THE SCAYLESBY BROOK.
How could she have done it? How could she? What miserable imp, bent upon her dess truction, could have taken possession of he usually well-balanced mind, and have led her into such a horrible position? Why had she arer allowed herself to be tempted? Why had she ever presumed to come, to Daneswood at all at such a season of the year? And now- and'now-Oh it was surely a hideous mistake, or badhe verily and indeed promised to ride to boy is the following morning, she who had never in her life been in the boating field, and whose equestring experience was of the most limited description?
Painfully and persistently the whole circum. stances of the case repeated themselves before her mind's eye like a witches dance, ending abruptly with the vision of a chumping steed and some ridiculous accident, if not a fatal catastrope.
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To begin with when, Ms. Granville's in- vitation to spend a week or so at Daneswood had reached her, the face of the land was black and hard with a frost which bade fair to continue for a month at least. Evelyn pic tured the big fake which in summer-had been the scene of many a pleasant hour, saw herself skimuning over its icebound surface by the side of Paul Granville, her hands in his, his voice making a deep music in her soul, and the prospect was irresistible: The invitation was accepted, and for five days Evelyn looked out on the bleak world, gave her smooth cheek to
the sharp bitting air, and fanghed in her heart with joy.
"It is all very well for you, Miss Luttrell," complained little Captain Rawlins. You are an adept your curves and edges and wheels within wheels make me positively giddy; and when you and Paul sail off into the infinite distance, as if you were armed with automatic feet, I gnash my teeth with envy,"
Your metaphors are a trifle mixed," smiled Evelyn. "Let me give you another lesson; it really is quite easy. Would you mind asking your sister, Mr. Granville, if the hockey party is quite arranged for to-morrow?-you are to captain our side, are you riot?"
Paul's face wore a look of gloom. They had been quarrelling, or nearly so, a poor effort on the part of both to preserve the secret of their love a little longer ending in mutual distrust and doubt Doubt misinterpreted Evelyn's in- nocent request, and concluded that she wish- ed Paul away, the society of Captain Rawlins being more to her liking.
"I shall be away to-morrow. I have to go to London for a few days on business."
Evelyn kept her face turned from him she was angry. Oh, how angry) Really?" she replied, in a little icy tone. Then Mr. Trever? will probably take your place."
"You'll get no hockey to-morrow," said Rawlins gleefully, Look at that sky
Granville was scanning the sky, and his reply was ambiguous, "I really believe you are right. Well, if it is going to thaw, the best thing I can do is en go up to town this after- noon, get two clear days, and come down Thursday night."
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1901.
"I am going to drive you to the meet," hg. said. "My mother and the young uns are going in the wagonette, so and come back with the you can join them
"Thank you, but i would rather not comin back,"
Paul glanced at her in perplexity, then a new light dawned on him. "You don't mean to say you are going to ride *
"And why not?" laughed Evelyn, "I-I-I really don't know. I thought gome- bow-1 didn't know stammered Paul, con- acious for the first time in his life of a twinge that might almost have been called fear.
"You did not know all my accomplishments. But did they not tell you that Iain to ride. Black Angel?"
in town, and have only just arrived. Black "I missed my train last night, had to sleep Angel? Yes, he's the best we have; that was sensible of Olive; but he pulls abit, you know; you must be careful. t you will keep with me, I think. I can undertake to show you the best line to follow."
proof against the power to tease.
Mischief was in the ais, and Evelyn was not Captain Rawlins has proinised to look after "Oh but me"
Paul's mouth hardened. "In that case you will certainly be at the tail of the hounds, but I consider him a most unsafe pilot. It is all right for him, but it is quite a different matter for a lady,"
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Miss Trower told me that she nearly always followed his lead."
A BICYCLE PIONIO,
the satisfaction of hearing, her say that it was "exactly right now ! Well, after a few also starts we get off that is to say the pedalled ahead whilst I ran behind; on foot, to give her confidence. Then I had to tramp back about
THE TESTING OF "B.-P.'B'
RECRUITS..
[DY A PREVISHI PESSIMIST.) There is not the slightest doubt that the quarter of a mile to get my own’machine
[BY ONE OF THEM] most enjoyable part of going to a bicycle pienle which I mounted thankfully, thongball pleasure is the coming home--especially if you don't in my ride was gone. I followed in the wake the grey, damp December morning. 1 was The camp looked dreary and uninviting in "bike" but go in a rooniy victoria. Of course of my charge whose lamp flickered ahead of best a bone-shaking, noisy vehicle; even a Suddenly I heard a dull thnd and the light Commanding to report myself for the purpose a gharry is not to be despised, though it is at me all over the road like a giddy glowfly, there in response to an order from the General anything is better than a bicycle, which is as rikisha is not to be sneezed at. At any rate, went out. Poor Miss Twitterly was down again. of being tested-in riding and shooting, having invention of Satan, made to get out of order. dust of travel from her clothes, "My lamp istive medical and anatomical overhaul, and gived "Ob dear!" she gasped as she shook the already run the gauntlet of a sufficient inquisi And I am not alone in being of this opinion." Broken and I can't ride without a light." To Not very long ago, an enthusiastic friend of the this appeared to be of small moment, see- mine was invited to one of thesa entertaining that she could not ride with one. ments. The day was but, so before starting he was nothing for it, however, but to wheel the
recovering from the depressing effects of an persuade me to come too. But I was only just of course as is always the case we met only called in at my place for a drink, and to try to startly bikes till we could get a rikisha; and
everybody would be there." I felt the induce dulgently, and, I believe, would bare winked, "At Home, and although he assured me that friend the Government clerk, who smiled in one in two miles and it was occupied, (by my
my blessing, however, and saw him off the pre- ment was not sufficiently alluring. I gave him had he known how).
smiles. mises, his honest face wreathed in haPPy
About nine o'clock that evening he returned for another drink. His honest face was wreathed in mud and dust, and wore that weary wan expression so frequently visible on the countenances of Singaporeans after a day's looked as though he had slept in them for 4 enjoyment. His hair was rough and his clothes week. I asked no questions, but silently hand-
the country. If you were to take her as youred him a stengah and pulled forward my most
"Miss Trower is the finest horsewoman in
ment comes in just where Rawlin's fails. Good however, before he could speak without using guide now, you could not do better. Her judginviting long chair. It was fully ten minutes, morning, Rawins." The salutation was curt, would print. (They were good expressions too
words which I am sure no self-respecting editor and the speaker, moved hurriedly away.
narrative style, and, as far as I recollect, this is himself. Thinks many of them. I wonder where he picked tham- up?" Presently, however, he fell into ordinary what he told me.
Tom Rawlins smiled want to steal her, poor old Paul Well, it wil only put an edge to his fancy, and won't interfere with the inevitable conclusion.
But when half-an-hour later he, under Gran ville's very nose, lifted. her into the saddle, a sudden misgiving cized him that all was not well. Her cheeks were white as alabaster, her eyes unnaturally brilliant, and her hands trem- bled visibly as she took up the reins. He lost no time in mounting, and steered her skilfully towards the outside of the crowd. As they went one or two audible remarks reached their cars.
"Who is she?"
Comes with the Daneswood party.” "Sure to be a good rider, then; and she does look well, doesn't she "
"That be a foine black horse, and she. she now ?" do sit un like as if she was made for un, don't
She's well enough, and the horse too; more than's true of him as rides with her."
"Why, yer softy, don't you know him That's the hardest rider we've got anywheer in these parts, not saving and excepting Mr. Granville himself."
Evelyn's face.
Tom laughed, and the colour crept back to "Did you hear that ? he asked gaily. Where upon confession became undeniabic.
"I am such a fraud," she said quickly "such a hopeless fraud.. I have never been out with hounds before; and suppose that I do something dreadful?"
commend me to this afternoon's! I bad been "Of all the something rotten shows," said he,
half past four, for the Reservoir. I must have told that we were all to meet at the Tanglin Post Office corner, and to start from there, at mistaken the hour, for, when I got there, there wasn't a soul to be seen, and a lounging native (after 20 minutes had elapsed) strolled forward
and informed me that the other tuans and mems were "done gone "long ago. Here was a fix, for, being new to the place, I did not expected to be left to find it by myself know where the Reservoir was, and had not At this point, however, an Indian gentle- man in a dirty turban joined in the conver- sation, He was, he said, formerly clerk in Government Service, but resigned appoint- ment having too small salary and a sick mother in-law to suport. He then volunteered to put me on the right road, hailed a passing rikisha (into which he skipped) and begged me to follow him on my machine. Of course, because was in a something of a hurry, he had engag- ed the slowest something of a puller in the whole something island!
that means rain, Misa Luttrell, and it means that our turn is coming, and that by Friday we shall be hunting again. Granville's a lucky chap; he can put in a week or so of this sort
We had been going for about ten minutes when we met Mrs. Kissail in her dogcart. She of thing without detriment his temper, and
looked a little surprised and called out as she yet you know he is a perfect Nimrod. Hunting
passed, "Aren't you going to the Reservoir?" is the one joy and solace of his earthly career; it is the standard by which he measures both
She added something that I did not catch, and "By Joye murmured Tom under his breath. was out of sight before I could explain the friend and foe, the one touchstone of meri.en some faint vision of the truth came upon situation, Had she been on a bicycle, I should Isn't that so, Paul 2"
bim, aided by the sight of Miss Trower riding have assumed that she, too, was on her way to there was such a ring of kindly encouragement out of my head. Presently my Indlan' friend by Granville's side. His eyes twinkled, and the picnic; the dogcart of course put that idea in his voice that the girl's spirits rose at once.
"' see you through it; you stick to
stopped and informed me that we had arrived. I looked about me doubtfully, for the spot is me and leave it to your horse. I know him; dicated was scarcely suggestive of picnics. It his manners are perfect, if you leave him was, in fact, the cemetery! I felt chilled. Not well back at your fences, and keep your hands teusly. to himself. All you've got to do is to sit so my 'companion, who smiled and said cour- down and your heart up."
This; Sir, is reservoir, where good supply of water delivered. One day last year No advice conld have been better, and the foolish coolie found drowned in main pipe of A fox broke from the first convert drawn and "Tell me," I said, "Is this Thompson Road fortunes of the day were all in Evelyn's favour." He caught my eye and paled visibly and a few small jumps before losing himself in faltered, trembling, "No, Sir, hoping you will gave a pretty little run over an easy country Reservoir?" He edged behind his rikisha and the gorse. Then ensued an hour's pettering not be angry for unfortunate mistake. This is from one covert to another, during which time waterworks. If, Sir, you give proper information Hinck Angel fulty justified his name, Captain before, I can show you road to Thompson Rawlins considerately usurped Miss Trower's where is Reservoir. That way, "(pointing to atteption Evelyn was complimented on her nowhere in particulary" is to Reservoir, and first appearance with the pack, and Paul watched her with a thankful belief that his divinity had, to all her other excellences, added this crowning grace.
And an hour later he was gone, Evelyn being left to an incessant flow of hunting talk, which for his one burden had the prospect of Friday's meet at New Heath Comer.
On Thursday especially there was a bustle and cheerfulness at Daneswood, which seemed to inspire every member of the household, and even exerted its magnetic influence over Evelyn herself. Her spirits rose, and a sudden longing to join in the fun took possession her. She found that it was quite taken for granted that she would ride, and she had not yet had the courage to avow her incapacity.
"We will show you some rare sport to morrow," said Captain Rawlins, "You pro- fess that you do not care for the pleasures of the chase, but wait you until we get a good old fox heading for Scaylesby; you will know what galloping means then."
"The break will be swollen after this rain," put in Trovor,
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"Yes, but the wind is high enough to-day to- serve our turn, and the going ought not to be
At all bad,"
"I saw Bricksby to-day, and he told me he had word of a fax lying in the gore patch to the south of the Heath."
"Yes, Granville marked him last week." "Is Granville coming down to-night?" "You bet! Did you ever know Paul miss a day yet I tell you what it is, Misa Luttrelly you'll have to ride your, straightest, for there's no severer critic in all England' than Paul- when he dons the pink."
A swift horror filled Evelyn's mind. She opened her lips to avow at last that she had no wish to ride at all that she knew nothing about it-that nothing should tempt her to make a display of her incompetence; but the words were stayed on her tongue' by the sound of a pretty, lisping voice.
That is true; Captain Rawlins. We are all dreadfully afraid of him."
Nonsense, Mias Trower, you know that you are afraid of no one ; you stand above criticism a perfect Dlana."
There was a sharpness in the little man's volcs strangely at variance with his usual genial tones, but Miss Trower only smiled sweetly.
"Ah! but Mr. Granville's standard is so very high, and he has such a very poor opinion of those who cannot be in the first flight, Don't you remember how scornful he was when Johnny Golightly married? A pretty face was all, he asid, but just imagine kean sports man like Johnny choosing a girl who didn't know a hunter from a cabhorse,
Somebody laughed a little, and under cover of it Rawla muttered, #Wants Paul Herself,. does the ?" Then be turged quickly to Evelyn You trust to me, MiLuttrell, and iftonours to be won you shall win it. What horse are
you to ride?
Oh, the joy and rapture of life compressed into that once hour! Doubt and fear, jealousy and anger, alike forgotten, and only the thrill of " joyous motion." the intoxication of "God's glorious oxygen" superadded to the blissful sense of hopes about to find fulfilment 1
as in obedience to the horn they trotted towards "You are a great horsewoman said Paul,
wouldn't hunt." the further end of the wood. But I wish you
Evelyn's eyes opened wide with amazement. "Why?"
"Because--well, because you see I can't help suppose I'm afraid! watching and fancying thatWell, there,
I did not wait for more, but, praying fervently that his salary might ever grow less and his mother-in-law more sick, I mounted and wet time--probably because I did not ask my way off, leaving him gesticulating in the road. Thli of anyone-1 struck the Thompson Road pretty soon, and I think I was never on a more, bumpy, lumpy apology for a bighway in my life.
(Here my friend digreased a little and gave
repeat them. Bye and bye he resumed his that of Singapore in particular, I shall not me his views on Municipalities in general and
story.)
found an empty rikisha. Ten minutes later 1 So we trudged on till we came to a Police Station, where, to my unspeakable joy, we was able to deposit my fair companion at her own bungalow, and there was very little "sweet all the sorrow about ur parting, I can tell you! Of Hush 1 I said, "You've said all that be- Good-night.. Im off." He rose to go. fore."
"Well, thanks for the drinks, old man.
POSSIBILITIES.
“It was a mistake, of course," he pleaded." "Of course, it was," she acquiesced, but dis tantly, with eyes averted. Yet it seemed to him not unkindly. that, for an instant they had restell upon him,
closed it! Fumbling with the lock would give room door. Thank Heaven, the waiter had
He glanced apprehensively at the sitting
him further grace I
or design, the third finger of the left hand, "I can't apologise enough for my intrusion. "His attention strayed. By accident. which held her book, straightened, and thus drew attention to the wedding ring, which, at there a half-malicious, half-amused smile in her
ce disheartened and encouraged him. She inclined her head demurely. But-was eyes that sho veiled them so precipitately.
His hand was on the door. He lingered. "You mustn't blame the waiter." *This time the smiled perceptibly.
"I did not mean to blame the waiter."
phasis, fired him.
The intentional pause, the suggestive em
other proofs to the recruiting, officer of my There general fitness. We were about a score of enger the sergeant-major, awaited the advent of the young fellows who, under the tutelary care of
hearted lot, and a hopeful withal, we con Rhadamanthus of our military face. A light- inspecting officer, a cavalryman and the
While keen for success, we recognized that the templated the uncertainties of the day in a philosophical spirit verging on the jaunty. fortune of war" might be against us at a very early stage of the proceedings, and governed Norme either-wholly," he declared. "Your, ourselves accordingly. The inspecting officer, a didn't ask for you by name, of course. Seeing gentleman of stern and rather disconcerting you on the golf links, pursued you to the likeness to Mrs. Leslie is so extraordinary. I aspect, appeared on the scene in due course, hotel as quickly as night be-a mere half-dozen ing up. The very man I wanted to see !" she the day did not evidence an electric choice, if the lady who had just come in had a sitting- and introduced himself in a few, not well-steps in the rear, in fact. When I reached the As we went downstairs we met my wife com chosen, words. In fact, this words throughouthall door you were gone. I asked the porter apa bicycle, pic- But Fleetman hind fled.turesque, and with a bent towards repetition. room at the Dill stations- cried jayfully. "It's rather fun :-I'm getting but were forcible, expletive, occasionally pic room? You always bad your private sitting- 78 Singapore Free Press.
The idea occurred to me that if the exigencies of the military service rendered it impossible for officers holding her Majesty's commission to express themselves adequately in "the well, of English undefiled," the War Office might' with advantage compile an Objurgatory Ritual or new Commination for the purpose, with a key for beginners. Adjectives ought to have a defined and settled value, and the shading could easily be arranged to denote the degree.
THE ADULTERATION OF FOOD.
A food expert has been telling a representa tive of a London paper some of the many ways In which food may be adulterated.
"I suppose," he remarked, "that there is not a single article of food that has not been adul-
unaware
"Mrs. Leslie had, you mean," she demurred. He corrected himself hastily.
"Mrs. Leslie, I mean. I told the man not to announce me.. I wanted to surprise you,
"Mrs Leslie.
Yes, you did she. admitted. In his contrition he came nearer. anxiety to see you."
"I'm so sorry. My one excuse was my "Mrs. Leslie ?' hins gently.
"She was my greatest woman pal in Pilibhit, She reminded "Mts. Leslie" he agreed, less certainly. you know.
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As a permanency, there was but one other,
earth were there, too?-you knew? but how on a Eurasian, I believe?" she wondered, civilly.
His hand dropped from the door, "You
time since his entry be looked away from her, She crossed to the mantelpiece. For the first and so was greeted by a series of familiar photo graphs,
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tion!
Ria Leslie herself-it's like an introduc farlane, of the oth Lancers--my chief at Pilib hit " He recognised them all, delightedly.
Her husband, old Douglas Mace
Gunner brother-my husband.
She pointed them out, one by one... "My with Mrs. Leslie. She's a sort of cousin. It I've stayed accounts for the likeness, probably ?".
Macfarlane's picture tentatively, with a glance His eyes travelled from these domestic por traits on to her and back again. He touched at her cream late blouse.
"He-your husband-died three years ago, i think?
of view, but occasionally it suggests unpleasant "Four years," she corrected him, gravely, The pause prolonged. Repose is an 'admir able quality in a woman, from an artistic paint.
hesitated! alternatives of pleasurable situations, In this case it recalled to him the obvious fact that ha should take his leave."
But, still, he
amount of people at St. Andrews?". ha quer tioned, wistfully.
"I suppose I've no doubt you know any
age. His face feil. I don't care much for where," Har tone implied it was a disadvant She hesitated. One knows people every.
live so much in the old times," she said people
"(He moved away' & step)
but she laughed outright,
unless they have some tie with one's past. He brightened. I also," he assured ben
terated at some time or other, Competition is whelming, that some men must either adulterate on, and that it was their duty to shed their or shut up shop. They prefer to adopt the so severe, and the rage for cheapness an over.
But I am digressing Mount and forward. Even the horses knew there was a weeding test riders as early as, and whenever, possible. former course; and if they don't actually adul One of our number,, evidently tion, terate, they practise some other form of decep- of the explosive chanicter of a fresh and winking an immense number of people just handled curb rein, came to untimely grief, his There is a novel little dodge which is hood-mounted-when combined with an awkwardly spirited charger and we were, indeed, superbly nove. It is beautifully artistic in its way--the horse rearing so violently that both itself and truest form of art is the concealment of art, you rider went over backwards.. Ultra-conscien- know-and takes a lot of discovering.
tiousness is, doubtless, a characteristic of that tain articles-I needa't specify what they are played the rigour of the game. Rider, disquali- "Let me explain what it is. There are cer- horse, although it is questionable whether it which for years past have been put up in fied, with remarks. One can only give a passing boxes of a size which has never varied. glance at the trottings, canterings, and gallop The public have become familiar with these ings, singly, in file and in line. and all in their boxes, so any reduction in their size would be Instantly detected. What, then, does our dis
turn fatal to the prospects of a few of the budd- honest and over-enterprising friend do? To
ing troopers. A searching incident in the test gain more profit, and to acquire a reputation for pulling up smartly at various points in front of was a gallop, individually and at top speed, giving things away, he uses the same sort of the inspecting officer, dismounting, dropping boxes, but puts into them a much smaller and regathering the ribbons, remounting and amount of stuff than usual He then offers getting away again promptly at full gallop. A them at a knock-down' price, labelling them good deal of address and some knowledge of as a bankrupt stock, and all the rest of it, and military style was indispensable to avert disaster the innocent buyer, seeing that the box is of the accustomed size, immediately con
in this, and our active list was further reduced.
of thing comes very hard on honest tradesnien, flying," and "This is not a fishing competition" Woe to the candidate who inadvertently put his shop, Very ingenious, isn't it? But this sort his hands too high. "You are riding, sir, not cludes that he has found an exceptionally cheap arms "akimbo," or pulled up awkwardly with particularly if their place of business is any. where near that of their swindling rival. part of the adulteration artist. Ihave known old parison with what, was to follow. A fine were the pointed criticisms of our judge. But, up to the present, our path bad been, "Tea is a favourite object of attention on the metaphorically, strewn with roses in com- tea leaves which might have done duty in Noah's stretch of unexplored, heavy-going, huut day to be faced with Prussian blue and also with ing country, punctuated with fences of blacklead, just as if they were a bundle of boots, unknown difficulty, hedges of doubtful They looked splendid. Even leaves that have proportions, and, as a climax, a highly re- and retailed as fresh. The working classes about four feet from the ground along the near done duty in the scapot are at times doctored spectable water-jump with a boom placed suffer mostly from this fraud.
deviation from the indicated line of rectitude bank. To be negotiated singly, Our orders were to ride straight for a given point, any
judge was at every jump, critically watching for the disqualifying glimpse of daylight be being fatal. Our active and most painstaking
tween man and horse. Most of the chargers but those jibbings were not counted against us jibbed at the water-jump, some several times, so long as we ultimately, and gracefully, got
fixed in the riding-school ; we were arranged in over. The final test, however, was in some respects, the most severe, and partook of the
single file, and riding without stirrups, and with character of trick-riding. Two hurdles were
unfolding of arms would disqualify. It was a taking the jumps at the psychological moments arms folded across our breasts, the procession made the circuit of the building several times, under the authoritative intimation that any were now becoming veterans, and the " circus"eplied, gravely, yet with some hint of invita trying piece of heel work, but the survivors
hours, our original score were reduced to eight, S. and Gossip, process had, however, been going on for two did not claim many victims. The wasting
There, on: that afternoon and on succeeding aftercons, he found her. Ten rounds at 300 yards with a strong gusty and the shooting yet remained to levy toll.
carbine. Not one of us had had any experience dictu/with that unsatisfactory weapon the wind blowing across the ranges, and-horribil
of that stunted abortion of a fire-arm, and, as there was every reason to believe that the B.-P.'s
acquaintance. General resulta poor scores, were to be mounted infantry, it had not occur. red to us to take the trouble to make its five mots disqualifications, and only three of As we all wended our way to the station mingled with gener) regrets that so many together, congratulations and condolences, our gallant band survived the complete test.
Majesty and the Empire And the placards of adventurous young spirits should be prevented, the evening papers bore the curious legond,. at a time like the present from serving ber
eloquent commentary on our work of the day Mare mounted men urgently needed an muddy, but delighted, I had won-Pall Mall | modious Premises, to eclipse, as heretofore, Garette, and its results. I arrived home tired, stiff, and
packet--Will you believe it?of ground acorns As regards coffee, I recently came across a that had been sold as coffee. There wasn't a trace of coffee about it. Every particle of it was acorn Parsnip roots are occasionally added to ground coffee in the poorer districts.
butter-that is, if we except the large quantities There is not much actual adulteration in of margarine that, in spite of the law, are disposed of as butter. When a dishonest and adds water to his butter. This is by far bulterman wants to make a little extra
the latest dodge. have analysed butter that be calls in his partner, the pump, money,
contained thirty per cent. of water and even
to, by-the-bye, is often used to colour butter as twelve per centre When you see a quantity of A fair percentage would be ten or water exuding from butter, don't buy it. Arnot
mora..
well as 'chaelë.
introduced, and so is margarine.
With respect to cheese, lard is frequently though gypsum is occasionally employed. It "Milk is chiefly adulterated with water, is often coloured with arnotto.
4 Well, I got to the confounded place at last, but for the life of me could I see any signs ofa however, was really charming, so, in order to picnic as I understand a picnic. The view, admire it at case, I sat down on a seat which,' | and both hearts throbbed,
The very look and tone were avowal enough had recently been painted. Presently I noticed artist is
(here he rose for an instant) which, as you see, "As for bread, here the adulteration "This is my first attempt, laughed Evelyn.right, where there is a bungalow, Some garden white bread, White bread is nothing like a little crowd of people up on the hill to the gets full play.. Be suspicious of exceedingly at his best. Here his genius "but I shall never, never give it up now."
Almost as the words left her lips, and before party, I thought; but when several of the ladies there came a cry, Gone away!" The black found that one of them was my hostess, Mrs. make it white. These chemical substances are Granville could recover from his stupefaction, came strolling down the slope towards me,
as optritions as wheatmeal bread, Alum and sulphate of copper are frequently introduced to in another few miniutes it became quite evident horse followed the lead of a galloping grey, and last ! You are late. Too bad of you, really" another ingredient that has been discovered in Goitt."Ob" she called out,Here you are at extremely injurious to the system. Chalk is that they were in for a run. Captain Rawlins
And she beckoned to me to join the party above the family loaf. And, by the way, I have behind him. Those who had time to notice keeping well bebind the ladies until I family loaf ought to be like Cesar's wife glanced round and shouted to Evelyn to keep which I did in a sheepish, hang-dog manner known bone dust to be mixed with flour. The veloped a perfect genius for gaps and gates declared that for once in his life Tom hadde where drinks were being served out staff of life to 99 gapy. But unfortunately it could conceal my pants in a dark corner, above suspicion-seeing that it is really the and easy rounds. He kept the bounds well in
hid behind a couple of stout brokers is very far from that, ditch and bank into. Scaylesby Meadows, and me to ventur into society unabashed then dies are coloured with caramel, and others view all the same, until they scrambled over,A
antil the rapidly falling dusk, enabled there, gleaming before them half a mile away, perceiving that preparations were being made with burnt sugar this accounts for their rich was the redoubtable brook, and hounds and
for the return journey, I sneaked down the, has while there is plenty of whisky that is not thundering on, and Rawlins threw in an anx huntsman already heading for it. The pressed hill, hoping to make my escape unobserved whisky at all. It is made to appear gepuing by ious glance at the water. It was possible-yes,
To my disgust I was once more hailed by Mr. means of artificial flavourers, Goitt (who was getting into a comfortable of copra gop deal of cheap champagne at any other time he might have tried it, but landau) and ask to be so very kind as to escort never saw a grape in the course of its existence, alas he bad Miss Luttrell to think of Over Yes! would you believe it? Out of all the Like brandy, not a little wine is coloured nowa Miss Twitterly home as no ang else was biking. It is a very near relation of homely gooseberry. something between jumping and swimming. crowd at the picnic Miss Twitterly and I were days with the aid of burnt sugar and logwood went the hounds, over went Bricksby with. A loud chorus bespoke the fox in view.
the only ones who had biked! tins. But he was too late, Miss Trower swept
Bear to the right follow me, cried Raw past, determined to outdo Evelyn; the latter did. Granville pulled up dead short and was came beside her, scarcely aware of what she almost thrown by the shock, so terrific had been
the pace.
+
Now for beverages, Spme so-called bran-
to be introduced to the young lady, You know Al producing bluerness? while salt is frequently With well feigned alacrity I allowed myself fowers is sometimes resorted to with the object Taming to peer, the gap of camomile her, don't you? Wears a tartan blouse and added by disreputable publicana Salt in con- crooked toupet, and weighs about 2008 section with beer is supposed to be a joke, but knees by her machine, trying various nate and joke, it is a grim one. The publican uses salt Yes, that's the one. Well, I found her on her it is nothing of the kind. At all events if it is a "We'll give you Black Angel, the pick of the stable," cried Olive Granville, linking her "Give her a hand-pall her out-she'll be three times on the way out. And Oh, could
"She's in! she's in 1" cried a bystander.
fiddling about with her spanner. I'm only a for the express purpose of keeping the thirst of beginner, the said confidingly "And I fell off his unsuspecting pations up to the mark?", arm through that of her friend "he's a perfect drowned. Here, catch hold of the bridle. darling, Evis, and will carry you over anything. Have you got a flask, sir?
you help me? I want to tighten my tyres," saits of iron and burnt sugary
"Liquorice is often put into stout, and so are Evelyn's nerves were tingling, Jealousy
I tightened them for her and then she sprang forth full-edged, and she fell that sho
But Paul did not hear. His eyes were fixed, started on a sort of trial trip, round the are sold have never been near à fruit tree. "Of course, some of the frigit essences that could dare all rather than bear in Paul's pro not on the grey and its luckless rider, who was sence to-morrow the mocking of that soft, sprucfully wishing she had not ridden quite so chine. She wound up by cannoning off one of to end. There is no harm in them, however
lawn, I running behind to steady her ma They see artificially prepared from beginning ing voice. She could at least sit a horse well; jealous, but on Black Angel, whose stride was
the tenuis net poles on to my shin knocking as a child she had even had some lessons in just shortening for the take off Evelyn's me flat and subsequently altting violently on the art of Jumping. Her blood was up; in the her dat with a lifa smile at Caplain Rawlso weighs 200 los). When vei hind recovered she hands were helpless. gave hereseif up to excitement of the moment all seemed easy advice to leave everything to the horse.
me and the bicycle. have said the lady almost naturaĪVOT
said she thought the seat wanted, lowering. I Thank you, Ollye. I shall be proud to ride The great shout went up "Bravo! raising that it required. I rascher that it was
Per a brayó as the four boots landed on the furraising And to the thing was done, and the long ther side with two feel to spare, and went night conjured up vision after of ferror, of thundering onto the break-up of the good fox a little highered it, as requested,
A little higher still, please, you hopeless, irretrievable disaster. Coming down carlier than usual next morning she was thet By Paul himselfThe fervour of his greeting Forlored her mental balance'as by miracle, and he thought he had never seen her gayar or more adorable,”
To tais day. Tom Rawilne vows that he never" No, after all, I think I mean tower's you was so proud of anything in his life, and that must think I me awfully troublesome, I know he never felt so thankful as when, on their butt wedding day, he saw Mr. Paul Granville safely handed over to her husband's pilotage.
The Rangsan' Times,
cluded, of which the public would do well to These are a few points," the export con- mugi understand that it is only the low-case take notice. They deserve publicity. But you trader the man who lives simply to beat his customers god get a fat income quickly as he
can who descends to these tricks. This clan of man is as great an enemy of the respectable
lip have their remedy in their own hands. Let shopkeeper as he is of the public, and the
them always examins what they buy, sooner ho is swept away the better. The pub
meat which gives out an undue proportion of "moisidre. It les yeusily, cuwkol
One word more Avoid damp and clammy
"Oh, not at all !" said 1, grinding my teeth And then as it was now almost quite dark", Traited the sint another two CATALI, and bad: „CĂronicis,
́LIVING MARBLE.
meekly by sang Mrs. Hemane, apostrophising 4My beautiful, my beautiful, that standest
lion just now they have an Arab steed which an imaginary Arab steed. At the London Pavi
mistress strikes attitudes (in appropriate cas "standeth meekly by every evening, while bis tumes) on his back. In fact, so meekly does he stand by that it is difficult to believe that he is a real flesh-and-blood animal and got a dummy, cunningly contrived His name is Nirvana, in preventing a series of fableaux Loky, and he assiste his mistress, Mme. Sidi
of Arc, then as Mazeppa, anon as the Empress vivants. Sometimes the lady appears as Joa
Hawking, after Koppay's celebrated painting. Maria Theresa, and then again as the "Lady, perfectly immobile-a marvellous exhibition of In each pore, horse as well as rider romain animal tmining which is due to the patience and skill of M. Ernest Durmont
present," he assented.
"Modera imen live for the moment only "1.C.S. mea do-when it's a moment like the
She held her hand out, in dismissal, "We'll take these then. (She motioned to the photographs) "as introduction."
most of the afternoons amongst the ruins, she Usually I avoid the beaten track. I spend
tion,
and gossip. Yet-there's a pretty walk away there by the rock," he told her. His compre- "Nothing goes on at St. Andrews but goif His smile was grateful and his eyes admiring.
hensive glance embraced most of the adjoining landscape, and looked as though
She flushed a little
Intimations.
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88,50 per Bottle.
GENUINE CHERRY WATER ACHTER
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MEE CHEUNG,
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TOP FLOOR OF ICE HOUSE, IN Ice-ilouse Rani,
Snow in a position, in his New and Com.
ALL PHOTOGRAPHIC ART PRACTICED in the Colony or in any part of fie Far East,
GROUPS AND VIEWS.
A speciality, ffongkong, zzud September, 1898,
WORTH A GUINEA A BOX,
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Prepared only by the Pr
Mr. Frank Glenister saw this turn about two months ago, while travelling on the Continent
has been trained, to pose perfectly motionless in search of novelties, and promptly secured. It
in living pictures, and the handsome horse and for England Loky is the only home whe❘ THOMAS BEE
pictuftea Loky is a pure white Arab hit handsome rider certainly make a
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