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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-7-13, Page 6BETWEEN TWO LOVES By et Merit's. M. eltAlf. "Yes, Six Clinton," she scald, in a faint low voiee, so faint that he barely heard It; even the low sound caused biro. to look more curiously at her. "You saw Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Jordan, I seppose?" he continued; and agaiu leer reply was hardly audible. 'He infermed you of all needful ae- rargemeints, aud settled everything to Tour sali,-.faerlon. I suppose?' "Yee?" said Daisy. The impulse was so stroug upon he.r tut fly to him, to clasp her arum around bis meek. to say: "leo you know me? Chu any disguise hide me from you? I am Daisy, your wife!" Ider tete 2r -minute that impulse was go =atm', it was with the utmost dit- feu* she controled it. She saw Sir Clhaton take up his pen and dip it into the ink; then the saw that their interview wae over. Sir Clinton looked up suddenly again. "You mast be sure to tell rue." he said, *If there is any evil T.hat requires remedy - big. La a large household, without e mistreat; to supetieteed it, servaets are apt to grow careless; if you have ant complaint to make, I shall alwaya final leieure to attend Foe." The be resumed hie writing, and she went away. She troubled in every limb; her face was pale as death; great drops stoed me her brow. It seemed to h er that 210 WOOMO sbould bave gone ftrsegbso mueb and lived. "He did not know me," she thought, d'Ala, well! uo disguise that he could have aenonaecl would ever bare hidelee btu from me: I should hare lettown him in spite of all." She had been half startled by his pale, worn face; evidently he was not is England for the aole purpose of enjoying himself; he looked wan. haggard, full at care—he looked worse than she had ever S een hinn Could it be that he was lone• ty aud unhappy away from her? It was hard work to atteud to the duties of a house. to give ber atten*ea to plate arid Men, to the complaints of hoesemaids. the blunders of footnaea, the wants of the cook; it was not for that she was there. but to kunw the seeret of her letsband's life—to find oat If be loved any one else iastead of lov- ing her --to know why he left her in France and never spoke of bringing her home. These were the thoughts that occupied Ler mind, causing the servants to look at her in wonder as she made oue error atter another Then Daisy, when she saw the expirel-. elan of surenise ett the faees of thosae around her, roused herself. She must • ao the alert: she must not give way to glreams. If she was ever to meatier the Secret of Sir flinton's Iife, she must be same on the alert, and not cause any etunticion, of herself. CHAPTEI XLIV. THE TREASURED ROSE, wWas there ever a fate so strange al mine?" said Daisy to herself. Here I san houeekeeper in this magnificent man- sion, where I ought to be mistaess; here I am servant in my husband's home -I, who am really Lady Adair." She had risen eorly on this morning after hex, installment at Lifdale 1 -louse. See wanted to look about her, to become familiar with the rooms, to find her way - abeve an, to see if there was anywhere any tree- of herself, or of any other's lore. See asked Margerie to show her the tefierent rooms, and the good-natur- ed gill eheerfully consented, telkinr, gay- ly ti her all the time. "I have heard," she, said that Sir Clertines plaee in the ..:ountry, Eastwold, 1. very heautiful. Have you seen it. m :Fenian ?" No; Mrs. Jordan had only beard of it. "I h eve beard that :it Eaetwold there is a tuteneieent suite of rooms, that were prepared for some lady whom he uever imirried after ail." The heueeleseper turned quiekly away, leet the eirl should see the pallor that oversvr,..1(1 her face. "A !ally that be never rnerried!" she repeut.41: -who was it, Margerie?" do not know. I have heard the see - trams talk about it but I do not know nothing myself. They said that he lov- ed tome lady very deorly, and that he had these beautiful rooms all made ready for her; and afterwaerl they pett- ed, no one knows how or why. The rooms lave been shut up ever since, and he will not allow them to be opened." "Did you ever know who it was?" asked poor Daisy. "No; DOT 1 never heard why they parte ed; but I shall always think that is what ninkes Sir Clinma SD silent and so sad—though be seems to have cheer- ed up a little of late." "Can that be because of me?" thought Daisy. But her heart enisgave her sadly. There Inust be another love in the way. She did not like to ask wee more ques- tions. A moment's reflection showed bee that It was an injury to her hus- band's dignity to ask questions or his servants. Se quickly turned the con- versation, but she did not forget one word of it. She looked through the srooms—there was no trace of her, none of the child—no photograph, no note, no balf-fieulethed lettere, nothiug that 'weld have betrayed his marriage even to the most outdoes of seevants. She eaw nothing ease, not one single mo - meat° of any woman. She looked at the catda lying on the hall table. There were all kinds of grand names—none thnt interested her. She waa surprised at the splendor of the house; everythingtha at was superb; the thought that occurred to her con- • stantly was that he had all this, yet had never told her. Her baby, the lovely, leughing boy she 'had left in France, was hear to all this spleudar, heir to the title his father bore, heir to Feast- vrold. Ah, how carefully she must keep the semett of this masquerade of hers for her bo' a sake! --no one must know that she laad been in his father's house disguised, ha the drawing -room Daisy saw one picture that attmeted her attention; ft was not a portrait, merely a study et a worman's face, latetbiog qud fair, with golden hain and white brow, with dark violet eyes, and sweet mobile lips. It was a picture that ned attraeted Sir; Olintou's atteution because of its likes, nese to Lady May. Daisy looked long i‘ and eagerly at it—she had seen no one like it Could it be that it resembled any one Sir Cliaten knew? "You are admiring that picture," said; ItIargerie; "Sir CliuMn likes it, 1c•ften see him standing before it with a smila! on his lips. If I were in his plaee, young; and handeeme ami rich, and loved a; beautifal lady like that, I would, soon melte her Lady Adair." The name struck Daisy like a blow—, tate was Lady Adair; no •cam could ever lay clainn to Me title or bear the name. Then she asked where Sir Clint! ten took hie breakfast, and was told in the morning meta, l "Very sad and very uneeal it looks," said Margerle, "to see a geatlemen likeI him sitting dowa to the breakfast -table anene—always aline; he does wet eare t*! use tele dieing -room Unless we have corapane." "It is to the moritineeroom, then, that I must go," she said, "when / want to see bite?" The answer was "Yes." "There are some reeves you have not seen yet, Mrs. Jorlau—Sir Chatoa , roomedtis study: very peopee ere ; allowed to ereer there; be keepe his ! papers and ail itiseis .1f treasures Vett*: the leeneeletteett alweete cleaned tent herself; lie wee not ',wee let us eater." "And theete," thattelet Daise to her- , self—"therit, if any place. I shall dad the clew of my heehand's secrete." breaefase 911P went to him. As she leotted it hint she half wondered that he sheuld prefer this solitude of bie cheerful hem.. at SPri,iP... Here be Wag h alone; there shehil always been with ; lent, reedy to wet upon bun, et attend MM. tn VIM he sat in the mitiet of bleomine dewere and singing tenet; this setertel te he- very lonely by con- trast. Sir Clettert dil not look up Elia time. "We shall lie:, It eight. Dirs. Jordan; have fee: neer:Ameu coming; you wilt see Met the reek eende us a good die - nee, ttatet yu found Overythilig, far, to yo -t' 'Tee, Sir eleven," replied Daisy. "Mrs. *Tor lee." he said, "have 1 seen you be.for,I. y'n1t.-• voice is strangely familiar to me," Sive was h tlf Yenned, but coasoied heetrer hy thankine that It was qnite possible tint he eeefel recognize her. "1 41 not rememeer, Sir Clinten." she said. "1 heve been la many places." He looked attentively at her. "You heve a vetee exeetly like an- other one that T know," he said; in himself be :Wiled, in a low voice. "it troubles me." Daisy made a courtesy, end west away. "I wish 1 meld (Revise my voice," she thought. "Et will bettey me." "It troulelea me," said Sir Clinton. 'Why sternal it trotthie him? Then she met A lolpbe, who told her hie limit ached, and he but like some green tee. "Were you up late last right?" atm asked him. The dieereet replied that he real- ty neyer looked at the clock when his master reeurneti. "It could not have been late though," he' metineed, "for he was at Cliffe House, and he never stays late there." That day Sir Clinton was out la the morning. He rode after lunch; then hiS friends came to dinner; so that she did not see mueb of him.; hut going into the libraryeater on, site saw a letter ad- dressed to hereelf, lying on the table; she read the directien—"Mrs, Clifton, Bernie, Frattee." Then he was writing. to tier, he was not forgetting her. It was such a strentre life, this others. But as yet the had seen nothing to cor- roborate her suspitions, no letters came to bim that cauteel him any emotion. One evening he curne home to dinner, and in his band he held, very carefully, a white rose. A small, lovely rose, so nicely arranged, with the green leaves, Daisy felt sure that some lady had worn it. He pansed her in the halt "Mrs. jordan," he said, "get me some teeth, cold water; I want to preserve this flower." With her own hand she brought him a entail vase (*.obtaining clean, cold water; ami he placed the white rose in it. She saw that he had completely for- gotten her presence; be bent over the little bud. Ste saw hint touch it with his lips, and she woudered where he had obtained it. She noticed how jealonsly 1ie guarded it; he allowed no one to touch it. He kept it living as long as be could. When faded, it dis- appeared. and Daisy knew that he had taken it. "If he loves any one," she thought to herself, "it is the person from whom he had had that Hower." How was she to discover 'who that was? She longed to know how he received his let- ters frotn Prance -4f they gave him pleasure or pain:. and she so managed met of her morning visits to his study, that it °marred identically at post -time. Just as she opened the door the footman was there with a email bundle of letters on a silver salver. Her quick eye de- tected one from herself, from, France, among them. "I will give those to Sir Clinton," he said, and the men left the salver in her hands. A.9 usual Sir Cllinton was reading when she etatexed. She laid the eaiver down. "The letters, Sir Clinton," ahe said, in a low voice. • He took them up inettently, • and she saw the first that riveted his attention was her own. It was not pleasure that shone in, his face, for firom it his eees seemed to take a deeper shadow; his hands slightly trembled; he took it up and put it in his pocket; the others he lay carelessly on the table. There was trouble in his face and be his voice—no delight, no pleasure, no love—deep, bitter trouble, and the last gleam or hope died, faint as it was, in her heart when she saw that troubled • face. 1 -le did not seem to hear what she said; he veatterl his ttiand to the done "Wili you please to return in half an home?" he said. "I am rather put 'about; I can attend better to you them" It was her letter which put hire about —she felt quite sere of that; be had looked right enough at first. There was a horrible pain in her heart as this conviction flashed over her; the had felt but little 'lope: the certaiaty Reined mere than she could bear. She returned le half an hour, and had rapped twice at the door before he he ird her; then, when sbe entered, she saw tier own letter lying on the table open tenone nine; his head was bent on his hands; he had evidently read it, and was • thinking deeply. Was she mistaken, or could, it be possible teat the eyes raisel to hers were dim with tears? There were great lines of pain round the lips. Refoce speaking to her, he took the letter in his hands and tore it into shred, even those shreds he most care- fully burned; then he gave hia attention to leer, but she saw that it was quite meoltanical. He listened; he said yes or no; but see felt quite sure that he had ect heard one word. "I beg your pardon, Sir Clintan,° oi4e said, respeetfully, in tttat feigeeh yoke of hers; "I hope you have had no bad news." "No," he melded, liatlessiet, "I have "You ere not looking Se Well, sir, this rooming. Is there anything 1 can do fer you?" He seemed pleased by her kindly im terest. "Nothing," he replied, "thank you, Mrs. jordart." She leaged to thy more, but dare not. • enaugh she went away, cieSiae the deer behind her. "I know whet is the mutter," she thought, indienaetly; "you have a lett ter from, the wityou dislike, aad Ole thaught of her has been patuful to yeu." She notieed that al: the morniug Sir Cthtou rernalueii la his room. She naot Alelehe going out with a tri-cereered note in h:s nand. elloes Sir Cliuton lunch at home?" she esked. 'Yee; he wes orentged te go to Clifin Flouse, hut 1 am just taking a nate of apology there." It was the settee' time that she had heard the name "Cliffe House." and In the midst of ail her pain she felt a dull wonder as ti who live] there, and why he went so often. Mee' thaa once that day she beard the cinuments of the sere meta—how out of smelts Sir Ciieton waal bow dull, how depressed, how iil he was leokingt "Why ;lees he not marry?" acted henest Marvell; "be would not sit at hem. aline :Ill day in that fashion if he hal a Another solemnly shook her head, "In my opinim," she said, "there is some reason why he does not marry, and the some reason makes him always sad," Dais, listening, heard all, and kept the wortia buried in her heart. CII.e.PTER KLV. DAISY' MAKES A etscovanin Daisy had been three weeks at tlelate House, and she was no nearer the know- ledge of her husband's secret then she had been at first. She had heard noth- ing, learned nothing, discovered nothing. Her husband was, as he said, not much at home; when he was, he had usually one or two gentlemen with him. She saw nothing unwell in his conduct, ex- cept his constant sadness und depres- sion. "Hine your • =letter had any greet trou.ble?" she asked A.doiphe one morn- ing. The valet looked at her with bis fathomless eyes. "I have never asked him, Mra. Jot. den," he replied. Her face flushed at what she thought was a rebuke. "Do not think I am curious, pray," she said, proudly; "but he is very kind to every one, and it seems so strange that he should be sad and care-wotra." "Englishmen have strange charac- ters," Enid Adolphe, the profound. "I always think that they seem to enjoy a tittle misery." "What should Sir Clinton have to make him miserable?" quoth Daisy; and agein the hetet replied only by a look of profound meaning. "Adolphe," she said, suddenly, "where • Cliffe House?" No muscle of that well-trained face even stirred. "I cannot quite tell the locality," he replied; "somewhere in Hyde Park way." "Who liveo there?" was the next question. Ile was evidently prepared for it. He said: "It is a large house, only inhabited, I think, clueing the London season. Whet: I cared there I saw an elderly lady, very amiable, but decidedly passe: you understand." Daisy breathed s. sigh of relief. It was quite evident that Sir Clinton did not go there to see any one In par- ticular. He sent for her one morning. "hies. Jordan," he said, "I do, not care for the servants to go into me study; will you be kind enough to make it presentable for me to -day? I ma trust you not to disturb my papers, and it you lift any of them up for the sake of dusting, be kind enough to leave theca just as you find theta." Her heart gave one great bound. At last she should be on the track—at last she should dizeover that which, with her whole soul, she desired to know. It was with difficulty that she con- trolled herself. When he told her all ette little details of what he required done, she lotnged to be doing it. "You quite understand, Mrs. Jardan?" he said, at length. In her excitement she forgot her des - guise, and replied, in her natural voice: eQuttehi He looked up, ao queildy that she was aerie d. "I am one of those haunted by voices," be said, in a tone of great melancholy. e'W [TO BE CONTINITAD.] All That Is Necessary. Erneetine St. John, as her name would indicate, was the child of wretchedly poor parents, but she was ambitious. At the age of 7 she left school and at 18 accepted a position in a department store. At 25 she was able to marry a Hungar- ian duke for spot cash. That is to say, no ambition is too lofty for an American girl to entertain, provid- ing she is brave, frugal, industrious, cap- able, honest and very beautifut, besides having tact. TYPES OF CHESTNUT. Suitable F'or Commercial GrOVriull In the East and the west, Commercial chestnut growing is in Its infancy in the United States, yet many people are looking upon it most favorably and are desirous of trustwor- thy information upon the subject. A series of articles on commercial chest- nut growing, by G. H. Powell, which very campletely _Covers the anbject, has recently appeared in American Garden- ing, and from one of them, on types of the cultivated chestnut, the following items and illustration are gleaned.: Commercial chestnut growing em- braces three distinct types of fruit, the cbaracteriatice of which are important to fix in mind, The American chestnut is one of the most attractive trees irk the eaetern landscape. The email burg contain from One to several small, hairy nuts, which are the sweetest and most delicate of all the cheetnette. The American Owen, put presents a, promising field far the plant breeders' skill and diligence. The native trees shoW* widely veritable char- aotere in the eize, the quality and in other features of the fruit A few gen' 'ram realm CHESTNUT (JAPAIsTESR). orations of careful selectinn would probably give rise to varieties iu whieh the delicate flavor of the American and tbe larger size of theZuropeen or of the Japanese types would be blended, But I look upon the American chestnut a$ a most promising type for croseing upon the finest European and Japanese varie- ties. Like nearly all of the orchard fruits, the chestnut has its fungous and insect enemies to contend with, In the mid- dle Atlantic states I have sometime° seen the foliage take on a yellowish brown hue IA:ugust. due to the seri- ous attacks of leaf diseases. and in Cal- ifornie the trees bloom profusely, but seldom set an abundant crop of :luta. The European chestnut grows into a smaller, closer headed, flatter topped tree. with stiff, angular branches. The flattened burs are enormously large, while the nuts are larger, less hairy and aomewhat poorer in quality than the American chestnut, Like the latter, the foliage of the European chestnut is susceptible to leaf fungi in the east, the attacks sometimes rendering tbe crop worthless from many of the varie- ties, In California, however, the foliage of the French marron is hardy and free from fungous troubles. The European type seems to be ad- mirably adapted to the Pacific coast states, where the French marrons art gaining in favor. There have been sev- eral attempts to introduce the best vari- eties of France into the east, but the outcome bas been unsuccessful on ac- count of the uncongeniality of the east- ern climate, the trees soon perishing from atm scald or other climate trou- bles. A few, however, have survived, and a race of hardy seedlings like the Paragon and Ridgely have. sprung up and seem well adapted to the eastern conditions. The Japanese chestnut is a semi - dwarf, close headed tree, with slender, willowy branches and with distinct ornamental value. The Japanese chest- . nuts present a number of favorable characteristics, which will commend them to the eastern fruit grower in the future. The large nuts ripen a month or six weeks earlier than the Europeans, the trees are hardy and prolific and coma into bearing very early in life, and the foliage is free from thetattacks of the leaf fungi. The greatest objec- tion that I see to them at present is their poor quality. Information on Cold Storage. The Kansas Agricultural college at Manhattan announces that it has been experimenting along the line of cold storage for fruits for some time, and has obtained very definite results. Thais int formation is to be distributed in the Corm of a bulletin on the subject—the first bulletin, according to the announce- ment, issued in the United States on this important subject. Horticultural Brevities. The American Pomologioal society will hold its twenty-fifth biennial ses- sion in Philadelphia Sept. 7 and 8, with the Pennsylvania • Horticultural society. An international exhibition of fruits, flowers, etc., under the auspices of the Russian Imperial Horticultural society, will be held at St. Petersburg from May 1.7 to May 27. Good results have been obtained in combating the raspberry sawfly with hellebore. The record of over 90 Russian and Asiatic muskmelons and watermelons tested at the New York station is very poor. They appeared specially subject to disease, and the fruit, when any was of obtained, ranked far below that American kinds. Pears do well in the northern section ef New Hampshire, and the following Lour varieties have been recommended Fleraith Beauty, Clapp's Favorite, Louise Bonne de Jersey and Vermont Beauty—the last very fine. 1N THE AP!ARY. Relieving rreettere on the Brood Nest and Delaying Swarming. One. of the most important steps tot ward securing a good crop of bees and honey is that of getting the brood combs well filled at the beginning of the harvest, Sonia varieties a bees, particularly the yellow Italians, are in - dined to crowd the brood nest with honey—that is, they are disinclined to pat any honey in the supers, so long as empty cells can he found in the brood nest—even to put honey into cella frona which young bees have hatched. If supers containing drawn combs can be put in at the beginning of the flow, the heea will readily store honey in the drawn combs when they would hesitate to begin work in sections filled only with starters or comb foundations. This relieves the pressure upon the brood nest and induces the bees to begin stor- ing their homy in the sections, and where they begin they are likely to con- tinue, The removal of the pressure upon the brood nest allows of the rear - leg of more brood and is likely to delay swarming until a good start is made in the supers and enough young bees are hatched to make a good swarm. In addition to the foregoing recom- mendations in American Gardening, W. Z. Hutchinson says that shading the hives, giving a good, generous en- trance and pretty of room in the supers, all tend to retard swarming. As aeon as the first super given is one-half or two-thirds full it is raised up and an- other placed under it, next the hive, When the super last added is half full, another is placed between it and the hive, 13y the time it ieneceesary to add another super it is likely that the upper super of honey will be filled and reedy to come oir. Sometimes supers are tier- ed up three high. stimulative Feeding. For nee.. Stimulative feeding is practiced to quite an extent, which results in rapid brood rearing, and the force of bees on be doubled by thus feeding. Bees when thus fed. regardless of the amount of stores the hive may contain, will breed more rapidly, and the queen will almost double the amount of ego laid. Thie feeding is done regularly every day, imitatiug a flow of honey, and the amount of sirup given is from a halt pint to a pint each day. This is con- tinued until the regular honey season seta in, 'except at intervalsthat the bees are gathering honey from other sources, when feeding may be discontinued for the time being. The brood nest in many colonies may be arranged to better advantage than in its natural condition. The bees some- times locate their brood nest at one side of the hive and against the inside wall of the hive, which prevents them from occupying as much comb space for brood as they would otherwise do if the brood nest occupied the center of the hive or middle combs. The brood may be easily changed by removing the combs containing the largest amount of brood directly in the center and those of lesser amount at the aides. The amount of brood in a colony may be rapidly hastened by inserting an empty frame of comb between two brood combs. The queen will fill it with eggs at once, providing the colony is etrong enough to care for it, but this can only be done in safety with strong colonies and in waren weather, says A. H. Duff in Farm, Field and Fireside. Value ot a Gasoline Engine. After using a gasoline engine for three years I can recommendit very highly, says a Rural New Yorker writ- er. I had tried steam, tread and wind powers before buying the gasoline en- gine, but there were serious objections to them all. But after an experience of three years with the gasoline engine I have no fault to find with it in any way. It has never been out of order in all this time, sets anywhere in the barn, and there is no danger of fire. • It is ready to start at any moment without any sort of preparation and gives a strong, steady power, fully np to guar- anteed horsepower. A two horsepower gasoline engine will do more work than one can possibly get out of a two horse tread power. As to its working in win- ter I have never had any trouble what- ever and have run it at all times during cold weather. An engine will perform all right as long as a man can stand it to work outdoors. One great beauty about this engine is that, when oiled and started, one doesn't necessarily have to be about it or look after it from morning till noon or from noon till night, providing the gasoline tank is filled. In buying an engine for farm use be sure to get it mounted, as it is much more convenient to move about when on trucks. News and Notes. A place in the front rank in produc- tiveness, vigorous growth, eating qual- ity and other characteristics which adapt it for the "all around" main potato crop is claimed for the Fill - basket. • Successive plantings of sweet corn are in order. The Ohio station has devoted much attention 'to the home mixing of fertil- isers Its latest publication on this topic (bulletin 100) is designed to give a clear idea of the principles of fertil- izer compounding. Judging from the statements of some of the eastern potato growers, made to The Rural New Yorker, the potato beetle is "taking a vacation" or is at least less in evidence than uttual in Bonita. sections, The traveling postoface scheme for distributing mail in rural districts is attracting attention and giving rise to comment both pro and con. Indications now point to "a good to at large, according to Orange Judd liberal apple battle insect and ftingoue peat& "opt" taking the country Farmer, if orchardists can successfully THE DANGER OF STEADY DRINKING. There are men who have never been drunk who are in deadly danger beoause of their drinking ha bits. There ars slaves of the bottle who never walk with unsteady step. 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