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I I I 1 I' Bess, Queen of I Strategists I By RUTH SANTELLE Copyright. 1904. by T. Mcdure The bushes nt the top of the steep bank parted, and a girl dashed down the faintly worn path, landing with a light spring on the narrow strip of peb bly beach. Without a breath of hesitation she seized the prow of the little steel boat, gave a vigorous push, a practiced leap and stood poling swiftly over the shallows with one oar.

The blue line of deep water reached, 6he dropped Into the seat and rowed with long, strong strokes. Half across the arm of the lake, that lay between the mainland and the little Island toward which she was pulling, she rested on her oars. "Ilrn This In a tone of mild surprise. "The bloodthirsty pursuer doesn't seem to be gaining very rapidly. Not a sign of hira yet.

Guess I'll give him a little chance. I've excuse enough for wanting to remodel myself, Coodness knows!" And she raised her arms, bared to the elbow and brown against the white of her gown, to a mass of tawny hair, very bewitchingly disheveled from the precipitousness of her launching. "I'm morally certain he saw me, too," she reflected, braiding the heavy coils Into a shining rope that more than reached the floor of the boat as she sat, "for he came around the corner of the piazza just as I crossed the road into the thicket. I should think he'd want to say goodby after after everything. But I don't care! I said I'd never sneak to him again, and I shan't!" She ant from tier skirt, tnen too tip mu book again, not seeming to notice that a score of pages hud fluttered over.

"I suppose you'll hardly realize what It has meant to me." He was on his back, hands under head, and might Lave been addressing the tiny patches of blue that shone between the green boughs overhead. "I went into the business so very young and have been about so little. It was especi sl' hard after I met you at the pier to know that I was oo different from the oth irs." The anft nf the heavy brnld 1t near him and he fell to caressing It atv ently. As he still gazed overhead he could not 6ee that the book was lowered and two shining eyes were regarding him stealthily. "And then when I came you were so good, better than to the rest, Bess.

You gave me the most time and the most favors. It well, I guess it turned my head, that's all. And when I came upon you unexpectedly in the shadowy hall last night" "Don't speak of it again, Arthur Morton!" she cried so vehemently that it brought him to a sitting posture, "Everything was lovely, and wt did have a rood time, and then von bad te spoil it all by trying to lsiss me. I never was so disg graced in my life!" Her voice choked with angry sobs. "Please, r.ess, I can't bear to have you cry.

Anyway, as long as we are having a final straightening up I'm go ing to finish the nasty business. When I told you last night that I made a mis take, that I thought it was one of the housemaids, I told you a lie. There. Now I suppose it is up for good!" "A lie! Then you did know? You did mean but really, Mr. Morton, you must excuse me from discussing this disagreeable subject any further.

I sa id all I had to say last night." She rose stiiily and went over to the boat for the tea things. All the while that she was rnther blindly laying out her dainty lunch her most inconsistent heart was singing: eized the oars and pulled the remain "He did! I'm glad! He did! I'm glad!" ing half mile with vicious, snappy strokes. It would have been much cooler back In the evergreens, but she disposed herself on the open sand with the pillows, book and parasol which formed part of the boat's furnishings. The bright scarlet sunshade was thus unmistakably visible from the mainland. The warm discomfort of her vigil was at length rewarded by the output ting of a boat with a single white tlau lieled occupant.

The scarlet parasol swung around and presented a broadside view to the water. When the oncoming boat was half across, the girl, ber back persistently toward it, gathered up her belongings aud betook herself calmly to the friendly shadows a few yards away. But the man sat very still, his face buried in his arms. Then she waited for the boiling of Aim sureiy uue ui me w.oi iu.a in conversation is never to say a thing which anv of the company can rea sonably wish we bad rather left unsaid, nor can there anything Le well more contrary to the ends for which people meet together than to part unsatisfied with each other or themselves. Dean Swift, The AVny to Get fretm Ticket.

During the course of his investigations one New York press agent learned that enterprising young men often had fifty or a hundred letterheads printed, with the same number of envelops, and with these letterheads, which represented them as editors of a paper which had no actual exist ence, they set about acquiring theater tickets. Over in Jersey City one chap was found who actually printed a few copies of a paper at intervals to send to managers of theaters. He paid his printing bills with theater tickets and had enough left to pay him for his trouble. No one ever saw his publication except the theater managers to whom marked copies were sent Leslie's Magazin. Treasurer fur Half a Century.

It is indeed a rare occurrence when a man occupies any public ofiice continuously for half a century, but such the record thut Thomas Crawford, Treasurer of Bosanquet township, has made, having recently completed fifty continuous years in that position. During all of that lung period he has retained the 11 NATURE HAS BEEN LAVISH IN GIFTS TO THE ISLAND COLONY. Wonrtrfnl Beauties of a Country Where Mao Uni Done Much te t.ohance the Enjojmsnt of Proil gal Natural Bounties Snowclail Volcano Lake Lie on Mountain Tops Anecdotal Ulster aud Mythological Traditions. To no country in the worid has nature been so prodigal of scenic gifis as to the Island of New Zealand. where man has done so much to en hance the enjoyment of prodigal natural bounties.

The south island boasts of a magnificent range, which includes the largest glacier outside the Arctic regions; fjords more wonderful than those of Norway, the unrivalled Otera and Buller gorges, the highest waterfall in the world and ire cold lakes. The north island prides itself on the largest geyser in the universe, marvellous boiling springs, hot lakes and extinct and active volcanoes, all in the Taupo zone, which gives its name to still another wonder, Lake Taupo, the island's inland sea. Taupo Moana it is called by the Maoris, who have their principal strongholds close to its picturesque borders, and there are few localities so rich in general attractions as this lake, which is at an altitude of thir teen thousand feet above the ca lev est confidence of the officials and el. It is twenty five miles long by six people of the township, ami of other communities with whom his business brought him in contact, and there passed through his hands without the loss of a cent the sum of over 730,000. When he assumed tho ollii great majority of the present residents of the township had not yet been born.

While Mr. Crawford was going on in the even tenor of his way, faithfully discharging year alter year the. duties of his comparatively humble position, some of the most important events in modern history were transpiring elsewhere. Governors General, premiers and other public men have come and gone, but the I reasurer of Bosan the water over the spirit lamp with ap quet, now in his 82nd vear, is to all parent fascination iu its progress. The man looked up at last.

"Yes, it was a lie," he said miserably. "I knew perfectly well it was you. It's hardly likely I should mistake any one for you, Bess. I was just loving you very hard, and the moon was in the wrong quarter or something, r.nd my head swam and then it was over with. When I said I thought it was the maid it was just a desperate attempt to make it easier when I saw how hurt you were.

Above all, Bess, don't imagine for an instant that I appearances as hale and hearty us he was twenty years ago. Mr. Crawford's farm homestead, on lot 13, con. 1, Bosanquet, ranks among tho best of the many fine homes in the township. Mr.

Crawford, who was born in the north of Ireland, came to this country when a young lad, and lived with relatives some years hl iiiuhiiam. vvnen auout lii years oi ago he can to Bosanquet, compamed by his motVcr. On 3 5, lf 2, he was married to Miss EPzahcth Crone, daughter of Francis Crow, now of Forest. Theiu ever thought you that kind or girl: I 1 are neven children living, Mrs had a feeling that things were different 1 D. Boyes of Ix smnhagow, with us, that we almost understood The novel must have been Intensely i each other such conceited fool is a Interesting, for she had apparently not taken her eyes from its pages during all the time that an athletic looking fellow was beaching a boat, crossing the 6and and throwing himself on the rround at her feet.

"I came over to say goodby, Bess," be volunteered to the back of the book. No answer. i "And to ask you to forgive me." Continued silence. "Won't you forgive me, Bess?" with quiet earnestness. Over the top of the book he was given an instant's burning glance of scornful eyes.

"Oh, I know you told me never to speak to you again, and I don't suppose you'll answer me either. I was a fool not to get at least your forgiveness last night, but some way I was too too stunned, I guess. But whether you'll speak to me or not I must have the privilege of saying a few things that I want you to know. If if you'd just put the book down and let me know that you're hearing, Bess!" he pleaded. The leaves of the novel only turned the faster.

"I'm going on the 5 o'clock train," he said tentatively. "It seemed the only thing to do to make it easier for for both of us after after everything. But probably you heard that I am going. I was simply thinking that as man in love! It is for seeming to think so poorly of you that I want to be for 1 given." She turned on him a dazzling smile. "I forgive you," she said, "and won't you have a sandwich? The water is nearly boiled." Promptly he took not the sandwich, but the hand that proffered it, also its mate.

After a perceptible lapse of time the girl said softly: "But I never could if he loves her and not say she's angry? Anyway, you've missed your train." 'Some day there'll be another," be auswered comfortably. They rowed back side by side In the man's boat, towing the other, whose oars had mysteriously disappeared. "Queer about those oars," reflected the man half way across. "I I dropped them overboard when I went to get the tea basket," said a very small voice. "I was afraid you'd 6tart to go." Here they stopped again, for the average rowboat is disinclined to move without some assistance.

Role to Follow la Conversation. Raillery is the finest part of conversation, but as it is our usual custom to we'll presumably never see each other counterfeit and adulterate whatever is again it wouldn't do any harm aud too dear for us, so we have done with would be so much more satisfactory if this, and turned it all into what is you'd Just let me explain." generally called repartee, or being "Explain!" she flashed, unaware, smart, just as when an expensive fash then bit her lip and turned another j011 COnieth up those who are not able page. to reach it content themselves with He smiled In spite of himself, though Bome paltry imitation. It now passetb. her anger was far from being an for raillery to run a man down in dis amusiug thing to him.

"Yes, explain," he continued, evidently encouraged. "The first thing I should want to do If I knew I had your permission" (he paused for the response that was not vouchsafed), "is to tell you that so far this has been the happiest summer of my life and to thank you for it. I've had such a good time, Bess! I'm working pretty hard, you know, since they made me partner, and wasn't intending to take any vacation. But when your aunt's note came asking me for the bouse party 1 was too deliriously glad to care ti rap for the consequences. Because I knew what It meant, you see that you had suggested It and wanted me to come." She stirred uneasily, plumped up a cushion behind ber back, snipped an course, to put him out of countenance and make him ridiculous, sometimes to expose the defects of his person or understanding, on all which occasions he is obliged not to be angry to avoid I the imputation of not being able to take a jest.

It is admirable to ob serve one who is dexterous at this art singling out a weak adversary, getting the laugh on his side and then carrying all before him. The French, from whom we borrow the word, have a quite different idea of the thing, and so had we In the politer age of our fathers. Baillery was to say something that at first appeared a reproach or reflection, but by some turn of wit, unexpected nnd surprising, ended nl ways iu a compliment and to the advantage of the uersou it was addressed Scotland; Mrs. Jackson, in Ma tcbu; Dr. D.

T. Crawford of Innis fail, Alta; Frank Crawford, Town snip Louncilior, Warwick; Dr. J. Crawford, L.D.S., in Michigan, and McKenzie Crawford, at home. Forest tree press.

Vresbyterlmi atU lei. The estimates of the Presbyterian Church, western section, cuil for this current year. For homo missions alone SI 20,000 are asked for loreign missions, 1 of nicn sua is expected from tlia you'd believed it the housemaid! What Women's Foreign Society. Tho other did you expect, sir? Is a girl to be im': Augmentation of stipends, i. i.

r.Q, t. cni.i i Irench cv gel i za i on i theological colleges, viz. Kdox. Queen's, $. Montreal, Manitoba (exel i si.

of amount from Synod of Manitoba at'd British Columbia) Ministers' Widows and Orphans' Find (over and above ministers' rates nnd interests from investments), $15, 000; aged and infirm ministers' fund (over and aoove ministers' rates and interest from investments), assmblv fund. Jnst Little Furor, Mrs. Nodd The cook refuses to get up earlier than 7. Todd Ask her if she won't do it for a couple of days I eim rearrange my business. Fountain Tree of the Coafo, A French explorer, M.

Henri Le comte, recently returned from the Congo, tells some curious details of a fountain tree. It grows to a great height, and usually in damp places. The trunk is regular and provided with large branches, which bear finely dissected leaves. It is divided at the base like the mangrove, and en ters the earth through a large number of ramifications. When the tree is cut at a height of about five foet from the ground, a large quan tity of water is observed to flow from this section.

M. Lecomte cut one at this height that had a diame ter of 20 inches, and then, forming a gutter along the trunk, placed a pail at the base. The next morning the pail, which held nine quarts, had overflowed. The water is drinkable, though it is rich in chlorides and other salts. IHninlntet Young Miss.

A small miss wno had but recently mastered her catechism confessed her disappointment with it thus: "Now, I obey the fifth commandment and honor my papa and mamma, yet my days are not a bit longer in the land, for I'm put to bed every night at suveu o'clock Just ths sains. teen and one half wide, and when a northwester blows across its depths of ninety fathoms the surface assumes the aspect of an angry sea. The Mauri Kadoukt. Taupo lies on the north shore of the lake, and for its chief attraction has an old Maori redoubt, feituated on a high bank of the Walkato Pav er and rich in memories of stirrin events. Close by one frequently sees Maori canoe paddled across tin liver, which here emerges from the clear lake and shapes its course in a rapid rush through rugged gorges and broad plains to the sea.

Th Walkato serves as a dividing line be tween the European settlement of Taupo town and the native village of Tapuae Haruru on the heights, which in the war period of 1805 71 was for tified. Looking across the lake toward tho south tho travelr can see at the back of Rotoairo the snowclud vol canoes of Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and lluapehu. These peaks are invested with a drapery of ice and snow, and from their summits is a constant is sue of sulphurous steam and smoke in clouds and spires. Until recently these mountains were held sacred by the Maoris, and on the altars of their snow capped craters and glac ial recesses they offered homage to their deified ancestors. Keglon ull of Interest.

The whole place teems with inter est history and mythological tradi tions of the tribal heroes. Every hill and glade, even the trees and flow ers, have mystic association with demigods, ell's or demons, for the folk lore of the Maoris is the richest in the world. Half way across Taupo Moana tho forest clad Island of Motutaiko which in the past was the fortified stronghold of a mighty race, bu which for many generations has been used as a tribal burying pluce. On tho northern shore, within short distance of the township, is tho extinct volcano of the Tai.hara, rising into the air 3,600 feet, and now heavily wooded. Clearly defined above all formations is a terrace which encircles the lake a hundred feet above the present level, showing that in olden times the waters of Taupo were that much higher than at the present day.

The western shores of the lako are famed for the rhvolitic cliffs of Ka rangahape, which rise in a perpendicular precipice a thousand odd feet above sixty fathoms of water. There still exist many evidences that these cliffs were once used as a last refuge by natives fleeing from their enemies. Kolou of ave Dwellfm. Caves abound in Karangahape and all at one time or other served as living places for the Taupo natives, who were cave dwellers to a great extent. When giving evidence at tho native land court of Taupo twenty years ago the old warrior Hitiri Te Paerata said: "I was born in a cave at Kawaka wa.

At Waihaha there is a cava called Oruawaikaha belonging to two tribes. The chief and his father ure buried there. At Karangahape Toint is a cave which was used as a pa (fortress) and called Omumutu. There are other interesting records of the same character, showing that these caves served as birth and death places and fortified abodes of the Maoris, who distinguished them by names, as they do houses and ev en trees. Closo to Karangahape cliffs Is i native settlement, which numbers among its residents the old Chief Hitiri.

Hitiri is a warrior of proud ancestry, the hero of many valiant battles. In 1801 he led the hopeless defence of Orakau pa, which fell to an overwhelming British force under General Cameron. Hitiri father and other relations were killed, but he and his sister, who was wounded, cs caned. These sole survivors of the fight still entertain travelers with counts of how they held the fort against tremendous odds, nnd finally succeeded in breaking through the line of" military In their escape. 1 au I aK.

An abiding charm of Taupo Lake' Is the diversity of its shores. Vater falls, valleys, rapids, boiling springs and icy fountains lend variety to the western line, which is enhanced by fine stretches of primeval bush, in many places sloping down to the water. In summer time the stately branches of the Christmas tree wave their gorgeous crimson above the dear iIuq waters of the lake. Along the eastern shore is a feast of flowers, all peculiar to the place. Groves of native, evergreens are festooned with delicate lianas and In season beautified with the floss of the wild clematis.

Then there is the yellow kowhai. which showers the lake and banks with a shawl of golden petals and which won the notice of Budyard Kipling in a poem that recorded his isit to New Zealand. Once a Volcano. According to geographical data the lake of Taupo was once an immense volcano. A final touch of variety is lent to its remarkable surroundings by the 6tretches of pumice deposit which at intervals coat many miles of the country.

This gray ejecta ob tmripa it tnelanrbolv dullness on svl van grove and forbidding cnn" land alike, but seems to form an appropriate background for the picturesque Maori villages, where the dignuied native pursues his mystic way in the heart of the thermal district, two hundred miles from the busy city Auckland. RELIGIONS OF INDIA. Eratamaalo Hindus Are Scvea la Tea of the Population, Some interesting knowledge con cerning religions in India is present ed by the census. The nuiber of Brahmanic Hindus in 1901 was 207, 050,557, or 7 in 10 of the population. This great sect, broadly speak ing, has declined 19 in 1,000 since 1891, but chiefly because of famine and marriage customs.

The Mohem medans, in the same decennial per iod, managed to increase 9 per their total number now being 62, 458,077. Assertions often made that Mohammedanism is gaining ground in India thus appear to be well founded, and it is evident that, at the present rate of increase, that re ligion may some time dominate tho country. While Buddhism increased 33 per it is confined almost exclusively to Burma; and there most of the 9,000,000 nominal adherents of the Buddhistic cult are really bound to an ancient demon vorship. As for Christianity in India, the census of 1901 returns 2,923,241 professors of the Christian faith an increase of 81 per cent, since 1891. This growth seems decidedly encouraging, but it must, be said that, according to the official view, the returns of Christians were swelled by the inclusion of the famine waifs, who were cast upon Christian charity in large numbers by the terriblo famines of the past decade.

It is also stated that in Madras and Bengal the more degraded classes tend to become converts to Christianity for social reasons. De relouinent of Hi Battleship. The ships of the new Lord Nelson class are to have as main armament four 12 inch guns, and as sub main armament ten 9.2 guns, says The London Morning Post. The King Edward, launched last year, has four 12 inch guns as main armament, and as sub main armament four U.2 and ten inch. Hie ten 6 iuch guns, then, of last year's great ship have been replaced by six 9.2 in tiie last development.

Thus the Lord Nelson has no 6 inch guns. At hist sight this would seem to be a clear cain to the Lord Nelson. Indeed, mi enthusiastic contemporary describes thu Lord Nelson as "the battleship of the future, the most brilliant crea tion that has ever emanated from the brain of Mr. Watts." That part or the statement concerning Mr. Watts' brain is, perhaps indisputable; but as regards the battleship of the future the proposition is not so evi dent.

In tne first place, it seems to have escaped notice that the 6 inch gun, abolished in the Lord Nelson, is the largest gun whose ammunition it is possible to "man handle." That is to say, the projectile, weighing 100 pounds, can be lilted by hand. The 9.2 requires mechanical loading gear, giving an additional risk of breakdown. Is it worth while to sacrifice a certain number of hand woiked guns to gain a lesser number of heavier metal? Again, partly in order to support this enormous armament, and partly to gain an increased thickness of armor, the displacement of tho Lord Nelson is 16,5 )0 tons, as against 16,350 of the King Edward. Her speed is half a knot less 18 as against 18J than that of the King Edward, and her cost is some 43, 000 more, the King Edward costing 1,457.582, the Lord Nelson a little under 1,500,000. For ten times this sum we could have fifteen Montagus as against ten Lord Nelsons a gain of five battleships.

This consideration should surely be weighed. What is the advantage to be gained in mere mass and bulk ns against five fine fighting ships? Tho matter, being highly technical, offers endless opportunity for debate. we may bear in mind that size, oS such, is quite worthless, nnd exceedingly expensive; that speed is quite ns important a factor, if not more important, than a tremendous weight of Jirt'llery; and that the more you put into one ship the mors your rihk tha losinar at one time..