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_"I"9?4 hundred pounds. rm... that I -haven. a.p~article of use for; takai it- \vnn"' van and ......I -.. --__u ..v- a.nuAa\.l UL!` LIKE urul. "Oh. I don't `know exactly." be said-. uneasily: "but I'm going some`- where where [I can make more money." ' NT ..- 1 1 ` ` [ - "Whcrel she asked, quic .ting her hand on his arm. nn;, 1 .:__u. -` ' sil '8 i "There. there. Jean! said Brooke. gently."`I. d-id-n t mean to hurt your ' feelings. I know. you're a good wo- man. but the other evening. at my . sisterfs. I described one of our Bo- " hemianevenings, and my-sistersaid some things that set zne'thinking'. And I couldn't. bearto have her `or anyone think lightly of you." The (girl raised her head `quickly. 5 "You--didn't mentiongmy name. to 1 her, Ben? You'didn t tell her I 1_ was at your rooms 3 e 1 "There!" cried Brooke, inan in- stant; "by that speech of yours you see the `truth of what I am telling you-you ve no right to come there." The girl was silent. thinking. Then she nodded her head slowly in the af-firinative. "Ben, dear," she began. "I've seen the seamy side of life. "I dance and sing in a . musical Ihal, so I can make money and keep adding to my little bank account. 'Ye t. in .-that music hall there is no taint. for I'm myself; and. after all. it's :01` _ourselves we must answer. Bohemia is a life in itself. It's a jolly comradeship; it's sexless: it's honest. Compare our littlc.evening wehave just `lived through with an `evening company among your social equals. One wo- man vies with another in her gown- ing; they say nasty, chatty things of and to each other. The men are` cliquey. Now. take our Bohemia: it's 'h'onest-not .a mean word es- capes. not a sentence that `might 'h'urIt. ,Do` you wonder` that it appeals to us girls? "Phat. it-'touch- es us, because it is `the one place we can` unlhean-d and L... 4-..- -..: - _ ..... ... .....= awau1u'|.U1_Y uocnm~g._ \_Ne ; s.-itand drink `and eat until 'daylight` oomes."and then_we're totally unfit for any sort of "work thatday. And then it isn't rght--it isn't right for you-for `girls.I- mean-to- `come `down to my rooms.h . " 9 , - `Jean Travers caught her breath hard. Why, Ben. there s -never been the slightest disrespect shown to any of us_ down there; If I'd thought "for one minute that you'd think any the less of me` for `having come down th'ere-" She--stopped sudden- ly and covered her face with her |han_ds. We exo:1nine free and only \ make wh_e_n V Sta-ion ms-'mntingn hei us to five -Examination-__`of u`! eyes. isi.hobbyiwithun.L ' L _~_ --V.v egg`, vvxfultlyo . ` ' _"Lots of things. Jean. have some-: thing; suibstantial back. to them. ` Bohemia "has aE,bsolu'tely nothing, V We `S-ifand l`r;nIr -and 4...}. ....L:| -.1, -- - - Brooke lived in Bohemia-and this Bohemia wasein the very heart of Bloomsbury. It wasn't the,Bohemia of the halbstarved and {the -un- .~.`.ha\ren--the Bohemia.of long -hair and rnasty `speech. It was merely the Bohemia of congeniality and uh-_ -convcntionality --.21 1;-at'hering to- gether o.tV'*clevr.-r folk of both sexes. wvho did and said pretty much what, they pleased, who borrowed from and loaned -to each other various +_:m:1ll sums of money `and never .bo'.hcr`ed about making a memoran- dum of i'L-the Bohemia. where on_e`s secret belonged to the crowd and u....n& _. S`--LL-- vv 1.4:. {I11 `coy 1" _ f`Well. for a time it fascinated me. ` Jean. I like `oleyer `peopleylike to hear them` `talk. Jike `to rub my brains against theirs." and; have my wits stirred a bit. But what does it all amount "td'3`f> n1IYI J : I .. wauvgnub l`uU I `\'}'\-Vhat does any'thi'i1g amont to 8" `tsked the girl. wearily. "`I .n+o -4! a.L:...._ ' Bohemia,` `I sdidnft i's'~ayA ax.1ything"t` the crows`! to-nigh._t;boo'au_se I thought `it mightaot aa.a- wet blanket; But !`I`m`gbing'_to give it_up. ' : "Why. my `boy 9" \ l u\xr..n 2.... - u .\- - "B-ohezn'i.`sL.W { 54.1.- -- -A-1 I - Macnam; quickly. L put- _... 1.2.. _---- ' -- vv-4InJ.l' Ivv u. U. ] :'_l.`he most valuable portion of the . .Newfoundland whale is the bclubber. The outer layers of fat are stripped off and `boiled into oil. A `good-sized specimen generally yields 10 barrels. "This oil is utilized in soap-making _~ and in softening jute fibre. Large ._ "quanti-ties o-" it a_.re" used in Dundee. `Scotla.nd.. The whalebones the we- M men .wear in their corsets come . `from the gills of this mighty crea- ~ ture. The _product of those caught A near Newfoundland is n"ot- so flex.- _ i',ble.a'sV that of the ones Ltaken fur-A .4 t1i.6'r.:north: consequently it is not . ~s_o .vial_uqble.C The -b_one_ of the Arctic ` fde1ii:_ :ens'.s'1ls 'for,$10.000 a `ton. while` ` ih.|?F!57`s.>,f c1,1V5..' Njewtollndlander `is wily th`-'>$Y30n`_4 {rho `,`powdae'r_. realized . fr_eat_mentE;c `the -blood, A -_1f-efusef `s _rich-Uw-it-h. am- d*lby..".n}anu ii 11 . ,4 --:,--.....- ..... u.....u.u1.ra auu uL|.1U uaues. The fact that these monstrous fish have small throats is used by a _ great many people as an argument i to combat `the Bible story of Jonah being swallowed by a whale. How- "b ever, there is one species '-. the \' sperm wha.le-which has an opening i big enough to accommodate even larger objects than the body of a man. It is not unusual to find por- tions of an octopus weighing several tons {when the stomach of one of them is dissected. Any old whaler Vwilltell you alboutithe sailor who fell overboard and was gobbled up by a bigsperm whale that happened to be going that Way. It is a tradition among these rough and ready sea- men that a whale cannot keep to- bacco juice in its stomachgso this quick-witted chap immediately began, to chew and expectorate. :`whale coughed him up he.hadAV time to'st1_'3ike a `match, and hesolemnly swears that he saw carved. upon one of the ribsof the monster. this leg- -end; Jonah. 700 B. O. ` ; 1:11.; 3., Before the _ i 4 . . . * ... .su_u cuI.c1`I:'u _WI10.C DC termed his "study",through the hall door.` and this` room led into another -by an arch. Running off from this se- oond room-he called it his loading- pInce--was his bedroom. He always kept the -bedroom door `looked - principully becatise people `drop- ped in on him `at all hours. and he held that it didn't look exactlynice Jco hdvel one's parlor next L door to one-`s bedroom, even if on did Live in a `flat. " _ -_c, ..-- -..v_.- unn L\/(LLIJ LU]. DLHIJIIICHC in barrels,'the meat encased in casks, and the -blood, bones and refuse re- duced to powder -and packed in packs._ This is extraordinary when the. size of the prey is -taken into consid- _ eration. Specimens are frequent ' that measure 80 feet long. and it has been found that the largest ones will always weigh a ton for every foot of their length. There are cer- tain parts of .a whale that are strangely out of proportion. Al- though its -`body and_mouth are enormous, its eyes and throat are ex- ceedingly small. As a curiosity the various organs of a large sulphur whale were weighed. recently. The tongue tipped the scale at exactly 4,000 lbs., while -the eye was barely half a pound in weight. The jaw-. bone was 20 feet long, and one side of it Weighed 1,000 pounds. The tongue` -boiled -separately produced nearly four barrels of_oil. Although the. mouth is almost wide enough to encompass a box car, the `throat is so narrow that only the smallest particles -of food can be swallowed, hence the big creatures:-subsist al- ` together on -shrimps and little fishes.~ 1 'l"'l...-. ~...-L .LL-L La -. _The whale stations in Newfound- land are the first to attempteto save allportions of the sea mons- ter, and by ssodoing have doubled its value. Formerly the blubber was `cut away, and then the carcass set adrift. but now the entire body is saved, including even the bones and blood. One of these modern stations will dispose of `four twenty-ton whales in `twenty-four hours. hav- ing all the__.. oil ready for shipment in hat-role 'f}\n moot .... ....A : , , _--- 1w-an 3.95. The meat. may be a little coarser in quality, but it is claimed to be as nutri-tious as beef. The company, which is preparing whale meat for the market, has already sold several lots to merchants in the West In- dies. and the 'poor.':natives have bought it without hesitation. It is really better food than they have been accustomed to buying. If it were not for prejudice it is certain that the consumption of whale meat should have been universal before` this. because it is both nourishing and cheap. Now that the process for curing `the flesh of the mons- ters has proved successful, it is like- ly that the promoters will begin an advertising propaganda to educate the people to its use. It seems as if good meat `at a cent a pound should find a ready market. ' ~ - ....-. .. Puyvl bays`; W 11110 ` ,mcat is `coming en the market. the flesh of` these iieep-_ sea Leviathans looksand tastes so much like beef that the difference is scarcely no- ticeable. It is so cheap `that if com- petition makes it necessary it can be sold for_ a centva pound. and still leave `a margin of `profit. There is as much meat on the seventy-ton whale as on 200 fat steers. If the public takes kindly to. it the Beef Trust may have competition from an unexpected quarter.` - III`! _ - I. St ~7hn 8 baper sauys-: ,Whire I` ;n7'nnnn'3n}- ..... LL- _- vuiuu tquutuu auuve Wu`! be doubled. The industry is being worked for all that it is worth. On account of somany companies being formed to engage in -the business, the New- .toundia:nd Gover_nment has enacted` laws 'to restrict the industry. No ind`ust.ry is allowed 'over figty miles of coast `line. and this: `territory cant` onr'l_y. -hjs.,pat_ro1led _by one-. .gteamer.~~ A. ?`*E$`21!-;g.0!PPJ, 't:a.knnz_. put license,` 1- pl. __;.~,-=,A I '- ft .`.v , .1 er` . .. 3.. mu apnea in me opposite direc- ion. _ There is `no danger of a boat be- ing pulled on t-he rocks under such eirc\_m1_stances.vbeca.use when a whale is hit it malges straight for the deep sea. There 18 no `telling how long the monster could keep up the stroke. for its struggles -are gener- ally ended by a second shot within an `hour or two. It is then . ulled to the surface and air pumpe into `its xstomach in order to make it. float. As many as 1,700 whales. or as many as would furnish as much meat as 240,000 .beeves. of various kinds, were eaught in the Newfound- lambwaters this year. While it is `difficult to strike an average on ao- oount of the varying `sizes of the .cat,oh and the flucuration in_ the price of oil, a f-ulilegrovwn specimen ought to yield its eapt-ore at least $40.0. Oil is low atethe present time. When it re ains its usual price the . ivalue -quot above will be doubled... ~ The |n`IuIl*1-xr in -:'lno:..... ....._I....l- `G-.. ;uy|. -uIuaI._ -Lnruugn rue water at the rate of asxx knots an hiqur, _although a 300-horse power enmmp. .1: humor!- -___..... .....vu ;uu.|_u p1Ul.lLi1.Ul(3. Last year `there were thirteen com~ panies operating seventeen steamers. About 1,200 people are employed in the industry. Fourteen steamers pa- s:trol :1` line which is 500 miles long _and 100 miles wide. When the whale is sighted the steamer gets within range. and the harpoon is shot into its Vitals. Just back of the pron-gs of this wea on wet? `is a bomb which expl es inside the -body. Al- } though it may be mortally wounded the big creature will make off. pull- ing t'he.iboat after it. Its strength is astonishing. It..wi>ll pull a ninety- foot 'boa`t- `through the water six ltnnfn an ham ..|n........t. .u.|.v u; an xuucs an n-our, _although Jqower engine rs turned o_n full .-spee in the opposite direc- tnon. s. L H. aevmnns, can"tow. thern in. The success of the `Newfoundland companies in working-up all portions of `the mons- vters has made `the business of itaking them much more profitable. r.O+ "Ann .LLA-- -' CHOICE GROCERIES FLORIST AN D SEEDSMAN. Telephone 15. x 55 Dunlap-St.. 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You entered what he termed ground `coffee, butter_' and c`z_1n_ned 4 "study"4through[ door. tongue.` and this room led inf-n nnnd-`bmu I-.-- 1-`Ab ` ` CATCH om WWHV aw wow V Bucket}! and41`ubs whjenyou can get` " - - V - E. 8-rm" HBRF 1: V- 'art.i6l_ea Vvwhicnh UoH"I.0R(;1u_; I61`; |I_l_`O-`-ff *-` nortidnntniv `um: -1mxnt!..: L "-| DA0l.l.UL Ull but: 'tlaulU WUIIL "` hackages-boned chicken." rolls. MAY `.18. uuuxis HIE UEHHUCS It wash hard rubbing. F _a more successful wash wi anyone ndipg cause` for c 3 : directib_ns 1 th less labor. Your dealer-is authorized to~re1n_c1~`the purchase money` to" ompwat-` is guaranteed injure the d mack ,, ..-- to be absolute! aintiest fabric. g gnu---`I__ L . UH vc prooamy .used*ao 4p.thaa,ftV.c!oah:l;yB i`ddth have found out afterwards tha\t_' ' ` -41,. ~- .uva.n.n - vyv `ufvug .|.'uu' "Y" 1-kt-t1:e. and latte Ithzdee, their-` arms full of packages. Found them, dotvxj on the hat-rack.` Ben."- Saul K"`t`= Rhodes. `'80 we constituted our`-`T `*0l\`cs a- catering committee of three. Put `em on the table. Fanny. Ht-lter-skelter on the taie went." ..-. "no nu um; ll _8Q_ them. Siinlig M; mteed be tire containin ho-' ' he Qainticst f_:_xbric. yp ' g mgre~' ui anbtaa Lmuma. `touch? `a F"l;`;t"(a's.m5'ou're positively brillianti to-ni_gh.t," rejoined Etta. "Will you 5 I t,'if'eful -information. my dear Etta. as to how to avoid. the"Evil One- that s what's in .it; and a very good paper it is." MI"I_J.-__ ._:--O-- "' " ` .7..- -_v-v- v-- at aav uvvuvu SLAIIIAUJ "The Walt Cry may be the ~wra1.> per." sa.id,Etta Andrews. }"but what : in.it3 w""l:e"War Cry. my son. I fbou -ght it from a cadaverous "looking man who looked as if he needed mozney.'.' H'l`hn `Xian (1.... ....... L- ;|.- _A-# l -vuuuf uv --u_v u JJVVV1JGll`QI.n _ / - "What'a_ that. Bates 9 asked I Brooke. ' Bates had a parcel in h'iah a'nd.. a bulky package -wrapped in what` looked to he a newspapar. ,1 u1I)'IL...I- LL-L ~`l'I_L_, Act 2 u } mAlec Drummpnd and.Bates came in Va -1013! at this junctufe,_ and Drummomd shied his hat over at Etta Andrews. who? promptly kicked it un'der the table. . V ' A. :`Ut~tting religious," q-uerled Mon-g tmh. lighting a cigarette. T "-"0: getting -sensible." answerede 3I`<-ukc. `- V -um` lots of it. "Ben--it !-1 do you` " llullo. there goes the -bell- I.-'.'"IFs It`: the fodder. T 11: -3 the room ~troope`d F'a1ea. Fan- Locke. Kate Rhodes. their- 1ll`nu;v r._II -1` Brooke laughed hqarvtily. 'lI:Ie'1'e s your health. Kate, and may all your } daisies hereafter look like bu-tteroupss in :2. field at milk. AI-_`1\ ' ` 'fOh. going to the park and pai-nt,-I ring daisies that `looked soared half to -death," she answered. e"I. sold a little study of roses - la.st week. but somehow on other I can't make a daisy look like a `respectable member of society. I got a -big, bunchlof them, tied `them on my neasel, and then attempted to transfer them to canvas. When l d finished-well, the painting looked a study of Rip van Winkle's -beard after Rip` had been `eating hard-boiled eggs and. wasn t particular where `the eyolkswent. What; have `yvou Tbeen dbing lately. Kate 2" asked Brooke; ut\L * "Here's to the man you finisher1`." sa'rd Monteith, holding up his glassg "Your 'health, - you * strong and mighty Amazon." ` - ' ` Meanwhile. Fanny Locke `had gone` to the mfrigerator. and. assisted by Monteith `.a.n-d Kat. was making` high-vballs; she insisted, however. on squirting the wseltzer .because she liked the sound of tlie sy_phon. ` "Punch accepted. two of my draw- ings last week, Monty." she said. and I finished *a man to-day that is perfectly -gra,nd~. ..-w No. -dear; I'll give it to you-and pay in advance, and she jumped from the` chair. and running over to `him . -threw her arms around hi neck a.r_1d planted a resounding smack on his lips, ' ' ,"3i EBn7t_'h';`:;' to `take it.` `do I; Etta?" asked Fales. with a mock re- signed look. ` T Etta Andrews came panting up the stairs just _ then. -and she greeted the crowd with a wave of herwhaand and, "Phew! isn t to-night a boiler 9" Then she fell into a chair and. nod? d-ing over to Fales. said. Jack. pour me out .a. cold glass of beer had you may have a kiss." MT .l-_u .1 D t:-or I;rooke dived into his pooxets and 2-nw Monteith the money. "Monty, old man." he said serious-` '3`. "I`m getgjng `tired of; Bohemia. J`o-night will -be my, last n_ight.. at it.` . For 7 iitntwhat will ' 'T'a1;';'V:.;;..ai?;7;.;a;T.;: 1:4 an am, I just as his race in a --__ --u---vv- vsr swans; I (`Shades bf. our ancestors. girls. let's `get "the dishes washed! said Jean Travers. And `in a jiffy -plates 1-,,were emptied and the dishes trotted _lover to the `bath-room and washed.- i'1`he`y_. then .went -downstairs. 'D..-..I.... L~..I.l 1'..-~.. rn_.____,. - I - "Instead of ..-going home, Jean," said Brooke. wh'a.tVdo you say to an early morning spin `in th'e -park? - The_ sun will `biz up in,"ha.lr `an hour. '.`_Agr_eed."_ said. `Jean. ' ~ Within twenty minutes,_ =t,hey_ ,w:q;~.e two." he_I_'_a._1_(_ls f:ot_ the A d#Wh. When ,th.bVy .dg. fegch d 'At,,he.ae1Vf1f>eniti'_1_1" ,Brook 1. Mat` ~i_;`l l:f . _ "'l`}ie`ir`fnli\rit`l}7::1'-itiaiiniqla-ii,vuI ...-``+ 4...... in Hyde` Park.` spmsamg g16ng`u`ke' % ._,a.a.isl,..}: 7'.S.uppo as fwa :dia`nu%1int; A Jean; -7 Brooke a_t the front. door.` There `the party .split, .a.nd B2"oo]f:e and Jean '._l`rayer_s paddled` along. n'I'._-,L--.1 ,5 o -- ' `H - I _-.v.,, ----- 1 vv voov \n\rvv'A|h`lInupgJ B: V Brooke tol_d_Jegu_a Travers he'd take 7her home `just so"soon as he got on his` kpvickerbockers. ' ,..,,. up`.-V , ., __._,-,_.. ,......' ._.;uJ av, VEGA] `LEV ttrh`. She's doing a. turn up at one, of the halls-I. forget which one- and she said she won't be able to WI down -before 10.30. You owe me :1 sovereign as your `share of the .~.auH'. ` V --v -an-asp. uneaana-IVKAIIUIJ o ' All on a su_dde.n Fals looked out of the window. It is the mom` her- self, he said. By jove. folks, it s ten mi-nurtes to four. * V ` . 1" 5~"Z?ter '1' .Z}"EiLi;d:L:sZing' him he Wi1L"~she said. a_ignificant_ly. An in iiaall-1 I1`..I;... I_-'I'.-.l vv-g.-- V "He'd bent` tender ernouagh if ` you -dv give `him a -ohance, Laughed Drum- mond. "Wouldn t he, Etta 8" - HAIL ..- T ._-A. 1-9,-- ..`_- vvvvh av. nun-sonata us; llyo "Get up. Jack. said Jean. You d prove _too indigestible a morsl for `my `delicate palate. _For. if report_ do` not belie me. you re _r-atVher tough." n'IY-!) `L- A 3 ` _'-.`v J\rIQ a\JU UV Illr I -"Devour me, my dear. said Fa-les. falling on-his knees in front of her. "Pm a true apostle ofswegt-ness. and light, and I `-k1'now' you have a sweet. tooth. Eat me up in little pieces, but begn by tasting my lips; ``Get Ill}. Janlh" air` Joan 00V...-9)! Which shows what a born phil- osopher you are. Jean, said M-on- teit'-h. A V - h "Not -`born -so. Monty-I ve acquired it since _I _went on the stage. [and it's !be3n `a mighty expensive` ao- quisition. Pm" hungry as `a - bear; vhat have you got to eat 8" U'l\nw-....-.. _... _.__ j_._ as c I -- - _.-"_..- uuvvv squat Jean Trav '3. flush on `her face, her eyes spark- ling. "You have such a pretty way, Ben. of -saying nasty things that I think of `the prettiness and forget the n`astine.s_s. _` ` V T T - W ~--- ers turned towards him, "I hope your` visit. -dear, will be longer than your fskirt. said Benny Brooke. fbowing. ` 1...... n1_--_-_._ L - V` - ` And just then Jean Travers en- tered. "I -came on ' my bicycle, people, -because that was the quick- estway of getting through the park." `Is my costume too abbreviated 3. Z1. takev that as a. compliment-, Etta. The fact that I should like that which Ben Brookev does shows -....;. A... L. A -A `I `:Wl1at things?" asked .B`rooke. . T "The catables-,-ordered them ` sent rcrund at 7.30. The crwd-will ~be. In-1'0 toenight--FaJes.` Alec ;;Dr1'1m-` mund, Bates. Kate Rhodes. .Etta, Fzmny Locke and; may be, Jean Trav- (:"L` 'QLni.. ~.1_!--- - ___...l .....v.. cdvan yavvnv uvgo DLPUVVB meto be .a man of `taste and judg-V ment." _ 1.----' ca.`-unan v`A'-h-ouldn`tT he like l;er just.-because you do,,_Alec ?" asked. Etta. `point- ledly. ` H i`V'i Tx`x1 sure I . -donV t know, answered Dnummond. mfxsingly. ' HUI`.-..l4l...N."I.... I:1__ 1 _,, - . -. .. -_-, -....-- --ovv ya u:.uu.|uuu. I "And why shouldn t be ?_- asked Kate. . lvdbked from `the window and answered the whistlne. It's Joan Travers. `he said, `and went down tothe door to let her in. an!` Li I .I %"`i`-t`hi-r`1'l;- j;l;e:;w.Iea.n rathex-' cu." said Aa`Ieo Dmmmond. i ' 1 _ nA...I Hi: 7 And so the good-humored chaff` went round, until abbut hali` {past ten a low, peculiar "whistle was Vheand from the `street. "That's pur whis tle." Who is it?" % .. "Iv neve1;`utz1:t:3;l` -`better boiled eggs than Ben cooks, said Bates. "Your. .a pastmaster-vat hard-boiled eggs, Ben. I -never saw your equal. What s your recipe?" 0h." answered Brooke, with a twinkle in his `eyes. I put `them inwboilin-g water and let them stay there. until you make a -brilliant re- mark. vThey re `in there so `long they're {bound to be hard." - __-___ V V.-v up: an. Isa-ll-I-I\.l|lV-no Z"`I t_h'ink- t;1ere'a;e a`couple of ~bottles.Aleo. G-o*hunt and take them away from the intoxicating crowd against whom they re.nest1ing. Pm` busy boiling eggs}! "'Hul1o, Ben, have the things'ooine yet ?"v V " ' T "`:\:1'y"g':1.x1'gt::aJle in the i`cf_1'igeru:- or. Bent? asked Drummond. ' drink; wait on yourself. `----.--o. v v. Liston. to the Czar of man the] Rus`sias,"vsaid Fanny Locke, scorn-J fully.` Alec. dear. if you want a. I uA....- ...t....._. .1. -- v - v -~vv2' \uv|~`w|pIn|4\nI l ' "-Who's waiter I ? asked Drummond. plaintivx,._ V " u`I!_A._,, 1 us , 1- - .. V.. I Brooke brought` out the chafing dish. andthe rest of the crowd busiede themselves with opening cans.- bringing out plates, knives. forks. spoons. etc , Brooke _wa.nted oofee,- so Kate started the kettle -on the five o'clock tea-stand. ,` IIIITL -1- ____ 9; -# an I an 3 ---,--v --4 ,-"N-- ~ _ I brought in fifl;eei1." said Bates. You've lost one; Behold. I shall emulate D.ai`winand hunt for the missing link." and `Bates dropped .to his knees and presently foundlhe sausage peacefully '_reposing under the table in Drummond`s` hat} ' gurgle ot-_deIight.e and she` scrambl- -V-v--n ._u-uu uu ucxuy `uuugnc 0116 01111 of tluel paper'_` and allowed the eon- t"en`ts to fall to the tloor. 'f'Looz_nes!" shrieked Etta... in a ed on the floor and oolleobed _the different links. "Fourteenof them." she so`.id., _ "F-itee`n. said Bates. _ - Etta. counted `pgain. T Fourteen links, my boys ` HT L_.,.-..\.;. s_ A--1-L--`WH "` ` ,2';.-,..'o` "_`} .-Ge!"-|t:Va.ijnl_i ~`Etta'. 1` dear. % 'si3ne_e you beseech ` so pla}int iifel'y_'."`" answered Bates.- o ,"The monster ` `imprisoned here` happens to be several. Beo- hol and he deftly caught one `end {If nnnnuy` 1|-`A .-II----A-` l`-- :ki nd!'yV. mi of th*3 9aF;~yon _.--....D.V.-. vv as-Iv ysvvvu auu went -no'fart.her. As clever Jean Travers once summed it up: "You can go `.0 Brookefsvrooms. meet `a Jot` of jolly people. have- `all V you want to eat` and drink. laugh a good deal. and never hear anything on: of the way." - ' A` man as ca Yl:lV1m:'1;i:-1;!"_ an have wrapped up in said Fales. 3 " ` "~`|l-VUIIIJV LU` 111111." . "Will you wait `for me. dear '99 he .3335 gently. bendingcloaer to her "Q Rl\IIln`_ foal .-_ L_. n I --___.__- Jun nun `uijl SIJUWIV - "It wouldn't be fair t_o ~her.` he% said, quickly; "she might have "to wait years. ' IITD `I .| I -'.'_I'f lI+;Uio:edT a man. she said, "I'd waitianretime `for hi-m." _ I 04117:]! ...--- ' __- _, avnaungg IIWLIIIILIE 1310881" L n He. could- feel her tgemble from had to foot. "`0h. Ben. Ben! she subbed--a_.n`d that was her answer. _ "Couldn't you, she whispered "oouldn t you ask `the -girl -the hues-g tion. before you went `away? Gould-n_`t you ask Iher now? 0111- ...---I.i_u 1,- A s _uu. vvu t a.pa.rlcl8 or for; take it. won`: you. and--and-an'd stay in the city! `Give up Bohemia - yesp . we ll iboth give it up; `but stay in the city. won't you ?" i_ . _He looked down at her flushed, eager face, and hi arm stole around her waist" and he drew her :t 0 him` gently and kissed her. "Jean; ideaf, I must go away. he said. Her head was `buried in his chest. but she lifted it ever so little and peep- ed upat himythrough tearful eyes. "Why must you go away, Ben 9 she whwered. ' " ell. I've lost my position on the paper- I've no prospects ahead. and I want some money -before I ask. a oertainiigirl a certain question. So I m going away. Jean. dear. to find the money. There `was a ring of pathos "in his voice an! -the girl not- ed if. ' I It was ten minutes to -eight on 6. sultry June night. when into :.l31`g0kc s room. sauntered Monteith.|