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B y t h e A u t h o r o f ........
“ A G ip s y ’ s D a u g h te r ,”
' • A n o th e r n a n ’ s W ife ,”
S e c r e t ...
S Y N O P S IS
OF
P R E C E D IN G
C H A P T E R S —Guy H artleigh leaves
England to find his long lo st cousin
in S a n Fran cisco.
M ania Carringford, an actress in th a t city, is pes­
tered by genteel loafers am ongst
whom, is C aryl Wilton who proposes
and is rejected.
She learns tha
sto ry of her m other’s b e tra y a l by
S ir R ich ard H artleigh .
S ir Rich­
a rd ’s child, Constance, whom Guy is
seeking,
dies,
and M aida im­
personates
her
and
is
ta k ­
en to H artleigh H all, where she be­
comes the idol of the household. A
fete is given in her honor a t Vyner
C astle during which it is suggested
th a t she take p a rt in some am ateur
th eatricals. Mildred Thorpe, an un­
employed Am erican girl in London
is exhausted by her fru itless efforts
to obtain w ork. A fter securing en­
gagem ent aa country chu.-oh organ­
is t she is about to fain t when she ia
assisted b y C arl Wilton who is strucli
assisted by C a ry l Wilton who is
struck by her likeness to M aida Carringford.
•• A H e a r t ’ s B i t t e r n e s s , ”
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of underestim ating the seriousness of
tho occasion.
And it w as a serious occasion; for
the fact th a t the Duke of Beldaire
w as the treasurer and L ord A lg y the
m anager, gave everybody the assur­
ance th a t the affair would be a not­
able one. In consequence, it w as an­
ticipated by the fashionable world
as one of the g rea t events of the
season, and there was an audience
assured th a t would have been the
envy of a professional m anager.
The th eatre w as a beautiful little
place, and the stage w as a ll th a t
money and skill could make it. L o rd
A lg y had rehearsed and rehearsed,
until everybody w as perfect and he
w as confident. And a t la s t the day
came.
And w ith the day came crowds on
crowds of b rillia n t equipages bring­
ing bearers of fam ous and historic
names—names which were in the
m ouths of a ll E ngland.
The seats of the th eatre were filled
as soon as the hour came, and there
w as ru stlin g of silks and satin s and
gleam ing of diamonds and other
precious stones as the m erry assem ­
blage w aited expectantly for the ris­
ing of the curtain.
B u t behind the curtain there was
anything but merrim ent. The Rom ­
eo, S ir George M anville, had met
w ith an accident—had fallen and so
sprained his ankle th a t he had to bo
carried to his room , from which the
doctor had said he m ust not be re­
moved for a t least tw o days, and
perhaps longer.
L o rd A lg y w as in despair, and such
of the actors as had come from their
dressing-room s joined him in a
chorus of lam entation.
“ H adn’t he an y under-study?”
asked Guy, ruefully.
"O f course n o t,” answered Lord
A lgy, w ith ju st a suspicion of vexa­
tion. "Who ever heard of an under­
stud y
in am ateur
th eatricals?
Where’s yo u r cousin—where is Con­
stance?
Perhaps she can suggest
som ething.”
"W h at’ s the m atte r?”
inquired
L a d y G lad ys, coming forw ard a t this
moment, looking ve ry charming, as
sho knew very well.
"M an ville has sprained his ankle
and can’t move out of his ro om ,”
answered Guy.
L a d y G lad ys looked her apprecia­
tion of the seriousness of the news,
bu t said nothing; for the first
thought th at had flashed through her
mind had been, "T hen she can’t
p la y .”
"Oh, here is Constance, now ,”
cried L o rd A lgy.
E veryb o d y turned as he spoke, and
an in volu n tary murmur of adm ira­
tion broke out. S u re ly no one had
ever seen a more perfect Ju lie t. The
costumer had been faithful to S ir
S ir R ich a rd ’s order to spare no ex­
pense to make the dress a m arvel of
elegance and ta ste, and no pne could
have fitted into tho p art-b ette r than
the dark-eyed beauty 'who stood
there now w ith a supreme uncon­
sciousness ol her extrao rd in ary bril­
liancy.
"W h at’s the m atter?” she sm iling­
ly inquired. "H a s the leader of the
band disappeared?”
"N o ; but the Romeo has taken to
his bed with a sprained an kle,” an­
swered L a d y G lad ys.
" R e a lly ? ” queried M aida, w ith an
in volu n tary sense of relief.
" I t is the cold tru th ,” said Lord
A lg y , "a n d I don’ t for the life of me
know w hat to do. No one is pre­
pared to take the p art, unless—oh,
Guy, couldn’ t you do it somehow
E ven if you balked it would be bet­
ter than doing nothing.
"N o t for w o rld s,” cried Guy with
so much feeling th a t L ord A lgy was
palm
art,ost moved to smile.
very
Lord A lg y looked îhto every male
face gathered around him w ith an
appealing glance, but though there
w as not one there who would not
have been delighted to have had the
p art, there w as not one who did not
realize how difficult it w as under the
best of circum stances, and how wellnigh im possible it. would be to walk
through the p a rt w ithout having
learned the lines.
" I t ’ll break my heart to have to
give it up a t the la s t m om ent,” ex­
claimed L ord A lgy, as he saw the
failu re of his mute appeal.
"W hat
is it Sim m ons?” he demanded of his
va le t in no very p leasan t tones, as
he saw
th a t gentlem anly servant
try in g to a ttra c t his attention.
" J u s t a word, sir, if you p lease.”
" I f i t ’s anythin g about the a r­
rangem ents outside, I don’t w ant to
hear a word. Go to the Duke.”
" I t isn ’t th a t your lord sh ip .”
L o rd A lg y went crossly over to
him, and said, sh ortly:
"Y o u know I don’t like to be in­
terrupted a t such tim es, Sim m ons.
What do you w an t?”
Sim m ons lowered his voice and
said som ething which no one else
could hear.
"A r e you sure?” demanded Lord
A lgy, w ith an a ir of wildness th a t
made everybody fancy th a t some
g re a t catastrophe had come to cap
the recent one.
Sim m ons moved his lips w ith an
a ir th a t left no doubt of his being
in the suprem est sta te of certain ty.
"G o on w ith the first p la y ,” shout­
ed L o rd A lgy, a fter one more doubt­
ful glance a t Sim m ons, who remained
m agnificently unmoved. "C onstan ce
I ’ ll get a Romeo fo r you who will
make you p la y your very best. P ro ­
vidence has come to the rescue glo r­
iou sly! I ’ll give you a guinea if you
are righ t, Sim m ons.
Simmon", smiled as if he alread y
had the guinea in his hand, and Lord
A lg y hurried a w ay from the stage to
the upper p a rt of the C astle.
from it had alighted C aryl Wilton.
He glanced carelessly a t the gleam ­
ing windows, and then walked up in­
to the b rillia n tly lighted hall.
A
footm an who did not know him step­
ped up to him with a glance of sur­
prise a t his travel-stained figure, and
held out his hand for the ticket of
adm ittance which L o rd A lgy had
issued in regular form.
C aryl / looked a t him coolly and
asked:
"W ell, w h at is it ? ”
"T ic k e t, if you p lease.”
C aryl turned to his v a le t and bade
him discover w hat it w as a ll about,
adding, as he saw the Duke’s butler
coming tow ard him.
“ Oh, here’s D awkins.
Dawkins
w h at is the m atter here? What does
the demand for tickets m ean?”
“ Oh, Mr. Wilton!
H is grace w ill
be delighted. Amachure th eatricals,
sir, and very fine, sir, if I m ay
guess.”
“ A m ateur
th eatricals!
G reat
H eaven!
What have I done to de­
serve this? Loo k here, Dawkins,
have I ever done you any harm ?”
Dawkins shook his head w ith a
grin.
“ Well, then, s a y nothing about my
coming—I dare sa y I am not ex­
pected—and let me go to my room
a t once. G ive me anything a t all
to eat, and let me go to sleep. I ’ll
be around early in the morning and
nobody need know I came to-night,
as I surely would not have done had
I suspected th a t I w as to run into
such an abom ination as am ateur
th e a tric a ls.”
“ Y es, sir—certain ly s ir ,” respond­
ed Dawkins, who had a m ost pro­
found adm iration for C aryl Wilton
and his bored, languid manners.
“ I ’ll make you com fortable. Thom­
as take the luggage and bring it up­
sta irs.
And, William, you go tell
Mrs. P a rk er to come up to Mr. Wil­
to n ’ s old room a t once.
I t w as evident enough th a t Mr.
C aryl Wilton w as a person of con­
sideration in the house of the Duke
of Beldaire. And, indeed, he w as in
m ost houses in England, for he was
not m erely the possessor of a great
fortune, but of a name th a t ranked
second to none in the m atters of age
and honor. I t w as a name which
had refused to tak e a title.
When Mrs. P a rk er appeared in his
room a few minutes later he greeted
her in th a t w ay of his which w as so
easy and condescending, and yet for­
bade any approach of fa m ilia rity:
“ A bad tim e to come, Mrs. P ark er;
but I am hero now and cannot get
aw ay, so you m ust do the best you
can for m e.”
“ L o r ,’ sir, it doesn’t make any dif­
ference a t a ll. I ’ll have your dinner
here in no tim e.”
“ I can’ t hear their noise here, can
I? ”
“ No, sir. N ot a sound.”
“ Thank you. I shall alw ays look
upon this as one of the narrow est
escapes of my life. I suppose it is
Lord A lg y ’s doing. H as he the dis­
ease very badly, Mrs. P a rk e r?”
"D isease? Oh, you mean th eatri­
cals. Y es, sir. p retty bad, but he’s
done well, sir; i t ’s a p ity you would­
n’t change yo u r mind and go down.
He has worked so hard—painted all
the scenery himself, and taken the
m anagement himself. Y ou ought to
see how he has succeeded, sir. You
wouldn’t know it from a real theatre
s ir .”
"N o , I suppose n o t,” groaned
C aryl, “ except for the actors and
the scenery, and the properties. Oh,
I know all about such things, Mrs.
P ark er.
Well, I don’t doubt you
w ant to go down, so don’t trouble
about me. Fran co is w ill see th a t Г
don’t starve.
Anything w ill do
G ood-night.”
To be Continued.
"Y e s , s ir .”
In as little tim e as it could take
to perform the errand, the w ell-train­
ed v a le t returned w ith an envelope,
bearing a ducal crest.
**II’m! B e ld a ire !” commented the
m aster. "W ell, it w ill do, I sup­
pose, as well as anyw here.” He op­
ened the envelope and read the con­
tents. " H ’m—h ’m!
Sh o o tin g and
—h ’m—well, I ’ll go. Fran co is, we go
to the Duke of B eld aire’s this after­
noon.”
" Y e s , s ir .”
And th a t afternoon C a ry l Wilton
took the cars for the country.
And th a t evening M aida Carringford w as to p lay the p art of Ju lie t
a t the Duke of B eld aire’s.
L ord A lgy w as a vigorou s m anager
and the rehearsals for the p la y s were
j begun as soon after the garden p a rty
, a t L a d y V yn er’s as he could get the
books, which w as the ve ry next day.
I I t W’as little wonder th a t his thel a tric a l ventures were so well liked,
I for he left nothing undone to surI round them with a ll
the pleasures
I th a t a lively im agination and lavish
expenditure could.
And then, too,
C H A P T E R X ,—Continued.
I he w as an indefatigable worker, and
"P a rd o n m e,” he said , g rav ely , " I contrived to fill everybody w ith his
am not going to t r y to force my ser­ ! own enthusiasm .
vices on you, but I am not deceived. j Guy, as stage carpenter, w as in his
Y o u are not well enough to w alk element, and worked as no man on
alone, and if you can only persuade d a y ’s wages ever did work, showing,
yourself th a t I am a gentlem an, and 1 m oreover, an ingenuity and skill
w ill let me w alk w ith you to the en­ th a t proved th a t a good carpenter
trance, where you can get a cab I had been spoiled when fortune made
sh all esteem it a fa v o r .”
I an a risto c ra t of him.
Sh e looked a t him once more and J A t the first, M aida did not show
judged him with a w om an’s quick in­ any more than a p assing interest in
tuition. S h e realized th a t sho was the p a rt she had to perform , and her
too weak to w alk far, and th a t she fath er became very anxious when ho
m ust tak e a cab a t an y cost. She j saw how little -she seemed to study
did not hesitate, but answered with her p art, for he w as so proud of her
her sweet, frank smile:
th a t he could not bear to think of
" I sh all be gratefu l to y o u .”
her not doing well. And L o rd A lgy,
"T hen, when you feel able, tell me, too, seemed very jnuch concerned; so
and I w ill w alk with y o u .”
th at, from a desire to please them
“ L e t us go now, please. I am an­ both, she roused herself to tak e an
xious to return hom e.”
interest she did not feel.
He walked w ith her to the en­
A fter th a t the in terest grew on
trance, preserving a il the while the her, and she offered suggestions now
appearance of the m ost profound re­ and again.
These when adopted
spect, though he did not refrain from from a feeling of politeness, proved
studyin g the face, which w as a m ar­ so adm irable ttyat, after a time, on
vel of loveliness in spite of its p al­ difficult occasions they all would
lor.
B u t it w as not for her sake turn to her for advice.
When the
th a t he studied it. I t w as fo r an­ test came sho showed th a t she knew
other, and he said to him self as they her linos much more perfectly than
went along:
any of the others, no m atter how
“ Why have you come to me to re­ hard they m ay have studied; but she
vive the m em ory of one I would for­ went through the p a rt with so little
get if I could?
They reported her enthusiasm th at, in spite of the feel­
dead, but I knew better than th at. ing th a t she could do well, they all,
I followed on her tra ck and found with the exception of L ord A lgy, be­
th a t she had escaped.
Ah, M aida. gan to have a fear th a t she would
M aida, I w ill find you yet, unless I m ake a fiasco of the p art.
succeed in forgettin g you. F o rget!
L o rd A lgy, however, had been
A s if I could.”
studying M aida, and he told them,
“ Thank yo u ( s ir ,”
said Mildred, with a confidential smile, th a t she
gratefu lly, when they had reached would astonish them when the night
the gates.
of the performance came. He really
“ I am glad if I have been of any w as an expert in p rivate th eatricals,
service. B u t let me call a cab. Here and he had recognized in M aida a
cabby. What address?” he asked, as fa m ilia rity w ith details which all his
he helped Mildred into the vehicle.
practice had not tau g h t him.
But
S h e shrank back, and he smiled he said nothing of it; for if M aida
and turned to the driver, sayin g in a did not care to have it known, he
low tone, as he g ave him a sover­ w as too true a friend to speak of it.
eign:
the real reason for her knowledge.
“ Drive to the corner and take the
F o r Rom eo, L o rd A lgy had select­
lad y’s address.
Keep the change.” ed
an am ateur acto r of celebrity,
Then he stepped to the door again, who had
made his m ark in the
and said to Mildred, who was w a it­ and w as
accounted oneof the
ing uneasily for the cab to move: best in E ngland . He had come up
“ Y ou m ay give the driver you r ad­ from London, and w as spending the
dress a t the corner.”
intervening tim e w ith the Duke of
T H O S E O CEA N M O UNTAIN S.
“ F o rg ive m e,” murmured Mildred, Beldaire. H is name w as S ir George
We hear persons ta lk about "w a v e s
in confusion.
M anville.
“ N ot so. You were quite righ t.
m ountain h igh ,” but such w aves ex­
M aida would have preferred dres­
Good day.
Oh, I have paid the
is t
only in tha im agination.
If,
sing
the
p
a
rt
as
quietly
as
the
case
driver.
Y ou m ay rep ay me if you
on the land, you see a hill th irtywould
perm
it,
but
S
ir
R
ich
ard
was
wish, some d a y .”
eight feet high, you would h ard ly
“ Y ou m ay fo rg e t,” said Mildred, so desirous of having his beautiful
call it a m ountain ; ye t it is very
daughter
shine,
th
a
t
nothing
less
not liking to accept the aid, and yet
seldom th a t an ocean w ave reaches
th
an
gowns
from
Worth
would
sa
tis­
so regretful over her recent misth a t height.
An Englishm en named
judgm ent of him, th a t she did not fy. him, and she yielded rather than
Cornish has invented an instrum ent
disoblige
him.
like to refuse it. “ L e t me give you
for m easuring w aves, and w ith it
L a d y G lad ys, a ll the while, was
m y c ard .”
has made m any experim ents.
In
too
much
interested
in
her
own
p
art
“ Thank you, no. Please allow me
the Southern In dian Ocean, during
of
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l
ia
,
in
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e
H
unchback,”
to
to rem ain in ignorance of it. Gooda violent north-w est gale, waves
d a y ,” and with a smile he w as gone. p ay very much atten tion to M aida,
averaged 29 feet in height. The
and
the
la
tte
r
was
therefore
spared
Mildred sank back in the cab with
la rg e st seen w as 37 feet high.
In
the
disagreeable
espionage
of
the
a grateful remembrance of his hand­
the open ocean a strong wind caused
jealous
little
creature
during
a
time
some face, with its slig h tly cynical
w aves 16 feet high.
E a s t of the
lines; and he, forgettin g her in the when it would have been m ost irk ­
Capo of Good Hope, during strongsome.
recollection of her whom, she remind­
w est winds, which blew with grea t
ed him of walked im patiently to an­
And M aida w as so grateful for the
re g u la rity for four days, the height
other, and, givin g an address, w as unintentional relief th a t she volun­
of the w aves only increased from 19
driven aw ay.
teered to L a d y G lad ys several very
to 22 feet, and even waves of this
When he had arrived a t his desti­ tellin g b its of business, which the
height are extrem ely rare.
nation he paid the cabm an and went p re tty little creature w as only too
up to a suit of room s, furnished w ith glad to receive and profit by. And
NO M O RE M A G E R S F O N T E IN S .
a ta ste and lu xu ry which told a t as her actin g w as re a lly very good
once the ta le of the ow ner’ s wealth for an am ateur, it seemed, as m at­
There w ill be no more night a t­
and culture. He threw him self into ters stood, as if she were going to
tack s if m ilita ry experim ents prove
â chair with an a ir sin gu larly mixed c a rry off the honors of the evening.
w h at they prom ise. T ria ls are now
of determ ination and ennui.
being made w ith an illum inating
And nobody w as more sure of it
“ F ra n c o is,” he called.
th an L a d y G lad ys herself; and th a t
shell th a t bursts in the a ir
and
A deferential v a le t appeared in­ fact, together with the additional
em its a fiery body of globular shape,
sta n tly .
one th a t during the course of the re­
which v ivid ly ligh ts up a large area
“ What have you done with those h earsals she w as thrown a g rea t deal
for a considerable time. The experi­
in vitatio n s you brought me this with G uy, kept her in the m ost ami­
ments are for the purpose of im prov­
m orning, and which I told you to de­ able mood.
ing and perfecting bombs th a t
are
s tro y ? ”
now made for the purpose of expos­
As the day came nearer, the in­
“ I have them in the next room ,
ing the p osition of an enemy
at
terest and excitement grew, until it
s ir .”
night, and to reveal the character of
"H a v e you looked a t any of seemed as if everybody but M aida
defences to be attacked. These pro­
w as on the verge of d istractio n . S ir
them?”
jectiles explode on im pact, liberating
R ich ard w as to ta lly unlike his old
“ Y es, sir, a ll of them .”
a flam ing compound. One compound,
The tone w as p a rtly iron ical, but calm self-contained self, and w as as
consisting of sulphur, saltpetre, and
Fran co is w as too well trained in his nervous as, according to a ll estab­
a hydrocarbon, is a blue-light m ix­
m aster’s w ays to venture to notice lished rules, M aida should have been,
ture. The illum ination la sts as long
any hidden m eaning either by word with the honors of the evening de­
as the saltp etre supplies oxygen to
or manner. He stood silen tly a w a it­ pendent upon her.
m aintain combustion.
He was satisfied th a t she could
ing the instructions which were evi­
eclipse all previous am ateur efforts
dently coming.
T h a t w as an app ro priate flower
“ I w ant you to go to the pile—I if she would but try , but when he
L o rd Impecune wore when he
was
suppose they ?,re a ll in a pile, but it saw her going about sm iling and un­
C H A P T E R X II.
m arried to M iss N uggets. I had not
doesn’t m atter if they are not—go to concerned in the m idst of all the
A bout h alf an hour earlier a car­ heard of it. What 'vas it? A m ari­
them and take one of them a t ran- flutter and w orry, he could not help
feeling th a t she would fail by reason riage had driven up to the door, and go ld .
Idom and bring it to m e.”
Pale and Dejected
TH E
T R Y I N G CO NDITION
M A N Y W OMEN.
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S u b je c t to H ea d a ch e s, Dizziness,
a n d H e a r t P a lp it a t io n .
They;
G ro w D isco u raged eaid P re ­
m a tu re ly Old.
F ro m the R eview , Windsor, Ont.
“ Dr. W illiam s’ Pink P ills is the
only medicine th a t ever g ave me any
real benefit,” said M rs. R . K . H ar­
ris, a well known resident of Wind­
sor, to a representative cf the Re­
view recently.
“ I do not know ex­
a c tly w hat my trouble w as ; doc­
to rs
seemed unable to tell me,
though I thought m yself it w as con­
sumption.
I had a constant rack­
ing cough, and a constan t feeling of
languidness.
My blood seemed to
have turned to w ater, and I w as
v ery pale.
I had a feeling in m y
chest as though some foreign sub­
stance w as lodged there. The slig h t­
est noise made me nervous ; I w as
dejected a ll the tim e and could not
scarcely do any household work.
I
tried medicines, but they did n ot
help me in the least.
Doctors did
not seem able to help me or tell me
w h at ailed me, although their billsincreased w ith alarm in g ra p id ity. I
grew so weak, and so despondent
th a t fin ally I dacided to take a trip
to Colorado to see if a change of
clim ate would benefit me.
While
contem plating th is trip I read in a
paper one day the testim onial of a
person whose sym ptom s were alm o st
identical with m y own, who w as
cured by Dr. W illiam s’ P in k P ills. I
decided to give them a tr ia l and
purchased a box.
When th a t box
w as done I g o t another, and found
gra d u a lly th a t the p ills were helping
me.
The trip to Colorado
w as
abandoned, and I continued using the
p ills until I had taken eight or nine
boxes when I felt like an altogether
different person.
From a pale, thin,
listle ss person, I became the pictureof health, and felt it too. I t is sev­
eral years since I used the p ills, and
I have n o t had any return of the
trouble.
I am .p o sitiv e Dr. Wil­
lia m s’ P in k P ills saved me from an
early grave, and I cannot recommend
them too h igh ly to those who are
afflicted as I w a s.”
I t is the m ission of Dr. W illiam s’
Pink P ills to m ake rich, red blood,
nourish the nerves, tissues and v a ri­
ous organs of the body, and thus by
reaching the ro o t of the trouble,
drive disease from the system . Other
medicines a ct only on the sym ptom s
of the disease, and when such medi­
cines are discontinued, the trouble
returns—often in
an
agg rav ate d
form.
If you
w an t health and
strength, be sure the full name, "D r.
W illiam s’ Pink P ills for P a le Peo­
p le,” is on the wrapper around each
box. If your dealer cannot supply
you the p ills w ill be sent postpaid
a t 50 cents a box, or six boxes for
$2 .5 0 , by addressing the i)r. Wil­
lia m s’ Medicine Co., B rockville, Ont.
K in g E d w ard can handle a gun.
w ith the best of field shots.
When
in In dia he went in for th a t m ost
exciting of spo rts, tiger-shooting,
and it is on record th a t when out
w ith S ir Ju n g B ah ad ur in Nepal he
brought down six tigers in one day.
There are m any things fa r m ore
easily im agined than L o rd S a lisb u ry
carryin g clay * to the brick-m akers
for the erection of some ecclesiasti­
cal edifice.
Y e t, according to newswhich has ju st reached London, th is
is precisely w h at has been done by
the Prim e M inister of U ganda.
The
huge red cathedral in the c ap ital of
the P ro tecto rate is to be replacod.
by a su b stan tial structure of brick.
A lm ost everyone appears to have
lent a helping hand.
Tho n ative
C h ristians are supplying the labor,
and the leading ladies—including
even some of the Princesses of th e
R o y a l Household—have been ca ttin g
down forest trees for burning th e
bricks and carryin g the fag o ts back
upon their heads.
N ay, even more:
the K a tik o ro , who is the Prim e Min­
ister of tho place, has taken the
lead in digging clay for the bricksand carryin g it to the brick-mak-
P H R A S E O L O G IC A L L Y
CO RRECT.
A young fellow who w as looking
tor a clerkship w as recently recom­
mended to
a c ity m erchant by a
G lasgow gentlem an. When the tw o
friends met some tim e thereafter tho
G lasgow man ventured to hope th a t
his recom mendation hàd been pro­
ductive of good results.
On the con trary, replied the mer­
chant.
Y ou astonish me, said his friend.
I thought he would su it you exact­
ly , he w a s so full of go.
And so he w as. He has gone off
with a thousand pounds of my mon­
ey.
I s it possible? And 1 thought he
was the very man you were looking
for.
Y ou arc rig h t there. He is
the
ve ry man I am looking for.
ROUGH ON S C R I B B E L .
M irnick—I thought you said Scrib bel was a good-hearted fellow.
Sinnick—Well?
Minnick—Well,
I hinted p re tty
stro n gly th a t I ’d like to riave a copy
of his la te st book, but he stud iously
ignored the request.
Sinnick—T h a t’s where he proved
his kindly nature.