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Comparatively 1.111,k1IOWD. Side of. the
Life of Dr., Grenfell.
All the world lcnewst Grenfell aus
the fist exmena,s doQtor and p.reece
or; but few know Levet ,there is also
another side to Lis varied life in
'the wild placers o the greats white
north. tlr. Hois the Chief Mans-
erwbe of the Labrador: It ins . side
sof. Ills work, however wlii;eh does
not appes,1 much tee him„ Yet, he'
neyer eh rks what his duty de-
mands, . But it is e pretty ' well-
known feet that the d,oetor does,'
not care ranee. about his +task of
inteaprsting the law or "jurieast-
leg," as the Newfoundlanders from
gine Tickles call it. Usually he
einaply collects the facts and the
'• iwdence, bin>clin ;,,over • the 't ivo par-
eieis -to beep the peaceLunttil the
t
ease is settlred by the. Minister of
Justice of = t clerk/midland.
"Medioainne and surgery are my
partioular busan.ess—if any one
pants cutting up, I'll do ib. I'm
'very fond of that." And as ,he tag
ou that tbhe dootor'a lean, tanned
face wrinkles into ,a Emile like, the
wearthered old sea, dog 'he is fast
becoming,
To be exaa,ot, Doctor Grenfell's
law jumbles are°•bhe jest of the Lab-
rador, for as an old ood-fisherman.
pttt it
"Doctor Greanfellll-ie de finest man
e know, and hehas done a most
,wonderful lot o' go: for de fisher
amen of de, .Labraador bust he don't
know much• about de laws."
.Zr. Wilfrid Grenfell.
The cages he. is called' upon to
judge .,are not serious affairs.
Clime, tie a, rule, is ailnest • un-
known among the fishermen .and
tr•adeos of the Labrador,' Anil when
it does•break out there is the great
lonely silent places to' hide it in till
the.cea•ek ,of doom. •Thus generally
the worse eases that eome into Dr,
Grenfell's • movable •court• are
squabbles between fishermen.
Laughable 31ix 1'p.
When the doctor'.q.yacht, the
"Strathcona," putts into 'aaeLabra-
dor haven, on en •errand of mei/te-
te the sick, if a fisherman ,of the
cove has had trouble wit•li a neigh-
bor, he seizes the opportunity to
come to the judgment seat. For
example, he lodges a complaint
that his neighbor has a' trap net
within sixty fathoms of his own.
But the law forbids traps: being set
closer than eighty fathoms. He
further adds to this charge the
stattemen•t drat thus all the fish of
the North Atlantic than; 'sho•uld go'
into his net are intercepted by his
sit a1's, ,
Now, in almosteall of these "lam -
jumbles" Grenfell takes into his
counsel the whole of his, ship's
crew, from the skipper down to the
hands,- in consequence many laugh-
able mix-ups result. First of all a
constable is required .to servo the
summons on the :offender. George
Geese, the "Stratheena's" burly
engineer, since he is the largest
man on board, and thus less liable
to personal injury, is generally re=
quiisitioned. After having been
formally sworn in es constable and
after„'banking his fires, he is put
itshoie tom serre the •sura cone on'the
reoaleitrant fisherman. Big with
his -mission end the befateing dig
laity of a constable ho trudges off
to elem shack of the defendantp
wholly mnexpeetant of, .o dread
minion' of the :taw an. 'the Penmen. of
an old personal friend.
ire knolw. }y r .1eries in indig-
nation anti pity. "Ye be no tnagis-
'trate !" "I don't say I be, I be
only a:servile a, ;sunnons," ex -
epliers the +newly -inside`` jsolieenr,an..
`Wbaa,t is, dab'?" asks the other sus
fielensly, "Hee he to do • wit' de
aw 7
"De doctor will explain it all to
you efheit you conte aboaToi,; I be
may tla:.IpaJioeni n� -�,,.
"Get out o' here!"° mare the
fish:oxman. "Yet be no policemee !
I knows ye, George Guise,.• -•ye
fished .out of Bernavievbe Bay. Ye be
no•neore ar, polieeman don beer Get
out 'fore I foul your headgear for.
ye 1"
Goes Back c to the Ship.
With thisunexpected incredulity
before him the server of summonses
deems it wiser to return to the ship
without a a,ttenxarpt:h . to serve, But
the next day ehei doctor sends him
back reintoreed by ewe of, the
hands. They find the defendant
down on the shore, setting his nets.
As before he elbows fight and 'very
little respect for the law in ,the per-
son of ,the regineer. Finally, how-
ever, the etrong opposition, more
than explanations " and arguments,
prevails,
"Dia summons don's; mean noth-
in'," they ,explain, t"Zhou better
come -aboard an' .see the doctor,
and maybe ,thou'il beat out to wind-
'ard after a11,"
Still auspiciously, however, the
fisherman take§ has ows and, fol-
lows them.. When the magistrate
has taken the mates evidence, the
latter, amly too glad 'bo escape,
scrambles over thhe aide into his
boat, and row away as bard as he
can through the lop. When sud-
denly the dootitor runs up the ladder
on deck and' yells: "Hey! come
back. I. forgot to swear you."
"Hold on, there!" wings out the
skipper and crew.
Wondering what is the matter,
the escaping fisherman halts irre-
solute. Then, finally, curiosity
makess, him turn. Rowing alongside
he olin:gs +to the rail, fending his
skiff off with his foot so that the
waves may not crush. "I forgot to
swear you," explains the doctor,
with a smile. "What!" shoats the
bewildered fisherman, dropping on
to the thwarts and pushing his craft
clear of the chip's side, The pro-
cedure was getting to be too much
for him. These people were either
crazy or trying to make afool of
him. He heads his boat for the
shore. The wind begins to pipe
and makes conversation .difficult.
The elector puts up his hands to his
mouth trumpet -fashion : • t I ou must
say, `So help me God,' " he hollers.
"So help szie .God," sings back
the other', and bends strenuously on
his ears to get eleas ,of seeh a pack
of fools. '
• Turns to His Crew.
On hi"s 'side, the doctor, undecided
of the legality of the sweering,
burns to his Brew for comfort. "1
guess that was all right," he says,
uncertainly. "I guess 1 could ;swear.
-hin•if he were. en the beach and I
out here l" "O1, • ye:s, sir:" agree
all hands. "It sounds as though it
be .011 right."
So further work is postponed en
the ease untie ta-nbi•row: Judg-
ment has to be rendered if you are
a magistrate.
'Wow to decide who's in the
wrong,'.' says the doctor. "We
might measure he," suggests a
oris," promptly answere the ereiw',
"All right, go :ahead as bekee,"
An, Iter e ort .crus 411W ithey strip•
again on the nd
word of eeeefeke.
"How far is that £roans where :we
stopped Jaus tine l" asks t1))0'40-
tor,
he' r,ts-
tor, ";From: there, I teem enet
whe'z e. that wave broke—time s
aeetet where your rowed £+;craw" l
points ba ole to a epee on the water,
distinguishable only to .hx-ez.self,
"Dart's about thirsty ewe: ori s, I,
judge, sir," replies Jimmie, • "It's
only ten," apeaks up his, tone,
"Ye-eee' says el—rankle, slowly; ."I
'was going , to ,say twenty myself
IRDS TAUCJU'.f.' Te SING,
Numerous leistta,nces of Birds Lae.
teeing Other Birds.
Many • scie,utists have ;studied the
manner in whiela birds ' may be
taught to imitate the cones, of other.
birds. It issaid by sone thee bird's'
exon
s are ,
i 1
ar'3'el
f
i
not Y> entirely,
e'matter ,oaf imitation, ,though other
dentists do. not .,accept this°':sug-
gestion as even .probable. Edward
('enra•di, Ph.D., has extensively in -
c estigated not only the songs of
Jeig.Iish sparrows, but ,of several
the same as before." `"Ttt e niy ether bards; and in an interesting
fathoms, eir—yes, sire --just twen-
ty" His assistants, perfeerbly
agreed, speak as on1e men. The dis-
tance thus settled, on . they go
again. The next ': length brings
them to the defendant's not.
"Another twenty fathoms, boys.
What do you think V' • "Twenty
pernphlet tells us the teeults of his
own investigations and those of
other ornithologists,,
C. A. Witchell minds that "imita-
tion is • very prominent in bird
songs. 33irds in their wild state not
only imitate other birds,, but also
insects, quadrupeds and sounds
Fathoms, sir,,, answer the consult I'r'oduced by the elements." A few
ing council. "Twenty, ..if lie's a,. of his illustrations will make his
point clear : the voices of the owls
si•*aulate the moaning of the wind in
hollow trees, such as ,these birds
frequent; the swee •ree of the com-
mon swift is similar to the swish of
Tris wings as he eltins through the
fagot."
"That's, sixty, then. 'Teenier's
trap is too near."
So judgment is delivered, Lehra-
dor has more than ,once been called
a land of compromise. And in ac.trhe• voices zifallards
condo/ice with the spirit of ,the land au' , peli-
the judgments of Grenfell move and
satisfy the few litigious spirits :of
her cod fisheries. --Bernard Httddi-
man, in Toronto Star Weekly.
cans, flamingos and herons resem-
ble the croaking of frogs and toads.
In British Columbia he heard a.
wren irritating perfectly the trick-
ling of water. Moreover, many of
the warbling birds build their nests
CONQUERING OF THE DRAGON not fair from :the water, probably on
— account of the inseot supply, and
How Will's Wife Captured His axe -thus often within hearing of the
Aunt Sarah. intricate music of babbling brooks.
Across the ,sunny vista of Edith ',Ile thinks that such birds as the
B Across sax months of married -robin, wren, hedgespertow, blaek-
life there had been only a sifigle i w tones and iiird and ntervals which sing
mal
shadow, the ,always possible and 'pitch
often imminent, although as yet un= rather than imitations of other
realized, appearance of sounds' may have acquired this mu -
Aunt Sarah. Will hiniself could sic partly through the influence of
rip -
find little solace for ditli's fears, piing
murmurs and gurgles of since all. through his boyhood Aunt 'note atreams. The common call
Sarah's visits had been honors,. note ' of the brown wren resembles
dearly .paid for, and he had many the chirp of the- cricket—this bird
memories" of the trepidation, awn.is generally .found along hedge-
iety, and even tears that precededt
rows where crickets abound, and
herartttrarresiv• als and followed her. .de-. �y .end by night.Thes dimes the cricket�s song r
crp by
pof the
"You can't explain it," he said. grasshopper -warbler is exactly like
caalhstent senof th
t social positions ehet be cry as no eope-
n 'fjeldthe
perscricket. The cry ofethereen os-
trich resembles! the roar of the lion,
and. the shrill note of the redheaded
,woodpecker th,at of v..:species of tree
gtil orad hadn't got -0ver the-:hsabzt -• `frogs: winch'' ° frequents the •same
Edith finally .declared`,'�'tr eerc In lee latter case, the re-
"'Well,"witl ,spirit, • "I'an hot going to nor
ry any more over Great -Aunt Sar-
ah. When .she comes, PH give her
the best I have, brim; I'm not going
to treat her 'differently from other
people, a.nd Pan not going to let her
spoil the whole year."
In spite 'of her brave determiege
tion, however, Edith would have
been reluctant to confess, how often sus instances of •birds imitating
she 'had .dressed carefully for her ;ether bards.
possible guest, or how many loaves
of cake she had baked for Aunt
Sarah. Then one morning, teheii `AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE.
her younger sister had come over
to help her put up jelly, the blow rslAndColony is Spending Twine as
fell. Ruch as Canada.
"It's a terrible old lady!" Miuly* ' Australia's defence estimates, for
whispered, excitedly, after she had militart- purposes, of October, 1913
defers to her. You night ' .fancy
that in some previous stage of ex-;
istence she had been a Grand Mea.
semblance is so great ,that the, cries
can hardly be -distinguished. The
squirrel ,and the snake reproduce in
their alarm 'cries .the soundmade
by ,these animas during rapid re-
treat—the stluirrel the ;swish of a
'] ng twig, and the snake the rust-
ling of dry grass as she glides
through it. He ;ivies very n umer-
praetrca•1 mariner_ "That's a good answered the bell, "She coming amounted to $16,250,000, 'showing
idea, Jimmie," says the doctor. right out here ; she •insisted, and '1 an increase of $ 7,000,000 aver those
''We'll- measure the 'distance right- 4°1'14'1174° athing with her." of .lie previous financial year, 1912-
now while it's calm." Edith earned white ; then, 'apron, I913. ,The year 1912-13 was remark -
So, after looking up the law, Dr. grape -stained hands, and all, she able as being the first in which the
Grenfell is rowed away in the dory advanced to meet bet guest year's quota of men performed their
You are Will's Aunt Sarah, I personal service in the militia., un -
by Jimmie and another of the' know," she said. 't1 am Edith, ,and der the clause of The Common -
hands several miles down the Boast, this is my ,sister Milly. If you won't wealth Defence Act, reletin to
r,
where the disputed territory lies, mind I'm going to entertain you eemptllsor trainin • Upg
or, rather, iioats, At the scene af- . Y g to De -
right in the kitchen, Aunt Sarah, ozmber 31st, 1912, 184,328 persona
until this jelly is done." • had registered their names, of these
Aunt Sarah surrendered her 73, 42 were. exempted from various
wraps, and accepted a kitchen causes, 61,593 being temporarily ex -
chair. Her sharp eyes took in erupted :through residingg five miles
from a ,braining loealtty, 108,752
were liable for training and 105,725
actually.,underwent training. This
quota was trained as recruits in
accordance with Lord Kitchener's
recommenelation, and it is ;claimed
teat .the results are tsatisfactory.
The magnitude of Australia's new
organization may be judged from
the •fact 'that the 18 field batteries
of the old force will become 56 in
the 'new, and in addition there will
be six permanent field babteries.
Duffing the last three years some
1,500 horses have been purchased
for field battery purposes at $125
each.
The Naval estimates of October,
191.3, for fleet construcsion amount-
ecl•to $5,000,000, and $7,000,000 for
ether naval .purposes.
The Canadian estimates recently
brought down provide for an ex-
penditure of $10,400,000 for military
perposes, and seethe tthe populetiab•n of
Australna is only about' bre-half el.
that of this country, it will be seen
that A.ustraalia'.s expenditure for
inili.tary ptirposes alone, ,is nearly
ken times fete great in proportion.
ter along and hard pull, the doobor
sudderr.ly remembers; "DM you
bring a. ,line, boysV' "No, sir "
confesses ..they :reluctant, J m.mne.
"He be left aboard." "Shall us go
back, 'sir l" asks the other, in an
anxious wliis.ior, Neither , of them
want that' long pull ,again'
"Hold on ! Let's see !" answers
the magistrate. "We may be able
to get ikeg' ivitlio' t'ft: ' We 'Might
judge the distance," he adds after
a moment's thought.
"Yes, sir; tvs might judge he . all
right," reply the crew, wit' h willing
'alacrity. That is enough for the
crew- and magistrate. The doctor,
thoroughly satisfied with his own
suggestion, tells theam to row up to
one of 'the traps,. When 'they have
done so, he buttons up hie, coat,
pits away his pipe, sttraightens.
himself in the stern sheets, and
takes the 'steering oar • in both
hands. "Pull for the other net,"
he 'commands. "Row ahead until I
say stop."
J ough.anrl.Remly Mt'awatriag.
After tate boat:has gone setae
lith distance Grenfell singe out
"Stop." They check her way,'
while their leader turns about and
.4reful!y-lar utinizee the water over
which the beat has passed. "How
far httve we come now 1" he asks.
"About tweide esthems?" "Yes,
sir, he reigieb be about twenty fttth-
everything. Edith, with her hands
trembling, finishecd her jelly, and
set the table for lulicheon. There
were only poached eggs, fresh gin-
gerbread, jelly' and :tea, but Edith
offered it 'without excuse or 'apol-
oggy. After luncheon she showed
Aunt Sarah the house and her
pretty linen and china. She gave
no' sign of embarrassment, but
when her guest had finally depart-
ed by the afternoon train'she broke
d own.
"My apron was seined, and the
library wasn't dusted, and she
doesn't eat gingerbread!" she sob-
bed. "01r, why did shehave to,
some to -day?"
The next morning, however, a,
note arrived from Aunt Sarah. It
was brief, but satisfactory, and it
banished the shadowforever.
"Dear Nephew William, I like
your wife, She has sasnmon sense.
Give her any lei -e•. Yr. aff. aunt,.
Sarah 'Williams." i
ak _
But Ile Illeant Well.
Haetess (et the party) --Miss Eo -
bins has no partner for this waltz.
Would you mind dancing with „her
instead, of with me 1 -
The Man •— On elle contrary,1
glial. be delighted.
Gave a blind beggar a dime .and
he may invest in an eye-opener,•
PJte. 1t ate King Edward VII. Al-
ways Considered Others,
An arbiole eentrfbuted to the
Fortnightly Review. by Mr. Edward
Legge contains three notable in-
Stences of the flawless courtesy of
h
King Ls dw.ard VII.
Many years before his aceession,
Mr. Legge 'writes, dra,wi 1g, it is
evident, from his own memory, the
prince was the prime minister's
guest at dinner. Two ambassadors
were present, and among.the party
was one who, although ho had not
then ,occupied public attention, had
been honored with an invitation.
Conversation was, as usual, car-
ried on in a subdued but perfectly
unrestrained Mone. After the meal
no eirels was formed, as is the rule
abroad, but the prince approached
tee guests in turn and honored
each one with ,a talk of a few min-
utes, during which the others ecn-
•tinued to converse among them-
;selves.
The evening passed quickly, and
the prince going round the room,
had reao'hed the door,- and was
about to ,take his departure, lee
threw one last curious, sweeping
glance round the room. Far away
a solitary .guest stood near the fire-
place—the only person with whom
the prince had not conversed, or of
whom he had not talce,n leave.
siARTED OH G(�
U
UNDER u'lt(D CNR CANA'
0ne In ..gangland naii tb of
Forty Hiles.
Tunnel canals are by no :mean
uncommon in England, but tea
Bridgewater subterranean ca,rtee
quite different; ; indeed,there ""
ai .�
nothing quite like it 'elsewhere in
Great I3•ritain, or, for that manger,
in any other part of 'the world,
John Brindley, the engineer ea
charge when the canal was built -int
1709, laid. down within his 'wee
mines a system, of underground ra
ways, all leading from the face of
the coal (where the, mangers were
week) to• the shafts which he la .
made at different points, in bb,e tun-
nel, through which the anal was
ehot iota the boats waiting below
to receive it.
Firse a, large basin was excavate
et the entrance to the pita. ab Wore
ley,'capabie of holding a number aai
specially oanebrueted barges and
serving as a, head for neavigattioxt. •
From this basin the barges enteral
the mine by means of an vendee
ground canal with taro eenni-eircti-
lar arches or nnouths, and ranee .
for a. mile rugbt up to, ,thee fe
The man stood there deep in workings. Subsequently the c
thought, probably wondering if he was extended far about orbs i
could afford a cab reo take him and then branched out•%n diffz •
home. The prince walked, bask to directions wi'bh a total lenge'
him, shook hands, and wished hila nearly 40 mires. Where the tumi}�••
a friendly "Good night." passed through earth or coal., the
"The king of the futbure may not arching was of brick work, bust
have asked himself if his kindly where it passed through rock it was
thoughtfulness was appreciated," simply hewn out. This, under -
comments Mr. Legge, "but 3 have ground passageway, therefore, act -
every reason to know that it was." ed not only as, a drain and water
Again : It was in the early seven- feeder 'for the ,canal itself, but also
ties; the scene, the office of the as a means of carrying the facilities
eforning Post. A young man was of navigation to the very heart of
summoned to the editor's room. the collieries.
"I wanted to see you," said Mr. Worsley Basin lies at the base of
Borthwick, the Lord Glenesk of a sandetione cliff several hundred
later years. "1 have brought you feet high, covered with luxuriant
a message from Marlborough vegetation. The smaller aperturae
House. The prince asked me to tell is the mouth of a canal which runs
you that he and the prinoess are for about a mile and serves to pre -
much pleased et the way you do vent the 'congestion which would
your work when you attend Gere- inevitably be caused by the en••
monies at which they are present." trance and regress of .so ma
This was the pr:incees kindly way barges passing through a ,single
of "doing a good turn." to a young , passage. The:ather archway is the
"struggle-foreifer." entranoe to• e. wider channel, which
At Baden, in the old days, Mr, ertefieleeforeeeverad' atidero"$o1 ""'"_.
Legge goes on, the prince used of- and from which other- .canals di
ten to make purchases a , a., certain verge in different, directions. Th
shop and have long chats with -the harges were long andnarrow, eats
manager. Two or three successive holding about ten tons of coal, an
years the prince had said: "When were drawn along thee tunnel b
you happen to be in London, come means of staples fixed: in the wall
and see me," When the barges were empty, and
The time caxue when abbe trades- consequently higher out of the wo-
man. 'was in London on 'business. , ter, the bargemen propelled thene-
Mmstering up we his eou•r•age, he ` selves along by "legging," as it is
left his card at Marlborough House, called.
although he did not expect to get In the tunnels of early date tow -
any re•sYranse. (3'n the following/ ing .paths st'ero, never 'constructed,
day he received an invitation to , and, except where steam +haulage is
spend three days at, the prince's ! in use, the method of propelling
country house at Sandringdratn, .as 1 boats through sit h tunnele, down
he was shown into the drawing'- I to the present time, is. either
roam, the prince came leeward tot ``shafting"err "legging." "Shaft,-
greet him. ing consists of pushing with a long
"My rife, the princess," said tee j pale, irr shaft, against the top Or
prince ;
erne brother. the Duke of !'side of a tunnel while walking front •
;forward aft along the boat, and is
Edinburgh, my brother's wife."
And that tradesman's three dans' generally used only in short tun,-
.els,
"t.egging" is usually performed
by two men, one on ewa,eh side of the
boat, at the fore end, ale lie down
on their backs and push against the
tunnel sides with their feet. If the
tunnel is two wide to admit of eine
Too often the hero worshipper is reaching the side wall 'with t'
bis own hero. i feet from the boat's desk;" b�
Every mother knows that her son + prejectiug over the boat's
ought to marry a princess. :termed wings, are brought dna.
The average nonan hater can for them to lie on. When the s
give no .satisfactory reason. of atunnel is low, one man can leg
{
For the roan with a chip on has e air •em.za�ty boat lying downon the
shoulder ----get an axe.
S'oinetimes mangle blessedness is a
greater failure than marriage.
Every woman is a, good house-
keeper—or, at least, it is wisdom
to tell her so.
You will find many of heaven's
suburbs on earth if you care to
looktirreth,em.
Onleeia woman who is in love will
look np to aa, man who is socially
beneath iher,
'Don't talk so much, People do
nob pay,. any . attention :to ninety-
nine out of every one hundred
words you utte. ,
The More things a man learns
from experience the .more. things he -_
would like to :terve, but can't.
If we are going anywhere and Jeek M eTav ish had the misfortune
have anything to do after we get to get arrested and sentenced. He
there, let tie make a start! was given a bucket of water, a
r y betel, and a sake of strong soap.
Getting Even. and told to wash his sell. Some
time later the jailer came through.
and caw McTavish giving himself a '
thorough scouring. "Here," . he
of led, "what are ora doing? Didn't
I tell you to wash 'n' sell?"
"Aye, AD' am I no w. mases'
asked the. surprised McTavish.
visit at ,Sandringham perfectly ful-
filled ,the promise of the prince's
simple, hearty greeting,
POINTED PARA.GRA.Pris.
Legging is hard work, and it i;9
difficult to realise that in former
days it used to be performed by
women as well as by men. At tune
nets where the traffic is good pts-
fessioinal leggers are in attendance,
who take their turn assisting beats
through as required. At the old
Hardcasee, titnrrel a]egger may be
engaged for less than •half a, dollar
for the passage through, which
generally takes about three hours,
The canals :are still in use, bub
women have dropped out of the
profession.
;Maid --I've come to give notice,
ma'am, Mistress -Indeed 1 Maid—
And would you give ,me agood ea-
ference, tura ami I'm going to Mrs.
Jones across the way. Mistress ---
The best in the world, idaggie. I
}mate that woman.