Lane County leader., August 19, 1904, Image 4

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A DOCTOR’S MISSION
B Y E M IL Y THORNTON
Au thor of “ R o y R u s s k l l ’ s R ot - e , ’ *
n
O u r i o v , n “ T h e K a s h io v a b l k M o t h e r , ” E t c .
AFTtR THE THIRD ATTACK ON NANSHAN HILL.
know the whereabouts of fhe younger
, bro-iber Fitzroy, who was so many years
j regarded as the murderer. This gentle­
man sent me here to clear his name from
this foul calumny. To-day I see it un-
I stained, and as he is now the baronet,
I and a great invalid. I go to bring him
i back in triumph to his home. Poor gen-
! tlemau! his days are numbered; but with
| care and attention I feel that he can
! reach the home of his boyhood in safe-
I ty; but there must be no delay. A vessel
leaves Liverpool to-morrow, and in it I
! must take passage, if possible, in order,
i as a medical man, to look after his health
in this, to him, eventful voyage.”
“ Yes, now,” resumed Earle Elfenstein;
“ I have fulfilled my trust, and can carry
to him the most blessed new® the poor
man could hear in this world. Ethel—
let me call you Ethel this once— I. to®»
know what it is to take a solemn vow,
for I took one at the bedside of Mr.
Rnppelye, the name assumed by my em­
ployer, to this effect: I would dedicate
myself to this cause, and in order to do
this, 1 would allow nothing to interfere
with this, my work. Even at the outset
I had a temptation to s w e r v e from this
promise set before me.
It was on the
ocean wiion I saw a sweet, young girl
alone, with a great sorrow and anxiety.
Oh! how I longed to take this young trav­
eler info my arms and bid her rest in my
care, my love. Now I am free to yield to
that blessed feeling, a:
I thus joyfully
avow It, and ask if it meets a return.
Speak to me, dearest,” he added, as he
passed his arm around her slight form
and drew her tenderly towards him; “is
this dear girl to be my darling— my own
sweet wife?”
F o r one moment the bowed head rested
on his shoulder, then as he met no resist-
mm
C H A P T E R X X I . —(Continued.)
ferent person from the one I took you
“ Doctor," uuw queried Mr. I^ee, "what tr
” waa the cold reply. "M ies N ev-
coarse is next to be pursued?’*
crgail, allow me to tell you that, a more
“ W e must go to the porter’s lodge, on infamous crime was never committed
the premises— I think the keeper is stilJ than the one you, an innocent appearing
then*— get the keys of the hall, and in­ young girl, aided and abetted by your
vestigate the ruined part, with its con­ help while in that sin-stained house.”
cealed room. If we find all as here said,
“ Doctor Elfenstein!” exclaimed Ethel,
w e must at once publish rive facts, far rising to her feet, surprise and horror
•md wide. I should also recall the ser­ blending together on each of her beauti­
vants, who probably are still near, and ful features, and wonder and dismay
reopen the house; and from his own home settling in her large hazel eyes; “ what
l>ury the real baronet. All these years is tliis you are saying to me? I f I un­
a false baron has reigned in his stead.”
derstand aright, you are accusing me of
The gentlemen acquiesced in the plan, being an accessory to some dark crime!
«u d ailently wended their way to the now Speak! Did I understand you to mean
deserted hall.
They did not take the this?”
front entrance to the grounds, but gained
“ You surely did.”
It by a shorter route, emerging. at the
“Then, sir,” returned the
indignant
rear of the house, and so passing unseen girl, drawing up her alight figure to its
to the clump of bushes, behind which full height, while a
queenly
dignity
w as the entrance previously used by Dr. reigned in each motion, even though e v ­
101 fen stein.
ery particle of color left both cheek and
Once in the corridor, they hastened to lip, “then, air, all I shall say in reDlv
the end ueai the lower stairs, and there is that you accuse me falsely, and in do­
w Z o 'L Z S
w ide open, exposed to view through still ing so you cease to be my friend!’1
murmured softly: t >e runs, re
11« t at p e e r l n ^ o v c r i A c / f e a r t h w o r k s a
iarted panels and displaced shelves, lay
“ But, Miss Nevergail, reflect one mo­
he concealed room which for twenty
Yes; your darling; yours forever and
ment.
H ad I not been your friend I
five years had held poor Sir Arthur should wish no explanation. I am yotrr ever.”
T H E S O R R O W I N G MOTHER.
• prisoner, just as the journal had de­ friend, while I desire to be sure of your
(To be continued.)
scribed It.
innocence.
You say, and I rejoice to
Last night I dreamed he came to me;
10very link was now perfect! The hor­ hear you affirm it, that you are guiltless
P I A N O S IN G E R M A N Y .
I held him close and wept and said:
rible tale was true! I f further confirma­ W ill you not relieve my mind of these
“M y little child, where have you been?
tion was needed, it was at hand, in the doubts by telling me frankly the nature I n o r m o u a P r o d u c t o f F in e I n s t r u ­
I was afraid that you were dead.”
whape of the one note written by R egi­ of your occupation while at the hall?”
m en ta a t H a l f th e A m e r ic a s P r ic e .
nald to his brother, when he had given
Clasping her hands together in anguish
E. L . n a rr is . U nited States com m er­ Then I awoke; it almost seemed
ftiim pen, ink end paper, at his earnest the poor girl only answered: “ W ould that
cial agent at Elbenstock, G erm an y, has
A s though my arms could feel him yet,
request. This note fell from a book that I might, but I cannot!”
lately transm itted to the State De- j [ had been sobbing in my sleep;
M r. Lee picked from the table. L aw y er
“Then, M iss Nevergail, I shall
be
My tears had made the pillows w et
Huntley kn.^w the writing at once, as he obliged to tell you that all has been dis­ partm ent In W ashington , some inter
fiad often received notes from the false covered, and that your horrible secret is eating Inform ation on the subject of
the piano Industry in G erm any. Am o n g 1 cannot think of him at all
baronet, in relation to legal matters.
known.”
As the bright angel he must be,
H avin g discovered all that could he
“ O, thank heaven! Tan it be possible
other things he says:
But only as my little child
done that day, the three gentlemen wend­ Please go on, for I am anxious to b
“T h e m anufacture o f pianos in G e r ­
W ho may be needing me.
ed their way from the place, and after all you know, but dare not utter one m any has reached a state o f perfection
returning to their homes for their even­ word!’’ exclaimed Ethel.
attained
by
no
other
nation.
A
dm
ittin
g
p
0
not make him grow too wise.
ing meals, they all decided to meet at t'he
You must learn then, that your nigfct
Angels— ye who know;
village inn, and there make known the ly work was to carry food to a certain that in other countries p articular firms
I am dull and slow to learn.
contents of the mysterious wallet
concealed room, place it upon revolving produce instrum ents w hich in every re­
Toiling here below.
spect are equal to the L>est G erm an
shelves, and-------”
“ Doctor, you do indeed know all; then make, it is claim ed that a s an indus­
C H A P T E R X X II.
Do not fill his heart too full
It was the morning after the event« re­ now am I free to speak, as no secret will try, considering the n um ber o f facto­
W ith your heavenly joy,
lated in the last chapter had taken place, he revealed by me? Those shelves were ries an d the high exports to nearly Lest the mother's place be lost
♦hat Ethel sat alone in Lady Clair Lin- knocked over, and the ape escaped that every country in the w orld, the m an­
W ith her little boy.
wood’s private boudoir, apparently en­ night. It was his dreadful howl that so u factu rers of this em pire are a long
gaged with some pretty fancy work, but frightened us. Tell me, has the animal
to the distance in advance o f all their rivals. Those may dare to doubt who have
In reality more occupied with her own been recaptured, and returned
Their loved ones here below;
In spite o f the enornious sale o f pianos
owner?”
«a d thoughts then the needlework.
“ Ape?
O wner?" queried the doctor, every y e a r w ithin the lim its of the For me, I do not now believe,
During the weeks she had been in this
I
do not hope— I know.
his em pire, the m anufacturers are depend­
place everything had been done to pro­ surprise illuminating each one of
“ W h a t can you ent upon the m arkets o f foreign coun­ — Katharine Pyle in H arper’s Bazar.
mote her happiness. She was ever treat­ speaking features.
ed with the greatest kindness, and by mean?”
tries fo r the sale o f fu lly on e-half of
“ Yes; Sir Reginald said it w as a kind
|>ady Claire with true affection.
She
the num ber produced. T h e success of
He
liad entered into all her pupil’s pleasures never before neen of that species.
the G erm an piano is due to the fact
with Rooming sympathy when her sou! was keeping it concealed, until the owner
tha£ they are cheap, com paratively
w as even most cast down. H ow beauti­ returned with other extraordinary curios
W hen speaking. T w o h undred and fifty d ol­
ful everything looked to her weary eyes ities, he waa abroad collecting.
he
did
return,
all
were
to
be
exhibited.
lars w ill buy a v e ry fine piano in this
ns she cast them from the window! llo w
fu ll the nir was of fragrance, from flow­ The fact that he kept its existence a se­ country. T he construction is a lw a y s
ers and bush, and how merrily u starling cret, and made me take a solemn oath apace w ith the latest a rt designs, spe­
H A T Is your particular line of
certainly
no
w as singing from the branches of an old never to reveal it, was
robbery?” he asked as he ap­
cial attention being paid to the w oo d ­
elm tree near by! But this innocent glee crime. It was absurd, and the absurd­
proached her small, canopied
w o rk ; they not only present an ele­
ft woke no answering echo in her own ity sprang from a love of money, but in
gan t appearance, but m e solid and table at the charily bazaar.
h o n r t-' th ^ re all w as dcsolatl Oii aiid Bur­ consenting to preserve the creature’s iife
“ Palm istry," she returned smilingly.
d u rab le.”
by giving him food, during his lord
row .
W ith this introduction M r. H a rris “ Shall I read your hand? It costs half
She felt so lonely in this her youth— ship’s illnes«, I did It only because he
no mother, aunt, relative near in whom was nervous, and seemed to w orry so goes on to state that there are 435 a crow n ."
lo find sympathy and love. Yes, she was much over its helplessness. I saw noth­ piano factories in G erm any, which
“I'm a fra id you m ight discover my
utterly alone, and would be until claimed ing wrong in it, and ns it was not sinful, m anufactu re 80,000 instrum ents a n ­ true Inwardness. Let me read yours.
I
am
not
ashamed
of
it.”
by an unknown father; and when she
O f this num ber 140 are lo­ I'll pay you Just the sam e."
W hile she thus «poke, a change, in­ nually.
might be cheered by the love of one true
“ Very w ell,” she said readily.
He
Surprise cated In Berlin, 27 in Stuttgart, 21 In
heart, her misfortunes hail alienated its deed, came over her listener.
respect, and all she could do was to gave place to hope, hope to joy, and as D resden, 16 In Leipzig, 15 in H a m ­ sat d ow n opposite her at the little ta
constantly battle with her own self, and the Inst words were uttered, the doctor burg, 10 in Leignitz, 0 in Zeitz, and hie and she placed her hand on the
•drive to overcome the unfortunate ut had risen and clasped both her hands in the rem ainin g 107 in Munich, Ilalle, sm all velvet cushion.
tachment that was wearing
uiriu her his, while lie exclaimed:
“ A dark gentleman loves you," he
and B runsw ick. In the past 20 years
“ I set» it all now! I have been rash,
health and spirits.
the export o f pianos from Germ any began promptly.
T o d a y , the more she resolved to fo r­ harsh and cruel in my judgment, and
h as increased from $1,900,000 to $6,-
“ W h ich one?" she inquired dem ure­
get this man, the more she studied over scarcely dare ask you to forgive me. But
110,000 annually. G re a t Britain is at ly-
I must be forgiven, or I can never rest.
his coldness, the more fondly she remem
“ You are forgiven.
But let me hear present G erm a n y’s best customer, b u y ­
"S everal.
T hey are
all
villains.
•».red hhn, and told herself it was her
own want of frankness and the suspi­ how this animal was discovered, and also ing 40 per cent o f the total exports, A v o id them.”
cious circumstances in which he
had how he looks? As I fed him so long, and although prior to 1800 the Argentine
"T h an k s.
Thnt Is very important.
found her placed, that had shaken his he frightened me so terribly, I should be Republic, w hich now ranks second, w a s W h a t else?"
confidence in her integrity, and merited one of the first to know.”
the best m arket fo r G erm an pianos.
“ A blonde gentleman also loves you.
“ You shall hear the whole story at
only his scorn.
Rut, bound as she had
Belgium ranks next a fte r G rea t B rit­ H e Is about my height and color."
been to solemn secrecy, she could not once. Oome to the sofn. dear Ethel, and
" I shouldn't call you a blonde, ex­
let me hold your hand in token of pence, ain and Argentine, and then conies
conceive how she could have acted dif
takes
$1,000,000 actly.”
ferontly, and she felt convinced that, in being fully established between us. First, A u stralia, w hich
pianos annually.
under to be true to the trust imposed up­ then, let «no say you were deceived. The w orth o f G erm an
“ W e ll, then, I shouldn't call him a
man calling himself Sir Reginald Glen- Russia $1,000,000 w orth and H olland
on tier, she had done no wrong.
blonde, exactly.”
denning
concocted
an
infamous
lie
for
Bo deep had been her reverie that she
$1,000,000; Brazil,
N o rw a y , Sweden,
“ la he a villain, too?”
hoard no bell, no opening door, no sound, your benefit, when ho told you that an South A fric a and Chile com ing next in
“ N ot at all. You w ill be very happy
It
mid not until the words, “ M iss Nevergnil, animal w as concealed in that room.
order.
M r. H a rris also tells us that If you m arry him ."
1 hope I do not interrupt you,” fell u(>on was no apt*, but his own poor brother, Sir
G
erm
a
n
y
is
a
large
m
anufacturer
o
f
“ H e hasn't asked me,” she said.
her ear did she dream that she was not Arthur, whom for twenty-five years he
held chained to the floor alone, dead to stringed instruments, the chief facto­
alone.
" N o ; hut lie’s going to.”
ries
being
located
in
the
tow
ns
o
f
the
world,
in
that
horrible
prison.”
Hterring to her feet, she turned to face
She studied lier ow n hand.
“ Oh, doctor, doctor! can this be true?” M arkneukirclien, K lingenthal, Mitten-
D r. lOlfenstoin. She would have extend­
“ I see him.” b I ic cried. “ H o w w ise
ed her hand and welcomed him joyfully exclaimed the poor girl, shuddering deep­ w a ld , and Johnnngeorgonstadt.
T he you are! H e Is r.ow fa r from here."
hut his grave, almost stern looks deterred ly at his words. “ Did I indeed push that first nam ed tow n sold $684.000 w orth
“ H e Isn’t !" — Indignantly.
" H e Is
her, and as he offered no further greet­ wretched food to a human being? It is o f
violins,
m andolins,
etc., to the very near.”
ing, she merely assured him she was too terrible to believe! I cannot endure
U n ited States last year.
perfectly nt leisure, and then wheeled up the thought!”
“ Oh. then It can’t be the same one."
“T h e m anufactu rer o f the different
n large easy chair for his use.
“ You did; but be calm, for heaven
“ T h e one I mean Is the one you
instrum ents,” he
Not noticing the latter, however, the ordered it to be so. Remember that, and parts o f stringed
should m arry.” he said.
doctor took a lighter one, ami placing It that through you he obtained a knife, states, “is carried ou chiefly in the
"O h . yes. now I see the one yon
opposite the one she had resumed, said, which aided him at last to escape.”
w o rk e r’s ow n home.”
m ean," she said. “ There, on that cross
« « he sat down:
“ Never can I forget the anxiety I felt,
H e r o W it h o u t H o n o r .
line.
B u t he Is very attentive to a
“ I am glad to find you alone, as my after committing what I then thought a
A n anecdote about Gen. M iles con- short, blue-eyed Indy.”
husiness is imi>ortunt, and eom-erns no terrible blunder. I feared the ape would
one but ourselves.
The footman told kill himself. W hen he escaped that night rern s an innoeent professional. It w as
"N o t at all. She's only a----------”
me at the d<>or that the family were ab­ I knew after a few minutes that it was in an up-tow n hotel.
A num ber o f
“ Sister to him ?"
sent, and I would find you here.”
the supposed animal, and fearing the men w e re Slithered around listening to
“ N o; not even that. Just a calling
“They are a Intent for the day, and, discovery of its existence through my the speaker, a slender and
rather acquaintance.”
therefore, I am at your service.**
mean«. I prevented you from examining
m agnetic man.
"B u t he calls her by her first name.”
I had taken a solemn vow
“T he nature of my busmens, I fear, the place.
Yes.” he m is saying, ” 1 w aa in
"T h a t's w h at I meant by a calling
may startle you. but I feel that I ought never to reveal hh being In life, neither
the
m
idst
o
f
It
at
S
antiago!”
not to forego it on that account. I shall the fact of a concealed room.”
acquaintance. B u t how do you know
•W ere the Spaniards good fighters?” he does?”
l»e obliged to ask you several questions
Ethel then went over her whole expe­
that you may dislike to answer, hut, Miss rience while at the hall, to which Earle
•Rather.
B u t I took five or them
“ I'v e heard him ," she said With posl-
Novergail, allow me to say, aa a preface, listened with intense interest, ending nnalded— officers, too— in Cuba, and tlveness.
that perfect frankness on your part will with Sir Reginald’s rough usage when tw o more In Porto U leo ."
“ I thought this w a s palm istry?"
he the beet in the end. Certain things, she was dismissed, to which he also
" M a y I ask w h o you are?” Inquired
“ Oh. so It Is. W e ll, I find it In the
lately transpiring, have led me to regret listened with fierce indignation.
the general
[ line under this finger.”
exceedingly that 1 did not use my own
W hen I)r. Elfenstein, in return, told
"Y e s, Indeed.
I'm Mr. Cllnedinst,
Judgment that evening when we were to­ his listener that Rev. Edw in C. Stiles
“ W ell, they’re old friends, you see.”
from W ashington,
gether in t*he corridor at Olendenning and Sir Arthur were one, her amaze­ the photographer,
“ But you said she w a s ouly a call­
H all, and search for the cause of our ment knew no bounds, and with breath­ and I took you. too. in Porto R ico."
ing acquaintance.”
fr ig h t 1 came to talk with you a little less interest she listened to the whole — Ph iladelph ia I.edger.
" I w a s looking at the w ro n g line."
upon your career while in that house. tragic story.
he said hastily.
"L e t's go on. This
H a d you, ne I suppose, any especial rea­
“ W h at has been done with the body?”
C otton In R hodestn.
not exactly blonde gentleman Is going
son for not wishing that candle lighted,
“ It was tsken to Olendenning H a ll this
It has been found, through extended
«n d a search m a d r T
to be very w ealthy. H e w ill give you
morning, where it lies in state. T he ser­
experim ents, that Rhodesia can pro­
Door Ethel! She knew not what course vant® all returned, and I have loaned
every lu x u ry ."
duce tlrat-elaas cotton, which w ill com­
♦o take now to regain his esteem. Cer­ Mi®. Clum to the place until I come back
“ H o w about all the dark gentle­
m
and
the
highest
price
In
Liverpool.
tainly »he could only falter, while a from Afiwv.i®, aa while absent my cot
men?” she Inquired. “ Some o f them
burning bin«*» mantled cheek and brow: tags will be clooed."
C h u rch o f N o tre Hume.
are w ealth y already.”
“ I had, but I cannot explain K.H
“ Are you going to leave us, doctor?”
T h e C athedral o f N otre
I Is me In
"T h e y w ill lose It all— last winter
“ A m you ashamed to tell the reason ?** murmured his companion. In dismay, as
yon w e re quite 111."
“ Not ashamed, doctor. Have for what ■he heard these words, and he felt the P a ris Is now lighted by electricity.
I did under compulsion Ip the towar, 1 hand he still held tremble and grow cold
"Y o u kn ow th a t a n y w ay ,” sha re­
A s men gro w w ealth y they begin te marked.
h ave no cause for aha m o "
ta his clasp.
Inquire
Into
their
aneeetry.
•
“The® you cortalaly are a vary d if
“ I n o ® , for £ very abort d a m X
“ I am Judging by a small break In
r
K
.
Every man who took part In the third attack on Nanshan Im l leh before the Russian I
STt and in the lul< which preceded the advance of the next Japanese line, the Russians could bt,
t t k e scene of awful stilln ess.— London Illustrated News.
\ Little Palmistry :
W
the life line. The not-exaetly-blonde y o u n ger teachers got a few <
p aratory hoys out for footrace,,
gentleman sent you flowers.”
“Yes. It w a s very kind of him. So day, fo r B eiru t at least, the d eath bl
w a s struck to the picturesque i
did the dark gentlemen.”
the Orient. Y o u can't run a too-n
“Theirs meant nothing.”
"W h a t did his mean?" she quierled. dash w ith long, b aggy drawer« i
"U n d y in g devotion.”
silk gum bez that flops around i
"H o w nice! That must be the blonde ankles.
E v e n If you "gird up i,
gentleman w ho Is so fa r a w a y .”
loins,” by tuckin g your skirt« Into a
" I t Isn't either! It Is the one w h o sash, the effect Is more startling tl
Is very near.”
speedy.
So. one by one, the ttw
“ You seem to read a good deal about ordered tro u sers from the city t
other people In my hand,” she ob­ A t first they w e re poorly cut u t |
served.
view ed w ith suspicion; but tukpl
“M aybe I w a sn 't looking at It as a l­ there a re not three men In the ¡»1
together your hand,” she said a u ­ leglate d ep artm ent who wear the m l
daciously.
costume, a n d m any of tke I'udeetl
“ W hose w ould It be, pray?”
dress w ith taste and an eleganceik||
"Suppose w e call It mine.
One their p rofesso rs cannot afford toe
ought to be able to read one's ow n late.
hand pretty well, you know .”
Tennis an d basketball soon wontb*|
She w ith drew her hand.
place In the students' favor; and tit |
“ It’s possible that you read more In w e h ave gym n astic npparutu« lolil
It than I do,” she said.
re gu la r g rad u a te d
athletic directgl
“ In my hand?"
w h o has learned physical culture ig|
“ In mine."
boy n ature through a long expel«*, I
" I s it the same thing?" he begged.
in the g y m n asiu m s o f A u m Sts I
“ H o w about the blue-eyed
lady's It w a s football that did the most 1» 1
hand?”
w a rd unification. T he value of u
"S h e can give It to one o f the dark w ork Is a n e w Idea to eastern «ftp I
gentlemen.”
men. T h e old Ideal w a s that of >uj I
“ W ell, that might he good a rran ge­ man fo r h im se lf.”
It has bens I
ment.
But as to giving mine to the since the tim e o f Alclbindes «nd Abe|
blonde gentleman---------- "
lom. I f It had not been so the 1
“ Yes?” eagerly.
o f the w o rld m ight have beendiffert
“ T h at,” she said mischievously, ns It w a s com paratively easy to «ee II
she arose, "Isn ’t a question of palm is­ Joy o f w in n in g a footrace or a ter
try. Besides, you’ve had your money’s m atch; but to p lay an un theatrical parti
worth already. H ere comes one o f the In a football gam e, obeying a upiul
dark gentlemen.”— Hom e Monthly.
an d w o rk in g fo r the good of theildtl
that w a s a v e ry different thing. Wil
RIVER M O N S T E R IN A F R IC A .
a lw a y s p lay the ''assoclatlon', game.I
and It used to be tfie Ideal of every I
A m p h ib io u s A n lm u l I s B e tw e e n an
play er to get the ball and carry it I
K le p h a n t and H ip p o p o ta m u s 111 8tze.
I f Sir H a rry Johnston had not re­ dow n the field nil by himself, wbllsthe I
cently returned from U ga n d a w ith the audience cheered "B ravo, Jurjy!" h i
first skins o f the okapi there w ou ld be w e a rra n g ed m atches with thecrm|
more reason fo r receiving w ith Incred­ o f visiting B ritish frigates, and fro
ulity the story of a French traveler, sad experience ou r boys learned tb I
says M. Trllles, w riting from NJole, value o f back p la y s and frequent pi» I
that while exploring the northern Con­ cs, an d b egan to see dimly the truth I
go three years ago he heard from the that good football Is played, not with I
natives of "a n enormous am phibious the legs or the mouth, hut with th I
animal something between the
ele­ head, and th at h ard teamwork k hr I
phant and the hippopotamus In size, better than gran dstan d plays. That |
and In nature very ferocious tow ard lesson m ay change the map of J
man.’ 'Unbelieving, he paid little at­ some day.
tention to w h at had been told him.
"H o w e v er, later, when In the neigh­
borhood of DJall, near the G reat falls,
the accounts w ere given with more de­
tail.
The anim al in question, or at
least one o f Its species, lived near the
source o f the M ourk; It lay In w ait for
the canoes, upset them, and In prefer­
ence attacked the women and childreu.
T w ic e the natives fetched me to see
It a s It slept on the sandbank.
But
on each occasion It had disappeared
when I got there.
T h e A d v a n t a g e o f B ein g 111.
One o f the greatest difficulties in 11(11
Is illness w h en the hands are full of I
work, and o f business requiring att» I
tion.
In m a n y cases the 6train im I
anxiety, w hich causes resistance totta I
illness, Is even more severe, andmaks|
more trouble than the illness itself.
Suppose, fo r instance, that a miok|
taken d o w n w ith the measles, whenh
feels that he ou gh t to be at hi* ollftl
and that his absence may result in §M
rlous Joss to h im se lf and oujers. If * I
"O n returning from my travels I
begins by letting go, In his body id I
asked many questions about this ani­
mal, but It w a s unknown.
On the in his mind, an d realizing that the IB-
coast I never heard It spoken of. But ness is beyond his ow n power, it *li
soon occur to him that he might u
since my arrival here I have had re
peated descriptions o f it. The people w ell turn his Illness to account by I*
o f the upper Ogue give it the name of ting a good rest out of It In this
fram e o f m ind his chances of esrlyf* |
the nzemedzln (the w ater tiger) Ser
geant Sans o f the NJole tirailleurs shot covery w ill be increased, and he mU |
one recently at less than twenty me­ even get up from his illness with *
ters, but, unfortunately, the wounded much n e w life and with his mini •
much re fresh ed as to make up. in put
animal escaped him.
"T h e people here make out that the fo r hla tem p orary absence from boil'
But, on the other hand. If bt
nzemedzln is sm aller than the descrip­ ness.
tion given by those o f the interior. Its resists, w orries, com plains and get* lb
rltable, he Irritates bis nervoiu Ultra
™ l.0,r !® a " Kht taw n F (fray, dotted
with black spots; the hair rough In­ and, by so doing, Is likely to bring*
stead of smooth, as in the otter-’ the any one o f the disagreeable trouble
know n to fo llo w m easles; and tboib*
inri
p° w e rfa l' ,h " P « w , short
and w ebbed and fitted with very sharp m ay keep h im self housed for w « *
perhaps months. Instead of days.—1»
" X ° r H eht centimeters In
length. The nail Is horny, as In the lie's M onthly.
!** ? •„ T h * »n 'm a l only live, „ear w a ­
C o n fid en tia l.
terfalls and Is carnlverous. It snatch-
L ittle W llU e — Say, pa. what Is t <•
es women and children a , they bathe
mote period?
and defies even the cfoeodlle."
P a — A rem ote period, my son, 1« the
period
due a t the end o f your mottart
A T H L E T I C G A M E S IN S Y R IA .
rem arks.
R em em ber, however,
Customs o f th e O rien ta ls
g iv in g you this explanation In •*“
n.
Oriental peoples are very averse to
\v'T"i t*!re Ie r ° 1Se ° f " ny ktnd' M Y » the
W orld To-Day. Their Idea o f ‘e njoy
njent I. to sit under an a w n in g . / , ,
^ ,Jo
iR <' and
i ^ mra0n'
T h "* * man
" ho';,d
out
run around
a track
In
shameless nakedness and this with a
‘T f 0. / * 1“ ' 01,17 " >nBnn» «hem In the
belief that all A men owns are mad But
they are Imitative people, and years
ago the Influence and example of the
confidence.
I n a n A o n u re d P o sition .
M rs. C o b w lg g e r— So your b a iM »
thinks his position In society 1* 1,0
secure?
M rs. New-rich— Y e a
H e 1» *>
a b ou t It that he h as stopped hid»*
dresa suit a n d Is h avin g one m s »
order.— Judge.
H e w h o eervee hie friend» 1» * * *
m in .