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• "Moe •givera -y the Gerrardta Ken" Sure alio-agile Paw, ha 'aeul'd see the
Mame Boy Scout, mils In lila unele, "sOrtoter not fat oft shore wetching
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Y TERRIBLE 'PETE"
101.14,1L7 strange craft the "Scooter 0, ales been Hank macre hi ' If t h ' n
, , _ ,
Dip into the Futare,—It e ored Ma barber and .Kert•bee ',Fronk A:Vantage Peont yvberell'e,wat4
°A; 11' ateld g "as Well ne, another Watchlug,'Hanka t new coa4,•see
eeout. Iten'saPala" Dlek k hi • f .Neat'
taloa .up 910.dewurz liank,while . fancy :a ,
as 4 off An ar-•-
nnedy and the rest; Now, they are" eaughtt'a glimpse Of 'Hardt twisting; at
en,thefivayto.rejOin Dick tet,the Stout the' homeadiade-realio• set .that he, end
eamp, tetteigett Kan. had been assemblin .As , ewe
, • ,• as the 'min was Alining- atilt W10-1,141
After his encounter with Keaellanit have that thin di. the bunt With his
slunk away by back roads until contemplezotiaafoblirig,
ite came inethe reav of „hid oWn.heueet, Plek stepard out, ''Pd tlritnk :you to
May Coat More, Than the Hanir H ' Gee d has
b0011 W , . • d rault makingh imsela at home, mak-
Fortune-Telier's Fee. ng free atAth Whatevlr Wee that
eel" oth (dew with It was too much for Dick wheit he
. . • - .
"Dontthrget: yota-have promised to
'ea to the BreemeTonee',Iete in aid of
-the .orptian. canniba•leethio afternooa,
dear" remaarked ray 'wife ,A.amaylliseta
me at Much -time letet Saturelay.,a. "a
ehlteat be able to tome along with. you;
tLa I have premised te elaewliere."
Where ar4 Yon going, dear?" I a -sit-
. ea interestedly.
"These' times., are tough!" he re.
plied, .ehanging the .subjeet,
aaW that she dacin't wentio tell 1110
and eealized it was no use asking a*
umee questions. -
Ate two o'clock started oft in me
new threcepiece suit and reached the
iltrown-aoaese Viitse, in the grounds of
vrhich the fete wag being held, at a
quarter -past, Mrs. Be.Y. seemed .do -
lighted to see me. " • •
, 1 See iviyeelf.
"How goad of you to corael" she
gushed, with a itas:11 of teeth, that-
ehould heee made Nature turn green
- with olive. 'You must buy heaps of
things, and, whatever.you do, don't fora
get to nave your fortune told by Gipsy
Jane,'
After patronizing all the stalls,
malting myself giddy on the round-
about, and drinking a cup of tea that
• cost mo lialea-crown't resolved to go
and have my hand read by Gipsy Jae°,
In fact, I Was rather thrilled at the
Iden. I 'entered the tent an,d, in the
semadarkeees, perceived GiDey' Jane
sitting at a little table, beavtly veiled.
She motioned me to sit opposite bee.,
Idid Bo, awl extended my hands,
Paling outwards, -
' Site studied them closely for a inte
meat, and then gave a violent atart,
h • 1 d, a dee
•gelpulehral voice, "These are the
luintis of a very'eauel man!"
"1 say—" I began to proteet, but
• site interrupted me,
"You treat -your wife 10 a most
h f 1 f. hi 1" eceeded
merely. "But your punishment is at
. hand! I see a dreadful fate awaiting
you; even now the sword is ready to
IItII.Reware, beware, beware!'" The
ton of h • 1 th old
shivers,
Dodo I n g DI easter°.
"nut," went on Gipsy Jane, "there
Is one thing that can awn you. If you
era more kind to her, more 'generous,
and give her mare money, your doom
may beavertail. But your reformation
mile, be swift. If not—" She shrug-
ged her shoulders meaningly.
staggered out ett the tent With
betide of perspiration ou my forehead.
tried to convince myself that Gipsy
-Jane was a humbug, but something
Remind to tell ins that what she had
sett). was tine. After all, thought, I
may have been a trifie mean with
Amaryllis.. There was that new &ens
• she wanted last week, and that SUM-
rner hat,' I resolved to turn over a
new leaf rightaway.
On Monday I gave Amaryllis ten
, pounds and suggested that elle miglit
do a little Shopping, The same even.
Ing I took her out to-di/mot and the
theatre. I bought her cheeolates,
gloves, and seent. x made errange-
'matte to take her over to Paris for
the weeleend. Surely thie would avert
the threatened doomi eat any rate, it
seemed to work, for nething!happened.
' But I still kept en -being more generous
than could affoid, Just in ease of ac-
eideuts,
ae
Arnaryilis's Little Game.
Then, one day; met Mrs. Brewn-
aonee in the town,.
"I hear the fete was a great sue -
cease! I aaid, after we bati shaken
hands,
"Yes," sh.e answered. "We' got al-
, together over ote•huuclred pounds, for
' the poor. dear Orphan cannibals. And
your wife 'Was splendid. Sire White
took over twenty-five poundel"
"My wife!" I exclaimed, astonished.
didn't know that she wea heleing.
Whet was she doing?"
' "Way, didn't you know?" replied
Mraalant., laughing, "She was Gipsy
Je.ner"
•
My. next aemerk evidently shocked
Mae, Biome -Jones tremendously, for
she hiiii•iecl'off Without stopPing to say
good-bye ,
The Nightingale.
• An exchange, in an a•rtiele taken
from "The Dem Leah," bit Robert Lynd,
-1ms these striking emegraplas conceen-
Ing the song of the nightingale a—
• There is no other piece of bird -
music lilts it. The repetitioh ef the
game note dwelt on as it Is uttered and
-rePeate,d. -fith eveninoreasing force,
as if played en a violin by it men of
genius—ie it'amy wonder that the poets
eave heard in it ell the -beauty of _la-
• mole -totem?
Thee the flute taken ita place, and
a there re a pause, as It welting for an
anewering Cite. Then It is aa if ita
• and totes pour out almost too tumu
whole frame were shaken with. son,
tuoue in., their sweetness for no tiny it
• As we Stood in the dagltneee of the
road the aightingaLe sang in e thicket
bf raapie and elder m yard or tWeeltfeave
• oar heads, and, if We spoke, he Would
but give the dark bushea a aouder
Vobte
laemon juibe added to the ,wtitee
When boiling, fish. glees it a better
. •
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1207
SIMPLE yET ATTRACTIVELY
DESIGNED FROCK.
Two inverted plaits give to the skirt
of this attractive frock, both the
smart flare and the practical freedom
so highly desirable in a dress of this
He did not ears so much, once.. he leave that one Hank"
had gained -this haven of refuge,tere Wile Bays sell _emit had net &ea
his, Mother and -father mere away*: d by the drubbing Ken had given
Wile cruise on the Sound, heril b1I1i Beeides, Mak was slighter and
t him behiad. The fact of ailtel Hank Wile bidly enough to believe he
matter was that a good deal ofithet,•,aeadd lick the light, boy. -
trouble...with Hank had been the n ."I dol"
leo of his .kArents,. Ceme end do itl" Ile gave another
—Ralik got into his own room, wash- vielous twit whieh ripped_ out the
ed up, stopped the flow of blood from inductitune, ..: •
lie nose, changed hati coat which was Aeother moment and Dick with
tarp, and then happened to glance at rightemas wrath was on Hanlc.
a elock which was on the mantle shelf, "Came on dqwn in the shore,"
He sarted. It was time to tune, in dared Hank, avoiding him. "This is
en the fine rade:, set on the table near no plate, up here owe' aliff."
hie window. • In 'lact part. of the He 'serambled down, a,ncl as he did
gronoise lie had made for nuiney Inc so, Inc forgot that glasees were trained
ad received from the people on the an the .there from...th "Scooter." A
"Scooter". had been that , Inc would small boat put out from the cruiser,
tuna in on a certain Wave length pulling toward the shore, and ihi it
twice a day at a certain hoar. were a young man and a girl.
He twirled the handles, Suee On the shore the boys lined tie for
enough, he was just in time, Some- the mill. Dick was blazing with right -
one was trying to get him.. eons wrath. Hank was more insulting
` Out on the Sound, not many miles than ever. Waa-'he not the proud pose
off shore, on the "Sceoter" the cap- seesor of a new radio and of a flivver?
been and the Wireless operator were Be had more brains than both Dick
talking, "
and ICon together, and he did not hese
"See if you can get that boy, Hank, tate to say so. Dick's answer drew
new, That•Ken Adams is a danger- the first anger from Hank. Dick had
Gus kid to have loose, just as they told him the truth about himself—the
wieeaessed us from the shore in the opinion.of the other boys ie the troop,
new hiding place of the car. You to say nothing of Evans the scout -
have eim?"
master. Hank saw red.
l ,
With his fine new set, Hank was It was just as "13setaig Bohunkus,"
signalling back thee he was in touch, as Ken had named him, was 'getting
A moment later' the message came' into action and showed a prospect of
in to Hank; "Get that kid, Ken getting the worst of it that a
sorb' which which can be appropriately Adams, alone over at his camp. We sion which he himself had forgotten
worn for eports, as wen a, aeteraom I want him and wall be standing by." occurred.
Hank shot back a signal indicating The tender from the "Scooter had
he had had good reception. Re dui
it too with a certain amount of -sate
isfaction. No message that he could
think of at that moment could have
come through that would have been
more to his liking. Here was a chance
'outer edge of each inverted plait, ex- to get square with Ken for that drub -
tattling from the shoulder to below hint.'
the hips, and is button trimmed. The hank lost ho time in setting out
back is plain and a narrow belt ties to oxeoute these order, He had nce
iloops at the centre back. No. 1207 idea where Ken 'was, but he would
ze
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find him and on one pretext or an-
other get him to Eagles' Nest 'alone.
Perhaps he was already there. He
would try that as it starter.
He dieraiot think to look any too
elesely as he weat out, go intent was
Inc on wreaking hie vengeance on Ken.
But down the line of shrualiery Dick
Gerard had been waiting, as •prear-
ranged with Ken, if Ken should bliss
Hank, to pick Hank up at/his }tame
to which they knew he returned for
some purpose twice a day, at lease
Dick started on the trail of.alank.
Diek was pretty good at tracking and
trailing. But Hank was naturally a
stamps or coin (coin preferted; wrap cagey boy. alie was suspicious of
It carefully) for each 'number and everybody, even himself. It was this
address your order -to Pattern Dept., natural suspicion on his part that be -
Wilson Publishing Co., 73 wetb Ade_ trayed his essential dishonantir of
laide• Ste Toronto. Patterns seat by
return mail.
For the Lonely.
Alone! And hi a world ofefriendel
Have you dyer tried to imagine whet
It tvould be like?
"Woe to him that ia alone when Inc
fallen'," Everybody dreads being
alone. Anything loot is fun of die -
trees, A dog that has lost hie master
Is frttirtic with. aexiety. A. dog is a
social animal—like oureelvee—and
loves frlentlehip as truly as he Is a
real friend,
Meat of Oven who reed'thla will he
unable to 'realize fully how lonely sonfe
inmele ane, for most of us have been
able to flnd a way out of our difficul-
ties.,
When we have been with bur backs
to the wall we have usually been able
to ask it friend tor help, and that hely
has been forthcontiag-
But try to imagine your life without
a single trieed; none to stay to hear
the unburdening of your heart and
character. But novv and Aga{n ib
stood hien in goad returns. This was
one of those alines.
Shifty-eyedaltank had a habit of
looking back of him now and then
and it area on ono of these glances
back that he diseovered that Dick was
following him' •
• Hank was too Winn to betray his
discovery. He kept right on as though
he had seen nothing. .But in the mean-
time his mind was busy on What ad-
vantage he could take of this situ-
ation. Here he was trailing: Ken and
being trailed himself by, Dick. Ken
and Dick were lika two brothers.
Where -there- was lama the other would
net long be far off.' Suppose Inc cone/a
not:"readfly • locate -Ken. Ile • might
locate him thtouglt Dick. Dick was
afraid he might lose Hank. ' But -in
reality Hank was now afraid Dick
might lose him. , Thoagh-Dick-did not
realize'a, their positions were exact-
ly the reverse et whatathey seemed,
So ,they proceeded. Instead of Dick
being the active one, Hank was really
lurmg Dick to the camp, in the hive
of picking up Ken and se earrying
out 'his orderg given from the Chief
by ,way of—the "Scoter." An for
with. no 'patienoe with your nesthe. 'Omit he was just as Wel Pleased at
tune, Try to think what it winab be the direction Hank was tatting for
like If every star 'Ineyour sweat sic Inc hitd agieed ,with Ken to meet hhn
at the camp about !Men other thews
Went out and yini were eecircied with
"iinlettrabi°e'sPar
ttlelg
twas w keis
pahddmg
-Ytivttofriclq:11alonghtrakespingashetought
andnoene desies it; you asietor 0001- Out of sight of Bank, that 6t
away
radeehip and no One responas. There in Deer Perk in the cenere of the
are many lives like that, • Islandltilth Adams was pleading with
you ever stood in d crowded a benevolent hsaltirtg gentleman in his
city Street and tried to realize what It study. •
would mean to be absolutely alone, In the atudy was an extraordin.arlay
fine radio set For Mr. 'Chittenden,
without /alewife melees', or ,experience ? fo" er 'Amer of Ruth's fatherwas
There aro Soar& people -like that, .en- aellleinehusinstie radio bag, end, 'Inc it
,
tirelY friendiese and alone. who was known es Ia903, '
Charlea -Kingsley was a :very good- "But don't. you thinii that's a lot,
, . . ,
teinpered, oympathetic A of mond' for a young 'giri like you
woman 0000 asked him how it was he tie -walla Ruth, Chrttendell oln
possessed so loviag a clispoeitien, and, 'Noted. •
with alook of profound thanitrAllless "You wouldn't think so e if you
• ' l3t I .ntet
he replied.: n once had- e friend."• xnew,air - iica-e- vote t
h 11011 10110 my 'word for la thougib tnet
„Yes,' and se s.ay all of us. w en we late ne.ces'OurY' And will give 7011'
thiul''01 lire best IA 0111 Lives' 'lt' a iiote 1 will agree to:Pay it back"
not been 'tor A friend' who "helped' us to eau. Neitisirreleirte days:a
WI1011 we ne,eded help and 'heard ea Mr. Chitteriden loeltea.eareeiely at
wheneee *11,0 we oheulal Imee"fisin 'the youag:.fooe. Suyal.Y7 there
id the we:ran-day hopllies&and for- tvet`be anythiiig wrong "Mont. a .g.trl
fern, " •••' •• flee gice that. •And • Inc
•7tie 1,"P taus 10e)s friemlly as we bit tariikka 0.rtner.. was a heed
aean.. Inc to the lenelY tij4 nufertuna,te. marieh".Thilt Was, why.,he had beem,ee
-0040 lieer thh, sigh:s of ,the,lene7 ..eeee
en,Wkloa'a of blankRuth,. I'll l h • 't''libo;
. . a , , •. e you. have
aro.ujed,a-fie elibnid.respond leened over. ' "But yen.' will have
Out heaitetion,' Sheuar b-eamore, to Dlh1ise inc bb. quit this sporty
toleriet,..inere:':Plitab,y,and,':moreotreg, eit?,Wd, 'of young ,peerle. Itaith;'
beached.
Suddenly up the beach i•an a young
man and a gal, as a sailor kept the
tender in readiness to shove off imme-
diately into the' light sea that 'was
running on the Sound.
Before even Hank could say a word,
they had come up in. back of Dick.
The man wrapped his arms around
the boy while the girl throw a silk bag
over his head, stifling his screams.
Together they hustled hint struggling
down the beach and into, the boat.
Just then cama a Ioud barldng from
Up in a olunm of beach plums. It was
Laddie, ,Ken's dog, who, seeleg the
struggle, was darting out. But Lada
ale was too :en. Dick waa already
landed in the tender and the sailor
was pushing it off. But Dick had lied
presence of mind enough as Inc strug-
gaed down the wet sand to dig in his
feet and cause the others to do so in
holding him. More than that he had
managed roughly to scrape the form
of an arrow in the sand so that there
could Inc no mistake about the direc-
tion itt 'width he was being carried.
For the moment Hank had been
stunned, Evidently when they had
seen the two boys serappthg on the
fiend they had jumped to the conclu-
sion that it was Ken and himself. .It
had happened so quickly that even he
could not interfere. Besides it had
saved him. another licking. He had
not, in a way, wanted to interfere.
Getting Dick was all right as far as
Hank was. concerned. Ken might come
later.
"Hole! Ca homer" Hank tried to
bluff Laddie.
• Laddie knew him, had seen him, but
did notelike him, Still the dog in hie
doggish mind obeyed. He staeted tiff
the beach. But he -did not go far.
Hank was not his boss. He turned
and sat down looking wistfully off
over the blue expanse of the Sounai,
Hank hesitated a moment, then real-
ized that soolt it would Inc discovered
thet Dick Was missiag. He had not
better Inc eeen in that neighborhood'
orehe would be in for a quizzing, He
turned and elunk into the sheulabeey
that ran down to the water's edge,
climbing to the cliff trail, and dis-
appeared. ,
- -
CHAPTER XX.
PoOTPRINTS,
Kennedy, Ken, Eaeton and har-
ried .clown the path front the Gerard
house'', to, the Boy •Scouts' Camp,
Eagles' Nest. We did net see Hank
who lied slunk beak of some bushes
arid was watching us elosely, congrat-
ulating himself on his p.romptneas imi
making hiS getcWay,.
We 'soon reached the camp, for
Craig was angle -tie.
"Sonteorre's bean hetet" cried Ken.
"Leek at OUT radio that we were as-
amnbling--smashea. bet it was
that 'en7cttfOr-nothing Hank. But how
ate you eVer going to hang ib on him?"
• "It looks to nee, 'rather'', considered
Craig, 'as ifathere had been a fight
or at least the beginning aff one. That
cam/estate is overturned. Come—let'e
look •aroand a bit." • .
* We ,began at hurtled search, Ken
7.'aMenting the ruthless tearing eat of
the Mductittme .the radio. I. felt
that Hank woirld pay:for MU abnie
WarY Wore he watt through. '
"Wa, there's nothing ap here," de -
bided Craig after his hasty 'eearch.-
"Let's go down thatrall te 'the shore."
We -clinked down, rt)o gecipitou
aid4 of 'the eand, cliff -ea tile height q
whaelathey had Iodated. EaglPs?
overate:4ring- the Sauna, "Froin it one
could. get a wide sweep of this arm
of the Sound between the headlande
that made what .was eaSeci a bay list
Was -rather a mielatare gulf, with. a
little ,shalt,ere, Fax off on the hazy
Water one could see boOs .-plesitg•up
and 'dewn the Sound. Around one
'headland to the West" we might, if ,,We
Pew -
had 'strathed, cue eyes, 'have seen a
conitterd scent cruiser .clisappeaiirg.
That, had we only kriowa ‘Cathed
with it a aniatery—Dielea •
"Belie I" eagle lilted Cralik eanCet
emon We had. reached the eanda
that, '"fieliteiaa eialeit
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rithiened liellif.'),:' Instead; they.,:aitit. ..64- .
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daah.nenaial,rt, 'apple, tree'.oa,JIMaafte, •
itidae-ef,:•the. Wall-;"...gradefullyjralling.
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:Mg 'in.';th„eaeoft.breeze: ' •Lee.naig: tag
aboyelhap.ohipoi#0; iiiey ..pr -doivn
At the014444:itr-Pli4 1.4brd'eit. taut
slbps into„.tinee'iltbfealliOned garden ,
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prof,: v if. hal in B.10'kne6 • •, •
Who as been alerarded by the Na •eata daetaeinilier .ancl live-Bar-tev,er ahd
titmaiAeadetne-of Seieneellie Agesalz feria,aeeeetiese, alaagthe eldest a .the.'
medal, on a ths .highest honorfl, in ions . bed, • ' 7-•
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the- gift Of. Anierati aden-ed:-"'His :And etioh, a *ay, eesmapolitan, cona,
father: WEIS 'a famous inv.Setigator Of :party ae. liourtabes in the Middle of,the
the physical preeartlis .of water and •garden, help:lobbing with•eaoh. other. in
°thee ligaidee and When he died he: th,. seeahine, thei•e are the foxglove
Pasta:4411a, preblem to, his Sem ,Who, j inbieW Shades, the gay marigolds
hag .coritinued in the genie Maid' thts'anj ble31a1mei fihtttifie, adry 'petunias
ina.a,e •notable contribution, •whieh---. and latudY taint, mignonette and.
Thenivoepnhaedntirs.:te.rmtaonoterrrit,Itese•ainno.-tglIrtpdtey- iiii:Woreee,aittinte4bre7 breath. Araong an these,:
nainodm-roveutreeoli;citchgeyo,r0:taicsalwvehlral at:a 1.erit tthhee totip 37ealiox, pighuhan' ad"tef'ealeocivetz:httlehevthirevov.,191:alicsailhilii
taberatcieY • black maleing themeelves, at the end
•f the bed for one grand enherable of
oolor.
Acro ms from the pansies, banked tier
on tier, are .joily hunsortsv3, the tall
raen of the garden, while dancing and
bobbing -their gay little heads, the pop-
piee And pinks, eel-IV/Ingle!' and 'prim-
roses race with the old wall all the way
.7ap to the brook, There is no clash of
color, no babel of tongues; each saeaks
the language a bead" in hie own way.
They take in the minsbiae and glee it
back tinge with e Joyoep. enandon
wiIh tella abuifdaae-g.
The birds sing here end build their
nests M the old apple tree, tubing the
voices of their neetliegs to the melody
af the brook. Painted butterflies flit
like Will-o'-the-wisps, alighting' on this
,beautiful cup and that Then as the
foiir-o'elocks say good -night, a sweet
face crcowned with, soft hale is
glimpsed, and the lady a this old-fas-
hioned garden smiles down upon the
gey faces looking uji in here. All the
flowers seem to answer to her roll call
As she passes along the.whitewashed
cobblestone path. ,
scout shoos of Dick, be sure!
don't recognize the others. They're
not scout.ahoes," ,
- Craigwas down on his hande and
knees examining them almost like a
hound,
"All mixed up 1" he muttered. "You
can't make mueh out of these." •
"Hello, Laddie boyl" It Was Ken,
overjoyed, as at the sound -of our
voices his collie came brieltry running
up tap Lama.
a (To Inc continued,)
Royal tiorseshoes.
The custom of taking a horseshoe as
toil from every King, Queen or Duke
who rides through Oakham, the county
town of Rutland, is a very anMent one.
The right to claim the ahe originateid
le the time of William tee Conqueror,
and was eupposed to encourage people
to patronize tee local trade at snoeing,
In the great- hall of (Minoan Castle
there are more than a hundred horse-
shoes, inclutling one from the present
Prince ot Wales, from Edward VII.,
Queen Victoria, George IV., and Queen
Elizabeth. Some of tbe ehoes are
gilded, but othere are ordinary iron
shoes.
Those who put the least into life
aro usually the most dissetiefied with
what they get out. of life.
An express engine consemes coal at
a rate of nearly half a hundred weight
per mile rue, and during a 100 miles'
journey will require seven pints of
oil,
11.11••••••••• AIVIAMOO•11•00111••••••••
emtese..ses...m.meroa
WHEN KING GEORGE DROVE A TRAIN
By Tont Willie, Guard on Royal Trains Then, during the day, the little train.
Linder Three Sovereigns, [was brotight out and Journeys were
Royalties from all over the world- made to, variotze centres Of war -time
visit this country, and I have come ele aCtivitY•
to contact with - practically Crory One of the most thrilling Jourreye I
crowned head of any importance dui- ever made in charge df a Royal train
Ing' the last forty-five years. was on June Mot, 1322, when ate
One of the strangest of all these
Royal visetors was the Shah of Persia,
whose stay in Britain during the reign
of Queen Victoria. Is sail' remembered.
There were, of counts, no motors in
those days, and, as he Wile very In-
quialtive and fond of going to %melees hours. The train ran specially through.
places, the Royal trains of each trunk Bristol—not taking the avoiding spur
nee were much in request:
Wanted His Own Railway,
He WAS taken to 'Wiedsor for a great
State banquet given on hie behalf, and
expressed an almost childish curiosity
coecerning the engine. He wished to
know how fast it coald go, and vikint
would happen if it ran off the line.
When he got back to Persia; he de-
clared, Inc would have a Royal railroad
and a train ot his limn.
lu those days many theatrical parties
were taken down as "speciale" to
Windsor, as Queen Victoria. had a
great love for drama, At many of
theee performances, the Prince of
Waters (King Edweed) was etrefutet,
Prince of Wales returned home frora
his India; tor.'
The whole distance along the track
from Plymouth bo Paddington was
lined by cheering people, while at the
station dense throngs had waited for
line—to give the, loyal inhabitants of
the city a chance to cheer the Prince.
And the reception when the train
reached Paddington was hiatorie.
I have made many Journeye upon
trains when the Prince haa been a pate
senger. His Royal Highttess ecorris
quo" in travel, and is impatient at
the idea of a special saloon, But Inc
never falls to give a cheery word of
thanks to the drives and those re-
sednaiele for the safety of the train,.
A memorable experience was, whee
waa guard of the famous "Honey-
moon Train," wbieli conveyed Princen
Artery on her wedding trip - with her
husband, Lord Laseellea. We eau
from Paddington to Shiftme•near -ant-
and was.brought by Royal train to Lon- vorhttinvton. It
was a veritable
don after the performance.
triumph, and there were crowds every -
young
have a clear recollection of the.
vherb along the tine trying to catch a
Young Deka of Clarence, Queen Alex -
;limps° of the Princess' and her hue-
andraei eldest' son, On one. ocoasion
band, The saloon in which they tra-
ho and our present King, dressed in
'sailor sults, accompanied theirenother velled!usRsubrearlYwoinpeedinoasust of flowera.
to Portsmouth. As a ,e•peeial treat,
the young Princes were allowed to To -day; tho "special pr. la tie y
have a ehort ride on the footplate of -working rbles" relating ectou Royal
the engine. .' trains have been: Mactically abolishe•d.
"Very baring." rt is needless to emphasize that a
Royal apeclal is worked with. aerupti-
Years i..)assad, and Prince George be-
lc/us care% bet that' appliee, to every
came King George, Durieg the. war he
Queen Vittoria \vim the first orown.
travelled extensively to visit munitiou terdailni.ead.to se -t foot it .8 tiain, and 1,A
vilroalake,raawdeire' ItietotioietrSaliVilin:oans r
centres, and the. G. WI -Royal. train was ' h
often'out. On. one occasion a journey trains were
in tho v4periinentai ears,
erae'dilYWilthY Right down to thO end, she etill eller-
er enalYaealierlences of. ,the Iron Rotel
go back it'Sivindmi '''''''" sf.all`ni; his ished the idea that drivers had a bond -
to Inc dsrailvderhate9riPelnigehet. be elie1":111::::: nlie:bsi!f°.t: aexololeasplive.e aa.een, that lecomo-
The distance' from the works to the '''tives "night. explode, ;nal bridges were
otation. Woe exactly One Mile.
It is illifiCuit' to believe that when
Mari- was 'ale° on the footplate,' and 1 Q'u,e.en
Victoria, firet tried, tne "new -
the: King drove steatillY, pulling up ' fangled 'Method of travel," there was
,slaatcitolny:. At the.. Mark -ein ,SwIndon. ,T..ewn 1 00 ffeane,cf scientifically heating her
saloon carriage. Oil stovea. were tried,
King Edward' alto had a '41.8'a 1°1111-' but there were complatets of the °dol.
ureeds: for
etnIgielnefos'o' tapnl(alteonef"teh:ce%11111°11So 'emtell ea the esmaeheid Who made
ladies-in-waiting and other
dthr:wigi:gt .,t,liv,eerRyoyaitaalitilrga,l,n.,.. farr:m:yellilydosno: 'ter wer.e oft6m
to Basinetelte; but, of cauree, this was long Journeys from Winded'. in the, Wal-
lah frozea. „
•was instracted tolte•en dalet ahoutit,e .• --. A N"r°"' Squeak'
Princess Mary's Hormypeoen Train. - ' Daring all my years on the 'line :1
• I think mY most went -legal. 'eitperi. have, IleYer heell, Ma Serions accident,
trainfi--,41.1 ie were :tWa Of ,theia---tha Wag, geard of, the WeaMouta heat/net
eaco waa Vie Week I 'anent on the Royettbet I' Irak 4 na.frow squeak mica \-,'I
araireyed Eing'Georga be tlat.Wekt to til.tir tnatei. Senn" workmen VeiX): fell.,
ins0-eat r muttitioh Werke ,aud ,earaps nig a large tree near, the embankment
while the a.traggla with Germaey 'was ',not far, ,frent Weyreoutn an,a it fon
at its height. , .• . - , , light aCreaa the' !Me dust as the ox
-
Tito ivhOle jotifoley -wa,.made.in Itb- 'press was aelmeachieg at high ePeed.
8011ite O'eCrOPY,A4•;01.0.:King inte'uded to, Fertufiately,, the driver pulled up in
Sleep: en tha traine, the Itoyak iieleoPer". ',the nick of thee.. ' n ,,,.
was:, .1.)orr,QWed,''fi:64-i. the Loiicten. k ,After, fitta.ene years service, 1 aln
istortli Western RailWay - But 'awing: retiring- to a little cottage near Pew-
•Nl.• • Cfittt,tildom - •:: Imola, W at ..yett :the daY hie ,IVIejestir tiged, a smell tfeiln ..aeoa 'Plilta I kuow the, mush and the
a fotia.'imaittifitieefleohael-flataWn IV' alta n'in°°Ila .°I ma on the Iron Iloall, for 1
dieate 'reandeDertneetir. ,..- a .'..., ,:', , .,:, ling inspector, 'and gimlet, and have tile
- At alaht Me' ROal-Oleeaine'-ear'Maide,velled over every inch et the G. W- R
engine "suitehlb..,-fea climbing' theegi•ta: :hare been ,Poeteer, ,signalman, trave1..
case
was put awey ar a specially- teliStruca antler calt truv•..sagithae, te I had illy
Ineat.:'' TliC ill4iettranca Otie,', s/lOre,..', Wisat e - „' ' t ' ne ' . . tt . - • ,- t ,,i . el
you' evee so ratiehs I aan itesure yeti" down' .• "BY' j Mee 'those are th " boy .ssealt a clilf•SleAt 'Plasa was 'aia'saa' ' 'culse"lnala.'011.ths railwaY. b'** t—r-05
LEVER Bris.rrtig,viq LIMITED
1,015
Eating If-labits of Goa. ts.
Whoever It wail that first observed
a goat Mouthing tin Can must hove'
believed in inference rather than fact;
c:,r he oirculatea the story that goats
eta altne—a rialculous libel that hon
pia:related theouala the agea.
But the can -hunting goat eares mm
mord for tie in ite diat than you or I.
'What he is after be the taite of the
paste beatelettit thy labels. As a niet:
tar cif faet, .the goat fri oho of the eery
deatogt feeaseee of the live kook
world:. He will, pot eat hay or etre*
that hem bea underfoot nor kitchen
soAps ihat,hare become the leaat bit
tainted.
What Billy a,ntlealanny like the pest
is delleate 'foliage, though vrhen hutt-
grY the). will eat brush of most any
kind. shamp are gritas-eatere, con -
twining brueh only when compelled hg
hunger to do so, If ita) grass at all is
to be had they will leave,, the hazel,
*Mow and other bushes entirely alone.
But goats always prefer tlae green
trees and ehrub growth. And another
interesting sirterennce le that sheep
haver stana on the hind I•ega to eat,
but a goat will do so, eating the foli-
age to a height a six feet or more.
Many, many goats suffer from mote
otony of diet, beans.° of the igeorance
of those who care foe them. When left
to hie choice, this &fennel varies lila
diet a great deal; it is hie nature. An-
other thieg to remeinber in keeping a
goat Is the rock Milk Place a large
lump where the animal can got to it
when he desires.
Goats require drinking water only
at distant intervala, and persons who
are unacqueinted with the nature and
habits of thane animals usually get the
idea that something is wrong beeauso
they dritik to seldom. Saceesful keep-
ers of goata uenially Water them only
two or three thane A, week—not oftener
than &veal other day.
Good reedit' the feeding of any
aniraal depend gi•etttiy. on. comfoatable
`living (Mitten, 'awl this is particular-
ly true with qottt. Their shelter
shoula. Inc fairly warm, though yenta
bated, of course, and it must be dry at
all times. Mug!" dampness, and es-
pecially expesnig to. cold- rains, will
aerieuelY aged the goat's health, and,
much standing in mud gives him
troublesome disease called "foot -rot"
Gera for a nanny goat properly and
She will give You both pleasure and
proiit—L, E. Eubatke.
On Deck.
Bug Laver --"Isn't Mee anl ronaur
tic up here on deck, my dear?"
Handel, the great composer, is beet
known. nowadays by his oratorios; he
also left forty' operas, how -ever, •
An African pint is knewn as the
buslimber's candle, became if the
sterns ans. lighted they "burn :ike
tal-
'ter Every Meal
It doesn't take much \
to keep you in t;ritn,.
• Nature only asks a
Wiltdrlegl-heye'lsP:affer ever/
plea, benefits teeth,
breath, appetite' ant
digestion.
A Flavor for Every Taste
•• clEtSt400.i",
- • .1iM not. a ettbrt--.-And' ba-
Setten•predudtlen „thcreaaes, •. sides, eoine,of'•thein are tot as:SpoFty
,Tee,.aetees.„.„,,a01- f' -6 I a' a 'as eeem. Stld, :.• ronnee
Von • s• Y v
, •
times 'what it was reared yearo-ag'o,
while cetton nrednetioli illereeSed.
• 0 • `na d as the evil itse, haelt "Fe t 't I" ." .a di • ea tacre s uSt, •Every night: fot °eel again, aloe want to serve •: