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"Don't utterly destroy the frame,"
Littimer said, resignedly, "It is re-
puted to be Quentin Alatsy's work,
and I had it cut to its present ash
I'll go to the end of the gal-
lery till the execution's over."
"On the contrary," Miss Lee eaicl,
firmly, "you will stay, where you, are
tolyl."
A little to his own surprise Iatti.-
tner remained. Tle saw the nails
driven firmly in and finished MT with
a punch so that there might be no
danger of hammering the exquisitely
wrought, frame.. Miss .Lee stood re-
garding her work with a suggestion
of pride.
"There," she said, "T flatter my-
self a carpenter could liavo done Ito
better."
"You don't know our typical ear-
penter," .Littimer said. " Here- is
Tredwell with a telegram. For Miss
Lee? I hope it isn't an intimation
that some relative has died and left
you a fortune. At least, if it is,
you mustn't go until we've had one
of those quarrels you promised me."
Christabel glanced at the telegram
and slipped it into her pocket. alher•e
were just a few words in the tele-
gram that would have been unintelli-
gible to the . ordinary understanding.
The girl did not even comprehend, but
Littimer's eyes were upon her and
the cipher had to keep for' a time.
Littimer walked away at an intima -
tam that his steward desired to see
him.
Instantly the girl's manner chang-
ed. She glanced at the Rembrandt
with a shrewd smile that meant
something beyond a mere act of . pro-
deuce well done,' Then she went
down to the library and began an
eager search. for a certain book. She
found it at length, the "David Oop-
perfield" in the "Charles Dickens"
edition of the great novelist's work.
For the next hour or so she was flit-
ting over the pages with the cipher
telegram spread out before her.
A little Iater and the few jumbled,
meaningless words were coded out
into a lengthy message. Christabel
read ` them over a few times, then
with the aid of a vesta• she reduced
the whole thing, telegram and 411, to
tinder, which she carefully crushed
and flung out of the window.
She looked away down the ter-
race, she , glanced at the dappled
deer knee-deep in the bracken, she
caught a glimpse of the smiling -sea,
and her Tae° saddened for a moment.
"How lovely it all is," she mur-
mured. "How exquisitely beautiful
and how utterly sad! And to think
that if I possessed the magician's
wand for a moment I could make
everything smile again. He is a
good man—a better: man than any-
body takes him to be. Under his
placid, cynical surface he conceals a
deal of suffering. Well, we shall
see,"
She replaced the "Copporfield" on
the shelf and turned to go again. In
the hall she met Lord Littimer dress-
ed for riding. He smiledrtas she
passed.
"Au revoir till dinner -time," he
said. `I've got to go and see a
tenant. Oh, yes, I shall certainly
expect the pleasure of your company
to dinner. And now that the Rem-
brandt
"It is safe for the afternoon,
Christabel laughed. "It is generally
when the fancily are dining that the
burglar has his busy time. A pleas-
ant ride to you."
CHAPTER XXVI.
Lord Littimer returned, as he de-
clared, with the spirits and appetite
of a schoolboy. All the saute, he
did not for one moment abandon his
usual critical analysis. He rattled
gaily,studying
but h
on t e was his
guost all the same. She might have
been the typical American lady stu-
dent; but he was not blind to the
fact that the plain muslin and lace
frock she wore was made in Paris
s
or that her manners and style must
have been picked up in the best so-
ciety. She sat there under the
shaded lights and behind the bank
lerreeiewtln
la' and crept into the corridor. She
carried soieething shining in her
hands—something that gleamed Ii?
the 'elicit, uncertain light from the
big window. She stood just for an
i s anwith a feeling n
re t t ee g that smile -
body,
e-
body was climbing up the ivy out
side the house, She felt her way
along; until she came to the alcove
.containing the. Rembrandt and then
she stopped. Her band slid along
the wall till her fingers touched the
switch of the electric light.
Sho stood for a long time there
perfectly motionless. It was a still
night outside, and there was noth-
ing to account for the rustling of
the ivy leaves. The rattling . came
in jerks, spasmodically, stopping
every now and then and resuming
again. It was no longer a matter
of imagination, it was a certainty.
Somebody was climbing up the ivy
to the window.
Leaning eagerly forward. Christa-
bel could hear the sound of laboured
breathing. She seemed to see the
outline of an aria outside, she could
catch the quick rattle of the sash,
she could almost sec a bent wire
crooked through the beaded edges of
the casement. Yee, she was right,
The window swung noiselessly back
and a figure stood poised .on the
ledge outside,
With a quick breath and a flutter-
ing of her heart Christabel felt for
the 'switch.
"It will be, all right," she murmur-
ed; "the other one will faucy that
the light is necessary, Courage, 'my
dear, courage, and the game is
yours. A:h!"
The intruder dropped inside and
pulled the window behind him. Evi-
dently he was on familiar ground,
though he seemed to be seeking an
unfamiliar object. Christabel's
hand stole along to the switch; there
was a click, and the alcove was
bathed in brilliant light. The in-
truder shrank back with a startled
cry. He rubbed his dazed eyes.
5Vhy not conte in through the
front door, Mr. Littimer? Christa-
bel 'drawled, coolly.
Prank Littimer had no words for a
moment, He was wondering who
this woman was and what she was
doing here. American, evidently,
by her accent, and also by the re-
volver that she handled so assured-
ly.
"That is the way you used to
enter." Christabel proceeded, "when
you had been out contrary to paren-
tal instructions and .the keepers ex-
pected to have •a fracas with the
poachers. Your bedroom being ex-
actly opposite detection was no easy
matter. Your bedroom has never
been touched since you left. The.
key is still outside the door. Will
you kindly enter it?"
"But—" Frank stanunered. "But
I assure you that I cannot—"
"Take the Rembrandt away. You
cannot. The frame is of iron, and it
is fastened . to the wall. It would
take an experienced carpenter quite a
long time to remove it. Therefore
your mission has failed. It is very
annoying, because it puts the other
man in a very, awkward position.
The position is going to he still
more awkward presently. Please go
to, your room."
"My dear lady, if my fatherknows
that I am in the house--"
He is not going to know that
you are in the house, at least not
for some little.time. And when you
see him it will be better not to say
more than is necessary. Later on
you will recognise what a friend I
am to you."
"You are not showing it at pre-
sent," Littimer said, desperately.
"The patient rarely sees any virtue
in his medicine. Now, please, go
to your room. I can hear the other
man muttering and getting anxious
down below. Now, if you approach
that window again I am pretty cer
tain that my revolver will go off.
You see, I ata an American, and wo
are so careless with such weapons.
Please go to your room at once?"
"And if I refuse your ridiculous re-
quest?"
"You will not find my request in
the least ridiculous. If you refuse
1 shall hold you up with my weapon
and alarm the whole house. But •I
don't want to do that, for the sake
of the other man. He is so very re-
spectable, you know, and - anything
unconventional may be so awkward
for him. Yes, it is just as I ex-
pected. Hecoming u theivy
is o
pg p
to investigate himself. Go!"
The revolver covered Littimer mite
steadily,' He could see into blue
n c' uof strange
r'm •arid lie was co s ao s s
tg
sensations down his spine. A'
cold p
revolver is not, a pretty thing at 'the
hest of times; it is doubly hazardous
in the hands of a woman.
"`What do you want with me?" he
asked.
"11Iy clear tiiau, 'i want to do noth-
ing with you. C)n.ly clo 'as you are
told and -•-there! The other man is
coining up the ivy. He can't under-
stand the light and you are not re-
turning. Ile imagines that: you are
looking in the wrong place: Ploa.so.
go."
Littimer backed before the weapon
backed until he was in the doorway.,
Suddenly the girl gave Hine a push,
shut the door to, anti turned the key
in the lock. Almost at the same in-
stant another figure loomed large in
the window -frame,
CHAPTER R XX VTI.
Something bulky was struggling to
get through the window. Half hid
den in the shadow, Christabel wat-
ched with the deepest interest. If
she had beers, afraid. at first that
sensation hacl entirely departed by
this time.. Fr•oiu the expression of
her face she might have been enjoy-
ing' the novel situation. It Was
certainly not without a suggestion of
the farcical.
The burly figure contrived to
squeeze- through the narrow case-
ment at length and stood breathing
loudly in the corridor. It was not a
pleasant sight that met Christabel's
gaze—a big man with a white, set
face and rolling eyes and a stiff ben-
ch -age about his throat. Evidently
the intruder was utterly exhausted
for he dropped into chair and
ntirge0 Itis bead ,between his hands,
"Now. what . has become of that
fool?" he muttered. "rir!"
Ile looked arotttid hila uneasily, but
of flowers like as to the manner
born, and her accent was only suf-
(iefently American to render her con-
versation piquant.
"Von:. h.ayo always been used to
this class of life?" Littimer asked,
• "There you aro quite mistaken,,,
Christabel said, coolly. "Por the
last few years my existence has been.
anything but a bed of roses. And
your remark., my lord, savors slight-
ly of impertinent curiosity. I might
as well ask you wily:lour family is
not here." .
"We agreed to differ," Littimer re-
sponded, I recollect it caused are a
great 'deal of annoyance at the time.
Axel my, son chose to take his moth-
er's part. You knew I had a soar?a
"Yes,". said Christabel, without
looking up Trona the peach she was
Peeling. "1 have met him."
"Indeed. And what opinion did
you form of my son, may I ask?"
"Well, l rather liked him, He
seemed to rue to be suffering from
some great trouble,. and trouble I
am sure that was not of his own
creating."
"Which means to say you feel rath-
er sorry for Prank. But when you
say the trouble was not of his own
creating you are entirely Mistaken.
It is not a nice thing to say, Miss.
Lee, but any son was an utter and
most unmitigated young scoundrel.
If he carne here he would bo ordered
out of the house. So far as I am
concerned, I have ne soll at all. 1•le
sides with itis mother, and his moth-
er has a considerable private fortune
of her own. Where she is at the
present moment I have no idea. Nor
do I care. Seems odd, does it not,
that I should have been very fond
of that woman at one time, just as
it seems odd to think that I should
have once been fond of treacle tart?"
Littimer spoke evenly and quietly,
with 'his eyes full upon the girl. He
was deceiving himself, but he was
not deceiving her for a moment, His
callousness seemed to be all the
more marked because the servants
were in the room. But Christabel
could see clearly what an effort it
was.
"You love your wife still," she
said, so low that only Littimer
heard. His eyes flashed, his face
flamed with a sudden spasm of pas-
sion.
"Ase we to quarrel so early as
this? he whispered:
never ;quarrel," 'Christabel said,
coolly; "I leave my antagonist to
do that. But I have met: your son,
and I like him. Ile may be weak,
but he is a gentleman. You have
made a mistake, and some day you
will be sorry for it. Do you grow
those orchids yourself?"
Littimer laughed, with no sign of
anger remaining. All the same,
Christabel could see that his thin
brown hand was shaking. She not-
iced the lines -that pain hacl given
under those shrewd black eyes.
"You must see my orchids," he
said. "Most of the specimens I ob-
tained myself. They tell mel have
at least three unique kinds. And
now, if - you will permit me, I am
going to smoke. The drawing -room
is at your disposal, though I rarely
enter it myself. I always retire at
eleven, but that need not bind you
in any way. It has been. altogether
a most delightful evening.
But Christabel did noe daily long
in the drawing -room. As she wont
upstairs and along the corridor she
heard the snapping of the electric
lights all-over the house as the ser-
vants were preparing to retire. She
paused just a moment in the alcove
where the precious Rembrandt , was
and located carefully the position of
the switch there. Then she retired
to own herroom,.h ii
where e e she c an ed
g
her dress for e, simple black gown.
A big clock somewhere was striking
twelve as she finished. She looked
out of her door. The whole house
tvas in darkness, the silence seemed
to cling like a curtain.
She paused for a moment as if
afraid to take the next step. If it
wad fear, she shook it aside resolute -
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his expression changed as 14s °yea,
fell on the Rembrandt, IIe had the
furtive look of a starving man who
picks up a purse whilst the owner
is still in sight. Ino staggered to-
wercis the picture and endeavored to
take it gently fr oih the support. He
tried again and again, and then in a
paroxysm of rage tore at the frame-
work. work.
"I guess that it can't be done,"
Christabel : said, drawlingly. "See
sti`a,teger?" . .
1oginalci. Ileusoa ^ fairly gasped.
As he turned round the ludicrous.
mixture of cunning and confusion,
anger and vexatious alarm on his
face caused the girl to smile.
• "I—I beg your pardon," he stam-
mered.
"I said it can't be done," the girl
drawled, coolly, ' `Sandow- couldn't
do it. The frame is made of iron
axed it is fixed to the wall by four
long stays. It's a neat job, though
I say it myself; I persuaded Lord
Littimer to have it done. And when
I heard you two prowling about
down there I was glad. I've got the,
other one safe."
"Oh, you've got the other one
safe?" Henson said, blanklea
Ire would have liked to have burst
out into a torrent of passion, only
he recognised his position. The
thing was shamefully* funny. It was
anything but nice for a man of his
distinguished position to be detected
in au act suspiciously like vulgar
burglary. . Still, there must be some
plausible way out of the difficulty if
ho could only think of it. Only this
girl : with the quaint, pretty face
and spectacles did not look in the
least like a fool. He would have to
try what •blandisiuients : would do.
"Aro you aware who I am?'.' he
asked blandly.
"What does it matter? I've got
the other one, and no doubt he will
be identified by' the police, If ' he
doesn't say too much he may get off
with a light sentence. It. is quite
easy to see that you are the greater.
scoundrel of the two."
"My dear young lady, do you ac-
tually- take me for a burglar?"
There was a note of deep pain in
II'enson's voice. He dropped ' into
a :hair again, with a 'feeling of ut-
ter weakness upon him. Tho girl's
resolute mien and the familiar way
in which sho handled her revolver
failed him with the deepest apprehen-
sion.
"1 eau a very old fried and rela-
tive of Lord Littimer's," he said.
"01t, indeed. And is the other man
a relative of Lord Littimer's also?"
"Oh, why, confound it, yes. The
other man, as you call him, is Lord
Littimer's only son."
Christabel glanced at Littimer, not
without admiration.
"Well, you are certainly a cool
hand," she said. "You . are two
clever thieves who have come hero
for the express purpose of robbing
Lord Littimer of one of his art trea-
sures. I happen to catch one, and he
immediately becomes the son of the
owner of the place. I am so for-
tunate as to bag the other bird, and
he resolves himself into a relative
of my host's, ' And you really exe.
pect me to believe a Hans Andersen
fairy story like that!"
"I admit that apearances are
against me," Henson said, humbly.
"But I am speaking the truth."
"Oh, indeed. Then why didn't you.
come in through the front door? The
violent exercise you were taking just
now must be dangerous to a man of
your build!"
"I am afraid I shall have to make
a clean breast of it," Henson said,
with what he fondly imagined to bo
an engaging smile. "You may, per-
haps, be aware that yonder Rem-
brandt has a history. It was stolen
from its present owner once, and T
have always said that it will be
stolen again. Many a time I urged
Lord Littimer to make it secure."
"How grateful you should be to
ree for having done so!"
"Ah, you are cynical still, which
is a bad thing for one so young and
—or—charming. I ream° down here to
see my very noble relative, and his
SOD. accompanied me. I came to try
and make peace between father and
son.' But that is a family matter
which, forgive. me, I cannot discuss'
with a stranger. Our train was late
or we, should have been here long
ago. On reaching the castle it
.
strati. me as:a good idea to give
Lord Littimer a lesson as to his
carelessness. My idea was to climb
through the window, abstract the
Rembrandt, and slip quietly into my
usual bedroom here. Then in the
morning alter the picture had been
missed, I was going,to tell the whole
story. That is why Mr. Littimer
entered this way and why 1 followed
when I found that he had failed to
return. It was a foolish thing to
,do, and •the deuouement has been
most humiliating. I assure you
that is all,"
"Not quite," Christabel drawled.
"There is something else."
"And what may that be my clear
young lady?"
"To toll your Story to Lord Litti-
mer before you sleep. That kind of
romance may do for Great Britain,
but it wouldn't make good family
reading in the Stakes,,'
"But, my dear young lady, I beg
of you; I.implore you--"
"Come off the grass! I'm tolet
you go quietly to bed and retire my-
self, so that when: morning arrives
,you will be missing together with as
much plunder as you can carry away,
No, sir."
Henson a•d'c anted angrily. His
prudence had gorse for the time. As
he came down upon Christabel she
raised her revolver and fired two
shots in quick succession. over Hen
son's shoulder, The noise went eCho-
itig and reverberating along the cor-
ridor like a crackling of thunder. A
door carne open with a Click, then
a voice demanded to know what was
wrong.
"Now I guess the fat . is in the
Christabel said.
Henson dropped into a chair and
groaned., :Lord Littimer,elegantly.
attired in a suit of silk pyjamas and
car'ying d .revolver a his hand, carne
coolly down tlic ear •.iclor, A curious
eervant of two would have followed,
but he waved them bade crisply,
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THE GASOLINE ENGINE.
•About 11 years ago I bought a run
down farm, and in order to bring it
to a higher state of cultivation de-
termined to keep as many cows as
possible and supply butter to priv-
ate families living in the neighbor-
ing city, writes 'C, W. Weston, The
cows purchased, the next step was
to build an icehouse and get a cab-
inet creamer. This outfit worked
fairly well but the ice crop was un-
certain, and the distance to draw
it long. At this tune there were no
cream separators in this immediate
vicinity, but I bought ono.
-
My power at this time was sup-
plied . by hand and for awhile the
separator appeared to run quite eas-
ily, but after the novelty wore off
it began to run very hard. I bought
a xa horse power gasoline engine. It
was an experimental•xhaciiine but ap-
peared to work nicely. 1 blocked
the engine up underneath theifloor in
the milk room, put up a line of
shafting and was soon separating
and churning with none of that tired
feeling which I had so lately been ex-
periencing. "
One morning on attempting to
start the machine it absolutely re-
fused to go, 'I made a hurried trip
to the city and a good natured in-
ventor accompanied mo to my home
and upon taking off the cylinder cap
found that the olatinum exploding
points had simply gummed aver,
thereby preventing their sparking.
Again all was smooth sailing and
with an occasional cleaning up of
points my engine for awhile worked
very nicely. But upon one of these
occasional cleanings, after it had re-
fused to work, I found the heat had
drawn out. the platinum points >o
that instead of a spark being made
as .the electricity jumped across the
short interval between them, they
touched ono another. The current
passed without sparking and no ex-
plosion took place. A knife blade
passed between the points separated
them and thus remedied the difficulty
and I was again doing business.
It is evident that had I been pro-
perly supplied with instructions at
the beginning I should have been
spared a great deal' of trouble. My
engine is now working aswell as it
ever did at any time during its best
behavior, although it has been in
constant use for five years. I run
both the cream separator and a 50,.
gallon churn. at the same time. I
have simply to give the balance
wheel a whirl when it starts off like
a thing of life. The expense of oper-
ating is as nothing when compared.
to a steam engine.
In the same manner belts may, be
run out through the window and
other machinery run. In fact there
is almost no end to the variety of
work which this handy, little machine
friend and relative, Iteginalel Mon-
son—Reginald, the future owner of
Littimer Castle!"
"So he told me, .but. I wouldn't be-
lieve him," said Christabel.
'"It is a cynical age," Littimer re -
Marked. :"Reginald, what does this
mean?
(To. be Continued.)
TII1N
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l
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Y Y
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tal one, and
perience and a little study had given
I a green operator with-
out proper instructions. Until e'x--
moa knowledge of its principles and
workings,• it was nota success. Sinai two of my neighbors have each
purchased an ougine though larger in
size and vastly, improved and both
aro giving satisfaction,
LIVE STOCK IN WINTJDR.
On account of scant means many
farmers who have the desire to do
well are deterred from furnishing the
necessary shelter for stock in win-
ter. Again, many others are renting
and of course cannot afford to erect
costly and permanent buildings.
These and other causes operate to
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thought and just a little work.
Even if your threshing in already
done and you have no other shelter,
it will pay to erect a stout framing
on the order of a lean-to with the
open side to the south and cover it
well with straw. If threshing is not
yet over, it will be no extra work
to stack it that way as the straw.
comes from the machine.
Stock fodder, hay or other mater-
ial may also be used to advantage
in this way, and although it may
seem a , waste of feed, it will be
found to pay in the long run. in the .
saving of feed which it will take
to keep up the animal heat from
increased exposure standing out in
all kinds of weather.
If the farm needs the manure (and
what farm doesn't) there will also
be a very large saving on that score
There will not only be a larger
quantity saved, but, the quality will
at least be doubled and probably, in
more than ordinary wet seasouve
even quadrupled by avoiding tb
leaching rains which ordinarily carry,
away nearly all the elements which •
are immediately beneficial -to grow-
ing crops.
QUALITY OP MILK.
The majority of investigations
concerning the improvement of the,
quality of milk seems to indicat
that a dairyman must look to .
improvement of breed rather than
the selection of feed. Withinthe
breed he must select animals wr]tich
show a high percentage of fat in the
milk, as well as animals that will
produce a large quantity.
ROT IN POTATOES.
A thoroughly satisfactory treat-
ment for checking rot in potatoes is
yet to be found, writes Mr. B. M.
Vaughan . What has proved best in
my experience is, first, keeping the
storage cellar at a temperature as
near 85 to 88 degrees as possible;
seeigid, sorting the potatoes after
they have completed their sweat in
case any indication of wet rot is
Shown, to prevent the rot spreading
from the decaying tubers' to the
sound ones. Dry rot is very rarely,
if at all, transmitted from one po-
tatoe to another.
If the potatoes are left in pits in
the Geld to sweat, prior to putting
them in the cellar, they will usually
show rot that may be ie them when
they are taken from the pit. Pot
toes which are nearly clean of 'dilate
usually show -more rapid spread of
the wet rot than do potatoes which
are covered with a considerable
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coating of dry soil. Possibly the
reason for this may be the fact that
the dry soil is not a good medium
for passage of the rot from one Poe
tato to another.
STORING CABBAGE.
First a dry spot of ground must
be selected, if possible one that is
naturally well drainer!, but avoid a
•hillside. With a large plow make
a trench 6 to 8 inches deep going
and returning in the same furrow_
and finishing with a Shovel, that is
cleaning out the smallridge in the
center which has been left by the,
plow. On a dry day the' cabbage is
pulled and turned upside down and
allowed to drain for an hour or .so.
Place the cabbage .in the trench
close together with the roots up.
Then plow several furrows against
the cabbage on either side and finish
with a shovel putting on about sic
incites of dirt. When the ground has
frozen 2' or 8 inches cover with corn
stapes to the depth of a foot. If the
cabbage shows any signs of decay it
is time ill -§pent to bury it, also in
seasons when the rainfall has been
excessive during growing season, cab-
bags will keep but a shoat, tiire and
should net be buried,
A PARADISE FOR PAUPERS.
An atn.using letter was read to the
Birmingham (England) guardians roc
ently from one of the hundred aged
inmates of the city workhouse, who
are now boarded out at ltisebr•idge,
Surroy, in consequence of over-
ci•owdin ;•. The writer said it wee
the most beautiful coati eve
seen, and wished that the gttardian;s
were them ''to enjoy it likawisfaa
neve 15 a nice little stream at gra,u.ra
back of the hothe and soiree good
fishing, tvhile there etc three public
hat 'see within dvr, litinuteS. In
fact, you can see one ,from: o•ur
c Langl )er. l rel this
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t'lier e were t',.'WC more of tlio ola
tehtint here."