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I MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S ■ «< COMMISSION OF INQUIRY." MB. CHAMBERLAIN'S announcement at Leeds ■ of the intention of the Tariff Reform League ■ cto appoint a commission of experts to take evidence on the Fiscal question has been followed up by the publication of a full list of ■ members of this body. There is, it may be said at the outset, nothing very impressive about the names. Considering the adroitness with which Mr. Chamberlain has spread his net to capture capitalists, considering the passionate energy with which his supporters in the Press have preached the new gospel of "tariff reform" in the supposed interest of British industries, it cannot be altogether surprising that a respectable. number of employers have been found willing to take part in this so-called inquiry. Selfishness is always the dominant motive in human affairs, and when Mr. Chamberlain comes forward and assures the heads of industries that hy sitting round a table in Victoria-streot they may be able to devise a scheme acceptable to all whereby foreign competition may be lessened ■ and profits increased it is quite natural that the invitation should have been responded to. BUT while the list of names is, as we liavo H said, respcctahb, it is not in the least degree impressive. With few exceptions the members of this informal Commission <So not ■ rank even among the iieads of the industries H in which they are engaged. Probably. if the ■ mere layman endeavoured to frame a list of ■ fifty typical captains of British industry, not ■ more than five of Mr. Chamberlain's "experts ■ would figure among them. To regard an ■ inquiry carried on by such a body as possess- ■ ing the confidence of the commercial world is ■ therefore out of the question. It is not to bo ■ a real inquiry, because those who are carrying ■ it on are all of the same mind, and its main ■ conclusions are determined before a scrap of ■ evidence has been taken. A good deal of I legitimate pleasantry has been indulged in ■ respecting tho manner in which tins self- ■ appointed Commission has been called into ■ -existence. Superficially, it is true, it seems to I be a colourable imitation of a Royal Commis- I sion but the resemblance is merely superficial, I since the present body does not pretend to I represent the views of any but convinced I Protectionists. I WHILE, moreover, the" inquiry" is to be ■ conducted by men whose views on the subject I are as uniformly robustly one-sided as those I of, say, Mr. Lowther and Mr. Chaplin, its I scope is equally predetermined. We are told I that it is to summon evidence from various I trades, which means, of course, that the Pro- I tectionist judges will listen to a body of I Protectionist witnesses. Free Traders, we I may be sure, will not volunteer to lay their I views before a junta of such a complexion. I Why, for example, should the boot and shoe I industry—which, by the way, is clearly giving I Mr. Chamberlain a good deal of trouble—go I before a body which is already convinced I that a tariff on foreign leather is necessary ? I" Why should the galvanised iron trado, the I rolled wire trade, or the tinplate trade trouble I to lay their case before gentlemen whose ideas of commercial policy begin and end with the principle that (tear" pig-iron is tiie salvation of British industry P Does anyone suppose that Sir John Jenkins, of the South Wales tinplate trade, will go a yard out of his way to attempt the impossible task of convincing a Welsh ironmaster that the free importation of German and American bars is a "blessing to industry? THAT the outcome of the sittings of such a body can afford anything valuable to the current controversy is then out of the question. We may take it for granted that the conflict- ing interests of the various sections will not be readily harmonised. Everyone may lie a Protectionist so far as his own trade is concerned, but a man who favours a stiff duty j upon a competing foreign product is not, necessarily in favour of a corresponding i impost on the imported raw material which he consumes in the production of his own finished article. If the adjustment of these difficulties be overcome it will be more than surprising. The obstacles to the formulation of a common (platform are clearly indicated in the article t which Mr. Charles 'Booth, one of the Com- mission, has written in the National Iterieio. Mr. Booth is an all-round Protectionist: he would even impose a duty on raw material. Everything entering our ports must be taxed, and with the large revenue which would accrue lie would prosecute a variety of schemes for social amelioration. This, of course, is not Protection in the true sense, but it affords an illustration of the specious pleas by which food taxes and taxes on raw material may bo given a philanthropic gloss. N So far it cannot bo said that the inquiry r has attracted any general support. There is a growing feeling that the Fiscal agitation is exercising a disturbing influence upon the trade of the country, and this impression cannot fail to be strengthened by the proceed- ings, however farcical in some respects, of a body called into existence for the express purpose of formulating the definite proposals by which the reversal of our existing com- mercial policy is to be consummated. As the standard, which always reflects the views of the commercial classes, points out, the present moment, when the trade of the country is visibly displaying the after-effects of the vast expenditure on the South African war, is singularly unfitted for a disturbing propaganda of this kind. it remarks, "may bo the merits of the con- troversy, there can be no question at all that its effect on trade has been simply disastrous. The tardy revival of confidence on the part of the investing public has been checked by an agitation which has disturbed the public mind and left many interests uncertain as to the future. Nothing could be more undesirably at a time like the present, when the energies of all cases ought to be devoted to the work of developing our resources to their fullest capacity, and restoring the elasticity of our commercial and manufacturing power." This opinion, expressed by a powerful Unionist organ, indicates, it may be hoped, the revolt of the powerful monetary interests of the country against these later developments of a controversy which from the first they have ( regarded with grave misgivings. These sentiments, which are those of a class perhaps the least vocal in the country, will be given expression to in the great meeting which the II Duke of Devonshire is shortly to address in the City in reply to Mr. Chamberlain s speech earlier in the month. CitOSUY GOT VERY CROSS. The Crosbys wore going to the theatre the other evening, and Mr. Cn>.s!>y was fuming and fretting in the hall, where h" was waiting for Mrs. Crosby to "hurry up. or the play would be all over before they got there/' Presently Mrs. Crosby came hurrying down the stairs, and. glancing at her husband, said "Oh Henry, wait, a moment. You Crosby, furiously. "I never saw the equal of you w omen We have been married fifteen years, and not unn,—110, not once in all that time—have I ever known you to fail to forget something and delay us just when we ought to be off. It's always your handkerchief, or your opera- glasses, or your fan, or something that-" "But, Henry "Go and get what you've forgotten, and don't stand there excusing yourself for forgetting it. The first act of the play must be over by this time, and here you arc "For goodness' sake. Henry, keep still, and How can 1 keep still when ycu provoke me so? Here I've been all dressed and waiting a solid half- hour, and you come down simply to tell me that you have forgotten something, and "I haven't forgotten anything. Henry Crosby!" "Then wlmt under the sun awl moon and stars are we waiting here for r" "Simply because you have forgotten to put on any necktie." What ? No necktie ? "No, you haven't any necktie on, and I'm not going with you without one, for "Great CV.ar! Why didn't you tell me that 1 didn't have on a tie, and not stand there staring at me and saying nothing ? You women beat every- f thing."
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"renen criiis(,r lias I)eeii sent, to search for the Frencn Covernmenr transport Vienne, which has been missing since Christmas Eve with fifty men on board and a cargo of explosives. The city of Frankfort-on-thc-Main, following the example of Berlin, intends to substitute motor tire engines for the old horse-drawn vehicles. An Italian general is to be appointed for the reorganisation of the Turkish gendarmerie in Macedonia. This is one instalment of the reform scheme dictated bv the Powers. A German outpost, at Oapis, German South-West Africa, has been overpowered, and the members are presumed to b. killed. The Italian Government has ordered four torpedo- boats to be constructed by Messrs. Tattisoii, of Naples. The boring of the Simplon Tunnel has again been Interrupted on the S.viss side by the tapping of hidden springs which have flooded the works. A record American mail of 2.853 sacks will he landed this week by the White .star liner Teutonic, which on her out ward passage carried 2,796 sacks. Cardinal Itampolla, who has been in a poor state of health ior some time, slipped and fell on his hand the other dav, and now wears his arm in a sling. An expedition composed of three columns has started for a part of Southern Nigeria which the hostility of the natives has hitherto prevented white men lioni visit ino-. The Rev. |)r..McMahon, of the Church of Our Lady oi Loonies, Xciv York, in a public speech denounced teminine extravagance il: dress, and said that diaphanous draperies were a sign of decadence. Estate of the gross valu-:1 of z22,058 has been left by tiie late Sir Herbert Oakley, the well-known toirvnnscf M-I.o ,1; ,-rl l'>ï Ocluher. .Arthur Jonn Mister, late manager of tke bow Palace Music Hall, was remanded on bail at the Thames Police-court, charged with converting to his own use P,165 entrusted to him for the purpose of paying the artists. Nicholas Whitaker, a licensed Tictualler, of Oxeniiope, near Keighley, was seriously wounded by the accidental discharge ef a friend's gun while pigeon shooting. Mr. Chamberlain is arranging a holiday abroad to commence about February 15tb. Miss Mary Anderson (Mine, de Navarro) sang- on Tuesday night at a cencrt at the People's Paiace organised by Father Bernard Vauehan in aid of the sick poor of St. Mary and St. Michael's in East London. Monsignor Bourne's enthronement as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster took place on Tuesday in the new Cathedral. His Grace was the recipient of several congratulatory telegrams from English and Italian prelates at Rome. Teddington Town Hall, erected at a cost of £ 30,000, was burnt down during Monday night. With an issue of something like half a million of books from the Bristol free libraries during the past year not a single volume was lost I An inebriate reformatory for the accommodation of ninety females at Ackworth, Yorkshire, has beea approved by the Home Secretary. Mr. Walter Long, the President of the Local Government Board, has signified that he docs not think it necessary for the board to assist in an exceptional attempt to relieve dist ess this winter, as the local authorities are already doing their best to provide work for the unemployed. June 17th has been fixed, with the Emperor William's approval, for the Gordon-Bennett Auto Cup race in Germany. Entries have been received from Great Britain, Germany. France, United States. Italy. and -\lJstr;"
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ICE FATALITIES.
ICE FATALITIES. The hopes of skaters that they would be able to indulge in their favourite pursuit have been extin- guished by the sudden thaw which set in on Satur- day. Notwithstanding the symptoms of a breakup many daring persons ventured upon ihe ice in various parts, with the result that several fatalities are reported. The customary precautions were taken on Saturday to prevent) skating on the Serpentine and the ponds in St. James's and other London parks. Skating was, however, indulged in on numerous ponds around the metropolis. A lad named James Turner fell through the ice whilst skating on a lake in Sillwood Park, Ascot, on Saturday, and was drowned. Several other boys who were with him tried to effect a rescue, but were unsuccessful. A youth named Joseph Turner fell through the ice on a pond at West Houghton on Saturday and was drowned. A serious accident occurred at Derby on Saturday to a party of skaters who were enjoying themselves on the Dead Waters at Osmaston. The ice, though apparently quite safe, collapsed without a moment's warning, and a number of skaters at once dis- appeared. Seven or eight were seen struggling in the water at one point, and though efforts were made to assist them a young woman could not be reached, and two young fellows were also lost to view. Two men swam to the bank, and two others were got out with assistance. One of the latter immediately fastened a rope round his body, and again entered the water in the hope of rescuing the girl. When he had got a few yards from the bank, however, he became exhausted, and those on shore had to pull him back. The body of the young lady was afterwards taken out, but life was quite extinct. On the arrival of the police the bodies of two young msn were also re- covered. The girl was identified as Miss Rose S iwood, aged twenty-one, the daughter of a copper-smith, and the two men were Frederick George Patterson, and Sydney Sanders, all three residents of Derby. The accident was directly due to Miss Selwcou's skates breaking. This caused her to and Patterson, who was near at the time, went through the ice with her. Sanders. who was an apprentice at the Midland Railway Locomotive Works, lost his life in attempting to save Mi-s Seiwood. lie could not swim, but after being immersed and .safely rescued, lit- at once re- entered the water, and a friend named Wyatt just tailed to save him. George Dixon, aged nineteen, farm labourer, and W it!i;un Hall, aged sixteen, market gardener, both o; Seotfor;,1), near Lancaster, were drowned on F'il1\y night. They were skating over Lawson's Pit. 011 the Koyal Albert Asylum Farm, when the accident-, happened. The pit is from 12ft. to 18ft. deep, and flail is said to have lost his life in trying to save Dixon, who was deaf and dumb. A youth named Albert Wood was skating with others at Tyldesley on a pond adjoining Moss Farm, when the ice broke, and lie fell through and was drowned. The boy's uncle jumped in and got hi in out, but efforts to restore animation were futile.
DEATH OF A FAMOUS PRINCESS.
DEATH OF A FAMOUS PRINCESS. Princess Mathilde, the last survivor of the nephews and nieces of Napoleon 1., died at her residence in the ltue de Berri, Paris, on Saturday night, in her eighty-third year. She had been ill for a long time, her malady causing her terrible suffering. At the last morphia injections had to be resorted to in order 10 deaden the pain. The last sacrament was administered at eleven o'dick, and • •.ire>ngs those present were the Empress Eugenie, Princess Clotilde, and the Comte and Comtesse Paleski. The patient lost consciousness at miiiday, and at seven o'clock death took place. The late Princess was in many respects a re- mark able woman. She was born at Trieste on May 27rh. 1820, and was the daughter of Jerome, Napoleon's brother, who was King of Westphalia, her mother being Princess Catherine of Wurtem- berg, daughter of Frederic I., King of Wurtem- berg. Her grandmother on the. maternal side was the daughter of Charles William Fredcric, Duke of Pjivmswick, and an English princess, sister of George III. It will thus be seen that the lite Princess was descended from the houses of Wurtem berg, Brunswick, and England. Princess Malhiide married Anatole Nicolaievitch Demidoff, created Prince, in 1340. There were no children of the marriage. In 1843 a separation took place under conditions arranged by the Emperor of Russia. The Princess was a woman of great culture. Educated at Rome and Florence, she ear'y conceived a passion for art, and became a talented p ijnter. Several times she exhibited in the Salon, and in 1865 obtained a medal. She also cultivated j letters. Her letters to Sainte lieuve were master- pieces in their way. On the death of the author in lc60 she desired that her letters should be returned to her—a request that was complied with. —
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ARRESTED AT HIS MANSION. j Quite a sensation has been caused in Donegal by the arrest of a gentleman, known as Mr. Horstman, who lias been living in a mansion on the outskirts of the town. He was brought up at Bow-street Police-court, London, on Saturday, and remanded oil an extradition warrant charging him with embezzlement and obtaining goods by false pretences in Germany in 1399. It is about a year since the accusjwt went to live in Donegal, where he has been Bearded as a German gentleman of means who haft decided to make his home there. The country .mansion he leased is surrounded by a demesne of considerable dimensions. His appointments and styje of living were altogether in keeping with the position of a country squire. He had large dealings'with Lon- donderry tiadesinen, and in all instances his pay- ments were regular. His principal occupation, besides driving round .the /picturesque parts of toe iountr\, \\as rowing, and he was on the committee ol last year's Donegal regatta. Alter his arrest, he was conveyed in his own (rap to Donegal Railway Station. The train started in the presence of almost 1,000 people, who seemed to svmpatiiise with the accused. Sometimes Mr. liortsman played the church organ on Suiulavs, and last week lie gave £ 5 to a children's fete. lie was married to a lady who formerly lived in Li verpool-road, London. it was on Thursday last week that Detective- Inspector lJartels, of Scotland anI, accompanied by a sergeant of the Royal Irish Constabulary, appeared at Rossylongan, lr. Horstman's mansion, ;1<1 arrested Mr. Horstman, in the name of Max Frank. On the warrant being read to him, the aeeuM-d man said: "I can't understand this. I imagine who has made these charges, but I will go with you." He had £12108. in his possession. In cross-examination by Mr. Harry Wilson, who defended, Inspector IJarfels said that the prisoner told him he resided in this country from 1899 until March last, when he removed to Ireland. A remand was granted, bail being refused.
A MCRDEIL 1 NT A~~HOSPITAL.
A MCRDEIL 1 NT A~~HOSPITAL. A Lille correspondent sta'es that a murder was roi.miitted in a hospital at Tourcoing on Sunday. A woman named Feys had gone to visit her little sick daughter, and was sitting by the child's bedside when her husband, from whom she was separated, came in. There were some angry words between the couple, and Feys drew a knife and plunged it into this wife's chest. She died in a few moments.
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AN OF MIND. a A slight outbreak of tire occurred on the stage of the Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Folkestone, on Satur- day evening, and but for the presence of mind of rut actor the consequences might have been serious. rhe opera Lady Molly" was being performed t the time, and the second act introduces an old oaronial hall, the walls of which ar" decorated ? W;1X ilowers and garlands. During the render- of the musical numbers an electric con- nection fused, it is stated, and the covering of the ire ignited. Flame appeared, and the stage was eiouded with smoke. The principal comedian (Mr. Artiun-Powell), with commendable presence o. mind, seized the bracket which was the seat of e> mischicf and tore it from its fittings, and the outbreak was extinguished before the fire had made any progress. After a few moments the play was outbreak was extinguished before the fire hd made any progress. After a few moments the play was referred, if nothing unusual had occurred, and the audience, nothing that Mr. Powell's hands brunt, preeted him with loud and well- l'vcci ijplaiw.
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The rainfall in London last year was 50 per cent. heavtci. than the average annual rainfall for the t !:irty-thr( e years from 1866 to 1S00, Shortly before nine o'clock on Monday morning tiicre was a serious explosion of gas in the stibule of St. Andrew's Church, Tollesfield-road, rentliam. A large quantity of gas which had iicciimi'lateO. became ignited and exploded with ■ je.t, force, doing considerable damage. Dorothy May Victoria Clieal, aged six. was left nt home by her mother at Iloliingfon, near listings. Her clothes caught fire, and the poor child was found envelopeil in flames. She >;istained injuries of so serious a character that her death tcok phce very shortIv afterwards. hiijhr _companies ot the new corps of London Naval Voiunt crs huve been enrolled, and will commence on the 15th inst., before which date the uniforms will have been served out. The first company consists of stockbrokers aud block brokers' clerks. Walter Dumphy, an Islington butch t, has been committed on a coroner's warrant, charged with the murder of his eight months' old child. The ratepayers of Lambeth express cordial approval of the County Council's scheme for electri- fying the London Southern Tramways system. The returns of the three main Masonic charitable institutions for the year shew a largely increasing interest in the benevolent endeavours of the craft.
TAKING HIS OWN MEDICINE A…
( Copyright.) TAKING HIS OWN MEDICINE A STORY FOR CHRISTMAS. By ROBERT BARR, Author of "The Face and the Mask," "From Whose Bourn," "Revenge," "In the Midst of Alarms," "A Woman Intervenes," The Unstable Many," &c. "Putting up a bluff" is an expressive phrase, even though it be slang. This is what Booniville was doing. It was "putting up a bluff" that it was a city, whereas all the neighbouring towns knew it was merely a large village—and they said so with contempt and sarcasm. Each town was well that it was the coming city, and each naturally regarded the absurd claiiiis of Booniville wifh scorn. Yet Booniville possessed poteni ialities of greatness within itself, one peculiarity of American bluff being that it often rakes in the pot, as the classics say. And here, coming down the street, was the man who would do most to increase its size and prosperity. John R. Keening had a ;>mooth-shaven, vulpine face-a poker-lace, expressionless and inscrutable. At, first sight he seemed extremely youthful he ttws young, so far as yearn went, but his worn, thin countenance was as old as the Sphinx, and as unreadable. No man had ever seen him angry, and his infrequent smile was as mirthless and icv as the play of winter sunshine on a frozen pond. He was an American money-making machine, with the accurate mechanical brain of a, cash register, and as well endowed with human sympathy as is that useful instrument. A scrupulously just man, he considered himself and so lie was. Generositv, however, was something he knew nothing of, for there was no place for it on either page of his ledger—a volume of adjustable exactness, which must balance with accuracy, as is right and proper, and whose neat pages must therefore be clogged by nothing superfluous. The early morning was as clear and still as if such a thing as atmosphere did not rest on the earth's surface, and yet, the air was there, cold but bracing, an inspiring breathing medium, to I electrify and almost intoxicate the svstem: a splendid life-giving air to those who were weH-fed and well-clad, but somewhat too much like John R. Keening himself to those less fortunate. The sun was brilliant, the blue sky cloudless, yet the morning was cold—nipping cold—with the breath of hurrying mankind visible. A close observer of Booniville's chief citizen might have said here was a man who needed all the I tonic qualities of the air he breathed. His face was colourless, the firm lips down-drawn at the corners, the premature crows' feet under the eyes, strongly marked. A specialist would have pronounced him one running a rate with Dealh and not sure of winning. As a matter of fact, he did win, for in this plain recital there are no secrets, no dramatic climax to be reserved for the end. The three-floored brick structure then known as the Keening Block, pride of the town at that day, has given place to the fifteen-storey structure of steel and stone, ugly as sin, practical as straight lines and right angles can maLe it, which is the pride of the city to-day and if that be not success, what is ? Keening was even more merciless with himself than with the humblest workman in his employ. Endowed at the beginning with a magnificent vitality, acquired on a Western farm, he had come to the town and used it ruthlessly. Already lie had overdrawn at the Bank of Health his balance was exhausted, but he foucrht on, unheeding the warning of the cashier. He was now reasonably rich, but he had paid the price and to-day his cheque on the Bank of Health was to be returned—dishonoured. The wags of the town were in the habit of remarking that it was entirely proper Keening should be on the verge of a breakdown, because he aspired to be the greatest manufacturer of medicines in the United States. It was a case of the physician being unable to Ileal himself. In his earl}' days, through strict attention to the adver- tising columns of the newspapers, young Keening had come to the conclusion that the American people were the most inveterate takers of medicines in the world. It occurred to him that there was a chance for a man who would put up drugs that were absolutely pure. If he could unite the name of Keening and strict honesty, he might form the nucleus of a prosperous business, for often the life of a man depended on the genuine quality of the medicine he took and, as doses were compounded by chemists, and not by the doctors themselves, as was the custom in Europe, it would mean money in his pocket if he could persuade any considerable body of physicians to stipulate for Keening's drugs when they wrote out, their prescriptions. He got very little encouragement from the drug stores at the beginning. Adulteration and seven hundred per cent. were accustomed to amble amicably together hand in hand. Why not let well enough alone ? But Keening did not trouble himself greatly about the drug stores, although he knew they must, be his chief customers if lie were to succeed. He struck at the root of things, and endeavoured to get the confidence of the physicians —a highly-educated set of men with consciences. If they failed him, he would appeal to Ca-sar through the advertising columns of the news- papers, supposing he could get the cash or earn the Credit necessary for that purpose. At first, in a single room, he compounded his drugs with his own hand, testing, experimenting, improving. Many a night he sat at his desk until day broke, writing terse letters to unknown physicians whose addresses he got from the medical directory. Often at the end of his resources, lie was never dis- couraged, having supreme faith in. his idea. Inquiries dropped in from the most unexpected quarters a request for a sample from Texas a slight order from California; and the enlightened postal service of the United States stood his friend, his unerring messenger-boy. He swore he would make the drug stores come to him—and they did slowly, reluctantly, but surely. He refused to give secret discounts, no matter what the standing or despotic power of the customer demanding them. He was resolved his business methods would be as honest as his chemicals, which caused some grumbling and dissatisfaction but he was an inflexible man, as they soon discovered who dealt with him. It had been a hard, wearing struggle, but. now 11 -1 there was the three-storey brick block in Main- street, and a busy frame factory on the out- skirts of the town. Keening was the chief customer of the printing-office, the box-maker, the paper I dealer; the acknowledged enterprising element of the place, friendless, unloved, and caring nothing I for popularity, but a man whose word was as good as lefined gold, who kept, his contracts to the letter, not a point beyond, and was pitiless to those who failed, accepting no excuse. This was the man who approached the edifice named for him with a nervous tiead, and a pain in his brow that no medicine in seire. In the hall Keening encountered his janitor, Mike Kavanah, a war veteran with an empty sleeve pinned to his breast. Kavanah had more than once shewn he was a brave man, but he was palpably afraid of his employer, whose eyes of cold steel riveted him to the spot where he had evidently been lying in wait intent upon saying something. And if Mike dare not say it, no man in the building would have the courage. Kavanah cleared his throat, with such unnecessary violence that he filled the hall with echoes his master stood there impassive, giving no salutation, offering no opening. At last the janitor, in despair, j made the plunge. "Mr. Keening, sur, I bespeak yer lave fur a worrd wid Je. -It s the saasun of the year, sur, when one man may talk wid another more free like than perhaps "The 24th of December. What special privilege does that date confer ? "Thrue for ye. the 24th it is, sur, an' eight o'clock ov a foine frosty momin' sur. And the very almanack that makes this the 24th, will give us Christmas to-morrow, if there's any luck in the calendar, sur, so be that same token J. make bold to—-—" Keening saw through the design in a moment. An attempt was to be made, using the played-out, sentimental regard still held in various unbusiness- like quarters for Christmas Day, to force an appeal upon him of some sort to get something for nothing to play upon a supposed we akness. Keening was disappointed. He thought his employes ought to know him belter than that, by this time, for he had not, the slightest doubt the attack was concerted, Kavanah, a simple-ir;mled, good-hearted man being put forward to j he brunt of whatever resentment might ensue. Keening interrupted his minion. "One moment, Kavanah. Do the others upstairs know of this ? "They do. sur." "You perhaps talked it over together, and they thought I was to be persuaded into a certain cour.se of action that would be very gratifying to them ?
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