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[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED] CHRIS OF ALL-SORIS,”

BY

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TM# 1903

S. BARING-GOULD,- Author of Mehulls,"" John Herring," etc.

CHAPTER X.

MY FRIEND" BOUTFLOWER,

I wonder that, you will be talking nobody

marks you. -Much Ado About Nothing, Act, 1., 5, 1. Sir John Chandoa was a fine did mun, erect, with a bronzed face; and guy hair that was waved above his temples, rippled as if crimpad, possibly had been so. He had grey start

there is truffles. Trailles i the soup, in the ment, in the younaise, in the mashed potatoes till you loathe them as the Israelites did the quails."

That dress becomes you, Chris," from the other end of the table. Who mule it? Your taste, doubtless, and not that of Laura."

friend reduced to a poor wreck. He was such. a splendid fellow. He ruild draw and paint, and be played the violin te perfection. He was un admirable moshenicion, and firat rate naval officer. And there Jamus-imbocile and weep. ing-ths end of all, brought about by a woman's folly and a son who was a sbame to him. At Nothing loc. anywhere. The same taugth be diod, and I really was not rry for Home, in Berlin, at Constantinople, cħd Madrid. | that I attended his funeral, and, by Jola, will Ou one asi, my frined Boutflower

you believo me, his son got drunk on the

cession."

"Now he has started Bouffawor," said Aunt Babe, "we shall have a string of reminiscences,” But who was Mr. Boutflower asked Chuistine of the Admiral,

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What became eventually of the son?" **I don't know. I do not want to know. He killed the best man that over breathed, a man who would have sacrificed himself to do his daty. But do not talk of hits any more is LADIES' GLOVES. makes my gorge tian?" The old Admiral

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Captain Bootflower Boulflower! a capital heat and cheapest. S, Que's Road whiskers, int was otherwies anoth shaven, fellan, excellent company, one of the most with the gloss en his chin of recent subjection : génial companions pessible. He could turn bis to the inther.brash and the razor, He had hand to anything-an Admiraþlo Criekton." durkish eyes, and a look in them of a man born

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Her anut was pleased with her appearance; her evening dress was simple. plak, but well fitting and a few flowers wera in her dark hair and besons.

She looked pretty, perkaps even striking. ffer full, beautiful, eye redeemed whatever was amiss in the rest of her face. Indeed, anyone looking into them forgot mouth and use, and saw only the splendoar of those lustrous eyes in which burned invligence. The nose was somewhat rétrauss, and the month over large. She was toll, gracefully built, and Lad a beautifuly shaped head and neck.

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Alas!" the old gentleman sighed; he Lasubject. And by the way. I want to give you DENTS' WHITE PARIS CASTOR FOUR-BUTTJV, STITCHEJ

a word of caution. Your anut is a fine weinan, un excellent woman. I estrem ber most highly. Bot de not build on her promises. I suppose she has undertaken to present you at Court."

"Yes, Sir John."

joined the majority. He was the warmest and truest of friends. Curious how shortlived my Friende ore! Elis was a piteous case. He ought to have been alive now; the cheoriest, most sanguine of men, but there are some things will break the heart of the most hopeful,

She will not do it: Sho cannot afford it, very ous like him; but he went down but she likes to suppose that so will, and to through no fault of his own. He was crushed | talk about, it. And she has undertaken, I by an imprudent marriage."

dunht not, to conduct you to entertainments of

How wad." said Chris sympathetically. | all-kinds, balls, route, the opera." "But do tell me about, Coplalo Bontflower.**

Let him prose on," whispervel Lady Barbara, and pay attention to be. Now he is oa the tople of his friend, ho will run on till he runs down. Say an 'Indeed, and Really, and

How interesting just to keep him going,"

So Christine bari to land one car to her aunt. and the other to the Admiral. Happily, the brain consists of two halves, so that each lobe can follow a suparate train of thought sinni-

"Something of the kind."

She will take you nowhere. She has not the money, and wf her ago she eshuot stand the strain. However, I will so that you go to tha opern, I will get you and her a box."

"How kiud of you." "Not at all-but hush: here be eoMPA, Remember my words."

"Yes," answered Chris.

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What!" said Lady Barbara, entering, "Boutflower again !*

To the cut of his sad tale in-where was it? Kensal Green?"

Is it the end?" asked the Admiral mn«-

Notwithstanding this structural alatage, Chris was unable to fully follow the continuous.

ad conflicting encrerts of talk, between whichingly. Whilst hat son lives-the story has she sat, and which met in her train: for she its supplement." was constrained alterately to address remarks to each speaker, showing some appreciation of what was being said.

Sir Jolma said: "I dine frequently with your sant--we are very old friends. Com a rocurable bachelor, and she has never found a man worthy of her. As it would be dull to take our meals each in silenge and alone on our several flats, we have sulted it thus by mutual consint. Itaneously. might go to my eln, hat they say there I ain growing old. I do not admit it-the fashion | now is to speak in an undertore, It is all affectation, ky the shaking of hands. I cannot hour the bubble that gres on, mine ar old fashioned ears, and my friends are innatient because I cannot accommilate myself to the new fangled style of talk. So I am beat here, where I can hone every word spoken by Lady Barbara, whose voice has the ring of 43 and 44, Deg Voux Rond. Shipahandlere, perpetual youth.. Your aunt mest kindly ad-

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She heard that outflower, one of the finest sailors in Her Majesty's Navy," on one oesioa in the Mediterranean had contrived a bisque soup without any prawns na husis, but how this was done she did not enteb, as her TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1901. attention was drawn off by her aunt, who in formed her that when the pathetic craze was on, her Aaut Laura had adopted a Kafe Greenaway bonnet, and a long dress, straight down with short body and will her figure too whie. marie her supremely ridiculous..

Not at all. I am a bit of a judge. Aud Then she learned bow Boutflower had played as to-chiefs, I don't believe in them. I have a practical joke on somolalies in whose company diand at most of the big hotels on the Coo- he bad arouded Vesarins, by producing some tinent, and am weary of their exploits. To be fried fish out of the crater, as evidence of a sure, in Paris you go to Durand's or Le Grand communication between the ocean and the Resort, and there you get an excellent dinner-reservoir of central fires. But how he managed but away from the Capital, what is given you? to smuggla up the fish she was unable to under- The same everywhere in todious iteration. I stand, as her mind was caught away by Lady remember les frères Provens, in the Cafe Royal Barlara, held in fast grip, till she had described --but it no more; and nowhere do you nuw

to Chris the gown she had worn at a certain get dinners as were served there. I know the Drawing Room, and had told what it bad cost hackneyed mera. Soup without flavour. Give her, and how many comforts she had been de Lierre at this sensen, ever the bateful gigot obliged to forego to meet the expenditure. ind the tough rosbif, veul pigné, and a ̈persable vol an vent. But here!"

Here the seasoning is always the same.” said Lady Barbara. There is rosemary, that's for remembrance, and there are pansies, that's for thoughts. There's rae for you, and here's come for me: we may call it, herb-grace of [Sundays,"

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"A swoning that never palle," said the old 10. Miss Lavenham. I can bear every word your cousin says, and she does not raise her. roice."

Aunt, corrected Lady Barbara. "I should not have believed it." end the Adiwiral. “Allow me cus: 1m forssel of pon Dinner is served,”

When they had taken their places. at table, Chris was placed at the side, between th Admiral and her aunt.

You need not listen to hiur," said Lady Barbara, "I never do. He is interminable as

Next a good story reached her right ear. teaching the way in which Boutflower had over- reached & Cingalese dealer in sharu jewelery-n1; Colombo, who was attempting is pass all to in a chain of false aquamarine. But the point of the anecdote was broken by a communicatica puured into her left ear, relative to the misde'ngs of Tallymore, who had acglected to pay the anusity dae to his sister, and had been brought to book only by the threat of legal proceedings. The cinner came to an end at last, and the ladies retired.

He does not relish being loag alone," said Lady Barbara. He must be taking, and he has you now in receive his tedious stories."

On reaching the drawing-room Aunt Babs excused herself. She had to make some ar- rangement with her maid about a dress sho purposed wearing on the morrow.

Whilst she was out of the room, Admiral Sir Jelin Chandos entered. Christine motioned to

a tulker. There is no getting in a word edge-him to seat himself beside her on the sofa.

"Now, Sir John," she said, tell me about

"As to fish," said Sir John, "fish is not fit Captain Boutflower, and what is sad in his to lie cat nt of London. Everywhere else, story."

dezd end flat. I never touch it in France or Germany. At Münh, at Vicu a. I bare had uchot and sele brought in water-tanks by train from the Baltic or the Atlantic, and the poor creatures were a mass of bruists-uulit for feed.

A goudhearted a fellow as I ever met," said the old man, rejoiced to have the girl all to himself as a listener, and so landsome. Ho was always cheerful, although heaven knows, ho had much to try him. His wife was a selisů,

The fresh water deh most commonly served is unprincipled woman, with no mere braia than a grayling, utterly insipid."

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1t the boy run wild. When Bcuflower re- turned to England, he was cery indiasut, and seat, the lad to sefiool. Then he was posted ou

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the Clia Station, and no anoner was be gobeles Foreign as Chinese Risks at Current by a Frenchman. Terms very inderate.

than she took her son away, and he grew up ignoraut, self-indulgout, and mudiscipled. On Benthflower's toorn, he was alcendy sprung- up to manhoodi He pat bis son lu an office, it was dismissed thence, as useless. Then

the furnished him with money, and sent Lim to Australia to try is look at sheep farming. However, he returned by the next hout--and tite meleg was ejent. I bet eye that folly he did something disgraceful, and it broke my fremsteita man the soul of Lonour. I do not know the porticature. I had not the conrage to enquire. When I saw Boutflower, he Jad reftening of the braza, beuught on by worry over that young follow. He was a pitiable object, I took my bad, and pat the other to his threat, there was a imup there: be ind had a stroke, and could put speak, but he looked at me and cried like a chill. I am not ushamed to confess to you that the tears filed my eyes to see so good a man and so true a

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