The Blyth Standard, 1908-04-09, Page 3Anil 'lumina," trying hard to main-
tain an expression 'whiting her mourn-
ing dress, while there slime in her eyes
kern satisfaction at meeting on equal
terms, as for as raiment was concerned,
n 1(11100 before whose furs and laces
her 1/11•11 alpacas and cottons had afore.
time figuratively quailed, obediently.
gage Doris a less lugubrious kiss than
seal, and sailed with chastened step
out of the room,
1,1/110 idea of the truth ovao heginuilig
to dawn on Doris's mind. She tutted
suddenly (1.0111 watching. Airs. Melton',
exit to face the young nmol who had so
oaf' elj' secured at tete-a-tete with her.
'•1fussie, you have been playing me a
t1' a k," she said, bewildered.
"And what if 1 have? 1 laid a right
to tell you my news in my own way.
Fit down -011 dorm lucre, 01111'1'11 telt you
u ';Th 1(e. .1 ala Hind to tell you."
•11,, has indeed see much excited that,
toca!ut lam, she obeyed at once, and
sat down in the loo' chair he had brought
brought to the hearth -rug for her, ready
to liens the news she !tad /heady pertly
guessed. Ile flung. himself down on the
floor in front of her, and, putting his
hands lip to her throat very gently be-
fore she could prevent hi10, unfastened
her cloak and threw it open;
•You will catch cold if you sit in that,"
10 said, with his flushed face close to
hers, and his eyes drinking in the fair-
ness of hor face.
L. diad lack a lithe, and Bushed ifs
lee vols away coldly,
":No, no, you must not be unkind; you
1011,1 listen to mm (kindly. Son wilt se'I'
now you were wrong to think 1 wonted
your fortiine,wh0n .t lvotebippcd you so
1l' Ambleside; 1 boliovod nmy;etf to be
then what 1 am really now, the hair to
cousin was not married at alt -the wom-
an's money. Doris, Doris, it is true. -lay,
cul;i1 was not married at all the wow,
no was not his wife Everything is
mine, mina! Oh, Dai, Doris, if it 1011
oahy.come a year-ago!"
.Ile was kneeling at her feet, rubbing
hi, head in his hands, in utter abandon -
name to mut oxeitement which .infected
Di» is,
She tried to calla him with cold and
;;evert words, uttered in a trembling
yoke which took away their sting. like
touted to rise; but he would not let her
gal.
"So, no!" lie c•ied,pasionatciy. "You
(i(((,t ,ay something kind to me first;
you must tell me pm are sorry )'011 ever
• thought me interested -----L."
"1 nm sorry,(,ussie-1 ant torr'., 1
have believed in you, .you know. 1 as
Del, very glad you are well off; 1 feel
i1.rtuin you will make 0 good and noble
me of your money, better than I have a
chunc0 of making of nine," she added,
sadly, 'Now you must let 100 go; 1 11111
Irate already."
"Wait, wait; you L 1 en't had nay
Christmas present. David '11)111 f might
1(e you 0 Christmas present, didn't he:?"
'\(ell. 101118 it 10811 with you to ].air-
leigh, Cassie, where we 0011 see it till to.
41,11100, and ,you can make me 0 beau-
tiful speech about it,' said she, nervun0
h'.
lint be staining: n: (('ht11 clildi,11 inipa-
tienceat the idea of deferring his own
promised pleasure, sprung to the chair,
where he lad thrown his overcoat, and
dna ed out of ore of the lockets a
large,
l, flat morocco case. Doris gave 0
little cry of fear. Ile pulled it open and
placed it in her lap. It was a set of
diamonds and sapphires, the stores of
] ante size, the setting (Meet, the value
ob1101(0ly alarming.
She made a movement to thrust it
aside,
u,, 1)0110," he said, imperiously, sett
i g her hands and 1001 hig up with fiash-
in,t oyes into 1100 face 1: uceepted from
your hands help in money, 0 pretty good
proof that you know me well enough to
file as present from 11(0. Tool have no
jewels worthy of your position I have
heard .Airs, i:dgcomle say 80, Since jew-
els bre of so little (911110 in your eyes,
they are just as lvorthless in 1111110, You
1111111 ]keep these -you shall! Let lac
Ina them round your neck, just ,is 1
would put flowers on the 111100 of it god-
dess."
But l)orissepnlsed him quickly, rising
as she did so, Sic spoke in a low, treinl•
loos. voice.
''1 will keep then(, (lassie, on condition
that you let me leave at once,"
Ile stepped batik, doubtful, hesitating.
With one glance at hes excited face, she
left the 10001, with the jewels ag.t,inst
her breast, •
CFIAPTER XIV,
:1s she (hove ell, 0111' 011.W (ussie Atclton
rush out of the doorway -on to the pave-
ment ;
arvo-nmett; but elle drew back and would not
let him .see. 111(1. She was so much agi-
tated by thc emotion, which the young
noun', im1petm.1us outburst of gratitude
and afteetion had awoken -ad hr 1(1' that,
slit, felt .she could not now expose herself
to the kecu scrutiny of her grandmoth-
er's eyes;. She must go back to Fair-
1e(g1, where she would stiIl have two 01'
(11100 hours alone to compose herself los
tore her lar;band's rettirn.
She wished with all. her heart that. she
had not gone 11p t0 town. Uustie's boy-
tob devotion, coining 00 quickly altar
11011(111/1 of misery at her husbands nog -
Wel, hail excited her, so strangely 111111:
he. had ,rue 1y been able to control 1(0')'
1011 while listening to 11111--111.11 been
on the point innocent 115. 0101 01 (1, of
b1111kuIg 11110 (:11,110 at the dangerous
touch r of xyfupathy, Until those lust
tui moments at the hotel, when his 1111
petuu,iy, hail suddenly irigliteued her,
he had cit tm(mly beet happier with Gu, -
1(0 than i he had lleedl for weeks; for
the
pleasure she had enjoyed. sed. it: her hus-
bands' sec el.l ,110 that 0112 when
he had denoted himself to tmyidg to
please her hod been feverish, 1110asy,
fraught with fear lest he should not find
her so fascinotingns ,110 found him. •.111
the time-t,onoed jests and gih1s at tie
iul'elieity of the ;named state, which
she had foraerlyt110)14ht so Coarse, had
then a terrible fmmdstion of truth!
Doris rebelled against, this (pnelutfor1,
A means 01 testing David's feeling ,for
net c3(1'' batt her mind 11w:emit the jew-
els she carried iu her Intuit If
lira could submit coolly, to his
wife'', mcmfring such a present
from another lout, then indeed she felt
that lussbands must be made of differ-
ent clay from other men. \\'hither 110
action would be quite fair to G'usoie s10
00110 100 typical a woman to' cU1sider.
Lt is a very exceptional W011(1111 11'110 1111,
000111 in her lend or halt for more
than one inn at a 11,1101 the feelings,
interests, of tike inn sigh's cout:t for
nothing,
'flat lam eon tieing night 1'e (vee
from the reproach o1 taking more 11111110
for nuotlmr Hurn than for her 1118101)01,
rather than with any •thought that these
pails would 111(111 11111011 effect upon Day
Dorisn
and ms rut n that evening (n; tl new tea -
gown of 1'n al tolorcd liberty sill; 1.1111-
meal
1110mea with coffoo'tinted net embroidered
lvith gold. 110 00i1411111'b0111(1.y'efcr1oe11-
ed lovelier than rho, as, with a11 unus-
ual flush in her cheeks. aiud light in lues
eyes giving lustre to her dark beauty,
(she sat inthe drawing -loon(, it 1110 pole
dnod varying light of fire and lamp and
shaded candles, playing with the, sp il:l-
ing stones whose only v1tlue in he eves
lay in the use to which she (0101 going
to put them,
Eleven (('clock,dmlf past 0100011, twelve
strucl1 before tau+ bell rang and she heard
tlic faint sound of a door shutting u a
savant went to let the master in, Doris
had left her seat by the fire"twenty
times to walk 000081 the room, unfasten
the shutters, open time window, and 11 -ren
111 11)0 stillness, Now, whit the longed-
for
1v,ucne so nein, eke sot 410 t1' _till,
feeling the loud quiet 1ea1in4 of her
heart wad a heavy weight at her test'
pies. She no tenger felt the 0110e 111 Ler
hands; it fell to 1110 ground 110 st10 rote,
trembling, on hearing her husband's 1,,tep
outside the door. The slight noise it made
in falling .frightened hem; but she did
not stoop to pick it up. 'rhe duct' op(red
and 1180111 came in. 110 .started tit night
of her, and, s he did :o slit not hied
that he woe the 11,lnal lbstmaetcd ecus'
look. after a long day devoted 10 "bnsi•
0(000" -it even seemed to her that he
tens more absorbed, more nbe:ent than
sunt,
"Yon up still, 1/or, 1 110104111 yon
would have been im bed balms ago!"
"1 waited to see you, to speak to y'ou,'
he answered, in a very low and subdued
-cobs
''Po speak to mut Anything wrong
thea
A quiilk glanee et her not the 'lane0
0( Down iutitcst, but of 01apieto00 cur-
n.situ-'(lppnen:tly satisfied' him that:
f (vans nothing 6er1011s-t0 hit,
"\o, David, nothing is w1o,;--at
least, phot Will drink not,"
"Won't it ke0 t tillr,tho morning. I ami
very tired.
Ile looked very ,white and 11.011"1, (1nd
Doris twisted of nrm-0101ir roiled I() the
fire, and 0(1111 very -lender hands, led
hint to it and 01axcd'liimm to sit down.
"I would rather speak to you now, if
I may. I .have been waiting three hours
to sec you, and I-Isenn speak better
Donis left the hotel hurriedly, got into 110w than in the 111orn,fig"
1'l,', and drove to 11 utarlue 101 ltiou. Slee felt that( this,terrible ostrai11 of ex-
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eitetr e-nt which she diad been shf ferfng 1111
all the evening w0)4(1 1,400' her utterly
incapable of producing an), effect by hes
elocittem . ill the ('old hours al' the morn-
ing.
"I will b0 very 11011,4 10,1 1 11'11 11:11
keep you lin" she emltinued, in low
luasured (10111', 111 011111 0110 e,n'ttill!y
uppn ofd
111'01'y sign (1 excitement es-
,0pt a 0)iglit tremor; and she (bopped
gently oil to her knees beside. 11(10: pat
one hand on his and looked steadily el
1108, so 111111, 0110 nuglut .not ;ee, the
d 111111 (i c w his 5.01 •shut her
nit from hint 1(r s.lu spoke, "1)71 have
lame married six months 'noir, David,
111)1 en't we? And all that time, we have
',seer bad one ,plarrel 11!111 die:1111 c 111.111,
'.n, Yon have always been kind and
0,11,1:.Crt 111 1111', an11 1 wise al0nys done
wind you told ate to. Anil. indeed 1 love
nrd 1c(0r 10111 e*1 I 0ug!hlt to do, vied
timid do 0uyl11ing to please you and
male you happy. And yet T inn afraid -
sometimes l think -Chub I don't try quite
in the right way, that there Is something
I fail in, something tIlal would be 411;)4'
sight if 1 were a little, wiser, if T knew a
little more.. And I want you, if you cert
--yon,- 11'110 taro so good end so Milli!.
geld with 111e even as I and -to help me
hi find oat what it is that T miss, You
)1011 sway butt y011 Dur 0111,18111111 with Inc
115 1 ani -1 130011. that. 114 i wad yon
to In, 010re than satisfied; I want you
1,1 -to melte 1110 111010 to yen, if you
only inn; to confide in 11e, and see if
1 don't deserve 11 -not for yams sake --
you aro a. mon, and eon( i0± sufficient
to yourself; hot T nim it yenuml, and 1
11:11 t. David, please forgive rue for Maj' -
in, this; but to see yen so dlo4tmt, so
slut up from me, is terrible; 101111 not
1/03 V itl"
She paused a moment, not yot daring
to limit up, hoping fur some word' of
tenderness, of kindness, She had kept
I her voice so low, so gentle; the thrill
of heartfelt earnestness that rang in
her wards only made theta softer,
sweeter. Now, 110 slu United, 0115 felt
his left hand, on 1111101 her fingers were
e a1), slip gradually from tinder hers
dotril (111 to his knee. She felt a chill of
great fear. Ile had been cold, passive,
colder her timid caresses before; but
00000 before had he absolutely repulsed
Mr. ;;he 111iS011 her 0:1'00 to his face 101111
the ,Laub ngoey oI ,t mortally minded
anmml.
David was asleep. •
:tier soft voice imd acted 110 11 1u11aby
to the 41.04 man, whose faculties had 1(t
once relaxed on finding that her seri-
ous eonrnsation did not canteen) time
subjects just then of (mist vital interest
to him, '
As cold and statuesque as David in Ids
most reserved moods, Doris quietly role,
picked tip the despised ease of ,jewels to
whi011 her .titration had been called by
her accidentally treading mann them, and
without another look 1(t the, slumhortng
lord, swept from the room like another
ILO next Morning she returned the
jewels to Cussie. sending them by the
groom, with a rather formal note, saying
that ,she hoped he would not think her
unkind, but that she could not accept
i present of so much value; if she were
to keep theta, it would be ungracious not,
to wear them; and, ifife. 0'01'0 11(001,
11100 1(18411 (1X111 10 remark.
:I'o her husband that morning she Was
very cold; belt the'cl0ulge in het' escaped
his attention, She told him of Gussic's
accession to fortune, and that 11e, in a
fanatically' generous mood, had offered
Ler a Christmas present so handsome
that she was obliged to return it. At
this Davids face 01onded, and lois wife
watched the 1liteal1y look m his eyes with
some hope that she diad awakened bv
occident the faint ,jealousy which she
had given 111) the thought of exciting by
'('ou refused it!" Le L,^a'n 001 Lent
looking at her; then, after n moment's
nf-1' ''1 think you ore too particular,
Doris; it was scarcely kind to snub poor
(tussle for such n very natural inmuis0
toward a lady wbD hod been kind to 111(1),
Men a 10,111, ao old friend, too, has been
hospitably entertained it great many
times nt the' same house, he welcomes
Christmas 110 au opportunity of relieving
run self grocer 1lly-from an obligation,"
Doris sail nothing, For the moment.
F111,frit nglin the sane sharp sting of
diloglist and rebellion against this 110110.
pressionable King Ing vOdell she hod
felt the night before, She 00(1111 not
know that, their thoughts running its
110111(1 in cepnrutte grooves, her lms-
hand's words were airily an apology to
himself for his action of the day before
111
taking down to the Lawns a pair of
diamond solitaire ear -rims 110 ,t peaee-
offeria4 to lits. Dodson, who was of-
fended by it conscience-stricken 0x03(50
110 11011 nadc W110(1 5110 1'011011011 iia 01•
10ndauee on two 00nsrentive evening's,
So boom :Doris and her husband remained
mute -need uneasy after this inaritol
snob, hind, (e Christmas -eve was a holi-
day- at his office in Somerset house,
David loafed about the 1101100 by1411(00lf
for a little while after breakfast, and-
then
ndthen sneaker( off to the Lawn-, trusting
to hick 111111 his wife's overrated indiffer-
owe for her to believe that he 111(;
spending the day (10 usual b1 town llrs,
llodson's society had 10en,ne 15 necessity
to him 110. The 00111114 infiueuco of
marriage laud in his 0111.1, n1011110d 1(1 10(1-
Iniuug him in domesticity indeed, but
by the wrong fireside Where lie 11101
been. tolerated before, 1e, wits now wel-
comed; and David, though he 11710 begin.
mug to feel yery (10(5(.0 tortures of re-
morse now tliat the tide of speenl8tm)1
seemed to have set in unfortunately for
found that the feeble efforts 1;o
made to escape were quite insufficient 111
break the chains which the stock bri e -
e ingenuity and his wife's matronly
fascinations had bound securely root
111111,
11y7 the last post flat nig1t Doris receiv-
ed e, tiff rote from AB's. Melton, evi-
dently inspired if not (Belated by Gnssie,
regretting. that her recent bereavement
rendered it impossible for them to pass
C.hiistinas atFoirleigh as Alr,-awtl AL's.'
Glyn had. ,so kindly invited them to Ido.
So the putt; was in omplet.e, luul• Clic
festivities iwere damped, and the -only
neighs who enjoyed thelmelv(s with a0'
unalloyed joy were Clnll10 I'afpillon :tial
Hilda Warren, who gave sonie of their.
lime' to a; vary seldom; disulssien of than
"som0lhfi14 wrong' in the hnn;;elold,and
1 mouse. disagreed violently u;; to Ileo
rinse ,,1 11,
Il neglect. her" 1111(1 afraid sigh,
et tilde, sorrowfully. •
,1e bores him, Iden sune''said Char-
lie, promptly,
I le shouldn't hove 700014ed he, if+lia
\000 tl.0 sort of man to be bored by a
ed woa,111."
"Seven inns ,' blinds t and n yens 1 18d" ono to,
1lum', possibilities, Don't you think it
w uiil blind you f„
"}'e,,," answered llildn, frakly, • "I
r1,pe;', it y''1111d."
"Now, if I had seven 11101/0111 it (';car,
you would overlook any faults" •
Poor Vida! 10110 10110 only too ready
to overlook them now, . B11 Charlie, with
flint 1110(0ti111 which was not Duly nn
empty boast, had sought her soulety 1, 0s
of ante, having no intention of burdening
his easy life by the rare of a wife. If
he, were' in Gussie's place, it wenlil be
different; and Charlie felt it very bard
that 11', of the three onee•-impecntti)us
friends, nLould'be the only one: left in
080,0.10', ale now 01001011 the pnssio(ale
o ,stas! which was in Ihhhl's heart -and
on Mr lips b!: reminding 1100 that they
coned: both "marry moos";"tinct the girl,
lvm :1 a pang or !caloasy, wondered whe-
ther the n!00e,y wee slrafdy dazzling
hos bk'lt' and isontewhat mercenary ayes.
(.Im ist.1u0•s wee, passed very gnicl l0, and
soon afterward Doris, finding the loneli-
ness of her lie in the loge house b}'
111' river ouste insnpl,ertald,, expressed
wish to lav in town, to be near her
grendnut1er. David, who (ym D00',
11111100 the 1)10001(10 of business e-ccite-
mneat, losing his 11011,01 calmness and
growing irritable and almost morose,
tared at, once, and they took a 5101)11
furnished louse m'm' Cllonceat01' road
Motion, a situation which Devin found
very convenient for Richmond. rind Denis
pleasantly mar to olio lits. Edgcomlic's
lunm0.
The old lady lens 01)011(0 well' in-
formed gel:Truing the movements of the
society around her, and it was she who
put !Tinos 110 possession of n p00e of
information concerning the hol(scbul11 at
the 1,,N•n: • llich the latter imported to
her 11110)r,:nd in the evening, with stdrt-
hn • effect. •
"Do yon know. David," she said sol-
emnly at dinner time, "1 have heard such
a strange thing about Mrs. Ilcnls0n! I
should scarcely like to repeat it, except
that grandmother told it ane as n fart;
-and you know how particular she. is
about 01001101!''
"'Whet is it'"" asked David, with cold
blue eyes that might hove been of glans.
"W'h,y, it seems that, although her hus-
band is known to be in difficulties, lb's,
e010
dresses S b[. 1 Iever,wears
ihidso;m d (tet than
'mu jewelry, and hos just orbited a new
4010)041' it 0p -mars that )ti's. Thum -
well, who told g(; 101010mme this, Wad
who is very vulgarly inquisitive, 110 you
know, was haling her brougham repaired
- 'i r' eel herein
1(l the Some aitch btu Ido », m g
this pretty new victoria lynx, 'for Airs,
Reason, she said 0110 0.1)1111(00)1 112 10,10
001 11fniid of 'i ipplying goods to stic1 an
extravagant household, And the. 000011 -
builder said i\b'. Ilods0n was not the Oen,
tlenan to whom the hill w110 sent in"
Some strange change, shoring interest,
if not curiosity, which cause over David's
face at her first mention of this gossip
caused her to repent it ninth more at
length than she had intended to do.
When she had finished, he asked dryly(
"And who is the 4011110511 mai"
"1 am 0hwd to think"
There was a pause before he saw, tin 0
01:0 (Odell would have soundell unite
tasted and stony If 110 hod eve:' shown
vivid interest in his talks With his wife:
"Well,' you have 1(11(10 some guesses, of
maw 1"
I amu afraid it must be Cassie"
She 10ns watching rum fearful lest he'
should think her unduly censorious, At
this, 1•cr answer, he made a movement
with his ripht'ellluw, so slight, 80 very
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NEVER CATCH COLD.
Rrench-Canadian Habitants Not, Af-
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S1.101 10 tllfgg 110 a'hl is absolutely
I 'unknown to the French-Canadian halt•:
(taint-ivhlcll goes for to prove that Ben -
,j1111/111 1''rtudklbi was right when he
Do Not Jose With Purgatives---
!'` A4faitic.is All k eople Need.
Not exactly sick -baits not feeling
Mite well, That's the wily most 1100-
p1e loci hi Dui spring..'Easily tired,
appetite vvntth, sometimes head-
aches and at feeling of di,pression, Per,
haps pimples or eruptlp!15 appear, or
thee- may, be Hying,s of rheumatism
•orneuralgia. alum• of these indicate
that the blood is out of order; that
the, indoor life of winter hots left its
Mark upon yo(1 and may ensiiy d'velep
lute more serious trouble. Don't close
('Ourself as 1111in' ,people foolii4hly do
,with purgativesin%the hope that yolt can
put your blood right Purgatives gal-
lop through, the, system and weaken in-
stead of giving, strength, (Vhat you
need' in' sprits„ is a tonic medicine that
will make new, ricin blood, build 1111 the
weakened nerves, and -thus give your new'
health, One slrengtiI, Dr. 1Yiliiams' pink
('Ills • is the one medicine that eau du
slight that, as iw Ives turning away
(tom her to feed the dog, she might al-
most have thought it insignificant. But,
for some reason or other, that scarcely
perceptible motion woke in the ('oun,a
wife's mind the first faint breath of
vague impalpable suspicion. It fright-
ened her -for the moment, seemed to
stop her 11rca11. 'The next mointot Davfd
1111( 0111ty scolding het for 1)0100(10 to
gossip, asserting his belief tint tussis
100(1 nothing to do with Air:. Tludson and
101 c Il'19,1g00.
'lYby, my de,n• ('111(1, look holy 0111(
l 011 btesiness with ant obliged to he there
yG1, 1bodson! And 1 tell you 1 tau sure
G0ssie is nut et the lawns once 11 week,»
David hated himself for this speech;
tut he was ton deep in the 10110 1111• to
draw btu 1: front an ou l,fmnal 1i,1, im-
.1)11011 u1' spo ti meet its wife was in rt.
mood that must be satnlcl,Le thought.
But It was 0 1,11 sign that she seemed
satisfied so easily, said nu mono 011 the
snbj001, 1801, iF David led understood
('01000bet.tmr, rte would have been
alarmed.
(To he ectitinuod,(
0
English Needle -Making.
The origin Of the establishment, of 1110
110111110 i111111 -l) in 101111 11, whieli town I
is ilio0 1'111/10110 101' ito 1100(110 418111011011,"
it 18 (001011, but recent resean•ehcs seem
10 51/OW (hal tine ark of needle m0l(1ng
was probably first taught to the inhabi-
tants by the monks of the Cistercian
.1Lbey of l;odesley, which was n large
religious louse existing on the outskirts
of the present '100011. Of Itodditch, and
which was dissolved he, 1518. The
growth of the trade, horrs'er, sass En-
gineering, nest have been very slow.
and it was not until toward 1 h end of
the eighteenth century that the bulk of
the English needle -molting inhistry was
concentrated in fend about Redditch. ,
tlus'speedily, imiely and 011001y, 0 Even'
dose of this ulellheine makes new, rich,
red • blood,' strengthens the a petite
II ,
clean( the skin, •and Makes tired, de-
pressed men need women bright, ac-
tive imd strong, 111', Thiry Ituggins, ,
Oshawa, 0111,, says: "1 don't think 1
thee is anything equal to Dr, 413)1.
tia ii':Phil: fills as a cure for nor- I
vonsness, indigestion and a run down I
condltiou of the blood. For some time
1 wale n grout sufferer front these trine
Ides," I tried several remedies, but
nothing g Lel ;ed tie 110th 1 be 011 tak-
ing
ing. Dr, Williams' Pick fill:;, Before
taking them 1 felt like on old man,
but by the time 'I had taken four boxes
any strength had returned, fay- ulipctite
(0(410ved, my nerves were steady and
I
W110 feeling a renewed' man."
• If you steed a. 11105E01ne this spring
--and most people do -try Dr. Wil -
Nuns' Pink
il•li n '`Pink ]sills told see how speedily
they will nuke you feel like a now
110111011, 8011 by nil the medicine deal•
its or by marl at :,0 emits a box or six
bo:;_es fir 4250 titan the D', (1111imms'
''.,clLyue C'o., Brockville, Out,
Quaint "How D'ye Do's:"
A French .journal has been. looking
into the question of how .different races
e0pteea 'How obi' you 'do?" and gives
some' curious examples, The Cornus,
for inetnnee greet each other- with the
renlik, "You lo Ic0k old,," and no ef-
fence is. given or implied. Persians soy
"1111y Allah preserve your beard and
eover it with benedictions." Among a
tribe of Fiji Islanders the correct forte
of salutation is to pill 000:0 ear. A Car-
oline islander kneels before, Ids. friend,
whose Riot, : 1mR slapss nt himself
Vigorously in the) face with rt:. In the
,Son,lnn a traveller was ;uldtes4d by a
nattve.chief 1s "Mighty Sum," the said
chief finishing ((p with "Glory to thee,
C) jilemlid m qp ' d1 -s remark being
aecertitah',1 b(:Titling In the travelle'r's
right hand, -
DRUGGING CHILDREN
A SOURCE OF DANGER
When you give you' child a so-mll-
ed "soothing" medicine you are not cur-
ing its sickness. You am u1e'el))'
dot aging it into temporary bmsensibil• 1
. .Soothing nwiliclncs 01(11111 opi-
ates and. 11)1,0(1111100 . may 0,11 the
child, When you give your little one
11 J y's Own 'Tablets you have the
0)153;1)01 of t g .l er(1mlt analyst 1
fink this n: Lu 1, is safe. And you
hove the word 1'f 11105ands of grate-
ful mothers that. this medieing will
promptly cure all the minor tihnctnts
of childhood Airs. 1, AV. Smith St,
(HM, Qn0., says, "1 h,vc used Baby's
0 n
Tablets .f 1 ;1(v' little girl for con-
stipation,
ons ipati00 ,1(111 other tr,nb+es and have
found. theme ?the iest medicine I Imre
over red,"- Sold by medicine dealers
or by mail int 23 rents a box from The
Dr. Williams'Medicine Co„ Brookville,
Ont.
YOU SET.
"loihcr-Why Don't you get up and
give that seat to your father, Bobby?
Don't it Pain y01.1 to see loins reaching
for a strap?
(lobby -Not on n trolley, but it
paints 1110 to see hint reaching for a
strap at hone.
TO CURE A COLO 6D ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE 9110010 Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money if It tails to euro. E.
IV. ROVE'S signature is on each box.•
we.
A Lay of Ancient Rome.
(N. V, Sun),
"Macaulay ]tall jtIst taken• his pen in
hand.
"lint," they 0(1011, ''the Wellesley pro-
fessor of rlteto'ie condemns by'idgoP
Herewith he doubted )thelher 10 let
IIorittilts hold it or 1mt:,
announced a century and a hail ago that
colds have n01Lui 1(lfntever to do with
cold t hese 10011 doss 110 more heavily
than we do in the latitude of New Yolk,
writes 13irgc 1t ti'rinon in 1$eribner'sp
often go bareheaded, and perform their
alilutiono in .lee' 01)11'3, w111011 freezes on
0/10 surfaoo w11111'. 11 is molting o1
another. Personal cleanliness is 1151 their
strong point, however, ih1)• atilt Washed
so 010110 i11s0le by the esloi'1o1a101th of
oxygen in which they live thatthey have
a tine scorn for the condition of the ex-
ternal man, Mao)' of them do not 1111-
dr086 (1110104 the entire winter, Person-
ally, .1 was 1111111110 to atl:aill to thin happy
disregard for personal cleanliness -
again, perhaps, becmis0 1 did not re-
main long enough in e:unp, After sleep-
ing in tee)' clothes for a week T began
to p 110 1.001411modly for a bath. I asked
lite Power il' Ilii' tan.' desire ever trou-
idol hint daring his long trips of inspec-
tion.
"\m;" 110 said. "1 suppose' 1' amu in-
ured to it, 'I bathe 1101(011 (5* 1511 101011
takes food -when he ('aim got it, How-
ever, if yon feat like a bath,'why not
have ((1e.1"
Under the eireu10slance5 1 confess
that the ,joke seemed in ine a poor one.
However, in replying n maintained a
telae: iti serious 00 bis uw11.
"Dotighhn.'d!" I said. "Show me the
hath -moo"
"Anywhere. Take a snow bath. It is
not at illi n bad substitute."
Finding thn1 he was quite serious, I
decided to make, the experiment, and
after as roll in a sfx,foot snow bank
(somewhat hurriedly, 1. rdmit.), followed
by a'brisk rnbdoyn by I110 fire, I dressed
-la new man for the' 'day, Then I went
and exan)iucd the thermometer outside:
11 registered 115 degrees below zero!
H4 -
Sign, of Rain.
(Irronn mho 'Second heading Book," printed
In Dublin, Ireland, apparently about 184e.)
The hollow winds begin to blow, '
The clouds look black, the glass Is low;
T'he soot falls -dawn, the spamlele sleep,
And spiders from their cobwebs.0000p,
Lett night the s)1m,we01 ,pale to bed,
'('1011 1110011: 111 halos lid hor Lead.
The bodlog. shepherd heaves a sigh,
For, see, rainbow spino the sky;
'rhe Walls are daft, the ditches smell,
Closed In the pink eyed pimpernel,
Hark! Dow the chairs and tablet crack;
Old Betty's joints aro on the tock;
Loud quack the dunks, the peacocks Dry;
distant hills are looking nigh.
0 restless are the snorting erflnol'
'rue busy 'flies disturb mho kine', "y
Low o'er mho grass the small001 avks88,
TI,c cricket, too, how sharp he styi.n,�g's.
Puss on the hearth, with velvet' 3,
Sits wiping o'er her whiskered
Through the clear stream tb ,1"C'1elite x110
And nimbly catch the tam '"roS, Iltos.
'1'(10 glowworms 11010 ro05 a tl blight
Blunted the flew dell 1 ht; t
'Y .°ta
Al dusk the squalid Maud` ,seen,
Bopping and crawling 050, the gr000;
The whirling wind the dust ,obeys,:
And in the rapid eddy
The frog has changed its'yellow vest,
A101 to a russet coat Is dressed;
Though June the air is cold and ebIll,
The mellow blackbird's voice is shrill. .
My dog, is altered In his taste,
Quits mutton bones, on grass to feast. .
And see yen rooks, bow odd their flight,
They imitate the flying kite,
And headlong downward seen( to fall
As 11 they fort the piercing ba11,
ain; with Twill surely r Lsee w t1' sorrow
Our jaunt roust be put- off tomorrow.
-M+1'
Manchy'ria's Chaotic Currency.
The. eu'recy of Manchuria is in
as state of chaos, according to the acting
British commercial attache at Perkin. Int
the south and at the northern terminus
of the South Manchurian Railway solo'
side a y, silver coins known os "3101(11
'none, ", constitute the currency. All
tr0ilsnetiols, great and small, are based
en this currency', which is at a discount
of nearly 20 per cent, on its Rice value:
Stivev dollars, whether Mexican Ilnt ,;
ish or Chinese, 000 starve, while Yoleb•
ha ma specie and Russo -Chinese Bank
-
donor rotes (the former issued by tit'
Newdnyang branch of the hank) are cont.
nun, but at a discount of sono 4 pep,
emits 01511'10 the silver dollar.' To ad' 1'
to the ('0ilfusan the Soutar 1Gnnchurinrl •,
Railway l0101mty has issued an onde 0
that only gold yen will be aecepted b},
the railway, the dollar notes issued l3,' ,
the Chinese 1111 Po (or Government) flank
are now being put into circulation. In
n0011)0rn Alanehurio rubies (silver and
paler) and silver and bronze copeck
picves are the currency, and no other
coins are necopted by the railway or the
Chinese Pastern lluibray, -Pall 11x11
Gazette,
Smiles.
If there were smiles for sale
At some market, where
The rich, the poor, the low, the high,
Alien burry10with their change to buy,
What crowds would gather there!
('et there are smiles enough,
And each might have his share,
11' every pian world do or say
Ono --Inst one -kind word every' day
To 11(1 some otbor'o'iuue,
Talks About It.
1:' your wife of the same opinion
still 1"
"She is of the same opinion, but not
Mill."
Discouraging. •
It ,l001111 cheer the man who is on his
way to the butcher's to learn that steel
roils are going down in price: Toledo
Blade.
Summoned at a Dublin Police Court
for driving a brill without securing it
with a rope and a ring passed through
its nose, !a cattle drover monde a defence
which obsolutely floored ttie prosecu-
tion. The bull had no noel