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OIR DLSPtSLO GRANDMOIHtRS' SPUNDID PHYSIQUE.
ar ! rereea.
W. cannot nowaday open a newspaper with
out hearing of soui department of athletlre In
which women bav taken part Tba picture
published of women's hockey (earn art about as
DUtueruua aa thoe of meu'a cricket eleven. Worn
an carry eff golf and lawn tenuis cbauiploiiatilp.
perform amaxlng feats of pedestrlaulatn, rids bi
cycles for unusual distances at unbroken records
of speed, awltn, shoot, flub farther, fatter, better,
or at any rate as far. as fast, as well as moat male com
petitors. The twentieth century woman has therefore
passed Into a proverb for atreotrtb and activity. Ho It baa
become tbt habit to compare her with ber grandmother, to
the latter disadvantage.
Uramlmammit was a Door creature, a soft drooping
tlilnif that shrieked at the flight of a mous and fainted at
that of a row; that eiclalmcd "U. on all occasions and
waa always blushing; that wrote a fln hand and expressed
herself In precise English. Bhe scarcely knew what lay
beyond ber garden gate, far leae traveled by herself half
over the known globe. Shs became crimson at the mere
mention of men's nether garments, far leu put them on
for bicycling or mountain climbing purposes. 8b hardly
went for a walk, let alone a croo country tramp. Bhe
ahrleked at the sight of a gun, and nothing would have
lernaded ber to touch It A mild rubber of whlat waa the
only, game ahe ever played. Rh knew bow to keep bouse.
but ahe bad never beard of th "Wgiier matn.inaucs. i
think she would bavs disapproved of her descendant quite
a markedly as ber descendant derplaes ber.
Yet, after all, when one comes to analyse the two women
from au Impartial point of view, grandmamma does uot
compare so unfavorably with ber stalwart granddaughter
aa ahe la suppoaed to do. Rhe waa not au athlete. But aa
far aa endurance went, her granddaughter cuta a poor figure
beside ber. To begin with, grandmamma bad no nerves.
She did not know what the word meant If you had talked
Ifor her of a "rest cure," you might Just aa well have
been talking CbUiese. Her tears and ber fainting fit were
merely the weapons In her armory, cunning little grand
tnarumat She did not waste them on the wrong young man
Again, grandmamma, when ahe married lu ber teens or
early twenties, looked forward with perfect equanimity to
the bearing of a round dozen of children. That ber descend
ant with all the allevlntloua of modern science, thinks differ
ently Is the complaint of Prealdeut Rooaevelt, ir by any
chance grandmamma did lenvs her peaceful lavender and
.roue sceuted garden and went out Into the world, she
emerged after a Journey of half a doieu days and nights
sitting up In a stage conch fsr more freah and smiling than
ber granddaughter after eight hours In a sleeping car.
MARRYING A MAN TO REFORM HIM.
Bf ' OMfleM.
The new cult which declares love a disease
and counsels Its treatment as such Is scarcely
new. Centerlea ago Shakspear wrote: "Love Is
merely madness, and I tell you deserves as well
a dsrk house and a whip as madmen do; and
the reason why they are not so punished and
I cured Is that the lunacy la so ordinary that the
whlppera are lu love, too." Moreover, Shakspeare
lis said to have borrowed the Idea from a far
cuore ancient writer.
It la probably due to this fact, the lack of reason, which
Is part and parcel of love lo general, that so many good
women are willing to marry men who have absolutely
wallowed In pitch, such as none can touch and not be de
nied, fondly believing that love for themselves shall change
the leopard's spots and wash the black sheep as white or
whiter than any In the flock. In truth, the better and purer
the woman the more ready Is she to assume the task. Ho,
A an
1
also, the profeasedly penitent rascal who confessed to sins
msny and grievous and pleads for a helping band lu bebair
of lovs. has a better chance with the best of women than
he who, while actually turning his back on a discreditable
psst refuse to acknowledge bis trsnsgresslona or to Tut
forth bis nsed of saving womanly grace.
Sometimes the venture Is successful, but rsrely. Usual
ly the trusting wife learns through much tribulation and
many heartaches the all compelling power of old associa
tions, tba Inflnlts strength of long established bablt Much
MMIIIIIMMMHIIMIIIMMMMIMMIIMHUIIMMM
MASTER OF THE MINE I
By Robert Buchanan.
lMMHMMIMMIHIIIIIHIMIIHHIimiHIIIIM
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CTIArTEIt VII.
Thus beg an my knowledge of the mine;
from tbtt dty forth my Interest In It
deepened, and It haunted me like a pas
sion. Iti darkness snd perils bsd a
fasclnstlon for me, snd I wss not content
till I bad explored every cranny and fa
mlllarlxed myaelf with the mining srt or
science. I resd every book on the sob-
lect that I could bur or borrow, and In
has beeu said and sung of th power of women' Influence a short time I could hsvs psssed a pretty
re
over th men who lor them; history and romance ar full ,tiff "smlnation aa an engineer.
eaairr iw uiiiuriicw men iwr oil uiau ir 11, it tim I had exchanged the duties of
may n sumcieni 10 seua a stone aown oiu, worn iue ui- clerk for that of auirtint overseer, snd
most strength of a teaui of oxen will scarcely avail to has! then, on th death of Mr. Redruth, for
It slowlv un ths steen Incline. In oolnt of fact the inflo- those of overseer-ln-cblef. Behold me,
enc of th bnaband over tbe wife I ususlly much greater tnn. at twenty-two yesrs of sie, the
than that of th wlf upon the husband. It I often bard to narafon bo"o--
overcom. evil with good; far easier 1 It to coodooi , th. rp-,;;;. ye'rr
iii vi wivtvu Btuiivr, ui iu ur ku mitu w i occurred sn event which wss destined to
white. exercise no little influence over my whole
Tbt miserable husband Is th man who cannot bring s future life.
Kittn hill Af mnril halti tn iiU mirriir. Th lover onirbt I waa standlna one dar on tbe cliffs,
to be a better and mor unselfish man oo the eve of bis c,OM moutn 01 tut mine, wnen i
marriage than on th eve of bis propoMl. Ha bas bad a 7 ?m'n fI.m ih iL"
chanc. wltn th strongest Incentive, of breaking off bad Xnnef Dow t com;,y yonnf wwntB. th
bablt and undesirable, not to say evil, associations. Neitli- other was young George Redruth, whom
er should ha, as some men ar apt to do, regard this partial I bid scarcely set eyes upon since the
reformation as merely a temporary aacrlflc and look for- time or bis fathers desth.
wsrd to relapsing Into th old way when one b is Th'T were tslking esrneatly, end did
marrid. 1 r ,9 my"r
iuiij t saw Anon kit a ninico iook
In my direction, snd afterward they sp
prosched together. He strolled up csre
I'Mly, swinging his csns snd smoking a
cigar.
Ah, Trelswney," hs said, with a nod;
your couiln Annie haa been telling me
recognized the power and Influence of bablt a a that there are complaints again about
iJ I factor In moldlne the destinies of animala and tbe outlying ahafta of tbe mine. So I'm
fy plants. An excellent Illustration of tbe adoption lojng down to hsve a look round."
of a peculiar bablt Indeed is that afforded by the . S L '1:71"!!
f ' . iL ,j , . , . . , , In my own mind why Annie bsd chosen
JL ways of tbe rlflo fish. Tbl flsh 1 a near relation t0 mk, berelf of
of th perches. In Its own special family circle mt0t
-AA We Qnd at least two epeclcs Included. It bas a "I suppose It's safe enough V he said,
short and comnressed body, endln: forwards In a distinct after a moment "You know, though I
anout," while the lower Jaw projects beyond the upper. ,m mlne owner, I don't know much
Tbla conformation of mouth bears a distinct relation to f.b.,ut. bul": J to lesve sll
iia iiecuimr imc me. wwu.uubuu.i v. iuL.u.r, ,u it l, 0nly right" waa my reply, "taht
words, bas followed alteration In th way of life. We find ro ihwild Jud.e ,tt iafetT for yonrMif.
here two of a family that do not agree In tbe regulation or If anything happened, you would be re-
following of existence. Tbe peculiar bablt of this Dsn Is sponsible."
found In It mod of capturing th insect prey on which it "l"(t th men, of course; but It's their
lives. It bas acquired the power of ejecting drops of water U'lng, and no doubt they know how to
forcibly from It. mouth against th. Insect, which .ett-e on ;rm.k.T.d TrelawnT fo ?m
leave adjacent to tbe water. Bo accurate Is Its aim that it going down tt on "
rarely raiia w nil lis prey ana to Dnng aown me quarry into w.iked off toward the offlce. Look-
the water, where It I at th. mercy of lta captor. Tb lng back over my shoulder. I ssw him
water pellets may be ejected In a stream 'or slugly. Tba glance after me, and then, with a con-
particular form of the mouth la adjusted to the ejection of temptuoua laugh, say lomethlng to Annie.
tUm hnmhaMtnir rfrona. So that the mndlflcat on nf Imh t a1' 'x uollei angruy. ana my cneeaa
in respect of what life doe. bas taken place with alteration 7 "J;, " TY.LLt
of the machinery on which the performance of the habit the offlce I found my uncle, who bsd Just
depends. come no from underground. I told him
The "first step" may have commenced by the simple, the young master waa going down, and he
aimless ejection of water from the mouth; then might bav. wss delighted.
succeeded chanc. shot, which had th. effect of brluirlnir DrT lad, Msster Jarge,
Yes," ssid my sunt nodding her kesd.
I ha' witched 'em, and I know Annie
favors Hugh, if ever any lass fsrored a
lad."
Well. I do hope you'm right Mar
tha," my nncle returned. H be a good
lad, and 1 shall be glsd to call him my
son."
a penny bss been spent on It within my htd , kDockK,own bk)W, nd i
memory. stirrer! nndee it a hit. Annta love mef
"You are a pretty fellow, a very pretty .K. M t. i.i. ...t
fellow. Yon want to ruin me, ehT' I. . .11 . 1. .w . ,1-
At any rate, air," I returned, follow- t 1, w ,1,..
lng hlrn -yon will have the outer gal- tigM ' m By eonita CM fof
NATURE MAKES US CREATURES Of HABIT.
Br Antrim Wlln.
Naturalists, whose hualneaa It la tn atudv the
i A ways and works of tbe children of life, bav long
DANGER OF FLOATING MINES
Instrument of Ieth Deposited by
Bosala May Menace Nentral Bhtpa,
Naval authorltle tb world over are
discussing the danger to which not
only tbe war vessel of non-combatant
' nation, but merchant shtpa In all part,
of tb. world may be subjected to Rus
sia's unprecedented and unlawful plac
ing floating mine In tb open sea. To
place mine, at tbe entrance to a bar-
and tt I almost Incredible that sane
men ahould add high explosives to the
wreckage, timber, Iceberg, and other
drift that are always a menace and
for which aeafarer. ar. Incessantly on
tbe lookout
What might happen next winter?
The fierce winter monsoon blowing off
the land carries much debris from
Japan and Southern China to the Phil
ippine Islands and all other part, of
th. eastern islands world from For-
he
1 a U 1 . a
th Insoota tn th water. Animal Ufa Is not alnvr tn 1 "lea. 1 " fw wi un, ana snaw nn
. . m - tfu.IS. . at . . . WUriB IUV TT It tTJ UfClftlUK UW TT Saw
tSK aav.niage o. u iru.ia 01 enenence, anu, aa uracuce Krn,h -.m. .iOB- and
make, perfect, w. might tbu roughly figure out th. be- f0itow.d ba into the office, where ev-
glnnlng and perfecting of markmanshlp of th rifle flan, eral woolen costumes were hanging. He
Perbapl also the rising of tbe flsh to the surface may bav. laughed gaily, aa he transformed himself
been connected, aa In some other fishes, with a uecesslty mto s miner. My uncle led tne way
. .1. Kmathlnir Rut thla taat la nnra onnfanttir Tlia I down the trap, showing infinite care and
case, none the less. Illustrates excellently the difficulties of tenderness for the young msster. The
accounting for the beginnings of thing. .... mm tha ht of ,Mdie-
stuck In our hata.
seta slowly along the coast, of Brit- From ladder to ladder we went uu we
f.K vrK kT,. th. TTntto reached the central platform. Then
aown ws crept agniu, nu me ic.tii mi
w .Jsf , I J-VT: , SMl ' ,..T w r.
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and Lower California, ultimately ter"" "JCZZ. J
,.t.. ii lowest gslleries, snd became conscious of
"'"'" u"lu'm' vui.uu tne -name.ike figures it work in tne
branch that sweep aouthward along inbmarine darkness. My uncle still led
our coasts 1. known a. th. California th way. stopping from time to time to
current The northward branch wash- pilot Redruth over awkward stones snd
e. the shores of our Alaskan iBlands. dangerous trap-holes. Our progress waa
If explosives get into the main now very alow. Walking, stooping,
tream of the Koro Slwo coaBtal crswling, climbing, descending, we pro
. ... ceeded: now erosslng black abysses, thin-
and deepsea vessel, along the rtlJ?B
em route between the American Ta- with short pickaxes at the ore; and as we
clflc and Asia will be liable to meet went, the roar which had been in our ears
WARSHIP RUNNING ONTO A MINE FIELD.
bor in case of war, for blockading pur
pose, i. according to tbe laws of na
tions, and this i. what Japan ha. done
at Port Arthur. .In retaliation It .eem.
beyond doubt that Russia placed a
number of floating mines In tbe open
eea off Tort Arthur, in the course fre
quented by Japanese war vessels, in
the hope of thus entrapping and de
stroying the enemy' ships. It was
one of these floating mines which de-
, stroyed the Japanese battleship Hats
use with several hundred men. Since
that time newspaper correspondents'
boat, have reported seeing mine, float-
. lng on the high seas. The tremendous
. peril which la thus threatened to oth
er, than participants In th conflict is
apparent
Everybody ahould know, write. Cy
rus D. Adams, in the New York Times,
, that the flotsam and Jetsam , of the
- seas are carried by current, and wind.
into all tb. pathway of ocean travail
mosa and Borneo. Drifting explosives
in good condition set afloat in the
neighborhood of Port ' Arthur might
bring the same danger, to shipping In
the East Indies archipelago that now
seem to threaten life and property In
the more northern waters.. Torpedoes
would be Just aa likely to b. carried
Into the channel, among the Philippine
Islands aa the Asian debris that now
flats in them to be dashed against the
shore.
But the danger might travel further.
Any floating object from these Asian
coast, may be swept into the great
main .tream of th. Euro Slwo, the
wide ocean river that .weep. In a vast
crv. across th. North Pacific. The
Great Clrcl .teaming route followed
by some of the steamships between
American Paciflo porta and Japan dip
Into the southern edge of thla stream
Although' the Kuro Slwo gradually
loaaa the character of av current it
At last we re-ascended to tba sunshine.
"Deal sit e for msT I said, "I i3
be late te-slght"
"Where are yo. going to, Hog if ail
ed Annie, carelessly.
"Back to th offlce, I've got te g
down th mine again, too."
I pat my arm around her should
gave ber a kiss at which ay aont and
nncle la orbed d.!;hted!.
I had gone enly a little way. when I
suddenly remembered tbst certain ac
count books which I iboald nd tsit
night wers In my room at the cottage. 1
tamed back to get them. W hen I reach-
i"'" wrijui auu yiuiwi i iwium aurr K- 1. Vl.k ..
that aubaqneoua darkness! Redrnth . t . . . , ,i,-l ..4 ,w
1 1- . k .,,i. v. k. Pn. or the night was sultry, and .ook-
i. . J LI -1 . ... m .1. 1
w"u,"""ri vV'a-1':, . My sunt snd nncle still sst la moch
n- .n. L. Mi.t. 1. a ... J . ths same position they bad ocopied when
r, iv T' u , " " I left them, but Annie waa gone. I waa
hia labors down below. . . ( A
"IlhrVJ,y.t.HD lXtJon. wUb t0 snd acquaint them with my return, whea
porxr aaaea iwearoiu. aoarpiy, as w . v,...j ,u. ... .
siooa loaeiucr ai uiv ulucv uuur.
Nothing more than I have already
reported U writing. The whole mine
wanta repair. Patting aside the outly
ing galleries, where the sea msy enter at
any minute, tbe engines snd machinery
need replacing, the ladders are rotten; in
fact verythlng Is in the last stage of de
cay; and no wonder, aeelng that scarcely
, , " f. ' " w ' meT I glanced back on all tb years
1 " MW7. ,or 5n,.qnC'V n together, and I concluded
"Who askedl year he cried. "lour ,h,t ftK , ,t ht u ,b,e Bot
place is to report not to sdvise. As to . .... ... ,, . t
iamI ahanyswf
cea.ing to work the outer f allertea, I sup- had notIced thtt n(J wondered a blt.
,u auvw u. Vl now mt,tniBg ot lt ,eened clear. An-
ore runa there, and that the Inner por- n, mJ ,,ttl, Annle whom , ki(J
tlon of the mine Is slmost barrenT Yon ,irded M , ,i,ter ,nd . child, had
aeem to prefer mutiny and diaaffectlon deTeioped into . woman and was iapabl
to study ot your employer's interests. I . n. . u..
tell you flatly. I don t intend to listen to , t0 0WD feeIlnri
such nonsens Tnanks to yoa, the mine ,nd to prononnc, npon them My ,ffec.
at present yields little or no profit, snd t,on for her w of that ttron d
I sm in a fair way to become a beggar. utw thtt j B, Qt hiT, mttAxm h foP
inen yon win ao noimngr u thtt ,H-,brbing episode of
"I will do nothing under your sdrlce. 4 h,d Wlu Ea
for I don't trust yoa. A gentleman in ,ftef , h of th, th ht of
whom I have the utmost confidence will - ki .t.i. i
be her. to-morrow morning. You will ac- Te,n Ind mf heart be,t p,lnf aIy of
imT' 1 X . . '. ' all this the old people knew nothing; they
7 V ,, Zi. v iV v iTt J evidently msde op then- minds tbst
I shsll then be gnlded by his sdvlce, Ann,e nd , wef, exrt,y ,nited t0 M
not by your. mother, and onrht to be man and wife.
Soon after aunrlae the next morning. f . hfld , ,htnk d
aa I eat in tne offlce. I waa visited ty tne on gnbJ th, k,tcben iK)f
person to whom young Redruth had al- d Annle herBe,f mpfaiind m tareiB.
luded. He waa a thin, apare, aandy-halr- 0,d gh, won a , b,,ck cloak whica
ed young man of about thirty, with a h fo,ded t, bt, ,ronnd hep ,boo,d.
mean type of countenance, and an accent d h hood C0Tefed her heaL
which waa a curious compound of Cock- m , down th, Ti,u t
neyisms and Americanisms. He had been ..... . . - .
born within the sound of Bow Bells; but
having spent a portion of hia manhood in
the United States, he affected the free
and easy mannera of a Yankee citizen,
telling me hia name was Ephralm John
son, s civil engineer, from New York. He
Informed me that he had been Instructed
by MrC George Redruth to go down the
mine, and report on ita prospects and con
ditions.
I treated him as civilly ss possible,
swer to her mother's question.
(To be continued.)
TWO GREAT CITIES
Hew Landon and New York Differ
Good and Bad Polnta of Each.
New York baa a great Initial advan
tage over London. It puts lta best
fac j forward to the visitor. Approach
and we made the tour of inspection to- ed from the sea. It la unrivaled. A
gether. When we came to the outlying I f ew yards from the landing stage and
gallery, above which the eea waa than- are amonj ,tg stupendous bulld-
aenng, ne iremoieo a gooo aeai ana ". . M ,h n, ,ta hll(r Tf
other signs of agitation, and he did not L . T a ! i i- Z
recover himself until he hsd regsined York ,a entered the New York
the open air. Curious to know what be Central the first Impression Is equally
would say to hia employer, I questioned I favorable, aa tbe visitor is put down
him:
"Well, Mr. Johnson? Did I exaggerate
when I aaid that the mine waa unsafe?"
He answered me sharply snd impu
dently, but averting hia small, keen eyes
from mine.
In the very heart of the city, close
alike to the business center and the
residential quarters.
But London, unlike the other great
capitals of the world, puts Its worst
"Excuse me, young man, I shall report face forward. Whether you come to
my opinion to Mr. George Redruth, not it from Liverpool to Euston, or from
to you. I don't mind saying, however, Southampton to Waterloo. London has
ibo:ieVUeM e"Kerate' on a forbidding aspect The few who
You didn't seem to express that opin- nrnve D ine nns may De impress
ion when yon were down belowr ed by the Immensity or tne snipping:
What do yoa mean?" he cried, turn-1 and the activity In the docks, but the
lng crimson.
"I mean that you seemed rather in a
hurry to get back to tbe terra firma, up
here!"
He did not reply, but gave me a look
full of malignity and dislike. Then he
walked out of the offlce, but the next
terrible disaster.
from the beginning deepened, while the
solid rocks above us seemed quaking in
the act to fall.
"Where are we now?" asked the young
master.
"Whar. Master Jarge?" repeated my
uncle, with a friendly grin, "right dawn
under the sae. Twenty fathoms under
The Luxury of Debt
Since tbe Indian has laid down his
tomahawk and come-in off the war
path, the post trader's store on an In
dlan reservation bas become the gen
eral gathering place where the white tne ea ievet and three hundred feet or
and red man meet on a common level more, out beyond low water mark.
with a feeling of good fellow-shin. "Well, where's the damage? It all
With tba Indian's sdontlon of tlin seems snug enough.'
" 1 . . . a- m
white man's civilization bas come tho Vm tnw w'' M"ter Jarge: sain
adoption of his evils. The proneness m "1'
of the white man to purchase beyond for two of UB t0 8tand abreart gud.
nis aoiuty to pay nas Deen speeany denl- we found ourselves ankle deep in
Imitated by the red man. If a personal water, and at the same time thick drops
appeal for credit does not avail, he like heavy ram fell from the rocka above
uusually attempts a written one. us. My uncle reached up witn bis nanas,
The following is a copy of a letter and touchea me roor, wnicn waa par-
tlally fortified wltn wooa ana cement.
.Vvlcu iv "-s ""!'"'. i piU(?g'd this yar last night Master
acquired some knowledge of the Eng- Jtrge ne explained;- "the salt water
Hsu language as uue ui wo govcruuu-ui were streaming in I1KO a iau.
boardlng schools which he attended As he spoke, the roar deepened to a
for a few years:
"Big Turkey Camp, Wososo, S. Dak.
"My Dear Trader. I shake my hands
with you with a good heart, sir. You
crash, and we could distinctly hear the
sea grinding on tne pen Dies, rignt a Dove
our heads. It seemed momently aa if
the whole fabric of the rock would break
In, under the flux and retiux of the roll
. 1 in. uuuva '
know I am your honesty friend and inj waTes. 1 saw Redruth start back
now I would like to owed you some- and glance toward the gallery down
thinats. This Is what I owed you for: which we had come. But he recovered
A Klna nanta fnr 1 RA 1nat An. nr- I his sans frold in a moment
fume 25 cents worth, a coffee for 50 I "How thick .is .the ceiling here, Tre-
i. m a llawnevi ne asKea.
cents ana one gum w cuew lor uvw ..g,- feet ,t the thicke8t, elr; at the
cents worth. Now for this you can thinnest, where you see the wooden plug.
nave cnarge against me always on not mor than three.
paper, and I paid you when I sold my
cattle. Your truly honesty friend,
"Mr. Mark Long Pumpkin."
Young Redruth looked up again, and
taking a candle from his person, exam
ined the rock, lt waa actually percolat
ed with sea water oosing through the
... a.l a. 1 1 ! 1L
irki. w.. . n. . HnK. I solid namuc mass, dui mrougu an ui
Mother-Johnny, do stop teasing -h
that cat How would you like to be . . if flnMt and mogt Dreeioua lod.
treated to, do you auppose, If you m the whole mine.
were a cat? "Why, It's almost solid ore," he said.
Johnnv In that case I presume I "Iss. Master Jarge," returned my un-
hould have a blaa, the .ame a. Kitty de, "but na can't go no further this waya
has, but don't you think It quite un- wiwow : nooumg .uaiu w,uu.u u
necessary to suppose anything so fan- w" ,., hea t0 kee t,ht and'
clful, mamma? Boston Transcript
safe aa lt be."
The young master made no further re-
. , i x uo juuuk luaoiui uirud uv auiwic w-
Some men seem xo nave xne none- mark jigt bnt hIa
exam-
less brand of horse sense.
Ination of the other parts of rhe mine.
In several other places the roof was
. , ... i I u several viuu wio.-. tuv . u ...
Occasional alienee would improve dan eroUfc My cIa out ttt
som peopla'a conTersatlon.
various nasals portions.
subsequent railway Journey Is over the
tops of little gloomy houses Inhabited
by the poorest In East London there
are miles and miles of these mean
streets of little brick houses, with tiny
courtyards, sometimes relieved by
minute he put his head in again at the I blocks of model tenement dwellings;
and standing high up above the dead
level are the board schools and the
churches, as beacons of light and lead
ing in a region of depressing gloom.
London, unlike New York or Paris.
door.
"You think yourself smart" he said;
but you'll have to get up early before
you're as smart aa me. I mean to do my
duty, young man, and so you 11 find afore
very long."
He left me with this curious valedic- lor Berlin, or almost any other great
tlon. I saw neither Redruth nor John
son for some days. Then I heard casu
ally that tbe latter had gone back to
London. About a week after his depart
ure, I saw it publicly announced that ar
rangements' had been made with George
city, does not confine Its poor to one
quarter or try to hide Its misery. There
are quick transitions between the poor
quarters and the wealthy and business
districts. The cheerless dark brick
Redruth, Esq., the proprietor, to turn St houses, the slatternly women standing
Gurlott'a copper mine into a joint stock
company, the said George Redruth, Esq.,
receiving half tbe purchase money and
retaining the other half In fully paid-up
shares. Nothing was said about the pre
cise amount of commission money which
went into the pocket of Mr. E. S. John
son, but the name of that worthy waa
down on the prospectua as surveyor and
Inspecting engineer, and I had no doubt
whatever in my own mind that he had
made a very excellent bargain.
by the doors, tramps lolling about the
street corners, all contribute to the
first bad impression. But the great
city province Improves on acquaint
ance. Soon the visitor finds much that
Is picturesque and beautiful among
the streets, but he has to find lt And
he will learn that there is much refine
ment and luxury behind the dismal
looking exteriors of the mid-century
grim brick houses In the west central
squares and streets.
New York rebuilds Itself at a rapid
rate. The system of land tenure In
London deters rebuilding untl the end
CHAPTER VIII.
A little after the establishment of the
London company, Johnson came down to
St. Gurlott'a and took lodgings In a farm
house in the neighborhood. ' Although
the stranger waa formally installed aa of long periods of forty or more years,
resident inspector and aupervisor, no at-1 when larsre areas are reconstructed.
tempt was made aa yet to remove me ThIs j8 happening at present in the
from my former position. I soon saw of, sf,,i
that Johnson waa completely in young . . . .
noHrnth'a onnfipn.. iTniW rtvi. Thames, a property belonging to Mr.
nothing whatever was done to amend the Astor, and lri Bloomsbury, which Is be-
condition of affairs in the mine, the fit- lng covered with high class apartment
houses. The only similarity between
houses In London and In New York
is In apartment houses and in suburb
an residences, and In these cases styles
tinea and machinery of which remained
aa dilapidated as ever. On my own re
sponsibility, ' however, I closed up the
dangerous outer galleries, and forbade
the men. on Dain of dismissal, from work
ing the ore in that direction. Although omer. ine uuuook.
Johnson heard of thla, and doubtless re
ported lt to his superior, neither of them
made any communication to me on the
subject just then.
I had noticed for aeveral weeks that
some Important secret communion waa
going on between my uncle and aunt
What it waa all about I couldn't guess.
but It waa evidently connected in some
way with myself,
Great Praiae.
"I have always heard It said that
your wife Is a woman of her word,
said Gazzam to Bickers.
"That's quite right" added Bickers,
"quite right She Is not only a woman
of her word, but a woman of a good
I often caught them many words." .: , '
looking at me, and, when detected, ex
changing glancea of Infinite meaning. I
was beginning to think of asking for an
The Beneflta.
Opdyke What's the use of arguing;
explanation, when accident made me ac- with a woman? You can never con-
aualnted with th whole mystery.
I had returned borne one evening too
vince her.
Depeyster True But think of tho
late for the ordinary tea. and waa eittlng , ft , woman.Town
1 kail tft return to the office araln I "Da" Country.
that night and might probably hav to
go down th mine. : xh meal over, I
got op. and wished them all gooa-nignt
On many railway, cement ties are
displacing wooden ties.