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THE LORD CHANCELLOR has appointed ten new magistrates for Flintshire, all of whom are Liberals. THE RUTHIN BOARD OF GUARDIANS, on Monday, decided not to allow the inmates of the workhouse Any intoxicants with their usual Christmas dinner. PROSFESSOS TANNER, of the University College of South Wales, in a paper which he read on Setmday at Aberystwyth, criticised several points in the schemes for establishing scholarships under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act, and offered Suggestions as to how the deficiencies pointed oat should be met. HOLYWELL BOARD.—The members of the Holy- Well Local Board on Monday considered for some time whether they would be justified in paying ,8, claim for 2/11 the amount of tithe due in respect of a portion of a. main road. As some doubt seem- ed to exist as to the liability of the Council, if they paid the amount, to be surcharged by the County Council, it was suggested that payment should be deferred until a case on the point which is now pending had been decided; but ultimately it was agreed to discharge the debt. DENBIGH CHRISTMAS FAIR.—Although the day Was wet and cold there was a large attendance at the usual Christmas fair at Denbigh. The business in the fair was slow, the interest being confined to the Christmas auction marts. At Messrs. Clough and Co.'s there was a very large 1 stow of stock suitable for the butcher. Of 70 head of cattle shown, the silver cup offered by the auctioneers for the best beasts in the mart, was Won by Councillor P. E. Story, who also took first tod second prizes with two splendid animals. All the other prizes were well competed for, and all the stock sold at excellent prices. The prize beast at Mr. Buyford's mart, belonging to Mr. R. Blezzard, of Liverpool, and Pool-park, Ruthin, was Bold to Mr. Thomas Davies, Denbigh, for £40. WELSH COUNTY COURTS.—At the last meeting of the Carnarvonshire County Council the Rev. Robt. Griffith, an Independent minister, moved a resolution in favour of submitting names to the Lord Chancellor to be placed on the commis- sion of the peace for Carnarvonshire. Councillor J. Issard Davies, the Mayor of Carnarvon, while not ready to move an amendment, said that they Would be severely snubbed by the Lord Chancellor if sent up names to him. If Mr. Griffiths wanted a real grevance remedied he ought to have called attention to the scandalous delay of business in the county court. He (Mr. Davies) did not for a moment wish to caat any reflction upon Sir Horatio Lloyd; he was a good a judge as any in the county, but he could only do the work of one man. The grievance referred to by Councillor Davies is sorely felt by the tradesmen and others in the district, and it is not unlikely that a movement will be initiated at an early date with a view of bringing the matter to the notice of the Lord Chancellor, and to have a second County Court judge appointed for the district. A NOVEL ACTION.—Sir. Horatio Lloyd, at the Bangor County Court on Monday, heard a some- what novel action in which Mr Hugh Thoma tthe chairman of the Bangor and Beaumaris Boads of Guardians, was the plaintiff, and Mr. Dixon, who Was formerly a relieving officer, in the union de- fendant. The defendant was alleged to ave received a sum of JE5 towards a fund for presenting the plaintiff with a testimonial. The money, how- ever, had not been paid over, and the plaintiff now sued to recover it. His Honour, while admitting that some settlement of the dispute should be arrived at, withheld judgment. The proper course, he said, was to ascertain from the donor whether the money was to be returned to him or to his name joined as plaintiff with that of Mr. Hugh Thomas. An administration order was applied for and granted to Mr. William Roberts; and in an action to recover £22 for services rendered and materials supplied by a builder, his Honour gave Judgment for .£15. Lady HENRY SOMERSET, addressing a conference of temperance workers held at Wrexham, on Mon- day, referred to a point raised by the Bishop of St. Asaph in the same town last week. In seek- ing to prohibit the use of wine at communion Services they did not, she declared, treat the sub- ject lightly or with any want of 'reverence; but they took that course under a sense of the awful responsibility" which attached to the use of a drug that could poison when it should bless. In the evening, Lady Henry addressed a public meeting, reviewing the pr^s^whjchtemi^rance^ principles i^n^he^mal andoSm^Se*M'the '"people'"as would abolish the temptations to resort to intoxi- cants which at present met them everywhere and would favour the culture of self-respect and inde- pendence. One of the best results of the Local Veto Bill would be the necessity under which it Would place all Christian Churches of taking up a definite position on the temperance question. During the proceedings her Ladyship was the recipient of several addresses and other tokens of Welcome. WELSH CONCERT IN LONDON.—A very success- ftil and largely attended concert, organised by the JJev. Morris Roberts, in aid of St. Benet S %S I Church East-End Mission, was held on Thurs ay evening at the South Place Institute, street, under,the patronage of the Duke of West- Cluster, the Marchioness Dowager of Londonderry, the Lord Bishop of St. David's Lord Tredegar, Lord Aberdare, Lady Llano ver, Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn, Sir Thos. D. L. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J- Davies, Miss Talbot, Mr. Vaughan Davies, Mr. Charles Williams-Wynne, Mr. Alderman Morgan, aad others. In the absence, owing to illness, of Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones, M.P., Mr. Charles J. Davies Presided. In opening the proceedings, the Chair- man expressed Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones' great regret for his inability to attend, and urged upon the Audience the duty of assisting the cause, on behalf <!If which the concert was held, not only by their Presence there that night, but afterwards by their Pecuniary aid and active sympathy. Miss Gertrude Hughes, Miss Ceinwen Jones, Miss Katie Thomas, the Rev. E. Killin Roberts, Mr. Maldwyn Humphreys, and Mr. Barry Lindon, gave very èx- cellent renderings of Welsh and English songs. Miss Partridge gave her valuable services as Accompanist, and also played two highly apprecia- ted solos on the pianoforte. A very enjoyable evening was brought to a close by cordial and unani- mous votes of thanks to Mr. Charles T. Davies for presiding to the Rev. Morris Roberts for his zeal and energy in organizing the concert; and to the ladies and- gentlemen who had "so ably Performed. WREXHAM BANKRUPTCY COURT.—At this court on Tuesday, John Evans, saddler, The Cross, Oswestry, eanae up for his public examination. The state- ment of accounts showed the gross libilities to be expected to rank, Id.; Asserts, £454 19s. Id. deficiency, £75219. The alleged cause of failure was :—" Harsh conduct of my mother and other members of my family in taking action to recover an old debt, competition 1n trade, and want of capital." The examination Was adjourned to enable the debtor to make cash and trading accounts for the last three years; and of the sums paid to his mother. COLWYN BAY AND ITS RATES.—Considerable in- dignation having been caused in Colwyn Bay by the recent action of the Finance Committee of the Local Board in ordering (without having its de- cision confirmed at a full Board) a number of rate- payers in arrears with their rates to be summoned batches for the recovery of the same, Mr.Thomas Parry) at Tuesday's monthly meeting of the board moved that in future the district rate be made Payable in two portions. Mr. Parry said it Wàs very hard on some ratepayers to be pressed for the Payment of the whole of the rate in one sum, and to be dragged to the police court at Abergele, in- curring thereby additional expenses which they could ill afford to pay, in the attempt to recover those arrears. It would be easy to levy the rate in Wo instalments. All landowners took their rents in four instalments, and why should the Local ■&°ard be harder in pressing for payment of the fate all at once when they had thousands of pounds, m the bank? Mr. John Roberts seconded the motion. After a prolonged discussion, it was decided that for the future the rate be made Payable in instalments, the dates being June 25th ]*nd December 26th, and the clerk was instructed to draw up a fresh demand note in accordance with tile decisions arrived at. The minute of the finance Committee authorising the summoning of defaulters was then formally put to the board and Confirmed. Two BOYS BURIED IN A COAL BANK.—On Satur- day the Flintshire coroner held an enquiry at Ffrwd 48 to the cause of death of two boys, named Rich- ard Thomas Jones, aged 14, and Henry Haimerby, jH?ed 11. It seems that the boys went to a refuse bank connected with the Plas Main Colliery, which not been worked for many years for the purpose picking a little coal. Some time afterwards, as Jjbey did not return home, a search was made for them, and it was then discovered that they had en buried beneath about twenty tons of debris. oth, of course, were dead when discovered. The returned a. verdict that the boys met their eath by misadventure.
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AIjL RIGHTS RESERVED. BY A JJADY JOURNALIST. A USEFUL VELVET SUITE Of collar and cape is one of the newest ideas in Paris to add warmth, and to act as a trimming to a variety of costumes. My space does not admit of it, or I would also have given you the I sketch of a further development of this pretty and useful arrangement, which consists of a waist- band of the same, with a plain round basque like that of a jacket, opening in front and made f in tha way as the band of the neck and these oapas. The two together make a trimming in themselves, to any costume without detracting from its own individual style, and the fact that one can put them on or take them off at will shows ( how convenient it is to have a separate garniture thus self-adapting. I think you would find three l yards of either velvet or velveteen (which last is [ the widest of the two materials) sufficient for making the whole of the suite, including the two pieces of neck, and waist trimming as described. The fur. may be anything you like, and for every- day use imitation astrachan does very well, and will wear as long as you require tJld suite. I need hardly suggest that as a colour black velvet will be found the most useful, and suitable to any costume. The collar is made so as to fasted on the shoulder, thus appearing quite plain in front, and the waistband in like manner at the side seam of tie dress over which it is worn, the basque being fastened by hooks along the lower edge, to the shoulder. Of course, it could he made to fastou down the front, but the effect would so neat, nor would it be capable of fastening so nearly irtvifiDlV at) ou -.Am to colours, rown (seal-brown), deep green, or deepest violet, are the moap suitable, though garnet, and cardinal reds are worn. t -i- TO ENLARGE A SKIRT There are many clever ways now, but few are so easily aooomplished as that method of using quilles" av panels. Many of us still retain dre8888 Vtofe the old-fashioned fourreau, or um- brella sheath skirt, and when we see other people with theirs cut in bell shape we feel troubled to hair °\r owP olose olinging about the lower easy to transform these costumes into such as are quite or up to date by adding quilles—two skirt Tt af!00r n8 to taste—on each side of the old Hma ,an, admirable way of renovating an verv V«!!li tte extra material, unless something outh«r ^°,uld necessitate a very large with nla^ i8. of 1116 quilles may be edged 5 £ nb> velvet, or galon of any pretty the skirt nL 6 material thus added to •» to the a., amouu* s siof coorsi* .^RISTMAS PRESENTS my letter to shrvL-; devote a portion of my ]«nd readers how a few SLSST QgS ^iy accomplished. Work- baskete so arcmt useful and the variety of pretty ^tle .taste, le Lin| certain W lace, if desired, you are draw and naint ty present. Those who can draw aDd palnt OQ.n :rna.ke love-Iv baskets of pieces P^y'pai&'o^Jd atooSl«1^f8+^>Und ueatlT with ribbon, and basket you desire to fmitfe8 th° W °f quilted ailk to matoWvl -?lne 6^°h Piece. ^lth 01 card, and edges of the basket, and^draw^^ •ui'"81' in a frill at the top vjJf Z with ribbons made of velvet with a pSe offl workba^s ar^ out out in lace-like dffs L ga^loUred cloth to show the plush thrXh W cloth worked down with buttnn^r^ -^e Golden jollow plush wiS wMte S? thus—diagonally across the square of K °? the edr, of ft. de.ij.rSS silk-^is effective. Another pretty sort of bag is in this way: Take a square of card- board and dmde it mto four exact smaller souares _P?n0-|v ake your bags of different coloured "P", and sew the bottom of each batr down on to one of the four squares, catching- the bags tog»th«r with a few stitches up the middle to half their length. Let each be drawn up with -ibbon to Match it in colour, and thus you have a useful present for holding various kinds of aillr or rt»l. \61^ Pretty etidk and umbrella sta,nds for a snail hall caa be made of long eel baskets, QJ* of niatting twisted round, s%nd firmly sewn on to a circular piece of strong millboard at the bottom and a dicker ring at the top. Some long furnitw* ..a netted heading is a nretty decoration for it, and ribbon of bright tints Should be ^ound round the top, and tied with tanging bows at one side. Aji earthenware jar, XT tin box should be placed inside to catch the Sin from the wet umbrellas. The pretty book «wer in »▼ sketch 18 ° £ dark. Plush worked with blue flowers and creen leaves in silk, then framed in with tinsel thread galons, on which a little design- is embroidered. The corner where an initial or monogram is worked should be of a different colour, and perhaps in another stuff. The inside lining into which the backs of the book are slipped is of satin, moire, or bengaline silk. Look at the third subject of my sketch, and see what may be made out of a common clothes horse (or maiden, as I believe it is called in the north). Paint it over with Aspinall's enamel in white, or any pale tint you prefer, then neatly cover a piece of cardboard with silk, leaving holes Yut out for pictures or photographs, which paste in behind. Nail on with ornamental brass-headed nails (which can be obtained at any ironmongers) the soft Indian silk ready gathered at the top in a frill, along each bar of the horse, finishing it off with bows of ribbon to match. I find il).it I have not nearly room to tell you how to make all the presents I have thought of for you, but the following list may help you. Satchels for handkerchiefs, with bouquets of flowers worked on the satin or silk outside,, each bouquet apparently tied by a bow of tiny ribbon, which is real ribbon laid on and appliqued down. Pretty muffs made of bits of brocade edged with, fur, and lined inside with wadding and down. Lined baskets for the toilet table, to contain brushes, combs and hairpins. Cases of lined cardboard for our gentlemen friends' white tics and evening gloves. Nightdress en- velope_i, photograph frames, tea cosies, and cushions embroidered like the sachet I described, or only plainly worked with bows of ribbon, like a lovely one that is being made as a Christmas present for our beloved Princess of Wales, of white satin sprinkled with these pretty knots of ribbon in all colours, and a variety of beautiful stitches. BUSY BEE. Correspondents will greatly oblige BusY BEE by C, carefully following the Instructions given below. RULES FOR CORRESPONDENCE. Letters for inquiry on fashion or other matters should be addressed to "BOSY BEE," care of the Editor, and should reach the office not later than Tuesday, if an answer is desired in the following week's edition. If au earlier answer is desired, a stamped addressed envelope, containing a fee of one shilling, must be enclosed. Sketches of any special article of costume may be had for sixpence extra. Letters once answered are not kept, therefore, if further information is required, the original questions must be repeated. Paper patterns of only those designs given can be supplied on the following terms French pattern English pattern (tacked mualin). (flat paper.) Complete costume, to given measures 4 0 16 Bodice 2 0 0 9 Skirt 2 0 0 9 Short Mantle 2 6 1 0 Long Mantle 4 0 1 6 Jacket 2 6 10 Child's Complete Costume. 2 0 10 Aproll. 1 0 0. 6 Each application must have Postal Order and STAMPS FOR POSTAGE ENCLOSED. Ladies are requested to cut out and endoaf the picture of the garment required, and the pattern will be forwarded in about a week's time. AOTfeis^rfnnSiSsaea or manufacturers will not be published in the newspaper, but will be sent direct on receipt of stamped addressed envelope. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS STJELLA.—If you will kindly comply with the above Rules for Correspondence I shall be happy to send you the addresses you ask for, and which I cannot give in this column. I can recommend you a good cookery book in which you will find f the recipes you require, and which are too long to give here. If you will send to the officii of | this paper for a copy of the edition of December 31st., 1892, you will see the sketoh of an aproh that "ill exactly suit you. White lace veils are fashionable. PELHAM—To make bread, take 2oz. of German yeast quite fresh) rub it to a smooth thin cream in a tumblerful of tepid water with a wooden spoon. Have ready 81bs. of dry flDUr (seconds is the most nourishing). Make a small hole in the centre, and gradually stir in the yeast till it is of the thiciaiess of butter. Scatter a little flour on the top and let the pan in which you have the flour stand on a chair near the fire with a. warm dry cloth over it, for about half an hour to three-quarters by which time the yeast will come up through the flour n bubbles. Have ready a jug of water aa warm as new milk, in which a good tablespoonful of salt has been dissolved. Stir the yeast round and round, adding water gradually till you have worked in all the flour to a light dough. Then proceed to knead it.' When thoroughly kneaded, turn Up the dough cut a cross on the top with a knife and leave it to rise by the fire covered by a warm clean cloth. This will take two or tliree hours. It should rise to twice its size at least. it is thea ready to mako into loaves and bake. As I did not see the letter you mention, I regret I cannot tell you where to get that special flour. Good whole meal bread is the best for children. ANXIOUS MOTHER.—You should consult a doctor about your children at once if you have not already done so. It is shocking to let them go on with that complaint so long, for they may give it to others a3 well. I E.F., CHESTER.—I regret that I am not allowed to give the names and addresses of books here, but if you will comply with out Rules for Corres- pondence I shall be happy to do so. I never heard of such a dish as Cheese Bushel or Buckle" (I regre-t I cannot read your word)—nor Norwegian pudding. I will try and give the recipe for quenelles next week. MARY.—If doctors do you no good I fear I cannot. See what I said in my last letter on how to treat colds under the title of "Winter Ailments." You might rub the place where your cough hurts you with turpentine once a day fr>r a few days, keeping a rough piece of flannel always on the place afterwards. Accept the offer, suoh proposals are not so frequent. J.E.S., HA VERFORDWEST.-I can recommend a cure for moles if you like to send me a stamped addressed envelope. I cannot compli- ment you on your writing which is very careless in the formation of your letters—b's and s's are just alike, so are u's and n's. Never hesitate to write to me if you think I can be of any use to you. LORRAINE.—Send your fawn cloth to a good dyer-I can recommend you one, if you like to send me a stamped addressed envelope, who is good and reasonable—home dveing never answers. HAVERFORDWES T.—I am obliged to give your address as vou provide me with no other pseudonym. If the discolouration of your teeth is in the bone itself you cannot alter it. But if from neglect a good scrub with soap, and a little cuttle fish powder should remove it. Equal quantities of precipitated chalk and borax well mixed is the best powder for daily teeth cleaning use. 1»AURETTE.—Leave matters alone now, as you may get through much better this time. Should you require further advice in future then write to me, but I presume you would hardly wish me to answer you here. WISHFUL TO KNOW.—(1.) Your health has been the cause of the unhealthiness of your hair, which has been insufficiently nourished. Try rubbing into the roots with a small hog's-hair paint brush twice a week at bed-time a small teaspoonsful of tinctura of canth:irides, to which you add twelve or thirteen drops of Maccassar oil. You ought to take iron occasionally, and cod- liver oil. Cut the tips of your hair every two months, brushing up the short hairs on the head, and tipping them also. It was a mistake to wash it once a week. (2.) There are various ways of curing them. One is to wear a small Alcock's corn plaster between the toes,another is to place a small ivy leaf steeped in vinegar be- tween the toes, and a third is to cut away the K-ft skin with scissors very carefully, and place a piece of lint steeped in Goulard water over the place. (3.) Let her follow my advice to "Bethulie" last week; it will relieve her rheu- matism. (4.) Equal quantities of precipitated ohalk and powdered borax is the best toothpowder. Your writing is clear and legible, but if you sloped it a little more to JJie. right, and made it „a little more flowing, it would be prettier. A CONSTANT READER.—I did not give the reoipe you ask for, but there is one 1 can recom- mend. Let the fruit be just ripe, cut the stalks 841 inch long, prick them with a large needle, and let them simmer in a preserving pan for a few minutes, with just enough water to cover them. When tender take them out of the water, and add lib. of loaf sugar to each pint of water in the pan. When boiled and skimmed put in the fruit, and very gently simmer it (or it will burst) for half an hour. Put in glass jars, and when cold tie down. REPLIES. BY POST.—Mrs. 0., Kirkwhelpington; Mrs. W., Armlev; Miss E., Mold; Mrs. M., Addingham; Mrs. P. T., Hinckley. ABOV-F.La,irette, Llanelly; No name, Haverford- west; Constant Reader, Hereford; Wishful to Know, Morpeth; Lorraine, Llanelly; J. E. S., Haverfordwest; Mary, no address; Stella, Chester; E. F., Chester; Anxious Mother, Here- ford; L. B., London. [NOW FIRST PUBLISHED.]
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SCENES FROM LIFE'S STAGE BEING TEN OBIOINAL STORIES, BY SIR GILBERT E. CAMPBELL, BART., Author of "DETECTIVE STORIES FROM REAL LIFE," THE AVENGING HAND," TALES OF ROMANCE AND MYSTERY," &C. [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] I. A BLACK PIN. Mr. and Mrs. Bywater had been married for nearly seven years, and it cannot be said that their wedded life had been a particularly happy one. Not that they ever came to open dissentiou or vulgar quarrels, but they seemed to have agreed to uiffer on almost every point upon which ifc was possible for man and wife to take opposing sides. The fact was that the marriage was a patched up affair, in which the element of love was con- spicious by its absence. Mr. Bywater had a remote chance of succeeding to a baronetcy, and there was a chance that his wife might be left the heiress of a rich bachelor »■*»>»» with whom she was reported to be an esp«cfal favourite. Neither of these possible contingencies came to pass. Mr. Bywater's uncle, the baronet, took it into his head to marry, and the birth of an heir knocked Mr. Bywater's hopes on the head, whilst Mrs. Bywater's uncle died leaving the whole of his large property to the founders of a new religion, who had managed to get hold of the old gentle- man during the last year of his life. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Bywater were deficient either "^n money or connection, but these two failures appeared to have soured them, and em- bittered them terribly towards each other. Each appeared to do everything to annoy the other. Mr. Bywater was a medical man, in good practice, therefore he took up with the doctrine of homeopathy. Mrs. Bywater was fond of theatres, balls, and evening amusements of all kinds, and therefore her husband suddenly betrayed a strong predilection for spending his evenings at home, insisting, of course, that his wife should bear him company, and so on to the end of the chapter. One day, as they were seated together at the breakfast table, the morning after a disagreement of a more serious nature than usual, Mrs. By- water suddenly broke the silence which had reigned from the commencement of the meal. "-Mr. Bywater," said she. Mr. Bywater was busily engaged in perusing the Daily Signal, the broad sheet of which entirely concealed his face from view, and paid no attention to his wife's words. John," said she, in a higher key; "Will you AT11 me 'or a ^ew nvinutes 4-v, "u?y^a^er Kave a sudden start, as if his tnoughts had been far away, and laying aside the paper, presented to his wife a face which made her utter a little shriek of surprise, and exclaim: "Gracious me, John, what is the matter with you, are you ill î" The wife might well ask the question, for the husband's countenance was perfectly livid, and all the muscles were twitching as if he was enduring great physical or mental agony. It is nothing," answered lie, hoarsely only a sharp tinge of that confounded neuralgia. What do you want to say ? Do you not think that we are a pair of fools to go on spending all our lives in jangling," said she, when by a little mutual yielding we might jog along well enough ? She paused, half expecting a snub in return for the advances for a reconciliation she had made; but to her surprise after a short pause, as if lie had been considering the question, her husband replied: I do not know but what you are right, Mattie; at any rate, I am willing to do my best, but wa have both got so much into the habit of saying sharp things to each other, tliiir I am afraid we shall find it somewhat difficult to drop it." His voice quivered a good deal as he spoke, but Mrs. Bywater ascribed this to the emotion her sudden proposal had caused him. There's a dear," said she, rising from her chair, and kissing him on the forehead, "and BOW let me ask you if you will be in to lunch I" No," replied Mr. Bywater, why ?" "Because Jenny is coming. I know you dislike her, and to tell you the truth, I had as!,yd her here to aggravate you," answered Mrs. Bywater, "but now that we have come to an understanding she shall not be here half so much, for I am sure she makes mischief between us.' Jenny was Miss Polton, the elder sister of Mrs. Bywater, now a confirmed old maid, but whe, so rumour asserted, had once set her cap at the young doctor, and had never forgiven him for preferring her younger sister. No, I shall be out, thank goodness," replied her husband. And now be quiet for a moment as I wish to see if Ultra Montanos are going tip." "What are they, balloons?" asked Mrs. Bywater, innocently. "Balloons I pshaw," answered her husband. Shares in a gold mine, of which I am half inclined to purchase a few." After having perused the paper for some time with considerable attention, Mr. Bywater laid it down, and telling his wife he should be back about four, he left the house, as was his usual custom. ,When Jenny arrived, her sister flew towards her, and at once informed her of the new arrange- ment between herself and her husband: "And do you know, my dear," said she, "I am sure that we shall get on all right now, for all that snapping and snarling was wearing out my life completely. But, do you know, I am half afraid that- John is not well, for he looked ghastly this morning, and at first I thought that he had seen something unpleasant in the paper, but it wasn't so, for he was only looking to see if Ultra Montanos were going up." '/« ra Montanos?" repeated Miss Polton. 'Yes, shares in a gold mine," replied her sister, triumphantly. "Why, I thought you dabbled a little in stocks and shares; but, there, don't worry me about the horrid things. You can take the paper if you like; but come upstairs and see my lovely bonnet, the sweetest thing you ever saw, and cost a mere nothing." The mere nothing was six guineas, and was the cause of the dispute between the husband and wife the night before, Miss Poiton did dabble a little in stocks and shares, and as she had never heard of a gold mine named the Ultra Montanos," she took the news- paper with her when she terminated her visit to see what information she would gain reject- ing it. Meanwhile Mr. Bywater (he hated the prefix of doctor) had not visited any of his patients, but had jumped into a hansom, and told the driver to take him to the Megatherium Club, Pad Mall where he asked the hall porter if there were any letters for him. Upon this. occasion there was only one, a delicate little missive with an elaborate green and silver monogram, the envelope addressed in an unmistakeably feminine handwriting. Mr. Bywater thrust it into his pocket, and walking into St. James' Park, selected a seat which had no other occupant, broke open the envelope, and perused the contents of the missive therein con- tained. A dark frown passed over his face, and for some time he sat plunged in the most profound meditation. The sudden appearance of a guards- man in charge of a nursemaid, with the children in a perambulator, and a lubberly-look- ing boy with a hoop, who were evidently making for the seat he occupied, made him vacate it. with the utmost celerity, thrusting the letter into his breast-pocket as he did so. Upon his return home, Mr. Bywater displayed the .same charming temper, which he had promised to endeavour to exhibit for the future at the compact made during the morning meal, and his wife, who was all smiles, told him that she had set her heart upon going to the Poly- nesian Exhibition. "I know, John dear," said she, "that you hate going out at night, but if you will let me go with Jenny to-morrow evening, I will promise to be back in good time." I will take you there to-nierht, if you like," answered Mr. Bywater, as if he had come to a sudden resolve. Really one grows quite rusty staying at home so much, and as I don't think I am likely to be sent for, I will just chance it this evening." Oht, that will be bonny 1" exclaimed his wife; "and John, why can't we dine there Do you know there is only cold meat and salad for dinner, and-" "Very well, just as you like, my dear," answered Mr. Bywater, pleasantly. "Go and get ready at once. I have just balf-an-boues Work to do in the surgery, but I know that you will not have got yourself up by that time." Mrs. 'Bywater now was on her good be- haviour, and when her husband emerged from his dressing-room, whither he had gone after completing his work, he found his wife waiting for him, wny, yvu nave made yourself look quite smart, John," said she. I am quite proud of my escort. I wonder how long my newly-found happiness will last." As long as your life, I hope," answered Mr. Bywater, gallantly; and then his wife, calling him an old dear," began to examine him to discern whether his toilet required any finishing touches. Why, what have you got that ugly black pin in your coat for r' said she. Mr. Bywater made a little gesture of annoy- ance. Do not touch it, my dear," answered he. "I have set my heart on having one of those beautiful Polynesian flowers, and the young ladies who sell them never have anything but the usual pin, which looks so bad on black cloth, and so I have supplied myself with one of the same hue as the coat itself." You vain thing!" exclaimed Mrs. Bywater. "Shall we start now, for I am beginning to feel quite hungry?" Mr. Bywater assented, and leaving the house they made their way to the nearest district station. Upon her return home, Miss Polton began to look through the paper to discover what sort of a position in the market the shares of the Ultra Montanos held, for though she now hated her brother-in-law with all the energy of a slighted woman,"yet she was not above taking a hint from him. To her extreme surprise -she could find no such name, and thinking that .she must have missed it by some accident, she searched through all the columns again with the utmost care. She did not find what she wanted, but she discovered something else, which made her utter an exclamation of the utmost surprise. It was simply an announcement in the deaths which had attracted Miss Polton's attention. "On the 17th instant, at Villa St. Elmo, Cannes, Josiah Bigg, in the 68th year of his age." "No wonder he turned pale when he read this," murmured Miss Polton. "The 17th ( instant, more than a week ago; there is mischief brewing, or my name is not Mary Polton." There was quite a sensation on the platform at South Kensington as the train drew up, and a hat less, and excited gentleman leaped out of a first-class carriage, and called loudly for help. "My wife is dead, or dying!" cried he. "Will no one help me to get her out of the train?" The porter and station master were at once on the soot, --A the unhappy lady wis at ones TtyeanpstaJra In 6 perfectly insensible condition. A short slight man, whose face would have not been remarkable for the intelligence of its expression had it not been for a pair of keen flashing eyes, had been a passenger in the train, and had formed one of the little crowd which had gathered round the carriage door when the ,announcement of the sad occurrence was made. He appeared to be well ltnowji to the railway officers, for one of them remarked, "Now, Wen- lock, are you going on ? the train will be off in another minute." "I may as well go on," remarked the man, addressed as Wenlock, "and this compartment will suit me as well as any other," and, suiting the action to the word, he jumped into the carriage from which the insensible form of Mrs. Bywater had just been removed. "What nerves these private 'tecs' have," observed the official, addressing one of his subor- dinates. Now, I confess I shouldn't have cared to travel in that cairiage, for the poor lady is evidently as dead as a herring." Wenlock, as soon as the train started, had commenced to carefully examine the carriage, but found little to reward his efforts. Of course," muttered he, "it may be all on the square; but I have got into a habit of looking with suspicion on all mankind, a nasty, uncharit- ► able habit, Matthew Wenlock, but a precious safe i one for all that." "Hullo! what is this?" he added, as he pounced on a small object lying in the cushion. If you see a pin, and let it lie, You 11 want another before you die,' as my poor, old mother used to say. Now, there may be nothing in this, but it may mean a good deal, though I can't see how it can. At any rate I'll just put this little memento of the tragedy with a piece of paper, and stow it away in my pocket book. Then I'll just get back to South Kensington and find ou t what I can." Mrs. Bywater was dead beyond all doubt, and the body had been removed to her home to await the inquest, which would have to decide the cause of her death. At the inquiry her husband deposed that on the day of her death, his wife had appeared to be in her usual health and spirits, and had her- self proposed the visit to the Polynesian Exhibition. Just before arriving at Sloane Square, she had complained of sudden faintness, but this he attributed to the closeness of the carriage, and opened the window. While he was doing so the train moved on again, and he saw that his wife had fallen forwards. It was impossible to stop the train; besides there would be no means of getting any assistance before reaching South Kensington., Dr. Killane, of Hathoway Terrace, South Kensington, deposed that he saw the deceased at the station, and that in his opinion she had died from syncope. By the coroner to Mr. Bywater. "Had you any idea that deceased was suffering from weak action of the heart." Witness: "No, but for some months past she had been taking homeopathic remedies, and I noticed a bottle which had contained aconite globules, but nearly empty, which may have tended to affect the heart." Some excitement was at this moment produced in court by the sister of the deceased exclaiming that the witness was a murderer, and that she would prove it; but upon examination by the coroner, she only made a rambling statement with regard to a love affair in which her sister's husband had been concerned previous to his marriage. After an address by the coroner, the jury re- turned a verdict of death from natural causes." As Miss Polton was leaving the court, bitterly regretting her indiscreetness in having so openly shown her hand, she was touched gently on the arm, and lookinground, wasconfronted bya small slight-looking man, who said: Beg pardon, miss, Jmt coroner or no coroner, you were right; the husband did the trick sure enough. I ean read faces, and that man is guilty." Miss Polton had an idea "that some trap was being laid for her. "I don't know who you are, to said she, turning away. Beg pardon again, miss, it's all on the square, I'm Mat Wenlock, of the Mandeville Square Mystery, and the Great Gryle Street Conspiracy. but I don't like to intrude, only you may take your 'davey that he did the trick." Miss Polton had heard of Matthew Wenlock, whose name had achieved so great a celebrity in the tracking down of criminals, and at once saw what a valuable ally he would be. Come and talk the matter over at my house," said she. As soon as they were in privacy, Matthew begged her to tell him all she knew, and she narrated the reconciliation between husband and wife. A pretended one on his part," she added, "for lie had just received intelligence which made him more anxious to get rid of the tie by which he was bound." "Why, miss," exclaimed Wenlock, with a groan of delight, you are going to give us a motive which was the real difficult point in the case. Prove that, and we'll put a rope round his neck, as sure as my name is Mat Wenlock." In the paper in which he pretended he was reading about a mine which only existed in his imagination," continued the lady, was the announcement of the death of a certain John Bigg, at Cannes. Before the villain married my sister he had won the affections of a young girl of great beauty and large fortune, one whom he had attended in his medical capacity. The love affair was discovered and the girl taken away. She afterwards married an enormously wealthy man, much older than herself, a Mr. Bigg, the announcement of whose death I have just read. Doubtless John Bywater's old loye has been left a very wealthy widow. He had great influence over her, and if he could onlv get free, felt sure that- she would consent to become his wife." He wouldn't start in a business like that on spec. broke in Wenlock, "depend on it the lady has written to him, and to his club, of course, which is it, now ?" The Megatherium," answered Miss Polton. I know, in Pall Mall, I'm off there to make jnquiries" exclaimed Wenlock. "And don't you stir from here, if you please, until you either see me or get a clue." Miss Polton promised, and Wenlock sped away on his mission. Miss Polton awaited his return with the utmost impatience, but it was fully an hour-an- a-lialf before the detective again put in an appearance. "Sorry tO have kept you waiting, miss," said he, "but I had a little diiffculty in making the hall porter talk, a man like that is what the novelists call 'a tomb of secrets,' so you see our friend rides rather rough shod over the flunkeys, so they don't like him. Well, to make a long tale short, he did get a letter with a foreign stamp on the very day the event took place, and precious glad I should be to get a sight of that same note. I'm going into the house with Graves the undertaker's man, and I'll have a good look round. Criminals are sometimes awful fools, when they think themselves most clever. The envelope had a small monogram on it, in green and silver, F. B., the porter said, as he thought it was." It is from her," exclaimed Miss Polton, Flo Bigg, oh, my poor sister has been murdered beyond a doubt." It was nearly eight o'clock before Wenlock again made his appearance at Miss Polton's residence, and this time his countenance was lighted up with an air of complete triumph. He left it in his overcoat pocket, hanging up in the hall," exclaimed he, "just as if it wasn't a compromising document. People are asses; the house was all sixes and sevens, and the servants running about, scattered like rabbits. Here, miss, read it." Miss Polton took the note, which exhaled » delicate perfume, and read:— uearesc—ine jailor is dead, and the prisoner free. I have been left everything, and if yoo have waited for me as you promised, we an be wealthy, and consequently happy for the of our lives. As soon as 1 hear from you í shall start. I am in a dream of love.—Yours ever, F." "She shall have a rough awaking," said Miss Polton, clenching her teeth. Is this sufficient to fix it on him. Mr. Wenlock?" Well, hardly," answered the detective, it is certainly strong corroborative evidence, and shows a motive; still, if it were not for one other little link, he could slip through our fingers." And what is that I demanded Miss Polton, eagerly. In reply, Wenlock handed her a paper signed with the name of one of the first analytic* chemists of the day, to the effect that he had received from Matthew Wenlock a common black pin, that with it he had inflicted a slight puncture on the nose of a dog, and that ten minutes after the creature had died from syncope. The symptoms were those of poisoning by aconitia. "And what is aconitia?" asked Miss Polton, with a shudder; and what has all this to do with my poor sister's death Aconitia!" answered the detective, with the air of a schoolboy who had learned his lesson. "is the active principle of aconite. As for the black pin with which the experiment was tried, I found it in the compartment in which your sister was murdered. You see," he added, with, ghastly simplicity, "the poor thing had §.bsorb« most of the poison, and so the dog had a longer spell of life than she. It was the fellow's talk about aconite at the inquest that put me on the right scent." • » • ► •: 4*' Miss Polton's solicitor represented tho mysterious facts in the proper quarter, and a warrant was issued for the arrest of Mr. Bywater. He submitted calmly enough, strongly pro- testing his innocence; but on the way to the police station, in a cab, he suddenly fell forward, and on examination by the doctor it was dis- covered that life was extinct. "There's Scotland Yard all over," muttered Wenlock, as he read an account of the occurrence in the newspaper. I put it on the right track and they take all the credit of it, and muddle up the whole affair in the end. Why, the fellovr must have bad a whole store of these murderous little bits of wir, and 111 lay a dollar that if they had looked in the straw at the bottora ot the thty would have found a Black Pia." [THE END.] ?
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NEXT WEEK THE 9-45 EXPRESS, srtu-Kor can never De moucea to svuay qp genealogy because of the scandal in his family," "Was thete one?" "Oh, yes, indeed; Adam and Eve never really married, you know." Wife of an Episcopalian clergyman to her washerwoman: Well, Bridget, how did you lflfr the sermon on Sunday?" Bridget: "It wasbeaujjj- ful. I like to go to that church. It's so nice to see your husband curtseying around in his shroud." Jack: Maud wants to know why you shim her company now." Tom: "Well, tbe fact is, I'm hard up." Jack: III tell her, and yo8 needn't shun her any more." Tom (brightening up): "By Jove, do you think so?" Jack: "Yes. Shell shun you." Professor Max Muller tells a good story of a young American lady visitor to Oxford. She was lost in admiration of the cloisters of Magdalen College. Suddenly a window opened and a. young man looked out. "Oh my!" cried the young damsel; "are these ruins inhabited?" Indignant physician: "Man, what have you done-f You sent my patient the wrong prescription, and it killed him. Druggist (a man accustomed to abuse): Vhell, vhat vas der madder mit you? Last veek I sent your odder patient der rigkt berscription, and dot killed him. How can some- body bleaze such a man?" Mr. Graves (soap merchant): "Say, Elfridaj, you've got to break off with that Lord Wishwatec." Miss Graves: "Why, p-p-papa?" Mr. Gravesc Well, a fellow this morning told me that I wont be any more of a lord than I am now after your marriage, and if I ain't a-going to be a. noble yell av'ter marry a man." He (wedded for revenue only): "Cross again 1 And this only the second week of our alleged honeymoon" She: "It has all been a dreadful mistake. Why did you seek for my hand, when my heart could not be yours ?" He (calmly); "Because it was your hand i wanted. You cant sign cheques with your heart." A railway accident lately occurred, caused by the axle of a tender giving way, detaining the train several hours. A lady inquired of a gentle- man passenger why it was so delayed. He gravely replied: Madam, it was occasioned by what is often followed by serious consequences-the sud- den breaking of a tender attachment." Mother: Mere, sou, is a cake for you and your brother. Divide it equally." Son: Why- do they make cakes with holes in the middle, mamma?" Mother: "Just to look pretty, I suppose. Don't you like them so?" Son: Yes, 'm, they're good enough, only I wish I had to divide with somebody that could eat the holes." Winks: Come along, old boy. I've got fte complimentary tickets for a dramatic perfor- mance." Jinks: Tragedy or comedy?" l'' Tra- gedy." "1 don't like tragedies. They' appeal to strongly to one's sympathies that I always feel blue for a week." This one won't. You'll come home ag jolly as if you had been to a circus. itis by an amateur company." Mother, said a little girl, looking up from her book, "what does transatlantic mean?" "Oh, across the Atlantic, of course. Don't bother met" "Does trans always mean across?" -11 suppose it does. If you don't stop bothering me with your questions you'll go to bed." "Then does transparent mean a cross parent?" Ten minutes later she was resting in her little couch. The late Lord X-, having been commissioned by a friend to procure a performer on the bag- pipes, while in attendance upon the Queen at Balmoral, applied to Her Majesty's piper—a fi™ stalwart Highlander; and on being asked what kind of article was wanted, his lordship repliedc "Just such another as yourself. The consequen- tial Celt, looking as stately and important as possible, calmlv rejoined: There are plenty o' lords like yerself, wit very few sic pipers as me." He was a great bore, and was talking to a crowd about the coming local election. Said he: "Jon" is a good man; he is capable, honest, fearless, and conscientious. He will make the very kind of representative we need. He once saved my life from drowning." Do you really want to see Jones elected?" said a solemn faced old man. "I do iindeed. I'd give anything to see him elected,* answered the bore. Then never let anybody know he saved your life," counselled the soieinn faced man. A young man who had just begun to shave for a beard stepped into a hairdresser's shop, and after a great swagger desired to be shaved. The hair- dresser went through the usual movements, and the sprig jumped up with a flourish and said, My fine fellow, what is the charge?" "Oh, no charge," said the barber. No charge! How is that J* Why, I am always thankful when I can get a soft calfskin to sharpen the razor on." The Browns, after numerous domestic trials, haft at length tried an experiment in the shape of a German servant. They sent her to the chemist's the other day for some drug or other. She came back and observed slangily that the chemist was not in it. Not in it, girl," quoth Brown. severely, "don't talk like that. What do you mean?" Well, sir, he said he was not in it." Brown dashed rouncl the corner to the chemist who dared to chaff in that fashion. The man explained: She asked me for the drug, sir, and I told her I was out of it just now." Herr Quantz, a celebrated flautist in the time of Frederick the Great, had the honour of directing the studies of this great monarch on his favourite instrument. On one occasion he introduced omp of his pupils to Frederick, and the king, much delighted, praised the performance, but, turning to Quantz, he remarked, briskly: You have neg- lected me; the excellent performance of this young man proves it, for he certainly cannot have prac- tised so assiduously as 1 have." Ah, but I have used with him a different and muoh more effeotive method than with you, sire," said Quantjs. "Indeed. And what was that?" Quantz hesi- tated, but as the king insisted he made a most suggestive motion, as though handling a cane. Ah," said Frederick, smiling, "I think we ho/* better retain our old method." An American school teacher going to school caught a woodchuck. Arrived among his scholars, he offered the animal as a prize to the boy who should give the best definition of the grounds of his political faith. "I," said the first boy, "am a Republican, because I believe in honest govern- ment, in the protection of native industries, and in the maintenance of the national credit at home and abroad. "That," said the teacher, "is a good answer. Now, someone else." "I," said aeeecmd boy, "am a Prohibitionist, because I believe that temperance will banish half the misery and crime of the nation, and empty the hospitals," the prisons. the i poorhouses, and the lunatic asylums of the land." "Good," said the teacher; "now for some- one else's defence of his principles." "I," said a I Democrat, because I 'want the woodchuck —and he got it. A doctor in Boston had last winter a newly- arrived Hibernian for a servant; he had also recently purchased a pair of porpoise-leather bbots. His wife, attracted by the novelty of the new foot- wear, asked the doctor in the presence of the servant what they were made of, to which he answered, "Porpoise-hide." Shortly after the lady- from the Emerald Isle interviewed Mrs. S. ud announced her intention of "laving whin me week is up." Mrs. S., somewhat surprised, asked the disturbed domestic the reason for her announced departure; to which Bridget replied, with a horrified air, "Your husband is a docther, mum, an' I've heare them docthers to be cuttin' up people An' didn't I hear um wid me own ears that the boots ° i^ Iere ^afe.J°fJpa"per> hide? It's me own ouM father that died m the poorhou.se. an5 I wouldn't be servin' a haythen that uses the skin pf the poor to cover his dirty feet wid I"