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CHA.I.TEA XXXI,—(Continued).
Her eyes shone and a, spot of color
started to her cheeks.
"You are glad?".Howard saki, with a
smile of sympathy that had something
ef mockery in it, for your worldly cynic
Is always arriueed by worldliness in
others,
"Yes, I am glad; but not for nty own
sake. You think 1 am'pining fbr a cor-
onet? I do not care—it is for Stafford's
sake that I an glad. Nothing is too
good for him, ho title too high!"
"DO you think Stafford 'cares?" asked
Howard.
She flushed and her eyes fell before
his.
• "No," she said, with e, deep sigh. "I
do not think he cares. Ho seems quite
indifferent All the tilne Sir Stephen and
I have been working---"
"Have you been working?". said Ile -
Ward, raising his eyebrows.
She laughed a little wearily.
. "Indeed, Yes. I have been—what do
You men call it?—log-rolling .for weeks,
It is 1 who have found out what is
Wanted by the people who can help us.
_ And It is gienerally, always, in fact,
money. Always money! I get 'tips'
from Sir Stephen and my father, and
whisper it to the lords and ladies who
have influence in the politicat drawing -
rooms and clUbs.',
"And Sir Stephen?"
She laughed.
"His teak is mut% simpler and easier
than mine. He just goes down to his
political club and subscribes so many
, thousand 'pounds tewards the party ex-
penses. The other night he gave 'them
—but I must not tell the secrets of the
Toriet even to you, Mr. Howard. But
It was a very large sum. Xt is always
done that way, isn't it?"
"I suppose so," he assented. "It must
be; for, come to think of it, a mom isn't
Made a peer simply because he brews
good beer; and a, great many of our
Peers were and are brewers, you seo
oh, it's all right, it pans out very satis-
factotily, as the miners salt And so
'Stafford Will be the future—"
"Baron lifighelide," she said. "Sir
Stephen owns some land there, and—
and some of his people 001010 froni
there."
Howard laughed.
"I see. Been there since they came
over with the Conquerer. ie e
College will have no difficulty in ffriding
O coat -of -arms. Something with a Ref- by George! Staff, I in mvse o g
d 11 in it"
She smiled. tolerantly.
"You alwayS inalce fun of everything,
Mr. Howard, If only Stafford would
She elghoda end a Moment afterwards
her hand went to her lip with the ges-
ture Of a. nervous Scheel -girl , She had
heard Stafford's voice in the hall He
.comie in and greeted her grevely, and,
Howard being nresent, merely took
her hand
.."You two conspiring as , usual?" ho
said, with a smile, With the smile 'which
indicates a mind from which mirth has
been absent for soiree tittle
"Yes," satd, Howard; "we have been
arran ng that the prize shall go to'
plottithe ootillon and very properlY •
the wisest, the nicest, and br,,,t-loolring
man in the rocen I need not tell yOU
,his mune?" He spread his hand on his
heart, and hewed with mock compla-
eency. P.And now I will go' and find Sir
Stephen and get a cigarette before the
battle begins. Atl revoir."
. When he had. gone, almost before the
door had closed on him, Maude moved
, 'eloser to Stafford, and with a mixture
of shyness and eagerness, put her arm
on els arm.
"How good of you to collie so early!"
she murmured, in the voice which only
a woman in love can use, and only when
she is addressing the man she loves.
"You did not eome to Rielimend? bTever
mind! Stafford, you know that I do not
wise t0. hamper or bind you, do you
not? ' 'Aro yoti well?" she broke
off, scanning , his face earnestly, anx-
iously. .
"Quite well," he responded, "WhY 110
you ask,'Ilfaude?"
"I thought you looked tired, pale,
that you 'have loolced' so,• for some
weeks," she said, her eyes seeking, his,
Ole shrtigged his shoulders. '
"I am rtuite well. The het 'weather
makes one feel rather lirna, supp
.A.5 any rate, there is nothing olSe the e
matter with me,but.a. lit of laziness." !rem, .What is ad' said Stafford.
"As if you were ever' lazy." , , Griffenberg smiled, but rather grave -
"There is a large party to -night?' he iy.
ing all ho knew to force congratulation,
rejeicing, into his voice.
Sir Stephen nodded, and smiled; his
lips were quiVering.
"Conguatulations, Sir S telfflen!" Said
man, ootning up. "I can see the gi,00d
news in your face,'
"Not Sir Stephen—Lora Higheliffe!"
said another, correctingly.
Maude slid her arm in 'Stafford's, and
stood, her lovely :face flushed, her eyes
sparlciing, as she looked round. ,..
"And no eille htCs been more honor-
ably gained," a voice said.
Or will be more nobly borne!". echo.
ed mthoc,
tafleird, with all a man's hetred of
fuss, and embarrasement in its 510'
551100, drew nearer fo his Cattier,
"Won't you come •enci ell. do Wil—OUt
of the erowd'a' 110 aLd usu., in a low Voice,
Sir Stephen; nocicied :met was moving'
away --they me.de, a Rind of 0 largl for
him—when a SerVent came up.. to him
with at cablegram on a silver salver, As
he did so, Howard stePPeCt fcrWarff
quiekly.
"Take it info the study!" he said, al-
most sharply to the man; then to Staf-
ford he whispered: "Don't let him open
it. It is bad news.C,riffenberg has just
told me—suiclt! Take it!"
But before Stafford, in his surprise,
coeld take the cablegram, Sir Stephen
had got it He stood with his head erect
the eleetric light felling en la"- hand-
some„ eace;, the embodiment of stiocese.
He opened the telegram -with the Mune
still on his lips, and read the thing;,
thetc the crowd of etaring--shali it be
wrl Item gaping?—persons eaW the
smile fade slowly, the flushed face grow
'01e1', still paler, then livid: He looked
IIP and round him as 11! he were search-
ing Tor a face, and his eyes, fell et an-
guish and terror, met Stafford's.
• "Staffoid—my' boy!''' he cried, in ac-
cente. of despair.
Stafford sprang -to him.
"rather—1 am here!" he said, for
Sir 'Stephen's gase'grew vaeant as if he
had been etrieleon blind.
The next moment he .threw UP his
arms and,, With a gaep, , fell forward.
Stafford caught him as a try of terror
lose from the ci-owd' which fell back
�S if suddenly awed by some dreadful
Presence; and forcing- bis way througrh
it a famous doctor reached the father
and son.
There was a moment of awful stis-
pense, then—the ntiltrie sounded like a
mgekery in the silence—all knew,
though not ..ct wor0 had been spoken, that
the great Sir Stephen—pardon! the
Right Honorable the Lord HIgheliff 0—
was dead,
CHAPTER XXX'II.
Ey a stroke, as of Heaven's lightning,
the houseof jay was turned into the
house of mourning.
They bore the dead man to his room,
Plain 8,nd simple, even in that mansion
of luxury; the • guests departed, some of
them hying as from a pestilence, some
of them, lingering with white and dazed
faces and hushed whispers, and Staf-
ford Was left alone with his dead: for
he had shut the door even upon Eoward,
who paced up and down outside, not
daring -to force 510 sympathy upon his
beloved friend,
The morning 'papers gave a full ac-
count of the grand ball, the annoUnce-
ment of Sir Stephen's peerage, and the
sudden and tragic ending to a life
whieh bad been.lived full in the public
gage, a life ofstruggle and success,
which had been out down o.t the very
moment of extreme victory. TheY re-
cited the man's marvellous career, and
held it up to the admiration and eMula-
tion of his fellow linglishmen. They
called him a pioneer, one who had added
to the Ilmpire, they hinted at a public
funeral—and they all discreetly as-
cribed his sudden death to the excite-
ment of his last achievement telling UP -
on a weak heart. Sir Stephen's .precar-
Ions condition bad been known, they
Saicl, to his medical adviser, who had
for some time past tried to perStiade
hint to relinquish his arduous and
nerve-racking occupations, and to take
repeee.
Not a word was saicl about the cable -
grant which had been delivered to hint
a few moments before his terribly sad-
den death; for it was felt by all that
nothing should be allowed to blur the
glory of such a successful career—for
the present, at any rate, There was no
need for an ingtiest! the great physician
who had been in attendance, quite voArc-•
ly, Was prepared to certif.? .the catise
of death, and Stafeoed's felalinge were
Spared thus far. Someone high in au-
thority suggested the idea Of a public
funeral, through Noward, Whom alone
Stafford saw, but Stafford declined the
honor, and the first Baron Highcliffe
was carried to his fast rest as quietly
as circumstances 'would permit.
The g-ess, and the men of the CitY,
with 30110111 the dead man bad worked,
kept silence about the catastrophe that
had haPPened until after the funeral;
then rumors arose, at met in whisperS
and then mere loudly, and paragraphs
hinting at semething wrong with Lord
Iligheliffe's last great scheme and call-
ing for an inquiry.
(To be continued.)
Stafferd—do you ever remember that I
am getting old?"
Stafford laughed and looked at the
handsome face. affectionately and with
the admiration and pride with which a
son regards a good-looking father.
"Yes; I suppoSe you must be nearly
thirty, sir!" .
Sir Stephen laughed, not ill -pleased
at the retort.
think, and—er--• Ati, well, we re all
mortal! _Do you think ma could oblig•e
me in a, little matter --
"Seriously, Staff!' I'm older thnxt you
He paused. Stafford looked at him
With a bale smile,
"Sounds as if you wanted to borrow
money, sir. Anything I can cic,—"
Sir Stephen laughed.
"No; I'm not in want of money: but
I'm in want of a daughter-in-law, of
grandchildren to sit Upon my knee--."
He laughed "gain, as it lie were a. little
ashamed of the touch of sentiment.
"Seriously. Staff, is there any reason
for waiting? I knovt that the engage-.
meat is a. short one; but—well, why
should you and Maude not be happy? I
can make arrangements,". he Went on.
eagerly. "There is Brae. Wood.
make that over to you—'
Brae Wood again! Stafford's face
grew set and impassive,
—"Or there is that place I bought in
Warwickshire. But, there! perhaps you
and Maude would like to find a place
for yourselves. Very natural! 'Well,
there's no difficulty! Come, Staff. Why
delay! - 'Gather ye rose -buds while ye
may,' you know! Why shouldn't the
marriage. take place directly the Rouse
rises and we leave London,?"
Stafford turned away 5, sthat his fa-
ther might not see the Sudden pallor of
his face.
"I'll --I'll speak to Maude, -sir," be
Said, trying to make his tone cheerful,
af not enthusiastic.
Sir Stephen laid his hand upon Staf-
ford's Inroad shoulder.
"Thank yea, my boy!" he said. "You
are always good tO me! Always! God
blesS you, Staff!"
His voice was husky, there was a
'moisture in his eyes which almost made
Stafford's grow dim; then, with a swift
return to his usual alert and sanguine
manner, Sir Stephen withdrew his hands
and swung round.
"I must be off: Maude likes me to be
in the room when the people come: and,
What ohe likes all the timel
His laugh rang out as he hurried with
his brisk step from the room. He was
at his post When the guests began to
arrive; and not' far from houn stood
Mo,ude in the splender of her beauty;
not tremulous now, as Howard had
seen her, but statuesque and calm, and
'gracious with a Stately graciousness
which' was well suited to -the coronet
which all knew' would some day glitter
on tbe bronze -gold hair. Bvery now
and then as the crowd increased • her
eyes wandered in eearch of Stafford,
and elle botited• that though lie took
his part, did his duty, the listleSS, half -
wearied expression was still on his
face, and'a, pang shot through her. Wag
it possible that be wit'S Still thinking of
that girl at Brynderinere---? She
thrust the thought, the sickening dread,
front her and forced the conventioeal
smile to her face.
She danced the first dance with a
popular duke who stood' high in the
-Government, and a word or two he let
drop: "Sir Stephen: a man worthy of
the highest honors," made her heart
beat with anticipatory triumph.
The second waltz came, and---- Ah,
well, with Stafford's arm round her,
with her head almest pillowed on his
shoulder she was happy, and her Sears,
her vague doubts a,nd presentiments
fell from her.
"Al, that was good," she said, with
a sigh. "Do not forget --the eleventh,
dearest! Take me to the Prince—he is
oven there."
Shedropped a curtsey to his royal
highness, and Stafford Jett her With
Win, AS he made hill way to the end of
the room he saw Griffenbeseg and several
of the other tnanciers in a group .cie
usual; and they were talking with even
more than their ordinary enthusiasm
and secretiveness. Griffenberg caught
Isis .arm as he Was passing.
"Heard the news, Mr. Orme?" he ask -
said, presently:
"They say that the peerage will be
She nodded. announced to -night." • •
"Y esinmeense. The biggest thinff •
stafford. nodded. And Griffenberg, 04-
.
We -1 mean Sir Saephen--lion done. ter a stare at Stafford's impassive face
Her eyes fell fee a moment. ''You will which evinced no 'flush of exultation,
dance with me to-night--twite. Stud' glanced at the 'others eurlously, seemed
ford?" • about to add something, then checked
"As maray times 00 you like, ot himself and turned awaY, and as Staf-
course," se sold. But shali not 51
many opportuMties, Youwill ho too
much sought after, ae usual.".
She sighed. ;
"That ie the One disadvantage Of %.1.3e.le
The
lord went on, said in a low voice le
"Do you think he has heard? Looked
rather glum; didn't he'!"
The baron shrugged his shoulders.
log eng,aged to you, she Se. . • "Dona know. He's a shtrange shentle-
- doesh.Mishter Slitaffoad." ,
He nodded, and stood with the same Stafford .went on, and at ono' oc the
absent preoccupation in his eyes; and anterooms came upon Ma Falconer. He
h drew a little closer to him still;
and as her,eyes dwelt on his face w
lth
love's hunger in them, she whispered: •
"Tod have not kissed me yet, Staf-
ford."
Ile bent, and kiseed her, and her lips
then, The seeend and the eleventh magi. He keeps himself to himaelf,
waltz." .
,We standing looking .00 at the dancing
with cc grim countenance, and seemed
lost In .thought; so much so that he
was almost guilty of a start when Staf-
ford Spoke to lihn.
"Yes! Great .crowd. Just, come in?
clung to his in that most awful of aP Father all rig
peals, the craving, the Prayer from the "Quite Well, thanks," said Stafford.
soul that loves to the Soul that refuses rather Surprised by' the question.
love in return. . At that moment a servantbrought a
"Ah, Stafford, if—if it were all over, foreign ce,blegratri ;to Falconer. Falconer
and We were atva,y in - the oeuutry smne- tore it open, glanced at it,' end went
where?". pale.
"Why don't we go?" 55' asked, with "Anything the matter?" asked Staf-
absolute indifference to.the social Plots ford. "
' and scheines Which were being woven Falconer .loOked at him. fixedly and
round him. • curiously, then with a shake of his.
She laughed. head moved away. Stafford smoked a
"In a little while! Sir Stephen waritil cigarette, and sauntered back to the
a change; he is lookingrather fagged-- 1 ball-rpona He passed the. grottp of
"I'm not surprised!", saAd Stafford, city men again, and caught a word or
'
"Xt seems to me that m'y father resth two 10 the baron's gruff voice! ;
neither night nor day— . "I want to know hew we shtancl! The
"All, well, it will soon be over --per,- ploW will shmash him; but the rest of
haps before you expect!' she said, sail,. us --us who are in de shwina 111 de,
Mg mysteriously, "bittenl line he natives have
comes! YOU bad boy, you have spoilt; But Stafford paid little heed—forgot
rey hair" --she herself had disarranged: the words as soon as he had ,. heard
it as -'she pressea against his breast. 'I, thein; and Wont in search of his pare.
must' run away and have it put, ner. -While he was dancing, he was
straight." 1 aware of that peculiar stir, that'flutler
Sir Stephen. entered a .mornent after and wave of excitement which agitates
she had left the rom. Ho looked Tagged a crowd when something, momentous is
to -night, as site had said; but, hisface happening. 14:e looked round and maw
lit up at sight of Stafford, his father standing in the centre of a
eAe, boy!" Ile exclaimed, holding group of Persona,men and V.,,Olnen, NIttia
-MO all seemed excited. There was 100(1 Stafford's hand for a moment or
and scanning him with his usual expres- talking aria sudden and spasmedic
Sion of pride and affectien. ."We are movements as fresh auditors to -the
going to have a big.night: the greatest restless group came 00 hurriedly and
• Merl we have • hail, Didn't I hear curiously
Mande"s Voice?" ' ' "What is the matter, Mr Orme?" ask-
. starford sotd that she had <1011 gone a a girl with whom he was claming
Out, •Sir rtephen'nodcled n,usingly, and As he spoke he Saw Maude. detach
ever PreselitlYi" he ,80.1c1, "and we caa :'Staffora-,-forgive me, I..a.dy Blanchel
' on like to 'go?" _ Mien. 'He 'has 'just heard news—,--'
Stafford shrugged his Shoulders, ana They f.011owed her, and Sir . Stephen,
f ords' Was euite' a 110W thing. sparkled.
Sir Stephen eyed him Father saclig and seeing Stafford 'held out his hand. The
anxiously. This indifference of Staf- old man ,was fluSliecl and his dark eyeS
NOBlIAN GELL IN FRANCE.
Tells of RIO Experience in That
Sorely -Tried Country.
Norman Angell the world's
peace propagandist of London, has
been here in France, where he has
been shut off from the outside
world in a ,sruall village. Of his ex-
periences he saki:
"Soldiers, soldiers everywhere.
It was impossible to get away f.roin
thena. I was living cheek by jowl
with them, occasionally sharing
their food, sitting roand the camp
fires and discuseing the war and
polities. The contrast between Eng-
land and France as regards, tbe sit-
uation iG striking,
"In France there is not a family
that has nob suffered paivaltion,
ruin. or loss of a member, mostly
the breadwinner. The Checks .01
wealthy per,sons remain ancashed.
Someone goes to Paris with the
intention of returning home tJhe
next day, and is swallowed ap. .A
week passes, and nothing is heard
of him, We are told that the train
service is still excellent, -which
means that a four hours' journey is
acoomplished with luck in 10 or 50
hears.
Angell recited some of tam ru-
mors current daily.
"Your local paper tells, he said,
"quite ,seriousky, that the Rasians
have entered Berlin and that Pots-
dam P,alace in ruins. Then you
get dark hints that whole French
regiments are demoralized and that
officers and men have been execut-
ed by scotres with' a distinguished
general throwa in.
'`German spies are arrested
everyWhere. Advertisements are
being nithlesely pulled clown by the
town officials on the ground that
they contain .sOnte Gillette form ,of
German espionage, "
'Yet tfb.e seadiers -with wkom you
hobnob are models of good humor
a,nel. kindliness Sometimes they
„
are the most ' unrieflitary OS mili-
taires, good, holiest, 'bourgeois,
running to fat and a partiality for
sleep atter meals. But the moment
they hear of German barbarities
they become inflamed and, pray (for
O chance to avenge them."
el Belgium..
latest photograPli of th.e,
figlit-
ing' king,
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Tried Recipes.
with a teaepoonful of amonia 111
1007,
it, DrY with split cloth and polish
with thamois leather.
Place new ,gloves 'between the
501515 01 a damp bowel for an hour
before being Worn. They are much
eaSier to pub on; the .cluanp makes
Slss kia more pliable •
Cabbage elhould newer be boiled
longer then 30 minutes, for when
the, time is, leng,thened, the leaves
lose 'their tentliir ,crispness anti be-
come soft 'and ,clitsrle cot:med.
Lamb, if fresih 'should be of' a
bright red color,,,with white tEttb, It
should be used within three days
after killing. It is unwholesome if
not thoroughly cooked,.
Kibchen ulten-sils mule of wood
inay be !kept clean and white by
rubbing with eoaip land lukewarm
water to which is added a little
conniton soda or household am-
monia.
Aker embroidered sheets and pi1.
low ea.ses have be.come worti, the
monognam may be cat out is-.) a
circle and aged - again by neatly
feather -stitching it on the new
material.
A lump of -soda dissolved 15, a lit-
tle hot water ,and added to the bilu-
ing water on 'wash day prevents the
bluing from settling in the clothes
and makes them perfectly wbite.
Kertesene twill do the work of any
of the 'cleansers on the market and
is much is expensive.lt is excel-
lent for cleaning the tub and tiling
in the bathroom and equally good
Minced Egg mut Lettuce Sank,
.hand 'boiled eggs
'with a little salt, paprika and a
few drotps of vinegar. Spread lib-
erally en thin silices of bread and
place a crisp lettuce leaf between,
Bread anay 'be buttered, but to. be
economical ,butter own be omitted.
Rock Oyster Soup. ---Ingredients:
One 'Spanish onion, one cupful of
diced celery, two cupfuls of dined
potatoes, one tablespoonful of but-
ter, salt and pepper to taste, milk
as needed. Method: Hee outer
stalks of celery, reserving the
hearts for table use. Skinianid slice
the onion,•then place three first in-
gredients in a saucepan and cover
well with water. Cook until very
tender, then rub through a sieve or
fruit press. Add butter and as
much milk as will render soup a
meanly consistency. Season to
taste, theft bring to boiling point.
Hot Potato Salad with Bacon
Dressing. --Ingredients: Three cap-
fuls of diced potatoes, oJae table-
spoonful of diced onions, three
slices olE ba,con, four tablespoonfuls
of vinegar, one teaspo.onful of sa-
ger, salt ancl pepper to taste.
Method—Cook onion and potatoes
until tender, thel. drain. Cut ba-
con into ;cubes, fry until a. golden
brown, then add vinegar and suit:sr.
Season salad to taste, then pour
the dressing over. Toss up well
and serve hot.
Fresh Rells.—Easy Methed.—In-
gradients for sponge; One wail one-
half eapfuls of sifted flour, one tea-
spoonful of hatter, one-half tets-
snoon.ful of salt, one teaspoonful of
sugar, one „mai cake of dissolved
yeast, one cupful of warrn.mille and
water, Method ; Rub the butter
and salt into the flour, add sugar
to dissolved yeast, then add to
liquid. Beat this into the flour,
Shen cover and set aside Wheat two
hours or until light and full of
bubbles, Now Aleut hi one ancl one-
half more cupfuls of ,sifted flour and
beat hard. -0over ,and let raise un-
til double in bulk, then ,clivide into
greased i•oll or gem pans, filling
two-thirds Sall, Let stand hall an
hoar, then bake.
Pan Baked Pears or Apples.—
Method : Pare, half and eore the
fruit, .pack close together in .a deep
pudding dish, sifting sugar over
each layer. Cover at first, then
bake in open dish until tender and
slightly browned. This is good
either hot or -cold.
Corn Sonifle.—Made of left -over
corn on the cob. _Method : .Scrape
the leernela from the ;eel), season
slightly with salt and pepper. To
two cupfuls 01 001'n a,c1c1-one cupful
of milk and one egg well 'beaten.
Mix thoroughly and bake in .a pan
of water in moderate oven until the
eoufEleis set. To be eaten at once.
Limo Bean Sallad.—Young lima
beans cooked slowly ierenty min-
utes in boiling water. Drain. Dry
in napkin. Season. Keep on ice
mall ready to serve in howl lined
with crisp lettuce. Sprinkle with
one tablespoonful finely chopped
mint ;,pour over dressing mier.ed of
one-half teaspoon each salt and cel-
ery eeed, one saltspoon white pep -
pr, one teaepoon Woreestershire
sauce, four tablespoons olive oil,
one ta,blespoon vinegar added last.
C11011)1000 Chutney -- The ,cuctinn-
.
'hers &oak' be ripe, chopped very
fine, ?atilt a cloth and all .the 'wa-
ter squeezed out. To .a do'zen large
cum- "hers, peeled and .seeds scrap-'
ed out 'before chopping, allow• six
lar,ge onion,s, six green 'anti red
peppers, some celery, all chopped
to a 13111B, salt, a little sugar and
vine.gar. 'tt Raisins, chopped very
fine, May 'be added also.
Ilousehold, Hints.
Be Stlirti to boil soda in the coffee
yob -once a week.
Squeaking 'shoes may sometimes
bc ;silenced ,hy rubbing 'with oil.
Lace continually cleaned with
...swain° or naphtha will turn
yel-
lo,sv qutlSlt,
Iron the button side o5,a waist bn
; gleamed a Stafford's. greve face. ,herself from the , group and approach
"1"supPoee the liurly-binay will be them, „ •
5o cloWn to the cOuntrY. ,Where would but will you let min come to .Sir Ste-
' .
. onen't mind? What do you say to "$tafLordlii he sata, and his rich wilco
Brae Wood, then?" ' shook. "I have just heard—they have
Stafford'S fitee flushed. ; just brought me--'
"Noe there—Wouialgt ft be rather hot • Ile held UP an, official -looking paper,
at Brgridermere, sir? Way not Scot- with, the great red seal on the envelone.
311.515?"- "11 iS from the priine minister—if is
t "All 'right. Whereiver you like, 015 the peerage," said Maude, in a voice
boy. We've still got Kane years of the thrilling with restrained triumph,
Glenfare place. We'll go there. And, "I congratulate you, sir," he said, try.
. .
4C nr,Aicer4c10.1 clergyman Was once
71107:dii1g IsSrvice near, an Indian
vPage PaMP. ,v7%.0.‘e
eetittered ‘p :tale
lodges; and whenlili'. was go.1,34. mit
ho asked the' ehief itiwaS safe ito
leave them there while he went to
utPae village to -hold a -service.
."Yes,'' the chief 'answered, "quite
_safe. There is not a white man
within a; hundred mile,s !"
Shop girls in New. York city
number over 100,000.
for the oiled floors.
Curtains or stair linens to be
washed should first !be laid in eold
water, then wrung from the c,olld
water .and placed in very hot water,
in. Whitt a, goodly allo.wanee of
kerosine hes been poured.
When cleaning in tgaeoline, Get
the container with cma,tes:ial and
gasoline. in tab of boiling water
out .of doors and use white soa:p
and a 'brush in the process, unless
soap would take ,the color out.
Many housewives fincl it conveni-
ent as -well as healthful; to substi-
tute a good brand of condeneed
a for cooking purposes for nse
daring the summer. In most eaties
111 anstvers the purpose just as. well
as fresh milk, and is always more
healthful 41 -tan milk nob perfectly
fresh.
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Whenever Germany and France,
avith their highly centralized and
aogically wrought out 'Governments',
have oonteraplated 'the fabric
kn.own as the British Empire they
have smiled, similes of disdain.
If ever there was ,an instance or
"muddling along': 'through dereadee
and even centuries, taking things
Lor 'granted, avoiding issues, ex-
temporizing expediente, and work-
ing ;always for ithe object immediate-
ly in view, with scant reference to
any principle of 'outward, coneist-
ency, St is supplie,d by 'the history
of the making ol the Baitish Em-
pire. This is a strange gathering
together of Crown Colonies, Do-
minions; Protectorate'e, ICJommen-
we,alth, De.pendencies—and India.
India is directly ruled by the
ICTOign. Jersey, Guernsey, and
the Isle, of Man are governecb under
'their own 'laws, but eertain of-
ficials are apposated by the ,Croven.
-Oanada, and Australia are both
self-governing, bat the 'Senators in
Canada are appointe.d by the COY-
ernor-General, while those of Aus-
tralia are elected. There is a Sec-
retary of State for India in bhe
King's cabinet. And all graslationo
of self-government may be found
in the more than ninety units of the
British Empire.
This fearful and wonderful fab-
ric ha,s eentral body. There is
no "Burielesrath'' or Imperial
'Council. No eolleetive action of
its units is ro.oseible. The 'relation
to them of the Mother Country is
illogical, ill-defined. To ,the foreign-
er accustomed to the federation of
the American States or of the units
of the German Empire the Govern-
ment looks planless and Meffeetive.
All of -which is preliminary to the
observation that there is not at the
present moment any more effective
institution. in the whole averld of
political fabrics than the British.
Empire, Whatever 'lis machinery
lacks .appears -to be supplied by its
spirit The defects of its body are
made up ler by the unity of itasoul.
The fact cannot be gainsaid that
England, who does not begin to
be as logical as Germany or as sys-
tematic as France in matters of
government, has nevertheless the
knack of making men step oat of
their own kee will to die in her de-
fence. She has the gift of keeping
alive, across tinnbling 'seas, round
half a world, the undying bond that
unites the heart to home. She lass
shown herself indifferent to the pos-
session of taxing power over her
colonies—but what matters
These 'colonies willingly tax them-
selves to' send her warships and
their sons seize their rifles in time
of strife to go to her aid. She has
the wisdom 'to train and guide the
swarthy children of alien rues,
and even the lees of yesteryear,
that they put their living bodies
between England and England's
onemie.s. She has a fearfully -mud-
dled ,theory of government butler
practice of .government lays hold
on the cleepest tlyings in the soul of
man. .
As we contemplate this wattle]:
Of
an Empire which is an Faupire
iof the spirit, an Empire whose
philosophy of polities is all wrong:
,but for which the cbstliest 'things
within the gift of man are poured
out without stint, we are moved to
wonder whether this is a prophecy
of the future, Will' the States of
the coming days make more of the
spirit and lets ot the machine 7...Will
they redk less of constitutions and
biltis of rights and fabrics of gov-
ernment and more of the invisible
bhings which touch. the soul ?
We do not want to seem to do -
grade a high. thenat ; but English
plum padding holds the key to the
mystery.
En,glish -plum pudding never SaaV
dm day when it was worth the eat-
"For eenturies it has been one of
the characteristics of Angalo-Saxons
,to ,affect to despise the French 01.0 01
nation. It R109 never been fashion-
able no safe to despise a, French -
Man to his face'but the British,
the Americanis, o..nd the Gerni-aus
have for generations affected to be-
lieve that the French people are de-
cadent," sayethe Beaumont, Texas,
Enterprise,
"Ilheir attitude toward our par-
ticular brand of Peale= has never
suited, f or it is an Anglo-Saxon
trait to worship Goa according to
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the dictates 'of our 0,31conscienees
and itoleeep everybody else from, do -
lag :theorem ' Wo do, not like
French polities, beetsuse the French
do not seem to, take tbheir polities 4110
as we do. We sneer at
French politeness, which -we say re-
minds as of the manners of a head
waiter. 'We quarrel -with their ad-
ministration of lam, which seems
trivial to us, forgetting hew atro-
cious our legal procectureei must ap-
pear to any enlightened nation..
We are horrified because the
Fren-oll are la, shade franker hut
probably no more rotten in their
social woes than we are, We are
shacked because the Fr.ench. birth
rate is said to be decreasing. We
:say the notion is decadent Words-
worth said it in verse more than a
eentitry ago. He found 'the French
decadent in everything,
"But what figthters they are!
How these Frenchmen rush to arms
when thei beloved France is
th neatened 1 And what, glorious
fighters they are, especially on the
off en sive .
"Ilait, French drummer boy who.
told Napoleon that he had never
learned to beat the retreat, hut that
lie ,could beat 'a charge that Would
wake the ,dead, wais a. typica
French 'soldier'.
"In ,tlns war; the ha.ve
rushed to arms just as tthey always
have when their edunitry was invad-
ed these thonsand years.
"All. classes of tun j.01nad
the eo,lors, Sworn the _peasantry to
the ancient nobilitijr; from the clay
laborer Ito. 'bite banker •' bream the
cook to the judge on the bench.
,"Even thoSe socialists who- are
'oleposed to nationalism have not
waited to. .be consoripted. They
have joined tubo colors voluntarily.
Snell men as Gustaate liertm, the
anti -militarist, who is .said to have
&Pent eleven years of his lite in p.ri-
ECM becaus.e of his opposition tto
militarism, has shouldered -a. rifle..
Statesmen, former Cabinet Minis-
ters, artists, financiers, leaders of
faShion ,a,re fighting in the ranks,
and they are fighting ,a.s. Frenchmen
have fought front the dawn or
a folded bath towel, buttons turn-
ed downward. It will prevent them
froin breaking.
When serving bob bi•eail or pas-
try of any kind use, bot plates. The
most delicioub pas,try can become
iwiggy when served �n sold plates.
Paint eat be Ten -loved 5)zocut
,sati.ratipe the "1450ts to,o
thit'p with etivo.o. ibIboif
s1501"51nm hifinuilrentine then 'wash
out 111 soap suds. '
Tea, is iss,e,d for 'giving laces an
antique tint; -coffee- &or ecru. Use
both in clean, istrong solutions and
rinse in icaeran wa,ter !the shade
desired is reached.
ola and, silr vejewelrm
y ay h
Ge
washed in a, 0513,151 of -warm water
ing. It is soggy; it is greasy ; it is
flavorless; it tastes like the roller
,composition, compact of glue and
moaassee, which eve.ry country priu-
ter knows. It is unworthy of vhe
good fnuit spoiled in its making,
and the good spirit burned beneath
it when it is 'brought to the Ohrist-
mut 'board. It will nob compare
'e
dark suet pudding of Mis-
souri. Yet English plurn pudding is
eaten on Christmas not only from
Land's End to John o' Groat's
Rouse, but in Manitoba, in Khar-
toum, in the sides of the Mr:inlay-
as, under the oranee groves of
New Zealand. where%eceinIber is
June, and in the blistering humid-
ity of tate Straits Settlements.
WhY 7 We nannot Bat eaten it
is. And English hearts, from Lon-
don to Melbourne and hack again
a,nsaver to the strains of "God rest
you, merry gentlemen," anal Eng-
lish eyes grow dim with happy
tears.
The British Empire is unscien-
tific. It is unreasonable. But it is
mighty, with the greatness of the
soul. -
A Three rear Old. '
'Mother," said a three-year-old
girl, "I don't think you know much
about bringing, up children, do
vott 1" "What makes you think
that, dear 7" "Because you 5,10175.155send 1110 to bed when I'm not a, bit
sleepy. mid make me get up when I
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"The world loves, a good fighter.
The iligillbirftWiS, DIU argue out that
IJie Freneal natio-n is ,decadent
physicailly ,and
hut the Manner in which the French
t-trta maintaining their glorious tra-
ditions -in war does not hear out
the illmory that the ;nation has DO-
brogracleci in virility: and in stam-
ina."
A Mean Offer.
First Maki—That rich 3,oung fel-
ler that's conirtin' Miss Ethel is
awful stingy.
Second Ditto—What makes you
1550015 101
First—Why, I beard -him say- to
her : "A penny for your thoughts,"
and ho g millienaire., mind you
You mustn't give up hope like
this," said the doetor. "Chem tip
and you will recover, Some #earl
ago I had exUbly the same
trouble, "Ah,'' replied the pa-
tient gloomily, "lent you: didn't
have the same doctor.P. '
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