. AND

raeli was wont to sit impassive, with arms folded and head bent forward, not without suspicion in the minds of those at a distance that he slept. Nearer observation would show that he was particularly wide awake. His eyes (with the exception of his hands, the last feature in his personal appearance to grow old) were ever alert and watchful, more particularly of right hon. gentlemen on the bench opposite. He rarely spoke to colleagues on either sid

P OR A

his arguments or assertions. In quieter mood he makes a running commentary on the speech that is going forward, his observations, I have been told, being refreshingly pungent and often droll.

RY J

es before him. For many terms he baffled the observation of the smartest junior, as of the most keen sighted leader. He had his sleep, but instead of awaking with a more or less guilty start, and ostentatiously perusing his notes as others used, he, when he woke, scrupulously preserved exactly the same position and attitude as

nks when he will, none daring to make him afraid. He admits that, "at my time of life," he finds a long and pro

TY W

DIVISIO

s equally marked in the division lobby. The passage through the division lobby, which sometim

y, and went on writing as, at another tragic time of waiting, Madame Defarge went on knitting. It was his letter to the Queen recording the incidents of the night. Returning to the Treasury Bench, Mr. Gladstone, still Premier, placed the pad on his knee and quietly continued the wr

NG NO

ST V

ich cost him a valuable friend, and made for the Liberal party one of its bitterest and most effective enemies. Twenty years ago there entered the House of Commons in the prime of life a man who early proved the potentiality of his becoming one of its brightest orna

A singularly sensitive, retiring man, the new member felt disposed to shrink from the effusive reception that would naturally await him when he settled in London within the circuit of personal communication with Mr. Gladstone. He was in his place below the gangway on the Opposition side for weeks through the Session of 1874. Mr. Gladsto

cal career. I do not say that alone it did it, but I have personal knowledge of the fact that it rankled

ELI AND D

'Gorman's. He was fierce withal, as one of his colleagues will remember. One night in the Session of 1875, when the Coercion Bill was under discussion, Dr. O'Leary was put up to move the adjournment. In those halcyon days it was possible for a member to recommend such a motion in a speech of any length to which he felt equal. Dr. O'Leary was proceeding apace when, his e

E THE

pared no pains to gain doubtful votes. One night in a division on another Bill he came upon Dr. O'Leary in the Ministerial lobby, a place the then budding Parnellite party fitfully resorted to. Dizzy walked a few

ote was unreservedly at the disposal o

D IN

n an attitude which showed that, though of Oriental lineage, he had a British substratum. As the throng of members trooped towards the wicket, Dizzy, keenly watching them, would signal one out and genially converse with him for a few moments. Those thus favoured were generally memb

ONE'S HAT

d on either Front Bench with his hat on. An exception was mentioned with respect to the Session of 1875, when, having retired from the leadership and looking in occasiona

It was when, during the Bradlaugh scenes, he left the leadership, with the responsibility of persecuting Bradlaugh, to Stafford Northcote. He brought stick and hat into the House, and put the latter on dur

jority that exceeded a hundred. The Conservative forces were shattered. Even with a Liberal majority, which at its birth always contains within itself the seeds of disintegration, it appeared probable that at least the first Session of the new Parliament would run it

AT AND

the table, and was subsequently heard at the bar, the Premier came in, not only with hat and stick in hand, but wearing his gloves. All eyes were turned upon him, when Mr. Bradlaugh, having finished his speech

NORTHCOTE AND

o power, Mr. Bradlaugh, who had been furiously fought all through the life of the former Parliament, was permitted quietly to take his seat. Later, a motion was made by Dr. Hunter to expunge from the journals of the House the resolution declaring him incompetent to sit. This was an awkward position for a Government which

tter. If a member habitually so unobtrusive as Sir Stafford Northcote felt compelled to interpose and support an amendment, which, however regarded, was a vote of censure on the conduct of the Conservative party through the Parliame

Now, whilst the son spoke, there seemed to come a voice from the grave pleading that enough had been done to vindicate Christianity and Constitutionalism, urging that the House of Commons would do well to perform a gracious and generous act and sooth Mr. Bradlaugh's last moments (he was that very night lying on his death-bed) with news that the ob

NESS OF OL

er the debate on Dr. Hunter's motion began," Sir Stafford writes, "Mr. Smith asked me to come into his private room, and asked me what I thought of the motion. I replied that I did not see how the Government could accept it as it stood, as it conveyed a censure on the Conservative party for their action in the past; but th

tirely took in a trusting House of Commons was what

IDDES

rtly based on the recollection that my father had often said to me that, while he had had no hesitation in discharging what he believed to be his duty in the various p

OF THE FOU

n directing what for its size and voting power is the most remarkable engine known in Parliamentary warfare. The real creator of the Fourth Party was Sir Henry Wolff, now Her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Madrid. It was he who first sa

ENRY

ng that took the oath on the opening of the new Parliament on the 30th of April, 1880. Had he done so and quietly taken his seat, the course of events in that Parliament would have been greatly altered. But Mr. Bradlaugh was not disposed to

of office, not members of the House. Lord Frederick Cavendish, then Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and all unconscious of the tragedy that would close his blameless life, moved for a Select Commi

ouse without voting. On the 21st of May, Mr. Bradlaugh brought matters to a crisis by advancing to the table claiming to take the oath. It was now that Sir Henry Wolff brought things to a crisis. Having strategically placed himself at the corner seat below the gangway, he threw himself bodily across Mr. Bradlaugh

GO

ntleman then known as Mr. Gorst, and much later Mr. Arthur Balfour. Thus was formed and welded a personal and political association which has given an Ambassador to Madrid, has bestowed upon the astonished Conservative party two l

AND OL

aracter leading him to repose on level heights represented by personages like Lord Ripon and Lord Kimberley. Growing more audacious with the advance of years, Mr. Gladstone introduced new men to his last Ministry with success distinctly marked in each particular instance. Mr. Asquith, as Home Secretary; Mr. Acland, as Vice-President of the Council; Mr. Herbert Gardner, as Minister

DWARD

found in his hands the direction of one of the most important posts in a Ministry based upon a Parliamentary majority. The remarkable and unvaried success of the Liberal Whips

EALE-

he is apt to efface both his office and himself. But the fact remains that affairs in the office of the Paymaster-General have not cost Mr. Seale-Hayne's illustrious chief a single hour's rest. No Irish member, shut off by the Home Rule compact from foraging in familiar fields, has been tempted to put to the Paymaster-General an embarrassing questio

ASQU

ASQU

llotted to Mr. Asquith was a conclusion commonly come to by those familiar with his career in the last Parliament. But I will undertake to say that his appointment at a single bound to the Home Secretaryship, with a seat in the Cabinet, was a surprise to everyone, not excepting Mr. Asquith, who is accustomed to form a very ju

pre-eminence and predicament is not far to seek. The Colonial Secretary has distant communities to deal with, and so has the Secretary of State for India. The Minister for War and the First Lord of the Admiralty each has his labour and responsibility confined within clearly marked lim

ffigy in Trafalgar Square. That, it is true, was a momentary exuberance on the part of the Anarchists. The incident leaves unchallenged the assertion that there has been no serious or well-sustained protest against M

brunt of debate, he would certainly break down. This cheerful prognostication was based upon the assertion that the speeches that had established his fame in the House of Commons were carefully prepared, written out, and, if not learned off by rote, the speaker

a fearless way of selecting a word that conveys his meaning, even though it may sound a little harsh. To this is added a determined, not to say belligerent, manner, which implies that he is not in any circumstances to be drawn a hair's-breadth beyond the line which duty, conscience,

orley's absence promising to be more protracted than was at first thought probable, the Chancellor of the Duchy, a Minister with fuller leisure, relieved the Home Secretary of the task. Thereupon a story was put abroad that Mr. Asquith had been superseded upon the demand of the Irish members, who had privily conveyed to Mr. Gladstone a peremptory in

SSOR

ith's nor Mr. Bryce's. Each one had been written out by Mr. John Morley. Only, on two nights Mr. Asquith had r

ing

e Maud

timate over a glass of something hot. Perhaps the total difference in the appearance and in the nature of the two men drew them together; anyway, they

ong, misty black lashes, laughed continually. He was careless in his dress, as diggers as a rule are; but for all that nothing ever seemed to hang ungracefully upon his magnificent limbs. His blue shi

ave made many an educated singer envious. He could have made his fortune as a concert singer, but perhaps he had sufficient reasons for avoiding civi

er half of his head: he opened his mouth so wide it seemed as though it must come off, and showed a double row of teeth which wo

th very little men. His face was pretty. The sun seemingly had no power to tan his pink and white skin. His hair was golden, as were his short beard,

nded him of something in the past. Some men like as not got drunk to bring their fathers and mothers back to their memory and the days of their youth generally; for his part, he thought it was a good plan to let folks run their own affairs. There were more objectionable things than cleanliness. He liked the smell of the earth about his things; upon his own shoulders a perfectly spotless s

ampion, who towered head and shoulders above the rest of the men in the

as to bring hundreds flocking to it, but with a reputation which daily increased its population. There was

light in it, and plenty of spirits, but neither was celestial; one th

, her lips full and red, the upper one short and slightly lifted, showing even when she was not laughing a faint gleam of her white teeth; the under one cleft in the centre like a cherry, her nose short and straight, her chin gently rounded, her little hea

IPOS

ed, she was indebted to one, Jim, who had been found dead in the bush, shot through the heart, some seventeen year

presiding Goddess of the Paradise Hotel. Here she dispensed drinks to the thirsty, refused them to the ine

rp sound of the picks as they came in contact with the quartz, and the chattering of a jay-bird which had set

h other, then without speaking go on with their work again. It was not that they had not time for talk, for the pic

de their thoughts turn longingly towards the Paradise Hotel, and the cool drinks which were being dispensed there. Singing Bob put down his pick, lifted his arms high above his head, leaned slightly backward, and stretched himself; then stooping picke

here, Steve,"

heir eyes met; there was a curious

," he a

n a couple of months if he w

other sai

nued, meditatively. "It's my 'pinion it's a pocket, and a deep one;

es

we ai

N

er-if he hated the dirt, and the hard labour, and had friends as he'd like to go home to-the other would be willing, like as not, to pa

N

mself upon a heap of earth, took up the fragments of quartz which sparkl

d upon him, "have a hankering after England when they've made something of

N

again and

o see the old fa

both died

erfulness; "we're different,

on the earth-heap strutted up and down like a sentinel on guard, chattering noisily and screaming now and then; the wind blew from the pine woods, bringing the pungent smell with i

urn it up for t

ly. "Well, I'll put in a

walking slowly and thoughtfully, as though undecided about something. The jay-bird watched him go, then came nearer to Bob, pecked at his shirt sleeve, pulled at his red handkerchief, and took ot

t scarcely unburdens one's mind; speech is always a relief. He looked at the earth, the sky, the quartz, and fina

having habits which isn't usual in these parts, I've been obliged to stand up for him and fight his battles, so to speak, which, naturally, makes me a bit partial to him-being partners,

turned them up and looked sentimental, a

, so to speak, mentioned the fact to him: but there it is, we two partners have s

hat Bob would at least wish to fight for the girl. He hopped away with one bright eye turned round to the digg

CONFI

iven either of us 'casion to think that she'd take us into partnership; but if I thought that Steve would s

this was a most laudable sentiment, then, perchin

ly, he couldn't protect her 'gainst rudeness or insult as I could; he couldn't love her as I could. Great God!" bringing one hand down heavily upon his knee while with the other he held the bird in a fir

posas, idol of t

sas, all the love

love thee, wouldst tho

as, say, what woul

but found the constant repetition of the poor verse, adapted to the tune of a camp hymn, very soothing and comforting. The words softened his nature, and almost brought the tears into his eyes. They made him blissfully miserable, and in this misery he took a

all his feathers the wrong way, and hopped away, he rose from his se

ariposas, with a teasing smile upon her beautiful face, was s

rom him, and flashing defiant glances at him from her dark eyes. "The lady'd be obli

tood before her drinking in her beauty, longi

, stooping down to the bird, who w

ongue. "He'll be at the Paradise by

N MET HI

re her with great displeasure. "He keeps himself decent." She paused again. Bob had nothing to say; he looked down

can keep clean, some can't. If,"

'you suppose any decent woman

ion grew qu

ooping down and picking up his tools, "I've feared the same myself. It's a bad job, b

can kee

but that's so. You're quite right,

hed rosy red, but neither ag

r a walk to get a breath of fresh air. It isn't often I'm down i

t awhile till you've gone. You'd n

etty lips-putting it down as meaning that that she certainly would n

nd suddenly sat down on an earth-heap. He wondered why she was resting. He went to her. She was holding

g the matte

dly; "at least, nothing much: I've sprained my an

k?" he said, l

answered

in his arms and carried her as easily as though she had been a baby. The very

ve were her

hat could Steve do

ou; you wouldn't mi

ouldn't

's but a weakly chap, b

ch someone

, at her lovely hair, at her laughing eyes; then he looked

, y

t me car

nd her lips grew merrier; she began pushi

he said

eyes. "Well, I suppose I mu

For a moment he paused while he battled with, and conquered, an inclination to st

pon his shoulder; she could feel the mad beatin

" she

keeping his face s

thoritatively, "Why do you

ips, scarce an inch from his. "So beautiful," he said;

heavy,

I HE

vy?

own if I

re

ed your face

mus

y,

answered with another question: "

s,

folks put nets over them to ke

s,

f touching them if they could see them looking so tempt

re sa

nt-"I'm like the birds, and your lips are the

face and neck, then int

the cherries were made for the bird

e bronze colour faded from his

d, gently, question

ghtened, she had only

aid, "I can walk now

your

me

ood firmly upon both feet, there was no ves

re you going on to the Paradise? Wait a little while; let me go alone; folks'll talk if they see u

expected to hear a little cry of pain and to be calle

person-his clothes seemed more earth-stained than ever; his shirt

ly, "no decent woman would m

and scoured himself almost savagely, then changed his clothes, and somewha

p was spending the evening convivially-they hailed Bob with delight. Someon

nd at the pres

eable to all, I'll

She did not answer for a moment, but looke

rking to-day, have

ttention thus drawn, the whole cam

he an

ing married, or going

N

sweethearti

ace. "Yes," he answered, "t

is. They thought he was joking, all but the girl:

AWAY FROM HE

like as not, she'd prefer that you should spend your time with her. When

they thought it

ou the song?" Bo

rl answered. "Steve is

te

miled. Steve had a voice about

am not

waiting for her to speak. They th

. Good-night, Bob; give m

r crossed his mind that it might simply be wilfulness. Once or twice he sang his little love song over to himself; then he closed

about his footstep had struck him as unusual; generally it was light, now it

lowly and

ng his great hand upon his partner's sh

d his face u

so kind, singing with me, walking a little way with me; I thought

e refus

es

aps she wants yo

er heart is not

es

ered who it could be that she loved;

ld have borne it; but see how she treated y

I, St

ing everyone knew that Singing Bob and Lily Steve were going

S ENTERED

sold for a fair price. They would take qu

couldn't and wouldn't, but sent a message by his friend. He was sitting alone, half wishing that he had gone just to see her

still, not knowing what to

without bidding me

e was there, so near to him, it seemed harde

hy

ed you, becaus

ver tol

me. Steve told me the other night that he had asked you to be his wife, and that you had said no, that y

; the heavy drops pattered against the wi

e said. "I shall start now

and S

back to his people;

d y

one belonging to me, not a si

ite alone i

ui

weetheart y

only looked at her: sh

nconsciously quoting. "Bob," coming a little nearer t

ely I coul

ut I wasn't. Bob"-softly-"I wa

understand-why had she wanted

fortably. Bob-since you are going away, since after to-nigh

a step b

an you lov

t I ask y

rew his strong arms around

ping over her lips, "kiss me once

e kissed her, not o

rsely, "how can I go? How

ently with her slender fingers, "have I made it harder?

obey, he he

hat you love

straight in

answered. "And does it

go to-

e before; she lifted herself a little in h

Bob," she whispered

ipos

ad?-then ki

mposer

is Arthu

ve undertaken a "tough job," and I fancy he is partly right. I trust, however, that my efforts h

e occurrence to come across the compositions of musical composers treated in the same way, and I therefore determined to undertake the work of placing before the read

osers, with the object of their being produced in The Strand Magazine. They are given here as specimens of their compo

ph B

n College, and newly elected Principal o

written down. I have found ideas come most readily in the railway carriag

t and

t-s

ennyso

g on commiss

h he does not approve. Handel's 'Dettingen Te Deum,' Mozart's 'Requiem,' Mendelssohn's 'Elija

g one which can be acquired (the science may), but such

ers his best work, but sends, for publication here, a few bars of one

ancis B

d of composing I gi

I try it again the following day, because I have not infrequently found that an idea, which I considered good at the time, after the lapse of a day or more will appear to me insipid and not worth working out. I prefer the evening for compos

of composition. In fact, he feels all the better for having some strong reason for commencing a composition,

undwork of talent to go upon. Without cultivation it would be impossible to work out ideas satisfactorily; at the same ti

music they are fond of is, in many cases, bordering on the commonplace. That there are a multitude of admirers of the classical in music amongst the English is, fortunately, quite true, but I am inclined to believe that there are too many who are quite content with perhaps dance music, and who would rather not hea

s Blum

set to music. Some have to wait for years, some are composed almost at once; it all depends on the mood in which I happen to be, for according to my mood I look out for some verses corresponding to it, and then the song comes forth with ease; in fact, it takes much less time to compose the music than to write it down, but I invariably try to improve upon it, and file down or add almost up t

ion can be acquired or learned an

rules of any other grammar can be. But just as little as knowing the rules of language can make you write one phrase worth rem

e composer's autograph are taken fro

. Co

especially when I am engaged upon a large work, for then I can think of nothing else: it weighs upon my mind until completed. At other times, perhaps, I do little or nothing (except a few songs, etc.) for a m

eself, but otherwise his opinion is that the music is very apt to be unvocal. In the case of choral works, he o

ideas in when necessary. I may say, however, that I have carried about with me (mentally only) whole songs or movements perfected, sometimes for three or four years without writing down a note, and have afterwards used them in almost the exact state in which they were photographed in my brain! I do not think it poss

e present the "Symphony in F, No. 8," and

often do their best work under pressure, and when they know it must be completed by a certain time. Of course, thi

ng published in an album of twelve by various c

d R.

s of the necessary construction for bes

as far as possible, arrived at a conclusion on this point, I next think of the music, both as to melo

the day aside for composing, working

is "The Ten Virgins," Op. 42, a sacred cantata for four s

greatly improved esteem entertained by foreigners for English compositions and Engli

hough many of the best works of recent years have been written to order, i.e., in consequence of commissions given by festival com

es Go

briefly gives as his opinion: "Composer c'est expri

t be acquired, it may undoubtedly be cultivated;

only composing when inclined to do so. As to his best work, he says: "I consider i

unt of interest, for Mons. Gounod, in presenting them, wrote: "The portion of music

rd G

ion over the sea, from his home at Bergen, where, by

t must be learned; for it is impossible for a composer to write melodies correctly without a complete mastery of his art. Ju

vourite composer, all good c

ference to his famous sonata for the violin,

H. L

n composing, generally proc

Ideas often come to me when I am in the train, or at less convenient times. Whenever possible, I write down a few bars before I forget them; but the main work is done sitting at a table with some music paper before me. I seldom go to the piano

d believes most decidedly in composers writ

opinion that he will accomplish it far better under pressure than if he was working with no fixed object; at the same time, of course

s "Song of Balder," and this compositi

be acquired; if, on the other hand, the aptitude exists, but the energy to cultivate i

at MS. is taken from his "Sona

Conti

AND O

avian Pop

for Ch

s turn white and feeling himself weakened by age, he thought he had not much longer to live on earth; he held to life, however, and demanded of the

travelled far over land and sea, and who was renowned fo

r of death, since you have become old, and I have come

" cried the Ki

d marvellous water. Whoever eats of those apples and drinks of that water immediately recovers his youthfulness. B

ificently, and resolved to send one of his sons i

quest. But he did not go far. He stopped at a city which pleased him, and lived there g

hat Land of Youth his second son, who, on arriving at the city where his brother was living, found there the same s

ving only this son left to him, did not like to part with him; but Carl was so determined that he finally overcame all resistance. He de

them. But he wished to redeem the promise he had made to his father, and travelled through v

HERS TRIED T

towards it, in the hope of finding a resting-place, reached a cottage, the dwelling-place of an old

nswered Carl, "and I am in

eard of that country. But I am the Queen of the Quadrupeds; to-morrow morning I will q

anked her for her civil

l the four-footed animals, large and small, assembled about the cottage. Their Queen asked them whether they

n turned towards th

my sister, who is Queen of the Birds; perhaps she will know bette

d. In the evening he found himself in the depths of a forest and saw, onc

ace of the sister of my so

ood old woman, who received him politely, and asked him for what purpose

ters, and have never heard speak of that coun

anked her and

the air. The birds flew hurriedly from all sides. Their Queen asked them whethe

s the Prince,

Queen of the Fishes, may, perhaps, be better informed than I. Seat your

at a small cabin. There he found an old woman,

n search of the Land of Youth, and have come

an, "and have never heard tell of the country to which y

n in the waves, all the fishes darting through the waters and assembling about their Queen, who in

ngst you the old wha

ard in the water; it was caused b

o late?" deman

way to come-several

have yo

Land o

n answer to my summons; as a punishment, you will bear this you

D RAPIDLY THRO

pon the back of the whale, which sped rapidly through the waters. By the

then sai

anted castle before you; you may, therefore, enter it at midnight, but do not pluck more than one apple, nor take more than one ph

rl; "I will remember

he whale had said would be the case. In front of the door there were a number of frig

hich were covered with plates of gold and silver. In the middle of this room was the tree on which shone the magic apples, and near it, rippling ove

y golden apples as he could get into his wallet. Having got all he wanted, he wished to quit the enchanted castle, but

rable beauty. Carl stood before her motionless and speechless in an ecstasy of delight. At the same time the young girl saw, in a dream, the image of thi

f the beautiful sleeper, wrote his name, and the nam

in the castle awoke and all there became movement. He sprang

WHOM YOU M

animal suddenly plunged into the depths of the

plunge fri

s it greatly f

h alarmed when you filled

hale again plunged, only deeper than the

you af

ver I have b

frightened when you stopp

ed and remained longer under the water, saying

you af

terr

h terrified when you wrot

Fishes. As a return for the service she had rendered him, he ga

r lips shone two rows of white teeth; her form became upright; and, in short, in place of a decrepit old woman, appeared a young girl w

ke this bridle and shake it-and yo

erb horse, which quietly allowed itself to be mounted and, wit

pple, which rejuvenated her in an instant. And as he wa

s tablecloth, and, as soon as you spread

s, and renewed her youthfulness, as he had done to her two sister

this sword, at sight of which no adversary can o

Prince continued his journey, and reached the city where his two brothers still

strip him of what he had so bravely won. To celebrate his return, they said, they prepared a grand banquet, and, deceiving him by these pretended evidences of affectio

piness at the idea of being able to give him back his lost youthfulness. As soon as he

man was deeply pained and irritated by what he imagined to be the dece

story of vast regions they had passed through, and perils they had dared, to reach the enchant

their primitive hue, his wrinkles vanished, his lim

d tenderness and distinction on them; and then, suddenly remembering the youngest, who had tried to deceive him,

ave devoured him. But he had preserved the presents of two of the old women. At the sight of his sword the lions

. One night she saw him again in a dream, no longer with a smile on his lips and light in his eyes, as she had seen him when he was

was quickly made up-he could not come to her, therefore she must go to hi

untry; to that country she set off with a large number of

enated King's capital were greatly alarmed-it had come with hos

and. Her wish was one that could easily be satisfied. The King hastened to sen

he of whom I

sent his

t ship, surrounded by her officers, and

ceive me. I must see the young Prince who came to Ungdomland; otherwise, I vow

ded, and the King, pale and trembling, rememb

red by the wild beasts. They went, however, to the edge of the pit into whi

e him, and begged pardon for his iniquity. Carl tenderly raised him, held him to his heart, and returned with him to the city,

T IS

ival clothes, shook the magic bridle, and, mounted on

ess cast her eyes up

ise him. It is he who

t her hands to him; he was the spouse d

ul Princess was pompously celebrated, and they departed toge

en of lions into which they had cause

r Side o

hinne

ity of obtaining, either by exorbitant payment, diplomacy, or any means underhand or otherwise, a supply of coals for the winter-the fate of Lobengula-the chances of the Employers' Liability Bill-the state of our Navy. But if you will for one moment compare the

more logical, less visionary spirit William conc

convinced me that our Universe does exist. It is difficult to cre

. Stead, or some other power having sway over human minds) into a belief of the existence of the non-existent-we will,

d James, a weak-minded scinti

carefully-weighed logic, flawless in all other respects, are alwa

way. But the highly objectionable creatures on it don't seem too comfortable; in fact, a more ridiculous, cal

e reasonable quali

of what you call the lower animals. I know what's princip

do protest that they mean well-that their theories are, as a whole, in the right direction-that they have a solid,

said

manity's rewards are, as a rule, conferred on t

!" said William. "Let's hav

ack by such a proposition from

nity from among this herd, each of us choosing the specimen which he deems most likely to obtain the highest praises

said James,

see-I'll bet you that comet against that little star over there in the constellation like a saucepan. The comet's more showy, and apparent

space would be the use of a comet or a sta

of his, "to one of your humans. He would be delighted. It

oked about a

has gone wrong with another baby's feeding-b

James-we deal with all dates)-your baby is attempting to put right. While your baby is so engaged, my baby is damaging the

f you think your choice will merit

e 'obtain the praises of humanity.' We said nothing a

d James, "you nee

ed William; "I am pointing out t

u don't mean to seriously tell me that you seriously believe that humanity woul

id William. "See, our babies are growing; t

y, "has found a dead bird, and

ch my little boy has

"You had better make an

e of that comet? You'd better be ordering a handsome casket to present it to your

THE BABY

ds. "He is at school. Another boy has been kno

boy," put

A DEA

to his bruises and trying

ken young person! I knew he would-just

ing the gratitude of the

lists of the newspapers published by your precious humans? Have you ever seen it advertised for in the columns of that periodical of theirs called Exchange and Mart? You may have se

s a Bully,"

am bound to win. My boy is a Bully. You may as well just hand over th

his toes with indignation, "to tell me that a Bully is the sort of per

who does a lot of good to your humans may come in for a good large amount of praises, and a

ve him? Impossib

did? You can only judge of their sanity by their acts-and

ames. "He is knocking them over with toy cannon. Now he i

your

, and trying to bend them straight

e of victims!" said the horrid William. "And now they have both left school, and are studying. My boy

N ALL THE OTHER BO

about arteries, and nerves, and compound fractures,

illiam, "is fitting

ime which is not your forte-a jest. You cannot seriously imag

s, mind you-they are under the delusion that they do so hold it. Life is to them an object of joy, and the absence of it one of regret; as I t

at a pity it isn't inhabited-we ought to people that desert!' They don't recognise the fact that it is inhabited and isn't a desert! They are delighted at the growing

se of humanity as of the highest advantage, they have an unrecognised instinct which tells them that things will be mightily uncomfortable for them when their ball gets a

ere will be a wholesale bit of thinning-out there-no; see, one of your humans, by the exercise of superhuman energy, and at infinite

nical arguments now? Look at their gratitude-l

AND H

send him a medal, and mention him in the principal newspape

a child could do it: but he is protected by the laws. Who ever heard of anyone being visited by any heavier punishment than the fine of a few coins for wilfully thinning-out humans in this way? Nobody. Then there are two kinds of the class who go in for the most lucrati

rrior his fellow humans will heap th

et us just follow the career of a third boy-the little one that wa

he is also reading about words of command, and linked battalions, and machine-guns, and fortifications.

ind of warrior-my Bully-will distance him in rewards by leagues. Halloa

's besieging a town; now he has taken it and set

pare feel so proud of their own cleverness in being spared, and so relieved about it, that they are in the best of humours; and, looking about for somebody o

and kindly accepting ransoms for abstai

battle-another-another-and another, and my baby is beaten back from one-half of that globe of yours, and the other baby stands in the middle of that half and crows; and my baby, the Bully, has to confine h

et them on their legs again; checking epidemics and diseases arising from the privations and calamities of war

ancy of yours, the inhabitants of that globule. See-they are about

my baby, the Healer!" s

ested out of his wonte

ething done up in paper.

re turning to the Thinner-Out who defended one-hal

t a bit-don't crowd on to my toes-you can see

n Thinner-Out. They're h

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l Crown!" g

theory, search your "Burke" for a physici

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