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The Blyth Standard, 1908-03-05, Page 3",Jealous, Of course not! !only thought that perhaps you felt a little natural amxrymice that lirs. IIodsou, a ntau•iod hely of some }earn standing, should .hare -absorbed the lion's; share of Mien. 'thin at this garden -party instead of you --a younger beauty and a bride," Doris laughed outright, not quite heartily; for her amusement was min- gledwith almost contemptuous amaze. mein that her husband could lmssibIy iunatiine her to be so small-minded. In mrrc('ut she decked het , tf, feeling ushanncd of her momentary undutifnl- neess No,David; I run perfectly satis- m tied with our relative poYntiom, and I am quite ready to yield Sits, Hodson »S emelt immagc as ever' one else does. N11,1, .0(1116 to nee to ha 0n been born a fewc+mtaries too late and a great nutty racks too law, She ought to have been a Roman empress instead of an Eng- lish lftock•broket s wife," ",1 lioman empresst" It was Davids turir to laugh now "Pluutp, matronly, immforiable-Tirs, godson a Roman em• press! What a wonien's compulsion" "It was suggested to me by a woman, Certainly; but I don't see that 0 is the niece emntemptiblo en that account," said Dora; gently. ade Clown in her inmost heart Paris held the neeret, unaeloiowledged, btitt Wane - imitable belief that women were the re- cipieuts of a bettven-sent ill uninntion, whici, made them, as long an they kept thenlsclvcs worthy, high -priestesses of winclhint, aria truth to guide the coarse, hunch ,mile portion of mnnkihd over the nmrv<ses into which their blundering logic led them, She did not, however, kick against the attitude of eubn ienion which she had been taught to look upon as the most, beautiful attribute of witch*, holding it to be a ga•nceful concession oa the pert of the wise :sex to the less wise, .So she uttered her protest gtiite meekly, and David answered without the leastsuspicion that his intellectual sup- remaey had been called in question., "Certainly not, dear," he said, with a young hnshnnd's ittdilgener, "And who was the wonlan..who made it." "Blida Warren,", "And did she'cendescend to give ma- tins for her comparison f" "She Says that Mrs. IHodson's face shows more cnpaeity for ereelt'r than she ever saw expresser) in a lnunna face before; that her brightness: has some- thing steely in it; that lien good nature is only superficial, and ,comes chiefly front the desire of universal domination. I believe she Looks upon her as a sort of neral oetnpns, alntehing nt every- thing which comes within its widespread Mg reach, and never satisfied until it line cat/heal to death any poor creature IJot it etas once got; in its grasp; . Doris delivered this speech quite dia- paslkonntely, with no feeling more vivid Lunn a, wish to prove to her husband that, a woman could forst and express rather neatly a very strung independent opinion upon a subject in w'hieh eke had no deep personal ulere•rt. Mita David laughed rather shortly, and did not scout pleased, "Miss 1i nrren has the usual prejudices r or her sex," he said, And Doris,` who was not deeply en- mu;dr interested in the subject of Mrs. t;ledcon to care for further discussion which had no attraction for her heeband followed hint into the house without an- other word. But the author of the unlucky cum• prison, being as yet free from conjugal fetters and holding kc • ''f i s 6 a trelu in the superiority of her own sox much more alitrusivoly, was at that moment picking her follow -woman to pieces with all the fierceness of which her snort little tongue was capable. Ililda Warren, es- corted by Charlie 1'apillnn, was follow. ing Doris and her husband from Mrs, Ilraniwell's. garden to b1aitleigh, where they were both to pass the night. The thca.tre where tlit'yla was engaged was closed for a fortnight during the ex. tome heat of August, and she was enjoy im, her arty with a fullness which mole Mr richer friends regret their per- tains er- pMn s l leisure. "lou tie must i1218251 to llrs, Ilodson, I1 11(1S," said C a,uhc, ns thnv watched Voris owl l):teal in at the front door, :mil then insliu Lively outdo their own way' toerd to ibis more remote entrance tforme i the d)'nvhnT-romu, '.Pae not. I only xticl she was a vim• Aire.." 1"I'lhnt is unjust" mi it isn't." "1ei 0 2,20 round the garden and argue the point." CHAPTER VIII. Charlie knew perfectly well that angst: ment with Hilda would result neither in vicfoy to his :Anterior logic nor in honor- able ;Ind urotructti c defcnt, ' IC would end 111 0 mere 611.111(iof tongues in which until) won))) tanran infinite deal to say, and neither would give in, until some outer accident, ,such a Ole appearance of a third person, would nut an end to the dismission. lint then argument with a pretty girl, on. the hooka of the Tllnmesi during 0 .summer evening, tuns of itself an undeniable good; and there was a gnod•uatured moon struggltsg to get out from a tangle of frowning clouds to give just the 050 tollcii aslant wog wmuiting to the scene. :So he led ]liPIme along the left•lumd pada by the evening primroses ami larkspurs tied honel'sucleles, and bab- bled gently: "We e must have reasons, reasons. The u,lrrt 1)1111 c..h.tit the eapeessaon axnt• pre,' as applied to a holy; without 21111)• quote proof that the term is not mis- applied." "Well, n vampire is n thing in the shape of a woman that has charming maritime,: and no heart and lives on the blood of tuun11n beings." '"Chat's a ghoul. not a vampire," ob- ieeted Charlie with resignation. "How- ever, 1 suppose that's near enot1glt for a woman." "Quite /war ,n tt;h," Hilda rctertetl, unabashed.' `WellMrs. /Mason: has montoms 101,,:11 imply that she has the right to dispose of the body and soot of everyone she meets, and that is consid- ered irresistible by you men, who: like to bewailed upon, 1 know." "1 tau afraid 1 shag have to reject this ev{dcnc ns inadmissible mn account of the evidui1 Los .shown by the w'itne' "Nonsense! soppose :you think it quite right of a married woman in monopolize another wo c al's hnshnncl, and to reproach hint for not coming to see her, and to give him her lace to carry, and to Maio, hint run about for her as his own wife rower thought of doing," "Mrs, Hodson noshes everybody run nbont, She males me run about when I've nothing,bettcr to de." "31y dear Charlie, 0120 will lot yen raw where yon please for the nest; feta months, you may he sure, \frs, Hodson lilies the wise men. who bring gifts, and 1 heard 31r, Glyn momism to:got her a King Charles 01111)11; I've no doubt »he asked for it" "Well, and do you third: he wook1 mind Doris' knowing that?" ".31o; but 1 think it would be batter if Doris did mini. If 1 hail a husband who gave iiing (111 res spaniels to other n'nn:en, I would never accept a present from hits ngaia." "And, it all wives tionght they some no Mishima tvonld be without a thug Charles sp;nicl neatly in las pocket, 1 1111111 Doris 0;11011 wiser than ,you would be,, and we neorl not trouble our heads shout her and :David. They are perfectly utntelad. and make a much better host mad hostess than the Arcadian pair who begin by bring tumble to live out of each other's sight and eyed by being unable to hoe in it, 1 consider then a novel pro- duct of nineteenth century civilization." "I'Pey are 1111011 too well matched Yon don't w,,nt to sit ie •front of ,your own portrait." "They did, and thee,' sons. to like it" "They don't, 'hey leave the portrait .00004100000000000 0 00 Most people know that if they have been sick they need ..X111''', ' a ;0nis r, sion to bring back health and strength. Hut the strongest point about Scott's .Ernulsion is that you don't have to be sick to get results from it. It keeps up the athlete's strength, puts fat on thin people, makes a fretful baby happy, 4) brings color to a pale girl's cheeks, and pre. vents coughs, colds and consumption. ' Food in concentrated form for sick and : well, young and old, rich and poor. And it contains no drugs and no alcohol. ALL DRUGGISTS; 80o. ANO 51.00. 0000.40000000 0 AlailMineWnelw. ••••14•• lel lies admired by other people" . "This is not evidence," Megan Charlie, c-r•tvcll whet the tppemnnmt. 1,1 an add llMure on the other 8410 01 the w,xll 11')/iSlin divided. I nudcigly from •Mrs. Brnunvt it • ^ardc'n nada Win pnbise; and seemed to r;ottl,y nn odd commenrt.nry to the con- ells/dim 16. was the, unlucky Gurslc who, nn- inns for a Phnom, of apologizing to Doris Gn' las condlwt ton moreriitniel manner Gera he hod yet ,,lone, hitt ashamed to era, bolitly t the door weighted by ! i he div olvanlaae of another man's elothes. vas On 00,100k -out for some lnuypy eeebed,, to grant hint the int1r- view he did not Inclrto seek mote boldly,. "What tat are von looking for, Mr. Mel- ton?" cried llilda, in a shrill voice, run. 'boa towar,i the wall to prevent his es- cape, '--1 euly wonted to—to wish you 000d-uight," or lie, rorlusedly, proper - tug to retreat. ]int thp appenranee of Doris, walking quickly toward thein over the laws, shocked him; and lac remained by ,the well sullen, silent and ashamed, wonder• m" whetter his longed -for .opportunity eras conning. "Tlilda. von night not to stay out so iota' vaidl Dints, in hen sweet voice. "Charlie, t,ion't you know she has had congestion of the lungs?" "Well, you cant have 0 twice, you know said Charlie, whose medical lore , wi10 trot ':;ecp, and who remembered her me heard something of the kind about measles. - t'onting closer to the group, Paris caught sight of Gussin syn the other side of the wall, hushfully screening himself in his ill-fitting raiment behind a lilac bush, "-tntl you, too, (1nssic--you ought to be Milos. It is ho easy to take cold after s tub a plunge as yon took." "1 ant all tight, thank you," said be stiffly. Ile felt c nspcaknbly humiliated by her easy, Minot: affectionate tone, which Pur plied to Ilia sensitive and irritable mind that his pasionate ontbrcak had affected her only • nn a child's fit of temper would P have done. Some kindly perception of his O'cattd0,1 heeling prompted her to do taro bins as he was for the wend time turnipa sway. "Wait" n mammal" she said, gently, raising her Band with n gracious gesture of commit& common to her, and not without charm. "Are you not going hack to the:Lawns to -night with Mr, and llrs, Ilodson? "1 suppose so. They've os ed rn e tc." mdntitted Uussfe, briefly. Charlie began to perceive that the irrl- tmtct-i, nnughtyboy tette of the young -.entleman on the other, side of the watt altotved a:state. of mind to be dealt with only en tetc•a-tete, "Shall 1 take Llihht in, Doth?" he auk ed, dutifc!ly. 11e had taken a paterna attitude toward \ars, Glyn since hr ia:uriege, owl had dropped into use c• her Christian name, Doris was glad of tate chance of 0 fen words' alone with Gusaie; and, when the aster two had started elf at a bre, ranee for the house. ole put one foot the earth of the flower -border to bring '-er newer to the wall, and s;+id, in r wcett.-t voice: `llavid, my nusnaad, wanted me e HIL you to stay the night at 1'airlcig tie is afraid of your going so Lar ns tI awns."' "Mr. Glyn is very kind; but I ata no 11 ai;c of gingerbread," "Nott, Guss1, how cart you be so rude ad ill-tempered1 The whole world 1 -sol in a conspiracy against you, as yo Cali to ,think. on the contrary, yo :.ave fronds who like you very much who nee doing all: they can to iriptoe, emir itosi , peets and make the world brighter for you, 1 know you have Imam 1 hard time of it lately and great disap- pointments; mad, if 1 have Clone anything to matte it hadren', I ant very sorry. 1 knew how dreadful it must be to have troubles, and indeed 1 would do Amy.. thing in the world I could to help to clear then away" .• She paused, not quite knowing how to go on. Trouble, urns, n feed, as her words natively showed, an ankuoifn experience to herr She had grown up plocidly nnrl happily mode' the wing of her 1111111, with no knowledge of the Cures of the world deeper than that she could gain by sight aml hearing. Being, of n kindly atnrc she was all the more ready to bold out haus of help toward those fellow -creatures who were struggling with the vague evil; and that her own personal friends should suffer from money treubles•while sem hall more than enough caused her the •kcenest'distress she had over known. This poor Gnssie wanted money, she knew; but how, was she is front/, her' offer of it? Ilia 'face was in shade bot the restless move- ment0 111 his hands upon the top of the low wall seemed to show that he w -as ill at case. She ualie another step forward ,and looked up at him in the moonlight. "Isn't there anything I cat do, Gns- sic, to help you out of your troubles? Yon may trust 100, you know, and con- fute in Inc just as if I were yrour sister:" Chen she smile/ reasettringly, and waited fur an answer but for 0 few tam m its -he. got none Not that C u0sie s 'sulky this; tion hl ill -temper had ;uddenl} given way before her sweet. ?loss; but he did not know haw to an- swer her. and in the meantime he was gazing down, uudc'r cove' of the darkness, upon her beautiful pure lace, with a strong sense. of shame at Ills recent, conduct toward her and a now feeling of worship toward this fou we- ntan; in the o401111y° gaze of whose eyes h , began to read as goddess -like, calmness which node his own flickering passions and prejudices contemptible. At bast he said. in a gruff tone -Which did not in tie least express his feelings— "You are very kind, But—but 1 don't want any help—at least, any yon can give." •'11, but aro you sure Isn't there ally appointment that David—yes, you ;um not ton impatient when I mention 1lavid- l It t he could get for you, or help son to gotct 1 You mustn't think me ink per intent, (tussles—perhaps I tun quite.. „tu, len they said you were in difti. ruiticre of some sort----„ "'C(iey'1 Who's 'they'?" asked Cussie, hotly "Oh 1 don't know exactly! But, a1 yon are, and you will only tell me---" "What good would tolling you do?" asked he loss unamiably,. 'Don't yon know it is out of the gaostimt for a man to receive help from a woman,: specially ;pccimlly me from you?" "I clon't see that at mall. I am your iricnd, am I not, whom you respect and trust 7 Well, then, you must let me help you just as if 1 were not a woman, but your 'own sister, 'That is understood. Non' good night; go back into the house us 11101 as you can; I see you are shiv- ering, 1 begirt to wish 1 had lot David have his own Way and keep pia here;' however, he is coating to see you to- morrow, 1 think. I ata afraid you will take cold, after all. Coed night." She gave him her brand, which he held fog' a few moments firmly but reverent, y' in kith his, before he let her gm., "God bless your!" he said at last, as h r put both his hands over the wall to eztore the white fingers to their own- is keeping, "lf 01 women were like von, why, all we wretched men would /taro to spend our time on oar knees!" "( Bink they would get tired of that, lussic " said Doris, laughing, 0s she nrueel to go batik into the house. "Mee ilea 0omcthii111 more exciting," Doris said this lightly; she was too Moment to know rho truth of her words, ion innocent to perceive that her 01)11 husband was at. that viuy tinle 011 the •',1',, of illustrating that truth rather forcibly, Not that David, when he told his •riff that nest mottling not to expect hint 110110 c,u•l,y, as he should call at the La eons to SOo whether Gossip bad re- covered from the effects of bis dip in the river, told himself that he had got Until of the catkin worship which satis- fied his calm wife, aucl that the, society of the civaciona .51 1'6. 110)1enn %Muhl he 0 pleosant cli,amro, 1110 was not, indeed so ignorant as, not to kmyv that excite- nu-nt had n pleasant, almost necessary zest for his phlegmatic nature; but that he should went it now•, with his honey- moon eoarcelr over, was tt thought too disloyal to his beautiful wife to be en- tertained for a moment. So, on leaving et 4 o'clock the Govern- ment office trhere, he still passed his e!e hours every 'day-, he took the train to Richmond, and thence walked to the 1,1I inc. It was ti lino;:, house mamma. with white stucco, flanked ('m ono side by a small eo nscrvntory, on the other by , L hales, which, having been enlarged sow 'Pal times, now formed a very irregular troop of buildings,' The house itself, 'no nen: the road to be imposing by its :izo, had no architectural features to re - leen, it, -1 mean bay window in the entre, a 0111011 flight of stone steps lead - ng to an 'unpretending front door at one nd, were the only breaks to the bospi• !1 -like plainness of the building. Under lie front windows grew the usual laurels and rhododendrons, and a rev of pollard arias stood up, like gren mops set on id, within the plain wooden palings hicil malt in the drive. The atmosphere 1 the place, judged from the outside, ,a's middle class, comfortable common .lace, not in the least suggestive of the bele of a siren who would tempt man 1d'oy from their own homes Surely a neat who could be tempted by the fat, inationi of such sm•raundiags wou1,1 :cafe nowhere out of i eaavcn--•unless in - teed the interior would belie the exter- or. But no! The door was opened by t pretty amid -servant, who ied the way Through the gouvmUioual tiled outer hitt, htxuriunsly furnished with n mitt and a patent scraper, into the woven - rioted m[ al Lauer twill, carpeted, mahogany. Ash ed, draughty; thence into the draw- ing loou,.0 1011g, pleasant roma with a num-place at each end two great win- d rue; 1 hat led on to a ye•aida walled in by, thick growth of Clematis, win , Pio and Virginia creeper. At this i )!I lent the pre -aesthetic upholsterer hod been stiffe..•od to do his very worst The walls were white. and gold, adorn- ed by much glass and more gilding. The carpet was bright green, the furniture was bright red. In the taste of the time it teas a lovely moan; 0 the taste of all time it was a comfortable one, cool in M11011101', worth ill winter, with eaay- chnira that were eaeey, a grand piano that a celebrated composer had praised, and a very few small tables and stands to stnmbte over. The ornaments in tie room were not of a kind to stake one wish fol' more; there were wax -flowers under a shade, stuffed birds under an. other, books in bright bindings, formally u r ,urged 1n two, u. painted chess -table mauling oiler its load of gilt, and a "drawing -room" clock, also under a glass by which cue could not tell the tire*. The room was lighted by gas through c d -ghat,= eaudel 11101 , ,, the n mtle piece 11 00'51 five o'ctorl: whoa 7)avhl teas shown Lae, the room- The blinds were 4(ill down, to keep not the Anima .Sun. ;and were flapping ,gently in he breeze that was rising toward evening. As the door opened, the white blind of the larg- er window flew back in the draught, showing a mass of trailing clematis, and letting in a shaft of brilliant sunlight upon the group inside the roma, 1140. 110d6011, acted en a 11100 11000, in a 1111115 white garment of muslin and Ince, which would now be called a tea- nrowi, was displaying her phnup pink hands and pretty white wrists to the Lost adtautagn 110 she wound a hall of ]3erini wool for a hnrborle 010ip of wool mirk, the purpose of which was still un- doeidcd. Icer fingers sparkled with dia• morlds, her beautiful eyes shone, more brightly than the jewels and so utterly did elm absorb the attention of the now comer with leer queenly presence, Per bright laugh and genial voice of greet: ing that, for the first few moments, David took no notice of Cowie, sitting on a footstool, playing with Mrs- limbd son's Maltese dog, and was even unc'nn- P01025 of the presence cf his Ptual'e s' two daughtetr;, elemnure-looking girls 111 fourteen' and sixteen, who sat, the ane on n .seta, the other an a cholla; in 'i11 fitting frocks of pale stuff, patterna ref immaculate behavior, and somewhat an• interesting by their apparent lack of any more marked characteristic, "Come and help me to wind my wool, 013'2. I can't trust this boy; but yam have grown domesticated Barely, and may be promoted," said shirts. Hodson, milt' pausing in her ,cork to „bake hands with hint, and then laughing heartily at 105 olnmsy help, while the 1bunte,1 Cussie turned his nttentiuu to the neutral -tint- ed little g,rie. continued,) BABY'S ---��_�- OWN TABLETS'' SAVE A LITTLE LIFE Mrs. T. Osborn, Norton Mills, Vt., writes; "1 do not think enough can be said in praise of Baby's Own 'Cahlets, 1 nit satisfied that our baby would not have been alive to -day if it had not been for. the '!'.beets, as he was so weak and nark that he took no notice of anything. In this eonditien I gave him the Tnhleta and they have trade him a bright-eyed, laughing baby, the pride of our home. Ile is one year old, has nine teeth, and is now as tvell'as any l,abv can be, Ile sits and plays nearly all the tints and e 1? 3 Y , dlta me do my work rvitlmomt wont'. I would say to all mothers who have sick babies ;ire them Baby's Own Tablets as I did mine, and you will have healthy, happy babies," The Tablets will cure all the minor ailments of little ones, and are O!>sohrtei,y safe, Sold by all medicine dealers or by snail at 25 rents a box from Phe Dr, Williams Medicine. Cu, Brook- ville, Ont, LIBRARIES IN MiNIATURE, Suggestion for Reducing Space Nend ad to House the Books. One of the greatest difficulties with w'hith the custodians of modern libraries have to contend is the disposal of 'the eonalantly increasing number of volumes in the limited space at their command. Ilut a nevi idea has been propounded in .he Bulletin de Pfustitut International de Bibliograpbie by 11. Goldschmidt, and Paul Oulet, which might, if successful, revolutionize all the great public libraries of the world, The plan consists hi substituting for the huge pages of the books as printed ulicro•photographie reproductions of the same to be read through a magnifying Ices, It is propos! that the size o1 the plates repro.oeitiig *pages should be in. ternationa!ly standardized, so that any one possessing the necessary magnifying apparatus should be able to rand any book ret •o t diced in this t , 1 t namtr. No teehnicnl difficulties are said to be int the way. 1t is ek,imed that the cost of pro:hmeticn would be enormously re- dmccd; that a volume of 836 pages, now costing five francs, could be produced for eight centimes. It would, moreover, greatly reduce the work is large libraries `now encumbered by Mittel of every shape and size. The plates, according to the ingenious propounders of the scheme, are to be made of a fireproof and durable material; while the system admits of an edition being enlarged to any dimensions desired in ticcordnnce with the clenand. It is, indeed, a very clever idea, which any one who stakes habitual INC of a great public library will fully' appreciate, but it will scarcely meet with rho approval of those writers'of fiction who are known as the authors of the beat selling novels of the year, Some Phrases Explained, "Pity is akin to love." And a mighty poor relation. "Every anal has his price," Excepting strays those who give themselves away, "A complication of diseases." What a man died of when the doctors don't know. "Riehcs have wings," But (hc million- :lite/3' sons 11,10)1!)' omen the cage doers, "Ignorance is bliss," It roust be judg- ing from the happy expressions of the majority. 'Truth is stronger than fiction." 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Zymes, of San Francisco, diem:seed in \cw Vork the other day, says the Now Pork Sun, the nrovtnuent., for the protection of witnesses in law; courts, that he had recently inaugurated, "We, know," sated 310, Lyons, "heir witnesses are browbeaten aid insulted. by lawyers the country over,, Wedt, want to see them poise died' front stela damnable treatment. if my movement succeeds n cross-examining lawyer will no mere think of insulting a rospectahle. nitrites than of insulting the Judge." 11r, l,yetus eaailed "Dat 1 saw one of those contemptible end. in=solent lawyers worsted the otact they --by a boy, 199, "The Lawyer, nets Laying in vain to choke 00 boy's evidence by fair mean0, ream tad to ford oras—prooemeled to "rt. rage nail alutie, the lad, hoping to con. fuer hint into contradictory etatemeate. "'Now, sen; he said, '1 want to ask you about your father,' "'Yes, air; said the boy. "'Haven't certain damaging *Torts been circulated about your fathers tate, hg?' "'I amino what reports you mean; "'Isn't tlw.re a report current to the effect that your father beats his wife and rolls lien roosts?' " `So you say,' the boy muttered, sul- lenly. Y " `So I say; 010,11ed the lawyer, `and new I ask you if that report isn't true? Come, speak opt Don't stand there like a ninny! Is it not•truc that your fa- ther boats his wife and steals ohiak- ens 7' "'1 dunno,' said the boy. 'You'd bet- ter ask 111111. I1015 settin' over there an the jury 1'" Compensation to Workingmen. The Workingmen's Compensation Act, 1906, which haus been in force in Great Britain since the first of last duly, io producing 801/15 interesting decision er in the law courts. One of these w110 ren- dered the other day in the eaae of cu employee of a coal company. Ile left odd work one P tturtiay morning at 5 o'clock. At noon ho went for his wages, using a footpath amine by his employers to give access to the works. While doing so loo 10105 struck by to passing train and injured. The county court judge de• tided ropiest the titan, but the Court of Appeals reversed the judgment, holding that it was a part of the colt tract of employment to require the employee to pass along that danger- ous route to obtain Itis wages There- fore the accident made the employer, liable mus if the accident bad happsa ed in the course of the marts dal/ employmmmt, and "entitled him to penantion. Other decisions Of "the Court of Appeals have maintained that mere negligence 011 the put of the employete, is no ban to conmAeasa- tion, though "serious and wilful misconduct"' has been declared to re- lieve _ : ^ employer from liability, Even ai J`; under the act, is not a hu' nsation when death results, n' result of the law and its liberal terpretation by INe courts. the in- sttraaee companies aro doing 0. rush - Mg business, for every employer must insure or take the risk hinrself.—bfont- r'eal Gazette. There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working end ''waiting.—Timothy Titcombe