The Brussels Post, 1914-12-3, Page 2oncy
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Or, A Strange Stipulation.
ieeleralt Valle -et queened,.
It was =met lite drifting bash t, ut
ol.., hard.wo.iing shays t1 had Inmate
steering his 'way out of the crowde
streets towards the country. The fact 0:
*sing eomethnt , of having to occupy h
mind and his hands was very helpful.
The eenso of liberty too, was agreeable,
'for though in one sone has nature re
eponded to the luxury whielt sur,00nth e
. him, he felt hampered and Irritated by
the presence of et many people -catching
and 'waiting upon him•
•Air. Tenderten called late that afternoon
and frowned slightly when ho beard 'eft
Mr. Bryant wao not likely to he at. ieis22,.,
Ho had geen a good deal items by 111
liana manner ;he night before, and it
certainly was net hie inteutlen to let
the young man treat him in eo cnlatu'.•
a fashion; neither did Mr. Tenderten en•
tend to let Julian Bryant .be too indel red•
ant;.however, inthe present i•'etu'e
there arae nothing to be done but to team
hie card and to go unsay,
He made plans, however, Its he went Hie
bill of oo0ts should be heavy; the ena nal
interest he had expended on Julian Bry-
tint needed full payment,
- 'After all, he takes it very coolly," Ed-
gar Tenderten said to himself, "and if it
hadn't
have been? Pteydefor me I l0ewould wherelie
have let him slide into the money co
amity. If he thinks he can shako mo off
in this sort of way, he has made a great
mistake 1"
Julian Bryant was absent for twenty -
tom' hour=; but ataxia he came bash he
felt and looked another man
His housekeeper had expressed sumo
doubts se to hie capacity of driving hie
own car; but Stephens had dismiesed this
With a *ave of hie hand.
ire was not going to give his master
rt-WayS but he knelt' Abet suifietently
enough about Julian's former etatus to
bo aware that whatever else Mr, Bryant
might fail in, at leant in driving a csr he
was •certainly the right man in the right
plasm.
There were varous lettere awaiting,
among them one in a very hold hand-
writing 'hearing a. coronet and carrying
cy;
i)
y. rn u. 11•. tut um. - ,.t•tty int,. a 1
is lit ney. and he nes ea it;endta. i;hy11
be kind to bins Papp, '
Tina duck 01 looked at her (+nein witdi
t tittle go1ur,.a al e t re:.siou fu Mir {Tera.
-80111etimes there la danger in itindness,"
he said: and L td.v Ellen colored {lightly
1,t laughed and shruggett her shoulders.
• Oh, I don't mean to he d alege. ou t but
1 do tike him; really and trety ill "
When eke rase to go the duchetie turned
to Juli;tn.
"If von here nothing 'better to do, bar.
Bryant," ehe said. "I shall be very glad
if Trot Will come down and stay tate week-
end with as, We are in Kent just now. I
have pe^spaded Lady Ellen to come. I
think she needs a little change of air."
"You are very hind," .Tulian B-i^tnt said.
-Thank you very. much, I :'hall be de-
lighted to come
Lady Ellen flitted tip to them.
"Making 1)l^ 21" she sa,d.
"1 it the persuaded 121; Bryant to come
to ns for a few days," the timbres snide
{lien •.he added "and 7312 can motor
down glltte easily."
Ttrvnte 1.:oked at Lady Ellen.
w"0uld yai•1 ear'0 to have my err?" he
:eked her; and ehe answered, "Yes, if
yon will drive mo down yourself; but I
must warn yon that I shall take all sorts
of p tchagcs with me. I am a te:•rible
n (wper-
00hen I travel, aren't I, Poppie?"
"Send your maid on'with your luggage,
and just motor down quietly ,with Mr.
Bra -ant."
It sounds delightful." said Lady Ellen;
and she almost clapped her stands
After all her guests had gene she sat
dawn and wrote a letter to Colonel Daw-
ney,
"I've got a new friend," she wrote. "a.
man: No, I am not going to flirt with hien
because he is 00 trice! And do you know
why he is so nice? Because he 1s awfully
like you: he reminds me of you in the
meet extraordinary way, both in look and
in the tone of voice and espeeiaily in h:o
mantle;. His name is Bryant; and ho has
inherited a fortune from that queer old
Mrs. Mernoek, who died recently; evident-
ly she must have been very fond of him,
because ehe has left all Forts of treasures
a delicate mei delicious scent. It was braider money. I think you would llko
from Lad Ellen ••rapper, asking Mr, Bey. Mr, Bryant. Weare going, to stay with
g y (time this whilst,
Intd. I wish you would
ant to dine with her quite unceremonious', come over whilst I am there. Good -night,
ly that night. you nice, dear, erose Adrian.
"Ever yours,
_— -Nell."
'I do hone you are not engaged,;' she
wrote. "I' shall be no dieappolnted if you
can't come. 1 rang up on the telephone
thie morning; but they told me you were
away Motoring. What a sensible thing
to dot London is too dreary for wade
.just now."
Julian sent round a note by ]rand to
Lady Ellen's house saying that he 'would
bo delighted to dine. He heard of ,lir.
'renderten's vielt with a contraotlon of
his brows. Ho was not quite so dense tie
Edgar Tenderten imagined, for he had
pretty shrewdly taken the measure of the
other man, and he was quite convinced
that Tenderten intended to get a good deal
out of ]rim.
Ono of his letters gave Julian no pleas.
Bra 'whatever. It wee from hie mother,
mysteriously'full of the extraordinary
change in his circumstances, and who
uatur'ally wrote to congratulate him and
remind him that there were .many things
that ho could do for her.
She announced that she was returning
to England in about a month or six
weeks' time, and she wrote a few rather
barsh senteneee about Enid, whoee ale
scree during his illness had been report-
ed to her,
'T always knew, my darling, that your
marriage was a. great, great mistake. Of
eouree, I did not want to Empress this
upon you too much; but your wife should
have been a different kind of woman; and
then you married so hurriedly. Look how
she dragged you down, and 1211 that you
went through, poor dear."
Julian tore hie mother's letter into a
hundred pieces; although he disliked do-
i0g so, he questioned Stephens.
"When I was Ell," he asked abruptly.
"Can you tell me if anyone communicated
with my mother?"
Stephens hesitated a moment. and then.
said—
Pee, .lir. There was a time -when you
were so bad, sir. that it was thought ne-
ceesary to let Mils. Hembury know. It
was Mr. Tenderten who wrote, sir; he got
her address from some lettere which had
beim sent on from your former roome.
"So my letters were opened?" Mr. Dry
ant acid hardly. "That eecme 0eery
0urione thing."
"Wellsir," said Stephene. in his desire -
eating manner, "There wasn't no one to
Vet ,for you except your lawyers, and de 1
:Met said now, sir, you was in it very bad
way, sir, and•--"
"And those letters that came, why were
they not given to me when I was well
enough to read them?"
"X am 00ro I don't know, sir. I expect
Mr. Tenderten could tell you."
Julian felt his heart beat almost gain.
fully. lie dismissed Stephens and went to
dress, treating that it would give him .the
greatest satisfeetion in the world to put
his hands round Edgar Tenderten's
throat and tatake hem like a rats
"She must aro 'written, and he etdppel
her letter.' And then there same one of
those phases of hie humiliation,
"Atter all, I may reseed hint at, a
skunk; but what does he think of me?"
Lady Ellen wee alone in her little draw.
ing-mom when Mr. Bryant was announced,
i am so gglad to.see you," ,she Bald,
Sho looked stare boy isle than ever, for
she had a trick of wearing her wavy hair
on one eider and her gowns were always
very simple and very yeun0 looking,
32111ar, know of cameo that the must
be somewhere about twenty-six or twenty.
seven; !but she eeem0d much younger,
"My 0008111 Is tendert; she Sid not leave
town, after all. She lied to take her
youngest boy to an oculist. You met iter
the other eight, you know; and then I
11etv0 asked two mail whorl i. think y011
will like; and there ie a girl coming' who
sings awfully well, I want you to be
happy, Mr. Bryant, because th511 you will
come back and see me many times."
"I should like to 0wme 'wherever you ask
mo, Lady Ellen," Bryantanswered,
fIbe smiled at slim. You weren't out. in
South Africa at the time of dhe war, were
'you, dna', Bryant?" she queried a• moment
later.
Julian shook his head,
No; I had only just jolued, worse lucks
I dhould have loved to have gone,"
"Do you 'know ashy 1 •ticked you this? It
Es because you have just the same sort of
look in your taco that Adrlan Dawney had,
You don't know how changed he ire OS
(onto he was fearfully knocked about.
poor fellows He last his left arm. But I
out believe it was that that *hanged
him so muck."
War is a terrible experience, Lady Tn.
len; and from 'what I know of what; Col.
01101 Deethey did, he must have gone
through some awfully haws time{."
"7t 3 sounds eo Mg and Iwendertul,"
f,atfy Ellen eiahedI and laughed at the
tame time, 'Corr know. I ant always has.
411 Itard tutees; Int my 1 071400 are 80
little in OOmparlson to what other :per;",{
hale to suffer, lel )1 3'o le Poppi0,"
Thab evening Anton Bryant '009 almost
ba,ttpy, It lean Certainly is sally delightful
. tlop0riend0, fett him. Lady splen had an
indefinable unarm, and the duohces lune
So kind. su0h a Woresa,nly woman, 0110
seeded Co tithe d, ;;seat interest in him, Af-
tee dinner tha girl about whom Lady El-
len had 0t,)011ha tilting to them '00 'sweetly,
and Jallan Bryant tat and Hatred With
1,t eyrp lo( and It s fat0 11911.
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the belied 8011118 says f.. Mr, 1'onde 10,1
Bald theo1 r nigh' that /ilk. 1lryant 10
CHAPTER I.C.
On the whole, Enid Bryant got through
the ordeal of her first public performance
very well, all things considered. Her name
figured in the programme 3e Miss Sin-
clair; -he hurriedly chose this name as
one which had belonged to her Hunt's
family in Canada.
Manon Laurie asked no questions; but
she ,glanced casually and signitkantly at
her new pianist's left hand on which the
wedding ring still gleamed, and Enid's
first task 'when she had been alone had
been to draw thle precious ring off her
finger and put it carefully away. Whoa
night time came Enid was 'worn out, and
yet when she was in ,bed at last she
could not sleep; against all her courage
the tears would come, and she wept bit-
terly and hopelessly.
Things did not ,e0 so pleasantly with her
the second day. There had been very little
money in the hall the night before, and
the members of the concert party were
one and all bad tempered and depressed.
When she caw Enid's white face and
tear -stained eyes, bliss Laurie gave an
omphatio shrug of her shoulders. She had
no use for an ill person or one heavily
troubled, and this sentiment wee felt in.
tuitively by Enid, wbo had already learnt
the hard but necessary lesson that the
world as a rule is too much 000upied'with
its own affairs to give sympathy or be
bored with sorrow.
:1 couple or hours hard work at her
piano did her good; she resolutely put all
torturing thought aside.
"1 won't remember," ehe said to her.
self. And after all, there was joy to her
to be back in the oral groove of music, to
feel ambition thrilling her once again, to
be conscious of the delight of her own
power, even to dream dreams of a future
in which that power might carry her very
fi She played quite brilliantly on the sea
and night, and was cheered and gratified
by the praise of her companion6.
The next day the little party moved of
to another town, and after tl;at a hard
time followed for Enid. They (hanged so
frequently, and it was difficult to easiest
in the 'pra0tteal arrangements and go
through all the work of a new ,programme
while at the same time she had to look
for lodgings.
She found time, however, to scribble a
few lines to Sybil Jaokson, and to thank
this good friend moot gratefully for her
practical help.
It was not until Enid had been -away
nearly three weeks that baits Jackson for.
warded on Ser, •Tleydell's letter. When
she did so, site wrote a note of optima,.
tion—
"I hope I have not done -gong in keep•
ing back this letter; 'but I. have felt that
it was ening to upset you, and I didn't
•want anything to happen to make things
herder /or you than they are at present.
You aoo, I am 00 afraid you might be
tempted by the goodnees of your heart to
be called bask to the life width you have
bad the cottreg0 and the proper spirit to
leave,"
Enid ,at some than before Sho opened
Mr. Pieydell's letter, but at leet opened
the envelope. She quiekl remembered
.the name of Pleydell as being one of those
signed to that letter which had fallen out
of Julfau'a pook01 that .by -gone day.
Tho atilt. unsympathetic wording of this
letter brought .to the girl a treat rush of
unhappiuees. A.baolutely ignorant of all
that was passing with Julien, wholly un•
con00lous of hie Mimeo, naturals Enid
sew in this communication frost hie law-
yer the one {roof ehe had 70gnired to
bring home to her the Rant that by May.
ing ]rim oho had est him from Itereelf for
ever.
It would be hard to define the thought{
that had laic hidden even from her own
wok;o but roam 11, was thattdeep ts don hard
the ear110m of her heart hope had lurked,
built on so many sweet memories, the
hope that 1110 anan ahs loved, and whom
she had believed had loved her, would
have lot all the money in tho world go
Tether than have risked the loam of that
love.
Instead of +being angry with her friend
dor not forwarding on Ads letter, Ettid
'wes grateful to Sybil Jaokeen, for tboug,h
it eigniiled so meth ment,at'suffering to
her now, it 'would stave been lntlnitely
harder Where reed euo}} a letter in the
first days o¢ her now exieten00.
She put 1,t eoMo, and scribbled just a
tow hind words, .pretending an tndiffer•
Mtge ehe ,sae far from feeling.
"What S 'want you to realize dear
Sybil," she wrote, "le that work has done
Me all the good is the world! 1 aM get-
ting on splendidly, and a0 long a,, T
have Me .mimic, I Sion'.t 'Want, anything
oleo,"
Sho oortainly was much 'better in stealth
and brighter in spirts; like Julian? when
bin turn came to feast the shunter a
e0rtain Melt of e0pldstry crept into 1
En1cl'.fl nature, :the tried to 11,11d011 bow- 1
self, eve to sewer at what had been ee I
bee utifn�
A.t Janet, Parr no, Linger a fool,' 0111'1
1.011111 say to herself, 'I stn doing same -1
ltyhhut better than melting and eveu:bltiu;r;
ilool's for a. swan who 11101101m ea little or
theme, came 0P get -deg t ne '
me that when She 1
1,awl of m0 o Behest that chane with Leta :
]2 nun i
11at 0 ,6 w'ar' n It work ng at Iter li tl ,. '
Idle
e tees( 011g 1001ke, She w1' full of rt r. 1
lea's 8000'571 to nit i1l11, to ares, to reed ui
were thing 11ey0nd 110r. Weil Lauri Wale. ,
derei�d audibly at icor aettvlty,
"'You2w11] 11000; get fat, that's rert.aie,' 1
ehe last Then she tools Enid into her
•
uv 1.1 5,a,a,.
General 13ru8ui bill.
In command of one of the Russian
armies now repelling the Germans.
confidence. "I am awfully worried," elle
said, "Desmond Itonimond 10 in a wretch•
wily bad temper because his songs go so
badly."
Enid smiled faintly. Chun slie {aid.
"Well, that is Mr. Ilamanond's own fault.
Ile einga eo abominably!"
"Oh! for goodness' sake, don't any .that
out aloud,' Mies Laurie said, in great
eomsternation. "If he •were to hear you
it would be all an witll teal" Then elle
explained further, "My dear, we simply
can't afford to let Hammond bo upeet be-
cause, you nee, he Ta running t1118 show.
IE 1 00 a reinelly splendid bit of luck .that
threw' het,:
em my way, He fs river so well
off, and will came into ra good devil of
money later on, and all he wants to do ds
to sing. I am afraid." 11°ee Laurie said
suddenly, "you are the diatnrbiug els•
01001,"
I am;' Enid said uneasily, and w1th a
good deal of 101pri'0.
"Yes, you gat encores every perform-
ance: that makes oar young friend sulky.
If we don't do eometiliug, I tam afraid that
there will be an end to thin little enter-
tainment right away."
"Ohl then please cut mo out of the sae
gramme, said Enid, her voice trembling
a little.
'Phe 2021210 suggestion that the tour
should come to an end before •the appoint-
ed time, ,made her heart beat nervously.
She had no plans for the immediate fie
tura, for, deeply as she aeknowledgged her
debt to Sybil Jaokson, the more Ultou ht
of sharing her life indefinitely with this
friend sent a ohill through her heart.
"Wall, I am afraid you will have to
stand on one Bide et least -for a Bight or
two; Marson Laurie said; "be was Just
like a bear with a sore head last night
when you had those two encores'
"I think -11r. Hammond is a very odious
young man," Enid said, with some na-
tural temper.
Mise Laurie shrugged her shoulders. Bat
she was not unkind.
"I am ever so much obliged to you fee
working hi *with me," she said. "Lots of
girls would have made it very disagree.
able."
Enid laughed as pathetic little laugh.
"Well, it isn't just natural eweeinere 011
my part. Unfortunately, I have t0 live,
and I don't want the tour to end any
more than you do."
Nevertheless this change in the arrange-
ments was something of the nature of n
blew to her, for her only moments of
Pleasure and real happiuese and forget-
fulness were those spent on the platform,
letting her heart, and soul epeak through
her fingers,
She had taken a dislike to Desmond
Hammond the Bret time they had met. He
was good-looking. but there was an. ng.
grcesh'etreee in hie manner, that ugly ar-
mantee which money so often gives.
She had avoided him as much as pos
sible, but they 'were obliged to come into
contact because her 10-01020 110 aecOm-
paniet bad 00 lm at the disposal of the
various artiste for rehearsal,
To one 60 really and sensitively a mugg•
pian as Enid, the taste o'1 trying over Mr,
Hamutond'8 songs was fraught with real
suffering. She found herself unoonseious-
ly entreating little thingo to, him; but
either his vanity or hie stupidity -pre.
-
ven.ted him from following her angges-
tions.
(.hat same night her sole 121010 with.
drawn, and Miss Laurie, to help mattera
along, these
which for'tunateeelyetwereth very
well received.
The night was a (vet one, and after the
concert Enid stood awhile at the aide
door of the hall. She had brought no um.
brel]a, and it was a Matter of great on.
sideration to her that she should not get
her cloth00 wet o1' spoilt. Mahon Laurie
had already gone, but Mr. Hammond's
motor oar, in wltieh he travelled from
town to town, 'was waiting and he came
out while Enid was standing in the door-
lrny., He lifted hie hat to her and was
passing on when he paused.
You didn't play to -night," he said.
"Why was that?"
She shrugged her shoulders,
"Ohl I wasn't in the mood."
The young tern hesitated. Ito looked at
the fair, pretty, delicate face, and avail
come:dons once again of Cho extraordinary
pride of this girl,
"I say it is awfully wet; won't you let
ane take you home in the oar?"
She shrank 'f'r'om him visibly,
"0h, thank you—uo—no," and to cut•
plrasize her words she said "Good -night,"
and almost ran out into the road.
Fortunately oho was overtaken by tbo
baritone, a, pleasant man, no longer very
young, and he insisted on. 81,02ltlg ale um-
larella with her.
'To be continuer.)
Many a man would starve if he
had nothing to live on but his repu-
tation,
Customer—How are your , salted
almonds? Fresh Clerk--No'm ;
salted,
SUNDAY ON A BATTLESHIP
SCENE ON I3IRI'ITS1I ('B1'11Eil
STRIPPED FOR ACTION.
The 51an- o'a%Vtrmen's Favorite
111111 Is "Fight the (boll
Fight.,'
On the North Sen, a cruiser 's
stripped for action -the guns load•
ed, torpedoes fitted and trained,
range Anders at work measuring
off the varying distances of sighted
vessels; a word, a touch, and that
mighty fabric of potentiality will
Haeme es if filo mouth of hell had
opened and vomited its contents,
writes the Rev. Forbes Phillips,
Meanwhile, the foremast flies, the
peaceful flag of Divine service, with
its white cross, the symbol of su-
preme self-sacrifice and courage.
Not many hours ago, from that
same mast, was signalled messages
fraught with battle and clestr'uction,
which opened the Book of Life and
Death with a1 urche,tra of lyddite
shell and shrieking shrapnel.
The cruiser's decks are swept of
everything which is not a, weapon
or some instrument auxiliary to
death. No bulwark or rail; She
ship is stripped, and in her naked
strength—three hundred and odd
feet of shod death.
lt'e are on the ground where over
a hundred years ago Nelson kept
his ceaseless watch on the North
Sea. The men hurry up out of all
kinds of unsuspected places, mus-
tering beneath the once -burnished,;,
nolo dull, muzzles of iron -throated
monsters. An officer sniffs the
wind, consults with another, and
decides to hold the service 'tweet.;
decks. The chaplain, already rob-
ed,
r b -ed, is in the captain's cabin settling
the final details of the order of ser-
vice.
'Tie master-at-arms appears and
reports everyone aft. The choir,
augmented by a small string band,
is grouped round the wind -jam, a
harmonium, with a slight cold due
to exposure. Between decks the.
whole ship's company is mustered,
men are wedged into all kinds of
uncomfortable places, chairs are
placecLfor the officers.
The Favorite hymn.
The chaplain appears, accompani-
ed by the captain, The latter seats
himself facing the ship's company,
the chaplain steps to the improvis-
ed prayer -desk and gives' out a
hymn, It might have been an order
to open fire so quick is the response,
as from lusty lungs there rolls ' out
the soldiers' and sailors' favorite,
"Fight the Good Fight."
The service is a shortened form
of evensong with the special pray-
ers used daily in His Majesty's
navy, to be found in any prayer
book.
The men's voices are uplifted in
the response, augmented this time
by a chorus of seagulls. With the
first hymn they started a shrill se•
ries of cries, but now they have got
into their stride. There is the
ground bass of the distant waters,
the whispering swish of the caress-
ing waves blending with the voices
of some hundreds of men, but softly
dominant is the song of the sea.
Truly there were visualized and
actualized the opening words of
the Benedictus, "0 all ye worlka of
the Lord, bless ye the Lord, praise
him and magnify him forever."
And ,around us and upholding us
the moving mystery of the sea, fit
symbol of God and His protecting'
arms.
The captain—a fine figure, alert,
with a penetrating eye and clear-
cut features—reads the lesson re-
verently, and the laces of the ship's
company turn to him, The seen lis•
ten with keen interest in a story
which tells of a nation's struggles
and desperate defence,
In those glees one reads the, tale
of what is known in the navy as "a
happy chip."
The Angel Warrior.
The chaplain gives a shoat ad-
dress on St. Michael, warrior, arch-
angel, champion of the chivalry of
heaven, his not a "Save your soul
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God stands for, and appeals to
them to stand for the sante ; indeed;
he takes it for granted, so he can.
Much has been written about the
religious and irreligious condition
of our bluejackets. In the tract's
which ask for money to missionize
1tin1 he is either represented a.s a
demi-god of a demijohn. The "poor
Jaok order of pamphlet is resent-
ed by the whole of the navy, from
admiral to A.B. Everyone by this
time ought to know that a blue-
jacket is a highly trained, intelli-
gent man, disciplined and respon-
sible. A drunkard has no place, in
His Majesty's navy.
The men listen • to the padre,
quiet, intent, and let one who know
them add they will be as selene and
quiet in that day, it may be but a
few hours, when the cruiser moves
on at full speed, while crews stand
at tho 40114,3000 wait in the am-
munition passages, the captain in
the conning tower the gunnery of-
ficer in. the fire control, the engines
whirling at, mad speed, while stok-
ers in the depths below "oil" and
"feel" and shovel and rake as the
cruiser rushes into action.
One more hymn then the blessing.
A destroyer looms up out of the
creeping mists of evening, slows
down, listens for a few' minutes, ex-
changes signals, and then is off
again to continue that watch which
is first cousin to prayer.
SAVED BY A FALL.
An Explorer's Experience in North-
ern : Canada.
Journeying through northern
Canada by pack horse and canoe,
Mr. 11'. A. Talbot hacl some very'
lively experiences. On one ooca-
sion, which he describes in "The
New Garden of Canada," his party
were riding along the 'top of a cliff
that dropped sheer down some three
hundred .feet into the McLeod val-
ley .
The trail ntlong the cliff was very
narrow and riven with small ditch-
es. The party had strung out to a
length of half a mild or so, our pace
to a slow walk. The foremost ones,
including myself, had drawn up at
an ugly wound in the cliff fade,
where a gang of rock drillers were
busily engaged teasing out a path
for the railway, which skirts the
summit of this precipice, We were
intently watching the mels disen-
gsge huge chunks of rock, pry and
warp them to the cliff edge,
then pitch them over, to go hop-
ping, skipping, and jumping down
the almost perpendicular wall with
increasing velocity, until they end-
ed their mad career with a loud re-
port and a terrific splash in the
river. We had pulled our horses to
the brink of the cutting, to watch
the work at the closest possible
range, when a wild cry broke out
behind.
Turning round, ave saw one of the
members of the party coming along
like the wind, and pulling furiously
at liis steed. His horse had bolted,
It made straight for the cliff, and
when it reached the edge, made a
sharp sweave, and drove right into
us. As it swung round from cer-
tain death, we lost sight of the
rider, and to our Horror we SONY the
saddle go over the cliff.
"Good heavens, he's over I" we
cried,
We slipped off our horses and ran
to. the spot, expecting to see the
battered form of our 111200d lying at
the bottom of the cliff, We crawl-
ed out on hands and knees, but
could see no trace of him, except
the saddle, caught on a projecting
rock about ten feet below.
"What's the matter? Who are
you looking for?" asked tt trem-
bling voice behind us.
It was olid' friend Charlton. We
were looking for his mangled body,
and stere he Was beside us, as white
as a sheet, and rubbing his right
shoulder pretty vigorously,
"Gee, that was a close shave I
What happened?"
"The girth snapped just as the
brute swerved at the edge. He
pitched me to the ground in a small
ditch, and threw the saddle the
other way, over the cliff."
Charlton looked badly seared, as
well he might, Had not the saddle
given way as it did, Horse and rider
would certainly have gone over.
Got Flim Both Ways.
Diner—You ohange m8 more for
this steak than ,you used to.
Restaurant Manager -I have to
pay more ,for it. The price of meat
has gone up.
D—And the steak is smaller than
it used to be,
R. M.—That, of course, is on ac-
count of the soarcity of beef.
and,
"Who's that impressive -looking
woman over there 7" "That's Mrs,
Ma.e1Sillar, Slho',s a remarkably
strong-mdadecl woman, and they say
that she commands a very large •sal-
ary.,, ;"How does she earn it?"
"She doesn't earn it. Her hnslband
earns it, but she commands it."
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When meat is 0uulentyd, rub each
piece with seat and allow it to drain
over ui4111, '1'hetr pack it in a barrel
with the harts and 01111120.211 in the
but tom 113th11 the strips 11i 3141{,11 t0
fill in between or to put on top,,
Weigh out for each 1(111 petulds of
meat eight pounds of salt, 1w0
1)011111(10 of brown sugar and two
ounce, of saltpeter. Dissolve all in
four gaIlo»a cif water, and cu1'er the
pleat with brine. For summer use
it will be sttfest to buil 1110 brine bo -
fore using In that case it Should
00 thoroughly cooled before it ]e
used For winter curing it is not
necessary to boil the brine. Bacon
strips should remain in this brine
four to six weeks; hams six to
eight weeks. This is -a .standard re-
ceipt and has given the best of sat-
isfaction, Hams and bacon cured
in the spring will keep right
through the 01=1101' after they are
smoked. The treat will be sweet
and pala'tab'le if it is properly smok-
ed, and the flavor will be good.
Meat that is to be smoked should
be removed from the brine a clay
before being put into the smoke-
house, 1.1 it has been cured fn a
strong brine, it will be best to soak
the pieces in cold water over night,
to prevent a crust of salt from form-
ing on the outside when it is drain
ed. Thepieces should then be hung
up to drain • then hung in the
smokehouse. ,111 meat should be
suspended belowbelowthe ventilators,
and should hang so that no two
pieces come in contact, as this
would prevent tti,ifoi'In smoking.
The smokehouse should be eight
or ten feet high and of a size suited
to the amount of meat likely to be
smoked. Ample ventilation• should
be provided to carry off the warm
air, in order to precept overheat-
ing the meat. Small openings un-
der the eaves, or a chimney in the
roof, will be sufficient, if +o arrang-
ed as to he easily oontroli:d.
A fire pot outside of the house
proper, with .a flue through which
the smoke may be conducted to the
meat chamber, gives the best con-
ditions for smoking. When this
cannot well be arranged. a fire may
be built on the floor of the hoose.
The construction should be such as
to allow the smoke to pass up free-
ly over the meat and ort of the
ho
Buse.rick or stone houses are best,
though the first cost is greater than
if they are built •,f lumber. Large
di'y goods boxes. and even barrels,
may be mad 77 to serve as smoke-
houses where only small amounts of
meat are to be stroked. The care
of the meat in such -substitutes is
so much more difficult and the re-
sults so much less satisfactory, that
a ,permanent place should he pro-
vided if possible.
What Dogs Need.
Hog troughs should be arranged
so they can be quickly and thor-
oughly cleaned and all feed left
over removed.
It is a good practice to have the
water troughs made so they can be
emptied .as soon tis the hogs have
drunk their frill, as this prevents
troughs front beeomi» g filthy by the
hogs walking and rooting in them.
Hogs need a moderate amount of
salt, but if it is placed in large
quantities where they can reach It
at all times occasionally they will
eat more than is good for ahem.
Never send a sow hungry to bed
any more than you would sl Foy. A.
heavy feed at night will help to
Jeep up the (teat.
After experience with iXlth per-
manent hog (louses, and small port-
able shelters that can ba readily
moved from place to ,place, the
writer considers the small colony
house =oh superior, so far as
maintaining {lie health of the swine
is concerned, and they are also less
expensive.
Whichever type of house is used,
it should have a good -floor that oan
be easily cleaned and disinfected.
In dry weather a dirt flour becomes
worked up into fine dust that is in-
jurious to pigs when inhaled ; in
wet weather it, is difficult to keep
the bed dry,
Bedding for swine,shoulel be stank
but of good quality, lioretst leaves
or corn husks make exeelleltt bed -
cling Straw soon becomes ground
into a dude that is irritating to
the lungs and Makes 'She pigs cough,
When infected with germs it is
liable, to cause chronic pneumonia.
All ]log houses ,should he kept
clean; they , i•hould be thoron.,ghly
disinfected every two er 11n'ee
months and :1 coast of disin fee ting
twist; E.0 '.1511 applied,
A Iteve1 )e,
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.'t' ,hirta hie 1130 t'17age,"
-One r' Clri\'.2. envwa-y, 11:1 1tar-
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1 i'") his :,1 em,t t a -phew and now in-
of itis 1lc'ialin,e to het', skew
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f+11• 111 r birthday, 'Tons 1 wasn't,
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