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i ?mt.T.1il.l.l.n.l.iri.l,ni.1.l. '.â- â- â- â- '. â-  I ' l T'"! l.ii|-^..i.l. TMiT. ji liim J | r , . i r i J Tt l t l ' lI ' l l l ' i ' l l l 'l' l t i 'i ' i W l Tj'iVr 'i' Tlic Price of Likrty OR, A MIDNiaHT CALL J 5aU!ilimi'iJi!x'iUii'i!iU!i!i!i!i.'iUii!ggl!ililiUU!i.'Jj'JU!i3 CUAPl-EU XXXVI.â€" (Continued) â- "Ihen ift mo pi'ophosy, and de- clare that ho will be in gaol again. Why bring him here?" "llocaiwe it is absolutely neces- sary," Chris said, boldly. "Tlxat mail can help uio â€" help us. Lord l.iltimor. I am not altogether what 1 SPfin. There is a scoundrel in your house compared «ilh whom Jnnics Merritt is an iniK)ceiit Child. That scoundrel hus blighted your life and the li\cs of your family; he has l)light(!d my life for years. And I um here to ex|)ose him, and I am ht.'c to right the wrong and bring buck the lost happiness of us all. I cannot say more, but I implore you to let me have my own way in this matter." "Oh!" Litlimcr .said, dar' ly, "so you are ma.squeinding hero?" "1 am. I admit it. Turn me out if you like; refuse to lie a party to my scheme. Vou nuxy think badly of me now, prolinl)ly you will think Wdi-.sp <.f me later on. Hut 1 swear to jou that I iiiTi acting with the criminals, and this silly bazaar was only designed so that the ambitious girl could And her way into the county set. Then she would choose a husband, and nothing more would bo hoard of Merritt and Co. Honson had a vague notion that all Amer- ican girls are on the look-out tor Engli.sh husbands of the titled or- der. "Littimcr must bo mad," ho uiut- torod. "I can't understand Litti- mer; I can't understan<l anything. Which reminds mo tliat I liavo a crow to pluck with you. Why didn't you do VLVs 1 told you lust night'?" "Did," aierritt said, curtly. "C!ot the picture ai.id took it homo with me." "You liar! The picture is in the corridor at the present time." "Liar yourself! I've got the pic- ture on my mantelshelf in my sit- ting-room rolled up cs you told mo to roll it up and tied with a piece of cotton. It was your own idea as the thing was to bo loft about ca.sual-lilvo us being less calculated to excite .susjjicion. And there it is YOUNG FOLKS MoLLi ro's u urrLurLii>5 . I glass of champap.c, but Ua cyo looked lovingly and longingly in the direction of a silver spirit-stund on the sideboard. The dii.iuor came to an end at length, to Honson's great rcliif, and prof.ontly tho whole party wandered out to tho terrace. l!ell dropped behind with Chris. "Now is your time," ho whisper- «l. "llenson dare not lose sight of UoiTitt before he goes to bed, and I'll keep tho latter out heie for a good long spell. I've muffled t!io striker of the telephone so that tho boll will make no noise when you ]eh/iir, nuid»* u.l coiiilortable with got your call back from Brighton, I piiio,v., n.,^^\ blunkuLs. .She was so that you must bo near enough wi-aiing tho pretty pink kimono to tho ii.etrument to hear tho Click j^^j^^ imima Ivad made lor nor us of the striker. Make hast«." isoon as Mollie was able to sit up a Chris droppo<l back to the library jj^^j^ ^y,,j,^ ,,^,.,, ,,y^^. ^^^^ j^hu and rapidly flultcrcdover t'o leaves ,^^j^,j, ^.^ ^^^ j^,,. ^,^,.',^, ,,,,,„.^ ^,^.,.,_^ <iay, and once she had oson walkoil acro.ss tho room, holding niiinms hiinl, "just to sre if she could." '1 he doctor said she wa.s iloin;^ finely, and lohl lu:r lo liui-ry uj) and get well, so as to linve rosy c;h>vks a^^ain to match the new kimono. "O aunt.v, I'm so glad to see you I" said the little girl, stroking '\nn cul- " " " f OoooocMDOOOOOOooooooooo 'brought oit the butt.orr.iDs aijoin, ;Aai soon llin butluillies u:id Sktu.f C 'peus v.erc no nl.n;{ and dancing to- V gulhir i:s if til -y v.ui'u having .ovel./ 5 sumiTicr li:n. .Mollie told Aunt IIi:I(M> Q she ulwu.vs tl:ought of th« lit st thin.s 1(1 do, and it was not hidf OOOOoaoOOOOOOOOOOOOO^^^ s«' haid to be HCX when r!u> viiuie. \\.T1AT A HOY SIIOIJLK KNOW. best and purest motives, and in your ^^ ^t,o present moment, and I'll interest as much as my own. "Then you are not entitled even to the nunie yini Ix^ar'.'" ".No, I admit it frecdy. Consider, 1 ii'/cd not have told you an;,thing. Things cannot he any worje than tlvy are. Let me try and make I lioni bottci-. Will you, will you tru.st me?" Chris's vok'o quivero I, there wo o tears in her eyes. With a sudden fm|i\d.so LittinjiT laid his hands upon her shoiiMers and looked long aril searchingiy into her eyes. "Very well," he seid, with a gen- tle .'igh. "I will trust .you. As a â-  mailer of fact, 1 have felt that I I could trust jou from the M'at. 1 won't pry into your schemes, be- cause if they arc successful 1 shall bonoflt by them. And if you like to I, ring a cartload of convicts down llcr(^ pray do .so. It will only puz- r.le tho ncighborH and diive them ni:id with curiosity, and I lovo that. ; ".\nd you'll hack me up in all I j say and do?" Chris asked. j •"'Certainly I will. On the whole. : I fancy 1 am going to have a pleas- \ ant evening. J don't think dear j lle^inald will he |deu.sod to see his | friend at dinner. If any of tho j spoons are mi.ssirig I shall hold you j responsible." I luiH went olT to her room well pleased with the turn of events. Itrilliont audacity had Hucceo.ied wlicrci timid policy might have re- sulted in dismal failure. And Litti- mcr had refrained from asking any awkward questions. From tl e win- dow she coulil see Uell and ^ferritt walking ujj and down the terrace;, th(! latter talking volubly and worrying at a big cigar as a dog might nuzzle at a bone. Chris saw Lit timer join tho other two piesent- ly an<l fall in with their couve sa- tion. His laugh came lo the girls ear more than oiu:e. It was quite evident tl-.at that ee-conlric noble man was enjoying the ex-convi.-t s Kocicsy. Uut liiltiiner had never bwn fettered by conventional rules. The dog-cart came up presently and llenson got out. lie had an anxious, worriinl look; there was an nply frown hctweiMi his brows. lie contrived to be polite as Chris emerged. Mo wanted lo know where Llltimor was. ; "On tho terrace, 1 fancy," Chris said, deimurely. "I giu-ss ho is hav- lu'.< a long chnt with that pars<m friend of yoursâ€" the biaiKl plucked from tho burning, you know." "Morrilt," llenson said, hoarsely. "Do you mean to say that Morritt l.s here? And I've been looking fiU' â€" t mean, 1 have been i to Morel on W'.db. Why did ho conu;?" Chris op«mod her eyes in innocent lurprisa. "Why," she said, "I fetohcd him. Cm deeply inlercntod in brands of that kind." ClIAl'TKH XXXVn. llenson forced a smile lo his fare ami R hand from his side as ho ap- proachod Merrill and the re-st. It was not until the two lound them- selves alone that the nuisk was dropped. "Vou infernally insolent scound- tako my lioath to it.' ] llenson fairly gasped. He had been I inside that said sitting-room not two hours before, and he had ' not failed to notice a roll of j)apor on the maiiloN.siielf. And obviousl.y Merritt was telling the truth. And cH|ually obviously tho lienibrandt was hanging in the corridor at the pri<scnt moment. Hcnson had solv- ed and evolved many ingenious puz- zles in his lime, but this one was utterly beyond him. "Some trick of Dr. Hell's, por- , hajis," Merrill suggested. "I'ell suspects i.iwtliing. He is ab- solutely friendly to me. He could mil disguise his feelings 11 o that, rpon m,v word I was never so ut- t(!rly at sea before in all my lifo. .\nd as for Littinuu-, wh.v, he has just made a fiesh will mole in my favor than the old one. Hut III iind out. I'll get to the bottom of this business if it costs mo a for- tune!." Ill- frowned nuiodily at his boots; hi' lurned the thing over in his mind until his brain was dn/od and niud- dliwl. The Uiuahrandl had been stolen, and yet tlu-re was tho Hom- brandt in its plaii-. Was any thin.; more umaziny anil pu/.zlinB7 And d^liody el.se seemed in the least troubled about it. llenson was more than puzzled; deep down in his heart he was frighlenod. "I must keep my eye,s open," ho said. "I must watch night and day. ]»o you suppose Miss I..eo not- iced anything when .she called to- day?" "Not IV bit of it," said Morritt, conrnlonll.y. "She cnpio to seti me; she had no eyes for anybod.v but your humble servant. Whore did she get my address from? Why, didn't you inlroduco me to the latly yourself, and didn't I loll her I was slaying at Morelon Wells for a lime? I'm goiii' to li e in clover for a i it, my pippin. Cigars and champag.e, wino and all the rest of it." "1 wish you were at tho bottom of Ihe sea before you cainu here," lli'ii- Hon growled. "You niir.d ond be cari'I'nl what you're doing with tho chami'agne. 'llu'y don't diink by the tumbler in the society you are in now, remember. .Iiitil one or two glasses and no more. If ,vou take loo much and let your tongue run vou will Iind your stay hero |ireUy short." Appjirentl.v the hint was not lost on Merritt, for dinner found him in a chasteiiod mood. Ilia i.ntural au- dai'il.v was depres.sed by tho splen- dour mid luxury aiound him; the mural utmosphere held him down. There were so many knives and forks and glassiw on the liible, such n deal of food that was abscdiilely Htrnnfje to him. The butUr behiiil made him shiver. Hitherto in Mer- rill's investigations into gre.t houses he had foug-ht particularly shy of butlers and coachmen and upper seivanis of that kind. The butler's siiilT and his cold suggestion as lo hock slightly rahswl Merritt'a romballve spirit. And the cham- pagne was poor, thin stull after all. A jorum of gin ami water or a mug of boor was what Mej-rltt's soul of tho "Telophoue Directory." She found what she wanted at length and asked to be iiut on to Ilrighton. 'I'hen she sat down in an arm-chair in tho darkness closo under the tel- ephone, prepared to wait patiently. Sho could just see tho men on the terrace, could catch tho dull reJ glow of their cigars. Her patience was not unduly tried. At the end of a (luarter of an hour the soft fur of aunlys nvuf tho striker clicked furiously. Ch, is;soem so kind of fiosh and roachod for Ihe iweivcr and la.v back ;doorsy." comfortably in ..er chair with the diaphragm to hur ear. "Are .\ou there?" sho asko<l, q'uletly. "Is that you, Mr. Steel?" To her groat relief tho answering voice was Steel's own. He seemed to be a little i uz/.lcd aa to wuom his ([uoalioner was. "Can you guess?" Chris replied. "This is not the (irst time 1 have had you called. You have not for- gotten 218, Hrunswick Square, yet?" Chris smiled as sho heard Steel's sudden exclamation. "So you are my fair friend whom I saw in tho dark?" ho said. "Yes, I recognise your voice now. You are Miiia Chris â€" well, I won't mention the name aloud, bocau.se people might ask what a well-regulaletl cor,).so ,^'^^"J'' "" meant h.y rousing respectable peopk up at midnight. 1 hope you are not (^er the lot.=i and lol going to got mo into trouble again." I"'" >""•'' '" â- '-'"<' ""i'*'n "iHow is my Mollio girl to-duy?" A very succ ssful man. in apeakin:^ aako.l Aunt IbU-n, as sue came in '"f "I'-Tt n youn« man shoulr' i.noi* one sunny, wimiy wiwler day. i'" ''^-K'n a busin.;.s.s hie in th,- ri^ht Mollie was in ti.e big rocking- way. s .mmu-i/od the qualidcai ions about as follows; Hi shiiii (I be aide to write a good, le;.ibh; hand To sjull a! I Ihe words that ho k'nows how I o usi>. 'i"o write nn -or iiiiarv receipt To fi'eak and write good I'lnj^lish. 'I o wr.te n good social or busiiie.sa letter. To add a column of ('Wires rapid!.'/. To make out nn ordinary account. To di'diK t 1(;.\ jier cent, from the face of III- net (Hint. To recoi|.t an account when it in Jiaid. I o vrilo an advertisement I'nr t!ia news, "a- or To vrilo nn nrdinnry prorrss"ry iio'e. 'I o rec'-on the inte'-esl or the f'is- said jfofnt on the note for years, months U'll |or '''Vvs To firaw up an ordlnar.v bank slay Well, Mo'lie. I'm goino; to end Im) iniloor.sy a while." aunt.y. "Cruirdma told me lo you that her higj^ost geranium is almost ready to blossom, anil that i'"' ''T'le. she can .see" tho color pi-epim.; o'lt 'â- '" ''•'»'« it to the rie-ht place ol the bui's now. She is going to '•''O bnnk to get the mon-y. .s-eir I them to you ju.<;t as soon as they're ofNii. you ku'iw." "I a'pose it is so nice aird warm in grniuliiia's house the plants don't know it irtn't summer." .said Molli "Hut wliiii tho (lowers open be .so s'pristHl to see all the snow outside." 'ihen Mo'I'o and aunty began to talk about the simuiier. how lovely It was to si'o all the green trees, end the da'P'es and biilterrups in the o heer the birds singing. And. O. amity, don't you i-ertu-m- lots of butterflies we rode over To ma' e neat and correct nntrits in du.v ^'>(io!; or cn'-h-book. To tell f'o niOiiler of ynrt'a of Carpet rc'iuireo for the pirlor. To tell soiiK'lhing nboiit tho they'll iffr'-at aulhois. stntcsinen arid lieicv'n- cio's of the pre.«ienl tim<>. If. .«»avs tho S'lcccssful business m.'in. a I or can no nil this it is pro- bable that he has (Muiue-h o iucatioa to m:ako his way In the world. "No, but I am going to ask your ||<> Co sin lOvn's house? Wouldn't advice and ausistanco. I want you |it bo 'dee if wo coul-l have some to be so good as to give mo plot of a story after I liavo told you the details. And you are to sthemo the thing out at once, please, be- cause delay Is dangerous. T.r. Uell " "Whafa that? Will you toU mo where you are siienking from?" "I am at present located at Litti- mer Castle. ^ es, Dr. Hell Is l.oio. Do you want him?" "1 should think so," Steel ox- clniraod. "I'lense tell him at once that the man who was found hero half dead â€" you know tho man 1 mean â€" got up and dressed himself in the ob.seni"e of tho nurse and walkod out of the hospital this morning. Since then he has not boon seen or heard of. I have been looking up Doll everywhere. Will you tell him thi.<; at once? I'll go into yi.ur mat- ter afterwards. Don't bo afraid; I'll tell tho telephone pt>ople not to cut. lis o(T till I ring. Please go at om e." Tho voice was urgent, not to say imperative, ('hris dropped the re- ceiver into its space ami crept into tho darkness in tho direction of tho terrace. (To be Continued.) tho |bul lerlHes in the ho"se in winter same as fraivifmn''» flowers?" "I'm fifra'd the winter butlerniea woui'dnt be tVii'e h-npny." said aunty. "The.v would rather wait .'=;FA'TPNrii: skrmons. Kin:.ln..ss is catching. than IN THE DLAOK FOUliST. Tho lllack Fore«t of Oonimiiy. a region famous for centuries, is hun- drvds of year.s Ivehiiwl the l>n'SenL age in methods of living a'<l coiulucliiig simple industries. This fad is stii ingly exemplilled in the (iriini- tive ways the mitivi« follow in mak- iing leather and sliocwi. When a fniiii- er kills his beof he Inke.s tho hide to life local tanner, who will kee|> it for two years before he considers it ft for tho shoemaker. Wlien the hide Is leal her the shoiinnker is in- form 'd of thti fact. Thtni some morning the shoemaker conws to the farmer's hou.st> with his kit of tools, and for tho time hi ing is ono of (he family. Kvory Knlriiia and ovor.v .lohanu is marched before him and One sill bears maiiy scicvds. A ledj;'er n.ttlvcs a hard pillow Ued bl i«l is aiwais better blue vision. None are so (loor as lho.se who do not love people. A poor man does not need lo be a IK)or son of a man. ,., ., , ,j ! Living for one's land is greater far until the real outdoor summer Uim,, <i^ ii,.. (up jt comes. I'm sure" , ., , I ''c has "made no great gains who Aunt Itileii thought very hard for 'has never lost anvthin a m'nule- then she said. 'Hut we | /v man never gets mJch l>old might ., a'e .s'Mpu. biitterflies. even if i„«ven when he grc.sps hum th.y're eot real onesâ€" and I think fi^jih just two lingers l-ninv how to make them lly jiust a! Ajo,e enemies have been slain little, loo '• |mercy than bv malice. Aunt Helen ETot some orettv tissue- , thance Is one of the most profano paner. very thin, nml of iliiTerent l,^.(,„|s in our languive on aiiity by eoloi.s â€" red. white, yidlow ami light green, .'-^hn cut out lome aav biit- t^'^I^o^. Then she took several piix;- es of very Pne sowing silk, and tied one to each buHerll.v Mollie was verv much inteivsii'd in the i^ay bits of paner, ainl tried to decide if the rc-il but tiwOi.rs or Ihe yellow ones were the jiret t iest. "Hut r don't see how .vou are ,go- inir to iiHike them ll.v, aunt.v." Aunty went over to the big regun ter. The hi-nt was coming uj) ver.v fast, for It was i\ cold day outsite, end papa hud to k(<ep a hot dro in the furnace. so that MoUie's room imght lie warm and comfortabliv Aunt Helen took the i>ai)er butter- flies and tied one end of inxeh tilk thread to the back of a chair. The butterllles all hung straight down. Aunly moved the chair very near to tlH' register, ami gave the bulterflies a little loss into the laiildle of the 'iiot air. PulT! Up they went, hig^her and higher, carried hy tho %varm, ri.sing air. 'lluy wavered about, now drop- ping a little, then going higher than <>ver, swaying about from side to side. Hed aud yellow and white aii'^l gretni, dancing up aiNl down, they reall.v sinuiied like a flock of gay butterflies hovoriiig over a Held [of flowers. M'ollle was delighted. It was cer- [talnl.'V a prett.v sight. S-he watched t.t«>tu for u while. until sho fell ma-sured, anul the wrrk of "lal^i'ia ni,|eop. She dreuim«i that she was i-'hors for the family begins. It may iiyi,,^ ;„ „ haioiinoek tiiuler the Invs, take a month, more or bssa, but he j^„,| (j,„^ „ ,i„(.|^ „( htitterllies were less, slicks lo his job until every tne is properly slnnl. when he is away to tho next cUHtomei- needini; his Ser- vic<-« rel," Ilenaon suld, between hia longed for. teeth. "How dure you come here?! And Walit a lot of plate there was You've done your work for the pre- on the table and .sidohoard! Some hent, and the sooner you go back to of it was gidd, loo. Morritt 's greedy your kennel in Londim tho better. If profe.s.sionni eye opprai.sod the col- l imagined Ihut you meant any harm I'd crush you altogether." "I didij't come on my own," Mer- ritt whined. "So keep your 'air <m. Tliat young lady came and fetched meâ€" regular gono on me, she Is. And there's to be high jinks 'oreâ€" a bazaar for tho benefit of poor crim- inals as can't get no work to do- Yim 'eard what his lordship said. lection at some hundroils of pounds â€" himdreda of pounds â€" that is, after the stuff had boon disposed of. In imagination ho had already drug- god the butler and was stufilng the plate into his hag. llenson said very little. Ho was too busily engaged in watching his confederate. Ho wi.shod from the bottom of hU heart now that Chris SUUl'HISKU TinO IIAUHKU. The harbor had been so voluble and ih'raister.t that the Imhl-lu-aded littlo iiuin upon whom he was oper- ating hud. in shetir di'speration, pur- chased a bottle of hia "Sprout In- stanter" hair producer. 'Vwo ilnys later tho littlo man bouTicod into tho saloon with a glare in his eyes that causied the proprietor to pick up the machlmv- brudh as a weapon of defence, niid to retreat precipitatel.v to a poaition of safety behin-d tho counter. "Tlmt 'Sprout Inatanter," Ueal religion never has to idvor- tiao for a chance to do good. A man's title to glory does not deiHjrid on llie glory of his title hero. Min who are always on the make never make much of anything. All open denial of (liwl irta.v be heller than an eiiiptv dolinition of 'hiiu. Small men do not gain great truths and great mvn do not retain •- them. Thv light of one life shines farther than the brilliance of u century's logic. The ru iiilmw of love alwa.vs looks best against the Hack clouds iif ha t e Wh-i'n religion is a nuatter of busi- ne.ss, business is iiover a matter of religion. Tho church Is not ut all sacred when it tlvinka that the street !a whol'y Recular . 4 . SIIW TAUGHT lim TACT. 'Ilie Into Louis I'loischmann, the millionaire baker, of new York, not or.l.v distributml food to poor men in the "bread line" ho had e.slab- li.shcHl in tliat city, but ho also got these mvn emidoyment He went ttntmig them anil eonvor.s«d with them, and (ho delicacy of hia ipios- tiona to them, the care ho took not to hurt their feelings, was roaiark- ivble. One day h« s-nid: '"Ilie inorv> unfortunate and wretch- ed jicople are the more sensitive they . ttrv»â€" the more cisily they are wound- i-d. The public ib.iea not bear . this fact enough in mind. "And .vet it i.s a fact that is con- tinual V being provvtl â€" sometimes pa- thetically, soiiw't mcs humorousfy. It Was proved hunrorously to a friend of mine lost summer in t-cotland. "Jft> was making a walkinR tour. Ihi wiia climbing mountains uiid viewing lakes and torrents. Ono m>rning on a qiUiet road ha met a yoiiiin wonwin. tall and comelv. v.no of tiny wire covered with a twisted bit of green puinir. Aunt IMen put a flozen of tho pretty flowers into a slender glass vase, and set them on tho little tablo. "WBiy, aunty, they're just 'zactly iiWMicod (he little inan. in a tone that llike Iho swcot peas T dreamed of! Ilvin r all about, ami that the.v soon turned Into some bright blossoms of sweet peas and red geraniums, and dropiMMl into her lap. 'llio next day when Aimt Ifelen cami'. sho l-rouirht some n».ire bits of (issiie-i>npor â€" this time Ihe.v were pink end blue and lavender and crimson ami white and purple, Sho cut out little petals of the roloriHi |>ai>er, and with a few skil- ful louelp's niatlo them into pretty ; walked barefoot, blossoiiifl. Then she fastened the | ".Suri>rl.s\;d, my friend stoppoci the I'loiv-^nns to long green steins, iiiado young woman ami naW: And I'm goln' to moke a speech like . had never seen Morritt. She was im I used to gull the chaplains. Lor' it's funny, ain't it?" llenson failed to sea the humor of the situation. Ho was uneasy ai»<l •uspiciuus. MoriHiTor, he waa puzr (M by this American girl, and ha liatod to b« jMiaKled. She had social •splratioos, of course; she cared »»tbiiJt 'ol dacayed or reformwl smiling nt him now and apparently hanging on every word. llenson had seen society ladies doing this kind of thing before with well-concealed contempt. So long as people liked to play his game for him ho had no objection. Hut this was quite dif- ferent. Merritt had warmed a lit- tl« uadsr Ui* Influenc* ol hia filth made nil the razors shiver "IVut, sir, you roust have petionce," interruptetl the barber. "Whv it war only two dnvs ago " ;"Patienre!" broke in the icato ono "(Jreat Toiro! thero ain't enough patienco in the worUI to lit my rase! That mvtddlivheaded girl of ours ha.i mis-tnken the hair-producer for fur- niture-polish!" "Ah, I s'^o!" smiled tho barber, "and you want another bottle?" •No 1 don't!" snnppitl the lald- hcadod gentlomae. "I want to know how much you'll ehargo to ah*v« our now dining-room au|t«?" I can almost i.mell them," said Mol lie. Then uiintv made more of the dainty flowers, this time with no stems. Sho tied a silk thread to i^ch ono, and fastened tho sweet pe»\s to a (-hair, as the butterfliea had been fasli'ni-<l tho day tiefore The rl..-\ir wa.s plnceil near Ihe legi.s- te.r, and the sweet pens wavod about and fluitereil up and dotvn like tlanc- ing Idos.soins. 'ITiCY were a pretty aieht, and Mol- lio enjovoo watchinif them. After a while fihe beg-gtul niintv to "let tho hrutternie.s play, too," so aunty " 'l\> all tho people hereabouts go barefoot?' "She answered; 'Sonie of them do, and tho ie«t mimi their own busi- ness ' " NATURAL rjAS IN KNGLAND. While boring lor waf.<r at Calvert, a village near A.yle.sbury, a feeder o( natural gas was tapped, which Is- sued at a pressure of about 48 lt>9. per square inch. The precaution was taken to reduce tho si7;o of tho out- lot pipe from 7 Inches to IJ inches* and then. In order to prevent th# fumes sprca<ling about the adjoining Works, the gas was ignited. So great was tho velocity with which the gas ruqhod up the drill t'hsA the flames stood 15 inches abov* tha surf re pipe and rose several last in the air. pneentlng an extrstorduit ary sp«ct«cU, "\