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THE THREAD OF LIFE
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1 el11.41 TATee with 'womanish pereistenoe .-
,
"Thet's she !-that's!-that's Elsie. !"
"It's very like herr he moaned in his
agony
"Very like her 1" VITiolfred cried with
a teeth buret of netsatural eteeegth. "Very
like her 1-0 Hugh, I deepise yen; 1 I -tell
you I sew her lode to fact! We Maisene
e Elsie 1"
HArT,Bit XXXVIL-Pnevego ras CAM. COUid, ring and iettera and eireemstantiel lids brain reeled ani whirled with the tut-
Ae the ppraevidence have fallen out, no as she peewee_ expected alicek ; the universe tortoni mond
ion tingle toed engaged in haste
a "II private aiollaipvcana on the second od. but ea Heigh pretended? e On him AA on 4 piTet, " MeV Tea." he
icker, with bedroom end lire:ping-room ad"I Can't woke MY TAW, 1114" She. Tent, Pried, "yoolo right 1 your eight 1 There
oining At the side; nd here he laid Wiel•
. f-
tered, slowly. It's hard to believe that can't be anybody elee on earth so like her 1
jfi
fred down on the horsehair sofa, wearied
Midge dead, But for E1810'4 84e I hope I don't kooto how sheti rem bear to ',Ate 1
mit with her Acing jeureee tow her fit ej ee l-Tbae you haTe deceived ine.'I knew She's dead. eon 'buried at Orfordnese I It%
and am sure, That Bleie'e deceived me, I A Aare,* 1 a mieaele 1 But that's she that
ralirionneln'entaTheenn tabe try, rebereltugauht,14;,r,Z.; should besorry to Wok,: theregle I've often we SaW 1 I Ci"I't C1197 it. There she
breads aad. oonntry wine -the plbesound tbpnght Its Tour sterY incredible as it thet'a gtei."" .,
geaaraua Laguriaa alarat_aa4 ahe ate and may be, brings home alCtlie baseness* and His hat ey thrown down on the bible by
,10,4„k with an apparent avidity which cruelty , to youreelf,. It exculpates Riede, his Side. Re eoatelted it up in hie eager
And X wbh T gould believe three Wide was haste to follow and track down this mysteri-
fsirly took her hnehavel's bees* awey.
Tfeed 'supplied her* with 4 eurlden, inemeent r. could endure yoir wicheinem ene reserahlooce. He cooldn't let Melee
he
„nos of hectic energy. !owheoe me over to if only I 'mew Mete didn't Share it!) " double, her bodily simolacruto. Nvalk down
Thigh leaped frorabis ohair with hie hands the Abed uoneeided and until:04040d, A
IluegNbah. drnel'"Aboeghcrwie4heekinieda 2 renegoefra irolee:er4; elaePe-d. l' IlelieVe Wh" YQU Will 4'11" Profound horror Potsonsed his soot A
he was bid TOA FlOiAt Where she e0Ald
Me," he cried, "1 deserve it all. I deeetto dpnbter by nature, he seemed. to feel the
. Bee
am)als *a own and tact 1.0s and the veliaa everythIng. But net of here...het of her, I solid earth failing berteetn his feet,
and the lemon -gardens, bew of you,. Believe no ill of peer dear He had never before in all his life drawn
It
was besiotited, beenlifol, very homeata 1.81e 1" '
Winifred Plaited 4 middy market ogee. on"dPseeriarl9guaiolY ietc3tre ntegeeetrunWensakv,e 9
Por the moment, the eight aoothed Winifred.
Flu waa caatant now to die *het, she ray. "SQ WW1 aerOtteA due ft "IAA honor indeed*" was Vole itereelf, or elm -the grave had
Her wounded heart Baked nothing further she nutd in a seatbleg voice, " YAW' PAO,' yielded up Ito eleadewy ocentsante
eicteratien for dead Eleias reputation la truly
from upland. fortune, She looked up at her Re ralkhed to the door, on Ore with Iiiik
husband with A AtORY" gaze, "Hugh," she tnuoiling., I onlY Rea ene ftiw fo the cam. stanse Of mystery awl otoujahmeat A .104,1
paid, in firm hut grimly resolute tones, with 1-f Elale'e dead* bew •
diti. Mr. Bell eeme te laugh by his Bide linid him back as he went.
Na traee of teodernese or softening in her
tell ra3. lel:meld to know, she wee liv- tie tweed roue& It was Winifred,lames.
Teice$ "Bury me here. I like the Plane, fef at Saglike in, choking, exultant, hygerieal, She had
DOAN try to Wee me home in a box to White, 'Belf r WO 00°4; OM° al** guee bog hermit down OA the Ada # AWIt 4O4 was
more. "FA 1 Allvedel I Thee *941414 t 44011401er breath In iipmenedeo beret* with
doled."
Amwayealleumeme licalleuenese 'Amore* Thet wrIggiblif' inelneetIng* beekutebu in. unnatural merriment That was the swig
out him to the heart. TWA so youag auc3 °JP"' 1 I bete the "'telt* if Lta144 hlra kiwi of laughter thativelee no good to those
frail ineti delhate A girl ehould telk of her here now, r4 wring hill neck ' for hhn1V4h Wile 1413gb it-deollow, horrible, mocking, do.
Own deetle with. such loseneibility wag in. the Weateeb Plea'nUe' rio*$ ''' the' hgtteln IOWA. ,ffUglA AAW At ek „glance she wee den.
deed terrible. The proud bard, PIAA Wee ef ev"Tthblg tbet tnrue up aPIDA n'e• 11° gereuely ju. Her mirth who the mirth Of
broken at last alone awl, remorse bed 'WM' 7:94 a rle, that'll the 'lectit eTPlanatfen1 TOAAIA, outi worse With A homing =Al AA4
tenehed 144 =AL 1E6 buret het* tears, aod and be tebl it to bafa° ma. He bat" Me# A chafing heart, he turned hush, as in duty
1
kneeling by her side, tried to Mire her blued the eari and be went°. to tnehe 412Y VUne beAAcIp to her aide, He AlAet 104fie
wilh some paseing show of Affection in We. herder. Ile new it would sow dist-root Bleb% wraith to walk by itself, neeP,
Winifred. withdrew it ooldly and allerstly, betw"n Yen end Ale if he told Yoh thee lie ; ptabeed, mut poinveeeegeteo. Ito ghest,
as hie OWA KIVA,* Oa it. 41 Witufiq' he anal' hadno Pitit like an unmanlY. "leak IY way down. the eteete of San Re.tee,
eried, hemline over her face, "1 don't ask wesalu
that has, i;'" "eu on a Per week ba.Pleu go lied Mere than 04011414 to do at he 04011414ro.
yon to forgive me, -YOU caul forgive me. " I am,"-Wtelfreel mum:leered with ma*. WAhir yotWadberaYlatfijkl"'44k71:1°41t149413844141;rl.
You ean never forgive ree for the wrong I've
rating otintoete• "lie told roe the truth. ores. In 'pito of selt, it had A ghastly ring
I do ask you, in this last extremity, to be.dene pm.. But I do ask yon, from my 4011 1:!alits habit tit tell it, And the troth hap. at TIOtoryasabohteemie joy in it. 00 Ting?,
lime me end to listen to me. I did mot Ile Pene to be Very dieeencerting. to you. by aim eriml with little choking chookies, in
te youimt eight, it was all true. loam 1 =akin whet you re book enoogle to deo. the higeeleteroale of her erten:K.4W pole,
tem on it,,I. the ow. /Ave never Intrigued grille es. your getng a little herder* The '4 YOWTO tee ateleral Yea kill me --I can't
aga-est ou inthewagyoubelleve, I've never W°4","11fiernt. You gen never do any. help longiting ; it's to ridionletia-eYme tell
eaeiv you, for tut, vorneao yen euppeeo. VIAO,,, gU,nt P4.0Y a Wee* Tbat's yetY gtgAra TAA one telnote, with wiener. oatini and ingen.
I've trootod yottoroell,y,beartloPayoriolfol. -4. uu4044na now, I Preler Mr* Belre JOAt 14414 You've. mon her grave -yon know
ty-I acknowledge that; but oh, Winuie, 4144..molre,,,,t___,* 5r,,,,,,ires thenek Tee 1" *We dead 444 bugled e you, pull bog feme
I caulbear you to di will boll tin ' - tvW/".W.. 4 ' AU9 "44*,14 ag aftgnY et 0111MM ATM= ter= luo to believe you. -
what you do Where libelee xne..-Thle la elle ire bit mo te 1 You hete "kebela MOT poultively vele mul MO= end seem over
a Neill' "11 ag,A b. ..Y aets sem.? hYgoenet: -aud then the next emend, when, alio
horded part of all my punlehment Don't
enured maim eiereseveiy At TOO tumors umes, the Tdridowhetoremy Tory eyes, glee
leave Tee AO 1 My wife, my wife, don't kill eel phrase.-" and you. may flotation me and well, owl in her right. =hid, you eel=
Winifred looked over at him more stonily
me with Bele madness 1" e cmovorY _Port ,, Of eellt. Crow your het, you want to role ore end dud
than ever, "Hugh," rihe mild With 4 VATY aNelenne n3es kleeeel 1449 a ngtUng tewYere to her and embrace her -here thle moment,
sloand dietinet utterance, "every word
the minuteet 044.-0, Wier*, I wont you right under my f000-oneleove me oboe
w
you say tOnle lu this teetotal groin only in, to knew the trnth now. I *fob You'd he to die by myself, without one Noel on milt
creases and deepens my loathing aod con-
tempt for you. -You see I'm dying -you
know rrn dying. You've tried to hound
me and to drive me to my grave, that
you might enarr? Blake -Yon ve tried to
murder me by slow devrees, that you might
marrt Blele.-Well, you've carried your
point: you've suceeeded et lase. -You've
killed me now, or as good as killed me; and
when roe dead and gone, you can merry
PAsie.-I don't: mind that. Marry her and
he done with it. -But if ever you dare to
toll me again thee lying atory you concocted
last night so glibly in the cekupt-ilugh
Meesinger, ra tell you, in minket whet rii
do : I'll jump out of that window before
your very faces and dash toren to pleats on
the ground in 'front of you."
She spoke with feverieh and lurid mew.
litighldassinger benthis head to his knees in
abject wretchedness.
"Winifred. Winifred, my poor wronged
and injured Winifred," he criedat last, in
another wild outburst, "1 can do or Bey
nothing, I know, to COnVi,400 you. But
me thhig porhape will make you hesitate to
disbelieve nee. Look here, Winifred: watch
me closely 1"
A, happy inspirationhad come to his aid.
Be brought over the little round treble from
the corner of the room and planMd it full in
front of the sob where 'Winifred was lying.
Then lie set a chair atom by the side, and
selecting a pen from his writing muse, be
gen to produce on a sheet of note -paper, un.
der Winifred's very twee, some ` ines of mann.
script -in Elsie's handwriting. Slowly and
carefully he framed each letter in poor dead
Elsie's bola and large -limbed angular char.
actors. He didn't need now any copy to go
by ; long praotioe had taught him to absolute
perfection eisolt twist and and and flourish of
her pen -the very tails of her fes, the black
downstroks of her fa, the peouliar unstead-
iness of her s's and her to's. Winifred, pit-
ting by in haughty disdain, pretended not
even to notice his strange proceeding.
But as the tell-tale letter grew on apace he.
neat& hie practised pen -Elsie all over, past
human conceiving -she condescended at last,
by an occasional hasty glimpse or sideglance,
to manifest her interest in this singular pan -
tontine. Hugh persevered to the end in sol-
emn silenoe, and. when he had finished the
whole short letter, he handed it to her in a
sort of subdued triumph. She took it with
a gesture of supreme unconcern. "Did any
•/pan ever take such pains before," she oried
ironically, as she glanced at it with an as-
sumption of profound indifference, " to make
himself out to his wife a liar, e forger, and
preheps a murderer 1"
flugh bit his lip with mortification'and
A watched her closely. The tables werettirn-
‘ ed. How strange that he should now be all
eager anxiety for her to leern the truth he
had tried so long sled so suocessfully with
- .all Iiie might to conceal from her keenese and
' most prying aorntiny i , ,
Winifred acannedtheforgedletterforhinin' -
utewith apparent carelessness. He hadwrit-
ton over again from memory the single note
of Eleie's-or rather of his own in Elsie'.
hand -that Winifred had never happened
at all to show him -the second net° of the
series, the one he deepatohed on .the day .of
her father's death; • It had reached her at
• Invertanar Castle,: redirected awful White -
Strand, two inorningi later. Winifred had
read the few lines me Soon cur they undyed,
• and then burnt the page in haste,' in the
heat and flurry of that fearfnl, time. But
' .now,. as Alla . better. lay before her in
• feeeethile . once more, the 'Very - words
and, phietwe come back to . her memory
as .they ;hid. ammo back to 'Hugh's, with
all the $thiterinal ViVidoeits atid;distinotriess
: of such Morbid moments. Ill as she was -
nay, rather clyhege-he had fairly &rotted
her feminine curiosity. "How did you ,ever
mike to know whit Ehde wrote to Ole that
• day 1" elle' asked ciddly. : : . .
. . . .
" Bectitse I wrote it myself," Hugh ae.
woad with an eager forward movement.
Wittifredlooked hard at him, lielf doubt.
ful still. Could any Man be quite so false
and heartless? • Admirably as he aoted,
'itnicl he act. like this'? 'What tragedian
bad ever such command of hie oonntenancel
Mighi not thab strange story of his, eo pat
, and straight, so consonant with the facts, so
neatly adapted in every' detail to the known
circumstances, perhaps after all be actually
. *rue? 'Could Elsie))e realk and truly deed
neve me. I can't endure to Orb* that you to wale ugon ree Of hap Me1 014 you
should die mietaliing inc." make um laugh 1 You have broken my
His imploring look and ble evident earn. heart; but yeall be the deetit of inc.-- -.
*hook Winifred's wavering mind leech And Don green roge,d iota eue
again.' Even the Wen° of ruen 14" Ws truth 'Bisle's dead I- Why, therthe deer Bleb
ful momenta. Ifer resolution faltered. She -It'o too incongtoom ; it's too redieulous."
began aa he suggeated, croeuomeationing him Awl eho exp.! 04 a once more in e hhieouo
At fen, He Wu replies plainly and emblem* of laughter.
etraighttorweiely, The fever of oortfeatrion ilugle oozed at her bleakly, sobered with
had mired told of him moo more. The ehttag, woe she Being meo or was he med
Pent'oP Boone hue bent ills bounds. Re himself_ -that he should me visions, awl
revealed Ma Monne mid to Winifred -eke meet deed B1 le 1 Could, it really be Bidet
even hdmitted, withshame and agony, due He had bend grange stories of Appear -
abiding love and remorse for Male, armee Imo leoengeseett, soda at Indio
Overcome by her feelluge, Winifred leaned smarm us love to dwell upon; and in ell
heck on the sofa and cried. Thank heaven, ee them the sppearouees were alaaan, none
thank heaven* elm could ory now. He wee neetea with death -bed new*. Goa any
glad of that. She Oolddery, after all. That truth Jerk, after all, in those diectredited
peer Baia cramped and cebbsed nature, tales of wraiths and whims? could. Zinio's
turned in upon Moll so loog._for lack of an ghost have acme from the grave to prepare
outlet, found vent at last Hugh cried him. him betimes for Winifred's funeral t Or
self, and held her hand. In her momentsrY aid Winifred's dying mind, by some strange
impulse of womanly softening, atm allowed alchemy, projeot, as it were, an image of
him to hold it. Bar wan small hoe pleaded Mate, who filled nor soul, on to ids OWD, eye
piteously with his hearts. Dare I, Wirt: and brain, as be .at there beside bar!
nie ?" he asked with s faint tremor, lino He brushed away them metrephyelerel ooh.
leaning forward, he kissed her forehead. She web. with a dash of hie bond. Fool that he
ata not withdraw it. He thrilled at the was to be led away thus by n more maiden.
onoetsion. Then he thought with a pang tal aoincideme or reeerablenee 1 He was
how cruelly be had worn her young life out. tired with sleeplessness ; emotion had ure
She:lever reproached him; her feelings went ammo hhm
far too deep for reproach. But she cried- Winifred's eugh climbed itself into
silently.
tears. She broke down, hysterically, utter -
At length she spoke. " Whenrm gone," ly. She :tabbed end moaned In agony on
she said in a fainter voioe now. "you mnet the sofa. Deep sighs and load laughter
put up e stone by Bisle's grave. I'm glad alternated horribly in her storms of emotion,
Elsie at least was tree to me 1" The worst had come. She was dangeroualy
Hugh's heart gem a bound. Then she ill. Hugh feareul in his hearts she was on
wavered at last 1 She socepted his account! the point of dying.
She knew that Rale was dela and buried I "Go.1" she burst out, in one spasmodic
He had carried his point. She believed effort, thrusting him away from her side with
him I -she believed him 1 the palm of her open hand. "I don't want
Wimilred rOle sna stewed feebly to her yee here, 60--ge-te Ewe / eau die
See Rsonk know iherron well as an old in-
habitant -" Cenee in, eignor,- he contiu*
%led, with Italian frankeesee-for bedrooms
in Italy are lees eeered than In 1:444A(1.
" YoR /PAM, the signora ? She in ill -very
lit she is faint -she to dying,"
At the. Wee 'Winifred torned her eyes
languidly to the doer, emi rabeed beeeelfe
Atilt .ritemeti to her tre...v.elling armee On her
elbow5. seethe bed. She emered for
thy. If paly abe eo.olia dieg beroolt on
ObAnlder 1 Vole* who had .wrgAgod
her, wonid at beet pity her, "fr. Reif,"
.1Am cried, toe week to he .eorprieed, but gled
to welcome. * fellow.emeetrymeit And a,g-
gemintenee aorolog so Many .etrAn$ATO,"I'Al
gon to eitee But I WBee toe Apeek to 'YeAk
Yon, ,I=OW tbe troth. Tell ree reboot Eisie.
Who did Bleb Cbelloner &Woe mar
."Iteeeive yen .1" 'Warren emewered, draw,
iOgnAarer in hie horror. "She Mei de-
ceive Y041. She couldn't deceive you. She
oillY *lased te spare your heart irom suf-
fering "01 her own heart had mffetede
Bleb mold never dembe aoyene !"
"7$14 why did oho writ to say she W4O 10
Australia, When elle was really living flOo IA
San ROMA r WiAltred WW1 ietteemlye
"And wilt' did she keep op A mereespood-
mem With my husband ?
"Write she woe In Ambled* 1 She never
weotere"Werrenctledin haetee,001414gthepoor
clyiuggirls±hinhanujimhius. "Mrs. Mamiegere
tisie 18 no time to conmed eny.thieg. I dare
UAL APA4ktO you against your. hoebaod.bgt
441.1144,344,1" Winifred gasped mit with
cenomigeotod bathing, "He bee, dome
'oethilig ohne 1 knew him. but Bete inc and
deceive. me. reen't *Ind epeekbag ill of
him I don't object to. that, -What kith ree
18 thetBlele bee helped. him 1 Elsie has
eel him 1"
"Bide bee net" Warren answered,
Uft-
ing lip her whim littlu. heed to his lige reo.d
hihnog It reepoerthilly. " Ebb ond I
me 'tory PIM MeT44.3%, EWA tiAO ohveyes
levedyou dearly, if AIWA hidden ersYthlog.
trine you, 'ehe'e hid it for. your OWA Ateke
AIOAO*''4t WAA TOO Meemoger who forged
theeeletteree-1 cant .let yon die thioklog
eitof Bleb. Slide has never* never written
to him. -1 knew 1± elle-ern tell you the
deth. Tette hoeband thought Abe WAA
drowned at Whitestrend
"Thee Unix dowel hoew eletehs. Ilying
hero!• Winifred etied eagorlY.
Warren Rett hardly kitiw UAW TA =Wet
her he tido emexneerted erieb, it woe a ter,
able moment. Ile AMMAN Me= Ebb to
the etteme of -meetiog- Regis .ferea, to foot
The eleock reed atrele,_ he know, wordel he,
herd fort= to been. But, on the other heed,
he Aguliira let thest poor leoleeninierteril
. bit -
tin wean die with this f erfolled of neleely
enlightened on ber hem= The moth wet
beet. The 'truth is always latest " angh
doom% huove elleb living hero,' he amwered
"But If I could only be =re tb0,
Biagi* wed Me would. 'net meet, rd bring her
round, bete.; 7, the 1sveat18n Reim, Ode very
dey, sold em, hear from her own lips, be.
punt ellepor , her true story.'
Winifred ;stenciled her thin trends herd
and tight. "Ile shall never enter this room
.ohe whisperedistoirrselye." tip he
enter* it to em nee bid .oat for barna.
(To A4 CONTINVAle,).
AGRICTITITUB,Alis
Automats. EVICTIONS.
As ling ago as 1850-foor years after its
admissioo as a State loto the Union -the
Genersi Government granted to fewa 4 large
tract of land, in alternate sectiooki; on, the
P" hfoime river, and shortly afterwards
Iowa granted these lands. to the Dee Moines
Navi”*tion and Railroad QemPanY PaY -
=antler improving the river for the masses
of oavigetion, be latter yeare these laods,
whieb, were nearlY nnoecopied, were taken
up by Pettleres magty of whorn obtained
Patents free% the United States Oroveromeot,
As there Wall'O, good deed cd doubt as to the
owoerehip Of the title to there Later set -
tiers either bought the "righte" of 'Older
Hoordts ,Doietoran, says: "In travelling
over Iwo portions of the ootastry I have
noticed en exceedingly large quantity of
smut upon the corn stalk*. In fact, de
not remember ever seeing so much. Same
s deadly poi"11. Many '01 °" beet cattle
die every antotan and winter from the eMnt
taken into the stomach by gatig. g gent
stalks, Before feeding oorie Stance to eat-
tle they should be • carefuliy exemined.
alwaYli. Fut especially this *mem of its,
prevalence"
The 4firrer mot Farmer says "NO
farmer need alt down and expeet Porae Pao
o furnish him a ready-made Syntex( or 'then
bittloil"ergis111-9414:11hthgatehia:Psrlililitni4to:fthk4ipeitaA rt.so c g make i,
enee or exercised the emmemorial fron4er sticLdp444 th8r8reAniTrehisie"enti: Agrt aa4e4oz-tth°114tellubtxter-
sight of hgoetter sovereignty, honing thee who has the care of it; and so o! the general
they weeds/ oltiontely oho& titles from the management, the one who limit he chigger
ackvormnOint Some el the settlers were ia preenmed to know tooxe *bout it than any
foreigners -chiefly Norwegians h_ or Swedes- emir elm, and yet it la always Wooer' to
an‘gbaerefrocenarae utetraigathx4e nixteigdbianggV:gysiree;t4nle, eere41e4onsel WfoirthspeOtchialeTA*14.6dgeest .4thbe4irt veaselaiste oend4m*
should make his *awn plans.
The "Farm, Field and Stooltraan Pep
Now that the long days" of work see
004 over for 4 mason, the farmer heeidee
reading‘.for hie own beAwAt, an4S1 athaZ"..taim"
Weed to defend their glum; and have spent
for „„/41111,1...ne„L,°Ye&Trtir,„41.,,w°±1,*etat,,,„eth-ein.° 'L'er7c,rhi.111,0°7,7„
then:4444 Of dollars &Are the vexieneoiougt anc eh -ea --,,h 06 -
MIA.% A ehert tune ago, the Halted States -t'""" '"" -
supreme contb dame(' that the company aerned, AIA1 ehonlel te entered open without
grogeo marsh* hew, let* item. htpy duties of the busy 'season on the ferns. the
einteag the oon000t the lottor ottooroci OW PAM elUrNgt e'regtka thle Wheerfni Area
ilOSIAte And berm, boclug their deists. el Only gather, and Asa hoot or two he peoe
einem:table neve, the family oireleelsonilde
faith IQ the Ileel onteame by bonding
Ing hedge,. groves and windbraaks, setting tehlygartut in meal convemation, etudy
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sovertiy awinter tweet in• Some of eheie 4442,emineeef„,41L11444,,,,Q9th.°441:Athaa74; thshifillPleUbtrrialidel.
it le tree, have hohglet their 1;91Magg, peyt. ,",;;7,e'cle—tit-o-neeee-te' me'mhe—r oZ
ing heavily for the iroprovemente they tiltna. YIZZ7ZIT0,
sutves 144Vel M4de epee them; het the great "'"*"^"."4
lus
majerity Are net Able te pay the prime de. obnille and efae4aat k451:1"eg,,s,. 34
Ziendeat Wed naleO, for preeent at any fen wool Yam14
rate, tom all their investments In nen my- live** horse front *e/re ,eord."1.4
able property. They are driven. mit et their oneoluitufee the otert. 3)* fealrY 41k4
houses, their furniture is piled up on the In eitlea eaPeelellY turaacea are
North Corolum, mei other Statee. TheY
were ete rnle, illen of ordinary hstelligenee
and Inelleatry. TheY huve now been settled
there from ono to 2.5 years. The river -land
eampany ban always contested their riglee
-to the 1440a$ eakd yew agotbo, settlers cow
feet. " I shall tro to b now," she said in now. rye found you all out You're both
husky secants. "You nosy .and for a doe- of you alike; you've both of you deceived
tor. I shan't last long. But on the whole, me:e
I feel better so. I wanted Elsie to he alive Hugh rang the bell wildly for the Swim
buleed, beoanse I hunger and thirst for sym- waiter. "Send tho chambermaid 1 he oried
pithy, and Elsie would give it me. But in his broken Italian. "The petroness 1 A
I'm glad at least Elsie didn't deceive me I" lady! The signora is ill. Ho time to be
She paused for a moment and wiped her lost. I must run at onoand find the tog -
eyes • then she steadied herself by the bar Fish doctor."
of the window -the air blew in so warm When Winifred looked around her again,
and fresh. She looked out at the palms she found two or three strange faces crowd -
and the blue, blue sea. It seemed to calm ed beside the bed on which they had laid
her, the beautiful south. She gazed long her, and a fresh young Italian girl, the
and wearily at the glassy water. But her landlady's daughter, holding her head
dream didn't last undisturbed for many min- and bathing her brows with that nniver-
utak ' tif 'is sudden, a shade came over her sal specific, orangelower water. The faint
face: Something below seemed to sting perfume revived her a little. The landlady's
andeppal her. She started back, tottering, daughter was a comely girl, with sympethe.
from the open window. "Hugh, Hugh !" tic eyee, and she smiled the winsome Italian
she cried, ghastly pale and quivering, • you smile as the poor pale child opened her lids
said she as dead f -yon said she was dead! and looked vaguely up at her. "Don't ory,
Yon lie to me still. 0 heaven, hew ter- signorina," she said soothingly. Then her
rible 1" glance fell, womenhke, upon the plain gold
"So she is," Hugh groaned out, half ring on Winifred's thin and wasted fourth
catching her in his arms for fear she shouldfinger, and she oorreoted herself half uncon-
fall. "Dead and buried, on my honour, at aelan,Sy : "Don't ory, signora. Your
Oefordnese. Winifred 1" •,. husband will soon be by, your side; he's
• "Hugh, Hugh! °en you never tell me gone to fetoh the English doctor."
the rcith 1" And 40 stretched out one "1 don't want him," Winifred cried,
thin" white ' bony forefinger towards with intense yearning, in her boarding -
the street beyond. One second she 640°1 French, for she new barely enough
gasped a terrible gasp then she flung: Italian to understand her new little friend.
out the words with a last wild effort . " I don't want my husband : I want Elide.
"That's She I.-that:1e Elsie 1" Keep him sway from me -keep him
away, I pray. -Hold my hand yourself, and
CHge'TERXXXVIII..--Giehsr onWdrtale ? bend away my husband! 3 e no l'aime pas,
cot hommela I" And she burst once more
Witiiired Spoke with such concentrated into g discordant peal of hysterical laugh -
force of inner conviction that, absurd and ter. . ''
hicredible as-hedenew it to , be -for had he - "The poor signora 1" the girl murmured,
not eseeteEldithe-dipr grater that day at Or- with wide open eyes, to the others -around,
fordness 1..1 -Hugh rushed Over to the window "Her husband ie cruel. Ah, wicked wretch!
in a fewer ofludden suspense And anxiety, Hear what she says! She says she doesn't
and gazed acrosethe street to 'the exact want any more.to see him. She wants her
'spot where Winifred's ghost-like fin- sister 1".
ger
ger pointed eagerly to some person or As she spoke, a white face appeared and -
thing ore•the pavement opposite. He was denly at the door -a bearded man's face,
almost too late, however, to, prove her silent and eympathetio. ,Warren Relf had
..,wropg. As he neared the • window' he heard the commotion down -stairs, from his
caught but a glimpse of it graceful figure in room above, and had seen Messinger rush
light half-moOrning--like Elsie's, to bemire, in hot haste for the Doctor. He had come
In general outline, though distinctly a trifle -down now with pager inquiry for poor waist -
older end fuller -disappearing in baste ed Winifred, whose faoe and figure had im-
roundthe corner by the phaimacy. messed him much as he saw he borne out
The figure gave him none the less a shook hy theporters at the railway station.
of surprise. ' It was certainly e very strange • "Is the signora very ill?" he asked in a
and awkard 'coincident:4 - He glanced at low voice of the nearest woman. "She
Winfred. She stood triumphent there- speaks no Italian, I fear. Can I be of any
triumphant but heart -broken -exulting over use to her 1"
his defeat With one dying "1 told you so," "Bo! 'tie Signor Ralf, the English
and chuckling out inarticulately In her thin artist; the woman oried in surprise ; for all
Te•••••••OeTwer0*......V•11VM.P•7..VIVRORWO
alone ,has title to the foods, ana uoitea 7°16'1441T watTie4 wit'h the actIve
family was more er lees negleeted, bot /role
ing mit the settlere,
two, Why-, rinwewy availed $ott tho Ana every farmer should lookforweed thee ansI
public: roads, and, the doom mul wIudowa needed, eata MC" 44 44 bYtbe 11413/41Y
are ba,tred against them, The pick, the old, striven streeteer helm. The deviee consiets
and the children are bowled orlt ike. Om, he A epiral aprieg, of power tit proportion to
del carelessimme in the food Offiee fu Weida the overage Iceutt garried1 ADA whieh113°-
been ix pd.:nerdy reoponeible for thiu goiter. teetered to the end of the tram The UTICA
tehagtuinipliwatneetupantifer tteweerttirmlabOhlir,15 athtatleptEurgtir 334ANR,0540414zUwaYndwokotgar rkinAxi*y*whera
Igr it
to 14 that uone eheuld. suffer pee -glans, elating °tree illAgNr 13UfroPrturel3"4/1 **Law
CohnerUer terrebee shows 4 very fatorable 41411 °TO bo Seaeral,"benncl,nese.,....20 4944_,114"1
disposition, toward,* the *Meted wittitheer; and wbue e nuelber 4)4 " al‘"""9"
Senotor Altison exprmaree hearty sympathy WA greatlY dirdaisbed. Tbera sale
wit4 them, end it is to be hoped thet then been A large laviug in the way ot broken
eaetireente will igen dovelei, tote ro,otortoi barnoss. e RAMO idvibas bee* applied to
edvantagee for theeufferera, plowing helmets, and wait, we believe. momig
Fong Tetes. the exhibit; of farming implements it the
Stateof Now dermy thie year,
sey ports of the country farm life b Frightened by a fiek,Devil,"
'mg to tom many of the old !Worm, SON oral years ege A fiehertnen whom we
nsstwbichalmtoagdeethierboir ostoltdbeoldwe ocautenoneontimthee, Iceild11,00tblifjewrneesett, ltravvIhnogronoefarthellec'eehosatRipeavero,
form very much that of drudges. But there Beth Mee with A strange and* as af aft°C-
le not yet 4 tewoeheg where there are not ward preyed, eomewhat ludicrone adventure,
erarainety"l
e 1;"and, wwhitQhMrarttle60Z4c%IrioS141Int,edglhr'fr veg: Ile bed linee Wiwi for rockgsh, arid at 0*;he Three Sintora" elees.
What Makes
(l. it ever °cut to the reader thee the o
18 t is mule weter la the air above bine
°leer bright day as on it cloudy or
ainy owe? Ride does not mom from mem.
whero else, or if it is wiefted over you by
the wind from eleewheree the water that was
over you is simply wetted on to porno other
place. Water le abitorhed in the air above
neerett, certain temperetare, erod Immune
inetlibible. Cool that air by 0001er ATMOS.
phere or by eleetrleal or chemictel balloons
andthe MOTnent the air becomes cooler it
gives up some of the watery particles that
were insensible or invisible at the higher
tonmersetare. These smell pettioles thus
given mit mite, and then enough of them
coaleace °bat -root the light and allow the
clouds. 4 When enough, of them unite. to be
too heavy to float In the air they begin to
desoond ; pair after pair of them oome tea
gather until it rain drop le formed. One of
the minute raindrops its made up of millions
of infinitely small watery parades. Air
pouting over the oola tops of mountains is
(reeled down so that it gives up AI good deel
of the concealed watery vapor, and hens°
little rain falls in the region along the lee
side of such mountains. This is why little
rain falls in Colorado and in other pieces
north and south of the state. The prevail-
ing winds blow to the west, and the cool
tope of the Rooky Mountains lower their
temperature and thus take out the mobture
that would otherwhie fall in rain,
dition of things le inexcusehle. There is
many o farmer who taloa e'er* to hove bit
etebbe ond everything ;hat pertidne to his
own work Rorer:lame au to ininimige labor
and indirectly to =TO money, who nested,*
to have the florae matronly ot tiro and
strength studied he the arrangements of
the house, the nrrnugernenti wbieb allot
the Leber of his wife and deughtere, and of
the female help. Often this angle ot is due to
downright selfishness, and will not he ou.red
by merely ceiling attention to it. Mare often
it lo due to o culpable thoughtleseneas with a
death of selfiehnets in It, as thoughtleasoess
generally hot But allele same the efteett
are bad and wsateful. Many an extra step
might to saved tek a *ea woman'many a
strain of muscle might be avoided by itlittlo
thoughtfulness, thatwould not only mike
life pleasanter to the lumeewife or her
helpers, but would isomotemee 11AVe time
when time very plainly mains money. A
shelf here and there, a oonvenieut box or
drawer would save wearied limbs fatigue.
High daps around the kitchen doors might
be removed, or made easier, with edvantage
to the workers of the household and some.
times to the prevention of doctors' bilis.
Facilities for gettlng wager might be made
greater, end there are * hundred sua, one
other things.that come into the ceitegory of
little oonvernenoes that Affect; minfort and
health, but which could be provided atlittle
expense by si little thought on the part of the
farmer and. his sonatinas little time devoted
to them in hours that otherwise would be
spent idly.
Falling for Amber.
Amber 35 dear. beoanse it is not very
plentiful, and then the trouble of collecting
it is very great The only Vacs where 18 18
found to\ any great extent is in the Baltic,
Sea. There the vein runs from Russia ro
Denmark, Noway and qweden. In the
olden times it used to be piczed up on the
shoree of the Baltic, where it was washed
after a heavy storm. A number of persons
used to make their livelihood by collecting
the amber, and they do now, for all I know.
The demand for ie daring the pad few years
has grown so much that enteineermg applianecks
are used to collect it. Dredging boats are
sent out in the fine weather. These boate
have long string!' of iron pails that are
constantly dragging up the bottom of the
sea and turning their contents onto the decks
of the boats. There the amber is quickty
picked out and the remainder thrown over-
board. Another method of collecting amber
is by the diver. The divers go down with
the regular diver's costume, and by means of
the air pump are enabled to remain under
the water for four or five hours. All the
amber these men collect they place in a bag,
and on coming to land are rewarded accord-
ing to their find. This vein of amber has
been found to run under the land as well as
under the sea, and it mine has now been
sunk to a depth of 150 feet below the
sea level, and is worked just like a coed
mine.
• With the November herne the ever
welcome Century began its thirty-seventh
volume, ancl the nineteenth year of its ex-
iatenoe. Among the new "features" for
the current year are the Gallery of Old
Masters," vividly illustrated, and "Strange
true stories of Louisiana" by Mr. Cable.
• Lawyer Whitehouse, the son of the late
Bishop of Illinois, had some business irk New
York with a large law firm, wherein it son
of Rufus Choate is a partner. It was Mr.
Choate to whom Whitehouse addressed him-
aelf, " All -right, sit down," said the New
York lawyer; "I'll see you in a moment or
two."
"But," said the visitor. "1 am Mr.
Whitehouse of Chios:go."
• "All right, all right," said the lawyer,
scribbling away like mad; "take a chair ; I
am busy just now." •
_
"But' again said Mr. Whitehorse, " I
am the 500 01 Bishop Whitehouse."
" Oh ; well take two chairs, then," said
Choate without looking up
don of windy formation, of whiele there ore
army in thet pert of the bay,. Mr. Barnes
aroae early oue morning, got tato his heat
end rowed out to the Three Sitters to Mame
Inc hie linos.
While engaged in this business, lie bora
in the tilet,000it airnitge ory, unlike anye
defog he had ever heard before bn the bay.
At first, thinking it might be some one in
distress!, he listened intently, and shoaled,
to attmet the attention of whoever raishis hey
east away upon the waters,
The only reply was the nahe ary, tlehr
time nearer ; but lie also board the sowed of
splacting in the water, that seemed to in-
d1rAte f*Onle large betty swimming in gm
direotion of the hose.
Tho fisherman was by this time perplexed
and a feeling of impeeratitions fear began to
creep over him. Under ordinary alma.
stances, he was not afraid while in Me heat
to meet with any creature he had ever seea.
in the bee. ; but the unearthliness of the
cry thot mine to Idea from over the water
in the darkness, and the sound as of some
greet monster swimming toward him, wad
more than he mold endure, end he began to
plan a flight to the shilre.
Again the my warded, this time uncom-
fortably near, a long -drawn wavering tone
something like An-han-a-o-a 1 and„ to tam
fisherman', flight, a, dark object appeared
coming straight for his boat,
BArn011 waited no longer, but exalted-
ly seised his oars, arid began to "puli for
the shore." The strange mei:Ater followed,
uttering his weird ory ocoasionsaly, end
swimming at what Mr. Barnes's excited
imagination took to be it rapid rate. 0004-.
stormily tbe creature touched bottom upoo
"Wheat chaff with corn meal and bran one of the knolls, and then he seemed able
to wade ; but in it moment down he would
go into deep water again with it great splash
end another he-hoe:Los-yea 1 whio' caused the
fisherman to try to pull faster.
For about a quarter of an hour, whittle
probably seemed four times as long to the
fisherman, this exciting race continued.
At last Mr. Barnes's boat touched the beach,
and he leaped out and ran through the
neiohborhood, arousing the people by. his
excited cries that a" seadevil was coming 1"
The astonished fisherfollr heard the storY,
and hastily armed themselves with old
muskets,fowling-pieces, shotguns, boat-
hooks, pieohforks and axes, and went forth
to meet and slay the monster.
The army of defenoe gathered near the
shore, and soon that strange ory was audible
to all. As they waited with wondering
expectation for the approach of the "sea -
devil," a dark form emerged from the gray
mien+ of the morning, and -a wet and
weary mule stepped ashore, and h.e.h.csad
gratefully over his salvation from the cruel
waves.
"The " seadevil " proved to be harmless,
and the assembled crowd dispersed, with
many a joke and laugh at Mn. Barnes's ex-
pense.
In it few days the mystery was all cleared
up, when it became known in the community
that on the evening preceding the strange
adventure the steamer Kent, bound down
the bay, collided with a Boston steamer
near Seven -Foot Knoll, and went down. A
gentleman had shipped two mules at Balti-
more, and before the steamer sank some one
had out them loose, and they swam away.
One of them reached the shore opposite
the scene of the collision, but the other one
drifted down the bay, until it appeared RS a
sea -devil to Mr. Barnes. The owner eventu-
ally recovered both mules, for the story of
the strange adventure soon spread to Balti-
more, and enabled him to trace his property.
"Grovelling Before the Yankees."
Whenever a Canadian parker discusses an
international question with a little more
bfeadth of- view than usual, its esteemed
contemporaries jump on it with the cry;
that it is " grovelling before the Yankees.'
There is nothing that the average Canadian
hates more in his paper than _broad and,
oomprehtinsive views on any enbject.
AGRICULTURAL NOIR&
makes a good mesa for the horsea."
The sides of a pig made into bacon will
sell for as much as the whole body."
A little sulphur 03300 or Vika a week in
the feed of moulting hens will be beneficial.
If you wish to prodnoe lathe, no bull
shoule.drbe used whose dam is not a good
rank
Scientific -farming is simply farming "-
cording to the best light that is thrown on
the subject by what is now known about it.
Prof. Morrow, stll believes that this is a
good time in which to buy foundations for
herds of well.bred cattle, as it will be con-
trary•to all precedent if they long remain at
present remarkably low prices.
That the pumpkin seeds are injurious to
stock is knovin to many who do not anapest
the reason. They are strongly diuretic, and
cause such flow of urine that the animal is
weakened. They make fowls grow light and
stop the production of eggs whenever hens
eat them freely. Fed to cows the pumpkin
with itts seeds does not do half the good it
will if :the seeds are remoyed.
There is great advantage to the farmer in
baying Something to senseil the year round.
bloat farmers keep it retail account at the
country store, and many of them, doubtless,
urn often surprised how rapidly a bill will
run tip., especially if it is all buy and no sell
on thew part. The way to keep the store
bill down is to have:something to eell about
everytime you go to the shop. „
A gentlemen named Allen not ilong since
Gelled it convention for the purpose of
establishing a farmers' trust, which should
tact farmers from the extortions of proother
trusts. In other words, he thinks trusts
are' it wrong to the people At large, a wicked-
ness; and he proposes, not to aloolish them,
but to add another to the number.
• The harness shouldbe kept well oiled and
clean. It should never be hung bit close
proximity to the stalls. The antmoniseal
gases use up leather more rapidly than hard
work with decent care. The short over.
check is a barbarism which no humane per-
son will inflict on his hope. It keepsthe
head and neck in a tirasonie and constrained
position, until it becomes absolute torture
for the Iong-sofforing horse.
Dr. William Horne, in a recent Ione Of