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TO-DAY'S SHORT STORY.] I Porisonby's Comrade. I I BY HAROLD BIND LOSS. (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.) Par tip a South American river stands J the city, of San Jose, which might serve as an object-lesson to those who talk too loudlyj about the benefits of modern civilisatio.n, for all that is good in it is the result of Moorish teaching1 five hundred years ago. Of course, it boasts a cathedral, built when the faithful •were either more devout or richer than they are to-day, and this is a ruinous, second-rate copy of an ancient Cordova mosque. For the rest, it resembles a brick-kiln, with a similar temperature, and its inhabitants— a compound of Oastilian, Indian, and negro —live in half-dressed contentment, practising every vice except drunkenness. This is strange, considering its chief industry is the shipment of spirits. A rusty, sun-blistered steamer lay there one scorching day, as she had done a good many, loading cana barrels, because in that region no one is we), in a hurry. Her cap- tain, who spoke English, or thought he did, said to Henry Ponsonby, as he pointed towards the swamp shore: "Where eet is your companero go to every day? This place is no good for any mans- much like the inflerno." Ponsonby smiled as he answered: "I was wondering the same thing. He's a man who has his own ways; but I think perhaps I had better go after him and see. Somehow, -when King is too quiet there's trouble not far away." So he was pulled by negro rowers across t>he yellow current which was thick with the debris of the tropical forest, and in due time wandered into San Jose. He saw a few things to wonder at as he paced its swel- tering streets, some of which resembled sewers, and only for the dry heat would have bred a pestilence. Half the houses were ruins overgrown with buganvilla and wild vines, and the rest were dazzlingiy whitewashed to the flat azotea roofs. Here and there a coffee-coloured guardia lay isleep in the dust, flies buzzing about him and a rusty rifle at his side. Mulattoes crouched in the doorways, as they did all i-ay, staring round dreamily, and ladies of mixed ancestry, attired in only two gar- ments, of which the outer one resembled a dressing-gown, watched him through the unglazed casements. Heat, dust, flies, and smells, and drowsiness everywhere, a people who live without working, and this is the usual atmosphere of many a similar town. Then Ponsonby entered the yellow-washed dwelling of a German naturalist, whom he had met previously in a distant forest, and found him sitting in a room filled with orohids and snakes in boxes. He did not like the prevalent odour which he breathed before one memorable night in the heart of a mountain, but ft was scarcely worse than the boquet of the town. In reply to h-is question's the naturalist said: "Ah! der Herr Oemundt? Come here, I show him to you," and led the way to the balcony. Then in a second street Ponsonby saw his comrade seated under the awning of a little wine shop, discoursing pleasantly with a sable damsel in a dirty travesty of Parisian finery, though he seemed to keep his eyes fixed on the building opposite, over which there floated sundry rags of bunting doing duty as a flag. In the door of the wine shop stood another lady in rudimen- tary attire, and she alternately smiled at King and scowled at the other. "Confound him!" said Ponsonby; "what madness is he engaged in now? Still, I shouldn't think they would take his fancy after the Donna Graciosa. Any colour and any language, they always flock round him." Then the naturalist grinn-ed as he answered: "You mistakes do make; Herr Osmundt he fellow der science, and they give informations. He watch dot gustoms gollector und sit in der sun all day, because dot man he confiscate der rubbishy speci- mens. He can't get into do gustom-house, but der collector he can't come out." Ponsonby whistled. I thought as much," lie said. Those everlasting beetles to the fore again. King, aren't you ashamed of YOursdf? Come nD here at onoe" The big man sent a merry laugh ringing1 across the street, waved his hand to the waitress, and came bounding up the stair- way, but, disregarding the cooler room, per- sisted Lm seating himself out on the balcony. "Now, perhaps you'll explain, said Pon- sonby. What are you doing here?" And King larughed again as he answered: I might refer you to a motto to be found in the Royal arms. It's all very simple. That mud die-headed collector choee to confis- cate my collection because he couldn't find preserved insects in the schedule of things which might be imported into this wretched country. He took my bribes with both hands, but wouldn't give them up, so I'm trying to get them by threats of violence. Already I fancy he's badly frightened of me. The Com- mandant doesn't like him, so he won't assist with the standing army." Hero the raturalist interposed: Herr Osmundt is an ingenious man. He borrow midout asking my big snake, and let him in by der window of der g-astam-boiiee, but dot Terdamdt gollector he only kill the snake." Ponsonby groaned as he answered: "I know us no use my talking', and I wish those blamed beetles were at the bottom of the sea. You'll have to get through with it to-day, because—if she doesn't blow up in the meantime—the steamer g-oes out to-morrow morning." Then he took himself away, and spent the afternoon drinking in beauty along the edge of the primeval forest. He had dwelt in it and knew its deudliness, but there was some- thing in its silence and the untrammelled etrenyth of nature riotin.g triumphantly there whjch never failed to strangely impress him. It was dark when he re-entered San Jose, and was entertained by the naturalist to a dinner which he could not help fancying tasted suspiciously of snake. Then he sat out on the balcony in the light of the rising moon. From an ill-kept garden opposite rose the scent of dew-damped flowers, the little breeze that cooled San Jose sprinkled the dust with the snowy petals of orange blos- som, and ma.ny fire-flies spa.rkled among the wet grasses. A tinkle of guitars commenced somewhere below, soft Latin voices reached them chanting a song of Arragon, and then Irom a lighted wineshop came the plucking of a banjo, and a deep-throated chanty with a martial ring. Thereupon Ponsonby nodded, for he had last heard that refrain beside a thundering African beach more than a thou- sand leagues away, and he know the songs of the fever-land have been handed down through centuries from long-forgotten days. So they lounged and chatted, Ponsonby hopinig it would end peacefully after all, until with an exclamation King sprang to his leet and bolted down the stairway into the patio. A man with two attendants came out of the custom-house, looked about him suspic- iously, and then hurried down the steps. But with a bound like that of a panther a tall figure in white duck cleared the moonlit street, and fell upon the gToup. Next, and and almost befo-re Ponsonby realised what 'had happened, the two assistants were rolling in the dust, and their master was being rudely bundled back again into the house. Ach!" said the naturalist stolidly. "He ba.f him now, und I think dot gollector be get, what you say, fits." Oh. hang the collector and that mad com- rade of mine!" said Ponsonby. "As if we hadn't had trouble enough without this last nonsense. Well, I've got to help him and run the risk of being stabbed." Just as, fallowed by his host, he ran into the street, two men grappling each other reeled forth from the custom-house, and the taller held aloft in one hand a tin case which Ponsonby hated. They fell grovelling at his feet, and while King with his free hand proceeded to bump his victim's Lead savagely into the dust, startled voices rang down the street, and men of many colours poured out of the doorways. "Where are my good ten dollars and where's the big spider? Oh, you rascally thief!" gasped King, and the unfortunate official's shoulders were driven once more with violence against a jutting stone. "Stop it before you kill the man," shouted Ponsonby, grabbing the other's arm. "You seem to have got the most part of your miserable specimens,-and you're not engaged in- starting a revolution here. There's a high class tumult starting already." Another bump followed, and then King sat up covered with dust and glory, and it was time he did, for a shouting mob was last surrounding them. The mixed population hated all kinds of labour, but, true to their southern nature, revelled in excitement. Also, their favourite amusement was plot- ting insurrections, so howls of a?lpi?ONoa mingled with the cries of wrath. Further, the' men of negro stock disliked those of Latin blood, and thus there were materials ready for a brilliant fracas. "Stand by for a rush," said King with tightening lips. "Knock down the foremost, and if we make a good show some will join in with us. If you get up without my per- mission you will be badly hurt, senor"; and the customs collector lay still, as he was told. The rush came, and next moment Ponsonby war" fighting in the centre of a yelling crowd, while what became of the collector he never knew, because a mob of negroes shouting encouragement swarmed about them and forced them away. Down that street and the next they went, windows flung up above them, hoarse voices applauding and threatening, while olive-skinned men fell staggering under King's sledge-hammer blows. Then the front of the crowd grew thinner, and, aided by dusky partisans, they somehow broke through, and Ponsonby remembered bolting at topmost speed across a dusty square. fresh uproar rose behind them., and he guessed the mercurial citizens were either starting another rebellion or settling racial questions among themlve.3, because for several minutes they were little molested. Neither was there an armed guard to be seen, these having discreetly hidden themselves away, knowing that in times of excitement a mob with revolutionary ten- doncies occasionally found diversion in hatig- ing a soldier or two. So they pressed on towards the river, King casting wistful glances over his shoulder, as though he were sorry the matter seemed over. If such was the ease he must have been gratified, for when close to the water's edge another band of citizens poured out of a shadowy street, and a roar told them that the pursuers were still behind. All you have to do is to go right straight thr011gh," said King breathlessly. "Judging by the row they're making, some patriots must he there. Ola, viva la libertad! Atie- lante los hercs!" and he quiokened his pace to a charge. He .swang a piece of old bronze railing, and Ponsonby clutched the pillar of some broken balcony, but just how he got it he cotild not remember, because vender such I circumstances men do things mechanically. A few knives glinted bcfor-e them a.mong the struggling mass, stones began to hurtle unpleasantly past his head, EO, tightening his grip on the timber and hailing the negroes behind him, he followed his com. rade. Then the previous scene w-as repeated, with interest this time. Curiously assorted weapons from knives to empty bottles were plied about him, but the press prevented them doing much damage. Also. part of the mob seemed friendly, and when King, driv- ing through them like a battering-ram, opened a passage, Ponsonby, staring straight in front of him, made for the river. A minute later he ran along the rickctty barge-wharf, while some of those beside him leapt into the water. There was a hurried splash of oar-blades, and a man he could not see, apparen-tly with good intentions, thrust him over the wharf edge just above a boat. He landed with a thud upon the Mulattoes below, someone came down heavily upon his head, and when he had struggled from under the weight the craft was already shooting out into the river. "Turn back; I want the other English- man. Round with the boat!" he shouted in indifferent Castilian, but the dusky oars- men refused to return at any price, and though Ponsonby fumed and threatened, held on indifferently towards the steamer. He hoped his companion might be in some of the other craft which followed them, but when he reached the vessed there was no sign of King. The skipper started when he saw him, and this was not surprising, for Ponsonby had lost his sun-hat, and his Jacket was torn across. There was a nasty cut on his upiwz arm, and one on his shoulder, a swollen lump on one temple, while every bone in his body seemed aching. "Oarramba!" said the former; "more politico ashore. This people is fond of the politico, and they often make such esoan- daloa. -No, they come not here, senor; t-hfc ship is of another state. Rayo! that would he insult the nation And where your gal- lant coropanero is he get him to?" I n't know," said Ponsonby, grimly, "but, judging from experience, he'll get out of that place somehow or turn it upside down. He's a man of misapplied abilities, if you know what that means." Ponsonby managed to clean himself in a basin-like saucer of muddy water, and with stripe of plaster about him sat on deck the whole nig-ht, waiting while the uproar in the town died away. But the big adventurer never came, and, in spite of his belief in hie companion's capacity for taking care of himself, Pansonby. grew anxious about him when iI) the early morning the skipper stated he must sail in half-an hour. Then., even as he asked for a boat to go ashore, a barge with rum barrels and bags of sugar came sliding towards the steamer with .heavy-splashing sweeps. When it grated alongside the negro boatmen grinned from ear to ear as one with unusual caution adjusted the slings round a barrel, and then shouted, Ola, arriba! Oon muchiesimo cuidao!" Ponsonby knew that meant "Heave up very carefully," and a laugh broke from him when as the cask swang through the gang- way a muffled voice said, "For heaven's sake, knock the head in and take me out of this!" It was done, and, amid a roar of delight from the passengers, King, smelling like a distillery, crawled out from the cask, his torn garments soaked in mother of wine. "How on earth did 'you get there?" said Ponsonby; and King chuckled as he answered: "It's well to make friends wit-h the ladies and the fair keeper of the wine-shop evolved this idea. It was probably the only way I could have got out alive, because it seem.= I had the misfortune to damage some popu- lar favourite. Whew! I feel as though I should never straighten my limbs again; but I've got the collection safe, 'after all." Then the winch commenced to clatter, and when the last sugar-bag was hove on board the steamer dropped down stream.
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I QUEEN AND A BABY. I I AID TO SAVE A CONSUMPTIVE I CHILD. The Rev. J. F. Jones, vicar of Burstwick, near Hull, told an interesting story about a Yorkshire baby at a Church gathering there on Friday. The Vicar stated that he recently spent seventeen nights in making persona, investigation of the sorrows of the waifs o. London. One night on the Embankment, near Cleopatra's Needle, he spoke to a woman who turned out to be a Yorkshire woman from Leeds, and who told him that her husband and several' children had died of consump- tion. She got her baby into Brompton Hos- pital, where it attracted the attention of the Queen. Miss Knollys, who was with her Majesty, made notes of the child's history, and a private detective was sent to Leeds to substantiate the story. The Queen, added the woman, sent her a letter to Leeds saying:- I will save the life of your baby, if pos- sible, and am going to send it to the South of France. The woman, added the Vicar, showed him a letter from Miss Knollys thanking her for a bunch of primroses she had sent to the Queen, and saying that her Majesty trusted the change would save the child's life. The child is atill in France. The Vicar, who pro- vided for the woman's immediate needs, said he was convinced her story was genuine.
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Passing Pleasantries. ■ i Oh, John the rats have eaten all my cake!" John: What! All of it? Young Wife: Every piece. I feel like cry- ing. j John: Cth, don't cry over a few rats. Scene: A Sunday-school. Young lady cate- chising tho children on the plagues of Egypt. Young Lady: And what became of the oiagrue of locusts? A pause, then small boy at bottom sud- denly "Please, miss. I know. John the Baptist ate them. "What is heredity, mamma?" asked the little girl, spelling the word out through her falling tears, and waiting to write down he meaning. It is, 'm, how shall I explain it? Oh," said the mother, "something you get from your father or me." And the small child wrote down on her paper of homo lessons "Heredity—spank- ing." Now," said the fussy old gentleman, mttilllg one of the biggest berries in his nouth and picking up another, "what is the sense of having that sign reading 'Fresh .trawberriets for sale'? Don't you see that Fresh stra-wberries would be enough? Don't von suppose everybody knows they are for -sale?" "I dunno," answered the grocer. Some folks seem to think I'm givin' them away," nd then the old gentleman put the berry back in the box. THE TRADESMAN'S TRAP. A tradesman one day noticed an Excise officer looking closely at his shop. Presently, .ocket-book and pencil in hand, the officer entered and began a conversation. "Mr. Jones, I believe." "Yes." "You keep a trap?" "Yes." "Have you a licence for it?" "No." An entry in the pocket-book. "Had you a licence last year?" "No." Another entry. "Why did you not have a licence?" "Because I did not think it necessary." "How many does you trap hold?" "Five." Another entry. "How many wheels 'has it?" "None." "Wny, what kind of a trap is it?" "A mouse trap." The officer left the shop in a hurry.
MARRYING A DEAD MANj
MARRYING A DEAD MAN Deathbed marriages have, now and again, been solemnised, but we only know of one instance of a marriage between the living and the dead. This, it need scarcely be said, came off in America. In 1886 a young man died, who was en- gaged to be married. Both he and his intended bride were firm believers in spiritualism; and the lady resolved that, as ihe could not wed her lover in the flesh, she would marry his disembodied spirit. The seremony was gone through. How the dead man did his part we are not informed, but he live woman, we are told, neither fainted or faltered. Some very eccentric matrimonial arrange- nents are occasionally brought to light in utr law courts. A singular ilustration occurred not long ago of the extraordinary views that often prevail as to the way in which private agreements affect marriage. rhe parties in the case in question were a orter a,nd a cook, who had married on the express understanding, embodied in a formal agreement, that unless Ar.,d until the latter should "arrive at the following accomplish- ments—namely, piano, singing, reading, dancing, writing, and speaking," the "marrying" was to be no more thought of and considered null and void. The pair were regularly married, and, as the lady did not master the required accom- plishments, continued to live apart for ourteen years, the husband fully believing that the woman was not his wife. When, however, the cai/6 came up for decision, the judge was of a different opinion.
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BILLIARDS. I 19.-CANNONS IN BAULK. I By RISO LEVI (Copyright). I I I As already stated, when playing a cannon I off the top cushion with both object balls a j considerable distance from the top cushion, the most certain way of getting the cannon is by means of a half-stroke, provided that the position is such that the cannon ie on from some spot in the D by means of a half- ball stroke, and provided also that a half- ball stroke can be played without any fear of a kiss taking place between the cue ball and the first object ball. In many positions, however, although a cannon off the top cushion can be made quite easily from the D by means of a plain half-ball stroke, and, although a half-ball stroke cannot possibly cause a kiss to take place between trb cue ball and the first object ball, the cannon cannot be played as a plain half->troke with- out great risk o-f losing the white when this ball is the first object ball. In some posi- tions a true half-ball etroke would certainly pot the white, and in other, positions, although a true half-ball stroke would not send the white down. a cannon played as a half-ball stroke without side might easily cause the white to be lost owing to the contact not being a true half-ball one, though, to all intents and purposes, a half- ball one, especially as judged by the throw- off ansrle '———————————————————— DIAGRcDl 581. ctrnnon off the ton cushion. Red bill cin. from the top cushion and 28Jln. from the sida cushion. Object white lSiin. from the top cushion and 12iin. from the side cushion. The cannon is a half-ball stroke without side from the end of the D, hut such a stroke generally cause-s tho object white to enter the corner pocket. The correct way of playing the cannon is shown on Diagram 582. Diagram 581 illustrates one of these com- monly occurring positions, and also illus- trates how the white may be lost when the cannon is played off the white by means of a plain half-ball stroke. Diagram 58Z shows the object balls in exactly the same position as on Diagram 581, and illustratRs the correct way of playing the cannon. It will be noticed that the cue ball is spotted very differently, and this alteration of the angle precludes ap" possi- bility of a half-ball stroke potting the white. To compensate for the altered spotting of the cue ball the stroke must be played with running side, and drag should also be used DIAGR:UI 58' —A cannon off the top cushion. A Sif-teHStroke with running side Object balls ? :d' exactly a? on Diagra? 582. Cue ball a few inches from the far ? of the D. A ?U-ball stroke cannot pot the white. in order to check the speed of the cue ball previous to its contact with the white. This cannon can be made by means of a thinner than half-ball stroke with side, but long distance strokes should never be played in this manner when a half-ball stroke will serve owing to the unrelia,bility of thin contacts as com- pared with half-ball ones*. An exception to this rule, of course, occurs when-the position is su-oh that a kiss may cosily take place as the result of a half-ball stroke. fMr Levi's articles appear every Saturday in the Evening Express." No. 1 of this series appeared oh October 3. RUMME.R HOTEL, DUKE-STREET, CARDIFF. First-class Billiard Tabls. Annual Professional Tournament Every Evening. Play will commence et 7.30 p.m. Heat*, 500 up. First Prize value £12. .«>nd Prize value L6, Third Prize value £ 3. G. Matthf:ws, Proprietor. 0174
' ALLEGED ROBBERY WITH I IVIOLENCE.
ALLEGED ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. John James Goward, James Stallard, Stanley Williams, and Richard John Davies, New Tredegar colliers, were charged at Merthyr 0:1 Friday with robbery with violence from the person of David William Williams, at Brithdir. Mr. J. W. Lewis prosecuted, and Mr. F. P. Charles defended. The prosecutor is a oollier residing at Bar- goed, and in his spare time he acts as agent for an insurance company. It was alleged that whilst he was returning home on the night of the 30th of January the prisoners made an attack upon him in a lonely place known as the Cwm, knocking him down and kicking him whilst on the ground. He was rendered insensible, and when he recovered conscious- ness he found a bag containing about 20s. or 25s. missing from the hip pocket of his trousers. The defence was that a fair fight took place between Goward and the prose- cutor, who provoked the encounter, and that no robbery whatever was committed. The prisoners were sent for trial at the next assizes.
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RUGBY RUPTURE I ANGLO-SCOTTISH DISPUTE I Before International Board I MATCH MAY YET BE PLAYEDI; [By "FORWARD."] 1 .rxiaay. The members of the Welsh Union met in solemn conclave at an unusually earl3% hour this morning at the Carlton I Hotel, for the purpose of discussing the international situation with a view to giving a kind of mandate to the two Welsh repre- sentatives on the International Board. Those I two are Messrs. Horace Lyne and Ack Lie- wellin, and it so happened that Wales this j year had the honour of nominating the chairman. No one better fitted for the responsible position than Mr. Lyne could be I found in the four countries. In the course cf half.an-hour's chat the Welsh committee considered the three points to be submitted to the International Board, a,nd there was a unanimous desire expressed that Messrs. Lyne and Llewellin should do all in their power to restore friendship between England and Scotland. They were sent to the Caledonian Hotel as mediators and emissaries of peace at almost any price, and there is something in the air of the Scottish capital which gives one an idea than an honourable understanding will be arrived at in time for the Calcutta Cup contest to take p,lace on the English Rugby Union's new ground at Twickenham next month. THE CONFERENCE. I After being closeted together for 'nearly three hours in a snug little room on the first floor of the Caledonian Hotel, the Inter- national Board summoned the presence of the small army of pressmen who were patiently waiting in the vestibule. Mr. Horace Lyne presided. The other representatives present were Messrs. Ack Llewellin (Wales), A. S. Blair and J. Aikman Smith (Scotland), Temple Gurdon and W. Cail (England), and J. B. Moore and R. G. Warren, hon. secretary of the board (Ire- land). The business that cam before the meeting was divided into the following three sec- tions — 1. To consider the dispute which has I arisen between the English and Scottish Unions. 2. To consider the following question sub- mitted by the Rugby Union"Whether, having regard to the constitution of the International Board, the Scottish Union is at liberty to cancel the international fixture with England without referring in the first instance to the board." 3. To consider the following question submitted by the Scottish Union:- "Whether the cash payments to players stated in the accounts of the New Zealand Union in connection with their tour in Great Britain and other places as 'Daily allowances to players £ 1,041 9s. and which were made with the approval of the Rugby Union, are contrary to the principles of amateur Rugby foot- ball and amounted to professionalism." Mr. Warren in a severely formal manner etated that the following resolutions were passed:— (1) That, having regard to the constitu- tion of the International Board, the Scottish Union was not at liberty to cancel the international fixture with England with- out referring in the first instance to the board. Scotland dissented. I The following proposition by Scotland was considered:- That the cash payments to players stated in the accounts of the New Zealand Union I in connection with their tour in Great Britain and other places as "Daily allow- ances to players, £ 1,041 9s. and which were made with the approval of the Rugby Union, are contrary to the principles ot amateur Rugby football and amount to professionalism. This proposition was not carried, the voting being equal—Scotland and Ireland voted for and England and Wales against. The Chairman had no power to give a cast- ing vote, but the motion is a clear indication of the sharp division of opinion between England and Wales as against Scotland and Ireland on the question of cash allowances. It also shows that Wales stands by England. The following lesolutions were unani- mously passed;- That the making of any allowances to players in cash, in the opinion of this com- mittee, is contrary to the principles of a-ma-t-eur Rugby football, and that in future no such allowances be made to any player. That, in the opinion of this meeting, the wording of Bye-law 5 is capable of miscon- struction, and we recommend the board at its r.ext meeting to consider the amend- ment of its bye-laws generally. "What is Bye-law 5?" is the question that will naturally occur to everybody who is interested in the business at all. Well, here it is: — In cases of disputes about international matches or disputes of an international character ether than thofe connected with international matches between two coun- tries, a committee of the board, consisting of two representatives appointed by each Union, shall have absolute and exclusive jurisdiction The board shall have no power to interfere with the game as played I within the limits of the different Unions. When the resolutions are closely analysed the sum total of their value is that they are mere pious expressions of opinion, with the exception of the first reso- lution. That is distinctly a vote of censure on thb Scottish Union fo,r crying off tbe match with England without first placing their grievaace before the International Board. Though the proceedings were conducted in the strictest secrecy, I can't help giving away such an interesting little tit-bit as the fact that Ireland voted with England and Wales in this instance, so that the motion was carried by six votes to two. MATCH TO BE PLAYED? I The vital question of whether the match between England and Scotland will be played next month was not touched at all. It was just the point upon which the public wanted to be enlightened. I put it to Mr. Horace Lyne at the close of the meeting: "Will the match be played?" Mr. Lyne, who was evidently off his guard for the moment, replied: Oh, yes, the match will now be played in the ordinary course." SCOTTISH SECRETARY'S VIEWS. I Mr. J Aikman Smith, the shrewd Scottish secretary, took a rather different view, for, in reply to the same question, he said, "It is a matter for the respective committees of the two Unions to determine among them- selves. It is a matter of mutual arrange- ment between the two Unions." Of course, the International Board cannot t compel Scotland to play England, but the first resolution passed at to-day's meeting is I a straight tip to Scotland that she ought to right the wrong committed in the first l instance, and this can only be done by ful- filling the fixture. On the whole, the results of the three hours' deliberation were disappointing, and the illogical inconsistency of two of the resolutions is not complimentary to the dis- criminating powers of the International Board. In the first instance, England and Wales say that it was not an act of profes- sionalism to pay the New Zea.landers daily allowances in cash; then, almost with the same breath, they declared that the making of any allowances to players in cash is con- trary to the principles of amateur Rugby football, and in future no such allowance be made to any players. Could anything be more Gilbertian?
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