There are hundreds of traditional subterranean passages in Yorkshire, especially in connection with old castles, fortified manor houses, abbeys, etc., but silently as he lay on the grass piping, not after the proofs of their actual existence are difficult to adduce. with a clear, sunshiny atmosphere, and no wind, one fashion of Pan. It was the day after Palm Sunday, Mr. Speight informs us that Wigglesworth Hall be- of the most delightful March days that I have eve

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mens to hatch out prematurely, and, in the ville, near Kroonstad older w

arreste ST,

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What

ask hi

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upstai above him. There must be nothing jerky about the
cast, for the creeper is a tender morsel of crust and
squash, and flies off the hooks at the least excuse.

W

A

WOMEN AND MARRIAGE.

Softly the bait falls in the fringe of the quickly The Bad Luck of Average Girls.

running water, and comes

dribbling back until,

haply, the line makes a pause, the angler makes a
A common accusation against the woman of busi-
flippetty-flop, giving a fine exhibition of the knock-ness is that she is averse to marriage. Perhaps it
strike, and a madcap trout is dancing down the sur-
face of the stream, head over tail, rough and tumble,
about business equalled by few and excelled by none, may be true that she is not willing and eager to
until in the fulness of time the landing-net is slipped marry some incompetent man and support him; but
TH adroitly under him, and a merciful crack on the head the truth is, says a writer in the "New Orleans Times-
produces a palpably soothing effect upon his exuber-Democrat,'

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ance.

the association of men and women in
business, while it has sometimes led to results less
For fishing strong streams it will be found advan-desirable, has also been responsible for thousands
tageous to nip a small shot on the gut a few inches of marriages.
above the bait; but for fishing the rippling shallows,
and the gentle eddies, the lead is unnecessary. The
hunter after creepers will quickly discover that the
larvæ are of two distinct varieties as regards colour.

If the matter were looked into, it would doubtless
more feminine typewriters,
be found that many
stenographers, and bookkeepers marry than teachers,
whose work keeps them almost exclusively among
The explanation is simple.
children and women.
There are many business men who have no interest-

far before the black ones, the latter being therefore ing social relations, or no liking for society in its

rejected.

Besides the two-hook tackle described, the

At the same time, they are not misformal sense. unists. and when thrown int daily and fam

0

THE

CRAVEN

AND

NORTH-WEST YORKSHIRE

HIGHLANDS.

BEING A COMPLETE ACCOUNT

OF THE

HISTORY, SCENERY, AND ANTIQUITIES

OF THAT ROMANTIC DISTRICT.

BY

H. SPEIGHT,

(JOHNNIE GRAY),

AUTHOR OF "THROUGH AIREDALE FROM GOOLE TO MALHAM," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

LONDON:

ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

1892.

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