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Gerard Montagu;
" Well , no ; I don't fancy he thinks much about the matter . But what reminded me of it was an advertisement in the ' Times' the other clay , headed ' HEIKAI ' . LAW WANTED ; ' and appended to the paragrap h the significant phrase , ' If this
should meet the eye of Geoffrey Montagu , or his next of kin , he is requested to apply at Mr . ¦ , solicitor ( I forget the name and address ) , where he may learn something lohis advantage . ' I cut the paragraph out and sent it to . Montagu at
Darlington . " But I thought Mr . Montagu ' s name was Gerard ? " Muriel suggests . " Quite true ; but his father ' s was Geoffrey . " " Well , did he go and see this law
yer ?" " Yes ; he came south on purpose , so he told me yesterday . He ' s rather knocked up with over work and anxiety , and although he ' s been successful in one or two com speculations , it ' s a queer time , he says , now . He ' s struggled hard for a long time , having been battling with the world ever
siuce he left school ; and his great idea is to buy back the family estates , if he cannot get them in any other way . " " I am quite interested in your friend , " Muriel says . " How stupid of him not to come to-ni ght , and my birthday , too , " she
adds , with a pretty pout . "Why , my dear child , " Falconbridge answers , "Mr . Montagu must be over thirt y , if he was at school with Mr . Beverley , and you are only sixteen . " " Over thirty 1—whhe ' s quite an old
y man?—no , I mean a middle-aged man , " the little chatterbox cries , as she corrects herself , remembering that her clear uncle ( as she fondly calls her guardian ) is much older , and her reflections are scarcely complimentary to his age .
After a merry evening , thanks to my deir wife ' s good-natured efforts , we all separated , Mildred remarking , as she put a warm comforter round Lady Muriel ' s neck , and kissed her , " Good night , dear ; get home out of the snow as soon as
you cau ( it was falling heavily at the time ) , ancl don ' t dream of any future husbands to-ni ght , " { To be continued . )
Fairy Tales Utilised For The New Generation.
FAIRY TALES UTILISED FOR THE NEW GENERATION .
BY TlIEOPHILCS TOMLINSON . No . VI . —PRINCE CHEEKY . WE all of us—do we not ?—remember the story of Prince Cherry , the fairy Candide ,
and the loving Zelia . We call to minddo we not ?—the good king , whose son Prince Cherry was ? And we all of usdo we not ?—retain a recollection of all the trials through which Prince Cherry went ( too marvellous a great deal for our
, pages ) , before that he was restored to his senses , to his shape , to his kingdom , to the loving Zelia , and to the affection of his subjects . If any of my readers do not keep before them the various episodes of this fairy
tale , let them refresh their memories by re-perusing it , and they will find , as I did tho other day , much pleasure , and even edification , in the undertaking . Yes ; Prince Cherry is assuredly a didactic tale , very good , very sensible , and very effective . It inculcates "first principles , " the "high moral line , " without pharisaism , and without paraphrase . It is an expression of the
true " moral idea , " and the real moral life , alike straightforward and distinct , and has accordingly its abiding value for us of this generation , who are given to profession rather than to practice , to words rather than to deeds , to sentimental theories rather than to high principled conductto
, idle and noisy lip utterances rather than to the acceptance of the heart , and the performance of the will . Indeed he must be a careless observer of the signs of the times , of the proclivities of the passing hourwho does not discern two great
, characteristic of our modern school of teaching and of practice . The one is , the readiness to surrender first principles ; the other is , the tendency of accommodation to what is convenient rather than to what is rightto what is popular rather
, than to what is true . In fact it is come to this already , as we see plenty of examples day by day before our very eyes , in the public press , and in the avowals of the great men , and the behaviour of the wouldbe rich of this world , that we look to
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Gerard Montagu;
" Well , no ; I don't fancy he thinks much about the matter . But what reminded me of it was an advertisement in the ' Times' the other clay , headed ' HEIKAI ' . LAW WANTED ; ' and appended to the paragrap h the significant phrase , ' If this
should meet the eye of Geoffrey Montagu , or his next of kin , he is requested to apply at Mr . ¦ , solicitor ( I forget the name and address ) , where he may learn something lohis advantage . ' I cut the paragraph out and sent it to . Montagu at
Darlington . " But I thought Mr . Montagu ' s name was Gerard ? " Muriel suggests . " Quite true ; but his father ' s was Geoffrey . " " Well , did he go and see this law
yer ?" " Yes ; he came south on purpose , so he told me yesterday . He ' s rather knocked up with over work and anxiety , and although he ' s been successful in one or two com speculations , it ' s a queer time , he says , now . He ' s struggled hard for a long time , having been battling with the world ever
siuce he left school ; and his great idea is to buy back the family estates , if he cannot get them in any other way . " " I am quite interested in your friend , " Muriel says . " How stupid of him not to come to-ni ght , and my birthday , too , " she
adds , with a pretty pout . "Why , my dear child , " Falconbridge answers , "Mr . Montagu must be over thirt y , if he was at school with Mr . Beverley , and you are only sixteen . " " Over thirty 1—whhe ' s quite an old
y man?—no , I mean a middle-aged man , " the little chatterbox cries , as she corrects herself , remembering that her clear uncle ( as she fondly calls her guardian ) is much older , and her reflections are scarcely complimentary to his age .
After a merry evening , thanks to my deir wife ' s good-natured efforts , we all separated , Mildred remarking , as she put a warm comforter round Lady Muriel ' s neck , and kissed her , " Good night , dear ; get home out of the snow as soon as
you cau ( it was falling heavily at the time ) , ancl don ' t dream of any future husbands to-ni ght , " { To be continued . )
Fairy Tales Utilised For The New Generation.
FAIRY TALES UTILISED FOR THE NEW GENERATION .
BY TlIEOPHILCS TOMLINSON . No . VI . —PRINCE CHEEKY . WE all of us—do we not ?—remember the story of Prince Cherry , the fairy Candide ,
and the loving Zelia . We call to minddo we not ?—the good king , whose son Prince Cherry was ? And we all of usdo we not ?—retain a recollection of all the trials through which Prince Cherry went ( too marvellous a great deal for our
, pages ) , before that he was restored to his senses , to his shape , to his kingdom , to the loving Zelia , and to the affection of his subjects . If any of my readers do not keep before them the various episodes of this fairy
tale , let them refresh their memories by re-perusing it , and they will find , as I did tho other day , much pleasure , and even edification , in the undertaking . Yes ; Prince Cherry is assuredly a didactic tale , very good , very sensible , and very effective . It inculcates "first principles , " the "high moral line , " without pharisaism , and without paraphrase . It is an expression of the
true " moral idea , " and the real moral life , alike straightforward and distinct , and has accordingly its abiding value for us of this generation , who are given to profession rather than to practice , to words rather than to deeds , to sentimental theories rather than to high principled conductto
, idle and noisy lip utterances rather than to the acceptance of the heart , and the performance of the will . Indeed he must be a careless observer of the signs of the times , of the proclivities of the passing hourwho does not discern two great
, characteristic of our modern school of teaching and of practice . The one is , the readiness to surrender first principles ; the other is , the tendency of accommodation to what is convenient rather than to what is rightto what is popular rather
, than to what is true . In fact it is come to this already , as we see plenty of examples day by day before our very eyes , in the public press , and in the avowals of the great men , and the behaviour of the wouldbe rich of this world , that we look to