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THE CHINA WAIL, MONDAL, FERRARY-10-1935

Sutor Of Selkirk DOCUMENT LEFT BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE

(Continued from Page 73

BY DEAD MAN

"I Declare Myself An Agnostic"

grave in the corner, now he's "Where will I bring the shoe standing stile, now he's sitting to when they're done?" asked down. Gudesake! what's came o Rabble, anxious to find out the him? Babble rubbed his eyes. WITH PROFOUND REVERENCE looked round in all directions; but,

domicile of his visitar.

“I will call for them myself. be-lo and behold! the stranger had fore cock crowing responded the vanished.

measure

*M

A remarkable document left by Mr. E. M Gibbs, aged 88, : 1 stranger in a very uncommon and; "There's something no CRAIN

Sheffield architect, was read at indescribable tone of voice. }about this,” thought the Sutor,

"Hout, sir," quoth Rabbie. but 1 mark the place at any his funeral service in Upper canna let you bae the trouble rate and Rabbie, after thrust Chapel, the chief Unitarian In it he coming for them yoursel': it will ing his awl into the grave, hastily church in Sheffield.

i stated: just be a pleasure for me to call returned home.

"I was a staunch supporter of with them at your house."

The news soon spread from "I have my doubts of that." re- house to house and by the time Unitarian principles for many plied the stranger, in the same the red-faced sun stared down on years, but under the teaching of peculiar manner: "and at all the town the whole Inhabitants Darwin and Herbert Spencer I agnostic. I have events, my house would not hold were in commotion: and, after became

having held sundry consultations, never ceased to recognise the us both."

"It

be a dooms. sma' it was resolved nem com, to pro- value of the doctrines taught by biggin'." answered Rabbie: "but ceed in a body to the churchyard. the Unitarians, and have re noo that I hae ta'en your honour's and open the grave which was cognised the extraordinary fore

suspected of being suspicious. sight of the old leaders of Uni-- "Take your own!" retorted the The whole population of the tarianism in their theology and stranger. and giving Babbie *Kird Wynk turned out on this in their insistence on the value of touch with his foot that laid him service, Sutors wires children. conduct

Bound to Resign prostate, walked coolly out of the fall harried pellet after Rabbie, house.

who led his myrmidons straight. Mr. Gibbs stated that, after This sudden overturn of himself to the grave at which his myster- reading Herbert Spencer, he felt! and his plans for a few moments ions customer had disappeared bound to resign his position as UNDER CONTEACT WITH HM. GOVERNMENT All sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice

discomfited the Sutor; but quick-and where he found his wat still a Unitarian, and added: ly gathering up his legs, he rash sticking in the place where he had "I hope that the Minister, if he accepts the responsibility of con- PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS ed to the door, which he reached left it

just as Lucky Wakerife's cock

Immediately all hands went to ducting my funeral, will do so in proclaimed the dawz. Rabbie few work: the grave was opened: the the simplest marmer possible, down the street, but all was still lid was forced off the coffin- and remembering that I am an agnos- then ran up the street, which was a corpse was discovered. dressed tic, believing and standing in terminated by the churchyard, but in the vestments of the tomb, but awe and worship of the Infinite: saw only the moveless tombs lock with a pair of perfectly new shoer and Eternal Energy from. Whom Marseilles, Havre, London, Haming cold and chill under the grey upon its long, bony feet. At this all things proceed."

burg, Rotterdam, Antwerp &

light of a winter morn Rabbie dreadful sight the multitude fied On the back of the doctrment Hall

hitched his red night-cap off his in every direction, Lucky Wakerife were the words, "With the most brow, and scratched his head with leading the raN. leaving Rabbie profound reverence and worship an air of perplexity.

and a few bold brothers of the to the Great Unknown Cause and "Weel," he muttered as he re-craft to arrange matters as they Sustainer of all things, I declare traced his steps homewards, he pleased with the peripatetic myself an agnostic." has wared me this time, but sor-skeleton

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row take me if I'm no up wi' him A council was held, and it was!

agreed that the coffin should be All day Rabbie, to the inexpres- firmly nailed up and committed to

Had Not Heard Of sible surprise of his wife, remain the earth. Before doing so how- ed as constantly on his three ever, Rabbie proposed denuding Abyssinian War. legged stool as if he had been his customer of his shoes, remark- virked there by some brother of ing that he had no more need for

Valparaiso After five years at the craft, for the space of 24 them than a car had for wheels one of the world's loneliest out-

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Smith and their infant recently so extraordinary did

event whipped them off in a trice. They returned to their home in Glas- appear that the neighbours. one then drove half a hundred ten- and all, agreed that it predicted penny nails into the "Ed

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OF YOUR HEAD

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twice to Lucky Wakerife's. that pair of shoes for a defunct man way round the world to reach CHINESE ART IN READING THE BUMPS the laird's dairy-maid had been would be an everlasting blot on home. They did not know that observed stealing up the red loan the Heckspeckle escutcheon, and Italy and Abyssinia were at war in the gloaming, that the drum reflecting also that his customer, until they started on their journey

an- being dead in law, could not apply home. had gone through the town

any court for redress, our nouncing that a sheep was to be to

Sutor manfully resolved to abide killed on Friday?

alone swam be by the consequences of His deed. The stranger

Next morning, according to US- fore his eyes; and cow, dairymaid, and drum kicked the beam. It was tom, he rose long before the day. late in the night when Rabbie had and fell to his work shouting the accomplished his task, and then old song of the "Sutors of Sel- placing the shoes at his bedside, kirk at the very top of his A short time, however, be he lay down in his clothes and voice.

TAXICAB FALLS IN RIVER

Briton Drowned In -Seville

ACQUIRED

CHEAPLY

Sir Arthur. Keith has remarked that "every child is born with a Min balence of faculties, apti- cartaza ·

z some of the priceless-treasures. had account; criminality is often The collection now valued at caused by misapplied abilities and The $10,000,000 came into the hands wrong education ♬

of the Museum under romantic.

tudes, inclinations, and instinctive One of the finest collections of leanings. In no two is the balance Chinese art treasures in the world alike, and each different brain has is housed in the Royal Ontario to deal with a different fide of ex- Seville: Mr. Edward Teo, a Museum at Toronto and annually perience."

Chinese scholars and his "Through lack of knowledge, fell asleep; but the fear of not fore the dawn his wife, who was British subject born in Gibraltar, many not being sufficiently alert for his in bed in the back room, remark was drowned here recently when torians make a pilgrimage to see good faenities may be turned to new customer induced him to rise ed that in the very middle of his the taxicab in which he was a considerable time before day. favourite verse his voice fell into passenger planged downhill into break. He opened the door and gaver, then roke out into a the River Guadalqinver. driver was also drowned. la noise, as of persons struggling; Divers were immediately sum-circumstances loosed into the street, but it was yell of terror, and then she heard

the moned and made two descents, most valuable objects were bought

The first start in life has much a yard before his nose; he there and then all was quiet as

but were unable to locate the at bargain prices. fore returned into the house, mut-

Most of the specimens in the to do with the future success of The good dame immediately bodies of the victims owing to the tering to himself, "What the sor

Museum were unearthed in 1908 boy or girl An education out of row can keep him when a voice huddled on her clothes and ran swift current

into the shop, where she found Mr. Yea, who is stated to have by Chinese workmen constructing harmony with the mental and physical organisation may have the at his elbow suddenly said:

the three-legged stool broken in beer married, is believed to have the Changtee Railway. They dus effect of warping and retarding Here, sir" mid Rabbie, quite pieces, the floor strewed with been employed as an interpreter-up ancient tombs erected as early progress, preventing youth making

still so dark he could scarcely see

"Where are my shoes "-

transported with joy here they

grave.

bristles, the door wide open," and

are, right and tight, and mickle Rabbie away! Bridget rushed to

joy may ye hae in wearing them,

the door, and there she immediate-

for it better to wear shoon than by discovered the marks of foot

sheets, as the auld saving gangs "Perhaps I may wear both," an swered the stränger, red.

"Gade kave us, quoth Babbie "do ye sleep in your shoon?**; *

The stranger made no answer.

steps deeply printed on the ground Anxiously trang them und on and a what was her horror to find that they terminated in the churchyard at the zrave of Rabbie's customer!

MASTER SHOT Huntsman's Varied Bag

Prague

and some of the

as 1766 B: C. and the objects even-

Aid To Parents

to

A knowledge of phrenology tually went to London. Their of life something worth while. value was not recognised at the

parents can be invaluable. The

conectors bought one consignment individual requirements of the time and some shrewd Japanese training of the young child, the for $4

Treasures Bought.

boy or girl in school, the training. after school for vocations – are serious and important, influencing

The great Edison once remark knew I had" "gain. mutil parenology

What one may call a "master Dr. C. T. Currelly, Professor of the whole future of the growing shot" was fired by Anton Bridisch Archaeology at the University of The earth round the grave bore huutaman, near Komjatice, in Toronto and Director of the Ar- chaeological Department of the but, laying a piece of gold on the traces of having been the scene of Slovacia

Anton- fred one shot from his Royal Ontario Museum, happ table and taking up the shoes, some fearful struggle, and several walked out of the house, some des stagiair were eating ifle, and killed two hares, ed to be in London at that time rente se

time thought tered on the grass Half distract wounded farmer, the latter's and he was able to lay the nucleus

of the present collection Rabble to himself, as he slipped

ushed farough the town site, two cows and one goat..

bought for a mere pistance many help

ere is no one, however dis zed, who cannot be definitely by that understanding of are now coveted by his own mind which phrenology seologists all over the world. For instance, the Royal On

bought one Buddha bezd

$13

give him there is no one ever successful, inology cannot potut onder fields of

the

and