Exeter Advocate, 1914-12-3, Page 6one'
Ori, A Strange Stipulation.
CHAPTER vllleet Cont-inuedl.
It was tiniest like drifting back to the
clot hard-working days to And himeol,
steering his way out of the crowded
streets towards the country. The fact of
doing something, of having to occupy his
mind and his hands was very helpful.
The sense of liberty too, was agreeable,
for though in one sense his nature re-
sponded to the luxury which surrounded
him, he felt hampered and irritated by
the presence of so marry people watching
and waiting upon him.
Mr. Tenderten called late that afternoon
and frowned slightly when he heard that
Mr. Bryant was not likely to be at home.
He had geen a good deal upset by Ju-
lian'e manner the night before, and it
certainly wasnot his intention to let
the young man treat him in eo cavalier
a, fashion; neither did Mr. Tenderten in-
tend to let Julian Bryant be too independ.
ent; however, in the present instance
there 'wars nothing to her dont but to leave
his card and to go savay.
He made plane, however, as he event. His
bill of costs should be heavy; the unusual
tu•terest he had expended on Julian Bry-
ant needed full payment.
"After all, he takes it very coolly," Ed-
gar Tenderten said to himself, "and if it
hadn't been for me I wonder where he
wou'd have been? Posydell would never
have let him slide into the money' 6q
treaty. If he thinks he can shake me elf
:n this sort of way, he has made a great
nil -take!"
Julian Bryant was absent for twenty-
four hours; but when he came back he
felt and looked another man.
Hie housekeeper had expressed some
doubts as to hie capacity of driving his
own car; but Stephens had dismissed this
with awave of his hand.
He was not going to give his master
away, but he knew just suf'ic!entiy.
enough about Julian's former statue to
be aware that 'whatever else Mr. Bryant
might fail in, at least in ,driving a ear he
was eertainly the right man in the right
place.
Therewere varous letters awaiting,
among them one in a very bold hand-
writing, 'bearing a coronet and carrying
a delicate and del:eious scent. Itwas
from Lady Ellen Cropper, asking Mr. Bry-
ant to dine with her quite unceremonious-
ly that night.
"I do hope you are not engaged." she
wrote. "I shall be co disappointed if you
can't tome. I rang up on the telephone
this morning; but they told me you were
away motoring. . What a sensible thing
to do! London is too dreary for words
just now." .. Julian .sent round a. note by hand to
Lady Ellen's house saying that he would
be delighted to dine. He heard of Mr.
Tenderten's visit with a contraction of
bis brows. Re was not quite so dense as
Edgar Tenderten imagined, for he had
pretty shrewdly taken the measure of the
other man, and he was quite convinced
that Tenderten intended to get a good deal
out of him.
One of his letters gave Julian no pleas-
ure whatever. It was from h'.s mother,
mysteriously full of the extraordinary
change in hie circumstances,and who
naturally wrote to congratulate him and
remind him that there were many things
that hi could do for her.
She •announced that she was returning
to England in about a month or six
weeks' time, and she wrote a few rather
harsh sentences about Enid, whose .ab-
sence daring his illness had been report-
ed to her.
"I always knew, my darling, that your-
marriage
ourmarriage was a great, great mistake. Of
conive, I did not want to impress this
upon you too much; but your wife should
have been a different kind of woman; and
then you married so hurriedly. Look how
she dragged you down, and all that you
went through, poor dear."
Julian tore his' another's letter into a
hundred nieces; although he disliked do-
ing so, he questioned Stephens.
"When I was ill," he asked abruptly.
"Can you tell me if anyone communicated
with my mother?"
Stephens hesitated a moment, and then
said—
"Yes, sir. There was a time when you
were so bad, •sir, that it was thought ne-
cessary to let Mrs. Hembury know. It
was Mr- Tenderten who wrote, sir; he gat
her address from eome letters which had
been sent on from your former roomer
a.nt said hardly
,we Thate nsed?="
ery
curious thing."
"Well, sir," said Stephens, in hie depre-
cating manner. 'There wasn't no one to
act tor you except your lawyers, and as 3
just said now, sir, you was in a very bad
way, sir, and--"
"And those Ietters that came, 'why were
they not given to me when. I eves well
enough to read them?"
"I am sure I don't know, sir. I expect
Mr. Tenderten could tell you-" '
Julian felt hie heart beat almost pain -
fatly. He diemiesed Stephens and went to
dress, feeling that it would give -him the
greatest satisfaction in the world to put
his hands round Edgar Tenderten'e
throat and shake hien like a rat!
"She meet have written, and he stopped
her letter." And then there came one of
these phases of his humiliation.
"After all, I may regard him as a
skunk; but what does he think of me?"
Lady Ellen was alone in her little draw-
ing -room when Mr. Bryant was announced.
T azn eo glad to see you," she said.
She looked more. boyish . than ever, for
she had a trick of wearing her wavy hair
on one side; and her gowns were alwaye
very simple and very young looking.
Julian, knew of course that she must
be somewhere about twenty-six, or twenty-
seven; but she Seemed much younger,
"My causin is coming: she did not leave
town, after all. She had to take her
youngest boy to an *cutlet. You met her
the other night, you know; and then I
have asked two men whom I think yon,
will like; and there is a girl coming who
sings awfully well, I want you to be
happy, Mr, Bryant, because then you will
come back and see me many times-"
"I should like to comae whenever you ask
rte, Lady Ellen," Bryant answered.
She smiled at him, "You weren't out in
South Africa at the time of the war, were
you, Mr. Bryant?" she queried a moment
later.
Julian shook his head,
' Nto; 1 had only just joined, worse luck!
I should have loved to have gone.'
"Do you know why 1 'waked you this? It
in because you have just the same sort of
look in. your face that Adrian Dawney"'lias,
You don't know bow changed he is. Of
eourse he near fearfully knoeked about,
poor feliowl He lost hie left arm. But I
don't believe it was that that changed
him so much."
"War is a terrible experience, Lady Et
len; and from what 1 know of what Col-
onel Dawney did, he muse have gone
through some awfully hard times,"
"It all sounds so big and wonderful,"
ready Ellen sighed, and lattethed at the
same time:"Yeti know I am always hay-
ing hard timese hue my worries are eo
ealezgepi�ni n •art to what other people
he i'e to dielfll r. Ah!teee. Ppopp lege
That owning Jl+li5,1106-let-- s almost
happy. It was beitainly a, 'ver• delightful
experience for him. Lady Ellen had an
iudednable charm, acid the duchess was
so kind, such a womanly woman. She
seemed to take te great interest in him. Af•
ter dinner the girl about whem Laityi.
len bad spoken sang to thorn very awdbt1y,
and ;fallen Bryant east and listened with
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Don't you 1' co lits, Opp a?"
gatich-" tra;irx ati ueneex.itene.
and�Lad nen nodded her headuutarily,
"Yeo, X kktto'w whale you mean, I have
the cameo feeling myself. 'Er, Tenderte,r
Maid the other night that Mr, Bryant is
lonely, that he tame unexpectedly into all
his anoneY.' and he has no friend. Shell
we be kind to him, Poppio?"
The ducheee looked at her colicin with
a little quizzical expeeesion in her eyes,
• "Scinetinles there is danger in ktnduees,"
she said and Lady Ellen colored slightly,
bat laughed and shrugged her shoulders,
"Oh, I don't mean to be da-nge'ous• but
I do bko him; really and truly like him,"
When ehe rete to go the duohere turned
to Julian.
'If you have nothing 'better to, do, Mr,
Bryant,' she said, "I shall be very glad
if you 'will come down and etay the week-
end with us. We are in Kent just now. I
have persuaded Lady •,Ellen, to come, I
think she needs 'a little change of air."
"You are very kind," Julian Bryant said.
"'Thank you very much. I shall be de-
lighted to come."
Lady Ellen flitted up to them,
"Making plans?" ehe said.
"I have persuaded Mr, Bryant to come
to us fora few days,," the duthces said;
then' ehe added, "and you can motor
down quite easily.
Bryant looked at Lady Ellen,
"Would you care to have eoy err?" he
asked her; and she answered, "Yee, if
you will drive me down yourself; but, I
must warn you that I shall take all sorts
of packages with me. I. aan a terrible ,per -
eon 'when I travel, aren't 1, Popple?"
"Send your maid, on with your luggage.
and just motor down quietly with Mr,
Bryant,"
It sounds de'.ight.ful," said Lady Ellen;
and she earnest elapped her. hand,t
After all her guests had gone ..he sat
down and wrote a letter to Colonel Daw-
uey.
-rye got a new friend," she wrote, "a
man! No, I am not going to flirt with him.
because he is so nieet And do you know
why he is so nitre? Because he ie awfully
like you; he reminds me of you in the
melt extraordinary way, both in look and
in the tone of .voice and ,especially in Ye
manner. His n:ame.ia Bryant; and he has
inherited a fortune from that queer old
Mrs. Marncck,'who died recently; evident-
Iy she must have been very fond of him
beeanse she has left OH sorts of treasures
besides, money: I •think you world like
Mr. Bryant. We aye going, to stay with
Popple this week -end. I -wish you 'would
come over whilst I am there: Good -night,
you nice, dear, erose Adrian, •
"Ever yours; •
Nell."
CHAPTER IX.
On the whole, Enid Bryant got through
the crdeal of her &ret public perfok'mance
very well, all things considered. Her name
figured in the programme as Mies Sin-
clair; she hurriedly chose th's name as
one which had belonged to her aunt's
family in Canada, Q
Manon Laurie asked no (Meet -eons; but
she glanced casually and significantly at
her new pianlet's left hand on 'width the
'wedding ring still gleamed, and Enid's
first task when else had been alone had
been to draw this precious ring off her
finger and put it carcafullec away. When
night time came Enid was worn out, and
yet when she noes in .bed at last she
could not sleep; against all her courage
the tea's would come, and she wept bit-
terly and hopelessly.
Things did not go co pleasantly with her
the attend day. There had been very little
money- in the hall the night before,• and
the members of the concert party were
one and all bad tempered and depreeced.
When she saw En'd's white face and,
tear-stained'eyes, Mist Laurie gave an
emphatic shrug of her shoulders. She had
no use for an ill pe,eon or one heavily
troubled, and thin sentiment wee felt in-
tuitively by Enid, who had already learnt
the hard but necessary lessen that - the
world as a rale is too much occupied with
its own affairs to give sympathy or be
bored with correw.
A couple or hours' hard work at her
piano did herr good; she resolutely put all
torturing thought aside.
°'I won't .remember," she said to her-
self- And after all, there ewes joy to her
to be back in the old groove of music, to
feel a'm'bition thrilling her once again, to
be eonscious of the delight of her own
power, even to dream dreams of a future
in which that power might carry her very
tar!
She played quite brilliantly on the sec -
and night, and was cheered and gratified
by the praise of her companion.
The next day the little party moved on
to another town,. and after that a hard
time followed for Enid. They changed so
frequently, -and it waa difficult to assiet
in the ,practical arrangements -and go
through all the work of a, new programme
while at the same time she had to look
for lodgings.
She found time, however, to scribble a
few lines to Sybil Jackson, and to thank
this good friend most gratefully for her
practical help.
It was not until Enid had been away
nearly three weeks that Mics Jackson for-
warded on Mr. Pleydell's letter- When
she did so, she wrote a note of explana
tion—
"I hope I have not done wrong in keep-
ing back ,this letter; but I have felt that
it was going to iipeet you; and I didn't
want anything to happen to make things
Harder ,for you than they are at present.
You see, I am so afraid you might be
tempted by the goodneee of your heart to
be nailed back to the life which you have
.had the courage and the proper spirit to
leave."
Enid sat some time before she opened
Mr. Pleydell's letter, but at last opened
the envelope. She quickly remembered
the name of Pleydell as being one of those
signed to that ietter which had fallen out
of Juliana pocket that bygone day.
Thestiff, unsympathetee wording of this
letter brought' to the girl a fresh rush of
unhappinecs. Absolutely ignorant of all
that 'was paecing•with Julian, wholly un-
conscious of his illaees, naturally Enid
eaw in this communication from hie law-
yer the one proof she had required to
bring home to .her tbe;loot that by leav-
ing him she had set him from herself for
ever.
It would be hard to define the thoughte
that had lain hidden even from her own
ooneciouenees during th?s time of hard
work; but sure it was that deep down 1n
the eornenc of her heart hope had lurked,
built on so many sweet memorise, the
hope that the man ahs loved, and whom
she had believed had loved her, would
have' let all the money in the world go
rather than have risked the lees of that
love.
Instead of being angry 'with her friend
for not forwarding orr this letter; Enid
wee grateful to Sybil Jackson, for though
it signiiied so much mental suffering to
her now, it -would have been infinitely.
harder to have read ettoh a letter in the
first dale cif her nevi ex..ntenoe.
She put it aside, a •ad scribbled juat a
few kind words, pretending an indiffer-
entre she was far from feeling,
"What 1 'want you to realize dear
Sybil," she wrote 9s that work has done
me all the good in the world! I ape get-
ting em splendidly, and as long as I
have my muse, 1 don'.t want a,oything
ale
'e derta4nly.was much better itt health
and brighter itr spirit; like :Wier, when
his turn came to fame the situations a
certain touch of sophistry crept into
Enid'g nature, She tried to harden' her.
sett, ere' . to sneer at 'what had boon so
beautiful,
"At least, I'm no Ionger a fool," she
would any to herself, "I arca doing ammo.
Wee; hotter than 000lting and ;sc Ubbtn'g
floors for a than who thought so, little of
nits that 'when the chance dame of getting
0 me to sallied that cltaftcft with both
rid cite ia,ftr
,Whin "ii+d wee Met ivoeking at her piano,
she took ions wallas. 'She was fall of rest•
less anergy; to cit still, to sew,: to read
heir things beyond •her. Miss Laurie won.
el ed audibly at her ' t.,' 1ty, •
"Y'ou will Bever stet fat, that's certain,"
,the said, Then ego- took knld ' into her
•
Goueral Brussiloff. "
Ill command of one of the Russian
armies now repelling the Germans;
ooeftdence, "I am awfully worried," ,she
said, "Desmond Hammond is in a 'uwetela
eoly had temper beceuee his songs go eo
badly. " -
Enid' smiled faintly, then She, said,
"Well, that is bit', Hatnaaonde own fault.
Ile singe so abominably!"
'Ohl for goodness' sake, 'don't say that
out aloud, Mies Laurie said, in great
consternation, "If he Were to hear you
it would be all up with us!" `.Chen sho
explained further. "lily dear, we siniply
can't afford to let Hammond be upset be-
cause, you see, ho is running th e• chow.
It was a really oplendid bit of luck .that
threw him in my way- He is ever so 'well
off, and will come into a good deal of
money later on, and 'all'he wants to do is
to sing. T am afraid," Mies Laurie said
suddenly, "you are the d'stut+ging ele-
ment"
"I am," Enid said uneasily, and with a
good deal of surprise.
"Yes, you get mettles every perform-
ance; that makes cur young friend eulky-
If we don't do something, I am afraid that
there will be end to this little enter-
tainment right away,"
"Oh! then please cut me out of thepro-
gramme,;" said Enid, her voice trembting
a little
The mere suggestion that thetour
should come to an end before the appoint-
ed time, made her heart beat nervously.
She had no plans for the immediate fu-
ture, for, deeply as she acknowledged her
debt to Sybil Jackson, the mere thought
of sharing her life indefinitely with this
friend sent a chill through her heart.
'stand on one am
at least 'fort a, night o
two," Manon Laurie said; "he nvae just
like a bear with a sore head last night
'when you had those two encores:"
"I think Mr. Hammond is a very odious
young man," Enid said, with seine na-
Inral temper.
Miss Laurie ehrn"ged her shoulders. But
rho was not .unkind.
"I am ever so much obliged to you for
working in with Inc,' she said, "Lute of
girls would have made it very disagree-
able."
Enid laughed a pathetic little laugh:
"Well, it ien't just natural sweetness on
my part. Unfortunately, I have to live,
and I don't want the tour to end any
more than you: do:"
Nevertheless this change in the.arrange-
mente nvas' something of the nature of a
•blow to her, for her only moments of
pleasure and real happiness and forget-
fulhees were thoee spent on the platforim,
letting her heart and soul speak through
her &ngere.
She had taken a dislike to Desmond
Hammond the first time they had met. He
was good-looking, but there was an ag-
gressiveness in hie manner, that ugly ar-
rogance which money so often gives.
She . had avoided him as much as pos-
sible, 'but they were obliged to come into
contact because her services ae accom-
panist had to be at the disposal of the
various artists for rehearsal.
To one so really and •sensitive& a muaf-
cian as Enid, the Leak of trying over Mr.
Hammond'e .songs was fraught with real
suffering. She found herself unconscious-
ly sugeesti•ng little things to, him; but
either bis vanity or hie stupidity pre-
vented him from following her sugges-
tions.
That same night her solos were with-
drawn, and Mise Laurie, to help matters
along, cheese to sing two duets with Mr.
Hammond which fortunately were very
well received.
The night was a' wet one, and :after the
concert Enid stood awhile at the aide
door of the hall. She had' brought no um-
brella, and it was a matter of great con-
sideration to her that she should net get
her clothes wet or spoilt. Manon Laurie
had already gone, but Mr. Hammonds.
motor car, in which he travelled from
town to town, was waiting, and he came
out -while Enid -was standing in the door-
way. He lifted hie hat to her and was
paesing on when he paused.
"You didn't play - to -night," he said -
"Why was that?"
She shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh! I wasn't, in the mood."
The young man hesitated. He looked -at
•the fair, pretty, delicate face, and was
conscious once again of the extraordinary
pride of this girl.
"I say it is awfully 'wet; won't you let
me take you home in the ear?"
She shrank front him visibly.
"Oh, thank you-no—no," and to em•
phasize her ,words she said "Good -night,"
and almost ran out into 'the road. •
Fortunately she was overtaken by the
baritone, a, pleasant man, no longer very
young, and he insisted on eharing•hie um-
brella with her.
!To be continued.)
• Many a man would starve if he
had nothing to live on but his repu-
tation. , -'
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SUNDAY ON A BATTLESHIP
SOME Q 4' " liltxrriSit CRtrIS1+,llt
The Man-o-\{'rirsnien's ,i.'a`orite
Itynut is "Fight the (aood,
Fight."
On the North Sea a ,ciiuiser is
stripped for action—the guns load-
ed, torpedoes fitted -and trained,
range finders at work ineasurin,;
off the varying distances of sighted
vessels; a word, a touch, and • that
mighty fabfi.o of potentiality' will
flame- as if the month of hell had
opened and vomited its contents,
writes the Rev. Forbes Philips.
Meanwhile, the foremast dies the
peacceful liag-of Divine service, with
its white cross, the symbol of sit-.
pT ewe self-sacrifice and courage,
Not many hours ago, from that
same mast, Was signalled messages
fraught with battle and destruction,
which opened the:Book of Life and
Death with an orchestra of lyddite
shell and shrieking shrapnel.
The cruiser's decks are swept of
everything• which is not a weapon
or some instrument auxiliary to
death, No bulwark or rail) the
ship is stripped, and in her naked
strength—three hundred and odd
feet of shod death.
We are on the ground where over
a hundred years ago Nelson kept
his ceaseless watch on the North
Sea, The men hurry up out of all
kinds of unsuspected places, mus-
tering beneath the once -burnished,
now dull, muzzles of iron -throated
monsters. An officer sniffs the
wind, consults with -.another, and
decides to hold the service 'tween
decks, The chaplain, already rob-
ed, is in the captain's cabin settling
the final details of the order of ser-
vice.
The master-at-arms appears and
reports everyone aft. The choir,
augmented by a small string band,
is grooped round the wind -jam, a
harmonium, with a slight cold due
to exposure. Between decks the
whole ship's company is mustered,
men are wedged into all kinds of
uncomfortable places, chairs are
placed for the officers.
The Favorite Hymn.
The chaplain appears, accompani-
ed by the captain. - The latter seats
himself facing the ship's company,
the chaplain steps to the improvis-
ed prayer -desk • and gives out a
hymn. It might have been an order
to open fire so•guick is the response,
as from lusty lungs there rolls out
the soldiers' and sailors favorite,
"Fight the Good Fight,"
The service is a shortened form
of evensong with the special pray-
ers used daily in His Majesty's
navy, to be found in any prayer
book.
The men's voices are uplifted in
the response, augmented this time
by a chorus of seagulls. With the
first hymn they started a shrill se-
ries'of cries, but now they have got
into their stride. There is the
ground bass of the distant waters,
the whispering swish of the caress-
ing waves blending with the voices.
of some hundreds of men, but softly
dominant is the song of the sea.
Truly there were visualized and
actualized the opening wards of
the Benedicttis, "0 all ye works of
the Lord, bless ye the Lord, praise
him and magnify him forever."
And .apund us and upholding us
the moving mystery of the sea, fit
symbol of God and His - protecting
arms. -
The captain—a fine figure, alert,
with a penetrating eye and - cle.ar=
cut features—reads the lesson re-
verently, and the iaces of the, ship's
companyturn to him. The men lis-
ten with keen' interest in a story
which tells of a nation's struggles
and desperate defence.
In those faces one -reads the tale
of what is known in the navy as "a
happy ship."
Tho Angel ,Warrior.
The chaplain gives a short ad-
dress on St. Michael, warrior, arch-
angel, champion of the chivalry of
heaven. It is not a "Save your soul
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to -night" discourse. He identifies
himself with the men, speaks of the
soldier .qualities of St. Michael,
tells them what the sword -bearer of
God stands for; and appears:s to
them to stand for the same; indeed,
he takes it for•granted, so -he can,
Much hash 'been written about the
religious and irreligious condition
of our bluejackets, In the traote
which ask for,money, t.o missionize
him he is either represented as a
demi-god of a demijohn. The "poor
Jack order of pamphlet is resent-
ed by the whole of the navy, from
admiral to A.B. Everyone by this
time ought to know that a blue-
jacket is a highly trained, intelli-
gent man, disciplined and respon-
sible. A drunkard has no place in
His Majesty's navy.
The men listen to the padre,
quiet, intent, and let one who know
them add they will be .as serene and
quiet in that day, it may be but a
few hours, when the cruiser moves
on at full speed, while 'crews stand
at the guns, men wait in the am-
munition passages, the captain in
the conning tower the gunnery of-
ficer in the fire control, the engines
-whirling .at mad speed, while stok-
ers in the depths .below "oil" ,and
"feel" and shovel .and rake as the
cruiser rushes into action.
One more hymn then the blessing.
A destroyer looms up out of the
creeping mists of evening, slows
down, listens for a few minutes, ex-
changes signals, .and then is off
again to continue that watch which
is first cousin to prayer.
SAVED BY A FALL.
An Explorer's Experience in North-
. ern Canada.
Journeying 'through northern
Canada by pack horse and canoe,
Mr. F. A, Talbot ha•cl some very
lively experiences. On one occa-
sion, which he describes in "The
New Garden of Canada," his party
were riding along the top of a cliff
that dropped sheer down some three
hundred feet into the McLeod val-
ley .
The trail .along the cliff was very
narrow and riven with small ditch-
es. The party had strung out to a
length of half a mile or so, our pace
to a slow walk, The, foremost ones,
including myself, had drawn up at
an ugly wound . in the. cliff face,
where a gang of rock drillers were
busily engaged tearing out a path
for the railway, which skirts the
summit of this, precipice. We were
intently watching the men disen-
gage huge chunks of rock, pry. and
warp - them to the cliff edge, and
then 'pitch them over, to go hop-
ping, skipping, anti jumping down
the almost perpendicular wall with
increasing velocity, until they end-
ed their mad career with a loud re-
port and a terrific splash in the
river. We had pulled our horses to
the brink of the cutting, to watch
the work at the closest possible
range, when a wild cry' broke out
behind.
Turning round, we saw one of the
members of the party coming along
like the wind, and pulling furiously
at his steed. His horse had bolted. •
It made straight for the cliff, and
when it reached' the edge, made a
sharp swerve, and drove right into.
us. As it swung round from cer-,
twin death, we -lost sight of the
rider, and to our horror we saw the
saddle go over the cliff.
"Good heavens, he's over!" we
cried. We slipped off our horses and ran
to the spot, expecting to see the -
b:a'ttered form of our friend lying at
the bottom of the cliff. We crawl-
ed out on hands and knees, but
could see no trace of him, except .
the saddle, caught on a projecting
rock about ten feet below.
"What's the matter ? Who are
you looking for ?" asked a trem-
bling voice behind us.
It was our friend Charlton, We,
were looking kr his mangled body,
and here he was beside us, as white
as a sheet, a,nd rubbing his right!
shoulder pretty vigorously. '
"Gee, that was a close shave!
What happened 7"
"The girth snapped just •as the
brute swerved at the edge. He;
pitched me to the ground in a small
Glitch, and threw the saddle the
other way, over the cliff."
Charlton looked badly scared, as
well he might. Had not the saddle
given way as it did, horse and rider
would certainly have gone over.
• a
Got Him Both Ways.
Diner—You change me more for
this steak than you used to.
Restaurant Manager—I' have to
pay more for it. The price of meat!
hes gone up. -
D—And the steak is smaller than
it used to be. -
R. M.—That, ,of course, is °aac-,
count' of the scarcity of beef.
•
"Who's that impressive -looking
woman over there ?" "That's Mrs.
MacSillar. Sfie's a remarkably
strong -mended woman, and they say
that she commands a very large sal-,
ary." "How does she earn it?"
"She `doesn't earn it.' Her husband' -
earns it, but she commands it."
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