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underscores is in italics 7italics74    
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 has been replaced with all capitals4   
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the following       letter is           
superscripted 7example3 ,mr74      ,,the
 ,,quiver #b_/aijj  ,illustration3 7,by 
permission of ,messrs4 ,henry ,graves   
and ,co41 ,pall ,mall1 ,s4 ,w47  ,,the  
,,lost ,,piece ,,of ,,money4  7,by the  
late ,sir ,john ,e4 ,millais1 ,p4,r4,a47
     ,,pictorial ,,sermons4             
,illustration3 7,by permission of       
,william ,coltart1 ,esq47  ,,joseph     
,,introducing ,,jacob ,,to ,,pharaoh4   

7,by ,sir ,edward ,j4 ,poynter1         
,p4,r4,a47   ,with truth and beauty as  
the objects of his art1 the painter1    
whatever be the subject he is           
endeavouring to depict1 becomes a guide 
and helpmeet to his fellow-men4 ,his art
 is twice blessed1 blessing him that    
gives and him that takes4 ,the          
contemplation of a beautiful and pure   
work of art acts as a charm upon the    
mind oppressed with care and trouble4 ,a
 landscape on canvas1 reflecting the    
sunshine of the countryside1 suggesting 
its freedom of atmosphere1 its fair     
quiet and sweet rest1 when seen in the  
midst of the toil and grime of a great  
city1 is a sedative to the jaded nerves 
of the busy worker2 it reminds him of   
the glories of nature which lie outside 
the boundaries of the man-made          
wilderness of houses1 and brings him for
 the moment into close commune with     
,nature herself4 ,a glimpse of blue sea1
 of clear running stream1 or some sweet 
pastoral scene1 carries with it a breath

 of fresh air1 invigorating and         
refreshing1 to those who gaze upon its  
brightness through the murky atmosphere 
of the city streets4  ,the painter1     
indeed1 has a power which competes      
closely with the eloquence of the       
preacher1 or the soothing rhythm of the 
poet2 it raises the man who approaches  
his work with a receptive heart from his
 own petty self1 enlarges his sympathies
 and his hopes1 calms his troubles1 and 
sends him back refreshed and invigorated
 to his struggle with the cares and     
troubles of his daily life4  ,a great   
picture is not so much one that displays
 the technical skill of the painter as  
his power to appeal to the emotions of  
those who look at it4 ,truth is at all  
times simple1 and he who would expound  
it1 either in sermon1 poem1 or picture1 
must do so in language which can be     
readily understood of the people4 ,this 
does not make his task any the lighter1 
for any straining after effects of      
simplicity betrays his own lack of      

truth2 simplicity must be               
spontaneous--from the heart4  ,judging a
 picture1 then1 by this standard of     
simplicity and truth1 we look first of  
all for these qualities2 we look to see 
if the artist is sincere in his         
representation of the scene he presents 
to us4 ,if we find this to be so1 then  
we receive the work as a contribution to
 the truth we are seeking4 ,some        
painters force us to recognise their    
skill as colourists1 as draughtsmen1 as 
archologists--they have insisted upon   
their accuracy in these respects1 but   
oftentimes at the sacrifice of all      
spirituality2 their pictures are        
representations of costume1 of          
architecture--what you will--but the    
true spirit of art is lacking2 they are 
merely skilfully painted canvases4  ,in 
no direction is this more apparent than 
in pictures dealing with religious      
subjects4 ,in such works we especially  
want to feel immediately we look at     
them1 ,here is an honest effort to      

realise the true spirit of the subject3 
here is something which is helpful1     
inspiring1 good4 ,we do not want to be  
forced to admire the accessories before 
we realise this2 that should follow in  
due course1 and will1 if the picture has
 been designed and executed in the right
 spirit4 ,as in a spoken sermon we fail 
to grasp the teaching as we should if we
 see the framework upon which the       
preacher has built up the fabric of his 
oration1 so in a pictorial sermon we    
lose the good that is in it if we are   
impressed first of all with the details 
of technique or composition4 ,the appeal
 to the heart should come first--that to
 the head should be secondary4          
,illustration3 7,by permission of the   
,artist4 ,copyright reserved47  ,,and   
,,there ,,was ,a ,,great ,,cry ,,in     
,,egypt4  7,by ,arthur ,hacker1         
,a4,r4,a47  ,the helpfulness and        
interest of ,biblical pictures to young 
and old is acknowledged by all4 ,the    
pictorial ,bible is a never-ending      

source of delight1 and its influence is 
extraordinary in its extent and power4  
,our ideas of ,scriptural scenes and    
incidents have often been formed more by
 the illustrations than by the ,biblical
 narrative itself1 and we have often    
been almost pained in after-life on     
seeing the attempts of other artists to 
depict scenes which differ materially   
from those for which we acquired a      
fondness in our early days1 although we 
recognise the fact then that many of    
these favourite pictures are in no wise 
worthy of their subjects4 ,after all1   
pictorial ,bibles are1 as a rule1       
unsatisfactory4 ,more's the pity6 ,the  
range of subjects is so vast1 and the   
artists employed have seldom succeeded  
in impressing their representations with
 any degree of the dignity attaching to 
them4 ,even the versatile genius of     
,gustavo ,dor could not respond         
successfully to the gigantic work1      
although of the few artists who have    
grappled with it1 he creates the        

greatest amount of interest4            
,illustration3 7,from the ,fresco in the
 ,house of ,lords47  ,,moses' ,,descent 
,,from ,,sinai4  7,by ,j4 ,r4 ,herbert1 
,r4,a47  ,an interesting volume has     
recently been published in which are    
gathered together pictures1 by modern   
artists of varied nationality1 which    
illustrate the ,bible story from        
,genesis to ,revelation1 and which      
affords an excellent opportunity of     
studying the manner in which ,biblical  
subjects have impressed artists of      
different countries and temperaments4#a 
,each has chosen to illustrate the      
portion of ,scripture which appealed to 
his own particular inclination1 and the 
result is a collection of pictures which
 cannot fail to interest all who examine
 it4 ,there are reproductions of the    
vast conceptions of ,john ,martin1 which
 so impressed his                       
contemporaries--,belshazzar's ,feast1   
,the ,fall of ,babylon1 and ,the ,fall  
of ,nineveh--with their hundreds of     

figures struggling1 writhing1 fighting1 
and dying amid the gorgeous palaces and 
the buildings of those wonderful cities 
of old4 ,the curiously eccentric genius 
of ,turner is shown in his ,deluge and  
,destruction of ,sodom--in the one1 the 
swirling rush of the destroying torrent 
sweeping away crowds of doomed humanity2
 in the other1 the glare and smoke of   
the burning ,city of the ,plain1 the    
tottering columns of the buildings1 and 
the wild hurryings of the affrighted    
citizens4 ,now the sensuous dancings and
 frivolities of ,the ,world before the  
,flood1 by ,william ,etty1 ,r4,a43 and  
now the grim pictures of the ,biblical  
tragedies from the brushes of the       
masters of the ,french ,school4 ,here   
the calm1 peaceful creations of         
,burne-,jones and                       
,rossetti--decoratively beautiful--and  
then the prettily human pictures of     
,dyce and ,herbert4 ,the modern ,german 
artists who delight in representing     
,christ living among and appealing to   

the people of our day--the school in    
which ,herr ,fritz von ,uhde stands     
pre-eminent--are represented by         
,christ's ,call to the ,sick and ,weary1
 by ,herr ,a4 ,dietrich4    #a ,sacred  
,art3 ,the ,bible ,story ,pictured by   
,eminent ,modern   ,painters4 ,edited by
 ,a4 ,g4 ,temple1 ,f4,s4,a4 7,cassell   
,co41 ,ltd47  ,from this series of      
pictures we have selected some typical  
works with which to illustrate this     
article1 and these will serve to show   
the variety and interest of the whole4  
,the ,president of the ,royal ,academy1 
,sir ,edward ,j4 ,poynter1 delights in  
rendering classic scenes and stories on 
his canvases1 and of late years has     
turned his attention almost entirely to 
such2 but twenty or so years ago he     
painted several religious pictures1 and 
was one of the artists chosen by        
,messrs4 ,dalziel to illustrate their   
great edition of the ,bible4 ,egypt     
seems especially to have fascinated him1
 for1 in addition to the picture of     

,joseph ,introducing ,jacob to ,pharaoh1
 he painted another large canvas dealing
 with the captivity1 in which crowds of 
,israelites are dragging a great1 clumsy
 trolley on which is placed an enormous 
stone lion for the decoration of a      
temple4 ,in this picture1 as in the one 
illustrated on page #chg1 the artist has
 exhibited his love for ,egyptian       
architecture1 with its massive pillars  
covered with mysterious symbols4 ,but in
 the latter work ,sir ,edward ,poynter  
has made the human element predominant2 
and the simple1 pathetic figure of the  
patriarch1 leaning heavily on his staff 
and on the shoulder of his long-lost    
son1 stands out in contrast with the    
languorous splendour of the ,pharaoh4   
,illustration3 ,,christ ,,in ,,the      
,,house ,,of ,,his ,,parents4  7,by the 
late ,sir ,john ,e4 ,millais1 ,p4,r4,a47
  ,vastly impressive and weird is ,mr4  
,hacker's ,and there was a great cry in 
,egypt4 ,this artist has on more than   
one occasion exhibited works of a       

religious nature at the ,royal ,academy2
 but none better than the one before us 
and ,the ,annunciation1 purchased for   
the ,chantrey ,collection1 and now in   
the ,national ,gallery of ,british ,art4
 ,the picture reproduced on page #chh   
illustrates the passage in ,exodus 7xii4
 #cj73 ,and there was a great cry in    
,egypt2 for there was not a house where 
there was not one dead4 ,it is in its   
suggestiveness that the picture tells3  
we see none of the horrors of the last  
plague2 they are only suggested in the  
title4 ,the silent1 sorrowing figure of 
the ,angel of ,death1 sweeping through  
the city with flaming sword in hand and 
trailing robe of black--symbol of the   
train of sorrow he leaves behind him--is
 noble and dignified4 ,carried along on 
swift wings through the deserted streets
 of the stricken city1 the destroyer    
touches in each household the doomed    
first-born1 and only that weird1        
heart-breaking cry rising on the night  
air tells of the sorrow and misery that 

mark his track4  ,the next illustration 
7page #chi7 deals with the incident of  
,moses' second descent from ,sinai1     
bearing the re-written tables of the    
law1 and is the work of ,j4 ,r4         
,herbert1 ,r4,a4 ,it forms one of the   
series of frescoes in the ,house of     
,lords4  ,ruth and ,naomi 7page #cic7 is
 one of the best of the ,scriptural     
subjects treated by the late ,p4 ,h4    
,calderon1 ,r4,a41 and hangs in the     
,walker ,art ,gallery at ,liverpool4    
,the passage illustrated is that in     
which ,ruth makes her impassioned       
appeal3 ,intreat me not to leave thee1  
or to return from following after thee3 
for whither thou goest1 ,i will go2 and 
where thou lodgest1 ,i will lodge3 thy  
people shall be my people1 and thy ,god 
my ,god2 and the artist has imparted to 
the beautiful figure of ,ruth all the   
intensity and passion to which the words
 give utterance4  ,illustration3  7,by  
permission of ,miss ,armitage47         
,,faith4  7,by the late ,e4 ,armitage1  

,r4,a47  ,we now pass on to the ,new    
,testament--the section most favoured by
 artists1 for the attraction of its     
central ,figure is as overpowering for  
the painter of to-day as it has been to 
those of the intervening ages4 ,the     
picture on page #cij of ,christ in the  
,house of ,his ,parents1 by the late    
,sir ,john ,millais1 is one of the      
earliest and most noted of the painter's
 works4 ,when exhibited at the ,royal   
,academy in #ahej 7,millais was then but
 twenty years of age71 it had for its   
inscription1 ,and one shall say unto    
him1 ,what are these wounds in thine    
hands8 ,then he shall answer1 ,those    
with which ,i was wounded in the house  
of my friends 7,zechariah xiii4 #f74    
,the picture aroused a veritable storm  
of hostile criticism1 scorn and         
contumely being poured on painting and  
painter alike4 ,charles ,dickens1 in his
 ,household ,words1 pronounced it as    
mean1 odious1 revolting1 and repulsive1 
and other critics found fault with it in

 equally strong language4 ,it was then  
that the title of ,the ,carpenter's     
,shop was scornfully bestowed upon it1  
and by which it has since been generally
 known3 it has1 however1 long been      
recognised as one of the most wonderful 
contributions to modern ,british art1   
quite apart from any consideration of   
the age of the artist when he painted   
it4 ,the perfect draughtsmanship1 the   
wonderful colouring1 the marvellous     
skill displayed in the whole            
composition1 were all overlooked by the 
contemporary critics2 all they          
considered was the--to them--execrable  
taste of the artist in representing     
,christ in an ordinary carpenter's shop6
 ,the beautiful allegories contained in 
the work were all ignored1 and abuse for
 the conception alone given place4      
,illustration3 ,,ecce ,,homo6  7,by     
,professor ,ciseri47  ,and yet1 when it 
is examined1 what is there to find fault
 with in this respect8 ,absolutely      
nothing4 ,the artist set himself to     

paint from nature2 the work appeals     
directly to the observant eye by its    
simple force2 even the symbols are not  
intricate when carefully considered4    
,the ,child1 whilst playing with the    
pincers in ,his father's workshop1 has  
injured ,his hand on a rusty nail       
protruding from the wood on the bench4  
,joseph draws back the fingers to       
examine the wound 7the symbolism of     
which is obvious enough71 and ,mary1    
with grief and motherly anxiety         
portrayed on every line of her face1    
seeks to soothe the ,boy1 and with a    
piece of linen prepares to bind up the  
hand4 ,st4 ,john is coming with a bowl  
of water with which to bathe the injury1
 and ,st4 ,anne leans forward to remove 
the tool which contributed to the hurt4 
,on the ladder against the wall rests a 
dove--the emblem of peace--and through  
the open doorway can be seen a flock of 
sheep huddled close to a fence1         
emblematical of the faithful1 the       
,church of ,christ4 ,farther out in the 

meadow is a well--the well of ,truth4   
,illustration3 7,reproduced by          
permission from the ,original ,painting 
in the possession of the ,liverpool     
,corporation47  ,,ruth ,,and ,,naomi4   
7,by ,p4 ,h4 ,calderon1 ,r4,a47  ,the   
picture was painted on commission for   
,mr4 ,farrar1 the well-known dealer1 for
 the sum of #bej--;a large sum in those 
days for a work by a young man4  ,this  
picture will form the subject of one of 
the fine art plates offered to readers  
of ,,the ,,quiver1 on conditions which  
are stated elsewhere in this number4    
,lord ,leighton's well-known painting   
,the ,star in the ,east1 and the        
masterpieces of four other eminent      
artists1 will also be included2 the     
whole forming a set of sacred pictures1 
suitable for framing1 of permanent value
 and interest for every ,christian home 
as well as every ,sunday school and     
mission hall4  ,the other picture by    
,millais1 which is reproduced as the    
frontispiece to this number1 was based  

upon a drawing which the artist made for
 ,messrs4 ,routledge1 in #ahec1 for a   
series of ,the ,parables of our ,lord4  
,the painting1 however1 was not made    
until #ahfb1 when it was exhibited at   
the ,royal ,academy4 ,it was afterwards 
totally destroyed in a gas explosion at 
,baron ,marochetti's house4  ,the       
picture ,faith1 by the late ,e4         
,armitage1 ,r4,a4 7see page #cia71 is an
 excellent illustration of the passage1 
,for she said within herself1 ,if ,i may
 but touch ,his garment1 ,i shall be    
whole4  ,the tragedy of the betrayal1   
and the perfidy of ,judas1 have been the
 subjects of innumerable pictures2 and  
that of ,judas1 by ,henry ,tidey1 which 
we reproduce1 is typical of many4 ,the  
betrayer is represented here when       
leaving the house in which is being held
 the sacred feast on the night of the   
betrayal4 ,the pose of the man reveals  
the shame which he is feeling2          
hesitating yet as to whether his fell   
purpose shall be accomplished4          

,illustration3 7,in the possession of   
,mrs4 ,noble47  ,,judas ,,going ,,out4  
7,by ,henry ,tidey47  ,the illustration 
on page #cib shows us the memorable     
scene when ,pilate exclaims to the      
multitude surrounding the palace1       
,behold the ,man6 ,the work of a modern 
,italian artist1 this picture is an     
admirable rendering of the tragic event1
 the subdued patience of the central    
,figure contrasting strongly with that  
of the subservient prefect4    ,,arthur 
,,fish4     ,,new ,,serial ,,story4     
,illustration3 ,,for ,,the ,,sake ,,of  
,,her ,,child  ,by ,scott ,graham1      
,author of ,the ,link between ,them1    
,etc4     ,,chapter ,i4  ,dependent upon
 ,charity4   ,it was a radiant ,june    
morning1 and the fashionable            
watering-place--,beachbourne--was       
looking its best in the brilliant       
sunshine4 ,smart carriages dashed past1 
well-dressed cyclists careered gaily    
along1 and the ,high ,street shops were 
thronged with fashionable customers4  ,a

 tall1 refined-looking girl1 whose      
exquisitely fitting garb lent additional
 elegance to her graceful figure1 came  
along the pavement1 holding by the hand 
a pretty1 fair-haired child of six1     
likewise beautifully dressed4 ,at a     
confectioner's window the child suddenly
 stopped4 ,oh1 mummy1 do buy me one of  
those dear little chocolate pigs6 ,i    
haven't had any sweets for ever so long6
  ,don't tease1 ,doris4 ,i have no money
 to buy sweets4  ,the child opened great
 eyes of wonder4  ,why1 mummy1 you've   
got shillings1 sovewins1 great heaps of 
them1 in your purse6 ,i saw them6 she   
remonstrated4 ,and1 indeed1 ,mrs4       
,burnside's dainty1 silver-mounted purse
 was literally bulging with coin4  ,they
 all belong to auntie1 and she wants    
them to pay her bills4 ,and she turned  
resolutely from the enticing window1    
whereupon ,doris1 who was tired with the
 walk and the heat1 burst into loud     
crying4  ,as her mortified mother strove
 to check her1 a young man in a         

professional frock-coat and tall hat1   
who was passing1 turned to see the cause
 of the uproar4 ,mrs4 ,burnside's fair  
face flushed4 ,my little girl is very   
naughty this morning1 ,dr4 ,inglis1 she 
said1 answering the inquiry in his grey 
eyes4 ,they were but slightly           
acquainted1 occasionally meeting in     
society4  ,i want--a choc'late pig1     
wailed ,doris4 ,mummy won't buy me      
one--unkind mummy6  ,hush1 ,doris1      
rebuked the young doctor4 ,a chocolate  
pig6 ,if that's all the trouble---- and 
he fingered the few coins in his vest   
pocket4 ,may she have one1 ,mrs4        
,burnside8  ,so ,doris got her wish2    
and1 once inside the confectioner's1 she
 fancied so many things that very little
 remained to ,dr4 ,inglis out of a      
shilling2 and he needed all his         
shillings badly4 ,but he loved children1
 and already ,may ,burnside's blue eyes 
had begun to haunt him1 ,she held out   
her beautifully gloved hand with a      
grateful smile2 and he noticed how      

thoroughbred she looked as she went with
 the now happy ,doris down the sunny    
street4  ,there was a shadow on the     
young man's face as he sped home to his 
scanty luncheon4 ,he was too poor to    
take a house1 so he rented three rooms  
in a sedate-looking villa in a side     
street4 ,doctors simply swarmed at      
,beachbourne1 and sometimes ,harold     
,inglis doubted the wisdom of trying to 
work up a connection there4 ,the eldest 
son of an impoverished country squire1  
he had to depend upon his own exertions2
 and1 after a brilliant college career1 
came to ,beachbourne1 hoping to work up 
a practice1 as he was too poor to buy   
one4 ,could he have taken a fine house  
and kept a carriage1 he might have      
succeeded2 for he was a gentleman to the
 backbone1 and had a pleasant face and  
manner4 ,but he remained almost unknown1
 and1 after a year of heart-breaking    
disappointments1 found himself barely   
able to live4  ,before sitting down to  
the bread and cheese awaiting him in the

 bare little sitting-room1 he thriftily 
changed his frock-coat for an old       
boating blazer4 ,dress was a terribly   
heavy item in his expenditure2 the      
well-cut clothes1 the glossy hat1 and   
the snowy linen prescribed by medical   
etiquette being only procured at the    
cost of semi-starvation4 ,to the hungry 
labourer or vagrant many people will    
give a meal2 but1 to my mind1 the       
gentleman who has to go hungry that he  
may be well-dressed is far more         
deserving of pity4 ,and many a          
professional man has to go hungry in    
these sad days when all the markets     
overflow4  ,meanwhile ,may and ,doris   
,burnside were bound for ,victoria      
,square1 the most fashionable locality  
in ,beachbourne4 ,mrs4 ,burnside resided
 with her aunt1 ,miss ,waller1 a        
sprightly spinster of fifty1 who lived  
at the very top of her handsome income1 
and was a leader of local fashion4 ,a   
smart footman opened the door1 and the  
beautiful drawing-room they entered was 

a great contrast to ,dr4 ,inglis's bare 
sitting-room4  ,illustration3 ,i want a 
choc'late pig1 wailed ,doris4--p4 #cie4 
,miss ,waller1 a good-looking woman with
 white hair1 and very richly dressed1   
turned round from a fine old            
,chippendale writing-table4 ,oh6 there  
you are4 ,then1 as ,doris began some    
childish babble about the chocolate pig1
 she added impatiently1 ,ring for ,mary 
to take that child upstairs4 ,i wish you
 wouldn't bring her in here6  ,miss     
,waller had no love for children2 and   
,doris was too well trained to defy her 
great-aunt4 ,still hugging her precious 
sweets1 she was whisked away2 whilst the
 spinster1 producing a gilt-edged       
account-book1 methodically entered the  
sums paid by her niece that morning out 
of a twenty-pound note4 ,every halfpenny
 was accounted for1 and when ,may closed
 her purse just one solitary sixpence   
remained in it which she could really   
call her own4 ,sometimes she had not    
even that4  ,i've ordered the carriage  

for three1 announced ,miss ,waller4 ,we 
must call on ,lady ,lee1 and the        
,amberys1 and it's ,mrs4 ,edgell's 'at  
home' day4 ,put on your grey dress and  
your new hat4  ,yes1 aunt1 meekly       
responded ,may4  ,and to-morrow you must
 unpick my green dinner-dress4 ,i intend
 to have it dyed4  ,yes1 aunt1 repeated 
,mrs4 ,burnside1 as she went to the     
door4 ,yes1 aunt1 was what she was      
obliged to say all day long2 to have    
said ,no1 aunt1 would have been a       
complete reversal of all the ,victoria  
,square traditions4         99       99 
99       99       99  ,to do good by    
stealth is unfashionable nowadays1 and  
when ,miss ,waller1 to her great        
disgust1 found herself obliged to offer 
a home to her widowed niece and her     
child1 she took care that all           
,beachbourne should know and extol her  
generosity4  ,how delightful for ,mrs4  
,burnside to have such a luxurious home6
 remarked many people who saw the aunt  
and niece that afternoon1 gorgeously    

arrayed2 for it was known that1 but for 
,miss ,waller1 ,may would have been     
obliged to earn a living4 ,many a tired 
governess or poor shop-assistant looked 
enviously at the pretty girl dashing by 
in the smart carriage--the pretty girl  
who was dressed in silk and chiffon1 but
 had only sixpence in her pocket6  ,the 
daughter of a struggling country doctor1
 ,may had fallen in love at eighteen    
with a handsome but dissipated assistant
 of her father's1 who persuaded her into
 a clandestine marriage4 ,she knew      
,arthur ,burnside was far from steady1  
but it seemed noble and heroic to marry 
him that she might undertake his        
reformation4 ,poor foolish child6 she   
failed to realise that if a man is too  
weak to stand alone1 without some woman 
to prop him up continually1 the chances 
are that he will bring ruin upon both4  
,may shuddered to recall those four     
miserable years of ill-treatment1       
disgrace1 and privation1 which ended in 
the death of her husband1 and left her  

absolutely penniless4 ,her father was   
dead1 his other children were scattered1
 and1 but for ,miss ,waller1 she and    
,doris might have starved4  ,yet1       
despite the outward prosperity of her   
new life1 she found the bread of        
dependence so bitter that1 but for      
,doris1 she would have tried to earn her
 living4 ,she was not highly educated1  
and could only have hoped for a         
subordinate post2 but it was so galling 
never to have a garment to wear or a    
coin to spend1 save through her aunt's  
bounty1 that she often thought she would
 be happier as a nurse or parlourmaid4  
,she mixed as an equal with rich and    
fashionable people1 and had to talk as  
if want of money were absolutely        
unknown1 though she could not even      
afford to buy her child a few sweets4   
,she dared not ask her aunt for         
pocket-money1 for she well knew that1   
though ,miss ,waller supplied her with  
fashionable clothes1 it was only because
 she could not bear to be disgraced by  

shabby relations1 and she secretly      
grudged every penny spent on her niece4 
,yet she dared not quarrel with her     
aunt1 who was her only hope for a good  
education for her child4 ,may was       
resolved that ,doris should be so       
accomplished that1 if needful1 she could
 earn her bread4 ,oh1 if only ,i had not
 been so idle at school6 ,if ,i had     
practised1 and talked to ,frulein more6 
poor ,may thought to herself1 with      
unavailing regret1 as the country roads 
flitted by4  ,but she had little leisure
 for these sad thoughts4 ,she had to    
brace herself to play her part in three 
crowded drawing-rooms1 as if she had not
 a care in the world4 ,miss ,waller was 
well pleased with the admiration her    
graceful niece always excited in        
society2 and1 thanks to ,may1 the       
spinster received many invitations which
 might not otherwise have arrived4 ,miss
 ,waller had a horror of being classed  
as a frump2 instead1 she prided herself 
on being exceedingly modern and         

up-to-date4  ,just fancy that plain     
little ,daisy ,edgell being engaged to a
 ,liverpool man with heaps of money6 she
 remarked as they rolled homewards4 ,we 
met him at the ,hubbards' last year1 if 
you remember4  ,i thought him very ugly 
and commonplace4  ,perhaps--but so rich6
 ,i wish you could be as lucky1 ,may4   
,what a pity there are so few really    
eligible men at ,beachbourne6  ,if there
 were ever so many1 aunt1 ,i couldn't   
bear to marry again4  ,and1 pray1 why   
not8 ,you're only twenty-five2 surely   
you are not going to mourn all your days
 for that precious husband of yours8    
cried the spinster sharply4  ,it is just
 because my first marriage was so       
unhappy that ,i never wish to marry     
again4 ,as to marrying for money--,i    
couldn't do it6  ,what nonsense6 ,isn't 
it done every day8 ,it's all very fine  
to talk1 ,may1 but you know my income is
 only for my life1 and ,i've hardly     
saved anything1 so that when ,i die     
you'll be left without a home2 and then 

what's to become of you and ,doris8 ,you
 must marry again--there's nothing else 
for it4  ,it was not the first time ,may
 had listened to such counsels2 and she 
was well aware that1 should her aunt die
 prematurely1 she herself would again be
 homeless4 ,miss ,waller was not the    
woman to deny herself in order to save  
money for her niece4 ,she must have the 
fine house and carriage1 the handsome   
dress1 and the dinner-parties which her 
soul loved2 and she found ,may very     
useful in arranging flowers1 writing    
letters1 and making not a few articles  
of personal adornment for her aunt with 
her clever fingers4  ,their nearest way 
home lay through the quiet street in    
which ,harold ,inglis lived--or1 rather1
 starved--and1 as he chanced to be at   
the surgery window mixing a powder1 he  
saw the carriage driving by4 ,the       
sinking sun was burnishing ,may's       
golden-brown hair2 and her profile1     
beneath her gauzy hat1 looked very fair 
and sweet4 ,he sighed1 as he went back  

to his powder1 for the contrast between 
her lot and his own seemed a little too 
glaring4 ,he did not know that all the  
time she had only sixpence in her purse1
 while he could actually boast of       
half-a-crown6     ,,chapter ,,ii4  ,two 
,heavy ,hearts4   ,doris was never      
allowed to partake of meals with ,miss  
,waller1 who disliked having to regulate
 her conversation according to          
inquisitive childish ears4 ,the little  
girl lived in the upper regions with    
,mary1 who divided the duties of lady's 
maid and nurse4 ,after breakfast one    
morning1 ,may1 having done what was     
required by ,miss ,waller1 went upstairs
 to give ,doris the lessons which1 so   
far1 formed her sole instruction4 ,she  
found the child flushed and heated after
 a combat with ,mary4  ,she's that      
cross1 ,i can't do anything with her1   
grumbled the maid1 who dutifully        
imitated her mistress in hating         
children4 ,she wouldn't eat her nice egg
 at breakfast1 and she's pulled all her 

dolly's hair off--see4  ,i'm afraid     
she's not well1 said the mother gravely1
 as the child buried her face in ,may's 
skirt1 sobbing fretfully4 ,her little   
hands were burning1 her cheeks flushed1 
and red spots showed on the peach-like  
skin4 ,ask ,miss ,waller if ,jane may go
 for the doctor1 ,may continued1        
dreading lest she had taken measles4    
,miss ,waller gave permission to summon 
the family physician1 ,dr4 ,ellis1 who  
was the most fashionable practitioner in
 ,beachbourne1 and drove his carriage   
and pair2 but ,jane returned to say that
 both the doctor and his partner were   
out4  ,then go and fetch the nearest    
doctor at once6 commanded ,miss ,waller4
 ,i must know whether it's infectious or
 not1 so that ,i may take precautions4  
,how vexing it will be1 she complained  
to her niece1 if ,doris is laid up for  
weeks1 and the house placed in          
quarantine1 just as all the gaieties are
 beginning6 ,there's the ,mowbrays'     
dinner next week1 and ,lady ,lee's      

picnic1 and the ,clares' musical        
party--oh1 dear6  ,not a word of        
sympathy for the poor child6 ,may       
clenched her hands passionately in her  
struggle to restrain an angry reply4 ,it
 was in moments like this that her      
shackles seemed absolutely intolerable4 
,presently ,jane returned1 followed by  
,harold ,inglis1 the first disengaged   
doctor she could find4 ,may was glad not
 to behold an absolute stranger1 and    
stood by anxiously until he had examined
 the little patient1 whose malady he    
pronounced to be chicken-pox4 ,he wrote 
a prescription1 gave a few simple       
directions1 and then followed ,may      
downstairs to reassure ,miss ,waller1   
who was eager to know the worst1 as she 
put it4  ,she was very gracious at being
 relieved from anxiety1 and remarked    
blandly1 ,it was very kind of you to    
come so promptly1 ,dr4 ,inglis4 ,our    
usual medical attendant is ,dr4 ,ellis1 
but he was out4 ,as it's such a trifling
 matter1 don't trouble to see ,doris    

again4 ,if you will be good enough to   
send in your account for this visit1 ,i 
will settle it at once4  ,and she bowed 
him out1 as if determined to quench any 
hope he might entertain of being        
privileged to attend in ,victoria       
,square4 ,although1 of course1 medical  
etiquette forbade his interfering with  
,dr4 ,ellis's patients1 he felt somewhat
 disappointed as he went away4 ,he was  
so weary of waiting in his dingy        
sitting-room for the patients who never 
came6  ,may ventured a word to her aunt 
when they were alone4 ,i wish we could  
help ,dr4 ,inglis to find a few         
patients1 aunt6 ,he seems so nice and   
kind4  ,there are far too many doctors  
in ,beachbourne6 pronounced the         
spinster4 ,i shall certainly not leave  
,dr4 ,ellis--he gives such delightful   
dinner-parties6  ,harold plodded        
dejectedly home1 to learn1 as usual1    
that nobody had called during his       
absence2 and1 after thriftily changing  
his coat1 he entered his little surgery1

 to find a packet on the table which had
 come by post4 ,it was the manuscript of
 an article on throat affections1 which 
he had sent to a medical paper in the   
hope of earning a little money4 ,it had 
entailed great labour and research1 only
 to be rejected with the curt intimation
 that the editor had no opening for such
 a subject4  ,what can ,i do8 he        
distractedly asked himself4 ,i've called
 on everybody ,i can scrape acquaintance
 with2 ,i've joined the local clubs2    
,i'm a ,volunteer and a ,freemason--what
 more can ,i do to bring myself into    
notice8  ,a note for you1 sir1 said the 
maid-of-all-work1 appearing at the door4
  ,he snatched it eagerly1 hoping to    
find a summons2 but1 alas6 it was only a
 bill from a jobbing-tailor whom he had 
employed to renovate various garments   
sub rosa4 ,he had no money to pay it2   
although it went sorely against the     
grain to keep the poor man from his due4
 ,he paced in distress up and down the  
narrow room1 wishing he dare start out  

for a long walk1 to distract his        
thoughts4 ,but he dreaded to leave1 lest
 in his absence some desirable patient  
might send for him4 ,and so1 hanging    
about listlessly1 unable to settle to   
anything1 the dismal morning passed1    
like too many others2 and ,ann brought  
in his meal of bread and cheese1 from   
which he rose nearly as hungry as he sat
 down4 ,he looked at himself in the     
spotty pier-glass4 ,his cheeks were     
falling in1 and there were hollows      
beneath his eyes1 due entirely to       
insufficient nourishment4  ,a card stuck
 in the frame reminded him that ,mrs4   
,ormsby-,paulet was at home that        
afternoon4 ,it's a tennis party--shall  
,i go8 he debated4 ,it seemed a mockery 
to mingle in a scene of gaiety with such
 a leaden weight at his heart2 but a    
prosaic consideration decided him4      
,there'll be a good tea1 at least1 and  
if ,i make myself very agreeable1       
perhaps they'll ask me to stay to       
dinner4 ,besides1 ,i may get to know    

some people who'll employ me4  ,he      
dressed himself carefully1 and sallied  
forth2 informing the servant of his     
destination1 in case anybody should send
 for him4 ,despite his thin cheeks1     
there was not a better-looking man at   
,the ,dene that afternoon2 for he looked
 a gentleman to the backbone1 and as    
such1 his hostess--who was very short of
 men--smiled upon him graciously4  ,so  
glad you were able to come1 she cooed4  
,miss ,waller1 to the spinster1 who had 
just arrived1 may ,i introduce my       
friend1 ,dr4 ,inglis8  ,i have already  
made his acquaintance1 was the suave    
answer2 and then ,harold1 to his        
surprise1 was greeted by ,mrs4          
,burnside1 looking very fair and sweet  
in a cool white linen gown4 ,he had not 
expected to meet her2 he naturally      
supposed her place to be by the bedside 
of her sick child4 ,in truth1 she was   
only present at her aunt's urgent       
entreaty4  ,i'm afraid she must be      
rather heartless1 thought the young     

doctor1 feeling oddly disappointed4 ,he 
had not hitherto attributed want of     
feeling to the owner of those pathetic  
blue eyes4 ,nevertheless1 as sets were  
being made up1 he asked her to be his   
partner1 she being famed in ,beachbourne
 as a tennis-player4  ,she complied2 but
 the set was not a success4 ,he could   
not have believed that ,mrs4 ,burnside  
could play so badly2 they were beaten by
 six games to two4  ,i am so sorry1 she 
said humbly1 as they quitted the court4 
,i know it was all my fault2 but ,i     
really couldn't play--,i was thinking of
 ,doris all the time4  ,her lips        
quivered1 so that he could no longer    
imagine her heartless4 ,your little girl
 will be well in a few days--there is   
really no cause for anxiety1 he answered
 gently1 angry with himself for having  
misjudged her4  ,that is what ,aunt     
,caroline says1 and she insisted on my  
coming1 plaintively returned ,may2 but  
just then ,miss ,waller appeared1       
resplendent in mauve satin1 with a      

stout1 black-haired1 middle-aged1 and   
shrewd-looking man1 very carefully      
dressed1 in tow4  ,i came to look for   
you1 dear1 she began very sweetly to her
 niece1 merely giving a cold bow to     
,harold4 ,i want to introduce ,mr4 ,lang
 to you4 ,he knows our friends the      
,wingates in town4  ,with that1 the     
excellent spinster turned away2 and     
,may1 finding no resource save to accept
 the basket-chair in the shade proffered
 by the stranger--as ,harold had        
prudently effaced himself--prepared for 
a tte--tte with a man she had never seen
 before in her life4  ,illustration3 ,it
 was very kind of you to come so        
promptly1 ,dr4 ,inglis4     ,,chapter   
,,iii4  ,manners ,maketh ,man4   ,do you
 mind my smoking8 began ,mr4 ,lang1     
after a moment's keen scrutiny of the   
graceful figure beside him4 ,hardly     
waiting for permission1 he produced a   
gold case and lighted a cigarette4 ,been
 playing tennis1 haven't you8 he        
continued in an off-hand way4 ,stupid   

game1 not half so good as golf--you     
should try golf4  ,i have tried it1 and 
,i don't like it4  ,beginners seldom do4
 ,it's a fine game1 for all that4 ,you  
live with your aunt1 don't you8  ,yes1  
in ,victoria ,square4  ,do you like     
,beachbourne8  ,she hesitated a moment  
before replying1 ,yes4  ,i suppose it's 
like all these provincial towns--heaps  
of gossip and scandal1 eh8 ,but you     
should be in ,london now1 ,mrs4         
,burnside4 ,there hasn't been as gay a  
season for years4 ,i shouldn't be here  
now1 ,i can tell you1 but ,i got a touch
 of fever last time ,i was at           
,johannesburg1 and1 as ,i can't quite   
shake it off1 my doctor ordered me      
complete rest for a fortnight4 ,so ,i   
came down here to stay with the         
,stevensons4 ,i met them last year at   
,homburg1 and ever since they've been   
pestering me with invitations to        
,beachbourne4  ,illustration3 ,the set  
was not a success4--p4 #cii4  ,oh1 have 
you been out in ,africa8 returned ,may1 

thinking it best to ignore his          
flattering reference to his             
entertainers4  ,spent nearly twenty     
years there4 ,i can remember when there 
wasn't a gold mine on the ,randt4 ,and1 
though ,i've come back to ,england for  
good now1 ,i generally run over about   
twice a year4 ,it's just a nice little  
trip to the ,cape1 and they really do   
you very well on the mail steamers1 he  
condescendingly added1 as he lighted    
another cigarette4 ,by-the-bye1 this    
case is made of ,african gold--a nugget 
,i found myself in the claim which was  
the beginning of the ,springkloof ,mine4
 ,you've heard of the ,springkloof1 of  
course8  ,she shook her head1 and he    
looked at her with evident pity for her 
ignorance4 ,i didn't think there was    
anybody nowadays who hadn't heard of the
 ,springkloof6  ,i'm afraid you'll think
 us rather behind the times at          
,beachbourne1 she said1 as she rose1    
hoping to shake off her new             
acquaintance2 but he rose1 too1 and kept

 by her side as she strolled through the
 beautiful grounds1 speaking first to   
one friend and then to another4  ,not   
many pretty girls here1 ,i must say1 he 
observed disparagingly1 as they         
approached the house1 in quest of the   
tea-room4  ,are you an admirer of       
beauty8 asked ,may1 with a rather       
sarcastic glance at his tubby figure4   
,quite so4 ,i love the best of          
everything there is4 ,as soon as ,i can 
find a girl pretty enough1 ,i intend to 
marry1 he replied with perfect gravity4 
,it's rather lonely all by myself in    
,palace ,gardens4 ,do you like the      
,palace ,gardens houses1 ,mrs4          
,burnside8  ,i've never been in one1 and
 ,i don't even know where they are4 ,i  
know very little about ,london1 and very
 few people there--just the ,wingates1  
and one or two others4  ,are the        
,wingates any relation8  ,oh1 no1 only  
old friends of my aunt's4 ,i hardly know
 them4  ,well1 it's not much loss4 ,i   
don't mean any disrespect to your aunt1 

but old ,mother ,wingate isn't a woman  
,i should ever wish to confide in1      
myself4 ,she's always trying to catch me
 for one of her plain daughters--dear   
,maggie or dear ,amy6 ,by the way1      
what's your ,christian name1 ,mrs4      
,burnside8  ,may4  ,and1 by ,jove1 it   
suits you6 ,so often girls' names don't4
 ,you find ,lily as black as a crow1 and
 ,rose as sallow as she can be1 and     
,queenie a little1 insignificant dowdy  
with a turned-up nose6  ,he talked in   
this carping strain while he consumed a 
fair amount of refreshments1 none of    
which1 however1 were good enough for his
 critical taste4 ,he evidently thought a
 great deal about eating and drinking1  
for he incidentally mentioned that he   
gave his chef two hundred a year4  ,what
 a waste6 was on the tip of ,may's      
tongue1 as she thought how useful even a
 tenth of that sum would be to herself4 
,the tea was cosily set out on a number 
of little tables in the spacious1       
old-fashioned dining-room4 ,gay groups  

were seated at each1 and not far off was
 ,harold ,inglis1 talking cheerfully    
with two of his host's daughters4 ,may  
glanced from him to her companion1      
noticing how common and plebeian ,mr4   
,lang looked when contrasted with him4  
,as she quitted the table ,harold1 who  
had apparently been lying in wait1      
crossed over to speak to her4 ,would you
 like to play again1 ,mrs4 ,burnside8 ,i
 can easily make up a set1 if you wish4 
,but at this moment appeared ,miss      
,waller1 apparently from nowhere1 to    
throw cold water on the proposal4 ,i    
think you had better not run about any  
more this hot afternoon1 love4 ,you     
really must not tempt her1 ,dr4 ,inglis4
  ,there's croquet1 suggested ,harold2  
shall we play at that8  ,and1 though in 
general she detested croquet1 ,may      
assented quite eagerly1 only anxious to 
shake off ,mr4 ,lang4 ,miss ,waller     
could not well interfere again1 and ,mr4
 ,lang did not play croquet1 but he and 
the spinster sat on a garden seat close 

by till the game was finished1 rendering
 it difficult for ,harold to say a word 
which the watchful pair did not         
overhear4 ,divining from her erratic    
play that ,may's mind was still running 
upon her sick child1 he seized the      
opportunity1 when they were both        
searching for a ball which had rolled   
into the shrubbery1 to say kindly3      
,don't fret about ,doris4 ,i assure you 
there's no need4 ,the malady must run   
its course1 and she'll be all right     
afterwards4 ,only you must be careful   
she doesn't get a chill4  ,i wish she   
could have you to attend her1 instead of
 ,dr4 ,ellis4 ,she detests him because  
he once deceived her about a powder she 
had to take4 ,but my aunt likes him---- 
,i believe he is a very clever man1     
hurriedly interposed ,harold1 mindful of
 professional etiquette4 ,doris will be 
quite safe with him2 indeed1 she hardly 
needs a doctor4  ,my aunt is always at  
home on ,tuesdays--,i hope you will come
 to see us1 responded ,may1 grateful for

 his manifest sympathy4 ,she knew he had
 few friends in ,beachbourne1 and       
resolved to do what she could to        
introduce him4  ,his face lighted up    
unmistakably4 ,thank you so much1 ,mrs4 
,burnside6 ,i shall be delighted to     
come1 and ,i'll not forget ,tuesday4    
,miss ,waller was in a most complacent  
frame of mind as they drove home through
 the beautiful ,june evening4 ,what a   
fortunate thing ,i forbade you to be so 
foolish as to stay at home to nurse     
,doris6 she began4 ,mr4 ,lang is a man  
worth knowing2 he made an enormous      
fortune in ,south ,africa--a million at 
least--and ,mrs4 ,stevenson says his    
house in ,palace ,gardens is simply     
lovely4 ,i'll ask him to dinner1 to meet
 some nice people4  ,may's delicate face
 flushed4 ,he's not a gentleman6 she    
said4  ,i daresay he was not of much    
extraction originally1 but what does    
that matter nowadays8 ,money levels all 
distinctions2 and ,i can see ,mrs4      
,stevenson would be only too glad to    

catch him for ,edith4  ,i thought his   
manner insufferably rude6  ,my dear1    
that's because he's so run after in     
,london2 it always spoils a man to have 
dozens of girls angling for him4 ,but he
 was undoubtedly struck by you2 and ,i  
don't think you were very wise to go and
 play croquet with that ,dr4 ,inglis as 
you did4 ,he has agreeable manners1 but 
he has not a penny-piece2 and ,i don't  
believe he'll ever get a practice here4 
,i'm sorry for him1 aunt1 and--and ,i   
thought it only civil to ask him to     
call----  ,miss ,waller's brow          
contracted4 ,i think you might have     
consulted me first4 ,at best he is only 
a detrimental1 and there are far too    
many here already2 but you always were  
quixotic1 ,may6     ,,chapter ,,iv4     
,lulu4   ,whit ,sunday--which was late  
that year--was simply glorious1 the heat
 being tempered by a delicious sea      
breeze4 ,a vivacious1 dark-eyed girl1   
who accompanied ,harold ,inglis along   
the parade after morning service1       

stopped again and again to gloat over   
the sapphire sea1 tumbling in1          
foam-crested4 ,how jolly for you1       
,harold1 living in this delicious place6
 she exclaimed4 ,you ought to look      
better than you do2 you are much thinner
 than you were4  ,he evaded the subject1
 not wishing to sadden his favourite    
sister1 ,lulu1 with his shifts and      
privations4 ,she had come down to       
,beachbourne to spend ,whitsuntide with 
her brother1 glad to escape from the    
stuffy ,london office in which she had  
to work hard for a living4  ,oh1        
,harold6 who are these smart people     
coming along8  ,they had already passed 
many well-dressed groups of residents1  
but none presenting so imposing an      
appearance collectively as did stately  
,miss ,waller1 in heliotrope1 ,may      
,burnside1 in an exquisite costume of   
pale grey silk and chiffon1 ,doris1 a   
vision of childish prettiness in white  
muslin1 and two or three equally        
well-dressed men1 conspicuous amongst   

whom was ,mr4 ,lang4 ,harold's colour   
rose as he lifted his hat1 whilst ,lulu 
eagerly exclaimed1 ,oh6 who is that     
pretty girl in grey8 ,she looks quite   
fit for the ,park6  ,he explained1      
secretly glad that his sister should    
admire his divinity2 but it was         
fortunate he could not hear what ,miss  
,waller was meanwhile saying to her     
niece3 ,who is that common-looking girl 
with ,dr4 ,inglis8 ,she is most         
atrociously dressed4  ,it must be       
confessed that poor ,lulu1 who had      
little money for dress1 fell far below  
the ,victoria ,square standard4 ,looks  
like a little dressmaker1 sneered one of
 the men4  ,a dressmaker would have     
better clothes1 observed ,miss ,waller4 
,her eyes dwelt complacently on her     
niece's graceful figure1 as she spoke1  
and she was pleased to see how close    
,mr4 ,lang--who had overtaken them in   
coming out of church--kept to ,may's    
elbow1 despite the black looks of       
,doris1 who disliked him4 ,the child was

 now quite well again1 some days having 
elapsed since the garden party4  ,what  
are you going to do this afternoon4     
,mrs4 ,burnside8 ,will you come for a   
drive8 presently asked ,mr ,lang4  ,but 
,may did not approve of ,sunday driving4
 ,i promised to take ,doris to the      
flower service1 thank you4  ,why1 you've
 been to church once already1 ,doris6   
,you'd much better persuade your mother 
to bring you for a drive with me1       
cajoled he2 but the child burst out1    
,no1 ,i don't like you1 and ,i don't    
want to drive with you6 so resolutely   
that he could not press it4  ,miss      
,waller frowned angrily4 ,really1 ,may1 
the way you spoil ,doris is beyond all  
reason4 ,she is the rudest little girl  
,i ever saw6 ,and1 to soothe the        
plutocrat's wounded feelings1 she       
insisted upon his coming home to        
luncheon with her4 ,he was now a        
constant visitor in ,victoria ,square1  
for1 having terminated his stay with the
 ,stevensons1 he had taken rooms at the 

principal hotel4  ,whilst ,may1 in her  
costly gown1 sat chafing beneath ,mr4   
,lang's glances of insolent admiration1 
at her aunt's luxuriously appointed     
table1 ,harold and ,lulu ,inglis were   
very merry and happy over the plainest  
fare in his bare sitting-room4 ,they had
 not met for a long time1 and a cheap   
,whitsuntide excursion was the reason of
 her presence now4 ,as soon as they had 
finished1 they started for the shore4   
,sitting on a big stone1 beneath the    
shade of the cliffs1 they had a         
delightful chat1 until ,lulu suddenly   
exclaimed3 ,oh1 ,harold6 ,here's that   
pretty girl in grey we saw this morning6
  ,doris1 who loved the sea1 had coaxed 
her mother to come down on the shore    
after the service1 and1 seeing his      
companion1 ,may bowed to ,harold1 and   
would have passed on1 but he detained   
her4 ,may ,i introduce my sister1 ,miss 
,lucy ,inglis1 ,mrs4 ,burnside8  ,there 
was something so frank and friendly     
about ,lulu that very soon1 as ,doris   

announced she was tired and wanted to   
rest1 they were all seated upon the big 
stone1 upon which ,miss ,inglis insisted
 on spreading her jacket1 to protect    
,may's dainty dress4 ,whilst his sister 
expatiated on the delights of           
,beachbourne1 and wondered why her      
raptures evoked so little response from 
the young widow1 ,harold sat pondering  
whether he dare invite ,mrs4 ,burnside  
to come to tea in his bare and shabby   
rooms4  ,to his delight1 she instantly  
accepted the invitation2 eager1 in      
truth1 to escape from the hated society 
of ,mr4 ,lang4 ,harold then turned to   
,doris1 gaily asking whether she would  
come too4  ,yes1 ,i will1 she answered  
with childish bluntness4 ,i like you1   
but ,i don't like ,dr4 ,ellis--nasty    
man6--and ,i hate ,mr4 ,lang4  ,you     
shouldn't hate anybody1 ,doris1 reproved
 ,may4  ,but ,mr4 ,lang calls me ,little
 ,crosspatch1 and it's very rude of him 
to call me names1 mummy4  ,bravo1       
,doris6 cried ,lulu mischievously1 as   

they turned to go4 ,stick up for your   
rights--you'll be a ',new ,woman' when  
you grow up4  ,i hope so1 said ,may1 in 
a low voice1 to the amazement of ,miss  
,inglis1 who exclaimed1 with a glance at
 the costly equipment of the speaker3 ,i
 should never have expected you to utter
 such a wish1 ,mrs4 ,burnside6  ,may    
smiled with quiet bitterness4 ,i have no
 wish to see ,doris speak on a platform1
 or go in for a man's profession2 but ,i
 do feel1 more and more1 that it is     
better for women to be independent1     
whether they marry or not4  ,why1 that's
 just what ,i always say6 cried ,lulu   
delightedly4 ,all women can't marry     
nowadays--there are not enough men to go
 round4 ,besides1 what is more          
contemptible than to see girls sitting  
idle1 with their hands folded1 waiting  
for somebody to come along and marry    
them8 ,no1 every girl ought to be able  
to earn her own living1 and then she's  
safe1 whatever happens6  ,needless to   
say1 such maxims would have been        

entirely abhorrent to ,miss ,waller1 who
 regarded working-girls with            
detestation1 as ,may well knew4         
,,chapter ,v4  ,a ,beautiful ,anomaly4  
,arrived at his rooms1 ,harold did the  
honours2 not without fears lest ,may    
should miss the luxuries of her home4   
,but she enjoyed the change of          
surroundings with all the zest of a     
schoolgirl1 and ,doris1 being made much 
of1 was as good as gold4 ,harold himself
 had not spent such a delightful hour   
since he came to ,beachbourne1 but his  
hour of bliss was all too short2 for    
soon a summons came from a patient1 and1
 though it was only a greengrocer in the
 next street1 patients were too precious
 to be slighted4 ,so he departed1       
begging ,mrs4 ,burnside to remain with  
,lulu until his return4  ,left alone1   
the two girls settled down for a cosy   
chat2 ,doris being quite absorbed in an 
illustrated book ,harold had produced   
picturing the wonders of the microscope4
  ,dear old ,harold6 began his sister4  

,don't think me silly1 ,mrs4 ,burnside1 
but ,i'm proud of him1 knowing how hard 
he worked for his degree4 ,will he ever 
get a good practice here1 do you think8 
,i hope so2 but it takes time1 answered 
,may1 rather embarrassed4 ,have you many
 brothers and sisters8  ,there are six  
of us altogether--a formidable number1  
isn't it8 ,but1 ,i'm glad to say1 we're 
all doing something1 and don't cost dear
 old dad a penny4 ,i remind ,esther of  
that--she's my eldest sister--when she  
grumbles1 and wishes we were back at    
,mallowfield ,hall4  ,that was your     
father's place1 wasn't it8  ,yes1 our   
ancestors lived there centuries ago4    
,this is the house4 ,and she produced a 
photograph of an imposing mansion       
standing in a spacious park1 a residence
 which even ,miss ,waller would have    
acknowledged to be a magnificent        
property4  ,what a lovely place6 ,and   
you had to leave it8  ,illustration3    
,he's not a gentleman1 she said4--p4    
#dja4  ,yes1 my grandfather was         

dreadfully extravagant1 and since father
 came into power the agricultural       
depression was the finishing stroke4 ,it
 was cruelly hard to leave the dear old 
place1 but the mortgagees foreclosed1   
and we all had to turn out4 ,dad and    
mother went to live in ,cornwall1 where 
she owns a tiny cottage4 ,harold passed 
as a doctor1 ,jack's at ,johannesburg1  
and ,ted's in ,australia4 ,then ,connie1
 my youngest sister1 is companion to an 
old lady1 and ,esther and ,i share a    
cupboard of a flat with an old          
schoolfellow1 ,mabel ,bryan1 whose      
partner ,i am in a typewriting office4  
,esther1 who's awfully clever1 as well  
as handsome1 and knows several          
languages1 is corresponding clerk to a  
firm of shippers4 ,she gets a hundred a 
year1 and ,i manage to make about a     
pound a week2 but ,i'm not clever1 and  
have to do the best ,i can4 ,we work    
awfully hard1 but ,i really think we are
 happier than if we had nothing to do4  
,i'm sure you are1 sighed ,may1 as her  

eye fell upon her own dearly purchased  
finery4 ,i must say1 ,i think it very   
plucky of you to take it as you do4     
,lulu opened her eyes1 for she was not  
accustomed to pity4 ,i'm proud to be a  
working-woman1 and even if ,i were rich 
like you1 ,mrs4 ,burnside1 ,i couldn't  
bear to sit with my hands folded4  ,rich
 like me6 ,may echoed drearily4 ,i'm not
 rich2 ,i owe everything ,i possess to  
my aunt4  ,but she's rich1 so it must be
 the same thing1 persisted ,lulu4  ,just
 then ,harold came hurrying in4 ,i was  
as quick as ,i could be1 ,mrs4          
,burnside1 he began1 manifestly pleased 
to find ,may still there4 ,with an      
alarmed glance at the clock1 she arose  
to go1 and said cordially--  ,i should  
be so pleased1 ,dr4 ,inglis1 if you     
would bring your sister to see me on    
,tuesday afternoon4  ,many thanks1 ,mrs4
 ,burnside1 but ,i must return by the   
excursion train on ,tuesday morning1    
returned ,lulu2 and ,may dared not urge 
the point4 ,to invite the ,inglises to  

any meal but afternoon tea was out of   
her power1 for ,miss ,waller disapproved
 of promiscuous guests at luncheon and  
dinner4 ,so1 bidding a cordial farewell 
to ,lulu1 ,may set forth with ,doris to 
,victoria ,square1 escorted by happy    
,harold4  ,i call her a beautiful       
anomaly6 ,lulu observed later on to her 
brother1 when he asked what she thought 
of ,mrs4 ,burnside4 ,at first1 seeing   
how she was dressed1 ,i concluded she   
was only a fashionable butterfly1 caring
 for nothing but amusement4 ,but from   
her talk ,i could see ,i had been       
unjust1 and that there's nothing she    
would like better than being useful and 
independent4 ,poor thing6 ,her face is  
one of the saddest ,i ever saw4  ,i     
believe she has a very uncomfortable    
time of it with ,miss ,waller1 who is a 
,tartar1 from all accounts4  ,then why  
does she stay with her8  ,what else can 
she do1 with that child8  ,an unpleasant
 quarter of an hour awaited ,may within 
her aunt's door1 which she entered with 

a sinking heart4 ,doris was instantly   
bundled off to bed1 after which ,miss   
,waller--in thin1 high tones1 very      
different from her suave society        
accents--moralised on ,may's enormities 
in absenting herself without notice1    
whilst ,mr4 ,lang vainly awaited her    
return4 ,he had just gone1 evidently    
vexed at her non-appearance4  ,mr4 ,lang
 has no jurisdiction over me6 ,may was  
irritated into retorting at last1       
whereupon her aunt's frown became       
portentous4  ,mr4 ,lang is my friend1   
and1 as such1 ,i insist that you treat  
him with respect6 ,pray1 who are you1 to
 set your will against mine8 ,i paid for
 the very dress you have on1 and every  
article you possess1 and but for me you 
and ,doris would be in the workhouse6   
,may would not trust herself to reply1  
but went away to her own room1 there to 
shed some very bitter tears4 ,as she    
eyed her tall figure in the glass1      
arrayed in the beautiful garments for   
which she had to pay so dearly1 she     

heartily envied the three happy girls in
 their flat1 as described by ,lulu4 ,how
 fortunate they were1 to be able to do  
as they pleased1 and indebted to no     
living soul for anything6 ,oh1 to be    
free6--to be free6 she panted1 realising
 her slavery as she had never realised  
it before4     ,,chapter ,,vi4  ,bijou's
 ,mistress4   ,when bright-faced ,lulu  
had returned home1 brief though her     
visit had been1 ,harold missed her      
inexpressibly4 ,to vary the monotony of 
his dreary rooms1 he paid his promised  
call in ,victoria ,square1 to find      
himself promptly relegated to the       
background by ,miss ,waller1 who        
perfectly understood how to snub people 
without being unladylike4 ,may1 who made
 tea1 hardly uttered a word2 and the    
lion of the occasion was ,mr4 ,lang1 who
 expatiated on the riches of ,south     
,africa and his own importance on the   
,randt4  ,you're nowhere unless you've  
got money nowadays1 he confidently      
asserted4  ,oh1 but--expostulated a meek

 little clergyman's wife1 looking rather
 shocked1 surely culture goes for       
something--and descent--and----         
,culture1 descent1 my dear madam6 ,we   
haven't time to bother about such things
 at ,johannesburg6 ,they'd be no use to 
a man there6  ,i'm sorry to hear it1    
,harold was provoked into saying4 ,my   
brother ,jack is out there1 and ,i      
shouldn't like him to come back less of 
a gentleman than he went6  ,what's he   
doing8 disdainfully drawled the         
plutocrat4  ,he is in the office of the 
,victorina ,mine4  ,ah6 a good property 
that--not equal to the ,springkloof1    
though4 ,i know the ,victorina manager2 
perhaps next time ,i go out1 ,i may look
 your brother up4  ,how kind of you1    
,mr4 ,lang6 gushed ,miss ,waller2 but   
,harold never said a word4  ,well now1  
,miss ,waller1 said ,mr4 ,lang1 it's    
time ,i was returning to ,london1 and   
don't you think you ought to give ,mrs4 
,burnside a little taste of dissipation 
before the season closes8  ,i should    

have taken her to ,london before1 but   
dear ,may always says she doesn't like  
town1 answered the spinster1 who always 
posed as a most affectionate aunt in    
public4 ,i must leave you to try your   
persuasions4 ,as she spoke1 she darted a
 glance at her niece which plainly said1
 ,refuse to go1 if you dare6  ,london is
 so hot now--and ,doris---- faltered the
 girl in manifest dismay4 ,the          
clergyman's wife took her departure1 but
 ,harold sat doggedly on1 determined to 
hear the result4  ,doris could be left  
behind perfectly well1 rejoined ,mr4    
,lang1 who disliked the child as much as
 she disliked him4  ,we shall be very   
pleased to see a little of ,london under
 your auspices1 ,mr4 ,lang1 interrupted 
,miss ,waller1 in a sub-acid tone4 ,i   
know of some nice rooms near ,hyde      
,park1 which will be quieter than a     
hotel1 and ,i'll write about them       
to-night4  ,may said no more2 but       
,harold perceived an expression of      
absolute despair flit over her features 

for a moment1 and his heart swelled with
 pity for her4  ,he paced his lonely    
sitting-room many times that evening1   
lamenting his own impotence4 ,a few     
patients1 poor people to whom he was at 
home for an hour1 mornings and evenings1
 came to consult him for a fee of one   
shilling1 medicine included2 but even   
these were few in number4 ,he had the   
very deepest sympathy with the poor2 but
 to be wasting his time here when1 in a 
few days1 ,mrs4 ,burnside would be      
staying close to that man in ,palace    
,gardens6  ,illustration3 ,harold6      
,here's that pretty girl in grey4--p4   
#djb4  ,there was a ring at the bell1   
and the landlady entered1 announcing1   
with a smile1 ,miss ,geare and ,miss    
,pepper4 ,a little1 round-faced1        
white-haired lady1 with curiously       
wandering light-blue eyes1 then tripped 
into the room1 carrying something       
carefully in her arms2 followed by a    
forbidding1 tall1 dark-haired female1 to
 whom ,harold took an instant and hearty

 dislike4  ,oh1 doctor6 began the little
 lady1 in a breathless1 excited way1    
with hardly any stops1 ,i saw your plate
 on the door1 and ,i've come to see if  
you can cure my darling little ,bijon2 a
 great cruel cabman has just driven over
 him1 and ,i'm afraid his poor leg's    
broken4 ,will you look8  ,harold could  
hardly restrain a smile4 ,i am not a    
veterinary surgeon1 madam4              
,illustration3 ,harold perceived an     
expression of despair flit over her     
features4--p4 #dje4  ,i told you it was 
no use coming here1 growled ,miss       
,pepper1 the companion1 in a voice as   
unamiable as her face4  ,oh1 but poor   
,bijou is in such pain6  ,with that     
,miss ,geare burst into passionate tears
 and again entreated ,harold's aid4 ,to 
end the tiresome scene1 he examined the 
dog1 unprofessional though it might be1 
and1 finding one of its legs was broken1
 improvised splints and set it          
carefully4 ,miss ,geare's gratitude was 
excessive4  ,and you will come and see  

,bijou1 won't you8 implored the old     
lady4 ,he must have attention until he  
gets well1 and ,i live at ,lyndhurst    
,lodge1 ,murray ,road4  ,harold         
demurred1 as being unprofessional4      
,then come to attend me1 eagerly        
responded ,miss ,geare4 ,i'm often      
rather ailing2 and you can give ,bijou a
 look at the same time4  ,she looked at 
him so pleadingly that he could not find
 it in his heart to say no4 ,she        
brightened up at his consent1 and asked 
for a cab1 in which to take home her    
injured darling1 and then laid a        
sovereign and a shilling on the table4  
,i don't think ,i am entitled to charge 
for attending the dog1 said ,harold1    
crimsoning4 ,certainly1 this is far too 
much4  ,watson1 the veterinary surgeon1 
never would have charged a guinea1      
indignantly added ,miss ,pepper2 but    
,miss ,geare was resolute1 and when she 
had departed1 it was certainly pleasant 
to see the gold piece on the table1     
sovereigns being sadly scarce with him1 

poor fellow6  ,he instituted inquiries1 
and learnt that ,miss ,geare belonged to
 a good family1 and was well-off1 but   
somewhat queer4 ,in early youth she was 
engaged to an officer1 who was killed at
 ,delhi1 and had become gradually more  
and more eccentric1 until now she only  
lived for her dogs and cats4 ,miss      
,pepper1 it was added1 tyrannised over  
her shamefully1 as though she were the  
mistress and ,miss ,geare the companion4
  ,the old lady was warm-hearted1 though
 rather fickle1 and1 having taken a     
fancy to ,harold1 contrived to secure   
him several fresh and welcome patients4 
,miss ,geare herself was far from       
strong1 and afforded a legitimate       
exercise for ,harold's skill1 which     
salved his conscience in the matter of  
,bijou4 ,but ,miss ,pepper remained1    
from first to last1 distinctly hostile4 
,,end ,,of ,,chapter ,,six4             
,,childish ,,memories ,,of ,,lewis      
,,carroll4  ,by ,one of his ,alices4    
,so many children will grieve over the  

sad event--the death that deprived them 
of one of the best and kindest friends  
that children ever came across--the     
children who have followed ,alice       
through all the wonderful adventures of 
,wonderland will be saddened by the     
thought that the hand which held the pen
 that gave them such amusement is now   
still for ever2 and the children now    
grown up who knew ,lewis ,carroll       
personally will look back into the years
 agone and remember his delightful      
stories1 and his never-ceasing kindness 
towards them in their youthful days4    
,illustration3 ,,lewis ,,carroll4  7,at 
the age of #h47  ,to my mind ,oxford    
will never be quite the same again1 now 
that so many of the dear old friends of 
one's childhood have gone over to the   
great majority4 ,my poor old father1    
though always wishing to go for little  
excursions back to the old ,university  
town where so many years of his life had
 been spent1 came back to his country   
rectory in the ,cotswold ,hills         

bemoaning the loss of the many who had  
gone before1 and how the familiar forms 
of his old college friends were1 alas6  
no more to be seen4  ,often1 in the     
twilight1 when the flickering firelight 
danced on the old wainscoted wall1 have 
we--father and ,i--chatted over the old 
,oxford days and friends1 and the merry 
times we all had together in ,long-,wall
 ,street4 ,i was a nervous1 thin1       
remarkably ugly child1 and1 for some    
years1 ,i might say1 ,i was quite alone 
in the nursery1 my small1 fat           
baby-brother being much more appreciated
 than myself4 ,i was left almost        
entirely to the kind and gentle mercy of
 ,mary ,pearson1 my own particular      
attendant1 and though father1 of course1
 had commenced his friendship with ,mr4 
,dodgson 7,lewis ,carroll7 long before1 
,i only remember him first when ,i was  
about seven1 and from that time until we
 went to live in ,gloucestershire1 he   
was one of my most delightful friends4  
,illustration3 7,from a ,photo by ,lewis

 ,carroll47  ,,the ,,author ,,and ,,her 
,,father 7,,the ,,rev4 ,e4 ,a4          
,,litton74  ,i shall never forget when1 
sitting on a rustic seat with ,mr4      
,dodgson under a dear old tree in the   
,botanical ,gardens1 ,i heard for the   
first time the delightful and           
ever-entertaining story of ,hans        
,andersen's ,ugly ,duckling4 ,i was     
devoted to books1 and could read quite  
well for so small a child1 but ,i cannot
 explain the delightful way in which    
,mr4 ,dodgson read and told his stories3
 as he read1 the characters were real   
flesh and blood--living figures4 ,this  
particular story made a great impression
 on me1 and1 being very sensitive about 
my ugly little self1 it greatly         
interested me4 ,i remember his          
impressing upon me that it was better to
 be good1 truthful1 and to try not to   
think of self1 than to be a pretty1     
selfish child1 spoilt and disagreeable1 
and he1 from that story1 gave me the    
name of ,ducky1 which name clung to me  

for many years2 in fact1 from that day  
,mary ,pearson always called me ,miss   
,ducky4  ,illustration3 7,from a ,photo 
by ,lewis ,carroll47  ,,the ,,original  
,,of ,,alice ,,in ,,wonderland4  ,many a
 time has ,mr4 ,dodgson said1 ,never    
mind1 little ,ducky2 perhaps some day   
you will turn out a swan4  ,i always    
attribute my love for animals to the    
teaching of ,mr4 ,dodgson3 his stories  
of animal life1 his knowledge of their  
lives and histories1 his enthusiasm     
about birds and butterflies1 passed many
 a tiresome hour away4 ,the monkeys in  
the ,botanical ,gardens were our special
 pets1 and1 oh6 the nuts and biscuits we
 used to give them6 ,he entered into the
 spirit of the fun as much as ,ducky    
did4  ,then there were the mornings     
spent in the ,christ ,church and ,merton
 meadows3 ,mary and ,i took our daily   
walks abroad there4 ,years have passed  
since then1 and ,i have travelled in    
many climes1 but ,i always think that   
the recollections of the days of one's  

childhood never fade4 ,one's views of   
life1 persons1 and things were so fresh1
 so different from the judgment of      
things in later years4  ,those meadows  
were1 to me1 full of the loveliest      
field-flowers--daisies1 the beautiful   
snake-flower--so rare1 ,i understand    
now--the golden buttercups1 the masses  
of dandelions with the added1           
never-failing fun of blowing the downy  
seeds away4  ,nurse ,mary always took   
thread and a needle in her pocket2 these
 were for the making of daisy-chains1   
and1 oh6 the wreaths we strung as we sat
 in the soft grass1 with the dear old   
,broad ,walk quite close1 and when we   
raised our eyes the lovely vision of    
,merton ,college1 with its covered walls
 of ,virginian creeper6 ,it all comes   
back to me so vividly1 though it is now 
far away in the past years4 ,and how    
delighted we were to see the well-known 
figure in his cap and gown coming1 so   
swiftly1 with his kind smile ready to   
welcome the ,ugly ,duckling sitting in  

the grass6 ,i knew1 as he sat beside me1
 that a fairy-tale book was hidden in   
his pocket1 or that ,i should hear      
something nice--perhaps a new game or a 
puzzle--and he would gravely accept a   
tiny daisy bouquet for his coat with as 
much courtesy as if it had been the     
finest hot-house boutonnire4 ,i was very
 proud when1 between us1 we had made a  
chain of cuckoo-flowers and daisy heads 
long enough to twine round my hat4      
,these meadows and the walk along the   
wall were remarkable then for the       
quantity of snails of all kinds that1 on
 fine days and damp days1 came out to   
take the air1 and to me they were       
objects of great dislike and horror4    
,mr4 ,dodgson so gently and patiently   
showed me how silly ,i was1 how harmless
 the poor snails were1 and told me so   
much about the shells they carried on   
their backs1 and showed me how          
wonderfully they were made1 that ,i soon
 got over the fright and made quite a   
collection of discarded shells2 which   

collection finally took up its abode in 
a little crimson-paper trunk that ,mr4  
,dodgson found at old ,mrs4 ,green's    
toyshop and bought for me4  ,about this 
time also father had added to my nursery
 literature ,ministering ,children1     
,sandford and ,merton1 and ,rosamund2   
or1 ,the ,purple ,jar4 ,all these were  
shown in great glee to my kind friend1  
who 7as ,i knew he would7 read to me    
from them4  ,two or three times ,i went 
fishing with him from the bank1 near the
 ,old ,mill opposite ,addison's ,walk   
7,oxford71 and he entered quite into my 
happiness when a small fish came        
wriggling up on the end of my crooked   
pin and line1 just ready for the dinner 
of the little white kitten1 ,lily1 he   
had given me4  ,in those days ,addison's
 ,walk had1 in season1 its banks covered
 with pretty periwinkles--white and     
blue--and there were strict laws not to 
pick them4 ,i1 childlike1 could not     
resist the temptation1 and one day1     
,mary being seated at work near by1     

,ducky1 left to play alone1 gathered a  
bunch of the coveted beauties1 hid them 
under her little spencer 7a small coat  
of those days71 and trotted by ,mary's  
side1 half-frightened1 to the lodge of  
the gruff old porter1 who sat reading   
his paper1 glancing always at the       
passers through his doorway4 ,nothing   
escaped his notice4 ,mary went through  
and then ,i1 half-trembling1 with the   
periwinkles closely clasped to my side4 
,the street gained1 ,i was safe1 but    
7alas6 there is always a but71 ,mr4     
,dodgson1 going to see a friend in the  
college1 came up to me1 saying1 ,why so 
flushed1 little ,alice8 ,and what is    
that hanging below your jacket8  ,the   
flowers had not gained anything by their
 hot pressure under my jacket1 and it   
was a very much ashamed1 sad little girl
 who stood convicted of flower-theft6   
,ducky1 come with me2 and1 taking my    
unwilling hand1 he led me back to the   
grim old custodian of the cloisters1 to 
whom ,i had to deliver up the now faded 

periwinkles1 and promise future goodness
 and never to do so any more4 ,then     
,mary took me in hand1 and the quiet    
little weep ,i indulged in while going  
home was much enhanced by the sound of  
,mary's voice telling me3 ,miss ,ducky1 
you are an awful naughty child2 you have
 quite disgusted ,mr4 ,dodgson1 and you 
shall go to your bed without supper4    
,this threat she carried out4  ,on      
,sunday afternoons father used to take  
me for a walk to ,st4 ,john's ,college  
gardens1 or1 perhaps1 ,new ,college     
gardens1 and as they--father and ,mr4   
,dodgson--were great friends1 he often  
joined us4 ,and how ,i enjoyed all the  
bright sunshine and the shade of the    
mulberry-trees6 ,and then father1 tired 
from his morning services1 snatched a   
forty-winks4 ,i revelled in stories of  
small men and maidens1 stories so       
entertaining that ,i thought ,i could   
never read line upon line any more2 and 
then there were the stories of the other
 little ,alice who bore the same        

initials as myself1 and who was so      
pretty and behaved so well2 who sat     
before the wonderful photographing      
machine and came out a pretty little    
beggar girl6 ,i am afraid ,i was rather 
envious of this child and a tiny bit    
jealous1 but ,i took the greatest       
interest in what she did and said4 ,and 
,i remember all this perfectly4  ,before
 me1 as ,i write1 is a likeness of ,mr4 
,dodgson2 in fact1 two photographs4     
,these are just as ,i remember him4 ,it 
was his sweet smile and face that       
endeared him so much to his youthful    
friends1 his never-failing interest in  
their childlike joys and sorrows4 ,mr4  
,dodgson was a very quiet1 reserved man1
 and cared little for society1 such as  
large parties and receptions2 but to    
come and go as he liked in the homes of 
those with whom he was intimate1 these  
visits were some of the pleasures he    
allowed himself4 ,he also made very     
welcome the visits of his child-friends1
 and it was a great treat to go to see  

him in his rooms in ,christ ,church     
,college4  ,my dear father 7the ,rev4   
,e4 ,a4 ,litton1 a very well known man  
in the old ,oxford days of sixty years  
ago7 was much attached to ,mr4 ,dodgson1
 and they used to meet frequently to    
discuss points that interested them     
both4 ,i was always allowed1 if ,i bore 
a good record in the nursery1 to join   
father when he went to ,christ ,church1 
and ,i knew that1 sooner or later during
 the visit1 something good would be for 
me4 ,the delicious slices of cake and   
bread-and-butter1 the glass of creamy   
milk2 the soft pile of cushions on the  
sofa if ,i felt tired1 and the          
glittering little glass balls of his    
wonderful game of ,solitaire1 for me to 
play with2 the lovely picture-books     
which ,i was so careful not to tear or  
hurt in any way2 and then to be allowed 
to look at the portraits of other little
 friends who knew and visited him as ,i 
did6  ,illustration3 ,,the ,,first      
,,earring4  7,from a ,drawing by ,lewis 

,carroll47  ,mr4 ,dodgson was a great   
admirer of photography and he inspired  
father with a like enthusiasm1 and ,i am
 the happy possessor of a photograph    
7reproduced on page #djg7 that our dear 
friend took at ,christ ,church of father
 and me4 ,such a good likeness of father
 and me1 such a lanky1 long-legged1 shy 
child1 with very short petticoats1 low  
shoes1 and a huge flap hat6 ,more than  
forty years has this been taken--the two
 dear friends gone for ever and only the
 photograph remaining as souvenir of the
 dear old past--it is almost as fresh as
 the day it was taken6  ,other          
likenesses were taken1 but1 though ,i   
have hunted about1 ,i cannot find them4 
,also1 to my great sorrow1 ,i have lost 
several long1 illustrated letters       
written to me with the hope of shaming  
me out of several bad habits and faults4
 ,one in particular was the sucking of  
my thumb1 and this ,mr4 ,dodgson always 
teased me about very much4 ,one day ,i  
received a long letter with funny little

 pictures of a small family of birds who
 would suck their thumbs 7claws74 ,they 
looked so comical in a row1 on a branch1
 with their claws in their beaks1 and   
the father- and mother-birds below with 
a pot of bitter aloes1 a birch-rod1 and 
long muslin bags to tie up the claws in4
 ,the next picture showed the little    
birds weeping1 with their claws in bags1
 the father and mother enjoying a good  
repast1 and the naughty little birds had
 none6 ,and so on all the way through   
this most interesting pictorial letter1 
till the little birds had no claws left4
 ,all sucked away6 ,the story was quite 
as interesting as the pictures1 and ,i  
think it did me good1 as ,mary ,pearson 
always read this letter to me whenever  
,i sucked my thumb more than usual1 and 
protested my thumbs were disappearing as
 the birds' claws did1 and ,i was       
terribly frightened2 for ,mr4 ,dodgson  
used to say ,mary was quite right1 and  
,i should be spoken of as the little    
girl without thumbs4  ,my hair was a    

great trouble to me as a child1 for it  
would tangle and ,mary was not over and 
above patient as ,i twisted and turned  
when she wished to dress it4 ,so one day
 ,i received a long1 blue envelope      
addressed to myself 7letters are always 
so delightful to children--they raise   
them almost to the ranks of the         
grown-ups71 and there was a             
story-letter1 all full of drawings1 from
 ,mr ,dodgson4 ,the first picture was of
 a little girl--hat off and tumbled hair
 very much en vidence--asleep on a      
rustic bench under a big tree by the    
side of a river 7supposed to be the dear
 old seat in the ,botanical ,gardens71  
and two birds holding an evidently most 
important conversation above in the     
branches1 their heads on one side1      
eyeing the sleeping child4 ,the next    
picture1 the two birds1 flying with     
twigs and straw1 preparing to build a   
nest2 the child still sleeping and the  
birds chirping and twittering with the  
delight of building their nest in the   

tangled hair of the child4 ,next came   
the awakening4 ,the work complete1 the  
mother-bird on her nest1 the father-bird
 flying round the frightened child4 ,and
 then1 lastly1 hundreds of birds--the   
air thick with them2 the child fleeing2 
small boys with tin trumpets raised to  
their lips1 and ,nurse ,mary1 with a    
basket of brushes and combs1 bringing up
 the rear6 ,all this1 with the          
well-drawn-out story1 cured me of this  
fault1 and ,mary1 in after-life1 told me
 she had no more trouble2 just to open  
the letter and show the unhappy child in
 the picture1 and ,i was 'passive as a  
lamb4' ,sometimes father would say1     
patting my head1 ,any more nests to-day1
 ,ducky8 ,birds would not have a chance 
now with this smooth little head4       
,illustration3 ,,lewis ,,carroll4  7,the
 ,rev4 ,c4 ,l4 ,dodgson47  ,i have      
grieved greatly that these              
picture-stories are no more1 and1 from  
several letters which ,i have seen from 
other little girls--now grown up and far

 away in different parts of the world1  
their letters of a like kind have also  
gone astray and been lost amidst the    
movings1 changings1 and chances of life4
  ,in after years my father often told  
me another story of ,mr4 ,dodgson1 which
 ,i1 being so young1 had forgotten4 ,in 
the very early part of the time in which
 ,i knew him1 he one day called in      
,long-,wall ,street to fetch father to  
go with him to ,the ,union to look into 
some particular subject together4 ,mr4  
,dodgson was anxious ,i should go as    
well1 as1 perhaps1 we might all take a  
walk1 and as ,i promised to be most     
obedient and good1 ,i was told to go and
 get my hat4 ,i trotted along1 and1 ,the
 ,union reached1 was put in a           
comfortable chair to wait till they were
 ready to go on the proposed walk4 ,it  
was hot1 and ,i was tired1 and the      
crackling of papers turning over and the
 hum of voices lulled me to sleep4 ,i   
slept on1 oblivious of all1 and1 ,i     
suppose1 the two friends1 talking       

intently1 forgot my existence and1 in   
earnest conversation1 left ,the         
,union--and me1 sleeping quietly1 quite 
alone4  ,mr4 ,dodgson left father in    
,long-,wall ,street1 and then went to   
his rooms in ,christ ,church4 ,suddenly1
 so the story goes1 he thought1 ,we went
 out three2 we came back two2 where is  
three8  ,and then it flashed across him 
that there had been no three left in    
,long-,wall ,street--only his           
friend--and so three must have been left
 somewhere on the road4 ,though it was  
just the hour of dinner1 this good      
friend trudged back to ,the ,union1     
intent upon finding the lost lamb1 and  
there ,i was still asleep1 coiled up1 as
 he expressed it1 like a dormouse4 ,i   
was taken home tired and a little cross2
 it was past my supper-time2 ,i was     
hungry1 and quite ready for the white   
sheets and pillows that lead to         
dreamland4 ,but1 always thoughtful for  
others1 ,mr4 ,dodgson strayed into the  
ever-famous and delightful shop of      

,boffins in ,the ,high1 and a sugared   
,bath-bun and a glass of jelly revived  
my drooping spirits and raised my       
courage to meet ,mary4 ,i was soon given
 into her care1 and my adventures1 as   
told by ,mr4 ,dodgson1 made me quite a  
heroine1 and ,i felt myself a person of 
some importance with a history4  ,i had 
a daily governess1 a dear old soul1 who 
used to come every morning to instruct  
my youthful mind4 ,i disliked           
particularly the large-lettered copies  
in my writing-book1 and1 as ,i confided 
this to ,mr4 ,dodgson1 he came and set  
me some copies himself4 ,i remember two 
were1 ,patience and water-gruel cure    
gout4 7,i wondered what gout could be47 
,little girls should be seen and not    
heard4 7,this ,i thought unkind47 ,these
 were written many times over1 and ,i   
had to present the pages at the end of  
the week to him without one blot or     
smudge4  ,illustration3 ,,alice ,,and   
,,humpty ,,dumpty4  7,from a            
,photograph47  ,magdalen ,college       

always1 to my childish mind1 was a most 
lovely and beautiful place1 and my      
favourite walking ground in hot weather 
because of the splendid trees4 ,i also  
had a great admiration for the many and 
brilliant-flowered balconies of some of 
the ,fellows of the ,college1 which     
looked into ,high ,street just before   
the ,bridge of ,magdalen commenced4 ,one
 particularly was the show window of the
 set1 flaming with the most varied      
colours--vivid geraniums1 lobelias1     
mignonette1 and two tiny mirrors1       
cleverly inserted amongst the flowers1  
so that the person inside could see who 
was passing1 either way1 up or down the 
street1 without being seen himself4  ,i 
was quite at home in these rooms1 as    
they also belonged to a friend of my    
father1 a ,mr4 ,saul2 he was a ,fellow  
of ,magdalen1 and ,i always admired him 
so much1 and thought he could never be  
unhappy living in such charming rooms4  
,i can see him now1 with his cheery     
laugh and white hair1 and his very      

portly figure1 and1 oh6 the musical     
instruments that were here1 there1 and  
everywhere6 ,mr4 ,dodgson and father and
 myself all went one afternoon to pay   
him a visit4 ,at that time ,mr4 ,saul   
was very much interested in the study of
 the big drum1 and1 with books before   
him and a much heated face1 he was in   
full practice when we arrived4 ,nothing 
would do but that all the party must    
join in the concert4 ,father undertook  
the 'cello1 ,mr4 ,dodgson took a comb   
and paper1 and1 amidst much fun and     
laughter1 the walls echoed with the     
finished roll1 or shake1 of the big     
drum--a roll that was ,mr4 ,saul's      
delight4 ,all this went on till some    
other ,oxford ,dons 7mutual friends7    
came in to see if everybody had gone    
suddenly cracked4 ,i meanwhile1 perched 
amongst the flowers and mirrors1 joined 
in the fun by singing and clapping my   
hands with delight at the drum1 comb1   
and 'cello4 ,when all had quieted down1 
a large musical-box was wound up for my 

edification2 such a treat it was for me 
to listen to the beautiful airs6        
,illustration3 ,,the ,,age ,,of         
,,innocence4  7,from a ,drawing by      
,lewis ,carroll47  ,music is1 and always
 has been1 the chief delight of my life1
 and father always greatly encouraged   
this taste in me4 ,many a time1 in our  
walks amongst the ,cotswolds in the long
 years after1 father would say1 ,ducky1 
do you remember poor old ,saul and his  
big drum8 ,and the fun we all had       
together1 and how ,dr4 ,bully thought we
 had all gone in for ,littlemore        
,asylum8 ,oh1 the dear old days1 child6 
,the dear old days6 ,and then we would  
walk on quite silently1 father wrapped  
in the past1 till we reached the        
ivy-covered rectory and the lights1 and 
the daily routine of life was taken up  
once more4  ,one more story of my       
childhood1 and then ,i shall have to    
write ,finis to what to me is so        
delightful--the shutting of one's eyes  
in the twilight and the wandering back  

into the past with the many near and    
dear friends--some now scattered far and
 wide1 others gone into the weird       
unknown4 ,gone1 but ever present in the 
loving memories of friends4  ,not very  
far away from ,wadham ,college 7in my   
remembrance7 was a road leading to ,the 
,parks2 this was also a very nice walk1 
and the hedges1 when ,i was a small     
girl1 were full of ragged robin1 wild   
roses1 and other field flowers4 ,yellow 
butterflies and1 sometimes1 peacock     
butterflies1 could also be found there4 
,so1 to the mind of eight years old1 it 
was a happy hunting ground for eyes that
 could see and look for things1 and my  
pockets were generally filled with great
 treasures on returning--which          
treasures1 alas6 ,mary ,pearson always  
dubbed ,miss ,ducky's aggravating       
rubbish4  ,now father had a great friend
 living near ,park ,crescent1 and one of
 the bonds of sympathy 7and a great one 
it was7 between father1 ,mr4 ,dodgson1  
and the little old gentleman1 was       

mathematics4 ,this friend1 whose name ,i
 have forgotten1 lived in one of a row  
of houses at the top of ,park ,crescent1
 and many were the times we all three   
took this particular walk together to   
see the old scholar4 ,my delight was    
resting in the pleasant little parlour  
of the housekeeper1 into whose charge ,i
 was always given4 ,she had very beady  
black eyes1 a bunch of keys at her      
waist1 and a most wonderful cap with    
bouquets of flowers intermixed with lace
 at each of her ears1 and funny little  
grey curls and combs 7like those of the 
present day7 to fasten them back4 ,i    
always was most polite to her and put on
 my very best manners4 ,to me she was a 
most potential personage1 and her       
coltsfoot wine and old-fashioned rock   
cakes1 with which she always regaled me 
with no sparing hand1 were so delicious6
 ,nowhere else did these particular     
dainties seem to me so good4 ,perhaps   
hunger 7which is always the best sauce7 
had something to do with it2 but ,i know

 ,i munched the cakes and gazed intently
 at the swaying grasses and flowers on  
her head1 as she told me that she made  
all the cakes herself1 and also could   
sometimes make1 when little girls were  
extra good1 almond toffee of the most   
appetising description4  ,illustration3 
#ef4 ,,the ,,walking ,,stick ,,of       
,,destiny4  ,ch4 #f4  ,hush6 ,the ,baron
 slumbers6 ,two men with stealthy steps 
are removing his strong-box4#b ,it is   
very heavy and their knees tremble1     
partly with the weight1 partly with     
fear4 ,he snores and they both start2   
the box rattles1 not a moment is to be  
lost2 they hasten from the room4 ,it was
 very1 very hard to get the box out of  
the window but they did it at last2     
though not without making noise enough  
to waken ten ordinary sleepers3 the     
,baron1 luckily for them1 was an        
extraordinary sleeper4    #b ,of it's   
contents1 as afterwards appears were    
very small4 vide   page #bg1 note 7#a74 
,at a safe distance from the castle1    

they sat down the box1 and proceeded to 
force off the lid4 ,four mortal hours#c 
did ,mr ,millon ,smith and his          
mysterious companion labor thereat2 at  
sun rise it flew off with a noise louder
 than the    #c ,probably they began at 
about one o'clock4  ,a ,,page ,,from    
,,the ,,umbrella ,,book4  7,written and 
,drawn by ,lewis ,carroll47  ,i was     
always ready to go this walk with       
father1 and ,i well remember one        
occasion on which we went4 ,it must have
 been about ,july1 for it was very hot1 
and the roses and other flowers were all
 out4 ,mr4 ,dodgson and father enjoyed a
 chat1 while ,i--with a mind full of    
rock cakes1 the bright sunshine and all 
the pretty things of nature in the      
hedges1 and 7oh6 happy thought67 perhaps
 the wonderful toffee at the walk's     
end--danced along till the little garden
 gate was reached and we all passed     
through4 ,i always shared my goodies    
with other people when ,i could1 and ,i 
had promised to save some rock cakes for

 father and ,mr4 ,dodgson1 for upstairs 
they were always much too intent on     
conversation to think about refreshments
 of life1 and these things of which ,i  
am writing happened before afternoon    
teas of four o'clock were ever thought  
of4  ,the toffee was there--rather      
sticky1 owing to the hot weather1 but   
the almonds looked white and cool2 and  
the green plate of cakes and the jug    
with a dog's face for a spout--all were 
there just ready for the flushed1 tired1
 little girl4 ,i quite remember the cap 
that day1 for it had bunches of pink    
,may with ,quaker grass1 and the old    
lady told me it was her best summer cap 
and had cost six shillings at ,oliver's 
in ,corn ,market ,street4 ,i thought she
 must be a very rich woman indeed1 and  
told ,mr4 ,dodgson so that afternoon1   
when we were once more together4 ,i     
remember his laugh as he said1 ,the     
female mind is full of vanity4 ,i       
wondered what a female mind meant1 and  
father said little girls asked too many 

questions 7he often told me this part of
 the story afterwards1 when ,i was grown
 up71 and that ,i should not know what  
it was1 even if ,i were told4 ,mr4      
,dodgson said1 ,alice1 all things come  
to those who wait2 some time1 if ,god   
spares you to grow up1 you you will     
learn many things4  ,illustration3      
,,lewis ,,carroll ,,in ,,his ,,study    
,,at ,,christ ,,church4  ,but the       
pleasant hour spent with the old        
housekeeper came to an end1 and the bell
 was rung1 which meant that ,i had to   
gather myself together and go home4 ,two
 small parcels of toffee and cakes were 
given into my willing1 open1 little     
hands2 a towel was hastily found to wipe
 away my general stickiness2 and then ,i
 went away from this dear little home   
into ,the ,parks with ,mr4 ,dodgson and 
father1 homewards4  ,it was hot1 and ,i 
was tired3 ,i am sorry to say that      
father said ,i was very cross4 ,my      
little blue shoes1 fastened with straps 
and tiny pearl buttons1 would come      

undone1 and all the brightness and      
flowery hedges had lost their charm for 
the now overdone ,ducky4  ,mr4 ,dodgson 
lagged behind1 and ,i saw him looking   
intently in the hedges and all about1 as
 if he were searching for something4    
,this aroused my curiosity4 ,at length1 
stooping down1 he gathered up something 
in his handkerchief4 ,i could not see   
what he had found1 but ,i felt very much
 interested4 ,holding the tied-up       
handkerchief above my head1 he said1    
,this is for my other little ,alice2 she
 is a brave girl1 and does not cry like 
a baby at being a wee bit tired4 ,oh6   
such a curious1 lovely little flower is 
tied up here6  ,at this he waved the    
handkerchief above my head1 and ,i1 so  
anxious to see what was in it1 skipped  
after him1 forgetting the tears and the 
tired legs4 ,tell me what it is1 was my 
breathless request4  ,no answer4 ,mr4   
,dodgson danced on1 and ,i followed1    
father laughing at the two of us4 ,when 
we were near dear old ,wadham ,college  

7not a great distance from ,long-,wall  
,street71 ,mr4 ,dodgson said to me1 with
 much solemnity1 ,alice1 did you ever   
hear of a ',bella perennis1' most       
wonderfully and beautifully made8  ,i   
was awestruck1 and whispered1 ,never4   
,is that it8  ,he nodded1 and we went on
 again till the steps of our house came 
in view4 ,by this time ,i was quiet and 
wondering1 and hoping ,i should be      
allowed to see inside the handkerchief1 
and look at this wonderful1 mysterious  
creation4  ,inside our hall was an old  
oaken bench1 and there ,mr4 ,dodgson sat
 down2 ,i in front of him1 in my        
favourite attitude1 with my long1 skinny
 arms clasped behind my back4 ,i dare   
not speak as the knots were very1 very  
slowly untied1 and--oh6 only a tiny1    
withered1 half-dead1 little daisy       
appeared to my astonished view6 ,where  
is the beautiful ',bella something8' ,i 
cried1 with a half-sob rising in my     
throat2 ,i was so bitterly disappointed4
  ,this is the ',bella perennis1' child4

 ,see how beautifully and carefully it  
is made3 one of ,god's fairest small    
field-flowers4  ,i took it in my hand1  
and1 giving ,mr4 ,dodgson a big hug1 ,i 
passed through the baize door1 leaving  
my dear1 kind friend with father4  ,i   
never forgot that walk6 ,it made a very 
deep impression on my childish mind1 not
 easily effaced in the long after-years4
 ,if people only knew what the sympathy 
of a real1 grown-up friend is to a shy  
child1 what courage it gives to the     
trembling little heart6 ,how few        
children would be set down as shy and   
stupid1 and be thoroughly misunderstood 
7as some are now71 if only there were   
more like ,mr4 ,dodgson1 who1 though one
 of the cleverest of men1 could yet     
stoop to win the love and confidence and
 enter into the joys and sorrows of his 
numerous child friends6  ,perhaps ,i    
have wearied many who may read this1 and
 it is time ,i should close these past  
chapters of my childish memories1 shut  
up the book1 and lay down the pen2 but  

it has been an inexpressible pleasure to
 recall1 as far as ,i can1 all ,mr4     
,dodgson's kindness to me and father4   
,alas6 alas6 that life should change--on
 and on--all the dear1 old1 familiar    
places and faces disappear4 ,old ,tom   
still chimes his daily hours2 but the   
dear footsteps will never more be heard 
turning in at the door of the old       
staircase leading to his rooms in       
,christ ,church ,college4 ,those        
cheerful rooms1 where so many delightful
 hours were spent1 will know him no     
more4 ,all is gone now3 only the memory1
 and the deep respect and love his child
 friends bore him1 remain4  ,father died
 on ,august #bgth1 #ahig1 and ,mr4      
,dodgson on ,january #adth1 #ahih2 and  
we1 who are left behind1 can only hope  
we may meet them once more in the realms
 that never change4                     
,,edith ,,alice ,,maitland4             
,illustration3 ,,the ,,chestnuts1       
,,guildford4  7,where ,lewis ,carroll   
died on ,january #adth1 #ahih47         

,illustration3 ,,great ,,anniversaries  
,,in ,,march4  ,by the ,rev4 ,a4 ,r4    
,buckland1 ,m4,a41 ,morning ,preacher at
 the ,foundling ,hospital4              
,illustration3 ,,the ,,rev4 ,,john      
,,wesley4  7,from the ,portrait by ,g4  
,romney47   ,the ,march calendar is rich
 in great names2 let us take a selection
 in pairs1 beginning with illustrious   
divines4  ,there died at ,longleat on   
,march #aith1 #agaj1 ,thomas ,ken1      
some-time ,bishop of ,bath and ,wells4  
,the ,english-speaking world is not     
likely altogether to forget him1 so long
 at least as his ,morning and ,evening  
,hymns are sung4 ,he is one of the      
uncanonised saints of the ,english      
,church1 as well as one of the prelates 
whose names enter into ,english history4
 ,for ,ken was amongst the seven bishops
 sent to the ,tower by ,james ,,ii41 and
 one of the ,non-jurors deprived under  
,william of ,orange4 ,the goodness of   
the man in an age of sore temptation has
 been felt by every generation since his

 death4 ,on ,march #bnd1 #agia1 ,john   
,wesley died4 ,his life is one of the   
most astonishing in the religious       
history of the ,english people4 ,in its 
contrasts 7such1 for example1 as between
 his life as a ,college ,don at ,oxford 
and during his mission to ,georgia71 in 
its multitudinous labours1 in its       
immediate influence upon religion in    
,england1 and in the far-reaching       
results of his work both in ,america and
 in ,great ,britain1 it is without      
parallel4 ,he is a figure in the        
religious history not so much of our own
 land as of the whole world1 wherever   
the ,anglo-,saxon race has set its foot4
  ,illustration3 ,,sir ,,isaac ,,newton4
  ,from divines let us pass to men of   
science4 ,sir ,isaac ,newton1 one of the
 most illustrious natural philosophers1 
and one of those for whom room must     
always be found in even the briefest    
list of the greatest ,englishmen1 died  
on ,march #bjth1 #agbg4 ,there is no    
more distinguished name amongst the sons

 of ,cambridge ,university4 ,it was by  
the choice of the ,university that he   
came into touch with the political life 
of the nation1 for in #afhh he was sent 
by it to the ,convention ,parliament4   
,newton's name will never seem amiss in 
such company as that of ,ken and        
,wesley1 for he was a profound believer 
in the ,christian faith and a diligent  
student of the ,bible4 ,newton was      
,master of the ,mint2 and this office   
was also held by ,sir ,john ,herschel1  
who was born on ,march #gth1 #agib4 ,his
 fame is not dimmed in comparison with  
that of his father1 ,sir ,william       
,herschel4 ,although the son's career   
was not so striking as that of the      
,hanoverian fiddler1 his scientific     
acquirements were of singular breadth4  
,at ,cambridge1 as a very young man1 he 
agreed with two other undergraduates    
that they would do their best to leave  
the world wiser than they found it4 ,the
 compact seemed presumptuous1 but in the
 case of ,herschel it was well kept4    

,illustration3 ,,david ,,livingstone4   
7,from the ,painting in the possession  
of the ,london ,missionary ,society47   
,two illustrious philanthropists belong 
to this month4 ,thomas ,clarkson--still 
another ,cambridge man--was born on     
,march #bfth1 #agfj4 ,whilst at the     
,university he won the                  
,vice-,chancellor's prize for a         
dissertation on the question1 ,is it    
lawful to make slaves of men against    
their will8 ,working at this essay1 he  
became so impressed with the duty of    
fighting the slave-trade that he        
resolved to give himself up to the work4
 ,he lived to see his ends attained as  
regards ,great ,britain4 ,there is a    
natural link between ,clarkson's work   
for the ,african1 and the life-work of  
,david ,livingstone 7born ,march #aith1 
#ahac74 ,livingstone was very far from  
being merely an explorer1 or an explorer
 with missionary instincts2 he knew that
 to kill the slave-trade in ,africa the 
country must be opened up1 and he gave  

his life to another side of the same    
work which ,clarkson had toiled for4    
,illustration3  ,,abraham ,,lincoln4    
,,jefferson ,,davis4  7,two ,notable    
,americans47  ,march is a great month in
 the independent history of the ,united 
,states1 and in the official lives of   
its ,presidents4 ,it has its sad        
memories1 too1 though memories that no  
longer appeal to passion4 ,it was in    
,march1 #ahfa1 that ,jefferson ,davis   
and ,abraham ,lincoln found the ,north  
and the ,south just on the brink of open
 war4 ,it was in ,march also1 in the    
year #aheb1 that ,mrs4 ,stowe's ,uncle  
,tom's ,cabin was first published4 ,that
 is one of the few literary             
anniversaries that will always be       
connected with political history4       
,illustration3 ,,mrs4 ,,beecher ,,stowe4
  7,at the time she wrote ,uncle ,tom's 
,cabin47  ,india offers us two memorable
 names4 ,john ,lawrence1 ,henry's       
younger brother1 was born on ,march     
#bdth1 #ahaa4 ,one of the wisest of     

,indian administrators1 he would have   
been great had the ,mutiny never        
occurred4 ,as it is1 other achievements 
are forgotten in the promptitude and    
skill which marked his conduct then4 ,he
 is buried in ,westminster ,abbey1 and  
near him lies ,sir ,james ,outram1 the  
,bayard of ,india1 who died on ,march   
#aath1 #ahfc4  ,illustration3 ,,bust    
,,of ,,lord ,,lawrence ,,in             
,,westminster ,,abbey4  ,so much for    
men2 now for organisations4 ,on ,march  
#hth1 #afih-ii1 was founded the ,society
 for ,promoting ,christian ,knowledge4  
,on ,march #acth1 #agja1 the ,lower     
,house of ,canterbury ,convocation      
appointed the committee to inquire into 
ways and means for promoting the        
,christian religion in our foreign      
plantations1 which led to the founding  
of the ,society for the ,propagation of 
the ,gospel4 ,the ,british and ,foreign 
,bible ,society was founded on ,march   
#gth1 #ahjd4 ,on ,march #dth1 #ahbd1 at 
a meeting held at the ,london ,tavern1  

under the presidency of ,archbishop     
,manners-,sutton1 ,the ,royal ,national 
,institution for the ,preservation of   
,life from ,ship-wreck was launched4    
,its present title1 the ,royal ,national
 ,lifeboat ,institution1 was adopted in 
#ahed4  ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,cassell
 and ,co41 ,ltd47  ,,british ,,and      
,,foreign ,,bible ,,society',s          
,,premises4     ,,christabel',s         
,,rebellion4  ,,an ,,episode4  ,by ,e4  
,s4 ,curry1 ,author of ,the ,twins1     
,etc4   ,nora was putting on her hat in 
her own room2 ,christopher1 her little  
son1 was being dressed in the nursery to
 accompany her2 ,christabel1 his twin   
sister1 was in her own pertinacious way 
arguing with her mother4 ,the ,twins1   
known as ,punch and ,judy1 had reached  
the age of two4 ,each had a will1 and a 
method of making it known--though in    
this respect ,judy caused most          
perplexity to her young parents4 ,she   
was now asserting it4  ,me go too1      
mummie1 in a decided tone1 for the sixth

 time4  ,no1 ,judy--not this time4 ,your
 turn next1 ,nora said cheerfully4  ,she
 did not like separating the twins1 but 
one was as much as she could reasonably 
take to an afternoon tea party4 ,they   
must learn some time to be divided1 she 
thought sadly1 after reflecting on the  
woes of the world4  ,me s'all go1       
mummie1 in beautifully clear accents1   
with a charming smile4  ,shall you1     
dear8 ,yes1 next time1 ,nora said1      
bending over the vivid little face1 just
 the height of her dressing-table4  ,if 
we're not back when father comes in1 she
 went on1 suggesting solace1 will you   
take care of him1 ,judy1 and love him8  
,yuv father1 murmurously assented the   
baby1 busy with a knot in her pink      
pinafore4  ,and don't take off your     
pinafore1 ,judy1 said her mother4       
,goin' out to tea1 responded ,judy4     
,off6 releasing one little white serge  
shoulder from the enclosing cotton4     
,nora moved about her room for a few    
more minutes before she went to the     

nursery to pick up her little son4      
,judy1 trotting after1 was kissed at the
 top of the staircase1 and1 with a      
sombre fire in her brilliant eyes1      
watched the descent of ,christopher4    
,his air of triumph as he stamped his   
booted feet on every stair was no doubt 
aggravating4  ,it was a cold ,march day1
 and1 as she noted his gaitered legs1   
,judy glanced down at her own bare toes4
 ,at the sight of his hat1 firmly set   
upon the soft fair curls1 ,judy lifted  
her chubby hands to her own bare        
head--bare but for its clustering brown 
waves with their tips of gold4 ,a deep  
sense of unfair treatment1 of unjust    
neglect1 flitted across the baby's mind4
 ,a great determination filled it4      
,nurse went through the open nursery    
door in a busy manner4 ,it was ,jane's  
afternoon out1 and there was a good deal
 to tidy up4 ,in two minutes ,judy1     
after a fashion of her own1 was at the  
bottom of the wide staircase1 a lonely  
little figure1 standing for a moment on 

the rug before the log fire4 ,finding   
the hall door shut and the drawing-room 
door open1 the baby stepped into the    
conservatory1 and was soon trotting down
 the drive4 ,her shoulders were set     
sturdily to a great effort4 ,no one     
seeing her could possibly mistake their 
expression4 ,she was going out to tea4  
,outside the gates1 left open for the   
exit of a carriage1 ,judy paused4 ,just 
before her1 four roads crossed4 ,three  
she knew well--one led to the village1  
the other two were the routes of daily  
outings4 ,the fourth was forbidden to   
the nurses because of a big public-house
 a quarter of a mile away--a rendezvous 
of trippers from ,london4 ,along this   
road the little figure turned4  ,a      
bicyclist rang his bell and startled    
her1 whizzing close by her1 as she did  
not move from the middle of the road4 ,a
 man in a cart evaded her1 pausing to   
look down with interest at the          
bare-headed little traveller4  ,my6     
she's a little 'un to be about alone1 he

 thought1 turning in his seat to look   
after the purposeful little figure4 ,he 
scratched his head and thought of his   
own baby1 about the same size1 and for a
 moment was tempted to turn his cart and
 go after her4  ,she hadn't ought to    
have been let go out by herself1 he     
thought1 indignant with some neglectful 
guardian4 ,a little gipsy child1        
p'raps--never taught not to run in the  
middle of the road4  ,unwitting of the  
kindly thought that followed her1 ,judy 
ran on--now and then pausing for a      
second to glance about her1 her bare    
feet and uncovered head seeming to reck 
nothing of the cold spring wind4 ,a     
timber waggon1 drawn by three huge      
horses1 and guided by a carter cracking 
his whip1 made her flit in momentary    
tremor1 with hunched shoulders1 to the  
side of the road1 from which security   
she1 however1 surveyed their passage    
with sparkling eyes4 ,holding out her   
arms in ecstatic approval1 she urged    
shrilly4 ,gee-gee--go1  go2 and the     

carter glanced at her bright face1 under
 its touzled waves of hair1 admiringly4 
,she's a spirit of her own1 he thought1 
bestowing a momentary wonder on her lone
 condition as he passed4  ,the dust from
 the grinding wheels settled1 and ,judy 
pursued her way4 ,who can tell what     
thoughts were directing her progress1 or
 whether she ever wondered where the tea
 she was in search of was to come from8 
,she went on4  ,presently a wayside inn1
 withdrawn a little from the road1 with 
its sign-post shaking and creaking in   
the wind before it1 came into view4     
,judy stopped and put her finger in her 
mouth1 considering4 ,this was a house4  
,here was tea4  ,in a doorway stood a   
man1 round and red-faced4 ,he had no    
coat1 and his waistcoat had seen better 
days1 whilst a battered felt hat was on 
his head4 ,he was gazing into space1    
with little sharp eyes set under        
overhanging1 beetling brows4  ,judy drew
 nearer4 ,something in his appearance   
fascinated her4 ,possibly its untidy    

dishevelment touched a fellow-feeling   
and appealed to her reckless mood4 ,at  
that moment nothing was doing1 and the  
potman was smoking a dirty pipe when    
,judy drew near and surveyed him4 ,for a
 moment or so the two looked at each    
other in silence4 ,judy spoke first4    
,tea6 she demanded imperiously4  ,tea6  
he repeated1 amazed4 ,and then he       
stooped and touched the velvet of her   
cheek softly with his hand1 and lifted  
the waves of her overshadowing hair4    
,who are you8 he asked4  ,tea1 answered 
,judy1 and a little appeal had crept    
into her tone and into the beautiful    
dark eyes4 ,the potman's resemblance to 
her friend the gardener was not so      
great1 on nearer acquaintance1 as she   
had at first thought4  ,you want your   
tea1 missy8 ,is that it8  ,and1         
receiving a little nod and a charming   
smile1 he lifted himself and scratched  
his head4  ,there ain't no tea--but     
there's some milk 7his face suddenly    
brightening71 and one of them big buns4 

,it's a bit stale--but if she's hungry4 
,he disappeared1 and ,judy1 after a     
second's pause of indecision1 elected   
not to follow him4 ,the interior into   
which he had vanished was not inviting4 
,there was a little porch to the closed 
front door1 with wooden seats on either 
side1 and these now caught ,judy's      
vision4 ,trotting thither1 she essayed  
to climb4  ,illustration3 ,my6 she's a  
little 'un to be about alone4  ,up1 she 
demanded1 when the potman returned1     
carrying a mug of milk and a very large 
scone4  ,safely seated1 with the mug    
beside her1 and the scone held carefully
 in both hands1 she remarked in cheerful
 accents--,out to tea1 looking at him   
for corroboration4  ,out to tea8 ,yes1  
missy--where do you come from8 he       
answered4 ,what's yer mother thinking of
 to let yer out alone8 he asked4  ,judy 
opened her mouth and fastened her little
 white teeth into the big stale bun1    
condescending no answer to inconvenient 
questions4 ,the potman sat down opposite

 her and proceeded in his attempts4     
,what's yer name1 missy8 he asked again4
 ,ain't yer got one8 as ,judy1          
disregarding him1 seemed bent on        
demolishing the bun4 ,she nibbled all   
round it1 holding it with both hands1   
serenely callous to her companion's     
beguilements4  ,doody1 at last she      
vouchsafed1 in a pause for rest1 looking
 interestedly at the pattern she had    
vandyked4  ,that's a funny name4 ,ain't 
you got another8 he inquired4  ,a       
reminiscent smile broke over the vivid  
face4  ,daddy's ,kistabel1 she murmured 
softly1 removing her eyes from his face 
and considering another bite4  ,an' yer 
daddy might do worse nor kiss you1 ,i   
reckon1 admiringly2 but it's a rummy    
one1 too4  ,the flash of the dark eyes  
opposite was irresistible4 ,it awoke    
good thoughts in the potman's mind4     
,you've runned away1 ,i reckon8 he      
observed1 bending forward4  ,judy looked
 all over the ugly face thus presented  
to her immediate vision4 ,its corrugated

 surface fascinated her4 ,stretching one
 hand out1 she softly touched the       
knobbly nose and laughed aloud1 hunching
 her shoulders in glee4  ,her own       
flower-like face was an equal attraction
 to the potman4  ,lilies an' roses ain't
 in it with her1 he murmured admiringly4
 ,an' eyes as big as plums and as dark  
as--stout4  ,where do yer live8 he next 
essayed4  ,d'ink1 said ,judy1 occupied  
with the problem of what was to be done 
with the bun whilst she drank from the  
mug beside her4 ',old6 she commanded1   
holding out the bun1 as she realised    
that her own dangling legs made a very  
unstable1 insufficient knee4  ,bless    
yer1 missy1 look at my 'ands6 the potman
 answered4  ,judy looked1 bending her   
dainty face with keen interest above the
 members1 encrusted with dirt and       
neglect1 held out before her4  ,dirty6  
she exclaimed delightedly1 lifting      
sympathetic eyes to the equally dirty   
face1 and she laughed again in keen     
enjoyment4 ,dirt always commanded       

,judy's suffrages4  ',old6 she commanded
 again1 undaunted by the sight presented
 to her2 and with sweet and dainty      
curvings of her soft fingers she pressed
 the nibbled scone upon the greasy      
palms4 ,then the potman handed her the  
mug and ,judy drank4  ,out to tea8 she  
said again1 a little doubtfully1 as1 her
 draught finished1 she recovered her    
scone4  ,but the rosy mouth paused      
half-open1 and ,judy's eyes fixed       
themselves observantly on an advancing  
figure4  ,man1 she said1 directing the  
potman's gaze to the road4 ,it was a    
policeman passing by1 and the potman    
stood up alertly4  ,here1 he called1    
here's a little gel4 ,and the two men   
stood solemnly regarding ,judy4 ,i      
'xpect she's lost1 he suggested slowly4 
,the policeman's eyes fixed themselves  
on the dainty embroidery of ,judy's     
little petticoat1 visible under her     
lifted skirt--a contrast to the bare and
 dusty ankles it enclosed4 ,the         
dragged-aside cotton pinafore1 from     

which one arm was freed1 revealed the   
elaborate smocking with which nurse was 
wont to ornament the simple frock4      
,lastly1 ,judy's face came in for       
careful scrutiny4  ,how did you pick her
 up8 he asked4  ,she come4  ,which      
direction8  ,along the road1 trotting   
along all by herself4  ,then ,i'll take 
her back4 ,seems to me she is uncommon  
like one of a pair ,i sometimes         
see--beauties1 both of them2 though how 
the mischief----,come with me1 missy1 he
 wheedled1 stooping and holding out his 
arms4  ,out to tea1 said ,judy4  ,yes1  
so you are4 ,you been out to tea1 ain't 
you8 he sympathised4 ,and ,judy1        
satisfied1 holding out her arms1 allowed
 herself to be annexed4  ,but she was   
not carried off without a little scene4 
,in the policeman's arms a sudden       
recollection of her manners flashed     
across her mind4  ,bye1 bye1 she said1  
holding out one hand in a dignified     
fashion to the potman4 ,with the other  
she still retained the bun4  ,bye1 bye1 

missy1 he responded1 much gratified4    
,bye1 bye1 ,judy repeated2 and then1 her
 vivid face all dimpling into smiles1   
she flung herself forward and clasped   
her arms round his neck4 ,what to ,judy 
were dirt and knobbliness8 ,both were   
fascinating1 both were associated with  
the delight of having her own way4 ,with
 a fervid embrace and a wet kiss ,judy  
bestowed her gratitude4  ,there was     
weeping and wringing of hands and the   
rush of petticoats up and down and in   
and out1 and flying figures darting     
about1 when the policeman1 with ,judy in
 charge1 arrived at the gates of ,mount 
,royal4 ,judy's father had just come    
from the train1 and was trying to find  
out from his agitated household what was
 the matter1 when the tall1 dark figure 
with the little pink one in his arms    
appeared4  ,oh1 ,judy6 reproached nurse1
 pallid to her lips1 snatching her      
charge from the policeman's arms and    
agitatedly examining all her limbs4     
,such a disgrace6 she exclaimed1 looking

 angrily at the policeman4  ,i thought  
,i knew her1 miss1 he said politely1    
grinning4 ,nurse had haughtily snubbed  
him once or twice in her walks4         
,illustration3 ,bye1 bye1 she said4     
,out to tea1 ,judy said triumphantly1 as
 she was caught up into her father's    
embrace4         99       99       99   
99       99  ,christopher1 breaking away
 from nurse's attentions1 on his return 
home1 stamped loudly round the nursery  
floor to attract the envious attention  
of ,judy4  ,judy's attire had been      
remodelled throughout1 as a prelude to  
the hour in the drawing-room before     
bed-time2 and she was now sitting on the
 window seat in a mood of subdued and   
passive triumph4 ,go agen1 she had      
murmured softly two or three times to   
herself1 too much occupied with the     
sweets of memory to heed1 as she        
otherwise would have done1 ,punch's     
aggravations4  ,stamping round being    
deprived of its attraction1 ,punch      
paused and approached his sister4  ,poor

 ,doody1 he said pityingly4  ,judy's    
eyes flashed in the manner which always 
made ,punch conscious of wonder that he 
had felt called upon to speak4 ,he      
hastened to appease her4  ,punch's boots
 a-comin' off1 he said4  ,doody don't   
want no boots1 she said shrilly2 never  
don't want no boots1 ,doody don't4  ,no1
 agreed ,punch1 in the tone of one who  
humours4 ,ain't been out to tea1 he     
suggested4  ,has6 screamed ,judy4 ,doody
 has6  ,the blue eyes looked searchingly
 into the dark ones1 and1 with a qualm  
of disappointment1 ,punch felt the force
 of truth4  ,cake8 he asked presently1  
after silently observing her4  ,judy    
shook her head violently1 the violence  
intended to hide the mortification of   
having to confess the absence of the    
delicacy4  ,punch did1 he said4 ,cake1  
an' tea1 an'----  ,bun8 burst in ,judy2 
and then it was ,punch's turn to look   
disappointed4 ,buns had not been        
provided at his entertainment4  ,doody  
did1 went on ,judy2 an' milk1 an'----   

,punch had tea1 interrupted             
,christopher4  ,an' man1 went on ,judy1 
with immense emphasis4  ,christopher    
looked at her solemnly1 as he dived into
 the recesses of his memory2 not a man  
had graced his tea-party6  ,man8        
persisted ,judy1 searching his eyes with
 her blazing orbs4  ,there was a        
silence4  ,punch are goin' to muvver1   
the boy then announced cheerfully1      
freeing his legs from ,judy's petticoats
 with a vigorous kick4  ,man6 shrieked  
,judy after his retreating figure1 too  
much taken by surprise to lift herself  
so suddenly4 ,then she1 too1 got up1    
shook herself1 and with a dash was      
through the nursery door4  ,out to tea  
agen1 she sang out1 trotting fast along 
the corridor4         99       99       
99       99       99  ,but alas6 for    
,judy4 ,all the doors and gates were    
fast1 and for a week they were kept     
carefully closed4  ,illustration3 ,man6 
shrieked ,judy4     ,illustration3      
,,counting ,,not ,,the ,,cost  7,photo3 

,h4 ,s4 ,mendelssohn1 ,pembridge        
,crescent1 ,w47  ,by the ,rev4 ,c4      
,silvester ,horne1 ,m4,a4       ,when   
,his disciples saw it1 they had         
indignation1 saying1 ,to      what      
purpose is this waste8 ,for this        
ointment might have been      sold for  
much1 and given to the poor4--,,st4     
,,matthew      xxvi4 #h1 #i4   ,blessed 
is the love that counteth not the cost  
of sacrifice6 ,thus ,i read the meaning 
of the ,master's recognition of this act
 of homage--the form in which a devout  
and eager spirit of reverence found     
expression and articulation4 ,this      
woman1 by surrendering herself to the   
impulse of adoration and affection1 laid
 herself open to the criticisms of the  
self-constituted champions of common    
sense1 utility1 and philanthropy4 ,we   
shall see1 as we look at her story1 how1
 in the regard of ,heaven1 what ,i might
 venture to call a genuine and          
spontaneous extravagance ranks higher   
than a legal and mechanical economy4    

,there is a truth we have not anything  
like exhausted yet in the great words of
 ,christ1 ,he who saves or hoards his   
life shall lose it4 ,parsimony1 if we   
knew it1 impoverishes as well as        
extravagance4 ,if the prodigal had      
turned miser1 he would have remained    
just as far from the father's house4 ,we
 do not accuse the disciples for a      
moment of selfishness or greed4 ,if they
 misconstrued ,mary's motive1 let us    
beware lest we misconstrue theirs4 ,say 
they were honest and genuine1 but that  
they lacked insight and that            
emancipation from the commercial spirit 
which saves men from estimating all     
precious and lovely things at their     
market value4  ,we need the lesson4 ,no 
century has needed it more4 ,while love 
in self-forgetfulness and holy passion  
is spending itself in the tenderest     
offices that an overflowing heart has   
suggested1 the disciples are engaged in 
problems of valuation1 working out      
calculations in arithmetic--so much     

ointment at so much per pound4 ,but that
 would have been condemned by many who  
would yet ask themselves seriously      
whether their main contention was not   
right4 ,their blunt and rude            
interruption showed lack of feeling2 it 
was vulgar and inexcusable4 ,granted4   
,but if they had quietly sympathised    
with the good intention1 and yet        
afterwards had clearly represented that 
here love had loved not wisely but too  
well1 and had done better if it had     
selected some more practical method in  
which to exhibit its reality1 would they
 not have commanded a very general      
assent8 ,would not nine out of every ten
 have said that she could have laid out 
the money to better advantage1 and that 
it was a holier thing to clothe and feed
 the persons of the poor than even to   
anoint the person of the ,christ8  ,now 
let me say that ,i do not think we can  
understand our ,saviour's commendation  
of this deed of love1 and this apparent 
disregard of principles of utility and  

practical philanthropy1 unless we take  
at once a large and a deep view of      
life--its purpose and the methods of its
 education4 ,the pressure of the        
material necessities is constant and    
urgent1 ,i know2 but ,god does not mean 
us to believe that the supreme questions
 of life are ,what shall we eat1 and    
what shall we drink1 and wherewithal    
shall we be clothed8  ,when ,christ     
propounded ,his query to the multitudes 
on the mount1 ,is not the life more than
 meat1 and the body than the raiment8   
,he demanded in reality their assent to 
the proposition that the spiritual life 
is the supremely important4 ,the fact of
 the matter is1 ,god has never treated  
man as if he were made to eat and drink 
because to-morrow he must die4 ,the     
world is not designed simply to promote 
our physical well-being1 and conducted  
on purely utilitarian principles1 as if 
it were some sort of gigantic store in  
which all men were shareholders1 and the
 sole business of which was to produce  

certain annual profits4 ,that mode of   
regarding the universe is popular1 but  
false4  ,have you ever asked yourselves 
the question1 ,what do the spring       
flowers mean8 ,i have sometimes tried to
 fancy men gloomily riding to the city  
and sulkily pointing to the wealth of   
ephemeral beauty that has glorified the 
world1 and demanding1 ,to what purpose  
is this waste8 ,there the flowers bloom1
 so fragile1 so delicate1 so            
short-lived2 here to-day1 and faded and 
gone to-morrow3 to-day1 a quivering     
point of beauty and fragrance1 to-morrow
 touched by the withering finger of     
decay4 ,and so they bloom their hour and
 fade1 and we say in wonder1 ,to what   
purpose was this waste8 ,what did it all
 mean8 ,one sudden1 genuine gush of     
sacred feeling2 one burst of almost     
overpowering glory that shone steadfast 
for one brief hour and then faded into  
nothingness4 ,why lavish such wealth of 
colour and sweetness on fabrics so      
short-lived as the flowers of spring8   

,ah1 why1 indeed6 ,long years before man
 brake the first poor spikenard vessel  
of worship and adoring love at the feet 
of the ,eternal1 ,god poured ,his       
precious gifts of bloom and scent in    
bewildering profusion and prodigality   
upon the listless sons of earth4  ,i    
have sometimes wondered whether man     
might not have gone on conceiving of the
 world as no more than so much food1 and
 clothing1 and shelter1 if ,god had not 
startled him by this annual miracle of  
spring to ask the question1 ,to what    
purpose is this waste8 ,just so soon as 
man found himself appealed to in the    
higher faculties and senses1 did he     
begin to suspect himself above the      
brute2 did he begin to discover beneath 
the form of things a gracious and       
bountiful ,spirit1 whose attitude to him
 found voice in these tender and winsome
 words of ,nature's lips4  ,flowers born
 to blush unseen and waste their        
sweetness on the desert air--to what    
purpose are they8 ,surely1 surely 7as   

,mary's offering of sweet spikenard7    
they are ,god's approach to man1 if only
 we would accept them as such4 ,that is 
the inner meaning of this sudden gush of
 sacred feeling2 that is the purpose of 
this waste4  ,we are reaching1 then1    
this conclusion1 that if love is the    
soul of life1 you must expect no mere   
dead level of respect1 but occasional   
inevitable outbursts of feeling1 love's 
sweet surprises2 times when the ordinary
 prescribed channels through which      
habitual affection flows are inadequate1
 and when there must be room for the    
sweet extravagances of love4 ,the       
strong1 deep love of a father may no    
doubt be felt in the steadfast care that
 provides food and clothing1 and        
shelter1 and all things necessary for   
his child4 ,but1 after all1 home would  
not be home if there were not room for  
the rarer gifts1 and the moments of     
sublime abandon1 when all the love of   
the heart breaks forth in unconstrained 
demonstration of affection4  ,life that 

is love cannot be reduced to            
formalities2 there must be a place in it
 for the spontaneous1 the               
unpremeditated1 the irresistible        
impulse4 ,love cannot live and thrive   
amid conventions merely4 ,it has an     
etiquette of its own4 ,it must be       
allowed to make its own proprieties4 ,if
 you cannot appoint to it an object1 and
 command one mortal to love another1    
neither can you prescribe the manner of 
its operation4 ,you cannot control its  
whims1 and freaks1 and fancies4 ,it has 
ten thousand devices that are all       
enigmas to the uninitiate4    ,love only
 knoweth whence they came1 and          
comprehendeth love4  ,its sanities are  
stark madness to the matter-of-fact man 
of affairs4 ,he curtly denominates      
nonsense what to love is inspiration4   
,he stares in blank incredulity at the  
simple and magnificent prodigalities of 
love1 and begins to wonder whether he is
 himself quite sane to-day1 and to ask  
in sheer stupor1 ,to what purpose is    

this waste8  ,it would not do1 perhaps1 
to make too searching a scrutiny into   
private personal histories1 or it might 
transpire that1 after all1 behind even  
the most stolid of demeanours there lay 
experiences which memory treasures      
still1 and which are the vindication to 
them of ,mary's sublime extravagance4   
,yes1 perhaps those you least           
suspect--the level-headed men who are   
feared for their hard thinking and      
steely1 immovable stolidity1 have secret
 drawers somewhere1 with strangely      
unintelligible relics of a yesterday    
that was the greatest day of their      
life--and the least defensible day on   
any rationalistic view of it6 ,on that  
day they lost either their head or their
 heart1 or both1 and love and reverence 
found expression2 and the spikenard that
 they broke that day is the one precious
 memory in what people with unconscious 
irony are calling a successful career4  
,yes1 the one thing they are proud to   
have done1 the one thing they sometimes 

think may stand them in stead in a world
 where wealth and fame will be as       
nothing1 is a thing which none could    
justify on commercial principles--which 
stands in conflict with the great aims  
and efforts of their lives--an action   
that sprang inevitably from a           
spendthrift love1 and of which the world
 in which they move might well demand1  
,to what purpose is this waste8 ,i      
venture to say that by that very chapter
 of their history the possibility is    
proved that1 some day1 they may discover
 a more amazing loveliness and a more   
overpowering love2 and may offer even   
nobler offerings of life and treasure at
 ,his feet1 and go forth again1 not in  
shame1 but in holy pride and devout     
thanksgiving that at last they have     
learned to love with a love that        
counteth not the cost of sacrifice4  ,i 
have seen this exquisite story quoted as
 a defence of mere ritual4 ,the method  
is obvious4 ,the hardened lover of      
simplicity is represented as one of the 

disciples2 and beholding the beauty of  
architecture1 and the stateliness of the
 ceremonial1 and listening to the superb
 eloquence of the liturgy and grandeur  
of the music1 he asks1 ,to what purpose 
is this waste8  ,there is a superficial 
justification for such teaching4 ,but it
 is only superficial4 ,for if from this 
incident it be attempted to establish a 
precedent for permanent elaborate ritual
 of worship1 it must be said this       
incident goes to prove its              
impossibility4 ,for ask yourselves1     
,what gave this deed its peculiar and   
unrivalled power and influence8 ,there  
is only one answer4 ,it lies in its     
solitariness4 ,it was spontaneous4 ,it  
was unique4 ,it could not bear          
repetition4 ,to repeat it were to rob it
 of its bloom4  ,we repudiate1 then1 the
 idea that the form of this deed can    
become the basis of ,christian worship4 
,but we are now able to consider the    
truth that1 when love realises itself   
thus in deeds of worship1 it often      

receives assurances that it has done    
more than it knew4 ,god interprets our  
poor intentions so liberally1 so        
largely4 ,he reads into our broken      
speech such divine meanings4 ,it is ever
 so4 ,we give a cup of cold water to a  
thirsty bairn2 and lo6 we have done it  
unto ,him6 ,we utter our coarse earthly 
strains of music2 and1 one day1 ,he bids
 us hearken6 ,then there falls upon our 
ears ravishing heavenly music2 and when 
we could fall down and worship1 ,he     
tells us it is our own4  ,heaven's great
 melodies are perhaps no more than      
earth's poor ones1 composed in pure love
 and praise of ,god1 redeemed from their
 limitations and imperfections in the   
home of all true worship4 ,so ,mary     
struck her trembling chord1 and waited  
fearful2 broke her spikenard1 and then  
marvelled at her own daring2 and while1 
when love had spent itself1 a colder    
mood began to question the propriety1   
and to strike fear to her woman's heart1
 ,jesus spake and said1 ,in that she    

hath poured this ointment on ,me1 she   
hath done it for ,my burial4  ,would she
 ever have dreamed1 think you1 that she 
was doing what ,he said8 ,would she ever
 have dared to entertain the thought    
that ,he would bear to the grave the    
incense of her adoration1 and that with 
the final victory of ,his resurrection  
her love and worship would have eternal 
association8 ,would she ever have       
dreamed1 here in ,simon's house1 where  
she was esteemed so meanly and treated  
so basely--here1 amid the splendour of a
 rich man's entertainment--that in the  
days when the world had no feasts for   
,him1 but only a cross and a tomb1 that 
then the perfume of her love1 the       
fragrance of her offerings1 would       
surround ,his form and sweeten ,his     
resting-place4 ,never2 but so it was1   
for the ,divine ,love caught up the     
simple act of worship1 and gave it      
eternal distinction4 ,yea1 ,he who had  
come to seek the love of men deigned to 
associate with the time of ,his own     

immortal sacrifice this sacrifice of    
hers4  ,it were1 perhaps1 to require too
 much of this story to make it convey   
the great truth that in ,christ's       
sacrifice all our sacrifices have a     
place4 ,yet1 verily1 every true         
sacrifice hath association with ,his4   
,every death to self is an anointing of 
the ,holy ,one to ,his burial4 ,he      
gathers up the perfume of all simple    
deeds of lowly sacrifice2 for this is   
,his reward4 ,only from the great ,love 
does our love flow4 ,we love because ,he
 loved4 ,his sacrifice is the basis of  
all sacrifice2 and all true sacrifice of
 ours hath this relation to ,his own4   
,we did not think when we did it of     
anything but that we must do it unto    
,him2 and in grace ,he showed us        
afterwards that we had indeed anointed  
,him--we had in our own poor way        
honoured the ,divine sacrifice4  ,it    
would but mar the solemn influence of   
such a sacred reflection to deduce the  
obvious and inevitable lessons4 ,i      

forbear to treat it thus4 ,i can only   
say1 let us pray and let us strive to   
love ,him with the love that counteth   
not the cost of sacrifice4              
,illustration3 ,,the ,,green ,,folk  ,a 
,complete ,story4 ,by ,ethel ,f4        
,heddle4     ,,chapter ,i4  ,,ishbel4   
,one is pretty safe to address a man in 
,skye as ,macdonald6 ,if that fails1    
then try ,mac,leod1 and if this produces
 no result1 then there is still         
,nicolson to fall back on4 ,an error in 
all three is next door to an            
impossibility6 ,but ,ishbel had not any 
of these three names1 though she lived  
with her maternal grandfather1 who was a
 ,mac,leod4  ,ishbel was a changeling4  
,anyone would tell you so in ,skye--if1 
perhaps1 one or two smiled in the       
telling4 ,her grandmother1 ,catriona    
,mac,leod1 said so1 and ,catriona had   
the second sight1 and saw more than most
 people4 ,she was held in ,skye to see1 
indeed1 beyond that veil which          
mercifully hides the future4 ,catriona  

had early said the girl was a           
changeling4 ,her daughter1 poor         
,kirstie1 died at the baby's birth1 her 
father ,roderick ,mc,neill1 was         
drowned--tragedy and sorrow surrounded  
the baby1 and then the little green folk
 stole it1 and ,ishbel was the          
changeling popularly supposed to be left
 in its place4  ,she was always an odd  
child1 ,catriona said1 with ruddy tawny 
locks1 and sloe-eyes1 elfish and silent1
 doing queer1 uncanny1 unaccountable    
things1 with moods of sadness and moods 
of mirth4 ,she grew up in ,skye1 and    
would never leave it1 though she had her
 chance to do so4  ,ishbel lived with   
,catriona till she was nineteen1 and    
helped her with her spinning and        
knitting2 she also milked the cows1 and 
worked about the house4 ,the girl's head
 was full of her grandmother's teaching2
 she believed in the fairies1 though she
 rarely spoke of them4 ,her cousin      
,duncan often found her seated in the   
fairy-ring on the knowe1 above the      

sheiling1 picking the green grass       
absently1 and gazing frae her4  ,some   
day1 she thought1 she would hear the tap
 of fairy feet in their revels1 hear a  
tiny voice which would beckon her to an 
entrancing world1 very different even   
from lovely ,skye4 ,very often she      
thought she had been on the brink of    
meeting the little green folk1 and then 
someone had come and interrupted her4   
,there was that night coming home over  
the muir from ,portree--the stream1     
richly brown with the peat over which it
 gurgled1 the air heather-scented1 the  
mountains fading into the lovely purple 
of the night's embrace--everything      
hushed1 save her own footfall4 ,ishbel  
had seemed to hear a voice calling her  
then1 and had wandered up amongst the   
heather1 her face eager and expectant4  
,and there above her on the heather     
knoll1 the wee folks' knowe1 seeming to 
float between the grey lichen-covered   
boulders--surely these were tiny white  
figures1 beckoning to her8  ,she almost 

ran1 in her eagerness1 but1 just as she 
approached1 ,duncan's voice hailed her  
from the high road4 ,what was she doing 
there8 ,and was that the way home8      
,ishbel almost wept as she descended4   
,for she could see nothing near the     
boulders then but waving cotton-grass   
amongst the bog and heather4 ,it was    
lovely ,september now1 and the          
hill-sides were a glory of tawny        
colouring1 the fading heather and       
bracken1 purple and brown1 and orange1  
and gold1 and dusky indescribable grey4 
,sunset came early1 and tinged and      
stained the loch1 the ,cuchillans stood 
out sharply in their lovely serrated    
outline1 against a background of pure   
gold--they were almost friendly and     
neighbourly1 and approachable2 it was in
 winter that they lowered and sulked in 
the mist1 or frowned blackly from       
amongst the lashing swirls of rain4     
,ishbel had gone to fetch fodder for the
 cows1 and the fodder was a great pile  
of pale yellow bracken1 which she bound 

together and fastened on her back4      
,carrying this1 she passed up the road1 
pausing now and then to lean her load on
 one of the rough dykes which bordered  
the muir4 ,it was nearing evening1 and  
shadows were creeping over the          
heather--the burn1 amber-coloured under 
the sun1 looked dark and sullen-brown   
now1 and had begun its hoarse           
night-song1 for it only sings in the    
dark4 ,the deer hear and love this song 
as they creep down cautiously1          
light-footedly1 turning startled        
graceful heads from side to side1 and   
they pause a moment1 poised with        
listening ear1 before they bury thirsty 
soft noses into the cool rushing water4 
,the deer did not mind ,ishbel6 ,but it 
was scarcely dark enough for the deer to
 come yet4 ,there was still a chance of 
the passing tourist from ,sligachan1    
coming from ,coruisk1 the far-famed4    
,ishbel1 pausing to rest the high load  
of bracken on the dyke--the crushed     
yellow fern making a lovely setting to  

her tawny locks and black               
sloe-eyes--suddenly perceived two men   
approaching1 and waited for their coming
 with something of the deer's startled  
look4 ,one was ,duncan ,mac,leod1 her   
cousin1 short1 swarthy1 black-browed1   
with a twinkle of cunning in his grey   
eyes1 and a ,highland sing-song voice2  
and the other8 ,yes1 yes1 she had seen  
the other at the ,portree games1 and he 
had tossed the caber further than even  
,colin ,mac,neil1 and his name was ,rory
 ,mac,phee6 ,ishbel remembered him very 
well1 and a little smile melted over her
 red lips1 and lurked in the depths of  
her lovely eyes as ,duncan made him     
known to her4 ,rory had rented the small
 farm next to ,catriona's1 and he was   
coming to supper4 ,it was time she1     
,ishbel1 was home4  ,duncan did not     
offer to take the fodder from her1      
though he thought he was in love with   
,ishbel1 and meant to marry her4 ,women 
were used to burdens in ,skye4 ,but     
,rory ,mac,phee1 saying nothing1 began  

to untie the rope at the girl's waist1  
and he swung the mass lightly over his  
own shoulders4  ,och6 that is not       
needful1 ,duncan said4 ,and what he     
thought was ,amadan6 7stupid67  ,it is  
too heavy for a lass4  ,that was all2   
but ,rory and ,ishbel did not meet each 
other's eyes1 and they walked home      
silent through the creeping dusk4  ,by  
the red peat-glow in the cottage she    
looked lovelier than ever2 ,mac,phee ate
 little1 and his mind was in a curious  
turmoil4 ,catriona's remarks1 and       
,duncan's slow efforts at               
conversation--for the ,highlander is    
desperately cautious at making friends1 
and ,rory came from as far away as above
 ,portree1 seven miles off--fell on     
strangely dull ears4  ,what had come to 
him8  ,rory asked himself the question  
all next day1 for1 amidst even the      
sordid duties of examining the new byres
 and out-houses1 there floated before   
his mind only one picture--a girl's slim
 figure in a short faded green skirt1   

leaning against a dyke1 with her small  
head crushed against a background of    
faded fern1 and the shy lovely eyes     
looking into his face4  ,ishbel6 ,they  
said she was a changeling4  ,well1      
changeling and all1 he loved her6       
,,chapter ,,ii4  ,,ishbel',s ,,promise4 
,it is no use at all to go against the  
lass4 ,i hef said so before now4 ,and   
there are many lasses in ,skye1 as good 
as she1 and with1 maybe1 a cow or two1  
or a few pounds to bring with her4      
,there is ,sheila ,macdonald--,sheila   
will hef as much as three hundred       
pounds6  ,as if ,i would look at a      
squinting woman--and ,duncan threw down 
the fishing-rod he held1 furiously--,i  
will hef none but ,ishbel1 and if she   
will not hef me1 ,i will do someone an  
injury6  ,his mother went on peeling    
potatoes1 deliberately4  ,rory ,mac,phee
 is stronger and bigger than you1 she   
remarked4 ,and he has the eye of a hawk1
 and his fist is like iron4 ,you will   
never take ,ishbel from him by force4   

,but perhaps1 now1 there might be a     
little plan--chust a little plan4  ,he  
picked up the rod4 ,his cunning eyes    
grew intent4 ,catriona resumed1 in her  
high-pitched voice1 speaking without a  
pause in her occupation3 ,the best thing
 would be that they would quarrel4 ,and 
,i will tell you a way4 ,he does not    
like to hear that they are all saying   
she is a changeling2 and he does not    
like her to talk of the good folk4 ,when
 she told him the story of the kelpie   
that followed ,ross ,mac,rae over the   
muir1 and drowned him at last in the    
,rowan ,pool1 he was angry1 and called  
it all nonsense1 and said that she      
should not repeat such folly4 ,and      
,ishbel did not like that4 ,she was     
asking me about the ,cave of ,gold only 
yesterday1 and when it was that anyone  
might see the fairies dancing1 and if   
the tide would suit to go4 ,so ,i told  
her it was on ,midsummer's ,night at    
twelve o'clock1 and she is just mad to  
go6 ,chust as mad6 ,but ,rory was there1

 too1 and ,i was listening at the door1 
after1 and ,i heard him say that it was 
all just talk and folly1 and that he    
would not have her go2 that it was too  
late1 and that squalls came on1 and our 
boat was not good at all4 ,she begged   
and prayed that he would take her1 and  
he said1 ',no'6 ,chust always1 ',no'6   
,very well1 then1 ,duncan cried         
impatiently1 as she paused1 ,i suppose  
she is so mad with love that she gave it
 up4  ,she is pretty mad with the love1 
his mother agreed1 and so she gave in4  
',and ,i am going to ,portree1 ,ishbel1'
 ,i heard him say1 'to see what ,mr4    
,campbell1 the agent1 is wishing to say 
to me1 and you will promise not to go   
when ,i am away8--for it is not good for
 a lass like you to be out so late4 ,and
 you will promise me8' ,and she         
promised4 ,he said he would bring her a 
new brooch--like a claymore1 that the   
man at ,oban is making with the ,iona   
pebbles--and they kissed1 and he is     
gone4  ,very well1 what then8 ,duncan   

cried irately4 ,i hear they are to be   
married when he comes back4 ,what else1 
mother8  ,catriona had dropped her      
potatoes into the pot1 and she swung it 
over the open peats1 glowing redly in   
the dark little cottage4  ,well1 if ,i  
were you1 ,duncan1 ,i would get out the 
boat1 and ,i would offer to take her to 
the cave4 ,and ,i will be telling her   
more stories to-night1 when we are      
spinning4 ,the lass is a changeling1    
sure enough1 and she will go4 ,when     
,rory comes back1 he will hear1 and he  
will be mad with her1 and they will     
quarrel4 ,you can go over to ,uig that  
day 7,discretion being the better part  
of valour1 evidently1 in ,catriona's    
eyes74 ,they will quarrel1 and will     
break it off1 and she will come to you1 
in time4  ,duncan considered the plan   
slowly4 ,yes1 it suited him excellently 
well4 ,he wanted no noisy quarrel1 no   
measuring of strength4 ,he1 too1        
remembered ,rory's muscles at the       
,portree games4 ,but this secret working

 in the dark1 in ,mac,phee's absence1   
was quite to his taste4  ,he made up his
 mind now that his mother was a woman of
 much wisdom4 ,he graciously told her he
 approved1 and she should have a little 
present on his next trip to ,portree4   
,her stories to ,ishbel of the cave were
 to be many and enticing6     ,,chapter 
,,iii4  ,,in ,,the ,,cave ,,of ,,gold4  
,duncan1 ,duncan1 but ,i hef promised6  
,it was the next night1 and ,ishbel     
stood before the cottage in her dark    
wincey skirt and green cotton jacket1   
her face turned up to her cousin's4 ,all
 last night1 all through the day1 old   
,catriona's stories had haunted her4    
,the old woman had gone cunningly to    
work4 ,she began1 in a rambling way1    
once they were both seated at the       
spinning-wheel1 by remarking that       
to-morrow would be ,midsummer's ,night1 
and the fairies would be holding high   
frolic in the ,cave of ,gold4 ,she      
herself was old1 and frail1 and feeble1 
else how gladly would she have gone6    

,she had the second sight--she would    
perhaps see what no other could6 ,for1  
with a branch of rowan--and she had a   
branch of dry rowan in her kist1 ready  
for her burial--or a naked              
dagger--,duncan's big knife would       
do--there was no danger6 ,to see the    
little green folk dancing6 ,and--here   
her voice fell1 and she glanced into all
 the dark shadows of the kitchen1 and up
 by the oak settle near the             
window--perhaps to hear the faint and   
far-off skirl of ,angus ,macdonald's    
pipes6 ,they said that sound was heard  
still4 ,at first ,ishbel had risen      
uneasily1 saying she would go and see if
 there were enough oat-cakes for        
supper--or was that anyone in the barn8 
,but ,catriona bade her be seated1      
sharply--the girl should not escape her 
thus--and then she asked if she         
7,catriona7 had ever told ,ishbel the   
story of ,angus ,macdonald and the ,cave
 of ,gold8 ,no1 ,ishbel answered        
unwillingly1 and sat down again1 the    

wheel idle1 the soft grey carded wool   
lying in her lap4 ,catriona1 spinning   
fast--with the low dirl of the wheel    
acting as a sort of accompaniment to her
 voice--told the story4 ,she spoke in   
,gaelic1 of course1 and it is difficult 
to put in ,english the creeping1        
insidious fear and mystery of the tale4 
,how the piper1 ,angus ,macdonald1 loved
 a ,mac,leod of ,dunvegen1 a follower of
 the great ,mac,leod1 and how this      
lady-love's father would have none of   
him1 but set him some of those foolish  
and impossible tasks so dear to the     
story-teller of all ages and climes and 
nationalities4  ,one task bade him enter
 the ,cave of ,gold at midnight1 on     
,midsummer's ,night1 and play ,mac,leod 
of ,dunvegen1 passing through the little
 dancing folk1 and penetrating far into 
the mystery of the cave's windings1     
where no ,skye man had ever been4       
,macdonald1 of course1 took up the      
challenge1 and with his tartan ribbands 
waving wildly from the pipes1 and the   

mouth-piece at his lips1 he was seen    
standing at the shingly edge of the     
cave1 his kilt tossing against his brown
 knees in the sudden gust of wind4 ,the 
men who rowed him up saw this1 and heard
 the first wild pealing notes4 ,thus1   
playing proudly and happily1 he entered 
the cave with his dog at his heels4     
,they waited and watched1 and listened1 
and at last heard one awful cry6 ,then  
there was silence4 ,he had passed the   
fairies1 but--    ,never home came he6  
,then1 changing her tone1 ,catriona told
 of the only woman who had ever caught  
sight of the wee green folk1 and how1   
ever after1 riches and wealth were hers1
 and she had never a wish unsatisfied6  
,it was the going on into the inner     
caves that had undone the piper6 ,the   
lass who had seen the fairies was a     
certain ,eilidh ,macdonald1 and she     
married a chief1 and went to live far   
away in ,oban1 and all her days she was 
clad in green silk4 ,yes1 all her days6 
,how did she go8 ,ishbel cried4  ,in a  

boat1 with a man4 ,it is easy1 if the   
man is strong1 and you hef the rowan    
with you4 ,last of all1 ,eilidh died1   
and she wished to be buried beside      
,flora ,macdonald's granite cross at    
,kilmuir1 and they granted her even     
that6 ,she lies near the great ,flora1  
who saved the ,prince4 ,and all through 
seeing the wee green folk in the ,cave  
of ,gold6  ,grandmother1 would you lend 
me the rowan branch if--if ,i were to   
go8 ,ishbel whispered in the dusk4      
,would you1 grandmother8  ,her own voice
 seemed to terrify her then1 and ,rory's
 face rose up before her2 but the old   
woman got up without a word1 and1 going 
to her kist1 took something1 rolled in a
 fine kerchief1 from it1 with the smell 
of bog-myrtle in its folds1 and she laid
 the brown faded leaves and the red1 dry
 berries on ,ishbel's lap4  ,there it   
is6 ,but you will give it me back       
safe8--or else ill will befall us all6  
,i will give it you back1 ,ishbel       
whispered4  ,she had the rowan in her   

pocket as she stood with ,duncan1       
tampering with her conscience and her   
promise now4  ,it was a very foolish    
thing to promise1 he said craftily4     
,besides1 ,rory was afraid of the       
squalls1 that is all--and there will be 
no squalls at all6 ,you can come with   
me1 and see if there is anything1 and if
 my mother's stories are true4 ,if not1 
there is no harm done4 ,it is a lovely  
cave whateffer4  ,ishbel yielded1 as    
,catriona knew she would yield4 ,would  
she see anything8 ,would the wee folk be
 there8  ,illustration3 ,i will hef none
 but ,ishbel4--p4 #abg4  ,she found     
herself in the little boat1 and rowing  
towards the cave before she knew she had
 consented4 ,the night seemed only a    
paler day4 ,they rowed close into the   
shore1 till they discovered a place     
where the rock-face was cleft1 and      
showed a pale light within4 ,there was  
just space for the boat to float in1    
passing through a low1 overhanging      
archway4 ,ishbel drew her breath sharply

 and clasped her hands1 as ,duncan      
paused1 watching her face1 once they    
were through it4  ,illustration3 ,it is 
a pretty boat to take a lass out in4    
,they were in a deep circular basin1 the
 water1 a lovely pale green1 darker in  
the shadows4 ,the rocky sides were cut1 
here and there1 into long narrow        
openings1 into one of which ,catriona's 
piper must have wandered2 here ,ishbel  
saw the water lying dark and mysterious1
 shadow-haunted4  ,bending over the edge
 of the boat1 she could see the yellow  
sand far below2 in bright sunshine her  
own fair face would have been reflected4
 ,tiny jelly-fish edged with lilac      
spots1 and with long white fringe1      
floated beside the seaweed1 like strange
 jewels1 and far above them they could  
see the pale opalescence of the summer  
sky1 soft1 exquisite1 pearly4 ,fringing 
the opening were ferns and heather1 and 
tall fox-gloves1 but the fairy bells did
 not stir in the breathless air4 ,were  
the wee folk1 the good folk1 the green  

folk1 lurking within8 ,if she watched1  
would she see a tiny face peep out8 ,she
 waited--watched--and waited--and the   
time passed4  ,duncan1 ,i do not see    
anything6 ,ishbel spoke at last1        
breathlessly1 eagerly4 ,she had         
forgotten ,rory1 she had forgotten      
everything but her desire4 ,row me      
further in1 ,duncan4  ,he pushed the    
boat forward1 and ,ishbel sat with her  
dark blue eyes--they seemed black in the
 shadow--strained eagerly forward1      
listening1 waiting4 ,nothing moved1     
except that now and then little waves   
would break with a plashing ripple      
against the boat4 ,far up on the rocks1 
a passing breath of wind now and then   
swayed the flowers and the grasses2 but 
no fairy face peeped anywhere1 there was
 no tap of dancing feet1 no note of     
elfin music4  ,duncan1 ,duncan1 there is
 nothing1 nothing at all6  ,the note of 
bitter disappointment in her voice      
roused ,duncan4 ,once or twice he had   
essayed to speak1 having no desire for a

 silent adventure1 but ,ishbel had      
raised her little brown hand sharply4   
,he might disturb the fairies4 ,at last 
the silence had chilled even her4 ,it   
was all of no use4 ,she could see and   
hear nothing4  ,we will chust be going  
home then1 he said practically1 caring  
not at all for her disappointment1 for1 
of course1 it was all foolishness4      
,maybe they are not dancing to-night2 we
 will better chust go home4  ,she said  
,i would be sure to see them4  ,there   
was a sob in her voice2 as he pushed the
 boat out1 she crushed the rowans       
bitterly in her lap1 and they fell into 
the bottom of the boat4 ,she remembered 
,rory suddenly1 as1 once outside1 she   
noticed that the weather had changed    
during her long waiting1 that the light 
seemed obscured1 that there were white  
horses leaping in the distance1 and that
 the wind swept sharply in their faces  
as they looked seaward4 ,it would be    
dangerous now to keep quite close to the
 rocks1 for a heavy groundswell had     

risen4 ,duncan1 glancing round1 expended
 some forcible ,gaelic1 for he knew he  
would need all his muscles to row the   
clumsy boat1 if they were to be safe1   
and he hated trouble4 ,he would have to 
keep out to sea to avoid the rocks4     
,during the long pull home1 through the 
now angry waters1 ,ishbel sat quite     
silent4 ,when ,duncan bade her ,bale6   
almost furiously1 the boat having an    
ugly leak1 she did so almost            
mechanically4  ,nothing seemed to       
matter4 ,there were no fairies1 and she 
would have to tell ,rory she had broken 
her word6  ,they found a sandy1         
sheltered bay at last where they could  
land4 ,duncan alone knew how hard had   
been the struggle against wind and tide 
in the clumsy and leaky craft2 but      
,ishbel did not see a tall waiting      
figure on the shore1 till she was       
preparing to leap from the boat4  ,then 
a strong hand took hers1 and she        
glanced1 with a startled cry1 to see    
,rory himself1 grim1 grave1 silent1 with

 something new in his face which chilled
 her through and through4 ,how was he   
there8  ,he helped ,duncan to pull up   
the boat1 almost disdainfully1 looking  
at it when it lay out of the water with 
a kind of scornful rage4  ,it is a      
pretty boat1 he said then in ,gaelic1 a 
pretty boat to take a lass out in1 ,i   
will be saying that1 ,duncan ,mac,leod4 
,mac,leod called to ,ishbel sharply1    
making no reply1 and all three walked up
 to the cottage in heavy silence4 ,the  
night1 grown gusty and wet1 seemed to   
have changed as suddenly and            
mysteriously as ,ishbel's life4  ,at the
 door she paused and faced her lover2   
his silence galled and tormented her4   
,well6 she said1 well6  ,if she had     
pleaded with him--been penitent1        
sorrowful6 ,alas6 it was no penitent    
face which met his1 and jealousy and    
wrath broke forth fiercely1 sweeping    
love aside4  ,are you asking what ,i am 
thinking1 ,ishbel8 he cried1 of the lass
 who promised me1 and who broke her     

word1 and went out with ,duncan         
,mac,leod8 ,well1 ,i am thinking chust  
nothing at all of her6 ,i hef warned her
 that the boat was not safe1 and of the 
squalls1 and that it was not the thing  
for a lass like her to go so late2 and  
she had promised1 and yet she went6 ,and
 this was the claymore brooch made of   
,iona pebbles ,i hef bought for you2 and
 it can go there6 ,he flung the little  
packet remorselessly into the heather4  
,and as for yourself1 ,i think nothing  
of you at all1 and everything is over4  
,and ,i am sailing for ,new ,zealand    
with ,mr4 ,campbell to-morrow4 ,he asked
 me1 and ,i said ',no1' but ,i will go  
now1 and will walk into ,portree this   
very night6 ,beannachd leibh 7good-bye74
  ,he had turned away then1 furiously4  
,it had all passed as suddenly1 swept up
 as unexpectedly as had the squall      
outside the ,cave of ,gold4 ,ishbel     
stood as if dazed1 staring straight     
before her4 ,a ,highlander's rage is    
like a ,highland storm2 one bends before

 it instinctively4 ,ishbel did so now4  
,rory did not look back4 ,duncan1 in the
 doorway1 saw him stride on to the road1
 through the little patch of oats before
 the door4 ,he set his face towards the 
high road for ,portree4 ,in a very few  
moments the sound of his footsteps died 
away and the night swallowed him4 ,that 
was all right1 ,duncan thought4 ,new    
,zealand6 ,capital6     ,,chapter ,,iv4 
,there follows a mist1 and a weeping    
rain1     ,and life is never the same   
again6   ,ishbel might have thought of  
these words1 if she had known them1 on  
the morrow and on many morrows that     
followed4 ,for ,rory ,mac,phee was not  
the man to come back1 or to speak       
lightly4 ,he sailed with the agent to   
,glasgow--was believed to have started  
for ,new ,zealand within the week4      
,there1 as far as his ,skye friends were
 concerned1 he vanished4 ,they were the 
days of rare and slow communication1 and
 ,rory never wrote4  ,but ,ishbel did   
not marry her cousin1 as everyone       

expected1 including ,mac,leod4 ,she     
answered him ,no1 listlessly1 but quite 
doggedly1 and nothing that he could say1
 or that ,catriona could threaten1      
served to change her4 ,once the old     
woman muttered vengefully that she would
 never see the fairies1 for she had lost
 her luck1 and ,ishbel turned on her    
almost fiercely4  ,it is all false1 she 
cried in ,gaelic1 for there are no green
 folk at all1 and ,i do not care6  ,the 
mystery and the charm had fled2 she no  
longer dreamed on the green grass       
circle1 no longer wondered at the       
night-song of the burn1 no longer       
watched for the kelpies under the       
boulders in the burns or in the ,rowan  
,pool4 ,belief in the fairies had faded 
on the night in which ,rory left her4   
,except in the little bald1 white kirk  
on the hill-side1 ,ishbel never sang4   
,song dies on the lips when care and    
sorrow lie heavy on the heart4  ,it was 
five years now since that fatal visit to
 the ,gave of ,gold--,ishbel never      

mentioned it--and she was returning1 in 
the soft1 golden haze of a ,september   
evening1 from the castle4 ,catriona was 
growing feeble1 and ,ishbel did         
everything2 the old woman only spinning 
a little1 and wandering out to gather   
sticks and twigs for the fire4 ,the girl
 had been taking up carded wool to the  
castle1 and giving the great ,london    
ladies there a spinning lesson4  ,before
 the cottage came in view1 with its     
surrounding field of poor and thinly    
growing oats and yellow daisies 7there  
being1 indeed1 a far more plentiful crop
 of the latter71 she paused to look up  
the fairy knoll4 ,there1 on the top was 
the fairy ring4 ,something made ,ishbel 
suddenly turn and mount the little hill4
  ,the sea-loch lay beneath her1 tinged 
with red2 the sky was a wonder and a    
glory1 but ,ishbel was not looking at   
the sky1 or at the loch4 ,she was       
thinking how strange it was that she    
should go on living1 and living much as 
usual1 when all that was best and       

fairest in life was gone4  ,she sighed1 
looking down at the burn1 plashing and  
leaping over the grey boulders4 ,there  
was that story about the kelpies2 her   
grandmother rarely spoke of them now4   
,were there really no kelpies--no       
brownies8 ,and yet----  ,a step behind  
her made her start violently1 and she   
gave a sharp cry4 ,a man's tall figure  
was there1 not ten yards off1 and there 
flashed across ,ishbel suddenly the     
thought that perhaps1 after all1 it was 
all true1 for this was a ghost6 ,and if 
there were ghosts1 why not wee folk and 
kelpies8  ,i believe it is ,ishbel1     
herself4 ,do you not know me1 ,ishbel8  
,he spoke in a new voice4 ,the fluent   
,gaelic was gone1 and the stiff1        
translated ,english2 he spoke easily1   
with a strange accent4 ,and yet1 ah6 she
 knew him at once6 ,it was ,rory6 ,rory1
 well-dressed1 handsome1 upright1 with a
 different and more independent         
carriage1 but ,rory all the same6       
,ishbel rose and stood quite wordless   

for a moment4 ,and then--,you are a     
great stranger1 she said4 ,it is a very 
long time1 ,i believe1 since you hef    
been in ,skye4  ,he almost smiled4 ,he  
was looking down at her earnestly1      
intently4 ,was it possible that she     
should be so little changed8 ,had the   
five years been a dream8 ,just as he    
remembered her--with the pale1 clear    
skin1 the deep sloe-eyes1 the ruddy     
crisp hair1 the little droop of the     
head6 ,ishbel6 ,the girl he had turned  
his back on1 and been furious with1 and 
quite forgotten--oh1 yes6 quite         
forgotten1 though he had come back to   
the ,winged ,island--well1 just to see  
how all the old folks were6  ,it is five
 years1 he said deliberately1 five      
years6 ,are you--are you married1       
,ishbel8  ,the girl raised her eyes and 
looked at him4 ,it was getting dark1 and
 the burn was beginning its night-song4 
,ishbel noticed that1 and remembered    
just how the water used to sing1 quite  
suddenly4 ,the lovely1 indescribable    

breath of the muir wind swept in their  
faces4 ,how sweet it was--how           
entrancing6 ,and oh6 me1 the velvety    
deeps of her eyes1 the little half-sad1 
half-humorous mouth6  ,was she married8 
,was she8  ,he repeated the question1   
but with a new and eager ring in his    
voice1 and ,ishbel shook her head4      
,though there will have been a good many
 marriages since you left4 ,there was   
,mari ,mac,lean and ,dougal ,nicolson1  
and there was ,colin----  ,what about   
,mac,leod1 your cousin8  ,he is to be   
married this year1 she said1 to an      
,english lass4  ,so you did not marry   
him1 after all1 ,ishbel8  ,who said that
 ,i would8 she cried1 as if stung4 ,you 
knew better than that6 ,who said that ,i
 would8  ,he did2 and that you would go 
with him that night1 if he asked you4   
,and you did1 ,ishbel6 ,it was very     
cruel1 but---- ,rory paused then1 and   
suddenly spoke in ,gaelic1 as if it all 
came back to him4 ,but ,i am beginning  
to think that ,i was cruel1 too4 ,was   

,i8  ,he waited1 watching her4  ,ishbel 
nodded gently4 ,she also spoke in       
,gaelic1 as if they had parted only     
yesterday4  ,yes1 you were cruel1 ,rory1
 and you were very hasty4 ,it is true   
that ,i was a foolish lass1 but you     
might have given me another chance4 ,i  
believed in my grandmother's stories4 ,i
 wanted to see the good folk4 ,she      
looked away1 and sadness and disillusion
 crept over her face4 ,but ,i do not    
believe in them any more1 not any more4 
,poor little ,ishbel4 ,poor wee lassie6 
,it could not be five years4 ,it could  
not6 ,they had only parted yesterday6   
,but it does not matter1 ,ishbel said1  
rousing1 and now perhaps you will call  
and see my grandmother8 ,are you on your
 way to ,uig8  ,he did not answer that4 
,ishbel1 he said1 ,i was very cruel1 and
 ,i was just as angry as a man could be1
 and for five years ,i have been mad and
 sore2 but deep down1 deep down1 ,i     
never forgot you4 ,i hated him1 but ,i  
loved you4 ,i will come and see your    

grandmother2 but--first--first1 will you
 give me a kiss1 ,ishbel1 for the sake  
of the old days8  ,would she8 ,perhaps1 
after all1 he did not wait for her      
consent4 ,he had her in his arms1 and   
they closed round her1 and ,isabel's    
head fell on his shoulder with a little 
sob that was an epitome of all the five 
years' sorrow and heartache4            
,illustration3 ,catriona heard his story
 in silence4  ,muirnean 7darling71 ,rory
 whispered1 ,i love you2 and when ,i    
leave ,skye1 you will come too1 or ,i   
will be staying on here with you4 ,you  
shall choose ,ishbel--you shall choose2 
and to-morrow ,i will buy you something 
better than the claymore brooch that ,i 
was cruel enough to throw away6  ,they  
walked down to the cottage1 and         
,catriona1 who was never surprised at   
anything1 shook hands sourly with him2  
she heard his story in silence1 and     
nodded consent when he told her that he 
and ,ishbel were to be married1 after   
all4 ,he could look after the croft1 she

 said1 or buy ,colin ,mac,dougal's farm1
 just above1 if he had money enough4    
,would he have money enough8 ,for       
,duncan kept her very close now4 ,rory  
laid a packet smilingly in her lap1 and 
said he thought he had money enough4    
,next forenoon ,catriona saw him coming 
up the road2 ,ishbel ran to meet him1   
and together they wandered off to the   
burn-side4 ,they came back by-and-by1   
and ,ishbel stood smiling in the cottage
 door1 her arms full of rowan branches2 
,rory had a spray in his coat1 and the  
red berries nestled under her chin4  ,i 
have brought you back luck1 the girl    
cried happily4 ,we found the rowans down
 by the pool4 ,and ,rory says that there
 are maybe good folk in the world1 after
 all6 ,who knows1 grandmother8          
,catriona's peat-brown old face was bent
 over her wheel4 ,she allowed there     
might be one or two1 with a half-grunt  
of satisfaction4     ,,the ,,real ,,east
 ,,london4  ,by the ,lord ,bishop of    
,stepney4  ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,h4  

,v4 ,hornville1 ,gawber ,street1 ,e47   
,,the ,,mothers' ,,garden ,,party       
,,group4  7,showing the ,bishop in the  
,background47   ,east ,london is a very 
different place from what many people   
expect it to be4 ,there are not a few   
who still think that they will have     
their throats cut if they venture into  
it1 and ,i remember one visitor who     
turned up very late for dinner one night
 at ,oxford ,house1 and gave as the     
reason for his lateness that his        
landlord had got one side of him and his
 landlady on the other1 and had held him
 by his coat-tails to prevent him coming
 to be murdered in ,bethnal ,green4     
,illustration3 ,old ,oxford ,house  ,as 
a matter of fact1 ,east ,london is      
probably1 by daylight or by night1 one  
of the safest parts of ,london1 except  
in a very few selected streets1 well    
known to the police2 and one of my      
predecessors1 the much-lamented ,bishop 
,billing1 was quite right when he used  
to say to the ,west-,end mother1 anxious

 about her daughter's safety1 if she    
came to work in ,east ,london1 ,see her 
as far as ,temple ,bar1 and then she    
will be all right4  ,what strikes one at
 first is the extreme brightness and    
cheerfulness of the people1 often under 
very adverse circumstances4 ,i remember 
giving a series of garden-parties when  
,i was ,rector of ,bethnal ,green1 in   
the little garden attached to the       
rectory4 ,there was not much room for   
anything1 and the only amusements were  
skittles and races1 whilst tea and cake 
and bread-and-butter were the simple    
refreshments2 but not only--as you will 
see by the photograph--were the visitors
 very content with themselves1 but one  
of them1 from one of the poorest        
streets1 met me the day after a party   
and said3  ,rector1 we did enjoy        
ourselves yesterday4  ,i am very glad of
 it1 ,i replied4  ,illustration3        
7,photo3 ,cassell and ,co41 ,ltd47      
,,oxford ,,house--,,the ,,present       
,,building4  ,but we very nearly didn't 

come4  ,why not8 ,i asked4  ,oh6 ,you   
see1 a man down our street1 'e said1    
',don't go--the ,rector only wants to   
show you a few old gravestones4' ,but we
 tell 'im now we couldn't have enjoyed  
ourselves better if we'd been at        
,marlborough ',ouse4  ,then the children
 of ,east ,london are truly delightful4 
,poor little bairns6 they often get pale
 enough spending the year in those      
crowded courts and alleys--and few      
things are doing better work in ,london 
than the ,children's ,country ,holiday  
,fund1 which sends about thirty-one     
thousand each year for a fortnight into 
the country--but still nothing daunts   
their spirits or dims their affection4  
,often have ,i been cheered through an  
afternoon's visiting by a group of      
children who would spend their          
half-holiday afternoon in waiting quite 
quietly outside a sick-room in order to 
knock at the door of the next sick case 
to which they were quite 'cute enough to
 know that ,i was going1 and so on right

 down the street4 ,many of the clergy   
organise ,band of ,hope entertainments1 
and teach the children to act little    
plays of their own1 and there are no    
quicker and apter pupils than the       
children of ,east ,london1 as the prizes
 carried off yearly at the ,crystal     
,palace will show4  ,the ,east-,end boy1
 again1 is quite a character2 we had    
four hundred at ,oxford ,house in one   
club1 besides some hundreds of others in
 brigades4 ,when you told an ,east-,end 
mother that fact1 she would generally   
say1 ,my word1 ,i find one quite enough6
 ,and certainly1 on a ,whit ,monday1    
when one had at least a hundred and     
fifty to convoy to ,london ,bridge and  
get safely down to some friend's house  
and back again1 they were a fine        
handful4  ,illustration3 7,photo3       
,cassell and ,co41 ,ltd47  ,,the        
,,people',s ,,palace4  ,one day ,i      
noticed the express stopping pretty     
often1 and wondered why1 as it was not  
advertised to stop anywhere4 ,at last   

the guard came to see me at a wayside   
station1 with a very red face1 and said 
he would hold me responsible for what my
 boys were doing2 he said that they had 
pulled the danger connecting-rod three  
times4 ,i went round to see what was    
happening1 and asked whether any of them
 had done it4 ,oh1 yes1 said a little   
chap at once2 it was me2 ,i was only    
'anging my 'at up on it6  ,few things   
abash the ,east-,end boy4 ,at the end of
 the journey1 my friend1 who lived near 
a very magnificent house1 was showing us
 through the rooms1 and ,i heard a      
little boy say confidentially to his    
neighbour1 without meaning to be        
overheard1 ',em6 just like our little   
back parlour at home6 ,the good result  
of all the trouble which such           
expeditions involved1 was shown by the  
contempt they displayed--as they marched
 back crowned with flowers1 with horses 
curveting round them1 and cabs charging 
through them1 in consequence of the     
inspiriting notes of the band--for the  

groups of drunken men and women we used 
to meet1 who had spent their ,bank      
,holiday in quite another way4 ,once    
implant in a boy the love of a better   
way of spending a holiday1 and you have 
got a long way on the road to make him  
love a better way of spending his life  
altogether4 ,satan finds some mischief  
still for idle hands to do1 but if those
 hands are employed in handling a       
musket1 or playing a flute1 or clinging 
on to a horizontal bar--they have ceased
 to be idle at all4  ,but space will    
soon fail me if ,i go through all the   
component parts of the population in    
detail4 ,the young girls1 with their    
limbs aching for active recreation after
 long confinement in factories or       
workshops1 have been graphically        
depicted by ,sir ,walter ,besant1 and   
few people are doing more good in the   
district than those ladies who1 at great
 trouble1 often with real               
self-sacrifice1 are running girls' clubs
 every evening for the girls after their

 work4  ,as1 of course1 is well known1  
it was one great object of the ,people's
 ,palace to provide this sort of        
innocent recreation for the people1 and 
though it has thrown its strength lately
 rather into its excellent technical    
classes1 it has not left out of sight   
its original mission4  ,the gymnastic   
instructor at the ,people's ,palace told
 me a year or two ago that he had no    
better and more spirited class than a   
large factory girls' class2 and ,i have 
seen the magnificent ,queen's ,hall     
filled to overflowing for a nigger      
entertainment on a ,saturday night1 and 
more than half-full for a sacred concert
 on ,sunday afternoon4  ,when one is    
asked1 then1 what is the matter with    
,east ,london1 and what lies behind     
those great thoroughfares1 which look so
 broad and inviting on a fine summer's  
afternoon1 one can only reply by taking 
one's questioner away from the broad    
thoroughfares into the crowded streets  
and alleys which lie behind them and    

between4 ,here is a photograph of a     
crowded back street1 which gives an idea
 of what is going on1 say1 of a ,sunday 
morning during the ,bird ,fair in       
,slater ,street1 or the ,dog ,fair at   
the top of ,bethnal ,green ,road1 or the
 old clothes sale down by ,petticoat    
,lane4 ,we are too thick on the ground1 
that is what it is2 the census does not 
rise1 because it can't rise3 we are     
crammed so full that we can take no     
more4  ,i remember once a young ladies' 
school used to send roses once a week   
from a pretty suburb of ,london2 they   
used to bring them to school in the     
morning from their gardens1 make them at
 twelve into bouquets1 send them up by  
three1 and they were in ,east ,london   
homes by five4 ,as ,i used to take the  
bouquets of beautiful flowers round on  
trays--followed1 ,i may say1 by a mob of
 children yelling for a flower1 for old 
and young have a touching love for      
flowers in ,east ,london--,i always     
found that ,i required four bouquets for

 each house1 for each house contained at
 least four families4 ,this is a fact   
which escapes the notice of the casual  
visitor1 who sees a harmless-looking    
house outside1 but does not know what is
 inside4  ,we are overcrowded1 and what 
overcrowding means from the point of    
view of health and morality only those  
who reside in the district and the local
 medical officer really know4 ,i used to
 have sent me by the excellent ,medical 
,officer for ,bethnal ,green--,dr4      
,bate--the death-rate each month        
compared with the death-rate for the    
whole of ,london1 and there is no reason
 that ,i know of to account for the     
#bb-bg per #a1jjj registered for        
,bethnal ,green compared with the #ah   
per #a1jjj of the rest of ,london1      
except the overcrowded and sometimes    
insanitary conditions in which the      
people live4  ,illustration3 7,photo3   
,cassell and ,co41 ,ltd47  ,a ,,crowd   
,,in ,,petticoat ,,lane4  ,things1      
however1 are much better than they used 

to be4 ,the ,london ,county ,council has
 done a good deal in pulling down       
rookeries and rehousing large areas--as1
 for instance1 the famous ,boundary     
,street area between ,shoreditch and    
,bethnal ,green4 ,the ,mansion ,house   
,council for the ,dwellings of the ,poor
 has done much through its local        
committees to stimulate local effort2   
and the district authorities are far    
more active than they were1 and alive to
 the responsibilities which fall upon   
them4  ,many an afternoon have ,i spent 
with the ,sanitary ,committee of the    
,vestry of ,bethnal ,green1 condemning  
insanitary property1 and many are the   
sad sights which ,i have seen when ,i   
have been round with them4  ,i remember 
vividly one or two large houses abutting
 on a little court4 ,as we went with    
difficulty through the narrow passages  
and looked into the different rooms1 we 
found women sitting silent and patient1 
too busy to say much to us1 pasting     
match-boxes together1 for which they    

were to get twopence-farthing a gross4  
,needless to say that these houses had  
to be condemned2 but the difficulty is  
by no means over when such dwellings are
 condemned4 ,as a man said caustically  
and truly at a meeting held on the      
subject1 ,a rat in a hole is better than
 a rat out1 any day2 and great          
consideration has to be shown in not    
turning out too quickly those who have  
found these poor tenements their home   
before provision has been made elsewhere
 for them4  ,if those in the ,west-,end 
and other places who have property in   
the slums would only look after it      
themselves1 and not be content with     
taking the rents without seeing that the
 places for which they take their money 
are fit to house men and women1 and not 
mere animals1 great progress would be   
made4 ,we should be happy to show them  
the best models on which to rebuild     
their houses1 or they may see for       
themselves by observing the pretty      
two-storeyed houses now built1 which    

constitute ,hart's ,lane1 abutting on   
the ,bethnal ,green ,road1 and which1   
being always in demand1 pay1 we hope1   
the intelligent landlord who built them4
  ,but it is not merely that we are too 
thick on the ground2 for a long time we 
were too much left to ourselves4 ,those 
that ate jam lived in one place and     
those that made it lived in another1 and
 naturally therefore the city of the    
poor1 left to itself1 generated         
standards1 habits1 and traditions of its
 own1 some of which are the reverse of  
edifying4  ,take1 for instance1 the     
prevalence of drink and gambling4 ,a    
young man came to me one night in ,east 
,london with a face as pale as death4 ,i
 had known him as a boy1 but he had     
dropped out of our club system on       
growing too old for the boys' club1 and 
had got drawn into a drinking set4 ,save
 me6 he cried1 as he fell upon his knees
 and took my hand4 ,he had1 he said1    
been led in the public-house to put his 
money on horses of which he knew        

nothing1 and had finally spent nine     
pounds belonging to a shop club1 of     
which he was treasurer4 ,he had to meet 
his mates next morning2 he was only     
twenty-one1 of respectable parents1 and 
engaged to a respectable girl1 and with 
only three months to run out of his     
apprenticeship4 ,if you don't help me1  
sir1 ,i am ruined for life6  ,i did lend
 him the money1 to be repaid by         
instalments1 but the story will show the
 dangers to our young population1 and   
the need of strong and definite work    
among them from their earliest years4   
,with a public-house at every corner1   
and a bookmaker's clerk waiting for them
 during dinner hour1 what chance have   
the poor lads and girls unless someone  
will go down and live among them and    
teach them better things8 ,i remember   
running-in a man who had the insolence  
to stand outside ,oxford ,house and take
 money from boys and girls1 as well as  
men and women1 during dinner hour1 and  
though he was fined five pounds at once1

 he had more than twenty pounds on him  
in coppers and small silver4 ,the fine  
ought to be raised1 as the present      
maximum--five pounds--is easily paid1   
and they think nothing of it1 and go on 
again just the same next day4           
,illustration3 7,photo3 ,cassell and    
,co41 ,ltd47  ,,the ,,great ,,hall ,,at 
,,the ,,people',s ,,palace4  ,it was no 
doubt the growing necessity of bringing 
a higher standard of life into the city 
of the poor and bridging over the gulf  
between rich and poor1 establishing     
counter-attractions to the public-house 
and the gambling-hell1 which led ,canon 
,barnett1 some fifteen years ago1 to    
suggest the formation of settlements    
among the poor4 ,his visit to ,oxford in
 #ahhd1 backed up by ,bishop ,walsham   
,how and ,miss ,octavia ,hill1 led to   
the establishment of ,toynbee ,hall in  
,whitechapel1 and later on in the same  
year of ,oxford ,house in ,bethnal      
,green4 ,of the former excellent        
institution1 which still owes so much to

 its founder and present ,warden1 ,canon
 ,barnett1 much has been written in past
 years1 and1 as space is limited even in
 ,,the ,,quiver1 ,i have only room to   
say a few words more about ,oxford      
,house4 ,it was founded on a definite   
,church basis1 and its workers were and 
are members of the ,church of ,england1 
but it threw open its clubs and its     
doors to men of all creeds and all      
kinds4  ,when ,i was myself called to be
 ,head of the ,house in #ahhj1 it was   
situated in a back street in ,bethnal   
,green1 and consisted of a disused      
,church school knocked into rooms4 ,as  
residents increased1 we found so small a
 house quite inadequate1 and the present
 ,oxford ,house was built on a disused  
site in the next street1 and opened by  
the ,duke of ,connaught five or six     
years ago4 ,it has had a full complement
 of twenty men ever since1 and the      
acquisition of the rectory of ,bethnal  
,green when ,i became ,rector of        
,bethnal ,green in #ahie1 enabled us for

 some time to have thirty workers--all  
laymen with the exception of myself4    
,illustration3 7,photo3 ,cassell and    
,co41 ,ltd47  ,a ,,view ,,of ,,bethnal  
,,green ,,museum4  ,the residents do    
whatever work is entrusted to them by   
the ,head1 in the daytime working at the
 ,charity ,organisation offices1        
,children's ,country ,holiday ,fund1    
,sanitary ,aid ,committee2 in the       
evening running boys' clubs and men's   
clubs and ,church ,lads' ,brigades1     
visiting in the ,london ,hospital on    
,mondays1 visiting the sick and others  
in the parish of ,st4 ,matthew's1 now   
specially connected with the ,house1 and
 doing innumerable odd jobs for the     
parish clergy round1 with whom they are 
all on the most friendly footing4  ,and 
that brings me lastly to the definitely 
religious work of ,east ,london4 ,it is 
here that the result of leaving for so  
long one million people to themselves   
shows itself in the most disastrous     
form4 ,the habit of church-going or     

chapel-going has been almost entirely   
lost1 and it is only after the most     
patient efforts on the part of the      
clergy and others that it can be brought
 again into the district4 ,after        
sampling on several occasions eighty men
 7invited to the garden parties spoken  
of above7 out of different streets taken
 in turn1 ,i discovered that only about 
one in eighty went either to church or  
chapel1 and out of a thousand boys of   
the age of fourteen or fifteen who were 
questioned on entering one of our large 
boys' clubs1 nine hundred were found to 
have g4n4 written after their names1    
which means goes nowhere4 ,now1 to the  
readers of ,,the ,,quiver ,i know that  
this will seem a very appalling thing1  
and will show that we have what is      
practically1 from a religious point of  
view1 a pagan population at our very    
doors4  ,on whom1 then1 does the great  
stress and strain of converting this    
pagan population fall8 ,let us give all 
credit to the good work done by         

,nonconformists in the district1 with   
whom we are on excellent terms3 let us  
acknowledge the wonderful gatherings in 
,mr4 ,charrington's ,hall3 and in the   
,pavilion1 under the preaching of ,mr4  
,george ,nokes2 the good work by ,dr4   
,stephenson in his ,children's ,homes2  
and by ,dr4 ,barnardo in his boys' work 
at ,stepney ,causeway2 and by other     
workers scattered up and down the       
district2 but ,i think all would admit  
that the great strain and stress of the 
work falls upon those who actually live 
in the very midst of the people1 each of
 them with their seven thousand to ten  
thousand1 and sometimes twenty thousand1
 souls to look after4  ,it is they whose
 door-bell rings continuously2 it is    
they to whom everyone comes in the hour 
of distress1 whether they attend the    
church or not2 and it is they and the   
band of workers they have gathered round
 them who are laying deep the           
foundations of the future ,city of ,god1
 and who are working1 with a few        

exceptions1 day and night to bring      
wanderers into the fold4  ,the people   
are not irreligious1 only non-religious1
 and all they need is patient and loving
 work in their midst4 ,to attend a      
parish gathering is like going to a     
happy family party1 on such excellent   
terms are the clergy and their workers  
with the people1 and when in some       
churches you find five hundred          
,east-,end communicants in the early    
morning on ,easter ,day1 no one can     
question the self-sacrifice and         
earnestness of those who have once been 
thoroughly converted4  ,the great need1 
of course1 is more workers and it is to 
supply more workers that the ,east      
,london ,church ,fund exists4 ,it is    
spent wholly on workers1 not on         
buildings at all2 and it is my earnest  
desire1 with the help of the ,bishop of 
,islington1 who is an experienced       
,east-,end worker himself1 and who has  
now taken over the ,north ,london       
district1 to raise that fund to #bj1jjj 

this year to meet the urgent appeals for
 more workers which come to us from the 
poorer parts of ,east and ,north        
,london4 ,the ,fund covers an area of   
#a1hjj1jjj people1 most of whom are     
poor4  ,illustration3 7,photo3 ,c4 ,e4  
,fry and ,son1 ,gloucester ,terrace1    
,s4,w47  ,,canon ,,barnett4  7,warden of
 ,toynbee ,hall47  ,such1 then1 so far  
as it can be described in a short       
article1 is ,east ,london1 with all its 
virtues and its vices1 its aspirations1 
its hopes1 its possibilities1 and its   
failings4 ,it is a land flowing with    
milk and honey1 with the milk of human  
kindness and the honey of human love2   
but1 like the old ,canaan1 it is not yet
 fully occupied by the host of ,god4    
,when ,christianity is1 however1 fully  
in possession1 we shall see a great     
deepening and ripening of all the good  
that lies there1 and the ,east ,london  
,church of the future will have a       
character of its own1 and will shed a   
new glory on the ,christianity which has

 slowly converted the world4            
,,pledged  ,illustration3 ,,pledged  ,by
 ,katharine ,tynan1 ,author of ,a       
,daughter of ,erin1 ,etc4     ,,chapter 
,,xiii4  ,,anthony ,,must ,,know4   ,and
 you liked her1 ,kitty8 said ,anthony   
,trevithick4  ,it was the morning after 
his return1 and ,lady ,jane had left    
them alone4  ,i liked her amazingly1    
said ,lady ,kitty2 and1 what is more    
surprising1 she liked me4  ,it would be 
surprising if she didn't1               
,kitty--looking at her with brotherly   
fondness4 ,do you know1 ,kitty1 ,i used 
to like you because you were pretty1 and
 couldn't help being charming8  ,lady   
,kitty made a mocking bow4  ,but still  
there is some change in you of late4    
,what is it8 ,you have given up being   
smart and cynical and all that4 ,you are
 ever so much lovelier now than ,i      
remember you4  ,lady ,kitty laughed1 but
 her eyes softened4  ,i'm glad you think
 ,i'm lovelier1 ,anthony4  ,he looked at
 her sharply4  ,what is it1 ,kitty8     

,something that must not be told yet1   
,anthony4  ,oh1 it is that6  ,his voice 
had an incredulous relief in it4  ,it is
 really that1 ,kitty8  ,lady ,kitty     
laughed up at him out of her chair1 and 
her glance was at once shy and proud4   
,yes1 it is that1 ,anthony4  ,do ,i know
 him1 ,kitty8  ,very well1 ,anthony4    
,but no one knows yet--only he and ,i4  
,who1 ,kitty8  ,ask ,mr4 ,leslie1       
,anthony4  ,it isn't ,jack1 ,kitty8 ,you
 don't mean to say it is ,jack6         
,why--you deceitful little              
person6--,jack was just the one man you 
never tried to make captive to your bow 
and spear2 at least1 so far as ,i could 
see4  ,my poor ,anthony1 you never saw  
very far where ,i was concerned4  ,no1  
then1 ,kitty1 ,i didn't4  ,his face was 
a little rueful as he said it4  ,but ,i 
am glad beyond measure1 he went on4     
,there is1 perhaps1 only one thing could
 make me happier4  ,he stooped and      
touched ,lady ,kitty's soft cheek with  
his lips4  ,you can tell ,jack1 ,kitty1 

he said4 ,we are like sister and        
brother1 aren't we8  ,i am very fond of 
you1 ,anthony4 ,next to your            
mother--excluding ,jack1 of course--,i  
think ,i'm as fond of you as anyone4    
,i'm glad you're fond of my mother1     
,kitty4 ,she doesn't care for many      
people4  ,i've been trying to get up    
courage to tell her1 ,anthony4 ,i hate  
to keep her in the dark4  ,it will be a 
blow to her1 ,kitty4  ,they both laughed
 and blushed a little consciously4      
,yes1 ,i'm afraid it will4  ,but        
,pamela1 ,kitty--tell me about ,pamela4 
,did she ever talk about me8  ,i can't  
say that she did1 ,anthony4  ,i suppose 
she wouldn't1 said the lover1 a little  
disappointed1 nevertheless4  ,you're    
fond of her1 ,anthony8 said ,lady       
,kitty1 looking up at him with eyes of  
alarm4 ,really fond of her8  ,i love her
 and she loves me4 ,as soon as ,i have  
established ,uncle ,wilton comfortably  
with ,knowles to look after him1 ,i     
shall go to claim her4  ,she knows you  

love her1 ,anthony8  ,oh1 yes1 she      
knows4  ,the young fellow laughed       
happily1 and there was no shadow of     
doubt or of apprehension in his eyes4   
,he had begun to walk up and down the   
room now1 impatiently1 as if he wanted  
to be off4  ,why didn't you claim her   
before you went off to nurse your uncle1
 ,anthony8 ,uncertainty of that kind is 
hard on a girl4  ,i did write4 ,not1    
indeed1 to her1 but to her father1 and  
gave him a broad hint of the state of   
the case4 ,i have often wondered he     
never sent me a word3 he was such a good
 sort4  ,he has been very ill1 ,anthony4
  ,ill8 ,my mother never told me4  ,he  
was at death's door1 but is out of      
danger2 he must be getting strong again 
by this time4  ,my poor little ,pam--and
 all of them6 ,they adore their father1 
and they had no one to help or comfort  
them6  ,why didn't you write to ,pamela 
herself8  ,my mother asked me not to    
till ,i came back4 ,but now all that is 
over4 ,i am going to her at once4  ,you 

say you wrote to her father1 ,anthony8  
,do you know ,i have a kind of idea she 
said you had not written8  ,i wrote1    
,kitty1 all right1 and put it in the    
letter-box in the hall the night before 
,i left4 ,you must have mistaken what   
she said4 ,of course1 her father's      
illness explains his not having written4
 ,and now there is no use in writing4 ,i
 can be there almost as soon as a       
letter4  ,lady ,kitty's face was        
troubled as she looked at him4  ,you're 
quite sure you posted the letter1       
,anthony8 ,perhaps they didn't get it4  
,letters sometimes go wrong1 don't they8
  ,not one out of a million4 ,what are  
you thinking of1 ,kitty8  ,lady ,kitty  
jumped up out of her chair and went to  
him4  ,my poor old ,anthony1 she said1  
there's something horribly wrong4 ,i    
wish ,i hadn't to tell you4 ,pamela's   
engaged to a ,lord ,glengall4           
,illustration3 ,my poor old ,anthony1   
there's something horribly wrong4       
,trevithick looked at her as if he could

 not take in what he heard4  ,you are   
mad1 ,kitty1 he said slowly4 ,she is    
engaged to me4  ,i have her word for it1
 ,anthony4 ,there is something wrong1 ,i
 am sure4 ,she has just written it to   
me4  ,show me the letter1 ,kitty4  ,she 
went to an escritoire in the corner of  
the room1 found the letter1 and brought 
it to him4 ,he read it with staring     
eyes4  ,she won't marry him1 he said    
when he had finished4  ,my poor         
,anthony6  ,an engagement is nothing4   
,she was engaged to me4 ,she let me kiss
 her4 ,he is a man with money--,i       
remember now4 ,do women sell their souls
 for money1 ,kitty8  ,some women might1 
,anthony1 but ,i don't think ,pamela    
would4 ,there is something wrong1       
,anthony1 ,i am sure of it4  ,i am going
 to find out1 ,kitty4  ,illustration3   
,something in the attitude smote        
her4--p4 #ddf4  ,he turned his angry1   
miserable young face upon her1 and her  
heart was wrung for him4  ,i am going   
over there to-night1 ,kitty4  ,you will 

do nothing rash1 ,anthony8  ,if ,i find 
that anything but her own will has come 
between us1 ,i will do my best to win   
her back from him4 ,i have the right1   
,kitty4 ,i was the first1 and she let me
 kiss her4  ,you say she was engaged to 
you1 ,anthony8 ,do you mean formally8   
,everything but formally4 ,ah6 ,i wish  
,i had settled it then--put a ring on   
her before them all4 ,it was my mother4 
,she made me promise to do nothing till 
,i came back4  ,oh6 she knew1 then8  ,i 
told her1 ,kitty1 and she was bitterly  
angry4 ,and ,i1 mad that ,i was1 ,i     
yielded to her will4 ,afterwards1 when  
,i heard she had found them out1 and got
 ,pam over here1 ,i thought her heart   
had softened to me after all those      
years1 and that she was helping me      
towards my happiness4  ,why did she make
 you promise that8  ,i am ashamed to say
 it1 ,kitty--because she persuaded me   
you cared for me1 and ought not to be   
told suddenly4 ,i beg your pardon1      
,kitty2 ,i was not ass enough to think  

it of myself6  ,ah6 said ,lady ,kitty   
again1 and her eyes were thoughtful1 and
 poor little ,pam was miserable4 ,i     
don't believe they ever had that letter1
 ,anthony4  ,if she was miserable for   
me--and the lover's face lightened--she 
loves me still1 and she must give up the
 other man for me4 ,if she loves me1 he 
has no right to her4 ,i am going to find
 out1 ,kitty4  ,where are you going now1
 ,anthony8  ,there are twenty things to 
be done4 ,i have to see ,uncle ,wilton  
and tell him ,i am going4 ,knowles      
understands what to do for him1 and to  
call ,dr4 ,berners if he were ill4  ,he 
took up her hand and kissed it4  ,you've
 been a good little girl to me1 ,kitty1 
he said4 ,afterwards ,i am going to     
fight for my love4  ,as the door closed 
behind him ,lady ,kitty went            
thoughtfully upstairs and knocked at    
,lady ,jane's boudoir door4  ,may ,i    
come in1 ,auntie ,jane8 she said2 are   
you very busy8  ,lady ,jane looked up   
from her books with an air of           

expectation1 as if there might be       
something pleasant to hear2 but her     
expression changed immediately4  ,what  
is the matter1 ,kitty8 she asked4  ,a   
good deal4 ,anthony has been telling me 
that he is in love with ,pamela         
,graydon4  ,my darling----  ,kitty      
lifted her hand4  ,it only affects me in
 so far as it affects ,anthony4 ,pamela 
is engaged to ,lord ,glengall4'  ,i     
remember him4 ,i saw him when ,i was    
there4 ,he looked like a ploughman1 and 
,i thought he was one4 ,i suppose she   
marries him for the title4  ,she marries
 him--if she does--because she is in    
love with ,anthony1 and thinks he has   
played her false4  ,you are too         
romantic1 ,kitty4  ,it is the first time
 ,i have been called so4 ,forgive me for
 something ,i must ask you4 ,are you at 
the root of the mischief8  ,what do you 
mean1 ,kitty8  ,i begin to have a       
glimmering of why you brought her here4 
,kitty1 tell me first4 ,do you not mind 
at all about ,anthony8  ,not in the way 

you mean4 ,he never cared for me1 not in
 that way4 ,it is no use trying to bring
 these things about4  ,it has been my   
dream1 ,kitty1 since you were quite a   
little girl4 ,i never loved ,anthony2   
but if you were his wife1 ,i think ,i   
should begin to love him4 ,i thought you
 cared for him always4  ,i should not   
have let you think that4 ,some of all   
this trouble is my fault4 ,it is better 
to be open all the way through4 ,i kept 
it from you because ,i feared the sharp 
disappointment it would be to you4      
,that you did not love ,anthony8  ,more 
than that1 ,auntie ,janie1 ,i loved     
someone else4 ,i couldn't help it4 ,i   
would have pleased you1 if ,i could1 but
 it did not seem to be in my hands4     
,there is a fatality about such things4 
,we might have cared for each other if  
we had not always known you wanted us   
to4  ,lady ,jane looked about her with a
 bewildered air1 as though her world    
were crumbling4  ,i have thought of it  
for so many years1 she said at last1    

that ,i cannot realise how1 between you1
 you have destroyed the one solid hope  
of my life4  ,i love you so much1       
,auntie ,janie1 that ,i think ,i would  
have married ,anthony1 without love1 to 
please you1 if there had not been       
someone else4  ,lady ,jane turned and   
looked at her1 and her face was         
tragical4  ,i would not have wished     
that1 ,kitty4 ,a marriage without love6 
,you don't know what it is1 child1      
especially if there has been--or might  
have been--someone else4 ,i only wanted 
you to have the wish of your heart1 and 
to bind you closer to me at the same    
time4  ,nothing can ever undo our love1 
,auntie ,janie--nothing1 nothing4  ,wait
 till your husband intervenes1 ,kitty4  
,who is it1 by the way8 ,i have seen no 
sign of such an one in our circle4  ,it 
is ,mr4 ,leslie1 said ,lady ,kitty with 
bent head4  ,anthony's friend8 ,yes1 ,i 
know you liked him1 but ,i thought it   
was for ,anthony's sake4  ,i am so      
sorry1 ,lady ,kitty said again4 ,then   

she went on1 with a timidity foreign to 
her3 ,anthony is very unhappy1 ,auntie  
,janie4 ,can nothing be done8  ,lady    
,jane turned away her head4  ,what do   
you expect me to do1 ,kitty8  ,he is    
your own son1 and he loves ,pamela      
,graydon4 ,she loves him too4 ,why1 it  
was written on her face1 if only ,i had 
had eyes to see4 ,yet she has engaged   
herself to another man6 ,what is the    
meaning of it8  ,i am bad at riddles1   
,kitty4  ,anthony will unravel          
it--unless you will4 ,forgive me1       
,auntie ,janie1 but he had better       
know--that his letter to ,mr4 ,graydon  
remained unposted4 ,i do not know if    
there is anything else1 but there is    
that4  ,how do you know that1 ,kitty8   
,i couldn't help knowing it4 ,a few days
 after ,anthony had gone you sent me to 
the little inner drawer of your desk to 
find ,madame ,lefevre's address4        
,anthony's letter to ,mr4 ,graydon lay  
on the top with the address uppermost4  
,i never thought of it again till       

to-day4  ,what do you want me to do1    
,kitty8 ,it is quite true that ,i       
abstracted the letter from the hall-box 
before it was emptied for the           
night-post4 ,if you go to my desk again 
you will find the letter there with its 
seal unbroken4 ,i guessed what it might 
contain4 ,curiously enough1 the habits  
of a lifetime kept me from opening the  
letter1 though ,i had stolen it4  ,lady 
,kitty made a deprecating gesture1 but  
the elder woman went on coldly3  ,i     
wrote myself to ,mr4 ,graydon--a merely 
formal letter explaining ,anthony's     
absence4 ,afterwards ,i made an excuse  
of the ,verschoyles--people ,i had      
almost forgotten--to go myself and see  
for myself4 ,they lived in a barbarous  
way1 as ,i thought they would2 and ,i   
mistook ,miss ,graydon's fianc for an   
elderly mountain farmer4 ,then ,i asked 
the girl over here with the             
design--which you frustrated to some    
extent--of making her detest us4 ,i also
 told her that you and ,anthony were to 

be married1 and that you had always been
 lovers4  ,auntie ,janie6  ,yes1 ,kitty2
 you may as well know the full extent of
 my wickedness4  ,but how could you do  
it8 ,i have always known you as a proud 
and honourable woman4  ,i did it first  
of all for your sake1 ,kitty4 ,i did    
think you cared for ,anthony2 and ,i    
thought that if this entanglement were  
out of the way he would care for you4 ,i
 was mistaken all round4  ,i ought to   
have spoken1 ,auntie ,janie4 ,ah6 ,i see
 now how much trouble can come from even
 a little deceit4  ,what do you want me 
to do1 ,kitty8  ,anthony must know4     
,you have no thought but for ,anthony4  
,the wrong must be undone--if it is     
possible now4  ,he will turn his back on
 me for ever4  ,he will remember that   
you are his mother4  ,i have given him  
no motherhood4 ,all ,i had ,i gave to   
you--and ,i have lost you1 too4  ,you   
have not lost me4 ,whatever you did we  
should be the same4  ,you think that    
now4 ,but we can never be the same4     

,however1 about ,anthony4 ,i daresay ,i 
can live without ,anthony4 ,what do you 
want me to do8  ,he must be told4 ,shall
 ,i tell him1 ,auntie ,janie8  ,no1 ,i  
will tell him myself4 ,you had better   
keep out of it4 ,i shall tell him as    
soon as he comes here4 ,where is he8    
,he went to let his uncle know he was   
called away4 ,he will soon be back4     
,send him here when he comes in4 ,and   
now1 ,kitty1 go4 ,i have business to do4
  ,lady ,kitty went to the door slowly1 
and1 as she turned the handle1 looked   
back at the tall figure standing in the 
middle of the room4 ,something in the   
attitude smote her4 ,she went back      
impulsively1 and flung her arms round   
,lady ,jane4  ,if you love me at all as 
you loved me yesterday1 be comforted1   
she cried4 ,i know it all came through  
your love for me1 and my wretched       
deceit1 and ,i shall always love you1   
always4  ,she could not say if there was
 an answering caress4  ,things will come
 right1 she whispered1 and ,anthony will

 forget his anger4 ,we have all need of 
forgiveness4  ,i shall never ask        
,anthony's1 said ,lady ,jane4 ,and ,i do
 not pretend to repent4 ,but he will    
marry that man's daughter in spite of   
me1 and ,i shall be punished4 ,go now1  
,kitty4 ,if ,anthony has come in1 send  
him to me4  ,lady ,kitty went4 ,as the  
door closed behind her1 after a last    
glimpse of the erect figure1 she had an 
odd fancy about a picture she remembered
 to have seen of a ship going down at   
sea with all its flags flying4          
,,chapter ,,xiv4  ,,it ,,is ,,too       
,,late4   ,but as the days passed the   
happiness which ,pamela had expected did
 not come4 ,perhaps at first the        
atmosphere of approval in which she     
lived made a species of false happiness2
 but in a very short space of time      
things became workaday1 and the future1 
with a husband old enough to be her     
father1 showed itself naked of glamour4 
,her soul was loyal to her betrothed1   
though her heart betrayed her4 ,she kept

 perpetually within her sight his       
unselfishness1 his patience1 his        
simple-mindedness1 his devotion4 ,and   
yet1 if her bridegroom were to be no    
paladin at all1 but a certain ordinary  
young gentleman of ordinary good looks  
and good qualities1 instead of ,lord    
,glengall1 how wildly happy she could   
have been6 ,it was something she dared  
not think upon--what might have been1   
instead of what was going to be4  ,it   
was another hot summer1 and ,pamela's   
step grew languid1 and her eyes had     
heavy rings about them4 ,her white      
cheeks1 that were so firm and full of   
health1 lost something of their glow4   
,she spurred herself up to be brisk and 
cheerful1 and apologised for her        
flagging energy with accusations against
 the weather4 ,and all the time ,lord   
,glengall watched her with the anxiety  
of a loving dog in his eyes4  ,they were
 to be married at the beginning of      
,september1 to have a month's honeymoon 
at ,killarney1 and then to take ,mr4    

,graydon abroad1 that so he might escape
 the damp of the ,irish winter4  ,in    
,august1 ,pamela was to go to ,dublin to
 see about her frocks4 ,they were not to
 be very many nor very magnificent4     
,afterwards1 said her bridegroom1 there 
would be a visit to ,paris1 and plenty  
of shopping4  ,pamela loved pretty      
things as well as any girl1 and none the
 less because they had never been within
 her reach4 ,but now her interest in    
such matters seemed feeble4 ,the times  
when she derived a certain quiet        
happiness from her engagement were when 
she talked with ,lord ,glengall about   
what was to be done for the others4  ,is
 there nothing for yourself1 ,pam8 he   
asked once2 you never ask for anything  
for yourself4  ,and then he stroked the 
soft pale cheek with a loving finger1   
and the concern in his eyes grew deeper4
  ,once he said to ,pamela that he      
wished it were all done1 and that he was
 free to take care of her2 but as he    
said it1 putting a protecting arm about 

her1 he felt a quick shudder run through
 her4  ,what is it1 ,pam8 he asked      
anxiously4  ,someone walking on my      
grave1 said ,pamela lightly4  ,don't    
talk about such things1 child1 he       
implored4 ,you have all your life1 the  
life that ,i am going to endeavour to   
make so happy1 before you4 ,what have   
you to do with graves8  ,and yet another
 time he said to her that he could      
almost wish that he might give her his  
love and his care and his fortune       
without marriage4  ,i suppose ,i        
couldn't adopt you1 ,pam8 he said       
lightly1 yet his mood was a serious one4
  ,ah6 don't talk about such things1    
said ,pam1 in her turn1 and her heart   
was sore lest she had grieved him4 ,no  
girl could have a happier fate than to  
be your wife4  ,and since she felt what 
she said for the moment she contrived to
 set his fears at rest4  ,it was the    
most humdrum betrothal from the point of
 view of young and romantic persons4    
,lord ,glengall was no ardent wooer4    

,his manner was more the manner of a    
father than of a lover1 and his moments 
of greatest contentment were only marked
 by a deeper quiet4 ,while ,pam and he  
were much together1 their talk1 unlike  
the talk of young lovers1 was of        
everything but themselves4 ,lord        
,glengall had plans for the disposal of 
the great wealth he had brought from the
 gold-fields2 but they were plans in    
which personal ambition had no share4   
,mr4 ,graydon was still languid after   
his illness1 and during those summer    
days a great quietness seemed to have   
descended upon ,carrickmoyle4  ,sorra's 
in it6 said ,bridget1 complaining4 ',tis
 as if there wasn't a bit of young life 
about the place4 ',tis more like as if  
there was goin' to be a funeral thin a  
weddin'4  ,i'll tell you what1 ,miss    
,sylvia1 she protested to her prime     
favourite2 there's one-legged ,grady the
 gardener1 above at his ,lordship's1 an'
 his mouth is dry axin' me4 ,i declare  
,i'll take him1 if only to make a bit av

 a stir4 ,they say he used to bate the  
first wife wid the wooden leg1 but he'll
 not look crooked at me1 never fear4    
,sylvia1 too1 shared in the depressing  
quiet1 and even the dogs lay and blinked
 all day in the hot sun1 and were too   
lazy to go out on the bog for a dip in  
the icy-cold water4  ,sylvia had her    
troubles4 ,her friend ,miss ,spencer1 to
 whom she was oddly attached1 was       
failing4 ,no illness of a violent kind1 
but simply a wasting away and decline   
had seized upon the poor little         
spinster2 and it was a case in which    
doctor's prescriptions were of no use4  
,miss ,spencer's time had come4  ,sylvia
 visited her friend indefatigably1      
sitting with her long hours daily1      
within doors if the weather were bad1 by
 her wheeled sofa on the lawn during the
 fine hot days4 ,she took her grief with
 a certain bitterness of wrath against  
that man of long ago who had wronged the
 poor little lady so irreparably4 ,it   
made her curt of speech1 and little     

disposed to notice what was happening   
where other folk were concerned1 and her
 engrossment made ,pamela's lot more    
lonely4  ,sylvia's court had in no way  
diminished its loyalty or its numbers1  
but just for the present the young men  
were put on one side1 and accepted their
 position4 ,they were able to sympathise
 with one another1 for their lady had   
never bestowed a mark of preference on  
any one over the others1 that jealousy  
could be excited4 ,but their absence    
from ,carrickmoyle1 while it sensibly   
brightened other houses1 made that more 
lonesome4  ,pamela had not seen ,miss   
,spencer for some time1 when one day    
,sylvia announced to her that the old   
lady wished to see her4  ,you must go1  
of course1 she said1 with the           
brusqueness of grief4 ,i shall come     
afterwards and relieve you1 so that you 
will be at home in time for ,glengall4  
,pamela went over after lunch1 and found
 ,miss ,spencer on the sofa on the open 
lawn of ,dovercourt1 with its delightful

 views of the distant hills4  ,it is a  
fine world to be leaving1 said the old  
lady1 nodding at the distances1 when she
 had made ,pamela take the low chair    
beside her4  ,pamela had noticed at once
 an indefinable change in ,miss         
,spencer4 ,the old1 half-crazy1 brooding
 look had disappeared1 and though the   
face seemed vanishing and melting away  
in its wasting and fragility1 the eyes  
were clear1 as if a film had rolled off 
from them4  ,pamela said nothing4 ,the  
change in ,miss ,spencer1 even since she
 had last seen her1 shocked her4        
,there1 there1 child6 said the little   
woman1 patting her hand4 ,why talk about
 gloomy things on such a day as this1   
and with your great day approaching8    
,but what is the matter8--scrutinising  
her closely--you don't look very        
bride-like4  ,it is the heat1 said      
,pamela languidly2 ,i haven't felt very 
lively since it set in so hot4  ,i      
remember the time ,i would have danced  
at my wedding in the crater of          

,vesuvius4 ,things are not the same     
nowadays4 ,there1 child1 she went on    
kindly1 you will have some tea8 ,i shall
 have more made for ,minx1 when she     
comes4 ,she told you ,i wanted to see   
you8  ,yes1 said ,pamela1 and ,i shall  
like the tea1 ,miss ,spencer4 ,it was   
hot crossing the bog4 ,i shall go home  
through the woods4  ,the tea was        
brought1 and when ,pamela had had hers1 
,miss ,spencer1 who had been watching   
her with kind intentness all the time1  
said suddenly--  ,i made my will        
yesterday1 ,pam4  ,pamela looked up in  
surprise4  ,i have provided for ,minx4  
,i have left her this place1 and a good 
deal of money4 ,she will look after my  
poor for me4  ,pamela nodded her head4  
,i've left you nothing1 ,pam4 ,but ,i've
 given ,mary what will start her in     
housekeeping4 ,you are going to marry a 
rich man4  ,you are good to think of    
,mary4  ,it is easier to do now than if 
,i had lived longer4 ,between my legacy 
and what ,glengall will do she need not 

want4  ,she deserves to be happy4  ,but 
what is the matter with you1 ,pam8 ,why 
aren't you happy8  ,i am happy4  ,with  
that face1 child6 ,there was a woman    
once--perhaps you know her--whose lover 
went away and never came back4 ,perhaps 
he was dead2 perhaps he had forgotten4  
,you look as if your lover had never    
come back4  ,pamela covered her face    
with her hands4  ,there1 child6 ,i don't
 want to distress you1 but ,i am in     
trouble about you4 ,what if he came     
back1 after all8  ,he never will4  ,he  
looked as if he would4 ,anyhow1 if he   
never did1 it would be better to be like
 that woman--a little cracked1 perhaps1 
and always expecting her lover1 till she
 woke up one day dying1 and in her right
 mind--it would be better to be like her
 than to marry without love4  ,pamela   
trembled1 but her face was hidden4      
,tell me1 ,pam4 ,you won't mind         
confiding in an old woman who has only a
 few days more to live4 ,what did you do
 it for8 ,it wasn't the money1 and all  

it could bring1 attracted you8          
,illustration3 ,tell me1 ,pam4 ,you     
won't mind confiding in an old woman4   
,no1 oh1 no6  ,i thought not4 ,what was 
it8  ,you don't know how good he is4    
,that's not enough1 ,pam1 though it     
might serve if your heart were free4    
,what is that to make you give up your  
life1 your freedom to think1 to hope1 to
 pray8 ,it will be one long struggle1   
,pamela4 ,you will be like a creature in
 prison1 for whom the free world were   
paradise enough4  ,i know ,glengall is  
good1 she went on4 ,another girl might  
come to love him1 in spite of his grey  
hairs1 but not you1 ,pam4 ,one sees     
clearer when one is going to leave all  
this4 ,why did you do it1 ,pam8  ,it is 
too late to ask4  ,why1 ,pam8  ,partly  
because my father must winter abroad and
 we had no money4 ,partly1 too1 because 
,i was angry with--with someone ,i      
loved1 and ,i thought ,i would get rid  
of the anger and the thought of him if  
,i were married4  ,minx would have taken

 care of your father4 ,it was a useless 
sacrifice1 ,pamela4  ,she looked at her 
a minute hesitatingly4  ,my people1     
those of them who survive1 are rich4 ,i 
could take care of you1 too1 ,pam4  ,it 
is too late to make any difference4  ,it
 is not too late while you are yet free4
  ,you don't know how good he is4 ,and  
he has ordered his future life so that  
,i shall always be the centre of it4 ,i 
can't break his heart4  ,if ,lord       
,glengall knew1 he would be the first to
 set you free4  ,he would1 because he is
 all unselfishness4 ,but he will never  
know4  ,how will you keep it from him8  
,i shall learn to love him4  ,my poor   
,pam6  ,ah6 cried ,pamela sobbing4      
,don't try to turn me back4 ,because ,i 
am unhappy1 and a burden to myself1     
would you forbid me making another      
person happy1 and he one worthy of all  
happiness8  ,it is not too late1 ,pam4  
,it is too late4 ,and here is ,sylvia4  
,see how punctual she is4 ,she grudges  
me this half-hour alone with you4       

,sylvia looked curiously at her sister's
 haggard and tear-stained eyes1 but made
 no comment4 ,she had little sympathy   
with ,pamela's languid looks this       
summer4 ,she was one who had never felt 
a wound1 and so had scant comprehension 
of the troubles of her sister1 whose    
lot1 indeed1 she considered a highly    
desirable one4  ,after a few minutes    
,pamela stood up and took her leave4    
,she went by the shady paths through the
 woods1 and ,pat1 who had accompanied   
her1 scurried hither and thither in     
pursuit of many a pair of bright eyes   
and many a white scut4 ,she was in no   
hurry to get home4 ,after the           
disturbance of her conversation with    
,miss ,spencer1 she dreaded the meeting 
with her fianc4  ,it had been a shock to
 her to learn that1 if she had not been 
so precipitate1 her father would still  
have been safe2 for ,miss ,spencer's    
life was to be counted by weeks1 and    
,sylvia's tenderness for him could be   
trusted4  ,the green glades of the wood 

were exquisite4 ,she looked about       
her--at the roof of branches against the
 blue-and-white sky1 at the green moss1 
dotted with harebells1 and flecked by   
broad patches of sunlight on its velvety
 shade4 ,the birds were singing their   
last love-songs1 and the wood was full  
of the music of many waters4  ,ah6 ,with
 an overwhelming revulsion of feeling it
 came upon the girl that if she were    
only free1 with her life in her hands1  
the beauty of the free world were1 as   
,miss ,spencer had said1 paradise       
enough4 ,if she were but free1 if she   
were but free6  ,she had come to the    
,wishing ,well in the wood4 ,she put up 
her hand to her throat4 ,round it was a 
slender little chain of jewels and gold 
which ,lord ,glengall had given her4 ,it
 was choking her4  ,she took it off     
stealthily1 and laid it on the moss at  
her feet4 ,then she took a bracelet--his
 gift also--from her arm4 ,then she drew
 off her engagement ring of diamonds and
 emeralds1 and added it to the          

glittering heap4 ,if only she could     
remove those other bonds as easily6 ,and
 all the time she hated herself for the 
wish4  ,mechanically she stooped down1  
and1 taking the water in her hand1 drank
 of it4 ,she wished she might forget    
what had happened here1 and the poisoned
 sweetness of glances and words during  
those months of last winter4  ,i must   
forget--,i must forget1 she wailed1 half
 aloud4 ,it lasted such a little while4 
,there was no time for it to take hold  
upon my life4  ,and then her hands fell 
to her side1 for there was a quick step 
beside her1 and1 turning1 she saw       
,anthony ,trevithick4     ,,chapter     
,,xv4  ,,the ,,wood ,,of ,,strange      
,,meetings4   ,pamela6  ,he had come    
back1 and his eyes and his voice were   
full of fire4  ,pamela6 ,what have you  
done to yourself1 my sweetheart8 ,you   
are not the ,pamela ,i left4  ,she had  
turned towards him as irresistibly as   
the needle to the pole4 ,but at his     
words a quick shiver ran through her4   

,her eyes turned from him and darkened4 
,her head drooped4  ,you have come too  
late1 she said1 almost under her breath2
 and her voice was cold4  ,look at me1  
,pam4 ,i have so much to tell you that  
you must hear4 ,you must not be angry   
with me4 ,we have been cheated and      
tricked4 ,i wrote to your father to say 
,i would come and ask for you1 ,pam1 the
 road being clear4  ,he never had your  
letter4  ,it was not posted1 ,pamela4 ,i
 must tell you1 ,pam1 though it is hard4
 ,you have a right to know4 ,my mother  
intercepted the letter4  ,she detested  
me4 ,i knew it from the first moment her
 cold eyes rested upon me4  ,she does   
not like me1 ,pam1 much4 ,but that will 
not part us4  ,ah6 said ,pam1 and her   
voice was almost a cry4 ,but we are     
parted4 ,she could not do it1 but ,i    
have done it by my own act4  ,his foot  
knocked against the heap of trinkets on 
the moss4  ,what are these1 ,pam8 he    
asked wonderingly4  ,give them to me1   
she implored4 ,they are mine4 ,and you  

must go away1 ,sir ,anthony1 and never  
come again4  ,why1 ,i see--holding the  
jewels in his hand--they are his gifts4 
,but you have thrown them off6  ,his    
eyes blazed suddenly4  ,it is an omen1  
,pam4 ,let him follow his jewels4 ,what 
right has he to buy you8 ,you had given 
yourself to me4  ,ah6 cried ,pam1 still 
stretching out her hands for the jewels4
 ,you don't know what you are talking   
about4 ,he is the best man in all the   
world2 and our wedding-day is fixed1 and
 my wedding-dress is ordered4  ,the     
young man flung the jewels on the       
ground4  ,illustration3 ,the young man  
flung the jewels on the ground4  ,there1
 he said1 let them lie where ,i found   
them4 ,why should we think of them8 ,it 
is all a bad dream1 ,pamela1 but not so 
bad as it might have been--not so bad as
 it might have been4 ,why1 you are      
talking folly1 ,pam1 about wedding-days 
and wedding-dresses4 ,it is our         
wedding-day you must think of1 and the  
wedding-dress you will wear for me4  ,he

 held out his arms to her imploringly1  
and for a moment1 with a dazed look1 she
 seemed as if she must come4 ,then she  
pushed him off with a gesture of her two
 hands4  ,no1 she said4 ,love is not    
everything--love is not everything4     
,there is honour1 there is loyalty1     
there is faith4 ,and you1--you have your
 cousin to think about4 ,she is sweet   
and lovely4 ,i felt it1 though ,i----   
,she broke off suddenly4  ,though you   
loved me and were jealous2 and he       
laughed masterfully4 ,all wrong1 my     
,pam6 ,i never cared for ,kitty in that 
way1 nor she for me4 ,she is going to   
marry my chum1 ,jack ,leslie4 ,they have
 been in love with each other for years4
  ,your mother told me----  ,his face   
darkened4  ,i know4 ,i shall forgive her
 when you have yielded your will to     
mine4  ,that will never be4  ,never1    
,pam8 ,ah6 yes1 it will4 ,if ,i had come
 here and found that you loved this     
other man1 ,i could have done nothing   
but leave you4 ,i came full of anger and

 fury4 ,all through the journey ,i had  
been goading myself to a jealous        
madness2 but the minute ,i saw you here 
beside the well where ,i told you ,i    
loved you1 ,i knew you were mine4 ,i can
 afford to forgive ,lord ,glengall4     
,what do you propose to do8  ,i shall go
 to the house and explain to your father
 about the missing letter4 ,i was on my 
way there when ,i turned aside to the   
,wishing ,well and found you4  ,my      
father loves ,lord ,glengall4  ,he loves
 you better1 ,pam4 ,he will not want you
 to marry him1 loving me4  ,you take too
 much for granted4  ,oh1 no1 ,i don't1  
,pam6 ,you are not the girl to love me  
seven months ago and love another man   
to-day4 ,and your eyes betray you1      
darling6  ,and if my father chooses     
,lord ,glengall before you8  ,then ,i   
will tell him the choice does not rest  
with him4 ,i will go to ,lord ,glengall 
himself4  ,and if he should refuse to   
listen to you8  ,then ,i will come to   
you1 ,pamela1 my beloved4  ,she suddenly

 turned on him her beautiful1 stormy    
eyes1 and her face was full of tragedy4 
,and ,i shall send you away1 she said4  
,it is no question of loving4 ,i shall  
not see you any more1 ,tony--using the  
familiar name unconsciously--never1 ,i  
hope1 after to-day4 ,and ,i love you2 ,i
 do love you1 and if ,i might love you  
for ever ,i should be the happiest woman
 on earth4 ,no1 don't come near me1 for 
,i am saying good-bye to you4 ,i decline
 to purchase my happiness1 and even     
yours1 at the cost of unhappiness to the
 best man ,i ever knew4 ,ah6 go now1 my 
love1 and do not tempt me any more4 ,you
 will soon forget me4  ,she turned as if
 to go1 but before ,anthony ,trevithick 
could make any effort to detain her1 a  
quiet voice spoke beside them4  ,i came 
to meet you1 ,pamela4 ,i expected to    
find you alone4 ,who is this gentleman8 
,pamela turned quickly1 and put her hand
 into the hand of her betrothed4  ,it is
 ,sir ,anthony ,trevithick1 ,lord       
,glengall4  ,the two men bowed coldly4  

,i will take ,miss ,graydon home now1   
said ,lord ,glengall1 drawing her hand  
through his arm4 ,i am grateful to you  
for having taken care of her4           
,illustration3 ,i will take ,miss       
,graydon home now1 said ,lord ,glengall4
  ,the two stood looking at each other1 
and the air was as if charged with a    
storm4  ,i am staying in the            
neighbourhood1 said ,sir ,anthony       
stiffly4 ,i shall hope to see your      
lordship later on4  ,come1 whispered    
,pamela to her betrothed1 come away4 ,i 
will explain to you4  ,she stole one    
glance at the hot and angry face of her 
young lover4 ,then1 without a word1 she 
passed out of his sight down one of the 
wood paths1 still clinging to ,lord     
,glengall's arm4  ,they walked in       
silence for a few minutes4 ,then she    
lifted her eyes to her companion's sad  
face4  ,you heard what ,i said1 she     
half-whispered4 ,i am not afraid of you2
 ,i was loyal4  ,yes1 you were loyal1   
,pam1 in the spirit1 but loyalty without

 love is poor comfort4 ,it is not enough
 for me4  ,i do love you4  ,i believe   
you do1 ,pam1 but there are different   
kinds of love4 ,is this that other you  
once told me about8  ,yes4  ,i thought  
so4 ,you have had few opportunities for 
meeting men in your quiet life4 ,this is
 the lad who was your father's pupil8   
,the son of his old friend1 ,sir ,gerald
 ,trevithick4  ,i ought to have met him 
when he was here4 ,but ,i was finishing 
up in ,australia4 ,he is honest1        
,pam--is he8  ,i am sure he is--now4    
,before ,i thought he was false4  ,how  
did it come that he went away like that1
 having made you love him8  ,he was     
called away to a sick uncle4 ,he wrote  
to father to explain1 but the letter    
never reached him4  ,you are sure he    
wrote8  ,yes1 he has told me4 ,his      
mother----,you saw her once8  ,a        
frozen-looking woman1 dressed like an   
empress1 who came one day4 ,she was so  
haughty to me that ,i very soon removed 
myself4  ,that was her4  ,my poor little

 ,pam6--that was the woman you went to  
visit afterwards8 ,i had not realised   
it4 ,i never thought of her after that  
day4  ,she made me very unhappy4 ,from  
the first she had a quiet way of making 
me feel not of her world1 and afterwards
 she was horrid--about papa4 ,she told  
me--falsehoods1 too4  ,why didn't you   
come home1 ,pam8  ,i wouldn't let them  
know that the visit had been so         
horrible4 ,papa was pleased for me to   
go4 ,then he fell ill1 and ,i came away4
  ,what did she tell you1 ,pam8  ,she   
told me ,sir ,anthony was engaged to his
 cousin4 ,it was she who intercepted his
 letter to papa1 in which he said he    
would come back4  ,ah6 there are such   
women4 ,but why didn't he speak fully   
and frankly before he went8  ,i do not  
know4 ,there was some reason4 ,he spoke 
of something that stood in the way4     
,lord ,glengall frowned1 with his eyes  
on the ground4  ,i shall find out the   
reason1 he said4  ,ah6 no1 cried        
,pamela1 clinging to his arm4 ,let it   

be4 ,i have told him he must go away4 ,i
 belong to you1 and not to him4  ,a     
little spasm of pain passed over the    
irregular features4  ,don't try me too  
much1 ,pamela1 or ,i might take you at  
your word4  ,i want you to take me at my
 word4  ,i am sure you do--at this      
moment4  ,now and always4  ,my little   
,pam6 ,still mine till ,i give you up of
 my own free will4 ,you will trust me to
 do what is for the best8  ,i will trust
 you for ever4 ,you are not going to    
give me up8  ,again his face contracted4
  ,not unless ,i ought to1 ,pam4 ,not   
unless the lad is straight and can prove
 himself worthy of you4 ,if ,i feel he  
can make you happier than ,i can1 ,i    
will give you to him4 ,if not1 ,i will  
keep you in spite of yourself1 and trust
 to my love to make you forget him4  ,i 
think that might easily come true4      
,don't make it hard for me1 ,pam1 if ,i 
have to cede my right to another4       
,pamela--she had lifted her hands to him
 in her emotion--where is your ring8    

,pamela wrung her hands in her trouble4 
,do not be angry with me1 she entreated4
 ,i took it off in the wood1 there where
 you found me4 ,it is there still4      
,pamela1 his voice was stern4 ,did he   
remove your ring8  ,no1 no4 ,a thousand 
times1 no6 ,how could you think ,i would
 let him8  ,forgive me1 child--,i ought 
to have known you better4 ,but why did  
you take off the ring8  ,she looked to  
left and right1 as though seeking a way 
of escape1 and answered nothing4  ,i    
see1 said ,lord ,glengall1 and his face 
had a look of suffering4 ,you took it   
off because it irked you to wear it4    
,you wanted to be free4  ,it was only a 
mood4  ,a bad mood for me1 child4 ,why  
could you not have trusted me1 and have 
told me ,i had asked too much8 ,it would
 have been kinder4  ,i shall never      
forgive myself1 cried ,pam4  ,i am going
 back for the ring1 ,pam4 ,run away home
 now1 and ,i shall bring it4 ,run       
now--,i can keep you in sight till ,i   
see you within the door of              

,carrickmoyle4 ,i shall not be long4    
,the ring is on the ground1 by the well1
 said ,pamela1 her head hanging like the
 head of a sensitive child caught in the
 act of wrongdoing4 ,you will find it   
there1 and my necklet and bracelet also4
  ,her voice stumbled as she made her   
full confession4  ,poor ,pam6 said ,lord
 ,glengall4  ,ah6 she said1 if you would
 only forget about it4 ,there was never 
any man like you4 ,if ,i do not love you
 now1 it is only because he came first4 
,i shall love you in time4 ,i could not 
help it4  ,kiss me1 ,pam1 before you go4
 ,i have not asked you for kisses when  
,i might4  ,i have done nothing but hurt
 you1 she cried1 conscience-stricken4   
,then she lifted her face for his kiss4 
,illustration3 ,i have done nothing but 
hurt you1 she said4  ,and ,i have been  
hurting you1 quite unconsciously1 all   
the time4 ,it is the old story of ,may  
and ,december4 ,but1 thank ,god6 it is  
not too late4  ,he lifted his hat again1
 with the reverential gesture           

characteristic of him4 ,as he stood     
bare-headed1 a glint of the dying sun   
fell on his hair and forehead4 ,it made 
him look old and dusty and tired4  ,then
 ,pamela went away slowly across the    
park to the house1 while he stood       
watching her4 ,when she had entered the 
house1 he went back down the wood path4 
,as he went slowly and sadly1 he felt   
something thrust against him4 ,he looked
 down4 ,it was ,pamela's dog1 ,pat1 who 
had remained behind1 hunting an elusive 
rabbit1 and had only just come up with  
their trail4 ,the dog jumped about him  
with demonstrations of joy4  ,lord      
,glengall stooped down and patted the   
rough head4  ,i am not to be your new   
master1 after all1 old fellow1 he said4 
,pat licked his hand vigorously1 and    
then looked up inquiringly into his     
face4  ,she has gone home1 said ,lord   
,glengall in answer1 and ,i should be a 
bad substitute4  ,but ,pat manifested   
very unmistakably that he was going to  
accompany this friend of his back into  

the woods4  ,ah6 good little beast1 said
 ,lord ,glengall1 oddly comforted4 ,it  
is good to have a dog sorry for one1    
,pat4                    ,,end ,,of     
,,chapter ,,fifteen4     ,illustration3 
,illustrated from ,photographs4         
,,curious ,,charitable ,,gifts   ,it is 
a well-known and pleasing fact that     
several millions of pounds are annually 
devoted1 throughout the kingdom1 to the 
purposes of public charity1 but few     
people are aware to what a great extent 
charitable gifts in kind are nowadays   
sent to philanthropic institutions4     
,these donations vary in value from a   
few pence to hundreds of pounds2 and    
although the greater number consist of  
ordinary articles which are easily      
disposed of1 yet some most extraordinary
 gifts are frequently received1 of which
 the outside public hears little4       
,quite recently two mummified hands--one
 with the forearm attached--both        
authoritatively stated to be over #c1jjj
 years old1 were sent to the ,church    

,army by a ,west-,end physician1 who    
brought them from ,egypt1 and they will 
doubtless be the means of an appreciable
 accession to the funds of the          
organisation when disposed of4  ,the    
,salvation ,army also receives some     
curious articles at times4 ,jewellery of
 various kinds often finds its way to   
the ,headquarters1 and some little time 
ago a deaf-and-dumb convert presented a 
perfect model in cork of one of the     
barracks1 showing the soldiers marching 
in and the roughs gathered around2      
whilst a travelling showman who recently
 joined the ,army begged to be allowed  
to hand the officers his stock-in-trade1
 which included two remarkable-looking  
effigies used in his ventriloquial      
entertainments4  ,the most singular     
donations received by the ,army1        
however1 are presented at the harvest   
festivals4 ,general ,booth's followers  
are exceptionally energetic at such     
times1 and it is no uncommon thing for  
the proceeds of the gifts collected for 

a festival service in a poor            
neighbourhood to amount to some seventy 
or eighty pounds1 half of which is      
retained for the local funds1 whilst the
 remainder is sent to ,headquarters as a
 donation towards the general expenses4 
,an impromptu barn is frequently erected
 in the meeting-room with the front open
 to the audience1 and in this the gifts 
are displayed to the best advantage4    
,in addition to fruit1 flowers1 and     
vegetables1 presents of live stock are  
often made which are not always         
acceptable4 ,for instance1 at one place 
a calf was given1 and was accommodated  
in a temporary stall on the platform4   
,but it did not appear to enjoy the     
service4 ,whenever the band played1 it  
made such a terrible noise that         
eventually it had to be escorted to a   
quiet corner outside4 ,birds of many    
descriptions have also joined in these  
services2 and a ,russian cat which was  
presented on such an occasion kept up   
harvest celebrations during the night1  

we are told1 by devouring a pound of    
beef sausages1 which represented        
another1 though humbler1 gift4          
,illustration3 ,,mummified ,,remains    
,,presented ,,to ,,the ,,church ,,army4 
,many people will question the          
advisability of allowing live stock to  
be present at such services4 ,the       
important fact remains1 however1 that   
gifts of this nature frequently serve to
 attract large crowds of the very people
 the ,army officers wish to influence4  
,but difficulties sometimes arise       
through the thoughtlessness of          
enthusiastic donors4 ,at ,chester       
recently a live donkey was led up four  
flights of stairs to the barracks1 and  
handed over as a free-will offering4    
,when the service concluded1 it was     
discovered to be impossible for the     
animal to walk down again2 and1 to use  
the words of the officer1 they had to   
tie the thing up in a knot1 wrap it up  
in a sack1 and lower it gently and      
gracefully over the banisters6 ,we may  

hope that the patient animal did not    
suffer any ill effects from his         
attendance at the service4  ,some most  
curious articles are also occasionally  
received by the ,poor ,clergy ,relief   
,corporation1 which1 as is well-known1  
does a most useful work by making grants
 in money and clothing to clergymen in  
temporary distress1 and to the widows   
and children of clergymen who are left  
insufficiently provided for4 ,these     
articles comprise revolvers1            
respirators1 artificial teeth and wigs1 
feeding-bottles1 military and naval     
uniforms1 silk-worm cocoons1 and        
bicycles1 and all are turned to account 
either by direct gift or by realisation 
at a jumble or auction sale4 ,an amusing
 incident1 the secretary states1        
recently occurred in the clothing       
department in connection with an        
involuntary gift4 ,the matron was       
filling a large bag for a poor family   
whilst a carpenter was in the room      
engaged on some repairs4 ,he had placed 

his cap--which was a good one--on the   
table1 and the matron1 thinking it part 
of the stock1 promptly annexed it and   
despatched it with the other things4 ,it
 was gratefully acknowledged6 ,of       
course1 the carpenter had to be provided
 with a new cap1 which he has since been
 careful to place in his pocket when    
working in the building4  ,illustration3
 7,photo3 ,russell and ,sons1 ,baker    
,street1 ,w47  ,a ,,stack ,,of ,,old    
,,clothing4  7,at the ,offices of the   
,poor ,clergy ,relief ,corporation47    
,but the institution which receives the 
greatest number of gifts in kind is     
undoubtedly ,dr4 ,barnardo's well-known 
,home for ,waifs and ,strays in ,stepney
 ,causeway4 ,during last year alone     
#i1fea parcels were delivered from      
various supporters1 containing in the   
aggregate over #ig1jjj articles of      
various kinds6 ,when it is also stated  
that the sales of these goods realised1 
in the same twelve months1 the grand    
total of #a1hej1 some idea will be      

gathered of the enormous number of      
articles dealt with every year1 and the 
welcome addition which they bring to the
 income of the ,homes4  ,the gifts come 
from all quarters of the globe4 ,even   
such far-distant countries as ,india1   
,china1 ,corea1 ,burmah1 and ,japan     
contribute their quota1 and many a      
pathetic history and much amazing       
romance is embodied in the articles     
received4  ,one of the most valuable1   
and certainly one of the most           
remarkable1 of the donations which have 
found their way to ,stepney ,causeway   
was ex-,king ,theebaw's ivory throne1   
sent a year or two ago by a gentleman in
 ,rangoon4 ,the throne was somewhat in  
the form of a large armchair1 and was   
ordered by the king in the palmy days of
 his despotism4 ,according to his edict1
 only the very best craftsmen were      
employed to fulfil the commission1 and  
only the finest and soundest tusks were 
used4 ,the design was exceedingly       
elaborate1 and both time and special    

talent were needed for the task1 which  
it took years to accomplish4 ,but1 such 
is the irony of ,fate1 when the work was
 practically finished the king was      
deposed1 and the completed throne never 
passed into his possession4 ,after some 
little time it came into the hands of   
the ,rangoon donor who so generously    
presented it to ,dr4 ,barnardo4 ,this   
interesting piece of furniture was      
estimated to be worth some #ejj4 ,the   
detail of the work was exquisite1 a     
delicate tracery covering nearly the    
whole1 with some most beautiful and     
elaborate carving in high relief lying  
behind it4 ,the little figures inside   
appeared to be executed with the utmost 
thoroughness1 and the chair was an      
eloquent testimony to the genius and    
patience of the native workmen4  ,from  
the same country a number of quaint     
silver goods are constantly received    
from a resident ,englishman and his     
native wife1 both of whom take a very   
keen interest in the work of saving the 

waifs of the slums4 ,owing to the       
extensive fluctuations in the value of  
the rupee1 and to the low rate of       
exchange in ,england1 they find it more 
advantageous to purchase native goods   
which will realise good prices in       
,london than to send their donations in 
cash4  ,illustration3 ,a ,,handsome     
,,piece ,,of ,,indian ,,needlework4     
7,worked in ,gold and ,silver ,braid and
 ,sequins47  ,dr4 ,barnardo has little  
difficulty in disposing of such gifts4  
,there is a special trade department at 
,stepney ,causeway1 consisting of a     
show-room and several large and airy    
stores4 ,these storage rooms1 which are 
not open to the general public1 contain 
a most extraordinary collection of      
gifts1 including such articles as       
bedsteads1 false hair and teeth1 old    
pictures1 jewellery1 a microscopic      
cabinet1 a three-manual organ1 an oak   
lectern1 boxes of geological and        
ornithological specimens1 air pillows1  
sewing and sausage machines1 a bottled  

snake1 as well as a great variety of    
clothing both new and secondhand4       
,illustration3 ,a ,,group ,,of ,,curious
 ,,gifts4  7,from ,ephesus1 ,new        
,zealand1 and ,india47  ,amongst the    
more valuable of the articles which have
 recently been received may be mentioned
 a number of exceedingly dainty and     
costly ,eastern shawls1 and a cape      
constructed entirely from birds'        
feathers1 which is supposed to be the   
only one of its kind in ,england4 ,this 
handsome cape originally belonged to a  
,spanish lady1 and is now more than a   
hundred years old4 ,each feather was    
worked in separately1 and the various   
colours are so beautifully blended that 
the worker must have possessed          
considerable artistic talent as well as 
great patience1 for it contains some    
thousands of tiny feathers of various   
hues4 ,another piece of work that must  
have entailed an immense amount of time 
and care is a sample of ,indian         
needlework1 of which we give a          

photograph4 ,the ground is coarse black 
cloth1 but the design is so cleverly    
worked in gold and silver braid and     
sequins that the result is a most       
handsome example of native embroidery1  
which needs to be seen to be fully      
appreciated4  ,illustration3 ,,the      
,,receiving ,,room ,,at ,,stepney       
,,causeway4  ,from ,india also come the 
two models of native types photographed 
in the group shown on the preceding     
page4 ,they are most delicately moulded1
 every detail being scrupulously        
attended to4 ,the figure on the left is 
ten inches in height1 and represents a  
grass-cutter1 whilst that on the right  
depicts an ,indian water-carrier1 and   
both bear the name of the               
modeller--,buckshar ,paul of            
,krishnagar4  ,a different form of      
,indian work may be seen in the         
candlestick in the same illustration1   
which is moulded in brass in the form of
 a serpent1 and forms a curious and     
certainly not inartistic ornament4      

,standing beside this is an             
ordinary-shaped box with a diamond      
design on the lid1 and this article is  
specially interesting1 owing to its     
having been constructed of sixteen      
different varieties of wood grown in    
,new ,zealand4 ,it is a far cry from    
this fertile colony to the historic city
 of ,ephesus1 but we are carried thither
 in order to explain the presence of the
 two odd-looking pieces of ware         
7representing an ancient vase and lamp7 
to be seen in the forefront of the same 
photographic group4 ,they were selected 
at random from a number of such articles
 which ,dr4 ,barnardo has in his        
possession awaiting a remunerative      
purchaser4 ,the extraordinary character 
of the gifts received at the institution
 is well exemplified in these articles1 
which were actually discovered in the   
ruins of the ,temple of ,diana by the   
well-known antiquarian1 the late ,mr4   
,f4 ,wood4 ,each piece is authenticated 
by the signature of the excavator1 which

 is affixed1 and they were presented to 
,dr4 ,barnardo by ,mr4 ,wood's widow    
about three years ago4  ,a striking     
instance of the wonderful changes       
wrought by time is shown in the generous
 gifts in money and kind recently       
received from the descendants of the    
mutineers of the ,bounty4 ,here is      
romance pure and unadulterated1 and ,dr4
 ,barnardo may well have said that the  
following letter which recently came    
into his hands read like something out  
of a book4 ,it appears that the captain 
of a ,british vessel wrote to him from  
,australia as follows3 ,i called in our 
passage through the ,pacific at         
,pitcairn ,island4 ,a number of the     
natives came off1 and when they learned 
,i was bound to ,great ,britain1 they   
desired me to take some presents for    
you1 consisting of a case full of fancy 
articles made by themselves4 ,i have    
already despatched this case to you1 and
 ,i now enclose postal orders for #e    
#ajs4 #h;d41 being the cash1 less a     

spurious two-shilling piece1 which the  
islanders had collected for your        
institution4 ,the case contained six    
walking-sticks1 eighty cocoanut-shell   
baskets1 as well as a quantity of shells
 and a large number of bananas4 ,these  
gifts form undoubted evidence of the    
,christian and philanthropic spirit of  
the present ,pitcairn ,islanders1 and at
 the same time bear valuable testimony  
to the world-wide appreciation of ,dr4  
,barnardo's life-work4  ,illustration3  
,a ,,corner ,,of ,,the ,,clothes        
,,store4  7,at ,dr4 ,barnardo's ,homes47
  ,a walk through the storage rooms is  
amply repaid by the number and the      
limitless variety of the articles to be 
seen therein4 ,here is an organ         
constructed by an amateur after seven   
years of assiduous work4 ,it is unique  
in its way1 the pipes being made of     
cardboard2 but whether the gift of the  
ingenious organ-builder was an          
altogether disinterested one is not for 
me to state4 ,i heard it whispered that 

the cleverly constructed instrument     
refused to work properly1 and was       
somewhat of the nature of a white       
elephant to the present owners4 ,another
 example of tireless ingenuity is to be 
seen in the three large brass models of 
engines which adorn a corner of the same
 room4 ,the mechanism of these engines  
is perfect in every way1 and the models 
are of considerable value4  ,in close   
proximity to them is a dinner service of
 ,worcester china1 dated #agid1 and     
consisting of #aej pieces4 ,this will   
doubtless soon be discovered by a lover 
of old china1 who will also see another 
find near by equally worthy of          
attention4 ,i refer to a dessert service
 of seventeen pieces1 which originally  
formed a wedding present before it found
 its way to ,stepney ,causeway4 ,the    
service is more than fifty years old1   
and its chief value lies in the         
exquisite pictures to be found on each  
plate4 ,the design is different in every
 case1 and when it is added that the    

pictures are hand-painted the           
munificence of the kindly donor will be 
recognised4  ,but it is impossible to   
give an adequate idea of the curiously  
mixed contents of the stores4           
,cumbersome articles such as mail-carts1
 rocking-horses1 ,bath-chairs1 and      
water-beds will be found adjacent to    
billiard balls1 pipes1 samples of inlaid
 ebony work and other small goods2      
whilst near at hand will be found piles 
upon piles of articles of dress of all  
sorts and conditions4 ,it is not        
surprising that a number of assistants  
are kept constantly employed in         
receiving1 listing1 sorting1 and selling
 these miscellaneous gifts1 which are   
sent by a grateful public as a small    
donation to the good and beneficent work
 which has for so many years been       
carried on by means of the ,homes4      
,a4 ,,palfrey ,,hollingdale4            
,illustration3 ,,classifying ,,the      
,,miscellaneous ,,gifts4  7,a ,view at  
,stepney ,causeway47     ,,his ,,strange

 ,,repentance4  ,,an ,,address ,,to     
,,young ,,men4  ,by the ,venerable      
,archdeacon ,madden4  ,illustration3    
7,photo3 ,elliott and ,fry1 ,baker      
,street1 ,w47  ,,archdeacon ,,madden4   
,it was close upon midnight4 ,i was     
alone in my study1 busy clearing off a  
pile of letters that had been waiting   
all day for a leisure moment4 ,in the   
midst of my work a vigorous ring of the 
door-bell resounded through the house1  
followed by such a peremptory ran-tan at
 the knocker that ,i jumped to my feet  
and rushed to the door to see what was  
the matter4 ,there ,i found two         
rough-looking men1 who lost no time in  
stating their business4 ,we want your   
reverence1 they said1 to come and see a 
poor young fellow who is dying2 the     
doctor has given him up1 and he is      
crying out for a minister to come and   
pray with him4 ,i could not refuse such 
an appeal1 and off ,i started with the  
men4 ,they led me to a narrow street in 
my parish and into one of the most dingy

 houses in the street4 ,after groping my
 way1 by the aid of lighted matches1 up 
a dark flight of stairs1 ,i found the   
dying man in a dirty back bedroom4  ,he 
could not have been more than thirty    
years of age4 ,he was propped up in bed1
 and the grey look of death was upon his
 face4  ,as ,i entered he turned eagerly
 to me1 and1 holding out his hand1 said1
 ,i'm dying1 and ,i am not ready--not   
ready6  ,just as ,i was about to speak  
he suddenly gasped out1 ,john1 ,john6   
hand me those things on the table4 ,john
 came forward and laid upon the bed a   
sporting paper1 a pack of cards1 a set  
of dice1 a bottle of whisky1 and some   
race lists4  ,there was a deliberation  
about the whole business which convinced
 me that the matter had been talked over
 between the men4 ,when all were spread 
out in due order1 the dying man again   
turned to me and said1 ,look1 vicar1    
those things have been the ruin of me2  
and they have been a curse to me1 and ,i
 want to turn my back upon them all--,i 

want you to help me to do it4 ,again ,i 
was about to speak1 when suddenly1      
stooping down1 he gathered them all up  
and thrust them into my hands with the  
words ,shove them up my back4 ,i was so 
staggered by the request that ,i        
stammered out ,what--what do you mean8  
,i want you1 he said1 as ,god's minister
 to shove them up underneath my shirt4  
,i want to put them behind my back4 ,i  
want ,god to see that ,i have done with 
them for ever4 ,i did not know whether  
to laugh or cry4 ,it was all so absurd  
and yet so pathetic4 ,the man was in    
dead earnest4 ,he had evidently thought 
over it1 and meant it as an act of true 
repentance4 ,he was undoubtedly a man   
who had come down in the world1 and it  
was not all ignorance4  ,i said to him1 
,i will do what you wish1 but ,i will   
kneel down first1 and you will repeat a 
prayer after me4 ,i knelt and he        
repeated after me these words3 ,father1 
,i have sinned against heaven and before
 ,thee4 ,i renounce all my sins--from   

the bottom of my heart ,i renounce them 
all4 ,father1 receive ,thy prodigal son1
 and forgive me for ,jesus ,christ's    
sake4 ,amen4  ,i then rose from my knees
 and carried out his wishes4 ,to us all 
in that chamber of death it was a most  
solemn sacramental rite4 ,i1 indeed1    
verily believed that it was the outward 
and visible sign of the inward and      
spiritual grace of a true repentance4   
,there ,i held the things that had      
cursed his young manhood1 ruined a      
promising career1 and brought him down  
to poverty and a premature grave2 and as
 ,i held those emblems of evil behind   
his back ,i told him of a ,saviour who  
carried our sins--upon whom the ,lord   
had laid the iniquities of us all4      
,little by little he gasped out his tale
 of sin3 the gambling1 the betting1 and 
the horsey set he had got amongst as a  
youth2 then drinking and bad company2   
then striding came ruin and poverty like
 a weaponed warrior4 ,deserted1         
degraded1 he crawled into this wretched 

room1 sick in mind and body1 to die     
forsaken and forgotten by all his old   
boon companions except ,john4  ,the     
scene of that night has left an         
indelible impression upon my heart and  
mind4 ,i believe the merciful ,god      
accepted that strange outward act as an 
evidence of sincere repentance4 ,to the 
very last he would have us hold those   
instruments of sin between his shirt and
 his bare back1 and as ,i held them     
there he died calling upon ,god4  ,when 
,i passed out of that house of death    
into the streets and the morning light1 
,i prayed1 as ,i had never prayed       
before1 that ,god in ,his mercy might   
deliver this fair ,england of ours from 
the deadly and degrading vice of        
gambling4  ,it is over ten years since  
my midnight visit to that gambler's     
death-bed4 ,i remember still one        
sentence of the ruined man3 ,it doesn't 
pay1 sir6 ,it doesn't pay6 ,aye6 and    
even if it does pay some few1 what then8
 ,is it not ill-gotten gain8 ,and if so1

 what shall it profit such a man1 though
 he gain the whole world and lose his   
own soul8  ,the vice of gambling does   
not stand alone4 ,it is the mother of   
sins2 the sordid and the sensual too    
frequently go hand in hand4 ,lying1     
blasphemy1 impurity1 dishonesty1        
trickery1 double-dealing1 follow in its 
train4  ,the gambler who1 by a stroke of
 luck1 becomes rich in an hour1 is      
tempted to spend his winnings in riotous
 living4 ,it is with him a case of      
luxury to-day1 despair and drink        
to-morrow4  ,a general atmosphere of    
blackguardism seems ever to pervade the 
race-course4 ,here is a cutting from the
 daily press of ,august last3--         
,,blackguardism ,,at ,,the ,,alexandra  
,,park ,,races4--,fourteen      brutal  
assaults1 committed on the ,alexandra   
,park race-course      on ,saturday     
afternoon1 have been reported to the    
police1 the      assaults in several    
cases having been accompanied by        
robbery4      ,one of the gentlemen     

assaulted was a professional man well   
known in the neighbourhood4 ,he was     
standing at a refreshment      bar in   
the grand stand when he was half-killed 
by roughs4      ,another person who was 
assaulted was a member of the ,jockey   
,club      staff2 but many frequenters  
of the course were heard to express     
pleasure at this1 in the hope that it   
would lead to some better      provision
 being made for the exclusion of        
well-known roughs from      the rings   
and stands4  ,i have seen more than one 
young man of my acquaintance stand in   
the felon's dock1 and ,i know they were 
brought there by betting4 ,i have heard 
the wail of wife and children in the    
court as the culprit was hurried from   
the dock to his cell4 ,and what was left
 for him to do when he was released from
 prison8 ,who will employ a man with the
 stigma of imprisonment for dishonesty  
resting upon him8 ,he sinks lower and   
lower1 dragging his poor wife and has   
little children down with him in his    

degrading descent--down to abject       
misery4  ,in addition1 too1 to the      
frightful injustice to wives and        
children caused by betting and gambling1
 and the results on the home life1 says 
a recent ,report of the ,convocation of 
,york1 they have an injurious effect on 
those who are addicted to them1         
deadening their spiritual life1 and     
making them indifferent to higher joys  
and nobler pursuits while the passion   
lasts4 ,an example of this is afforded  
by ,greville1 who1 in his memoirs1 says3
 ',thank ,god6 the races are over4 ,i   
have had all the excitement and worry1  
but have neither won nor lost4 ,nothing 
but the hope of gain would induce me to 
go through the demoralising drudgery1   
which ,i am aware reduces me to a level 
of all that is most disreputable and    
despicable1 for my thoughts are         
eternally absorbed in them4 ,it is like 
dram-drinking2 having once begun1 you   
cannot leave it off1 though ,i am       
disgusted all the time with my          

occupation4'  ,and it is useless1 my    
brother1 to juggle with your conscience 
in this matter4 ,gambling is a vice1    
whether it be for penny points or for   
ponies4 ,the question of the amount of  
the bet has nothing to do with the sin  
of gambling4 ,the principle is what we  
look at4  ,the wrong of gambling lies   
not in the excessive indulgence in an   
intrinsically innocent practice1 but in 
the surrender to chance of acts which   
ought to be controlled by reason alone1 
and decided by the will in accordance   
with the moral laws of justice or       
benevolence4  ,brother men6 shun this   
vice4 ,it is the certain road to ruin4  
,do not be lured to your doom by this   
terrible fascination4 ,shake off its    
spell1 renounce its tyranny3 ,it doesn't
 pay6 ,it doesn't pay6  ,illustration3  
,it doesn't pay1 sir6 ,it doesn't pay6  
,it is an accursed thing4 ,it degrades  
the mind1 it demoralises the whole moral
 being1 and1 if not renounced1 means    
everlasting ruin4  ,this is no time for 

smooth words4 ,gambling is a growing    
evil in the land4 ,women and children1  
as well as men1 have become entangled   
within its meshes1 and are being dragged
 down to perdition4 ,it destroys all    
that is noble and unselfish in the human
 heart4 ,it paralyses the will1         
stultifies the reason1 and stifles every
 holy emotion in the soul4 ,the man who 
prepares a table for fortune and fills  
up mingled wine to destiny1 who makes   
chance his idol and gain his god1 will  
live to curse the day of his birth4 ,be 
wise1 therefore1 ,o ye sons of men and  
seek the ,lord your ,god with all your  
hearts2 for the blessing of the ,lord1  
it maketh rich1 and ,he addeth no sorrow
 with it4     ,told in ,sunshine ,room4 
,illustration3 ,,the ,,prince',s        
,,message4  ,a ,fairy ,parable4 ,by     
,roma ,white4   ,once upon a time there 
was a country all sweet with the        
honey-smell of white clover1 and all    
full of music with the song of birds4   
,rain and wind swept it now and then2   

but1 when they had passed the warm joy  
of sunshine came again1 and the shadows 
of sailing1 snowy clouds drifted purple 
over the soft green sides of the hills  
where the young kids played round their 
quiet mothers1 so that all the people   
who lived in the beautiful country felt 
its loveliness thrill their hearts4     
,but surrounding the clover-fields and  
the bright gardens and the sunny meadows
 was a band of black darkness1 and those
 who had passed into the darkness never 
came back4 ,everybody who sang and      
laughed and loved in the sunshine knew  
that some day their turn would come to  
step alone into the strange country of  
night that girdled the land like an     
impenetrable curtain2 and sometimes one 
or another would come and look sadly and
 tearfully on the darkness1 and then    
turn back with bowed head1 and try to   
forget it4 ,and sometimes a sound of    
low1 sad singing would approach it1 and 
men and women1 with tears running down  
their faces1 would accompany some dear  

one1 whose time in the bright country   
was finished1 to the edge of the silent 
darkness and watch him pass away into   
it1 never to return2 and though they    
held out beseeching hands after him1 and
 strained their sight that they might   
perceive whither he had gone1 the       
darkness never gave up its secret2 only 
continued to lie1 hushed and mysterious1
 round the land where the apple-blossom 
budded and the young lambs played4  ,now
 the ,king of the country had seven     
daughters and an only son4 ,the         
daughters were very beautiful1 but the  
son was fairer than the day4 ,his hair  
was as golden as the noontime of the    
,south1 and his eyes were blue and      
laughing as the summer sea1 and his     
mother loved him better than life1 from 
the day when he lay in a little white   
and silver cradle by her side4  ,the    
royal children played together in the   
gardens and courts of the palace1 and   
sometimes the ,queen gathered them about
 her and told them tales of the fairies 

and the dewy rings which they danced    
into greenness on summer nights2 or she 
would tell them of brave kings who had  
done their duty1 and loving queens whose
 names had been blessed by their        
subjects4 ,and the children would ask   
questions about the dark belt that      
encircled the country1 of which they had
 heard1 but which they had never seen4  
,and then the ,queen would shake her    
head and fold her arms tightly about    
them one by one1 but the child that she 
pressed most closely to her was her only
 boy4  ,but one day a great fear fell   
upon the kingdom1 and all the palace was
 hushed and still4 ,it was told that the
 little ,prince's days were numbered1   
and that he must soon pass away4 ,and a 
few hours later twilight fell over the  
land1 and through the twilight came the 
solemn steps of mourners and the sound  
of tears4 ,and the lilies bent their    
white heads1 and the roses nestled sadly
 together among their green leaves as   
the royal procession swept wailing by   

through the dusk4 ,and for a few moments
 a child's voice spoke1 and then it     
ceased as the little ,prince went       
bravely away1 alone1 into the darkness1 
and those who had loved him were left   
behind4  ,illustration3 ,the little     
,prince went bravely 444 into the       
darkness4  ,they returned by-and-by to  
the palace1 and the ,king took up his   
royal duties again1 and the seven       
,princesses went back to their lessons  
and to their play4 ,sometimes they would
 talk1 with sudden sobs1 of their       
brother1 and then they would forget him 
while tending to their flowers and      
watching the wild birds on the wing4    
,the ,king1 too1 now and then1 would    
rest his face upon his hands1 and be    
very silent for a while4 ,but his       
kingdom claimed him1 and he had not the 
time always in which to mourn4  ,only   
the ,queen never forgot1 for the little 
,prince had been her only son4 ,night   
after night she went alone to the edge  
of the darkness1 and tried to pierce it 

with her longing eyes1 and to beat it   
away with her mother's hands2 but it was
 always motionless and impassable1 and  
seemed to extend into endless night4    
,but one evening1 as she knelt there1   
quiet for very weariness1 there came a  
sweet smell through the dusk1 as if the 
spices of wild thyme were crushed out by
 some approaching tread2 and the        
sleeping flowers that had hung heavily  
under the weight of her falling tears1  
lifted their faces and unfolded their   
closed petals1 as if they were dreaming 
of the morning sun4 ,and then1 all at   
once1 fragrance and warmth and light    
were about the ,queen2 and1 looking up1 
she saw the radiant figure of a wise1   
quiet man4  ,his voice spoke to her1 and
 she heard many echoes in it1 so that it
 stirred her memory strangely4 ,it was  
as if she listened to the notes of a    
thrush on a dewy morning1 or to the     
south wind among the summer trees by    
night4  ,why do you mourn here1 all     
alone8 he asked her gently4  ,her tones 

shook as she answered him4  ,i am       
weeping for my only son1 who has gone   
away from me into this darkness by which
 we stand4  ,for a moment the wise man  
was silent2 his grave1 tender eyes      
looked down into hers4  ,you try to beat
 the darkness away with your hands1 he  
said by-and-by1 and you feel only that  
it is like solid rock to your touch4    
,you strain your sight to pierce it1    
and1 as you gaze1 you realise its       
blackness1 and it becomes deeper to your
 eyes4 ,why1 then1 do you stay upon its 
margin8  ,i stay because ,i hope and    
pray that1 by dwelling near it1 ,i may  
catch a glimpse of my only son2 that ,i 
may hear his voice speak to me1 or feel 
for a moment the warm1 clinging touch of
 his little hands4 ,i stay because ,i   
crave for a message from him1 to tell me
 that he loves me still4  ,then there   
was pity in the wise man's eyes1 and it 
was the sweet pity of a mother who sees 
a child cry over a broken toy4  ,your   
son has many messages far you1 he said1 

but you cannot find or read them here2  
and1 if you stay1 your eyes will soon   
grow too dim to see1 and the darkness   
will hold itself all about your heart4  
,turn your face and footsteps back to   
your people and your king1 and seek     
there a message from your son which     
shall speak of consolation4  ,the ,queen
 was silent then1 and her feet and hands
 were still4 ,she looked up at the wise1
 quiet man1 and1 as she looked1 she saw 
that his eyes were like those of the    
child who had passed away1 and she      
caught at the hem of his robe with      
trembling fingers4  ,illustration3 ,my  
sentence is--,forgiveness6  ,who are    
you8 she cried4 ,who are you1 with your 
wise words1 and your eyes like those of 
my son1 who was but a little1 little    
child8  ,then into the face of the man  
came a wonderful look1 so that the      
,queen1 seeing it1 bent her head and    
bowed her forehead upon her hands4 ,and 
it seemed to her1 for a moment1 as if   
strange sweet scents blew to her1 and   

the darkness broke away into long alleys
 of light and bloom4 ,and then there was
 a hush1 and when she looked up again   
the wise man was gone4  ,but she        
remembered that he had given her the    
sweetest promise in the world--the      
promise of a message from her only son2 
and1 believing him1 she went away from  
the belt of darkness1 and turned again  
to the palace1 to her children1 and to  
her king4  ,and as she passed along the 
road she came across a poor cripple who 
had fallen and hurt himself by the way4 
,his wounds bled1 and he looked up at   
the ,queen with wistful eyes4 ,so she   
went1 herself1 to the nearest stream to 
fetch water for him1 and she gave him   
some to drink1 and bound up the poor    
bruises1 and soothed him with gentle    
words4 ,and as she tended him1 she      
forgot for a moment the darkness into   
which her son had passed1 and only      
remembered that the land1 in spite of   
its beauty1 was full of suffering and   
tears1 and that she had her work to do  

among her people2 and she looked with   
her shining mother's eyes into the      
cripple's face1 and bade him be         
comforted4  ,and then1 all at once1 a   
wonderful thing happened4 ,the cripple  
spoke1 in faltering tones1 to thank her2
 and his voice thrilled her1 for it was 
the voice of her little son4  ,wondering
 and grave1 the ,queen passed on4 ,some 
blue butterflies flew by1 circling in   
the still air4 ,as she looked at them   
her heart was suddenly stirred to       
reverence and gratitude and joy for the 
beauty of their silken burnished wings4 
,and as the thrill of tenderness shook  
her1 it seemed1 all at once1 as if a    
glow were across her path1 and as if1   
through the glow1 she heard the         
child-laughter of the little ,prince who
 had passed away4  ,and so it happened1 
day after day1 as the weeks sped by4    
,whenever the heart of the ,queen was   
stirred to holiness by deeds and        
thoughts which were true and lovely and 
pure there came to her all the tender   

sweetness of memory and of communion1 so
 that she knew that beyond the darkness 
her little son still sent his thoughts  
to her in love4 ,but whenever she went  
to the belt of gloom to weep his voice  
was silent1 and it seemed to her as if  
he had gone away for ever4  ,and one day
 there came a strange beggar to the     
palace gates1 with wild1 wicked eyes and
 hatred of all men in his heart2 and he 
had sworn to injure the ,king because   
the ,king was great and good4 ,he kept  
his vow1 and struck at the kind ,king as
 he was passing through the gates4 ,but 
the ,queen saw the raised dagger1 and   
sprang in front of her husband1 so that 
she received the blow herself4  ,then   
the ,queen lay in strange silent        
illness1 and the court met to judge the 
deed4 ,the beggar crouched1 terrified   
and trembling1 before them2 but1 ere    
sentence could be given1 a sweet woman's
 voice bade those who condemned him to  
pause1 and the judges saw that the      
,queen had risen from her bed of        

sickness and stood among them4  ,wait6  
she cried1 wait6 ,i1 who have borne the 
pain1 must speak the sentence4  ,she    
paused1 and1 crossing to the beggar1    
laid her hand upon his head4  ,my       
sentence is--,forgiveness6  ,her voice  
rang out like a sweet silver trumpet in 
the court-room1 and everybody was very  
still4 ,then1 all at once1 the beggar   
burst into tears4  ,but nobody else     
spoke or moved4 ,only the tears of the  
beggar flowed down until they made a    
tiny crystal pool1 and the ,queen1 who  
bent over him1 saw into the pool as into
 a mirror4  ,and she beheld the margin  
of the country and the deep black fog   
which lay beyond2 and as she looked1 the
 fog broke away into long gleaming      
alleys of flowers with shining mists    
above them1 as if of a rising sun1 and1 
among the bloom1 the face of the little 
,prince smiled fully upon her once      
again4  ,then1 all at once1 she heard   
the voice of the wise1 quiet man1 and   
she perceived that he stood again by her

 side4  ,what does it all mean8 she     
asked him breathlessly2 what does it all
 mean8  ,the beggar1 whose face was     
pressed to the hem of her robe2 the     
court1 who still remained hushed and    
motionless2 and the ,king1 whose eyes   
reverenced her1 all waited for the wise 
man's reply4 ,it came to them softly1   
like the murmur of pine needles in a    
south wind4  ,there can be no ,death    
where there is ,love4  ,illustration3   
decorative  ,illustration3 ,our ,roll of
 ,heroic ,deeds  ,we record this month a
 signal act of heroism which took place 
a few years ago in a coal-pit near      
,dalkeith4 ,the mine was suddenly       
flooded1 a vast volume of water rushed  
through the workings1 and it was only   
after some hours of dangerous and most  
difficult work that the imprisoned      
miners were rescued4 ,it was then       
discovered that ,walker1 a boy of       
twelve1 had been left behind1 and       
immediately ,james ,nolans volunteered  
to save him4 ,nolans had to be forcibly 

pushed through the rushing torrent by   
some of his comrades2 then he had to    
grope about under the water to find a   
rail which he used for the purpose of   
guidance1 and1 after narrowly escaping  
death from drowning1 he eventually      
discovered the terrified lad4 ,even then
 it was doubtful whether they would     
escape alive2 but after a plucky dash   
through the water1 and by the help of   
some old ladders hastily fastened       
together1 they managed to regain their  
comrades1 who never expected to see them
 again4     ,illustration3 musical score
  ,rise1 ,gracious ,god1 and ,shine4    
,words by ,,william ,,hurn1 #ahac4      
,music by ,h4 ,,walford ,,davies1       
,,mus4,d4                               
7,organist of the ,temple ,church47     
,with majesty4      #a4  ,rise1 gracious
 ,god1 and shine           ,in all ,thy 
saving might6         ,and prosper each 
design1           ,to spread ,thy       
glorious light3         ,let healing    
streams of mercy flow1         ,that all

 the earth ,thy truth may know4         
,amen4      #b4  ,o bring the nations   
near1           ,that they may sing ,thy
 praise2         ,let all the people    
hear           ,and learn ,thy gracious 
ways3         ,reign1 mighty ,god1      
assert ,thy cause1         ,and govern  
by ,thy righteous laws4      #c4  ,put  
forth ,thy glorious power2              
,the nations then will see6         ,and
 earth present her store           ,in  
converts born to ,thee4         ,god1   
our own ,god1 ,his ,church will bless1  
,and earth will teem with fruitfulness4 
,n4,b4--,the last verse should be sung  
ff in unison4     ,,temperance ,,notes  
,,and ,,news4  ,by a ,leading           
,temperance ,advocate4   ,,the ,,care   
,,of ,,the ,,inebriate4  ,the present   
year has brought into operation a new   
,act of ,parliament dealing with the    
habitual drunkard4 ,the unfortunate men 
and women of the type of the notorious  
,jane ,cakebread have been the despair  
of stipendiary magistrates for years    

past4 ,at the time of writing the       
working of the new ,act has not settled 
into shape1 so it is all too early to   
forecast its probable results4          
,meanwhile we tender our congratulations
 to ,dr4 ,norman ,kerr1 ,f4,l4,s41 for  
it is to this humane and philanthropic  
physician we are indebted for anything  
like an intelligent treatment of the    
confirmed dipsomaniac4 ,dr4 ,kerr was   
born at ,glasgow in #ahcd1 and graduated
 at ,glasgow ,university in #ahfa4      
,while yet a student he took a keen     
interest in temperance and established a
 society for his fellow-students4 ,from 
that time to the present1 his active    
services to the reform have been        
steadily maintained4 ,he takes a        
prominent part in the work of the       
,church of ,england ,temperance         
,society1 the ,united ,kingdom          
,alliance1 and the ,national ,temperance
 ,league4 ,it is1 however1 as an        
authority on dipsomania that he is best 
known4 ,he is the founder and ,president

 of the ,society for the ,study and     
,cure of ,inebriety1 and it was at his  
instigation that a highly successful    
,colonial and ,international ,congress  
on ,inebriety was held in ,westminster  
,town ,hall in ,july1 #ahhg4 ,dr4 ,kerr 
has written largely on the subject1 and 
his learned work on ,inebriety3 ,its    
,etiology1 ,pathology1 ,treatment1 and  
,jurisprudence1 speedily passed into    
several editions4 ,he is almost as well 
known in the ,united ,states as at home4
 ,the gist of ,dr4 ,norman ,kerr's views
 may be best indicated by the opening   
sentence of the volume referred to4 ,he 
writes3--  ,no disease is more common   
than inebriety1 and yet none is so      
seldom recognised4 ,no disease is more  
widespread4 ,in the whole circle of even
 an extensive acquaintance it may happen
 that no member has been known to have  
suffered from any of the leading        
diseases which prevail in our islands1  
that no one has been laid low by        
phthisis or cancer4 ,but there are very 

few families in the ,united ,kingdom    
which have not had at least one relative
 who has been subject to inebriety4     
,illustration3 7,photo3 ,william        
,whiteley1 ,bayswater1 ,w47  ,,dr4      
,,norman ,,kerr4   ,,another ,,good     
,,idea4  ,the latest new effort to      
popularise temperance amongst women is a
 scheme prepared by the ,durham and     
,northumberland ,county ,union of the   
,british ,women's ,temperance           
,association4 ,it takes the form of a   
summer school to be opened at ,barnard  
,castle1 where ladies may study         
temperance in its scientific aspects1   
and receive various aids as to the      
methods of imparting this knowledge4    
,the forenoons will be given to         
lectures1 the afternoons to recreation1 
excursions1 etc4 ,full particulars may  
be obtained from ,mrs4 ,richardson1 ,the
 ,gables1 ,newcastle-on-,tyne4   ,,beer 
,,in ,,the ,,hay ,,and ,,harvest        
,,fields4  ,this is an age of           
specialists1 and ,mr4 ,john ,abbey is   

certainly the specialist of the         
temperance propaganda in relation to    
agriculture4 ,the son of a yeoman1 he   
very early turned his attention to the  
importance of soberising our harvest    
fields4 ,by his writings1 his speeches1 
and the invention of teetotal drinks    
called ,stokos1 ,hopkos1 and ,cokos1 he 
has gradually produced a wonderful      
change in agricultural circles4 ,it is  
,mr4 ,abbey's habit to go the round of  
the agricultural shows in their season1 
where he pitches his tent1 in which he  
dispenses his drinks1 distributes his   
literature1 and discusses the why and   
because of his movement with all and    
sundry4 ,from the many letters received 
by him1 we are permitted to quote one   
from a correspondent who farms seven    
hundred acres3--  ,i am glad to tell you
 that we have done harvest without a    
drop of beer being given to the men1 and
 they appear to like ,stokos better this
 year than ever4 ,they usually had eight
 gallons or more a day1 and worked well 

with it1 and throughout the excessive   
heat we had not a man ill4 ,years ago   
the men would get beer into the field1  
and there was a great deal of           
drunkenness among them1 but now ,i am   
thankful to say that ,stokos has1 by    
virtue of its excellent qualities1      
practically driven the beer out of the  
field1 and work goes on delightfully4   
,illustration3 7,photo3 ,a4 ,e4 ,coe1   
,norwich7  ,,mr4 ,,john ,,abbey4  ,it   
may be mentioned that this agricultural 
work is only a detail of ,mr4 ,abbey's  
life1 for he is the ,organising         
,secretary of the ,church of ,england   
,temperance ,society for ,norwich       
,diocese1 having previously held a      
similar appointment far many years in   
,oxford ,diocese4  ,illustration3 ,,mr4 
,,abbey',s ,,tent ,,at ,,the ,,norfolk  
,,agricultural ,,show4  7,distributing  
,temperance ,drinks47   ,,coming        
,,events4  ,on ,april #acth a concert   
will be given at ,stafford ,house1 under
 the patronage of ,h4,r4,h4 the ,duchess

 of ,york1 in aid of the ,church of     
,england ,temperance ,society ,juvenile 
,union4 ,on ,april #aith the annual     
meeting of the ,guild of ,hope will be  
held at ,grosvenor ,house1 the ,duke of 
,westminster in the chair4 ,on ,may #ast
 the annual meeting of the ,national    
,temperance ,league will be held in     
,exeter ,hall1 the ,archbishop of       
,canterbury presiding4 ,in ,july there  
will be two ftes at the ,crystal        
,palace--one on the #eth by the         
,national ,temperance ,choral ,society1 
and the other on the #bith1 under the   
direction of the ,church of ,england    
,temperance ,society4   ,,give ,,the    
,,boy ,a ,,chance4  ,during the past    
decade the ,church of ,england          
,temperance ,society has developed a    
wonderful leaning towards practical     
effort4 ,its ,police ,court ,mission has
 been of incalculable service1 and has  
received the hearty recognition of such 
able magistrates as the late ,mr4       
,montagu ,williams1 ,sir ,john ,bridge1 

,mr4 ,a4 de ,rutzen1 and others4 ,the   
,police ,court ,missionaries have for   
some time been gravely concerned as to  
what to do with young boys brought up   
for their first offences4 ,last ,june   
the ,church of ,england ,temperance     
,society established a ,boys' ,shelter  
,home at ,gunnersbury4 ,to this         
institution boys are now remitted       
instead of to prison4 ,here they have a 
chance of learning some useful industry1
 situations are found for them1 and they
 are thus given a new start in life4    
,the ,bishop of ,london opened the      
,home1 which is managed under the       
direction of a small sub-committee of   
the ,london ,diocesan ,church of        
,england ,temperance ,society4          
,illustration3 ,,the ,,boys' ,,shelter  
,,home4  7,established by the ,church of
 ,england ,temperance ,society for first
 offenders47   ,illustration3 7,photo3  
,debenham and ,gould1 ,bournemouth47    
,,mr4 ,,robert ,,sawyer4   ,,among ,,the
 ,,railway ,,men4  ,one of the most     

interesting1 and certainly one of the   
most useful1 temperance organisations1  
specially catering for a distinct class 
of workers1 is the ,united ,kingdom     
,railway ,temperance ,union4 ,it        
commenced in a very humble way in #ahhb1
 and in a sense owes its origin to ,mr4 
,s4 ,cutler1 an earnest man employed by 
the ,metropolitan ,railway ,company1 who
 approached the ,church of ,england     
,temperance ,society to see if something
 could be done to bring together the    
different railway men who were in       
sympathy with temperance work4 ,as the  
result of a conference1 the ,union was  
started1 and it has remained in         
connection with the ,church of ,england 
,temperance ,society ever since4 ,to-day
 it has branches on nearly every line of
 railway in the ,united ,kingdom2 and   
every grade of the service1 from the    
influential director down to the humble 
bookstall lad1 is represented in the    
membership4 ,the railway men were       
fortunate in securing the interest of   

,mr4 ,robert ,sawyer1 ,recorder of      
,maidenhead1 at the commencement of     
their operations1 for besides           
contributing very largely from his      
purse1 ,mr4 ,sawyer1 as ,president of   
the ,union1 practically devotes his life
 to the interests of railway men4 ,he is
 literally in journeyings oft1 and has a
 most able lieutenant in ,mr4 ,a4 ,c4   
,thompson1 the first and only ,secretary
 of the ,union4 ,the railway men run a  
little temperance journal of their own1 
appropriately entitled ,on the ,line4   
,one has only to glance through its     
attractive pages to see that the ,union 
is very much alive4 ,for those who are  
employed on railways temperance is      
certainly an excellent thing1 and there 
can be no doubt also that the safety of 
the travelling public is helped not a   
little by the hard work of ,mr4 ,sawyer 
and his cheery comrades4                
,illustration3 ,,scripture ,,lessons    
,,for ,,school ,,and ,,home             
,,international ,,series  ,with         

,illustrative ,anecdotes and            
,references4   ,,march #ai,,th4--,christ
 the ,good ,shepherd4  ,to read--,st4   
,john x4 #a-af4 ,golden ,text--,ver4    
#aa4  ,last lesson showed ,christ as    
source of light--giving sight to the    
eyes and heart of blind man2 to-day's   
shows ,him as ,love1 the ,good          
,shepherd1 giving ,his life for ,his    
sheep4  ,i4 ,christ the ,door of the    
,fold 7#a-aj74 ,connection with healing 
of blind man4  ,pharisees were bad      
shepherds--he found the true4  ,they    
drove him away--,christ the ,good       
,shepherd took him into ,his fold4      
,explanation of the different parts of  
the parable4  ,the sheepfold--,christ's 
,church on earth 7ver4 #af74  ,the      
door--,christ ,himself1 the only way to 
,god4  ,the sheep--the people of ,christ
 7,ps4 c4 #b74  ,the shepherds--,god's  
ministers1 feeding and leading the flock
 7#a ,pet4 v4 #b7 in the right way4     
,the porter--,god's ,spirit opening     
hearts to ,christ4  ,illustration3      

,christ is as a ,good ,shepherd4 ,how8  
,he comes to the sheep in the fold4 ,he 
calls by name1 and goes before to lead  
them4 ,they recognise voice1 trust ,him1
 and follow4  ,contrast between ,christ 
and the ,pharisees4 ,they are robbers   
7,st4 ,matt4 xxiii4 #ad1 etc471 blind   
guides1 hypocrites1 leading men to ruin4
 ,now thirsting to kill ,him4 ,christ is
 the way of salvation4 ,thief takes     
life2 shepherds protect life4 ,he gives 
life1 here and hereafter4  ,application4
 ,whosoever believeth in ,him shall have
 everlasting life4  ,,ii4 ,christ the   
,good ,shepherd 7#aa-af74 ,his name4    
,good1 i4e4 beautiful1 noble1 loving4   
,he is perfect in contrast with         
imperfect ministers2 true as opposed to 
false2 good as giving ,his life4 ,mere  
hirelings desert the flock in danger4   
,his work4 ,knows each intimately--cares
 for wants4 ,dies that they may be      
saved4 ,seeks wanderers4 ,folds all     
safely in fold at last4  ,lessons4 ,the 
privileges of ,christ's flock4  #a4     

,safety in the fold of ,his ,church4    
#b4 ,succour in time of want and danger4
  #c4 ,sympathy4 ,they know ,him1 and   
,he knows them4   ,christ the ,door4    
,it is said that the ancient city of    
,troy had but one way of entrance4 ,in  
whatever direction the traveller went1  
he would find no way into the city but  
the one which was legally appointed1 and
 the only one which was used by those   
who went in and out4 ,there is only one 
right way to the favour of ,god1 to the 
family of ,god1 to the presence of ,god 
in prayer1 and1 finally1 to the ,city of
 ,god in eternity1 and that one way is  
,christ4 ,i am the way1 ,he declares1   
and no man cometh unto the ,father but  
by ,me4   ,,march #bf,,th4--,review     
,lesson4  ,golden ,text--,st4 ,john x4  
#bg4  ,christ's divine nature been seen 
in twelve lessons with the results      
ensuing therefrom4  ,i4 ,true ,light 7i4
 #a-ad74 ,showing ,father's eternal     
glory1 power1 wisdom4 ,dwelling as man  
among men to lighten their souls4  ,,ii4

 ,first ,disciples 7i4 #bi-db74         
,divinity testified by ,god's voice at  
,his baptism4 ,faith shown by new       
disciples who saw ,lamb of ,god4  ,,iii4
 ,first ,miracle 7ii4 #a-aa74 ,divinity 
shown by almighty power and glory in    
sympathy4  ,,iv4 ,first ,convert 7iii4  
#a-ag74 ,christ as ,teacher unfolds     
divine mysteries4 ,he knows for ,he has 
seen4 ,nicodemus1 a ,pharisee1 believes4
  ,v4 ,first ,samaritan 7iv4 #e-bf74    
,divinity shown by omniscience4 ,gives  
water of life4 ,samaritan woman and     
others believe4  ,,vi4 ,first ,child    
7iv4 #df-ed74 ,christ gives fresh life  
to sick child4 ,nobleman believes4      
,,vii4 ,christ's ,authority 7v4 #ag-bi74
 ,shares ,father's counsels4 ,appointed 
,judge4 ,all men honour ,him4  ,,viii4  
,multitude ,fed 7vi4 #a-ad74 ,he ,who   
made world1 supplies ,his people's      
wants4 ,as ,god1 ,he multiplies food2 as
 ,man1 cares for and sympathises4  ,,ix4
 ,feast of ,tabernacles 7vii4 #ad1      
#bh-ci74 ,christ as ,god1 gives life1   

also refreshment 7like water7 to soul by
 ,holy ,ghost4 ,thus1 ,three ,persons in
 ,godhead share work of man's salvation4
  ,x4 ,freeing from ,sin 7viii4 #ac1    
#ca-cf74 ,divine power alone can free   
from bondage of sin and ,satan4 ,this   
,christ gives4 ,many believed on ,him4  
,,xi4 ,healing ,blind 7ix4 #a-aa74      
,christ's divine light opens eyes and   
heart4 ,blind man saved4  ,,xii4 ,good  
,shepherd4 ,christ1 ,himself ,god1 the  
way to ,god4 ,gives life by laying down 
,his life4 ,one fold1 one flock1 one    
,shepherd4  ,lessons4 #a4 ,jesus        
,christ1 the same yesterday1 to-day1 and
 for ever4  #b4 ,no man cometh to the   
,father but by ,me4  #c4 ,lord1 ,i      
believe1 help ,thou my unbelief4        
,christ1 ,lord of ,all4       ,during   
the last moments of a godly woman1      
speech had left her2      but she       
managed to articulate the word ,bring4  
,her friends1 in      ignorance of her  
meaning1 offered her food1 but she shook
 her      head1 and again repeated the  

word ,bring4 ,thinking she desired      
to see some absent friends1 they brought
 them to her2 but again      she shook  
her head2 and then1 by a great effort1  
she succeeded      in completing the    
sentence--      ,bring forth the royal  
diadem1     ,and crown ,him ,lord of    
all--       and then passed away to be  
with ,jesus4   ,,april #b,,nd4--,raising
 of ,lazarus4  ,to read--,st4 ,john xi4 
#cb-de4 ,golden ,text--,ver4 #be4       
,gospel began with miracle at joyful    
family gathering4 ,to-day's lesson tells
 of sad gathering of family and friends 
at a funeral4 ,he would again show      
divine power4  ,i4 ,death ,triumphant   
7#cb-cg74 ,scene of sorrow at ,bethany1 
two miles from ,jerusalem4 ,little      
family1 ,lazarus and two sisters4 ,had  
received ,christ before 7,st4 ,luke x4  
#ch74 ,now the breadwinner has been     
taken ill and dies4 ,sickness1 death1   
bereavement1 all causes of sorrow and   
sadness4 ,had sent for ,christ1 but ,he 
had delayed to come 7ver4 #f74 ,at last 

,he arrives1 but body had been buried4  
,martha meets ,him first 7ver4 #ba71    
then ,mary4 ,both utter same            
reproach--had ,he been in time1 their   
brother need not have died4 ,their faith
 weak4 ,thought of ,him as ,good        
,physician--did not fully realise ,his  
almighty power4 ,how did this affect    
,christ8 ,he was troubled1 ,he sighed1  
,he wept4 ,his best friends not yet     
learned ,who ,he was and what ,his      
power4 ,to them sorrow1 suffering1      
death1 seemed to have triumphed4 ,was it
 so8  ,,ii4 ,death ,vanquished 7#ch-dd74
 ,scene of joy4 ,a ,conqueror of death  
is there4 ,see actions of the different 
people4 ,christ commands removal of     
stone4 ,martha remonstrates--the body   
begun to corrupt--four days dead 7no    
coffin1 only wrapped in linen74 ,showed 
unbelief1 after ,christ's words 7ver4   
#bc74 ,mary watches in silence1 trusting
 in ,christ to do right4 ,jews1         
expectant1 roll away the stone as       
bidden4 ,then ,christ speaks2 thanks    

,god for hearing ,his prayer2 cries     
aloud to ,lazarus4 ,the dead man comes  
forth1 is released from grave-clothes1  
and restored to his home4 ,death is     
swallowed up in victory4  ,result4 ,many
 of the ,jews believed4 ,god's glory is 
manifested4  ,lessons4 #a4 ,christ a    
loving ,friend4 ,can be touched with the
 feeling of our infirmities4  #b4       
,christ a living ,saviour4 ,taught      
,martha1 comforted ,mary1 restored      
,lazarus4 ,gives eternal life4          
,faithful unto ,death       ,in the     
excavations made at the buried city of  
,pompeii1 the      remains of a ,roman  
soldier were found at one of the gates4 
,embedded in the once molten lava which 
swept down upon the      doomed city was
 found the skeleton of the soldier whose
 post      of duty was at the gate1     
still grasping a sword in its bony      
fingers4 ,when the panic came upon the  
city1 and those who could      made good
 their escape1 he had remained faithful 
to his sense      of duty1 and with     

resolute courage faced a fearful death4 
,the      ,christian soldier can face   
death with equal courage1 for he has    
obtained victory over sin and death     
through ,jesus ,christ his      ,lord4  
,,april #i,,th4--,the ,anointing in     
,bethany4  ,to read--,st4 ,john xii4    
#a-aa4 ,golden ,text--,st4 ,mark xiv4   
#h4  ,christ again at ,bethany1         
preparing for ,his sufferings and death4
 ,chief priests and ,pharisees took     
counsel to kill ,him 7xi4 #ec74 ,his    
friends gather in numbers to give ,him a
 public welcome4  ,i4 ,christ's ,friends
 7#a-c1 #g-i74 ,the feast4 ,took place  
at ,bethany1 at house of ,simon1 once a 
leper4 ,the family of ,bethany all      
present--showed their regard for ,christ
 in different ways4 ,lazarus1 honoured  
guest1 at the table with ,him4 ,martha  
giving of her skill in house-keeping    
7,st4 ,luke x4 #ch74 ,mary giving a     
costly present4  ,the anointing4 ,mary  
comes behind ,christ--having fetched an 
alabaster box full of precious          

ointment--breaks the box1 pours it on   
,his head 7,st4 ,mark xiv4 #c7 and ,his 
feet 7ver4 #c71 wiping them with her    
hair4 ,the house is filled with sweet   
smell4 ,why did she do this8 ,it was an 
act of love4 ,christ had done much for  
them--stayed with them1 above all       
restored their brother to life4 ,another
 reason3 ,christ had lately spoken of   
,his death as soon coming4 ,this thought
 quickened her love to intensity4 ,she  
must give it outward expression4 ,she   
had kept it for ,his burial 7ver4 #g71  
but gives it now4 ,it was an act of     
self-denial4 ,did not stay to count the 
cost1 to think how little she need give4
 ,gave the best gift she had4 ,would    
keep back nothing from ,him4 ,the act   
was approved and accepted4 ,she did what
 she could4  ,lessons4 #a4 ,christ's    
death draws men's hearts 7xii4 #cb74    
,therefore send the ,gospel to all4  #b4
 ,true love delights in self-denial4    
,deny self1 take up cross and follow    
,christ4  #c4 ,offerings accepted by    

,god4 ,alms as well as prayers come     
before ,him 7,acts x4 #d74  ,,ii4       
,christ's ,enemies 7#d-f1 #aj1 #aa74    
,judas grudges the gift--calls it       
waste--professes zeal for the poor4     
,what was his real motive8              
,covetousness4 ,had been made treasurer 
of monies given to and spent by ,christ 
and apostles4 ,hoped to get something   
out of it for himself4 ,was it waste8   
,gifts given to ,christ cannot be       
wasted4 ,others will take note and copy4
 ,this loving gift has led multitudes to
 do what they can4 ,missionaries to give
 up lives for ,christ1 many to give     
money1 work1 service1 etc4 ,even cup of 
water only given for ,his sake rewarded4
  ,chief priests4 ,consult out of envy  
to kill ,lazarus4 ,his rising led many  
to believe in ,christ4 ,their power     
became less4  ,lesson4 ,take heed1 and  
beware of covetousness4  ,which are we3 
friends or foes of ,christ8   ,give the 
,best you have to ,god4       ,it       
matters not how poor the offering1 if   

given in the right      spirit4 ,a      
legend tells how once a little boy in   
church had no      money to place among 
the offerings4 ,so he gave a rosy apple1
 the      only gift he had it in his    
power to offer4 ,presently1 when the    
alms were removed1 there was found among
 them an apple of gold4      ,the       
simplest gift is in the sight of ,god as
 pure gold4     ,illustration3 ,,short  
,,arrows  ,notes of ,christian ,life    
,work   ,our ,new ,waifs4  ,in          
accordance with the announcement in our 
,december number1 we left it entirely to
 our readers to select the new ,,quiver 
waifs4 ,all the votes have now been     
received1 and arranged1 with the result 
that ,rose ,heelis heads the list of the
 candidates for ,miss ,sharman's ,orphan
 ,home1 whilst ,john ,harrison is the   
successful candidate for ,dr4           
,barnardo's ,home4  ,illustration3      
,,john ,,harrison4  7,the new ,quiver   
,waif at ,dr4 ,barnardo's ,home47  ,our 
readers will doubtless be interested in 

the portrait of each to be found on this
 page1 but it is unnecessary to repeat  
the particulars concerning these little 
ones which were given at the time we    
invited the votes4 ,the support of the  
new waifs will involve a total annual   
expenditure of #ca 7#ae for ,rose       
,heelis and #af for ,john ,harrison71   
and for this amount we are relying upon 
the generosity of our readers4          
,contributions to the special ,waifs'   
,fund will be gladly received1 and duly 
acknowledged month by month in our      
pages4 ,such contributions should be    
addressed to the ,editor of ,,the       
,,quiver1 ,la ,belle ,sauvage1 ,ludgate 
,hill1 ,london1 ,e4,c4 ,a list of the   
donations to the fund during the month  
of ,january will be found on page #dhj4 
,stooping to ,conquer4  ,a peculiar     
feature connected with the ,ancient and 
,honourable ,artillery ,company of      
,boston is that each officer1 at the end
 of his term of command1 which lasts a  
year1 returns to the ranks as a private2

 thus there are something like a score  
of gentlemen who have had full control  
of the regiment1 and who are now once   
more content to obey4 ,here is a lesson 
for those who serve in the ,church      
,militant4 ,we cannot all be colonels   
and generals--there must be a few       
private soldiers6--and it is certain    
that he who cannot obey is not fit to   
command4 ,much energy and temper is     
wasted by those who fight against sin   
and sorrow through unwillingness to take
 what is called a subordinate position4 
,surely this is to forget the ,saviour's
 words--,if any man desire to be first1 
the same shall be last of all1 and      
servant of all4  ,illustration3 ,,rose  
,,heelis4  7,the new ,quiver ,waif at   
,miss ,sharman's ,home47   ,the         
,welcome4  ,sixteen years ago1 the first
 restaurant for women in the ,city of   
,london was started at #af1 ,jewin      
,street4 ,the ,welcome was opened in a  
five-storeyed house in the very midst of
 factories4 ,it is now the centre of    

help of every kind for a class brought  
before the public in ,sir ,walter       
,besant's ,children of ,gibeon4         
,hundreds of women frequent this place  
to refresh their jaded and chilled      
bodies with soup and bread at three     
halfpence or excellent meat-puddings at 
twopence4 ,in cases of distress and     
starvation free dinner tickets are      
granted4 ,who can tell how many women   
this aid has saved from crime when      
hunger has driven them to the verge of  
stealing8 ,the work of the ,welcome is  
not limited to care for the bodies of   
,city toilers4 ,three rooms are used for
 dinner and tea1 three others for       
evening classes of various kinds4 ,from 
six to half-past nine clubs1 musical    
drill1 sewing and improvement classes1  
services of song1 missionary or ,gospel 
temperance meetings1 attract an         
attendance averaging from #bgj to #cjj4 
,the largest number come on ,thursday   
evening1 which is devoted to ,bible     
classes4 ,to many whose days are spent  

in hot workrooms the shady gardens lent 
on ,saturdays by kind friends are like a
 new world4 ,one girl asked if she could
 see the strawberry trees2 another1 why 
the bunches of grapes were tied to the  
top of glass-houses4 ,the revelation of 
a new world outside their own limited   
sphere helps to raise the ambition to   
live a new and higher life4             
,illustration3 7,photo3 ,cassell and    
,co41 ,ltd47  ,,in ,,the ,,welcome      
,,club ,,at ,,midday4   ,nobody's ,own4 
,many regiments in the ,british army are
 called after and said to be owned by   
this or that prince or princess4 ,there 
is ,the ,princess of ,wales's ,own1     
,princess ,charlotte's ,own1 and so on4 
,one regiment1 however1 rejoices in the 
nickname of ,nobody's ,own1 because it  
is not named after anybody4 ,it is a    
grand thing to think that no ,christian 
can be called ,nobody's ,own1 for we are
 all called after ,christ and owned by  
our ,father in heaven4   ,new ,books4   
,elsewhere in this number will be found 

an illustrated article on ,childish     
,memories of ,lewis ,carroll1 and we    
venture to think that readers of those  
reminiscences will require no pressing  
to turn to the biography of this        
universally favourite author1 just      
published by ,mr4 ,fisher ,unwin under  
the title ,the ,life and ,letters of    
,lewis ,carroll4 ,mr4 ,s4 ,d4           
,collingwood1 who is responsible for the
 work1 frankly admits that it is        
impossible to give a really adequate    
presentation of the extraordinarily     
complex character of his late uncle4 ,he
 has1 however1 produced a most able and 
interesting sketch1 which includes many 
characteristic letters1 and is profusely
 illustrated4 ,quite a different        
life-story is also before us in the form
 of the ,rev4 ,george ,adam ,smith's    
biography of his friend1 the late       
,professor ,henry ,drummond 7,hodder and
 ,stoughton74 ,no one could lay down    
this book without feeling that ,drummond
 was in every sense a great man--with a 

great intellect1 a great heart1 and a   
constant1 burning desire to be about his
 ,father's business4 ,it is true that he
 made mistakes1 that he put forth       
certain theories not generally          
acceptable1 and which he himself        
modified in later years1 but throughout 
his life his honesty of purpose was     
unquestionable4 ,his influence and power
 as a preacher and teacher were         
remarkable1 and many of those whom he   
reached through his addresses and books 
will feel indebted to ,dr4 ,smith for   
this critical and comprehensive story of
 his life4--,from ,messrs4 ,smith1      
,elder and ,company comes a new story   
from our own contributor1 ,katharine    
,tynan1 entitled ,the ,dear ,irish      
,girl1 of which we need say no more than
 that it is the love story of a most    
winning ,irish lassie1 written in the   
bright1 entertaining style so well-known
 to our readers4--,helps to ,godly      
,living 7,elliot ,stock7 is the happy   
title of an excellent little work which 

consists of helpful and comforting      
extracts from the writings and addresses
 of the present ,archbishop of          
,canterbury1 selected and arranged by   
the ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,burn1 ,b4,d4--,a     
pathetic interest attaches to the two   
dainty volumes of poems by the late ,dr4
 ,j4 ,r4 ,macduff1 entitled ,matin and  
,vesper ,bells 7,cassell71 in that the  
author did not live to see their        
completion4 ,many of the poems have been
 already published independently in     
various forms1 but we believe that this 
collected edition of ,dr4 ,macduff's    
tender and inspiring verse will be      
heartily welcomed4--,we have also to    
acknowledge the receipt of a tastefully 
produced volume entitled ,the ,more     
,excellent ,way 7,henry ,frowde71 in    
which the ,hon4 ,mrs4 ,lyttelton ,gell  
has carefully arranged the choicest     
extracts from the works of ancient and  
modern authors on ,the ,life of ,love2 a
 collection of addresses on the         
,beatitudes by the ,rev4 ,j4 ,r4        

,miller1 ,d4,d41 entitled ,the ,master's
 ,blesseds 7,hodder and ,stoughton72 an 
interesting and instructive work on     
medical missionary work amongst the     
blind in ,india1 entitled ,they ,shall  
,see ,his ,face 7,bocardo ,press1       
,oxford72 ,aids to ,belief 7,elliot     
,stock71 a series of studies on the     
divine origin of ,christianity by the   
,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,langthorne2 and a volume 
of sermons by the late ,charles ,h4     
,spurgeon1 which have been published by 
,messrs4 ,passmore and ,alabaster under 
the title ,the ,metropolitan ,tabernacle
 ,pulpit4   ,a ,wolf-,boy4              
,illustration3 7,photo supplied by the  
,missionary ,leaves ,association47      
,,as ,a ,,boy4      ,,the ,,wolf-,,boy  
,,of ,,secundra4      ,,as ,a ,,man4    
,what was to be done with such a boy6   
,the magistrate sahib of ,bulandshahr   
had heard of ,romulus and ,remus1 but   
rational people rejected the legend of  
their infancy4 ,yet here was a child of 
five or six years of age1 crawling on   

the ground before him1 and the statement
 of several witnesses that he had been  
smoked out of a wolf's den could not be 
disputed4 ,these men were natives of    
,india4 ,whilst travelling in a jungle  
of the ,bulandshahr district1 they saw a
 queer though undoubted specimen of     
humanity crawl into a hole4 ,by the     
magistrate's order a fire was lighted at
 the mouth4 ,out sprang a snarling and  
indignant mother-wolf1 which1 after     
scattering the bystanders1 fled for     
life4 ,behind her ran on all fours a    
little boy1 who was speedily secured and
 conveyed to the magistrate4 ,he was    
imbecile4 ,he would eat no food but raw 
meat1 and he tore any clothing placed on
 him into shreds4 ,the magistrate sent  
him to the ,church ,missionary          
,orphanage at ,secundra1 a refuge for   
between four and five hundred children1 
nearly all infants picked up in the     
streets or by the roadside4 ,there this 
child1 who was found on ,saturday1      
,february #dth1 #ahfg1 grew up into     

manhood4 ,on the same principle that    
,robinson ,crusoe called his man        
,friday1 the wolf-boy was named         
,sanichar1 or ,saturday4 ,by degrees a  
certain amount of intelligence and a    
decided religious instinct developed4   
,he became gentle and sociable1 and     
ready with cheerful unselfishness to    
share the many little presents he       
received with his companions4 ,he       
attached himself with great affection to
 one of the caretakers4 ,on the death of
 this man1 ,sanichar in dumb sorrow and 
bewilderment looked from one to another 
of his friends for an explanation4 ,they
 pointed to the grave1 and then to the  
sky4 ,the boy was deeply impressed1 and 
ever afterwards1 if he felt ill1 he     
would feign sleep1 and point first to   
the ground and then to the sky4 ,he     
never learnt to speak1 but perhaps he   
was trying to convey the impression that
 he looked forward to following his dear
 friend4 ,two other wolf-boys and one   
wolf-girl were brought to the ,secundra 

orphanage1 but they died soon           
afterwards4 ,whether they had been cast 
out by their parents or kidnapped by the
 inveterate robber-wolves of the        
district could not be discovered4 ,they 
were a witness that tenderness1 too     
often lost in heathenism1 may be found  
in one of the most rapacious beasts4    
,with hundreds of little outcasts under 
,christian care1 they tell of a ,father 
above who remembers even though parents 
may forget their children4              
,illustration3 ,,the ,,lockhart         
,,memorial4  7,in ,lewisham             
,congregational ,church47   ,memorial to
 a ,medical ,missionary4  ,medical      
missions have come into deservedly      
increasing prominence of late years2 and
 a few months ago a beautiful tablet was
 erected in ,lewisham ,congregational   
,church to the memory of ,dr4 ,lockhart1
 the first ,protestant medical          
missionary to ,china1 who went out about
 the year #ahch4 ,the tablet is a       
beautiful piece of work in alabaster and

 marble1 and is carved in the form of a 
triptych1 i4e4 in three panels1 the     
medallion portrait occupying the centre4
 ,on the left hand panel appears the    
following inscription3--,in affectionate
 memory of ,dr4 ,lockhart1 first medical
 missionary to ,china1 founder of       
hospitals at ,macao1 ,shanghai and      
,pekin1 who served the ,london          
,missionary ,society with untiring zeal 
for twenty-six years in the mission     
field1 and with unabated devotion in    
,england to the last day of his life4   
,member of this church for thirty-seven 
years4 ,deacon and ,church ,secretary4  
,born ,october #crd1 #ahaa4 ,died ,april
 #bith1 #ahif4 ,the following           
inscription appears on the right hand   
panel3--,this memorial is erected by    
those who admired him as a strong man1  
loved him as a friend1 hold his services
 in grateful memory1 and who pray that  
his zeal for missions and his devotion  
to the ,church may inspire all who shall
 ever worship within these walls4 ,the  

tablet is placed on the wall of the     
church near the vestry door1 where ,dr4 
,lockhart used often to stand before the
 service1 watching the people enter4    
,self-control4  ,a man who lately came  
over from ,america told the writer that 
on board the steamer one of the         
passengers went up to another in the    
smoking-room and asked him to have a    
drink with him4 ,the man thus invited   
continued reading a newspaper and made  
no reply4 ,the other man again asked him
 to drink with him4 ,no answer again4 ,a
 third invitation was then given in     
these words3 ,sir1 ,i have asked you in 
as friendly a way as possible to drink  
with me1 and each time you went on with 
your reading1 and had not the civility  
to answer me4 ,now ,i ask you for the   
third time if you will drink wine1      
whisky1 or anything else with me8 ,the  
man then put aside his paper and        
answered very quietly3 ,do you see that 
glass1 sir8 ,well1 if ,i were to take   
even a quarter of it1 ,i could not leave

 off until ,i had drunk all the liquor  
on board4 ,this is why ,i would not     
drink with you4 ,all present admired the
 man's self-control1 and learned a      
striking lesson on the danger of putting
 temptation in a brother's way4   ,an   
,ever-,recurring ,question4  ,two       
friends of the writer were sitting in a 
close carriage1 discussing the problems 
of life--where we came from and whither 
we are going4 ,the driver of the        
carriage went rather too near another   
vehicle4 ,where are you going to8       
shouted the driver of the latter4 ,the  
occupants of the carriage looked at each
 other and remarked1 ,that is just what 
we were wanting to know4 ,so it is that 
the great problems of life cannot be    
ignored1 for they are reflected in the  
small incidents of daily existence4     
,particularly is this the case with the 
question whence we came and whither we  
are going4 ,this can never be shelved4  
,the ,circulation of the ,bible4  ,few  
people have any idea of the enormous    

number of ,bibles published annually in 
this country4 ,mere figures of so many  
millions mean little to most folks4 ,but
 it may give some more adequate idea of 
the vast number to put it as follows3   
,the ,british and ,foreign ,bible       
,society1 of ,queen ,victoria ,street1  
alone publish above a million and a half
 of ,bibles every year1 or more than    
#d1ajj every day4 ,now1 if each of these
 #d1ajj ,bibles was of the average      
thickness of one and a half inches1 they
 would1 if piled upon one another1 reach
 to a height of #f1aei inches4 ,as the  
top of ,st4 ,paul's cross is about #cfd 
feet or so above the level of ,st4      
,paul's ,churchyard1 this huge pile of  
,bibles would reach to a height nearly  
one and a half times as great as the top
 of the famous cross6 ,or we might      
represent the whole lot by one immense  
,bible1 which would be #ff feet by #dg  
feet by #ad feet1 and would reach from  
the steps leading to ,st4 ,paul's right 
to the top of the pillars there6 ,and   

this would but represent the output for 
a single day of only one of the great   
,bible circulating mediums of this      
country6  ,illustration3 ,a ,,bible #ff 
,,ft4 ,,by #dg ,,ft4 ,,by #ad ,,ft4     
7,representing one day's output of the  
,british and ,foreign ,bible ,society47 
,,our ,,international ,,league ,,of     
,,peace4   ,we are glad to be able to   
report that requests for forms are      
steadily being received1 and a goodly   
number have been returned filled with   
signatures4 ,to those of our readers who
 are striving to obtain the distinction 
of being the first to send in a thousand
 names 7for which a prize of ,ten       
,pounds is offered7 we would say that it
 is not necessary for all the signatures
 to be given together4 ,they should be  
forwarded in batches of fifty or a      
hundred1 and credit will be given for   
every name so sent4 ,the following      
letter which we have received from a    
correspondent at ,birmingham is of      
interest1 as it emphasises the fact that

 the ,ten ,pounds we offer will not only
 act as an incentive to activities on   
behalf of peace1 but may also at the    
same time benefit some local charity4   
,please send me1 the correspondent      
writes1 some sheets of the              
,international ,league of ,peace4 ,if ,i
 am fortunate enough to get the ,ten    
,pounds1 ,i am going to give it to some 
good society--whichever our clergyman   
thinks best4 ,trusting to hear from you 
by return4  ,the following is the form  
in which our memorial has been issued3--
       ,we1 the undersigned1 desire to  
express our earnest sympathy      with  
the peace proposals contained in the    
recent ,rescript of his      ,imperial  
,majesty the ,czar of ,russia1 and      
hereby authorise the      attachment of 
our names to any international ,memorial
 having for      its object the         
promotion of ,universal ,peace upon a   
,christian      basis4  ,this may be    
copied at the head of blank sheets of   
paper1 and the signatures placed        

beneath2 but we shall be very pleased to
 send 7post free7 any number of printed 
forms on receipt of an application      
addressed to the ,editor of ,,the       
,,quiver1 ,la ,belle ,sauvage1 ,london1 
,e4,c4  ,the objects of our ,league have
 already been endorsed1 amongst other   
prominent men1 by the ,lord ,bishop of  
,london1 the ,rev4 ,hugh ,price ,hughes 
7,president of the ,wesleyan            
,conference71 the ,rev4 ,samuel ,vincent
 7,president of the ,baptist ,union of  
,great ,britain and ,ireland71 and      
,pastor ,thomas ,spurgeon of the        
,metropolitan ,tabernacle4   ,,the      
,,quiver ,,funds4  ,the following is a  
list of contributions received from     
,january #ast1 #ahii1 up to and         
including ,january #cast1 #ahii4        
,subscriptions received after this date 
will be acknowledged next month3--      
,for ,the ,quiver ,waifs' ,fund3 ,r4    
,hutchinson1 ,boston ,spa1 #bs4         
#f;d42 ,readers of ,the ,christian1 per 
,morgan and ,scott1 #e2 ,miss      ,rene

 ,benson1 ,grenoble1 #as4 #f;d42        
,j4,j4,e41 ,govan 7#acdth donation71    
#es42 ,a ,glasgow ,mother 7#ajdth       
donation71 #as42 ,e4,a41 #bs4 #f;d42    
,r4,s41 ,crouch ,end1 #es4       ,for   
,dr4 ,barnardo's ,homes3 ,a ,scotch     
,lassie1 #es42 ,baby ,george1      #bs4 
#f;d42 ,j4,r41 #es42 ,e4,h41 ,devon1    
#bs42 ,gertie1 ,finsbury ,park4         
#cs42 ,m4,a4,c1 #es41 ,an ,irish ,girl1 
#ajs4 #f;d42 ,madame ,scaravaglion1     
#ajs42 ,a4,k41 #es42 ,a ,warwickshire   
,lass1 #es42 ,anon41 #bs4 ,the          
following amounts have been sent        
direct3--,r4,h4,b4,p41 #ds42 ,a4,h41    
#ajs2 ,m4,m4,q41 #e2 ,e4,a4,h41 #gs4    
#f;d42 ,a4,w4,o41 #ds42 ,m4 ,m41 #es42  
,m4,e4,b41 #aes42 ,j ,h4,w41 #es42      
,inasmuch1 #fs42 ,t4,p41 ,leamington1   
#a4       ,for ,the ,children's ,country
 ,holiday ,fund3 ,madame ,scaravaglion1 
#ajs42 ,j4 and ,e4,h41 #a4       ,for   
,miss ,weston's ,homes1 ,portsmouth3 ,j4
 and ,e4,h41 #a4       ,for ,the ,robin 
,dinners3 ,alice ,bishop1 #cs4          

,for ,st4 ,mark's ,hospital1 ,city      
,road1 ,e4,c43 ,a ,thank-offering1 #as4 
,the ,superintendent of the ,st4 ,giles 
,christian ,mission asks us      to     
acknowledge the receipt of a parcel of  
clothing from ,oakham1      ,rutland4   
,,our ,,fine ,,art ,,plates4  ,doubtless
 many of our readers are interested in  
the announcement which has been         
appearing for several months past on our
 wrapper to the effect that certain     
coupons will entitle the holder to      
receive a set of ,fine ,art ,plates for 
a trifling sum4 ,we desire to supplement
 that announcement by stating that the  
pictures will be of sacred subjects1 and
 will1 moreover1 be printed on specially
 prepared plate paper in order to obtain
 the best possible results4 ,the        
selected paintings are by ,lord         
,leighton1 ,sir ,john ,millais1 ,edward 
,armitage1 ,r4,a41 ,ford ,madox ,brown1 
,w4 ,c4 ,t4 ,dobson1 ,r4,a41 and        
,william ,dyce1 ,r4,a41 and the series  
will form an admirable selection of the 

best-known works of these famous        
artists--well worthy of a permanent     
place in every home4   ,,roll ,,of      
,,honour ,,for ,,sunday-,,school        
,,workers4  ,the ,special ,silver ,medal
 and ,presentation ,bible offered for   
the longest known ,sunday-school service
 in the county of ,durham 7for which    
applications were invited up to ,january
 #cast1 #ahii7 have been gained by      
,,mr4 ,,john ,j4 ,,bailey1   ,newgate   
,street1 ,barnard ,castle1  who has     
distinguished himself by fifty-six      
years' service1 principally in the      
,sunday ,school of the ,barnard ,castle 
,parish ,church4  ,as already announced1
 the next territorial county for which  
claims are invited for the ,silver      
,medal is    ,,devonshire1  and         
applications1 on the special form1 must 
be received on or before ,february      
#bhth1 #ahii4 ,we may add that ,kent is 
the following county selected1 the      
date-limit for claims in that case being
 ,march #cjth1 #ahii4 ,this county1 in  

its turn1 will be followed by the       
territorial county of ,cheshire1 for    
which the date will be one month        
later--viz4 ,april #cjth1 #ahii4  ,the  
names of members recently enrolled will 
be found in our advertisement pages4    
,,the ,,quiver ,,bible ,,class4         
7,,based ,,on ,,the ,,international     
,,scripture ,,lessons47   ,,questions4  
#di4 ,from what parable of our ,lord do 
we gather that the sheepfolds in ancient
 times were large and surrounded by a   
high fence8  #ej4 ,by what illustration 
does our ,lord teach us that it is      
through ,him alone we can be saved8     
,quote passage4  #ea4 ,in what way does 
our ,lord contrast ,his care of ,his    
people with the neglect shown by the    
,jewish teachers8  #eb4 ,quote passage  
which shows that ,jesus had never       
attended any of the public ,jewish      
schools8  #ec4 ,in what words does our  
,lord speak of the ,scriptures as ,god's
 revelation of ,himself to man8  #ed4   
,what were the two miracles performed by

 our ,lord at ,cana of ,galilee8  #ee4  
,what was especially remarkable in the  
miracle of raising ,lazarus from the    
dead8  #ef4 ,what reason did our ,lord  
give for ,his delay in going to ,lazarus
 when he was ill8  #eg4 ,what was the   
effect of the miracle of raising        
,lazarus8  #eh4 ,what reason have we for
 supposing that ,simon the ,leper was   
the husband of ,martha1 the sister of   
,lazarus8  #ei4 ,what information does  
,st4 ,john give as to the character of  
,judas ,iscariot8  #fj4 ,what prophecy  
concerning our ,lord was delivered by   
,caiaphas1 the ,high ,priest8           
,,answers ,,to ,,questions ,,on ,,page  
#chc4  #cg4 ,in a desert 7or            
uninhabited7 place near ,bethsaida on   
the north-west side of the ,sea of      
,galilee 7,st4 ,luke ix4 #aj74  #ch4 ,it
 was known as the ,sea of ,chinnereth   
7,numb4 xxxiv4 #aa2 ,josh4 xii4 #c74    
#ci4 ,because ,st4 ,philip was a native 
of the district of ,bethsaida 7,st4     
,john i4 #dd1 and vi4 #e74  #aj4 ,the   

,jews thought that ,jesus was the son of
 ,joseph the carpenter1 and born in     
,galilee2 whereas they had been taught  
that no one would know of the birthplace
 or parentage of the ,messiah 7,st4     
,john vii4 #bg1 #da2 ,st4 ,luke iv4     
#bb74  #da4 ,they sent officers to      
arrest ,jesus 7,st4 ,john vii4 #b1 #cb74
  #db4 ,because on the last day of the  
,feast special sacrifices were offered  
for all ,israel1 and the priest1 having 
taken water from the ,pool of ,siloam1  
poured it upon the altar 7,st4 ,john    
vii4 #cg74  #dc4 ,because they          
understood that1 as the ,light of the   
,world1 ,jesus claimed to be the        
,messiah 7,st4 ,john viii4 #ab2 ,isaiah 
ix4 #b1 and lx4 #a74  #dd4 ,when ye have
 lifted up the ,son of ,man 7,st4 ,john 
viii4 #bh74  #de4 ,jesus appears to have
 made the ,jews unable to see ,him1 and 
so passed out of the ,temple1 going     
through the midst of them 7,st4 ,john   
viii4 #ei2 #b ,kings vi4 #ah74  #df4    
,that the disciples believed in the     

doctrine of transmigration of souls1    
which was taught by the ,jewish ,rabbis 
at that time 7,st4 ,john ix4 #b2        
,josephus1 ,ant4 xviii4 ch4 #a1 sec4    
#c74  #dg4 ,by telling him to go and    
wash in the ,pool of ,siloam 7,st4 ,john
 ix4 #g74  #dh4 ,the ,jews              
excommunicated the man whose sight      
,jesus had restored--that is1 they shut 
him out of the synagogue--thus depriving
 him of all religious privileges 7,st4  
,john ix4 #bb1 #cd74            99      
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,transcriber's note3  ,minor            
typographical errors have been corrected
 without note4 ,irregularities and      
inconsistencies in the text have been   
retained as printed4  ,missing page     
numbers are page numbers that were not  
shown in the original text4  ,the       
illustrations have been moved so that   
they do not break up paragraphs1 thus   
the page number of the illustration     
might not match the page number in the  
,list of ,illustrations4