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The Clinton News Record, 1912-10-24, Page 3'70 S, e - he le. ing A Ole m of llope; Or, The Changed Plans. Ix iss Mordaunt severs a little twig front oinoeasyf. the anud' bs, antakes it to Piece ,, s -Then he did not give you your fav- orite mare?" she says, quietly, detesting her soli as she asks the question, yet feel- ing compelled to solve all lier doubts at wae. No she did not." A pau Be, "Sllfsti I ell you who gave her to mel It was my only sister, Lady Harley. She loved the Baby dearly, and on her denth-bed told me to take good mire of the crelt• ture, for her sake." The twig fallo from Cliesy's lingere, Surely, surely it cannot be true! Oh, how he innet hate and despise her for all she luis said and stone! 11 le too late to make reparation. She feels the would rather die a thousand deaths than give in and eonfose to all the wretched enapioions and jdoaaylao.usies she has been carefullY harbor - Mg in her heart during these two past "Hrever, all this le beeide the ques- tion, goee on lialkett; "you box° not yet told me what I so wank wan1 to know. Has Blake anything to do with your coldness to me? Tell me, Cissy--are you engaged to himP" Clesy has not expected this, and grow- ing suddenly crimson, lets her head droop somewhat suapiciously. Halkett's eYes are on her face. "No; of course not; I am not indeed" There "is a faint stammer in her 'speech as she says this, and Halkett's fears be- come certainties. "But you °are for himl" be exclaims, CHAPTER "I suppose so," returns Miss Cinsy, re- luctantly, a,nd isusta 111 Ing 01 00 hint addressor lior partner, 11)4 though such a person as nalltett wore no longer in ex- istence. Indeed, when after a Quarter of an hour he ilnds her lo tho conservatory and olauns the fuliillsnent of her promise, it is with the utmost bad graee she places the very HIM of her lingers upon hitt arm and looks impatiently toward the ball - 1.0000. 'I don't mean dancing just yet; I have 'something particular to say to yrYll Mrs 1," laryS Hallcett, hastily, end almost cram rant!' 01#Cititlet1 ilZt It too cool to come with pie into the gar- den?" glancing at the open door of the couservatorY. Citify hesitates, then, fearful .of seem- ing reluctant, says, "No, If yo00 will go to t/ae library for my filaaml (you will find it on the sofa), I will go with you." "You will tay hero until I return?" *aye Halkott, regarding her intently. Cigar- stares in turn. "Of course I will," ehe a:sewers, rather haughtily; and he gess. he imagine I would run away when his bath was turned?" she BOHM- 'Blithe, angrily. "Does he suppthe I am afraid,' One would think R WM I V1110 was in the, not lie. His conduct altogether is downright mysterious. I oannot understand him." And for the first time it dawns upon her that there mar' ossibly be some Raw the interpret:la ton she has put upon his l001U10 . vehemently. "The very -mention o Returning with the ehawl, Helkett plac- name has brought a Rush into your cheek& es it fently round her shoulders, era they ht 'th accounts for yHour sudden You 11081t1119, and turn your head aside. elstialiXigngeetil~:~32561 THE WORLD'S FAVORITE RefreshMent Li Sustains and Cheers' ItJaislautORN552405/02149 BIM 11 "What a beautiful moon!" exclaims DiSsY. Presently, hardly knowing what to ;lay. "Yes,"-almentlY• "And, for this time of year, how won- derfully mild it is! Not in the least cold, 105. 0110 raight expect." "Yes -no -is it not?" "I really don't It/1077 what you think about it," says Miss Mordaunt, impati- ently.' "I, for my part, find it almost warm; but of spare° I cannot answer for you. Probably all this tlms,you are feel- ing desperately cold." This little petulant outburst roam lialkett. • "Nei" he SAYS. with sudden energy and warmth. "I am not. It is not in my nature to be cold in any way. I feel most things keenly -more especially slights from those I love. All in -conceal- ed di:admits, unkind epee:Shea, fickleness, touch me closely." "I oan sympathize with you," nays 'Dieu. calmly. "I think nothing eon be so bad as inconstancy -except perhaps deoeit." Thin retort, being unexpected as it is evidently meant, puzzles Halkett to slush a degree that he becomee absolutely si- lent. Miss Mord:bunt, with her white ehawl drawn closely rouud her slight, black -robed Rgnre, walks quietly beside him with the air of an offended queen, her head 'held rather higher than usual, a pretty look of scorn upon her lips. After awhile Halkett pulls up abruptly and fame her in the narrow pathsvay. change of behanior toward me! aving gained your point, you found your first victim in the way, and, hardly knowing how to get rid of eo trouble:a:me an ap- pendage, had recourse to- Had you told me .poilit blank my attentions 'were un- welcome, it would have been more wo- manly, 11101.0 "Pray do not say another word," says Miss Istordannt, with dignity, though tears are in her voice and eyes; Nils is the second time to -night you have musk - en words difficult to forget. Do not trou- ble yourself to return with me. I prefer going in alone." • • • • .6. When Cissy and Halkett appear at breakfast the following morning they take care to seat therneelves as far as possible from earth other, and presently it be. comes palpable th every one that they are oonaiderably out of sorts. Uncle Charlie suggests that Mies Oissy has over - danced herself, or given the wrong man his conge-a remark that has sufficient truth in it to bring the hot blood into her cheeks; while Captain Halkett, hav- ing run through his lettere, declares he must return to town by the afternoon train; at which Mrs. Layton looks un- easy and casts a covert glance at Oissy Mordaunt. That young lady stands fire pretty woll, but with all her hardihood cannot keep her under -lip from trembling ever so lit- tle. This sign of weakness, be assured, doesnteso"What is the reason of your changed be- ape the widow's tutored homier toward me to -day and yesterday?" and she inetantly challenges Major Blake he says, shoEtly. "I think I have a right to a game of billiards after breakfast. "My dear Frank, you can't go to -day," Ban Uncle Charlie, decidedly. "Tomer - "Have I changed?" "Have you? Must you ask the clues - Mon? The whole world can the it. You treat me with the most etudied cold - nese." "I thought I was treating you with as musth courtesy as I give to all my uncle's gueets." "I don't care for courtesy," says Hal- kett, passionately: "your hatred would be better Man your indifference. Yesterday morning I believed wo were Mends -nay, more than that: yesterday evening you ignored MO altogether. It is either heart- means a Woman. w was a less coquetry on your part or else you Young man, I thenglit nothing of-" " d r!" a s Aunt Isabel with a. gentle uplifting of the right hand. "Quite so, my good Bello," returns lJncle Charlie, patting the oft white An- gora "But seriously, Frank, ehe will do very well without you." "I have no doubt of that," 110.913 Ilal- kett, and, raising his eyes, meete MUM Elordatint's full. Half an hour later, Sissy, feeling mourn- ful and guilty, steals round to tha stables to take a last look at the Baby, as she is afraid to look at the Baby's master. Just as she is patting her and rubbing down the soft muzzle, the door opens and Hallett entere. • "I am glad to see she is so much bet- ter," says Miss Mordaunt, promptly but nervously, pointing to the injured limb, "If you go to•day, YOU will not take her with you, I suppose?" "No; I suppose not." "Must you go?" Halkett glances at her reproachfully. "Yos; of course I must. There le no other course left open to me. After what you told me last night, it would be simple madness to remain." "What did I tell ,you? I don't think I told you anything." "Well, what you led me to infer." "You should not infer things. I never meant you to do so." As Mies Mordaunt says this in a very low tone, she turtle her head aside and recedes; a step or two. A dark flush rises to Halkett's brow, col- oring all his face, even through the bronze of an Indian sun has laid upon it. A sud- den gleam of something akin to hope shines in hie eyes for an instant, but is as speedily suppressed. "Do yon know what You are doing?" he says, in a HAD sufficiently unsteady to betray tbe agitation be is feeling. "Do you know what your manner, your words seem to me to ;neon? 3)o not, X implore you, raise within rae again the hope I have surrendered, unloes-- Oh, Clean, you will never know how cruel a thing it is to love without return!" "But -are you sure -your love -has gained no return?" dewands Miss CliBRY• in faltering accents, and immediately af- terward feels she has brit 0110 desire on earth, and that is for the ground to open and swallow la.r 11) "Cathy, Casey!" mies Halkett, "tell me you do not care for that fellow Blake!' "Not a bit, not a hitt" soya Oissy, and in another moment finds herself in Hal - lush's arms, her Min.1.0 running riot over the breast of his at. "Oh, say that You forgive mel" she sobs. "It was most hate- ful of me -bout that bedroom candle - Weis the other night, and everything. But I misunderstood it all. I thought you loved Mrs. Ley MIL 80.7 that Yeu forgive "I will not bear word about forgive. nese now," says Halkett, who hae been assiduously employed in kiseing her hair, brow, and any other part of her face that is visible. "It is taking a mean advant- age of me; I am so happy this moment, I would foil -rive my bitterest enemy with- out heeitation. By and by we will disouns the question, and X shall grant you par- don on nsy ovrn terms." Some time before luncheon there conies a knoth, low but decided, at Uncle Cher - lie's library door. "Come in," calls out the owner of the apartment; and the door openina admits Frank Halkett and Mist; Mordaunt-the latter keeping well behind, and onlY con, palled by the strong clasp of her com- panion's hand to advanth at all. "I have come, sir," says Hallcett, "to toll you X have, after all, decided on delaying my - departure until next week, as I at first intended -if you do not "Indeed. indeed! I am glad of that. stays Uncle Charlie, juet a wee bit nuz- zled. "I need not say how welcome yen as`e. But whet about the businese letter, eh, and your hot haste to reach town? Whnt has changed your plane, eh?" "Miss Mordramt," says Halkett, with a rnischovious glance at ClinftV. 1043 hope. les Or confused and horribla shamefaced, In the background. "Miss Morrlaunt has induced me to alter my mind." "Eh? what wits tr says Uncle Charlie, rising from this chair as the truth dawns unon him, and instantly sinking back in- to it again. "You don't mean it! And all thin time I could have sworn it wne that fellow Blake!" THE END. • Happy Father. SIR TI10111AS' Sir Thomas ShaughnesSy, the 0. P. R president, is somewhat noted for his quaint wit. On one occa- sion a pompous young man with very high ,notions of his own im- portance, consulted him in regard to choosing a vocation for life. He said, "Sir Thomas, as you have been a very 'successful man, I am sure you are capable of givmg ex- cellent advice to a young man just starting in life. What business ;would you advise me to engage in I" "Shoemaking," was the sententi- • row they have promised us tbe best run we have had yet. I will not hear of your leaving. Write rind tell her you have sprained your ankle, and send her your undying love. She will forgive you when she saes you." "I wish I could stay," says Halkett, tasseling, "but unfortunately my recall is from my solicitor, not from my latlY- love." "I don't believe a word of it!" Bale Uncle Charlie. "A sudden recall always have a reason for your cOflduCl Let nie hear it." "You are forgetting yourself," says Miss Mordaunt, coldly. "You are the first per- son who hoe ever named me of coquetry; you shall not do it again. I was foolish th come here with You, but I trusted you. I wish to return to the house." "Nay. hear me!" sties Ifalkett, 1.0 morsefully, following, as she makee a movement to leave him, and entailing her hand to detain her, "Yotar avoidance has :so perplexed and maddened me that I saAd more than I meant or intended. Forgive me, and at least let me know how I have offended. ClisaY, answer mei" For a moment Miss Mord:met hesitates; then, endeavoring to speak lightly. "I did not intend to perplex you," she eays; "one • cannot speak to every ono at the same time. I'm sorry if I appeared rude or neglootful; but you did not look very miserable, and surely Mrs. Leyton was an excellent subetitute for me." She smiles as she says this, but pales allittle too beneath the brilliant moon that is be• traying her. "Mrs. Layton Is my very oldest and dear. est friend," replies Halkett; "but no one on earth could console me for -your loos. . Why will you not confess the truth 010139, and - "Yet you once loved her, if report sperthe truly," interrupts Miss Morditunt, etill speaking carelessly though her heart- throbs can almost be counted. "In India, we hear, there wag 10 tithe when you would gladly have called her' yonr wife. Is it not so?" Halkott drops her hand. "Has that miserable bit of gossip taken root even hero?" he says, with a faint sneer. "Has Blake been making hie MUM good by 'mall rubbishing tales? Frances Layton and X grewup together. I would as Boon think of making love to my nearest of kb as to her. The idea of any romantic attachment existing between us is more than absurd! Besides, she is th be married to Geoffrey Hyde early in the ooming spring." "--.36071W 06,,eioto na-a,460 eurnaliedakd eag0aI .9eyect.Ree443 kameitae ONEDYNALL HINDSorwee Sir Thomas Shaughnessy. ilislallalletseasSaSesIesSellseaSagageela HOME abowerwirmos.is. PINEAPPLE RECIPES. The pineapple is one of the most wholesome foods that coMes to our 'tables. Its rich and abundant juices are very cooling to the blood and contain 'a remarkably active digestive principle similar to pep- sin, but, . unlike the latter, this principle will operate in either an acid, neutral or alkaline medium, according to the kind of proteid to which it is presented. Whether the pulp or the juice of a fresh pineapple is to be used, it should be thoroughly scalded. be- fore combining it with any such al- buminoid ,subetanoe as milk, eggs ous reply. The young man gazed at him in blank amazement for sev- eral seconds, but seeing that he was apparently in deep earnest, he in- quired his reason for recommend- ing such a humble occupation. Without a smile Sir Thomas re- plied: "Shoemaking is a good busi- ness, a very good business, and it will always remain a good business as long as babies are born bare- footed." It's the CLEANEST, SIMPLEST, and BEST HOME DV% one can buy...Why you don't even have to 10010 1.008 KIND of Cloth your Goode am mode Miamkes aro Impossible. Send for Free Color Card, Story Booklet, and Booklet 55(508remits of Dsming over other mar... The JOHNSON-RICHARDSON .co., Limited Montreal. Canada. rarmamormami. SAXWELCS wiGH SPEED -- -DHAMPioN 11 In a class by Itself -the easiest running, the most substantially built,. the most satisfactory washer, ever invented. Only Washer worked with crank handle at side as well as top lever-ano the only one where the whole top opens up. ' Ask your dealer to shoviyou the "Champion" Washer. "Favorite" Chum is the world's best churn. Write for eatalogue. 115810 IVIMINEll &SING 8144 052. tij!Oli it cools. Put into small jars, and seal when cool. or gelatine. Pineapple is best eaten at the end of breakfast or as an accompani- ment or follower of the meat course at dinner, when it assists in the di- gestion of the food. Pineapples are blessings in the sickroom. . The juice allays thirst and is nourishing, acting upon the liver and kidneys beneficially. The pineapple is a fruit that grows in popularity with L150' and its flavor is so agreeable thatvery few people have to acquire a taste for it. Canned piueapple is only now beginning to be appreciated. It is easy to buy, and certain reliable brands are excellent. It usually comes in three forms - sliced, crushed and grated, WILL MIX WITH STUDENTS. The Prince of Wales at Magdalen College, Oxford. The Primo° of Wales, attended by his equerry, Major the Hon. W. Oadogan, and his tutor, EC. P. Han- sen, are now in residence at Mag- dalen College, Oxford. Reports that he will practically lead the life of an ordinary andergradvate are widely circulated, but these are un- doubtedly exaggerated. He will be freer than his grandfather was un- doubteAly. When he dines in the college dining -hall he will sit at the under-i,rachtate table instead of with trie dons. He will go to cer- tain lectures given in the ordinary college lecture rooms with the other undergraduates instead of "being waited on in a house by Ooldwin Smith and three or four chosen graduates" for instruction in his- tory, as was King Edward's lot. Xing Edward matricidated, too, as a "nobleman commoner" and wore a silk gown and gold tasseled college cap. "Gentleraen" and "noblemen commoner" have now been abolished, and the present Prince of Wales will wear the ordi- nary stuff goes and black tasselled cap the same its other under- graduates. Half a dozen horses for the use of the Prince and his equerry and tu- tor preceded him, se he is expected to hunt. His physique, for lack of public, school training, will bar him from participating in college games and athletics, even if he wished to take part in them or was allowed to do so. His studies will be directed to history, English literature, French and German and political economy. He probably. will join The Union, the best known of the undergraduates' debating societies. He may also be allowed to join Vin - cents an exclusive undergraduate , , club, which is limited to a hundred members and composed almost en- tirely of athletes. King Edward wished to join this club, but his par- ents would not allow him to do so. Rome Hints. 131ack stockings should be rinsed in blue water to make them a good color. For flatulency there is no better remedy than a teaspoonful of gly- cerine after each meal. Where fruits leave a stain on the teeth it should be removed at once by rubbing on a little salt. Washing the baby's eyes with warm water in which has been dis- Bol;ed a little borax is cleansing and good LoyWeak eyes. When the siek room is being yen- tilated a screen should be pasue,c1 in front of he window to prevent the danger of a draught. The nutritive value of milk as compared with buttermilk .is not near so great as some appear to think, It is about as 20 to 18. Never burn your eld shoes in the furnace; they fill the air with an unpleasant odor. Keep them to throw at your neighbors' cats. Never stay in a warm bath more than twenty minutes, and bathe the neck and fate first, to prevent all unpleasant rush of blood to the head: Flowers will keep very fresh over- night if they are excluded from the air. Wet them thoroughly, put them in a damp box and cover with wet raw cotton or wet newspaper, then place them in a cool place. Sometimes, in small houses, the family is a little cramped for space to store away the numerous small articles which, although not in fre- quent use, must be at hand when needed. The following means an endless saving of time and pati- ence. Get a, number of cardboard boxes and pack your things away in them. Then number the boxes with large figures and enter a atm, plate list of the contents of each in a. book. The boxes can then be stored away, and you will always be able to locate any particular thing you want out. While canned pineapple may be used when the fresh fruit cannot be obtained, it is only an inferior substitute. No matter how dainty a pineapple is served, ibis not quite equal in flavor to the dead -ripe fruit just picked from the plant. Pineapple Punch. -Peel, remove the eyes, then chop finely one ripe pineapple, pour over it one pint of boiling water and allow to stand until cold; strain and press it to extract as much liquid as possible. Add half a pint of cherry or rasp- berry juice, the juice of two lemons and a syrup made by boiling one pound of sugar with a pint and a half of water; before serving add one bottle of apollinaris. Pineapple Sherbet. -Peel and re- move the eyes from a large pine- apple, then ohop very fine, add one pound of sugar and mix well to- gether ; add two pints of water, the juice of two lemons, anti one orange and leave in a cool place for two hours; strain and freeze to a "mush" or batter. Stir in a mer- ingue made by whipping the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth gradu- ally adding three tablespoonfuls of ,sugar. Finish the freezing, then repack, and allow to stand for two hears till firm. Phiteapple Pie. -One grated pine- apple, its weight in sugar, half its weight in butter, half a pint of cream, five eggs. Beat the butter to a cream, ascicl the sugar and yolks of the eggs, continue beating un- til very light; add the cream, pine- apple grated, and the whites of the eggs beaten stiffly. Bake with an under crust; serve cold, Pineapple Nectar. -Pare and re- move the eyes from a fine, ripe pineapple and grate on a coarse grater; add to each pint of pulp half a pint of water. Press through a sieve and add to every quart one pound of sugar boiled to a syrup with half a pint of water. Leave it till cold, then add the :whipped white of one egg, beat thoroughly for a few minutes and place on ice until time to serve. Pineapple Icing. -Mix together half a pint of grated pineapple (us- ing juice and pulp) and half a pint of sugar; if only the canned article is available decrease the amount a eugar by one-third. Add half a tea- spoonful of lemon juice and boil slowly, but steadily, until the syrup will spin a thread when drop- ped from the prongs -of a fork. Have ready the whites of two eggs whip- ped to a froth; over them pour the syrup in a fine stream, beating steadily. When mixed stand the saucepans on the side of the fire for a few moments, beating hard, When the egg seems to be cooked transfer to a pan of cold water and beat slowly until the icing is thick enough to spread. Pineapple Salltd.-To two break- fast cupfuls of shredded pineapple add one breakfast cupful of diced celery and two-thirds of a break- fast cupful of nut kernels. Serve on crisp leaves of head lettuce with a fruit salad dressing or a boiled salad dressing, to which has been added a little sugar and some whip- ped cream. Pineapple Glace. -Peel arnd slice the fruit and pat it dry between the folds of a towel. Boil together with- out stirring one pound of sugar and half a cupful of water. When a little 4:hopped into cold water is brittle, remove the saucepan from the range, fl 'band it in an outer pan of boiling water and stir in three tablespoonfuls of lemon juice. Take each slice of pineapple up quickly with sugar tongs, dip it into the scalding -syrup and lay on waxed greased paper to dry. This drying process would be best done where the air is dry and warm. Pineapple Marmalade. -Peel and grate as many pineapples as are desired, using a silver fork oisknife in the operation. Measure or weigh, and allow one pound of sugar to each pound of fruit; mix well ancl stand in a cool place over night. In the morning cook for half an hour or until soft enough to put through a sieve. Then strain, re- turn to -the preserving kettle and continue cooking, stirring almost constantly for half an hour or 'longer until a clear anther jelly is fornied FOR MAKING SOAR SOFTENING WATER, El' rSM°VEBVINr.A„ .1,Nrki-5 I NF,2; =, CLOSETS,DRAINS,ETC.; SOLD E.VE.RY Vv HER E REFUSE SUBSTITUTES •ff THEY 'ARE SLOWLY STARVING TO DEATH. He wagthe happy father of a very pretty and bright little girl of twelve,. "Dad," she said to him one evening while the was reading the paper, "every morning when I am going to school the boys catch hold of me and kiss me," "But, Ethel," he said, "why don't you run away from them "Well, dad, if I did, perhaps they wouldn't chase me," He went 031 reading. ELECTRIC BATES REDUCED. The Hydro Commission Publish the 01(1 Rates and the New. At Sub -stations. Old Rate New Rate Toronto .. $18.50 $16.50 Guelph .. ... 25.00 23.50 'Seaforth . .... 41.00 Unchan St. Thomas....32,00 Unchan Ingersoll .. 28.00 27.00 Noxwioh ..... 30.00 T.Tncha,n Berlin .. .... 25.00 24.00 Ne'' HalTIbUrg . 32.00 Unchan Preston .. .. 25.00 23.0 Hespeler .. • .•. 26.00 25.00 Dundas .. 17.00 16.0 WatSrdown .... 37.50 30.0 Weston .. ,.. 30.00 'Linehan Mirnico 30.74 30.0 London ,.... 28.00 27.0 Stratford ... 32.00 TJncha Mitchell .. 38.00 Urtcha Woodstock 26.00 24.0 Tillsonburg . 32.00 Uncha Beachville 33.89 32,0 26.00 25.0 Waterloo Baden .. 37.00 Uncha Galt „ 25.00 24.0 St. Mary's .. 38700 55.0 Hamilton • 17.00, 16.5 Port Credit . 36.79 32.0 Brampton ManFy Homes Are Closed and ami- nes Are Moving to Poor- houses. "All is quiet in the East Encl." True, the streets aro full of people, standing or strolling for the most part in silence. Even the groups of eagerly anxious women who gath- ered on Sunday a,nd Monday at the plaaes where bread and milk were being distributed, the barefooted ragged children assembling att the feeding eentres, speak only now and again, and then in low voices and few words, says the London Daily News. (Some of the chil- dren a voices, indeed, have grown so, weak that one must ,stoop to hear therm). Sueh quiet is awe-inspiring it is the stillness of a folk made clumb by suffering, and awaiting in a sort of helpless hush further im- pending catastrophe. In Rotherhithe and Berreendsey, in Bow, Poplar, and West Ham, the scene repeats itself -the pavement full of silent men, the women, in their stripped homes, accepting the situation without remark beyond 0011 oecasional "It's cruel hard on the children." There are so many children to feel the hardship 1 Docicers marry young, a,nd have large families. In house after house one finds a wo- man surrounded by six, eight, nine children. It is while there are sev- eral children under school age that the situation is most desperate; the destitute school child at least gets one meal a day five days a week. I asked one small boy whose face of wistful pain will be a haunt- ing memory -he might have sat for a model of one of Count Urgolino's sons in the Hunger Tower -how many younger than himself there were at home, and he answered "Three," showing MO with his hand how they stood like little steps one below another. MET DEATH IN BOILING WELL Men Scalded in Fruitless Attempt to Pluck Girl Out. To be scalded to death in a well of boiling water was the awful fate of a laundry girl of eighteen named Ellen Ada Harvey, on whom an inquest was held at Cumberwell, England., a few days ago. The girl was employed at the Park House Laundry, Park House Street. Gladys Mahoney,.a packer, who -worked with her, said that at 6.30 p.m. the girl asked her to go with her to the gate of the works to see if her sister wars waiting for her. They ought not to have gone there, and to avoid being seen they ran along passage. As they has- tened by she fell into a hole con- taining boiling water. The hole was usually kept covered, and they did not expect it to be uncovered. A young man named "Arthur," who was guarding the pit, clutched ate the girl as ,she disappeared, but missed her. Arthur Hubert, a van guard at the laundry, said that he was told by the engineer to guard the hole, and within half a inmate the girl Harvey come out of the door with a rush. He shouted and grabbed at her, and a piece of her clothing carrots away .in his hand, but she fell head first into the hole. He lay down and seized her clothes, but again a part casno off. The girl gave a little scream, and then all was still. The hole was 2 feet 6 inches by 2 feet square 4 feet 6 inches deep, a-nd contained 3 feet of boiling water. It wag situated 5 5 feet from the packing -house door, out of whiclothe girl came. The coroner wee informed that the engineer was unable, to give evi- dence through having to attend Charing 'Cross Hospital, suffering from severe burns received in try- ing to rescue the girl. Arthur Hayes, the engineer's as- sistanb, whose right hand was swathed in bandages, said that the lid of the hole was taken off because a pipe had got clogged. On hear- ing the soreams he found the girl in the hot water well, ancl got her out with a 12 -foot iron rake. He, as well as the engineer, was severely scalded. ged gest ged ged 0 0 0 ged 0 0 nged !aged 0 nged 0 0 nged 0 0 0 0 of ruin. Ftvictions have begun, and the pitiful sight anay be Seeaa of the last few poor "sticks," on the pave- ment, and of a group of families, three or four at a time, moving miserably to the workhouse. WHAT "NEUTRALITY" MEANS. Things are bad enough already, But they are going to be rauth worse in a few days time, when the schools close -unless, indeed, the London County, before these lines 1016 110 print, rescinds its refusal to continue feeding the necessitous school -children during the holidays. The Council -or that portion of it which, by a narrow majority, re- jected the appeal of the Progres- sives for the eontinuance of this feeding -might take courage and example from the neighboring eouncil of West Ham, which has not only resolved to eontinue the school meals, but for weeks past has given beeakfaat as well as din- ner to destitute scholars. On pure- ly economic grounds there is argu- ment enough kir the humane course. 1± 101 a costly saving that is effected at the expense of constitu- tions undermined and brains chilled by semi -starvation, of overflowing hospitals and Poor Law schools. But if men and women who argue in laver of inaction in this matter - and in the crnatter of the strike as a whole--weeld go a11C1 see for them- selves what "neutrality" is entail- ing on a population equal to that of a great eity, and above all on the most helpless portion of it -the wo- men and thildren-the economic argmnent would not be needed. Common humanity would speak too loud to be gainsaid, ' CAN CONTROL MS MUSCLES. 014 170,000 AT NIGHT SC13COOLS. Course tor Waiters Added. to the Work Done in London. BORN TO TROUBLE. Like most of the boys under a certain age, he was shoeless and stockingless. This is a common enough sight in the East Rad; when times are bad a boy runs barefoot without exciting much comment. But it is otherwise with the girls in ordinary seasons. Now they, too, are without shoes, and many of the smaller ones have scarcely clothes to cover them. As for the babies new come into this grim world, they would be in a hopeless plight indee,d if it were not for the charitable hands that have sent garments to clothe them. From a single eentre on Saturday morning there were sent out fourteen "ma- ternity" parcels to homes where there was not so mild, as a sheet to cover the bed where the =other Wahl lying, nor a gown in which to wrap her new-born infant I shall never forget the look in the eyes of a young fellow of about threc-and- twenty, waiting to know if some such aid could be sent to his wife, who had just given birth to her first child. No provision had been made for the confinement; none could be, seeing that this was One Of 2,000 households in a single district of Poplar which for a fortnight past have sub,sisted on 4s. worth of food tickets a week. I have spoken of the houses es "stripped.' This is literally the case in many quarters of Dockland; but in some, inhabited by a more refined olass, the families of the "permanent" men, a tremend.ous effort has been made to avoid "breaking up the home," and there faces look even more wan and pinched than among the rougher sort, who have sacrificed all other kinds of well-being to the satisfac- tion of hunger. Payment, of rent and shop bills has stopped -stopped so completely that it will not be much longer possible for the smaller landlords and -provision dealers to maintain a waiting policy. Many of them are themselves at the end of their credit, and on the verge More •bham 170,000 students this month returned to their work at the evening schools of the London (England) County Council after the summer recess. Three hundred schools of various kinds are main- tained by the council for night in- struction, .and there is still plenty of room for more ,students. In fact,' the ,4outh of London has not avail- ed itself of the splendid facilities for teohnical and- general instruc- tion provided in nearly the numbers expected. The antborities argue that this, is due chiefly to the cheap amuse- ments provicled for the Londoner and not because he is less ambi- tions than his country cousin, Besides the usual technical, engi- neering assd domestic acienee courses a separate school for wait- ers has recently been started. This school is. designed to check the Ger- man invasion, which has practically driven the English waiter from the field. In addition to practical table servioe and pantry work, the waiter students are taught something of food values, menus, bills ancl tech- nical French. The essentials of a good education are given to them in the form of English, geography and arithmetic. , ' Foolish Question. Prospective Purchaser -Is thcre a mortgage on the place 1 Real Estate Agent -Certainly, . 29.00 Unohanged that will thickez into it paste as Didn't you observe the garage? Man Said to he Ahle to Stop His Heart Beating. A man recently exhibited hirosplf in London who it is said gave "ait extraordinary demonstration of phenomenal muscle. manipulation and stopping the beating of the heart before meinbers of the medi- cal profession in London." 13y years of hard work, careful study, and immense. concentration' of 'mind, the athlete question can manipu- late his muscles to an exte.n,t never before deemed possible in medical history," says the. report. Many men. have by exercises developed enormous muscles, but they have been invisible and r•eraaine.c1 firm to the touch even when relaxed. 13ut this athlete can relax his muscles to such an •extent that "by shaking, his arm he ear make the triceps quiver like reeds shaken by the wind." More than this, he can stop the beating of hus. heart for more than 20 seconds and retard or ac- celerate his pule& at will, thereby defying the laws of nature. There is no authentic case of this feat ever having been accomplished before. It is also claimed that this perform- er ewe remain under water from six to eight minutes, and that he can live for a protracted time when buried. • Just in Time. A German shoemaker left. the gas turned on in his shop one night, and upon arriving in the morning struck a match to light it. There was a terrible explosion, and the shoemaker was blown out through the door almost to the middle of the street. A passer-by rushed to his assist- ance and after helping him te rise, inquired if he was injured, The little German gazed in at his place of business, which Wail 11037 burning quite briskly, and said: "No, I ain't hurt. But I got out shust in time, obi" • Signs of Matrimony. "Are those two in front of us husband and wife 1" "I don't think so." 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