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ADVERTISERS are Cautioned that Post- A masters are Not Allowed to Deliver Letters Addiessed to Initials or Fictitious Names at any Post-office. Letters addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names must bear the address of the Advertiser or one of the Offices of the Western Mail. COLLIERY Manager.—Wanted, for a Small > Hous.} Coal Colliery, Certificated Manager who has had experience in pillar and stall work- ings.—"Apply. stating salary, to N 29, Western Mail. Cardiff. 3S20i20 rpd Clerks.—Wanted at once. One Used to l Large Wholesale Butchering Business; must have good references.—Apply .'iummer- hayes, 40 and 42, West-street, Br.stol. 5742115 WANTED, a Colliery Clerk; able to perform WANTED, a Colliery Clerk; able to perform the duties of a secretary, accountant's work, and prepare cost sheets.—Apply, stating age, experience, and salary required, to Messrs. the Gowerton Colliery and Brick Company (hmited" Gowerton 3726:19 JUNIOR Clerk Wanted; must write shorthand well.—Apply, by letter only, stating cx- nerience and salary expected. Mr. David Shen- herd, Chartered Accountant, Cardiff. 3675118 WANTED. Shorthand Clerk who can Corre- YV spond in French and Spanish.-Anply. stating salary' required, M 83, Western Mail, Cardiff. 3600i17 WANTED, practical Man; thorough know- ledge book-keeping, engines, commercial matters, general work building estate.—Enclose photograph, full particulars, M 65, Weston Mail, Cardiff. 3510il5 £ 1.—An Income of 12s. 6d. to £ 1 per %eek can be earned in spare time or evenings by any person able to write.-Proof sent free any- where to those sending addressed envelope to T. Smith and Co. (Dept. 9B), 79, St. Helen's-gardens, Nor h Kensington, London. W. L12663 —■ r t NUBSEMAIDS ATT* SERVANTS WAN 0. DVEitTiSElls are Cagioued that Post- masters are Not AUo\NW to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or fictitious Names at any Post-office. Letters aSressed to Initials or Fictitious Names must#ear the address of the Advertiser or on« ofOhe Offices of the Western MaiL g W7"-ANTED, General Sei&ot; wages £ 10 to I £ 12.—Apply ibe \ca<Mfc3f. 154- Severn-road, I £ 12.—Apply ibe \ca<Mfc3f. 154, Severn-road, Canton. Cardiff. el0612il7 WANTED at once, GirK about 14 or 16.— Granville House Fair*ater Grove, Ely. T el0601il8 \\7"ANTED immediiitely. ttood, strong Young » Girl, to Assist with Bafy and Housework.— Apply, after six, 4, Stacef-road, Roath, Car- diff | e6659 \\T A NTED, al^ood Gener# Servant .—A pply 28T Miskm-strefet, Cardiff, fcft«r seven p.m. [ilfi WANTED immediately, rjook-General; wash, iron; wages, £ 14; iaiall family; House- maid and nurse kept N 2 £ Western Mail, Car- diff. p 33l3i20 I HOUSEMAID Wanted; f"«raet thorougnly understand her duticf and have first-class leferences —Applv to O HTjones, Esq., Fonmon Castle. Cow bridge. f- 57711 ~T ANTED. General gwrvant; thoroughly V competent: aged &R good references.— Apply N 24. Western Maili-rCardiff. 3789H4 WANTED, strons Geneifcl. to Wash and Iron; also" Xurje-Housemaid.—Apply Mrs. McGregor, (le'iiwa.. roid, Pontypridd. ,3t*d 3788i20 WANTED, experienced Norse- from 25 to 30 years. Take Charge of Babv (healthy child; month cld); country residence; wages £ 20.—Aprilv, with mferences. N 31. Wes- tern Mail. Cardiff. T 57715 WANTED immediately* a Cook-General.— Apply West House," Penarth. 3521il7 "fXJTANTED, a good PIa|n"Cook.—Apply Mrs. » Lament In'leton. Cathedral-road. Car- diff. J 3831il7 ITIXI'ERIENCEI) Plain Qook. to Assist Geric*- 1i rally when Requirei-—Phillips Tresilian Hotel, Penarth-road, Cardiff- 3332il4_ \\fANTED, Cook-Ueneral for London; £ is7 > V rise six months- htdv willing teach cook- ing; ten days' holiday vearlv; return fare paid. -•71t ParkrstreeU Bristol. 3S04i?0_ T3LAIN Cook RequireiT housemaid kept — X Apply Steynton '52, Plymouth-road, Penarth. i17 "VVTANTED. a stronpOiri to do Nursery \VasT7- T ing and Help in the Nursery: must have good character.—Amilv to Mrs. Dunn, Rov,de- ford, Devizes. v l" 5S03il4 WANTED, experieiH-edfoeneral Servant: able to do plain cooktoig; three in family; good references; country preferred; good wages.—Apply 43, Ninianwoad, Cardiff.^ 3741ii9 "TXTANTED immediately good Plain Cook— VV Write Mrs. GottwWtz, Hillside, Penarth, Cardiff. al09 T*7"ANTED immediately, strong, experienced General Seryaut'; cooking, ironing.— Apply, stating age. reference, and wages Mrs. Jones. Meidrym Vicarage. St. Clears. 3740119 WANTED at once tfcod General Servant, with good appearance; assist in bar when required.—Applv Mrs. Bevington, Mitre Hotel, Llandaff. ■ 3720119 OOD Gencrapvv'anted; two in family.— Apply by lettsr. statin? fge. -eference. and wages required, N 10, Western Mail Office, Cardiff. 37l0i19 Wl aNTED, good~Gerv^al"SCTvantrfronr24 to 30; assistance giren.—APPl>* by leHer, or after s,ix p.m., to^llrs. Thomas,. 8, East- grove, Cardiff. 3706il9 ANTEDTTn Sro^H "FaJni'V- reliableT~cxpe- rienced General Servant.—Apply 5, Howard-gii'der.s, Card^. 3707il9 WANTED, good CoSk *"d Kitcbenmaid; modern cookinf. dairy. ,and baking.— Apply Pwllywrach, Cowbridge. Glam. 3730ii9 WANTED, a respeotable" General ServantT able to do plain cooking, also plain wash- ing; three in family.—St^te age, wages, and reference, Mrs. Powell, Chapel House, near Builth.. 3751J19 WANTED, a respectable Person to Attend to an Invalid Lady and I)o a Tattle Light Housework.—State ag#, waves, reference. Mrs. Powell. Chapel JouasjitSflJ Builtfa. 5752il9 WANTED, ?ood General, with Knowledge of Waiting Table, for Private Boarding- liouse; not under 20.—Mrs. Tudor, 5, Catherine- place, Bath. 3745il9_ liouse; not under 20.—Mrs. Tudor, 5, Catherine- place, Bath. 3745il9_ COOK Required, for Gentleman's Country House, SouMi Wales; about 30; baking; good cooking: £ 24; suiall family; kitchen- maid.—N 15, Western Mail. Cardiff. 3747119 RESPECTABLE Girl Wanted as Ceneraf Ser- vant.; aged about 16.—Aprly 8, Dudley- ftreet^ Docks. Cardif f^ 3760il9^ WANTED, House-Parlourmaid for Small Family.—State age and wages Mrs. Lock, Lansdowne Konse. Tenby. 3766i19 WANTED. Housemaid for Small Family; one who has experience preferred — Apply, with references, to B, care of Evans, Chemist, Aberavon, Pore Talbpt. 376fil5__ 0~0K General Wanted for Small Family; C another servant kept.—Apply Mrs. J. K. Stone. Ilolmeswaod, ClythaJPark, Newport. il9 j WANTED, experienced Kitchenmaid; scullery VV kept.—Hensol Castle, Pontyclun, Llan- trisant Station. 3780i15 WANTEJ), good General Servant.—Appiy. with references, 185, Richmond-road, Cardiff. 3657il8 WANTED at once, a good General; able to do w plain cooking; must have good refe- rences; wages £18 to £ 20; no bl"er.-Apulv Mrs. Mansfield, Kelvin, Dacres-road, Forest Hit!. Lon- don, S.E. 3650H4 GOOD Plain Cook Required for Penarth; wagjs £ 18— £ 20; must have good refe- rences: not under 24.-Apply M 93, Western Mail, Cardiff. 3646i18 OOD General Servant; nurse-housemaid VT kept.—Applj' 4S, W estbourne-road. Pen- arth. 3645ilg ANTED immediately, Nurse-Houaemaid: I" two children; aged six and two; liberal wages.-Apply Mrs. March, Llanishen. 3673J14 WANTED at once, good Plain"Cook; small family—Mrs. Williams, Croome, Stow Park. Newport 3578il7 "ITJAN'TKD. good Plain Cook7wilting to Help W with Housework.—Apply Mrs. Bowker, Cwmbran House. Pontnewydd, near Newport, Mon. 3680il4 WANTED, Housemaid^ one^who-has been General not objected to. Also a strong, respectable Girl to Assist with Children.—Anply 59, Plymouth-road, Penarth. 57689 GENERAL Servant.—"W^anted immediately, a good Girl: about Ji years; wages £ 1 per month.—Mrs. Williams, 18, Ruthin-gardens. Car- diJT. 5701U3 W! ANTED. House Pn.rlourmafdT—Address, stating age, wages, to The Cottage. Afer- thH.. 3698118 WANTEDrgood Plain CookTthreViii famil.vT no washing; state age, wages, refe- 'rences; personal application preferred.—5. Vic- toria-square, Penarth- 3640il8 WANTED, Cook General small family; nurse-houseniaid kept; good references indispensable.—State age. wages, Mrs. Jolfn S. Davies, Hillside, Pontypridd. 3624il7 WANTED, HOuse-I^arlourmaid at once^Mrs. W Raikes. Redlands, Newport, Mon. 3620117 ANTED at once, a General~Servant who is a good Plain Cook.—Apply 177, Newport- road. Cardiff. 3572117 \\TANTED immediately, wood Oook-General; f V fullest particulars and references; house- parlourmaid kept; good home.—Apply 168, Newport-i oa d, 5498H5 .BUSINESS ADDRESSES. IF YOU REQUIRE ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF FURNITURE ON EASY TERMS AT CASH PRICE, GO TO LEWIS'S, IX QUEEN STREET. This Old-established, well-known, and Popular Firm are determined to maintain their reputa- tion as t he LARGEST. BEST, and CHEAPEST FURNISHING WAREHOUSE in SOUTH WALES, and are now prepared to FURNISH HOUSES or APARTMENTS, or Supply any Single Articles, on the following JJEDUCED rjlERMS:— S,3 worth Is. 6d. weekly. JM worth 2s. 6d. weekly. £ 10 worth 4s Od. weekly. £ 25 worth 6s. Od. weekly. JE53 worth 10s. Od. weekly. Or by Monthly or Quarterly Payments or on Terms arranged to suit Customers. PROMPT. FREE DELIVERY in PRIVATE VANS. No Security or Large Deposit required. It will pay you well to inspect our goods before going elsewhere. Note address and call at once to:- L EW I SS STANDARD FURNISHING WARE HOUSE, 3 AKDREWS J}C1LD1NGS QUEEN-STREET. (A FEW DOORS FROM PARK-PLACE). AGENTS, etc., WANTED. ADVERTISERS are Cautioned that jJost, masteis are Not Allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names at any Post-office. Letters addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names must bear the address ot the Advertiser or one of the Offices of the Western Mail. TyANTED, a Few smart, energetic Men as » Canvassers for Private Beer Trade; salary and commission.—Apply N 25, Western Mail. Cardiff. 3799i17 ASBESTOS, Packings. Belting, and Rubber Goods.—Wanted, by a l-'irst-class Firm of Manufacturers, a Representative to Call upon Users and the Trade in Cardiff and South Wales District; must be thoroughly steady and ener- getic, and have some knowledge of the business; all communications treated with strict confi- dence.—Apply, by letter, M 10, Western Mail, Cardiff. 3151i8 TTTANTED, Traveller in Paper Trad?, with VV South Wales connection amongst pro- vision merchants, grocers, drapers, &c.; liberal terms to a suitable man; post vacant at Lady Day.-Address. in strictest confidence. S. W. C.. care of Street and Co., 30, Cornhill, London, E.C. L14939 WANTED, Agent, on Commission, for Sale of high-class Alas to Private Families; references must bear strictest investigation.— N 6, Western Mail, Cardiff all2 WANTED, well-connected Gentleman, well- f f known and with spare time. to Represent Ordinary Branch of Old-established Life Assu- rance Company; excellent term* to anyenu capable of influencing business.—N 9, Western Mail Office, Cardiff.. 3714i15 WANTED, Gentleman calling upon leading W Hotels and Grocers in Cardiff and Dis- trict, to Represent a Scotch Whisky well known in Cardiff; part expenses and commission.—Full particulars to N 18, care of the. JVestero Mail, Cardiff. „ 31ó'¥!- MISCELLANEOUS LA-LEB. FOR Sale, !*rge-sired Kennel, in excellent con- dition. cheap; can be eeeu any time; no use to present owner.—Apply A 1, Evening Express, Cardiff. e65A6 use to present owner.—Apply A 1, Evening Express, Cardiff. ef;- .6 LARGE Assortment 4. 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In the Hands of the Police.

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I I THE MAN SHE DEARLY LOVED 8PL&ALLV SBT FOR THE tVENti'iG tXPRtSS. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. I Francis and Felix Hastings are .twin kroGjers in love with the same V n!'a Herkwith r is engaged to Francis. Chailes Beckvntn A New York detective, meets one ol ,^cI ^s at a lonely ruined tavern on the Jer-ej meadows. The inn is run by a named Stein and his beautiful Dulla. The twin who calls himself r says he has just returned from Chth to that in his absence Felix has won v lUa"J love from him. Beckwith suggests tnai Felix, trading on the wonderful rcsembUnc between the twins, may have passed hinisen off as Francis. Hastings that if he finds this tb be true, he will ki his brother. His brother, he thinks, also lias good. reas6n fqr desiring his death- say* Felix is to meet him at the tavern that night. The next morning IJecUw'tn saYs Felix is to meet him at the tavern that same night. The next morning 4eckwith » awakens to find himself the only living creature in the tavern. He searches for Hastings and finds him lying murdered in his room. Beckwith returns to New York in search of Few Hastings to notify him of hi" brother's death. He finds Hastings at Miss Price's Madison-avenue home, but the twin declares himself to be Francis, not Felix. He also savs Felix is in Chicago. Beckwith tells the sfi>ry of his adventure at the Meadow Tavern, and is laughed at by Hastings who calls the whole story a dream. He Say* l*e has not been to the Tavern in vear<»; and that Ai is twin brother, being now in ChlcagA, e ah not have been the man Beck- with says he met there. The detective is bewildered at Hastings's assertion that he is Francis, but at length asks what has become of a pearl ring which Francis always wore. Hastings changes colour at this question. "d iM at lam t-lit. vi.i- Prim enters and adds her testimony to that of Hi*(iney even producing a letter received from Felix that very day. The letter bears a (.Ilii,-ago i)ost;tiai-k. To dear up the mys- terv Beckwith proposes that the trio ride out to' the ^e&dow '^avpr", Vlew the body. Hastings declares there is nobody there, but expresses willingness to^ investi- gate. They accordingly go out to tavern the following morning. e,. Irom the bed where Beckwith last saw it, close search of the premises reveals nothing. Bc( kwith goes next day to Clncago to look up Felix at the address given by Miss Price He finds the man he has sought at the Greycourt Hotel. Chicago and is in- formed that this twin has been there for the past-six weeks. The hotel proprietor corro- borates thi* statement. On neither twin s hand is \here any sign of the gash found across the palnj. of the corpse at the Meadow Tavern. lipckwitlriis dumb-founded. Sim e one twin is alive and well in New York and the other in Chicago, and as but two nie!1 bear this marvellous likeness to each other, who was the man he talked with at the Meadow Tavern and whose the body he saw- there? Ihe detective decides his brain is out of order, and on nig return" to New York goes to consult a specialist in nervous diseases. CHAPTER V. MEDICAL ADVICE AND WHAT CAME OF T^- "There is some trickery about all this, Mr. HeekwiLh. The speaker was Dr. Burton, one of New York's mos-t1 eminent brain specialists. On his return from that strange and fruitless quest to Chicago Beckwith had foUowed Hast- _I ings's advice and had consulted a physician. Dr. Burton had listened with close attention while Beckwith told the story of. his1 a lvenlure at the Meadow Tavern and the subsequent hap- penings. The detective had finished his narrative by spy- ing; — "You see, facts are all against me. doctor. The evidence of my senses is conclusively disap- proved. So I must be under some wild delu- sion." "There is some trickery here," said Dr. Bur- ton (nce more. "Then yoi^ don't think my with Fran- cis Hastings at the Meadow Tavern that nigbt was a hallucination?" "There is no haliucination about you," retorted Barton sharply.. "You seem to me as sane and matter-of-fact a person as I ever met." "Then how do you account, doctor, for my having met three men all exactly alike when I know there are only two who bear that special likeness?" The doctor pondered a moment. "This is rather in your own line than mine, Mr. Be ikwitli, he said at length. "It is.a case for a detective rather than for a doctor. The matter seems miraculous to you now, be- cause, all through, you have been haunted by an idea of the supernatural—by a half idea, too, that you were mentally deluded. This has ob- scured your naturally clear detective sense. Now that you know your mind is sound and there is no miracle about the affair, it will be easy to un- ravel. l'onder the matter carefully, and what seems so unintelligible now will proba bly sur- prise you by its very simplicity." "Then I will spare no time nor pains to thresh out the entire secret." "Go carefully. Mr. Beckwith. You have no ordinary criminal to deal with here: but, ap- parently, a highly educated and brilliant man. Were I in your place" "Well?" "Don't laugh. Mr. Beckwith, but, I'd like to solve this problem myself. Criminal investiga- tion has always been a fad of mine. In my pro- fession I meet strange experiences at times, and being only a physician I have no chance to trace them to their source." "Tell me your ideas, doctor," said Beckwith, fi.lling readily in with Burton's whim, "and I'll carry them cut and report progress." "Good! I'll be a sort of silent partner and furnish such ideas as I can and let you work Hit in out. But. for heaven's sake, Mr. Beckwith, keep my share of it quiet. It would never do to have my name appear in the case." "But it n:ay take much of your valuable time, doctor. This case may take weeks to work out." "It will be recreation to me after my dull professional work. Don't grudge me this little recreation. Mr. Beckwith." "Well, and your idea?" "In the first place, I am inclined to agree with your theory that Felix has passed himself off as Francis. "I've given up that idea," said Beckwith gloomily. I saw Felix in Chicago." "Hold on! We'll come to that later. I believe it was Felix you met here in New York. Felix, who called himself Francis and passed himself oil as Miss Price's fiancee. So far I believe you arc right. "But I saw him at Chicago! "Yes. yes! But the pretended Francis of New York and the real Felix of Chicago are one and the same person." "You mean, he followed me to Chicago?'" cried Beckwith, seizing the new idea. "No. lie preceded you. You never started till the morning after you found the body gone. He, I believe, left New York the same evening, reached Chicago, and bribed the proprietor of the G reycourt Hotel." "But why ? Whatwashis motive?" "Can't you see?" exclaimed Burton. "Felix wants to put a stop to your following up this case. From your own story it is quite likely he (either by his own hand or through the agency of Stein) killed his brother. Your unforeseen arrival at the Meadow Tavern that night compli- cated matters. You say they didn't want to let you in. Had you not come and seen the bcdv- afterward Francis would merely have vanished from the world, and no one would have been it bit the wiser. Felix, arriving at the tavern after you had gone to bed, probably knew nothing of your presence there. Then when you turned up at Miss Price's on Madison-avenue next day, just when he was congratulating himself on his good fortune in getting off so safely, he saw a new- source of peril, not only to his character, but to his life. He asked for a night's grace in begging you to wait till next morning before going to the Meadow Tavern again. During that night he went himself to that tavern and hid the corpse somewhere in the marshes." "Impossible!" "Just the same, I believe it so! Make inquiries as to Felix Hastinjs's movements on that night, and I'll bet my head you'linnd he went to Meadow Tavern." "That was the reason then," cried the detec- tive, ''that he was so ready to go there with me next morning!" "Exactly. He knew there was no evidence against him at the tavern. He might even be perfectly assured of throwing you off the track. But your obstinacy raised a new danger. You said you would go to Chicago and satisfy your- self as the existence of Felix. He got there on a train ahead of you, went to the, Greycourt Hotel (where no doubt he was well known), and bribed the proprietor to aid the deception. There be received you as Felix, just as, three days earlier, lie had received you in New York as Francis. Decidedly he is a clever man this Hastings. "But if I go directly to his rooms at the Bene- dict "You'll find Felix tlicrfrj no doubt." "But Chicago?" broke in Beckwith, who began to see he had been duped. A i "You fcrget the Felix of Chicago has gone to Kau Francisco on his way around the world and has left no address." What a fool I've beéll exclaimed Beckwith, jumping to his feet. ''I'[it a disgrace to ny trade. I see everything now!" "What do vou mean to do-" "Francis told me at the tavern that night that he had just arrived from Chili. That was the sixth of June. I'll go to the shipping agcicy that has already done some good work for me, and tind what boat he came by and what date. T!t fact established, I can soon prove Felix an imposter. "And cciucuiber," laughed the doctor, as he I showed Beckwith to the door. "I m a silent part- iie-, in this case. You're to report progress to 111e." Beckwith went to iii,, nearest telegraph office and sent two dispatches. Then he rang up the Benedict apartment house on the telephone. "Js Mr. Folk Haslings at home?" he asued cf the IjOY who answered the call. "No, sir," came the reply. "He went out ten minutes ago." a go. "Good!" mused Beckwith, "the employes at a big city apartment-house can't all be bribed like the proprietor of an obscure Chicago hotel. Felix is evidently m town.' H? strolled down Fifth-avenue to his apart- ments, and half an hour later received two telegrams. They were in reply to the two he had just sent. The first was from the proprietor of the Grcy- couri Hotel, Chicago. It ntH: "Mr. Felix Hastings left for San Francisco early this morning." The second was from the shipping bureau. Beckwitli's agent there had telegraphed:- "Only ship from Chili to New York thus far in June was the Balmaccda. Arrived morning of June 6. Francis Hastings's name is on pas- senger list." "This puts the matter beyond all doubt." exclaimed the detective. "If Francis Hastings arrived in America on June 6, he assuredly can't be the man now bearing his name in this city. As for Mr. Felix Hastings." went on Beckwith. looking again at the Chicago telegram, "he seems to have a charming faculty of being in two places at once. No, no! Felix Hastings did not leave Chicago for San Francisco. but for New York, and he left yesterday morning at the latest. and not to-day. Moreover, poor Francis Hastings is not at the Benedict, but at the bottom of some bog hole among the marshes that surround the Meadow Tavern." An hour later Beckwith was spinning rapidly on his wheel along the road that led to the lonely marsh-encompassed inn. Strangely enough his main thought was cf Vivian Price. Her pale, set face as she had made that same trip with Hastings and himself returned to his memory now with redoubted force. "Poor, poor girl he murmured, "she ;.1- readv begins to suspect him. I must save her at any cost. She, at least, could have been no party to the crime. That pure, high-bred face bespeaks a clear conscience. I shall save her despite herself from becoming a murderer's bride." Arrived at the tavern Beckwith left his bicycle on the porch aid entered the dark hallway. The mildewed parlour where lie and Francis had sat that night was as he had last seen it. The day was gloomy and no sunshine came through the broken, sbutterless panes to en- liven the prospect to lift the damp from the misused room. "As I'm likely to be here some time on t LiE search," thought Beckwith, "I may as well nave one decently comfortable room. A fire on this hearth would dry the air in no time." Suiting the action to the word he knelt at the hearth and began to clear away the piled-up a.shes in order to lay a new fire. Suddenly his hand closed on something that, lay among the fluffy white ash, and he drew i' out. He gazed long and earnestly at this grime- coated object. Then he started to his feet with a cry of joy- ful surprise? "On the track at last. thank heaven"' ha shouted. I (To be continued on Monday.^

THE E X T INSTALMENT OF OLE pOOTBALL STORT, ENTITLED. "THE CUP WINNERS," WILL APPEAR IN THE 1 V E N I N G EXPREBS TO-MORROW (Saturday).

WHALING IN LAPLAND." "That"s one great fault about many of the.se picture exhibitions," exclaimed Mrs. Hooley as she glared first at, the picture and then at the catalogue. "What is it, my dear ;J" asked her husband. "rID afraid you don't uncterstann-" "Nobody could understand this sort of thing, went on the predominant partner o? the Hooley household, turning over several pages at once. "There's a picture and no title under it; yoti've eotf to look in this book for it." "You mean that one representing a boy lying on his mother's lap while she makes usr of a cane? Well, you can guess the title of that well enough." "Oh. I know I'm not so clever as you! What 'Whaling in Lapland. of coutttt"