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[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]. For Love and Honour By HAROLD BINDLOSS, Author of "A Wide Dominion," His Adversary's Daughter," ",The Kingdom of Courage," "The Mistress of Bonaventure," &c. ,r -8"_ SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS: Harry Elliot returns to England after an ab- sence of eight years. He had gone abroad to a friend from the consequences of a poach- e T,ture. Tom Grayson had struck down u neighbour of his employer, and in order that Civavoon, who was about to be married, might not lose his situation Harry disappeared. On the eight of the affray Harry had been seen by Alison Elliot, the niece of Arnold Elliot, a ship- owner. While abroad, Harry sets himself to clear the name of his father. a snip's captain, who h;,d gone down v. ith his steamer on the It is believed that the skipper was not sober when he lost his ship, but Harry's in- vestigations lead him to conclude that his father was sacrificed by Arnold Elliot, and that the ship was lost for the insurance money. He meets Tom G.ayson. to whom he confides his dis- coveries, and states that if he finds Salter, the engineer of the steamer, he will be able to learn the trut h. Harry takes up his residence in a country inn lJear Arnold's honse. and makes his presence known to his old ac'iuaintunces in the country- side. He finds Alison Elliot prejudiced against him. and he can see that for ,.0:ne reason or other she has taken a dislike to him CHAPTER VI. I Some weeks had passed since his nclventurc in London when Harry bun^ about outside the Board of Trade ofifces ir. it northern port one morning. After searching for one with a grim thoroughness, he had at last, picked up a clue to Salter's movements, and expected to meet the man face to face curing the next half-hour. A fine drizzle swept the dingy street, but he waited, shelter- ing in a doorway, until three or four men who h. Ued iike steamboat officers approached the building, where the crews of arriving vessels were paid off. Some two do-zen others—evi- dently engineers, firemen, and deck-hands— followed, and Harry, being told on inquiry that they were the crew of the Coronet, walked ir.to the office among the last of them. He had already ascertained that the presence of unauthorised persons was not encouraged in- side the building; but, as he had aniicioated, ,.s i (I e t I-, t -? i'? (i i i I g b L t the officials seemed to take it for granted that lie belonged to the steamer. The big room he entered was bare and dingy, with very little in it besides a long counter, on which one of the steamboat officers laid a leather bag and a bundle of papers. Two officials examined the latter and asked the man a few questions, after which they brought out some documents and coin- pared them with those already produced, while the rest of the crew stood about waiting in little groups. Several of them looked at Harry with mild curiosity; but nobody asked him what he wanted, and by-and-bye one Of the officials held up his hand. "Are you all here, men of the Coronet?' he asked. I don't see the second engineer," said one. Where's Mr. Salter? He's somewhere about," another answered, and Harry became intent as he ran his eye over the men. He had already noticed that there was nobody in the room who seemed to answer the description of Salter which he had -been supplied with. "Is the second engineer not here? the -omcial inquired. He was with us a few minutes ago," said one of the mates. He'll certainly come for his money. Perhaps he's got into the wrong place. Thev "(t out a man to look for him, but lie came back uusuecesnful, and the official conferred with his companion. "As the man will no doubt turn np. we had better get on," he said. 1 want you to listen to this care- fully. men. It's a duly-attcs.ed statement re- specting the death of fireman Donelly, and corresponds with the declaration made before n consul at one of the r<. -ts you called at." Some pi the firemen looked uneasy, and one muttered to another: but the official raised his hand. "Latitude ..gitude —— he read out, adding a (late. Ship rolling heavily with confuted head sea; James Donelly. fire- man, fell down stokehold ladder. Was picked no unconscious, with several ribs broken and evidence of pulmonary haemorrhage. Fire- men on watch saw Irm strike heavy iron ash holder with his side." He paused and in- quired, Do you all agree with that account Yes. sir." answered a fireman, and the rest signified assent, though Harry fancied that one or two who glanced towards the door were waiting for somebody. "Then." added the official. "on the follow- ing dav, latitude longitude Donelly died of asphyxia—which, I had better explain, means suffocation i:i one shape or another- at eight o'clock in the evening. He was buried in the usual manner. Is that correct?" "Yes, sir," was the answer, but Harry saw .fome of the faces grow eager as the men waited for the next question. In "vour opinion, was the man properly treated and taken care of after the accidetit? Again the answer was in the affirmative, and somebody added, Captain Sharpe did all anybody could." No doubt of that." another broke m. Skipper kept looking iu and the steward vkas with Donelly most of the while." Then do you know of any cause that -could have contributed to the man s death? A little man in shabby clothes, with grimy liandfl and a resolute face, stood forward. •" I do, for one," he declared. Donelly wasn't fit to work. He dropped in the stokehold a watch or two before he fell, and it was a good while before he came round again. After that The could hardly lift the shovel." "Why did he try to continue firing, if lie was unable? The man laughed harshly. He'd sooner work when he was pretty bad than face the second engineer. So would the rest of us." Do you know anything about this. Captain Sharpe? No," said the skipper, who looked troubled. I was called into the forecastle some weeks earlier and saw Donelly, who -didn't seem a robust man and was suffering from malarial fever. It's recurrent in hot climates, though he said he had got it on board another ship. I treated him for it, and told the chief engineer to let him lie off a few days. When I went to eee him next morning I was informed he was back at work. Malaria's often spasmodic, and he didn't com- plain again." He had to go, exclaimed one of the ifre- men, pointedly. Then he turned to the offi- cials: Better ask how he came to fall down the ladder. She wasn't rolling so bad." The officials spoke together, and one of them inquired, Have you anything to add to your statement, Captain Sharpe? Not much," said the skipper, who looked, 80 Harry thought, an honest man. I was «ent for on the night of the accident, and found Donelly groaning and unable to apeak. I waa told he had fallen down the ladder." "How did you know what was wrong with "him 1 I've studied the medical book in the drug- chest you gentlemen insist upon our carrying, and one or two other works of the kind. Be- sides, I've some experience of accidents." An older man, who had evidently been sent for in the meanwhile and seemed to be a. person of some importance, now appeared be- hind the counter, and the other two spoke to him apart. In a few minutes he turned round and looked at the crew gravely through gold- rimmed glasses. It's your duty to tell everything you know, he said. I must warn you that this may prove to be a serious matter." Two of them pushed a comrade forward. co I saw Donelly fall down the ladder," he declared.. Somehow he didn't fall naturally, a9 if he'd slipped; looked as if he'd been pitched across the fiddley gratings—they're at the top where you get out on deck—and he hadn't got hold of the rail." *'Ah i said the spectacled man, "that's interesting. Anything else?" Another stood out. I was on deck," lie -stated. It was dark, and Donelly came up to get a drink of some patent medicine be kept in his chest. The man w&s often ailing." "Wouldn't this be against orders?" Yes, air, said the fireman. I don't ihink he had leave. I'd been up some time adearina the &qh-b,-ijtt blLÍn. ILr. Salter was leaning oui me engine-room ctoor, out when he put his head in I slipped forward to get some tobacco. I met Doiielly-lik- was going back—and soon after I heard voices; Hounded like Mr. Salter abusing him for leav- ing the stokehold. Then I heard a scuffle about the gratings. Struck me afterwards Mr. Salter must have hit Donelly so that he fell, or pitched him towards the ladder." Didn't you consider it your duty to men- tion this to Captain Sharpe?" It was a natural question, though the man "who asked it knew the seafarer's almost superstitious shrinking from any kind of formality, even when it is one prescribed by legislature for his particular benefit. No," said the fireman, pointedly-" you wouldn't either, if you'd been firing on the Coronet under Mr. Salter. It's the second engineer runs everything below, and I knew I could speak up—here—when I was out of the ship. If you ask my opinion, Donelly answered Mr. Salter back, and he pitched him down the hole in the gratings. The man wouldn't be above it. He's hit me with a steel spanner when the steam got down." Then there was an unexpected interruption, for a wild-eyed, white-faced woman in old and shabby clothes broke into the room. Turning towards the crew, she flung up a hand with a dramatic gesture. Have you told them about the brute who killed my man? .she cried. There was a murmur of sympathetic pity, and somehodv said, It's Donelly's wife. The woman moved towards the counter and clutched the spectacled gentleman's arm. I'm Maria DrHlelly; it's justice I want," she went on. You listen to me and put it down. My m-ii was afraid of Malter-afraid he'd do him a mischief some day when he was sick and couldn't do his share of the firing. He wouldn't have gone back in the Coronet, only he couldn't get another job. Salter'd beat, him cruel when they'd let the steam down on another trip, a.nd always had his knife in him." She turned round toward s the men, pointing out two of them. "felt him about the row in the stokehold. You two were there. The official, beckoning for silence, addressed the captain. Had you any iva-son to believe the second engineer was in the habit of ill- treating his firemen and Donelly in par- ticular? I knew he was a strict disciplinarian," w as the answer. Nothing more. He was directly responsible to the chief engineer, not to me." Mr. Edwards, chief engineer, have you anything to say?" Nothing that can throw much light on the matter," answered a grave-faced man. I'm a little surprised and troubled by what I've heard. As you have been told. I'm re- sponsible but the engineer on watch a-etually handles the men and runs the machinery. It's not customary to interfere with him unless one has some reason for doing so. I knew Salter kept a firm hand—there had been soiua little trouble below now and then—but if I'd been aware that he systematically ill-treated I anyone I should have spoken to him." the woman broke in again. Talk- ing she cried, wildly. "All talking! My man wad done to death. What are you going to do? The .man with the glasses whispered to one of the others, and Harry heard the tinkle of a telephone bell. Then the official turned to Mi- Doneiiv. I th rtlz." he said, quietly. you can leave the matter to me." He raised his hand, look- ing round at the crew. "We'll get on with the paying off; but nobody must leave the room without my permission." Names were called and money handed over until some iittle time later a. man appeared and stepped behind the counter, where he conferred with the officials. Bv-and-bye he ■ •v. out and waited until the business was finished, when he moved about among the firemen, apparently taking down their names after which he asked them collectively: Have you any idea of Mr. Salter's whereabouts? They only knew that Salter had been in their company until a few minutes before they reached the office, and the man spoke to a big police-rgeant. who had quietly en- tore u iii the meamvhi.e. Then he turned to the officials. It .strikes me that you had better not wait for Mr. Salter, he said, signiifcantly. I v. in Sí:d word as soon as we hear anything further of him." Mrs. Donelly aporoaehed him as lie turned away and walked towards the door with him. pouring out a torc nt of half intelligible words. The rest followed in a body, with the exception of the skipper and chief engineer, who remained beMind, and Harry, going out with the others, slipped away up a tlide street. It was clear that the Board of Trade officios had placed the matter in the hands of the police, with whom he did not wish to com- municate in the meanwhile. He supposed that Sailer, who must have foreseen that softie of the men would testify against him, had merely accompanied them some distance to avoid suspicion, and had then set off for the station, front which he had, no doubt, ascertained that a train would 'shortly be starting. Entering a newsagent's shop Harry bought a railway guide ncl discovered that a train had left fur the North a few minutes earlier. a. (liftereiit way wouklj start shortly, and lie hurried to the station, where he noticed two men in ordinary clothe.s stand- ing on the departure platform and apparently cruti!l¡"i'¡g t}w pa.sl"engers. As they did not go away with the train, it looked as if the police had already got to work, though Harry decided that Salter had made his cacape be. fore their arrival. CHAPTER VII. I A fre3h "breeze swept across the valley, when towards the middle of one afternoon Alison and Vane stopped to wait for her father and Harrv at the foot of Ranmoor Fell. Ragged clouds drove by overhead, dappling with speeding shadows the sunlit elopes that ran up from the fringe of oak- scrub some distance abovs; but in front of the party a rift apparently led into the heart of the hill. A sheep path wound along its side, and a noisy stream frothed down the bottom forty feet below. Christopher glanced at the almost precipi- tous ascent. "Once upon a time I'd have gone straight up," lie said, with a half-regret- fid -itnile. As it is, though I can still man- age a hit of rock work, a long grind of that kind takes it o of me, &nd perhaps we had better follow the ghyll." He led the vay, and Harry, walking behind Alison, noticed her fine poise and grace of movement. The path was less than a foot wide. and in places only an embedded stone or two offered a precarious foothold but the girl passed these spots fearlessly. The ghyll narrowed and grew shallower as they climbed, until they scrambled out of it up a bank of slippery stones, when Alison laugh- ingly refused the help of Harry's proferred hand. Then they stopped for breath, and Harrv, looking back, saw that all the opposite hill-slope was wrapped in shadow. After that, he gazed at a slightly-slanted buttress of ragged crag, and noticed that long wisps of leaden cloud streamed across its splintered hu mm it. There's a change at tiand, but I don't capoefc it. immediately," said Christopher. Vane and I will climb the buttress, while Alison takes Harry round by the shoVilder. We'll pick them up on the top, and come down by the Rake or Staneside Ghyll." I don't mind," said Harry, who smiled at Alison. So far, the climb doesn't seem to have troubled vou. 1 wonder" —and he indicated the wall of roc!:—if you could get up yonder?" Alison laughed. I really think I could, though it isn't permitted. As a matter of fact. we haven't climbed at all. It's only walking until you have to use your hands." She sat down, and Harry watched the two men move upwards from rock to rock. Some- times they traversed sideways; som-etimes Itijev went un straight: and now and then thev I àHo. 11 ttimoat vertical .siao dv means oi » cranny. Your father and Yano seem tolerably smart." he said. "Tolerably smart?' exclaimed Alison. Vane's a well-known member of an Alpine club, and my father was famous as a crags- man twenty years ago. There are a good many of the younger climbers who can't equal them." Perhaps Vane's taking it easy, but he worked round two or three places he ought to have tackled." Harrv replied. "Could you have gone up them?" Harry's eyes twinkled I'm inclined to think I could." Alison was vercd. H;, "r mounded like empty boastiii 'ec d -e .iful of his ability to d > v.'m he bad ~.a»d. i;; sdf- confidence had ady jarred I'pon and she relented the lact that !v> >liot:ld criticise the skill of such a man as Va-: You may have an opportunity of trying pomF-thing of the kind before we get down a;ral i. she retorted. f hev went on, climbi ig steadily, while the wall of crag ».<rew lower, until, scrambling up a gully, they cane out breathless upon the summit of the fell. It was a narrow ridge, a-:d the they bad sheltered from met ;he-n in t'!e tck!(!i. whirling Alison's skirt about her, while Harry. bracing himself against the blast, looked down upon a chaos of jumbled crngi. up the hollows among which trails of mist were streaming. I hey clrove across the dipping shoulder of the ridge not far away, ancl lie fancied they were growing thicker. I don't know why they call this place a moor; but I expect you find it draughty, and I don't see the others anywhere," lie said. Alison glanced at the vapour, which swal- lowed the rocky heights one by one. "Thev'll be sheltering behind some ledge," she re- plied. We'll push on along the ridge. It's too cold to stand." They struggled on for some little time, and then the stretch of sharp stones in front of them was suddenly blotted out and a fine rain filled the driving haze. Harry called tVvice and got no answer before he turned to his companion. I think they've gone, and we couldn't find them, in any camse she eaid. We had better get down." o Which is the best way? The—quickest—is by the Rake. It isn't th. ea.siest." As I've never been up here before, I'll leave the choice to von," said Harry. Alison hesitated. She did not want to get wet and look bedraggled; but while the descent of the Rake offered no difficulty to practised climbers, it was trying to anyone unaccustomed to the crags, and even danger- ous when the liehened stones were wet. The girl, however, had been down it when they were dry. and she thought she could manage it now. Besides. it would test her com- panion's nerve, and that decided her. She would not be altogether iorry if this self- confident young man found himself in a difficulty. then w'n go by the Rake," she answered. ferhap»s you had better follow me." They went down, dropping from grassy ledge to ledge between shelves of rock, on some of which Alison laid her hand now then, though she was astoirshed-to notice that Harry did nothing of the kind. Bv-and- by she stopped on the brink cf :t steep trough, which almost looked as jf it had been hewn out by human labour. A wall of crag shut it in on either hand, and it led down almost precipitously into a- s-^a of roil- ing vapour. One could have fancied that a touch would start the stones it was filled with rolling furiously downhill. I.s this the way?" Harry, who glanced at it unconcernedly, inquired. "I'll have to take your word for it that there's something solid at the bottom; but on this occasion I think I'll go first." He moved downwards, stepping lightly from stone to stone, and at first Alison dis- regarded the hand he held out to her; then she began to slip and sliding downwards by- and-bve she struck against him. "That won't do." he said, gravely; "you mnst let me help you." She was glad of assistance during the next few minutes. The rain was in her eyes, the wind buffeted her, and the stones were hor- ribly slippery; but at last thay came out of trie chasm, and she stopped breathless when tall, wet rock rose out of the vapour in front of them. Standing on a, narrow ledge, they looked -down into a rift. which was filled with the roar of water, between the crag and them. If I'd known what this Rake was like, we'd have come some other way," Harry remarked. It isn't your fault," said Alison. The others left you in my charge." "The weather has reversed the situation," .Harry answered. Now, be honest-why did you bring me down this place?" I told you it was the quickest way." You did," said Harry, with dry amuse ment. Still, it doesn't strike me as the one a lady would choose. Are you quite sure you were not actuated by the idea that you'd like to see me held up among these rocks?" Alison coloured slightly, and then broke into a laugh. I'm afraid I must confess to something of the kind; it was only natural after what you said about a climber like Vane. Now I don't mind owning that I'm sorry I came." Harry sm I-ecl. YouIre taking it the right wav when you laugh. I shouldn't have been astonished if you. had got vexed and blamed me. The girl disregarded this. How was it you didn't find the Rake more difficult?" Once upon a. time I had to carry bags of flour up a place much like this, only there was a good deal of snow on it." "But you couldn't possibly carry a bag of flour up the Rake?" I think I could, if I had to starve without it when I got to the top, which was how we were fixed. On another occasion we engaged to blow a waggon-road out of the side of a range, and during part of the operations a slip would have sent one down into what looked like a bottomless gulch." It struck Alison that this was a man of varied and romantic experience; and though it now and then vexed her, she was at other times pleased with his curt, whimsical iiianner. You seem to have had some curious occu- pations," she replied. "But we had better '.1" t. it)! (To be continued).

:-),trtragettes interrupted divine service ai W esiminster Abbey on Sunday night. The fourth Austro-Huiigarian Dreadnought was launched at Fiume on Saturday. Prince Aage, cousin of the King of Den- mark. was married privately on Saturday to the Italian Countess Dobergole.' Mr. M. Watcrbury has been chosen captain or the American International Polo Cup team in place of Mr. Harry Payne Whitney. Sir .Johll .Dun-ean, one of the proprietors of the South Wale* JJaiftt Xnc*. Cardiff, and a pioneer of Welsh Higher Education, died at Pe-narth, Cardiff, on Synday. On the occasion of the laying of the foun- dation stone of a new Boys' Brigade head- quarters at Nottingham on Saturday, a con- tribution of £ 2,000 was made by Mr. D. Player, of the tobacco firm. Mr. Henry William Disney has been ap- pointed Recorder of Grimsby. The thermometer has fallen to only 2deg. above zero (Fahr.), or 30deg. of frost, at R- miremont, in the Vosges. For netting fin' to a hay lick m.ar We\ momh. Victor Raleigh was .sentenced to fin years' penaJ Mrvitudc on S?urd-ay at the Dorset Assixcs Appearing to answer a judgment summons a head waiter at a West End restaurant named Louis Leon said in the King's Bench Division on Saturday tiat he had received as much as ',ClO a week in tips. One thousand cigars, 500 cigarettes, two overcoats, and two leather bags were stolen by a man who hid himself in the offices of AI es.srs. Harrison and Coronel, cigar mer- I chants. Regent-street, London, on Friday night. Mr. Justice Bueknill, who is recovering from his heart attack but is still suffering from severt- catarrh, has been advised by his doctors not to resume his work as a judge. Queen Eleonora of Bulgaria, who has arrived in Vienna in connection, it i! believed, with the disturbed state of Bul- garia, had a long audience of the Emperoi Francis Joseph on Saturday night. Mr. McCleau, the British airman who ia flying up the Nile in his Short waterplane, ou Sunday gave a dinplay at Assuau in the. presence of great crowds.

I NEWS IN BRIEF. I HURRICANE AT MALTA. Considerable damage was done to shipping at Malta by a hurricane on Sunday night. ANARCHIST CRIME IN CALCUTTA. A Calcutta police officer, who had been active in the detection of Anarchist crime, was mur- dered on Monday by an Indian student in a, crowded thoroughfare in the Hindu quarter of the city. MR. JESSE COLLINGS TO RETIRE. Mr. Jesse Collings has decided to retire from Parliarnent at the next General Election. MR. BALFOUR ON ETHICS. In his fourth Gifford lectur on Monday Mr. Balfour argued that a theistic setting was ab- I solutely. necessary for ethics. We could not tear awav the religious framework and suppose that the ideas remained. I DEATH OF GENERAL PICQUART. I General Picquart, a former Minister of War. I who will be remembered as a supporter of Drey- fus in the famous case, died on Monday at Arnien*. I AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS CASE. The case In which several defendants were summoned for conspiring together to defraud the Australia-) Customs by means of special in- voices. and which has been before Mr. Graham Campbell on twenty-two occasions at Bow- etreer. was concluded on Monday, when the •unimonses were di?m' --ed. I THE TK USE OF LORDS. Speaking ar i.. nley-on-Thames on Monday night. Mr. He be r Samuel said that within th* vear proposal iur the complete elimination of the hereditary Peerage principle and the thorough democratisation of the Second Cham- I ber would be made. I MR. CHAMBERLAIN AT CANNES. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain arrived at Cannes I on Monday and proceeded to the Villa Victoria, where he is in the habit of spending the winter. I OF MAGDALA. VETERAN OF MAGDALA. Colonel Rowland Hill Fawcett, late of the West Riding Regiment, who took part in the capture of Magdala, died on Monday, aged seventy-tliree. I FLOFR THROWN AT MINISTER. A suffragette threw a packet of flour at Mr. McKinnon. thf- Secretary for Scotland, at Edin- burgh on Monday, the contents missing his face but whitening his garments. I IN MEMORY OF GENERAL GORDON. The anniversary sermon on the death of Gene- ral Gordon was preached by the Rev. J. E. Watts Ditchfield at Sandringham Church on Sunday, when the offertory amounted to < £ 147 10s. I THE ARMY ON THE FILM. The British Army fiim was shown for the first time in public at the Palace Theatre, London, on Monday afternoon. A thousand men repre- senting nearly every branch of thp service from the centres at which the film had been obtained were present. I HUSBAND OF "HELEN MATHERS" DEAD. The death of Mr. Henry Albert Reeves, a pro- minent West London orthopaedic surgeon, has taken place at the a^e of seventy-three. He was the husband of the well-known novelist who writes under the name of "'Helen Mathers." Mr. Reeves had served under the British Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in the Franco-German War In 1870. I NEW TRADE IN DOGS' TEETH. It was stated in the City of London Court the other day that a trade demand had recently sprung up in the Pacific for dogs' tearing and corner teeth for currency and ornaments. Sound teeth fetched one guinea per 100. I SUICIDE ON WEDDING-DAY. George Thomas Bell, thirty-five, was seen to walk in front of a train at a level crossing near Peterborough on Saturday morning, and was killed. Bell was to have been married the sairie day. I DOG-BITES AT 50s. EACH. Bitten three times by a small fox-terrier at a house at Stockwell. where she had been engaged to clean the steps, Catherine Doyle, a girl of ten. was awarded Æ7 10s. damages by Judge Parry at Lambeth County C^urt. BALHAM DOCTOR'S SUICIDE. Unnecessary worry concerning his practice was suggested to the Streatham Coroner as the cause of the suicide of Dr. George W. Whitting- lwrn. lately of Baiham. A verdict of suicide whilst of unsound mind was returned. I QUEEN-MOTHER'S COACHMAN MARRIED. Mr. Thomas Ridley, coachman to Queen Alexandra, and formerly with King Edward, was married on Monday at Brecon to Miss Annie Williams. Presents included one from Queen Alexandra and one from Princess Victoria. I DIED AT 104. A Russian resident of Leeds. Mr. Aaron II ipps, a member of the Jewish community, has died at the age of 104. He was a native of Kovno, in Russia, and settled in England about eight years ago. In his own country Mr. Ilipps was a flax merchant. I FULLY EXPLAINED. Are you thi- rnotlwr"t" said the chairman at F'eltham to an applicant for a summons. The woman: "J am the daughter of the mother of the child's mother." I. COLONEL'S INSURANCE FINE. I (otonei Arthur Hare Vincent, of Fleasance Court. Dorrnont Park, near East Grinstead, was ordered by the Oxted magistrates on Monday to na v fi nes, arrears, and costs amounting to JE8 10s. 2d. for neglecting to provide insurance ttamps for two employees. I BENZOLINE AS A FIRELIGHTER. William Horburv, a youth, employed by M essrs. Ronco. Limited, at Leeds, poured some bf'ilZolinp on the office (ire on Monday to make it blaze, and was burnt to death. There was a loud explosion. and he was enveloped in lfames. I BRITAIN'S LOSS BY EMIGRATION. I During 1913 388,813 persons left the United Kingdom as emigrants, says a Board of Trade report. I GIRL WITH NO SENSE OF SMELL. Sa-id to have been born witnout a sense of .mell. a girl domestic servant employed at Lewisham was found dead in a room full of gas, and at the inquest on Monday a verdict of death from misadventure was returned. I BOAT PASSENGER DISAPPEARS. On arrival of the cross-Channel mailboat Reindeer at Weymouth on Monday it was re- norted that Mr. Robert Alexander Croad. a Jersey undertaker, had disappeared during the voyage. FIREMEN INJURED. Several firemen were injured slightly on Mon- day at Blyth when the Northumbia Coventry Works were destroyed by fire. The outbreak it attributed to the fusing of an electric wire. The damage is estimated at £ 2,500. ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP DEAD. I I the death occurred at the episcopal residence, St. Benedict's. Dumfries, on Monday, of the Right Rev. William Turner, Bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Galloway, in hi* seventieth year. He had been seriously ill for the last two years with heart trouble, but rallied, periodically. CHILD KILLED BY DUKE'S CAR. n. I nuke p redenck Ferdinand of hieswig-tlol- steiii, who is married to a sister of the Empress, while motoring on Monday morning at Ecken- forde. near Kiel, ran down and killed a child. The Duke himself was steering at the time of the accident. DEATH FROM COLD. I At an inquest held at Alde„rahot on Monday upon Kate Ann Porter, a ftadesman's wife, *hj fell dead on Sunday night, medical evi- dence was given that death was due to valvu- lar disease of the heart, accelerated by the ,c(,Id.

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REPORTER" RAILWAY GUIDE. Hereford and Ledbury to Worcester, Birmina-ham. and London Sunday?. a mama ma ma ma mlp m p m p m p m n m i> mu ni p m p m p \'n!p mjP m a m P m Hereford dep 7 308 449 35 1130 1250 1257 2 20 3 10 4 20¡5 86 20 8 258 35 19 45 Withington 7 39 9 45 1 7 3 22 19. 8 44 955 I Stoke Edith 7 46 9 52 1 14 3 30 5 26 8 51 10 4 Ashperton .7 53 9 59. 1 21 3 37[ 5 33. 8 .58 Ledbury .8 1 10 81132. 1 30 a 3 4«:i 204 435 426 41:7 45 9 9 10185 5 Colwall .8 139 10 1021 114712 2 b 1 41 2 583 58j4 33 5 546 50,7 57 9 21 1028 5 17 Malvern Wells 8 22 1031 1152 1 46 4 4 4 37 5 59 d 8 2 9 26 1034 5 23 Malvern, Great8 29 9 18 1037 115512 9 1301513 64 104 425 06 56 588 109 0935 1038530 Malvern Link 8 32 1043 1 56 4 14 4 46 6 9 8 15 9 40 10425 34 Bransford R8ad 1050 4 22 9  8 24 1049 5 41 Henwick •• 1057 4 28 619 !831 9 50 1056 5 47 Henwick F.S.8 349 2811 4 1219 2 73174305 151?624!7 98 349 15,9 54 10595 49 Worcester F. S. Worcester S. H. 9 47 9 pi2 1 ll 10 1255 1 i7 2 133 354 36?5 55 6 158 128 12 11401 i Worcester S.H. 8 479 521110 1255 1 472 133 354 365 55 306 27!7 358 4°1'" 110 3 n ?5 55 Birmingham .10 51025 1 27 4 22 6 15 8 1^8 12 1017 4 179 \(\ 10 5 10?,,51 2-2 1 58 4 204 38 Wolverh'mpton 104411101 22 1 58 4 204 38 6 478 138 42 1140 4 12 in'3 Eveshaaa .9 1410531147 3 12 1 5 23 6 2 7 15 11231123 6 286 28 Birmingham 9 14 124352112 255 1 ?5 2502 1 ?& 7 7 59?9 10 10 0 ? 1123 11..2.3 4 12 io .5o Oxford 103012451 40 4 20 7 11 9 10 8 88 8 Reading .lllIOll 32 2 25 5 0 7 59 10 0 I 852?52 Reading arrlll02 103 5. 4 155 52' 3 581050 I 9 429 42 a Calls Tuesday at 2-45. b Calls if required to pick up for London. c Calls at Colwall to set down from Hereford and beyond on notice to guard at Hereford, d Sets down from North of Shrews- bury and from Cardiff, Bristol, and beyond, on notice to guard at Hereford. London, Birmingham, and Worcester to Ledbury and Hereford. Sundays. I -l&maull'ro-ä, m\a m a m a m a m ? mp mp m p mp mp m p mp m p mip m p m a mip m ? m I London dep 5 40 i 45. 9 501033 1 40 145 4 45 t 55 7 30 1020 I Reading 6 40.II043ll20. 2 30 3bO7 35 11 8 Oxford 8 5 8 35 112512 0 3 8 6 20 8 55 12 0 Evesham .? 8 29 109 47. 1156i1231 1 40. "'Ii 17. 7 137 301029,923 1 33 Wolverh'iy.pton 7 10 9 10 l  81120 1 1231 1 4 117 7 1317 30 1029;9 23 1 33 Wolverh'm pton 7 10 9 10 19 81120 12 01 30 3 37 5 35 5 356 381 9 1 '1045 3 40 Birmingham 8 5 9 33 10151135 114518010.14 05 50 5 507 5? 9 201150 3 20 Worcester S.H. 7 25 9 35 9 50 10301039 1228 1 2 2 22 3 30 4 04 154 5 6 356 55 7 488 18 1120 2 35 6 30 Worcester F.S.i7 7 289 38?9 53 1052 11..2. 4 124011 7 2 24 3 32 4 17?5 377 7 8 88 2411241 2 3516 .30 H enwick .7 339 439 58 2 293 37 4 221 '6 42 8271130 2 43 1136 2 48 3 43 1 28? 6 48 ig 1149,1 17 2 57 6 48 Braasford Road-7 399 50 .1..2 .,12 ..4. 23 53 4 28| 6 48 1136 2 48 Malvern Link 17 4910 01011 11 5.11 21:.2 423 53 4 37 .16 567 22. 3391149117257648 I Malvern, Great 7 5610 5 1017 ? 1112 114012581 27?2 483 594 22 4 425 26 7 37 327 43 8 22 8 44 11521 233 16 55 Malvern WeH98 010 91021 1116 1 312 52 4 4 4. 46? 7 8 7 47 8 49115 3 57 0 Colwall .8 710151028 1123 1 37j2 59 4 9 462529 7 54 8 5512 3 3 117 6 Ledbury .8 21 10301039 1134 1493 94 22 5 2 5 39 8 7 9 512121 393 207 17 Ashperton 8 28 1046 1 563 16 5 io? 8 15 • Stoke Edith .8 34 1052 2 23 22 5 16' 8 22 7 30 Stoke Edtth .834 1052 2 2322 5 16? 82j! 7 30 8 28 105 52 ? ? 1220,? 1 3012 223 391 14i5 5 30,5 581 .8 3.8 408 54 -a? 737 j Hereford arr? 521 lllOtll53 2 0 750 iIàr A train leaves Wolverhampton at 7-15 a.m., I Birmingham 8-5, Worcester F.S. 9-4, Malvern 9-18, and arrives at Hereford 9-50. a Saturdays depart 1-23 p.m. b Reading West Station depart 5-5 p.m. c Stops if required at Colwall to set down from Birmingham (Snow H). Ledbury and Paddingrton (via Worcester). Ledbary. a ma ma mla mlp m|p m|p m p m Ledbury 8 10 811122IP 1 3m0t 14P 4n3ll1 r5 m1ID ,-m PadQinton 1110 13 514 15j5 50?8 5811050 Rnndays-Ledbtlry 5.5 pm, Paddington 9-42 pm la m|a mla mp mlp MIP nip mp m Paddingtonl5 Z.119501104011 401 45 |4 UI'P 55 Ledbmy. 1134!! 4913 9,5 2?39 1 8 7)9 5 Thursdays and Saturdays only Paddington (dep) 7-30 pm, Ledbury (arr) 12-10 pm Sundays—Paddington 10-20 am, Ledbury 3-20 pm Ledbury and Paddington (via Gloucester). amlamlpmlpmlpm Ledbury 8 30 | 1012 J 1 58 J 4 22 | 9 10 Paddington 1240 2 35 6 0 8 30 I 3 30 a m ) a m a m 1 p m ) p m PaddingtoD 7 30 /9 0 11155 13 p 1II5 I p m Paddington lam\am\amjPInlpm Ledbury 1 11233 0 | I 10 5 | 4 20 j 7 45 Hereford, Ross, and Monmouth. a ma ma m pm!pmp-mIP m Hereford dep 6 20 9 53 1255 2 54 1016 2,5 Ross arr 6 50 10261 29 2 284 456 58 „ dep 6 588 18 1035 1 *35 2 555 07 5 Kerne Bridge 7 6 8 2710461*47 3 65 97 15 Lydbrook .7 10 8 3210521*53 3 125 14 7 20 Symond's Yat.7 152 3710592 *03 195 197 25 MonmoHth, MH 7 2518 49 111l'*13 3 305 297 34 Troy 7 29 8 511117 2*17!3 35 5 3317 38 Tintern .1. 1237i 14 23 Chetow arr 1252 14 89 a ma ma mp mp mp mp m Chepstow dep 7 9 Jl30 45 6 38 Tintern 72511463 4 6 54 Monm'th, Troy7*30 9 3012253 386 27 408 15 Monm'th, M H 7*33'9 3412343 426 67 438 20 Symond'a Yat 7*45 9 4612461,3 526 53 8 33 Lydbrook 7*5e 9 5312553 586 2117 598 40 Kerne Bridge. 7*539 591 014 36 288 48 45 RoM arr 8 3 1010 1 1114 136 38?8 138 56 i" dep8*8ie28128!424667'.950 Heieford arr8*35 16581 56 4 637 27) 1015 Rail Motor Car. No Sunday trains. Hereford, Leominster, Bromyard, and Worcester. a mia m a m p mip m p m Hereford dep ?7 a 2710533 35 5al2 Leominster 7 15 8 5512184 107 38 Steens Bridge 7 25'9 5 12n 4 20 7 48 Fencote 7 36? 16 12394 31 7 59 Rowden MiU .7 42|9 221245 4 37 8 5 Bromyard 7 52,19 3212554 .78 15 Sukley 8 3 9 431 54 588 28 Knightwick .8 79471 9 48 32 Leigh Court .8 14?9 641 1615 5 1218 39 Henwick 8 24110 41 26?5 22 8 49 Worcester (F. St.) 8 26 1C 7 1 29 5 !8 51 tI (8.H.) arr 8 31U0I3 1 345 35?8 57 amampmpmpinpm Worcester (S.H.)dep 8 1510352 355 207 48 (F. St) .8 18 1038 2 3915 23 7 63 Henwick 8 2310432 445 237 5i Leigh Court 8 33105312 54,5 33 8 8 Knightwick 8 41 11 13 25 41 8 16 Suckley 846 11 63 715 468 26 Bromyard .8 5911173 186 08 40 Rowdea MiU 9 6 11273 206 78 47 Fencote 9 18 1136 3 396 18 8 56 Steens Bridge 9 26 11443 47 6 269 4 Leominster 9 33 1146 3 54 6 339 11 Hereford arr 11 0 1236 5h50 7 209 45 a Hereford dep 6-30 p.m. Mondays, Weduesdays, and Fridays. b Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only. No Sunday Trains. Liverpool and Manchester to Hereford and South Wales. Sundays. p mlp ma ma ma m a. m ?. ma ml* ma m p m p m p m p m p m p m p m p nip mp ni p m p m p ma mlp m Manche«te! LR. 12 5 S 25 9 25 1040 1215 3 O. 4 25 7 10 12*5 9 0'1155 Liverpool .1155 2 35 8 159 lOj 10301. 12 0 J 2 4.1411307 0 1155 9 20p 0 Cheater .11 2 2 7 8 409 45 1023 1217 g-f 2 15 4 25 5 30 7 4511 2 9 3511 2 Shrewsbury dep 2 2 2 35 3 30 6 45 S 25103011 5 12331 02 25 5 0 5 6 107 459 2 20 5 5'13 30 Church Stretton ) 7 20'8 57 .UI. 132 2 47 I'" 5 4416 3718 16.) 34,i Craven Arms 4 8 7 389 1411 *'145'3 0 4b35 6 36 538 32 5 514 8 Ludlow ? .420' 7 5710 51113! 1145 2 63 11 5d0 6 07 5,8 50 6 10,4 20 Berrington & Eye 0-lOcc c 8 10,1015 1124 1153 2183 21 5d 6 327 1719 2 6 20 WooaertonJnnc.? £ « & 8 10 10151124 1153 2 18!3 21 1M 6 327 17,9 2. 6 20,' Bernngtou&Eye???'S 8 18:1021 1130 2 24 5dl5 6 38 9 8 Leominster S & S & 4 41 8 28! 1027 1135 12 9 2 313 35 5d21 6 507 309 15 6 304 41 Ford Bridge 1 8 35 ? 1034 c 2 391'" 5d28 6 57 ? 9 23 ?d Dinmore 8 411'1040 1224 2 46: 5d34 7 :1 .19 291.1 0 g Moreton 8 46? 1046 2 5l| 5d3 9?. 1 7 7 3 ?9 9 291 3 8 9 34 Hereford arr3 253 435 5 8 5711 0115812 812361 383 33 55 5d50 6 6. 7 2 7 5519 t5,1025 25 6 5515 5 Hereford dep 3 35 3 53 5 15 7 15 9 57 11 01158 12 8 1236 1 38 3 3 3?5 5d5 0 6 6. 226 50 8 5 8 58110353 35 7 15?8 10 AbergavenBy 4e33 5 53 8 11101110 1 9 54 1243 1216 1225 1 46 4 2 6 13? 6 0 1 40 5 0 7 27 4 8 95?9 301 4e33 9 0 Pontypool Rd arr 4 50 0 .8 321033 1043 2 0 1 15236 5 22 7 3 a 8 59 189 481126 4 50 8 29 20 Cardpiff ort 5 15 o 1. 6 9 34 2  103310432 0 1 2 r) 22 7 3 3 13 15 40 7 34' 16 Newport 5 15 8^ 9 4 "'11057245 1 38??l 34 5 40 .? 7 34 S"§ 9 48,10 511495 15 8 2710 0 Cardie 5 43 So 9 25 11183 15 1 2 0 3 34 6 8 ,11202177 1210 5 43 8 5011027 Cardiff 5 431 14 1055 12484s46 4 5:5 40. 7 50 9 25 14 1517 V) 4 15 Swansea .« 9 21 a Saturdays excepted. b Mondays only. c Calls if required for Hereford. d Mondays, Wednes- days, and Fridays only. e Abergavenny June, s via Aberdare. Saturday midnight. Hereford and South Wales to Liverpool and Manchester. Sundays. rT m a m a ma ma m a ma m a m a ma mp mp mama m p mp m a mp mp mlP m p m p up m[a m p m Swansea .8 55 5a0. 1050 11101140 2 45 'I 3 355 35 *8*55 5 3 10 Swainsea .8 55 5aO ..3. 0 a "io 9 30 1238 1 0 25 2 374 15 5 40 7 0 7 io 1235 7 32 6 7 Cardiff 1235 7 15 6 Newport Rd .1258 7 357 59 23 9 52 1 2 1 312 45 3 6 4 37 15 4017 187 30¡8 11258757?629 Newport 7 347 34 9 56 1030 10401 28 2 83 19 3 405 13 6 151 8 58 39 8 40'7 0 Abergavenny 8 58 10 103 1119 238. 4 3. 6 40! 8 25 9 01 Herefod arr220 8 41 9 10104211 81118 1215 2 15 2 26 3 454 5 5 06 0 7 40!8 21 927220940,7?7 Hereford dep 2 25 7 30 9 201046 10531126 1140 1230 2 33| 3 35 4 15 4 30 5 12 6 8 6d30 8 0 9 32 2 251025 8 0 Moreton 7 39 1149 1238 4 39 b I 6d.)9. D i umore 7 46 9 33 l i 11491238 4 39 b 6d39 Dinmore 7 46 9 33 11 5 1155 b 3 47 4 455 25 6d46 8 14 Ford Bridge 7 53 12 1 4 51 1) dd53 I.1. Leominster 7 57 9 45 1115 12 5 1250 3 58 4 56 5 37 6d588 25. 1045 8 25 Berrington & Fi? ? 7 57 .9i5 1115 12 5125 3 58 4 565 37 6d58 8 25' 10458 25 8 7 9 54 11 12141 4 6. 5 45 45 d I Woofferton Jane., 8 15 10 2 1128 12221 4 413 5 115 54 >dl3 8 39 14?98 39 Ludlow .1 8 25 1013 1136 1231?l 12 4 22 5 206 2 7d25 11 7,8 50 Craven Arms  8 45 1630 1155 1250 1 24 4 38 5 39 6 27 1128 9 6 Church Stretton 9 4 1048 1 44 4 50 6 43 1144 9 22 1 44 4 50 **? 3 7 4  8 30? 1 6i03 i O!12209 47 Shrewsbury arr3 309 35 11131149 1230 2 53 38 5 12 523 7 47 13 10403 30!l22CN9 47 LMiavner ctool 5 481210?1 30 2 16 3 37 5 27 7 1 8 30 1234 5(4 151234 Cheater 301113 1 35 1 2 25 4 45 5 25 7 20 9 lOj 12406 3J4 531? ¡ Manchester LR.5 33,1220 1 1 35 2 27 4 505 331 7 10 9 Oi 1 10 5 32i3 551 28 a Mondays excepted. b Stops to set down beyond Hereford, c Not Monday mornings, d Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays only. Saturday night. Ledbury to Birmingham, Derby, Manchester, Liver- pool, Sheffield and Leeds. Sunda.ys. II Sundays. a m p hi amp m p mpmpmpmpmpmampm Ledbury dep8 1 10 8 1 30 2b454 205 426 41 7 459 910185 5 Malvern .8 17j. 1037 1 51 3 64 426 27 5 g 109 3510388 401 Worcester arr 11102 13 3 35 5 56 2717 358 4010 311 69 5? Worcester dep 9 a 8 1011 1235 2 2.1)' 3?gi5 407 5 8 299 10 1015 1129 9 10 Birmingham 10 2?1 3,11 42 3 36 4 426 488 10 10 59 55 11 5122'2 55 Derby .1125'1238,3 22 5 25 6 288 20 1025 1125 1238 1 42 1125 Manchester ?2 38?5 20 7 17?S 401012 1 2 40 2 40 4 30 5 25 Liverpool 3 506 158 1519 .'30,11 5 I. 5 55 10 6 0 Sheffield 1233 1 40 4 20j6 30|8 5 9 40 12251 50 3 0 ?1225 Leeds arr 1 283 Oi5 32 7 30,9 15111 5 1 303 10 4 421 30 a Foregate Street b Tuesdays only. Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, Derby, and Birmingham, to Ledbury. Su ndays. mla a m a J) a mfa m p m p m p m!p m a m p m Leeds .126268 i 55105511202 504 4 37' 2 581220 Sheffield .H29426 1020 112(* 323 18 6 2'2\ 4 271 30 Liverpool .1130 8 3010 511301255 3 305 0 11301115 Manchester 12 0 9 20 1055 1220 1 50 4 20 5 50 12 01230 Derby 2z25 6 15 1055 1240 2 28 4 35 6 12 50 57 54 50 6 3213 0 'Btr1D1D¡¡ham. 3ri! 8'" 1 1511 5513 3215 50 7 48 9 0 8 4514 55 Worcester arr4,¡19 38 2 9 3 8 4 30 6 54 8 451001 3 2 22 3 30 1 4 5017 1019 45 1120? 9 56  6 3 Worcester dep 7 25 9 50 2 22 3 30 4 507 10 8 45 1120 1015'6 30 Malvern .7 53.1014 1 2 453 565 97 3411011 U51. lJHI6 52 Ledbury arl8 21'1039 ?3 9[4 22) 8 71 1212¡ 1 397 17 it Monday mornings excepted. Thursdays and Saturdays. Ledbury to Gloucester & Cheltenham. a in a n?p m p m p m p m Ledbury dep 8 30 1012' 1 584 329 io Dymoek "'i8 39 1021,2 7 4 319 19 Newent 8 48 10302 1C 4 40 9 28 ..< Barbers Bridge 8 55 1037?2 23 4 47 9 35 Gloucester 9 8 10502 36 5 09 48 Cheltenham .9 43113213 2?5 5610 8 Paddin?ton arr 1218 2 35,6 0 8 303 30 1 & m a mp nip mlp mp m- Paddinton dep ..m. 1a 7 309 ol 1553 15 Cheltenham .6 4510 711542 576 15 .? Gloucester .7 8?103812353 306 50 Barbers Bridge .7 19;1049124613 41:7 2 ..< Newent 7 28 10591255 3 527 15 Dymock 71 39111101 514 4??7 28 ..? Ledbury arr 7 431127 1 174 187 40 | No Sunday Trains. Hereford, Hay, Brecon & Merthyr. la m p mjp m p mlp m Hereford dep 9 221245 3 505*5 8 IS Credenhill 9 341259;4 25*108 27 Moorhampton 9 43 1 8,4 11 5tS 36 Kinnersley 9 501 15j4 185*3^8 43 Eardisley 9 55 1 20j4 2 5*37 8 48 Whitney 10 21 27 4 30 5*43 55 Hay. 10121 374 40l5»529 & ŒasÐury 46 4 49 6*0 14. Three Cocks June. arr 1025 1 5014 53 6*5 9 18? Talgarth 10332 35 06*15'9M Talyllyn Junction an 1044 2 15? Do?IaM 1 153 43 6 25. F.- Merthyr 1 28 3 4& 6 4. Brecon arr  11 1 2882 3 40 6 41 *A Brecon arr 11 82 355 306*42;9 4? a ma mp m p mtp m Breeon dep 7 010301 1 5 Merthyr 9 38'121012 50 Dowlais 9 4?12153 20 Talyllyn Junction 7 11 iewit 25116 16 .? Talgarth ..7 25 11 Oil 354 1 27 Three Cocks Junction arr 7 3111 81 52)6 35 Glasbury .7 35 1113;1 576 39 Hay.7 45112312 86 50 Whitney ..753113421665S Eardisley 8 611452237 5 .? Kinnersley .8 5115012 28 7 1? Moorhampton 8 12 1157i2 7 17 Credenh?d 8 22 12 9? 2 97 26 .? Hereford arr 8 38 1220,2 56 T 39 Wednesdays and Saturdays only. o Sunday Trains.