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raa-bAV* Smoiff STORY-1-I.Petticoat…
raa-bAV* Smoiff STORY-1 I. Petticoat in Footer. BY P. G. WODEHOUSE. My brother Bob sometimes says that if he dies young or goets white hair at the age of thirty it will be all my fault. He says that I was bad a.t fifteen, worse at sixteen, while "present day," as they put it in the f biographies of celebrities, I am simply awfal, P-hifl is very ungrateful of him, becaaise I W-se always done my best to make him &! Jredit to the family. He is just beginning tis second year at Oxford, 9D, natarally. he .a.nte repressing, Ever sintfto I pnt my hair »p—and that is nearly a year ago now—I lave seen that I was the only person to do ;b,is- Father doesn't notice things. Besides, Bob is always on his best behaviour with father. We had taken a jolly house in SloaawatTeet from October, and I was having the most perfect time. I'm afraid father was hating it, though. He said to me, at dinner one night, "One thousand five hundred and twenty-three vehicles passed the window of the club this morning, Joan." "How do you know?" I asked. "I oounted them." "Father, what a waste of time! "Why, what else is there to do in London?" he said- The morning after this, when father had gone off to his club—to count cabs again, I •appose—I got a letter from Bob. "Dear Kid" (he wrote),—"Jnst a line. Hope your're ha-vingr a good time in London. I can't come down for Aunt Edith's ball on youa- birthday, as they won't let me. I tried it on, but the Dean was all against it. Look here, I want you to do something for me. The fact is I've had a lot of expenses lately, with my twenty-firster amd so on, amd I've nad rather to run up a few fairly warm bills here and there, so I shall probably have to touch the governor for a trifle over and above my allowance. What I want you to do is this: keep an eye on him, and if you notice that he's particularly bucked about any- thing 0.- day, wire to me first thing. Then IU nm down and strike while the iron's hot. Bee? Don't forget.-Yours ever, BOB. It was on the evening this letter came that Aunt Edith gave her ball. She is the nicest of my aunts, and was taking me about to plaoes. I had been looking forward to this dance for weeks. On this particular night everything was absolutely perfect. I looked very nice. I know one isn't supposed to be aware of this, but father and Aunt Edith both told me, as well as at least half my partners, so there was a mass of corroborative evidence, as father says. Then the floor was lovely, and everybody seemed to dance well except one yonng man who had come from Cambridge for the ball. He danced very badly, but he did not seem to let it weigh tupon his spirit at all. He was extremely cheerful." "Would you prefer me," he asked, "to apologise every time I tread on your foot, or shall I let it mount up and apologise ool- leotively at the end?" I suggested that we might sit out. He had no objection. "As a matter of fact," he said "dancing's good enough in its way, but footer's my game. I said, "Oh!" "Best game on earth, footer. I say, see that man who just passed us with the girl iD .red?" I Caid I did. "That's Hook/' "Yes I remember that was his name." "Best forward Oxford's had for seasons. See him dfthble-my word! Halloa! there's the hand starting ascain. May I take you-" At this vnoment Mr. T. B. Hook detached himaelf-wit.b relief, I thought-from the lady in red, and. after looking about him, caught sight of me and made his way in my direction. I admired the way he walked. He seemed to be on springs. He danced splendidly, but in silence. After making one remark to him-about the floor which caused him to look scared and crimson, I r. up the idea of conversation, and began to think 'in a dreamy sort of way, in time to the music. It was not till quite the end of the dance that my great idea came to me. The music stopiped, and we went into the conservatory- My partyver's silence was more ing. His waltzing had disguised it. I eafd, "Tou are very fond of football, aren't yon?" He brightened up. "Oh. yes," he said. "-Yes. Yes." He paused for a mamena. then added, aa l If he had an inspiration. "Yes." "Yes?" I said. Oh, yes," he replied, brightly. Yes." Our conversation was getting quite brisk and sparkling. I have a brother who's a very good player," I went on. Yes ?" "Yes. He's at Oxford, too. At Magdalen." "Yes?" "Are you at MagdalerP Trinity." "Do you know my brother?" I I saw he hadn't heard my nattne when we had been introduced, so I added "Romney." I "I don't think I know a.ny Bomney. But I I don't know any Magdalen men. I thought you might, beowuse he told me you were probably going. to put him into ) the Oxford team, I clo hope yon will." Mr. Hook, who had been getting almost at l home and at his ease, I believe, suddenly I looked pink and scared again. I heard him whisper, "GQod Lord!" Please put him ill," I went on. feeling like Bob's guardian an,g,I. I'm sure he's I much better than anybody else. and we ¡ ibould be so pleased." You would be so pleased," he repeated mechanically Awfully pleased," I said. I couldn't tell you how grateful. And it would make euch a lot of difference to Bob. I can't tell you why, but it would." Ob, it would?" said he. A tremendous lot. You won't forget the name, will you? Romney. I'll write it down for you on your programme. R. Romney, Magdalen College. You will put him in. I won't you? 1 shall be too grateful for any- thing. And father-" "I think this is mrs?" said a voice. My partner for the next dance w-as stand- ing before me. In the ball-room they were jnst beginniily the Oxford boating-song. I heard Mr. Hook give a great sigh. It may have been sorrow, or it may have been relief. I got a letter from Bob a fortnight later saying that he was still in the team, though be had not beem playing very well. He him- self, he said, had ra.ther fancied he would have been 'eft out after the Old M&Ivernians' match, and he wouldn't have complained, because he had played badly; but for some reason they stuck to him, and if he didn't do anything particularly awful in the next few matches, he said, he was practically a eer.tainty for Queen's Club. "What's Queen's Club?" I asked father. "It's where the 'Varsity match is played. We must go and see it if Bob gets his Blue. Or in any case." Bob did get his Blue. I felt quite a thrill when I thought of what Mr. Hook had 8tlffered for my sake. Because, you see, there I were lots of people who thought Bob wasn't ¡ good enough to be in the team. Father read me a bit out of a sporting paper in which the man who wrote it compared the two teems and m-id that the weak spot in the Oxford side is undoubtedly Romney," and a lot of horrid things about his not feeding his forwards properly. I said, I'm sure that isn't true. Bob's always giving dinners to II people. In fact, that's the very reason why I stopped. "Why what?" said father. "Why he's so hard up, father, dear. He tS, you know. It's because of his twenty-first lbirthday, he said." "I shouldn't wonder, my dear. I remember my own twenty-first birthday celebrations, and I don't suppose things have alltered much since my time. You must tell Bob to come to me if be'e in difficulties. We mustn't be hard on a man who's playing in the 'Varsity match, eh, my dear?" I said, "No; I'll tell him." Bob stopped with us the night -before the match. He hardly ate anything for dinner, and he wanted toast instead of bread. When I met him afterwards, though, he was look- ing very pleased with things and very friendly. "It's all right about those bills." he said. "The governor has given me a cheque. He's awfully backed about my Blue." "And it was all me, Bob," I cried. "It was every bit me. If it hadn't been for me. you wouldn't be playing to-morrow. Aren't you, grateful, Bob You ought to be." "If you can spare a moment and aren t too busy talking rot," said Bob, "YOU might tell no what it's all about." Why, it was through me you've got your Blue." So I understand you to say. Mind ex- plaining? Don't if it would give you a headache." "WhY. I met the Oxford captain at Aunt Edith's dance, and I said how anxious you were to get your Blue, and I begged him to put you in the team. And the very next Saturday you were tried for the first time." PETTICOAT IN FOOTER TWO Bob positively reeled, ad would have fallen ha-d he not clutched a chair. I didn't know people ever did it out of novels. He looked horrible. His mouth was wide open and his face a sort of pale green. He bleated Uke a sheep. Bob. don't!" I said. Whatever's the Mauer He recovered himself and laughed feebly. All right, kid," he said, "that's one to you. You certainly drew me then. By gad! I ireally thought you meant it qt j L My eyes opened wide. "But, Bob," I said, "I did." His jaw fell again. "You mean to tell me," he said, slowly, "that you aotually asked- Oh, my aunt!" He leaned his forehead on the mantelpiece. "I shall have to go down," he moaned. "I can't stay up after this. Good Lord! the story may be all over the 'Varsity! Suppose somebody did get hold of it! I couldn't live I it down." 1 He raised his head. "Look here, Joan," he 'said; "if a single soul gets to hear of this I'll never speak to you again." And he stalked out of the room. I sat down and cried. At the match there was a 10t of running about and kicking at first A little Cam- bridge man with light hair got the ball after a bit, and simply tore down the touch- hne till he came to Bob, and Bob got in his way, and he kicked it to another man, only before he'd got it the other man who had been standing nearest to Bob at the beginning of the game took it away from him and sent it a long way up the field. "Well played, Bob!" said father. "That little man with the light hair is Stevens, the international. He's the most dangerous man Cambridge have got. Bob will have his work cut out to stop him. Still, he did it that time all right." The ball was being kicked about quite near the Cambridge goal now, so I thought Oxford must be getting the best of it. The little man was standing about by himself looking on, as if he were too important a Person to mix himself up with the others. But suddenly one of the other Cambridge men sent the ball in his direction and he was off with it like a flash, and there seemed to be nobody there to stop him except Bob, who was jumping about half-day down the field. All the Cambridge men raced down in the direction of the Oxford goal, and Bob met the little man as he had done before and I made his paas to the other man. Then Bob rushed for this man, though there was another Oxford player mailing for him too, and the Cambridge man with the ball waited till they both were quite near him and then kicked it back to the international. "Oh, Romney, you rotter;" said one of the young men in front of me, in a voice of agony; and then there was a perfect howl of joy from half the crowd, for the inter- national, who hadn't anyone between him and the goalkeeper, who looked nervous, ran round and shot the ball through the net. Well, there's one of their goals," said the not quite so bright young man. "Oha.p writing In the Ohronaole' this morning said Oxford would be lucky if they only had three scored against them. What a rotter Romney was to leave Stevens like that. Why on earth can t he stick to his man?" Father looked quite grey and haggard. If Bob's going to play the fool like that," lie said, "he'd better have stayed at home." "What didn't he do?" I asked. he didn't stick to his man. He getfi up against an international forward, and the first thing he does is to leave him with a clear field. He must stick to Stevens." The whole air seemed full of Bob's wrong- doing. I suppose it was a sort of wireless telegraphy or something that made me do it. At any rate, I jumped up and shrieked in front of everybody, in a dead silence, too: "You must stick to Stevens, Bob!" Then there was a roar of laughter. I suppose it must have sounded funny, though I didn't mean it; and everybody who wanted Oxford to win took up the cry. Only after shouting. "You must stick to Stevens, Bob" once, they began to shout, "Buck up, Oxford!" Bob turned scarlet—I was looking at him through father's fi,-Id-g-laAse-s-and I believe I he was swearing to himself. Then the game began again. Bob told me afterwards, in a calmer moment, that my cry was the turning point. I Up to then he had been fearfully ashamed of himself for letting the Cambridge man I kick the ball away from him, but that now ¡ he felt that he must look so foolish that it I was not worth while trying to realise it. He said be was like the girl in Shakespeare who smiled at grief. He had passed the limits of human feeling. The result was that he found himeeif suddenly icy cool, without nerves or anxiety or anything. Anyhow, the result was that Bob began to play really splendidly. I can't judge foot- ball at all, of course, but even I could see how good he was. He slippad about as if he were made of indiarubbef. He sprang at Stevens and took the ball away from him. He kept kicking the ball back to the Cam- bridge goal. In fact, he thoroughly redeemed himself, and if it hadn't bren for the Cam- bridge goalkeeper Oxford would have scored any number of times. Just before half-time an Oxford man did score, so that made them level. "Well, Romney's done all right lately," paid one of the yorng men. "If he plays like that all the time we might win. What on earth he was doing at the start I can't think. The gulf! was getting very low now, and Cambridge had to play facing it. It seemed to bother theca a good deal, and Oxford kept on attacking, Bob coming up to help. At last, after they had been playing about twenty minutes, 8tevens went off again, a.nd Bob had to race b&ck "and stop him. He jusjt managed to kick the lxill over the touch-line. One of the Cambridge men picked it up and threw it to another Cambridge -an. but Bob suddenly darted between them, got the ball, and tore down the &c'.d. There were only two men in front of him besides the goalkeeper, and he wng?led p?st one of ?t,beul and f?.thcr stood up and waved his ? hand and shouted instructions. Then the last Cambridge man bore down on him. It vrm thrilling. They were on the point of [ charging into one another, when Bob kicked the ball to the left and ran to the right. and the Cambridge man shot past, and there was Bob in front of the goal just getting ready to shoot. Then the ball whizzed into the net, and all over the ground you could see hate flying into the air and sticks waving and a great roar went up from everywhere. It sounded like guns. "All the same," said the bright brown yjoung man, "he ought to have passed." Nothing more was scored, so Oxford just won. The end was rather frtruny, because I know you are wondering what I said to Mr. Hook and wha.t be said to me, and what Bob did. But it wasn't a bit like what I bad expected. When I canie down to the drawing-room a.fter dressing for dinner Bob and the captain were standing talking by the fire. 1-d" I think you have met my sister already, said Bob, dismally. I don't think I've had the pleasure," murmured the other man. Bob turned to me "I thought you said you met Watson at Aunt Edith's baJl. So you were pulling my leg after all?" I didn't. I wasn't. I said I met the cap- tain of the Oxford football team. Well, that's Watson." ■ j "Are yon captain, r-ealY?" I asked. I've always been told so." "Then," I said, "I think it's my duty to I tell you that there is a man oa-lled Hook- T. B. Hook—who goes about pretending he's captain.' Hook of Oriel? Rather shy man? Doesn't talk much ?" Yes." Oh. he's oaptain of the Oxford Rugger team, you see. I'm captain of the Soocer, said Mr. Watson. go it was Hook you asked?" said Bob. T", nk Heaven. You haven't rained my career, after alL Though I admit," he added, kindly, you did what you could."
- Passing Pleasantries.I
Passing Pleasantries. I Mertie: I'm going to marry a man who draws beautiful pictures. Gertie- That is all very well; but does he draw any salary? I've come ohm," said an electrician to his wife. Well, what makes you insulate?" asked the wife. Einstein: Ikey, you must nod rear your speos all der dime. Ikey: Vy nod, fader? Einstein: Pecauise you vear der glass out looking through it so much. A well-known M.P., carrying a bag, was aoccoted by a boy near St. Pancrae Station. "Ca.rry your bag, sir?" "No, thank you." Carry it to the station for tuppence, sir?" The M.P. replied again, "No, thank you." Carry it for a penny, sir-?" Again he replied, No, thank you." Whereupon the young ruffian got into the road and shouted at the top of his voice several times; '• Garn! You ought to be ashamed of your- self to ask me to carry that great, heavy bag to the station for a ha'penny!" The M.P. aays that the scornful glances of the crowd made him feel quite guilty.
ICURES ECZEMA.I
CURES ECZEMA. I It has been repeatedly demonstrated that the torturous itching of eczema is stopped by the fLrat application of the new discovery, Cadurn, an external remedy that directly attacks the seat of the trouble and exerts a soothing and healing influence on the skin- tissues. If you suffer from any skin or scalp trouble, use Codum. Eczema, psoriasis, ring- worm. pimples, blackheads, rash, scaly skin, eruptions, and all disfiguring diseases are quickly overcome by the wonderful power of this new remedy, leaving the skin aoft and dear. 6d. aDd 1& » box. all ohemdste. I f •»
I For Women Folk. j
I For Women Folk. HOMELY HINTS AND DAINTY DISHES To make Japanese cement mix rice flour well wit.h cold water, then gently boil it, when it will be beautifully white, and dries nearly transparent. I Apricot Tart -1 A pound of apricots, sugar, puff-paste. Peel and stone the aprioots. Line a shallow tin with the paste, put in the apricots and sugar, put narrow strips of paste across, and bake for about half an hour. Turn out of the tin, and serve hot or cold. I A Substitute for Cream I Beat the white of an egg to a froth a.nd mix well with it a very small lump of butter. You must be careful to put either tea or I coffee very gradually to this substitute, or it may curdle. This rec.ipe will be found both cheap and equal to cream. H Blackberry Brandy .1 I 10 naii a gallon ot blackberry juice put lVb. of lump sugar, z. of ground cinnamon, z. of ground nutmeg, àoz. of cloves, and loz. of allspice. Boil it a few minutes, and when oool add one pin't of brandy. This is an invaluable remedy for diarrhcea. Vegetable Marrow Rings I A small veg'etaMe marrow, egg-bread- crumbs, eggs, tomatoes Paj'? the marrow, ta,k out the eeeis and cut it into ringE. Dip each ring into flour, seasoned with salt and cayenne-popper, then into beaten-up egg and I breadcrumbs, and fry them in boiling drip- ping uutil brown. Dish them up, pat a I poached egg and half a cooked tomato in alternate rings, and sarve very hot.
FOR WELSH FOOTBALLERSI
FOR WELSH FOOTBALLERS I The "Western Mail" Football Annual I An easy record has been created this year by the "Western Mail" Football Annual, which is now in the hands of the news-agents. It is replete with the ilformation required by every football player and enthusiast. Never before has it contained such a quar, tity of interesting matter. The fixture lists of all the first and seoond class Welsh and West of England clubs are given, to the num- ber of well over one hundred, there being nearly double the number of lists contained in last year's handbook. Izp- addition will be found the rulea of both the Rugby and Association codes, the records of inter- national matches and cup-ties, and a mass of other valuable and interesting information A particularly attractive feature, however, is a series of special articles by men famous in the football world. Thus:- Mr. Peroy Bush writes on "Why Footballers Love Football." He describes the illimitable joys of th? Rugger game, the infinite pleasure of drop- ping goals and gliding through microscopic openings. Mr. R. T. Gabe has a fascinating article on "My Most Memorable Game." Mr. Gabe describee his personal sensations before, after, and during the great match in which Wales beat the All Blacks. No Welshman will ever forget this historic game. A remarkable article appears by an anonymous writer, whose pen-name is All White." The article is entitled, The Secret of Swansea's Success." It is well known to every Rugby foot- baller that the Swansea team has gained astonishingly consistent success during the past twenty years, and the writer lifts the veil from the methods by which this success has been achieved. Mr. George Meroer, the eminent writer on the Association game, has penned a breezy and entertaining article under the heading, The Future is Before Us." Mr. Mercer dilates upon the great progress of the Association game in South Wales, discusses its present prosperous condition, and, as his caption implies, expresses abundant confidence in the future. Although the handbook is much larger and much more attractive than it has ever been before, the price, as usual, is only one penny.
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ST. CYPRIAN'S A. F.C. have Open October 23rd (Home;, March Kh (Home), and March 12th, 2cm, 28th, wa.y ¡ 20 miles radius.—Secretary, Roffers, 3, Cressy-road, Cardiff. e32S9al4 ST. MELLON'S R.F.C. require Fixtures with good clubs: a vera'; a age 20.—E. Smith, Bungalow, St. Mellon's. ° eZ2SOal4 CARDIFF V. DISTRICT, Cardiff Anns Park, Satur- day, September lith. Kick-off at 3.15 p.m.. SECOXD I TEAM V. DISTRICT (Trial Match). Kick-off, 4.45 p.m. I sifi2 BABGO?D ATHLETIC A.F.C.-W:m, Fixture* ff?r forthcoming season, Home and A way; nearly all dates ?pen; average age 16. Al? Match wanted for September 11th.—Apply ?orton? 72, GUf?eh-street, Bar^oed. e3115al0 EwroWN ROVERS R.F.C. reqmT8 FixtMes; I radius 6 mil; average age 17.—Apply R. Morgaa, 11, Secoad-row, Newtown, Ebbw Va,, ejlSSall
AN UNGRATEFUL TRAMP. I
AN UNGRATEFUL TRAMP. I —,— Thomas Arlott, a tramping labourer, and 1 Gertrude Arlott, his wife, were charged at i Littln yesterday by Police-constable Griffitbr, with the theft of an overcoat, value Ss., the property of Jame6 Wicks, collier, Oinderford. Prosecutor's wife deposed that on the afternoon of the day in question "the male prisoner came to her house and asked her to exchange some scent which he bad got for some sugar. She gave him the sugar and let him keep the scent. He in-quired where he could get work, and she advised him to try the pits. She also gave him some pota- toes. Prisoner having told witness his wife and two boys were along, and they had nowhere to sleep, she offered the use of their stable, amd they decided to iise the loft over the stable. Witness 16rrttbem some coats to covor themselves with. Next mornittg, early, prisoners had gone, and the coat in question had gone, too. The court sent the man to gaol for two months, and directed that his wife should be bound over for six months, to come up for judgment when called upon.
NEWPORT EMPIRE B
NEWPORT EMPIRE B Kate Carney will give her latest sketch, "The Yiddisher Boy." The first scene is out- side Aldgate Station, London. Saturday afternoon, and the second is laid in Petti- coat-lane, Sunday morning. No one will dis- pute Kate Carney's claims as one of th$best impersonators of characters drawn from the "masses," and her powers of delineation and the funny 6ituations suggested are sure to caiife uproarious laughter. Not the leest charming part of the entertainment is pro- vided by Miss ithoda Paul, who at sweet seventeen has developed a most piquant ren- dition of light comedy songs which gain additional attractiveness by reason of her youthfulness and vivacity. The remainder of the programme includes that clever comedienne Ruth Lytton, in her dainty Scotch character-studies; Little Zola. the miniature comedian; Matthews and Ree-ce, the incomparable athletes, the King of Sweden having personally complimented Charles Matthews on his jumping feats; Moon and Morris, who are very original comedy artistes; the "whistling man in white," Arthur Slater; and new bioscope pic- tures.
HOW TO CURE CORNS I
HOW TO CURE CORNS For soft corns between the toes, dust every I morning with boracic acid, and place a thin layer of absorbent cotton over the oorn. For hard corns, rub the thick skin off with a piece of fine sandpaper, and remove the small hard centre with a knife, being careful not to malr" the toe bleed. Grease well with vaseline ni^ht and morning, thus keeping it soft till the healthy skin has a chance to take the place of the hard callobs. Apply plenty of soap and water and, brash thor- ough'y with a good brut-h-tbir, stimulates circulation and keeps the hard callous from forming. Rinse the feet in cold water, and d'ry thoroughly, again applying vaseline to the corn. Bunions may be treated in this way.
"I AIN'T NO SUFFRAGETTE"
"I AIN'T NO SUFFRAGETTE" Mary Moloney, a fat, red-faced, masculine- looking woman, was charged at Bow-street yesterday with being disorderly and assault- ing a constable. It was started that when the prisoner was artested for creating a disturb- ance -be spat in a constable's face She was ordered to pay two fines of 20s. each, in default two consecutive terms of fourteen days' imprisonment. The Prisoner (glaring at the oonstable she had assaulted): You see what you have done, don't yer? Why don't yer lock up them suffragettes instead of pinohing a hard-working woman like me? D'ye ere? I ain't no suffragette. (Laughter.)
! RATHER MIXEDI
RATHER MIXED A tall Western girl, named Short, long loved a certain big )d,r. Little, while Lttle,. little thinking of Short, loved a little lass named Long. To make a long story short, Little proposed to Long,and Short longed to be even with Little's short-comings. So Short, meeting Lon, threa;tened to mairry LittLe before Long, which caused little in a short time to marry Long. Query: Did tall Short love big Little less because Little loved Long?
EAGLE WHICH EATS MONKEYS
EAGLE WHICH EATS MONKEYS One of the newest aa-rivals at the Zoologi- 00..1 Gardens is the monkey-eating eagle from the Philippines, which is to be seen in the vulture aviaries. This bird is so raxe that there a.re only four skins ot the species in the museums of the world.
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Henri Piet v. Dick Lee
Henri Piet v. Dick Lee MONDAY'S FIGHT AT MOUNTAIN ASH The contest between Henri Piet, the French boxor. and Dick Lee, of Kentish Town, at Mountain Ash on Monday evening is certain to be a good one. Lee is well known as one of the cleverest and gamest boys of his class in England, and Piet has shown his quality in his fight with Fred Welsh. w Lee and Piet have met in France, and Lee was defeated by the wonderful little French- man. but it is claimed for Lee by all who were cognisant of the circumstances that he was unfit to fight at the time by reason of having been very ill crossing the Channel. At any rate, both boys are very anxious to try conclusions again, and are looking for- ward to the present opportunity at Mountain Ash Oil Monday night in the hope that it will enaole them to iinally settle the question of supremacy. When Dick Lee fought Fred Welsh some two years ago, the decision was given to Welsh, but there were very many who thought it should have gone to Lee, and there were more who believed the contest a draw. Let Lee beat Piet in a decisive way and he will be justified in asking for a chance at Welsh again. Lee is well aware of this, and is anxious to get another ehan-ce at the champion; therefore, he will do his best to win over the clever Frenchmen, who has so far given Welsh his best fight in this country. oomething of a line on Lee's possibilities as a lighter can be drawn through the fact that he has beaten Joe Fletcher three times. Also he has beaten Seaman llayes six times, George Moore once, Young Lilly once, and other good men besides. On the face of things, therefore, the contest between the two boxers is one of the sort that promises intense interest for those who witness it. No one can tell in advance what the result will r be, and the chances are that it will be in doubt to the end, and that is the son of contest that is most exciting to behold. Piet has been preparing faithfully for the bout, as is his invariable custom, and Dick Lee, conscious of how much depends on his performance, has left nothing undone to get himself into the best possible condition. Challenge to the Victor Joe Fletoiier, who was defeated by Freddy Welsh last Monday, is prepared to meet the winner of the Piet-Lee contest for from £.50 to JLIM aside. The Jdountam Ash Syndicate are prepared to put up a substantial purse for tile proposed contest if it can be ratihed. Another Offer to Moran Writing to The Sportsman," Mr. A. Shirley, of Cardiff, manager to Jim Drisooll, says;—"1 feel it only due to myself And too Dri&coll that the public should know that we both mean business, and in order to try and bring Moran and Driscoll together I submit the iollowing offer; A PUTse of £ 2,000 or 50 per cent. of the gross gate, whichever may be the larger amount, the contest to take place at the Pavilion, Mountain Ash, on Monday, October 11 next. Now, if Moran really desires to fight I hope he will accept this offer, so that we can fix the matter up without delay. I enclose cheque for £ 2,0C0, so that there can be no question about the money, 1
CARDIFF EMPIRE I
CARDIFF EMPIRE I Mr. R. A. Roberts heads the bill at Cardiff Empire next week, and witl awaken more interest than ever with his quick-change repertoire. Although in all cases Mr. Roberts makes a full change, in many cases even to the boots, one change occupies only one and a tenth second, whilst the longest change occupies 41 seconds. It may be news to readers that the changes are made in almost complete darkness. I know where everything is," says the protean artiste; my touch is so' keen. In one case, where I made a jump from the top of an 8ft. 6in. staircase I undressed as I jumped, and before I reached the entrance through which I made a re-entry-a distance of 30ft.—I was completely transformed." Speaking of earlier days, he says, They were times i should not like to go through again. Imagine playing parte in a Shakspearean repertoire in one week!, and for 25s. a week." George Gilbey, otherwise known as Spouty," the goal-keeper, is another star turn. Next week he will give his new crea- tion, Constable Duffy." Gilbey's first real I hit" was made at Birkenhead wdth a policeman song oalled Monkey," and the famous comedian remfflIlOOrs a funny story in oonnection with this. I was playing at the Gaiety," he told tho writer, and after singing three songs, the Monkey song was oalled fdi- Upon remarking that I had ta,ken the music out of my books, thinking it was played out, a voice from the gallery said. 'George, oan't yer sing it without the music?' I replied, I'm sorry; but I cannot.' The answer was brief and to t-he point, Go on, kid; I'll whistle it!' Eos cow'a Midget Wonders, who give, amongst, other things, a boxing display; J. W. Hall, the well-known comedian; Ruby Laws, in a society sketch; Six Lancashire Lassies; Frank Leon, the great danoing j expert; Mildred Bryan, with new songs; j and the popular bioscope complete a good entertainment.
I CAROl FF LACROSSE CLUB
I CAROl FF LACROSSE CLUB I The ajimDal meeting of this club will be held on Monday evening to eie-ct officers for the coming season. A good list of fixtures, j with most of the leading ehibs in the West, has been arranged, and matches with at least one London olub are expected to be added shortly. The proispeote of the club, both as to numbers and strength of the first team, are bright, a considerable influx of new members taking the place of those who have left the district or are retiring from active participation, and the club should regain its old position at the head of the South Western Association. Play will start on the 18th with practice on the same ground in the Llandaff Fields as last year.
I BRIDEGROOM'S DILEMMA1 _---_____
BRIDEGROOM'S DILEMMA 1 There is a French citizen at Lyons named Joseph Marius Laton, who is in a curious dilemma, in regard to his marriage. He was born on April 21, 1881, and by scane curious error was registered on the list of births as (being of the opposite sex. Now that he wants to get married the authorities decline to perform the ceremony until all the neces- sary formalities have been complied with in regard to getting the register altered. This is likely to take some months.
|THE CHEERY OLD SOUL.I
THE CHEERY OLD SOUL. I Mary Knight, aged 62, stated at West Ham Police-court yesterday that it was elation at her husband's receipt of an admission order to the workhouse infirmary that induced her to sing in the street the song, "I love to think of the days when I was yo?og. tidd!y- "God love your old face," she re- marked cheerily to the ma?istra? as he remanded her.
TRAIL OF APPLES I
TRAIL OF APPLES I It was stated at St.ratford Polioe-court yes- terday that Ernest Allum, a thirteen-year-old schoolboy, who was fined for stealing Cruit, was traced by a trail of apples which had fallen from a hole in the sack in which he was carrying them away.
SERMONS FOR GOLFERS I
SERMONS FOR GOLFERS I The Rev. J. F. Kendall, vicar of St. Gear- main's Church, BI-ack-heath. is inaugursuting what he calls sermonefor golfers, to be given in his ahurch on Sunday mornings for the benefit of tboae who play on the local links.
SKITTLE -NOTES..I
SKITTLE NOTES.. I [By "FLOORER."] The Cardiff Skittles League look forwatrd to a most successful season. There is already a "membership of twenty eluibs, and several more application ha.ve yet to be considered. Should these be accepted there is every prob- ability of the league being formed into two divisions, as it wall be impossible for a ohib to go through the large fixture Hst that would be entailed by all the olubs being placed in one division. Registration forms should be aent in by the club secretaries as early as possible for therir registration before October 1.
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'Not Really aBad Woman'I
'Not Really aBad Woman' I WOMAN FORCER'S PATHETIC PLEA Theri was a remarkable development at the Central Criminal Court yesterday in a case in which Maud Kohler, aged 36, of no occupation, pleaded guilty to having forged an order for the delivery of a banker's cheque book, with intent to defraud. The prisoner is stated to have gone to the Standard Bank of South Africa and, repre- senting that she was a Mrs. liolfe, receives a cheque book, the order for which she signed in the name of Maud Bolfe. Mr. Rolfe, it was stated, was a retired South African farmer, who had been living with prisoner for some years. Prisoner swooned while the prosecuting counsel was making his statement. Subse- quently she was able to address the Recorder. said: — I do think, for my own sake and the sake of my boy, you should consider me, because I was driven to it, and I am not really a bad woman. I have been perfectly true to this man. I believed in him, and I trusted him, as he was a friend of my father, who held cne of the be&t positions in South Africa. Having perused papers which had been handed to him, the Recorder said he was quite satisfied tha/t the relations between the parties put an entirely different c-omplexion on the oasl-, and he would pacs the nominal sentenoe of four days' imprisonment.
I WARWICKOCRAMME.I
I WARWICKOCRAMME. I I WARWICK MEETING. —The ARDEN ALL-AGED SELLING PLATE of 103 OOvs; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Six turlongs. -The WARWICK HANDICAP PLATE of .30C t-ovs; the seooud to receive 20 sovs. One mile and a quarter. ye st lb Lord Ebury'e }torena. W Waugh 4 9 0 Mr It J Farquhaxson'tf Mi'ilard II Farquharton a 8 12 Mr L Dig'uy's Thunderbolt .Dlgby a & 10 'Lord Carnarvon's Oui Kc R C Dawson 3 8 4 Mr H J Hull's s-andysike W cotton 4 8 3 Mr V". H Walker's (llOOn Mother ..Fergutton 3 8 3 Lady de Bat.¡e'cJ Black Sea F Darling 3 7 12 Mr C Hobeou's Queen's Courier Clement 3 7 3 Mr ii M Suiilii'j> Awake 11 .Bea.rdsléy 472 Lord Coventry's Coap de Grace Waugii 6 7 0 Lord Derby's (^uecn't? Journal Hon G Lambton 3 6 12 Mr Forbee's Kugagoment .H;lIllIlg 3 b 11 —The CASTLE PLATE of 102 sovs; allowances. One mile and three furlongs. y.. st lb ye st lb Mr J B Joel'" Temnœ Morton 3 a l? Mr J Buchanan's lemeraire H Darling 4 8 11 Lord Derby'* Bon^piel 11 ..Hon G La.mbton 4 3 11 Mr S Joel's l'iccupe .C feck 6 811 Mr JA de Slow Leopard F Vrait, 5 8 11 Mr C CanoH's »v tieatear S Darling 4 8 8 Mr J C Lyons't> ,-ibelard 11 .P Harti^an 5 8 8 Mr II C Dawson's Shampoo R C Dawson 3 8 3 Mr Merry's Double Fortune braime383 Mr J B Joel's Submit Morton 3 8 0 Mr J BayliiV Canonist T Leader, Jun 4 7 12 Mr W A Jarvii'd Lyntcurie ,Ja.r.is 3 7 7 Mr H Lytham's Jsithi-dale IN cotton37 7 Duke of Portland's W Waugh 3 7 4 Mr W B l'urefoy's Ganynaede II Lewis 3 7 4 Mr W M G Singer's Grimepound Taylor 3 7 4 The WARWICK RACE GATE COM- MITTEE HANDICAP of 150 sovs; winners extra. One mile. ye st lb Lord Howard d$WaldgVs Marozzo Major Beatty a 10 0 Lord Westbury'e Darraid:m Farquharson 3 8 8 Capt F D Gri6??.1's Flying lima A Cole 4 8 7 Sir E Caaeel'ts Sir Wolfus Hon F Lambton 3 8 6 Mr F Benson's Mcrfhal Xey Medcalfe 6 7 12 Mr W Gocdchiid's Schn-app6 Sherrard a 7 11 Mr J P Azola's Dissolute Torterolo 3 7 10 Mr C B Iemay's Garrogie Robinson 3 7 10 Mr CF 'Your. -'e Alarffe C Young 4 7 8 Mr J H Bennett's Dandy Bird. T Young 3 7 7 Mr H Lytham's Wild Georgie Wootton 4 7 7 Capt F Fore&ter's L<XMr Tiber Lewis 3 7 5 Mr B PoIehamptcQ'a The Merry Widow Digby 3 7 0 —The COUNTY SELLING NURSERY I HANDICAP of 100 sovs; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Five furlongs. st lb Mr R Wootton'e Tyrconnel .Wootton 9 5 Mr G Edwardeo's Ara P Hartigan 9 0 Sir R Hermon-Hodge's Prelude Clement 8 12 Mr D C Gilroy's Hackler's Beauty Watte 8 9 Mr L B Beauohamp's Can't Sing E Hunt 8 8 Mr F C Stern's Bobsleigh .Davies 8 7 Mr T A Edge's Irish Vote .Parkf0 8 6 Mr A Stevens's c by Lac tontine, dam by Missel Thni.^h—Morland Stevens 8 3 Lord Werbury's Salvia Farquhareon 8 3 Mr W T Sharpe's Witch Finder Gurry 8 3 Mr PNeIkes Woodlajid Maid Pickering82 Mr T Cannon's How] T Cannon 8 1 Capt M Hughes's Joliette .Yd.vie¡; 713 Mr C Bewicke's c by Bentinck, dam by Ooean Wa.ve-Lady Gower Cort 7 12 Mr R Wright'e Golden Harvest Allen712 Mr D C Gilrov'e Marie Lohr .Watts 710 Mr C F Young's Wolf's Glen C Young 7 10 Mr W Parrish's Cover Ovor Rogers 7 9 Mr J C Sullivan's Bay Bachelor Sullivan 7 5 Mr J Butters's Valley Brook .Butters 7 5 —The KNEILWORTH MAIDEN TWO YEAR OLD PLATE of 106 sovs; the seoond to receive 3 aovs. Five furlongs. fet lb Lord Howard de Walden's c by Eager-ChaMnch Major Beattv 9 7 Mr C Bower Iemav'3 Welbury  Robincon 9 7 Mr H Lytham's MLnter Wootton 9 7 Mr G Aston's Kilmallock M'Kenna90 Mr A F Basset's TTeeco Abbey. Pernw 9 0 Mr Browning's Galtee King .Sir C Nugent 9 0 Mr J Buchanan's Bull's Bun .H Darling 9 0 Sir E Czissel's Firefly Hon F Lambton 9 0 Mr D M Gant'e Scotch Ways .Phillips 9 0 Mr R Gurney's Roee Mallow .Flivll 8 0 Lord Howard de Walden's Orpinjent Major Beatty90 Ca-pt M Hugtes'e Pen u.JiCUI!! .n&viEÍ$ 9 (J Mr J R Keetie's Suffragift S Darling 9 0 I 8ir J Kelk e Loot. A B Sadler 9 0 Mr J J a.PrkillE'Ol1's Royal O'Xeill .Martin 9 0 Mr G A Prenttce's Churchill "&11 9 0 Mr J A de R-othychild's Xankeen Pratt 9 0 Mr J C 8ulUvan'a JeweJler 'SullÏ\'an 9 0 M Buckworth'" Golden Dream Priestley 8 11 Lord C3rnanon's Berenice R C D'a??n 8? Mr R B DobeWs f by Su?pcnder-<?<x?i Da? 7/ Roonev 8 11 w r. v GreviUea Farquharton 8 11 CQ1 Greville s Solf emnity j d-ii o Sir R Hermon-Hod?esB?k Addie J 6ement l8 11 Mr T F Hooley's Black Ida G?°); ;? Mr C E Howard's Little Ben S S n Lord Howard de WaMen'9 f by Votodyo??-Wi? Saw Major Beatty 8 11 ^i"ii»v'K^"u»'S"SrcaS S!! G Chaloner811 Mr H Lytha-m's Eis?tic Woo? X? Mr A M-JHickin? f v Avin?ton-ScotehBroM Mr H 8 MitcheU-. Mr H S MitcheU'e Grove HalHck 8 n Mr E Moore's Mi? Portland Tor?n ?? Mr W E Xe)9on's Le,,4te Pt  MMl r W Niched An?tiqae 'Pratt 2}: Duke of Portland's Lady h¡tefoot Ww??h a? Mr H P Whitney's ? by Ham burg—York ville ?e? ? Mr E A Wi?n-s Wood NympP. h "Sl Mr E A Wi.-an'? Wood Nymph ?.L.ewis Major J D Edw?'s Santia P R-?,tigan811I For Later Arrivals See Pa?e 3.
I -WINNING JOCKEYS I
I WINNING JOCKEYS I I COMPILED FROM MARCH 22 TO SEPTEIBER 10 I I INCLUSIVE. I Rd? wgt For- f' Ib 19 2nd ?? ?npL T! centre KF-. tW*. oot, ton 6 5 106 95 58 226 48? g:li-SrI D. Ma,her 8 8 7? 42 30 136 286 .27 W. A. Higgs 7 12 71 50 52 231 4M ^I57J W. S?by 8 3 57 33 35 1M 235 19.32 C. Trigg 7 6 52 50 56 316 474 10i37 Walter q,ri? 7 11 47 47 45 241 380 ?''36 B. Dillon 8 10 39 35 37 131 242 11.98 F. Fox 7 2 33 37 45 247 WB 10.59 H. Jones 3 6 33 36 16 M i? 19.52 I G. M-C<m 7 8 33 24 24 U1 132 n*la Ý: i.['(i;n" J g 30 30 i m m g'J I J. H. Martin 7 7 27 35 23 143 223 11:84 H. Stokes. 7 5 26 14 14 126 180 14.44 0. Ma.Mcn ? 8 0 26 31 25 147 2? li?M, 0N?. 'illiani Griggs 7 11 25 40 49 194 308 c*11 H. Randall 711 24 13 27 103 172 14.18 H. East 6 0 21 18 21 138 198 10.60 E. WheaUey 7 9 21 25 16 143 205 10^9242 W. Halsev 8 0 20 29 24 151 224 8.92
I NEW MEANINGS TOOLD WORDS
NEW MEANINGS TOOLD WORDS BtLg: A kiss. Rebus: Kiss her again. Omni- I bus: Kiss all the girls in the room. Blunder- I bus: Kissing your mother-in-law. Syllabus: Two girls kissing each other. 111
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FOREIGN MAILS I To be despatched fran Stinday, Sept. 12: OUTWARD.-Evening- To Constantinople and Smyrna, parcel malls, Tia Liverpool, per s. Avon. MONDAY, siBPTEMSEB 15. Morning- To Fz,t, by Itadian paoke*. To C?ylon, by German pack&?. To raroe .Islands, via Leith. To F&roe Islands, parod ma?a, Th Leith. gvenlng- To United States, parcel maita, via Livarpool. INWARD.-Duo Sunday— From United States, &-c-, via Plymoath. Due Monclay- f-ro. United States aad Bermoda, via Plymouth.
I LOCAL OVERNIGHT CHARTERING8.…
I LOCAL OVERNIGHT CHARTERING8. I Cardiff to:- Havre, 4s 3d, Stokesley or sub., 1,400 tone maximum (Watte, Watte, limited) Havre, 4s, SkeMan, 1,750 tons (SoaLete Com- mercials ) Yladwoetocsk, 12B 6d several steam-era vLa-mhert Bro-s., Limited.) Buenos Ay res/La Plata, 12B 9d. Oommon- wealth, 4,300 tons, September 20 (Cory Broe., Limited) Genoa, 5s 104d, 5,200 tone (M J. Hill and Co.) St. Naaaire, 5f 50e, 800 tons (T. Beynon and Co.) B/Ochefort, 5f, Ifca-aelinere, i,450 tone (Worgem and Oadogan) Newport to:- Naples or Torre Anawmeaa-ta, 58 10W, 800 tone delivery, 3,000 tons (R. W. Jones and Co.) Genoa, 6s, Guisewe Aooame, 4,000 tone (Sooiete Oommerciale) Swansea to:- Cherbourg, 4s 6d coal, 55 fuel, 1,450 tons (Sooiete Commerc-iale) St. Nazaire, 4f 87ic, Greenhill, 2,800 tone (E. W Cook and Co.) Cherbourg, 4s 6d coal. 5s fuel, Yukon, 1.450 tons (Societe Commercial) Rouen, 4s 10Jd, Linn o' Dee, 700 tons (Biaen- cae-Gnrvven Colliery Company) Rouen, 4s 10Jd, The Princess, or substitute, 700 tong (Cleeves and Co.) Oivrtra Veochia, 6s 9d coal, 7a 6d fuel, 2,800 tons (H. J. HiU and Co.) StugHund, 5s 6d, Verctendi, 1.,000 tons (In- grra-rn and Oo.) Port Talbot to:- Lcudoia. 3s 10 £ d, 1,250 tons (Pjrmaai, WttitBon)
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!Billiards.I
Billiards. 46.-GROSS CANNONS. By RISO LEVI (Copyright). Diagram 635 shows a position which, with slight variations, not infrequently occurs. With the object balls to the measurement? given under the diagram a cannon may be made by three tootally different strokes, viz., off the red ball and the top cushion, by a screw off the white playing from the left end of the D, and by a cross cannon off the white. The cannon off the red is a very diffi- cult stroke to judge, and the after-position resulting from such a stroke is obscure. The screw off the white is also a DIAGRAM 655.—A croas cannon by means of a thin stroke played with side. Object white lin. froni the side cushion and +8in. from the top pillion, Bed ball lilJ. from the top cushion and 20. from the side cushion. Cue ball end of the. D line. difficult stroke, and owing to the pace at which such a stroke must be played, little or no couirol can be had over the balls. The cross ca.u.non is also a difficult stroke, but provided that it is played without much pace very good position will generally be left when the cue ball gets well on to the red. For this cross cannon the cue ball should be spotted at or near the right end of the D, and aim should be taken for a thin contact with the object white, the cue ball being struck with the side which will be running side off the side cushion. Most players miss this cannon, not because they do not. pi-ay with enough side, but because they do not take the object ball sufficiently thin..With the balls to the measurements given under Diagram 635 the object white should be taken about a quarter-ball or even a shade thinner than this. Diagram 636 illustrates a cross cannon that is 'only possible with extreme side. With the balls to the measurements given cross cannon P'?yad with extreme '?.???baU 7? ?m. from the side cushion and 45lin from t'he baulk cushion. Object white 3in, mm the side cushion and 6in. from the top cushion. Que bail on the D semi-circte. under the diagram the contact with the ob- ject baJl should be about half-ball. An ap- preciably thinner contact will cause the stroke to fail and a considerably Puller than half-ball contact will make the stroke a run- through and prevent the etyQ bQ from trawl- ling across the table to the red. Mr. lien's articles appear evory Saturday in the "Even ing Esprese." No. 1 of this eeriea appeared on October 3.
MISS ELLALINETERRISS' VISITI
MISS ELLALINETERRISS' VISIT Mr. Chrles Frohraan is sending to the New Theatre, Cardiff next week one of the largest companies he has ever sent on tour. and one of the strongest oastee. He will present Miss Ella-line Terris in his latest London success, "The Dashing Little Duke," a musical play by r. Seymour Hicks, with all the original MISS KLLALINE TERRIS AT THE 1SEW I THEATRE, CARDIFF. scenery, dresses, special furniture, Ac.; in fact, the original production in its entirety. This will e Mies Ellaline Terris's first appearance in Cardiff, and she will be sup- ported by a large company, including Miss Elizabeth Firth. Mrs. A. B. Tapping, Mies Nellie Dade, Mr. Norman Selmond, Mr. Johnny Danvers, and MT. Frank Wilson. "The Dashing Littlp Duke" is a musical play based upon the story oontained in a play produced in Pris in the year 1710, entitled, "The First Loves of Riohelieu." The music is by Mr. Frank Tours (who will personally control the orchestra dttrinp the present tour), and the lyrics are by Mr. Adrian Ross. Miss Ellaline Terriss as the "Due de Riche- lieu" has made a great personal success.
I I 1LOCAL TIDE -TABLE.I
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GRAND NEW SERIAL STORY. "FOES OF I JUS lcI) BY HEADON HILL, Author of "Unmasked at Last," "The Hidden Victim," "Her Splendid Sin," "A Traitor's Wooing," &c., &c. I CHAPTER L I THE WARNING. The single gas-jet turned low for economy's sake, scarce served to gain an answering gleam from the phials and jars on the shelves of the dingy dispensary. From the Black friars-road outside there drifted in through the open doorway a blend of many odours—of fried fish, of petrol and decaying greengrocery. And, to tickle the ears as well as the nose, there resounded through the same hungrily expec- tant portal the ceaseless tramp of pedes- trians on the broad pavement, varied by scrape of conversation mostly carried on in raucous, gin-coddeii voices, and at not infrequent intervals scintillating with a sometimes ingenious but always lurid blas- phemy. The young man who sat swinging his heels on the counter of the dispensary was yaguelyconscious that some of the scrappy talk that floated in upon his solitude might have been quite interested if it had not been clipped so suddenly as it passed out of earshot: But he was more intimately con- cerned with the unending footfall, and with the question whether one of those who tramped heavily, or one of those who shuffled along, would turn aside and enter j that opened door. Dreamily as he seemed to listen, he was really on the alert to jump down from the counter, turn up the gas and assume a professional demeanour the moment such a happy consummation was secured. For Julian Penfold. Doctor of Medicine by right of diploma in the schools of Oxford and London, possessed nothing but the drugs on the sparsely furnished shelves and a little loose silver in his pocket. His rent was six weeks overdue, and in default of payment on the morrow his landlord was going to distrain and put him out into the street. In1 fact Julian was at the end of his tather, with only the last slender chance of an answered advertisement between him and starvation. Yet his pleasant, honest face was not that of one who had deserved such a fate at seven-and-twenty, nor "had he. After a university and hospital career, during which his only fault had been the prefer- enco of outdoor pursuits of more legitimate studies, the supposed rich uncle who had promised to buy him a practice had died insolvent, and he had been compelled to turn his hand to anything that came along. He had acted as assistant and locum tenens in nearly every county in the kingdom, till a longing for independence had tempted him to invest his paltry savings in the dis- pensary from which he was now to be I ejected. The thing had been a fraud from the start. The district was already over- stocked with shops where the motto was advice and medicine for sixpence," and as a newcomer he was the first to be crowded out. It was a poor game at the best requir- ing a great number of patients for the earn- ing of a bare livelihood, and the patients of the locality preferrro. the down-at-heel medicos with whose bibulous faces they were familiar to the young stranger who wore clean linen however threadbare his coat might be, and who objected to being cursed in the South London venacular. Lean as a greyhound, yet with a deep chest and muscular biceps of a gladiator, Julian Penfold's one pleasure in his sordid struggle for existence had been to keep him- self in perfect physical training. He had rowed In the 'Varsity eight, had been cham- pion heavy-weight boxer, and had carried off prizes innumerable in athletic contests; and he was loth to relax his grip on the only quality that had brought him fame. As he often reflected ruefully, if his name was as well-known to the editor of The Lancet" as it was to the gentlemen who preside over the sporting papers he would be making his ten thousand a year in Har- ley-etreet. He stifled some such thought now, as he pulled from his waistcoat pocket for the twentieth time that day a slip of printed matter. It was an advertisement which he had cut out of the previous day'r, "Daily Teleograph "-the sole remaining bulwark between him atid financial shipwreck. A half-humourous and rather wistful smile flitted across his clean-shaven, tanned face Bitted across his o f as he read once more the anonymous invi- tation which had caused him to seize pen and paper for reply. "To Young Medical Men.—An elderly gentle- man requires the exclusive services of a fully qualified medical man. The selected a,pplicant will be expected to reside in adver- tiser's house. He must be under thirty, of irreproachable character, and of stalwart and vigorous frame. This is not a mental caee, but the circumstances of the post will only be described to applicants whose title to the above qualifications is beyond doubt. —Apply X.Y.Z., Office of this paper." Julian carefully re-placed the cutting, laughing a little as he did so. "I fill all those conditions to a tick, but it's hardly like my luck to get so much as a nibble," he muttered. "It would be a queer billet, I fancy. Some hypochondriac with an en- larged liver and a morbid fear of death hopes to prolong his existence by having a tame physician on the premises. But where does the stalwart and vigorous frame come in. I wonder?" He swung himself round on the reverse side of the counter, speculation as to remote contingencies driven into the background by the immediate prospect of raking in a certain sixpence—a sum insufficient to stave off impending ruin, but which would post- pone for twenty-four hours the necessity of joining the homeless brigade which "dosses" on the Embankment. For his quick ears had caught the sound of footsteps slackening, and then diverging from the stream of traffic towards the open door of the dispensary. Before the doorway was darkened he had I turned up the gas and fallen into the pose of the busy healer doing mysterious things, with a pestle and mortar. Glancing up in his best professional man- ner, which somehow with Julian -Penfold?was never quite the real thing, he nearly gasped with astonishment at the apparition before him. Never in his life had he looked upon such wondrous beauty as that of the girl who had entered. As she crossed the floor her large, lustrous eyes were fixed on him as though she were striving to gauge his capability, or else, oould it be. to learn the impression she herself was making on him. A slight flush mantled in the pure pallor of her cheeks, lending a warm glow to the contour of the perfect oval. She was dressed like an assistant in one of the cheap drapers' shops near by, in a shabby black ooat and skirt of the ready-made order, but Julian felt that such sorry garb was an in- sult to those gracious curves and to that queenly carriage. "You wish to consult me?" he asked, try- ing to address her with the brusquenees which he found was most appreciated there- a-bonts. "Yes, I wajut something1 for headache— chronic h«ada<ohe," replied the girl rather diffidently. Julian looked at the unblemished skin and the dear eyes, and concluded that the malady could by no possibility have a bilious origin. It sprang, more likely, from neuralgia, caused by draughts in the stuffy atmosphere of some crowded workroom or shop. The answers to a few questions he put as to her symptoms struck him as vague and evasive, but on the whole they bore out the view he had adopted of the cause of her trouble, and he made up a simple mixture in accordance with his diagnosis. "There," he said, as he handed her the bottle; "if you will take that as directed I think you will find relief. If not"—and he was conscious of a hope that the contin- gency might arise—" you must come and see me again. If I am here," he added, remem- bering his landlord's threat. The fair patient took the bottle, looking at it with a Strange dislike, as if she sus- pected that the contents were nasty. "How much do I owe you for this?" she asked, giv- ing him the full benefit of her beautiful eyes. The phrase rang oddly, seeing that the dispensary walls were plastered with half a dozen notices in sitaring capitals that advice and medicine were for strict cash at a uniform price of sixpence. Julian essayed to be flippant. If I were where I ought to be—in a West End eammking-rooin-I shonld charge you, two guineas." he said. In the Btock- friars-road, as you see by these placards, I am compelled to allow you a cash discount  of two pounds one shilling and sixpence cff that sum" You mean that your charge is six- pence," the girl smiled shyly. "Well, to be quite candid, I-I am even too poor for that. I have only twopence with me, and there is the 'bus home." With which she put the medicine down on the counter, and stood waiting his verdict with an anxiety so apparent that it touched Julian's heart -also his sense of humour. It was really too ridiculous that this charming girl and he should be at logger- heads over a few pennyworth of drugs which morally belonged to his landlord, and which that irate individual would in any case have annexed on the morrow. The wistful pleading in the sweet face across the counter prompted him to match his patient's frank confession of inpecuni- osity with his own. "Then I must be generous at someone else's expense," ho said, gaily. "I am really not Eo solvent as you, for I haven't even two- pence that I can rightly call my own. I am going to be sold up to-morrow, and I suppose that that stuff, which I sincerely trust will do you good, really belongs to my creditors." He expected that she would take up the bottle and gratefully depart, but a thrill shot through him when she ignored it, the divine light of pity shining from her wonderful eyes. Yes, there could be no doubt about it, the girl had forgotten her own ailment in sympathy for his distress. I am so sorry," she murmured gently. Can you do nothing to put matters right? Forgive me, but you do not look like one to I accept misfortune without an effort to over- come it." Julian laughed a little bitterly. "A tor- rent is sometimes too strong for the strongest swimmer," he said. My troubles are not beginning to-night. I have stood a good many butfetings from the waters of fate before throwing up my arms and going under." "And have you no prosipect of starting afresh-of taking up other and, perhaps, more congenial work amid pleasanter sur- roundings?" Julian glanced a,t his pretty cross-examiner, flattered by her interest in his poor affairs, and willing to prolong a discussion that was in itself so pleasant as to distract his mind from its subject. Her interest appeared to be perfectly genuine, and he saw no reason why he should not humour it. He was not a vain man, and possibly all the more because of that he surrendered to a sym- pathy he was unable to account for. He told of the last chanoe that stood be- tween him and complete penury—vaguely at first, merely mentioning that he had answered an advertisement which might lead to employment. But urged by those seduc- tive eyes and an innocent inquiry thrown in here and there, he grew more explicit, and finally, in a Mtrst of confidence, he extracted the cutting from his pocket once more and spread it out on the counter. That's the billet that I'm after," he said, admiring the trim head as it bent over the paper. One that would suit me down to the ground, as far as qualifications go—even if it means the minding of a homicidal maniac. T4ABse few lines seemed charged with the PrfQiise of adventure, of something out of the coramon. ruck, for the lucky chap that gets tie berth." The girl scarcely read the rmfctdni* through, aid before he had finished speak- ing she wa looking up at him gravely I have eason to know that you will be offered this post, she. said in a low, earnest undertone, almost as if she was repeating a lesson. '\n<1 I implore you, when it is offered, nt to accept it. Dr. Penfold. There is Anger in it—deadly danger which I cannot tfplain, which I do not really un- derstand. But this is a mesMoge-I came here to-night a purpose to bring it-from one whose mm-dates it is unsafe to disregard. You will oe guided by what I have said, won't you and refuse to have anything to do with tte person who inserted that &dver- tieement Then you hear from him?" Julian's first impulse was towards righteous indignation. No one likea to be approache under a pretext which is un- blushinglydiscarded as soon as it has served its end. I was galling to have wasted pity, and then vo have laid bare his own secrete to a fasoiiatiiig stranger, when it transpired immediatey afterwards that there was no pity, and, consequently, none for the reci- procal cofidence into which he had been tempted, 'or the moment this sense of petty irritation Tevented him. from perceiving the larger islde-the mystery of his visitor's knowledge of and intervention in his private affairs. So the headaches are mythical, and you caane to -ump me with a view to delivering your pfrecoua warning if I should turn out to be tJl proper recipient?" he began, angrily, tut the pleading eyes tamed him in part. aid. restraining himselfi hA wnt. on in mider tone: "Well, please go back to this foOnd-a-ble person, who seems to have so great an insight into my business, and very policy ask him to mind his own. You might a)o add that a threat of personal danger i the least likely way to induce Juldan pi fold to abandon a course he has sha,ped fr himself." The gil had drojxped her head with real or pretedoo meekness before the rising storm, lit at its rather weak termination she lookl up boldly. You ,re right to blame me, though if you kncr the details I do not think you would,"ibe said. "I can quite understand your dePising and disregarding the threat. A braveman would do that. But you were so tdnd? me, Dr. Penfold, before you dis- covercl hat I was a fraud, that I am hoping that yo" will grant my jrequest if I make it a, persoftl appeal, asking you to forget any- thing I lave 5aid about a third party whom I trust ou will never meet. Come, to pLease me, tbegirl you pitied, iind who is grateful for tha Pity; be wise in time. Do anything rather -Tan accept that post." Youare a clever actress, but you won't deceive1110 twice in the same evening," re- plied jlian, half relenting. "I al not deceiving you now—upon my word ad honour I am not," came the eager protest I would do anything to deter you from icurring ihe peril you would rush into so Ms-fly." I <*i't doubt it," rejoined Julian with sarcasm Because you want to carry out the fc^esifc of the bogey-man who sent you. And t gain your purpose you are feigning a ver pretty personal kindness towards mysel' No, young lady; I must respectfully declir to be cajoled, just as I have already decliid to be threatened. I shall certainly en list under the banner of tha.t amiable adverser if he comes my way." It its tne girl's turn to be angry now. The w lilm pouted, then opened to show two :\Vs of pearly teeth, suggesting, Julian thouft ludicrously, that she was going to bite. But before she could steer her wrath into,ny defined channel of word or deed the mnd of footsteps was heard on the thread of the dispensary. Julian's un- s&tiet(>ry patient hot a glance at him eloqtQt of mixed emotions—the unvoiced ctngt that had trembled on her tongue, a hint? supplication, a trace of coy approval —an then fled like a startled hare, brushing past'n her flight to the street a tall, some- who stooping mam who was entering. •• 4e young lady seems in a hurry," said the newcomer in cultured accents that tinpd sharp and clear like a silver bell. As spoke he pushed back the soft felt hat wh11 he had worn well down over his eyes, dosing features which Julian at once reemir,ed from pictures in the public prints. T* gentleman with the fine brow and the ehd, ascetic faoo was no less a personqge ths Sir William Grasmere, the celebrated ihging judge." Jfair anonyma and a luminary of the be'h formed a curious combination of visi- to: to a cheap dispensary on the eve of bacruptcy, Julian thought as he stood ex- peA n t.
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