The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-31

ing, no matter to whom IT was addressed.
and 50 in course of time he had no more
letters TO tear up, and the parting was
complete.
Then the old man died and Godfrey his
son relgned IN his stead. And Clesers,st
breathed more peacefully and lived in
hopes of seeing master Charles once
more. For they all loved him dearly.
from old Mrs. Dane. the housekeeDer to
old Jezebel. the mother of goats who for
three years had rooted doiefully in odd
corners Of the stables in search of him
and still ruminated with fixed. CLASSY
stare ard slow-moying jaws on his sad
detection. For JezebeI looked with doubt
ara suspicion on all the world. including
her own kids after they had attained d
certain age; but for one. tail bright faced
young man whom she had known from
his and her youth she had strange af-
lection which even three years had not
sIiiiced to wipe out.
Brother Geoff did his best to right the
wrong. He advertised through the fami-
~ lawyer, In the London papers btit he
might as well have saved his money for
neither Charles Cleserest nor his wife
was reading papers. lie. because he was
out in the SOudan with Lis regiment and
a broken heart. She. because she. was
lying peacefully under a smooth green
a.iouhu IN q quiet Hampshire churchyard.
ANA the sturdy, blue-eyed boy, whose
coming at such "A cost had crushed his
fathers life, was out at nurse with the
landiady Of the farm near Christchurch
for he had cast of the old name with the
old life and had taken the name of her he
loved more than anything on Garth
were stopping at the time of their son.
birth. They had had a happv year To-
Selher-llfe at its simplest and best from
bIed only by thoughts of the separation
from nome and those they loved
Ihei inc end came. swift and
sudden. just life seemed frightened "a
It's fullest. And when all was over. and
Charles heart was buried in Christ
Church yard-so that. for the time being
there was no heart left for the Growing
blue-eyed boy, who seemed TO him TO eS-
ut IN the mischief he had wrousht-ba
turned INTO cash everything that was left
MN, save Margaret's wedding ring uaid
Tor Charles Juniors board and lodging
Tor the next two years, left with the
farm wife sealed envelope. 10 be opened
N case of his own death, and enlisted in
the Twenty-first IAucers Eighteen
months later lac was in Egypt. and when
tne hShtlng came at last he fought as
ricn 90 right when the ties have ali Ieer
snapped and life is less than nothing M
them lie got sorely damaged. and found
cause Tor regret in that the damage WIS
ohly partial and landed him in Netl-y- in
stead OF IN the shallow trench at Orndur-
man lie would have preferred rem lin in
Egypt as permanent addition 10 the
country discharged at Iast-eured-he
went over to Christchurch 10 Iool, al his
boy. and found him such a beauty that
his heart shook off its sickness and woke
to its responsibilities.
charles Junior adopted the big. quiet
broWn-idced man at once and deIit.btsd
in him exceedingly. They stopped Tor :,
fortnight at the farm to complete the
cure, and then it behooVed them Ia
md some means Of livelihood He turned
10 LONDON, as Il matter of course and flu-
~ arrived there early in November with
as splendid two-year-old boy rs the
whole OF England could show. with a re-
sected leg which untitled him for any
very active employment, wounded lung
winch gave him pause now and again
and a pension of nothing a day.
This part of Charles Clesercst's story is
50 very commonplace that there is no
need to enlarge upon il. He lea rned many
things which he never forgot He dill
gently answered many advert isefnents-in
person, rule. IN order To saw, the
posfage-stnd thereby came to the kppwl-
edge that there are "A great many more
people seeking places in this word than
there are places wanting persons He
learned, too, that University ,-duc:ti III
without practical experience in any spr-
cial line, counts for less than nothing.
and that, 10 the mind of plain business
man, military service units one who has
bed for his country the ordinary
duties of civilized life. II was heart
breaking work. but the Idea of applying;
for assistance at honeywell YES II &C.
CURED IL him certainly. but only to be
kicked ont instantly. He would sooner
die. CIesercsts break, but never bend lie
had done his duty IN writing home
after his marriage. ana no single word
had he or Margaret received in reply -
their letters. We know why They do
sired no communication with him So be
It. Unfortunately. he never sci eyes on
any single one of the lawyers advertise
ments In the Times and Morning
Post" lie had very soon found that The
most likely papers for advertisements
within his compass Were the ''Chronici,''
and Telegraph, and even in them he
wasted no Time on the personal columns
The thought OF commissioners uniform
began TO haunt his dreams like "A night
mare. Sooner drive "A bus or d; cab. "a
bus from choice as being less speculative