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thv V'V‘Vvvvvyvyr- - .. CHAPTER XVIII.â€"-(Continued), I eras more than vexed, as I will own at once; I was downright angry. . \Vhat was Mrs. Morland thinking of to allow a. lovely young girl of seventeen to go about visiting promiscuously her school- ‘Vestcn-super-Mare? Schoolfellows fre- quently possessed brothers. cousins, and male friends generally. There-was no knowing the undesirable entanglement into which my Lilith might be drawn by the relatives and acquaintances of the “young ladies of neglected education," with whom she was receiving her in- struction. For she was my Lilith now, or soon would be. I could think of her as mine. and without .any ridiculous vanity I could imagine aher assenting with composure, if not with satisfac- tion, to the suggestion that she’should become my wife. If she had not retain- ed something ofher old feeling'for me, she would hardly have stolen from Mrs. Jackson’s house at midnight solely «for the pleasure of walking up and down in front of my studio, so that she might feel herself near me. . v â€"v I ' That parting kiss of hers. too, meant a great deal to me. I could recall the fluttering of her soft lips upon my cheek The Wedding Eve 3 0r, Married to a Fairy. ' off to Bristol without meeting him, I i 1 land placed just within my _desk and fellows' homes at Ilfracombe or at lquite artful enough, by :pumping the 1m- i l i i 'I l I {think that. her name should be made - water, even had not his own words to IIVrenshaw confirmed the idea. For many i now. If she had not loved me at least- a little, would she have taken leave'of me thus? The next twenty-four hours were spent in all the restless excitement, the uncertainty. the mingled "hopes and fears. which go to make a lover a mis- erable and generally-to-be-commiserated creature. Not until now did I thorough- ly realize the hold this passion for I411- itli possessed over me. Her portraits, my own sketches from memory of her, and the little framed drawing by Nichol- as IVray of her and Saladin, were myltu1.esque' and dh_ty_ In Spite of the l (his case upon a couple of chairs, and 'filling the room with smoke from his only consolations. ,I could not remainl in the house. I was strongly inclined -to repair at once to Ilfracombe and find Lilith myself. and only my dread of missing. her restrained me. That night I could not sleep, and busied myself With plans for an immediate marriage. There was no sense in long engagements, I told myself. As Lilith had herself pointed out. she was too old to be kept at school like a child. I should do _no more art work now until I had married her, for I found it quite impossible to settle down ti any serious work, with my pulSe throbbing and my brain burn- ing with excitement at the more thought that Lilith would become my wife. Of course, I should encounter the strongest Opposition and disaDDI'OVal oniing London again. So you will excuse the part of my relatives, from my Uncle 1 me if I begin my breakfast." Carcliester downward. I should be ex~ ceedingly sorry to offend him. for cherished for him a warm and gratefu affection. He was in failing health. and for many years it had been the dearest wish of his heart that his beloved step- daughter should marry his favorite ne- l u ! I l l i i i gentleman, to remember that the for-' tune for which he had sacrificed somany years of peace and freedom in his mid- 1 notion for me to go to Bristol and ask dle age would remain in his family. He was so fond of Madge that, of course, he would consider that I' had treated‘fcllow-traveler?” her badly. And yet, had she not first insulted mescruelly and then given me my freedom. Invould never. have taken it, having firmly resolved to tear up crazy passion by the roots, and to f when little more than children, had en. tered. That my uncle would exonerate me from blame was. however, not to be hoped: nor did I try to altogetherex- oneratc myself. I had loved Lilith from the first moment when I met her, and even my romantic affection for her as a child of barer sixteen years had been of so spontaneous and absorbing a. nature that in itselfit was disloyal to Madge. Insensibly to myself, my con- duct toward my fiance had become cold- er during the past fourteen months; and. in spite of her full and varied social life and her many flirtatious, she had noticed and resented this. But all deception was over now. I had burned my ships when, goaded by Madge's taunts, I had confessed that. were I free. I should ,marry Lilith. In the future my wifeand I would stand together with the world’s opinion all against us. Up to this point, throug all my artistic career. I had had to en- dure hundreds of more or less covert sneers concerning the influence of my aristocratic connections. and my mar- velous luck in drawing an allowance up- on which I could at least- live in ease and comfort, with the immediate pro- spect of wedding one of the wealthiest lieiresses in London. Now. all these conditions would be changed. and in the small hours of the morning. walking restlessly up and down my studio. I faced all this as one does face things in the early grayness before the dawn with cold. uphopeful mind. It would be an uphill fight, no doubt; but I must throw myself into it heart and soul, for the sake of the wo- man I loved; and what more precious incentive could I have to stir me into winning wealth and fame? thecbserved, laughing imperturably. “And u1- ' may I ask what takes you to Bristol of fil the contract into which Madge and I, « all 17130857” “1 This was the woman my soul longed] for, the complement of my own nature, the being presaged in my dreams, whose diaphanous form had so often seemed to flit. will-c’-the-wlsplike. between me and my canvas long before my eyes had eVer been blessed by a sight of her. was positively startled to realize how wonderfully like Lilith was to those dream fancies of mine. which had for- ever pictured a slim. blue-eyed, yellow- haired. youthful. unreasoning creature, all laughter and all love. At four o’clock I went to bed at last, and slept heavily until half-past cigh. At nine. while I was enjoying my morn- ing tubâ€"never more refreshing than after a short nightâ€"â€"I\'renshaw tappeu at my dressing-room door. “It’s Mr. “Tray. if you please, sir. I told him you were out of town, as were your instructions. but he insisted uDo11 going up to the studio, saying as he had left some canvases and things there." “I-Iang the fellow!" I muttered. below my breath. W'i'ay was a desperate stayer and my train started at eleven thirty-five. “Ret rid of him as soon as you can. and let me have my breakfast," I said aloud. But half an hour later \Vrcnshaw came to me again. a comic picture of de- spair. “That Mr. I‘Vray. sir, he won't go. He's got his canvas. but he's taken the urn}- chair. and his feet on another. and ie 5 filling the mom with his nasty, cheap to- acco smoke. I spoke to him strong y. sir; but says he: 'Your master woul never refuse an hour's rest and. shelter to a man who is down on his luck and tired out.’ he says. Depend upon it. Sll‘, he has come to borrow money. \\ hen a genileniaiiâ€"leastways a manâ€"won’t be i put off from seeing another. it's always a favor he comes after; and it’s gener- ally ready money." , \V’renshaw seldom delivered himself of so many words: but he disliked \Vray. I believe. only a little less than he dis- liked Lilith. For my own part. I was exceedingly annoyed by the presence of this uninvited guest at ~iny studio. was especially irritating to reflect that. although I might indeed breakfast down-stairs or out of the house. and slip l l i l 1 i l i 'such a deuce of a. hurry?” he inquired, phew. I think it soothed him, poor, dear ' as the door closed on the man. into faithfulness by oaths and .blows. With such an ideal and romantic and sensitive nature as yours, marriage With Lilith Saxon would mean a tragedy and your utter ruin. body and soul. Give me your word. Hervey. not to carry out this mad freak of yoursâ€"or. at leflSt' promise me to see Lady Madge below you attempt to go down to Bristol." ' He was lividly pale and the persml‘a- tion stood out upon his face. His un- Iooked for vehemence. so utterly at .Va' riance with his usual lazy equanlmlt)’. partly astonished and. partly angered me- But during his long and passionate DI‘O' test I had time to reflect that. being the man he Was. he could neither understand the love I felt nor the nature of the gn‘l who inspired it. So I affected to eat my breakfast. persuading myself the while that I must forgive his abuse of Lilith. since it could be only his genuine con: cern for my welfare which inspired ii. "‘I am sure you mean well. VVray,” 1 therefore Observed, as calmly as I could. when he had finished speaking and stood holding on to the back of a chair close to the table at which I was seated, “and therefore I cannot resent what you say as Ishould otherwise do. But you must understand that this is the last time that Lilith’s ,name is mentioned betWeen us until she has become my Wife.” He drew a. long breath sharply through his teeth. and remained Silent for several minutes. . Then. in a strangely subdued manner, he took his hat and his canvas from the chair on which he had tossed them. and Without once looking back at me he left the studio. “I have warned you." he muttered. with his hand on the door, “I can do no $0166., The consequences be on-your own ea .' should practically leave Lilith’s reputa- tion in his hands, since he was quite unprincipled enough to find .out for lum- self the many new portraits of ‘ which I had taken down from the walls friendly IVrenshaw. to discover that she had visited the studio not many daYS ago. Little \Vilson. a friend or his. had seen me dining with her teteea-tete at 'a Regent Street restaurant. Charlie Brookt'on had recognized me by her 5108 in a cab; and Madge had already openly put the most unjust and cruel interpre- tation upon my relations With' her. Certainly I was to marry Lilith at once, and so put a stop to all possible scandal; but it was intolerable to me to light of, even for a short time. by a man of so bitter a tongue and so cynical a disbelief in women as Nicholas \Vray. Under these circumstances I resolved to see him. and so at least get him out of the studio. From \Vilson's account I guessed. too, that he was in very low CHAPTER XIX- Little enough I thought or cared for NiChOIuS \Vray's warning as I took my place iii the train on my way down to Bristol. - ‘ My mind was wholly concerned With wondering how Lilith would take my wooing. what she would say, and how she would look at me. Had she not herself wished that all days might be like the brief time we had spent together in London? Had she not. little more than a year ago. clung to me. sobbing her heart out on my shoulder, and imploring me not to leave her among strangers? Had she not professed her Willingnessâ€"nay, more, her eagernessâ€" to adopt any menial position so that she might not be parted from me? And, above all. had she not escaped from Mrs. Jackson's at midnight. a fortnight ago. for the mere pleasure of walking up and down the street outside my studio door? How could I help thinking she would be glad to receive me in my new char- acter of a humble suitor for her hand? It was not, surely. a question of vanity. I was her only friend. For weeks after entrance into Morland House establish- ment she had. as she admitted to me. looked for and longed for my visits every day. Her present position was uncertain and invidious; but as my wife it would be secure. And best encourage- ment of all for an anxious. eager lover, there was that soft kiss of hers “like Diana’s kiss.- unasked. unsought," that had quivered upon my cheek when we last parted. In such thoughts and recollections I beguiled my journey. A cold. moist wind was blowing over the downs as I drove up from the town in an open fly. the driver of which enlivened the way by deâ€" scanting upon the popular local topic of the number of suicides frustrated or successfully carried through from Clif- ton Suspension Bridge during the last year. I wished, with the unreasonable- ness of lovers that the weather had not changed so suddenly for the worse. and that‘ the near neighborhood of Morland House were _iiot renowned as a suicide centre. But the sight of the. low-lying building nestling among its elmâ€"trees set my heart bo nding with a boyish delight and my blo d tingling in my veins, so that I longed to spring out of the'cab, and bound on ahead. shouting to Lilith that I was coming to bear her off as my bride. Another and an older servant than the girl 1. had seen‘on the occasion of my last visit, Opened the door to me. - Mrs. Mei-land and Miss Saxon were both at home, she said. glibly in answer to my inquiry. ’Would I walk into the drawing-room? Mrs. Morland did not keep me wait- ing long. She rustleii into the room in a handsome gray silk dress. elaborately trimmed with lace and steel. her curly dark hair dressed in the latest style, and looking altogether like a plate in a said coldly. “I am going down to fashion paper. . She held out a small, Bristol to-day to as}: that gm to be my plump, much-ringed hand. for me to wife_.. shake, but I noticed that its touch was \Vray sprang up in his chair. He had strangely 00“1 and clamnly. and that her grown pale with excitement. and was comely, freshâ€"compleaned face wore staring at me incredulously. airanXious expressmn which she strove “What in the world are you talking vainlyfo mils“ 1“ smlles- about?” he exclaimed. “In six months Delighted to see You. Mr- Hervey. you will be married to Lady Margaret Proâ€"y Slt down- I was so sorry Lilith Lorimer; the papers are full of it ” “"15 110’: here YGStel‘day. , But you see. “They will have to be filled with con- the deal: girl liad seemed Just a little bit tradictions. Lady Madge dissolved our ‘nOt e-thly 111-131“; droopy lately, and engagement yesterday morning.” I thought 3- dily 01' two at the seaside “Oh, a lover’s quarrel! That is no- 0f the 11011.59 OI a lady W110 Was once one thing.” said wi-ay. in tones of relief. "If of my aSSIStant teachersâ€"~21 most Charm- you really have been keeping that danc- mg and coltured woman of responsible ing child at Kate’s school all this time, agei-ivouldflO the door child good. Lil- and it has come to Lady Madge's ears 1th_ 15 growing very fast. and she re- throuin some infernally good-natured (lllll‘eS a. little'petting and change of an. friend. of course there would be ruc- no)" alld them tions. That magnificent woman would Itnls Vel‘y thoughtflfl of you. I'm be a tigress of jealousy, and would sure- lusaidi sneaking With some re- brook no rival. She is quite right, mind. Serve- Bl” Llhtl} “111. I hope. have She is a superb creature; and as to that plenty, 01’ Change irom this time for- girlâ€"pooh! a mere thread-paper, unde- ward. _ velo'ied thing. if I remember rightly. I , A 100k'Of ummstokable alarm flashed sketchedIliexr an}?t ylour catbasleep 1to- Into Mrs. Morland’s eyes. gether. t oug . Sic was a out twe ve. “You do not contem late \Vhy, she’s a. Clllltl._mz}n. a mere child. away from here, surely???” shéaslgé‘gesggfir and you aleâ€"What IS 1t?_ Thil'ty'I”. ,“The place suits her so admirably and “Twenty-eight. And Lilith Saxon is she is making such progress. And, then seventeen, â€"pa.rdon meâ€"but it is an understanding 7111 years. perhaps. But you look always that pupils remain with me not thirtyâ€"on my “'0de ‘Jou do. and sho- less than two years. I cannot do myself looks fourteen! It 15 lll‘eDOStel‘OUS. HEP- justice in less than that time. I thought veyl' A mad freak on your part, born I explained my custom in this respect of. pique because. you have quarreled to you on the occasion of yom. first visit With that splendid woman. No man and I certainly understood that yod in his right senses would descend from agreed to the arrangement." a beautiful. brilliant aCCOIPDllShed. and "If Miss Saxon leaves Morland House wealthy totled lady to a. little, ill-bred, before the two years are up” I said unforlnled. uneducated mmx Of a done“ very coldl,y. for I was thinking of Lil- iiig-gir." . _ ith’s wornâ€"out boo s, . 3 ~. “You ol‘o Socolilogfif “19km” W110. 15 gloves. "you will iictit beqauloséi-nfimllhfiliid to become my Wite' I Sald' Snx‘mgmg that I entered into any agreement of the from my chair, ‘and unless you Instant- kind you suggest." lY apologlzo 11ml Totl'flct Your “'Ol‘dS» 1 “But she is much too young and too must ask .you to leave, this house and ignorant to leave school yet She knows neyer to viSit it again. nothing of the world. Her manners and . Great 'Scott- _ “hilt big WOI‘dS and mind are unformed. And, then. she is big looks. Hel‘i 63'. If you thought , a so much attached to me that it Would mun was a. decent fellow, and saw 111m break her heart to part from me sudden- about to commit suicide. wouldnt you 13.. Besides, although it sounds egotis- try and stop him? \Vhen you came to goal on my part to say so. where would me in my. Studio at Konsmgton a W331 she find the affectionate sympathy, the “go‘ You “‘terfeyed. “St “'helfl I meant real home influence which she enjoys to jom the majorityâ€"and it was 8. under my roof?” . thousand pities you didn’t let me alone! NHL Morland was evidently much ex- Anyway, I lllie You. respect 3‘0“: and cited. Her Siveet voice actually shook with feeling, and I hastened to assure her that I had no idea of removing Lil- admire you. I_n many ways your no- tions are too high-flown and you’re too ith to any rival "finishing" establish- ment. good for this world: but you’re one of the best, and I can’t see you deliberate- ly setting out to cut your throat w1th- “But Lilith is no longer a child," I went on. “She is a beautiful. marriage- able young womanâ€"and. in short, Mrs. out a protest. For Heaven’s sake, don’t marry that girl! It would be a sdmal Morland, I have come down here to ask her to be my wife." and artistic suicide. I understand wo- men better than you. and though I only saw her for a few minutes, I have met Every trace of 0010,. faded from Mrs_ Morland's face. “Your wife!” she repeated blankly, girls of her type before, and I under- stand them, No man of sense marries a woman of that sort. They belong ‘60 staring at me with a consternation she the kitten or chorus girl speclesâ€"jpl‘efitY- did not attempt to conceal. “Mr. Hervey. graceful. good-tempered. and affect‘ion- is this a jest? Everybody knows that ate. to all appearance. and full of little next season you aregoing to marry Lady caressing tricks and ways: but at heart Margath Lorimer," they are nothing but ignorant. shallow, “Everybody is wrong. Mrs. Morland. heartless. ungrateful. and immoral little Lady Margaret has dissolved our en- aninzals. Hervey, don't waste your heart gagement.” upon such a woman. She will take it in “And you really thought," Mrs. Mor- lie!‘ Claws and Play with it and DUI‘I‘ 0"?1' land said. rising from her seat in her it: and when she is tired of it she Will growing cxgitelnént' “you could really thl‘ow your heart aSlde. and take her possibly think of proposing marriage to soft Words and pretty tricks to some a girl in Lilith's station of life just to richer or better-looking man. or even to pique and spite your former fiance? some Denniless and ugly Scoundrel. out Surely such a proceeding would be al- of mere fi'ivolity and love of change. together beneath you. Let me beg and The only man to deal with that, type of entreat you to think better of such a. woman is the bully. who frightens her preposterous plan." month‘s none of his brilliant black-and- white 'work had been seen about town. and I could not bear to think that a man of .such brilliant capabilities should really be in w'ant.veven though his mis- fortunes were more often than not the result of his foolish excesses. - Moved by all these impulses, I ascend- ed to the studio. and found \Vray just as VVrenshaw had described him. taking pipe. a handsome amber-mouthed and elaborately carved one' which I had never seen before. , \Vra’y looked. as ever. handsome. plo- shifty life I had heard he was leading, his tall frame was less thin than be- fore. A loosely knotted yellow Silk scarf encircled the wide turned-down collar of his flannel shirt. which, with that brown velvet painting-coat of mine. which'he had calmly annexed after his last VISIt to me, helped to produce avery strik- ing and unconventional ensemble. “Hello. Hervey! I thought old_\Vren- Shaw was lying!” was his greeting, as he lazily stuck out one of his long. white hands. “I had told him I was not at home to anybody,” I anSWered shortly. “I am only in town for a few days. during which I have been extremely hard at work; and in two hours’ time I am leav- He lay still for a few moments, star- ing at me over his pipe. and smoked on in silence. while I rang the bell and gave some orders to \Vrenshaw. about my breakfast. ' ‘ “May I ask where you are going in “I am going to Bristol.” . “To Bristol, eh? It wouldn’t be a had my Cousin, Kate Morland. to put me up for a few nights. “'Ollld you like a. “No, \Vray.” I‘ replied emphatically. “I most certainly should not." “Well. that’s frank, at any rate!” he "Surely you must remember," I said, that a young girl in whom I am deeply interested is in the care of your cousin, Mrs. Stanhope Morland?" “Oh. ah. yes. of course! Fact is, I haven’t been near my cousin for so long, and haven’t heard from you, and I’d for- gotten all about it. But. now that you recall it, I remember a little dancing beggar-girl you have somehow picked up, who insisted upon haying supper with you and me in the studio, and wanted to spend her life with you.” “Please be careful what you say.” I .' \vâ€"H , .â€"â€"' . i ‘ a bullet in a, ’Frisco brgfiglvgd'flgS‘ down the curtain. ‘ 7) Thus in his wanderings Mr; Rid-3 ger was rarely lacking companion») ship. He “beat.” the trains with the hoboes~â€"in other words, crawl. ed on to a freight train as a stowa-} way and'tOOk his chance of being, discovered. ' After laying sidewalks in Viian couvei', and being an assistant in cigar store, he decided to 'go to" l "There has never been' any question with me of piquing Lady Margaret," I said. “Pray dismiss such an idea from your mind. I wish to marry Miss Saxon because I love her. and for no I other reason." “Oh. my dear Mr. Hervey,” MrS. Mor- land exclaimed, in her softest and most persuasive tones, sinking down'on‘ her seat again and joining her hands in what appeared like very real anxiety. "for your own sake, for the sake of Your family. your genius. and the splendid career before you. I implore you to give up all idea of such a terrible mesalli- ance. Lilith herself regards you with respect and gratitude, wholly in the light of a protector or fatliei‘â€"â€"" ‘::l‘he1‘e are just eleven years between “Years are nothing. Remember your relative positions. As far as I can ga- ther, Lilith's early training and asso- Ciations were of the lowest and most sordid kind, You have educated her out of pure charity: but if you were to marry her, vould the world believe it? You know how shamefully censorious people are. Could you bear the sort 0f thing that would be said about your wife?” “The world Mrs. Morlandfl I said, “is notliidng to me. An artist makes his own wor ." Alaska. There is. a wonderful word picture of the farâ€"famed White" Pass, the Gateway of the Yukon," the land of gold, and the graveyard. of many hundreds who join-ed in thel great gold rush of ’97. US the singleâ€"handed adventurer, and, he returned by way of. Vancouver to’ Seattle. Hard times inthis Ameriol can town led him to work his pas-J sage to Japan on' a. boat that was nothing but a, “coffinâ€"ship.” After." a stormy voyage across the Pacifi and weeks of gales a-nd- misfortunes, he landed- iii Japan with thi‘iee'shil- (To be continued.) *‘W Siliiili illilfl lHE wniii ..â€"â€". A WANDERER’S TRAVELS I‘ll MANY LANDS. tion. ‘ . From Japan to Korea, through Manchuria, and then on board a. Japanese coal tramp, down the Chi-' nese coast, he came, after many ad- ventures, to Boston in the United. States. As there were no fortunes going aâ€"begging, he returned to England with ten shillings in hand; That ought to have been the end} of his adventures, but, having! tempted Fate, that mistress self now took a. hand. In a short time Mr. Ridger found himself inl the Transvaal, . a fully-qualifiedlI miner, with a Government certifi-I ovate. This work was abandoned when an opportunity came to join} an expedition which was being fitfl urgent neceSSlty of earning 3' l‘lVing ted up to go North in order to re- ‘lra‘ge‘ eruit natives for the mines. The The desire came to one young magnitude of this undertaking, man! M“ A- Low“ Ridge'l'a and which entailed travelling some how he carried out his ambition iSr thousands of miles, was realized b â€"â€" Interesting 'Dcscription of Six Years’ Rambling Over the. Globe. -To most men there comes, at some time or other, the desire to travel and “see the world.” Most fre- quently it comes to the. young man in the early twenties, and only too often 'is the desire killedâ€"or, at least, put among the impossible ambitionsâ€"by the stronger ties of the ,desk or bench, and! the very tom in the f'asoinmtlng VOI-ume‘.“A none, least of all by those who 01"., \Vandcrer’s Trail,” which is a falth- ganized the expedition. 4 £111 record of travel in many lands. , , 7- . The beginning was the most diffi- S‘umel But 1“ 1501' _ .. cult part in Mr. Ridger’s expel-i: The innumerable difficulties eln-i once. He wanted very badly to go countered by the small party Ofi abroad, but his efforts to get, a, for- white men who undertook the task eign appointment were unsuccess- were enough to satiate the appetite! ful, says London Answers. of the most wildly adchn-turous Ill/Zing ,. m , that ever breathed.‘ t was en. Mfll‘mb a Mo‘e‘ months later when our wanderer]: At last. he took a definite plunge. came back to Johannesburg, 3. sad-f Ten pounds in his pocket, and with titer and wiser man. He decided to’ unlimited hope and the unbounded leave South Africa, and by dieviousi cnthusmsm of youth, he boarded a ways and with many odd jobs on thei tramp steamer bound for San Fran- road came back to England. ' ‘ cis-co. Through the kindness of a ship'- broker he had been able to arrange this first passage, paying only the small sum of three shillings a. day for messâ€"money. His first journey was uneventful enough, though the Sixty-nine days of the voyage to San Francinsco were full of inter- est for the man who had never been out of England before. A short stay in ‘Frisco preceded his sear-ch for work among the fruit ranches of California; but the idea, of making the principle of “Get a Move On” the leading one in this life led the adventurer into a maze of quickly- . changing berths. From fruit-farming he became purser on board a, boat bound for Portland, Oregon. Here 11-6: asked for a job in a lumber camp. “Do you mind getting killed, young fellow?” the boss foreman asked, and on being assured that the young man would take his chance, he gave him a. note to the boss of N0. 1 camp, and thither Ridger went. He took on the job of fireman of the donkey-engine at Tse Yizg Pale. . The young Chinaman who has a} the rate of three dollars a. day and price of $20,000 on his head offered! all found. He knew nothing about by President Yuan Shi Kai, of! the work, but was prepared to do China. Pak has been hatching a his best. revolution in the Celestial Repub-j As a matter of fact, he did one 110, and is a. serious el‘Cln-elltv'I-O the morning’s work in that campâ€"and President’s peace of mind. He is then lie'was sacked! The boss de- now visiting America to preach the cided that the new man was never gospel of freedom in China, and to intended to be a fireman. Trying collect funds to aid in restoring the another camp, he failed to get government to a republic, for he work, so set out for the little wood- states that Yuan is a despot and en settlement of Stella. Here he dictator. He prophesies his OV-Gl“. earned something by stacking tiin- throw in two years. her for a. week, at the end of which ’1‘ time 1he decided to change his ocâ€" cupation, and became a strawberry- pmker' H l t 1 .1 i ii L , _ . .. , ' so croto us earne rom ie y. Mch “011" male PM“ dians, was a prolonged famine in This proved to be the worst job Lydia. For some time they endured struck in six-years’ wandering, and it, but at, last they invented' dice,'; once more a change of scene was knuckle-bones, the ball, and all: sought. Various jobs followed in.other games except draughts. One, quick succession. most of them dis- day they played these games SO as tinguishsd by the big amount of to keep their minds off food; the hard work they entailed and the next day they took food and did: microscopic amount of pay they not. play. This alternation cked brought. v out their provisions for eighteen" In America, particularly in the years, at the end of which time, theg West, there is a very large floating situation still being desperate, halfl population of men who go from one the population emigrated. One can; state to another, spending part, of only suppose that the ball games their time in a lumber camp, the were not very athletic; otherwise? summer in Klondyke, and then the increased appetite given by' when the winter comes on they get them must have undone much of the? rid of their earnings in a. couple of savingâ€"London Chronicle. months among the lights of one of -â€"â€"~ ’1‘ the big tOIWnS- When bl‘Oke they As the world goes man goes with Will Start all Over again, and 1‘6- itrâ€"so he might as well incite the peat the programme till illness or a best, of it, How Greek Gaines Originated. The origin of Greek ball games, ! 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