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THE _ CHAPTER ViI.—(Continued). Ww anley’s look as it rested on fier did not convey the idea that he thought that particularly strange. But there were still several days be- fore Winstanley’s departure, and they si him more than once again. He met them at a tea at a house in Shep- tou Priors, and was in church there on Sunday, though it was some miles from where he was staying, and he had to walk through muddy lanes. He yas at pains to explain that he had d the Norman arches were worth seeing, and that he wanted to see the ht’s helmet and the deflected chancel. When Freda found that he each but a cursory glanee when they were pointed out to him, she curled her lip with secret disgust. if he thinks it takes any one int! 1y are people like ostriches when begin to single out one special the individual for their notice? They think their most preposterous asser- tions are taken for gospel. I should like to tell him that I'm not such a fool as he thinks me; but IT can’t see +n opening at this moment.” did not quarrel with his shal- rian interest; she appear- ept gravely his explanation no more. To tell the truth, ; he thought that Wednesday was not to be their last sight of each other srowing more and more gratify- r. She did not stop to ask 2 it was so much pleasant- er to contemplate her visit to the eld- erly Shuttlewaites now that she knew Portsmouth lay so near. She had one in that garrison town, the newest; and yet the was stationed theré made of difference somehow. ored the parting with Freda, de that young woman a little “] dislike you ‘rather, Ursa,” , half laughing, half in earn- nuw’re not nearly so nice as you were I’m half inclined to hide a bit of news from you, you are so cheerful away. Will it make you any s complacent to hear that there’s a ance of your seeing your relatives again sooner than you had any idea a Because, if so, [ll keep it merci- tully from you.” tirsula i anti ‘My dear Freda, how delightful ‘What do you mean?” “Oh, only that mother’s doctor thinks the early spring in this damp e doesn’t suit her, and that she ul be better at some dry seaside ce like Southsea. But we can easi- | | Captain’s Double By LILLIAS CAMPBELL DAVIDSON hoose Brighton or Hastings, if i rather, you know!” You dreadful being! [ow nice it will be!” Vhat, our choosing Hastings?” asked the provoking Freda, mollified, however, at the sight of her cousin’s evident joy. And so Ursula took her journey trom Wimborne to Cosham, a weary journey that seemed a _ constant chauge from a brief delight of express ihe dolorous crawling of a parlia- train. She waited at three 1 cold and draughty period, ved at the conclusion that vhat part of South Hampshire must be unpopular with the public, since it was so poorly treated by the railway When she alighted at the station, with a wee, redroofed lurking behind its back, she have traveled from Euston to nontary town might Edinburgh with less fatigue and delay, dly more expenditure of time. closed landau waited in the station yard, and a footman met her on the platform. Behind him = she ht sight suddenly of another fig- ure that brought a deeper color to her eecheks. What strange chance or co- incidence brought Capt. Winstanley over to Cosham on that special day and at that special hour? Capt. Win- stanley himself might have given the answer that would have puzzled any one else. He came up to her with out- airetched hand, moving aside the foot- advance. “Your train’s late, he said, with as much tran- if he had been sent to meet Not an unprecedented thing on this line, I assure you. May I see to your luggage? A black dress hamper and a hat box and the usual bicycle, { suppose?” He had the guard at his heels and the porters running; the fooiman followed, aghast at such rapid methods after his elderly and -sedate household, but even he recognized the general's aide-de-camp and was pene- trated with respect. Winstanley came back triumphant ix a moment or two. “I think we've ali your possessions safe,” he said, with gratification. “Here’s the car- riage, isn’t it? Let me put you in.” He stood with his hand on the win- dow, as if loth to have the interview done. “I met Admiral Shuttlewaite at dinner at Admiralty House the oth- er night,” he said, “and h€ was good enough to hope I'd come out and dine at Nutwood, when I told him I had amet you. So I hope it’s only au revoir for the present.” He raised his cloth cap, and lingered to gaze after the iandau as it roiled away. Now, what could: have taken him out to Cosham Station when a certain train was due? True, he had a call to make at Hilsea mess, but that was no reason why he should have gone a mile or more beyond his destination in this way. The ways of people un- | | | | der certziz circumstances are strange indeed, as Freda would have said. He went back to Hilsea and thence to Portsmouth, a cold and lengthy drive on a chilly evening; but he smiled as gaily as if he had done the most de- lightful thing in the world. CHAPTER VIII. The R. A. Concert. Nutwood was a comfortable, old- fashioned gray country house, stand- ing “over the hill,’ as Portsmouth folk say, in a small park a little way back from the London road. It had its neat belt of shrubbery and wood behind it, its walled gardens, and its compact stables, and was altogether as snub and cosy a little slip of estate as any old sailor of the queen’s navy could have selected to spend his latter days in, after:he forsook the waves. Everything about the house and grounds showed a quarter-deck pre- cision and exaciness; there was not a leaf on the close-cropped lawn nor a cut in the well-rolled drive. The ad- miral had a bit of terrace marked out with two flagstaffs to quarter-deck length, and there he used to keep his watches new and again with a tele- scope under his arm. Mrs. Shuttle- waite was a placid old lady, given to knitting and Miss Yonge. She had a taste for missions and bazaars, and some leaning in favor of unlicensed dabbling in medicine, and would dose any of her friends or present them with a collecting card at the faintest excuse. b It might have been thought a dull house for a girl to come on a lengthy visit, but to Ursula nothing ever was dull. She had that peculiarly happy cast of mind that finds its own amuse- ment and pleasure without dependence on the outer world. People so gifted are not to be compassionated in‘ the most quiet of homes. They make the fortunate people they live amongst partakers of their gift from the gods. Ursula walked over the fields round Waterloo and Purbrook, and bicycled the country round, when she was left to her own resources. The admiral provided her with a mount and took her to a meet when there was one in the neighborhood, and she patiently put up with the dearth of foxes and enjoyed the blank days other people grumbled about. She wandered round the green- houses with the old man, and listened while he pointed out new varieties of plants he was experimenting with, and spent evenings with him in the study while he showed her the course of dif- ferent bygone cruises and read her bits from his old log. She found out new knitting patterns for Mrs. Shuttlewaite and sat by her copying out receipts for cough mix- tures and chilblain lotions, which the long-suffering servants and villagers were expected to put tothe test. She took her list of books to the library and changed them for her, and drove with her into Southsea to shop and pay visits. Nothing came amiss to Ursula. She was not without gayer forms of entertainment, for she was asked to balls and the like now and then, and the admiral’s married niece, whose husband was at Whale Island, offered to chaperone her and put her up for nights. The Shuttlewaites themselves were confirmed dinner givers, and dined the neighborhood with great state. Winstanley’s invitation went to him without delay, the admiral hav- ing been impressed with the general’s account of his A. D. C., and believing ! that he had met Maj. Winstanley on the China station once upon a time. He dined at Nutwood with several other people, and he took Ursula in to dinaer, probably as much to her con- tent as to his own. Afterwards, in the drawing room, she sang—she had a pretty voice of her own which had been in great request at Hyzerabad— and Winstanley, ~vho was devoted to singing, hung over the piano in de- light. They spent a degree of time and aitenticnu on each other that evea- ing that might have made the other members of the party fee] ill-used had they not mostlysseen how things were tending and been satisfied to let them go. Before he left, Winstanley made in- terest with his hostess to bring Miss Hamilton to the R. A. concert at the end of the week. Mrs. Shuitlewaite promised, placidly. She thought it was not the afteruoon of the drawing room meeting on behalf of the Esquimo at Lady Brower’s. As Lady Brower lived somewhere near Peters- field, to have gone to her entertain- ment would have ended all chance of the town hall. Winstanley was cer- tain that it must be some other day, and left “Mrs. Shuttlewaite with the flattering impression that he must be an excellent young man with serious tastes. to take such an interest in drawing room meetings. ‘ “I think Gen. Kenyon is fortunate to have so nice an A .D. C.,” she said to Ursula after he had gone. “Mrs. | Kenyon must find it so different from things. It may be that he would like to come to a meeting of the mission for nav- vies if we got one up here. Do you think he would speak at it, my dear, perhaps? If you were to ask him I dare say he would. You and he seem to be such great friends.” Ursula had a pretty color when she answered, which the admiral present- ly remarked. But the thought of Win- stanley addressing ‘a drawing room meeting was one which she dared not dwell upon till she was in the solitude of her own room. Portsmouth town hall is one of the glories of the neighborhood and a just- ifiable object of pride. It stands high and majestic at the top of wide flights , of steps that lead from the open square in front. On this afternoon the strings of carriages stretched up the crowded ! Commercial road on either side, and throngs of people on foot flocked in from Southsea and poured up the ap- proach. The great hall was filled with smart- ly dressed people, all arrayed in their best frocks. On the high platform, fronted with tall palms and flowers, the dark blue band was ranged. When the Cavaliere entered and bowed a burst of welcoming applause rose to the roof. The audience settled down in their chairs with contentment as he waved his baton, for they knew that their afternoon’s entertainment was assured. It was more of a pleasure than a surprise to Ursula when some one slip- ped into the vacant seat at her side just as the first notes of the overture to “Lohengrin” sounded, and she turn- ed her head to see Capt. Winstanley. He had entered with the Government house party, but he apparently had not thought it needful to stay by them. He smiled a greeting at Ursula and she smiled hers back. They were at the stage of friendship now when each began to understand the other without the need of many words. He laid a program on her lap, and for a time they were silent as the wild, weird, lovely strains rang on. There is a curious drawing together in two souls to whom music is a passion in the mere listening side by side to the same notes that speak their secret speech. Now and then they exchanged a glance; their looks said, “How won- derful!” or “Only hear that!” The less musical audience around them, which was used to beating time to favorite tunes at pier concerts, yawned fur- tively behind its programs and wish- ed the Cavaliere would give them something pretty and light. “T wonder what people did before Wagner and his school of prophets rose to speak for them?” said Ursula, almost in an undertone, when the last clash came, and the soft clapping of gloved hands expressed as much sat- isfatetion at a chance of conversation as at the delight that had been re- ceived. “Doesn't it seem to you as if the world had been dumb, somehow, until then, and that its tongue was touched by fire and gifted with words?” She had never so opened her inmost soul to any one. Even as she did it she half hesitated, and glanced up at him to see if he would under- stand. She hoped he would, but if had been the impulse of the moment.. One did not expect a soldier, somehow, a man in the latter end of a_ practical nineteenth century, to fathom all she meant. But it was all the more of a pleasure when she saw he did. He looked his comprehension and nodded. “It was the touch of the divine fire that woke the world up to life.” “How you understand!” The words came involuntarily. “IT understand you. I think I almost know what you say before you say it.” His tone was so admiring, so tender, that she flushed softly under it. She laughed lightly, to hide how much she was pleased. “That must be dull.” (To Be Continued.) OLDEST BODY OF HUMAN BEING. Remains of Man Who Lived in Egypt Before Menes. The oldest body of any human being now reposes in the Egyptian gallery of the British museum. It is the body of a man who was buried in a shallow grave hollowed out of the sandstone on the west bank of the Nile, in upper Egypt. This man must have hunted along the banks of the Nile before the time of the earliest mummied king which the museum possesses—before the time of Menes, who was supposed to have ruled Egypt at least 5,000 B.C. There were previous to that time two prehistoric races, one the conquerors and the others the conquered, from which sprang the Egyptian race of the earliest dynasties. It is with these re- mote stocks that this man has to do. Considering the condition in which he was found, it is evident that he was as- sociated with a late period of the new stone age of Egypt. He was buried in a characteristic neolithic grave, with his neolithic pots and instruments of flint about him. There is, of course, no inscription of any kind on the pots, knives or grave, all having been made longe before the invention of any writ- ten language. Rather Startling. “What’s the name of this soap, young man?” asked the prospective customer, as he halted before a pyra- mid of pink bars. 3 “That soap, sir,” replied the clerk,|! “is the latest on the market. It is called Automobile. soap.” “Is, hey? Great guns! I remember they used to make soap out of old horses, but I didn’t think they had started to make it out of automobiles yet.” ( “The fear of reputation is often tak- EAGER FOR CORONATION. Ancient Home of Norway’s King Busy With Plans. Trdndhjem is getting excited over the coronation of King Haakon and Queen Maud, which has been set for Friday, June 22. The city will be the center of interest for all Europe for several days and the burghers of the good old town intend to maintain the ‘ancient traditions in a worthy man- ner. Almost the entire royal families of England and Denmark will be pres- ent as well as several members of the imperial house of Germany. , Doubt- less all the countries of Europe will be represented by members of the reigning houses. The coronation will bring together one of the most notable gatherings of royalty and nobility in a decade and the task of entertaining the distinguished company would tax a.much larger city than Trondhjem. Fortunately most of the royal visit- ors will come in their own yachts and will not be dependent on the hotels. Were it not for this arrangement the city would be unable to meet the re- quirements, for the hotel accommoda- tions are limited. The Norwegian storthing ha appropriated 100,000 kr. for the ceremonies and this will re- lieve Trondhjem considerably. The proposition of voting 50,000 kr. for re- storing and furnishing the old bishop's residence os a royal residence was turned down, to the great_disappoint- ment of the citizens. However, they have raised 18,000 kr. for the purpose by private subscriptions and promise that the remainder will be forthcom- ing and the “stiftsgaard” will ‘be fur- nished in such an attractive manner as to tempt the king and queen to re- turn annually for a short sojourn in their city. CHR. ANKER DEFRAUDED. Paid 200,000 kr. for Mining Claims Al, ready His Own. Mining swindles of considerable magnitude have recently come to light in the iron fields in Finmarken, Nor- way. Three persons are under arrest and the fourth is under guard at his home, where he'is dangerously ill. The priacipal appears to have been an engineer named Groenbeck, and his ac- complices were Ole and John Holten of Rissen. Ole was in the employ of Chr. Anker as a prospector in his ex- tensive fields: Ole instructed his brother on thé appéarance of ore out croppings and started him out. Through Groenbeck the claims were sold to Mr, Anker. Afterward it was discovered that the claims already be- longed to Mr. Anker. Arrests were thereupon ordered and all the men involved were secured. The money, amounting to 200,000 kr, was found deposited in various banks and was taken in charge by the po- lice. A man by the name of- Kjel- mann, in Berlevaag, has also been placed in jail. ENVOYS OF SWEDEN. The Number Will Be Reduced Ac- cording to New Plan. The royal commission appointed last summer to suggest a plan for the re- organization of the Swedish diplo- matic and consular services has sub- mitted a comprehensive report to the government. It is proposed that the number of envoys be limited to the immediate neighbors, namely Russia, Germany, Denmark and Norway, and in addition Great Britain, France, United States and Japan. The envoy at Paris is also to be accredited to the court of Brussels and the envoy at London to the court of the Hague, and the positions of minister to Belgium and Netherland be abolished. Consuls general are recommended to be estab- lished at Antwerp for Belgium and at Rotterdam for the Netherlands. To what extent the consuls shall be under the jurisdiction of the ministers has not yet been made known. FOUR GENERATIONS. King Oscar Made Happy by a Great- Grandson. King Oscar’s heart must have been gladdened when the telegram an- nouncing the birth of a great-grandson reached him in the Riviera. It was his heart’s desire to live to see an fieir to his favorite grandson, Prince Gustaf Adolf, and the venerable mon- arch doubtless set out for home im- mediately on the receipt of the glad tidings. The little prince is a Berna- dotte of the sixth generation and through his mother, formerly Princess Margaret of Connaught, is related to the royal houses of Great Britain and Germany. He has even the blood of the Vasa princess of Sweden in his veins. ishing Still Good. Up to date the cod fisheries in Nor- way have yielded better returns this season than in any one of the eight previous years. More than 26,000,000 {of cod have already been taken, which is far in advance of the total catches of 1905 and 1904, but there were un- usually poor years. Lofoten has profit- ed the most, whereas in some districts the results have been poor. Prices are also yield good returns. There are 5,769 boats in the Lofoten fleet. In Far Northland Tid-Bits of News for Scondinadians. RIKSDAG DEMANDS REFORMS. Asks the King to Abolish All Distinc- tions of Rank. Distinction in rank in Swedish offi- cial life has incurred the opposition of the members of the second chamber of the Swedish riksdag, which recently passed a resolution requesting the crown to abolish the system outside the royal court, where there might be occasion for some system of prece- dence. If this is not possible, his maj- esty is requested to separate the court rank from the official. This resolution was passed by a vote of 140 to 56. The negative votes were not opposed to the abolishment of class distinctions, but voted against the alternative proposi- tion, and wanted a straight demand for abandoning official ranks. The passage of this resolution indi- cates a strong protest against the for- malism of official society. An elaborate system of order of precedence prevails, which causes much bitterness and an- noyance without serving any practical or legitimate purpose. The riksdag has been very active of late, and has taken up a number of re- form propositions. The first chamber has passed a law relieving parish priests of the duty of keeping the civil register, and has approved the law passed by the second chamber provid- ing for instruction in hygiene and sani- tation in the public schools. The two chambers, however, are un- able to agree on the law permitting congregations to select their clergy- men by direct vote of the members. The second chamber, by a vote of 131 to 68, rejected Mr. Bengston’s bill requesting the government to estab- lish a state lottery for various chari- table or public purposes. Several speakers maintained that when the purpose was a worthy one a lottery could not be considered improper, but other speakers vigorously combatted the idea of the state engaging in such dubious enterprises for obtaining mon ey. AGAIN THE REINDEER. Swedish Minister Declares That Bru- tality Was Shown. It is not unlikely that Sweden and Norway may have a serious quarrel over the reindeer and Lapps in the north. On April 4 the Swedish civil minister was called to the second chamber to give information as to the status of the reindeer question, with particular reference to the charges that the Norwegian officials had been extremely brutal toward the Swedish Lapps in driving them and their herds across the. border. The minister replied that the gov- ernment had received reports indicat- ing that several Norwegian officials had been aggressive and brutal, and on the strength of the reportshad made a demand on Norway for an explana- tion. These statements are somewhat at variance with those made by the same minister in the course of an interview in which he intimated that, though the Norwegian officials had probably been severe, there was no accasion for in- terference, as forage had been poor on the Norwegian side of the border and was insufficient for the reindeer at home, let alone those from Sweden. BAD AS WHITE ELEPHANTS. Sweden Can’t Get Rid of Troublesome Gypsies. Sweden has a band of gypsies which it is anxious to give away to any coun- try desiring an increase in population. The band arrived recently at Malmo from Denmark, but is originally from Germany. It traveled as far as Lund, where the police took charge of the entire party. Efforts were made to de- port the colony to Denmark and later to Germany, but each country notified the Swedish authorities that the gyp- sies would not be allowed to land. Now the police do not know what to do. In the entire party of fifty there are no more than four who could be classed as able bodied, the remainder being made up of children, of which there are about thirty, and old people, including a few who are _ helpless. The adults represent themselves as horse dealers and musicians, but all are without means, and it is plain that the strollers intend to live by begging ‘and petty thievery. Natural Gas in Denmark. Denmark has been boring for natur- al gas and has found some, but the flow is not enough to warrant an at- tempt to make use of it. Dr. V. Mad- sen conducted boring operations at Vendsyssel for some time and encoun- tered gas of good quality. At the depth of 750 feet it was abandoned, as it was then believed that it was of lit- tle use to proceed further. 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