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"Is Avow to read . ins his verses?"
asked sops ene maear by. ."He is al-
ways so witty! . Do you' remember
the one he read at Madame de March-
erand'n rout last year?"
A ,.gentleman turned his -head.
"Np, not verse, this time, d'Orlay.
I hen, d d'Aiguilton say that it was to
'he some kind of story,"
"Tiers'! What will he be at next,
I wonder?"
Young de Chantourelle came un
with Mademoiselle de Beaueour on his
arm..
What's this I hear of Avon? Is -
it` a fairy tale he means to tell us?"-•'
"An allegory, perhaps," suggested
d'Anvau. - "Though they are net now
lin fashion."
Madame de la Roque :gave him her
wane -glass to take away.
"It is so strange to tell us a story,"
4e remarked. "If it Were not A -'on
O would go away, but since it is he
o e stays, full of curiosity. Here be
mil"
His Grace made his way across the
room with Madame du Deffand. Peo-
ple began to seat themselves, and
those gentlemen who could find no
chairs ranged 4iiemselves along the
wall, or stood in email groups by the
doors. Out of the tail of her eye Lady
Fanny saw Saint Vire seated' in a
emrall alcove near the window, with
Merivale perched on the edge of a
table beside him. Madame de Saint -
Vire made a Movement as though to
get to him. Lady Fanny took her
arm affectionately.
"My dear, do sit with me! Now
where shall we go?"
Avon was at her. side.
"You lack a chair, Fanny? Madame.
your moat "devoted servant!" H`I&
raised his eyeglass, and 'beckoned' to
a lackey. "Two chairs for mes-
dames." '
"There is not the need," said Ma-
dame hurriedly. "My !husband will
give me
"Oh, no, madame, you must not
leave me thus alone! ' saki Fanny
gaily. "Ah, here are chairs! I vow
we have the beat place in the room!"
She veisked Madame into a spindle -
legged Chair that had been • brought
by the lackey, so that she sat by the
fireplace, to one side, „able to see the
iroom, and to be seen by nearly every
o ne. On the 'same side, but with-
drawn a little into the alcove, her
husband sat, and could, only see her
profile. She turned, to look at 'him im-
pIoringly; he sent her a warning
glance, and set his teeth. Merivale
t$wung one leg gently, and smiled a-
cross at Davenant, leaning against
thew' deorpOtt. t•ee zE
Madame du Defraud' settled'herself
beside a small 'table; and laughed up
at Avon.
"Now, my friend', let us hear your
fairy-tale! I hope it is exciting?"
"Of that, madame, I shall leave you
to judge," Avon replied.. He took up
his stand before the- fire, and opened
his snuff-box, and helped himself del-
icately, to a pinch of snuff. The fire-
light and, the candlelight played upon
him; his face was inscrutable, except
that the strange eyes held: a mocking
gleam.
"There's something ' afoot, I'll
swear!" d'Anvau 'confided to his neigh-
bor., "I mielike that look on qur
Fr'iend's face -"--
Ills Grace shut his snuff-box, and
flicked a speck pf snuff from, one great
cuff.
"My story, madame, begins as, all
geode stories , should," he said, and
though he spoke seftly his voiee car -
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HEYER
vied through the ,room. "Once. upoii
a titian there were two bsobhers. `I
have forgotten their nam'es,: but
since they detested each other, I will
call :them Gain and'—en—Abel. I have
no idea whether the original Abel: de-
tested the original Cain and. I beg
that no one will enlighten nue.` I like
to think that he did. If you - ask me
whence, sprang this. hatred between.
the heathers I can only suggest that
it may have' originated in the Meads
of each. Their hair was so fiery that
I fear some of the. fire must have
entered into the brain." His Grace
spread !open his fan, and looked ser-
enely. down into Armand de Sain.t-
j Vire's -face of dawning worvderment.
"Quite so. The hatred grew and
fletiriehed `until 1 believe, there. was
nothing one brother would' not do to
spite the other. It became a verit,
able o'bs'ession with Cain, a madness
that recoiled on him in the most dis-
estrous manner, as I shall show you.
'My tale is not without a moral, you
will be relieved to hear."
"Wheat in the world does all this
mean?" whispered Lavoulere to a
friend. "Is it a fairy tale, or does
something lie behind,."
"I don't_ know, How does he man-
age to 'hold his audience so still, I
wonder?"
Hie Grace went on, speaking very
e1owlyl and dispassionately.
"Cain, being the elder of these two
brothers, succeeded in -due course to
his father, who was a Comte and went
the way of all flesh. If you imagine
that the enmity now subsided between
him and, Abel, I beg -you will permit
me to disabuse your minds of socom-
mohpla,ce a thought. Cain's succes-
sion but added fuel to the fire of hat -
,red, and whereas lour friend Abel
was consumed of a desire to stand
in his brother's shoes, Cain was con -
Mimed with a like desire to keep him
out .of theme. -A situation fraught with
possibilities, you perceive." He paus-
-ed to survey his audience; .they watch-
ed him in mingled bewilderment and
curiosity. "With' this life -ambition in
view, then, our single-minded friend
Cain took a wife unto himself, and
doubtless tlibught himself secure.• But
Fate, capricious jade, evidently dislik-
ed him, for the years 'went by, and
still there came no son to gladden
Cain's heart. You conceive the cha-
grin of Gain? Abel, however, grew
more and more jubilant,• and I fear
he did not hesitate to take—er—a
jest of his brother's ill -luck. It was
perhaps unwise of him. His Grace
glanced at Madame de Saint -Vire,
who sat rigid, and very :pale, beside
Lady Fanny. His Grace began to
wave his fan rhybhmncelly ti and
fro:.4 "rbeliWer.,cath*.afeiitelliefitect
him once with a skill -boric child: It
began to seem unlikely that Cain
would realize his_ambition, but con-
trary to Abel's expectations, Madame
la Comtesse raised her husband's
hopes once more. This time Cain ,de-
termined that there should be no mis-
tr.ke. Possibly he lied learned to
mistrust his luck. When madame's
time was upon her he carried her off
to his estates,^w•here she was deliver-
ed of—a daughter." Again he paused,
and looked across the room at Saint -
Vire. He saw the Comite cast a fur-
tive glance towards the door, and col-
or angrily at sight of Rupert loung-
ing there. Hes Grace smiled, and
swung his eyeglass on its -riband, "Of
a daughter. Now observe the cun-
ning of Cain. On his estate, possibly
in his employ, there dwelt a farm -lab
orer, as I judge, whose wife had just
'•resented him with a second soon.
Fate, or 'Chance; thus set a trap 'for
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"I have so mueh;°trouble with sluggish drains"
"Use GILLETT'S LYE. It clears the dirt right out"
Cuts -:rightthrough.
clogging .matter
f♦ Just use Gillett's Pure Flake Lye
regularly ... and you'll keep toilets,
tub and ahik .drains clean and
ru,nnhn,fic'eely.. it :will not harm
enabnel 'or' plunxbing. Banishes
unpick*a i odot6 6M it cleans.
Gulett's LS Andrea light work of
dozens of instil Wirt tasks . .
eaves you, hours of drudgery. Keep
,a always on 1100 . -
Ilwr.r dhttoly. ly l to hit
widen':ThS Onion Of nut
illi IOW Maids thr weir.
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,Crain, into 'wdriich he Walked. Ike I►rdb;
ed t'h`is peasattt to give hila bit lusty
son' in esclhange for his daughter."
"But what inbfa'miy!" exclaimed Ma-
dame de Vduvallen comfortably. "You
shook. me, Due!"
"Strive to bear with nue, madame.
There is always the moral. This ex-
change, then, was effected, none be-
ing the wiser save the parents of each
child, and of course the . midwife who
attended Madame la Comtesse. What
became of cher I do not know."
"Muni Dieu, what a tale!" remarked
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bCan tp o PsaeUyaddb`roIlgIiilt t Psed so4;,;44115r.d oseopain aaf
ti teas
bale talus. place leaving,
in'eti'uctionfs that his da hter's foe*
ter -fat er as to leave hie: restates for
some remote ,Pot, tuilraLvvna,to :any-
ot4eu including himself.c vIn . Caiii's
Place I think '1. should; .p have de.
Sired so ardently to lo;see, all' trace of
the child, .'but n,o doubt jam acted as
he thought wisest."
"Due," interposed: Madame de is
Roeule, "it .is ineonceivabl 4 -bet my
'another could censent to ;such 'a wick-
ed plan!'" ;f
Wiradame de Saint -Vire e held her
hand -kerchief to cher mount"' with one
shaking hand.
"Almost inconceivable," 4l von said
gently. "Probably the laxly feared
hey husband. He was .a a 'nest un-
pleasant person, believe me"
"We can: easily believe;: that," Ma -
dee
;aid, discom r e T pt
.Abel ren 7'atehed mss; tielh
ew grow aF with ago brace of hie ,;laxer,
all's eharaeteristice eitbe. iii' 'Ace or •
native, die was more'Pau liver enracg
ed, but 44194 11 lie w,, n,iered at (tine
boy the truth never.,occurred te hirci.
Vvmty should it?" Avon $iouk `out his
ruffles~. '"Having di osed of Cain for.
the moment we.fairretiirno Gain s
daughter. Sr twelve years she re-
attained in the heart of. the country,
with her 'roster -parents, and was rear-
ed as their own child. But at the
end of those years rate once more
turned her attention to Cain;s affairs
and sent a plague to sweep t'he' neigh-
borhood where his daughter was. This . I -beg you will not forget the Mick
plague struck down .both her fester- Ile plays a small but important vet,
brother, of whom more 'anon. She in my story."
wassent to ..the Cure of the village, "Will it serve?" Davenant mutter
who housed her, and cared for her. edi,
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ONTARIO
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The Ontario Department of Health
Presents a Statement by
The Academy of Medicine, Toronto, on
INFANTILE PARALYSIS"
(POLIOMYELITIS)
Realizing the anxiety which existsin the public mind today with respect to the increased prevalence of Poliomyelitis
("Infantile Paralysis") in Toronto . and other parts of the province, the Academy of Medicine of Toronto, which
represents more than one thousand physicians, called a special meeting of its Council, September lst, to review the
whole situation. To this meeting were invited .representatives from aft departments of medicine interested in this
subject.
Ax the conclusion of the conference, during which time all of the pertinent facts of the present situation
were presented and discussed, it was felt that, itt fai'r_,czs to the public, an official statement should be made to
set forth the facts exactly as they exist. To this end, 'a committee was appointed to prepare and issue an official
statement, which` follows:
Poliomyelitis ("Infantile Paralysis") is a communicable disease.
It is definitely known that itis caused by the entrance into the
body of a minute form of life known as a virus. Ir is known
also that this virus enters commonly through the upper part of
the nasal tract. There is no evidence that thjdisease is con-
veyed by Hies or domestic animals. ,
When an Outbreak of the disease occurs, healthy persons as
well as those ill with the disease are found to harbour the virus
in the secretions of the nose and throat. The disease is, there-
fore, spread through the contact of persons one with another.
Usually the virus occasions only a mild illness but some-
times the virus enters the central nervous system, which may
result in. paralysis. The majority of adults are not susceptible
to the disease.
Present Situation
While the number of cases reported in Toronto is greater than
in any previous outbreak of this disease, and there is no reason
to presume that the incidence rate is likely to decline within
the next two or three weeks, it must be borne in mind that not
25% of these cases show any evidence whatever of paralysis. —
Furthermore, among those developing paralysis, the majority
eventually will recover goomplete use of their paralysed limbs.
It would appear,'•therefoe, that while there is every reason for
the public to view the present situation with concern, there is -
no justification for undue alariii or hysterical behaviour.
According to figures computed by the Department of
Health, Ontario, to date, there are estimated to be 750 cases in
Ontario, of which 285 have occurred in the City of Toronto.
Of this number, 212 cases have been admitted to the Riverdale
Isolation Hospital, only 54 of whom developed some degree
of paralysis. There were 11 deaths in this grouri. Statistics of
a similar nature apply to the Hospital for Sick Children, ildren, which
has received its. cases- not only from Toronto bit from other
parts of the province.1
Control Measures
These include the strict isolation of alt persons ill with die
disease and the quarantine of those who have been in imme-
diate contact. '
In as sararch as it is not known who are or are not carriers
of this disease, it is advisable to reduce to a minimum, contact
with other people. lit other words, keep out of crowds. As
children are particularly susceptible, it is most important that
they be kept as far as possible from mingling with other per-
sons. For this reason, the opening of the schools of Toronto
has been deferred and the Department of Health of the Pro-
vince of Ontario has recommended to parents that they see to
it that their children avoid attendance at theatres, playgrounds,
bathing pools and beaches and other places of .amusement
where children congregate. The Academy agrees with the pro-
vincial andmunicipal health authorities that the responsibility
for the control of the activities of children is primarily the
duty of the parents.
The Department of Health of Ontar as completed
within its own organization plans whereby serum for the
treatment of this disease is available in any part of the province
upon the request of the attending physician.
Nasal Spray
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Experimental work with animals indicates that Poliomyelitis
can be prevented by spraying the extreme upper part of the
inside of the nose with a harmless solution of zinc sulphate.
This was discovered during the past year. To date, its value in
the prevention of Poliomyelitis in humans is not known. To
be in any degree effective, the spray must be applied high up
inside the nose. This can only be done with a specially con-
structed atomizer and by a physician thoroughly familiar with
this type of work. The application of this or any other spray
by an ordinary atomizer or to the lower part of the nose is
quite useless. The possible value of the nasal spray properly
administered is being determined at the present time in Toronto.
The Council of the Academy oI. Medicine of Toronto
endorses the attitude adopted by the provincial Department of
Health and the local Board of Health in respect to measures
designed to control the present situation. We would respect-
fully suggest that the general public will best serve its own
interests by endeavoring to follow the advice which is being
given by these health authorities. _..-
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