once more John Sinclair passed into
his wife's room, but this time he
At the sound of apppoaehing foot- switched on the lights. A morbid de-
ateps Anne Sinclair pot down the sire to see her special posseesions for
photograph she had been studying so the last time took holt! of hint. In
thoughtfully and turned towards the fancy he pictured her as he had @een
portly -open door. her a hundred times before--.$ittIng
She listened expectantly. The foot- in the lamplight, just where he could
steps .passed. Then another door, catch a glimpse of the exquisite girl -
quite near, closed quietly, and at the 's Ho aboutwash face h torough o switch off the
sound her face changed. She was ex- light, when tething white by the
qufsitely beautiful, with the beauty foot of the Chesterfield caught his
youthfulness alone can give, and the eye. He stooped and i.lcked it up. It
lovely, oval face, framed in a mass of was a crumpled note. He smoothed
soft, cloudy hair, might have belonged t out, and read the few brief linos,
to a gift of nineteen rather than to ail
"Dearest Anne," Recommenced, in
woman of twenty-five. Pat R'interton's srrµv ling hand,—"It
She gave an ole little laugh. wasn't until I'd leapt you this after-
eivaniy-five! And he she had been just noon that I remembered I'd booked
eighteen when she married John Sin -seats at the Frivolity. Of course
alai.. Even in those clays his career you'll come. The playis nothingvary
had given promise of great success; pecial, but at least twit? give us a
now he was one of the leading physi- chance for further tall,—Always
clans of his time. yours—Pat"
Anne's deep grey eyes wandered The veins stood out like purple
towards the door that separated her cords on John Sinclair's brow, and for
husband's "den" from her own. In a moment be felt a wild desire to kill
the early days of their married life this pian—this boy, he told himself
it had seldom, if ever, been closed' contemptuously, who had stolen
Anne's love.italists with available funds of several that the Roman
But the desire swiftly passed, gm- --- — Russians,we must admit that there
ing place to another. He must see ish things, Anne," said John gravely.' THE JAPANESE HUSBANDMAN. has hundred
n organized in London to work ora 135 enemy divisions (2,700 000 An Active Service Exhibition on esbe-
Anne—must look upon her face once "You see, as I ; half of the Scottish Red Cross, -y the
p passed your'room you the Mercado gHill Iron Mines near Du- then) opposed to Russia. goo has been formally opened by the
more before— He did not finish had Pat's photo in your hand, and—" Agriculture Suffering From Scarcity range This iron hill is pee of the d b Move.
uc ass
She laughed then for the first time. of Labor.
"Not Pat's, but yours," she answer- Japanese farmers live in the little
ed softly. It stands on the table, and h 1 t nd villa as instead of on
GEN. NIVELLE, WHO SAYS YEAR OF VICTORY'S BEGUN
Gen. Nivelle, the new conimender-1n-cheer oP the allied Purees, is here
shown greeting Miss Kathleen Burke at Verdun. She is an Irish
woman and secretary of the Scottish R'umen's Hospital. Gen. Nivelle. whom
she describes as "a modern D'Artagnan," is scrupulous to a fault about the
appearance of his own uniform and the uniform of every Poilu.
liRT9'AIN BUSY IN MEXICO,
Capitalists Secure Control of Raw
Materials.
That Great Britain is being kept
busy attending to its share in the
European war goes witihout"saying;
--ee see Tees,, e
TEUTONFORCES FROM OLD SCOTLAND
TOTAL6,516,000 NOTES OF INTERES'X` F1t014I HER
RUSSIA TO 1310 ANVIL FOR GER -
that the industrial interests of the
country are being neglected, however, MAN HAMMER.
is a conclusion far from the truth.
Its capitalists are not overlooking any
opportunities, especially opportenl- Hindenburg Hes Now 2,700,000 Men.
ties to secure control of raw mater- Opposed to the Czar's
Isis needed in their industries, They
realize that it is just about as import- Forces.
ant to seeure•raw materiale for their The London Times military course- h
d
manufacturers as it is to secure mar- s undent commenting on the Crer-
kets for the finished products, Acting P ed to Drummer Walter Ritchie of the
on this principle, that' aro preparing man plans, writes: "In mid-December Seaforth Highlanders. •-•
for the great commercial and Indus- there were, not counting cavalry, ]28 The sum of £5,140 was received by
trial war that is destined to follow German divisions (2,560,000 men) at the Scottish Children's League of Pity
the west front; 100 divisions (2,120,- through their Heather Day collection.
BANKS AND BRAES.
What is Going On in the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
ward -
Lord Roseberry recently unveiled the
Gladstone Memorial in St. Andrey's
Square, Edinburgh.
The Victoria Cross as been at ar -
the
the present terrible conflict by getting
control of large supplies of raw ma-
terial wherever they may be found,
regardless of distance or immediate
accessibility. As an evidence of this
the following item from the Septem-
ber number of the Bulletin of the
Pan-American Union is of interest:—
"El Dia, a daily newspaper of
Monterey, State of Nuevo Leon,
Mexico, is authority for the state-
ment that a company of English cap- 000 men) in the Italian theatre. Now birth rate in Edinburgh is now the
ions have )omed the lowest in Europe.
000 men)" on the Russian front, of It is proposed to erect two thousand
which 65 are German and 39 Austrian, houses on the Midlothian estate at
and two Turkish; 29 divisions (580;- Gorgie for the use of the. Rosyth na-
000 men) on the Rumanian front in- vol dock workers.
eluding 12 German, 11 Austrian, 4: Fewer ships were built on the
Bulgarian and 2 Turkish divisions; Clyde last year than during recent
12 divisions (240,000 men) on the years, the total being 45 vessels of
Macedonian front, of which 8 or 9 are 130,518 tons.
Bulgarian, 2 or 3 German, and ones According to a statement inade by
Turlcish; 83 Austrian divisions (600,- the Rev. Dr. Norman Maclean, the
She stepped softly across the room
and noiselessly turned the handle.
Balt it did not yield. The door was
locked on the other side.
"Hallo, Annel"
So absorbed a she been that
to M arca o i ,
Hrn en urg s . e of Duchess of Montrose.
richest and mast extensive deposits of The death occurred recently in
had h ' the
further opening of the door had, Back in his room he turned downy
escaped her attention, and it was not ; the light, and, after slipping into his
outdoor clothes, left the house.
The Frivolity was packed, but it:
was not a difficult matter to find the'
two he sought. From a sheltered spot
John Sinclair watched them unobserv-
ed—watched Pat's handsome bead
bent close against Anne's, watched
the eager animation in her sweet face
turn tail again" as they talked.
"I'm very glad you didn't," Anne I He slipped out again then, satisfied.
said stoutly. "Pve lots of things I' The course he meant to take was the
want to talk to you about." i right one, since it meant Anne's hap -
Pat's eyes followed her as she piness. Heaven, he had never known
crossed to a small escritoire that hoiv much he loved her until then!
stood in one corner and put out his Returned to the house, he sat down
hand for the two letters she held to- at his desk, writing swiftly,
wards him- A long silence fell be- i An hour passed, and the last letter
tween them, broken only by the rust- was addressed and sealed, the one
ling of the thin foreign paper as Pat: directed to Anne placed against the
perused the letters. lamp, rose -pink in its rays.
He looked up at last, his boyish With a jerk he opened the drawer
face unusually grave. and drew out the little weapon that
"Poor old Anne!" was to give the woman lie loved her
With an impulsive movement he liberty. His finger crooked itself
flung out his hand so that it rested round the trigger, and he raised the
for a moment nn her softly -rounded glinting barrel to his head.
shoulder. "For Anne's sake!" The little clock
"I don't know what I'd do without ticked now.
you, Pat," was Anne's swift answer, A sharp report, a spurt of flame,
her grey eyes lifted gratefully to his. then darkness.
"You've been the salvation of these
last dreary months!"
Neither knew that the door leading
to John Sinclair's room had opened, to
be quietly closed again.
the ugly thought.
until Pat Winterton spoke that she
became aware of his presence.
"Nothing unusually wrong, Anne?"
"Why should there be?" she asked
lightly, one hand momentarily brush-
ing Pat's thick, brown curls.
"Well you seemed so preoccupied
when I came in. I was half a mind to
The small silver clock on the man-
tel chimed the hour. With a sigh ing it to gold, and in the dusk her face woods, as the troops were supplied fields.
John Sinclair let the pen slip from' gleamed, pitifully white. with braziers to keep themselves
his fingers and stood up. "John, were you mad that you con-' warm. Wooden soles for clogs have
It had been a trying day, full of templated such an awful thing!" been made in great numbers owing to
disappointments, but they were not He stared at her dully, as though the high price of leather and hoots
wholly responsible for the weary lines she were some ghostly visitant, and brought about by the demand for A Curious Invention of an Indian
that had crept round the firm, strong his lips voiced the one word: 1 military purposes. Clogs are made Scientist.
• mouth, the tired expression in his "Ante!" in the woods, and now a few clog- Since the price of meat has risen,
eyes, They stood a little apart now, and makers' camps can be seen in the we have paid increased attention to
"Anne no longer teres," it seemed still the woman waited, a prayer of South of England, though formerly vegetables. But how many of us
to mock at him. "You were a fool to thankfulness in her heart that she had confined to the North. realize what truly 'wonderful things
The lamp shivered to fragments
over the desk.
"John!"
The soft rustle of her gown, the
firm pressure of her hand on his
wrist, told him that it was Anne.
the frames are identical. I was won- am
daring if—if little Peter's successor their separate farms,, as in Canada.
would be at all like you, and---" i If you watch them early in the morn -
"Anne!"! ing you will see them going to the
He caught her in his arms and held fields, spades on shoulders, like sol -
her close, breathing a question in her diens with their rifles. Occasionally
ear some of them look up toward heaven
She nodded. `and the sun and begin clapping their
"And I was hoping you would come big hands, breathing deeply the re -
into my room as you passed, so that freshing morning air and saying pray -
I might tell you the wonderful secret," ers. They are worshipping the sun.
she added, with a happy smile. i The majority of the farmers are
He stooped and kissed her warm Buddhists and the young ones mater -
red lips. ialists. Old ones inherit their religion
"No more drifting," he said. "From as'their duty to the departed members
now we move together."—London of the family; and the young ones,
Answers. with the modern education of New
Japan, revolted against anything
WAR WORK IN RURAL ENGLAND. brought a grave condition in the rural
community. Hands are getting
scarce. Farmers' boys get out to the
Many Small Industries Giving Their cities and daughters go to the factor -
Quota Towards Ending War. les. They have gotten just enough
While our farmers are hard at work false knowledge of the world to think
attending to the food supplies of the they would be better off in the cities
nation many little industries are giv- than at their homes. Most of the
ing their quota towards the effort teachers in the rural schools are those
which is to win the war, says London who revolt against the business of
Answers. tilling the land, or those who come
i from the cities, pale faced. They con-
try
when the war started, coon -
blacksmiths were give-• orders to. stitute some of the causes for the de -
supply so many horseshoes for the preciation of the rural communities.
Ar, ordin"Agriculture is the foundation of
while quantities gof tent -pegs Are to their a cbe. I the nation" is an old Japanese maxim,
ing made in the villages.
!and it ought to apply everywhere. But
Trench warfare in winter led to the Japan is suffering at present because
The firelight touched her hair, turn- revival of the charcoal -burning in the the farmers are not satisfied on the
VEGETABLES THAT WRITE.
marry her!"
Had he been a fool? He reviewed
the years that were gone. First, his
meeting with Anne—young and beau-
tiful, little more than a schoolgirl;
been in time. Owing to the falling -off of imports
"What made you come?" he asked the country basket -makers have been
suddenly. I busy—a special branch of the industry
She shook her head. Ibeing baskets to carry shells—and at
vegetables are?
Did you know, for instance, that new trade war, They have set up a
vegetables can write? so-called Imperial Board for Transi- body devised by J. Francois, a Paris- the Gordon Highlanders ha• a just
An Indian scientist, who has made tion Economics consisting of nine of
Irl "I don't quite know, except that just one village in Cambridgeshire, where a very close study 60 vegetables, has the finest business experts in the fan inventor, has been meeting with been awarded the Military Cross for
his deep passion for her; their short over an hour ago, as I sat in the thea- osiers for the -making of fascines are invented an elaborate instrument, country, who are working day and such success that the French war de- conspicuous gallantry in action: Rec-
engagement, and a speedy marriage, ter, I seemed to see your eyes upon grown by the War Office, the workers through which vegetables record their night, to transfer German commerce partment has decided to adopt it. The and Lieut. John S. Grant, Temp. Sec -
What next? The coming of little Inc. The presentiment was so strong have plenty to do. In a few woodland emotions in visible marks and dots. from a war to a peace basis with the apparatus is now in use in quite a and Lieut. William R. Watt, and
iran ore in the world, and has hereto- "It takes two to make peace. The Edinburgh of Dr. John Kerr, who for
fore been largely used for fluxing writer is only concerned as to what many years was senior Chief Inspect -
purposes in the principal smelters of Hindenburg will do if the war con- or of Schools in Scotland.
the republic. The company is report- tinues. We can put the west out of The workers at Russell & Co.'s,
ed to be negotiating with the Mexican account. First, because the Germans Port Glasgow, have contributed the.
government concerning the granting had such a gruelling in France, and, sung of 24,606 to various war funds
of the necessary concessions; plans secondly, because a German Offen- since the beginning of the war.
have been made for excavating work, sive in this quarter would suit us sod The trade union and laleor organ -
smelters are to be erected and the well we cannot dare to hope for it. izations of Glaagow have called for
necessary machinery is to be installed Verdun and the Somme have given an increase of fifty per cent. in the
as soon as practicable. The company the enemy no desire whatsoever to allowance paid to soldiers and sail -
has placed a practical mining engineer recommence his experiences against ors.
and metallurgist in charge of the the armies of France and Britain.' The late British Minister of Agri -
work and a number of laborers have Meanwhile his plan is to amass heavy culture, the Earl of Crawford, has
already been engaged to carry on ac- guns, shells and men, so that his in- stated that, weight for weight, oat-
tive operations in the development of feriority in the west may be less meal is of greater valve than wheat
the mine."
GERMAN POST-WAR TRADE
Business Experts Work Day and slons facing Italy would give the men.
Night Preparing for Peace. enemy a good chance of doing some- Lord Levet, who takes a deep inter-
est incattle breeding and forestry,
has been elected honorary president
of the Scottish Chamber of Agricul-
tura, ,
"We well believe Hindenburg, who The sum of 260,131, the residue of
always affirmed the greatest danger the estate of the late Mrs. Helen
threatens from Russia, dishes to been d Morrison, of Glasgow, hascontinue the campaign broken off in been bequeathed to 'form a fund for
the Autumn of 1915. With 135 diva the relief of Glasgow men incapaci-
sions on the Russian front he has the fated refowork through the war.
power necessary for conducting a I There ai a now 16,000 Belgian
fresh campaign with vigor. Germans presen in Scotland, and up to the
declare the Russian armies are ex- present 2200,000 has been contributed
hausted and short of war material,,
towards their relief. Besides this,
Glasgow and the west have subscribed
and the Austro -German railway sys- - an equally large amount for Belgians
sensible in 1917 than in 1916. flour.
"We cannot exclude Italy as the The Women's Suffrage Society of
destination of Hindenburg's floating Glasgow passed a resolution at their
balance of reserves, because 20 (Ilse- annual meeting in favor of women be-
sions added to the 33 Austrian dive- ing given the same right to vote as
Details of Germany's far-reaching thing. The situation in Switzerland
plans for conducting a world -trade also needs attention. .
campaign after the war were • made A Vigorous Campaign.
public recently in a lecture in His
Majesty's Theatre, London, England,
by Frederic William Wile, for many
years a Berlin correspondent.
Mr. Wile declared there were count-
less indications that German finance,
commerce and Industry hope to be
better organized for the post-bellum
campaign all over the globe than any
other oe the great trading nations in-
cluding the United States, as the Ger-
man manufacturing system and dis-
tribution systems are the only ones tem is far superior to the Russian. I in Belgium.
of the first magnitude which have Russia must certainly be prepared to
not been abnormally preoccupied dur- find herself in 1917 the anvil for the At the annual meeting of the Leven
ing the last two -and -half years. TheGerman hammer." Penny Savings Bank, J. H. Smith,
speaker said that German agents in J.P., who was presiding, congiatulat-
recent time had been particularly ac- ed the people of Leven on the steady
tive in China and South America growth of thrift revealed by the ab -
"What few people outside of Ger- street.
many seem to realize," said Mr. W?le, Col. E. D. Malcolm, of Poltalloch,
"is that the Kaiser's Government re- who has just retired from the Argyll
cently established what is virtually a County Council, is eighty years of
separate Government for the exclusive age, and, according to his own state -
purposes of paving the way for the ment, has been in harness since he
was fourteen.
The following officers and men of
PHONE LOCATES BULLETS.
New Electric Method of Finding Shell
in Human Body.
The new electric method of locating
bullets or pieces of shell in the human
Peter --Sinclair shaded his eyes then that I felt I must come home. Pat districts, where firs and pines are As, in the ordinary course of events, I least possible 'delay, number of hospitals and ambulance
—the little one's sudden death, and laughed at my fears," but I'm glad I plentiful, pitprops for the mines are it would take too long to wait for the I "Their main concern is to arrange quarters on the war fronts.
then--driftl came." ' , being made, in one or two places emotions to occur—for vegetables do for the earliest and largest possible It works on the induction balance
Anne had gone her way, he his. Per- Glad . He echoed the sword mean- large forests being cut down so that not pass through such rapid emotions supply of raw meterrial, especially principle; the operator finds the exact
baps he was to blame. His work, had ingly, and 10 a flash of womanly in- the scene resembles a Canadian log- as human beings—the scientist in- from the United States. The Hest spot of any metallic substances by ex -
seemed the only panacea for the drag- taction she understood. gers' camp. duces the emotion, "reading" subse-'of thirty to forty odd German liners ploring the surface of the body with
ging ache at his heart when he "You meant to do this awful thing quently the vegetable's remarks upon tied up in New York harbor are to a small movable coil and listening in
thought of their little dead son, Peter, for me?" the subject. make their first homeward -bound a telephone at the same timeWhen
in whom they bad both taken such a She read the truth in his eyes. He excites the vegetable, and its ex-
citement is plainly shown by the man-
ner in which it writes its dots. He
benumbs it with potassium cyanide.
1 The "pen" writes nothing. He makes
it drunk by administering intoxicat-
ing vapors. Lo and behold, the dots
are as straggling as a toper's foot-
steps!
Finally, he kills the vegetable by
heat, The dots descend as the temper-
ature rises. At 140 degrees Fahren-
heit the dots bound suddenly upwards.
This is the final spasm—the vegetable
is dead.
Astonishing as this may appear, it
is less astonishing when we realize
what a fine line divides the animal
'and vegetable kingdom. Six people
out of every dozen will call a sponge
vegetable. But it is an animal—just!
e
pride.
And Anne? What of Anne? Sin-
clair totwse, : told himself she t l had vn
"You cared so little as that, John?"
"So much!" he answered quietly.
She slipped to her knees by his
WAR AND INSANITY.
Statistics Show Marked Reduction
tired—and with little wonder! She chair, her face softly outlined in the Since War Began.
was young, he was old --no, not old, ruddy firelight. Probably the average man is under
, but his hair was tinged with grey, and "I don't yet understand, John!" the impression that war has a tend -
his arduous work left little time for "It's simple enough," came back the ency to increase lunacy. It is indeed
pleasure and frivolity. low reply. "I wanted to give you back generally considered that anything so
He got up and opened the door di- your happiness. But that letter ex—destructive of life and property, so
viding their rooms. Hers was in, plains everything," he added wearily,' appalling in its nature, would have an
darkness, but the silver -framed photo- nodding in the direction of his desk. exceedingly perturbating, effect upon
graphs on the small rosewood table "Go on!" she pleaded. "I'd rather ' the human mind and cause innumer-
caught the light. hear it from your lips." able cases of mental derangement.
One of them had been in her band Her head leant heavily against hist Paradoxical, however, as it may
as he had passed her room that after- knee, and her eyes were wet with un- , seem, war has just an opposite result.,
noon, A queer smile curved his lips shed tears.! According to the returns issued by
as he picked it up. The photograph "Things haven't been the same be- the various asylum authorities since
was Pat's—young Pat Winterton, tween us for some time now, Anne—'the war began, there has been a mark -
who, with his youth and high spirits, not since little Peter died. I blame; ed reduction in insanity.
had captured Anne's heart. myself. I neglected you, and it was! It might, of course, be suggested
And was it any wonder? Youth no wonder that we should drift apart.that this is due to the fact of so many
called to youth. And he had left his Then this afternoon, I learnt the men being drawn away from the dis-
beautiful young wife to drift into this truth. I saw you with young Winter-' erecting competition of the industrial
Ire set down the photograph and re-. ton. I had seen the handle of my door world into the Army, where life, if
turned to his room, a terrible thought turn, I thought perhaps you wanted more precarious, is more varied
fact tatting shape in his mind. His me. After a while I quietly opened it. end interesting. This no ubt is a
life stood between Anne and happi- You and Pat—" contrbutory cause, But recent returns
nese! "Were standing together!" she 111do
, show a reduction amongst women
"Anne and happiness!" the clock on broke in swiftly. "Oh, I remember; as well as men-
the mantelpiece ticked out relent- nowt We had been discussing a most I What, then, are the general reasons
lesely, important subject, You must know adduced by the experts for this sat -
Opening a drawer, he touched a that Pat was my brother's dearest iafaetory state of things? Well in
small steel object thea seemed to friend. Bob went abroad, and met times of peace they tell us that life is
twinkle up at him with a hundred with nothing but ill -luck. He wrote to dreary and monotonous, and, in "oder
evil eyes. mo some months ago, but begged me to vary their existence, people resort
His hand closed mechanically over to say nothing to you of his misfor-'to firms of amusement which, instead
it. Surely that was the answer to tune, I took Pat into my „ confidante,1 of affording them genuine recreation
the question! . "Anne's hapPinessl" and through him sent what I could, ! or gratification, only produce languid-
-the clack •still ticked louder than knowing Bob's pride. That's why Pat' naso and ennui
ever in his oars. :came so often of late—to sec Bob's! When, however, a great war breaks
But first of all lee Would have to letters and discuss the affair with out it dispels the monotony of our
Satisfy himself as to Anne's where- me. Oh, John, my husband, you sure- lives, and gives us serious and practi-
abouts, He had dined alone, so mob--ly never thought that I• -" nal things to consider, Hence, in -
ably she was out. - At any rate, he ; Her face flooded with crimson es stead of causing intellectual break -
would make sure..she raised it questioningly, down, it rather generates new Intel-
!, Ills finger touched the hell -push, I "I must have thought a lot of faollloctual energies.
journey after the war packed to the
rails with American cotton, copper,
petroleum, lead, zinc and all other
manufacturing staples of which Ger-
many will stand in such urgent need "
Wile said there is hardly an in-
dustry in Germany to -day, from bank-
ing to dyes, which is not girding up
itself in new syndicates in order to
present more united front than ever
the moment peace comes,
Hitting Bacic.
Uncle Silas (visiting city relatives
who use electrical appliances for cook-
ing at the table)—"Well, I swan! You
make fun of us for eatin' in the kit-
chen. I don't see as it makes much
difference whether you eat in the kit-
chen or cook in the dining -room,"
Ptes, J. Gentleman and W. Moreland.
QUALITIES OF A TRUE FRIEND.
Friendship is the Most Admirable
Thing in Human Life.
the coil comes near the buried metal 1 A friend is a person who is "for
piece, the presence of the metal causes, Yon" always, under any circumstances,
the electrical balance of the system to She never investigates you. When
be disturbed, and a sound which is charges are made against you she
loudest just over the spot is heard does not ask proof; she asks the as -
in the telephone, so that the metal is;euser to clear out.
located'"ut ono, 1 She likes you just as you are. She
The apparatus includes a pair of does not -want to alter you. She likes
magnet coils mounted on a base; on your moods and enjoys your pessi-
one aide they are connected to the ntism as much as your optimism. She
small explorer consisting of a pair f likes your success, and your failure
coils in a hard rubber case and on the: endears you to her the more.
other to a telephone. Above is and She is better than a lover because
electric vibrator which is used with' she is never jealous. She wants no -
a battery in order to produce the thing from you except that you be
sounds in the telephone. On the in
yourself. She is the one being with
duction balance principle, the sound whom you can feel safe, With her
can he neutralized by properly shift- you can utter your heart, its badness
ing the pair of coils on the base with acrd its goodness,
reference to each other.—IllustratedThere are many .faithful wives and
World.husbands; there are few faithful
f i ds -ens ti d h' 's the most ad -
t'''sar,
viti/ �%:�yE.ii
'The Mending'
S irept?'ionai
r en . 'r p n•
minable, amazing and rare article
among human beings. Anybody can
stand by you when you are right; a
friend stands by you even when you
are wrong.
Like the shade of a great tree in the
noonday heat, is a .friend. Like the
home port, with your country's flag
flying, after long jonrncys, is a friend.
.A. friend is an impregnable citadel
of refuge in the strife of existence. It
is she who ]seeps alive your faith in
human nature, who makes you believe
ft is a good universe. She is the anti-
dote for despair, the elixir of hope,
the tonic for depression.
When you aro vigorous and spirited
sod
you like to take your pleasures with
her; when yeti are in trouble you want
to tell her; when you.aro dying you
want her near. You give to her with-
out reluctance and borrow from her
'without embarrassment.
00 you live fifty years and fired one
absolute Mend you are fortunate,