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or, Dulcie's Confession + The 'sun blaged "overhead, in the Siiese. Primrose and Dulcie Car: wardine were seated the air wae delicious. - fy cool, and the leaves of the trees afford- ed a soft, verdant ecreen. Was : and peace to the eve. The words fell from the lips of Mies cle, however, were an; 8 but restful. "It is ei: abominable!" said, with Fay, erable heat. 'Abominable that now we are of age we have to live like pau- pers, 'while our father squandere on books and curiosities the money that belonged to our mother, and which should be by right! It is more than abominable, is dniquitous!" / us ; aker quivered with indignation: Deh protested the other girl "Please do. not go over the old rou ul of times y treated. It is certainly very vating to know that the money hich ought to have been ours, and which would, have enabled us to enjoy ourselves as other girls do, is being m away, whilst we have, literally, to go without ne. sed sadly at an old The speaker ga § an vatched ehoe which Srolpaded from -be- neath the hem of a cotton dress, once bloe. but from which all' semblance to any color whatever had been washed. Dulocie was silent for oa few minutes, and then spoke more deliberately. "I call father a thief," she waid. Her elder sister showed no signs of be- ing shocked at euch an unfilial remark. "Why?" was her placid inquiry. "Why? Because I am certain he only married our mother because he knew she Te ould be a mich woman some day, and then when she died, a few years after in- heriting our grandfather's money, and when we were too young to know anything about it, he got it all into his own hands and told everyone that our mother had left it all-every penny--to him! "Perhaps she did," eaid Primrose. don't believe it!" But our mother's Will. oy : He made her eign it, of course," Dulcie declared sharply. "You know she wae afraid of him. I shall never believe she meant him to have everything, and us, her children, of whom she wae so fond, no- 2. thing. "Dplcie," said Primrose quietly, "what io the use of recalling all this? You know we have agreed that there is nothing for us to do but to grin and bear it. "I am not going to do either any long- er." eaid Duicie, J: "Dear me! What is your alternative? "To get out of it," was the energetic re- Primrose looked at her sister with elightly increased interest; she was used to Dulcie's outbursts, and although they | invariably ended in words, yet they caused some slight diversion at time. "How, my dear?" she asked. "I mean to marry the man who is com- ing to Old House," wae the reply. 'The idea occurred to me the other day when not, ing to Old House, for the Chancery suit in connection with them was settled some monthe ago, and the owner is ehortly com- ing to take possession. You will keep to our own grounds in future.' " Dulcie mimicked the hareh voice of her father with Sreas success, and her sister laughed merrily, "So." continued the mimic, "when I heard the owner was a man, and what is vastly. more te B helor, 1 made up my mind to marry him. = 3 "It is indeed a brilMant idea," eaid Primroge unumoved, "but I do not quite see how you are going to make a man who does not know you, marry you. "Oh, he will soon know me!" wae the confident reply. "I mean to git in these w from morning till night, He will come along some day and find me, and then I shall apologize sweetly for tres- passing, and. of course, he will beg me to come whenever I like; and that is how it will begin. The end will be showers of rice and a wreath of orange blossoms. "First catch your fish," murmured Primrose. If the sisters had not been so engrossed in their conversation, they might have heard a faint masculime chuckle, comin apparently from the thick undergr +behind them. "Oh, I shall catch him all right if I can mest him!" averred Dulcie, * ie the matter with me? Any man ought to be only 100 glad to have the honor of rrying me." ho togsed her aresty head J and if ehe wae really vain, she had ample excuse, Both the 'Carwardine girls possessed youth and beauty. Tall, didm maidens. etraight as voung iarches, their emall heads were crowned with masses of bright fair hair. which waved and curled most only 2 at the girls were gray 3 1 3 6 to strangers. were surptisinelv Primrose, who wae the elder by a year, and had just passed her twenty-second birthday. considered it necessary, on ac- count of her eeniority, to offer. a. rebuke. "Little girls should wait till, they , are ked."" oy shall," replied Duleie. "But: I don't intend to wait a moment longer than is abeolutely necessary." Again, if the Misses Carwardine had been sod: ly oce with their affairs, they might have heard peculiar gounde comin~ from the direction of the unde! . ® "It js like this," Dulcie went on grave. ly. "Unless one of us marries, there is no escape for either of us, and I am eure | nothing could be more pitiful than our meh aid Primrose donbifully, A 'ueba) 'waree an father. i ad sible! An , I mean to marry urbe, it hoe #8 ugly as sin Ey 3 '#s--you know wi A bh did Jou, find out his not own , | eten Ah as they Their retreating forms ' Wore closely eerutinized by a pair of keen eyes, belong ing to the 4, whose th o againet which the ine had Treated ae they talk hen were out of sight and their voices no longer @ e, he emerged the into which he had trace of a path, and sauntered up to th oak tree, Still, life will have an additional gest for "Ho lit his pipe. which h @ 8 pipe, ad gone out be. fore he found himself eavesdrop ing, and which he had mot dared to Toligts for fear of being discovered. Then he seated himself at the foot of the oak tree. and swoked peacefully. "Listeners certainly never hear any #ood of themselves," he soliloquiged, "but I will be hanged Af 1 expected to hear any- thing as alarming as this! Here I am, Arthur Belturbet, lately a briefless barri- ster, whom careful mothers have, I know, labelled 'extremely ineligible' on account of 3 my lack of worldly goods, suddenly particularly well off. At the very moment when I am congratulating myself that now I shall able to enjoy life to its uttermost, and #0 where I like and do what I ke, 1 find that my fate is aiready sealed. A lady, apparently young, for I ewear by her voice that she is under twenty-five, and certainly of a resolute and daring disposi: tion--has marked me down as her prey." He smiled, continuing to smoke content v "I suppose," he resumed, "that when I heard voices I ought immediately to have buret throu, the trees and announced myself, or else stopped my fingers in m ears: ae it happened, however, 'when heard a voice say: 'I intend marrying the man who is coming to Old House, I felt it my duty to myself to remain at all has- ards, and hear more of the plot. The dif- ficulty will be to find out which of the means to. have mre. It requires to be fully thought out. Now, ge wae going to come an care. didn't she say here = every day en apologize sweetly for trespass- ing. whereupon I, of course, would beg her to come whenever she liked. and it would end in orange-blossoms and showers of rice." The youne man chuckled with much delight. "Now I have you, my dear . As soon as you apologize y. I hall know you. Arthur, my boy. thie looke as if it would be rather amusing! I wonder who the minx is, by the way. I dare say I can eoon find out. Stalstead is not so thickly populated that two young ladies are so remarkably alike, and es8 an irasoible oi er, ued to smoke for some time, then rose and stretched himeelf. He was a tall man without an ounce of superfiu- ous . flesh, broad-gshouldered, but with a i slight etoop. Evidently he was devoid of versonal van shaven. face was certainly not handsome, yet those who liked Arthur Belturhet b{ uch that was agreeable in it. The eyes. were dark and deep set, the eyebrows strongly marked, the mouth large and the chin firm. He had excellent teeth, which were remarkably good, even and white, and his emile was ularly pleasant. Yes, it will be vi interesting," he ad- ded, lous to meet my fate. think. however, it will do her good to walt a little while. An affair of this kind ghould not be hurried." Btill emiling, he turned to walk in the direction of Old House, of which he was now the gole and undisputed possessor. It took him nearly a quarter of an hour to reach his destination, ae the path through the little wood wound in and out but at length he came to a low stone wall and a gate swinging on rusty hinges. "If this place had been ownenless much longer it would have fallen to pieces!" ex- cla the young man, "There is hardly a gate that has decent hinges, and certain: ly not one that will fasten properly, I will get the work of renovation started, and then--Heigho, for my travels!' He walked quickly towards the house and ~aged at it with affection. It was a possession of which any man might have been proud." A long, two<toried house, with many gables, covered "with ivy to its chimney tops, it was eet on' the Jory high- ost point of the land, and approached on foot by a series of terraces and old RRR am e: hL ? Belturbet stood still. for. a Tow moments looking at it. g 'A place like this certainly needs a mis trese," he said whimsically, *'bat I mo with the house, T mean to have & voice in the selection of one. '80, pe: r young lady, things may Tn out pre- ly as you anticipate. However, I am extremely grateful to you, for--you have put me on my guard." CHAPTER II. True ta her 'word; Duleie COarwardine sat. or rambled, daily--weather permitting --in Belturbet's woods, sometimes by her come | thus from the thicket behind the old oak tree | from 'owth been lured th Ay an e . | rather than reform. d of you 'woods, Te "0! Ne do love you don't m "#1 'shall be only ton, bavpy, u al as Oe lo ity come. Thin = nie sisvielousi like a twink ine obey 1 inioduce myselt- gin 9 Aro Duicle ana Brimsose if a sort A Car- use P" aii rr Bd Bl coc n, as © 'S were i and broity. and: alhouth-oF perhaps bo ot against hi pr from the youn ladies in a pos which he could 'see them son roses in Duleie's cheeks had | 10 a faint , and no man cou'd help no ticing the delicate charm of the two eis ters. It struck Belturbet immediately. "Yet," he thought, "Mise Gray Eyes rhc nh ingtinot an ee! Faugh! Is there such a thing ze a dish 'person to be found I wonder?" Nevertheless, der! umphrey War ' ist, pou. 4 the was, also very fu turning her eyes 16 said in prayerful tones "for. which we may be truly grate ful, Amen." She had specimen of arrested development, "Havelock Ellis has described the womanly woman as a cross between an angel and an idiot," says Mrs. Snowden, "Mr, Ellis knew what he was writing about. It is the anti- rd sh coarse. never get her sex." us: society. We are poor and shabby ai I vertingnt to our elders, and will not be, natr 1 80 Primrose and I are con signed to oblivion." | "You do not sound as if you minded uch." remarked Belturbet. A "We don't," wae the prompt reply, 'Only. it is rather dull at times. Even a garden. party at the vicarage is better than id thing." "When my house is in order, will you come to a garden-party if I give one?" he aeked, J "Yes, thank you," replied Dulcie prompt. ly. "But do not ask our father if you want ue to come." Then, as Belturbet looked a little surprised, she explained: 1 \ fused, but if you ask us in a friendly way, as you have just done, Primrcee and I ill come." (To be continued). a PHILIP SNOWDEN, M.P. Socialist M.P. Is An Implacable Fighter for the Cause. Philip Snowden, M.P. for Black- burn, England, who has been spend- ing a few days in Toronto with his clever wife, is one of the heroes and leaders of the Socialist movement in Britain. His election in Black- burn seven years ago was the first big election win for the Socialists. fir. Bnowden, now in his fiftieth year, is an apostle of revolutioin He has the re- putation of being such a thorough Bocialist that he would willingly go to the stake for the cause. Snowden cares nothing for himself, his per- sonal success and political rewards. He is a zealot. Lloyd George's Liberalism is mo more pleasing to him than the Conservatism of Bon- ar Law and Austen Chamberlain. Lloyd George aims to reform abuses po lon a deranged system of social life. Snowden wants revolu- Mr, Philip Snowden, MP, e¢lfy but more often sister. For three weeks, however, her per- severance went unrewarded: owner d House remained unencountered. "Why doesn't the wretch take it into hie head to visit and explore this part of the property?" she demanded irritably one sultry afternoon. "I'm sure if I had not the patience of a saint I ghould have &1YV- ei 10 n him <] y "Don't acowl about it!" eaid Primrose, laughing. ~ "He might come upon us un- awares, and vou don't look "a bit nice when you frown." ' | : Dulele smoothed her pretty forehead. HL he would hurry up," she replied lately, "I. am tired, of waiting flint its mar 0 Ll crimeoning with tion--bloodless, but nevertheless radical and absolute. Efforts to reform society, he deems, were hurtful trifling ; he would cut under the whole fabric of society as it is and send it tottering into collapse. "Liberalism he regards as more dangerous.-to his cause than Cor servatism--the latter holds hope of-a change and in a sen forms, lessens the. strength of So- -ctalism and kills its nerve, : : Like An g for Jolin on | io ifies revolt, but Liberalism, nse fu its! vith the | he is not of |! Mrs. Philip Snowden, means less of sex and more of hu- manity. ~ That does not .mean 'any defection from the sacredness of motherhood--her. noblest work." "The average noble woman looks for a home, desires a home, but it does not follow that the woman who 'never 'goes beyond her own' four walls will make the best wife and mother." i % SWINDLERS ON OCEAN LINERS. Detectives Keep Close Watch on All Suspicious Characters. The discovery of five gamblers aboard the Lusitania on her. latest westbound trip reminded a detective of an experience he had this summer, A woman travelling second. class on one of the English lines had played poker with four men during the pas- sage and loaned woney to one of them. In port the borrower _com- Platica that the woman had robbed im, and it became the duty of the de- tective to take the woman, an Ameri- can, into the smoking:room 'of the second-class and lock the door and} e found on her a roll of} earch her. 2,300, 1 "Where aid this come from?" asked the sleuth, - robbery. man who's kicking wag in on it and got his share. Twice he tried to rob me of my share.- He's a gambler, a parasite and a thief." : ~ "The crooked gamblers are travel- ling second-class now. That's where the rich pickings are. The first-class is panned out. Among the second-class are suckers who have saved their earnings for the gamblers.. The pros- perous farmers from the West are very wise in their own conceit. In fact, theyre easy marks." ? e crooked gamblers cross and re- eross 80 frequently that the women adventurers, known as "white gt the Atlantic," know them. These omen are known to the detectives, to' few of their fellow passengers: 'the Lusitania's last tri were di no patierige with any | suffragist that would make 'women | permitting her to for-| "If the suffrage movement means | one thing more than another, it} AER you: at ome" 48% | Slaves. i the ally many work lation. ning she & gradua ivity » when exercise. than the how to Remem use massa; good . bl ed ankle or a For bath, followed with a rough to suppl part of the Py you are to be in perfect health} [the blood stream must course freely through your body. to do so for an "'poor circulation," i that shows itself in many unpleas- ant, ways--cold hands and feet, chil- blains, headaches, low spirits, bad temper, and a general sense of dis- comfort and inefficiency. Many young people, and especi- am girls, suffer from this condition. Girls as a rule take less active physical exercise "than boys of the same age, and there is no- thing like hard physical play or to improve a stagnant circu- C But some people are not strong enough' to undertake much active exercise ; their cases must be dealt with in a different way. frail and delicate girl in tennis and basket ball or gymnasium: work will do well to try massage until'she ! gains strength enough for other ex- ercise. As she feels hould st ts should be by. vigorous rubbing wel, to a oondition A let exercise 18 as a'substitute for muscular act- en - that .is 'impossible or unwise, it is not nearly so efficaci- ous 'for - healthy persons: as actual If massage seems to cost more pati nt can afford, remem- ber that some member of your fam- ily can often learn in a few lessons give very successful massage ber, however, that when you e in order to keep up a y to an injured] such as a sprain-| ¢ ] rained muscle, it 18 very important to find 'out 'what movemen : y oF you may do harm instead of 8 . : ; Joreens in good health there is. nothing like the cold mo roing keep the cir- culation in goad order. But that just 18 too harsh for frail they will be wiser to temper. 'bath, and trust to the rough to bring the blood to the surfac of the body." Even if you must | times omit the bath, "tion. When it fails! of 'reason, you have take the place of massage iP aot on the "'rubdown."'--Youth's Compan- ~ Cure of Sleeplessr In mild cases of insomnia change scene, a sea voyage, moderate exercise in the open air, tempor-. ary withdrawal from the ordinary activities of life are, each and all of them, minor measures not to be neglected. It must also be remem- bered that in those who sleep. light ly, trival discomforts may be enough to produce sleepless nights. Cold feet, an unwise evening meal, an absorbing game, a heated cussion, a postponed hour of retir. ment, and a hundred other small departures from the accustomed routine may be responsible for a bad night. It is quite remarkable how this is exemplified in the com- = mon experience of a sleepless night on Bunday, when the usual 'activi- ties of the week are interrupted by comparative freedom from care, er strength in- M lomen, a hot bath, a mustard bath, a wet-pack applied to tl trunk of the body; a hot dri 'tified by alcohol are - alli measures which, by temporary anaemia of thé¥ab; ars conducive to the, Sequisition refreshing sleep. any forms - electricity have aleo been nt tioned with varying degrees of sue- cess.--Dr. Guthrie Ti iy ms CY His Answer. A Scotch minister had been away on a vacation, and on his return asked the sexton how all had in his absence. "Very -well, in- deed," was the cheering response. 'They do say. that most meenisters leave some one worse than them- selves to fill the pulpit when they go away, but you never 'do that, sir." £3 Ji: ERE