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"Tell me about this hobby?" the lawyer enquired

Doins to talk of that, he'll be here all the afternoon"

Seaman held out his hands and rolled his head from side to side

"But I am not so unreasonable," he objected "Just one word--so? Very well, then," he proceeded quickly, with the air of one fearing interruption "This an I aland for the sake of land One third of my life I have lived in Berlin, one third at Forest Hill here in London, and in the city, one third in Africa I have watched the growth of commercial rivalries and jealousies between the two nations There is no need for thes I would brush theue for the promotion of more cordial social and business relations between the people of Great Britain and the people of the German Empire There! Have I wasted much of your time? Can I not speak of my hobby without a flood of words?"

"Conciseness itself," Mangan admitted, "and I coet the right people into it, it should prove a ht people All Germans who live for their country and feel for their country loathe the thought of war We want peace, ant friends, and, to speak asthe lawyer upon the coat sleeve, "England is our best customer"

"I wish one could believe," the latter remarked, "that yours was the popular voice in your country"

Seaman rose reluctantly to his feet

"At half-past two," he announced, glancing at his watch, "I have an appointet him to join my council"

He bowed ceremoniously to the lawyer, nodded to Dominey with the faood-humoured way out of the room

"A sound business man, I should think," was the forue You yourself, Sir Everard, will need to develop some new interests Why not politics?"

"I really expect to find life a little difficult at first," ad of his shoulders "I have lost many of the tastes of my youth, and I am very much afraid that my friends over here will calldown in Norfolk all the rest of o into Parliament"