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The Brussels Post, 1914-1-1, Page 7. 'ar Shad Or, A Cow Jnr Vengeance g OP 4 Ofteeeen X%Ili:-(OontiutioH). One nient, about a week latex', Clive wue- in thelibrary of the )tense loolcingQup a reference when Mr. Graham,.. the Liberal loader, entered ctalodt1Y as if is sear011 of coma ono, and with an exclamation of sat- islaotltn (lame to Clive, and laid his hand on his aboulder. "A thought I should and you kora;" he said, l;averoux is speaking on the 'On- em,ployed-B111--there is going tobe to row -50010 of hie followers are turning r.et- ivo, and 1 ehoutdn't bo surprised if wo get a majority on .the motion, Will you speak? hatter porno at once." Oliva get up with a -quickened pulse, and they returned to the Chamber. It room, and Quillen oalled out tohim from hie bad, ")louse on firer" he 'asked indolently as Olive entered, "I bag your pardon for didturhing you,,,_ explained Olive, "but that woman has turned up again• olio was Unmated down In the street Htoi night, and I want ,You to go round to et Thomas's with ma,' "That woman --P" said Quillen, as 1f. trying to remember. "Oh, tel,, yea. But why do you want user "I don't know," said );live with a laugh. I've a Hurt of idea that you might Ynow liar; I don't know why; but yon 5n. w ac "Allptw I" All rig 10, aid Q sI1tonr, not too mrntl• was innof exoitemont; and it wan ova 11y. "1'11 he down fit a quarter of an :hoar; dent. that Dir, Dovoi'eux was playing a 1°5- though T don't see wby you slioulrl expeo0 tag game, and was aware of it. The Sfouao mo to 7tnew ev5ry 'Member of Vheso voila.wee eramalrsl, continual interruat`oue lous isles." mane from the I;Sberas side, interrupclous Olivt°me and breakfast .with me;" gala 1 brukon ,;;.ah wham, eager laughter as if „Never take breakfast," rssPoudad gull. -tllo Wherein were awaro that Devorcux sou. cru res break i nb star, of the man wan at bay, and that soars they would pull .him down. It was a wonderful eight 'Ivho, wizen ho was aakod, a tar a ho+avy to eye the great, the oetuto otatesa au, night before, what be bed had for break. ftghtfng inch by inch with unbroken calm• foot, replie, A. chop, soda and whieky, naso, and regarding hie foci, sow rein- and a dog,'explaining that he had the forced by a number of hie own party, with dog 'to oat the chop.. '17tat's my case.' n eznila half awneod, }tall contemptuous, However, he had a cup of coffee 'with lie wns on hie 44fenee, and h0 was ueror Olive and they went down to the hospital better than 1Yllea he soil wriggling -as tho together. The home surgeon came t0 b. them, and gave some account of the pa - thin difficulty wag too 50010ea and mom- tient. ptex to bo wriggled oat of, oven by rho "anti iiso1otohe ixnbcettor�;sbnttths ehookosos e clever and reeeuroe(ul Dir. Devoroux. I to have sin 'bed her mind, She 3s gaits Ila ant down, anddeerod by 1.115 remnant of tiliiet, but her memory appears to: have his (drawn,encovera t,ad d already by hit; Poen, I gone; she doesn't remember even lien own Dir. Craleanp, who had npel:ou, rLu,oed at )hive. As Clive root, amidst the wild, anticipatory cheers of his party, be happouod to glance ug at the ladies'. gaUery: Lady Edith had ,,aid that oho was touting down to the House that night, eO.Xou can come up and sou holt" said and ho thought Celine caught a gl5 a w of the lionso 5005000; 'you wont disturb one face, M1'. -had an taco Mesta weak boor; for ler mind'a'a perfect blank, and Dae. and Mao -had at easy teak bolero oho token no interest in anything or any him 3t it+ v'robablo that ho 11a<i never Llborals put it --out of a diStealty; but name, andcan give no account of herself,' Quilton, who wasstanding a little be- hind Olive, drew a sharp breath between hie tooth. then coughed en if to hide the 11,01. spoken butter• he was armed by his : fu- tinpato knowledge of the subject; and in- spired, not by ambition -of late it had aotmad deadin him --but by the desire to lose, to drown his -thoughts, to forgot the past in sous01100nona effort. some ex- citement. ll:o spoke with astonishing fluency, con- sidering the rinmeroue interruptions from the other lido, and .he absolutely demol- ished DTr. Doveroux's plausible orgumonte. That gentleman went on smiling; bat he "That, to the man next him him, That settle tie: a ;Ina spacohi" And he actually nodded in a friendly way to Clive as be Sank into hie seat, The diva- 81011 wns quickly takon, and when it was cern that the Liberals lied a large ma- aority, and that the Conservatives wore at )set overthrown, a roar went up from the Tabora] benches, and a seen of wild eon, Dalian and .mad excitement ensued. Lou stood on their seats, and waved thoir bate and yelled; one or two actually danced in their gree; and it was with 411 Soulty that the.. Speaker enforced order to permit Mr, Devaronx to move the 041001n - meat of the House. which was nnderatcod. !o boa prelude to the resignation of the Government. The members of the viotorious party shook hands with each other,' and, red and hot and exultant, crowded sound Zr. Graham with .exclamations and mbngratn lationo. And not a few preened round Olive, for they know that he was tho com- bos peens indeed, that ho had almost ar- rived. Lord Ohoatorlelgh had groat difficulty Ingobbing at m iu the moved, socl closely y way he surrounded. "ity door boy!" bus said, laying a haus) on (avS() shoulder. "elle Is 'splendid) Edith to outsido. Bab you will not bo able to came. will you; you will want to see Grahame' "No; I will oomo at once," said 011vo, and, gradually breaking away from the noisy throng, he wont out with Lord Meta tebiaigh- Lady 111011th was in the carriage wailing—juab' as slip had boon on that night a year ago. There worn a nnmbor. of persons watching her, for the news of the downfall of the Government •had al- ready spread, and the Yard was crowded;. 'but she mamma unconscious of the eyes . fixed on Ler, aid she leant .forward. her face Hushed, her lips tremulous with tri- umph, and hold out bothhands to Olive, murmuring: Oh, ,Olivet" with passionate admiration and love. The. *road maw to action, almost heard chi verde. and some one 8bont04. "Tiro. cheers for Mr. ((lire Harvey, tato Friend of tba People!" Lamy ))dirk looked round proudly, delightedly,, as the cheer avant. uupi+.� andactuallywaved her handkerchief. "Thabo stultk° Edith," said Lord Mester- Nigh In it low voice."Brit It's for your rake, my boy. Let ve go home!" Tbay got In and the carriage made Ito way,noceeearriy slowly, into the street, many of the crowd following.'. and moll Cheering. - At the oorner of Parliament 'Street alai) crowd seamedto awervo and atop: thou ooncotitrato up in the marriage; and, as a couple of stallvort policemen ptrabod their way through the mob, ho caught sight ofa woman lying on the pavement. •' There Tian boon an aooldent; 'I'm afraid," be said. "I'11 see what it ia. You when O1tve told them 11101 ho Inst go go on, sir. Til take a lssnsom and follow down to Brimfieldto begin the tight, Lord Yon," Es got out !wieldy, and made bps way side o- through the orowdto the a th d c f o p 'iceman who wns bending over the we- ntan. Clive reeognlsed her at once: it was the. woman whom, Strangely- enough, he had peon near the .000,0 opot a year ago, "What Is it?" he caked, "Is also faint, herb?" Bean knocked it down, x111 over, Ole," " aid r, the ,polleeman. touching Isis helmet. "my mato hero caw her 'trying to (moat the road . amongst the carriage... She has fainted. S don't know whether she's much hurt. • We've cont -for 0, oti:gtcher, and we'll. take law to Bt, Iliontaeat here." Tho strota:hor q�tickly arrived, axid Clive went on the Imo a1tali and 'waited until the. a aminalton •tad boon made, "Yoe; she's rater badly barb," said the p01L0e nli.rg00ny "She's not eellaelone yob. Bad aubloot, Yat afraid." I'll OM(' in .the morning to gee how she le," mad C'llv0. one about her, They wont up to tho ward, as -Ii Olive and Qui/ton stood beside tho bed, and looked at the lvoman.' liar face was quite palm now, and her dark eyes, after reating on their ranee for a moment,gazed vacantly before her. poor woman I" said alive. "She does not appear to bo in any pain, Sow long may she remain like thio?" The louse surgeon shrugged his 'shoul- ders,. Impossible to say," he said, by no mea0s 0011ously, but in is matter•of-foot. way. "She may be in this condition for some time, months, years, perhaps; I've known such oases; on the other hand, she may recover her full nesse and memory at any moment. If she goes on as oho is going now, she willbe able to leave the Hospital in a week or two. She will want looking after; and -rho trouble is that the can tell ug nothing of her frionde. We cannot communicate with them, for titers is nothing about her, no letter or any- thing of that kind, to help us toidentify hor. Wo mast do something for her," said Oliva unoortaiulp, Qnilton had not Yet spoken; Cad he looked down at the white and tow- placid farce with an impassive oountenauoe.. As Olive hesitated, however. Quillen said in apavan' manner: "I think I know a woman who would look :after her. Ellie is the widow of a compositor I happened to know --one of the Beason men -and 018 would bo glad to take charge of her fox a small weekly enm." "That fo vary • good of you. Quillen!" said Olive warmly. hn he He .t eked him again when he got out. aide; but Quillen. as he lit his pipe. wav- ed the thanks asides "011, tbaec all right," ho said. "We'll share it between, ass I mean yon can pay the money -Por, of course, your dukaahip would haslet upon, that -and I'll do the root. You've gob -enough on Your hands already. and can't be °apetdted to worry about a little affair of thio kind.. By the way, Wil step book, and tollabem to send mo word when she is fit tope moved. Don't you bother yourself;.I'lltlogk after her. What a nnleanco the forl7e'of`•ex- ample is: golug about and talksrtgwith a professional philanthropist, one catches that troublesome disease. If I sea much more of you I shall be taking todistrict visiting and Dorcas meetings.' With a curt nod and au air of boredom, ho turned on hie heel, sad xo-euterod the hospital. Olive's affairs were certainly numerous and pressing enough to drive the woman out of hie .head. There wasto bo a gen• oral election, and 1t was to take place ab 0005, so that' it might be, over before tbo harvest; and the country was goon plane, ed into the venal state ofconfusion and excitement entailed by a mayoral appeal to the free and independent electorate. It was necessary that Olive should go down to Ilriinfield, without delay; foral. ready his agent there had written to toll him that he would bo opposed by a strong Oonservativo.candidate; and ho hinted that hnother candidate, from the extreme Radical. and Booialist Dido, might also take the field. The Ohesterleighewere full of entlnt- 'deem and energy on Olivo'e account, and Ohesterloigh looked up quickly,andsaid with a Smile:. "What d0 you say. Adult? Shall Ova go down and 'help him? Oho responded at once and as elitism. aiaetically "17110, of ammo!" eho exclaimed, "We'll go down in force, father; and I'll: canvass for 7tim-and--" t him t in an And you:11 lir, P h o W y dear. Birt yon must do our nort of the °olives- sing; 7 must take no hand in 1t; a Poet', you know, must netinterfereIn nn-e1ec. tion,'' 'I'll work like a Trojan. We'll take all. the carriages down, and we'll paint the p�laeo rode' Rod wee Olivdo c011oe.. )cies all the babiee, and tell tea mothers that they aro the finest -the babies, I mean -I've aver scan. Of course, you will win, Olive,'' "With smell aad failure would bo ha - possible." said Olive, They wont down to Brimfield. the 01ios- ter101gllta going to the blouse of a friend, Lady Wyntbaw, and (Rive putting op at the Liberal hotel, the "Royal Mixt" They feend tho place 1.n • great exoitemont; fon' Brliaffeid took elootione0ring sorloilalla and the campaign began instern earn- est; for, nine! the ballot Inas deprived en elecl ion of nearly all 1151 )tumor, and In'' p10.'0 ofthe olil upra"riou0 morrlmcnt, and ,not unanlusing horooplay, w0 have yndloas e3)ieebes, bitter r00rlmhtatiohe, Etna, not editions, opltefnl and comotames liboltans personal accueatiotls. ''tVhatiier the °Range fe one for the better, 10 le, thank goodneee, not for the 1,0450111 writer 011 1PT17RClive asked aired 11imsolf/as hewalked from She bosiiital to lsosveltot; Bgnat'e, whot1ler 410u14 toll the tlheolerleigbs of his far• gprtor enocunt0tty with tbo woman; but Ito derided that 1157 would not do aa: why ahotnd h0 dflatr 05 thorn neodlaaely? Bo ea eontlfod lfirnsnii to reporting tiro woman e aonditiowl 71n 055015' outdo little. or ,to im;lrcoslon upon Lord Obretorlo gb. and I,547 tddila hovond that lvhioll was espied by pier and oyiupatbv for blas 'Ocilla of our terribly ovorerowdad•t/recto, . • Next, oteimi05 Olive wont up to Quilton''e ri Means everything that is choicest in fine tea. "SALAD," means the world's best tea--- "hill. grown Ceylon"— with all the exquisite freshness and flavor retained by the sealed lead packages. %3<tA621, SKEEN or MIXED 6a4 termined as himself. Amongst them wee 1iaehk1, the Anarchist; and .01Iva, whoa los mot hien to the street, and woe scowl. , ed at by Itoahlti, -know that Ile had not only to light polities.' foes, but a perilailtil enamq Dir, Broddy, the third candidata, and his friends did not mince their.last- : guage m' exhibit any cake in the • telon- thcu of their phrases when they addreesod the oleatorei but called Mr. tllive. Hervey 1 a fraud and a hypoorito, and a traitor to the people of whom he was supposed to be o. friend; but the other candidate taught I tho fight in a please:a, and gentlemanly fsehfoni and be and Olive met in gait° a Plieudly way. I "That ollap Broddy " he said to Olive. with a hearty laugh, "will ruin Yon. 110lk split the Liberal Grote, and lot mo in, you'll see! But for him, I ehouidst% stand. a chance." "All's fair in love, wan, and electioneer ingq responded Olive with a laugh. 1'd. ratites yon got in, Gordon, than Dir. Broddy.. Put I'm not beaten yet. 'That's so," said Gordon, And you have rho pull of mop I can't talk a. bit, and yon oan jaw the ltind tog elf adonkey. And than there's Lady Pdithi 7rankly, T do envy you there) But I don 'tbear any grudge; dna by George! such a °beaming lady ought to have her 01011 way. Why haven'.t I a wife or. a sweet• heart to light for mo?" This was very ph:meant; far more plese- ant than to stand by and hear --and Olive often did stand by and ,hear --air. Broddy and Hoshko informing the working men tliat'be, Olive, was a miscreant, not only unworthy to sit in the House of Oom'mons, but to lass. At election times, loos) charities flour- leh exceedingly, for those who are eon- ueoted with them aro cute enough to apt prostate the fact that hay should be made while rho sun in shining, and that at no period aro candidates so liberal and gen. Brous as when they are seeking the suf- fragw of the elector. The pot charitytho Brimfield -and a very worthy one, by way -woo an Orphanage, and the Govern- ors. abrowdly decided on giving a concert in aid of its funds; and as shrewdly ob• tainod all three candidates and their friend° as patrons: charity, as we know, has mo politics; and by thug oorraling all the political parties, the Governors main- tained their impartiality, and avoided in- vidious selection. The result promised to be a brilliant financial suooees. Lady Edith wanted to buy up allyybetickets, and distribute them amongdi . Olive's supporters; but Olive pointed out that this would be bribery to its moat obvious and overt -form: olio had to content herself with making un a huge ,arty. which was to drive down 10 the hall with -literally eying colors.. Clive wished'. to absent himself; but Lady Edith- and the rest of the ladies declared that be certainly tenet b0 present, "Why.. it would never do!" said Lady' n 4 the year "It 10 the great event 0 Y Earth{ 1y - and drink and si Brimfield; they eat Sleep 'eoanort'1 and 16 would look as 1f von were indifferent. Besides. Mr. Gor- don and that horrid man Broddy will be sure to be there.: 011. - of 005050,: you must go, dsareet. And you must, clap like mad' and encore everything, And really I think it le going to lie a very good conoert. /lave you seen the programme? Where, is 11? I had !t' somewhere this morning. Oh, I romember't 1 gave it to a :woman in that dirty 1(0010 street at -rho back of the Town Pall.' Shall T ever forget that street!". 'fan ehuddarod, then laughed„ tAh don't,think.I.mind, Olive! I'd live in the shame if, by doing so, I could help. You to get anything Yon want" "I know," be meld In :slew voice, with •ft. pang of maniere() and selfreproa0h, as he kissed the arm whish alio (sad thrown ronud ills neck. "But about this concert, dear;"- she want on. ' It will really bo worth going to, 100 they have engaged sumo good people; they hove got that new girl one hears so much of lately -what Is her name?-Veh'onlea Vernon. :Father hoard her .at ldauohe0ter, and area quite enthusiastic about her. You must' go; and we muet sit in: the front row, and look delighted with everything and evorybody" • Olive shrugged hie shoulders. "Your ma- jesty bee but to command, and this 01010 has only t0 obey;' •he said, ',Slave! Ah, whioh is. the slave; 1 van- dal" she amid with a sigh, as she smooth- ed his hair, whioh her embraofng arm had roughened. Lady Wynthaw hail arranged a dinner party for the night of. the donoert,. a huge.. dinner party, which was to`. go on front. theGrangetoOtho:ball. Olive, who canto in to dinner 'rather late -ho had -had tar address a: ''bleating, that afternoau-wag -rather tired and a trifle dieplrited; for ho had tonna hie andiana° rather. cold and 'inimical, no doubt owing to the Leat that. Messrs. Broddy and Rashid had addressed them earlier in the day; and las was ra- ther silent and tltoughtfttl -amidst the merriment which prevailed, for it seam- ed to the party, dining cosily and Maur], be impossible bio for onsly, that it, would p thein candidate to be boatel;. (To be continued.) g to d0tide. Lady 1 dish threat ltorsolf tilt°- the con. teat with all tad .ardor she had promised, el'Bhe drove over frim tiro Omega, /may - .. Wyntbaw'a plate, every mooting, her car.. .f 'or nursing mothers 1')ag4 and horsoo bodeeked watt Olive s eolero; elle Oaavaesetl front 3tou0o t0 Na -Drat -Co y gyp, y, l auso; and oh 11 o did nob 010tua111 kiss LW�{eQ°Li OJQ Laxatives the babies, site flatterer) the mnthors and badgered rho husbands Hud fathers in tbo offer the intportaltt advent- preeont aeseotod fashion. ],or that, 00. oasfon alto oast nwide het enthral hauteur; age that they do not disturb and Nwa{;s all Mallon and irrnalottetwee; tzar ip lel to iatforma behind Olive, and the rest of the system or �stel dr to hie,$)lesebee with an palter M. affedt,tlhe Chile;. tariiatces and 1,1000 *Well duly impressed Elis andfan00, ' taSer 2t bolt at your she snowed tai be insasable of Weer!. toed, and treated glive'o romonotrnn405 Druggist's. •(5)111 ldt,glihlif drflaned, reu;tndi iP 1,101 MAC Aro amigo wan hove, and that ho I:tatenai Dome and Chemldal CO.0001141 nand all the heli he amid got. And. of 1800(18. Limited, 1'75 ; ..... alp winks truly; for I,be third candidate bad antemrea, tl. resign lett eloquent omen, n 11oebiliola• wile :had 0010,' dawn afece « paused by a band of sten tis rotigli and do. rointetl P1rtgraphs. An egotist is an "I" specialist. Even the union dentine believe in an open shop. It's to hard to retake ahero as it is easy to unmake. oir.13, - •' If all keen were to get justice, more of them would be in -jail, After a gossip -belle all s1145 knows she gots busy- and tolls. more.. . Marriage is never a failtu'e—but the contracting parties frequently are, irlate'flll; lh );feed "Shah I over get well. again, doctor 1" Defter 1 "Most, dntainly. I'4c lied a lot of experience of (loin' eon:plaint, Wily, I've been treat. ing another patient for it for the past fifteen years. r" On e Far ap,,GXm42,,eve aaas®.e krA. .ear Fire Protection on the feral. In probably not one out of a thousand farmhouses or barns is a bucket of water kept in a handy place ready for use in case of fire emergency; yet `so effective is a handy bucket of water when fire starts that the insurance ander- writers grant a lower rate of in- surance to manufacturers and mer- chants who will keep a specified number of filled fire buckets in cer- tain locations in their buildings. Frequently a cupful of water at hand when a blaze starts as a tiny flame is more valuable in prevent- ing fire loss than a whole fire do partment tenminutes later. A sin- gle bucket of water dashed soon enough on blazing curtains or dra- peries, or a small blaze starting in rubbish or hay, will put out a fire before it has opportunity to gain headway, and thus may be the means, not only of saving a build- ing and its contents and preventing the death of stock, but even save loss of human life. Moot people rely on a pump or water tap as a source of water when fire brealrs out. In the excitement following an outbreak of fire it fre- quently is difficult to locate buok- ets, and the delay of two or three minutes necessary to fill a bucket at a pump or tap'be enough to give the fire a chane to get into the Walls, or spread to a point where it very difficult to quench. Every household should be equip - Ped with a fire bucket, provided with a cover, filled with water, and used for no other purpoeo, The best type of bucket is one with a rounded bottom, which prevents its sitting on the floor, and so makes it useless for ordinary household work, These bucket should be painted red, and should be filled at ;regular intervals to replace wa- ter lost by evaporation. For :the same reason buckets provided with coSera are better than open book eta and prevent dust and other ma- terial gutting into the water and. making it unpleasant. One such buoket ab least ought to be provid- ed on every floor of the (house or barn. They should be located near the stairs or entrance to the build- ing, so that those .rushing in from the 'outside or starting far the stairs can get them without delay. The rounded bottom buckets can he kept either in a bench with a holo eat in it to receive the bucket, or else can be suspended out of reach of children, from a metal or wooden bracket.. • These bookers are particularly important in winter in climates whore pumps or, tape may, Reese. 510. As a general , the fire risk is greatest in cold weather, because that is 'the time when the stoves and furnaces are mads as hot as possible to keep the house wa.rin. the hater in a•1 v In naso the barn, of these buckets .can be kept from freezing, except at temperatures below zero, by -adding two pounds and one ounce, or elightly over two poiinde of fused calcium chloride :to each gallon of water. This calcium chloride must not be contused. with the ordinary chloride of lithe, the bleaching powder. The caleiuns chloride is v01,5' inexpensive and both keeps the water from freezing at temperatures above zero and ,also prevents rapid evaporation. With this mixture in his fire. buck- ets,the farmer, except in -eases of. unusually low temperature, has al- ways et his command the means of. checking .the start of a fire in his bares, ' real l/1.)1'11 Coils. Economical feeding, of a dairy herd is a subject which cannot be fully explained in 10 s11o1'1, papere bet there are a few points which 'I nighb mention which would cause the reader further to investigate for himself, writes M. K. W. If 1' could say' something that would ±an5e dairymen to look into the matter, . my hest hopes would be realized, for it is easy for man to be shown after he is willing to leq•rlh, As a Pule . Juane gr wn foodry atiditldt Corm •the mainel1anee, but comniereiitl feeds alta purchased grains will neoeneirily o ictipy ..fu more or less prominent place in dairy ralir,ns for years to Come, How much of these feeds we ±1011 ltse al a profit depends upon their cosh and tho qualify of the cows We ale feeding, Generally speak iR1 '''ins e A {or' l ' 'e X tgin&O' grain than the lean whois produc- ing products that oan be held over in storage for:. longer periods of time. Viewed from another .viewpoint, the eow that is fed 'starvation ra- tione and those fed more than they can di est and turn to aprofit, 'are both losing money for their own- ere. It is somewhere between these extremes that the successful dairy- man must set hie standard. It is his business to find out and no dairy authority on earth can in- form him intelligently, It le one of the many lessons we must work !out by associating with out stock, d• DUCK-IBC'N'PLNG IN WATER. Remarkable Font Performed By A.n Indian Lad. A novel and ingenious method of capturing wild docks is described in the Wide World Magazine, by Mi'. W. E. .Pedley, who witnessed the feat while on a hunting trip in In- dia. In lus party was a lithe, ac- tive -looking native lad, who pro- tested to be able ix> swim under water into the midst of a flock of wild fowl, and catch the birds in his naked )hands, He was given an opportunity to show his skill in a quiet lagoon near the camp. A gentle sunset breeze was blow- ing, says Mr. Pedley, when wo silently forced our punt into the rushes about 20 yards from where a flock of ducks were busily engag- ed in diving for wild oelery roots, Immediately the youth began his. simple preparations. He put an a stout leather belt with a rawhide thong that passed through holes, and formed a 'succession of loans, like a cartridge -belt. It was in- geniously arranged so that any one loop could be drawn tight, and the slack passed to its neighbor. Next, he drew from his bundle what Iooked like a ,deoxy duck out off at the water -line, or just below it. Turning it over, ho showed us that it was simply the skin of a duck, with beautifully stuffed head and neck, but quite hallow inside. The main frame consisted of a,strip of split bamboo, . bent into the shape of a long, narrow 'horseshoe: A little cross -bar was securely ties on with einewe about an inoh and a .Half from the heel end of the shoe. Tho skin was sewn with sincraffs to the main horseshoe-ehaped frame, but under the tail it was entirely cut away, so as to leave an open Space. Riding on the water, it looked like a badly anode decoy, because the head and nook, being stuffed, were unduly heavy, and the bird rode with its head tipped forward andite tail absurdly oockod up. The, youth slipped into the water, and, turning on his track, took the little cross -bar between his tooth. He then lay floe.ting quietly, the body of the decoy covering his nose, eyes, mouth and chin. The water was clear, and. we could easily see hien under the surface, At once we sawwily the elfin of the decoy was cut away under the tail. It was to enable him to see out. . The lad swain down the narrow passage toward the flock, and wo BuySt. Lawrence Sugar in original peokagos, n - toughed from refinery to your cupboard, you are sure of audgr abeolutoly free from contamination or impurities of any kind. St. Lawreooe granulated whits pure cane euggdrip onakad !n 1(5000 81 00 04 ggrain-ane, medium and coarse, in 1001b., 2516, and 20 1b. sealed bogs. sad 5 M. and 2 Ib, carton. All first class deafer. can supply Ig so insist upon lamina Si, Lawrau,o sagas: $T. 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Presently an other one went under, and than two at a time but one was:oaught only by one leg, and made a great squawkingand splashing as ho went 'down. Thereupon the rest teak alarm, and flew .away. We poled up, andfound the i eleven ducks youth grinning, w tlh eks e e t in his belt. The baby fell and struck This head on one of the pedals of the piano. "Oh he's not hurt, mummy, " said the elder brother "i` was the soft pedal he struck!" "My wife went out yesterday af- ternoon, and I kept the baby still two hours.".. "How did you do it i" "Nailed his clothes' to the floor, and gave him a tin of syrup to play with.' -t 'The moment you tit it,yea vpiJ! want it/ i lir it! —just'�s�.,j]ust dl7 if you love violets --if you love to have their delicate fragrance clinging to your hair and hands and face—go to your druggist and ask him for Jcrgens Violet Glycerine Soap. Smellit—just once! Get one whiff of its real violet fragrance, and you will join the thousands who have found that this crystal clear soap gives to the toilet and bath a de- light no other soap can. 'There are are 1n'utations, hot you won't find the 5'(111 perfume of violets unless you gel Jergest.. tiar'l, I yceriI\ Por sola by C'antdinu draseist; frost coast to co0e , iaciwiisr Yr,afo„ adta(ld. Writo for sample siitke today It your druggtat latah it, Band It 2a attatie fppr 0ndla ea( ay ptl.68ir0l5 fit, petite Ontoeiu, nee L''oa a rake. Three coke, for C,nea Guar. ke.r ward. 't" 1W 1i1TI:Ur, TO W,i:1-ttN. An Awkward Boy of 100 Years ,kgs Who lbeeuune a Great eveuter. More than 100 years ago a stow freckle -faced, a1kwerd boy of la years, dressed in a ragged waist. coat and short breeches, without stoelrings or shoes, rapped one evening at the door of a humble cottage in Northern England, and asked to seo the village schoolmas- ter, When that person appeared the boy said, very modestly, "X would like to attend your evening school,. g11'." ':And what do - you wish to study' 1" asked the teacher, rough- ly. "I went to learn to rend and . - write, sir," answered the lad, The schoolmaster glanced at the boy's Homely face and rougholothes scornfully, and said; "Very well, you may attend, but an awkward, baize -legged laddie like you would better be doing something else than learning ills lettere." Then ho - elesed the door in the lad's face. This boy was the sun of the fire- man of a pumping engine in a Northumberland coal mine and was born 132 years ago—on June 9, 1781, to be exact. His birthplace was a ]Io4e1, with a clay floor, mud Ovalis and baro rafters. When he was five years old he began to work kr his living by herding cows in the day -time and barring up the gates at nigh -b. As he grew older he was set to picking staves from the coal, and after that to driving- a horse whigh drew coal from the pit. He. went half -fed and half -clothed. When he called at the school- house he was plugman of a pumping engine, and, though he knew no- thing of reading or writing, he had - studied the engine until he had a complete knowledge of the machine. He was able to take it apart and make any ordinary repairs. Not discouraged by the advice given him by the schoolmaster, ho made application and attended the evening school, At the end of about two years he had learned all this School could teach him. He con- ceived the plan of constructing a steam engine, It took him a long time, but et the ago of 40 he bad made several engines, and was known as a successful and energetic ' engineer, and was called upon to build long and difficult lines of railroad. - But his locomotives were too slow: he wanted them to run fasten," Heptoposed to build one that would, run at the rate of 12 miles an hour! Everybody laughed at him. Some thought he was crazy. One gentleman, who considered himself very wise, said to him; "Suppose you invent an engine capable of running nine or ten miles an hour, - and suppose, while it is running, a cow should stray -upon the track. Will not that be a very awkward circumstance 1" "I should think it would be very, awkward --for the cow," ho- are mitered. Well, he succeeded in making his locomotive, and at the trial which took place near Liverpool it attaal -'° edI to the unprecedented speed o 14 miles an hour 1 By malting sex - Iain improvements' this - same en- - gine, the Rocket, was made to go at a speed of 30 miles an hour. Peo- ple laughed no longer, but admired. He .was invited as .a consulting engineer to foreign countries and wealth flowed upon him. Philoso- phers sought his friendship and his King obeyed him knighthood, but,. he preferred to remain' 'plain George 'Stephenson. That is the name of this awkward Addie, who became the inventor of the locomo- tive. ig CHOKING _l TIGER TO liE,1.TH.1 liow a Chi3tese Soldier Killed. a I,argc Bcaat. A writer in the 'Wide World Magazine gives the- following inter- esting account of a Chinese sol- dier's plucky fight with a tiger: "In the mountainous province of Kirin, - formerly one of the three provinces of Manobooria, dispatch- es are conveyed by soldiers, who ride do fromo no district another. st et to p,not o One day last November a soldier was on his way back to Kirin City, the capital of the he province,, when °4alied a IarIetiger comu ward frim. Dismounting, lieaimed as best ho could, with a rifle not of the most modern pattern, and fired. The animal, though wounded, was 1. not disabled and sprang in a fury toward the soldier., Fortunately for him, the man kept his head, and, with the silo tightly clasped a and supported against , his sliest, awaited the oncoming of the ani- mal. Just as tilt, tiger wait ready for the final tvpring,.,iwith hie 'jaws wide open, the soldior,iamincd the point of the Title ith all his might ,_ tblough the moVii,,', against the. basil of the skull, The force of the animal's spring as he rushed for- ward no doubt bcllxed to end the steugg'lee for in a few minutes than tiger was 1,5ing tin its side and bleathing•its hist. The plucky sol - diem rode to the capital, 30 Attlee a.wat, atid.reported the incident to his aonnnander, Half a dozen outer soldiers then accompanied him to the spat, and between them the ani- mal was 0ai•ri. d home and photo- graphed in fro 1t of the comnhi4lhd- or's house, with the dame;e41 rifle in situ,,, �,,.:.,_ �.,-.ori..,...,._..... Nothing realms a matt so 1,0 have a gird jm sy bit;, �iu