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The Brussels Post, 1905-5-18, Page 6T. The Matter of t The Diamonds ; .4" 4.415+0+0+0)+0+0-am+0+0+c-a011. passieg years have been gen- erous to Mrs. Mewlsley, my reVered landlady, in thu matter of solid flesh and it is seldom indeed that she faces the ordeal of dilating the stairs which lead to my apartments. When, therefore, she panted her way up the torturing flights, I knew sho had somethieg of importance to connuunicate, and motioned her to a chair. Then, with the forethought for which 1 win fatuous, I mixed a potion which is supposed to give re- lief to those who suffer froin "Nooses," and waited. "Thank you kindly, str," she said at last. sure I ought not to bother you with my troubles, sir, but I've come to tell you about a letter I've received from my daugh- ter, and— But it's a long story, sir, and if you're busy—" "Not at all, my dear Mrs. Mund- sloe'," I assured her. "Not at all. I am pleased to are you—very pleased." :1"ov, as a member of that glorious, but, rinancielly spettking, somewhat precarious institution of our coun- try, tho Press, 1 havetlearneri that It is wise to be civil to oue's land- lady. 'Well, sir, I'm sure it's very kind of 'you. And if you don't mind, I'll start at the beginning. TIM tale goes back about—let me see—yes. about ten yeers. I had my nrst floor and the little off -room to let at the time, and I was beginning to think as they'd. never go off, when late one afternoon a lady awl gentle- man railed to see 'ern. She was golden-hatired little thing, but the gentleman was quite different. "He was a big, loud -voiced sort of man, and when 1 saw him T put him down as some sort of racing man, or perhaps something on the mueic-halls, thoegli they told me afterwards lie was a sporting jour- nalist. But he was hearty and plea- sant spoken, and seemed easily pleas- ed and not short of cash. so I count- ed myself in luck when, after he had tried the easy -chair and the sofa, and found 'ent eotniortable, he said as he thought the rooms would suit. and threw down a week's rent in advance on the table. " 'llut you've forgotten Frank dear,said his timid wife. " 'lly Jove,' be said, 'so I have! Well, Mrs. kfundsley, up to now my wit's brother, Mr. Frank Meads, lies alwaas lived Nellie us. He's alone in London, you know, and hasn't any other friends. You've got another bedroom you could let us have, suppose?' " 'Yes, sir,' says 7, my mind turn- ing on the off -room. " 'Let's have a look at it,' says he. " "Fliat'll suit Frank all right,' says he, oti-liancied; 'you'll find he's all right. He won't be nearly such a nuisance as I shall. He's a quiet old stick is Prank, different to me,' he says, with a laugh. "And no truer word was ever spot - en than that. For the difference be- tween Mr. Tom Burnaby and Mr. Frank Meads. his brother-in-law, was remarkable. Mr. Prank wits as quiet as the other was noisy. He was one of those ereepy sort of gents—always walked Raft as a cat. Very nice and civil, and all that, but very Parnell/0r, whereas Mr. Burnaby WaS ono of tho careless sort. Nothing mattered to him as long as he was comfortable, "Take them all round, they was very good longers, though I must say 7 never liked Mr. Morale. Ile was too quiet and catliko for my liking; yon never knew whether lie Was in the house or out of it, But my Isyclta—thetes my eldest daugh- ter, pee know, sir—she took to hios front the fleet. "I fold her my (minion et Hine but that didn't make no difference, and it's my opinion she was beginning to t&lhead-over-heels in love with him when a terrible thing happened. "One terrible Mazy night, Melia two months atter they first came, the Frank never came home, Mrs. Buenaby worried bereeIf almost into efever, for elio told me that Mr, Frank was at a, diamond merchant's end ofteii had a lot of vatuables on him, and she wun afraid he'd betel knocked down antl perhaps, killed, "I tried my best to cheer helonp, hut 7 coon( see at a ginner. as she was upset, and all of a tremble. '7 didn't think mneli about the matter that night, but f twist con- fess that when f hettrd next morn- ing that his candle Was still on the hall -stand, and that Ids bed had zuwer heart slept in, 3. got 0 bit un- easy. "Yammerer nothing out of the nay linpormed that morning., 111e. Burn- aby eta/need his tray out of the rind went down the street whistllug ns 8ua1. But early in the after- noon he came hack, lookieg graver nild morn solemn than I had ever vain him. " 'What's wrong, Air?' 1 asked hira meeting him In the hall, 'Me. " eliterrhi' he said, 'Don't let My wife hear you. Mr. lerank left his nflice at 'Manny yesterday with dia- monds to the value of 11.5,000, aml has not ham mien shire.' " Mind gem:riots, 51it 7 said. "Hum whatever ran have harnientall' " "allot I can't tell,' gays he. 'We Must wait and see,' "Ana he walked upetnirs quieter nnd mare itubdued than he had ever (Toile before, "Nothilig waS aeem of Mr. Aftrale that ilaY, and we hotted nothieg of hh» late in the evening, eehen WEIS itstit leaking UP foe the night. Thee there came a thtaldering rat. tot at the (1001', mel 1 opened it, to See a sie-foot p011eeznan standing there, " 'Anyone here of the moue of Meads?' he says. " says I, 'there Waft,' " 'What Was his other name?' asked the policeman.. " 'Frank,' says 7. 'Wm!' sus he, 'Is this 'is bat?' 'Ile brought Out ikons 'behind his back a battered and muddy top -hat, which had been knocked about some- thing cruel. There was a lot of dark Maths on it• too. "Lydia was In the hall, and she came to the door. " 'If it's got his name and addeets ieside of it,' says she, going very white, 'it's his hat.' " 'Well, his name and address nee inside,' saye the polleemate "l'he hat eves found an the river -bank. Do any of his frionds live here?' ''T went upstaire tis quiet as I could, and culled. Mr, Burneby. " '05, Tom,' I heard his wife say, 'it's -some news about Frank! Go at oneo.' "Well, sir, to cut a. long stOl'Y short, that hat was the last thing that was ever seen of Mr, Frank Meads. There was a lot of foot - footmarks on the river-baak, clone to where the liat had been fount), which seemed as 11 a terrible strug- gle must have taken place, and f•M, stains on the hat was proved to be blood. But though they dragged the river, all they ever found wan apair of cuffs with his name on, and ono link missing. "The river rues very swift just there, and there's a lot of deep holes in the bed, and it wasn't the first body that had gone in there and had never been seen or heard of again; so, although for the nest week or so after it happened ',the house never seemed to be free of the police. who mune bothering round, badgering all the house, and making Mr, Burnaby say hot-tempered things to them, they never came to any definite conclusion, and the whole thing was wrapped in mystery, as they say in the books. "For my part, 1 believed it was a put-up lob front the first. I had nev- er liked Mr. Frank and his sneaking, catlike ways, and it seemed to me. that it would come natural to him to make out as he had been done (twee( with, whereas all the •tinie he had • timed off with them diamonds, and was taking his ease and laugh- ing at us all somewhere miles away. "Ot course, it was an exciting time for everyone in the house while it lasted; but after a time things quiet- ed clown; and though Mr. Burnaby didn't sing so loud as he used to do, he gradually got back into his old, cheerful ways. "Rut his wife moped and brooded just like my Lydia, who was worn away almost to a. shadow, and one morning Mr. Burnaby came down and gave me notice to quit. • "01 course, I couldn't but agree with him when ha said he thought it would be bettor for his wife if they went away from a place which had so many sad recollections for her. A few days after they left, and, to tell the truth. I wasn't sorry to see 'ein go, for the whole thing bad brought my house into 'unpleasant prominence. "It was the third or fourth day after they left that Lydia eame down to breakfast looking streined and WO)') ied. " 'Mother,' she said, 'did the Burn- abye leave any address behind them?' ." hadn't any to leave,' says I. 'Mrs. Burnaby was going home to her mother's in the country for a little While to get the roses back to her cheeks, and Mr. Tom was go- ing to stay at a hotel until she was well enough to come back and start housekeeping again. What makes you ask?" " 'This morning,' she says, speak- ing in a strained sort of way, 'Just after 7 woke up, I had a strange mutation come over me, All at once I saw, cis plata as the daylight, what had happened to poor Mr. Meads. 7 -Te wa.s murdered, mother, frit the sake of the diamonds, and Mr. Burnaby was the Man who did "I was So took back that I couldn't speak for a minute, atld whorl 7 did 7 blowed hat' up sky high foe being so silly to let, such stupid fancies get into her head. "33ut nothing would convince her, and she even went to the police with her tale, though, of course, they did nothing. Prom that (ley to this I've never seen a sight of either Mr, Tom Burnaby or Isis wife, or anyone coo- nected with tho business, "That's all I've got to tall you about the Frank Meads' affair, and as tu Lydia—well, in time she got ova, it, and a little over four years ego she got married an)1 went out to Australia with her husband, to start farming out there, Up till about a. year ago they did very well; then tho drought came along and killed oft nearly all their eattle, and a bush lire pretty nearly finished elmni up for good, - "T. was worrying abont them a good deal. Every lette' 7 got, seem- ed to contain bad news, and this Afternoon this arrived, I want you to read it, eir, told tell mo what you 11,'' With the best will in the world, WS. Mundsley had found it difficult to eontinue talking for eo long, and believe she was grateful for the re- pite which she wart able to take whilo 7 read the letter, "My dear mother" (it fail)—"the Strangest thing you over dreamt of bee bapponed, in my Met letter T told you o/ the iniafortenee which have deggod Robert, and last month we had to sell tho farm to pay our debts. 33iit we got a recommendte tion from some Sydney Monde to a wealthy squatter living in Geeawo- long, a diatriet which has boon lay. °red With rebut wbich the rest of the colony has been without, Mr. Patterson, Wo wero thld, was in want of 11 Man and Wife to set as housekeepea and manager Olt hia estate, ,ahd nobert.Wroto and wae told to Come along and Da up prellegoariee. I Insisted Oh aeatere, panYieg Releetie and ati Matt aftee Joerney Which seemed as if it would jest foe aver, wo reached fleetewee long. On the way wo bed heard nothing but good reports of Mr. Po 1.101800, "But whom do think he turn- ed out to be? Why, the vory Mr. Tom 'Burnaby 'that 1 always Deady believed murdered poor Froze ?Seeds! I knew him and Ids wife et once, though could see they did not recognise me, and it inside um boil over to think of that poor fel- low whose death had been thu foun- dation of the wealth whielt it Was evident these people bad. "Ilotart was proceeding to open neg•otietione, but I stoPPed him, " 'I'll tako no service with these people!" I said. "Robert looked at me in amaze- ment. The others eoemed struck dumb. " 'What do you merin?' he asked me. " '7 1110011 that that man there killed his brother-in-law for the sake of a few paltry diamonds. My 1101110 was Lydia Mundsley, Mr, Patterson. It was in my mother's house you all lived at tho time," "Mrs. Burnaby turned to her bus - liana, white to the lips. " 'It is the irony of fate, Tom," she quavered, "He rose beavily from the chair, and znoved towards the house. 'The irony of fete,' he iiepeated slowly. 'Excuse ma for one moment.' " 'Oh,' I cried after him, 'you aro free to god "And 7 turned to Robert and ask- ed him if We could got to another station that night, "We were just about to mere off when someone came out of the house and stood on the vevandaht "it was Frank Meads! The neat black suit, the small moustache— evmything was complete. 717. "Miss Lydia!" he said. " 'Mr. Meads!' I cried, M utter as- tordslunent. 'You have come to life again! " 'No,' he said, smiling sadly, else as he used to do. 'I was never dead, In fact, as I was never alive, I can- not have died. Look!' "Ho whipped off (bit little mous- tache and the black, neatly parted hair, changed his coat in flash, and Tom 73urna.b5 stood in his place. "Then he and his wife told me the whole story, and left themselves in my bands. It appears that. tho dia- mond merchant 111 whose employ 'ILTearls' was had cheated Burnaby's father out of his partnership in the business. In order to spy out the lend, pad to site if there was the re- motest chance of his regaining what really belonged to him by right, he touk weir° with him under the name iS Frank Meads and the dise game which so utterly deceived us all. Ho found there was little likeli- hood of his being able to do that, and then the idea, of building up the double identity aad appropriating the diamonds mattered to him. How well he did it We know. And when you come to think of it, mother, no ono in the house over saw them both together. "Hc Was able to sell the diamonds and to come out here, where, as have told you, he has prospered, and is extremely popular. But, of course, whether they continue to sail under false colors any longer de- pends upon me. "Mr. Burnaby (as he will always he to me), informs me that, in spite of the manner in which his late em- ployer bad cheated his father, the matter of the diemonds laid heavily on his conscience, and he declares that he returned the £5,000 to tho firm atemymously. "1 want you to find out whether this ill true.. If it in, I shall take no further stens." "Yoe needn't road any further, sir," said Mrs. Mondsley, as I went to turn the leaf. "The vest is * fam- ily matters. Bet that ie where you come in. I am too old and too asthmatic& to find out retina Lydia wants to know for myself. But you're clever if you ain't very suc- cessful. Will you make the inquir- ies? And - if you do, and it all turns out satisfactory—why, We!74 -call that little bill that's owing settled." And T am pleased to relate, for my own sake, for Lydia's, and for Mr Patterson's, Jere of Gretwolong, that the inquiries 1 made provod that the latter gentleman had really made restitution, The inquiries cost ine some little trouble, but, it is al- wsys worth while to be civil_ to one's landlady. --London Answers. WILL PRESERVE VOICES, -- British Museum to Treasure Gramophone Records, At a recent meeting of the trustees of the British Museum it was decid- ed itiat the records of voices of the most eminent singers 101(1 publicists of Ole tinIcfp—ineni and women Whose voices will interest entree genets,- tions—should be eollected and stored with other of the nation -at teeasures. A difficulty confronted the Museum trueteezt—the difficulty of obtaining ii»peradiable records. But no soon- er was at raised Ginn it was over- come. Mr, 5. W, Dixon, teenager of the Cramoplione Company, at once offered to make iMperiShable records of the 'voices of sun' persons as a ennunittee approved 15y the British Museum trusteee Shall select, and (Ripply them free at charge. Tide offer the truetees have decided to accept, and beforo long the first of the records Amulet be lodged in the archives at Bloomsbury. The records are intended solely for eoaterity. They will not be used, for instance, for the purporto of giv- muig S'eturany afternoon concerti' at the 'British Museum to Die peesent generation. Their value will be in years to ezene, When granchthildren and groat -grandchildren af persons living to -day Will be able to listen to the great eteitettmen, eingers, and ttetOte of the present, day. Mies Ilraddon hes ell the Mann- ecriPte of her nOVele bOlind in eed loather, VIRTUES OF THE MIKADO DESCRIBED BY ONE OP KIS S'1713511 CTS. Se eta of the Emperor of japanis Popularity Among His Subjects. Newspaper readers may very like- ly have been ga'eally atavism -a miller than deeply iiiipi''titit'ib tiy ono of the sentences in the ofbeia( despatch of Marshal ()plena to Tokio announcing bis grea 1 eletory in the battle of laukcion, wherein he aseribeti the "1St eat virtues" of the Temperer as ono of the chief causes of his vic- tory, But when Admiral Togo sank the Russian ships he cabled to the saine effect, end there is vonsltIorably more in the sentiment than appears at first sight. The following. atatentent ham boon furnished to the welter by 15 Japan- efie gentlemen of position, who has been considerably concerned. in Ja- paneee mattes, and who has the most intimate knowledge of all that Pertains to the Royal Memo of Ja- Pan. It explains some of the secrets of tlio tiikado's Intense popularity among his subjects, and of their real belief that all the good that in those clays accritee to the country comes thiough his instrumentality. Ile says:— The glorious awakening and the triumphel !regress of modern Japan is entirely due to the genius of our Emperor, Mutsuttita, who is noW Afty-two years of age. When he ascoadell thethrone the country wes In a most. dangerous state, but by series of master -strokes he himself got rid of nil tho bad and baekward elements in .Japan and set the new movement on its feet, When he had banished the Sh'ogun and established the now order of things he sent rrince Sank) all over Europe to investigate the different forms of government read the social conditions of THE DIFFER:Ma' COUNTRIES, in wider that he might adopt a sys- tem that would be suitable to Ja- panese requirements and program. From that they to this there has scarcely been an item in tho for- ward movement which hos not been instigated or assisted by the Emperor. We regard him as the saviour and maker of nutdern Japan. 1-10 came to our assistance when we 5vere on the edge of et terrible chasm. There was on the one hand a feudal baron- age with a &Voile government, like that of our present enemy Russia, which was crumhing the life out of tho people, and on the other hand there was the dark spectre of a fierce revolution which it was pos- sible might, end in the extinction of a nation, so that, like Poland, Jit - hall would exiet only in name. From these Iffutsuhito, our Emperor, eaved to; rind has led us on. Flow can any- body bo surprised that with such an Emmet, and with such lieutenants as he has trained, Japan is marching on victorimisly? lie is an icleal man, front oar point of view. and an ideal Emperor, He rises early, and at five o'clock every morning may be aeon on horseback outside his palace, He makes a plein lireakfaet and then proceeds to the Cakumonjo, the place for study and inquiry, where he ex- aminee the lee orts from his Minis - tees anel the committees of the two Nonses of Parliament, the foreign criblegreense including the despatches from the Rent of war, agricultural report e, and hundreds of other docu- ments affecting Die 'welfare of the collate- in one !respect or another. Scarcely a paper posers him with- out life making some note or mem.- omit upon it. Ile is master of de- tail, arid FIXTIIEMPILY TI101.1017C71, After all this he will attend State functions, visit the schools, listen to a.tlaresses by the most distingu- ished students, and generally do evorything.thi,hiS 1..ostier bo show litS neon 'interest bo the' ron t bleat i on of the proeess of Japan's enlighten- ment. It is not enough, lie says., that at present: Japan is showing hersolf to los the equal of Ieutemean eat ions. The lenmress assists hi kii in an hie work, and he constantly expresses his obligations to her. Ilto says: "I am the committee of poli- tics; fait is tho committee of educa- tion." Ile is constantly thinking of litS tiOlmil'Y and what ha may do for it. Elven Jo the depthe of night, wheh the stiles ate shining and nearly all Japan is fast asleep, be may bo seen clothed la it simple cOatums of army serge, to emerge front his palate and steide hp sem down the battlements. He is then deep in thought. He Martins dreams mod soars among the spirits of the departece listening in- tently to their wise: advice ancl in- struction. Thus be sees the dim °M- ilne of a great fame. 'Sometimes his wifita clad as Shoply as he, walks his•side, bet elm never speaks lest silo should dieter!) the workings oa his mind, rartiCtilarly, he 1,9 conela n y eolleitovie o tho welfata of his brave soldiers wit° have done so Intioli for the glory of Japan, When -a new pattern' of rifle was introduced the Emperor ordered one to be set to the palace Si' Ids own use. Thee he 7IYSTER101381,Y DISA rpnA ityn ), taking the rifle with hint, ale tild not retern 1 or ' twen ty-f our limns, and dining the whole of the inter- acting pertorl he Mal been marching Hong the roada—nlone, and with the rifle on his shoulder or in Ills hands. He 010 this simply to satisfy him- self that it was not too hoavy for the soldiers to eitrry. Ie the Senn) Way Ile late Marched With the heavy "lcit." on his back etad tho melee shoes on hie feet 11001 hie shoulders breve beet Moline and his feet sore and bialtered, 80 lie knowa exactly what his soldiers have 1.0 go tlil"eugsoh tnt 11,1 soes to fight With Togo eleel Oyamet, iMatight them tip 10 iho beat Weet, • At ,the SPorte tleY In one of the publie schools the Critain PHI= 01105 took part in HOMO wrestling matches and defeated all centers until a farmer's Wu appeared Iin the ring. kluny people thought that tbe farmer's sen would feel himself, eldiged to lot the Prince win but ha did not do so. The Theme: was defeat ed after every short lend . Then the Emperor summoned the victor to hie presettea, 51111 the buy went in fear leat he had been too bold. But the kimpeeor only Said to hint, "Will you become one of 1555 companions of my NOM and Ilve anti study with him while he Venni 1114 in the school, for hp needs ninny a 1111511 like you/ Have not the virtues of Ruch a mon, and the note which result front than>, sonething to do with the suc- cesses of the country? WILLIE'S gUESTIO'N, Where do you go wheh you go to Weep? Tbat's what I want to know; There's loads of things I can't find out, 33ut nothing bothers nie so. Nurse ruts ine to bed in my little room, And takes away the light, I cuddle down in the blankets warm, And shut my oyes up tight. Then of I go to the funniest place, Whore everything seems queer; Though sometimes it. is not funny ot Just like the way it is here. There's mountains made of candy there, Big fields covered with flowers, And lovely ponies and birds end trone, A. Moaned times nicer than ours.... Often, dear mamma, 1500 you there, And sometimes, papa, too; And last night the baby came back from heaven, Mid played like he used to do. So all this day I've been tryleg to 0 htoleivink, twish T could know, Whereabouts that wonderful eountey is ,Wbero sleepy little boys go. BRITAIN'S DRINK BILL. Shrinks Eighty-five ATillion Dol- lars in Pive Years. The British Chancellor of Exche- qiier'S reforeace in his budget speech to the remarkable decrease ite tho consumption of spirits and beer, end the failure of his expectations re- garding tho reVenlie front, exelee, raises the question whether the heavy income tax is not defeating its Own purpose, Though it Is a fact that the 111n 1(0(10.1 drink bill during the laza live years has 1011015 no less than 4E15,- 000,000; experts in the wino tattle do not agree with tho Chancellor that it is due entirely to a wave of sobriety, On the contrary, they put it down to business depression and high taxation, consequent upon the South African War. 9'110 prOprietOr of a well-known group of London wine lieeses said recently that his ledger accounts show that his customers are spend- ing on the average about half as much on wines as they teem eight or ten years age. "It Is clue primarily to the high income Mx," tie said. "When tbe tax was eight pence to the pourid, many of my smaller customers were spending about $350 yearly on wines. Now they aro spending only about 11150 or $200. "My thirty years' experience has shown me t•hat anent:masa hi the in- come tax always means a. decrease in the expenditure on wine. A man who a few years ago was rayIng away $350 in income tax now Jute Lo pay about 501100, which leavee,hiln over $200 less to lay out liateixtie- ies; 'The easiest Way to eurt‘l ex- penses With011t ilia neighlf0rs re- marking the fact is to deeetease Ids wine 5111. ITo keeps a fear bottles of choice wine for special- occasions', and lot, ordleary purposes uses a cheap wine. Perhaps he gives up wino intogetlier. 11. is easy to say that the doctor IMS °littered ilim to 00so.,1I iany aaso, it, Is it fact that Otero has lately been a great falling off in the consumption of good '1ines. Only a little whila ago three hundred thousand dollars wortli of 0110(00 wines was sold at about the price it cost to 'bottle it ten years pioarecioentitiffpy.,. We aro bat making four p eat osi good Wine to -day. "Wise End people are not drink- ing cheap WilleS by choice, hut be- cause their (inmates compel them." REWARDS FOR muttC/I-norad. 4. At lehmotally,' 51 Devenshiraa Engines!, the, prettiest girl who aP- tends 'church gets• well rewarded, for doing se. About fifty years or, so ego it stemok the Reee ThonmeaMey- tick, who was then vicar of the parish, that; the young ladies there ISO not attend ehuech So often as they might do. So he left a emu of money, and this, according to the teems of his will, Ives to be put out at interest. Tho annual income from it Was to be given *tach year to the prettiest young woman at Itols- worthy who had attended church re- gularly for that Year. WHERE MONItY 38 USELESS'. On Aereeption 'shield, in the At - 15,11110, money is (mite melees. The %Me)1is the property of the lbettsh Admiralty, end bit goeerned by a ettptaln, There is no private to•or- orty in land, so there are 550 vents, rates, or taxes; The, limilts e»(I herds are Public Praieletlea rend tIte Meal: is Metied in leaning. So are the vow:- tabloS •011 tlie feriae, TIM RISK Last night I had tet go to bed, All by inyeelf, my mother sald. 'Causti:l.')d155en naughty all day ht(ag ji S'be wouldn't hies una good -night, too, I didn't want to Mt hav.511010 MOW MUCh I. cared %out that, and oo . 1 •dpooped my elotlies 'right, on. the floor— A thing I never did before— And put, each stocking in a shoe— She Jest bates that. --end didn't. (10 Tfy balr, or wash my fate, or lough My tttepto.,k 1:, and left things, in a squatith All 'round the rootn; and then T Her picture, and my fairy -book SIM gave Me On my last bitaliday In Jane, and bid 'ern both meal. TUpP"Itt; it'1}1,Y0 it't'1'11/11455..8otPiteltilow°11g.lb.igt,ht To show 'cm just, the way I feel 'Cause he said; "Mae the child, Lucille, Don't let her go to bed like this Without your usual good -night Itins." But, elle just ShoOlc her head and Iter Itirui:e:14::,:liand then ley eyes they Lake ere. . . , It's been a horrid Ann then, of course, I dithat say My Petterers at all, but went to bed And wished nett wished that I was .dPrit Well, iat know jest how It was, For 1'0 been half -way sleeping, 'cense I was so 'pletely tired out -- When I hecird something move about So tpliet, and' the next 1 knew The deer moved beck snit sha Came through And put her arms around me se, And Paid, a -whispering very low, "My pone, dear child," and was so And Itaisd;(111 rne twice. My, I was glad! —Harper's Magazi ne. t PERSONAL NOTES. — Interesting Gossip About Some Prominent People. raderewski, it is said, can play from memory over 500 compositions. Es needs to read or play a composi- tion new to him only twice in order to memorize it, and, frequently aloe reading it over, can sit down at the tpatiianola,a5,10dtesplay it without referring Not the least peculiar of Mine. Sarah Bernhardt's many rads i that of breakfasting the moment sh wakes of a. morning. No matter what the hour may be, as soon LIS San slumbers are over her 'maid biilln 8rs'rie t so ttoiliunesnlgg l'betlisideocoffee and rolls, al Miss Jane Nathan, who is the first South 'African -born girl licensed to practise as a deutal surgeon, has returned from her successful studies in Europe to liegin her profession at Hanover, Cape Colony. She is also believed to be the arst South Ana cail girl to take any medical deg•ree. ICieg Oscar of Sweden once passed through a small town which was fes- tively decorated, and noticed a largo transparent board bearing the in- scription, "Welcome, your Majesty!" harmilig from a house. "eVitat house is theta'? asked the Xing. "That is the town prison, was tho answer. Whereupon His Majesty, laughing, said: "That is rather too much po- liteness!" Signora Cousino, of South Ameri- ca, is undoubtedly the richest woman In the world. Her silver and copper Minos are noW yielding $100,000 per month; her coal mines' yield $85,000 per etionth. Her stock farms for thoroughbred horses Rod cattle at present bring in an income -which exceeds that of all the mines put together. In addition, she has large lended interests and a Bout of steamships, Miss Frances Wolseley, the daugh- ter of ',mil Wolseley, spends most al San time at Farmhouse, Glynde, langeand, She is one of the keenest of lady gardeners and thoroughly understands OM scientific side of the subieet. Sho has !Minded a school for ortrdening at 0 ly n de and person- ally simerintends the teaching. Miss Wolseley is heiress by . przeolei re- mainder to hot' father's elem.-May. What is declared by electioneering hands of great experience to be one oS the vora smartest things. ever see4 on a political platform is attributed to eilz, Wilfrid Lawson on an °coca elan when he was preaching the gos- pel of temperance in his most "aigor- tees style. "This country," said ho, "is governed by tivo heathen deities, Bacchus and Mars, or, in other Words, by the god of aottles and the god of Maths." Such a pro- noat cement may not have been able to stand temmination, but it emend- ed uncommonly ;Well. The Earl pi- Jersey onee &aimed' that he nearly lost his life theoug't1 "Pickwick." He was reading Dicke on's famous work when ill; and it made . hint laugh so ranch that he suffered a relapse, and was neatly deepaired of by his doctors, whO forthwith banished Dickens from his bedroom. Lord Jersey 113 nOt only a geota admirer of the Nage of Gad's Hill, buteatie. • is almost Dickensian himeelf ioi appearance, being proba- bly th45' fairest of the .pccrs, veey, tall112/1) thin, and the Wearer of ,01)0t31,,,i,clorttiiitoeclartieylpteierst of a quaintly un - `Pip :Melee at twanty yeare of age( Ruch' is Ilia ream& of ' George Stew- art ' Malimman, who has just been appoieted pipe -major of the 3st no ttal ion Cordon nigh- laridete. Ito Come of a family or expert pipers and dancers. IIis coesin was one of •Lhe most famous exponents of Oto two arts that caw live.d.Tho pipeemaJor bog'an his stuclien at eight yeare of ago; two yeas toter lie appeared by commroid adore ,teeleten Victoria at lealtnoral; when be was eleven he gained chat - lenge Metiale hi London and Min- aurfeb; and he Wee atriateer °ham. pion of Gteat Britain when ho was t'velee. Sinee thee he lute won medals etie the einaber of fifty, and innemerable prieeif all over the eotna try, Ito jellied the Gordon :Frei - merles ae a ;boy. It le believer: that Pipe -Major lirtieentte le the youngeet man ever appoitited to Snell a poat, tiou 111 tho DrItiah Ailq,,,, - • 0001i-00-00-00.0-0 0.00000-0 0 00. 0 YOUNG FOLKS '00'00.00no0.o•00000-a-0oot)-0•0 A 1ePIATIMP.P10 Olio (lay in early spring, as 7 ware busy at tvork, .r gin -item( out: of the paalay window, and saw Roble Bed- brease tryine fa dislodge a, long piece of gray twine that Was caught securely under the cistern-In:Imp platform. Ho would pull end tug, and tip over backward, then fly away, al- ways returning with his red breast, swelling under the courage and his beady oyes greedy With the desire of poeseseion, eta the twine into lengfilS Slat - able for nest -building material, and placed several pieces .of white string with it, When Bob cattle back, 50 carefully looked it all over; then, selecting a piece of the white string, flew away with It, Ire came again nod again until all the white string was gone, but never touched the gray twine be had worker -I so hard to get In tho morne Mg. I Lbouglit this was on account Of the fineness of the white seeing, and tested Bob by placing more pieces of white, alternatingthe with pink, filler seeing. As bm efore, he theca thit ivhite. plainly ((hewing that it was eolor and not quality which pleased Min. After tete mest! m tbe maple tree Was flnished, Ma. add Mrs. Robin Rectbrealt settled down to keeping house, Mrs. Redbreast, well knowing thee a home without a baby is a poor af- fair al, best, at once set about sup- plying that article in her home, Alas for her hopes! Susan, the big, bleak cat, discovered the nest and tumbled the eggs out on the ground. The Ilobia Redbreasts held long discassions about their mined home, and, judging. from -Weil, tones, lost 'their temper quite like people. At last they abenrioned thole home, mid for several days flew about, picking worms in the garden aucl examining, the prospects for cherries, begati to th-ink they Were malty discouraged, and became impatient at their lack of ambition, 1 lowevor, I was too hasty in formine• an opin- ion of my feathered friends. About six o'clock one sunny movie- ing I saw a strange eight. A sinall kite well supplied with a tail or white string, which nky son, in care- less boy fashion, had Mit on the front porcli, was slowly moving down the path. I looked closer, and there was Robin -Redbreast turned thief to ac- quire the coveted white, string. lie gathered several strands of it in his 501 at Onee, and hooped along the path, only to be brought: lip sudden- ly by the weight, of the .eite. Every failure made him try the harder, al- though he fell over backward manye many times. At last ho took hold near enough. tee the kite to fly up with it. A puff of wind caught the kite, and took it,Tioliin and all, over tho fence. Robin lot go of it, and sat. on the fence, chirping angrily. In a few moments lie commenced his struggle all over agele, but this time Data -kite fell into a 511101 ap- ple -tree, from which he was unable to dleledge 11. I went to his aseistance; but lie Had changed his mind about using a kite in his !raw nest, for IM never came back far it; »or could I find his now Horne, though I was sure from hie actions and happy songs that he had one some'vhero. 70,000 STREET BEGGARS. Record of More—T—han That Num- ber in London. At a mooting last week of tlie Londonilendicity Society, an organ- ization e formed for the purpose of itountettictieg the efforts of the pro- fessigicol beggar, many interesting reateihtions as to the methods et0- 1110ared " by tho bogging fraternity Vern made. Durin# the last year the 'Society brotight lts lists of street - beg,gars to 70,000, and in order to keep this extraordinary record cone- pletely up to date, the chief come lodestone'. of pollee lies directed that full particular° of every street liege ging ease that crimes berme the Lon- don Police Courts be scot to Sir. etric Buchanan, the society's secre4 tary. The soelety's experts investigated 1,4 130 begging letters last year. They have POW a conectien of 2813,- 000 such appeals in their posneseion. Three t rai neq, Investigators were 010 - played tO angertain whether the writ- ers of beggieg letters deserved h•elp. Analysis shaeved that Out of every hundred, 25 were sentby absolute investors, fifty wore not deeerving of lioIp, and Of the remaining 25, from five to aeven, were verY deServ- ing. 'rho eocieleas secretary esti- mates that at' leartt,4500,000 is give en in hapainatted aims amalallYa , LONDON'S 3-101WELESS F0011, A recent census of the horologe pooe of 'Landoll, taken at )light, showed that 1,000 men end 812 wo- men were in tho (divots or 011 sten- crises. In the common lodging. holiSeS end shelters that night thero were 28,600 persons, of whom 21,- 25,1 Were 8ingle men, 1,500 single women, 357 Married ermines, end thirty-four children under ton yeara of lige. A. ny end a flea in a flee 1Vere imprisoned, NoW tvliat could they do? Said CM fly: "Lot. ea flee!" "Let flea ' said tlho ihry fleaf, through a flaw in the flue, Sonle ertietej ideas ere het a Ole)', aro pOotod,,, tad