THE VEN. J. W. DIGGLE, Archdeacon of Westmorland, and canon residentiary of Carlisle Cathedral, has been appointed a select preacher at Oxford for the next two years.

THE DUKE and DUCHESS OF PORTLAND have been staying since Monday with LORD and LADY HENRY BENTINCK at Underley Hall, Westmorland.

DEATHS The death occurred yesterday morning at Springfield, near Whitehaven, of a well-known figure in the public life of Cumberland, in the person of MR. HENRY JEFFERSON, J.P. and D.L. for Cumberland. __________________________________________________________ MR. MATTHEW BROWN, steward of the Netherby estate for fifty years, died yesterday, at his residence, at Scaur Bank, near Longtown, at the age of seventy-seven, and by his death a familiar figure among Cumberland agriculturists and businessmen for over half a century has passed away. __________________________________________________________ The death is announced of the REV. THOMAS FENTON, formerly Vicar of Ings, Westmorland, who died on Thursday, at the age of 77 years. He went to Ings in 1860, and was responsible for the augmentation of the living from £89 to £140. He was also instrumental in restoring and beautifying the church, at a cost of about £1,500. A native of Kendal, he had great affection for his native county. ___________________________________________________________

Brownrigg seems to mean brown ridge. There were Brownriggs near the location Brownrigg before 1550. I wonder if the origin of the surname was a brown ridge on the fell south of Brownrigg. Photos on the internet show a possible brown ridge. I don't know if this is permanent or just a seasonal aspect of some vegetation. Can anyone familiar with the locality comment on this speculation ? Ken Thompson

FOOTBALL. A Cumberland correspondent writes to the "Yorkshire Post" that the pending match between Yorkshire and Cumberland, which is expected to decide the championship of the North, is being looked forward to by Cumbrians with a certain amount of anxiety. A few weeks ago, the supporters of the Border county were buoyed with quite sanguine expectations that their county would this year secure the victory over the champions, but circumstances have come about which act somewhat like the proverbial wet blanket, and the result is not now looked upon with too hopeful feelings. In the match with Lancashire, R. MOORE, of Millom, the Cumberland centre threequarters, sustained an injury to his leg which placed him on the "disabled" list for the remainder of the season, and later, DR. BELL, of Carlisle, had his knee twisted, and is also shelved for the remaining matches. Then R. BELL, of Workington, another dashing county forward, has received an injury, and it is improbable that he will be fit to don the jersey against Yorkshire on the 30th of this month. As regards the two forwards, they may be replaced without any great amount of difficulty; but MOORE's place at centre threequarters is indeed bad to fill, at least with any degree of satisfaction, as he was the pivot of the three-quarter line, and was reckoned as about the smartest back that Cumberland has turned out. It is not improbable that ALBERT SMITH, of Carlisle will be selected as his successor. TOM FLETCHER, the International three-quarter, will be available. It is not so much the loss of MOORE as an individual player that is to be regretted, as the fact that the combination of the backs is calculated to suffer, five of them being from the Millom Club. However, the team will be no feeble one, and as the champions appear to have been a trifle mutilated since the commencement of the season, perhaps the misfortune to Cumberland will not be so sorely felt. In any case, the match will be interesting from the fact that the Cumbrians have as yet kept their line intact, and not a point has been registered against them; and they will no doubt exert every nerve to keep the Yorkshiremen also from their line. The Cumberland team will be selected on Thursday. _______________________________________________ The Broughton Rangers have secured a further accession to their ranks from Cumberland, SKELTON, of Aspatria, who has frequently assisted his county both at three-quarters and full back, having thrown in his lot with the Northern Union. The agents of the Union have been very active in Westmorland, and not content with raiding Kendal and Kendal Hornets, attention is now being paid to the village clubs, and J. THOMPSON, of Staveley, has been secured for the St. Helen's. It is also reported that that smart half-back, JACKSON, of Cockermouth, is about to join the Northern Union. _________________________________________________

THE ARMY AND AUXILLARY FORCES. (GAZETTE ANNOUNCEMENTS) THE ARMY. CAPTAIN and HONORARY-MAJOR J. FITZ, Bagot, Westmaorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry, to be Press Censor, Cape Town, graded as a deputy assistant adjutant-general. THE MILITIA. 3rd Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry: CHRISTOPHER ORLEBAR ROWLANDSON, gentleman, to be second-lieutenant. THE VOLUNTEERS. The Tyne Division Submarine Miners: Freder** JAMES WARBURTON, gentleman, to be second-lieutenant. 1st Volunteer Batallion the Northumberland Fusiliers: THOMAS ATKINSON, gentleman, ****** captain 3rd Volunteer Battalion the Durham Light Infantry, to be lieutenant. 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Northumberland Fusiliers: The undermentioned lieutenants to be captains: - P. W. RICHARDSON ; J. B. SPENCER. The undermentioned to be second-lieutenants and to remain supernumerary: W. E. STEPHENSON ; A. REED. 1st Cumberland Artillery The undermentioned gentlemen to be second-lieutenants: D. J. MASON ; ?. BOUCH. 2nd Westmorland Volunteer Battalion the Border Regiment: The undermentioned second-lieutenants to be lieutenants: F. PEARSON ; E. BOUSFIELD.

The sad bathing mishap at Woolacombe by which SIR WALTER and LADY FOSTER have lost one of their daughters is, unfortunately, only one of a series of bathing and boating fatalities that has made this month of August notorious. It is idle, almost, to point the moral, which is obvious enough. But youth laughs at prudence, and inexperience pays its annual tale of promising lives. Mere rashness, however, does not excuse the drowning of the five young women in Lake Derwentwater by the upsetting of a boat that should only have held six and was allowed to carry eight. The immediate cause of the upset was that one of the occupants changed his seat. Craft that are so frail ought not to be allowed to be used either for six or for any number on waters so dangerous as the deep lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland, with their chilling currents. But, again, it is of little avail to moralize, and the only really practical advice that can be given is that none should use small boats who cannot swim.

The PRINCE OF WALES was received with much enthusiasm by the people of Penrith yesterday on his arrival from Sandringham to spend a few days with the EARL and COUNTESS of LONSDALE, but as the PRINCE's visit was a private one, there was no sort of public reception. Accompanying the PRINCE was the HON. SEYMOUR FORTESCUE, and the house party includes the DOWAGER COUNTESS of LONSDALE, the EARL OF DUNRAVEN, LADY LILIAN WEMYSS, Viscount and LADY GEORGIANA CURZON, VISCOUNTESS COKE, LORD and LADY ALWYNE COMPTON, LORD HERBERT VAN-TEMPEST, LORD and LADY CHURCHILL, the HON. LANCELOT and MRS. LOWTHER, the HON. HENRY STONOR, MR. JAMES LOWTHER, M.P., and MR. HENRY CHAPLIN, M.P. ______________________________________ The EARL and COUNTESS of Carlisle have a large family party staying with them at Naworth Castle, Cumberland, and the annual tenants' ball took place there last week. ______________________________________ MR. F. PUNCHARD, whose paper on " The Working of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1883, "was again discussed at the Surveyor's Institute last evening, is LADY HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK'S chief agent on the Underley estate in Westmorland. He is a farmer's son, a native of Suffolk, and an old scholar of Merchant Taylors' School. ______________________________________

The DOWAGER COUNTESS OF LONSDALE has arrived at 9, Lowndes-square, for the season. The EARL OF LONSDALE has been staying during the holidays at Lowther Castle, Westmorland, where he will probably receive a visit next July from the PRINCE OF WALES, when his ROYAL HIGHNESS will inspect the Cumberland and Westmorland Yeomanry.

----- Original Message ----- From: "paul thompson" <p.thompson23@ntlworld.com> To: <leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [LEI] Albert Hooke > Thank you all for the replys and help just wondered where Albert fought > ect.Any army history buffs out there? he was in the 1/5th battalion > Regards > Paul Thompson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> > To: <leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com>; "leicestershire web site" > <LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 3:38 PM > Subject: Re: [LEI] Albert Hooke > > >> Hi Paul >> >> My grandfather died on the 24th November 1918 of the influenza pandemic >> which swept the World killing up to 50,000,000 (staggering figures I am >> sure >> you would agree) >> >> I wondered if your man suffered the same fate but have now found him on >> Ancestrys newly released Soldiers that Died in the Great War >> >> Name: Albert Edward Hooke >> Birth Place: Anstey, Leics >> Residence: Loughborough, Leics >> Death Date: 25 Oct 1918 >> Enlistment Location: Anstey, Leics >> Rank: Private >> Regiment: Leicestershire Regiment >> Battalion: 1/5th Battalion. >> Number: 202527 >> Type of Casualty: Died of wounds >> Theater of War: Aldershot >> >> >> The death cert "might" give you a clue but probably won't >> >> Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) >> >> >> >>>I am trying to find out a litle about my Grandma,s brother who served in >>>the Leicestershire Regerment. >>> Name Albert Edward Hooke >>> Private 202527 >>> Died 25/10/1918 >>> Buried St Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen Ref S .11.FF.6 >>> Could anybody help me please to find out how he got injured Rouen i have >>> been told is behind the lines he could have died in hospital. >>> Thank you very much Paul Thompson Leicester home of The Tigers. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1807 - Release Date: 23/11/2008 > 10:59 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1807 - Release Date: 23/11/2008 10:59

(excerpts) PALL MALL GAZETTE OFFICE, 18, Charing Cross Road, W.C. The PRINCE OF WALES, who travels to-day to LORD LONSDALE's place in Westmorland, will return to London on Thursday, and will stay a few days in town. THE QUEEN takes the keenest interest in South African affairs, and every despatch received is forwarded to her Majesty through LORD SALISBURY. HER MAJESTY has made earrnest and sympathetic inquiry concerning the wounded in the recent engagement. To-morrow will take place the infirmary balls at Carlisle and at Chester, the hunt balls at Horsham and Bicester, and the county balls at Chippenham and Spilsby. ================================================= DOES GOOD WORK. - The Vogeler Company. - A small bottle of Vogeler's Curative Compound has entirely relieved me of my indigestion. - W. J. WOODING (REV.), Vicarage, Glandovey, R.S.O., North Wales. 1r. 1-1/2d. and 2s. 5d. Of all Chemists and Stores. VOGELER'S CURES. =================================================

CORRESPONDENCE. CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEF. To the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR, - What is conscientious belief, not only as regards vaccination, but as regards all ills to which the flesh is heir ? By some curiously illogical method of reasoning, the Government have allowed something that is hereafter to be defined as "conscientious objection" to prevail in the case of those faddists who object to vaccination, while they still prosecute the "Peculiar People" who object to any form of medical aid in case of sickness. In the case of the Peculiar People, they have proved by their acts and reasons that their objection to medical aid, however mistaken it may be, is conscientious ; and yet they are liable to prosecution for manslaughter if, through a conscientious objection to calling in medical aid, persons for whom they are responsible die. The conscientious anti-vaccinator not only deprives his offspring, for whom he is responsible, of an efficacious means of avoiding the most frightful, loathsome, and possibly fatal scourge to which the human frame is liable, but he involves the community in the liability to an epidemic of the scourge. Surely the Peculiar Person has as much right to his opinions as the anti-vaccination faddist, and why is the former to be persecuted and prosecuted, while the latter may go scot-free ? I am not a Peculiar Person myself, at least not in the sense in which the phrase is applied to the sect in question; but I do regard the Peculiar Person as a far less dangerous person to society at large than the anti-vaccinationist, and also as a far more conscientious person. If justice is to be fairly meted out to all alike, the Government cannot do less than bring in a bill next Session to relieve the Peculiar People from the pains and penalties to which they are liable for acting according to their consciences. - Yours truly, 20, Victoria-street, Westminster, Dec. 26. R. J. TAHOURDIN. _________________________________________________

CORRESPONDENCE. THE PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION. TO the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR, - As the question of the prevention of consumption is now under the consideration of the most eminent medical experts in the country, as shown at the recent meeting at Marlborough House under the presidency of his ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, who has most graciously given his influence and support to the measures that are best calculated to protect the public from the spread of the disease, I think that any point which is likely to further this laudable and praiseworthy object is well worthy of consideration. No doubt the proposed sanitorium must do good among the patients who are already smitten with the disease, but the great thing to aim at is, I think, the removal of the main cause of the disease. The highest medical authorities agree that the drinking of the milk of cows suffering from tuberculosis is in a material degree the origin of the disease. Is it not, therefore, desirable to make a great effort to adequately endeavour to extirpate this cause of the disease ? The only effectual way to accomplish that would be by slaughtering the miserable cows that are proved by competent veterinary evidence to be visibly affected with the disease. This remedy was found to be effectual in stamping out the cattle-plague some thirty years ago, and subsequently in extirpating pleuro-pneumonia, foot and mouth, and other contagious diseases among animals. In a recent report of mine on the subject to the local authority and the Board of Agriculture, I stated that --- " When I and MR. BELL, the chief veterinary inspector, had occasion a few years ago to frequently examine cattle during the prevalence of pleuro-pneumonia, MR. BELL certified that several of them were badly affected with tuberculosis. In many of the dairies in towns that were visited for the purpose of examining cattle alleged to be affected with pleuro-pneumonia, some cows had diseased and ulcerated udders. They were in a miserable condition, and their market value appeared to be not more than 30s. or £2 each. They were giving some milk which was sold in the towns. It is stated by medical men that the milk of cows which are evidently suffering from tuberculosis, seriously spreads consumption; but there is no law at present making provision for preventing the sale of the milk of such diseased cows. Several cases have occurred in this county where medical officers condemned the carcasses of fat cattle as unfit for human food on the grounds that they were slightly affected with tuberculosis. The carcasses were consequently destroyed. The evidence proved that when these animals were sold at the auction marts a day or two previously to their being slaughtered, they were in a fat condition, and appeared to be perfectly healthy, and that no one could detect any appearances of disease. There is a strong public feeling that when the carcasses of fat cattle are destroyed because they are slightly diseased, there should be some lawful provision to consider all the circumstances of each case upon its merits. In one case, where a fat bullock was bought for £18 10s., the medical officer found a small discolouration on its viscera. He certified that it was suffering from tuberculosis. The carcass was consequently destroyed without any compensation to its owner, who was quite ignorant of the existence of disease, and who could not be charged with any intention to sell diseased meat. Some high authorities have strongly advised the owners of young cattle suspected to be affected with tuberculosis, to fatten them off, and sell them as fat beasts as early as possible. When two or three year old beasts are sold and their carcasses subsequently found to be slightly affected with tuberculosis, and are therefore destroyed by order of the medical officer, the loss to their owners is serious, as the existing law does not provide for any compensation to the owners of such cattle. The milk of cows which are visibly suffering from tuberculosis is not sold to the public without any regulation or restriction. The true remedy to protect the public from the spread of consumption by the milk of diseased cows would be to have the cows which are proved by reasonable evidence to be diseased, to be bought by the Board of Agriculture at their fair market value and destroyed, and by that means extirpate the disease. The law and regulations which succeeded in stamping out pleuro-pneumonia might with great public advantage be made by an Act of Parliament, applicable to tuberculosis. The feeling among farmers, experts, and the public generally is that this remedy would, to a great extent, prevent the origin of disease by the milk of diseased cows. The proposal to have periodical inspections of dairies, cowsheds, and cattle might enable local authorities to know where diseased cows are kept; but there is no legal power at present to deal with diseased cows. If tuberculosis were made a contagious disease, periodical inspections would be of great value in enabling the Board of Agriculture to have adequate knowledge of the places where diseased cattle are kept, and to have them thoroughly dealt with under efficient regulations, and a reasonable system of compensation for the animals destroyed in the public interest. " There can be no doubt that if tuberculosis were made by Act of Parliament a contagious disease, the evil consequences of consumption could be more adequately grappled with, and the views of his ROYAL HIGHNESS and the eminent authorities who have taken up the subject in endeavouring to protect the public from the spread of the disease, would be more effectually accomplished. Yours truly, Chief Constable's Office, Carlisle, Dec. 26 J. DUNNE, Chief Constable of Cumberland and Westmorland.

PENRITH - The heaviest snowstorm experienced for some years began in Cumberland and Westmorland last night, and this morning continues unabated. In Penrith there are banks of snow four feet deep, while in the country districts the roads are almost impassable.

Just wanted to say thank you to Barb for all the newspaper articles she posts to the list. Thank You, Jenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb Baker" <bbaker48@sympatico.ca> To: <eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com>; "Genealogy-Cumberland" <Genealogy-Cumberland@googlegroups.com>; <uk-newspaper-extracts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 12:48 AM Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] THE DERBY MERCURY, Wednesday, June 2,1897 / REGIMENTAL NOTES > (excerpt) > > LORD LONSDALE, who was orderly officer to GENERAL LUCK at the recent > inspection of the Derbyshire Yeomanry, has this year succeeded to the > command of the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry, which is now > undergoing its annual ten day's training at Penrith. > > His Lorship has taken the Crown Hotel for that period, and the officers > are his guests, while the men are supplied with free luncheons and suppers > from another hotel. > > To strengthen the regimental band, he has borrowed from LORD CHESHAM the > band of the Buckinghamshire Hussars, who also play for the officer's mess. > Three Gatling guns have been arranged for, and one will be attached to > each squadron. > > His Lordship has several times talked very plainly to the men as to the > changes he means to introduce. Speaking at one of the smoking concerts, > he stated that he would be most strict when the men were on parade. He > did not like to annoy anyone, and if he saw a man in difficulties, he knew > how to look the other way; but if a member of the regiment persistently > upset his troop, he must not be surprised if a gentleman like himself with > a limited temper made use of remarks which it would be better perhaps left > unsaid. In conclusion he asked them to play when playtime arrived, and to > work when work was to be done. > > On Sunday there was church parade at St. Andrew's Church, and in the > afternoon sword exercise was gone through in the Foundry Field. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WESTMORLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Back on November 17, I posted a transcription which announced the death of MR. GILES REDMAYNE. Today I have received a message from a Mr. Kirton, in Canada. I thought others might be interested to hear about his "connection" to the story..... ______________________________________________________________ " I have been reading your postings for a couple of years now, and must thank you for some very interesting items. With your most recent posting about the death of Mr. Giles Redmayne of Brathy Hall, Ambleside, I feel I should make some comment. Both my wife and I are related to this gentleman by marriage; my wife, being the great-great-niece of Mr. Redmayne's daughter-in-law, Annie Salter, originally of North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. While my maternal aunt, by marriage, is a great-granddaughter of Mr. Redmayne's youngest sister, Frances Redmayne and her husband, Dr.William M. Murray. We discovered this quite by accident when we were visiting my aunt in England, when my wife happened to mention that one of her great-great-grandfather's daughters, Annie Salter, had married Mr. Redmayne's then eldest son and heir, Captain Frank Giles Redmayne, Master Mariner, on 29 Oct., 1883, after he had brought his ship into Sydney Harbour, and met Annie. After they were married he brought Annie home to England, to live at Brathy Hall, where they had two daughters, Lillian and Gladys. On hearing this story, my aunt was amazed, and stated that her own grandmother, Ethel Murray, had been born at Brathy Hall (c. 1857). As a result of this surprising coincidence I have made a study of the relationships, and have confirmed that the statements were indeed factual. Unfortunately a few years later, on 7 Dec., 1894 Captain Redmayne, while sailing from the West African coast in command of the S.S. Coban, died of a fever on board his ship. This had the result that eventually his wife, Mrs. Annie Redmayne, (nee Salter), with her two daughters, came home to live with her parents in North Sydney." ______________________________________________________________ What an very interesting "connection". Barb.

(excerpt) LORD LONSDALE, who was orderly officer to GENERAL LUCK at the recent inspection of the Derbyshire Yeomanry, has this year succeeded to the command of the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry, which is now undergoing its annual ten day's training at Penrith. His Lorship has taken the Crown Hotel for that period, and the officers are his guests, while the men are supplied with free luncheons and suppers from another hotel. To strengthen the regimental band, he has borrowed from LORD CHESHAM the band of the Buckinghamshire Hussars, who also play for the officer's mess. Three Gatling guns have been arranged for, and one will be attached to each squadron. His Lordship has several times talked very plainly to the men as to the changes he means to introduce. Speaking at one of the smoking concerts, he stated that he would be most strict when the men were on parade. He did not like to annoy anyone, and if he saw a man in difficulties, he knew how to look the other way; but if a member of the regiment persistently upset his troop, he must not be surprised if a gentleman like himself with a limited temper made use of remarks which it would be better perhaps left unsaid. In conclusion he asked them to play when playtime arrived, and to work when work was to be done. On Sunday there was church parade at St. Andrew's Church, and in the afternoon sword exercise was gone through in the Foundry Field.

When the Lord High Admiral in Her Majesty's ship "Pinafore" pointed out that though he had stopped at home and never went to sea, yet now he was the ruler of the Queen's Naveee - or something to that effect - everybody smiled at the idea of an Admiral never going to sea, as if such a thing could not happen. The notification of the appointment of LORD MOUNT EDGECUMBE as "Vice-Admiral of the County of Cornwall" should dispel that illusion. We have had land Admirals for centuries, and in the maritime counties, they appear to have exercised functions somewhat similar to those which used to be exercised by the Lords Lieutenants. In former days, when the British Navy was mainly the property of private owners, the Vice-Admiral had considerable powers and much responsibility. LORD MOUNT EDGECUMBE is not the only dignitary of that class remaining. LORD HOTHFIELD is Vice-Admiral of Cumberland and Westmorland; the EARL OF YARBOROUGH, of Lincolnshire; the EARL OF KIMBERLEY, of Norfolk; LORD STRADBROKE, of Suffolk; and the MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY, of North Wales and Carmarthen. The coast of England and Wales is divided into nineteen Vice-Admiralties, but only the six named are filled, so than an excellent opportunity exists of generally eviving this ancient and honourable office.

CALL TO ARMS. WESTMORLAND AND CUMBERLAND. The numbers of the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry, who have been mobilised at Penrith for service in South Africa, will be commanded by CAPTAIN W. H. PARKIN, of Lowther, son of MR. W. H. PARKIN, of Ravencrag, and the other officers who will be attached to the company are LIEUTENANT CLAUDE LOWTHER and LIEUTENANT HWFA WILLIAMS, cousins of LORD LONSDALE; LEIUTENANT G. ELLIOTT WOOD, and LIEUTENANT BEDDINGTON. CAPTAIN PARKIN and LIEUTENANT CLAUDE LOWTHER are the only officers who are members of the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry, and the other three, who have seen service in South Africa, have been attached to the company.

THE PROOF. "Yes, darling," he said in tones of deep tenderness, "I would do anything to show my love for you." "As", sighed the gentle maiden, "that's what all men say when they are striving to win a woman's heart." "Put me to the proof !" he exclaimed in wild, passionate tones, "put me to the proof ! Test me and see if I fail ! Set me any task within the bounds of possibility and it shall be performed !" "Ah", she murmured, "if I could only believe you!" "Put me to the test. Say to me, ' Do this or that ', and it shall be done." "Then I will put you to the test." "Ah", he exclaimed exultantly, ' you shall behold the height, the depth, the length, the broadth, the circumferance of my love ! What is the test ?" The maiden dropped her eyes, a smile dimpled the corners of her mouth, and, bending over the youth at her feet, she whispered: "Marry some other girl." ___________________________________________________________________________