Exeter Advocate, 1914-6-11, Page 2The.. ...-:...Wpcidlotz
Or, Married to a Fairy.
CIIAPTEB, XVI.—(Caatilitted).
"I quite understand, Jae
But 1 wag not going to ask YOu to ate
connuodate Mies Saxon another night.
She return a to sehool to -day. I will
speak to- her about thee tiresome
schoolgirl pranks of hers. Meantime,
will you tell me what I owe You on her
account?"
"Schoolgirl pranks:" ejaeulated the
worthy Mrs. Jackson, fallingback a
step' in extreme disgust at the small
effect her bombshell appeared to have
created. "Well, of all the—"
"I will give It to you in change," I
said, If you will tell me the amOunt;
and I am very much obliged to yea far
yOU r care of Aties Saxon,
She Seemed inclined to dilate upon the
subject al Ltlith's delinquencies; but
after a glance at me she was shrewd
enough to realize that I was not to be.
imposed upon, she contentid herself
with naming a. moderate sum for 141 -
Wes expenses havieg received which,
to nlY infinite relief, she took leave of
My calm and apparent iecIffference to
the startling nature of Mrs. Jackson's
disclosures were wholly assumed. In
reality, I was perplexed, distreeseth and
astonished beyond measure, I had, not
the heart to face kilith immediately;
but I walked stupidly up and down the
hall. and in and out of the two ground -
floor rooms. revolving in raY mind vhat After lunching together, Lilith ac -
1 should say to her companied me quite meekly to a tele -
It was it must be, some mad freak on , graph office, and stood beside me •whi/e
the part of the ijd. disgusted by Mrs. T1 despatched a message in her name to
Jackson s vulgar curiosity and 'Sinving Mr.s. Morten&
ways. Yet. why should she have been
so fearful lest I Should hear of her es- "Bxpect in. by the four -thirty train.
capa.de? And why, only a few minutes "Lilith Saxon."
ago, had the color left her face at the
mere idea that I should hear Mrs. da.ele-
son's story? Why had -etre implored in
several men gravely collablering he,
realized one of her notions of heti/Pi/less.
"Shouldn't 1 have made a, capital a -
tiet,',$ model?' she asked me eore than
once, tis with light touches, every one
O f Which sent the blood tingling to mY
finger-tips, I arranged her hair, or wav-
ed her head or hand so that it shoilla 4)0
well in focus..
The photographer and his assistant
Were actually enthuelastie.
"I have really never taltee studies of
5. niore beautiful sul:dect," the former
confided to me before I left. _
Far from being •tired after her expert,
ence in the studio,. Lilith Almost bound-
ed along Regent Street liy my side.
"Wouldn't it be lovely if life eould be
always like this?" she obeerved artlesS-
ly, "Going about and spending money,
nalnitrlealying nice things, and being ad -
"With me for companion?"
are always 'So nice
to 'Ofllle2'ur
"WouldcoeS•oeu. °11
rYeal1Y think it lovelY to
be alwaye with me?"
"I think so because it is impossible,"
she answered, averting her eyes as they
niet my gaze, "All very nice things in
life are impossible, aren't they?"
I did not anStver. Had she been an
experienced old hand instead of a
schoolgirl, she could not more skilfully
parry all the attempte at loye-making
into which 1 every now and then slip -
"Of course, she will be teurprised
getting a telegram from yeu in London,
not to see the 'woman. hy—oh. He.. .whert she thinksyou are at Weston," I
en, it was terrible, it was ..earrilegietes said,: "but you must explain things to
to suspecz that intureent, blue-eyed eltild her as best :Fan earl."
of aught but eclecolgirl folly; _"I think I can make her understand,"
And here another horrid doubt Li/1th returned -
ed me. Would she, when 1 taxed her Senaething in her tone made me look
with last night's flight, even tell me at her eharpty. Her eyelids were lower -
the truth? Already she had lied to me vie and aa odd, almost a sly, smile was
on 'more than one oeett-eionand over ,Playing about the corners of her mouth,
trifling matters. Could 1, therefore, t "I have rather lost conlidence in the
hope to coax the truth from her? management of Morland Holise," I said.
A sense of ihe absurdity of my posl- ,"It is clear to me that I must look after
time too. assailed me. How mild eight- you more closely in future."
and -twenty lecture seventeen? Had I She looked up in evident alarm.
had. to do with a lad, words would have "Oh don't think that!" he exclaimed.
come easily enough, and strong words. "I am sure you are doingeMrs. Morland
too; but with a girl, and a gird whom I an injustice. You have no idea bow
passionately loved, it \vas a very differ- :kind she is—just like a mother to me.
ent matter. So much hung upon her an- And she doesn't at all like being inter-
ewer—almost. indeed. my belief in wo- fered witb—she hates surprise visits
manhood. My forehead grew damp with and that sort of thing. It argues want
the intensity of any anxiey and grief. of confidence. she says, And I think
Had there only been a woman within etre is right, don't you?"
reach to whom I could have transferred "She has no right to let you go about
the duty of bringing- Lilith to book, it shabby and in boots down at the heel."
would have been an infruite relief to me, It was all my fault. And that re -
A woman would at least know what to minds me, Mr. Hervey. I have some -
say, and of that I had no ides thing 1 very, very much want to ask
At test, after what seemed a long In- you. But I am afraid lyou may be an-
terve/ of -worrying thought, I went slow- gry. And 1 wouldn't vex you for ,any-
ly upstairs to the etudio and operied the thing." -
door. There was the culprit, in her Her voice shook. I looked at her in
snowy muslin dress, curled in the big surprise. She was quite pale, and her
• nerechair, edth Saladin in her lap, the lips trembled. -
sun striking through the slanting north "Why, what in the world is the mat -
window upon her yellow head. Her ter with you. child?" I exclaimed. "You
hair was apparently not to her liking, know quite well that you have no eleas--"
and she was engaged in plaiting it up on to be afraid of me, and that I will
again. As it fell about her shoulders do -anything in my power for you," '
she looked a child again. and this help- "1 have got in debt," she faltered.
ed me to the tone I should. take with re- "In debt?" I repeated, in great sur-
gard to her. • prise. "To whom, and liow much?"
I drew a chair up just in front of hers, "To—to several of my schoalfellows'
and began, much in the tone one adopts --I will never borrow again—I have
towards a refractory child: been quite rniserable about it. It is—
"What is all this I bear froin Mrs. thirty pounds!" • ,
Jackson. about your putting the scraper "Thirty pounder' I repeated, with a
etre the.deor rind going oft for.,a ban, low tabistle of astonislaint "How in,
som drive last night at twelve o'clock, the world , did you manage to spend
•and neve' ,retuenIng till one? Where in thirty pounds?"
the world did you go to?" . "It was at ',cards," she answered,
She had been changing colorand look- seeming to gain confidence as she pro -
Ing thoroughly frightened when I firat ceedecl. "One ot the girls Is an Ameri-
began; but as I continued speaking her can, and she taught me to play poker.
face cleared. And I liked the excitement., We -played
"1 will tell you the truth," she se- in our bedrooms. Of course, Mrs. Aloe -
claimed, in a voice of sudden decision, land knew nothing about it; but the
raising her head and throwing the hair • others were rich, and played•for money,
back out of her eyes. "1-1 came to the and of course. I ought tb have
studio." remembered that I haven't any money
"You came here?" but what you in your kindness give me:
She gave me a long look which I did But I got led away. Mee 1 kept ri.n los-
net understand. Then she lowered her Ing night after night as I went on, in
eyes and drew a quick breath. the hope of getting it back. And the
"Yes," she answered, in a very low girls don't know about you, or they
tone, "I came here." would tease me dre.adfullY• Mrs. Mor -
"But you had just parted from Jam. land told are not to tell them; and they
Surely you didn't want to see me again think 1 have rich relatives in teondon;
eo soon? And did you knock or ring? I and when' they knew I have been to Lon -
was sitting up; I must have heard you." don; they will expect me to have ,e -cit
"No," she answered slowly, with her some money; do you see?"
eyes fixed upon Salridin's ruffle, with "I See." I answered, very gravely.
which her fingers played. "1 didn't dare "But, Lithe dear, if I pay this—and re -
to. I felt dull. I hated Mrs. Jackson's member, Lam very. very far from be -
house. I like driving In hansoms; and ing a rich rean—you ,must give me your
of course, I knew no one in London but word of honor never to gamble any
you, and had nowhere else to go; and I more. Will you do this?"
wasn't sleepy, and I wanted to be near "Oh, I swear it, on my solemn word!"
a friend, so I drote to the studio." she said hurriedly, evidenly much re -
"1u drove here? .At that time of lievech "I've been quite miserable a.bout
night? Did you eat oat?" it, and shouldn't think of touching a
"Yes and I wanted about a bit, and. card again. And you wilt let me have
told the man to drive home the longest the thirty• pounds, won't. you?"
way. as I didn't want to go to bed. I wrote her out a .check 'while we
That's all. But I didn't want you to -,vere ha.viiig a cup of tea bY the station,
know I was so silly." and with Ig gave her a Jong etihortation,
My heart beat faster with a Joy which to which.she listened with the greatest
could hardly repress. The thought of zentleneeg and submi.esloe. but without
this little, lovely, lonely creature actual- I fear, paying Any very close .ateation
ly driving- to the house where 1 was, and to my words.
Wandering up and down in front of it. to A few minute* later I stoo,l upone.the
be near her only friend In London, platform while the Bristol Alain took
'touched me deeplea from me a flowerefaced girl,' who smiled
But it behooved me to be very stern and kissed her hand gaily from the car
about smanad a prank, and I proceeded
as well as I could to lecture her ort her
conduct.
"Think how you frightened poor Mrs.
Jackson," I cal& "and the stories she
will ten about you. Girls can't be too
careful—peonle are so ready to say un-
kind things, especially whetthe girls
are as pretty as you.
"1 am pretty, am I not?" she said,
smiling at me with limpid blue eYes
'through a tangle of Soft hair.
am glad that Wrenshew entered at
that moment with somefreshtea, for
winch he pretended to think 1 had rung.
Otherwise 1 must certainte have kissed
her, for my stock of self -:control was
,rapidly evaporating. and the story of
her escapade had made me more in love.
'with her than ever.
eVrerishatv seemed to ,divine this, for
he Would keep pottering about the room, to last me during mynext long kea-trip
Pretending to dust and tidy, and ar- and I also particularly wanted to get
range things, while LIIIth and 1 were sortie studies of an old model who was'
finishing breakfast, going even the first-rate for likings there being a vik-
length at last of taking Madge's last i•qg veeesSary in my next, picture., •
letter, which I had left on the mantel- a happened to be an eXceptionally.fine
piece, and obsequiously offering it to and streny autumn, arid, aa .1 have said
me. before, 1: 'particularly loee• London out
. "Must have dropped out 4)f your coat of season. „But I very :soon fourid i5.5e
pocket, sir, he said; and I could have too much in love to Put MY -heart irr'my
knocked the man's head off, work as I used to dtg WY first me -Ant
But 1 knew MY own danger as well of real 'happiness came -with the aarriVal
e as he di& and was resolved to lla,ye no of Lilith s photogra.phs1,46r as 'a cOrre-
more tete-a-tetes with my bewitching spondent She was hopeless. Not' one
and Irresponsible erotege, word had I heard from her since we
As eoon as breakfast was over e took parted at Paddiegton, though 1 had
her out shopping again, noting well the written .her a lOng, long Jeep: of grand-
ladt that from. hereown ,acceunt she ape fatherly advice, Just for the Plea.kure of
nearde
ed 'to Ire almost stitute of .arry talkie to 'her ' '
wardrobe hut what the was actually' But the photographs were retelig like
wearing, and laying main mY men tnind her,. Fifteen big proefs, WhlcIr, regaede
a very eefavorable .reckoning against eeee of Wrenehe've, 1 eteck all about the
'Mrs Stanhope Morland's stewardettip. tvalle of my etudio. after .gieing strentr-
eFor my own epee/al-delight I drove our order's that to one was to he ad-
Lilith to bee of the 'hest ellotegraphers mitted.mid that 1 war "bet Of team"
In the Wet Itinde.aed here we spent to everybpdia '
• fully ttvo hours and:net-03e, malting the 1 stuck-thern rip, as, I say; and then
• child turn her bead th1W-way,aed Plate leaned ba:ek 'le ,the arrecemied-eber arm-
• take her hair cloe/n and put it up tigaite chair. egainst. -thee terviceablessed
smile. look serious, Ile curled up 'on 'a ceshloris of which -her fair need had
eoucle, pit upright on a chair, etrike 'a tieetleelreeand, Attlee a pipe, Piet mY-de-
de-tieing attitude- and rest her cheek' lfghtect eyes range from one portyalt fed
againet- a. eueblon with °Weed eyes, as /Mother, and..retrire •to one large,
aeleep. . ieg head. I trek/ in my hand,
Whatever heemened, I was resolVecl at So absorbed did 1 beconie, and ea lost
lerket to possess plenty of pit:tares which in the etudy of 'the lovely elirvee of her
would reeall to .me my little tretreh elite form and the radiant youth of her
fairy, fare/ le one ettidein Particidar
was Most care7u1' to er'tenge the light
,to that, as she stood with omiling fano
end loceened leant aril one foot nett/tea
rre, though begiening to dande, the tier-
:eet, might reaemble that elf the Welt "Dilitb!" ' T murmured, under my,
ision upon which 1 hint IlreVelteted hre.atir, half dr•eaelleg le' an cestesy IJ
inv. «yetis at Tythfng. love "T I ith MOW"
...,Lilith 'Wee a petfectenoffel,Xlidentioe- Wonien's laugh zeunded oloee bo-
re tee lasing ,"thorriughly.' .)ook Med Me, My chair was entered wit/wits!
eweetly pretty in wellies attitudes With back to the door, ried some one hed ere-,
I was certainly ,some ,flve-and-forty
pounds the poorer for, her visit to Lori.
don; but at the moreept of starting she
had thrust her head out of her compete:
merit and had giyen me a long, soft, un-
asked -for kiss '-ubon my cheek. •
• "Good -by, gear Mr. I-Tereey! T shall
never forget your kindness.liever!"
Then the train had taken her from
Inc. before I had even time: to make a
fool of myself by telling her I eould die
for her.
CHAPTER XVII.
The next fortnight was a difficult one
to live throUgh: I had come to town
for several reasons. 1 wanted to choose
Paints and canvases as well as elcrthes
oequie to/ far.% that, haif c °erne my
eyes. I could ttlmost see her before MS,
tilling the air with Sunshine and laugh,'
ter, and Stirring my heart tee blissful
tered the room.
11 was not Lilitle's
,laugh. This was a fuller, rieher volee,
and even before 1 tweed my head I
became Sensible gt: that ketotie fragr01100
of perfumed heir, perfueued feee"now-
der, and perfumed Mathes lehiCk /lung
about My Renee, Lady Margaret Lori-
mer,
1 sterted from my chair and feced ber,
sliPpieg Lilitit's pleture within tlle
pocket of my vaulting -coat.
. .
Madge did not appear le notice the
action, She was eXquisitelY deeseed In
a sort cif traveling- wrap of tee -colored
gills, with many dainty tapes, and a big
Straw hat of the same shade, and she
held oet both hands toward Ine,_ „
took thorn niechaelicallY, '00"
not find it in me to, pretend te, weleOlne
ner with 8,11y *how Of pleasure, '1,"he,
sight of tier In:spired in me nothing out
eensatiees of regret, defienee, and irri-
tation. But for this brilliant, faettlon-
ebly dressed, aetificial-leolting woman
of the world, with her money, her die-
reonds, and her trenehant wit, 1 eogld
take my 10Vely eOildhIke Lilith to MY
heart; and, this thought helped to make
me constrained and, self-eonseioue as I
lightly' kissed the scented and powdered
cheek Madge proffered to me, •
"You did not expect me," she said,
sinking gracefully into the 'armchair 1
had Just Vacated.
I made aa Meditative movement to
Preveet her frorit.te.king it, I ectuld eot
bear to see her Juet where 1 always Pic-
tured Lilith, though, esthetically, 1 wus
forced to,admit that she made a most
attractive picture of the Tissot order,
with her abuncient hair tinted, a ruddy
chestnut, which was the most' Popular
shade at Homburg that year, and curled
and frizzed to peeteetten, offering a
Piquant coutrast to her bright skill,
which no powder seemed ble to sPoil,
and to those darkestne ,haeel eyes of
"You didn't expect to see Ma" she re-
peated. "Clearly, yeti. weren't thinking
of me. Are you very busy?"
"Very. As I wrote in my last letter,
I am doing some studies from old Hig-
gins, the model whom Nature clearly
intended for a viking. t expeet tem this
mornineein half an hour's time."'
Her gaze roamed about the inorn.. As
it rested on Lilith's.photogrephs—a doz-
en large panels and two .heecle of 'cabin-
et' sizes besides the One 1 had thrust in-
to my pbeket-,--1 felt the liked rise to
my cheek. Madge made,no remark just
then, but turned again on me. ,
"My mind is ad much set on •your
gIr-
ing a one-man 'ehottein Bond Street Gal-
lery next spring,".she paid, • It would
do you all ths good in the world Some
of that work win showed me on the
yacht when papa and I were at Cowes
was really very beautiful. During the
last year, Adrian, your painting has
gained a quality you never showed be-
fore,"
She was looking 'hard at 'me as she
spoke.
"You paint," she continued slowly, "as
if you felt the beauty of -things more
than you used to:"
"I ant growing • older," •I said. "A
painter should understand nature a little
better every year if he is - worth anv-
thing. But, Madge have you corne all
the way from Homburg to tell,me this?
And is my uncle with you? And your
mother? ,And when did you arrive in
town?'
"This morning. Only Henriette is
with me." _ •
She paused. Her eyes roved round
the room_ again, 1 knew it was coming.
She rose. and, walking straight to Lil-
ith's photographs. examined them atten-
tively. Then, standing*.before them with
her back turned to me, she remarked in
clear. level tones which betrayed no
emotion whatever• :
"What a very'pretty girl! IS she a
model?"
(To be continued.)
HON. Jf. S. DUFF'S REPORT.
, • .;
What He Says in Regard to Finan-
cial Conditions in Ontario.
:'41n regard to rural finance, ,
letter was addressed 'to the 'District
Representatives, of whom we have
now thirty-seven located in thirty-
seven different centre S in- **Pro-
vince, asking them to Sectire7 what
ir.iforrnation they could on' this sub-
ject, espeoially with ieference to
the following poen - •
"1. The percentage of' farms MO it -
gaged andper cent. of mortgage on
value of farms, and whether
creasing or decreasing.
"2. The extent ,gf deposits by
.farmers in saving e banks.
`f3. The extent ..of the damand on
the part offarmers for loans.
“4. Rate Of interEst paid both on
long and short time loans. .
5. Whetheiethe loans are on the
purchasing' of land" only or for
finanCing farm operations.
"IrL gathering this information
they conferred with bankers, busi-
nese men, lawyers, registry 'office
officials and prominent farmers,: AS
is well known, men of this type are,
usually in close touch with the con-
ditions of their conarnunities, both
by reason of their position aleby
reason ef the faet that they have
lived a long time in the district. The
information which has thus been se.,
cured ahould, therefore, be reasorf-
ably reliable; . .
'AnSivers. to .the first question
pertaining to mortgages elicited the
fact that about 45. per cent. of the,
farms of the Province are mort-
,
ga.ged,to.some extent, and that -one-
third would bea fair estimate Of the
'amount which ,the mortgage repre-
sents to the total value, of the pro-
perty. This means that mortgages
against farm property in the -'Pro-
vinee represent only about 15per
eent. f'the total value of farm pro-
perty, w1. -4h must he taken asa
very eneouraging sign. MoredVer,
considerable percentage of these
Opinions -vvere also. unanimous that
mortgages are held by farmers.
jmD
•tga.,6-e5 are steadily decreasing.,
Practically every , county reported,
that payments. were 'being kept up
very promptly, arid ,a large number
of mortgages -were ,being wiped . off
each' year. In many caees it w.as
pointed Out that mortgages, 'while
they are frequently- taken- as a baro
meter if prosperity, are not alte-'
gether an unhealthy sign, as' many
are placed in order to secure money
to extend the land holdings,, erect
buildings, plant out orchards, ;put
,
in under -drainage,. or , meet other
improve,ments which were in the na,-
ture of, inve still en t. In a few cit'8g.';5,.
unfortnriatelv. .1t was reported that
moria,,,ages had been pla.ced on farms
in order 'to ii1>money for epeciaa-
tion in western real estate, and that
there are too many indieations that
a great deal of money of Ontario
fatmers has been -11 sea for this pur-
pose and has not brought the rc-
turnS anticipated.
In /the matter of deposits Of
farmi'ers there. was,also te'llnanimiter
Or Opinion that', theSfe had letereaeeet
Mitterially th reeent years. fa ,0-16
•
county the bankers estimated th,at,
the deposits lind increased from 20
per cent. to 30 per cent. in the last
few years, ' another county it
was estimated that 70 per oent. to
90 per ient. of the money deposited
in loeal banks was deposited by the
farmers. Another conntY eStinutted
that 75 per ent. of the farmers had
saving S running from $700 to- $1%,-
009 each. As to -the total amount of
deposits of farmers' niohey, only 'a
general estimate can, of course, be
given. One eeunty estiMated that
betweezi three and four,raillion dol-
lars of farmers' money was deposi-
ted in the local branch banks,
while other estimates ranged from
two to five million dollars. Under
these circumstanees it would seem
safe to estimate the total amount of
farmers". deposits -in rural Ontario
at one hundred million dollars for
the entire Province. While this
may appear to be a very large fig-
ure, it should be remembered that
the, aggregate farm wealth of On-
tario, including land, buildings, im-
plements and live stock, is placed
at $11405,050,940 by the Bureau of
Industries Report, and that a Very
large amount is required ass, work-
ing capital in conducting the ',farm
operations on a .nlant avhich repre-
sents such a, large investment, This
would Ora mean anaverage of
abont 8600. per 'farm, but of course
at the same., time it is reCognized
that all. the surplus money of the
farmers, is not. deposited in the
banks, altbougin,,unquestionably a
considerable. proportion of it is.
"As to.the demand on the part qf
farmers for lOans, the cOnSeliSlie of
opinion apearedto be that the de-
mand -was not very heavy, repre-
senting only .a small portionof the
total deposits. Thp banks, of
course, "do not, loan money for the
purchase of land, butthe Opinion is
generalthat no 'farmer who enjoyed
a good reputation and could give
reasonable security had any diffi-
culty in securing money needed to
finance his farm operations, whioh
was the chief purpose for, which
loans were sought. .The rate of in-
tereSt charged varied from .5',4 per
cent. on longetinie loins to 7 per
cent. on short time,, loans, „ with
oocasionally- rates of 8 per cent. and
10 per cent. in some of the neer
districts. These' figures were .col-
lectecl at the time when the money
stringency • was at its height and
money generally Wks soarce, 'so that
theY would not represent 'normal
conditions. In every instance it ap-
peared that the farmers.. were. able
to secure . financial accommodation,
on thesame terms and basis as
those engaged in, other occupations.
"These facts wohld indicate that
the financial conditions of the Pro -
Since are sound, and that 'the out-
look is healthful."
IN THE TUNNEL.
"My Uncle," writes .a Youth's 'Com-
panion contributors "had a contract
to install a heating and ventilating
system in two school buildings out
West. I had the supervision of the
contract, and I had to see that the
plant did its work 'properly. As the
success ot the whole systera depended
on, the proper making of the final con-
nection, I decided to do that myself,
and -not trust it to my helper.
."The two buildings were about tw.o
thousand feet apart. One was old;
the other had just been finished. The
boiler rooms and furnaces were sit-
uated in the old building. Leading
from this building to the new Wag: a.
tunnel, four feet square, and, lined on
all sides With concrete. A foot from
the floor a netwcrk, of steam- pipes ran
the entire length of the tunnel.
s"A gigantic fan in the boiler room
pumpedair through the tunnel, In
• ,passing over the Steam pipes the
air became heated; and kept the new
building at the proper temperature.
"The, stystenf. was controlled 'auto-
matically by compressed air. When
the temperatdre in the new building
rose too high,the thermostat auto-
matically shut of' the fan, and turned
cold water into the pipes in the tunnel.
When the temperature fell too low, the
thermostat started the fan, and turned
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sharp corneaof a reinforcing rod that
projected from the.concrete wall. The
fall knocked Me OincorfeciOne. I lay
there about - two hours. •-•
' came ..to with %the Consciousness
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that I was in imminent danger. My
head ached. Under me I heard the
snapping and creaking of expanding
steam pipes. In an instant I realized
my danger. Thinking that I had made
the necessary connection and had left
the tunnel, the Janitor, according to
directions, was getting up steam.
"I tried to rise, but my ankle was
sprained, and I fell back, with a sharp
exclamation of' pain, on the hot steam
pipes. My wound opened afresh, and
I could feel the warm blood stream-
ing down over my face. Again I tried
to rise, but the pain was too much for
me. -,
"The heat of the pipes was getting
Insupportable. They began to'burn my
hands and legs Cruelly. T6 make mat-
ters worse, I was so confused. that I
had lost all sense of direction. -
"Suddenly, in the distance, I heard
the grinding, of the huge fan. The
janitor was just starting it. In a few
minutes it weuld be going at full
speed.
"Arnidea flashed through my dulled
brain. „I groped over' the pipes until
I found my candle. I .carefully lit my
last match and touched it to the
candle. .The ,almost imperceptible
current had at nrst no effect on the
candle, it was so slight Almost in-
stantly, however, the tiny flame bent
to one side and showed me plainly the
way to safety.•
"The pipes were so hot that I could
no longer touch them. I tore off ne
jumper and shirr, and -wrapped tme
round each hand. • I began to drag
myself along. The pain from my
wrenched limb was so intense that I
nearly fainted.
"Suddenly I remembered the com-
pressed -air control! If the air -supply
pipe were cut off, it would have the
sam`e effect on the system as a rise in
temperature. The fan would be
stopped, and cold water would run
through the pipes.
"I made my way painfully back to
my tool kit, and found a hamraer and
cold chisel. Then ,I found the air
pipe, and attacked it as best I could.
"The last thing that I can remem-
ber is the hiss of the escaping air. I
fell back unconscious. When I' came
to I was lying on the janitor's cot in
the engine room, and a physician was
dressing my wounds and my burns."
•• TILE AMEEIt OP BORIIARA..
--
His Annual Savings Amount to
More than $8y000,000. _
The largest private hoard in the
weerld is probably that owned by
the Ameer of Bokhara, the Russian
.vissal State in Central Asia. Ac-
cording' to the Turkesstanskiye
Kraj the Ameer possesses in his
stronghold a vault 315 feet long, 45
feet wide and 20 feet high, com-
pletely filled with gold bars and
coined gold. •
Some years ago the Ameer had
aniother Vault built to hold his say -
ings, and the new storehouse is now
also almost full. There is at the ?"--
113okharan. court an enormous cash
I book; which has served for genera -
1 tions and in which all revenues and
expenditures are supposed to be put
"'down, but also for generations it
has never been checked with the
"ea.sh in hatid."
Grafting is the easiest thing in
the world at Bokhara. The Ameer's
officials draw no salary. They -are
appointed on the understanding
that they must keep themselves on
• what they can make out of, their
various offices. There is no budget,
and the largest permanent charge
on the Ameer's income is one of
$15,000 annually for a local hospi-
tal. Then there is a snia.fl contribu-
tion toward the upkeep of the Rua-
sjan police in the protectorate and
the maintenance of the Dolcharan
"army," which has shrunk to a
mere bodyguard.
The Ameer's annual savings, it is
caleulated, amouat to more than
88,000,000 a year. • He is by tradi-
tional usage. compelled to •send
every year a number of valuable
"presents" to the Russian anthori-
ties at Samarkand and Tashkent.
These presents consist of carpets, •
Silks, and the like, 'which are irame- •
diately sold by the re•ipients to na-
tive traders, feam whom the Ameer e
as regularly buys them back at 1401
fixed prices, to be stored up and -to
isoewingyear.rveagaina,s "presents') elle eel,
Proof Positive.
• They were trying an Irishman
charged with a petty offence in an
Oklahoma town, when the judge
asked—"Have you any one in court
vvlio will vouell for your good char-
acter I" "Yis, your honor," quick -
137 responded the celt; "there's ttile
sheriff there.'' Whereupon the
sheriff evinced signs of great araaze-
ment. "Wby, your honor," de-
clared he, "I don't even know the
nian." "Observe, your honol.
said the Irishman triumphantly,
"observe that I've lived in .the
country for over 12 years ancl the
sheriff doesn't know Me yeti Ain't
that a character for ye V'
Many a good man has let a good
job get away from him because he
harbored the delusion that no other
Man was smart enough to get, his
place.
"Willie, come right into the
house. • I don't want you to play
with that little boy any more.''
"All _right, mother, I've just won
his last marble, anyhow."
The Prince of Wales as a Prince of Sport.
Since the 'Prince Of Wales went to Oxford 11,-, lia$. from titre' to time
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himself leetlly lelter,eekeet ln an tor s of 'spe-l't, ,not only as a,
speetator, hu 511 a p ticipaht, in gaates and exercises of a sporting
116,14te, TtetPlateet, g,ame which, bis Royal Highness has takefn up ,is
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Jr( photo shows the Prine of Walea praetieing POlo' at Oxford
t;f6:' a )pat41, th 'which he played on May