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CHAPTER IX. , mu MISS WILLIAMS AGAIN. the work is growing. may fill himself there once, twice, or thrice 3- d‘fiy as he Wishes. And its fires are burn- ing incessantly. In other parts of the city are seven eStEblishmcnts in which the needy are fed and lodged. All the outlying feed- N evill and not a word could I say to that ing stations have dormitories attached and 9 A UANADIAN An Estate Involving Millions â€"â€" AFTER AMERICAN GllLll. “ I would not dare to unlike an estimate. It must be worth many millions of dollar ho w ever. as it is situated in the centre a New York. where a few feet of land means f ptnne.” a Illifiléwodid you establish your claim 2" THE FAMILY BIBLE DID IT. O "Well. when 1 first went to New York' “Then is the dinner at Miss Talbot‘s wrong of marrying her when my heart was home 2” asked John, plizzled. “ You will see her there.” Jessica; can you follow it? I wanted am oing to!” ready to “"_'0 your cousin’s. To Mr. Nevill’s. Jessica Nevrll is a great friend of mine.” give up anything. a Sixpence in the world, and But I was “Hon.” yet I have “Miss ’Williams, 1 man r t found her out; and, beggar as I am, my much that I did not know this gigs”. veg; prayer to her now is to come and share my other. Then I wrote to youâ€"4.0 Lfiiss N:- Villâ€"and t id her I couldn’t do or t 9 km“ ° PERSONALS- elsewhere. It is a very confusing story â€"-' able in future. course, You were not aware, but there are SixPence' I” is better than riches, in“ in ! man in“ now. His hair W33 grey 1°38 3' circumstances which make it peculiarly Jessica? Love and a sixpence ! awkward for me to meet Miss Nevill.” Love !” “Oh we know all about that. Jessica has . - told us. But don’t be alarmed. Mr. right. .But she 13 not poor. Nevill and Jessica know you are com- quite “Ch enough, John. ” mg, and are delighted, I assure you. “Never mind the riches; all I want And it’s your only chance of seeing he? dear self. ” Talbot. Besides, it’s too late to Will she forgive all and come to me? turn back now. Would you leave them thirteen to dinner ‘2 I do assure you it is all right,” said Flora, alarmed, for John showed serious symptoms of stopping the carriage and escaping. There seemed to him a horrible indelicacy in thus finding Miss Talbot under the very eyes of Jessica You will pinching her fingers. “ \Vho? ” exclaimed John, bewildered. Flora ! ” “ Flora? ”repeated John. drew her to him gently. They were arrived and that sharp-tongued Flora. It never was Flora. Flora was saying “ Only cowards run, Cap- tain Farquhar ; and Englishmen never be- tray 3 lrprise. Mother and I hope you’ll remember that.” At this moment John found his hand warmly grasped by his cousin, the heiress's fathierilwhohwas talking away to him most cor la y, t on ll the oun man, his heart . - - - ' thumping like i schooIboy’g, scarcely heard ”1 the moonl’ghb! till It .was (Em one single word, he was saying. too late to reappear in the drawrng‘roo n. “My daughter has a bad cough,” said Mr. Nevill,passinghis arm through his kiusman’s affectionately. “She does not look well to- night. Come and let me introduce you. J es- sica. my dearâ€"â€"-” a little impatiently, for! Jessica 1 ” “ Oh ! ” said Jessica. After a very good understanding particularly her sitting there alone Ally kin’ 0’ smily roun’ the lips, Jessica was covering her confusion by an An teary roun the “Shes. unnecessarily prolonged and effusive greet- ing of Mrs. Williams and Flora. As for John, he was in no hurry, for he was look- inu all about the room for Talbot, and had no eyes to spare for mere J 833106. N evill. Until the young hostess raised her head at last from Flora’s shoulder, and advanced with an air of desperation towards her cousrn. darling And 10! John found her the very there Still' J esswa. N evil]. and he did not know if he stood on his “’g‘mm ““1 3h“ the d°°" head or heels. He heard Flora laugh, and l . t d 'th h . he saw Mr. Nevill- standing by smiling, wn e ress, m t‘ e string and he knew Jessica: and saw that she was Will she come to me? “ Oh, how can I tell? ” said Jessica. correct names. “ Yes, I imagine so" Let me go, and I will send her to you now. Duke of C “Flora l Oh, don’t say it is not my dear jesty, A And then he Nevill. However, escape there was none. I put his arm round the trembling girl and used. that they somehow arrived at indeed. And they forgot all about the dinner-party, and sat there for an immense time Before the party broke up, Flora resolved to find out what had happened; and she slipped all to her friend’s room, and found and quite reidy to talk. And after Flora. had gone, Jessica still knelt on by her win- dow, till the last carriage had driven away, and the house was very quiet, and the lamps of festivity were all put out. But all the while conversation was going on in her father’s room below ;and Jessica recog- nized John’s voice, and knew that he was At last she heard his foo; in of his searchâ€"found her in his l the passage, 90” gomg to the hall oor at r - - disa ear-lug into one of the spare rooms. cousin herself, in the hostess, the heiress, Andptlheu Mr. Nevill, candle in hand, came The room swam round for John Farquhar, upstairs to bed, and went into his dress- Then up jumped Jessica, still in her of pearls in her hair ; and she fleeted along the lobby, Sir JOhD Thompson’s earliest appearance the matter has got the adalr m 800d shape looking at him, and that in her eyesâ€"large, wan, troubled eyesâ€"was the same wist- fulness that he had seen there on the night of his mother's death, when she had asked to share his watch, and he had not dared to Speak to her because he loved her so. John saw all this as 'yi a dream, but he had not the faintest Idea what he was saying or doing him- self, and after a minute he was swept away in a procession to the dining-room under charge of an elderly woman named Snow, who planted him at a table very far away from the hostess, and talked to him dili- gently all through many courses till she gave him up as a hopeless dummy of a blockhead. John never knew how he got through that dinner ; and as for Jessica, she got whiter and whiter and whiter, till Flora began to think her comedy an error, and to feel that the sick headache had for once arrived in good earnest, though most inop- 'portunely. After dinner Miss N evill dis- appeared altogether. And the guests said, “Poor child she is obviously ill,and no doubt has slipped away to her bed,” But they were all tot-ally mistaken. Jes- sica had no headache whatever, and was sitting quite comfortably on a bench in Lbs garden, with her cousin, John Farqu- ar. ' He had invited her out there alone to tell her, of course, all about his engagement to Flora ; and Jessica took her courage in both hands, and stepped out with him when no one was looking. And there they sat hidden among the trees ; and the moon shone through the branches, so that they could just see each other as they talkedâ€"he looked quite content and smil- ing and happy, and she with the wild eyes and forced cheerfulness of agitated heroism. “Then it was Jessica all the time 1” said John, with gentle reproach. . “Didn’t you know ? Didn’t she tell you? Didn’t Mrs. Farquhar tell you? I told her.” “My mother? Jessica. how glad I am to think my dear mother knew! But no, no one told me. till I saw you.” Jessica swallowed a sob. “Oh, do for- give me ! I only meant it for fun. I want- ed to see you soâ€"to get to know you,” she pleaded, in her agitation saying all the things she had meant not to say. “What can I possibly have to forgive?” said John, and paused for a few minutes, “ Let me tell you a little about myself,” I had no idea till to-nightâ€" ' middle of November, the great corridors of and burst the door open, and flung herself at the bar was at Halifax in a libel “it “ A grocer had been selling liquor without a. into her father’s arms. “ Oh, papa, dear, dear papa ! Has John told you everything?” Mr. Nevill unlaccd her strangling clasp, and seated her in his armchair, and stroked her cheek. “ My dear Jess,” he said gently, “ if you had told me the facts long ago, you would have spared yourself a great deal of needless distress.” “ Oh no, papa l” cried Jessica ; “ it has all turned out most beautifully. We haven’t the least objection now to marrying each other, papa. And I shall be so glad, please papa, if you will be fond of me again, as you were before I get the money ;andâ€" and the cough at Tangier,” ended Jessica, blpshing and laughing, and gay as her old se f. Well, she married John Farquhar in the autumn, and every one said they 'made a very pretty couple. But do you want to know the sequel to the story? Mr. Nevill, after his daughter’s wedding, lived by himself for a full year, and was so lonely and miserable that every one said he was quite certain to marry again. Rumor said also that Miss Snow was prepared to accept him. But Mr. Nevill,whose wife had died at twenty-five,and whose daughter had deserted him atnineteen, knew nothing about elderly ladies, and was not particularly fond of them. I fear it ran in the family, that espousing of women thirty years too young. Old John Farquhar had done it ; and instead of taking warning, Mr. Nevill went and followed his example. He married that Miss Williamsâ€"[Black- wood’s Magazine. ~â€"â€"-*â€"__â€"_ The Distress in Chicago- Love, from worry, now it is white. He is, Pr0b° ably. the only monarch in Europe who “ Yes,” said Jessica bravely, “You are almost daily obliged to take large sums be from his own allowance as sovereign and apply them to the needs of failing indivrd- is uals and institutions, ticula-r about people being called by the She smartly snubbed of the unmarried English princesses. She also one of the kindest and most thoughtful of girls to be found anywhere. She is much loved by the people about Sandringham, where her unselfish goodness is best known. She and her sister have very gentle and to simple mannersâ€"manners much gentler and Simpler than those of many young American princesses. great deal of money. House. license, and a temperance paper, known as the Abstainer, had attacked him bitterly in consequence. Mr. W. A. Henry, afterwards one of the judges of the Supreme Court, appeared with another celebrated counsel for the grocer, who was suing for damages, and Mr. Thompson represented the Ab- stainer. The jury was out four hours and gave a verdict for the defence on a vote of seven to two. At Lord Aberdeen’s first State dinner there were fortyguests. The functions were held in the Rideau hall ballroom, which made a handsome dining room. Before dinner was announced Lady Marjorie, a pretty girl of thirteen, presented each of the gentlemen with a boutonniere of sweet English violets. The two boys, the Hon. Archie and the Hon. Dudley Gordon, acted as train-bearers to Lady Aberdeen and stood behind her chair for the greater part of the dinner. Everything is done in ex- cellent style by the leaders of society at Ottawa. When for instance, his Excellency drives out he is driven by postilions,a species of servants never before seen at the capital. A J apaiese Tailor- A gentleman now in Japan writing home says: “The first gentleman who called upon me at the Grand Hotel. Yokohama, was Ah Shing, importer and tailor. He made an early callâ€"6.20. H: remarked outside the door: ‘Mist-er, me came measure you suit clothes. Allee samee hot.’ ‘Call round again, please I’m not up yet.’ He did. Called again at 6:3"). Desiring to encourage enterprise in a foreign can u- try, I let him in. ‘Go it,’ I replied, be- Towards the close of the World’s Fair cause it was red-hot and the Japanese sun daily meetings of the unemployed were held was shining clear through the panes,shades around the Columbus Monument on the and shutters. Lake Front. One day a riot at the very police. ‘Make suit $2.503 He had samples with him in a vallse. ‘Suit ready portal of the City Hall was quelled by the to-morrow morning.’ And true enough, Then work was given to all of the he did. Ah Shing is a. Chinese merchant unemployed who would accept it, or could who has done business in Japan for several accept it, on the big drainage canal. After years. He employs forty-three tailors, and the fair closed‘ thchsands of idle men em- can give some of our merchants many erged from somewhereâ€"sprang under the granite streets, it seemed ; pourâ€" ed into the city from neighboring towns on the south, north,west, and east. These men had no place to sleep, nothing to eat. In up from painters on prices and promptness.” The Prince of Wales in Ginaia- The Prince of Wales has only been in sheer humanity the City Hall was given up this country onceâ€"inlSGO- He reached to them, and night after night, since the Nveoundland on July ‘24, 1860, accompan- ied by the Duke of Newcastle as his “gov- the building and its. Stairways of iron and ernor” ; on July 30 he visited Halifax; on stone were turned into dormitoriesâ€"41am to tthelCoptrqélers at Ottawa, together with . 7_ - - e 0 "31 Or- eneral can nowbe desi ated ‘But I hope I may know whose house I woo my darling? and to wrn her I was t’tl d to t hflétclilerto they have not begs: eni . 2 h rdl l e a lstinction; but the Colonia rather too bold, wasn t I I have a y Oflice has ruled that they shall be honour‘ King Humbert of Italy is a much worried Queen Victoria is said to be very PM" certain lady Who spoke to her of the late larence as ‘ ‘Prince Eddie.” “ I 03-11305 understand,” said her irate Ma- “WhY the Prince and Princess of Wales give their children nicknames. In my presence I prefer not to have them . . The Duke’s name was Prince Albert “N0: 1‘ 13 ”0‘ Victor.” 0h, Jessica, don’t you know? Don’t you understand? Princess Maud 0f Wales is the prettiest There is a rumour that the handsome young Duchess of Albany, the widow of Prince Leopold, is engaged to marry the Earl of Rosehery. Queen Victoria does not like second marriages, butin this case, it is Empire reporter yesterday, and without said, she is prepared to forget her prejudice. exhibiting any of that exuberance of spirits The Duchess of Albany has two little chil- dren, the present Duke and Princess Alice of Albany, while Lord Rosebery has several of the case. Mr. Hill is a carter in the children by his first wife, who was Miss employ of Jollil‘fe Co., the Queen street Hannah dc Rothschild, and who left him a west furniture dealers. General Montgomery Moore, commander whom are grown up. About four years ago of the forces at Halifax, appeared the other he came to this city from Collingwood. day at the opening of the Nova Scotia Leg- For nearly three years he has spent his islature in morning dress. The occurrence spare time and cash in trying to establish is adversely commented upon, as it is said his claim as an heir to the Robert Edwards that the General should have worn his estate, and is confident that he has not feathers and buttons as do the foreign wasted either in so doing. He has made diplomats at the opening of the Ontario several trips to New York for this purpose, ATM-onto Man Interestedâ€"An Entranc- lng Story or an old English Sea Cap- tain's Money. John H. Hill, of 76 Woolsley street, Tor- onto, a poor man, is in a. fair way to become a multiemillionaire. _ The story is an entranc- ”$322,,” alone sets all the world in motion,” wrote a philosopher. Money, oceans of it, has at least set the small world composed of between 200 and 300 heirs to the Robert Edwards estate in New York in motion, and they are “moving heaven and earth” to corral it. As the matter stands at present, the expectant heirs, or at least those of them who have proved their claims to be bona fide, stand a fair show to have their wildest expectations realized. Cana- da will be some millions of dollars richer if the Canadian heirs to this almost fabulous wealth succeed in establishing their claims, and there is every reason to believe they will. The story of this immense inheritance,the plotting and counter-plotting to get nos. session of it, and the many years of working and writing of the expectant heirs, reads like the veriest Arabian Night’s tale. In Toronto there resides one of the heirs to this estate in the person of Mr. John H. Hill, of 76 Woolsley street. For a number of years he has been working quietly and patiently to get his lawful portion of the estate, and, as he has given indubitable proof of his close relationship to the wealthy New Yorker, he looks forward with confidence to an early realization of his dream of riches. MR. HILL’s s'ronv. Mr. Hill was seen at his house by an McrhuliPS-” g0 dian heirs 3” “Yes. There are several away up Muskoka, Joseph and John Cooper, Bracebridge, and Mr. Robert Hill is _ trip to New it a about 20 years ago. property. him and HAS NEVER. LOST HOPE is was 20 years ago. his claim. lease was shown. could not call to mind, but who which might be looked for in an heir ex- pectant to immense wealth, gave the facts paid to the heirs and their successors. He is 53 years old and has a. family of five children, several of The Condor of the Andes. Up among the cold white and by enthusing other Canadian heirs in for a successful termination. two years ago Itook with me our fizfifiy Bible._ which has descended to me from generations. It is 107 years old, and contains the names pf the family since then. They never disputed my claim at all, and there were many people in New York who wanted to take up my cause. The Bible is now in the possession of Mr. “Do you know any of the other Cana- in of of Gravenhurst. The latter is an uncle of mine, and the former are cousins. Mr. Joseph Cooper accompanied me on my first York. Mrs. Rachel Cameron, of CollingWOod, is also a bona fide heir. Mr. Hill says that his attention was drawn to the matter of the inheritance some years before the lease expired, or All uncle of his, Mr. J. Nazworth. of Detroit, was even at that time working to establish a claim to the He had frequent talks with that he would ultimately get his lawful share of .the estate. His uncle, he says, is as sangume over the matter to-day. as be He is well acquaian with the technicalities of the case and has spent adeal of money in establishing Mr. Hill says his own father never bothered himself about the matter. At the meeting of heirs at London on November 21 lasta copy of the expired It was sent over by the New York lawyer, whose name Mr. Hill . possesses the original document. Should thead‘air ter- minate successfully, as Mr. Hill seems con- fident it will, Uncle Sam’s already deplet- ed exchequer will suffer considerable,for 16 years of uncollected taxes will have to be peaks of the Andes, higher than human foot has had the daring to tread, is sometimes seen a. dark speck slowly circling in the clear air. The speck gradually descends, and we see that it is the largest bird of the air, the condor. Its flight is swifter phan the eagle’s. Noth- ingbut the distance could have made the condor of the Andes seem small and slow on the wing. Swiftly descending, cruel, HE WAS A SEA CAPTAIN. Robert Edwards, whose estate is being so carefully looked after now, was, so Mr. Hill says, his great-grandmother’s father. He was a sea. captain of a speculative turn of mind, and at the close of the eighteent h century, when New York was, if not a howling wilderness, at least a place where ‘ purchased at a low figure, bought 62 acres of land, where now 62 feet would be worth a fortune. The estate in question lies in Broadway between town lots could be Trinity church and the battery. In 177 this estate was leased by the owner to the Trinity church corporation of New York for 99 years. The lease expired 16 years ago, and up to the present time the heirs have not succeeded in establishing their claims. Sixteen years ago Mr. Hill’s father would have been a wealthy man by reason of his share in the inheritance but for one little but very important bitch in establishing his claim. The lease mysteriously disappeared. Two years ago this lease was found, and with its discovery hope revived in the bosoms of some 300 heirs spread all over the con- tinent. A TREASURE HUNTING ASSOCIATION. One of the Canadian heirs, Mr. A, Ed. wards, cf Milton, Ont., has been untiring in his efforts since then to get the matter settled. He has travelled over the States and Canada hunting up heirs, and when the matter took tangible shape in Ontario was one of the foremost movers for an organized effort to establish claims and get at the wealth. There was a grand rally of the Canadian heirs at London, Ont., on November 21 last. A circular had previously been sent out to all supposed heirs living in Canada. It proposed that all having bona'fide claims on the Robert Edwards estate, of New York, meet in London “for the purpose of establishihg a. permanent association, with a. proper constitution and by-laws, to elect oflicers thereof, to appoint committees with power, and to do all other necessary acts t3 put matters in shape to carry out the un. dertaking commenced.” The circular was signed, “Capt. Henry Edwards, secretary Komoua; W. D. Edwards, assistant sec: rotary, London; P. McPhillips, solicitor for claimants, London.” The meeting last- ed two days. Many spurious claims were struck off the list and lawyer McPhillips and Mr. W. D. Edwards were appointed to hungry. he fastens his eye upon some luck- less lamb or kid. Rarely it is able to es- cape; successful resistance is impossible. The condor cannot carry off its prey in its talons like the eagle, for it has not the eagle’s power of grasp, and the sharpness of its claws is in time worn off on the hard rocks which are his home; so, standing up- on the struggling animal with one foot, the condor kills the poor thing with his power- ful beak and his other foot. Like many other greedy creatures, the condor, after his dinner, becomes incapable of flight. and it is only then that he can be approached with safety; but even now the hunter must be cautious and strong. A Chilianminer, who was celebrated for his great physical strength, once thought that without weapons he could capture a condor which seemed unusually stupid after its heavy meal. The poor man put forth all h' owers, and the engagement was long an desper- ate, till at last the poor miner was glad to escape with his life. Exhausted, torn and bleeding, he managed to carry ofl’ a few feathers as trophies of the hardest battle he had ever fought. He thought that he had left the bird mortally hurt. The other miners went in search of the body, but in- stead, found the bird alive and erect, flap- pings its wings for flight. If the condor does not reach an ultimely end by violence, it is, according to all ac- counts, very long lived. The Indians of the Andes believe that it lives for a hun- dred years. The condors’ homes seem just suited for birds so ugly and fierce. They build no nest, but the female selects some hollow in the barren rock that shall be large enough to shelter her from the strong winds while she is hatching her eggs. Here, in the midst of desolation, the ugly little condors begin their cries for food, and after they are six weeks old begin at. tempting to use their wings. The parents show the only good trait they possess in their care for the young, feeding and train- ing them to fly, so that in a few months they are able to hunt for themselves after the grim fashion of their elders. __â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"_. About Books and Papers. The first complete Bible that was printo- ed in England appeared in 1535. The most expensive illustrated book yet made is said to be a Bible now OWned by Theodore Irwin, of Oswego, IV.Y. It is he said presently; “may I? though the story is not entirely flattering to either of us. Listen, Jessica.” Then he began: “When the wish was expressed that we should mar- ry, I knew nothing about loveâ€"nothing. I was a good deal perplexed just then, J essi- JO lay their heads. but this movement was ca, and hardly knew wh it I was doing. abandoned. Why, no one seemed to know. But, as you remember, I did offer myself to! Then a crank in a suburban town issued 8- beds, but warm ones, at least. The home- less, the hungry, cried aloud, and the peace of the city was disturbed. The churches discussed the advisability of throwing open watching her and smiling. their edifices to those who had not whereon you, and you accepted me out of sheer gen- printed circular calling for twelve thousand erosit-y.” armed unemployed men to meet at a certain “Oh no,” cried Jessica; “ I didn’t win hour at the Columbus Monument, go up to marry you at all ! I wasn’t generous. It into the city and take what they thought was all papa’s doing.” “ How could you have wanted to marry me ‘3” cried John indignantly. “I was a. shabby, mercenary w etch. The whole matter was a blunder. It was worse than a blunderâ€"it was a crime. I didn’t like it Association, was formed. The churches and at the timeâ€"that much I can say for my- their representatives in the ministry got self. But Jessica, wh'a't waked me up, what together, and set to work at once in organ. showed me that the thing couldn’t and ileig societies and committees for investiga- shouldu’t be done, was that I fell in love.” tion and relief. At that time the City Hall “I know that l” was the public dormitory, and a visa there “ Did you know it ‘3” Again he paused at night was like a walk through a potter’s and looked at her, but Jessxca’s eyes were field of unburied dead. The air of the main fixed on a gap in the trees, and she wouldn‘t corridors became currup: and has not yet see his smile. “ There came some one into been purified, although the lodgers were my life quite different from all I had seen forbiddqn to enter a fortnight ago. The before. I loved her from the first moment CentraSRellef Association Worked hard,and ‘ I saw herâ€"on the Herculesâ€"and every soon had a great soup-kitcken on the Lakel day .I loved her more, and always more. Front at the foot of Randolph Street. Here Sometimes I fanciedâ€"perhaps I was wrong l are fed daily about four thousand persons. â€"-I hoped, perhaps persumptuouslyâ€"that The establishment does‘not undel‘t3k_e t0 sheâ€"â€"But, Jessica, I was engaged to Miss l lodge the poor . but it feeds them. No re- Nevill. Think! I was engaged to Miss J strictions are placed on the applicant. Haj they wantel . This odd and highly impracticable sug- gestion crystallized the movement for the relief of the poor, and a general committee or the rich men, called the Central Relief 1 August 18 he reached Quebec and on the 25th Montreal. On September 1 , he arrived at Ottawa, the new capital of the united provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and on the 2d he laid the corner- stone of the beautiful Parliament house there. On September 2') the Prince crossed the border to Detroit; on October 3 he was in Washington and was presented to Presi- dent Buchanan; on October 9 he reached Philadelphia; on the 11th he reached New York and on the 17th Boston; and on the 29th he sailed for England from Portland, Me., the winter port of the Canadian steamers. â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"_ A Capital ' Sportsman- “ The rummiest marster I ever ’ad,” said the old gamekeeper, as be filled his pipe in the parlour of the Red Lion Inn, “ wur t’ould Parson Sharpe. He wur as blind as a but, be war.” H An’ did he go shootin 2" exclaimed the interested audience. “ Shootin’? Yes, he shot reg'lar over the globe. But he couldn’t see, he couldn’t. When anythin’ rose I used to cry : ‘ Birds, sir I’ and then I’d run behind person, and the dogs ’ud run behind me, and we’d all go dancin’ round behind t’ould gentleman while he blazed away with both barl’s.” And did he ever hit anything?” ‘- Oh, yes. , Sometimes it wura cow, and sometimes 5. man, hilt be general hit some- thin g. ”â€"[S pare Moments. go to New York to investigate the matter, rwo orrsus BY NEW YORKERS in regard to the disposition of were considered. The first was from a lawyer who claims to have possession of the expired lease. He wanted $25 000 from the heirs and one-third of the edtate - all expenses until the matter was settled tb be paid by him. This was not favorably con- sidered. d 3' ' The secon 0 er was made b ' Dubois, of the banking firm (SifLIJrthdlizng Ballou, of New York. He guaranteed to get possession of the lease, establish the claims of all the lawful heirs fivht the matter out until the estate was, riEhtfull disposed of, and bear all expenses in doiny so. For this he wanted one-half of mg estate. The assembled heirs at London decided to take his offer. Several tri s to New York have recently been made b Lawyer McPhillips, and the matter is nag in a fair way to being settle d - it says Mr. Hill. ’ '5 1938?: so THE TIME LIMIT, “ We have only a little over th now to fight this matter.” said MdeeHIIlatf: the reporter, “ as I understand f ' ' ro solicitor that after 21 years fro “2r; :1: piration of the lease Our Claims are talld. The lease,you see, expired aboutnfé years ago Iam confident, how the matter Will be settled before belietrgfihat “ ‘Vhat IS the estate valued P‘; 0-) the estate valued at $10,000. The News, published at Cochran, Ga., is but little larger than an ordinary envelope, and claims to be the smallest weekly paper published in Georgia. It is rather surprising to learn that the little Republic of Uruguay has moi-e news. papers in proportion to its po ulatlon than any other country in the wor d. The first almanac printed in Europe is believed to have been the Kalendarium Novum, by Regimontanus, calculated for the three years. 1475, 1494, and 1513. It was published at Buda, in Hungary. There are in existence, it is claimed, specimens of paper made from ragsas early as the fourteenth century, the oldest extant being, it is reported, a letter from Joinville to Louis X., of France, dated A.D. 1315. The Scriptures were first written on skins, linen cloth or papyrus, and rolled up as we do engravings. The Old Testament was written in the old Hebrew characterâ€" an otishot of the Plimnician. It was a sym- bol language as written, . and the vowel sounds supplied by the vorce. The words ran together in a continuous line. After the Hebrew became a. dead language, vow. els were supplied to preserve usage, which was passing away. After the Babylonish captivity, the written Hebrew was modified by the Aramaic, and the school: of reading taught the accent and emphasrs Then came the separation of words in”. each other, then divi’iz lite Verses. 1' r :"x" , 't y. .3" ' $2.”, a}... . ‘M :m.’ ,r: if \ Their Besol There were three little fol Who solemnly sat in a my On a neccmbcr m4 And attempted to ~F0r the new year a good u “ I will try not to in Ike so And be one of the quietes \Vrotc one of the I “’hose uproarlous Was the cause of no endq‘ “ I resolve that I never vi More than two or three p ' Wrote plump lattlc \Vhoue taste for f“ Was a problem of puzzliu The other. her paper to Began with. " csou'ed.‘ - But right there 8. And fast asleep (1 Ere she came to a single Peter Schuyle‘ '9! “ Master Corwin l s boys at recess time. ringing. Could I go I “ Is the fire in yo Master l‘orwin, writin “ N â€"no sir.” Another voice sai “ Pleathe let me thee? “ Is the fire in your “No, thir.” Soon Master Corwi. went to a blackboard, chalk, dashed oil a. sk a broken round. “ No," he murmur-e. I intended. I have on! He 1) ~gam again his had finished there ladder on the board-t a very mutilated ccndi “ Now. scholars. if I can I afford to have 0 broken?” “ No, sir i” came ir round chorus. “ Neither can you you are going to learn to go and you want to day is a round, you You break something out.” Peter Schuyler told school what the maste Grandpa Schuyler w- in his shop, mending a “ Ha, ha 2” cried gr ter was telling his 0 went to climb his lad rounds were crackei. 1 am mending his lad. right about school. everyday and must no Peter was locking 0 “ There,” said he, “ boy's chances. “ O, Clarence Smith believe he will climb ‘ “ \Vhy not '3” “ See where he is go} The boy went into it out, bringing a pail a Then he turned in tl home. “ His father has tau sort of drink. Peter ladder, I know you a have got a ladder wit you won’t stay poor. ladrler, and you can p! book.” Peter grinned : “ N ladder!” “You wait and see bring you some money Grandpa Schuyler} inches long and hell had three rounds ; on “Honesty,” penned in marked, “Diligence :” ed, “Temperance.” “I don't know but four rounds, and what perhaps your grandma. grandpa Schuyler. ‘ Peter lived with his did not need to go ial mother. She smiled 1 said; “That fourth; name prayer. Throug and Diligence and T1 you a good lift, but y< there. Tired and em go a round higher aniil large, beautiful. beastJ There you can lie dox will watch over youfl “Grandma, don’t yq one to start with in :‘ as you leave off with . “Peter, you are r grandpa." Grandpa made th. Peter’s pocketbook wi ladder, its mite roam “Honesty.” “Dilige- “Prayer,” again. “A good, strong 1. Schuyler. The next morning I his school desk as usx ‘ “\Vhere, where a wondered, looking Schuyler is here. ye Girls are all here.” The fire of yester finished, but breakill_ a fiery magnet whose too powerful for a :3 Peter, though, had is. derin his pocketboo‘ ter's talk about brok- come to school. “I want to drill ya the master told the His fa - tience. attention. Y for it.” Compensation cam day, and in this way. “Peter, I have son: the man to whom I much. I am not extr if he is right,” said 2 Peter found that a had been made. his attendance at set cofiect a mistake of “Inde 2” said Ms lieve in having a are all in, good and follow up school.” “ I have a ladder in grand father and gr Master Corwia.”