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J THE FATE^F AZUMA; Or, The South African Millionaire. CHAPTER XVII. London was not half as surprised as Lady Glaucourt thought it wouhl he, when Lady Judith's eni^agement to Adolphe Lieb was announced. It Is wonderful how many people there are who have the characteristics of the ostrich, and imaftine that be- cause they bury their heads in the fCround, they are not seen. As a mat- tier of fact, everyone understood that Lady Judith had seized her last op- portunity by the hair, and that the fact of the presence of the Mascotte of Park Lane, made her trust to his not minding even when he found out, which of course he would do, the mysterious something, which had made her last engagement a disaster. "Naturally, one knew," said the mo- ther of a plain daughter, "that the Glaucourts couldn't be running those Africans 'pour leurs beaux yeux.' " As for the Duchess she now took all the credit of having brought it about "You see, my dear, that I knew what I was about when I asked you to be civil to the Gollings," she •aid to Lady Glaucourt. "I must say, my dear Duchess, that I don't see that there is anything to boast about. It is a wretched match for Judith, with her looks." But the Duchess knew, that to use a vulgar expression "Cornelia thank- ed her stars," and she even had a long talk with her son Eustace about It, begging him to see ' that people didn't say anything disagreeable. She was so thanlcful that Eustace was â- afe, that she would have done any- thing to assist this marriage, and â- he was good nature<l, and had never wanted Judith to go completely to the wall. She had a certain loyalty to her own class and sex, whicfi is passing away with the younger gen- eration. Some one likened her to an old war horse, and her clothes to old-fashioned trappings. As for Lord Eustace, he was thank- ful that he had always been pals with her. "His chief's future wife" as he now called Judith. Now Lieb was called "My chief." "Nonsense," the Duche.ss had said, "when you know that you practically run everything. I am sure I don't know what they would do without you." .\nd the dear woman actually believed it. Strange to say it was Lord Glau- court, Lord Glaucourt who never ex- presse<l an opinion hardly at home, who opposed the idea. He had a long talk with Judith about it. It was a most distasteful match, he told her, and if he had had any idea of that sort of thing he wouldn't have had him inside the 'louse. As a matter of fact, he had Wd him to dinner at home, and at 'he club and liked him very much. "You seem to forget that he is a few," he told her, "putting aside iverything else, merely a Frankfort Jew, the son of a jeweller, or some- thing." Lady Judith had never realized how old-fashioned her father was, and now for the first time she grasped the fact that she and her mother had grown immensely ahead of him, thanks to the knowledge they possess- ed of her "malheur," which he did not. How could he know, poor dear, that If she didn't marry the South African •he would never marry anybody? "Don't you think, dear father," she •aid very patiently, "that when a raan is as rich as that it hardly mat- ters who he was, it is a case of what he will be, and of course he could go into parliament or do anything. Dizzy was a Jew you know." But it had been iiuite troublesome to get him to agree, and the fact that H was HO, enhanced her value in Adolphe's eyes. He had had just th«^ kind of interview he had expected with Lord Glaucourt, who, because there was no fault to find with the •ettlements, had found it pretty roundly, and with little disguise, witli the man. "Of course I will not hide from you, Mr. Lieb," he hated pronouncing the name, "that I am not in favor of this engagement. Money is not everything, don't yuu know." "No, I know that it is unexpected good fortune for me," Adolphe hud told him in a very quiet and gentle- manlike way. "Lady Judith belongs to u different class to myself, to a different religion. On the matter of religion there will bo no trouble. I am afraid (hat I am not very ortho- dox, an<l if there are any children â€" " '"They will of course be Christians," put in Lord Glaucourt u little husl- iiy. "Certainly, if Lady Judith wishes it, and I was going to say," he added, "that while I quite realize that Lady Judith could have married anybody, I don't think that any one would make Jier happier than I can; I can, at least, give her everything in the world che wants," "Vfs of coUihO, tfiatâ€" " "That is the only thing in my fa- vor," interrupted Adolphe with a frank laugh, "Oh, well, you know, one can't have sentiment in a matter jf this kind, you will (|»ite underHtBn<l that â€" " "Yes, I understand," Adolphe re- plied with (juiet dignity, "I under- stand that the matter lies entirely with your daughter herself, and if she considers the matter and changes her mind," he paused a moment, "it will be a great blow to me, but I shall un<lerstand, I do not wish to influence her at all, unless she feels pretty contented." "I must say," her husband told !,ii.(ly Glaucourt afterwards, "that h« 1-ehavcd like a perfect gentleman. Rrt p Jew; it stitUs, doesn't it?" 'Well, I don't know." Lady Glnu- I'ouit tliouglu (hat the (Christians had "^fu'k" a ffood deal more till now. ."iu'th van always rather peculiar, ,â-  • '{ ;ou know, different from other I . ! nd she never seems to have quite hit it off with people de notre monde. There was Hubert Gresham, whose mother is just the opposite to| a Jew, hands you a tract when you I go to lie down, and puts a Bible in your. bedroom, and all that sort ofi thing, and he proposed 1 know, and ; Judith wouldn't have anything toj say to him," and then that fiasco with Mr. Danvers." "Yes, I never quite understood that," put in Lord Glaucourt, but tliere were so many things that he ] didn't understand that his wife didn't begin to explain. She was quite satisfied with one or two of what Ju- 1 dith called "Mother's useless lies" to- day, especially as evidently the Jew had pleaded his own cause with some success. "Of course I suppose that 1 ought to have seen through it when she ac- cepted that necklace the other day," said her husband. She didn't tell him that he rarely saw through anything, from a scheme of the Opposition downwards, but it was too good an opportunity to be lost, in which to put forward her own perspicacity and its superiority to his. "Oh, I have seen it coming for a long time," she told him. The episode of Judith's accepting the necklace was this: Three days before he had propos- ed, Lieb had given the Glaucourts aj dinner at the Carlton. Mrs. GoUing had helped him. He had wanted to ^ give it at his own house, but Mrs. Gelling overruled the proposition. : She was always perfectly frank with | him. "I don't think I would do that i ! I were you," she had told him, "peo- j pie are so funny, and they have an idea that Azumaâ€" don't you know," she stopped. Delicacy forbade her j explaining further. "But Lady Judith, she quite un- ' derstands." "Lady Judith isn't everybody, at least not yet," she said with a smile, ' "and you want some nice people to meet them." And he had given in. | The dinner hod been given at the ; Carlton, and Lady Glaucourt had con- ' sented to accept it, protesting a lit-t tie because it was Lieb's dinner but, knowing all the time that Judith in- tended her to go, and to make Lord , Glaucourt go, and they had been agreeably surprised at the people they had met. Lord Eustace was there, and the GoUings, of course. No other girl, but Judith. The Duchess would â-  not go, but she had made her mar- ried daughter. Lady Adela Spencer, go with her husband, Mr. Spencer, a ' little insignificant-looking man, who said all the intelligent things of the; evening, and who took one so by surprise every time he did, that one expected to hear Lady Adela from the other side of the table, exclaim : , '"There, that's why I married him," and a friend of Lieb's, his only Briton-born friend, the member of parliament who helpe<l him with his schemes, and who was as at home in South Africa as he was in the House of Commons. The dinner had nothing different about it to any other dinner, till quite the end, if anything it was rather shorter than most, and as Lady Glaucourt put it afterwards: "We did not drink out of cut diamond glasses or anything of that kind." "Nor even drink Johannisberg," Ju- dith put in demurely. "Do you think you ought to have accepted such a valuable present ? I , mean don't you think it was rather i bad taste of him making you .so con- 1 spicuous before? â€" I mean it isn't as ^ if you were engaged." j But Lady Judith didn't think it was at all bad taste, she thought it was| delightful of him the way he had singled her out. "I suppose he is going to propose, Judith?" "Yes, I know he is, he told me so." "How very odd, what an odd way of. putting it I mean." | But Judith didn't explain, she ra- ! ther enjoyed mystifying her mother,' and explaining wo\ild have meant to I tell her how near he had got to pro- posing, and how he had warned her that when he ever did propo.se, it would be in hi.s own house. "1 think I would like to see the place again where I had proposed, if of course, I had been accepted," he had said. "You see if you propose to a girl, say in her home, in a friend's house or an hotel, it might become im- pos.sible to visit that place again, but at home always you would be remind- ed where that happened." It was a funny idea, but somehow Judith could enter into it. There was very little that he said that she could not enter into. He had said this 11 night of the party at the GoUings, and then at the Carlton he had asked Ju- dith if she and her mother would come to see his diamonds and curios, and he had felt when she accepted the necklace, that she was to all in- 1 tents and purposes engoged to him. ! She would have known it, even if Mra, Gvlling had not tybl ber. • | "lie is intensely inratualed with' you, but of course he doesn't think i you would marry him." Hut the inci- , dent of the necklace seemed to show . that he knew that she would, and she enjoyed his way of making love to her, it was a little uni(iuc, and hither- to there had been no fight, no strug- gle, no interference. At the end of the dinner, the touch of the Oriental had boon introduced, j the touch of magnificence, as if ho I'olt that it, was necessary to make them feel that dining with a multi- millionaire, the richest man in Eu- rope, was not exactly liko dining with any one else, "Pay them for coming," Golling had said, coarsely, with a touch of contempt. Lieb had not been able to put Judith next to him, she sat be- tween Lord Eustace, who kept asking her if she were going to marry Lleh in an undertone, and the member of parliament, whom she found very charn)ing, and every now and then Adolphe threw a look across the table which said plainly, "since I could not have you next to me, I put you where I could see you, and you look lovely." And when dessert was going on, he had turned to the women and said. "The worst of fruit is that it won't last, it gets too ripe, or we eat it, now if you ladies will look under your plates you will find the everlasting fruit. That is much better." He was a little nervous, and the fact of his being so rather emphasized his German accent. Lately Judith had grown to think his accent fascinating. He had not told Mrs. Golling of his plan, because he felt instinctively that the GoUings were not yet quite sure enough of themselves to be able to ad- vise others, and he knew that women never could resist a jewel. Faust is after all only man's philosophy with regard to woman, expressed. And underneath each plate, or ra; ther underneath the edge, each woman found a small pear formed of one dia- mond of exquisite color, with two little green leaves of emerald fasten- ed to the stalk. "Oh, Mr. Lieb!" "Isn't this too exquisite?" "Did you ever see anything so love- ly?" His little attempt at social apostasy had not miscarried. The women were delighted. It made so original an ending to the dinner, and as Judith said to herself, gave one an insight into all his possibilities, and increas- ed the semi-Monte Cristo, semi- Arabian Nights feeling, he always inspired. But he had his little joke to im- part, for Adolphe Lieb, like most Germans, was a good host. He want- ed them to remember his dinner, the first he had given in London, and at which Judith had been present. He drew a gold chain from beneath his plate. "Now ladies I feel sure that you are all generous, kind-hearted, full of feeling for one another, ready to give up what has pleased you to others. This chain you see has four little hooks with a small green leaf, now the.se hooks are for the four lit- tle pears. You see this way." He held out his hand and they laid the pears in his broad palm looking puz- zled, as he hooked them on to the chain. "By George, I believe he is going to take them back," whispered Lord Eustace across Judith to the member of parliament. "I bet ho isn't," said the member of parliament, who was a staunch friend of Lieb's. "Well, you see now, here the neck- lace is perfect, but there is only one necklace. I feel sure that you would all rather the jewel was not spoiled, so you must draw lots and see who is to have the whole necklace â€" " Nobody understood for an instant, then the four women burst out. "Oh, but no, Mr. Lieb, I wouldn't think of such a thing, I couldn't real- ly."- "I certainly won't give mine to anybody," said Lady Glaucourt em- phatically, and everyone laughed. "I don't want to, but I suppose one of us must be self-sacrificing." Ju- dith felt as if she were already mar- ried to him, and helping to dispense his gifts. (To be continued.) <f Retreat in Order. Even an extremely aggressive en- emy can be conquered by strategy; it is only a question of employing the strategem fitted to the case. An open-air preacher of East Lon- don understood this, and his strate- gem fitted to a charm. 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A week later he sounded it well; fined for doing it too vigorously. If you hang your bedclothes out of window; fine. If they drop out as well; double fine â€"two offences. If you run for a tram, and board it in motion; more money goes to the po- lice exche(|U('r, So much is forbidden, it is surprising that it does not ex- tend to fining. <. Interested. "Your name, please, Miss." "lona Carr." "Oh, do you? What make 7" Starting a Dairy Herd. | With the average farmer the cheap- 1 est and most satisfactory way of t starting a dairy herd is to select as foundation stock good grade cows ' and a pure bred bull of one of the â-  strictly dairy breeds. The grading, up will be most rapid when the pre- 1 dominant blood in the grades corre- j spond with the blood of the sire, ; writes Mr. John Michels. ; A foundation of this kind, of course, does not produce stock that can be [ registered, but by continuing the use of good, pure-bred bulls of the same blood, stock is soon obtained which, so far as milk and butter production are concerned, very closely ap- proaches in value that of pure breed- ing. To start with a pure-bred herd is practically beyond the means of the majority of farmers. Furthermore, there is an objection to placing well- careU-for, pure-bred cows under av- erage conditions as to feed, care and management, because under any such change the attainment of satisfactory results would be practically impos- sible. Where there is a gradual in- fusion of pure blood, as in the case of grading up n herd with pure-bred sires, the new blood is gradually ac- customed to the change of environ- ment, the herdsman is given the ne- cessary time to change his methods to meet the requirements of pure-bred cattle. Where the dairyman understands the management of the pure-bred stock and has the means with which to buy the right kind, a pure-bred herd may be started to good advant- age. One of the chief dangers in start- ing with a pure-bred herd is the lack of funds to procure the right sort of animals. Instead of buying a pure- bred bull and a number of pure-bred cows' of common merit, it is better policy to buy relatively cheap grade cows, and to add the money thus sav- ed to that originally set aside for the bull. This extra money is likely to be the means of securing a bull of outstanding merit. Whether the cows be grades or purr-breds, it is of the highest im- portance in building up a dairy herd to secure a pure-bred bull of real merit. Unless the bull is descended from good milkers, it is folly to ex- pect him to produce good milkers, no matter how fine or ideal ho may be as an individual. It is, furth'.rmore, of importance to remember that n herd cannot be suc- cessfully built up unless the bulls that arc succesKivdy used belong to the sami! bip.-d. If the grading up is begun withjt .lor.>-cy bull the process must be continued uninterruptedly by the usi? cf .Icr.-<cy Idood. The impiirtnnce i f the dairy sire is recognized in the expression: "The bull is h:\lf the hard." Usually, how- ever, the liiill is more than h\if the herd, either for good or bad. In the case of tommop or grade cows, for example, the <>ure-bred bull may count for three quarters or more, of the herd by reason of his greater pre- potency. 'To so great an extent does the bull determine the improvement or deterioration of the herd as to call for the utmost caution in his selection. In the case of a dairy bull, espe- cially a young tull, his chief value is determined by the performances of his ancestry. The points of greatest importance to consider in his pedi- gree are the following: (1) The merit of his mother and his sire's mother; (2) The merit of the daughters of his sire and grandsire; (3) The value of the daughters of his dam and his grandam; (4) The value of his sisters, if he has any; and (B) the value of his own progeny, if he has any. The farther back consecutively good re- cords can be traced the more valuable the animal. It should always be re- membered, however, that near an- cestor's count for a good deal more than those more remotely related. With a first-class bull at the head of the herd, rapid improvement is ef- fected by selecting and retaining calves from only the best milkers, at the same time culling out those cows whose records have not been satisfac- tory. This word cannot be done to best advantage unless records are kept of the quantity and quality of milk from each cow for a whole lacta- tion period. Where all of the cows in the found- ation stock are grades, none of the calves, of course, can be registered. It is desirable, therefore, to add to the herd from time to time, as means permit, some good pure-bred cows of the same blood as the bulls that have been used. This has the advantage of enabling the owner to dispose of his calves to better advantage. The purchase of cows, however, is always attended with the danger of introducing contagious diseases into the herd. For this reason, the buying of , the cows should be carried on in a limited way only. It is, of course, al- ways in order to buy cows when the object is to add to the herd pure-bred individuals of exceptional dairy merit. But the practice of buying cows should never be carried to the point of making it the principal means of replenishing the herd, especially since the latter can be accomplished much more satisfactorily by raising the calves from the best cows. RIGHTS OF WAR PRISONERS. Crime Against Nations to Ill-Treat Those Captured. According to reliable reports, Ger- many is violating the rules formed by the leading nations at The Hague con- vention, and shamefully ill-treating British prisoners of war. This is a crime against the law of nations, which emphatically states that war- ring forces treat their prisoners in a humane fashion. The object of internment is solely to prevent prisoners from further par- ticipation in the war, and unnecessary limitation of liberty, tmjustifiable se- verity, ill-treatment and indignities are forbidden. The rooms in which prisoners of war are accommodated must be as healthy and clean as possi- ble, and they should not be situated in prisons or convict establishments. Captives must be given the same scale and quality of rations, quarters and clothing as the troops of the govern- ment which captures them, and pri- soners must be paid wages for any work they may do. The latter must have no connection with the opera- tions of war, but may be carried out for municipal authorities or for pri- vate persons at a reasonable rate of pay. In no way must a prisoner of war be used for the purposes of aiding the military activities of the nation which captures him. A prisoner is not bound to reply to any questions except those which concern his name and rank, and he is not expected to betray mili- tary secrets. He cannot be punished for giving false information about his own army. All personal belongings of prisoners of war, except arms, horses and military papers, remain their pro- perty. To safeguard prisoners of war from being ill-treated. The Hague rules de- cided some years ago that a bureau of information relative to captives must be formed at the commencement of hostilities in each of the warring states. Each nation engaged in the European struggle has such an insti- tution, whose purpose is to reply to all official inquiries concerning war prisoners, in addition to keeping a careful record of what happens to every captive. Each prisoner has a history sheet, which gives his nam?, age, place of origin, rank, wounds and place and date of capture. When peace is signed, such records will be exchanged among the belligerent na- tions. While hostilities are hi pro- gress it is not obligatory for a nation to furnish particulars of the number of prisoners captured. It must, how- ever, keep the enemy infGrrae<l as to the sick and wounded who have been taken captive. A Seasonable Hint. 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