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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1902-8-14, Page 34.440 ittht."14444ededehdo4•÷4444 ++44•14++444isTritTrhtIrdeititiolt .4 4. t.t? *A I + he Power of Persuasion T ,,.. 44 T hit tht ten eh th • eht ne, t Or Lady Caravon' Labor of Lovo. • • • • . ****4.4.44,44.4, t41k lips to tell a pitiful to, e. OHAPTER L I grave. calm. self-possessed. Ile didl "Why," sloe gaid, "if •that was the tit graceful ngure, in the perfect. grace and harmony, She was simply yet beetitifelly dressed; a pomegranate° bloeSOni lay la the coils a her nt hair. "I wayou tell me one teting,“ she repeated, "If you animire lair girls with gothea hair, why did you, merry me. with. hair and esee dark ?" She asief,1 the queotton each. Perfehh good fe.fths Mich eatelest teues, With euch sad, sweet, eyee, thet, lie was touebed, vet deeply. but as he would have beep, had Penne child gentle to him with trembling why I a ot ev A wet.; had h sisee Loy nent. dream of the uostirred cahe, dial u Myea otamy ote ?" passion and tendernese 'in her girt- Yoatto mrried he replied, graveltro-"whY ask 12" the question ?" He sew a vivid color spread owe her taco, a bright liget shine in her Choaree reached, Paris -a strange Weele. .9he had seen but little of her husband. Ile vever took, break- kst with her ; they met at diluter. and twice he had taken her to the oitera. Ile ilfWer interfered In the least with au of her Minim. 'Lady Caravan was a bride of a week. Left without A mother while etin in *XV, nursery, lice father had educated her in alaheet conventelilse swishiest, One afternoon, A feim Mouthe Whore our story %lease Ate. ley Itatosome. lawyer aod money- lender hati introduced to Hildred, his only child. the handsome young ish heart. It was deeidedly eireaome looting a wife. d'hue he saw ltttle a her -for days together they sometimes tliti uot. exchange a, word ; hut people began to look upon hint as a. mar- ried Man, and he did, not Me alien they met him they aeaed how Ledo earaven was. 'needy Oaraven 1.' He autiled scornfully to himotif. rementherino all tbe iMr avid stately denims who hest horue that name; remembering the darh-'eye d girl who now bore it, he smiled M lantterest scorn, He bad never been elte ef these .00 Lord Caraven, On the day followe' men wilco jeolf. forward to nnersettge lug had announced tie' that the nelelo lord. had 'nom her tine Manor to sue tor her Intend, mai had intimated that. it was bia wieb that elm „should acgeitt him, Flattered, and entirely ignoraut of the ways of the world, elle had fallen in with, ber nthe onto great end awl aim at We. It had never had ainn ohateu for him Shen. even in the dose whea he woe free to dream as he would; but his i.sichet had bent of a golden -haired Ioverodirtet and fair. never of a. girl -wife, the daughter of Malt Wile tather'S wishee wittliout demur. bad, asi it were, outwitted hintesthe A scene ArieY aim, child of a Ulan who hod dealt faithe leesly with him. lie sibuildered at a short tame provioue thethis would throw a light en 1hint sudden and WM courting. Besides ltansente binteelf, the oaly person Present was Lord Garaven, whom prodigality had wasted his inheritance mid e4V. ered his ancestral home of RaVell$,- eorafoftable there. The hose Was spacious, and it would he possible for him to move about without, be- ing hauated by t..he girlish, wietail fece- SO in Paris. until the, honeys moon was over, he 4ecide1 on rp-, Cre Be Con'tiaued.1 Collision of taste lot two to two And ane -half bushel* per acre, aliveys choosing the wli- tor varieties. Use a drill, if possie Me, as results are always nacre sat- isfactory. The seeds are pot into a greater depth and the yoong plants.. are thus enabled to withet told the severity pf the Winter mad, et diset SCALPS ON TliE FARM. periods. e Although late eeeding will be, as Every farm of any eiee should A eule, eatisfaetory, it is highly de- have farm. scales. The grain feritle siroble to seed sutheientlY earlY flei", er donde it desirathe to selling Ms the pleats to ebtMu. eenelderable produce- Very frequently he wants top growth. This growth acts as a. ten dispose 91 it to A, neighbor. The nealth aed, ernables the roots to en- metho0 of determluiug automats her ;dere coll. weatiner better. TheO, measurieg the bia is not, satisface, too, the erop will he ready ter pas- cHAvI'P'R xxvg. tory, 1:10 limo. depends upon,. the Awing As son es the enow disape "X have been writing to Fret*, condition_ of the crop. the length QC pears in spring, while late sown nAd luy letter will reach him to- ttikee it has been la tile crib or bin- ; gelds Are net available until much 39unorrthoewon;Alurist.eiHatureoeymitacitoilidadniottimer 14,1 igsratainitZrhlaity,nspourtyatweentey. ritetwseigollinflaItleir. pasturing rye it is usually uleret talk together. and thee, she pawed oh Other produce. It is fairer for the, satisfactory to divide the Steld liato onomeatt and-edo you taloa be volt' Man who has it to sell, and for tine; two or mere aectionee Thep hy ale believed he Ixtena _that ole knew he i that ? You ought to know . eYes• The sottPle girl thought and he IthelY to conm any sooner for man who has it' to hoY, better I, comatutities, ea est et tine produce is et, • t of fora e will be se-, Int ntauy:ternating trona tenne to time, a had married her because he ateeett than In Do You think he will comer idishosed Of at tine home market. aiia cured. Stoch cern be turned 'this is in every way the hest.. un Soon as tt, is large enough te he hound. He toyed bcr i She would li le Was OA a, 1,Oenarnesday that pee ,seales caPable of weighirng loaded gazed. Sheep do welt on rye ned, . her. Her heart gave a, great, oloto, eine said. bet. son. Ile Nvoow wagons aro not expenenew and willatt they an fed horee ceneeletrsted would only tteow tobto 1,4 Reluod miget her letter in, esonalest on Tiono„ jaay for theniselves in a short time. .feed. late corn or oil meal. the tend understand better in thee • ereetilattl written to the ower tiotte•eril-eldonree „come te„zeerrow he at home awl thus have a. cineett on desirahten to have them en the rye the elevator mane. Grain dealers are ornly two or three hours a day coed hal lootobodarhy h0 two.. as tdd iv make Mistakes. The fAilltre tedfted- served, reticent. eohd add lahoiehhh flay merging. ono it would toho him II the grain is healed to the ele-I;will be mech improved. 'Where eat, "You know why I married some," the baralsoine earl had said ; avid the, workls filied her heart with "I will try tO selitelaber," eheri htsifs l'ass°11 °S' Ile lw'lfst;QOrflw:ylvetilodWati°!ti ep"anyit7;43tiodr g44.traMti re.e fer begs ettelo451veLt% e etrauge, sweet pain. • fAve bi-:Jars to t•onte from London to it is alivas bgst" to wel° rAilell eelrs are Pa'5"ireak see* 114 would he able to do it,n Derma bee Osuallit hottest. hut they frequentea that test utter they have -toga Tooke Ir, eome iestancee. ferment NOW rattsnignenlyyp.s ear. be hear4 nerp, ableahash tr,rbalrest,.. pYk:ntwtv,r1biyoodul,..wtetir.erisceles. This occaelonallyainappenel Irder:•;litiourauellintbe:rrliaenturrdarmasillotwuettleatfict. 'Mtn tiouhtlees has *Netter(' FAVere is omen t • time. if he ehoes. and. Olt harellY tintee in the encpernence of then he tateit out if "Vont wIll reMember what ?" b aetted. "I will remember why you hav nuaerhal tae," she replied • ewl she went emelt he wondered great -I should tiot think that eine Moly to forget it." IMO Enid to hi he will choose !" . who has farmed for 2.5 year*. . thought beet for a, week or two. etue S'Ite thought td - hervelf. that Tb „1 e e - - t . ;it the grains, are pretty well forme ighte- I! e eca, e. ar oxen more Roper te „ „.... n ant to the man who rains liVe ao• "then, they Can he turned hack Zuhall Itor nb'ordi.e.r 1,,,w.tehtt helte°1rtte:d :tettilur.11;! bterrlin4ggulins ttlhoevonsmairmoulgs .ac,onutirFael.170etime ottothenetiitehrnergrIsuwinlit 14,01,1 Ta,N,,0 foreboding. AG thought ---"I 1 oet,y huportunt„ as it is almost ha. ! shattered out anti hecome cevered . oreleIrvol,t 1'4 threa Iltlitaltesitehl ihmatiurrea ohief 0:1011 poespho to eoreeetly guess the l With earth. ThiS. however, is Dish Ile was "t gives, to thoughthsthe eser ••uotattonly women are puzzu,s., iire: gain what we want most- !.. - weigat or en animal. Of couree, alai, undesirable. no they will commeucte rules of right awl wrong had not _1°,1,1;d1htry• ttetdretThentdbedrodwdiZ.pili it teas raining headdy en Tbers jexpert earl come pretty near it. hut to grow when the first tali mitts ape awl pasture may te Seeared fon tbe very thought, of it. loath:rid thet it was wrong to bevel Irrittatibelttiager::astur-u;ittilve ev.4.;aftt:11;:ge:10i.:::tiuw-a-ilLttwiiaietc.:4:ereir plioiwttezitil..4f:ein'idi,:tiroc„.:11,toi:T111:1411:elittsne•nerroitriaesIsitruadeler.ablioollwt'evelrt: 'i•',11Pee4rresantthillisdeldequeitres tfhp.ev:reial;110:- weCia,t. married a girl he am Dot Hue-, . greatest bieunsettitboiwronnkirtattly.tc)owurr.ee. troubled him very much. J-ritt never ?Tr_li eald Arley Bensomet-"worlied 'I have worked hard all TaY lifednitirely alone, Ile never thought et married her beam%) her father sold I she Wed' 411144115t°4741" the WIR» Male are donee front wee n .d ter of tine drays upon the garden ;duce a, eertaftt amount of gain* For', mere wait mortgages. wroag to leave a young wife at t. 4t; those thil-gs; olidY rentelnheredt her Sur title and 07r•e War.) Irtahrgzh'13°5s" the‘ c't5V1(''.9 Pat" Awl how noteir feed it takes to prod s.datvd hht swthhExt Tam to he sok* 14 few Men have ever clove before.- thee onarrioge Was a beeden to hin1.1 thoee dvinff with thirst the ritb• it would but elver up and 'ears. Warmers have teen in the ; Ewes and alaitS 511101)1(1 bEf them toltaise to :sweet. and eften that his wife s presence was eonte;1 • - 4let im s' ism. 1411her et out ! the girl thought. darit as to the cost of Oroduelug turned to Pastore until grass t'lt Is g " It wired to her es Tr f d tt o It ' very well started. Sheep eat their fill oft mu on. its a threuglt the betig, silent uight. I hate worked becatme I love money --ebectratee I am ambitious; because 1 be bad an end in view. You know ceeatither he bite my Jord. that beside practiciug as a et Paris then be WOnlid have felt ‘1, 87014 „Ili°11v l'Ilky 11 Inarried •Y°111". i Would Itrenh. come 9 Now that eteteo ebeeeafter until sold, le Is ,eseasoh. antes a n aco i aeil "4 4 t 1 U"M W." IMLIPIF "r1C44CSIA ,94C't .”44* a 14141411 it Vas PO-951bileti, Wen knowo that bege, for example. r;Inann. 'For this meson. it is very ute- lawyer I have been. and arn how. 41, it elsewhere. because there was al - money -lender.; Atte no new to you ways S.°11°CtIling to °V4°14Y 14111° 4°4" (er leert 01' wlith 41-11/4'"oeut 4-Inttfiuleana°11.ots `tor lulu to coax', had drawn se near, ; gain, very rapidly during the early'', cessary that shade of some hind bri tilAt I gydvalIeed the OlOrilgugesolos distract Ids thoughts, there were el+.4 4P4 tnr A 04440 trlia- tt3e Ire4 --'-', Nhe Wan to tell herself that ohe l Part, of their thattiriug period. This provided. A elatap of weeds aye nes. oe Ilavesismere, and that, UnlessIsanavs :mine lihtd friends to redeye Mena they 't4:elseu it° Uwa/4 4154/I*1. r41171" Wo,feetinein to expect him. lie Might ,Igain continent's teeth they are about:, ewers nieelo. hut where this is not. ate Me hecoli Mitw• hill), of the ennui. and i4.d/WitilgeV75 44r ult°1°2 i'" °am° /1°1°11 slw' kit' Itsw.4 have Wen out of town, and not have 'ready for marinet. Thee the entrain! available. a stable or MX often M;ed you pay lt, the e%t "I have a daughter, and elle Must exieteace. ' 3" '4°v; 11' %I:m.4 l'ilw' a Uteask is the rcerivell his mother's letter' he Mighld fat or fleeit is put on very elowlya; Oen he put up very eltraply. If lune - take the place 1 would fain hate Om erreuieg he was rather eiarthed . , -- - h-- - have bsoineSS that Weald lietala Mut." BY weighing tbe hogs from wee; to , her is not avail:dole. ect crotches ill 1 raid title of inaltinierence ...she ent ;COO this otter. 'You are O. lialned sInger at the opera. and -they etautl int t leY tor her aft• Shell 'twit. IX IS easy to determine vnincni the ground. lay poke ;across them, given to roy boy. illy lord, I make by Iiildred. There Wt1,9 a favorite ; eNie lag hinder woetis to follow, did not, Lord Caraven ehaPeet1:141140t4, a:Intl:a" mon; you tell me there routine for g to 'hear her. ----- ery jimethootr otiroor to remember what iyou Irmo me le,.41,41iii 1 TnY dean. d0 , profitable inereaeo eWneenn. 'Weigh tine and cover with Rive houghs or then you used to fetid, and note whether the inerease;branelnes a other trees. If this tett13,11117Lantetlittlitmie;:r11„41/14er 441v4Y bell Of 111W.AnI414C eine tatiti tihetie '4"°%P,g4t mit breathe ltrdi caw- matter to weigh a dt(tVe of ,gress early 4n line thorn e.g. an load tnt mete reproaco. 4 . 4. eikra-Ve44 the earl's few weeds seem- a .71 A 44 11..4 WW1' and ever again to lerseert.dattrod; ;ee beat -dog or her heart oPw-dlogs when they ere put in the feed;;Wiles the slit is leliett and warm the3( mate ter 'lee :tad then weigh theta evtned lie down in the elnede until towdrd e you no !toper -nothing hut death. dtisit:uogselltnittgierwern‘ WIler„iteubLeosirtif aeuurrattil; ! ad °He.aity:1111 Out tine evening liter do Tr' Flw' began to erhh walking %IP:, in weight IN equal or greater in' Shelter IS Made very dark. the g-. Ctutiteen WaS a Vrenehman. the line bitleenneleper;* wore otettr. " ' sheettibeiadrdt7tItsit:testilhoolfl,niotenhgte•nr.fthe could L' value than tbe cost of feed. 'When 1.‘hel tile wialrlenidetsttiorie the sheep while Comte de Querine. a great admirer On t - " ' i There was a sound of wheels ortloctitSetigreitteeede. biteciesurtul 'V 4115110Se of ? Lantlel well •qurted "d trealed as east. a will•tter of "Intlituele ,I.,..g 0":41allythientglirrid11:4,41 tirrliele annv'ehs,taiittrto the wen gravel abotit three o'clock, i the fat anhual. This is oleo tree of ,above during early stasurter wed he fate Welnen. The eenversation, heat! ( be want enter to St. Cloud with, ' n ' ' ." ' • f ' i e lny i time they thould actreee„ .. l eome or oie memo, The otiobt , Ceased to heat, Mrs. Harcourt, wits t terrain° ,whet type of annual :atolls VII t , Old t tat . . _ "She is ot real English ope. I1-1 1 - Ado* toot'. otio,creatlims. and she too suddenly put 'useit readily and mattes the greatest le. ,tahea front the ewes not later . said the cora% "and the nglitiO -Igain for the mamma of teed eon- thau. September 3. and turned into Now 1 will give you my life. liberty. wealth. I will make asou greeter than any of the Earls of Caraven have been, yet. I Will give my da.ughter a dowry of two hundred thousand pounds if you will marry her.? Lord Caraven lost Ids self-posses- elon for one halt minute; he literally looked as he feiti-hiewildered. Then littilhe are so fair -thee are o an indignant repudiation of tile pro- able i" posul netrang to his lips. He would "I titiok myself," remarked the not listen to it. But finally. when earl, "that a. fir -haired ICnolish girl Ian bad become Accustomed to the is certainly the ioveliest, object it idea and realited that his onlY Creation." choice was between the girl and a The cotate laughed. revolver he gave way. Ile Promised "You prefer the 'blondes to ti to marry her and give her Ms rank, at the sante he cursed himself for a villain for wrecking an innocent girl's life. She, thinking that he loved her, and altogether ignorant of any other reason for the mar- riage, accepted him as wo know. He sent every morning to ask if she had any particular wish for that day -if there was any pla.ce she desired to see. At hrst she said "Yes," and wont to the different places of note. lie accomptuded ber, bleediegeadprotruainsptlea, but she could. not avoid thinking the manufacturers bevegearenteedit. Seatei. that he was slightly bored by these timonialo tee daily prera end ash rem neigh - she declined, and he did not remon- taIdesieraorE excursions. The next tinae he seal get, rear moues bask if net tltivJel. Gine a boa at bent what they Mink ofit. Yoe CAD USA It and DMANS011.13ATIV3 hoop:mita strate; he made no remark, and she felt almost sure that be was re- lieved by her refusal. When they went to the operas they were never alone -he always secured some cora- l'readv for the buteher b,v the latter up chiefly between the two gent t , „ and itoreanrs heart gave one great cattle and sheep. ° hien, was about the Charming Ivo tnet OM, &TO ie tor. at ft, hoUnd, and then seemed si9 if lc alSo usually poseible le deo part of July or first of AligUSt. It of Sli3Paless --- -'''' -- down hOr imolt• huh the doer open hatet to her. The Conatesse de M ed In a minute. and onlY SWIM owd sweet'. This is especially important a held of rave or spurry. Tins will out. but the girl me sick at heart. g() dinarsvisitors were ushered in -ad establishing a herd ot beef cattle. Malta them grow and fatten much „hire. Villeon and her daughter, who 1 mutton, sheep or bogs. If a, sow faster than if they remain 'with the thaesto called and Pre -seed her to jo it was Suela e, strange liftesenasesee amid in the neighborhood, mai who i puts on flesh readily and int a good ewest The rape should he seetleO h hilted love, without °ten friend- he° srPtwelY chosen Ode wet after -1 breeder, keep her to raise front, and Juue. The spurry should be sown shiP. or Iiking-marrloh. yet living Inm.kh tinT snia' on width to pay as a rule her progeaF WM have the in July and will grow tot tine very with her husband as though she their Nisit. beenlaSe thry were sure,same characteristic% The value of poorest land on the farm. After it the old feeling of deaolation Jame brunettes, then 9 he said. that they should find Alre. Harcourt Ithis can scareely be estimated and is is once up, drouth will not hurt. it. "Corteinly."' tooled word Cara- bearIllg name, Sharmg rosy at home. SO the mother attached not appreciateti by very' many toured In raising ;hop, care should be were the merest stranger-hht wife, 1 hon. .a do hot see hole a woman, yet knowing. no more or hhn thendetreelf to Mrs. Harcourt, and the try breeders. They- ought to too& taken to select a vigorous ram. with oan be 'beautiful unless she be fair." to Dorcas, and they Waked More and more attention to this. great vitality, and not over four Ile had eatirely forgotten his hold; hin thoughts. his winch hes and the, Mil lasted a long time. it is only possible when good seeks .,,years old, One hundred and. fifty They were lively people, „daughter did the lowest servant in the house - young girl -wife with the dark eyes and they are at hand, so that weighing can iambs from 100 ewes fair 1)1- Th the SPanieh, face. He would not,' alauselnento, ids pleasures were an, talked so loud and long that uot, he donne expeditiously, and accurate- terease. In no ease should a farmer plans, his desires, his interests, 111:4 have wantonly painted her. but he They re best. when, placed in lose mitre than live lambs out of taunt Dorcas' ears caught the Sound ,ln. strange to her. It Was an Unheard- of position, an lenheard-of fate. af another step Sresently that came the barn but may be plaeed outside, !every 100. I always eastrate undo To store to eon that Dr. pi es firlaturting ter. az d avers term of Itching. r0Chase'sOintment had forgotten her preeence. Siso heard the wards. At the time she panion. It seemed to Mildred that I Made no remark, although they he was quite as mueh a stranger as I burned into her heart like lire. on the first day he entered the The oontte wont home with them. Holliee. and they were joined by another She had. indeed, lee part in his frien,d but ehe found an opportune existents -the lived as though she were not. Me had. fulfilled his part of the contract by giving her his name, his rank, his position. That. a living, beating human heart might long for raore did not oecur to him. /le never thought of her as his wife; the chaneas were that, if any one bad asked bina suddenly if he was naarried, he. would have said "No." He had paid the forfeit of, his folly by being in some naeasure compelled to burden himself with this young girl. At first ne was considerabl sur- prised in his -wife. Be thought to hiraeelf that t.lie daughter of a man like lawyer Ilansorne, sharp, shrewd, cunning, must inherit some of his propensitiee-that she would oectipy herself with small intrigues and maneuvers of ell kinds, She did nothing of the sort ; she was quiet, 111111:MINMICARINIMINI. ..11.0=MW11.11•0 as should. say rather that be d no ,e, e„.„ ten oecurred to her, but she drove', full °t their voice3 and their laugh- 11 rye is properly tt-eated it can be Islam vetelt for winter end spi ng like me." was a thought which of-, `s"1""e voluhlY. aud the room was, . . it away as unworthy. 'of 1 wereted-when suddenly the moment, came seeded for pasture at almost any , Pasture and find it exceedingly sat - beautiful," thought ther. lovely girt, at last herself a thousand times. 'I slaould think that he had mate that Dorcas had imagined to time. One main thing to look out iisfactory. Ewes ehould he clipped 1 for is to sow it when there is en- i about June 20 and the lambs dipped ried me for my beaut-if I had „Recall', e -thin ineridble meinent that !ough moisture to gernitnate the ! within two weeks after sheariug. I grand connections, for them; but I ttle nava dreamed of by day and nighti grain and give it a good start. ete do not find it necessary to dip the hate none. -s lam nothings...hay. -the supreme moment. of her life, eel is absolutely useless to sow rye owes, as the ticks will leave them Mee has stooped to um Vora high!sbe lia.d thought it worild surely be; wilen the ground is dry and expect' and go to the Iarabs within ten days estate.' I Audi never understand;19/1d, instead elf rapture and un- anything from. it, hIoe ever, if the i after ehearing. Lambs should -what he saw in me to make Mune :Teakettle emotion, it brought only soil contains considerable moistured weigh Tti pounds on an average by' love me." , a quick start of surprito-a, rush. of it cell be seeded as early as the la.st i the middle of August. She had paid so little -attention i blood to her cheek -and then, for a of July and from then until the last lambs when one or two weeks old. en stAIrS, and entered the ',Both mother and daughter were Imo IIP the gard "If hid not huow that Ite enwri.041 ete heeaese he loved ir house by the unfatetened ,garden -door. have tried feeding roots to ewes 11.YE AS A PASTURE CROP. in early spring, but have lutd indif- ferent sutee.ss. always sow Res - to the words thilt she did not eveu of October. It must be remember- littte while, almost a cessation of all Jet:ling. She merely. turned her head ed, however, that to be satisfactory as a pasture crop, it mien. never be allowed to joint. If this occurs, its usefulness is at an end. Sown • t rentember that see had been ea. opened, with the rather ity of speaking to her husband when "Arley Rensome's heirem" Of all the door tired mile with which she had been the other gentlemen were busy with the ideas that occurred to her, the. dne of Miss Wilson's ecarte, and,Lord Caravan bad with- one that she had been xnarried for, listenhag to stories still upon her lips, and her drawn to look over sorae letters her money was. the furthest from w her thoughts. . I eyee and Frank's met for something, las it seemed to her, less than. an in- stant. And then there was a sudden Three weeks had buzz of weleome-a .series of delight - Lord Caraven began to wonder how ed. exclamations from Mrs. and Miss much longer he was to remain in and, after a few seconds, Paris. If he haid been free to fol- Wils°11, 114 *auk's hand elas.ped hers; but she low his own inclinations, they 'Would lied net courage then even to at - have led him to the gaming -tables at init_ tempt to look Otto his face. Baden-Baden. But, as he said, With a feeling as if she was half patiently, be had en idea of going there with a whole train. of people Stunned, as if she was analy half to look after. awake and half alive, she sat still minute after minute. She said How long would she expect to re- main in Paris ? The honeymoon- ''Yes" and "No" almost- meehani- eally to Miss. Wilson; she caught -a that most eLbSurd of all institutione few of Prank's. words as she listened -was supposed. to last a month. It to remain with yearning ears; she could not Would be better, perhaps), keep her eyes from sometimes turn - there until it was over, and then go ing furtively towards him to Ihavensmere. He. would be more . that has just anrived. She sum- moned up courage and watt up to him. "Lord Caraven," • she said, "weerd you. mind tellieg me one thing ?" He looked ug'in wonder -it was so seldom thee she voluntarily addres- sed him. As be looked he was slightly impressed with her appear- ance -the tali, slender figure was draped in soft, shining silk, the girlish face was iluehed. with the eflort of speaking to him, the dark eyes were bright and starlike, filled with unutterable thoughts. Me could not help owning to hiraself that. there was some beauty in the thick coils ,of dark hair, in the tall, slim, ...011•014 1.31,1•••• PaMIMMONI M1101101110.1 Tortured, by czema 30 Years. A Dreadful Case --Itching Almost Unbearab1e-`47ne Flesh Raw and Flaming. Dr. Chase's Ointment. Mr, G. McConnell, Engineer 1 Ointment is worth its weight in go] obtain any cure. I was so unfortun dreadful of skin diSeases. "I was so bad that I would get torture I eedered is almost beyond Ointment. It has cured me, and I Especially Ourihg the hot summe and a score of ailments that are re Mr. J. Goar, mail carrier and st testily to the worth of Dr. Ohase's woOd, Ont, has a boy Who was a years old, and, though she took him fect a cure seemed in vain. "This little fellow was covered hc s.ufferecl was oomething dreadful, she did not have munli fa,ith in Dr. a perfect cure in this, case, and they Dr. Chase's Ointmen,t, 60 cents • 0 t states :-"I be: :ive that Dr. Chase's • Fleury's Foundry, Aurora, n d. For about thirty years I was troubled with ec,zema, and eould not ate as to have'blcod poison, and this developed to eczema, the most up at night and scratch myself until flesh was raw and fiamieg. The cleseription, arid now I cannot say anything too good for Dr. Cha.se's reconunend it because I know there is nothing so good for itching skin." ✓ months children- are tortured by itching skin disease, chafing, sunburn, lieved and cured by Dr. Chase's Oftn talent. age driVer between Fort Elgin and Kincardine, Ont., states :-"I can Ointment as a cure for eczema. My sister, Mrs. J. Dobson, of Under - great sufferer from this dreadful skin disease. He was then only four te several doctors and tried a great many remedies, all efforts to ef- eeee 'with itching sores, and hands and face were especially bad. The way and my sieter had been disappointed with so many preparations that Chase's Ointment. I con now testify that Dr. Chase's Ointraent made e is not a mark or scar left osi his body." a bee, at ell dealers. or Edmaason. Bates and Coo Totontot I do not tbilik. that first meetings after long absences are always sweet. Time works its cbanges so fast, and the face we left seems so often not the face We find again. Was there not something 'different in Frank ?- SOMO change that made his look un- familiar ? There came a sense to her as of something altered, or lest, that filled her with a vague pain and chillness. At the end of a quarter of an hoar the WilSons took their leave, and Frank left the room with them to hand them to their. carriage. And then, Mrs. Harcourt went up to Dor- cas, and put 'her hand upon her arra. "Stay here, my dear, and I will send him back to you," she s, 'd abruptly. ''Yoa shall have him soon; I only want him first for a very little while." The two women lo 3-+.0 d t o a one an- other for a moment. There was something in the elder one's face SHOCKING GRAIN*. Try setting. up two sheaves to- gether, uxttil one dozen are set. Then set up lour on each side; use early, therefore, it mus • four for hoods. Draw d 1 down -until cold weatiter eornes, .the headers close to the butt of the when growth will be largely. sns- i sheaf. Take the sheaf in your pended. In the spring stock can be hands, butt upward, draw from tett- turned on as soon as the ground tre to outside and lay one- on top of ill permit. Enough animals must • 1 section of your shock. This way of shocking grain will prevent at from bleaching in the field. By put- ting it tip thus you. will have just 24 sheaves in a shock. Set it OP firraly, drawing the heads well to- gether. be Rept on t,he rye held to keep from jointing. 11 this is done God rains are seasonable, it will serve as pasture sometimes into Julie. The value of rye as a pasture crop is hardly appreciated. Irt seeding for pasture prepare the ground carefully as for wheat. mak- ing it compact and fine. When con- ditions are right, sow at the rate her a long time. (Perhaps Mrs. Har- court did not think it long.) Then in the silence she heard Ids step crossing the hall., and the door openedtand he came to her. Ilad she been afraid a minute ago? She had made herself a coward with thinking; that he was changed; but did he oeem changed now as he stood al laSt looking M her face again, with more than the light of his old gladness shining in the eyes she loved so well ? (To Be Continued.' Ng NEW SERIAL. THE POWER OF PERSUASION. "BROWSING" ON BAO77C-N0T1IS. Probably one of the oddest claims ever made against a, bank is record- ed as having been made against the National Bank of Belgitun. An ,old peasant woman had laid on the grass a jacket Containing bank notes of small denoMination for $240 in. the pocket, and while she was at work her pet nanny -goat had got at the notes, which 11 had eaten. The beast was killed, and the chewed paper recovered from the stomach was submitted in support of a, claim for compensation, which the bank paia alter verifying the facts by chemical analysis aild other in- quiry. Leaving Frank and DOreaS HaYCOurt to enjoy their honeymoon, we and our readers will watch the fortunes of a simpleonintiod girl, the .ambltion ot whose father places her in a 'trying that Dorcas remembered afterwards: are very good' to me," 'hurriedly, osition from which she °Merges 24 but at the time, slie only said, "You carats fine. The story 13egins to -day Miss an iSsue as the action is rank!. and from this out you oannot afford to and half aloud, . She at alone for what seemed to ,61 -- FIFTY 71013E8' PIANO PLAYING. A Milan correepondent tens of a doughty pianist named Bancie, who at Venice 'recently set himself to break the record ni piano -playing so far as time is concerned. Apparent- ly what the musician had to ser - pass Was a forty hourS' sitting at the instrument. This he undertook to do handsomely by hammering the keys for fifty conseeutive hours, that appalling period being only broke)1 by three short rests of ten minutes each. Incredible as it seems, this feat was duly accom- plished in the presence of a com- mittee of doctors and musicians.,