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The stranger was , revived from -\a water gourd Saad car- .>; • '* , rfiedt, dug his way out of the tunnel, and-* * departed, desewtmg the girl and carrying: ."'4« bag of rubies, Baraka gathered all the » k, fems she could carry, and started in pur- •ult. Margaret Donne (Margarita da " » .Cordova), & famous prima donna, became »"• - ' •*inprt«.-d in London to Konstantin Lo- ' «* gotheti, '.a wealthy Greek financier. Her -Ultimate friend" was Countess L^ven, /• Ifnown as Lady Maud, whose ijusband *-i}ad been killed by a bomb In St. "Peters- •r»urg; and Lady* Maud's most Intimate "end was Rufus Van Torp, an Ameri- who"had become one of the richest in the world. Van Torp was in love , With Margaret, and pushed to London as Soon as he heard of her betrothal. He offered Lady Maud f5,000,000 for her pet harity if she would aid him in winning he singer from Logotheti. Baraka ap- roaehed liogotheti at Versailles with bies pell. He presented a ruby to itafgar^k. Van Torp bought a,yacht and - , .Stent it to Venice. SJe was visited by . baraka 1h male attire. She gave him a , ,..;r.2*|uby after the American had told her of V.. ' Having /Seen in the United States a man ^ . answerfng the description of the one she '"Ibved.,, The American followed Margaret V ' to the Bayreuth "Parsifal" festival. Mar- V . ^aret took a liking to Van Torp, who pre® \y Rented her with t% ruby Baraka had , / • viven him. Count K^alinsky. 4 Russian, /' ' arrived at Bayreuth. Van Torp believed , Bim to be the one Bara-ka was pursuing. !• fiaraka was arrested London on the charge of (Stealing from Pinney, a jew-4., " . • 4jler, the riiby she had sold to Logotheti. .""Two strangers were the thieves. Lady : . Maud believed that Logotheti's associa- • v p ISons with Baraka were open to suspl- ,oion, and so informed Margaret.. Van , : belfevfed that Kralinsky was the Cowboy he had known In his young man- • kood. Logotheti secured Baraka'fe re- V' - iease, and then, with her as his guest, * . • .' Went to sea on his yacht Erlnna. Baraka ^^r-riaxplains her plans for revenge on • the . „ «nan who fad deserted her ,arfHL left her * lo die. Logotheti succeeds lnmbdetatlng * her rage. Lady Maud arrived' in B»y- •' 'ly ' » >5'; ^qHA^TER XI ---ConMnml!^ " ^ ^ f "On account of her temper, I aup- »f *" ijpoge," answered the good lady 4b" eently, for sEe was looking and JOWQ the oplumnsjn seai*ch of some- ling she^had already seen. "Here |t is!" she said, "It is under the •tchting news. 'Gape Flnisterre. 'asse^at 4 p. pi., going south, efte'am racht Rrinna, with owner and pa,rty |>nJ)<Sard. All well.' Mydearchlld. it |s quite clear that if this is" Mons. Lo- gotiM^vyiBiitJife'. titl-Qling f V..-H V ^ don't Know anytinng^about geOg- J^argaret said, and her wrath, "Iffhiclf h^tl bejen ^mouldering sullenly for days, began to glow; again, ; "Margaret,* ̂ said Mrs. Rushmore, ^^*you surprise, me! You were wpry ^ - 'jfrell •taughtrrr"'^. v But the fr-ima donna did not hear he long tirade of mild reproof that | "L don't |-aphy," M olloweil. v She knew well enough-it was^"lt was driven through antne- ,%'here Gibraltar was, and that Logo-! body elsefs hai on the other side Of rupted hy the discreet «ntnMBtce of Mr. Van To^uKhro was anrfounced and1 ushered t<x the door W Justine in a grand French manner. On the thres­ hold, however, he stood still and asked if he might come in; being pressed to do so, , he yielded, advanced; and sat down between the two Itfdies. "Mr. Van Torp," said Mrs. Rush- more, "I Insist upon knowing woat has become of Countess Leven." "I don't know, Mrs. Rushmore," aa- swered the millionaire, slowly rubbing his hands. "I haven't spoken to her since I brought her from the station, I dare say she's all right She's prob­ ably gone to take a owalk. She often does in the country, I know--her fa­ ther's country seat is next to mine, Mrs. Rushmore. I hope you'll pay me a fisit some day. Why, yes, Lady Maud sometimes goes oil alone and walks miles and miles." ^There, Margaret," said Mrs. Rush- more triumphantly, "what did I tell you? Mr. Van Torp says the countess often walks for miles and miles." "Why, certainly," said Mr. Yan Torp, "though I'm bound to say she's just ^a^ond of horseback. He.- friends generator call her Lady Mafld, Mrs. Rtfshmore. Perhaps you won't mind my telling you, as she prefers it a good deal, herself, Tou see, I've had the pleasure of knowing her several years, so I daresay you'll forgive me for mentioning it." "I think it is qiiite kind of you, on the contrary," answered Mrs. Rush- more. ."Margaret, why did you neve* tell meW this? Had yOu any reason for not teking^me?" • "I don't think I noticed what yep called her," Margaret answered pa­ tiently. "Because if you Lad any reason," said/Mrs. Rushmore,, following her ownf thoughts', "I insist upon knowing jsrhat |t was." > "Well, now, 1*1} tell you," rejoined Mr. Van Torp, to sav« Margaret the trouble of answering th« iutil^ little speech, "her husband didn't treat her very well. There's not a purer worn- an in the six continents, Mrs. RusfiT more, but he tried to divorce her, be­ cause he'd lost his mdney, if he ever had any, and she had mme. jand he wanted to marry an heiress. How­ ever,_ they automoblized Mm, or some; thing, in St. Petersburg last Juno." ; "Auto--what did you Bay?" inquired Mrs. Rushmore. , "Killafl by an automobile," ex­ plained »ir. Van Torp gravely. "But now I come to think, it wasn't that.' (He got blown up by a bomb meant for a'better man. It was quite Instantan­ eous, I recollect. His head disap­ peared suddenly, and the greater part of him Was scattered around, but they found his pocket-hook with his cards and things, so they knew who It's Just my impressJae ̂that's all, as a business map. He's dead, anyway, i|nd one needn't make personal re­ marks about dead1 men. All the same, it was a happy release for Lady Maud, and I dOubt if she sits up all night mourning for him. Have you been out this afternoon. Miss Donne?" He changed the subject with ef^ treme directness, ant Mrs. Rushmore, who was used to the dictatorial ways of lions, took the hint submissively enough, though she would hate been glad to diswvass the relative and in­ trinsic valyef of the designations "Lady Maud and "Countess Leven." But it was much more important that the lion should he left alone with Margaret as much as possible, and the excellent lady therefore remembered that she had something to db and left them. "I had a little talk with Kralinsky before he left," paid Van Tofrp, when she was gone. "He >says he'll meet us in Venice any 4tl,me in the next few days. He's just going to run over to Vienna in his sudden-death-cart for 24 hours; then he'll gd south, he says. He ran me up to the hotel and dropped me. I dare say you heard the toots. I thought I saw Lady Maud looking out of the window of your room as I got out." "Yes," Margaret said. "TBut how do you know that is my window?" "In the first place, I've counted the windows. I felt a sort of interest in knowing which was yours. And then, I often see your "maid opening the shutters in the morning. fOh!" Margaret smiled. "B(d>you >tl w» k ' k notice anything Unusual about Lady Maud when you saw her?" shelasked, for she knew that he had goodbyes. "Since you mention it, I thought she looked as)(tf""she didn't feel quite up to the mark^pale,. I. thoiight she was." "Yes," Margaret said. She felt ill, for a moment, and I thought she was going to faint. But it passed al­ most directly, and she insisted on go­ ing for a walk." "Oh," mused Mr. Van Torp, "is that so? Well, I dare say It was-{he best thing she could do. I was telling you about Kralinsky. He's not Levi Long- legs after all, and I'm not sure he was erer in the west" "I thought It sounded . unlikely," jforgaret said. "I asked him, Just like thaCta a friendly way, and he thought a mo­ ment and made an effort to recollect, and then he seemed quite pleased tb reniember that I'd been 'Fanny' ana he'd ' beeo 'Lpvi ljonglegs,' and that he used towhftjtle things out of 'Parsifal' by the nre of an evening." , "Well--but in that case--" Marga­ ret -stopped- with an inquiring look. "Just so," continued Van Torp, nod­ ding. "Did you ever attend a trial and hear a fitness being cross-ex- amined by a lawyer who wants him to remember something, and he wants to remember it himself, but .can't be­ cause he never heard of it before in his life? It's quite funny. The law yer makes steps for him and puts his feet into them so that he gets along nicely, unless the judge happens to wake up and kick, and then the little game stops right there, and somebody laughs. Well, my talk with Kralinsky was like that, only there was no judge, so he went away happy; and wfe're old friends now, agid punched cows on the same ranc&^and he's coming on my yacht. I orily wonder why he was so anxious to rfjmember all that, and why he thought It would be kind of friendly if I called him Levi Longlegs again, and he called me Fanny Cook. I wonder! He says he's still very fond of 'Parsifal,' and came on purpose to hear it but that he's completely forgotten how to whis­ tle. That's funny, too. I just thought I'd tell you, because if you come on my yacht and he comes, too, you're liable to see quite a good deal of one another." "Did you tell him that Mrs. Rush- more and I would com^?"liargaret asked. "And Lady Maud? *'Why, no. You've not promised yet, any more than you did last night When we talked about it, so how could I? I forgot to mention Lady Maud to him, or else, 1 thought I wouldn't--I f<^*get which. It doesn't Margaret smhed.^^^ot a llt- amused," observed Mr. matter.' "No." putting it and forget such a • >• «• Mti.au* . fhettTwas going "aft "the way round to -^jthe Mediterraneai^on his yacht with • > / jK>m^ one for company, and that the Voyafce was a long one. After what •$$£: jLady Maud said, there was not p "'^Jthe leAst doubt in her mind as .ty» his i'ii,"5 Companion, who could be no one but Wat Ever in the Wesfc ̂̂ the street, wasn't "f£ lifiss Donife? Things must have been quite lively just then, where it happened. I sup­ posed yott.knew." Mrs.. Rushmore explained that she had never heard any details. - % """ ^wulu """• Resides," said Mr. Vafi" Torp, in an- ka. S^fe had .beep tofd that he j swer, though not quite relevantly, as n^l^wanted at Bayreath. -aod he -'everybody always calls her 'Lady j t-as ct<Pbrating the sunset of his ichelor lite in his own way. That ras clear. If ^ie received thS tele- jram that had just, been sent to him, le would getf lt-at Gibraltar, should ie stop there,'"and,as for answering 4t tofe Maj-garet left Bayreuth, she >%as iffojined to mak^ sueli a thing, im- i ^ossiblg by foiug awajr the aextjaorp- ]«.: fug, if not that very night ~ ' Her angry J^ushaxre's lept1 in ctions and ~Mi^. on the importance catioff weri iater- •N£oa Van To "•By your pr thing. "It wasn't quite true that I forgot, butl wanted to," so I didn't say any­ thing about her. That's whj, I put it in that way. I don't choose to leave you any doubt about what I say, or mean, even in the smallest things. 4>he moment you feel the least doubt about the perfect accuracy of any­ thing I tell you, ^ven if it's not at all a downright ij[e or ariything resem­ bling one, you won't trust me at all, in anything. Because, if -you trust me, you'll end by liking me, and if you don't trust me you'll go back to thinking that I'm the Beast out of Revelation, or something, as you used to." - / "I've forgotten all anout the Beast," Margaret said. "Thank ®^ou," answered Mr. 4 Van Torp. "To change the subject--I've got* a little scheme to propose. May- b^ you'll think well of it Ahyhow, as it's a mere matter of business con­ nected with your career, you von't mind my explaining it tq, you, will you?"' ' •&. ® "No, Indeed!" Margaret was inter­ ested at once. "Do tell me!" she said, leaning forward a little. "Well," he begjan, "I've looked Maud' instead of 'Countess Leven,' which «he has on her ca^ds." "She would naturally use the highef title," observed Mrs. Rushmore re? erently.* . ^ < "Well, now, about that," objected Mr." Van Torp, 'Tm bound to say I thjink the daughter of an English ear' a« good as a Russian count, anywhere west" of Siberia. I don't know ho1* they figure those things out at court? when they have to balance 'em up foi yoy think?" ' seats at a dinner party, of course ' "Yea. I believe around this ^ place ̂ a good deal since I've beefi here, and I've come to the conclusion that %s dot very well done, anyhow, exccpt $Parstfal.' That's what most of the people really come tor. I'm informed th&t they give all the other operas better in Munich, with %he advantage of being in what you may call a Christian town, cpnv- pared with this, is that correct, do i "It is, you can depend upon it Now, •What I want to know is, why1' you and I shouldn'| go into a little business partnership and do this kind of thing brown, as it ought to be done." Mar* garet opened her handsome eyes wide. "Because," continued Mr. Van Torp,' coolly as if he were explaining a new plan to a board of directors, "we've got the capital and the ability between us, and there's a demand in New York for what I propose to do. It'll fill a want, I know, and that; means success and money. Why don't we build a theater together^ When I say a theater, I mean a first-class opera house and not a barn. We'll employ the best architects to build it, and, of course, I'd leave everything about it to you. I've got a block in New York just about' in the right place, and it won't take long to build. I'll give the land and put up the money for the building, if you'll un­ dertake the management. You'll put in any money you like, of course, and we'll share the profits. Maybe they'll be quite handsome, for we'll lease the theater to other people outside of the season. We'll have the best talent in Europe, and pay for it and the public will pay us back. We'll call it the Cordova Opera, if you'like, and youll run it according to your own ideas, and sing or not, whenever you please." "Are you in earnest?" Margaret had some difficulty in pro­ nouncing the words clearly. Was there ever a great soprano who did not dream of having the most perfect theater ap~ her very own, and who could receive unmoved the ofTer to build one from a man who could build 20 if he chose? Very rarely in her life had she be^u *^aj?& of her bodily ut she could feel it now, beat- a hattimgr on the anvil, in /earnest" Van Torp an- wb. perfect calm. H've e whole thing over in all its aspects,'just as I would a railroad, or a canal, of a mine, and I've concluded to try it, if you'll help me, because it's going to be a safe investment You see, Miss Donne," he went on slowly, "there's no artist on the grand opera stage now who's so well equipped for the business as you are. I'm not flat­ tering you, either* In your own kind of parts you've simply got no rival. Everybody says so, and I suppose you won't play kitty and deny it. Let's start fair, now." "It would be silly to deny that I'm one of the first," Margaret admitted. "That'll do, thank you. One of the first, ahd the first is one of them, and you're it Besides, you've got before you . what's behind most of them. You're young. I'm not talking about y<*,ur personal appearance, but that's just one more item in the assets. An­ other big one is that you're a flrst- .cIe^s musician, wherea§ half these singer^ can only bang the box like great, thundering 6vergrown fohool- girls. Allow that?" "I suppose I ifrust 'allow' anything," laughed the prima donna. "Well, now, I've told you. You've got the name I need, and you've got the voice, and the talent, and you've got the science and culture. I suppose you'll let me say that I've got the business ability, won't yt>ii?" The iron mouth smiled s^llttle grimly. ; "Rather! I fancy some people ha*e wished you had less!" "And the money's here, for I always have a blank cheque in my pocket. If yoji like, I'll fill it in, and we'll de­ posit it wherever you say, in the name of the 'Cordova Opera Company,' or 'Mme. da Cordova, Rufus Van Torp ft Co.' We cas make out our little agreement in duplicate right here, on the corner of the table, and sign it; and before we leave here you might go around and speak to the best sing era about an engagement in New York tor a Wagner festival, a year from next Christmas. That's business, and this is a purely business proposition. If you'd like to think it over, I'll go and take a little walk before dinnfr." "It sounds like a dream!" Margaret answered, in a wondering tone. "Money's an awful reality," V4n Torp remarked. "I'm talking busli ness, and as I'm the one who's going to put up most of the capital, you'll do me the credit to believe that Fm quite wide awake." "Do you really, really, really mean it?" She spo^e almost like a child. It was not the first time in his life that the financier had seen the stun­ ning effect of a big. sum, projected with precision, like a shell, at exactly the right moment. He was playing ttfe great game again, but for a prize he* thought wcflth more than any he had yet won, and the very magnitude of the risk steadied his naturally steady brain. "Yes," he said auietly, *1 fa Per­ haps I've startled you a little, and I shouldn't like you to make a decision till y0U feel quite ready to. I'll just say again that I've thought the whole thing out as a genuine venture, and that I believe in it, or J wouldn't pro­ pose it." Maybe you've got some sen­ sible lawyer, yo« have confidence in, and would like to consult him first If you feel that way, I'd rather you should. A business partnership's not a thing to go Into with your eyes shut, and if we had any reason for distrusting one another, it would be better to make inquiries. But so far as that goes, it appears to me that we've got the facts to go which would fnakte any partnership! succeed. You've qWtainly got the musical brains, besides a little money of your own, I've certainly got the rest of the fufffts. I'd like you to put some money in it, though, if you can spare It, because that's a guarantee that you're going to be in earnest, too, and do your share in ^ the musical side. You see I'm talking to you just as I would to a man in the same position. Not because,! doubt that if you put your name to a • piece of paper you really will do your share as a partner, but because I'm used to working in that sort Of way in business How does that strike jwt Wl* not There, was no mistaking the sup- j look upon it honestly as a business pressed excitement an<| delight in her I partnership, in which her voice, her • „ J . 'judgment, and her experience would voice. If he had possessed the Intel ligence of ^Mephistopheles and the charm of Faiist^he could not have said •Bythlng more subtly pleasing to her dignity and hei^ vanity. 7 "Of course," he said, "it needn't be a very large sum. Still it ought to be something that would make a differ­ ence to you.'" \ She hesitated a moment, arid then spoke rather timidly.. "I think perhaps--if we did it--I could manage a hundred thousand pounds," she said. "Would that be too little, do you think?" . . * The large mouth twitched and then smiled pleasantly. "That's too much,'" he said, shaking his head. "You mustn't put,all youi eggs in one basket. A hundred thou­ sand dollars would be quite enough as your share of the capital, with op­ tion to buy stock of me at par, up to a million, or so, if it's a success." , "Really? Would that be enough? And, please, what is 'stock' in sucn a case?" " v. "Stock," said the financlel. "is a lit­ tle plant which, when well watered, will grow like the mustard seed, till all the birds of Wall street make their nests in its branches. And if you don't water it too miich, it'll be all right. In our case, the'stock is going to be that share of the business which most people tell to raise money,'and which we mean tQ keep fpr ourselves. I al­ ways do it that way, ;when circum stances allow. I once bought all the stock pf a railroad for nothing, for instance, and "Sold all the bonds, and let it go bankrupt. Then I bonght the road one day, and found all the stock was in my own pocket. That's only a little illustration. But I guess you can leave the financial side in my hands. You won't lose by it I'm pret­ ty sure." $ "I fancy not!" Margaret's eyes wpe wide open, her handB were clasped tightly on her. knee, and she was leaning forward a little. "Be­ sides," she Went on, "it would not be the money that I should care about! I can earn more money than I want, and I have a little fortune of my own- --the hundred thousand I offered you. Oh, no! It would be the splendid power to have the most beautiful music in the world given as it could be given nowhere else! The joy yof singing myself--the parts I can sing --in the most perfect surroundings! An orchestra picked from the whole world of orchestras, the greatest liv­ ing leaders, the most faultless chorus! And the scenery, and the costumes-- everything as everything could be, if It were really, really the best that can be had! Do you believe it is pos­ sible to have all that?" bear no contemptible proportion to his money, and in which she herself was to invest money of her own, thereby sharing the risk according to "her for­ tune as well as giving the greater part of the labor. She felt for some weak pla^e in the scheme, groping as if she were dazsled, but she could find none. "I don't think I shall need time to think this over," she said, controlling her voice better, now that she fcad made up her mind. "As I understand it, I am |o put in what I can in ihe way of ready money, and I am to give my time in ali ways, as you need it and my voice, when it is wanted. Is that it?" "Except that, , when you choose to sing, the company will allow you r»ur usual price for each appearance," an­ ew ered Van T§rp in f. businesslike manner. "You will pay yourself, or we both shall pay you, Just as pmeh as Ve. would pay any other first-clt«s sopraco, or as much more as would get in London or New York if you signed an engagement." ^. "Is that fair?" Margaret asked. "Why, certainly. /But the company, which is you and I, Will probably rule that you mustn't sing in grand opera anywhere in the state? east of the rockies. They've, got to come to New York to hear you. Naturally, you'll be free to do anything you like in Europe outside of our season, when you can spare the time." "Of course." "Well, now, I suppose we might'as well note that down right away, as a preliminary agreement What do you say?" >• "I say that I simply cannot refuse such an offer!" Margaret answered. "Your consent is all that's neces­ sary," he saldt in a matter-of-fact tone. He produced, from an inner poeket a folded sheet of foolscap, which he spread on the corner of the table be­ side him. He took out a fountain pen and fiegan to write quickly. The terms and forms were as familiar to him as the alphabet and he lost no time; be­ sides, as he had told the prima donna, he had thought put the whole matter before hand. " What if Mrs. Rushmore. comes. In just as we are signing it?" asked Mar­ garet ".We'll tell her, and ask her eto wtfe nets our signatures,*' replied Van Torp without looking up. "I judgs Mrs. Rushmore to have quite a knowl­ edge of business." "You seem able to write and talk at the same time," ^Margaret said, smiling. "Business talk, yes," The nen ran oa swiftly. "There. 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I began to feel better after the/first bath with 'Cuticura Soap, and one application of Cuticura Ointment "I continued with the Cuticura Soap . and Cuticura Ointment, and have taken four bottles of Cuticura Resolv­ ent and consider myself well. This was nine years ago and I h$re had no return of the trouble since. Any person having any doubt about this wonderful cure by the Cuticura Reme­ dies can write to my address. Mrs. Altie Etson, 93 Inn Road, Battle Crwk, Mich., Oct IS, 1909." Premature Repentance. The sipk man seised his wife's hasf in his fefeble grasp. "Please tell me the whole, awful truth at once," he begged, gaspingly. "Oh, Wilgjn!" cried his wife, "it's all right,"w^ast! The crisis is past and the OTWor assures us that yon will recover*' * • * 4 n ;V "Is he absolutely sure of that,,; *!? dear?" ' "Perfectly." "Well, then, darling; please do this for-me at once. Run and telephone to my partner that I didn't mean what | said yesterday about n6t foreclosing that mortgage. He'll understand that I must have been out Of my head.** • M - i . His Landlord's Reply. "This appears to be a pretty slow town. You have no pay-as-you-enter street cars here." "No, but we have a pretty good line of pay-before-you-Ieave boarding houses." i i? t I Tfcfefe ate imitatfoo*, don't be lo«M. Ask lor Lewis' Single Binder cigar for St, People who do just as they please never please their neighbors. MttSMttim Relieved im Six Hasp fcr Dr.Detehon's Relief for Rheumati*nii.T$fe Two-thirds of all a man's troublea wear petticoats. . r"i '• "f .'Ut; 4 j 6 $4*i'- t, '• ... > < • V „ " • V) the better will be. health i- V 'ii J*f *5-^ J4V-4U' v Practical experi­ ments with athletes show Quaker Oats to be the greatest strength maker. On 25tK of made 1800 paper boxe Fefanwy, last Okra, etc. m cellar; when well up. moved to a fighi room. About first of May, tore otf bot­ tom, planted 2 months earlier tkan neighbors. Apparatus, directions and pie $1.00. 500 CM be made • one evening, and for 40 cents. R0WE&C0. 72 Mddiioa St, CHICAGO, ILL. - 'HV "The Company, Which is You and I, Will probably Rul« 3r- offended?" "Offended!* "Oh, yes, and with your name to It, too. We'll have everything on earth that money can buy to make a perfect opera, and I'll guarantee it'll pay after the first two seasons. That is. if you'll wo it at it as hard as I wilL But you've got to work, Miss Donne, you've got to wtSrit, or It's no use thinking of it That's my opinion." "I'll work like a Trojan f" cried Mar­ garet enthusiastically. She had enough experience in her­ self,. aad enough knowledge of the conditions to believe that her own hard work, combined with Van Torp's unlimited capital, coitld and certainly would produce sueh an opera house, and bring to it such artists as had never been seen and heard/except i&rhaps in Bayreuth, during its first great days, ubw long past ' Then, too, he had put the matter tffelore hm a? skillfully that stye could I should say. Do you tjiink you cas read my writing? I , dbn.'j; sugp^ you've ever seen it" (TO BE CONTINlM&i" 'I '"Tea with Children.*1 " "T^e," says the London Chronicle "in the garden is. one of the bes> established of our mid-Viutorlan insti tutions.^ Mr. EL V. Linns--who is a connoisseur of the caddy--recalls ia his essay, 'The Divine Leaf,' a story of the lat«r*"Afthur Cecil, who once eat countered thfe following inscription in a garden at Kew: 'Tea, plain, 6d.| tea. with shrimps, MUi tea, wit* ebil dren, W> The Ascent. 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