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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1900-12-20, Page 3TO GOD* conscience of every waiv and woman In'thil houses I MI JL H There Are two wayl of paylue an ludehtedue,v"to the law and to the ­_­­ I—- _­_.__­ t . (Predhtpr. It we owe ao(A do not pay T91 Rev, Dr. Talmage Speaks of Our it. what is aw, Thoc matter IsL put She was dressed (or the theatre. U,r 9490 Upon her, for she turned, %ad Into 0of bands of an attorney; a sum- . . mom is ae'At; -a declaration -is -filed; ,a Obligations. . judg�iaeat is declared to, the ease; ex. "Tom are sure thqro Is nothing, else night. caution is issued; QL114 the sheriff goes Oh frotaW.aabington days; the, Kohinoor diamond for one, Chats. towth. and gO,ka vnL the aulotion-blook, TalmLA . go prcao)ied from the L worth Park for another, un4 ten � 0 GoIngl Gonell, and be cirles, "Goluj� tioxt; "How much owest. millions of 4ollaxs for Another, you The debt Is 01011catq4 by force- Thou Wy Lor4l"-Luke xyl. U. would . there is a0th. or way of payiW a debt. . ­ -the first of next January � . LAVOR Mu 'To 80CR$J . We take UP the bill mind say, "This bill ,,, i o You would not sell the eldest one, be. is due. He,re Is the mcmey." The one , I . I- ___1 .... �� I wing 14 a. 1-4 . �14 9%; Will I g up 4 I � oa�a,se it is the first,born; you would payment is made cheerfully, the other 142"Cle-pbeet al I the values and all not, sell theyoungest, because it Is by the force of as law. , 7 thq lo`4-0�edness, Indeed, * -� . � , ftea dur the, ;ybungest and the t ; pe nor this God collects his bUlsl in both ways, I in$ tho year ask yourself the que4tion, "What one, because it looks the very image of Two mEm I knew very well, home 'the . nw., I wOxtbX' "How much. do , its father; " that one, because it yeaTs uglo, -on atreets oZ New 10%10�" You say, 11"rhore Is aomuoh looks like its mpthoT;, nor this one, Yiark. TheX'were talklat about the that) 1 have to Pay for bou"'rent; so bei4ause it has always been sick, . and mat,tor (.4 bomerolonce. One said to "You 1414h, Or ptore-rent; 13o much to meet I . You especially, love it; nor that one, i the, t ar, Q 11 .give too much.. I will ** interest on that mortgage. loot , ,because it is so healtbtul that wait until I get a large. pile od money, $I 41 I . It be foreclosed; somaoll to meet that .Von could/ not think of giving i,t up, I do and "thou I will. give. No,' said the 110tia 14. th4 bank, last it be protested." � mot Want you.tO give them up. 1: Only autier, "I will give as God prospers i I ivappia,sc t,bat t o-uight you could put want, y#u, if gold, and diamonds, and me," Hear the sequel. The former *Xwo on a P1400 of paper, in fi've r . all the earth oamnolt buy themL, to I lives in, New York,City to-da,y, dollar- miumbes, in wound figures, your whole Wobtedneas to men. And yet 1how think Of the inagultiidp of the ques" I less; the latter gathered two hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars. I I va, lialt And 13tumble whou, the ques- , tion. I CL�k bmu, standing I,, your � family group, "How, much owast. thou believed thal the reasion, why many � . . tion in out to ypa to-aigl4t, that was . unto I my Lord T' A I b I its gave . them , I pelople. Are kept poort is becauset Ithey . I PrOpounded by the ste,ward to the . � debtors of his waster, "flow much to you. 11,urinig all those sick nights, no a man gives bir the' Lord '#a 3v,he1a you rocked that young life,- or I ithe right spirit to Jesus Oweat thou unto ony Lord ?" fact . 11 j* tU.If bothered I , wart 90 anxious YOU couI4 not aleep, . Christ iand to the Church, lie is iusur- I wo are m9ro About though others watched, that you came qd lor time and for c,ternity. TJI a .1 tho flye hundred dollars that we I , . . . 'in every little 'WAile to, sea -utioA Bank bit England is a weak instit *we to our neighbors th-4n we are I . 'how Oings Were 190tag, And hour after mmpaxed With the bank that ' any � � . about that insolvency into which we. I � 'an . hour carried the suffering little one Christian man can draw upon. That I have pian'ged to amount (qo far be- - . . . . 3,wiid the mUllons, and the billions. on a pillows and I - not grow hqA . . t diA vyl man who 4t#ads by Qhri6t, Christ that-. . I : . .Rod the quadrillions, that there is You found no reat until you were �.Ure it will stand by Jlim-. Xwrlg , the . I man who stau4,b3y Christ will, Sind I , . . . not roDmi enough on thei scroll. of ithe Was WWng to - get well_Re Iffatehed with You, and kept heart 0hrist etanding, by him, � I iskyt fox. the archangel tol- put, the Lgig- l 4 your from breaking, and anaivered your . I - I - -_ Nixes. I ! I I . . � I ', [ � . I want to put on youx table to -night Mayor. . 1� . . . I . . . PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. . . the boodr, of God'a aacount�tbe book I lr4e) next bill ,I find upon the ta- I . Pails. a book bill. Ho mur,N - W, is your . . �_ . I $omo biteretatiog iteam,twat ako worla's Doing ,busi- . . Bible, w1orth ? Scientific =64 are try- . Noged People.. . . . � .1", . ness. for eternIty,, my brothors and Ing to shoilm, - thiroulgh thlei news Edison is very ,fond of children. � - . sisters, we want. to do it with, our . . � ,us, papers, and through philosophic . pa- He delights to show them the won - eyes open. I want you to gather to- . . PerBs that Our race is. descended froon .ders, of his, Workshops and to inystify. � � gather all the things, you have ever . I . I the Monkey.,But we, - who . I believe in . them. with hia magic. . To them lie I . . "no for God, and p%t them In one . I I God'a Word, read there that GOA made is t lie real wizard -:he 1.9 ab often call- . I � . I line, and add thean up; and thengath- . � man, . in his own I and not. In the mage, . ad, I . � . . I I � ,� - ­ ­ or together all the things that God I I . . . . imagel a .a Motikey. Get out of. my The Shah of Persia, Is a great earl-. L . . do go, we could not possibly be married I has. - done for you, pat them in, one . *them iraY .With Your oursed.Daxwl,nian the- on :turlst. The Ayalls o f .his privat a L . . so sorry you were out of town the L . I line, and add ap; then sub- *txact . r_ ories's Scientific men 'c9ndot'unde apartments -, are covered with plain ' � the )easok from the greater, I . . . . . stand the ,origin o4 this,,.world, fWe . *IIH6 paper, and. on these lie scrib- . L . , DON'T BE AFRAID. � . open our' Bibles, .and w1a feel liketh a blea, funn plobiLres whenover the - I Y I ­e�_ I . L he L . L I T settlement will be right. If L I Christian Arab, Who said to the s,sp_ . . 'tio, fancy takes hk4L When he grows . . fired . God owes us, he bA rich, and oan Pay. . . . when'aSked by him . . I �vby he be- lieved of them theyt are washed off or . I the room is, re -papered.. . . ; I it we owe God, we are honest, had will' I .. . . tb&t:thera Wage, God, "How do I klub6r that it wag a. mLan instead of . , ' Madame Melba. prides herself on I try to pay. I I .. � . al capnQ thht want Past my"teat last bein ga "natWal aong-bird." She did .1 . Now will I Put on youp table these . I ' I � I �. L ' ' ot'ght 9 Why, I know' hi I m. . by the not pass through a protracted period L ' I I bills of indebtedness. If- they are � � I . . -traokp.11 -Then, lbaking over (it the of. * I voice-oultare priqr to,lier operatic , � , L, wrong, don't pa7. them; rojedt.them., I I . L settin 9bun, the Arab aaid,fofhe seep- debut. From childhood she has-been . . . I 11 f they axe right, say so. The'firsi, ­� I I . . ,� ties "Look there I that I' , s. not the work able to sin*g. with a ase the Most: dif- . .17 �­� hill of indebtedness that I pat ap- I ' � L . . of. a iman. 'that that track of a ficulf - lo" and she mastered the � MUS I 1. , , on your -table to -night is the bill .Isi L I . Gool." Melissa all the4a - complioated sooro of '�Aidal'. in . a � 4 . I . for rent. T -his. world is tha house .things re I vealed-In Godla.Word.-. '. . fe w bows: , "I canp of even remem- , L that God built for uA to liveoin. He . I I .. . . . . . . . ' bar." says the: fair, Australian, "Arlieu I . . labs it to Us already, tarnished, What ,. D B. OX 1. L , � L :I'firSt . .., � I DEAR OL -L 0 .1 I I begal, to. � I trill a note." - -. -L.-. ' ,,, . a'oa;rpet-thq grass inlerwiUven. wIth I , 1 . MY . father. Joyed': it. 'It , trembled in I L . . . The Mikado bf Japan is a, man , of . . '. � .. figuxe of flowers. What a ceiling I I . L , ,my -mothor's hand wAan she was nigh I . . . much energy and endurance, in spite . I I . . , ­% . -the fxescoed sky. What tapostried fourscore years,v1d. 2t hits be4n un- , of the fact. tha t' be, is - a 'great cigar- ' pillaxs 1 -the rocks. What 4 front der the pillow. of- three brothers When . otte smoker, I He Is fond of - outdoor . h _,�_ . I �doorl Live flaming aunrise through I .. . they died. It Lis' , , ' - . . a Vary'Ldifferent book . L I SPoxts and has warmly encouraged . " which the day conxes in. ; What. a . frioa,M what. it once wag, to 'Me. J used , . the in't'roduction. of football in Japan. . ' . back door 1 -the suaset, through , to. L take it as. la', spl6ja,aid' p6am -and . . HP: I-- �a hunter and'ilsherman of no . . � : � . . . which the, clay goes, out. What 4 . , L TaPA it as I read..Tobn Milton. I took , mean Top4ta'tioni and 'is a 9OD& Out L � . chandelier and , candelabra 1-tho Bull . . � . it' upo $01metimei, as & treAtise om law, I I with a rifle. . His devotion to'lawn . _'. . - . I lie' � I and stars; What a f.lour-bin-t.. L and road it ao I did .Blaol::st v. I I .% an ' I to nuig is marked, ,and lie is. clever . . L wheat -field. � What' chimn ys. I --- I . .0 L took it as w fine, histor -nd read.,! L.. ,y, a t . . ielder. of the *raoket. . I as - A Nv . . . . . . ,Stxoinboli�d Cot9paxi. Ah I the as I. did JoB L . . � � L aphns. Ali 1 J60W it is not . . - . The late Sir Henry Acland Was once I hIhaab4A1M04Rq5dsor Castle are but . I . . tb�. poe)a; it IX�not thqL treatise of . I - in -a: wreck -off the , =at of Dorset. , - ;1 . , .. .'7-­%� ­�'ednstdwn shanties compared with . L I . ' law; It I$ not th�, histbry. It id sifto- I Theorow were, in, despair, ind most I this great hoasa that Go! has b4t Ply a family Album tibut lopen, and' Qf.tbo ,passengers were, in hysterics.. . . L I up for " to live in, and tha rent'is . se6 right before me the face of Gvd, The .vek,se [ h.id struck on the rocks in �� - due I Are Nve ready to pay it V � � , . . .1. 1. . my f&tbor 1. of Chr4qt, ' Saf ur;. of I . MY .I* 'eternal . . I the dark and as- da was breaking � I Y I 'lap, next bill I find on our table . heaven, my. b . 6=6. .. I I the_.confiftsed, crowd - on deck was . : , . indebtedness to'God ig.the bil , I ifolr There is, one more bill'�If indehfo& E!waxed by the appearance of Dr. Acr. rea d. We have been sitting at Vass laid faPPha 'the table, and that L ' land, fully and carefully dressed, .. . Lventy I God's table ten,, tjiirty, fifty, s . , L is the W 11, for Your radeniptionL . . 11 have with the Announcement that "Break-' . I . I . I L years. Pat the board down low�at � been ,told 'that the bellar of St. Paiihi . � L .fast Was 6eady." He added. that, as . ,� . . . . . ; thxee dollars per. week, and in forty I . Ca1hed.raJ,.Londcn,. never toil save it;wag impossible to get ashore, they , . I . years, iL. iS SIX Lh0aSauA two hundred . . when thd king Or Some memb . or of the . . would be wise to prepare themselves . . . I . I and forty dollars. From, thu apples L � I . . . royal fAM11IY dies. The thunders iv...�he . for, their trials byl beginning the day L I - . I . I you ate im the orchard when a toy, , dome of ha'aven never tolled SoTo'le- in the castowary-manner. ,. ­ . I . to the fruit last night apou your 4 'fully as.lwgian they , . rmng out to the L ,Que" Margherita 0.4 Italy'haa 0, .... tea -table, it. all came oat of the ' wOTId t1hia, iliews, "Kinx Je . sus is dead'111 fashion of doing gtacefully'dramiatic, . � name hand. From the horu.tbat When a kin I g -dies, the whede land is L . things every no.W-aII4 than. . Whan. L . L called you from tha hay -field years 1. pot in blw,k; th ' _ _. , ey shr,oud, the pillars she Paid her annual visit to the Girls' . ago, to tho silver. bell that tinkled on they ,liu,t the people in procession,: Mission School, in Rome not.fong -ago ' �. , Your table at noon to -day, you have they March to a doleful ,druni-be. . it. she arrived. in an open carriigo, and I I never known the pang, Lbe sickening I Whatt S110411 1 Wsa do now, that; our ]King I following c�ime two others filled to. . . . horror of h i ,- - � nothing to eat. We. . is dead ? Put blackness an the -gates overflowing .with masses of exqui- I . � pay the bill. ,i , �he baker, and the a the, Morning. Let - th-e cathadml or- site flowers, which she commanded L I I � fruit-dealor, ba., ,*.-a do not paythat . gan% leit as IvInds s6b;"Iat all . wn, Up Lin L110 ,school Should be dia .' . I . . � God %ho, makes the food, and who .wail; the 90mbrations.of Men fall in.line garden. WIMA L the directress and I m which to buy . . and beat a funel-al-march of woe $1 all the pupila and teachers were, as -w I . . . it. If on Saiurday night, or at the . woo I WOO! aq wo �go to tho* Irrave of sembled she handed each a lovely end of the month, they 1vith whom we, our dead lKing. , , . I bouquet, saying; "Last year you all I board present the Will, and We. do Aight � hundred Years after Us dward ose - me h fla ul Pr ntOd ' Wit wars; it is 4 to I not pay it, we are put out; but. -year I. Was. buried, fbeY brought up his Unto that.l.revenged mayself.01 I I .. after year, and for stores of years, , body, and theyfoxind that he still Jay Conan Doyle,looks a typleal squi*e; - . I have we been permitted to sit at With a crown an big hea.d. More than., he is tall, .rather fair, With a heavy, I . . God'a table I I eighteen hundrood yearo'have passed, figure. , He talks very slowly and WITHOUT PAYING, . and, I kbk into the grave of my dead deliberately. He is one.of the few . . I and the luxuries are greater no* than (Xing, and rsea no;t only M crown, but M1012 who have learned the art of sym- ever. 'before. N vary. One of you has 1. On his head a.re many crowns," Andi Pathetic listening. In a way he is con8umed Whole acres of corn, whole what is, more. he is .rising. I extremely vague. For instance, .the . flocks of I birds, whole droves.of sheep, � � TEA. JIB HAS RISEN I visitor way. notice him putting,a let - ter in one of 1;6 Pockets and then ,Whole herds, of cattle. Ali I it has . Ye Who cawat to tb a gkav�e weeping, searching carefully in the ,otherj!for been no cheap thing tq feed 'Yew AP. 1 go aWaY rejoicing. Let your dirges , it, ,He is a man who -would be al - poetites for forty years; and do you 110W. change to anthems. He lives I ways misplacing things for lack of . think it iii a mean, unfair, 'dr dishon- Take off the blackness from the-giates method. But, iparhaps the thing that est thing, when to -night there is put Of the morning. He lives I Let earth strikes you . laore than anything upon your table a bill for board T and heaven -keep Jubilee. He lives I I 'in Conan Doyle is file great, big heart . . The next bill I find upov our table know, that IMY Redeemer liveg. For . I in the )GRan. .. . . is a bill for clothes. There is but one whom that -battle and that victory? . Six William Harcourt has pleaded . manafactory of Gobelin tapestry, F OIr Whom V For you, i guilty to absent-mindedness, and tells � and that is at Paris, under the eqn- Ohl gat wine deliowto scale. that a ,story- against himself. He 60- I trol of the government; and these, fab- you 'may wewh His burdens.. Got pected a man -servant of stealing I rics are woven for royal families only. some delimte, chalice that you may money, and at last resolved to set a 1. . But in all the earth there are fac- measure His -tears, Linton, to the trap, . Taking 4L handful of gold torles going day and night, weaving hard. brebLtbing of tthis dying One, coins, he laid them -down on his -writ- a more wonderful fabri-c than royal W-laOsO O01Y crime was' tha�t he:, came ing-desk and went out. Presently tapestry for us, the King's children. to save the WorrId. As I tbLmk of.the he sent this servant to the room to I The cotton plantation sends -us seeks. cald mughts that ,fell oix himi,of the fetch sonin article. When John had The flaidield sends us Iluen. 'Ilia t6inposts that strWnk him, of the returned he ipromptly want to his Shoop's wool supplies no cloaks; The whips that flayed. him,;, of the, insult. . room to see if the coins had been Sable and the ermine yield as furs. Ing bahils thwt slappad him I on the touched, On the table, in the place I What coats, what'lats, what,ishoos, cheek, oE the mouiths, that spit upon where he had left 'them, Were gold . What muffles. it takes 14 supply., you him; and while YOUT stand there, seeing coing, But were there -as Many as all your life I Put it down low, I -low the blood dripping ilowno from brow ho had left I He didl not know, for . I muo h. I Two hundred dollars per to cheek, from ohasL- to brout, from he had neglected to count them be- yearl Can you clothe yourself at breast to, knee, Ircim' k;nee to looto fore he had laid them down, "By that rate? Two hundred dollars Par from foot to the groutnid, I stand amid this inaida�t, (you, oee.11 said �'Ir Wil- � year for forty years is eight thous- that red rain at anguish and, cry out , liams in telling the i9tory, "that I was and do)IRrs for clothes; sixty; years, "Oh You bloOd-bought man and wo- born to be Chancellor of the Bx- . twelve thousand dollars for clothes. MOM, h0'W =11011-110W Ina ' 43h owest chequens' � ( C_� Ther next bill I find on out table to- thou anito my Lordi" There are hun- Whet the late Prince Christian �, night Is, for that wo owe God for our dreds of man 0.114 women In this house Viotol, wag a subaltern in the Xing% . . families." Where did you got your who will xaspond, "Everything I , Royal Riflea J16 had in his company 4 . faiallies from? ';God setteth the soli- .owe to 116 --my time, my talents, my corporal who was a severe diselplinar, I .� I tary in faMiII6s,1"U,%vd you a mmpan,�, heart-overythlag." , . Jan, and considered it to be his duty .1 . . . . . 'o, lon� who is kinds gentle, sympathet6, , ' , . I h4ye presented to,you to -night to find Jaulf. with ev,arything. On hall �'� hclpful,_.%*mpath6tIa. with 0.11 YoUr these different bills -the bill for the, expiry of his twenty-one Years' .0 joy4 and sarro*pt Was it good look 3 Y" house-Teut; the bill for board; the bill service he aPPliett to the Prince for ithe, worry slalgh-riAe that gave ber I lit for clothing; the Wl for the family; a fostimonial, as to oharaoter, to en - able him to Procure a situation in V,u I No. Proverbs xix. 14-� "A the bill.f= ,taxes; the book bill, dad civil life, 141nee, Christian Victor d wife. is from fhe Lord.11 11ave the redemption bill. Mill YOU P&YI willingly assented, and credited 'the ou children round about your table? W_ "Olt .yes," ovary man days, The ooly retiring corporal with beingthe most 11ave, they eyesight, ,when so many quesWn IS, day by day, wilt thisi man assiduous fault-finder be, had ever met. The roolpioat of the testimon. bivvd been born blind ? Hava they hear- and woman, "Itow muohl" I cannot , lal was lucky onough the first time Ing, when Vio, Many' have boon born toll, I simply kA,owitbat in the olden he showed the Prineels, credentials to deaff oat they talk and sing, ,when times, under a diSpenqatlon notnear secure A congenial situatI011- Re . ,so maflyhavoo been born cripples ? Who so hright as thix, they k . 4'va A for the poat of assistant A4 applio a -master In a workhous�. and I gaV6 Yo't those glad, healthy, romp- ON11 TUNTIt TO 001). the Prinools letter Acourod him Cho . I i Ing ohildr-oft f How w.00h will you takes I Is not out ,ttligion, Worth a4 vauoh to berths The ex-torporal still holds go tbm I If I AhOald offer to yow AS? That qtuedtioft I 166"Ve. to the tbo podtion. I I . . ...... � ...... .. - 4 � - . . - - - � . � � I; � � I - - - - � - - . . . . . . � - - , - , � � - . - � - . � , - . , - . _ - The Pride Of The Eyes I - I. - I - � .I - - . ­ - - . ­_ � - ' � " � . . . . I , , ­ with us to Uarrptl Viy for July and 4,umt.11 11 , -­ � . , ­ '. '- 4- - ­ '- --- _ -, - . . . . . . . , -,- - - -1 ­ - - __ - ____ "What is it, Artburf" , , - , , , - - - - , ­-, " - - - - . . . . , , , , " - - , ___ - ^ - ­ ways came back to the plooked, jaded, Pale face, and she must Lave felt ray , - - , , , , - � � , " -----..-, ".'" ­_ '" "' ------- "W"POW BEAUTIFUL 101AL TAURTS , Uy blood leapt as X looked at her. "I shall not forget Your 111vita- She was dressed (or the theatre. U,r 9490 Upon her, for she turned, %ad "P -"o . . P" Wool' I said as I bado t1tom good fi.00 figure was soon to perfection in rose omili#W, sail, came over and laid , 31AGNIFIOENT FLOATIN(i PALAV'g,$ "Tom are sure thqro Is nothing, else night. , , of dark -colored a tight fitting gown , liar *book against m ,y bandages, $1is OF XONARCHS. I I ym, want, Arthurl" . -0 so 11 silk, which exactly salted bar ,rich, i*Qkod loudly at me suil JKWeil mo, on , 1; I""" "Quite certain, father, I'm perfect. Allart frOJA a n'ticO 14 a B0010ty , southern complexion; smil ovir all . the OY01144, , . Wkely Isimesive, cost -T140 coneii yiiot lbe, , ly, comfortable.11 paper to the affect that, "the charm. the pleture glowed the subdued red to W, are to gQ 40 sleep,, darlipgoll YO, , , P944 t4pewsove Ayer XHO14 - Tke 11 "Well, don't :read too much, try to Ingly Interoatint; daughter of Colon, light from 4 Shaded table lawI4 Blie said. . 4*0004 votiorlo 04*1 41krt.o 16 0 .. Very 4r_03"1"91K yseb$ (OMPared Wlib sleep a little," and with a kindly at and Mrs. Nelson, had returned to "I want you to met our wadding k bat r I tried to raise myself Rod apoi* � hopke. glance back, my father steps through Canada, and was slyendinc� the gay ( Jay$ so I answered, "for some time fell baiok sweating and almost feint- , Yachting. has rightly been described I U10 door, summer months at the balne-do-mer , wltbiii the next two mouthst" Ing with agony. as the most fascinating of bobbles, Reclining In my padded armchairs I 'It Murray Bay," I heard nothing.of ,,Oh, I ean,t do that, pool' and she , "Ob, Arth4r, 910941 UO still O' 40, Just � while It 14. equally trite that it is the I canact keep back bitter tboughta-aa the Nolsous till they roat,bod, Toron- gave,�mo a very decided Jack. fox to,alglit.11 . most expensive. many well-known . my'eye, travels round my room-, 'It is to again in September. "Why -not?" I could only look at liar. She leaned millionaires can boast 91 their pala- . hung with dark silk curtains to 5of ten About the time of their return ,,I vouldn't Vwmlbly be ready; just forward and klawed me again, and 14 ando . tial stgapl; yachts costing thou . the light; on the floor ,is a carpot . private business called me liome iur . Weeks, and so Much think, Only eight 'he 0�tberiag d4rknoo once more that t . . of %*uada. But the, Wuohto owned by which 4eadeas all Bound,- and though a couple of weeks, and while there an to do, Why, my trousseau 14 to come I strange thrill of 4%uiet contentment � Royalty are undoubtedly the moot , utumn, a fire smould it is only early a - Invitation was forwarded from the from New York." panned through me, and I lay back on , costly ships aflmt for thetv size and era In the grate, from before which Nelsons to a dame at their house. ,,Never mind the trousseau; you can my pillows And toll aoleep. tonnage. True, on up,46-do4te ocean Dick, my little fox-terrler, blinl�s Presumably bliss Nelson was to cume do wi Lboat. one." . I'Ald not waken till the next mora- liner could not be purchased for Is as honestly up. at me. l . out, Of course I was much put out, , , , ,,Well, but, no, I can't, you don't Ing When I opened my eyex Violet than thve"partera Of 4 million I rise, adjust my crutch, and hob- at not being able'to meet thd original understand. Men axe so absurd. was standing beside ing with her band , sterling, but such a vessel would . ble over to the window, puU aside the 04 file Photog-raph Which had so In- nut just - think, Arthar, We've oul . y tu her head, She was, not no Palo as comfortably carry an army of 2,000 oartains And look out, Myl father is terested me, out I had to decline. 1 known aaah other suoh , sh,rt the (lay before. . passengers and a crew of 600 bands, just disappea ring, Along the road .1 'I called ono afternoon the week fol- time, it Wouldn't be decent," . "Well, hofw do feel to -day, Authur? I . . 'Tow and have a displacement of 15,000 . I fifty yards away, Are cantering % lowing my return to the a ity. Mrs. - ,, batiged I" (Axe looking much better," , . tons, whereas some of the Royal. man and A woman. How I wish I �elson came into the drawing-roola . . lallesides, that, You ova 904 a 404 "T e4, 1 feet very different this yacbta with emly a few thousand . . could still ride my Arabl If my eye . in a moment. volunteered,for South Africa, and 'Im moruing." I answered, "And your � tons, displacement could not bought, does not develve me, this couple are "W,by, bow do you do, Oapta In Cran. so afraid they'll accept TOU,, It You oQlou,r Is much brighter to -da y, to 0, ,be . I for that 14are. , young and in the first flush of the ston I I am so glad to sea you, bat do go, we could not possibly be married We'll be. able to do a little talking and Indeed$ the famous steam yacht real enjoyment of life. . As, they so sorry you were out of town the till you come back, Out if you are not pass. away the time. Why to. it you . polar Star, formerly used by - the I � sweep past the gate,. the girl raises, , - other evening,. How is your fath, . chosen for the contingent, why then, dan'tabRadon such a helpless wreck . � . Czar, cost AI,Q00,000 sterling: U .. I 11- her eyes, and they must have mot Or �" ' - I perhaps--" she glanced up, caught , I am?" I went on gally. an . ' . . . r doubtedly it waA the most expensive those - of the Young follow, for she I ,Was sorry, too. However Mrs. Nei- � . my eyes and blashe d furiously. She smiled faintly and put her hand I Private steam yacht ever built. Her - turns liar face away likei a flash. B, tit -son, I.don't need to ask, you how you I My heart bounded. I kissed her and � Over her oyca- . I furnishing was a marvel of luxuri- - I , already.,they are behind the hedges are," I added, "for I have eyes., - I . . returned filled with vague and de- .. I "Is Your head aching, Violet I I am ous splendour. She bad a r' ad, black, and,put of view, With the aid of my � "You are still the flatterer I Cap- � lightful thoughts to the barracks, afraid you are overdoing., yourself," � � . � 06ad white mosaic marble deck, in the omto I U again I make my way back to Lain. I am so sorry, Violet is unwell In.the morning paper two days later Ina* ' . middle of which wag a beautiful orn- , I . . . . a long.laW lounge.near the fire, and ,Lo'day,, bas a Ureadful ,headache, and the list of commissions for the first "I think - I will Soon, D6 an in uch, of � . . � . � . . ate marble fountain. The baths, sa- get slowly Battled 04 it. I give MY cannot appear." I . I contingent was annoizaeod. I was a wreck an you are, Arthur, I feel so . . loon, cabins, aiiii other, apartments . self up to my wistful thoughts. � I was sorry too However, Mrs. Not- nominated to a lieutenancy, of strangely this woraing, and my skin is, I - . . . were fitted, with 'rare woods and . My memory goes back to the time. -qcA asked niq for dinner the following . course all idea of maxrlage, bad to'be just burning." . . stones, and the draperies and decora- whe� 1 had - Just left the Military I . evening. . I putt aside. Instead of passing my She'laid. her band an my browl, tions were of thei most gorgeous des- asillege, and returned ho . me, prcud of � , This Lima we, did'ineet. I think, I time settling the interesting details of "Why yes, (,tears you are very feverw ariptiOn. - .1 . . . . , My appointment, to a lieutenancy I in .see her now. She Was t)XII, noticeably 'Women a honeymoon, MY hou,ra were spent in ish,. You must tell Moxenzia'wb" . Altogether- the Czar ha's five. yachts the Royal: Canadian Infantry. I had tall, cven among the tali . of afeverish . preparation for the long heoomeo round. You'll have to knock . at his disposal. The one most aged . been ot-fored on graduation a com- to -day.. But 4ho was no l pe Town. . off work... gat you must hold out a I by him now is the Standart, -of 4,8H . , � .. I aslim in Che Engineers In the lw�. . girl. Her figure was already I remember when I went to say I little longer, and then you. will help fons. She .,Wus - . . � originally intended � . . perial service, � but preferring to re- . . rounded. Her carriages upright and I ' guod-byB'to Violet. She was looking � them to load me on atransport, and for A first-class troops � . . hip, but wafA . � . in in, Canada, had. accepted the � leil to the soldler's eye. easy, al?lia" . . - . pale and anxious, I thought. yet we'll both leave.tbishole of -an Afric0 * ' . . subsequently ordered to convert-. nomination to our own corps. Her hair was almost blacks her skin I � . . I it only.o4dilsd to the fascination, and Violet Smiled a -ad sai � do "Yes, just -a .be, � I ad .into a Royal, yaoirt, with inatruc- � I . I ,native my iec-tion of the regiment WAS dar*, but clear, - and the t1do 6f ,beauty of har expression., I can Id little while.111hon she went over to I I . I � I . Lions. that the furnishing& Were tol be � . . :11 I stationed t � Toronto, and thither r blood ebbed and flowed t1irough'her . Bee she spoke Under 'considerable I i . I har cb4ir and oat de,wnwearily,., I . , , Inary . . . . . . as plain as possible. The ordl t 0 won t Mo it, ' As when I was at obeoks- But It was her eyes, which . Strain, bat, like the high-ppirited girl "But Idonst see, Vlolet,.how, Lam * . � I I . . . . mortal .would wonder atthe meaning � , college, I 'bad pionty, 7 of' mohey,. for 'betrayed the mystery of that strang(�m she was., she made no Sign, . . . . to ask you to mArry ine. when we get . ., 11 � . . .� of tblalatte:r injunction if he inspect- - my mother' I a death give years 'before ly interesting expiession I had won- I . . '.'I am proud to see you go. to ,% uth � . .1 � home againill � . ., . 1. . . I ad the yachts for she is undoubtedly . I bhd left Too a o8mfortable, fortune.' dated at in liar -lihotogra,pli, - -They . . . . Africa, Arthur, but-" , . She, looked over at, me, a -twinkle I . ; � a magnifloently-fitted .vessel, and . . . . This ambled me to eat6r into the I Were hazel. A thousand lights flash. . "I will conio back, it Ibave to 4 a - . lighting her eyes,,which had a curious, pr o . , . I. . soolal life 'Of the oltyA�-a side ofox-N ad from them at onue. Passion and. ' sekt," Isaid; "I could do It now." . . 1 � . 4 allness In them -that, Morning. . . . . ... I 000. 1: . .1 . oes o ways' been . Modesty ivere both there.. bne mom- , . *1 I I . , . . She dialled and'ahook hex head.' "I "Seriously, ViOlet,Yni irk eaTnOst- I'm. for, life. I'm lalf . I THE IMPERIAL . APARTMENTS . . � I . 1. ver y fond. . The officers of the garrl- an t, saw.gentleness, the -next, rose- I at. so think too much of you to -believe th; , , � "Now a.'eripple only a . man. I've lost A log, a hand, an d . I I include two charming nurseries, an(i son never suffeied.frothl'any lack of . - . 1111loo. � A certain haafeur.ajid graol- .. . I I she said, go," she exclaimad ,; and � �aa 6ye_0 * I the vessel is lighted throughout by . invitations, either, for the scarlet tunia ousness kept strange c9nipany. . , . "Violet," Airs. Nelson 1was saying, saying thin, she p4lled a gold pin with ' a -head in the form of an enamelled via. . � . � � . I .1 "Don't talk nonsense, A.Ahni. I electricity, there being twenty wiled . . ' . . . I sea= to catch a lady's eye. I won 'felt' quite at bome� and enjoy- . . I I "this.is . Captain Cranston, a very old � . lot from her collar and Stack it in my , . ofice said to m.yself. that the only man - . of alaotTlo wiTes�. on board. By the . . . . I R mpreWs special wish many precious . . . . ad my life immensely in 'the Provincial . . . ' . I I friend of. ours." . � I. � � "You', � Captain t unic. "An(It bring that ,back to me,,, . she went on; 'Iand-," - [to, that I cairld marry. must be an Apo] I .. . * is not so long ago's--and She looked me L . . . I woods *ere used in the construction . . . . . . . I capital. 1. had. a certain ambunt� of, mx* to do; . 1'. a � to .we; . I . 1, drank well ., " are a. ,horseman, 1. I - think- I heavd mother Cranston, . � . Bhe paused out.of breath. I -stood . I 1. .. straight- in the, face-'.sbat �,Jiave . . - . I of the privAto apartmentf(i . I . . � . . As. most People know, the Kaiser Is. . . . .. and Paid as minob! attention to . the . say. There is just time .before din- � I . watching bar. She draw herself up, � . . '.hagel'.ayes chadged,. Since then, and now" -once , . I . � . . I ' 'an- ,� 1* � - . . . ­ . . oy;. Royal L . . I . I . a fine sailor, and a yachts- . o,ihar 'sex a was -good r a fo ' me. But aeri-and.if it ,is not too dark would . it those flashed with an . ' more the tire f a lighted. - d ac . �­ . . . . , .. , I . ,� . . :. man might of such a . I I . . I 11 any flirtations 'I indulgea,in nev � . � .1 vg me . your, opinion at a . . lights 11 ha�e never.seen before or . . . . . I � . . . . I I . ]in tit you desert a. I .Will not.give you I I . . . I . � � . � . .well'be'pramd . � . . . . I � ­ I I . . fine steam craft. as the Hohenzollern. . I ,went bey . on I d , flirtations; and I r*ea . I . I I member laug4img. to. myself. and, ral- now�borse fa ther has just b6u.-lit. me. . . Ila said that before he closed tho bar- � . I . since.. . . . � . � . I � ' "And 'and " 'she b I , drat 6tit, "yes, I . - . I up, aad�-" � . . . '. . . . . (AJ step Sound out side the door. "Good . . . .11 � I Shewaa bullt Specialty. for the Kaiser, . . . 'indeed, was designed in Part . ' '. and, by � I . . lying my b rothei-officer.0, wbon_a .. . . . n he wanted you to see her. *9e 9111 o . - _ . . . . � . . * N�111, an4,nobody can. hinder me. I will . I . . . . �. I .. . too-"' . . . . morning, Crani.tda.10 , It' . . . . was � I Dr. McKenzie. siWel), MISS Nelson, 1�. . I . ' . . . . . I h in. She Is. about 800ft. in length . I �.. few. weeks after meetiiig� som I a � . . . girl li not howc Yet, so I just,thought I'd �" I myself. But -9b,.i- . , . ,:. . ­. "To South Africo,l" Igasped. . . don't need to wk how our patient is 11 . I . I . ., I .. . I . . . and ,of 3,773 t(innage. She. cost over , . I . . . ' or other whose face bad struck them, .. . they 'Would suddenly begin to talk ask you perhaps you , (1101a t Teel like goin- out again -V .she " )�es, South Africa I I will. enlist . . . . � �. . -d the surgeon turned 6eerlly to- an , I fo marks. to' build. � She , . -1 ur, Million . . � . I . � . . has one of the largest and most beau- � . .1 I . seriomily of marriage, and, abouti -how I . .1 ' concluded,- giving ;. a curious, half_ I 1. . � as a nurse. I have had some. training . in En I g . land. I Will. . go and nai.se you, wards Vi: let, whoW . . 0 96 standing beside Win. . ..,. . . . . I . � � ,tifully furnished diningrooms to -be . . . . . .._� : . I a follow really ought Ao settle down- . .. . I � -that is to. say* if thei . . Shy look. . � L. ... . . . I : I . "On" the contrary," I answero4 -at . . I f you are'wou'aded., Therel" � . . . . . . � Big - "The improvementilidg4o last ht,", � � .. . tvand.oa any private vessel afloat., *. 1'. . . . . . -1 . . I . Weis success- .. . . I ful wooers, which by no . inbans .. al- I � l .. % .. , . onto, �'nothlhg would, give . . � I me more I . . 0 . ,, 40, 0 0 - * 1. , I . *. I -I ' have no utdation of entering into � L she commenced. "Re ­,!7," Suddenly ­ ty she reeled Slightly.' .. . . The most expensive Royal yacht . I . afloat is. the .Maha-Chaktit, which, ' . . 1. � 1. . ways'liappened. I . I L . ' pleasure., My,borse And, my. prores- . - ' * . . .. . any accoufit'Qf the weary voyage to I .. . - !#Ob, I feel at) strangely this morning . . I . . translated, �raoans "The Most Beauti- . . . . I One of.'the beat knowo 'Men - in . . sion are the two things .1 am' fond , . . I . g W I Cape Towns ihe !on' ait at De Aar, . 1. Doctor. I think it m'ftst.be the, eat,, h � . fal Craft," owned by the King of I ' 'Toronto was ColonelNGIson, a, veteran . . . '66i �.. .. 1. . of." I .. I I . . . . So off wa inspec t, the . . . and the :exhausting cross-country , , . . . . � . and Violet sank ba6k1oto tho'chair in . � . . I Siam. -$Iie has been refurnisheid.od . . .. . . . of the Raid of and a:,chumof my. started .to' . 1. . mai -c h '6ft er Cronje. I was not wound-. 1. . . . . .. I asWoon. . � I . . constantly tind.in such an extrava- . 'father's since' -boyhood. � When I . . . 'arrived now hwunt; whith turned out to, be a . " I.. .. I , . . ad at -. Paardeberg, nor was Istruck . . ' . htly� called a e McKenzie Insts, ,on,ple . . . . . . . gant Manner that considerably over 4 ,. . I � I . first in the city the- Colonel splendid beast. lie be . y St part of I.t _ . d I uring the advance on Bloemfontein. . . _� of attendants, and among ,them they . � X1,000,000 has been spent .upon her, . .. I - . invit d me to coins and see Mrs. a . . � . was tha t Miss Nelson dc*ceptcd� aa in- . . . -Lie skirmish . outside the it �was at A tit carried he . r . away. - He was be- � � . I . � I She resembles A man-of-war -in many ' .. I I,f, t Nelson, and hhnAW -whenever ,I vitation to go Out ridin- the. next . . . : ' ' Free State Ca:pital, After the. 660dpa- .. . ,Cone . . - . fare Icould*aak any questions...' ', I . . . wa a,. having a projec : Y . Ling ran:x4iiiw . I .1 I . Inclined, J.'very often took advant- afternoon; .' I . . � .. .. . . 'fro I ops, thatI tion ,of the town by ouT . * .I *_ a .: I ' . � *. 0 0 � - � . and two military masts; while On each . .. . I . . age of -his. hospitality.. I bad, . been , . . . . . , During dinner the talk centred in . . South, tarica.' The ei insisted, . . 1. . was -hurt., A shell burst near me, and I . . . . .. . � .. . ' I cannot write any longer: - about' . . . . . � I side, in barbette towers, . are. Arm- .� - , . . I . . . . . . spendLn b one , . g t a evening with them .Colon . . , . the explosion ofiatterail -my left. leg,, ' this.; That Was- the last� time I baw I � I 1: breecli-loading' guns.' Her � . I I I I . . . . June day and' -he and -I -were Bitting . . that if war. broke out, Canada must . . � I � . Lora two fingers. off my right handom .. Violet.,:*': She had taken enterie fever. ,strong., . 1. I 1. . 1. -'ap4rtmesota are a marvel of* , I I � e . ­ - . sm,oking!m cigar after dinner.. We , ' I 'send troops. , '. * � .. . . . I I., and -blinded one eye. I I . . - . . As her constitatton was shattered by .Stat 1. . . . . 'O intal splen I ­ . . . I . . Ae , dour. I . . . had been talking ovex the situation � "I know," lie said, '.'two � men. . Who . � i.;nuat have beei:k unconscious a long the constant overworks she could make . Perhaps. King George of Greece . . 'in Soutb Africa, on.whose borizon*the ' go, U. t will .hey have to I swi TA; there; . time. .When I at. Iasi . came- to, .I I � no' fight against it, and a few days I . . spends more time.on his Yacht than . I . ,war clouds ,were alremdy'gathering , one. is. called Or'a,uston and the other . I . . � . . . -in what looked like the found myself I . I later succumbed. Ilearned* after- . . . . any other European. ruler. Bat- he Is; - - . I . � I . ' Then a Pause had.come. - . I . . � Nelson." - - . � . I .. . . ' . bedroom of a private house. I could ,this wards, forthey dared Act till it to me a I . . ' a sailor b liorofession, and command- . . . . . . . . Y I � . . . 1. s'I can't :believe.1 am between.fifty . . . "The idea W laughed Mrs.* Nelson, . I . .... I I I .. t no at first understand what was the.. I . � 7 ... then, as I was tho'weak. They said she. . . . .. of - I . . a;.. of the- Aw�phi.trite. .He� is )2� . . L and sixty y6ars old, Cranston," said . . but .With some alarm in. her � -vbioc. . . matter. A few things Inotl6ed. Steps I liadbeeii.invalided, home that' 'very . � � I however, the only ",at sailor who : .� . . � I , 1. . I . the Colonel suddenl . I � Y. . " We'll � go together, Colonel,'.' said - 1. � . � . I , . . � were sounding every. mintife outside . I .day. That W course kept me from' ex- . . . -magnificent steam � .. .. travels on th� I , "I s4ould.'nevor have faked ypa for 1. L , - , %. ,, . I. . I . - I . � I I My door The air was'heavy. with� . pooting. to hear . from her for a 'ton - .. . I . . yacht Amphitrite when she is in dom- - . , . , I , I .. . . I thaws . . . ofY(ft n)Ay,, my boy, bat I'm afraid . . . I 1. � dr . . It -,as ,,a, I ugs . -y .�ot and I could I I . . . . sidetable time., When a -they fin Ily . i . . I . I . - � miasian, for, Queen Olga is an admire ! . I I I I I I I I Idob, Idon"t mean .that, but when I'm too. old.. .They'd never taike me," I . .1. h groans fro j3ar in 90MOWboTe. I . told �we the truth I had.-% relapse. . In the Russian ildvy,. and the. ' . � .. � �- .1 I . . . I sit here opposite you, I think I see lie answsred with 'a glaw. look, and glanced -up *at. .the. window and maw . Threa-manths later1was belped'a- . . . "ONLY WOMAN IN THEWORLD . ... Your father again -you -are so like I an amus6d glance at his wife. . � I ' I that it must be evening, for' the light . shore at Montreal. My father wan at I . I � - . . . who holds ouch a rank,. ThIs.magnL I � him -and I seem to be a boy once .The next day.Violot and I had car came in dusk. and red. I.was becom� . the dock to meet me. He broughtme . . licent . boat wfas built on the Clyde, .1 . .� more and forget' I have a daughter � ride. My Arab was. put to it to keep Ing a little wider awake now, and dud- home - I.. . . . . I. I I . , I . ' I . . . andis very fast.. , who is to come outthis winter�,Wbat pace with bar mare. As We BwO,Pt 4only became aware that I was .not Colonel Nelson came here to.gee me . . I 1. . % Another . fa . mou . 9 Royal Yacht is the � 1. .. a splendiltTlooking chap Hairy Crans- . , along Forest Hill Road, and than alone. 1 nurse was sitting in a chair at . � an soon as I arrived. ,He entered my . I . . Alberta, -belonging to King Leopold , too-7our father, I mean-waal-a . away across the breezy commons: I *at -the foot of,my bed, She seemed to be . I room" allently', and came and stood at I ­ I - tiful boat, I of Belgium. is. a beau fee a a Jew. would ta,ke on trust, and. let -Violet a little,bit aboad,, s 9 . 9 wileepr andas hers w as the only direc- the he ad 'of my coach. 03b took my . -She over 300ft.. in length. ' About half I as strong an Samson.", I I. that I , could Watch her splendid I Lion in.wbich I could look, for to sound' hand and,,wxuugi t. The tears .11 a million sterling. has, been spent . � "Excuse mas Colonel," I int errapted, fig-dro as sharoder, , Sho.had perfect . move, pained me, I fell toi -watching . gathered in his eyes..He turned his face ,. . , . upon .liar. The dining-ropm boasts of "YoDu have Just one da ughteri. haven't control over liar aniinal,. and as I drew. I . . her, as she sat:shadowed in the failing . . 1. . I aside. B;o , caught his breath,. w.rilug . . � . . . I id glass. I � . . �, a magnificent dom cof, staim fr, �, , � YOU , .. .. - . � up again to hari I saw t be bl ood glow- � light. . . � - my hand again, and rushed from 'the . I . O.t I . I !The. Royal bedroom extends the entire � "Yes, Violet is 6,11 1 have. left now. Ing in liar faca train the mad gallop "How fired the poor girl looks 10 I room, .. ' .. I I wt gorge -m - .. �. dth. of. the vessel, and is a 'She is in England at pr . I esgent finish- . throu the b6ak autumn air. People, � gh . . . . 1vas t hinking, "not bad -looking either; . . I I am makingsearcely any headway in . Oasly furnished apartme it, It in. I Ing bat -education. She W . oald -have I not lead, turned as we scudded Past iftex. seems to be like somebody I kno w; recovery.' In spite of what the doctors . I . . purely Venetian in style, decorated . . .. been here a year ago, but took some and looked liar. They showed . . their good.sense, if not their &ad worideii who it is I I have it; if Aii, a - ' weje a -t do worn and pale .and thin, she say and whatmy poor � father does his beat to in witilf, I . - . �� I and blue, and is also remark , I I fad about getting -a training in has- . 'Pital nursing. She will sail for . . manners. . I I might, pass foi Violet, that is if her Perfiqa4q; himself Is true, I know perfectly wall that I shall never . able for'its great beight� Although I )Is Montreal a week from to-ddy. That's . I had laughed at other man's heads . - eyes are right. most likely they 1r0 be restored to hedlth. I was looking the Rhedive. is a bad. sailor never- . , tholess possesses one of the largest , . . i her Picture over there (in the Mantel." being turned in a few weeks at ' tbe,only brown. Wonder where Violet In the other day at aphotogTaph I had poleasuXe vessels in the world. She I of up and stopped over to the . , . Sight Of a Pretty girl' - 1 had to in- now f Round Eloomfoatein somewhere, taken junt before leaving Canada far . J�.- 6illea, the MubrouaA and Is of.4,500 fire ) � la!o. I �1� cludd myself in the laugh now, But -Isappoae. Queerwalvb never watainc() the Cape. Inntead Ofa man .coming I � . tons. ti -V a Just ,got that about a month this time I found it wag no laughing . I she landed. Wonder where I am V If into the prime of life, I am only a . . The. Queouss yacht ViatOrl% and Al- � I.. ago, Ithought you had seen it," m ttor. It w as no weaRc sentimental she kne,W I � were' . laid up, she'd be brokenj tottering poaftbldlug, read' Y to bert, although amagnifident V60901, . went on Colonel Nelson, "and Violet feeling I bore towards Viollet. I I hare-�-11 ,, . . droll to pieces at the more breath of J . . . Its furnishings � I cannot be compared In I . writes that they toll liar In England wanted to be near, her; my heart I I And ao my.thonghts rambled on. My of disease. � � , I I . to waujt­of the yachts owned by other . I it is very like her. 'She does not seem Qirobbed wildly whenever I saw 'her. gaze turned once more to the nurse, Yn n From pa I g ,6 at e;ntlaa . to t a J h . rulers. AtItho.sardo time, it is very to have changed muoh." .. I dreamt of her at night; I woke'up in the mornilig thinking of her, I could who had moved. Just then, She woke up witV a little Starts and, instantly world beyond the grave, my whole In- forest in centred in fhat abadow-land roomy and beautifully fitted out, It 0 . 10 All this time I was looking at the photograph only balf hearing what read notbing; every.printed page turn- looked round at me. Our eyes Meto . to which my gallant -hearted girl bad to, built ,at wood, and'haa a dlsplace� I . � . moot of 2,470 tons, There Is a Royal � I was sa-id. The feataxios, were those ad into a picture of her. This could and a moment later Violet's lips touch-. 1. gone 0. little while bat Ore. But the nusery on board. The Prince of, � at a gira about twenty, they were not go on long, nor did It. At the ad mine. I I "Oh, thought 40f her.causes no, Vassi to ton Wale4jiss yachts the Osborne, is 260ft. I t remarkable for their regularity. no end of a mwith I had offered bar all Arthur, my love. at lastl Bit burn within me, does not Make my . In length and very comfortably and The face was oVal and refined, but a man can Offer u, woman. Her youi must n't speak, not aword.11.But veins throbs nor my heart tighten. Ali, luxuriously furnlabod, 4 o the stri-king thin' g was -I hardly know answer was to lay her head upon MY she stood looking at ,me so wistfully . no I'When her form comes before the . ,as up -keep of these floating how to describe 1. . houlder. and, kissed me again. Bye ,of mind, she 16 not dressed in silk palaces is naturally a most expensive \ . arily fascinating and interesting ex4 . Colonel Everytbing went Wall. There was asinirular feeling and a and, jewels', appealing to the sensen , . ifem. To keep a 8,000 -ton yacht in \ . . pression, at once sweet and resolute. Nelson was extremely kind, What he new one for me in that kiss. Whether bar, oyes glowing in the light of life full commission for twelve months ' "When did you Bay she: Was coming said I have no intention of ropeat- the wards at the it was from Sheer bodily weakness or for some other reason, there rushed and love. go, no I She in simply, Plain. ly attiredo her cheeks are wan, Rod bar I would exhaust a banking Re � count of homot" I as6d, laying the portrait aside, . Ing. They were Canadian gentleman that he is. . through me no surge of .passion. I eyes are weary, yet an lof Joits, Sweat. nearly ;250,000- Mr. W. X, Vander- . 11 bilt recently declared that he Spout si`Sbo sails next Thursday," "And aortly after our m9la0ment a . visit Colon0l's to thrilled, but -perhaps it won Simply beemaso'l 1was not strong enough neas beama in them, And when in ray drearasshe loans over and touched I A28,000 in tb�a coaraq of eight months I she has been in Germany, was nephew of the came them ' 11� was a fine looking dhap', PhySleally-my blood did not beat in hot lips to Minot instead of the oidmaa on hig steam yacht Valiant. ]Royal. 11. deal it, or France?"' "In big fair-balred fellow with blvo my temples, as It used to,' an the can- boiling, of the blood a feeling of per. yachts, of courses are a great . . The Colonel looked at me. jggng. n I once that he found bid trary a quiet contentment, a sort Of fact) contentment steals over me, and more oostly to maintain than Prl� I land, at Cheltenham," he added. � I excused myself early, but In go- eyes. saw at cousin very attractive, and. this fair- faraway dreamy happiness crept over Illo back quietly on my Pillows. and vato coca. It is estimated that when . the Czar an a, 6ru-188 . ing, out mot Mrs. Nelson, in the hall. ly Bat me wild. It Is said that Pea- me, -and In my hazy joy I lay bacW on the pillows Rod with half shut eyes forget the bitteraosa of it all. December Prize Story in the Toronto goes yachting It wets h1w, aboufA 41,000 a, day.,Evon I "I am afraid you must find it dull, plo are, apt to admire their Opposites. ___ _________ I silly, and jealoas efiougb watched Violet, Who, shaking bar head Ladies$ Journal Contest, Written by Emperors and Kings acknowledge I that yachting I.E(an expensive Pastimes I Captain, lot nia congratulate you; . and wan to fear that Violet might be estrang- and Inger 1 with her ii On her lips, Prof. W. A. R, Xex,r, Upper Canada 0 - this is the first timei I have seen you since Y�ur promotion, slate you oeas. odfromme, T)ie very sight OfFrank WAS stealing back to her chair. , , College, Toronto, v . ' I PARSON SIMNCE a A LLWYEA. ad to be Lieutenant Cranston­qwhat. I Uanditon made me sulky and Silent I to him, churl. Evidently she thought I had fallen "loop again, She oat down, and turn., , ,----.O- "... , .. . A clergyman . I was glvlug . evidence I. , Was I Saying t Oh, yes; I'm at -raid you must find it dull here, ior .we are andoavo.ge. was rude Ish and snappy. I don't know, whoth- ad her head partly away from Ina. My ', NEW MOOX WINDER. ` I To MitomOttleally indicate when a in , horse stealing case, and the op - counsel was trying to tons, A getting old, and the house is quiet, at he UndOrstma or'not, but anyhow he hL9 debonair attention, eye rested on bar face. How thin and PRIO She wax I 0ek BY" which I kc� Olt)* needs winding. & toothed bar is posing I fuse him, "Pray, air,!o' lie tried, "do but.,I*rbaps Ip the autumn it Will oantinued to Violet. The wh:r bad already memborad at, Toronto, _when they 6ttlobed, to the winding shaft to r1s6 , you know th6 differeitoo between A, __10 be livoller." "Dall I" I answared, float a bit, Mrs, brokda out, and I had volunteered for doneed and blazed in perfect health# as the ,clock ulawituU, alevor being pivototir at tho and tf that bar to fall horde and a cowt" "Indead," replied � the raverend igentlemon, 'or hardly. Nolson, There Is no place In .- Toronto I fool Service to, Afried, 11 I were not ac�. I d6t6rminod upon boingma � r- were now dull and weary -looking, though some of the old light brighten- when the bax I& drawn u* high enough . . know the difference botwooll A hotali whore so much dt home. I all wo,ys prefer Old friends to new once." cepted, ricd at Onto, of 6OUV66 if I were to ad them for a moment ,when I had tO` alekr It, dropping aft indicator In- to ,Rod 'a eow or between & bull dud A /"l , � . . "I goo to the Transvaal, It would be sense - first rotognised bar. Wror hands lay Views ; I I ----I*- -onlr s� bull, I Rift told, has bully; . � I! � hope y6li will Act Jorgo. us when t less and unfair to ask Violet to 0011- before her in her lap, liar knuckles horns, and &'bully-" here hamao . we come back In the fall from Murray Sent to our Immodia,to union, I Went stood anti, and the Akin hung puckered CTIPST STANDARD FIU19T. a bow to the lawyar-"laekllY for Wes �� to my. uly to the NOISOA's that very evening. over. hot fingerx, And how thin she Man Who, thouWh, AlIghto lat ,re#X)i . has 110116-o' � t. �� 11 110% You are ,golag to - spend the violat mot Mo Ift the Porch aloie. . .had, become I nor figure was no �Ourvlesl the chest Ottlidird, are preferred an MATRING BACON. I ,summer there to, ,#Tboro is Something X want yo.0 to longer one series of faultless tcVtultil tO those tho,t are sfout, the I "Yono the Oolonel and I AT6, to meet vroiol;ao me," I said, (to We' went into It W43 11191114r now, and bar shoulder* former being ,601midored .to, posaoss . : It takeS AbloUt 15' bushels 'Of grain � Violet in Montreal, and tuoa, take her tJi6 orawing room. wer6bont forward. Bat my oy6o Al. � the better frame, L and MVAI to fatten it lArgo U460A 14,i IV. t , j I