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YOUNG CATTLE IN WINTER. •
The care of young cattle during
winter has much to do with the pro-
fits resulting from the business. says
Mr. John Begg. 'There are several
things necessary in this business any I
one cf which if neglected will reduce
the profits very materially anti
r.ometimes discourage the owner so
much iie will declare the business
unprofitable and quit it entirely,
when the real trouble was not in the
business, but rather in a lack of
understanding of its details. Tho
first thing is an adaptability for
cattle growing. NVithout this the
business will be wearisome when it
should be pleasure. Tho cattle busi-
ness must be operated like anything
else by one who has some liking for
it. Without this, failure generally
results. Another important feature
in this business is to have the right
kind of stock to begin with. Too
little attention is given to this by
many who try to make money by
raising stockers and feeders for the
t rade.
The crossing of the milk and beef
breeds has rendered the selection of
stcckers a good deal more difficult
than in earlier years, when the in-
termingling of the breeds was not
so common as now. 'There 1!1 scarce-
ly a locality where we do not find
a large portion of the young cattle
possessing n certain per cent. of the
blood of some of the milk breeds in
their veins, and wherever this is
true very little can be gained by
feeding this class of stuff during the
%linter months. But in localities
where any one of the beef breeds pre-
dominates or even a mixture of these
with each other by crossing them,
young cattle may be handled with
profit by anyone whose tastes and
circumstances are such as to justify
hint in currying on the form of live
sic ck farming.
After hating secured the number of
young cattle desired of the right
kind, the next thing is to care for
them. This requires judgment and
industry if success 19 desired. The
later fall months. October and No-
vember, is the time when a decided
shrinkage is likely to take place if
especial care Is not taken to prevent
it. A little extra feed should be
given at thin season when the pns-
tures begin to fall and lone their
succulent character. I hero prac-
tised feeding n little grain while the
animals are on grass nt this time
with some additional forage, either
corn fodder or hay. Fodder is much
better at this time, ns it Is fresher
nn(1 is not bleached much and is
very much relished by the young cat•
ile. As the pastures decline and the
weather becomes colder, this ration
of forage should he increased so
that when the time collies to yard
the cattle they will experience very
1:ttle, if any. change. either in diet
or other conditions. When this pro-
cess is followed, scarcely any shrink-
age will take place. Otherwise they;
are likely to lose as touch from
shrinkage caused iw change of feed
end other conditions as they will
gain during the first half of the win-
ter A very small grain ration will
suffice to keep this class of young;
stock in good. thrifty condition dur-
ing the 1' inter Months.
FT:1:nIyia FOIL WINTER EGGS.
My method of feeding may tint
comply with poultry experts' rules.
but it brings results, writes Annie
Boffarlh. My small ordieary pou-
t try house usually contains about 25
hens and one cock. As I have no
scratching abed. the hens go to the
barn close by for the necessary ex-
ercise. Two or three mornings sac h
week they get a warm mesh oftener
in stormy weather. l'or the mash i
o es
cook {loll mash small potatoes or
turnips. and ndd corn meal, chopped
wheat or rye, or wheat bran. enough
to make the mesh crumbly. Doubt-
less it would be better If the math
were composed of the right een5titn-
ents to form n balanced ration.
If the weather Is too cold for out-
door strolling. T feed wheat at noon.
sentient!' in loose straw in an empty
box stall At night. in cell wea-
ther, they hair all the wholes warm-
est cern they will eat up clean. Sev-
eral times tinily risen, warm water
ifs {;item. When we butcher. every
scrap 01 moat is carefully aave(1 to
ked the hens. All the ears, feet,
apses and other waste material is
$(.o!k"d, stacked Away and pounded
op with a hummer to fend two or
three Ours a week. The livers,
lungs, kidneys, etc., are chopped
finely and fed raw, caro being used
to not overfeed. In washing the
meat for sausage, and in washing
the vessels used in preparing it and
the lard, the best of the water which
contains blood and meat juice is
saved and used to snake a plash by
thickening it with meal.
When I cook hog's heads to make
scrapple, I never thicken the broth
in which the meat is cooked, but set
it bat to let the fat rise, after the
removal of which the broth is used
to make a mash for my bens and
fresh water employed for the scrap-
ple. This makes a more palatable,
easily digested scrapple and gives
the hens the meat broth, for which
they fill my egg basket. I always
salt their mash, but never feed pep-
per, egg foods, condition powders or
condiments of any kind. I give them
an occasional drink of warns dish
water, unless soapy, especially if I
have washed greasy utensils.
Walnuts and hickory nuts aro
crushed and fed occasionally and the
bones of all the Inert we use are
pcunded lino with a hammer and
feet. Wheat is usually fed in the lit-
ter as a morning feed, when the
mash is not. given. During January,
February and Match, my 23 hens
laid t2 dozen t'ggs for hay care and
trouble.
FARM NOTES.
A nice, neat and thrifty -looking
doorynrd may not ho the source of a
great deal of money, but, neverthe-
less, it does bring a great deal of
comfort, enjoyment and appreciation
from others.
With ordinary use a carriage re-
tains ifs freshness longer than if
allowed to stand for long periods in
the shed. If the latter is necessary
the vehicle should ho drawn out oc-
casionally into some shady place and
should also be washed occasionally.
Now -a -days every effort is made,
from the time the milk leaves the
udder of the cow until it is left at
the home of the consumer, to ob-
serve two rules, viz., keep the milk
clean. and keep it cold. It, is the
housewife's duty to see'that these
rules are still observed in the house-
hold. If she does not, the milk will
lose its wholesomeness and palata-
bility, ar:d the fault will lie, not
with the long suffering milkman, but
with Herself.
Cream which has been ripened at a
high temperature usually gives but-
ter which is soft when churned. It
has a greater tendency to retain
moisture, while that which leas been
slowly and thoroughly cooled betoro
churning will give firmer butter,
which drains more readily than when
quickly cooled Just before churning,
even though the temperature of
churning may be exactly the same.
flitter churned at a high tempera-
ture retains ankh more moisture.
In farmhouses where there is no
deep well and ice is not procurable,
a good dent of difficulty is experi-
enced. In such cases, the cream
should be thinner than usual when
churned. no that the grains will not
gather loo quickly. The Bite of tho
grain, too, Is an important factor.
It should be sufficiently large to al-
low the buttermilk to dr.dit quickly
away
QB Oo!d alla ffllOICT
The season's first cold
may be slight—may yield
to early treatment, but the
next cold will hang on
longer ; it will be more
troublesome, too. U n -
necessary to take chances
on that second one. Scott's
Emulsion is a preventive
as well as a cure. Take
SOO1T'S EM1JLSIO
when colds abound and
you'll have no cold. 'fake it
when the cold is contracted
and it checks inflamma-
tion, heals the membranes
of the throat and lungs
and drives the cold out.
Sand for free sample.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists
Toronto, Ont
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C1IA1"l'I?lt X`.IV.
Norah drew Ilarnlun's arida within
her own and led her back to the
phaeton, and Guildford Berton fol-
lowed, fairly dazed by this latest
stroke of heck. 1\'ho the girl was
thus had gone with ('yril lie could
not oven conjecture. As he himself
twc,+ild never have condescended to
procure a ticket for a stranger, it
slid not occur to him that. Cyril
might have done so. Anyway, this
new link in the chain suited his pur-
pose to a marvelous degree. and by.
the time the ponies had started he
had collected himself and mastered
the situation.
"'17his is very-- sad!" ho murmured
to Norah.
Norah inclined her head. She could
not speak.
question is what is s to
done next?" lie mused.
"I must go' I must ftnd her?" sob-
bed poor Barman.
"We must think It over, Mrs. Har-
man," he said, gently. "I ale afraid
there can be no doubt that yoer
nice() has gond off with Cyril Burne—
but—but 1 am not sure that we
ought to take the worst view of the
case."
Harman looked at hint.
"You are letting this matter trou-
ble you, I am afraid'!" he said.
"1—I lilted litcca—once," she said,
in a repressed tone.
"Yes, 1 understand," he murmured.
"Rut do not let it worry you too
much. I shall find her in a very
short time, and I au, sure it will
turn out as 1 Itut'o Said. She is Mrs.
Cyril iturne by this time," and he
Norah drove oft without another
look at him or a word of good -by,
and he went into The Chequers.
Mfrs. English was still surrounded
by u knot of idlers drinking her beer
and discussing the event of the day,
and Guildford Berton advanced to
the tiny bar.
"Ah, Mrs. English," ho said, in n
cheerful voice, that was loud enough
to bo heard persons
by the iussde
u
and 'r
loutsid outside inn,
thought u
6 t ,yo
would like to hear the result of our
inquiries. It's a very tame ending to
the sensation, but we have discover-
ed that Decca South has gone off to
a situation she has got In London."
"'There now!"
"Yes," said Berton, laughing light-
ly. "It is a very prosaic finish, isn't
it? But I'm glad it's no worse."
"Ah, you may well say so, sir,"
assented Mes. English, tragically,
"we was talking of dragging the
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upon the outside, world, site faced
this that had happened to her.
1t was 80 incrisliblc, so impossible,
that at first she felt simply stupefied
and numbed; but presently, when she
realised that Cyril had indeed desert-
ed her, that she had lust him forever
—for even if he had not married
Iiecca, all must be over between thele
—she ut'.ered it low cry, and flung
he: self face downward on the be•l,
and a flood of tears came to her re-
lief.
So she lay and cried, her hands
writhing together, her beautiful hair
strewn on the white coverlid, until
beher woman's ► lde came to her aid,
and, with u ►uuitn of shame, she ruse.
trembling, but resolute.
This man, who had won her heart.
was not north a sigh, least of all a
tear! Ile had been acting, she told
herself with a shudder, from the very
first. All the passionate protesta-
tions, which had thrilled her to the
very soul he had learned by heart;
perhaps he had rehearsed than with
Recce South! Ile had been false to
"You see," he said, addressing her,the cure, and had just amused hitn-
�' pond—" s: if—that was all!—by slaking love
but watching Norah's face, Cyril "Oh, nonsenco; Recce was the last to her.
Burne is a gentleman; of that I tut— person, I should think, to commit
two all are—quite certain, and, bcieg suicide." f the shame of the thought that she
a gentleman, it follows that he can- ••I shouldn't he surprised at any-, had been jilted, scorned by a man than tears crossed her (ace. No due -
not act dishonorably, I act convinced thing Recce South did," said M1s. to whom she had given her whole tor could give her back the Cyril
of that.—" English, pursing her lips, "and I'm heart, burned her like actual (ire, an:1 she had luted and lust!
away?" fal- glad it's no worse than i
"Why did he entice heraway?"is. But her proud head buwexl itself on bar "You have not looked well fee
tared Harman, not unreasonably. there, It's just like her to go breast with the weight of self -scorn some time past." he said. "Verhaps
"'There may have been reasons of ff lak a flesh o L •htnu .� nail contempt you need n change of air."
"I don't know," said t
Norah, lis-
lessly.
"I am going up to town in a fey
days. I had thought of staying at
an hotel, but if you would like to a•,-
company 1111', I will write and tell
then to have the small house in
Park Lane ready. There aro riot
tunny people in town just now, but
the change may benefit you. Do you
caro to go?"
"'Thank you, papa," she replied.
"Yes, 1 would like to go."
"Very well," he said. "I will make
tho necessary arrangements. You will
take Barman with you, and the
housekeeper can send some of the ser -
has she done so. With whom has sho
run away, pray'!"
"She is Mrs. Ilarman's niece," sate
Norah, slowly, and still playing sots
Iy, "and Barman is trying to keen.
it secret. She ran away aith—Mr.
Cyril litirne."
"In -dead! it would be scarcely cor-
rect to say that it is no more than.
I Cxpectdd, as my acquaintance with
the—gentleman was so slight; bat
from what I have heard of him, I
am not surprised. 1 trust that it
will be a warning to you not to.
credit every stranger you may hap-
pen to meet with ell the virtues."
'"l'ho truth is not known, papa, le
is Barman's secret—"
"She noel have no fear of 111y com-
municating it. The girl hats left my
roof of her own free %vill, and Guamhu
is an end of it—mrd her!"
Norah drew u breath of relief, ants
ho moved toward the door with hcs
slues and stately Step; but he cants•
buck and stood looking down at her.
"Are you unwell?" he asked.
"I um a little tired this morning,
papa," she replied.
"You look pulp. Would you like to
see a doctor?"
Norah shook her head again, and n
faint smile that wns more sad
ewhich we know nothing," ho answer- anti without one word, to anyone And she had believed in hint sa
ed. "We knew nothing of Cyril Why couldn't she tell her aunt and wholly, had l(Werl him so passionately
Borne or his affairs, and cannot sur- her grandfather, like an ordinary and devotedly. Had loved? A shudder
musts his object in running ofT with
with her. Ile may have very good
reasons for a. secret nmarriage. Foe
instance he may be afraid of offend-
ing some relative from whom Ile has
expectations."
"Marrying her!" echoed Ilarnan.
"Ye.9," he said, with quiet Confh-
dence. "My belief is that Mr. Burne
intends making your niece his wife." ••Oh, he went up to London by the tion, she thought she could have
Harman drew a long breath and borne it better—but Decca, her own
market train," he said, carelessly.
looked agitatedly at Norah; but "Important business, I expect. Thorn maid!
Norah avoided her eyes, told staris nothing wonderful in that." No doubt they were laughing to -
straight before her, vacantly as ..e "Why, he and Recce t i1Rwe gether over his treachery end false-
fore.traveled by the sumo train!" set mess! For the first time she realized vents ',p at once," and he left tho
"I have no doubt wo shall find that some one shyly , that she was an earl's daughter, unJ room,
they were married this morning."
A shudder ran through Norah's
frame, and the hand that held the
reins shook.
"Yes," he resumed, musingly, "the
more I consider it, the stronger I am
convinced that my theory is the rignt
one. Why did Mr. Burne go ofT to
London so suddenly, and why did he
conn back so secretly, so to speak")
Ile must have gone up to make ar
rangements for their flight and mar-
riage, and no doubt he came down,
using the fete as a blind, to carry
her o1T itepend upon it, they aro
Married
girl?"
"Because Recce isn't an ordinary
girl," he retorted. pleasantly. "Rut
as nett say, Mrs. English, w e
aro all glad it isn't worse."...
"And what about my Mr. Cyril?"
demanded Mrs. English, in a tone
that implied that his disappearance
was of far greater importance.
shook her as something within whis-
pered: Yes, and loco hint still!"
And, with a moan, she flung herself
on the bed again.
That he hud left her, deserted her,
for such an one as Berra South, add-
ed a refined torture to her anguish.
1f the girl 11e had preferred to her
had been a lady, one in her own sta-
"tory likely. However, I am glad i something rof the
ipride of race
c�r sha11d
witthe nutter is set at re.9t. Good-!
morning, Mrs. English; good morn ;and humiliation.
ing all;" and, hununing an air, he , And yet as she lay there in all
sauntered out. leaving thein to dis-; the abandonment of her misery, a
cuss the termination of the sensation. I strange, vogue doubt haunted her, a
Outside on the bench the plan Fur -
she
whether It was possible that
long was still lying, npparcutly I she could have been so cruelly de-
nsleep, and Berton scarcely noticed
him.
reivcd, whether Cyril could bo no base
and vile as facts seemed to make
Ile made his way back to the sta- hied. Why should he have made love
lion, and got the station muster and to her, rind won her promise to be
his woe, ff all the thea he was its
the booking -clerk together, and with
Thu day passed slowly, draggingly.
Norah tried to read, to work, but
the book dropped in her lap, and she
found herself dwelling upon her trou-
ble. and going over all its details
one by one with lurid distinctness.
She dressed herself for dinner, Mer-
man being too ill to wait upon her,
and trent down with a listless step,
to find (1uildford Berton in the
drawing -room.
Itis presence was a very unwelcome
one to her, and her face flushed as he
the sumo air of easy carelessness, 1°w'h wwlth Beccn South'? cause up to her, and, under his
said: At last, with a weary gesture, that breath, said:
arried by this time." •'I dare soy you were rather stir- was at the sane time full of deter- "I have wired to my man in Lon -
"Oh, if I could only thhlk so, sir!" prised by our visit and our questions urination, she rose and bathed her doll; do not be anxious."
Murmured Hannan. but the fact is, we were it little ell- .fare'
"I am sure of it," he said. "I can easy tat the sudden disappearance of Cyril Burne had passed from her
C0om
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thnt explain1 41111 y right, I cant
Decca herb. Mrs. that
the had d—got. that ,moment it behooved her, ifver to re-enter it, and she
6 !t into her hind that girl hud—
coneinced, Itowever, wo can soon well, run away; turd there was some possessed a spark of womanly pride
find out tho truth.",absurd suspicion that Mr. Cyril and self-respect, to cast 111111 out from
Harman looked at him anxiousy Burne was connected with her flight; her Ii•ortdand
even licard( }toer mind.
iiforget
and expectantly. but 1 am glad to say that t we have
"lf you will allow Inc to help Yoe, Just had tidings from her. She had hind, or, if she thought of him at all,
Mrs. Barman, I will undertake to gone up to London to taken situp_ to regard him as beneath her con -
trace them and (discover what hal Gott. and, fearing that her people tempt.
really happened." would not let her go, she took 1•'rcnsh With trend ling hands she did up
Harman could only look at him leave... her holy, and put on her prettiest
with unspeakable gratitude. "I see, sir," said the station -man- dress, and then went downstairs, (la -
"Yes," he said, refiec:tingly, "1 ter. "Lor', if there was a fuss made termined so to play her part (lint no
know a person•in London—a detective over everybody that went off sudden- ono should suspect that her heart was
--who will haw'n no difficulty in work- ly without sayin' goodby, we should very nearly broken.
Ing out the whole platter, and I will hnvo enough to tits in that line." The drawing -room door was open,
telegraph to hitn nt once." •'t••xuctly and 1 nm sero w -e are and sho aceta in and sat clown to the
"1—I don't know how to thank
you, sir," faltered Hannan.
"Don't you think that will be tho
best plan, Lady Norah?" he asked,
speaking to her for the first. 1imqq.
Norah forced herself to reply, "You
ere very good."
"Not nt all," he snirl, with self -
depreciation. "Wu must help eneh
other when and how ti0 can, and I
nal only too glad to be of some
.libht
set—sive. on t be anxious,
ua
,
111:s
!german, rill atilt come right."
"The scandal, sir! we have always
been so respectable."
"As to that," ho said, thoughtful-
ly. "I think we aright prevent any
gossip if we took proper steps."
Harman waited breathlessly, "Oh,
sir, if no could!"
"It. is easy enough," he snit! quiet-
ly. "Wo have only got to say that
wo have heard satisfactory news nt
the stntion or elsewhere—" Ile saw
Nornh's face suddenly flush. and he
went on more cautiously; "You need
say nothing, Mrs. Barmen; in fact.
the less yon say the better. Leave is
to me. 1 n1n afraid i must tell n
white lie or t esu, but it is pardonable
to suppress the truth sometimes. I
shall say that Berra has gone (o n
situ
u tion in London, which she hi '►
l
procured without the knowledge of
her friends. She was such n restless
girl that the story will bo readily
believed."
"Yee sir alio ens nlways restless
poor girl!
"I will go on with you to the vi!-
inge," he said. "and put this explan-
ation into circulation. and then re-
turn to the station. I know the sta-
tion master very well, and i am sure
I can show him good reasons for
keeping the honking clerk silent, and
he himself will under/dent! that the
affair is not to bo talked ahout.'t
Harmon faltered out her gretltude,
and they drove on in silence.
it ill you put me down at the inn,
Lady Norah?" ho said.
Norah pulled up the ponies at 'Ole
Chequers, and he got Quts -
very notch. obliged to you for the Plano, find began to piny mean"'
trouble you have taken. lay the way, caddy. instinctively she wandered ie- than I do, 1 really think," remarked
thorn has been a good deal of gossip to a mournful sonata of Schubert'• the earl, graciously. "I 0111 sure I
about the girl, and should any one in harmony with her feelings, and her do not know what ).c should do
ask tiny questions, perhaps you won't eyes begun to fill with tears. With without you. We go to the house in
wind tonin • them the truth." n11 impatient gesture she dashed park Lane."
"Certainly, sir, certainly," assent- thein away, anti changed the sonata "Yes? 1 will write and tell the•
Before she could respond the ear,
entered.
"Ah, Guildford," he said, "I am
glad you iline with us this evening.
I was going to ask you to come over.
Wo are going to town for n week or
two. lady Norah has not been look-
ing well for some little time past,
and needs citangc of air."
"Yes? I trust. the change may dei
her good."
'Mere were one or two things I
should be glad if you will see to,
(Iuildford,' and ho mentioned several
hatters connected' with the estate.
"Certainly, I quite understan.l.
Don't let anything worry you while
you aro Irony; I will sec to every-
thing so far as I can."
"You know more about the estate
ed the station -master, and Berton to a brilliant fugue, whit
went clown the steps again, f cling rooms with a magnificent storm of
that thus for his cleverness and his sound, in the midst of which the earl
luck were serving him faithfully; but. entered.
rk n at
• door, lo( i
ts•d th
Hr uti ( at (B
1
, n ► n hu and the strain had told upon o h n-
e
t
when he reached the cottage he stood her, nal listening, and 1
his face t
sa
by the door in the wall, conscious cried, or, rather, grew more proud
of a reluctance to enter. and satisfied. She was very bcau'•i- Ing the park? And es 10 horses an l
For the first time the forbidding ih11, he thought, and she played like a to on, I suppose you will hire? I
aspect of tLc place stark hila; the musician. Yes. this daughter of his . ill write to Selby's. Lady Norah
dead silence, the grimness conveyed was n credit to him! et11 want a brougham fur herself,"•
by the, high wells, sent a chill Norah did not know he was in His
he added thoughtfully.
through him; it wns all so terribly mom until he ertlne and stood by th.'. "Order wthat you think necessary,"t
silent; 1111(1 yet, for all its silence, he piano; then she stopped playing, and. said the earl.
homed to hirer faintly, carry faintly, with n start, looked up nt him, ane Norah sat and listened in silence..
people 1n charge.
"Oh, thank you,'- said the earl.
"I had intended doing so, but if you
will 1,n so kind."
.f
Berton, un ns
.s paid ie
"Certainly,"n9 c
t
d
1 arse. "Lady
werematter c t co y
1ta
Nornh will have the room overlook -
the voice of the dead girl who lay
hidden under the heap of leavee.
"i'►n getting nervous!" he mutter-
ed, will] n forced smile. "That won't
do. (Ince I lose my nerve---"
Pulling himself together, he put the
key in the lock and opened the door.
As he (lid so the man whom he hail
last seen asleep on the inn. bench
came sauntering by.
IBerton ewe
t • ( d him curiously, v and
with the vague suspicion with which
he was doorned to regard every
stranger henceforth, end es long as
life should last; and, with a nod,
said:
"It Is a fine day'."
"I've seen better, and I've seen
worse," said Furlong, sententiously,
and with a glance at the high walls
and ns much of the grim cottage as
he could see through the half -open
door. sauntered on,
(; it XXV.
Norah drove to the Court, and on
the way managed to mumu, a few "Yoh, i have heard. from my valet,
words of encouragement to
'Marmon,
rumor that the girl has run
and nt once sent her to her own away. It is not true, I suppose?".
room. 'linen, when she herself wa"j'esIt is true," she said.
a,1oph l➢1th the door sgtely locked "Ilan, away from tbo Cotutt Wby
he saw how pale and worn she look-
ed.
"Please do not step." he said, with
n wove of his hand; nn(1 she went on
{,laying, but niore softly.
Ile did hot guess how keenly her
heart nched with the desire to tell
hila all. and to receive one word of
sympathy and consolation from hint.
She calve to the end of the piece,
end the earl nodded approval.
'You pies with (este and expres-
sion,
res-
sion, Norah," h" said; then. an If
half ashamed of having unbent even
so slightly, he added, In the same
breath, almost as if he were afraid
alio would make some affectionate re-
sponse: "Ily the way, what is this
story that I have heard about one
of your tennis—the girl named Re-
becca South?"
Norah winced, but she raised her
eyes to his atcedily. This was a
part of tho ordeal she would have
to undergo. and she would bear it
without making a sign.
"file story, papa?
She was beginning to understand
how Guildford Berton hod renderer)
himself indispensable to her father.
"Ity the wny," raid the earl, after
a pause, "you would be all the bet-
ter for a change yourself, Guildford."
"Oh, I am all right --quite well," -
ho sni(I.
"Yon scarcely look so," retnrn•-4
the earl. "You are thinner than yon+
were, and paler."
u of
out ( Berton
glanced ('1
(iuilclfor 1 1 c
the corner of his (•vis nt Nornh, and
forced n smile upon his face. which
ho knew looked haggard in the light
thrown by the shaded letup.
"Do 1?" he said, carelessly.
"When 1 say it change, I don't
wish to infer that Santleigh 19 un-
healthy. I consider It one of the
most salubrious places in England,"
remarked tho earl, atlffly. "lie
change of scene is sometimes of ad-
vantage. We could find room for yoti
at Park bane if you caro 1,o elotae.'1
(To bo Continued.(
"Ts your wife one of fashion's huts
terflics?" "No. From the way aht
gets through clothes she must be a
moth l'%
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