The North Wales Weekly News

A Vale of Conway Arti&t. Mr. Clinton Jones has emerged from his retreat in the Conway Valley, and has established himself for a short season at his town studio, A, Queen Insurance Buildings, to, Dale-street. A famous Liverpool alder- man used to hold the view that an artist should not live in the country, giving as his reason that familarity with nature tended to blunt observation. Mr. Jones is a living refutation of this theory, as anyone who has admired his beautiful rendering of gorse now in the Autumn Exhibition will readily ad- mit, and in the small collection of works which he is showing at the above address his alert perception of the beauties of nature and his capacity to put his impression on paper and canvas are well in evidence.— Liverpool Courier."

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The County School Question. ABERGELE SCORES. REMARKABLE COUNTY COUNCIL DECISION. TWO CONTRARY RESOLUTIONS. The quarterly meeting of the Denbighshire County Council was held on Friday at Wrex- ham, Mr. W. E. Samuel in the chair. The minutes of the special meeting, held on September 26th, were submitted for con- firmation. They contained a record of the adoption of the proposal to divide the Aber- gele County School district, making Colwyn Bay and two neighbouring parishes a separ- ate school district, with a county school of its own, and to give Abergele County School a definite rural and agricultural bias." The minutes were to the effect that Mr. W. G. Dodd, the Chairman of the Edu- cation Committee, had moved the confirma- tion of the scheme, and that his had been carried subject to the deletion of the pro- posal to make the Abergele School a school with a definite rural and agricultural bias. It was reported that the amendment to omit this provision had been carried by 22 votes to eight. The minutes contained the follow- ing statement: Subject to the foregoing I recommendations the proposals of the Joint Education Committee were approved, this being obviously the outcome of the voting." Mr. D. Mac Nicoll moved that the min- utes ibe not confirmed as a corrcet record of what occurred, and that the County Coun- cil did not approve of the scheme, in so fai as it would imply the setting up of two county schools in the Abergele district. The Rev. Thomas Lloyd (Colwyn Bay) rose to a point of order, holding that Mr. Mac Nicoll was not justfied in going into the merits of the matter. Mr. G. Cromar said he thought the minutes were correct, and that the Clerk had properly interpreted the effect of the County Council's decision, but the fact was that there was. no distinct issue before the Council as to whether there were to be two schools or not. Mr. D. S. Davies (Denbigh) a member of the Joint Education Committee, argued that there would be ample opportunitv yet to consider the matter. The Joint Committee could send the scheme to the Board of Edu- cation quite irrespective of the County Council, but it would come again before the County Council when it had been before the Board of Education. The Chairman suggested that the minutes should be confirmed, and that someone should give notice to rescind the resolution at the next meeting. Mr. D. S. Davies said that before then the scheme would probably have been sent up to London. Mr. A. O. Evans Mr. Davies has let the cat out of the bag. I move that the matter be settled at once. After some rather excited debate a vote was taken on the question whether the minutes were correct or not, the result being that 11 THEY WERE APPROVED with the omission of the statement that, sub- ject to the resolutions as to Abergele school, the scheme was approved. When the Council reassembled after the luncheon interval, Mr. D. Mac. Nicoll rose and said We do not exactly know how things stand in refer- ence to the County Education scheme, and I hope we shall have the indulgence, parti- cularly of Mr. Davies and the Rev. Thomas Llovd, so that the members may be put ft their ease. I, therefore, propose the suspen- sion of the standing orders in order to move this resolution That the County Council disanproves of any provision being made for two county intermediate schools in the Aber- gele and f olwyn Bay school area." I venture to think, he added, it is a very innocent resolution, and it will express the opinion of the County Council and so dis- pose of the matter at once. We really do not understand the position of affairs. Mr. J. T. Millward, of Abergele, second- ed the motion to suspend the standing orders. 0 Mr. D. S. Davies We have already wasted an hour in discussing this. Are we going to waste another? We have had the decision of the Council, though I don't agree with it. I think there are some qualms of conscience with regard to some of the votes which have been given and which have been given against their conscience. If you go on I shall want at least twenty minutes to speak on the point. lhe Chairman then read the standing order with regard to the suspension of the standing orders. It is as 'follows- — -Any one or more of the Standing Jrders m any case of emergency or upon motion being made on a notice duly given, may be suspended at a meeting so far as regards any business at such meeting, provided that three fourths of the members of the Council present and voting shall so decide." Mr. Samuel accordingly asked for the votes of those members who were in favour of Mr. Mac Nicoll's motion, whereupon 32 members stood up. For the contrary ten members rose, and it was ruled that the resolution was adopted by the requisite ma'orhy 1 The legulations of the County Council are that when a vote by show of hands is taken the members so voting shall stand up and hold up the right hand, with a view to greate^ accuracy and facility in counting the votes. ° Mr. Mac Nicoll then moved his resolution to disapprove of there being two schools in the Abergele and Colwyn Bay area. Mr. J. Harrop: I second. This will put the matter at rest once and for all. Mr. Trevor Lloyd Jones: There was really confusion as .to how the matter stood, and I think this resolution will clear the air, and settle the matter. It is important that the opinion of this Council should be given at once, because from what we heard here this morning from Mr. D. S. Davies, it is probable that this scheme will be drafted by the Board of Education shortly, and if our resolution is allowed to stand as it was to-day I believe the Board would be under the impression that the County Council were approving of the scheme. It is evi- dent from what took place this morning that this is not the case. And I think it is better we should make our views perfectly clear to-day, because I am afraid it will be too late, or at any rate it will be more diffi- cult to move the Board of Education, once they hav.i drafted the scheme and come to the decision that two schools were needed in that district. It is a wise proceeding to take to have the matter now dealt with, and I support the resolution. The Rev. Thos. Lloyd: Do you realise fully the injustice that you will do to the heaviest rated section of the community? the population of Colwyn Bay is now close- upon three times the population of Aber- gele, and indeed in a very short time it will be four times the population of Aber- gele. Colwyn Bay is increasing rapidly. It has doubled its population every decade for the last .hirtv years. Abergele is de- creasing, and yet here you have "the largest and heaviest rated district in the county without a secondary school, and you pro- pose to perpetuate this state of things. Mr. Harrop there said the thing would be settled once for all. It will not be settled, you may be quite sure of that. We shall have another course which we can take in a short time, independent of this Council, whether we have the school or not. We shall have the remedy in cur own hands before very long, but now you have an opportunity of doing what is fair towards a heavily rated district. Mr. D. S. Davies I wish to make an appeal at the present time to the good sense of the County Council. I am quite sure in their calmer moments, when they view the whole situation, they will be sorry that they ha\e taken the stand which they appear to have done, 1 wish to say it wHhout any ter^TW imn?tUre k^wledge of the mat- ter. There are two parts of the county con- versant with the position, Abergele and Colwyn Bay. They know exactly the posi- tion, and they are capable of expressing an I opinion, but the great number of the mem- bers of this Council at the present time—I say it with humility—have not got the full information. I am sorry that they have dis- cussed it. With regard to the Joint Com- mittee, the matter has been fully discussed for three years. We have courted Abergele to have their views, and we have been there on more than one occasion. We have been prepared to go again, and they refused to receive us. They said they did not require us they had made up their minds regardless of any other district. We in the Joint Edu- cation Committee are quite apart from any party, from any sect. We have to consider as a whole the requirements of education for the whole county. That is the position, and we have fully realised that that respon- sibility is placed on our shoulders. I can assure you here that we have never been partisans we have considered every case on its merits. We are prepared to go thor- oughly into the matter again, and I do ask the County Council not to increase our diffi- culty. It is a small matter to us. We are quite a nonentity in the matter. We have simply to prepare the terms for the Board of Education to accept or reject, and we have nothing further to do with it. We have been for three years at work there- fore we have been in no hurry; we have had to consider various interests in con- j sulfation with every party. Now we have | already had an expression of your opinion. \ou can go further if you like and coerce us as a Joint Education Committee, and say "There shall not be a County School for Colwyn Bay." But are we wise as a County Council to take that position at the present time ? I appeal to you for THE HONOUR OF THE COUNTY itself. I am quite sure you will be sorry in your calmer moments that you. voted that the Clerk has placed incorrect minutes before you. The report presented by the Clerk here to-day, I say, is ab- solutely correct. Do not let us make a mistake again. It does not matter what you do. We shall do our duty fearlessly and fairly, having the knowledge that the one thing we have to consider are the requirements of the education for the county of Denbigh as a whole, and not of Abergele and Colwyn Hay district by itself. I make this last appeal to the County Council. We shall hold an inquiry at Abergele and at C olwyn Bay, if you wish it, and when the scheme is drafted it will be submitted by the Board of Education to the County Council, which is the highest education authority for the county, and there will be time enough given them to consider it fully during the two months it will lie on the table. You will then be able to say whether you approve or disapprove. You may be quite .sure that the Joint Education Com- mittee will seriously consider the attitude of the Council towards these proposals, and they are bound to consider fully and care- fully what is the attitude of the County Council, and we should not be foolish enough to thrust into their face proposals that are not likely to curry favour. Mr. Simon Jones (Wrexham) I shall vote in favour of this resolution. I think it is very clear that two County Schools in the northern end of the county are too many, and I am strongly now in favour of higher grade schools. (Hear, hear.) They encour- age young men and young women to enter upon the industrial side of life. This is the most serious thing that is taking place to- day we are producing in our County Schools a large number who are educated above industry. (Applause.) For posts of clerks and so forth, and teachers, we are flooded with applicants at the present time and I am sorry to find that a large num- ber who are well educated should anply for these posts and find them all full. We have got to consider these matters, and I think if the Higher Grade School at Colwyn Bay is maintained and is iiicreased-and (should like to find a provision by the Board of Education that they should remain in these schools to the age of 15—it would be the eSJi 1 IP interests of education that could be effected in the county. (Hear hear.) 1 Mr. W. G. Rigby (Llandyrnog) The Joint Education Committee want to know the ooinion of the Council one wav or the other on this question, and I think it is fortunate that to-day we have been able to arrive at a decision. Either we have got to have one school or two schools in that district. fifteen years ago Colwyn Bay made a bed, and tiiey are finding it verv uncomfortable and are trying to kick Abergele out of it. and get into it themselves. (Hear, hear.) But we shall see that justice :s done, not only to the scholars but to the ratepayers as well. We have to come to the decision as to which is the cheapest and most effi- cient-one or two schools. Abergele has already established a school which is doing excellent work. It has got accommodation for many more pupils than there are there to-day, and there are 150 now. It has made its name ov-zing c. the efficiency of its edu- cation, and it has turned out scholars with very great credit to the school and the Kpln 1 f its, start the bu^ings have been en,aiged and the accommodation ex- tended, so that it is in everv wav r'T>hl of being of service to Colwyn Bay, even although it is growing larger and lar-er e\ery decade, and by keeping to one school m the district we are enabled t earrv on a higher grade elementary school at Colwyn Bay, which enable's the parents of those children who are unable to give a high fee to get their cniidren educated in a first-class manner up to the age of 15, and there are some 100 children receiving that system of education. The children of those parents who wish to go in for a higher and more expensive sort of education have only got to go to Aber- gele. There are plenty of trains running backwards and forwards every day, and if if a parent wishes his child to go to that school there is no difficulty in getting there in ten minutes. Their railwav fares will be paid for them by the Abergele Governors out of the school fees. Take the children up at Cerrigydmidion district and those Places they have very long distances to go. Further, if we establish two schools I say it is contrary to the decision of the Board of Education. They have distinctly said that they will not encourage two scho'ols of he same character in the district between the Conway and the Clwyd, and it was to get over that obstacle that we had this idea put in of making the Abergele School a school with an agricultural bias. If you go on with this you are going to put a large expenditure on your backs. You must have new school buildings. If the Higher Grade School at Colwyn Bay is used for a County School you will need some building for the children there. You will have the cost of the staff at Abergele and the cost of the .staff at Colwyn Bay.

The Last Fruit of Summer has long been gathered, but the beautiful Greek currant is always with us in perfect condition always fresh and sweet, the em- bodiment of Grecian sunshine. It is the principal fruit of the dishes which char- acterise the festive season of Christmas. But why limit its use to one period of the year, or to a few confections? To eat currants is to supply the body with grape sugar, the best of all foods. The currant is the most wonderful flavouring agent and nutrient in the world, and can be used in countless ways, all of which are agreeable to the taste. The following recipe has been taken iiom the little Currant recipe book which your grocer will only be too pleased to give you free of charge on request. Try this to- day. Currant Fritters. 3 eggs, 3 oz. flour, 4 oz. currants, 4 table- spoonfuls boiled rice, sugar to taste, a grate of nutmeg, 1. pint of milk, a pinch of salt, frying fat. METHOD.—Make the batter by mixing the yolks 01 eggs with the flour, and adding milk gradually till a smooth and light bat- ter is obtained. Add the salt to the whites of eggs and whisk stiffly, stir them lightly into the batter, add the currants, rice, nut- meg and enough castor sugar to sweeten. Drop the mixture in spoonfuls into hot fat and fry to a light brown colour. Drain the fritters on a cloth or paper and dredge over with castor sugar. Serve piled up on a hot dish. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn This has been discussed very fully. I say that the minutes of the last meeting, if they were correct, were misleading, and to say they were mis- leading is nearly to say they were incorrect. The Council to-day are discussing that point. We who are here, I venture to say, are representatives of the county of Denbigh equally with the Joint Education Commit- tee. I believe if you go into the constitu- tion of the Joint Education Committee you will find there is a majority—there was at the last election-of that committee of mem- bers who were not elected by the electors of Denbighshire. So this Council, whi.-h has a large majority of elected members, is 2, representative of the feeling of Del1 141- shire as the Education Committee ;5. But we are also told by Mr. Davies, "Lit the scheme be drafted." If this scheme is to go on by all manner of means drop the vote but if it is not to go on, why go io the trouble and expense of drafting it to submit it to this Council when it is well known here that there is a majority against it? I appeal to the strong common sense of the members of the County Council to say whether they approve1 or disapprove of it to-day, and so save useless time and trouble. The fact is that if we let the heme be drafted the thin end of the wedge ill be considered to have got in. Mr. David Lewis There is a very strong feeling in Colwyn Bay on this matter. The Urban District Council have passed a re- solution in favour of the school, and so has onblic meeting. Here it is proposed to pass an opposition resolution before, really, the case has been fully inquired into. If there was a strong feeling to support me I would move a resolution to the effect that the matter be derred until inquiry has been directed into the merits of the case. I propose that the Joint Education Com- mittee should hold an inquiry both at Aber- gele and Colwyn Bay to go into the merits of the case. It is exactly the same as though the children at Wrexham were sent to Gres- ford to school. Mr. D. S. Davies, in reply to a question as to whether the Joint Eduction Commit- tee had held inquiries at Abergele and Col- wvn Bay, as they had been requested to do by the Education Committee of the county, said: We have not been invited to hold an inquiry at either place yet. I wish to point out to Mr. Simon Jones that we are dealing with the question of the intermediate educa- tion, and not the elementary I agree with him with regard to the elementary educa- tion, but the Board of Education have dis- tinctly said that the children cannot remain in the school at Colwyn Bay after the age of 15, and that is the sole reason the whole question has been brought forward now. Mr. G. Cromar, in the course of some re- marks in support of Mr. Mac Nicoll's re- solution, said that the feeling was stronger to-day in opposition to the new Intermediate School at Colwyn Bay than it was three months ago. Mr. D. S. Davies: Is that so? Mr. G. Cromar went on to say that he was not complaining of the work of the Joint Education Committee. On the con- trary, he admired the work they had done, and would give them full credit for it. The Rev. Thomas Lloyd seconded the amendment that the inquiry be held first, before any decision was arrived at, at Abergele and Colwyn Bay. Mr. Lewis sent up the text of his amend- ment, as follows:- Inasmuch as the Council have not full information in the matter this Coun- cil asks the Joint Education Committee to hold an inquiry at Colwyn Bay and Abergele." Nine voted for the amendment, which was defeated. The resolution of Mr. Mac Nicoll was put and carried by an overwhelming majority.

Votes for Women. To the Editor of the WEEKLY NEWS. Sir,—A series of meetings in support of the Women's Suffrage Conciliation Bill cul- minated in a joint demonstration at the Albert Hall on Saturday. This was at- tended by representatives of the National Union, consisting of over 200 affiliated So- cieties for Women's Suffrage, as well as of political societies of both parties, and many other bodies, having as their common ob- j ect the extension of the Parliamentary suffrage to duly qualified women. In view of the important proceedings, we ask to be allowed to offer to your readers on behalf of the Colwyn Bay Society for Women's Suffrage, some information in re- gard to the bill thus supported. Why is it described as a Conciliation Bill? Whom does it conciliate? Certainly not the thorough-going Anti-Suffragists, for it embodies a principle-that of the removal oi the disability of sex-to which they are unalterably opposed. Nor is it designed to compose differences of aim between the various Women's Suffrage Societies, for such differences do not exist: But among Mem- bers of Parliament and others who are more or less favourable to Women's Suffrage there are differences as to the kind of measure which they are willing to support with the vigour and determination required to carry it through.. Some Conservatives, who look upon change as in itself an element of danger, are not prepared to go so far as to give the vote to women on the same terms as it is or may be granted to men. Some Liberals fear that if it. were given on these terms it would by means of plural and fag- got voting bring in a large proportion of propertied women, and that this would be an obstacle to reforms in which they are- in- terested. The Conciliation Committee, composed of members of the four existing parties in the House of Commons, have endeavoured in framing the Bill to meet these diverse views. It gives the vote to those women only who are on the municipal register, and thus commends itself to Conservatives as a moderate measure, adding only about a mil- lion women to the present male electorate of nearly eight millions, while the new ele- ment would consist of persons of whom there has already been some experience as voters. It meets the fears of Liberals, as regards >plural and faggot voting, by exclud- ing the ownership qualification, except where the owner occupies her property. The Bill has the support of influential members of all parties in the House of Commons. Its second reading was carried on July 12th by a majority of IIO, a larger majority than the Government was able to secure for the Budget of 1909 or for the Veto Resolutions. We appeal to all who are convinced of the justice of the claim and who desire to see this measure passed by the common consent of reasonable man of all parties to use their utmost efforts, at this critical mo- ment in support of the Bill.—We are, &c., The Committee of the Colwyn Bay Society for Women's Suffrage.

"Wait and See." GUARDIANS AND THE CHANCELLOR. The Holywell BoaTd of Guardians recent- ly wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer pointing out certain difficulties which would arise in providing for the extension of old- age pensions to paupers. A proportion of the pensions, equivalent to the amount of relief given in each case by the Guardians at present, will have to be met by Boards of Guardians. At Friday's meeting of the Board a re- ply was read from Mr. Lloyd George stat- ing that full particulars of the Government's proposals were given in his Budget speech of June 30th. With respect to future de- tails, futher information would be given wh-re necessary when the amending legisla- tion was placed before the House of Com- mons. The Chairman (Mr. J. Prince) What he has said he has said. What he intends to say—" wait and see." (Laughter.) The Clerk said this matter had been taken up by other boards of guardians after the discussion there, and several boards had written him on the subject. An answer would have to be given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer some day or other. Mr. Butters I propose that in the mean- time the Clerk goes and sees the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Talk to him in Welsh, and tell him what you think about it.

The Passing of the Third Floor Back." AN IMPRESSION. (CONTRIBUTED.) It is just two years ago since Mr. Forbes- Robertson first produced The Passing of the Third Floor Back" at the St. James' Theatre, London, and it was my good fortune to witness one of the early perform- ances. But great expectations are seldom fully realised, and I prepared myself, before the rise of the curtain, for something of a dis- appointment with the (evening's entertain- ment. And, certainly, it was not what I had expected; the play was a surprise to me, so unlike was it to anything I had seen before, but it was a pleasureable surprise, and when the curtain fell for the last time I felt more than satisfied. I rose from my seat and walked out into the roar of the London street with the spell of the play still upon me, and I felt a new and a better man. It was as though I had gone through a purgatorial process, without its pains, and the very air I breathed seemed to be purer and sweeter than before. Yes, that is how The Passing of the Third Floor Back affects you. It gets into grips with you as you are sitting quietly there in the darkened auditorium it makes an unfailing personal appeal to you which you cannot ignore, and all the hollowness, the knavery, and the trickery of the world, alas perhaps of your own life, is exposed with a poignancy that tells. But, then, there is the other side there is the good in life, the good which sheds its beneficence all around simply by faith in the good in man. It is the unfailing method, the argumentum ad hominem, and all that is best in us awakes and stirs the blood. That man sitting over there in the row in front, why, what has come over him? You saw him as you took your seat, and thought what a forbidding aspect was his, but now he is wearing a most benign expression. The whole audience, indeed, seems different now, and when you walk out into the streets the people all seem good and kindly: these are not strangers, you feel, but brother men. All theatre-goers in Colwyn Bay who have a high ideal of the theatre's place in the national life, who desire to see its mighty influence used on the side of purity and right, and who believe in its capacity to stir the imagination and to educate the people, should not fail, if at all possible, to seize the opportunity about to be afforded them of seeing Mr. Jerome K. Jerome's wonderful play in the Public Hall.

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[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]. Jack's Fortune. BY ALICE MAUD MEADOWS, Author of Cut bv Society," A Million of Money," Blind Man's Buff." "I think she loves me," he answered. "I tried to ascertain to-night, but her mother ir,t-errtipt eit F' 'H moilier is not favourably disposed tov rfrds you, 7 conclude? "I'm afraM 'of," Jack returned sadly, "hut lateiv Staple Findon has been paving Ditisy ;?itioii, and the title, Ithink, allures Mrs. A siren." And the g.c' ? "I think sle. lovee me. Jack again. I do not thi-.i.. 1'he would ihiur me over for Sir Staple Findon." Mr. White ::odded, and for a little while seemed lost Ü. thought. His mind travelled backward to et.<o days when he had loved Daisy's irotlii to the days when she had first encourage;, then tcjeel- (I him. He won- dered of wh\ dllibl'{, was the love of Daisy Austen for Jand determined to test it. And so, ulier his instructions, the young lawyer dre\T r-6 a will which, with the ex- ception of fh <iousand pounds bequeathed to Jack, left j..L his fortune to "Daisy Aus- ten, daughter of my old friend, Kmily Aus- ten," on eon<i>v;on that if she married within five years it t,i be with her mother's con- sent"; after ihsti she could please herself. Jaok paused a moment. "With her aether's con-en! he repeated after the sica man, "witii so large a fortune her mother never consent to her mar- riage with xrw —you—you are putting a veto on my liappii "I hope not," Mr. White returned. 'I hope I am C-,]V testing her love for you. Should Mrs. Austen refuse her consent to your marriage, and Daisy remain true to vou, vou will have your profession and five thousand por ids to help you; it is more than I had to help me as a young man." "I have no right to expect that or any- thing else fixii you." said Jack, "but in the event of Dairy consenting to be my wife, and failing her mother's consent to our marriage, how is your fortune to be willed?" A little smile crossed Hector White's lips. "Ah! that ig a contingency for which I must provide, of course," he answered, "but it is a matter over which I must think. I feel better to-night: I shall, I think, have time given itie for thought." And so thi will which, under certain con- ditions, gavç Da,ipy Austen all the fortune of Hector Whit*, was drawn up, signed, and witnessed, ift-er which Jack returned to his solitary \U.bI!Yf. It had never struck him that Mr. White would lea his fortune to Daisy under any conditions. "If Daisy loves me," he thought to himself, "ehe must, I know, either give up a fortune 07 me and, yet, I don't know. Mrs. Austen will surely wish her to have the money anyhow. But five years I may be kept waiting for five long, weary years!" CHAPTER III. Jack stared at the envelope which had come, under cover of another, to him by the first post in the morning, and which was ad- dressed to him in Hector White's handwrit- ing, handwriting a little unsteady, but quite legible. A short note informed him a similar envelope had been sent to a City stock- broker. The seal of both letters was to be broken simultaneously six months after his death. Jack staled at the envelope for some time, then shrugged his shoulders, opened a safe, and put it safely away. "1 wonder what it contains?" he said to himself. "Anyway, whatever it is, I hope it will be very long before I open it." Fate, however, went against Jack. Mr. White was taken ill again, and died very sud- denly. Jack had been trying his best to come to an understanding with Daisy, but Mrs. Atisten took care they were never alone, and had even intercepted his letters, and sent them back. "I object to your corresponding with my daughter," she had written, "I have very different view: from your,- for her future. I tell you candidly your letters shall not reach her if I cau help it." The death of Mr. White, of course, made matters worse, and, perhaps, one of the hardest moments of his life war, when Jack called upon Mrs. Austen to acquaint her and Daisy with the contents of Mr. White's will. Daisy gave a little gasp; Mrs. Austen's eyes flashed, a scornful look crossed her face. "You have known of this will for over a month," she said, "you, no doubt, knew of Mr. White's intentions previously to the making of the will. I don't know what Daisy will think of you now many would say," and she put an ugly stress on the word, "Fortune hunter 1" Jack half rose from his chair, in just anger; Daisy flushed. "Mother, how can you she said. "My dear child," she said coldly, "you don't know the vwld so well as I do. Any- way, I am master of the situation for five years, and to anything in the nature of a foolish engagement I shall not give my con- sent. Now I'll leave you, and you can say good-bye but remember for five years Daisy cannot marry without my consent or losing her fortune." She went from the room, closing the door after her. Jack hesitated a moment, then crossed to Daisy. "You don't believe that I'm a fortune hunter, Daisy?" he asked "you know that I love you—you know that I want you to be my wife just because I love you, and almost believe, darling, that you love me. Dearest, you believe me?" "Of course I believe you," she said, "and since the money is hardly likely to be mine, it can't be that you care for-it must just be," she laughed gleefully, "me "You would give it all up for me?" "Why, yes," she answered. "Of course, it's a great surprise, and I should be very glad to be able to keep it, that is. if you didn't mind my having so much. But if money is going to veto our happi- ness for five years," she went on, "why—why -oil, Jack!" For a little while nothing more was said, then, as though no fortune were at stake, the young people began to make plans. When at last he left her Daisy went straight to her mother. "Jack and I are engaged," she said. "We haven't talkad about when we'll marry yet, but we are not going to wait five years. Mother, I hope you'll give your consent. What have you against Jack?" Mrs. Austen's lips set. "He was never a suitable match for you," she said, "and you have the chance of doing well-Sir Staple Findon-11 "Under no circumstances," Daisy inter- rupted, "would I marry Sir Staple Findon. If you won't give your consent to my and Jack's marriage, we-I am sorry, mother, to have to say it—shall marry without it, and forfeit the money." Mrs. Austen turned pale. "You don't know what you're talking about!" Mrs. Austen returned. "This money will come as a godsend; your father has speculated foolishly, and lost; Sir Staple has lent him money. We have almost promised you shall be his wife; we understand better than you do who would make you happy. Don't let me have any more nonsense about Mr. Hamilton, Daisy." "I shall marry him, mother." Once more Mrs. Austen's mouth set. "Then you'll lose your fortune, for I will never give my consent," she answered. CHAPTER IV. The affairs of Mz-, Austen were in a bad •way. Daisy had announced her engagement to Jack Hamilton., under which circum- stances it was not, j»crhaps, surprising that Sir Staple Findon r«ther pressed her father for the money he kfid borrowed of him. Daisy wfcs absolutely willing, if her mother would give her coiawint to her maiimge with Jack, to JMfp her father to any extent which was necessary, but Mrs. Austen was obstin- ate, and *a* qui*# determined that Daisy should bectt&e Lfindon. (To be continued.)

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