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**My darling!" he -e.thispered, and
bent towards her to take her in hie
arms. But even now she drew back
fr°2egre
4It bin. e tlai love you, Horace,"
she geld, "but-" •
,eBut nothing else matters, eeer!
'YOU said eo yourself." •
She ehook her head, seeing softly -
"Thera is one thing that mattersr-
disgrace" '
• "It will not come neer you, he
cried, You 9x,e, not disgraced. The
crimes of otherigdo not touch you."
"The crinie wee my father's," she
answered steadily.
'"But not yeurs!"
No miae, but the disgrace of it
meet be mine. And my mother ia corn:
mitting theerime over again now, per-
haps has already committed it. My
name is• clishonored, and I should dis-
h000r you,* if I took'lt;
• Scarborough 'took three steps away
from her, and then turned, and be-
fore sbe knew what he was going to
do she was in bis arms, and hie kisses
were on her lips.
"Yon Jove me," he said passionately;
"you have confessed it! Do you theiet
that after bearing you say that I -will
take any answer from yOu but 'yes?'"
• She did,not resist. She had -not
pected his outburst, but she loved him
• for it the more. She returned als kids,
end was content.
. Pre Uy she looked up into 'his
face"loarrLaccie,asdkeelY-ou really mean that
nothiug'mattere except have -nothing
• -not even disgrace? You say so now,
but will you say so always?"
"Always, Sweetheart" • ,
She nestled closer to him, saying
'softly:- '
"Then telt me again that' yopme, and in listening to you I will try
to forget the rest." •
, , love
•
,
He told her,' and told her again, and
It seemed that ,slie would never tire
of hearing the - Words or he Of saying
them They forgot all about Scott and
his errand to the ,Blue Lake; for they
were living through the suprenie mo-
ment of existence, the 'moment, when
• the first kiss has been given and re-
turned, when Love has putthe old
question, and has been answered by a
whispered 'Yes.'
• But Presently 'Scarborough jumped
'lei 'hie -feet: with an' exclamation.• •
"Scott is signalling something with
a glass!"
• Down in the valley a point of light
• was flashing against the setting sun.
Scott bad. a, piece of broken mirror' in
his hand, and was ming it as a helio-
graph, winking a message to them in
the long and short flashes of the Merge
•code.
1 -"What does he Say?" asked Elsa.
"'Are you Weep up there?'" Scar-
borough read •the message to ber.•
'Mrs. .Carrington is in one of the.
houses, but Gillies 'has gone."
He took out his- handkerchief, and
waving it -like A flag, signalled beck hy
the same code "O.K.," the telegraph-
ist's sign that the message has been
read' .and understood:-
• "I'm going down," he said te Elsa.
- "Will you come or stay here?"• ;
"I will come, of course. Together in
all things now, Horace!" she said
with a happy smile. •
• They clambered down • the ' rough
path hand in hand, and Scott met
them at the bottom. '
• "Huno," he said with .a grin, "you
look uncommonly • cheerful, Scarbor-
ough! Anything happenen? • Been
taking the prescription Uncle Croesus
sent yon? He • was, in rather a bad
way, you know, Miss Carrington,and
so he cabled to England for 'advice:
Glad to see it has done lain geed!"
This said Scarborough, turning to
• Elsa' with a mugh, my fellow cable -
man's uncouth way of congratulating
me on :winnine; the sweetest giri in the
world ter my wife. I hope you gather
that, Elsa! Now, Scott, what about
Mrs. Carrington?" • •
• "She's at a little yenta in the village.
I think tnere has been trouble."
"Have you seen her?"'
"No, but I saw A dress hanging on
5.2 line to dry,'which didret look like a
native garment, and I asked a man
Whether anyone had been.uPset on the
lake. He said that an English Senhor
and Senhcra, had gone out in a boat,
and that the Senhora had been found
on the sbore later, dripping wet wed
unconscious. . She was at the yenta
now, but • the Senhor had. gone. I
didn't wait to hear more, but teleg-
raphed walla bieof glass to you. Bet-
ter go to the venta, hadn't we?" •
• They • event to thd little inn, and
found Mrs. Carrington sitting in a
rough 'wooden rocking chair, clothed
grotesquely in country garnierits which
she had borrowed from the padrona,
and with a white bandage ewrapped'
about her head, . There Vas 4 hot
flush on her cheeks, she looked very
ill, but she received them with a laugh.
• ,"You are too.' late," she cried.mocke
tngly; but of course I am glad•to see
you. Is Our Mr. Montague with youe
Charming man! I was sorry to have
to part e.ita, hia so rudely this morn-
ing."
• "Mother, are you hurt?" asked Elsa
anxiously.
"Don't be silly, thild. Of course I
am hurt," ;was the ungracious answer.
'To you Suppose Layette -this thing
• around my Lead as sinetereatnent?"
"What has happened? Awl where
is Gillies?" asked Scarborough..
"I haven't the faintest idea where
Gillies is," said the widow, "And nty
knowledge of what happened is vague.
The ohly thing I am sure about is that
we had a difference of opinion in the
boat, and that he struck nie. I don't
remember any more. But as I was
afterwards feund lying on the, bank,
wet to the • skin,And with a bleeding
cut on my head, I think the probability
Is that I fell out Of the boat and struck
me head against. something on the
way. He seems to have taken the
trouble to pull me out of the water;
Which is eurprising, beeense he was
in a greet hurry."
"Had you found the diamonds?"
"What ohm should 'we quarrel
about?" asked the widow, laughing'
again. "My husband's plan was very
plain, after one knew the spot to which
it referred; and (Mlles howed great
intelligence in guessing the meaning
of those words, 'Blue . N. drip,'
whieh I learned from you last night,
Our difference Of opinion oecurred on
the question as to who alutuld have
the cuetody of the etones Mail the
thirty tor cent. commiesion meld be
paid, I stilek up, for my righte in the
matter, but he seeilie to Mere tended
hiS point. tle ha diettppeared, and he
1.
bhiams trete hie thirty Per cent. with
"And your seventy per coot?"
asked Scarborough.
• "Yes, that Ilan gone, toe. Mean'
neleting, ionteit?"
• Scarborough. turned to Scott,
"Take Miss Carrington back to the
CaseDavis," be said, "I Isbell go and
Join Phil by the boat. The man must
not be alloWed to get away."
El';aMr. Scott can go with you," said
• "But YOU Can't ride baek alone, It
will be dark in an hour," Scarborough
°I)"h
eiestedall stay here, 1 think ray mo-
ther is ill."• •
Mrs. Carrington l'oeked at her daugh-
ter with a turious surprise, ,
"You are a fitraUgu child, Elsa," -she
said. "I have not the slightest claim
on your affection, or even on your ser-
vices. slow; and I warn you that don't
erepose, by any sudden repentame or
reformation, to try to establish that
claim. •Stel, 1 aemit that I shall b3
glad to Imee you. My head is buzzing
badly, and 3: think I am feverish. At
• IrlY years a woman can't finish an ex-
citing day by tut ebling tntoa lake and
being left unconscious on, the shore to
drain., without suffering for it. Per-
haps it is nothing worse than a chill,
but if I hadn't felt really ill, you
wouldn't have found me here. I should
have been off in pursuit of my fan- .
tailed. seventy per cent! You, -will let
Wei. stay, Idrecarborough?"•
• '"Yes," said, Scarborough; • "And •
meanweile r will try to reef:wee the
seventy .per ,cent., and the thirty Per
cent..with it!"
"Quite so, . But not for .me. You
needn't smile, young man; I fully re-
cognize that for the present 1 am de-
feated. Elsa, if you will help me, I will •
go to bed,, in the store -room of yame
and maip, which is the best guest-
• chamber whica this inn afford. What
a handicap it is to be old, and a wo-
man! Good -night, gentlemen... It may
surprise you to learn that I wish you
success. ' I grieve for the los* of my
seventy per cent., but I ;should grieve
more. if I thought the.f Gillies had got
away sale with 'his thirty t"
• -Two hours' later Scarborough and'
Scott were standing on the sea -shore
With Varney, looking out over the wa-
' ter towards the Ring -Rock., • Darkness
had fallen, but a bright moon sent
long quivering flashes from the swell
of .the waters, and shone upon a curi-
ous white Mood which lay upon the sea
about half a mileeout. .
"It is the neev• islet' which 'Davis
• spoke:of," said Varney. "That cloud
of steam has been rising continuously
from it all the thoe that I have been
here, and if you put your hand in the
water,:you, will feel how Warm it is."
.• "There is something black out there
.beyond," said Scott. '
• "Yes, it's a schooner. Shehas been
• there or thereabouts for the last three
hoereelmt she doesn't showany,eights.
Mies' boat is • lying at the back of
the headland there."
• "No, it 'isn't!" 'exclaimed Scarbore
ough, soddenly'. "It has just put out
to sea,' and is making for -the schoon-
er! Come On!" .• #
:They •ran Elsa's boat into the water.
and jumped aboerd. Scarborough ane
Varney' took thotars, and Scotts'eer-
• ed. • There was no wind: for sailing,
and Miesheat had only a single oc-
.cuptint. Withtwo oars against his
two sculls they should be able to catch
him before he reached the orange .
schooner. .
. Presently Scott shouted :-•
He is making straight for 'the
cloud of steam, and the steamer is
standing in towards him!"
"Thin •follow him!, I -le hopes to
dodge ps in the mist." •
'
•• A minute later Scott stood up with'
a yell. . •
• .
"Hold' her hard! For heaven's eake,.
stop ler! • He's done for!"
..There was dull roar from the Sea
ahead. A cloud of steam shot hissing.
into the air, and a heavy wave rolled
towards them. They heldthe tease or
the-. teat to meet it as it came, and
rode over it in safety: But the water
which came overboard from the Wave's
crest was hot -hot enough to scald
where it splashed upon, them!
• Their 'boat • rockedin the heavy
breken swell, which •followed, and a
warm- steam closed around them and
shut out the stars. '
-"A submarine eruPtion!" said Scott,
In an awed, yeice. . "it rose right under
him. • He's gone!" '
• * CHAPTER XXVII.
. Bumpers to the Brides! '
"It Was a horrible sight, sir," said
Val B. Montague, :with a shudder.
"You may be thankful you were not
there- to see. . The men had been
boiled -absolutely and literally .boiled!
And ns flesh -ugh!" .
Was an awful death," Said Scott.;
"I witnessed - it, • you know. Mortice -
had eromised that I should' be in at the
death, but we did not. think that the '
words would be interpreted in so lit-
eral a Sense."
uhderstand that your-own.eseap
was a narrow one."
"A matter of a hundred yards, or
• less," said Scott. "As It was, the hot
steam near): finished us. Where was
the body fpund?"
"In the harbor of Ponta Delgada.
The tide brought it to within, a cable's
length of the Sea -Horse. Sambo and
I 'went out with a boat and secured it.
It you 'remember that sevee days have
elapsed, and that the flesh had been
liteally cooked by that ' eruptioe of
boiling wafer-fatigh! I meet deseribe.
it! You will understand. The, dia-
rniocienkdesvrre found in a tin ease-,inhis
•
• "So I he•ard. What is going to be
done with theme"
"I believe they are going to be sent
home."
"To be made up7 or whom?"
"Pontobody, sir.They will be sold,
and the proceeds will be used to re-
lieve, as far as is possible, the distress
and emmerited suffering Which the
failure of the firm of Carrington and
Varney caused in outtakes homes in
England. That this should be done
is the wish of every ',mien, expept
one, who has any eoncern in the Matter
at all. Searboreugh says he weal('
sooner See the things oust into the wa-
ter from Whielt the dead body a Gil -
Ilea brought thetn, I honor bine for
that decision, Sir, and, 1 Mould un-
hesitatingly say the sante thing inee
"lf‘
"Who is the one POWs *Ito ob-
jeete?"
WOW*
"Who do you *ogle* it 1st Thera
tan Only be one won."
"Mali 4. Is Mar." said Scott Atte?
*IL she bait every right to object, since
the things Were *eight with her IMMO'
In the first Instance. Scarborough i*
a• good chap, and I've promised to be
hie best man when thetime emcee,
but it seemseto ine he'a talking lion-
ifeme when he spout* Aleut throwing
the diamond* into the gen rather thau
let hi* bride wear them.' They're not
hts to throw, or his bridell either.
They are, IVIona'S, and I ehall teke the
libleIrthao4futoilnautignhgadthat out to lam."
n."
"Your indigestion ie generous," be
'laid, "and in Mies de la, Mitres nam
I thank you for it. But it le not elle
who objects; it is Mrs. Carrington."
"Oh," said Scott, "tbet doesn't mat-
ter: 1 don't ciao a rap about her. But
I don't see why that 4)0r girl should.
be defrauded of bar inheritance just
because you: and Scarborough think it
is a fine thing to do tbe noble gener-
osity business with aomeone ele'e dia-
monds, -It's rot, you know, Monta-
gue!"
Val 13. Montague laughed again, but
did not answer. Then he looked up
with a culotte, halfzbashful, half -ex-
ultant expression on his face, and
thize with it so much"that my•bride•
heaeldi.would object to his ride
i,1,didn't mean anyone to know Yet.
but I'll tell you. I saidlitstenow that
Scarborough
\veering those stenos, and that I sym-
pathized with, his feeling. I sympa-
wanted to wear them, I eboaid forbid
'b
'Whats that got to do with it? You
haven't get a bride."
"I hope to have, shortie."
Scott jumped up, with, a shout: "You
are going to Marry Mona de IrMarl
By -110ve, I to,
you, heartily,
,Montague! But how and- when did it
happen?"
"Sit down and don't bellow like that
• in a public restaurant, and I'll tell you.
She overreached me in the negotia-
tions for a partnership."
ine"a0nvgreached you? What d'You
"Exactly what 1 fsay. I offered a
partnershaf once before, and for cer-
tain reasons withiliew my offer as soon
as it wag made. ' Her subsequent :be-
havior ledme to neleeve that those^
reasons were no loneeeoperative, so
• at Pumas the other day 1 rendtved my,
offer. She accepted it, and it was not
till the day before Yesterday that I
'discoyered that she had deceived me,
I had been shamelessly duped, Mr.
Scott; swindled in fact; and I think
that I am at this moment the happiest
biped in the island of San Miguel. I
don't except the ,two younger lovers,
Varney and Scarborough!"
"Then the fraud was net serious.'
• asked &tat laughing. •
• Montague became very grave. •
"It was, air' I was led to believe
that I was offering marriage to a lady
who, if not absolutely. penniless, was
at Any rate neeerieh. She is ,prepos-
terously rich, and she has been aware
of the,. fact for three menthe. She had
otaonteet.h,e slightest. need of my ass's •
-
• "Sat it se.ems that slid had need' of
you." • , •
• "She is'good enough to tell me that
she has; and on the evidence she of-
fers I am inclined to be vain enough
• to believe •the statement. As I told
,you just now, I am the happiest un -
feathered animal. in the island. But
'of courgd it is on false pretences."
"Well. 1 shouldn't let that •werry.
you;" 'said Scott laughing. ,
Montegee sighed profoundly.
• "1 •'don't," 'be' admitted. dolefullY.
"That is what -el 'fled somewhat dis-
tressing.' 1 am marrying a rich wo-
man, and if•I were ashamed of myself
;nthat account, I Should think better
my own character. But Jehosha-
ehat,' sir! there is no, room for any
ernotion hitt joy In this contract! I
tesn't feel' sort-. 1 could -jump up new
arid' kits that waiter! Jehoshapbat!
erorldn't he stare!" • •' •
.
"Do it," said Scott.
• No sirt 1 should make • mys 11
-101r-1110es, and Mona diallkes my. do -
'rig that mon than Is necessary. Have
told yoa that the repairs to the S a-
• Ione are fie:Jelled, andthat. she 'will
'.}e ready for galling the day atter to• -
• ""rwr'chavtr r yea • gOing•to do whit her?
•
Sell?" ,•
"No,eEts
:'Ent to that kind of'
•
:Ife new!" • • • • •
"Why not, sir, if I like it and iny
wife likes it? We are. goingto finish
the tour as advertised, and be married
at the nnd of it. After that we shall'
probably go into the' same eine of
business on a larger scale. • I think of
having a fleet.. I don't consider be
cause my wife happens, fortunately or
Unfortunately, to, be` rich, that there is
any reason why I should be .idle for
the rest of iny,life. Besides, .for the
present tour I am under contract to
my troupe." . ' '
"You are hieing one of thent aren't
• you? Varney's wedding is to -morrow."
"Quite so, and a very charming briee
he, is to have. But you are wrong in
Thinking that I shall lose him. • The
honeymoon is going to be spent on
board the Sea -Horse; Varney will per-
form as usual; his wife willbe use-
fullY. employed in learning the duties
.of a chaperon; and at the .end of- the
tour they Will return to San Miguel,
and Phil Will grovv pine -apples in pert-
nership with his father-in-law. The
idea is quaint, perhaps. I am given.to
anderstand that it was the lady's."
"Muriel Davis propoeed to go on tour;
with a circus yompany, aud on her
honeymoon, too!". trien 'Scott. "Im-
possible! Andes for chaperoning you
and Mona, why, she doesn't CC/fielder
you respeetable!"
Val le Montague smiled. •
• "I am told that she was somewhat
prejudiced agitiest us," he said. 'She
has chosen this method of testing the
truth of her theories, and, her father
ageees with ate that it ist a very sen -
•table. method, too. She ' 15 a very
charreing girl, but between ourselves,
I believe her tether 'thinks she will
make a better wife to my excellent
friend, Phil • Varney, when she hat
learnt that between the inevitable
right, ahd the inevitable wrong there
nee the vast country of the debateable.
Many exeellent people live in that
country, whose coats are neither of a
pure and heavenly white nor of an
impossible black, but a hard-wearing.
respectable ehade of grey; but she
does net, or will not ,knoW them. Her
eye at oredent ton see only crude black
and white; Mn Davis honest that under
our tutelage she may learn to appre-
elate artifstle *altos of the half-
tones.'
• "Which is Phil -black er White?"
aeked Scott, with antneement.,
•"H� fstarted bFak, and thenbeettme
imeolisibly white, I believe," said Mere
tague gravely. "The honeymoon Will
probably teach her that he la a very
Serviceable Made ef pearl grey."
"You'll be a funny ship load," es.id
Seott. "What a pity Scarborough has
to go to London to arrange about that
elerkehip. You 'could hse e found room
for are:Abet. hencympon couple,
couldn't yeti?"
"Eamily. As it is, Mies Carrington
eotteite$ with us."
"Sha will be /Foals suet for the
reirainder of tie.: torn The girls have
bcconee greet Mende. I ant bow to
Witeu we have gone through our
advertIsed programme of West Coast
ports, we shell run up to London, to
be present at Horace Scarborough**
marriage. I Ilene to arrange to lime
My own celebrated on the eame 401."
Scott regarded the Yankee circus -
man with, a look of amused ednaira-
• tion.
"You've a rare heed for detail, Mon-
tague," he said. "Of course all WI le
Your arrangement. But you've forgot-
ten." eteheinpketneoete, veWtiloYTte ?"
"Mrs. Carrington," •
"I did not forget her. When 7 heard
that she had recovered from her chill
I went to Sete Cidades and offered her
the post of evarerobe ntiferess on board
• my schooner,, and outlier in the Mr -
cm. I have an irainetuite admiration
for that woman's strength of mind and
• business capactty. However, she re-
fused. I learned subsequently tbat
some of the, ladies who will be with
me on the Seaelloree would not nave
been isu
pElleaseed 111 amoshebr,bad faocrceipntsetda.n"c
queried Scott.
"I naturally consulted Miss De la
Mar before going to Sete Cidades at
all. 1 had her full permossion. She
considered herself entirely capable of
managing the widow."
•
a i'iWvihnagtri,s the widow going .to do for
"I am not in her confidence, sir, SO
I -cannot ,tell you. But I don't think
we -Awed worry. Before she came to
We:Island be managed very well on
an inconte which was officially re-
turned, I believe, as nothing a year.
Have you observed her dresses? They
are not these of a woman who dines
off a crust habitually. I don't know
where she means to raise funds for the
future, but I have no doubt at all that
she will raise tavern, I have an im-
mense res ect, for that woman's, abili-
ties, sir. • „ er," Montague added,
leave the question of
ood for the widow her -
7 want YOU to come
rising, "-
her, future 1
self to se
with me to • he circus now. We are
- giving our last performance in Ponta
Delgada to -night, and I have adver-
tised that it le for the benefit of Pam
-
as' JO% the Revolver King, who is to
be married tomorrow."
• "A bottle of fizz first!" cried Scott.'
"Bumpers, to the three pairs who are
going into deuble harness!"• •
"I am With you, sir. A health to
Pampas Joe and Muriel Davis!"
'"To Val B. Montague and his lead-
ing lady!"
"To Miss Elsa ,Cerrington and the
• Cableman!"
•The End.
HOME -SICK COLLIE
• Emerson said: "In dealing with chil-
dren as much sold as you have avails."
This is true in treating with domestic
animals, e specially the dogs. Here is
an example which tells me so: • •
I saw, a traveller At a 'railroad sta-
tion leadine a beautiful Scotch collie
:with a charn around, his neck. He told
ma thd cleg'was eleven months of age,
was belie and raised on a farm in
Southern Indiana, and that he , had
bought it and' was taking it to Eastern
Pennsylvania. •
•' "But," said he; 'I am worried about
hien: We have been on' the road a dzy
and a night, and I peril make him eat.
• He• boeght at the lunch -counter a
• few slices of bread with milk poured
over them, and took them on oa wooden
pidnic plate outside to see if he could
coax "John"' to eat. But .the doz.
turned his head t..way and looked wist-
fully.out -of the station shed down the
shining' steel rails. Then it was that
I thought of Emerson's remark, end I
, asked if I could try. and induce the
anhuel to eat, The privilege was
granted, and I squatted down and
called, "John, come. here, Want to
• talk to you."
John came over and, Put. his: head
eip near, my face, and I eaid:- •
"Poor hoe! I know your trouble.
• YOU are so homesick. • You watt to
• See the coeve and • the children, don't
you?" • • ••' •
He put his head on' one side and
seemed to be drinking in every word.
His eyeswete• deep and soulful.
• "I keow 'just how you feel, for there
have been times when I wanted to see
• the cows, the green fields, and •the
• children. And then the sights' and
sounds are all so strange to You, ,John.
You feel as queer and lost as a child
would who had been taken "away fo'rm
home, eldn't you? But, dear, you must
• eat, for you have a long, long journey
before you. Come on over her with
Me and I'll feed your • •
And so he followed me and ate the
whole supper from •my hands. • As
• looked up, I saw there were men
around us with tears on their faces. -
Edgar Iliffein "Our Dumb Animals."
• ANNOUNCED THE PREACHER
It is related of a preacher .in a
small town, who was to be absent from
his pulpit it fortnight, that he recently
aniteunced after the sermon:- '
"The preacher for next Sunday will
be Mr, Firstly, and the one for the
Sunday after you'll find hanging up be-
• hind the door on the other side of the
vestry," •
POLICY TO OPTICIANS
The latest insuratice novelty is a
policy issued to opticians, covering
• them for a small Premium against ac-
tions -at -law, damages, and costs con-
nected 'with errors or asserted errors
in the adjustment of spectacles.
THE DEPOOULATION OF PRANCE
Statistics have 'been published to
show that in the year 1960Ihe 'popula-
tion of Germany will probably reach
the figure of 100,000,000, while that of
Prance will be only 26,000,000. Time
alone show whether this fore-
cast is right; bet It Is interesting to
note that ateiety on the subjett al.
ready pre\ ailed in Prance in the
• eighteehth eentfiry. The Abbe Saint-
• Pierre then thotight that the, nttatriage
of prieets wotild be a remedyand he
calculated that, if all the prieste had
married front tbe little of Francis I.,
there Would have been forty million
more Cathblics the country. Mane,
lee de Saxe saw the solution of the
problem in "leasehold, marriages." A
third proposal was that the entire
Prenth Army should be cob:welled to
marry. •
" SUSSIAlsi IRON WORKS'
• In consequence of the eo-ealled iron
famine, the Dunia has pegged et Gov-
ernmeht bill granting Iron works the
privilege of imperting a *quarter of
their required qUantities of, pig -Iron
for the next twelve months tree of
duty, to the tote] extent of 100,000
ton*.
A RAPID EDUCATION
Traveller. Wile Wont Though
Wben traYVelitlirYng7OrraecklYeeers ago In
the Par West 7 met 'with A* exparieneet
"which happily does not fall to the lot
of many people, says I-. correspondent.
We were travelling on a 11PeCilti night
train from Seattle to Tacoma. Tito
train was going at high speed. 'when
in the small hour e of the morning the
sleeping trayellere Were euddenlY
awakened by a terrific ehock. Every-
one believed that there bad been a
collisioneaud nee up to eve what was
the matter. A eollition there certatu-
ly had been, but of a moat unusual
nature. The train had run through
a wooden schcolhonse Which NOMe4
worktrien, in moviug, bad stupidly left
on the line. I doubt if many people,
have palmed through school sq (tutelar
before or since.
HER LOVE STORY •
The 'Queen of Roumania** Own ',a-
scription af Meeting,the eryir4,
Here is the Queen of Roumania's
cbarming account of her o-wu love
story. The Prince of Roumania (as
he then was) came to woo ber, and,
although "Carmen 'Selva". nesitatecl at
first, ber mother talked to her of the
Prince's 'good qualities. and, finally,
in her wern words, "As -my, mether Went •
on talking, my hesitation seemed, to
fade away, and it was not long before,
I said to her, 'Let him come. He is
the .right one.' In a very short time
the. Prince had returned, I wa,43 sum'
moned to the room, and I remembea
going towards him with my hand out-
stretched, which he raised to bis lips.
• and I remember, too, the worths he
spoke, but my words to him I do not
• recall, though my mother treasured,
• them in her heart, and had them in-'
scribed below my portrait she sent,
to him."
• Now, the Queen's granddaughter,
• Princess Elies.beth of Roumania, ta.
' about to become engaged to Prince
George of Greece, eldest ,son of the
Crown Prince of Greece, whoiu ahe'
• will meet for the first timer,. at the
Coronation in London, •
THE"GP.NIE OF GOH
It Represents a • Struggle Between
• Licht and Darkness
Did • you ever play the game of goh?
It is a eort of Japanese draughts, and
an English enthusiast in Hastings,
Mr. Horace F. Cheshire, is endeavor-
ing to arrange a match .between teams
chosen from the Hastings Chess Club
and the Japanese Club in London. •
Mr. Cheshire, who is a "goh" player
of thirty years' standing, says that
although the game admits all the
finesse and strategy of chess, it is
easier to learn than draughts.. 'Cole
was originally invented by the Chi-
nese and spread to Japan in days be-
fore the Norman conquest.' The game
Is supposed to represent a struggle. •
between black and white men with no •
distinction of rank, on a board ruled
Into eighteen squares, or oblongs,
each way. Goh is a popular game •
among the cultured classes in Japan,
.and it was the game oe Chinese em-
• perors centuries. before the. Christian.
era. •.
•
. SOME SUPERSTITIONS
It means a disappointment to drop , •
scissors. •
• It is bad luck to meet anyone on the
stairs.
• If you drop a dish -cloth or tea -towel, .
expect a visitor.
If you fall upstairs, you won't be. ,
married this year. •
.
If you break a mirror, It means.; .
Seven years of bad luck. •
Two spoons put in a cup and saucer -
by mistake means a marriage. •,-
If you stub your *toe on the sidewalk,
walk around the spot arid wish.
. It is bad hick• to go back after any-
thing that has been. forgotten. ••
• If you sing before breakfast you
will be disappointed before night. •
lf a pictuke fe1146 it is the Sign to
• some of a wedding, •to • others of h
death.
• If you see the neer moon first freer
your left shoulder you will have a
,happy month.
Never epter fete any, .fraportant
business' transactien unresi it is • In •
the new of the moon.
Someone will come hntigry if you..
le..ke 'a 'second helping of foed when •
you already have reeme. •' •
If your right ear hems someone Is
speaking Well of you; if your left ear
burns, someone speaks 111 qf
If you drop 'gloves or an umbrella,
let someone else pick them up, it
would mean disappointment to- do so
yourself.
Never give • anything sharp to a
friend enless he gives some • slight
token (a cent) tn retarn. Sharp
points cut friendship: .
••
. •
Eel -Shwa! Leger was nominated for
Kent, N. B., by the Liberals to sue,
ceed Mr. Leblanc, M. P., who is re-
ale'ng, •
A Good Defence Against. 1
la the White. Plague
No one can afford to lessen their pro,
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'you must have good machinery:
The human body is the greatest ma*
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It is sheer economic waste not to keep
your body in the best condition.
There IS ft0 valid excuse fpr allowing
the tissues to become attacked by the
weite plague. Voe 'need your health and
Canada needs yotill
Insure against it by building up your
reserve forces and bodily defences.
. The best &tepee you can get is Nyal'el
Cod Liver. Coinpound. It builds up the,
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A delicions.tenib and a splendid
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