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I. JIUL .|lll33 lllc`-Ilrlllu. - ` - .r ~\ ell, good-bye`, dear; you'll write e every day, and;--.- V v . . _ , ._ -he rest of his admonition became dible in an affectionate ,' embrace, in a few minutes he was` once e alone, a prey to the terrors of monetary position.` What with Dulcie being away, - these beastly money .worries, ' ' 1 have an awful fit of blues. . he door was partly open, and as alked moodily up and down a` looked at him. . ` _hy is the lion so restless ` this ing? _Such pacingto `and fro ..is conduc1ve to the study of; the p h,_ Mrs." Crisp, good morning; e in. A ' rs. Caroline Crisp occu pied__.,?the. nf rnnrnc nknun Than 1 u-ganja : y Jove! I don t know `what to- ht face with a pair of mischiev- _ ':7I`vT;;x-1w`l,1ilQGreg6ry Lirriper lit a cigar and m'ad`e'hims'e1f comfortable` in Tom s sitting-room` whilehe await- ._ed the arrival of his friend. `He -had not long to wait, -for -in a` few min-` ut_es a tall,` broad-shouldered .man wxth a bronzed face entered the room, Ah, Anthony! ' You ve found your. way here`, eh? .You are just in time to sat: rnyhboy and his wife start o on_ car honeymoon. Well, hq s luckier than 1am, for I can't nd my wife at all. Not nd your wife? . That s about the size of it. You see, I went to South Africa for nine rnogtlhs, angl left r\: 1Vy1;vvxfeI1nlodg`;ngis in oo s 111-. e ,. oun could" coaue balizk a month before my time; so to give her a surprise I star- ted*for~ England withouttellmg -her, and now I find that she has left her l<})1dgli`ngs,and no. one knows where s e as gone to. station.` , . ' a kicked spaniel,s. Tom _ hurried -upstairs, where he had to, use all his powers of . vpers.uas_ion,..to ind97 : Mrs- Crisp tq .contjpue ,the, deception and get ready Jo: the supposed departure for the qtcu Ill aucu '_ uuuy: ` Not at all, my boy; She seems a very nice` gir1-not quite so youngvas I expected; but, she s none the worse for -that. I only `hope she won t be afraid of her dad-in-laow.?` L ` -.7`X h,:t1;a:l;;; newous; `I ie'dare" Well, well, my boy I hope you will be "happy. "By the -way, .1 met 5.li'O1d friend in the train, and I `asked him -to meet me here. You won t mind` me waitingtill he comes? -V . l_kO,h, no, dad,- stayas long.-_as you 1 e. . , .- , V Yery well,._ot` you go :gnl.ge_t tea-, __ "`Y9u are not vex`e__d`vthat I got'mar- med m` such a liu`1"ry? " " nfhf Of (I119 Ac! anndln on O11; no, dad, LI. Vassuyz-e` ghe `is shy-very shy; and you. cpyxung along so suddenly-- -All Ivlnzin `anus cnanuvauna` 1 Anna gnu. so 1 . . . K I . . I. Dulcie-, answered I_`om_ prompt-. J :1.,-{ 9ii$ g;:iir;2. ,0. . 3323.5:-_.f;5 -. 7 :S H. 11} ""'I`hat is so did, and I- aria very sor- ry iorit. `As soon as I-got the mon- _ey Iwas going down to Dcvonshirc to ask Dulcic to marry me, but you turned up, ahd I-1 made -Mrs.` Crisp play the part of my wife. 11`, , ,, II I `---. --v- .----v V. ---J .v-_v. ' Very well, sir, you have made a fool of me and a fool of yourself, nd so you must bear the consequen-, Ses. I don t ever want tosee you again; and you will not inherit a pen- ny of my money. _Good day. urn: --- "'01:, I'll`. Livrriglerl ` d0x;"tV go like tlit, exclaimed Dulcic. If ` I can` forgive Tom, surely you can; As for your money, we don t want it; as my aunt has left me 20,000; but we do -want your `love, and you will not re- fuse us that? T ;`W-ll,-;;v.;il, if you put it like thaf, I suppose I must forgive him. And what about you, _A_nhcLny? I `unm `I ...... -4. :...I:.... .--- It s sodlsyto W No, dear, I am not, but I have made a thorough tool of myself, and must ask your `forgiveness all round. I am sorry to say, dad, that I am deeply in debt, and in order to avoid a smash it was necessary that I should find some money. Knowing your horror of debts I could not ask you, and. inan evil moment I thought of.t_he fzooo you promised me on my we din"g day. ' ` Ann. ,1 1 . cu " .- '_vyuu.s GUUIIL J u Oh! I am :o r{:}3i`cl::`:l";t` ngiing my wife that I am` ready to forgxve any- body L and everybody.-London .Tit- Bits. A Vince me that he s not a young black- l guard. ' - " "'-""Z -"7' W"'_A_nd' you wrote and toll mic ihat jvou were _maj1'rri_ed, while all the tne it was an `1mtrugh? - `;CZ)i-:7, Tom; what isfit? Ydu are not Ammied?" askga Duxciq. women of'it.a virtnea?`. ?8Vxiil"A`}'ou 01.1; ` notwishtort-,main'isickan weak and dhoonrngod, exhanstbdeachdsy, when you an be"u easily cnreduothu acct Anna. L aunuuul 2"` 'Your `Medicine is indeed a Godsend to I suffering women, and I only wish that they ` all knew what it can do for them and there would be no need of their Ad 113 out miserable lives in ony. I an ered for years with hearing own aim, extreme nervousness and excrue ` ng headaches. but a few bottles of your vegetable Com- nound made ma Innlr nm ma .a.........:..... uuu as new uuxuea or your vegetable Uom- gound made life look` new and gromising me. I a.ml' ht and an -Ido not know what si ness is, an have enjoyed the best of health now for over four years. Lydia E. Pinkham a Vegetable Com nnd has sent sunshine into thousands of omen and hearts? _' ..o'.;.;;.";.;:1".;'".:' 3: 5?; p.";."'.. e tong y y 13 , ' . hAm a Veg_etabl_e Compound convince :1 of 11.: vu-tnea? . you can- not wk "3 filfflilifl an II!-air nu` 3333-ii'<..I uuuruuzul J on auu DBBWRIL U10 era; loan 0 voice; nervous dya- pepsla; 9. tendency to cry at the least provocation--'-all this points to nervous proetration. ' ' KTALI.-bu. -4 ....'l:-..- 4L___ .1s.4-,.,,- J The Nlon Of. the nerves and sen- erative organs in women is so"cloae that nine-tenths of the nervous' .`f>roetration, nervous debility; the blues, '8 eepieesnes and-nervous injitability arise from some yderangexnent. of the organism which i makes her aewoman. Fits of depression `or reatieaneas and irritability. Spirits easil affected, so that one minute she lung 5, the next minute weeps. Pain in nmninnnoh unnn-u no.) I..-L-.--- L1-A ill VD III CIIIUIIO Nothing will relieve this distressing `condition andpnevent months of pros- enng tration andaau .so surely as Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com und. `Mina Tnlah _Q+m...m .4 1-15 . ..n:....a.-- u. A Auuqiuu B vegcwuxe UOIIJ U110. `Miss lah Stowell, of 177 wellington 815., Kingston, Ont.., writes: ` T Dear Mrs. Pinkbam :- -00 xr-_-__ at--19,0 . laughs, min wepf Ki: . the Abdominal `on and between. ah'uu_l(_lera; log; voice; (`I MEDICINE` THAT - ~ --ovv aalvvlv IIA4lLIl`- I " """' annoy you and make you irritable; you can't glee you are unable to qu_xet`ly and calm y perform gout daily tasks or care for vnnr phi] ---j-uv Usually Dug to Female Disorders Perhaps f Unsuspected. Will no; the volumes of letters from vnrnnn man- .c......... 1... 1_:::. In 72.1. Such a. simple treahziei. So eolntely certain to cure. Just take Indl. Not a. ' few udoses-don't stopcven 'a:fter a few boxes- Give Bualu. a fair chance -.tAke. it faithfully_ ; carry out the directions exactly ; ?and"Bll-`JI will care you` usjuitely up smoke 4. V9 uunnIwl1.|_5_ !s;;..` VVIIU I How often'do we hear ' the- exprea-` sion, I am so ner- vous, it seems as it I should I! A ; or, mn ` khan`; GA wcu - xnown Canadian` women are ner- - vous 7' `f`_/ ,1: `C u-vvlv v -wrwwc u I that houses are clean, Giyan 3 clean roofed wl ::'dooa not lock iI.v'.3"'ia.'r":'-'%'V{.oa.; .4 uni Eh .* `fth V339. ii;d'i6r.'t}o:3}iE132- V " ohld bfcarried on` by r}I* - ' ,-I-nuu-Ia; nu not w uuunere :35; , d xor.zwmo`nn..- 5lIIl|X an {Kn `g;{`.J.l k.."...._I-.I -._ _uu out _ yuan nuuaun qlrllll no true hum co.n a.p;it'o`o`.'";h" onton on y with gutter- thon they can the 58%. Tnuhnnhn . "".`_' V` \. `Fl ? QIIVKJ .]UCK _ KICK? was nowo-we. %%e-we nd` `AI `-14 -n4-IL- `din. a,-eoL&IiIUl.IuuUuux U1 bua vuua-., .811. .. .`11'Y9Yl`80 Y- `Y9. evidence before the Senate cgmmfttee ran the resources of northern" Canada Illd `thd Hudson Bay route. ' " HUI: stated that there would On be rgood deal .0! land.` t.-int. uttlementjn pub of Keewat whpme there was nothing now put . ~s_Iv_UX$\l Ill pqlfuv than 3;; ' u5:n.sm1_u. 'dIA `inn Chn :8-W-n.I.-..."4._- -__`.`.s'- .';L.' oungstel-3--the rst kite own in the orthmst-md this kindly act was followed by his sending to Winnipeg. for a couple of footballs, with which. he taught the boys the mysteries of the Association tame. Nothing could have been more effective in `gaining the good-will of the" excited `and re- unttul Indians. VVWHIH Dr. London also narrates a few in- cidents from the` story of the _com- lnission`e work illustrative of the di- lomacy and good judgment of Mr. e treat in dealing with the half-breeds at `a time when lack of eaution, rm- ness or knowledge of the Indian cher- aeter would have had very serious results in fomenting ,hn'ther trouble in the sparsely settled west. For in- ; stance, at one of`the first sessions he 7' first act was to make 9. }_dte'for tlne ..'_...._.A-_. `AL- Q__A L.-4, y Avnwvu uuucl. uUucla.1 LILLUUAUUUII. III I should -not be forgotten, however, that 1 the commission would have proved a lamentable failure had it not been clothed with the powers which Mr. Street's foresight secured when he was on the point of leaving for the North- west. . . Q C I . A per acre. , At the next session of the commis- sion after much diiculty one of the half-breed women was persuaded to accept scrip for her land claim. This scrip was immediately `turned into money by sale to the agent of a Win- nipeg banker. The suspicions and alarm of the _Indians*were quieted by this tangible evidence of the good faith of the commission, and the news quickly spread among the assembled half-breeds. M'I`he work thus auspici- {ously be 11 by the commission was conduc successfully to its close. [ and hundreds of half-breeds and their ;Indian friends were . prevented from , joining `therebel forces under Riel. A a-....'..u...C-.I ..---_ T\... T ...-J-_ _.-_- u Jv.u.uu. _u.n:`.lcUI:1 LUL'lJUl:5 uuucl Luci. i 80 successful, says Dr. London, was the whole mission that it deserved the_ name of the Peace Commission, ;and its achievements are entitled to take rank with those of the military forces under General Middleton. ` It -'L---l.`l ._-L L- l-_..-AA-__ L _ eavro vuuu uuu-uzccu no no: uppueu fo-. land hie scri . Sir John prompt- ly concurred. an the commission left Ottawa for `Winnipeg on April 7 cloth- ed with this added authority. After the first interview with half-breeds at Fort Qu Appelle, on the request of the ccmrniseionera they were also given powerrto allot land as well as to, give ecri for so much mone with which lan could be purchase at a dollar '\@T Il mThUewmission of the commission was to make lists of persons entitled to land grants in compensation for their dispossession at law by the Dominion : when it assumed ownership in 1870. The Government at the time of the appointment of the commission was not prepared with any denite policy regarding the plan "of allotment, and Mr. Street was told that the commis- sioners must do the best they could, and if the half-breeds did not come in to enter their claims no blame could attach to him or his associates for their failure. Just at this junc- ture, on March 27; 1885, news arrived at Ottawa that the smouldering dis- content among the half-breeds of the Northwest had burst into ame,_ and a conict had taken place at Duck Lake. That same evening Mr. Street applied to Sir John Macdonald for increased powers for the commission- ., He asked that they be 'ven author- ity .not only to make `sts,..but to give each half-breed as he applied fnn land `n any-in Q41? YA`-VI IMIAV--'-` 1 Dr. London rm. Some Unpublished c History of Northwest Rebellion. A nely appreciative and illuminat- ing review of the life and work of the late Mr. Justice Street is contributed to the current issue of The University of .Toronto Monthly by ex-President London, a life-long friend and asso- ciate of the deceased jurist. The ar- ticle contains some very interesting references to incidents in his life which have. not hitherto been given publicity, especially in relation to the important public services he perform- e.l as chairman ofthe Northwest Half- breeds Claims Commission appointed in 1857!: ` motor-car; " Be quite as `rare as icicles In summer` solstice` are. _Yes!. '.l.jhey ll be dead as Pharoah-_ g V plain , It seems to me indeed- When all prefer the aeroplane 4NFor comfort, rest, and speed. Yet nervous folk cavilling UAt this mode, nd full soon The safest way of traveling By steerable balloon. For ecstasy then singing out -To learn at last she can, Will Mary Jane go winging out With _her. discreet young man. Then quite intent on gainin it, And one in heart an min , \ When we go aeroplaning it, "l`is Heaven, 211 i own, we'll nd. While well agree between us is This plan we cherish still- We ll honeymoon where Venus is-- Bv Jnnibr um um! I % Kupiaoaaaa _cn_nr'. 3-- A.I.-A L ____ -# I_-._ 9: Mother ' {h 391 the 'ua.3n_";r 72;.` .-.;L S_ _. ->4 V V IL DUMB H1000 By Jupiter, we will! `f-_.J_, Safer Ihjn the st. Li;-prico.. I3 1-... .1.-..-.4-.. -3 n_. /1. A STATESMAN JUDGE. [A DREAM "OF I-`LIGHHTV. vvv Wu} ---Londcxm Chronicle. "`Yo`ur affectionate_fa_ther, \_i Gregory Lmiper. - ' I am married! I shallgo `smash before then, and the old `man play .the Spartan father and dis-_ rit me. at Fate the`-door of his room was ned and the gure of the landlady truded into theeapartment. r T '~ liss Doone has called, and before nd her up I should like to remind , Mr. Lirriper, as my billeis now ell as other folk . " _ ay nothing about your account, . Mooney, nothing at all`; I assure it will be seen to at once.". ` r in a few mimfces Dulcie~Doone red the 09m. .LI__ _ ._ _v _r___.,..____ y George! Two thousand -`the ? hile the sat ruminating and ' rail- . r 16, and as landladies must live he landlady retired; grumbling,` man 1 nor - g - ~ -V "Walnut I don t want to=be ,{:.;pres2g; EMJit%v!iiM*?!en9%;!T%Jwil1Lo:un3z&9% "Wt!!!" - _~ ~~ x . . Well,.I wrote..to.him.?and.told hiin thet was - llllflfjtd.` and-t-and instead g of sending me the money.`he s--hAe}gq% .comingAhere. . _ _ . "gut you pare `not `mamed, '~-are ; you _ - . ` "Of eourse.I.'m-~vnot.~-and that : the i\yoergt_.of,_ __t,' He'll be `here in: few`; .mim.'I'tes `and want; me to produce wife; Oh, rI'n_j1 ruined, :>a`u d= it`: YOU! fIIll_t.b"b .-.r if-.~_-;,.r. J _ :g,.`f --.,.u... :..=...1a.~ae.`..:1A..~e1;1.-...u..;.~1 am. am ; yam-_fauI,t." . 2 - My fault'?.I. like that.-. I did. no tell on to deceive you: f_ather..-._ :5-;-e;.,. o.:= uh; xow.-emu899n:-rpm, em!!- tobuay etad. h:rI;at'stt:lmt? " { `eW_1f`;:'f: ' '.}'.l.lP_ `~!Z'Qac; ' :nent~- Tam nnytznmg WIUII`, $151.. L4l.I|l..lIl_I I Oh, :t s_ you, `M:-s.:-Cnsp, use it? Yes, there is something wrong. V Come in, don t stand there; a nice thing you. have done for me with your sugge'st*-: ions._ -_ I , Why, `what. have I done?" "What have you done? You V sag; gested that `I jehould-; get nfaied aef ` \ eoonjas-pou'ibIe, too as to set V the` 2,000 my father ptogniliedo me." 4_ M , 11.11 m If UPC VVIEII IFVUIIUII lIGIu\v| . y Dear Son,--aY.our letter nat-` urally surprised `me very much, /but as I do not believein long engage-. ments -1 can not blame` you for tak ing the shorter alternative. I am glad to tell you that my. -gout has wonderfully improved, and. as ' I should like to. pay my, respects to your wif_e.I 4 am coming to London, and will "be with you almost as soon as you get this letter. . % `Your affectionate father, V r-nu-at-rsnur .1 vnnvntn n suul all-CI-EIIJIIGUG Lclluuqg GREGORY `LI RRI-PER. What! -My father coming here! I am lost, lost! Oh, what a fool I've been! It s.. . all through that _AMfs.h Crisp putting the idea mto. my head. What shall I do? Oh. I i am `going \'m?`d.t -V 9 ' , -1` .0 ' -`Iv Anythmg wrong,` Mr. Lampar? _ nu. to . uni: ,.Mr,`-Criln- inaft? Yin; Inll , uni,-an . uui-in . :' V. . _. Wit many misgivings he address-_ ed the envelope and.` sealed it, and when he wentiout to post it. his hand hesitated many times before` be final`- ly drop ed it into the box. -His ag- ony o mind during the next .two days can be better imagined than des- cribed, and when on the second day he found a letter` on his-sbreakfast-tab le in his father's hand-writing he tore it open with feverish haste. uu.. n.'.... d... _vm..- I'.u..'- rm!--` hy, Dulcie, this is a . surprise; cy you coming to see me in these diggings. Ishould never have `d to invite you here. hey-don't look very `tempting, , I must say; but I can't stay a me. I just came to tell youthat -my -aunt is very ill and wants to he station. AL 1 --_ __._1 1.--_;1_..._ Q.-- -4-.. `her and I are going `down to Dev-` hire; we have had awire to` say` me. I just called in on any way- ----- ---up CCU? ---,wvw `low r u w - - - - - V - x u vs In much _hste,'yOur ;lfe`ctidnate SOD, ` ' ` A ~ . TOMB? That '.e::eds..Vll I-.ight.;' `the o'nly' thing is, will it succeed, and what is my position after? Well, I must risk it, and ,when..I get the money!` will buy Ia special license. -run down to Devonshire, and persuade " Dulcie `to marry me..at.onc_e," ; ; `I :LL -an nnnn -uA:`nnv:uv:r|a-Q LA nAI`nAa-1! 7 1...). .`._ g -- --uJ C? -_u---uu wMy ne;}' l-)"ad:-You` _will _hb_e-sur- prised tohear that"I was married this `morning by special license.` 7'Cir-. curnstances in my wife's f`amily"made` it imperative that-we shouil `be `mar- ried immediately or postpone the cer- emony-for-acouple of years. I feel sure you will not. biame me for con- summating .my -happiness. at_. such short notice,`-as we. are starting. at once, for our honeymoon tour on the Continent, I. shail` be glad if you can send me` the, 2,000 you promised me. uuvv JV UEGII \lUIll`( > Well.,you sec, I-I am engaged to; be married`, and-we1!, a fellbw` must - spend-a bit when he` has a,jo!ly,gitl - to take, about. * '- ClA_..I _I_-'_ _, _., I .1 - abut Inc vvucu 1 I010 mm 0! lI."~ That is verykind of him, Mr. Lirriper. f Twofthous`a'nd.-pounds tyne day you are married. What a pnty you;-can t -get` married at once. You could pay your debts `and still have 1,300? D-- 'I---_I u. , AI - - - - - `With the departure of Mrs. Crisp`, Tom Lirriper sat down and began to seriously` considerthe feasibility of her suggestionr. His creditors would not wait longer than a day or two, and the `necessity of having the mon- ey immediately was_ imperative. `But Dulcie wa`s.on her way to Devonshire for an indenite period, and even if she had been in -London it" was im- probable that she. would agree to such a hasty marriage. A siornfound it, I don't know what to _.And ashe sat there almost des- pairingly, his evil gemus perched on his shoulder and turned his thoughts into a channel from `which he start- ed back with a- shudder. HKYA .... I"---`.`I_l ___.-_ .1, -- vu uaun WlH|`' alllll-I161". No, no, I could never do it; the risk is too great; and-he wouldvnever forgive me if he_ found out." And yet -and. yet,.dadjs suchna conrmed in- `valid with his gout that he could not come to my wedding '. in. any h case. Could I risk it? Dare I rislcit?' Let me_ gay what I_ could say to l_um."_ _ ll__ I\___ V\_ 1 1- - VX;3'3;::'?/our father appreve of your engagement ?,. Rather! Just"-look at this.le.tter he ` sent me when I told him of it: _ . 'r`!nO :3 uignnun `-:-.I -52 I,!, `I. IIV DIGIIIJIII A h, I see, and how long.are you gto be away? _ .1 - cannot tell you that,.'1'om dear; t is so very ill that" they do `not ct her to r`ecover,;_`tnd_i_n that we shall stay to the end 'It'{is least I can do, seeing that 1 tag!) nher}i`t all her property; andishe as `H ` . l h, I see how it. is. Yoltlll e` y,'an_d come back 3 rich heiress; `then; forget all about poor Tom lper. h, you silly old go'os.e. `as it'tno:t-- ould make` any dierence in me. I must really go now, -' Tom ;'~mo-' is waiting at the . station, agnd I t n`ot miss the~.train. . V ` _--.u 1.--- .1 ....... ..m -L.';.:;.- 'look' as cl.1eVe`rf'ul:`a's ;a'r'ihy da$'; _ Oh _ em-rut-hing : -1.. mac...- .booL l(I\-, IIUIIJI F IIIIII 3 My dear '-Myra: C1.-iisp, -VI haye ms doubt you mean well, but you don't know whatyou are talkingabout. If my old -dad "knew-that I was in debt he would discard .me like an old _nu.y WI! Ul. `VIRUS; UNI U1 it" ' .``Oh, you poor` box > I, .m qvso ry; biit you're father is ea rich man,- "{sn_ .t he? Why not lay the whole __matter before him? . . -` . - . an:-__ .1--- -I` 4- - - - Hanna 1:: vuccluu. ca :8 lflluy uay... Oh ,.everything s thematter`; up to my neck it} debt and I don't see any way of gettmg `out of it. Oh unn nan- t\Iu Ti... -- __..,_., ` " H995! Deg:-,.6ear,~:thpt s bad; and I don't ac: how I can `help you. Is it much? About 700. ? . I . - Good tacious! _What - on earth have you een doing? \XI`.Il Ayn nnn. I T An.) .__._..I A- '~"ve:n';~'-' llIII_II ' nuts-I; uulus /Ifll IVCIEIO . < _ _ ` on : be silly, my dour; dad would not gave you such an. gxpensive pus- 'ent`unlesshe could afford it.` ' I-I_e're, let inc clasp -it. on. There, -my" dear, it-`looks beautiful: othank you very much dad for your kind present. `WWI. `\|o,n 01" :pvn`n6 anus `snug nan` "`-'-r?S53 f '`3f."`or `nice that 1_ thought shevse.e,med,a bit dazed; -Nb insanity in the family, is therg? >1 . A .9. vabuuuc uuap uuvuywu -:-`ill? of rooms above Tom vLirri'pe`r .8-_ was a bright, cheery little wom- V hose husband was away in South ca on business, and was. not ex! ed back for another month. She_ not been {very long under `_-Mrs. ney s roof, but she and Tom Lir- I were already good friends. ' ' ell. and what's the matter? You IIIIIIVJ I`. I `l\lUl'\ Ilc III.` I ' Certainly not, my boy.` But" it is the rurnrniest business lever heard of,.getting married --at five minutes notice. No, no; don't let rne_ spoil your arrangements. Halloal where's the girl? ` ` ` (.m:nnu gpunnno` nng-.k`A-- In-4` `Crisp found herself unable" to bear the situation `any longer, and, taking an opportunity when Gregory. Lirripet-'3 back was turned, had made.- he: escape from the room. "E IIII up nutunpan . J ;`:`-`K- L`.'_L . Y hurry. .-. V . _ ` u, Well, look her.. dad; you see it's this way. We didn- t know that yoq would be able to come-up, and we ar- ranged to start on -our honeymoon by the,u.o5 ft-omCannon 'Street...: If. I stay to, tell you the'wh_ole_, story we will miss our train, so you won't mind if I postpone it? ` o ' l `mQZ``:IC'D an` in : khan: ' uun. :5` :n adv" UV V\_| IIIIF SHOE. `IDS drag And ory Lirriper produced from `a leather case a magnificent dia- mond necklet,- . - : ~ . Oh, sir, I really couldn't. -I-.-.-._ Seeing that Mrs, Crisp was about to refuse the costly gift,.Tom immed- iately came /fgrwarud. un....v. 1.- .. u- ..-- ..`..~_-. .n.~.s .... ..u lllllbll BU IV \IIlI I\III\I `IICSV Oh; that ; all right, my anal here is the littleicheque I promised` you, but you haven t told me the re).- son why -you got married in such a hurfyo , . \. I `unsung An`: --Ann -`A :L,A u VVVIU uc la llCICu ' _ -Dumlgly protesting, Mrs. :Crisp col- lapsed in the chair and. nervously awaited the approaching interview. In` another instant the door opened and Gregory Lirriper entered. Well, dad, this is a surprise. Aye, my boy, it is, but it is noth- ing to the : sur rise you. gave me when'I ,r.ec_eive your letter saying that you were married. . And so this is: my daughter-in-law, eh? Come along, my dear, and give the old inan a lfiss. ` ' ' - if` I ' up An. -- w`7A.:`1d'ua"t:;;iny 13.55 you` ar,..too_,.and I m proud of you- Funny thmg, your father and I. were` at school togethu-.. `.`Inde_ed sir, I-.--, . o _ I "M5 t 34`-.95 A -IIIIARQQIL -.-.; ' '-_.A_'__ '.'1ndc_ed sir, AI_-.--(- , __ .No, I on t. suppose you know `anything about `it; but` look here, I've brought you aslittle wedding present. How do on` like that, eh? ` v A cut` _-.nuJ|-`no ' -._.-.-4_ `-4 _I----_I Andbefore Mrs. Crisp could pro- testregory Lirriper had seized her in. his -arms and given her _half-a- dozen kisses.- . T. . uA.._| - 1.-..-- I--- i . No. you don t, ;Mrs. "Crisp. You` got me into this mess a-nd you ve got to. get me out of it,unless `you want to `see me ruined. . I! e What can I do? Be my wife for an hour}? Impossible. I--- ` . But I i'n'sis`t` upon it; not `a words We leave for our honeymoon by `the 11.05 train from Cannon Street, so it will only be for an ho ur; don't ruin e for goodness sake. `Agree to ev- erything I ' say, and I will get. rid of Jiim _as soon as possible. Hush! Not 3 xord, he is here. ...I.I-- __-L-- "' "' ' i ills. bills. bills! ; o-nls-a*.tw6;J`esra* London, and .7oo,:n_ debt; _j-By; rge that's not a bad ,record`if)fri n`= student. If the old dad knew;-` I owed evenso much as a` ve-5 d note .he d cut me off with the erbial twelve cov1>!'8;-," A . i ? om Lirriper lit `his pipe a'nd_-stared dily at the china shepherdess; on chimney-p1ece. , should have managed .a.le`l,..-.`.yril1Vy,t:--;,:_;iy,_. only had myself to consld er,`_ lJII_t_ n a fellow is engaged to a jolly like Dulc_ie Doone--"well, he `has pend a bit; and I think it's dagh-3 nconsiderate of the guvlnox-`not to `ble my allowance, considering` pleased he was when I told him y engag ent. Let s have a look is letter at am." _ e took the letter from his pocket- ]: and spread it upon the table- y Dear Son,-_--The news of your gcment to MISS Doone has leas- e beyond xneasui-e..Jasper oone I went to school. together, -and are a lucky dog to be received in- uch a family. I would run up - to don to see you, but my old ene- the gout has got me, and I_ shan t - ble to put my foot down for ks. Work hard, my boy. and e youself worthy of. her. _I Jwill ' you 2,000 the day `you are main. ?ff2`zzies*national>_fg_qgI 6o.,] ocTo_ :`.".'."r9"?'"9`."`_-"1, ) V9::7cc 59- "'" _ 45` FOR. $33-fulll lCKA GE CO'O|lpI|V@BOC&l'l'&IlliIplI|IH$ `(bod houlclrml and In cold on It Cool; of Iulofactlon. A.i. _.._.-.- --~ `W It e .....'3 n.%?p`:p32:3`$.%Iu`:n': a not. of four. lithoarmphedin brll ant cozurs. `mo; Vpoatugehpropald gaunt will mun `and state coins Iiuout lIQultlIa|.u| _n'utI-ltltub .'. ._ 'o W ;. # tt~r:`n1uzDT"F \ _ ` lttyguwantgopto me; am. P929! Card: RELIA1iqE%l -``ZAQQ:-g;n.. _. REEFXWEE Q1 I'll?!` annrn-n 8ZE1);C% '5ir;i" Vronom - amp: ATHE` NORTHERV Anvmcm: IIIIllC.`V_o_ O While Tom was still supporting-the ._lialf-faintiaig iform -Toi -Mrs-` Crispy the man 1.-itihqunau-=`. Gregory-.. ,-_ Lirriper j-called Anthqxmcame: IION. behind the screenand gazed at her in astonish- ment} ' _ ` ` i "Ca"ro_li_nel ~ ` .A`nhony`[..- ~ -`, - .. ~.` A_;.. 2 .. -Shezhtook a-eaten}. forward and helr `ion: he: ;..a.rxx`1as:lau.t-,4 Athonx. Grim jstood like a.-statue. " - on ' x`. \ -n.-..r.: 121.- ...._.- -..._:. ;.=.`;:`2`. . .. 5;. _ . n ' - __. r `_`Oh, indeed! then may I ask `who ` this is ':" answered the old man; as he` ` drew Dulcie from behind the screen." ` = ?ph, Tom, Tom, why did you do it ~-V L . -V V .1 ."Dulcie!; You herel. -V . .. .Yes I am here; I- am sorry I came, d but it; gives me ;the. opportunity of `re-, . turning__;y9pr;rin .`, _ .- ' . A But, Dulcie, a'nfex'p_lain----` _` You cannot ;jexp':ai,,4 `Ethe fa"ct: cfj .., , n a your` marriagef, . '3 " '-`liingl-A" ~ -hung ` Q63.` 'QnIf\4$l\D`:X'$ `Kb , Mrs. Crisp. entered thefroom dress- ed for travelling and looking` xnnre dead than alive. Tom sprang `for- ward and supported `her around the waist. IJ9_. . QOAQQI ilmt She certainly looks very guilty about something. : May I ask, n?,<,iam, what . your .Christi'an name L Well, look here, my `boy. I'm not quite` satised ' about this hasty marriage `of yours; -Can you assure me `that everything is `all-right? \ Why, what do you mean? . I will ask.you a plain question. Can, you assure me ..that you have not been playing fast and loose with the affections of any young lady oth- er than your wife? "T An. A.)-:5 nuv|1`h-16noI:.` con -c: Choir` ' `I CIIQII JVUI VVIIC6 "I do not understand you,` sir, and I beg. you will not upset my wife just as we are starting onoun honeymoon. She is so very sensitive that the slightest worry makes her `sill. Hush! hen: she_is.now. . ` __j .u__ ,__,L. 3;--- But`it is trite, my dear; .I Ve .. seen his wife, and sprely I--'1`om s own father--ought t_o` knoyv. '.l'om s father? ' - . I VYes; I am Gregory Lirriper, and would you mindtelling` me who you are,` my: dear .? -You seem upset.- ..... n..I-:- 'n........ ....'.a `I n uyc en lung. `_ . . . T "Two .days.`a`g'o!._Why, `he. must have been mairriedby then. " Look here`, my dear, `there is some mystery here, and Pm going to` solve it.`-` Here` comes Tom now; you go behind the screen for a minute "while -I ~ tackle him. Anthony, would you -mind go- nlso ? I :on:'o\A;- `-\ucnA`nA '6-`:4: O-nu:-5 us 5 cuau; ` Gregory Lirriper bundledthe two behind the `screen just as Tom enter- edtheroom.. . V. Well, Tom, my. boy`; all ready` -1. 3 TeVh?"" K7. Tl`:Yes, dad ; iy `wife w.ill be'" zdoxnvn in a minute. an:);|| 9-41- I_-A.- ..._.'-I_;._ 1).. .._'.. ""What! ' You Dtilcie Dodnc!-H Then who is this woman he has married?" Ll .... -__ `I 4-Il3 `I 1.24. I A-3-.. VVIIU IH IIII VVUIIIGII II` IICU IIQCIIIVVJS How can I tell?- I left . London two days ago, and--and .Tom_.told me nothing about this when _I sand good- bye to him- . . "Tuna. Janna` n1v'n' `lrkuv 0iIi:f _I\-, III: `I53. .0 193 %%III "l- am Dulcie. cone; antvlhl _-- 1 }v::; engaged tp,_'1`om;._` _I c_an t behave `IRE it-:;. U U18 U11 IIl IIUIlUJlIlUUll- H_is honeymoon! _; Is VTo.m-'-Tom marned? uA|, ____ AI--- .1--. __L..-_!_'_- _;-_- Ah, my dear-, that.surprises you, does`. it?` Well, I can tell: you it sixt- prised me last night when I A got the letter telling` me the news. L- 'I`.-...-. ..-..._..2-Arl T T 4-..); I-.-`I:-..- I`) ' I FVIIIIIE III.V III`: IDS `V W: . .Tom-ma,x-med ! I-I can t belxeve it." V - ll1'I-,4 3; E- 4---- _..__ _I-__-. 1"--- AA-.. all`-I QKIEIV JI\IUII\v SIIIVI %\D 5II\v I\I\IIIIo Oh, I.beg your pardon; I thought go find Tom-I mean, Mr. `Lirriper-A ere. ` - - ~` .9 1| ,|.. ,- ,I,_,_ ,,,_,_ ' o.`:1;l1.at s all_right', my dear; come in and sat down. _Tom will be here in a minute; he s Just getting reildy .to go o on his honeymoon. . 6611:- L nnnnnnn Ann. In Taco: ` H`;'1;l;t Ui awkward Anthony;_ you ll have to` advertise in the` agony _<:ol1il.r;11;,s, of the_ papers`. Ha1loa_,!.who ns t 15, . . _ \_ ,- E,.,__;,_,,_ .1, j_,,_ __--___I At tiiis_ juxicture tlje door. dpened and Dulcxe -Doone entered the room. alf\I_ I L___ ___ .__A.I-..- `I ;I____.AI_A