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By Christine Whiting.
PART III, The old man paused. He seemed
Two hours later the auction was at' to tremble a little, and turned aside
Its height, and the Pullman Plantag-I as if his work was over; and then a
net crowded.to the doors. The Haver-,, new voice broke the silence. It was
gal girls, assisted by the boy in khakithe voice of the fat man from the
hadut a number an every article, Pullman Geraldine, the man whom,
while the woman doctor and the Vela the doctor suspected of being a 'Gera
sity freshman had written sketchy man spy.
descriptions, on which the clergy...! Keep it up, old man!!" he shouted.
man elaborated in a manner worthy j "Keep it up! Its for the boys in the
Of the most voluble of auctioneers. i trenches: your boys—and mine!"
The Toronto banker, having begged And at his words a duiver went
as cash receiver the tin cracker box through his shrunken frame, and the
in which the porter customarily kept old man raised his head. He drew in
his hair brush, sat before an impro-,his breath and squared his shoulders;
vised table and did his part in a bust- and as he faced them his indomitable
Ices and efficient way, assisted by spirit shone from his sad old eyes.
the Montreal millionaire, who, being "Five thousand dollars!" he said
a jollygood fellow in more ways than distinctly, looking straight at the
one, ad appeared promptly on time, astonished auctioneer. "Five thousand
leading the two little boys, for whom dollars—for your boys and mine!"
he procured standing room on a suit-; And it was then that a wild cheer
case, i arose in the Pullman Plantagenet.
The Montreal millionaire was buy- The noon train from Montreal to
ing lightly, His eyes were fastened Toronto saw more than one strange
on article 23—for the Montreal soil- sight that evening. In the last day
lionaii'e knew good diamonds when he coach a silken -clad woman sat close
saw them. On article 23 he meant to to
fingers clumsily dstruggling her w h
we
plunge.
There were other eyes that looked the art of knitting. Two seats away
1 '•rely at article 23 A boy in a salesman of fine underwear tied up
The Rest -Room at Beverly. next winter. Think there's any
"'Are you going to town this after- hope?" Mrs. Tompkins 'looked
neon, Bert?" seed Anne' Walton to around the group for a sign,
her husband, who was leaving the "Sure there's hope," The rudom-
dinner table rather hurriedly. stable Mrs. Saylor shook hands with
"Yes; want•to- fix up the children everybody and carried Anne off to
and come slang?" find Bert and confer with; him about
"I'm not eager to go but I ought
to How soon must we be ready?;"
"Oh, in half an hour or so."
A merry scramble with the chil-
dren
na n created bywar
„ vigation and tl osa e
ensued,minuteslater dar-
a
and forty nd
erly Rest -Room -Come ve a conditions, they were required to take
the leigh., and tucked away in the ing theaftgrnoon and evening people up a new Admiralty license, as far
old sleigh, and Prince and Kate were came in, a Tittle shy at filet, butaddition to go as far as Barry Roads
west as Plymouth, and encotraged`in:
making the slippery tourney to 'town• finding friends and neighbors they
The winter wind was raw and chill
For the rest, the Gravesend men have
analyzed the record of the corps and
presented a, report on the work ac-
complished ' during the war,
Took Extra Licensee.
he roogrn, The Gravesend pilots are proud of
Throughout the week Beverly won their record, and may fairly. claim that
dered who was moving into Mrs, it will rank among the foremost of
Price's shop. On Saturday morning Brttaln"s thesdenierng , both
Ow-
it`displayed 'a sign which read. 'Bev ing to dangers, tenth of ordinary
stayed to chat and rest.
and by the time they reached Bevy Mr's Brownell luxuriously -•wrote and the Bristol Channel. They were
ori the children's faceswere purpleknitted also asked to undergo,' voluntarily, an
y n s p p five postal cards. Mrs. Lane examination for the whole of the, east
with the cold, while she rested the feet that had coast, and a large number responded
"Can't we go some place to get been ready to drop off the week be and were duly licenaed'to conduct Yes-
warm, mother?" begged Bobby. ! fore, Tommy Teasdale and Richard' eels as far as. Berwick: As, a mattes
"There's no place to go but the Saylor built block houses; Bobby and of fact, it is noted in the report,
store, We can wait there while Bertha ;looked at wonderful pictures
• Gravesend men have conducted ships
daddy goes to the tori, and to the i and drew others yet more wonderfu as far north as Scapa Flow to French,
blacksmith shop."Mrs. Tompkins thought of a` dozen Dutch and Irish porta, and to Liver -
Anne and the youngsters unloaded improvements for the rest -room, and pool and the Bristol Channel ,contin-
at the general story and Bert drove Mrs Earlham read two stories and uaily, Measuring outwards from sea -
oil to look after his own errands. The copied a recipe.
store was crowded with farmers, "I like going to town lots better
their wives, children, bundles and' now, don't you, mother?" whispered
tobacco smoke. Bobby and Bertha Bertha,as Anne tucked her and Bob-
,siiggled their way to the big red by into bed that night, "I'm tired
stove, while Anne waited at the coon- but I don't feel' so cross as I used to
ter with the butter and eggs she had neither does brother."
brought to trade. A half-dozen other
women were similarly twitting. I Child Welfare in the west.
"How do you do, Mrs. Walton. I I Child welfare is occupying a large
seldom see you any more; where' have mare of attention in British Colum -
you been keeping yourself?" said one bio and Alberta- Early in December
of the women. I there was held at Vancouver the first
"Oh, the roads have been so bad we annual convention of the Child Wel-
haven't been anywhere And 1 dread from sickness contThirty-two
on foreign
coming to town. The children get fare Association of British ia.�
.service. Thirty-two have been mined
so cold and tired and it takes so long The program included discussions on or torpedoed, four, of them on two in -
educational reforms, juvenile delis- castors and two on three ()echelons.
wards of the Edinburgh lightship, and
taking no account of the waters of the
Thames between Gravesend and that
point, the men covered from:August
4, 1914, to November ii, 1918, a total
distance of 1,841,820 miles. Several
individual pilots have alone covered
more than 30,000 miles of unprotect-
ed waters.
One of their body was captured by
a German destroyer and has been a
prisoner for two years; one lost, his
life by enemy action, and one died
en•� n
]tlialti was making mental calculation a package containing a gaudy hand- when Bert has business to attend to. quency, child mortality and diseases
anal thinking of the girl he'd left be- pin and an embroidered handkerchief, Sometimes I think I'd rather stay at: of Children, Vocational training was
hind him. As the coveted object was which he sent with a long -neglected home. How much are eggs worth sfther 11 Urged in order' that children might
• whle art
put up, and the auctioneer pro tem. Letter to ibis wife;
concluded his florid description, the down the'aisle a boy in khaki feasted
bo his Oyes •on somehing in his hand that
bi
o -dap? become helpful factors in the cog
' I heard some one tell Mrs. Tomo_ munity. The schools of Vancouver
boy stepped forward and began the y kips they were thirty-eight cents,
"Twenty,"
at ten dollars
glistened, and dreamed dreams of were mentioned particularly on see
"Twenty," said the Montreal mit- that time when there shall be no war. volunteered a woman who stood at count of the special ^sasses for the
Bonaire.- � tin edge of the circle. "H'm• m
"Twenty-five," said . the bo - in change of atmosphere. The woman cousin in the city writes that they're Association put itself on record as
b doctor and a stout gentleman—who paying sixty cents in the city right
khaki.1 , „Wed favoring institutions for the feeble -
"Thirty." said the milliona:re, l only that morning she had. thought along,' contributed another.
Wed minded.
"Forty," said the boy boldly,, to -be a spy—were holding an inti- better save up a lot' and carry them The Chief Diagnostician of the thaugh his voice was tense. a dicitis, ate and' friendly
theis coloied portion on er to the city. I'd like to walk through en1'le ,Court of Seattle, Washington,
Juv-
"Fifty,"said the millionaire, p ane of the 'big stores eight now! I
There was a pause, consulted the Toronto banker' about addressed the Association on juvenile
"Is this beautiful and costly din- investments, and a Montreal million -
mend ring going for only fifty dol- sire sat with two tired little boys
lays?" 'pleaded the auctioneer in a against his shoulders, trying pain -
voice that would have scandalized his fully to cull from lois varied and die -
wealthy parishioners. "It tears my sipated past stories fit for the ears
heart, ladies and gentlemen, to see of little boys.
this gem sacrificed at such a price. In the Plantagenet, the clergyman,
Hasn't 'anyone a wife, a mother, or having dropped—not without reluc-
a sweetheart—"
"Sixty," said the boy in khaki.
The moment had arrived for which
the millionaire was waiting. He en-
joyed'' dramatic momenta, and had
meant, at just the time when all eyes
were fastened on him, to electrify
them,, In feet, the words "Three hun-
dred" were on his lips. He hesitated
a minute to matte his effect more
startling; but in that minute he felt
li In the Britannia there was also a e y mentallei backward children and the
tanee—the role of auctioneer, was in-
dulging in a discussion on vers fibre
with' the sour -looking author of
"Good Cheer for Every Day." It was
not until the Havergal girls, the Var-
sity boy, and the commercial gentle-
man were mingling in a game of
bridge that they realized that the
train was bearing them slowly but
steadily toward Toronto; but their
shouts of glee were silenced by the
a pressure against his knee. It came warning hand of the dark-haired gra'
from the Toronto banker, and said from Havergal.
as plainly as words, "Look up," And
the millionaire looked . for the first
time into the face of the boy in khaki!.
It took but a glance from those
keen, world-weary eyes to see the
thing that the banker had seen all
along, and that a woman with tightly
clasped, jeweled hands, was seeing
too. For it was more than a diamond
that the boy was bidding for: it was
something beautiful and symbolic—
something that a girl would love and
dream over; something that would
vaguely comfort a woman in those
days when the boy in khaki was far
away. And the Montreal millionaire
made a little gesture of finality and
shook his head as the eyes of the
auctioneer sought his.
"Going," wailed the auctioneer pa-
theiealiy—"this beautiful ring,• the
gem of our whole collection, going—
going—gone, for sixty dollars—to the
boy in khaki."
it was then that the Montreal mil-
lionaire plunged. Re paid forty dol-
lars for the old lady's sweater, and
ten for a tooth brush. He bid five -for
the conductor's garters, and fifty for
the Havergal girl's crepe shirtwaist.
It was at the very last that an old
man rose from a corner, where he
had sat forgotten. He came forward in the war. a constant reminder to the
slowly, his hand resting on the chair, nation of the heroes and heroines who'
where sat the Toronto banker with have saved the country.
This palace is to contain 1,040,000
portraits of men, women and children
who have lost 'their lives by enemy
action. It is characteristic of the
French nation that they do not con-
fine their thanks and gratitude to the
soldiers in the field. They confess
their indebtedness to every citizen
who has given life for the great cause.
In the great central hall, 'with its
memorial windows finely emblazoned,
and its pictured walls showing the
famous combats of the war, will be
assembled busts of famous generals,
and there will also be a museum of
wair relics and a fine library of war
literature to perpetuate the memory
and the history of the part played by
high and low in the struggle for
national life and liberty.
It isproposedthat on the great an-
niversaries, such as that of the Battle
of the Marne, the Victory of Verdun,
Fool's great move which brought
eventual success allalongthe line,
and the like, children shall come to
this Palace of Victory, this House of
Pity and Remembrance, to sing hymns
to immortal France.
Hees; then, is imagination, instruc-
tion, commiseration, which will cause
them all to remember the great days,
For at that moment she saw that
the old man by the window was fast
asleep. His head rested against the
chair like a tired child's, his lips
smiled, and from the relaxing fingers
resting upon his knee an envelope et
which he had been staring for long
hours dropped to the floor.
The girl rose quickly to replace it.
It lay face up—an unopened' letter,
addressed in the shaky handwriting,
of an old man, to his dearly beloved
and only son "Somewhere in France."
Across the corner, stamped with a
rubber stamp, were three words:
"Killed in action."
(The End.) .
SOMETHING LIKE A MEMORIAL
The "House of Pity" Now Being
Planed by the French People.
When they make a Victory Arch it
is the finest in the world; when they
build a tomb, like that of Napoleon
the Creat, it is one of the sights of the
city, Now they are planning a House
of Pity, as a memorial of the men,
women and children who have fallen
his cash box. The auctioneer was
holding up the last article to be sold.
It was the porter's celluloid collar.
"What am I bid for this useful
article, this traveler's joy?" he cried
with fervor. "No gentleman's outfit
is complete without it. Brid up, gentle=
meal Bid up ladies! A gift that any
betrothed would cherish. What am I
bid?"
It is safe to say that the clergyman
was at last entirely forgotten in the
actor.
"Fifty dollars," said the Montreal
millionaire,
• There was a burst of laughter.
"Silence!" shouted the auctioneer.
"Is this useful and ornamental treas-
ure going for fifty dollars? What am
I bid ?"
"One hundred," came from the
white-haired old figure standing by
the cash box.,
In a moment all eyes were turned
upon hime but it was apparent that
he did not see them. He •seemed to
b gazing at something far away.
"Three- hundred," said the Montreal
millionaire, who was enjoying every
Moment
"Four hundred,." said the old man
quietly.
Save for the voices of the two men,
there was no sound. Even the auc-
tioneer was silent..
"Five hundred," said the Montreal
emiliionaff .
hate the mirrors, though—those long
ones that let you see how your skirt
sags and how shabhy your shoes are,"
and Mrs. Saylor edged behind Anne juvenile delinquency. It was recom-
mended that mothers' pensions should
"Well, I don't want to see any- be established because motherhood
thing or walk, anywhere," remarked should be recognized as the highest
Mrs. Lane. "My feet are ready to
delinquency and its dependence on the
status of home training. - A low ebb
of parental responsibility results in
drop off. I don't see why they can't
have a few more chairs ,in this store
when there is no other place for us
to wait for the men folks. I've had
my trading done for an hour and
Sam's getting the horses shod; no
service to the State.
In Alberta the study of Child Wel-
fare is concerned with the prepara-
tion and serving of hot lunches to
rural school children. The Depart-
ment of Education for the province
has issued a booklet containing a
one can tell -.when he'll be through." number of recipes and practical sug-
That's just itl Why haven't we gestions whereby the cold lunch will
somewhere else to wait? Over in be wholly or partially abolished. It.
Stevenville they Stave a regular rest- is estimated that more than three-
room in the City Hall, with chairs and fifths of the school children attending
couches and little beds for babies, and rural schools in Alberta- are depend -
magazines to read and desks to write ent on cold lunches and that these
on!" Mrs. Saylor forgot her tempor-
ary embarrassment and stepped out
front hiding with a swing of the
hands that suggested all the comforts
that were lacking.
"Yes, but Stevenville isn't Bever-
ly," -said Mrs. Lane with the inflec-
tion of a fatalist.
"But why couldn't we have such a
room . to use on Saturday? Maybe
Beverly could do more than it does if
we women could wake it up. Since
Mrs. Price's store has closed I don't
see why we couldn't fix that up. I'll
bring a couple of rockers and a rag
rug." Mrs. Tompkins had caught
fire from Mrs. Saylor.
"Who'd pay the rent?" This was
a poser; the enthusiastic ones knit
their brows. .
"Why," replied Anne, "Bert owns
an interest in that building, and he
said the other day it would just stand
empty this winter. I know we could
have the use of it. There's a stove
in it already."
"Well, I'll eoma in one Saturday
out of the month and build the fire,
if the rest of you will take turns."
Mrs. Earlharn's quiet voice put con-
fidence in the group.
"I'll come, too!" chorused several
others,
"Well, let's tear off a little of this
wrapping paper and write down what
we've got to start with," and Mrs.
Tompkins took over the secretarial
work,
'Round the group she bustled, and
before the tardy husbands appeared
plans had been made.
"We ought to have a couple of
tables," suggested Mrs. Brownell.
Each of us could bring -a few riiaga-
sines to place on a reading table; and
I think one table ought to he'' fixed
up for a -writing table. Half the tAme
I don't have as many minutes to my-
self all the week as, I spend in fidget-
ing around this store on a Saturday
afternoon."
"Could we have some picture books
and toys for the kiddies?" •
"We'll have to have such things,
Mrs. Teasdale, That's -one thing it's
i for—to keep the children from get-
ting so tired and cross,"
"We'll try it out this way for a
month or two and .1 believe after we
get it furnished and folks see what
are eaten at irregular intervals and
under conditions not beneficial. The
idea of the Department of Education
is that trustees and teachers shall
make it possible to serve at least one
hot dish each day at noon; well 'bal-
anced cold lunches are also suggested
to mothers.
BRITISH PILOTS'
S'
DAIING IN WAR
2,000,000 MILES COVERED IN THE
SUBMARINE ZONE.
Work in English Channel Called for
Great Resourcefulness and
Scorn of Danger.
The German submarines, which, in
the dark days of the war, preyed on
shipping In the Downs and the Eng-
lish Channel, have been brought, score
by score, to Harwich for surrender.
Their menace has been removed, but
the men of the mercantile marine,
who, on voyage after voyage, cheer-
fully faced the verb of death at sea,
will never forget the anxious watches
passed in the danger zone when "ruth-
lessness" was in full activity. And if
the sailors, who, after all, enjoyed im-
munity from attack when their ships
reachedthefurther seas, have much
to remember, what - must be the
memories of the Trinity Rouse pilots,
whose duties kept them continually in
infested waters?
There is the case of the Ruler of
Pilots at Gravesend, who was torpe-
doed on three consecutive journeys
down Channel with valuable boats,
and on each occasion by sheer deter-
mination and pluck, and the confi-
dence he was able to inspire in others,
succeeded. in bringing the ships to
port, This is but one case among
many, and there is little cause for alto
prise that the •Admiralty has asked
for the names of nen to whom honors
might be given for their services. The
pilots, we understand, or, at any rate,
those working from Gravesend, have
a help it is the town council may! decided to submit no name except
provide for it by by-law In time for, that of their ruler, Captain B. Davis.
r
Few have not had many close -'con-
tactrs with the German. One pilot,'to
-
his own knowledge, has seven times
had the enemy close alongside. Once
he Passed over a anbnnarinc Off New-
haven. Every pilot, too, has seen
many sad and impressive sights, when
ships, large and small, had received
their death -blow from ranine or tor-
pedo. It is useful here to quote from
the report:
Saved Many Vessels.
"Often tine shock transmitted
through the water was so strongly felt
on board other ships that people
rushed on deck imagining their own
vessel had been struck. Two partici'.
lar cases will live in our memory: One
in which seven vessels in twenty-
eight hours were sunk, beached, or
towed disabled away from one point
and another when six were destroyed
or seriously damaged at one spot
within a few minutes. When one
knows, as we do, the different escapes
we have nearly all had, generally
through being too close alongelde the
submarine, and that we have had so
very few accidents with nearly 2,000,-
000 miles covered in the hottest of
the danger zone, surely it may be
taken as proven that our being there
has materially assisted to' keep down
the number of casualties to vessels.
"It is quite impossible," the report
continues, "to single out any men for
special mention, for it is impossible
to get like conditions for different
men. Luck enters very largely into
it. Some have done first-rate work in
getting their damaged vessels in,
others with very big mileage, and
many close shaves, have escaped al-
together, probably largely through
luck, though, on the -other hand, the
escape may be sometimes due to ef-
ficient lookout, eigeaggbig and a gift
of doing the unexpectedinsteadof the
obvious thing at danger 'points: It be-
comes a pretty problem as to whether
a man who has been torpedoed and
gets his vessel in, or one who has done
big distances and never been touched,
is most' to be congratulated. Our work
has beeni. very varied beyond general
pilotage, and has comprised all sorts
of duties, many of thein of a volun-
tary nature. It has been the rarest
event for any ship to be detained at
Gravesend for lack of a pilot, and in
the times of pressure men have gone
from ship to ship till nearly collaps- ;
ing from exhaustion. They Rept going
purely from a' strict sense of duty,
knowing the importance to the nation
of quick dispatch of shipping, when
they would sorely have liked to rest.
Work With Transports.
"Some in 'the earlier days were
largely engaged with the hospital
Ships :when first commissioned; some
at cable laying, others 'trooping.'
Twelve went to Dover and were en-
gaged with transports under the
King's harbor master in taking men
to. Ostend, .Zeebreigge and Dunkirk
with a view to strengthening the Ant-
- garrison, 'and prevented the fall -
of that city. Many have crossed again,
and' again to • Rotterdam and back at
the request of the Admiralty—in fact,
most of this work has been done by
men of this body. Some, to perfect
themselves, sought instruction about
submarines at Chatham, before the
Admiralty woke to, the fact of its .ium
portance to us. Others have drawn
attention of the authorities to various
means 'of saving ships. We have also
been able to report unauthorized sig-
naling from the shore, being acquaint-
ed with, the places where authorized
signaling was to be expected. One of
our body detected two escaped Ger-
man officers on board a Dutch vessel,
and turned back and handed them over
to the naval authorities. Ini fact, as
each has been able, every man has put
his heart into his work and done his
very best in most difficult and trying
circumstances, and with very little
sympathy or understanding."
Nearly 15,000 acres- in Canada are
devoted to wheat growing.
At the recent convention 'of the
United Farmers . of Alberta,. ' Hon.
George P. Smith, Minister:•of Educa-
tion, declared that • consolidated
schools were the only -medium' -to ex-
tend secondary- advantages to rural
districts.
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Great Soldier's . Romantic Attachment.
tie -Scottish Lady Who' Warned -
Him •Against Fatal Voyage.
Far from beingthewoman-hater•
which people supposed, him, was 'Lord
Kitchener. A romantic lave story
was woven about tire life of lithe great
soldier, who hard • aid stern as f he.
appeared to• the world, cherished an.
ardent and lasting affection for a:.
Scottish ld
d who died less than
a
year after he was' lost•on•the'Ilrnmp--
Aire. The lady was a Miss Hutch-•
neon, daughter of a gentleman of
independ'ent 'means 'who lived- near
Peterhead, Scotland,, an owner of'
gnomes pillars of whose polished
red' granite adorn the entrance of'
St: • Andrew's Church - and -other
buildings in Toronto.
Kitchener and• hie lady 'love met in
early retitle 'when she wawa bewitch.
ing Scots girl with brown eyes and
hair and an out -of --!doors complexion,
and the future fieldmarehal a stripl-
ing of seventeen, not yet entered the
army as an ensign,
Why She Refused Him.
Ifetcliener Later sought the lady's.
hand in marriage, but meantime two
of her masts bad become invalids.
:She was the_tole one whose ministra-
tions they would accept, and the last
one to shirk -her .duty, ' and she felt.
that she could not then accede to
the soldier's offers.
Hundreds of Tetters passed be-
tween' Kitchener and Miss Hutchi-
•soli daring 'their'' lifetimes;' but at thee
request of Kitchener most of; them
were destroyed. A passage from one
of the few that. were saved reveals
the reason that this• Scottish lady
refused 'to become' the bride' of her
soldier lover. It reads: "I must de-
vote myself to the duty that. has been
-laid upon"me," wrote lalie3 Hutehi-
'son, referring to her invalid aunts,
"but there is another reason why it
cannot be. I have become accuse.
tomed• to a' small life.: For you there
is a 'great future, and you must have
as your wife a woman accustomed to
a lefty station and to presiding over
great establishments, But always to
remain one of your best friends is
the dearest wish of my heart."
Fatal Russian Voyage.
During the rest of his life Kitch-
ener, called by the Germans the,
Silent Earl, Ure•luau whom the world
regarded as relying upon no human
being, went to Miss Hutchison with •
his triumphs -and also when he need-
ed counsel, consolation and sympathy..
Wherever he was he wrote her con-
stantly telling her all that was in his
heart and mind.
She had attempted to dissuade
Kitchener from going on the fatal'
voyage to Russia in May, 1915. But
Kitchener was inflexible against .her
pleadings. "You have always been
one," he said, "to be most loyal in
putting duty first. You must try not
to dissuade me••now. 'The= Czar him-
self has asked me to go tie Russia,
and go I must."
e
EDINBURGH CASTLE
Was Long the Recognized Strong-
hold of 'Bonnie Scotland."
Edinburgh is the 'heart of Scotland
and Edinburgh Castle is the heart
of Edinburgh. A truly wonderful
cluster of stone towers on a stone
foundation, it is no wonder that the
castle was so long the recognized
stronghpid of Scotland, in which
everything precious to the stateefrom'
the crown jewels to an undesirable
heir to the throne, could be hidden:
away and forgotten until wanted.
It was a fine place for a desperate
king to retire and defy anybody to
come and get him, and it was a coun-
terpart of the Tower of London, in
that anyone with the mediaeval equi-
valent of political pull could have his
or her choicest enemy absent-mind-
edly locked somewhere in the castle
--by an oversight, of course.
The one room in which the ordin-
i ary c,i'tizen visiting Edinburgh Castle
lingers longest is the crown room,
1 which contains the "`Honors of Scot-
land"—that is, the ancient 'sceptre,
sword, and the crown wornby the
famous Scottish ikings end queens
from Robert Bruce to Mary Queen of
Scots. The crown of Scotland is the
ideal crown of royalty—solid gold,
banked with precious stones of many
colors.
The "Honors of Scotland" bad an
eventful history rivalling that of
the kings who wore them. They were
held by Cromwell, when he captured
the castle and were stolen away .for
Scotland by a minister's wife, who
with her 'maid and several baskets
of lint for -spinning; came with per-
mission of the governor of the castle
to visit a friend there. When sheleft
in full sight of the governor she car-
ried the Scottish crowns concealed in
the folds of her riding habit, and the
sword and sceptre were embedded in
her load of dint. Her husband buried
them in the floor of 'his church until
Scotland could claim them openly`,
and then, when they were finally dug
up, they were loeleed in a chest and
never seen again for 110 years. -
Dominoes is said to, be the national
game of the Esquimaux,
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