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Exeter Advocate, 1915-1-28, Page 2Monty Makcs Moncy; Or, A Strange StiputatIon. tniAPTER Lady ` Eliot weet been. to Scotland lona .btdere the fortnieht wee Inn She (AV:led with her a. quitenty of luggage. end waen she must thedeehete e erailed rather wen little iemile. "1 onat genie to stay with Pea, PoPPY.' elite said, tin you turn eats "Well, my dear; there is plenty of roam," her eouein anewered She e'en. at neek-that ecareething had 1.1aP- peltel to ueeet Lady Ellett. Wu]. Ole Vati little more tender in .catiseeuettee have beet ;del your °fresh, rosy leeks,• she eetid. "I earepeee there Waci teething but fee in London." "No.' eaid Le?dy Ellen; "as a matter tia feet the esether was excellent, very sunny aitd _einnest warm, not 4 bieIhe'Oudot- e3.1r. Bredet be.here jest in time.' tbe deettae; eitserved. She lied face-rece Lady. Ellen up to her teem, eed etirred the. ere eigorottely as *he 8.;:cgick "lie arriene in Liverpoid en the twenty- thittd. atie wee travel up here. so that we shall have 11.no tor dinues oe Chreetnaae Eve. -eel: the ehildren tit tang out a•P the lareeet steeninge they van nee," Ellen t'reener !.1-.i4 .1. bet ae the duelneet was leaving her. she entid, "Den't ee. PeFav• et e; ewe te wnle yiat agate! I won- dyr why 1- went to Londote g.v. the meet eetraerdinary .T. • ..;•1b" ln't 1.looline with tee thtete dens, and it. is t1aut I sc.ttled dawn. t'sn I e? I eon get- ting ere,,e enne "Yes. quite old." edict lite duebeee w:th a ensile. "But didn't you get your:ed.! ee WO- ICf CV clot ?' Iettly Ellee eheek ber heed. bat various intervietes tv'elt Pleeehal. and he is tte :Very, wee to me. and gave me so nitwit Pteeee ten' being eeonomical. that I Iva:: .teteally strong C-':. ugh ttit denyrite want:at:on. One that= (1121. .d Lady kll:en aid. 2. lettle abruptly. "I liad a very dentgree- able nnervie-N Tenderten.' ee'd elneln s. "And what did Thee he st .-til atee hie face hard- ened,. "After all" he eaid. "She went away of her 4,1Vil free vd11 I did not drive her ativoy. Why 4:3110.11d. I be judged and elem.. eel?* • • Bryent eves Munediately accepted as a "goad sert' by the Young member'''. of -the ducal hauee. The duke bieceeld oak kindly to the yeung man, and as te the duchess, .he. frankly conk' ded 'that Jake was nacre ibex half in love with h:m. She del net tell Lady Elea that it wae Ivho had prevented Colonel DawneY from joining ;Ilene on Christanao WY - After Lady Ellen% retorn she had thought tbirge out. and che had deeided that her eentetn elmuld not meet this man again for wpm t1me at least; so ohe very frankly geve Hawney a bine- believe things are ;twin= out for Nell'. ftenre whith will altogether be for her ha:en-noes. I am playntee the noatch. maker. an the lame: barefaced manner, but 1 have taten 1r rant % meeeure and I think he la jut tbe man for Nell. I bete yen will eseene AP and stay -with us in the New rear: After the lima sign- ed her letter, the duchess added a poet- '•arlat."EY the 'wan Nell tells tete that tninger aboue whom you were ontereet- In the Wake ot the War'S °Yellow - The p eturo shOWa What is left of the one.e pretty village of Tionarenay, Departnaent of the Marne, Franee, ed ie needing leant and ebe field you want. hews in quell caeee," said Mr. Pleydell meao take this girl up. I went. you t coldly "we:1,1f you do not propose td know that I shall be deligbted to do any- divorce Mee Bryant then you would liaTe thing I eel. Will you let 1.40 114TO tins 4.A? 01'0 Mr. BWA111 Cause and reason for n youg lefty s addrees. and I will write to ber liouee exit be at her poial if she wiehte to give a oceteert in town this spasoa." C • Julian Bryant got Up and moved about reetiffalY. "The poeitien is intolerable," he etticl. "Youknow, or nerhape you don't know, Colonel Dawney% reply to the ducheie's becauee after all, I aan a stranger to yen, letter did not come till after Chrietenae. but it, ie the truth, Pleydell, if elle Ile sent a few scribbled good wihe to hadn't left ane 1 would never have settee LedY Ellen. and 'with it a, box of enolets.! rated from When be did write to the eluebeee he; "I am glad to hear nem say that," lix. tbanked her avarmay for her kind tome Bleydell said, and there was real emotion geetion about the cencert. Ile told her In he voice. "X oonfees now that 1 was that he feared bis protege 'would be uno very inuebi impremed at the time you able to avail berselt f eh% kindness. heard of dire. Marnock's etrange beqUeee "As a matter of fact," be wrote, "I have ^ ley your loyalty to the V01111111 you had only just within be lain week or so beard married. She younger !mem did not alt - 2 ,-11e-e-• ides young man bate to anything of alitea Fdnelair. and I regret to ewer at once. Mr.-Pfeydell'e words Weed niv f needt?' eaY that ebe in in very had bealtin and, 141111 back into that past be eemned to be • Ile rether famd'er." eaid Lady El- wh tt ie woree. in very. very peer verura- ^ in touch -with ouce again, and, that tteetely len. and reie celored 1i.tr. -Bat- welt. etancce. I am doing what little I can. but with all the mental Sarein 'bad it eD erd. abet really one hardly the meneee ie ,one ,bich es extremely deli. worked. 60 dieeettouely againet leas to rereat it. iatrt aelted roe ' caw. en'd 1 and it wee -Ovalle impoesible `d "I did nothing extraordinary; eald tunr:v P e'er!: for ere to move actively. in Men Sinclair% in 4 low voice. "I -I WAG teinCled, A1141 teirelnen. -I onust bor. aga.ea- I You know that. but I would never 110V6 roe eta.. ter .$e phneee and eae• aetirg on impniee, the diteltees sat lown left her. and-ethe laet thing I exPeeted that wee ele.seea " and wrote a cheque. She enelosed it -with i eras that ebe would leave one; but she did -Yee, wadi: it?' eaid LadyEllen. "lie a few :ince to Colonel Dawney. ge, and ehe behaved oruelly, Pleydell! Leo.% my bet all te. and then 'we'd, he .1 want you." she said, "to 066 'title; For it wee cruel to leave ane as she did, to would neve been giete easey only Mr. money hew you like for 'this Poor girl.: put me 'where I am now -never to 'Send me P:eYdell harneateti to come in, and Mr. le tee don't relate ane. and A you would': a word or a line to let ane knenv whether Tendeeten Wept away in 3 gr e tt hurry. nee it when 1come south. I will look at. she wee living ordead. There are things But -i Ictel I had never 12el anYthine to ter her nereonnlly: I which are unforgivable! And on hermeet, w irul. 1 Aann underetand how euelt Sint 5314 uotbing et ibis correspondence reel. the resporteibilny ot all that followed a nee mar es Mr Pieveell C311 IlaVe Win to Lady Filen for ehe did nnt. ereh to "Anil et) You want to have a emidelotn fer at.trteer. ' even mention the n,aine of .Dawney. eeperation from ldre. Bryant, because) she ‘ I ed.eve be .4 very e:evor." staid dile Lady Ellen had not confided in her, yet Icat you imeginine ;the was doing the beet 41"0 'It • vou tem anYloodY (dee? 't IMC,11 eo the dilate% that things were' far you?" There 'W1122 0, little 'Witch of i.ractically ;waled benveen herehelf and arony In air. Pleydell voice. Junan Bryant. At teat. when Mr. Bry-1 "I won't go into tiny reaeons," said jte e le tinft for London rather abruptly one lien Bryant very coldly. "I jUet 211112 a. day. Lady' Ellen eeeracd very depreseed faet. I want -freedom. I mane tb have zay ail* to myself. without any tie, any b barrier. eaauee— "I understand," said Mr. leloydell, and he got up, "because you have made other ••Yt-e. ere .'2' two people.. Adrian wae12 Down ,Ozet the day 1 aerived. atte he 21 .-c1 to diet. "Cti:th :me and then tbrety me ever etelderde -in feet, rather mutely.' 'iced Ledy Ellen. laugbing with en effort. em net eo.ng to trouble ebout Adrian :Ann neees: lie 16 120 tuee in a eocial eeneel lb, ,•s• only lit for hie feral and hie pies!" "Wel dearest; I hope you are even- to letee very bitope time with ted tete]. the (byte -ea ape ahe weet forward alai let.le Ellen :tine e'.onately. ' I em eiwan, happy with 'yea, PePPY But O wao geneeelly reeognizeil -that Lady Ellen shrugged her shouldere. "'I Lady Men woe restlees and one of epirite.1 dela 'mow, but I am sure I am right, and See took her ehare in all the preparationel welt I could help henl." for t lir 4::,:nee enougb.; hut her I "Ntll. do you like him? I mean in the near:. did not sem to he in the work- 141-1e, real eenee of the word?" eereziele- had grewit thinner, though eltel Lady .Ellen Pentad in front of the fire, a wee a, pietty ati ever. seine almeet childish figure, in her long The Iit•le pathetic noes about Iter give elate dreenneeeeare "I like him very, very noteb," she said eiowly. "I have a Denve IA comfort, and eleasure when I am with him, but I 41on't love him, Poppy., I -I dcn't 'believe I ever ebould." "And be? Dow lie care for you?" "He ha e not said it in so many words," eed Lady Ellen, "but be ',certainly gives me the idea he could care. Only If it :waenn rather eilly. Poppy, I Omelet. be in- clined to say that he feels for TAO just what I feel for him:" "Well, empathy is a very good thing to -work upon," said the duchess ebeerily. Then she probed the matter. "Nell," she mid, "if Julian Bryant aske you to marry him, -what are nott going to Lady Ellen paused a moment, and then and out of epires. Late that right when the 4.10011Ws Iv(r.11 111 to have a tittle confidential chat evtth her. Lad y Ellen epoke of Julian. el like ban very much. she eald; 'but plane for the future. Well, I shall have do e'en know. Peelle', I have made ono to go into this matter rather !carefully. very great diecovery. ie a very un- Divorce le a lietle out -of my line, Mr. har.DV mem" Tidy:mt. I think you would do bdetee to "Is he?" said the duel:to-a. "why should. have vonsulted Tenderten. Ho ie Moretti) he be with -trey?" to it than I run, and he is, if I may arty eo, letee hampered by certain eoruples than I am.' • "I 'will have nothing to do with tat4 znan," Bahl Juliao. Bryant, "If you event net for me in ilde-well, then, 111 go to someone, else." Mr. Pleydell bowed. "If you will permit me to say ten that will be preferable." - Julian evinced. He was almost hyper- emic:delve in tbese days. "All right," he said tersely. "I only thoiegbt I had better throaela the matter to you first. I suaepose you baee 310 ob. ieetion to dealing with other businees for ant?" "None 'whatever," said Mr. Pleydell, and I will see to your evishee about, your, mother without delay." It was not long before Mr. Tenderten dieeevered that hie partner was in icon - Stant oorrespondence with Julian Bryant, 'and to find out MT. Bryant% 'whereabouts was an easy matter. He did not approach Julian ley letter, bet late one afternoon he presented him- self tut the hotel • To be continued.) AREItICA.'S PROTEST TO " GREAT BRITAIN. her an :Wee el.arau; a eliarm which was! ieetetely felt by juliaa Bryant when he arrived on tbresernes Eve. It wee late a dream to him pase into the. 1d balI e thee wouderful old castle, te be reeeived as aintoet one of the family. Here nt laet he merltt forget for a little And there. was vo much -he want- ed to aergett His mother was in England bombarding al:ZI with lettere, eagerly excited to !see binc, She had inetalled herself in lais Mateo -in towngreatly to hie servants' tits -vet; and Julian knew that she -would be quite capable of :travelling up to Scotland, and foie:tele herself on his present hosts it she only had an inkling where he was. He lead •warned etepliens that hie where - tenants were to be kept a, profound secret; ±12 fact. no one but this eervant knew that elle answered_ he was back. from America; not even Bill elf Julian Bryant asks rale to many him Ketch had yet been informed. I *hall say 'yes'!" Like Lade Ellen, Julian had grown much thinner. But he -was, if poesi e, - Bonier than he had been, and in hie rough tzavelling coat ae he entered the hall his likeness to Adrian Dawney was almoet painful for Lady Ellen to realize. They speed a•lone for a few seconds, and they elaeped hands, realty glad to see one another, for there was something which drew them togetber, although in both ther hearts there was a, ehutter as it were, dosing out all that was really beet and truest in both of theca. -Sneteente," said. Lady Ellen. "I am so glad to -eee you." Julian :said nothing, but only clasped her hand very. very tightly. .4e they were turning away from the fire he spoke. "I came beeau,se you aeked me," he said. "I hope you won't think me a presumptie ous ase Lady Ellen, but I fancied from Your letter thet you wanted ime to come." "Yes, I did want you, and I de want You,' geed Lady Ellen. "I feel somehow as if we were great friends, as if we led known one another a long time, 1 mean, and ono always wants -the- friends -whom one Elea at Christmastime. Last year,' e.he eaught her breath with a sharp sigh, 'I was ill en bed.-- I ootildn'te. be with Peney- or -with anybodY else; blit it is go- ing to be Anita different now." Last Chteatmasi Julian. Bryant% eyes closed for an in- stant, and that sickening aense of sheme which every now and their everethelaned him like a physioal wealtnefs, took .pos- seesion of him. once more. Where was Enid now? What sort of Chrietanas was it going to be -with her? Waa she amok in Canada? Surely ehe remained in England, she could not have kept evey from him. He wanted to think that she was in Canada,, although -he knew with whet ,betterneee and sorrow she mallet lave gone ba•ek to the few 'with 'whom he eould claim kith and kin. She had -oaken hira eo often of her childhood and of her early girlhood, and of ale the bardehips that she had had to endure in her enTet'e h01150h014..* Ile knew •eetti. 'tvhat delight elm had °eine to Eng - e an rye, renaembra.nce from•bim almoet brutally. ,, - -,, • "It is over," he said do himself. .. , '',1b,...,111 over and done with!" Yetwhen he was up in his Teem be paeed the floor ner.dous- ly. Wae et oSeat ati.4done with? 'Could a anan loee his wife et° ea.1Dile ?194113 tbeire, not catill a tie? Let him eceolneto kill ee,- ----dee,eee-let him deadeti,his hearnand. 'ETrif(777";Ty:•"1-3116ffilbla ieSnue-," rad" WW still h1e wife, even !though the mageete- testa oif weather evesten was -drawing hint, aetneet arealese 410will,end. eurbitibe was .sha.ping a future where *happiness might eeenn to hionzdanaien- ,.. 4.. le &itit-leve : ani 157/tobieof w e Trowae.eiee f- aet „Nov tie nagiagied, and "that acotely, tha • he Ined,pot 'traced Enid, followea up '4‘iia,3,771 'e so willingly, so_ eeger11`," ho said to hinnseilf, elthon,g31 he, Itn•vrit&'hat 'he vas tratlabeing het., well, thee- nen he, ought ter give me the eliance of 012 - ked from. ii,te dream with an effort C11..ePTEB, XVIII. On arriving in London Julian Bryant vent to a *hotel. He vas resolved not to meet hie mother, and !further resolved to teach her that elle could not enter into 'hie life. in ann 7ay whatever. His heart had hardened towards her. In the beginning Mrs. Marnock had told him en titat memorable last in.terview which had taken place bebtveen them, Ju- lian had made a vb.ole sacrifice of hie life for his mother's sake. Ile had etood by her meet ohivelroutsly. Be lad iburdened hinaiseef with her obligations; he had be- haved eery- generously. But when she had married -a second time andeMe had !become easy for her, moreover, when the opportunity bad been given her to at generously in her turn towards him elite had failed miserably; and oddly enough it .was his another% hard words about Enid which made the man so bitter now in. hie tlioughts of lier. He did not even tell Stephens that he was in London. Be bad no need ee a ser - 'tante in lea, he preferred to be quite alone; but he -wrote to Mr. Pleydell and begged !the lawyer to see him es soon go posseble. The first part of his interview with Mr. Pleydell vas easy enough, tor in thie Ita- lian. dealt entirely •witb the queat,ion. of his another. • "I authorize emu," he said to the law- yer, "to aoqueent my another with the tact that I am going to shut, up any .esitablieh- talent for some long period, and that it is etot !my Tilsit that she +should inetal her - sere in any nouee. She kap gone there ;without. any referenoe to me �r any wiehes and ehe must leaye immediately. The queetion of t•he se.rvanks can be 1eft,in the hands of !Stephens, who iwill ,get. his orders from are.? After able there was a little nnenmtfort- able anteee, and then, Juleate aaid- "1 ha.ve asked fail ei5, Coane id-diee, Mr. Pleydell, !because I want to coratuat you upon ,another matter. S'ome little time ago. you. well remember, I 'said that I did not wieh. to ispealt of any wife. Now I find et I cctuxt beak the eilence I imposed. it fon- gide me. any neiwe oif heed ' "Nene whatever," said lin • Pleydell, di.diVlin Vile Jeeins !to itlieldeddideentreed; elle lady tO 'W' oni s e .---- vr ••,,T1' l'P et hn d, eiitta.. yi! f'd.q.fi -r-de'ineet .A.,He'euee'V'dilit 4111* yea .seating mie doe infferpo jene-aboil s It Bryant.„ /Mile .lad7, ilk een era-milli:1g, and is geeet Y ooneOtied ecause elle hes had fel„-i.neWe 61 ‘e.ner !sore albeit% your were.", e -I eetiltsdee she esp. he found," Julian Bnyant teeked in a low voice. Well, yes," Said Mr. Pleydell. "I dare- saY tabe can he teaced if we use proles- eional Domains,' , Age,in thete Was another /Deese, and then eveth 3 -teeth of color to leis face, Bryant "It has (become neoeselley lei* me to know where she ie, heeitese I want to take isteen to lame our freedom made ecuiplete." `Yoe propose, eta eli•vorce Mrs. Bryant?" Pleyelell asked in hie quieteet way. A eatioes ;sensation ,ishot through Julian. Biyant% heart. 'This time he 'burned very exiling real f,reedom. How- can I 1iavenaa,4e! '4116 fre°Ct°1/1 ig 1 (.1° Imc'cw '01" he said lineriecny. ',That -ape is 10?" au of tbe " ee he (turned to Aed 'then he took a d,eeision. "Pleydell the !lawquestion. a spirit of friendship, and affords no basis for war talk, for it had been received in the same spirit. The treatment of neutral ship- ping by belligerent nations is always a very delicate subject, and one re- quiring the best minds, thorm.ghly trained in the field of international law and diplomaey, to adjust. It will be recalled that troubles arose over shipping between this country and Great Britain during our great Civil War, and which were not set- tled till long after the' war had ceased. Though differing somewhat in character from those oited in the protest to Great Brits4n this week, they held a genuine threat of war, a true eausus bellus, for the reason that it was then openly *barged that Great Britain was purposely aiding the Confederacy in its efforts to de- stroy the shipping of the North. There is no sueh elaira or eontention involved in the present protest. The old controversy was peacefully settled, and the two countries have ever since remained on the most friendly. terms. There is nothing now existing that approaches the seriousness of the. Alabama claims and the dispute that arose out of them. By Chas. N. Bien, Denver, Colo. Perhaps no single incident of the great war has awakened more in- terest -in the two great English- speaking nations than the protest filed by the United States against the treatment of Ainefican shipping by the British fleet. The despatches also ,inclicate that the protest is arousing keen inter- est across the Wiaters, as the matter is being widely disoussed in the public press. As indicating the deep interest involved, a special meeting of the British Cabinet has been called to consider the protest, and this morning's papers declare the Cabinet near to disruption in the debate on the subject. In this country among a certain class, there is a suspithon thatiun- fortunately amounts . almost to a hope that this piotest holds a pro- mise Of war between the two &tun - tries. - , yer% "Look here'he eaed, se,p- =Diet :help um: Jai te,11 evevet,hing ±0 P1e0n meee you Inert hoW to deal with theee dell. If she is (found I will insiet set- !kind OP aneeters? The law is very elever. Vine. so mach on her so that she thin 311 ‚wy poplot be ut aplrt, -the !IvIITA, 0)11A, I 101161, 1101re 1117 mai lam can do catact it?" feee dont !" "There ig one method whieh the law fon test to Great Britain was oade 113 There, is always quite a large class in every nation, who want to see trouble, kV these howlers'for revenge atre_ientecilly....the last , to enlist :Tvlien die tronble ,eorrie.S.-T- glory in trouble,and contention, b At they want somebody 'else to make it d to suffer the Consectiprices. They are of the male variety of heroes, ever ready to throw brielp$ when concealed from danger bY:the eonae surrounding them. HapPily batelais,is not very` strong irt this Mintr"57. ' Sobel-, thoughtful, -sensible men - . • 8/11.4 women 'do not invite distress and -suffering that would be sure to result were this country involved in the p.ropea„n gtruggle. Thq d''''‘' not in u cecl by la..oe sentiments of so-called "National honor," and the "rights. of American seamen," to the 'extent of wishing to see this coiintry rush into a eontroversy that means great loss Of life ,and property until, at i ast, that it, has f 'been clearly estab idled that ' the "nations/ honor" ias been iasoia-_ ed, or our eights have 1.,-e,';'n heed- lessly interfered with by other. On the contrary Anaerica's pro- I have no doubt that this country will insist upon full reparation for any real damage done to American shipping, caused -by any unwarrant- ed interference of the British fleet; and I am equally certain that Bri- tish justice will gladly recompense for such damages, when duly es- tablished. It is quite inevitable that the fleet should wrongfully -detain some shipping in its eagerness to find contraband goods and prevent them reaching the enemy, and to this end no doubt the war fleet has been in:- structed to detain and search ves- sels suspected of having contraband artieles aboard, or conditional con- traband intended for the enemy. It looks as though the reel ques- tion at issue is, regarding the treat- ment of conditional. contraband goods. That -this should be treated exactly as absolute contraband arid seized and conveyed to British ports for disposition, works a very great hardship upon shippers. But even so, I have no doubt that Great Britain is willing to co-operate with this country,. and With every- other country, in Irving strictly up to the laws of nations in their treatment of neutral Shipping. The protest is only a business precedure between two friends, who have been fore- most in preserving the peace of the world. That they 'should forget their friendship and undertake to settle their business differences by • the sewronyoni.s too ridiculous for eonsid- The period that has elapsed singe the treaty of Ghent was signed WO years ago on Ohristnias eve, has not been without acute crises in the re- aations of England and the United States. Had England pursued -a polky ,of callous greed, she might easily have made the preservation of the Union impossible in 1861,-66 by intervention on behalf Of the Confederacy; and again in 1898 she might have formed a 'coalition with 8.pain. That these things were not done shows the strength of the bond .,.., between the two nations. Many r have been the explanatione of t e 1 vast volumes of American sympat _y. 1 with liagland i the Ruset great I teity ruggle, but. undying rah is CA 1411S .grrillat to fade 4, ifie erganie We 6f fie (Iwo mat Eng_ 4h -speaking nations, ago by itself affords a ileflatie iand surpassing e,eletration of the Century of peace just dosed between these -nations. America knows that the indepen- dence of the new world is, due to the very eonelitions that made England an arbiter of Europe's destinies, and instinctively' she knows that England's downfall would expose this entire heamisphere to devastat- ine wars from which it might never the United States finds the two eountries nearer together in politi- cal aspirations and common' sympne thy is a tremendoue fact, anti por- tends the glory and triumph of both nations,. CHAS. M. *BICE. Denver, Colo., Dec. 33,, 1914. A ZOUAVE HERO. He Sacrificed Hilt Life for Beloved France. A rare and stirring incident ot per- sonai herolem is that recorded in a seraioincial notice given out in Paris an the afternoon of November 2.3r41, 11 -The other day in Belgium, a Ger- man eau= was advancing to attack a POtilt1011 111 the forest of Brie4 de- fended by a detachraent of ZellaVea. Our men noticed that before them the Germans forced a , Zatiave prisoner, aad at the same time they beard cries of 'Stop trine For an instant our riflemen and. the men in cbatge of our machine guns hesitated. Then from the German ranks they heard the voice ot the Zouave prisoner, who cal- led to them 'shoot con:trades!' "There then flashed out from the ranks of the Zouaves general Ws - charge of rifles ant. machine guns. The fire laid low the assailants of the Zouaves, and with them fell the heroie soldier whose devotion made it Possi- ble for his countrymen to checkmate the ruse of the enerny. "If the name of the brave man is unknown te the world, at least his regiment -will retain forever the re- membrance of his sacrifice, which 1$ equal to any of the most famous in- stances of personal heroism reoorded in our glorious history." "Wouldn't you like,"' his mother iesked a little boy, "wouldn't you like to give your toy -boat to that poor orphan who hasn't any fatherl" The little boy looked at his toy boat ?Ina frowned. "Could we not give him lather instead?" he . . asked. FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAN) NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT .10I13‘ BULL AND- ITIS PEOPLE. Occurrences to the Lan4 That ...„„Beigfis Supreme in the COM- werdal World. A well-known naval dignitary has a beautiful daughter. A'young ensign, with no resources but his 'salary, fell in love with her, and asked the old gentleman for her hand. The 'hither at once taxed him with the fact that he had only his salary—hardly enongh to keep him in white gloves and to burnish his brass buttons. "Well, Admiral, what you say is true. Bq when you married you were only as midship- man, with even a speller salary than mine. How did yon go along asked the ensign, wh thought he had made 2, most-diplo matiA defence'. But not so. The crafty old seadog thundered forth "I lived 01:1 my father-in-law foi Kr first ten years, but I'll he hang -ed if you are going to do it!" 3 Thousands of deres of land hal Carlisle have been flooded as a rei suit of the recent heavY rams. Owing to the depletion of staftl caused by the war, the Genera Post' Offices 'at Rochester and Chathami are closing earlier now. • At Sheffield the sale ot intoxicat- ing licpaor is prohibited after 9.301 p.m. on week nights, and 9 p.m. out Sundays in all lieensed premises. The authorities have decided to; increase the establishment of the Ith Batta.lion of the Devon Regi- ment, by the addition of 96 eyelistse The skipper of the Fleetwood trawler Belmont, reports the find-: ing of an ivory -mounted set of bag-, pipes in his trawl when fishing 241 miles off Barra Ilea& Lieut. Louis Van Esten, of thel Belgian Artillery, who died from wounds at Cambridge flospital„ Aldershot, was buried with full! military honors at Aldershot. Mr. Thomas Kidney, a, well known Leeds steeplejack, has just died at the ago of 82, lie was the oldest, steeplejack in England and had! a world's record in having felledt 108 ohimneys. Mr. F. Sanford Thomas, deputyl coroner for the city of London, hasl been appointed to command a corn -1 elpally in the 7th Battalion of th City of London Regiment, and has been gazetted a captain. Serious damage was eaused by! fire at the Manor Ifouse, St4gleyi Staffs, an aneient English resi denee. The owner, Mr. G. &I Brown, and the servants removed! all the valuable furniture to thel 14111wni. George Cronheiro, a Germanj merchant and principal of a .firm lace manufacturers at Nottinghar was found •dead a week ago at h residence at Nottingham with builet wound in his head. The Cemetery Committee of t Deptford Borough Council hmve re commended that a portion of th ground on the local cemetery bel reserved for the burial of sailor and soldiers who were residents o the borough. , There is great dissatisfaction) among the miners of County Dur -1 ham at the action of the eoal. own- ers ha redueing the wages of men 9% per cent. at a time when mazy have enlisted and others are work- ing short time. ' Owing to the large number of local coal miners who have joined the color, there is a- sca,reiby gfl laborers en some of the 'coal mines: in the Manc'hester district, wadi many Belgian refugee collieryi workers are being -engaged. 1 At Southampton Charles Bowden, cartage contractor of Eastleigh, -was fined $2G0 ar three months' impris- onment for having purchased from soldiers a number of army blank- ets,: rugs and waterproof sheets the property of the Ring. The coal, cotton and engineering industries in the Manchester dis- tricts are now prospering so much that the city council have been asked to pass plans for extension of oi,er a eeore of looal works to which additions are necessary ow- ing to improved, trade. Owing to the number of men on war service, the London Fire Bri- gade Committee if3 experiencingj difficulty at the present time in ob- taining recruits for the brigade. It is proposed that les. 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