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ONLY A MONTH; OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY EXPLAINED. J (JlIAi'TKlt X.-(Confd) The Swedish minister received him very kindly, and listened to as much of his story as would bear tel- ling with great patience. "It is a very hard case," he said. "The ngliuh firm perhaps consulted their own pockets in making this new arrangement, but to break off an old connection HO suddenly, and as it chanced at such a trying mo- ment, was hard lines. What sort of people are they, these Morgans? You have met them!" "Oh, yes," said Frithiof, color- ing. "One of the brothers was in Norway this summer, came to our house, dined with us, professed the greatest friendliness, while all the time he nmt have known what the firm were meditating." "Doubtless came to see how the land lay," gaid the minister. "And what of the other brother?" "I saw him yesterday " replied Frithiof. "He was very civil ; told me the telegram had been sent off that morning about the affair, as it would not bear delay, and spoke Tory highly of my father. Words cost nothing, you see." The consul noted the extreme bit- terness of the tone, and looked searchingly into the face of his visi- tor. "Poor fellow!" he reflected; "he * tarts in life with a grievance, and there is nothing so bad for a man a* that. A fine, handsome boy, too. If he stays eating his heart out in London he will go to th- dog in no time." "See," he said, "these Morgans, though they may be keen business inen, yet they are after all human. When they learn at what an unlucky time their telegram arrived, it is but natural that they should regret it. Their impulse will be to help you. I should advise you to go to them at once and talk the affair over with them. If they have any proper feeling they will offer you some ort of employment in this new Stavanger branch, or they might, perhaps, hare some opening for you ID their London house." "I can not go to them," said Fri- thiof in a choked voice. "I would rather die first." "I can understand," said the con- lul, "that you feel very bitter, and that you resent the way in which they have behaved. But still I think you should try to get over that. After all they knew nothing of your father's affairs; they did not intentionally kill him. That the two disaBtcrs followed so closely on each other was but an accident." "Still I could never accept any- thing from them ; it in out of the question," said Frithiof. "E*xcuBe me if I speak plainly," laid the consul. "You are very young, and you know but little of the world. If you allow yourself to be governed by pride of this sort you can not hope to get on. Now turn it over in your mind, and if yon do not feel that you can see tliosp people, at any rate write to them." "I can not explain it all to you, sir," said Frithiof. "Rut there are private reasons which make that al- together impossible." Th.- blood had mounted to h'S forehead, his lij* had closed in a traight line; perhaps it was be- cause they quivered that he com- pressed them so. "A woman in the question," re- flected the consul. "That compli- cates matters. All the more rea- son that he should leave London." Then, aloud, "If you feel unable, to apply to them, I should recommend you strongly to try America. Every one flocks to London for work, but as a matter of fact London streets just now are not paved with gold ; everything is at a standstill ; go where you will you will hear that trade is had, that employment is fr.ir. and that living is dear." "If I could hear of any opening in America I would go at once," said Frithiof. "But at Bergen we have neard of late that it is no such easy thing even over there to meet with work. I will not pay the ex- penses of the voyage merely to ho in my present ntate, and hundreds of rnilen further from home." "What can you do?" asked the consul. "Is your English pretty good?" "I can write and speak it easily. And, of course, German too. I un- derstand Iwok-keeping." "Any taste for teaching?" asked the consul. "None," said Frithiof, decidedly. "Then the only thing that seems open to you is the work of A secre- tary, or a clerkship, or perhaps you could manage traiislating. but Unit i not easy work to Ret. Everything now is overcrowded, BO dreadfully overcrowded. However, of cor.rse. I-shall bear you in mind, and yon yourself will leave no stone unturn- ed. Rt'\ I might give you a letter of introduction to Herr Sivertsen ; he might possible find you tempor- ary work. He is the author of that well-known book on Norway, you know. Do you know your way about yet?" "Pretty well," said Frithiof. "Then there is his address Muse- um Street. You had better take an omnibus at the bank. Any of the Oxford Street ones will put you I down at the corner, by Mudie's. I Let me know how you get on ; I shall be interested to hear." Then, with a kindly shake of the hand Frithiof found himself dis- | missed ; and somewhat cheered by ! the interview, he made his way to | the address which had been given him. Herr Sivertsen's rooms were of the gloomiest; they reeked of to- bacco, they were ill lighted, and it seemed to Frithiof that the window could not have been opened for a I week. An oblique view of Mudie's library was the only object of in- terest to be seen without, though, by craning one's neck, one could i get just a glimpse of the traffic in Oxford Street. He waited for some minutes wondering to himself how a successful author could tolerate such a den, and trying to imagine from the room what sort of being was the inhabiter thereof. At length the door opened, and a gray-haire<i man of five-and-fifty, with a huge forehead and somewhat stern, tquare-jawed face, entered. "I have read the consul's letter," he said, greeting Frithiof and mo- tioning him to a chair. "You want what is very hard to get. Are you aware that thousands of men are seeking employment and are unable to meet with it?" "I know it is hard," said Frithiof. "Still I have more chance here than in Norway, and anyhow I mean to get it." "I am tired to death of young men coming to me and wanting help," he remarked, frankly. "You are an altogether degenerate race, you young men of this generation ; in my opinion you don't know what work means. It's money that you want, not work." "Yes," said Frithiof, dryly, "you are perfectly right. It is money that I want." Frithiof rose. "However worthless, we unlucky have to live," he said, coldly. "And as I can't pretend to be interested in 'culture,' I must waste no more time in discussion." He, bowed and made for the door. "Stay," said Herr Sivertsen; "it will do no harm if you leave me your address." "Thank you, but at present I have none to give," said Frithiof. "Good-morning. " He felt very angry and very sore- hearted att he made his way down Museum Street. To have met with such a rebuff from a fellow-coun- tryman seemed to him hard, speci- ally in this time of his trouble. He had not enough insight into char- acter to understand the eccentric old author, and he forgot that Herr Sivertsen knew nothing of his cir- cumstances. He was too abrupt, too independent, perhaps alo too refined to push his way as an un- known foreigner in a huge metro- polis. He was utterly unable to draw a picturesque description of the plight he was in, he could only rely on a sort of dogged persever- ance, a fixed resolve that he must and would find work ; and in spite of constant failures this never left him. He tramped down to Vauxhall and began to search for lodgings, looked at some half-dozen eets, and finally lighted on a clean little house in a now looking street a few hun- dred yards from Vauxhall Station. There was a card up in the window advertising rooms to let. He rang the bell and was a little surprised to find the door opened to him by a middle-aged woman who was un- mistakably a ladv though her deep- ly lined face told of privation and care, possibly also of ill-temper. He asked the price of the rooms. "A sitting-room and bedroom at fifteen shillings a week," was the reply. "It is too much, and besides I only need one room," he said. I am afraid we can not divide them." He looked disappointed. An idea seemed to strike, the landlady. "There is a little room at the top you mifiht have," she said; "but it would not be very comfortable. It would be only five shillings a week, including attendance." "Allow me to see it." said Fri- thiof. He frit eo tv.od and ill that if she had shown Aim a pig-sty he would prohahl.v have taken it mere- ly for the sake of settling m.'ittors. An it was. the room, though bare an' 1 comfortlesfl, was spotlessly FOOD FOR HOT WEATHER If yon are among those whose body r.'t.dn miming along, cither on account of Important work to b done or on account of waste of strength from pant or present gickneii, Bovril iihould form an Important part of your summer diet. Not only does it build and (trengthen but it adds materially to your power to abiiorb the nutriment contained in ordinary food. Bovril Is concentrated beef In 1U best form. A little spread on thin bread and butter sandwiches, or on hot battered toast, la both appetizing and nutritious. A simple cup of Bovril makes an appetiting and strengthening bouillon. Send for our booklet which gives much useful information to any mother. Bovril Limited, 27 St. Peter St.. Montreal. clean, and, spite of her severe face, he rather took to his landlady. "My things are at the Arundel Hotel," he explained. "I should at once. Does said, scanning want to come in that suit you 1" "Oh, yes," she him closely, references 1" 'Can you give us any "You can, if you wish, refer to the Swedish Consul at 24 Great Winchester Street." "Oh, you are a Swede," she eaid. "No, I am a Norwegian, and have only been in London since yester- day." The landlady seemed satisfied, and having paid his five shillings in advance Frithiof went off to secure his portmanteau, and by five o'clock was installed in his new home. It was well that he had lost no time in leaving his hotel, for during the next two days he was unable to quit his bed, and could only con- sole himself with the reflection that at any rate he had a cheap roo: over his head and that his rent would not ruin him. Perhaps the cold night air from the river had given him a chill on the previous night, or perhaps the - ir.iin of the excitement and suf- fering had been too much for him. At any rate he lay in feverish wretchedness, tossing through the long days and weary nights, a mis- ery to himself and an anxiety to the people of the house. He discovered that his first im- precision had been correct. Miss Turnour, the landlady, was well born ; she and her two sisters all of them now middle-aged women were the daughters of a country gentleman, who had cither wasted his substance in speculation or on the turf. He was long since dead, and had left behind him the fruits of his selfishness, three helplesH wo- men, with no particular aptitudes and brought up to no particular profession. Mins Charlotte, the middle one of the three, who had more heart than the rest, tried to persuade him to see a doctor. "No," he replied, "I shall be all right in a day or two. It is nothing hut a feverish attack. I can't af- ford doctor's bills." She looked at him a little com- passionately, his poverty touched a chord in her own life. "Perhaps the illness has come in order that you may have time to think," she said, timidly. Frithiof wa in no mood to re spond to her well-meant efforts to convert him, and used to listen to her discourses about the last day with a stolid indifference which al- together baffled her. CHAPTER XI. By the Saturday morning he was almost himself again as far as phy- sical strength was concerned, and his mind was healthy enough to turn resolutely away from these useless broodings over the past, and to ask with a certain amount of interest, 'What is to be done next?" When Miss Charlote came to in- quire after her patient, she found to her nurprise that he was up and dressed. What!" she exclaimed. "You are really well, then?" "Quite well, thank you," he re- plied. "Have you a newspaper in the house that you would be so good as to lend me 1' ' Certainly," said Miss Charlotte, tier face lighting up, as she hastened out of the room, returning in a min- ute with the special organ of the religious party to which she belong- ed. "I think this might interest you," she began, timidly. "I don't want to be interested," eadd Frithiof, dryly. "All I want is to look through the advertise- ments. A thousand thanks, but I see this paper is not quite what I need." "Are you sure that you know what you really need?" she said, earnestly. Had she not heen such a genuine ittle woman, he would have spoken the dry money, retort, "Madame, I which trembled on his lips. "You see," he said, smiling a lit- tle, "if I do not find work I can not pny my rent, HO I must lose no time in getting some situation." (To be continued.) A man inn't entitled to anv credit for overcoming temptation that doesn't tempt. UNEASINESS IN FRANCE. Predicted That Another Revolution May Result. The 'general uneasiness which the prevalence of socialism, the increase in the price of living, and the gen- eral political discontent in France had brought with them, encour- aged the Bonapartiats, who have been quiescent recently, to hold a monster meeting at the Sails Wag- ram, Paris, the other evening. The Marquis de Dion was the principal speaker. Five thousand people listened to him and applauded to the echo his plea for "a consular republic." The implication, ol course, was that Prince Napoleon would be the Consul. Although there is little likelihood of a monarchy, an empire, or even a consular republic in France in the immediate future, there is no doubt whatever that the French people are ripe for another revolution. No- body is quite satisfied with the pre- sent form of government. Every- body feels, no matter what class he belongs to, that he is overtaxed and over-red-taped. There is a general feeling that the real rulers of the country (wiho are not merely the Government, but all the mem- bers of the two Chambers, and far too many of their friends) are much too expensive a luxury. If General Boulanger were alive there might easily be a coup d'etat to-morrow. By turning out the con- gregations, the nominal rulers of France have set the many-headed in power, and they are harder mas- ters than either the priests or even | the nobles ever were. The bour- geois is a long-suffering animal, but he is beginning to kick against the pricks. The Socialist element has so swelled a head that its demands are rapidly becoming more than the bourgroise will stand, and in France, when unrest has become as general as it is now becoming, a flare-up is inevitable. A well-known politician said the other day that war of or.e kind or another must break out in France within the next five years. 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