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"Old House" Or, Dulcie's Confession Belturbrt'fl <lark pyes aw* hor trray ones in a rather lone look, uud ;i b raised his can he thought: "Ho you are th de- uicnina minx!" "I Hi. UK I,IT/I n.. you ore." he retried. "And I (mil" you wi.J do o BM often a') you like,." "Von are very kind," said Primrcse. "CMd UMII. i. ha been unoc4'upicd for <> l.-ii-r rh ii we have (frown iri'to the habit of coming into the woods without roaliz- in" tha.t we hud no riitht to." "P.leaHH don't hesitate to come hero whenever you wih." r<'pon<Uxl BcHurbet. I !i';ianUy. "Pleane iiw tho wood* .iii'rt a you have dono before. Do not let the fact of my exixteiK'.e make any difference." Dulcie. havine somewhat recovered, look- ( 1IAPTKR I. T** Juno sun l.lanxl overhead, yc-t In Uir wood whrri. lriiiir.'i- uml Dul<-u' ( :ir- anlnu- .r, n-.i-t.d ill.- air a - ! cool, and tin- lcav< ol the tree* aff< wl !\ soft vwlu nt t**' rc**n. KJ vwy tuiiiiK wa- esiim and m-a.-iliil to tho eye. The. " r> ' s wb.rh I. .1 from the rosy lips ol M,-n iiui ii. ]i..weviT. were anything but re' "K id simply abominable!" she said, with eiMleriih.l heal. "Abominable that now we an, of ug.. we- have to live like pau- D<TM wHJc our father iquMMteM on books and VniV. i i: i - the money that, belonged to oiu- in..: '..-I'. and *ich s-houlrt be ouro by right! It i more than abominable, it U iniquitous!" The weaker auivere<I with indignation. "Dulci*'" protested the other gin. Please do not go over the old ground Main, there a dear! I have agreed wiUi v<iu hundred* of tiuu '.hat we arc rather bar;v treated- It is corl.tiiUy very aggra- Taiilnit t<i know that tdie money which ought \n have becu ours, and which would have enabled us to enjoy ourselvea as otiiir gir'. do. .- b--i.ii: thrown away, wh-'it we have. ..U-rally. to go without Tho epeaker gsied tadly at a-n M MUchi-d *Jic wh.ch protruded from neatii the Jieni of a eoUon drem. onco blue but frinn which all efmblancc to any color whatever had ben washed. Dulcie wan Kilent for a few minutes, and then x>ke IKIM-I- deliberately. "I call fniher it thief." she. said. Her I'Mi-' flcr allowed no igns of be- ing shock. <l at (-ucn an unlWial remark. "Whv? ' was her placid inquiry. "Why? Bet-auto 1 -m certain he only married our mother became he knew she wou'.d be a rio'ii woman some day. ana then when she died, a lew yearn after in- bciritniig our lii -.-indUther s money. an<i when we were I'KI voting to know anything about rt. he got it a-.l into his own hands in .1 told everyone that our mother Had left, it all every penny to him!" "Pcrlia-px i-ho <lid." aid Priiurcse. "I don t be>Ii.-ve it!" "But our mother* Will." "He made her sign it. of court" 1 ." Dulcie d<-c4red luiai-plv. 'You know she wan nfrnid of him. 1 :-ha.M never believe HMO meant him U> have everything, and ut), her children. <if whom she was no fond, no- tiling." "Du4cie " said Primrore auaet'.y. 'what i Uie line of recalling n-ll this? You know we have agreed that tin-re is nothing for lie to do but to grin and bear it." "I am not going to do either any long- r. i-.nd Duilccc. ... "Dear me! What id your alternative? "To get out of it." was the energetic re- PrunroBO looked at her sister with rl-.rhtlv increased intercut; H|H> was used to Dulcie's outbursts, and although they invariablv ended in word*, yet they caused t'.n-.. Alight diversion a-t 1Jie time. "How. IPV dear?" she asked. "I mean to marrv tho man who Is com- ing to Old Houw." was thn reply. "The. idea occurred to me the, other day when onr dear father Kaid. 'In future you are iH.t lo go into the woods or fields belong- ing to Old House, for the Chancery unit In connection with them was aetf.ed some inon'hf ago. and the owner i shortly conn- inr lo take nowm-ssion. You will keep to our own grounds in future.' Dulcie mimicked the hanh voice of net father with treat success, and her siMer Innrhnd m<c:.ly. "Ho" continued Iho iraimic. "when I heard the owner wan a man, and what i i nilv more important, a bachelor, ! made, up mv mind to marry hfcm." "It in indeed a brilliant idea." naid l'r,mr<ve unmoved, "but 1 do not quit" no. how vou are going to make a man who d'ie not know you. mnrry you." "Oh. In- "ill Minn know me!" was the confident reply. "I mean to sit in Uieso woods from morning till night. Ho wil come along w>me day and find me. and (hen I h'nill miologiio nweeDly for tren- natwinir. and. of course, he will beg me to ime whenever I like: nnd that in Imw It *J4 beg-in. The end will be Mhowers of ri-e .irwi u wreath of orange blctwcnns. " 'Kiixt catch your flub.' " murmured JVmiroxe. If the si ter* had not been BO engrossed In their i-oni-iTsatioii. they might have heard i faint mawiiline ohuckle. OOOlnl rntKirenllv from the 1)n-k undergrowUi behind them. "Oh. I i-bull catch him all right if only I can nicer him!" averred Dulcie. "What u< Uie matter wit.h me? Any man ought to ho onlv too irlad to have the honor of m.-irrviiiir me." Khe t<i .-d her i.rctty head: and if she WPM re:i"v vain, she had ample e*ciue. llnih the Corwunline girls poiwe^wd rmilh and beaiily. Tall. i''im maldeiiH straiirht an voung laro.he.ii. their small Ii. .-I were clowned with manses of bright fmr liiir l.ii-b waved and curlnd m<ist ili-irminglr. Deltcuite regular feiit.urrti. and large . ve- et beneath very distiiK'Uy ni.irknl i-yebrowH maile them more than ordinarily pretty. Diilcic's eyes were bli:<- us forget -me-nott; th<se of I'runro--o wori' gr:iv Slondor and fair, the girls wi-n- i iirni -isin-'l" mliko to strangero. Primrc-yo. who wan the elder by a year. and had iu.n i>a.iiil lior twenty -Hwond lilrthdav. .iii-i:lcn-<l It necewyary, on ac- count of her somoritv. lo offer a rebuke. "Little ifirli should wait till they are Hhkcd." i-be a'd. "I s-ba'.l. " repliwl Dutcio "But I don I liileinl lo wail n moment longer than 1* aliaolnt'*! v m < i:i?v ' Again. ' 'lie M . <- (' i r\\ anline hud not been fo ili.-ii'v occupied wit.h Ihcir own n(Ti. **. liiey miifht have hen ml pMOIW Hiiii>l>. <-oinin- from the <l n-<-l ion <if the UTirtiTBrowth. "11 i like I Mi." Dnl<-ie went on gruvo |. ' 'I' nli-Mi one of nnirries. fliere is in. coni fir Bilher of ii". :ind I inn sum iniih.ii" u' I be more iiitiful than our iiri-K-nt t -lie." "Humuh!" aid Primn ?e doubtfully. "A husband might, he wor*c than father." 'Imii'<jMc l Anvhow. I mean to marry Arlhnr HeMiiihri if he's KB ugly us mn and " wicked ns vu know whom." "]|<iw on p;irth did you find out hii* nunic? ' nshed PrimroHx in UHtonishment "I nkiMl JBIIICH the gardener, and lie nhowed me a niece of an old nowspuiier he had been tri-iriuring. which miid thai Mr Arthur Hclhirlipt would nhortly tnkn up miideiKo .it (Mil House, .lumes has hopiw of being rigaged bv 1.(ie new owner II M't-n'H a.H he coiiNiders he in underpaid here." IIM-. is an ungrateful <ild man! He M .1. ,. iiu noDiIng, in. I in paid leu ,.;ign i week and him a cottage to live In. BcnidiK I ii m quite certain no one who wants a rirdener. would Like I m : "Oh. Ixither JII-IIH-H!" retorted Dnlcir "What is a gardener'n ingralltndo com- nnrwl wilh niv marriage to ArMjua Bol mured. "Wo do love the wood*, but-are- vou pure you don't mind our corning here?" "I shnJ'l be only too happy if you will come ns often BH you nleanc." Belturbe-t wue looking at lioth the gi:lw wil.'i borne- thine suspicioiih.lv like a twinkle in hi eve. "May I introducB myself-I am Ar- thtiM Bellurbet." "And wo are DuVie anil Prirnrono Car- Ward'ne." explaiiKxl Primn fe. "The Misses Carwardine of Blue Posts? ai-kixl Holturbet. "Yes," replied Dulcie gai'.y. "le it not an idiotic mime for a house?" "It is an uncommon one." he admitted. Then, as tho trepa,ors were both younz and pretty, and although <rt perhaps be- iiu.-i- -he knew of the plot againt him. lie added: "1 wonder, as I am a strangiT in the land, if I might sit down and you would toll mi who my neighbors are, and ^something about everything generally?' He Hat on the ground at :i little di (tanoo from the youiif ladies in a position from which ho could see them both. The erim- fiOn roses in Dulcie's ohrrkx had faded to a fdiin-t blush, and no man <'ou'd help no- ticing tho delicat* chaim of the two Bis- ters. It struck Belturhi't immediately. "Yet." he thcueht. "Miss Gray-Eyea ba an exceedingly keen instinct for plunder! Faugh! In there such a thing as a diin- te.reeted person to be found 1 wonder?" Nevertheless, ho made himself very agreeable, and listened attentively to tho description of hia neighbore. "And wo :irc Nobodies," concluded Dul- cie. "We go nowhere, b.oause no one askn us we arc without the pale of Ktalstead noolety. We are poor and shabby and im- oeirtdncttt to our elders, and wi.l not be patronised: eo Primron^ and I aro con- signed to oblivion.' "You do not sound ns if you minded miKih," remarked Bolturbet. "We don't." was the nromot reply. "Only it is rather dull at times. Even a. garden- nartv at tho vicaiagc is better than no- thing." "Wlien my houeo is in order, wil! you come to a garden-party if I give one?" he asked. "Yes. thank you." replied Dulcje prompt- ly. "But do not ask our father if you want us to come." Then, as Belturbct looked a little surprised, tthn explained: "If you i* - id a formal invitation for Mr. and the Miami C'arwiirdine. it will be re- fused, hut if you ask us in a friendly way. as vou have iuwt done. Primrce and an uviiuttt obliteruuxl patli tbrough the woc.d. It had been M> long untrodden ex- cut bv the fir :i r -. th.it they h;id to piish aside the encioavhing bu&bes ae they wa.lki.xl. Tlu-ir rc-troiiling forms were cloudy i-rut:nized by a pair of keen eyee, bulong;- ing to I in- man whose chuckle* had come from the thicket beihind the old oak tree .'.MI-,- which tho UUsej Oarwa.rdine had lifted a> they talkcxl. When they were | out of sight and their voices no longer :iti.|ille. he emergexi from the undergrowth into which hit had been lured by Uie faint trace of a path, und sauntered up to the old oak tree. "If I could have seen their faces!" he inuronurtd, "1 might have been able to gucvs which of the two is bent on marry- ing me. Ai their a.ppearance from the back and the sound of their voices are pwrise- Iv the name, it will be rather difficult. t-ti.-l. life w-ill have an additional zest for me too. this summer! ' Ho lit kin pipe, which had gone out be- fore he found hiuieolf eavesdropping, and which he had not dared to relight, for fcaj- of being discovered. Then he seated Uannl at the foot of the oak tree and ewoked peacefully. "UMaun certainly never liear any Rood of themselves." he wxiloqui-eed, "but 1 wull be hanged if I expected to hear any- thinif as alarming as this! Here I am. Art.hur Unimrliet. lately a briefless barri- BUT. wlii'iu .an-lul mothers have. I know, labelled 'extremely ineligible' on account of mv lack of worldly goods, suddenly and unexpectedly become -particulurly well off. At the very moment when I am congratulating myself that now I tvhall be able to eu.jov life to its uttermojt, and L'o where I like and do what I Mke. 1 find that mv fate is already vea'led. A Jady. apparently young, for 1 swear by her <.ice that cho is under twenty-flvo, and certainJy ol a resolute and daring disposi- t.oii has marked me down an her prey." He smiled, continuing t buioke content^ e<!4v. "I suppose." he re.uuncd, "that when I heard voices I ought imimediatoly lo have burst through the trees and announced mv,elf. or else stopped mv llngerd in my ears: as it happened, however, when I heard a voice nay: 'I intend marrying the man who in ocuning to Old House,' 1 felt it mv duty to myself to remain u.t all haz- ard*, and hear more of the ulot. The dif- ncultv will be to find out which of the two moai.'H to have me. It require* to bo care- fully thought out. Now. didn't she say Jie was (Ota* to come here every day and then apologize sweetly for trespass- ing, whereupon I. of course, would beg her to come whenever HUH liked, and it would end in oranirc-blowioiin and showers of rice." The vounir man chuckled with much dcJight. "Now 1 have you. my dear vounir lady. An soon as you apologize nrwtxr. 1 *ha.ll know you. Arthur, my boy. this 'looks as if it would be raUier amusing! 1 wonder who the minx is. by -, the WHV. 1 dar sav I can soon find out.; burn, England, who lias been upend Htal-nead is not so thickly populated that 1 ; , T _ _j/L i.:, two VOUIIK bdies are so rema.rkably aliko. In 8 a ' ew ^"J s ln l"r<jnt<J with 111: and who D. -...,. an irascible father, clever wife, is one of the llCI'oes and BOOM l> unknown to my household." He continued to smoke for some time. then roue and nbretched himoeilf. He wan a tall man without an ounce of superflu- ous neh. hroad-nhouldejvd. but with ai, - . - ., slight stoop. Kvidently he was devoid of 1 "lg election will for the OuClUllbts. pereonal vanily. for his clot lies wen. any- I Mr Snowden DOW in his fiftieth ^,^^, n '^^^^^l : ^iy^r, is an apostle of revolutioin ie<l an out-of-door life. HJH thin, clean- ' rather than reform. He has the re- vet l Thoi!e << who l * I'lked*' "Arthur ^Bel'tii'rbet P u ^ a *'? n ' being such a thorough! found much that was agreeable, in it. Tho 1 Socialist that he would willingly go eyes wej-,- dark and deep yet. tho eyebrows { o t y, e stake for the cause. Snowden ^^^Vh^Mt'SSrtwS r nothing for himself, his per- were reniarkub'v good, even and while, , sonul success and political rewards, and his Mn.ilo was particularly pleasant. ; u voivhit 1 l.ivil (Jpi. rap's "Yes. It will be. very interesting, "he ad- ' Hc lsa ze . al t- L,lo><! Ueorge dl. "and I fel anxious to ini-ct mv fatf. Liberalism is no more pleasing to wa\V'aNit^w^;v\T, 1 ' ; iln-1, i ;r 1 o7th:A,nd l 1 ' im r thil " th f ^"^rvatism of Bon- should not be hurried." f I ar Liiw and Austen Chamberlain. still smiiinif. he turned to walk in the 1 Llovd George aims to reform abuses n^^thT/ole^'nd'^i'iuTiMiu'i'd'VMiiiiJssor 1 ' 11 ' unt | readjust a deranged system of It took him iio-a.rly a. uuiirtor of an hour social life. Snowden wants revolu- tc> reach bin dcr.tinatnin. as tho path I through the litt.le. wood wound in and out but at length he came to u low - 'on.- wall and a irnte swinging on nir-'tv hinifr*. "If thin plnco had been ownerli:-; much longi'r 1 1 would have fallen lo picem!" ox- i . .in. -I the young man. "Tin-re is hardly a gate th-at ban OI-IMII hnirn. and ce: tain- IMPS!^ *(3 Iv noi one. that w:'l fni-ieii propnrly. 1 ^Kt \)k I will get the work of renovation Ht.irted. and then Ileigho. f,r mv trnvels!" He walked (iiilckly t m ml., the house and "axed at it with affection. It was a MMMMfl of which any man might hive been proud. A long, two- itoried IIOIIIK. with inanv g:ilkli. eoven-d with ivv to il <'hijniH-v toi.w. it. was Mt't on t'ho very high- est point of the land, and approached on foot b 1 , n series of terniees and old-stone t'toDH. whilst a darriairi* drive of nearly half a mile <'in-lcil the terraces. Arthur It--! r M i-h. i -:....,! .-,11:11 for a few inoment looking t. it. "A iilnce .lik'- t-his certainly needs a mi- trceH." he sai<l whimsiciiiMy. "but. ns I go with tin* bousi-. I nieiin to have a voice in the se.|<vtion of one. Ho, perhaps, mv dear vouni; ludv. thingr) .iiiiiv not turn out pre- c-iselv as vou iinticipate. However, I a,m oxtrenielv graloful lo you. f<ir you h:iV4- nut mi- nil mv guard." "Adjusting his eyeglass and con- sulting hia notes lie began : "Ladies and gentlemen oh (that's Parliamentary) I do not be- lieve in votes for women. I ah do not believe in votes for ah women. Mi-n ah are men. Men are men. And ah women are women. Nature made them ah different. An Act of Parliament cannot make them ah the same. "In the face of this astonishing piece of information how could they goon?" ended Mrs. Snowden amid ironical cheers and laughter. Satire on Mrs. Ward. Her satire on the attitude of Mrs. i Humphrey Ward, the noted novel- j ist, toward the suffrage movement : was also very funny. She said th.it Mrs. Ward was not in favor of votes for women, and then folding her ! hands and turning her eyes down- ward she said in prayerful tones "for which we may be truly grate- ful. Amen." She had no patience with any specimen of arrested development. "Havclock Ellis has described the womanly woman as a cross between an angel and an idiot.'' says Mrs. Snowc'en. "Mr. Ellis knew what he was writing about. It is the anti- Knffragist tint would make women coarse, never permitting her to for- get her sex." "If the suffrage movement means one thing more than another, it PACKAGE Why Ui'ce chances by asking for "A Dollar's Worth of Sugar?" CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED. SUGAR BuyREDPATHin Original Packages and you'll be sure of full weight highest quality absolute purity. will come." (To 4>e continued). A _^ _ IMlll.ir SNOWDKN, M.I'. Socialist M.I'. Is An Implacabli- FigkCcr for the Cause. Philip Snowden, M.P. for Black irn, England, who has been spend- ing a few days in Toronto with his clever wife, is one of the heroes and leaders of the Socialist movement in Britain. His election in Black burn seven years ago was the first CTi HEALTH i ii <j. -W1 Ml'S. riliiip Sllnuilrll. n - iniii'l remi-iiilier.. sa.id H.poJogelK-allv. "that 1 have known .lame- f<r veam. nnd only ib.H minute hrard of Arllnir ilelturhct. "You will hrar more about him hnfnro long." -aid l>ulci<> perMy, "becaunc I in- Imd to marry him." Prmirowe 9nnghed. "I wi.-b vou luck In the tiiHk you have rrl. yourself." "be KiiUI, "hut don't iwik me U> help von, that'll nil." "I home to he able to niannge it cnt.ire- Iv nnnlded." "Hinppoxc he nhould prefer me to ton? niBBif-ted Priinrcme. "1 Mi. I'n i >*lve him time lo." wn Dill ele'n re-nlv. "And HM we .-intso iniudi alike. U follows that if he admlreH you. he will ndmirei me lo. hldn't somebody 01 other i-nv th.it any woma-n cotrld i:<-t any mini '.'ie Ilki'd i-f the only l<Kik enongli tn.iililr? " "In any <-n^e. it i'! -i*M a *et to life ih's -iunnmc-r. " mid I'l-nimi'.e: thin t-lie <ldr I. V;!h a '-hnge of tone: "It is li.'iie for m'lo irn. Dulcii'. If you aro l:il-> fir ti M-i-i-f will Ii - the ii-n il funs ('in. PJ i v < her feel, ami l)n'. (IIAPTKK II. True to her word. Dulcio Carwardine nut. or rumbled, dally weather permitting in Ili-ltiirbet'a woodH. Hometimes by her- edlf. but more often accompanied by her Hmter. For three* weekn. howevt-r, her per- severanco went unrewanUxl : the owner of Old House remained nnvncountcred. "Whv iloeNii't the w retell lake it into his bead to visit and explore UIIH part of tin properly?' Mie. di<munile<l irritably one sultry n Her noon. "I'm ure if 1 had not the palience of a nnint I should have giv- en him IIP weekH ago!" "Don't scowl about il !" said Primroie. laughing. "IU- might <-onie upon us un- awares, and -on don't lo<ik a bit nice when you frown." DuU'ie smoot bed her prett.y forelien<t. "I wish he wouUl hurry up," she repliexl disconsolately. "1 am tired of waiting lie Hhe paused i the i^ouiid of a man's wbistlh ciime fuint.lv In their ears, and Hat iinrlghl. her cheeks crimsoning with ex- citement. "It i" he!" sin- whispered. "Oh, I wish we were not. here! I feel no dreadfully in r\ou- 1 know I Hhiill never he iiblu lo annHnglin prope.ply. 1'rimrose, you mii^t do it, and nay how sorry wo aro for tros- I'm Hha,king tUl over Ur. Philip Snowden. n.-s!ng. I can't with fright." "Duleiel" n;ii<l I'rinmiwi reproachfully. It Is too bud ol' you to bring us intb a f Tape like t.his. nnd leave me lo do the- o It* n green hi o work of wriggling out." 'i'hv whjsyc caino nearer. "On. <lo. Prt1BW>SM u cAtfaated Diilcie. .lust this 1 oif<H! I vow I will never ask von tn do anything for me again. Look at mo look' I im actually trumbling ith Irlghp" I'rimrftse s clear gray eyed looked nil- vvnnxilhetii'a.ll v nt her sister, "It Is vour guiUv conscience." hi< suid. I im us cool n one of old J a men's cucum- bers Do pull yourself together und for- ;i-t nil the. non.-4-ime von have, talked. HUM r iritrirled feebly. "I can't.," "lie suid. "BenideK, I am in tlriuUv earnest. Hern hi* is." .\rlliur Hi llurbf-t s lull figure eamo in in-Ill. Until uirls H.II moiionless until he W.H-, within a few yards of i.hran; Dulcn- .vllh glowing cheek i :in<l modvtly down- i I even. Primrose, nnnnrcntlv nnniirlnd, hnl distinctly coiis<-iniis "I u fust-beat ing learl. She wnili-41 a few moments, bulling lint II. I i . llMiii il bill tlllll !, C| I. 11; . oiing pertnn was too ugilated to dn nny- hiiii.' bill ki-i'ii her eves IU<-<I llnnl^v on !li-liurbi-r boi'lu. so Primrose r.uscd her vet. aii'l -i" ke :iii"logetically in a soft, rlrar voi<-e. i in air. ml we aro tr<wpaw!ng, ' tu- ,. -d tion bloodless, but nevertheless i radical and absolute. Efforts to I reform Hociot.v, he deems, were | hurtful trifling; he would cut under | the whoU* fabric of society as it is and send it tottering into collapse. Liberalism he regards as more dangerous to his cause than Con- servatismthe latter holds out no ' hope of a change nnd in a sense just- ifies revolt, but Liberalism, with its forms, lessens the strength of So- cialism and kills its nerve. Like An Accuser. Snowden is numbered with the Labor members, but he is not of them. They are too yielding for him. His voice is ghrill, and as he speaks in the House of Commons he points a long lean finger, accuser- Uke, at the man he attacking, ami that nian is frequently Lloyd George. Mrs. Snnwclen is an ardent suff- ragist but not a militant. She does not agree with the, Pankhurst methods, but she speaks sympath- etically of the militants and defines them as being more fliniied^igainst by the Government than sinning. Mrs, Snowden is a clever littlo woman, with a voice as clear as n bell and a pronounced turn for log- ical argument and sarcasm. 'IViron tonians will mnrmher that she spnko in Mnf'sey Hall Home years ago just after Mrs. PaukhurM had been here. She 1ms the saving touch nt liiniuir that keeps her audience in good spirits, and when she spoke here, one of her nmst pronounced hits was a burlesue- of Austen Cham berlain. This is how she told it: means let-u of sex and more of hu- manity. That does not mean any defection from the sacredness of motherhood her noblest work." "The average noble woman looks for a home, desires a home, but it does not follow that the woman who never goes beyond her own four; walls will make the best wife and mother." SWINDLERS ON OCEAN LINERS. Detectives Keep Close Watch on All Suspicious Characters. The discovery of five gamblers ' aboard the Lusttania on her latest! westbound trip reminded a detective of an experience he had tills summer. A woman travelling second class on one of tho English lines had played poker with four men during the pas- sage and loaned money to one of them. In port the borrower com- plained that the woman had robbed him, and it became the duty of the de- tective to take the woman, an Ameri- can, into the smoking-room of the ! second-class and lock the door and search her. He found on her a roll of $2.300. "Where did this come from?" asked 1 the sk'iith. "You look like a nice fellow and , I'll tell you," said tho woman. "It's the proceeds of a robbery, and the in. in who's kicking was in on it and got his shore. Twice he tried to rob me of my share. He's a gambler, a parasite and a thief." "The crooked gamblers are travel- ling second-class now. That's where . the rich pickings are. The first-class Is panned out. Among the second-class are suckers who have saved their earnings for tho gamblers. The pros- perous farmers from the West ore very wise in their own conceit. In fact, they're easy marks." The crooked gamblers cross and re- ' cross so frequently that tho women ' adventurers, known as "white slaves j of the Atlantic," know them. These women are known to the detectives, but to few of their fellow passengers. On the Uusltanla's last trip extra warnings were displayed. The lines now havo a warning printed In red Ink, which Is hung up as soon as a gambler Is discovered. Sometimes when tho smoking-room steward goes to breakfast the gambler tears down this red card. When the steward re- turns he hangs up another. Some- times, but not often, a steward be- comes too friendly with the pirates; then he's transferred and occasionally given a reduced rating. It Is now the custom of steamships as soon as a professional gambler is ' discovered aboard to send a wireless to the detectives ashore on each side of tho ocean informing them of the fact, so that he may be spotted as soon as he goes ashore. The detec- 1 lives meet and check up together on ' tho gamblers. Each gambler has a "foundation" name, generally his real name, and by tills he Is known to the ' detectives. Ono gambler has been going out on one of the German lines and return- Ing regularly from Liverpool on a big HrlttHii line. Tho White Star line, according to the detectives, as soon as a gambler is spotted displays a red sign reading: "Wo havo aboard this ship a gambler and swindler." Exercise. If you are to be in perfect health ; the blood stream must course freely through your body. When it fails to do so for any reason, you have "poor circulation." a condition I that shows itself in many unpleas- j ant ways cold hands and feet, chil- blains, headaches, low spirits, bad temper, and a general sense of dis- comfort and inefficiency. Many young people, ami especi- j ally many girls, suffer from this j condition. Girls as a rule take less active physical exercise than boys of the same age, and there is no- thing like hard physical play or , work to improve a stagnant circu- , lation. Hut som-e people are not strong enough to undertake much active exercise; their cases must be dealt with in a different way. A frail and delicate girl in tennis and basket ball or gymnasium work will do well to try massage until she gains strength enough for other ex- i ercise. As she feels her strength in- creasing, she should let exercise gradually take the place of massage : is as a substitute for muscular act- I ivity when that is impossible or unwise, it is not nearly go efficaci- ous for healthy persons as actual exercise. If massage seems to cost more than the pali nt can afford, remem- ber thai M m:- member of your fam- ily can <iften learn in a few lessons how to give very successful massage Remember, however, that when you use massage in order to keep up a good blood supply to an injured part of the body, such as a sprain- ed ankle or a strained muscle, it is very important to find out just what movements should be mode, or you may do harm instead of good. For persons in good health there is nothing like the cold morning bath, followed by vigorous rubbing with a rough towel, to keep the cir- culation in good order. But that is too harsh for frail people, and they will be wiser to temper the bath, and trust to the rough towel, to bring the blood to the surface of the body. Even if you must s<jme_ times omit the bath, do not omit" the "rubdown." Youth's Compan- ion. Cure of Sleeplessness. In mild cases of insomnia change of scene, a sea voyage, moderate exercise in the open air, tempor- ary withdrawal from the ordinary activities of life are, each and all of them, minor measures not to be neglected. It must also be remem- bered that in those who sleep light- ly, trival discomforts may be enough to produce sleepless nights. Cold feet, an unwise evening meal, an absorbing game, a heated dis- cussion, a postponed hour of retire- ment, and a hundred other small departures from the accustomed routine may be responsible for a bad night. It is quite remarkable how this is exemplified in the com- mon experience of a sleepless night on Sunday, when the usual activi- ties of the week are interrupted by comparative freedom from care, more than the usual amount of re- pose, and frequently also more than the allowance of food and drink. Massage, especially when practiced thoroughly and rapidly over the ab- domen, a hot bath, a mustard foot bath, a wet-pack applied to the trunk of the body, a hot drink for- tified by alcohol are all homely measures which, by provoking A temporary anaemia of the brain, are conducive to the acquisition of refreshing sleep. Many forms of electricity have also been requisi- tioned with varying degrees of suc- cess. Dr. Guthrie Rankine. His Answer. A Scotch minister had been away on a vacation, and on his return asked the sexton how all had gone in his absence. "Very well, in- deed," was the cheering response. 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