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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-4-12, Page 2• • • Scarcely like to walk with you" (here another down -casting of the eyes) y� y�I /� r }� * "without having introduced you to OUR SERVICE IC,f ,L1 3f AJL.BLE her; and yet I should so love to hear more about your interesting workl It would be goodpractice you know, since visiting the eick will be on your list of duties, will it not?" The wide -nouth twitched into an al- most espiegle smile, as she gave him her hand. Miss Mitchell regained her aunt's house still in the best of spirits, but was not able to preserve them at the given level throughout the evening, Mrs. Watson—the releet of a fairly successful greengrocer—being one of those invalids whose chief amusement in life seems to be experiment upon the patience of their fellow -creatures. To give as much trouble and make themselves as disagreeable as they can, seems to such people a perfectly justifiable revenge upon the healthy portion of mankind, The role of wet blanket was one which Mrs. Watson, in particular, revelled in. And she looked the part, too, being large, pale, and pasty, with a face grown puffy from want of exorcise, and an almost bald head, muffled in folded muslin which might easily have passed for a r , compress, The eyes alone were as alive as flies, and as sharp as pins— ever on the look -out for grievarfces, o and ready to punish them with a sharp et�, ween GS1 s; little double prick. `V tl �✓ l iOU1i It was upon Fanny, the poor, pati- ent sick -nurse, that the revenge fell most heavily—a creature sallow and "beaky," with, upon her thready lips, a conciliatory ernile which had be- ..) come chronic, as though, painfully CHAPTER III.—(Coutts), r this time last week. By what pro - aware of her own extreme ugliness, she was striving to disarm criticism "At Bonnet Ferry—two miles from eels his natural shyness had been, by an extra dose of amiability. That Ardloch. He is very kind, and so is overcome, his natural reserve- forced,I smile might be compared to the sauce Mrs. Medley," he felt it useless to investigate. All in which she endeavoured to dish up "Ah, he is married?" he knew was that the operation had+ her looks in hopes of making them "Yes. And he is good enough to been quite easy. Asio, he was. con- more palatable. Her "boniness and take an interest in me. His lord scions of a certain sweetness in the the size of her nose suggested the ship likes the pastors to be risen from, unprecedented indulgence. After the, vulture, but an extremely mild vul- the people." confidences which he himself had that. tura, with the temperament, pre - "Yes; it is rather a picturesque: day received, and the almost child-Jsumably, of a sucking -dove. Indeed,, idea," she said meditatively. eHow like simplicity of her avowals, come; someone had once unkindly but not you will feel, and how ],roudlplete reticence would have struck him inappropriately declared of Fanny strangeback to your old home in your' as churlish. Gradually, as she list-, Watson that the only bone not visible comingened Ella Mitchell felt herself warm -about her was a backbone, new position." no—not , in to the idea of the "mission," at: be tooumuch )afraid of filling itun-first so coldly received. At the end thanFanny, Mitchell partlye because of off more easily worthily, even doingmybest—and I of ten minutes the disappointment absences, and partly because she paid mean to do my best!" touching the slate -quarry had been for her board, since to put a roof over As he said it his eyesgrew bright' quite lost sight of in this new aspect the head of her brother's child quite and fixed, gazing. awayetv,•een the, of the ease. lsatisfiecl Mrs. Watson's senna of )sin -1 It is a noble end!"she said, when ship. But even Ella could not al -i many-shapedhoizon stones towards the hazy John paused, a little startled to find ways escape the wet blanket. edat him eyondcuriously, e roofs. ofavoredh b look- how far he had gone. "A grand—i The heightened color and animated; absorption—a blockof white by an elevating idea To raise these: glance with which she entered titer close at hand makingso good a back- poor people nut of their lowly state—' siek-room to -day were enough to call that indeed is something worth living for an application, since, if there was groundtraito tisfeatuiesoalsealhead and for. Oh, you have my very best one thing Mrs. Watson could not g wishes for your success!" suggest a medallion. stand, it was seeing people enjoying I am sure your best will be very! She cast her eyes downwards, as she their lives. good!" she said, with returning had a becoming habit of doing, for the "Wherever have you been the whole) warmth, caught, as it were, by his eyes themselves, though large, were blessed afternoon? she demanded, o own zeal. "Tell me more about our' rather shallow in color, while the eye-ah cavernous sort deep pitch of voice in ed with pink as the petals of an anem- with one's heart in it, what work' one, bulged agreeably over the some- which she uttered her usual complaints is hard!" added much to their impressiveness. Presently John M'Donnell, who had'' what poent orbs. "Gadding about the streets, eh? Not never before discussed himself with In faaomice of this undisguised sync- even respectable, I call it—don't you any , fellow -creature, found that he waspathy, John quite forgot to regret his see that my handkerchief lilas dropped, abnormal talkativeness, Fanny? 1—let alone that mi h confiding his dreams to a girl of whose "You must come and see my aunt,"lit oe- existence he had not been conscious she said to him, at parting. I cur to you that a sick woman like me might want a little talk of a Sunday afternoon. It's not much you con- tribute to my entertainment, as it is." "I've been to church, auntie," "Not since two o'clock, surely'?" "No," confessed Ella, in a burst of frankness, produced by exceptional elation; "I had a walk afterwards. I have made an acquaintance—such an interestg acquaintance and so re- spectable. Fanny knows about it already." Ella looked at her bony cousin, who smiled back a rather frightened smile as she glanced towards her mother, I and instantly met the pin -prick stare. a1 "Oh, she knows about it already, does she? That means that it's a man, of course, and that you've been gossiping away into all the hours of the night, quite regardless of me, naturally. +What's the wonder, then, if Fanny oversleeps herself in the morning, and I've got to call for my beef -tea four times running? Oh, what it is to be a martyr chained to the rack!" "We didn't talk about it at night— at least, not always, It was on Sun- days we usually talked, when I was at home." "Usually talked!" The two flabby hands were uplifted, while the eyes dealt a blow in Ella's direction, "Why, how long has this been going on, pray? Stuffing your heads with nonsense, indeed, and evil nonsense, no doubt; young people nowadays have far more evil in them than good. Not that that applies to you, my dear —I mean about the youthfulness;" and the two little pins fastened back on Fanny's face."You're past the age of danger in that direction, any. way.,, She laughed in an underground sort of fashion which suggested the rumbl- ing of an earthquake, at which the vulture -faced creature smiled more affably than ever, though rather red about the temples. But Ella had more spirit --fed, no Week so Time In Many Instances doubt, but the consciousness of that weekly bill for hoard. Loudly she protested, of ever getting glasses. Eye troubles of many "There was nothing bad about uar tleacriptiens may be wonderfully benefited by talk. It was only that I told Fanny following, the simple odes, Here is the preerrip-of—of somebody whom I used often tion: o to any active drug 01ore and get a bottle of Bon.Opto tablets, Dm, one Bon•Orrto to travel with in the same car, and tablet in a fourth of n glass of water sod miner Wittily' 1 couldn't help noticing, though to dissolve, With this liquid bathe rho eyes it was only the other day that we made two to four times daily. You should netiee your Nees clear up pereeptibly right from the start and acquaintenre. And he is more than isSammnt'on win rim y dien(,penr. If your a mere man; he is alrnnst a gentleman eyes bothering you.' oven a little, inks steps —at least, he will be that sonic tiny, b it id ion fate, AlAuy hopelessly blind might have been saved it they had cared fur their oyes in time, for he is going into orders, and all Now. 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The Duma has been greatly weapon sible for the growth of a spirit of de moerscy in Russia, for although the first Dumas did not accomplish much in the way of legislation, the members enjoyed the right of free speech and the newspapers reported what was said in the Duma, whereas they were Prohibited from reporting public speeches made outside the Duma, writes Mr. Riddle, formerly American ambassador to Russia. There never has been much mani- festation of public opinion in Russia because the mass of Russian peasants have no opinion to express, so far as foreign politics or national govern- ment is concerned. The spirit of nationalism and a feel- ing of sympathy for a eef3lays has been the one subject which has brought forth a manifestation of feeling on the part of the Russian masses, who are intensely interested in the fate of their "Little Brothers," the Slays who have been, or still are, under Turkish or other foreign domination. It was this spirit which brought about the war of 1877 with Turkey. Even the Russian peasants who take no interest in home or foreign politics feel intensely on this question of na- tionalism. What the Revolution Means. The revolution in Russia seems to me to be more a purging of foreign influences than anything else. It is an expression of national feeling, There have always been. many per- sons about the Russian court who have been strongly pro -German. The court itself, that is, the family of the Czar, has always had strong pro -German sympathies. Although France has been Russia's natural political ally the court has always shown more interest for German institutions than for French. A minor incident illustrates this feeling. On the birthday of the Kais- er, January 27, and the birthday of the late Emperor of Austria, August 18, the Czar always gave a banquet to the Teutonic embassies, drank the health of the rulers and extended every courtesy to their representa- tives. But he did not pay any atten- tion to July 14, the French national holiday. Probably he considered Germany to stand for the principles of authority and autocracy, while France stood for democracy. Itis true that since the Japanese war there has been a certain develop- ment of the democratic idea in Rus- sia, but I do not think the people will want to do away with the throne. They do want to rid the government of some of the pernicious growths and bar- nacles that have adhered to it. Russians always have enjoyed a great deal of democracy in their local government. The Zemstovs, which are somewhat like county councils, are chosen by the people,ttnd their voice is supreme in matters of local govern- ment. In the present war the Sem- styes have been active in the forward- ing of supplies and other military matters and have enjoyed the full support of the people. The Russian government always has been patriarchal, and the peasant is willing to let it take care of national affairs. Aim to Fight War to Finish. Although the Russian army and people have not always been one in the past, they are at the present time, They have one single purpose, and that is the winning of the war, which to them means the liberation of Slays who are under foreign domination. There has been sporadic revolutions in Russia since 1825, and it is said that Alexander II. had a constitution ready to sign the day he was assassin- ated. These revolutions have never changed to any great extent the form of government and have been mostly in the cities where students, college professors and educated people •who had not a voice in the government hh, Throdiughourectedt triteemcountry the revolu- ave Mondry movements have not been felt. Some times inobs burn houses and buildings in the provinces, but it is us- ually to get food and not to attempt to change the form of government. The terrorists, anarchists and other organizations which in the past have continually been agitating against the government do not represent the pee - pie at large. Even they have been quiet since the war began and have refrained from embarrassing the government': In short, the present disturbance is a revolt against foreign irfluentes in the government and graft in the ad- ministration 00 affairs. The people arc determined, that the wtti• shall be fought to a flni h and they two forc- ing the government to do it, I believe that if a plebist rte were held the majority of the 150,000,000 Russians would not virtu for the over- throw of the Emperor or the abolition of the throne. Sv.ascr111101 ltrAt. Few wul•1d, in ex- ; 11ulitlnrs for pout relief 1115 proper, bolt to poptllati;,n.