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Or "The I dventures of Ledsgard,"
Y 'cher Author of "What He Cost Her."
CHAPTER XL—Cont'd).
"My dear friend!" Da Souza ex
claimed, depositing his silk hat upon
the table, "it is a very excellent joke
of yours. You see, we have entered
.into the spirit of it—oh, yes, we have
'done so, indeed! We have taken a lit-
- tle drive before breakfast, but we
have returned, You know, of course
that we would not dream of leaving
you in such a manner. Do you not
think,my dear friend, that the joke
was carried now far enough? The
ladies are hungry; will you send word
to the lodge -keeper that he may
open the gate ?"
Trent helped himself to coffee, and
leaned back in his chair, stirring it
thoughtfully.
"You are right, Da Souza," he said.
"It is an excellent joke. The cream of
it is, too, that I am in earnest; neither
you nor any of those ladies whom I
see out there will sit at my table
again."
"You are not in earnest! You do
not mean it!"
"I can assure you," Trent replied
grinning, "that I do!"
"But do you mean," Da Souza splut-
tered, "that we are to go like this -
to be turned out—the laughing -stock
of your servants, after we have come
back, too,all the-way?—oh, itis non-
sense! It's
Its�not to be endured!"
"You .can go to the devil!" Trent
answered coolly. "There is not one
of you whom I care a fig to see again.
You thought that I was ruined, and
you scudded like rats from a sinking
ship. Well, I found you out, and a I
jolly good thing too. All I have to
say is now, be off, and the quickerthe j
better!"
Then lne Selma 'ringed no longer, ,
and there shot from his bleak eyes the!
venomous twinkle of the serpent
whose fangs are out. He leaned over
the table, and dropped his voice.
"I speak," he said, "for my wife, my I
daughter, and myself, and I assure
you that we decline to go!"
1 forehead, and he remembered what
- { the English doctor at Cape Coast
Castle had told him, So he was silent
for a moment; wiping the perspiration
I away and struggling against the fear
which was turning the blood to ice in
his veins. For Trent's face was not
pleasant to look upon.
, "Anything else ?"
Da Souza pulled himself togetl
"Yes," he said; "what I have sal
as nothing. It is scandalous, and
would make talk, but it is nothi
There is something else."
"Well ?"
"You had a partner whom you
serted,"
"It is a lie! I carried him on
back for twenty hours with a pack of
yelling niggers behind. We were lost,
and I myself was nigh upon a dead
man. Who would have cumbered him-
self with a corpse ? Curse you and
your vile hints, you mongrel, y
hanger-on, you scurrilous beast! 0
and spread your stories, before my fi
gers get on your throat! Out!"
Da Souza slunk away before
fire in Trent's eyes, but he had
idea of going. He stood in safe
near the door, and as he leaned f
ward, speaking now in a hoarse wh
per, he reminded Trent mornentar
of one of those hideous fetish gods
the sacred grove at Bekwando.
"Your partner was no corpse wh
you left him," he hissed • out. "Y
were a fool and a bungler not to ma
sure of it. The natives . from Bei
wando found him, and carried h
bound to the King, and your Engli
explorer, Captain Francis, rescu
him. He's alive now!"
Trent stood for a moment like
man turned to stone. Alive! Mon
alive! The impossibility of the thin
came like a flash of relief to him. Th
man was surely on the threshold
death when he had left him, and th
age of miracles was past.
"You're talking like a fool, D
Souza. Do you mean to take me in
with an old woman's story like that ?"
"There's no old woman's story about
what I've told you," Da Souza snarl-
ed. "The man's alive and I can prove
it' a dozen times over. You were a
fool and a bungler."
Trent thought of the night when he
1 crept back into the bush and had
found no trace of Monty, and gradual -
y there rose up before him a lurid
possibility Da Souza's story was true.
The . very thought of it worked like
madness in his brains. When he
spoke he strove hard to steady his
voice, and even to himself it sounded
ike the voice of one speaking a long
way off.
"Supposing that this were true," he
aid, "what is he doing all this time
Why does he not come and claim hi
hare?"
Da Souza hesitated. He would have
iked to have invented another reason,
ut it was not safe. The truth was
est.
"He is half-witted, and has lost his
emory. He is working now at one
f the Basle mission -places near
ttra."
"And why have you not told me this
efore ?"
Da Souza shrugged his shoulders.
It was not necessary," he said. "Our
nterests were the same, it was better
or you not to know."
"He remembers nothing, then?"
Da Souza hesitated. "Com Sam,"
e said, "my half-brother, keeps an
eye on him. Sometimes he gets rest -
ss, he talks, but what matter? He
as no money. Soon he must die. He
getting an old man!"
"I shall send for him," Trent said
owly. "He shall have his share!"
It was the one fear which had kept
CHAPTER XII.
Trent rose up with flashing eyes. Da
Souza shrank back from his out-
stretched hands. The two men stood
facing one another. Da Souza was
afraid, but the ugly look of determin-
ation remained upon his white face.
Trent felt dimly that there was some- 1
thing which must be explained be-
tween them. There had been hints of
this sort before from Da Souza. _It
was time the whole thing was cleared
up. The lion was ready to throw
aside the jackal. 1
"I give you thirty seconds," he said,
"to clear ;out. If you haven't come to
your senses then, you 11 be sorry for s
it."
"Thirty seconds is not long enough," s
Da Souza answered, "for me to tell
you why I decline to go. Better listen 1
to me quietly, my friend. It will be b
best for you. Afterwards you will b
admit it."
"Go ahead," Trent said. "I'm anx-
sous to hear what you've got to say. 'o
Only look here! I'm a bit short -tem- A
ered this morning, and I shouldn't
!vise you to play with your words." b
"This is no play at all," Da Souza
eniarked, with a sneer. "I ask you "
o remember, my friend, our first i
eeting. , f
Trent nodded.
"Never likely to forget it," he an-
wered. ! h
"I came down from Elmina to deal
ith you," Da Souza continued. "I le
ad made money trading in Ashanti h
or palm-oil` and mahogany. I had is
oney to invest -and you needed it. I
ou had land, a concession to work ` sl
old -mines, and build a -road to the j
ler.
i1 is
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ng. in great red letters he saw written in
the air that fatal Clause in the agree-
de- merit, to which she and all others
would point with bitter scorn, indubit-
my able, overwhelming evidence against
him. He gasped for breath and walk-
ed restlessly up and down the room.
Other thoughts came crowding in upon
him. He was conscious of a new ,ele-
Ment in himself. The last few years
had left their mark upon him. With
the handling of great sums of money
and the acquisition of wealth had
grown something of the financier's
fever. He had become a power, solid-
ly and steadfastly he had hewn his
way into a little circle whose fascina-
tion had begun to tell in his blood.
Was he to fall without a'struggle
from amongst the high places, to be
stripped of his wealth,.; shunned as a
man who was morally; if not in fact,
a murderer, to be looked upon with
never-ending scorn by the woman
whose picture for years had been a
religion to him, and whose appearance
only a few hours ago had been the
most inspiring thing which had enter-
ed into his life? He looked across
the lawn into the pine grove with
steadfast eyes and knitted brows, and
Da Souza watched him, ghastly and
nervous. At leant he must have time
to decide!
"If you send for him," Da Souza
that he was face to face with a great
crisis, Of all things this was the
most fatal which could have happen-
ed to him. Monty alive! }Ie roman-
bered the old man's . passionate cry
for life, for pleasure, to taste once
more, for however short a time, the
joys of wealth, Monty alive, penni-
less,. half-witted, the servant of a few
ill -paid missionaries, toiling all day
for a living, perhaps fishing with the
natives, or digging, a slave still, with-
out, hope or understanding, with the
end of his days well in view! Surely
it were better to risk all things, to
have him back at any cost? Then a
thought more terrible yet than any
rose up before him like a spectre,
there was a sudden catch at his.heart-
strings, he was cold with fear. What
would she think of the man who de-
serted his partner, an old :man, while
life was yet in him, and safety close
at hand? Was it possible that lie
could ever escape the everlasting stig-
ma of cowardice -ay, and before him
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oQ said slowly, "you will be absolutely
ruined. It will be a triumph for those
a whom you have made jealous, who
have measured their wits with yours
and gone under. Oh! but the news-
papers will enjoy it—that is very cer-
tain. Our latest millionaire, his rise
and fall! Cannot you see it in the
placards? And for what ? To give
wealth to an old man long past the
enjoyment of it—ay, imbecile already!
You will not be a madman, Trent?"
Trent winced perceptibly. Da Souza
saw it and rejoiced. There was an-
other awkward silence. Trent lit a
cigar and puffed furiously at it.
"I will think it over, at least," he
said in a low tone. "Bring back vase'
wife and daughter, and leave me aro e
for a while.!,
`'I knew," Da Souza murmured;
"that my friend would be reasonable,"
"And the young ladies?"
s "Send them to—"
"I will send them back to where they
came from," . Da Souza interrupted
blandly.
(To be continued.) •
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THE 'CANADIAN -GOVERNMENT
OFFERS SUGGESTIONS FOR
FRUIT PRESERVING.
In an advice circulated throughout
Canada, the Fruit Branch Dept. at
Ottawa suggests as being best for
preserving purposes, certain brands.
of peaches: St. Johns, Elbertas, Craw-
fords and Smocks, and for plums
Bradshaws, Gages, Lombards, Refine
Claude.
The advice is timely and to it may
be added that many of the most suc-
cessful makers of preserves have for
years insisted on securing from their
grocers the St. Lawrence Extra Gran-
ulated Sugar (Pure Cane).
It is well known that the slightest
organic impurity in sugar will start
'fermentation in the jam, and St. Law-
rence Sugar which tests over 90%
pure has never failed the housewife.
Grocers everywhere can fill orders
for this sugar. The best way to buy
it is in the original ' refinery sealed
packages 2 or 6 lbs. cartons, 10, 20,
25, and 100 lbs. bags.
oast. It was speculative, but we D
id business. I'came with you to Eng-' fa
nd. I found more money." I �
"You made your fortune," Trent
id drily. "I had to have the money w
nd you ground a share out of me b
hich is worth a quarter of a million m
you!" M
"Perhaps it is," Da Souza answer- w
, perhaps it is not. Perhaps it is th
orth nothing at all. Perhaps, in- th
ead of being a millionaire, you your- ye
1f are a swindler and an adven- ha
rer!"
"If you don't speak out in half a "
oment," Trent said in a low tone, fo
'11 twist the tongue out of your he
s' sa am speaking out," Da Souza an- br
vered. "It it an ugly thing to have ce
say, but you must control our- to,
lf. th
The little black eyes were like the in
es of a snake. Ile was showing his sir
a Souza silent. The muscles of his
ce twitched, and his finger -nails
were buried in the flesh of his fat,
white hands. Side by side he had
orked with Trent for years without
Bing able to form any certain esti-
ate of the man or his character.
any a time he had asked himself
what Trent would do if he knew—only
e fear of his complete ignorance of
e man had kept him silent all these
ars. Now the crisis had come! He
d spoken! It might mean ruin.
"Send for him?" Da Souza said.
Why? His memory has gone—save
e occasional fits of passion in which
raves at you. What would people
ay
?—that you tried to kill him with
andy, that the clause in the con-
ssion was a direct incentive for you
get rid of him, and you left him in
e bush only a few miles from Bucko-
ari to be seized by the natives. Be-
es, how can you pay him half ? I
eth. He forgot to be afraid. kn
"You had a partner," he said. "The pa
»cession was made out to him to- aii with yourself." de
"He died,". Trent answered short- in
"I took over the lot by arrange- fri
eat," a
"A very nice arrangement," Da da
.uza drawled with a devilish smile, cou
e is old and weak. You were with. bu
ni up at Eekwando where' there are wo
'y white men—no one to watch you. to
'u. gave him brandy to drink—you the
tch the fever come, and you write yo
the concession if one slilotilcl die all so
es to the survivor. And you gave get
brandy in the bush where the B
er is, and—behold you return iste
.ne! When people know this they sm
11 say, 'Oh, yes, it is the way mil- hav
naires arc made.'-" and
is stepped, out of breath, for the Th
'as were standing out upon his
ow pretty well how you stand. On
per, beyond doubt you are a million
re; but what if all claims were sud-
nly presented against you to be paid
sovereigns? I tell you this, my
end, Mr. Scarlett Trent, and I am
man of experience and I know. To-
y in the City it is true that you
Id raise a million pounds in cash,
t let me whisper a word, one little
rd, and you would be hard pressed
raise a thousand. It is true there is
Syndicate, that great scheme of
urs yesterday from which' you were
careful to exclude me—you are to
great monies' from them in each.
ah! don't you see that Monty's ex -
nee breaks up that Syndicate—
ashes
it into tiny atoms, for you
e sold what was not yours to sell,
they do not pay for that, eh ?
The
call it fraud!"
He paused, out of breath. and Trent Ptolerni▪ es.
BURIED TREASURE IS SAFE.
Valuables Worth $250,000 Escaped
Huns' 'Thieving.
'A refugee Belgian professor, who
buried his entire fortune consisting
of $250,000 worth of stocks bonds,
jewels, gold, and plate, in his garden
at Malines, before he fed from that
city, has just received word from the
United States Consul at Malines that
his property is safe and has been
taken under the guardianship of the
United States Government. The
house was bombarded and later burn-
ed to the ground, but the buried trea-
sure in the garden was not disturbed.
Some time after he reached London
the professor went to the American
Embassy, gave them a detailed' plan
of his house and garden, and told
them where his treasure was hidden.
The search was successfully carried
out by the American Consul. at Ma -
lines, and the property is now regis-
tered in his name, pending its release
from German trusteeship when the
war is over.
Cleopatra was the daughter of a
brother and sister, and married her
younger brother—the custom of the
72
Tea
out -rivals and out -Sells all others,
solely delicious through its flavour
and down right all-round goodness.
Protect the Skunk.
The skunk stande among the most
important animals that choose for
their diet insects harmful to the farm-
er. It is the beet -known enemy of army
worm, including the common army
worm, the wheat head army worm
and the fall array worm, all of which
are destructive to small grains, corn
and grasses, and cause heavy losses
every year to farmers, according to
the United States department of agri-
culture's biologist.
Two kinds of tobacco worms, which
also attack tomato and potato plants
are eaten by the skunk in large num-
bers. These worms change their diet
from tobacco to tomatoes with such
adaptability that they have spread
over wide areas in the United States.
The skunk's eagerness for the worm is
such that he will dig them out from
the ground in great numbers in the
late summer and destroy them.
The white grub. is also dug for by
the skunk and consumed by him, and
the strawberry growers generally re-
gard this animal with favor, even
though in its eager search for the
grubs it play uproot the plant or eat
a few berries. The skunk also eats
many mature May beetles and June I
gbugsrubs.which hatch from the white
steer or horse. The spray appears to
keep off all flies for two days.
The Split Log Drag.
The split log drag has contributed
more toward the economic mainten-
ance of public highways than any
implement of modern usage. It does
not require, special acts of the legis-
lature, bond issues or expensive educa-
tional campaigns to make it avail-
able as 'usually proceeds construction
work. A drag can be built or pur-
chased for $20 and easily operated by
anyone who can drive a team.
Pruning Dont's.
Don't prune with an ax.
Don't cut off the lower limbs.
Don't cut off the short spurs.
Don't leave stubs.
Don't use dull tools.
FOREIGN SCIENCE NOVELTIES.
Subject to government inspection
16,000 New Zealand farmers keep
bees.
In some portions of Germany alco-
hol is being made from chicory root,
which grows there very freely.
At the present rate of consumption,
Great Britain's mines are estimated to
Skunks also destroy the hop grub, years.
oug coa to last about 175
grasshoppers, cut -worms crickets,'In an English •lish beim
•
aking machine
sphinx moths sweet potato beetles the nails( riven at an angle through
Colorado potato bbeetles, field mice ',two board atg
and rats. The animal is especially to form s once, are tudned back.
p y a hook in the second board.
The engine of a motor driven street
sprinkler in England also is used to
operate one pump to fill its tank and
another to help scatter the water.
useful in destroying the rats and mice
that commonly infest farm buildings.
If a skunk takes up his residence
near premises where these rats are
abundant, it will remain there if not! A museum .of the horse, presenting
disturbed until practically all of the ; a complete history of that animal
rodents are destroyed.
So useful an animal should be fully
protected. With insects increasing
with wonderful rapidity, the farmer
and gardener is put to great expense
and labor in fighting them, and any
animal that will help the cultivators
of the soil to fight their insect battles
should be encouraged and protected.
Many farmers are shortsighted
enough to kill every skunk they can
find, to obtain for the skin a price
that seems high, but is nothing as
compared with the good it does.
Protect Stock From Flies.
Relief from attacks by flies may be
brought to live stock on the farm by
the use of sprays. The following
spray is suggested by F. L. Washburn,
entomologist of the Minnesota college
of agriculture,
Three parts of fish oil and one part
kerosene. The spraying is best done
with a knapsack sprayer, and it takes
only two or three minutes to spray a
from the earliest known period to the
present, has been established in Paris.
Though 2,000 miles from a railroad,
Yakutsk, in the extreme • north of
I Asia, maintains an electric light plant
the year around.
That there is more food value in one
acre of beets than in four of wheat
is the contention of German agricul-
tural scientists.
French scientists have demonstrated
that the vapors of iodine and bromine
pass through thin glass, even at or-
dinary temperatures.
Success has attended experiments
in England with spinning a textile
fibre from a form of sea weed that
grows plentifully in Australia.
A French engineer has invented a
sand box for locomotives in which a
stream of water carries the sand to
the rails with a minimum waste.
Why She Was There.
Judge (of divorce court)—Aren't
you attached to your husband?
Plaintiff --Certainly. I carne here
to be detached.
Wide Skirts the New Vogue.
It remains to be seen whether or not
women are to be satisfied with the fall
fashions in 'suits and evening gowns.
One: thing is assured—skirts are to
be wide and comfortable and are to
be worn somewhat longer than they.
have been all summer. The trottoir
will reach the high boots which are to
be all the 'rage this fall, while the
evening gowns and dinner frocks will
escape the floor by two or two and a
half inches.
The prettiest skirts are fashioned in
French serge, taffeta, charmeuse, net
and all other soft materials that are
draped readily.
Grodlt, one of the leading French
houses, has created some new ideas
for skirts that are really charming
and chic. In these he has incorporat-
ed the wide skirt, the short skirt and
the draped skirt in one. One of his
loveliest models is a black charmeuse.
The soft, shimmering material is
draped in soft folds in front and in
back. It is full and baggy at the sides`
giving the suggestion of Turkish
trousers.
Taffeta also lends itself charmingly
to the full plaited and gored skirts.
This is especially true where a deep
flounce is made of one color, and com-
bined with another material for the
body of the frock. One of the smart-
est skirts of this kind is a plaited
black and white check. The upper
part of the skirt is fashioned of the
checked material, giving an apron ef-
fect to the dress, while the wide, full
flounce is made of black taffeta.
The style of skirt is especially at-
tractive when made into one-piece
dresses of serge, gabardine and other
soft woolen materials. With this style
of frock the skirt is made close fitting
by means of fine plaits or soft shirring
over the hips. It falls in full flare
about the knee.
The dinner dresses and evening
frocks cling to the idea of full skirts,
Many are draped in wide plaits fuller
in the back than in front. Others art
arranged into flounces, so cut as to
give the suggestion of wide plaits,
The full skirt looks fuller than it
really is because of the long, narrow'
sleeves with which thay are worn,
The high boots play an important role
in accenting this point. Leather boots
are to be worn with the trottoir, while
satin and velvet boots are to be fash-
ionable for afternoon wear.
It behooves the feminine mind to
meditate upon the material to be
chosen for the van guard tailleur of
the autumn season.
Checks and plaids will be exploited
by the fabric makers. There is a
most enticing new weave, which comes
in dark red and green Scotch plaid. It
it a heavy blanket or English cloth
with camel's hair finish. For long
coats it will be found exceptionally
good, as the wildest dissipations of
autumn storms and descending snows
cannot injure its splendid stability.
In velours de 'eines there are
stripes and checks, one wonderfully
soft and beautiful being a combina-
tion showing up in blue striped with
chartreuse. It is predicted that gray
velour, trimmed with pipings' of white
velvet, will be good and that 'some of
the very exclusive models are of bat-
tleship gray and navy blue. All
shades of purple and mauve will be
"voguey."
Following the general trend of
peasant fashions, conies now the -chin -
bow veil.
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WORDS OF THE WISE.
"Frugality may be termed the
Daughter of Prudence, the sister of
Temperance, and the Parent of Lib-
erty."—Samuel Johnson.
Meniv
1 e best on moderate means.
Nature has dispensed to all men
wherewith to be happy, if mankind
did not know how to use her gifts."—
blaudian.
"A man that only translates shall
never be a poet; nor a painter one
that only copies. So people that trust
wholly to others' charity will always
be poor."—Temple.
"I earn that I eat, get that I wear;
owe no man hate, envy no man's
happiness; glad of other men's good,
centent with my harm." -Shakes-
peare.
No, when the fight begins within
himself, •
A man's worth something."
—Robert Browning
"No change of circumstances ear
repair a defect of character."---
Emerson.
haracter."-Emerson.
"There are but two ways of paying, i.
debts; increase of industry in raising;
income, increase of thrift, in laying,'
out." -Carlyle.
When a man becomes thorough!;
contented he has outlived his uMo
fulness.
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Wide Skirts the New Vogue.
It remains to be seen whether or not
women are to be satisfied with the fall
fashions in 'suits and evening gowns.
One: thing is assured—skirts are to
be wide and comfortable and are to
be worn somewhat longer than they.
have been all summer. The trottoir
will reach the high boots which are to
be all the 'rage this fall, while the
evening gowns and dinner frocks will
escape the floor by two or two and a
half inches.
The prettiest skirts are fashioned in
French serge, taffeta, charmeuse, net
and all other soft materials that are
draped readily.
Grodlt, one of the leading French
houses, has created some new ideas
for skirts that are really charming
and chic. In these he has incorporat-
ed the wide skirt, the short skirt and
the draped skirt in one. One of his
loveliest models is a black charmeuse.
The soft, shimmering material is
draped in soft folds in front and in
back. It is full and baggy at the sides`
giving the suggestion of Turkish
trousers.
Taffeta also lends itself charmingly
to the full plaited and gored skirts.
This is especially true where a deep
flounce is made of one color, and com-
bined with another material for the
body of the frock. One of the smart-
est skirts of this kind is a plaited
black and white check. The upper
part of the skirt is fashioned of the
checked material, giving an apron ef-
fect to the dress, while the wide, full
flounce is made of black taffeta.
The style of skirt is especially at-
tractive when made into one-piece
dresses of serge, gabardine and other
soft woolen materials. With this style
of frock the skirt is made close fitting
by means of fine plaits or soft shirring
over the hips. It falls in full flare
about the knee.
The dinner dresses and evening
frocks cling to the idea of full skirts,
Many are draped in wide plaits fuller
in the back than in front. Others art
arranged into flounces, so cut as to
give the suggestion of wide plaits,
The full skirt looks fuller than it
really is because of the long, narrow'
sleeves with which thay are worn,
The high boots play an important role
in accenting this point. Leather boots
are to be worn with the trottoir, while
satin and velvet boots are to be fash-
ionable for afternoon wear.
It behooves the feminine mind to
meditate upon the material to be
chosen for the van guard tailleur of
the autumn season.
Checks and plaids will be exploited
by the fabric makers. There is a
most enticing new weave, which comes
in dark red and green Scotch plaid. It
it a heavy blanket or English cloth
with camel's hair finish. For long
coats it will be found exceptionally
good, as the wildest dissipations of
autumn storms and descending snows
cannot injure its splendid stability.
In velours de 'eines there are
stripes and checks, one wonderfully
soft and beautiful being a combina-
tion showing up in blue striped with
chartreuse. It is predicted that gray
velour, trimmed with pipings' of white
velvet, will be good and that 'some of
the very exclusive models are of bat-
tleship gray and navy blue. All
shades of purple and mauve will be
"voguey."
Following the general trend of
peasant fashions, conies now the -chin -
bow veil.
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WORDS OF THE WISE.
"Frugality may be termed the
Daughter of Prudence, the sister of
Temperance, and the Parent of Lib-
erty."—Samuel Johnson.
Meniv
1 e best on moderate means.
Nature has dispensed to all men
wherewith to be happy, if mankind
did not know how to use her gifts."—
blaudian.
"A man that only translates shall
never be a poet; nor a painter one
that only copies. So people that trust
wholly to others' charity will always
be poor."—Temple.
"I earn that I eat, get that I wear;
owe no man hate, envy no man's
happiness; glad of other men's good,
centent with my harm." -Shakes-
peare.
No, when the fight begins within
himself, •
A man's worth something."
—Robert Browning
"No change of circumstances ear
repair a defect of character."---
Emerson.
haracter."-Emerson.
"There are but two ways of paying, i.
debts; increase of industry in raising;
income, increase of thrift, in laying,'
out." -Carlyle.
When a man becomes thorough!;
contented he has outlived his uMo
fulness.
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