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CHAPTER XXXIX.
April carne and went, arid summer
succeeded 1t, and followed it to its grave
end another Chri,tniis whitened the
world before Cecil Vereker returned to
her home. It was Indeed eighteen
nn riche since that terrible autumn,
when she at lust looked again upon the
old Court.
'Wild March had conte In like a lion,
had roared its loudest, and now lay
creuct►ng on the ground, old and beat-
en, and dying, and harmless as any
lamb.
Sweet moist winds were blowing out
-f the south, driving baby showers be-
fore It. The rooks were building In
the tall gaunt elrns, and all the land
was rich with swaying masses of yel-
kw daffodils. Crocuses thousands,
purple and white and parti-colored,
made pretty groups here and there,
whilst the pheasant -eyed narcissi and
the scented jonquils (ought for room
with the tinier daintier fags.
Such a wilderness of sweets as tho
gardens were! Old-fashioned gardens
;gime of them, where all these best of
Nature's treasures were suffered to run
wild.
"Now blooms the lily by the bank,
The primrose down the brae;
The hawthorn's budding In the glen,
And milk -white is the slae."
Every passing wind bore on Its wings
perfumes delicately rich. in every hedge
small birds were building their nests;
their songs trade countlessmelodies.
Mingled with them was the wild, mad
music of the rushing streamas it dash-
ed over its stones, and by its sedgy
hanks, almost tearing the pale bunches
of forget -rte -nut from their hold.
Cecil shod still and looked all round
her. She could net deny to herself that
a home spring was more distinctly ex-
quisite than anything she had found
nloroad. She had travelled a good deal months,during these past eighteen a
strange unaccountable restlessness
driving her from place to place, and
now that she had returned to England,
she scarcely knew whether she was
glad or sorry.
The old familiar landscape, the tender
jcys of too budding spring, the pecu-
liar sense of life renewed that spoke
to her in all around, touched her, and
made her pulses throb in unison with
it. but at heart she felt lonely and de-
pressed. and full of a sick longing to
find near her something or someone be-
loved.
Dorothy and her husband wero in the
Korth paying a visit to an uncle of Far-
quhar's, and Lady Busy, whom she
really liked in spite of her many ec-
centricities, was at her own place, for
a wonder. As for—anyone else, why
she (hardly Cared for anyone else, and
Well, 'ell, why should she not
think of him? She asked herself this
angrily—besides St. John was still in
the East.
Even as she thought this she lifted
her eyes, and snw him corning to her
across the closely -shaven grass.
HCP heart seemed to slop beating. For
one Heinlent she thought she was going
to faint. Then once more life surged
strongly, almost painfully, within her.
Oh' how he recalledthat past terrible
lime- her past terrible existence. She
had hardly known Witt what a coward-
ly shrinking she had been looking
round on this spot and on That—until
the creme. But nowa full horror of this
place made hers by a !melees marriage
was bill upon her.
"Yelp!' ,she said. "I thought you %vete
1n fegypt."
A ell, s., 1 was until a month ago."
said he. Ile tied conte up to her and
had taken the hand she had not (if.i
fried. Ile %vas greatly tt•ouzed, and,
perhaps, a trifle thinner, but he \\us ,o
sir' ug, SO g.a„d to kook at. Delight
shone in his eyes. "Bossy sent me %•ortt
fluid you were thinking of coining home,
w. l thought of feinting too. Yeti knowyou forbid fine to seek you whilst you
mere abroad. And I obeyed you to the
tetter, though I retiree to say what it
cost nie. Ilnvo 1 mot been o1 client?
Dont I deserve n !sexe el? At all events,
1 have I1," said he gaily; "I am looking
at you row."
A charming Ruing to look at, leo. A
r, ry le\'ely picture. She was the sante
Cecil he rernem erect, yet scarcely the
same. The aeight of many years seem -
e ! to have dropped froth her. and :the
steed there before him in tier while
s, rge gown like tile young girl !hal In
reality she was. She as very pale,
certainly, and nervousness was evident-
ly preying rutsii her: but he noticed
teal the old miserable fear was gone
from her eyes. ape that the pretty oral
re the face was roundel and warmer
In tint. She vas Indeed beautiful.
"Ven are lo•.kini! tetter, stronger,"
sold Ile, with all a lever's glad solici-
tude. "These eighteen months time
cone yella world of good. Sures they
were eels;enough to work a thou-arilcures. 1hd ever menthe drag so S!0%•
1y 1 w111.%111.%‘,"onder? Rut ..," %cult n trium-
phant uplifting of his heed, "they Ore Dentegone. 'nte Behind us'''
"\When .ltd you return?" asked she.
"Ike- strange That you should opine hero
tteday. 1. myself have only Net arriv-
ed. but 1 told no one of my Intention
fc be here." She regirelet hint ear-
nestly "Yet poi knew" she said, with
a soft /quill.
"l'ts, I knew. De ynn think you could
to here, sonear, without my knowing?
And why should 1 not know! You have
been n little cruel to me, i think. Youbrought your servants?"
"Only my malt, and 'rhnmpsnn. There
are nlways people in the house, Intl
1 shan't stay haps" she went on, her-
r'ielly. "I couldn't. Even these fewho ,r, have c• i'inccd Ino of that. Every
scene brings back the past. No,
oould not live here."
"Well, you need not," said h , slaw
ly.
She colored warmly, and hesitat
ton a moment.
"Of course, 1 understand what yo
mean," she said, speaking rapidly,
if to prevent any interruption from him.
"That it is in my power to live whe
I will. But though 1 dislike this place
I have still a love for Brent. It really
rneans home to me. Where one was
born has always a claim on one I think.
Ori one's affections. Dorothy lives here,
and—all the friends I have ever known."
"'lou misunderstood tne," said he. "1
did not mean to suggest banislunent
from Brent. What I did mean was
that you might snake yourself a new
home here, U you would."
"1 think not. 1 can hear of no house
in the neighborhood to bo let or bought
or—"
"Accepted " questioned he. Then:
"There is one," he said, slowly. Ile
waited awhile for her to speak, but pre-
sently he saw that she would not. Her
gaze bent upon the ground, and she
was looking strangely troubled. That
little touch of distress went to his
heart, and sent him to her at once.
"Darling," said he, In a low voice,
"will you dare to tell me that you do
not care for mer'
"Ohl I care for you," cried she, im-
petuously. "!t is not that. but—"
"You love fine?" demanded he, draw-
ing her into his arms.
"Yes. I love you. Ohl" she paused,
and glanced up at him through eye,'
warm with tears, "when I saw you
corning towards me awhile ago, 1—"
"Yes?—go on. \Vhat then?"
"I knew," said she simply, "that I
had never been quite happy before.'
A little tremulous senile broke upon her
lips.
"My beloved!" said he. And then, af-
ter a pause. "Well you must try to
be quite happy for the future. You
have a long, long time to make up.
And 1 love you so, Cecil --so deeply, so
truly—that 1 am presumptuous enough
to believe that I can `make you so.
What! tears? Why 1 will have none
to -day. Nor any other day. We shall
begin to be happy from this hour."
He kissed away the drops that would
have fallen, and at that she laughed.
It was quite a new thing to him that
laugh—it told, more than anything else
could terve done, that she had, indeed,
thrown off the spirit of bondage that
had for so long oppressed her, and was
once more fulfilled with tine spirit of
youth.
"What am I to do about staying
here!" she asked presently. "1 don't
believe," blushing hotly and looking ra-
ther nhashed at tier own want of cou-
rage, "1 e• uld sleep hero. It Ls all very
well whilst you cnn remain; but after
that----. The long dull evening and
the night would kill me."
"Don't remain," said he. "Run up to
town with fine. My aunt, Mrs. St.
John, will be delighted to receive you,
and to -morrow 1'll take you to hetes.
She Ls, for a wonder, in her own horse
now, at \\'yalts. By -the -bye, have you
heard about her?"
"Heard what?"
"\Vhy, tier engagemen."
"Is she going to be married?" snld
Cecil, intensely interested. When one
is going to be married oneself. it is
really astonishing with what pleasure
one hears of the intended marriage of
others. "'1'o whom:'
"Blair?"
"\Ir. Blair!" With distinct disbelief.
Oehl nonsense."
"I
wish she could hear you," said St.
J. hn, laughing. "!t Ls Blair, neverthe-
less."
"Why, 1 thought they were always
—al vay.;--"
"Why don't you go on? So they were
—so they are. Always quarrelling;
sparring is perhaps the proper word.
Cul Ihey seen to like 11. and Blair, .e3
you know, or As perhaps you don't
know, has been in love wilh her off and
or for tive or six years. They are to
be married in June."
"It is the funniest thing," said Cecil.
"Tho you knew," with all the air of nits
stilling an unexpected led fact, "I liked Mr.
Blair. They will le very happy ( think,
and hope."
"Not so happy as we shall be. By-
1h-1'yt', when shall we be married:'
Next month?..
"('eferenly not," with shy indignation.
"There isn't any reason for haste. How
ceuld one he ready'' This Is just the
very end of Murch, and—next menth''
"May, then?'
"Oh, no. "
'June'' That is the month on wlirlh
Itessy and Blair have decided? She
Y;ilh is their day. What do you say to
the 1st, eh?"
"of course, one can't go on seeing
'no' for ever!" said she, with suet] an
adorable attempt al reproach, that he
r•:,ti lt( her in his arms, and so put nn
end te that Argument.
"If not 'no' it must Is' 'ye,,"' said he.
"Say so, darling heart."
She sand it.
THE END.
\'EinY SIMI'i.F: RF:AsoN.
"Does your wife object when you slay
net late at night 1"
"No."
"Why doesn't she?"
"Bet'nuse 1 don't do 11. She won't let
Inc.'.
•
Cholera has not been epidemic in
England since the year 1866, when 1t
appeared in both London and Liverpool.
Aitnt--"Ah, my dear, don't deceive
yourself! Fine kathere don't make
Ilne birds!" Niece--"Perbapa not; but
IAey make Jolly nloa hale."
AS JAPAN SEES ENGLAND
SFISCH AND POLITENESS OF TS
TWO NATIONS.
Tokio Newspaper Correspondent ilas
Some Interesting Things
to Say.
I have studied English from my
childhood. I cave many acquaintances
both among Englishmen and Ameri-
cans. Yet on fist arriving In England
1 was quite offended at the manner In
which 1 was addressed by some people
here, writes K. Sugimuri, speciul cor-
respondent of the Tokio "Asttat," in the
London Daily Mail.
The English and Americans whom I
knew in Japan were men of some so-
cial position, not low class people, and
they. generally employed Chinese Gr
Japanese as their servants. It was not
until I came to London that 1 met with
English servants, waiters, and attend-
ants. To my surprise, 1 found that
roughtly speaking, except fob, the epos-
trophical use of "Sir," Manilla practi-
cally no difference in the speech of the
well-trained English servant and his
ntas r differ-
ence. There is no particular dt der -
once between the language of tete low,
middle, and higher classes.
RiCH IN HONORiFICS.
At the table a waiter comes to mo
and asks, "Do you like to take tea or
coffee?" This Ls exactly the same lan-
guage that 1 should use if I were to ask
that waiter which drink he would like.
This is so contrary to Japanese cus-
tom that, to tell the truth, 1 was at first
affronted to hind myself being spoken
to in this way.
The Japanese language is unfortu-
nately very rioh In honorittcs or graded
expressions fitted for the social class cf
the person you are speaking to. Each
mean chooses different words according
to the position of the one he addresses
and his relations with him You have
one for a superior. one for en
equal, one for an inferior, and many
shades between.
BOWED 1'O THE BUTLER.
Another allied difficulty to tete stran-
ger in England Is in the similarity cf
dress of persons of opposite positions.
1 had an awkward illush•aiion of this
very soon after my arriial. One even-
ing 1 visited a certain house and rang
the bell. A gentleman came to the door
and opened it. He was dressed in ev-
ening clothes; he was quite a fine-look-
ing fellow; and spoke English very flu-
ently, and he must have been an Eng-
lishman. I took off my hat in deference.
1 bowed very low, in Japanese fashion
(for in my country we often bow like
a carpenter's measure), then i held out
my hand to shake hands with hien. I,
of course, thought that ho was an hon-
ored member of the household. Im-
agine what was my chagrin when 1 af-
terwards found that he was a butler)
KNOWN BY CLOTHES.
Now, in Japan, such a mistake would
be impossible. A man's social position
is shown by his clothes. His family, or
the household he serves, can be learnt
ty the crest on the clothes. The peo-
ple of one class do not desire to put on
the garments appropriate to .another.
They recognize their own position, and
are proud to be in it.
In order to show how far the distinc-
tion of speech for different classes goes
in Japan, it is necessary to go Into the
matter In some detail. We have, for
example, several different words for
"yew." In speaking to one's superiors
or strangers we use the word "atone,'
fir some people who honorific suffix
"sena" alter dist, thus rendering it in-
te 'Mans sauna." to those Inferior in
rank we use "enure," or if we wish to
nark their Inferiority less distinctly.
"nrnae saris." Very inferior people we
call "onlushi" or "Weenie." Them Ls
another word among students, and still
another among laborers.
BALI) SPEECH.
Coming out of a country such As
Whine. where n complicated, graded
IAnguage is in use, my readers will per-
i:aps not be wholly surprised et ey
having been offended by the language
of my servants. "iko you like to lake
tea or °effec?" \\'hnt a simple langu•
lige! 'What bnld speech!
Now, if This question were asked :n
Japan, it would he rendered in either
.,fie or other of two completely differ -
it ways. 11 a fnniilar friend aduress-
c t fie', he would fist::
"(:ha go like kohl go iikai?"
If, however, a servant risked the ques-
lion of his master or of guests, tie
would say:
"fella ga yornshu gnzainnasuka son
eteeno kohl ni nasal ninsuka?"
Even the Englislunnn who has never
seen a word of Japanese before cnn tell
if he tries to real these two sentences
fixer that there Ls no possibility of
hiking one one for the other. Not mere!).
the wards, but the style of the words
is totally different.
ole•----
I1011i1IthI E.
Practical Father—Why del you find tt
necessary, Elinor, to discharge the
baby's nurse?
1Mother \\'hy, 1 actually
caught her giving tales n bath In water
a third of a degree heifer than the phy-
sician hail ordered. \\'e can't afford le
rive tal•ys life in that reckless man-
ner.
iL:11'I'1' F:1\111.1'.
i\Irs, S<rappington sin the midst of
her reading)- -"Here Is an item which
Sass ihel 11111 grown rhinoceroses cost
e.1 oft apiece.•.
Mr. Scrapping/ten (meanly) -- "Eh -
yah! And isn't it a pity That women
(nn't wear Ihetn nn (heir hats."
--f
,'en old man who had been working
for cit• firm for forty-two yenrs was
called one morning into his masters
private office, "len awfully sorry, Nis.
Holden," said the employer. "hut we've
decided to reduce our staff. so your ser•
vices will not be required after next
week." The old fellow seemed to to
constl'rably aitnnishe'el. "Surely there's
some mistake, ,sir!" he exclaimed. "\Vlty.
when 1 snarled 1 ens told the lob a ee
regular!"
[111EF:41E111
SELECTING A FLOCK.
Gelling together a profitable flock cf
sheep is not such a simple matter as
it may appear at first glance. Pro-
bably no sheep is entirely tree from
faults, nor are there any but possess
some good quality.
1f the buyor of a flock of sheep de-
pends entirely on his eye for judging
the points of the sheep he will be more
easily deceived In them than in any
ether class of stock; because by a pea -
efts of trimming it Is possible to hide
their faults and make sheep appear to
the eye quite different from what they
really are. To select sheep success-
fully to mate up a good flock, the buy-
er must be able to judge of deficiencies
by touch as well as by sight. A sheep
in its natural condition may show a
rough place and other faults of forret,
but after trimming by an experienced
Land it will appear smooth and
straight with an outline nearly perfect.
When using the hand to examine a
sheep keep It open, as by passing it
over the animal In Rita way thestraight-
neas or otherwise of tete lines will bo
discovered with the least possible dis-
turbance of the wool. In snaking a
critical examination of the sheep start
with the head, observing the number
and condition of the teeth by pressing
down the lower lip with the finger ex-
amine the coveting of the head, eyes
and cars, looking for an appearance of
horn where there should be absent.
From the head pass the hand over the
neck to the shoulder, discovering in
this way whether or not the neck Is
lacking In proper proportions of length
and thickness, whether falling oft or
swelling to meet the shoulder, as it
should in good mutton forms. Next
pass one hand down to the brisket and
over the chest keeping the other on the
shoulder, thus getting a oorrect idea of
the depth of girth and spring of barrel.
Passing the hand open from neck to
lungs with a gentle shaking motion de-
termines the fleshiness of these parts,
with the straightness of the back, with
Loth hands gel the width of the loin
and hips and how oovered, proceeding
to the leg for development of thigh and
land quarters.
According as the sheep is developed
en those parts most valued from the
butcher's point of view, of the sheep
from the mutton raisers standard. The
length, text: re and weight of fierce Supposing a loyal subject of the King
will be the base of estimate from the made up her mind to attend one of their
standard of woo) production. Majesties' Courts, she would not be al -
For defects in the form eel a sheep lowed to enter the portal of Bucking -
leek for a shoulder where the blade ham Palace unless she bore in her hand
feels sharp and not well covered with an invitation card issued by the Lord
tksh, ribs wanting in spring and a Chamberlain under the King's direction,
backs orte Doming up in a ridge, or hind and for this she would have had to ap-
quarters that slope towards the tail ply many weeks, perhaps months, be -
and shrink along the thigh. For a good forehand.
fat sheep the leg should not be fat end Every member of the family who is
muscular on the outside, but in the le attend a Court receives a separate
twist the leg should be fleshy well down Invitation, and all those individuals who
to the hock, and the animal should are less than Royal Lave teeir cards
stand well and squarely on its kgs. del'vered by post. Equerries are speci-
Ilaving examined the sheep for form, ally sent to each Royal personage with
its quality is best to be considered. his or her invitation card, and drive in
Examine the bone for strength and royal carriages to their destination; and
cleanness, also the texture of the hair on the night the Court is held these
en the face and legs, which Is an int- privileged individuals enter the palace
rorlant Index to the sheep's value either by a special door.
in a breeding or fattening flock. Taking it. would he of no use to strike out an
finally the value of sheep and wool independent line in dress if you wero
production, the chief points for crili- going to attend a Court, even if you
rism are quality, quantity and condi- did so in the laudable lope that itoy-
t hon. The wny to Judge a fleece and ar- alts would signal you out for special
rive at a fair estimate of its value is notice. One young American, greatly
lc, start at the shoulder where the best staring, did at the Iirst Court of their
wool grows. Usutg again the open present Majesties' region decorate her
hind, part the wool evenly, examining hair with pink feathers, instead cf
its length and texture, also the condi- with the white or black ones denrand-
Iron and healthfulness of the skin. ed. She was informed of her mistake
From ttlo shoulder pass to the thigh, in courtly but very frank terms, and
where the poorest wool Is, thence along was given to understand that it must
the holly, and with such an examine- never occur again.
lion a fair estimate of the value of the DRESSED TO ORDER.
fleece will be made.
\Vli'n the selector of a flock of sheep With the full-dress evening toilette,
online"; himself to pure breds, chums- cut quite low so that the neck and
trislic., demand careful attention. We shoulder; are visible, and finished with
have in sheep, as In other animals. cer• very short sleeves, must be worn a
Iain strongly marked characteristics, Court train, hung from the shoulders
which form a typo, just as In horses, or the waist as preferred, of from three
we have horses for speed and horses and a half to four yards king, white
for drafts, cattle for boef and dairy; gloves, and in Ilhe hair three while os -
tees.+ types being all funned by careful Irish feathers, and either lice lappets
.selection and development of those fine- or a while veil. For mourning, black
Ions pecutar to each. Again surround- (rimming); are px'rmis.sible with tete
ings lime had much 10 do with the blink toilette. The feathers nbsolttely
ward of selection, and this Ls especial• must be visible teem the full fuee front
iy Wh with sheep. The suitability of view of the wearer.
sheep for different nittludes has divided As the train is Usually the most ex -
them into lowland, uj !aiid, down and pensive part of the dress, or, at any
mountain breeds. The large, squne% ride, the one less easy to utilize aft r-
slrong-frame production of we„ -el end wants, it is sometimes hired ter the
mutton ere the characteristics of the evening; rind one drssmaker in Bend
Sashimi sheep, \eliile the down breeds Street last : eason matte quite n profit
are smaller, with A better quality n1 upon the handsome velvet and lace
flesh And fleece. The tnountnin breeds linens she loanr(l out at the price of
ere of n type px)ssessing more %igen• .•1 1.10 an evening.
a..n telitsin, .strong nniso;ular limbs e -f A (:,art gent is considered very
a more (relive thepesi1ion rind ability. sheep at seventy-five guineas, even
lcgether, a sntststence under rugged when the wearer's own lace is usee.l,
conditions. A part of breed type as aitel the cost of some runs well into fuer
judged from a scale of lollies, the ram flgures.
;o heal the 1)'ek should show the 'nee (Brides go In their welding garments.
cultne trails strongly. The facie should :end rill the colored gown fabrics are
Fe hewn end s':•.rt. the testy s.nkinc chosen by the electric light at the great
well, the fore leer deep and large Elk. dr'.:s;n11)kens to ens:tre
%vitt tri.sko•t lull and e n1e. in the ewe
look per the sante typo as in the dairy
(snw. The ewes that milk well are the
ones that raisoe Ilse early maturing
lambs.
understands the carr of cows. Goad
butter depends upon the men folks is
well u the farmer's wife. • Milk of good
quality cannot be expected If the cowl)
are not given plenty to eat, kept quiet,
oontented and Treated kindly.
LIME \PATER CLEANSER,
One of the best preparations to
cleanse dairy utensils is clear lime -
water. This may bo mate by dissolv-
ing a poured of lime in water and when
sacked add enough water to mako six
gallons. Let it stand until the lune par -
teles settle and use the clear water on
lap to wash the utensils. This will be
free from germs and bacteria of every
kind and will bo death to those with
which it comes In contact within the
utensils.
AT THE BRITISH COURT
A MAGNIFICENT BUT NERVE -TRYING
EXPERIENCE.
When Fair Women and Brave Men are
Presented to the King and
Queen.
It 4s in the ball -room, a majestic
apartment In Buckingham Palace, that
their Majesties hold their Court, stand-
ing on a velvet pite carpet•entblematic
of the British Empire, with a !loyal red
centre and a cream border woven with
the English rose, and at the corners de-
vices significant of the various colon -
les. There are no thrones in the apart-
ment. The King of this vast empire
and his lovely Consort stand from about
half -,past len to midnight, while past
them with deep obeisances file the
beaut,v and chivalry of the realm.
At one end of the vast apartment Ls
the Minstrels' Gallery, where the Mas-
ter of the King's music conducts the
famous orchestra, each man clad in the
quaint uniform of his calling. A softened
braze of electric light suffuses the scene.
Diamonds glint with a thousand vivid
flashes of light, exquisite toilettes, a
foam of lace, embroideries, and tulle,
nnintated and eager faces, loyal and
speaking eyes, make the place a veri-
table pnrterrc of beauty.
To all thLs are added the uniforms of
the Lord Chamberlain, the Royal pages,
the Gold and Silver Sticks, the Gentle-
men -al -Arms, and the equerries, massed
together, to bring about a sum total of
sumptuous array, a quintessence of dig-
nified grandeur, rivalled nowhere.
EXCLUSIVE—VEitY.
Brrs OF D.1111Y SI N`i:.
These warm dny:s taxer the develop -
trent of germs s iteh injure the qunhly
,! milk nnoi huller. (,et rel of Iltent by
reeling huller and milk utensils to the
boiling water process, washing them
Irst in cold water. If hot wider is used
first in washing a lin vessel that ha-
rontaitlrol intik Nie find it cooks the
milk cnr'e the tin and snakes cleaning
lifflcull.
Too mush exposure to the sun is not
{,cad for churn. but the church that is
of Iher'eughly (tir'tl is apt Io have n
lose, musty smelt the! will sirely sped
he !laver of the bullet. No matter•
few much other I;,,k; ens crowding we
I) In clean the ebtrrn nand dairy uten-
sils immediately after being used.
1 June and butter finale at Iles .sea...,n
tee su. h a line flavor 11 a %mein i'e-
ind a churn un lerslantly ty' nit fit
butler staking, and the farina/ Jhwielf
A GOOD 1•:\'I:NTNG EI'I'I:(T.
When Thr debutante with tier mother,
or whoever is to present her, flreL, her-
self in Buckingham Palace. whether 11
le That she has entered by the private
entrance, where the carves 4,1 nk•inlecr:,
the Corps I)iplernaligne fire px'rrnit-
fe1 what is called the "entree," or by
I!ie "general comjei11 's' door in Buck-
ingham 1'nlace Hot 1. she discovers that
she is apparently a oentre of attraction
to all the perfectly -hatred servants, as
well as to the gentlemen ushers and
Gentloeneo-at-Arms who conduct her
10 the Presence Chamber.
A meld takes aH the cloaks and
wI'aps as tete company arrive, and
hands over a ticket number to each
person. Then the gentlemen ushers di-
rect the footsteps of the exquisitely.
garbed company through the corridors.
SaUn and velvet, tulle and Luce glisten
and shimmer as their wearers walk;
and the men who attend their wives
and daughters, in their velvet tail -coals
and steel buttons, knee -breeches, blac
silk stockings, buckled shoes and whit
gloves, a cocked -hat under the arm an
a handsome sntallerword at the side
add to the splendor and pictorial vale
of the scene.
Now is the moment at which the do
bulante's heart goes pit -a -pat. She
may be only a unit among a tIousund
guests; but she feels as 11 she were the
only one.
TILE CRUCIAL MOMENT.
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When lite lest ante -room Crus besn left
behind and the last corridor has been
traversed, the crucial moment arrives,
and the presence of Royalty is enter-
ed. Her card safely grasped in her hand,
the debutante advances. handing It to
the functionary at the barrier. Then
her train is gently dropped and two
Gentlemen -at -Arms arrange it in spread-
ing, peacock fashion behind her deftly,
beautifully, and in the twinkling of an
eye. Meanwhile the card passes from
functionary to .tunclionary, and the de-
butante, too, advances, until, oh, mo-
ment of moments! the Lord Chamber-
lain himself receives the card, reads
the name aloud after that of the chaper-
on, and lo! the courtier is face to face
with her King and Queen.
Behind their Majesties cluster the
(loyalties, but only two curtseys are ex-
pected from each courtier, one to the
Icing and the other to the Queon, in-
stead of the eight or nine That had to
t:•e "dropped" at Queen Victoria's Draw-
ing -rooms to the members of the Circle;
neither is there any nerve-racking back-
ing out to be performed. The King and
Queen have altered all that.
SIC 'TRANSIT.
When the presentation is )ver, the
debutante and her chafe—rein (nave the
ball -room and make their way to a fur-
ther apartment, preparatory to the deli-
cious supper- that is served, with all the
delicacies of the season end tete most
c'etighlful beverages, including the
King's famous hock cup, the secret of
which is strictly guarded, and a full dis-
piny of the unrivalled gold plate that
belongs to the Sovereign.
Reluctantly the debutante yields to
her chaper'on's desire to ?nake as early
c start as possible from tete Palace, for
the night is yet young so far as its en-
gegemenls are concerned. So the car-
riage, called up by telephone, conies in-
stantly to the door, and the debutante
is whirled away to further festivities.—
London Answers.
LIVE ON MILK AND RONEY.
Men of Fine Physique Living on Slopes
of African Volcanoes,
Dr. A. F. R. \\'ollaslon of the British
Museum expedition to Ruwenzori
(Mountains of the Moon), with Nis. I).
Carruthers, has just crossed Africa
front Mombasa to the south of the
Congo, passing from the south of Lake
Albert Edward through the heart of
the Mfun►biro volcanic region. a wild,
ntountauteus and difficult country, with
waterless stretches, where no English-
man had ever been before. The natives
in mann cases,. he informs Reuter, had
Lever before seen a white man, al-
though (:aptain Grogan, on his Cape -
to -Cairo journey, passed the eastern
:side of the region.
For the most part the nine volcanoes
are extinct; tlto highest is about 1.4,-
000 feet. Near the lop they are cover-
.
e.i \villr dense bnnt,a), supposed to be
inhabited by a race of pigmies who live
toy raiding the villages on the lower
slopes. A; they are far removed from
tic, (gong., forest pigmies they aro pro-
bably a new race. The sides of the
extinct volrnnnee are thickly populated
t'y a people o1 fine physique, living prin-
crpnlly nn mnd he
The \fanyueilkmaficoumttionyy. is devastated
by shtping sickness. 1)r. \\'ollatston
saw deal and dying on the roadside.
Almost every village presented a re-
velling spectacle, as it Ls Ili custorn to
ban out they stricken to die.
Di•: DTII BEFORE: RIDICULE,
Urchin's Taunts Drive a (:reek Priest
To Suicide.
A pathetic account of the tragic
death of a Greek priest comes trout Car -
(1111. \\'ales, where early un a recent
Friday ripening his bendy was rcc0ver•
00 from the Glamorgan Canal. The
v.ctun, Marcus Cokolarns, carie from
Srnyrnn. and for snnie wee
been tilling nrin..r offices al
ks Itish^ r;reekhad
clutch fit Cardiff.
His Trost s ys that when he flr<t
crone In Englund his hair rea-•hel to
the middle of hi, back. Street urchins
nnneyed him censl'lerabl• ty laughing
a' hunt, and once, when lie ons in
coffee tavern in London, some young. t
stens surrel.Ultously lied This Thar le
the hack of his chair.
\eln'n he ranee 10 reirdiff local youths
nlso px.ked fun al hint, 8114 Otte dry he
r;:entiene'l the mailer to his landlord,
who sugi;e-Ie i That Ir• should have Itis
lair cul. Ile did so. and titer since he
r
CREMATING THE BODY
"BLS ASIlb.13 111.0NG TO THE FOUR
WINDS OF HEA'EN."
Some Very Curious Funeral Requests
Left Behind by Eccentric
Persons.
Frequently the man or woman who
desires to be cremated stipulates in tris
"last will and testament" the manner
in which his fishes are to be disposed
of; and instead nf having them enclos-
ed in an urn, as is enetonnary, and sent
to the family mausoleum, he intpwo �s
en his relatives duties which often `•l/
tail a good deal of trouble. A couple cf
years ago, for imslance, a gentleman It
the name. of Chambers, a Philadelphian,
lett directions in his will by which t'e
was not only to be cremated, but Iiia
ashes taken by a committee of friends
(whom tie named) to the ltartlwldi Sta-
tue of Liberty, at New York, and there
"flung to the four winds of heaven."
This ceremony was to he performed
within two mans of his death, and
therefore on a certain day the commit-
tee travelled up to New York, crossed
In the island on which the Statue of
Liberty stands. and after a few short
prayers the ashes of the eccentric in-
dividual were thrown into space- sorts
to the north, saute to the east, some
to the south, and some to the west.
When none of the sacred dust remained
the urn was broken into (segments and
cast into the sea. '!'hen the. friends ser
turned to their horses, deeply impress, by the
SOLEMNITY OF TIIE CEREMONY.
There was much publicity given to
this unique method of disposing of a
human body at the time, and the beauty
and picturesqueness of the ceremony
made so vivid an impression on the
minds of many thnt a number of men
and women afterwards added codicils
to their wills leaving behind requests
similar to that of Mr. Cluuitbcrs--though
choosing, of course, other points than
the Statue of Liberty from w•hiett the
ashes were to be thrown. One of these
persons was Charles A. Jehuson, who
lett behind strict• instructions that Ito
was to be cremated and his ashes
"thrown to the four winds" front the
Tennessee River bridge. Some years
be fore, however, Johnson was one of
s party of four who were commission -
eel to throw to the winds of heaven the
ashes of a friend who lived in New
York, and he was SO impressed by the
ceremony that immediately afterwards
tie made his wife promise Mat his re-
mains should be similarly disposed of.
Therefore, in compliance, with his
wishes, his body was cremated und af-
terwards taken by the undertaker to
the Tennessee Iliver, where they were
cast to the winds. Mr. Johnsons wife
who Ls not an advocate for cremation,
cculd not summon up sufficient courage
to bepresent at
THE \VEIliD CEIE\IONY,
but remained at tonne.
As a mailer of fact, whenever the
ashes of a cremated body ure tutus dis.
pcscd of and the story tx•conies public,
there is always a number of imitators
who seen) to be struck by the novelty,
picturesqueness, or beauty of the cere-
mony, and leave hehind equally queer
instructions regarding tho disposal of
their remains. One of the most inter-
esting ceremonies in connection with
cremation took place Lit 120.1, when 'Theo-
dore Jones, a philanthropist whose good
works will long live after Will 111 I'en-
nylvania and Maryland, left written in-
structions that his body ons to be cre-
mated and his ashes di►irjkd, prec.xt
ir, a number of small caskets, and de-
pcsrled in the different institutions
which he had either founded or en -
dewed. Before his death Mr. Jones him-
self designed a mnni.er of caskets in
ivory and silver. and tltese may now he
sten in Philadelphia. Baltimore. and
Pittsburg, where they are treasured in
the arehives of the many institutions
associated with the IMIIIC of '1'heo.1orn
Jon
\\es.'omten, it. a rule, do not look fa\.er-
ahly upon cremation- to them it ben
too much on the horrible. How•-
exer, some women are able to look up-
eie death and subsequent burial with ro
calm nn eye that they leave behind mi-
nute instructions regarding the disposi-
tion of their remains which sometimes
1tO1if)ER ON '1.111; I;ibOTEerel'E.
Ilere is en instance in support of this
slulernenl. 111 1200 a sirs. Henry Daven-
port, an Englishwoman who had spent
le iher life ht the States, died, leaving
heh:nd a will in which she staled flint
he: Cody was to find a resting -place in
the living -rain of her nephew, \Ir.
Jahn Rnberls, during his lifetime. On
his death it vies to le Landed over to
hie heir, after which it errs to be Passed
• m tee nnrelrftise, rind so
to "toIltmughoextut all agearestes." She IMI be-
hind it sum equnl to $5.000 n year for
"any little inconvenience which such a
request might entail." She did not, how-
ever, stipulate in what way the body
was 10 be "con(lied." Mr. lielerls
hereupon had his Aural cremated and
:.'r ashes enclosed in a neat urn, rifler
which he built a sate in the wall of Iris
t1u tssingeeeeit end (here he placed ;he
remains of his deeenscc) relative. Each
year the urn Ls brought ferlh from its
retreat and placed on a newer -decked
salter, amt o short service held, in whine
the good deeds fit her who -e ashes: it
(v►nlains dupon y ose w
she hoc lettare behindwelt,--Londtonth► Tit-Io•hn•lan,
had worried over it. ix'cause he reedit
not return to his tern country and hnpe
to become the priest of n churp;h there
with his hair crejPed, Ills Bost thought
this had pr'•y' d to his mind, bol neigh, r
he nor his wife susps'eted 11141 he con -
Ir n►le'nte•1 ,cnir rl•
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Consumption is less deadly than it used to be.
Certain relief and usually complete recovery
will result from the following treatment s
Hope, rest, fresh air, and—Scott.,
Emulsion.
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DIDN'T 111V1: IT.
Fl.wi•wniker-- "St e here, Mr. Sntle.,
that ctstotner cornpinins that you (Lie t
show her ordinary civility.-
Salesmen- -"Great
ivility."Salesmen---"Great Scott! 1 show's!
her everything in the store, and she
lough, nothing. If I didn't show tier
that, we hnsen't grit it.'
RO\i.1\r 1:.1N1► 111:AI.►re.
"Head Ihnt roruonlie lthry front
Prance of It marring' broken up Ly
suspicion Ihnt the bride lead o (eosin
hoof?"
"Nu; but I kmnw retitle unr..rm►lic
stenos of rnnrring-s Lroken up le the
. ertninly that the ms0 hail a Coven
ttPA1'b."
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