It was after the record round, and Duncan had ascertained that no other competitor could beat his total, which meant for him the winning of the first prize,—plus the award, doubtless, from the makers of the ball he played. He was shouting to a friend to send a wire to some one in London telling him the glad news. Then he hesitated himself. ''No," he said, "don't send it: he may not be there." Then in a lower tone, as to himself, "It'll save the good shilling." Although a small fortune had just fallen into his lap, George did not altogether lose his head; but then, below his mercurial disposition he has the solid substratum of his native Aberdeen.
Literary Development 1N Cana.
The increasing demand for Western literature in China, and the remarkable changes that are taking place in Chinese language and literature, were referred to at a meeting of the Christian Literature Society for China in Glasgow. More important than any external revolution, it was stated, was the
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