CHAPTER XXIV. Reginald Henson struggled out EE bed and into his clothing as best coul He was terribly weak ond shak, y, far more weak that he had ag comes himself to be, pat he was not Sxeurred to m "Indeed, why it should have done. Sooner or 4dater, of course, I should have and stream ra big flight of ( step cinta ew terra: loft a eh tad takeet drop of 200 feet into the sea. To the eine lay th a@ magnificently-timbered park, ft 'as tortoise novelties come | Prince _ bin gg I are hand- beads which | ee "things, and would like to Kear ee of them. So day and --_ for a 'whole wook Ott iriends oO. spent much gold on pera which in themselves were not wrong. One day he prince a beggar in walls they looked as if they had been painted by some cunning hand, a wry, that 1 has been written and 50 softly w the greys and pred about. hats, large and and blues blended. small, Pasauk ber rrow, 8d 'wide, one must side tho place was o veritable | Pecom ' to the fact that art gallery. 'There were hundr, the cirban is the As: the chspean' per 1 of pictures and engravings _. lence; "no pe is more effective; All round the grand staircase ran none lends itgelf more regally to the long, deep corridor, filled with toe ponerse decorative: ogre my si tures. There were alcoves here fitted | 8°" ' urban 1s unexcelled. Then it has. the cxtra up as sitting-rooms, and in most of them some gem or another was hung. 'are very much in vogue just now. - _ : -MORE DOCTORS WANTED. '| Pitiful Scenes Witnessed at Russi- an Headquarters. en is a city of wounled, Tele at. St. Petersburg the capital, cry is: at Mukden Oct. he excel- | describe in detail the tite ncenes. oF where every become a hospital and the constant ore doctors!' The wounded commenced to arrive 11, day was Oct. 16, when the main road and the heaviest 1 -BEALTH rvVeVvveTvreo AALAAD SE § VOCE CST TET | a WOAMInE voce toid--- tale beg paves: I ing that his unclo was ever good to the poor, Prince Otto took a handful of gold oe a bag-arcl gave it to the beg, The next day came another bog- ar, who in {Ql ine whining voice told a yet more pitcous tale, To him Prince Otto gave two hand- fuls of gold. Now, what with costly pleasures, and reckless giving, Prince Otto found 4 bag quite empty at the end of two weeks: When Prince " Segkies left his bro- thers ie journeycd quictly on-for some and oer Terre peace IN CHILDREN. Most persons are pretty familiar by thie time with appendicitis, which twenty and fifty "years of sge., and fo have escaped wh liarly fortunate. c and tender- sort without ery in si doctor. This is well, -no doubt the in- creased general knowledge regarding a Van Sneck?' "Absolutely certain. I went to the hospital and identified him 'Then there is no more to be said on that point. But you were foolish to tell Reginald." "Not a bit of it. Why, Henson has known it all along. You needn't get excited. He is a deep fellow, and nobody knows better than he how to disguise his feelings. All the same, he was just mad to meal I had discovered, you in his face. Reginald a drawer and si _himse if to liberal dose. Walker had expressly for noi anything of the Kind, but it r ni sani at obedience. The. grateful stimulant had its immediate effect. Then cies son rang the bell, --~ after a tim Williams appeared tardil mY a a 'first iy the o mo '| nodded, I 'een NE. . with his mouth | See it his appearance more em Ite stood there of dust about him, looking like the devil genius of the place. "f fear I startled you," he said, with a sardonic smile. "And I fea that in the stillness of the place I have overheard a Great part of your rank, IT must con gratulate you on your discretion, so far But seeing that yo and impressionable, Henson dressed at length and pack- But he d sip a further dose of bran- dy before he could move farther, Af- ter all there was no hurry, A full hou $s sure to.clapse before the icleurely Barnes brought the cab to the lodge-gates. Henson crept Goyenstnien at length atlike way to the Once "there he proceeded to make a minute inspection of the telephone. He urned the handle just the fragment of an inch and a queer smile came over his face. Then he crept as silently upstairs, opened the window of the bathroom quict- slipped on to the leads, were a couple of insulators the wire of one of tapped his knuckles wire guve back an an- sweing ae: The other jangled are ~~ loos the. "Wwiros cut, Henson cautearet "IT expected as much. Madame Enid is getting a deal too clever. I suppose this is some sug- friend . Well, 1 have given Mr. Steel one lesson in minding his own business, and if he interferes further I spall have to give him another, He will be in gaol before long charged with attempted murder and robbery with violence, and so exit Steel. Af- ter that the girl will be perhaps y of secking outside assistance. this wil tr aud iiat will Pp nid said, is neither far, nor is likely keep ome." Henson smiled. "Wil- liains has just come in with the formation that the cab awaits at the te. Now, then! The last words were flung at Lit- timer contemptuous command. The hot -- flared into the young man' 8 fac Enid's eyes flashed. my cousin likes to stay here, she said, 'He is coming with said, hoarsely. With me! or y--" _ me,' TTenson, "Do you understand? And if T like to drag al . ly pretty lady-- to t end of the world or the gates of: "pate dition, you will have to come. Now, get along before I compel you." Enid stood with fury in her eyes and ore hands as *Littimer slunk | s | 1 ve |aWay of the jen or 1- to "eee la'ot. eaten How |} low Lae boin een his eu t Ya: le I fee!, how weak I nd{Hams. He said no words till tho must go through this pre lodge-gates were past? and the growl of the dogs had died into the dis- tance d into the house again an ae & "We are going to Liptimer Castle' a, There was je wove ca that. said ae . i d hardly hear the murmur of 'Not there,"" Littiner groaned-- the drawing-room below. | "nct "there, IIenson! 1 cot uldn't--I couldn't go to that place!' Henson Pointed towards the cab, "Littimer or perdition"' he sa annoying, because --_-- i o hear everything that folks said. Then he dropped on. into é a kind of dreamy state, coming back | 'You don't want to go to the lat- presently to the consciousness that iter just yet? Jump in, then!' had fainted ---- Meanwhile Frank Littimer had | CHARTER XNV, joined Enid in the drawing-room. ty you had asked the first five 'he house was perfectly quiet) and} people on the Littimer Estate what still by this time; the dust-eloud ! they thought of the lord of the soil bung on the air and caused the |you would have had a different lamps to burn with a spitting blue |Swer from everyone. One woman flame. Enid's face mene deadly |would have said that a kinder an Pee nena her black dre | better man never lived: her neigh you ave been se ote Regin- | bor would have declared Lord Lit- ald,' * she said, '"Why--why did) you timer to be as hard as the neth o it? nistoner, Fariner George would "T didn't mean to ank mutter-|rate him jolly good fellow, and ed. "IT never intended 'kins to know /tell haw he would sit in the hitehen that I had been in the house alle taver a op of ale; whilst Farmer But I was passing his room and he! john swore at his landlord as a heard me. He seemed to know hard-fisted, footsteps. I believe if (wo mice ran |the bowels of compassion. by him twice in the darkness he the end of an hour you would could tell the difference between | he utterly bewildered, not knowing thet what to believe . and prepared to set the whole village down os a of gossips whe seemed to mind its own business. Lord Littimer might come n his big black small, lithe, brown as nigel and with an eye piercing as diamond drill. One day he looked almost boyishly young, there would be a smile on his tanned face. And then another day he would be bent in the saddle, huddled up, wizened, an old, old man, crushed with the u had an interesting conversa- tion What did he want to use the te se: pirat for?"' t know. late it. Nee him, was out of order know. I had a pretty shrewd idea what our cousin was going ta You see, I was listening at the Not ery ladylike thing one must fight Henson with his own ools. When 1 heard him ask for the telephone directory To ran out' and the 13) every- And, I tried to manipu- but the instrument a of moods . changeable as an ¥, and none the less have been far wiser it you hadn't come." 'Littimer nodded gloomily. There was somethin ng like ig in his eves, "L know it,' "I hate the place and its dreadful associations. But I wanted to see Chris first. Did} she say any thing about me before-- . cutting tongue that burnt fand blistered. Sometimes he would | be quite merk and angry under the before-- reproaches of the viear, and yet the "My dear boy, she loved yo al- | same day history records it that Ways. She knew and engorataod, jhe got off his horse and administer- and was sorry. And she never, never | ¢ suund trashing the village forgot the last time that you Were -- Sometimes he yot the best in the house."' H ami sotuctimes that Frank Littimer glanced across They were good to 0 the a secured. thts e was astonished and |Sen tan fashion on cach side of - not a little aiatioed at the strength Littimer paused, open-mouthed, for | ate, pas lf al wr eg i it oe i : Henson, dressed ont wrapped ready | © thee AGE Gee: Were BRON: and vitality of this man. And only . I Y | ed a4 earner ut they were ew hours before Williams had | for urney., had come quictly io teady, courageous blue learnt with deep satisfaction that [into the drawing-room. The deadly | as Littimer did not fail to ob- Henson would be confined to his bed |Pallor of his face, the white band- | ser Also he had not failed to for some days. ages about his thront, only served ;* - . were covered by skins the spoil of his rife; here and there a stuffed bear pranced startling; but pictures and prints were the great amusement of his lordship's lonely life He passed along tho corridor now towards the great oriel window at the end. A brilliant sunlight filled the place with shafts of golden «and blue and purple as it came re through the stained glass. Nt table in the window a girl s work ng a typewriter. She might hav passed for beautiful, only her hair was banded down in hideously Puri- creLary could do very well without the glasses. The typewriter and secretary busi- ness was a new Whim of Liltimer's. He wanted an assistant to catalogue and classify his pictures and prints, and he had told the vicar so. He wanted a girl who wasn't a fool, a girl who could amuse him wouldn't be afraid of him, r responded that the v nonsense, but girl in) England thing and who was looking for ituation of the kind in a genuin | old house for wu year so. 'The vicar added that he had not seen; the young lady, but he could obtain her. address A re ame in due' course, a reply that -so pleased the impetuous Farl that he engaged the applicant on the spot. And now she had been just two hours in the ouse. H "Well,' Littimer cried, "and how | have you been getting on?" | Miss) Chrisiabel Lee looked up, | emilingly. ° |s "I am getting on very well in-| | deed,"" sho said, "You see, I have: made a study of this kind of thing; all my lifetime, and most of your pictures are like old friends to me. o you know, I fancy that you an& I ai Bie to manage very well ©o- "On, do you? They sny , I om. ty formidable at t ce, re villainous taniip can alwaya get t vas Oo Borie wit Bu T uses his boots. If he is a gentleman you | have him utterly at your mercy. | Have you a sharp tongue?" | "I flatter myseli I can be pretty: blistering occasions,'" Littimer sa id. grim! "How delightia So can T. You afid I will have soine famous batties | later on. warn you that I never Sea: temper, which -- yives me 1 t Natsu been very well row a be nice to me for or on mys ge. lately, so! a week Livtiinas siniled and nodded. The rim lor f castle was not ac- o customed to this kind of thing, and he was telling bimself that he rather | liked it. | "And now show me the Rem-; brandt," Miss Lee said, impatiently. Littimer led the way to a distant alcove lighted from the side by a latticed window. 'There was only one picture in the excellent -- light brandt engraving. Littimer's eyes lighted up quite lovingly as they ested on it. The = Florentine frame s hung so dal that Miss Lee ccould bring her farce on a level | with it. H "This is the picture that was stol-) en from you?" she asked. "Yes, that's the thing that there. all the fuss about. It imade stir e time. expect that it will " was 1 great do va happen | Why n ot?"' Miss Lee asked. "When | an atlempt of that sort is made it is sually followed by einige Some. , vitae after the lapse of yea Any-; body getting through that "wladow| could easily get the fraine from its two nails and take out the paper." 'Do you think so?' Littimer ask- ed, uneasily. ' "Tam certain of it Take my ad- vice and make it secure. The panels rag are hard wood--thick, black ak. d Littimer, 1 am going eet four brass- headed stays drive them rough seme of open ornamental waek into the panel o as to make the picture quite se- epee It is an iron frame, L sup- | "rWvrought- -iron, gilt," said Litti- | ner. es one could easily drive. ithem this year. i ba such as gar ppd ) blouse gathered They usually vise sab the back, of the hat, one or.two on each side, bent hair. Where the wings tone into the shade of the Still the {nadequate, of the doctors, hair or cont "well with it the ef |engagement, for more help and sup- beatiful grounds surrounding it, fect is charminfg,-and it also is a tri-|Plics. Owing to an official biundery jipoy went in and forgot thcir or- bute to the artistic ability of the|the additional supplies were not for- | ce inds laden with fri wearer. 3 arded to Mukden, the result, heing | Now when Prince abact left his Ther BPRS relation hakenvam | fet the Red Cross was handicapped | brothers, he journeyed on in deep hats) and sleeves year, jin every wa _ | tHougnat, turning not aside for any and one should be celeste with a! Train-loa ounded were o ious was he to consideration fur the other otherwise offective spoiled by toilette is; e Many ,direct to Tieling, bear the an nurses who served through Liae-Yang engagement facilities wore miseral.ly large portion of the much-needed Hospital supplies is still at Harbin, dospite the urgent appeals after the Liao-Yang the pie all who could journey were shir egard of this fact. If 'Tlarls in, but there remained 'pouneite the hat is what is popularly describ-| of cases which required i:nmediate at= the sleeves ould be; --: close fitting for with hat and full "shirred or puffed sleeves | it ig very cusy to took Mas froin | the waistiine- up. ee gown shirred about she slee waist is anore effective wich a turban or small hat simply decorat- | ed. or FASHIONS IN SLEEVES There are so many varieties fashionable sleeves that. there is set rule ore to follow in making The shirred or kufl- fs quite as smart as the which, accord- for ed affect 'plain bishop pattern, ting to some chroniclers of the modes, has been Uisappearing for the' t two years; and the mutton leg s in ee ck bids fair to reign reme before the passing of many more mouths. As a matter of fact, ocoo° oof the land in Raging wars all the vurlations and heights of sar- | ° fenreless nations, and peace att i torial -- fancy re sealed from the 3 } | never be in the land. re foundatiog of the bishop or muttun YOUNG 0 | hi en Prince Otto, travel-stained eg models, f Qo) abby, with nothing to show, For shirt waists and bodices - for | FOLKS 9 | 'Stood before him, he said, "Not for eee Prac in 'the secuent H § . . 8 | }you is the crown, oh, Otto, for the ats . 'an | COOQOO ras 50 aad would be for pleasure seekers alee nes me os 7 -- have --_ euae te ~ and idle impostors only,' for bel WORD NOt 200) Bae sd oe " i Ti POUR BAGS OF GOLD. the hing knew that Prince Otto' = wale. et ot widest hate Once upon a time there was a good! money had gone fee t ha ception . fom . Ld est lat- ; king who had no children of his own, ty : 'cally destitute, but those who would is eho in the construction ! jut who mat four nephews, named | not in on ' ° Geoffrey, Ott Furtace, and H Then pare rince E as Bid ne more popular than | [Thess Scones Uie king greatry wne Prince Eustace, bringing | afar all dress occa- rn to favor is sghich shows | nily paper "A THE OLD SUAWL. Fortunate is the woman whose at-) 'tic shelters a grandmother's chest, provided the chest harbors in turn a andsome old) embroidered shawl: used to wear. eart to cut it up, rT more charming Not rat thet with the beauti- inany If one has 8 nothing waist. ful design of the embroidery. modistes are combining the i. with these shaw!-bodices, confection fit for a queen's nn nment, A NEW GOWN, A trikingly handsome gown made "ot chiffon velvet with a plait- ed skirt. The color of the design is a rich dark green. No other trim- ming except the box plaits is used the skirt, 'The bodice is an Eton into a deep girdle! of tucked black satin, It is cut low at the neck and trimmed with revers- (2 revers of the same material. The satin in turn is outlined with bands ne am loi black silk braid twisted in spirals at frequent ontervals and the loops made by twisting the braid are filled | in with tiny bits of red satin, mak- j ine a delightful color scheme. French 'nets in green and black silk are embroidered upon the braided = out 'lines of the satin trimmin r the From wrist to elbow they a 'med with bands of the narrow black silk braid embroidered in knots Very cays gowns of both vel-) ; vet and clotly a 'ered and cut 'titted. 'The = r /sure the , be, s an ww matter te make leg deeper 'or le hem out a little, according | to bd figure of tho wearer, CHIFFON FLOWERS. Some of the Paris shops that; ;make a specialty of dress trimmings | 'are showing the nos ange ig gar-! 'on for _trim- a voluminous ; 24 Fre ench | Jes the: at least | aruhden. ered jentered a little 'temple sot in the . Much more gold he. spwt in paying learned men to tench the simple pea- sants of that happy valley. At first hese veasunts refused to cone into the college, because the thine of their fruit harvest was at hand, when they saw the fine college and all the of a week lie nage not "arent a single gokl piece. dang ow, and his indomitable | SU¥ssested to Mr, Steel to try When the full flood of electric light | % Ons, a matter easily ar-jfeading to the city was absolutely appendicitis and th i df ' ' . : . : med man, who when he had heard | #PPe 4 e wide-spread fear withpower pulled him ae abet OoMy a bata what o on carth are| Was turned on at night the effect waa ranged in the. Present. variety Of}choked with ambulances, carts and! in, story af his moi of gold. said, | 0% the disease Have saved many lives Aged: re oa _ a es you iaiking about?' almost dazzling. her few shio ¢ treatment. itters. "Come with me, my son, and J will by ade those attacked to seek sriumplt oe ile powerul foo foe «| _"Nowsene," Enid said, in somte ae in. the -- gallery sitheanst a RAT -T1 Gs: So far as bomb le ow yaad show you a colony of simple feople; ca re vice rg the few minutes. But Henson was plan- confusion. "Things you don't un- istory. Wings bavo~ lost none of their cen made by the Red Cross let your gold be spent in teaching in Det "sm yet_in_ its incipient ning a little scheme by which he in- derstand at present, and things you Ring * cn th interested ee favor in the t demand for fruit, |'°. Nis + ge athe = ivy them thc wonders of science and the male, and 'it jevaall ra bo believed by a j . : * lensualt st en Gen, Kourotiat- A " tended ta wh nas A ann tras fase -- eb peat Ry Re Bye ha ven ratt 'There were hundreds of rare pcksind and ribbon effects as kin ieEER his unfortunate advane,(oCCe ae for Windows 2° Tice thought to the 5 rimmings. In fact, they are shown | - before a thing subject that children di t oh willingnase ot hie t maa owas quite a stranger to Mr. th ; orld: ies = "a te = the smartest hata and will ne 4--areilabl hii? ccom- houpht--anokl Siete ee eee ee ee He took a bottle of "brandy from ,Secl. But are you certain that it is of the | world; the corridors anc oors doub Yay. nanied him, as well as the doctors | woctio, and tt aaa it Int college. |... oaanciodbnrs Apr ning Yavorite as long ca ark mn nto a CRe.; one that may powtoly have most &crious conseque Children, even 'babies, may have in- flammation of the vermiform appen- dix, and may dic of it as promptly as older persons. Fortunately, how- ever, the disease is often less severe in the very young than in adults, and a fatal case of the discase in a child is comparatively rare. But although the child may recover from his attack, the appendix is left more vulnerable, and many an apparently Primary attack in adult iife is realy a recrudescence of a slumbering in- flammation dating back to child- hood every stomach-ache in a c is appendicitis, but a one may be, and parents should not be made in- different t jtention, and EIS Weta OINES: eart of a silent wood, and which ; icall Was no other than the Temple of So- The sectors = have been pagtice yo litude. Standing hefore tha altar, j Without sleep for a week. Several je cried, earnestly, O, that one nurses are reported to have actually 'wiser than J would show we died of exhanstion, one of them--a right, for surely the right spotding | |Sister of Churity--collapsing -- white | lof gold requires the highest widsom.' 'assisting at an operation. he sv antly there stood before bim jply of medicines and surgical appli- eae "of Solitude. ances has run short. | "OH. Prince," " \ . e," said the Genii, be | It is estimated that at least 28.-!onuse thou hast spoken the truth. OO) wournJed in Mukaden, men have been treated Scores of them died be- jand cried I in earnestness of heart, 'am your servant, acks excite tuo g (If the danger-signals are Rnaiws, an eye kept open for the parents (can simulate all the nes they please, especially as regards fre- quent attacks coming on about the school hour, An ordinary stomach-ache lasts but le: short time: | over ja fore surzieal genislunro cowld French | a, ya Genii helped Prince Hubert | tack often peace off with a slight them. Gen Kovrapatk in has per-' spend his gold, and the month came | diarehoee, sually without fever. sonally complimented the Red Cross ta an end, and the four brothers re-| When the appenis is the seat of the Corps for its exertions daring the turned to court. With Geoffrey came | trouble, the b may subside for a past Week, great band of trained warriors, | time: an it pai again and again , fany Chinarmen nave' (beens pressor | lad in fn uniforms; but when tho ;48 a sharp colic, usually most mark- into service as hospital assistants I good king saw them lie shook his | ed on whe right side, and is not re H jhead, saying, "Geoftrey y ed by pressure, as the simplest j t kines, they would take all the woalth | 'stomachache viten is. ere is aus cach appeared o be onlay | of whom w worthy he w Tustantly there stood before him j maa jeslic Byure twelve feet high. * would the treat King with the ¢ of Solitude Ly an *T Wise nin iting. 'and he tole him Without him what to do. as at choose as his successor, 80, leaving Here again the hae uway to eart of a vast wood hesitation The 'back to his palace, ea 'for his nephews to be Invited ~ -| ranidest state banquet 8 that although the young pr many times seen the magnificent pa- fy >Tinging aid to those who miatrole, js | ard silver, and knew Its treasures of thing thi! Statuary and priceless works they behold 'tables laden with massive goid plete | lace built of pictures, f of art, yet w and good king, a Pessar'. At the good-night, anc attendance carly 'a matter af great inmportonce. the princes slept but little, for night hen aml close of the banquet hing bacle his nephews an affectionate | hig conananded d in loss Which to the | j th him La crowd of peasant little of the language of Yearning. king shogk his head. "The poasants,"' said he, "but a, ae entering (for you would have gathered and sold } sn temple, he ascemded seven ladle steps, placed a magic ring | jupon the altar,. then stood with | bowed head and outstretched arms Walling the result. a "What fenii the figure nswl,'" repliod the of 'ais difficul- ; he Sica told ever inces S nk eedar, cbony. the | saw the = great to the | Were gqmazed, and many each secretly lon; ged to be chosen suc- | effet that whenever the Empe_ "~ their | the morning on That they doubted not the time had come " j when the hing's choice would be made | deserted, This law is still in effect. | known. ' Consequently. disappointed w they hen, were on the a little morrow, | their uncle. taking four bags of gold, one to each month, month | ut | Sone faithful account "iwith the same amou ah nophew, and bade the and spend the mon | how they pleased. of nt in each, gave them for one money exactly world in At the end of Se 'a peculiar belt made of human tecth were to return and inelr adv a i surprise the four princes a alg but they bad not gone far before they began to differ as to the | way in | money. 1 jare four cross la: F which they should spend this point Geoftirey said, + roaxls; one, and spend the gold as we list." o they -parted company. teotrey had not gone far before net Count Ulric, a {who now appeared 4 girl 'mal tie with a sword. story cot the bags of gett the 'Here let us each take Now former comrade, in rich uniform When he the | their fruit harvest, so would have brought no iat As it was, the frait rotted on the abigiae sending out so foul an viel that one, fehaling it, took a plagi buck to erent city, which ag spread so that many died.' Lastly came Pace Hubert, and iknelt before the king. the king said, "You shall) be my sucees~ |sor, for gold is guod in thine hands,' been | is winter The the land and were too poor to buy. had sick of the a ag and in any people how to do the ore most Leni at. 'Thus = chosen King teac bn 'Was Princ a) . a hh ee ROYALTY a There has existed i centurics a cutom "yran for Empress ---- in public no his ; person. should secin to occupy gher len than this santo { jthe Royal eager therefore on such | occasions the shutters of a upper ' storeys were drawn, and the upper 'parts of the houses past which. the 'Royal party moved were seemingly 290 --== WORKHOUSE MUSEUMS, Se veral of the great London work- ses have remarkable muscums at- to them a South Lon- useum can be found letters i hou tected don union m | clergyman's | (the owner dicd { ouse), n the West Coast of most sig- ;and small pocket dice-box. Upon the cost me £30,000, and brdught moe to the workhouse. " ----4¢-------- LATEST DOG CENSUS According to the European dog France leads the way with come next with a 1,000. Eng- r 1,000, ae an dogs, curiously, percentage of 73 per FONT wi tir roti dwelt with fascination on the turned table with its broken and glass and wilted flowers in corner. "It is not the kind of thing to for- get." he said, hoarsely. "Locan see pe | v-- ST Hae @ or poswerved it his fealty timer. whose chanipioned., But to know ans thing "oe over- china the , that dreadful scene seven yars before, ard that (Littiner heat her sen had left to ret Lia aniiuten nomewhere, anderer n met died every penny ty, the castle included, her ladyship's nephew, Mr. Henson In spite of the great cloud that hung over the family Lord Littimer did not seem to have changed. He Was just a little more caustic than oe, his tongue a little sharper. The servants could have tuld a dif- € | ferent cogil a story of dark moods and days when the bitterness of the chawow "of death lay a Reginald "I fancy I shook him up to-night,"' L ittimer said, with subdued triumph. e seemed to shudder when e told him that-I had found Van Enid started from her chat. shining ca dng Pe unveiled s Ss Van 'Sneck!"" 8 ve Whe n the Brighton sig a 't Her eyes were sudden bri liane pai batter, and bee carried his grief so well he suffered e shal in Mr. David Steel' s house and Vanjthe more. see what the | Counse. Sneck are one and the same Pp:r- |gorrow. was in t gon?' The re are few more beautiful places Toe brass-headed stays througn open work ond make the thing safe. | 'to insisted that was no time like the present, d discovered that Littimer had an excellent carpenter's shop on the pre- indeed, she admitted to being, She flitted with the lathe: Sne flitted down the stairs os thistledown. A charming girl!" Littimer said, "l wonder why sho came to this dull hole? A quarrel with her young man, perhaps If I were a young man.imyself 1 ee But women are all the same. I ould y mn I had sere | and Christabel came back pre- sently with hammer and some brass- headed stays in her hand. (Tobe Continued. ) --_--_+4--_--__-- ap acpuittod, Shortly call a heavy scowl pa up to his seo ery good Burglar 1)-- you at a bey sir."" but in the daytime, please," et and ts--of flowers--in evening gowns. forget-me-nots, and even the larger blooms, like poppies, in great demand and are mate so realistically that it = 'is diffieult to ag them from the natural flow Then they are scentetl with perfurnen which makes, asia even mare life- | ennee gowns and as as hats. Not only i the tint the rage in dress move but the stqne itself is much observed, many oy on being studded vores the yokes of handsome black dresses. is also -- of olivines, turquoises, amethysts and opals. shion has defied superstition most bravely and adopted the opals wherever it w ould heighten ae artistic cffect gown or Ornaments ior the hair are as var- ied as they are benutiful. Nothing is more becoming, however, than the little cl chains can be wound aro the coiffure several 'times and cought with a jewelled or Spechige ne jewelled 'bu some combs of tortoise shell, also al js greatly wed, in trimming | ¢ be i} i he pon it a test tof fitness. . I wilh ee 'you how to | golf co f 'in whist he had = g Geoffrey ! training the on his Way we o a gay city lived. were delighted, said that noth that song, for spend kingdom may be ex tended, vered with glorv." his own warlike adventures fou old, the imagination of n went Virie and spent his _ and time in) price of at is not prohibitive. warlike ba meantime Trince Otto 'went vily; where bprinces, former friends of his, When he had found them and told them of his bag of gold, for, ing =e that mda rich Jand r the feas Inhabited i " one with Co ost determina! to go other young now thev with a laugh he was casier than the spending of money, and he meant to have a good tim was geome in aoe art, ime In viewing all and i ai, loved land has 38 Ti States tho estimate is wale rites 1, - 000,000 to 1,508,000. QUERR POLICE FORCE. The policemen in Hayti are paid by results. They get capitation fires all the arrests they mahe th discipline, it follows that a man very Hable to be arrested in Hayti --_ he is willing to pay the pol- eman more --_ the capitation foe. As this feo only 55 cents, the The Employer--"I believe sir, that yeu pride yourself upon your exces- sive modes sty, do you not? : Employ as sn I may | say that f d _ Employer--"In that caso Pit oe "to me that your salary may not be sufficiently modest to suit you. I to assure, you, that this matter will be to at once, and that bests: forth you will have no ges? blush on pay-days, That ip all."? «| fever, the face is flushed or dusky, ri the child shows that it is really Il; the tongue is cvated, and there eed black cireles under the eyes. When a child has : -- ache | hat persists or tha omes back again after having sacaereil es- !pecially if there is fever, it should | be peruly studied.--Youth's Com- | panion --twtee COLD FEET AND INDIGESTION. Coldness of ieet and limbs is al- most hig an evidence of indi- gestion. The coldness is due not to weakness of the heart or feottinens of circujation, as is generally ----s blood | which control the circulation of the lower extremities. This difficulty is not to be removed by exercise or any special application to the limbs, but by -- of the = of jrritation. Th lapsed stomach tion, Fy 4 = the fect and limbs, - _ fect and ic centers, Which are in a disease condition. Rubbing of the fect and Jegs is al excellent method of thus preserving the normal circula- -- The rubbing should be from e feet towards the body. The sur- aed should be a lubricated with vaseline. void irritation of the skin care th also be taken to clothe the limbs very warmly. In many cases this is necessary, cven in the summer scason, NERVOUS TENSION, ely gig out ' aie y people wear not thinking that ; unfitting muscly: probity. what would have -- sheds _ an greatest work in after year As there are conseivun and unconscious thoughts, sv there are conscious and unconszious nerve tensions. Self- nerve force is the pian control of lesson of health, and therefore of life To understand how to relax Hearty laughter is a source of relaxation, and relaxation is also found in diversion and amuse ments. ally necessary} suilicient rest i ay and' mind which enables a 2 to accomplish his best work by saltgving his nerve tension tee GERMAN SCHOOL BATIIS. According to the London il, wb board se i in pete is p avaiod ith as oh ee and a 'cnapanheat or 'dou che. Tho latter is Situated in the lower men of the building and during | the winter the heating apparatus for ~ the school supplics also the neces- water for the duuche Iniths. the water is heated a Bunsen burners. Uy thod the baths are 'Yeady for use in half an hour. Just as the times of instr agape exercises and douche bath The elder children receive shies: er four hours of physical training per een, wn nd avery child at least one douch This indicates a desire on the par: rt the government to provide the hygienic per eieadeia for school children. But the same number of baths at Homes, in which the satire uted, would the habit acquired by the citildren at school leads to this result. pa Soto men woilld ratter tell ake able lics than the recajiie trath,