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Exeter Times, 1901-10-10, Page 2441 ILL=uoPrrEN WEALTII. v. .z. The UeIi End Of • (44 4 .;51 4 10."4.1 4.41.:+i:Ket1.4,4etto:Kokt,.•:**.:14,1•0,1,4,1.4 40seph 00Valff. SYNePais OF PRECEDING PHA.PTEI1S.—Securities vanish from tue 't.rt;ing-rognxt o Caedelerit. DaledS and Wain% beek,ers. Mr. Pasiee of Scotland Yard is called in to solve the mystery. 'There are two leeye to the serono-room—one held by Mr. ••Yaitio, Pertner, the other by Mr. Surteea chief cashier. This latter bas two chilaren. Bob and Jose - phi. Ile reproaches Bob, who is eetravagaut subaltern wita as- piraeions te the hand of Helena Woldo, for ba.viog consumed bis sis- ter's dowry to pay his gambling debts. Surtees is suspecte4 of the theft. A searclawarrout is tenen out against him. Some Portelevese bonds answering, to deeeriptien of =teeing. eecutrities are found ill his poe.sessiou. Me is convicted aud Fen tenced to seven years peual eervi Vide. Mrs. Waldo misses sonic pa pers and accusee de -0014w of tt• theft. for promotion, was really the int suitable person for the post. Mr. Waldo hesitated. °I did. not like what came out at the trial about that gambling transaction." he said. is young ; but he koows his bueinesss and attends to it. Besides, it has always been our rule to re- cruit from within, •and not from without." "It is no doubt the wisest ease tem."' "I aux sure of it. Every clerk with us lias the prospect of promotion to even the bighest position. Your ex- ample is constantly before them. Surtees, wretched zwan. might have risen too ; he was very near it. In Act. Out be could uot wait. Now, I erge Meggitt's uppoinernent as eeier, necause we must taing no SI' Dn." .. YOU WOUW never inake him a parteer. surely t" ashed Waldo. in nen price. "A oartner eliould briegsouiethitiore i I CHAPTER XIII. nu. if only as a. guarantee." ildr. Dandytie: seiner roomer, ae enid you ? Cm., e. Ihdide, ded,d be I I the reader will reuitentow, resided itt illiberal'. Wimbledon. Ile was oldfond of bie "But I heel. et least, the ativan- ease, reputed vero rich. havieg no tage iu point a years and length of one, sie oie. as tue world !mew, to 'service. Mr. eleggitt is still very • P at ten, after a quiet tinnier over o boo. Mich as Mulkey on the Bank Eogland, Capefigue on Compardes, Bosanquet Curzency. or Penn on the Viands. At least that is wit be told Mr. Weide ilext day. And then Percy Meggitt found himself on the high read to fortune in 'Waldo's bank. CHAPTER XIV. Not long after afr, Surtees" trial his children left the dear old house at Chiswick, which was sooaa let, furnished, for a term of years, and settled in a Pimlico lodging. Jose- phine sought out and obtained by her own e;eertions a situation in a Bowl Street shop. Sir Richard Daunt was told nothing oi this, lle was not to know their whereabouts even. Bob also tried, but lese euc- eessdally to obtain some employment, One day he had been all the wey in a flash. "'Sit down, sir," he said, to Kilburn, on a fruitless maven in his most professional tonere and was sauntering idly bomewhen wheeling round his cone:ailing-chair. he entered, with the idea of gettinglAnd before the amazed man some lunchone of those secend-class COULD MAKE UP inti MIND cafeeiestaurauts, kept mostly by whether to ese his jemmy on the Italians, which aie springing up in other's boad or bolt. he found Wane' self in the chair. "*Whicli tooth is it ?" continued /dn. Stockwell. '•011. 1 see 1"— popping a gag into the burglar's open mouth. Then, "Just smell this," and the wretebeil man was ehloi•oformed in po time. and, before OURI0118A11.VERTI8EITENTS EOW cRIMES ITAVE H t.;LFED MEN IN BUSINESS. Arresting, a Barglar the Orleans o Deatest's Success.—A ltEurdee- er Ileleecl a Grocer. A burglar made a fortune for that clever Bristol dentist, Mr. Reginald Stockwell. Twenty-two years age) Stothwell hadeitest put up his brass plate, and was hopiog that some day he would get more thau one patient a week. Eetering bis consulting room (me October even- ing to feecb a book, be confronted a rough -looking fellow with a bag in his hand. The dentist grasped the situation so wally suburban thoroughfares, Ile sot himself dowu at one of the tidy little tublee and gege his. order. ;While he waited to be serveel he footad around. suet was at once ate tracted by a couple, male and le- wilo were luliching at a neigh- epend his money on but iniuself. young. This he did right royally. indulge 'That is Jds luck. The Way has Ykg his nevniiar taste% to the full. been cleared for »lin. Surtees, but Mr. Dandy was a dilettante. a con- for his miserable eenduct. Would sitioneur. void a colrector on a large !have been Deane him, awl when Meg- seele. Lome at Wimbledon was ;gat's turn came he would have been erenened ef valitaine posses- riper for the oceeedon. As it is_eo Waldo still eliook his head. Here, uuvon- h the midst of his priceless vineed. beer:gill:go, Mr. Dandy spent the etenrely you are prejudiced against gre;ater yeet, of Lie time. examining feggitt," went on Mr. Dandy. "What and ciijoeteg theni to the utmost. do VOrr loony of him ?" lie vats so erosdoyed on the (ley of "Very little, indeed ; that is my Richeied Daunt's v1t tO the lellief objection." Rai:leery, and Mrs. Waltlets fruitless will make it ney business to mr, Dandy wee, ;le ueual, at lquire. I will lind out all about hira; bome. ibis private life. habits and char- • It is a Leeil et Bacchus. There !acter. I.efive that to me. I will tan be no doubt of that, und the;trust to our report as to his bust - date: pth robably e elevqualifications his personal enth century. ineos ;What ie it. 13a.rab1e 2" be said :rel.- :ohall be IV affair." luny, as his pereonal attendaut, an Before leaving the bauk th•. Dandy discreet, nonditeaned nean, who bad *ttrote a short note to the essistant- been with Idea tor a quarter oi 0, .cashier. which both delighted and century, enteredenrrninig a richly—sin/wised Mr. MeggittIt contained chased silver salver. the work of the invite.tion to dine at Wimbledon Spaniard, Durfe, on wbieb was a next day. letter. "You know 1 bate to be in. 3 . 'or the friendliness was undoubt- texrupted at this time or the day."led. MoOgitt's reception there was "A note, sir. marked 'herd urgent,, ,cordial in the extreme. The fellow brought over by a groom from I Ntns adroit enough, and he bad loaant Kew." ihow to please Mr. Dandy. He went ed ietensely surprised. Then, with a "As you like such things, Mr. "rem Kew to. Mr. /matey some rite raptures over the art treasures. gesture of balaprotest, he took the Meggitt, 1 will show you all my col - note and looked at it. lections .• I am rather proud of n Aurelia. Waldo. Want can the wo- them. 13ut by-and-by, for bere is man hnve to say to . diviner. "Dear (beesimus," Was what She It Was n. plain dinner, but perfect had to say, "you must come over of its kind. Clear salmon and speak to me at once. It is ra- cutlets, a small saddle of mutton, rioue.—most serious I shall be at apple fritters, then soft roes on home only to you." inuehroora toast. end that was all. "Say there is no answer, but that "1 live like a. hermit, Mr. Meggitt" call." said the banker; "I'm obliged to be A couple of hours later, after his very particular ; only one glass of frugal lunch—tor Mr. Dandy was chanapagne, but that a. large one— :very careful of himself—be got into and 131e best, in spite of the bard his brougham, and was driven to the times." Ill)okery. "Business is very bad, sir ; it beg your pardou," began Mrs. won't get worse, I hope." Waldo, but *with some hesitation ; el think not, ; at any rate, we .3"I beg your pardon for havingdis- shall escape a crisis, I trust. i totted you so abruptly, but t is don't want to see another." absolutely necessary that I should '1 an remeniber '66. It was ter- neletdc to you at once. Something aible, eeveee to a youngster,while it very serious has happened." 1 asted.' ' "Serious to 'whom ? To you ?" "Nothing to 1825. I was a young "To both of us. A. number of let- man, too, at that time, ailcl had ters of yours to me. and mine to only just joined the bank," "How long did it last, sir "Which I restored to you. yeti will "A *whole week. During forty - remember, an the sole condition that 'eight hours the strain was frightful. you would destroy them at once." You couldn't realize anything, not "At any rate which 1 kept," she even the Consols or Exchequer bilis. said, "bett in a perfeetly secure The Mint couldn't coin sovereigns place, as I thought, till now. But fast enough, and the Plank of Eng - now 1 find "those letters have been land was all but drained." removed—stolen, in fact—within the "The Bank of England was much last few weeks." blamed, was it Boa sir ? Didn't it "Do you suspect any one ?" increase its issues when the rage for "1 more than suspect. 1 are pretty speculation was at its height, then certain I know the thief." Then Mrs suddenly contracted them ?" Waldo proceeiled to tell Mr.Dandy “Certainly, and no doubt helped to what she hhd already told Sir Rich- bring about the crisis," said Mr. tied Daunt. Dandy, looking surprised at his "'That is not much to go upon," junior's knowledge. "You seera to said Mr. Dandy, wile had listened have studied the subject ?" attentively throughout. "It would "It is my profession, sir," replied be very wrong to accuse Miss Sur- Meggitt modestly. "l3anking in all its phases, historically and scientifi- cally, has the deepest interest for Ol am glad to hear it," said Mr. Dandy. "A young man ought to have his heart in his work." The conversation turning on the subject of money, the talk continued to be "shoppy." One seemed anxious to find out how much the other knew, and that other, nothing loth, readily paraded his knowledge. They discussed all the great financial ques- tions of the day, and on all Meggitt expressed himself with propriety and judgment. Prom reserves they pass- ed to exchanges, 'and thence to dis- ceunts and .investments • of capital. The keen competition 'of these mod- ern times was mooted, more especial- ly that between private and joint - Stock banks. Doth, naturally, were in fa.vor of their own class. "But I hardly know what to say. tees on such grounds as these." "Mut I tell you, Onesimus, I am certain she took there," persisted 'Mrs. Waldo, with all the illogical obstinacy of a frightened, angry wo- man. "Whoever took them," said Mr. Mandy, "took thein for a purpose, that we can safely conclude, and, having taken them, will presently :show their hand." "What do you mean, ?" • "That uSe will be made of these letters in some way or Other, either to extort moneyhfroin us, to levy blackmail in fact, or to get a price front the person who, after us, would be Most concerned." "Thee what do you think it weuld be best to clo ?" "Forestall the enemy. Make the Becret worth nothing by conceding' beforehand all or more than its pos- session would be likely to extort." • "Would it be safe ? Suppose the Mr. Dandy observed, shaking his reasons, or even a hint of them head rather despondingly.. " They crept out. I.should be lest." press us very close, these Joint - "You can leave it safely in my stock concerns. They can extend hands, Aurelia. I had always in- their business so, while we have only tended to do something of this kind, an old connection. As that dies and 'what has happened lately makes awee4 what are we to do ?" it all the more eesy.," "Be enterprising. Strike out in a "You lift a load off my heart, fresh line," gaid Meggitt, with. ee- Onesinaus. For the moment, I thusiasm. ."Seek more outlets ; thought that exposure, shame, God open branches if necessary all over knows wbat, would be ley portion," the country ; attract depositors, and "Pooh, pooh 1 You are too easily capital, and business. generally, by frightened. Trust to me." offering the most liberal terms." And with these words Mr. Dandy, "You are sanguine, but that is like who was of the olcl school, lifted a yOung man," said Mr. Dandy, Mrs..• Waldo's hand to his Ups and smiling. "Some day, perhaps, we went his wrier. may take your advice. But now let the appointment of cashier remain- es leave the shop alone:" ed vacant for seine days after Mr. And then Mr. Dandy passed, on to Surteeel eonviction. Mr. Dandy was talk •about Mr. • Meggitt ,himself. the III st to raise the question by When they parted that night it must pancieng out that the assistant- have been with a cc,nviction that the eashier, who was naturally the next assistanteeashier always went to bed bOling table. and Were the Only 1 he recovered, Jiff:Mir:a Oyer 10 A IlaSt" ther occupants or the room. The lily semi -tweed policemau. woman's back woo turned to him ; I alie story evene out, and everyone it was a neat eyneratrical back. in o argued that a alum posseesea of ouch I tight, welnteg brown silk dreoe. cool nerve must he admirable in his crowned by a graceful head with profession. Mr. Stockwell soon plente ot black hair admirably are proved tbot. he was. ranged. Probably a more eruel murder But the inan's face he saw, and never took place than that of the SOOn recognized. in spite of the thien poor pedlar Inuslaburne, who was blael• beard . which ehauged some- found ivith his eliull crushed just what the loon of the lower part. outside Bury. The uplucky mon was It was the Merquis de Ono Verde, on his way home to his wire and dreeeed with his usual eare, lint two Betio children alter a three fineign still in aepectwith a Wide Weeli4. train)) in tile West <a End - turned -down collar cut very open land. awl was probably Wiled for at the throat. Mid a huge blocO tlie sake ol the couple of pounds he salt bow. of the Lind Frenchmen had made by long days under 0. affect, falling over a. coot of rather heevy pack. In spite of every effort, bright blue serge. it was found impoesible to track the The Marquis and his companion Murderer, though dozens of amateur onvers.ed in Fteuth, a language detectives were at work, besides the police. The only clue was an empty paper bag, width had evidently coin tedned pepper, and the theory of the Pollee was thet Wrieliburne had been BIANDED WITH PEPPER dashed in his face, and then anocked dorwn before he couli recover him- self. . The bag had on it the name of a Small grottry shop in the suburbs or Burn, and the police very notur- ally visited this place. After them Neither of them seemed to be dis- teame other private inquiries by the Concerted at Bob's presence, nor ha (hundred. Tho graver was shrewd deed to' have noticed his entrance. i enough to take advantage of their All at once the Marquis looked and curiosity, which he eudeavored to caught Bob's eye. Bob winked, as satisfy as far as possible, lit this much as to Say, "1 won't spoil way lie gained many new customers. sport," but the other did not, ace Added to this, his name was in ale knowledge the greeting by the most every paper in the colintry; se slightest sign of recognition. it. is hardly to be wondered that Soon afterwards the pair rosenow, seven years later, his one tiny from their soots, and while the I thop has developed into three good-- l • Marquis paid the bill the lady turn- 1 sized ones, and his foreune is a mea- 'ed towards a neighboring mirror to ter already assured, lower and adjust her veil. It seems difficult to iningine that n Just for a, second Bob caught a f mutiny eboard a ship five thousand miles away in the centre of the South - Atlantic could influence the sale of a novel published in London. The 'Leonard," . from Hull to Rio. was twenty days out when her crew rose, shot the captain, threw the first mate overboard, and forced the But 'where ? Tie could not reneem-1 .seeond mato to navigate the vessel ber at first, and in his perplexity he stared hard sit the lady, as, now towards the mouth of the Amazon. closely veiled, she walked out of the The latter knew very wed that he would share the fate of his, superiors as scum as the ship,tvas inesight of land ; so he cant &iota for 'seine way 9/ communicating with other ships. He contrived to get hold of with which Bob was not thoroughly conversant. But be could gether from occasional words that the dia- logue was animated ; the lady did not mem in the best of tempers, and the Marquis was trying his best to pacify bey. She was "vraiment trop exigeante," Bob heard bin a say once, ot which elle shrugged ber shoulders —they 'Were eery pretty sloping shoulders—and retorted in sonic sharp words be could not under- stand. glimpse of her features, and taking them in connection -with the neat, straight figure, and the general air of coquettish smartness, he felt cer- tain he had seen the women some- where before. shop. Ile was still taxing^his mem- ory, to give precision to thitseoaguo iretollectioli", when he felt a friendly I I • tap on his s muldea and looking ;roundsaw the Marquis standing ' over Wm. "Caught ! Fairly caught I". said the Cuban. nobleman. "There is, then, no secrecy, no privacy, no chance of a dejeuner en guinquette io this great public town of yours ? Who would have thought to meet you here, Mr. Surtees. in the far-off suburb of Kilburn ? Did you come on purpose to discover iny little amourette ?" A NUMBER OP BOTTLES, and these he threw overboard at night, an account of tbe mutiny in each. These accounts were written on pages torn from "A Sea Hero," by John Parmiter. Most fortunately for the mate, one of his bottles was picked up by the Brazilian gunboat "Obiquita " and the result, -of the Mutiny was that see -en of the crew, of the "Leonard" A charming person, Marclut•s, .act were hanged, and 'the rest got long., cept my congratulations," said Bob Iterms of imprisonment. Of course, the nante of the book became widely known throne' the preSs, and, at- tracted perhaps by its fortunate title, the public boeght it so eagerly that it became one of the most wide - ]y read books of the year. The Jealons :scoundrel who purpose- ly left unlatched the cage of Nero, the big Numidian lion, in Mortimer and Mackworth's Menagerie, at Blackpool, intended by so, doing to ruin the proprietors, against whom he had a gtrudge, He expected that the lion would find its way out when the tent was crowded with specta- tors, cause a panic, and frighten eway the public. But, 'curiously enough the lion never touched his door until the last of the people were gone; e • in the -same tone ; "but I think I have seen her before." "That lady ! linpessible. Where?" "At. the Rookery, Kew. At Mrs. Waldo's. You know ?" Who is Mrs. Waldo ? I have never heard the name. And where is your Rookery ? Among the trees ? That lady : "Mrs. Waldo's French -inaid, Fan- Chette." The .Marquis roared with laughter. "A maid 1 a domesticate 1 that lady ? It is too absurd what you say. You are wrong, utterly wrong, mon their ; that much I may tell you, if no more. Her Grace, too-- peste, I had nearly let the cat out of the bag. There, we will say no more about it. Have e-oit seen our friend Meggitt latdy ?", he went on, as if anxious to change 'the conversation. "No ? Nor I. I am only just return- ed to Eliel and, niter an absence of many inonths. Well, au revoir—or, stay, can I take you back to town ? I have kept my hansom. .lion't say no. Positively, 1 insist now." And Bob could hardly refuse an offer so colieteously made. , It Mid not occur to him to think that the Marquis was taking him back to London to prevent any pur- suit of the mysterious unknown. (To Be Continued). ^ PRODUCTS OF AUSTRALIA. Two-thirds Of the Australian conti- nent is a desert, and yet one cannot fail to observe that her productive- ness is enatanous. That land con- tains over 100,000,000 sheep, and between 30,000,000 and 35,000,000 head of cattle a.nd horees. It gas given to the commerce of the world over £400,000,000 in gold, coppee, coal and tin. The two provinces of Ballarat and Bendigo alone have produced e.'100,000,000 of gold, and as mech more ha.s come trom the greateTambaroora and Lambing Flat in New South Wales. It sends to Britain annually over £40,000,000 worth of inetals, grains, wool, beef, tallow; hides, and mutton. AND THE P ntle011.M.A.NOE over.About twelve o'clock his keeper, Freak Tipper; going retold for a last•':inspecticni,...-foend Nero'e cage empty. Almost at the same moinent he heard a cry, and there was the brute in the act of spring - ng on M1•. Alackwoeth himself, vho was also strollieg round before go- ing to bed. Tipper wene for his cherge with. bare hands, and after a frightful struggle, in which the plucky fellow was terribly injured, eie and Mrefackworth between them got the beast, bade into its caee. Of course the store- was teal :far and wide and the marl who fought lien with his fists proved epch in at- tractien, that for the rest of the, tour no • show had e chance while. Moreimee end Mahkw nah's was, in the county. • Londen milliners are quaerelling with inantifetcturees ss who .shau 'get nrst served with those shady straws keeeen as Gainsborough or picture hats. The case is the same in Paris and New York ; and already the price of ostrich feathers has, gone up with a jump. All this is the eesult of 'a eihiers exploit a quarter of cwituey ago, [hp sensation which was ea,used by the disappearetnce of the famous "Duchess of Deyonshire," by Gaineboreitgle.: fenili the. Posees'- eicia of afeeSrs. dAgeew.hvae• 'efelifehd by its reeegery ettelygthia year, eeie there has been no need TO ADVERTISE Trim BEAUTIES of a bat to which, eolumns ha,ve. been devoted 'free in every newspaper on earth. Hotel-iteepers, as a rule, bate ne- thing worse than that a murder or a burglary should take place on their promiees, but oceasionally an exception proves the rule. The bur- glar who made 0 vaen attempt to steal Mr. Moreland's jewels at the Layborough Hotel, Scorescliffe, Eng-, land, was worth a, good many hun- dreds ta the proprietor. The men managed to get into the room un- seen, and Was engaged in prising open the drawer in Which was the jewel -thee, when a housemaid named Alice Mayne opened the door. In- stead of running away and scream- ing, she pluckily went for the Vile:. A struggle ensued, in the course of which the -two fell against the win- dow -frame. It smashed, and they went through, and dropped ferty feet into the garden below. By the niest extraordinary leek, neither was much hurt, tbe girl getting off al- most without a scratch. Miss Mayne was promoted no be barmaid, and the number of people who were anxious to be served by this brave yoinag woman was so gi-eat as to double Ogee/refits of the hotel, A YEAR LATER SITE MARRIED the SOn of the proprietor, and will pi obubly oue cloy be metros where ()ace 8110 Wits moicl. The most expensive COMO of the kat century Wan the great Ticii- borne ease, in which avtlair Ortoo, 0. Wagga. \Veggie butcher, personated Sir Boger Tichborne. There were two trials, of which the second, alone lasted 188 days, First and last, a quarter of a inflhion a money was spent. Yet on, Australian Prime Minister said the other day 'that Australia would cheerfully have paid the Money twice aver if she had oulo known liow muck good it was going to de her. Thousands of newspapers print- ed miles of details of Australian life during its progress. The island -con- tinent, almost unknown before. gathered 80,000 extra immigrants in 1874-1876. As each able-bodied iniougoant is reckoned to bo worth 81,500 to the country of Ids adop- tion, the value of the advertisement may be imagined. DIFFEBENT RENDERINGS. "The Ploufsbawnacanryllownaley.,w,ard Plode a Students of grammar know how ne- eosistaoeesor t rnyit swolisenoar ‘ analysingor ingpopeotelic;,ytl to iranspose words, phrases, and claims, and make a. literal Para- phrase of the whole, so as tq obtain the Correct grammatical construc- tion. It is surprising how many dif- ferent renderings or one line of ewe() can be made without transgressing any of the laws of grammar, pure and simple. One line in Gray's "El- egy" perhaps carries on the palm for this. ne can be twisted into at least twenty-six different readings without materially altering the Oense:— The ploughman plods his weary homeward way. The ploughman weary homowned Mods his way. The plougliman weary plods his homeward way. The plong.hinan homeward Weary plods his way. The ploughman weary his way homeward plods. The ploughman plods his homewtuel weary way. The weary ploughman plods his homeward way. The weary ploughmen homeward plods his way. Weary his -homeward way the ploughman plods. Weary the ploughman his way homeward plods: Weary the ploughman plods his homeward way. WeaiTtlTis.up,alo;.ighimin homeward pods His homewardway the weary ploughman plods. • His honiewardaway the ploughman weary plods. Ilis way ' the weary ploughman homeward plods. ' His way the ploughman weary plods homeward. His way the ploughman homeward weary plods. His way the ploughman weary homeward plods. Ifis homeward weary way ,the ploughman plods. His -weary , way the homeward ploughman plods. His weary way the ploughman homeward plods. Homeward his way the weary ploughman -plods. Homeward his way the plouglminn weary plode. • Homeward the ploughman plods his weai'y Way. Homeward the weary plOughinan plods his way. Homeward his weary way' the ploughman plods. And anyone with a little patience could easily add to this number of different rendering, all correct froin • siniple grammatical point of vie*. Preacher—' Well, Tommy, how did year papa like my , sernion yester- day?" Tomener—rine. He SAM be al ways did like that serinon." Crottom gives. ',11ftekn tons of fil)re from 1,00 acres, flae 30 hemp 35„ jnte 40. 8011E VALUABLE HINTS. ORIMACES WHICH' BROUGHT GREAT ronTuwEs, A Wink That Was worth 8200,000i aud a Smile Tliat Made a Six years ago, De Lay, being an unusually intelligent Boer, conceived the conviction that Jameson's btevefame rosw ilcia-fated ro4reab id was only voiair nlyIitsllea; his country and Great Britain, and he determined to sell his farm if he could get a good price for it, and thus protect himself from the war which he Was sure would come. He put. the matter lute the Lands of SOnie land agents, and waited. Ain ter a time he reeeiYed a very fair on, ler for the property, mot went to 'Ito-' hannesturg to coinplete the sale. During his interview with the land - agent, he, being somewhat graseing, attempted to raise the price of the property, pointieg out that a farm adjoining his basi just been sold ot 0. greater price, although it was smal- ler and the land et inferior quality. As be said thin, a young man in the office, whom he knew slightly, looked at WM, end, aueeell by his empleneo, winkeai ery deliberately. Feeling sure that the wink had been given him to encoureee him to raise Ids price, De Lay pusl,ed it up end up mail the agave wrathfully refused to Continue the negotiatious lemger. A few days later, De Lay completed the kale of Ws farm ta the same ageut at a priee of $210,000—just $200,000 more than the agent had refund to give a day or two before. The feet, was tbat the agent was dealing for a syndicate wbich had pmalmeed gold beariug land ;wound De Lay's ferni, but the egent, know- /nig tphreeseyelowueegorfagronliderillitismiltrsoiviseirietyet, expected to malm a smart deal for his eliente. The winher, boivever, knew tlicre was A VEIN OF clOLD rimming through De Lay's farunland, and, aithough he could, not betray the secret of his einployer, be could rot, mist the teMptation to give his acquaintance a, hint to raise the P1100. During what is now known its the "Pashade crisis," a private bank in Paris was saved from ruin and set upon a firm foundation, and a. youeg journalist won a /ergo fortune, thanks to n, grimace made by a MOM - ter Of the loreuch Goverment. At the time the bank in question, owing to a mistake on the part of its broli- eraheld an unreasonably large quan- tity of French bonds and the* peke 'of thee° was so depressed by the, pro- bability ot war between England and Prance' that to have Sold them would have involved the bank in an aware mous loss. On the other hand, the bank officials well know that if war occurred the bonds would go lower, and the ruin of the beak would be the more certain, England and la•ance were in the throes of anxiety. when the manager of the bank and a journalist friend of his chanced to pass a certain mine ister, who the journalist knew IMO been sunamoned that morning to an interview with President. Faure, from which he must have been returning, The inieister's face was beaming with smiles. The baulter stopped and stared at the journalist, who staved back. "That's a queer expression for a responsible, minister when his country is on the verge of war," reflected the baVesr; and he wee 50 strongly op- posed to -the ideal of going to war with England," replied the journal- ist. THE NEXT MOMENT. the two friends were in a cab, being wildly driveu towards the Bourse. The banker sought his- agents whom he instructed to buy all the French bends that could be, bought cheaply; and the journalist began buying 'kene his • awn account eS fast as he could. A week later the 'bonds' went with a jump, for by then, all the world knew" that Fi•anc.e had don- . sented to withdraw from Pashoda; and the banker's position was .firmer than it had ever been befoned while the journalist was a millionaire in -a small way entirely owing to seeingea Minister smile and - understanding what that smile meet mean, - Two Men met ii the entree° of a large block of offices io Cannon steeet, London, one morning; one was young and needy, the other was noiddle-aged and well-to-do. ' The lat- ter's face urns contorted with pain. ,Noticing-thiS the younger man. step- ped and asl ed. the other •if he 'Imre not .suffering with netiralgia. On re- ceiving a reply in the affirmative, he olterect to cure it, and led the way back to his (Mee, where the younger man gave him a small powder of hie own inveotion. The effectwae magi - dale and 'the stifferer -was so aston- ished that .he inquired whei.e the re- medy could be gat 'end why he had never heard of it before. The yeeng. man explained that he 'alorie could make the 'powders, but that, he couldn't get anybody to finance him. The grateful sufferee pet •te• thou - Sand paunds into e th0. cOncern to start with, 'end the little Powdees were pet, on the Market. To -day they sell in tens of thousands every year . The elder inan' s gri m a ce put, both men in possession of fortuneS. ALCAYITOL IN PRANCE. . A few years ago France was one of thee 1 0p01111 nations credited with the ere 11051, C011F,111iap tion of alcohol, but at 1,he present time, ac- cording- to a recent article by M. Theopliile Janyeeis 111 the "Figaro," it stands unenviably at -the head of the list. As in England, those with "vested inter (5Le' 121 e traffic !lave gt. 0 \ N'll to be a iniglity army. The growers neinber 121 nii11in. the retailers in cafes and drink shops 538,000, the prdyleion dealers with off-lhemses 300,000. The total con- inup tion in 2oy11100 laet year WAS 1,1.8ST, million gelloes of 'wine, 34-.3.i, minion gellous Of eidet, 52lel 1111113(33 gallons of pure alcohol, and 21 iiuij 11011 gellons of Healers. BASIPT0 NABBIA.OE. __— Girls Are Desired, or They Nay; Be hngec or OXen. Ammo; the cureoue customs of the- Basuto—customs which never change, but axe heeded dean tram genera- tion to generation—are those con- nected with marriage, Suppose, good reader, you were a young Basuto, and had been smitteo by the sight of a pretty face (the 1305014o- 10 of beauty is quantity the lady must be fat—very lot—or she has no chance of being Considered beau -- Will), you would be an ageseSSer against all the laws of etiquetto were you to speak to her, though you might look at her admiringly. Should the attraction prove irre- sistable, your proper course of pro-' ceclure would be to larnt. UP some old, lady friend—if a mutual friend so much the better—and connole to her your wieh to ettle down And marry that particular fair one. beg- ging ber to arrange everything for you as soon as possible. This site would gladly do, taking the first opportimity to Call on the mother or friends of *the wiebed for briele. The two ladita woule then tem it, over, discussing ways aild lilearis and your position in Basuto socieey, A large amount of tea is necessary, as the mother of the lady must be convioce0 that elle marriage ie in every way desirable, II your fried could convinee 1105 that sech wee the CaSe you miglit cceleicler then fere tune smiled on your cherished plans. To secure to the lady Of your clioice the tat rights Of a Wire woulki pay over to your future fittn- er-in-low so inany"head of cattle, ace cording to agreement, wincit is all iveys based on the supposed velua of the bride, her sociell pasitioo, persooal appearance, boigkit, size beauty, eta, 'This trauslar of cottle makes binding the marital contract. - securing the woulan front 111 treat- ment, at the hands ot ber lumbend ; for, sbould he ill use her, she may returie to her father or guardian, rind NO the man loses both IDS WIPE AND HIS OXEN. The parents 01 your wife would ar- fale that ibe payment of cattle was - the very least you could do to roe corapense them for ell the terrible. anxieties and expense that they had gone to in bringing up theta, dough. ter far you. Nor do the Basuto ever alter in this respect ; eyed' should they become Christiana their chide - compel the payment of cattle for their wives. 01 course, berei2t lies the explanation of the joy manifest- ed at the birth of n. girl in le Basuto family. She is taken up end ex- hibited by ber grandmother, wile first ships her and then kisses her, saying, "Luck I Prom this cliild came many herds of cattle I" Tho birth of a boy on the other band, ie deplored, for he is regarded as an expensive and unprofitable trouble. But to resume. Being now a son- in-law, you enust hove a care how you deport yourself toward your father-in-law, as yoe will be expect- ed to take 4 subservient poettion in laved to him. He may send' for you at any hour of the day or night to do all kilids of meoial work, and you may refuse Only at your peril. 110 eala reqUir0 you to preoare skins; bray, dry and clean them for him ; plough hia fields, sow seeds and -itt- tend to his crops ; in fact you are virtually his servant. Por the fit'st, year after your marriage you would not take your wife far away from her father's hoine, but wool() dwell with her in a kraal quite close to her pareets. On the birth of the nrst child you would perform the ceremony of mokadee, which con- sists in presenting* your inotber-in- law with a certain number of cattle. Until this time you are not allowed to speak to your inother-in-law, or even to look at her ; should you meet her unexpectedly, politeness and custom makes it necessary that a you should hide your head. As a Basuto' you need not limit your attentions to one wife, al- though you would distinguish your favorite lady as your 'hif" *wife, and it is her ebildreie who inherit, her son being known as the "great" son. MOST EXTRAORDINARY. • A Crop Grown From Peas 3;000 Years Old. , Scientists in Europe arel much sur- prised at a story which recently ap- peared in the Independent, a paper published at Saint-Oiner, and which tells of the remarkable vitality of very aucient peas. - Mr. IL A. Stewart, a• horticuitina • ist aesiding at Karnes, a, village in the island of Bute, tolls the story. One of his friendsbe says, who, livo!_t_lior- _ in Glasgow, went to Egypt adt le"Wr mo.ntlis ago, and eine day hebound a handful of peas in the sarcolihaems of one of the who died three thousand years ago. Impelled by slinple curiosity, he put them in his pocket, intending to sow them in his garden when be returned honie, though he hied very little hope that any of them would ever blossom. This intention he duly tanied out, and great WINS his amazement when he found that the peas blossomed in due course and eventually attained a height of six feet.. Their pods, 130 found, were on an average seven :to eight centimetres in length by two in width, and the peas thcEnselves were a little larger and much swee or than the ordinary ones. He fu thee 'noticed that instead of b lig white their flowers were vete witl a nari ow yellow border. - ' That seeds should be able to start into heW life after n sleep of three thousand years 18 naturally reg- rd ecl as a elost (.521 14)1011111 pheno- menon by all those who have heard the stcley. — SLEET STOPS A WEDDING. A wedding at Tuscurnbie, Ala , has been postponed for a novel rea- son. The groom refired 013 the wedding eve arid Sell- into a eound sleep, from whIch the meet, 1(301)31 - dos efTorts failed to aro-Ilse hini., Weeks have parsed and the eeeme, man etill elumhers, 2511110 his bride - Ito -he is (11,1,C01160111tIts