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: ONLY A MONTH; OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. CHAPTER IV. (Cont'd) Then presently, as they walked down to the little pier, she talked fast and gayly of all they would do when he came to England ; ehe talked because, for once, he was ab- solutely silent, and because she was afraid that her uncle would guess their secret ; perhaps it was a relief to her that Frithiof volunteered to ... run back to the hotel for Mr. Mor- th "Jg3 might have gone very gin's opera-glass which had bccu'f 11 ^ ? lih had >' our mother father and son to have their part- ing words alon. "I look to you, Frithiof," the fa- ther said eagerly, "I look to you to carry out the aims in which I myself have failed to live the life I could wish to have lived. May God grant you the wife who will best help you in the struggle ! I sometimes think, Frithiof, that left by mistake ill the salon, so that, literally, there was only time, for the briefest of farewells on the steamer. He went through it all been spared. "Do you not let this depression influence you too much, father?" i said Frithiof. "Why take such a. . _ . . in a < i . * i ' , . > 1 1 \ i .n > ' * . -i j.i i . l. _ . . t f &.T I 11 business-like fashion, smiling <!"*"* of your own life I shall mechanically in response good wishes, then, with heart, stepping on shore. to h tho' on l. v ke t happy if I make as much i of the world as you have done. I wish you could have come to Eng- . ! 'i - - jM 1 :i- iru omjm. A . _ - . - Falck. who was returning to Bergen ! land to - J think >' ou want ehan =' e by the same boat which took the other travelers only as far aa Vad- ' heim, was not ill-pleased to e&e his son's evident dejection; he stood by saying Blanche who was close by him. "Why, see!" he exclaimed, "the and rest." "Ah:" said Herr Falck, laugh- once over there you will not that wish. No, no, you are v" t %. *vk<w ii it *; j w i. AVI i ) 11^7 a t,"_fv/x* . , . v the bulwarks watching him, and ** st b >' yourself when you go a-woo- aying a word or two and then to m S' .? " on - Besides, I could not fellow is actually coming on board again. We shall be carrying him away care. with us if he doesn't take! "A thousand pardons! 1 ' Frithiof had exclaimed, shaking hands with possibly leave home just now ; we I shall have the- herring-fleet back | from Iceland before many days." Then, as the signal was given that all friends of the passengers must leave the steamer, he took Frithiof 's hand and held it fast in his. "God bless you, my boy; I think you will bring honor to our name, BOVRIL Gives Stamina. Itv chi inv that w ary wa you ft>! was a ' the pic the ver and th;i not boa were o J .R. BOOTH'S WORK. John R. Booth, the lumber and paper king of Canada, recently celebrated his eighty-sixth birthday in Ottawa. All his life he has been a hard worker and waa never much given to dress, style or titles. When the editors of "Who's Who in Canada" asked him to state what his favorite recreat'on was, Mr. Booth replied, "work," and so it appears in that publication. Not- withstanding that he is a million- aire many times over. Mr. Booth never stood on dignity or cere- mony. In this respect he differs from a certain glib ex-alderman of the Capital City who once managed to squeeze into the Council, and although he was never successful in being re-o!etced. he was particular- ly fond of referring to himself as Ex-Alderman D . Now "Ex-Alderman" is a pecu- liar designation in that you can hang on to it until the day you die if you feel disposed to make use of the prefix. The proud retainer of the title, going to the telephone one day, rang up Mr. Booth, who had Cecil and Roy Boniface. "I did not sooner or ] at( . r . N OW , Sigrid, wish <..,, see you before. A pleasant journey him welli and ]et U8 ^ off ' to you. \ou must come again to| He ca i lcd litt i e gwanhild to him, .Norway some day, and let us all; an< i wa ik e d brisklv down the gang- rerance As t<: shown i ing-rooi es and d lection ( and the be felt, in the <I he was a In the wnoie room there was no- thing which suggested to him the presence of Blanche ; on the con- trary, there was everything which combated the vision of those days ! | at Balholm and of their sweet free- ; meet once more." "Vaer saa god !" exclaimed one of the sailors ; and Frithiof had to spring down the gangway. "To our next merry meeting:' 1 said Roy, lifting his hat; and then there was a general waving of handkerchiefs from the kindly little rowd on the pier and from the parting guests, and, in all the ba- bel and confusion, Frithiof was con- scious only of Blanche's clear "Auf wiedersehn:" and saw nothing but the sweet, dark eyes, which to the very last dwelt on him. "Well, that is over!" he said to Sigrid, pulling himself together, and stifling a sigh. "Perhaps they will come here next year," suggested Sigrid, con- solingly. "Perhaps I sliall go to England next autumn," said Frithiof, with a mile. "So soon :" she cxclaime<I invol- untarily. He laughed, for the words were euch a curious contradiction to the ones which lurked in his own mind. "Oh : you call two months a short way, then stood on the quay talk- ing very cheerfully, his momentary depression quite past. Before long Before many minutes had passed, however, his host came into tho i room, greting him politely but somewhat stiffly. 'Glad to make your acquaint- the steamer began to glide off, and anc p' lc sa:J - Banning him a little Frithiof. even in the midst of his cunflu s'y as lle s Puke. "I heard of - vou ' of co " rse . my brother. am sure they are all very much in- debted to you for planning their Norwegian tour for them so well." Had he also heard of him from Blanche ? Had she indeed prepar- bright expectations, felt a pang as he waved a farewell to those he left behind him. "A happy return to Gammle Norge!'' shouted Herr Falck. And Sigrid and Swanhild stood waving their handkerchiefs till the steam- er could no _longer be seen. "I am a^fool to mind going away!" reflected Fribhiof. "In three weeks' time I shall be at home opposite thc Englishmen and noted again. And the next time I leave ! his regular features, short, neat- Bergen, why, who knows, perhaps looking, gray beard, closely cropped it will be to attend my own. wed- 1 hair, and rather cold eyes, ding!" "It is curious that you should And with that he began to pace have come to-day," he- remarked, the deck, whistling, as he walked, after they had exchanged the usual Mr. J. R. Booth. were tho thoughts which through Frithiof's mind as "Tho Bridal Song of the Hardaa- ger." CHAPTER V. The event to which we have long some cattle to sell, for the formo the way for hun ,' Or would his ! c i v i c functionary was a drover b request come as a surprise? These j trade. In answer to the ring of th rushed instrument, he inquired, "Is tha he sat you. Booth?" Receiving an answer in th affirmative, he proclaimed. "This i Ex-Alderman D speaking. understand. Booth, you have som fat cattle to sell. What is you price for them ?" Mr. Booth told the inquirer, bu evidently the figure did not me<? his fi incy. "Too dear. Booth, we cannot dea at the quotation you name," and platitudes about t!-e weatlu-r and thc voyage, and the first -mpr-s- sions of England. "Only to-day i.he final decision was arrived at about he k<?r off this long-mooted idea of the new, (V (.vstaml..,- remarked, branch of our iirtn at "Don" looked forward is se'd >m Perhaps you have- heard rum >rs of all that we have expected, and Fri- -t ' have heard nothing et father jid not observed the ex-alderman. "He i thiof, who for the last two months had been almost hourly rehearsing j said Frithiof. "My f his arrival in England, felt some- j even mention it." ! entitled to no special distinction what depressed and disillusioned "It is scarcely possible that he i You see^4w never occupied a seat when, one chilly Monday morning, ' has heard nothing of tne idea, 'Jin the Council." time'' 1 he exclaimed: "and to me it seems an eternity. You will have to be very forbearing, for I warn you such a waiting time is very lit- tle to my taste. 1 , Then why did you not speak h<? fi ,. st S( , t f ,, t ' OI , English soil .The : said Mr. Morgan. "V.'hen I saw now, before she went away i ] southerner, arriving at Folkstone or i you I half thought he had sent you "You wisest of advisers: he flover, with their white cliffs and over on that very account, How- eaiu, with a smile, I did speak sunnv aspect, gains a cheerful ini- ever, you have not as yet gone i.ito yesterday. pressi<m as he steps ashore ; but the 1 the business, I understand?" "Yesterday' ' she cried, oagor- , Xorwrgian, leaving behind him his you think that Ottawa's leading captain of industry might hav boen styled Mr. Booth?" "Oh, I don't know about that.' "I am to be taken into partner- ly. 'Yesterday, on Hunkeggen 1 | mountains and fjords, and coming ship this autumn," "\es; and all that now remains straight to that most dingy and un-|"I was of age the . is to get Mr. Morgan s consent to , attractive town, Hull, is at a great j hat* only waited for that. said Frithiof. SPAIN'S 1'RKMIER TOBEADOB How Madrid Welcomed Return ol l!n;n')ii.i tn the Ring. Bombita, the darling of Spain, other d iv ai 1 nlvs recov( ' re< l from the dangerous 'disadvantage. A fine drizzling rain was falling ; our betrothal. "Oh, Frithiof! I am so glad! reiy glad! How pleased father will ' in the early mormng be! 1 tliink you must write and let | t ij rlv ] 1OUSC " 3 him know." j wo / s (,_ "If he will keep it quite secret," aid Frithiof ; ' hut of course not a 1 l lome s7and' wcre"niaking"their"way ! face. "Strange." said Mr. v Morgvi, "that only this very morning tho wound he fight, and had received in a hul 1 last Sunday all Madrid the shabbv, j telegram should have befn s.-nt their very went to the Plaza de Toros to wel- the greatest of all toreador; to the scene of former triumphs. your father. Had I known you were wrih . s ft eor ,. PSlK)ndont of thc on ,, , ..^.^v. Swarms of grimy little chil-j in England, I would have waito.i. j on standard, idren had been turned out of their , One can say things better fa-?.- to The sun was beating down on the And yet I don't know hew ' t ; ors o f scats opposite me. where word must be breathed until her fa- ther has consented. There is no en- gagemeiit as yet, onl.v we know that through the streets, all with worn" I ting good premises at Stavanger, : fonso and the Queen wero in' the to morning school, and hundreds of that could have been either, for thousand fluttering fan busy men and women were hurrying there was a sudden chance jf get- j like brilliant butterflies. King Al 1? VP tlt " er - That i ought to be enough to Rat- 1 tH j isfy you till the autumn. And anxious-looking faces. As he walk- and delay was impossible. I shall, ' royal box surrounded by the flower t))( . ra i| way sta tion Frithiof of course, write fully to your fi- ; of the Spanish aristocracy. All th almost overpowered by the de- j ther by the next mail, and you will women wore the graceful mantilla was so nice of you to tell nio, Fri- so l a t clle ss of the place. To be a' tell him that it is with great regret j and the Queen had red roses in her thiof.^ Oh, I don t think ^ I could | m<?re un ; t j n t ],; s unthinking, un- we sever our connection with him." j hair. have borne it if you had chosen to ; i u . w Ji nR crowd, to be pushed and Frithiof was so staggered by this 1 marry some girl" I didn't like. As , j 1)stk , d liv th( , hurrying passengers,! unexpected piece of news that fora; for Blanche, there never was any more sweet and lovely." It seemed that Frithiof's happi ness was to bring happiness to the (.'harmed as the people were to _ ___ ,,^,. ^ 40 , , ..- - * the youthful King ami Queen, who all walked'as ' if VheirTerv' l iive8 ! minute all else was driven from higljtoeir chief thoughts were for Bom on their speed, to hear around him the rapidly spoken for- eign language, with its strange gnatQod the true, state of things, and began to frame visions of tho happy future when the beautiful English girl shoiikt become her own tistcr ; while as to Herr Falck, the nev.s seemed to banish entirely the heavy depression which for some time had preyed upon him. And o, in spite of the waiting, the time lipped by quickly to Frithiof, the mere thought <jf Blanche's love kept him rapturously happy, and At the. pretty villa in Kalvedalen there was much laughter and mirth, and music and singing; much eager expectation and hope, and much planning of a future life which hould bo even more full and happy. At length, when the afternoons olosed in early, an.t the long wir.ler was beginning to give s ; gns of its approach, Frithiof 1 >r.k leave of L .i home, and. on o-ie October Satur- day, started on bis vovago to Eng- land. It was, in a sense, the greao event of his life, and they ail in- stinctively I- new that it was a cris- is, so th:u PiRrid drew aside little lt' :' the l.-.^t, nnil left the ? W :^ lhild north-country accent, all made him feel very keenly that he was bita, the dashing Bombita, whose He will be verv sorrv to be no : Photograph appears in dozens of newspapers every week. He is as daring and as expert a toreador as the men of the old school, but he is not in ordinary life the toreador mind. longer your agent," he said. "And I shall be sorry to lose him. Herr Falck has always been most T . a foreigner in a strange land. He honorable I have the greatest re- w|th a liul<? jgtai!< hap ;,.,. in tlu . was glad to be once more in a fa- spect for him. Still, business is; cflfp than in tht . drawing-room miliar-looking train, and actually on his way to London ; and soon all these outer impressions faded away in the absorbing consciousness that business; one can't afford to senti-j Tho f a bulous fees he receives for actually on his way to that on the very next day he was Blanche- he might hope to sec her again. Fortunately the Tuesday proved to be a lovely, still autumn day. He did not like to call upon Mr. Mor- gan till thc afternoon, and, indeed, thought that he should scarcely find him at home earlier, so he roamed about London, and looked at his watch about four times an hour, till at length the time came when he could call a hansom and drive to Lancaster Gate. There are some houses which the moment you enter them suggest to you the idea of money. The Mor- gans' house was one of these ; ev- erything was faultlessly arranged, your feet sunk into the softest, of carpels, you were served by tho most obsequious of servants, all mentalize in life over old connec- tions. It is certainly best in the interests of our firm to set up a branch of our own with its head- quarters at Stavanger. My son will go out there very shortly." "The telegram is only just sent, you say?" asked Frithiof. "The first thing this morning," replied Mr. Morgan. "It was de- cided on last night. By this time your father knows all about it; in- deed, I almost wonder w? have had no reply from him. You must not let the affair make any breach be- tween us ; it is, after all, a mere bu- siness necessity. I must find out from Mrs. Morgan what free nights we have, and you must come and \\ith us. I will write and let dine vou know. Have vou any parti- cular business in London ? or have you only come for the sake of traveling?" (To be continued.) his dangerous work permit of his keeping a motor car and onab'es him to dine in the most fashionable restaurants. He is faultlessly dressed by a London tailor, and when I met him the other night at an evening party I took him to be a diplomatist or a Spanish grandee. In the arena Bombita was radiant in rose color silk and gold lace, and he wore white silk stockings and dainty shoes a charming costume for a masquerade, but^inappropri- ate for the work of slaying ferocious bulls. But Bombita was superb. He played with death like a child with a toy. He knelt for a moment in the snnd as his second bull, snorting with fury, rushed upon him. The creature's horns seemed within an inch of his body when he rose, step- ped aside with the grace of Nijin- sky, and plunged his short sword into the animal's neck. 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