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AS GOOD AS GOLD. CHAPTER XXXVII.â€" (Continued.) Suddenly the taller members of the orowtt turned their heads, and the •hortar Blood w tip-toe. It was said that the royal oortege approached. Form the background Elizabeth-Jane watobed the aceue. Some seats had been arranged from which ladies could witneai the spectacle, and the front at\at waa occupied by Luoetta just at preeeat. In the road under her eyea stood Henchard. But he waa far from attractive to a wotiian's eye, ruled as that is so largely by the superficies of things. Everybody else, from the May- or to the washerwoman, ehone in new- vesture aocordtng to mesna ; but Hen- chard had doggedly retained the fret- ted and weather-beaten garments of by- gone years. Bene*, alas I this occurred : Lucetta's eyes slid over him to this side and to thai without anchoring on a feature â€" an gaily drsosed women's eyes will too often do on such occasions. Her manneir signified quite plainly that she meant to know him in public no more. But she was never tired of watch- ifig Donald, as he stood in an animated oonveree with his friends a few yards off, wsariog round his young neck the official gold chain with great square links, like that ronnd the royal unicorn. At length a man stationed at the far- thest turn of the high road, namely, OD the second bridge, of which mention baa been made, gave a signal ; and the Corporation in their robes proceeded from the froct of the Town Uall to the archway erected at the entrance to the town. The carriages containing the royal vialtor and his suite arrived at the spot in a cloud of dust, a proces- sion was farmed, and the whole came on to the Town Hall at a walking pace. The spot waa the centre of interest. There were a few clear yards in front of the royal carriage ; and into thi.<> spaee a man stepped before any on'i Oould pravent him. It was Henchard. He bad unrolled his private flag, and removing his hat he advanced to the •ide of the slowing vehicle, waving the Union Jack to and fro with his left hand, while be blandly held out his right to the illustrious personage. AH the ladies said with bated breath, "Ob, look there I" and Lucetta was ready to faint. Elizabeth-Jane peeped through the shoulders of those in front, saw what it waa, and was terrified ; and then her interest in the event as a strange phenomenon got the better of her fear. Farfxae inunediately rose to the oc- oa«ian. He seized jlenchard by the shoulder, dragged him back, and told him roughly to be off. Henchard's eyes met his, and Farfrae otiserved the fierce llcht in them, despite bis excitement aed irritation. For a moment Henchard stood his ground rigidly ; then by an unaccountable impulse gave way and retirsd. Farfrae glanced to the ladies' gallery, and saw that his Oalphurnia's ohesk was pale. J' Whyâ€" it is your husband's old pa- tronl" said Mrs. Ulowbody, a lady of the oelghbourhood, who sat beside Lucetta. " Patron I" said Donald's wife with quick indignation. " Do you say the man is an acquaint- ance of Mr. Farfrae'sf" oljserved Mrs. Bath, the physician's wife, u now-cum- er to the town, through her recent mar- riage with the Doctor. " He worlcs for my husband," said Lu- cetta. " Ohâ€"is that all? They have t)een say- ing to me that it was through him your butband first gut a footing in Caster- bridge. What Hliu-les people will tellt" " They will indeed. It was not so at all. Donald's genius would have en- abled him to get a footing anywhere, without aoylxHly's help I He would have >>een just the dame if there bad lieen no Henchard in the world." 'I'liv inccident had occupied but a few inomcuts, but it waa nece.isarily wit- nesHBii by the Toyal imrHonage, who, however, with practised tact, iiffecled not to have noticed anything unusual He alighted, the Muytir advanced, the addrojis was read, tlie visitor replied, tlwn said a few words to Kiirfrae. and shook hands with i.ucHlta, us Iho May- or's wife. The cerejnony occupied but a few minutes, and the carriages raUlrd heavily as I'haraoh's I'.hariolH up the stralglit High Slreul und out upon the great open road, in couUnuation of the Journey coantward. In the crowd stood Coney, Buzzford, and Longways. "Some dirterence be- tween him now and when he sanif at the King o' Prussia," said the first. " 'Ti*i wonderful how ho could got a lady of her quality to go ttnacks with him Ln nunh quick time." " True. Yet bow folka do worship fine clothes. Now there's a Iteltor looking woman than she that nolMxIy notices at all, because she's akin to that mandy fellow Henchard." " I oould worship y«, Muzz, for say- ing that," remarked Nance Mockridge. " r do like to see the trinuning pulled off nuch Christmas candles. I am quite unequal to the part of villain my.splf, or I'd uis all my small silver to see that lady toi>pered. . . . (And iie- hapn 1 shall soon," she added signific- oally. " "Thai's not a noble passion for a wo- man to keep up," said l.oiigwnvs. The ideas diffused by the reading of Lucetta's letters at St. Peter's Pin- ter had condensed into a ncandal.wbich was spreading like a miasmatic fog through Mixen t.ane, and thenne up the hack streets of Casterbridge. The mixed assemblage of idlers known CO each other presently fell apart into two bamLs, by a process of natural seleotion, the frequenters of 8t. Pater's finger going off Mixen Lane- wards, where most of Ihem lived, while OMiey, Buxsford, Longways, and that Bâ€" n n eotlon remained in (n« street. " You know what's brewing down there, 1 suppose V" said Buzzford mys- teriously to the others. Conejr looked at him. " Not the skim- mity-ride ?" ' Uuzzford nodded. " 1 have my duul/ts if it will be car- ried out." said Ufiigways. " If they are getting it up they are keeping it mighr- ty close." " 1 heard they were thimking of it a fortnight ago, at all events." "If I were sure o't I'd lay ijnfornia- tion," said- Longways emphatically. "'Tis too rough a joke, and apt to wake riots in towns. We know that the Scotch- man i.s a right enough man, and that his lady has been a right enough wo- man since she came hero, and if there was anything wrong about her afore, tliat's their Ixisiness, _not ours. Sup- pose we make inquiration into it, Chris- topher," continued Longways ; " and if we fiind there's really anything in it, drop a letter to them most concern- ed, and advise 'em to keep out of the way »" This course was decided on, and the group separated, Buzzford saying to Coney, " Come, my ancient friend ; let's move on. There's notbin^ more to see here." These well-intentioned ones would have been surprised bad they known how ripe the great jocular plot real- ly was. " Yes, to-night," Jopp had said to the Peter's paity at the corner of Mixen Lane. " As a wind-up to the Royal visit the bit will be all the more pat by reason of their great elevation to-day." To him, at least, it was not a joke, but a reprisal. CHAPTER XXXVin. The proceedings had been briefâ€" too briefâ€" to Lucetta. The shake of the ro- yal hand still lingered in her fingers ; and the chit-chat she bad overheard, that her husband might possibly receive the honour of knighthood, seemed not the wildest vision ; stranger things bad occurred to men~Bo good and captivat- ing aa her Scotchman was. After the coUison with the Mayof, Henchard had withdiawn behind the ladies' stand ; and there be stood re- garding with a stare of abstraction the spot on the lappel of bis coat where Farfrae's band had seized it. While pausing in this half-stupefied state the conversation of Lucetta with the oth- er ladies reached bis ears ; and he dis- tinctly heard her deny him â€" deny that be had assisted Donald, that he was anything more than a common jour- neyman. He moved on homewai-d, and met Jopp in the archway to the Bull staake. " So you've bad a snub." said Jopp. " And Fwbat if I have t" answered Henchard sternly. " Why, I've had one too, so we are both under the same displeasure." He briefly related his attempt to win Lu- cetta's intercession. Henchard merely heard his story, without taking it deeply in. His own relation to Farfrae and Lucetta over- shadowed all kindred ones. He went on saying brokenly to himself. " She has supplicated to me In her time ; and now her tonpue won't own me nor her eyes see me I . . . And he â€" how angry be looked. He drove me back as if I were a bull breaking fence. . . I topk it like a lamb, for I naw it could Inot he settled there. He can rub brine on a green wound I . . . But be shall pay for it, and she shall be sorry. It must come to a tussle- face to face; and then we'll see bow a coxcomb can front a man I" Without further reflection, the fall- en merchant, bent on some wild pur- pose, ate a hasty dinner, and went forth to find Farfrae. The crowds had dispersed. Bat for the green arcbra which still stood as they were erected, Casterbridge life had resumed its ordinary shape. Henchard went down Corn Street till he came to Farfrae's house, where be knocked, and left a message that be would be gli^d to see bis employer, at the gran- aries as soon as he conveniently could come there. Havijng done thus he pro- ceeded round to the liack and enter- ed the yard. Nobody was present, for, as he had been aware, the lalH>urers and carters were enjoying half-holiday on account of tha events of the day â€" though the carters would have to return for a short time later on, to fe«d and litter down the horses. He had reached the granary sle|)s and was about to ai*- cend, when be .said to himself aloud, " I'm stronger than he." Henchard returned to a shed, where be selected a short piece of rope from several pieces that were lying alM)ut, bitching one end of this to a nail he took the other in his right hand and turned himnelf bodily round, while keeping his left arm against his side ; by Ihiis contrivance he pinioned the lat- ter effectively. He now went up the ladders to the top floor of the corn- stores. It was empty, except of a few sacks, and at the farther end wan the door often mentioned, o|H>ning under the cnl-head and chain that hoisted the wick.s. lie fixed the ilcxir upen, and looked liver the sill. There was a depth of thirty or forty feet to the ground; here was the spot on which be had been standing with l'"arfrae when Klizabeth- Jnne had seen him lift bis arm, with miiny mi.sgivings a.s to what the move- raenl portended. He retired a few steps into the loft, and wailed. In cinirsB of timeâ€" he could not say bciw longâ€" that green door opened and Karfnie came through. He was dres,sed as if for a journey. Farfrae came on with one liand in bis pocket, and humming a tune in a way which told that the words were most in bis mind. They were those of the song he bad sung when he arrived years before at the King of Prussia, a poor young man, adventuring for life and fortune, and scarcely knowing whi- therward:â€" " And here's a hand, my trusty fiere. And gie's a hand o' thine." Nothing move<l Henchard like an old melody. He sank liack. "No; 1 can't do it I" ho gasped. "Why does the lin- fornal fool beigin that now I" At length Farfrae waa silent, and Henchard looked out of the loft door. " Will ye come up here?" he said. " Ay man," said Farfrae. " I could- n't see ye. What's amiss ?" A minute later Henchard heard his feet on lim lowest ladder. He heard him land on the first floor, a.scend and land on the second, begin, fho ascent of the third. And then bis head rose through the trap behind. " What are you doing up here at thia time?" he asked, bomlng forward. " Why didn't ye take yournoliday like the rest of the men ?" Henchard said nothing ; but,' going back, he closed the stair hatchway, and stamped upon it so that it went tight into its frame ; be next turned to the wondering young man who by this time observed that one of Hench- ard's arms was IxMind to his side. " Now," said Henchard quietly, "we stand face to faceâ€" man and man. Your money and your fine wife no longer lift ye alKive me as they did Init now, and my poverty does not press me down." " What doe4 it all mean ?" asked Far- frae simply. " Wait a hit, mjr lad. You should ha- e thought twice liefore you pf- frooted to extremity a man who had nothing to lose. I've borne your riv- alry, which ruined me. and your snub- bing which bumbled me ; but your hustling, that disgraced me, I won't stand r Farfrae wanned a little at th'is. " Ye'd no business there," he said. " As much as ant one among ye. What, you forward stripling, tell a man of my age he'd no business there?" " You insulted Royalty, Henchard ; and 'twas my duty, as the chief magis- trate, to atop you." " Royalty be ," said Henchard. "I am as loyal as you, come to that." " I am not here to argue. Wait till you are cool, wait till you are cool, and you will see things as I do." " You may be the one to cool first," said Henchard grimly. " Now, this is the case. Here be we, in thia four- square loft, to finish out that little wrestle you b«>gan thia morning. There's the door, forty foot above ground. One of us two puts the other out by that doorâ€" the master stays inside. If he likes he may go down afterwards and give thrf alarm that the other has fall- en out by accidentâ€" or he may tell the truth, that's his business. As the strongest man I've tied one arm to take no advantage of ye. D'ye understand? Then here's at ye I" There was no time for Farfrae to do aught but one thing, to close with Hen- chard, for the latter had come on at once. It was a wrestling match, the object of each being to give his ojntag- onist a back fall ; and on Henchard's part unquestionably that it should be through the door. At the outset Henchard's hold by bis only spare hand, the right, was on the left side of Farfrae's collar, which he firmly grappled, the latter holding Henchard ny his cellar with the con- trary hand. With his right he endeav- oured to get hold of his antagonist's left arm, which, however, he could not do, 80 adroitly did Henchard keep it ita the rear as he gazed upon the low- ered eyes of his fair luid slim antag- onist. Henchard planted the first toe for- ward, Farfrae crossing him with bis; and thus far the struggle had very much the appearance of the ordinary wrestling of those parts. Several min- utes were passed by them in this atti- tude, the pair rocking and writhing like trees in a gale, both preserving an ab- solute silence. By tnis time their breathing could lie heard. Then Far- frae tried to get hold of the other side of Henchard's collar which waa resisted by the larger man Dxerting all his As Good as Gold force in a wrenching movement, and this part of the struggle ended by his forcing Farfrae down on his knees by sheer pressure of on* of bis muscular arms. Hampered aa he was, however, be could not keep him there, and Far- frae finding bis feet again the strug- gle proceeded as l>efure. By a whirl Henchard brought Donald dangerously near the precipice ; seeing bis position the Scotchman for the first time locked himself to his adversary, a.nd all the efforts of that infuriated Prince of Darkness- as be might have been called from his appearance just nowâ€" were inadequate to lift or loosen Farfrae for a time. By an extraordin- ary effort be succeeded at last, though not until tbey had got far back ogam from the fatal door. In doing so Hen- chard contrived to turn Farfrae a com- plete somersault. Had Henchard's oth- er arm been free it would have been all over with Farfrae then. But again be regained hia feet, wrenching Hen- chard's arm considerably, and causing him sharn pain, as could be seen from the twitching of his face. He instant- ly delivered the younger man an an- nihilating turn by the left fore-hip, as it used to be expressed, and following up his advantage thrust him towards the door, never loosening his hold till Farfrae's fair head wa.s banging over the window-sill, and his arm dangling down outside the wall. " Now," said Henchard between his gasps, " this is the end of what yuu lie- gan this morning. Your life is iu my nuntls." ' " Then take it," said Farfrae. " You- ve wished too long I" Henchard looked down upon him in silence, and their eyes met. Oh." Far- fraeâ€" that's not true I" he said bitter- ly. " tiod is my witness that no man ever loved another lus 1 did thee at one. time. . . . And now â€" though 1 came hero to kill 'ee, 1 cjinnot hurt thee! Go and give me in charge â€" do what you willâ€" 1 care nothing for what comes of nie I" He withdrew to the Ijack part of the loft, and flung himself into a corner upon .some sacks, in the aUindonment of remorse. Farfrae regarded him in silence; then went to the batch and descended through it. Henchard would fain have recalled him; but his tongue failed in its task, and the young man's sle|)S died on his eiir. Here he stayed till the thin shades thickened to opaque oiKcurity, and the loft door liecaiiie au oblong of gray light â€" the only visible sliupe around. At length he arose, shook the dust from his clothes wearily, fell his way to the hatch, and gropingly dtvscended the steps till he stood in the yard. "He thought highly of me once," he murmured. "Now he'll bate me and despisi> ine fur everl" lie became pos.sessod by an overpow- ering wish to se<i Farfrae again that night, and by some desperate pleading to attempt the well-nigh impossible task of winning pardon for his late mad attack. B'arfrao he remembered had pone to the stable and put the horse into the gig; while doing so. Whittle had brought him a letter. Farfrae had then said that be would not go towards Hudmouth as he bad intendedâ€" that !he was unexpectedly summoned to Weath- eirbury, and meant to call at Melllstock on his way thither, that place lying but three or four miles out of bis course. It would IhArefore be useless to rail at Farfrae's bouse till very late. Tbere was no b«lp for it but to wait tUl his return, though waiting was al- Okoat torture to tia reatlMS and aelf- aocusing soul. Tie walked about the 1 streets and outskirts of the town, lingering here and there till be reach- ed the stone bridge of which men- tion has been made, an accuatcOned holtinig-place with him now. Here he spent a long time, the purl of waters through the weirs meeting his ear, and the Casterbridge lights glimmering at no great diartance off. While leaning thus upon the parapet, his listless attention was awakened by sounds of an unaccustomed kind from tie town quarter. They were a con- fusion of rhythmical noises, to which tiie streets added yet more confusion by encumbering tbem with echoes. CHAPTEK XXXIX. When Faj-frae descended out of the loft, breathless from bis encounter with Henchard, he paused at the bottom to recover himself. He arrived at the yard with the intention of putting the horse into the gig himaelf (all the men hav- ing a holiday), and driving to a village on the Budmoulh Road. Despite the fearful struggle, he decided still to per- severe in his journey, so as to recover himself before going indoors and meet- ing the eyes of Lucetta. Wheji he was just on the point of driving off, Whittle arrived with a note, iMidly addreaaed, and bearing the word "immediate" upon the outside. On opening it be was surprised to see that it was unsigned. It contained a brief request that he would go to Weather- bury that evening about some business which he was ctmducting there. Far- frae knew nothing tJiat could make it pressing; but as he was bent upon go- ing out he yielded to the anonymous request, particularly aa he had a call to make at Mellstock which could be in- cluded in the same tour. Thereupon he told Whittle of bia change of direc- tion, in words which Henchard bad ov- erheard; and set out on his way. Far- frae had not directed his man to take the message indoors, and Whittle had not been supposed to do so on his own responsibility. Now the anonymous letter waa the well-intentioned but clumsy contrivance of Longways and other of Frafrne's men, to get him out of the way for the evening, in order that the satiri- cal mummery should fall flat, if It were attempted. By giving open informa- tion they would have brought down upon their heads the vengeance of those among their comrades who enjoyed these boisterous old g-ames; and there- fore the plan of sending a letter re- commended itself by its indirectness. It was al>out ei^bt o'clock, .-xnd Lu- cetta was sitting in the drawing-room alone. She was leaning back in her chair, in a more hopeful mood than she had enjoyed sine:' her marriage. The day had been auch a success; and the temporary uneasiness which Hen- chard's show of effrontery had wrought in her disappeared with the quiet dis- appearance of Henchard himself under her husband's reproof. The floating evidences of her absurd passion for him, and its consequences, had been destroy- ed, and she really seeaned to have no cause for fear. The reverie in which these and other subjects mingled was disturbed by a hubbub in the dijstance, that increased moment by moment. It did not great- ly surprise her, the afternoon having been given up to recreation by a ma- jority of the populace since the pas- sage of the royal equipages. J>xt her attention was at once ri vetted to the uuitter by the vodce of a maid-servant next door, who spoke from ao upper window across the street to some oth- er maid even more elevated than she. "Which way ape they going now?" inquired the first with interest. "I coo't l>e sure for a moment," said the second, "beoa)use of the matter's chimney. "Oh, yesâ€" I can see 'em. Well, I declare, I declare!" "Wh.it, what?" from the first, more enthusiastically. ""They are coming up Corn Street afteir .ill! They sit hack to back!" "Whatâ€" two of 'emâ€" aj^ there two figurcst" "Yt«. Two images on a donkey, back to back, th-Mr ellwws tied to one another's. She's facing the head, and he's facing the tail." "Is it meant for anybody particular?' "Wellâ€" it may be. Tlie main -has got on a blue coat and kerseymere leg- gings; be has blaok whiskers, and a reddish face. 'Tis a stuffed figure, with a mask." > The din was inoraasing nowâ€" then it lessened a little. "There â€" I sha'n't see, after all!" cried tbtt disappointed first maid. "Tbey have gone into a l>ack street -that's all," said the one who occupied the enviable position in the attic, '"rhere â€" now I haw got 'em all end- ways nicely." "What's the ^WInan like? Just say, aind I cata tell in a moment if 'tis meant for one I've in mind." "My â€" why â€" 'tis dressed just as she was (Iresaeu wbnn she sat in the front seat at the time the play-actors came to the Town Hall!" Luci^tta started to Ibar feet; and al- most lit the instant the door of the room was quiclily and softly opened. Klizubetb-Jane advanced into the fire- light. . • "l huvo come to see yuu," she said breathlessly. "1 did not stop to knock â€" foregive me. I see you have not shut your shutters, and the window is optin." I Witiout waiting for Luoetta'a reply she crossed quickly to the window, and pulled out one of' the shutters. Lucet- ta glided to her side. "Let it beâ€" hush!" she said peremptorily, in a dry voice, while she seized Klizabeth-Jane by the bund, and held uji her finger. Tnoir intercourse bad been -so low and hurried that not a word had been lost of the cooversiition without; which had tJius proceeiled :â€" "Her neck is unixivered, and her hair in band.s, and li<\r back-cumb in place] she's got on a puce silk, and whits stockings, und colored shoes." Again Eli.-sabeth-Jane attempted to close the window; but Lucetta held hai< by main fuoce. '"Tis me," she said, with a face i>ala as death. "A procession- a scandal â€" an effigy of me, and himt" (To be Continued.) THEIR MBJHEIfi RERO THE GREEKS ALL STAND BY THEIR FORCEFUL SOVEREIGN. Alwayii Bely Ilpea Him Instead ef Kfm CablBeU-B«rB of Ptmr PareaU, Bat Lack t'nme la Leap* sad Baaad*. It is common to heef King George of Greece spoken of in Athens, as "the gentleman ovejr at the palace." Aa that pretentious structure is situated in the centre of the modem city, the remark is generally accompanied by a jerk of the head towards the white walls which show through the dusty trees of the surrounding park. What the "gentleman over at the palace" thinks of things, and what he is going to do, always poesesses great interest for the Athenians. They look to hiu» to straighten affairs out when the skein of goveimment gets tangled, as it not infrequently does in Greece. No constitutional monarch in the world has subjects who lean upon himi aa much as the Greeks lean upon Kina Geonge. The politicians may fight bitterly and paxty feeling may run high, but the people rely for real gov- ernment, not on the Ministers, but on the King. Whether this feeling of reliance would survive the shock of an unsuccessful war or not is another question, but, as it is now, if the Kin^ says war, war it is, and the people are with him. WHAT THE KING SAYS GOES. Several times before the Ministers have said war, but tlve King said peace and peace it was. A few yease ago King George astonished Europe by showing what a constitutional mon- arch really could do in the way of gov- armnent in an emergency. Tricoupls aad Delyannis were fighting each oth- eiT fiercely. The Cabinet resigned and the King tried in vain to form another. He tried combination Cabinets, stiaightout Cobineta and all sorts o( Cabinets, but the politicians acted like children and "wouldn't play." At last the King got tired and said be guessed be would get along with- out a Cabinet for a while. So be did, and Grecian affairs ran along smooubi- ly until the politicians got over theic sulks and consented to take office. The people were delighted, for the King formulated no policy, did nothing, In fact, except to do the routine work ot all the Ministers and keep the wheels of Government running in routine grooves. OF POOR BUT HONEST PARENTS. When King George was born bia father wasaa poor as a church mouse. La lti53, when Geuiige was 8 yetirs old, hiS father became King of Deumark and the family fortunes brighteuea. Franklin Pierce was inaugurated Presi« demt of the United States that year, and tbe following year Perry opened Japan to tbe cuuuuerce ot the world. Japan and the rvyal house of Denmailc may be said to bave begun their career, as factors among civilized nations at the same time. The four eldest chU* dren of the newly uuide King Christian (Frederick, the Drown Prince; Alexan- dria, now Princess of Wales; William, now King of Greece, and Msxie Dag- mar, afterwards Kmprei>s of Russia) began to "feel their oats" when they realized that their faiher was a K'aaif$ and that the days of pinching and cun- trlviug to keep up appearance was past. But tbelr deur old mother (she was not old then â€" only -15â€" when her good fortune came) used to take the children out walking and point out to them the lodging in a cheap quarter of Co- pi'obagen where their father lived whea ne was a young lieutenant, try- ing to keep soul, and body together on his meagre pay. HOW GEORGE BECAME KtNG. It was a good object lesson for the youngsters, and tbey grew up "^ood people" and married well. When King Otto fled from Greece in 1888 the Pow- ers looked aliout for a new monarch, and King Christian was not slow to suggest his boy William, then a strap- ping and remarkably handsome boty ot 18, with no bad boblta, and with un- usual force of character. So the Greeks and the Great PV>wers sent the youth out to Athena, and Prince William of Denmark liecame George 1., King of the Hellenes. it was a turblcnt and disorganized kingdom that the young man came to reign over, and bis grmt barn of a palace was in the midst of a straggling village, which stood where Athens once bad been. To-day it is the centre of one of the most beautiful capitals in Europe. The Greeks wanted their young King to change his religion and be "conver- ted" to the Greek church, but he re- fused, and remained in the faith in which be was Ixrought up, tbe Luther- an. When George was 'Z'l years old the "Powers" and the Greeks told him it wus time to get married, so he chose for a wife Olga, tbe daughter of Duke Ctmstantine of Russia, a brother of the Czar Alexander II. The King's oldest son, the Duke of Siiaxta, is married to a sister of the German war lord. Sudden William. His second son, Prince George, who has now gone to* Crete with the yrecian torpedo fleet, is a yoting man of great personal courage and large physique. It was Prince George who, when the Czarovitch, now Nicholas II. of Russia, was attacked by a Japanese fanatic, saved tbe future Emperor's lite by seiz- ing the would-be aasadsin in Ibis vice- like grip. ESTIMATING A TREASURE. So she jiltcNd you a,fter all I said the synipathelio friend. Th'ilt is what happened. And onjy ye«ilt«»rdii[y you were telling me how lucky yuu Ithought yourself. You said the man who got 'that gii4 would feeit a jpriie. v Well, he will. He'll get a whole lot of prizes. Mine is the seventeenth .toll-'' taire engagement ring that I know of. *r- i^S MADE IT ALL RIGHT. Do you get into trouble when you go home full ? Yes, but I generally g^t out by a tight squeeze. How's that I â-  ^^ "" ' I hug my wife. •--'' -♦ CONSIDKRATK. ":- Fond Mammaâ€" Why don't you tak* your dolly with you to the tea party? Little Dotâ€" I don't fink dolly wouM like folks to know sat she baa^'t any- sing but summer olothaa.