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C1IAPTER x\1V.—(Continued). "laorgotlen?" he said slowly. "Can
old lady disappeared in the a man forget a thing like that?"
ter a lecture to the maid. Katie "Ernest!" the tone was absolutely
doctor walked slowly on toward threatening.
wen part of the garden. Neither "Yes, Katie, 1 am fond of you. For
Beside the river which separ-
the garden from tho city wall,
sere was • simple wooden bench, un -
n• the tall lindens. Katie sat down
pon it . 11 wase quiet
place,e,
invisible
+om the house and from the wall out-
1de. for awhile he stood before her,
.J she looked up at him with her won -
I eyes. Then he sat down beside
(dere was something bewildering
vecn longing and sadness, in the
xpre_ssion of the young girl's eyes.
"Katie," he said a little unsteadily.
is anything troubling you?"
She had her hands folded in her lap,
nd she turned her face toward hint.
les," she said.
"What Ls it? We are good friends,
Carie; tell me what it is."
"1 nm afraid," she murmured.
"Of what?—of the examination?"
"No—of life."
A smile flitted over his -ince, but it
lied away before her anxious eyes.
"Child," he said gently, "why are you
afraid?"
Sho suddenly began to sob bitterly
snd passionately.
H. look her hand. uncertain what he
should say; her whole slender figure
shoot: convulsively. Ile himself hardly
knew howIt happened that he put his
zrm round her waist and drew her to -
•and him.
'Katie. w•hy Katie, control yourself,'
entreated. Iler head lay on hes
'1, her hat had feollen back, and
spring twilight he could see the
ni threads of tho perfumed
hair. and tho rosy cheeks
with tears of thts young
'nd of 'le
T1113 SACRIFICE ;
FOR HER FAMILY'S SAKE.
you will be my good angel, my faithful
friend."
"Come soon to mamma, and tell her
of it," she said.
"Yes, Katie, to -morrow."
• •�whis-
per,
in a �
ow she repeated to-mornI
per, and offered him her mouth to kiss
and flung her arms round his neck;
"to -morrow and every day, always and
always. But, Ernest--"
"My love?"'
"I shall not try for the examination
".\h, Kate, that would be a pity,
when you hove been working so hard
all this time."
"But I am going to marry your' she
said wonderingly; "and the examination
Le so dreadful."
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lu]d
"Katie, you are a c
She laughed merrily, and pressed
her lips to his hand so hard that It
absolutely hurt him. "Good -night," she
whispered; "good -night. It is begin-
ning to rain. Do you feel the drops?"
Sho only looked into the parlou'.
where her 'pother and punt were sit-
ting. Aunt Melilla with the cards
spread out before her on the table.
Then she ran straight upstairs to her
prom, threw the school -hooks off the
table to the floor, and got out her blot-
ter:
have the flrst floor, and the major the
rest."
"You don't say so?" was the laconic
reply of the Pnstorin.
"Yes, there won't be much quiet here
in the future," continued the pretty,
plump little woman, with pleasure
beaming in her eyes at the distinction
her native town had attained to. "And
what an advantage it will be. Quite
it different life, and a great increase
in trade."
"That is very true," assented tho
doctor.
"It 'nay be so;" said his mother, rc•
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j+O',M Irt.4tt
Fiirm
CART: 01.' COWS IN \VINTEII.
In order to make winter dairying pro-
filnble the cows must have I;oc.d oom-
fortahlc quarters. The old way of keep-
gariing him uneasily. What did she mg them in the back yard, on the leo
care for soldiers and barracks, or trade, side of the straw slack to cloture the
and nil that? She saw that something storms and blizzards v,'ill not answer.
was on her boy's mind, and she It is loo expensive, liven with nn open
couldn't ask hire what it was.
At Inst the visitor went home, and
when the Frau I'aslorin returned from.
the garden gate, to which she had re-
spectfully accompanied her visitor, Er-
nest had already said good -night, and
gone upstairs. She went panting up
cared
at his door.
and stairs, P
the 1, P
ile had not lighted the lamp, but it
was light. nevertheless; the moonlight
shone brilliantly through the window.
and was lying in broad, silver strips
en the white floor. Ile was sittinii on
the sofa, and did not move.
She crossed the room and sat down
beside him.
"Ernest, something has happened; is
it anything to do with Katie?"
"Yes.'
"Did she tell your any bad news about
Lora? Was it anything thnt hurt you?
You must not believe everything people
say; why not put the whole affair out
o: your head?'
"No molhea, it is gomethtng quite
different --I am engaged to Katie."
It was out now. ile sprang up and
began to walk up and down the room.
The old lady wns struck dumb.
'Mother, say something.' ho said at
length, in a tone of constraint. "You
like the little ono. don't your'
"Like her? 1 like the nightingale.
loo, (lint sings in the garden, but----"
ile shade no •reply.
"But I never wanted to catch and
bring it into the house,' she added. "Is
it till settled between you?" she inquired.
"Yes, mother."
"Then I need not say anything. May
God bless you, Ernest, and grant you
happiness."
She took his hand and pressed 11,
and then left him alone. But he caveat
Ile saw Katie'
not sleet
"Lora, dear Lora;" she wrote, "you
may have your old room again when
you corm. 1 shall not be with you
long, for, Lora—you must not be angry
--Ernest Schonberg loves me, and
wants me for his wife. 1 feel so be-
wildered that 1 comet write much to-
day; it has all coino so quickly. Take
if Lora, and carne home
shed to go under when it storms they
wilt consume more food and yield less
milk than when housed in warm, well -
ventilated stables. I am sure of this, for
A remarkable story was told lc thee
well -
iii., father kept his cows in the barn yard � i.ondon Daily Mail by Mr. James J.
and I followed his example until I Kane, who for thirty years was achap-
lenrnel better, says Mr. J. W. Ingham. Iain in the toiled Slates Navy, team
I know (rein personal experience that which he only recently retired. Mr.
weather London.
call leo
w visits to
cold occasional c doors in occ
<• � out oopays c ws kepi ofKane h n
lP Y
lhl, it Is necessary that they course, TOOK CONFIDENCE MONEY
about the same age. This, o[ course, is
aranged by properly breeding the sews
to bring the litters as near together as
possible. They feed better when they aro t CLEVER of the same size, they look better and
they sell better to the dealer for the
perk market. It add' value to the bunch
to have then of iform size and
su•(.otluress.
In fact, there are parties engaged at
the stock yards in buying by bunches
of mingled sizes, sorting them out into
even -sized lots and making a profit by
:,o doing. They make this their business.
A man who wants to buy a bunch of
&uppers always selects the smooth, even -
sized hogs or pigs.
GIVEN UP 1,011 DEAD.
Chaplain Kane's Strenge Story—Dow it
Feels to Die.
wit• eat nearly twice as much as the "I have been no fewer than eight
surae cows would if kept in warm
stables, and will not give as much milk.
In this case, "mercy to the beast" pays
foe the mercy, in dollars and cents. A
cow suffering html the cold, with her
balk humped up like a camel is n(.t In
tL' proper shape of body, or frame of
mind, to secrete mooch milk. 1t requires
nearly all the food she can consume to
keep the fires of life burning, and she
(xis but little surplus to be spared for
making milk.
1 know that the farmers 1n the west
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do not winter their (yews out of doors
for 1 have been in some of their warm,
well -kept stables and seen them milking
their co'nfortabie oo vs. Our stables in
the basement of the barn aro so warm
Ihnt It seldom freezes in them.
it is n pleasure to the humane conn to
se: his cattle comfortable, and when he
comas into. the warts sitting -roots at
night, takes off his b:ols, and puts on
hii slippers, it Is satisfaction to know
that his animals are enjoying them-
selves. 'rhe righteous man regardeth
tlr i life of his beast," says the Scripture.
Some of our neighbors keep their
cows, young cattle and hogs, in the
basement of their hares without lying.
times at the point of death," said Mr.
Kane, "and on three GCCASiorLS I was
pre nounced dead by physicians. On one
of those occasions 1 rested in my ooffln
for twenty-four hours.
"During the third year of the American
Civil War 1 was attached as 'un execu-
ti‘e officer to a gunboat of the West
Gulf Bk.ckading Squadron, which was
under the commend of the late Admiral
Farragut. Yellow fever was virulent,
and ultimately 1 contracted the disease.
"I struggled hard•against the disease,
the
hl rooted in system.
which was deeply r
I gradually grew worse and began to
welcome the approach of death.
"All this time 1 was perfectly con-
scious, and as the body grew weaker
the amental powers grew stronger. 1
recognized the peculiar distinction be-
tween the soul and the body, and made
the startling discovery that 1 was pos-
sessed of wonderful faculli.,S belonging
le the soul, which were gradually devel-
oping as the separation from the body
was taking place. 1 am unable to de-
scribe them. Their power was marvel -
Pais. For each faculty 1 had in the body
1 find ten in the spirit form.
"Weaker and yet Alin weaker t grew;
TRICK WORKED ON A
SIMPLE CANADIAN.
Fleeced in London, Entland, by bian
Who Said Ile Had Fallen heir
to 8200,000.
In an energetic manner Mr. Robert
Yarrow, a Canadian, related to the Man-
sion. (louse Police Court Magistrate in
London, England, how he was the victim
el the well-known confidence trick.
A middle,aged man of independent
means, he explained that he was in
Southampton row the previous day when
n man, who gave the name of Campbell,
entered into conversation with hint. Mr.
Yarrow was naturally interested when
Campbell said he also was a Canadian
tourist, and they livally adjourned to a
small hotel in the city.
TIMID PARTY R•'1 A
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They are well bedded with straw, and lee breathing( became difilcult; pulsa-
the fodder is thrown dowry from alwt.• t•un almost ceased. without losing conA
through holes in the barn floor into
10 xes from which the cattle eat, and
when inenl, or brat t.s fed, it is pia inle
lh•, boxes. 'they claim that this arrange-
. —•t t b,r In taking care of their
',mutant exercise it
cattle. • Some
ntl • ad-
sciousness 1 al last passed throi.g;
final stage. In an instant the spirit was
treed, and 1 stood beside my body. pro-
nounced dead by the doctors and the
nursers. 'All is over; he Is gone,' said
they, as they closed my eyes.
"1 clnim that the act of dying Ls one of
the most delightful and exciting episodes
(.1 my life, filled with pleasurable erne-
. .._ _._u._ .......nhr of mPet-
DROP EVERY DAY OFYEAR
GARDEN IN BUCKETS IN PIIIL ADEL.
PIIIA'S ClliNATO\%N.
Then a third party came on the scene.
Adam Cartiers, 53, a well-dressed man
in a grey 'suit, who was now in the dock
cl:arged with defrauding Mr. Yar w.
(:'rlier overheard theme talking about
Cancel, and joined in with the remark,
"My brother has just died in America,
and left 'no £40,000, and it was stipu-
lated in 1110 will that 1 should give
OW to the poor --$1.000 to each quarter
of the globe." Campbell snid, "if you
have so much money that you want to
give it away, give one some for my sis-
ter, who belongs to a charitable institu-
tion in Canada, and will give it to the
working people there who are poor."
Culture of W Chow b. Le Ling at •
Profit of Seven Hundred
Per Cent.
A garden of buckets in which a vo•
getable • product is raised In live days
tu►d a crop produced every day in the
year is curried on in Philadelphia s
Chinatown by Lee Ling. The garden
consists of fifty cedar buckets and In
teeny Lee raised, at a profit of 700 per
curt. a product called iia choy or li
chow, which is largely. used In Chinese
cooking.
Lee's garden is ono on which the
sun never shines. There is no tilling
of the soil, for there is no soil, neither
LI there any weeding, for weeds have
no opportunity uto grow.
SPRO1Tf IN TWO DAYS.
Side by side in the corner of a long
dark room fifty wooden buckets wile
Lettered tops are arranged. Into two
or three of these are put two pounds
of Chinese bean., each.
GAVE MONEY AND WATCH.
In order that Campbell should have
confidence in Cartiers, the latter went
awacontaining what minutes ten purported to be £200 in
notes belonging to Campbell. Ile only
returned with the notes and so im-
pressed the Canadian with his incor-
ruptible honesty. Shortly afterwards
the prisoner said to witness, "if you can
slow you are worth any money 1 will
give you £200 to distribute." Prosecu-
toe replied that he did not want to give
any money away.
Cartiers said : "well, to show that you
have confidence in me, do the same as
y(.ur friend did." Witness thereupon
handed him six £5 notes and ills gold
watch and chain, valued at £50, and the
prisoner left with Campbell, saying he
would not be a minute, ns he was going
to buy Campbell a ring. "lo show his
generosity." They never returned, and
after about ten minters "I came til the
.,.,,,eh,rsinn 1 had lost," said the witness.
The little green pellets are then cove
erect with lukewarm water and allowed
to stand. Gradually they absorb the
water, and by the end of the first day
they have swelled to twice their nor-
mal size. More water is then sprinkled
ever them and the covers of the buck-
ets are replaced.
At the end of the second day the
jackets of the beans have burst and
a tiny sprout appears. In the mean-
time a fresh quantity of beans has
been put into two or three other buck-
ets and treated os in the first case.
Every day a new lot of seeds are plant- s-
ed in additional butkels, so that at all
limes there arc cropo in various stage'
of development.
MASS GROWS QUICKLY.
By the end of the third day Mk
!wane In the flrst buckets have sent out
sprouts an inch long, which begin to
curl and twist in every direction. The
mass of vegetable matter has swollen
until the buckets aro half full of what
-it first glance resembles a id of coarse-
ly chopped cabbage.
From this lime forth
water Ls sprinkle) over t
Deans every few hours
gradually well