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THE RIVALS.

BY JANES PERDU.

Specially written for the “ Hongkong

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Out rivalry began at home in our country village, where we both fell in love with the same lase, Kate Kosling, the old blacksmith's, daughter. And pretty she was, as pretty as they make 'em. Shu led un both on, as a woman will, favoring first one and then the other. When I put on the Queen's scarlet was the beginning of her liking for nic. I fancy it was the coal attracted her at first, for she was only quite a young girl then, and their rancy is a lightscme thing.

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emptied their pouches they thrust and beat in a frenzy of mad con..

I did not feel fatigued or hun. All my energies were focussed on keeping clear the space jurskately before me. Allast was zwarcions. of a bow aimed at my head from one side. Dully knew I could not ward it off, as I was engaged in defending myself from the furious onslaught of two of the enemy.

Suddenly I was vaguely conscious that the bio had been averted. I balf turned in time to recognise any rival had stepped into the place beside me. I had no time for coherent thought, or emotion in the inatter. "For her sake" heard tim say.

A few minutes more and I saw him throw up his arms, spin half round and fall forward. He little coughing grunt, called aloud on my irls'

gave

ordinary series of contortions I have ever wit- nessed.

IN THE HOSPITAL AT CAPE TOWN.

MORE ABOUT THE MAUSER BULLET.. The Cape Town correspondent of the Mfurn- ing Leader sends the following interesting count of a visit to the soldiers hospital at Cape Town:

"That Jellow sught to let himself out as an advertisement for an imiliaruliber company,

The hamorous remark, atteici by Mr. Harris, criticised very aptly the extravagant disarticu Fation of Hope's thin body. When watching the marvelous dishcations of his hips, the turns and twists of his body, together with the wind ings of his legs and arms, I found myself won dering it had before me a real man, made of flesh and blood, or a gigantic puppet, actuated by some mysteraus electrical current. And the oddest esclamations greeted this exhibition of loge's singular alert. Quite wonderful is'nt it? Enchanting Fascinating Lovely!" to paint of fact, nothing could be less enchanting, less escinating, or less lovely than the poor worked well for him, as when be handed round 614 161. 25 cem pieces rapidly accumulated-in-comfurd at home it. Among them were a few five and ten-dollar bill and the whole amount was crowned with a

MUSICAL PATRIOTISM.

INTERVIEW WITH MR. MIGGS,

"What dyer think I been and clone last nights the forrymu, beaming tasily on

bis audience.

"I seen you j'ining in a chorus yourself" said George:" and it wasn't particʻlar amusing, so far as I can remember, because you couldn't understand not to sing between the verses and couldn't keep fime. And you

hold your tongue for 'armony's sake, hed to "I have spoke to you to night already," said Mr. Miggs, passionately, ovire, ufors.it is too late. For there is a limit, even, to; the feelin's of a worm."--P. M. Gazzite.

Intimations.

"Nothink all s'pring me to hear as you had done," seid, M. Magy, mowing a slecting A pretty ride of farty minutes rough the glance of costly at the middle beton of pleasant, sun-thed suburbs of Cape Town the burryman's waiscout, "except for to bear as takes you to Wynberg, where, on the shadyyee had done somethink which wasn't foolish. hill behind the town, stands the lag hospital, huss. surrounded by the tented dwellings of the Royal and its vie is nie nor dinar beky

"1. been to a music-hadi," and the berryman,{"THE CHINA & JAPAN TELEPHONE Army Medical Corps. Wyubeng Hospital is to-day the Netly of this war rider country, it's because of the shouting, which was so182- and Wynberg itself is even prettier than that druk out of all experience" ampion Water where Tummy is used and

-When he saw how-her-choice-was going, kine, and then a long shiver swept over devils absurd dislocations. But this enthusiasm charming stretch of ground over-looking South-

nothing would suit-him but he must join the samme regiment and wear the same kind of cont that I wore. But it wasn't any good for, with women, as with other fortresses, the thing is to make the first impressiop

clean one

I was through with my recruit drills before be joined the dep51, and he used to watch me when I passed across the square on my way to walk out with my girl. We never said any thing to one another when we met either n the square or in the canteen. Beside he was at tached to "E" company and I belonged to "A" He turned out a smart enough soldier, and a When I was out with my girl we often used to meet him and he would turn his head away when he passed us, though 1 reckon he had followed from barracks. Thea my girl used to laugh for I fancy women, especially when they are young, can't help being cruel to then they dont want. But she would. never speak to him, though she used to imitate bin behind his back though, if he saw her at- it, he never showed anything of it in his face.

I was going in for my face-stripe and she was keeping me to it, when the regiment was ordered foreign. It came like a blow to the two of us; though we knew the regiment was in the season's reliefs it never seemed real to us somehow. Fill there was no good talking. about it, we just had to separate.

When the day came we felt pretty bad, i can tell you, and once or twice lost sight of the gangway lying just before me. However, we arranged was to work hard and try and get on, and as son as I got my sergeants stripes she would come out and we'd be manned (is strange to think it is all past now-how I marri ed her and buried her at Quetta on, before thegiment left India).

I fairly pitied the other chap, not a soul to wish him goodbye. He leant over the gunwale watching us and I'm sure every time I kissed her it hurt him badly. When the band started and the pier slid behind us **Old lang sync' into the sea I believe he felt really glad that it was over and he could know tide, that if he hadn't got Kate, I hadn't either.

The regiment went first to Malts, but it did ant sic down there, long, There was trouble in Egypt and we had to be off to quiet it,

My tent when we were in camp was often rear his, but he tiever showed a sign of wanting to speak to me, and most of the other chaps were too busy to bother about either of us in any way,

We did not get any hand in the early part of the fighting, but bad to guard the lines of communication, and find sick convoys and se on, of corse there was lots of gambling but our turn came in time. At last we got orders to join our brigade head quarters and a new regiment from hame took over our duties. We wished them joy of their job, and they were powerful angry about it. They had come out expecting to go right up to the front and come back in about a week with at least two medals apiece. But they never got nearer fighting than where they were iffat compaign,

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kind of dull wounder at it all filled mg, Jul 1 fought on mechanically, stabbing and thrusting till there was nobody in front of me in kill. I felt very tired and felt a great wish just to lie down and rest where i was, a great weariness. seemed in all my limbs.

I flung myself down, just as a staff-officer tode up "well done th, "he said "general is prond of you!"

Jooked round rue for the first time, and realised in some uninterested way that we had Feld the enemy's attack.

it seemed not worth bothering about, and a very small thing compared with the fact that 1 wanted to sleep.

HIS DOUBL

I first made the acquaintance of Mrs. Teany sus R. larris in Paris in a butterfly set, where her diamonds and dresses were the envy of every other woman. I heard: casually of Mr. Harris, but he seemed to be an unimponunt person, whom no one knew, and when same ime afterwards I went to America 1 interested to make his acquaintance. I au- cepted an invitation to dinner at his Newport mansion.

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"And what might you he snuting, aboiu?“ said Mr. Miggs.

Che chemises," said the borisman. "God Wynberg with its qusing, fowended houses, Save the Queen, and Rule, Bannia, atd its prim streets of red soil, its laxtant trees Soldiris of the Queen, and I can't temen ber and shrubs, and its cong Katie chitrices, is half of 'em, and the, was diem bus sing was Mecca of restfulness. In the Inttest weather, treat, Part singing, mil yer. Oh, don't a cool breeds iloats in from the sea; ant schenke no mistake übout ikan. I was singing

buss myst the winter of June and July creeps up, T..ble

Lintang at mar lilich," said Mr. Miggs. Mountain's twin brother way up there in the

Now, it harde oorme tona," said the long clouds, shelters the linde mwn from the great.

man, with los road smile of bouest appareils No one gate bunnies in Werberg, facker in at the big undertaker's shop halfway up the "imi to see any connection between then bill There was önly one man them, and he

teen wands, hot you spoke it, ole freu!" lay sprawled across ris bench-fast asleep.

Because you never think," said Mr. Miggs darkly

Because your brains is drownded in Under glast tree aute Italian street orgenbeer." "was gilading uut “Whisper and I Shall Hear."

You ain't so very "T. T. yourself." said the lorryman, fiosaing.

"I put my lips to the glass now and then for friendship koke," said Mr. Miggs, "but never to th extent of not being master of the argyment, but with my brane buning all the brighter, and greater eliquence in consequence."

"You ain't never ashamed to blow your own But I've trumpet,” sail Gionnge with a grin. seen you spuchless and puralytic, atore you was hit through you seech.

jo-dollar hill contributed by my companion, Str. Barris bad apprated in follow the pera formance with a singular interest, which did are diminish when, after the collection, Mrs. Hope agaru rosto,derlaim. My friend was in- dreil almost the only person who listened, and the reciter's voice was nearly drowned by the waise' of chairs pushed aside by their occupants, who sermaard in haste to gain the piazza for a breath of air, Mrs. Hope somerinding her poem befor an apathetic audience of harely half a dozen persons. Atter she and her husband had madetheir bows, Mr. Hares and 1 ihen betook ourselves to the large garden, where in the soft breeze palms and jasinines quivered: - again hear myself say to him: "What an odd couple they make that wiglerful contortionist and that wretched acness! She looked furious. Perhaps she is jealous of his success, Did you not think, he seemed to admire her, and to feel dalle freinse she did not wir nure applause ?"

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Hush them they are," whispered Mr. Har vis, touching my arm.

What an audience!

The pepp: we, in fact, approaching an a path which crossed our own, the man now Upposite the hostess, at the other end of theeld in a long ulster, the woman wrapped in a table, sat a sickly-looking may of uncertain black shawl; and with such animation were age: his face was grey and leaden, his mouth they talking, tut they passed without even see- drawn, and his dull eyes betrayed the fighting us. In an euraged Voter we heared her say

"What an tyrking! jal fatigue of a mental tension which for eigh teen hours a day bad been prolonged thirty Never, never again will I recite in a hotel. It Mr. Hanis for it was he was is your fouth. You forced me to appear hefure powerfully made, his Luard shoulders, in thisse animals in order to make them look at your wirtched contortions. Thate you, do you neck, strong hands and square jaw being signs of a natural constitution which bad hear: I hate you! Clown, clown Miserable an almost superhuman expen- clown) ani ashamed of you! Oh! Tam sufficed for

lint 10w-- diture of cerebral

ashamed of vou? energy.

I hat alieady before fity-be was a wreck. bren told that he suffered from one' those mysterious maladies given to new names every year by American doctors, and which are simply the amoun, fe an amount of hard work calculated-kill Europeusmands "This exhausted candiric, now called by the Americans "nervous prostration," explained the piesence of Mr. Harris in his Ne sport mansion. He had never before remained there for more than lorty-eight hours, from Saturday evening until Monday morning. On this occasion, as something extraordinary, he was giving himself a week's rest! From his uninterested expres sion, it appeared that all this prodigious luxury made no impression on him-and yet it was his work, his own production. A bit of toast, serap of roasted meat, and a glass of minend water composed his dinner.

I could not for the life of me understand why this man should slave his life away to keep up a position which he did not enjoy, but an expla nation was vouchsafed to me by accident. Mr. Harris had busines in the South, one day my inclination took me in the same direction, and as he had taken a fancy to me, I went with him. We made the journey in a main de luxe, and took up quarters at a comfortable Georgian When we joined our brigade we found that hotel. they were preparing for a big thing. The

as we were about leaving the One morning a enny was encamped in force to the South of hotel to take another walk in the pine woods, us and we had got to make him shift.

we saw posted in the office a notice that a cer The cavalry reconnaissances had given ustain "Mr." and a certain Mis. John Hope" the chart of the course, and the infantry and would that evening give a performance in the artillery pushed up during the night, ready to hall. Such entertainments are in Amican open the meeting,

hotels daily events, but our attention was at tracted by the fact that the man and the woman's name were each qualified by epithets sufficiently contradictory to astonish even an imperturbable Yankee, Mr. John Hope bring described as a contortionist and 3fts, Hope as a dramatic reciter.

I remember the dawn of that day now, for didn't sleet much through thinking of my girl, and not having been fed over before.

Their guns began in noise like about five thousand glass windows cracking, started just as the whole sky was flushing pink before the sun burnt its way through.

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Perhaps the bushad illustrates the poems Then our big guns opened fire and the shells his wife reciles," said I to Mr. Harris, whoy screamed over our heads, and at first I could with his familiar grimace, replied "Well, wouli not help ducking to let them pass, We were that be anything more absurd than to hear lying down all the time waiting for the order to Lohengrin sung in German by the chorus, in fire, men were fidgeting with theirtriggers funbl-Italian by the tenor, and in French by the ing in their ammunition pouches, duing any prima donna?" We bad together been present thing to keep their minds busy. Once I looked in the New York opera house at the polyglot round and cought sight of my rival. He was entertainment to which the millionaire alleced. glaring towards the enemy's position and biting But that musical Babel was le singular than his nails furiously..

the effect produced by the Hope couple, who that evening, at nine o'clock, appeared in the common hall before the guests of the holei.

So far the enemy's fire had net harmed us much. Now and then a bullet kicked up the dest in front of us, and once a man fell over with rattle of accoutrements, and cach man looked fexifully at his neighbour.

Soon the order came to advance in open order and then came the value of discipline. Once one loses touch of one's next file, it seems as if the whole of the enemy only have made up their minds to kill us in particular, as if one's body has become the target for all their rifles.

Soon we were lying down again and, lacking the sense of a neighbour within touch, men were loading and firing feverishtly into the smoke of the enemy's vuileys. On the right of our line the martinis tittered in volley, but near me men were firing blindly,, talking to themselves and making a noise to soothe their jangled nerves. Somewhereto my left gatling gun, stuttered incessantly, and from some rising ground be field guns were firing.

Suddenly a galloper rode up and gave some order to the Colonel, and next moment we were closing to form a square. I believe they have changed it all now, but I can tell you it was good to feel an elbow next your own, and to know you were not alone.

Mr. Hope was clad in a shabby costume, of a blue which was faded, rather than pale, and the wretched, soiled material buong in felds on his thin body. Judging by his boay fingers and hollow checks, the usual silk tights, had the poor fellow been able to afford such elegance, would only have served in reveal a skeleton. He was perhaps 35 years old, but so wem as to appear of no particular age. Even if his ex- treme emaciation had, not testified to long- continued physiological distres, the bitterness of his mouth and the expression of his eyes. would have betrayed it. Tucked under his arm was a guily coloured magician's robe, which, as soon as is entered, he threw over his shoulders, and in a nasal voice, nervously swaying back and forth, began a hyperbolicki discourse upon the talent of Mrs. Hope, who possessed, said he, the combined genius of Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhard. The lady, who was seated hear him, were a black gown and diamonds. which, if real, would in jewellers' catalogues have ranked with the Regent, the Nassak, "the Lancy, and the Kohinoor, She sullenly fanned a fat, heavy face, with tolerably regular fea The smoke from the artillery fire hadures, lit by two very brown insolent and drifted across our range and spolkt us seeing aggressively stupid eyes. The scornful, droop; Anything. Now it lifted slightly, and we saw ing corners of her mouth, prominent chip, and the enemy for the first time, and also the reason conceited expression plainly showed that pr

the tension was her dominant trait, just as for the change of formation.

evidences of extreme and painful exertion characterised her husband. The contrasi be tween the natures of these two personages was an glaring as the contrast between their cos tumes. How could the one possibility illustrate the recitations of the other?

He must carn out fixing," replied Hope in a one selanission, the humble tone of a lover who asks pardon from the woman he loves for incommeding het by dying for her sake. “You were never dag briliant that this even- Ling, "allesi he. "Only thent poem was too tine

for them."

As the man and woman passed, I distinctly heard my companion, in a low but intense tone utter the words. My dunble And then I saw dat Le quickly glad at me to discover it bad antitet his imprudent exclamation. The Eight was too dark for him to read my face, and we continued to converse, without again mentinuing those Bohemians, in whose marriage the millionaire had seen a grotesque And to-day, whenever caricature of his own. among the guests at some entertainment I read the name of Mrs. Tennyson R. Harris-now ,ན widow of two years' standing-that evening in the Thomasville hotel comes back to me. 1. sed again the contortionist and his wife, and the curious bitter expression of Mr. Harris's face as he watched them.

I hear those words,

My double," perhaps the nearest approach to complaint he had ever made, and which for me solved the enigma of his life. He was victimised by Mrs. Harris snobbishness, just as was poor Hope by his wife's artistic preten sions, and also like Hope, killing himself at his task. Yes, Mr. Harris died six or seven months after our trip-on the field of battle, seized by an attack while sitting before his office desk. His enemies were right. He left Mrs. Harris only three million dollars-that is to say, an income of five or six hundred thousand francs. People now speak of her approaching marriage at Canne's to one of the greatest and most im poverished Roman nobles, the Princh d'Ardia, of the Castagna family, a great nephew of Pope Urban VIII must kot forget to add that when Mr. Harris's will was read, he was found to have left a legacy of fity thousand dollars to a Mr. John Bope, by profession a contor tionist

The American papers have com. menteds on this eccentricity of the great Iusiness man all the more lengthily for the reason that so far all endeavours to find or to prove the existence of this mysterious legatee have failed. Did the gymnast work under an assumed name? is he also dead? Does he never look at a newspaper? Did he end in crime and prson? Does he follow his sing lar calling in Australia, in Japan, or in Europe? Among all the ironies of this little story is it not mast ironical and touching that the mil- lionare was not able to free his fellow-slave, and that he should have thought of him before ding-dvocate of India.

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An invigorating clink through the crisp air, past half a dozen establishaunts that are termed

fenetal shops" by nur friend's in the Borough rd., and under an avenue of tonseting trees brought me into the area of the hospital grounds; and here Wybers, studdenly changed its aspect of indolent dofer for ricatt. Every thing was sinart and basinesslike. To the right jay the men's hospital-prim rass of wooden huts, spotlessly clean to the left lay, the officers wards."

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were swiftly passing in and out armed with; holls of lot and bundles of snow white band ages. In the little bits they worked tenderly and deftly. The wounded lay yuely in their berths, with the tan of the South Atriom sua 1 was saying," said the longman, “as 'd, 11 dak on faces and bonds, but braking of never though are you speak of the curcion suddenly where the khaki turit had been between the bass of the Vice and the bass of hioned over at the meek""Elch "pident gave the liquor gard-hen-van-quand tell-meas-my- as the impression thru his head had era brains is sordust, which ain't no more aigy- carefully dipped inton solution of walnut juicemant than if I was to say the same to you and as for as the throat, and then carefully taken more of i:," wt again.

The doctors were insy at their nimble work. A cuif, xip of the shining sebens, a deft mwinding of the lint, a touch of damp sponge m the ragged desk-and the wound lay bare. Here, a bell splinter had toen a nasty jagin aus ; here was a man with a treat fuir ploughed it his neck bra Maser ballet; an the next bank lay a Gordon Highlander with a spatter of cuts and gashes across his chest A shower of carib and stones, thrown up by a ploughing,shell, had done thai.

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express my contemp for your latellect," not meaning for to said Mr. Miggs, mildly hurt your tender feelings, but with regard to sentiments which I despise.

But the gy

unent, 1 thinks, was as a man of your size a od age sight to be ashamed of hisself behaving. like a chile as knows no better, shoutin' your self boarse in a music-hall

"It was part-singing," said the lozvyman, who seemed to feel keenly Mr. Miggs's reproof. The feller beside me was a tutor, and i sing bass to him."

*You sing bass!", said Mr. Miggs. "Did **Hefore th it she went to ear," said the vicum cheerfully, it took a chip's head off you ever sing alone and judge your rice by your own ear. That's the way for in' test thie just at the join of the neck as ciena as though ice, as I dune afore I went in for public speak

great cheese-knite had done it. That's waning. Sing Rule, Britanniar now, and let the

that is!"

For the first time, I saw how a Mauser ballet does its work. It is the most humane instru ment of war's inhumanities. If it strikes you in the fleshy part of the arm, or neck, or leg, it drills a tiny hole, and leaves behind it, as a trade marks, a faint blue circle round the wound. A this lead pencil would it the aperture tightly; and so uniforms is the litte Mauser in

complay judge:"

"I can only sing in comp'ny," said the lorry- man. "I fullers my own car and sings a second; but can't sing a second if there aink a fust,"

"Sing a fust then," said Mr. Mig.5, his scorn waxing even more petulant.

"What's the words?" said the unfortunate

fortyman, who was beginning to perspin.

"He was shoutin' hisself hoarse with em last night," said Mr. Miggs, "and now he asks what is the words

his boring that when he goes clean through, all the anny doctors in the world couldn' positive- | awer which side he entered and which he came out. But there's no need to bother about

The lorryman looked up at the ceiling and that with Tomuny. The Mauser that hits tapped the table mysteriously with his fingers. always comes out at the back-ifit comes out Distant mutterings could be heard in the region at all..

of his chest. He coughed and cleared his, i throat repeatedly, Then suddenly shutting his eyes, he shattered the silence with Rule, Bri- tanniar; Britanniar rules the wayda; Britons never, never, never shall be slaives."

At Wynberg 1 Mauser wounds, shell wounds, shrapnel wounds, and half a dozen other sigus, manual of the belligerent. Boer. I saw them dressed and bandaged with the ut mest skill: 1 saw that Tommy was happy in his misfortune, and, for the most part, proud of

his wounds. He had here all the care that the most competent could five sins, and he was overwhelmed with comforts and luxuries sup plied by considerate sympathisers from all

quarters.

I had an interesting chat with Cel. Grier, who fills the post of secretary, registrar, and "general manager" of the bly establishment. The fur nishing and fitting up of the hospital was a record breaking event. Sitting in his little office, which stands out as a landmark on the hillside with the red cross fluttering high above the Tauf, the colonel told me how it had been donc

The A. M. C. arrived at Gape Town," he said," on October 27th, Six hundred tons of stores were moved up from the Brazmar Castle, the men working all Surday night to finish On November 1st we were able to received patients from the permanent hospitals on the second we took in another 90 from Natal, and on the ninth 204 from the Sumatra-also men who had been wounded in Natal. So you see that between the first and the ninth of November we received and treated 400 mer!

"To-day we hare ample accommodation for 612. Cal Anthonist is our medical superin-

Cal. Grier told me that the staff were delighted at the progress of the wounded. Men were leaving daily; but all the sick and wounded who were notified as unfit to fight after two months would be sent home to England at the first.opportunity,

"D'you call that singing?" sid Ma Miggs. "To my mind it is something between an

engine letting of steam and a broken winded orse. And that's the vice-as-was-contributin to part-singing! And he says there was a feller with a tenor vice a-setting beside him. Was the police called in, or the fire brigade?" lorryman, goaded into a desperate self defence.

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"And do you wonder as I despise you?" said Mr. Miggs. No nation can ever be truly great which does not stand by the clernai principles of right and wrong. Shoutin' is incre foolishness; and what has feelin's got to do with the matter? And at the time you are singing as Britons never shall be slaves, what are you doing but singing words which ain't no meaning to intellec's sich as yours? The mind's the statute of the man as the stateinen'

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and you might put me in prison for my principles and yer my mind would be free fo soar. When I think of you n-setting last night beside the man with the tenor vice asinging of yourselves hoarse with sich a vice as that it make me sad for to think as my words have so little effec' on them as is constantly bearing of 'em. Ain't you ashamed of yourself wilen You think of what it must have appeared to them as was listenin"

"There was none listenin," the lorryman hastened to explain. We was all singing, and I never hear anybody but myself; and the same with everybody else. There wasn't no harm in it, ole fren; but everything happy and agree.

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"Don't spent evening. said Mr. Miggs, possionately, thinking out for myself what is going to 'apper next in this war where the Boers is beating us on every side. Think more-if you can-and beller less, and i will listen to you.

"But surely there ain't no harm," said the little mau with the white face, "in singing 'God Save the Queen' and 'Rule, Britaniar when you feel like it I can't help j'ining in; and if i hadn't been for prescut comp'ny I would have liked to fine in when he was singing 'Rule. Britanniar. It's terrible catching is singing- 1. can't keep my feet steady neither."

THE LAND OF DIAMONDS. South Africa is a land of diamonds, as gold, So less than 62 million pounds' worth of diamonds has been exported from the diamond field's during the last twenty-one years. They tendent, assisted by myself, and our staff con- sists of twenty doctors and nine nursing sisters. were first discovered near the Vaal River in

We are thoroughly up-to-date here. We have March, 1869, and the supply is apparently in the electric light every where, and Messrs. exhaustible. The finest diamond ever unearth- ed in Africa was reported as being found there, Meyer and Company, of London, have built us an operating theatre which is now ready for five or six years ago, at Jagersfontein, in the

business. Up till now all the operations have Transvaal. Six hundred and thirty-four carats

been done in the wards. For the location of able, and represented its weight, and its value, in a cut

bullots and splintert we have an X-ray apparatus condition, was estimated at £300,000. In 1869--and wonderfully useful it is." a fine diamond was discovered and taken to London; it was christened The Star of South Africa," and became the property of a well- known Bond-street firm. After it had under- gone the cutting process it weighed 451 carats, and was valued at £25,000. WHERE THE SAVAGE BEATS US. Astronomy, the most majestic of the sciences, was, according to the Ancients, presided over by one of the Muses, and everywhere in the various stages through which the study of the heavens has progressed to its present pitch of usefulness and exactitude, we find wemen al- ways willing to render service. That this dates from perinds anterior to even written history But Mr. Harris and myself were mistaken in may indeed be taken for granted, for in, pro- historic times, and among primitive races, man our conjectures a to the manner in which the Hope couple would utilise their uncongenial was obliged to be his own astronomer, and con. talents. As soon as he had finished his address, stant observations of the sun or noon ware She necessities of his daily existence. The sun was Hope seated himself, and his wife, rost. advanced a few steps, raised one arm, and in his clock by day whilst hunting, and if per monotoneus, absurdly solemn voice began to chance he reeded guides by night, he knew by recite an interminable poem, which was pro-long practice how to get his bearing from bably, of her own composhion. The grandilo certain stars. la these matters the women were quent verses were declaimed with exaggerated as adept as the men of their tribe. It might emphasis, accompanied by abrupt gestures, and

indeed be safely reckoned that if we tested the All memory of my regiment, all consciousness with an extreme coldness, to which the un- powers of practical observation of the sun and of the present day, of the actions of battle around me was gone, responsiveness of the audience possibly added. stars possessed by any savage only knew, I had to kill, kill every black form As, after a little feeble applause, Mrs. Hope we would find the averageinhabitant of London, before me go on killing Somewhere a horse again seated hurry, her face wore a look of or any one grenity, densely ignorant-b screamed as it took it's death wound, and mad wounded vanity, which was at the same time comparison. How many Londoners, finding with pain broke through our ranks, but it all lay pathetic and ridiculous. And, it outside iny consciousness. Around me, men spiteful exprestige, that she gazed with a themselves, for example, overtaken by night in an open boat twenty miles away from our coast, were firing in mad terror as fast as the cartridge band, who was now standing in the place she and out of sight of a beaton, would know how would ram home" "One man, witen bis cart had vacated. With anxious brows and reaign to turn the Folar Star to account? And yet any savage of the northern climes would avail him. ridge jammed brought down his butt on an ed; melancholy eyes, Hope, who first removed

nemy and the rifie Burst. When men had his magician's rebe, then began the most extra salf of such a guide as a matter of counto,

A compact mass of the enemy were advanc ing at a quick rate across the desert. They were leaping, and jumping, and brandishing their spears, while they kept up a wild chant of victory. To us each man looked a giant

The order was given Prepare to receive cavalry," they cause in their pace increased, And in a moment they were onus, We poured volley after vulley into the. seething mass, but they did not check for a moment The rancid smoke, blew in our faces, chok ing us and making us cough In an in atant more the shock of the onset was felt along the face of the square. The foremost enemy flung themselves on to the bayonets and tried to tear a way through our ranks. Now we were fighting for our lives.

was

There were eight Boer prisoners in the hos pital when I was there. They were sent up from Natal.. Their names we Field cornel Caiol Johanes Pretorious. Fredk. Vandyk Mal- hey Jacobus Smith, Soloman Hartog, Samuel Boylston, (a. American), Rudolph, Philip, Botha, (a relative of the General Chas, Fredk. Myabard, and Richard Frank. Impey. The colonel told me that they, were not allowed to sen anybody accept in the presence of the officer in charge of thions They weregon parole, the terms off which stated that they ware not to fight again, during the campaign, and not. to attempts to escape. They could withdraw their pamle: if they wished-after giving three day's notice in writing,

"Thoy can write their friends whenevertbey like," said Goi. Grier, "and supply the stamps for the letters. Of course, I readthem all before they are sent to the past. They are quite happy

here, and do not seem atall sorry to be out of the lighting. "Your English soldiers are teni ble they told me. We prefer this.

Einally, I asked the colunch whether there wax any foundation for the reports that were that the Boers used explosive bullets. Aying about Cape Town, pretty freely alleging

"We have made the most careful ́examina- tions and inquiries," was the reply, "and upto now, we have failed to find any traces of such a thing

"So is the measles" said Mr. Miggs; " but. that don't prove as it i ́a blessing."

"We ain't all sich stern thinkers as you, ole front" said the larryman. And perhaps it would be better if we was; but it wouldn't l nateral. So live and let live; and that's the motto: I hold by. But when the band strikes up Rule, Britanniar and God Savothe Queen' it ain't possible for me not to chip in, regardless

consequences."

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of cord look at the money collected," said George,There was over three pounds col lected last night,"

"And it ain't always as you have the chance to chuck pennies on to the stage," said the lorry man. "Aung six of 'em just for the pleasure of it, and one was as pear fitting the man with the flute as ever I see. I shouted out, Mind:

Live!**

It ain't men you are said, Mr. Miggs, "but I have to put up with sich comp'ny for want of ijint children; and I feel sorred for myself this: batter. But what business is it of mine if you chosa for to behave like a fool? Only don' come near me with your foolishness Respor' my zalin's sufficient 'to leave me in peace.

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AN- APPEAL.

HE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN?

TCONVENT, CAINE ROAD, DAMIAN respectfully to APPEAL to the Resident of Hongkong and the Past Ports, for their kind patronage and support, and desires to state that she will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds of NEEDLE WORK.

Gentlemen's Shis made in order, and Cuffi and Cellars renewed on old ones.

Ladies and Children's Under-clothing Cau - dren's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroidery, Materials can be supplies, if required.

The Superioresa will also be most gmteful for any Arz8, or old ENVELOPES to be riade into Books for the Children of the Poor Schools, who are taught by the Sisters,

Hongkong, aand April, 1892.

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