HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-04-22, Page 3"I hope that I shall meet Lady
Roife," she said, "just foe the plea-
sure of cutting her !"
Ste drove at once to The Limes,
and was met with the kindest of
Iater:l nes.•
I should have goes to meet you,
Violet, had 1 knolcvn that you were
coming," said Mrs. Ila,ye.
But Lady Chevenix thought that
under the circumstances it wa:s just
as well she had not comae.
They went to the drawing -Flora
together. Francis Ilaye was more
of an invalid than usual that day,
noted how completely every trace or
him had been, removed. Tire pictures
that he had given her, the books,
were all gone.
"They need not have banished ev-
erything she thought to herself,
Presently her lather awoke. He
was delighted beyond measure to see
her looking so well and so beauti-
ful.
Later on Sir. Owen came, and they
spent' a pleasant hour together. But
there was a dreamy took on the
lovely face, a softened light in the
clear eyes; she could not help
and his daughter, iteirring that he thinking of the past bright, girlish
was asleep', would hot have him: dis- life that had been so simply hap -
tinted. py. Felix had been part of that
"Let us have a bong talk, mamma,
she said. "I have so mucb to tell
you!"
They sat down to exchange con-
fidences, and Mrs. I1aye almost and talked, she told gay anecdotes of
trembled with delight as elle looked her triumphs in Paris.; bet as site
at her daughter. quitted the hou4'e she carefully avoid -
"How well you look, Violet V' she eld going near the bare lilac bashes
(said "What a superb dress, and or lingering for 0, moment at the
how it becomes you! Are you very garden gate. As ,she drove home slie
happy, my dear?" said to herself :
":1s happy as other people, I sup- ''I do not think I dealt go to The
pose, mamma. I am very rich—and Limes very often. After all, the Patin
life, and she could not help re-
membering him when she thought of
it.
Sh.o enjoyed herself ; • she laughed
4s
• that must mean that I am very
happy. It will take me a whole
day to show you my dresses and
jewels."
"Will you stand up, Violet ? I feel
quite sure that you have grown, or
is it the new style of dress that suits . and 'statues she had brought with her the fashionable visitors gathered
you ?' from abroasi. Sbet ha,d her own apart- there; and every now and then came
Vie:et stood lip. meets to arrange; See had to super -
"I have grown, mamma," she ans- intend the putting away of the eta some reference to the groat beauty
wered. "lou' know I am only just of Lady Chevenix. The ladies or the
.xcrb garments 'th�a,t she had per neighborhood, reading this, looked at
twenty; I may grow taller still." chased in Pails, of alt the things site each other in wonder, as though
"You are quite tall enough. to be had brought with her from her home. they -would have saki, "ran this he
graceful, my dear,", said Mrs. Haye; Among Ilse treasurers of her girlhood. the girl we knew' rioter •Kaye?"
and her eyes lingered proudly on was a small rosewood writing -desk. For Lady new asria heti up her
the lovely fade with its dainty On it alio had written all her love- head with the highest among them.
bloom, so young, so fresh, and letters; in it she kept. every love- She never ignored the poet —she spoke
fair, and on the graceful figure letter he had received, and she re- of It without hesitatirn; slte talked
that was shown to such advantage membered now that she had not de- of her The Limes, of
by the costly dress that swept the strayed them before her mar- her parents, home. all her Tilford
ground. ``Ta have improved 'very ring', and that able ought to friends, with only 'filo exception of
much, Violet,' she soloed. leave done so. She was '-lane in the Lonsdales, whom sne appeared
In that she was right ; Violet had in the sumptuous room that was to havo quite forgotten.
But
a Bravo and refinement that gave leer boudoir—a room hung with though she never maned them she
her an additional charm. blue silk and lace, which had a rich thought of them; and when she
They talked long and not un- carpet and magnificent furniture read tee brilliant account of all the 1
hat -Mlle'. Presently Violet produced of ebony and blue satin; costly pie- festivities, site knew that Felix.
her presents. Mrs. Have went into tures lined the walls, rare flowers would Pearl the sazne, tlt':tit he wonid colonel was far above the scandal
a rah:t'uro about a dress of Genoa stood in beautiful jardinieres. The hear them talked sheet. One thine and gossip' of the neighborhood ; none
velvet and some superb Mechlin apartment was perfect in its way, she did wonder at, ars tlt:at -vas of it was brought to him.
lace. liter that Violet began to and the golden itLired girl who t had contrived to see
as great a.s the pleasure: in the country ; site hod every hrx-
But 'see. did not own what the Pula -try that money could purchase ; she
�'was feted, admired, flattered; she
'CHAPTER L`' I:' received unwonted homage. The local
During tate next few days Lady papers were full of descriptionsof
Cha n calx was occupied in arranging the gayeties and amusements going
all the beautiful ornaments', picctur's., on at Garswood, and gave it }1st of
e1 'thought it bolts a grand piece a better marl of )tial—woulel. have
Of furniture once," slie replied. helped him to overcome his! bad
e Did you ? our i(leae+ frays altered habits and acquire, goad ones. The
on many subjects, no doubt, -I came woman who had rnarrierl hire, not
to ask yofu to ride oat with meet for love, but sitnuly for itis tuotley
Her head ached ; with relxtensod had but one thought—it was to
emotion, tat , Elie tr.'d not refuse. keep itlnt in a good tenaiter while
She ltael lcnrncrd O 0 lesson ztlreedty, It ryas feat:able, and wore It. was
and that eats, -haat site "meet twee nol. 10 keep out of his ,way.
her bussbtl.nd in a ga�od Manor ifp os The season Was over, and Sir Owen
etbio. New that the aur lty and and Lady; Chevenix were expected at
restraint of iter pleseuee were weary- aal•swood, By; that titun ti it ()wen,
Ing off a little; •IIs wa., begiuninf to use itis owu expression; was him -
:to indulge in fits of temper that self again ; the novelty, and restr.Lint
etar'llecl iter. She must kori> Nina in of Itis new life lied worm err' all .itis
a gaodl humor.' Cabo cirt;s;i•d and went natural characteristics were Yn' fail
cul' -vlth him. play, and 'there were threes whets hie
S'i'hy do yeti always select t,te
Oldstane Foad!?":lte asked him, young wife' wished herself dead. She,
" Because I like O di'tnnu fax better psi not often d•
riven to such des-
"
Liifard. most of lav property r ble. but occasionally. 1 oleshe enjoyred lex' life.
Lies in Olalstane. I Intend to go to She lied money; and everything that
Oilstone Cbnrcb when i go to church she wished for; she enjoyed Iter. mag i
at ail, and I shall patronize Old-
stave gen'rwil". nificent hUme,
wale all its atten-
A pitlnfui sense aT sileappointment dant luxuries ; she was by only} rsa
stole over her, but she dared not consent queen of the count
express her feelings. She had plc- For sorno 'dine there was it -wi
tured herself in all t1n pride of her between herself and Lady, Rolfe. She
new state, rustling in her costly did not wish to ask either that lady
s}llt up the old-fashioneu aisle of the or hor daughter Lavinia' to Gars -
dear old church at Litterd, to which wood, but after a few, words from.
all her old friends went. She would iter husband she was compelled to
have liked to see Felix again, to see give way. She had the good sense
hew lie Looked and whether he had to make the best of it, and Lady
altered. She wondered vrflat be Rolfe became a frequent 'visitor at
would think of her In her new Garswood,.
randeur, and felt carious as During all this time Violet had neve
to where and bots they would er once seen Felix. Site had heard of
meet.
Then. site remembered him continually—he pais rising rap-
thefr terrible partial , and said to Idly, in -the world. She heard
heryself that she must not think of old Colonel ?ridden speak of him
him. one evening when she, with Sir Ow -
She never saw him. Sbe went ,sev- en, went over to a formal and
eral times to Alford. Mire than once stately dinner party nt Lady Rolfe's.
she drovo past 'Vale House, but she 'Mark my words," sail t1e°' colonel,
never saw him. Then tlarswood filled e the leadhtg man in this part of
with guests, and iter time was no the world is, or very soon will be,
longer lier own. Shes ought to have yoaeg Felix Lonsdale, the lawyer's
been • perfectly happy. She was refs- son. I have watched hire with in -
tress of the most magnificent home terc:st. H'e wilI be a leader yet. He
acts as the earl's agent now, and
Lord Arlington has implicit confi-
dence in him, I prophesy that -with
the earl's interest he will be re-
turued ars member for the borough',
and that once in Parliament we
shall hear of gift)••'
Ono of two others agreed with tbe
colonel. The face of Lady Chevenix
grecs Crim„on when she heard her
i.t:sband give a 1 t.le insulting, sneer -
lug laugh. She sate with dread
that he had drunk too tmxClt wine.
"1 have beaten hint once,” said Sir
Owen, " and. 1 will beat hint again;
if he goes in for one interest, I will
go in for the other."
roe 1.is wife's sake no one answer-
ed Idin ; and Lady Rolfe gave the
signal for the ladies to withdraw,
" 1 shall never go oat to
dine again If 1 have to meet that
man," said the old colonel, who was
an aristocrat de pur sang. "Such
men ought all to be shot. What
could that lovely' woman have been
thinking of to marry trim ?"— for the
A CURE FOR IINSOMMIA.
A Well Known St. John. Rierohaipll
Tells How lie Was Freed FroP$
• This Terrible Trouble.
Ono 'of the best known txtee in tom.
John, N. B., is s Ir. G. G. Klerstead,
grocer and general dealer, 041., aLn
street. Mr: Klerstead has aan, inter
ceding atony to toll of falling health,
insomnia, and finally renewed
stroigt1i, wltich cermet fail to inter-
est others. Ile says ;•-"A. few, years
ago I (was all run down and failing
Ln health, no doubt due to overevor
and shattered nerves. I was unable
to sleep at night and found no rest
in bed. My life seemed a burden to
ten and I found no pleasure in any-
thing. I nought medical aid and th1
physicians who attended mo were un-
able to give me any relief. The' doe,
tors differed in their opinion as to
my ailment. Finding that I wes
growing worm, and almost crazed
through loss of sleep, I concluded re
give up business and ge to the coun-
try for a rest, Just when I was at
my very worst and had almost no
desire to Bye, my wife urged me to
try Dr, AVilliams Pink Pills. I had
lost faith in all ntedieiues, but to
please my 'ivlife I decided to give the
pills" a trial. I have ,had reason to
bo thankful that I did so. Almost
from the outset the pile helped me
mated I (ass able to fled •sleeper I con-
tinued tft:ir u4e until I felt. pezfeetly
well again-. I could sleep as I did in
my childhood ; I grew healthy and
strong and have never known one
hour's trouble from that source
einoe I have no hesitation in saying
tha,t I belief Dr. Williams Pink Pillx
saved my life, and will always say a
good word for thein to any who are
troubled with sieeplesseess."
Dr. 'Vi- iliums Pink fills work cures
like Mr. Kierstead'a, after doctors
and common medicines fail becauta
they actually make new, rich blood.
and so strengthen all the organs of
the body and brace up the nerves.
That is the way they cure indiges.
tion, kids-ey and liver troubles, ner-
vousness, neuralgia, palpitation of
the hart, tit uma'tiem and the spye-
ial ailments that fill the lives of so •
many women with misery. The gen-
uine pills alway have the full name
"Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People" on the wrapper around every
box. If in doubt write direct to the
Dr. (Williams Medicine Co., Brock.
vilte, Ont., and the pals will be sent
post paid at .150 cents a bol or sig
boxes for 53.50.
a e.
why It's la never
inquire nitoet her old friends, stood in it looked t like a fitting g,,r. She. lord Iti't'L `fined that he So there were times in her 'brit-
.
Mts. Hae had many little facts occupant. would make some effort, but he
to relate about all of them. She took ant a little keV and lad made none. Christmas came
"Mamma," said Lady Chevenix, opened the desk. Haw well site re- and went. snowdrops and the
with a slight flush on her face, membered tate perfume of violets— t she anses came, tile, blue violets
my niarriuge�yand me? in Ilford about had always the faint -liked eet sof it>itchume ih.tThere peeped
heart edwas out,
g and ththe
destieof 'hd vnni her
"What can they say, my dear' ? laid the great buytdle of letter's tied She twt to Londontand made her
Every one envies you, every one with ltlutr ribbon—letters onwhich debut at ourt.
talks about your wonderful marrl a life 01' love and passion had been hap -
Then It seemed to her that she
-fie." wasted: there, too, lay the por- r
Violet took up the rich tassels of trait that Felix lead given her when had reached the climax o, all http-
tter threes and payed with them. She he c,.tne home from college—a por- piness and grandeur. Sir Owen lies -
never a handsome mansion in Bel -
'
el
rt t,cittceised her oyes to her moth- of tr�ittte it lLfineat st woad rks to
She gravla, and the seasen they spent
1`'Ilut. do they—I mean, have they would not open the letters; it lu town was ono long scene of uu-
atu i that I did wring ?" would be folly to irritate old interrupted gn yety and excitement.
"Wrong," cried Mi':. Gaye, "Why wounds. She would burn them; she Young,
surpassingly beautiful,
should thee'? Which of them would ought to have burned them before graceful, Lady Chevenix soon wenn
Lot have done the same thing' her marriage, but her mind had a place for herself in the highest
Which of them would not be pleased been in such a whirl then she had and most exclusive circles; she was
to talo the same thing?" She went to tho fire -place and idolized; )ler wealth, hex diamonds,
Lady Chevenix looked relieved. Stirred the Ore into a bright flame. her superb mansion, leer grand par -
"1 was afraid they would say I She had net thought what she was ties, were subject of public comment.
had acted unfairly,'' she said, slowly. about to do would pain her—it had Bit after
rh a.
timesshe lifou td, n flaat t -
HOW
how are the Lonsdales'? seemed an easy thing to burn aid g
H:I'ow is Felix ?" letters ; but, when she placed the tered, her husband was eau -
There was a brief silence before first bundle in tate midst of the ply dletested. No one seem-
flo.mes, it seemed to her that she ed to care for him ; his man -
first
queetion was answered, and then ryas burning a. living thing. Alas for ners were so coarse that when elle
Mrs. Tlayo told her wonderful tho love wasted in them the assion contrasted him with other men of
e3tory' the pathos! It seemed to lter ,'that his own rank and position she was
"Yon have never heard of such a sh,e was torturing Felix again ; the ashamed of him. Site read Intense
change ot fortune, Violet, she said; hiss of the flames was like a re- dislike and aversion to htm n the
"it lad almost as wonderful as you) proachfai voice. Still it must be faces of the people •whom she'. liked
own; I can narclly understand it. done. Ono after another she threw best and of whom she most ap-
Tt1toLonsdales seem to have all the them all in until the last one was proved. Thoughtless, laughing young
business of the :cow:- now and of destroyed. By time time the color then, said to Iter :
the county, too. They have—I can had died from her face and her "Come witheet your husband, or
not tell hove. many clerks; they gave hands trembled. ' we shall not enjoy ourselves,"
grand dinner-paartiris ; and, what Then she came to the portrait ; ,When she particul=Lely pressed any
seems to me stranger still, they are o'f course she must ciestr'oy it. .And lady to come to see her for some
frequently invited to L'L'am'bcr Tow- rvttut was that folded so carefully special purpose, the anstver always
cors'," In the tissue-ppper near it ? A spray Woe:
• "1 tr shell visit there, I suppose;' of lilac, withered and dead 1 She "Wall, tell me -v hen you will be
trrtutrke:i Lady C:tevenii. "I 8111 very remembered the clay and the hour quite alone and I will come,"
Pleased. indeed to hear all this, when it had been gathered. She took She found that Sir Owen and ]tr_r-
mamma•; Jr any, family over did de- the portrait in her hands; there She
were seldom invited twice to
ares co n fortune, they county
They etticl bo no harm In it the same place, end it,dawned upon
rdviagnize.d by the county eery, I [or rho LcLst ttme Tho noble lt•tn�d her very slowly that she sYtouic!
Suppose ?+t
"etas, quite. Lady Rolfe has taken
throe up. I hear of nothing but the
Lonsdn les."
There was silence again for some
minutes, and then Violet salol, 'slowly:
",\ti F. lis, mamma—have you ween
him t,litme my marriage?"
"Na, not once, my deer," was Mas.
Eaves; metee el need hardly say
that Ise has never been here."
"Du they say—tis you know if he
thought much of it'? Ditl lee make ,a
great trouble of -it, mamma ?" site
alsistel.
''I cnnnot :say," replied the cautious
tnothrr ; "I have never heard the ,sub-
just raintianeJ.''
Lady Chevenix seas silent again.
After a little while the said quickly:
"I should like to aol you one ques-
tion more; Doose Feltz—has he found
anyone else. to care about pet ?'
"I have not heard eo. Violet, my
dew, you bases every blousing the
world ean give; do not think
about bins. And if you will take
my advice, you will not talk about
him; Sir Owen night not like it."
"I shall be. carefale Mamma; I shall
not speak of Idea. But I wanted
to hear about him just once."
Silo said no more then, but as she
sat in the familiar room she thought
cL ;great cleat' of hito. It was impes-
' looking nt-
some, frank young face site never be what she aspired to be—
had loved it once ! I -Tow those eyes a queen of society, because alts had
had watched her—how those Lips had a drawbapl; in the shape of her own
be—
kissed and worshipped her ! It must husbantl. She was slow In reaching
go ! She tooktxt at it intently for that conclusion, but 11 -vas a tor-
tsfe minutes, -'td then elle held rept one, and site studied trite to fired
Mimes leaping; round that lace. It
was impossible: She wrapped up the
portrait quickly, and locked it out
of sight.
White and trembling with emo-
tion, her hands trembling, her lteart
beating, she looked up suddenly as
her husband entered tate roonn.
"'R'itat are you doing, Violet ?"
he cried. "Are you ill'? Ton look
as if you had seen a ghost."
" I have even ane,,' she •replied,
e10 w ty.
"What have you been burning ?
The grate is full of burned paper."
.Site looked at him with wistful
eyes. Their expression did not
please biro,
"I Have been' burning all the old
letters I found in my writing
desk," she replied.,
Perhaps site had an Idea that he
would say something kind to her;
but he laughed oonteznptttously,
' "What sentimental simpietons wo-
men are t Are you going to keep
w• ret . , out 11 she could how It was that
it oyer theflames ; but situ could
not destroy it—she could not seethe
ho made himself so odious, so lis-
. liked.
She could not deny that Itis face
was dark and almost sinister -look -
lug, that his manner and carriage
were awkward, that h'e had an un-
pleasant voice;, the outward ap-
pearance of the man wars, how-
ever, the best part of him. No one
could have called 11Im a gentleman ;
he was selfish, and brutal, and so
egotistical that in company no
person ever had a chance of speak-
ing but. himself. Ile had two moods
—ho was 'either familiar anti
boasted until every man present
felt e. great desire 'to put hind out
of the room, or he was so sullen
that to look at him was like look-
ing at a great black cloud, That
was Sir Owen in bis sober moments;
but, as the novel restraint of his
young wife's presence wore off, he
fell more frequently into his old
and fatal habit of drinking,
At first he carefully concealed it
from 'iter, for in his eoarse fashion
that shabby little desk .here? It he loved her. A woman of more no-
Bible to help it. The quick. eyes spode the roonr, hos seal,
We sou! perhaps Mould have xaacle
liana, luxuriout' Iite when Lady
enix was wetiry, of it all, and long-
ed to see the face 11 a true friend.
She bad called on Eve Lester, but
Eve bad declined to see her, and
"Aunt Jany" had been rampant on
tate occasion.
Lady Chevenix sat in the best par-
lor at Outlands, looking very lovely,
dressed in sheeny' silk and marvelous
lace, when the elder laily came in to
her more erect and uncompromising
than ever.
"idy niece declines to see you, Lady
Chevenix," she said. "nnd T think she
is 'quite right. Ton jilted our best
friend. and naturally enough, we
take his side. Do not call again —
Eve does not care to know you."
(To bo Continued.)
AN AIi) TO MOTIIE1IIS.
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fering from colic, constipation, diar-
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with equal ,safety; to the tender, new
born babe, or the well grown child,
Mrs. Joel .,e dersen, Shanley, Ont., is
one of the tnoth•ere Who have proved
tho value of this 'medicine and say's:
"1 have used Baby's Own Tablets
with the very' hest results. They are
easy to give little ones, and I have
never known theta todall to benefit!'
Every mother s,honld keep the Tab-
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they may save a previous little lite.
Sold by all druggists or mailed at
25 rants a• bot by writing The Dx•.
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Ont.
OAK LEAF POINTS.
Beautiful and Novel Trimming for a
Modish Gown.
A beautiful and novel way? of
Oldest Family in the Worldl.
Of the four hundred barons in the
British Itonse of Lords about a•doz::n
date back to M0, the earliest being
120.1. Tate oldest family in the • Tirit-
latr Talo.: 1;, the Mar •family, in Scot-
Ianrl, lope. Tae Campbells, of Ar-
gyll, began In 1100. Taiieyrand dates
from 1191), and Dismarck from 1`0,70.
The Grosvenor family, the Duke of
Westnt}nster, 1000 ; the Austrian
Boise of Tla.psburg goes back to 0:52,
and the house of Bourbon to Sal. The
descendant:: of Mohammed, born :,7!),
are all registered carefully and au-
thoritatively in a book kept in
einem by it e:10f of the fancily. Little
or ttn doubt exists of the abeelute
authenticity c'1 the long line of 11fo-
htunmed'e descendants, In Citing. there
are floats- old fawn*, also amoItg
the Jet'';. But in, point of pedigrees
the Mikado of Japan has a 1(111100
records. Isis place has been filled by
Members, of Isis fandfly for more than
twenty-five liuttcirecl years, The pre.,
cat Micatlo is the 12,2nd in the line
The first One was contemporary with
Nebuehadtetzar, 600 years before
Cheat. t .
trimming a gown is with "oakleat
points," ot French, all -o'v'er embroi-
dered teatime or 'of all-over lace
when tbe decoration cannot be pur-
chased in the desired shape. The oak
leaf points are deeply, serrated and
curve out and in with the sharpened
outlines of the model which they; ex-
ceed to proportions.
It makes a very; gond effect when
the gown has a transparent yoke
of tbe lace or embroideryi and when
twee ,sets of oakleaf points are cut
as a prolongation 01 the ,oke on
either side of the breast. There are
about four rotes of oakleaf points
,stretching from the yoke to the tip,
which is quite low down on the
Mouse.
An afternoon gown of pin -stripe
green and 'white ,summer silk has a
yoke of tran.'pareetly inset Lierre
taco, with the do'ublo set of oak -
leaf points of the lace descending
on tate blouse front ; and the same
arrangement prolongs the lace yoke
in the back. The bleesse fastens in
the middle of the back and so does
not interfere with the lace figures.
The edges of the oak leaves and
yoke are 'bossed with narrow green
'satin to match the tint in the some
eau Silk.
Still another application of the
oakleaf point idea is seen in 'the
sleases of the gown, which are cut
'themselves in the same pattern on
the upper arm Section, and piped
with apple green 8atln. The sleeves
thea fall Over undersleeves of the
handsome lace made up over white
taffeta ,silk.
e1 hi.gla neckband of the Lierre lace
over white taffeta hooks in the back.
Under the thin is a neat bate, of (ap-
ple green ,satin, with' a jabot of lace
descending for four inches; below,
the fall of lace is anotbest satin lbow,
and then a second jabot, a third
edition of 'this decoration carries the
final jabot as far: as the girdle,
-e;'hich it bangs loose. The jabot and
ribbon bows are sot on a s`krong
net foundation to preserve the con-
i tinuit7 of the series.
There to a pointed girdle of apple
green .•a,tin and below, this the pret-
ty silk skirt fatle In lh gores to the
foot, where it is exceedingly full,
spread gut over the semblance of
a lace 'flo'unce over 'white taffeta
petit coati.
The silk edge is cut out in ,sharp
points a quarter ',yard deep, piped
with green satin, the lace is not
nntch deeper, and the silk is tacked
at the head of each print to pre-
vent it 'teeniest tip anti showing the
petcaline foundation skirts.
Another Steel Plant.
Several American and Canadian (apt
talists propose establishing another
large steel plant in Nova Scotia. The
\ osteru Counties Iron end Steel Cone
parry, which was incorporated two years
ago, with a capital of $3,000;000, will
begin shortly the development of ei:•
tensive Iron ore deposits at Torbroole,
in the county of Annapolis, close to the
shores of the Bay of Mundy. Repeated
surveys have been made of these areas
and the lowest estimate gives 300,000,
000 tons as the quantity of iron swltain*
cal therein.,