CHAPTER II.—VERY SUCCESSFUL.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 193, 5 August 1873, Page 2

CHAPTER II. — VERY SUCCESSFUL.

'DABMNfr Miriam! don't agitate yourself; keep quiet/ said the young man, who had assumed the disguise lie wore so awkwardly* as he cordially returned the girl's carets, and then placed her in the chair in which Mist Monitor had been sitting, and resumed hit own teat facing the door. * I have a very short time, and a good deal to say in it.' 1 But, Walter— why ? How ? Is not this a risk ? - Walter Olint settled his brown silk gown becomingly about bit lengthy limbs, and tucked his arms up in his lace-flounced shawl, before he replied, during which brief operation Miriam regarded him with an expression in. which the school-girl's sense of ' great fun * was beginning to break, in a smile, through her 'first feeling of supreme and tomewhat dismayed amazement. lOf course, it is risk, he replied j ' but what could Ido ? I had to see you, and it would not have been fair to Miss Monitor to ask her to disobey my father's injunctions, and let me see you, even if she would have done it, and I don't suppose she would. Do you ? ' 1 O yes ; I think she would, noio' eaid Miriam. ' I am really to leave, you know, and she need not fear papa any longer.' I Well, never mind ; I didn't know that— l mean, I didn't think of it. I had to see you before you left London.' ' Why ? ' asked Miriam, a deep Qusli]passing over her face. ' You don't — you can't mean to say 1 am not to see you at the Firs?' I 'I do mean it, Miriam. There's no good in getting into a rage about it, and there's no good in crying. He is obstinately set against me, and 1 cannot stand any more quarrelling ;and bullying. I don't mean to say I have not deserved a good deal ; but I do mean to say I have had more than I deserved, and there hat come an end to it. I shall ask my father — at least, I shall get you to ask him — one thing more only (never mind what now), and then he shall hear nothing of me, unless it be very good news indeed, which would surprise no one to much as myself, for I am one of the unlucky onet, you know/ ' This is worse than all,' said Miriam, into whose eyes tears, whioh she was resolutely trying tojhold back, had risen. 1 It is bad enough to have to go homo at all, but it Is too much to be quite cut off from you. How cruel! how unjust ! and now she fairly sobbed. ' Hush, Miriam, for Heaven's sake ! ' said Walter. • Suppose Miss Monitor were to come back and find you in tears ! There't a good girl, the best of girls to a poor devil of a brother who is always in tcrapes. Time is running on, and you will have another young, person looking after the lady'smaid's place* presently.' They botli laughed, and yet Miriam was so comscious that there was something unusual' in Walter's manner, a change extending to his vokse, that she was afraid of what he might being going to tell her, and did not dare to question him. 'I have taken a serious resolution, Miriam,' he said. ' Don't stir, dear j they listen at doors in boarding-schools, I've been told, and they- peep through keyholes. It must have come to this, sooner or later, and I have a chance now — a good chance. You shall know all about it ; but there was one thing on my mind, and no one bat you could take it off. 1 have come to you to get you to take it off in this queer fashion, because it must be done at once, if at all, and I had no other means.' • What is it, Walter ? ' asked Miriam,, who was pale, and quiot enough now. 'My father advertised for a lady Vmaid for you. A. friend of mine— a person in whom I am v.cry much interested — would be very glad to get the place. Sjtie will be here presently. Others may come before the does ; promise mo you will find some reason for rejecting them until Rose Dixon comes to you, ajid then promise me you, nil! take her.' ' Walter, who is she ? ' I 1 cannot tell you ««o. Don't hesitate, Miriam ; don't refuse me. You were always ready to do anything for me, you know, in the old times, and you never had half tuch a chance of serving me as this one. You know, Miriam, I would not usk you to have %ny one near you who was not fit to be with you, dear ; you can trust me lor that.' Miriam listened to him in amazement. She was intelligent, quick, as inquisitive as most girls^of her age, and no more: of an ingentne than was. to be expected el' her, considering that she was one of twenty girls in a London boarding school. She was perfectly sensible of the necessity and value of this assurance of her bcothec's, and with it her ' first feeling of alarm subsided, and the strong detii-e to. please and strve him sprung up untrammelled. 1 1 can twist you for anything, Wajter, 1 she paid 5 ' but tell me one- tiling.. Is she very young ? Will Miss Monitor agree ? Bemtmber,, she is to have a voice in the matter.' '•Oye», Iknow. all about that; but I don't think you would have much, difficulty in, getting over Miss Monitor's objections, if she- should have any, and that's not likely. Rost Hiion is, vexy young,. and very pretty.' Again there was a tone in Walter's voice and a look in. Walter't face strange to Miriam. A bell r.ang sharply,} they hoard Jane coming up the kitchen stairs, and voices sounded on the landing. Miss Monitor's, visitors were depanting ; once more the heavy rustling silk trailed itself over the shining tiles, and the murnuir of gracious tones reached the waiting room. • Promise me, Miriam, promise me,' entreated Walter as he rose and shook his obnoxious garments into shape, while Miriam, clasping' his. hand eagerly, looked towards tho door in alarm. • I promise dear — I promise. 1 'God blets you, darling!* Remember the name — Rote Dixon. You shall know all in a very short time.' ' And I thall see you soon, Walter ? '' ' I h»pe so ; I cannot tell. If I can possibly, get my father's leave.* A step at the door, a hand on tho lock. Miriam, in silence, touched her brother's cheek with her lips, deftly loweced the thick lace- veil which was turned back over his straw bonnet, and sat down in Miss Monitor's chair jusfc an instant before that lady entered the room, radiant with humour. The cundiikLe wps standing in a respectful attitude; Miss Clint was looßing bored. Miss Monitor took in the scene with her customary complacent correctness. ' My dear Miriam, I fear you have boon detaining this young person unreasonably. There was really no occasion for my seeing her again. You have decided that she will not suit you.' ' Ye 3,' said Miriam. • She does not wish to understand dressmaking, but I thought she had better wait, as the hoped you might know of a place which would suit her.' • I ftar I don't know of one at present,' said Miss Monitor graciously ; ' but if you leave your name and address— just write them in that book,' sheadded, pointing to a long ruled book which lay on the table with writing materials — 'I will keep you in mind.' • Walter darted one quick, reproachful glance at Miriam : the had accounted for the duration of his stay rather too vwll. But Miriam was equal to the occasion ; she perfectly remembered the sinewy, manly, slightly hirsute bands which Walter had to studiously concealed, and knew Miss Monitor's sharp ejes would detect the discrepancy, though Walter should write the mott womanly of characters, as indeed ho could have done with ease. He possessed many small accomplishments, and a variety of handwritings was one of them. • Doa't trouble yourself to take your gloves off,' drawing the book and the inkstand towards, her. ' I will take down your address. Ellen Gamble, 6 Bayham. Cottages, Camden Town, I think you said ?' ' Yea, madam ; that is- quite correct,' was the reply. Miriam slowly and gravely inscribed the name and address, and, her back being turned to Miss Monitor, ventured on bestowing one glance, full of laughter, on her brother, which his position debarred him from the pleasure of returning. Having formally taken' leave of the tw.o. ladies the candidate retired. • A very awkward-looking person, my dear,' was Miss Monitor's comment : if even she had understood dressmaking, [ should not have cared for her ; something so dowdy in her appearance Don't you. think so V 1 O dear, yes,' said Miriam carelessly ; wouldn't have done, at ajl. As I am to have a maid, and am pretty certain, to want to make a companion of> her, she really must be young and pleasant-looking ; at all events, very' differeut from- wliat'a her name ?— this Ellen Gamble/ 4Of course, my dear. What an odd thing it is that people of that sort never do know when to go away, unless, one actually turns them out ! — And now, my dear, I must tell you about my visitors.' Miriam drew near with an expression of interest which 1 was not very skilfully feigued, and which died away, unperceived by Miss Monitor, a»she volubly related how the lady of the rustling silk had come to arrange for placing hor daughter at school at Crescent House immediately — how all the ' extras' were to be supplied, and how the ■ ' connection* was of the most valuable description. • Not aiistouracy, my <le.ar,' Miss Monitor, explained to Miriam, , whose approaching departure appeared to emancipate her ' fvom restrictions of e\rery kind, and finally elevate her from the position of pupil to that of confidante. 'If you t-vke titled people's children, they are sure to be out at elbows ;. if they weren't, they would not send their girls, to school ; and they expect you to take off a percentage, in consideration of the advantage you may derive from their talking of their Lady Maries or their Lady Janes. There's no meanness to equal the meanness of great people, when, they are not gentlemen and ladies.— But a real, solid, respectable counection is t> very different thing. Mrs Dibley has sisters in Tndia, and brothers in China, and they all have daughters*, who are to be sent home ; and she a&nruch as said this was an experiment she was going to try for the benefit of the whole family.' ' I am so glad,' said Miriam, trying to leave off listening for the bell, and looking at tho door. 'My place wiS soon be filled up, you s«e.'

'•No^no," said Miai Monitor; '»new girl cannot flit your place* Miriam. Dear me, there's tbe visitor's btft^ again i W* lucky it's a half holiday. I wonder who this is.* ' Perhaps another- young person, come to. answer the advertisement,' suggested Miriam. ' I think nor, my dear. People o£ that sort don't ring, the visitor's bell, you know." *m

Tlio minister in. ono- of our churches, while on his way topreach a funeral sermon in the country, ©ailed to see one of his members, an old widow lady, who fives near the road where- he was travelling. The old lady had jujit been mak; ing sausages, and she felfe very proud of them — they were so plump, round and sweet. Of course- she- insisted on herminister taking some links home to hit family. Ho ob* jected on account of not having hit portmanteau along with, him. The objection was soon overruled, and the old lady, after wrapping them up in a> rag, carefully placed a bundle in the preachers overcoat. Thus equipped be started for the funeral. While attending the solemn ceremonies of the grave, some hungry dogs swnted the sausages, and were not long in tracking them to the pockets of tht good man's overcoat. Of course this was a great annoyance, and he was several times under the necessity of kicking the whelps •way. The obsequies of the grave completed > the ministerand congregation repassed to the church,, where tlje funeral discourse- was to be preached. After the sermon was finished ,. the minister halted to. make some remark to bis-congrega-gation, when a brother, who wished to hare an appointment given out, ascended the steps of the pulpit, and gavo-^ the minister's coat a hitch to get his attention. Ike divjwfj^~~ thinking it a dog having designs upon his pocket, raised his foot, gave a sudden kick, and sent the good brother- A sprawling down the steps. " You. will excuse m« brethren. >- and sisters," said the minister confusedly, and without looking at the work he had just done, " for I could nob avoid it. I had. sausages in, my pocket, and that dog; has been* trying to grab them ev.er since he cams upon the- premises." San FrancuQQ Jfews Letter. , Among tome ludicrous mistakes- made by gentlemen, farmers, some of' them men o£ note, but mtn>~ at the same time, whose knowledge of farming matters was- rather theoretical than practical, an English writer gives us the follow- „ ing : — " General Fitaroy." he says, "is fond of relating, £ that the first time Sir John Sinclair came upon the General's ™ farm,, be was showing Sir John a field of younfrWky^. when the worthy baronet exclaimed, 'You arfr very ward in that wheat crop ! ' ' Good heavens ! ' said tbe General, * can this be the President of the Board of Agriculture ? ' Another equally distinguished agriculturist, whose enthusiasm for rural pursuits has always been- more than a. match for- any skill be possesses in them, was once betrayed into a mistake of a still more ludicrous description. It was at a time when the merits of the merino breed of sheep divided the suffrages of the wool-growers of England. The gentleman alluded to, who was an advocate for the superiority of the Spanish fleece, brought in his pocket to a, meeting of fleece amateurs a sample of merino wool grown, under an English sun, with the intention of making an A eloquent speech in praise of tbe foreign breed; and then bjjfc way of proof exhibiting his sample, to the utter confusi{nj/ of the partisans of the black-faces and Southdowns. A. friend of the Southdowns got s hint of the gentleman's design. ; and, being as muoh of a wag as a wool-grower, hehit upon a very amusing expedient of putting the real knowledge of the- merino advocate to the* test. Previous to. the meeting he contrived to abstract from the sample of wool' in the gentleman's pocket a good handful, which n» silently transferred into his own. When the party were all assembled,, the gentleman made his speech in favor of the merino fabric — a very confident and a very warm one — and concluded, with drawing forth tbe sample of the wool itself, faying,, ' But, gentlemen, I don't want you to take my word on the subject v here is a specimen of the wool itjtelf. Only look, at it,, and be convinced.' The sample now being banded* round, the sly purloincr begged to pub in a wocd for. his own. Southdowns. 'He was, 1 he said, no speechifyer, but a plain* matt er-of- fact man. The merino wool might be all that they were told, but he had a handful of wool in his pocket which, be bad shorn that, morning from the back of a Southdown> w.edder, which he thought quite as fine,, and he would appeal to the judgment of the company if it was not.' On this. 4 he exhibited the stolen handful of merino as genuine South--d»wji. Host of the company were of opinion that it was "every whit as good" as the meiino ; but the merino-grower himself, seizing it, eagerly exclaimed ' that he 'could not sufficiently express his surprise that gentlemen with theireyes open should talk so— -tho difference between tbe two. wools was as obvious w the difference between blaok andt white.' He went on with groat vivacity in the same strain, till the witty hoaxer stopped him by letting out the secret,, to the great amusement of the company and the inexpressible confusion of the merino advocate ."

Imperial Federation. — A London journal (the Colonitd^^, in. commenting on the proceeding* of the late Conference and their effect on Australian Federation observes : — ■" Some very profound observer*, have probably read the recent newt- about, the Intercolonial Conference,' as furnishing proof of any* A thing but that spirit of sympathy and unity- which is essen-^ tial to the integrity of the Empire ; and they may have-taken* as applying to Imperial instead of Intercolonial Federation these expressions of the Sydney Morning Hetvtid : ' The result (of the Conference) has been to show tliab the spirit of*' federation does not exist ; ' and, ' If this Conference i» to be taken as a sample of the way in whioh Australian questions would be determined atra Federal Council, then it will be a long time before a Federal Council i« held.' That our Sydney contemporary is merely speaking of Intercolonial Federation is obvious from the next sentence :: — c The different province* will never surrender the rights and privilege! they at present enjoy, and consent to be governed by one dominant colony in, the interests of that colony alone.' That the. Australian^ colonies, though not prepared to submit their local, affairtito. the decision of an. Interoolon Hi Confederation, would, in alii f matters Imperial, willingly bow to the authority, of a great Federal Parliament of the Empire, in whioh they, in common^ with all the other colonies and the mother country, would be represented, is pretty evident from the, fact that theMorning ffierald, in expressing the opposition of New South Wales to the decision of the Conference, upon the question, of the mail service, says that England is ' entitled to a voicein the matter equal to'that of the colonies unitedly,' because she would bear about a moiety of the expense. Here is an. acknowledgment of an important federal principle — that, the preponderating weight in the Federal Government due to the parent State would be fully conceded. It may be impossibloto establish an Australian Confederation on account of the rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne ; but no such difficulty could for a moment arise to impede the formation, of an Imperial Confederation. London, by- the unanimous, voice of the colonies, would be pronounced the seat of such a Government. Thus we see at once illustrated how the provincialism which is fatal to federalism in the 'smaller sphere, would be absent in the larger. Young communities which cannot endure the least superiority among themselves, would not feel their pride in the smallest degree affected by the position they would occupy in the Government of the J| Empire. However predominant Victoria or New South Wales might be in an Australian Confederation, they are so nearly equal to each other that no distinction could be made between the positions 'they would occupy in an Imperial Confederation."

Our Forefathers.— These people lived in smaMhjyfai, thatched with willows or straw,. less commodious byp^ur than many of the nest^of the feathered tribes ; they thrett up earthen entrenchments, which were not always sufficient for protection ; they had barley, whey, and pork ;; they hoarded their little stores at the bottom of the wretched huts ; they used coarse, rude pottery, and sedge baskets ; employed ochre for their personal adornments ; lived in discomfort and terror, and died by the arrow, the axe, or the sword. They had no capital, save the petty hoards of grain ; they bad none of the protection or pro- < vision which capital can give. Their hiptory, for long, dull centuries, is a scanty store of wretchedness. Trace* of similar habitations 1 have been found in Yorkshire*. Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, Somerset, Hants, Dsvon, Aiiglesea, Scotland, and eluwbirt in tha British. Isles. Many interesting instances occur on Dartmoor. I have often encountered them amidst the gray rocks on the slopes of moorland hills in North Cornwall, occasionally connected with the ancient track lines and pillars on the lonely wilds. But there were diffe-ences,, of condition even im this apparent monotony ot misery. In this "love. air. dfeep" there was yet a "lower deep," for it is evident from the earliest accounts* we have from eye witnesses, a*di especially from the narratives of Caasar, that among ihe tribes of Bnt«ih and Germany the multitude was ml ai state of'servile dependence on the chiefs and priests. The gigantic works of stone and earth, which remain to us as. the memorials of our' Celtic forefathers, were raised by force labour, a fact which greatly intensifies the gloom off the shadows thwy cast on the landscape. —leisure Sour. The question of whether a livery stable keeper is a " tradesman op other person" within the meaning of the Act of Charles 11., prohibiting Sunday tiading, was dio- d cussed in the Supreme Court, Victoria, recently in the case of Gurton v. Coy. Signor Coy hired from Mr Garton, on the 11th Moy Ja»t, a horse and buggy, with the implied agreement that he was to return them. An accident happened, however, which led to the death of the horee and the damage of the buggy. Mr Garton then sued for their valno. The defendant, among other pleat, set up the defence, that the contract was made on a Sunday, in the course of Mr Garton's business as a livery stable keeper, and was therefore illegal. Ih« plaintiff objected that this was no defence, and it was contended on his behalf that the Act of > Chnrlos 11. was not in force in this colony— that it was. ' purely a- local Act, applicable to England only ; and even if it was in force here, a livery stable keeper was not a tradesman within the meaning of the Act. The Court reserved its decision. —Argus " How hollow it sounds !' said a patient under the movement, us the physician was rigorously pounding his chest. "Oh, that's nothing," said the doulor. " wait till we get nfr the Uo*d. M q - Rk

Piokcn-Enolish:. — A few Portugese and a few Chinese •words, all wrought into Chinese idioms, make up the business, language which is used betwten the Chinese and English speaking traders. Th\s language is called PigeonEnglish. An Englishman translated into Pigeon the familiar address, " My name is Norval ; on the Grampian Hills my father feeds his Hocks," and tho result, " My name is b'long Norval. Top side kehUmpun hills my fader chow chow he sheep " But the next sentence beggared the language, ,iud " A fiugal swain, whose constant care is to increase his stoic," had to be freely "done" m this shape — "My filer very small he,\ttee man — too much like dat piecie doll.i " | Thk Lodsteu. — By a Bui/. — When a lobster shakes hands with you, you always know when it takes hold, and is exceedingly pleased when it gets done. They have small features and lay no claim to good looks. When they locomote, they resemble a small boy shuffling off in his father's boots They are backward, very. They even go ahead backward A lobster never comes on ihore unles9 he is carried by fore. They are aflhetcd with but one disease, and that is boils There is more real excitement in harpooning a whale, or m having the measles, than there is in catching lobsters. As an article of food, the real goodnpss of the lobster is in the pith. Vory few persons lelisli the skin, and physicians say it is hard to digest. We tlipreforc take the lobster, and boil it until it is ready to eat. Nothing is better for colic than boiled lobster. It will bring on a case when cucumbers h ive failed. Eaten at the right time, and in proper quanti ti m, lob-ter stands second to no fruit known Bebb Mvdk Without Hops — A so-railed " Eel Beer " is manufactured m the North G-erman Brewery without tho use of hops, which is said to be of remarkable excellence It flows thick and oily,like Burgundy, possesses an odour and bouquet between Rhenish wine and Burgundy, and tlie flavour of strong port, except that it 19 more spicy. It contains 7 2 per cent alcohol and 4 2 per cent, extractive matter From a very brief statement of tho method of preparation, it seems that well germinated, air-dried malt is exclusively used, winch is crushed between rollers, mixed with cold water, and by the addition of boiling water, gradually raised to 14tdeg F , and mashed four hours. The wort is run into the brewing kettle with 12 per cent, dried mallows, instead of hops, until the colour of red wine is imparted, and then tannin carefully added, not much being required, as the mallows have a clarifying and coloring action. It soon becomes clear in the coolers, and at 50 dog. F., is brought into the fermenting vat with the ferment, prepared 24 hours before by making a wort of air-dried malt and yeast, with a yeW g&inall addition of tartanc acid. Aft n r 26 hours of active topfermentation the beer can be run into vessels in the larger cellars at 53dcg. and 15dcg. F. To every 18 gallons next add a solution of about liozsof the best glycerine in 1£ pints of red wine, 1-10 as much pure Cognac brandy, and a few drops of oil of orange flowers. The casks must be opened for a short time every two days, and, when perfectly clear, the beer is to be bottled, corked, and tied, and gradually heated, in water |to 122deg. F., after which it will keep for any length of time. "Tapping for thk Loed." — A contemporary says :—: — " Our Methodist brethren, in a recent conference in Now Jersey, set forth in unmeasured terms of reprobation the unwillingness of the rich to give, either for benevolent or religious purposes. Inck of money, we should be led to infer from their statements, was the cause of the weakness of all the great reformatory movements in the country. The appeal was worded not so much on behalf ot the recipients of charity and religious instruction as of those who should give it ; one brother enforcing his remarks by the assertion that ' a man needed constant tapping for the Lord, or the devil would get him.' The rich man lenns comfortably back on his own integrity, tolerably confident that if ' constant tapping of his pockets' does not exactly keep the devil from himself, it is all he needs to do to dnvo bun from his neighbour. Ho leaves the teaching of truth to tho paid preacher. Yet he knows it ia as much his duty, as much the business of the law\er who sits in the front pew , and the blacksmith in the back, to preach the gospel as of the priest in lobe or alb behind the reading desk. In fact, some other professions afford better opportunities ; tho editor, the physician, the teacher, have a previous vantage ground which the clergyman seldom gains. We do not mean — common-sense forbid that we should — that each man should take to lecturing or any sort of didactic\job-work. The most effective preachers of God's truth we have known seldom utter His name. But all of us have some means of helping our brother to lead a manlier Hfe, to find his true place among his fellow men, and to understand the words left for him long ago by their Elder Brother who has gone before It is this sorfc of tapping, in brain and heart and hourly life,|which is needed from tho Christian world, and in comparison with this the work of the pocket is a small matter " A brilliant idea, says the Manchester Examiner, has been conceived by a Western belle, who has taken a Chicago . journalist — and with him all the world — into her confidence. . Trite as is the observation that marriage is a lottery, MissK. has resolved to turn it to practical account. She means to allow herself to be rallied for, and byway of inducement, she supplies a pretty copious description of her attractions. She is twenty-one, and a brunette, handsome, talented, and attractive, conscious of many, many admirers, but unable to appreciate any of them. In this painful position, Miss K. has lnt upon this grand device of a lottery. Less with tho view, we imagine, of assessing her exact material value than with the humane intention of multiplying the number of competitors for her hand, she pro loses 100,000 chances at a dollar a piece," but at the sa'iie time she " hedges" a little. She may not happen to like the winner of the successful ( number, and in that case she modestly bargains to be released on paying tho disappointed gentleman 500 dollars by way of smart-money. She does not say that she will pocket tho remaining trifle of 99,500 dollars, less expenses, but she probably means to do it. Of course she will not say yes at the first drawing. The game will be too exciting, and even too profitable for it to be stopped suddenly. In every respect it is superior to an action for breach of promise of marriage, and it is not unlikely, as the New York Times puts it, to achieve a " pyramidal success " The North China Herald of 3rd May says :— " The following tragedy took place in Shmotse, a town in the pro- , vince of Chikuzen, Japan, about ten dajs ago. During the performance of some theatricals, in the course of winch a cenbat with swords is represented, a yaconin stepped from amongst the audience upon the stage, and asked one of the performers what he meant by such proceedings. The actor, . in trepidation, answered 'nothing.' This answer the yaconin pooh-poohed, saying he did not behevo it, suddenly drew his «word, and with one blow took off tho head of the actor. This naturally created great consternation amongst those present, - who all left the place precipitately. The murderer was , secured in a short time by other yaconins, and turns out to , be insane. Different members of his family, for three generations back, have gone insane, it is said, in consequence of one of their ancestors having injured a fox !" ) A suit took place the other day in which a printer named Kflvey was a witness. The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson. "Mr Kelvey, did you witne»s the affair referred to ?" "Yes, sir" "Well, what have \ou to say about it?" " That it was the best piece of punctuation I have seen for •omo time." "What do you mean by that 9" "Why . that Brcwn dotted one of Hendersons eyes, for which Henderson put a period on Brown's breathing for about h-lf o minute '" The Court comprehended the meaning at once, j and fined the defendant ten dollars."