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Show A TRYINO MOMENT A Tonne '! Nr.,lt. Allt.lloa Alius! II. r lal.i. II. Ir. "Wo are vel) nr t At times to let our Imaginations make sad cowards of us " sold )outig.Aunrlcnii lad) whoa, ex porioace havo been manifold ' I do riot think that 1 sutTeretl more from iil ject fright than on one day when riding In llolten ro' during my first seuai n in Iiondou. lliodbad typhoid foer the autumn beforo, which left me rati" r delicate, nnd the following wmtT it) Lair come ott In such imautltir. Unit I hnally, although very loa'h to d s concluded totiAieit that o 1 nnd com, qnantl) was obllired to lnok in) d I nt In Kngllsh socluty und inycourteayt thoriuoati inn wig! "It xia.aery clever one Iiowm nnl 1 think that no una .tupec. Ml, It was not ijy own hair 1 wo. nlin lysensltlio about It, cous'doriux i alml) tho uanal sequence if su I fever, and 1 concealed tbo fact or in) (IiivihI head from pvon my Intimate friends, pro vlng as red as n peon) frot i slieer comcion mesa whem vor the Vfoi d 'wU' was iiicntnintloneil into) pros ence ' Mr cblof pleasure in thoto dnys as to rldo in tho perk, for 1 still folt the. tlfi la of my lllnesa Itlidsohapiemd that somehow or other my wig bad never troubled my mind when 1 was equipped In hit nn 1 habits but suddenly ouo da) a gala day, I remember, when tho prince on 1 princess and no en 1 id notables wero in tlio row I sudih nly fi It Hint my unfnrtnuato head enveriog was slipping, and in an inatnut 1 s it myMlf In im tnlnda oye riding with luild nnd slmicn crown wildly down thu crowded I ridla liiith Ilia c)nosnro of all e) cs rui al and othern iso. It was nu awful sensation I did not daro ton h in) sllj ping lioadgear for fear of haM n Ing the cataitrophe, nnd 1-ealdes m) liirsowns!4uiewhat skltllsli nnd it took both of my hands to tnnnngo hlin. 1 ftisnro )ou I turned fairly sick with fright nnd felt ready to faint. " 'I shall !m dlsgnutel forvtcr, I shall tn In tbo ! ra on both sides of the At lautlc!' I Ihuttght shudilcrlnglyi mil then alond to in) escort, 'I feel lory ill Indeed,' I gasped, 'pmy call a cab And what enn jimdo witli tho horse." Mr A ngocnl iiaturoil )oumz Utiglhliimni, nitsured uio that ho conld latiuagn, and with trofnse tsprcsalois of s)inpthy huileil a passing hansom ut tho entrance tn tho lurk nud put mo In It. 'Are yon sure ) ou can go ntouof ho rukeil mix loush for 1 lntiat liato looked real!) HI " ' i es,' 1 answered lniiatieii!t) , 'yes onl) till him to drive quick!) ' A few ml into later 1 had lenched the hotil nnd lutstenlng to my luom Iloxkol tho di nr, and wllh m grettV sigh of rclnf turned to the glase lo examino lrr) In ml (.tar What mm my surpriie, relief an I olf pity to llnd tlut eu n lliing wni u tight nnd lecuro ns posll h there v n nud tbciu hail not been the sllghtr-t h slblo danger of Hie drudful liif.hn)) Conjured up entirely by my li)is.r i sltho luugtiiatlon." Kow Vork Till une. |