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[ALL RIGHTS R SS SSVEI)]. For Love and Honour By HAROLD BINDLOSS, Author of A Wide Dominion," His Adversary's Daughter," The Kingdom of Courage," "The Mistress of Bonaventure," &c. tuw.cz. iViaa jacK, tney called him, ana they weren't far wrong; but there's a good many besides me who'd be sorry when they heard he was drowned." Ah' said Harry, that's something to -say of anybody, isn't it? But did you meet a. man called Salter in the Elliot boats?" His companion's face hardened. Oh, yes, I met him. That's why I left the Calabria before she went down. Only had the one run with Salter on board; but one of us would have been Sorry if I'd stopped. You can take abuse or a hammering when you've earned it, and have nothing against the man; but a wipe in the face with a spanner when it's somebody lse's fault is a different thing. Next time I meet Mr. Salter—ashore—I'll put my mark on him." Do you know he's suspected of man- slaughter? I didn't; but I expected he'd do it some day. Have the police got him?" kind you "Not yet. Now. I know your kind you <Ion't hold your job long—and knocking about -different ports and in different boats, as you -do, it strikes me you have as good a chance of hearing of Salter as anybody. Well, if you can let me know where he is, it might be worth five pounds." "Friend of his?" No, said Harry, drily; I can't say I am. n Mean to put the police on to him ? On the whole, I don't think that's likely." The man looked thoughtful. I might have drawed the line at the police. Had some trouble with them fellows myself, once or twice. Got a nasty bash last time. What address. Harry scribbled Grayson's private address on the back of an envelope, which he handed him. That's London. A long way from here. esid the man, who stopped and gazed at him. There's something about you I ought to know, and I've heard somelxxlv talk like you he fore." Then a. light seemed to break m on him. I've got it now." "Yes," said Harry, simply. "I'm Captain Elliot's son." "Then, five pounds or no five pounds, if 1 liear of Salter I'll put you on; and if I can raise the railway farei I'll come along and finish up when you have done with him." "I believe he's a hard case. You would probably meet your match," Harry answered, smiling. Now you know who I am. you had better write to me-Golden tleece, Dalehead —if you have any news of Salter." They said nothing more of any moment until they reached the village, where Harry ordered a meal for two at an inn. He was quite aware that the landlady would wonder where he had picked up his poverty-stricken companion; but this was not a. matter of any consequence to him. He was, however, not altogether pleased when he saw Alison walk- ing down the quiet street. The window of the sunny, low-ceilinged room was*open, and passing close by she glanced in and recog- nised him after which he saw her eyes rest -with a slightly astonished expression upon the fireman. The latter looked up at Harry with a grin. "Friend of yours?" he aeked. "If I'd known, I'd have got behind that sofa." It would have been a most unwise pro ceeding," said Harry, drily. Pitch into the ham. There's plenty more. He rose in another minute or two, because he fancied Alison meant to call at the little general shop, and he wished to walk home with her. On passing through the bar, he saw the engineer from the miue sitting among two or three others. "How did you come to be here? Have you stopped the pump? he inquired. Had a smash some days ago," the man answered. They've wired to Leeds for some .forgings to come by express, and I'm waiting for Fisher to drive me to the station to ask about them." Harry failed to find Alison in the store, and he had turned back towards the inn when he saw the engineer get into a trap in front of it. He was speaking loudly to one of the men -witii whom he had been sitting; but as soon as he was seated the driver started the horse, which seemed fresh, and the vehicle clattered out of sight round a sharp corner. It had scarcely disappeared when the fireman sprang hurriedly out of the door, and then, swinging round, gazed at the man who still stood out- round Ne locked puzzled and annoyed. "Whose is the trap?" he asked. Belongs to man who keeps the pub. He's gone to the station," was the answer. The fireman turned back into the inn, and 'While Harry followed him entered the bar, which he carefully glanced round. Then he went through into a smaller room behind it, and appeared astonished to find nobody there. Why are you wandering about the place? Harry inquired. "I heard a voice," replied the other. I daresay," said Harry. I heard several." The man knitted his brows. I thought I knew it." It's hardly likely. You have no friends round here ? Nobody nearer than Whitehaven." "Then you must have imagined the thing; and I'll get off," said Harry, who was anxious to overtake Alison. I've spoken to the land- lady, and you ca.n stay the night here." Thank you, sir," replied the man. "You're like your father, and I don't know that I could say any more of you." Though it was a pity he did not wait to in- vestigate the matter, which might have saved him some trouble, Harry turned away; and looking back at the end of the village he saw the fireman gazing up and down the street, as if in search of somebody. CHAPTER XIII. I A fine night had followed severai days of fceavy rain, and Harry sat in the morninj sunshine on the parapet of a bridge some thirty miles from Ruleholnie with his arm round the waist of a little fair-haired girl. It was for the amusement of the latter he was dropping bits of stick into the flood that surged frothing between the limestone piers. Minnie and Tom Grayson, who hud arrived from London for a week or two's holiday on the previous evening, leant against the low wall qlose by with another child. The roofs of a quaint old village frequented by summer visitors peeped out among the birchos a milo lower down the valley. Minnie glanced at the head of the neigh- bouring lake, which gleamed, a streak of silver, between walls of dusky firs; and then at the sweep of hillside that ran up hish aloft and was lost in a gauzy curtain of sunlit mist. It's a lovely spot, and the air's so clean and sweet," she said. I wish we could stay a month here-it would set the children up, and Harry's ,been delicate ever since last winter; but, of course, the thing's out* of the question. A fortnight will be a big enough strain on our finances." If that's the chief difficulty, I think it could be got over." Harry replied. "Tom's about the oldest friend I have, and I've an idea that I ought to show my appreciation of the fact that you called this youngster after nie." Absurd! said Minnie, firmly. You know why we gave him your name. It wasn't in the expectation of favours to come." She coloured slightly, and Harry, who saw that she was determined, smiled at the child. What are you going to do when you grow it,p, my lad ? Go to foreign places—the same as you did," the boy answered, sturdily. Then I'll find diamonds or something, and send Yrainmy money, so she shan't have to work. She shall have a house with a garden—a real one, big enough to grow things iu- and a maid as well as Mrs. Begg." Who's Mrs. Begg?" Harry asked. :dly. The little girl at his side gave him the in- forma.tion. I suppose you couldn't know." alic- said. She lives in Ashpurn-street, and comes in to do the washing once a fortnight. We can't have her oftener." Her mother managed to stop her with a 'warning sign, and Harry, who did not notice this, flashed a quick glance at his friends-. It struck him that Minnie looked jaded, and the children pale. He felt sorry for them. "When Tom wrote that he was coming north, my first idea was that you should stay fith me. be said. I took all the room tliev naa to spare at me inn Tor tne RV.myaer. ar.e. it's an even prettier place than thip. in only trouble was that it's rather too Ruleholme, and I fancied it might be better that my eminent relative shouldn't be im- pressed with the fact that I was on friendly terms with Tom. After all. however, I'm not sure that this would matter very much, and the gentleman in question mightn't even hear that you had stayed with me." He looked at .Grayson. Could you get another week by anv means? No," was the answer. "It's impossible —and, for the reason jou mentioned, it wouldn't be wise." Minnie's face hardened. "Watson goes off almost when he likes," she broke out. He s been away twice this year; but they made it a special favour at the office when Tom got one extra day at Whitsuntide." Then she harked back to her old grievance. Watson used to come round to our house in the evenings be- fore he got on, and nobody need tell me that he's more capable than Tom. I've always had an idea he got pushed on because he wasn't as particular as Tom would have been." "There's no use harping upon it, Minnie." her husband interposed. "He got advanced and I didn't, and that's the end of it. After all. we might be worse off." Harry chatted with the children for a few minutes, and then turned to the man thought- fully. Tom," he said, I've often fancied that my father had a little money; I know my mother brought him some. There's no doubt that he was rather extravagant; but some years ago captains of tramp steamers who went to out-of-the-way places now and then made something by odd favours to merchants and shippers, and I can remember him mention- ing something of the kind. I didn't see him for several years before he was lost in the Calabria, and my mother died when I was voung; but from odd words both let fall I somehow gathered that lie had put some little money into Arnold's vessels. Did you ever hear anything about it 1" "Have vou asked Mr. Elliot?" "I have not. It struck me that if there was anything in the notion, he would have in- formed" me. As he didn't, and I'd nothing but a vague fancy to go upon, I couldn't very well open the matter." Grayson seemed to consider. Well," lie said. I must confess that some years ago I was under much the same impression. I can't tell you why now, but I thought your father had an interest of some kind. On the other hand, when we changed into a limited company his name didn't figure among the shareholders." He broke off and spoke to one of the children before he turned to Harry again in a way which suggested that he found the subject difficult. I can only say this. Like the rest in the office, I've only access to the general accounts—and company balance-sheets aren't always as lucid as they seem—but it's my opinion that the Elliot concern was once or twice in rather a tight place during the past six years." Minnie looked at her husband sharply. Tom," she said. "you don't think-" I'm not in a position to think anything," Grayson replied. It strikes me that Harry had better adopt the same attitude." They passed the next half-hour lounging about the bridge; and then Minnie clutched the little girl, who was straying across the road, as the throbbing of a motor rose from among the birches that filled the valley. Soon afterwards a big car broke out from their shadow, but it stopped a little short of the bridge, where a stream of water that came flashing down a rocky slope fell into it mossy trough. The chauffeur sprang out, and Alison and Arnold Elliot alighted after him, though a figure wrapped in furs sat still he- hind ths screen. Harry touched Grayson's arm. I'd sooner this hadn't happened, but we must face the situation," he said, quietly. Arnold, who strolled towards the bridge with Alison, saw the party next moment, and Harry noticed a quick look of surprise and. he almost fancied, suspicion in his race. but he came on anil bowed to Mumie. I believe you are going to have fine weather after all, Mrs. Grayson, and you have chosen a charming place to stay at." he remarked. "Are these your children?" Minnie said they were, and Elliot turned to Alison. Mr. Grayson is one of my staff." he said. "I think you saw him one day at the office." Alison bowed to Grayson, and Elliot went on: "The circulating water got overheated coming up the long hill. and my chauffeur wants to fill up." he explained to the rest. Will you come along and look at the car? I daresay we could take the youngsters as far as the village." They walked back together, and when they stopped beside the handsome car Elliot turned to Grayson. I was a little surprised to see Harry with you. until I remembered that you began your busi ness life together in my office." he said. Harry, wh o was speaking to Maud Elliot, looked up with a laugh. We were good friends in those days. He wrote me that he was coming here, and I ran down to talk over old times with him." "Then he knew you were at the Golden Fleece?" Arnold a^ked. with a quickness which did not escape Harry's attention. "Of course I ran across him one day in the Temple Gardens and gave him my address." Elliot smiled goodhumouredly. "You once very nearly got Grayson into serious trouble; antVI must confess that you now and then occasioned me some uneasiness, besidos giving Watson cause for complaint." Harry did not resent this. To some extent it was true, and though he was conscious that Alison was watching him, it failed to strike him that Elliot had spoken for her and his daughter's benefit. This. however, occurred to Minnie, and a faint sparkle which her husband knew the meaning of, crept into her eyes. I won't believe anything very bad of Harry. Maud broke in. Thank you," said Harry. I'm sorry I can't be certain your confidence is alto- gether justified." It's curious how you harum-scarum young men find women willing to defend you," Arnold remarked. "If v.,e staid and ol)er people ventured half as far, we certainly shouldn't meet with the same 'consideration." Minnie noticed Alison's face, and un- derstood. Elliot had indulged in this badinage to corroborate stories of the younger man which he had either set on foot or countenanced. I'm a champion of Mr. Harry Elliot's." she broke in, looking at Alison. lie was thoughtless in his early days, but I'm sure h" never did anything then or afterwards that he could seriously regret." Maud glanced at her with a somewhat curi- ous smile, and Elliot made a deprec atory gesture. He's fortunate, he said. pleasantly. "After all, Mrs. Gray-tin only bearo out jvhat I was saying." He turned to her. No doubt you saw a good deal of Harry?" "Of course!" said Minnie. "When he was in London." Elliot's face was expressionless, but site fancied that she had made a mistake. Well," he said, we must be getting on, as we must reach Leeds to-night, and if you'll trust us with the children, we'll promise to set them down safely at the village." They were eager to go, and when the car went throbbing down the road, Grayson looked at his wife. My dear," he said, I'm not sure you were altogether wise in speaking in that way to my employer." I wasn't speaking to—him—but he seemed good-humoured," Minnie replied. Besides, I had my reasons." The trouble is that one can very seldom tell whether Elliot's good-humoured about things or not," Grayson pointed out. They strolled on down the road, and by- and-bye Minnie spoke again. I suppose the tall one is Mr. Elliot's niece?" she said. She struck me as a young woman who likes her own way, and rather proud, but she has a fine face. She looks staunch, nnd I think she'd stick to a thing once she felt it was right, though she would need convincing be- fore she got an idea she didn't like into her head. In a way, she's handsome." There can be no doubt on that point," U_v <110,1 _1 ieii, sa.,cl Minnie. i was sorry tor the other; a helpless invalid Tom says. I like her face even belter. h'g so gentle and patient. It's curious a man like tllat should have such a girl for a daughter and another for a niece." You seem to have a profound distrust of him," Harry commented. I wouldn't trust Elliot with sixpence if I could help it. I've never believed in him since he moved up Watson over my husband's head, though I don't know if that's logical." I daresay it's natural," Harry answered, with a smile. They met the children coming back further on, and the little girl clutched a decorated cardboard box, while her bm:'i"r's was full. "Harrys as 'hL, can. and he'll want mine after v. a:- N." she be- gan. "The lady who didn't get on; me them." Then she looked at her father. You never bring me sweets Jike tlwse," No," said Grayson, drily; "I'm afraid you'll have to be content, with common ones. You see, I'm not a shipowner." Your father earns his money," Minnie re- marked. Don't be too hard on Elliot," Harry ob- jected. "He meant to please the youngsters." I daresay the girls meant to please them," Minnie corrected him. Elliot only wanted to do what would look nice and graceful which is a different thing. The man had an audience and couldn't help acting." They said no more on the subject, but when they were strolling by the lake that evening Minnie smiled at Harry, who walked a little behind the rest with her. You think a good deal of Mr. Elliot' niece?" she said. Harry was slightly astonished; but he answered candidly, "That is true, but the other side of the question is more important— I mean, what she may happen to think of me," Minnie nodded. Well." she said, "she's not in love with you yet, but if I were you 1 wouldn't despair." "What leads you to believe "I watched her face while Elliot was föpeaking about you." "So did I," said Harry. "I didn't notice anything encouraging in it. On the whole, she looked indignant. At the same time I was puzzled as to why Elliot spoke as he did. He's not greatly given to pleasantries of that kind." He had an object," said Minnie, oracularly. Then the little boy demanded to be taken out on the lake, and soon after Henvv f,)t a boat they were driven back by heavy ram. Next. morning it was raining harder than ever, and in a day or two Ilarrv, who arranged for his friends to visit him. wen: back to the dale. On the afternoon following his arrival he was walking home by the river- side when he turned off to the mine, and found Mat and several others clearing out a channel for the water that poured down the hillside. A few more figures were visible through the rain further up the slope. A power of water coming down, said Mat. stopping to lean, upon his .shovel. There is," Harry agreed. How is it yuu haven't cut some drainage trenches before? It rains pretty often in this country." Mat pointed to a. cascade which splashed down the face of a neighbouring crag ir. threads of foam. Beck cgmes out of the Flow—the wet moss beneath the Pike," he explained. Used to fall down the crag, but Flow's been creeping lately, and part of the water runs round this way behind the Knowe." A patch of wet bog will sometimes spread across its usual boundaries, and Harry could understand that the stream would be diverted by this means into a new channel, which, as it happened, had its outlet near the mine. You'll have trouble to keep it out of the workings if the rain goes on," he suggested. We've trouble now," Mat replied. II Mine's wet, any way, and pump was stopped some days. Engine man got new things he wanted, but some wadn't fit right, and he cannot give pump more than lmlf steam. That's wha.t took Mr. Elliot, to Leeds." He fell to work again, and Harry turned away thoughtfully. Arnold, he fancied, had been hardly hit by the loss of his new steamer, and now it seemed likely that he would be involved in unusual expenses over the mine. (To be continued).

I CHIPS OF NEWS. I I 1 d. } Residents of Hampton Court, including t hose jresidinst" in the Palace, a re signing a petition to the King" against the proposed^ new pier or wharf on the foreshore of tlnv Thames below Hampton Court Bridue. According to the Highways Committee of the Ijondon County Council, the saving effected by the Me tropolitan Borough Councils, owing to the maintenance of the tramways tracks by the Council, ii restimated to amount to over = £ 125.000 a year. Official denial is made of the statement pub- lished from Athens that in April the en«nfo- ment of the Prince of W ales to Princess Helena of Greece will be announced Lord Justice Cherry has been appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in nuccesion 10 Lord O'Brien, resigned, and Serjeant Moriavty, the Irish Attorney-General, has been appointed Lord Justice of the Irish Court of Appeal, m succession to Lord Justice Cherry. Mr. Henry Williams, of the firtn of William* and Son*, manufacturers' agents, of Distaff- lane, Cannon-street. KC.. was on Saturday found dead ri his office. Another bomb explosion has occurred at th-, house of Dr. Nunes da Ponte, in Oporto. Great damage was done, but there was fortunately no loss of life. A telegram received in Berlin from Wanna •tated that lierr Blank was killed on Friday through his machine turning turtle as he was coming" to earth. Sir Arthur Priestley, Liberal Member for C'.t-ayitli,irn IOCO, -ill not seek reelection at the close of the present Parliament. While endeavouring to avoid a man who ran across the road to save a child, a motor-ear co'lided widi a Newcastle tramcar and was smashed. A lady in the motor-car was injured, but a gentleman who accompanied her escaped unhurt. Four thousand five hundred pounds for two lifrltoats for the Somerset coast was left to the Lifeboat Institution by Mr. II. J. Vagg, of Camberwcll. Three suffragettes occupying in dw upper circle at the Gairick Theatre. London, on Saturday, threw packets of pamphlets the stalls and started making speeches. On be ,rj,z bv attendant* rhev ¡..It n" I itp charred remains ot a man, Deiievea to ne .T, i, Kennedy, a Carnarvon collier, were found atuonar the debris of some farm buildings which were destroyed by lire at Sticklewen Farm, Basrlan. near Neath, on Saturday morning. At Cambridge University Father P. N. Wag- elt. of Trinity College, has been appointed Lluusean lecturer for the year. The lecturer, who i. also styled the Chr^ran preacher," has to prc.uch four sermons, in which he is to show the .videiiep for revealed religion, or to explain iiime of the most, difficult texts or obscure parts of Holy Scriptures. Queen Marghcrita, mother of the King of Italy, who is ill with influenza, is making good progress. Tidal waves broke over the quays at Lancas- ter on Sunday afternoon and '■flooded the ground s of Luneside Hospital and -the base- ment." of several warehouses. A journey round the earth via the two I'oles wa? suggested by Commander Peary at a dinner at the Explorers' Club, New York, as the next feat for explorers. At the request of Miss Mary Rogers, six mem- bers of the VTilland (Ix-von) Football Club acted as bearers at her funeral on Saturday, her brother being captain of the club. "It is only twenty-five years since I worked in an engineering s hop," said Mr. John Burns, President of the Board of Trade, after a visit to Manchester engineering work s on Saturday. Seven couples have celebrated their golden weddings (fifty years) in the parish of Shaw and Whitley, Wilhire. which ha. fewer than 700 in- habitants, and another is within ten months of- doing so. Nellie Whitby, of Sedgeford, Norfolk, after being neither absent nor late for eleven years, has just left the parish school, to which for the last five years she had to walk a mile and a-half daily. Following the discovery on Friday of foot- and-mouth disease among Irish cattle at Birken- head. the Board of Agriculture has prohibited the landing in Great Britain of any cattle, sheep, or &wine from Ireland. Of 7.488 film subjects examined between March 1st and December 31st last by the British Board of Film Cenwrs-a voluntary association of film pTodtloor-166 were objected to but Dasaed after modification and 22 were entirely rejected. The building with State aid of about 10,000 workmen's dwellings in the suburbs of Dublin is to be recommended, it is reported, by tha Commission appointed to inquire into housing coadhiom in Dublin.

NEWS IN BRIEF. I MR. BALFOUR AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. Mr. Balfour visited the King and Queen at I Buckingham Palace on Monday, and remained to luncheon. lie spent about two hours at the Palace. THE DEPORTED LABOUR LEADERS. I The steamship Umgeni, with the deported South African Labour leaders on board, called on Monday at Las Palmas, and after taking in a lupply of fresh provisions left for London. The passengers were not allowed to land, and when spoken to frol1. it launch were not communicative. JAPANESE DIPLOMAT DEAD. I The death is announced at Tokio of Viscount Shuzo Aoki, the well-known Japanese diplomat. Between 1892 and 1898, when Viscount Aoki was Japanese Minister in Berlin, he had tempo- rarily the charge of the same duty in England as an additional post. NO DROPPING THE PILOT. I The Carmania, which proceeded to New York on Sunday without embarking the mails at Queenstown. was unable to land the Liverpool Oilot, who is now being" carried to New Yoik. COUNTESS'S MATRIMONIAL POSITION. I I The President of the Divorce Court on, Mon- day ..phehi th" objection taken on behalf of P.< :v. :.i Duke oi" Mecklenburg-Schwerin that the led no jurisdiction in the matrimonial, suit brought by Elk; both Countess de Gasquet James. S T 1: W'.LIAM VINCENT. I Sir Wil!I,' ViUi:put died at D'Abernon Chase. 1,(" "1 on Monday afternoon. He Has the twelfth Baronet, a Justice of the Peace for Norfolk. Herefordshire, and Surrey, county • Iderman for Surrey, and chairman of the Surrey Quarter Sessions. STRENGTH OF THE ARMY. I Colonel Seelv has informed Mr. Bennett- Goldney that the establishment of the Regular Army is 134.808, and the strength on Januarj 1st was 1'22,445. DEATH OF A BADEN PRINCESS. I Princess William of Baden, great-grand- daughter of the Empress Josephine and grand- daughter of the Czar Nicholas I., died a4 Karlsruhe on Monday. ENGLISHMAN MURDERED ON TIGRIS. 1- I The British Embassy at Constantinople has presented a Note to the Porte demanding the punishment of the murderers of the British captain of a river steamer on the Tigris. LIVERPOOL SACK MURDER APPEAL. I Samuel Angeles Eltott, who was sentenced to four years' penal servitude as an accessory after the fact in connection with the murder of MisS Bradfield at Liverpool, has entered an appeal, which will probably come before the Court of Criminal Appeal on Monday. COLONEL FOUND SHOT DEAD. I Colonel A. T. Wodehouse, formerly of the Roval Artillery was found shot dead at Devon- nort on Monday. A revolver was lying near the bodv. Colonel Wodehouse, who was over seventy years of age, had been in failing health for some time. lIe retired from the service twenty years ago. END OF THE TEACHERS' STRIKE? I It is understood that the Herefordshire Edu- cation Committee have agreed to bring tho •trike of teachers to an end by the adoption of a stale of salaries for headmasters. This is said to be the result of pressure by the Board of Education. GERMAN COAL FOR LONDON GAS. I It was reported on Newcastle Exchange on Monday that the London gas companies had purchased 1,000,000 tons of coal from Germany. A few daws ago the companies bought 250,000 tons from Germany. NEPHEW OF GRACE DARLING. I Mr. Uobovr Darling, a member of the famous family of lighthouse-keepers, and nephew of Grac6 Darling, died, at South Shields on Mon- day. Mr. Darling was formerly the principal keeper at the Longstone Lighthouse, and had served in various other lighthouses round the British coasts. I OF RAMSGATE MERCHANT. I Since the death of his wife, Samuel Deveson, a Ramsgate merchant/-has" suffered from depres- sion. and on Monday he was found hanging from a bedpost. At the inquest a verdict of luicide whilst temporarily insane was returned. BANK CASHIER'S £ 7,000 FRAUDS. I I Sentence of eighteen months in the second division has been passed at the Old Bailey on Walter Robson, fifty-four, cashier at the Com- mercial Bank of Australia. for stealing < £ 7,400 from the bank. He was said to have covered no the theft by ingenious and complicated falsi- fication of the books, and to have lent large sums to various person*. LIVING WAGE IN AUSTRALIA. I Mr. Ju>tice Heydon. the President of the Svdney Industrial Court, after a special in- cjuiry, has fixed the standard living wage for a man, a wife, and two children at 48s. a week. FREE RIDES FOR THE BLIND. I The Nottingham Corporation has agreed to I a proposal to eriable blind peoplp •of lirnitnrl means to travel on the Corporation elects tiamcars free. SHEEP KILLED BY DOGS. I Shepherds- and lfockmasters with gun. Datrolled the mountains between Ennerdale and Lameswater Valleys in the Lake D'istriet dur- ing the week-end in search of dogs which had attacked flock of sheep grazing on the fell paa- tui'es. Three dogs were shot. PIT-CAGE ACCIDENT NEAR WIGAN. I A youth and two men were killed on Monday in a pit-cage accident at Low Hall Collieries, Platt Bridge. While a cage was being drawn up one of the shafts it was struck by an empty coal tub which had fallen from the top of the xlipft. Seven other occupants of the cage were uninjured. THRIFTY JACK TAR. I Deposits to the amount of X290,468 were made I in naval savings banks during the financial wear 1912-13. GARDEN ON A CARPET. I Valued at « £ 3,000, a carpet, designed as a Persian garden, with walks, frees, and fruit, ap- I peared in an exhibition of Eastern rugs at the Horticultural Hall, London, this week. STEVEDORE'S MUSICAL HAIR, I He has not the build of a stevedore and wears his hair like a was part of a doctor's report at now County Court on an ap- plicant for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act. GAOL FOR A SPORTING FRAUD. I Sentence of one month's imprisonment was Passed at EOllthport on John James Smith, of Houghton-le-Spring (Durham), described as an experienced racing cyclist, for obtaining twc prizes at a Southport sports meeting by enter- in as a novice under a false name. RUNAWAY HORSES' VICTIM. I While an aerated water company's forage-van wc-s crossing Streatham Common the three horses bolted, and tho driver, Robert Simmonds, ttted about Mxty, was thrown out and killed. A YEAR'S EMIGRATION. I Preliminary figures relating to emigration in 1913 show that 388,813 persons previously resi- dent in these islands left for destinations over- seas. of whom 178,4C8 were men, 140,696 women. awl 69,640 children- i.e., under twelve years ol Of this total 284,663 went to other parti of the Empire, and 104,150 to foreign States The actual emigration, represented by the ex cess of departures over arrivals, was 302,055. a

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I Hereford and Ledbury to Worcester, Birmingham, and London Sundays. & m a. ma m a. ma m amp m p mp m p »»p m; p m p ni p m p m p mlp mlP m'a m P M Hereford dep7 308 449 35 1130 1250 1257 2 203 10 14 205 86 20 8 258 35 9 45 Withington 7 39 9 45 1 7 3 22  5 19. 8 44 9 55 Stoke Edith 7 46 9 52 1 14 3 30 I 5 26 8 51 10 4 Ashperton .7 53 9 59 1 21 337 5 33 858 Ledbury .8 1 10 8 1132 1 30 a 3 4«|4 20 4 43 5 4 6 41 7 45 9 9 10185 5 Colwall 8 13 9, i o 10211147 li .2 1 30 a .3 4t)! t 20 4 43 5 4?? 6 41?7 45 9 9 1018 5 r) ColwaU .8 139 101021114712 2 b 1 41 2 583 584 33 5 546 5 7 57 9 21 1028517 Malvern Wells 8 ?2 1031 1152 1 46 .)4 4 1 37 15 59 d 18 2 9 26 10345 23 Malvern, Great 8 299 18 1037 115512 9 1 301 513   4 1014 4 5 5 59 d 8 2 9 26 li?34 5 23 Malvern, Great 8 299 181037115512 9 1 301 51 3 64 104 425 06 56 588 10 9 09 35 10385 30 Malvern Link 8 32 1043 1 56 4 144 46 6 9 18 15 9 40 10425 34 I Bransford Road 1050 4 22 24 10495 41 1050 4 22 i9 IS 31 9 50 105f) 5 47 I Henwick  1057 4 28 6 19 8 31 9 50 1056 5 47 Henwick 8 349 2811 4 1219 2 73 17 4 305 15 106 247 98 349 159 54 10595 49 Worcester F. S. 110 3 11 6,5 55 Worcester S.H. 8 47 9 521110 1255 1 472 133 354 365 55 306 277 358 40 1,10 3 II 65 55 Birmingham 10 51025 1 27 4 22 6 15i8 12,8 12 1017 4 17 9 50 Wo!verh'mptool044lll0122 1 58 4 204 38 6 47,8 138 42 1140 4 1210 3 Eveaham 9 141051?1147 3 12 5 23 6 21?7 15. 11231123 6 28 6 28 Evesham .10301245 1 40 4 20 ?7 il19 10 8 8 8 8 Reading .11101 3?2 25 5 01 7 59?10 0 ? 19 429 42 London MrllI02103 5 ;4 155 52j ?8 581050 8Zi2lg ?1)2 a Calls Tuesday at 2-45. b Calls if required to pick up for London. c Calls at Colwall to set down from Hereford and beyond on notice to guard at Hereford, d Sets down from North of Shrews- bury and from Cardiff, Bristol, and beyond, on notice to guard at Hereford. London, Birmingham, and Worcester to Ledbury and Hereford. Sundays. a ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma mp mp mp mp mp mp mp mp mp mp ma mp ma m London dep 5 40 i 45. 9 501033 1 40 1 45 4 45 455730 1020 Reading 6 401. 10431120 2 30. 3b07 35 11 8 Oxford 8 58 35. 1125120 3 8 6 20 8 55 12 0 Evesham 8 29 10 9 47. 115612311 4 4 17 7 13 7 301029 9 23 1 33 Wolverh'mpton 7 10 'N 9 10 10 81120 12 1 30 3 375 35 5 35 6 38 9 1519 104,5 3 40 Birmingham. 8 5 9 33 10151135 1145 lal 4 0 5 50 5 50 7 5 9 201150 3 20 2 35 6 30 Worcester S. H. 7 25 9 35 9 5010301039 1228 1 2 2 22 3 30 4 0 4 15 4 50 6 35 6 55 7 488 18 1120 2 356 30 Worcester F.S. 7 28 9 389 531052 1124 10 1 72 243 32 4 17 5 26 377 7 8 8 8 24 11241 386 33 Henwick 7 339 439 58 29 3 37 4 22 6 42 8 271130 2 43 Bransford Road 39 9 50. 3 43 4 28 6 48. 1136 2 48 Malvern Link 7 4910 01011 11 5 1 2112 423 53 4 37 6 567 22. 8 3911491 17 2 57 6 48 Henwick 7 399 50 21?2 2 423 53 4 37 6 567 22 8 39 114 1 17 2 57 6 48 Malvern, Great 7 5610 51017 1112 11401258 1 27 2 48 3 59 4 22 4 42 5 26 7 37 327 43 8 22 8 44 115 1 23 3 16 55 Malvern WeHs8 010 910211116 13?2524 4 4 46, 7 8 7 47 8 491156 3 57 0 Colwall .8 7101510281123 1 37?2 594 9 4 52,5 29 7 54 8 5512 3 3 117 6 Ledbury .8 21103010391134 1 49 3 9422 5 2 5 39 8 7 9 51212139320717 Ashperton .8 28 1046 1 56 3 16 5 10? 8 15 Stoke Edith .8 34 1052 2 2'3 22 5 16 8 22. ?-S 7 30 Withington .8 39 1058 2 8 3 27 5 21 8 32; xsczj 7 37 Hereford arr 8 52 11101153 lijo! 1 30 2 22 3 39! 4 55 5 30 5 58 8 38 40?8 54? 2 7 37 2 01 7 50 IF A train leaves Wolverhampton at 7-15 a.m., Birmingham 8-5, Worcester F.S. 9-4, Malvern 9-18, and arrives at Hereford 9-50. a Saturdays depart 1-23 p.m. b Reading West Station depart 5-5 p.m. c Stops if required at Colwall to set down from Birmingham (Snow II). Ledbury and Paddingfton (via Worcester). a ma ma ma mp mlp m[p mp m Ledbary l's m l a in 1'10 r58ar4 1 ;;? p l4 p 4 -3 115 p 4- 21 p la illla mla illl" r.n¡p Ip m¡p mlP m Paddingtoulilu 3 54 155 50'S 5811050 Sundays—Ledbury 5-5 pm, Paddington 9-42 pm a m|a mla m:p mlp m p m!p tn p m Paddingtonl5a Z19 5011040il 401 45 4 45 4 55 Ledbury.11341493 915 2539 1 18 7,9 5 Thursdays and Saturdays only Paddington (dep) 7-30 p m, Ledbury (arr) 12-10 pm Sundays—Paddington 10-20 am, Ledbury 3-20 pm Ledbury and Paddington (via Gloucester). am a m ) p m pm pm Ledbury .? lamla.mlpmlpmlpm Paddington 1240 I 2 35 6 0 8 30 3 30 la mla mla mlP mlP m Paddington 7 30 9 0 1155 3 15 Ledbury 1123 1 15 | 4 20 7 45 Hereford, Ross, and Monmouth. a m a m amp mp mp m p m Hereford dep 6 20 9 53 1255 2 54 106 25 Ross arr 6 50 1026 1 2 28 4 45 6 58 „ dep6 58 8 1810351*352 555 07 5 Kerne Bridge 7 68 27 10461*47 3 65 97 15 Lydbrook 7 10 8 3210521*533 125 147 20 Symond's Yat. 7 15 8 3710592*03 19 5 197 25 Monmouth, M B 7 25 8 49111112*13 3 305 29 7 34 Troy 7 29 8 511117 2*17 3 355 337 38 'Bntern 1237) 4 23 Chepstow arr | 1252 4  89 ?.. a mla ma mpmpmpmpm Cbepstow dep 7 91130248 638 Tintern 7 2511463 4 6 54 Monm'th, Troy 7*30 9 3012253 386 27 408 15 „ M H 7*33 9 34 1234 3 426 67 438 20 Symond's Yat 7*45'9 46 12463 52 6 15 7 53 8 33 Lydbrook 7*56.9 5312553 586 21 7 598 40 Kerne Bridge. 7*539 59 1 04 36 28,8 48 45 Ross arr 8 31010 1 114 136 38 8 13 8 56 „ dep8 *8 10281 284 246 57 950 Heieford an 8*35'1_1 56? 53 7 27 1 9 50 Rail Motor Car. No Sunday trains. Hereford, Leominster, Bromyard, and Worcester. a m a m a mlp m p m p m Hereford dep 7 2710533 35 õa12 Leominster .7 i5 8 55 1218 4 107 38 Steens Bridge .7 259 51228 4 2Ø 7 48 Fencote 7 36 9 16 1239 4 31 7 59 Rowden Mill 7 42 9 22 1245 4 37 8 5 Bromyard 7 029 3212554 478 15 Suckley 8 3 9 43 1 54 588 28 Knightwick 8 7 9 47 1 95 4 8 32 Leigh Court 8 2214476?9 9 10 5441 1 16 5 12 8 39 Henwick 8 24 10 4 1 26 5 22 8 49 Worcester (F. St.) 8 26 10 7 1 29?5 28?8 4591 1 (S.H.) arr 8 311013 1 345 358 57 lamampmpmpmpm Worcester (S.H.)dep 8 151035 2 35 5 20 7 48 „ (F. St.) .8 18 1038 2 39 5 2,3 7 53 Henwick 8 23 1043 2 44 5 23 7 5i Leigh Court 8 33 10532 545 33 8 8 Knightwick 8 4111 13 2 5 418 16 Suckley 8 46 11 63 7 5 468 26 Bromyard 8 59 1117 3 186 08 4 Rowden Mill 9 6 1127 3 20 6 7 8 47 Fencote 9 18 1136 3 396 188 56 Steens Bridge 9 26 1144 3 476 269 4 Leominster 9 33 1146 3 54 6 339 11 Hereford arr 11 0 1236 5b50 7 20 9 45 a Hereford dep 6-30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, I and Fridays. b Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only. No Sunday Trains. Liverpool.and Manchester to Hereford and South Wales. Sundays. p m!p m a ma ma m a nÏl ni a ma Ma mP m p m p m p m p m p m p m p m p mlP tn p mjp m!p m a m?p m Mancheftei LR. 12 5 S 259 25 1040 1215 I. 3 0 4 257 10 12*5 9 0 i1155 Liverpool .1155 2 35 '8 15 9 1 1030 12 0 2 40 4a307 Oil 15 55? 9 20111 0 Chester .11 2 2 7 8 409 45 1023 1217 g-3 2 15 4 255 307 45 11 2 9 3511 2 Shrewsbury dep2 202 353 30 I ,6 45 8 25 103011 5 12331 0,2 25 o o 5 0 5 156 107 459 202 20 — 5 53 30 Church Stretton 17 20 8 57 1 322 47  5 446 37(8 19.1 5 34} Craven Arms 4 8 ]7 38 9 14 11 0 1 45,3 0 4b35 6 36 538 32 ••• 5 51'4 8 Ludlow ? » 4 20 767J1051H3 1145 2 6,3 11 5 d0 6 07 5,8 50 6 104 20 Woofferton June. 8 1010151124 1153 2 1 8'3 21 5d 6 32 7 17 9 2 '16 201 Bernngton&Eye?'g?'S 8 18jl021 1130 224J 5dl5 6 38 9 8. I Leominster ??'??441 8 28!1027 1135 12 9 31i3 35 5d21 I'" 6 507 i019 9 8 .1 15 6 30,4 41 Ford Bridge 3 11034 c 2 39' 1 5d28 6 57 |9 23 § j gH- Dinmore 8 41 1040 1224 2 46 5d34 7 31. 19 291 .i Moreton 8 46,1046 2 51 1 5d39 7 8 !9 341 S 3 Hereford arr3 253 435 5 8 5711 0115812 8 1236 1 38 3 33 55 5d506 6 7 207 5519 451 (?2 51.1 25 f6 6515 5 Hereford dep 3 353 53 5 15 7 15 9 10.9 54 1243121612251 46 4 2 6 13 6 22 6 50 8 5?8 58,1035,3 35 7 158 10 Hereford dep 3 353 535 157 159 1 40 0 7 27 458 559 30 1 !9 0 Abergavenny 4e335 538 11 1012 1 40 5 0 | 7 274518559301 .14e33'" !9 0 Pontypool Rd arr 4 50 a .8 3210331043 2 0 1 15 2 36 6 22 7 3 a 8 5 9 18 9 48.1126 4 50 8 2 9 20 5 9 25 4 1057 2 ?15 1 38 13 13 1'5 40 7 334 1 o 8 59 18, 9 481126i4 4e33 Newport 5 15 g 9 4 10572 45 1 383 13 5 40 7 34; g*g 9 4810 5|ll495 15 8 2710 0 Cardie 5 43 £ 5 9 25 11183 15 2 0 3 34 6 8 7 55 J3 102711210 5 43 1 8 501027 Swansea 9 2? 1055 12484846 4 515 40 7 55 9 25 1217. 157 O'" 14 15 a Saturdays excepted. b Mondays only. c Calls if required for Hereford. d Mondays, Wednes. days, and Fridays only. e Abergavenny June. s via Aberdare. Saturday midnight. Hereford and South Wales to Liverpool and Manchester. Sundays, p ma m a m a mama ma ma ma ma mp mjp ma ma mp mp ma mp mp m p m p mp m p mfa mfP m Swansea ..855 5 a 0 1050 11101140 2 45 335535 8*555 0 3 10 Cardiff 1235 7 15 6 30 8 40 9 30 1238 1 0225 2 37 4 15 5 40 7 0 7 40 1235 7 32 6 7 Newport Rd .1258 7357 5923 9 52 1 2 1 312 45 3 6437 5 40 7 18 7 30 8 11258 7 57!6 29 Pontypool Rd 7 347 349 56 1030 1040 1 28. 2 83 19 3 40 5 13 6 15 8 5 8 39 8 407 0 AbergaveDDY c.. 8 58 1 1030 1119 I. 238. 4 3 6 40 8 25 9 0 Hereford arr2 20 8 41 9 10104211 81118 12152 1 2 26 3 454 5 5 06 ol 7 40 8 21 9 27 2 20 9 407 *7 Abergavenny arr 2 20 "io 9 20 1046 1053112611401230 2 33 3 35 4 1 4 305 1 6 8 6d30 8 0 9 32 2 251025 8 0 Hereford dep2 257 11491238 4 39 b 6d39l.. Moreton 7 39 9 'i3 l i 5 1155 b 3 47 4 455 25 6d46 8 14 O? Dinmore 746 933 U5 1155 b 3 47 4 45 5 25 6d468 14. j Ford Bridge 7 53 12 11. OO' oo. 4 51 b 6d53 oo. OO' .1. Leominster 7 57 9 45 1115 12 5 1250 3 58 4 56 5 37 6d58 8 25 1045.8 25 Berriagten&Eye 8 7 9 54 1122 1214 11 4 6. 5 4 5 45 d Woofferton June. 8 15 10 2 1128 1222:1 4 413 5 115 54 7dl3 8 39 16?9,I8**ig Ludlow 8 25 1013 1136 12311 12 4 22 5 206 2 7?25 11 7,8 50 Craven Arms 8 45 1030 1155 1250,1 24 438 5 396 27 7d25 I. 11 7,8 50 1128,9 6 Church Stretton 9 4 1048 1 441 4 50 643 1144922 Shrewsbury arr 3 30 9 35 1113 l i4 2 53 38 5 12 5 23 7 47 13 5 4 1 151234 Shrewsbury arr3 30 9 35 11131149 1230 2 5338 512 523 7 4713 104 3 30122 9 47 Chester 15 301113 .1 3 2 16 3375 27 .7 3. 1 54151234 Liverpool .5 48 1210 1 35 2 25 4 455 25 7 11 '1 10? 1 21 314 53 It, Mance.ter L Roo.i5 331 1220 1 1 3? oo .12 \!1 4 50|5 33 7 10 9 0 .? 1 105 3!ls 561 28 a Mondays excepted. b Stops to set down beyond I Hereford, c Not Monday mornings, d Mondays, I Wednesdays, & Fridays only. Saturday night. I Ledbury to Birmingham, Derby, Manchester, Liver- pool. Sheffield and Leeds. Sundays.  a in p m a mlp hi a m p m'p mlp mpmpmpmpmampm Ledbury dep8 I 1081302b454205426417459 910185 5 Ma)vern .8 17 10371 513 6!4 41)6 27 Worcester arr 1110 2 13 3 35 5 5 6 27 7 158 4010 311 69 5 Worcester dep 9 a 8 10111235 2 25 3 4",5 40 7 ?8 29 9 10 1015 1129 9 10 Birmingham. 10 2 11 al 423 3614 4216 488 1 10 59 5511 512229 55 Derby 1125 1238 3 22 5 25?6 28 8 20 1025 1125 1238 1 42 1125 Manchester 2385207l7!840!l012 240240430525 Liverpool J350615815!93eil6 5 55 106 0 Sheffield 1233jl 40,4 20 6 30 8 5 9 40 1225 1 50 3 01225 Leeds &rr 1 28 3 0!5 327 30?9 15?11 5 i 1 30 ? 3 104 421 30 a Foregate Street b Tuesdays only. Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, Derby, and Birmingham, to Ledbury. Sundays. a m a m a mla mla mampmpmpmpma mlp m Leeds 12 5 2 58 8 55 10551120 2 50 4 20 4 37 2 581220 Sheffield .11294 25 10201120 1 32 3 18 6 22 4 271 30 Liverpool .1130 8 30 10 51130 1255 3 30 5 0 11301115 Manchester .12 0 9 20 10551220 1 50 4 20 5 50 12 01230 Derby 2z2 6 15 1055 1240 2 28 4 356 157 45 6 32 3 0 Birmingham. 3z40 8 40 1 151 5513 325 507 489 0 8 45 4 55 Worcester arr4z28 9 38 2 93 8 306 648 4510 0 9 56 6 3 Worcester dep7 25 9 50 2 22 3 3014 4 507 10 9 451120 10156 30 Malvern 7 531014 2 453 565 97 34 1011 1152 1344?6 52 Led bu ry arr 8 21)1039 3 94 22 8 7 1212 1 3917 17 z Monday mornings excepted. Thursdays and Saturdays.

Ledbury to Gloucester & Cheltenham a m a m p m p mip m p BW Ledbury dep 8 30 1012 1 58 4 229 10 Dymock 8 39 1021 2 714 31,9 19 Newent .8 48 10302 16 4 40 9 28 .„ Barbers Bridge 8 55 1037 2 23 4 4719 35 Gloucester 9 8 1050 2 36 5 0;9 48 » Cheltenham 9 431132 3 2 5 5610 8 .? Paddinton arr 1218 2 35 B 0?8 30113 30 a ma mp mp mip mp m P8ddinton dep 7 30 9 01155'S15 Cheltenham 6 45 10 7 11542 57?6 15 Gloneester 7 811038 12353 30 6 50 m Barbers Bridge .7 19j1Ø491246 3 4117 2 Newent .7 28105912553 52117 15 Dymock 111011 5;? 417 28 Dyrnock 7 3439?112711 1714 18?7 40 Ledbury arr 7 4311271 174 187 40 No Sunday Trains. Hereford, Hay, Brecon & Merthyr. a Mp wip mp mp M, Hereford dep 9 221245i3 50 5*5 8 15- CredenhUl 9 3412594 2 5*16t8 27 Moorhampton 9 43 1 8'4 11 5*25 8 36 Kinnersley 9 501 15?4 185*M8 43 Eardisley 9 55 1 2014 205*378 48 Whitney 10 2 1 27 4 305*438 55 Hay. 1012 1 37 4 405* & Glasbury 10211 4 4 49 6*0 9 14 Three Cocks June. arr 1025 1 50 4 536*5 9 1& Talgarth 10332 3 5 0 6*15 0 25 Talyllyn Junction arr 1044 2 1515 126*27 9 36 Dowlais 1 15 3 43:6 25 Merthyr ..r. l 1 283 40)6 45 Brecon au 11 82 35?5 306*439 4& a ma mp IIlm mp at Breton dep 7 010301 106 5.- Merthyr 9 38 12102 50 Dowlais 9 40112153 20. Talyllyn Junction 7 111050(1 256 16 Talgarth 7 2511 0|1 35 6 27 Three Cocks Junction arr 7 3111 8 1 52 6 35 Glasbury 7 35111311 57 6 39 Hay. 7 45U123 2 8 6 50 Whitney 7 53 1134 2 16j6 58 Eardialey 8 01145 2 23f7 5 Kinuersley .8 51150 2 28(7 10 Moorhampton 8 121157,2 35;7 17 Credenhill 8 2212 9|2 45 17 26 Hereford arr 8 33 1220|2 56j7 38 Wednesdays and Saturdays caly No Sunday Trains.