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O ,: A CURIOUS MYSTERY STERY ELA PLAINER.
CHAPTER V,—(Continued).,
"1 came to ask you, sir," said
Frithiof, his heart beating quietly,
though he ,spoke with his usual di-
rectness, ":1 earae to ask your con-; right to hear t,lze ex lenation frarn
sent to my betrothal with your p,
herself," Tlicn� as else servant a,a-
daughter
"With zizay daughter:" exclaimed Reared, "Tell Mzas ?Morgan that I
Mr, Morgan. "Betrothal 1 What, want her an the cl,rafi•ing-morn. De -
in Heaven's name east you be site hes: to come at ranee?'
thinking g ell" The minutes of waiting which fol-
lowethe worst Fritlii
"GI da not, of course, mean, that d, wereof had
ever lived through. Doubt„ fear,
thele was a definite engagement be-
tween us," said Frithxof, speaking indignation, and passionate love
all the more steadily because of tints 'strove togetherl in ssits heeaart,re eiee
repulse. "Of course we could not mang.ed with awas-the opp
Have. thought of that until we had consciousness of his host's presence,
asked the room and its contents' your consent, We .:agreed ,and of the a grersive. superiority of
that I a 'should come over this astir . Perhaps the waiting was not alto
rums anspew? to youabout, 1t, gether pleasant. to Mr.' Morgan; he
trothir passed at Barre ztn but just poked the are and ;;moved about
the asstu at ce that we .owed each ,
other,"
Morgan grossed the room and rang
the bell. "Well, let it he so, then,"
he said, coldly, "Blanche has
treated you 111; I don't doubt it
fora element, and you have every
-
"After we went away T began. to { a 11. 0
see all the difficulties so plainly --
our belonging to diffeeeut countries
and being accustomed to different
things; but still I did really' think I
liked you till we got to Christiana.
There, on the steamer doming house,®,, 6,4,,,
I found that, it had all been a mss--
ta.ke," WHY BAD EGGS?
She paused, All this tine she had During the warm weather there
carefully kept the .angers of her are many had eggs placed on the.
left hand out of view; the position market, These bad eggs may be
was too eonstrained not to aattraot dirty, incubated shrunken or held,
lti ritliiof's notice, '
i . rotten of moldy and bad tdavored.
He remembered that, the wear -Some of the causes of dirty eggs
ing of betrothal or wedding rings, are unsanitary conditiees about the
On the farm
restlessly. When, at last, light
ruler
"Loved each thatel
# ' " footsteps were Beard on the stairs,
lkfr, r an> be itl;aii g ariaha t and laneh enteredthe room, hr
room with a look of perplexity,: and turned toward her with. cvzsde;at dis
annoyance. "What folly will their she
xs>v'ore i a adress of reddish
girl commit next7"
At this Frithiof also rose to his
feet, the angry color rising to iris
face, "I should never haa.ve. spoken
of
English custom reversed the Nor- poultry house • lack of litter in rho
wegian, and turned upon her al- house, an nsuflicieut number of
t. ing
ido that fleets; small tresis, poet nesting
Ito material; ad]owing hexes to roost on
ready betrothed to this ether nests, and not gathering eggs often
man?"'
enough. The few dirty eggs that
"It was only last Sunday," she 1are produced should be consunied
at home and not washed and sold.
sobbed,"And 1 meant to write to `
you; I did, indeed," With these faults corrected the
Once more she covered her face; number of broken eggs wot,ld be
with her hands, this time not at- lowered, for some of the above eon-,
tempting to hide from Frithiof the!ditions result in both dirty and
beautiful circlet of brilliants on bed broken eggs. The cause of some of
third finger. the breakage, however, is the lack
It seemed to him that giant 'of mineral matter for the eggshell,
hands seized' on hint. then, and 1 Qty ster shells or bone will furnish
erus!hed out of him his very life. Yet, this mineral matter for the produc-
the pain of living went on remorse-' tion of thieker shelled eggs,
lessly, , and as if from a very great Egg producers; should take sufiici-
distance he heard Blanche's voice. out pride in their product to give
""I am engaged to Lord Ronin it proper erre from the time it is
she said, "He had been in laird until it is marketed. Subse-
aay^ on as fishing -tour, bat it -we quent handlers should exorcise at
the steamer that we first mot. similar precaution, Careful fatten-
And then almost direetly I knew tion to these important points
most fiercely.
""Why do you try^ to h'
from mte?" he cried, "`Are, you al
brown with a great deal of plush :.,at at < un e�� t ha l . I1 bean
about it. and eoiia"ething i'n the way tl '4l Qk Rigen x a r
the greatest ;'qu.rte a snistal;e, and -that I had
it
possible
xuade suggestedas never really loved you. We met
my love l t r had passible contrast tei.thea lithe sun a ain at Qne def the, watering -
places
to your dong r c I
MA been in ai position to support ,fele ravellrng-dress she had worn pliaces in Septemuer,; buts it wp,s
ar ; , .,, In Norway. Her eyes were iarig,at: l , settle l the day before western
iter, he, aid hotly,.: By .:pair a _ . _ ri c_ the caager, hex.
Ices°calirid,,s; as gr�;art 1I wisl_i�ah lQ}r I wish—that,
EeTs1,1sh standaards I niaay rid it, peri t,ay, ,
ha 3S be ver �icla dant our farm is a� ever; x� tic? w^ritleri to tell vara ''
.1 , y �' " in «r;ou wanted me, papn ? she he- .
one: of the leadinil, firms Bergen, r stood Qhi impulsively axed
We comer of a good ow Norwegian gam„ then, as Ishe cameforward and cd She nearer to him,
recognized Frithiof. :lie gave a
family, Why erauld it be a .folly"Is there nothing 1 can a to
little start of dismay* and the color
for your slaughter to love mei,/ make� un for eiy mistake?" else said;
,< you misunderstan+;d. nee e, "id burned iia her ebeekas, ` lifting paatlaetie eyes to his.
{ g 11; l "Yes, I wanted you,"said Mr, �.No a „ e sea d bi ,
one Morden, T' dean. t wish to say Morgan, an, ravely, "Rerr F�alck,s tla itg, h . c, f use .
sato word against y-ourseli, I1owm i gravely., ,r <,(lr don't think hiadly of ane scar
ever, as yen have a alluded to the soar .r..s lust arxra }edl. >, knee pleaded. `"Don't li ate
I riser -eerygad eta
matter, T must tell, you plainly "t?iat ,
again; �he+ �aid foram
1 expect tri daughter to
xaalakdi aQ rx Q,u t x,c+�ca "I nth years l'' he exclaimed,
verydifferenti art�fi sal lane* end lioadrng oast hd r -will leo tla e Qti aaaa of ria T Itfo t
anarrne» aaaey I e y
hand. _ hat'
een provide her with, Her husband levo you tdint yoga have rnadea to
will supply piitl ,, But Frithjof hind seen flier prat ow - l ve you."
^Cliar with a t e,o
bare os cried Frithjof,furious_ pression of dismay and it lead, tursa Se turned as though to get away.
"you ed hing mto zees; be would not tsl c ,r ithou ,sea �i of .
you wall force liar to tuairry Dona t go w rt saymg go i
scaxare wretebed aristocrat whorl she her proffered hand, but only bowed bye, aha celainaed; and Ins r oyes
ain't possibly loved For the sake, icaxni14111 .. There was a Painful silt said nature plainly than words, "I
of a mere title, you will xQiin. last 'erica' do not mind if you kiss me just one
cp
happiness, This is not the fiat tixxida, more."
-P
Ile paused, ice ono minute, Iii
the kind," said the Englishman with j " i the next, yet through it all aware
as
toueh of dignity. ''"Sit down, ' that his conscienee was urging him
Herr Fakir, and listen to ane. I h had
to go without delay.
would have spared you this had it Blanche watched him tremulous
been possible. You are very young, y' ly; she drew yet nearer,
and you have taken. 'things for 1 t "Could we not still be friends?"
ranted too'znueh. You believed England d y ebe said with a pathetic little qui -
that
the ;First pretty girl that flirted ` y 11 1 v°er in her voice, p
"No," he cried, vehemently; ;yet
with a certain dignity in his xnaalt-
ner; "no, we could not."
Then, before Blanche could re-
cover enough from her sense of hu-
miliation at this rebuff to speak, he
bowed to her and left the, room.
She threw herself dawn on the
.rape. and buried her face in the
cushions. "Oh, what must he
think of mel what must he think of
me?" she sobbed, ".How I; wish I
had written to hixn at once and
saved myself this dreadful scene 1
How could 1 .have been so silly! so
dreadfully silly 1 To be afraid of
writing a few words in a letter 1
My poor Viking! he looked so grand
as he turned away. I `wish we could
have been friends still; it used to
he so pleasant in 'Norway; he was
so unlike other people; he inter-
ested me. And now it is all over,.
and I shall never be able to meet
him again. Oh, I have managed
very badly. If I had not been so
imprudent an Munkeggen he might
have been my cavalier all his life,
and I should have liked to show him
aver her to people. I should have
liked to initiate him in everything."
The clock on the mantel-• iece
struck five. She started up ant ran
across to one of themirrors, looking
anxiously at her eyes. "Oh, dear!
oh, dear ! what shall I do?" she
thought. "Algernon will be here
directly, and I have made a perfect
object of myself with crying."
Then, as the door bell -rang, she
caught up a couvrette, sunk down
on the sofa, and covered herself up
picturesquely. ; `"There is nothing
far it but a bad' headache," she said
to herself.
(To be continued).
would materially lessen the losses
enumerated above and would add
to the pleasure of producing and of
eensu'iuing this important food,'
Eggs may bo a deldeao,y or only an
ordinary, of even inferior, materi-
al ;.l fo,i' food purposes, depending',
very largely upon the way the; aro
handled by produces', middleman'
and consumer,
KNELL OF OLI? MILK PAIL,
A wonderful eystein of ventila-
tion has been devised for dairies,
d its general adoption by all
era who apply intelligence and
iezatifac methods tea their ventures
proves its anerit. But pure air alono
is not sufficient for the cow barn.
No dust must be ;perrnitted to ae,
Quarte, the barns should bo kept
perfect sanitary form and the
rmaal must be subjected to fres
quant el'ianing operations. Scleni-
ists have sounded the knell of the
d -fashioned ,rnilk pail with its fiat•
ng edges, The sinal]=topped pail
n favor, It offers less of an open.
ing for bacteria that may fall into
the milk during the process of Milk -
ng.
Some bacteria. invariably are
found in milk. The laboratory
shows, however, that these germs
are benoflciral rather than injurious,
to the human consuxnere. But the
presence of bacteria directly trace-
able to filth. and unsanitary condi-
tions is at once a source of danger
and a signal for medical warfare ort
the undesirable dairy,
"Keep the cow stable as neat and
as clean ea the kitchen," is the slo-
gan of the most progressive dairy-
men, They are in the ascendency.
The earelese, old-fashioned dairy-
man pees plainly the handwriting
on Idle -wall.
Blanche, that you have learned;
hat comes of playing with edged
tools " said Mr, Morgan,sternly,
"I heard from others that you a
flirted with Herr Falek's son in
Norway; I now learn that it was by
your own suggestion that be came
to n an to askmy cement to an
engagement, and that sou allowed
vrit.a
a you was your future wife. w him to belie"that you laved
T
Whet have you to gray for yourself V'
'While her father spoke, Blanche.
a,-tood by with bent head and down-
cast eyes; at this direct question
she looked up for a moment.
"I thought I did care for him just
at the time," she faltered. "B—
it was a mistake."
"Why, then, did you not write
"1 ,shall certainly do ncathing o
can quite.: fancy that Blanche was
well pleased to have you dancing
attendance on her in. Norway, but
it was on her part nothing but a
flirtation; she doesn't care for you
in the least."
"1 do not believe it," said.' Fri-
thioff, hotly,
"Don't think that I wish to ex-+
euse her," said Mr. Morgan, "She and tell him so'? It ,w a.s the least
is very.:maoh to be blamed. But she you could have done, said her fa-
ther.
"It was such a difficult letter to
write," she faltered. "I kept on
putting it off, and hoping that he,
too, would find out his mistake.
And then sometimes I thought I
could explain it all better to him if
be came."
Frithiof made a step or .two for-
ward; his face was pale and rigid;
the blue seemed to have died out
of his eyes; they looked like steel.
"I wait for your explanation," he
said, in, a voice which, in spite of its
firmness, betrayed intense agita-
tion.
Mr. Morgan, without a word,
quitted the room, and the two were
left alone. Again there was along,
oppressive silence. Then, with a
sob, Blanche turned away, sinking
down on an ottoman and covering
her face with her hands, Ber tears
instantly melted k'rithiof;; his in-
dignation and wounded pride gave
place to love and tenderness; a
sort of wild hope rose in his mind.
"Blanche! Blanche?" he cried.
"It isn't true! It can't be all over !
Others have been urging you, to
make some grand marriage—to be
the wife perhaps of some rich noble-
man. But he can not love you
as I love you. Oh! have you for,
gotten how you 'told me I might
trust to you? There, is not a mom-
ent since then that you have not
been in my thoughts."
"I hoped so you would forget,"
she sobbed.
"How could I forget? What man
could help remembering you day
and night? Oh 1 Blanche, don't you
understand that I love you? I love
yon1"
"I understand only too well," she
said, glancing at him, her dark eyes
brimming over wirtyh tears.
He drew nearer.
"And you will love me once
more," he said, passionwtely. "You
will not choose' rank and wealth;
you will -s-"
"Oh, hush, hush !" she cried. ""It
has all been a dreadful mistake. I
is pretty and winsome, 'she knows
her own power, and it pleases her
to use it; womenare all of them
vain and selfish. What do they care
for the suffering they cause 7"
"You .shall not say such things of
her," cried Frithiof. desperately.
"It is not true. It can't be true!"
His face had grown deathly pale,
and he was trembling with excite-
ment. Mr. Morgan felt sorry for
him.
"My poor fellow," he said kindly,
"don't take it so hard. You are
not the first man who has been de-
ceived. . I am heartily sorry that
my child's foolish thoughtlessness
Should have given you this to 'bear.
But after all, it's a lesson . every
one has to learn ; you were inexper-
ienced and. young."
"It is not peeeible ," repeated
Frithiof, in terrible agitation, re-
membering vividly her promises,
her words of Iove, her kisses, the
expression of her eyes. as she had
yielded to his eager declaration of
love. "I will never believe it pos-
sible till I hear it from her own
lips."
With a gesture of annoyance, Mr.
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never .;really loved you.O'h, eloh`-
look like that ! i was very; dully in
Norway ;.there was no one else but
you. I am sorry, very sorry:"
Re started back from her as if
she had., dealt him some mortal
blow, but Blanche went on, speak.
ins quickly and ine,oherently, never
looking' in, bis leas,
OLD INNS AT ST. ALBANS.
St. Albans,' which claims the old-
est inhabited "house in England, now
an inn, is rieh in old hostelries.
Tho Peahen there dates back to the
15th century, though the present
building is modern, save for some
old woodwork in the coffee room.
The Priory,= too, in Holywell Hill,
was once the Bull Inn, and as such
was visited by Queen .;Elizabeth;
while off the High Street is the
George Inn, dating from 1446,
which at one time had its private
chapel for the use of its guests.—
London Chronicle.
"Mamma," said little Ethel, with
a discouraged look on her :face. "I
ain't ° going to school any more."
"Why,' my dearie, "what's the
matter?" the mother gently in-
quired. "'Cause it ain't no use
at all.. I can never learn'` to spell.
The teacher . keeps,changing the
words on me all the ime."
TREATMENT OF LIVE STOCK.
Horses and, in feet, all domestic
animals are very mach more stn,
pressionable than they are leaner•
ally supposed to be. Cattle which
have had a"kind master, a man of
gentle but firm nature, show the
effect of their associations as a
breed or strain. Years of good
treatment not only make an im-
pression on the individuals, but are
impressed with such force as to be=
come a breed characteristic, In
short, as keen judge can tell pretty
nearly what port of association a
horse has had by his temperament,
The; importance of creating ai
good temperament in a trotting or
pacing horse should not be under-
rated. The horse with a good tem-
perament will do more work and do
it better than one which has not
a well balanced temperament,
HINTS FOR THE FARMER
Treat the herd boar with kind-
ness - and also . with considerable
caution,
Don't change the collar ;rem one
horse to another,
Do not allow the cows to dry up
during 'the latter part of summer,
as this necessitates keeping them
through winter giving a smaller flow
of milk than they; should,
A little oil of pennyroyal or oil
of cloves will drive flies away from
the stable,
At any season, when the horse
has ` become excessively warm : he
should be cooled off gradually,;
Cultivate a cheerful tone in.
speaking to your horse,
A cow's value is, determined by
the solids iii her milk,
It does not nay to feed and care
for inferior horses on the farm,
Warm sliiaz milk fox feeding pur-
poses soon pays the cost' of a farm
separator,`
I.
Sinks—"Tired of living on mut-
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a bit o' fowl occasionally ?" Binks
(absently) ---"Can't very well ; none
of slay neighbors keep poultry.
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GERMANS .»RRit,f) 1 3.
Will Empire Fall Next Year As
Propheeled By a Sorceress.
The .recent Socialist victories in
Germany; have revived the singular
story of Emperor L and
the fortune truer, which at the time.
of the Q1d Kaiser's death was whis-
pered with awe by the supersti-
tions. There is now only one part
of the prophecy left unfulfilled,, and
the date for that is set for neat.
year.
The story goes that in 1849 the
Crown Prince who was later to be-
come the first Emperor, fatted him-
self in Baden, rind heard so many
stories of au old fortune teller that
he was induced to go to see her,
The sorceress was seated at as table,
on which were spread various bits
of wood bearing figures. Her cus-
tom was to touch time pieces of
wood with n peneil, guided, as she
assured her clients, entirely by in-
spiration. Combined in some way
these figures gave you the, most ex-
act information as to the future.
"In what year will the German
Empire be founded Z" fast asked
the Prince, whose head was already
full of his great ambition.
The old woman took up the fig-
ures 1, 6, 4, and, 8, and formed the
number of the current year, Then
she touched various other figures
and placed them ,one by one in a
column under this first line. The
Prince said when she had finished
that the date 1849 appeared twice
in different form, thus:
1849
1
8
4
0
"Add them," said the fortune-
teller, "and you will find the year
in which the German Empire will
be founded."
The prince, did as he was told and
found the total to be 1871. ,
"When will I die 7" he asked
next.
The sorceress made the date 1871,
and then began touching figures
again. She. touched four and ar-
ranged them as she had done in the
first instance. Prince William saw
that she had again, repeated the
date:
1871
1
8
7
1
"Add them," she
said;
"they
give the year in which you will.
die." z
They came to 1886.
The Prince put Isis third and last
question ,
"When will the German Empire.
fall 7"
A third time the woman fixed the
last date and added four figures.
When she had finished the Prince
saw:
1858
1
8
8s
"Add themand you have the date
of the fill of the German Empire.»'
The figures came to 1913.
This odd story was told when Wil-
liam I, died in 1888, after being
crowned Emperor in 1871. Twice
have, the old witch's figures told tbo
truth. Superstitious folk look at
the election returns and wonder
what will bo the empire's fortunes
in 1913.
SARDINES AND SPRATS.
Few Know Difference When Little
Fish Get in Tina.
Though they are totally different
species of fish, sprats are sometimes
sold acs sardines, and few people
know of the, distinctions between
them. .Briefly, a sardine is a young
pilchard. In its immature state it
lives in the warm waters off the
shores of France, Italy,. and Spain,
though oeeasionaliy' it xs found not
far from the eoast of Devon and
Cornwall, England. The mature
pilchard is, however, a well-known
Cornish fish.
On the other hand, a sprat is a
sprat, and the small specimens one
sees in the shops are fully -grown
fish, Sprats are caught in enor-
mous quantities off the coasts of the
British Isles and in Norwegian wa-
ters.
In France there are . no fewer
than 170 factories engaged in the
trade of preparing and tinning sar-
dines. Towards the middle of the
eighteenth century, at Nantes, ear -
dines were first prepared in olive -
oil and packed in barrels, and there
are no fewer than ane hundred and
sixty-one different methods of cook-
ing this delectable dish. Enormous
exportations of sardines are made
annually to Australia and South
Africa..
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