The Clinton News Record, 1914-10-08, Page 3oolis
Or, the Belle Of the Sea.i011-‘.
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ClIAPTIIII -XXIX.--(Continuer1). ,
Mrs, Heron Gubc,oriLiett, to a. library, . and
a "te and. Isabel read the latest siX-Milling
1 °vets with avidity, stuffing them uuder
t le solo cushion at the sOnxid OS Kr.
• 'ion's approaching focifste'ps. They alWaYe
chore the worst book,s, and forgot 'one as,
soon as they took up another. Ida' „ex.'
ambled one and dropped it with, disgust;
foe it happened, tio be: a sexual problele
over of the most virulent type, a. novel
Whieb was soiling by scores; of thousands,
• d "one Which ' Isabel' had -recommended
"eolebrifies -alio-Were present; and who n
he reedgnizeid 'by photograPhs
the illustrated 'paperS. '
"Regular swell :mob, 'isn't it?" lie 00di
exultingly; "there isn't a. seat ip the
house; cioopting these three, in the stalkii,
and I suppcse ,they'll be' filled no, Pro.
sently by smile swells or Other; riihey . al-
,wayS come lade. Mree't. you gle4 'You've
'Came?". he flatted,- with , a languishing •
midst a storm of welcome,. Yetti came
' forward to sitig, mad hstening wd
to Ida as , -rapture, almost -forgot her ,eori:ow as sl e
• Of all the days, Ida found ,fiunday the peeseti' under the epell,of the megio voice
worite• for on that dee idler Went twice which has swayed so many thousands of
hearts. During the ,crierf'of eneore, and
unnoticed by Ida, Mums perto 0,
and two goittlernen, entered the' stalls,
and with a good ,detil.of obsequiouenese,
were shown by the offieials into the three
One great' singer 'followed .r,aplidly after
'another,. and Ida, withi slightly. -flushed
face a,nd eyes that weee ,dite with unehed
teare-foi• thee elcquisiee, xteimia. thrilled.
her to, the :cereffleant lawalee with imr
hands 'tightly clasped in her • her.
thoughts flying back t'o lierondale and
theca Gummier `evenings whioh. in 'some
etrange -way, every 80114 recalled. She
wits unconscious of iter surroundings. even
of the Objectionable 3'4100X -who Sat be-.
side her'sis,oloselY-as .could; and she
_started slightly as lie whispered: '
"Thoee seats are filled up now. I won,
dm- who they are? They look . closer. -
Particularly .00."
nedded. mechanically, and paid no
heed. Presently Joseph, who was one of
those individuals who can never sit still
or be eilent'fcm long at EL theatre or con.
cart, eudged.lela ,and mad:. "Look! • there
ane of talent Standing '
lieve it ' :borrowed ,an opera -
to a little chapel at, w
"mink.:tered." It was a tin clutned,'Willee'.
by its construction .and position struck a
• chill to one's very hones ;Here Me, 11:0 -
rola ranted and growled to Xs heart%
content ;- and Ida, learned. from hrs eancti-
Tuoniou's • lips timt only a email Pertieni
• maekind, ilia own 'secit, to; Wit; . was
hotruO for heayeu, and that the rent of
the world 'wits doomed to another -place,
the horrors of which he ,appeared, to revel'
in. As ehe sat in the unoomfortable pew,
Ida . often wondered whether her cousin
believed What ho 'preached, 01'
'whether he was a hypocrite of the first
me,ter,
All this was "Very hard to bear; but.a,'
burden st111hee,vier evas provided foe her
.ite the conduat of her couein joseple On
:the ,eyening of her arrieel he lied been
glamoue enough to bestow upon her an
of'whieh she viete'them omen-
, ecious; but, hie admiratlon .grew, and he
. began to,. pay thee what. poesone, of hie
olass'eall "attentions,',' Re came in much
earned of an. evening that be cue before
'her -enteral, and.....he.sal. beside .1aer;• and,
.. with his. small eyes fixed on her pale and
• doWneast Thee, told her eneedotes of the
Offiee end. his follow.clerks, Re wae• -under
• tile impression that he pessessed a voice,
and with a certain amount of artfOleess
he got, ler to play his accompaniments,
beetowing killing leeks at her ae he sang
the "Arvid of Athens," or "My PrettY
Jrtim"-with a falee note iu overy third
glass from the onan pitang in• front, bf.
him 'and if at the stalla. One of
the neNv-oomers, one of the gentlemen, had
risen from his ,seat, asd with his back to
the platform, wati scanning the bouse
with a pleasant smile on his hendeome
.face. "Yee. it is!" exclaimed Joseph, ex-
citedly. "It's Sir Stephen -Orme! Hero,
take the glaesee and look at hint! That
gentleman looking round the house, the
one standing un -with the, white waist.
coat, the one that came with the other
two!' That'e the great Sir .Stephen him-
self! X saw him once in Abe City; be-
sides, I've seen his portraits everywhere;
nude; the man. who has created mere
excitement on the Stock Excha.nge than
any man jn our time." • _
Ida took the glassee which he astr
thrust tato her hand and held it to her
eyes; hutsher thand shook, and for a me-
raent or two ehe could distinguish no-
thing.; then, as the mist passed away! and.
her hand grew steadier. so that she could
see Sir. fitephen, lie bent down and said
eomething to the lady eitting bee,ide him.
She loolted rountl,, and Tde, saw distieetly
for the -first time, though farlionable
London' wag tolerably familiar -with it
now, the beautiful face of Maude Pea
coner.
• With her heart beating painfully Ida
looked at her, notAng 'with a woman's
quickness every small detail of bile .hand-
some face with its wealth of bronze -gold
heir. A presentiment flashed into her
mind and weighed upon her heart vis she
looked, a presentiment which •was quielr17
verified, for the men on the other .ekle
of tibe beautiful.woman rose and looked
round the kettle, and Ida saw that it was
Stafford.
Her hand gripped the opera -glass tight-
ly, for It was in danger, of falling, She
felt tut elle were stifling, the Veal
place, with ite sea of faces+ and its rings
of eleetric light, swam before her eYee,
and she felt siek and giddy. It seemed
to her that Stafford wns looking streight
ut, her, that, he cotild not, fail to see her,
and she shrank beck as far as the eeat
mould allow, and a. eigh that was a. gasp
for breath escaped her lips. which had
grown almost Re white as her face. In
takAng the elegem trout her, Joseph 110.
ticed her pallor.
"Whert's the matter?" he aGked. "Do
you. feel ill? It's beastly hot. Would you
like to come outside?"
"No, no," she panted, witb digioulty.
"It de the heat -I am all right now -4 beg
of you not to move -not to speak to me."
She fought against the horrible faint.
nee% against, the shook Which had. over-
•edaelmed lier; she bit ler to toPee the
color back to t,hem, and tried to keel) ber
eyes from the tall figure. the handeome
face against whicili she had eo often press.
ed her own; hut she could no; it was de
if they were dranvn to it by a kind ot fas-
cination. She saw that he looked pale
and haggard, and that the glance with
whieb he ewept the house wee a, wearied
one, in strange contrast to the smiling.
complacent, and even triumphant one 'of
hi s father.
"Are you all right now?" asked Joseph.
"I wielk Id brought a bottle of smelling -
salts. Wile you come out and get, *tome -
thing to drink -water -brandy? No? Sure
you're all right? Did you see Sir Ste.
phetiP wonder who the lady is beside
Sometimes he came home to lunch, ex.
Plaining to them that there was nothing
doing in the City, a.nd -went with Xcla and
Iaabel ort one of their walks. On these
occaeions he 'W118 got up in a Norfolk
jacket and knickerboekere, and ellJeYed
the flattering conviotion that he looked
like a country .gentlemell. Ile addrewed
' his conversation exclusively to Ida, said
endeavored, as he mould have Said, to
make himself agreeable.
It was -an lost upon Ida. whose head
-was in the clonds„whose mind was dwell-
ing on the past; but hie mother and sis-
ter noticed it and Mrs Heron began to
eniff by way of disapproval of his con -
duet, With a another'e sharp eyes, Mae.
Heron understood why Joseph had Mullah.
ed out into new euits and brilliant neck-
ties,,,why came home earlier than was
his wont, 'and why he hung about tho
Pale -faced girl who seemed: unconecious
of his' presence. .Mrs, Heron began to
feel, ae ehe would have expressed it, that
the had taken a vipevinto her bosom. She
was ambitious for her only son, and
wanted to see him married to ono of the
daughters of a retired City Man who had
settled in Wood Green.' Ida was 6.11 verY
well. tut she was absolutely penniless,
and not a good enough match for so bril-
liant and promising . a, young Mall se
. Joseph, Mrs. Heron began to -regard her
with a certain' amount of coldness and
ettopicion; ,but Ida was tie unconscious of
the change in Mrs. Heron's manner no
she was of the cause of Mr. Zoseples
tentions; to her he was jag an objection.
a'ble young nian of quite a new and as
tonishin.g type, to whom ehe Vas obliged
to listen becauee he -wee the son of the
ana.n whose bread sbe ate.
He had often invited Ida, to aecompany
him and Isebel to a matinee, but Ida al-•
ways dedlined. Not onl•y was her fa-
theee death too recent to permit of her
going tO the theatre, but she shrank from
all public places of amuseauent When
belied left lleronditle it had been with
the one desire to conceal herself, add,
if possible, to earn her own. living. Mr.
jeseldl warl 'very sulky over her refusal,
and Ieabel informed her that he httd been
em 111 -tempered •at the theatre that ehe
not know what to make of him. One day
he came in eoon after luncheon, and,
' when Mns. Herron „had left the anona, in.
formed Ida and Isabel that he had got
tickete for a ooncert at the Queen's Hall
that evening.
"It's a sacred coneert," he said, "go
that you need have no maniples, Ida, It's
a regular swell affair, and I tell you I
had great difficulty in getting hold of
the tickets. •It`e a charity concert got up
by the big nobs of the Steck Exclienge,
and- there'll he no end of swells teem I
got the tickets because the smeller's go-
ing into the eounbrY 'to Preach todlight•
and while the cat's away we ean slip out
and enjoy ourselves; not that he'd object
to a sacred concert, I euppose--especially
.11 he were allowed to hold forth daring
the -intervals, he added, 'tenth a sneet.
"ft is.very kind of you to ask me," said aim? Some swelLor other, III be bound.
Ida; "but I think I would rather gee The other man must befair McPhail% eon.
at home." tor he's like him. fie'e almost as great a
"I thought you were fond of messier 1,011,0n4ge ne Sir Stephen himself; you
people of
Joseell remarked, beginning to look sut. see hie name amonget those of
len. "We shall go quite quietly, end no the highest rank in the fashionable
one need know anything abottt it, far columes in the nerwepapers. The lady's
got tickete for the upper circle and not got beautiful 'air, hasn't oho?" he went
the Stalls on purpose; and there'll Ill a on, after a pause. "Not that admire
back row. I thought you'd enjoy tedfi that oolor myself; I'nt gone on bleak
concert, and if you don't go I shall tear 'alr." He glaneed insinuatingly at
up the tickets."
"Oh, do let us go, War pleaded /sabot When the interval expired, Mr Stephen
sA. sacred concert isn't atti good as a and Stafford resumed their iseat, end,
. theatre, -but 10 will be a break in the 'with a sigh of relier, Ida tried to lieten
anonotony; besides, Joseph must have had to the memo; but she seemed to bear Star-
a lot of trouble to get the tlekets, for ford's voice through it, and was obliged
read in the paper that there was regu. to shut her eyes that ehe might nob see
• law rush for them. Don't be selfish, Instinetively, and from, Joseph's de.
and spoil our enjoyment.' •., scription, ehe knew that &be beautiful
"I wieli you would go without me," said gee, with the complexion of a 11.1Y ' and
Ida, with a sigh; but ultimately the the wealth of bronze -gold hair, was Mande
yielded. Palconex. Wby was ehe with Sir Stephen
elfin. Heron, of course, knew that, theY end Stafford? Was it, indeed, true that
alanio,P Ivo because I've got you with'
,been a different thing for me
'since you came to- live ',with dm; but 1
•dosetty, You've mien tital,•haven% your
langlied Iteolvtagfy,
l'I have o.,00n-',,,,wheitr' askod rtia, trying
Incuide',Iterself^ ena to 'pee' atreetion 10
What. he *dila '
• "I say I GUppese you've Heen' hew it is
Winh"nae, Als$,, and wily I am an haltered
being?:, is 'you who; haVO done it; it'g
-because /Fin right. down -I n4.loye. with. you.
rye lbeen' going 'to 'say it, for days past;
but, somehow..lhough:I desert), you don't
mean ilt,you Seem .so cold and standoffish,
'and Milt.) different to other 'girls when a
man nayd , them -attention. But 1 (.10,0 Z.
yon ntiderrland,roW, and yonill treat Tee
differently. .alvrally. in love with you.
Ida, and I don't see why we Otnuldn't be
engaged, .1.111 getting,'on. IOU) office.'
'and if I can Squeeze some money mit of
the guyinor, I shall act up 'for myself. Of
coerse., thepe'll be. PrettY howirrY-d°
over thid at lionsp,,, for they're alwaye
Wanting one tb marry money, and Maar,
tunately you'ie lost yourit. Not that I
,tettral that; mind.you. I believe in follow-
ing the dictates of 'your 'eart, and I
know what in'y 'ear.t says. And now what
do yell saT, IMO"' -
.And he pressed her arm and leoltod into
her Pk() with a confident smile. Ida drew
her disengaged bandacross her brow and
frowned, ee if elle were' tryi.n,g to areal)
„his meaning.
beff • lour, pardon; Joseph.," sae
said. "I didn't Mate linderotand'4 w"
thinking of sontethirtg' else. You were
salting me—" afts reddened and pushed
his thick lips out with an expreseion of
resentanent.
"Well, I like that!" he amid,' unevenly,'
but With an atteznot •at,,a laugh. "I've
just, been proposing to ,you--neking you
to 'be my wife; 4ttnei you're going tc,
aren't yen'?" ' -
Ida drew luti,airm ,from Ide. and regard-
ed him with slony amazement... For the
moment she really thought Mot either he
had been &linking too nexch..eldrite et
the retresbment-room at the- station and
that it was aa elaborate Joke on his Part,
or that she had lost, her setfees and wow
imagining a hidebuely ridionloue eeeeele
too abeard and grotesque for even Joseph
hav'e uttered. Then ,sihe saw that..ble
face was esobei aed that he liad'ectualle
proposed to her; and; in a kind of deeper-
otion„ehe laumhed. -
Ale had been_ going to take her erne
again, bid hie hand fell to hie dide, and
b'e looked alt her "with a .mixture of ae-
.911lidreffart, attd indignation, with Such an
xpreeefon et wdended vanite and resent.
meat, that Ida felt almost forced to laugh
ageln; but she checked the desire, and
said, as kently ,and humbly ae ehe could;
"I -I beg your pardon; Joseph. I
thought it was a -e, joke. I non •verY
sonry. But though you didn't =elm it es
14 Jest, it is, of conree, absurd. I don't
think you quite knew what you were say.-
ing; I am, quite sure You don't mean
i'011, yes. ibut I do!" lie broke in eager.
1.e, and with a little air of relief.
tu earnest, ;non 3ny word, I am. -I'm OM.
Dully in love with your and if yetell saY
Yee. I'll stand up to the gue'ner and.anake,
it al square for you."
- "But I say 'No,' " said Ida relaxer
eternly, her lips setting tightly,:her eyes
flashing in the darkness.. fortee
nately for josePh. them irold h4o
eight. "Please do not speak to ane in this
way again." •
"But look here!" .he stammered, his
face red, hie thick lips twisted in au ugly
fathion, "do you know what you're doing
-sa.ying ?"
"Yee," ehe said, more sternly than be
fore. "I think it is you who do not know
what you are sa,ying. You cannot mean
to insult me. I beg 701W Pardon; joeeP11.
I do not mean t,o be angry, to hurt Mir
'feelings. I think you mean to pay me a
great honor; .and I -Lf thaftit you; but I
eannotnedent it. And please take this sei
any final answer, and never, never, Speak
to tne again in this manner."
"D° Y" moan ea7--" the began.
angrily.
Were going, but e.he wee not told in -00 theY WOre engaged? Up to ,tille present
many words, that she might deny all moment, site bad therished a doubt; but
knowledge Of it if the outing came to new it seemed. impossible to doubt any
Mr- Heron's mutat and She watched them longer. Por how many Minute.% hours,
With a, peevish and suspicious expreselon Years, would she hey° to. sit with those
on her face as they abetted for the train. two before her, her heart racked with .1110
They went up second-class, and Mr. 30. 'Pangs of Jealousy, with the memory of
• seph, who was in the hest of humors, and bitimeek daps, with the glanally fact that
Wore a now pair of patent leether boots lio had gone limn slier life for ever and
. and a glossy hat, to Gary nothing of a dee- that she was eitting there a, speciat'or of
zling tie, enlivened the journey by wins, his faithleasnees, Every song seemed to
peeing facetious' t °marks on their fellow. mock her .ivretchedness, and she hail to
passengers to Ida, who in vain leant SAVqy battle with the mad desire .to spring to
' from himcae.far att. possible, in her car- her feet and me? -
. nee of the carriage, and endeavored to Ill a kind of dream she heard., the
coneentrate her attention 015 the pro. etraine of the national anthete, and saw
graramo. But though her eYes were fixed Stafford rise with tele reel of 'the atetli•
on it and she cbuld net entirely' shut ont ence,•and watched him as he .drew the
Josephie ill.hred Joke% her thoughts were cagily cloak round 'Maude Falconer'e
wandering .back to a certain aftmedoon white shoulders; in •a dream allowed Jo -
when, she had sat beside the Heron eoeh to draw her arm through his and
Mancini and listened. to Stafford planning ;lead her dowe the crowded staircase into
out their future. Re had been telling her tine open air.' ' ' • -
something of the groat world of which "Splendid concert!" he ettid, triumphant -
She knew nothing, but lute whieh he was 'tys "Rot you look tired, Ida. We'll have
going to take her, hand in hand, ae it 0 oali to the etn.tion. 13at let'e wadi. 14
Were; he w=b5 go.ing to take her to the infinite and see the Prince come out."
theatres and the ceincents -and the dances They' stood in the erowd -which bad
, of wide/v.011e had:read. and heard' but of- .foraned. to stiias nt.„his i•oyal "highness;
which knew nothing by experience. •and as 'lack would have it, Stafford, with
Now, ebe was going _to bet- first concert Mamie Felcauer on his arm, and follow-
with:Me. Teseph Heron, • • -ed• Sir Stephen, passee in front of
There was a larger crowd tban urinal them. and so Mose that Ida. shrank in
outSide Queen's Nall that evening, for, terrbrIest Sialfovd shoule, see bey, ±0111S
' the. cOneent wao xesily ItOportatit one Of -the crowd tome eltotilt Exenaege peo
for which some of the greatest singers nle proliatly,,reengnized"Sit Stephen, and
had' been engaged. addition to Patti
Samtley, Edward Lloyd, and other famous.
proresstonals; Some die,tinguished alma-
^ tears Wore to perform, and royalty, as re.
Presented tr the popular and ever a=i-
'Printe',' lead premisee to paireonize
“Qeite a, swell show, ,aitet, it?" said,Jo.
soh,. as' ,pushed his way into the
.croWd ,and, looked over ;his shoulder '
eho lens' line of carriages Getting down
their octupants. "I'M glad you conGented
to ebinc;, it would have ,been a, pity if
"I hope we shall be able to see the udhle Ida. sank lime into a, coiner of the
" Prince trom our .seater eaid Isabel, carriage ,and waited for them..
whose eyes Were more widely oven then
usual, and her mouth half agape With mo
.citemerit. alen.Y6 etteak iff some nor-
,ner where I can't see them, when. the Roy.
; fainilyn present."
'grO up of nerve cells at ilia crown. of
head that have yet:jelled in the
;Elaine -way the nerve of a tooth dies.
While every other brain cell seems
Lo „be in ordinary condition,. this
gtfoup has shrunlcen. It is curi-
ous coincidence, ,and science isafs a
consequence, as inevitwble as effect
after cause that the hail: on ,the por-
tier! the scalp jriet above this
fine in urea is the first to grow white.
Heat in the sealp eauees heir to
grow gray, and an excess of btooci
in any poytion of the, brain .eeiteefi
otiviee'r,liceetalteede,bove,,:thah portion to be
"Not another word, please," said Ida,
and sho huarried forward so that they
came within hearing of Isabel.
iNothing more was wad until theY
reached Laburnam Villa. litre. Iteron
wae.waiteng up for them, and was ex.
peeeeing •a hope that. they had enjoyed
themselvea--she had a, 'woollen shawl
round her elhouldere and spoke in an fn.
jured voice and with the expression of a
londesuffering Martyr -when she caught
eight of. Joseph'a angry and sullen lace
ne he aunts , etnieste Into a choir and
thruet hie hands in his pookets,. and she
stopped short ,and looked -front lure Wide,
and sniffei; suispieiouely and aggressively.
"611, yes,' said Joseph, with an ugly
sneer and a scowl at Ida as she was lefty.
ing ihe room, "we have bed a very happy
time -come of us -a particularly happy
time, I don't think!"
(To be continued.)
,
1VORRY CAN RILL YOU.
It Ls Usually the.Domittance of One
Ideal -Mainly rear.
. .
We have often heard that -worry
can kill even the nine -lived e ti • but
,
we have only half believed, it, and
until now we ha,ve had no scientific
proof that it was so;
Medical, athence has recently con-
firmed the fad; and explained how
worry commits its nuir,ders. • It has
reaehetl the conclusion that in many
instances of what has been regarded
• lunaey, and from. whic..h the vic-
tim finally dies, the ease ihas
heen one of acute worry. Instead
of ,the person dying of mental
breakdown he has worried himself
to death, .
Worry, medical soience now de-
finee as the dominance of one idea,
usually that of fear. There is a fear
of eorne existing condition or clresiA
of what may happen, The idea
crowds 011 others from, the mind, or
permits them only the feeblest and
occasional activity. The most ter-
rible tyranny is the. tyranny of an
idea.
This one idea .poundis hammer -
like upon one -set of brain east It
o ver -stimulates them, causing all
unttsual flow of blood to thiose por-
tions and e, dearth ef it to other
parts of the brain. This mould not
be serious it happened only now
and then, for every brain cell
should be repleols,hed by more than
the. usual flow of blood, at. times to
keep itapreperly fed and nou•rished.
But a eenstant overfeeding- of
these cells ,caufes a congestion
there. The oells become snore .a.nd
more disten,cled. The worry grows
more and nlere acute. The pound-
ing of the blood -against the sides
of the cell acquires a, hammerilike
violence. The sides of the cells, wear
thin. A cell barks.. eThere:ie a Be-
velled 'clo 1, on the brain." Dea,91
JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER.
Count Okunitt Bas Made Ms 0011 11.
try's Interests Iles Life Work.
ArnOng the, statesmen of the great
powers now o'ecupited. with ,i'the heavy
responsibilitiee conereebed with war
there is none whose personal history
ie more romantic or ..I"Ohese.
it more remarkable. than the Prtime
IVIinistee Of Japan, Count .0kunme.
(Landman 'now 77 years of age, *as
born of 48, Trilling taste, trained te'
war for 700 years, ne perbieipate in,
the aristociatic pitivillege of defend-
ing the deountry. He was brought
up to enjoy 'bIteciananunitieS [feu-
Hia -wale steeped in
the ideaS of national:1 seelusion by
war if necessary, in- blind iletre'd.
. fo.reigners, and fanatical con-
demnatien of "their religion.
()kerne, threw everboard ithe wish):
citable principlee of his childhood
training, his .benefita of, Cabbie:, .his
instinctive distrust of the. alien-
eveiry-bhing ibut Patrietlean. As 01011
as he was old enough to. be, admit-
ted into the illoisernment he aocept-
ed a minor offioe. 1143 1141d 41. :sacred
mission itio perform, 'and took his
'training for it. Ite wieseinspired by
'the homely Jepaneneip,roaerb : c'The
The cure of the worry that lpilts
s reventron. Refuse to worry.. Do
spoke has name aloud, Itla SEIM St ag S • ,
faee darken vital a, frown, oe if he neve be.1. ,nd havirt done- this
ashamed of the eublleity, Ile hurried) deeliine, as positively to fret, about
=mit' or two after. the Prince. appeared. .
lkla"ae 't"'" Cw'ri3ge' A Mai 6 results ite 'would 'to
there %Ives. 'an ,excited and, enthiltsitestie'. br.in•It', dl'allg11,t, of pOISOn. e-ery
beast' of ,eheeeie.g; a.nd. . last 0c,cra,i,easi yisitasat ,to
forced his wiry ant of the crowd and found
sehi. - • ' • everyone,, 'hut as We P11 oar. doors
the train, and joseph, offer vainly n,rerp. . ' ' • .
te unwelconte visitors so- we 'close
They had some little' tithe to wait for
some refreshment oh. Ida, went. into the /metals. against 'toe entranee
the reaseeneeteeptaeaeast a drink for worry Admitted,. it' eesees" to be -
himself and cup of coffee for Isabel, ' • ,, A
come .a visiteis-it is. a, lialui()) 'an. a
They succeeded in instating their war
into the hall, end after Joseph had hold
a, dispute trith the num who had slievfn
them into their place, and who had inud-
dled date tickets and their numbers, they
,settled down, and Itta, looked s'oand.
e.,fough .1ilien• seats .evere in tho third rOW,
Oto could see nearly. the whole of the
large ball, and she found the sight a no-
, yol and laipressive ono, Iler interest, in-
creased is the admirable band played the
fleet number -with the preeision and feel-
_ deg, fer Which the.orchestra al, the Queen's
Hall le &mous; In the' interval between
the ,selection and the song, which , Wee to
-follow, Joseph' pointed' mit some og the
takked during the whole, nf the journeY
in an excited faeladon, darting gnomon
every 11011, and then from hie sm•all eVeS
at the while ,fruce in the corner:- When
they got out at the station, hatiffered
his arm ,and the took it, haltuneonsolous.
ly. The path was too Illtal`ONV toi:pennit
of three to walk abreast, and Joseph sent
Isabel on in front; and. on some trieial
exeuse or another contnived to lag some
title eistance behind her. Eveey now
end then lie pressed 041.0.'s arm more close
ly, ee his side, ltiolcing at hen with Side.
long end lingering glances, and ht /oast
he said, in a kind. of whieher, So ffee1
bel 01101110 not hear:
"I bone yon've enioyed yosinself,
and that you're glad yon Come? I don't
iknow when, rye had such -a Jolly night,
and T hone •wri may have many more of
them. 0 2 coareo von know Why ,Ien so
Count ()knew.
blinid rat will find courage to bite
die oat before .submitting in death,"
Ilia esered W41.6 tO rescue
Japaco, from. ;tile death sentence. of
the foreigne.r,
Saved llis Couatry.
lie San' the effect upon ai± coun-
try of the enterprising and insolent
Westerner, [locating this legationt in
the ancient temples if he took the
fancy, geed -ingot the venerable Tell -
gime "heathenisan,," :ignoring the
cerernonieue,atiquette which was the
symbol of centuries of ideals; and
preparing to, -appropriate wihatever
wend& the country posse.ssed-to
milk it dry. He ,saw the fire rot na-
tive reeentment break into flamie
with attacks upon elm foreigner for
which the people had to pay exhoe-
bitently-83,000,000 tribute to Eng-
land, Franee, A-merica, and Holland
in 1864; 8500,000 in addition for the
life of one British tradee,
That Japan was saved hereelf,
that, tthe p'otve,rs her Emperor un-
wittingly ,signed away to the for-
e igner were regained through a ee-
✓ ision of the rights and privileges
enumerated 'above the signature on
those first eerapt el paper, that .the
People of Japan have learned ta. de-
fend the 'sovereignty the7 act 'nearly
lost, and change thear positio.n
among the nations from one, ,00 eon -
descending .boleration to one of ad-
miration 'and tommanding respect,
is thee te ,strnall head of high-mind-
ed patriots, of whom 'Memo, eakes
a pre-eminent plata,
A. Big Man.
He helped to eliminate feudalism;
he used his rare gifts of eloquence
to persuade' the atietoonaca to give,
ttp ite. privilege, elone defending
their land, to admit the commoner
,and the peasant into ithe army, Of
giant physique and strong, athletic
build, quite' unlike the typical Japa-
nese; hie sbeen face little resembling
the mobile, eountentence .charactertis-
tie of hie .countrymen, Name is. out-
wardly typical of the things 'differ-
ent from the past for which he
sande. in modern Jap.en. Hie char-.
aster, however, could not. be mere
deeply Japanese becituee je deep_
lately and thoroughly Japaneee alt
, .
the core-eo much so that thete
no room for anything else. .
Okuma, beeame Prime Minister
only last It is bat a alma;
lime. past, hut ."the war. clouds were
not then visible to the eyes 'of ordi-
nary folk, Ills first act, however,
wies te demand est increase in the
aamy ansl navy 'trig litcceptanee of
• ,
offide .thie time would be in itself
an indication of circurestanoes n-e-
ceeeitating his leacienship-en ether
word's war.
.sittessetase
. With the C member.'
,Citeumbers will keep ml nah longer
real:had, At any rate thet'. will
in a Co6.1 ',place than '11 generally
, .. •
keela tor titre -months an .1, refrig-
erator, Oven sf -the temperature is
not kept petaiiiifeern tl,f; lt might te,,
and -in geOd,erild, -ttorage they will'
trettioubtetiliv keep fol., frian'y iefou 1110
They are toanetanes freshened by
putting them in a. pitcher of water
with stem end down, coveted with
a cheese cloth if they ere to stand
for any thne. A3 standing -wets r
toon grows stagnant, 'this is. not a
'method tee reconenend for keening
them, e.ven tor twaity-foue hoers.
They eau always.be freshened and
cooled under, running water.
Cooked surcumber too little
known among usi Particularly at
this mason, when. cenumbers are
abendant and often 'inexpensive,
Mere seeme to he a -prejudice
against it that is not altogether
reethanable, esneeially -.wrong those
who' cOnsider vegetable [marrow,
which it much resembles when cook-
ed, a delicacy,. Probably, too, it'
is more digestible thus than in any
other way it is ever need, which it
net saying:hat-0e
..Cooked mieuinber -keeps its olutr-
acteristite flavor., „and . may ,be. made.
arty,ory. It, may be pre-'
pared in any of the way,s vegetable
marrow is, anti in isome ways of its
own. in France -the Cueumber is
far more often cooked than hdt,
and yariously flavored and served.
Cooked Cue -embers. --'Peel . the
cucumbers carefully, removing but
a thin shaving, cut in quarters, and
then cut thete pieces in half or dice
them, reinoving the seeds. Cook
tor fifteen to twenty ininutes
boiling salted water, to which has
been ;added 'an onion or' .isome cel-
ery,: or ,both; or Sante 'other vege:,,
table flavor. If they are to he C11,11-
ned they should net be cooked' more
than fifteen minutes. Serve with
'butter or Cook them for a, little
meat stock. The French commonly,
cook them in xneat ttockawhich is
thus „reduced until quite brown and
the cucumbers deliciouely flavored,
Other vegetables being added for
this purpose. -.Those who do not
like the cucumber prepared ill these
ways may .fied ib agreeable if .a
vinegar ik added. The cooked
cucumbers may be put through a
strainer ,and a cream .soupanade by
addingeto the pnree thus obtained
hot milk end seasonings.
Cooked Cutiumber Salad. -- Ous
cumber 000ked in the above re-
cipe and well seasoned makes an
excellent .salad' ;when ookle if serv-
ed with a French dressing. Canned
peeked tomatoes put into thorough-
ly sterilized caps and later steriliz-
-ed ie can if necessary cap baheated
up and used dB a vegetable or tak-
en from the can and used as salad.
The sterilization ia the thing, the
,saltecl water in which the oucum-
here are. lboiled, a teaspoon. of salt
%o quart of water or two, if pre-
ferred, can !be used,
Fried. Cucumbers.-Cld in thie
slices the cucumber may Ibe fried
as the Italians fry any of the long
green gourds, with an onion cut
thin 'and a sliced tomato to each
cucuusber. The cucumber cooks
slowly in this way and the work
must be done over low fire.
Celery Sala -Celery salt is eat-
en with coeked cucumbees, when it
is liked, and an old recipe for' snak-
ing it atheine is 'al follows : Scrape
the outside, off celery roote and
dry then' ; 41 -ate the dried roots,
mix. 'their powder .with one-fourth
its quantity c salt, and it will be
ready to use enon the table.
Onlon: anti encumber Pickle. -
Probably no one in the world owes
anything of health to. vinegar and
some undoubtedly owe a good' deal
d.ebiliby -to indulgence in pickles,
yet ,people do want there, and fre-
quently ask for impossible recipes
ter .sliced .cucumber preserved so
as to retain its fresh flavor. Salt
and vinegar are the essentials. in
preserving all euch things, tvhile
the addition of' seine pieces of
herseradish root make the keeping:
qualitie.s the more certain i t'is be-
lieved.. Oil is sometimes .a"dded and
'both vinegar and Oil are quite com-
monly put on cold, when the eacum-
ibers are -sliced. Here is all ancient
recipe : Pare and slice one-half
peck o.f -cucumbers. with one-half.
peck of onions, sprinkle. layers of
'the two with own; arid let. stand over
night. Weeh off' salt the next morn-
ing and pack in etone jars- in lay-
ers, -sprinkling over .each layer of
cuournber and onion a little white
pepper, mustard 'seed, and powder-
ed cinnamon, When the jar is full
pour peer it a reixture of hall a
galleon of vinegar, one pint of port
'wine, and one Cup of olive oil, -Stir
from the bottom. every morning tor
two 'weeks.
Sweet Cuoiniber. -- Peel ,f ul I
grown cucamlbers-yellow ones will
do. Have them dowp the middle,
seoop -put 'the' seeds, cub them into
'any fanciful nieces, cover with ,good
'vinegar, and let theni stand twe•nty-
four. hours ; then pear off the vine-
gar and- to three pints cif this put
41411 a aourecl' ef sugar thrown is
generally preferred), a quarter of
'an ounce of -stick cirtimencha a drain
.eloves half a clearn- of grated
nutmeg eall it a small portioo
you. choose), and ea 'ounce of whole
ginger. Boil the piekle ten minutes.
..1,45,Y ill the 'cueumbers, give them
one boil up, and take there out be-
fore. they soften. in the least. Lay
them in jiirs end pour the piCkle
hot over them. In a week or two
boil the vinegar over again and
po.ur it, when c_old, over the cncuan-
bers.-ri e Ism an r coins. •
Shoes will last much lo ger
habit that deetroye. The' action •of
worey npon the beain, cells as mest
like the collet -ant dropping of water
uptan a stone, '.A:t first it makes not
the elightest impretsion, upon
stone, but ie time it weave it away.
The cells of the brain ere ef more
delicate tissue, and, the steady wear
and tear of the extra blood supply,
in time quickly weans. them out,
Or, according to inediesulac.ience,
Lt ite though garment worn day
after day without chaege noon -falls
inte. tatters, Examinations of the
brain after die,* have shown a
.iesidids•ase=aa-- ea. •
rubbed with vaseline 'when they are
stiErfegcsi caolniesnta,risetii'yambled should he
tvaTi!Celltan NIY'000dfincuesI1eisx!libh
A sweet', red pepper should always
hang in the canary's cage.
Always turn saltfish skin tide uP
when- soaking it to 'fresheii.
A 'flannel diaped.' tureerdine
Niel clean a porcelain tub excel-
lently,
kPea-enay p°0iestw aantedi' csaekbe si nfr ib0tiTn1.-1
ing while baking.
1f you milk on your clothes
os6iratpthaendepwoatrinat 'with
Add a few crumbs of bread to
scrinnbled eggs. Thie will improve
the dish and make the eggs go fur-
ther. .
To give silk that is. ibeing wash:
ed the sheen of new .silk, add just
a !little methylated epiritt to the
rinsing water. .
The short end of eandles melted
and mixed with 'equal parte taf tur-
p'entine make a fine polish for hard-
woOd floorie
A. cupful of vinegar' added to 'the
water in whieli colored clothes a,re
washed will often prevent the color
from •running.
Cheese. is ate nice- addition -to cream
soups of any kind. When the seta"
ready foe the table, sprinkle
grafted .cheese over the 'top, ,
When' packing away nigs or ear -
pee for a,ny, length -of time' always
fold in powdered Lillian and. 'a few
moth balls when oiling up,
A few drops of pure glycerine put
tin the edges of .your jars hefore
sereiving- on the lid will prevent
mold from formieg on the fruit.
To. remove chocolate stains front
white dresses or table linen,
sprinkle the stain thickly with bor-
ax, place a saucer beneath it and
pour On just enough water be moist-
en. Leave for Several hours and
then wash.
T6 economize on stove ;polish and
laaf§0 't0 sii.Ve labor in polishing the
'stove, mix the 'polishing paste with
Vey -soap powder. Any -sort of soap
pqwder answere the purpose, and
the ehine obtained Is far better then
'When the polish alone is used.
,
What. Ile Prayed For.
'"13olaby, I suppose you say your
prayers ,every night."
"Yesen." -
"And what' are the things 'you
pray for?"
"Mcisely that pop won't find out
what I've be.en (loin' through the
day."
A wise Dian declines to take
drink between drinks;
SAYLNLI FA.CE.
Philipine Chief Concealed
His Ignorance.
d
The 1VLoro lords of the Island of
Mindanao in the Pliilippin.es,-
they are called datos,-although
nearer eavages than Barbarians', do
not want native; wit and shrewd-
ness. A young lieutenant who has
seen service there -bells Ithe following
incident, -which Shows how &weir
one of them was in cencealing his
ignorance :
Sloane of the retain,ere of old Date
Mandl, who lorded it over' a few
'hundred fuzzy -headed, bolo -chop-
ping natives in the Mindanao hills
haithe ef one of the, army stationa,
sneaked down one, dark night and
thole half a dozen cavalry horses
from the oorral. The Commanding
colonel, ranch incensed at the theft,
had some native trackers trail, the
horses to the very village where. the
old d'wto held his ,primitive court.
Forthwith he tent :the young lieu-
tenant, with la, fermidable escoet. of
khaki -clad 'troopers to. bear a, let-
ter .to the dale demanded in-
stant restitution of the horses under
penalty, of immediate w,a,r. A half-
breed interpreter went along with
the panty.
The lieutenant found the date,
who had word of his .coming, seated
in 'solemn skate. He wore a, gown
of angry Turkey-rect 'calico, while
scores a eackateo feathers beistle,c1
in his -wool. Heavy rings gleamed
on his fingers and. toss. Around
him were ranked. h score of his war -
there,
The interpreter translated the let-
ter The date, who oould not read
or write a tvord in any language,
took the sheet from his hand wad
gazed long and froatningly upon it.
"Well,' s.aid the lieutenant,
growing restless, ,for he was. fully
aware of the Moro's complete lack
Of education, "ask bim what his
answer ie."
The interpreter trarielated this;
whereupon the date. seized a piece
of osearcoal, f roan the open fire and,
making a number of inarks upon the
back of the letter, returned it to
the lieutenant in solemn silence,
white his warriors [looked on,
struck with admiration at their
leader 's learning.
The lientersant gazed at the mean-
ingless "h.en traeks" that the ditto
had scrawled .acroes. the page, and
frowned ip disgust, "Tell hire," he
cried, inipatiently, to the interpre-
ter, "that 1 want to know just wha.t
this means; whether we get the
horses, or whether it's war I'
As the hot words were translated
to him, the olcl date swathed the
letter flew the lieutenant's hand
and, 'seizing a twig that llit1,6 burnekl
id one end to a, live coal, he -swiftly
n eh col thre-e holee through the
sacra. Then he handed it back to
the officer, drew himself np to his
Not height, and haughtily decksisn-
.ed• something in his native tongue,
while Ills warriors bowed to the
ground in atve;
"Iie says " translated Vie inter -
peeler with a emile, "tliat he
thought every warrior knew that
when one ruler ,anstversi another
ruler's letter by writing on the back
of it, it means. wan; end when he
hems &Yee holee through it, it
means war twice.'
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ABOUT Amin() COLD •
Misconceptions la :Regard to the
Tentperature.
Ther,e ie comm,o,n writes
Capt. Villijialmar Stefaneson in. the
.Bulletin. of the American Geograe
phieal Society, that Arctic travel-
lers ar.e the best authorities on, the
effeots of extreme cold. That idea
has its origin. in a, hazy understand-
ing of the physical truth that, other
thingd being ,equal, the farthee you
go rtowarci the pole, the lower be-
eomes the average temperature.
But 'altitude land the- presence or
absenee largedlaodies of water are
about as important factors as lati-
tude in determining temperature.
All of 'us know that, but the think -
Ing habits -of 'ancestors who, did not
know it are eo .strong upon us that
we do not make metual use of that
knovrledge.
The 'Meteorological Service. of
.0anada, hae regular ob.servere,
among other pleoes, in Manitoba
and at Herschel Island. Manitoba,
is an ag•ricultathal province,. whose
largest eity 'has a popidation, of
nearly 'two hu,ndred thousand, and
with a, climate that ,aalowe euccessful
pain farming wherever the is
suitable, Ilerschel Islands is a
a-hale/mails rendezvous about
thousand miles farther north; its;
only permanent inhabitants ?ere Es,-
kinies; it lies on the northern ceast
of our eontinent, far oat, of the way
of any warm current from either
the Atlantic or the Pacific, and yet
for ten yeansi its. itemperature has
nevet Wien ais low we the loWest re-
cord Manitoba -and this mea-
sured with instruments ot the same
sort, made -by the same maker, a.nd
tested and ceeefully compared with
the 'same standard in Torianto.
Up to May, 1908, the lowest' re-
corded 'temperature for lierechel Is-
land was -541 deg. Fahrenheit; for
Manitoba, -55 deg. Fahreneit. .And
yet the Manitoba cold ,seltlem pre-
vents lithe young people of the fame
fiom riding in einging thedfuls -to
dances six ler ten miles away -clad,
too, in elothing that is not nearly
so thick and warm. as ;that' which
tho poorest Eskimo -weans in, eirailar
tempenatures and under thmilar
conditions.
true that a tourist often
writes mere intereistingly .a,bout a
place than its. oldest inhabitant own.
Anti° literature is interesting
enough; the trouble with it iS :jibs
inaccuincy and exaggeration. ,An
Es,kinee repenter On a New York
daily might possibly write an astute-
ing accetwat ef a sultry July after -
neon in .611e tenement district, but
would it he likely to he accurate?
It would give a reader in Peale no
very cleae idea, of the summer cli-
mate of New York ; neither do eome,
of the documents of the Franklin
Sesta& give a. etrictly traimaginative
account of the climate et sea level
in the regions. about 70 deg. north
latitude, Heee and th.ere, ene
book You read of terrible eold
and the suffering it caused; turn to
the tabulated temperatures in the
appendix, and you , may find "-36
deg." corresponding to. yelp.. day of
horrers. Ne-deubleit wee 'horribly
cold td a man who had grown to
middle life in southern England,
where the slteting on san,all jasilas
safe only a "hard" winter, A
Manittohan might foreet te 'Make a
emather entry in his diary on a day
that exhausted the Englishmen's
vocabulary.
g Aaa in.
"Why, Willie," *said the teacher,
in- a pained yoke, "heve you 'been
fighting again? Dichi't you learn
when yeu aee struck on one cheek,
you ought to Men -the other orie to
the striker ?" "YesM,'' agreed
Willie, "but he hit me on the nese,
and I've oply got one."
,
Did It Lot For Rini.
"You etlAl' t) convince me," isaid
the little mart with the ragged Moue
sem, "that yea can bring up child-
ren right 'by talkie' to 'em and
lef,the' it, go at that, You've gob to
use the rod, or you'll spoil the
child, I usecl to git .about three
lickin's a day on the average." "It
doesn't, seem te have done very
much fer you,' replied the lady
with .the protruding jaw "lb has
dope a, lot for me. lf they'd hat
me go my tvay I might Almost
have been a feilure in life."
"Tle's never made ally effort to
support himeelf." ,".011, yes, lie
has. 110 my certain knowledge be's
proposed to every girl with money
he knows:).