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Show A MIDNIGHT CALL UPON METHUEN aoldUr't of llssu Stal Destroyed by ll.rd Work. The recent capture and release of I-ord Methuen by the Boers has given rise to a number of stories relating to this unlucky commander's career In the army, says the Cleveland I'laln Dealer. I-ong before the Doer war began Lord Methuen was campaigning campaign-ing In South Africa at the head of the famous bund of roiifch riders known as Metliuen's Horse. A member of the regiment, O. 1 Chesterton, has since nade a reputation as a worker In the fluid of London Journalism, and ha It Is who tolls this anecdote of campaigning cam-paigning on the bordort of Dochuana-land Dochuana-land : "When we were encamped on the big bill overlooking the Setlagoll Ittv er, not very far from Mafaklng, Lord Methuca used to occupy a common bell tent, near to which slept a' couple of hit orderlies and myself, bis Held trumpeter. One dark night the Hon. 'Dick' Cotton came stumbling Into cmip and. endeavoring to discover the Hereabouts of the coniniandor, approached ap-proached ut, shouting In a high voice: 'I'aul. 1 tay, Paul, where are you?' Pretently from the Insldo of the tent came a mnro sonorous sound: 'Is that you, Dick? What do you want?' The Jaded wayfarer remarked: 'Do you know, Paul, thnt I asked one of your mun whero 1 could find you, and he told mo to go to !' Without a moment's hesitation Ixird Methuen replied: re-plied: 'Como Inside, Dick, come In-Bldo.' In-Bldo.' " I The uersaaful Wooer. Men would have a great deal more chuncu of success In their wooing If they understood better how girls like to be wooed. At It Is, they have no Idea on tho subject thut Is at all useful, use-ful, and many a lover's suit Is unsuccessful unsuc-cessful Just because he Is Ignorant of a girl's tastet In that direction. Now, If girls hud the matter la tbelr own bunds they would manage very differently. To begin with, they would never play the bashful lovor. There la nothing less calculated to make a girl say "yes" to the Important question than the wooing of a lover who Is shy. She despises a nmn who enn't have courage enough to ask her boldly, and when he stammers and hesitates over It, Instead of walking up boldly to the lion 'I mouth, he reduces his chances to a minimum, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. In-quirer. Above all thlnga, woman delights tn feeling the superior strength of man. When he comes and asks her to be his wife with a fine, hold front and manly bearing, the buttle Is half won. She respects and admires hlra for pressing bit suit with decision, and when sbe begins to admire a man love does not lag fur behind. The trembling, trem-bling, timorous lover never commands her respect. |