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ONLY A MONTH; OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. (.HAI'TKK XH.-<Cont'd) Possibly, when he first arrived in London, Frithiof might have scout- ed such a notion if it had been pro- posed to him, but now his first quos- tioii was whether he was really qua- lified for the situation. Those hard words which had so often confront- ed him "Experienced only" flushed into his mind. "1 have- had a good education," he eaid, "and, of course, under- stand book-keeping and BO forth, but I have had no experience." "I quite understand that," said Mr. Boniface. "But you would noon get into the way of things. My son would show you exactly what your work would be." "Of course I would," said Roy. "Think it over, Flack, for at any rate it would keep you going for a time while you look round for a better owning." "Yes, there is no need to make up your mind-to-night. Sleep upon it, and let me know how you decide to-morrow. If you think of ac- cepting the situation, then come and see me in Regent Street be- tween half past one and two o'clock. We close at two on Saturdays. And In any case, whether you accept or refuse this situation, I hope you will come and spend Saturday to Monday with ue here." "You are very good," said Fri- thiof, thinking to himself how unlike these people were to any others ho had come across in London. As Frithiof walked home to Vaux- hall he felt more at rest than he had done for many days. They had not preached at him ; they had mere- ly given one of the best gifts that can be given in this world, the sight .of one of those homes where the kingdom of heaven has begun a home, that is, where "righteous- ness and peace and joy" are the rule, and whatever contradicts this reign of love the rare exception. CHAPTER XIII. Strict economy in gas was prac- tised by the Miss Tumours, and Frithiof had to grope about for matches. "Attendance," too, did not apparently include drawing down the blind, or turning down the U-d. Looking honestly into his own mind he detected there something th.-tt urged him to miatch at this first chance of work, lost, with fresh failure and disappointment, tho very dwire for work should die within him, and he should sink in- to a state which his better nature abhorn-d. The clatter of tongues Htill ascended from below. He took off his boots, dropping first one and then the other with a resounding thud upon the floor, after the man- ner of men. The next morning he went to the, Swedish Embassy to ask advice once more. "I am glad to see you," said the consul. "I was hoping you would look in again, for I met old Hivert Bon the other day, and ho was most HUMOUS to have your address. He said you went off in a hurry, and never gave him time to finish what he was saying." Frithiof emiled. "He did nothing but inveigh against the rising generation, and I didn't care to waste the whole morning over that." "You have too little diplomacy about you," said the consul. "You do not make the bent of your own rase. However, Kiwrtsen seenm to have taken a fancy to you, and I advise you to go to him again ; ho will inoBt likely offer you work. If I were you, I would make up my mind to take whatever honest work turns up, and throw pride to thfi winds. Leave your address here with me, and if I hear of anything I'll let you know." Frithiof, somewhat unwillingly, made bis way to Museum Street, and was ushered into the ituffy little <!< N where Hcrr Sivertben sat smok- ing and writing serenely. He bow- ed stiffly, but was otartled to see the sudden change which came over the face of tho old Norwegian at sight of him. "So! You have oomn back, then!" ho exclaimed, shaking him warmly by the hand, just an though they bad parted the best of friends "I am glad of it. Why didn't you tell me the real state of the <'nse t Why didn't you toll me you were one of the victims of the accursed thirst for gold? Why didn't you tell me of the hardness and rapa- city of the English firm? Hut you are all alikeall ! Young men now- adays can't put a decent neutrino together ; they clip their words as cloae as if they were worth a mint, of money. A worthless generation ! Sit down, now, sit down, and tell me what you can do." Frithiof, perceiving that what hnd first seamed like hwrfisbness reull. eccentricity, took the proffered chair, and tried to shake off the mantle of cold reserve which had of late fallen upon him. "I could do translating," he re- plied. "English, German or Nor- wegian. I am willing to do copying; but there, I suppose, the type-writ- ers would cut me out. Any way,'I have four hours to spare in the ev- ening, and I want them filled." "You have found some Bort of work then already?" "Yes, I have got work which will bring me in twenty-five shillings a wtek, but it leaves me free from eight o'clock, and I want evening employment." Herr Sivertsen gave a grunt which expressed encouragement and ap- proval. He began shuffling about masses of foolscap and proofs which were strewn in wild confusion about the writing-table. "These are the revised proofs of Scanbury'e new book ; take this page and let me see how you can render it into Nor- wegian. 'Here are pen and paper. Sit down and try your hand." Frithiof obeyed. Herr Sivortsen seemed satisfied with the result. "Put the same page into Ger- man," he said. Frithiof worked away in silence, and tho old author paced to and fro with his pipe, giving a furtive glance now and then at the down- bent head with its fair, obstinate hair brushed erect in Norwegian fashion, and the fine Grecian pro- file upon which the dark look of trouble sat strangely. The consul's account of his young countryman's story had moved him greatly, and he was determined now to do what he could for him. He rang the l>ell and ordered the Norwegian maid- servant to bring lunch for two, ad- ding an emphatic "Straix !" (im- mediately), which made Frithiof look up from his writing. "You have finished?" asked Hcrr Sivertsen. "Not quite. I can't get this last bit quite to my mind. I don't be- lieve there is an equivalent in Ger- man for that expression." "You are quite right. There isn't. I couldn't get anything for it myself. What have you put? Good ! very good. It is an improve- ment on what I had thought of. The nentence runs better." He took the paper from the t.iblo and mumbled through it in an ap- proving tone. "Good! you will do!" ho said at the end. "Now while we lunch to- gether we can discuss terms. Ha! what has nhe brought us? Some- thing that protends to bo German sausage ! Good heavens ! Tho de- pravity of the age ! This Gorman (wiiiKage indeed ! I must apologize to you for having it on tho table, but servants are all alike now-a- days -all alike ! Not one of them can understand how to do the mar- ket ing properly. A worthless gen- erati'.'ii !" Frithiof began to bo faintly amused by the old man, and as he walked away from Museum Street with a week's work under his arm he felt in better spirits that he had done for some time. With not a little curiosity he sought out the Bonifaces' shop in Regent Street. The inner shop was consecrated to instruments of all kindx, and through this Frithiof was Inkon to Mr. Boniface's private room. "Well," said the show-owner, greeting him kindly. "And have you made your decision?" "Yi-s, sir, I have, decided to ac- cept the situation," said Frithiof. "I forget whether I told you about the hours," said Mr. Boni- face. "Half past eight in the morn- ing till half past seven at night, an hour out of that for dinner, and half nn hour for tea. You will have of course the usual bank holidays, and we also arrange that each of our men shall have a fortnight some time during the uummer." "You are very thoughtful for your hands," said Frithiof "It is few, I should fancy, who would allow so much." "I don't know that," said Mr. Boniface. "A good many, I fancy, try something of the sort, and I am quite sure that it invariably an- swers. It is not in human nature to go on forever at one thing -every one needs variety. Business be- comes a tread-mill if you never get a thorough change, and I like my people to put their heart into the work. If you try to do that you will ho of real value, and are. bound to rise." Look," said Roy, showing him a neatly drawn-out plan of names and dates. "This is the holiday chart which we worked out this Hummer. It takes my father quite, a long time to arrange it all >ml make each dovetail properly with the others." They lingered for a few minutes talking over thfi details of the busi- VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE The preparation of appetising and nourishing food is often a perpleiing matter, but variety in food is essential and the ,troubles of the housewife have btn greatly lessened by Bovril which is the most convenient form in which a complete food can be prepared. In a minute you can have comforting and nourishing bouillon or Bovril Tea. Bovril Sandwiches. thin bread and butter with Bovril spread lightly between, or hot buttered toast with a little Bovril are positive delicacies. Bovril Is excellent for gravies and soups and a little used in reheating meat adds a choice piquancy and improves digestiiblity. ness, then Roy took Frithiof down into the shop again, and in the un- interrupted quiet of the Saturday afternoon showed him exactly what his future work would be. "I am afraid all this must be very uncongenial to you," Raid Roy. "Perhaps," said Frithiof. "But it will do as well as anything else. And indeed," he added, warmly, "one would put up with a great deal for the 6ake of being under such a man as Mr. Boniface." \ "The real secret of the success of the business is that he personally looks after every detail," said Roy. "All the men he employe are fond of him ; he expects them to do their best for him, and he does his best for them. I think you may really be happy enough here, though of course it is not at all the sort of life you were brought up to expect." He began to know intuitively how things would strike Frithiof, and as they went down to firixton he pre- pared him for what he shrewdly surmised would be the chief dis- agreeable in his business life. "I don't think you heard," he be- gan, "that there ie another part- ner in our firm a cousin of my fa- ther'sJames Homer. I dare iay you will not come across him very much, but he is fond of interfering now and then, and sometimes 'f my fatlfer is away he gets fussy and an- noying. He is not at all popular in the shop, and I thought I would just warn you beforehand, though of course you are not exactly ex- pecting a bed of roses." When they reached Rowan Tree Hoiifce they found a carriage wait- ing at the door. "Talk of the angel and its wings appear," said Roy. "The Homers i are calling here. \Vhnt a nuisance !" Frithiof felt inclined to echo this sentiment when he found himself in the pretty drawing-room once more and became conscious of the presence of an overdressed woman ! and a bumptious little man with mutton-chop whiskers and inquisi- tive eyes, whose air of patronage would have ben comical had it not been galling to hie Norwegian in- dependence. "The Bonifaces have no sense of what is fitting," she said afterward to her husband. "The idea of intro- ducing one of the nhopmen to me ! I never go into Loveday's drawing- room without longing to leave be- hind me a book on etiquette." "She's a well-meaning soul," said James Homer, condescendingly. "But countrified still, and unpol- ished. It's strange after BO many | years of London life." "Not strange at all," retorted Mrs. Homer, snappishly. "She never tries to copy correct models, so how's it likely her manners should improve. I'm nq^ftt all par- tial to Cecil either. They'll never make a, stylish girl of her with their ridiculous ideas about stays and all that. I'll be bound her waist's a good five-nnd-twenty inches." (To be contnued.) EAI,K ATTACKS DOO. Ilirrt Would ITnvc Conquered If Farmer Unit Not Taken Part. From Shidzuoka comes a graphic account of a bloody combat be- tween an eagle And a dog, says the Japan Advertiser. A fow days ago, at about 8 a.m., while, one Ano was engaged in farming at the foot of a hill called Awagatabo in a suburb of Shidzuoka, he saw his favorite dog scamper away in unusual ex- citement. The farmer, struck with curiosity, followed in the direction in which the dog ran and was amazed to see the animal jumping ahout and harking furiously in a thicket near the bottom of a large pine tree. On closer scrutiny he found the dog was waging a savage battle with a large eagle nearly five feet in height. The bird would descend upon the, dog and attack it with its powerful talons, while the dog would spring away alertly trying to bite iti enemv. The exciting com- bat continued for some time, but at List throntonod to end in the de- font of the dog. The farmer fetched a hatchet and rushed to the succor of his pe>t, mining upon the 'eagle repeated blows. The dog. encouraged by this help, attacked its antagonist with redoubled vigor, and after a while the eagle fell to the ground quite exhausted and covered with blood. Ann took the captive horn* in triumph and has rfnce been keep- ing it in his house. The eagle proved to be of enor- mous size and is eaid to -be attract- ing great curiosity among the vil- lagers. A PREFERS THE COUNTRY. As a writer of fiction, Mr. Max Pemberton enjoys great popularity both in England and on this conti- nent. Thousands of schoolboys have revelled in "The Iron Pirate," Mr. Pemberton's first great success. Since then he has written over a score of novels which appeal to lovers of wholesome, exciting fic- tion. Mr. Pemberton, who lives at Bury St. Edmunds, is of the opinion that creative work done in the country ia decidedly better than that done in the town. Describing his methods, he state*: "I do my work between eleven and one o'clock in the morning and five and seven in the evening. The two hours before dinner are the beat in the day, but I generally get my ideas when I first awake in the morning. This is all very common- place, but it is true. My experi- ence tells me that you can do, in the country, a good day's work in Mr. Max Pemberton. three hours, whilst in London you do a bad day's work in seven. That is why I have cut myself free from telephones, and gone where the taxis are at rest." CRI'EL OLD Pt'MSn.MENTS. Offenders at Soa Had a Hard Time if They WTO Found Out. Old time punishment for offences at sea was most severe. The code of the time of Richard I. of Eng- land, drawn up for the government of his fleet on the crusades, pro- vided "that whoso killed any per- son on .shipboard should be tied with him that was slain and thrown into the sea. And if he killed him on land he should in like manner be tied with the parti? slaine, and be buried with him in the earth." In Elizabeth's time a thief was to be ducked three times, towed ashore at the torn of a boat and marooned with a loaf of bread and a can of beer. Mutiny was punish- able by the culprit's being hanged by his heels "until his brains were beaten oute against the shyppe's side." The penalties imposed for sleeping on watch were progres- sive. For the 'first offence the man was to be "headed" with a b ticket of water, on the next occasion he was to be strung up by his wrists and to have two buckets of water pour- ed into his sleeves, the third time he would be loaded with weights and bound to the mast and "for tho fourthe time he was to be hanged to the boltsprite, with a can of beere, and a biscotte of breade, and a sharp knife, and so to hang and choose whether he would cutte himself down and fall into the sea or hange still and starve." Among the rules issued by Ra- leigh for the governing of his South American expeditions in- 1617 was that no man should be allowed to gamble for his arms or clothes, "on the pain of being disarmed ami made swabber of the ship." A gen- eral punishment for blasphemy at this time was fur the offender to be bound to the mainmast with an iron bit between his teeth, the alterna- tive being a scraping of the tongue. All sorts of odd and frequently hideous punishments are to be found described in old manuscripts. In 1775 a man found drunk aboard or asJiore wa-s taken care of until the following morning, when, in the presence of the ship's company, he was presented with a pint of salt water, which ho had to drink. The dreaded "cat" is probably the beet known of these old naval punishments. 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However, usually the hogs* that are allowed to shift for themselves and get fat on the waste are easy victinjs of cholera and swine plague. If there is a fair profit in feed- ing hogs the business ghould be con- ducted in as careful and business- like way as the feeding of cattle and sheep. DAIRY NOTES. One way to save feed 'bills is to protect the cows from flies during the summer and the cold weather in the winter. The length of the stall should be adjusted by the size of the cow, and always used by the same cow. Excellence is always relative. Its relative degrees can only bo gauged with accuracy when accurate re- oords are kept. Nothing ever came so near turn- ing December into June, for dairy cattle and sheep as the silo. The silo lends itself admirably to efforts at intensive farming. Breed for type, but strive to se- cure individuals that possess to a certainty the characteristics which you desire your favorite type of dairy cow to possess to perpetuate in your herd. 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