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♦sw A House of Mystery OR, THE QIRL IN BLUE CHAPTER IV.â€" (Continue.!). My gui<ie drew forward a chair, atiil I scaUd mysolf, sayingâ€" "I believe you ar» the Inspoclop on duly horuV "Ye*, I am. Will you kindly tell me j'Our name and addressT'" I did so. and the soraUiliing of a quill ir>\il me llial h',- was about Uj talw down ciy slatenient. "Won?" he inquii-od at lon^-lh. "Please go on, (or my lime is liniil<.><l. Wlial'a the nature o( the afraiiT "I've booji present to-night in a Infuse vhere a doubly murder hai been, cim- till tied," I said. "Where?" '*.\hl Thats unforliinalely just the mystery which I cannot solve. Being blind, I could oljtain no Idea o( the ex- ternir of the place, and la my excite- menl I left it witJiout properly marking the house." "Strangeâ€" very stranae,' observed the offloer. "Tell me the whote -.f the- facts. AVIio are Iho victims?" "A woman and a man.' "Yoiui(j or old?" "Both young, as far as ! can jwd^. At any i-ate, I examined tli.' b<jdy of the man and found him t) be aJwul twenty-eight." "The gentleman has no idea of the «lrect where the tragedy occurred, ciiiinej in Uio constable. "He met me outside the Museum, and t;he blood on fct-i okjihe? wa.s still wet." "lies get an injury to the head," w^ niark»xl the inspector. "I was knocked down and rendered In.sensible by a cab," I explained. "VVhon I again became consci<5us 1 found my.selt in the slraitg^ iwusoff" "I'hey djdji't rob you*" I felt In my pocket-;, but could not discovor that I had lo.st anylhuig. I reuieuiliered that I had only a couple cf half-sovcroigns and .vsnie lo<xse sil- ver upon me, and this rvniairted still 111 my pocket. .My angers touc!\ed the Blud and pencil-case, and I hesitated whether to give these up to the poHce. But next second the thoiij^ht flashiM throuj?h ray mind that if i did. susplci^in rnighi bo aroused against me, and fur- ther tluit while I kept them in my pos- ^isssion I should possess a sc'-ret clue ^.'tc IJie victims to the terrible tragi>l./. .\fter I had fully explained the whole <:ii'<nini.stanc«s, and the impecU)r hod written down with inlinlle cai-e each •woi-d of my remarkable statement, ho 6al(lâ€" "It seoins as thoiiah both (ho man and woman fell victims to .some ptot or other. Vou say thut there were no high words, aivd that all you heard waj a vi^jmans shriek, and a nian's voice say, 'Why, yxm've kille.l her!' Now, have you any Idea of the indeiitily of that man?" "None whatsoever." I answered. ".My t!.'; a perfect blank on everythmg, .-ll>o pei-sonal appearance of the /#io was afterwards struck to me (T r.tuetly. But don't you think Wial the man who exprwwed horror at the flr.it crime fell - the victim of the sec- ond?" "Ah! I never thought of that!' I .said. â- â€¢Of course, it seems most likely." ••Certainly. The second crime was coiuinitloil undoubtedly in order to concoal the first." "^l^en how extraordinary it is IJiat I was spHred. ' "There was a Tnoti\e. I believe, 'or that. We shall no doubt flnd that lafer." "Vou will communicate with Scotland V«fl. I suppose' I remarked. "Perhaps we shnll; perhaps not." an- swered thi> Inspoolor, vaguely. "The affair iiiiwl, of coiir.s«>, be fully Investi- gated. Have you anything to add? You say that some woman lreiit<xl you kind- ly. Have y.-Hi any idea of her personal a p pea ran 'â- <.•?' "None," I answered. "Tlie only fnct ' know was that she was In evening; dre.<-i. nnd that upon her wri.-il w,is a curious smooth-worn bang|.> <if m UiinJ <'f fine plaileil wire, very pliohlp. ijko tho.se worn by .\fric8n native women.' "Kh; Whatâ€" impossible!' !;,i-ii>e,t (he <aspeclor. in a voice which .surprL-iotl me. But next moment he recovered his self-po.ssesslon and made a calm re- mark llml this fact did not lead t<} any- thing defliiile. YeL the sudden excla- rifitiiin of slarlled .surprise which es- Ciiip-^d him aroused uilhiii nie a belief thai my woriU had given hiin some mysf»'ri.iiij rUie. Ne\crlheless, I reflecl- «d up<)n I lie in, my thousand.^ of wo. nien who wvar bangles, and ihu.s re- B-ssuceil niytself that my words could have conveyed no hiddon moaning to in> liitcrrogalor. "You have no further statement to o»«!<a?' ".None," I responded. There was a few moments silence, tfuring which time the qull! conUnue^l Va rapid sera (Chins. "You wli! kindly algn vxjitr inform,!- tfc>n, ' the oHIcer said, whereupon the «iHMtab!e brou^it me the sh«el of luoir .scap and a pen wherewith I scrawled my name. "Good," ob.ser\'ed the inspei'tor, witji .1 grunt of satisfaclion. "And now 1 must ask you to e.xcu.se me furlh<'r. Mr.â€" Mr. Ileaton, and wish you {.f-^xl nioi"nin!{. I made my adieu, after obtaining frOm him a prfimtse to c•>^mmunicatl^ with me if anythin;f tr:in.spircd, an<l. accom- p«ni-id t)y the cou.stable, made my wuy out iJito ttks long pa.ssago again. I liii.l not walked a dozen jiaces cro I knew instinctively lh,il some persoas were near me, and next jnstunt felt my- .seif .seize<J roughly by biith arm,-, ajid legs. "What are you doing'" I shouted In alarm; "let me go!" But only for an in.stan' I stniggli-tl. The forco u.sed was utteriy iiT'^istible, and not a single word wa.s ulter«!. My arms were in a moment pinion-'d, ren- dering me helpless as a child. Willi my terrible affliciiod* upon me, I could neither defend myself nor could 1 .sec my assailants. \VJio<ner liie latter were, it wa,; evid'-'nt th^t thev weie def.>r- mined, ami, further, that 1 had been cleverly entnipix'd. My flrsi thought was that I had been arrested, but ere tile la|>se of a few momenta the hid'-ous Irulli b«?camG ini- prejj.<vl forcibly upon me. 1 Ined to tight for life, but my wrLsS had been soi7,ed in grips of st<"'1. and after a few desperate wren.'Ji«s I stood, bound, and uli*rly unconscious of where 1 was. My real p<isitiiia was. to a '•eriain degree, pUiiii. The man wlwun I h,i I believed to be a constible was no p«)- l*ce-o(llcer a', all, but some thi.-f or Lomtjii nillian; I, f.ir [,„â- , conllding. had neg!ecti><l to take the precaution of feeling his uniform. A shrewd suspicion .)V<»r''ime me that thi.s trap had been puqjo.sely ;.i;d for mo. The niun who h.id p<.'.sed as a police ijispe<;lor had obtained from me * signed declaration of the remarkable occurrence, (or what r<',T.s<in I knew not. Dnd tiiey now intend to silence me for ever." The thought struck a di^p and terrible dread witUiji my heart. .\ blind man !s the sport of Fate, and, belutf utterly defenceless, i.3 at the mercy of every jyrson evilly di.s|)Os<^J. Street urchins play pracliiJal jOkes up- <'« him, women dacvive him. and men take advau'ago of his physical infirm- ity for their own ends. Tru!y I h>id fallen into bad company. To my demands to know wlicre I wa.', no response was given. IndLstmct whisperings sounded about mo. and by the liqui,| "ss" of one per- s<7n I fell csjuvinced that a woman wa.- pr.'oBnt. little time, however was given in wiuch to distinguish my surroundings, for two i>ersoiis gripped my bound arms and drew ipo roughly through ,i narrow door, across an uneven Ikxir, and lhenc<^ down a long, cro-jked llighl of s!one steps. FiMm below came up a dank, mouldy suMlI. as If some ch<imber long un- ol)ened. and 3udJ«;nly there brolce upon my quick ears the wash of water. In that moment <d mental ajMuy the truth was rendered plain. I was not in a police-station, as 1 believed, but in Some Itouso besidj the Thiiiies. and. moi-eover. I was descending to the water- -going to my <|eulh. Once again, as a last effort, I strug- gled ttiKl fought with the fierce despera- tion begotleii of U-rror. hut in a ii>)- nionl the .-^Irong hand.-; that held me pushed me violently Ru-ward. and 1 then felt iiiy.self falling helu!os.s!, from some dizzy height. My head i'<v!ed, and weakened as I already was, all know- iidgo of thingis be<ame l''otk'd <iiil. The t«iij'h of a CJoi. symi)ullK>lic l-.,niid upon my brow was the llrsi thing I subs.^queiitly lemeiiibeixxl. .My arms had apparenlly Iveii freed, and wilh a (luick movement I grasped the hand. It wa.s a wonuiirs. Was 1 dreaming? I stretcheil forth my left j-anii to ob- tain gome idea of my surrounduigs. and f< uiid niyself lying u|X)n an unoven .-,10110 Ikouriiig that seemed covered with <lic cvil-smell'iig of Iho river. With my right hand I .touched a wo- man s linn, well-moulded arm. and to my amazomenl my eager fingers came in'o conlucl with n bungl<.\ I fell it the hanJ. the arm, the bang! siildle perluiue of [x-aii d' lv<pagne. all were the same as tlwso of the woman who had pitied nic in my helplessness, and had so t«nder'y cnfed for me in that mysterious, unknown house, where- in the tragoily had afterwards occuri-ovl. At first I lay sl>eech!ess in wonder- nienl, but wheji I found l<jngue I spoke, imp'orlng Imst Io make explanation. 1 beard her sigh d'vply, but to all my inquiries she remain.xl dumb. The adventure was extraoriiinary; th© mysU^ry utterly Inexi)!icnble. CtlAPTI'R V. le.ssn<'s,s of Ih" my.slerioiLi woman at mv tiide, "wtial Uas happencdT" "Hisc, and, try whetlny you can walk, Baid the voice at la.-jl, sweet and low- piU;hed, tlw same \ve!l-rememljered voice tliat had siwken to mo iu that unknown hou.se and shadows. I struggled and poso stiflly, assiste<i ten4K?rly by her. To my ]o"y I found that I could walk quito well. "Thank Clod!" she gasi>ed, as though a groat weight had been lifted from her mind. "Thank rjod that I have found you. The tide Ls rising, and In half an hour you would have been beyond hu- tnan aid." "The tide! ' I repeated. "What do you mean?" "At hii,'h fide the river n.»l3 this place U) the ro.5f, therefore nothing could have save<l n'oo." "What place is this?" The voice was silent, a.s Uiough besi- tJling to reveal t) me the truth. ",\ place wherein, alas! iiioro tlinn one per.s<in lias found his grave,' she cxpiamed at last. "But I don't understan.l," i said eag- exly. "AH ls so puzzling. I believed Ihal I wa.s Inside a police-station, where- as I liad actually walkeit inU) this mys- t.M'lous and cleverly-preparod trap. Who >\i'e those i)0<)ple who are my enemies? â€" l<'il me." â- â- Unf'wtimately, I cannot. ' "But you, yourself, are not one of Iheni," I d.v;lared. "I may be." answered the voice In a Strang''. vagiM lone, "Why?" "Ah! no, that Is not a tilr question i<; ask." "But surely, you who were .so kind U-) me after my aexideiit in the street w;!l not desert "me now?' I argued. Her failure to give me any assurance that she was my friend .struck me as [le- •.•uliar. There was s-^mething extremely i;ncanny about the whole affair. I did not like il. "f hav<' not said that 1 intend to ienve yon. Indei>!. from motives of my own I havf sought and found you: but be- fore we go fuj-th'>r 1 must obtain from v«)u a distinct and faithful promise." ".\ promiseâ€" of what?" Th.»re wa.s a brief silence, and I heard that she draw a deep bi'ontli as th.ose •â- â€¢c who are driven to 'iesperation. "The situation is briefly this," the voica said, in a tone a trifle harsher than b«}forc, "I s<;ureheJ for you. and liy a stroke of good fortune discovered v.diero your unknown enemies h.id plac- <•<) you, intending that at high tide you should be (Jipwncd. and yiur lx)dy car- ried out to sea, as others have U^n. I-'ivm tills place (liere is only one means d egiv.ss, and that b<!ijig concealed, only <leatli can come to you imicss I assist >ou. You underslund,'" "Perfectly, This place is a trap wl'.«'ro i man may be drowned like i rat in .» h«oli>. ' The place wa.s foetid wilh the black mud of Iho Thames. "F..\uctly." she .inswered. Then she added. "Now tell nif. are you prepared Ui make a comp.act with nje?" "\ compact? Of what nature?" I in- quired, much surpris<?il. "It wi:i, I fear, strike .vou a.s rather â- itr.inge, iieverlhcle,s,s it is. I as.sui« vou, ini|5<'rative. If I rescue .vou and give you iMick your life, il must bo CJn- dilional that you accept my terms ab- •ioltitely. ' ".Vnd what are those tenn.s?" I in- quinxi, aiiiaziM at this extraordinary spiveh of hers. "Tliere are two condition.s,''_she an- ,were,l. after a slight pause. "The first is t,l;at vou must undertake l<j make no staU-meiil, whatever Io lht» police re- garding the events of last night." She int<'nd<'<J to secure my silence regarding Ihe trage-Jy. Wa.* it becaus»? she herself was llie actual as.sn.«sin? I remembered that while I had reclined u|wn Iho siikcii couch In that house of mysU'ry this stirlling suspicion hail oros.sc<i my mind. Was that same cool. vympatJK'tic palm that had twice s<K)thcd mv Lrow Iho hantl of a murdeiesa? To bo Coiitinu'.''J.) Fl'.Vr 1 on FKAT. Mndame ,\delina Putti q.u-^n <A song- sl.a^s. h.is. iji the coiir,s>.» of her long lii^jfi'ssional career, met with many ad- vf iiiuresâ€" .«omo amusing, sojac other- wLse. Un one occa.^ion. many yi>ars ago. .slK' altondel a supper-parly after a con- <xrl. one of her fellow-guosls being «n eminent hiw.ver. .\fler supper, the lat- ter pressed Ihe diva to .sing, but: for a while she refu.sod. "Suig. and I'll do anything .vou like!'' to rinally plcadisl. .So .Madame Paiti sang "Home, Sweet Home." ".\o» . Mr. M.." she remarked, at Iho clo.se of her *cur head." song, "please stand on thiV loll me," I demanded lt» niy help-, Co'Joctions mighty slow. "(lood gracious, child, you're joking!" was the astonished reply. "Not at all!' retorted Iho singer. '\ bargain i.s a bargain." ".S<> it is." agreeil the lawyer resigned- ly. "Here goes!" .\nd up in Ihe air went his feet, wav- ing wildly t<) preservo his balance, amid general applause. AT Fin.ST H.VND. M,>»Us-_"Tho« man wIk) Iries to change a woman's views is a fo-ol." Weeksâ€" "How do you know?' Meck.sâ€" ".Mv wife iold rue ao."* THE GRF.AT TROlBr.n;. Of course, the world may owe .\ living to us, though When fate's unkind, We're apt to find FAn.M Hl'LP .SLPl'LY. The demand for farm help thi-s spring is likely to be as keen as ever. 11 has set in already. The mimigration agen- cies are being besieged with applications from fiirmer.i. .\ few year.s ago the demand for help did not set in until about .seeding time. Tlia scarcity of suitable help has changed this, and now luring â- begiii.s a month or two earlier. The Dominion Departnuait of Immi- gration has charge of the distribution of farm help in Ontario, oulide of what may be done by the .Saiv.-i-lion .-Vrmy and oUicr agencie.*. There are ir> sub- agcnU distributed through all the lead- ing towoj and cities of Ontario:. The Toronto agency, w hich ia in charge of .Mr. Stewart, is largely a forwarding cfllce, from wliich men arc sent to the var!ou<» dislricts. This agency places a number of men in the vicinity of To- r«into. .Smc^j Jan. 13, over 300 have t*sMi placed on farms, chiefly from the Townto unemplo.vod. .Mr. Slesvort has 200 applications tor men on hand, and for !iO servants. It is tlic aim of the Department to briivg the l«X'al agent in touch with the Njokmg ag«nls in <;real Brilaln. Im- migrants are b<X)kod direct to the local agent, and within easy reach of the fijcms where iielp is wanted. The Do- minion r>op.TrUnenl does not pay the railway faro of Iho immigrants, as was d<;ne by the Oiilaj-io Department. .A. licicet at two cents a ndle is secured, but Ihe Immigrnnt has to pay this, or the farmer, who keeps it out of liis wages. Tljere arn some advantages !n thi.s. The immigrant, when leaving England, will try and get booked direct l/o the nearest point whero wx)rlc is obtain- able. The tocal agent usually has places fo- the men on arrival, so that there IS no delay or extra cxpens«^ in getting to wTk. A plan, which Is being large- !v followed, and which Is working wel' is to have men placed before leaving the old country. The booking agent .seiid.i m advance a paper, describing the man, and when he will arrive. The imiuigrHni. has a duplicate of Has. which, iio presents to the agent on ajTival. Formerly, tijo bulk of tlio immigranUs wero Uxikod direct to Toronto. Hera many of them remained, and refused to go on fMrms, aventually Ijecoming subjects for g^arity diu-ing Ihe winter. f'ompellini ''ch one to pay his. own fare to his uS's.nallon, has the eff.x-t o( PTOCurin;^ a. belter ciuss of help. The follow w ho has enough, or wlw can eai-n ernugh t<i pay his wa.\ . is more likely to stay at work, and Io give betr ior service, than lh(! one who gels ev- erything for noUiing. 'ihe aim is to pr<x-ure tJie best cla.ss of men obtain- able. The wages paid are about $10 a month anJ b>3ar<l for inexperienced, an I an Io .?l.'5^ month and board for parliiUly oxi>eriencod men. .M<»n ?iav- ing farm <\\porienco in Great Urltain fiel ab>3Ul S20 a monlh and board and those with experience on (iaiiadian farms fixun S23 to SiT) a. month with licard. The bulk of the help that has come to this country fivjin the old land Ks inexp«Tienc.?d. It is diflicult Io get experienced men. The tide <-f iiiunigra- tion this way ha.i not sol In this season, but it will begin very shortly. .\ great many married men with fam- ilies com.' to Canada. These arc hard to place, as c-Duiparativoly few farmers have a ."-econd hoiLso for them to live III. If there weie more extra hou-sos, reliable men could ho secured who would domain longer than the siiiglc men. an.l would not brook Into the fam- ily circle, as the latter do. Many farm- ers arc adopting the e\tia hous<; plan, and arc tinding it successful. n j.-cted Ui wet in the field, or oiaewliera, and aix» u.s«less for seed. riiia definition of wliat oonstilutea good Bced in the four Cerool* Bomed, should enable any farmer l»j reoogmza g<.od scod, when he sees It. Of cours* â- no amount of quality In the individual seed will make up for weed seeds ajul olher impurities in the sample. II would lie better to use an inferior quality of «oed, that was clean, than • raperior eeed containing noxious wee^to. WH.V1' U? GOOD -SEED' To .secure good seed, one mii.sl know what oonslltutcs goodl sewl. Good t«d .should be clean and free fivim weed seeds. It should be fresh and dry and witli no traco of mould. .Some seeds will i^elaiii thoir gcnninating power niiich longer than others, dejxMid- ung to a large extent u|)on Hie omdl- lH;n of the outer tegument, and the sus- ccptabilily of the seed U) the effects of gassts iiiid moisture. Som<' recent tests II) Franco show that .seeiLs of a .si>ecies cf waler lily germinated after having â- lain flft:^ix .vear in a museum. W ith ordinar.vrfarm grains the life of Ihi- g.-r- minating power of Ihe se<xl is limited to from two to tlvo yours, depending â- upon the conUilioii rn which Ihe si'e<J hati Leon preserved. Dryness i.s e.s.si'n- tia-1 in the pi-oservalion of seed. Olher things being equal, Ihe farmer should 6iccu.ro the seed for next spring's oivra- lioiis fivm tlMj crop of 1907. To make eiuro that ih<> s<x\l is all right, lest it. Puiliculsrs Tor iasHiig have been given in previous issues. .Vii English aulhorlly givi\s the qua- lities of gO'Mi seed as follows: Wheat.â€" Blight, thin skin; freedom from swell; plump grain; groove well Oiled in; color, red or while, according Io variety; dryness. Oats.-Thin skin: plump grain; co'or. Hack or whito~not known, wh vh in- dicates healing at .s«imo pericnl. Barley.â€" Thin. wruiiJod skill, grain Tirtl (Shrunk, but plump, wilh small, fine ends; pale, white to light golden color; freedom fioni smeli; dryness. lVa!».~nr\Tict5s. and full size of Iho *ar:r"»v; col-jrs. white, blue, brown and n;o't't;d, lU^ck (km^s have been sul>- PERSONAI. POI.NTEnS, Intei'esltng (;<>.s.sHp AImmiI Some Prumlik- er.l People. President Failiercs enjoys outdoor and Indoor pursuits equally we!!. Fond of sliooling in the morning. In tlie eveil- inj he Is generally to be found either i-eading. painting, or writing. In his time he has composed .some very reaiV Bblo verse. He j» olso an assiduous collector of rare bo<Dks, and on occa- sions may tc seen rummaging amongst thr second-hand volumes that are dls- pla.ved tor sale on the riverside quay* in Parln. Mi.-s Haldanc. Ihe only unmarried sfe- fei of the Brilish .Secretary of .Slate for War, who is her brother's right hand during the Parliamentary .Si'ssion, !s one of the most cultiiretl and accom- plished women of the day. Besides be- ing an authoress of disUncti<)n, ^^is3 Halilano is an exquL-.ile needlewoman, nnd has reprcdired some beautiful pl'ftces of embMidery. She is also an adept at the ancient art of spinning, and has spun several varieties of the .'^cotrh tweed.s on her owr wlwel. and has done much to revive the spinning iniluslry anvmgst tJio cottagers on the family eslate in Perthshire. When he started ranching in lits early tis.vs President Roosevelt \\»s l«vAed d< wn upon with some contempt by lus hired cowbo.v.s, owing to the fact that Tie was a college graduate and aj»<j wore gln.«.ses. One bullyij;g fellow, nainoit "Ixmg Ike."' use<i to bo fond of entering drinking bars and taking up the glass of any man ho thought he c<>u!d frighU^n. He played thifi trick on rtoosevelt. and was .^o certain that he w.i.s a typical "tenderfoot" that he .li<; not even make his customary bluff fir'st with the revolver. Before "l-ong Ikt" quite knew what had happened he fjund him-self on the fVior; then ha wa« picked up, rushed out of the sak>on. and flung down again on the ground outside. He was unable to get up for five imnules; ami then he quietly sneak- ed out of the camp. Many stores arc told concerning the dry wit and humor of the Hon. Jo.sepU r.annon. .Sp«viker of the Washinglom iVingress. Mr. (iannoii's salary as a Congressman aiiiounUs to .S-il7 â- per monlh, and on his eiecUon to tli* Speakership he decided to go to a bet- ter hotel than he had formerly lived In. He accordingly was conducM by th« clerk of one of the mora fashion- able cslabli.shments to such a small suile of rooms as his actual needs r»v quired. "How much is It'/" a.sked the .Speaker. "We would let .vou have il f*".' four hi.indrcd dollars a monlh." As Ihe Speaker l'.esitat<'d. lingeiuig his cigar in a nervous way, the sohcitoti* clerk inquired, "That Is not loo iiii|ch, i.s il. .Mr. Spenker." "Oh. no, not at iili," responded Mr. Caiuion, gi-avely. "I was merely puzzling n;y brain to think what I eould do with my olJier seventeen dollars." The world loves a lover, and for Ihat reason Is deeply inlerusted at the mo- ment in the doings of I'rinco lieiirgn of Greece, who is to marry Prinoes.'i Marie Bonaparte, The w jrld also loves a brave man. a 3d has not forgollen how Prince Ge»)rge saved an l-'.inix^nor'a I'fe some .vears ago. In a place of honor in the Winter Palace at 31. P«U orsbiirg hangs a walking-sltck which, if it could .speak, would tell Ihe story of how Prince tieorge saved the Czar fpoin a murderer's blow. The Boya^ cousins were walking through llie streets of a Japanese town during ttw celebration of a religious feslivol. when a fanatical policeman auuod at the Czar wilh a heavy biiidgoon. The bl»i\Â¥ must have ki!!cii Nichola-sâ€" ll»en the (zsivwilchâ€" !ia<l not Prince tieorge averted it, and knocked his assailant down with i»;s ,slii.U, Tl>e popu'arit.N enjoyed by the Kiu- l-ertjr Joseph of .\KSlria compares very f»:\orubly with that acivirded our own iKng. When Francis Joseph ascended the thmne he was only eighteen yoar., of age- ho is jiow .s<n'enly s.iven- and the jx-'oplc of both Hungnry ami -Vii- .slria vie with each oilier in Uiyalty to their monarch. How many people, by lh> way. are uwaie that the .Vustnaii l'"nipenor is ihe only living Fur<?[,e.Tn monarch who li.i.s 1.hI an army in ac- tual bntlle wilh the enemy? Tiiis wa.i in 1S18. at the Bailie of Santa l.ueia. when Ihe Arcli<luke. as he then whs heatlcd the cavalry charge agaiii.st 'he .<iirdiiiian s(iiiare>- and cupliiral the gun* which hnd biec^ playing Iiavoc all day with Ihe .\uslrinn tjxxips. Fran- cs Joseph wOi. one of Ihe few who ".'r- /.•uped without hurt. .\ few (iinii;lis flfterwaids I'.e was culled to the Ihi-'nOk ON Rl•SINE^NS BF.NT. Midherâ€" "Tommy, wliat ai-e you d'>- ing in the pantry?' Tommyâ€" "Oh. just pilling a fewf lhiiig.s away'" fi'' r.ovE AND nuof4:;iiii:.s. I.ove comr>lli into life. Abiding with us still: But though he has a wiii.'«,jiiie way, 'Ti.- love that never Unos I) pay, The jingling jjiocci)' bill.