WUPUVUU ULLAL ruin e, Sencar bbe select company ot the employ- ées of Messrs. Hatchen & Slee, the well-known Grapers, had glorious sunshine, he felt that the good weather was directly due to his earnest supplications. He selected this event as furnishing the best possible oppor- tunity for carrying out the project nearest to his heart. For months he had paid solicitous ponent to Ethel Gibb, the pretty » he was convince not unfavorably, he scene and re- evening, and the be the gurgling he voice of 'some- ene singing in the distance. atmosphere would. be charged with sweet sentiment, and he would take Ethel's dear little hand. and, be- ginning with a subtle reference -to his That was what he had planned; | no voner had he joined the} pa arty at Hammeremith than he be- rs aware a bug P 1 of ment. pe That element was a dashing young man in white fiannels. with a blue Jacket with brass buttons. 'Le -mme intreduee my friend Mr: Tewnley,"' said Fair! lee, of 'the bon dep partment, erey, this Mr. Claytén. > "Pleased to meet you, P aoe Townley graciously. ais car came along z: Roils Royce ?? It was clear to (1 ayton from the said Mr adding s this our laughter that this sal arousec that Perciya] Townley hs cc osiat lish- ed himself as a wit vor was he mistake n. <As he ten- dered his fare to the conductor he He did not at all enprecnte the | eater Ei that the: new-comer was _gencen Tati ; on himself. Even ji "seemed to te greatly enjoyin entertainment. Somehow Mr. Percival Tow nley's! correct river attire, his manner of assu z the| rance and vivac- the conviction that his clothes were old. and that he ought to have a straw hat instead of a cap, and that he had cut himself while shaving and that he had nothing to gay. Once he made a bold attempt to! ¢ompete with ty began narrating an anec- dote he had heard the previous day. When he was half- way through with} He forgotten the end of it, admit as much Mr. Townley shook his finger at! him a | believe, "he said daringly, "that you've just discovered that | it is nota proper story. 'Indeed it is."' protested C layton, flushing. "Ah, wut, So you say naughty hed ere was aby which Clayton believed to be at his! expense. He had no appetite fur the deli- eious pork-pies and sandwiches anc fruit that came out of the hamper. Seated opposite him was Ethel Gibbs. and beside her Perciva Townley, and her eyes were dancing with merriment at his words. e had never been able to make her laugh like that. He was the only party who was not enjoying picnic. He made a brave atte to force a laugh now and again During a Jull in the conversation Mré Townley addressed the com- pany: 'Lets have another Mr. Balzac over there,' pointing his stick at Clayton. the salt, Mr. Galt. Thanks, Shanks !"' "You are a eenden. grinned Fair "T don't know how you think "of all that. It was a coud notion of mine to bring him | Hold your hand i the story from , Mr. " you are! along, was'nt it, Miss Gibbs 'And Ethel replied Yes' " with enthusiasm. Bob Clayten now wished that he had never joined the party. It was clear to him now that Ethel did net care for him in the least, else she would not let a stranger mono: polise her like this, At that moment an aeroplane ap- peared overhead. LI wouldn't go in one of those thinss if, you paid me," said Fairlie. : is 2 RE, Townley shrugged his should- ers. - ""Tt's not so bad as it looks,"' he raid. "Of course, the first time you Volplane you get-a bit of a thrill."' "Have you ever been Mr. ¢ Clayton had looked forward to it for weeks. When he rose egg his bed in the morning an e The | : recent rise, and to the hollow neliness of his life, would so lead | rt of up to his declaration of love. M 'e disturbing . ele- | rib- | is a houseboat at Henley. bade that official' to "Hold your hand out, naughty boy.' He de- wonstrated a trick with matches. anal made a running comment on every incident that happened. 'He'll be the life o° the party.' ispered Fairlie. "He's a great ceed 1 m glad L thought of bring- ing him. . "Rather," replied Clayton gloom. y. together with, punt liv. foreed home upon Bob Clayton grocer's!"' "the life' of the par- , punt?" | { { urst of laughter | ed out the ; ded in a whisper to the girl by his ; Seized the pale. member of the, | support, mpt them toward mid-stream. | | cess. Clayton was seized with cha- grin. The fellow could punt, after | all He was not very graceful at it, and he got a lot of water down he said, | his sleeves; but they were going. "Pass | | There was no doubt about that. up, Rywnicy ?? asked- Ethel Gibbs, ley. | ; Was secretly surprised at his suc- ed OT sess ng heay Ethe "Vd ee ve is srg she cried. eae yous "hi i And who took eH gh! 'About two thousand feet. A fellow named Smith Hae = up. e's an airman--a pal o "Never heard ' of him,' Clayton. "Go down to the foot of the class, then !"" was Townley' sequick rejoin- % gers [-¥) ® Fe ie 3° "it Ethel breathlessly. "Bo . Nothing toa ance, though--at least, that's my opibion. But then, when I went down in a submarine it was rather an excep- tional experience." *'Have you been down in a . marine too?" "T tell you, "my friend Townley's seen some life," put in Fairlie. _ Townley looked modestly at the river. . "We were experimenting with: a new pump,'" he said. m in the engineering line, you know | What made the thing a bit risky iwas that if the pump didn't work properly ? face.' The party were awed into a short silence. Then there came down the river a punt in which a stout gen- tleman was being initiated into the punting. His endeavor ) aroused: the amusement of the pic- | nie party. "What he ought to do is to* let 'the pole fall into. the water," said | Townley critically, "No use shoy- ing it down like that. He'll never lear - punt in a thousand Nears [in th ay.' "Do you go much on the Townley?' asked Ethel. "A goodish bit. My uncle' s got +p river, ow lovely! Then you can punt, ' of course 7' ; Mr. Townley ae at her with an amused smi I won the sinaine s at Henley last | he said lightly. year. "JT was at Henley yast year," put in Clayton aceresrely I never} saw any punt racin "Didn't you; *W hi ich day did you| then?' "The last day."' "That's why, ver comes on the first | BO. The panting | Clayton tore up a antial of grass | into the | and threw it viciously river. "That's what we ought to ha' done,' said Fairlie. "We ought; to have had punts." "That would have been thing like,"' agreed Townley, a meaning glance toward Ethel. Clayton was ean with a cian _ Ab 5 he meant.to.pu . vans » the test." "Why can't we, 'then?' he de- manded. 'It's not too late yet.' ow here d'you think you 'd get a asked Townley. 'Where d'you think--in a green- cried Clayton, and this time it was he who got the laugh. "We passed a boat-hirers on our way here So acceptable was the idea that a move Was made to the boat-hirers. "There's too many of us for a said Townley. "Let's have | some- with " eried Clayton Joud- | I want to see is you ski "Not likely! ly, "W hat it he suddenly realized that he had | punting." and had to} Townley met his glance.and flush- ed. There could be no mistaking the challenge "If you think you are going to| see me tiring myself in this heat you are mistaken,"' growled Town- | 'You can take it easy," suggest- led C layton,. To Townley's chagrin there _-- © lack of punts for hire. He poin superior attractions of a skiff, but Clayton was adamant. He selected a punt, and insisted on | Re SS 'Now, then, show | tone, ' eried Clayton. us how it's Then he ad- side: "'I'll bet he can't punt. Townley heard the whisper, and, with a savage glance at Clayton, It was a heavy cargo, but in the shallow water his pole found ge and a lusty shove sent -Townle "It's lovely," murmured Ethel. "T could have sworn--" whisper- ed Clayton, but the girl interrupt ed him "Don"t be so disagreeable," she said quickly, 'You' ve been a per- fect bear all day.' 'Hot wark, Perey 1" lie suddenly. "Percival Townley was finding it very hot work indeed. And there entered his mind a doubt as to whether things were going to turn out at all right after all. At each shove of the pole the nose of the punt swung round. "Which way are you taking us?" demanded Clayton. "We can't go asked Fair- bath ways at ¢ once," % ete "You mind your o Swn-- Dash! The pole suddenly. descended into deep water, a "Tt's fo deep for punting here,' he gasped. 'How do t héweath er chaps man- age it, then Y asked-Clayton. "Peg aa rer very: exciting?' eried : we'd not rise to the sur-|. bed 'Ohy.. GEN.*CARRANZA, ° the new Dictator of Mexico, who been leader of the Constitutiona!:s Townley looked round nervou ¥. big steam-launch was bea Son nupon them. They could h the singing of its passengers the rattle of dishes. Its whigtle blew threateningly. i a paddle, } ; delped sput him ina 'very: eet: ing little widow, who was certainly attached to him, and would 'make tuevon. got come repu- eee y his clever work with sitat- yFor many years he had been wer, and since 'he found sin- ae life lonely, he began to look round for a wife. When the thought of marrying again first came to him, he immediately confided: it-to one of his friends. The latter gave him every encouragement, and event went so far as to mention a charm- him a most devoted wife. That night Herr Bruggemann went to bed in a hapuv state 0 'mind, thinking of the lovely widow In his dreams, he still saw her, and; even proposed to her. Did fuse? How could she! spent the remainder of the dreaming of e havpiness propel the punt in one directidn, ownley as strenuously 'tried pole it in the other. It will ne be known which force woukd hd prevailed in the long run, for Toy ley, chaneing to get his pole to" river bed, gave a furious lun The punt swung round.- Town tugged at the pole. It was though it was dragging him out the punt. He hung on game then, with a wild ery, he toppl into 'the rive "Well, of all the--" ton, but Ethel shrieke¢ "Look ! e can't swim! That was very evident. | came to the surface, ing the wate | '*Help he 'shouted. | Without a moment's hesitatl Ke layton jumped after him--4 dived, as he might have done, faer -- . > dd eee ¢ i Town his arms sf Ny Ly t- -|self so unexpectedly disposed tthe councillor, but s ibe convinced that fe had not made would enjoy as man and wife. When he awoke, it was a glorious Sunday morning; he dressed him- self in his very best clothes, and wasted no time in handing to the Minister the announcement of the éngagement, to be read in due form at the morning service. The a nouncement was made withont question. Hardly had the words been. uttered when a little scream was heard in the rear of the church; the widow, shocked at hearing her- of, a Gude ad Bee. Played in One Part.ef England. many games back ¢en- elcmie. gent the early history of bil- lets defies research. You can only take it as you find it, and you will find it in the Calder Vale, the oe quarters of the- sport. being '| Mytholmroyd -and Tebice Bridee, says the Yorkshire Post. So far anyone can learn, this curious éid folk game has survived in no other part of the world, yet in this deep ravine it still flouri 8. The most curious thing about. the game is the shape of the missle; or billet. That is something like the Australian boomerang in miniature, and has some of that weird imple- ment's erratic characteristics. The billet is usually about five inches in length, a slightly bent cylinder, with the bend nearer the thick end, the diameter of which is about three-quarters of an inch. The bil- let tapers slightly to the other end. So mugh fer the missle; now for the club, known as the "billeting stick." The head, or striking 'part, is a true cylinder in form, one and three-fourths inches in diameter ¥, and nine inches in length. An inch from the end.a netch is cut across it--the sort of a notch that is.cut in a penny whistle for the tune to come out at. A core or plug of tough wood projects from the centre of the other end, and to that is spliced a bepered. shaft of springy ash, the handle of which is thickly wrapped with soft yarn to permit the player to hold the club with a firm-grip. The object of the game' is, of course, to hit the billet with the bil- leting stick, and drive it as far as possible; the winner of a match is had fallen in a swoon. The blunder could never be satis- | factorily explained, and the vision- ary engagement remained vision- ary. The Jady might not have re-| fused an honorable proposal from | he never could} 4ntentional game of her. jumped, watchers saw rein Townley. and, with a stragike: coronene ticmeenenemees | oke that they had nevér SAVING WESTMINSTER"S ROOF | oe fo pre, pull him to the bank. é few minutes they saw him risd Has Been Almost Ruined by a Tiny |his feet and help Townley on tofffis Beetle, legs. By this time Fairlie | aaeeeee to paddle the punt toe The roof of Westminster Hall, vank, and the jeers of the pe@ in the launch had died away. "How splendid you are! Ethel, ignoring the panting sodden Pomnless ye somewhere.' os ac, "T'll come with you," she sal As they walked soe she exclan ed with scorn: "I don't believe he was over up in = meee r do 1.' agreed Clayton. "i "tet Bob, you 'never "me | you cou!d swim! "IT can't, that's why," | Bob Clayton. % | "But how tremendonsly brave of | you te jump in, then! Ss |" "Oh, not so brave as all # dts You a J simply walked to shore "Wal wean I kept well under Fi e | water to make him think it we 'deep; but I knew by the way the | pole went down that it wasn't mi¢l above my weist." He glanced lously at t girl | eneey with me, are you?' he ed. ss are a caution, Bob!' sid cri Bob Clayton swallowed. "T say, Ethel, I-may ag well you now," he began. "Tye wanting to ask you--that is to do you think that you--that an _ Bob, was id -- "Wait till you get dry, you can tell me then, blushing interruptio believe you've quested ' "'Guessed what?' "That I--that you--that we--- - caught his hand and squeez- ed i "Ot course.' "But don't kiss me in front of the hotel. Wait till you get dry."--London Answers, > ' she replied. ee Silk Fishing Lines, The familiar leaders for paige: ing fishhooks to lines, known as silkworm gut, is made roa: the caterpillars of silkworms, by plac: ing the freshly-killed worms in vine- gar for several days. The cater- pillar is then pulled apart in sucha way as to draw out a glutinous thread formed by the silky secre- tion, three feet long, which is _ stretched on boards and dricd n the sun. The silkworm from which this kind of fishline is made is a green variety about three inches long, feeding on the leaves of the camphor tree. Forty grades of this product are recognized by dealers, the price renee from 30 cents to $6 a pou nea A r, Many a man who is thrown on his own resources, says a cynic, falls Bes: on those of his friends. First Lady: 'Too bad! ety ¥ the genius of a master builder 7 ty-two feet above thie floor. >| markable thing about it is its width | "| --sixty-eight feet--which is covered '|of Richard II. {bers 'seem to soar from corbel to | corbel. It was the irony of destiny that dong a remarbable example of what can | | i aT) Eater in western Ameri The mischief-has been discoveted | in time, however, and the builders are putting in new wood to replace | the huge beams that are worm-eat- | en or périshing from dry ret. The roof is two hundred and nine- | e re- } | in a single span by stout English toak. With the exception of modern iren-girdered roofs, there is only one roof in the world with a greater span, and that ! the Hal! of Jus- tice in Padua, Ita William Rufus Buite the hall in 1097, but it was not until three hun- dred years later that the artificers undertook the stu- pendous task of replacing with a single span a roof that was original- dy built with a nave and side spans. These forgotten builders did their work well; they understood and provided so well for all the possible lines of strain and thrust pressure and resistance that the great tim- in 1399 the rvof that Richard had constructed looked down on_ the ceremony of his solemn deposition. Two and a half centuries later there was another striking scene in the hall, for in 1657 Cromwell, robed in urple and ermine, was installed as Lord Protector in ¢he hall. Only four years later his head> severed from the exhumed trunk at Tyburn, was carried on a pole and set up in Westminster, as Samuel Pepys so unctuously records in his diary. arliament sat in Westminster Hall, although not exclusively, from quite early times. Justice was ad- ministered there in the king' 8 name, and some of the most im-* rtant and tragic state trials were held beneath its roof. Sir William Wallace, King Charles 1., Sir Thomas More, Anne~ Boleyn, 'the ford are only a few of those who faced their fate beneath the old oak timbers. Gladstone and Edward VII., dead, both lay in state be- neath the roof. ------k___. Beware of the person who makes & speciality of making excuses. God gives us al] some small sweet way to set the wee rejoicing. It's the experience of every man that he wants a lot he doesn't get! and gets a lot he deesn't want. "A bald man is lke a king with tow no children of his own." 'In what away!' 1 strokes. ,and the next. ws Protector Somerset. and Lord Straf- |, the man who drives it the greatest distance in a certain number "of The usual prize is a cop- per kettle and crack billeters in. the district have sometimes been the proud possessors of as many as thirty or forty copper kettles. The | marking is by *'scores" (of yards), and to facilitate the scori ng the ground is previously pegged out | down the course, twenty yards in- tervening between one row of pegs Further, the billet- ers always play down the wind, | which, when a stiff breeze happens | to be blowing, proves of materia! assistance in bringing off a '"'lon knock."' Still, if we consider the | apparent unsuitability-of the missle for long-distance hitting, some won- » | derful. scores are mad have been mare under favorable circumstance When it comes to his turn, the billeter takes his stand at the | Striking place, with his feet close together. With both hands grip- | ging the handle, he holds the billet-. ing stick almost horizontally before him, the billet resting across the end'of the club in the notch already mentioned. With a slight toss of the stick, the player throws the billet a foot or two into the air, with a motion that gives the missle a brisk head-over-heels spin. Then instant- ly_he swings the club back and on high over his right shoulder, comes forward a step on his left foot, and strikes the spinning billet a tre- mendous blow while itis. still gy- rating in the air. If the missle is struck well and truly, the billet flies away, soaring with a merry whiz, until it falls, and comes. to rest fin- ally on the distant turf. But if it is not struck fairly, strange things happen; it describes mysterious curves in the air, swinging away to eft or right, or lifting itself in a vertical curve until.it falls at the striker's feet. Anyhow, the *score is quickly set down; the next strik- er takes his turn, and so the game goes on until the victor has estab- lished a clear title to the coveted brass kettle. ----_ s»___. POINTED PARAGRAPHS, Never judge a physician by the praise undertakers bestow upon im. : It takes a brave man to fight a a that he is almost sure of les- "Charity covers a multitude of \ Sins, and tailors cover a multitude of éinners. anya man who knows that there if room at the top sits down an waits for the elevator. . Our idea of.a mean man is one who spends two-thirds of his time in getting money and the other third in keeping it. Many a young man who admires a girl who is a swell dresser kicks like a mule when called upon to pay the freight after marrying her. ey oe "Yes, my brethren, keep in the straight and narrow way,' * said the preacher. "Well," commente Mis Smartest, "what else can one 5 in jae hobble skirt 1" TeWhat the provisions of we your uncle's will?' "I am to have all he left after the ue of his} just debts." "That was all right! way?' 'He has no hair apparent.?' | yw hat did he leave " "Just debts!" You may traée the growth of} aiebeen knack, and hits * ahiet score |Rama's Intelligence Was Wonderful. °y In the timber-hauling dep Of the forest service of India, . the: elephant has proved himself an em- inently useful workman. Hiss com- trees of the dense jungle. And asjall the elephants in the servi rs. M. A. Handley says, "Roughing It in Southern India," none was. so wise as a. ae Rama was the one the men reek | 'chose for any special task that need- ed great judgment. I often saw him thus engaged when a huge tree had to be felled. On one occasion, I remember, it was of such height: and girth that it would have been. risky for the men to be anywhere \_ near at the last, in case it should give way too suddenly,.or lurchoyer sidewise. But it could not fall back- ward, so Rama's business was to push it over, when the two axemen had hewn deeply enough to make that possible; and when that mo- ment had come he was to be the judge. A space was first cleared for the fall of the giant tree, where it could do not harm. Rama was evidently, the brain of the partnership, ' for when the men were pretty well through the trunk, they consulted him by stopping and looking-at him. That meant that he was to test it to see whether they should go on cut- ting any longer. He knew by trying with his forehead how much rewist-! ance the tree still offered > how he! knew is the marvel, for. no one could teach him that; but know he, did. It was supremely interesting to watch him stand, with his grand head pressed against the trunk,: every muscle in his body taut, but only for a few seconds, in order not to waste his strength. Then, if his judgment declined the task, he would step aside for the axemen to| | put in another ringing stroke or | two; and again it was their turn to | stand by while Rama made another trial. He knew, without having been taught, the importance of attac 'k- ing the weakest point, and brought all his strength to bear on that. As soon as he was satisfied' the men were, nor would they have dared to give a single extra blow. Nut hav- ing his intuitive knowledge, they left everything to him, their own safety included. When Rama's instinct told him he could fell the tree, he did not move aside his » for all to p was now going to pit himself against! mo the tree, and that the tree would! have to go. N until peat was at a safe distance wouk e-! gin. Then, again lowering his head, he pressed and-pressed, with' forehead and bent knee, while the} tree creaked and groaned, and at| last fell over just where it Bae! meant to fall. Then men and the! elephant were trembling, for it had! been a task of strength and nerve for all of them. Then the axemen did a pretty thing: they went up to old Rama, and es. their faces against his, kissed him scene ianipaig mai PULPWOOD CONSUMPTION. Incr rease of Over 28 Per Cent. Used by Canadian Mills in 1973. The annual statistics on the pulp industry in Canada are given in a bulletin to be issued shortly by the Forestry Branch of the Interior De partment. A total of 48 firms oper- ating 65 pulp-mills in, Canada in 1913 reported the consumption of over a million cords of pulpwood This is an increase of 28.1 per cent. over the figures for 1912 and shows clearly the rapidly increasing im- portance of the pulp and paper in- dustry in Canada. Over eight hundred thousand tons of pulp were manufactured, of which groundwood or mechanical pulp formed over seventy per cent. Quebec has always ven the lead- ing province in this Sadustry and in 1913 manufactured over half of the pulp produced. The industry in British Columbia is rapidly grow- ing, this province having moved up } from last place on the list in 1911] to third place in 1913. Spruce is still the most important whoe used in the industry, although balsam fir in the East and hemlock in British Columbia are being used iv erekter quantities each year as the supply of spruce ayailable for this purpose becomes more difficult to obtain. One of the greatest drains on the spruce supply is caus- ed by the export of unmanufactured pulpwood to the United States. During 1913 a total of 1,035,030 edrds of unmannfactured pulpwood were exported from Canada. 'This wood might haye been-manufactur- . # ed into pulp in Canada and would have been sufficient. to supply 60 mills on the average size of those operant in Canada at the present time. Restrictive legislation in. mostcot the Canadian provinces has chetk- ed this export of raw material and the proportion of wood so exnorted is decreasing each vear although it still represents almost half the te- tal quantity of eae produced