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The Brussels Post, 1912-11-21, Page 6.f t eggiien'E• C'eHeft**20 .4<,fje:s;6rwfii � �1 ik THe END OP m ER LOLIDAY gi Despite the fact that she had be - 'ire her a full fortnight of liberty rein the City office, Mies Kate Harding arrived in Riflhamptun with just a suggestion of diesatie- faotion in her bearing. And she had been looking forward so keenly, too, to this summer holi- day. She had determined it was to be the most splendid fortnight she had ever known, and to that end had practised a wonderful range of economies to make her dream come true. And now, here she was in Rill - Bampton, within sight and sound of the sea, with ample funds in her purse, and with the comforting knowledge that her outward ap- pearance was beyond criticism, and yet she was not quite satisfied. The reason of her discontent was to be found in the erratic behavior of Mr. Alfred Gibson, a young gen- tleman belonging to that walk of life usually referred to as "some- thing in the City." To Mr. Gibson Kate was engaged. All through June and July, Miss Harding and Mr. Gibson had forti- fied themselves against the langors of summer by looking ahead to the gorgeous time they were going to have at the seaside, with his mo- ther as a convenient chaperon, And then, only the day before yesterday, Mr. Gibson had coughed, and re- marked nervously: "Yes, but I'm not sure than I`ll be able to come, after all." Pressed for a reason, he could only mutter confusedly about the claims of business and unexpected developments. And so it was that Miss Harding arrived alone in Rill- hampton, resolving, without much hope of success, to do her best to secure the utmost enjoyment out of her holiday. Affecting, even to herself, to be a lady of some social position, Miss Harding put her portmanteau into a cab, and drove from the station to secure a room. This pose of in- dependent means was to be en in- nocent pretence which would do much towards making the holiday enjoyable. A gay, flower -decked house on the sea -front attracted her attention, and she stopped the cab. In 'gra- cious tones she inquired about ac- commodation. The proprietress, a pleasant, elderly lady, came for- ward to her, and the upshot of the interview was that Miss Harding was enabled to indite an affection- ate screed to Mr. Gibson that even- ing on notepaper embossed with the heading, "Seaview Boarding House, Rillhampton." A week passed, and Miss Hard- ing found that, in spite of the ab- sence of her fianoe, she was enjoy- ing herself just as much as she had ever hoped, The boarding-house was filled with pleasant people, and they accepted Miss Harding as one of themselves. "Another week of this," thought the girl with a sigh, "and then back to the hateful old City! Oh, how I shall hate leaving all this, to go back and be just a nobody, after the lovely time I'm having! Of course, there's Alfred," she re- minded herself dutifully, "but to leave the sea and cliffs 1" And perhaps there was also some- thing else from which Miss Hard- ing, although she may have been hardly aware of it, would regret to part, and that something else was the personality of Mr. Harry Lev - ter. He was the son of the widowed proprietress of the boarding-house, rind he assisted her in the manage- ment of the establishment. On him devolved the social arrangements, Thin Bats of Corti Toasted to A delicate Light Brown To sties To be eaten with cream and sugar, or served with canned fruit poured over —eitherCwayinsures a most delicious dish. "The Memory Lingers" Oanadias ro urs.Wh 0 mases.. thd, • otonsreset TRY IT WHEN YOU'RE TIRED You will find it wonderfully refreshing LI TEA It sustains and cheers and he it was who organized excur- sions and tennis tournaments. Miss Harding had liked him from the first. Ile had always taken care that she should mise no chance of enjoyment,. He had always been to her perfectly respectful; still, he seemed always to make it his duty to wait on Miss Harding's pleasure, and the girl was grateful to him for it. "Oh, how I shall hate going back to London again !" she remarked to him one evening, when her holiday was half -way through. "I'm sure it must be lovely here all the year round !' "It is," he answered enthusiasti- cally—"it's splendid ! Even when the weather's stormy, I love to watch the grand old seal It's glori- ous all the year round here !" "It must be," she replied. "Oh, how I should like to live here al- ways!" "Then why don't you 1" he asked. They glanoed at each other, and, for no very obvious reason, they both blushed a little. "I mean," he hastened to say, "there are lots of wealthy people who have houses down here." She nodded gently. "0'h, one can't leave London al- together!" she said, after a mom- ent, speaking with admirable care- lessness. Two more days passed quietly enough, save for two significant things—Miss Harding, not having received a letter from Mr. Gibson for three days, punished him by writing none to him, and, secondly, she found it necessary one night to gaze long at the ring on her finger, and then remark severely to her- self : "Just you remember, please, that you're an engaged girl! You've got no right to think so much of any other fellow!" As time slipped by, Miss Hard- ing's spirits began to get more and more depressed at the imminence of her departure. "Only three more clear days!" remarked Mr. Lester to her, after dinner that evening. It thrilled her a little to note the tone of woeful- ness in his voice. "Three more clear days, and then I don't suppose we shall see you down here again till next year." "Perhaps not even then," she re- plied. - "I wonder where you'll go for your honeymoon?" he said sudden- ly. It was the first time he had ever made reference to the state of af- fairs to be deduced from her en- gagement -ring. "Oh, it'll be years and years be- fore that comes off 1" she answered vaguely. "It's bound to be ages yet!" "You believe in long engage- ments, then, Miss Harding?" "Can't help it!" she said. "But surely there's nothing else to prevent your wedding coming off as soon as you like 1 I fancy I can see it," he went on, in regretful humor—"St, George's, Hanover Square, eight bridesmaids, little pages in silk, brother officers of the bridegroom, fashionable reception, and all!" "I never said Mr. Gibson was a military man!" she replied quickly. "I guessed it," ho said. "0f course, anyone can see—if you'll forgive me saying so—that you're of good family, and rich, and all that sort of thing 1 Young ladies in your position always marry officers— worse luck I" he concluded gloom- ily. Miss Harding made no remark, "Oh, well, I'm sure we shall all be extremely sorry when you leave us!" he said, reverting to the for- mer topic, "My mother'll be abso- lutely heart -broken. Yon oughtto hear all the nice things she says about you to me!" "Yes. I do wish I hadn't got to go 1" she replied wistfully, "Oh, why do summer holidays have to endl" 1 "Seems to me," he replied, with depth of feeling, "that everything jolly has to end before you've had near enough of it!" She glanced at him, and found that his eye% were on her. She look- ed away again quickly, "Did you geto letter this morn- ing?" he asked, turning the conver- sation, "Let me see! He hes not written for five days, has he?" "No; he must be frightfully busy, of course," she said. "Otherwise nothing would have kept him from writing." On the inorrow there was again no letter from Mr. Gibson for her, "Come! Don't be angry with him, Miss Harding, pleaded Mr. Lester. " %Io knows you'll be home again the day after to -morrow, and he's waiting to tell you everything instead of writing to yen." With the doleful day of her de- pasture so close at hand, the girl spent the morning rather snhclued- Iy, In the afternoon there was n pinto in the woods, and Miss Raid• SIKRFrfOTO "fr. b ' 2 1/4r/4Iv .`2 CONSTANTINOPLB. Tho famous Mosque of St. Sophia, shaken recently by earthquake, now threatened by artillery of invaders, who will, however, spare the famous edifice if it is feasible. ing strolled off by herself to gather wild flowers to press and take home as a memento of this never -to -be - forgotten holiday. Presently she sat down and began to indulge in day -dreams. She felt that the trend of her thoughts was distinctly reprehensible, but could not deny herself the pleasure of roaming in a rosy world of imagina- tion, where everything came right. "Penny for your thoughts, Mise Harding!" She looked up, startled. Lester was standing, looking down at her. "Won't you accept the offer?" he asked, taking a seat beside her. "You were thinking of something that pleased you, anyway. Corne— a whole penny!" "Not for a thousand pounds!" she declared, shaking her head, and smiling a trifle guiltily. Almost before she was aware of it he had taken her hand and kissed it "Mr. Lester 1" she exclaimed, in- dignantly. "I—I'm sorry!" he said, contrite- ly. "I couldn't help it! You look- ed so adorable, and I—I just could- n't help it! Please try to forgive me. I must have been mad! It was presumption an my part. I ought to have remembered the dif- ference in our stations. You're a young lady of birth, and I'm only a landlady's son. Please forgive me for forgetting that!" "It wasn't that that I was think ing of," she replied. "You forget that I'm engaged. It wasn't straight! It wasn't fair to him or me either l" "You're right !" he admitted. "It wasn't straight! Please forgive me." Apparently she forgave him., for there appeared to be no rift in their good friendship for the rest of the day. And that evening there was at last a letter from Mr. Gibson. Miss Harding appeared to read the epistle with mixed feelings. "He's coming down especially to see me to -morrow, she said— "coming down for the day." Although the tidings ought to have brought her the keenest satis- faction, Miss Harding appeared to find considerable cause for thought in them. "I shall have to confess every- thing to Mr. Lester," she reflected. "I'll have to tell him just who and what I am. It hasn't done any harm, me pretending to be someone special, but he's bound to learn the truth as soon as he sees Alfred. I may as well break it to 'him now. After all, there's only a day or two left now, and it can't make much difference if they do know all about me now." After breakfast next morning, she approached Lester. "I want to tell yon something," she said, "You think I'm someone special. don't you? Well, I'm not! I'm only a typist in the City! I saved up for months for this holiday so's I could have a real good time. I'm just a poor nobody, really!' "You are1" he exclaimed, genu- inely astonished. "1 should never have guessed that l I mean—" "Yes; and my sweetheart isn't an Safe invest IT is oast' to make money, but hard to save it --why not exercise the same care* In the investment of your savings as doBanks and Trust Companies and buy guaranteed bondst We sppeelalize in Govoril- niont, ifaliway, Pulite Util- ity and Industrial Bonds, from the purchase of whteh yon derive safety 01 prInCI' pa and a good Ineotne yield. We call Offer secnrttiesi of ibis eines, yielding front 5to0o. J. A. MACKAY & COMPANY LIMITED Guardian 51dp, Royal genic gids, MONTREAL TORONTO officer. He's just a clerk in the City. So now you know 1" She turned and hurried away, with flushed, shamed face. A couple of hours later, Mr. Gib- son called to, see her. They were alone for some while in the draw- ing -room, and then Miss Harding went up to her room, while Mr. Gibson, lighting a cigarette, stroll- ed off along the front. She came downstairs again just before lunch. "I suppose you'll be saying good- bye to everything, Miss Harding1" said Lester intercepting her. He seemed to Lester, been awaiting her advent. "I shall be awfully sorry to go 1" she said. `,'I shall never have such a good time here as I've had this last fortnight. I shall always re- member it." "There's just one thing I wish I'd known, Miss Harding. You see, I thought you were rich and far above me. If I'd only known you, too, worked for a living—" "Well?„ "Well, I honestly confess I should have done my best to cut out your sweetheart! I did forget you were engaged once, didn't I1 I—I sup- pose there's no chance for me even now, is there? I love you! You must have guessed it. And if only you'd have me, you could easily live down here at the seaside al- ways. You and I could help mo- ther with this place. Is your fiance returning to lunch here, Miss Hard- ing ?" "No," she replied softly; "he's —he's not coming back. You sec, he came specially to see me to -day to tell me that he's—he's found someone he cares for much more than me, and to ask me to release him. And of course, I did release him." She stopped, and lowered her eyes. He stood looking at her for a moment. "Here! Just stop into the office with me for a moment, will you ?" he begged, excitedly, "There's no one in there."—London Answers. of ENGINE SANS BOILED. Internal Combustion Has New De- velopment. An invention which promises to revolutionize power production for any purpose has just passed its first tests successfully. It is an engine driven by coal, without boiler or producer. The inventor is a young man, Mr. A. M. Low, whose work which practically gained for him This de- gree of doctor of science of London (England) University, took him se- ven years to -perfect, and marks an important step in internal combus- tion engine development. "Goal is burned inside the en- gine," Mr. Low explained to an "Express" representative recently, "producing 'gas. The coal is not turned into pe until the precise moment required for using. Thus the engine is absolutely safe, for ordinary gas will explode in the presence of naked lights, "Other advantages are that it prevents waste, and takes up little space. An ordinary motor car, for instance, wastes about three-quar- tere of its energy. "With the new engine a, large proportion of this waste is used, so that ib runs on about half the fuel of any known plant. "In a ship like the Mauretania it would reduce the consumption of coal by 50 per cent, In the case of battleships the invention has valu- able possibilities. My idea is to de- velop the engine for land and mari- time uses." ,k Cause and Eileen were Similar. Emma sent her plate back three times to be filled with turkey, and was helped bountifully each time. Finally, she was observed to look regretfully at the unfinished por- tion of her dinner. "What's the trouble, Emma?" asked Uncle John, "Yon look mournful," "That's just the trouble, acid Emma. "I and inore'n full," and then she wondered why all the others laughed. "Rascal" wee a term originally applied in England to a lean and worthless does, a v TORONTO CORRESPONDENCE woaf hra frequent clashes between corpora JO'10 and municipalities, which had to be decided. However, that position wee one of pecull• ar difficulty, and while there is in sone quarters a lurking suspicion that his translation to a new ephere may have some connection with the criticism kis adminis.ration of the Railway Board ban caused to be directed against the Gov element, hie known abilities its a lawyer may make his appointment to a judge- ship a good one. "Welcome, tittle sister'." Sir George W. Rose does not often make Just when most people were reconciling publio addreeies now, but whenever he themselves to indefinite delay in the mat. does he is sure of a large anthem(' and torf of the annexation to the oily of the rapt attenaeuce. Nor does he ever cheap- town of North Toronto, owing to tho stub - point expectations either in the matter of born opposition of a sec -ion of that mu. his addresses or the manner of his deity- nioipality's citizens and threatened legal cry, tor be takes rank as one of the drat, entanglements. along came a peremptory if not the very first orator that than order of the Ontario Municipal hoard and Province hes produced, annoxadon ie practically an accomplished The general esteem in which the former foot, Thereby, Toronto adds at one stroke Premier is held was expressed on the a population of 6,000 outs, and en area occasion of his addressing the Canadian of 2,400 acres, including large tracts of Club the other day by Mr. T. A. Russell, vacant lands. The annexation opene the the presiding officer. It was not every svay for a more symmetrical development one, be said, who could retire from high of the city's territory, for the t_ew area office to private life, and particularly to P III and the Senate, and could retain such a grip pon affairs and such influence with the ublic. Bir George'¢ subject was "The Panama Canal." He briefly traced its history and then referred at length to the various treaty obligations in oonnection there- with entered into by the United States, demonstrating clearly that uy to the Present year the United States, by the utterances of its publte men and by un- equivocal language in the most solemn treaties, bas again and again declared that the Canal is to be open on equal terms to the subjects and citizens of all nations. and that there should be no dis- crimination against any. The action of tho States now in seeking -to exempt its own vessels from the terms of this treaty was inexplicable. aj INTERESTING GOSSIP FROM ONTARIO'S CAPITAL Sir George W. Ross at the Canadian Club —Senator Jaffray and Sir Mackenzie Bowels—Tho New Judge—Real Estate, A Masterly Address. Sir George's marshalling of the facts was masterly. It is the first time any Canadian of prominence has grappled with the issue in public, and Sir George did so fearlessly and forcefully. The address will, no doubt, furnish the cue for others. As to future action, Sir George advocated, Bret, vigorous . protests from Parliament second, an appeal to the Hague, and, lastly, if Uncle Sam refused to submit o the Hague, .it was hinted that nerhape some form of retaliation might be made eeifetive. Sir George said he was opposed to retaliation except as a last resort. The occasion was one of the high spots in the Canadian Club history. The lunch- eon hall was filled to overaowing, and though Sir George 'talked across the table," that ie, from his seat, his voice carried to every part of the room and gavenot the slightest indication. of his seventy-one years or the thousand political battles he has braved. • Senator Jaffray of the Globe. Beside Sir George sat a brother Senator, Hon. Robert Jaffray, who ae another mem- ber of the old guard. furnishes another example of the remarkable vitality of Canadian public mon. Sensor Jaffray ie over 80 years old, but he is literally as lively as a cricket. Indeed, during the last ten years Sena- tor Jaffray has been much more in the public eye than he was in earlier yearn. Ho takes the keenest personal interest in all publio affairs, rarely missing any address at the Canadian Club, or else. where, for that matter, where any, Issue affecting Canada is tinder dinouesion. It is perhaps not generally known that Senator Jaffray is the one man more than any other who stands for the Globe news- paper, and whom that paper represents. Hie nominal connection with it is that of Provident of the company. There aro, of course. other 'directors and shareholders and a number of editors, but the man who is the court of last appeal on any matter of detail or in matters of largo general polioy is the Senator. Formerly, his attachment to the Globe was much more slender than it is now. He had other business interests—be has been in buetaeee in Toronto for Bitty years—and the Globe was but a side line with him. Ite was content to leave its conduct to editors and department heads. But In recent years it Hae become more and more the engrossing objeot of his life and not a day passes that he does not spend several hours in its various depart. manta. A Boy at Ninety Years.. But in point of years the grand old man of Ontario publio life is Sir Mackenzie Rowell. At the time this is written he le lying ih the Wellesley private hospital lin this city 'reeovoring from the effects of a fall. Hie physicians have not noted any disquieting symptoms, but he is so old they aro almost afraid to say he will got altogether well again. If ho lives until December 27 next he will be ninety years old, When he met with his recent accident he was oe his way home to .Belleville from a trip to the Pnciflc Const, And when he travels he asks for no special concessions in the way of luxury either. Though members of different political parties, Senator Jaffrey and Sir bfno- kenzie Dowell aro quite cronies. A year or two ago together they accompanied a ureas party Ao Now Ontario and clootri- fled every one by the activity and energy they showed in going down mines and climbing through the wilderness. Canadian polities will furnish no more striking romance than' that of Sir Mao. konzte, who rose from printer's devil to be Premier of, Canada, quite equalling Ltne,ohn's front leg cabin to White House. Mr. Justice Hodgins, The appointment of Prank B. Hodgins to, a ,udgeehip in the Court of Appeal is regnrded by Liberals and Conservatives alike ns an exoelleut oppointnent, As a lawyer he has been devoted to his pro- fession and in addition to ability Re a counsel, he is geuerally recognized ns hem- ing awing that quality so requisite to his pre sent position, known se the jnclieiai tem- naramont. Fie le 'move to the public chiefly through his connection with Iran. an public• inquiries including the On- tario Goveronent's Ideotiea Investigation of live years ago, the New Ontario Bush Polls Inventigatlen, the inquiry into over- olassifiantion on the Grand Trunk Pnol8e construction, In whieb he anted as conn, se1 for his remain, Mayor Modelle, and more recently in the bominion Govern. moues investigation into the affairs of the clISooll Meiere' Studs, In por0ONol' if 55o 1PatieG iia is tall and anent, woe keen features. He ]s n high- minded typo or oilizon, and one of the leading laymen in the Anglican Mirth in Canada Altogether he may be expected to msintaiu the nigh reputation of the Bench in this oount" He is a erothtot of the city where he was born and raised •and has stmt kis entire We, ekrepting for vaaation0, whish he hoe frequont(, spent in the old land. Sedhe Critics Here, Noted unanitnoun is the ap revel of the elevation to a. judgeship of Mr. ,lames Leith, formed, of Cornwall. The britt, aisle tear root in eissetisteotiee with his ie much nearer to the corner o ag FRAM MERRY OLD ECM NEWS BY 41.111, ABOUT JOAN BULL AND 1115 Pr..OP£.B. Ocenrrences In The l.nntl That Reigns Sdpl'ime in the Coln- merelnl World. Nearly 80,000 motor vehicles hare now been registered in Lot/doll. Seven oxen and a dozen pigs weree roasted whole in the streets at w Stratford -on -Avon Mop Fair, John Mansfield was charged at Tottenham Police Court with the wilful murder of his brother. Miners wives in South Wales are in revolt against the new system of payment under the Mines Act, Henry Errington, aged eight, has died in Hartlepool Hospital from injuries received from a toy pistol. Tho number of public house li- censes is decreasing. In 1908-0 there were P0.012 in England; now there are 87,606. The London County Council has let 414 acres on Plumstead marshes for grazing purposes, at an annual rental of $25. Robert Garside, of Buxton, an engine -driver on the London & North-Western Railway, has just completed forty years' service. Old London mansions at Golders Hill, Hampstead and Chisola Park, are to be turned into tenements by the London County Council. Mrs. Sarah Sibson, who was born at Guyhome, Cambridgeshire, has just celebrated her hundredth Yonge streets than aro the outlying east- birthday, in the March almshouses. ern and western eoct]ons. It lies along Yongo street, up "over the hill," and where it has not boon spoiled by cemeteries or inferior buildings, leads itself to devil. opulent as a high class residential die tied. Indeed, it may interest those who aro inclined to take a "flyer" in Toronto suburban real estate to know that the probabilities are that North Toronto euh- divisions aro likely to bo the next to be built up. After them will orohrhly wee r. Home Smith's Humber Valley pro- r.y. Real Estate Stili Booms. Ono hears constantly the prediction that rho reaction in real estate must conte soon. But as yet there is no sign of the break. Perhaps itis the trot that so many persons are suspicious of a break and are consequently cautious that is permitting the period of advancing prices to continuo so long. The chief problem in oonneotion with North Toronto's annexation will arise out of the street railway service. The town is served by the Metropolitan Railway branch of the York Radial, whieh ia con- trolled by .the Mackenzie interests, who aloe own the Toronto Street Railway, but it is a different RR''augo, no that in er- ohango of cars is in+possible. North 'To- ronto passengers conning into the city have therefore to transfer and have also, as yet, to pay two farce Needless to say, the railway people will keep on snaking them pay two fares 00 len, as they eau. A Sunday Car Agitation. The Metropolitan cannot run cars on Sunday, so that that section of the city is going to remain 'dead" on that day unless and until a specialAct of the Leg- islature is passed, changing. the present law. It Is expnnted that Ihie will not be accomplished without op"oasition, thou"]t thorn are few people in Toronto now who do not use the s'roet oars on Sunday, no matter how much they were opposed to then when they were inaugurated. Fisheries in British Columbia produce $7,200.000 annually. Every Gold Debenture issued by the Great West Fisheries, Ltd., Pays Annually G% and Participates in All Profits, Besides Being Insured Against Loss of Principal. The Great West fisheries of 13. 0., whose head office is 515 Sayward Building, Victoria, B. C., is a concern which will bear the closest investigation. It controls, through license, vast areas of valuable fishing waters in Northern British Columbia. EveryBond is insured against loss of principal to the investor, through the Granite Securities Co., whose OSIOCts and surplus behind this issue is $700,000. One hundred shares of com- mon stock aro Set aside against every bond as a BOB lls, and, from whish the holder drams dividends, while the Profits in 'this in loetry. are large, being about 100%. Thirty-seven members of the Col- chester Borough Police Force have petitioned the town council for a revision of their scale of pay. Major Whitmore is establishing a school for tobacco -grower's at'Meth- wold, Norfolk, in order to encour- 1 age the cultivation of the leaf. Mrs. Llnvd, wife of Colonel Llovd, of Treffgarne Hall, has been killed in a carriage accident through leer horse taking fright at a motor car. Frederick Hunnings. aged thir- teen, and his brother Harold, aged nine. were drowned while playing by the Canal at Earlestown, near Wa rrin den. The King has bestowed the meri- torious service medal and an lin- nuity of $50 upon Mr. Samuel Thtoknsv of Islington, an Indian Mutiny veteran. A monument is to be erected by the Duke of Portland to Lord George Bentinok, on the spot where he was found dead at Welbeck sixty-four years ago. Within nine months 118 people have been killed in London by mo- tor 'buses, the largest number of deaths being in the Chelsea Police Division. Arthur A. Elcombe was seriously injured through the sudden explo- sion in the steam apparatus of a traction engine outside St. Paul's Church, Hammersmith. As 'the result of a coupling break- ing a London and Brighton train broke in two near Penge Station. The passengers were shaken but uninjured. Mr. Lowther, Speaker of the House of Commons, has been sworn in before the Lord Chief Justice and other Judges as a Justice of the Pewee for East Suffolk. When going to a fire the Wan. stead Fire Brigade engine over- turned, throwing all the men inter the street. Several of the firemen weres seriously injured. A curious funeral procession was lately seen in the Strand: It com- prised a motor hearse and two large covered -in cars filled with mourn- ers, and around the coffin sat a number of relatives. In a report presented to the Edu- cation Committee of the London County Council, it is stated that 38.935 London school children were taught to swim this year, BRITAIN'S FUTURE RING. "Contingent Coming of Age" For the Prince of Wales. It is commonly said and sup- posed 'that a Prince of Wales "comes of age." on his eighteenth birthday. In point of fact he does, and he does not. The occasion has been well described as "a contin- gent coining of a:re," for the words are only applicable to the prince as heir to the throne, while they are not applied. ie to him in his private capacity. From and after the com- pletion of his, or her, eighteenth birthday, the heir is qualified to succeed to the,full possession of the throne on the occurrence of a va- cancy, as was actually the ease of the Princess Victoria, who became queen lees than a month after her eighteenth birthday. Had William IV. died a year earlier a Regent would have been necessary; but as it happened, and as We all knew, there was no question of anything of the kind and Queen Victoria presided at her Met council with all the authority of n reigning glleen. In the case of the death or declared incapacity of the sovereign, the heir having reached the age of eigh- teen, becomes ipso facts king or regent as the ease may be. In this sense, then, "tell age" means eigh• teen Yeast{. Put in all others the minority of the Prince of Waies con* tiro ee.- Lolxdon Tiseev: YOU CANNOT MAKE A MORE SATE INVESTMENT THAN THIS. 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