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OHAPTEB Ie,-40ont1need),
"Tor rt, vele along. the Stalstead, road,
Where we were panahe in the Vein,'" en-
sWered Deices untretbfully, "Please let
Vi e pass, father, ; ate wet end must
ohattgo ina 'goatee.
"Wipe your slates first," Mr. Carwardine
ordered, 'Yoe, will have no more reheat
teem ale th16 Yeer. so Vete had better, t,eke
oare of three yeu heve,'
"I dare f alr I oan make i par of sten-
dais," repliee Duloie, "Some of the leetit-
er oovers of these old booka in the librery
woulddo sple.ndidly for the wales.
Iler father turned pee°,
If you eauch one o.f my beiges," he said,
"'you. will regret it-peinfully!"
"Weltat, woult you do if I aid?" Asked
Delete impertinentla. "You couldn't kill
rae, you know, because you would be
ha,nged if you did."
"You will probably be 'lensed one deer!"
enareed the old man,
"I shouldn't be eurprieed-for perriceie,'
said Duleie wickedly,
Mr. Carwardiae drew aside, and lot las
daughters pass Jute the.house. Thee' weet
at oncte to their bedrooms, whkh oemme
un
etteed 'with each other. Blue Poste was ft
large, rambling, old hetet% with loug cor,
riders, eeveral etairettees, rooms of cure
outs sempe, and Wind -owe in oddPlates.
"Delete, 'wily do you bandy words with
fathe.re" Prineroee salted reproachfully.
"You know it only makes his temper
worteee"
"1 easet help doing it. Even a worm
will turn, you kuow. It menet do for hira,
to think he ean "terrify us. We are too
old to be frightened into submission now."
"lie is quite likely to find out eve have-
n't been along the Stalstead road, and
then he will tell to; we are liars."
"It is hie fault if we axe. But don't
trouble yourself about lather, Pram.; he
is a weeked old men, although he ie our
father. When I mune home from echos,'
three Teens ago, I -thought perhaps he
might only be bad-tempered and mean,
but now I realize the kind or mon lie is.
He hates us, and does his best to make our
lives miserable, just because -we are young
and want to enjoy oureelvese That is why
am resolved to marry Arthur belturbet,
and get away from this hateful house."
Her tone wae paenonate, and her hands
shook as she tossed eeitie lier damp 'cotton
ilreee, and put on an old ,serge skirt and
white blouse.
"We must weer ear muslin dresses at
the picnic," she seed, with a change of
tone. "I would give anything if I could
get some pale blue ribbon for a waist -
belt. Are you sup we haven't any =nee..
Prim? There is some lovely ribbon et
threepence a yard in the village."
'I lia,ven't a farthing, in the world" was
the reply,
"I here a very great mind to take some
of those old books that are in the attic
and sen them." said Delete. -
"Oh, please don't do anything of the
elude" cried Prim:rose, with alarm. "If
father missed any of his books, our lives
here would. be unendurable."
Detects made no rejoinder. An idea had
ocourred to her, and as it was; one that
required some thinking out, her tongue
was eall while her brain was bard at
work.
CRAP -TER in.
Arthur Belturbet and the Herriotts sat
on the terrate of Old Howe -waiting for
the sound of the gong to surtunort there
to binebeon.
"You are a lucky beggar, Arthur," se -
merited Jill]. leerriOtit. "Six months ago
you wee •penniless and werkless, like ale,
end now you ere ro1l1ug literaily rolling,
in wealth, and the world its 'ell before you
• where to ehoceee as somebody or other
excited at the idea Qf uieeb1ue he yrood
nempb s
11Jeieter laughed.
"So an I. she said. "I am sure it will
be chamber."
They Walked alovely across the Aelds and
thriregit the woods until they (mute to the
peen appointed for the pieuic. elte tete
basket had been peeved in readineee by
Belem:bet% men, but no Miesee Ottrwardine
'were to be seen,
"They are not coming," said eferriotb
-with obvious disappointmeate "Arthur,
tells is a eon!. Let as 4ave. tea to make
up for et."' •
"We egad tea at four oeslook," replied
Belturbet, "and its le only, a quarter to.
You must wait a bit, aim.'
They waited mita ,halepast four, -when
Phblippa said she meet either have her
tea or go home, and the kettle wee ethane
-
hie before the Miesee Carwardine came
in sight, Belturbet hurried to meet them.
"Bettor late than never' efad Ileariott,
with a twinkle in his oyes. •
Duloie laughed, the ice wags brolten, anti
the necessery inteminotione were rued°.
"Tim reasoe we are so late," explfaned
Duloite "is OW1OF to a ia0MeetiO earth-
coukike. In other wards, father hes gone
to Loudate, a thing he lam not done to our
endededge 'for three years. Re did not
les.valioute before half -past three, and we
had to, welt till he Xikti "gene,",
"I suppose,You sent to the station to Aoe
him oft I"' queried Rerriott, •
Delete flaehed him e leak out of leer !ve-
getate -not blueeyes.
she -replied, in a tone that left no
doubt in the minds of any of her audience
as to the degree of affection that existed.
between Mr. Carwardine and big daughter.
Philippas tadked, pleaseittly to Primrose,
whilet Belturbet watched the kettle, and
Herriott exehanged noneense with leulcie.
Philippe's eriticae oyes had takenin at
glanee the home -raft -de muslin drosses,
thIelr ahoes, and cheep:little hate of the
visitore.
-Prettily, but badly dressed," she
thought. -Conners!' znice-one a tomboy,
anti the other ;quiet. Which has gray'
eyes? Tee by one?" elle gazed sharply
at her hoot, who awes, howeve, 'listening
to Dulcie's shatter with Jim,- patting in.
a, word ter° and there'.
"Isn't the kettle boiling yet?" she aek-
ed. We ha,ve been waiting so long for
tea."
"I am afraid it is our fault," said Due
cie. "e are awfully teeny, aretet we,
Prim?'
"Very," said Primrose politely, "I wish
you had not waited for us."
"Not, waited foe youl" meet). The in neeelt.
horror. "Why,. othret 'pan understand,
Miss Oaenvardine, you two lefties are. the
picnic! Without- you the day was a -fail-
ure? We have be loelsbege leeward to
this tea- ever siege we got up this morn-
ing." •
"Then I hope your expeetations are real-
ized," said Dulele.
"To the tallest possible extent," replied,
Herriott. `If you will come for a walk.
after tea I -will tell you exaotly what Bel-
turbet led. us to- expeot."
Dulcie looked teem Belturbet to Philip-
pa, =who was talking to him, and a sudden
suspicion awoke ea her, "What if title
fashionablydreseed girl, too, had. --e She
did not finish the sentence.
"ler. Belturbet," he asked gaily, "do
7011 call Mr. Herriett your friend? Well,
he is not!"
Belturbet laughed, and, came, over to Dul-
cie.
"Why, isn't he?" lie inquired.
elle is going to tell me everything you
told him a,bout usesaid Dulete.
i
"Let him say it n my hearierg, then,"
_retorted Belturbet. fif yeti delft be-
have yourself, this is the last picnic 7011
ehall come to."
Philippa rose from the tree trunk op
said.which she had been eitang.
lierriott laughed. Ite was as tell as "What are you three plotting?" she
Belturbet but carried himself better. Me
hair was deeidedly reit his shrewd eyes
. were brown, and a reddiebsbrown mous-
tache hid a firm -lipped but generally 6111il-
ing mouth.
"Luck is an odd thing," said Beitur•
bet -1 never for one moment' imagined
that 7shotad ever own all this. Even now
I cannot realise that I have as much
honey as 1 cart pend, Honestly, X do not
-feel a bit happier." •
"I should if Tvvere in your elme," Her -
as e
"Arthur's downfall," replied her brother,
"After tea I am going to tell Mies Ow-
wardine exactly what he told as about
her, and tben she will never speak to him
again." -
"You are alarming Mies Carwaedine an.
necessarily," •said Philippa, "because, as
a matter of fact, Mr. Belturbet was um
able to tell us anything whatever about
you. He roused our curiosity, and then
when we questioeed him all that he could
riott deelereci. with a chuckle. If some- recollect was that one of you had gray
• body or other ,vroulti die and leave Philip. eaesi •
pa, and me a feetune, we should feel ex- 'Ole Arthur•
told me a lot more than
traordinarily hampy„ thouldn't eve?" that!" deceased aim.
"I hope you were not very hard on us,"
He looked at his sister, wbo reclined in
said Dulcie, and looked appealingly at ber
a big lounge chair.
host, "or unkind, because we have no
We should," was her -decided reply.
smart dresses and only clumsy shoes.'
'But no one is likely th do that, so We
e
She extended her foot rather thickly llen have to continue to be as harMY as
shod it is true, but the ankle shown was
possible 112 our Retie flat at Nonsingtene very neat, and the foot undeniably small.
'e "There is not very much in it" • said
Philippe, lIerriott smiled at her brother
friend as she apoke, and her smile was Jan pointedly.
very honeyed. Like her brother, she NVS.fl "No,' •agreed Dulcie, "all the -Oarwerd.
tall. Seste bed hair of brightest chestnut, Ines have smaal hands and feet end noses."
and bee' features were large and regales, She had noticed that Mies Herriottes
and beneath well -marked eyebrows two
big brown eyes looked eppraisingly nt flug
world. Chestnut hair, brown eyee„ a white
skin, very red lips, and a fine figure made
Philippa Harriett noticeable wherever she
went. She wore a dreos of palest pink
linen, made by herself, very eimply and
plainly, yet out in the correct fashion of
tale moment. Both men were aware that
Peilippa's dresees, hats, and shoes were
of the kind worn by women of fashion,
and also that she had made the dresses
and trimmed the hats hereelf. Philippa
was elever. She was an artist, and al-
• though no genius, always managed to
hulas plenty of work to do, and by it earn-
ed a respectable income.
Her /soother, ago, was clever. Re was
esuanessed to be an engineer, and ,spent
most of his time in a workshop at the
back of hie offices. He Was responsible
for various inventions, some ef which he
had sold, but the majority of which had
paseed into limbo. H managed to main-
tain the &roan flat at Reatsington, where
tee brother and sister lived. They were
good friends, seldom at orose-purposes, nn
derstanding each other well. _
Herriott had known .Artbur Belturbet
for mauy years, and was the first to hear
of hie good fortune. When Belturbet
wrote to him, and begged lam to bring lie
•sister 1:0 Old. Ramo, and help with a gar-
den -party, the invitation was accepted
with delight.
Sim eaine beta:lace he liked Belturbet,
and Philippa, because she had nothing to
keep her in London in July, and was feel.
ing e little dull.
Jim was twenty-six and his sister two
years his junior. She did not know Bel-
turbet very well, became she had never
encouraeed any ef Jim's impecuniotte
friends to come to the at, having an en-
iently eractiese mind; but the owner of
Old Rouse was a very different personal -
lite item a penniless barrister, and Pieta
itota meant to turn hie friendebip with
Jim to the best poestible Dement.
She bad listened with interest while he
• reattee now he had met the two Cerwar-
dine girls, and had professed to be eherne-
ed at the idea of making their acquaint.
avec
"Filet are the two 'woodland nymphs
like?" twittered Herriott,
Belturbet inbstrect hard to deseribe them,
but: utterly failed to eatiefy hie friend's
iieteosity,
-One of them lute grey eyes," ha conehul.
,,et lamely, "and the other blue. Other.
vete smell:tee to me to be Imre meek;
alika
, well, tenlarked eterriott, "we shall
eoct for oureelees,"
Pltellera prepaeea for the little Wt -
.tart threight of several matters, but
eiteeile of the various allege elle had no'
title ;n Ole Reuse that ehowed the deeere
elyeify. of e eine:este. She did, Tett etange
lest peer eie se, bta 'pinnate a large ftbady
bat, 112.21, olited lin to perfectiort on hor
.beaetifellyailiffered cheetnut hair, and
,wher, she joined the Iwo men on tee, eee,
rime, .er rt lo het brother she looked par.
lime -tee etteettive.
-Come r);1, Philippa 1" he said. "Arthur
1,;.. eozen of eie reed/lel:a fOrWera
OP lea, and I ton getting' tar:Meetly
shoes, although exceedinely emart and
light 'were very long, and also that her
nose was rather a prominent feature.
Philippe recognized that the little coun.
try mouse did not 3nean to be snubbed,
and was apparently quite able to hold
her own.
"And the lierriotts ba,ve all long, elm.
der feet, and good figures." she said,
laughingly,
"Yes, look at miner sad her brother.
"7 have got a mueh finer figure than Bel -
turbot. You've got tete bookworm'e stoop,
old man. Now I am here I will drill you
for half -au -hour every day. and =erten
you up a bite"
Belturbet shrugged lie shouldere and
shook his heed.
"Whenh
you have all finised tea," he
announced. ''I will take you for a really
nice walk."
They sauntered %tough the woods. Bel-
turbet and Philippa led the way, while
Jim followed wieh Prirarose and Duleie.
The merry laughter of the latter grated
on Philippa, and when they had areived
at the pool to which 13e1turbet had led
them Dulcie effected a change of partnere.
She lingered behind with Beltureet, and
Prenirose, in obedience to a glance from
Delete, walked On with Philippa and Jim.
Philippa svas rather silent, but Prim -
roots .and Itermote had play to say to
eaoh other, for ae there was no enthergo
placed on her friendship 'with this indi-
vidual, Primrose was her natural light-
hearted self. Not quite eo irresponsible
and vivacious as Delete, but stili a girl
who had a fund of cheerful, eaey conver-
sation. Philippa, appeared to lieten, but
her thoughts were already oceepied,
Which of these country name wag the
most dangerous? Wes it the geri at .her`
sule who steemed to have nothing to say
to her, but a great deal to Tim; or was it
the younger girl, who flirted openly with
Jim, and then calmly called Belturbet to
her side, and "kept him there. She harden-
ed her bear!, against both, and congratu-
lated lerself with the reelection that as
che was etaeing at Old House, she would
have far mere o pertunity of being with
Belt:exact than either of the retrwartlines,
Jive seemed to like their societytied if he
embarked on a, flirtation with 0115 of them,
as la, seemed extremely likely to do, she
thougat she could manage to 'keep Bee
turbot eat of the clutebes of the other
girl, Philippe, 'wag not aceustomed to re.
buten in tile background, and she believed
she vole, ie ordinary oiretanstancee far
more then nraatch for a couple of -coun-
try =idolise
When they returned to the ecene of the
Pritnroem mad they meet stay good-
bye. Beltnrbet invited them to come to
Olft House rtne See tite improvements that
had, been made.
"Another time," replied Primrose. "But
Ot 110W, 111Sflig 7od."
StIggeStedi 1134)t A110114 221 1 ead
,he Masses flerveledine home, but an
Philippa, profeeeed to be tired. Beiturbet
walked back to Old Rome) with her, %thee
Jim seem/moiled Dulcie iltei PritrireSe to
the gathe of 1111112 Poste.
"Wo calla invite you in," saitt Dukes.
"We aro toe allowed to eels arty one 512-
81215 the gate."
"Med lines oe Lite other people," eald
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Berriott -sympathetically. "But I thought
Mr. Carwardine hed gone avraY?".
"Old Martha, our eoak and general fac-
totum, tells tales," explained Dalcie,
shrugging her shoulders.
Primrose caught sight of an adventur-
ous hen that had .strayed from the fowl
-
yard into the garden.
"Look at that wretcheli fowl!" she cried.
"Good-bye, elm Harriett. I must chase it
away."
She ran off to the flower -bed in which
the hen was scratching. busily.
Herriott and Dulcie stood talking for
quite ten minutes after she left them, and
when Dulcie returned to the house aer
eyes were sparkling, and her •eheeks
pinker than usual.
As they sat at their evening meal., whesh
was frugal in the extreme, Delete was
very cheerful.
"Isn't it lovely to be alone, without fa-
ther to glower at ve?" she asked. Then
added, with a complete eleange of tone -
"Miss Harriett does not like us -I wonder
why? At least, I don't wonder -I know."
"I don't see why the should dislike us,"
said Primrose thoughtfully.
"Don't you? ledo. She is afraid we
Ety trespass on what she looks upon as
her preserves. But I am perfectly sure
Mr. Belturbet etheen't care a bit for her."
Duicie, saad Primrose, I wish you
would give np that idea. You know what
I mean -it is so unworthy of you"
"I cannot see it like that at all. He is
sure to wry some one, and -wily not
nee?"
Primrose shook her head.
"It le -unworthy of you," she repeated.
"I don't agree with you," retorted Dul.
Me, and her ferget-me•not blue eyes look-
ed defiant. "Don't you think I ehall zaake
as good a mistrese of the Old Rouse as
Herriott?" '
"It ien't that. It is the thought that
you ehould deliberately set out to entrap
a man. reeve yeti no pride or self-,
respeet?"
'I suppose you well be more upset when
I tell you that, since 3 cannot ask hem
into the house, I am going to xaeot Mr,
lierriott outside our gate at balf-paet
eight, and go for a. sealer'
Primrose looked aghast. '
"Duicie! I— she cried protestingly,
but her sister wolfed not allow her to 510 -
ab her sentence..
"Nothing you will say will make any
difference, Prinz," she said. "I am going.
Why should I never have any fun? -You*
need, not be in the leaet alarmed. I told
hint I would riot stay out for more then
half an hoer."
"But," said Primrose as a forlorn hope,
"suppose Mr. Belturbet hears that you go
out for evening 'weeks with his friend?"
"He wont hear," replied Duloie eon.
fidently. "I shall take partioular care
abonl ti t "
Primrose sighed. Dulcie had avvays
been Weft", and inaim present mood it
was useless to say anything to her. She
waited restlessly en the sbabby
roota welle Intim° kept her tryst with aim
Herriote
After dinner sta Old Houle, when Her,.
riott said he thought that a wale would
do him good, Belturbet looked' doubtfully
from brother to sister, end woridered 51
he ought to stay with Pitilippa or go with
him He felt tired, and looked it, a feet
witiett Philippa's; iteen eyes had noted.
'I' believe our hoot ie tired,' elm eald.
"Caret, You go for a, stroll by yourself,
;tam and I will give Mr. Belturbet some
mune?"
"Thatets :feet what I should like!" said.
t , 1 "
Phili0rd wctii to the drawing -room ae•
cordingly, followed by lieltuebet, and Be -
Mott }merle" away through the grounds,
Philippa, wee a good mueician, and she
played and ming mcledioue little songs
for hell' an Ileum while Delturbet eat Sdiy
in it big chair, eometimes 'listening and
sometittea ilizatentive.
peeeefdy t1i gJrI lirme trout the pierce,
and sat where Be turbot could ttee ber. She
imeve she wiretle u chitin -Meg picture in
her e6r1in11 di -es of palest, green, with it
'rotate of le:Imo in her eliestnut hair, 1s
Beltlirb et uiinixked lier for the, eongs 110
thought wha t a greeteal, aceomplielree
woolen his friend's sigter VMS, hut fat
not elm foietest Urrirt gs of any <teepee
Philippa 60, her lipe drably, for ehe real-
Ilead thee' eo fee else had net been eloe to
moye tattoo any interest eeeept it ptereame
°Shiggeuld3r14,1022104 beat to direet convertioteint
into eerstetal Channel% bet lielterect Well
toe 14 A safieentsiee Med; end Ott, lellgte
4h"eelaileee
ted.
vgo and meet altn?" �1t 0411t.
od. "I believe I eari see the ette pf hie
eigAtel4tiotetepoptleiderespitofho
deotthInv
learaitinl'vin.(4)y„,
1102088 the terraece, Toed. met' Hewlett,
t'You ought to bave come with' me, ,Ae.
thur," Ile eaid cooely, "7 heels bed it die
lightful street,"
"I will, ittlether night, oatt temp," replied
Reiturbet, '
"And rii iiiiii, lellY good Cole Yell
dollar thought liteIle had eniere4 hio
uteattarvItaeltIonelivitaLlkelie,i.e trenzeileollely, ;oat
They went bac) to tile holm, and Plinee
pa retired annett at once, leaving the
tWo men 0.10110. Thee cheated and Molted
1417nlid:t3111t.;4nr4thut7,1412 110:41;4. "a
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atuo0, .te
up.
nrCaltstIoti "oottiy RS he went ,to las
room,
"The nicest girl 7 htletti Ittet ,fer Years!"
teueremotrutured, "'teed AO eeette as it pie
,
Beiturbet Wait tired, lett Maces, lle
wiehed Mlee etray lilyee Would make leer
thief:nee*. Re •wantee to tale to her, See
was 60 unimeeatitahly *low thatho wee
beginning to foot annoyed.
Before he fell aeleep, he determined to
open the campaign -iiiineelf he telking to
he and waken with her, etethe earliest
opeortunity, This "alfeirel he eeoided,
would afford him even more amusement'
than he had antioipatee, .
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CHAPTER IV, ,
A. week before the gardenmarty Prim
roee pensively examined her old white
dress. She was thineing that no matter
what ehe did with this it would etillelooli
hopelessly old•faelzioned, *when, Dace)
opened the doer.
"Dona waste time looking at, that old
rag!" she said. "You are not gorng to
'wear it at the garden -patty. I have a
BUr"Areis:rptroirsel:0puer."haps, but not a new
dre,ss," replied .Primrose, still fingering
the despised gaement '
• "Prim, you are a nice girl, but hope-
lessly antiquated in. your ideas," said
Duane. "As it happens, my surprise is
that we are going to Helmsford this very
day to get new &eases. We wia •go to
Garth'e for them."
Garth's was a shop beloved by every
lady in the county, for the most delight.
Tut clothes could be purchased there, ewe
and only, in the genera opinion, th those
obtainable in Regent, Street. -
"Don't talk nonsense, Dade!" was Pelee
rose's eisterly rebuke, as she turned the
=stilt dreets round to look at it from'
another point of -view.
"Primrose," said Dulele emphabieally,
"we are both of ue to hate new dresses,
hats, and shoes at Garth's. I have got
fifteen pountle to buy them with!"
Primrose looked at her slitter in sudden
alarm..
lieve
, not borrowed it from any.
bedly?" she asked.
'Certainly not. I am not quite as bad
as that. I have sold . some ald., books.
ThPartimr's aloSie'es' expression of arum deepeued.
"Dulcie, if father finds out---'
"Re won't. Ile can never find out who
took them unless you tell him."
'But who didyouget to buy them?"
askeodniZivkanyianr°8.
e'question's. Let it be oaf-
"T
Relent 'tor you th know that I have three
five-pouad notes, and we axe going to
Garth's this afternoon."
,neecr. Ilrerriott is going to drive us.'
Primrose reflected for a minute.
"But if Martha sees us in new dresses,
she will wonder where eve got them from.
She will tell father, and it will all come
out. Dulcie, 1 wish you had not done it!"
"Don't be silly! I have arranged every-
thing. Wo shall start from here in out
muslin frocks, but drese properly at Old
House -we are going to lunch there, one"
old Martha will never see them. We eau
smuggle there back one day, and keep
them here in caee of an emergency. Now,
am I not clever?'"
'Too clever! Delete, you have made a,
imii,ii,e;rbtacatile,. Wearehat does 11 matter' if we are
roee, and Dulcie laughed and colored:
cause he is so mute. nicer tlia.n Mr. ael-
reeIltlyanuaptsteerter a, greet deal to me '
riott for once. I hate that red-haired girl,
admitted. 'It is a pity he ie so poor, be.
battle. dreseed? We are nobodies, You
know how terrible father is when he is
Primrose."
ing to be as well-dressed as Philippa, Her.
are deessed!" retorted Duleie. "I am go.
-No. He's not a bit like Philippa," she
"You don't hate ber brother," sitid Prim -
how we
You don't get your fingers
cut."
-What de 7011 mean?"
" You may pley with edged toole" '
"Ole don't preach! Mr. Rerriott ana I.
understand each •other perfectly; besides,
he is leaving Old Home in a week' time,
and I can then devote myself entirely to
Mr. Belturbet-the wonderful Arthur!"
She laughed mockingly, and dances".
ligihrtilmyrefre.eoTtitflhede racromig.h. Du.teie wsts. very
wilful. Although behind Beltarbet's back
she flirted with Marriott, and met him se-
cretly, .yet she had not ,swerved from her
determination- to be mistress of Old House.
She was so charming, so gag, and alto-
gether delightful, that it eeemed to Peke.
rose 4that Arthur Belturbet cduldlnot fail
to appreciate her many attractions.
She did not know that when Belturbet
was Jettening to Dulciea nonsense- he .was
eeneesy -watching Primrose,- The eider
girl puzzled him. Once he had asked him.
self if he could have been ratetaleti, and
whether ie was blue-eyed Maoist who had
marked him for her prey? But he decided
that petty, gay, ,sureasetempered Dulcie
was not the kind of girl•to beyet a fixed
purpose at heart; ehe was a frolicsome
little minx, elate ready'to flirt with him
or with Rerreott, but With no thonght for
anything ,beyoed the present moment!
ne 'waited. patiently, keeping his keen
brown eyes on Primrose, end hie ears
open to her voice, while all the 'time Prim.
ease felt rather than saw that she was
.11101-doenia.c?olrotibiciellirig weighed 'in ;Oen bal.
ance, elle quite Veiled td gness for ,what
reason. But, it made her ill -at -ease, and
she seldom spoke to Belturbet unless he
adlea
"One
dede
ityhImstippeee,„
thought Belturbet,
"sheewill And me alone, buret into eears,
fling her erms aroma' me nee.k, ana tell
me she tannot live 'without me, and all
threeiteytlinedhal ethetyn,g,.yen`ery, arde
er
.BNIVvreis6et rirititinle-
girl and 0 good actress, only 7 happened
to hear a certain boxivereation between
you end your sate in the wirode, and
therefore I eumnOt help feeling that your
effection is not altogether disinterested.'
I -wonder whet he 'tent do then? Paint,
I suppose, or have hysterice."
The young anan bed been pondering this
matte ofl the day wreeedieg tbe garden -
party, before Philippe asked him to walk
through the grounds to See if everythieg
wee in readinese. lerimroge, Dulcie," and
Ilerriott were playing croquet. It had,
become en everyday eaccurrence for the
Carwerdine tester's to spend the afternoon
at Old Rowe. Philippa lead done her beat
to prevent this, but Harriett' had declar-
ed it watild be a sin to hate two charm-
ing girle wariderieg about the woods when
Ite"Ywoatis naleidnegat°trotiele tytintihrsgrli with them.
Philippa," he id added. '7 expeet they
are a bit too uneoplastieeted i'm you tool
Lebilheeuer,±bhteizet, 11"
elike them, end thee like me
-My dear Thin 1 fairer they flee pet-
feetly eliarming, •oiey I thought their fa.
the anigbt, become trouhleitomee Philip-
pa had replied, cletermitate to make the
boot of it. (0 be erinuedi .
Can't Ilelp It.
"Which do you love most—your
papa or your mama'?" ,Charlie—"i
love papa most.,'' Oh arlie' s mo-
ther—"Why, Charlie, 1 am surpria-
ed at ,Volt, 1 thought you loved me
mostl" CM rlie--"Can't hel--, it,
Matnma; we men have to hold to-
gether.''
,
• Persia's Young Shah.
Sultan Ahmed 'Mirza, the youth-
ful Shah of Persia, was crowned at
Teheran, Persia, 'July 21, on be-
coming . 16 year old, his official
majority. The youngstor took the
constitutional oath of office in the
palace of the National Council.
The Imperial crown was so large
that the little Shah, who placed it
on his own headq was compelled to
hold it in position while, the Chief
Mullah was making a brief ad-
dress. Ahmed Mirza succeeded to
the throne in 1905, on the death of
his father.
41a4b4faort 4.1,4aveloa,-
Some Double Crops.
While twe 'crops a season Oil it
piece of ground will bring double
profit, there is,
of course, a cone-
spondiug double amount of -vitality
sapped from the soil and the fre-
quent application of a good fertil-
izer is imperative; lest the ground
soon become thin and unproductive,
writes Mr. 111 Cove.
• In the garden one may utilize for
second and even third crops the,
beds in Which early.peas, beans, ra-
dishes and lettuce were grown.
The same is true of the early
sweet corn. It is advisable not to
plant the samd article twice in the
same spot in succession, lout rotate
the products. tie same as in field
rotation of crops.
A swell prepared seed bed at, each
Planting is .almost' essential, and a
sprinkling of fine, rich manure will
prove very beneficial to the growing
plants ts and in maintaining soil fer-
Sow-oats as,
early as possible in
the spring, mow them for just- a
few days in advance of the time
they would be reaped for the grain:
remove them from the nerd as soon
as they are sufficiently cured and
stack well for future feeding pur-
poses. •
Then put as many teams in the
field as can he spared. Stir the
ground quickly and thoroughly im-
mediately sowing it to millet.
Usually, the millet may be mown
a.nd stacked early in September 'and
the field hurriedly cultivated and
sown to rye, which will make excel-
lent pasturage at a time when it
is most needed. •
•The wheat or rye fields may be
utilized in the same manner,' and
being somewhat earlier, is better
adapted to growing double crops
than :the oats stubble.
The potato patch may he made to
double its profits by sowing it to
millet, eane or kaffir corn after it
has been laid by. Sewing the,
ground to some other product alao,
wields the 'benelimal influence of
keepint down the *Weed pests whieh
always bob up atter you stop plpw.,
Ing the potato eillete and wb,ieb,
where unmolested, furnish
of seeds for propagaimg # rank 494
troublesotne growth Ot Weeds th,11
next oeason, beside helping to drain
the soil of its fertility,
Or if one will dig the potaes
from the early patch they will bring
a high price Itt that Sea -Son and thd
ground may be sown to rape for hog
Pasture.
We have seen fine corn growing
between the rows of early potatoes
after they had been laid by.
Late tomatoes, cabbages a,nd tur-
nips also May be raised among the
potato vines as successfully as
though they occupied a plot by
themselves.
Tent Caterpillar.
If the tent caterpillar pitches its
home in your orchard, - remember
that its flock is gathered together in
the home at night. the 'members go-
ing forth by day to look for food. A
torch applied -to the home evenings
or early Mornings catches the worm
in quantities. If in midsummer
you .find a bunch of brown worms
with red markings clustered on the
trunk of a walnut or apple tree do
not., be alarmed, but .get busy. Like
the swarm -of bees they will not hang
there many hours for they are only
molting: By the next day the old
skins alone will be left to tell the
i
story, while the larvae, each n a
bright new coat, will be scattered
over the tree, rapidly denuding it of
its leaves. 'Thus is the handmaid
moth easily kept in cheek by taking
advantage of its peculiar habits.
Alfalfa.
Ordinarily no treatment is need-
ed after the -crop has been started,.
as long as the alfalfa shows a good
stand and there is no tendency to
run to weeds. If the -weeds begin
to prove troublesome, it is advis-
able to give the ground a thorough
harrowing, after cutting, with the
teeth of the harrow set itql.
siderable angle. Thisthe
weeds and is decideorkSebeneficial
to the .alfalfa, because of the loos-
ening.of the soil, and the harrow
does not injure the roots of the
crop. There has been considerable
objection to -disking the alfalfa, field
with the ordinary disc -harrow, be-
cause it is claimed that the...plants
are injured by splitting up the
MMUS.
•. Correctly Brought tip.
"Now, ehildren,," said the teach-
er$ "supposing a big, fierce tiger
were to seize one of your play-
mates in its hungry jaws, and carry
him off, what would you do?" There;
was no reply. Half the youngsters
were wishing it was dinner -time,
and the other half Wished for no-
thing more fervently than that such
a tiger would devote its attention
to teachers who asked foolish ques-
tions. "'Come, Thomas," she said.
"Wouldn't you -cry out for _help?"
"No, mum," said Thomas promptly.
"Please, mum, mother always says
we shouldn't never speak at meal
times, please, mum."
• Willie's Troubles.
Willie eame home from school
crying bitterly. "Mother," he
sobbed, "I'm not going to try and
be good any more," "Why, Willie,
whatever is the matter ?" inquired
his mother. "Boo! ,boo 1" sobbed
Willie. "I was in school to -da, -7,
and I—I saw Teddy Smith put a
bent pin on the teacher's chair, and
b -because I did not want teacher to
sit on the pin pulled his chair
&way, and he sat on the floor. He
gave me a thrashing for willing lds
chair away when he got u- and
when I got outside Teddy Smith hit .
me for pulling the pin a -away, and
not rainclin" my own b -business."
Her Father—You have been pay-
ing attentions to my daughter. You
haven't proposed yet. His Lord-
ship -Not yet, sir. Her Father
Now, let us come right down to
business. Wha,b will you take not
to propose?
Sugar
does make the
.bread and butter
taste good !"
IT is when you spread
. it out on bread or /4
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