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'_ Plan Wherelay Female Wage Earner ! `y 7 May Become Independent 1 V On Sall Salary. Q -r--. ---:5--95 "-- V - Yetfa. month passed-, and-Frank Mal- colm did not"succee`-d in forgetting. Like any moth hovering `round a lamp, the more he .was' singed the closer he uttered, though the memory of the Indian .princess s brilliant black eyes was soon lost 4 in the ' sparkle of Winifred s brown ones. -4--3-".."' ` A V _ he1ent;forward.Vinf;the `saddle S 1:0; strelze` > N6jdi s'- curved V neck, and la-Tughed.4jeheerfully .;. . A , i _ r.,You .a1-e .,wiaer than `I , good horse, -v -he; hsaicl. f `When the game .is `up, you ; takerthinge placidly. Here am. I, `your supposed supegior, in in- tellneet-, ` in danger` of being bewitched by-.3` Wwoman s eyes., `-W-hether brown `or. black, they play the dseuce with a man if they shine in a woman s head. So` ho;.then,_w-boy, let us home and J I eat, and forget these fairies in muslin and ; clinging silk. VAIA ll -u.u_J..L ..-.._-3 , ,'I T` s -- - ; -;;.. , _. . ' " " 9 ':.'*:j.".:f" "7' - ` `V7`}`,3I.!.5.': . mount+`JTVquiet1y:; the ,dorT had cIoeed_ on :him;.\and he `was pic_k,ing.his. across the elds; ;towards> the_ Meerut ';i'oad!, - before he: quite realized. how-vcurions were the cireums`tan98 W,hich`had. befallen him since,-. --he" partd" from" Winifred Mayngj in the: porch . ' of her uncle :-Ii bungalow; . 1` - ` ` ~vm..-.. 1.-v1.--_L ni - - -- --A WIIU I11 |al'C%l yUU, VYTIIU II)!` can IIVI-IUEV 0 inlon Fret of Charge. Books Free- yhood, Manhood. Fatherhood." (Illustrat- ed) on Dlseuesot Men. _U'I'w__RIT'l'ENVC0NSEN T. .Nonlmoaou boxeoor caval- V QIIQionlistaIdCoot of'l'uouneut FREE FOR HOME uenvous, Llfggzss g~>- --- r--------~v ~-v }Qyg`u;:dGriswolt$t. Mich. Dkvlu U1. \\z|I|)LlAl\.L3 luvv U vvvanawn ' Contaminate! grinned the Las- car, neither frightened nor angered-.l By holy Ganga, it is y0ur5lips fehautj are contaminated, not mine. Are not the Government greasing your cart? ridges with cow s fat`? And can you` load your rie without biting theffor-.. hidden thing`? Learn more about your own caste, brother, before you talk so proudly to others. ' V 17.4 .. ........z. ._.-A.L_.. 1.1.2.. ;..___L`I_'I- .(To. `be: Continued). All letters fmm musfbe addressed to our Correspondence Depart- mentin Windsor, Out. If you desire in- in Detroit he we aeevand -` DEBlLl'l"ATED MEN tu ` MEN mu: u-4-any mu`. the vigt?x:s of OII`?Y"i:diS(:l'eg0nI and later on ceases, who are failures in lite--you are the oneswe can restore to manhood and revive the spark of energy and vitality. Don't. give up in despair because `on have treated with other doctors, used eeczric. belts and tried various drug store nostrums. Our ew -Method Treaunent ha snatched hund Ifrom the brink of des ir. has re- stored happiness to hundreds 0 homes and hasmade successful men of those who were Wlownandout." We afrescribe specic nem- ediee for etch individu case according to the `symptom: and ' complications-we have no potent medicines. This is one otthe secrets of our wonderful aueceesas our treatment cen- not fail. for we prescribe remedies opted to each individual case. Onl cure!) as cages ne- Dted. We have done ueineee Canada for out 20 You-I. WGCKIIOSST NOW MOIIIOC '-IVIUIUIIODI Will ._ Oil` care you. What it. has done for others It will do "for you. Cqnunlhon I-`no. N0 ln8t0l` who has t.:-and vnn- wrlta for an honest nus your moon been (nscasear nave you an Jvealmess? Our New Method Treatment W1 Jinn: `inn That if, Iran Ann: far nthnnn It will V Anyo a. victim! Have you lost hope? Are on intending to marry? as your been -used? Have you an un:nIrou:nn' I\-_` II`... .AL.4I 'I'-`-0-ngnb Ci G MEN AND MIDDIE-AGED MEN. hgeiguumn early indlscretions sag-gs nrlun clan fannoa In ICCn.__onn nu-A OHA ITO w1NNiPEc ,A N D w E s T or beauty, The unex lainabl ult. with all the evi enceof Mrves and broken health -from anun reputed - ' Fill persist ngoing [88 th 8 This loan is raised upon the credit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of > Ontario, and is chargeable thereupon. J. `A. MATHESON, r .. . Provincial Treasurer. Treasury Department, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, 1st November, - 1911. ' Newspapers inserting this adver- tisement without authority from the `Department will not be paid for lit; , 46-48 Purchasers of Stock "or Bond's will be required to send certied cheque with the application, payable to the order of the Provincial Treasurer of Ontario. I ALL BONDS ANDL, INSCRIBED ;sTocK ISSUED UNDER THE AUTH- -ORITY OF THE SAID ACT ARE FREE FROM ALL ONTARIO PRO- VINCIAL TAXES, CHARGES, SUC- CESSION DUTY AND I-MPOSITIONS IWHATEVER. curuuns` CASES cuamwrimn on no my ONTARIO Provincial- A of - s1,ooo,ooo THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, under the authority of Chapter 4, of the Statutes of, Ontario, 1911 invites subscriptions ft-nvn `I111 n..1.`l:.. -.. - 1-- p A` ...... DIRECT. ONLY -CANADIAN THROUGH % ROUTE OAR LINE DAILY salmon , , , , 1-`, ._ ......-rvu- x, V; uuvnouuuuuszs 1911, invites from t-he,publ~ic for a loan of $1,000,- 000 on bonds of the Province of On- t a ri o, _o r ` ` Ontario Government` ' Stock. ~ ' ngpi;1ng,jtggi'eiIinvestmantaf hile on the, ..oLer:. provtide " the amefineome for about onvfth of the. ;-pgzigelzase money spreader in easy pay- =% meats over the accumulating period. In ninety-nine cases out of one hun- dre`d"she' would not, having regard to ' "the recurring temptation to use the money, havefthecapitai at.60 which |w oul`d- be necessary to give the jncome.. You have only to write (postage free) to `the Superintendent: of Canadian Government Annuities, Ottawa, to ob- tain full information in regard to this provdient _V scheme or apply at your nearest Post Office. - ._-.v uei ` TRAVEL BY THE room Agent or M. G. Murphy. Dio- trlot Pas. A3t..`l'oronto .8oIId through train of coachos._ Tourist and standard sleepers and Dining can. To- ronto to Vancouver l0.20 mm. dilly. R. J. FLETCHER I `A-I A -.A_A WV (1 JJAI-Illlllll-It Do you not know, swinedbgotten, that your hog s lips would contamine ate my lotah? asked hev, puttingthe scorn of centuries into the words. UUC Bull. The sepoy started` as though a snakev had stung him. Lascars-, 1:he"sa.ilor- men of India, were notoriously free- aud-easy in their manners . Yet how came it that even a low-caste mongrel of a Lascar should offer such an insult to a Brahmin! _ 1, '.-._4;___ 1 UUHIIJHIIJ, auu nu: nun. nun .. T in the native army, he carried on hisl forehead the caste-marks of the Brah-V. min. In a word, he was more tzhan enable, being of sacred birth`, and the .parade or in the eld. Hindu officers of his regiment, if "they were not heaven-born Brahmins, wotild grove} before him in secret, though he must obey their slightest order on \ To him approached a Lascar. Brother, said the newcomer, lend me your brass` pot, so that I may drink, for I have walked far in the sun. ,, .L__.J._'l. _. LL---..1. - -..-I-- CHAPTER I. % The Meshes . of the Net`. on a day in January, 1857, a sepoy was sitting by E: well in the canton- ment of Dum-Dum,T near Calcutta, lrhough he wore the uniform of Johh Company, and his rank was the lowest o,, `L. ....+:.m uvmv ha nanvin nn I-n >855 Barrie Branch, Five Points.: A Correct Nar- atiye of the In- dian Mutiny : : 1 Total` Assets` 1 caithnl and 0 Reserve. 0 $10,200,000 ...vvP9 ` s'h-[7, vAuth_or_o!. . _. "Wings 0! the Morning." Etc." LOUIS TRACY `The; Bb.o%ks%a:df%Stat:iiEeths; of ..this Bank. are,.aiii1 {1all? mitted to a strict_ly:`-ind9ex3%d-. 611.! Company f'2r%aminti9e .-.. , , ........... .. .._, ... .... -. There!" v she said, tuggingnt a refractory glove. Did you hear it!" It actuany sjrrieked as it split. ~A_nd' this is the second` pair. I shall` never again believe a word Behari Lal"says.' Wgit till I` see `him. _I ll- give him 'I.zch~ Italking to." ' Il$I.'.'.. ' `gnu; !L-1.: aunt ldlnu` S"-':VI V! bV"""` IV! - , Then I ,11h...V.e it" in my heart to envy Behari ,La1. h said: her compan- ion, ghueingifup ~*at~=~`her~:;from ~- -t:1!'e":ear- riage-way that run by the side of the few steps leading down from the veranda. A ' -In \I-_ 1' .'..1_ -.I...I9! - -`LA vv Ia tlulrvwwu . But she was young enough and pretty enough to pay little heed to pose or Ibackgrotind. In fact,` so- much at her smooth Tbrow. as could be seen in: der a. broad-briimmedn straw hat {was wnnkled in a decided frown. Hap- pily, her bright bgown. eyes; had a glint of humor V in them, for ' Wini- fred s wrath was an" evanescent thing,- a pallidr sprite, {rarely see'n,Iand ever lreadyfto be banished by. a. sI_nile. ` I A H. -_- I") 9 LI... `.3: -qanannma on` an veranua. - j Indeed! May Leek. _.why.!"_ shy, demanded. . -t. - Rn:-.nimn vnn vield him a nriviieao ueiuuuuep. T . -. ' ` Because yo yxeld mm privilege Iyou deny to me. __ . an ...a... nnarnagwa -vnn mmnh .to' |yUl.l (lly my lllVo _ I was not aware `you meant .to; call `to-day. As` it is, I am_ paying a strictly ceremonial` . I wish I could s-pea}: Hiudus'tani.o Now, what would you say to ZBohari'La1 in such a ca9.e? : I 1 ' ` 1 11* u, _ ;`..J`I_. 1__-.. - .>" ` onset" _ . I hardly know.~ =_Whend *I., buy gloves, I buy them 0.!I1ci6Ii_size. OI courga,` you have` oI_x1'u,}lv`1`xx1` _. .~ ,: Tum: you; *Plo'q.8__8_`_ ,dojn_;'1;,_tonb1e to explain. And novI,_yoii".liav'e .T$._1I-;t. .\ -A7 "3 But;that is a % miserabTe.#'~ A A ben rude`: to. me, 'not`;Ttako you to see. Mrs. , Merodi ~'1`~he1j,%-you oha,l - be ` `For .your_ s ake'_,~_V-` Q M'uyp:o,k ;I. would {goo `Medan,-.'.`}et9I!9..Z$s'-58: cellenl: `1':vi;fe`,Fo1 V oral`, but-` .fito,}}-1n. One evening in the month of April,` a s1im,`e;tra.ighto-backed girl stood in the veranda of a bungalow at Meerut. Her slender e gure, garbed in white niuslin, was framed in a creegper-cover `ed arch.. `The erce ardor ofan In- dian spring had already kissed into [life a. {profusion of red owers amid the mass of greenery, and,~ if .Wini- fred Mayne had sought an. effective setting for her own fair. picture, she could not" 'have'found one better tted to its purpose. ' - `D118 urapn uruuununu. , ~ V ` _ :1 hope you ;are".nqgy3junniug Jung; undue 1- Ais!:,4_ 'lII 1`1 4' don notb `of fan_xit_y`<:in: `vdjico . W was awbetoat. z`I\uI,Ii , ` to` ;_;_l$f`ft"aI ,`Il__.-Tl.lfl.l tFsr4%i%nn;:Einvtdn;*.; % xi The ` lie and the message ew` through India with the' inconceivable speed with which such ill tidings -'- ways travels in that country. Even north went the news that the "British Raj was ; doomed. Hindu fakirs, aglow with religious zeal, Mussalman zealots,l as eager for d'ominance in -this world as for a houri-tenanted Paradise` in the next, carried the ery torch of, rebellion far and wide. And. so_, the ame spread, and was fanned to red fury, though the eyes of few English-_` men could see it, while native intelli-I` gence was aghast at the snpinenesa of their over-lords. ' I ..-=.- vuvunvvo Kim he murmnred `in hig frenzy, has be rushed away to, tell h1s_ com -- rades the lie that made ' the gfnd`ian Mutiny possible. Slay and spare not! Let us "avenge- our wrongs `so {fully that no accursed Feringhi shall rdare again to come hither across the f'Black Water ` vvvmlfoi aavauso uuu .lallU`y' W_Uu1u Exact a bitter price_ for .their fall troin high estate. ` ' - T ((32111)! I___;-,,,,, in .n u. - wort1; living. But the-y `wuld exam 3 9 }H>:u- nu-inn GA- L.`..:.. '1.11 A_,:,. sums; 1#96ti56ta*9d% A `rm-min; stoiy ol Romsncg, : 3 [Love and Ad- _ vntug":'~: 1 3 lint ;a nice young woman can nd`. joints in the armor of the fsterpest-I soured` young man. Her attack it all the more deadly i_f~ it; be. 1mpromedito.t- ed, -. and F;-ank Mafcolm had already reached. the ~self-depreciatory stage wherein "a comparqtively impecunious ..snhaltem ..QBk, ,th!._f,.&d; 11369 tignt whethdr it poas'i5_l;t;tor such A L- __-- -...a rj" .......a.`:.1'. ..4I's.:a1. I-IIIlU III. (R. IGVIIDIAIJ 5 ...... fPhe mad pace set by the Arab when he heard the clatter of his" `feet on the hard road. chimed. in with the tur- bulent mood of the rider. Frank Mal`- colm was a soldier by choice and in- stinct. When he joined` the Indian army, and `became a subaltern in a native cavalry regiment, he"determin- ed to devote himself to his profession. He gave his whole` thought to it and to nothing else. His interests lay in. his work. He regarded every under-' taking from the-point of view of its inuence on. his . military education, so it. may be 'eonceded`~ instantly that `the arrival in Meernt ` of. an Oudh Commissioner '3 pretty niece should not have aeeted the peace 01. mind of this ' budding. Napoleon. - e , .R.. J. . 4-\.\A `;4u6 \IA \.lIpl\.llJ VVCIV `tn bazaar. The Government were bent on the destruction of Btahmini- cal supremacy. He and= his caste-feL lows would lose all that made'1if_e 3 -!Illpl"U|3E|LBllb,UI&~ ltlunw s,u " yrxggt um Vsf#&uto5'&t to be n;ei%gu1cnssa%45;hhmiu and not ABnt moneynafnvtimrnnh ufe` hrticial, the mere vamieh-~of li_fe,~ and the hot breath -offieality can `eoonecorch them out "of existence.` I Events were then Z._qh_aping,.Athen1selves in India that were ._.t9 sweep aside -convention 'fo'1'!`3xnaT1;i1y; day.: Hail the young` Engl'iihli! but1;nown_ ac, ve miles from "I'emt- T-his Arab ; hoofs threw `p'ebh1jge`?1 bvere; `swag-thy mo1'1IT,e:h,t lank e aliiIt!"a:ve1-atnmede,` _ L` hastening fvthef tons a dreadful "1frasI_ ~ e'l.1!i ~ "W1.'1l"1f;:t';l1d cursed (thin? as 1i~5w.d T':VFd with mtczs wmnue-the~ time or :lf!!61_i$l;1iet`egf.bv9r'61il1:;:-not be a ,, .. 1` ~ - V ` Malcolm, E eefee{}n%t`1;%:th :3 ..-..-_,..... - ....g.....,. ..V.._,. A , ` The Grand Trunk~Road ran to left . and right. To _the left-it led to the i bazaar, thecantonment, and the civil ._lines; to "the right, after passing a `few houses tenantedr by Europeans, iti entered the open country on a long stretch of over a thousand miles to` |Calcutta and the south. In 1357 mi thoroughfare in the world equaled the! Grand Trunk Road. Beginning at: Peshawur, in _the extreme north of` `_India, it traversed the Punjab. for six `hundred miles as `far as Aligarh. Here- it `broke into the Calcutta and ~,Bombay_b1-anches, each nearly a t_hou- [sand miles in . length. Wide and stra.ight,o well made and tree~lined throughout; it supplied the two great larteries of Indian` life. Malcolm had selected it as a` training.-ground 'that evening, because he_ meant to weary and subdue his too highly spirited charger. Whether the pace was fast or slow, Nejdi would be compelled to ' meet many. varieties of traic, from artillery elephants and snarling camels down to the. humble bullock-cart of the ryot. Possibly, . he would not shy e at such monstrosities after twenty 4 miles of a. lathering ride. n\L- ...-: ...--_ ..-L 1.... LI... A....!I.. ...1...-... `U PVHUIUQW .ovo unva- `tone t_owoo andwed .3 mm} ofvhigh degree,` * or _ her Anglo-Indian; equival- er zt,; an he'ir9ss_ of much. prospective Aweaitli _and.' pregent ioeial importance. `A ,.L!l!-!-I yilyvw 5" u_1v_uu lltyuuy uuuw vsluywa-v_ ....-- 1.!-..!1d'. .n1.%%m511v- ditch. an- ntnii "' MzhA=:wisn tan on-: t W " }.,ch; - gar-.."-r ,for the` fray, I see, nmurs Malcolm '~;yv,ith'j.-j'~a smile. He` 1 ;,WI!Isl$ed' no? "ever preliminaries, Bidding _' the ayce place :his,.thum~be in t-1l,_e:8'tepel-' _ vringgj of the " bridle, the -young Engli;.s-li_!ii1,z,u gathered the reins -and__a_ on gray. mane in his left eh-and-. `-Seizin`g up fairorable moment,- when th'e_`_a_ trn'g'gling animal inc-hcd from th_e"jli_f.Yrl!"1`l.,`(.If' a-low-lying branch on`the 6:sid e,- he vaulted into the- saddle. Chunga, thesycc,` h'eld,on un- til _his master s feet had fdund the stirrups.-`-~.'1`Ahenet:l_1e was told to let go, `and Miss Winifred Mayne, niece of a Com1nissi_oner,of Oudh, quite thefmostl eligible -young lady the Meerut dis- trict -cduld produce that year, witness- edpa display a cool, resourceful horse- 4 manship as the enraged Arab plunged : and curvetterl through the main gate. T& 1-A3` - 1.... _.-.LL.._ J.-..L...'.Ir ....J ` I. like Mr. Malcolm, she cond-` ed to herself with a little laugh, but his magnet with women is distinctly brusque! I wonder why! ' II... n....._.: m...._:-_n-_.-n ..-_ L-'1-A.: _~-v........,-.:.7;vu- -.W.lllu' ' " j Llftlng hat, "119 walked` towards; I11. huge 4 pipjal tree` inithe 'con1pound`,; Bneathl it _`ar-ung branches, 1: eyes W139 gittin in front of z nely-_propor.-. ` wign` nthe 2 7`appr)aehed. n The i-ilIo16geLf:i:1ii'e whites of "hi_sg.evyes-._, A `B'_1onin_ofV the ~eart,_" a true scion _of fthe _incompa;table. breed`-' of Nejd, he. 'ti'on"e an? :`:um1suanyrng A1_"aibhorse .`T: Both animal. and to bg. dozing, but they-.::__wbke`*`j_into, activ-ity. ~A?rb.>_prik9 jivzished his? lphg *and"_i:nreho;d" tdiI n-.ivAi`ciousyl'}",.- and; was-; suspicious for civilization, and his" new owner was a stranger, as :-yet.- i 7` A V nu`.-.-n__ ;-_ L1- 1- -r b;33vh1J. I , T ii' a1lyA di4,_1n.t ? intend` `to mentionl,` vgloves` agam. L` V ` A ~ ' *`oh.% so mmeyou and `)'\t>:ur`A.1-Ab. ...You.-..nrA I-mt}. .I.m-:3. V... :a.:_. 1.--- 11'. ` ;_`` f_`?`.`'.!'_ "6'!f`.J` .I.uImu smut" - .~;~Y8.~-{1_.IA_ danft send you a 'telei-,l 838111 from Ahgarh. - I may be brought =:11'9s---BIO know, against. my will. . ~ T.iff.in'a `lain: land I... .....n-..:a. :.-_-_._-1- -v- '-uv `IIUT `~`Qlll'I\I'I` '-'_AIv" I32 to-morrqw n'ig-ht, my llncle said! '-I-46-Va. H `r .I..... u .......1 ...--- - A up `tun. v "It 1-e}t'? ';e;',;:;e;"'a:;1;;a;;,:i 5 J V?` 555190`: %.-`Ion dine hen -p.:JI, " _encouraging` smilie to Malcolm, she disappeared-.' ' ` 'r....;::.... M...` A....1-V. Q1... a..:n. Pkg unpapxpvurpu. _ - Leading `the Arab, who, with the fatalism of his race, was -quiet as a sheep now that -he had found a `mas- ter, the young oicer took the direc- gtionpointed out by the lady. Round- ing an agle of the wall, he came to a causeway spanned by a small bridge, which was guarded by - the machi- colated towers! of _a strong gate. A ponderous '-door,` -studded: with great `bosses of iron fashioned` to represent elephants heads, swung -open--half reluctantly it seemed--and he was ad- -'mitted to a spacious inner courtyard. p--vu-- -- . I The number of armed retainers gathered `there was unexpectedly large. He was well acquainted with the Meerut district, yet -he had n9 notion that such 8; fortreee, '-exisfted within u,-,__.o_ 1-..; ..:.1.. Al 4-`lrunpnl-nl>_inn CHEW -v- vv Bitt rho` ;s:w:V ll;1w;ll01',9 of. the Princess.` inc ` . Clio wqnld uidly `dhgq to_ r`eeeiy;cr= m1xaA%;ua of `ill: Ofsanism untted for the,.trial.o." he which it is h rd to .4 ouoyim fnnlgaifilght 111901? this Tile experience of Motherhood is-a`. `mpg one to most women and marks distmctly an epoch in their lives. Not one woman in a bun- dred is prepared or understands how to rly care {other- . Of course neg);-. ly every woman njow-. edays has medical treatment -attho; time .0! `child- birI' but man epprolegj. the expo ence itwit - `NK 938th, and when the strain` ll7ioiej". f 1' System has received a shock from of carin for the child; 3 _. , it vs anus "X E5931 "5: Zuarise `and pleasure lit the ne eyes of the haughty beauty perched~ `up there on thepalaee well. Tis well said, she f'vow.ed; smil- ingvwith all the rare _eect"of full red lips` and white even -teeth. Never- theless, this is no time for compli- ments. _You need our help, and it `shall be given willingly.- Make for the gate, I pray you. $1.- L.-.--n.1 .5;-go` lblncv nun Arman `ll . w`h5evt1 xr;1e:l ,w~.z;n<.iv`ave-- an order, to.` one of the attehdants. With another \l'A1__1___ _I_- `I16 W85, Wet: lourvugu, us, uuu-av, ....... that` was not 9.; serious matt`erA with the -thermametr - at seventy?` deggegs in the '-shade, and-,', "deapita - the _ nrdin-' ancont t-141-a.'Proph'-2t,L' a grass `of `xc'e1-' ;y*e;;g`%:;a.%%;q3:;g;% w'aaVhanded,to,_*hix,n. X ~ gm that Suck Ila IUIIMUGIS, vanqvuu vvn -. u an`l1our s fast ride of the station. The King of Delhi `had a hunting lodge` somewhere in the locality, but he had never `seen the place. If this were it, why should it be crammed with soldiers-9 Above all, `why should they eye `him -with such ill-concealed` disp1 easure1 Duty had brought him once more to Delhi--it was fiarely forty miles from Meerut--and e. the relations between the feeble--om King, yahadur Shah, and the British `author- ities were then D most friendly, while the hangers-on -at `the Court mixed freely with` the Europeans. Hie quick intelligence caught at -the belief that these men reeent`ed"Iiis presence be- cause he was brought among:-them. _by:~ lthej conimand; of__ the` lady. no knew, ;u,ow i;that he must have seen and 5991;; A _. - -1 - vL.L ` IIPW Iullll HUK llljlln -uuvv Dvvu nu-nu. T ? on to one of` `the royal I princesses. None other would dare-* to show her-, self unveiled` to 9. strangef, and .3 white men at that. _'l`h e mani-feet an- noyance of he? household was thus ea;sily d`c"e"oi1nte_d ' for, but -he marveled !1`f.the".8trength.` of hot. body-guard. sue `wee- giwe`n__-little time for obser- vation. _,`_A di_stij1gu_iehedf looking man, evidently veatjed"with,{`a_uthority, bnst1-- ed torwinrd end addresed him, eivi enoirlf. Servinte came with wote ma; towels, and: cleaned his garment a_m_lejieutly.e_to~ make ..him ioreaentable,` ;;d " at Jirciisxsh. 1of,l" tdnr -e.1*but _._v.~_-lg. -*.-"gin." AW 1np1i`l\-I"&,"KKC`.`."`.A ,og`_h9t. menlgrooxnea _ "horse..- ' Princess,? he said, the radiance` of your presence is` as the full moon] suddenly . illumining the path of a weary traveler, who nds himself on the edge of a" mortise, I A `nu-JL Ag an-.-u-uuunnu -5341` um` nnnn ma I o vuuvn J v u uvaoav M]-iy that time, Mali ed his wits." A verse Hax occurred to him._ -`- "W-V A'.*1'- . To his exceeding won_der,p his eyes met those- _of a young Mohammedan woman, a woman richly ,garbed, and of remarkable appearance. She "was. unveiled,~an'amazi_ng fact in itself, and her creamy skin," arched.eyeit;_rows,_ regular features, and raven-'black'hair |proclaimed ' herd aristocratic lineage.` She was leaning`forward in an em- brasure of the `battlemented wall. Be-' hind her, two attendants, oval-faced, brown-skinned women of the -people, peered shyly at the Englishman.` When [he glanced` their way,` they hurriedly ` adjusted their silk saris, or shawls, so ` as to hide their faces, Their mistress used no su`ch...bashful subterfuge. She leaned s_omewhat farther through the inarrow embrasure; revealing by the [action her bejeweled and exquisitely `molded arms. ` - '"77i=1rh;3' -};ou do not speak my lan_- :guage, she said in Urdu, the tongue `most frequently heard in Upper India. that way- and she waved a grace- ful hand to the left- -` `my servants lwill render you some_assistance. By Malcolm had regain- of a poem-- by `[I'.... --........-J L- `L3... ""If you will go round to the gate- 1 ;`.`.A bold lep,` sahib! Did you mean to scale the fort on` horseback? And whx not have chosen a spot where the water~was cleaner. ravuudJ nu vvuvlon Not a great matter, this squabble between a sepoy and a Lascar, yet it lit such a ame in India that rivers of blood. must be shed ere itfwas quenched. The Brahmin s*mind reeled under the shock of the retort. It was. true, then, what" the agents of7the `dethroned King of Oudh were saying `in fhn knannw VFLA IV uuuuuuu `-1- among. `I III vwa IV In)! `>I.IC\JC.IlI.'Il I Before he could see` the speaker,` so smothered was he in -dripping moss. and weeds`, ,1\;la1co1m.kuew that some lady of rank had watched his adven- ture. She_ used 'the pure Persian of the court, and her _diction_ was_re- ned. ,LuckiIy, he had studied Persian as well as its` Indian off-shoot, Hiudu- stani, and he understood the words. He pressed back his dank hair, squeez- ed. the water and . slime of his face, and 1'ooked up. VIVA L3- -.........J2.._ _.....,1-... L2- -'._-... _. The two were coated .w_iftl'1 green slime. Being obviously unhxirt, they `probably `had a forlornly comic aspect.` ,.At any -rate, .a woma_n s musical laugh came from the lofty hwall which bounded the moat on the further side, and a woman s `clealvoice said: - (ll 1 1"!` CC I . , ._ cieiif _ The s;p}ash_*,' rgxn_or}e;` V nt-lzthefidiicke ; 5`iIi8s,:..* ":t1'.i83W35d_ it-5?`: 3!0f9:bo =53ii11601m, * in that inatantlpripr warning ._v'e_l_1`i ch~ ` the" posisessor .01 3tadYe~1!?:Y.`533.13?I- `*9 `I59. :.8,.0 z'W11,i," ' 1.155 ' 199%. i` from "the , st_irrups.i 7 *IIev` wa s1 throrn_` clear,` and, when~he.*.came`- 1'56` the `our-; ~~face,- he _saw_-that the Arab` and him: self` were i onderingf. in` a : moat) Not the ialeasaritest of bathing-`places any4 where, in India such a sheet of almost stagnant water has excessive peculiar- -V `fever and harbors snakes, -so Malcolm oundaered rather `than ,'swam to `the bank, where he had- the negative" sat`- isfaction _of catching Nejdifs bridle when that `disconcerted steed scrambl- ed- out after him. ' * -`ities. Among other items-', it breeds` "I'nn -gangs... 1.1`.-- `For example, if a woman of 23 were to deposit with the Government yearly . the sum of $39.24 until she was 60, which she could do by weekly or .~ monthly instalments if she preferred, `. or '9. total ofp_$1451.88 only, the Gov- ` ernment would pay her $300 a year or I $75 every `three months `so long as 0, she might live from and after 60. If she died before attaining that age, the [total payments made with 3 percent. compound interest would be refunded - to 'her `heirs. If she died at 58 they would receive $2425.77, or $1052.37 more than she had paid in up to that time. ' her and was concerned about herself only, she could secure undg the` `B plan the same quarterly income of $75 for an annual payment of $29.67, or` for `a total paid in of $1097.79, a yearly return for life no matter how V If she had no one dependent upon` I long that may be of nearly 30 perl cent. of the sum invested. I . Mark the enormous diferences: on the one hand she would require at 60 9. capital of $6,000 invested at 5 per cent. toyield he: an income of $300, with -all the accompanying anxiety of I `(Is is possible" for a female wage] earner to save from her monthly wage ` an amount which in the -aggregate: will be sufficient to provide her withi an income from theltime her earning- days are over? was recently the su ..je,t ofian ]1nterest13g_;i}:scuss1on1 at a; dzxglnelatlos vvgsubthaglif thee wggczng I were earning less. than $500 a `year this would` be extremely diicult. For ` the purpose of illustration, the period; of accumulation" was assumed to be; from 23 to 60 and the amount 0 capital required $6,000,` in `order t1(:' - u ' h- 3v`dcZ2s$3?$?a ff i`; i`hZ?in?.mZ`i..l amount on which she could maintaitn herself - with -comfort and respec - ability. All this may be qufite true. But there is -another plan 0 ` inves - ment of which the ladies had evi- dently not heard , namely,_ the Can- adian Government Anlnmtlies gystgmg which is not only abso ute y sa e n 'which will give a. much 1argerr<,3tu1'n for a much smallerdinlxlrestment, talilnd longer it may be sai an any 0 er plan available will give as a means of making provision for old age. comm L 0l.D AGEIS , NOW POSSlBl.Ei