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reffeildifee' 'end 'yen tfr?' tra-
ycyee tt great many CT these etreete ,befOre
;you ,get, tate ,t1terfrePen eeniftrY.' that 4fric
away ,from the red -bricked 'and .etaceP •
villas, and still" eh -taller and tiglii3ie.houeee.
which haden.rna up.by the eatellil,tia''
log, , '
But Ida would have 'been glad enough'
to have, gone .through this: partinterY
,the paradise Of eountry IttneS 'Which lay
beyond if oho eould only havogene alone.
fttn4r6t;Iiiicn7fre°Lleittrl ';11A4;1.
duty to "'Weep' her corapann', and! •ry'sY.
could not , -understand „her „desire' ECM the
open hair; ranoh lege her, 0,1'9,7%18' .f&T„,1°,1,1,i,
ludo., Until, .., coal, ,
never takeir a ;walk. for a Wan, 0 Sa ,P.,,.a."? fr
for thcrlife,,-offrher.she eould:net (Igraine,
stfron;,reMarked':Jbac'ell,' With ..,a YaWn• hendentaes „love of 'arapside!"•ababt'stlep.,
"Tliere'S,, a. rueli "or,,theln,a;trefte,Y."' , dusty l3tuts;. and over, -tho. c ornmemi..whore
. trcow that , tale gentilenion have got On „thaee. was afriNe9y,'s - or,Wind,' Isabel- dettleAfr.
td',Inietine,36,,MY dear, a &hat we licol bet. ed., tb bloyy.her hair. abolit,"...if eltefrWintrfr.
ter,retire.frto the dra-eing.room,".60.1.(1 Mrs, eitt,,,she liked tO s„, us, A., vanided,....0.04
Heron, With an attempt ' at the "Brea d frectunter aboilt-tli.alcovetimetcfi gaMas on
viourly at the "carriage to:Ptl& '146'. tlloi
Meg returned to that apartfrulent-Mr- drove bY.
Joseph frdlti not open the door for them- ./ths didn't care for '1.frinulen, tdrik -YerY'
'ahd lifl,,,' 11:000n add 'Babel at once start, little !interest in the ellen% fr and- Ufrene,
.ed on a series of questions calculated to whatever .in are carriage folls. ',She wat.
elicit all, the detail, of xda,,, past life, 'always 'Pining_ for 'the fresh., air, the.
her father% death and her present de. iba„eezy, comma., the green trees vand fraiy
Plarultde condition, Women can be much the occasions .=whea, she could persuade
mdre merene.00 them 'moo ,io tide hiod,_°,1 Isabel to a coitatrY ramble,' 'she .walk9d
inquircition; acd Ida, wearY in Mimi. ". with dreamy eyes thalt eaw .not-tho cut-
bodY and spirit, suffered acutely under aad.dry rusticity of :Woad fareen and'
tend to he Unkind; they were really eorry b mid extent of the .
the Prdeal. The two' wOmell did apt wherst,ofie,fr but the wild dolga ...and
• „
Testett-:Itecines'•
Triner Tapioed..-TOe Make .•••tliie
'dainty, mit • a . end... 'a
itt,V11:cif 'tapioca; •ari. Anierter eofp.'," Cup-.
Of -siigare etW, Ca.P4Vita`df•WPAerT,
ldMi,„:,,1091/4K
beht,;:nreariO,S'lenfO,Arie6i'linfei
for the homeless orphan:' they -Were ,Pre- robe wue,.indeed, .livgr plra.diPehli!.aaa;d'
Pared to like her; they reluctantly read it wa,,th,- present Via seemed a dream
-1<qa,fiee'r ',Tilighiel:dieht,T6'.ttisfifio,11,1ilf °,,,,tcle, roUls0a..'. wger-cristr Igd 'glr46de...'sth stieggst,
grudgingly ad -et -red. -her, beauty -and her
spoke, the high -bred accent, and ,tliat in- ..411.,,M11:0.8EVedh'fr%c4rtIlift'lld.alliPrel -frilfr)rt
they were reminded by alerY Word she
describablo air of delicacy and reihnenient heft, f....,,,re:4—rothnleefroauetiti:e1.1,' ,t'lip ih;11.. 0ouin.,' on
deveured,by curioeity as to her anode of fri'','",.;i:;;:ify..--/,1--z-A-kheinvi,,,„... illeirt'au invi:eli/isTal,rect
. which indieate good birth; but they were ,. „,..,„ .,,f L.b.ii, .u,in vi w
'life, an(Lher friends, a . ouriesitY which had any retioureee in 'themselves; thaY
'to restrain. So poor Ida had to describe ;;;-„,---,,1 --e..„.;,„-mr-.0:,s-atc,„3:°14:11Y0 leyre .,,ligtalr,
they were too vulgar, too inconsiderate unA .N,,,,, f ;en
which she rode about Ilerondale. y tlrfrPeerl: AV aftmOra,,•;.,,gid:L..1312;Tai',Toe7ig3r'
the Hall, and the servante, and the. waY
slie managed the farm, arid the way in
, -were very much imnressed; specfriall;r1.1es-0 .the visitors talked little oleo but seandal,
when she mentioned, Lord' and Lady Ban. Mild talked it clumsily. Moa• of Isahae
nerdale'S -kind offer, end they exchanged time was spent in constructilig garmente
glances as the.,tities left Ida% line "quite ,bgliveteirsavaiadYo..fbyPa..sPeenir-oPat'ptererino,dnieweIlelladiwnelr0-,,
names,. a, mtg. Ite4P4.,;(7 410t,fri,),,arelmlurdeu. able patterns, tyhioh, ' in skilful Uncle,
Marked to Barbel. . .no doubt, produced the most tufeful re.
'as natdrally ae if
' 'Tin afraid you'll find it very dull here, salts; but. Isabel .was Itoo, stupid tO avail
,Iff...„, sa.iff mt.. Ker... .441 ...iff. „you herself of their valuable aid, and anuet al.
won't find any society in Wood 'Green': ways add .sennething ;which rendered •the
aren't seamy large .'housee-thfe is as garn'ent 4mITToe 'himeacovuatlign6Ure'(1.)
they're nearly aflr Dity people, and ' there
large as moet-and John is very strict." , •
Slip sighed; and it was eirident. to. Ida .
might be eome amusement to hian, it, was , . OE, DM,. AN. DIPLOMACY.
that though her cousin John's "religion"
rather a bugbear .and nuisance to .11're
soalring, top part ut aedoulale
,boiler.,""StreseM hoimea 'adding
tadhe afr&to1; ifaiediesarYrIntt`d-O n�i
stir ae the prune's should. mot 'be
broken.' 4cfpoi •Atikki serve 'with
creathhe • ese • .
' •
PIMP Marmalatle.—Wash
put ih pres-erve :kettle with • two
cups of water fax,:a half peach •bas -
kat, of.pruins, •06rak until soft and
plit Some .ot the
pulp and Skins, ,yeili still adhere to
bhe pits, go' retUrn all to the kettle
again, add -another • cup of water
and cook until mushy. Put through
sieve 'again. 1Vleasuee a cup uf
sugar for each mip Of liquid, and
'boil until thicic. Pour into glasses
and cover with paraffin. ,
Salad Dressing.—Take ben table-
,
spoons strong vinegar arid add
enough water to make one and one-
half cups. Break the yolk $ of two
eggs filth bowl'and -beat with a
fork, then add two tablesPoons
sugar, one-half teaspoon salt and
two and one-half to three table-
spoons of :cornstarch, according to
thickness desired. 1Stir until the
sugar hasepartly Melted and Moist-
ened the eornstareh, then add one-
fourth eup of water, and pour into
the vine,gar and water; which has
been heating, but is not boiling
hot. Oook until' thick and the
cornetarch.is done. Let cool slight-
ly, and then, using a Dover beater,
beat in the stiffly whined whites of
two eggs. This is equally good foe
•potatoes or fish. If, as soon
as it is cooked, and before the egg
whites are •added, you cover it with
aacloth or two white paper napkins',
and a tight lid, it will not form a
crust, as most cornstarch mixtures
do,
Nut Loaf Cake. — Cream one-
fourth cup butter. Add gradually
one -cup granulated sugar and then
one teaspoon vanilla. Add alter-
nately about one-half cup milk, one
and three-quarter cups flour, sifted
three times. NOw put in about one-
half cup floured hickory nut meats
and fold in 'gently the whites of
three. eggs, beaten very stiff. Mix
well adding two teaspoons of bak-
t 1 b his desk oim foren on Powder with a little flour kept
tat
ph .that both the maids- looked leered and have had too much of this already."
dieconted, and that the "parlor maid,"
'10
ck
'mere bit of a girl, appeared to be Vixen
I,Vhat he referred to Says the Bos -
keep the milk cool Directly ' the
. • •
;supply ,of, milk is left'at, the itouee
-it,rshould be taken in,and placed in
the eiroalest Plalcain 'the house. It
should 'he left to stand in n, liasia
of»d 'writer into which ea. handful
otara:ltaliair been tilitoWn, the NVibter
reirehilik he in, ilk -line in the ing. ••
A piece'of ,w4 bittot.er-musli41 shonld• •
then be Placed over the teen:of ' the
jug thee treeautiona resulting in
ebliemiik keeiiingernneli .betteir' than
Und.er'ethe• ordiparyahafies-ik:turn, '
you about; and perhaps you and leabel , •
Surprised She Ilas No Friends In
family. "But we must get Joeeph to take
Might go to a, matinee or twoi, but, John the World.
Ida, made haste to aseure them that she The world does not know what
preferred to be quiet, and that she hoped iwas .behind the iraportant eleola,ea-
did net need any, amueement, that she .
trouble on her account. At this point tion of the Russian :Czar when, to -
her cousin Joseph Waidd not take any,
mustn't know anything about, 11,"
Mr, Heron and hie eleg nt son came in, ward the end of july, over the Gera
eemis un for family prayere. Ida noticed
a, bell ICUS 71.1.11g, tc'io two servants man parleyings, he declared, "We
frtt slate
au
a harsh and. rasping voice, with the man. , _
printed. From financial interests
ieh
O Scripture and offered up a long praYer in
. ner of a Judge pronouncing, a sentence of Wnien re so necessary to goverh-
leavling the 000111. Called than back, and ment interests -when war prepare, -
f seven years; and a.s the servants were
remarked sternly: • lions are at hand, we can new give
O larger quantity .of candles than usuallE the inside scene which was at the
"I notice in the houeekeeping book that
lute been- need during the paet week, and bottom Of RlISSM'S 'resentment
of echis useful article. Do not let it °Cour against Germany.
I fear that there has been grievous waste
again." ' In 1908, •when Russia was ,suffer -
0l
lief, that Ida would no dou,..19-te to g.o t e 18610 181011 Japan in 1904-05, A:us-
eful fighbing against the natural fit Of -„ ,,.
tria, in violation of the treaty with
to bed. While Idit,WIM brushing free emir
depression• caused. by her introduction to all tne powers of Europe, proposed
knock at the door, and she admitted Mrs. to annex •Rosnia and Herzegovina.
this cheerful houeehold, there 4611116 It
Heron. That lady was ,in a soiled dress. The Russian Prinie Minister . was
ins -gown, bought at a 5alc and quite two
sine too large for her, and with a nem,
ous Ilya, she took from under this cepa
clone garment a small decanter of wine.
e. '.:I thought you might like a little, my
1
iod dear," elle saki, as Ida eyed it with eaten.
it ishment. "Of cotose we tiee ,Eal total ab-
fr here but we keep a little in the
house ,for medicinal pupa:ice, unknown
to Jan; and it's a great comfort some-
times when you're tired and le low
spirits. Let me give you a glass."
. Ida would have liked to have accented
It.. and 175,5 %sorry that her refueal seem.
ed to disaPpoint Mrs. Heron, -who -retired
as terv.ously ae oho had entered. A few
minutes afterwards, before Ida had got
over her astonishment at the incident.
there tante another knock wt the door,
and Isabel entered in a dressing-geWn
which was own slater to Mrs. Heron's.
"I thought there Might, be soniething
you wanted," she eaid, her bold oyes
wandering over Ida curiously. and then
roaming. to the contente of Ida% dressing.
bag which glittered and shone on the
dressing.table. .
"What long hair you bevel Do you
brush it every night?. I don't anine, not
every itight;, it's too much trouble, Are
the toes of all those things real gold?
What. a lot of money they ,nrust have cost I
What a pretty peignoir you have on: is
it real lace? Tee, I sec it is. You have
nice things!" with an envious sigh.
"Don't you ever have more color ,than
"You've got now? Or perhaps it's beeause
You're tired. You mnst be tired, when I
mime to think of it," She dropped her
voice 1111[1. glanced round cautiously
"Would you like to have a little. brandY-
and.water? 'I've got some in ,iny room -
of coulee, the rest don't know anything
about it, father's teetotal nutd--but I
keep a little for when IM tired and down
in the iniouth; and w.hen I run out I get
some from -Joseph's room. OE course, he
isn't a. total abstainer. I daresay you
gUersed that directly you saw him to•
night, and weren't taken in by his 'late
at the offieer lousiness?" '
Ida looked at her in amazement, and
Isabel laughed knowingly. '
"Joseph goes to the theatre and plays
billiards," ehe '0161(1, with sleterly 0I411 -
dor. "De works it very oleverly; he's
artful, Joeeph is.,, and he takes ,father
and mother in nicely; but sometimee I
find a theatre programme in his pocket,
and frinarlce of chalk 011 1116 005,t. 011. I
don't blame Min! The life 'WE lead in this
house would make a oat sielc. It'e like
being on a treadmill; nothing happens;
it's just one dreary sound, wrth mother
always whining and father alwaYe Preach.
' big. You heard what he Said to the set,
,
.oirt: Mr.. Heron read a. portion , of ton News Bureau, has never been
(1
66'7'"5 IT"t "t ana ing from demoralization following
ing-sOfiri' apridltiona.. 1410*
trealinefit Should dertainly be ad..'
opted when babies are :being fed;on
milk; cream: it May" b'e adde•d; can
be treated similarly.
Salt is also useful.. in the treat-
ment of lamp chimneys. •• Atter
washing the glass is,polished with
• ,
dry salt. The result es, that the
chimneys take on a brilliant shine
and are also rendered less liable to
track. A little salt sprinkled over
paraffin oil that may be spilt when
the lamps are being filled will re-
miove the unpleasant odor.
When 'washing colored handker-
chiefs soak thesn in cold ealt water
for' a short time ,lbefore actually
washing. The eolors will then be
prevented f rom running or ading.
Common salt placed on a tablecloth
on whioh tea has ,been upset will
take out the' stain•s, The salt sho-uld
be allowed to •stav in position for
a little while, and then.when the
clOth is -washed all the stains will
have disappeared.
If milk 'is scOrohed while it is be-
ing boiled salt again comes to the
rescue. The pan should be remov-
ed 'froxa the fire and placed in cold
water. A pinch of salt is then droP-
ped into the milk and stirred up,
and the burnt taste will disappear.
Household tints.
Mrs. Heron suggestea,.freuch to Ida's re. h
Mc.
her
(irk
or,
hing
come.
h."
er with
le had.
don, Cousin
"Cousin file,"
antly, for there
ity of this pale,
im. . It was per.
life Mr. Joseph
le frwith a ladY;
married. beneath
in retiring from
been an obvione
o the society of
it," replied Ida.
gh London twice
o to Herondale,
e."
cpressed bY the
ell about 70110
all air of over.
(40 nervonenees;
about. London a
m."
of knOwingnese.
ncerted'tbat 3110
'water, Ida?" said
at I cannot offer
e no intoxicants
ill total abatain-
the family look -
and to Ma's sur.
(shamed.
; do not care
re a, great many
re," 05.1(1 Mr. 3/e.
but I trust God.
are content with
86 from the daily
lc. You will find
mum Villa." '
the family,, could
they were indeed
aete sag that
excitements and
to been devoid of vante to -night? I 'won( er eY 0161111
think that it was I should go olit onnind myself if l dicInq
wend the table got a, amusemeet going up to the
shope_and sneaking into a matinee on the
ou'll
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,
WINNIPEG' TORONTO. .ONT. mowniffffL
rumitiimisoirgiorintollottomiino
when the G•erman Ambassador was
announced. The request of the
Amba•seador was for an immediate
response as to the position. of Rus -
ria should Austria annex Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
The Russian Prime Minister p80 -
tested that, lie must confer with his
associates and the other signateries
to the treaty Of Berlin.
The German Asnlbassador 'replied
in. effect: "There is no time. It so
happens that daring the autumn
manomivres our troops are On the
Russian frontier. I am directed by
my Governnient to remain at this
office until I receive your answer,
and to say to you that unless I ha-ve
your as.stirance that Russia w•ial
remain, neutral while Austria takes
over Bosnia and Herzegovina, the
German troops will immediately
cross the Russian frontier.
"'All the time I am permitted to
give you in evhich to make answer
is, 15 -minutes."
This has been. the diplomacy of
Germany ; •the diplomacy of force,
ancl it now finds its expression in
the 14 -inch siege guns, which were
never built for defences within Ger-
many.
And yet Germany expresses sure
prise that it appears to have DO
friends throughout the world
nor pretence or a
finished. Mr, jo.
out in what wae
easy-ehair, and
the conversation.
in the Otte," 1(61
"Never saw such
Ms boom in South
ig that new com-
a about, and the
f wild about it.
frill run to a hum
before the week'e
. any money to
cl recomniend you
; for it's a, cat -
prick up hie ears
ly interest Which.
VIM his eaintly
hall" he asked
to work Sir Ste-
' replied Joseph,
p .into poe-
t Itie legs etill
n41111100 his large,
`"It's abbitt 1410
and is going US
.11.5 big 'll115 axe
irsch and the
lien has made
ut, it flArend7.
0011..Ple of mil-
1V1t11 frit. There
taday, Chat, he
r a kind el
sly. Iill sure
stand it, after the we you've led. 'What
do you uee for your hate? se eoft
anti silky. I wish I had Mack hair like
Yours. Do yon put anything on Y0117
h0,11d9? They're rather brown; 'but that'e
beat:nee you've lived in the open' air eo
much, I suppose, 811 lend you eome ettiff
I use, if you like,"
Xcla declined the brandy and 'the I 1861'
Inc preparation for whitening the
lia,nds; and not at all discouraged, Isabel
'went on:
'NVero 01070 any young men at Heron.
dale? You <Ude% say anything about
them demi-stairs, but I' thought perhaps
7011 7.101/1elike to tell me when we were
alone. euppose there was soineenb'you
were Gerry Io part from?' she added, with
an inviting smile.
Ida repressed 41, shedder and plied her
brueli 0Igorouely, 00 that her heir hid
the ecarlet which suffused her face.
fra.ltnew.so few of the people," she gahl.
"As I told you downstairs, my lethal...and
‘,1 led the most secluded of lives, and, EOM
500.7130)y anyonc. -
Isabel *yea me. elm:slay rine 515551'
SOME FAMOUS SIEGES.
• -- •
Gallant' Defence. of Liege .Against
Three German Corps.
••
- The defence ••of •Liege by 30,000
13elgians against three German
army crows numbering 125,000 •will,
go down to history as one of the
moat Cesets •arms in the
annals of war. • •
The Franco-Prussian war ei 1870-
71 was reniarkarble for its sieges.
B•azaine- held out at Metz against
the Germans for nearly two months
and finally surrendered with 8,000
officers and 173,000 men. POT this
he had to submit, to •cOurt-enbirtial
and was sen•teneed to twenty years'
imprisonment. , Afterwards earee
the 'siege of•Parisi which lasted six
months. Thousands of shells were
rained on tile city every day by
the Germans, and no fewer. them
40,000 of the inhabita•nts •euccumb-
ed to disease and hunger.
That lengthy sieges.are quite pos-
sible even in these • days of huge,
guns is, illustrated by !Canekei
Pasha's gallant defence of Adrian-
ople hl,St year Tar 155 days. Then
there was the comparatively recent
great, siege of Port Arthur in the
Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5,
which fin•ally capitulated after be-
bloCkaded lby Admiral Togo for
210 days. The name of General
Stoessel will rank with those of the
greatest, soldiers of modern times.
In Ottoman and Russian milita•ry
history there has never been a,
siege like that of Plevna in 1877,
when Osman Pasha defied the Ru•s-
sinus for 144adays and finally war-
.
TWO quarts of Soup will serve
from six to eight persons.
When breast meat is tender,
chicken
When,
sufficiently Peeked.
A nail, if it has first be -en stuck
in a ca•ke of soap, May be easily
driven.. ,
Allois two level teas,poonfuls of
baking powder to each cup of flour
when no eggs are used.
A tablespoonful of water 'or milk
should be allowed for each egg in
making an omelet.
Pencil marks should be rulibbel
off with an eraser before soaking,
as hot water sets the lead mark.
One medium-sized loaf of bread
will make 20 three -cornered sand-
wiches or 10 large square ones.
When grease or oil is spilled on
the carpet, :spread •fine meal over
the spot; it will help absorb the
grease.
A few piecea of gum camphor
kept in the boxes in which silver is
packed in wrappings twill prevent
its turning dark.
-atataaspoonful of vine,gar added
to the water in which black stock-
ings are rinsed aeill keep them a
good •color,
- For something new- and - dainty,
spread the buttered fudge pan with
niincecl dates .before turning the
candy into it.
If a small piece of salt is added
to all fruits when cooking half the
quantity of sugar is wanted, and it
also improves .the havor.
Place a lump of salt in the. kitch-
en sink. It will disaolve slowly,
and keep the drain -pipe •wholesorne.
Boiling hot salt water is the best
liquid 'for flushing drains.
After Cleaning brass or nickle-
plated hells or ,doorknobs, rub them
over with .a little vaseline with a
woollen °loth. This will keep them
bright for a long time.
Before using tea spread it On a
sheet of paper in a warm—not hot—
oven for 10'or 15 mioutes. It will
greatly improve -the flavor, and it
will also go much further.
If you put two tablespoons of
vinegar in the Water when boiling
egg'S they will not boil out if they
are cracked. Eggs slightly cra.cked
can be had for half the price of
sound. ones, •
When you have' bread very dry
and stale bold the loaf under the
tap till wet slightly, put it in a loaf
tin, and place another on ton, and
bake over again. The result will
be praetically a, .new loaf. Use a
very hot oven.
a A Humorist hi ilinbryo.
, •
from the required' amount. Bake
in a loaf abont fifty:minutes in a,
moderate_oven. aVfeasure liourestter
first sifting.'
Oatmeal Drop Cakes. — •Creain
one-fourth .cup :butter and one and
one-half cups light brown sugar
thoroughly. Add one-half cup, oat-
meal cooked very thick.„ .Beat hard
and add two well -beaten eggs and
one teaspoon vanilla. Add alter-
nately one and three-fourths cups
sifted flour) with milk and -water
enough to snake a good batter, put-
ting in two teaspoons of baking
powder with last of the flour.
Beat thoroughly and put in muffin
pans. Bake twenty to twenty-five
minutes in a fairly hot oven.
Spice Cake, I.—Make like nut
cake, using two whole well -beaten
eggs instead of three Whites, and
one teaspoon cinnamon and one-
half teaspoon ground cloves. Put
in nuts and raisins to taste just be-
fore last flour and baking powder.
Ba-ke like oatmeal drop eakes.
Spide Cake, 2.—Add two tea-
s•poons cinnamon, one-half tea-
spoon cloves and one-half teaspoon
nutmeg to nut loaf cake.
Home-made Canned Soup. -- A
vegetable soup th can for winter :
One -huff bushel•t.oinatoes,.one-half
peck okra, one and one-half
bunches soup greens, one stock cel-
ery, two 'heads cabbage, six medi-
um-sized .carrots,• three medium-
sized parsnips, three white turnips,
three en,re eweet torn, one-half•
peek string beans, one cup salt,
three red peppers. Boil ,tomatoes.
first, then add vegetables and boil
one heur, 'Seal while hot. This is
fine' to add -to a soupbone which is
nearly done, and as it is already
cooked it saves time and gas in the
winteretime. It is also an 610000(1(1 -
cal way of saving garden crops for
a -time when one wishes one had
them.
The Uses.of Salt. '
Salt is a Capital thing to use to
A. Horse Laugh.
Motorist (blocked by load of hay)
—I say, there, pull out and let me
by. -
Farmer—Oh, 1 dunno es I'm in
any Mime,. '
Motorist (anarily)—You seemed
in a hurry to le't that other fellow's
carriage get past.
Fariner--That',s 'eatese his horse
wuz eatin' my hay. There ain't no
danger 0' yew eatin' it, I reckon.
Envied
"My wife is a:mind reader."
'Lucky dog I My wile is a mind
speaker.''
t'Oh, mdl, of course; if 7011 don t 14115
to tee; me." silo said, with 0 little tocs
of her head; "but perhaps it's tob ecani;
wheu we 'knew each other better you'll be
more 05011. Lna sure 7 shall be glad of
scancone to -tell things to."
She sighed; and looked down with a,
sontimenctal air; bir4. Ida did not tise to
the occasion; end' a, sigh of
the ..r°4111111 Pointment. and a last look Ignnal. ,112 ±110
ening' lain), 80 nothing ,aliould' reeace her. Teabel (01 011
•
1(01101011 the 0(1(11 her dene.rbere, ado. nd. c '61-00 lea 110
teemed tt, her
-,not; escape,
away ..froan
et, of the man
he. ,nanie struck
calming .actual
'featly still, her
her lap, ae the
`toil rewarded."
' 'improving the
worthy., of his
plien Orme, ±57
the thenefhaeet
eritis the an.
1141 5; 61001011 -
of , hlo fellow.
tfr he will. ilse
sition ?or the
to eage In the
'04)11. 1(6 an un.
donifrIpions,'
usider aboixt
Ye Of speenla.
imi.--but 50
al55itll,c1?,10 1810
mind pretty
Tired as elio woeit lees ecene time ba
fore sho could got In sloop. The change
in her 'life bad come 60 6116:101117 that,
she felt confueed and bewildered. .10 had
not needed. ',Tosenh'Ilgtell'S 400110081 of Sir
Stephee OrMC'fi 11171110 10 97011g Stafford
to _her mind; for he wab ,always present
there; and she lay, with Wideomin eyes
and aching heart, repeating, tofr bers'elT,
the lot/ter he had sent her and. Wonderfr
1)7 eary'he who, she had thought; loved
her se ,paseionately, had loft. her, Com.
en,rea with this earrew, stied that of her
fatlicr'et death, the smaller . galleries of
,her Prelent dondition counted as naught.
• • .
CHAPTYllt xXit.,
As leael lied'intimated, life at La.bur•
num Villa was not altogether hilarious,
'The envIrtine of "gulden are undenia1315
pretty. prettier than those of any other
eaultal in Europe- bat there is no ehirk.
ing • the feet,- 'that the 10601111e1'n.- onterhe
of our great Metafropolie itre Aoinowliet,
ga.be. AAA. eonAmcleprogeing.„ I.EtarurntII1
was long %street, whieh re.
'Sfrembled the other streets as one tree
A DEATH BLOW TO FREEDOM
S CIO LD G (HIM ANY II:ell:1[M VII
IN TELLS VAR,
Rudy:Let' iiipling Sounds a Call te
Arms in a Stirring
• Address.
irIt is nob conceivable that, we
shonadleta. If we de fail the lights
of freedom • go out ever the whole
world."
This was the statement of Rud -
yard Kipling, the author, in a stir-
ring adellrees to a, mass meeting at,
Brighton, England., where an im-
p:tenet crowd lead gathered in the
Dome to listen to speeelies eup-
port of Lord Kitchener's crusade
for eeeruite, The meeting was pre-
sided over by the Lo.rel Mayor of
Brighton, seeoneled, by lierbert
Sternael, president of the Local
Government Board. Mr. Kipling
said •
'Theough 0,0 fault 'nor wieheof
ours we are at war with G•eseerariya,
the power which owes its existenee
to three well thought-out wars.; the
power which, for the last twenty
years has devoted itself tO organ-
izing and preparing for this war ;
the power which is now fighting to
conquer the eivilized world,
Must Dave Men.
"For the last, two 'generations the
Germans in their book -s, lectures,
rundered on December 10t, , e epeeches and schools have been
30;000 men and 100 gins, owing to
provisions ancl ammunition running
short. It the same years Kars,
long the bulwark of the Ottoman
Dmpire in Asia, was stoemed by the
Russians after a siege of. fiVe
TWenty-two' years earlier the
fortre.ss had been brilliantly de-
fended for eight Months against
the Ritssians by the Turks under
General who• had put
15,000 m.en again•st 50,000.
Even these .sieges, however, are
somewhat ineignificar4 when even:.
pared with some others. Th
ue long-
est siege octrn
red in the Ainerica
Civil war, when the tOonfederates
defended the town et Richmond for
1,485(1613.0, or just: over four yea,rs.
ISebastapol, in the Crimean war,
.held out for eleven :months, while
General Gordon •defended Khar-
toum •a,gainst the 1Soudtenese for
300 days. The sieges of LadYsmith,
Kimberley, and Mafeking, in the
South African war, lasted ISO, 123,
and 261 days eespectively.
There is probably, however, no
siege iwhich Britishers like to read
about so much as that carried out
by France and :Spain in their era
deavors to carry the Rock of Gib-
raltar, 1779-83. Altegether the siege
lasted neserly four years, and as the
world knows, xe.sulted in a come
plete triumph of British arms, in
spite of the feet that the enemy
nuirilloerecl 30,000 to 40,000 men,
while the defenders could only mut-
ter 7,000. •
oaref ally taught that nothing less
than lade world conquest was 205
o'bj•ept of their preparations. a.nd
their sacrifices. They have prepared
carefully and sacrificed, greatly.
"We Mast have anen, and men,
and men, if we, with our allies, are
1.0 theek the earrnsh of organteed
harbaeisen.
Germany's Objective.
'Have no illusions. 'We are deal-
ing with a strong and magnificently
equipped enemy, whose avowed aim
is our complete destruetion. The
Germans' ;real obje,ctive, as she hes
always told ils, 11 Engta d and
England's evert.10, trade an
wide poss•essions.
'If yo11 a•seunie for an ins
attack will be suecessful
will not be reduced, as Safi
Say, '10 the rank of a set
power, but we shall cease
a nation. We shall becom
tying province of German
admini stereel 611±111 tv ha b
German safety and interest
".11iy boy, ,I hope you • keep ebhe
Sabbath?' • •
' "No, sir ; it, always elips away. '
A Pertinent Question.
"Try one of these cigars,,, old
man,they're. the best thing out."
"How are theY when lighted," •
4...Pewee,
fre'es.e.acefrefee
Tommy Atkins in. Prance arid Belgium.
The picture on the right shows, Braddock, a 'wellaknoivu British boxer, with his unit t, „Ostend,
•duties now consist of preparing food for the marines wbo have been landed at that place. On the Let
tw,o English soldiers at Havee, With a Freneh 3101 0118 , •
GERMAN -A MERMAN SPEAKS.
• --
Unable to Understand Espousal of,
liaiscr's Cause:
Mr. Otto Stuetz, Wilkesbarre,
Penna writing to The New York
Evening 'l'ost, says:
"Being of German parentage, I
sympathize with 'the Germans in
the great struggle now in progress
L'urope. why 00 many Ger-
mans in ,America so rabidly esPouse
the German cause wheu it repre-
sents all that most Germatis lefb
,Germany to escape from, i•s more
than 1 cam see.'
'koveoi,e):: as a torisistent mem-
ber of the II:teenier:1 Reformed
Church, it seenis to ine bitt a shade
better than sacrilege for the Kaiser
:to contiianally refer: to Clod al beirig
with him in this crusad0 of' murder
aretisdpornilsillialgee. foiE!thtliitse he eneort'.-
tar nly elid nothing to' prevent it.
One.aan hardly believe that the
'venerable Franz ,would hare
attacked ISeryia withriert bios sanc-
aie it seems as absurd to cam upon (lit:ions rre,c40,11 will pa SS 0),
Arm Against Fate
"We are against such 11(1enter into a new life in
the facts of war that we
behind or • fo rgotte nr
efo
hundred years•lufee return
front tin,d test. 'us a•S the
our fathers. It will be. a•
65(1(1 mut beset with diffical
discouiageneente, but wetre
gether and `we will +r0454'thee the encl.
"Our petty social bands
been siv.ept away •a,t the 0
our mighty steugglea
Change in Short Tin
the interests of 011'six weeks ago are dead: S
hub One interest now sr
tortehee the u•alred heart e.
mom in this isla.nd and in
pito.
' "II rye are to win the.
oueselves arid for freedom
011 earth e eery mem 11111501 Off
eetf. for that service artel 'tlia
flee, while the state sees to
Inc depenti.slits do not suffer
"Thenc is no 304(1(110 Way
War. We do 001 C1011 1.1 our 11
victory any mere. than we elo
justice of 0111 centee, • It,ilZ,7pi
ceivable. '1,1141't We Shr)1". 1014,
we fail ehe lights 12 freedom A
all ovet the world. '
•
1)661) DOI) e.•311eatis l'iutees
'They may, glimmer f.ur10
101 ilie. \\'00416110heinisplittre. 1
Germanmin
Germany dominating 11,5.12 the
by sea rind land will most 'cert.
tion of the German Timpeim
extinguisli them io 0,513'whe re 11,5')' have hi r to s
upon mankind So that einno the,
God, the Prince of Peace, To aid te9neta re,1 .1±1111 c15 nil
in an avoidable war as it would be 665 001 not tail."
foe a bank burglar to pray to 1, m
Lord for power to murclea the
yetehina,n, blow open Vie safe, and
,
make good his escape." ,
R,e11430118.
The old gentleman' s wife was
.gebbing into a carriage, and he neg-
lected to assist her.
"You are not so gallant, John, as
when 1 WaS a girl," She exclaimed,
in gentle rebuke: .
• "No," was bris ready response,
"and you av00 not so ibuoyant as
when I was alloy l"
Eprtune 1100101'.
Ills "So Jack's niarrindI
marry •for beauty I" •
boob',.'L
t are
Did
he
11411' ()1' Lewis Srots.
illhe Inland of Lewis hi Scot,
where practically the eptive
population has volunteered Fe
tive set:vice, holds ht. , 0 rs
Lot' inilitae,y prowess, and fure
trleieginfriv:tbsirecAruiprevafentri,•cteli,eItini,
by Plato, formerly ;prevailed
of putting to derithia; expowe
we ally Lee deft) ern e tl chi I e n ,
ib is said by the must oredible
tori•ans that, ehis ehetonr conti
until '''ffroclern times,'' As a ve
the ; inhabitants ae e at. sup or ic
physique to other Highlanders,
eonstimpthio wasquite link'
re•cerltly re -introduced
siekly •Sontlieaens,„