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Or, A Strange Stipulation.‘
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("RAPPER Xheedeoeteottelt. aeif, "ta bieiet. aka! it,:e A:rte.:It toot:ear; •
• hut I den't .1tele eee how 't ai -etre to be'
elle, raug aim bee end rotation -0 the: done; ead peeeehe, ehater' ath'eah;'might
eervant. ,i hlueder! lett ,-he 7,3 teo really . weet to
eWbee del Mho 1'oel:3 eat!. Mary?"' -: be weeted ell her ale. I am only afraid:
• "One (Lie last week, me- leev. I told: e.de 1 will rvel:ze whet he hae lee: when:
Jaer You woe ert ahet:aill ane sheet da ehe he fieee tit tt aane other Man has Ceuta.
wetee uld wr:ts- 4:a° 1e:I7,:. liee."
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".1. wieh I could eseeabere• said. Lely El- ,''
len. in her Maples:ye way. ; . Cli elarFR Ne'l
To. th.ne, wee to eat. • . : ' " a fe " ' '- ' - ' • ,
Mary rang up. fer a take .aud he drove It77441 he.'t 1zcZ, . nary Auemet when
ova . to ecet if e et. eerel ;led. Mee Pews. Enid Led teem u;"i her lihe he in told:
' If -any one ears,' :lie hal eeel to the ' roe ree whzee the atel Julien had oetee ,
meid. ' ycu een leg: teat I aux.W
in 1C4 hit, bee:1 ,7) )13:Ppi• '..; • . : : .
a fornegat." . i There wee exquolte eleeeure and pein -
--ree women elle .,e.- , hoe, te toe wee a eteebalz I. for Ing to eed herhaf in those
-eh. :n .:".:f her 1,;...E.. 1111 ,,b,11:-7,3-,,,, ,,,,, nv:d14,,, , Wen -lir.;. W. It 14111Ton,:3 kr:A i: and ettet for a
ag,ed. capeble. Land weeeme one whom tee delet Ate del 11,;):11:117, but :en. and let .
Lady Eleen leved most eiecerely. M:se Mne. (eaeltn telteoiere ef her. . •
Pow.s vaa a ezeitted num. but. eu:vin?. a Her leadietiy wee geellanely .eirry for
eartael a -moue; et eahaaea he 113d tali -ea her. aed wee kielree. !Lett; but. Enid
trei z he a :vete el' le tits:in g e !mast entirely Qua MY met z"4 te: e 1 the 1' 11.111 was
he w.,,7, ef thatety, aaa „tie „„wheely eeafinv.1 to Mra tea-plia;
teleo elle dee
Tre, taxi wee ....e,„y,„ginela a great megalee ,n pima baele -..ei
o rte. a in the ye seer eh:tarter., taf'.: a- 7"C"'4 5" YarY k Ivh• '114' "'he
a eteeet Hohe 'a ty. ehere ele.- heel 1 etei kne x0. leople were
The- pretty lade w. man ehive,e1 neon -elle cnooue -.less= her. It wee all
or reale ae ...lee reeled eiermali the eoel vare a'alt fay 114:1" ha ten Mr''. t''''aPil"
the a „i.e.-a-soh. that 4,114eet not veht to talk about her,
••1 root 1 tete oheae, a ee, leatmea: bat etler people die:me:see. him.
Itieltetel dle 111ea to ?eve ;11 tho..1. The lemee eeige, e‘ni,dc-aly to Enid
e. ei petheeeono nicruleg that tee story a J111;311'6
who:i go!. to el ,.„0p fertuno load penetrated even as the;
1 11erk. 11,); 4,Lty vheery vontf.,11. WOrld;• ana eith thee etory 41 (Tr -
pretty; aed the woo hien ilemott of dente. IT not aetual
need inteernri Ilt r:1143 be: inietreee ree-"e• wae 11'ir" 17. hewelft
eolile te% etzetttva tenet.. !Ire. Chaplin. brizeong in her b7.ea1-
1 1 L'e • ha& HUN); IA1 elie' hest, elemerla at eleo an old, discolored
* • t IteH
r ee :tad walked round tee etia tern eopy of an illuetrated paper.
; lane ue the ehatoeothio, end Itegere 63W that and elle brought
IL herottf ituatt at hottaPe. :t elene ei leer when ehe cone to have a
, le 0*4
a. very hide while Mho Potv'o %tante 11 117. 8he
ihere ie petture in H oi your poor one-
lieveleetegeeeeseeeageeteeekeeeweere,
On thc Farm
elleateeeela
Farm Notes.
It will take a, few hundred feet of
tiling, some grading and a little,
elbow grease to make the feed lot
dry during the winter, but it will
pay big in the eelded comfort to the
animals, whieh always means added
flesh.
There is a right way and a wrong
way to prune any fruit tree. Eaeli
kind requires a different method of
pruning, and it is important that
the requireraents 44 each kind be
understood.
See that all weeds, grass and
leaves are removed from around the
apple trees. This sort of trash
makes a good home for mice, and
they like the green bark a apple
trees.
The silo is a, good investment for
the rich farmer and a great bless-
ing for the average dairyman -who
is striving to decrease the cost of
the milk production.
Have plans been made for better
plantings around the home next
Iligh Priest of elussulinan Faith Declaring a Holy War. spring'? Now is the time to study
thee things and deekle what plants
to use.
No man deser‘res empathy when
he is cum pelted to sell bis stock in a
half -finished vondition because they
are pot shag well in a muddy feed.
lot.
This photo which has just been received from Constantinople, shows the Turkish High Priest Sheik-U1-
Islan proclaiming the Holy War in fr011t Of the Mosque of Faith. The head of the Mussulraan faith is
ehown reading the declaretion of war, eurrounded by Mussulman dignitaries,
"Who e I .,t- •'' " 'bay' MONARCHS HAVE MASCOTS.
eilie gave her aciarcee. She oPolie of
what s queer, he hae got the ing toured, and Ale eaid tbat elite elauon
She wnet her nuraae unifarn. There head- a'adt
wee ometh:re etimulat:ng 11) 4111 her, earne mime I told lier a: it eouldn't be Laurie Wouhl be a reference lor her if Rulers Saill to Believe in the Power
tele tee 4.ric.,.tef ,n too areeeeee 01 a , 'int. aed mnet. be a relation; but eent' %now smelt were neeeesary.
eat irrmaiail 414 14 ttyete t 1 tealie *414 7.4 . elett &he she will have it ao it itt the I know Iamon leauriemid. the yoUng
oP 411u,1 Bi ."
MrBratnt uheto 117.e here" womanI don't ant any referencerngers
-Well. this ie a pleakezire.- e he said, ioe En:d opened the paper and juet for an You nowt let, me belp you. I'm married
oh eeteet Leidy oeon, ee thought you,' iretant her heart eontraethil and her eyes to a doctor, and ho is doing very well. Many readers are probably famil-
you, Enid; oou 'were emelt a, pretty creat -
welter. fee: W..ic4 like torture to her.
-len onl7. dewn here for a. attle 7.%4 It i It -.ow a phetograph taken before tbeir ure. and eo Jolly. I can't bear to ress you beadSt•One ring, With Whieh is said
reed Lady Ellen: -.and when 1 se, your rearr.age, when lie had been a eoldier. as you are now. Look here, My dear, for. to be associated the prosperity of
lord 1 theught I must ru b Oa Ztrid eve, It was yoenger. but 4)h! it Wad E0 like. give 1110 if I am very. plain, but ao you
f . el
Yeti. Nerale you dear thing! How gw,111 "Y(g1 heea elle eaid with pale and not want a. little money? the house oHoherizollernAecor-
he with you: , very 4,4e:KLY 1:117,m, "'XIV. Rogers bee made. Enid sree crimeon. and then .eaisl in a. in g to the legend, implicitly believ-
were going tte only in Seezland all the alesti- Tee oight of Jueales pictured My name ie Hughes: now. I alwaye lilted iar with the story of the Kaiser's
° sit amen; we hew „setae Ica. and • a great thik; ed in by all conneoted with the royal
e se sae's,. wn at the• liege. Then *he looked at her "I•211 going to drive you lioitie." aaid Gerrnan house, the stone of this ring
Yen obale tue ab,,ao youraelea ewe!41 "aa it fe.• euid eine ChaPlitt. Peering 'Wet'
-1 ee, mew -oh% to Loh,. goen anot lodger a. little turtieely. But didn't Yeu alre. R11ge7.6 atul you zeuet let MY het' Was dropped by a toad upon the bed
Noreh, ' She tatighee, wait jue; teueloi "I don't remember.' reed Enid. in a, letw 1:11i. no; ola no: Enid answered hurried. of Elector John of Brandenburg,
' hand come end ttee you.'
avant "Youro ^.F. 11;k• inlvrtrtin r:fetyll me ae onee Wel eieett iu the away:
4.: II.: ttt.rnes in her laugh. -I'm notlhitta. etthee , laa- '711anu You veraa 'verY eleele I'm rwt fether of Frederick tlie Great, and
sat a..eireue teeelces butterfly.'
\WI. batty -lace mean eueelane and': to her. She leokee eo unearnfortahle that eo hat."
. Prevarieetlon. Itterethe. were not easy really ill, °Wet worried, and it hae been
has been worn by successive heads'
pull Aud the ms • W A • S tarried ao ehe toread off berl the paper. and WPM away,
fee -.None sae 'meow. ' • MF.,. t Milian eaid notholg More, pielted. up -01%. xey dear. you've got. to be token
ease of.' the other young woman 6a.:,-3 hiC4 the Rthelee ernrdfaineity.
boneet and lone clime. and put elw Lettlet Iteveral daye later Enid made another. earneotly. "You're stniply nOt fit eTell tO
, ; 0 t 141.1Clitioannthewriing etisil
vli Ilk. f.p.:T.: vieap, I dieeovery. She realized that Mita Chew., be out alone. Don't e•ou realize tbat?" HOeheellaZOACrilln
Lady Ihlett ehatteel away for a Ettle t lin's hinclmee wee no loner 6pontaneoue. "1 ehall be all right If I ,7.(44 gel. work. ,
aa be handedenclosed ' 1 4
in a. sea e
41 11-I hut tOat! \Nat; eV:dellay rcc•th,,A4. Sad- By thie lane Out squib oi blond to her Melts Ono to get, eteuie work:
It casket, to him son, the crown prinee.
aenly•
t -be. t-.: 41- faze' and pein at lier heart w.as easy to !event blY. "/ rallet earn eemeihinif.
-teta't vett belt) me tO do something. No. ender:a:Incl. Slut wee thecreditedt The --if I can only get througlx ibis •sv titer. ''Ile czar, too, believes implicitly
ralli'e 1. a ve oieng yete but yeu aiiveye' otery of her widowhood,, which loot hem then I'll go bacic to Canada."
melte not a little-uebappy. beeattee there eirat.ette bv elne Chapin), it te true, but Mre. Mughee did not- answer or prese
her viewe any further. She saw that Enid
was really ill; in fact ebe half supported
ber friend as they walked out of the ehop.
Outside she hailed a eab. and when they
7.)eet. were driving away she veal to Enid: "You
o steal a centre,t between us.
agreed *he other woman, "eon-
elder.re that I, am old encugli to bp your
enceber. there 1)401 vertainly a eon-
.
taeoly avec pted by her, 1Nas dtobelieved.
She reeoleed at oree on making a move.
"I bave had an offer of 600e -work," she
eeid 10 Mts. Chaplin. "It will take me
reeht over the other elate I am awfully
"I dain't mean that. I mean. one feel.. erne' to leave you, but are married. are on not, dear? I heard
Ullen OM, it, with F0111 that there az no MY dear, twerylenly must think that was why you left the Oeademy; but
thine weeteet in your life, tbat each hour. deir therneelvta." said Mita Chaplin. do I never heard emu new name."
teeth minuteyeu are doing something for I'M eorrY to feel ,you. eitlet go. but per- Enid paused311414ean inotant, and then
.
. .
Mee Powe: lockea amok at the pretty -WIll you tell me wbat you mean 1)7
feee, wheal bed 7.1 pathetie touch :n ite that?" ;tidied Enid a little coldly,
expreation. Mro. Chaplin fumbled with her apron,
•'I hove alwaye 'wanted to see you in aud 'aid not anewer immediately, and then
year own lieme. Nell. I raean in a proper 'elm eeid in an abrupt way -
sen -e. Clod fargive me for eaying hard "1 didn't mean to say anything to you,
thine -a 441 tlut hitt-Harvey wao at heeztuee. after all, it' your enemeets, but
vruel man; he hed
ad no right to have mar- they're iting about you round about
reel you, no right to have treated you in
the way lie cad. You wouldn't came
ing me to help you if your life wao wbat
it outdo to nave been. Now, thereei a
1444141 0414) tea, and these arc 6ome of my
favoree eecezcs. (tune and tell me al:
elenit :4(.1.q2land. Oh! by the way, Nell,'
Miee Pewit; Lulled up ber chair aud eat
dawn to the ceety table, "van you give me
Adrien D-iwneee11 new addrces?"
Lady Ellen'e beart thrilled, ae it aIwaye
see, at the mere mention of tilt.: moles
"He ie dewn Kent, living in a farm -
114411 -41, YoU know."
-But doesn't he ever come to London?"
"Yee: as a matter of feet I believe he
wal be in town toonorrow. I had a note
from him to -day. ("an I give lain". a meee•
ege?"
'I ehoulel like to 6ee him for a few min-
ute.. There us a little matter of bile -Imes
I want to deem -6 with him."
"I thought you always corresponded,"
eald Lady Ellen.
Mi os Powle ehrugged her shoulders.
'Ohl my dear," ehe mad. "really I am
shocking where letten3 are concerned. I
believe Adrian did write to me last, but
it'e ages ago. I think about him a great,
• fi ee 11"
ebe ened In a very low VOlee•-
"Plecee call me Mre. Sinclair."
3Iary Hugbee oaid nothing, but a little
mist came over her eyes. She vale an int,
puleive. kind-hearted young woman, and
Foinething about Enid touched her -ocey
painfully.
The landlady at the lodginge wee (Mea-
ly impreesed by the fact that 1A.
here, and thate the lioneet limb. They Hughes was a. friend a her new lodger.
say Mr. Bryant fen% dead. One or two The doctor's wife inoieted on helping
dezeare ao therve eeen him swelling Enid to elitab the etairs to that one little
round about in motor-eare, andowell--Ill room, and when they were there elm Open -
leave yott to guess what they say about ed her purse and poured all the money in
1'013.•
•I'll go away at once." eaid Fetid hoaree.
ly. at eneel Will you help Inc pack my
thiugele
"Nay! There is no euch hurry as all
that,' *aid Mrs. Chaplin a little ashamed,
l!e it et ere.
But Enid -wee row in a fever to eeeape
frem theee old eurreundinge.
She wee horribly hurt; tbe suggestion
wae so ugly, so humiliatingoyet not. even
for this would ehe t4flettat the truth. To
sea herself right in the eyee of these peo-
it on to 7.11* table.
"Look here. this 16 all I have with me,
Enid; but I'm going to take *are of you.
Yee; Ill try and get you scene work; but,
first, of -tom. bave to got a little better;
and if vou -won't eee husbandevell,
you shall see someone else who is quite
as good a doctor. She ie a groat friend of
mine; such a nice woraan! She doee a
good deal of nureing in this neighborhaad.
My leueband finds her invaluable, I think
I shall ask her to come and see you this
evening. Iter name is Norah POW114, and
ale would be to &gra& bim, and Julians I know you and she win. be great amenie.
honor was 'still a treasure to her. More- Mrs. Hughes did not leave until she had
over, if she were to have told the truth, seen that Enid had various little tom -
'who would have believed liter? forts. Further, elle insisted that her
Some hours later ehe was seated in a friend fihould undress and get into bed.
fouravheeler with her modest luggage on ern send you -round some books and a
the seat in front of her. and as 631e drove few Bowers, andIel caIl on my way home
down the street ehe felt that everyone and tell Mies Powie to come and eee you
was looking at her, and everyone was this afternoon."
ptieeing hareh remarks about her, Words were imposeible to Enid. She
She told the man to go to some lodgings, was overevbelmed with this kindness; also
the address of which, by mere chalice, had her physical weaknees, her sense of ex•
been given her by the baritone of the haustion, was so great that she could do
nothing but lie still, and oieetraingly ac-
cept all that was lone for her in silence.
Mrs. Hughes -wee as good ae her word.
An hour or so later she called again, with
flowers and 'books and fruit. She had even
her husband a little account of Enid.
'I had such a, &lock when I was in
Cox's Stores this zmorning. I saw a. wo.
emus very ill, and I went to help her, and
it was one of the old Leademy girls. a
Canadian. I don't know what has hap-
pened to her, but he is very changed,
and I am afraid she is in great, greet
trouble. jack, one thing is euro, eh* 18
-Yee, he ie nice," path Lady Ellen. and 'little touring party.
site drank her tea hurriedly. Then ehe Literally she did not know where she
added: "Ser.bble him a. line, III tee that
be get. it.' Though she loved to talk
about him, in a ;Sense she w'118 almoit
6041417 that his name had cropped up just
now. For, in truth, Lady Ellen hardly um
deretocd her own feelings with regard to
Adrian Dawney: at leaet she knew per-
eactly well tbat he was the dearest and
the beet, the only man in all the world
for her, but, having conceived certain only one, room vacant. She g-a,ve 4.430ideas about him (imagining that she held name of the singer who had recommend -
only a secondary place in hie thought's) 04 her and the landlady evoke of this
she mete eohoolire herself to grow, if not one room deprecatingly; but when Enid
exactly indiffere a, at least reconciled to lied climbed up and had looked at it, she
the fact that she -would have to live out deeided to talce it.
her future withrite the joy of closer inter- "I shall be out all day at my work," she
couree with tilts man whom Sid; she loved, -"and this will do splendidly."
MereeVer, she wets honeetly trying to 410.141;
eprice was very modest, and after
ant. ehe sincerely. The fnot 6he had unpacked her 'few things, else
train her thought? to turn to Julian Bry.
went out and -walked in search of a enueic
that her eoustn, the duchess, liked him
and approved of inm was also a great
thing; and she did not disguise from her.
se,lt the face that 31r. Bryant -admired her
and was drawn toward o her.
She quite SaW the truth of -what Norah ter she made her way to thus departanent
Pc -wiz said. She Wae a woman born to be
tete centre of a. Immo; she loved little -asked to *peak to the manager.
Weth feverish nervousness elm detailed
ehildren. She was not realty at heart a
worldly creature, one who lived only for her various qualifications. She could oopY
3ncould ,play, she
exeitement and amusement: else was too eollot'sitnxga,neTsceo'ulsdbeteach. AU she 'want-
sim.ple-hearted and she longed for all
these beautiful yet ordinaaw ioys ed
sn
She did not receive uch encourage -
Wee to earn a little money.
fila the livee: of mast women. meth The manager told her thee the
Should elle go On hugging to hershef the gramophone and meelienical instruments
hope -which gree- dead even in her grasp,
h
414 ehould she *inn and lea her prover ad 'practically wiped out the value of a
aianist's servicee; but he took down her
eaee in a seeend marriage with jullan smote and address, and promised that if
I'mrYILTit? e he heard of anything he -would let her
Th:er wag realty at um root of her ret- enowi and after elm had gone he eaid to
lest:time, and r.t temee made her almoat oue of hie aesietants, with a shrug of hie
unhappy.
-would find -the money to pay for the loft -
in -go at the weeka. end, for all she had
left were a foiv and these the
gab Tare would practically exhaust, yet
the relief at leaving Mrs. Chaplin's 1101130
was so- great, thet, though she was ill, she
felt almost lumpy rhe drove away.
When the new lodgingS were reached,
she had the good fortune to find one, and
Apparently there was not ouch a cam-
anedity in the neighborhood, but in the
window Of one of the local -.stores she
caught sight of music, and entering bold -
shoulders, "More fit or the hcepital than
and felt 0.11We-ether cheered and helped,
Sae, sat. for le long timmewith Miss Powie, folsanie.i i;eallhiatitgterels(e,.f" last, as -els walked
althmegh they exchanged 110 confidences through to another depa,rtment, 4100.41<1617evben *she wet her departure. knowing where elm went, a, eort of blind.
Lady Elle» had told her eab to oome ties,s oarme over Enid. -Suddenly she eta'gt
haok for hee e
in n hours time, and was eeeee to a ease, and as she dropped on to
soon aelvinte back to the West End. - ti e cheer she loat conseio-uenese eor a few
elice Pawl's gave a good deal of thought,
econds.
to her after Lady Ellen had gone. A young woman' evlio was shopping olose
s
teShe ie r, dear eaul!" she said to herselfby noteoed her, and went at one to her
"Wiley. denon't Adrian, mak her happy?" aseietar.ce,,,,,, •
The meld, when she canoe in, brought a, She exclaimed 'when she cisaar Enid.
rah:sage to telt ter that ehe was wanted 'Why, it's Enid Sinclair!" ehe said:
by e vertaert case; bue, before she went 'Don't you remember me? I ITELS Mary
out Mie -7.2 Towle sae down and ecribbled a Pearson. Lee's go and eit over there. rn
ferw ihheeh•hete Ooacnele Dawney. She act gel 7.0u some :water. You do look 111."
ureC:Ci'm 'a" 'eae 01 ilaay'llen• ' She was very kind, and little be little
. -Dear Adrian," she wroth, "I hear from Enid carae be,* tO the knowledge of what
' Nell tha.t you are in town for a day ot toraG patioling -with her.
twmoire
o. Do it convenient to come and 'Tao often thought ise wou." said the
ecohne. I am afraid I can't get 'West, ae other. "You were going th do semi). were
I eel very areesed with work 3 want to does at the Academy, do you remember?
epeak to you about a eeetain matter in And then, of course, the umialoetoey-eyou
which I 31131 very interested. Could You married, -didn't you? end everything wars
mane -pee to 11171 up here tomorrow about ended. Ane you liviog up in their neigh -
six o'elook?"_ ' borhood?"
Sheepcote& the letter Ixereele and walk- : geed Enid 'feebly. , "I've -Dye :Met
ed terieole a.losig, after else had done ,eo, come eese hege. I'm all alone now, and
in the direction of the rather shaheY. I inoetorwork to keep myself. I etteee to
, glcopx,y lodging house where her patient, goo. ehap see le they 'could pot Me • t
twee zievaitiste,her. , the, way of enathing. I don't oareewhat e,
ate,eherity 18 11 bleSs1.ng to 'the
ehaeeiee 9 geoil dealeeehe saidbo 11641- zhe." ' good but. a curse to the evil
very mi."
"Where is she living? I go and see
her," said Dr. Hughee. But his wife
checked him.
"No; she begged me not to „send you, so
I ecriabled a few lines to Miee Bowie, and
eked her to go in late to -day inet,ead. I
oan't tell you how upeet I feel about Elie.
Wiey, I believe you must hare met Enid
Sinclair. Don't ;you* remember when I
sang at one- of the Aoadenty concerts I
introduced you to an awfully pretty eair
girl, quite beautiful, in .fact?"
"Yee, of eouree, I eeaneraber her quite
reel. You must look after her, Mary."
"Yes, I'm -going to," said Mrs. Itug,ites.
"She won't talk about her husband; , in
fact, I'm-Ien half afraid, Jack, that
there is emnething wrong, but that doesn't
make any clifferenee. She was brilliane,
Tack; the. Student of the moment, when I
left. Now elle wante to work, to teach;
but slie won't be fit to do enything for a
long while."
That, same evening Norab Powis elimbed
the many ..staere to the little room -where
Mrs. Sinclair lay, and In the first, meet-
ing Enid's heart went out to her. She
was kind end womanly, as errs. Greshem
had been; but theie was inoee than this
about her. She had 'strength, she had
syrmpathy. Life heel given her .11m 'under-
st,an'aing which made an instant ,and mag-
netic bond between them, and in elle days
that folloWed :when Enid was very, -very
111, it rwas extraordinary how- title fregile
end unhappy 'creature crept into tle's
very 'heart of Norah Powie.,
• The doctor's wife was 'practical, woo -un-
to, thoagbefule hut it ;Wee Norah
Powie who ,actualey fought for the life of
this young creature. She dragged iralid
bao'k Irene the gra,ve-she e.,nd Dr. Hughes
between then; and on thio late December
afternoon., atter Lady Ellen had left Ilea'.
43he eves making has way to that little
room etfhe top of the tale atedgeng-legefte,
de oho walked her thoughts elinped qtaok-
ly away 'from Ellen Ora:laser and her fn.
tare. Lady, Dileta at leest had friends;
she was eafe in a material eenee, but the
future rwhich etgetched before Enid Sin-
clair was one that had grown to bo
great trouble to Mies Terwie, and ehe did
not 'know 7,1101W ,she could beat help tiles girl
wham elm ermely Roved.
, .fro be oontinuede
in
in the supernatural powers of the
ring which is said to contain a tiny
piece of the erne eross. The story
goes that ie was presented to a. Rus-
sian autocrat by the Vatiean, who
handed it to a, former czar, and it
has remained the talisman of the
Russian royal family ever since. It
might be mentioned, too, that the
czar attaches marvelous protective
powers to a. unique collection of
Oriental opine which were presented
to Alexander III. by a Jew, who
said that he had dreamt that they
would have great influence on the
wellbeing of the Russian royal fam-
ily,
King Alfonso plaees great faith in
a ring, one of the most famous 4'n
history, which is known as the
Spanish opal and which was given
to his father by the notorious ad-
venturess, the Coratesse de Cast.
iglione, as a love token. Alfonso
XII, believed that it had a great
effect on the destinies of Spain, and
gave orders that it should always be
regarded as the mascot of his coua-
try, a desire which the present king
religiously observes.
This ring is kept securely safe-
guarded in the royal treasury, but
Alfonso XIII. always wears on his
watch chain a gold sequin given him
by a gyspy woman, whom, aecording
to the story told, he met one day
near Madrid and offered her alins.
The old woman indignantly refused
thern and then told how she really
belonged to one of Spain's most
ancient families and insisted upon
giving his majesty a rare sequin
which had been the treasured pos-
session of her family for several
centuries.
Probably few people are aware
that the popularity of the copper
and aluminum bracelet worn by so
many ladies at the present time is
really due to the fact that the lete
King Edward regarded as his mas-
cot a similar bracelet, which was -
presented to him by one of his
friends shortly before the serious
ilanesi which resulted in the post-
ponement 0.1 his eoronetion. His
late majesty, who was more than
usually superstitious, regarded the
braeelet as having a direct be,aring
en his ultimate recovery, and when
he died it was plaeed among the
personal belongings which he be-
queathed to King George.
THE MONARCH'S CROWN.
Franz Josef of Austria Again Storm
Centre in Old Age.
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria,
came to the throne at a time when
the imperial authority appeared to
be crumbling before the assaults Of
dennecriecy. Apparently he is going
6ut 7.h*n the Empire is in peril as
consequence of a too ambitious
imperialism. It is often the case.
with nations as with men that the
rapid attainment of power, wealth
and territory entails certain ele-
ments of weakness as well as of
strength.
After twenty-three years of war
the Congress of Vienna in 1815
parcelled out European territory
with a view of undoing the -work of
Napoleon and to restoring a sort
of balance of power that would in-
sure peece. Out of the territorial
grab bag Auetrias allotment was
the provineee of Lombaidy and
Venetia to the crows) and the grand
duchies of :Modena, Parma and Pla-
centia. to Hapsburg princes. Aus-
tria. was also awarded the Illyrian
provinces, Venetian Dalmatia, the
Tyrol, Vorariburg, Salzburg, the
Inviertel and Pfauerueltsviertel. eler
possession of part of Galicia was
also confirmed.
The yoke of Aue.trian domination
fell heavily upon the Italian pro -
Nieces and the resule was the be-
ginning of the United Italy agita-
tion which kept the Empire in fers
raent for half a century. The Hun-
garian and Slavonic people also
chafed under German domination,
and by 1848 the partition ehich had
been designed to insure peaeo and
undisturbed exerciee of absolutism,
came very near exploding all Eu-
rope and substitritina dermacracy for
imperialism.
MZ•tternich, the master spirit of
imperialiem, fled for his life. Em-
peror Ferdinand did likewise, hid-
ing himself in the mountams of Ty-
rol. He abdicated the throne in a
state of mental panic. His brother,
to whom the crown naturally fell,
dared not aCcepe it, but passed it on
to his on Franz eosef, at, fiery youth
of more courage than discretion.
By a supreme effort the imperial
party managed to suppress the gen-
eral uprising, and the young Em-
peror held fast to his trown, but
his Italiaz provinces gradually es-
caped from him.
In the last days of Franz Josef's
reign Austrian aggressions and ter-
ritorial seizures again fired the Sla-
vic people to a pitch of frenzy. The
popular hatred led to a conspiracy
of assassination. Austria, was de-
termined to punish the Servia,n na-
tion as a whole for the erimo of a
few individuals because that cen....
spiracy had developed out of the
general state of the public mind in
Servia. Opportunity was offered
for a. peaceful settlement by refer-
ring the raatter to a congress of dis-
interested Powers, but Austria,
backed by Germany, obstinately re-
fused any sort of intervention and
proceeded to a war with Servie.
That war promises, before it fin-
ished, to drag into the melee all of
the European States. So tho aged
Emperor's reign, which began in a
period of nation,ae peril, seems des-
tined to elose in a period of far
greater peril.
Good layers aro great eaters. A
bird must hey..., eapacity to eat and
digest a great *mount of food if she
is to lay a great amount ef eggs.
Do not plant trees too deep. TWO
inehes lower than they grew in the
isursery is plenty, and will allow
for the ground to settles
While epra.ying is not a panacea
for all the ills of the orchard, it is
absolutely necessary for the produc-
tion of fine fruit.
If the salt is not well inixeel
through the butter it will crystalize
on the outside and probably make
the butter streaked.
We may look at the silage ques-
tion from any angle and we aro
forced to accept it as the cheapest
food known for stock.
Alfalfa seed is expeneive, and the
heavier ,eielde of hay are not usual-
eecured midi the second er third
year or later.
Wherever alfalfa van be sueeess-
fully established it results ramose
immediately in doubling the value
of the land.
Arsenate of lead is grossing in
popularity as en insecticide, as it is
superior in many respects to paris
The woodpile ought to be grow-
ing daily now. Sawing wood in the
summer time is a tough and useless
job.
A good remedy for bruises iii a.
mixture made from equal parts of
camphor, water and =amine.
The hens must be fed and fed
liberally if one expects eggsin
large quantities, espeeially winter
eggs.
Separate the breeding stock from
the fattening hogs, also separate
the larger from the emaller ones.
Steady, everyday feeding is what
counts most in the final summing up
of the year's business.
The business that expects big pro-
fits gets big profits -and small pro-
fits if it expects them.
No man ean make money feeding
80 per cent. corn and $30 mill feed
to mongrel hogs.
Hens lay a few inore eggs when
males are not ueed in the pens wit:a
them,
We can save a lot of time and
work next summer by ea,refully
planning now. .
Never expose fowls in bluster3
weather.
INever feed wet alfalfa, ha.y to
horses.
There's a lot of dead timber in
most family trees.
THE ALLIES
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ages. Beet, peever,tare. Sold by all druggists, turf goedg
bousee or the manufacturers.
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