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BY R013ERT J. C. STE
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(Coeyright The 31u.ssort Book Co.)*
• Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
Dr- F:'.ardYt femme specialist, an
his daeghter aene, meet vvith au ace
dent while on a ractoring trip 111 th
foothills of Alberta and find a refug
tbe cable of the Elden ranch wider
dwell David and his dissolute fathe
The girl and boy promise to niee
again in the future. After his father'
drariken death David goes to seek
lortune in town and loses all 111S
mrmax.r rultd toNe lee addends a
evening, with Conward, his poolroo
acquaintance, and two actresses an
takes liquor for the filet tints.. Next
morning he awakes from a &mike
sleep resolved to amend. He is at
traded by the singing of a ehoir gir
in a church; then he attended a So-,
calist meeting. When delivering cm
at the home of Mr. Duncan he is offer
ed everting tuition in return for oc
easional services as a 0o -examen. Th
first -,evening he discovers the chee.
girl in Edith Duncan. Under his tutor
careful direction Dave's education
thrives apace. He becomes a reporter
toe :Oh e Calle One 'Sunday he told
Edith the story of bes life and Ids
ecnnizaot with Irene.
CHAPTER X.
Wha.tever the effect of this conver-
sation had been 11p7072 Edith elle eau-
ce,aleti it =really, and Dave -remelted
it one ,of the featunate eveats of hi's
Efe. rt had sealed to him e new
felendehip, a confidence to support
him in days a stress- He had been
worldng under th
he spar of is pas -
semi for Irene, but now ilaS. / VMS to
be supplemented by the friendebip of
Edith. That it was more than friena-
sbip an her part did not wear to him
at ea bo.t he knew she was interested
in lam, and he was daubly determin-
ed thet he would justify her interest
and eallfideTtaeL He threw himself
into the eolumns a The Gall with
greater vigour than ever.
But just at this? time ariether beide
ent occurred which was to turn the
flood of his life into strange ebannels.
nalie had been proinoted to the ells-
tieetiori of a private office a little
six -by -six Nitax stall," as the sports
editor deer:abed, it—but none the lees
aletineleon shared onl,y vie, the
managing editor and Bert Morrison,
ec,mpuer af the 'woman.% page. Her
name was Roberta., ibut ehe was Inas-
culme to the tips, and everybody =Il-
ea her Bet. The remainde,r of the
staff =Ivth
ied a big, dingy room, wi
walla pasted with specimen headings,
cornie eartearie, an& racy pictures, and
floor careeted deeply with exchanges.
Dave, however, had .martblislied some
sort of eeder M. hia den, and hued iri-
stalled at his own cest e. spring lock to
prevent depredations upon his paste
pot or sudden maids upon his. select
file of time copy.
Into this ftactuaay one afternoon
in October came Coward. It was
each an tete-moon ta set evely of-
fice -worker at war with the gods; the
glories of the faatibill October are
known only in the foothill country,
and Dave'married though he was to
his work,feltt the cell of the sunshine
and the evert iepaeee. This was a time
tor fallen leaves and brown grass and
eseethes of color everywhere natures
atitunin colors, aright, glorious& un -
<subdued. Only Dave laieW haw hia
bleod leaped to that euggeotion. Buti
the. woe% -must go on.
Conward's hebituial cigarette hung!
from its aemstomed ,short tooth, end!
his round, florid face seemed puffer '
than '451101. HIS aversion to any ex -
more vigareue than that offer-
ed by a billiard eue was beginning to
• refleet itself in a prematuee rot/
d ity of figure.. But his soft, insidious
FANS, HERE'S A SiMPLE SET.
This is the best etoo'k-up for estag a varionater with a crystal detector.
ere are mils four parte: Vax-iometer, detecthe, phone .condensor and bead,-
set,Tees simple outfit should Twelve .coacerts epleneidly within a Teems of
thirty ,ratiest from Toronto. Yoe further distane a blab fief, must be used,
tion doesn't eeme very fast on this hie salary, or, rather, 'with the lack
`"` job, theta i
sure." of protepeet of any ancrease n his
.
"Yeas and while you are t.hinkine it seJazy. C.onlvard's wear% had been
very unsettling. Play pulled in op-
posite directions. They fire:learn with
a new enthusiasm far his city, and
they entimeted that a gang ofsprafes-
sional lantagainblers 'was soon to
petrate an enormous theft, leaving
public holding the sack, Stills the
must be„,a, middle coulee tsoinewher
He walked to his little -window a
moticea a.cress the warm prame.
buildings cut hie view Teem the brown
voice had not los,t the Itote of friend -
e ly confidenee which had attraeted
e Dave, perhaps, ,againet hiebetter judg-
e ment, on the night of their first meet -
L. nee.
t Ise, Dave," he said. "Aaone?"
e "Almon," said Dave, without look -
is deg up from his typewriter Th-
urniag, hed e kickthe door shut Nei
n ele %eel a_-_nd "shoot'
n1 "This strenuous life 15 spa mg yo
u goad manners,. Dave, ray boy," said
Ceire-ael, eelealing a thin elo
n• of ,smok-e. "If work made a man el
7 you'd. die a...millionaire. But it Ise
work that makes men rich Ever think
of that?"
1 "If a man floes not become rich b
"WCrAC he has no right to become ri
- nt a11," Dave retorted.
6 "What do you mean by that 'wor
tr- ate ? Define it -
"Haven't time. We go to press a
four."
"That's the trouble with fellows
like you," Conward -continued. "Yo
haven't time. You stick too elose
your eche You never see the bette
shames lying all eeetueele Now sup
pose you let them go to press with
out you to -day, and you listen ta m
for a while."
Dave was about to throw him on
when a gust of yearning for the cope
spaces swept over him again. It we
true enough: He was giving his abed
life to his paper. Promotion was slow
and there was no prospect of a Teal
big position at any time. He remera
bend Ma Duncaras remark ahou
newspaper training being the he
prepazation for something else. With
a sudden decision he elosed his desk
"Shoot," he said again, but One. tina
with less impatience
"That's better," sold Con -ward.
'Have you ever thought of the future
of this town?"
een't say that I have. I've
been busy with ita present"
That's what I supposed. Yoatve
been too busy with the cletai of your
little job to give attention to bigger
things. Now, let me pass you a few
pieces of information—things you
must know, but you have never put
togetherthern before. Terlie.t are the
natural elements. which make a coun-
try or eity a desirabtle place eo live?
PII tell you. Clima.te, transportation,
good water, -variety of landecape, op-
portunity of independence. Given
these conditions, evetething else ean
be added. Now, our climate—of
course it is mis," understood -in the South
'and East, hut misunderstanding
doesn't ruffle it. You and I know
what it is. This is. a white -mares cli-
mate. Follove our latitude into, Eur-
ope if you went to find the seats of
power and success. London and Ber-
lin are nee& .o -f as; Paris very little
south."
"Where did you get this stuff?"
Dave interjected_ 'Salm& lOce. the
prelude of an address befoxe a boom -
eters' club."
"I've been thinking, while yotitve
been too busy tto think," COnward
ee-
torte& "Then -there's transportation.
Ihis it one of the few centres in
America which has a north and south
trade equal to its east. and west trade.
Were on the <zess--reads. Every set-
tler who goes, foto the North—and . itt
is a mighty Nortle—eneatis more north!
and south trade. The development of
the Pacific Ootast, the industrialize.th
ton. of Lae, e opening of the Pana-
ma Carat—these 'mean, east and weeti
eountry must tome to this city, be -
trade. Every railway that taps this
cause we have the start, and are too
big to be :ignored,"
" 'City' is good," said, Dave.
'Ail right. Store as meth as you
like. Have yam' joke before it turns
on yeti. There'll be a quarter ef
million people here ;before yon're dead,
if you play fair with the life -insur-
ance peepie."
ear, wee
"Then, there're th.e soll---the richest
toil in the world. just thy enough to
eep it feoen leaching. Nataral poen
ibilitiee for irrigation seherevert
eeelrearyse."
'I'M nob sere abeat it as a garie
ourttry," inteseupted, Dave, with a
earth of antegonisin.
etTaat beeente you 'Were leratifebt
p on a renal, and are a randier et
eart," Cone:yard ehot back, "No
Tenches' is ever mere of any teountry
being a grain eountry. All he le mire
ot as that if the fernier comes it is
goodebye to the opee range. Just as
the fur -trader bleteleguarded the cli-
mate to keel') the stookMan Met, so is
the atocktean blaedegearding the cli-
mate to keep. the farrner out. But
they're toininge They egret etop-
eed, 1t�001y a ease of orlueatiori
of advertising,
"I tell you, Deve, the movement Is
01 now, and before long it'll hit Ve
;Ise a tidal 'Wee, I'Ve beell a bib of it
ambler all My life, kit Mit; is the
iirgetrit jriekepot ever was, and
sang toalt in. HOW about eoell"
"I'd like' te think ft ever. Prete
Um.
Mitneet fiLt. 0AI-tut LI'
over ehes are slipping by. Don't
think it over—put it over. I tell you,
Dave, there are big things in the air.
They are beginning to move already.
Have you noticed the strangers in
tawn of late? • Theta the -advance
guaede--"
As "Advance gustecl of a real estate
3)0Qna?"
'TS1 That's a tad-woed. Get away
trona it. Say 'industrial develop -
„e remit:”
"Ali right—industrial deveaopmerra
tt And do we ha -ye to have at advanee,
guard of stra.nigers to bring about in- as he now recalled, a new pulse had
clustriaadevelopment ?" been throbbing its arteries of late. The
„. "Sure. That's the only way. You proportion of strangers ---men in white
j, never heard of the old-timers in a collars and street shoes—at the hotele
`-"- town boominr„ it—the term goers be- was steadily growing. Rents were go-
.
tiVeen Uf: did you? Never. The old mg up. t wee the first low wave—
eaeasetere re elxzwErs i3-tdrn tee reeeareeada eels same eetta434. 141
t town, na matter low dead the town ae any rate, he emee use ceneeardea
may be. And this busineste is a story about -the landi sale. That was
scieece. The right gang can spring it news ---legitimate news. Of coirree, it
e anywhere, and almost any time- might be a faked sale aaked for ite
to "Let me elabmate. We'll say Alkali news value Teat reporters are not
✓ Lake is a railway etation where lots paidfor being detectives. The rale
go begging at a 'hunch -ea dollars eaelewas to publish the news while it was
_ 1 In drops a well-dressed,eta-anger.-- hot. Nothing is so perishable es news.
e buys tea lots at a. hundred and fifty It must be used at once or discarded
each—aed the old-timers are chuck- eltogetittee The Evening Call car -
ling over eticking him. But in drops lied a etatement af Conward's sale,
n another stranger and buysblocic of and on that statement was. hung a
e lots at two huntited eaela. Then the column story on he growing praesper-
e oIcl-timers begin ba wonder if they Thy of the elty, and its assured future
:didn't sell too soon. By the time the owing to its exceptional elimate and
fourth or fifth stranger has dropped natural eeeaurces, combined with, its
_ they are dead sure of it, and they corrunanding position on trans -porta -
are trying to buy their lets back. All thin routes, both east and west and
t sorts of rumors get started, nobody north andescerth. With the industrial -
knows how. New railways are come ization ef Asia and the settlement a
• mg, big fectoeles are to be started, the great North—and how great is
minena,le have been located; there& a that North—etc., etc. ,
secret war on between great moneyed During the following days Dave had
interests., The town council meets. a keener eye than usual far evidences
e'er -
the
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When in Toronto LOOK for the RED radio sign at 140 Victoria St., just North
of Queen-Atitornatio Telephones & Time Recorders Ltd. Main 3014.
re Chasing the Chicken Dinner Around
e. the World.
ad The ulariit al ick din
NO ner is not confined, to Caneda but ap-
the meat cooks tender lift it, remov
I
the Mg lbonte.s and cut the meat in
' pieces. Steen the broth and add to
e 'cupful of seeded raisres, a (eirep
butter Land the chicken. °over and
cool< gently -until the rice has taken
up all the broth, 'watching that it does
not burn, then, serVe on a hot dish,
with a few blanehed almonds and a
lip!: ease water sprinkled over the
French. Chicken—Clean and split a
email roasting chicken and brown it in.
butteete thee put it into a s.aucepan
with a pint of vt,hite wine, a half butt
of garlic, a teaspoonful of sweet herbs,
three ttlovds, salt 'and pepper.) Simmer
one hoar, then lift the chicken and
thicken the gravy with brown roux.
Pour some of the gravy onto a bak-
ing plait -tee and .sprinkle the enlace
with grated gruyere cheese, lay over
tihe chicken, cover 'with the resit of the
gravy, then sprinkle generously with
more cheese. Put the dish into a
mediurn (oven and brown nicely. '
Spanish Chicken—Singe, dean and
joint a young, tender cfnicken, 'barely
cover it wait water, and. wok retail
tender. Remove the meat to, a butter-
ed casserole and cover with an. eniim,
sweet pepper and a small bud of .garlic
chopped fine, four thinly sliced tome-
toce, a quarter Cupful .of Olive ail, a
tableseyoonful of taragon vinegar, a
teaspoonful of tstalt, a half-beaspoone
fill of powtheree sweet herbs and a
Httle pepper. 'Clover and cook in the
o.v.Ienricifiaor oh-foeit.cykert_minuptieeps.we a Tisarnp
young chicken and' boil until tender.
Lift thie chicken and remove the large
ihniviankees aandsfeact oiliftoa sisiervikedngotiploinec,etsa.
piece of ginger zast and a half clove
of garlic sall:wed ftne then fried in
three tablespoorafuls e'rE oil; when soft
ut not brown add a tablespoonful
each le emey powder and flout and
week in elowly a pint of rich milk.
"Wlhert blended add the cream of a
fresh eeteeoanut and turn into a double
.oilen. Add hhe chicken and let re-
heat, but do not boll. Serve with ries
earned, ,dry and, relishes of grated
ocoanut, chutney, mimed peppers,
iced and broiled bacon, serips of
lied fish, pickled, shrimp, rolled anal-
-cries and preserved ginger. _
.1Iunga.riaii Chicicen—alice an onion
-to a ernall quantity, of melted fat
to.
it
etf
hillside& where the la.zy mists of au-
tumn beekoned to be out and free. It
wee'a sleepy cow -town still, and. yet,
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RflIEUMATIC
SUPPER 6
Tatatithonlal:
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Dear Saes—After ewifterirte trete
Selattee tor over 16 !tearer
nereadture reenea see earedielesee
I1ethee .eleatio keel whelk ft
diid me to, .010°11, '14'46 I/Y
alba 'One, lattlble of ',olio mint
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ttle/en
Wm. ,
cisxat fAte Eves ,11tieteetq
,
()A0..;:biottIO • nollarl,
Bizlottke for Viiire Dolhirs.
direetlo Citiattioriete,
1111tatil 31,1 ltuirtho gootpang
't Areeitade aliet "reran
deteretet
4
and changes the name to Silver City!
having regard, no doubt, to the alkali
in the aleugh water. The elcatimeets
and all that great, innocent public
which is for ever hoping- to get some -
ening for nothing, are now glad to
buy the iota at five hundred to. ten
thousand doltere each, and by the time
they've bought it up the gang move
on. It's the smoothest game in the
of "industrial d'evelopment." He found
them on every hand, Old properties,
long eansidered unsaleable, were
ehanging ewnerst. Handeomely furn-
ished offices had. been opened on
exincipal earners for the sale of city
aria country property. Hotels were
crowded, bar-roome weste jamnied.
The preponderance of the male pop-
ulation had raver been so pronounced,
world, and every- tonununity will fall and every incoming train added to it.
for it at least tvviee. . . . Well, they're Money move easily; wages were stif-
here, fening; tradesmen ' were in degnand.
"Of course it's a little deferent in There was material for many goad
. . .
this case ly:catese there really is stories in his inveseigatione. He be-
t
something in the way of nabural ad- gan writing features on the city's
vantages to =wort it. It's not all prosperity and prospects. The rival
hot air. That'll make the event just pager did the same, and there was
so nlueb bigger. scan, started between thern a eompeti-
"Now, Dave, I've been dipping in a -Lion of optimism. The great word be-
little already, and it Ara& me we came • "boast." It stood, apparently,
might work together on 'Wee deal. for any action or .attitude -that would
Your paper has eonsiderable weight, increase prices.. The virus was now in
and if that weight falls the right way the veins of the conimunity, pulsing
you won't find me stingy. For in- through every street and by -way of
stance, an item that this, property"— the little city. Dave marvelled and
he produced a slip with some legal wondered how he had failed to read
deeeriptione—"has been sold for ten tli.ese signs until °onward had laid,
thousand dollars. to eastern investors their poebent bare before him. But
—very. tonservative investors from as yet it was only his news sense that
the East,' don't forget that—might responded, his elelight in the strange
help to turn another deal that's jest and the serestational. He was net yet
hanging. Sorry to keep you so bong` inoeulatetl with the poison of easy
but perhaps you can eatca the press wealth,
yet.' And, with one of his friendly (To be continued.)
manneeisms, Cortward departed.
Dave sat for some minute& in ° a •
cloomdary. Re was discouraged with tetnerd'a LInirneit for plum*. °be
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pears to be world-wide in its appeal.
Thetexcellence of the dinner, accord-
ing to the best culinary standeada
mete
an two points., namely, the qual-
ity of the bird and the flavorful meth-
od of its cookery.
Every country has a choice bird
to use on state oecasions, but it is
the avexage ehtaken, wihose tookery
eseiablieliesrithe cooks' and the coun-
tries' reputation for Chicken dinners.
Like the traveler's check, the c.leieken
dinner rakes the whole world kin,
and many a bad case of home slick -
nests has been swallowed during les
eonsumption in lateen surroundeinge
No doubt Canadian houlekeepier
both east and -west think their .style
of cooking chieken the best in the
world.' May lie they are one and all
right, but the w-riter refuses, to be
thicken pecked 'into an argument, so
she will make -breaks reght out hito
foreign territory and offer tthe house-
keeper a few recipes that must stand
upon their own merit, for the cooks
who origanatedl them ars too far taway
to erovr for their own eights, a su-
premacy. The soup and "trimrnies"
that go with them .,,,cleperte'upon the
conv•enience and custom of each ceun-
try wherein the dieners are served.
• Japanese- Chicken—Select a young,
tender chicken and eat it into con-
venient pieces,. Place the chicken in,
a deep pot with a sliced ica.rrot, pars-
nip ane eotato. Just, cover (the meat
with boiling water, ta which add three
tablespoonfuls ,of inirren and a quar-
ter cupful ,orf Shoya 'stance. 'Cover and
cook gently until the chicken is ten,
der, ,skinnuting occasionally. Life the
thicken onto a hot dab. and sueraun.d
it with boiled rice, thiolcen a little of
the gravy and. paler over the chicken.
Chinese Chicken—Bone a Young,
tender caitacen and cut the meat in
eonvenient pieces. Dios the flesh of a
small, fresh pineapple or that of a can.
etlieed :retitle. Pare a piece of green
ginger root, pound it and. soak it in a
tailelestplaanful of rice wine for ten,
minutes, then 'squeeze it over. the
eleitken.. Heat two tablestpoenfuls of
isesame oil in a frying pan and put in
ib
et
en, a d c,upeul ef m
water end. cook until the ehlicken is a
tender. Thicken the gravy with a a
dessertepoonftd each of tcornettarch and. pi
sager dieselvea in a little- of the pine- p
apple, cover and heat through. Serve a
with boiled rice. Muertroome may be h
eatited and added, with a few blanched. till
and eplit aheozvels, if deiied fu
Mexican Chicken—Bail a young bo
chiciten in , I y "urea tender, es
then eat it into feuresterving pieces, di
Mea.ntirne put a tablespoonful'. of toil se
or lard in a frying pan endi fry the ri
pulp et six Chile peppers, w,ittli the
eruinbs of half a stele loaf of bread.,
When done pound enfeeth. Blanch
and roast in the eyed') a half cupful
each (rf eteeet 4aihnond0 and peeled
Melon evade ithen elle* fine. Strain a
pint a the thicken broth and. stir
these ingredients to thicken it, then
tele 'et over the th.ickee. Add salt
to theta Serve tortilles With the
chicken.
nd co•oik to a golden brown, then add
teaspoonful ,of paprika and then
nt of stock. Cook ten Minutes, then
at in the chicken, cut into quarters.,
dd salt and Pepper and cook a hale
our uritil.the 'chicken is tender. lift
e chieken Onto a hot dish, add a eup-
1 -of sour cream to (the gravy and
il up, then pour ‘over the meat and
rve rice as a bonder around the
sh. •Sometietes quick dumplings are
rved with this•clish, in which case the
ee is omitted.
Peretian Chicketaa'Prues, end, bail a
tender chicken in, two quarts of water, I
adding e ehopped onion, a bey lleat,
sac whole peppercorns, a levet table -1
epooefult of eget, a'stick of einriamonand l"
la bandit of eveeete herbs. Wheril ""'""'"'—":"--essemeteeeeseasseeteetseaTesereeepegeeeeee—e ‘VCT
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niday, Septerte
THE CRAD� J OF THE
BRITISH EMPIRE
PLYMOUTH'S ROMANTIC
CLAIMS TO REN WN.
Nursery of World -Conquerors
Her Name and Fame Have
Spread to All Lands.
PlYinonta hes a history willeh few
other towns. in Britain can rivel and
none cell eclipse.
To -raw -elle may occupy no high piece
le eile list of Britain's rich and popu-
lous towne; but eho can point to a
time in Tudor days. when she was the
acanowledged (seem of them all—the
erectile of the British Empire,
Her etoey had its. origin, in the mists,
of the distant pant, when the giant
Goemet and Corincue fought each
other to the death. As proof that the
story is no fable, they can (or could.
at one time) show the giant's jaw -bone
as it -wee brouglat to the light of day
whoa the foundations of her citadel on,
the Hoe were prepared.
But Plymouth has no need to quote.
legende to prove bar length. of yeare.
When the first of Mile Conqueror's fol.
lowers, set foot in bier streets. ehe was
a flourishing little town. And ;WWI
the coming of the fourteenth. centare
ebe entered on, an adventurous erti.
-Meth focused the world's eyes. upon
her.
,Armies Come and Go.
In 1346 sae saw the Black Prince
and his array embark upon that his..
toric campaign which was crowned by
the victories of CretY and Thoictie-rEL-
The gallant Prince returned 'erowned
with laurels, bringing back as prizon-
ens. the ICing of France an.d, his son.
And it was at Plymouth, years later,.
that the Black Prince returned from
his campaign. in Spain, a dying mane.
scarcely able to complete his journey
to Lonaten. -
Plymouth experienced something of
the horroee of war in those long gone
days, when the French rtwoopea down
on her twice, and left her streets filled
with the slain, under a canopy ot
Smoke from her burning bullthogis
But it 'MRS in the sixteenth eenturY
that her golden era really opened.
These were the days when Brita.in's
bold spirits began to roam the seas in,
search of new lands,.
Sir John Hawkias was cradled
Plymouth His forefathers for genera-
tions were Plymouth Mea; and it was;
fitting that this 'Terror of the Seas,'"
who played such a great part ta
smazhing Spa.ina Armada, should hail
1110/11 this nursery of world-conquerore-
Raleigh, another man of Devon, sail-
ed from Plyrnouth on his many voy-
ages, in which' he played such havoc -
with Spanish. treasureehips; and plant-
ed the l3r1tish flag in Virginia. Front
Plymouth Sir Martin Frobisher set
forth on his thrilling adventures; and
Sir Humphrey' Gilbert to the discovery
af Newfounicila,nd. To Plymouth Sir
Francis Drake returned from his voy-
age round the world, bringing rich
booty from captured Spanish galleons.
Founding a New VVorld,
It was on I'lynaouth Hoe, eight years
later, that Drake was playing that his-
thile game. of bowls when the test
gee:tepee was caught of .• the far -spread
crescent of the Arnaada.
As the pageant of Plymouth passes
before us we se,e the tittle Mayflower
setting sail from her harbor to people
a new world across the Atlantic. We
see her fighting bravely on three oc-
casions to keep the besieging Royalist
troops out of her streets; ane,:we see
the lonely, pathetic figure efetrapeleoe
I. sts.ading on'the deck .of the: Beller-
ophon, gazing at the dense 'Mass of
boats packed With 'Sightseers who
were ,curious to look upon the fallen,
despot. ot. Europe.
' To -day Plymouth is a -tiouriehting
part, to and from which the world's
ships carry their freights. Her name
and fame have spread to all lands,
The Soldier.
What dreaming drone Was ever blest
By thinking of the Morrow?
Today be mitte--I leave the -rest
To,all the fools of eerrew;
Give me the heart, that weeks at care,
The heart, its own defender; -
The spirits that are light as air,
And never heat surrender
On eomes the foe—to ante—to arms--
. We ineeteatis death or glory;
'Pis vietory M all her charms,
or fame in Britain'e etoeYi
Deal native land! thy fortunes frown,
And ruffians would enelave thee;
...Thou lend of honor nalci renown• ,
ho would not die to awe thee?
SlnYth'
When, the school inspector walked
, the eines, pulled itself together mad
determined not to make any inlet:eke&
this time, ,
All went well until the lespectot
pecked on Jimmie,
"Now, my WI,' he said, "wletee tee
, plural of mouee?"
"Miere,," said Jeienala
"Welt," said the inepector. "And
eow, what 1st the plueal of beby?"
T w " d Jimmie -elm] that
dilfl OutlCof eho 1,217,687,000 aassengere
qtri (ti so railways brat yeteer
only eig*kteen Were killed LO tecideele
o th lea
•es ea.. •