"Yes: I've beard that tale fore, Mies B landlady I know Bucknall blurted. It was a hard stru wages from the milliner's. shop: She hated borrowing froar her new friends, for they xen in similar e had no re- raat 5 When the jada had gone she crossed to the 'cupboard. "There's nothing I can sell!" - Turning over her belo photogra ph. 'Gilbert !~ I'd forgotten I'd- kept; 7 I ought to have thrown it away long ago, when I ment a his that. letters,"' Siting with -the portrait 'on her Once her' lips began to quiver, but she pressed them together determined- and brushed a hand across her lap, she fell into .a reverie: ly, One afterncon he returned os ' . : Breat excitement... confortable home and eve resently an Interruption came. ury--a good education 7' At the kaicol she tou herself, "T believe there's a clue. The "T don't. understand! ; +: landlady | Private detective has~found a man A - half indignant that the lan Yiwho used to work with Staveley. Mrs. Staveley. - thould disturb her again. ° But her They werd cleskh'in the auvie firs"? "V'd adopt him, if yould prqtest died away at sight of the telegram. She took the eavelope and open-| it in some surprise ve-| the "Our ar-|5 rangement was ina you should: pay aa Boor a5 1 on" Edith ggle to make both ends meet, Jiving alone on her mgings me- chanically, she came upon a man's Her brother spoke- All his ene Both waited eagerly. for: news. ""T expect he's forgotten- you: da Ta b ha haads off him?' "Phil, you'd .never----"' 'Oh, no; trust_me to control my '!Strangeways & Smith ?" 'That's the place."' ' ere deyoted-to the task of 1g har Gilbert Rtavely. tirely, Ecith. He little-thinks sy a contents for him now. An ufhplea- rod surprise for him, one of these Why, if we met in the etreet, ve hard work to keep my self: It' s rather late in the.day to give him a thrashing. Besides, that Spe hali settle our little} ebt!"" a} "T. often. used to wait at the cor- old.' Bucknall" "Wouldn't you like him: to I'd take him away and } up--treat him hp. as if-he own The mother's eyes faba "Wonderful news! "Gold found Gilba ai side idea nC "How dare' you onmy land; large-quantities, Sell- ness, and didn't meet me'as I walk- thing! As if Y'd gi ve ing out soon, and coming to Eng- ei along home in the evening'? | OF to anybody ! land. We are rich now. Letter She broke off, catchin " her [have got. - I-may be follows,--Phil." licoan 5 work ay fingers At first Edith Bucknall could only then gra- dually she realized the significance This meant that he stare in astonishment; the message, she was saved, Laughing half hysterically, oe hand "Well, well! Stay on, of course, me-- otion, is that he could ask a held ont her, 'hee se! As lo s Snow "a * oe Sent it's ethane : 'And at the last moment he Staveley. a = Ree " Her sudden effusive cordiality threw you over for the sake of a| "3° me _ made the girl move aside = a curl of the lip. Left alone aga she saw that the phowarene "had aes to the floor 'if this had only -- ned | t 'aban months ago!' She stared down at Gilbert Staveley's face "He'd have married me then, suppose." Abruptly she stooped, tere Ortra: yy F cog wr W fax: length descended, she put Fa telegram into the landlady's } was W 'terminus for the Boa the passengers at!i, she first pressed w it all comes back to me! bea stroll about, in rome we'd furnish one day. net big enough to marry on; an we--he said he hoped--longed for girl with a little money Kelrose ; Was the name, you said. My man's trying. to trace her relations." essrs. Strangeways & Smith did a know what had become of Gil- bert Stavely after he had left their | emp!oyment ; but at last a report | "i attived from the detective, describ- ing ani old couple, Mr. and | Kélre ho were evidently wife rs. th the' dis tri she lived: This narrowed the search; and, due course, Philip Bucknall sought his sister hurriedly. | | eloser, then hesitated nervously ve been speaking on, the "Edith 'phone. I do believe we' ve run him She swung round at her brother's; to earth at last! Twenty-nine, Ma- greeting, and next moment they | pinaide: Road, is the address. Let's ; ? had met, after two years Philip, xo down there at once, Edith, and Bucknall was deeply bronzed in have a lock at the house. We contrast to her pale He swag-! might be able to pick up some infor- | gered a hittle in ,his wa imation. I want to know how he's! "Just faney, Edith! he exclaim- | ed, hi ding her at arm's length, | "this big piece of luck at last' SSe nedded excitely 'Yes; I could hardly helieve it | whe 'n your telegram came. "Talways thought ] might do well abroad. New I'm rich! There won't be any more anxiety for you, Edith. You must have had a rou {ime. I'm sorry. I've often thought} ef you, "Tt was preity bad, the girl ad-j mitted in a low voice, withdrawing! A pace. But you've had Gilbert to look | after you. You haven't been quite alone. Why, what's wrong ! i "T never told you," returned his| ly. sister, jerkily. Her -- shoulders drooped, and she avoided his gaze "LI couldn't bear to, when first it happened. somehow, | After that --well. I just went on letting you! or think 1 was still engaged to him! "Do you mean to say that you pate Stavely 'Not exactly She forced a laugh ~ "He- he jilted me--eigh- of"? teen menths a Her brother pree her arm al- ae roughly. 'Ip that true ?"' "T had no money, you see: and there was a girl he knew--a Miss Kelrose--with fifty pounds of her own. It--it sounds rather pitiful, doesn't it?' =| 'The cad |" ther. * ejaculated her bro- "And you could do nothing ! But, now I'm well-off. yon can give | husband's name is Stavely--Gilbert up -your work. We'll find him. Edith. You know where he lives ? He pr this other girl) She ne "'He ood away. I don't know where sy" T track hith down, if it takes me ayear! He'll be precios serry he ever treated you so badly "Ves, yes!' The girl was ; suds] deniy angry.. '*I'd almost forgotten it all, Phil; but now--nlew I want to pay him out! He made me suf- fer' : < 'Let him suffer, too! There must be some, way. I'd like to ruin him "' Her-brother's head was bent. He kmitted his brows as he repeated = be would certainly have their 'over things. ' ' a , Bucknall spoke jerkily. "HA . Weeks siete "pelith Bucknall back again'! "Sit down," said Edith Bucknall / quickly. as she started up. "Your getting on in ino world, and where | 1, j he's working now. An hour tar they entered Maple- side Road. No, 29 was rather diffi-; cult to locate, but at last they turn- ed up a squalid courtyard, and stopped at a narrow doorway. , 'This can't be the place," said Pweg Bucknall] dubiously. "There's else I suppose-- someone of | the same name. As she spoke, been a- mistake. lives here, an elderly woman came out--frowsy and unkempt, | with ragged clothing. | 'Mrs. Stavely ! Yes; she's in- | side, poor dear.' She stared at the visitors curious- "T've been sittin' with 'er for a Feclin' poorly, she is. Frettin' Come down in the! orld, y know. If you're friends | ers, she'll be glad to see you. iL go my best for "er whenever 'can. It costs me a bit o° money-- Philip Bucknall put a coin in her hand, waving her aside. 'It seems as if Staveley's not ex- actly prospering !" he commented, with a chort laugh. His sister was knocking. When a reply came she stepped in, and he followed. 'The girl leaning forward over 'the table raised her head. "TJ thought it'was Mrs. Jones bit. 2 Staveley, w used to be at Strangeways & Smith's?' . Yes; he was in their office. That's right!' 'He left, though, didn't he? hope he's found other work?" _ Mrs. Stavely stared .for a mo- | ment. then, with a gesture, point- ing to her dress, ace awwith her hands rou're Wearing black I if * Keith é died --- died three months ago!" Edith. Bucknall turned brother, who met' ware i her 'awk- to well, "it that's the case-----" salary wasn't very big, you know-- d «| the presents next day. r bich arrh she, covered her}: you can go as boo Edith Bucknall reddened, b nodded without rese 'You're quite right. I apo I admire you for pet So like : really. thought - up in the street. ""Well!" he. claculsted ; make women. out. There's n& counting for what they' do 1 You go there | to get revenge o man, and you 'finish by. fier tchah !' ; es . Mrs.. Staveley guessed. ey. edly. ""Gilbert--he'd --London Answers. ee Obtained Hente ye Walks of Eife.. -- whe died: in Have f Louis Braille, h itted to the famous inotitatsoel the blind founded in 1784 at by Valentine Hauy. Here the brilliant talents were encouraged every way. his system when in his* tw. year, : deavor, perfected the method: in general use. There is hardly any walk. of man life in which d 'thave not i James Holman, the famous "'bi after Braille, visited every ple note in the wor author of many imported b cal essays. In Apri] clergyman, the Rev. was elected chaplain of the cers' Company, London, service, ete, from * books. But perhaps-the most remas case of all is that of Henry Fa the blind professor of political-e nomy at Cambridge, who was € ed M.P. for' Bri ton in 1865, Hackney. in 1874 and 1880, in year he Was appointed British P: master-General. ---- Ambition of Every Russian, Nine hundred and -eighty-fo thousand, one hundred and t people were last year caught tra ling on the Russian state' railro with forged: tickets or with no ets at all. How many travelled man knows. lions. At any rate, the legend tha tone out of every five Russi nara without 'a ticket. _ Tt asy to this su ejusively that ticketle ambition of every Russian) and: a rare Russian who does not | ceed at least once. : -- i And even a very tall maa may. be above criticism. Rae? There are many rungs of in the ladder of success: 'Mrs. Stavely addressed him "as he moved away; but his sister annwer ; ed her question. ee ae Pat He began to ~ and, after much patient. @n- traveller,' who died a few waite this way without being caught 'tio} pond three tablespoonfuls of mid, Probably several mil-' Lawrence Gulf. it "Was Invented by the Romans and Adopted by Us. it Saves Provender. 18, who also invented 'ibe cele- brated Roman nose" which is still ed with suth great success. Con- 'crete is composed of cement and oken stone, which are anixed wi Ya tired man in overalls 'and a' red'flanne! shirt and convert- some very by M. Mira wooden mould, and when it dries is so hard that when time at- of a house in Algiers. day, Had they built their percrs of this material' they iid-have been more durable and 'empire would have - lasted A reinforced concreteem- een Jess deration. compiled statistics - M. when degrees ate jays concrete is used "with Saat success in building - houses. }/ient with two grammes of telégraph poles, water tanks, arti-| climate the '\ ficial pipes, false teeth, cathedrals, smokestacks and eating-house sand- wiches, Concrete has, in fact,.be- ,}come the most useful thing in the world, and many a mountain which | bas only been an obstruction to *! traffic will be ground up in the mext few years and sold insacks to men who have-cities to build. ~ Thomas Ediscn has' recently in- vented a method by which con- crete houses can be poured to order _| by two strong men while the family is unpacking the furniture. This wi a great boon, and before ijlong wé may expect to buy our houses at the store by the gallon and to draw a cute little Queen Anne garage out of a faucet and tute, in eommenting on. the 'ike vegetable, though in solar energy ; tion of aliment. a cos heat, of. direct utilization by sues of radiant energy. reinforced with steel, is the strongest material yet invent- ted, but science thus far is only '| building bridges . and skyscrapers with it, and hag not yet used it. in providing practical backbones for public men. When this has heen accomplished the grade of states- men available will be vastly im- *\proved and the cold style office- j holder with the gutta percha spinal -!-tcolumn will wabble into outeiom {along with the wooden hote Sa Six Ounces of Mud. Gardeners and other botanica] experts may like to.know of the two following experiments which illus- trate very graphically the lavish }way that Nature goes about her ;) work: - One year, in the month of a man requires suffice him in summer. ----__--"F. provision dealer. In Soho, stance, until quite late at "'delikatessen"' And in other parts of the tucked away in back streets, found any number of little eral" shops, which smell of and matches and sell cold like to mention. You can Darwin removed from} ithree different _ parts of a small you your London well. weighing in all 634 ounces. This he a Chronicle. 46] Placed ina ae cup and kept}- covered up in his study, for six months. By the fey of that time he had removed in all five hundred and thirty-seven plants. Another inter- esting experiment was carried out by a Scotch gentleman a few years age. In a patch. of soil, taken from a hedge-root, 'of about twentyeight inches long by eleven inches wide A Rule of Three. friends and a cheerful spirit. freedom and beauty.. Three dignity. temper, tongue and conduct. love -- purity, trath and Three things to be--brave, and kind. Three things to : | alter--improvement, well-being of others, -- which gree from !* The following. year 'fifty-six. aoe plants were re- e. tworss ssneceed Thondred ae ; teal i it -Mine. -"Guigot: >) skyscrapers, bridges, a nance. parks, pa s, sidewall rm-} Other observations in the "t]ess. tombs, boats, artificial "tons, pickles, and anything indeed things to hate--cruelty. arrogance and affectation. » Three things to tng lis, and very' few of those that FOOD VALUE OF SUNSHINE. Experiments in France Show How The nutritive value of sunshine-- this is not, of course, the scientific way of describing. the matter, but € most comprehensible to the lay mind--has formed the- subject -of interesting experiments mond de Laroquette, an were made with the invaluable gui- nea pig, a number of whose tribe were.confined in cages on the roof A. certain amount of oats was given-them each of which they were allowed to eat as much as they liked--in mo- As a result of -- - Laro- quette has found that oy wanter, the temperature. was about 15 ees Centigrade, igs degrees, ttle mals were satisfied with only 'ares | Grammes, and when summer sun- Shine raised the temperature to 30 degrees. the guinea pigs were con-1 suste- less food is required. experi- ments, remarks that they show that a less degree, animals and eyen man him- self undergo, according to season large flock. Thosg that escaped the and latitude, experiences which ap-' fire settled right parently correspond more or less to| their dead an the variation in the absorption of} and I got a sec the augmentation of a most unus sunshine compensate for a reduc- fowler knows, These experiments try I brought down thirty-four of confirm the principle of nutrition. by | the birds.' the tis What it all comes to is that w: xi! nourishment:in winter, a hard-boil- Small Dealer's Harvest. Sunday in certain s of Lon "-t don, is the great day of the small How a Policeman Made a China- for in- night, } you can buy anything you want edi-/ ble fromag! loaf of bread' to a/eotd- chicken or the choicest and _-dearest | of Teutonic origin. | town, can be "gen- cheese 'ham, you always replenish your larder on Sunday if --Lon- | Three things to wish for--health) Three) things to be delight in--frankness,1 things to admire--power, gracefulness and Three things to govern-- Three honor. Bethe sttive- truth-and the i. Very Soe people know what love Made. . ene Fmies, but not sorrow ture made his living duck SAYS, sport.in Canada.' Use Big a The such bags ae Finlay of. The destructive in the prow of the s' consists of about one totalling at. least a lets. English. sports part of Scotland, a obtain: such usually restricted to lanyard which fires an Opportube time. . army surgeon at Algiers, which ¢d into a sort of geological Irish | were told of at the French Academy w. The mess is then stuffed into|of Science. These experiments | hunter cries "Pull,' to fall shot riddled. Some Ba "My best bag in Finlayson, three duck. In.one four hundred duck, plover and x nme mai and other i? a single shot. On th FR I teen plover at a sin and' green, and a "Another time I able thing happened. , dropped _fiftee: 'Fe i smioty Firth Telte of. Havoc His Big: Gun a ies Geae Wee oud, cas steel . ate 'beside' the-Cromarty-Firth will Alec' eames not, 'the qremticn of an imaginative Finlayeon was born with the in- stincts. of a huntsman. ing, trapping, .and hunting since his early boyhoed. He is now. seeking fresh fields of conquest in Canada. "T have caught, shot most everything that flies. runs or swims about Cromarty Firth,' "and am looking for as good duck' hunters of Firth use very large guns to get serves the double purpose of forming the. visiting sportsman that the time to fire has arrived, at the same time startles the duck. so that they rise from their feeding, "was made up of ninety shot curlew. In one r of ouriews, a Records of Slaughter. "] believe I hold the record for ber, 1912, I brought seventy wigeon! same | down at one discharge: direction proved that the hotter the} head on. got what is called the} 'run of the birds,' and the tally of Natives in South Algeria require | dead and wounded totalled seventy. food of only half the caloric power of that required by the European-- proving that sunshine to a ¢ertain degree acts as nourishment. M. Laveran, of the Pasteur Insti- ;,at the depar-. ° He has shooting, fish- hook ed or he uns, Cromarty son can boast weapon is set late grey punt used by the fowler, and its charge pound of shot, thousand pel- men visit vhat nd, under the guidance of such men as Finlayson, '"bags" their stay-at-home friends. heir part in the performance is as astound a pull on the the charge at The stalking of the game is the guide's business. The "sportsman™. must keep quiet till: such time as the professional which in- a@ ery and gS. a day." > pays week J one -hundred! _ a large! few black! birds. : e-12th Decem-' They came; '"T once got one hundred and fif-,; gle shot, gold. few redshanks they were, and another time I got eighty-three wild pigeon at a shot. was after a flock of duck and a rather remark- I fired and them out of a again among inded comrades, ance at them; ag, as any wild and at the second Not Permitted Here. t { tions. t ' t { ~ | $ man Come to Wholesale slaughter by the use of such a weapon as this Scot des- a beefsteak for/cribes is not permitted in Canada. iwhere the game laws also restrict ed egg and a sauce of 'sunshine will | ithe bag to much smalle r proper- MAKING G HIME "TNDERST AND. Time, Many a sly and egy foreigner has shielded himself by affecting not to u 'language spoken to hi dian city, and receiv 'had great difficulty i | Oriental understand, tended nel to know a i Tieh, Look here, man,' ustedly, 'that is on see? Pay U mdéshtand 4 16. him understa Jeaye, the o | ee .¥ou're a liar! do, = forgetti net a t's _euiecn a slight misdemeanor., it-- ian signified that he did not under- stand, 'and the magistrate repeated "'Let me talk with him, your he ee said the "portly officer who ad arrested the man. When the tadere: had given ham r approached 'Chinaman, and shonted in his ear: "Say, you with the teaketile face, ean't you hear anything? > ot to pay a two- dollar: fine " cried the China *om trouble pdlerstand the im. An aimus- ing story of an Oriental who pre- tended not to understand English but forgot himself at the moment. A Chinaman was brought befcre a magistrate in a court of a Cana- ed-a fine for The judge n making the for he = pre word of Eng ' he: a6. dis- e duflar. Do otherwise, in The China- "Tl mako - the You' ve ore int vi Tage.