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I \ The I Red Witch i Or Thc Wooing Of Constantia. ', , ii >**+*:*+*>-:+::+* SYNOPSIS OF PRECEKD1NO CHAPTERS. Couttatitla's cousin. Donna, after travelling abroad, re- turns home ns Mrs. Uundas and finds Unit during her absence Lord Varley. an old flame, has married. While Garret Harry, a suitor of Constan- tia's is calling on her, i'cathcrston, ; another suitor is announced. They , discuss a ball to be given by I^ady Varley. At this tall O'Grady. cous- in of Feathers ton. fatis in love with his hostess not recognizing her. CHAPTER IX. Constantia wns busy with her af- ternoon tea-table Not that it was afternoon yet It was indeed <|uile early, barely eleven o'clock. nut Constantia. nevertln-U- s. was In a very agony of bustle, this being tdc first time she had ever entertained anybody within the walls of tho Cottage And it was not to be tho ortho- dox, meager tea either, where a cup is handed round to one with a mor- sel of cake or a bit of bread-and- butter, but a real, honest, hand- s me a/fair, with a snowy cloth, and hot cakes and cold cakes, and Jam. and honey, and delicate little tart lets that Mulcahy was an adept at making when sufe from tho thimble- ful. She. MuJcahy, was in wonder- ful preservation so far, and quite Kay In the knowledge that she was somehow circumventing Miss McCil- licuddy. who would have died rather than waste a cup of tea on anyone i'on.-t tulia hod got out all tho boat china the lovely old Crown Derby that was shut away in a cor- ner, and denied thc light from year's end to year's end. It looked what It was. very beautiful, and the silver teapot, and sugar-bowl, and cream wer of a quaint Queen Anne, shape It. I say, Con. I'm sorry If I vexed you, old girl. See, I caught all these trout for you. and beauties they are, you shall have them for your break- fast, and I'll cook them in a way the Hod Indians do them, und that I'm sure is a grand plan." Constantia laughed, which meant that tdo breacd was healed "I was saying to Connie, before you 1.11111- in." said Noruu. address- ing George, with a tinge of melan- choly in her tone, "that I hope when she marries she will have ev- en thing lovely round her, sho would know so well what to do with Idem " That remark would be quite as ap- plicable to me." responded George. "I should know what to do with them I should eat them. As for marriage. I can't see why Connie hesitates. ; If she won't have Fcath- erslon there is Harry, und if she tarns up her nose at Tarry there is still Stronge. Hcally. on the whole. 1 think I should recommend Stronge. After the way in which he distin- guished himself the oilier flay at him' *fjd hounds l.y falling into and over everything, without looking very much the worse for wear after- wnrdst^Aesji inclined to think he must li^Pfcsiderably on this side of ninety." "Nonsense ! Donna says he is only thirty-fivaajf exclaimed Norah, who was a ra&m partisan of Strongo's. "It woulo not matter if he were on the wrong sjdja^of a hundred." said her head to one the effect of tho last the Chelsea bowl Id require an ef- ion. about the see anywhere side to mark fii.n-i-r put "To fancy hi fort. He Is in iu ugliest man you co for a penny She straightened her head and lift- |t ^ ^ annlhff ^.^ but , a window almo rge wore on the dull curtains, and worn carpet, and general air of angry depression 1 hem was an exquisite view from It. however, that hail a touch of salt spray in it, and a wild washing of waves against grcnt barren cliffs ; and, as I have said, tho odor of the flowers pervaded it. Norah was standing beside the ta- ble lost in admiration, as Constantia put in a blossom hero In tdo huge bowl that adorned the centre of it i or took out one there. As sde watched she crooned little verses to hor.ielf. asjd stood now on one leg nnd now on tho other Sho was restless with excitement, and rather worried Constantia with 'tier convic- tions, tdut up to this Donna Ihln- das had never yet seen so desi raid- in eutei i . iiiineni as w a -. now going t'j be oflered to her. "Don't bo a goose. Norah." said Constant la. with that noblo simpli- city of language that characterized j Hie Mct.iMieiiddys when conversing' in private one with tdo other. "Donna has lived in such un atmos- phere of luxury all her life, that she will feel nothing but an intense am- usement wlii>n she SI-PS tdo arrungo- menis you so much admire " "I don't believe a word of It." she said. "Kverythlng looks lovely, and If you ask u person to tea I hey know what they uro going to get. don't tdey ? And there is only one thing iiK'esHury, and that, i.- to make il strong enough. I have tolrt Mul- i.ihy and she sav> it will bo stingo. Oh. Connia, how heaiitiful you arc in i.iiiicini; idosa flowers ! there must .une charm in t lie ends of your linners a 'pishogue,' Mulcahy -alls H " At this moment i :, MI-HP, who dad liepn iisluiig ; inn- early dawn, came in, Hiul lluni,' ln^ basket on the gi-iimd. nnd looked \wth an uilinir.i- tion wide a.. Nor. ill's at the table. I su\ . what, a spread!" n dis- i.ncl jo> "i his glance "How did; you do il '.' What a girl you nre. ' run I", lie advanced towards hn nilh open arms "VUiat a regular ep-tie' <>h. why am I your In-other "" \Miy. indeed '." returned sde. with cold disdain "I nm sure nobody ,lil think il " What inisfoiiiiiie flung us both in . cradle ? If I were BOIIIP- l.odv eltr'H hrulher. let me tell you i .\illi mi eye on those cakes I that I sh-.uld ii"l liesiiiiip for u moment I I iii.i aiil ly marrv you." I o o't think you would," I i .mi i, i dryly Mite nioN.-d hack. ti> avoid (In- i-m- that wot. de^-endini; upon lier. I, ut loo l ,ie George, bi-foro she coalil e i .) had iMiveloped her in li.-.ir like him that only, gained in InleiL-iiv . he t,.|i her shrink from n (III '" i i i'-d she llKhgnillltly. push- ing dim aw.iy . what, n wretch you in,' ' Now look at my Mi-eve' There I . ll.e lace III I lllliom '" I i e, illy wish. George, you would tal.e voiii--, If and your doiiiit |j s |, mi' of I!,, ." liroki in Norad. !,,, .! 'I h'.ir to see III'' tear* l n Co nnd wasli youi f.ic.- ami make, youi "!; lespert.itde lieforn they , Si eleven o i-m-U ' 1 think I see in-, !! M four I shall put ill a 'ligiiuied nnd aristocrat ir *|>- : OJPJB. bu*. not i moment son r Komi'lhiiig in his face that told her he had heard der luckless spewfTt Her agony of regret, her horro so changed her expression that No- roh and George, looking at her. fel' tdat something awful must hav Instinctively, they glom horn, and then as Instinct ively they fled ! Constantia was alone. In her need in* she told herself bitterly) t hey had deserted her, and left her to ftco "the ugliest man you could seo anywhere for a penny" unbe- n i. Mil. -il ! She stood motionless for a full minute, unable to lift her eye from tun carpet; and then, having discovered that thc unsympathetic earth was not going to open and swallovv her up. sdo drew her breath hard, and lifted a face shamed und crimson to Mr. Stronge. He himself was decidedly pink as do stepped tdrougd the window and cume straight towards her. -ever mind." said he earnestly. He took one of her hands and press- ed it kindly. Tde distress on drr pretty fare, made him so miserable tli.it he hardly knew what he did What on earth (Iocs it matter '' ho exclaimed "Tdink no more of It. I cannot bear to seo that look in your pyes " lie dad become quite calm now, i ml remembering, sought to rolenso der hand; but der fingers tightened upon dis, and held him closely Oh. 1 nm so sorry t" she stam- mered, tears filling her eyes "And es it wasn't tine Only George . torment InR. and de was Buying " Slip broke, oft abruptly, nnd grew even redder. "I mean that is then) really wasn't a word ol truth in it. I have known any am- ount of jmople ever no much uglier. Oh. no. tdat is not it !" mod she. horrified ut. her lust mistake, which indeed crowned the older. "I mean I dave known many not so good- lookincr as " Mr. Stronge broke into a loud and hearty laugh It was a laugh evi- dently from his heart, and Irrepns slide, nnd it had the effect of at once dispersing the cobwebs of awk- wardness that hung on the mental atmosphere. "Lei us adhere to tde train at all risks." entreated he. still laughing. If Nature refused mo dor hlundish- iiMitf*. who sdall dare to blame der? Not I, for one Wo can't bo all likp you. fi>r example " He' bowed over the little hand de -..ill held, nnd kissed It lightly so lightly tdnt it would dave been Im- possible for her to understand the depth of the happiness de felt as his lips touched her Ho was now smil- ing ut her with Hie gonllesl eyes in lhe world. llut still you must listen to me I ay you are not ugly." persisted Constantia. "And .mil I ilon't sup- pose you will over like me again, but " "Do not way that." Interrupted de. still smiling, though now his smile dad taken a tingo of sadness, nhall always like you ns you put It " "It ' very good of yon. then " sain Constantia dejectedly. "And I only ii<n,o (hat. by-aiulrhy when you leave thin, you won't tfcink it over and clnuiu,-. your mind ul>nl ni Dut if > dense please remom- I.er how dreadfully sorry I was." "Tut I Nonsense I " said he gay- iy. At this Juncture the door was par- tially opened, and Norah's head ap- peared. Finding matters on quite an amiable footing, she took heart of grace and entered boldly. Behind her was George. They had both been, evidently, listening outside In the hall to see if their assistance would be required in case Mr. Stronge should take the alTair bad- ly. Assault and battery might have been in their minds, to judge of their anxious faces that first presented themselves. However, they now grew quite chirpy, and advanced on Mr. Strongo with beaming faces and extruded hands. He met them half-way. He had grasped the situation at a glance, nnd was amused by it. When he had greeted them, ho wont back to the window and stepped outside. Was he goin^r ntviiy ? The consternation of the McClllicuddys was Intense. Constantia grew plac. Mr. Stronge. however, only stooped to the ground and then brought to view a large bucket, which ho placed with some difficulty upon the sill. "I I thought you might like some strawberries for Mrs. Dundas," he said. "My gardener tells me they are early, and so I brought them." " Drought them t" exclaimed Oeorge. surveying the dimensions of the basket. 'Drove to the gate, and brought them dowo the avenue." "Strawberries I" cried Constantia and Norah In a breath. There was another pair of famous Chelsea dish- es downstairs; upon them they would look just beautiful. Norah cast a lightning glance at Constantia. "Now will she lauugh ?" said the glance. "Oh. how good of you how quite too good I" said Constantia, with a remorseful glance at Stronge. "They were the vory things, of all others, we wanted. Dut you have robbed yeurself." looking at tho Inrge and apparently very heavy bas- ket he had now lifted into the room. "We wo shan't know what to do with all those." "To tell you tho truth," began Stronge. growing very red. and bending determinedly over the bas- ket as if to take out the strawber- ries. He did not tell the truth, however, whatever it was. but paus- ed in a rather Ignominious manner and looked no confused that the thYee pair of eyes watching him cume to the conclusion that ho was. somehow, thoroughly ashamed of a half. They were indeed delighted handsome creature and much more with his criticism. Tho knowledge I docile and harmless than the norc that his own house was a very mag- brown variety, which kills him off nlficcnt affair, and that footmen in whenevei it finds him. This estate, ..._*U > fX.fk/1 iu 1111 , i tit.-/ 1 1 1 1 t it ri^tfi !*_ **************************************** plush and many such purchasable luxuries were not unknown to it, only added to the worth of his op- inion. "I have a few pretty tilings at Inchirone." ho said, looking at Con- stantia. "I wish you could see them. You have been at Inchirone?" "Yes. In the Desmond's time." replied she. flushing warmly. The Desmonds were a good old Irish fa- mily who had come to grief, and whose estate had been put in the market and bought by old Stronge the blanket man, Andrew Strongc's father. "But never since?" asked he. tak- ing no notice of her quick change of color, though he felt it, and under- stood it thoroughly. "No." She shook her head, paus- ed a little, and then said impulsive- ly, "but I should like to." "Should you, really ?" nsked he eagerly. "Of course I have been longing to ask you, that in, every- body, to Inchicrone for ever so long, but there is something so specially awkward about being a bachelor." "Still, I don't seo why you couldn't givo us a dance, or some- thing, in spite of that great want of yours." "Yes. a dance: with Chinese lan- terns in those lovely groves, nnd a band, and a moon," cried Norah. clapping her hands. "Oh. do think of it, dear Mr. Stronge !" To be continued. ANIMALS 0N~CODNTIES, SOME HAIRY LANDED GENTRY IN GREAT BRITAIN. worth $.':,. -.nil. is an absolute dedica- tion to 'the black rat. race . and in hard times sacks of grain are left fr th." owners and occupant* to help thi'iiiJ-elvi'H from. .111 t.Uon. which fifty years ago was a vagrant, roaming in millions over the great plain* ol the west. is now almost extinct ; but the remainder have becoma leisured landowners, for they have national reserve of land settled on them, and arc protected from hunt- ers under the severest penalties. They are wel! oil, owning tt.OOO acres of enclosed land in the Yellow- stone Park : nnd there they lord It royally, and chase all intruders off their estate. BROWIM GIRLS, OCCASIONALLY BEQUIKE TONIC MEDICINE. It Will Keep the Blood Rich, Be4 and Pure, Strengthen the Nerves and Prevent Decline Mrs. Hiram Kinkier, the wife of s respected furmar in South 1'elham township, \\elland county. Ontario, says : "It is with great pleasure that I givo this tribute to the health restoring virtues of Dr. \\Hlioms' Pink Pills. When my daughter Lena, (now thirteen years of age), bcgasj the use of your medicine, a little over u year ago. she was in a most wretchod erudition. In fact we were seriously alarmed le*t she might not recover. The- first symptoms were s feeling of languor und weakness, gradually growing worse. Sim be- came pale, lost flesh, had littlo or no inn "I'l'etitu and was apparently going ' iMo a decline Finally the trouble I became complicated with a persistent , sore -throat, which gave her great ditliculty in t>wallowing. I gave her The Cronbury herd of British wild ^ ver ^ advertised medicines. but cattle In Warwickshire. Kngland. l|)ey di , not ^ nv . r ^ hcr Tncn sh . Id Constant ia at last, he was feeling won- townrdn him just anted to help him If to '^ d oWlni n : si.'- sho could "Well. It Is this." "that I thought, knowTng Mrs. Dun- dan abroad, you KCC. swollen i; pn-t ty well acquainted wither tastes, I thought In fact, I knclei oho would Ilka a glass of champagne ; and I fancied it would please you." looking cntreatingly. ns If for pardon, at Constantiu, "to have it to give her. Of course. I should not have presumed to bring It but that I knew of your aunt's objection to wine of any sort, and therefore Kiipf>Md It would not be In the house." "In the hounfl ? Was it ever In the house?" thought Constantia, and der brow clouded. Stronge. see- ing the sudden cloud, misunderstood It. "Dut but if you think I shouldn't If. that Is. you think it better sot why." seizing tde basket in his ag- ii.it i. in. "I ran take it away again " "Tuko It nwoy ? Oh, don't!" cried Constantia. with a gesture full of entreaty. "Champagne! Why, it It is tho very thing. I don't believe in Donna and tea conjoined, but Donna and champagne That sounds quite correct " Slip went up to dim. Her face was charming al- ways, but now it was really lovely, wild tho sparkle of excitement In the eye, and the quick smile on the mohilo lips. "How did you think of U nil ?" sho said. " You are the kindest man on earth. I think How you must lia\ e studied Donna ! " If she had arranged tho speech, it could not have durt him more So that was how she took It ? Me studied Donna : not her ' Good heavens ! how blind, how ungrate- ful a woman ran be. when der thoughts are full of another ' He dad fell (,'ieat. joy when hl.s present WOK accepted; when do know he had not offended tde one de loved best on earth, in his desire to please hcr; but now "I wns not tdinking of Mrs. Dun- das " do Mild stiiny. "No, of course not," exclaimed Norah, with an indignant glance at Constantiu, who hud really meant no- thiiiK unkind. "You thought of Con- nie, wasn't that il ?" Sde dad thrust her arm through her pro- .. nnd was looking at him with a tender, protective Raze. "Yes, that was it." returned he. smiling: something In Coiistantla's surprised fure, that told him she had mean! nolhine; hy her word*. had mil him- I only cnme down for u moment to bring these things," ho said, "hut I'll he hack nhoiit four Will tdat do, Miss MoOilllcud- dy ?" "Don't I.e later," said sde. wltd an anxiety tdat. sent din blood rnsh- iiiK gladly through his veins. Ho I round him. "How pretty the (able is !" ho said at Just Indeed, the flowers Here so e\i|iii itely ntrniie.rd Umt I hey struck him at once The whole ' is sn ch. i ruling Unit you must forgive iia remarking it " Thoy forgave dim "itli n heart and Herd of Wild Cattle Acres of Pasture Land Settled . on Them. , | which are almost the only ones left , vas |,| aced under tno care of a doe . of their kind, have settled on them tor w)lo sttiu - |, cr blood was poor ;300 acres of good fat posture-land, and !,,,.,,._ Rn ,| her whole system absolutely their own. and worth bnd | y run dorn Th) , doctor's treat- about $25. 000. Neither they nor mctlt did not hclp her any ^j lhen j their owner will allow any trespass- nct i nK , n the advice of a neighbor. I ( ors on their estate, nnd only U*jbgaj| to givo her Dr. Williams' Pink herdsman Is tolerated by them. i>,n g The confidence with which this This Lund runs to about ten acres medicine was uiged upon us was not per beast, nnd they are the sole sur- mispluced. as I soon noticed a dis- vivors of the old Knglish race of ,,,., improvement In my daughter's .wild cattle perfectly white with the condition. The use of the pills for a exception of one other herd, and a (,. w weeks longer .seemed to complrte- rauple of ie|.i-e,eritatlveH in Uio Vxio. i v restorp her. and from that time .They have a stream of their own. s |,e has been a cheorful, light-hearted and their estate is walled ott by a R i r |, the very picture of health. I ,ring fence. They arc always in the win always reconimead Dr Williams' i pink of condition- so pink. In fact. i' in it pm, t p other sufferers, feeling that if any stranger enters their do- RlIO j they will prove quite as emca- I main they, soon make him how his clous as they did iu my dnughter'l very finest sprinting form Unless :,y.e " 'they all die out-which is unlikely. Mothers with growing daughters for there ro thirty of them, in- 'will 4nal;e MI* mistake if they Insist there ro slightly every will javvi-r K- put they ycnt- -theVipon the occasional use of Dr. Wil- to any dlder .|i lim .s' I'ink Pills laild will javvi-r K- put to any lder .|i lim .s' I'ink Pills ; thoy will help ns. I them to develop properly : will Torre is a very proud old family make their blood rich nnd pure, nnd <>f beavers in Bute. Scotland, which thus ward oft disease and decline. 1 ,01 d Hute introduced there a long The genuine pills are sold only U time ago, suirl they have 100 acres of i boxes hearing the full name, "Dr. charming woodland of their own. i Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo- with river running through It ; and 'pic" on the wrapper around each nobody but themselves Is allowed to ( box. None, other is genuine, no mat- ' enter or build there. They have in- ter what some self-interested denier creased to forty families, each f am- | may say. If in doubt, send direct ily having a douse three feet high of .to tho Or. Williams' Medicino Co., its own building, with the front door Hiorkville. Ont , and the pills will i under water. They have the ex- bo mailed post paid at 50 cents a and and 'elusive rights of felling timber tho estate, und have cut down a great ninny big trees, wl.ich tln-v tilicc up for building purposes, to make darns ACROSS THE RIVKR. They keep out weasels, rats, 'other vulgar outsiders, and altoge- ther HIP very select. Tho land is I worth about fft.OOO. aad tho beavers themselves possibly $1,()00 more ; but they are) not for sale, and never I will lie Their chief amusement is engineering ; anil tho dams they build and tho houses they erect aro perfect muster-pieces. They have an advantage over Uie bustards. of Norfolk, which own ; more land. Hit have not been t.liere very long These birds, which have) the distinction of being the biggest Hritish feathered creatures. were jonre plentiful in Kngland ; hut they I died out. and a new family of tdom | has been importod from Spain They have an enclosed 20 acres of land of their own. with the right to roam as : far as they pleii.se ; and they uro specially protected, it being 'uniler- Ktood that thoy ure not to be shot at, wherever found. There were about thirty originally, nnd they were taken over to Kngland at a cost of $l,i>.,0 It is hoped thoy will gain a footing, and they ilx> allowed some mftre land if 'increase. All undesirable box, or six boxes for $1! no. -f- MKN'S PAJAMAS. .'.' to 44 Inch Hreast. The comfort an.' tho utility of the pajamas nre ackuow ledgexl facts. ^.' ko many another garment brought will! 10 us Irom tdc Must, tdey dave bc- th,.y <'.omc a necessity and make an csscn- u n I nuils i l ' ul I'lirt of exery iiMisculine outfit. nro kept away, nnd ncliody is allow- |'l'lie trousers are .simple anil straight ed to disturb their peure . and when ' <h\iwn up at tho v.-nist by means of their numbers increase they will bo I t'U'es InserlMl at tho upper edge. able to hold their heads as high as tho beavers. Hals, us a rule. are nut very cop- iiiucli cherished ; but there is a rat aristocracy on Mr Price 1'Hrrv's rat I'vtatp nt (ireenlees, MOBtgOIDMy, uliieh owns eighty acres all of Its own. partly burns anil old buildings. nnd partly meadow- land nnd pice. Thus* are tho OLD HIUTISII II,ACK HATS, which are fast dying out till over tho country, for tho ordinary brown rat cnme frnM Norway, and lias almost exteiininated I l,o aiicii-nl lOiigliHll variety On thi-se i ; . nries tho tilark rats hold al.-olute .sway, and in, lilies. cats, or hi t"t> are allowed to escape the \ ai.ce of II, e keeper, mill invade 'the- | estate. The old black i The cout is loose, l>ut shapely. c, it on excellent lines. At tho and left side is a patch pocket, and the neck is finished with n soft, turn-over collar. 'IV cut these pajamas for . man of medium sixe yards of material 21 inches wide, 7j yurils 27 inches wide, or (i \;,rds ;'.^ inches wide, will bo required. f- 1 M:\lish apple oichnrils cover ISu, l"l acres, i^ain-.t 000,000 acres it I-'ra 1 Tdtee per cent of tho men of iiu> Christian world 11 C1| i i'n lorn, .it .. ea. cathedral is the Mill masoi.ry ImiMing j,, t. ,e> world. a hi-iht of .V_N fe"t . The Wa ton montiuiual. .MI.'I fit-' >, \'i I . DUKE OF CORNWALL AND YORK. ^ ^ * * M.uir;ib> Traits * of His Royal Ilighnm. * ***************r***9*****V********** By the accession of Edward VII to tte Throne of his ancestors, a new and deeper interest naturally attach- td to His Majesty's second and only i lurviving son. the Duke of York, who. by the elevation of his father to kingly rank, at once became heir apparent of the Crown, while also succeeding to the title of Buko of Cornwall But this was much more than a title. It has often happened that there has been a duke without ducats, but the Cornwall title is one not merely of a dukedom, which might conceivably carry with it nei- ther land nor lucre, but of a duchy, With its solid and "delectable" in- come of AH'.n.ooo a year a sum which has fallen to thc lieir to the Throne as part only of the Income es- sential to tha keeping up of his dig- nity; and in the case of our last Prince uf Wales this Income amount- ed to over 100,000, apart from 10,000 allowed for tho separate use of his Consort. Sixty thousand a year alone from the Ducdy of Corn- wall is a handsome enough revenue, and it may truly be said that it could not have devolved upon a more careful economist than Its present possessor. In whom there never was anything of tho wild "Prince Hal," still leas of the Prodigal Son. HIS CHARACTER was formed in the two best school!) of our national virtues the family circle and the fleet. In his messages to the navy and army on succeeding to the Throne. Edward VII rightly thought he was paying the former the highest compliment in his power when he reminded it that, as her de- ceased Majesty "had made it the pro-; fession of my lato lamented brother. o I also chose it for the arly edu- cation of both my sons." After two years' training on the Brittania. tho Hoyal brothers were transferred to thc steam corvette Bacchante, commanded by Captain , (now Admiral) Lord Charles Scott. nery anil pilotage; and it is known that his severe examiners were no re- specters of persona. After this his career was as rapid as it could be by dint of honest mer- it and nut of rank, which is not a thing to conjecture with in the Brit- ish Navy in matters of promotion. l-'irst appointed to the Thunderer on tho Mediterranean Station, he was transferred to the Dreadnought, and to the Alexandra, flag-ship of his sailor-uncle, the Duke of Edinburgh, under whom he remained for three yean, during which time he visited the S iltan at Stamboul, his mater- nal uncle the King of Greece at Ath- ens, and the late Khedive Tewflk at Cairo having experience of men and things wherever he went. After an- other course of gunnery training at Portsmouth, to which he volunteered he wan next appointed to the North- umberland, flag-ship of the Channel Squadron, and during the naval man- oeuvres of 1889 ho was placed in com- mand of a torpedo boat which, by tho way. also took part in thc grand review at Splthead in honor of bis cousin THE GKJIMAN EMPEROR. As a result of his solid merits Prince George was soon thereafter (May 1890) appointed to command the gunboat Thrush for service on the North American and West Indian Stations, a command which he held for thirteen months, and it was dur- ing this period that he was deputed by the Queen to represent Her Ma- jesty at the opening of the Indus- trial Exhibition In Jamaica, on which occasion he specially icquest- ed of the Admiral in charge of thc station that he might simply bo treated as an ordinary naval officer On returning to England the Prince was promoted to the rank of com- mander (of the recond class cruiser Melampus) being then only in his twenty-seventh year and the four- rnngemcnt has Its analogue In the of the Czar Alexander III. of Uussia, wlio had similarly taken ov- er the matrimonial engagement of his elder brother, the* Czarevitch de- ceased, to Princess Dagmar ot Den- mark, sister of the Princess of Wales. It was said that Prince George had long been an admirer of Princess May. but had stood aside in favor of his elder brother, and had now sim- ply reverted to his old love. This was the nret time since James II.. who had also been a Duke of York, that an heir to the Throne had chos- en an English bride, so the British public were all the more in favor of tho marriage, though the blood of Princess May was not exactly a fresh Introduction into the Royal family, she and the Prince, among other con- sanguineous ties, having had a corn- Duchess of Cornwall 1 and York. fl BRITISH h\m AND II FUTURE ODKS. had re- the H. R. H. Princess Victoria Mary full of gaiety and pranks. He Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claud- not then hauginK over him the ine Agnes, Duchess of Cornwall and sponsibility of being heir to York, in a great-granddaughter of throne, but expected to pass his life King George HI. of these realms. i n the perhaps really more pJcasant King George III. had fourteen child- , comparative obscurity of a younger ren, but of these. there were singular- ' g on . Princess May was very gay and ly few descendants generation. in the second lively too ; but perhaps the gentle General of his sons and more melancholy elder cousin not marry at all, till was mora attractive to her lively mon ancestor in the person of George quitc ' ate ,. l " li ' e ' their " nrTia e9 spirit at Unit time.- were hurried on because it was seen j Many nra tno cal|g and rc8pon . that the line was in danger of fulling sibi | Ui(al of a Roval housekeeper, and while others only contracted child- less or unrecognized unions. Tho Duchess of York's grandfather. III. Never was a Royal marriage popular, and Its celebration on July 7th, 1893, will always rank as one of the most splenUid and me- morable pageants of the Victorian era. The Duke had once already, if ru- mor could be trusted, returned to his old love and now he was to go back to an oldar one still hia AFFECTION FOR THE SEA. Before his marriage in 1893. ho had been raised to the rank, of cap- tain in the Royal Navy, but it was not till 1898 that he was given his first commission. The interval had been sedulously devoted to the learn- ing of all his new ceremonial duties us Heir Apparent duties which in- cluded a scmi-stato tour in Ireland in company with bis wife, when he rendered a real service to the cause costly as is the education of the luiki! and Duchess of Teck, whose income for their station was small, Prince Adolphus. Uuko of ( ; ijnbrtd K e, found u nec8BSury ,,, 188.'J to give up altogether their London apart- ments in Kensington Palace, and to close V, lute Lodge and spend somu time as economically as possible abroad. The greater part of their period of absence was passed in that home of art Florence, and there Princess May. aow an intelligent ."J^V 5 ? : *" P T n-mi.lrn in her teens, studied art cess Mary Adelaide, who married the UIl(Ujp the pni(ltLnca of ,,.er mother. and with the willingly-given aid ol the authorities was one. of those who married to oblige tho nation, when he had reached the age of forty-two. Ho then had three children, the Princo now known to us as the Duke of Cambridge (tho lato Commander-in- Chief of the army) ; Princess Au- Duke of Teck. and became the moth- er of the prevent Uuehess of Corn- wall and York, aa well as of three sons. PRINCESS MARY ADELAIDE was the only young Princess about perfected on the subject who cluster In r'loronce, amidst the trea- sures of the Pitti and Ufflzi Palaces and other galleries. Here, too, she In" knowledge of fon-ig i and she returned to Knir- the Court In the late Queen's young- languages of Hibernian pacification and Irr.per- er days, and thence bore something land with her parents after an ial unity. But the time had now like the relation, of a younger sister sence of some eighteen mouths come when he thought he might safe- towards her. llut. though thus seen take her place ly exchange, for a littlo wliiln, his and admired by many, it was not till she was thirty-three years old in til DUKE OF CORNWALL AND YOKK. and as "middies" on board this ves- sel they niado a memorable voyage round tho world, visiting among oth- er places, Halifax. N.S., the West In- :li*s. South America, the Cape. Aus- tralia, Fiji, Japan, China. Singa- pore, Ceylon, Egypt, the Holy Land and Greece; a voyage of which the I'rinces kept a careful diary-record, which was afterwards published as the "Cruise of H M S. Bacchante," with additions by Mr. Dalton, and was read by tde public with tdo deep- est interest. On returning from the voyage round tho world the two brothers went to Lausanne, in Switzerland, for six months to perfect themselves in French, nnd then tdeir paths for the first time diverged, to their n' sorrow for they had ever been a de- voted pair Prince "Eddy" coming ashore, so to speak, to acquire those graces and accomplishments, Indc- spensable to a. prince standing in di- rect succession to tho Throne, which were impossible of attainment on the deck of a ship; and Princo George STICKING TO THK SKA as to a scene of future honor and usefulness. As a midshipman on the Canada he served with distinction on the North American and West Indian Stations, which gave him an oppor- tunity of visitiiiR the Dominion, then under thc goM-rn M sinp of his uncle t>y marriage, the Mur(jiiis of 1 On his nineteenth birthday (June '!. 1884) do passed as sub-lieutenant, obtaining n "lirst-class" in seaman- ship; nnd in little mon; think a year then-after, havii'i,' spent tho interval In hard study nt the Naval College. i:wio!i. and 1 1. M.S. Excellent at Portsmouth a ship whicd is not a ship but an island he obtained his lieutenancy, after taking a ' Uass" in live of his subject* Dunsl-.ii>. navigation, torpoo*, gun- teenth of his naval service, but. with as good a record behind him as any of his contemporary mates. This was in August, 1891, and a few months later It seemed as if his car- eer were to be suddenly cut short by a serious attack of enteric fever, which caused his mother to hurry homo from Livadia. where, with her daughters, she was on a visit to her Imperial sister of Russia. From this dangerous attack the I'rinoe recov- ered, but a few weeks later his bro- ther, the Duke of Clarence, succumb- ed at Sandringham to a similar mal- ady, it being fated that one should be taken and thc other left. And now thc life of Prince George took a totally different course. He had been looking forward to the further pursuit of his naval career, hut he was suddenly diverted from his path as a sailor to prepare himself for be- coming a sovereign. To begin with de was created Duke of York, a title which, created by Richard II. in 1385, had always been confined to THE ROYAL FAMILY. It had generally been conferred on the Sovereign's second son; and in three cases at least they had suc- cecMJeJ to the Throne two of them, Henry V11I. and Charles I , after tho death_of their elder brothers. Tho last I'earer of the title had been the soldier son of Cieorgo III., who was our commander-in-chief for many years. Having thus succeeded to his brother's position as heir apparent to the Throne, the new Duke of York nftcr a decorous interval, also step- ped into his brother's shoes in re- spi- t of his betrothed. I'rincess Vic- i Mary of Teck. whoso formal engagement to Prince "I '>..!%" had only been announced a fe'v v. ".-I .* hi'- for he died. This matrimonial ar- fnnctions as Sovereign-in-waiting for those of an active sailor on the waves, and In the summer of 1898 he assumed command of the Crescent. This line vessel he commanded LONDON COURT CIRCLES that sho met her fate. Then a young a more accomplished nnd cultureo Prlnc*. a few years younger than young lady than sho could pushibly us have bre.n but fur that rxpcrienco on Princess May attended her first ^ herself, and almost as handsome, for the Queen's husband, appeared three months, partly at the manoeu- the scene He was Prince Francis of Royal Drawing-Room in . the spring vres, the rest of the time in various Teck. the only son of the then Duke of 188(5. and was. present at two or Channel ports,, and In the solent his Alexander of Wurtemberg The cliil- three other Sato functions in that vessel was visited by the Queen, who dren o! this union, tlio eldest son year, ijho was a constant conipan- complimented him on its very smart being the father of the Duchess of ion of her mother at all the private appearance. As the Duchess of York, York, were called "Teck." as that gatherings which the Duchehs of Tecfc had shared her husband's society Is one of the lesser titles of the honored with her presence, as well during a port of his time on the Kings of Wurtemberg. jus at the theatre and other public I places, and the bright, w^f reliant . almost uudacioub countenance of the gay and happy young Princess be- came fumiliur to many people. Constantly together as they were, Princess May could not but be In- Fpircil with the characteristics oi her "Knglish" mother Of tnm pe.rlm.ps the most notable were char- ity and industry The Duchess ol Teck was very industrious. All her housekeeping waa done by herself : she wrote innumerable, letters, both friendly and charitable. with her own hand . and .she always had seme piece of needlework rnudy to take up to fill unconsidcred trifles ol time. In a little paper Unit she oiico wrote to recommend the "Nc>MlicMrork Guild" to ladies, she observed that both hhe and her daughter always had a piece of knit- ting or needlework lying ready to take up at an odd moment, and that the result of these accumulated mo- ments was astonishing. Charity, in- dee*!, took almost the form of s susiiiess at least It was an ever- present duty with the Duchess, and n this respect, too. PrincesH May was trained to follow her SMJlhcr's example. Such work as all this is not done so whole-hear teilly and kindly with- t. winning recognition ; and when it was announced in December, 1891, hut th<) then Heir to the Throne, i'ruire Kclward. or, as the publio .new him. Albert Victor, Dnko of Cloronce, was betrothed to his pretty cousin Uay, public satisfaction with the "ENGLISH PRINCESS." lhe daughter of thc beloved Princess Mary, Duchess of Tuck, was very great. The 'Queen, who had always! felt and shown great kindness to her cousin's family, gave her hearty ap- (irovul to the match, and prepara- tions for tde wedding were imme- diately begun. Alas 1 those happy plans were clouded over almost in- stantly. Only two or three weeks after the betrothal, influenza broke out with great virulence at Sand- ringham. Princo "KUiiy" was taken ill only on .January 8, and on Janu- ary 14 he passed away ! Something more than n year elaps- ed before it was made known thai the Duke of York had olTered him- self to his cousin, and that alter all I'rincess May was to be tho bride of the Heir to the Throne. The same reasons that had made thc original marriage with tho Heir popular were now added to by public sympathy with the loss that she had sustai ''' and thc marriage was generally ap- proved. The Queen gave it all the distinct, on in her power by attend- ing in state at the cerein<"iy, which in the Chapel Royal. St. on July 6, 1N!'.'. Many public function* '" lvpl ' )ccr performed by the r ' I)uchess of York. One of tlie ti>st important events In their lns'<*T u " s State visit t.> fr.fi'.uid creased con-e,|"e,,, e mnv fflveu them b *"; rone^T r^nef; ,. ni.pcur.iiK-es 9 -en more, iniiri- ,,! iiit.-resl.iMK ill fut.ur*. and nirni v to Australia. See.Ul Af- DUCHESS COUNWALL AND YORK. Cresccnt. so she is again his devoted I companion on the Ophir for his se- cond voyage round the world, com- mencing with Australia and ENDING WITH CANADA. That tho Heir Apparent is deeply Imbued with the idea of Imperial un- ity may be Inferred, ameng other things, from the fact that he nnd his Consort, conferred the significantly additional names of Ceonji! Andrew Patrick David those of the patron saints of our four national rVies- on their eldest son, Princo Edward, who now stands in direct succession to tho Throne and thus in his own boy- ish self incorporates the United King- dom. The Duke of York is now en- gaged in a mission which is bound to result in tlio closer unity of the who! Empire. Apart from its purely polit- ical aspects, this mission, wild Its bracing sea-bree/es and its healthful changes, will also, as wo all hope, have thc effect of strengthening (in. Constitution of its illustrious elm f, wh.iso illness prevented him from lie- Ing present at the final scene in the momentous life-drama of his grand- mother's reign, as well as the open- Ing scene in thc drama of King Kil ward VII. AN OPPORTUNITY. Supposing I give you your supper, said the tired-looking woman. What will vou do to earn it ? Madam, said Meandering Mike. I'll give you de opportunity of seeln' a man go t'roo a whole meal wit'out linrlin' fault wit' a single t'ing. The woman thought a minute ami then told him to come In and she'd set thc table. ( The young Prince Francis of Teck went to England in I860 to visit tha Princo of Wales, whom do had fmet on the Continent. He was jsent at a dinner at St. James' > aco on thc 7th of March, and there met the Princess Mary Adelaide ; on April 7th. while walking with her In Kew Gardens, near Kew Cottage, where she lived with her widowed mother, he proposed to the Princess and was accepted, nnd the wedding took place on July 12th, after somo sixteen weeks' acquaintance. Queen Victoria was present at thc wedding in Kew Church. The Duchess of Cornwall and York was thc lirst child of the young couple, and was born at Kensington Palace at one minute before midnight on May 26th. 18O7. The buby was baptized in thn long string of names above given, in Kensington Palace, thc Qun'n being onu of tho sponsors by proxy, and thc Prince of Wales, who was pi-eseiit in person, another. i:i;i\ci:ss MAY l remained her mother'* only girl ; ti ree brothers did not take tho place of the one daughter, and tho tender relation between the Duchess of Teck nnd hc'r one girl Tvas of the closest and fondest throughout their life lletween Princess May and her brothers and the. children of tide Prince and Princess of Wales then was a good deal ot intimacy and fre- quent family visiting. They were much of on ago. Uie l3ukc of Ulaveme tho Prince of Wales' eldest son, be- ing threo years and the Duke '>' York only two years Princess Mny'* Puke ot wns Hi "pickio" of his family at tdo time. and 'Ciumda has proven that they can fittingly f"H'l valunMc high ..mini duties. l8r,(J.18fiO one and n half "" """" -"^ "'"" ^ 1