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As to the contingencies, which used to average ever ten thousand a year, but have latterly come to seven or eight thousand, they are usually half made up of cable- grams, telegrams, postage, stationery and printing. Newspapers cost from five hun- dred to a thousand dollars. Subscriptions to Canadian papers last year footed up $300, to British papers $249 and $33 was paid for United States papers. R1 DEAL? HALL AND SURROUNDINGS. Undoubtedly the domain was bought cheap. It was not a bad sort of house, and along with it went a noble natural park of acouple of hundred acres. The hall was, built by a lumber king named McKay, and ‘ sold by his estate to the Dominion Govern- ‘ ment in 1869 for $32,000. It stands on an eminence a mile or two cast of Ottawa, with a fine view of the city to the west across the Rideau river, while on the other side is a pine wood. sweeping down to the Ottawa river, the Grand River, as the old residents affectionately call it. The Hall at first was merely a large and handsome house. Now it is a pile of half a dozen houses, looking homely and plain on the outside, but not without a certain pictur- esqueness. Governor after governor has made additions. Dufl‘erin stuck on a big dining hall to the west,Princess Louise add- ed a racket court on the east, other regimes increased the offices and stables, and now comes Aberdeen’s chapel. But there are large conservatories; there is a natural hollow on the east which makes a fine little pond for curling and skating in Winter, or a lawn for tennis in summer ; a fine cricket field lies at the foot of the slope on the western side ; the pines seclude the Hall in most directions, there are capital stablesâ€" and in short it is diificult to imagine the vice-regal household better off for healthy recreation combined with welcome privacy. Inside, the Hall is an irregular but very comfortable and homelike abode, with large a low rooms studded with grates for coal fires, and mostly with pleasant and generally pigtnresgue outlooks. anti repairs. UR to that year, too. the Governors-General had paid for their fuel andflights. Dufierin got $5000 for this tucked on to the public burden. The next you; 1874‘he got. $35,000 more spent in alte'ritions and repairs ;$12,000 on fumi- ture. He averaged $30,0C0 a year for the - Lord Duflerin first opened the eyes _ of all wide when in 1873, his first year, he got fifty-five Vthousgnd dollers spent in additions The Governor-General’s secretary’s offi ce is dominated by His Excellency’s military secretary, generally an oficer of the Guards, and His Excellencfs right hand man in all matters both social and public. The mil- itary secretary has leave of absent».1 and his pay from the Imperial authorities, and gets $2400 from the Dominion Government. The business of the office is to transact correspondence and other general routine business affecting the Governor-General, and the stafi‘ consists of a. chief clerk. th me other clerks, a messenger and an orderly. The outfit is almost purely ornamental. Sega , C: ,Vâ€". cost Canada. an average of seven or eight thousandayear. The big year was 1877, when Lord Dufl'erin had a. farewell blaze of glory that cost $22,554 in travelling ex- penses. His term expired the following The travelling expenses were not charged till 1874. The first: Govern ora~General, Lord Monck, and Sir John Young (Lord Lisgar) paid their own way. Lord Dufi'erin, the prince of spendbhrifts, changed that, and since 1874 the vice-regal travelling has The Governor-General’s salary since con- federation has been ten thousand pounds sterling per year, or translated accurately into decimal currency, $48,666.66. The other items in his case are : l. Travelling expenses :2, Salaries of Governor-General’s secretary’s oflice; 3, Contingencies of Gov- ernor-General’s secretary’s office. The totals'of each item from 1868 (confederation) to 1892 inclusive are : Governor-General’s salary ............ $1,216,663 Governor's travelling expenses ........ 145.903 Gwernor‘s secretary‘s oflSce, salaries...270,350 Governor's secretary’s office, contin- gencies,.................... ......... .....217.426 The figures in connection with the vice- regal residence may be divided under two chief headings, the Governor- General and Rideau Hall. But the Government will not need to foot the bill for the chapel. Lord Aberdeen does so out of his private purse. It is quite an unpretentious temporary structure, (Evetailed among the ofiices in rear of the all. stood that with so large a ' domeetiic establishment, some adequate provision for holding the regular daily worship is almost a. geeesgity: ror the Present Governor But it fill not Cost the Country Anything W hen it was alleged a little time ago that Lord Aberdeen upon a brief inspection of Rideau Hall had decided it to be inad- equate to accommodate his large retinue of servants and that he would like the Domin- ion Government to make some addition to the hall, there was a howl in the press. It is a sore spot with the tax-payer, this old vice-regal abode. Some have characterized itas a perfect sink-hole for public money. Possibly this is the result of the system of management, or mismanagement ; possibly the result of the fact that the building was never originally intended to enshrine the purple. Whatever the cause, the cost there, and the mere mention of new expend- iture makes the tax-payer wince. As a matter of fact the new Governor-General did not make any requisition upon the Government for additional accommodation for his forty-seven oflicers, secretaries,aides and servants, and it is possible that the report arose from the fact that he did possess this unusually large household for even a Governor-General, and that there is an addition being made to Rideau Hall. A CHARACTERISTIC ABERDEEN MOVE. But the addition is not for servants quar- ters. Itis quite a characteristic addition, in Aberdeen addition, one might say. It is hc'napel. And Lord Aberdeen brings his own chaplain from the land of Burns. It is understood that family worship is an ; unvarying feature of the Aberdeen domestic 1 life“ and ‘ it __will be readily _ under- THE COST 0F TEE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. L - figures Relatingto the :gfpeflneral’a Residence. ' w HALL. $1,850,345 . 21 7, 426 It is'confidently asserted that if the Ka-l roun route is opened out into the heart of Persia, Bushire will cease to be the seat of our Resident, and the capital of our Per- sian Gulf protectorate will be removed to Fao or some other spot which has not yet at a name. If that time ever comes, and ushire ceases to be the chief outlet for the Persian caravan trade, the place will not long survive, for it has no pretensions whatsoever to call itself a harbor. Big steamers have to a: char at least two miles 03‘ land outside a sand bar, and if the sea is very rough, landing is next to impossible. Bushire chances to be the outlet for the roads across the Kotals, and if it ceases to be til,“ its reason for existence will cease also.â€"-[The Fortnightly Review. Bushire is a. truly horrible place, built at the edge of a spit of sand running out into the gulf. Its population is very mongrel, Arabs, Persians, Hindoos are all hopelessly mixed up therein. It has an English bank. What, with its English Reeldency, English bank, English telegraph, English steamer-3’ agents, and English men-of-war, Bushire is as English as it could be wished. Lawn tennis may be seen upon its quays, ladies may play and ladies may ride without in- curring more than an ordinary amount of staring frornthe Moslems. Bushire is the capital of the English pro- tectorate in the Persian Gulf. Here our Resident lives, who may be styled King of the Gulf, and‘ before whom all the petty potentates along its shores, be they on the Arabian or Persian side, bow down. He has his steam-yacht andhis steam launch provided for him, a British man-of-war is appointed to be always in readiness to do his bidding, and the British Residency, with its fiagstafi' and extensive compounds; is by far the most conspicuous building in the town. ,,.-.-- Jvu preach. ” But granny wouldfiay should she hear, my song, “I ~very much fear ’tis a. trifle too long, If you wish the nail on the head to hit; For brevity, child, is the soul of wit.” And yet she would linger a moment to say “The Good Man" will act; as well as pray And as the good Book teaches us to believe “An inheritance he to his children will leave.” In fact, My grandmother, dear old soul, Is as wise as Solomon was of old; She says, “If a. lesson you would teach, Then practice, child, whatever you “ ‘Never crow ’till you’re out- of the wood,’ ‘It’s a. very ill wind that blows no good’; ‘There’s some small grain whatever the 7 loss,’ And ‘It’s the rolling stone that gathers no moss.’ ” it; And let the bridge that carries you o’er Be kept in repair, for evermore.” _...,~ she. “You’ll find,” says granny, “as you grow old, Not all that; glitters, is purest gold”; “ Remember, child, these words of mine, And make your hay while the sun dot/h nk:nn 3’ shine. ’â€"’ “Remember also, these proverbs of wit: Never gross the bridge till you come I learned, way back'in Childhood’s years, That little pitchers had big earsâ€" And when I ventured a question bold, “Silence is golden,” I was told. Granny tells me, when for fame I aspire, You may “jump from the frying pan into the fire”; Whatever your station in life may be. “Contentment is better than wealth,” says -L- Granny cheers me, when I am forlorn, With, “ It’snalways the darkest j ust before dawn”; When I’m inclined to sigh or mope, “Whi.e there’s life,” says granny, “there’: hope.” nine”; ' , - i If the garment has seen the best of its day, “It’s never too late to mend,” she’ll say. Whate’er she may say, I dare not afl‘use, For she tells ‘me,__I’m “waiting for dead men’s shoes”; The blo§som of hope in the bud she will mp, With, “There’s many a. slip ’twixt the cup and the lip.” shelf, For the Lord “helps him who helps himself ; If you wish to purchase, borrow, or lend, Then go yourself, but never send.” There happens a rent, in a. garment of My grandmother lives in Drury Lane, A life that is free from trouble or pain; The secret is, if the truth is told, She lives upon bread and proverbs old. She says, ,“ There’s no need of an empty Corrfbined, the cost of the Governor- General and of Rideau Hall since Con fed- eration is not far from three millions. Perhaps Canada after all gets 0E mighty cheap when she pays ahundred thousand or so per year for her Governor-G eneral and gets British soldiers and sailors, am- bassadors and consults free when needed. mme, “ A stipchaf’ says granny, “ in time saves The care of the gardens and grounds is contracted for with local gardeners. The usual cost is $4000 or thereabouts. Latter- ly there has been a. fixed allowance for fuel am} light 0f_ $3900 3' Y9”: .. n The expenses in connection with the Hall come under four headings, after the first cost. 1. Additions, alterations, repairs and maintenance ; 2. Furniture. 3. Care of gardens and grounds, and 4. Fuel and light. In every case the Dufi'erin regime shows the biggest figures. The totals are as follows : Rent of domain, 1868-69 .......... $ 7,854 Purchase, 1869 ................... 82,000 Additions ...................... 547,144 Furniture ....................... 118,853 Care gardens and grounds. ...... 94,349 Fuel and Light ........ . . . . . . . . 151,371 next four years for these same purposes, and ran up the fuel and light bill to over $10,000 a year. When the Marquis of Lorne succeeded Dufi'erin, his royal bride kept things lively still. But neither under Princess Louise nor any one else hefcre or after did Rideau Hall cost tivo-thu‘ds what it did under Duflerin. Proverbs of Old. Bushfire $1,001,571 82,000 547,144 118,853 94,349 151,371 "With the repulse of this assault of the Wolves the elks stepped forward a pace or W70, reducing the limits of the bloody clrcle For a moment the wolves huddled “At the first onslaught of the wolves the : elks stood as if paralyzed with fright or as- ‘ tonishment, but before the ravenous pack could strip the meat from the bones of the calf the bull elks separated from the cows and joined each other in combat. There were nine of them. For a. moment they tossed their great antlered heads in the air, pawed the ground and made everything trembl e with their loud bellowing. Then they formed a circle about the snapping and snarling wolves, their bristling chevaux de frise of horns turned toward them, The wolves, intent on tearing and gorging on their prey, had not noticed the action of the elhs, and until they had left nothing but the skeleton of the calf and turned to look for another victim did they discover the threatening circle of terrible heads that confronted them. With gleaming fangs, blood-red jaws Wide open, and eyes blazing like coals of fire, they attacked the elks with a ferocity that few things could have stood firm against, but they only hurled themselves upon the points and rugged fronts of the lowered antlers to be cast back within the circle, howling with pain 0f wounds the well-thrust horns in flicted. For a moment every one of us gazed spell bound on the grand spectacle, and then the brute instinct in us asserted itself, and every man’s rifle went to his shoulder. But before one of us could fire there broke upon the scene something that gave quite another aspect to it, and mechanically every man’s gun was lowered. An immense white wolf dashed through the fringe of bushes through L which the elk had just made their way, and l with a. frightful yell sprang uponacalf that stood by the side of its mother while the latter was quenching her thirst at the creek. The calf, bleating pitifully, went down beneath the leap of its blood-thirsty foe, and instantly the wolfe’s fangs were at its throat, and the next instant the whole pack came rushing and yelping like demons in upon the startled herd. That this was the pack we were pursuing there could be no doubt. Chased from the quest of blood from the ranches, they had struck the trail of the elk and had crept upon them in that quiet vale. There were twelve in the pack, not one of them less than five feet in length. True to their kind, they pounced upon the ‘ calf that the first wolf had killed, and the . gnashing. snarling and snapping of their ? great jaws as they fought for a. morsel of‘: the meat was enough to frighten an Indian 1 from the spot. Before we had time to think l What it would be best for us to do to make 1 our attack the most efiective, a movement among thebull elks caused us to postpone consideratiOn of the attack. “We struck the trail while it was fresh. It led us a wild and tortuous chase all day and when we had to camp for the night we didn’t suppose we were any nearer the sly marauders than we were when we started. We halted in a narrow valley, which was closed at one end by a border of thickly growing bushes and had its head at the foot of a high blufl’. A little stream flowed through it. We camped on one edge of this valley. We were astir by daybreak, ‘eager to start on the chase again. While ; we were eating a hasty breakfast we felt a curious trembling of the ground. One of our party, an old hunter, said that it was caused by a herd of animals of some kind that were coming to the creek for water. We hid in the bushes to see what they might be. We had hardly done so when a pair of great antlers parted the bushes at the lower end of the vale only a. few rods away, and following them a magnificent bull elk stepped cautiously through into the open. He held his head high in the air, sniffed suspiciously in every direction, and than, as if satisfied that no danger lurked near, he made a peculiar whistling sound and marched forward confidently. Re- sponding to his signal, such a procession as I can never have had the good fortune to see again came proudly in his wake, a herd of thirty elk, stately bulls, sleek cows and ‘ glossy calves. All of the bulls were large 1 and splendidly antlered,‘ but none of them ‘ approached in majestic proportion or mien l the noble leader of the herd: l “At last, after a. more than usually des. tructive and comprehensive raid on the ranches around us, a. half dozen of us got to- gether and resolved to take the warpath against the pack, and to remain on it night and day until we either wiped its members off the face of the earth or drove them out of that country. We started out thorough- ly equipped for the crusade. We called ourselves wolf hunters, but, from the way the hunt ended we should have been called wolves instead of hunters, for we were guilty of a. most blood-thirsty act at its close. We deserved to be hunted down like wolves ourselves for it. Until my dying day I will be ashamed for having hadipert in it. -â€"v . '--- \- ~--v.v VA lull WVIIIU I‘afterwaras learned-Efiatfno one had eve; known a white wolf to be caught or killed by‘githpr of these methods. ' we head of the Wind rivEr,” said Miles olden, of Montana, to a reporter, “and PlaYed hob with our cattle and sheep. The awhite wolf is bigger and more aggressive yet; than the black timber wolf. He grows l to be almost as big as a yearling calf. His . strength is almost extraordinary. As fleet : as the wind, he defies all pursuit, and,even i if he were not so swift afoot,his remarkable l cunning would simply serve him in eluding his pursuers. This big and fierce beast of ‘ Prev will kill a. cow with ease, and a pack of them prowling about the range will soon make alarming inroads on the size of a man’s herd. “ This is just what this pack was doing the season I speak of, my neighbor and my- self had spent much time and ridden many miles in fruitleSS efforts to hunt the marau- ders down. They had inflicted hundreds of dollars’ loss upon us, and the way they were keepigg up the raids they threatened to break us all up in business before the war was out. More than once we started out to. follow the trail of these wolves, determined to bring them to bay before we let up, only to come back foiled and to find that while we were pressing in the wake they had been back to the ranch of some one of us and de- gpoiled it of several head more of fat cattle. ‘ The Blped and the Quadrnped Varietiesâ€" 4 Montana Ranchman’s Story of new no and His Friends Showed Gratitude I" the Service Done Them by a Herd of Elk. “One season, three or four years ago, a pack 0f white wolves laid siege to my ranch and 801118 0f the neighboring ranches aronnd fl‘e‘ {lead of the Wind river.” said Miles TWO KINDS OF WOLF. “ It is almost impossible to meet a Frenchman at the present moment who does not complain of suffering from what he de- licately terms ’une afi‘reuse migraine,’ which he accompanies with expressive gestures and plaintive exclamations of ‘ma pauve tete, ma. pauvre tete’ (my poor head, my poor head).” Selfishness produces selfishness ; indo- Ience increases with every hour of indulgence and what is left undone because it is diffi- cult to-day, will be doubly diflicult to- morrow. This was followed to the letter. The Russians stood up to their duties amazin g. 1y, but the French fell fast, and a. letter written just as the Russians had departed says : “ If you invite a. Russian to dinner make a. point of offering him before he takes his seat at the table certain hors d’oeuvres, and above all do not forget to accompany these with a. dram of spirits. The stronger the latter the higher the Russian guest will esteem his entertainer, who must pour the cognac out himself, not into a. liquor glass, but into a Bordeaux glass, and it is indis- pensable that ‘he should drain the entire bunker to the health of his guest before the latter has time to put the glass to his lips. Each time you make a speech at dinner, or at any other repast, be careful to have your glass filled to the brim before you begin speaking, and the moment you have con- cluded your remarks drain your glass to the very last drop at a. gulp, since if the slight- est heeltap remains, it means in the eyes of the Russians that your remarks have been insincere. ” The Gauls Unable to Keep lip with the Hard. Headed Muscovlles. Paris correspondence tells of the extraor- dinary increase of drunkenness in Paris caused by the Russians, or rather by the duties the French took upon themselves as entertainers. There was a great deal of talk before the Russians arrived as to the rules and regulations of the administration of hospitality. and this is the receipt that was adopted for rendering Russian guests happx. “Life is done, but} What is death 2” Then in answer to the king, Fell a. sunbeam on his ring, Showing by a. heavenly ray, “Even this shall pass away,” -â€"[C. B. L. Record. -r-v "gnu. llUUUAVMVV, uu‘y VJ LG: , “Even this shall pass away.” Towering in the public square, Twenty cubits in the air, Rose his statue, carved in stone, Then the king, disguised, unknown Stood before his sculptured name, Musing meekly “What is fame? Fame is but a. slow decay, Even this shall pass away.” Struck with palsy, sere and old, Waiting at the Gates of Gold Saith he, with his dying breath, “T3433 1.5 [Jana ]\u“-‘ ".1.-. :. 3--..1. o" Even this shall pass awvay'n” Fighting on a. furious field, Once a. javelin pierced his shield, Soldiers, with a. loud lament, Bore him bleeding to his tent, Groaning from his tortured side, “Pain is hard to bear,” he cried, “But; with patience, day by day, “Even this shall passvaWay.” In the revels of his court At the zenith of the sport, When the palms of all his guests Burned with clappin‘g at; his jests, He, amid his figs and Wine, Cried, “0h, loving friends of mine! Pleasure comes, but, not to stay; “ “Even this shall pass awajy.” Trams of camels through the sand Brought him gems from Saumrcand ; Fleets of galleys through the seas Brought him pearls to match with these, But be counted not his gain Treasures of the mine or main ; “What is wealth ‘2” the king would say; Once in Persia. reigned a. king, Who upon his Signet ring Graved a. maxim true and wise, Which, if he held before his eyes, Gave him counsel at a glance Fit for every change and chance, Solemn words, and these are they: OH 0'“ ~--'---VV\~ n-v- VI. "v...“ __, V out “And now it came our turn to film gratitude to them for that great Serflce' And how nobly we did it! A3 Pb." °°n' quering bulls stood in a group receivmg the congratulations of the herd, each man 0f “5 picked out one of the finest of the lot, the magnificent leader among them, and bored it through at sixty paces with 3 Winchester bullet. Then, as the unsuspecting herd, .panio stricken at the new terror that hfid : lain six of its leaders low, turned and We?” madly towards the sheltering woods: 51‘ more bullets followed the flying elk, an four more of the herd tell dead. It was not until the last one of the fleeing elk disappeared that it occurred to any of us what an utterly deSpicable, treacherous, cold-blooded act we had committed. It would have been a wanton and inexcusable act if we had shot the elk before any wolf had appeared on the scene. To slay them after they had slain the wolves was but little better than murder. The least we could do was to bury the slaughtered animals, which we did in one immense grave on the bank of the stream. But we returned home from our wolf hunt feeling that we were worse than wolves ourselves, and I feel so yet.” together in the centre, uttering 11. Wail; and then sprang to the attack 383;” fugtler they were met by the km." ° ans fell thrusts, and three of the Whlte d1!!! aveng. I to the ground disembowelleq' The a pace i ing bulls again reduced the 01W!" y or two, and the remaining “'0 huddled in a space that left that}! 11153;:ng ‘for action. They leaped againSbbleeding- again, to be hurled back ton} and their Now the elks closed in the circle I! 11 With foes and waited for no further 8““ ' d and hoofs anddhorns they beatlaifdggore . ripped an tram ed the e pm : snapping. snarligg wolvgs that etrugglvii in the bloody ring frOm whmh therghin no escape, until at last there was no a g left but flattened carcases of all that savbfill pack. Their enemies annihilate-d, tbs "h elks, bellowing triumphantly, mingle W the herd again, and for a tim . the great snorting and pawing of dirt by h d entire herd. That phalanx of bull elks ha in a short time accomplished what we a been striving in vain to do, and W113t we in all likelihood never would have (1°91..- PRAN OO-RUSSIAN DRINKIN G. Even This Shall Pass Away. he: The Hot Blast- Furnace Three Thousand Years Old. 15 there anything new under the sun? 351“ the Railway Review, and then adds 5°10!!!” Was right. The more the‘ past is exPlored the more evident this becomes. _Pl‘ehistoric blast. furnace is the latest. d15°°Veryl Professor Flinders Petrie, m 1890: cOlivinced himself that in a. remarkable rnound eslled Tel-el-Hesy, in South Pales- tlne, Would be found the remains of what was 0118 of the strongest places in the “Putty down to the invasions of Sennech- crib and N ebuchadnezzar. The explorations, mud M- 7“. .. h . l. s . For 6f comfort'he finds a c}:1mbâ€" When he wears the tie he covers it up With a. splendid Chrysanthemum. Heâ€"“ Have you finished writing the letter to your friend ‘3” Sheâ€"“it’s all done except the postscript.” Heâ€"“Oh, leave out: the postscript ; otherwise you’ll have to pay double postage.” “ A smile,” said be, “my friend, goes far foe’e sorrows to beguile.” The toper answered, “Right you are ; Let’s go and take a. smile.” Kateâ€"“And before he went away he gave her a. sweet kiss.” Aunt; Mary-“And ray how do you know it was sweet ? Did et- tie tell you so '2" Kateâ€"“ No ; I had it direct from Fred’s lips.” \w The Indian summer, in Ipdian sgyle, h] Chevreuil, the celebrated chemist, it it said, eats only two light: meals in twenty- four hours, and drinks nothing but, water. What an editor that man would have made. Has folded its tents and eloped‘iq 01d Boreas soon will be with us awhile, And with quinine we all shall be dosed. Ladyâ€"“ Have you any Turkish towels 1’” New boyâ€"“Turkish towels 2” “ Yes. Haven’t you heard of Turkish towels ,2” “I’ve read a. good deal about Turks, mf- am, but I never knew they used towels” “Why do you sing, oh, poet gay C’ Why give the muse your health anti time ‘2” “ Because,” quoth he, “I make it payâ€"- That is the reason for my rhyme.” “I have enough to support you, Ethel. Will you be my Wife 3” “Well, Charlie, you must- excuse me if I am cautious. But ‘you say you have enough to support me. Who is going to support you ':” “A. love ofn bonnet” is out on the street, -_ __- ~V_r -,, Ican tell by the feminine whirl. I do not dispute them; it ought to be “sweet,” For it’s worn by a. love of a. girl. Maudâ€"“Charlie de Softleigh is an awful re. He is always in love.” Marieâ€"“I sglould think that would make him interes- ting." Maudâ€"“It would if it: wasn’t al- Ways with some other girl.” Uthreet-f‘They tell me Skiggles has at 335 broken mto the domain of literature.” “getâ€"“flijes ; that is what you might A-” :1 - Eastern man (in the Rockies)â€"“ This is a good, healthy country, isn’t it '3” Western man-â€"-“ Ya-as its healthy enough, ef yeh don’t put on too many airs.” Mrs. Snaggsâ€"“What a. noise tl‘Jat donkey; makes when he brays 3” Mr. fiuaggs- “Yes, apd yet some people class donkeys among the dumb animals.” After the ba.w1.â€"He (in a.nger)â€"“ I don’t, know Why we men marry 1111wa ‘ women are such fools. She (sweetly)~ 1 "That’s just the reason, dear.” ‘9 Visibor-“ Hark ! That must be another railroad collision !” Hosbâ€"“ Oh, no, That’s Charlie’s college club in the barn practic- ing a. new yell.” H: Yagerâ€"“I made one ringing speech in my life, anyway.” Chorus (derisively)â€" “ Where, when ‘3” Yagerâ€"“The night I, proposed to Mrs. Yager.” Wifeâ€"“The doctor says I need a: change 0f climate. ” Husbandâ€"“Well the sky looks as if we’ed have it in a few hours.” “I have a. felon on my thumb.” “ l have thirty or forty on my hands.” “N onsense!” “I b’s a fact. I’m the warden of a. prison.” When a. woman is too busy to glance over an old 16% story in a. paper when she ‘13 cleaning house, she is terribly busy. Noodleâ€"“I find it very hard work to col' lect my thoughts. Maudâ€"“Papa says it is aIWays difficult to recover small amounts," J illson says that the man who is habitu. ally non-committal’has no business on g police-court bench. - In a. foot-ball team it is a] I to kick bef ways allowable match. ore and after, but. not during the Speaking of coincidences it ' ,, femark th ' ' ’ - ‘3 Worthy (H citously. at kiss, mm: and bhss rhYme felio The “bill-board” makes an mtor glad; hi. board bill makes him tired. Birds of a feather wouid better flock out of reach of the bonnet maker. It is the restaurant keeper who conduct; business on a. hand-to-mouth basis. “3 in iron manufacture due w 1‘. “Dd patented in 1828.” “Chance, I hope you interfering, but,Pe I th know.’ H 11 Clarence looked up. that ohn Keith made aucl Ewe to a. speech. He was I its given to thinking befor “What is it- ?” he said, c1 “Well, that beautiful flan been seen all round the cot fellow staying at. the HAIL? A deep fedâ€"blush rose in face, and he set his stron‘ of iron and crushed it inbo‘ He looked fierce in his ra; powerful face, with the re( the glowing eyes. But. he to dxscuss his sweethear‘ even although that. cthcr friend. “ Miss Ayre will most p: he said, gathering himsel spoke with hauteur and d: Keith was not ofi'ended. H too well not to khow that less manner the truth was spoke Hugh swung himse| gate into the field, and str out another: word. John 3"th him, and felt sor ovsrence was thirty, and (fer a child of twenty-one aild, who knew nothing Fionate man she had prowl was generally felt that HuJ marrying; beneath him. farmer. also, but not on tll the Clarences farmed; an father died it was expectl would marry some woman whom his great house and fitted. But instead, he six: his fields and asked Jess A could by no means he call her sweet face was dange and her manners, when ‘ quisite. She was very 1 but she was an only child1 her wishes formed a letter mother’s religion. The fa: and Jess helped about the knew that he would find ‘ at that time. It was cool looked in ; yellow roses 0 windows were scenting mingling with the sweet,3 new milk. J ess herself w a wide dish, and as the sh of her she looked up and It boded no good to see b time in the morning, and was like a thunder cloud “Have you seen her?" ' “‘1 es, two or three tim‘ “ Dear me, Hugh. yo: Is there anything wrong “ Yes, if what I heart much wrong.” 7 Her fingei's tightened (1 tin dish, but she met his laughed. “ What have you hear: “ That you have beer with that fellow staying : true ‘3" She flung back her hea “ It is so kind of you n ing tales about. me. 12’: have not more work and He bit his lip sharply, sterner. He stepped nearer her and shrank before his gla her arm with a. crushim dark face almost met her: “ Is it true ‘3” But. she was brave, an defiant eflort. “ Find that out too.” “Jess,” and the grip g1 ful, “ I’ll force the answe not; madden me. I will u “ That is not to Ehe p< true, or is in not '2" v“ Then your womanlim with my manliness. Bu; if I know of you domg so the life out of the puppy. trifled with. I love you; you, Jess. It is torture 1 other man gets your sm man’s love swept away 11‘ flowed his heart as the: land when the dykee giv darling, I don’t want to I only want you to love in frightened you, darling, 1 mad with the thought tl you. Oh, Jess. life won living then.” [ if yo_:_1 do.”_ twice.” He let. her arm fall, am aggigfst the shelf. But J eas stared at wired window, @ut w head. She was thinking a mistake in promising His wealth and positi her, and she had felt a he should have chosen h loved him, but she had lands that lay all man She stole a. glance at hi splendidly made, but 1: beauty did not permit h powerful face, handsom his smile lit it up, and t der sometimes, but then ed, and his eyes when 11 like blazing coals. No. curled, perfumed den Hugh’s manners were fault to find with hi speeches and pretty good manners, Jess w them improved. But 8 quarrel with him just ye and lands were not to tation. “I did not think y¢ speaking to another 1 lengfh. “ I do not object to yo other man. My love it I object that you should with that creature. Wh you seldom have 3 mon even to come to the g. Jess, if you would onlyh Something like pity 3‘ ing on the impulse she p his, and laying her shoulder looked up at hi cransfigun'ng smile the she could slmost love hi kissed her, Jess knew nfe for s time st least. O‘ THE GIRL IN THE now love 'l‘rl: I have spoken