The Clinton News Record, 1921-4-21, Page 6The Secret of the
Old Chateau
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Senopeas, of 'Previous Clutptete.
\Iva:a Rentoe and Eatlie Haverton,
StildieTSeel:Lune have been
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ganobling- with ileberet gaxenter, A
rote:eine attorney, in bis LQ11431
epar. Mends., Alter theiv „dee/mama
tate etr eight Renton ratans to the
hoestra mettles's 13axentev arid hides
. the betav on the roof. While wallies
f'.:`1' night: te-come again in order to
Analet bis eseare, he feels in a desk a
'curiotis old yellowed doeument.
rf a mserevices- chest left in the care
ef one of Baxenter's anceetova by a
lareech noblernan, the Marquie
-Dattigny, of.,the Chateau Chauville.
. The thee', has been handed down from
cee •geeeration of Boxeuters to an-
reher end caaefully 'Val:cleft In the
a Ilene that some day ita rightful owner
e ill h2 found, Reseal) decideS to.pose
n ties Missing heir and claim the
rhea's Ile goes to Frame, to mAke
some needful inquiries about the Dar,
411y feniily,
CHAPTER Tare--(Cont'll.)
Remy leant _book in his -hair end
watt -lice the firelight play shade*
tvishs uponthe shapola featetes of
.1tia heat. The heavy wo.o.den slitittevs
hSell 'barred ,lieresS ithe wikr.10w2,
carl a eandelabra of three hranchu,s
,1(1.1 am- oasis caa lirghta over the frnit
sna deeanters. ..The rernate coimers
f Thee siPlend el roam were hr ()e(1l)
1:,..2.01.ota, in which toe.med the.indistiect
rhanen ef furniturs. and the gul1. gleam
ef narrors, Portraits of .cieect- and
gone eavneit .01 the chateau looked
awn from the- penelle.d walls as
though eeed.ering what had becommof
Ilia gay revellers ca their Glyn tinee.,
sed why .it was that the hall of the
Darliguys was E.) desolate. The fire-
light ..flickered upon the tarnished
triunes, and hoe: tind there weethe
cold sheen of tumor. ,
The Marquis looked up suddenly.
. "Yoe meet aorgive •nie, Monsieur
aeranceurt. I was thinking," he -tsup-
oed the lettee ‘vtli a white and taeer-
tee fere-finger, and 1 was wondeeang,
toe, ale this. Did -Gaspard tell you
what lie wants me to do?"
Relay Porancoust neatle.d.
unteestarrd that I gm to s.es that
you an.d yam: granddaughter reach
Peaarap in safety.' We ate Gas.pard's
band obey his oielets implicitly. I
hare arranged_"
Theold aristocrat held up a pro-
testing heed.
"Over fa.st, my young sir, you go
over feet. .1 am under no oath ea
obedience to my own son. Under -
eland me, I will net leave the Chateau
de Chauville."
'But, Monsieur le.Marquis, yea do
eat appreciate the—"
"I appeeelate enciugh to know that
I will not be driven from my home by
o pack of wolves. Besides, my people
. round here love me; I have no feav 'otE
them. They will .not forget the corn
have diatialieted among them in
their lean yeaes, therents 1 have re-
fusedto accept-. from -them. I in dan-
ger from iny.peasents? It is a.beurcl!"
Peranceurt sat leaking iato the fire
foe a few moments, then he rose and
(aced the Marquis de Dartignty, into
whose pole cbeeks a tinge of color had
eome.
"It is hateful to me," Remy said at
last, "to dispell illusions, but my duty
is clew. You, •who have lived your
life in these peaceful solitudes cam
have only a .very slight idea of what
is tracing place beck there in Paris.
• It is not year peasants you have to
fear, When I tell you that at this
moment one of the bloodiest oe the
Terratists ie sitting drinking art the
'Stet' of Navarre' in Blois, perhaps
este will anew thet Gashard mei my-
na& are acting rightly."
Remy paused. Perhaps he expected
. en answee; but the Margate sat eilent,
his eyes- fixed • en .the -speaker's fae.e.
"Peeha.p.s, Meesieur le Margnis, the
name of Herat conveys nobhine to
you; to us who know him it spells all
that is hellish in human, or, rather,
inhunstei nature. This man is the
Mend of Fouquier-Tinville; it Ss Ire
wbo prepeees the fatal lasts, for the
daily sittings in the Mais.an de Sus -
Hee. Your see laiewe the names
which appear—"
"You mean that my name ---e-"
mean that yeast enemies are am,
rive, and that they are at. your very
doer. Do yo e helagine that your gifts
of cor0. have been acceptable to au?
Whet of the monopolists,in .the city
of Blois, these devils who hope to
make fortunes out of tae fernine and
soffeeings of the people? - Believeme,
the crops *liaise watered with blood.
before -the people eat their fill, . This
is the time when the young must
teeth the old, when youth must—e"
The deer Of the dinang-hell flew
open, there vets a patter of tiny bete
feet, en.c1 a small person of seem font
bummers precipitated herself, be-
tween tales and laughter, into the
. Motes of the old n.obleanae. From her
grandparental .sanctuary the- alancteel
definently at her nurse. a stsber-facea.
(laughter of Albion, who stood, heel-
teting, at the door.
'She. is ' naughty, Mensieue le
Marcella., elle wial not sleep. It is
Pierre itetbe ledge-ahe telle her
stories ofa'actie antl—,"
TWo. taieeicler heti& meet up and
eareseedthe thin eheek.s of the old
inane and blue eyea ftal of a sleepy
teriele -leeketi; iihretigli the Ma -es -ea of
golden curls bite his: And. the Mara
quia Dartigny folded the latele
aight-eled figen in his eves anti
signed to the nersee
"Leone the little maid ivith me' Su -
.50; the is -frightened at whatthe
wielteel. Pierre teale, het." He patted
the little rounded shoulder. "He is a
*Stoked one, that Pierre, Sylvia, and
toeneareva J will give hint to the giant
who lalto$ awaaaethe weighty people
who bli ger:lase—a"
, ecenfoetings he
Seethed the Mothetiess child untiethe
smell figure telexed and the little
lileeaveitted"leet drooped like faded
ettli and elenctet ne the .firelight.
The Marreviebeat hie hond and
messed hie ape to the shiein.g
and leeked up over thole at the Man
inothe theft apPeetite hint.
e'leaeivo (hanged hsy niind, Remy,
You ere tight wheel you say the yotieg
Meet teech the old I feet I lied for -
Lae elle A 1iet1e While 1
rec'i 1 Reeeidoete 1 ,ser ip
e Mir Ciatalard'ea •
And Wilda* stiffly, the old neble-
Merl eteend the ItOrki, barbee the
aittle glee:Oise foetal, fe, hie strew. .
lt pia 1444ftigh,t *hen. Iteley
•
Perancourt waS shown to his room'a
smell bedchamber in the eastere tow -
ea, which overloelked a plantation ere
forest Sand showing black against the
matm-bathed countryside. It was, ell
so peaceful, and Rerny's thee grew set
and had as be thought of what was
going on beck there in Pulse -nay,
oven at the very demi a the chateau
--how men was showing m,an's inhuei-
enity to emit in the sacred names oe
Liberty and Fraternity.
Withi sigh he pulled to the wooden
shutters and prepared for sleep, , By
nightfall next day they muse be on
their road, and there was much to be
0.1.011e and Remy's sleeping hours must
he short.
Prom a:placket 'cunningly ceneealed
in the lining of his ,eoa't he drew out
the passpeets, They were excellent
exam,plee of the handiwork of Bezon,
the leen wilese skill in engraving was
finding him a *needy and luerative
market .for his wares. s Perb'aps no
otie in those early days of the lee -
burial saveeb eleee lives than this little
craftsmen., who, high up in his apart-
meut M the Feutioueg, toiled night
and day at his work, forging his links
in the (hate that led so many to safe-
ty. For all "The In -corruptible" had
never seen the papers, the "Robes-
plevre" at their foot locked nothing of
that patriot's calligraphy. Remy held
them to the light of his candle and
chuckled to himself at the pealectien
of 13ezon's
True these papers did net take
from his thould,ers the load of respon-
edibility for his Oberges. He called to
mind the refined featuees of the Mar-
quis -de Dartigny and the flower-like
beauty of little Sylvia. It intght go
hard with them did they fall into the
hands Of some of the smaller proviso-
ciat tribunals, who might think it
necessexy to make inquiries Irani the
Convention itself: Well clid Remy
know the blood -but that was upon
the "patriots," and that where a pros-
pective victim was seented they took
but few chances-.
But Remy Perencourt had that at
,his command which was of for super-
jor
tv,orth to mere paper. Was it not
his ready wit that had rescued the
aged Steer de Corbels at the very foot
of the scaffold? He it was, also, who
had escorted the beautiful Duchess de
Berait from Paras to St. Milo, both
disguised 'as strolling players, and
had even played the fiddle to her sing-
ing of a Republican song in the court-
yard of an inn where the infamous Le
Ben himself was staying; moire, he
had collected a few coins from the
pro -emote, money which had stood
them in good stead, Away over in
England, in -Jersey, in Hriubsieg, and
over the Belgian frontier, were many
thaniklua 'husbands and sisters who
whispered in their prayers the names
of Remy Perancourt and Gaspatel de
Dartigny.
As the young man }ay in the big
firm -post 'bed -stead, with ita. tall,
twisted columns and its curtains af
rieh brocade, he thought of these
things and thanked God for the great
opportunities .whie.h were his.
But below him in the dinang hall,
the Marques de Dartigny still sat
drooped in the arm-thaer of worked
embroidery before the little heap of
dead and -gray ashes in the fireplace.
His gaze was fixed upon the eseut-
cheon 'earvecl over the hearth and a
great bitterness showed in his sunken
eees.
He felt particularly helples,s in the
trouble which had came. epee his be-
loved Preece. It is hard when eee
has nearly reached the allotted span,
to learn how to run -away, to leave be-
held one the home of ones ancestors
—to becesne asi outeatat in a foreign
land. For en beer the old neblenum
set these huddled in his their,' then
with a sigh he rose lo his feet..
How long geany slept he costal not
tell, but lie awoke suddeely. He -felt
that something had been the use,
and, alert on theinstant, he raised
himself am his elbow to listen. His
life for the lest year 'had made him a
light,slieeper, and had taught him to
it with his hand on las weapon.
Now everything was quiet, witb
that stillness which immediately pee -
cedes the dawn, the hour when the
life of the world is at its lowest ebb.
Foe a -few moments Remy .sat
bh.eli, as he was -about to return to- his
d,reasns, sernething sounded in -the
room below hien a noise width grated
harshly on the quietude. The young
s'olatier slid from the bed to the floor,
lah,at he had heard Was for alt the
werihi like the grating of locks, rusty
end seldorrt used, and now that his
ear MRS attuned to his surroundings,
be could make out the stealthy
meee-
nbents of footstepa.
Helf-dreesed as he was, he quietly
opene,d the door of his toom and
peered out on to the dark landing. T,he
moonlight etreanted in at the long,
many -paned window, and cut a mionle
of brilliance on the oak stairs and on
the fantastically cerved banisters,
Leaking down into the hell below,. the
young in.an saw th,at th,e door of the
dinlimaroom stood partly open. Care-
fully he descended the stairs, his
stockinged feet making no sound.
It wee only a portion of the large
room that came within his eatige of
vision, but that Portion took in the
further end oa the long table, where,
beneeth Jae light of a pair of eandlee,
the Marquas de Dartigny sat writing.
)before him oe the teble were papers
arid cases and boxes, the latter off
heavy oak, massive and bra'ss-bound.
One of the -se stood open and, a -s Remy
watah-ed, the nobleman drew it toward
him, lifting out tvay after bray. The
dandle -tight flashed end shimmered
MI the contents., anti the rays wore
bhaown boek 111 red and Violea, in
green, orange and blue.
On the' tabie, too, stood gold end
silver pitath mtessave .escuteheoued
saleets, tall, gmeefully wrought cups
and vases, and there were also a few
ale -tures. And among all this tadiant
theplay stood an object vehicle per-
haps„ by reaeen of Its delimese, at-
tracted,the Watcher's eye. It was a
well -carved aken remeseetatioth of
an apple; ite aize was ebbet that of
th natueel /reit,
.,As ee looked lit tame to Remy that
thus eaveedreppieg as unworthy of
hire, and he wittlideeliv to hie room as
silently at be had come He Was ail
hotierel end froM
hite' hind what. ivVattateesea.
laterite ea thetr
Broierte" trestelire had
Medi 'tented beri pet he heti pAid
no beetli neither bienyieg toe abbe.
lied* Vhe MtstIdsis4ike reinterie,
A -T14 the ieretle and *Air watt day,
the eeents a the night paned "feere.
his mad. The f oW temente who re-
mained were diemiseed with Retried
prenntel oed MOM and his wife were
M reinane They Would live in •the
lodge and would MB comers that 'the
fentilywen travelling, They wereto
do their best to protect the chateau,
but were to make their escape if dam
ger threatened.
Sylvia and the English ramie had
hen went off aeon by the postebaise,
towelling by eagy stages to Femme,
there to take up .their quarters at the
"Taverne de la iLen" end await the
Marquis and Remy. The old noble -
Man lead protested strongly against
the porting, but Remy had perniaidecl
hint as to the safety of his grand-
daugliter.
Susan was to pass as an Finglish
woinan who had eroesed to feteh'eway
the Maegirl from A convent at
Orleane. She had been well drilled
in het Part, and inetrueted that, when
geestiened she was to ehow the peso -
poets and %peek in broken French.
Sc was tio say heed things of the
priests (which Susan, being a staunch
Protestant, would not find hand). Her
mistress in Loinfloe, she would say,
had beard of the doings in France and
was removing her daughter from the
evil influenee of the ccerient.
Remy well cnew tees would please
the "patriots;' 'aridi the safety a the
woman would • consist in her being
alone with the child—the procansuls
a.nd the procurees of the towns
through whieh they must pass had
lemmt to siespeet a party of people.
As for the Marquis and birnself, they
must rely on. their wits, and they
would be able to take risks whit& the
presence of the woman and libtle Syl-
vial would forbid.
(To he continued,)
A Dead Man at the Throttle.
Not long ago, bumping over a net-
work of frogs and switches, the
limited express on a great transconti-
nental railway sped into the terminal
station at a large city with the engineer
dead at his post. He sat in his ac-
customed place; his Sightless eyes
Were riveted on the track ahead of
him; his nerveless fingers still grip -
Ped the throttle. So lifelike was his
Position that the fireman, who had be-
come alarmed at the undiminished
speed as they neared the- station,
shook him roughly before he realized
that the man was dead. He shut off
the steam and applied the brakes just
In time to avert a terrible catastrophe.
A dead man at the throttle! How
many calamities in life can be traced
to men in a like condition! God has
given each of us the chargeof a won-
derful machine—the human body with
its complex and moral forces. We are
each an engineer, and each of us must
dtive hie machine along the destined
path between the eternities.
Many meet with catastrophes. We
cannot always explain them, but how
many times the cause is—a dead man
at the throttle! He sits in his ac-
customed place with his eyes fixed on
the track ahead, but he is deati never-
theless to all thought ot moral or
spiritual responsibility. There are
helpless people on the track before
him; there is a long traia of unborn
generations coining after him; but he
does not see or think or feel,
It is one of the mystifying truths of
life that a man can be outwardly alive
although inwardly dead. His mind
may be keen and Isis senses- alert,
though he is dead in heart and soul.
It would be better for the world if he
wore plersically dead; for while he re-
mains physically alive he is still an
engineer in control of dangerous
foroes—foreos that he cannot use with
consideration for others or ea He who
Intrusted him with them intended
them to be used. The powers it was
his duty to control are great; uncon-
trolled, they are a curse rather than
a blessing. Ungoverned by principle
and love of others, they are sure to
bring tragedy and suffering to every-
one in their path. •
Signs That Tourists Have
Laughed At.
The queer English in the shop signs
of japan always bring a smile to the
face of the traveller, Recently the
Japanese conducted a ''sign cam-
paign" in the interests of correct
greenlet:r and spelling ,and probably
have impreved things. The list that
a tourist sends us from Tokyo shows
shosLmuch the reform was needed:
Ladies fm
urs ade of their own sltins.
Several Tailor and Dressmaker, a
h
Ladies washed inside end out (laun-
dry).
Horses retailed here. ,
Dat Nippon Sporting Dogs and Com-
pany, ,
European Head Cut (barber).
Meg to Lend Automobile (garage).
The resistant wet -coat maker (rain-
coats), "
Razor and Essence (There has. been
a dispute wbat "essence" means, but
probably it means toilet articles).
Extract from Hens (eggs).
The motoiewill start soon Company.
Ripe Eggs.
Whale and All Relating to le Are
Sold (whalebone). .
Ladies have Fits TIpstai (dress-
makers).
How much do you want a suit that
all aideare.
Shoes that will open your eyes will
be sold.
Breed and Milk.
Prompt execution and perfect fit
gueran teed.
Bacteria Millr (sterilized milk).
250th aineivereary of the Hud-
son's Bay Company charter being
signed by King Charles II, on May 2,
1670, was celebrated in Western Can-
ada in 1020,. It is the oldest joint
stodc company in Candle.
f
A Smile.
Ne,IL eat siot buy a diener,
And it can not clothe the poor,
And it can not work in sieknone.
AZ an everlasting cure.
It can chttiise a bitter feelleg;
It can brighten up a artY,
Aftd it heti a way of drielne
Mr. Werrymail aWaY.
Se tre it sit your fee -toes,
For It doeeiat hurt a bit;
O(4 ally kind of people
It's gimranteed to fit,
fit
1•F- we work marble, it
*ill perish; if we work
upon brass, time will efface;
U' we rear ' temples, they
will crumble into dust; but •
if We work upon immortal
minds and instil into them
just principles, we are then
engraving that upon tab-
lets which no time will
efface, but will brighten and
brighten to all eeeeniey,,--
Daniel Webster.
Appreciation.
Are the 'days a bore to eotz? is We
a dreary, drab exiatenee? If ea, tette
cultivate yogi, observation, try to se'e
things. in nature, not only with your
eyeti, but with your mind. Notice the
designed beauty in, everything. See
the flowera smiling at you, ilingieg out
their beauty and fragrance without
stint. When you eat delicious fruits
and vegetables think of the might of
these things and Who gave them. to
you. Do you eppreelate how all these
things will help you to back up your
Munn id' life, help you to Make your
life a masterpiece, to give you streneth.,
health' and vigor? leave you, in fact,
learned to appreciate all' the bless -
'What a woriderfel them is apprecia-
tioni What happiness it brings into
the life of even the poorest and most
unfortunate creatures! Contemplat-
ing the perfection of the universe,
studying theenarvelous things of crea-
tion, meditating upon the perfection of
everything that is restl becauee aod
made it, dwelling upon the perfection
of ourselves in the truth of our being,
the reality of us, will bave a wonder-
ful influence on life and character. On
the other hand, dwelling upon the ine
perfectioe of things, the conviction
that there is something the matter
with the universe, something wrong
with God's great scheme for the.racee
the h-abit of dwelling upon thhe inferi-
ority of ourselves or of anything in
the universe, the habit of finding fault
with what we have and of criticizing
everything about us, tends to demoral-
ize the mind.
• The unthankful, the ungrateful, the
selfish get very little out of life, even
though endowed with wealth and
many of the things men desire. If we
have only selfish thoughts, and are
always thinking of Our own interests,
forking for out own glory and advant-
age without a heart full of gratitude
to the Great Giver, we are no better
than the bogs undee the apple tree
-greedily gorging the fruit on the
ground without looking lip to see from
whence it comes.
The Wonders of Machinery.
A story concerning a conversation
between an American and an English-
man, in which the Englishman niet
the American on his own ground, not
without success, was told by Gen.
Pershing while he was in London re-
cently.
"My countryman," said the general,
"was telling one of e-eurs a tall story
about a wondereul sausage -making
machine they hed In Chicago.
" 'It's a big a -flair,' he explained,
'bet quite simple. All you have to do
Is to delve a pig up a pink, through a
hole in the machine, and, five minutes
later, out come thousands of saus-
ages.'
" 'What' becomes of the hide?' quer-
ied the Englishman.
"
The hide, sir?' retorted the Ameri-
can. 'Oh, that falls out another slot
in the machine, and out come port-
manteaus, purses, or, if you like, shoes
or saddles. It's merely a matter of
turning ft screw.' .
" 'Oh, is that all?' said the English-
man. 'We've used that machine in
England for the last thirty-five years.
What's mere, we've improved on it.
Sothetimes we find the sausages not
up to standard. Well, what happen-
ed? All we had to do was to put them
back in the machine, reverse the en-
gine--'
" 'Go on,' said the American, 'What
bappened?'
" 'Why, out walks the pig, as lit as
a fiddle.' "
Among the Moors women do not
celebrate the annivers,aries of their
birthdays. A Moorish women con-
siders it to point ef honor to be abso-
lutely ignorant of her age.
Make Housecleaning gasy By
Cleaning Often.
"One 'keep clean' ie worth e tiOSein
'make cleans,' " says an old adage
eat quoted by geed aousekeepeas,
Training the flintily to keep thileige
in good coielition and to leeive Oa'
place them where they belong is the
first etie.p the path.
Spring cleaning will, not seem auth
a bugbear if the cleaning memos goes
on all the time, while things kept clean
through palming and emoperatien
vial les* keiger than if they have been
eleaeed only oecesionelly. Mother's
health wild last Longer, too.
Wipe walls down frequently with a
l'ong-ha,ndled brush oe a broom rover -
ed with a canton or outingefiannel hag.
Place a ruffle of the flannel across the
bottom of the bag with edraw strings
width can be ts'ecurely tied -arouncl the
broemahandle. If the -bag is not
available, cover the broom with mit,
Old underwear.
Use light, even, overlapping strokes
to remove, ratheg than rub in, the
dirt, Rub the soiled places which om,
eue dyer radiators, evened' registers
and Stoves with -cotton betting, rub-
bing lightly and changing the cotton
as it become e .soalett. Guard against
such soiled places by keepkig the fix-
tures and the floor Around them free
from. du,et.
Wash oilapaistted walls and ceilings
as you eraeh painted woodwork. Wipe
glazed wallpaper with a cloth wrung
tightly out of warm, soapy water. Do
not leave any moisture on the paper;
it seeps in et the seams and loosens
the paper.
Rub windows and mierore frequent-
ly with soft paper, this keeps the
glass eine. When it is neceesary to
teeth the windows use a clean, tint-
less cloth well wrung out oe clear hot
watev, or 'vetev to wbieh kerosene,
ammonia, or washing soda has been
added. To get a clear glass, work
quickly, svith even strokes and wipe
at once with a dean, dry cloth.
Glass may be dry-cleaned with a
paste made by moistenMg a fine pow-
der such as whiting. Rub the paste
on the glass, let dry, then polish with
a cloth or paper,
Dust woodwork frequently. For
floors, u,se a string mop or a broom
covered with a ibag. Sweep the flooes
occasionally with a soft brush. Wash
floors., when neeessary, with soapy
water. WrIng the ceoth very dry and
rub with even stroke. Wipe dry at
once. H spots remain after washing,
scour them, wipe dean 411141 claw.
Wipe off spots and finger -marks
around doors -knobs, handles and win-
dow latches frequently, using a damp-
ened cloth. If the wood is unfinished,
avoid using too much water, soap, or
cleaning powder, as they discolor the
wood. For painted wood, use a cloth
well wrung out oa light sudra made
with white soap. When soap is ap-
plied directly to the wood it softens
and dulls the surface of the paint.
Clean enamel paint with bot water,
which dieselves the grease and frees
the dirt but does not affeet the gloss.
Use no soap, as this dulls the enamel
finish,
For oiled, varnished and thellanked
wood, use an oiled Mister or mop.
When the wood is diegy and black,
wash like paint. To revive the finish,
rub with a -cloth spriekled with lin-
seed oil or furniture polish.
For wood which is waxed, use dry
mops and dusters. Avoid using oil,
as it softens the wax so that dirt eel, -
Nes in it.
Why She Is Not Popular.
She gossips,
She lacks tact.
She is not genuine.
She is lacking in edueation and re-
finement,
She is, pessimestit, she always looks
on the clerk side of things.
She is too independent and self-
assertive.
She is jealous and envious of ethers'
geed fortune.
She is a snob, and pretends to a
superiority she daes not possess.
She has a bitter tongue and is al-
ways making ceustic, 'cruel remarks.
She is too quick to tell other girls
how ill they are looking, and to point
Fun in Grandma's Time
Famous divineof the 'eighties
figure in many unitising stories, says
au English newspaper,
There was, for instance, the bunt-
ing parson, the Rev. Jack Russell, for
whom the Bishop sent,
"Mr, Atessell," he said, "I hear many
things about you of Which I don't quite
approve." To wbich Mr. Russell re-
plied, '''But, surely, iny lord, you don't
believe all. you 'bear. I hear many
things about your lordship; but I don't
believe all. The Devil is not a -s black
Is lie Is painted."
A poor woman in Glasgow asked a
minister to visit her husband, -who
was dangerously 111. The minister, on
leaving, asked wh.at church they at-
tended. The women mentioned the
Ono where the famous. Dr. Norman
lelitelood preached. "why did you not
seed for bile" he asked. "Nay, nay,
sir; 'deed nay," said the Woman, and
then she added confidentially, "This
is
it dangerous case of typhus fever,
and we melba risk him."
Another elergyman asked after a
woman's brother, who had been very
ill, "He is dead, sir," was the reply.
"We sent for the doctor, but he did
lifin to geed: he was worse after lie
saw hen, But, bless you, sir, we bears
ot false doctoring in the Church, so
It's no Wonder if there is false doctor-
ing out of 1t,4
A. Scottish. MOM; lifter reading a
passage et ecripture, said, "My breth-
ren, title is a very dieleult pest:ago to
underefeed. Commentators differ SA
to its exact moaning, 'Therefore I say
to yOu, my bleeds, let es look the die
finite' boldly in the tate—and pase eii
to the fleet patefage,"
rite Stiaege tellgielis Wen Of isoine
People are illustrated by the story of
a fashionable woman who was met by
a friend as they came out of eaurra.
"What a beautiful sermon we have
heard," said the latter.
"Indeed, do you 1111010 so, sir?" she
replied; "I can't quite agree with yea.
The preacher said ono thing I did not
like at all; he said, 'Our SaVlour was
a Jew.' "
"Of course 115 111(1. 'What else could
Ile say, seeing that our Saviour was a
Jew?"
"Not really," said the woman, in as.
tonisinnent; "I always thought he
was a good Christian like myself,"
Mrs. Malaprop was outdone by a
weleknown society woman, who was
in the habit of usieg words she did not
understana. "It was terribly rough
Crossing the Channel and I was des-
perately ill," she said to a Cabinet
Minister. "When at last we reached
Dover, I bolt inclined to fall down On
Iny knees and, thank Ceti that my feet
were once more on Terra Cotta." '
There is a moral to be drawn from
a story told of Mrs. Valighale sister
bf Dean Stanley, who was Royal Chap -
tale for mare, years, She prided her-
self on being a good lioStOSS. Obsel-v-
lslg man and woman sitting on a gar-
den seat quite silent, sho went up and
introduced them to on another.
"As sbe knew the etiene of neither
ehe made a enftlated nuirmnr, ond
they bowed politely to each other.
Hevhig thus done her duty Mrs,
Yattgleut easeed on, Hall an hour
later, ag She was standing near the
same Couple, eho head the mall say,
'My tlear, had ive better not he going?'
Arid when they said goodbye elle
found that they wore Itesbetel and
Wife!" . .
out ear little idiefeets in their &Cie%
trethfulness oe Werd and bier
honesty of purpose me unquestioned,
but her good -breeding is like a gar-
ment moth-eaten and full a helm
She Poils her meet generous deeds
IV the angraeine manner in -which
sbe performs them.
Her prickly havslinees 401ispenh
and uncompromising bluntnese of
'manner cause her to be constautly
reisunderetood end andervialued.
She is forever eso the wateh for
slights, her suipersensitivenese pee -
senting an exposed surface readily
stabbed oe matched.
She has allowed her womanly grace
and reserve to disappear in Thier eon -
tact with the businees world, and, is
too bold and maineith 111 appeeranee
and manner.
She is always fretting and worry-
ing about something, airways antici-
pating tbe disagreeable.
She is selfish and unsympathetic.
She is eonstantly talking of herself
anti her affairs, and is never Intereete
ed in the joys ot 'meows of others.
She is always tallying of her aches
and pales, and fretting or worrying
about something.
Bedtime Toys. ,
A soft wasbable woollen doll is just
the thing- foe baby's bedtime comfort
for it cannot hurt the little one and
it will not break.
A ddlesoe ell can
eumdibe made in
a few mioments from to hank of wool
leet over front a sweater whieh actu-
ally required less wool than was ex-
peetee. It may he -white oe colored,
but the thicker the wool the softer
and fluffier will the doll be. Half an
'Ounce of wool will make a sufficient-
ly large doll.
To' intake it, take a Mink of wool
about eighteen to twenty inebes in
length., f old' it in two, asul with strand
of the sense wool tie it tightly in
three places, fret near the top, tb.en
about two inches lower down to form
the neck, and, len of all, lower still
fez the waist.
Out the ltiope of wool -at the top,
eo that the eut ends will form the
hear. Now cut hose several strands
just above the waist -line end tie them
with a piece of wool to form arms.
Tie them again near the ends to mark
the hands.
On th.e hem part place two small
linen buttons and -sew them en with
blue or black wool to represent eyes,
A few stitches el wool can be put in
to repre-eivt nose and mouth.
Tie a ribbon around the waist and
the doll is ready for the little one's
eager fingers. If a boy dell as de -
shed the loops of wool left below the
waistline aro separated; into two
equal parts and eath tied:top and bot-
tom to make legs.
This woolly doll can be maicle in ten
minutes and tests very little, even if
the wool has to be bought for the
purpose. To any baby it will give
real pleasure.
Stronger Than Hemp.
A species of the gentsta plant, grow-
ing prolifically in Italy, has been found
to yield a fibre stronger thanbeinp
and almost as. fine as flax for cordage
and textiles.
To drrignove the golden mom-ent of
opportunity, and eat& the good thas
is within 0112 reach, iz the great art
of life.--Jobneen. .
sed t)s
1374P+,gally,14?....,7111,T1.411:gg
to eel1yery up to 400 Pillhe, sr iellt
pm of bal7g1 044,1)08 4 yin weal, in riet
pee eraer as pureettesice er eerie/on
rue rote:Idea.
narlo embattle of your 000 choke
to look them Over, Or gea oe to
o any ear to city peprof1011:tattVO for
M41)501(44 very largo meek eeveys 005
etreakeyte Used nat. Markt
400 Irtioge *Past, TOresto
The Real Reward.
We are still far front tied millennial
day when "no one shall wore for
money and ne one man wrlc ror
fame;" pit onyrri0i 111
YetlWek:1V
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working for awl lighting to retain is
the "well-done" of one for whose ap-
proving word we °Me; the only 3105.
SelifiiOn it is terrible to lose is the
pride tn us, the trust in, us, nine act
of ours has disappointed.
It is iMt a mark ot strength, but a
mark of weakness and of self-indul-
gence to defy the,good epinion of one
whose approval is worth winning and
holding. It is rank selfishness to
throw the reins upon the neck at will-
fulness and appetite, paying no heed
tO, eue who stands by and grieves for
It. From what base eaten, In all
ages, Were not men restrained be-
cause some ono eared? They were
about to commit a sin, and a face,
though far away, rose up before them.
They thought they were alone and
might do as they chose; and lo! p
compelling presence appeared as 111
the flesh and held them from it. Or
if they defied the vision, they have
rued it since.
The honorable name may take years
to win; and what the crowd thinka
doesnot seem to matter much; it Is
what ehe one thinks.
The long bazaar may praise, but Thou
Heart of my heart, have I done well?
And that reward which comes at
last may in a little time be ferfeited.
That IS why the vigil must be kept in
ceseantly On all there is in a man's
being,
What crushes a man in prison 15
not the outer well of stone, but the in,
ner weight of countenances; the hard
est thing to save bins from is awes,
sion that reflection breeds when he re.
members. To Othello it was bitter to
reallzt3 that he had cast away the rich.
est of pearls, by his mad suspicion. Ile
bad rejected an implicit and adoring
faith—the sort of faith that nerves
men to do better than they know,
that finds the sluff of heroes in a
coward, that redeems a life, makes a
career and crowns the purpose of
existence.
When you think of proving faithless
to all that ethers find in you (though
you have not found it in yourself) it
is time to pause and remember that
you do not belong to yourself to des-
troy or to surrender; you belong to
them. There 15 110 gain in life to be
compared with what they gave you.
Jock's Por-tabis House.
Angus was on his first visit to Lon-
don and he set out to find his friend
Jock, whe load come to town a few
years etueler.
No, 1209 Holborn, was the address
at wbich Angus had been told that he
would find Jock. He walked down
several streets and then caught eight
of a tramcar marked "Holborn." More-
over, he noticed its number -1209.
"Hoots!" he cried. "There goes
Jack's house now!" and he started to
elm toward the ear. "It's good I saw
Ib before it got moved," be said to him-
self, "or I might never have found
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keepers also copies entries in books
for comparison,
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The Canadian Order of Chosen Friends.
34 Yearn of SUOMI/7
Whole Family Insurance at Cost. Government Stani.e.rd Rates.
Total funds on hand at alet December, 1950—$1,205,359.77.
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WM. F. MONTAGIID, Grand Recorder and Acting Grand Treasurer,
Hamilton, Ontario.
FOr information as to cost of joining apply to,
W. F. CAMPHIR,L, Grand Organizer, rranifiton, Ontario.
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